The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

MUSICAL and LUNATIC LAYS, by the LITTLE SAINT LEGER, 31st COUSIN to the GREAT ST. LEGER ; Or, The London Season of 1853, will be published on SiatrEDA.T. September 17, at William R. Sams's Subscription Library, 1, St. JAines's-treet. To be had at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street • Ryan's, ditto ; Robert Oilivier's, ditto ; and all the opera agents and music shops. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, 16 September, 1853. STAMPS FOR RECEIPTS AND DRAFTS ON DEMAND. As it is found that FORMS for RECEIPTS and DRAFTS sent in for stamping, so as to be ready for use immedately after the 19th October next, are in many instances bound in Books, so that the stamp cannot be impressed on the left side of the Form as the parties desire, and the operation of stamping is necessarily very slow, the Board think it right to recommend that all persons wishing to have such forms stamped at an early period, and in the place where the stamp ought properly to he placed, should send them in in parcels unbound, in which case no delay will occur in their being stamped and delivered to the owners. By order of the Board, THO VIAS ' KEOGH, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPiii. Troprletcr, M. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 17, VIII be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS .A:XD GUARDIANS. Characters by Mesits. Alfred Wigan, Callen fr,rd, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALIJS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CIMBHAM. To each:ludo with WHAT I NO CAB? itoyAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lis2see and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS F VENDM, SEPT, 17, VII be performed THE TIMER. Characters by Messrs. Farrell, J. lohnstune, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Sat•ah Lyons and Bartlett, &c. With SHYLOCK; or, THE MERCHANT OF "NENICE PRE- FiERVED." THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Seventh Night of the long-promised Classical Burlesque, introducing the whole of the Company, and in compliance with a general wish expressed by the Patrons of this most Popular Establish ment, the Grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo at half-price, which has reached its 84th night, forming a Phalanx of Attraction never before witnessed within the Walls of the Amphi theatre. The Feats in the Circle applauded to the very echo. Miss Emily Cooke's triumphal career continues undiminished ; her graceful and daring Performance is nightly hailed with demon strations of delight. N.B.—Miss KATE COOKE will appear on MONDAY, SeP tauter 19th. THIS EVENING, SETT. 17, And during the week, will be presented (the 7th time) a New Classical Burlesque, written by Mr. W. Suter (front the Ron L yceum), who is expressly engaged to aid its representation, and entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHAn'ON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu;ll 1G Balloons. Concluding with (84th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON -N.E., gentle breeze —overcast. GREENWlCH — Calm—foggy. STROOD—N.W., calm—overcast. SWINDON—N., light breeze —cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., strong breeze —cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK —E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MULLINGAR— E., calm—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—S.W., gentle breeze-- overcast. CREWE—E., gentle breeze—overcast, rain. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—fine. LANCASTER—W., calm—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SNAP—S.E., calm—overcast. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ter DAT —Morning 48 min. after 1 I Evening 7 min.aft. 2 To-M )Know — Mo rn i ng 27 m i n. after 2 1 Evening 43 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICB, SEPT. 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'11. WIND, N.N.W. - Fine weath r. Th t , cd 7 L..7 Al/tL LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1853. On Thursday the proprietors of the Bank of England Stock held their quarterly general meet ing, whereat a dividend after the rate of 4 per cent, for the half-year, or 8 per cent. per annum, was declared out of the profits, a small balance that remained being carried to the rest. Nothing worthy of notice occurred at the meeting, with the exception of a severe castigation inflicted on the Directors by a certain Mr. COOKE, who, in a richly sarcastic strain, lavished the most hyber bolical compliments on the line of policy adopted, on the very points, indeed, respecting which pub lic opinion had been so loudly and unequivocally expressed in opposition to the magnates of Thread needle-street. At first it was supposed that the honourable proprietor was in earnest, that he was really convinced of the wisdom, discretion, and public spirit of the body on which he was heaping such fulsome panegyrics. The Directors sat in dignified state, their countenances displaying the appearances of conscious virtue, as if they had - really deserved prominent places among the na tional benefactors for their conduct, and had actually merited approbation. But the hoax speedily became too apparent, the keen irony too perceptible, to admit of doubt. When the hon. proprietor spoke of the prudence and management on the part of the Directors, there was a general smile among the initiated. There might have been, perhaps, .a little playful badinage passing between the more acute and knowing dealers in money at the supposed innocence of the orator. But so long as he contented himself with general terms, no harm was done. But, un fortunately, he speedily began trenching on rather delicate ground. The countenances of his audience gradually but unequivocally elongated while he was speaking of the foresight (!) and judgment (! !) that made money easy in the early part of the year, and gave assistance to the more legitimate operations of commerce, and finally gave D . , check to extravagant speculations likely to result In disastrous consequences. But when he spoke of the Directors having "promoted the public in terests" (Goo save the mark), and hinted at the 413Maelliag termination of the Charter, and the claiins of the Bank on national gratitude, the keen and cutting irony was at once detected, and the unlucky orator was forthwith snubbed, and the thread of his eloquent haran Thee Directo rs sue cut short. y made up their munit in eneral h ad Probably minds to endu re heavy cgs o from the com y g, bot t from one of their wn constituents — in L b ian thed—eiormoLing Court, and in the most cutting and intolerable . form. They did not, however, profit much wholesome, but unpalatable lessen. y by the after the proprietors had separated, th mt ll e nt e . diately rate of discount was increased from 4 to 4 42 11 nIum cent., an addition of 12 1-3 d per cent. to that previously in operation. The two movem ents were closely connected. It was by stimulating trade—making money cheap and abundant —and then turning round on those who, deceived by their apparent liberality, had fallen into the snare laid for them, that the profits which warranted so large a dividend were acquired. They were gained at the expense of manya hard-working and energetic man of business, who must now feel himself to have been veryunfairly entrapped and victimised in order to enhance that dividend. Far better would it have been for the proprietors to have received 3i per cent., justly earned by affording legitimate accommodation to trade and commerce, than 4 per cent. accompanied by the tears, aye, and the inurinurs, both loud and deep, of ruined men, Rho see that, from the course adopted, that which might in e have been a blessing is really an übus broodiugover the trade and commerce of the country, The Directors have, however, deliberatelis.elected their line, and we hope that their Proceedings ren w e ill not be question of th p e forgotten when the arli zal of the Charter comes to be ventilated in attentively Those who have and impolitic considered work ing of the unjust the lmPolit' long declared that the • le Act of 1844, have chief dan ever speculation was rife, and ger was th a t when the greatest temptation was afforin d oney abund an t , rations ; but that, on the contrary, Whenever to wild o p e _ zwhenever the tide turned, the reflux was rendered more discs- Itrous, and the intensity of the crisis greatly magnified, by the undue restriction placed on the issue of money by the automatical action of the law. The accuracy of these views was established beyond the possibility of doubt by the mania of 1845-6, followed by the collapse and crisis of 1847. It was, however, found that the mischief to the community brought enormous profits to the Bank, and thus that the interests of the proprietors and of the public were antagonistical. Those who could decline such a handsome dividend and bonus at the time when everything else was seriously depressed, found it to be their interest to create another crisis and to foster another panic. The public might suffer, but their own gains would be largely enhanced. Accordingly we find them an ticipating the active Act of 1844, which, from the large amount of bullion still stored in the vaults of the Bank, and the considerable reserve still at the disposal of the Bank, might never come into operation. In place of allaying the fever and excitement of the public mind, of checking the uncalled-for panic that induces men to cast their stock and shares on the mar ket, to be sacrificed at any price, however in adequate, that can be obtained, they aggravate the irritation, and play the game of the Bears, in creating, so far as iu their power lies, a monetary crisis. As we have already stated, they are play ing the game of the moneyocracy, and grinding down the poor and needy to the very utmost. Let them not suppose, however, that they can play this game with impunity. As Mr. COOKE so in appropriately declared, the time is rapidly approach ing when the renewal of the Bank Charter must be brought under the notice of Parliament. The Directors may then find the sense in which their conduct has been viewed by those who have suf fered so severely, in order to double the dividend to 8 per cent, per annum. The onslaught against hotels, their proprietors, attendants, the accommodations afforded, and prices charged, continues with unabated vigour. Not a day elapses, not a broad sheet of the Levia than is delivered to the community, in which, at least, a column is not devoted to the publication of alleged grievances, and of by no means flatter ing comparisons between England and foreign hostelries. Nay, more, we are wafted across the Atlantic, in order to cite examples injurious to the character and conduct of our compatriots in what is termed the " public line." Be it so ; we have not the slightest objection to the publicity thus given to the question, or the manner in which attention has been directed thereto. It will, we trust, have the effect of removing, or, at least, alleviating, the actual grievances on both sides, of remedying acknowledged evils on the part of the guests as well as of their hosts, pointing out the spot where the shoe really pinches, and above all of bringing them to light—the true state of the case in the great majority of instances, and proving, beyond the possibility of doubt or difficulty, that if due allowance be made for the difference of prices of wines and other materials supplied, the traveller of moderate pretensions may journey as economically, and with far more real comfort, through the United Kingdom, and sojourning at its well-abused hotels and inns, than if he went to a foreign land and spent his time and money among " aliens in language, in manners, and in religion," whom he was unable to understand or complain to save through the medium of an interpreter. The first essential point that renders a com parison unfair between English and Continen tal or American hotels is, that abroad we conform to the habits of the several esta blishments ; at home we expect these esta blishments to accommodate themselves to ours, without any consideration for the trouble, incon venience, or expense we impose upon the proprie tors or attendants. There we yield to the estab lished regulations. Here we expect that every thing shall be altered to suit our will and plea sure. There we are satisfied to dine at the table d'hote, and to associate with the general body of guests in the public saloon. Here we take our meals in private, and each party requires a sepa rate sitting room, handsomely fitted up, with fire, light, and every comfort for our own use. There, the attention of the waiters not being distracted by simultaneous summonses to many different parts of the house, the attendance is much easier, and the wants of all can be more readily supplied, many orders being taken at the same time. Here the waiter is bewildered by the ringings of mul titudinous bells, and urgent orders from dif ferent parties, who require instant obedience. Thus, additional servants are required, extra sup plies of plate, &c., all of which must be charged in the bill, as the proprietor does not throw his doors open for the mere satisfaction of being soundly abused. He naturally looks for a more substantial reward for his services than even empty praise, if such a thing could be expected from the would-be aristocratic traveller, whose only claim to the title consists in heaping indiscriminate cen sure on everything and everybody, while endea vouring to show that he is accustomed to much better at home than he can obtain while taking his ease in his inn ! The first conditions, then, indispensable to a due solution of the vexata questio is, that Eng lishmen, aye, and Englishwomen, should, while travelling, forget their exclusive and pretentious habits, that the ladies by whom a gentleman may happen to be accompanied should consent to take their meals in a well-regulated public room, which their presence will speedily so far improve as to remove the objections that might otherwise be felt by husbands, fathers, or brothers. Female society will purify the atmosphere of the coffee room, and exercise a beneficial influence on those who are compelled to spend much of their time away from domestic comforts, and seldom enjoy the cheerful blaze of " their ain firesides." We laugh at the Moslem scruples that forbid a lady from being seen abroad without her veil, but we see nothing objectionable in secluding our own females from being seen in the general room of a hotel, and taking her tea and toast before retiring for the night or starting for the day's journey, if exposed to the gaze of other wayfarers like her self. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17 5 1853, on plain old English fare than the " traveller" from town to town, who does not try to be mistaken for a Lord or Baronet in disguise, but is satisfied to be taken for what he is. The charges which he will have to pay are thoroughly known, so that he can calculate the bill to a far thing before he gives a single order. Let others who now complain so lustily take a leaf out of his book—let them be satisfied with what is at hand—without sending waiters out hunting after that which is difficult of attainment. In a word, let them remove the beams from their own eyes, to see and amend their errors, and they will find the great majority of Hotel-keepers ready to meet them half way, while the more unreasonable members of the fraternity will speedily find it their advantage to act reasonably and fairly when convinced that well-founded complaints will meet with public attention, and exorbitant charges be visited with just retribution. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 15. Her Majesty drove yesterday to the Falls of the Gar rawalt with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Count Alexander Mensdorff. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer stalking. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, Lady Augusta Bruce, and the Hon. Mrs. Gordon. The President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. J. A. Paris, with the Senior Censor, Dr. Nairne, and Dr. Babington, had a conference yesterday with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall, to consider the notification about to be issued by the board under authority of the order in Council of the 15th inst., empowering the General Board of Health to prepare re gulations and directions for the mitigation and preven tion of epidemic disease. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Balmoral. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the governors of the North American provinces, and also to the governors of the West India Islands. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The sacred performances in connexion with the "Fes tival of the three choirs" for 1853 were brought to a close on Friday afternoon by one of the most brilliant gatherings at the Cathedral to listen to the divine strains of Handel's Messiah that any previous festival within the century and a half of its existence has witnessed. The success of the meeting is beyond doubt, and it is expected that the stewards will be relieved of all pe cuniary responsibility. All the reserved tickets were sold early in the week ; and in order to provide for the extraordinary influx of strangers, a supplemental issue of tickets for portions of the sacred edifice never before used on such occasions had to be issued. A new feature in the arrangement of this festival is the holding of full cathedral service each morning (Tuesday excepted) at eight o'clock. In these services all the members of the cathedral choirs have assisted, and the effect was exceedingly fine. All the early morning ser vices were well attended, the choir of the cathedral being filled each day. Collections were made also at these services for the benefit of the charity for the relief of the widows and orphans of clergymen of the three dioceses, and the sums thus raised have contributed to swell the receipts in behalf of this noble institution. The whole collection on behalf of the charity amounted to 8051. 14s. There are many more donations yet to come in, THE CAPE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, Sept. 16.—The Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty have now under considera tion a new series of arrangements with reference to the dates on which the ships of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company are to leave Calcutta, the terminus of their voyages. When these alterations take effect, the several ports touched at by these ships will have increased postal communication provided for them, and the new system will be especially beneficial to the Cape and South African trade, inasmuch as it is, we believe, proposed that the outward mails shall reach Cape Town in sufficient time—viz., about the 20th or 22d of each month—to enable the merchants to send their replies to England by the homeward packets, which will be made due at the Cape within two or three days after the arrival there of the outward ships. The course of post from Southampton to the Cape will thus be reduced from 95 to 75 days, and if we may judge from the remarkable punctuality already se cured by these fine ships, as exhibited in their recent voy ages, there will be little, if any, danger of failure. The dates to which these vessels have respectively reached the Cape on their return from India during the past months will show how closely their time has been hitherto adhered to. The date at which the steamers should, under existing regulations, reach the Cape is the 19th of each month. in November last the ship of that month arrived on the 18th, in December on the 16th, in January on the 20th ; in February, March, April, June, and July on the 19th. In May there was no mail, the Mauritius having met with an accident to her ma chinery. One of the conditions of the new arrange ments will be, that in future the mails conveyed by the Screw Company's steamships are to be landed at, and embarked from Southampton instead of at Plymouth, as heretofore. This alteration, so long desired by the company, which has fixed its head-quarters at this port, will be of great 'advantage, and will save considerable expense, delay, and inconvenience to the company, while the public service will not in any way be deranged or prejudiced by the change. By advices received from St. Vincent's we learn that the Queen of the South made an excellent passage to that island of 12 days from Plymouth. This ship had been under sail only six days out of the twelve, and in her steaming had reduced the expenditure of fuel to the low average of only 17 tons per day. This result, in a remarkable degree, proves the great superiority for long sea voyages of full-rigged ships, fitted with the screw as an auxiliary, and constructed with sailing lines favourable for rapid propulsion. ROYAL CHARITY.—A communication addressed by Earl St. Germans to the Lord Mayor notifies that the Queen has been graciously pleased to cause the sum of 5001. to be placed in his Excellency's hands for distri bution among the public charities of Dublin. MUNIFICENT LEGACY.—The treasurer of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital for the Cure of Deformities has just received the handsome bequest of 2,0001. from the executors of the late Mr. J. R. Durrant, of Newgate street. The hospital in Bloomsbury-square is entirely supported by voluntary contributions, and such bequests are of course most acceptable. EXAMINERS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY. By an act of the late session the salaries of the Examiners of the Court of Chancery are fixed at 1,5001. a-year, and their retiring pensions are not to exceed three-fourths. In consequence of the oral examination of witnesses, a new form of oath to be taken by examiners has been framed in the act. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE BRADSHAW.—This gentle. man, whose death from an attack of cholera at Chris tiana we announced yesterday, was a member of the Society of Friends, and was well known for his benevo lence. He was the proprietor of the well-known Rail way Guide, and had an extensive printing-office at Man chester, and had recently opened a branch office at Newton-le-Willows, half way between Manchester and Liverpool, engaging for his purpose the once-celebrated Conservative Hall, erected there behind the Leigh Arms Hotel. The Conservative Hall was erected about 1835, in the first phrenzy of the reaction led by the Carlton Club after the passing of the Reform Bill, and the utter- We must also endeavour to get rid of the pal- ante of the rem ark by the late Sir Robert Peel, that the t b r a a t t. tl o e n of the consti T ti h ition was to be faught in the regis try feeling of aiming at being thought some perarielyy succeeded from the Whigs;in thing higher than we really are. " What Lancashire courts.tem will MRS. GRUNDY say ?" is the interrogatory ; since lost ground, the hall remained unused, and was the answer whereto proves the rock ahead, for many years untenanted and going to decay, but Mr. useful l haw rescued it and turned it to a better and more the source of e xtrav agance an d anno y ance , that embitters th e ex i s t ence o f man y f am i- e mploy p e u d rp a largeeas a number office, in which r in efha c nds ich are Asiatic cholera now lies. The moment we leave home—so soon carried him off after an illness of less than nine hours, interred as we enter into any pl ace w h ere we are un sedhto hi i e was known, we endeav our t o b e thought members of land by the written nsewxtfre very soon after death. He had to booats,aybuthtatthheevsehsoseulldbyrewtuhrinohtoheEwng. the aristocracy, to induce wa it ers an d c h am ber- to have come brought the news of his death and burial. maids, who have never before seen us, and among He was in his 53d year. whom we may never aga i n b e brought to su THE LATE Mn. STRICKLAND, F.R.S.—Mr. Strickland , p- was appointed Deputy-Reader in Geology at Oxford on pose that we are very great accustomed people, the occurrence of Dr. Buckland's sad illness. He was a to show and magnificence, and unable to spend a well read and practical geologist, taking part in the pro- Single It i s the - day without these indispensable interest of or, at least, to pearances are e we squander who adjuncts. these persons to be deceived, foundest discussions at the Geological Society, and ever ready to communicate knowledge with kindness and precision to all who applied to him. His loss will be seem to be deceived, and the ap- much felt. both at the Geological Society and in Section put on. For that purpose Cof the British Association. He was elected a Fellow rail at th ose wh_°n, ney we cannot af f ord, and then We p ass by th u e lak es e ta a b civant age of our weakness. finances, and select moving in very differ:se Tingly pay for the a ce :: and obtain the call for provincial town, and for Pi of the Royal Society last year, to the great honour of t d h e e em e e o d un h c im il and satisfaction ctthiaotn distinction. his friends, who had long suited for persons highest histrionic honours, who has so frequently been spheres, who wil - pert 6 2 in Rhine. The object is to orastonish he is astonished in the first instance, the those suited to our Tun YOUNG GIRRICI.—This little aspirant to the ~ ivimoosdellati,on they require, e tested by the severest critics, and earned the highest encomiums d Romeo on from o l in v edne sa numerous w andi ,with attentive the accustomed audiences, success.play - an English As some evidence of his dramatic power, we may men- Sherry on th e tion that this mere child has already repeatedly given waiter, and m'hatis acc f oun h ted by the best authorities a truthful d per ' Mrs. GRUNDY, fearing Viator, particiatwhies .le the John,DonationprineetAertchhuarraHctearmsleotf Norval, Jaques, J A aq u ue r s ey, ite King feeling on the following morning, when the n bil t t h e 1 b A most opportune style of dress has just been invented la y ri o y u i r la neigh . bours, the French, who are certainly singu delivered to the departing guest, who has forgot.- ten the transient triumph of the preceding even _ which dio)p n y o in meetin g ucrgest ih r e e m q s u e i l r v e e m s etnotso,thtleires.remltedisieos obvi ous ing, and is quite alive to the X. S. d. view of the o a is ap t t l e lat to nothing can be more inconvenient, and less subject, and the magnificence of the order, is femaleddour variable . climate, than ninny portions of asocostume which our fashionables adopt at certain merged in the magnitude of the payment-..the saEllludens of the year. To illustrate this fact, we would retribution that awaits the re cklessness of the or cloat, the exp osure of the chest in the ordinary mantel assumption of grandeur and gentility. The inventive genius intended for warmth and health. greater this fact, and If we inquire of the class who have far ing the evi as. produced a novelty completely meety experience in the comforts and expenses of Eng- Opening is 5. airtz aetdruly elegant mantel, in which an lish hotels than any other—the commercial tva- whilst the lower orgundsesr to pass over n fa the bonnet ; and vellers—we find that they obtain excellent accoo- , p f _el folds, I tely ectuhreesuver resembles the falls g i in e f t ull , aannddgreaocine modation, on very reasonable terms. That every ' This decided novelty ye ne i k and chest from inclemency. - civility is shown, every complaint at once respect - ,others just imported, byas been shown to us, amongst the Messrs. Jay, of Regent fully attended to, and that few men live better sWeet. MONEY MARKET. AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri can were taken for export. The market closed dull and inactive. Railway shares were firmer. The weekly statements of the position of the Bank of England are of absorbing interest just now, and there is the utmost anxiety manifested to scrutinise every detail of the account. The re turn before us reaches to the 10th inst., and doss not fall short of its immediate predecessors in the many changes it presents. The sum of the pre cious metals is scarcely so much reduced as it was in the previous return ; but still sufficiently to show that the drain cannot be suddenly arrested. The large purchases of foreign grain require pre sent cash arrangements to some extent, even if part of the amount returns to us ere long in ano ther shape. What the next return may show is mere matter of conjecture, though many conclude that there is a large deficiency, otherwise the Bank would have deferred putting up discounts. We do not apprehend, however, that the falling off will be nearly so great as rumour affirms, viz., 7 to 800, 000/. , unless the Australian gold, over 300,0001., has not been brought into the account, which is probable, since an assay might first be required. It is known that about 50,0001. in silver has gone out by the Hydaspes for India, but all this would be supplied from the recent imports per Magdalena. Again, some 300,0001. is shipped this day to St. Peters burgh, although the exch ange now scarce l y ren d ers such an operation profitable. To other parts of Europe there have been smaller amounts for warded, as the exchanges are rallying. The Public Deposit Account rises steadily, but the de mand for money in mercantile circles is shown by the other deposits and the larger amount of dis count accommodation. The Bank does not appear to have sold stock again to any amount. The fol lowing are the comparative changes : Active circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease Rest £22,197,630 268,265 16,201,352 298,716 3,641,708 7,185 5,251,010 549,412 10,862,058 155,255 1,420,788 26,271 12,767,018 6,158 14,957,874 411,680 7,669,090 27,615 Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease. Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease There was an advance again yesterday afternoon in the rates at which bills upon the principal foreign cities were negotiated. Paper at 90 days was taken at 25 22 to 25 on Paris, 11 18 to 18k on Amsterdam, and 13 61 to 7 on Hamburgh, and 11 2 to 6 on Trieste. The council of the Bank of France made no alte ration yesterday in the rate of discount, and will probably not assemble again for three weeks. The overland mail has arrived at Marseilles, and the letters are expected to be delivered on Mon day. The amount of bullion exported from London direct during the week to Thursday last was 55,486 ounces of silver, and 56,669 ounces of gold ; the silver principally to India, and the gold all to the Continent. The English stock market has improved this morning, and a larger business has been doing. The finer weather, and the hope expressed in some let ters that the Eastern question may be settled, has brought forward a few buyers. Consols have been 95 to 951 for transfer, and 958 to 95g for account. Exchequer Bills have been 2s. to 3s. discount. East India Stock has been steady at 250. Most Foreign Securities are a little firmer. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted 461, and the Deferred 22g. Braailian Five per Cents. have been marked 1001, and Buenos Ayres 65. Peruvian have risen to 77 and 78, business done. Sardinian Stock has been quoted 93. Russian Five per Cents. have been at 1131, and Dutch Four per Cents. at 97k to In all the English Railways there is a rally this morning. Caledonian are up E. to 2/. ; North- Western, 1/. 10s. ; South-Western, 10s. to 1/. ; Midland, 1/. to 11. 10s. ; and Oxford and Wolver hampton, South-Eastern, York and North Mid land, and the others, in proportion. French shares have also recovered a little. Gold Mines are steady, and the Land Companies higher. The Australian Banks are looking up. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Business done 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95.j aial India Stock Consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO £5OO 3 2 d 6d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 42 per Cent 9B 72 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 42 per Ceut. 77 8 x d Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto .41 per ; Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . . ...... Ditto for the Account 93 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 462 a Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22s Ditto Passive (Converted) Venezuela Bonds, 32 per Celia. Ditto Deterred, 1 per Cent l5 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, q per Cent. . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ...... . Consols Ditto October Account TWO O'CLOCK. 95R i 95i i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at Noon, N. to N.N.E., light airs and fine. DEAL, Sept. 17.—Arrived from the River and sailed —Northfleet, New Zealand ; Regina, Madras. Sailed — Maria Somes, Port Philip ; Ocean Gem, Aguilhas. SOUTHAMPTON , Sept.. 16.--A rr i ve d—Rainbow, Quebec. SWANSEA, Sept. 16 . — Wind, S.W. Arrived—Gypsy, Cuba. SHOREHAM, Sept. 16 . —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hen rietta Jeltina, Mazagan, from London, leaky. DARTMOUTH, Sept- 16. Wind, E. Sailed—Leo, St. John's, Newfoundland. FLEETWOOD, S Janeiro ; Elise, Bahia ; B e ll ona , Havannah. e1t.16.7-Wind, N. A rr i ve d—Johanna, Rio Sept. 1 6.—Arrived—Valkyren, St. Ste phen's, N.B. ; Charles Hill, Richibucto. PLYMOUTH, Se?t. 1 6.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Hydaspes (s), Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. JERSEY, Sept. 15.—Wind, S. Arrived—Arbrota, Ak yab, and sailed for Antwerp. GALATZ, Sept. s. —The Wm. Kerry (British barque), took the Ground Bar off Sulina, and was likely to become a wreck ; cargo nearly all saved. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind, E. to N. Arrived — Plato, Sunderland, from Havannah, leaky. FALMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Clemen tins, Havannah ; Bueno Maza, do. Off Port—William Bryan, Honduras. SHIELDS, Sept. 16.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Leopold, Havannah. BRISTOL, Sept, 16.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Katandine, St. John's, N.B. ; Delphos, Richibucto. Sailed—Ameri can Union, New York. QUEENSTOW N , Sept. 15. Wind, N. E. Arrived— Triton, New York ; Seneca, Prince Edward's Island. Sailed—Penelope, Cape de Verde. BELFAST, Sept. 15.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Reform, Philadelphia. The India and China Mail has arrived at Marseiles, and will probabiy be delivered on Monday. BY MLECTRIC TELEGRAM. rAvicErooL, SATURDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind, S.S.W , m o derate, and foggy. Arrived -Ann .._... . Rose, Miratnichi; Regina, Montreal ; Linda , Labrador ; Catharine, Newfoundland ; Malonia, Cronstadt ; Renedo, Santander. Sailed—America (steamer), for Halifax and Boston. Off—D e Witt Clinton, New York. BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TELEGRAPH. DEAL, SATURDAY, 9'45 A.M. Wind, N., light and cloudy. Passsed—Amelia, Lon don for Constantinople ; Giacomone, do. ; Agnes, London for Galatz ; Della, London for Oporto ; Clipper, London for Newport ; Angelina, London for Constantinople. An chored—Jane, Liverpool for Dantzic. Sailed—Ocean Gem, Sunderland, for Aquillas ; Victoria, for the River, in tow of steamer ; Louise, Antwerp ; Maria Somes, Port Philip, PROPOSED RE-ERECTION OF THE FREE TRADE HALL. - The directors of the public company for rebuildi ng th e celebrated Free Trade Hall, at Manchester, having re ceived a sufficient number of applications for shares, have now made their allotment, and issued call 'papers for the first instalment of the money. The capital is 25,0001., and the applications were to the amount of 29,0001. It is to be built on the site of the present Hall, but the design has not yet been fixed upon. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK AND THE SHEFFIELD MANU FACTURERS. —On Thursday week, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk entertained a party of the principal Sheffield merchants and manufacturers, to dinner at Glossop-hall. The party included the Mayor and master cutler (W. A. Matthews, Esq.), Alderman Dunn, Jno. Rodgers, Esq., of the firm of Rodgers and Son, Alderman Barker, Ed. Bury, Esq., and Chas. Cammell, Esq., of the firm of Cammell and Co., and W. Butcher, Esq., of the firm of W. and S. Butcher, MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this day.) Excepting in one or two dividend mines, and a few others in which discoveries have been made, we can not report any improvement in the market this week. In purely speculative mines, many shares have been offered, without finding buyers at any price. In times of depression like the present, almost amounting to a panic, the limited nature of the mininc, market is severely felt ; yet som e conso l at i on may be derived from the fact, that in very few, if in any, instances have our home speculations suffered to the extent of some of the foreign mines, although the latter have been brought out under the prestige of great names, and supported by the in fluence of the Stock Exchange. In mentioning our home mines, we allude, of course, to bond fide concerns, under good management, and properly worked ; and not to any of which may be said " The earth bath bubbles as the water has, and these are of them." We have more than once remarked how eager the general public are to believe the most extravagant statements regarding any thing " foreign," and the truth of which cannot be tested under many months ; whilst they look with incredulity and suspicion upon a good report of any mine in our own country, although a fee of 31. 3s. would, in a few days, confirm, or deny, its correctness. Alfred Consols have ad vanced to 221. to 221. 10s. per share. The report of the mine shows a very considerable increase in the value of the different levels. Improvements are reported in Trannack, Bosence, Wheal Neptune, West Stray Park, West Ding Dong, Wheal Uny, and Wheal Harriett. In West Ding Dong, one lode is reported as worth 1001. per fm. West Frances and East Basset are rising in value, and inquired after. At Herodsconabe, the lode in the adit end south is 4 ft. wide, with good stones of lead ore, rich for silver. Condurrow, 1401. to 1501. ; United, 2401. to 2501. ; Pen-y-Gelli, 15/. ; East Basset, 451. ; Devon Consols, 4001. ; North Towey, 15s. to 17s. ed., and the mine showing great prospects ; Sydney, 9/. ; Trevelyan, 21. to 21. 10s. ; Eaglebrook, 901. to 1001. ; West Caradon, 230/. ; South Caradon, 2301. At the Orsedd meeting, a call of 10s. per share was made, to pay for the engine now in course of erection. In the Metal Market, generally, there has been a vast business doing in the last week.—Both Banca and Eng lish tin are nominally at the last quotations, but the de mand is such, that a speedy advance is expected, as well •as in copper.—A vast business has taken place in tin plates, and higher rates are asking for them, the stock being so reduced in quantity.—Spelter is in greater re quest, and at 221. ss. for November delivery. Stafford shire Pig-Iron has risen full 7s. 6d. per ton ; whilst Scotch-Pig has declined to 625., solely by the bear transactions alluded to in our last ; otherwise there was fair reason to have expected an advance in price, in con sequence of the great dimunition that has taken place of late in the stock on hand, which continues to an almost incredible extent. The trade in rail and bar-iron is be yond all precedent. The gold mining share market this week has been generally depressed. Prices have sympathised from day to day, with the varieties of the other departments of the Stock Exchange. On Wednesday and Thursday the tone was very heavy, and prices of all descriptions were much depressed —some of the less accredited adventures being virtually unsaleable ; but yesterday a reaction was observable, and prices finally closed with a better appearance than has been observed for some days past. The arrivals of gold during the week have been the Marco Polo, 54,201 ozs. ; Kent, 26,263 ozs. ; Anne Milne, 280 ozs. ; and the Cornhill, 3,180 ozs. ; valued at 12,7001. In miscellaneous shares the market continues very dull. Australian Agricultural opened on Monday at 32, on Tuesday and Wednesday they fell to 28 to 261; but on Thursday a slight improvement took place, the clos ing quotation being 29 ; yesterday a further advance occurred, and business was done at 30 to 32. British American Land on Monday were 64 to 67, and remained stationery until Thursday, when they declined to 58 and 62, and closed yesterday at that price. Peel River on Monday were to pm. ' but during th e w ee k exc h ange d hands at 1 2 - dis. South Australian Land have varied from 34 to 29, and Van Diemen's Land have fluctuated from 16 to 31. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOLY BEAD AND DbBLIN. The following note refers to the attempts in pro gress to get a Government subsidy for the establish ment of a proper steam communication between. Holyhead and Dublin. Should the claim be lis tened to, on the plea that the undertaking would not prove remunerative to private enterprise, it will be difficult to understand how the Government can escape the liability of granting bounties to facilitate traffic in all other parts of th empire where there may be no inducement to do so from the prospects of a dividend : "Among the most interesting subjects of recent in quiry is the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on Communication with Ireland, analysed in the Times of the 7th inst. 'The sound principle of Government not unnecessarily meddling should be observed. What is desired by those who beat understand the question is, that the best possi ble ' bridge' should be made between Holyhead and Kingstown ; and the testimony before the committee puts it beyond cavil that boats can be made which would do it at the regular speed of 25 miles an hour, and in which sea-sickness would be scarcely known, and such comfort insured as would quite create a new habit in in crease of personal communication between Great Britain and Ireland. The gross annual cost of a boat of this sort each way every day (in connection with the express day trains) would not exceed 100,0001. per annum, in cluding wear and tear, interest of money, and every thing, of two boats. " - Now, what is contended for is, that this ought to be done by the railway companies whose traffic abuts at the bridge,' and that Government have no more business to give any pecuniary assistance to this `bridge' than they would have had to give money to make the Kils by tunnel or the Boyne viaduct, or any other link of a railway. It was suggested to the committee, that if the rail ways would voluntarily establish the bridge,' all those railway companies concerned in the traffic to be deve loped might refer it to some competent man, in whom the railway companies would have confidence, to say in what proportions various railways in Wales, England, and Ireland should contribute (according to their esti mated interest in the traffic), and that Government should facilitate the needful legislation to enable the as sociated railways to undertake it ; but that, as the gain to the railways would be greater by the increase of traffic, no Government s. d. were the least wanted. " However, the committee do not appear to take up this simple idea at all. They, and the witnesses who appear to have most of their ear, seek to mix up the postal service with these required passenger-boats, and to aim at getting Government aid in disguise, under the plea of Post-office service. The effect of this, if listened to, will be that the railways will find in Government money a premium to apathy in accommodating the public, and the public will not enjoy so good a bridge' as if the railways had been left to seek their remune ration in the increase of traffic which a proper bridge' would create. " This class of boat is inapplicable to the Post-office service, because the bulk of that service must be done at night, and there are frequent dark nights when the 25 miles an hour could not be carried on with prudenge, so that even with boats of unlimited speed the expense would be unavailingly incurred. All the Post-office ar• rangements must be made to fit the longest passages of frequent occurrence. I know that the nautical witnesses would have made this appear still more clearly than it does in the evidence if they had been properly drawn out. I am, &c., cc R. 7, TROOPS FOR INDIA.—A detachment from the Four- Company DepOt of the 74th Highlanders at Chatham, consisting of 78 rank and file, with 2 sergeants, under command of Lieutenant A. C. Prettyman, Lieutenant Augustus Davies, and Lieutenant Jameson, marched in company with a detachment of the 43d Light Infantry, consisting of 2 sergeants, 1 bugler, and 108 rank and file, under command of Captain Dorehill, Ensign Robert Pakenbam, and Assistant-Surgeon Biddell, en route for Gravesend. The beautiful brass band of the 38th Regi ment, and the bagpipes of the 74th Highlanders, played the troops through the towns to the terminus of the North Kent Railway. The troops embark at Gravesend on board the freight-ship Adelaide, for eonveyance to Madras. The 43d leaves a dep6t at Chatham consisting of 100 men of all ranks, under command of Captain Francis H. Synge and Lieutenant George H. Walker, and Lieutenant the Hon. S. W. Milles, son of Lord Sondes, of Norfolk. The 74th is expected to remain a Four-Company Dep6t. A BRUTAL ACT.—Some weeks ago, in a thick part o the forest of Montlecon, department of the Allier, a boy aged only nine was found covered with blood. An at tempt had been made to cut out his tongue. Medical assistance was procured, and by judicious treatment he was, after a while, abl e t o state that he was the son of a man living in the forest, and that one evening his father being in a passion with him, had dragged him into the forest, tied his hands behind his back, and had then attempted to cut out his tongue. The father was immediately arrested; but the judicial authorities have not vet been able to decide whether the case is by law one for trial by a court of assize or by a tribunal of correctional police. A SAVAIIE MASTIFF.—A serious accident occurred to Lord Southwell on Sunday afternoon, while passing the kennel of one of his watch-dogs, a powerful mastiff. His lordship, as was his usual custom, stayed to fondle the dog, which suddenly seized his master and tore off the greater part of his clothing, and when beaten with a stick the enraged animal pulled him to the ground and endeavoured to drag him to his kennel, but his cries for assistance were heard by the servants, who came up and beat the dog off with an iron bar. His lordship is se verely bitten in the thigh, and his hands and fing ers are ' extensively lacerated, the tendons being laid bare. Messrs. Ricketts and Roden, of Droitwich, Lord South well's medical attendants, were immediately called in. Up to the present time the symptoms are as favourable as can be expected, considering the severe nature of the injuries received. THE MURDER AT STOCKPORT, —Since the committal of James Moore, for the murder of his two step children at Stockport, the canal has been drained near the spot where the bodies were found, and at the bottom was discovered the umbrella which the prisoner took with Lim when he left his wife's house with the children. One of his motives for so disposing of the umbrella appears to have been that his wife prized it very much as a relict of her first husband. Since his s committal he expressed a desire to see his wife, but she said she did not want to see the murderer of her children. When he was informed of her refusal, he affected great unconcern, observing that he only wanted to see her about the disposal of his clothes, and other household matters. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. A rise has taken place in the price of corn in Paris and the neighbouring districts. In other markets, for instance, at Grenoble, Valence, &c., there has been a decline. Apples, for cider-making, abound in Normandy. The Bank of France has not raised its rate of discount, nor is it likely to do so without an ex traordinary meeting of the directors. The usual meeting will take place in three weeks. The Moniteur promulgates the convention agreed to at Rome, on the Ist of April, 1853, regulating the postage of letters between the Roman States and France or Algeria. The postage of an or dinary single letter between the two countries is to be one franc, the sender having the option to pre pay the letter or not, just as he pleases. A like amount of postage is to be charged for letters from the French post offices in the Mediterranean to the Pontifical States, and vice versa. The postage on newspapers is to be 20 centimes. The King of Holland has nominated General Rollin, aide-de-camp to the Emperor of the French, Knight of the Order of the Oak, and promoted M. Fave, orderly officer, to the grade of commander of the same order. The Bourse was feeble yesterday, with little bu siness doing. The Three per Cents, opened at 76f. 75c., and closed at 76f. 75c., for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents, closed at 101 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,208 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,050 f. ; Havre, 507 f. 50c ; Great Northern, 855 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 905 f. ; Paris and Lyons, '9osf. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 760 f. ; Western of France, 722 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 610 f. ; Great Central, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 766 f. 25c. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. On Wednesday a courier left Paris for Mar seilles, bearing a dispatch from our Government for Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, which, it is said, in a well-informed quarter, enjoins him to employ every possible means to induce the Sultan to accept without delay the note of Vienna without modifi cation. In case the Porte should object that she was no longer able to keep in the populations, his lordship is authorised to allow the English squad ron to • enter the Bosphorus, and to disembark troops for the purpose of causing the decision of the Sultan to be respected. It is further reported, that on Wednesday, at St. Cloud, the Emperor and his Ministers deliberated on the decision of the English Cabinet, and decided on adopting the same course. From Paris yesterday evening the correspondent of the Times writes :—" I did not exaggerate the effect produced here by the news of the projected conference between the Emperors of Russia and Austria. It is, in fact, regarded as of the greatest importance, and I may add further that few or none believe that the Czar will not succeed in completely establishing his influence over the mind of the youthful Emperor, and detaching him from the alliance with England and France. Every guarantee will be offered and every promise made that would allay his fears or excite his ambition, but at any cost Austria must be detached from the maritime powers. But that visit may have the effect of changing the attitude of the other allies of Turkey, and urging them, or one of them, to a more decided action." The same writer says :—" The most recent accounts from Constantinople confirm in every particular the facts relative to the excitement of the population, and the eagerness of the army to come to blows with the Russians. Ac cording to these accounts assemblages fre quently (it is said every day) take place under the windows of the Ministers' palaces, all cla morous for war, and placa r d s are found affixed to the walls calling out for instant war against the Russians war or death.' The state of affairs is now indeed alarming and menacing. I see letters from Constantinople and other parts of Turkey, written by persons who, up to the present, have been very moderate, very pacific, but who are now as warlike as the most enthusiastic of the Mus sulmans. Of the army I say nothing, except that I believe the greatest task imposed on its chiefs is to keep back the troops from rushing to attack their enemies. The question has assumed a serious aspect indeed ; it could not be more so even had the fleets entered the Dardanelles the moment the Russians crossed the Pruth. The following is from Vienna, September 12 : " It is not difficult to foresee what the policy of Austria will be should there be a war between Russia and the Porte. As long as France and England render no active assistance to Turkey, this Government will remain neuter. Even if the united fleets advance into the Bosphorus for the protection of the capital it is probable that Austria will not interfere ; but if troops are disembarked, or the Russian fleet in any way molested, she will certainly make common cause with Russia." A. letter from Vienna of the 12th in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" It has been announced that Aus tria is going to reduce her army. At present it is stated that the frontier regiments in Italy are to be shortly dismissed to their own country." The Press of Vienna says :—" The Cronstadt Gazette considers it singular that, immediately after the arrival of the Vienna note at Constantinople, the Ottoman Porte ca ll e d 80 , 000 men of the redifs , under arms. There are 100,000 men on the Da nube without reckoning the redifs. The army of the Danube will be 140,000 strong when all the troops shall have arrived." On the sth inst. the Envoy Extraordinary of the Shah of Persia took leave of the Czar at St. Pe tersburgh, and on the 6th he left the capital. It is said that he has failed in accomplishing the object of his mission. SPAIN. A royal decree appears in the Madrid Gazette, authorising M. Doral the ex-Minister of Marine, to publish the documents in explanation of his conduct, relative to the supply of coal for the mari time station of the Philippine Islands, undertaken by the firm of Pinto Perez, of London, and to de posit the original of them on the table of the Cham ber of Deputies.—Another decree says :—" I re move Rear-Admiral Don Antonia Doral from the post of Minister of Marine, and reserve to myself to utilise his services when an occasion shall pre sent itself ;" and another decree confides the ad interim administration of the marine department to M. Collantes, Minister of Public Works. It is said the Gazette will shortly publish a royal decree, declaring that the contract entered into with the firm of Pinto Perez and Co., of London, is annulled ; and that a new contract shall be en tered into for the supply of coal to the Philippine steamers ; also that the papers in the affair of M. Doral shall be referred to the Royal Council. The cabinet, after disposing of the Doral busi ness, decided on all questions relative to railways, with the exception of those on the lines to the north, and from Alcar to Palencia. It has deter mined that the line from Madrid to Aranjueo shall be purchased by the State. The 11th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. AUSTRIA. The Frankfurter Journal contains a letter from Vienna of the 12th, which says :—" The Emperor has ordered that the royal insignia of Hungary, immediately on their arrival here, shall be exhi bited to the public in the chapel of the palace. His Majesty ran some danger two days back ; when proceeding with his young brother to Schcenbrun, in one of the imperial carriages, the horses took fright, and ran away at great speed. Fortunately, the coachman succeeded, after a little time, in stopping them. The Emperor and his brother then went on to Schoenbrun in a carriage belonging to a private gentleman." The Vienna G aze tt e states that the Emperor of Austria has, in remembrance of the assistance af forded to him by Count Charles O'Donnel, when the attempt to assassinate his Majesty was made, ordered him to' add to his armorial bearings the initials of the Emperor in the centre of the arms of Austria, on the breast of the imperial crowned two-beaded eagle. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the Bth, in the Parla ment° of Turin, states that the Tribunal of the Sacred Consulta has condemned two printers, named Angeli and Chiassi, to 15 y e ars' imprison ment in irons, for having distributed clandestine publications. REPAVING OF OXFORD-sTREET.—The repaving of the portion of this important thoroughfare between Charles-street, Soho-square, and Tottenham-court-road has been completed, and it will shortly be reopened for traffic, to the great convenience of the public. The works in progress at the upper portion of the street be yond the Regent-circus are proceeding rapidly. The wood paving has already been replaced by granite blocks as far as Hanover-gates, and the remaining por tion of the street as far has Bond-street has been closed for the same purpose. It is intended to replace the wood by the substitution of granite blocks between the points mentioned, and when it is completed the whole of Oxford-street, from one end to the other, will be en tirely paved with stone of a substantial and durable cha racter, instead of the former Macadamised Rnd wood paving, and more suited to the enormous and continuous traffic of this important thoroughfare. THE HON. G. C. NORTON. o to the The following letter has been addressed Editor of the Times by Sir John Bailey : Sir,—Absence from London and a severe priv yt/3 . sorrow have prevented my sooner noticing Ce letters which have lately appeared in the I?u ito , journals, in which my name has been most properly introduced by Mr. Norton, Who b liar thought fit to publish his copy of a fore me for my opinion in 1836, andeasae mine to his solicitor, dated January 9, 1837 ' publishes these documents to prove that nIY r_ e ' I hag nion then was at variance with one which his ee more recently expressed—namely, that osse st duct to his wife " has been marked by the gr ' cruelty, injustice, and inconsistency. opiuiess letterig If Norton's remarks on the alteration in my , ent , had been merely intended to impeach my b l u s t ho as uld h n e ot in ta n v ds e c t o h n e de p s u c b en li d c ed to to in fneortitcbeattlBo.; Norton may be unworthy of the later 0 1: 1 ',, which circumstances have led me to form, an u u yia himself undeserving of the censure I passed his conduct towards her, I consider I show" in acting the part of a coward if I refrainedfredie coming forward to state the truth, howevel oto agreeable this enforced publicity may be — _ are d must be—to any man who has merely endeay.;oo to do his duty fairly and fearlessly, as a gentr, and a man of honour, between parties utter* uu connected with him. le iter If Mr. Norton's object in publishin g my be and opinion had been the developmentof truth , would Rot have left unst a t e d facts which cle f s account for my change of opinion. As he n ly thought fit to suppr ess th ose f ac t s , I will seer them. When this opinion of th e 3d o f O c tober, 1836/ and the letter of the 9th of January, 1837, u written by me, I was acti ng as hi s cou nsel ; an' tbs t his ex parte statements, in the firm helie, f , every assertion he made t o me was t r ue and e a t ble of proof, I wrote that letter and I gave opinion. Some time in th e y ear 1837 , an d su b se quenal ° my letter to Mr. Currie, my position was oha l A. o - I ceased to be Mr. Norton's counsel, and all r o t vious attempts at reconciliation or arrangesy l between him and Mrs. Norton having failed, b . , AI Mr. Norton's own earn es t so li c it a ti on , took myself the arduous and thankless office of tor, providing that Mrs. Norton would Pwai, a me to act in that capacity on h er b e h a lf. 1 , 431 not expect that she would ever consen t t o this'll:4 the position I held as counsel for her husband, the impression she n ecessar il y mus t h av e en; tamed that I was thus p re j u di ce d aga i ns t her her honour and credit, however, she at once T h ceded to Mr. Norton's request. I received, W oes from her and from her husband, written assura n that they would abide by my decision, whatever it might be, and on these t erms I en t ere d on. ar t difficult task. I then, for the first time, learn Mrs. Norton's side of th e ques ti on . found, b 9 4 documentary proofs in h er p ossess i on, that hat been advising Mr. Norto n , no t on hi s rea l case'" g on a series of invented fables which he had str`":4 together and consulted me upon. Nearly °T; statement he had made to m e t urne d ou t t o be o il true. I found Mrs. N or t on anx i ous on l y OR if, point, and nearly b ro k en -h ear t e d a b out i t ; Ilanlebeei the restoration of h er c hild ren . Sh e trea t e d pecuniary affairs as a matter of perfect indifferen and left me to ar range th em w i th Mr. Norton thought fit. I found h er h us b an d , on the c ontra anxious only about the pecuniary part of the 7 0 rangement, and so obvio us ly ma ki ng t h e l ove all' ;, mother for her offspring a means of barter and n gain, that I wrote to him, I could be " no party d any arrangement which made money the prie e lier Mrs. Norton's fair and h onoura bl e access tu,AP children." I found his history of her expe n and extravagance to be untrue ; and that while he made that complaint, he had detained, r t, her wardrobe, jewellery, and b oo k s ; in su° every article of her personal property under thr i l l e d of selling them.. I advised that these things sb ° , be given up, but Mr. Norton would not conselp,4 do so. I told him frankly I did not think he ouL fi lh ever to have retained them. I found Mrs. Ne.,,,,r7. had offered to pay her own bills, and that Mr. J: l _, ° .' ton's solicitor had replied that there was no taking, even if she did pay her bills, that her pro perty perty should be retu rne d t o h er. I found, nolo Mr. Norton's own ha n d wr iti ng , con f ess i ons o f t a grossest personal violence towards his wife, o n that on one occasion he had kicked the dravii ll s room door from its hinges, and dragged her o ut r the room by force ; she being then enceinte of h e te youngest son. I wrote to him to say, that in sr f of these injuries (supported by the clearest p 1 7 3 °, under his own hand wr iti ng ) I f oun d M rs. Norton "reasonable," " tractable ' " "very forbeari ng in her expressions tow ar d s him," anxious to satiSfi him " for the children's sake ;" writing to me, ir stead of abusing him, that she desired " heartilif vainly, and sorrowfully, to be at peace with be; children's father." I f oun d th at the taking away those children had been the real ground of quarrel and that not only M r . N or t on threw the blame 0b the subsequent trial on his advisers, and declare" that the trial was brought " against his judgme . but that one of his a ngr i es t groun d s of complaw against his wif e was , th a t s h e h ad said she " no va r 4 ,_ would return to him ;" th a t, as h e expresse 4 L " she did not " honestly intend to return to Jaw" when he asked her ;" that his s ist er an d othe r friends had told hi m so ; in answer to which coma plaint I wrote him word, that Mrs. Norton ol d intend to have returned, but admitted she b s , said to his sister, "it would b e f or h er children g - sake." I found even while m a ki ng thi s a ngry complaint, and while endeavouring to come,: terms, he retained cer t a i n poc k et- b ooks and n'• memoranda of Mrs. Norton's, in case, if the nr, gotiations went off, he might find in these journr n something on which t o groun d some aecu.salt° against her in the ecclesiastical or other courr h I read with amaze men t th e ser i es of letters W hi Mr. Norton had previously addressed t o his and in which he signs himself "Greenacre. d. showed those l e tt ers t o th e l ate Lord Wy n ibr id I said, if Mrs. Norton had been my sister I we ll e d have made them public, and I consider she sh°,l, g great forbearan ce an d cons id erat i on in not inal"; them public when Mr. Norton advertised her the papers. Mr. Norton admitted to me his belief of his wife's innocence of the charge he,,,m - a , e brought against her and Lord Melbourne; and ' o il letters of his expressly exculpated her from„ blame, and end ear i ng l y entreated her to rel „ . n 7 c l and live with hi m aga i n. I then certainly diet° a my opinion. I thought Mr. Norton had le n t : his wife the most crue l i n j ury a man could in 10" and that he was b oun d to make every 5 a ,... and reparation in his power. I saw no earl"; reason why her child ren s h ou ld b e withheld fr°to her, and re qu i re d hi m to write immediatelyve Scotland (where the children then were) to ' 0 them sent to Lond on f or th w i t h . In my pri nce and at my dictati on h e wrote a letter to t h a t (0 ,6 11 and sealed it. I posted it myself, and thought was settled, as the sole stipulation made by 31115.14 r Norton was th e re t urn o f h er c hi ldren ; b u t . Norton was base enough to write a second let tel , unknown to me, to forbid their coming—and °an d they did not. As soon as I discovered this fte iace treachery and br eac h o f f a i t h I threw up m y ° ith of mediator. I remonstrated in severe terms 1.10 Mr. Norton, an d my i ntercourse with ce ceased. The question of Mrs. Norton's allowt r . was not entered upon, as my interference I ', he minated at this point. I deem it, simplest justice to Mrs. Norton to say that I f° g;g her irank and straightforward throughout- - as letter however,_. strictly up to this sentence in her first to me :—" Heartily, and as God is my Ju d e i I desire to make w h a t peace i s p oss ible bettyt.o me and my husba n d, i n spit e o f the Pa e cis, She left her int eres t entirely in my hasoce threw no obstacle in my path, and never _ ver swerved from the promise to abide by whol v , terms I should lay down. With Mr. N"','. he though he had appointed me to act, I founal, s exact reverse. He abused his wife and his wife, family ; he shuffled about the misstatement he could not deny : he would be bound neither Di his verbal promise nor his written pledge ; after a correspondence, which began in Novem be . l :: and did not end till January, all effort at arrange" ment was given up. On a calm review of ti,e!, circumstances, it can scarcely be wondered at that I utterly changed my opinion, and that the advlc . ! I gave to the writer of the Greenacre 1837, was not the same advice I had given to t ‘ nu supposed injured h us b an d o f 1836. gave N-ri Norton, on the fan c y case h e su b m itt e d to counse good sound honest advice, to the best of my ability ! and gave him the lik e a d v i ce w h en hi s re al case came known to me. If he had abided by that ad vice, and by his written pledge, the curiosity of th e world would not now be gratified by details of his private affairs, which he compels others to publish piecemeal for their own justification. lam sorry, for his sake, that s uc h pu bli cat i on ever took p lace ; and I am glad for Mrs. Norton's sake, because 1 _ consider there never was a more d ee ply injured woman, and that hi s con d uc t t o h e r certainly has injustice , been mark e d by "the grosse st cruelty, and inconsistency" that ever any ma n displayed. Mr. Norto n may attack me with impunity,—l s not answer hi m ; but I will not allow him to per suade the public that there is any inconsistency in an opinion formed on a thorough knowledgeirocfhie case ; which o pi n i on , now that all the cum_ stances of that case are more generally known, he will, I think, find be universal. JOHN BAILEY. Philorth-house, Fraserburgh, N. 8., September 13. 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