The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night was the opening of the winter season at the 11 3'cetim, and the occasion drew thither as large an audi ence as the house is capable of containing. During the recess the pit has been enlarged, and the number of pri vate boxes augmented ; but with one important excep tion, there is no material change in the company, and the management still rests with Mr. Charles Mathews rid Madame Vestris. The performances began with A cs Case, a pieee familiar to the frequenters of the Illeemn, and the success of which rests entirely with XL Mathews. It afforded, however, an opportunity or two new faces to make their appearance—Mr. Fre °rick Robinson and Mr. Gladstone—the one of whom • an injured husband, and the other as a sentimental awnbroker, showed a very good acquaintance with the a st i r, and both in their humble parts out a very respect. The piece de circonstance of the evening, however, was a kind of double farce with this somewhat el ongated title, Th e C o mmencement of a Bad Farce, ic hich, however (it is loped), Will turn out to be Wright 44 Last. It is designed for the introduction of Mr. Wright, the quondam hero of the Adelphi, and latterly " shelved" comedian of the Princess's, to familiar sc . quaintance with the Lyceum audience ; but though not Without some merit, and though giving some scope for the display of the broad humour of our old favourite, it h eCanae duller as it progressed, and the curtain closed u pon it with exclamations which were anything but favourable. The scene is laid upon the stage of a country theatre, and Augustus (Mr. Robert Roxby), dre ssed just as a country actor playing a lover dresses, a pplies to Mrs. Dollcday (Mrs. Frank Matthews) for the , } laud of her lovely Lucy (Miss Martindale.) The acting at this scene is capitally overstrained, and when Augustus, 1 1 advice of the mamma, applies to the Doctor (Mr. • I 'rank Matthews), who is made up in the style of fifty '? re ars ago, one of the obvious malentendus as to mutual intentions, common in the old farces, takes place, and is 6111 7 put an end to by Mr. Frank Matthews being un able to remember his part, except by the loud interposi tion of the prompter, and by the carpenters running on a c ouple of scenes— one representing an interior, the other . landscape: At this the hisses, which have been gra dually increasing, rise to such a pitch, that Mr. Charles M athews, as manager, has to rush upon the stage and a ppeal, with admirably-personated indignation, for • support of the respectable part of the audience, aisting that the disapprobation comes from the paid • e nlissaries of a rival house. He could name the indivi dna' if he chose. The audience are puzzled to know Whether the anger of the lessee is real or assumed, and t hey, almost to a man, cry " Name, name." He points to Wright, who gets up in the pit and repels the accu 4tiOn. Here the people become aware of the joke, and ; their laughter and applause are vehement. The col loquy wen t on w i t h v i vac ity, an d a goo d d ea l o f Mnour ; Wright's quaint way of turning round every and then, and addressing the audience, raising roars 'et laughter. He bestowed smart hits on some of I the the a t res an d th e i r manager s, not excepting th e ceum itself. Mr. Mathews insisting that he was Mr. Wright of the Princess's, he denied that he was, and * aid that had Mr. Mathews not spent so much of his tine in translating French books and writing French Pamphlets, he would not have forgotten his own lan .lnage so much as not to know that of the Princess's and vera the Princess's were different things. "At the p rincess's." he said, "I was engaged to play all the great tragic parts ; but I played only one, and that was 1 4c Stranger." At length Mr. Mathews began to talk of making-up matters, and proposed that Wright should engage with him. After some more jokes do this subjeCt,. Wright scrawled upon the stage where Ile was warmly welcomed by the performers. The actual farce then begins, and Wright gives the house a taste of his quality as—himself, at Chelmsford, Where he has been detained three days at the Spotted 13 °g, awaiting the arrival of a post-office order, without Which he cannot prosecute a journey to Billericay, where he has an eye upon a buxom widow, who has hitherto eluded his pursuit. All this, however, went off heavily, notwithstanding the great exertions of Mr. Wright, who did his utmost to insure a successful result, and if his efforts failed, it was owing to the badness of the piece, and not to any fault of his own. We hope he may be more successful on the next occasion. The performances terminated with Little Toddlekins. The National Anthem was played by the orchestra in the course of the evening. lIOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a numerously-attended meeting of the directors and members of the Home Counties and Me ttopolitan Freehold Land Society was held at the Lon don Coffee House, Ludgate-street, for the purpose of i lallotting for rights of choice of the allotments in this ftciety. Shortly after eight o'clock the chair was taken I) 3' Mr. Eykelbosch, the chairman of the executive eolllraittee. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, The CHAIRMAN, in rising to open the proceedings of the evening, said it gave him great pleasure in again meeting so large an assemblage of members in this pros- Perous society. As he (the Chairman) saw a number of Strangers present, he might be permitted to say a word or t wo with re s p ec t t o the security of property held under F reehold Land Societies. There was not a country in t he world were greater respect was paid to property than : 11 England, and how was this to be accounted for but °Y the true English system of fair play pursued by societies of this description. Was it not a great advan tage to the possessor of land to know his title was secure. Another advantage was that estates, amounting t ° many hundreds of acres, were purchased by the society at a wholesale price. Immediately they became th eir property they were entered upon, cleared of hedges, Properly drained, roads marked out, and all other neces sary preliminaries having been completed, they were t hen divided into small allotments, and offered to those p er sons becoming members, retail, at the price, with trifling deductions for the necessary expenses, it became e property of the society—viz., the wholesale price. It would be a useless task for him further to dilate upon, and lay before them, the advantages to be obtained by joining such societies as this. He felt assured every gentleman present would therefore pardon him in pro ceeding at once to the business of the evening. The object °f calling the present meeting was to ballot for the remain ing 30 or 40 rights of choice of plots on the society's estate lit Wood Green, Hornsey, an estate acknowledged to be °n e of the best, if not the best, of the many estates pos "essed by Freehold Land Societies. When these rights were settled, this estate would be fully occupied, but shortly he should have the happiness to be in a position to announce to the members the situation of two first rate estates about to become the property of the society. If s would not further detain them, but at once allow the ballot to proceed. Before resuming his seat, be Would feel happy in answering any question that might be oh t o h im. •A• gentleman in the body of the meeting inquired the situation of the two estates mentioned by the chairman. T he CHAIRMAN s a id th e estate s were s it ua t e d sou th o f L° , 11(10 n, between two railways ; further than this, he did not feel justified in stating, as it would not facilitate . o lz r f urther th e en d s o f th e society in obtaining the la n d. Z 145 Would assure the members present that nothing "Ct first-class p ro perty would be purchased by the society. ale Would now, with the permission of the meeting, call u p o n the secretary to proceed with the ballot. Two youths then commenced drawing the numbers for th e • rights of choice, which were announced to the meet `ng by the chairman in the following order :-31, 62, 136 , 144, 241, 296, 354, 340, 455, 436, 546, 550, 66 , 8 ' 675 , 743, 790, 894, 885, 952, 901, 1,026, 1,017, 1 ' 138 ) 1,179, 1,222 , 1 ,256, 1,3 47 , 1,310, 1,491, 1,439, 1,506 , and the right to the tavern allotment was awarded Mr. Roddy. At the conclusion of the balloting, a vote of thanks 7 1 0 the chairman was proposed, seconded, and unani nlb_ usly carried, which having been neatly acknowledged Mr. Eykelbosch, the proceedings terminated. -10NEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, October, 1853. tl--Minor money order offices will be opened at the under entioned places on the respective dates named : .--4,1 vercreecb, Somerset, Nov. 7 ; Henfield, Sussex, Nov. 4 1 ; LYdd, Kent, Nod. 4 ; Milverton, Somerset, Nov. n l l- i ' A stva, Cavan, Nov. 1. On the Ist November, a co I°r money orer office will be opened at Dalkey, T ib li ntY Dubli n . B urford baying been reduced to a 14 " -°f Eloo under Cheltenham is now served (as respects "°AneY order advices) from that place. ~ ' "°T riE RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester '4Y the bakers throughout the metropolis again rose t h e nric e bakers of the 41h. loaf one halfpenny. The first-rate az at the We s t- en d , the Strand, Holborn, the City, 1,." 0i A llo hav e b een charging Hid., now charge ls. to from 91d u. for the b es t w h eaten bread ; the second-rate . to 10d. per 41b. weighed on deliver Man t he third-rate, or what are called "cheap bak y. ers," in 13:ttPopulated districts of Whitecbapel, Spitalfields, b ,- 41-green, Blackfriars-road, the New-cut, West b met &C., only 81d. to 9d. for good wholesome P 4 e ,c l, also weighed on delivery. The price of bread in Ye ar :l %r Brussels (France and Belgium) is dearer this 80. the 44 for many years past, the hest bread being or 7 , 2 kilos. (41b. Boz. English), second quality 7-0., rnu centimes . 0 • th e t IRISH RAILWAY COLLISION.—It ig stated that cortiotal los s the Great Southern and Western Railway St Da rq will sustain by the late fearful accident at ant will not be,.less than_ 800001. . . ..%,...::. ,t -....,' • - • - bates Corn. very from. oc had- are airs, ~ ,t. THE PENNY RECEIPT ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is but a few months since I addressed the public, through your columns, when, I believe, I pointed out (effectually) the absurdity of the then con templated tea and tobacco licensing scheme. I now boldly come down upon the present Government, as having inflicted upon the middle classes of the commer cial community of this country the most unjust system of plunder that that unfortunate and invariably victimised class has ever, in my day, experienced. Nay, start not, Johnny, I mean the Penny Recept Act. Oh ! Mr. Bull, Mr. Bull, what an ass you are—why do you allow a small knot of gentlemen to be continually changing the laws, so as to plant all the burden upon the backs of the hardest-worked donkeys in the country ? Have you calculated, have you thought, have you dreamt, what this penny affair will drag out of the earnings of the middle classes of tradesmen ? I fear, my poor unfor tunate brethren, you have slumbered in the mist, and have allowed a march to be stolen upon you which will make some of us look aghast when we come to draw a balance of our earnings a year hence. Some of us I think will find this penny tax an item of many pounds. Let me, ye poor deluded bipeds, point out a few of the inequalities which must occur in the operation of this wise and just law. Let me premise. I know lam likely to be answered that a man receiving 21. or upwards can afford to sacrifice one penny. True as a general rule it may be concluded so, but I contend it is hard that one class of the community should have to pay pounds towards the taxation of the country in proportion to others' pennies. To wit—here is a case (although I admit an extreme one). —My Lord has a rent roll of 70,0001. per annum ; his land is let to say one hundred and fifty tenants. These tenants pay their rents—l suppose half-yearly (they generally have to pay up to the mark). This would make, in round numbers, 300 payments an nually, for receiving which sum, 70,0001., the noble lord will have to give 300 penny stamps—just 255. Twenty five shillings per annum for receiving 70,0001. bona fide income. Now, look at the contrast. lam a trades man : I transact about 25,0001. worth of business per annum, all wholesale ; my goods are of that description that I have customers upon my books many of whose accounts do not exceed 21., some of them (only a few) occasionally .purchase parcels which amount to hundreds of pounds, but the payments I receive throughout the year will not average more than five pounds each, con sequently I have to pay towards the same tax 5,000 pence, or 201. 16s. Bd., and mine is only a fluctuating or circulating return. It may be, and often is, that some parties situated as I am (although making a return of 25,0001., or more in the course of the year) upon drawing a balance find no profit is left—nay, some times, through bad debts and a variety of other circumstances which the trading portion of the comma -nay is subject to, a loss appears. Is this equal taxa tion ? Is this encouraging commerce ? Is this reward ing industry or the sweat of man's brow ? No ! ye tyrannical gormands, it is all tending to the silently working system of keeping the rising man down, and just the order of taxation which is certain to be lauded in a leading article of the limes newspaper. How strange is the anomaly ! Just at this identical period the very party whose duty it was to cheek the growth of this abuse in the bud is now nourishing the seeds and roots which planted the rank weed upon our soil:, I mean the Manchester cotton lords. No doubt these gentlemen have not thought of the probable working of the system because they (in a great measure) are similarly situated to the landowner, inasmuch, as this, that these gentlemen's trade is done by large sales at a time, and perhaps many of them turning over many thousands in the course of the year will not have to pay half so much towards this tax as I shall have to pay for my few thousands ; and I believe there are many whom it will affect in proportion even more than myself. I wonder, sir, if any one has yet ventured upon a guess what this measure is likely to produce the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, for it is said the law is rigidly to be carried out. I tremble to contemplate (if the tax is strictly enforced) what the sum will be. Will it be hundreds, will it be thousands, or will it be millions ? Mark my words : I prognosticate that the revenue de rived from this source will be many millions. Well, then, suppose it is ; we shall, no doubt, have a reduc tion of other taxes. But what taxes will be reduced to benefit the middle classes ? Will they be such as the assessed taxes, which the generous Chancellor of the Exchequer has reduced, amongst his recent botches, or will the 1001. income tax scheme (which has recently been inflicted upon poor widows and clerks) be abo lished ? This, of course, remains to be proved ; but here is a fact that is already proven. _ _ This generous law does not leave me', alone even with paying 201. 16s. Bd. in proportion to my lord's 11. 55., but I may be called upon to pay more pence ; for in stance, it may occur that some of my customers will only pay me by instalments. If so, I shall have to use a penny stamp for every payment I receive. For instance, I may have a demand upon a customer for 241. I may have to receive this amount by instalments of 21. each, I shall then have to use stamps for this single amount, whilst my neighbour may receive as many thousands, and use only one stamp for the whole payment. Is this equality of taxation? or is it equally just that if I make a bad debt of say 1001., and, after having waited (out of all reasonable time) for a dividend from the Bankruptcy Court which may amount to 21., I must also use a penny stamp to receive this portion of my hard-earned and equally bard-lost capital ? How many more comparisons of this description could I not make ? I could fill your pages, but I must be content for the present. I must look even more closely than ever to my business, or I may find the pence, and the pounds too, on the wrong side of my books when I next take stock. Does not all this go to prove that there is but one just system of taxation, and that is direct upon real pro p3rty ? I remain, Sir, October 31. One of the Middle Classes, B. C. J. ENGLISH v. AMERICAN CLIPPERS.—The Stornoway, Captain Hart, has made her appearance at Liverpool, after a very favourable run from China of 107 days. The Stornoway was built at Aberdeen, for the purpose of competing with some of the far-famed American clippers ; and while under the command of Captain. John Robertson she beat all those which attempted to run against her, and under her new commander she bids fair to maintain her reputation. The Challenger, a powerful and fast-sailing American ship, left Whampoa before the Stornoway, and has not yet arrived, although many of our English houses in China patronised her, thinking that their teas would be brought to an early market ; but in this instance they have been disappointed, as the cargo of the Stornoway will in all probability be disposed of before that of the Challenger is landed. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A CHURCH.—Mr. G. S. Brent has just held an inquest on the body of George Pearce, aged 30, who had for some time past been engaged at work at the large Irvingite church now building in Gordon-square, Saint Pancras. On Tuesday evening last, after leaving work, he met some companions, with whom he indulged to excess, and on making his appear ance next morning, the foreman, observing him to be labouring under the influence of the previous night's libations, sent him away, telling him to go home and get himself all right. Instead of doing so, however, he recommenced drinking, and the police being about to take him into custody for creating a disturbance in the neighbourhood, he ran away towards the building above named and ascending into the belfry, it is supposed fell asleep, his body being subsequently found on the ground, a distance from thence of ninety-six feet, by some of his fellow-workmen, in a frightfully mutilated condition. He was forthwith conveyed to the University College Hospital, but it was found that he was quite dead, and that his back was broken, and his head dreadfully shat tered. Verdict, "Accidental death." SINGULAR PHENOMENON AT ABERDARE.—A curious circumstance has just occurred at the Gadlys Iron and Coal Company's works in the vicinity of Aberdare, in Glamorganshire, where, as some workmen were sinking a shaft at a distance of 53 yards below the surface, they came upon a most extensive mass or " blower " of ex plosive gas, which burst out of the solid rock. This occurrence impeded further operations for some time ; but at length a plan was devised by Mr. E. Williams, the manager, by which the explosive agent was collected and carried to the surface in a succession of pipes. This was properly and successfully carried out, and at a height of five yards from the ground the gas was ignited, when it burst out into a flame three yards in length. At night this luminous mass attracts great attention, and can be seen for a great distance. Competent judges state that it will last for a length of time. TELEGRAPH TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—The tele graphic communication between Lymington, in Hamp shire, and Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, is nearly completed. The telegraph cable across the Solent will be laid down this week. It will cross from Hurst Castle to near Yarmouth. Three submarine cables will be required for this line—one for Keyhaven, another across the Solent sea, and another across the Medina river. The t e l egra ph is laid under the ground from Yarmouth to Cowes. It will cost several thousand pounds. It would be most desirable to remove the telegraph station from Lymington to Hurst Castle, where a look out could be kept, and with a proper system of signals every mail packet could be telegraphed to Southampton or London, night or day. CITY MONUMENT TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. — We are given to understand that the Wellington Statue Committee, of Guildhall, of which Mr. John Wood is chairman, have selected the models sent in by the six following sculptors as those entitled to the premium of 100 guineas each :—Adams, Behnes, Bell, Foley, Smith, and Thomas. The number of models before the com mittee was thirty. The committee have not yet deter mined upon the selection of a model for the monument, and it is not known whether any one of the above-men tioned artists is to be engaged to carry into execution the great work. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY 14_1VP.NING, NOVEMBER 1, 1853, SHARE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 100 8i Closing Prices yesterday. 18i 100 100 Business done yesterday. 19/ 20 100 8 100- 521 li 2 2 3 London & N. West. at:VVestn all 100 all 1.00 Do Do L. &N. W Caledon , Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Wcstn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM Do Do 50 25 in 13i 20 all all all all all 100 S. Eastern Do 4t 124 i i !Norfolk.. 80 1 80} 11 5697 124 5 10'2} 80i 1 50 16i St. 20 14 -. 141 49 -• 138 - 7142 30 - 32 1.07 109 531 s — 5 4 A 26i 27 134 144 214 254 . ~.. ..... ~ - - L.& N.W. & Stckton Darlingt. Midland.. 2i - 3 :166 E. Count Do Do L. &N.W tan&Yk Do 100 100 18a Gt Northn Do ... Lancash& Yorksh. M.MCleau Stockt. & Darlingt ,Do pm 64 3 44 3i 100 4241 8/ 2s 8181 964 101 3i t 19/ 6O n 601 latWestn. 59 - 61 ,•• ..-.' --..' 137 - 137 - ;142 dis 2 1. 100 100 47i 176 all 100 12A i 48 50 49 26i i lit i 38 91 St, St. St. St. 100 100 100 ;100 13A 20 20 50 all 100 all 15 5 16 20 25 5 595 5 60 5 INQUEST UPON A LUNATIC AT HANWELL. Business yesterday. Yesterday an inquiry was held by Mr. Wakley, at the County Lunatic Asylum, as to the death of Mr. William Parsons, thirty-three years of age, and formerly butler in the service of Mr. Frederick Woodbridge, who resided at Wavendon, near Newport Pagnell, Bucking hamshire. William Digby, a gardener in the service of Mr. Woodbridge, deposed that on the Bth of October Mr. Woodbridge said to witness, " Parsons is in a very curious state, and I wish you to take him to Tilley's, in London." Tilley lives at 18, George-street, Portland place. Witness and Parsons started in the course of an hour or so after Mr. Woodbridge had given his in structions. Witness told Parsons he was going to London, and he said "Very well ;" but while they were on the road Parsons remarked that if he thought Digby was taking him to London, he would proceed in a dif ferent direction. Witness had been with Parsons all the previous night, as he was sleepless, and rambled and talked a great deal. He complained of being bad in his head. They arrived at the Euston Station a little before three o'clock, and went directly to Tilley's. Tilley came out, and shook hands with him ; and on Parsons stating that he wished to go out to see some friends, Tilley asked witness whether he thought it would be prudent to allow him to go alone. Witness said he thought it would, and Parsons then went out without any attendant. He returned in about half an hour. Parsons particularly wished him to send for his wife, a nurse in the employ of Mr. Pollock, the son of the Chief Baron, and added that he did not care what expense he incurred, so that he could see her. Some medicine was procured for the purpose of inducing sleep, and he took it cheerfully. Tilley took a bed for deceased in the next street, and thither Parsons accom panied him about eight o'clock. After ti lie deceased was put to bed he became composed, and went to sleep, upon which witness proceeded down stairs, to get some thing to drink. He had not been out of the room more than ten minutes when he heard a great noise. He ran up, and found Parsons out of bed, and com plainedm ed imedicine ee l o hw u aa d ds l y administered s f or being t of fi le t f . t to him, ne alone. p Somealenddhis h bedclothes s morertcol after wards the o hes about with violence, and complained of palpitation of the heart. Witness knocked for assistance, as Parsons was getting so bad that he feared he should be unable to manage him. He continually cried out, "Doctor ! doctor ! doctor !" but witness was not then aware that he wanted a doctor. About 10 o'clock that night Mr. Ayling was sent for, and at once attended. Parsons wanted him to bleed him, as he said he suffered at his heart. A wet napkin was applied to his head by the medical gentleman, who said it was a dangerous case, and thought the best thing that could be done would be to get a cab and take the patient to Middlesex Hospital as soon as possible. A cab was got, and witness pro ceeded with Parsons to the hospital, on reaching which he was seized with a fit. He was then taken to a ward, and witness never saw him again. Mr. William Tilley, 18, George-street, Portland-place, coffee-housekeeper, said deceased frequently lod ge d a t his house ; but he knew little or nothing more of him. He received a letter from Mr. Woodbridge, stating that Parsons was labouring under strong mental excite ment, and that he would be sent to witness on the following day, as Mr. Woodbridge was .unable to ascer tain who was his friends. Witness went to the Middle sex Hospital on the Tuesday following with Mr. Pol lock's servant. He saw the physician at Middlesex Hos pital, but he was not allowed to see deceased. On the following Friday he was removed from the hospital to Marylebonelnfirmary. He saw Parsons on that occasion at the Middlesex Hospital, in an underground room, one of the most miserable in the place, and in a line with the dead-house, strapped down to a bed. That was enough to drive any one mad, if there had been no previous dis position that way. There were no' other beds in the room. Mrs. Parsons 7as then.witli him and a nurse. He shook hands with witness,' and spoke to him calmly. He said five fellows hid been climing him round the room, and had then knocked him down and fell on him. He said he was very sore from being strapped across the chest, and complained very much of the treatment he had experienced in thatrespect. He said he did not see any occasion for strapping him down, as he did not wish to run away, and if he did, it would be quite suffi cient to fasten him by the leg. He appeared to be rational and quite collected. The authorities of Middle sex Hospital would not keep him any longer, and he was then taken to Marylebone Infirmary. He knew every place as he passed, and told witness, who accom panied him, what time it was as they passed All-Souls' Church, Langham-place. He appeared very comfortable. He was very glad to leave the hospital, as he said they used him very badly there ; in fact, he said they used him worse than a pig. He knew the Marylebone Work house when he got there, and made no objection to enter it. 29 - 301 1 95 97 I 1 1 30} OUR ADMIRAL IN CHINA. The late mail from this station brought the par ticulars of a most savage massacre of the passengers and crew of a Straits vessel (the Arratoon. Apcar), which left Hong Kong harbour on her voyage to the south (Singapore), the particulars of which are, doubtlessly, fresh in the remembrance of our readers. The following,- extract from the China Mail, of August the 11th, shows how the authori ties met the case. We have before had to comment freely upon the vagaries of the naval Commander in-Chief on the China station, but we never antici pated being called upon to denounce such discre ditable and culpable inactivity as that exhibited by Vice-Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew in the matter of the Alja,tooti Apcar. Here is the article from our ChiriNdoiltemporoxy I , Very i keneral, and, we conceive, not undeserved, indignation has been expressed at Admiral Pellew's and the harbour-mastipr's inaction regarding the Arratoon Apcar. The N . riesabl, with her ensign reversed and boats wanting, came slowly into the harbour on the morning of the 6th, and anchored, about eight o'clock, within no great distance of the flag-ship. Yet half an hour must have elapsed before she was visited by a boat from the Winchester, and it was long after that that the harbour master sent off, if indeed lie sent at all. The police were still more behind, for it was past ten o'clock before the information reached the Central Station ; and thus, probably, proofs were lost that would have been of great importance in the investigation now going on. Among private individuals there were some who exhibited more interest and activity than any of the departments whose duty it is to take iikagnisance of such matters, and the vessel had hardly anchored before she was visited by Mr. Murrow and Mr. Tarrant, the latter to pick up materials for his paper, the former to dispatch expresses to the Governor of Macao, to Whampoa, and to Cum •ingmoon, which was done before the ship had been officially boarded. And as the admiral did not appear to be making any preparation to dispatch a steam-vessel, Mr. Walker, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's superintendent, got the steam up in the Sir Charles Forbes, and put that vessel at the free disposal of Ad miral Pellew, the Government, the police, or the agents of the Arratoon Apcar. But the day passed without any one using the advantage, and when Mr. Walker took the Sir Charles Forbes alongside the flag-ship, and sent in his card, he was told the admiral was at dinner, and could not see him I But that important duty ac complished, the qatastrophe on board a British vessel, within a few miles of a British squadron, would seem to have been taken into consideration by the naval com mander-in-chief, for at seven o'clock in the evening, twelve hours after the Arratoon Apcar had returned, the Styx was dispatched in the dark in pursuit of the murderers, and returned next morning without having found them." This article appears slightly inaccurate, as we find in a subsequent number of the China Mail (August 18) the following : - - " Mr. Walker, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Superintendent, conceiving that the newspapers, in dis cussing matters connected with the Arratoon Apcar, have, at the expense of the authorities, given rather more credit than was deserved to the company and himself; has requested us to state, in reference to what he said on the subject, that it is true he twice ordered steam to be got up in the Sir Charles Forbes on the 6th, in expectation that] her services would be required, but that he did not put that vessel at the free disposal of Admiral Pellew, the Government, the police, or the agents of the Arratoon Apcar ; nor did he take the Sir Charles Forbes alongside the flag-ship ; although he was prepared to place the. vessel at the free disposal of the authorities or the community, or to chatter:her to any firm or private individual, had a requisition - been made for her services.' In the afternoon, Mr. Walker received a verbal message from the admiral, through one of the officers of her Majesty's ship Winchester, and as, from the nature of this message, it was evident that the naval Commander - in-Chief was labouring under some mistake as regarded the Sir Charles Forbes, Mr. Walker, to save time and avoid further misapprehension, proceeded across the har bour, and sent in his card to the admiral, but was unable to have an interview, as his excellency was at dinner. Several messages passed and repassed through an officer, and Mr. Walker came away without any arrangement having been arrived at with respect to Sir the Charles Forbes.'" RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junet Firming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birken.hd. Laucsh. dr Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber dcen Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties , Eastern Union, A Stock B. Stock iDo., Now A East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Gla,sg,ow & S. Weston' Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. - 5t0ck....... 'Gt. Sth. S z West.(lro.l Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lanca,sh.andYorksh Do., Fifths D o. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Bla,ekwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Load. Bright & S. Cst. Load. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do:10/. 5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndudn7. & Ennisk. Ylanch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midid. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares 'Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd 'Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Ilostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties North British 'North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & 'Wolverhampton Scottish Central &otifsh Alidland Shrewsbury &Biimg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St cak Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,q. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl Thanies Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkonny Waterford&Limcrick West Cornwall. Wimblodn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions • I Do. G.N.E. Purchase I York &ll:Midland PREFEREN I Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Eris. &Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead) Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon*. e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash.6 p. cts Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn. &Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do .cov. red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 P.C London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. &Ennis. i Sh Man., Sher., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Harypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. Guar. 56 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrowsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. Now S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H. and S. 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Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi& Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France IGt. Canada Shares . Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal)... Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons (St Mediterran, iadras Namur & Liege (with, interest) Do. (ex interest) NOril tern: of Frnee Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) igorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuso Sth-Bastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India. Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand, 3 2 d 4 2d 12 13 1. 2 2. 1 ,d 3 —3u 4d 2 _lip 2i - 1!,;(1 id ' B.f 5 1 - 14 1 - - ±a - - - 14P1,11 - 311 -34 i 12 -13 A. 74 -- 84 164 -- 16ipl 39 —4O 36 —3G 2 -- 4 p 3 1 18Ls ld par, 8 2 4 3 - 4 dis 8 -- 9 p id LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE] NTALS. Paid. Leasing Compans. Closin Pr ices yestt ida: RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghtunsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Stailordsh. Wear Vallcygr 6 per cent... Do Wilts&Somistl Dr. George Corfe, resident physician, Middlesex Hos pital, stated, that when deceased was admitted he was suffering from violent shakings of the whole body, but perfectly conscious when sharply spoken to. He thought it was ushering in delirium tremens. There was no one with him, and there was no one from whom any history of his sufferings could be obtained. On the Sunday after his admission he became extremely violent, and witness being still of opinion that it was a case of inci pient delirium tremens, treated it accordingly. On Tuesday he found that he had been wandering about the wards, getting into other patients' beds, and in some cases turning them out. Witness ordered the only dark room there was in the hospital for delirium tremens cases . to be got ready. There was no padded room in tl4llsspital. There was nothing unusual or peculiar in. , ,,the room in which he was placed. The floor was rather dirty, as the plumbers had been there for some days before. It was not near the deadhouse, as a wit ness had stated, but in a totally different part of the building. On the Tuesday night his hallucinations be came very marked. He said the servants of the family in which he had lived had all conspired against him to take away his razors, and had made many serious false statements against him. Prior to being removed down stairs he made several attempts to jump out of the win dow. On the first night of his being down stairs, he had the leg straps on, but he got the sheet and tore it up piecemeal, broke the straps, and got loose, so vio lently was he excited. He was fastened down with a sheet folded four times. It might have coiled up in con sequence of his struggles. He suffered no unnecessary violence, to witness's knowledge. After some further evidence, and some conversation with the coroner, in the course of which Dr. Corfe ad mitted that there were no means provided in Middlesex Hospital for the reception of patients labouring under mania, although cases of deirium tremens were admitted and duly treated—he hardly thought it was right to admit cases of mania—he proceeded to say that, as the representative of Middlesex Hospital, he did not think that institution had been fairly dealt with. He should like to know how it was that the deceased was brought there at all. He ought not to have been brought from the place in which the symptoms first appeared. The Coroner thought that the parties in London, upon whom the deceased had fallen, had done the best they could in taking him to Middlesex Hospital, for the public had a right to expect that in such institutions there ought to be proper appliances for the treatment of such disorders as that under which deceased laboured. Mrs. Woolley, a nurse at Middlesex Hospital, and Brett and Kirby, keepers at the Marylebone Infirmary, were examined at some length. They denied that they had used personal violence to the deceased, but admitted that they had often heard him falling about in his padded room, frequently from the top of the walls, eight or nine feet high. John Blencowe, one of the attendants of Hanwell Asylum received Parsons on his admission on the 22 d. He took him to the bath-room, put him in a bath, and habit ed him in the asylum dress. He was marked with severe bruises on various parte of the body. He whistled while being bathed, and resisted dressing, but had no objection to the bath. He refused having any dinner. His face was greatly bruised. It was yellow and green. His right leg was so injured that he could not bear his stock ing being put on. He did not commit auy violence towards any one. William Byrne, and John Tipper, the infirmary at tendants, confirmed the last witness's statement. __ _ Mrs. Parsons, widow of the deceased, was recalled, and added to her former evidence, that when she went to the Middlesex Hospital, five men were tying down her husband, two being at his head, and three at his feet. A sheet, twisted like a rope, was tied across his chest. At that time he spoke very reasonably, and ' asked her to take him away. He said they had treated him so roughly that they would kill him if they con tinued it any longer. After this they loosened him all but his feet, and he became perfectly quiet. Without these straps and sheets he was perfectly quiet and com posed. Further evidence being adduced, the room was then cleared, and, after a lapse of about twenty minutes, the following verdict was returned : "That the death of the said William Parsons was caused by a mortal exhaustion, produced by mania and a natural disease of his brain, and also by a mortal ir ritation produced by bruises on divers parts of his body, caused by falls in an improperly padded room in the Marylebone Infirmary. And the jurors further say, they consider that it was cruel of his master, the said Mr. Frederick Woodbridge, to send the unfortunate William Parsons to London, as he did, while the said William Parsons was in an insane state of mind ; and they consider that the treatment of the said William Parsons in Middlesex Hospital, and in the Marylebone Infirmary, was not at all creditable to the character of those institutions." The inquiry, which lasted seven hours, then terminated. THE CASE OF MISS WAGNER.—LUMLEY v. GYE.— The curious case of Lumley v. Gye is still pending, and will be tried at the sittings after the ensuing Michaelmas Term. It is an action against Mr. Gye for inducing. as is asserted, Miss Johanna Wagner ' the celebrated Ger man artiste, to b rea k h er alleged contract with Mr. Lumley, who lays his damages at no less a sum than 30,0001. The principal witnesses, including Miss Wag ner herself, being beyond the regular jurisdiction of the English Courts, a commission has been issued to take their evidence at Berlin, where their examination and cross-examination will be conducted by English counsel,rt through the medium of a sworn interpreter. y ward, o e r and Queen's Idischarge, Counsel, has probeena is t named, tCanto, the d sole uMtci duties mm sin of judge opene d a a t le difference betwee n t a ß lz er i l s i i n Poin.justhet7ritahl. The commission inst. is to be PUSEYISM IN LIVERPOOL. -1 1 the Rev. Messrs. Carpenter ; a ti o ns favourites) having ar ranged Bardsley (the congregations the congregation and ministers d Of St. Michael's Church , Liverpool, has been settle al the evening. The Rev. Mr. and the Rev. Mr. M or relished by the whose popish doctrines are not ranged to conduct the iniot • and afternoon services, Pugh, congregat4ol is no t to take part in the services. This is a fine state of things indeed ! Piratical barbarians, within hail almost, are allowed to make "a run for it," after committing the most sicken ing atrocities afloat, almost under the nose of the naval Commander-in-Chief of the station, but no movement is made to pursue them for twelve hours after the ship they have plundered and deluged in blood returns to port, because, when the report is made to him, his excellency was at dinner ! Beau tiful independence ! Exquisite stoicism ! What if all merchantmen of the China seas got pillaged, and their passengers or owners got their throats cut, if the admiral only got his dinner undisturbed ! Verily the duties of naval Commander-in-Chief upon the most commercial station in the world had bet ter in future be centred in Mr. Walker, the super intendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's flotilla at Hong Kong. That gentleman, evidently, by the promptitude of his movements and the energy of his application in person, understood what should be done, and how to do it, but the old lady in the swabs did not choose to take a lesson from that quarter. We hope, however, she will be taught one, at her own expense, from another. Her conduct beats that of the old ]ady at Devonport, in the matter of the Amazon burning, "all to fits."—Hampshire Ad vertiser. GAS ExmosioN.---Yesterday forenoon an explosion happened in the Crown and Thistle publichouse, the property of Mr. T. Heritage, in Great Peter-street. Westminster. The whole of the facie over the front of the house was found lying on the ground ; one of the expensive lamps which adorned the right angle was blown a considerable distance and destroyed, the ceiling in the bar was blown down, the flooring of the club room was lifted from its original bearings and splintered into pieces. The rooms above were likewise terribly shaken, and a vast quantity of the stock in trade was severely damaged by the utensils containing the liquors and spirits being disloged from their usual positions. It is supposed that the gas had escaped, and, after filling the vacant space behind tho wainscoating, had become ignited. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.- -The following gen tlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College2si at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the tl ult.:—Messrs. Thomas Prior Hall ; John Wrigot, Mount Sorrell, Leicestershire ; John Major Coleman, Wolverhampton ; William Williams Thomas, Fish guard, Pembrokeshire ; Richard Eustace, Royal Navy ; Joseph Parker, Yoxford, Suffolk ; Thomas Duncan, Chelsea ; Frederick Trestrail Bond, Hon. East India Company's Service, Bombay ; and Thomas Joseph Cookson Powell, Bristol. At the same meeting of the Court Mr. Charles Harper passed his examination for naval surgeon. This gentleman had previously been admitted a member of the College, his diploma bearing date July 2, 1849. THE NEW STAMP ACT.—The following information may help to elucidate the difficulties of some readers respecting the new act. The receiver of a promissory note at 30 days, two, or three mouths ; or a banker's draft at seven or fourteen days, is obliged to give a stamped receipt for the amount. Railway companies are obliged to give stamped receipts for fares above forty shillings received in cash over the counter at the station. Auctioneers are compelled to give stamped receipts for amounts above forty shillings, for goods purchased at auctions. Farmers and cattle dealers are obliged to give stamped receipts for corn and cattle sold at fairs and markets. A stamped receipt must be given for moneys paid on account (Ala bill delivered, not actu ally settled. Tradesmen are obliged to give stamped re ceipts for goods sold over the counter, such as grocers, drapers, &c. But in all these cases the person paying the money must ask for the receipt, otherwise there is no obligation on the person receiving money to give the receipt. One merchant can draw a draft on another merchant for the amount of an account without passing through a banker, provided the penny stamp is attached thereto, and an acknowledgment on the back of the draft will be a legal receipt. Letters by the General Post, acknowledging the safe arrival of promissory notes, bills of exchange, and other securities for money, are exempt from the receipt duty ; the law in this particular is the same it was previously to the passing of the new act. A receipt may be given on the back of a duly stamped draft for its contents. PEESERVATION OF VEGETABLES. —M. Schettenmann, an agriculturist of Bouxviller, has just published a pro cess which he has employed for the preservation of beet root, and which is equally applicable to potatoes, carrots, &c. The plan pursued by him is described as follows: — "At the time of gathering the crop I cut off the leaye es s, and having first strewed a layer of the ash es of lignithe on the ground, place a layer of beetroot on it, and then unti go on with alternate layers of ashes and beetroot' l the whole are deposited, after which the pile is covered with ashes, so as to keep the roots from the cold, the air, and the light. Where the pile rests against a wall or a partition, ashes must be thrown between it and the roots. For vont of the ashes of lignites, coal or turf ashes may be used, or even dry sand ;. but the last named article is not so effectual in absorbing the damp. This manner of proceeding prevents the roots from ger minating, and consequently preserves them fitofforpeursseo.n" THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—The number B p 6 e 3 ared T-h- in es who visited the Exhibition on Friday was 18, attendance was the greutest that ever yet a p the building. The receipts amounted to 450/ THE B A NQUET TO Mn. DARG AN. — The Right lion. Hon. the Lord Cha ncellor, the Right 1-1 the Right lion. Justice Jackson , and the More O'Ferrall, the Right 1 H ) e Hon ing . the Lord Mayor , have signified their intention of present at the Exhibitors' Banquet to Mr. Dargan, which is to take place on Wednesday, at the Mansion-house. The governors and heads o f t n the city, and many municipal representatives from England, will also attend to do honour to the occasion. ENCUMBEREDESTATESCOURT.-- Anotherextensive pro perty7that of Peter the Knight of K erry _ Fitzgeral, Esq., commonly called c was disposed of on Friday in the Encumbered Estates Court. it consisted of lands in the counties of Kerry sum o f 56,9951 and Limerick, and produced a o n the be.ng at an average of 20 years' pur chasel 6 lots int o w hi c h estimated yearly value. Eight out of the the property was divided were bought, in trust for the inheritor, 461 7 i 117 18 19 A $ 54 i 4/ i I 36i a 7 8 h a MINES. 1 all Agua Fria - pi 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d phr 10s. all Anglo Californian d— pa 10 2 Australasian 1 - 1 d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1/ a 1 all Australian Freehold 1 od 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d 1 all British Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 7 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 6 7' 51 61 6 30 all Do. Oocaes & Cuiada 23 3 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 34 —36 1 3 Carson's Creek 40, all Cobre Copper 4l 43 5 1 Colonial _... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. ,7i p. cent 5 7pizd 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co 23 3 21 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein —a p= 2a 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty - 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. I 1 all Mariquita - 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn —7 f fi 1 all Now Granada ld— pals 1 all Nouveau Monde a 3 13 11 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining , and Copper Smeltg 5 1 Port Philip 3 I d 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all Rhyniney Iron 15 15 Do. • New • 30 101 Santiago de Cuba s 3/ 4i 4/ 4 1 all Rbuth Australian '. . d 10 7 Tin Craft .5 7 284 all Unitedllesican 33 4 1 all Waller — dis a 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba - 3d i - JOINT-STOCK BANKS.: 40 all Australasia 73 75 J 73i 5 4 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China d— d 100 25 Colonial — 613 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 1 81 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 22 24 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 33 35 3.1 . 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 45 47 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland —.- 10 all Do. New — . _ 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp CO pay 25 all South Australia 39 41 25 all Union of Australia 7l 73 Do. New 74 83 50 10 Union of London.., lB 19 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 41 43 41 340 2,1 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ..• 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail . . 50 383 Brit. American Land 55 60 100 323 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... •• • 20 3 Eastern Steam.. 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 16 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land l3 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 3 3 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... 1.00 28$ Van Diemen's Land 15 —IG LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY. ) LONDON, Nov. 31. -Wind this day at Noon, Southerly, fine and dry. FALMOUTH, Oct. 31.—Arrived—Prince Albert, Akyab ; China, do. ; Conquering Hero, Callao ; Titania, Rio Ja neiro • Preciosa, Bahia ; Marie, Odessa ; Morris , Galatz ; Amander, Liverpool, for Port-au-Prince, with loss of sails and damage to rigging. TORBAY, Oct. 31.—Wind, W.S.W., strong. Arrived— Vivandere, from Denia. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 31. —Wind, S. Arrived—Marcella, from Labrador ; Specimen, Deuia. SHIELDS, Oct. 31.—Wind, S.S. to strong. Arrived— Britannia, Quebec. Sailed—Topsy, Hong Kong ; Wm. Brown, and Rapid, Constantinople ; Wilberforce, and Thyatian, Carthagena. BRISTOL, Oct. 31.—Wind, S. Arrived— Try and Chester holme, Quebec; Hecla, Newfoundland; Jessamine, Deina ; Arab, Africa ; Panther, Buenos Ayres ; Malabar and Os prey, Quebec ; Guiseppe, Odessa. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 29.—Arrived—Secret, New York. NEWPORT, Oct 31.—Sailed.—Elizabeth, Trieste; Halle gesin, St Thomas. HULL, Oct. 31.—Wind S. Arrived —Ann Guthrie and Rival, Riga. SALECOMBE, Oct. 30.—Wind, calm. Sailed—The Island Queen, for St. Michael's. ARENDAL, Oct. 15.—The Omer, bound to the Gulf of Bothnia, has foundered ; crew saved. Oct. 18th.—The Clasine, from Christiana, has put in here, in a sinking state, with loss of bowsprit, and other damage, having been in contact off the Scaw. OFF ILFRACOMBE, Oct. 30.—Arrived—The Infautine, from Quebec. GRIMSBY, Oct. 31.—The Sir John Franklin, from Shields to London, put in here on the 29th, very leaky, and must discharge. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 31.—Wind S.S.E. to S.E. Arrived— Stornoway, Whampoa, ; Levant, Laguna ; Lyra, Barba does ; Lady Falkland, Quebec. Off port—Arrived—Eng land, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Progress, Quebec ; Geraldine, Paraguay. Sailed—Linda, Rio Janeiro. EGERSUND, Oct. 30.—A brig, dismasted, tile laden, and derelict, from papers found on board, supposed to be the Louie, of and bound to Memel, from Antwerp, has been picked up in the North Sea, and brought in here. ELSINORE, Oct. 26.—The Beerta, dismasted and aban doned, was passed Oct. 13, in let. 45 N., long. 9 W., by the Flying Fish, arrived hero. MALMoE, Oct. 19.—The Anna Johanna, from Stock holm to Copenhagen, was stranded and wrecked off Sand hammaren, on the 17th Oct. ; part of the cargo expected to be saved. NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—A vessel of about 230 tons burthen, rudder gone, bottom up, coppered, and appa rently not long in that situation, was passed 9th Oct., in lat. 36, long. 62, by the Stephen H. Townsend, arrived here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Marion Macintyre, from Whampoa ; .Charles Souchay, Montreal ; Elizabeth, Gijon ; Amelia, Dorelt ; America, New York; Geraline, Callao.—The Apame, for Gibraltar, has put into Beaumaris Bay, with damage. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10. a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wiud, S., very fine ; tide, three hour's flood. Arrived—Mary Ann Susan, from River de Sallea ; Anna, Hamburgh ; Lily, Villa Viciosa ; Torn Cringle, Stettin ; J. Cornell, Guernsey ; Mariana, Memel ; Trusty, Aurora, J. Wesley, and Gipsy, Guernsey ; St. Peter, Gravelines ; Ann Livingston, Dautzic ; Little Jemmy, Altea ; Fort Augustus, Cronstaclt ; Senor Dors Mariantes, Oporto ; Eclipse, Rouen ; Kliner Bernard, Leer. Nov. I.—Arrived—Christian Charlotte, from Horsens ; Aulic Shon, Ditzam. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.33 a.m. Wind S.W., moderate breeze. Passed—W. Allen, from Barbadoes ; Ellen, from New York ; Louisiana, from do. ; Euphrosyne, faom do. ; Jane, from Madras; Juinello, from San Juan—all for London; Marshfield, from London, for New Orleans. Anchored—Annie Moriec, from London, for westward ; Wm. Metcalfe, from London, for westward; Vedra, from Sunderland, for Southampton. Sailod—Bencleuch, for Mauritius ; Mersey, Melbourne, NEW AMERICAN THRESHING MACHINE Some time ago our New York correspondent, referring to a few of the more remarkable contributions to the American Exhibition, noticed with especial commenda tion an improved threshing machine, or, as it is called on that side of the Atlantic, " grain separator." This implement, which was patented in 1852 by its inventor, Mr. IVloffit, Cif Cincinnati, has now been brought over to this country, and yesterday Mr. Mechi, who in his go-ahead tendency may be considered an English Yan kee, subjected it to a public trial at Tiptree. Its per. forruance well entitles it to the attention of agriculturists, and we have no hesitation in saying that it is a valuable accession to the stock of those mechanical inventions by which the business of the farmer has of late years benefitted so largely. The machine, which is por table, weighs only fourteen cwt., threshes easily and without waste at the rate of 1 bushel in 40 seconds, turns out the grain perfectly clean and ready for market, and is manufactured in America at a cost price of 231. It is thus about twice as light in draught as the lightest of our machines of the same description, does as much if not more work than the best of them, and with much less power, dresses the grain, which they do not, and can be profitably disposed of at one-half, or, at least, one-third less money than our implement-makers charge. Any practical man who considers all these ad vantages will appreciate at once their importance ; yet they are secured by very simple arrangements, and by mechanical details which separately possess no very striking novelty. We build threshing-machines strong and dear enough to rob us of the benefit of all future improvements, and tremendously heavy either to work or to draw. The American farmer demands and gets a machine, which it does not ruin him to buy, or his horses to pull about, which runs on coach and not wag gon wheels, and which, without breaking the heart of the power that drives it, yields the largest and most satisfactory results. Nothing, therefore, can better illustrate the difference in the mechanical genius of the two countries than this grain separator as compared with its British rivals. Among the distinguishing features of Mr. Moffitt's patent may be noticed, that in threshing F damp or wet grain he av o id s " wrapping " or " choking, " by using an ingenious open straw carrier of wooden rods, connected by iron links, and driven by a cog wheel, and that for cleaning the grain he has intro duced a peculiar riddle, in which straw cannot lodge ; a wire rolling screw, through which grass, seeds, and other impurities fall ; and a conveyer for carrying back the tailings. To push along the grain he employs the archi medean screw, much in the same manner as in the flour mills of this country—a decided improvement upon the cup-lifting apparatus of our implement-makers, which they seem to feel a perverse pleasure in resorting to when they have the least excuse for doing so. The drum was yesterday driven by a 6-horse portable engine of Ran some's, at about 1,200 revolutions per minute ; and, with that speed, the proportion of broken kernels was exceedingly small. The bars of the drum are armed with numerous wrought iron teeth, which break the straw much more than we in this country consider desirable. Another objection taken to the machine is, that it does not give off th e straw and the chaff separately in the most convenient and economical form. Taken altogether, however, this " separator" is a highly creditable specimen of the mechanical ingenuity of our cousins. It promises none of those startling results which drew such attention to the reaping-machines imported in 1851, but it may prove of the highest value if, through the formidable competition .which it foreshadows, our implement-makers are induced to bring their scale of charges more within reach of the practical farmer's means, and to combine lightness of construction with the greatest possible efficiency and economy in the work done. It will be remembered that at the Exhibition in Hyde-park a number of American ploughs were exhibited, the dearest of which were not more expensive than the lowest priced British ploughs. That disparity, it was said (though we believe not justly), was more than counterbalanced by the inferiority of the article. But no such answer can in the present instance be given, and, though Mr. Moffitt comes over to dispose of his patent, other American inventors will soon follow to work theirs. The British locksmiths, who have for ages been content to carry on their busi ness by rule of thumb, will immediately find Mr. Hobbs turning out by machinery far better and cheaper locks than theirs. So, the gunsmiths will find Colonel Colt bringing the same agent to bear in supplying the demand for his revolvers. It is no secret that Mr. Whitworth, of Manchester, has brought back from his recent tour, as a Royal Commissioner, through the manufacturing districts of the United States a report filled with the most startling evidence of the pro gress which the mercantile arts are making there. The inventive genius of this country is about to be encountered on its own soil by a rivalry which it cannot too soon prepare itself to face ; and one of the first classes that must meet this competition is the body of agricultural implement-makers. It will not be the fault of that pushing, bustling, restless advocate of improve ment, the owner of Tiptree, if our Garretts and Ran somes escape the contest. The American reaping machines found their way to his wheat crops, as if in stinctively, in 1851. The American threshing-machine comes now, and we are promised at no distant date a steam cultivator, the invention of an American, which is to deprive agriculture of her motto, and render it no longer necessary to " Speed the Plough." DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures for the Australian colonies from the port of London during the past week show an increase. They have comprised altogether seventeen vessels—eight to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 4,772 tons ; four to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,939 tons ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate burden of 567 tons ; one to New Zealand, of 565 tons ; one to Swan River of 443 tons ; and one to Portland Bay, of 368 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 8,644 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no great alteration, but they have been generally well maintained. AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—There has now been established an overland mail communication from Melbourne to Sydney twice a week. To Geelong the mail communi cation is daily ; to Ballarat, Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, and Bendigo, twice a week ; and to Mac Ivor once a week. All letters and newspapers posted in Melbourne for England are sent by the first mail steamer, unless directed " by first ship." Letters not marked via Southampton are sent via Marseilles. For the future a mail will be made up at Melbourne for England via Trieste, to be forwarded by Lloyd's steamers from Alexandria. Postage stamps have been intro. duced into Melbourne ; their colour is green, and their value 3d. CANADA.—The advices from Canada hy'the present mail describe a state of great prosperity, which win be further increased by the maintenance of the European demand for grain. The revenue continued to augment, and the surplus will be large r thi s year than on any for mer occasion. - Under these circumstances, the Govern ment had already made arrangements for paying off the debentures of the province falling due in April next. DANGEROUS STATE OF THE HOUSES IN THE STRAND. —On Saturday, at the Court Led of the manor and liberty of the Savoy, held at the Court-house of the Duchy of Lmicaqer, before Arthur Edward Somerset, Esq., high steward, and a jury of the principal inhabi tants of the duchy, the jury vi ewe d t wo h ouses on the estate of the Duke . of Norfolk, which had been reported to be in a dangerous condition. These houses are situate in Norfolk-street, near the spot where the late fatal accident occurred. The jury reported, after in specting the p rem i ses , th a t they were in a most dilapi dated state. A line of 501. was then imposed upon the Duke of Norfolk. NEW YORK.—The accounts from New York yester day show a partial revival in the stockmarket, and a general increase of confidence. Several additional fail ures had, however, been reported, the parties being Messrs. Winston, Seaman, and Co., merchants ; Work and Drake, provision merchants and Perkins and. Brooks, dry goods jobbers, all of New York ; and Di mond and Co., of Bristol, Rhode Island, sugar refiners. The first and last of these are for large amounts, and may probably bring down other firms of less importance. As regards the rate of exchange on this country, although it was still high, and the present steamer has brought 245,0001., making nearly 600,000/. from the United States within eight days, there was a tendency, at the departure of the steamer, to reaction, and it must be expected that this will take place to a marked extent the momeet affairs assume a more steady course. There was a considerable number of bills offering espe cially against consignments of breadstuffe, and a distrust iu relation to the grain-market on this side and the probable effects of the rapid advance in the Bank of England rate of discount were the principal causes of persons preferring to send gold. When it shall have been ascertained that the high prices of wheat have been supported, and that not the slightest commercial ' ll t has existed here, the bills in question will bemdoirse rcieuaideily taken. The diminution in the specie remittances which may thus be occasioned will also be rendered more positive from the draughts on thi s country in con nexion with the new cotton crop. l On Frid a y n i g ht l as t a serious occurred on the wo r k s o f th e D orc h es t er and Weymouth Railway, near Ridgway-hill, whereby a jas° d N isas lN te D r IR. newly erected building, used as a st a bl e , an d con t a i n i ng eight valuable horses, with new sets of harness, &c. was totally destroy e d by fire. Th e c i rcums t ances , so far as they are po ss ibl e at present t o b e ascer t a i ne d, are a s fol lows p Symes, who went 0 7h( i nt1:11e night in question a man named George s employed in the capacity of a stable keeper, returning to perform his duties, as usual, about 8 navvies v is was e who were ret o'clock, and negftttohere their at homes.tha t tlra lt e is sai bys d th ome at intoxicated, and that his proper time to have left the stable was about half-past 9 o'clock, whereas it would appear that he fell asleep, leaving the candle burning, which, in some way or other, must have ignited the straw, as the fire seems to have originated inside the building. Nothing, however, was seen or known of the fire until 'about midnight, when some men, who were working in a tunnel some 100 yards distant, observed a reflection of light on a pool of water, and, turning to see the cause, they observed the stable involved in one complete conflagration. Upon approaching the spot it was found that the stable, together with the eight horses, &c., were reduced to a cinder ; but no remains of Symes have been discovered among the ashes. A doubt, there fore, has arisen as to whether he has not decamped in a fright, and, it being necessary to investigate the matter, a warrant has been issued for his apprehension. The entire property belongs to Mr. Charles Edward Lana. down, one of the contractors for the line. SIR H. G. Warm.—. The Shedd Independent says a rumour has lately been circulated that Sir H. G. Ward was about to quit the office of Lord High Corn. missioner of the lonian Isles, either by his own act or that of the Government. 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