The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

, THE SUN. LONDON, , ;fit should _____ - -,. - _ n made are CO U,RT CIRCULAR. LITERATURE. 811.4 R, . MARKETS-(THIS DAY). LT , ' and to ..- - .O- orally from WINDSOR, Nov. 24. QUARTERLIES. BRITISH RAILWAYS. protection The Queen at It Prince walked in the grounds adjacent The British Quarterly Review. No. XXXVI.- - - s. As it is to the Castle thi • ' mornino.. A charming variety characterises the contents Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Boiness done be service- •,., His Royal IL; 'mess erince Albert with the Duke of of the new number of this intelligent and estimable yesterday. this day. s, and that "'Brabant and suite, arrived at the Castle from Cambridge organ of the Nonconformists. Besides which, it -- :ompetition at 5 minutes befcire 8 o'clock last evening. )ranches ofmay be observed at once that the contributions St. 2o 100 86 Am Aberdeen N0 . t . t . n .. g .... 8 .. 0 . 5 . t . 20 i -- 21 Messrs, Legge.' t had the honour of submitting to her here collected together are, speaking at least of the di Eastn. June. 4l -5 5 n improve- Majesty and his !Royal Highness Prince Albert Baker's majority, as clever as they are diversified. The 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ... - ... ;hat the re- P a inting of Neleen receiving the swords of the officers writers engaged upon the British Quarterly appear, 14 all Btrmng. Wolverh. & gn , ......th:a quarter-deck of the San Josef after the battle of Stour Va11ey......... 9 - 10 rst state of in fact, for the most part, not only solicitous, but St, Y lucent. 12 - 10 3 a, and con --.-. capable, of sustaining its reputation. A minute 31 28 Bi rkenh Cheshire d. Junct...... a u n n e c t s . h . : . dr .. • the native narrative of the extraordinary " Revolution in 0 A deputation from the North Metropolitan Railway 27i all Do. Chesh. & Birk., ,e of duty, £5O & £25 Cons.... 17 - 19 A AmPany, consie .ing of Mr. W. Mathis, chairman ; Mr. China" leads off the number for November, the :duced intowriter betraying, of course, as might have been ex- 22 18} Do., £2O. ...... ........ 5i - 43,1 '''. S. Ayrton,. deputy-chairman ; Mr. T. E. Dicey, direct Mr. • 1 F ich French2s 30 Blyth & Tyne original or ; ... oin Fowler engineer ; Mr. J. H. Ste,- pelted, how largely he has been indebted for infor £2s (iss. at £4.3).... •-•- ••• have beenmation to the joint labours of MM. Ivan and Cal St. assistant engineer ; Mr. W. Burchell, solicitor ; on for thelery. Nevertheless it must be remarked that he and Mr. J. Hern hman, secretary, had an interview with St. 100 Bristol & Exe'Ler...... 96 - 98 i 97 St. 100 Caledonian. 56. -57 564 l that, even the Right Hon. l'q. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of has concentrated upon the subject of his essay a glish iron, Trade, number of other lights not hitherto brought to- 50 all Chester & Holyhead 16 - 174 50 all Cork and Bandon._ 13 -15 Lde from it A. deputation,, ncludin Mr Bidder and Mr. Fulton, gether with a view to the popular enlightenment. 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - ••• bad • • • • g . : 20 10 Cornwall! ... - ... hose made an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday He has extracted several particulars of no less in in at th e office of Works and Public Buildings, in White- terest than importance from the disquisitions of 411-place. • 50 45 'Dublin&BelfastJune. 45 - 46 45i 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber be done for the Rev. W. H. Rule upon the "Religious Aspect deen Junction . 7i - 8, 1 r true • but The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had aof the Civil War in the Celestial Empire," from 25 all I Do. New - .... ... .- ..• general meeting yesterday at their office, in Whitehall Dr. will pre- Dr. Allan's treatise , on . the "Trade in Opium," and 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. Place. Present-The Archbishop of Canterbury, thel &E.& L. & D.)..... 5 4 -5i51 4 i hands of a Ilishops of London and Rochester, the Earl of Chichester, from Mr. Thomas curious argument entitled "The 18 all .Do., (£lB E. & H.).. 3 c - f . 4 4 ttimulating, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, and Mr. John Shaw Emperor of China versus the Queen of England." 20 all 'Eastern Counties__ 13 - 13 4 134 )mpetition. Lefevre. A scholarly and discriminative criticism follows St. 100 RasternUnion,A.stk. 44 - 46 General de The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday upon the writings of "Ludwig Tieck," a criticism St. 100 Do., do. 8... .... ..... 31 -33 ,burg, and for Hawarden Castle, near Chester. in which the reviewer considers the merits succes- 25 84 Do.NewA(lateThirds) ••• - • • le-de-cam P Despatches wetre received at the Colonial.offiee yes- sively of Tieck's first novel (1795) William Lovell, St. 100 'East Lancashire 65 - 67 654 red the Or- terday from the Governor of Gibraltar. of (1796) Abdallah, of (1797) Peter Lebrecht, and St. 100 Edinburgh&GLa sgow 61 - - 63 64 have been his Marchers, of the poetical version of Blue Beard 10 34 Edinb. and Peebles - - •• • -- Baron de MARKA'T NEWS-(THIS DAY.) and Puss in Boots, of (1798) the WanderingsQltixo Quixote, St. I S O t. 10 1 0 ,EFodiitnhba.Pnrtdhc.idzydDeujnudnec,. 22 - !•1 . r, has been Franz Sternbald, of the translation of Don _____-. 4 ....__ St. 160 Glasgow & S.Western ••• - ... Kquerry to i of the drama of Gen,oveva, of (1812) the tales en- St. 100 ;Great Northern Stk B6 - 87 864 4 le political ' CORN EXCHANGE. ' titled Phantasus, of the World Topsy Turvy, of St. 100 D 0.,! A. Stock St. 100 :Do. B. Stock ....., 129 - 131 irs in Wur- About an aveme supply of English wheat was received the poem of Prince Zerbino in search of Good of officer ; fresh up to this inorning's market from Essex and Kent ; Taste, of the satire called The Dwarf, and of those St. ,100 ,Gt. S' th. &West. (Ire.) 102 ___-- 103 1024 St. 100 ,Great Western NS 83 4 Mc but the show of samples was very moderate. For all kind,s, other most original and varied effusions which have 12 11 Irish South-Easterm. ••• - • - le-de -camp the demand ruled -". steady, and Monday's prices were well . ade a Che- supported, given Ludwig Tieck au European fame among the 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle BB - 90 90 From a b r oad over 22,000 quarters of wheat have come foremost of the German writers of imagination. 164 114 Do., Thirds ll- 12 e 4P, pm 7 that the t O hand. Owing to the export of grain from Egypt having The criticism of the British Quarterly reviewer upon St. 100 Lamest'. &Yorkshire 664 - 674 66} 7 Ceased, there was rather more doing in foreign wheats, and the writings of Tieck opens with a notice of his first 19 , 17 , Do Fifths .. . 64 -6i d loan, as it soute parcels were held for more money. In floating Talons ex- 14 ni Do:, Wst. Riding .. Uri ... - ... d novel, Wilhelm,Lovell, and closes with one of his last 50 all Leeds Northern .. 134 -14 cargoes only a moderate business was doing. aesday the The show of barley was good, whilst the transactions novels, Vittoria Accorombona. Subsequently, we 20 all Liv.Crsby. &South-pt. • - - .• • ncs to pay Were confined to actual wants, at Monday's decline. have a paper on a wonderfully different theme-this iIA all London & Blackwall 84 - 8 4 ton, by the Malt moved off slowly, on former terms, being au article on the " English Fens," with an LO Eq Loud. B Tilb.& Sthend. 1 - liP There was a good supply of oats ;on th e w h o l e a steady account of their origin and improvements. There 3100 Loud. right&S.Cst. 97 - 98 97 8 business was doing, at late rates. 3t. 100 London &N. Western 103 - 1034 103 return tO are two contributions in the British Quarterly for 20 12 Do. Fifths id - 4 p Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. The 3ceived an imports of the latter are large. November, having some sort of reference to events 10 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 # - 4 P tainebleau. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. now occurring in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea-one headed the " Russian War in the Cau- 1 3 2 t. i 100 24 DLoon.(tign 4 s hths.westen2 76 78 77 - ... Wbeat . Barley. I Malt, Oats. Flour. of Turkey. liftlise .. 1,070 2,110 i 2,830 840 1,530 casus," and. the other entitled " Russian Progress 50 4D Do., £50... 40 34 4 Do., £40..... 11 - 9 d Irish • • • ... ••• •• • 600 I - 19,610 - -Who is to Blame ?" A recent controversy at King's 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ... - ... ter, Pierre F or " - °reign - 22,160 5,870 I - 9,830 1,280 ekg 3 Russians, 7,350 brlColleget, wi ll render a large class of readers curious 25 all Lndudrry. & Ennisk. ••• - ••• a, and for- - as to the review of Maurice's Essays, a review sug- St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Liucln. 214 - 224 22 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ... - -d SMITHFIELD. gestively superscribed as a treatise on " The New 84 St. 100 Midand - 63 4 63 4 4 34 Zia d'Hil- To-day's market was tolerably well supplied with beasts, Theology." A delightful historico-biographical St. 100 Do.Birming.&Derby 35 - 37 the 9th at but, their quality was very inferior. All breeds moved off chapter, called " Portrait Painting in History," 50 47.4 Midland G.West.(lr.) ... - ... 'lowly, at Monday's prices. Amongst the foreign stock er passage has been suggested to another writer in the British 25 174 Do. 4 Shares ..... ... - _ ' ' lowly, 11 oxen from Sweden. Sheep, the supply of which ;rind. She lifts seasonably good, sold heavly, and last week's quota- Quarter l y b y the recent volumes of Mr. Bruce. It 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ...... -__ o itantinople ' liens were barely supported. Prime small calves were will more than repay peru sal b y its store of sin g u- st. 100 Newmarket :-.. 54 Luiz, at full curriencies. In other kinds of veal very little larly interesting information. For ourselves, we 61 5 Do, Bury Extensions id - par 25 174 Newpt•Aberg.drHtfd. 41 - 4id ' W U doing. Pigs ruled steady, at late rates. Dvernment can assert candidly that it has tantalised us by its 50 74 Newry dr Enniskillen ... - ..• 23 Mulch cows were dull, at from 14/. to 191. each, includ-enpoint brevity, and has rendered us eager for some future 20 sfaction to lag their small calf. by French continuation. Through it we see stalking past us, •• - ... Per 81bs to sink the offals. all Newry drßostr W e:o rr r sion of the s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d, in stately procession, a long line of illustrious per- St. 100 N0rf01k......... ...... - 54 50 34 Northn.Counties Un 4 - 3 d n-house Of Infe r i or B eas t s .... 2 B to 3 0 P r i me Southlo 410 5 2 sonages-substantial forms, and not merely and ademnities ~„ _Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 vaguely phantasmal : Julius Caesar, tall, slender, st. 100 North British . ...... - 31 304 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 - 10 American rrnue large oxen 310 4 2 Prime small d 0... 44 4 8 well-made ; with a long, pale face ; mouth, large i 16 8 113 Do., No. 2 - .. Porte and P rime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 eyes, dark and sparkling ; his chin, and lips, and all Dc., A A Deferred ... 1; - 2} ers of the inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 410 cheeks carefully shaved ; his head baldish ; his voice 8 8 Do., i B Guaranteed 64 -74 prim quality ...3 6 4 2 Sucklingcalve . s -21 0 27 0 50 all 'North London 5l - 53 indemnity e crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6,Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 shrill • his general aspect handsome ; his gesturesfre , lO 1.1 N. & S.Wstn., Hamp. t and Co., quent and graceful ! Charlemagne, large and strong stead, and City Jn ... - ... TOTAL SUPYLr. FOREIGN STIFFLY. amount of Beasts ..............•... 1 034 1 8ea5t5............ 320 in body; great, though not gigantic in stature (a little 20 172 North Staffordshire., 58 54d 7ansmitted J S h ee p •• ••••••••• • • • • •• • • 5,0 0 0 Sheep .................. 900 more than six feet, according to English measure- 20 all North Western...,..,. 8- 84 elves .. .. •... • . 312 l Caves • irs to the .. ment) ; with a largish nose, glittering eyes, a 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. par - 2 y - which is cheerful visage, and hair beautifully white (canitie 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester -- -. ties. The NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . pulchra, according t 3 Egirshart) ; with a firm step, St. 100 Oxford Worcester & of Havre, a voice clear but slender, and a form admirably Wolverhampton 3B 39 These markets ruled steady, as follows :- - eat of M. well proportioned, saving in two respects-his neck 20 2.2 Portsmouth - ... (3finitively Per 81bs by the carcase. being rather short and thick, and his belly some- St. 100 Scottish Central ... - 91 St. 100 Scottish Midland._ - 57 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 62 10 Mutton Inferior 210 3 6 what protuberant ! Here is a glimpse of John St. 100 Shrewsbury di Birmg. 60 - 62 )ted at the p_o., middling 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Milton, for example, given in the British Quarterly firm. The . 0 0., prime large .3 63 8 Do., prime 444 8 as from the pen of "the novelist" Richardson :- St. 100 Guaranteed Do. , Stock,..cst . 55 - 60 Do., do. small -.3 10 40 1 Veal 34 4 6 "An aged clergyman of Dorsetshire found John Mil- 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 2 - Wis. me to 74f• Pork, large 344 0 j Pork, small 424 10 ton (in his house in Artillery Walk) in a small chamber 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester 'Sc. for the (Nor. W. Min.)...... 15 - 17 hung with rusty green, sitting in an elbow chair, and per Cents. BOROUGH HOP, dressed neatly in black ; pale, but not cadaverous ; his 134 all Do. Halves, do. 74 - 84 20 all Do. Oswestry ......... 11 - 13 s, 1,165 f. ; Really fine hops are in short supply, and fair request, at hands and fingers gouty, and with chalk-stones. Ho used 20 64 Shropshire Union._ 34 .- 3/3d ... ~. Paris and full prices. In all other kinds very little is doing, and to sit in a gray coarse clot h coat at the door of his house Do. A, B,C, &D, fully ns, 905 f. ; the quotations are barely supported. The imports aro 315 in Bunfield-hill, in warm weather, to enjoy the fresh air ; paid up at per cent. ... - ... ; Western bales from Hamburgh, and 123 ditto from Antwerp. and so, as well as in his room, received the visits of 50 all South Devon l6 --- 18 New Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. 14s to 201. Os ; people of distinguished parts, as well as quality." St. 100 South Eastern 614 - 624 62 lac, 590 f ., new Weald of Kent ditto, ill. 5s to 13/. 13s ; and new - - ' Le Bank o f Sussex ditto, 10/. Os. to 12/. per cwt. Speaking of the value of what is here aptly termed 50 all South Wales 34 35 -.. 20 15 5 S. Yorksh. River Dun 4 - 2 .-- 20 " Portrait Painting in History " the critic ob- Do. . - 4 COLONIAL. serves- 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. ... - ... SUGAR.-There has been a firm market for British plan- "We will ask whether it is possible that the course 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 -30 the 19thL tation and with a fair demand. At auction Barbadoes has o f th e Hungarian war could be rightly conceived by any •.. 16 i Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... pe esicesee A , realised 33s to 39s for fine yellow, 34s 61 to 37s 6d for mid one who should imagine Kossuth without the glorious St, 100 Tatf Vale • - ... the Pre- to good, and 33s to 34s for low. Refined has been in re- ruff of bluishgossamer - which surrounds his chin reede - ... aeet--brown lumps at 445, and low to fine grocery at 10 8 Do. £lO shades '„ ' ~ St. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 • - ••• inisters in to float away like smoke at the ' touch of the razor. for Id to 48s. East India.-Full prices have been obtained 25 20 Thames Haven Dock it of the 4 suritius, and with a good demand. Low to good Later on lie writes- and Railway 2/ 34 the hold- Yel low has been sold at 338 to 365, brown at 32s 6d, and " Even Boswells pictures of Johnson gain in accuracy 20 17 Vale of Neath... a formallY very hae low black at 25s to 26s per cwt. Bengal has been ~h e n we k now th a t l ie p ronounce d th e l e tt er uas th e y 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 5 - 7 per. Benares mid to good white sold at 37s to 38s, do in some parts of the north of England saying as he 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - elB decree t° , , . • laid to fine gra iny yellow at 37s Gd to 40s 6d, and very low squeezed the lemon into the bowl, `Who's for poonch 14 West Cornwall 8 - 9 81 fine brown at 23s to 28s. Madras has been a little easier Nor can any one imagine Sir Walter Scott properly ?' 20 ••• 1 West End of London for b rown sorts only ; goo d t o fi ne gra i n y y e ll ow 37 s t o 41 s ,and Crystal Palace ... - ... ;o elect its finft yellow 29s to 31s 6d, and brown 25s to 275. Foreign- who does not know that he spoke with a burr, like that 20 all West London - .., not con- Yello w Havannah has been sold publicly at 33s 6d to 35s of the Northuinbrians." 10 518. Wm k b E lid etew o n i c i s t ilo. Ci sß o . y .e. d 7 o . : : Beii ....... 1 Bitij d. 6 d for mid to good, brown at 35s 6d to 36s Gd for mid to The entire contribution is well !deserving the fine yellow, and at 38s 6d. to 40s 6d for good and fine reader's observation. Added to the articles already 9 death of 6 orettes. Cuba mostly sold at 32s 6d. to 35s 6d, and good particul , a , rised, there are two others not yet specified, 25 114 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 -34 d S¢• 100 York &N. Midland 484 - 494 49 8 s 2 S 5 t. I°° 2o Do. Y°r ed not to ? Yellow at 36s to 38s. Porto Rico brought 33s to 35s 6d for t fear that low to mid yellow. There has been a good demand for one on Ruskin's Sea Stories," and the other re- --- . mpression fl oating cargoes. lating to " Steward on Methodism," together with FOREIGN. Come.--There has not been a very active business the usual " Epilogue on Books," through whfcli the _ r that her t ransacted, but prices have been without material change. critics in the British Quarterly keep pace with the 10 6 Eirltwrp &Rotterdam 2 - 1 d Christina, Demerara has been sold at 28s to 31s per cwt. for ordinary current literature. 5 3 Belgian East. J unc t. 14 - i 1} !ueen, the 'nage. Mocha has been in request- good small berry clean 20 8 Beziers to Graissessae 24 -14 d ter. garbled 62s ; long berry was taken in at 77s to 83s Telli- _....- British Review. ... ... Central of Italy - ... d Duchess c herry sold at 58s to 66s for mid to fine. Rio only partly Th e North f No. XXXIX.- 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 -15 ire to go eund buyers at 45s for good ord export sort. Plantation Elsewhere, namely, in our leading columns, we 1 74 all Demerara - ... Cs. ylon has been sold at 65s to 67s for good, 58s to 585 6d 20 10 Dijon and Besanon l4 -24 p Le Queen ; have referred in terms of eminently merited sale- mid, and 54s 6d for fine ord. Native good ord brought 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 2 d Idoso on PS and 40s 6d, but there bas been a limited inquiry for gium to the ingenious and elaborate paper on the 20 all East Indian 4 1 -44pxn x new >f France i t , Mysore sold at 72s to 81s for good and fins grey, and " Religious and Political Relations of Russia "- 20 2 Do. Extension p - k p 4 t 58s 6d to 70s for low mid and mid, than which no essay could be more happily timed 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula', 1 - lip 6 Le Queen - L eoooe.-Prices have been barely supported. Trinidad or more conc l us i ve l y argue d . It w ill compensate 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 24 - 2p '4B been taken in. 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada na• those who are tempted to its perusal by giving to - o s liacx.-This article has been firm. Coringa Madras 13s Shrs and Bonds 14 -id xin ain rto 14s for good, and Bengal mid to fine sound white their judgments the very pith and marrow of that 20 8 Gt. Central of France 4 - i p . 51 3 to 163. momentous question, in the settlement of w hi c h 20 4 2 0 3 G t. Westn. of Cana , , to SALTPETRE-Calcutta 3to 5.4 Shares , per cent. refraction has Christendom is becoming gradually embroiled. - lid dated the been sold at 30s 30s 6d. B e sides this conspicuous argument-facile princeps o. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - ••• tely pub - , Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 ... - ••• SPices-In ginger there have beenlarge sales of Cochin. _ _ D among the contributions-the North British con- ••• ••• has been ‘eood and fine bold white realised 76s to 116 s, mid and 204 104 Hamilton & Toronto ... - •.• that the g° o d 46. to 655, and small and clean 38s to 445. Bombay tains eight other articles, almost any one of which 11' 0 all Do. 6 per cent ..... - ..• ay be ad' Cl oves sold at 61d t o 61c1 for mid dark. Cassia brought will be found sufficiently attractive to command 20 5 Lak e C ons t. & Basle ... - ••• 14 0 s for first pile, and 132 s to 136 s for 3rd and 2d pile. observation. A criticism on Maria Norris's " Life 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 omMelle° TALLOW-This article has been quiet. and Times of Madame de Stael " brings before us, per cent. pref ••• - --d CoemeetaL-There has been a rise this week of 2d to 3d 20 15 Luexembourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) ll - 111 114 ates that Per lb. one after another, such men as Gibbon and Necker, as Benjamin Constant the Epicurean, and Talley!. 7 - 7 7 inal, and 4 TZA-The market has been extremely active and very , 5 2Do it - 2 2 i 1 8e purchases have been effected. The trade are coming rand the Intriguer. An account of the present 5 3 Do. (Canal) ll -2t Al aa buyer's, and is 3d per lb has been paid for common situation of " Protestantism in Italy" introduces 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. id - p 5 adiaMen t 'engou. again to our attention a departed patriot, no less 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ••• le King , 4 an 4 ,, EEN FRUIT.-Easterly winds and fog prevent arrivals. 7 illustrious than Vincent Gioberti-whose death, 2O 104 Madras • i -lipxn anew "Be only cargoes of oranges to report is one from Fayal . by 335 29 Maria Antonia - ••• nposed by ''llia one from Faro ; the former sold by Keeling and Hunt, the way, is thus recorded by the North British 10 10 Do. New .'. - .., om in the tt Public sale, being landed somewhat out of condition, reviewer- 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... - ••• e rought prices proportionate to the same. Chesnuts "The philosopher was found dead in his chamber in 20 all Namur & Liege (with led to the :Lri .. e, but slowly, and a reserve is being made of the the Rue de Parme, in Paris, on the morning of the 26th the NO' interest B4 - 9 8 9 o 'elet both in France and Spain, to be used as an article that the October, 1852. He had died of apoplexy, and when 20 all Do. (ex interest) l i, food, owing to the scarcity of flour in those countries. 16 all Northern of France 344 - 344 ed of MO found he was lying on the floor, holding his spectacles 'Lek Spanish nuts have advanced 3s per barrel, 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds y the •sur with one hand, and clutching his dressing-gown with the e opioif e ' other. On the bed from which he had fallen lay open [fmy.B . .&Ams.Shs.] ..: - ~. _ 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Prof 74 - 84xd x d -ge inal ° 2 L LOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) the ' Promessi Sposi,' and Thomas-a-Kempis." 20 10 Paris and Lyons l 6i - 16Ip 26i it,' enJOY An entertaining notice of some eight or nine 40 40 Do. bonds - - -. Und er -- 4 ,...._ • of Mini" , LONDON, Nov. 25. -Wind this day at noon, W. ; light " American Novels," including the Tales of Poe 20 all Paris and Orleans ... - ... 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l - 43 ; in order ureeze, and dull hazy weather. and the Romances of Longfellow-enables another 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 3.3 i 32 xdxn xd xn the ' gr oom PALMOITH, Nov. 24.---Wind, N.N.W. Arrived-Pa- critic to condemn the vulgarity of Mrs. Beecher 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 2- 4 p I ,,rha, from Monte Video. It blew a strong gale last night Stowe, while praising her benevolence, reprobating 101 104 Quebec & Richmond ld - par and 1 130 ,_ .- groan th e south, but has moderated since daylight, and a like vice and eulogising a kindred virtue in 20 all Rouen and Havre :ding to ° Peered to the N.N.W. Elizabeth Wetherell, while pronouncing an earnest 20 9 Royal Danish par - 1 p uqu pathl ~ YARMOUTH, Nov. 24.-The Eliza and Ann, Youghal to panegyric on the thoughtfui and picturesque nar- 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 - i d branchee L'ondon, run ashore on the Sand Bank on the 23d Nov., 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 94 - 10 r of 000 b a nd was assisted off, apparently without damage. ratives of Nathaniel Hawthorn. We are surprised 10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref, ... - ... to 9° %if COvirgs, Nov. 24.-Wind, S. by E. Arrived-H. Yin. to observe that the N or th B r iti s h R ev i e w considers 20 2 S.E. of France Ad - - par , opiAi oll eentus van Plinio, from Batavia. as the masterpiece of the last-mentioned writer, not 20 6 Southern of France 2 - 4 p • thedrews &Quebec ... - ... :r in ~ t 05 1 , DARTMOUTH, Nov. 24.-Rembrandt van Rhyn, " The Scarlet Letter," but the " Blithedale Ro- 20 6 St.An d -parxn 0 0111) 1331. ,fee'n Batavia •; Favourite, Valparaiso ; Erbpring Friedrich mance," the latest, and, according to this reviewer, , • - • - ligust, New York. the best of his more pretentious works of imagina- 20 84 2 al s l . W Up e p st ei;l lit n u d d ia er S s cn) ~. ... - ... PADSTOW, Nov. 23.-Arrived-Belle, from Quebec. leave tion. In addition to the papers already noticed, 20 20 10 Do. 54 per c, Pref . ': 4i - 5 * xin front SUNDERLAND, Nov. 23.-Wind, S. Arrived-Empress, 10 Western of France 74 - 84 urin t° Quebec. our contemporary contains, in the excellent number 1G 4 West. of Switzerland 1 , M P he ju t ! HULL, Nov. 24.-Arrived-Maria, from Richibucto. just published, an article on "Wycliffe," another 20 2 Wiesbaden me fo o ' • uaeLyDE, Nov. 23.-Wind, E. Arrived-Volusia, from on the " Royal Society," another on the " Lan- 20 34 -• •• 12 Zealan 4 . ........ .. ...• • 3,td TesSfalt iptanzas ; Madonna, Quebec ; Clansman, do. ; Charles guage and Literature of Modern Greece," another o bj e ct. T, 1 . , ._ lighise, St. John's, N.B. Sailed-Arethusa, for on " Nelly Armstrong," with especial rference to LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Compans. 4, lldad ; Queen, Valparaiso . Nepenthe, Boston. I).,:iIILFAST, Nov. 24.-Wind E. Arrived-Eureka, from domestic service, and a remarkable account of Ed -1 411)-ladelphia ; Condor, St. John's, N.B. ward Price and Company's enormous establishments shr. Paid RAILWA . „ Leasing Closing Prices Business Yesterday. this day. °Via° h il „tr e ittaN, Nov. 23.-Wind, S.E. Arrived-- Arrived-Ma - at Vauxhall, at Battersea, and (soon to be also) at - -- ii ." , from Pu wash. Liverpool, an account oddly, but not extravagantly 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. p ne g °' u-'-‘el?tesrowN,g Nov. 24.-Arrived - Enterprise, foi to O r- - se `itae ; Ganges, Quebec. r 1 ' (as the reader may find on perusal), entitled. Bletchley,... ... - ... St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 - 103 ye , ' ug - "UNDE E 3 -Wind, light and variable. Sailed ...ppi_ , Nov. . . " Candle -making and Christianity." 50 all Clydesdale Je. Caledon,,, 51 ...... 53 103 0 'iroulant, for Australia. St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. e t h o se tIiivI.t.TERFORD, Nov. 23.-The Rose M'Croon, from Car- The Law Review. No. XXXVII.--A sixth 6p. cent..... Gt•Nortlin 142 - 145 gym kiLls aground close to the Spit at Passage.-A white-ee d ' e 'e ..i d mast, broken off . below the saddle, and a quantity chapter p. is given in the present number of the Law 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. 7 the learned and valuable " History of en, I' of b„... ' 4B , were passed in lat. 42 N., long. 20 W. by the -"- e- Neils. Direct. ... - 10 with 25 2 all l G p l e sir N .& e D w n.Fr. D Gt o .Westn. 30 . -- 32 . "urobin Castle, arrived off Dungenness, from Caloutta. be Na" Jurisprudence." Another article, moreover, .is - 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. dr Yk. New. ice th e BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) particularly entitled to notice, we mean that relat- Railway & Berw_ ... ..._ .. erOr of notable "Sm th ing to " Lord Proughana on Law Amendment." At [LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.30 A.M, the close of a brief comment on the y 50 all Hull & Selby. YAN.Md. 108 - 110 W ind l. S.S.E., moderate, and damp. Case," we find the subjoined observations, which we 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 54 -55 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 264 - 274 A . , n ved-uegulator, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; could not but regard as worthy of quotation :- 20 all Do. Preference Do 124 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 133 - 144 h, te f , from Ostend ; Vigilant from Pue-wash ; The remark is now very current, that as we have 25 - 26 1110 01 11 -ev e , anal a' om Prince Edward's Island; Jose b Maria, from b een re f orm i ng t h e l aw , so s h o uld we now reform the St. 100 Lowestoft gr. an ° I " 4 per cent... Norfolk - ... ~_ 4‘iirltid S.S.E., strong breeze. "Vcr' QUEENsroWN, Nov. 23. lawyers also. The discipline exercised on some Circuits p, itt- - - is exceedingly whole=ome in this respect ; but unfor- St. 100 Do. 6 per et... Do SUP° - ttit e. iv ed-Garland, from Callao , • • Cosmopolite, from . and Matlock & Midld. 24 - 3 tunately it is confined chiefly to matters of professional N all Mancli.llxton. Ln.&N.W. P toNt etiquette. The Benchers of the Inns of Court have no 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & cage B ad. lll -Atholl, from Glasgow, for Melbourne, wind power without exceeding their proper authority. Tie P I o Redcar Darlingt. ... - - all Midld.Bradfd Midland,,. 99 - 101 994 th) /I Judges ought to exercise a stricter supervision ; but few 100 ---- of the professional marl's misdeeds come before them. 50 all Northern and (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) If there were a Minister of Justice, it is certain that he Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 -62 CUSTOMS RETURN. would be able to assist more effectually in purifying all 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do . - ... l ose Wi nd , GRAVESEND, FRIDAY, 10.10 A.M. branches of the profession, provided he were armed with 50 all Do•Fix . ed ,.. sp.c _Do_.._. . ___... - .., it i 9 lance -ke r i -L . , .S.E., fine • tide two hours' FRIDAY, due authority ; authority to be exercised in concert with 25 all Prest. a wyre L. &A. W. &Ln&Yk ,„ - ...... 464 i n the (ete bl'u•,,.' 2s e q: ... /N2lo o r. 2.1. 2 Ysabel 11., from Santander. the Judges and the Heads of the Inns." ly tbe u untess of Lonsclale, from Hamburg ; Vesta l if this matter were to It would be wel engage 12' 1 , 12 Do. Shares. Do .. - -. 0 w eo CieL e k e 4l P . ), from Bremen ; William Joliffe from Roystu.&Hit. Gt.Northn 142 - 145 " ' T hames, from Hamburg. (steamer), the serious attention of Lord Brougham ; a crown 142 - 145 , T 'obiP• • St. 1.00 o• cry Wind DEAL, FRIDAY, 9.30 A.M. would thereby be put to the labours of that most 25 isi Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& St. 100 pr N 's. 8 E 1* Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh ' ... - d ' are' Eilu, tsed,..p a . ~ ight. illustrious of all the reformers of our system of he ave jo r; fro _ vourite, from Valparaiso for London ; Eliza jurisprudence. ~, r z 12 94 S. Statiordsh.. , 11rMCleau 2 - lid D Shepth.St. Do all WearValleygr stockt. di one ' St. Kitts, for London ; 'Saga, from Fiume, , 5O ia n il ' T" 41 113 57 ,-"" ; _ , Tanet Mitchell, from Madras, for London ; 6 per cent ... Darling . ... - _ I..oad' - 0 40. - 586 , second ' pendant, from westward, for Large • insurances continue to be made for shipment of 25 all Do Do 304 - 314 1411 044 111 ,- 3 gold to Russia. Probably, a further sum of 200,000!. St. 100 W . ts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 98 - 100 Ag i The Joha Brooks, for Tobago. will be sent by the next steamer. ,~~ - THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1853 12i 25 PREFERENCE SHARES. 16i 10 St. St. St. 15 8 10 ' Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. s : i per cent... Cork&Bandon 5i p c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction .. EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (#;7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Couutie s Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent. Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 pots East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Pith. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr sp. c Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pre Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St 1 Gt. Westn. (Berke &J Hants Ex, 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4A p.cl Do. do. 4 per cent., 1, Do. irredeem. 4 p. Lan. & York. F. £2o,' Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. e. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848 London amLßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Cot & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds 100 100 100 6 100 Londonderry& Color. i Shares .. ...... .. ... Gondy. & Ennis. i • Sh Itanch.,Shef., &Lin., , . , f Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6. .. bfarypt.&Carl. 4 p. C. Do. 4i per cent. .... D 0... ..... ........ ..... all all 10 100 1.00 10 L. 0.6 Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol dt Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. bi per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6 p. e. .5 Do _ _ _ ... - - xd 9 . 9 7 iiii 6 -- 6 4f -- 4 6 -- 6i 1p -- lip 18 -- lip . 133- , 14 21:4 - 213 - 3 - 3i 121 = 123 1109 - 111 - I P 8 - 84 6 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 (11 par [39 141 2 - 3pl 6 - 7i' 94 - 10 it - ip .39 141 id 100 100 100 100 all 100 23 . : 25 104 - 106 i - 1p Scot. Can., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor:W. Efin),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 0.3.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref Do 9i - 10, 16 —l7 p 10 —10 i 13 15 Par — 4 P all 13.5 24 1 10 1 1 all 9 all all all all all all 12s. York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch Agua Fria .. Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achy of) Biaxial-von Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Braziliauimp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General.. Gt. NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita.. . . Mexicau&S.Amerien. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba.... South Australian.... Tin Croft .. United Mexican Waller West Granada, West Mariposa . Worthing Mining o: Australia 24 - 24, 19 - 20 96 - 99 4 i - 4i, id 1 p d ... par pmxn ii — _i f d 3 4 1 is If i d id par 11. 13 i id 8 10 —6/ 21 2i 36 38 id par 44 46 iP I 1 —12 i 60 70 5 7p 2 3 d 14 —l6 ' 2} d _ lb ... i 2 id par 7 74 id par - ... i . - OP i Ad - El 4P I - 33 Yuba 5 - 6 5 7 3i 4 d d id par i - 1(1l INAUGURATION OP TIIE BURT (LANCASHIRE) • pm 1k pm JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B2 85 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral. and Chins gals 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia 1 Idis 100 25 Colonial e• • • 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd. ld 20 15 London Chrtd. Buk: of Australia . .... — 1 p 50 20 London and County 301 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• ••• 50 22i National of Ireland 20 all New South Wale s 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. poration .. . * . .... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New.. ... . ... — 5 1 Royal Australu. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Cb d— par 25 25 South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 21 Do. Now 7. 81 50 lO Union of Loudon 40 1 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 25 171 Australian Agrieult. 441 45/ 44 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn, Royal Mail 10 2:1 Berlin Water Works — •• • 1 50 38A Brit. American Land 63 67 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 326 Canada Company ... 5 5 Crystal Palace li —2k p 7 It 2 2 2 5 405 20 322 EECDIr Crystal e w Pal, g oa mfr Francea p " h - ( : 1 : 7 19 25 15 Do. (B) l2 14 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 7/ Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt, Steam Fuel 10 4 Netherlands Lard.,., 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co . 1 all N. B. Australasian k dP 1 1 Do. New, 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel R r . Ld . & Minrl. • g 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ••• 50 25 Do Jo. ••• 2 all Portland Iron Co ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam— . • 63 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll lIP 25 25 South A us t ra l. L au d 37 39 or all Submarine Telegraph id par 100 2S. Van Diemen's Laud 15k —16 k NOTTINGHAM STATE OF TRADE.—LACE.—Our re this week does not materially vary from last WI NOTTINGHAM STATE OF TRADE.—LACE.-Our report this week does not materially vary from last week's statement ; although we are glad to be able to state that a slight reaction is observable in the increase of business. Foreign buyers have been purchasing freely, especially the Americans ; and this, with the orders which re mained on hand, has kept the work people more fully employed. Some few houses have been exceedingly busy with incidental transactions. Hosiery—We are glad this week to have to announce a decided improve ment in this department. During the week more spring orders have been received than the manufacturers at all anticipated ; and there now remains no doubt that the trade will continue to be fully employed, and to ex perience a very busy season.--Nottingham Guardian. worthy of the name. Books, again, were almost entirely out of his reach, fur I need not tell you that those large and costly folios and quartos we now see on the shelves of old libraries were totally inaccessible, by their price, to the great majority of men. Book-clubs were unknown in those days, so that the circulation even of the most po pular works was comparatively limited. We are told that there were no newspapers in existence a century ago, but I leave it to all who have seen them, especially those of the earlier part of th e l as t century, to compare them with those we have at the present day, and they will see that from such sources as those scarcely any valuable informa tion could be derived. But take the same class at the pre sent day, and, in the first place, they are comparatively s the point to which I was anxious to come—it is by such more wealthy ; in the next place, although I am far from saying they are perfect in that respect, still undoubt edly the opportunities of attending instruction at school are infinitely greater than they were ; and, lastly—and this means of institutions of this nature that we are ready, that we undertake furnish all those who will bring the will to learn, with the requisite proportion of elementary knowledge which is indispensable to all study, —to all such, I say, we offer the means of obtaining instruction unfettered by the obstacles which poverty might otherwise present. (Great applause.) The time is pretty well gone by when we shall hear of the danger of educating the people ; we know very well the danger now lies on the other side, that we shall leave them un educated. (A pp l ause. ) It has sometimes been sail that, those the majority of whose days are spent in mechanical toil have little leisure and little desire for any instruction that deserves the name ; but you have sufficiently refuted that assertion, and the manufacturing population of Man chester have abundantly refuted it. Nothing is more creditable to the population of this country, and nothing can render u s more hopeful of the future, than th e manner in which those, the greater part of whose lives is spent in daily toil for their daily subsistence, devote the small remnant that is left, not to idle amusement, but to rational and profitable instruction. (Applause.) Nor will it again be argued, as it has sometimes been, that to opon to those who have little prospect of rising above their actual position in life all the sources of English literature, is only to make them discontented with their present state. I think we have begun to recognise as a public truth that whi c h we a ll individually and privately feel in ourselves—namely, that there is no greater blessing that Providence has given to man than that power which we have by means of literature, of li v i ng out of ourselves, of forgetting our own troubles and our own individual thoughts, in the thoughts -of the great minds of ages gone by. (Applause.) If there is a cause for apprehension in regard to education at the present day, it is rather that we may perhaps be laying too much stress upon what may be called the purely utilitarian and material part of education. I do not mean to deny that every inven tion and every discovery by which a man increases the power of mankind over nature is a great result not only to the individual, but to the world ; but the number of such discoveries is comparatively small, and to each man, I believe, the great end of education should be, not the vague and uncertain prospect of obtaining future results for the world at large, but that certain reward which he himself will reap in the increase of the intellectual powers, and consequently the aug mentation of happiness. I don't believe that any man has ever obtained great results in literature or in science who did not love literature and science for their own sakes. (Applause.) I believe it has occasionally been urged against institutions like the present that those who promote them attach, in the scheme of life, too great and exorbitant a value to these as compared with other matters. I think we must all feel that to any man knowledge cannot be everything ; that knowledge is power, but that power may be dangerous. Knowledge brings responsibility ; and for him who errs with the power conferred by knowledge it had been better that he had remained in ignorance. But these results are not in our hands, and all that we say is this—that the desire of knowledge is natural to man—that it is one of the strongest instincts implanted in him by the Author of his being ; and that, being so, it is an impulse which he is bound to follow, and that we are bound. so far as in our power lies, to aid him in following it. That is the object we propose to ourselves—to remove out of the path of the student, especially the poor student, all those material obstacles which would encumber and retard his progress. The results must be left to the efforts of the in dividual himself, and you may be content to leave them contentedly and cheerfully in the hands of an overruling Providence. (Loud a ppl ause .) The Rev. Mr. THORBURN then read a report, giving a history of the origin of the institution. The site of the present building had been gratuitously granted them by the late Earl ofDerby, who had enhanced the gift by a do nation of 100 g uineas. Might such liberality ever distin guish that illustrious house, and bring down upon it, to the latest posterity, the compensations of Providence and the benedictions of society. The building had been erected at a cost of 4,875/.,[and this had been met by subscriptions up to 4,4811., leaving a balance due to the treasurer of about 3931., which it was hoped would soon be supplied by fur ther public contributions. The Lord Bishop of MANCHESTER here rose and observed that while he did not wish to depart in the slightest degree from acknowledging the liberality of the house of Derby, and was perfectly willing to hope and pray that the bless ings of Providence might rest upon them, he could never consent to adopt the form that the " compensations" of Providence may do so ; and he trusted, therefore, that he might not be called upon to move an amendment to sub stitute the word " blessings" for " compensations." The Rev. Mr. THORBURN said, as far as he was concerned the alteration might be made at once ; he believed the word "compensations" had simply been adopted from some of Bishop Outler's arguments. The Rev. C. RICHSON was then called upon by the chair. man to address the meeting on the benefits of mechanics' institutions. He was very glad to hear such a flattering account of this institution, but it was essential that such an establishment should be self-supporting, and theirs could not be said to be so entirely until all the teachers in the classes ceased to render their services gratuitously. And they must, not lose sight of the necessity of sustaining there the support which had been accorded so spiritedly in the outset. At the present time it was notorious that these institutions were, generally, failures, partly owing to the deficiency of the members in the necessary primary instruction, partly to the attempt to make such institutions class institutions and under class management, and, above all, owing to the lamentable proneness of the working classes to waste their time by sotting in public-hcuses. It must be remembered also that the kind of instruction afforded by mechanics' institutions at their first projection was much below the requirements of the present day. In the education of the productive classes, it was now impera ative that they should have what was called secondary instruction, so that children of all grades and classes should have an opportunity for their development, which would enable them to take the places which were now occupied by foreign artists. He trusted that much would be effected in this direction by the establishments in London promoted by the Royal Commission and the efforts of Dr. Lyon Play fair and Mr. Cole. (Applause.) The Lord Bishop of MANCHESTER then rose, and was received with much applause. After expressing his grati fication at the successful establishment of the institution, his lordship proceeded—Ladies and gentlemen, we have heard much this evening, and most admirably said, with respect to the advantages of institutions like the present. lam not at all blind or indifferent to that advantage. I should do wrong, and most wrong, if I did not to the ut most of my power endeavour to inculcate them upon you ; but, at the same time, as has been well and truly said, the subject is a large one, and embraces one or two minor branches, which, on an occasion like the present, I may not pass over without some Jefalcation of duty. It is true the objects of this I jiiiition are most excellent ; your primary classes will g itneans of instruction to a large number of members te your town who are willing to receive them ; your lectures will give, not, as has been often and erroneously supposed, a complete, and accurate, and minute explanation and illustration of the different points they embrace, but will give, if properly and ably conducted, a useful and valuable bird's eye view of the study of that which in individual study has been already passed over. And it has been well and truly said that Your library will be of all others the most valuable, inas much as you give to the student the means not only of perfecting the knowledge derived from the classes in the school-rooms, of realising and perfecting the information obtained from lectures, but also of working for 'himself, and giving him that which is the peculiar privilege of every Englishman—and God be praised has been for years, and God be praised there is every prospect of continuing so for a long time—of availing himself to the fullest ex tent of whatever power and ability God has blessed him with. While I laud the means, while I entreat you not to be wanting to the fullest extent, and not merely as regards exertion, not merely as regards feeling, which ma y evaporate before this evening has passed away, but in earnest and indefatigable effort s t o make thisinstitu tion,t as far as you possibly can effect it, co-operate with another kind of i ns tit ut i on, you ow, e another duty to the community among which you live—an other still more important duty to that God who has placed you here, and i mpose d all the responsibilities under which you exist. Yo u may open evening classes, and have lectures here, and present a library here, stored with able instructors, stored w ith g i fted writers, stet' red with all those records of learning, genius, and talent which past ages or the present age may afford ; but, unless you perform your bounden duty, no t merely intellectually,- but morally ; not merely morally, but religiously; not merely religiously, but civilly, to prepare youth to receive the benefits of that instruction, you are failing in a primary and most essential element of your duty in every respect. (Applause.) A speaker who has preceded me has told you of the advan tage of secondary education, and I, for one, will never un dervalue it, but I will take his own illustration, I will fol low him on his own ground, I will take the very circum stance he himself has alluded to, and I will ask you to con sider that very circumstance alone, depending, as it does, upon an entirely secondary and inferior branch, which ought not to bo named for a moment in comparison with those greater, and higher, and holier interests which affect all the members of a large and important community like this, as most of us know. He has told you of institutions preparing in London under the auspices of the Royal Com mission, and promoted by Mr. Cole and others. It is per fectly true that for the last three-quarters of a century art has been encouraged in England in a manner alto gether unprecedented ; it is perfectly true that the libe rality of George lll.—that the talent of West, and of Reynolds before him, and of Lrwrence succeeding him —that the labours of the Royal Academy of Arts, the labours of other art institutions arising from principles which I will not too curiously inquire into, but t pur sued with an assiduity, an industry, perhaps principles which and carried on by the very acerbity of the brought them into existence—all these haved oneo n done m f une ourh for o - training up students of art. But go tle any hibitions, from the larger ones in Feting . cities to the little and more humble ones among our provincial towns, and . I ask you if you can find one out of . a hundred historical pic tures—one out of a hundred pictures representing th e higher departments of art — which does not show thet how ever_epartments of art—in talented or skilled the painter may_ be in the h um bl er d the higher and more truthful, i n the historic, in the learned, iu the classical, in the pure, he is not wholly and entirely deficient. (applause.) dare - Ladies and gentlemen, we want education f or the young. not meet a large constituency like this on the present oc casion and not emphatically and earnestly warn them of You hav e d one well ; what I believe to be their duty. you have erected a goodly building ; you have formed a goodly establis i hment you have come forw ar d on l arge aliberal prnciples to promote that which is calculated, under the blessing of Providence, for n ee, the benefit amid whom you live : but, unless_ you educate the young, you have but erected it on a foundation of sand. Let me pray you that this is a great, civil, social, , practical and important, an d religious question. Let me pray you to consider that, coming kindness and friendship, among you as I now do in a spirit of , am not straying from the re cord--I sin not departing from the part assigned to me— if I endeavour to route you for a moment to complete that noble platform which in this building you have been per mitted to construct. Ido fully believe that this insti tution will do much good ; but I must again repeat to you, what I have intimated before, that unless you train your young, unless you second the measures which are pro posed by others for providing instruction for the young; MINES. ATIIEN.ZUM. m nosh] DandL p eu ungaeeeodsryn d 8 32 firynneegirdl Wednesday the of the persona, oe e ysuhsn: B dnasiya:md t d i uya r at y . bet largeo Grundy, eevt A . ene oan t fbm h ioenp e rei gpa n nrri i fe wgnoot yy l faptaetnerhn,et i: w einuo a dawtna s usehtoddyoee c i rfi e tLtdaé l oot e etoei ibtt attended supersede eh r dptmn a ei celebrated sdsdaepi Bishop pe yg n s. BEso W eva F i d r a n ob e slfy e i ladies. The foundation stone was laidinlBso by thepresent . ter A , m m o r n . g j t o h h e n, g t e chh n e t eß l e e m etvh e .a i m i p w ,r h .m.v o .ap t u oo .,gh k marn., one of a similar character which had been in existence at of t M he an th ch w e n s proceedings trd of e t Rev. heinstitution. Rie 8 partofiMan chester, Richardtahue. Lord STANLEY, M.P., who was in toduced by Mr. Grundy, the president of the institution, was received with the warmest demonstration of applause. He said, Ladies and gentlemen, I thank y ou h eart i ly for this welcome, and the first words which I speak shall be to express the high gra tification which I fe e l i n a dd ress i ng you for the first time face to face—inhabitants of that town of Bury, between which and myself there exists an old hereditary connexion. (Hear.) I rejoice the more because we are not assembled here for any purpose of political contest or social strife, nor for mere unmeaning amusement and festivity —pleasant in deed at the moment, but barren of results for the future— but we are met together here for a purpose, the highest and the noblest which can bring together th e c iti zens of a ' free State • because we are met here to d o w h a t i n us lies to remove from this country the reproach under which we too justly lie—the common reproach of national ignorance; because we are met here to accomplish a work which we hope and trust will be not for this generation only, but for our children and our children's children. (Hear.) I have spoken of this Athenaeum as an educational institution, and I believe in so spsaking lam correct. I am well aware that it is language used by some that education is a thing which properly belongs only to the season of youth ; but I main tain that idea is erroneous. I hold, that for me and for every one of us education is a thing which must continue to the very end of our existence. It is a law of our nature. Our minds are so constituted that we must necessarily and always be either learning something or forgetting some thing ; and it is with the matters of instruction as with many others, there is no standing still ; you must go for ward or backward. And not only is this the case as regards acquired knowledge, but also in reference to the powers of the mind itself, which, like the body, can only be kept in proper vigour and health by a succession—a series of efforts and exertions. Those exertions, let them assume what ever form they may, are, in fact, an education a l process. (Applause.) I appreh en d it will not be necessary to de tain you long by any reference to the circumstances under which this Athenaeum originated. You are well aware that there has existed for a considerable time in this town—l believe for a period of not less than 15 or 16 years —an instsiution intended substantially for the same educa tional purposes —an institution concerning which I confess I know very little—an institution which, I believe has been productive of excellent results, so far as it went, but which was of late felt to be inadequate and insufficient to the wants of this great and growing population. About five years ago—l think it was in 1848—the first public proposal was issued to establish this institution. Only two years had elapsed from the time of that proposal being issued when sufficient, funds had been collected to justify the pro moters in commencing the building itself. In 1850 the first stone was laid, and now, towards the close o f 1853 , we are met here to celebrat e le completion of the under taking then begun. Five years only have, therefore, elapsed from the projection of this institution to its final completion. One word I must say with reference to those who have taken an active part in promoting and carrying it out. There is, indeed, one person whose name is connected with this building to whom I alone am not at liberty to advert ; but this I will venture to say, in my father's name, and I am sure I may say it with truth, there is no man in public life, let him belong to what political party he may. who is more deeply and sincerely interested in this great question—the great question of the age—the question of national instruction. There is no man more sincerely de sirous to raise the working class in the social scale. (Ap plause.) Gentlemen, I.have looked through the subscrip tion lists which were opened at the time when this under taking was commenced, and I must say I think it reflects credit upon the wealthier inhabitants of this town that a very large portion of the total amount required should have been contributed in sums comparatively large by the principal employers of labour in this neighbourhood. A sum of something like 1,2001. has been raised in 12 single contributions. (Hear, hear.) I have observed, further, that of the whole sum hitherto required and expended —a sum of about 5,000/.—scarcely less than one-half has been subscribed in sums exceeding 51. and a very large part of that amount has been subscribed in sums considerably larger. I think, therefore, we have here a gratifying proof that an institution founded, indeed, for the benefit of all classes, but founded especially for the benefit of the less wealthy class, has met with the cordial and disinterested support of the more wealthy classes in the community of this town. (Hear, hear.) This is a ki n d o f assistance which no man m a y be proud of offering, and which no man need be ashamed to receive. It is not elee mosynary, it is not degrading to any one, it cannot injure any man's self-reliance, it cannot wound any man's just feeling of independence ; it is simply a recognition of a , solemn duty, the discharge of an obligation by those who, under the laws of this country, have risen, and prospered, and grown wealthy—an obligation which they owe to their country and to those classes of their countrymen by whose labour their wealth has been raised. There is just one other point connected with this institution on which I wish to say a word. You are probably aware that by an act passed in Parliament a few years ago, I think in 1848, it is in the power of any town or borough to charge a part of the expense of maintaining an institution like this up on a public rate. I think it is nourable and creditable to you that you have not done so. It is not that to adopt that mode of raising a sum for the purpose of establishing a free library is not perfectly proper and legitimate. I think there is none more so. (Hear.) In the United States, where I am afraid I must say they are considerably in ad vance of us in matters of education—in the United States their is no heavier rate than the rate they pay for school ing, and I believe none more willingly paid. I think, therefore, other means failing, any inhabitant of an y borough would be perfectly justified in applying for that public aid which the Legislature has placed it in your power to obtain ; but it is of course more honourable in you, and it shows a greater reliance upon your own resources, that you have not chosen to avail your selves of that aid, but have been content to found this institution, leaving it to tbe public spirit of the community to support and maintain it. (Great applause.) I apprehend that the principal objects of this institution are threefold. There are the evening classes, respecting the advantages and benefits of which I need say nothing. There are the lectures, which will, occasionally, perhaps, frequently—l almost hope regularly—be deliv ere d ; an d there is the free library, which it is intended to open, and I believe you have actually opened, to all persons whatever. But, as regards these lectures-- though I should be very sorry to say anything in disparagement of them, believing them very valuable as a means of instruction, for they are useful, if attended regularly and consecutively, and in so far as they serve to stimulate the curiosity and arouse the attention in regard to subjects to which we might otherwise be indif ferent —and especially useful, inasmuch as they replace by intellectual occupation, even though the lowest of intellec tual amusements, other occupations and amusements which might be less deserving of approbation,—yet I must say I attach far less importance to them than to the other princi pal feature of t'lis institution—the library which you have opened—because I believe that any man who is really anxi ous to study can do so infinitely better by himself, with the help of books, than he can possibly do by attending any lectures that may be delivered. It is hardly possible for any man, unless he attends a long course of lectures, which a thoisand unforeseen accidents may prevent him from being able to do—it is hardly possible for any man to study in that manner any subject systematically and consecutively, and, noreover, inasmuch as the lecturer has to address him self tc a very large number at once, and of different capaci ties, be must address him - self in such a manner as to be un derstood by all. But a man who studies and reads for him self can pick out for his reading that class of information which, if I may be allowed to use the phrase, he is most ca pable if assimilating and digesting. I believe the evening classes, if attended regularly, will also be productive of very great good, but the one feature of the institution which I dwell apon most, and the one which I most recommend to your aotice, is that free library which you have opened downstairs ; and I name it particularly on this account, that although you have started it very well, and have a fair collection of books to begin with, there is yet a good deal to be done in that respect ; and I heartily hope we shall not fad into the error of supposing that because we have opened this institution well therefore allis done, and nothing more is required - but that we shall continue to support and maintain necessary to augment its funds—at all events, to prevent their falling off—with as much zetl wer d e energy as you have displayed at first. (Applause.) If isl like this, I con nected with the uses and results of institutionsof your time am afraid I should occupy a great deal p Imshreould imply than you could possibly spare, and that the subject ;but ex haust you and myself without exhausting to enter upon the wide range of questions which day—it is one of the them selves upon us. We hear every It is though commonplace, com monplaces of the age - but, material progress which not the less true—of the wonderful hs which daily and yearly is being made, and of the triumphs of the increased powers which man is gaining over nature Outward and natural world. We there ore one or two reflections which naturally . force we possess in regard to the are all familiar with the w_ ndenders of railroads and tele graphs,almost instantaneous inter change of thought ; with the inventions which have almost apace ; but it erhai s not r annihilated time and , and p p plausibility, that s not without uncommon som fo e some persons to contrast, progress which indi spu t a b ly belongs to n t age, with our moral and int e ll ectual with the rapid a P progress. theN cro o u se bt, there is some ground for contrast world hardly in the can keep pace with that of any nation rill progress of which our age is witness. wonderful mate 'm rove you cannot p human nature, you can notNo doubt, between them, and, no doubt, the intellectual progress and with the same certainty which increase the powers of the human mind with the same rapidity,can increase your power over na t ure by means o fr some me chanical discovery ; but thi s, I think, should not be forgotten—in that material progress of which we ere so justly proud we find a sure, although an indirect, / seams for the increase and permanence of moral and intel lectual prow s. Ido not mean to say by that that there i s anything in the circumstances of the present age which should tend to give greater power to intellectual minds than that which was possessed by the minds of those who preceded us. I don't suppose that is the case. I nave no doubt that there have been men from the earliest ages of the world—men like Aristotle, men like Bacon, men like Newton—whose intellectual capacity is not exceeded, per haps is not equalled, by any who are likely to follow them in the present or any future age ; but the difference between the ages in which they lived and the ago in which we live is this,—not that individual minds are more powerful, but that the number of minds cultivated and developed is infinitely greater than at any other time. No man can read the history of the majority of those who have made great discoveries in literature or science in for mer ages without a feeling at once of pride and pain— pain at the laborious and often upward cours j e , which ee . h g ditfi_ minds were compelled to take, and at • 1 t ob e st a acl e es s o7which culties thrown in their way by ins I shall presently speak. The known, but that what that snore is past ages is not merely number of persons ; and this is kno w n is known by a larger day, it is scarcely pos also I will say, that in presentthe-whatever class of life it may Bible that a great intellect, in should be starved arise, or under whatever_ circumstances, diffe . t r e e r n m ce between this and of properthe artisan or operative in the pre sentContrastthe position intellectual culture with what it was day in regard v te n an living by his own labour at that 100 years ago. Att have formed the design of prosecuting culture and development. period w nd extensive study- where must E s ystematic a an y deep au E n for the first elements of all knowledge, and . unt h e o d ,:ro:widant of such teaching as he could obtain at home ; for upon t h h e e b p e o g w in er ? v r e eading and writing, he would have to de pendthere were scarcely any schools for the working classes T " . At.e 14 unless you duly and properly rear th o younl , p. ..„ are to be transplanted here, you will find the of this place most ungenial and unkindly for-theitt;, I am Rot prepared here to advocate any pavticulat, system, though I have my own deep and decided convic tions. If the advocates of the voluntary system can show that their system is really likely to succeed—if they can point out to us there is a prospect that under it we shall receive an adequate instruction both in quality and quan tity for our young--I for one will not object to receive the voluntary system, though I believe it most inadequate and incompetent. (Hear, hear.) I would not for a single moment quench the efforts of those who are willing, as far as in them lies, to promote the benefits of education among those around them ; and I believe, myself, that while a compulsory system provides an asylum for the poor, yet at the same time no injury is done to our noble and magnifi cent hospitals and infirmaries, and other public institutions which are quite supported upon the voluntary system. I believe that if compulsory instruction be provided by rates for the poor, in all necessary education, there would be amply wifficient liberality on the part of those who are the advocates of the voluntary system to provide the means of gaining for themselves instruction in the higher depart ments for those who are qualified and competent, and willing to receive the same. I say. let us do something. To the advocate of secular education I would say I am r er• fectly willing his system should be tried, if he can prove to rue that that system, when carried out in all its full extent and length and breadth, will secure an education on that high e r point, without which all instruction is not. education —the knowledge of the relations iu which man stands to his brother and to his Creator. If he can prove to me that secular instruction will enable the ministers o religion, the clergy of whatever denomination, duly and sufficiently to instruct all those committed to their charge, then I for one am willing to try secular instruction. But I will go one step further, and say that if I find a system, which I believe is likely to be brought forward in a few days in one large community connected with this diocese, which secures to every person his right of conscience, to every denomination the full integrity of the right of teaching the tenets of their own persuasion to all who are willing to receive the same,—which allows those who are disposed to secularise our schools to secularise them, if they will, upon their own responsibility, —which leaves to every dissenting minister the power of teaching his tenets to all who are willing to receive them,—which secures to the ministers of the church of which I am myself one of the officers the full power of inculcating the doctrines of that church in all their extent,—then I would call upon you as men, as brethren, as citizens, as Christians, to lend your aid and assistance in its support. (Applause.) It is my duty on the present occasion to advocate the usefulness and advantage of public institutions like that in which we aro assembled. I will not insult you by dwelling on such a subject as this before an audience like that I see before me ; but one thing I will s a y t o you, one th i ng i n d eep, an d earnes t , and anxious solicitude and interest,—it is the pain and sorrow with which, as I cast my eyes around, I see so small a por tion, as far as I can judge, of the working classes of Bury present. And I say it becaus e I am , un happily, I fear, too cognisant of the cause. I cannot but conceive, that were education —primary education in the first place, and seem. , dart' 08 ifvte the ye e d sd e u e vv c e a er t l ao i o np n ee ed i ,n of v t h ie e n t es n h e r o x e us t tl — sd m an s o o rtle see fearw i de s l ato y a pp n a r d i en e m f en n o l t r e sl e x pm t r eo proof l t a o m w e n n , t — r oe shouldw a e nin ga u n d o t in ne theirthe of this large t ththoeisre absence —meaning, may feel h - senee—meaning a this ,t Ihelmieovme,ent mostan interest in well, yet misled and deluded by not having had an opportunity of adequately reasoning on their o wR position, and not having an adequate opportunity of um. derstanding what are their real interests. (Hear, hear.) The interest of the master and of the labo urer , and, the in. terest of the employer and the employed, can never be really dissevered. There may arise fluctuations in trade; there may arise angry feelings for a short time ; but any. thing which tends to put the working men and their m ils . ters at issue with each other can only be the result of something not altogether creditable to both. (Applause.) It cannot be creditable to the working man, because he has not, perhaps, through want of training and instruct tion, been able to understand the obligations imposed upon him, and the privileges he enjoys the privilege of turning, under God, the primeval curse of labour into a, blessing. It cannot be creditable altogether to the em ployer, because, however much he may have done, he haa not provided the - ie means of instruction which might have made the labourer sensible of his real interests. (Ap. plause.) I have touched on this painful subject with re , luctance, but I do so fearlessly. I speak now in that spirit, I trust, of truthfulness which has ever actuated me heretofore, and which, to the last moment while I re main with you, will actuate me. Go on with the noble task, and, in the honourable path which you have entered upon, seek, as far as in you lies, the real benefit of those with whom you live, and, depend upon it, there may be fairly anticipated a successful result. There may be cir cumstances of doubt and difficulty which, for a while, will cross your path, but, depend upon it, Providence in the end, both to them and to you, will crown the issues. (Loud cheers.) The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. J. Cheetham, M.P., Mr. R. Fort, and the Rev. Dr. Vaughan; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceed. ings terminated. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFO.RT. The mortal remains of this deeply lamented nobleman were yesterday deposited in the vault containing thek ashes of the fathers of his house at Badminton. The last sad offices of the dead were only completed on Wednesday night. The hall was unadorned with. funereal paraphernalia, except that the floor was covered with black cloth, and at the north end an escutcheon of the deceased's arms was displayed. The coffin rested upon a bier in the centre of the apartment. It was covered with rich crimson velvet, and elaborately ornamented. A silver gilt plate upon the lid bore the following inscription : " Henry, Seventh Duke of Beaufort, K.G. Born February 5, 1792 . Died November 17, 1853." A black velvet pall, with gold fringe, fell in graceful folds over the coffin. Upon a crimson velvet cushion, at the head of the corpse, was placed the coronet of the deceased duke, and at the feet a lid of feathers added solemnity to the scene. Mutes were stationed at pro per intervals, and a faithful attache of the family offi -1 ciated as " herald." The hall was lined with a picked detachment of Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of which fine regiment the duke was colonel. Daylight was wholly excluded, and the apartment was illumie nated by a number of wax-lights. The public were admitted at ten o'clock, and for nearly three hours a continuous succession of spectators passed through the hall. Although, by order of the present duke, no restriction was made, the visitors, with few exceptions, were attired in deep mourning. Even the humbler classes contrived to doe some mark of out ward respect for their deceased lord, and all appeared alike impressed with feelings of the deepest regret for the loss of an honoured and beloved friend and master. The more respectable inhabitants of the neighbour. hood were admitted into the church at noon. A great crowd of spectators, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, remained in the park, from whence a good view of the procession from the house across the flower garden into the church could be obtained. The route taken by the funeral cortege was marked by a double line of the Yeomanry Cavalry on foot, with crape round their left arms. The church bell now pealed forth its solemn note, ahnd the procession having been formed, left the mansion. The rain fell heavily as the mournful cortege pasfza across the garden to the church. The Duke of Beaufbrt walked uncovered, and appeared deeply affected. The church was densely crowded, but not the slightest confusion occurred. Every one present appeared deeply impressed with the solemnity of the event which deprived them at once and for ever of a beloved patron and friend. The service concluded amid the scarcely suppressed the s obsoft church the w as cl multitude, eared a c n fd thosesom e hours whose had x e i l e a t p y s e l beforeedd them) to linger withi n th e prec i nc t s o f th e sacred an edifice. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT PORTSMOUTH.—Yesterday, at 10 p.m., two houses in Southside-street, Plymouth, immediately opposite Harvey's Navy Tavern, fell down, and, we regret to state, caused the death of several persons. The premises, which were very old, had been purchased by the Improvement Commissioners, for the purpose of widening the street. They comprised a frontage of about 70 feet by a depth of 20, having thick stone walls at the sides. The front and rear con sisted chiefly of partition work. The purchaser of the materials sold the doors, windows, and mov able portions in lots to various persons, who re moved them forthwith. The place was thus thrown open, and became the resort of a number of lads, who were jumping and playing about, when, w ith the exception of the two walls, the whole suddenly fell in. Many escaped with slight bruises, but the follow. ing were dug out lifeless :—William Stanbury, aged 12, whose father is a baker in Southside-street ; Ri c h ar d Stibbs, 9, son of a pilot in New-street ; Edward John., 12, son of a fisherman ; John Foley, 10, son of a pilot - John Stoyles, 18, mason , Cambrid g e-s treet ; and Wil liam Willi ams , 11, son of a fisherman in New-street. Among the wounded are—John Byer, 14, son of a pilot i n New-street —foot broken ; Ralph Millman, 6, son Myers,tallore 12, s—exatnedrnaaeloinizjueryE,vnaontse,xipieLtesidigthotriey ini cove u r rd ; e J!,t BURNING OF ANOTHER STEAM AND WlND.mi u , AT LIVERPOOL. —On Wednesday evening a fire b ro k e out in Messrs. Rawsthorne's ste am and wi nd - mill, Limekiln. progre sse d from floor t ia o n fl e, oo L r iv u e n r t p il oo it l. bu T rs h t e ou fi t re at ra t p b i e dl op, and roared with all the fury of a furnace. It continued to rage fiercely for three hours, when the mill, sails, and a portion of the machinery attached, fell up i on an adjoining Fortunately 1 t ground. a r t o e u r n r d ific e F ra o s r l t i, u the force of the co p e 63' cottage with destroying it, and such was ncussion that the fall shook Can Two millers had Z v n e o ry on n e ar w ro a w s hurt escape e t the for t t i h m: i r . lives. There out w t the t wo altogether named were at work n employe ( ' upon the premi ses, a m and,atthetime in t store-roo m at the toi l ) .lN o e f the be wind-mill. Th e i r co the i the fire b ro k e - panion s appear to forgot t o conanunicate to them what n so a l armed bad the poor fellows only found out what a frightful situa tion they were in by the immense masses of smoke which came up the tiap-doors and staircases. In mak ing their escape they were met by a great body of flame from the steam-mill, but fortunately there was another staircase leading to the ground, by means of which they secured their safety. A few minutes more and they must have been either suffocated or burnt to death. The wind-mill had just been newly renovated, at a cost of 1,0001. The machinery drove nine main of grinding stones. The loss, including stock, &c., is esti. mated at 9,0001., and it is not known whether the pre mises were insured. OBERNHOF (NASSAU) LEAD AND COPPER COMPANY. —A. meeting of the Obernhof (Nassau) Lead and Copper The future pros pe ctsores have Company took place yesterday, when a favourable re portconnexionthe was . made. with the T di rectors to propose an increase in the surf ace establish ment, and it has been agreed to issue amon g the proprie tors a further number of shares, to participat e in divi dends from January next, for • • raising the necessary capital, NEWSpti pr }t V