The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

_______. HER MA.I. I ,,,,E3TY'S THEATRE. `N'S CONCERTS. JULLI Engagement of MLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. 3 PROGRAMME THIS E" 7ENING (TUESDAY), Nov. 3. PART I.—Ov erture, 44 Semiramide " Rossini. Qua drille, " The Eglish Lane m's," Jullien—Solos by MM. La. vigne, S y r, Pratten, De 1, 'olley, Sonnenberg, Phillips, and Hughes. Symphony, Andant 1 eon Moto (Pilgrim's March — Contemplation and Prayer), froi "a Via " Italian Symphony "- 31endelssohu. English song, ~ ' Home, sweet home , " Sir H. _Bishop, Mdlle. Jetty Treffz. Po. lka, " liszeurka "—Jullien k(for the 4th time in England). i co rnet Obligato, Mr. Phil. The Surprise "--Haydn. Tips. Symphony, Andante from 1 * ' 3.. fr,•. Henry Russell (his ; lelo, Trombone, " I Capuletti," Qua,lrille, "The British tin: , d appearance in London). Arm.v" (Jullien), Solos by Mr. Lav:gne, Mr. Collinet, Mr, 'Ludy, Mr. Pratten, Mr. De Foley, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Phillips, and Sera ceuig. P.utr I.T.--GranOperatic Selection from Verdi's Opera " La Travia4a," second time this season, with Solos by MM. Collins, Hardy, Huglies, Phillips, and Herr Lavigne, Pra tten " The Young Recruit," Mdlle. Jetty Koenig. German _lat e & Treffz -- Kucken. Polka, "My Mary Anne "—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Mr. V. Collins)—V. Collins, C4alop, " Fells. sier"--D'Albert. Promenade, ls ; Upper Boxes, is. ; t rices . of Admission — la) 2 s. 6d. Private Boxes, 10s. G a ll er y, Is. ; Dress Circ od. and upwards. Prospectuses with full pa uticulars, may be had at the Box. office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regen t-street. The ('encert will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYA,ra, HAYMARKET, L essee —M r . J. B. Buckstone. rins EVENING, t o commence' at Seven o'clock, with Saeridan Knowles' comedy of THI: LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Him A. Sedgwick. After which, BOX AND COX. Pi , cm, Mr. Bucksten e ; Cor, Mr. Compton. Followed by MAKE YOUR WILLS. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the wholo of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. Ef, d Dress Boxes ... 5 0 Drees Boxes' 3 0 trpper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 0 Pt L river Gallery lO Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6 N• half-price to Upper Gallery. 4.V p OY PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr, Charles Kean. LAST FOUR WESKS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed SUakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST, T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Mr. Wright, Mr, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, an original Apropos Sketch, entitled THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M, Wilton and Miss Nary Keeley, ROYAL LYCEITA THEA.TRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—OpeI for au OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol. lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caraderi, Miss Co- Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Yrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Brabain, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, lr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling, Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythsen. THIS EVENING, will be performed the celebrated opera TROVATORE. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ; Stalls. Vs. ; Dross Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to IS, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROY A.L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR FAILS. MeEars. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swaitborough. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling., Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belm4re ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. To conclude with AVARICE. ANTERBIJ RY H ALL, Westminster-road.— i-1 OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow nq company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Actosetioss from all the popular OPERAS, Iig.A.DEUGA.II4, CHORUSES. GLEES, DUETS. dm., via.:—Mies Russell, Mrs. Badaey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Alas Ern nell, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. T. Critchleld, and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; DiTector, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, 4c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY—Morn., 9 min. aft. 2—Eren., 30 rein aft. 2 TI-Morrow—Mom., 53 min. aft. 2—E►en.,l4 lain. aft. 3 THE WIATHER—Sum Onion, NOVEMBER 3. TIISIIIIOI4ETER, IN T}l SLUM. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROKICTIEB. 29.78—rising. WIND, S.W. ; light, with very mild weather, but dull ric .•S LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1857. India is at present the subject to which the public mind is necessarily directed, almost to the exclusion of all other topics of minor interest. We cannot, then, feel surprised that it should form the leading topic in the vacation addresses, by which the members of both branches of the L'igislature endeavour to keep their names before We public during the Parliamentary recess. Men of all parties, of all shades and varieties of political opinion, have spoken out boldly and unequivo cally—and, we may add, with extraordinary unanimity, on this point. First crush the rebel lion, and inflict condign punishment on those who have not only proved unfaithful to their salt— turning the weapons with which they had been entrusted against their employers—but have im brued their hands in the blood of women and children, under circumstances of the most horrible cruelty and fiendish atrocity. Then place tie future Government of India on a stable and satis factory foundation, so that one of the brightest jewels in the British diadem shall remain untar nished, and that everything practicable may be elected to promote the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of the people, and render them contented vith.our rule. These are the objects to be ar rived at, and although there may be some differ ences of opinion as to the means best calculated to achieve such important results, few, indeed, concur with the morb:d. sentimentality the pseudo-humanitarianism of Lard CANNING, or his umbra, Mr. J. P. GRANT, or desire that there should be any interference with the victorious generals, while carrying out the stern behests of retributive justice. Among the many speakers on this interesting und important topic was the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, who, on Friday, presided at a public meeting at Wimborne, Dorset, for the purpose of raising additional contributions for the relief of the suf frera by the Indian mutiny. The occasion was appropriate, and it is due to the Noble Lord to Pay that he "improved" it very felicitously. Tie opinions of such a man as Lord SHAFTESBURY are worthy of notice, not merely because be is a Peer and the Lord- Lieuttnaut of a county, nor that h• is closely connected with the Premier, but because he is a man the purity of whuse motives and general Ailanthropy are beyond question, and, still more so, because he is a recognised leader amongst a large and influential section of the community. The Evangelical party, as it is generally termed, look up with profound respect and esteem to the Noble Earl. He may be regarded as giving ex pression to their views and feelings ; and we rejoice to find that his sentiments are in unison 1 THE BUN LONDONT TUTRD A with those of the overwhelming majority of the people. There was no mawkish or puling appeals for mercy to wretches who had voluntarily placed themselves beyond its pale. He spoke in a strain of manly indignation against the ', offenders, combined with sympathy for those who had suffered " unprecedented miseries, resultsng from unprecedented crimes," emphati cally adding—"l do not hesitate to affirm that history will not furnish a parallel of atrocity, either in the principle or in the perpetration of the guilt I" * * " Hundreds and thou sands have been massacred in the onslaught of towns, provinces have been ravaged, thousands have been put to death, ohildren have been tossed into the fire in the momentary excitement of rage, and under the influence of an assault ; but where have you heard of such cruelties per petrated in cold blood ?" These matters did not occur in consequence of an oppressed nation seeking to vindicate itself. It was not the ebullition of a race stimulated to insurrection by intolerable grievances I Lord SHA7TESBITRY pertinently as k s ___ " Was this a nation rising in the sense of its wrongs, writhing under torture, plunder, oppression, cruelty, under the ♦iolation of every sacred and social right—rising to recover their lost liberties—rising, as one man, to assert their inde pendence and the integrity of their religion? No such thing. Has any proclamation been put out by the rebels that they had a single wrong to complain of I Have you found, in any one in stance, the national, or even the symptom of a national rising T Has not the whole country, with very few exceptions, been perfectly tranquil and quiescent ? Have not the greater part of the villagers assisted the Royal troops, and attempted to discomfit the mutineers t Wherever an excep tion has occurred it may be traced to the brigands and dacoits, and those wild and lawless hordes that will always be found on the continent of India, wandering from one village to another. The villagers themselves in no instance have risen against the British power ; they have known that their security consisted in the vigour and per manence of her Majesty's dominion." To these series of interrogatories he returns suitable answers. He declares that "It arose from a monster of our Own creation ; it arose from an army pampered, flattered, overpaid, un derworked ; it arose from an army that we had raised by discipline into the attitude they have assumed ; and having given it that discipline and that knowledge of arms and of the military pro fession, by our foolish system and by our own neglect, we allowed it to acquire a sense of its own importance—a conviction that it could act independently of its European officers, and that it was as capable as it was willing to take the em- pire into its own hands. We drew these soldiers in all their barbarism and corruption from the votaries of the goddess Kali—votaries of the grossest, filthiest cruelties that ever disgraced mankind—from a set of men to whom morality was a dead letter. Never having been taught it, they never could have known it. Constituting these men into an army, giving them discipline, force, and arnv, these men turn round upon us and say, The power that we have we will make our own. You are dependent upon us, and we will make you feel the force of our authority.' But as for grievance, what griev ance was ever put forward God knows there is no such thing to be laid to our charge in our government of India ; and there is nothing to be ,la►id to our charge in our rule and institution of the Sepoy army, except the charge of folly, igno rance, flattery, and, I must say, foolish and con temptible truckling to their pride and superstition, as we taught them to believe that their gods and the religion they professed was at any rate as good as that which we professed. The retribution that falls upon their crimes must be equal to the nature and extent of the crimes themselves." Surely, then, as he stated, " justice, simple justice, demands that we should exact of these men that compensation due upon the perpetration of crimes unparalleled in tie history of mankind." For the future government of India he asks that there should be full toleration to every reli- gion. We should not punish or deteriorate the condition of any man on account of his religious opinions. But, in like manner, we should ab stain from pandering to prejudices that lead to the commission of crimes. We should not per mit the murder of widows under the name of Suttee, or their isolation from society by refusing to permit a second marriage. We should not punish the convert to Christianity by despoiling him of all his property ; and while compulsory proselytism or anything bearing its aspect should be especially discouraged, fair play should be accorded to those intrepid men who are prepared, at no trifling risk and privation, to carry the glad tidings of the Gospel to all parts of the earth. We do not want Missionary Colonels or Captains, but most assuredly every facility should be afforded to those who, without official rank or authority, invite the attention of their hearers, and use no persuasions save those of reason and argument. This is what is required, and what the Parliament and the People of Great Britain will accord to India. Great indignation was excited in this country at the gross mismanagement at Dinapore, which led to the escape of the mutineers from that dis trict, and the subsequent heavy loss of soldiers dispatched to the relief of Arrah. It was stated that General LLOYD was to be brought to a court martial, and compelled to answer for the ineffi ciency and inactivity that led to such deplorable results. At all events, he was held up to public censure, and many of the subsequent evils were ascribed to his proceedings. The General has come forward to vindicate his character against the grave charge of incompe tency. The gist of his defence is, that he did as much as could reasonably have been expected at his hands ; that " from his gouty feet, he was physically unequal to active bodily exertion ;" but that "in judgment and intellect he was equal, if not superior, to any of the younger commanders at Dinapore !" This, be it remembered, is his modest estimate of his own powers. On the latter point others must form their judgment, but the mere fact of " physical • incapacity ;" about which there is no controversy, was surely sufficient to disqualify the aged General for a position which required not merely " judg ment and intellect" but personal activity, and the power of enduring bodily fatigue. He had earned for himself the enjoyment of the °Gum, cunt dignitate. He might have left the active duties of his profession to younger and stronger men. But unfortunately for himself and for India, he could not form a proper esti mate of hi s OW , resignation. Lik e the A when warned by O n . B he was never better con t e more satisfied that he was th e capabilities, and there was no MENTOR to i mpress on his mind the virtue of rehbishop of Toledo, Las of hi s f a ili ng powers , nted with himself, or "limo factus ad unguem."—" the right man in the right place." But it was the duty of the Calcutta Govern -1 meat to have dispelled this pleasing delusion, and not to have imperilled the safety of the station, and the destinies of India, in deference to the whims of a senile valetudinarian. Everything that can be urged in favour of General LLOYD, tells with fourfold force against the authorities. If he could not lead his troops, and could only give instructions from a safe distance, those who placed and retained him in so important a command are justly responsible to the nation for his shortcomings. If he could be " most useful on board the steamer," leaving to others the task of following up the mutineers by land, he ought not to have been retained in the position which he occupied. His defence is i 'the inculpation of the Government. The respon sibility must rest somewhere, it cannot be ban died about from quarter to quarter. Great mis chie'f has been occasioned to the nation, and it muid be fully expiated by the real delinquent, or delinquents, whoever he or they may be. CORN AVERAGES.-MICHAELMAS RENTS. Average price for the Year Highest price week Lowest price week ending ending ending Michaelmas. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1846 54 1 Nov, 1, 1545 60 1 Aug. 14, 1846 45 I 1847 71 3 May 29, 1847 102 5 Sept. IS. 1847 49 6 1848 51 3 Sept. 9, 1848 56 10 June 17, 1843 46 10 1849 46 7 Nov. 18, 1848 52 3 Sept. 22, 1849 41 9 1850 40 3 Aug. 10, 1850 44 1 May 4, 1850 36 11 1851 39 5 July 12, 1851 43 6 Sept. 27,1851 36 7 1852 39 10 Sept. 4, 1852 41 9 Oct. 11, 1851 35 6 1853 45 7 Oct. 1, 1853 59 5 Oct. 16, 1852 37 10 1854 72 10 Jan. 28, 1854 83 3 Sept. 16, 1854 52 2 1855 71 10 Aug. 4, 1855 78 2 Oct. 7, 1854 56 7 1856 73 1 Dec. 1, 1855 83 1 Sept. 27, 1856 64 4 1857 59 2 Oct. 25. 1856 66 4 April 18, 1857 53 0 The above annual averages are based on the quarterly averages for the respective periods. BIRTHDAY OF TEE PRINCESS ROYAL.—We believe it was intended to have a Court celebration of the birthday of the Princess Royal on the 21st of this month. The state of the health of the King of Prussia will, of course, affect this intention. Hitherto only th e Queen's birthday has been observed in a public) man ner, no public reception taking place on those of the Prince Consort and the Royal children, except when the Court has been either at Osborne or aay other country residence, when the event has been observed by fetes to the tenants and domestics of the Sovereigo. Court Journal. THE PRINCE OF WALESINA RACE.—Theßheinlanders narrate with much glee anecdotes of the sojourn of the Prince of Wales at the Draeheniels. One is to the effeet that the Prince one morning assembled all the juvenile Rheinecheecken (spalpeens) of the village, and offered a prize of 16 thalers to the boy first at the top of the mountain—with the proviso that he (the Prince) was to be in the race. The line was arranged ; a fair start made; when the Prince was first at the summit. He behaved like a Prince, and enriched the whole fraternity by the distribution of the ten thalers amongst them.—Court Journal. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CNIEP.—Last evening the arrangements respecting the presentation of a military trophy, in the shape of a richly-mounted sword, to his Reyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding-in-Chief, were nearly completed by Mr. Banning, the City Architect, and his indefatigable assistants connected with the Hall. THE SIAMESE EMBASSY.—Yesterday their Highnesses honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton-street, with a visit, .and inspected the great variety of works of art on.. view, The princes were shown the sword Mr. HancOck haslust completed for the Corporation, for presentation to His Royal Hight... the Duke of Cambridge to-morrow ; and, after a stay of upwards of three hours, their Excellencies took their departure, expressing themselves highly pleased, and having previously given orders for sundry presents to take with them on their return to Siam. THE RU3fOURED LOSS OF THE HYDASPES.—A. morn ing contemporary appears to have been infamously im posed upon yesterday, by information said "to have reached the Admiralty," to the effect that "some serious damage has happened to the Hydaspes, screw steamer, on her way to India with 607 picked artillerymen, from Woolwich, and two batteries." The Admiralty have received no information from the Hydaspes, beyond the fact that, after coaling, she left St. Vincent, on the 3d OCtober, for her destination. THE " VICTORIA CROSS" AND THE LATE PERSIAN W.e.n.—The following officers and men of the Bombay army have been recommended for the decoration of the " Victoria Cross," the Order of Valour, for their gallant conduct in the battle of Koosbab, In breaking a Persian infantry square on the Bth Feb.. 1857 :-3d Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry—Major Forbes, Lieut. Malcom. son, Lieut. and Adjutant Moore, Capt. Moore, Capt. Graves, Capt. Wren, Lieut. Spens, Cornet Coombe, Cornet Hill, Capt. Oldfield, Jen:leder Runjaet Sing, and Trooper Lall Khan. INDIA,' ITS PAST AND PRESENT CONDITION AND FUTURE PEOSPEOTS.—Last night a lecture was delivered at Exeter Hall by the Rev. J. M. Bellew, late chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, Calcutta, "On India, its past and present condition, and future prospects." The pub lie interest in the question, which now absorbs all minds, was manifested by a numerous and highly respectable attendance, the vast area of the noble hall being well filled, whilst the galleries and platform were crowded. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. —By her Majesty's brig Spartan, which arrived at Plymouth, we have advice. from the Cape of Good Hope to the 22d Aug. Tranquil. lay prevailed at the Cape. Three regiments and two companies of artillery bad been sent on to India. Tie Lars on the frontier were dying by hundreds from starvation, and several thousands had entered the colony where they were fed and clothed by the colenista. THE MAILS, &C.—SOIITHAMPTON, Monday.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Parana, Captain Biota, left to-day with the usual mails for the West Indies, &c., a full cargo, specie value 25.1021., and jewellery value 21,4001. She also takes out 222 passen gers, among whom are Count de Mons, lady, and family ; Captain M'Crea, Captain Ommaney, Ensign de Sancey, the Rev. H. Segrave and friends, General Lopez and family, &c. The screw steamer, Indiana, Captain Baker, belonging to the European and American Company, arrived here yesterday from London. The following mail ateamehips leave during the week :—The Ripon, Captain Dundee, with the India and Chiba mails, on Wednesday ; the Ariel, Captain Ludlow, for New York, on the same day ; and the Euxine, with the Peninsular mails, on Saturday. The ships due are the Vanderbilt, Captain E. Higgins, from New York, on Tuesday; the Colombo, Captain Field, with the India and China mails and passengers, on Wednesday (ex pected on Tuesday) ; the Tagus, Captain E. Christian, with the Peninsular mails, on Wednesday ; and the Australasian, Captain Sceales, from Alexandria, on Thursday. The last-damed vessel, however, is not ex pected for some days, nothing having yet been heard of the arrival at Suez of the Australian mails. The Penin sular and Orieetal Company's steamer Satan, Captain Cook, which took oat two companies of the Royal Eu gineers to Alexandria, is also expected here on Thurs. day or Friday, with a number of invalided soldiers from Malta. The general business of the port of London during the past week was to an average extent. The number of ships reported inward was 263, being 50 less than in the previous week. Those included 56 with cargoes of grain, r:ce, &c., 12 with sugar, 11 with fruit , and 3 with coffee. The number cleared outward was 131, including 17 in ballast, showing an increase of 6. It is believed that the object of calling the meeting of the Liverpool Borough Bank is to submit a plan for sus taining and re-establishing the institution. The list of shareholders contains the names of a great number of the largest capitalists in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, and an opinion appears to be entertained that it would be a much less onerous task to sustain the bank than to supply the deficiency which would arise if it were at once wound up. In 1847 one of the largest banks in Liverpool was, it is asserted, rescued from similar diffi culties by firmness and by the prompt raising of addi tional capital. That bank, it is stated, still stands, and stands without the least suspicion being entertained of its stability, and it is presumed that the Borough Beek may be revived in the same manner. A meeting was held yesterday afternoon of creditors of Mr. A. Hill, shipping agent and commission mer chant, whose suspension followed upon the announce• meat of the failure of Messrs. Hess, Mitchell, and Co., with which firm he had had some rather large accommo dation transaction', A statement of affairs, prepared by Mr. Chatterie, the accountant, was submitted, from which it appeared that the total liabilities expected to be proved against the estate are 61,268/., of wleich 50,4771. is on account of accommodation bills. Toe aeeets 40 estimated at 17,4301. part of the insolvent that 3 e e mpo eition be accepted nound,payable in three jeetakoente, ts . of se. Bd. in the proposal was made on the tending over a year, t 9 b 0 E'lleu 6 e, d @ cl by ~ a fl " 2" d ui b vlr dend of 2s. 41. to the trade creell';ori e Ety, . an assignment of claims of the estate uport tip: , dr3 7 " of the irregular paper. After a short diecuseion a reef; secure y lution was passed accepting the terms, subject to confir mation by all the creditors within one month. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR S —The return of Michaelmas, which may be consi• dered the termination of the farmer's year, has induced me to send you the result of the average prices of wheat, barley, and oats, for 52 weeks up to that time, viz. : Wheat s9s. 4,1 d. per imperial quarter. Barley 43s. 3id. ditto. Oats Some years ago I prepared a return commencing with Christmas, 1845, so as to embrace the period affected by the late Sir Robert Peel's Corn Bill, passed on the 26th June, 1846, showing the average s as well as the highest and lowest prices of wheat in each year ending Michael mas. I have continued this return up to the present time, and as it may prove interesting to many of your readers, I beg to annex a copy.-1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES M. WILLICIT, Actuary, University Life Assurance Society. 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, S.W., Oct. 31, 1857. Annual average price of wheat per imperial quarter in Eng land and Wales, from Michaelmas, 1845, to Michaelmas, 1857, together with the highest and lowest weekly average price in each of the respective years ending Michaelmas day : EVENTNG, NOV.E3IBEII- LATEST NEWS. THE INDIA MAILS. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGIAIII.) SOUTHAMPTON, TII&SDAY, 10 A.m. The Peninsular and Oriental company's steamer Colombo, Captain Field, arriTed at three a.m., but her papers, -dm, have onlyjust come to hand. Her passengers have not yei landed ; they are 135 in number, including Prince Victor Hohen lobe. She had three boxes of specie, value 5,2661., and a large miscellaneouS cargo, including 2,099 bales of silk and 31 cases of shawls. Lord Lyons and his squadron were at Candia, but were expected at Malta soon for the winter. The Peninsularand Oriental Company's steamer Sultan was at Alexandria waen the Colombo left, expecting to come home with invalids. The Colombo's dates ire—Alexandria, Oct. 21st ; Malta, 25th ; and Gibraltar, 29th. Gibraltar exchanges on the 24th were—Lon don, 50i ; Paris, sf. 37e. ; Marseilles, 538 ; Genoa, 539. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELACTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Christian, has arrived. She left Gibraltar Oct. 24th ; Cadiz, 25th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto, 30th; and Vigo, 31st. She has 15 passengers, SCO/. ii specie, and a cargo of fruit, &c. She passed, Oct. 29, the steamer Teutonia, steering for Lisbon ; Nov. 2, passed the steam brig Brilliant, steering S.W. The average number of people dying daily at Lisbon fiona fever was from 80 to 100. Little money offered upon the Lisbon Exchange —London, 54i ; Paris, 520 ; Amsterdam, ; Hamburg, 48i. Business generally suspended. Stocks same as last packet. VIENNA, OCT. 31. Austria has joined Prussia in the step of placing the Holstefn question before the Diet. This circum stance greatly increases_ the serious character of that question. HAMBURG, Nov. 2. After seven days' debate in the Chambers of Sweden, the law on religious liberty was rejected by the orders of the Nobles, the Clergy, and the Peasants ; the order of the Burgesses alone adopt ing it. BERNE, OET. 31. The federal council has come to an important de cision on the sabject of the separation of the parishes of Tessino from the Lombardian bishoprics. One of the principal legal authorities has been directed to draw up a completes tatement treating the question both as regards pablic and ecclesiastical right. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. In consequence of Sunday (All Saints' Day) hav ing been kept as a strict holiday, not one of the Paris morning journals has appeared. " Since the departure of the troops from the Camp of Chalons," says the Courrier de la Cham pagne, " works are actively going on there. The Emperor has despatched M. Gauthero t, the hydro scope who rendered considerable services in Africa, to discover wells, andit is hoped that each division will, in future, be amply provided with water. A canal along the rivulet of Mourmelon is spoken of. Some hundred cows are about to be sent to the stables lately occupied by the horses of the Cent Gardes, in order to turn the building to account. Finally, brick ovens itre about to be constructed, which will replace the campaigning ovens (in cast iron) used during the late assembly of troops." General Renault, governor-general of Algeria ad interim, went on the 29th ult., accom pa n ied b y Ad miral iourichon and the prefect of Algiers, to pay a visit to the Eylau, line-of-battle ship. fie took with him a considerable number of Aghas and Caidß, who were anxious to inspect the fine vessel which had so much struck their imagination at a distance: The Arab dinitaries visited every part of the ship, and were loud in their admiration. A salute of seventeen guns was fired in the usual regular man ner, after which two broadsides were given for the -.gratification of the chiefs, who had expressed a wish to judge of the effect of a full discharge of the guns together. The whole party afterwards went on board the school-ship, where a distribution of prizes to the native pupils took place. The chiefs seemed highly delighted with all they saw. BOURSE, Nov, 2.—The following were the lasi quotations : Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 67 sank Shares 2980 Credit Fonder 515 Credit liolvilier 787 50 Roman - • Do. Account 795 Austrian Belgian 44 97i— Spanish Threes __ _ riedraontese(s) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYV—roa CASE. tr. C. tr C. Orleans Northern - Strasburg Lyons and lied Bl6l— New Ditto 4 New Ditto... Geneva — Sardinian 1 — Midi GERMANY. The Frankfort journals publish the following ex tracts of the minutes of the sitting of the Diet " In the sitting of the Diet of the 29th ult. the president made known officially to the assembly that the representatives of the States of Lauen bourg had appealed to the Diet relative to the pro tection due to their constitutional rights and con formably to the treaties with that duchy. The representatives of Austria and Prussia took this communication as their starting point, and entered into a detailed explanation of the negotiations which had been carried on with the Danish govern meat relative to the Duchies of Holstein and Lauen bourg, and the unfavourable results of those nego tiations. They added that their governments did not think it right to leave the question in such an undecided state, and that consequently they placed it in the hands of the Confederation, ill order that it might be examined and a decision co s ine to on the subject. It was decided that the matter should be referred to a special committee, to be appointed at the next sitting. The repre sentative of Han Over, on the same occasion, also made a .declaration (already known from other sources) relatiToo the duchies„ to which was at tached the following proposition :—To cause an examination to be made by a committee of the obligations imposed on the Danish government by .federal rights and the negotiations . of 1851-52, and their accomplishment or non-accoinplishment. In the event of its being found thatthey have not been accomplished, that the Danish government shall be requested by the Germanic Diet to do so as regards the duchies of Holstein and Lauenbourg within a certain delay." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20i h ultimo have ar rived. The Espana contains the following singu larly worded paragraph :- 4, The Queen gave yes terday afternoon a new proof of her piety and devotion. Having met the Divine Majesty in the Calle de Alocha, the magnanimous Isabella ceded immediately h er carr i age to the King of Kings, and, i n s pi te of her delicate s i tua ti o n, accompanied Him to th e h ouse, N o. 133, of the said street, after which she followed Him on his return to the parish church. But before reaching- the palace, her Majesty again encountered tse Holy Commu nion, wnich, leaving the church of Santa Cruz, was proceeding towards the Plazuela del Angel, and our beloved Sovereign again showed her Christian piety accompanying it also. The persons who wit nessed these magnanimous acts of devotion broke out into unanimous acclamations, and repeated them with veritable enthusiasm." The political offenders at Malaga whom the late Cabinet ordered to be exiled to the ' Canaries, were not to be sent off, but to be brought to trial. The Ministers haa charged their colleague, the Minister of the Interior, to examine into the question of the press. o del his to b birth Field Matsbal R a d e t z ki, acc ording to letters from e 0...1..tig3 on the 91st an niversary Nov. 2. t t adds that, notw ithstanding the suffer ings caused him by his broken leg, he enjoys gene rat good bealth. at Vienna a few days ago, and M . Perichiti s h, minister of the Piince of Servia, arrived gave the 5 , 0. Austrian Government explanations on the recent events in that principality, and on the measures which the Prince proposes to adopt for the future. These explanations are stated to have been found satisfactory. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Turkish Govern ment had discovered a plot with extensive ramifi cations in Albania, the explosion of which would have caused grave disturbances ; but it gives no details. " The government of St. Petersburg," says the Konigsberg Gazette, "has decided on not prevent ing, for the future, the masonic lodges from in creasing in Russia. Hitherto that association has been strictly interdicted there, each public func tionary being obliged to pledge himself not to form part of it. The Greek church had, in fact, at one time, visited it with an, anathema. Notwith standing these precautions, there is no doubt that ma=onic lodges have long existed secretly in the interior of Russia." Some acceptances were returned yesterday afternoon of Messrs. R. Wilson, Hallett, and Co., of Liverpool, the correspondents of Messrs. Robb, Hallett, and Co., of New York. The engagements of the firm are believed to be large, but it is hoped such difficulties as have arisen may be but temporary. ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE OF TRANSFUSION,— The interesting operation of transfusing blood from one person to another has been again successfully performed in Staffordshire. The patient was a Mrs. Benton, of Cannock; and the operator, Mr. J. Wile a`croft, surgeon of that place, assisted by Mr. J. Blackford and Mr. James Wheatcroft. The patient seemed to be expiring from loss of blood, when two pounds were transfused into her veins from those of her husband with the hap piest results. In a few minutes after the operation was performed the current of blood began to flow, " the ebbing of life was checked," and the circulation being re-established, deliverance from death, which seemed to be near, was secured. The operation was performed on Wednesday. The trial of this operation is suggested by Wheatcroft in the last stage of low typhus and the collapse of Asiatic cholera, if all other means should fail. THE FrtENeil LAW UP ON Crux. Cox,—Another case of Adultery was on Thursday submitted to the Paris Tribu nal of Correctional Police. The defendants, a young married woman 'named Eugenie G—, and a young pro fessor named Robinet, made no attempt to deny their guilt, which, indeed, was fully proved. In extenuation of their offence it was stated that some years ago they had conceived a violent passion for each other, and were en gaged to be married, but that family misfortunes pre vented and that the woman married another ; that after a while they again met, and their passion reviving, the woman, who was not happy with her husband, left him to join her lover, and had ever since lived with him, hav ing a child by him. The tribunal condemned the woman to six months' imprisonment, and the man t.) three, the latter also to 100 f. fine.—fialignani. - THE TOMB OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT.—During the time that Mr. Eliot;;, corn-lsw rhymer, resided in the parish of Darfield, and only a short time before his death, he was one day walking through that pretty church-yard where his remains now rest, apparently in a meditative mood. Whilst strolling leisurely along he met Mr. Taylor, the stone-cutter and sculptor, specimens of whose skilful craft are scattered throughout the churchyard. Elliott at once entered into conversation with him on the sub ject of tombs. After a short time the poet asked if be could rink; a torsb for him if he gave the outline ? What he wanted, he said, was a large plain slab with a hole in the centre sufficiently large to admit of a hawthorn tree ris nz from the earth above his remains to go through and expand in the ordinary way. For some reason the singular wish of the poet has not been carried out, as a plain stone with " Ebenezer Elliott" in large characters denotes his last resting place.—Leeds2lfer,ltry. SUSPECTED POISONING OF A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CHILD.—At 2 o'clock, on the morning of Friday, the , neighbourhood of the church of Bilboe, about seven miles from Carlow, was in a state of much excitement, occasioned by the rumour that a man named Turnsted, his wife, and child, were poisoned. A messenger was despatched at once for Dr. Anderson, of Tiscoffin, the nearest medical man, who at once proceeded to the per son in question, and on his arrival he found Mrs. Turn steal in a state of collapse, her husband labouring under violent action of the stomach and bowels, attended with violent pains, and the child asleep, apparently after having suffered in a similar way. Dr. Anderson at onc e proceeded to administer the necessary antidotes and restoratives, but bad little hope of being able to save Mrs. Tnrnsted's life. The husband is still in a precarious state, but the child appears to be convalescent. There are strong suspicions of arsenical poisoning, and that the poison has been wilfully administered by another person. —Kilkenny Journal. _ _ THE MURDER OF Ma, ELLis,—The assassins remain as yet undetected, but their impunity is not likely to be of long duration. Several parties against ' , nom strong suspicion points are in the custody of the police. An extra constabulary force of 30 men, commanded by a vigilant inspector, ban been sent to the locality, and the charge, about 8001. per annum, must be paid by the neighbouring inhabitants, under the " Peace Preservation Act, 1856." The provision of the statute which imposes this heavy penalty is but a renewal of the law of Alfred, which made the hundred answerable for any felony committed within its circuit, unless hue-and-cry was made, and the felon detected and and brought to justice ; but the Peace Preservatio❑ Act gives the Lord Lieutenant power to allocate the charge so as to exempt the innocent and place it on the shoul ders of those who have connived at the crime or sympa thise with the criminal. In many instances the pressure of the tax has coerced the peasantry to give the mur derer to justice, and it is to be hoped that it Rill not he ineffectual in the present instance. Two stipendiary ma gistrates are on the spot, aided by some of the best offi cers of the constabulary force, and there seems every reason to hope that this recurrence to agrarian murder, so disgraceful to the country and destructive to its best interest, will not be fostered by impunity.—Thaolin Eceniny Alai/. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN AUXTRALIA.—The esti mated cost of the lines will be read with interest, as affording a fair index of the cost of material and rate of 'labour in the colonies. In Victoria the cost of the 300 miles of telegraph is estimated at 751. per mile, the whole cost being 22,500/ In South Australia the estimate is 601. per mile for the 320 miles required ; the total cost, 19,2001. The average cost of all the lines of telegraphs in the United States is stated to be $2OO, or about 401., and in this country it is rather more than 601. per mile, so that the estimate for the Australian lines cannot be considered as excessive. We would urge upon the local Governments the duty of avoiding anything like false economy in the constraction of the line. In the United States durability has been sacrificed to the desire for cheapness of construction, and, as a consequence, gaps are constantly occurring in the • c ommunications in America owing to the decaying and rotting of the poles, the rupture of wires not sufficiently strong, and which a slight additional expenditure at the commencement of the works might have obviated. The proposed tele graphic stations on the Victoria line are Melbourne, - e elong, Ballarat, Raglan, Warnambool, Belfast, and Portland ; on the line in South Australia—Adelaide, Mount Barker, Srsathalbyn, Goolwa, Port Elliot, Guichen Bay, and Mount Gambier. The cost of the -naintenance and working of the lines, including interest on capital, will be 11,2001. per annum.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette. NEW BUILDING MATERIAL.—A French engineer in the south of France, M. Lagout, proposes the employ ment of seaweed, but more particularly the Algm,•that exist in great abundance in the salt lakes of Languedoc and Provence, for a lining of roofs and walls. He states that among the useful properties possessed by these ma rine plants are the following :—" They are bad con ductors of heat and cold, and, when pressed into a com pact mass, of sound also. They are almost incombue tilde, and, even when they do burn, they never produce a flame, but smoulder until they gradually and sponta neously become extinguished ; lastly, they afford no har bour to vermin. In the south of France the inhabitants of top floors of houses are obliged to resort to a variety of expedients to keep down the temperature of rooms when the sun shines ; and, in fact, the first floor, en descendant du del is seldom inhabited. It is suggested to place a thick layer of these marine plants between the roof and the ceiling of the rooms, which will not only prevent the transmission of heat daring summer, but will also,_ dorieg e winter, prevent the penetration of cold. In the side walls layers alga are proposed to be builtdip for the same purpose, and also to prevent the trap-mission of sound. Tne marine plants are in all cases to be freed ;rota saline particles, or unsalted, if the expression may be allowed ; but whether the algal will ever cease to have great affinity for the hu midity of the atmosphere is not stated. Should they be found still to retain this quality, it would scarcely be possible to employ them in England, or indeed in any northern climate, for they would not only keep the walls damp and render the apartments unhealthy, but they would likewise furnish an element for the rapid deteriu , ration of the structure.—Buildiny News. CONTRACTS (PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.)—An enormous blue-book of 637 pages, about the size of a church Bible, was issued by the Parliamentary printers on Saturday. It contains the report of the select committee of the Commons House appointed in May last to inquire into the principle adopted for making contracts for the public department-, and the effect of the present system on the expenditure of public money. The report is to the effect that the committee have not yet been able to conclude their inquiries, but they recommend the publication of the evidence for the information of the house and the public. The committee considered the clothing of the army as the first branch of their inquiry, but circumstances arose in the course of it which induced them at once to commence an inquiry into the present contract for supplying 15,000 marines with clothing (which inquiry is incom plete). Every witness Was promised protection by the chairman of the committee if he made true and faithful and full disclosures. When the draft of the report was discussed on the 11th of August an amendment was moved by Viscount Duncan to strike out words re commending the reappointment of the select committee next year, but this amendment was negatived by nine to three votes, so that the reappointment of the committee is 1353 may he deemed certain. Mr. Baring and Sir J. Reuesden voted with Lend Duncan in the minority, %bile Gen. Codrington, Sir C. Napier, Mr. Corry, and Lord C. Hamilton voted in the majority. Of 10 witnesses ex• emnied the expenses were allowed, amounting to 841. Among the, more notable witnesses were Col. Sir T. "froubridge, C. 8., Sir G. A. Wetherell, K.O 8., Mr. G. D. Ramsay, Capt. Coffin, C. 8., R.N., Col. Stranslearn, Cul. Brown, Lieut.-Col. Hopkins, Li eut. -C o l . L angley, Capt. Milne, R.N., Col. C. Wetherall, Col, M'Kurdo, and others. COMMENCEMENT OF THE LAUNCH OF THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM-SHIP. This morning the preparations for launching this most stupendous and magnificent specimen of naval architec ture were commenced in the presence of thousands of spectators. From an early hour in the morning immense numbers of persons arrived by the Blackwell Railway, and the most intense interest was manifested to obtain a sight of so novel and interesting a character. The banks of the Thames opposite Mill wall were thronged ; but owing to the haziness of the atmosphere very little, we should imagine, could be seen from such a position. Those parties fortunate enough to obtain tickets had their comforts, as far as possible (owing to the shortness of time at which the launch was fixed), sedulously at tended to. The present launch differed from all pre ceding ones, and the ♦e,sel, instead of entering her native element in the usual manner, was drawn into the water " broadside on." The whole of the arrangements were under the direc tion of Mr. Brunel, and the following is the plan adopted :—Two launching " ways," or large and power fully-built tramways, have been constructed by the rail way contractors, Messrs. Treadwell and Co., running from under the fore and after portions of the vessel down into the river at low water spring tide mark. Each of these " ways" is 300 feet long by 120 wide, and the distance between the two is also about 120 feet. To guard against the shifting nature of the river mud both the " ways " are constructed with unusual solidity and strength. The foundation of each is formed upon seven rows of piles, the four outside rows being driven at three feet intervals, and the three inner rows at six feet. These piles are all forced home to the gravel of the river bed, so that they graduate from a length of 32 feet under the ship's bottom to 10 feet at the low water mai k. To both sides of the heads of the rows of piles strong timbers, 12 inches by 12 inches, are securely bolted, and the whole area of the " way" covered with concrete to a thickness of two feet. Above the concrete longitudinal timbers of great strength are secured at-intervals of three feet six inches from centre to centre i and run the entire length of the " way," Over these again are placed transverse timbers of the same solidity, but only three feet thick, which are bolted together and again bolted down the wailings to keep theta fixed under the pressure they will have to bear and prevent them floating at high tide. On these transverse timbers, but running straight from the vesse► to the water's edge, are screwed railway metals at in tervals of 13 inches apart. They are the ordinary solid bridge rails used by Mr. Brunel on the permanent way of the Great Western Railway, and are, of course, of the strongest kind. The rails complete the " ways," which, thus resting on a bed of piles and concrete, form, as it were, a massive road of crossed and recrossed tim bers stretching from under the Great Eastern to low water mark at an inclination of lin 12. Down the rail way metals on these " ways," thee, the ship will be slowly lowered into the water on cradles, constructed under her• The cradles are the same width as the " ways" over which they are to run. They are made of !arge balks of timber, wedged and driven in so as to fit perfectly the bottom of the ship fore and aft. The timbers are principally laid ath wart-ships with longitu dinal beams and shores fastened to the outer sides. All are firmly bound together with iron bolts, and loaded with iron ballast to prevent them floating when the title takes the vessel off. The bottom of the cradle consists of iron bars seven inches wide and an inch thick, placed at intervals of one foot apart, and with their edges carefully rounded off, so as to offer no resistance to toe railway metals of the " ways" down which they will have to pass. The process of launching, therefore, consisted in lowering these cradles w ith the vessel on them slowly over the " ways." As a matter of course, if the monster were left to itself, the instant the shores were knocked away it would rush down the ways and very probably strand itself on the opposite side of the river. To pre vent this catastrophe, massive chains were fastened to the cradles, which were passed through double sheaves secured to clumps of piles driven 35 feet into the solid earth. The principal dimensions of the ship, capacity, and power of the Great Eastern are as follows : Length, 680 feet. Breadth, 83 feet. Depth from deck to keel, 51 feet. Aggregate length of principal saloons, 400 feet. Height of ditto, 15 feet. Number of decks, 4. Tonnage, 25,600 tons. Carries of coals and cargo, 18,000 tons. Nominal horse-power, screw, 1,600 horses. Ditto paddles, 1,0.0 horses. Cylinders of screw engines, 4. Diameter of cylinder, 84 inches. Length of stroke, 4 feet. Cylinders of pada'. engines, 4 feet. Diameter of cylinder, 74 inches. Length of stroke, 14 feet 6 inches. - Draft of water (loaded), 28 feet; do. (light), 18 ft. The actual weight of the ship, engines, and various fittings, are as follows : TONS. Ship Timber work, fittings, &c. Masts, rigging, and sails Anchors, chains, &c 3OO Paddle engines complete Boilers to ditto (full) Screw engines complete 607 Boilers to ditto (full) 632 Paddle-wheels lB5 Paddle-bones and sponson beams Sciew, shaft, and bearings Screw propeller Total 12,375 Her deck is flush except for cabin entrances and similar purposes, so that a promenade more than twice the length of the Great Britain's deck is available for the passengers. The floor of the ship is perfectly flat, the keel being turned inwards and rivetted to the inner ship's keel. These several skins are joined to each other by longi tudinal webs or girders, formed of plate and angle iron. There are 17 of these webs on each side of the ship, which run the entire leegth of the vessel, and they are placed at such distances as to extend upward, at inter vals of about three feet front the keel to the maindeek, and they are again closed up in lengths varying from 20 to 60 feet. Thus the outer and inner ships are joined together by means of a great number of water-tight webs or cells of extraordinary strength, giving the vessel a rigidity such as has never been communicated to a ship before. The main deck is treated in the same manner for a width of 20 feet on each side, and iron girders bind one side to the other, so that the entire vessel becomes, as it were, a beam of strength, and the whole fabric may be denominated a web of woven iron, the rivets forming the fastenings, and the webbed or honey-comb cells be coming an indissoluble structure. The compartments between the outer and inner skin will hold 3,000 tons of water ballast, should it be required. The web plates are of inch iron, and the outer and inner skins are of three-quarter inch iron. Each of the small first-class cabins is 14 feet by 101, and 71 feet high. The largest are 15 feet by 11, and 7i high. There are whole streets and squares of such apartments as these, opening out into saloons, which of themselves afford as much space as the main deck of a line-of-battle ship of the present day. She has 20 ports on the lower deck, each five feet square, to receive railway waggons. She has also GO ports on each side, 2 feet 6 inches square, fur ventilation, and an abundance of dead lights. The lower ports are 16 feet above the water when the ship is loaded. The bulwarks are 9 feet 6 inches high forward, and slope down to above 5 feet high amidships and aft. The massive wrought iron deck is covered with teak plank iog, placed about 6 inches distance from the iron. The engines are, beyond all doubt, the largest and most powerful by some thousands of horse power that have ever yet been constructed, and some of the largest pieces of wrought iron that have ever been forged and the largest castings that have ever been run in one casting, are used in their manufacture. The paddle engines consist of four oscillating cylinders of 74 inches diameter and of 14 feet stroke, working in a solid frame attached to the frame of the ship. Each pair of cylinders, with its crank, condenser, and air pump, forms is itself a complete and separate engine, and each of the four cylinders is constructed so as to per mit instant disconnection, if required, from the other three ; so that the whole form a combination of 4 engines complete in themselves, whether worked together or separately. The two cranks are connected by a friction clutch, so that the two pairs of engines can be connected or disconnected at a moment's warning and by a single movement of the band. The engines are provided with expansion valves, throttle valves, and governors, all con structed on the most improved principles and arranged for working in the most efficient manner. The e billed paddle engines will work up to an indicator power of 3,000 horses of 33,0001 b. when working 11 strokes per minute, with steam in the boiler at 151 b. upon the inch, and the expansion valve cutting off at one-third of the stroke. But all the parts of the engines are so constructed and proportioned that they will work safety and smoothly at 8 strokes per mionte with th, team at 251 b. aud !nil on without expansion (beyond what is unavoidably effected by the slide-), or at 16 strokes per minute, with the steam in the boiler still at 251 h., and the expa nsion valve cutting off at one-fourth of the stroke. Under these last named circumstances the paddle engines alone will give a power of about 5,000 horses. Tue paddle %oilers are of wrought plate iron, with brass horizontal tlbes, and are adapted for working regularly at a pregure of 251 b., though they are perfectly safe at 601 b., a , they have all been tested with an hydraulic pump toa great pressure. These paddle boilers are in two distract sets, and each set has about 8,000 square feet of tubemrface, exclusive of flue mad furnace, and about 400 sqtare feet of fira bar fur nace. Each set are equal to supply, with steady, mo derate firing, steam for an indicate: of 1,800-horse power, though with full firing each set cf two gives steam to the amount of 2,500-horse power, o• 5,000-horse power in all. Two auxiliary high-pressure conensing engines are fixed adjacent to the paddle engines for working pumps and other necessary work of the ship. These two en gines together are equal to 60-horse power when work ing at 401 b., though, as they are made to work at 601 b., their power can be doubled if necessary. The screw engines consist of four cylinders of 84 inches diameter and four feet stroke, working horizontally. As with the paddle cylinders, each of the four is in itself a complete and separate engine, capable of working quite independently of any of the other three. They work up to an indicator power of 4,500 horses of 33,0001 b. when working at 45 strokes a minute, with steam in the boiler at 151 b., and the expansion valve cutting off at one-third of the stroke. They are, however, made to work smoothly either at 40 strokes per minute, with steam at 251 b., without expansion, or at 55 strokes a minute with the expansion cutting off at one-fourth of the stroke. Under these circumstances they will be working at the tremendous power of 6,500 horses. The boilers are of the same kind as the paddle boilers, only ten in number. Connected with the screw engines are two auxiliary high pressure engines of 70 horse power, working with 401 b., but these, as with the other auxiliary engines, are made to work at 601 b. Both these, besides doing ordi nary ship's work, are connected with the screw shaft abaft the ordinary disconnecting apparatus, so as to enable them to drive the screw if necessary, when discon, nected from its main engine. It will thus be seen that the paddle and screw engines, when working together at their highest power, will exert an effective force of not lees than 11,500 1,-raw power. or sufficient to raise 200,000 gallons of water to the top of the Monument in less than one minute, or to drive the machinery of all the cotton mills in Manchester. The consumption of coal to produce this amount of locomotive force is estimated at about 250 tons per day. All the other details connected with the ship are on the same colossal scale. For instance, she will have four of Trotman's anchors, each weighing 7 tons, and two small anchors of 5i tons, at the forward part of the ship. At the stern there will be two anchors of 6 tons each. The chain cables are likewise en suite. There will be two forward of 2-inch diameter (about 601 b. the link) and two of 2i inch diameter. In the after-part there will be two of 2i inch, and each cable will be 140 fa thoms long. The total number of crew will be 400, of which one-third will belong to the engineering depart ment, one-third for victualling and servants, and one third Ulf , sailing department. At half-past twelve o'clock the necessary arrangements having been completed, the signal was given for the commencement of operations, and shortly before one the immense ♦essel moved forward be• tween six and seven feet amidst the cheers of the vast assemblage. At the time our report left (past 2 o'clock) the ship had not moved further, but everything was going on to the satisfaction of Mr. Brunel. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--knis Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Erle.) IX PARTE GREENWOOD. This was an application to the Court of considerable importance in connection with the insolvent laws, as to the power of a creditor to present an insolvent's petition for hearing independent of the insolvent himself. It ap peared that a creditor bad presented an insolvent's peti• tion to the York County Court for hearing, but Mr. Sergeant Dowling, the judge of that court, refused to bear the petition, on the ground that by the Act of Par. 'lament the petition must be filed by the insolvent hica• self, The Court, after bearing Mr. Knowles, Q.C., part of the judge, and Mr. M'Coubrey, f or th e app li ca • tion, took time to consider their jud gment. on the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Cock• burn, Justices Williams, Crowder, and Wines.) Mrs, Cobbett renewed her application, this morning, to the Coca, on an amended affidavit, for a habeas par. pus to bring up her husband for his discharge, on the ground of his wrong detention, the sheriff having refused to obey the Queen's writ in moving him from one prison to another. The court refused the application, on the ground that Mr. Cobbett Ead refused to pay the half guinea fee re quired by act of parliament on his transference from the sheriff's prison to the Queues prison. LAST V. EDWARDS. Mr. Sergeant B illantine showed cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Hawkins, in Easter term, for a new trial on various grounds. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Willes, at Guildhall, when a verdict was found for the defendant. The plaintiff is a trunkmaker in the Haymarket, and had received from a person named Wright, a bill of exchange for 501., purporting to be accepted by the defendant, a clerk in the Post-office, he purchasing a trunk, and receiving the balance or dis count. The defendant, on the bill becoming due, de nied all knowledge of it, and said the signature was a forgery, and at the trial opposite and contradictory evi deuce was given. The Cott granted the rule absolute for a new trial, on the ground of new evidence—the costs to abide th• event of the trial, COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittinge in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Bramwell, Watson, and Channell.) STEM AND OTHERS V. PICKERGILL. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., applied for a rule to consolidate this action with 47 others commenced by the plaintiff ag4ast that number of underwriters, upon certain policies of insrrance on a cargo of rice from Madras to a poet in this country. The question was simply one of a convenient form of trying the whole questiou without the multiplicity of actions. Tile Court granted the rule absolute for the coneolidai tion of the actions subject to terms. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. THE BANKS AND TRADE OF BELFAST. The commercial reports from Belfast state that the general course of trade there exhibits little change from that noted last week. The -Banner of Ulster remarks : " One verb gratifying feature of our local trade is the punctual meeting of payments in all departments of trade. If a small business only can be reported, that business it sound and legitimate. At the banks all seems quiet and easy, as hough there were nos torms fn other at m a toesrpsl! No er s' and no strandiugs of. financial _ ships in other w a ters. extra pressure for accommodation can be noted at any of , the local institutes of cash, and we rejoice to report that so far Belfast has escaped the suspension epidemic. In the smaller towns around us the good principle of com mercial integrity holds its usual influence over the re public of trade. A wholesome feeling of caution has been t w h . e e g merchants s a o n n d h t r a a n d d e , r a s nodf thus all g t rhaedes. incubus no o upheldcasea b r y e ln of large lots of merchandise has not been suffered to press on the people in business," Of the state of the linen trade the sane authority reports as follows : There has b ee n . no change in the ordinary aspect of this manufacture for the week. In the present state of affairs beyond the Atlantic activity could not be ex pec.ed, nor has the home trade been marked by the usual stir of the autumn season. Stocks accumulate largely in several of the more extensive houses. San guine merchants feel a hope that the panic is nearly over, and that the feverish condition of finance in the Northern States will speedily abate. In the meantime the usual activity prevails at our seats of finish, and the spread-grounds of bleachfields are very widely covered with goods in process of whitening. Brown markets were largely supplied with webs for the last 10 days. lialiymena, the leading place of public sale, was dull on Saturday, and large quantities of goods were held ever. Prices, however, did not recede. Armagh, on Tuesday, was quiet, and Lurgan, on Thursday, equally inactive. Powerloom goods begin to bulk largely. Yarns show no turn. Sales have been inactive, and for low wefts less money has been accepted. The general rule of the market, however, is firmness. Flax has been taken pretty freely, and, in the face of adverse reports about finished goods aid dull transactions in yarns, the raw material holds a firm place as to prices." THREATENING TO HORSEWHIP A COUNTT COURT JUDGE —At the Marlborough -street, Police Court, this morning, William Hay es, a respectable looking old oan, was brought before Mr. Beadon, on a warrant, caarging hi m with threatening to horsewhip Francis 1 -"Ylef, E,q., j u d ge o f the W estm i nster C oun t y C our t, whereby he apprehended that he was in danger of some bodily harm. Ile was ordered to find bail, two sure• ties of 201. each, and himself in 40/, to keep the pesos for three months. \- 4 I .