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MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., TOWN AND COUNTRY. A NOVEL. Ey MRS. TROLL^PE. " No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope." Also, lately published, by the same Author, 1. Father Eustace, 3 vols. 2. The Three Cousins, 3 vols. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. MORTGAGE. —WANTED, 2,0001. or 3,000/. for Three or Five Years, at 5 per Cent., on a Freehold Farm and Lands, of ample value, within Twenty miles of London. Watson, Broughton and Son, 5, Falcon-square, City. I'ADrS NEWSPAPER.-GIVEN AWAY ! , A A SPLENDID COLOURED SUPPLEMENT GRATIS, with the LADY'S NEWSPAPER of SATURDAY, November 6. This Supplement will comprise exquisite Designs by Mdlle. Riego de la Branchardine, in Knitting, Crochet. Lacet, &c., &e. The LADY'S NEWSPAPER will contain, in addition, the usual complete News of the Week, Literature, Music, the Drama, Fiction, and Extracts in History and Biography, Family Miscellanies, the Hair (newest mode of Dressing), London and Paris Fashions, &c., &c., beautifully illus trated. Price Sixpence.. 294, Strand. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. every day increases that loss. He had a right, too, to be permitted to vindicate his character on the earliest opportunity. He has been accused of negligence and carelessness where the safety of his fellow-creatures was at stake, of being actuated solely by the desire of gain, and of setting aside and disregarding every consideration that might in any manner interfere with the amount of his profits. These are weighty charges if well founded, and great as the benefits unquestionably have been which the public have derived from Mr. SMITH'S speculation and enterprise, these advantages would not be sufficient to free him from those grave imputa tions. We shall, however, see from the evidence that has already been adduced how far they have been warranted by the facts, and whether Mr. SMITH has really been so much in fault, or his conduct been so worthy of censure as has been asserted. It appears that in the month of September, 1845, Mr. SMITH, in conjunction with three other gentle men, formed a company, for the purpose of conveying passengers on the river at a much cheaper rate, and with greater expedition, than at that time or pre viously had existed. It should be borne in mind, that at that period the lowest fare from Charing-cross to the City was, by omnibus, 6d., and by steam-boat, 4d., that, in consequence of the crowded state of the thoroughfares —to say nothing of the constant break ing up of the pavement, which frequently compelled carriages to travel by circuitous routes—it was im possible to calculate on arriving at London-bridge in less than half an hour. By the then existing river conveyances it required from fifteen to twenty minutes for the same purpose, two or three stoppages taking place, which consumed much time. Mr. SMITH be lieved that by procuring vessels of a peculiar con struction the journey might be performed in from five to six minutes, and that by the application of a new patent, by which a considerable saving of fuel would be effected, a charge of one penny to each passenger would be sufficient to remunerate the pro prietors for their outlay. He accordingly had boats made with both ends alike, which could be propelled lin either direction with equal speed and safety; in fact, each extremity would act either as stem or stern. By this peculiarity the necessity of turning in the river was wholly obviated, and a considerable loss of time consequently avoided. These vessels were fitted up with engines of a new construction, being, as stated by Mr. SMITH in hi 3 evidence, an application of WOLFE'S principle to oscillating engines. They were found eminently to answer the object intended ; the distance between the company's pier at the Adelphi and London bridge was performed, without any stoppage on the way, in five minutes when the tide was favourable, and in seven or eight when against them. The boats were crowded every journey, and many thou sands were every day borne on " the silent highway," and breathing the pure air of the river, in place of enduring the heat, the bustle, and the delay that would otherwise have been sustained. It is needless to expatiate on the vast importance of such an accom modation. It was found that the punctuality of the boats might be relied on, and consequently such num bers made use of them that the original low estimate of one penny per passenger was proved to be far more than was required to defray every expenditure, and to leave a fair profit on the capital embarked in the project. Had Mr. SMITH been an avaricious man, greedy of gain, and anxious to obtain it by any means, per fas ant nefas, he would at least have retained the penny fares, or perhaps raised them when he Lad established a character for his boats; but, on the contrary, he made a still further re duction—he gave the public the benefit of his enlarged profits, and when the experience of a reasonable time convinced him that a halfpenny fare would prove remunerative the price was reduced thereto, and that without any great competition to contend against, or any perceptible falling off in the numbers who travelled by his boats. Formerly it was the habit both by omnibuses and on the river to charge at a higher rate on Sundays, thus making the hard-working man, who had been closely confined during the week, pay exorbitantly for the privilege of breathing a purer atmosphere on the Sabbath-day. Mr. SMITH was the first who reversed this principle, who conceived that prices ought to be lowered in place of being raised, in consequence of the increased traffic, and he therefore conveyed passengers on Sundays at half price for some time before the general redaction of his fares. Since that time other companies have reduced their rate; and persons may now be carried from London. bridge to Chelsea for 2d., and from Charing-cross to London-bridge by omnibus for 3d. It appears to us that Mr. Sme ll may fairly claim credit as the originator of the re forms that have given so great a saving to the public, and that every person in the habit ofpassing regularly from one end of the City to the other, is indebted to his sagacity and enterprise for an annual saving of several pounds. Mr. SMITH was not only cheap himself, but the cause of cheapness in others. But let us see whether this great cheapness was owing to any undue parsimony either in the price paid for the boats or in the wages of the men, or whether there was really that negligence that could justly be censured. The contract for the boat has been before the public. The agreement to supply it was entered into with a respectable engineer; the price to be paid, 2,5501., was not in any manner be low the usual rate for similar boats, and Mr. JOYCE undertook " to make, construct, finish the whole in all respects ready to go to work upon her station, of the very best quality, best of materials and workman ship, for the sum agreed on." Here, at least was no undue economy, but every exertion was made to pro cure the best articles of the kind for the public. The men engaged were, according to the evidence,:" su perior men, paid from 15 to 20 per cent. higher than any on the, river." The stoker's wages were 1/. 9s. per week, and CLARKE's, the engineer, 31. This did not show a desire to adopt any petty or paltry saving to endanger the public by intrusting them to incompetent persons. It now remains to be seen whether or not there was a culpable negligence on the part of the pro prietors, and whether they acted as prudent men, whose lives and properties were at stake. Mr. SMITH travelled daily backyards and forwards by the boats, and exercised his personal superintendence of the mode in which they were managed. In his own sworn statement, he says—" I have been constantly on board, hoping by my presence to keep parties steadily at their duty." This was certainly very far from either being negligent or careless. If there was danger to any, Mr. SMITH himself participated therein to . the fullest extent. A minute-book was kept for the entry , of complaints, and reports from the captains or any of the crew which was open to, and inspected by, all the proprietors." Any passenger would have been attended to who had stated anything objectionable, but none.of those who came before the Coroner thought it necessary to inform Mr. SMITH, or any of the parties connected with the company; of what they had observed, until after the accident had taken place. But it may be said that the complaint against CLARKE was not pro perly investigated, and here comes the only part of the transaction in which Mr. SMITH'S conduct was in the least degree doubtful, or other than highly praise worthy, and of this we think a great deal too much has been made. CLARKE was a man who had received the highest character. Mr. JOYCE thought him the best man in his establishment, and had employed him for six or eight months as superintendent over a number of men. Mr. SMITH said—" I never saw any irregu larity in tying the valves, and never heard of it until the quarrel between CLARKE and the stoker. I never conceived that such a thing could have been done. It was reported to me that the stoker had accused CLARK E of tying the valves on one particular occa io elA d a hex u, sion. Thi s was when the stoker was discharged. I Iwielv'oerd e e , n lu ie la d b tl e iat u h i e lty d o id f s s u u such a e h a sthP°inlige t ; ie s thing. Th e man who informed me had had not the g ood opinion o f any one in the - co •npany. I had g rea t confidence in C LARKE , and took his contradiction of tying the valves a s a su ffi c i ent contradiction to the stoker's assertion. I w as sa ti s fi ed with CLAata.E's evidence, because he was the responsible person and being responsible, he had enemies among the other men." Now this, which was fully corrobo rated by Mr. POLETTI, the superintendent, appears an extremely reasonable view, and such as any person would be likely to take who heard a highly improbable accusation preferred against a confidential man by a person on whom he placed no reliance. We, therefore, think that Mr. SMITH is exonerated on this charge also ; and that, if the valves were ac tually tied, it was wholly without his knowledge, and that he omitted no reasonable precaution. We have thus gone through the principal points of the evidence that was brought forward in this lament able case. It certainly appears as if Mr. SMITH had been hardly dealt with in the reproaches that were so lavishly heaped upon him. We had not intended to have alluded to the matter until after the trial of HAISAIAN, but as that has been adjourned, we think it only a matter of justice to notice those points to which sufficient attention has not hitherto been paid. We yesterday expressed our solicitude that on the meeting of Parliament, on the 18th of the present November, inquiries should be addressed to Viscount MORPETH as to the intentions of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment respecting the introduction of some compre hensive measure of sanitary improvement. With all the earnestness of our heart we would impress upon the Legislators the necessity of some instantaneous agitation within the walls of St. Stephen's upon this most urgent and most important question. It is not only policy which demands an immediate innovation in this particular. Humanity, decency, religion, reason, generosity, economy, and prudence, all cry aloud for the more active employment of the Sanitary Commissioners. Upon the course adopted by the House of Commons depends, in a very great measure, the extent of mortality throughout the country during the ensuing twelve months. Life and death are in the hands of the popular representatives. And, but that other extraordinary matters require the vigilance and activity of the advisers of the SOVEREIGN, they would become answerable for the demise of many hundreds of the population, supposing precautions were postponed through any wanton indolence on the part of the Cabinet. Most cordially and most ex plicitly we exonerate the present Administration from a wilful indifference to the health and salvation of the multitude. The embarrassments in the money market, arising from the erroneous system of currency established by the late Prime Minister, would be of themselves a sufficient apology for the delays which have already prevented the adoption of a comprehensive scheme of sanitary amelioration. The complication of foreign affairs, arising from the retrograde princi ples of Lours PHILIPPE, and the execrable absolutism of Austria, is another reason for the procrastination of the Government in regard to the internal welfare of the United Kingdom. Ireland, the education question, the project of a wholesale revision of the criminal code, the imperative wants of our colonists in different quarters of the two hemispheres, all require the especial and speedy interposition of the Legislature. There are a multiciplicity of excuses for this postponement —excuses enough to silence the surliest curmudgeons among the Opposition and to save the Cabinet of Lord JOHN RUSSELL from being aspersed as a Do-nothing Cabinet. So conscious are we of the variety of the labours already chalked out for the Executive, and so convinced are we of the patriotic industry of the Premier and his colleagues, that our chief solicitude as a journalist would be to abstain from any superfluous demand upon their per severance. It were madness indeed to expect that the difficulties of Government could be conquered like a game of backgammon. Ready as we are, however, to exonerate her M JEST Y'S advisers from any unnecessary procre sti nation, we must distinctly assert, that if any reform should be allowed the precedence among those social and political reforms which are expected from a Liberal Administration, it is that reform which, by diffusing sanitary improvements throughout these islands, will diminish the mortality, increase the salubrity, and enlarge the happiness of the United Kingdoms. If it be maintained that the innovation is one of a nature so vast and complicated as to require more prudence and preparation than would be compatible with its immediate introduction to Parliament, we would observe, that there are a thousand temporary expe dients which might be adopted pending the prepara tion of the measure itself, and which expedients would at once effect a visible advantage to the community. We would by no means enforce our importunities to the Legislature by merely general assertions of this character. We would speak to the point, not arming ourselves with any of the quibbles of circum locution. We would enumerate some of those pre cautionary expedients which we conceive it to he the bounden duty of the Government to take, prior to the revival of the Bill of the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. That this duty does actually exist, and that its non-performance entails a terrible responsibility upon our rulers, would be shown by the Registrar-General's report on the health and mortality in 117 districts of England during the last quarter, if it were shown by nothing else. These re turns are published by ourselves in another column, and they disclose such an increase in the general mortality of Great Britain as to present an alarming aspect when coupled with the progressive advances westward of the Asiatic Cholera. According to the statement of the Registrar.. General, the deaths during the summer season of 1847 have exceeded the average proportion by 7,007. This is proved by the comparison of the actual number of deaths which have taken place during that quarter, namely, 49,479, with the average number deduced from the average of 1838-46. In London especially—a district comprising Lewisham and Hampstead—the contrast is remarkable ; for, while in the September quarter of 1845, 10,987 deaths were registered, in that of 1846 there were 12,601, and in that of 1847, there are 13,187. To illustrate this in crease he continues : " The deaths in the summer quarters of the three years from small-pox were 76, 51, and 320; measles, 688, 78, and 521 ; scarlatina, 194, 208, and 316; diarrhoea, 449, 1,549, and 1,196 ; cholera, 26,197, and 98 ; dysentery, 43, 75, and 143 ; remittent fever, 8, 12, 23; typhus, 273, 403, and 395 ; erysipelas, 56, 92, and 126 ; the zymotic class of diseases generally, 2,409, 3,234, and 4,061% Nor does the Registrar-General content himself with the arguments of these unanswerable and im pressive statistics. He concludes his representations by remarking that such has been the indolence of the authorities in England as to the sanitary condition of the empire, that measures of improvement were adopted at Calcutta before the question had in any practical manner been agitated in the United Kingdom. To-morrow we shall commence the enumeration a the temporary expedients which we regard as abso utely requisite, and take into consideration the prac icability of an immediate and effectual improvement, We give in another column a notice of a pamphlet recently compiled by Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN at the request of the India and Australia Mail Steam packet Company. It describes the route by which the company intend to open a regular steam commu nication with Australia, and it reflects the highest credit on the enterprise of the company, who, as it would seem, are about " to put a girdle round the world." But while we pay due honour to the en terprise of the company, let us not forget the man to whose genius and energy we are entirely indebted for opening this communication. It is to Lieutenant IVAunouN that we are indebted for the opening up of this steam communication with India and Australia. But for his genius and energy, the route would never have been opened, the company would never have existed. All honour, therefore, to Lieutenant IVAGnoas—and not honour alone. The labourer is worthy of his hire ; and we trust that Lieutenant WaonoßN will find that the nation will show its gratitude in a more solid manner than by awarding to him mere empty praise. Lord MINTo arrived in Florence on the 22d tilt. Letters from Genoa of the 25th tilt. announce the arrival of the French fleet, composed of the ships of the line Friedland, Souverain, and Jena, and the steam-frigates Titan, Cacique, and Panama, in the Gulf of Spezzia on the 22d ult. The two latter steam-frigates arrived at Genoa on the 23d ult. It is said that the King of NAPLES intends to in trcduce a perfect and complete separation of the island of Sicily from his continental dominions, and to place the Prince Royal at the head of affairs there under the title of Viceroy. e copy the following from the St. Petersburgh Gazette of the 22d ult.:— " At Moscow, as we mentioned yesterday, the first c :se of cholera having occurred on the 14th of October, fifteen other cases, most of them of a fatal nature, have occurred up to our last accounts. Those RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE, ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY' SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their '\\ Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., eke place every WEDNEdDAT, at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday and Friday, as hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully nquested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private contract, every day, as usual. offices. hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS, For One Month only. Last Week of Miss Dolby. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I.—Overture, composed on the Notes of the Ancient Chimes of the Cathedral of Vienna, viz., 130 E A, by the Abbe Vogler, mas ter of Carl Maria Von Weber, Vogler—Quadrille, The Crusaders, Jullien—Solo, Trombone, Sig. Cioffi, Cioffi—Valse, Pas des Fleurs, 31 aretzek—New Ballad " Oh, tell me, Pretty Rivers," sung by Miss Dolby, F. Mori—New Quadrille, The Swiss Quadrille, Jullien. Part H.—Opera, " La Figlia del Reggimento," grand selection, with Solos by Herr Koenig, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Barret, and M. Bauman, Donizetti—Polka, the Cricket Polka, Jullien—Sonata, the Sonata In F, arranged fur full orchestra, by M. Nadaud, Beethoven—National Song," The Swiss Girl," suns by Miss Dolby, Linley—Valse, the Gar land, Koenig—Solo, Violin, M. Sainton, Sainton—Tarentella, the ori ginal Tarentella, Jullien. The Concert commences at Eight, and terminates benre Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 641. ; Private Boxes, 10s. ed., 215., and 31s. Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, solo Lessee, THIS EVENING Will be produced, Shakspere's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Baptista, Mr. Gough; Vincentio, Mr. Tilbury; Lueentio Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; retrucio, Mr. Webster ; Grumio, Mr. Keeley ; Katharina. Mrs. Nisbett ; Bianca, Mrs. Seymour. Alter which, the Drama of THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. To conclude with a New and Original Farce, called WHO'S MT HUSBAND ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Hamby. Stage Manager, Mr. larren; Acting Manager, Mr. P. Web ,ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. DOori open at half-past gis, Perfoiliaa.nce to GammenZe at Seven TiIEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'IiI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TATS EVENING Will be performed the • el brated Drama, called TIIE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Ilundred x ears Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. CulleniOrd ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidgc, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool • gar After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD ;the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &e. To conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ICCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, 31'. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Msnyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; 31ary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma Harding. Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Yestris. t'olo Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new Farce, called LIGHT DRAGOONS. Lord .tlfred .Marthvale, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Alhzny Lovelorn, Mr. .Roabv ; Dr. Mi.itany, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Crowstoot, 'Mrs. C. '‘lones ; Matilda, Miss Howard. After which. the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by -V! essrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Parselle; Miss Li. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Mfad•une Vestris. To conclude with a Romance of Real 1.;:e, called BOX and COX, Principal cbaraAers by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buck tone, and Mrs. Mac• Damara. The Interior of the Howe has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W, Bradwell of the Colosseum. Dress Y,oaes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No halt-price to any part of the house. The New Bus-olllce, No. 2, Iticilington•strect, is open to the Public every day, from Ten to Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Engagement of Mr. MACREADY and MISS CUSLIMAN. THIS EVENING Will 133 performed the Opera of GUY MANSE KIYG. Colonel Mannerlug, Mr. Conway ; Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker ; Dominie hanipson, Mr. Compton; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. Neville; Lucy Ber tram. Miss Ann Romer ; Meg Merrilies, Miss Cushman. To conclude witk Goldsmith'. Comedy of 811 e. STOOL'S TO CON QUER. Hardcastle, Mr. Gilbert; Young Marlow, Mr. J. Vining ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Ergnaeline Montagne ; Miss Neville, Miss Yillars, Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee. Mn.s F. Ilayitl b e, DAvidge-terrace,Kensington-read, surrey. TUB EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of THE ENCHANTRESS Duke D'Aquilla, Mr. 11. Ilorneastle Dam Salvia, Mr. W. liarri. ton ; Ramir, Mr. liorrani . Stella, Miss Romer. TO conclude with a new and original Drama, entitled THE TEA YELLER'S ROOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Vining, 11. Hughes, T. Fredericks, Lewis, Osberry, and Ills. W. West. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the principal Librarians ; and at the Box-ollize of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gailery, 6d. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. MR. 038 ; LDISTON'S BENEFIT. THIS E Will be presented a new Drama, entitled THE MERCHANT'S CLERK. A Love Story. After which, KATHERINE AND PETIIUCIIIO. Petruchia, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Katherine, Miss Vincent. To on clud e with a new Drama entitled THE BOTTLE, from Crulkshank's celebrated Work of the same name. Boxes, is. ; Halt-price, 6d. ; tit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Doors ()pen at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMVIIITHEATIIE, rr,rrietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Last Week of the Cataract of the Ganges. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES. Entirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Arti.tes of the Establishment, in the carious modes of equestration. To conclude with the Ballet, NORAH, THE PRIDE OF KIL DARE. Boa-office open from 11 ti:l 5. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. ILL WEATHER.--SrN OFFICE, Nov. 2. THERM METER, Lowest, 4G; Highest. 59 ; Noon, 54 BAROMETER, 30.32.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine. riltiu WATER AT LONDON-BIZEDGE THIS DAY. Vorninz.. 25 minutes after 9. J Evening .. 1 minutes atter 10, i - P-- . •• ..,.. ' ' 4:..ti A '..;gym: ) " „ ffi % 0 X -** W ail, 4 ''''' , e 1 „ - V 14 4 . 1 ''• At. , • V j ZN r 'Abr., ,•- : 7 , -- i r salliteN tql b 4 711ftiNK'''A : ' 4l ".4 •-','(.',' 44. , ; ,- n '6lm -:\.'"' wmwmps I* '-‘‘' ' - s s , ' 4—i , ..- ••• , •, m, - -.L . , • - .. - ..- •-• • .1.0 ~,,,,,,•.• :toff - Vi i ' , -..— --. • 0,N4 ''.. Di liU "‘ 1iV,?"....... •" ' ' ..,.... •• • tv, t -.4,, , Oltrniugflt LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1847. The trial of ITAISMAN, the engineer of the Cricket steamer at the time of the unfortunate explosion whiCh took place on the 27th of August last, has been adjourned, at the instance of the Crown, until the next session of the Central Criminal Court. We believe that no bill was sent before the grand jury against him, and that it is on the Coroner's inquisi tion solely that the matter yet rests. We regret this postponement fur many reasons. It was due to the public that no time should have been lost in bringing to a conclusion the investigation into the causes that led to the melancholy accident by which five human beings have been deprived of their lives. It would have been highly desirable that every additional light should have been thrown on the transaction, in ad dition to the searching inquiry that had already taken place before the Coroner, that it might be fully and accurately known whether there is anything really dangerous in the peculiar construction of the engines used on board of the halfpenny boats, whether there was any reasonable precaution omitted on th part of the proprietor s , and whether, in fact, the same degree of safety is afforded that is to be obtaitned, in the other boats plying on that the riv er , and the very great accommodation yielded by the companymay be made use of w ith ou t any degree of imprudence h or foolhardi ness . If th ere is not that safety, means should be taken w ith ou t a the moment's delay t o obviate future ture risks to whi c h hu passengers may b e exposed ; if, on th e o th er hand, nothing really o bj ect i onable is to be di scovere d , if there is no extraordi nary danger beyond that which must necessarily exist, an d which cannot be a vo id e d by any human foresight or precaution, the pcite ment which naturally followed so shocking an occur rence should be calmed down, and no vague fears should be permitted to prevent the people from avail ing themselves of the advantages within their reach, and by which they may be safely, speedily, an d cheaply conveyed to their destinations, effecting a double saving, both in time gnil money. But if the public had a right to desire that no un necessary deisy should have been interposed before they should receive the assurance that would be afe forded by a trial before one of the jatigei of the supe rior courts, with able counsel to speak on either side, it appears to us that the proprietors of the halfpenny boats, more especially Mr. SMITH, upon whom a cer tain degree of censure has been cast, have had a still stronger claim thereto. That gentleman has suffered a Leavy pecuniary loss, rot only in the destruction of his property on the occasion in question, but also in the prejudice excited in the public mind against the mode of conveyance he had provided, and which pre vented many from availing themselves thereof, and TILE SUN, LONDON, ErmENING, NO-VIMBER 2, 1847. who were attacked by the fatal disease belong mostly to the poorer classes; end the greater number have suffered previously of diarrhoea and intermittent fevers. These complaints suddenly changed into the real Asiatic cholera, after eating abundance of fruit and of other indigestible food, or after exposure to the damp air and cold weather. Of these fifteen persons nine died, and a week previous to the period that the epidemic could be said to have broken out, a traveller from Woronesh fell sick at a tavern in the town of Superchoff, in the government of Moscow, and died in a very short time. This case, however, appeared to be entirely single, and had no consequences what ever, either in the surrounding country or the town," Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a royal ordinance addressed by the Minister of Finance to the Director of Customs .in which it was declared that neither merchandise nor goods of any description smuggled into Spain should be allowed to pass from one part of the king dom to the other, but are to be seized wherever found; that, further, any offence against the existing laws prohibiting the introduction of contraband goods is to be punished with the utmost severity. The KING and QUEEN, attended by the Court, went on a hunting party to the Pardo on the 26th. PENA AGUAYO has been dismissed from the office of Intendiente to the Royal Household. CORDOVA will, it is said, retire from the Ministry, and the portfolio of the War Department will be transferred to NARVAEZ. ORLANDO and Ros DE OLANO will also retire to make way for AloN and PIDAL. The Government have dispatched an order for Maw, the singer, to return to Madrid. Letters from Barcelona state that General CONCHA had left that city for the mountain districts, in con sequence of the defeat of a column of the QUEEN'S troops at Mont Saine by several united bands of Carl ists. MADRID Bor.sA ' OcT . 26.—The Three per Cents. closed at 26 5-16 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 16 for cash; the Passives at s}; and the Coupons at 121- paper. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. At the meeting of the Boulogne and Amiens Rail way Company, on Saturday, the accounts of the directors were approved by a majority of 99. The English shareholders who attempted to speak or to ask any questions, were grossly insulted by the French shareholders, and prevented from uttering their sentiments. The Journal des Debats has the following on the affairs of Switzerland : " If military operations have not yet com menced, it is owing to a plan and circumstances which it is easy to understand. The Radical army is not yet ready to take the field, and it has even every interest to delay operations, at least for some dap. The Sonderb un d h as qu i te a contrary interest, its re sources being limited, and its finances anything but prosperous. It could not stand a blockade of a few months. The present situation ruins and exhausts it; its people are in an excitement that doubles its strength, but that cannot last for ever. The Ra dicals are aware of all this, and, therefore, does it suit them to adjourn hostilities. Meanwhile they are concluding their preparations, and seizing upon the most important positions, such as > the Catholic districts of Argau and St. Gall, which would have been powerful auxiliaries to the League, if the Radicals had not taken care to check them before they began the struggle. Thus they give themselves airs of moderation, and, with their usual hyp ocr i sy , ascr ib e t hi s useful' and calcu • lated slowness to pacific sentiments ; but when their preparations shall be completed, and they shall deem Lucerne and the small cantons sufficiently exhausted of money and supplies, they will fall on them like an avalanche, and war will commence. Such is the plan at this moment pursued. To the motives that have inspired it must be added the circumstance that the Vorort has not much more money than the Sonder build, and that it is endeavouring to procure some. It has applied for it at Paris. One of its agents is now searching for some at Frankfort, where he is trying to raise a l o an. If th e war d epended on the success of this negotiation, some hopes of the maintenance of peace might remain. Unfortunately, such is not the case. Tnat the Vorort will be able to pursue to the end this plan of temporisation is very doubtful. The clubs are more impatient; already do the Berne journals ask whether it be intended to await the falls of snow to bury in it their battalions; and, if the word treachery has not yet been uttered, something like it is already to be detected in their language. The Sonderbund Deputies are fully aware of the dangerous situation they are placed in. It has behoved them to think of quitting Berne and returning to their cantons. Perhaps they have deliberated as to whe:: ther they should reply to the Radicals' declaration of war by some bold blow, such as marching their troops of Schwytz into St. Gall; the League's in terest evidently counselled the measure, but they have wished to remove from themselves the appear ance of playing th e part of aggressors. They have done more still ; if the information transmitted to us be correct, on the 28th or 29th they were to have addressed to the Directory a proposition that might any cost. Th ey were to have re all the c an t ons o f the League,. re newed, e oe a l v d v ee d t d o , oainneNtOvhlanerp,nraaotrnal name e no , f if the Radical s were not re the proposition which Zug had made in its own indi vidual name, to dissolve the separate alliance, on condition of the Jesuit affair being no more talked of; and of the sovereignty of the cantons being duly proposition, with out discussing its terms, is an act o respected and guaranteed. I t cannot be denied that such a f condescension an d an offer of reconciliation. Weshall see how the Radicals will receive it, but we should be greatly surprised if it were not rejected. In every case, the Sonderbund Deputies will demand a clear and positive answer, and, if it be. not satis factory, there is reason to believe that they will re turn to their cantons, where they will defend with their blood the cause of order and legal liberty which they have been for three months past defending in the Diet. Will they be suffered to go ? Will they not, by the violation of the most sacred character, be declared prisoners of war? This is possible; but supp os i n g that they be permitted to go to the assist ance of their cantons, what perils they must encounter before they reach them ! But let us await events ! The Minister of Russia has left Switzerland. The Austrian Ambassador has been ordered by his Go vernment also to quit Zurich, where he will leave a Secretary of Legation, who will be officially accre dited but to the burgomaster for his own personal safety. The Minister of Prussia has received similar orders." The National and the Constitzttionnel both state that the Austrian Ambassador, on asking for his passport, declared to the Government of Zurich that Austria would not interfere in any war which might arise between the Federal Government and the Son derbund. In consequence of this, the deputies of the Sonderbund have proposed that the Diet shall be con voked for the 28th, when they would renew as a body the proposition made a few days since by Zug. The Vorort replied that there could be no objection to convoking the Diet, but that the other propositions were inadmissible, whereupon it was determined that the Diet should assemble on the 28th, when the de puties of the I:3enderbund would be prepared to pro pose other terms. The French Minister, M. Bon LE COMTE, has advised the Sonderbund deputies to make concessions. He has, it is said, received orders to retire to France immediately on the breaking out of hostilities. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage of the Opera on Sunday at 75f. 80c. MARSEILLES, OCT. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 518 f. 75c.; Northern, 522 f. 50c. Lyons, OCT. 29.—Paris and Rouen, 908 f. 75c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 5281. 75c. • Vierzon, 5381. 75c.; North ern, 535 f ; Paris and I:yons, 390 f.; Or leans, 1,170 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE L ONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 1. and Amiens, Boulogne 13 t A —Northern of France, 11— Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 1 4—Paris and Lyons, 514—Paris and Strasbourg, 3t , —Rouen and Havre, 20— West Flan ders, 14. p 2 The Queen's Speech upon the opening of Parlia ment will be delivered upon Tuesday, the 23d instant. PnEsENTariox or THE LORD MAYOR ELECT TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR.--(THIS DAY.)—This morn ing Mr. Alderman Hooper, the Lord Mayor elect, ac companied by Mr. Alderman Challis, the Recorder, the Chamberlain, the Under Sheriffs, and Secondaries, pro ceeded to the private residence of the Lord Chancellor, for the purpose of receiving the approbation of the ap. pointment of Mr. Aldeiman Hooper as Lard Mayor for the year ensuing. The Recorder, in presenting the worthy Alderman, proceeded to inform his Lordship that Mr. Alderman Hooper had been for many years known to his fellow citizens, whose good opinion he en joyed ; that he had filled the various offices connected with the Corporation. while, as a magistrate, ho had exhibited an aptitude fur business, and in the adminis tration of the c r i m i na l law, which had given uni versa l satisfaction ; that h av i n g fulfilled the duties of the va rious offices with the highest satisfaction, he was elected by the unanimous voice of his fellow citizens to the high and important office of Chief Magistrate of the city of London ; that he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, in maintaining the dignity and privilege of the City. The Lord Chancellor said it gave him great pleasure in being com man d e d by her Majesty to express her Majesty's approbation of the choice which the citi zens had made, and congratulated Mr. Alderman Hooper upon his election. The Lord Mayor elect having shaken hands with the Lord Chancellor, retired, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 'JO -.,.>,,. r . The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales 2,000 bales, of which 400 were American for ex port. The total sales of American were 1,800 bales, at sd. to 64d. per :lb. Railway shares have been rather better, and there was much less gloom in the market. The Bank of England, provided confidence can be maintained out of doors, may not have an over-easy task in absorbing the discount business of the country at 8- and 9 per cent., and even 91- upon excellent bills. Such usury cannot but reflect disgrace alike upon the Bank and the Government, and yet 8k per cent. was yesterday stated to a very influen tial broker to be the minimum. As to the French loan it has become a mere bugbear, for 7 or 8 per cent. would be rates quite high enough to prevent participation to any great extent. The accounts received to-day from the Continent state that the crisis in England was steadily extending its influence, and there have been several failures. Here we have the stoppage of Messrs. Coates, engaged in the export of dry goods to the United States, for the sum of about 100,0001. Accounts from Hamburgh state that the first arrival by railway direct from Cologne had just taken place. The Funds have been buoyant this morning. Consols 81 1 3 , to 821 for present Transfer, and 82k to 824 for Ac count. Exchequer-bills have been 13s. to 18s. discount. Bank Stock is at 185. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 824 to 82k. The market since the opening has given way a little. • In the foreign market there is not much doing. Spanish Active Bonds are nominally 164 ; the Three per Cents. 26a ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 21k ; Mexican 16k to 15; ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 531 to 5311 ; Brazil Stock has realised 771. Railway Shares have been at improved rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 185 • 3 pet Cent. Reduced Annuities Bl 8034 81% 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. .. ...... 82 82% 8178 827 8 1 / 8 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. 8 2 14 82 82 %v s Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 3-16 %LA Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 1-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8.7-16 India Bonds 1,000/................ ....... ..„ 33 dis South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 7 9 14 Consols for Account • B 2 l, - a yti 3/414 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 13 18 dis 500/. 16 10 18 dis Small .. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, New, 1843 Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent...,~ . Grenada, 1 per Cent. .. l7 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 16% 15 3 4 Venezuela Bonds ... French Rentes, 5 per Cent ll4f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 80c. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild 63 1 /2 Ve % Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. rER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% % ....- to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ~ Birtningnam & Oxford June... 15 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birming., Vol., & Stour Val. 8 ...... 5 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s — to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 3 7 1/ ..... Ditto, Preference 8 Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence, .... Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to Dublin and Belf,:st Junction.. 20 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. axd L. & D. ... Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, 31. 108,, E. & H... 1 Eastern Counties Do. Perpe t., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... .. to Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension ...... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarters .... .. ........ 12 1 / 2 ... Do., New Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 13 Do., do., Extension Scrip... 1 1 A East Lincolnshire ... 12% ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 4B Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 %. — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 20 Ditto, New 2% — ..... .to Ditto, New port 7 Ditto, ditto, New 11,/ — ... ~. to Edinburgh and Perth 2 - Ditto, Extension ... 108...... ..... . to Exeber, Yeovil, & Do rc h es t er 2%..,... ..... . to Ditto, New ..- ... 2% ...... ...... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6•.8d... ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 to Ditto,— New Do. ~, Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% — - ... to Great Nof fhern 8 Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 Great North of England 100 216 Ditto, New 40/ 5 Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 15/.......... ...... 1 %...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, FL ties Do. New 17/ Huddersfield and Manchester 22 .. Dittc, Thirds Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich ls Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2 1 / 2 to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - Do., Thirds lO ...... 11 Lancashire and Yorkshire (M. and L.) 82 Ditto Half Shares _ 38 Ditto Quarters Dit:o Fi:,,lis Di".;,o Sixteenths ... ... 6 1 4...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 47% — Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2s 2 3 /4 dis. to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) 1 1 ,4 — Leeds and Bradford 5O - ... .. ... to Leicester and Bedford l6s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &Manches. 37 1 ,4 — Do., Branch % Shares 1 2 1,4 — ...... to Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2 1 , — . ..... to ..... Ditto, Extension (green)... 2 1 ,1 — Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2 1 4 — . ..... to ..... Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 36 Ditto, New - ...... to Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... .... port .. to Liverpool. Crosby, and South -2 ...... ...... to -- Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l/e ...... .to London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d....... 5% ...... to Ditto New, No. 1, . .... to Ditto New, No. 2 3/. 13 s. 4d.... -- Do. Extension ........... 15 Gond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20 ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo ...... 1 50 148 1 2 to 150 Do. Quarter .....L. a n d B. 17 ...... .. :.. to Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 ...... ... .. to Do. do. Fifths to Do. Quarters . G. J ......... J. 25 ...... ... to Do. 46/. Shares L. &M. 15 ...... to Do. 401. Shares...M. •Id ' ....,... _an, _.,. 40 ...,_ to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . .... Do. 10/. .. M. a n d B. (B.) 'l l Do. 101.. M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 to London and S. Weste rn .... 411 . 6 s 8d... 54 1 / 2 to 5514 Do. New Consolidated 8 ths. 40 Ditto New 50/. ......, . ...... 32 1 4... .. - Ditto New 401.. ..... • Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 49 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds 61. 13s. 4d... VA dis. to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% ...... to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,4 — Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... 4% — to Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7 1 / 2 .-- Manchester and Southampton 2 q — .. ... to _ Illithand 100 10 614 to Ditto, Consol. Preference...10 0 Ditto, 40/. Shares Ditto, 50/. Shares Mid:and, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. Midland, Como). Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 ll B...... to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 -to Ditto ditto 71.95...... ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)...• 50 .... • ...... to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 30 Newca3tle and Carlisle lOO Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket 'and Chesterford 13 1 /...... ...... to 21 l2s Ditto Extension— ...... to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 Norfolk lOO ...... Ditto New 20/. 5 ...... Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 18.17, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 '--"' ••• es to - Newry and Enniskillen N ewry. AVarren point. Rnd itubtrtvor Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares, Do. Quarters 4% 4 l /s to Ditto, Extension ... Ditto Thirds North Staffordshire... .. North Wales 3 I,E . .. North Western ........... ....„. 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & 1 ... to __ig, —.. , iZeigate 7 1 / 2 ...... 6 3 , 4 ...... to Royston and Ilitchin ... Scottish Central ... 20 Scottish Midland Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 — to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry l2 Ditto (New) Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . South Devon ... .... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire 2l. 125... South Eastern and Dover 33 ...... 27 28 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 ls Ditto New, No. 4............ 6 1 % 3 ... ~. to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor an d Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 2 Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l /2 Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny l 3 l / 2...... Waterford and Limerick..... 3214..... Vaterford,Wexford,lVicklw, and Dublin gest Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness...... 8 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western 425. Wilts,Somerset,&Weym ou th 25 ...... -. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 30 1 4 30 to 31 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 28% .... to Do.NorthShields Purchase 25 .. ... ..... . to Do. Eaten. No.l (Y. & N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and Westßiding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 13// 2 %... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian . . . ss. — Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras Great Western Bengal . ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ...... ... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras 11 adr— - - .. •• tO ••'• •-•-• ..... to a adras, Nellore, and Arcot... % Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege . l4 Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt - ...... to Trinidad.. . ..... .• ......... ...... to -- West Flanders 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster. .. 20 Ditto, New National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 224 ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO — Aetrian Mining Company ... 10 Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 British Iron Brazilian Imperial .... .. ... 21 ...... ...... to Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron Real del Monte, Unregistered LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, NOT. 2.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, Nov. I.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Eliza, St. Vincent; Lyra, Bell, St. Lucia ; Victoria, Price, New York; George (of Whitby), North America, for Hull. Arrd. from the River; Posthumous, Port Philip; Protector, Cuba. Sid. Terra Nova, and Colony, Algoa Bay; Majestic, Antigua; General Green, New Orleans; Charles Chalconer, ditto. OFF DUNGENESS, OCT. 28.—Fortitude, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Sid. Her Majesty's ship Dolphin, Ascension; Isabella, Blyth, Mauritius. COWES, Nov. I.—Wind S.S.W.—Put back, Marion, Bradley, for Jamaica. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, OCT. 30.—Henry Shelton, Baltimore, for Amsterdam; Glynwood, Smith, Prince Edward's Island. PLYMOUTH, NOV. I.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Margaret, Labrador. BRISTOL, NOV. I.—Arrd. British Queen, St. John's New Brunswick; Joseph Cunard, Williams, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1.-- Wind S.W.—Arrd. Indus, Gibson, Realise, Ripley, Pentecost, St. Domingo; Ade line, Pike, New Orleans; St. John, St. Joh's, New Brunswick; Caledonia, Lawson, Quebec. Sld. Agent, Callao; Valhallah, New Orleans; Jessie, Savannah. Off port,William Russell, Pernambuco; Britannia, Ring dove, and Coria. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Bro thers, Gann, Middlesborough for Whitstable, with loss of fbremast, bowsprit, spars, sails, &c., having been in contact with the Tullock, of Shields, from Flamborough Head. HULL, Nov. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 30th ult., Espe ranee, Sunderland, Amsterdam ; 31st, Sovereign, H u ll, Quebec; Conc or d, C ox, Oporto; Thomas Ainsworth, Jenkins, Zwoole; Nyverdahl, Greson, ditto; Daisy, /Vicuna, Riga. Sld. 30th, John, Casely, Dantzig; Edouard, Docalt, Memel ; Themis, Schauer, ditto; Gee, Clifton, Windau; 31st, Elof, Royter, Gothenburg. PENZANCE, OCT. 31.—The Vesper, Bellamy, was spoken, 26th inst., off Cape Finisterre, and reported that Captain Barnes, of the Commodore, from Cephalonia to Liverpool, had died off Malaga. MIDDLESBOROUGH, OCT. 31.—The Henry, Allen, of Hartlepool, from Quebec, out 48 days, has been spoken off Hamburgb, with bulwarks gone and very leaky, by the Goddess, Long, arrived here. DUMFRIES, OCT. 30.—Arrd. Naiad, Davis, Quebec. WATERFORD, OCT. 30.—Arrd. George Ramsey, Flovin, Quebec. CROOKHAVEN, OCT. 27.—Arrd. Ripley, St. Domingo. PENTLAND FRITH, OCT. 28.—Arrd, James Bell, Mira. michi, for Leith. SHIELDS, Nov. I.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Blucher, Scarrow, Demerara; Caroline. Leighton, St, John's, N.B. MIDDLESBOROUGH, OCT. 31.—Arrd. Tiberia, Quebec. OFF ALDBOROUGH, OCT. 31,—Arrd. Sovereign, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY IVE.A.RAMETS. SMITHFIELD. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4l 14s; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/12s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 3/ I4s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 13s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 13s • Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 16 s; and Straw, 11 8 s to 11 12; per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There was less activity in the mark©t for British Plantation, the home . trade not b e i ng so much disposed to operate, but :prices were supported. The sales amounted to 600 hhds. The public sales have brought forward 2,695 bags Bengal, and 1,561 bags Mauritius. The Bengal sold 6d to is lower, good strong grainy yellow, 42s to 43s Gd, and low soft yellow, 30s GI to, 31s per cwt. The Mauritius went at 39s 6d to 43s for fine yellow 35s to 35s Gd for mid, and 33s to 34s for low. The quantity (,f British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,182 hhds 178 tierces 861 barrels ; there were taken for home con sumption 1,494 hhds 83 tierces 386 barrels. The stock in the same places is 21,952 hhds 2,658 tierces 6,279 barrels. COFFEE.—The public sales have offered 119 bags 15 casks, Plantation, Ceylon 268 bags Costa Rica, and 324 bales Mocha. The Ceylon sold at easier rates ; mid coloury, at 52s to 52s 6d, fine fine ord 443 to 455, and fine ord 42s to 43s Gd. The Costa Rica went at is de• cline, good ordinary dull coloury, 30s, and fine ordinary 31s 61 to 32s Gd. Tho Mocha only partly sold at 2s to 3s decline, good mid yellow clean garbled realised 58s 6d, mid sound yellow was taken in at 56s per cwt. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and %Vest India Docks, was 568 puns 55 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 382 puns 5 hhds, and exported 3G6 puns 166 hhds. The stock in the same place is 13,389 puns 1,430 hhds. Rick-5,562 bags only partly sold at 6d to Is do. dine; Ceylon, los to Ils; and Bengal, lls 6d to 12s per cwt. TUESDAY COMMENCEMENT OF MICHA MAS TERM. The neighbourhood of Westminster Hall, minster Hall itself, and the interiors of the v; courts wore quite an animated look at noon tc Outside and inside there were scores of idle I waiting to see the judges as they passed from carriages into their respective courts—as many chuckling that the " long vacation " had at I worn itself out, and that the whole chinery of the law was this day after a lengthened holiday, to be set in moti , good as well as evil purposes. The process-' starved out by the recess, could scarcely restn, glee within reasonable bounds. The old ban appeared in their accustomed places as of old, b with renovated wigs. The short-hand writers / quite fresh, and ready to take any quantity of "1 and to undergo any quantity of toil. Law Ili back again to her accustomed haunts, and all " merry as a marriage bell." The Judges and Queen's Counsel appeared i bottomed wigs. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DA (Sittings in . Banco.) Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erie entered the shortly before two o'clock. There was a vast array of Queen's Counsel, al court was much crowded. IN RE CHARLES MASSEY-WOOD V. THE EAI PORTARLINGTON. Sir F. KELLY moved the reeonsicierati( rescinding of a rule made during the last which ordered that Mr. Massey, an attorney court, should be struck off the rolls. Mr. 11 was the solicitor to the defendant in the act question, which was brought by the plaintiff cover the value of several billyf exchange • by the Earl of Portarlington, grid the alleged conduct which led to the rule of court cof in the person, on whose behalf he applied, endeav& to induce a persbn named Wallace, a witness case, to commit perjury, by stating that hi heard the plaintiff admit that the bills were vs, debts incurred at play. The case was tried at J and the verdict was for the plaintiff. It was L denial that the money was lost at play, becau Earl of Portarlington, now deceased, ha( an affidavit on record to that effect. was no evidence to show the Court Mr. Massey had ever heard that the plaint] made any such statement. Wallace was acl the office of Messrs. Pine and Richards, forme] solicitors to the Earl, and was, therefore, lik know all that appertained to the cause. The .1.• Counsel then read an affidavit made by Mr. which stated that the Earl had stated to him t had lost the money for which the bills were gi play ; and that a person connected with a St. gambling-house had made a similar statemi him, and that Wallace was present at the inter The Learned Counsel, therefore, contended the being the case the Court ought, on the grow justice, to reopen the whole matter. Mr. Ihl . in his affidavits stated his solemn belief that V knew all contained in the deposition which he up for him ; that wh en h e ma d e his affidavit matter he had forgotten from whom he deny information ; but that he had since recol that Mr. Pine had stated to him knowledge which Wallace professed of the IL Affidavits from persons who had been corn with Mr. Massey for many years, legally and wise, and speaking highly of him, were handed in. Lord DENMAN said the words " query, 51." in the deposition of Wallace. What explai was given of that ? Sir F. KELLY referred to the affidavit of Massey, which stated, that at this di: of time he could not recollect for what purpo words were placed there, but the deponent soh averred that he had no improper intention in vi placing the words there. Such an item mig suspicious, but not so as the acts of a man of re: able character. He trusted their Lordships deem further inquiry necessary. At the time they would recollect that the incorp , Law Society looked carefully into the cbaract , the profession ; but he sought, further, the st; inquiry of th e C ourt, i n order that if shou found innocent, as he conceived he was, his ranter might be rescued from the heavy punisl of the Court. Lord DENMAN said he did not think it nece then to mak e an y o b servat i ons, t h ough many o cc to his mind. The Court would look into tht davits before pronouncing its opinion. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DA This being th e fi rs t d ay of M i chaelmas Chief Justice Wilde, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. tice Maule, and Mr. Justice Williams, took seats upon the bench at a quarter to two o'clock, immediately proceeded to commence the businC the Court. Their Lordships were all in full drt ROGERS AND ANOTHER V. NOWELL. Mr. MONTAGUE CHAMBERS, Q.C., applied to Lordships for a rule to show cause why verdict in this case should not be set and judgment resisted, first, on the ground of direction, and, secondly, that the verdict was evidence. The action was tried before Mr. Jt, Williams at the last sittings after term, in Midd' and a verdi c t f oun d f or t h e plaintiffs, damages 4s was brought by Messrs. Rogers and Sons, the brated cutlery manufacturers, Sheffield, agains t defendants, Mr. Nowell, and another person name of William R ogers , f or f a b r i cat i ng and their names upon certain cutlery which Mr. N had sold. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DA The judges met in the . 01d Court, Old B , this morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, and pointed the following days for holding the sessio the Central Criminal Court, during the en' mayoralty : Monday, November February ian:rby.yer32.2B2 13.. ‘ M A 0 0 0 n n i d d d aalyy, DealB4B. Monday, January 31. Monday, April 3. Monday, May 15. Monday, June 12. Monday, July 3. - Monday, August 21. Monday, September 18. Monday, October 23. BODY-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Fanny Lovell was charged with obtaining a tippet, value 11., under false pretences, in the foil• ing ingenious manner : As a boy in the service of Mr. Grimsdale, ehel and druggist, of 216, Tottenham -court-road, returning after leaving his master's children a t sch he was met by the prisoner, who asked him w hat the schoolmistress's name, and were th e y not Grimsdale's child ren ? He replied that they 'A" and that the schoolmistress's name was Marr ; sh e ; she knew M r . G r i ns d a l e well, and went away. A. wards she called at the school, and obtained a tip which one of the children wore, on the pretence " Mrs. Grimsdale wanted it to wrap round the ha arm, which had been scalded." The prisoner denied that she was the same pers , but her id en tit y b e i ng d i st i nct l y spoken t o 11 I witnesses, Mr. JARDINE determined to commit her for trial MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DA" David Gray, a dirty-looking fellow, was broui before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk, indecently assaulting Sarah Morris, a respecti4; married woman, residing at No. 30, Little Windna• street. It appeared that on the previous afternoon the col plainant was prowling along F o l ey - s t re et, in c°' pany with two female friends, when the defend.: came up and touched her on her shoulder, and . 53 " My dear, where are you going ?"Complain.. replied, " I b eg you will not insult me, I respectable married woman ;" and requested Pp, go away. lie, however, still persisted in I, annoyance, and took hold of her bonnet IN' one hand, and with the other assaulted in a manner no t fit t o b e d escr ib e d. L' on , plainant laid h o ld o f hi s wa i s t coa t an d said - would give him in charge, and called out to o ne her friends to run for a constable. He struggled , 1 get aw a y, an d i n her endeavours to h o ld h s n threw her dow n an d f e ll upon h er . S om e of his con panions then came up and urged him to give her • " rap" on the head, and run away. He then struc tl her a vi o l en t blow on the head, an d attempted 4 , escape, but a constable very opportunely came up anc took him into custody. Complainant was suffering severely from the prisoner's violence. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 44s 9.1 to 45s 3d por cwt. 0 f JQ r TEA.—The market is ruttier dull, hut the deli\ are fair. COAL MARK ET.— YESTERDAY. Adair's Main Holywell Main ........ 18s Od'Hetton New Tanfield I 6s 6d Lambton Original Pontop 16s 6d Russell ' s Hetton ...... Ord's Redheugh Pelton Main Wall's End, &c West Cornforth ...... Walker 26 arrivals-19 sold.