The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

-QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE At noon, yesterday, the usual quarterly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held in the of the chamber, Exchange-buildings, for the purl receiving the report of the council, and also for try ing the usual routine business of the chamber. was a very fair attendance of members, amongst whom we observed Messrs. Heath, Rankin, Bushell. Shiel, Stitt, Preston, Boult. Wylie, Clint, Crook, and Forwood. In the room, we observed a fine and very excellent full-length portrait of the late Mr. Canning, which has been pre sented to the chamber by Mr.J. Graham Gilbert, a Scotch artist of eminence. The president, THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Esq., occupied the chair. the PRESIDENT, in opening the proceedings of the Chamber, said,—Another quarter of a year having now elapsed, your Council, as in duty:bound by the rules of the Chamber, have called you togetner hearing the details of the proceedings of the Champ during that period. Many very important subject_ occupied their attention ; but perhaps none more so than the one they are now engaged in—that of en deavouring to effect an improvement in the present Custom-house arrangements of the port of Liverpool You are all well aware that -- Commons has h.-- Committee of tl This committee was appointed upon Mitchell, in consequence of the arbitr the Board of ( cases which oci !rnissioners, in r .ed in the Lori. •eterenc the case in the London Dc but we would be wanting. and to the town if appointment of serve of a rid ssioners in proceedir o the but lit our duty to this Chamber, e did not avail ourselves of the , mrnittee t. 7, bring before it what we consider would be a local improvement in the a With thii tration of your cour customs regulatio•is here )ppointed committee who have have drawn up a seri dy been placed in the hands of —explanatory of their views into the mattei; and who lutions, which have alrea the members of the chambE gone fully es of reso- upon this a,— chamber is not to tin. for I think you will all bear me out in saying that, so far as they can, consistently with their duty to the revenue, and having a regard to the sti: of the regulations, they give every facility in their Dower. It is not with the commissioners in London that we par ticularly find f,-" sußJect I fault ‘Nith the local officers, for the} .e placed in a position whicl often compels t _ liad the privilege of hearing a portion of Sir Thomas Freemantle's evidence, and of reading more of it since, and I do say, that nothing could be more straightforward and gentlemanly than his evidence. But it is t he system in to the course vv hey pursue . —the system we complain o sent who w There are gentlemen pre p fully, and who will state matter the case in de fairly st the two first resolutions ,hat I will read Tl:ey are as folk .ad board of Custc whom re of their office; that a portion of the from persons of Jar that one member of t to give answers and explana important department of the 2. That the collector, co each of the c s of inf Lords of the fri should t If these resolu Committ, before you, t in London should con 3 their fitness for the duti practical commercial experience, and e board should sit in parliament, in order , ns to questions relating to this üblic business. , ,nd head inspector, at iris, should form a board, with power to dis- !gulations, or c within its duty r _ not exceed t - 'l.OO ; but wit peal, on the part of the public, to th 1, and, if desired, from them to and that increaseu discretionary power ed to the local boards, for expediting an ,ns are brought fully and fairly before the no doubt— no reason to doubt— and that what we so mode )r will be granted to us. I will not occupy your attention further, save just to illustrate one of the use of Con we have no right to doubt that we will obtain redre Points. For instance, we all know that we have no export duty now, and yet the same system remains in operation that was in existence when it was necessary to check and collect an export duty. I 'believe that any person having occasion now to pass an entry for the export of goods will have to take that entry before twelve or fifteen persons before he can do so, although there is no duty to be levied. I have no doubt if we had a local board, as the resolu tion recommends, but that trouble and expense would be avoided. Another point for your consideration is the taken by the commis ire many ways in which the board in e the most arbitrary proceedings : take, for bitrary proceedin rners. I •e trifling sums are applied forwhich e case wr "-di! Instance, have been of lieve that the Ice, or fifte - en years. I be. leman in this r 3m who has been served with a writ fora fine of -.C5,000, which has been out standing fora longtime. T think you will have his experience upon this matter. There is another subject of importance upon which you will also receive an explanation—that is the establishment of Tribunals of Commerce. A meeting has been held in furtherance of this object in London, and which I have no doubt will be alluded to by the speakers when bringing this matter before the Chamber. Before sitting down, I would direct your attention to the handsome present given to your Chamber—that of the portrait of the late Mr. Canning, which is now before you. It has been presented to the Chamber by Mr. J. Graham Gilbert, artist, of Glasgow. T will now call upon the secretary to read THE REPORT ........ ......,.... Mr. TRONSON (secretary) then read the following report : The Council of the Chamber of Commerce have again called the members together for the purpose of laying before them some account of their proceedings, during the past quarter, as well as to afford the opportunity to individual members of bringing forward any subjects which may be deemed of com mercial interest to the community. It will be remembered that at the last General Meeting of the Chamber, a discussion took place on the subject of the income Tax, when it was resolved to memorialise the Govern nicht for a modification of the Tax on Income derived from trades, professions, &c., as well as with a view to obviate its inquisitorial character. A memorial in this spirit was for warded, and subsequent events in Parliament show that, as an enquiry into the matter is about to be made, it is probable some modifications may be obtained. The Council thought it right to appoint a special committee, to whom the consideration of the evils arising out of the pre sent system of bonding has been referred. That committee have given very full attention to the subject, and reports have been presented relative t o t h e various descriptions of bonds. The matter being one of very great importance,•much time has necessarily been devoted to it, and the committee, considering that every available assistance should be obtained, requested the services of Mr. Sherlock, the customs' agent, which were cheerfully granted; and they beg to record their appreciation of those services, which to them were most valuable. The House of Commons having granted a committee of in quiry into the constitution and management of the Board of Customs, the same committee, to whom the bonding system was referred, were requested to consider this subject, and they have submitted a series of suggestions for improvement in that branch of public business. Copies of these suggestions were forwarded to the various mercantile associations of the town, and at a meeting of your Council and the representatives of those associations, they were unanimously adopted. The committee will he prepared with evidence in support of their suggestions; and they will be happy to receive, from members of the Chamber, instances of cases requiring revision and improvement in the department of the Customs, the re cent appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons presenting an opportunity of redress which may not occur again for many years. - In the last iefiori,reference was made to the diversion of a large portion of a very important branch of business—the for warding trade, from this port to London—in consequence of the rates of carriage from Manchester to London being, re latively, so much lower than to Liverpool. The subject being one of great difficulty, and requiring much caution and deli cacy of procedure, the Special Committee charged with it have not been able, as yet, to report much progress ; hut their best efforts are given to it, and they trust they may have the pleasure of announcing a favourable issue to the steps they are taking towards retaining to Liverpool a trade of so much value. Another important subject, which has occupied the attention of the Council, is the anticipated removal of the North Ameri • can mail-packet service from this port. The co-operation and support of the principal towns throughout the manufacturing districts and Scotland have been solicited against any such removal ; and your directors hope that no change will be made, though, in the absence of positive information upon the sub ject, it must necessarily remain one of some anxiety and attention. _ The imperfect state of the law relating to absconding debtors having beer- brought under the notice of the council, by members of the chamber, a -special committee was appointed to consider the subject ; and your directors, acting upon the opinion of that committee, has decided to support a bill now before parliament, which provides facilities for the speedy arrest of such persons, by granting authority to local judges to issue warrants for that purpose, thus obviating the delay occasioned by the present state of the law. Memorials have been forwarded to government upon many subjects, which do not call for other than cursory notice, among which_are-- The reduction of the Duties on Soap, The reduction of the Sound Dues, The appointment-of this Port as a Government Emigration Depot. Towards the latter the co-operation of the Town Council and Dock Committee has been invited. The subject of increased accommodation, by the Dock Com mittee, for the timber and shipbuilding trades of this town oc cupied the attention of the Council, but no further steps were taken beyond the expression of opinion that additional accom modation was necessary, your directorsconsidering the subject of the locality of such accommodation one en which it was un advisable for them to enter. The bill promoted by the Dock Committee for the alteration of bye-laws, as to the use of - fires and lights on shipboard, and other purposes, was considered by a committee, but their re port recommending no interference on the part of this chamber, no measures were taken upon the subject. To that brought forward by the American Chamberof Commerce, for an altera tion in management, the co-operation of your council was requested, but your directors thought it right to decline inter ference in this also. The two bills have now become amal gamated, the particelarsof which are already before the public. The bill for the amendment of the law respecting letters patent for inventories has been considered by the council, and as it is a measure affecting the interests of some of the mem bers of the chamber, a special committee has been appointed -to watch its progress. Former reports have informed the members of the Chamber of the steps taken by your council respecting the settlement of commercial questions and disputes; and as there is at present a movement in several towns, more especially in London, for procuring the establishment of commercial tribunals in this country, your council are anxiously watching the steps now being taken, as the subject is one ofoginregawasheld importancein n Londonto Mer cantile Committees. A recent me the purpose of ascertaining the precise views entertained the r e on the question It appears that mode of proc e d ure agreed upon for obtaining that - object ' w e •a s to petition Parlia ment, praying for enquiry into th e matter, introduction of measures for the establisbnielnrteLlratory to the tribu nals. In the meantime any suggesth ns from members such of this chamber, conversant with the subject, w ill be fully considered by your council. The Committee on Postal Communications are now occupied in endeavouring to procure the despatch of a mail to the North • and Scotland by the train leaving Liverpool at eight o'clock in the evening. This, if accomplished, will be a great advantage for the correspondence to that quarter ; and as a train is already on the line at that hour, your Council hope their suggestion may be adopted by the authorities. The same committee have also had their attention directed, by Mr. Banning, the post master, to the present mode of delivering letters at the Post office, with a view, to greater security. Several plans have been suggested, but one only appears deserving of attention, and Which Mr. Banning has stated to be at present in partial use here, viz., to provide each merchant, having a box, with a card o such design as not to be easily imitated, containing the number and letter of the box it represents, and signed by the postmaster, without which no letters should be delivered. As this matter is one of importance, the Council will be happy to hear from members any propositions they may have to suggest on the subject. Communications from the Hull Chamber of Commerce have been received, inviting the aid of this Council towards the abolition of the Russia Company, and a special committee has, therefore, been nominated, who will consider the subject; but information as to the rights and privileges, and other particu lars relative to the company, is difficult to be obtained. Your directors have much pleasure in callinr , the attention of the members to a present. of a portrait of Canning, made to the chamber by J. Graham Gilbert, Esq., of Glasgow, for which the council have already, on behalf of the chamber, conveyed their best thanks to Mr. Gilbert Mr_ S ITT in proposing the adoption of the report said, that since the last quarterly report was presented to them they had received an addition of 80 new members to their chamber, making the total number of their chamber 140. There had been one or two withdrawals during the quar ter, which he attributed to parties leaving town and chang -teir residence. He urged upon the meeting the ne y of all members endeavouring to extend the opera of the chamber, by inducing their friends to become He begged leave to propose the adoption of memb, the report Mr. ARNOTT was glad to have the opportunity of se conding its adoption. He was of opinion that the Charn hrr wnnlil hp nrnritirtivo of nrPrtt. good to the. mercantile community ; an he congralu lated them upon its present tic working, for since its formation no chamber of commerce in the kingdom had done more than they had propounded as the re moval of their American steamers from Liverpool to Holy head, it became their interest and their duty to stand for -,ect their trade against the encroachments of (Hear, hear.) He had great pleasure the adoption of the report. the report was then formally adopted. 'hen such schemes were ward and pr, )owning CUSTOMS REGULATIONS Mr. PRESTON, chairman of the Wine and Spirit lkler chants' Association, then entered into some very interest-, ing details relative to the working of the present customs regulations, in regard to the trade in which he was en gaged. He said he was the person alluded to by the chairman as having been served with a writ, for £5OOO penalty, at the suit of the solicitor for the customs. There were many oppressive cases which originated in the work ing of the customs board, and which became doubly oppressive from the fact that the parties sued had no means of meeting them. The law itself was oppressive; butthe t- t l -hich t'- -- - 1 aoard, from the course wk.. .ney pursued, had the power within themselves of making it more so. He did not say that they did so ; but in order to carry out the ends of the law under which they acted, they were obliged to put it in force, in cases where it had better be left alone. He held in his hand a writ for £5,000 penalty on a bond given in 1839. He had, however, cases in which he had to account for after a lapse of 22 years; and he was threatened with two more writs—one for £2, and one for £2 103: or 12s. So that he would have, supposing he he suit, the cos of defending wo wri The trade to which he belonged was subject more imme diately to the cognizance of customs than any other. They sometimes placed large parcels of wines and spirits in bond, and they were often obliged, in the course of trade, to reduce these into smaller parcels, and thereby incurring great loss ; but so far from that loss being all allowed they had to account for the original hulk. The case out of which this writ arose was a parcel of wines which were placed in bond in 1839, Subsequently the parties became bank rupt, and their affairs were placed in the hands of an assignee. The wine remained, or it ought to have re mained, in bond till this time; but recently, after taking stock, the Customs found that the wine was not there—it The cask was there, but no wine. They said was away that was not " the cask." He (Mr. R.) said it was ; and so issue was joined. But the whole contest was for only 16 gallons of refuse wine. For that he had been served with a writ for £5OOO the cost of which:he would have to pay in any case. BOULT.—Is that the first application Mr. PRESTON.—No : they applied before. We replied, and made a case that should have satisfied any person, and the only reply we afterwards got from the board was this. The PRESIDENT.—A writ Mr. PRESTON urged upon the Chamber that they were all liable for their bonds ; for they had no knowledge whe ther they were cancelled or not. He had no doubt but that if the recommendation of the committee was not adopted out, the law would be carried out against them with a capriciousness which they would all feel. lie could tell them so ; for the board were not amenable to them. They would give no reason whatever for the course which they took in any case. He would instance this fact :—He had by this very vessel a cask of wine which was allowed, and for the sixteen gallons refuse he got a writ. The Customs exercised a capricious judgment in all matters, to which the public were compelled to bend. If gentlemen did not come out and put their shoulders to the wheel they might depend upon it the hoard would exercise the whole of that authority which was vested in them. He did not say they would exercise it arbitrarily, but they were at a distance and might easily be led astray. If however, they could get a local board of men, who were constantly on the spot, it would save a great deal of trouble and expense, for with such a body they could get redress at their own doors ; instead of having to appeal to London for it. He would ask, why should they be subjected to the decisions of a board at a distance, when the whole of the cases occur, and should be adjudicated upon at Liverpool. There wasanother point to which he would allude—that of delay. In the wine and spirit trade, from the character of it, they were sub ject to appeal to the Board of Customs repeatedly. and in the exercise of their judgments the trade were often com pelled to lay cases before them which should never have ad mitted of even a doubt. He (Mr. Reston) had made enqui ries upon this point, and had got from one house, R. Paes ton and Co.—a list of 13 cases which had been submitted, from which itappeared that eleven wereallowed and two were disallowed—timefof delay seven days. In all these cases there was but one in which the - quantity was over one gal lon. Now, in cases like these, they all knew that a local board would decide them in twice thirteen minutes. Be sides the boards in London were compelled to take the reports of the local officers. He hoped that if the shoe did not now pinch gentlemen in Liverpool that it would hereafter, and then he bad no doubt that they would come out and assist as far as they could in having this abuse reme died. Under these circumstances he thought they ought to have some alteration in the system of bonding in future. He had made inquiries, and he found that the number of memorials sent in one year from Liverpool was about 3,000. He knew that in the article of brandy alone there had been about 200. He had not ascertained how many were allowed ; but he believed that they were principally allowed. He could not help asking, if they were such insignificant and common-place matters that their allow ance was a matter of course—why, in the name of com mon sense, was not the Collector of Liverpool allowed to decide on them. In conclusion, he trusted that the mat ter would he taken into the most serious consideration of the Council. Mr. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL confirmed all that Mr. Preston had stated. He agreed with the resolutions, and thought they were of great importance to the trade of the town, So insignificant were the cases, and so great was the difficulty and delay—writing memorials and applica tions—that he for one was rather inclined to submit to the loss than to take the trouble of seeking redress. He thought that something might be done to get rid of the complicated machinery by which the business of the cus toms was carried on. Ho believed that it was the inten tion of the board rather to increase than to diminish these cases, and the memorials in reference to them, in order that the necessity for such a board, and the enormous sums paid for its maintenance, might be established. He hoped something would be done. The PRESIDENT observed, that if even half the cases only were allowed, it proved the necessity of establishing local boards, and doing away with the enormous staff which was in London. The subject then dropped. _ COMMERCIAL TRIBUNALS _ Mr. HEATH rose and moved the following resolution : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the time is arrived when steps should be taken by the Liverpool chamber of Com merce towards obtaining an improvement in the administration of commercial law." He said that the attention of the committee had ,been repeatedly called to this subject; and he was glad to bear the President, in his opening remarks, allude to its im portance. He had no doubt but that in the course of a year or so it would become the most exciting mercantile topic ofthe day. They wereall sensible of the great evil which existed in the present mode of administering mercantile law. He would enumerate three points in which they felt the evil of the present mode. First, delay; second, ex pense ; and third, the facilities which it affored of being cheated out of justice by the technicalities and legal sub leties of the law. From these remarks he had, how ever, to except cases under £5O, which came under the county courts, where there was no delay. The assize-courts, which were held twice a-year, were, however, liable to the charge of delay ; and as they were of ancient date in their constitution, he thought they might be somewhat reformed wtth advantage. With regard to expense, he would state a case. At the last assizes he was indirectly concerned in a case where the amount claimed was but £4l. There was no diffi culty in the case ; all the witnesses (few in number) resided in town ' • there was no legal difficulty in the way ; the case lasted but two hours,—and what was the cost ? The taxed cost on one side was £lBl, and on the other £7O. The third point was the loss sustained by parties who were defeated by the technicalities of the law. They all knew what a non suit was, and how unjust it was to compel parties to begin a suit de novo because they might not have complied with some petty formula which the law re quired. In reference to the establishment of voluntary tribunals he regretted that no scheme which would render them successful had yet been adopted.. When their. Chamber was being established they consulted with all in stitutions of the kind which were then in existence, and they found that the number of cases which had been submitted to them for adjudication was nil ; and since their establishment they had but two cases brought before them. To remedy this evil there were three distinct propositions before the Chamber, —lst, to import here the tribunals of commerce which were now on the Continent ; 2d, to adopt the courts of conciliation now in Denmark, where the judges were all commercial men, and where the civil tribunal refused to entertain any suit that had not been previously brought be -fore the court of conciliation ; and 3d, to extend and en large the jurisdiction of local courts in this country. Mr. H. detailed to the Chamber a considerable amount of excellent information in reference to the operations of the commercial tribunals of France, and the Court of Con ciliation in Denmark ; and also in reference to the va rious countries in Europe where such courts were in operation, desc an ti ng , as h e procee d e d, upon th e i r merits. In offering the resolution which he proposed, he was of opinion that what they wanted was to have more g equityu p o n t introducedh technicalities intotlieierfceocutre of tsof p l e al iam , an e d n i t e . ss stand- Mr. CuNrlagvingsecondedthe resolutioli, ftwas adopted nem. dis. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. POST-OFFICE FRAU-DS Mr. R. SHIEL called the attention of the Chamber to the recent robberies which had been cemmitted at the Post-office, and stated that he had had a conversation with the Postmaster, Mr. Banning, upon the subject, and upon the part of that gentleman he (Mr. Shiel) invited th, attention of the Chamber, and the public, to the ne'essity of devising some means to prevent a recurrence of such frauds. Mr. Banning was very anxious that some plan might be devised, and he suggested the issuing of cards to the occupiers of boxes, which were to be handed to the messenger, and by him produced before he could get the letters. This would be an inconvenience, but he again stated, that Mr. Banning was anxious to adopt any good plan which would have the effect of frustrating the dis honesty of messengers. THE WHITE SEA RUSSIA COMPANY Mr. SHIEL, at the request of the president, next called the attention of the chamber to the monopoly which at present existed under charter in the hands of a few indivi duals ; and by which unauthorised parties were prevented from trading to Russia. The monopoly to which he alluded was the Russia Company. The origin of this company was this : a few gentlemen in the reign of Edward VI. went to the north of Europe on business or pleasure, which was not very clear, but they discovered, or said they discovered what they called the " White Sea," and they got Edward the VI. to grant them a charter conferring upon them the exclusive right of trading to this " White Sea ;" but by a little straining in after times, this was made to embrace the whole of the territories of Russia. The charter of Edward, was, how ever, amended by both Mary and Elizabeth, but by it to the present day, the Russia Company charged the mode rate sum of £5 or the privilege of trading to any part of Russia. For instance, there was St. Petersburgh, which was not inexistence for one hundred vears after the char ter, and it is claimed by them to be embraced in it. He trusted that the Chamber would see the necessity of co operating with the Chamber of Commerce of Hull in their efforts fo have this monopoly abolished. He there fore moved that the attention of the Council be called to the subject. A MEMBER asked how long the charter was granted for. Mr. SHIEL.—It has no limit. It has lasted 300 years, and may last 300 more. The motion was then agreed to. THE FORWARDING TRADF Mr. F °ELWOOD, in bringing this matter before the Chamber, alluded to the stimulus which had been given by some of the railway companies to the transmission of goods for India and China from Manchester, via" London, instead of through Liverpool, as heretofore. The rates of carriage for some time were in equal ratio from Manches ter to London and from Manchester to Liverpool ; but a recent competition had sprung up, and 'they found that instead of Liverpool getting her fair proportion of the carrying trade of the East, a portion of her trade was being diverted, and that London was reaping the benefit. He found that the amount of goods shipped from London for India and China, from the Ist January to the 3d May, 1851, was just about double what it was during the same period last year. In in quiring how this arose, he found that Liverpool ships were improving in character; that ship-owners were reducing the rates of freight; that they were doing all in their power to invite the trade here and yet the increase which he noticed was still going on in London. It was true that London had an advantage over Liverpool in one respect, her shipers could at once command the contracts for the conveyance of ordnance stores, troops, and other government freights ; but, in ad dition, they found that one of the railway companies send goods from Manchester to London at very much lower rates in proportion than they send goods from 'Manches ter to Liverpool. He would illustrate what he meant by stating that if a retailer wished to send goods from Manchester to London he would be charged 425. per ton, whilst to parties who send goods for shipment in London they charge but 235. per ton. They all knew that from Manchester to Liverpool, the charge was 10s. per ton. That was to say, the company would take a ton of goods 200 miles for 235. one way, and charge 10s. for taking a ton of the same goods 32 miles another. That was positively not fair play; and when they took into consideration the fact that strenuous efforts were now be ing made to direct the South American trade from here, it behoved them to be mindful of the influences which were at work. He brought this matter forward in order that the Committee should take it up with energy. The PRESIDENT said that this was a very important subject ; and he felt that the Chamber, as in duty bound, would take it up with spirit. But besides that, it became the duty:of every man in Liverpool, and of every one who was a shareholder in the company, to see that the direc tors of the North Western Company did not inflict an injury upon Liverpool, for the purpose of benefitting London. It would be the duty of the Council to see the directors, and if they could not get redress from them, then he thought they should appeal to the town and the share holders. Mr. Foßwoon complained that when he went to make the necessary inquiries, there should have been so much secrecy observed on the part of the company. Mr. BUSHELL asked if Mr. Forwood had ascertained whether a reduced rate was not charged upon goods from London to Liverpool ? Mr. FORWOOD said the question was still under the consideration of the committee, but he might say to Mr. Bushell that goods were not brought from London to Liver pool at the same rates they were taken from Manchester to London. Mr.I,VyLIE was of opinion that this was a matter which had better be left to the open competition of the various railway and carrying companies. Mr. Foawoon explained that in so far as Liverpool was concerned, there was no competition whatever. The railways and the water carriers had a fixed rate from Manchester to Liverpool, which they were hound by;— from Manchester to London they were bound by no such rate,—on that route they took goods for whatever they pleased. Mr. BUSHELL was bound to state that arrangements had been made by the Directors for a reduced rate of charge from London to Liverpool. The PRESIDENT said that it was the duty of the Cham ber to make a full investigation into the subject, and he was sure Mr. Forwood would be glad to find that the rail way company were not doing this port an injury ; but he feared that the reverse would be found to be the case. Thanks were then voted to the President, and the Chamber adjourned. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. On Tuesday the receipts at the Crystal Palace from ss. entrance fees rose to the enormous sum of £3,360 155., which with the amount drawn from the sale of season tickets (£350 145.) amounted altogether to £3711 9s. Such a result is truly surprising, and is probably attribu table to the additional number of visitors brought up to town by the attractions of Derby-day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Federick Wil liam of Prussia, the Duke of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemburg, left Buckingham-Palace at half-past nine o'clock in the morning to continue their inspection of the Exhibition. The Derby day had no effect whatever on the flow of visitors to the Crystal Palace. On the contrary, the numbers who flocked there on Wednesday were greater than ever, and £3,513 was taken at the doors. The sale of season tickets amounted to £279, and the total receipts were £3,792. Her Majesty and the Royal party at the Palace arrived at the building shortly after 9 o'clock, and remained for nearly two hours, during which they ex amined the French, Spanish, Turkish, and Egyptian corn. partments. From all the accounts we receive the success of the undertaking in a commercial point of view and with reference to exhibitors, is likely to be quite as great as it is now certain to be financially and with regard to the Royal Commission. Many of the most remarkable con tributions have been bespoken for purchasers when the display terminates, and extensive orders have been given founded on examples of excellence in various manufac tures produced. There is every reason to believe, there fore, that exhibitors will be amply renumerated for all their outlay and trouble in the increased custom and re putation which they will secure. _ _ The self-supporting character of the Exhibition is vin dicating itself in the most remarkable manner, for on Friday the receipts at the doors, from ss. payments, amounted to no less a sum than £4,095 10s. From the sale of season tickets £134 Bs. was taken, so that the total sum added to the finances of the commission was £4,229 18s. This is really a prodigious success, and astonishes even those who had made the most extravaeant calcula tions on the subject. The truth is, that the attractiveness of the display is now beginning to tell upon the mass of the community, who were slow to believe the astonishing features of the collection thrown open to their curiosity and admiration. Notwithstanding the immense assem- blage gathered within the building, it still remains as a whole by no means overcrowded. The nave is well filled but no inconvenience is experienced there in passing from point to point, and, though the more attractive objects have groups collected around them, it is quite possible, with a little patience, to see everything worth inspection comfortably and well. The more remote parts are visited, but not in -large numbers, and there are some portions which, during the entire day, remain almost empty. On Saturday the period for ss. admissions terminated, and in a manner which reminded one of the last night of a favourite actor. There were thousands assembled at the entrances before the doors opened, and when 12 o'clock struck no excited and expectant audience ever rushed into a pit of a theatre with greater eagerness. Each party has tened off to make sure of the first view of some particular object, and.in a space of time which appeared incredibly shortthe galleries-and nave were swarming with visitors: During-the morning - a few invalids in Bath-chairs, having a special privilege accorded to them on account of their infirmity, were allowed to enter and be wheeled round. Just before twelve they collected in a circle round the "Eoli-i-noor," of which they were determined to have the first sight as it emerged from the iron prison which confines it. A little incident like this well illustrates the curiosity which is felt about the far-famed diamond, which is, after all, a great disappointment in the effect which it produces on almost every body who sees it. From twelve till four o'clock the influx of people never ceased for a moment, and some idea of the vast numbers assembled may be formed from the fact that £5,078 was taken at the doors. There were thus, during the day, 20,312 persons who paid the ss. entrance fee, and the number of Aeason-ticket holders could not have been less than 10,000 to 15,000, making altogether from 30,000 to 35,000 visiinns. From the habit of crowding into the nave, which is (till persevered in, that part of the building appeared well filial on Saturday, more so, indeed, than we have yet see n it, but the interior had ample accommo dation for tho u sam.' 4 of people, and Mere were one or two parts which r ema i ne d Almost deserted. On Saturday the police were, f or th e fi n 't time, of visitors flo w i ng i n die some inconv en ie nce , the'erent directions. Their arrange ments answered well the active in guiding the streams whole, and if attended with jikely to have one excellent effect in putting an end to mere idle sauntering. A large party from the University of Oxford visited the Exhibi tion on Saturday. The arrangements hitherto made by the royal commis sioners have reference merely to the prevention of any obstruction ; and the capacity of the building would be tested by the admission of as many as presented them selves yesterday. Of the 30,000 season ticket holders not 5,000 would visit the building on that day. One of the first of the special trains from Oxford by the Great 'West ern Railway, was to bring up between 1,300 and 1,400 visitors. For the last few days the great bulk of the visitors confine themselves to the naves and the transept —they consist principally of those who, having paid several visits, return merely for the fashion of the thing, and amuse themselves by promenading up and down. The result of this is that at times great difficulty is expe rienced in moving forward, and from the galleries the vast central space has actually a crowded appearance from one end of the building to the other. A line of telegraphs is being laid down from the building in connection with the various railway termini in London, so that the earliest information will be given of the arrival of special trains and of the number of passengers by each. Lord Leigh has invited all his numerous tenants to visit London at his expense, that they may see the Crys tal Palace and its contents. The magnificent dessert service manufactured by Messrs. Minton and Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, and now in the Great Exhibition, has been purchased by the Queen as a present to the Emperor of Austria. Prince Albert has presented a dozen season tickets to the female pupils of the Government School of Design ; and a dozen season tickets have also been given to the twelve best male students of the school by Lord Gran ville and Mr. Labouchere. At a meeting of merchants and manufacturers, held at Birmingham on Wednesday, the mayor in the chair, it was unanimously resolved to invite his Royal Highness Price Albert, the Royal Commissioners, and Executive Committee of the Great Industrial Exhibition, to a public dinner in the Town-hall, at an early day. A LADY'S REASON FOR LIKING THE GREAT EXHI DITION.—" My dear it is so very agreeable. You cannot tell how amusing it is ! It is much better far than going a shopping The whole place is full of some!of the pret tiest things in the world—laces, silks, brocades—and such lovely jewels—and the beauty is, you may look at them ever so long, without being expected to buy a single thing !" A DAINTY DISH.—The huge standing pie, fifteen stones weight, prepared in Carlisle, for the refreshment room in the World's Exhibition in Hyde-park, from a model by Mr. Dunbar, was shown to her Majesty on the morning of the opening day, and so eager were her sub jects to taste and try its good qualities, that the whole fabric, ornaments and all, were entirely devoured at the close of the third day's exhibition. GENERAL LEAVE TO THE ARMY.—Leave of absence for the purpose of seeing the Exhibition has been given by his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to all regiments at home, from the Ist of June to the 30th, one field officer, half the captains, and half the subalterns to be allowed the indulgence each fortnight in the month ; and it is the intention of some of the railway directors to al low officers, upon producing a certificate of their rank, to travel at the Government rate of charge of 2d. a mile, as when on duty. The Daily News, in describing the chemical apparatus says, " The most remarkable are some large electrotyped glass retorts. The outer surface of that part of the glass exposed to heat, has a coating of copper deposited upon it by the electrotype process. This metallic coating serves the two-fold purpose of more rapidly conducting the heat to the substances acted on, and of protecting the retorts from breaking on the first application of the spirit-lamp, for the heat being distributed more equally, the irregular expansion caused by the non-conducting property of glass is prevented. The exhibitor of these vessels is Mr. J. B. Edwards, of Liverpool." THE GREAT EXHIBITION HAS KILLED EVERYTHING ELSE.—The Court, the two Houses of Parliament, the nobility, the gentry, the commonalty, the army, the police, carriages, cabs, and omnibuses, are all dancing attendance upon it. Tile shops are unfrequented. The places of public amusement are comparatively deserted. Even the railways lose their summer excursionists. Hampton Court and Greenwich exhibit in vain their horse chesnuts in bloom and their white bait in season. The tall plant in Hyde Park has smothered everything in its neighbourhood. The Exhibition is London—the Exhibition is the Parliament—it is the British Empire— it is house and home—it is drawing-room and study—it is parterre, conservatory, and promenade—it is park and club—it is shop and bazaar, theatre, picture gallery, panorama,—everything in a word, which a man or woman wants in this metropolis. The possessor of a season ticket, with a small surplus for cabs, or, in default thereof, a good pair of legs, is set up for the season.— Times. Omen! glistrilanv. HARIVICH.—Both Mr. Prinsep and Mr. Crawford are again candidates for the representation of this borough. Good cider is now selling in the neighbourhood of Taunton at 355. a hogshead. A child about eight months old while asleep, a few days ago, in its cradle, at Ilull, during the temporary absence of its mother, was attacked by a rat and severely wounded. On Thursday night the synagogue in Maiden-lane, Lon don, was burglariously entered and the whole of the silver sacred vessels, bells, &c., carried off. Major W. Wynn, E.1.C., jumped from the Black Rock Cliff, Kemp Town, on Friday evening, and was dashed to pieces on the spot. Two thieves were discovered !n a railway truck on the Darlington Railway on Thursday. Several packages had been opened by the depredators who were secured. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P., has ordered one of his Tam worth tenants, an innkeeper, not to entertain a number of resident protectionists who had proposed to hold a banquet. The beautiful estate of Pen-park, near Bristol, with the mansion attached, was sold last week by the executor of the late William Bushell, Esq., for the low sum of £5,800. Only six years ago it cost the late proprietor £9,900. For the last three weeks the London and Dover railway has conveyed daily a considerably larger number of per sons to Dover en route for the continent than have arrived by the same railway in London. On the 28th April the Bank of England adopted a fixed price for the purchase of American coined gold, the rate named being £3 16s. 3d. per ounce. An alteration, how ever, has since been made to £3 16s. 21d, per ounce. - • A grocer, at Newcastle, having put a bottle of water, corked, into the oven, for the purpose of applying it to his feet on going to bed, forgot it there, and in the course of the night it exploded, doing considerable damage. THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB.—In consequence of Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Tindal having been requested to retire from the club, as being no longer conservatives, Mr. Walter, M.P., has sent in his resignation. THE WINDOW DUTlES.—lnstructions have been issued to the Assessors to discontinue the customary assessments for the window duties. The practical repeal of the duties is from the sth of April last. A young woman named beddes has been apprehended at Glasgow, on a charge of administering poison, and exposing her infant child so as to cause its death. She had admitted the charges, and remains for trial. The jury inquiring into the death of H. J. Chaplin, the policeman, killed in a drunken affray at Vauxhall, have terminated their labours with a verdict of wilful murder against two of the prisoners charged. A young man died in London, a few days since, from the effects of a solution of corrosive sublimate, which is used in his father's trade, and which he had swallowed by mistake for a garg l e th a t he was using for a sore throat. The keeper of a disorderly house at Wolverhampton is in custody, on a charge of shooting and severely wound ing a young man whom he suspected of having broken his windows. The failure of the firm of W. and D. Oldenburg, a German house at Leeds, has been announced. The total liabilities are stated at between £50,000 and £60,000. London and Manchester firms are losers. A person standing on Souter Point the other evening, with the wide expanse of sea stretching from the Tyne to the Tees before him, witnessed the noble spectacle of no fewer than 246 vessels in sight at one time. The Leeds Intelligencer records that a Mrs. Moxon, 64 years of age, died in a railway carriage, on her way to Batley, to attend her brother's funeral. Another brother was lying dead at the same time. The masons employed by the contractors of the south entrance of the Sunderland Dock have struck work becanse their employers refused to pay them more than twenty shillings per week, the men asking twenty-four. As a gentleman was escorting two ladies home through the streets of Bristol, a few nights ago, he was seized from behind by two men, pinioned, and robbed of his money and watch. A fire broke out on Tuesday in a cooperage at Glasgow, belonging to Mr. Stuart, which did very extensive damage. The total loss is estimated at £5,000 a portion of which, £3,000 is covered by insurance. The rate of mortality that now prevails in London shows that scarcely any improvement in the health of the population has taken place during the last seven weeks, and it continues higher than is usually observed in the middle of May. Influenza is very prevalent. The Earl of Galloway has placed his resignation of the high office of Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wigtown in the hands of the government ; and the dignity has been conferred upon Jol:n Dalrymple, Esq., M.P for that county, nephew of, and heir presumptive to, Earl Stair. A numerous and highly influential meeting of the Pro tectionists of the Weald of Kent was held at Cranbrook, on Wednesday, under a commodious marquee erected in the Ball-field, near the church. The veteran Earl Stan hopepresided, and several spirited addresses were delivered. A memorial has been presented to the Newcastle Town Council, praying that a clause may be inserted in some of their local acts, authorising magistrates to send juvenile offenders to the ragged school, instead of sending them to prison. In the Times of Monday week, a Scotchman advertised for a person of intemperate habits to dwell with him. This is the first time we can call to mind any one finding it necessary to apply through the public prints for tfie agreeable companionship of a drunkard ! The adherents of Wesleyan reform in London intend, early in July, holding a bazaar, the profits of which are to be devoted to further the principles which they advo cate. The friends of the movement are making active exertions to advance the object. The proprietors of the great flour-mill at Blackfriars have joined the Britisll Corn Millers' League. This is the mill respecting which the Times produced a long ar ticle to prove that, in spite of foreign competition, the home miller could hold his ground. The .Fife Herald says bat the ladies of the Burnside United P res b y t er i an C hurc h congregation, Cupar, have resolved t o sen d the Rev. Mr. Rankine up to the Great Exhibition, and have presented ihiM with the Sum of £lO to defray his expenses. Prince Albert has contributed the sum of £25 in aid of the subscription intended as a provision for the declining years of Mrs. Ward, the daughter of Lord Nelson. According to the Newcastle Journal, the Bishop of Durham has given a donation of £lO towards the funds of a United Presbyterian Chepel, at the village of Chat ton, within his diocese. The Count de Thomar has despatched a Parthian mis sile at his successful antagonist the Duke of Saldanha, and a letter or protest bearing the date of Vigo—to which place the fugitive Minister at first retired—has now been published to the world in some of the London journals. THE VAN NUISANCE.—On Wednesday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest on the body of Richard Nicholson, who was knockcd down and run over by a horse which had taken fright at an advertising vannear St. Martin's Church, Charing-cross._ An enterprising mariner at Hull has fitted out a dapper little smack, which is to sail shortly from that port to London with passengers for the exhibition. The craft will be moored in the Thames, and serve as a boarding house for the passengers as long as she remains there. She is to make several trips during the summer. Mr. Thackeray, the author of " Vanity Fair," " Pen dennis," &c., commenced a course of lectures, at Willis's Rooms, London, on Thursday last. "On the English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century." The subject of the lecture was Dean Swift. There was a numerius and distinguished audience. A carter who was driving a waggon near Spalding, Lincolnshire, a few days since, was knocked down by one of the horses, and tbe waggon wheels passed so close to his head, which was between the wheels and a gatepost, as to shave off part of his ear and some skin and hair, without doing him any mote serious injury. Mr. Augustus Braham, youngest son of the celebrated English tenor, made his debit on Monday, at the Hano ver-square Rooms, and was received with much favour. He possesses a remarkably pure and agreeable tenor voice, rich and mellow in the lower notes, and clearing and telling in the higher register. SUICIDAL MANIA.—Two inquests have been held this week at Maidstone upon servant girls who had drowned themselves ; and the same crime was attempted by a third, but some passers-by having observed her movements, she was r. scued before life was extinct. One of the girls had been discharged for flirting with her masters's workmen, and the other was of weak intellect. On Wednesday Captain Paulet Somerset, having com pleted the term of his sentence of imprisonment. was discharged from the House of Correction, Coldbath.fields. A great number of persons had assembled at the usual hour for the discharge of prisoners to witness his depar ture, hut they were doomed to be disappointed, for he had left the prison about an hour before that time. It is stated that Father Ignatius proposed to be present at Dr. Cumming's lecture, at Exeter-hall, to-day, and address the audience on " unity," and informed Dr. Cumming of his intention. On hearing of it Cardinal Wiseman, with his usual astuteness, forbade the meeting, and Father Ignatius called again on Dr. Cumming, bare footed, and told him he was not permitted to appear. No. 4 of Mr. R. Oastler's cheap weekly periodical, The Home, contains a very characteristic letter from Mr. J. Jackson of the Fleet-mills, Oulton. Mr. Jackson, like many other free traders, is changing his opinion : he now says, " I believe it will be necessary to make a change in the import duties on corn as well as on flour." Right, John, right; many others, besides you, think the same. A " Monster" National Floral Exhibition, open to all England' is announced to take place at Cheltenham in the course of next month, when £2OO will be delivered in P• rizes No less than three military bands are t o b e present on the occasion, and the other arrangements for the day will, it is stated, be on a corresponding scale of magnitude. A DESERTED VILLAGE.—Many of the respectable shopkeepers of Topsham, in Devonshire, have suddenly disappeared to visit the Great Exhibition. They have, however, taken the precaution to inform their customers of the same, by causing a notice to be stuck against their respective doors, of which the following is a copy : " Gone to the Royal Exhibition, to be re-opened when we come back."—Devonshire Chronicle. THE ADVERTISING NUISANCES. - Colonel Sibthorp has given notice for this evening " To call the atention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the frauds on the revenue committed by the travelling vans, with regard to the various advertisements attached to them, and for which the public journals are compelled to pay a duty for each advertisement," and he intimated his intention of asking for leave to bring in a bill upon the subject. The jury in the Barnard Castle murder case have re turned a verdict of wilful murder against some persons unknown. The deceased had been very intemperate, and was very excited from drink. An extraordinary mystery hangs over the whole affair from there being such an ab sence of fact as to the circumstances attending the death, and the apparent absence of motive to induce any one to commit such a deliberate murder. A disastrous fire broke out, during the night of Wed nesday last, in the extensive steam flour-mills of Messrs. Joseph and James Norton, at Horsley-fields, Wolver hampton, by which the whole of the premises, the machi nery, and a great quantity of wheat were destroyed. The loss is estimated at £20,000. The property was insured to a large amount in the Birmingham District and Nor wich Union Fire-offices. A declaration has been issued by "a large proportion of the Roman Catholiclaity of England," in the form of a pro test against "any interference whatever with their right to the unfettered exercise of their religion ; and particularly against the gross and manifest violation of their religious freedom now threatened, in direct controvention both of the spirit and letter of the Emancipation Act, and of sub sequent statutes, and in open defiance of Her Most Gra cious Majesty's expressed resolution to maintain unim paired the religious liberties of her subjects." The town of Newcastle-on-Tyne was visited by a severe thunderstorm, on Monday. A tramp, named Fibs, was struck by the electric fluid, as he walked along the road and instantly killed. The lightning had scorched the right side of his head, and had run obliquely down to his left leg, caught his heel plate, which it had taken off, and forced into the ground, making a hole that would admit a man's hand. His clothes were torn to rags and strewed about the road. Several buildings were also struck but not much damage was done. As two sawyers in the employ of Messrs. Buchanan and Gibson, ship-builders, Deptford, were in the act, a few days ago, of sawing a log of oak, which was about ten feet long and two feet thick, they found a Tom-tit's nest, with four eggs, in the heart of the tree. The moss, of which the nest was formed, was quite fresh. Two of the eggs were broken by the saw, but the other two are in excellent preservation. It is supposed, by naturalists, that this nest has been enclosed in the heart of the oak tree for upwards of fifty years. On Tuesday Mr. James Young, an eccentric Irish gen tleman of large fortune, aged 72, residing at 35, Augustus street, Regent's-park, London, committed suicide by deliberately waiting the arrival of the Liverpool day mail train in the cutting near Mornington-crescent, within a few yards of the rear of his own residence, and then lay ing his neck on the rails, was almost immediately decapi tated. The act was witnessed by a lady passing over the Stanhope-street bridge, who screamed, and immediately fainted. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE ALBERT FROM ABER DEEN.—Lady Franklin's expeditionary ship. Prince Albert sailed once more from Aberdeen, on Thursday, for Davis' Straits, &c., in order to discover the lost navigators of the Arctic Seas. Numerous spectators were present to witness her departure; and, after being towed to the bay by a steam tug, the Prince Albert's canvas was shaken out, and gen tly heeling over to the starboard, with a southerly breeze, she commenced her arduous voyage. Lady Franklin was not present at the last moment; but the crew were cheer ful and sanguine, and everything so far as the initiatory steps were concerned, yielded pleasing auguries. HATCHING BY STEAM.—About a mile from Exeter on the Topsham Road, Hr. Butchers has, under the name of the " Poultry Farm," perfected the arrangements of an establishment for hatching by steam. The " steam Incu bator" is capable of containing 8,000 eggs at one time, whilst a uniform degree of heat is communicated to each egg by a steam boiler, which also drives an engine, so con structed as to give to every egg a motion similar to that conveyed by the pulsation of the parent bird while sitting. Several thousand eggs are in process of steam incubation, and almost every hour chickens are emerging from their shells. Eggs of all the feathered tribe can be hatched by this process. HEAVY COMPENSATION.—On the passing of the Muni. cipal Reform Bill, the Town-clerk of Leicester was dis missed from his office, and Mr. Stone elected in his stead. Mr. Burbridge sent in a claim of £28,000 for loss of office, but the new Corporation refused to allow him anything, alleging against him serious charges of miscon duct whilst in office. He then appealed to the Lords of the Treasury, and, on Monday week, the inhabitants were astounded at learning that their lordships had awarded him compensation amounting to £BB9 a year for life, together with the arrears, amounting to many thou sands of pounds ! It is said that the town has already paid these, Mr. B. having been indebted to the various trusts with which he had been connected. MR. FERRAND AT AYLESBURY.—On Wednesday the Protectionists of Aylesbury met to entertain Mr. W. B. Ferrand at a public dinner. The dinner took place at the George Hotel ; about 300 persons were present ; and Mr. W. Lowndes occupied the chair. After the usual toasts the chairman proposed the health of their guest. Mr. Ferrand thereupon made a speech, remarkable for its close, when he broke out into his more peculiar strain : " Who feared a rebellion ? God would defend the right. (Great cheering.) Let the Free Traders hoist their standard of rebellion to-morrow, the spirit of England would destroy them in a month. Bright would be hanged at Manchester, Cobden at Leeds, and Sir James Graham at Carlisle. (Laughter and cheers.) Then, too, a new Reform Bill was talked of, but he warned the Govern ment that the Reform Bill which swept away the Protec tionists would sweep the Duke of Bedford out of Woburn Abbey ; would, in all probability, sweep the crown from her Majesty's head ; and would, if he were not cautious, sweet) Lord John Russell's head from his shoulders." SINGULAR FEAT OF A LUNATIC.-011 Sunday week, as the under-gardener to Mr. Watts, of the Grove, Cheadle, was returning from the Greenhouse, his attention was arrested by the sound of a man's voice imitating the crowing of a cock, and on looking upwards he perceived a person on the top of the highest pinnacle of the house, being at an elevation of fifty or sixty feet from the ground. He had divested himself of all his clothes excepting his shirt, trousers and stockings ; and he appeared as if meditating a leap from his high position. The under gardener fortunately contrived, unperceived by the young man, also to reach the roof, and to seize hold of him be fore he could make his fatal descent. From his inco herent language and strange gestures, it was evident that he was labouring under a disordered mind. On making inquiries it turned out that his name is William Barlow Reeves, and is 18 years old. About eighteen months ago he had been confined in an asylum at Newton for three months, which had the effect of soothing him, and the family ceased t o b e apprehensive of any return o f t h e malady,—Stockport Advertiser. May 27,1851• t e r A a t n i o u n r, s T E p u r a A c T t r i o s e rr d s . by—ln Londonco nt in u t i r n a g d e t s o m eenx otshe:hlasaineueli, during the past f ew wee k s h as g i ve n the result of sAut renewed investigations regarding coffee and chicory.'-uq of 43 fresh trials of coff ee - a d u lteration was detect ed samples, and very often un d er peculiarly disreputsto. circumstances. In some cases, for example, houses,Ped, fessing to sell pure coffee, or coffee and chico r y mix according to the wish of their customers, are disioven nevertheless to vend an adulterated article on nearn occasions. While coffee is adulterated principa ll Y `LA e chicory, chicory is understood to be in turn adultrorb with carrot, mangold wurtzel, dog biscuit, red eV horse chesnut, acorns, tan mahogany sawdust, is f horse's and bullock's liver, an d burnt blood. Ou t o samples tried by the Lancet 11 were found to coat i spurious ingredients—su c h as roas t e d carrot, whea t ' all acorns, mahogany sawdust, mangold wurtzel, and V elie' tian red. nntf GOING TO LAW FOR A PENNY.—At the w o Court, Alferton, on Saturday, two master butchers o.c_. cupied the attention of th e j u d ge a co nsiderable time, Dei the following investi ga ti on . D e f en d an t had Pur chas e & 21bs. of beef-steaks of plaintiff, for which the latter ast o 9d., and the former refused to pay more than S., t de , leaving a balance of ld. in plaintiff's favour. The bad fendant admitted the purchase, but urged that he but agreed to pay the penny in meat, and not in roonel,,e it appeared that he had do ne ne ith er ; a verdict for I.t mh fu ios ll nheo a y m nion o u u .r, n , t ,, Ow w o a n s utlhd e i n sa t l e bl r oe e wi d n for plaintiff. The defeMl9ll, assumed the mast piteous look, and expressed a hoPe t t i ; g hi r m efu a sed li , a d l e e mously tendered to plaintiff the full sfeutnmimdaecnlattion:Peugjan'Yantni;, sixty, latter,aioxdatw,yeD: resident s o Alwil w d.:,d e e: v not e thl r TNie , nheT r e e EHa f Di refusing s assa l orl n potn g : neNGg t s D rtTweh a Eeee C ß : nd e : — p as p t eAfef i et t idbtlwi oieetoweeks saying, between tu N ' - 1 6 0 a pearance the best of friends. i of the fervour of first love, became deeply ernnamm'ogteu:ern:e:7l:lB9l.oeltellisralit:t itinerant spectacle-monger. After — tVo — whole t at o deliberation, Derby, w e believe, was the town sel ect ` af , be honoured by the performance of the nuptial ecre a l l eo Afterwards returning to Hvson Green, and eni o Y i l a ble days of real bliss, but not being able to procure a o ' to residence, arrangements were made for migrating,' op Leicester. The lady acquie sce d, an d a t on ce ese ke ihief her clothes, and at the sa me ti me h an d e d over a d ' ea rlf watch, a gold medal, and fift een sovere i gns to her ewe beloved, for greater s e cur ity, w h en h e t oo k his dePa t , to for Nottingham s t a ti on , l eav i ng hi s beloved sPc'us-fort follow him in th e even i ng , w h en every domes ti c c 0 0 would be prepared for her on her arrival at Leicester• the is needless to add the villain had decamped wi th she whole of her clothes and money. Since her retera 00 has proved herself a true philosopheress, and cons° herselt in the best way she can.—Notts. Guardian. v i t a FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN DIFFICULTIES. — F ea ieIa• O'Connor will soon be a dead lion in the political s . O O Even the directors of his l an d company h ave parted him, and he knows not where to turn. He has iss' le eto circular from the " National L an d an d L a b ou r Bank „. " the the effect that pending the decision of parliament, on„,„, liability of the Land Comp an y t o repay hi s advan''', o o , " He is reluctantly but unavoid a bly compe lled, la ;0 1 nliance with the unanimous vote of the Land C o°P fosl; directors, to submit to a temp orar y sus p en sion ° toed went to depositors. Until Mr. O'Connor has recent)/ the repayment of his claim against the Land Cool d i, this bank will necessarily be closed." Four of be deol rectors, Messrs. Dixon, M'G ra th, D oy l e , an d Clark , nil , that they have agreed to such a step, and " dischul t iosi connexion with, or participation in. closing the N a e ftb° August,claims of Is49,i‘ir. Land and Labour Bank against the prompt discharg e ,, s loe, depositors." O'Connortey state, . has moreover,receiv received t ses , e r e thousand pounds on account of the- company , S ha re' appropriation of which we, in common with the holders, know nothing." long been t COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY.—Th e Ti mes has e i cee sounding the " prospe r ity" no t e , b u t a f ew days changed its cry mate r i a lly. O ur con t empora ry 013 'i the " Could we, like Asmodeus, w hi s k away the roof ° r ob , counting-house in which the partners in yonder da u na th ng concern are striking the balance of the year's a cc° oe l we might find them estimating losses, not gain a ' n la°, have dispatched daily thei r h uge a d ver ti s ing °a n ode' every nook and corner o f th e t own ; th ey h a ve sniffs!, cost price, they have paid s a l ar i es , an d gr anted st ilt v" the wholesale houses, and w h a t rema i ns as the r e le for their year's struggle ? Merely a similar strugg e etiv e another year, with Basi ng h a ll- s t ree t zn bold pec s [ oo o 6. in the distance. If it be said th a t suc h a ease, f it' what extreme, thus m uc h, a t l eas t, i s Wertz"! .„001, Among fair traders, thirty or forty years of 81 ,r,.`" eir 0 1 exertion merely secure to them a pittance for 11 ,," u p. age. They have lived, and possibly have brougu t ' an or family in the interval, but a little cottage at 13 ° 1 t of ° Camberwell is their House of Peers after the con tes . life. With the professions, we fear, it is still w orn en is difficult enough for the great bulk of professional , ,40 to do more than make ' both ends meet,' as th e goes, at the year's end." , f„iloW i t A STUDY FOR SIR JAMES GRAHAM.—The s o fa.- extract is taken from a speech delivered by Sir c 4V Graham, at a meeting in Dorking, in August, I' t hat "If they placed any confidence in his assertions,,' of might rely on it that the interests of the great h e Ad' the people were the interests to which he was a tt l e tel e Upon no other ground than this, although imm disP e es connected with the landed interest, had he been t to uphold the native agriculture of the country , ha t iotti cause he was convinced that the best safeguard 0 .1' 114 ? was to le found in that independence which arose er those nations, in the average course of years, beiti" t ati• abled to supply their inhabitants with their daily boleti It was because he believed that in a series of year!) 0 independence was indispensable, that he had -!1"103/ friend to the protection of native agriculture'_,deo 4 l might depend on it the root of national inder"oud o f was, after all, successful agriculture. He was P r i . c e; b f British ships; he was proud of British comm e ro d 5 was proud of British manufactures ; he was 1 1 0 0 0 British colonies ; but, after all, the source of Ott Wig prosperity and of future national independenc e t .u'" grown corn—native British home grown whea t' s re tar d THE AGApEmoNE.—According to the censu s head Jo which was made by " Henry James Prince, ". a 7 i i v ichlT„ the family in the Abode of Love, sixty-five inusarr a l' o were located there on the night of the 31st of lat e cello It appears by the description of the persons in t JO, paper, that all, except Henry James Prince ti Vqlo Prince his wife, are enjoyers of this local board_uder slight tenure indeed, as they are described n ° ,4ili'lg head of "relation to head of family," some a s . of 'cif and the others as servants. We give the analy st ! pious sect:-5 clergymen without cure of soult's Ito). engineer; 1 landed proprietor; 1 member of ta ita elsa. College of Surgeons, not practising ; 2 all° 6 111 a ' O , solicitor and master extraordinary; 1 gentlema n; iab s . holders ; 1 farmer of 509 acres, employing thir t y ers ; 2 groom ; 1 post-boy ; 3 helpers in the %lief's; I shoemaker ; 8 women house-servants ; 2 dress es seal t o servant boy ; 3 carpenters ; 1 mason ; launch feria 0; tailor ; nine wives of visitors ; un marri r e s ( 00 visitors ; 1 unmarried male visitor, sixteen ye a o f ag e e i a ti 1 ditto seven years of age ; 2 ditto three Year s for l f, e o 3 female visitors, one of them six and the othe r g s. $ old. Total of males, 30 ; total of females , are but 5 children, of the respective ages o' ,'-' 7, tbo t oo and 2 years. It is evident from the retar a i a tia'.' o o " Abode of Love" does not depend for its po. r , preo„,e, an increase from members residing within ' ir pll e dgeg as, although the males and females are so rle a !: t h P those who have been paired are not blessed vi t , uer eo of wedded love."- . —Sonzerset County Gagel e rneram„erf e pa n d that in consequence of an announcement in n , ":'„ e n, that " Mr. Calcraft," the professional ha g lark THE VOLUNTEER HANGMEN.—It will be r ry 0 r d e a v y olting to the ,fe 05 e1 3 ,1, execution, at Ipswich, a number of letters wer e _teal by the governor of the gaol and the sheriff, vol 0 . '; 0 40 . 0 fixed for Marla re humanity. Mr. Charles Dickens in his " -r! ° te 0 1 17 Words,' publishes, publishes, he assures us, literal transcrlP 5 01 / letters in question. One requests " a speedy °n or f a to no p th er e f r ormthe stating terms—say, not less than £20." AnotheroP:ig "if well Paid lam Redey to do it myself. You fil sti ti gi , engagement office o n the so all expenses Down, as I am in Desperate Circa!'" —hoping this is in secrecy." Another, addressito T o t Sherriff," from Southwark, says, " I will P e i s rlOW duties of Hangm an f or th e execu tion of Marta the consideration of Sixty Pounds for my se i r , ns io 6 'oo Another writes, " I will volunte e r to do the the terms are liberal and suit me." Another bat am/ your man if your terms will suit me; that la t t her°4o to have for the work, and how am I to g e o n Another " offers to perform the office of hangs," os t og sum of £5O to be paid on completion of, s otoa la t e Another makes the intimation : " I have I°f itl4 4 o o°_ been after the birth and am well acquainted ' acre' and I wonder he did not mention myjo b application at Horsemonger lane for the Wiestoo renotei but Calcraft attended himself." Another, ! a ll r e f add/ writes : " I will undertake the said Office rated, and as time is short please to say the 'i t h prv o r will come by return of Post." The twel P - 10 17 A 1 made on the moderate condition, "If you cor the d ra expenses from Wigan and Back and 5 pounds ' au ctit/r e grio HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Pr° Pi AO „ her eased Beethoven's glorious opera of " Fidelio at n zea',, 0 0 40 Theatre is a fact as honourable to the l'neigio ,10 has proved welcome to the public. " ps i "' o 'o opera, stands in its solitary glory. The chie,iaer_ditts'i, success must be awarded to Mademoiselle S O P u in .. " 4 0b11 Three years ago, Mademoiselle Cruvelli, foo l operas of Donizetti and Verdi, made a hig h s )! volii ° o l impression, and was considered a drams' i- en orc e , unusual promise for her years (she was then t o°o°o The interval between then and the }gel s arts been spent by the young artist in various Prof% Ir e r many and Italy, where she followed her r t ott' A career with a success always increasin_ en etna 1 ) ;, month, Mr. Lumley had the good fortune t° bro ur ti oel i for the Italian Theatre in Paris, where g a i n iest por e s season to a close with some performances of t oe b,, ampled brilliancy. Mademoiselle Cruvel'l44lntederii good use of her time. The mere fact t_ c 7 e pe e ' 6 debut in such a work as " Fidelio"—a wOrk 5 , / in ti!..001, all that bears the name of Italian opera °, t labta t oTtt of Leonora, without comparison the 11° 0iyt ie tiat iLt trying, and difficult in the entire ranee o f t e arair a he T:ft already entitles Mademoiselle Cruvelli to a d butt _ es po:., her courage, and praise for her good taste v er3T, J e re Pio that she did full justice to the character, 1 1 : 1 _; ae , ta ier el; l ll vocal and histrionic, and that, since Mal lu e i c fry is 0 05 1 been no representative of Beethoven's !Pr at beribe Pot can support the slightest comparison w_l_ ee old more important, since it places her at eu t e nt 1 1. 0 0 3 ,51 , rank of dramatic singers. From her fi rs 4 the ety , scene, she showed an entire appreciation,ooon.o7,oo exigencies of the part, and her earnest ars: t nually courted attention. Her higher o°'`' h ighe' t of iy the Age V ably clear and brilliant; what may be t he - t he -00' register we cannot pretend to say, but in talc ° second act with Florestan. we heard her ,f alt with the greatest Me, force ; and trap 1'