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LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1852.

A ridiculous pretension has recently been put
forward by the Ministerial organs on the part of
Her MAJESTY'S Government. They assume that
the late division in the House of Commons in
favour of Lord PALMERSTON'S amendment to the
resolutions proposed by the Honourable Gentle-
man the Member for Wolverhampton, must be
regarded as a triumph for the Administration.
Never has a more preposterous opinion been ad-
vanced. Why, the declaration of the Lower
House of Parliament upon the question of Free
Trade or Protection, if it constitute a victory for
any one, constitutes a victory, not for the Ca-
binet, not for the EX-FOREIGN SECRETARY, not
for the Right Honourable the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, but for Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS, for
the Representative of the West Riding of York-
shire, for the-great bulk of Her MAJESTY'S Op-
position. For what in reality is the fact—what
is the nature of that declaration ? Is it not dis-
tinctly and notoriously an avowal that the advo-
cates of monopoly have been acting erroneously
throughout ? Is it not an explicit acknow-
ledgment that they are beaten, and beaten, too,
beyond the possibility of redemption ? Is it not
an assertion that the Honourable CHARLES VIL-
LlErtsl was prescient, and wise, and patriotic in
moving, year after year, that the Corn Laws
should be abrogated ? Is it not a feather in the cap
Of nieltAßD c onrom.N--a tribute to the memory of
Sir ROBERT
Either the p
enormous panegyric upon the League ?
rrn.ous majority, declaratory of the
entire success and
system of ullr unassailable stability of the
"trieted. competition, , means all
that, or it memo, absolutely nothing. We assert
it. We laugh to scorn
the notion of this being
an advantage gained to the occupants of the
Benches. s 0 treasuryfar iscabinseutch from being
the case that the
could not, by
more signally defeated.
actually
ought insisted any chance, have been,
Members of it had
The principal
allbe
along that the Free-trade principles
abandoned by the Legislature. They
ha', ,
agitated
-,7 of restoring the
for years the necessity scheme
of Protection to the agriculturists
• They che-
rished this belief in February, when they were
called upon to enter office by their SOVEREIGN.
But, While persisting in this conviction, they
mid--" We have an unquestionable majority
against us in the Commons, and will, therefore,
appeal -to the people themselves to decide the
difficulty :" adding, " If the country wishes a re-
turn to. the state of things prior to 1846, we
shall recognise the existence of that desire on
the assembling of the new Parliament." The
new Parliament has assembled—and what has
been its deliberate avowal ? Why, that the
Free-trade system is permanently established,

that the enactments of 1846 are incorpo-
rated indissolubly with the Constitution. No-
thing could be more clear than the fact of this
declaration. Added to which, a variety of very
curious circumstances combine for its enforce-
ment. The very Statesman who retired from the
PEEL Ministry because of its abandonment of the
principles of Protection, is at this moment, when
the benefits resulting from unrestricted competi-
tion are formally recognised, the Leader of her
MAJESTY'S ' Government. The very debater who
was most resolute in opposing the abrogation of
the Corn Laws, is at this juncture the Leader of
the British House of Commons. The once for-
midable body of Protectionists has dwindled down
to fifty-three in a House of nearly five hundred.
Dissolution has not only descended upon the coun-
try party, but decomposition has already followed
hard upon dissolution. It is all up with them
accordinrg to their own confession. One of their
oldest, one of their most consistent, and one of
their most experienced advocates has intimated
as r _inch in plain terms—we mean Mr. CAYLEY,
th,3 Hon. Representative of the North Riding of
T.,orkshire. And this, forsooth, is spoken of by
the Ministerial organs as a triumph for
the DERBY-DISRAELI Government ! If such
be a victory, we wonder what possibly
can be a defeat. Why, as if to render the success
of the Free-traders complete, the amendment ul-
timately carried by the division in the Commons
was an amendment suggested in favour of their
principles by one of their most powerful opponents,
the amendment of the Noble Lord the representa-
tive of the borough of Tiverton, the amendment
of Viscount PALMERSTON. So much for the
boasted victory of the present Cabinet So much
for the defeat of the Liberal and Reforming
Opposition !
Everything, indeed, appears to have latterly
combined to cover with glory the remembrance of
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Administration. Those who
among all the legislators of the land were the
most violent in impugning his motives, and in

assailing his policy, have been the identical men
who have now pronounced, upon both, words of the
most decisive justification. Could the late illus-
trious benefactor of his fellow-countrymen behold
matters as they stand just at this crisis, he would
perceive that he need not have appealed on his
last retirement from power to any very remote
posterity. He would behold the truth, that, as
early as 1852, his name was remembered with
gratitude and admiration, not alone in the cottages
of those who labour, but even withinthe walls of the
imperial Legislature. He would become aware
that the advantages accruing to the community
from his long-vilified commercial measures have
been asserted in the Speech from the Throne,
with the now Earl of DERBY as Prime Minister,
and the brilliant representative of Buckinghamshire
as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Yet beholding
all these remarkable, and incontestible, and most
significant facts staring them in the face, the
organs of the ruling Cabin©;; coolly maintain that
the decision of the House of Commons must be
regarded as a triumph to her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment. A triumph ! What—with Ministers on
their knees confessing their error—with an un-
mistakeable voice from the Administration crying
out as plainly as any lips could articulate Peccavi—
with a STANLEY accepting as unalterable the
system established by the Free-traders—with
a DISRAELI acknowledging with manful courage
that there is no longer any hope of the realisa-
tion of the dream of the Protectionists ! Truly
a very pretty victory indeed. A victory some-
thing like those gained by the French at Trafalgar
by the Arabs Lt Isly, by the Mahrattas at Assaye,
by the Seikhs at' Goojerat. No—let Ministers
complete their reforms in the Court of Chancery,
let them equalise taxation, let them carry out to
the full our long-desired sanitary innovations, let
them dissipate our colonial difficulties, let them
perfect_ these and other scarcely less eagerly ex-
pected innovations, and then let the official jour-
nals, if they will, glorify the success of the
DERBY-DISRAELI Administration. But don't let
us hear the common sense of the nation insult-A,
by being told that the recent acceptance of Lord
PALMERSTON'S amendment is a discourage-
ment to the Opposition, and- an advantage to
the Government.

If people hearkened only to the language used
by the Ministerial organs, in reference to the late
debate upon unrestricted competition, they might
labour under the impression that a really dreadful
disgrace was thereby inflicted upon the Right Hon.
Baronet the Member for Carlisle, upon the
Noble Lord the Member for the city of London,
upon the Representative of the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and upon the Representative of
Wolverhampton. When, in point of fact, those
four eminent men r ever stood before the House of
Commons and the country in a position more
firm, or in a light more advantageous. Had not
the Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS, fifteen years ago,
advocated in the presence of Mr. SPEAKER, and
under every conceivable discouragement, those
very principles of Free Trade which are now
ac-
knowledged to have proved so beneficial by the
all but unanimous voice of the Legislature ? Had
not Mr. COBDEN insisted with incomparable
energy in the great meetings of the Anti-Corn-
Law League, upon the folly of maintaining that
monopoly which is now held (even by its most
resolute supporters) to be altogether beyond the
reach of restoration ? How about Lord JoHN
RUSSELL'S celebrated letter from Edinburgh ? Has
it not been virtually applauded as wise by the
calm and collective opinion of the English Parlia-
ment ? How again about the course pursued in de-
fiance of so much obloquy by Sir JAMES GRAHAM,
when he assisted so nobly, so bravely, and so
eloquently the memorable enterprise upon which,
in 1846, Sir ROBERT Per, magnanimously dared
to adventure ? Has it not received, by an almost
unparalleled majority in the House of Commons,
the most decisive and glorious commendation ?
Yes—if triumph there has been—and has there
not ?—in this remarkable decision in favour of un-
restricted competition—it is a triumph for Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, a triumph for Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL, a triumph for RICHARD COBDEN, a triumph
for CHARLES VILLIERS, a triumph, in short, for
the Liberal and Free-trading Opposition ! Not a
victory for the Government. We would commend
our foregoing remarks very earnestly-t-e-the calmer
judgment of the Ministerial organs, and to the
consideration of a prosperous, tranquil, and en-
lightened population.

The most painful, as it was the most obnoxious,
part of the duty of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER on Friday evening, was providing for
the deficiency that might be occasioned by the
liberal reductions proposed in the duties of Malt,
Hops, and Tea. That was a point which he ap-
proached with the greatest caution—which he re-
served until he had charmed the House with the
brilliancy of his eloquence, the liberality of his
principles, and the soundness of his deductions.
There was a manifest reluctance in dealing with
the subject. An energetic appeal, deprecating
the opposition which he must have believed his
proposition would elicit, was made to all parties
and sections in the House. After showing the
necessity of providing an additional source of
revenue, he introduced the topic by declaring that
what he was about to propose " would be in com-
plete harmony with the great principle of universal
competition which the House had adopted ;" that
he " was not going to propose to increase the
revenue by indirect taxation ;" and that "he
was not going to propose a new tax:" Had he
not previously dealt with the property and Income-
tax, and declared that the produce thereof would,
notwithstanding the modifications about to be
made, produce on an average about the same as
under the existing system, it would generally have
been supposed that he would have resorted to
that obvious source for increasing the revenue.
As that, however, was excluded, the Land-tax
and the
House-tax remained, with either of which
he might deal, so a to obtain an additional
revenue.

while those of Thengay, in Cambridgeshire,
are charged 2s. 9d. on the same value ; that only
demands half a farthing in the pound from Mary-
lebone, while St. Pauls, Covent-garden, contri-
butes more than Is. 10-id., or 178 as much
in proportion to its value as the adjoining dis-
tricts. An equalised rate of 6d. in the pound
throughout the entire kingdom would bring in
about two and a half mil lions, or nearly 1,350,000/.
more than at present, while it would afford con-
siderable relief to the inhabitants of 25 English
counties, including Buckinghamshire, which would
benefit to the extent of elevenpence in the pound
by the change, or about 50 per cent. more than the
Property-tax now levied in that county. The
Right Hon. Gentleman, however, avoided that
topic, most probably reserving it for some future
opportunity, when we have no doubt he will make
some attempt to render it more equitable and less
oppressive, even if he does not endeavour to ob-
tain any additional revenue therefrom.
The House-tax then alone remained ; and
to that the Right Hon. Gentleman most unwisely
turned for the additional revenue required. It is
true that he attempted to sweeten the bitter dose
he was about to administer, by showing the relief
that had been previously afforded to householders.
He directed attention to the abolition of the
House-tax, in 1843, of the Window-tax, in
1851, and also of the duties on glass and bricks,
and the reduction of the timber duties—all of
which he declared to have been more or less bene-
ficial to householders. He therefore blandly
suggested that there could, or at least ought to,
be no objection to extend the basis of house taxa-
tion, by making dwellings from 101. to .201.
liable, those, worth less than 101. per annum
being henceforward only entitled to exemption, and
also to increase the . rate payable to double the
present amount, that is to say—on private houses,
to ls. 6d., and on shops to is. in the pound.
Now, in the first place, we would venture to
remind the Right Hon. Gentleman, that so far as
the duties on bricks, glass, and timber are con-
cerned, a small proportion only of the owners of
house property have derived any advantage. It
is true that a considerable proportion of those
dirties was obtained from houses—but it was
from the construction of new, not from the repairs
of old, houses—and the persons who had already
paid the full amount of these imposts could not
fairly be now called on to pay an increased rate of
taxation, on account of benefits in which they had
not only not partiCipated, but which, from the re-
duced price of the chief materials, would cause an
increased competition, and consequently a general
reduction of house rents.

Again, on the point of exemption, although we
cordially concur in the impolicy of exemptions in
any charge on property, we cannot forget that the
present House-tax was imposed in lieu of
the Window Duties, which merely fell on
houses of less than 201. annual value—in-
deed, in fixing 201. as the point where the
exemptions began the basis was considerably ex-
tended, Many who had previously escaped the
impost becoming liable—while few, if any, evaded
the responsibility who had theretofore contri-.
buted. The broader foundation on which it
rests will, therefore, include many who received
none of the advantages so strongly alluded to in
the financial statement.

But, after all, the issue must be joined on
higher grounds. What possible reason is there
why the owner of house property should be called
upon to pay nearly four times as much as the
proprietor of green fields ? Why should the
former be charged 2s. Id. in the pound on his
annual returns from his houses, while the latter
is only called on for 7d. ? It signifies little
whetherNthe impost be received as a Property-tax
or a House-tax. In either case it falls on the
owner. Now it is notorious that houses,
although yielding a larger present profit,
are a less beneficial investment than " the
dirty acres." The latter will not pay mere
than 4 per cent. at the outside, while on the
former, 7 or 8 per cent. (or even much more on
cottages worth from 101. to 20/. per annum,) can
readily be obtained. The sturdy farmer is not so
much inclined "to shoot the moon," or, in other
words, to ab-,e3nd with his goods and chattels,
leaving landlord and tax-gatierer in the lurch, as
the dweller in a cheap town house. Nor is there
the sAr e in cusant demand for repairs, for paint-
whitewashin •, altering the kitchen range,
or any or the nu nerous claims b which the town
landlord: is subject. The acres, too, generally im-
prove materially in value, while houses necessa-
rily deteriorate. Let take, for instance, pro-
perty in houses and ends, bequeathsd some
centurief-4 ago—when ALLEYNE, the actor, found-
ed Dulwich College, his-property produced nearly
8001. per annum. It is now worth 12,0001.
a year, .or fifteenfold what it then realised. Had
it been -in houses the buildings would long since
have crumbled to the dust. They should have
been reconstructed not once, but half-a-dozen times,
and the increase in value would have been com-
paratively trivial. If any distinction were made,
it should be in favour of houses not of lands, in
consequence of their being worth so many years
lesg purchase money if offered for sale in the
market.

The increased duty on houses should be
strenuously resisted ; but we would give an in-
crease on Schedules A and C, with which not
only the House-tax, but also the Land-tax,
should be fully amalgamated ; and which, if in-
creased to is. in the pound, or 5 per cent.,
would allow the abolition of the other branches
of direct taxation on property, and consequently
of the invidious distinctions now prevailing be-
tween town and country.

TEE CHRISTMAS RECESS.—There is no truth in the
statement that Parliament will be adjourned on the 16th
inst., for the Christmas hol'days. the business before the
House of Commons cannot possibly be concluded before
Friday, the 17th inst.—Observer.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL COOKESLEY.—Died at Portia-
head, near Bristol, on the 26th of November, Rear-Admi-
ral John Cookesley. He was disthguished as an excellent
officer and a very ingenious mechanic, and attained his
high position in the navy through his own merit. Rear-
Admiral Cookesley being on the retired list, his demise does
not cause any promotion.
THE NAVAL COMMAND-IN-CHIEF-IN THE EAST
INDlES.—Rea.rAdmiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwnod Broughton
Reynolds, Fellow, C. 8., K.C.H., has accepted the com-
mand-in-chief of the Easi India station, vice Rear Admiral
Austen, C. 8., deceased. The gallant Admiral is son of the
late distinguished Admiral Lord Exmouth, Rear-Admiral.
Sir F. Pellew will proceed at once to the scene of his official
duties. Captain Fitzgerald, it is said will be his flag-cap-
taiu.—Herald.

IMPORTANT ADMIRALTY ORDER.—An order has been
issued to the authorities at our different dockyards, di-
recting that all foreigners who may pay a visit are not to
be allowed, under any pretence whatever to enter the
workshops or N iew the vessels at present constructing.
This amounts to a total exclusion.—Kentish Mercury.
NEW WATERWORKS.—There are forty-five appli-
cations to Parliament this session for new waterworks
and for extensions of old ones, in various parts of the
kingdom.
DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN
MAILS.—On Saturday afternoon, shorily before one o'clock
the British and Noi '6l] American Royal Mail Steamship
Africa, Captain Harrison, took her departure from the
Mersey, with the usual mails (under the charge of Lieu-
atenndaant
laOrgkee,anßd.
vNainaAbldemnairalrgntynfagent merchandise),fifty passengers,
on freight.
FZNERAL OF THE COUNTESS OF LOVELACE.—NOT-
TINDHAM, SATURDAY.—The remains of the Countess of
Lovelace, the accomplished daughter of thegreat poet Lord
-Byron, arrived in this town on Thursday by the Midland
Railway, from London. The body remained at the George
the Fourth Inn until the following morning.' It having
become known that the deceased lady would be interred in
the village church of Hucknall Torkard, in the same vault
where lie the remains of her noble parent, a vast number
of persons assembled to witness the funeral. At ten
o'clock on Friday morning, a hearse, containing the coffin,
followed by three mourning coaches, each drawn by four
horses, left this town for Hucknall Torkard, to await the
arrival of the mourners by special train. The church bell
tolled at intervals during the morning, and there were
many present who had heard the same solemn note when
the remains of the great poet were conveyed to their final
resting place. At half-past two a special train, conveying
the mourners, arrived at the Hucknall station, from New-
stead Abbey, and the solemn procession soon afterwards pro-
ceeded to the church. The Rev. Curtis Jackson read, in
an impressive manner, the solemnly sublime burial service
of the church, during which the coffin was lowered into
the vault, and placed by the side of that of Lord Byron.
After the ceremony the public were admitted into the
vault. The coffin of the noble bard, as also the urn which
contains his heart, appear in excellent preservation. The
coffin of the deceased bore the following inscription :—The
Right Honourable Augusta Ada, wife of William Earl of
Lovelace, and only daughter of George Gordon Noel Lord
Byron, born 10th December, 1815, died 27th November,
1852.
EAST KENT RAILWAY.—The prospectus of the East
Kent Railway has been issued. The lino is to leave the
North Kent Railway at Strood, and crossing the river
-Medway, pass through Rochester, Chatham, Brompton,
Gaughan], Rainham, and Newington, to Milton and Sit-
tingbourne, Jui,d..thence by Favershamtireauterbury. The
capital required is 700,000/.

An equalisation of the Land-tax had previously
been advocated by the Right Honourable Gentleman.
While out of office, he had clearly shown the
()Toss and palpable injustice which enabled the
inhabitants of Liverpool to escape by the pay-
ment of 1-32 d of a penny in- the- 'round,

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1852.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 3,500 bales, of which 500 Ameri-
can were taken on speculation. The market closed
heavily, without alteration in prices. The sales
comprised 2,500 American ; 100 Pornam and Ma-
ranham, at 6/d. to 7d. ; 500 Egyptian, at bid. to
; and 300 Surat, at 3d. to 4id. per lb.
Railway shares were rather firmer.

Wheat is up 2s. per quarter to-clay in Mark-lane.

The steamer Canada has arrived with advices of
the 24th ult. from Boston, and 47,000 dollars.
Business was in much the same condition as previ-
ously. Government stocks were in brisk demand,
and prices were buoyant. Money was very easy.
Grain was quiet, and cotton tended downwards.
Freights were higher. Exchange on London, 110
to /.

Messrs. Rothschild, of Frankfort, have, it is said,
taken the Hesse Darmstadt per Cent, loan of
12,000,000 florins, at 100 florins 46 kruzers per
Cent.

The statutes of the railway from Antwerp to
Rotterdam, are said to have been approved by
Royal order, and the works will be prosecuted
with great activity. There will be one main line
from the terminus of the State Railway at Antwerp
to Hoßands Diep, and steamboats thence with such
branch line as may be advisable.
In the Amsterdam Bourse on Saturday, Dutch
Stock was very animated at previous rates. The
shares of the Trading Society were 1 higher. In
Spanish Securities there was no business done.
Portuguese were more offered. Austrian Stock
was in much demand at very full rates. Dutch
per Cents. closed at 65 1-16.

The proposed abolition of the war duty on hops
gives much satisfaction to the growers and'the
trade, as being an act of justice, as well as a salu-
tary measure.

The Funds continue very steady, but there is
less doing than there was on Saturday. Consols
have been 1011 to for transfer, and 101 for
Account. The New 31. per Cents. have been at
1034 to 104; and the 3 per Cents. at 100 k to I; Ex-
chequer Bills of March, are 695. to 725., and India
Bonds 80s to 83s. prem.; South Sea New Annui-
ties bring 100/.
Foreign Securities have been firm, though quiet
generally. Spanish Three per Cents. are 514- to I;
and the Deferred, 24k to if ; the Passive Converted
brought 5i to 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents. have
been marked 38i ; Peruvian Deferred Stock rose
to 65k and 66 ' • Grenada Deferred maintains the
price of 13 and 13i : Brazilian Small Stock of 1852
has been at 98 • the Swedish Loan is at 1i discount;
Danish 5 per dents. were quoted 107 ; and Dutch
4 per Cats. 98k.

The Railway 'Meetings announced are the follow-
ing :—Leeds Northern, 16th Dec., Leeds ; North
Staffordshire, 18th Dec., Stoke.
Railway Shares have been rather lower this
morning, and with less doing. The average decline
in the old lines is about per cent., but at this mo-
ment prices are looking up. French Shares have
been merely nominal.
Gold Alines are in fair demand at the previous
rates. A.ustralian Bank has risen 2/.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities looa
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOl4 1
New 31 per Cent. Annuities........... ........ 1034_4

India flonds, £lOOO B3-80
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751
Consols for Account.... ..... .............3.1.a.i...c h.
101
Exchequer Bills 10. June.
£l000.
£5OO
Small~

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 42 per Cent 9B
Danish 5 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, li per Cent. —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 134 13
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 6si 6
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 384
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 5l
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 67
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 984
HALF-PAST TIVO.
Consols lOlB 4
Ditto January Account

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr.
Baron Martin and a Common Jury.)

LANGLEY V. ROSE.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE,

This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for an alleged breach of promise of marriage.
The defendant pleaded that he never made a promise,
but this plea was abandoned.
Mr. E. James and Mr. Gray appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Sergeant Whatley and Mr. Unthank conducted
the case for the defence.

The plaintiff was the daughter of a veterinary-surgeon,
formerly residing at Shrewsbury, but now at Walsall;
and the defendant was a gentleman farmer, who was en-
titled to considerable property under the will of his
father.

SURREY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY.)—The December Ses-
sions for the county of Surrey commence this morning at
the Court-house, Newington-causeway, for the brial of per-
sons from any part of the county, before Thomas Puckle,
Esq., chairman, and a bench of magistrates. The first
edition of the calendar contains the names of 93 prisoners
for felony, and eight for misdemeanour. Among the latter
are the Rev. Daniel Donovan, a Catholic priest, charged
with assaultino. Mary Murphy, a Protestant convert, under
very singularly circumstances, and it is expected several
eminent counsel will be employed on both sides should a
true bill be found. The other cases are of the usual descrip-
tion tried at these sessions.

Mrs. Langley, the mother, who was the first witness
called, said her husband carried on the business of a vete-
rinary-surgeon, at Walsall. He was the son of a clergy-
man. The defendant, Mr. John Rose, was a farmer in
the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury, and he first began to
visit her house in 1850. The plaintiff, witness's daughter,
was 26 years old next birth-day, and the defen-
dant 25. In 1851 she first observed him paying his
addresses to her daughter. He told witness that it
was his intention to make her a promise of marriage.
Her husband did not object to him as he thought he
was a respectable young man. The defendant visited
the plaintiff repeatedly. He said he had plenty of pro-
perty, and as he wished to go abroad after his marriage,
he would have to raise some money on some of it. He
was then received as the plaintiff's lover. He first pro-
posed in September, and said he was desirous of being
married on the Ist of November, in London. Wedding
dresses, and an outfit were provided for the occasion.
Witness objected to the ceremony taking place in Lon-
don, but afterwards consented, as the defendant wanted
to raise 2001. in London. The defendant and her
daughter accordingly went to London, the expectant
bride being accompanied by her cousin, -who was a
female. They left Shrewsbury, on the Thursday before
the Ist of November, and witness received a letter on
the 2d from her daughter, stating that she had not
been married. Both the defendant and her daughter
returned home 'on the evening of the 2d. Mr.
Langley met them at the railway station. The de-
fendant said he had been disappointed in getting the
money, and that Miss Rose preferred coming home
to staying in London. He expressed his regret
that they should have to go to London again in a
few days. On the 4th of November, her daughter re-
ceived a note from the defendant expressing his regret for
the delay, but adding that he hoped all would go smooth
and straight for the future. This note was signed,
" Yours, very affectionately." About this time he said
he would like to go into the hotel business, and that he
would raise 7001. instead of 2001. The plaintiff again
went to London, shortly afcerwards, at the defendant's
request, there being typhus fever in the house. She
remained in town some weeks, and, while there, heard
frequently from him. In all his letters he continued to
express his regret at the delay which had taken place in
raising the money. The sum of 700/. was ultimately
raised, but he put of the marriage from time to time.
In the beginning off the following year, witness and
family removed to Walsall. The defendant called upon
them at Walsalln February, and said he would come
again on the following Tuesday, but they never saw
him afterwards. He corresponded with her daughter till
May in the present year. ...The defendant's conduct in
breaking off the match affected the plaintiff's health and
spirits, and sh still remained very unwell.
Cross-examined.—My husband went to Shrewsbury
in March, 1851, to carry on his practice there. It was
in August, 1850, that we first became acquainted with
the defendant. We had previously to this lived in Staf-
fordshire for two years. It was never proposed that he
should raise some money to enable my daughter to take
the Swan Inn, at Shrewsbury. My daughter brought
an action for breach of promise against another gentle-
man named Barton. It was tried at Stafford at the
spring assizes in 1849, and my daughter got a verdict
for 4001. She became very poorly in consequence of
the conduct of that gentleman, but she did not get bet-
terimmediately after she received the money. (Laughter.)
She did not bring any other action for breach of promise
except flat and the present one. On my oath my
daughter is not 29. I did not state in 1849 that she
was then 25. I cannot recollect her birthday. I don't
know exactly the year in which I was married.
(Laughter.) The plaintiff is my eldest daughter ; she
was not born before my marriage. The defendant has
one brother and two sisters.

Re-examined.--The former action for breach of promise
was well known in the county, and also to the defendant
when he proposed to my daughter.
Mr. Langley, the father of the plaintiff, gave similar
testimony. In February, 1852, he went to see the de-
fendant at Wolverhampton, in consequence of his not
communicating with hie daughter, and he then said that
he was as fond of her as ever, and intended to make her his
wife. In June or July he ceased his visits altogether.
Witness then went to his house near Shrewsbury, and
dined with him, intending to ascertain his intentions re-
specting his daughter. After dinner he called him aside,
and told him what his object was. A person named
Jones was in the room, and defendant wished witness to
speak in his presence, but he refused to do so, and left
the house. Shortly afterwards he wrote to the defendant
demanding some explanation, as his daughter began to
suffer in health ; but no answer was returned. In Sep-
tember he met him at the Walsall races, and took the
opportunity of again mentioning his daughter. His re-
ply was, " Oh, and your daughter—let her
and all of you go to —." The plaintiff had given him
no offence whatever. The defendant kept hunters, race-
horses, and hacks, which he bred. He said it cost him
2,0001. to stock his farm, and that when he was 25 he
would be entitled to considerable property under the
will of his father.

LORD FRANKFORT IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—
Immediately on his lordship's arrival he was placed in the
cells used for the reception of ordinary prisoners. On
Saturday morning, his lordship, having gone through the
was clad in the prison apparel, and
taken from him. He appeared to feel
hceirgem own onycolofttmheng bath,
the degradation of his position most acutely. His lord-
ship, not being sentenced to hard labour, will be exempted
from the task of the tread-wheel and oakum picking, pro-
viding he pays a sum of ss. weekly for the cost of his
support.
M. JULIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE.— The last fes-
tive evening, which will close the series of the concerts of
1852, is fixed for Monday next, the 13th. • This anniver-
sary acquires additional attention from the fact, that it is
the last public entertainment given by Mons. Jullien pre-
vious to his departure to the new world, where we doubt
not an augmentation of the popularity which has attended
his public cataing for the amusement of the denizens of
Europe aNtaits him. The preparations for Monday's car-
nival are on the same scale of convenience and magnificence
as heretofore. _

Cross-examined.--The defendant said it was his inten-
tion to take the Swan after he married my daughter.
We never asked him to take it. I had a glass of wine
with him previous to the conversation at Walsall.
Mr. Wellington Langley, brother of the defendant,
deposed that he met the defendant after he broke
off the connexion, and he said he liked her
be:,',;er than any one else, but he wanted a wife with some
money like his brother. He had told witness that his
income, when he was twenty-five, would be 4001. a-year.
When speaking of his sister's former action for breach of
promise, the defendant said it served the fellow quite
I..F.,,ht—that he was a scamp and ought to be trans-
ported. (Laughter.)
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant Whately then addressed the jury on the
part of the defendant. While disclaiming any in •
tention whatever of casting any moral imputation
on the character of the plaintiff or her farni!y, he
submitted that this was not a case in which the
jury could award large damages, seeing that the plain-
tiff was not altogether inexperienced in these matters,
and had no reason for asking for compensation in respect
of wounded affections or feelings. This was the first
instance he recollected of a young lady bringing a second
action for breach of promise ; and, taking all the cir-
cumstances into account, he was inclined to look upon
the present proceeding as a matrimonial speculation, the
only object of which was to get money out of the
defendant.

ADELPEI THEATRE.—SeIdom, if ever, has a piece been
produced at this theatre more replete with interest and
attraction than that of Slave Life. The Lagres of Emery,
the Cassy of gadame Celeste, the George Harris of the
versatile Wigan, the Eliza of the most clever and charming
Miss Woolgar, and the Tel:iv of the inimitable Mrs. Keeley,
constitute a group of consummate delineations. Slave Life
is the best drama founded on " Uncle Tom's Cabin" that
has as yet been brought forward.
SURRRY THEATRE.--Mr. D. G. Holland, the master
printer who so narrowly escaped assassination a few nights
since in Webber-street, from the bullet of some miscreant
unknown, takes his benefit at this theatre, on Wednesday,
the Bth inst.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MAIL COACHES.—Mr. Weddr
burne, the chief clerk in the mail coach office, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of-that department in the General
Post-office, in the room of George Stow, Esq., deceased.
GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION.—The agitation which
has taken place within the last few months in reference to
this subject, has induced the actuary and directors of the
City of London. Life Assurance Society to endeavour to
meet the want by a scale of premiums applicable to the
means of clerks and others dependent on what they earn
from their situations.
AN OCTOGENERIAN BURNED TO DEATH.—On Tues-
day night, the inhabitants of Ward's-buidings, Woodstock-
street, Marylebone, were alarmed by frightful screams
coming from the attic of No. 7, in the same buildings. Some
neighbours instantly entered the house, and proceeded to
the garret in question, where lived by herself Ellen Bailey,
aged 84, and where they were horrified to see its unfor-
tunate inmate running about in one mass of flame. They
rushed at her, and having thrown her down, extinguished
the flames by wrapping her in the carpet. The poor
creature's body was completely charred. She was removed
to the infirmary in an insensible condition, where she ex-
pired yesterday morning. It is supposed that deceased's
clothes caught fire while she was asleep near the fire-place.
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS.--On Saturday a bill was
printed, brought forward by Sir De Lacy Evans, to regu-
late the times of payment of rates and taxes by Parlia-
mentary electors. Rates and taxes payable on the 11th
October must be paid on or before the 20th July next fol-
lowing, to enable the parties to be on the list of voters.
On the second reading (Wednesday next) Mr. Frewen is to
move that it be read that day six months. TRANSPORTATION OF DR. BERRINGTON.—It will be in
the recollection of our readers that, on the 29th October,
the reputable Dr. Berringtou was committed by the magis-
trates acting on the Brighton bench to take his trial at the
East Sussex Adjourned Sessions, on a charge of obtaining
the halves of four 5/. notes from Miss Anna Richardson,
under the plausible pretext of engaging
.her as governess
and housekeeper, to accompany him in his imaginary vessel,
the Diligent, to Geelong, n which benighted locality he
was, as he represented, about to found a church and col-
lege. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation.
THE MURDER AND MUTINY ON BOARD THE MELBOURNE.
—An investigation, which has occupied several sittings of
the magistrates of Southampton during the week, was
brought to a close on Saturday, relative to the recent mur-
der and mutiny on board the Australian Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company's ship
Melbourne. James Plinn, a
seaman, was charged. with -the• wilful murder of Colin
Lamont, by stabbing him with a knife, and Christian
Johanson, a Dane, for mutinous conduct, on board the
Melbourne. The decision of the Bench, as regards James
Flinn, was that he be committed to Winchester gaol, for
trial at the next assizes, on the charge of murdering the de-
ceased, Colin Lamont. With respect to the Boatswain's-
mate, Christian Jonanson, tb magistrates decided upon
sentencing him to six weeks' imprisonment with hard
labour, for not obeying the lawful commands of his captain
and officers.
DARING ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE COINS FROM THE
CHURCH. AT BLACKHEATH.—About three months since
we mentioned the fact of an attempt being made by
some daring thieves to take the coins beneath the foun-
dation stone of the church being, built at Blackheath at
the expense of J. Angerstein, Esq., when the thieves
were disturbed in their operations. A few nights since
a similar attempt was made, the thieves proceeding so
far as to break the brick archway constructed over the
foundation stone, but it appears they were again dis-
turbed and failed in their intentions. A more daring
attempt has not been made, and we trust, from the in-
quiries now foot, the scoundrels .will be brought to t
justice.--Kentish, Mercury.

The learned Baron having summed up,
The jury retired to consider their verdict, but had nol
returned into court when we went to press.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
FATAL EFFECTS OF DRlNK.—Charles Smith, a car-
man' was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged
with having caused the death of Thomas mith, by
driving his waggon over him.

It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses,
that the defendant who was driving a waggon drawn by
two horses, conveying timber from St. Paul's Cathedral,
was proceeding along Little Turnbull-street, when the
deceased, who was very drank, fell off the pavement
under the fore wheel of his waggon. Some persons who
saw the occurrence called to the driver, who was pro-
ceeding at a very slow pace, and he at once stopped his
horses, backed his waggon, and rendered all the assist-
ance in his power. The deceased was picked up in-
sensible, and taken on a shutter to Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, where he expired on Saturday night. All the
witnesses bore testimony to the drunkenness of the de-
ceased and to the carefulness of the defendant, who
bore a very good character.
Mr. Corrie said it was a shocking case that a man
should meet is death while in liquor, but from the
evidence he could not discover that any blame was
attached to the driver, who was then discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A TRIO OF GENTS.

John Williams, John, Parker Maine, and William
Wood, described on the charge-sheet as gentlemen, were
placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk
and riotous. The two last-named defendants were also
charged with assaulting the police while in the execution
of their duty.
Police-constable 16 C stated that about half-past
three that morning he Was on duty in the Haymarket,
when he heard a great noise proceed from the corner of
Jermyn-street, and on going to the spot he saw the de-
fendants, who were very drunk, turned out of the Swiss
Stores Tavern. They were exceedingly riotous, and on
witness requesting them to leave quietly they refused,
and he took Williams into custody. Price, 132 C, who
at that moment came up and took charge of Maine and
Wood, who resisted very much, and threw the constable
down. They were, eventually, after much trouble con-
veyed to the station-house.

Constable Price corroborated the evidence of last wit-
ness, and added that Williams went quietly to the
station.

The prisoners said they were much intoxicated at the
time, and when they were ejected from the public-house
they were assailed by some cabmtm who knocked them
down. They had not the least recollection of assaulting
the constable.
Mr. Bingham said, as a matter of course, a drunken
man could not give an accurate account as to his actions,
and as it had been stated that Williams was, although
drunk, quietly disposed, he (Mr. Bingham) should fine
him ss. The two other defendants, for the assault on
Officer, he fined 40s. each. The money was paid.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING

This morning, at half-past three o'clock, the
British and North American royal mail steam-ship
Canada, Captain J. Stone, arrived in the Mersey
from Boston and Halifax, having left the former
port at noon on the 24th ult., and after a short
detention at Halifax, sailed thence for Europe early
on the morning of the 26th, with 54 passengers and
47,000 dols. in specie on freight, besides the usual
mails from the United States, Canada, Newfound-
land, Nova Scotia, &c.
The royal mail steam-ship America, with the
mails from hence, arrived out at Boston on the same
day the Canada left that port.
There is no news of particular interest by this
arrival, and business generally remained in very
much the same state throughout America as when
the Africa left New York.

By a later arrival from Cuba, we learn that the
United States steam-ship Crescent City, having on
board the obnoxious Smith, the purser, had been
allowed to enter the port at Havana, but Smith
was not permitted to go ashore, and an intimation
was given by the Cuban authorities that the vessel
would not again be admitted into the port with
Smith on board. To this renewed attempt on the
part of the Governor of Cuba, to coerce the owners
of the steamer into a dismissal of their officer, the
captain replied that the purser would undoubtedly
be retained on board, that the Crescent City would
come again to Havana, and that, if then molested,
the Spanish Government would be held liable.
A subscription has been got up in New York to
indemnify Lemon, the owner of the eight slaves,
who were recently liberated in that city by order
of the New York judges. The slaves were brought
to New York, en route to Texas, and this decision,
declaring them free and not under the operation of
the Fugitive Slave Law, is hailed with great
delight by the abolitionists.
Government Stocks were in brisk demand, and
prices buoyant.
Since the departure of the Africa, the money
market at New York had been very easy. Money
was plentiful, and could be obtained at very
moderate rates.

The general trade of the country was reported to
be in a very satisfactory condition.
The market for breadstuffs was rather quiet, and
not many transactions were reported. Holders
waiting for further advices from England, prices
were quoted as follow : Western Canal flour,
5 dolls. 25 c. to 5 dolls. 372 c., steady ; Gennessee
prime wheat, 1 dol. 22 c. to 1 dol. 24 c. ; Indian
corn, round yellow, 88 c. to 90 c. per bushel, and
steady.
The New York cotton market had been very in-
active, and prices had again slightly receded for
most descriptions. The sales had been very limited,
and the following are the closing quotations :

New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 111 c.
to 12 c. per lb., showing a fall of ftths of a cent. ;
Uplands, mid. fair to fair, load.. to 102 d. per lb.,
showing a fall of id.; the freight of cotton to Liver-
pool was N. to 7-16 d. per lb.
Tho provision market was active, and prices had
advanced for most descriptions.
Shipowners were asking increased prices of
freight, the following being the quotations :—Grain
to Liverpool, Byl. to 9d. per bushel ; flour, 2s. 6d.
to 2s. Bd. per barrel.
Exchange on London was quoted 110 to 110 k,
with a moderate demand for bills ; on Paris, 5.15
—inquiry inactive ; Hamburgh, 361 to 361 ; Bre-
men, 791 to 80.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the
Count of Flanders are expected to arrive to-day on a
visit to her Majesty.

SUNDAY,

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the
Count of Flanders, attended by the Comte de 13riey,
Lieutenant-Colonel de Moerkerke, and Sir Robert Cars-
well, arrived at Osborne at three o'clock yesterday after-
noon 1-..”dnn on a visit to her Majesty.

LADY PALMEBSTON'S RECEPTION.— ViSeoUnt,ba Pal-
merston gave a grand dinner on Saturday evening, at
the family mansion, in Carlton-gardens. The guests in-
cluded the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh,
the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Viscount Jocelyn,
Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Lord Howard de
Walden and the Hon. Miss Ellis, Lord Harry Vane,
M.P., Lord Dufferin, Lady Charlotte Denison and Mr.
Evelyn Denison, M.P., Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
M.P., and Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P. Viscount
Palmerston was prevented joining the party by slight
indisposition. After the banquet the noble viscountess
had a "reception," which was attended by a very nume-
rous circle of the corps diplomatique and aristocracy.
A deputation, on the subject of the Madiai, had an
interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, on Saturday, at
the Home-office. The deputation consisted of the Earl
of Shaftesbury, Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., Mr. J.
Meadows White, Colonel Alexander, Mr. R. B. Sealey,
Captain Giberne, Mr. J. R. Wheatley, and Mr. Wil-
braham Taylor.

Sir Wm. C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of submitting
to her Majesty, on his return to England, the miniatures
he had painted of the Royal Family of Portugal.
The Earl of Clancarty had an interview, on Saturday,
with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial-office. Mr.
Hardwick had also an interview with the right honour-
able baronet.

The Lord Mayor, and Mr. Chapman Brooke, had in
terviews, on Saturday, with Mr. Secretary Walpole.

THE FALL OF RAIN.