The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

CONIDION PLEAS.

Only three Judges appeared in this Court, viz , Lord
Chief Justice Jervis, Mr. Justice Manic, and Mr. Jus-
tice Talfourd. The rules moved for were entirely de-
void of any general interest.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nor. 1.

Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duko of Cam-
bridge and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, wont out
shooting this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. IL
Seymour, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and
Major the lion. J. Macdonald.
Lieut.-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon has relieved Lieut.-
Colonel F. IL Seymour as Equerry in waiting to the
Prince. _ _ _

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The Duke of Cambridge left tho Castle this afternoon
for London. .

The Esirl and Countess of Shaftesbury have been in-
vited, and are expected to arrive to-day, on a visit to her
Majesty.

His Excellency the Baron Bontinck, Minister of the
Netherlands, returned to his residence in Lowndes-
square, last Sunday, from the Hague.
The Hon. William Byam, Mr. Francis Shand, and
Mr. Joseph Liggins, delegates from Antigua, had an in-
terview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at tho Co-
lonial-office. _ .

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Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office. _ _

Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office for the Governors of tho West India Colonies.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by the Earl of
Derby, the Lord Chancellor, th© Earl of Lonsdale, the
Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl
of Nlalinesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Duke of Northumberland, the Right
Hon. J. W. Henley, the E trl of Hardwick°, and Lord
John Almoners. roo council sat three hours.

SESSIONS AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
DURING THE ENSUINGI MAYORALTY.—The Lord Mayor, the
Sheriffs, with Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Coleridge,
Mr. Justice Mettle, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle,
Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Talfourd, and Mr. Justice
Crampton, assembled at the Court this morning, to settle the
days of commencing the several sessions of the ensuing
Mayoralty. They are to be as follows :—Monday, 22d
inst. ; Monday, the 13th of December; January 3d, 1853;
January 31st ; February 28th; April 4th; May 9th; January
13th; July 4th; August 15th; September 18th; and October
24th, 1853.
FUNERAL OP THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON.—A con-
ference took place yesterday, at twelve o'clock, between Lord
Hardinge, the Lord Mayor elect, the Dean of St. Paul's, Sir
Richard Mayne, and Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, upon the
subject of the arrangements to be observed upon the occasion
of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The consultation
lasted upwards of an hour, after which the Lord Mayor elect
and the commissioners of the city and metropolitan police
had a sitting at the Dean's house, iu St. Paul's churchyard.
The orders and regulations to be observed upon this solemn
occasion will be published as soon as they shall have received
the sanction of the respective authorities. It is understood
that the procession will leave Apsley-house at 8 o'clock in
the morning, and will reach St. Paul's Cathedral not later
than 12.

TILE LONDON UNIVEMITY.—As soon as Parlia•
ment meets, the members of the senate, who constitute the
ruling body of the London University, propose to renew their
most strenuous efforts in order to obtain one representative
at least for this great educational community. There are now
no less than four seats in the House of Commons unallotted,
—two for Sudbury, and two for St. Albans, both of which
places have been defranchised.

ST. MART-LE-STRAND INFANT SCHOOL.—The
public annual examination of this institution, consisting of
90 children, in daily attendance, was held last evening in the
achoolroom ; the Rev. J. Denham, rector, in the chair. This
flourishing institution, to which her Majesty is a subscriber,
has during the last twenty-four years afforded instruction to
more than 2,500 infants, most of whom have been admitted,
at the proper age, into the parochial and Sunday schools.
FOREIGN REFUGEES.—Last night a crowded meet-
ing was held in the British Institution, Cowper-street, Gity.
road, for the purpose of sympathizing with, and aiding the
foreign refugees at present in the metropolis. A resolution,
expressive of sympathy with the expatriated foreigners, and
pledging the meeting to aid them both pecuniarily and other-
wise, was unanimously adopted. The meeting was addressed
by some members of the Reform Association, and by nume.
rous foreigners at great length, and three cheers having been
given for Kossuth and Mazzini, a vote of thanks to the
chairman closed the business at a late hour.

THE MELANCHOLY END Or ANDERSON, THE
CLoWN•—Yesterday evening, Mr. William Payne held an
inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George
Anderson, a celebrated clown and pantomimist, well known
at the metropolitan theatres, who committed suicide on Sun-
day morning last, by leaping from a second-floor room win-
dow. The deceased, who was 34 years of age, some years
ago, in the course of his performance, received a deep cut in
his head, which might have disordered his brain. The jury
returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.--Yester-
day Mr. Wakely, the coroner, held an inquest in the draw-
ing-room of Gloucester Villa, Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park
on the body of Mr. Charles Cadman, aged 54, carrying on
an extensive business as timber-merchant at Poplar. The
inquiry was interesting from some peculiar circumstances
connected with deceased. Re is reported to have died worth
a princely fortune, without a relative in the world. lie was
a single gentleman, and had as his sole companion for the
last. 16 years a gentlemen named Mr. Alpheus Carpenter
Billings, who is the 'whole executor to his will, and with
whom he resided at Gloucester Villa, which is furnished in
the most costly style, and the walls covered with paintings
of a most rare and valuable description, The jury returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from disease of
the heart and extravasation of blood on the brain.

were of opinion
SUDDEN DEATU.-Yesterday an inquest was vv6assyheaerls'
held
before Mr. Baker, the coroner, at the Prince Regent, Lime.-
wh ohuos ew- lfdosu,
nodn tdeadhebody oc
lit
at.. 1.1 c Eden,.jury
that the deceased had died a natural death, but returned an
open verdict of—" Found Dead."
SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN THE RIVBE Las.—Yester-
day afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr. W. Baker, the
coroner, at the Five Bells public-house, Three Colt street,
Limehouse, on the body of a male person unknown, who it
was supposed had committed suicide, fro want and desti-
tutiuu. '[he jury, in the absence of positive testimony, re-
turned a verdict of'' Found dead in the river Les."

SUSPECTED MURDER BY POISON IN ESSEX —ln
consequence of a report that a woman named Sarah Lister,
who died two years and a half since at North Ockenden, a
village about six miles from Brentwood, had come to her
death by unfair means, an enquiry was set on foot, which
resulted in suspicion being attached to her husband, James
Lister, a farm labourer, who now acts as ostler at the White
Hart public-house in the neighbourhood, and who is about
40 years of age. On Friday last the body, which was in a
state of decomposition, was disinterred, and the stomach
removed for analysis by Professor Taylor. A coroner's jury
H
subsequently met at the White
art, where it appeared from
the evidence that the pains suffered by the deceased at her
death closely resembled those which are caused by poison,
and that the accused was often in the habit of ill-using her.
The inquiry was adjourned for a few days, until Professor
Taylor makes his report.
ANOTHER SLIP ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY.—EarIy yesterday (Monday) morning, another slip of
earth occurred in the Spittal-gate cutting, on the main line
of the Great Northern Railway, within a short distance of
the plus where a similar accident happened on the 13th ult.

MUN.EY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocic.

At Liverpool, yesterday, the cotton market was not
very active. The sales included 1000 bales of Ameri-
can, which were taken for exportation, and 8000 on
speculation. Prices were firm. Railway shares were
steady, but rather quiet.
The Inland Revenue department has given answer
to inquiries made, that all chicory retailed must have
on the packages the name of the last seller. It
cannot be used either, in its raw state, in a room
entered for the storeage or sale of coffee. Nor must
a room used for roasting coffee be made available for
packing chicory.
The foreign advices are very good in reference to
the state of the produce markets. At Ilamurgh, on
Friday last, the demand for sugar, coffee, and cotton
was brisk, at fuller rates. Discounts were 3i to 4
per cent. The rate of exchange on London dropped
to 13, 31 In stocks and shakes a moderate business
was done.

Stocks are very firm this morning although there
is not a large business doing. Consols realise 100
to A for money, and account Bank Stock is more
buoyant, being quoted 22:31 to 2241. The New
Three-and•a Quarter per Cents. are 103 k to and
the Three per Cents., 991 to /. Exchequer Bibs are
steady at 755. to 78s. for those dated March, and
East India Bonds at 87s. premium.
The price of the Turkish Scrip comes low still
from Paris, but there is evidently a very limited mar-
ket for it there. The dealings here have been at 3i
to 34 prem. Mexican Bonds have drooped again,
having been as low as 241 then up to 241 and
being now again 24* to 4 ; this arises from the very
unfavourable political state of the Republic, and
the apprehension that the renewed disturbances
will still more etnbarass the finances of the
Government. Peruvian Bonds are higher, being 103
to 1044. Buenos Ayres have risen to 80 and 82.
Spanish Three per Cents. are firm at 511 to 52, and
the Deferred at 251 to 4. The Committee's Certifi-
cate is at 3.1 4 prem. Belgian Four-and a-Half per
Cents are 95. The Swedish Loan is not better than
dis. to par.
The Railway Share Market is looking up again,
and a fair business is doing in most of the English lines.
French Shares are also at very full prices, though not
particularly brisk.
The settlement in the Upper India Shares is in
progress, and the shares are being freely taken up by
strong parties.

Th—o Gold Mines are steady. The Cordillera Set-
tlement is, by order of the Committee of the Stock
Exchange, to take place next Friday.
Upon the state and prospects of the Railway Mar-
ket, Messrs. Lamond give the following information

"An almost uninterrupted rise has taken place in
Railway Shares, and the amount of business transacted
has been very large. So great an activity in this de-
partment has necessarily created some fluctuations, but
they have been wholly unimportant, compared with the
decided movement made by the jobbers, towards estab-
lishing a greater advance in these securities. The
prospects of traffic, the abundance of money, and the
revival of confidence among the public in this descrip-
tion of negotiable property, has stimulated the
the market to such an extent that the
Shares of every Company has benefited to some de-
gree, and English, French, and Belgian, have severally
secured an amount of attention that has scarcely been
witnessed since the great period of 1845-46. But while
this is the case, and although a studied attempt has been
made to enlist sympathy in various new projects, started
with attractive allurements, in the shape of guaranteed
dividends, the endeavour has wholly failed, and
the mass of undertakings presented aro either not
quoted at all, or at such a miserable premium, as
plainly to indicate the kind of reception they have re-
ceived. It is evident, therefore, that capitalists and
others are not ready to encourage a universal
mania, and appear solely inclined to direct their outlay
in Shares which pay a dividend, or promise, from the
ascertained nature of the line and locality, to yield, at no
distant date, a fair return. Prompted by considerations
of this nature, the reason is easily ascertained for the
absorption in such a channel of the entire business of the
market. French and Belgian Shares, in an astonishing
degree, preserve their buoyancy. Even in the middle of
the month, when a sudden check was given to the various
schemes, the decline in French was trifling, and was
speedily recovered. The advance has since
been rapid, and has been fully maintained, with-
out any immediate symptom of reaction. With
regard to English undertakings, preparations for amal-
gamation between the London and North-Western, and
Midland and Chester and Holyhead Companies, the
Yoile, Newcastle and Berwick, the York and North
Midland, and Leeds Northern Companies, have been
mooted, which has caused them to improve, although it
is yet questioned whether a proper fusion of interests
can be accomplished. The vacancy occasioned by the
retirement of Mr. G. C. Glyn from the Chairmanship of
the London and North-Western remains open, and not-
withstanding many successors have be©n named, no ac-
tual selection has been effected."

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

Business done.

Sank Stock
,43/4

3 per Cent. Reduced ..... 993/4
3 per Cent. Consols Anne. lOO4
New 314 per Cent. Anne
tong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860.. -16 1
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001 B7
South Sea Stock
Uittto Old Annuities 991%
Console for Account ..
la, lwauer Bills. 110. March June.
1,0001.
500!
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds 3 per Cent 7B
Danish 5 per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 1 er Cent lO4l 3
Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent .. 62%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 118
Ditto 414 per Cent. . lO5
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Sp finish Bonds. 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 251/8 4ls
Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded..... 3% 76
Swedish Loan
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 185' ... 3433 p.
Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent
Dutch Excha., 2i4 per Cent., 12 Guil 64%
Ditto for the Account, Nov. 16 64%
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols ... .. ... ... 100% ii
Ditto Account, Nov. 11 ... ... NC% 1/2

CHURCH OP ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS SO..
ciETY.—A meeting of the friends of this Society took place
last evening, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington-common.
The Rev. Charlton Lane, incumbent of St. Mark's, Kenning_
ton, presided. The report stated that the deanery of South-
wark, in 1811, had a population of 305,000 souls; now it was
moderately estimated at 400,000. Allowing one clergyman
for each 3,000 persons, there ought to be 133 independent
clergymen in the deanery ; while there were only 46, or about
one-third only of the number that was required. During the
year, one of their readers had visited 850 families, and had
been in every case well received; he had held 2,908 inter-
views, for reading the scriptures and giving religious instruc-
tion. In that district alone, between 50 and 60 adults would
shortly be presented at St. Mark's Church for baptism.

ROYAL ARSENAL AND DOCKYARD WOOLWICH.—
It is stated that on the day of the Duke's funeral the whole
of the workmen employed in tkose establishments will be
allowed the day to witness the solemn and mournful military
spectacle. The Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries
will form a portion of the military spectacle that day, and
depart for London the day previous.
PEDESTRIANISM.—Yesterday a Sweepstake Match
took place at Mr. Beswick's Royal Oak, Barking-road, of two
miles, for 201. each, between William Jackson, the American
deer, and T. Pudney, of Mile-end, and C. Westhall, of Lon-
don. Jackson, who won, covered the distance, two miles, in
10 minutes 20 seconds, over a heavy ground, it being nearly
ankle-deep in mud. There was a good muster, considering
the weather.

MINES.—At a meeting of adventurers in the Hala-
moning and Croft Gothal mines hell yesterday, the accounts
presented showed a balance of 3,809/. against the mine. A
call of 71. 103 per share was made. At a meeting of adven-
turers in the Devon and Cornwall United Mines, held on the
27th ult., an account of expenditure and receipts was pre-
sented, showing a balance of 2041. 4s 9d against the mine;
also an account of estimated receipts and payments before
the meeting to be held in December next, showing a balance
of payments over receipts of 302/. 9s l Id, and au account of
outstanding liabilities, amounting to 861., were presented and
passed. The mine reports were considered very satisfactory.
SOUTHWARK ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL PIoOGZESB.—Laat evening the first public meeting of
this association was held at the Literary Institution, Borough-
road, which was most numerously attended. Shortly after
half-past seven o'clock the chair was taken by Dr. Evans.
Resolutions were passed, and speeches made, in furtherance
of the objects of the stciety, by the Chairman, Mr. James
Taylor, Mr. E. beadle, Mr. Kintrea, Mr. Thwates, and Mr.
A. Pallatt,
KENT MILITARY DISTRICT.—Major• General Sir
Charles .T. Napier, C. 8., will receive this important com-
mand.

TRIBUTE TO LORD RAGLAN.—We understand
from officers of rank in the army (says the United Service
Gazette), that it is in contemplation to propose, for the ac-
ceptance of Lord a splendid and suitable memorial
of the grateful sense entertained by them of his efficient
public services, during the many years in which he fulfilled
the important and laborious duties of Military Secretary to
the illustrious Commander, who is so soon to be followed to
his grave by the attendant sorrow of the whole British
nation, and of the sympathetic respect of all Europe. We
have much pleasure in making known the probability of an
opportunity being shortly given for the realization of this
well-2arned tribute to the services and worth of the noble. and
gallant soldier so long known, and honoured, and beloved as
Lord Fitzroy Somerset.

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A FELLOW OF NEW COL•
LEGE.—lntelligence reached the Warden of New College,
Oxford, yesterday, of the melancholy death by accident of
W. H. 11.1. Colston' Esq., D.C.L., one of the senior Fellows of
New College. The nature of the accident, as kas the infor-
mation received, was, that the unfortunate gentleman was
residing at his father's house, the Rev. W. H. Colston, D.D.,
rector of West Lydfurd and Clapton, Somersetshire, and that
in company with several other gentlemen, on Saturday last,
he went out f‘ir a day's shooting, and while enjoying
the spot
be wad accident Ally shot inl the leg by oue of the patty.