The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, ISS 2.

steam-packets—everywhere, in this work-a-day gene-
ration, in this age, not of poetry but of merchandise,
there is whirling from city to city, from nation to
nation, from continent to continent, a monster more
wonderful in its beneficence than was ever dreamt of
by oriental fabulists, the Fiery Dragon of the steam-
engine bestridden by one more potent than the
Fairies—the Genius of Modern Civilization.

Yet, the quidnuncs tells us, we are to have war, the
gobemouche babbles about bloodshed and spoliation—
there are heard in London, in Paris, in Vienna, in
Berlin, in Brussels, in 'Warsaw, in St. Petersburgh,
the sounds of trepidation. It is England that is going
to be invaded. It is Belgium that is about to
be seized. It is France that is to be assailed by
Russia. It is Germany that is to be ravaged by the
armies of the third NAPOLEON. There are no want
of rumours, either in number or in diversity. We may
make our choice of them at pleasure. One grasps us
by the cuff to explain all about the cause of the ap-
proaching outbreak ; according to him, it will be ad-
ventured upon with a view to avenge the disasters of
Waterloo. Another fastens us by the button• hole to
expound his version of the story ; according to him,
the explosion will originate from a totally opposite
reason, and, indeed, from an entirely different quarter
of the globe—the EMPEROR of all the Russias will
not tolerate the new plan revealed by that ever-
Protean Revolution. The Cossacks are to water
their horses at the Seine, or the Chasseurs de Vin-
cennes are to amuse themselves with human batlues
, at Twickenham--following up the discharge of the
minis bullet, of course, with the thrust of the sword-
bayonet. The truth, after all, seems to be this—that
several of the great Powers of Europe have bee❑
frightening each other of late into warlike prepara-
tions. Suspicions have been excited on all sides by
the more unprincipled or the more ignorant ; and
out of these suspicions have gradually started up
maritime activity in France, and the Militia in Eng-
land !

Meanwhile there are threads of copper thrilling
amicably to and fro between the two countries—the
magical core of a rope of gutta percha trailed under
the billows of the British Channel. Talk of war de-
vastating the shores of France and England! Listen
to the voice of the electric telegraph. Look at the
vibrations of that wonderful instrument—stirring
simultaneously at the central offices in Paris and in
London. Monday, the Ist of November, 1852, ought
to be long remembered in the annals of civilization.
For it was upon that day that the mechanism of the
electric telegraph was brought into complete opera-
tion, so that people could converse with each other in
the twinkling of an eye, although separated by a
neck of the ocean, and by the considerable distance
dividing the two greatest capitals in Christendom•
Necromancy has been surpassed—thanks to the genius
of Professor WHEATSTONE. Familiar, however, as
we had become with the astonishing capabilities of
the electric telegraph, we cannot acknowledge that
we could peruse without emotion the parti-
culars of last Monday's most memorable and
most successful experiments. A group of gentle-
men assembled on that day at No. 30, Cornhill,
in the heart of the city of London, and thereupon
talked, by means of the vibrating needles of the elec-
tric telegraph, with another group of gentlemen
standing, at the same preconcerted time, at the oppo-
site terminus in the heart of the city of Paris ! And
the messages flashed back from one to the other—from
London to Paris, and from Paris to London—passed
with the facility and the rapidity of conversation.
First, the needles at Cornhill spoke thus graciously by
way of introduction—" M. Foy, Director-General of
French Telegraphs, presents his compliments to the
Hon. F. Cadogan." A pause—and then the corres-
pondent in the French metropolis says briefly to the
watchful observers in London—" Foggy in Paris."
The group at Ccrnhill bestir themselves in their turn,
and the next instant the group in Paris are reading a
pithy intimation, as follows—" Strangers are visiting
the London office : please send a few words." The
answer is as terse as it is instantaneous—" Wait."
Then there comes flashing from Paris—along the
earth, under the sea, across the Channel—through
those quivering needles at Cornhill, the desired com-
munication. It runs thus—as they spell it off from
the dial of the telegraph—" This day is very unfa-
vourable for transmission between London and Paris.
The atmosphere is very damp. We are to try double
needle instruments in direct communication between
Paris and London." Precisely when the hands of the
clock at Cornhill point to ten minutes past two p.m.,
the question is asked of Paris, " What time is it ?"
The answer is returned immediately, " Ten minutes
past two p.m." This is not enough. Another in-
quiry is made by the people at London ; but this time
it is as to the state of the weather at Arras, a town
situated between Calais and the French capital. The
answer is given forthwith—the people at Paris in-
forming those at London that the atmosphere at
Arras is " Overcast and dull." Other messages
are subsequently flashed backwards and forwards
between the terminus at Paris and the terminus at
London—but the last communication transmitted
from the latter place to the French metropolis is the
only one of any peculiar interest and importance.
We transfer it to this column entire—regarding it, as
we do, in the light of an historical document. It is
thus worded :

" The Directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company
beg leave to approach his Highness the Prince President,
with the expression of their best thanks, for the assist-
ance which he has uniformly given towards the estab-
lishment of this instantaneous means of communication
between France and Great Britoin.

"May this wonderful invention serve, under the Em,
pire, to promote the peace and prosperity of the world
" Dated Nov. 1, 1852, 30, Cornhill, London,"

Yet, in spite of commerce, in spite of railroads, in
spite of the electric telegraph, people still babble
about war as probable ; about bloodshed, rapine, and
devastation. And so—gigantic ships of war are being
constructed in the French dockyards. And so—a
huge body of militia is being organized in England.
Shall the peace of thirty-seven years' duration be
broken because a few silly persons have indulged
their rancour by idle insults, or gratified their na-
tional pride by empty fanfaronades ? The responsi-
bilities of the future in this matter devolve upon the
respective Councils of Her MAJESTY the QUEEN, and
of His Highness the PRINCE PRESIDENT. Europe,
or rather the world, is looking anxiously for the de-
cision about to be arrived a', under these circum-
stances, by the leading statesmen of the two foremost
races of Christendom.

DEFEAT OF THE TRACTARIANS IN CAMBRIDGE
Drivxnsrrv.--- We stated some time ago, that Mr. Baron
Alderson, one of tho noio3t decided Tractarians of the day, had
started as candidate for the Mastership of Caius College,
Cambridge, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Benedict
Chapman, and that he was so anxious to obtain the honour,
that he was prepared to abdicate his judicial functions, re-
tiring on the usual pension, rather than be disappointed.
The result of the learned Baron's canvas was to convince
him that there was no chance of success, and the event
has verified his apprehensions, for Mr. E. Guest, M.A and
F.R.S., was yesterday chosen to fill the vacant office." Mr.
Guest was made a B.A. in 1824.-21forning Advertiser.
VAUXHALL BRIDGE COMPANY.—Yesterday, an ad-
journed general assembly of the proprietors of this company
was held at the George and Vulture, Mr. Prendergast, Q.c
in the chair. The company still retained 21 shares in the
'
undertaking, and Exchequer Bills to the amount of 2,0001.
The reserved fund in the Three per Cent. Consols is 1,2121.
103 9d, and the unpaid dividends amount to 365/. 3s. The
tolls for the last six months were 5,094/. 10s, being a de_
crease of 1,6051. 14s l d upon the corresponding period of
last year. The pier dues were 221/. 2s 7d; the expendi-
pbalptierNlwClLApLrintod:
ture, 115/. 3s Id ; and the profits, 115/. 19s Bd. The report
was adopted.
ROUlGNparliamentary paper sof. y
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daEy.xaP .END ITt T R.E
muni-
cipal boroughs in England and inWales, the year ended the
showing the receipts and expenditure on account of
31st August, 1851.. The receipts, with balances in hand,
were 1,254,483/. Is. 11/2d., and the expenditure, with balances
due to treasurers, 903,721/. 4s. 111/ d.

MAILS FOR. NASSAU. " GENERAL POST•OFFICE,
OCTOBER, 1852.—The mails for Nassau (Bahamas) will, in
future, be made up in London for transmission by the West
India contract packet leaving Southampton on the 2d, instead
of that leaving on the 17th of each month, and the return
mails from Nassau will be due by the corresponding packet
arriving at the beginning of the month."
INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN THE TOWER.—In the
course of some of the improvements now being carried out in
the Tower, the workmen, in the removal of some portions
of the foundations, have brought to light the cell and stair-
case of the Beauchamp tower, and are now preparing for
public inspection this antiquarian and historic curiosity.

A MAN KILLED BY AN Ox.—Yesterday Mr. W.
Carter held an inquest at the Angel, Lambeth-walk, on the
body •1 William Reeves, aged 73, formerly a coach-builder,
residing at 34, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth-walk. The evi-
dence showed that on Monday afternoon last, about 5 o'clock,
the deceased was walking in the neighbourhood of Saville-
terrace, when an infuriated ox, which had played sundry
freaks just previously, started at him, and pursued him to
Berkeley-street, where he knocked him down, and inflicted a
wound on the scalp about an inch in length, which resulted
in death. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY).

Their Lordships met at two o'clock, when the
Lords Commissioners took their seats at the foot
of the Throne.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Usher
of the Black Rod, Sir A. Clifford, to summon the
Members of the House of Commons to attend at the
bar.

In a few minutes afterwards, Mr. Shaw Lefevre,
accompanied by his mover and seconder—Mr. Robert
Palmer and Lord Robert Grosvenor—and surrounded
by a great number of new Members, appeared at the
bar.

Mr. SHAW LEFEVIZE then addressed their
Lordships to the following effect—My Lords, in obe-
dience to her Majesty's command, her Majesty's
most faithful Commons have proceeded in the exer-
cise of their undoubted right and privilege to elect
their Speaker, and I have to acquaint your Lord-
ships that, however unworthy of it, I am the object
of their choice ; and I, with all humility, have now
to ask her Majesty's most gracious approbation of
that choice.

The LORD CHANCELLOR replied—Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, we have the command from her Majesty to
assure you that her Majesty is so fully sensible of
your zeal for the public good, and your ample suffi-
ciency to discharge the high and arduous duties to
which you have been elected by the Members of the
House of Commons, that she fully approves and
confirms you their Speaker.

The SPEAKER—My Lords, with the most pro-
found gratitude and respect, I submit myself to her
Majesty's commands; and it now becomes my duty
in the name, and for, and on behalf, of the Commons
of England, to lay claim by humble petition to the
free exercise of all those ancient and undoubted
rights, immunities, and privileges more especially
those of freedom from arrest and molestation for
themselves and servants,—free access to her Majesty
when occasion may require, and that her Majesty
will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable
construction on all their proceedings and actions ; and
for myself, my Lords, I have to entreat, that if any
errors should be committed, they nay be attributed
to me, and not to ber Majesty's faithful Commons.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Speaker, we
have it further in command from her Majesty to as-
sure you, that her Majesty most readily confirms all
the right and privileges of her faithful Commons
which have ever been granted by her Majesty's royal
predecessors ; and with respect to yourself, Sir, al-
though her Majesty is sensiblo that you stand in
no need of such an assurance, her Majesty will
ever put the most favourable construction upon all
your words and action‘.

Tne SPEAKER then bowed to the Lords Com-
missioners, and retired from the bar.
The LORDS COMMISSIONERS then bowed to each
other, and retired.
The LORD CUANCELLOR then divested himself of his
robes as a Lord Commissioner, shortly afterwards
re-entered the House, and took his seat on the Wool-
sack.

The swearing in of Peers was then proceeded with,
and continued till shortly before four o'clock, when
their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS —(THIS DAY).
The SPEAKER took the chair at the Clerk's table
shortly before two o'clock. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man did not appear in his full-dress robes, but simply
wore a plain barrister's wig and a knight of the shire's
uniform.

The mace was to-day laid on the table, and not the
floor—the form observed yesterday.
There was a very numerous attendance of Mem-
bers, but the House was by no means so full
as yesterday. Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay
came in early, and took his seat on the front row
of the opposition side. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man was warmly welcomed on his return to the
House by several Members who had sat with him
in former Parliaments.
Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD entered the House shortly
before 3 o'clock, and, addressing the SPEAKER, said the
Loans COMMISSIONERS desired the immediate at-
tendance of the House in the House of Peers.
The SPEAKER, then proceeded to the House of
Lords, accompaniedby nearly allthe Members present.
He returned in ten minutes, and having taken thechair,
said—l have to state that I have been this day
to the House of Peers, where I communicated to the
Peers forming her Majesty's Commission, that the
House had proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and
that its choice had fallen upon me. My Lords Com-
missioners, on behalf of her M.jesty, have confirmed
that choice, and also her Majesty's most gracious ap-
proval. I, therefore, on behalf of this House, laid
claim to the ancient and undoubted privileges hereto-
fore prescribed by this House ; especially the privi-
lege of freedom from arrest, for ourselves and our
servants—the freedom of debate—free access to her
Majesty at all reasonable times when we desire it, and
also
would put the most favourable
construction that
upon
her Majesty
our words and actions, and my
t
Lords Commissioners were authorized by her Ma-
jesty to concede these privileges to the House. Hav-
ing made this communication to the House, I hope
Hon. Members will allow me to take this op-
portunity of again offering them my sincere
and grateful acknowledgments for the high
and honourable position in which they have placed
me—dear, hear, hear,)-_I invite them to aid and
assist me by their council and support in maiataining
the authority of the chair—(Loud cheers) ; and I
may, I believe, assure them that, so far as it is in
my power that authority shall be exercised with
pesfect impartiality, and in a manner which
shheall mosth
most conducive to the peace and honour of
the House. (Cheers.)
t

The Right . Hon. Gentleman then took the usual
oaths, after which the swearing in of Members was
proceeded with, which occupied the House until four
o'clock, when it adjourned till twelve o'clock to-mor-
row.

THE PERSIAN EslßAssy.—His Excellency Shaft
Khan, who has been some time resident here as Charg6
d'Affaires from the Schah of Persia, has lately been appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary from that Court. The Schah has
also hononred Major Mirza Ibraham Malcolm, first Attaché
and Interpreter, by raising him to the rank of " Khan."
THE AUSTRALIAN STEAM-PACKET MELBOURNE.
—Several of the passengers in this unlucky ship, who came
home from Lisbon, had interviews with the directors yester-
day, and their statements of the accident which befel the
Melbourne, together with the general condition and accom-
modation of the ship, were received in detail. It is said that
the directors intend to send out another captain to take the
ship on to ber destination. It may be said that the com-
mander of her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible, Commander
Wooldridge, has had the experience of being the mail agent
for more than a year in the General Screw Company's ships
to the Cape.
MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the general
quarterly court of the governors of this institution was held
in the board-room, Mr_ Michgol Smith in the chair. From
the minutes it appeard that the charity had either received,
or had bequeathed to it, legacies to the amount of 1.80016 s sd.
The residuary property of the late Sir Joseph Le Fenn esti-
mated ultimately to realize 20,0001 Master
of is, by order of the
of the Rolls, kept in court for the benefit of the hospital.
The collector reported that in new and increased subscrip-
tions there accrued a gain of 26/. 3s. The general balance
amounts to 1,152/. 12s. Id. and that of the Samaritan fund,
135/. 17s. 10d. The sum Of 16s. 9d. was found in the poor-
boxes. There are at present 218 patients in the house. The
report:was adopted.
ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.--Between
four and five o'clock on Tuesday morning, a South-Eastern
goods train of 14 or 15 carriages, laden with hops, from Maid-
stone, met with an accident near the Stoat's Nest station.
0 wing, it is supposed, to a fracture of the axletree, one of the
middle trucks got off the line, and the coupling irons becoming
unhooked, the engine and tender, with the fbrward portion
of the train, proceeded, the driver being unconscious for a
considerable time that he was drawing a burden shorn of its
fair proportions. The rear carriages of the hinder portion of
the train mounted those in advance, smashing and upsetting
and throwing them and their contents in all directions. Both
lines were blocked by fragments of the carriages, intermixed
with pockets of hops.
THE FOUNDERED SCREW STEAMER OFF BEACEIr
HEAD.—The recovery of the wreck of the splendid screw
steamer, Metropolitan, of London, which, it will be recollected
was run down off Beachy llead on the night of the 18th of
last month, by the barque Zollverein, appears now to be
abandoned, chiefly owing to the great depth of water where
it lay. The Metropolitan was quite a new vessel, sister
steamer to the Cosmopolitan ; she was greatly admired on
the Thames for her beautiful symmetry and "rakish" gait on
the water. Her loss with cargo amounts to nearly 30,0002
SHOCKING DEATH.—A, very shocking accident oo-
cured in Nottingham on Wednesday night at half-past
eight o'clock, by which a woman named Turner, re-
siding in Neweastle•street, met with her death. The
deceased and her husband are both upwards of 70 years
of age, and, as two workmen were passing the house door
at the time in queshon,:they observed a great quantity of
smoke issuing through the crevices. Thinking that all
was not right, one of them tried the door, but found it
fastened. They immediately gave an alarm, and suc-
ceeded in breaking it open, when a shocking spectacle
presented itself. A chair near to the fireplace was in a
blaze, on which sat the old woman, portions of her body
being burnt to a cinder. The thaws were extinguished
as quickly as possible, and a surgeon sent for, but life
bad been for some time extinct. The husband of the
unfortunate woman was returning home at the time of
the accident ; and,
indeed, witnessed the appalling
spectacle. It is conjectured that a burning cinder fell
'poll her clothes while she sat askep near the flak.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
The Lord• Chancellor did not sit to-day in consequence
of his Parliamentary duties.

THE LORDS JUSTICES.

Their Lordships were occupied the early part of the
morning in hearing lunatic petitions, and the only mat-
ter of interest in this Court arose out of an appeal.

IN RE WILD.

Mr. Follett, Q.C., was retained. The chief point was
to show that the terms of " share and share alike " in
the will of a testator gave to the legatees no right in
common over the property loft, but that each must take
his assigned portion out of some particular portion of the
demised estate. The pleadings were not concluded, but
this point seemed to be established.

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master, Sir John Romilly.)
LIABILITY OF A SECURITY.-FOLIGNO V. MARTIN.

Mr. Roundell Palmer appeared to enforce a suit
arising out of a transaction in which a widow was gua-
ranteed against her husband's debts. It appeared that
Mr. Blogg, of the firm of Blogg, Samuel, and Emanuel,
died indebted, and that his widow, for a consideration
of 1.5601., gave up all claims upon the general estate, the
sum being secured through the agency of a person
named Ritchie, whose principal was the defendant in
this cause ; Ritchie, however, having originally; been
placed in the position of chief defendant. The question
arose as to how far Martin was bound, Mrs. Blogg
having been sued by a Mr. Lyon Lsnsdill. Tho learnt d
Counsel was showing that the principal was impli-
cated incidentally, although no direct personal gunge
had been given.

QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings in Banco.

(Before tho Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Coleridge
Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.)

THE NEW LAW OF EVIDENCE.-THE CORPORATION OF
BERWICK V. RENTON.

Mr. Knowles, Q C., appeared for a rule to show cause
why a new trial should not be granted to set aside a
verdict given in this cause at the last Northumberland
Assizes, and on the ground of fraud. The cause itself
was nut of importance on account of the great sum of
money which was implicated, but it was of the utmost
importance from the fact that it proved, that so long as
the present law of evidence continued, no man could be
safe when a man was allowed to:give testimony in his
own cause; and after the execution of a solemn bond
twenty years ago ho might come into Court, and say
that he had been deceived by a person who was now
dead and gone.
From the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, it appeared
that on the 27th of December, 1841, a resolution was
come to in the Town Council of Berwick, that all the
moneys should be paid into the bank by the treasurer, in
the name of the corporation. A person of the name of
Duby was a candidnto for the situation of treasurer, and
on the faith of this resolution Mr. Renton became one of
his securities, but on the 11th of January another reso-
lution was come to in the Town Council, by which the
former ono was in effect rescinded. Doby proved to be
a great defaulter, but before leaving the country paid
into the hands of Mr. David Murray, his other surety.
The bond of Renton's suretyship was prepared, or at
least it was executed in the office of the town clerk, who,
it was assumed, must have been cognizant of this last
resolution, and, therefore, misled Renton, who he knew
had become surety only on the understanding that the
treasury money would form part of the Corporation
Bank account. The verdict at the trial was for the
defendant.

Mr. Knowles now stated that the ground of his appli-
cation was the existence of proof that the bond was
drawn, and in the Scottish form, by Renton's own soli-
citor, and not by Mr. Giltless, the town clerk, and that
it was not executed until the 15th of January, that is
four days aft©r this resolution was passed, and when, of
course, the defendant ought to have been acquainted with
it, especially as it had been published in the Warder
newspaper, before the bond was executed.
Rule to show cause was granted on the ground that
the verdict at the trial was contrary to evidence.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURTS.
(Before Sir Richard Kindersley.)
THE bIAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BASINGSTOKE

V. LORD BOLTON.
This was a demurrage to a heriotahip over tho town
and parish of Basingstoke, claimed by Lord Bolton.
Mr. Craig, Q.C,. appeared for the Corporation, and Mr.
Kemp, Q.C., for his Lordship. The defence sot up was
limitation and want of fealty.

OPENING OF CONVOCATION-(THIS DAY)

This being the day appointed for the meeting of the
New Convocation, the fourth under the present reign,
the Members of both Chambers met shortly before
eleven o'clock at the Chapter House on the north side
of St. Paul's. There was at first some doubt whether
the Archbishop of Canterbury would attend and open
the business in person, but all doubts were dispelled by
his Lordship's arrival shortly before eleven o'clock.
The proper arrangements having been gone through at
the Chapter House, the Archbishop of Canterbury pre-
ceeded by the Dean of Arches, Vicar-General, Chan-
cellor, Advocate., Proctors, and Clergy, proceeded in
procession to the entrance of the Cathedral, where his
Grace was received by several of the bishops, and con-
ducted by them up the centre aisle into the choir.
All having being seated, the Bishop of Llandaff
proceeded to read the prayers in Latin, after which the
anthem " Oh.'pray for the peace ofJerusalem," was sung
by the choir. This part of the imposing ceremony
having been completed, Dr. Jeremie ascended the pulpit
and preached the sermon, which was also in Latin.
After the sermon, the anthem " Gloria in excelsis " was
sung. and His Grace the Archbishop concluded this part
of the proceedings by pronouncing the blessing.
The procession then formed in the same order as upon
enteriag, and proceeded again to the ChapterlHouse for
the purpose of electing a Prolocutor, when the Bishop of
Ely was elected.
The Chamber then adjourned until Friday next at
Westminster.

There were about 200 clergy in attendance in the Ca-
thedral, in addition to a very large number of the laity.
The line of passage from the Cathedral to the Chapter
House was crowded with a large concourse of respectable
persons.