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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEUBER 2, 1852.

knows, by the evils which continue to this moment
I rife iu the Southern States of the vast American Re-
public. CLARKSON is dead, and so is WILBERFORCE :
but there are yet, thank HEAVEN ! noble hearts enough
amongst us to plead for even those who are apparently
the most forsaken. Eloquent voices are unheard, it is
true, in Congress, calling aloud for the development
of the grand labour of emancipation—voices like
those which were wont to resound of yore within the
walls of the British Parliament. But the novelists—
those modern poets—are active where the orators are
indolent. CHARLES DICKENS spoke nobly upon this
subject to the inhabitants on both shores of the
Atlantic, in those pages of his " American Notes,"
where he asserted, in burning words, the infamy
of selling men like cattle—of spurning those who
had the dignity of virtue like dogs, and of
scourging those who were guiltless of a crime,
as if they were the most detestable of male-
factors. Another voice has been raised to proclaim
the same truth, but this time it is the voice of a
woman. And the universal eagerness with which
" Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been received in the
United Kingdom, as well as in the United States,
manifests how truly HARRIET STOWE has understood
one of the chief requirements of her time—that of the
diffusion of the highest principles of humanity—that
of the realization in actual fact of the loftiest day-
dreams of benevolefice. Tears have rained down
upon that book, throbbing in every sentence with the
great heart of the woman-philanthropist—tears that
have told that she has not cried out in vain for the
amelioration of the wrongs of her fellow-creatures—
tears of the young and of the old dropped down
upon that simple record of suffering—the most ex-
quisite because the most spontaneous tributes of sad-
ness and of sympathy. Not, it is true, like those
wrung out of the very soul of the poor negro, Urscns
Tom, on first hearing that he was sold away from his
wife and children (chap. v.), when " sobs heavy,
hoarse, and loud shook the chair, and great tears
fell through his fingers on the floor—just such tears,
sir, as you dropped into the coffin where lay your
first-born son—such tears, woman, as you shed when
you heard the cries of your dying babe : for, sir, he
was a man, and you are but another man ; and,
woman, though dressed in silks and jewels, you are
but a woman ; and in life's great straits and mighty
griefs, ye feel but one sorrow !" No, not such as
these ; but still tears, we repeat, of a subdued and
elevating sympathy. While efforts are thus, not in-
effectually, being made in the New World to alleviate
the miseries of the African, it should be remembered
in the Old World that endeavours are equally desir-
able in behalf of many an unfortunate and degraded
European. We, also, let us bear in recollection, have
amongst us hundreds who are worthy in their present
condition of no better title than that of being the
Pariahs of soeiety—creatures scarcely less abject and
forlorn than the lepers of the olden age, who lived
apart from their fellow-men, the outcasts of the
people, wretched mortals, whose existence was shrunk
from as contagious, and whose very touch was re-
garded as contamination. For the improvement of
these there are noble natures that have struggled,
and are still struggling—resolute in their toil of
generosity, and sanguine that that toil will not
ultimately be found altogether fruitless. And
so—the Ragged Schools have been carefully or-
ganized. And so—the Rookeries have (many of
them) been purged of their most odious impurities.
And so—the Schoolmaster is at last, indeed, and in
very truth, Abroad. Education is thus recognized
at length as the veritable panacea of numerous ills
that had been deemed until now almost entirely
incurable. Education—accompanied (be this sedu-
lously borne in remembrance), always accompanied
by sanitary innovations. It is not alone, however,
in the lowliest ranks of all in the population, that a
change for the better is understood nowadays to be
imperatively requisite. Ascending the scale of the
social system, we discover improvements upon all
sides eminently desirable. Happily, too, these im-
provements are now in course of realization. Of this
tact, the Early Closing Movement is a project sig-
nificant enough to be adduced by way of corrobora-
tion. Added to which the extension of the scheme of
Mechanics' Institutes, the growth of Public Museums,
and the establishment of Free Libraries in the prin-
cipal towns and cities of the United lisingdom, all be-
tray most admirably the humane tendency and the
rapid progress of what is popularly known as the
March of Civilization. As an honourable, and re-
markable, and most appreciable incentive to which—
we have now several of the most distinguished Men
of Letters of the Age forsaking for a moment the
seclusion where their intellects, as in a congenial at-
mosphere, have thriven and yielded fruit in abund-
ance, in order that they may by their voices, not less
than by their pens, impart instruction to the masses
of their fellow-countrymen—authors of world-wide
celebrity who wisely regard the duties of the Lec-
turer as in no way derogating from the dignity of
Literature.

cherish the belief, that the people of England may not
look in vain fur the abolition of the execrable Taxes
upon Knowledge to the good sense, the enlighten-
ment, and, we may even add, the patriotism of the
Earl of DERE-es Administration.

The letter of Lord DENMAN, to which we gave in-
sertion in our impression of yesterday, will be read
with profound interest, not only by members of the
distinguished body of which the Noble Lord was one of
the brightest ornaments, but by persons of all classes
in society. " What course is the bar to take" under
the present circumstances ? The inquiry is one of
almost vital importance to the profession. It cannot
be denied that its position has been greatly altered by
recent legislation. The business at Westminster had
materially fallen off since the establishment of local
tribunals. The County Courts offered many unques-
tionable advantages to suitors. They were enabled,
through its intervention, to obtain cheap and speedy
justice administered at their very thresholds. The
vexatious delays and ruinous expenses that frequently
induced parties to relinquish well-founded claims
rather than undergo the annoyance and responsibility
incidental to their recovery, were in a great degree
removed. Many persons were thus enabled to enforce
satisfaction of debts that would otherwise have been
wholly lost.
The honest debtor, too, reaped a benefit. His
original liability was nu longer quadrupled by the
costs of its enforcement, and the presiding Judge was
enabled, where indulgence was really required, to
allow reasonable time, by directing the payment to be
made by easy instalments.

But while the new tribunals were so beneficial to
the community in general, their operation was very
injurious to the bar, more particularly to the junior
practitioners. A large proportion of the business had
been diverted into channels that were carefully closed
against them. Any person, indeed, might have been
heard, "by leave of the Court," except a barrister,
but he was excluded, unless "instructed by an attor-
ney." The matter was no longer permitted to rest
on professional etiquette, which might be altered if
occasion required. It was made the subject of
special enactment, and became a portion of the statute
law of the land. This acted as a virtual prohibition to
their employment ; for, first, cases were comparatively
few where the client could bear the double expense of
counsel and solicitor; and, secondly, in several districts,
the attorneys,determined to monopolize the whole prac-
tice, entered into arrangements binding themselves not
to retain a barrister under any circumstances, but
rather, if the case were sufficiently important, to give
briefs to members of their own branch of the profes-
sion. This unjustifiable combination naturally led to
complaints on the part of the Bar, but they were com-
paratively helpless. Bound by the statutory provi-
sion, they could do nothing except endeavour to
obtain the repeal of the obnoxious enactment.
At first these attempts were unsuccessful. The
jurisdiction of the County Courts was enlarged, and
the local Judges were enabled to take cognizance of
cases up to 501., and to any amount by consent of the
parties. The Bar was, however, still restricted, and
the same regulation so adverse to their interests was
continued in full force, and also made applicable to
plaints for sums between 20/. and 501. In the mean-
time, other causes were in operation, reducing their
sources of income. Many useful reforms were car-
ried, abolishing justly and properly matters that
brought many guineas and half-guineas to junior
barristers, and enabling many to struggle through the
probation to which they were subjected. And the
Common Law Procedure Act of the present Session,
abolishing " special pleading," and, " rules to com-
pute," and rendering unnecessary the signature of a
barrister to any pleading, has completed the extinction
of the minor fees.

So far as these minor fees were concerned, every
person must concur with Lord DENMAN in thinking
that though the present loss of enrolment may bear
hard upon individuals, no one—not even the barrister
himself--could desire to revive the objectionable, the
almost discreditable, items for which no service had
been rendered, but which were simple " law taxes,"
created for the purpose of enabling the attorney, at
the suitor's expense, to put a little money into the
pocket of a barrister, his kinsman or his friend, and
himself to take no small proportion of these profits.
As Lord DENMAN remarks—" He" (the attorney)
" made a charge for drawing the brief of instruction
to do nothing; and another for waiting on counsel
with the aforesaid brief."

It was only very recently that a remarkable ora-
tion, as we may term it, upon the glory of " Know-
ledge," was delivered before the the members of the
Literary Institution of Hertford, by Sir EDWARD
BULWER LYTTON—assuredly one of the most illustri-
ous, as he is also one of the most indefatigable, writers
of our generation. Actuated by a like motive,
another of our celebrated literati has, we observe, an-
nounced his intention of aiding in a kindred manner
the furtherance of the effort at general en-
lightenment. A Lecture is already advertised
to be delivered upon the 28th of December at the
Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, by the
newly-appointed and but recently inaugurated Re-
corder of the borough—known so well and so widely
by the power and pathos of his " Diary of a Late
Physician," and perhaps still more by his masterly
novel of " Ten Thousand a Year." The subject of
the lecture is one, moreover, of an elevated and sug-
gestive character, namely, " The Intellectual Deve-
lopment of the Present Age"—a theme which natu-
rally extends through an almost bewildering variety
of religious, literary, and philosophical considerations.
With a statesman like the Earl of CARLISLE, and a
man of letters like Mr. WARREN, and another of emi-
nent and comprehensive genius like Sir BULWER
LYTTON, breathing instruction orally from the read-
iog-desks of the Literary Institutions of England, we
may well deem not altogether extravagant that beau-
tiful hope which has been so long cherished amongst
us, the hope that a social improvement, fraught with
incalculable blessings, may result from the visible and
audible spread of civilization. Henceforth, let not
this hope be abandoned, even for an interval, as illu-
sory. COLUMBUS did not once forego as idle, even
for a day or an hour, his vision of the unknown shores
beyond the Atlantic : and was not the reward his
arrival on that land, which he kissed when his foot
first pressed the beach, and where he planted the
standard of Spain in the name of his REDEEMER ?
WATT never once faltered in maintaining as practic-
able the fabrication of the Fiery Dragon of Science :
and has not his dream been more than realized in the
miracles performed every instant around us by the
product of his research and perseverance the
steam-engine ? And shall we abandon as fu-
tile the aspiration of diffusing knowledge yet
more widely than at present among the diffe-
rent classes of our population ? To do so now-
adays, would happily we believe, be as impos-
sible as it would assuredly be most flagrantly prepos-
terous. Much of the seed has already been sown
broadcast. Every day the printing press is scattering
it wider and more abundantly. As we have shown,
moreover, there are writers amongst us of uncommon
and admitted abilities, who are aiding the good work
Rot merely by their pens, but by their voices in like
manner. Iherefore, perhaps, it is that the thought
now recurs to us snore painfully than ever, that we
have still hanging darkly over the minds of the multi-
tude the influence of the accursed Taxes upon Know-
leege. Fortunately, the present Cabinet appears to
have its literary sympathies, or rather, should we say,
an accurate appreciation of the value and importance
of literature. It has proved this already by more
than one incident worthy of the popular remem-
brance. It has proved it by making ARCIIIBALD
ALISON a Barcnet—by snaking G. P. R. JAMES her
MAJESTY'S Consul at Norfolk in the United States—
by giving a diplomatic appointment to the son of
FORD, the author of the Handbook on Spain—by no-
minating SAMUEL
WARREN' the
a pension
by bestowing upon CAROLINE SOUTLIEY,
and by several other acts of an equally significant de-
scription. Remembering this, we are disposed to

But in the same session another enactment was
passed, which, if judiciously and liberally carried into
execution, may more than compensate the Bar for the
loss of these " minor fees," while conferring a benefit
on the County Court suitors. The provision which
forbade the appearance of a barrister before the local
tribunals, unless instructed by an attorney, was not
only repealed, but he was specially authorized to ap-
pear without such instructions; while attorneys were
forbidden to retain other attorneys as advocates. The
policy of giving a fair proportion of County Court
business to the Bar was thus distinctly recognized, and
it remained to be seen how they would act under the
circumstances. What course is the Bar to take ? in
what manner and on what conditions is the advocate's
assistance to be rendered ? are the questions to which
Lord DENMAN applies himself; and a better adviser,
or one more jealous of the honour and dignity of his
profession, could not have been selected. He had
evinced, on a memorable occasion, a spirit and deter-
mination that will long be the theme of admiratior,
showing that no possible consequences could induce him
to swerve from the straight path, or bend his in-
flexible sense of right. The deliberate opinion of
such a man was indeed a matter of importance. It
could not be formed on unworthy grounds, or in-
fluenced by improper motives.
A great difference of opinion had previously pre-
vailed amongst barristers. Many considered that
notwithstanding the enactment above referred to,
the old etiquette should still be maintained. Mr.

Cox, an eminent barrister, who has acquired a high
reputation as a legal writer, has put forward these
views with great clearness and ability, in a very im-
portant work, recently published.* Although we
differ from the conclusion at which the learned gentle-
man has arrived, we willingly admit the ability dis-
played, and the propriety of the arguments advanced,
and tender him our thanks for having elicited the
important and interesting document, which will be
received with respect by the whole Bar, and will pro-
bably remove the honest doubts that have been enter-
tained.

Since the Earl of CARLISLE delivered those charm-
ing lectures of his upon the Genius of POPE, and
upon the Condition of the United States, tkthe intel-
ligent working classes of Yorkshire, several men of
distinguished abilities have displayed a similar readi-
ness to impart instruction, in like manner, to the
industrious members of the population. The noble
example of the patricisn has already, therefore, had
its fruition, and we doubt not but that equal willing-
lien will be revealed to emulate the course pursued in
this matter by the distinguished individuals here re-
ferred to, by others among their contemporaries whose
names are the glories of our current literature. We
hail the
circumstance as one no less honourable to
the present age than
or than it is certainly calculated to prove advantageous
in its influence upon
,e after generations. We take it
to be a token the grand onward movement
of civilization. I
welcomeit with the unaffected
of ancient prejudices. Nvece of the rapid dissipation
breaking
consider it 16 be a remark-
able manifestation of the
meoaking down of the bar-
ri;rs which have hitherto, or less, divided the
various classes of the cosurn,,Z
precisely as the recognition 'of tl3:ear'"ng
yearsr Europeans,
eithotisdof the negro
some few
race by England,
the commencement of good to the
still later regard shown towards the hoerreatsfthe
despised Parsecs proclaimed the downfall
Africans or
of the
odious system of castes among the Asiatics, but more
especially among the children of Hindostan. There
are still, of course, thousands upon thousands of old
bugbears to be got rid of hereafter; and this, more-
over, as much in the western as in the eastern hemi.
sphere. Gon knows, there are abuses enough remain-
ing, even now, to be vanquished. GOD knows, much
remains to be done still for the black man and for the
red man, and not only for these, but for very many
portions of the great and dominant family of the pale-
faces. How much reason there is, in the middle of
this boasted nineteenth century, to call more loudly
than of old for the b " a wawa of slavery, the world

Lord DENMAII'3 opinion is, indeed, .conclusive on
the point. After adverting to the repeal of the pro-
vision by Act of Parliament, which probably " de-
tected something absurd in the enforcement of
professional etiquette by QUEEN, Loans, and
COMMONS, and, besides, might doubt the pro-
priety of maintaining an etiquette which would
have necessitated a double outlay by the suitor,
and so have run the risk of denying justice to
the injured, " he adds, "If the etiquette cannot be
e
made matter of law, can it be expected to establish
itself in this new state of things, by virtue of an
agreement, eiatrhe; expressd o noortimplied,hesitat to declare my
among the mem-
bers
of
the B
opinion, founded on experience as well as reflection,
that it cannot, and therefore, feel it to be unnecessary
to enter on that difficult inquiry what practice
ought to be agreed on ?" his Lordship then lays
down the principle which will command universal
assent, " That all interference of authority with the
freedom of actions, not in themselves wrong, is to be
avoided as an evil, and one that most commonly ag-
gravates whatever evil it was designed to correct.
The forum tionz•sticum, to which the profession paid
allegiance as a band of brothers, can hardly maintain
its authority over a family so widely diffused, so
indefinitely multiplied. Without rules the honourable
man will act cerrectly, and none will restrain those
of an opposite character.
We trust that the result of this admirable letter
will be the formation of regular Bars in all the more
important County Courts. We are certain that tl e
regular attendance of barristers would lead to a better
administration of justice; that it would be profitable
to themselves, beneficial to the suitors, aye, and even
to the Attorneys themselves, whatever they may now
think on the subject. We are convinced that it is for
the interests of both branches of the legal profession
—they are one and indivisible, and that the most

"The Advocate: His Training, I'racticc, Rights, and
Duties." By EDWARD W. Co::, E9q., Barrister-at-Law.
Vol. I.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 185 2,

amicable relations should ever be maintained between
them. The combination to which we alluded, nearly
bred dissension ; but now that it is totally removed,
and, indeed, no longer practicable, we earnestly hope
that perfect peace may be restored, and that the per-
sons who endeavour to breed disputes or to excite
jealousies, may be regarded as common enemies, to
to be carefully avoided, and their insidious counsels
treated with contempt or indifference.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

At Liverpool, yesterday, the cotton market was not
very active. The sales included 1000 bales of Ameri-
can, which were taken for e.xportation, 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 aro very good in reference to
the state of the produce markets. At llamurgh, on
Friday last, the demand for sugar, coffee, and cotton
was brisk, at fuller rates. Discounts were to 4
per cent. The rate of exchange on London dropped
to 13, 31- In stocks and shares a moderate business
was done.

Stocks are very firm this morning although there
is not a large business doing. Consols realise 1008
to for money, and account Bank Stock is more
buoyant, being quoted 223} to 2241-. The New
Three-and•a• Quarter per Cents. are 1031 to -, and
the Three per Cents., 99i to Exchequer Bilis are
steady at 755. to 783. 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 34
to 31 prem. Mexican Bonds have drooped again,
having been as low as 24l 1 then up to 24 and
being now again 24 to g; Ls arises from the very
unfavourable political state of the Republic, and
the apprehension that the renewed disturbances
will still more embarass the finances of the
Government. Peruvian Bonds are higher, being 103
to 104 k. Buenos Ayres have risen to 80 and 82.
Spanish Three per Cents. are firm at 51k to 52, and
the Deferred at 251 to g. The Committee's Certifi-
cate is at 34 1, 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.
The 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 traffie, the abundance of money, and the
revival of confidence among the public is this descrip-
tion of negociable 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 are 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
le Shares which pay a dividend, or promise, from the
ascertained nature e f 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
York, 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 been named, no ac-
tual selection has been effected."

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(From the Official List.)
-1-1.9;... a...
Bank Stock
3 per Cant. Reduced Annuities 99518 %
3 per Cent. Consols Anne. lOO3
New 314 per Cent. Anna
Fong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860. 6 7-16
India Stock •.• ••
Do. Bonds, 10001
Consols for Account lOOl
E Kchceuer Bills. I 40. March June.
1,0001... 74 7
500 Z.
Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds 3 per Cent 7B
Mexican 3 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 i. er Cent ...... „ lO4l 3
Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent .. 621/2
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent .. llB
Ditto 414 per Cent. ....
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... ......
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ...
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25% %
Spanish Cora. Cert. Coup. not funded 33/ %
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 33/i P.
Belgian Bonds, 4,A per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols .. ... ... 100% Iz,
Ditto Account. Nov. 11 ... ... 100% jh

CRURCII OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE READERS
SO-
CIErTY.—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 1841, 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.
COMMISSIONERS OF PAVING, ST. ANDREW'S, HOL..
BORN.—Yesterdav evening a meeting of the Commissioners
of Paving was held in the board-room of the guardians, for
the purpose of electing a clerk to the board, in room of Mr.
Charles Leigh, resigned. The election fell as follows :—Mr.
Hopwood, 26 ; Mr. Pike, 18 ; majority, 8.
ROYAL ARSENAL AND DOCKYARD WOOLWICH.—
It is stated that on the day of the Duke's funeral the whole
of the workmen employed in these 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. Westhoff, 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 Hale-
maning and Croft Gothal mines held yesterday, the accounts
presented showed a balance of 3,8001. against the mine. A
call of 71.103 per share was made. At a meeting of adven-
turers in the Davin 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 2021. 9s l Id, and an account of
•utstandmg liabilities, amounting to 861., were presented and
passed. The mine reports were considered very satisfactory.
SOUTHWARK ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL PROGZESS.—Last 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 society, by the Chairman, Mr. James
Taylor, Mr. E. Rendle, Mr. Kintrea, Mr. Thwates, and Mr.
A. Pallatt, M.P.

KENT MILITAILY DISTEICT.—Maj Or- General Sir
Charles J. 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 Raglan, 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-earned 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 cf
W. 11. M. Colston' Esq., D.C.L., one of the senior Fellows of
New College. The nature of the accident, as far as 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 Lydford and Clapton, Somersetshire, and that
in company with several other gentlemen, on Saturday last,
he went out for a day's shooting, and while enjoying the sport
be was accidentally shot in the leg by one of the party.