The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of
MASKS AJ.4.13 FACES: or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle:
Mrs. Stirline, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miis
Fanny Maskell.
After which, the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH.
To be followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER.
To conclude with the Farce of HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management or Madame Vestris.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed TAKING BY STORM.
After which, a new Farce, in two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR
BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter,
Butler, and Miss Wyndham.
To be followed by USED UP.
To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters,
by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby.
Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Open for the Season.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
For the Fifth Time, en entirely new Drama, in three acts, called
SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan
(his Fifth appearance), Emery, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Ce-
leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, the Extravaganza of MEPHISTOPHELES; or an
Ambassador from Below.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West-
land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters
by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs.
Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean.
To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which
Mr. Wright will appear

Principal

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.

Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin'
The Debut of M. and Mdlle. La'ande, from Franeoni's Cirque Na-
tionale, Paris, having been unavoidably postponed, hey will posi-
tively appear (for the Fifth time) T HI; EVENING, when, and
during the NVCCX, the Entertainments will commence with the highly
successful Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, in two
acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written
expressly for this Theatre, ae,d embodying all those stirring inci-
dents aad situations so graphically described In Mrs. Stowe's
popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted td the resources
of this Establishment.
To he followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and
Gymnastic A chieveinents in the Arrna.
To conclude with a popular FARCE.
Stage Manager, Mr. IV. West. Doors onen at llalf-past Six
o'clock; Eox-oltlce open daily from Eleven to Four.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY —Morning 43 min. after 5 I Evening 10 min.aft. 6
To-lloartow—Morning 36 min. after 6 Evening 6 min.aft. 7

The flippant decision of Mr. A'BECKETT on
the Railway Cab. question—a subject of consi-
derable importance, not only to the Boards of
Directors of the several lines having metropolitan
termini, but also to the community in general---is
likely to be subjected to speedy revision. Not-
withstanding the magnitude of the interests in-
volved in the result notwithstanding the
doubtful and difficult nature of the issue submitted
for his decision, the learned gentleman not only
refused to suspend his judgment until his brother
magistrates had an opportunity of considering
and forming an opinion on the question—but
even to frame it, so that an appeal might be made
to a higher tribunal. Whatever may be the
ultimate result, the parties concerned have much
reason to complain of the self-sufficiency—we
might almost say obstinacy—that induced Mr.
A'BECKETT to refuse the reasonable request of the
gentlemen who appeared on behalf of the de-
fendant. All that was required at his hands
was, that he would put the matter in train for
further investigation, so that the opinion of
the Judges of one of the Superior Courts
might be taken thereon. That application he re-
jected, but we are happy to say that none of his
magisterial brethren have acted in an equally ar-
bitrary manner. The topic has been brought for-
ward in other Police Courts. The Directors of
the South-Western, and, more recently, the North-
Western Railway, have been virtually made de-
fendants, but in no instance has the example set
by Mr. A'BECKETT been followed. The other
Justices have exhibited a degree of modesty and
discretion of which the Southwark magistrate was
totally deficient.
The admirable decision of Mr. LONG, at thelVlary-
lebone Police Court, put the matter in so clear
a light, that we have no doubt it will ultimately
prevail. That learned gentleman justly and pro-
perly entered into the consideration of all the
Statutes bearing on the point, and of the inten-
tion of the Legislature, deducible from the various
enactments. He also made full allowance for the
rights appertaining to private property, holding
that " if a railway company could not select cabs,
and have them under their own control, other per-
sons could not select them and have them waiting
upon their private property. The Duke of Devon-
shire, if he had a party, could not do so."
It would indeed be monstrous to suppose that
any company should be bound to have their pre-
mises open at all hours, so that any person who
thought proper might come in—whether for pur-
poses of plunder or otherwise. It is already suf-
ficiently difficult to preserve order on the arrival
or departure of crowded trains; but, if Mr.
A'BECKETT'S decisions were sustained, the scenes
of confusion on every such occurrence would be
indescribable, and there would be no security
for travellers, either with respect to the
valuable property in their possession or from
the abuse to which cab-drivers are too much
inclined to resort whenever their extortionate
demands are resisted. We venture to assert that
such a state of things was never contemplated
by the Legislature, as would arise from the in-
discriminate admission of all cabs, without any
controlling power being vested in the railway
authorities. If the matter were left in the hands
of the Commissioners of Police, the boundaries
might be so defined as to render it impossible for
the Railway Company to carry on their other
business. And, as we have stated, their could
be no exclusion, no preference shown to
the well-behaved and trustworthy man, the
necessary result would be that the companies
should exclude all cabs, or public vehicles of any
description, to the very serious detriment of pas-
sengers of every class and grade in society.
There would, in fact, be no limit to the amount
of inconvenience.
Mr. LONG placed this matter in so clear a point
of view, that we cannot refrain from quoting his
very words. He said
It had been said that cab proprietors paid a large
sum of money for their licences to work their vehicles,
and that they ought all to have an equal chance of suc-
cess. Yes ;if they all possessed good cabs and good
horses, then let them all be treated alike ; but could any-
thing be more notorious than that there was the widest
possible difference in the appearance and cleanliness of
cabs, and in the behaviour and character of the drivers.
The railway companies selected the best of cabs and the
most respectable drivers, and as far as his own experience
went, he seldom had anything to find fault with, either as
to the cabs or the men driving them. On the whole, he had
no doubt it was a very great good that railway companies
selected cabs of the best sort, and drivers civil in beha-
viour, and honest in their conduct. He was of opinion
that the words in the act meant plying for hire in public
places only, andl that the Legislature did not intend in
any degree that the act should apply to or interfere with
private property, which railway stations were. The
summons must be dismissed, as the plying for hire in
this case was not plying for hire within the meaning of
the act of Parliament."

We hope and believe that this sound and able
decision will be finally adopted, and that the
public will be spared the injury and annoyance
which a rigid adherence toMr. A'BECKETT'S orders
would necessarily occasion. If his judgment
should by any possibility be sustained, a
legislative remedy would be required, and
would doubtless be speedily granted ; but in
the interim, an amount of damage would ensue
of which it is impossible to form an adequate
estimate. We can scarcely suppose that Mr.
ATECKETT will be so wedded to his own opinion
as to refuse an opportunity of appeal, should the
matter again come within his jurisdiction.

THE MADDI—The Berlin Speni—rs Gazette of
ted the 29th
ult., stated that the Madiai would be libera by the
Duke of Tuscany on the Ist of December. This measure,
it was said, was due to the direct intercession of the King
of Prussia, through Count Arnim Blumberg.
INCREASE OF THE NAVY.—The increase to the naval
forces will be asked for in a supplementary estimate, and
that when granted, as we are assured they will be, the en-
try of seamen and enlistment of marines will commence
forthwith.

THE TENANT-RIGHT QUESTlON.—Yesterday a numer-
ous meeting of Irish members of Parliament assembled in
committee-room No. 15, to frame resolutions in accordance
with the tenant-right meeting held in October last, to at-
tend to proposed legislation on that subject, and on Irish
questions generally during the session. There were about
forty memberspresent.
SINGULAR MIGRATION FRAUD.—At the last meeting
of the Limerick board of guardians, a letter was read from
a man named Michael Ryan, of New York, complaining
that, having forwarded a passage ticket for his sister, an
tlm,neheer
inmate of the workhouse, a female had been sent out whom
he ev
r se amwi
tted before,
t he
order.
dstating that the 4/. he had paid
for that Purpose was all the money he had saved up to the
state that Ethw e
TRE N CRYSTAL PALACE.—We are requested to
decision of the Government, on the applica-
charter, has now
tion of the direct()
Crystals
decision Palace
had Companybeen forpo s
post-
poned poned until the o This
a the law officers of the Crown
had been ascertained, as to the bearing of an old act of
George lll.—prohibiting the •
opinion
directors of
vheen
under the pretence of discuss
in disorderly places,
the c g
questions, on Sundays—on 1
o_ religiouse ancj. political
fth Crystal Palace.
This opinion has been given to the effect, that tha wording
of the statute in question renders it illegal to
rtion of the Crystal Palace or peen en Sunda open an
any
portion
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he charter has been ven withawnless'
sequently t .
provid-
take
• that no such opening shall Place, the La-
ing
oia think fit to sanction it.—Tima.
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has been accomplished. It was pretended that it
would be more graceful to nominate as Committee-
men some among the literary celebrities of our
generation—and appears to have been entirely
forgotten that these same literary celebrities, but
for the parties in whose ardour the present scheme
originated, and under the influence of whose exer-
tions it has flourished—would have left the grave
of HOOD unmarked by a pebble or a root of
daisies, to say nothing of a marble monument !
The good sense of almost every individual present
yesterday, appears to have recognised the force of
these considerations almost instinctively—and so
matters have been left, for all practical purposes,
in their original condition. The fair and
gifted lady who has acted as Treasurer from
the commencement still retains the undisputed
and undivided glory of giving rise to the idea of
the undertaking. The active and intellifent
gentleman who has undertaken from the outset
the part of Secretary to the enterprise still
continues to preside, as he deserves to do,
over the details of the general management.
Another trustee has been formally and unani-
mously elected to co-operate with the before-
mentioned : and the Committee maintains its
ground, as it has earned the right to do, by contriv-
ing, by some extraordinary means or other, to exist
without the aid of the literary celebrities already
referred to. And thus the affairs of the fund have
been settled entirely to the satisfaction of the va-
rious contributors ! And so poor THOMAS HOOD
—the innocent humorist and the gentle poet—
may, before long, have his humble grave adorned
by the marble graces of a funereal monument.

" The transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Pro-
duce markets during the . past month have not been on
so extensive a scale as those of the previous one, but im-
porters have been firm, and the quotations are mostly
unaltered. The deliveries for home consumption
continue very satisfactory, and the want of acti-
vity is chiefly attributed to the season of the year,
there being generally a disinclination on the part of
dealers to purchase freely at the close of the year ; and
there is also the usual falling off in the export demand,
consequent upon the closing of the rivers in the North
of Europe. The demand for Dyes and Dying Materials
has been steady, with a moderate business doing ; pre-
vious rates are well supported for the leading articles,
except for Cochineal and Safflower, which are easier ;
the deliveries of the former have improved, but the
large proportion of the stock in the hands of Specu-
lators, whose movements are uncertain, causes a want
of confidence in the article, and.as the market is freely
supplied there is no inducement to go into stock ; con-
sequently, dealers and others purchase only for imme-
diate requirement. The late accounts from the Conti-
nental Produce markets report Sugar as steady. Rice
and Indigo were in partial demand at previous rates."
Of the London Silk market, Mr. Henry W.
Eaton states, that there is—
"A surplus on the total stock of India and China Silk,
as compared with the same period last year, of only 578
bales, with an increased delivery of 679 bales over that
of November, 1851, while the total consumption to date
of 1852, shows an increase of 467 bales per month. The
Silk market during last month has, on the whole, expe-
rienced a fair current demand."
The state of the railway share market during the
month of October is summed up by Messrs.
Lamond and Co. in the following terms :

" Not much activity is evinced among the promoters
I of home undertakings. The Chatham and Canterbury
Local Railway is designed to accommodate the traffic
between those places, and is supported by the most
respectable parties in the locality. The capital stated is
300,0001., in 15,000 shares of 201. each, deposit 21. per
share ; and if the act for the line be not passed, no
greater amount than ss. per share will be retained for
Parliamentary and other expenses. The Great Western
and City Junction Railway requires a capital of 275, 000/.,
in 13,750 shares of 201. each, deposit 21. ; and the pro-
moters propose that accommodation shall through this
line be given to Kilburn, Finchley, and Haverstock-hill,
finally effecting a junction with the East and West India
Dock Railway, at or near the Grange-road, Kentish-
town. The shareholders of the East India Railway
Company have confirmed the contract for the additional
million of capital to carry out the extension line to
Rajmahal, the guarantee of interest by the authorities in
Leadenhall-street being 4i per cent. The new shares
issued under this arrangement will be offered rateably to
the proprietors of the old.
"An increased business has been transacted in the
shares of the several Australian Banks. Those of` the
old establishments, the Bank of Australasia and the
Union Bank of Australia, have considerably improved.
The dividends shortly to be declared will, it is stated,
show the prosperous condition of their affairs, and, under
these circumstances, purchases have been made on the
behalf of influential capitalists. The Bank of Austra-
lasia shares have advanced from 60 to 71, and the Union
of Australia from 57 to 61. The shares of the newly
constituted companies have also been largely operated
in, and the demand has been principally for those of the
London Chartered Bank of Australia, and the Bank of
India, China and Australia. Not much has been done
in English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank
shares, but their price is firm."

The imports into Belgium during the first six
months of 1852, included 78,765,179 kilogrammes
of wheat, and the exports 382,381 kilogrammes of
wheat, and 11,222,577 kilogrammes of rye.
The price of silver has declined, sales having
been made at 61Id. per ounce.
The correspondence between the Committee of
Turkish Bondholders and Earl Malmesbury, has
been published, and fully bears out what was
stated under this head a few days back. His
Lordship declines interference, but hopes the
Turkish Government will, as he is assured they
intend, pay back the principal, with some allowance
of interest. The Loan being contracted, however,
with an immediate deduction of 2 per cent., for
commission, the Turkish Government has ob-
viously not received the full amount paid by
the subscribers, and therefore a return of the
capital would not be at all satisfactory.
Together with the correspondence, we have a copy
of the terms upon which the contract was entered
into, and consequently every one may judge for
himself.

The English Funds have been weak this morn-
ing, and there is very little doing in them, most
parties being anxious to await the Budget. The idea
of a reduction in the rate of interest upon Consols
could not, it is thought, be carried out, unless a bo-
nus be given, for with the price only at 1006 to 101,
the market would speedily fall under par. Bank
Stock is at 222 to 2231, and firm. Exchequer
Bills are 695. to 725. premium.
Foreign Securities have been rather less in re-
quest. Spanish Deferred are 241 to 25. Portu-
guese 4 per Cents. are 38i to f. Mexican Bonds
have been 24Z- to 25. Brazilian New have
been at 97g. to 98. Grenada Stock is worth 13 to
• The Turkish Loan is at 1 premium. Dutch
and Russian Bonds are firm.
Railway Shares are flatter again, principally
from the diminished dealings.
Gold Mines are not so good, nor the Australian
Banks.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.

(From the Official List.)

Bank-Stock Business done.
223 A 2
3 per Cent. Reduced Ampities.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOOl 1 1001
New 31 per Cent. Annuities 103 $l3 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ..... 6 7-16
India Bonds, £lOOO
80 3
Consols for Account
- Exchequer Bills 1 101 100 k 1
4d. March. June.
£1000................ .. ..................... 69 72 72 69
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..................
Ditto 43 per Cent ............................. 97 8
Danish 5 per Cent .............................. 106,
Ditto, 3 per cent B4
Grenada Bonds, 11 per Cent . . ... .
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent ........•••• 1
253 i
41 12i 131
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 25 -
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 651 53
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 3B 1
Russian Bonds, 41 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...........
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.. 24k
Swedish Loan
13 d
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. ll p
Venezuela Bonds 31 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates 9O i
THREE O'
100 CLOCK.
4 1
1001 1
.—,—.----...
LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(7.IIIS DA Y.)

Consols
Ditto January Account

LONDON, Dec. 3.—Wind at Noon, S.W., light
airs, and fine.
DEAL, Dec. 2.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Duke of
Wellington, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Protector, Demerara
Hespesus, Havana ; Hebe, Honduras ; Port Wallace,
Port Wallace ; Indefatigable, Quebec ; Chevy Chase,
do. ; George Morrison, do. ; Brutus, do. ; for Newcastle
—Margaret, Pe wash. Arrived from the River—wiii
Watch, Port 'Philip ; Honduras, Hobart Town ;
Middleton, do. ; Medora, Tobago ; Naiad, St. Thomas ;
Naples, New Orleans. Arrived from the River and
sailed—Norfolk, Madras. •
CowEe, Dec. 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Magdalene,
Batavia.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Sir Henry
Pottinger, Shanghai ; Royal Sovereign, Akyab ; the
Duke, Calcutta ; Philo, Cali() ; Empress, Pernambuco ;
Runnymede, do. ; Lindisferne, Ceara ; Hero, New
Orleans ; Alliance, Charleston ; Mary Winch, Balti!
more ; 'Sir Howard Douglas, Quebec. Put back—
Manila, Valparaiso. Off Port—Commodore (s).

THE DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE. Yesterday this
committee, consisting of Mr. Goulburn, Sir W. Molesworth,
Lord Barrington, Lord H. Vane, and Mr. Deedes, met at
three o'clock for the first time in committee room No. 12
of the House of Commons, to try the merits of this peti-
tion. Mr. Goulburn having been chosen chairman, Mr.
Creed, the comrnitee clerk, called for the attendance of the
"parties." Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Q.C. and Mr: Edwin
James, Q.C., with Me Coppock, the parliamentary agent,
appeared for the Liberal party, but neither counsel nor
agent appeared for the parties petitioned against. The
chairman (turning to the reporters' table) inquired whom
they represented ? Mr. E. James :—They represent the
public press. The Committee : Oh, we don't—and in-
ferring from this in one sense significant, but in another
insignificant, notification that the representatives of the
press were not wanted, they withdrew, but were politely
informed in about a minute afterwards, by the learned
counsel, that the committee would meet again on Monday
at twelve, and every subsequent day at eleven, by which
time they will have had an opportunity of thinking over
the matter of the admission of the public:prese.