The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

PATRON-H R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION.—An OPTICAL and
MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM," the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Born, Stevens,
Henry West, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, every Evening, except Satur-
day, at Half-past Nine.—LECTURE by Diner's pe on BALLOONING
And the PROSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a
beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PARACHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE
ROPE, DIAGRAMS, &c.—LECTURE by J. H. Pepper. Esq., en
CHEMISTRY and its MANIPULATIONS.—LECTURE by Dr.
Rachhoffner on FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY, illustrated by the
HYDRO-ELECTRIer MACHINE.—DISSOLTING VIEWS, CHB°.
SIATROPE, &c.

Admission, ls. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age,
6d. each.

wS. WOODIN'S CARPET BAG
•& SKETCH-BOOK (ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE),
An entirely Novel and Original Vocal and Visual Instructo, Grotesquo,
Comic°, Pictorio, Music°, Eccentrissimo, Characteristico;Lecturio,
IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS.
PART FIRST COMPRISES
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A "Vocal Illustration, " Beginnings."—Full-length Portrait, Martha
Mivins.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Half-length Portrait, Major
Bluster.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metropolis."
Full-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin [:angle.—Half-length Portrait,
Mr. Sampson Rusty.—Pull-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstyle
(with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Full-length Por-
trait, Ben Binnacle,—Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (from
Manchester

PART SECOND
Fun-length Portrait, Sandie M`Whittle.—Failength Portrait, A
Well-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Ful!-Length
Portrait, A Yankee Clipper.—Yocal Illustration, " Metropolitan
Melodies."—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.—lllustration, Carpet
Bag.—Full-length Portraits, air, and Mrs. Lapses Linger.—Vocal
Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch-
book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of London."
With several Pictorial Illustrations, furnished by " The Sketch-
book."

In the course of the Evening Mr. C. COLMAR will perform a variety

of grand Plano Solos.
Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 25.;. Dress Stalls, as.; Private Boxes,

One Guinea.

OYSTERS.—The Real Burnham River Native
Oysters, six years' old. four hours from the beds, per E. C. Rag-
way,;are to be,had only of JOHN SWATING, Fish, Oyster, and Ice
Merchanq 159, cheapside, in barrels, 65., 85. 6d., 10s. 6d. ; in bags,
for,clubs, Bcc., Os. 6d. Very superior Oyster-rooms, Steed's Pale Ale,
and Reid's Stout ; good dish of fish for ten, ss.—Depot for the Real
Weill= Lake Ice sad Refrigerators. ?Ma

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Farewell Sealon of Mr. Benjamin WOster as Lessee and Manager,

THIS EVENING,

will be performed the greatly successful new and original Comedy,
entitled MASKS Al PACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain,
by Messrs, Benjanlin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle;
Mrs. Surfing, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss
Fanny Bfaskell.
After which, the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH.
TO conclude with the Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
under thi:Madagement of Madame Vestria.
THISCEVENING, Nov. 22,
Will be performed TAKING EY STORM.

After which, a new Farce, In two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR
BLACK.S.-pharicteriby.Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter,
Babet, and Miss WynOlum.
Ta NI followed hi USED

To eonclude.witti A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Charaetsn's
by Paul Pottet,and-721": Robert Roxby.
Sole Agent for tThs Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Opetrfor the Seaso.
Proprietor, Mr. B.;Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THift EVENIItG
(Last time but, Two.)
The celebrated Blame td7THE GREEN BUSHES, by Madame
Celeste, Miss Woolgas ; Me*srs. Paul Bedford, Honey, Emery, &c.
After which (at second price), the Popular Drama of JACK
SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley • Blneskin Mr. Path Bedford.
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• ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
tinder the Manfigenierit of Mr. cr. Kean.
THIS EVENING ,
Will be revived Shakspere's historical Play of HENRY. IV. (Part
7.) Principal characterS by Ness's. C. Kean, Bar ley, W. Lacy,
Harley, 'Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows. Graham, and Saker ;
Misses Murray and Daly, and Mrs. Daly.
After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cath.
cart, Misses Murray, Leclerc4, Daly, and Mrs. May.

ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Proprietorluld Manager--Mr::Vßaity.

First Night of the'Equestrian Drameof 'UNCLE TaM'S CABIN,
and First appearance in England of the eminent Continental Artistes,
M. and Mddle. Lalande.

On MONDDAY. 22d November. and daring the week, the En-
tertainments will commence, with the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE
TOM'S CABIN, in two acts; writted expressly for this Theatre, and
embodying all those ,stirring situations so graphically described
in Hrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular *cork, and which are
so peculiarly adapted, tQ 'the resources of this Theatre, with new
dresses, scenery, and appointments.

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To be followed by an unusually brilliant Routine of Batty's Scenes
in the Circle.

Concludinii with a popnlag Farce.
Stage Manager. Mr., W. West. Deors open at Half-past Six
o'clock; Box-oMee open Gaily from Eleven to to Four.
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HIGH WATER LOND,

00N BRIDGE.

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Tins DAY —Morning 12 tan. . after 11 I Evening 41 min.aft. 11
To-Monxow Morning Opin. after 0 Evening 1 min.aft. 12

DAILY' 'WEATHER I'ABLE.

MONDAY, NOV. 22, 1852.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clockon Saturday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
LIMERICK—S., calm—foggy.
lIZULLINGAR—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
PooLE—S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain.
HASTINGS—S., gentle breeze--overcast.
FOLKSTONE—S.W., light breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—S.E. calm—overcast.
GREENWICH—Calm—rain.
,calm—foggy.
SWINDON--B.E.
_g_entle breeze—scud—rain.
COLCHESTER—S. W., calm—overcast.
CAMBRIDGE-8., gentle breeze—cloudy.
YAR3IOUTII-8.W.,' calm—overcast.

The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock
SWINDON— S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
YARMOUTH— .; gentle breeze—cloudless.

THE WtA.THER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 22.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
57—highest since noon yesterday:
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day, at noon.

BARO3fETER,,29'IS.
Sunday rain,• and mist all day.
WIND, E.NE.

THE WELLINGTON SUN.

ON THIPESDXY THE IBTxr, AN
EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN
WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING
A SPLENDID PORTRAIT

people during the course of last November, were
men either of sinister obscurity or of tarnished
reputation. They numbered amongst them no
ARMAND CARREL, no nature at once gentle and
dauntless : no 'CAMILLE DEsmouLms, no tempera-
ment most pure when most fanatical : no ROUGET
DE LISLE, no voice yielding lyrical utterance to
the holier hopes of the population : no BRISSOT,
no ROLAND, no BARBAROUX. It was glaringly
manifest to the world that all the nobler spirits
of the age—those who had been foremost in the
latest assertion of the popular rights—shrank from
any sort of . participation in the proposed effort at
a stupendous political and social transformation.
LAMARTINE would have nothing to do with it.
GIOBERTI was averse to the very mention of the
undertaking. AZEGLIO could write no more pamph-
phlets in behalf of democratic enterprise. PEPE was
not visible as its soldier, dr VENTURA as its high
priest. ARAGO, sorrow stricken at the dissipation
of so many dreams of improvement, had with-
drawn from the public arena, and betaken himself
once more, with renewed zest, to the contempla-
tion of the stars in his observatory. It was only
the more lawless whopressed forward to the struggle
which was felt on all hands to be no longer the
struggle of humanity, but the struggle for revenge
and spoliation. People began to remember
again with painful distinctness that terrible sen-
tence of Mr. MACAULAY, in which the inspira-
tions of the orator had been accepted by the judg-
ment of the historian, when he spoke of those who,
according to his grand-and solemn phraseology,
were nothing better than heathens in, the midst of
Christianity, and savages in the midst of civilisa-
tion

Nevertheless the dreaded year has passed by with
unexampled tranquillity-1852 is peacefully ap-
proaching the hour of its termination. Bearing this
extraordinary fact in consideration, it is impossi-
ble not to regard it with feelings of very profound
and very peculiar thankfulness. The evil which
towards the end of 1851 was awaited, has been
strangled before the destined day of its appear-
ance. To employ the terms of that language,
which of all is the most directly applicable to
themes of a revolutionary character—it may be said
that an unexpected eclaircissement led to the in-
definite, postponement, if not to the total preven-
ti9. of the anticipated- boulversement. Since then,
the mind of Europe has been beneficently
tranquillised. No further reason has been found
for . disquietude. Commerce, which had waned
and faded under the deadening influence of a
vague and formless terror—under, so to speak, the
Shadow t,ts cask before " by the " Coming Event "'
of the Socialist Conspiracy—has revived with a
•
rapidity scarcely ever paralleled. Meanwhile, all
the great objects_ of popular improvement are
still cherishes, are still revered,are still in process of
advancement by the rational and conscientious cham-
pions of the, inalienable interests of democracy, the
more resolute and more faithful advocates of pro-
gressive civilisation.

Another, source of encouragement has already
made itself felt in the Eastern hemisphere, al-
though cowing to us across the Atlantic from the
distant shores of the North American Continent.
As we intimated on Saturday, when referring to
the result of the Presidential election in the
United States, the triumph of FRANKLIN PIERCE
over his Whig antagonists, has even now appre-
ciably and most . beneficially affected the trade
of Europe, by renewing the hopes of the gene-
rality of mercantile men in the speedier downfall
of the system of duties levied in the -
ports of the world, by way of barrier or restric-
tion. As a simple but significant illustration of
this fact, it may be remarked that, during the
past week, foreign orders to a very considerable,
if not wholly unexampled extent, have been re- ,
ceived by the manufacturing houses at Birming-
ham. In the same place, it is acknowledged by the
majority of the merchants that prospects look
at this moment most cheering—particularly in
regard to both the North and South American
Continents. North America encourages these"
hopes, as we have before observed, through the
circumstance of the now almost certain election. of
General PIERCE as the President of the United
States—South America opening to them, if pos-
sible, yet more exhilarating schemes of enter-
prise, through the unbarring of those golden
regions of plenty which must have remained
closed against the mercantile interests of
England, but for the vigorous course
pursued by the leaders of the present Govern-
ment. It is thus that we are now, in 1852 (un-
like what we were in 1851), enabled to look
onward to the new year hopefully—awaittg the
dawn of 1853—with industry revived in trance,
and trade flourishing in England, and commerce
extending farther and farther into the in-
terior of the two Americas, and international
peace assuaging thepast calamities of Christendom.

All honour to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ire-
land. He has, at once, assumed a prominent
position among Legal Reformers. The principles
which he enunciated, and the conclusions which
he arrived at, are alike satisfactory. It is, indeed,
impossible to speak too highly of the wise and
comprehensive measure of Law Reform which he
submitted for the c6nsideration of the House of
Commons on Friday evening, and which will leave
little, if anything, to be desired, so far as Ireland

is concerned : nothing of equal importance, or so
boldly grappling with real abuses, has ever yet
been brought forward in the Legislature. Our
only regret is, that it is to be limited in its opera-
tion ; that England is not also to receive the
benefit of the inestimable boon about to be con-
ferred upon the Sister kingdom. His arguments
were, indeed, unanswerable ; but they ap-
plied equally to all parts of the United
Kingdom ; and there would be just cause
of complaint if the objectionable system
were retained in this by no means the least im-
portant portion of her MAJESTY'S dominions. It
is satisfactory to find a law officer of the Crown

distinctions now in use. The fitting remedy was
urgently demanded by Legal Reformers in this
country. But, unfortunately, those dealing with
the subject were afraid to advance sufficiently far
in the right direction, and forms of action which
are to be abolished in Ireland will still remain as
traps for the unwary in this country.
The next reform is the total abolition of special
pleading. It is not merely special demurrers
that are to be done away with. The ground of
action on the one side, and of defence on the
other, should be simply but intelligibly stated—
" in the language of the people, who ought to un-
derstand the language of their law." The great
end of all special pleading was but to eliminate
an issue, and that would be attained by the pro-
vision that an abstract of the issue to be tried
should be delivered to the Court. This abstract
should be prepared by the plaintiff; but if not
approved of by the defendant, should be settled
by a Judge of the Court in which the suit was
depending.

The third stage in advance is the diminution
in the number of pleadings. In place of the
writ, which tells nothing, declaration, plea, re-
joinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, and surrebutter,
there will be simply a combination of the plaint
and summons, so that the writ shall not merely
require the party to appear on a certain day, but
shall `state concisely the course of action, while
the appearance shall set forth the nature
of the defence. All would then be ready
for the hearing, and justice will be ad-
ministered without the vexatious delays, and
expensive, although useless, stages that have
hitherto been tolerated, and brought so much dis-
credit on our tribunals.

Then comes the most important change of all
—neither party will, henceforward, be allowed to
place utterly false or contradictory statements on
the files of the Court—the demand and the de-
fence must both be verified by the affidavits of
the parties. This will prevent the iniquitous de-
mands too frequently put forward, and the unjust
plans put forward, merely for the sake of delay or
procrastination. At present, as truly remarked
by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, " there is no
check or limit to false pleading." The most con-
tradictory allegations are put forward without
shame or remorse. He shows in the ordinary
pleas to an action on bond no less than four dis-
tinct falsehoods—viz., that the bond was not
given that it was paid at the day that
it was paid after the day,—and that the
performance of the conditions was released
by the plaintiff. None of those positive
allegations having any existence save in the
imagination of the pleader, or rather in the pre-
cedents before him which he directs his clerk to
copy. The amusing Yankee case of the kettle
scarcely went farther than this. There a party,
who had borrowed a kettle, and returned it con-
siderably damaged, was sued for the injury. Ike
pleaded in accordance with the rules ; first, that
he had never had the kettle in his possession ;
secondly, that it was damaged when he borrowed
it ; thirdly, that it was sound and whole when
he returned it. Two of these statements must
necessarily have been untrue ; but they were
perfectly legitimate, and we could refer to many
similar instances. Mr. WHITESIDE justly ob-
jects to this improper and demoralising prac-
tice, and requires that the pleadings should be •
tested by the oaths of the parties. No difference
of opinion can exist as to the propriety and expe-
diency of this course. We have frequently in-
sisted upon its necessity, which, after all, is but
a return to the ancient and salutary principle.
Next comes the abolition of personal service of
the process. The great point to be ascertained is,
that the writ of summons had come to the know-
ledge of the defendant. A man staying out of
the way to evade the just demands of his credi-
tors, is entitled to but little consideration. In
County Court proceedings, and also in Equity,
service upon a member of the family is sufficient ;
and under the new Act in this country it would be
so, after a certain number of calls and the order
of a Judge. As this latter would be almost a
matter of course, why should there be any neces-
sity for the delay and:expense occasioned byk'such
an application ?

Then come the rules for enabling one Court to
do complete justice between the parties, without
bandying them from Queen's Bench to Chancery,
or from Chancery to Common Pleas. In fact, all
but the fusion of the Jurisdictions, so loudly
demanded. For this purpose, Choses in action
are to be made assignable; Courts of Common
Law are to be enabled to give relief in cases of
lost bills, bonds, or other instruments, and also
to receive and give validity to equitable defences,
and to grant injunctions against inequitable ones.
Thus, it will be a good defence in an action of
ejectment, that a party had a contract, although
not clothed with a legal title. The setting up of
"temporary bars " will not be sanctioned, nor will
injunctions be maintained granted on the allega-
tion of an outstanding legal estate. Nothing, in
fact, which Equity can do, will be beyond the
powers of the Superior Courts of Common Law ; and
the maintenance of different tribunals willbe atotally
unnecessary expense, and the great object will
eventually be achieved,—a complete amalgama-
tion of the different Courts. In the name of the
people, we thank Mr. WHITESIDE for this admir-
able measure ; but we earnestly hope that its
operation may be extended to England also. It
will, we venture to assert, do more to render the
administration of justice pure and above reproach,
and to remove the well-fuunded complaints of the
people, than any pri4osition ever yet brought
forward. If Mini.aers should deal as boldly and
comprehensively with other necessary reforms as
in those relating to the law, we shall have no
cause to regret the removal from office of " The
Family Party."
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nneoabrlecladroyy,.
who died oOnF
TTHhEurCsdOnUyNITaEsStS, Oatr
stry
ZoThusei,B
Croy-
don, in the prime of life, was daughter of the late and
sister to the present Lord Feversham. By her marriage
with the present Earl of Zldon her ladyship has
the left issue
present youthful Viscount Encombe, and a numero family of daughters. Us
GRAND DIPLOMATIC BANQUET.—Lord M
alrnesbury,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave a grand din-
ner on Saturday evening, at the Foreign-office, Do 'ng street, to the distinguished officers sent by the respective' Governments of Spain, Portugal, Russia, Prussia, the
Netherlands, Hanover, and Brunswick, to represent them
at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. Spain was
represented by the Duke d'Osuna, Portugal by the Duke
de Terceira, Russia by Prince Gortchakoff, Prussia by
Count Nostitz, the Netherlands by Baron d'Omphal,
Hanover by Sir Hugh Halkett, Brunswick by General
Ehrischen. The Earl of Derby as Prime Minister of
Great Britain, and Lord Hardinge, as Commander-in-
Chief of her Majesty's forces, were present to meet the
illustrious guests. M. Isturitz, Minister of Spain ; Count
de Lavradio, Minister of Portugal ; Baron de Brunnow,
Minister of Russia ; Chevalier Bunsen, Minister of
Prussia ; Baron Bentinek, Minister of the Netherlands ;
Count Kielmansegge, Minister of Hanover ; and the fol-
lowing officers, accompanying the principal military re-
presentatives
of their respective Governments, were also
present at the banquet, namely, Colonel de Torres, Co-
lonel de Calvet y Lara, Count de Villa Real, Don Ma-
nuel de Souza Continho, Count Benkendorft Colonel
Tchernitzky, General de Scharenhost, General de Mas-
sow, Captain Tindal, Captain Gevers, Colonel Poten,
Colonel Mavenholtz, and Colonel Bause. Colonel Corn-
wall and Captain Stopford Clavemont, specially appointed
to attend the foreign military officers during their stay
in England, were also present, together with Lord Stan-
ley, M.P., and Mr. Addington, the Under-Secretaries of
State for Foreign Affairs. The above distinguished mi-
litary officers have been invited by Lord Hardinge, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the British Forces, to a grand dinner
on Tuesday next.
GENERAL PARADE OF THE WHOLE ARMY. —A sight
unprecedented, and we may almost safely say, will never
be seen again, was presented on Wednesday last, the
17th, in the inspection of parties from every regiment in
the service by General Lord Hardinge, Commander-in-
Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord
Gough, and a brilliant staff, accompanied by many
foreign officers of distinction, at Chelsea Hospital. At
8 o'clock the General Commanding-in-Chief commenced
his inspection of the 99th, and went regularly down the
open column left in front. It would be invidious per-
chance to mention individual regiments ; still we cannot
resist alluding to those which came under the special
notice of the officers inspecting—namely, the Guards
and Highland Regiments in the Infantry • the 17th
Lancers and 15th Hussars in the Light Cavalry, and the
Carbineers ; the 3d and the King's Dragoon Guards in
the heavy Cavalry.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY FIRE.-0a Saturday morning ,
an accident, unfortunately attended with fatal conse
quences, occurred to a child, named Jane Greggst ar;ed-
eight years, whose friends reside at 18, Orchard-..row,
Church-road, Stepney. The deceased was left ii ehallge
of other children, and during the absence of the moth, ,r
she got upon a chair to reach something from th.e, raa,zitti !-
shelf when her dress ignited.

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introducing such a Bill, and speaking so boldly
and unequivocally on the subject; and it is still more
satisfactory to know, that the eminent Judge who
presides on the Woolsack in Ireland has expressed
his full and distinct approbation of its provisions,
and that the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of Ireland, and
Baron GREENE, and other Judges, should have
given their advice and sanction.
Mr. WHITESIDE'S object is to assimilate the '
procedure of the Superior Courts of Common Law
in Ireland with that of the County Courts—
where the question at issue between the parties is
brought to a speedy bearing on a short and sim-
ple plaint. He justly declared that " two sys-
tems, acting on opposite principles and practice,
could not co-exist," and that " nothing remained
to be done but to reform the Superior Courts
of Common Law on a comprehensive plan, and in
accordance with the requirements and spirit of
the age." He has not scrupled to avail himself
largely of the ample materials at his disposal,
selecting that which is really valuable in each.
His Bill, then, is founded on—

Ist. The procedure of the County Courts in
England.

2d. The procedure of the County (or Assistan
Baristers') Courts, in Ireland.

3d. The Act for the Regulation of Civil pro-
cedure in Scotland.

4th. The Report of the Commissioners on the
Common Law procedure of England.
sth. The Common Law Procedure Act of last
Session.

6th. The American Code, and the Report of
the Commissioners of the State of New York.
This, it will be in the recollection of our
readers, is the system which recognises the com-
plete fusion of the Courts of Law and Equity,
and the existence of a supreme Tribunal which
can give full relief on every possible subject.
The first practical deduction from these rich
materials is the total abolition of the form of
actions. Henceforward it will not be a matter of
o.ld really
any importance -in Ireland, if the pleader should
bhe mistaken in the form selected. If the plaintiff
s u
n°thinredgre
have sustained substantial damage,
it w
your tsoiglioifbYtaili wsshethedrerhe,,tshreosulpasd
se,n,deoar-
" under case." It needed not the humorous
but ap-
propriate illustrations addressed by the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman, to show the evils of the
frivolous, and we 1184 almost .4
salunmeaning,

TRW SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 155 2.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'cLooz.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday,
were estimated at 3,000 bales, of which 500 Ameri-
can were taken on speculation. The market closed
heavily at previous rates. It comprised 100 Egyp-
tian, at 7d. to 9d. ; 200 Surat, at 4d. to 4d. ; and
the remainder American. Railway shares were
firm.

The corn market is dull to-day.
The railway meetings announced are as follows :
—Killarney Junction, Nov. 30, Dublin • Leeds
Northern, Dec. 1, Leeds ; Royal Swedish, Nov.
22, Gottenburg ; Waterford and Kilkenny, Nov.
26, London Tavern ; West Flanders, Nov. 26,
Bruges.
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Tile letters by the ship Eagle to the beginning of
September, from Melbourne, have been delivered
this morning, and are of an interesting character.
A railway was projected from the capital to Wil-
liams Town. A local bank, called the Bank of
Victoria, was to be established with a nominal
capital of a million sterling. An Austral-
asian Steam Navigation Company was formed,
and a Water Company ; besides the Fe-
cort and one or two other companies.
A large Government land sale had taken place
at Melbourne, consisting of 100 allotments, on both
sides of the river, and very high prices were rea-
lised, viz. an average of 1,9451. 16s. per acre. A
number of successful gold diggers attended, but
were unwilling to pay these prices. The tent and
store robberies were still pretty frequent at the
diggings, and generally took place at night-time.
The arrival of the steamer Chusan, and the good
news she took out, had caused a rise in the price
of gold to 31, ls., and subsequently to 31. ss. and
31. 6s. per ounce. Business in general was good.
Articles ofproduce were in demand, and ironmongery
and merchandise were sold freely. Guns and pis-
tols continued to realise full prices, and boots and
shoes were in demand. The last-named had been
sold at 55 per cent. advance on invoice, and pistols
and guns at 50 to 200 per cent. advance. Ameri-
can flour was at 151. per ton, and Adelaide 25/. per
ton.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS .DAY .)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF ACHILLI v. NEW-

The Legislative Council had had Bills under con-
sideration in renewal of those about to expire • and
the ports, harbours, and Shipping Law Consolidation
and the Customs Regulation Bills, had passed. A
new Tariff Bill had been passed, imposing the fol-
lowing duties upon articles of import :

MAN.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

It being understood that judgment would be moved
for in this case to-day, the court was crowded at an
early hour. Dr. Newman was present in court accom-
panied by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and Mr.
Monsell, M.P., and Mr. Bowyer, M.P.
The Earl of Carlisle, and Mr. Howard, M.P., were
seated on the bench. The galleries of the court were
also crowded.

The Attorney-General, the Solictor-General, and Mr.
Ellis appeared for the pre3ecution, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr.
Serjeant Wilkins, Mr. Baddely, and Mr. Addison ap-
peared for the defendant.

On the sitting of tie court, the Attorney-General
moved that judgment be passed upon the defendant, Dr.
Newman.

Coffee 19 cwt. 0 10 0
Spirits, proof, 49 gallon 0 7 0
Cordials, Liqueurs, ic., the strength of which
cannot be ascertained, gallon 0 7 0
Spirits, perfumed, I' gallon 0 7 0
TbToea,af: 0 0 3
cigars, and snuff, t 9 lb 0 2 0
Wine, V gallon 0 3. 0
All other goods, wares, and merchandise Free.
At Mount Alexander, the rain had set in early
in August, the creeks were flooded, and the various
" claims, ' with few exceptions, were filled with
water, so that ruining was interrupted. Later in
the month, however, an auspicious change occurred,
and there was "no end to the fresh discoveries talke
of by the sons of gold in perspective," according
to the description of a local correspondent. At the
Spring Gully, one of a party of 3 men earned 30 lbs.
weight in less than a month, and satisfiedwith his luck
returned to town. This is the same gully that
produced 150 lbs. weight, a few weeks previously.
The holes were at an average depth of from 20 to
40 feet. In spite of the previous heavy rains and
dreadful state of the roads, numbers were daily
reaching Mount Alexander, who had not been in
the colony above a week or eight days. Bush-
ranging was very prevalent.. At the " diggings,"
flour was worth 6/. 10s. and 7/. per bag ; sugar,
ls. 4d. per lb. ; potatoes, 9d. ; rice, Is. ; spades,
7s. ; and soft goods about 50 per cent. higher than
in Melbourne.

Lord Campbell said, he thought the report of the trial
must be read, in order to put his learned brethren in pos-
session of the facts of the case.

The libel, the justification, and the notes of the trial
were then read, and were not concluded when we went
to press.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

The first 'sessions of the Central Criminal Court during
the present Mayoralty, were opened this morning by the
Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Fairbrother and
Carden, Sheriffs Carter and Croll, and other civic func-
tionaries.

The Ballarat escort brought down to Geelong
4,000 ounces, and to Melbourne 1,000 ounces, leaving
1,000 ounces behind. Fuel at Geelong was scarce,
and very dear.
Great jealousy had arisen in consequence of the
presumed intention of the Legislature to put in
force the order in „Council granting leases of crown
lands to the squatters, and as the proportion of
sold to unsold lands was about 1 to 76, it was con-
tended that to grant leases would be to hand over
the larger portion of the colony to the possession
of about 700 squatters. A public meeting had
been called on this subject.
The English and Australian Copper Company
have received advices from Mr. Brown, their super-
intendent at Melbourne, to the 24th August, en-
closing an invoice of a remittance of gold per Eagle
to the amount of 1,200 ozs.
Mr. Brown was progressing satisfactorily in the
purchase of gold dust, and expected to make a
regular series of remittances, for which he was
amply provided with funds.
A letter from Mr. Ellis, one of the Directors of
the Australian Gold Mining Association, dated
Sydney, 12th August, states :
"Erskine Island is very and indubitably rich, and
you will see, per advertisement, that we have bought it.
Mr. Collett assures me that he will bring down gold
within a fortnight. We were obliged to raise the men's
wages to I/. per month, with rations ; but now we have
thorn bound hand and foot for 12 months. With an in-
creased capital, dealing in gold between the diggings and
Sydney would equally advance the interests of the Com-
pany, as by its actual extraction."
The Stock Market has been influenced still
further by the extraordinary news from Australia,
as well as by the reduction of the French army.
Consols have been quoted at 1001 to 101 for trans-
fer, and 100 k to 1011. The New 3t per Cents.
have been marked 103 i to #, and the 3 per Cents.
1001 to I. The premium on Exchequer Bills has
been 70s. to 725., and on India Bonds 80s. pre-
mium.

The grand jury having been sworn and selected their
foreman,
The Recorder proceeded to deliver his charge, ob-
serving that, though the calendar presented no unusual
number of cases, there were several charges of a very
grave description ; and while, on the one hand, there
was happily a diminution of offences of violence against
the person—such as cutting and wounding, and the use
of dangerous implements, which too frequently came
before that court—he regretted to say that, on the other
hand, there was more than the ordinary number of cases
in which life had been destroyed. There were no less
than four serious charges of murder, and one very grave
case of manslaughter. With the exception of .one of
these, none appeared to him to present any legal
difficulty, and therefore it would be unnecessary
to detain the grand jury by making any observations
upon them. That one case was a charge against a man
named Horler, for the murder of his wife, and if the evi-
dence brought before them was at all like that which
appeared in the depositions, he feared they would have
no doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and that they would
feel it their duty to find a bill against him. One of the
other three cases, was of that class which had lately be-,
come very frequent, viz. :—the murder of a child by its
mother. Whether any encouragement had been given
to this description of crime, which he could not readily
believe, by the mercy which perhaps was too often shown
by judges and juries, he could not venture to say, but it
was lamentable to find that so many among the
female of the population of the country brought
themselves into a state of disgrace by a fiendish disposi-
tion to destroy their offspring. They would have to
deal with this case like any other charge of murder, and
if they were satisfied that the child was born alive, which
was the principal question, and that the prisoner caused
its death, it would also. be their duty to return a true
bill. There was another case in which a woman was
accused with the destruction of her offspring, but it
would probably assume the charge of manslaughter—
that being the shape -_'n which it was presented by the
verdict of the coroner's jury. It appeared that the ac-
cused party concealed her condition, and denied that
she was with child until the last moment, and
made no provision whatever for the birth. From the
appearance of a cupboard, where she was seen to go by
her fellow-servants, it was supposed she had been secretly
delivered, and a search being made, the infant was found,
with very little on it, in the yard of the house. If a
person so delivered, deliberately exposed the child in
some unfrequented place, where it was not likely to be
discovered for the purpose of causing death, she would
be guilty of manslaughter and not murder ; but if the
circumstances merely showed gross neglect or careless-
ness, or that the mother placed the child in a spot where
it was likely to be seen, and to receive succour from other
hands, without any wish to destroy its life, then that
would not be murder, though it would unquestionably
amount to the crime of manslaughter. There was
another case of murder, in which a young woman was
committed for destroying a child which was not her own.
The charge was originally for administering corrosive fluid
with intent to do grievous bodily harm, but the child had
since died, and the case would now be brought before
them in the form of murder. The remaining case was
one in which a young man was charged with pouring
corrosive fluid on a young woman with whom he had
illicit connection. Under the statute, pouring vitriol,
or any other fluid of that kind, on the person of another,
with the intention either of disfiguring or doing grievous
bodily harm, constituted a felony, and was punishable
as such. The Recorder, before remitting the Grand
Jury to the discharge of their duties, said though he did
not go the length of saying that the Grand Jury should
be entirely abolished, he thought their services might be
dispensed with in many of those cases which had been
fully investigated before a magistrate.

Foreign stocks are more buoyant by sympathy
with the English market. Spanish 3 per Cents.
have been 51k, and the Deferred 24i to 25.
Brazilian Stock is at 102, and Grenada at 21f.
Austrian scrip is at 7 premium. The Swedish
Loans at 1i discount. French 4 per Cents. have
been 104 50, with the exchange at 25 25. Dutch
2 per Cents. are 65k.
The Railway Share Market has been further ad-
vanced, and a large business is doing in Caledonian,
Midland, Oxford and Wolverhampton, and York
and North Midland. French Shares are rather
fluctuating, and not quite so good.
In Gold Mine shares a larger business is doing.
BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE 0' CLOCKTHIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

- Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOl 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. .........
New 31 per Cent. Annuitie5.............
India Bonds, £lOOO BO
Ditto, under £ICOO BO
Consols for Account. ..... . ...... ...... ... .
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO ..... .... ............................. 70 2 72 69
.£5OO .....................................
72 69
Small ... , .. ........
72 89
.::,:. ..
A ustralian Scrip 5 per Cent.
Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent.
............. YErI4D.6 AT ONE O'CLOCK.
961
DPitRtoIC4Ei
pOerFcent
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent lO6.
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 37 8
per Cent
per Cmit . 513.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24} 5
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3
Swedish Loan . 1* d
French Renter. 4i ,er •a;ni
104 f 50c Ex.2sf 25c
SpanishSardinian B Bonds, 83' 5
Dutch Exchange 2(per Cent 653
96t
Ditto 4 per C,144.
Certificates
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols .. 100 i 101
Ditto Account, .........
Dec. .9. lOO4 1013
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Baring Brother r•—Mr. Joshua Bates, of the firm of
a letter
and Company, of London, has written
offering to to 1,1-
--'43'or Seaver, of Boston, United States,
h ae
con i ty.
with books to PtPh
dition only
attends the gift. It is, " that the building
leYatmhe ounnte I 50b000dobllirLa7rs. o f
otnt
shall be such as shall be an ornament to the city—that
there shall be room for 150 persons to sit at reading-
tables—that it shall be perfectly free to all, with no other
restrictions than be necessary for the preservance of
the books." may

ROBBERY or JEWELLERY AT CLIFTON.—A very ex-
tensive robbery
troodbill retired to rest, leaving the shop and
jewellery was effected at Clifton, late
on Friday night
or early on Saturday morning. At
Sion-place, cr'of .
night Mrs. V ifton there is a very respectable jeweller's
shop kept by a mi:s. Woodhill. At 11 o'clock on Friday
Premises sec .urely fastened, and was in no way alarmed
by any noise during the night. Upon getting up,
however, at, about half-pa
morning, it,
was discovered that a burglary had been
half-past seven o'clock on Saturday
effected du ring the night, and that the shop had
been plw ider of its most valuable con-
tents, co' asistilg of 100 gold rings, set with
diamonds , emerklds, rubies, pearls, &c., 30 gold lockets,
39 gold rses, a large number of silver pencil-cases,
5 gold c hains 3 gold necklaces, upwards of 100 gold
and silver brooches, a large number of gold pins, set
with p cecious stone ; and a quantity of gold and silver
guard. chains. The burgulars gained access by climino•
a wall at the back of the premises, then dropping into
the
el.
of the perpetrators.
caertdoanthdebtrhaaopk.ingAths r)o,eutghth
etrheeispannotlwe itnolotwhe, and
the' ce to the Chop. As yet there is no clue tothe dis-
cm (Cry
MORE COTTON FROM INDIA.—Mr. Fleming, Secretary
to . the Manchester Commercial Association, received ad-
17' toes from the Secratary to the Honourable East India
Jompany, on Saturday morning, that the Court of
Directors had instructed Mr. Wm. Rathbone, of Liver-
pool, to forward to him for sale in Manchester two con-
signments of cotton ; one amounting to 500 bales, per
Chancellor, and the other to more than 1,000 per Loch
Lomond, shipped at Bombay. These are the largest
consignments yet made of cotton grown under rthe ex-
periments making in India to encourage its cultivation
there, and they consist chiefly of Dharwar cotton raised
from New Orleans seed, the growth of 1850-51. There
are, however, amongst this cotton some few bales grown
at Schwan 0,414 Ityderabad (Scinde),. C,,,ncleigh, and
Kutrachee. 6