The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-12 00:00:00

;ONDON,

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 9.—Frorn the report of the re-
ceipts of railways in the ra }t]th of September, it
appeared that they amounted : to 1,636,124 francs,
being 96,000 francs more than in the month of Sep-
tember last year. The incre: Ise amounts to 27,000 f.
for passengers, and 55,000 f. ain goods. A sheit di-
minution has taken place on . the transport of goods,
which is easily accounted for by the fact fiitit the
exceeded79l 'that of the
foreign travellers, who mos tly pay for thriit. goods,
reached the culminating point in August. F:l,3m 1845
,407 f--, or 8+ per
5 per et,' nt. While
precedingt to
cent.lB The 46 thereincreasee a
year
ab s an
90
Ifi2nl:6Br (44,4117;:h200
srf
the budget has calculated upon an inerf2ase of only
1 per cent., the end of the year will sr _low a surplus
of more than a million.
ADiTWERP, Nov. 9.—Our market was perfectly
calm to-day in commodities of every :kind.
VIENNA, Nov. 3.—The very un• sr .tisfactory report
from London this day, and especi- .4.1 y that the funds
had fallen 3 per cent., being not ed 801, caused no
little alarm on our exchange, alt lyoitgh it made no
particular impression on our other -funds. Perdinand's
Northern Railway was quoted 1524-, but at the
close it was only 150 f. to 1501 f.. rne fall in the Venise
Milan shares was still mere remarkable ; they
suddenly fell from 97 to 94 to 95. Our inland
funds remained firm, and the Five per Cents. as well
as the Four per Cents. experienced no change. The
report which has been generally circu4ted, through
the medium of the Breslau Gazette, thrat the four last
failures in Leghorn has occasioned a Loss of a million
and a half to our trade, and that this Mow must in-
duce further consequences, is gl'oun.dless ; at all
events as yet nothing of that kind: bas transpired in
our commercial world.

ST. PETERSBURGII, OCT. 29.—. There is a general
stagnation of business of every 'kind, and with an
ample supply of goods there is, -no activity in the
market, and both buyers and speculators are quite
dispirited.

BERLIN, Nov. 6.—We cannot say much that is
new respecting our Bourse ; 0 e general tendency,
however, is rather favourable than otherwise, and
although there is no great improvement in the ex-
change, this is entirely attributed to the want of
speculation. We have scarcely ever seen our ex-
change in so passive a state as at present. Neither
good news nor bad from abreact cause any sensible
impression; and it is evident t'aat under such circum-
stances business must be extremely dull. The news
of the late ;fall in the Engli.sh funds, the rise in the
discount of the Bank of Aensterdam, the movements
in Switzerland, &c., would at other times have caused
great reactions here. Now, however, by means of
the Prussian Bank, our financial circumstances are
such, that ample opportunities are given to the share-
holders to keep firm hold of their effects, and hence
desirable bargains are seldom offered for sale. In
this respect the working of that bank must, be consi-
more gene-
dered as highly beneficial, and it is the
rally surprising that, while the exchange is so regular
and animated, the bank shares do not obtain a higher
course. To-day some were offered for sale at 104.
Our railway shares remain, on tilt whole, the same
asn
elast n week.unchanged;
w haelaite
has
satie)
to
rise
r 1
isourr corn trade remains
u
.1 in price, rye is ani-
mated. Very little is dor.e in barley, which is
offered at higher prices, but cannot maintain them.
TIAMBURGII, Nov. 6.—rl'he arrivals here are but
small, especially in our torn market, but trade has
been more animated, particularly with England.
LIE CHOLERA.--Moscow.—Since the 17th the
'number of cholera cases here has daily decreased.
On the 22d there were 229 patients, the greater
number of whom gave hopes of recovery.
GRAND DUCHY or BADEN.—On the evening of the
")d of November, the Austrian Ambassador in Swit-
zerland, Baron Von Keisersfeld, with his attache, M.
Von Hofmann, arrived at Constance, and on the 3d
embarked on the steamer for Breganze, where he will
probably take up his residence till the war in Swit-
zerland is decided.

VIENNA, Nov. s.—The Austrian Observer con-
tains the following :—" The Austrian Ambassador is
said to have informed the -17 or or t to-day that he has
received orders from his Court, on the breaking out
of the war in Switzerland, to withdraw to neutral
ground ; at the same time, however, to make the
declaration that Austria in no wise interfered in
favour of either of the. belligerent parties, but would
remain quite neutral, and that the friendly peaceful re-
lations of this power with the confederates should
undergo no change in this respect."
We are authorised to declare that the Imperial
Ambassador in Switzerland, Baron Von Keisersfeld,
who, since the breaking out of the disturbances in
the confederacy, has removed his post from Berne to
Zurich, has sent in a notification to H. Zehnded, the
Burgomaster of Zurich, that in pursuance of com-
mands from his Court, that at the moment of the
breaking out of the civil war he will leave Switzer-

land and return to Breganze.—F I anders Mail, No.
vember 10.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AnsTERDANT, Nov. 9.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 21/ per Cent.. ••••• • •• • 538 54
Ditto, 3 per Cent •.••..•••• • • .• .• • • 64 64%
Ditto, 4 per ..................8314• 83% 83%
Amort Syndic, 38 per Cent..........
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 160% 1618
East India Loan, 4 per Cent— •• • • 83% 83%
Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 lb
Two m0nth5......... ••• • .• 11 92
On Hamburgh, at sight .• 35 25
Two months.• • • • ••• • • • 34 62
On Paris • ...... ••.•• • •• 56 62
Tw0m0utb5........• ••• • •• 56 12
11A3IBURGE1 BORSENHALLE, Nov. 9.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents .. • • • • •• • • • • • • • • 104
Bank Shares • • • . • • • . • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • 1600
Anglo-Russian Loan -....... •••• • • • • 103%
Russian 5 per Cent., Harnb. Certificate. 100% 100%
Ditto let series Inscription. ..• ••• • • • 101
Ditto,Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 94
Ditto, in Certificate............ .• • • 94
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • .... 868 --
Ditto Stieglitz •• •• .• .• ••.•••• • • • • • 86 86
Spanish New 5 per Cent.... •• • • .... •• 1214 12
Ditto 3 per Cent .......... • . .. • • 22% 228
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 28 per Cent• •
Dutch Actual Debt, 28 per Cent. ••• • •

,
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• .•••••••
Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.... 79
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 803 803(
National Bank 5hare5................

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 29.—His Highness the Vice-
roy, who has been staying in Alexandria all the
summer, left for Cairo yesterday morning on the ap-
proach f winter, the cold weather not being so much
felt in the capital as it is here. The usual salutes
from all the shipping in the harbour and the forts in
and about the town were fired on the occasion, and
all the European Consuls-General are preparing to
follow the Pacha up the Nile.
The last accounts from Malta report Ibrahim Pacha's
health to be improving, and it is hoped by all the
well-wishers of Egypt that he will soon be enabled to
return to this country, as, in the event of his death
before that of Mehemet Ali, some disturbances might
arise with regard to the Viceroy's successor.

pre-
sent existing between Mehemet Ali and the Sultan
the very good understanding at
of Constantinople, the following fact may be men-
tioned :—Some time ago the Sultan, wishing to send
troops to Syria and Tunis, applied to Mehemet
Ali for the loan of his fine steamer, the Nile,
which was immediately placed at his orders. When
Ibrahim Pacha was about leaving for Malta, in the
beginning of this month, the Viceroy wrote to Con-
stantinople for the return of his steamer for the use
of his son ; but the Nile being then at sea, the Sultan
immediately sent one of his finest steamers, which,
however, arrived here too late, as Ibrahim Pacha's
health would not permit him to wait, and he proceeded
to Malta in a French steamer.
Said Pacha, Mehemet Ali's second son, and Admiral
° °f
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ela
excuses,
Pacha,
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failed,sitry bayshoeyeoo;
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mndhtvhhhveoeoaeraui
novrrrccreei
afdreayeborbe
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ty-osss,,
of the fleet, is at present in the Delta, occupied in
settling accounts with the overseers of his estates ;
obmb re beforegAtnn country.higenseyehsawf, hbehohPsyi
aromawertrt
and his mode of proceeding is quite peculiar to this
He causes the overseers to be brought
es
ot
owing
andnhbti agehenkset iawtaomanhdi
smfaonorodtnlha3.bcs.oming. He then inquires how it is that his
cattle have not multiplied during the season ; the
overseers reply that the young ones have died off ; the
lashes are again brought into play and the bullocks
make their appearance.
This same system is pursued throughout Egypt,
and is discreditable both to the landlord and the
tenant; but there is this to be said in favour of the
latter, that he knows too well that, were he to pay his
rents at once, or to show the proper number of cattle
without first submitting to a few scores of stripes on
the soles of his feet, the proprietor, ever suspicious,
would immediately imagine that he must have still
more money, and still more cattle by him, and the
tenant would, in that case, go on receiving stripes in-
numerable without having it in his power to mitigate
them.

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Napier and family
proceed to-morrow morning, by the French steamer,
to Malta, where they intend to perform quarantine,
and then go on to Nice, to spend the winter there, for
the benefit of Lady Napier 's health. During his
stay in Alexandria General Napier went over the new
fortifications at present in the course of erection round

the town. He also visited the shipping wharves and
the extensive stores which have recently been built
along the canal, and where the greatest activity exists
in this season of the year, owing to the large quanti-
ties of produce which are arriving from the upper
country, and where numberless camels, donkeys, and
porters are to be seen all day long, conveying grain
from the boats on the canal to the stores, and from the
stores to the shipping wharves in the harbour.
There is at present a great deal of fever prevailing in
Alexandria, and the average number of deaths during
the last month has been thirty-six daily, whilst in
ordinary times it is only fourteen.

him.

LITERATURE.
• R 0131.17 HOOD. A Fragment. With other Frag-
; ments and Poems. By Robert Southey and Caroline
Southey.
A bequest to posterity, from Robert Southey, in
the form of a poetic fragment, and that fragment
commemorative of rare Robin, the outlaw of the
greenwood, is a phenomenon in literature not to be
treated slightingly. Little as we esteem the charac-
ter of Southey as a politician, and much as we con-
sider his genius overated as a bard, we should be in-
sane to deny that he was a man of extraordinary
parts, of ripe and varied scholarship, and of remark-
able eloquence as a writer. " Kehamah" would vouch
of itself for his imagination ; " Thalaba," for his do-
minion over language, rhetoric, and metrical grace-
fulness; "Roderick the Goth," for his intense and
epic forcefulness ; " Marv,"
This skill as a ballad-
monger; "Nelson," for capacity as a biographer;
and the " Doctor,"—the old rambling, crazy, gossip'
ping, good-for-nought of a Doctor—for his book wis-
dom and his appreciation of sly, dry, and costive
Fo
humour. Southey had a genius for an age but not
for all time. That he had genius it would he absurd
to deny, but that his genius had in it anything of
permanence it would be equally absurd
to maintain. His intellect was lambent and
evanescent as a meteor, not luminous
and eternal as a constellation. It was the dross that
shone in the fire of his vitality like precious metal,
but which, when the fire was extinguished, was only
dust and ashes. It was not that pure gold which
passes through the fire only to come forth refined,
and to be treasured up for ever and for ever. It was
the blooming apple of the Dead Sea, not the golden
apple of the Hesperides. In this respect his name
will be of secondary importance when that of Samuel
Taylor Coleridge is chronicled among the bright
lights of the illustrious departed. The preface to this
posthumous work is a plaintive annotation by the
widow of Robert Southey, telling us of the conceit
in which the fragment of " Robin Hood"
originated,
arid constituting another chapter in that endless
homily which teaches man that all is vanity and
vexation of spirit. The wisest of the human
race, Solomon, the King of Jerusalem, spoke this
great truth not more emphatically. It has been
written. The versification of "Robin Hood" is
peculiar—odd—eccentric, as all who have read
"Thalaba" may imagine, for it is written in the metre
of "Thalaba." That, in spite of its grace and
occasional tenderness, it is altogether unworthy of
Robin Hood, not to say of Much the Miller, of
Maid Marian, of Scarlet and Little John, we must
protest. But it is avowedly a fragment, and the
writer of that fragment, after passing through the
darkness of a mental demise, has gone into the valley
of the Shadow. Peace be to his memory ! We say it
with a vivid sense of his moral and political tergiver-
sation. From a scrap of verse ;descriptive of March
we transcribe the following lines: those marked
by us in italics are delicious, and fraught with sylvan
beauty. It was one of the last outpourings of the love
of Southey's heart for nature :

" The noontide walk
Not undelightful now, though thro' the wood,
The greenwood lingering still, no gentle gale
Around the foliage of o'erhanging boughs
Melodious moves: what though the vernal mead
No rich profusion spreads of golden flowers
That laugh luxuriant in the summer sun,
Yet o'er the sober green the willing eye
Dwells with a tranquil joy: what though the grove
Lifts not its leafy honours now, adorned
With mid-year freshness, or the many hues
Of autum; pleasant is it to behold
The grey ash spreading wide its naked arms;
The beech, beneath whose red, dry, rustling leaves
Bursts the young bud secure, or the broad elm,
7 hro' all whose infinite branching the new sap
Flows first revived and brightens the brown bud,
Pleasant the earlier dawn, the warmer ray
Of noon, the evening twilight's lengthening hour.
Rough is thine entrance, March! yet welcome thou.
We know the better season draweth nigh,
And welcome the rude winds that herald ft."

There is a spontaneous suavity in these lines which
cannot but be affecting to those who cast a retrospec-
tive glance over the career of the dead poet, and re-
member the vigour of his virile intellect before it was
blurred by the mists and paralysis of imbecility.

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part XV. By
!Albert Smith.

In this number, Christopher having discovered that
the late Sir Frederick Arden was married to Mar-
garet Ellis, and that he is the only child of that mar-
riage, proceeds at once to Arden Court to vindicate
his rig:its. Gudge and his wife are installed there,
and set poor Lady Arden at defiance. Sir Frederick
and his bride, Fanny Hamper, arrive just as Gudge,
whois a lectle intoxicated, has insulted Lady Arden
in the grossest possible manner. On hearing of his
conduct,

Sir Frederick seized hold of Gudge's neckcloth, which
was tied in a miserable close juggling looking knot,
about his throat, and twisted it round until the attor-
ney's eyes started from their sockets. In vain Lady
Arden implored him to desist. The young Baronet was
evidently as much excited as the lawyer, and now that
he bad once felt the pleasure of insulting him, like a
tiger tasting blood, he went on with redoubled energy.
He swung him round and round like a child; and then,
taking his other hand to his assistance, beat Gudge's
head against the wainscot until it was almost cracked.
And when he was quite out of breath, he flung him
away with such force, that the lawyer spun round for
several feet and then fell heavily on the floor.
" Now get up," said Sir Frederick to him,
serve you so again."

" and IT

" You shalcrepent this," cried Gudge, as soon as he
could speak, raising himself upon one elbow, but not
more than that for fear the other should carry his threat
into execution.

" Pshaw!" cried Sir Frederick. " Lie down!" and he
spoke the words, as though Gudge had been a dog.
" And you have permitted this, madam," continued
the other, now talking to Lady Arden; " with all these
servants round who, who could, collectively have pre-
vented it. This has settled the question. You shall see
whether or not, lam ' intoxicated.' Can I get up free
from further injury?"

" Let me entreat you, Frederick—for most important
reasons—to restrain your temper for a few minutes!"
" A few minutes!" cried Gudge; "no, altogether, or
here I stay—until somebody goes for a constable—and
leave all reasons altogether out of the question."
" If you're afraid to move," continued Sir Frederick to
the servants; "you can at least go on an errand. West
—run down to the Arden Arms, and fetch that cabman
back again, and if the ostler's there, ask him to come as
well. I've often wanted to see whether you could swim
or not," he went on addressing Gudge, " and now here's
a nice cold night for the horse-pond to try it."
He had scarcely finished speaking, when Gudge, who
bad been apparently collecting all his courage, jumped
upon his legs and cried out:—
"Sir Frederick Arden, I warn you for the last time to
take care of what you are doing. It's very dangerous
work, sir, to attack a lawyer—very dangerous indeed.
You don't know how far you can go, with legal safety, in
an affair of this kind, but I do!"
" Leave the house, you miserable sneaking hound !"
With astonishing courage, which appeared to have
come at the moment, Gudge leant back against the bil-
liard-table, and exclaimed, as firmly as ho was able:—
" I shall not, sir: I shall stay here as long as I like.
For ever if I please."

Lady Arden had expected, from Frederick's kindling
eye and flushed face, what would be the return to this
speech of Gudge's. She stepped forward to seize her
boy's arm; but, before she could arrest him, he flew at
Gudge like a tiger. Seizing him again by the throat with
his left hand, he dealt him such a shower of blows with
his other fist about the head and face, that the wretched
attorney was in an instant covered with blood, the result
of the training his young opponent had undergone
under the tuition of Mr. Nick Mawley. Nor did he stop
until, at the command of his mother, the two servants
stepped in and parted them.
" Get me a basin," cried Gudge, as soon as he could
speak; "get me a basin, and some water, and a sponge!"
" Get him a coffin," replied Sir Frederick, "for I mean
him to want one before I've finished with him." And
he appeared about to repeat the punishment; when one
of the servants interposed.
" What do you mean, West?" cried the young
Baronet. " How dare you stand in my way ?"
" Because he knows his true master." said Gudge, as
he wiped his face with a flaring red silk handkerchief.
" Because he knows that you have no more hold over
Arden Court than he has; and thinks it will be as well
went on, to keep friends with the man in power. Now, Sir Fre-
derick, what do you think of that?"
Gudge
, appealing to
" Pooh! stuff I" answered the Baronet, struck at the
moment by w udge said, and yet not wishing to
believe him. Hold your tongue!"
per-
fectly ` 1 willscreaming
with
ragere d e r
andick I'
excitement.'
" Mr. Gudge!" exclaimed Lady Arden

" Madam!" he replied, "I will speak: and before them
all. I tell you, Sir Frederick, you have at present no
Amore right to command hero than your servants. The
roperty is in my hands, and you can't touch it, if your
life depended on it. I've a bill against you that will
make you tremble ; and you can't touch even the very
money that is to pay it, without I se. Now who's
the miserable sneaking hound?'—now who's lord and
master of Arden Court? Do you see that lady there—
your mother? Say but another word, and I can her into prison. Lift even your finger against methrow
, and
it's done."

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THE SAILORS' HOME.—Yesterday
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of the above Institution, which is situate in
London Docks, was held in the Boardroom, fosrtretehtc:
tbroaanrsdaecrtsi o
weren of
re e generalreceived;
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paid on the private accounts of the seamen, of which
4,195/. had been sent to themselves or to their families,
at their homes. In the Savings Back, 2,8881. stood to
the credit of the boarders. Last year's expenditure left
a balance in hand of nearly 700/.
COLLISION AT SEA.--The accident alluded to in
our paper of yesterday, under this head, has not been
attended with any serious results. Our correspondent
at Liverpool, in his letter of yesterday, says that the
steamer alluded to, the Queen Victoria, had reached
the docks yesterday forenoon. Her paddle-box was
stove in; she must undergo repairs before she goes to
sea. No lives were lost. The ship which struck her
was the Isaac Allerton, not Isaac Millar, as formerly
reported.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TIIURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked this morning in the Little Park.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert hunted this
morning, attended by Earl Spencer, and the
Equerries in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget and Captain
the Lion. A. Gordon.
His Excellency Baron de Brunnow, the Earl and
Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers,
left the Castle to-day.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Earl and Countess Spencer, Baroness de Speth,
Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, the Rev. Dr. Philpott
(Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge), and the Rev. Dr.
Hodgson (Provost of Eton).
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band
will afterwards attend in the Castle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
turned to his residence at Kew, yesterday, from the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Mayers, Agent
for Barbadoes ; Mr. Nugent, Agent for Antigua ; Mr.
Colquhoun, Agent for St. Christopher's; Mr. Hankey,
Agent for Jamaica ; and Mr. Mlrryatt, Agent for
Grenada, had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.

➢lr. T. W. Webster, representing the Edinburgh
and Northern Railway Company, and Mr. Grahame,
for the lessees of tie Holbeach Tramway, had an in-
terview with the B,ight:Hon. E. Strutt, yesterday, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the
Board of Trade.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White-
hall-place.

Mi. Wyse had an interview with the Right Hon.
H. Labouchere, yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The only bets on the Derby were 300 to 25 agst Sur-
plice, 1,000 to 60 agst Springy Jack, and 500 to 25 agst
Assault; 111 to 1 offered on the field.
NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Ouseley Higgins's Pioneer—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Mason ns St. Leger
11 to 1 agst Mr. J. Bruce ns The Curate
12 to 1 agst Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE NEWPORT PAGNEL
ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.
St. Leger, 12st 81b—Switcher, 12st 21b—Pioneer, I Ist
61b—Latitat, 11 st— Marengo, I 1 st—Chandler, list—
Theheß
b—Ace
of Diamonds,l2lb—Profligate
lost 121b—Wanderer,llst— lost 1
Ost 121b—Alice Grey,: 1 Ost 61b—Brown Stout, lost
121 b Chronometer, lOst 61b—Canary, lost 211:
Sparta, lOst 21b—Gayhurst, lest.
HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.—Dick Thornton, lost 101 b,
Curate,
list—The
was omitted in the list of acceptances for this race.
Mr. Henry Scott, the trainer, of Ascot Heath, was
found dead in his sitting-room on Tuesday morning.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Badsworth lids., Tues., Doncaster Bar; Thurs., Camps-
mount ; Sat, Higham-101.
Mr. Lumley's lids., Mon., Barnby Moor ; Tues., Fin-
ningley Park ; Thurs., Thrybergh Park ; Fri., llead3n
Clump-101.
Rufford hds.,Mon., North Gate, OxtonWarren; Thurs.,
Kneesall Green ; Sat., Berry Hill-101.
Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon., Beilby Grange ;
Wed., Harewood Kennels ; Fri., Wyke-101,
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Nettleton Lodge ;
Wed., Yarborough Camps ; Fri., Utterby-11.
Lord H. Bentinck's hds., Mon., Blanknay ; Tues.,
Linwood by Rasen ; Wed., Eagle Hall ; Thurs., North
Carlton ; Fri., Bardney ; Sat., Langworth Bridge-11.
Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Mon., Whinmoor Build-
-1.91 ; Wed., Wilbertoll Mill ; Fri., Rillington-102.
Holderness hds., Mon., Brandesburton ; Tues., War-
ter- hall; Thurs., Beverley Weel's Gate Bar; Sat., Tic-
ton —loi.
Cheshire hds., Mon., Cholmondeley; Wed., Wren-
bury; Thurs., Crewe Hall; Sat., Ravensmoor Wind-
m ill-10f.
Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Chirk; Wed., Queen's
Head; Fri., Farringdon ; Sat., Green Dragon-10f.
North Staffordshire hds., Mon., Chipnall; Wed.,
Draycott; Fri., Doddington-10f,
Doniston hds., Tues., Ratcliff-on-Trent ; Wed., Stan-
ton by Dale; Sat., Kegworth Station-10i.
Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Chartley Park; Thurs.,
Eaton Wood; Sat., Wichnor Park-10i.
Sherwood harrs., Tues., Parliament Oak; Fri., Rain-
worth Bar.
Sir R. Sutton's hds., Mon., Scraptoft; Tues., Stewards
Hay; Wed., Great Dalby ; Thurs., Keythorpe Hall;
Fri., Quoridon ; Sat., Bunny Park-11.
Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon., Croxton Park; Tues.,
Weavers' Lodge; Wed., Eton Manor; Fri., Syston—lol.

THE CURRENCY.

- -
List night a public meeting was called by the Co-
operzitive League, in Farringdon Hall, King's Arms-
yard, liolborn, to consider the existing distress, the
embariessment of traie, the evils attendant on a gold,
silver, or paper cfirrency, and to adopt a remedy
which would be beneficial to the producing classes.
About half-past eight o'clock the chair waa taken
by Mr. Smith.
The CHAIRMAN briefly explained the abject, of call-
ing the present meeting together. The question of
the Currency had now become one of the utmost im-
portance, and a resolution upon the subject would be
brought forward for their adoption. He believed that
the reaaedy which had been recently applied by Mi-
nisters.had rather had the effect of bolstering up par-
ties who had brought ruin on themselves, and that
the interest of the great bulk of the community had
not been considered.
Mr. JENNISON rose to move a resolution for the
adoption of the meeting, and which was to the fol-
lowing effect :—" That this meeting considers that,
in the proposed alteration of the currency, the claims
of labour should obtain paramount consideration ; and
as so much of the distress and difficulty of the coun-
try arises from an insufficient circulating medium, it
is expedient that the present monetary arrangements
should make way for some more equitable mode of ex-
changes." The question before them he considered of
an important nature at all times, but especially so
at the present moment. He had no doubt they
would soon have some animated discussions in the new
House of Commons, and that the currency ques-
tion would occupy a large share of attention. The
consequence of the periodical returns of the panic
was, that people felt the jeopardy of their position,
and many of the wealthy were compelled to feel that
there really was no security for the wealth they had
accumulated. A new principle had been propounded,
that the wealth which was created should be
properly represented. No one could desire to
see the system go on as it had done, extract-
ing the labour of the working classes. Wealth
only was necessary to make them know their posi-
tion, and to obtain that it was only necessary that
they should understand the principles of union, for by
that means they could carry all that was necessary
into effect. It was strange, he conceived, that so
many persons should be occupied in the manufacture
of mere baubles, and that these men should be better
paid than were those who were employed in produc-
ing articles necessary for the comfort of society. In
all the legislation of Government the question of pro-,
perty seemed to be the one alone considered. It had
frequently led to war; it was also the security for
peace, and it was made the basis of the qualification
for the possession of the elective franchise. With re-
spect to the circulating medium, he thought they
would agree with him, that gold was not the most
desirable, and that all they wanted was a standard of
value that could give security such as the country re-
quired and demanded. He concluded by moving the
resolution.

Mr. AINGER seconded the resolution. He doubted
very much that the means of relieving the country
which had been proposed would have the effect that
was desired. It was well known that, under the pre-
sent system of things, the large capitalists could, by
a sort of legerdemain, operate very severely on
the interests of the working classes. The Bank of
England, as they all knew, could at any moment,
by putting on the screw, change the aspect of
affairs. The question was, how could they get the
people employed ? And it seems to him that as long
as they had the competitive system there was no
help for it. This much they knew, that when
the large masses were out of employment the result
must be extreme destitution. It was proved by
reference to statistics, that when men were out of
employment crime increased. Considerations of
property they found overwhelmed everything, but
it was time they should be up and be doing, when
they heard statements such as had been communi-
cated to them of the condition of the people of Ire-
land. He concluded by seconding the resolution.
Mr. HENRI' supported the resolution. They had
been told in a good book that money was the root of
all evil, and they had witnessed recently what misery
the country had endured in connexion with money.
It had been the cause of great mischief, and twould
destroy itself. He trusted that they would give their
support to propositions which had the good of the
working :classes in view, and upon that ground he
would support the resolution which had been read to
them.

Mr. WALTER COOPER was of opinion that the
working men by no means understood the currency
question, but he took it as a good sign of the times
that such a dry question of facts and figures was oc-
cupying the attention of the working men, and he had
no doubt that, assisted as they now were upon the
subject, they would arrive at ✓common sense conclu-
sions regarding it. He had heard surprise expressed
at the order and regularity which prevailed at the
meetings of the working classes. Dr. Channing
had observed that the present age might be
called the wild age. It was the age of
inquiry, for no dogma was secured from investiga-
tion. It was the age, too, of cheap literature and
of mechanics' institutions. It was also the age of
cheap editions of standard ,works, and the working
man could now enjoy the company of the great
minds cf ancient times, at a comparatively small ex-
pense. The age of the " right divine to govern
wrong" precept had passed away, as so also had the
age for capital punishment. There was a spirit of
improvement abroad, and he entertained no doubt
that it would result in bettering the condition of the
great bulk of society. He concluded by supporting
the resolution.

The meeting was addressed by two other speakers,
after which the resolution was unanimously agreed to,
and the meeting separated.

THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
DEAL, Nov. 10.—The 31st Regiment (Young
Buffs), commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Spence, C. 8.,
renowned for its gallant actions during a long service
in India, and particularly the battles which decided
the fate of the Seikhs, has been quartered in Walmer
Barracks since its return from India at the close of
the past year, recruiting its ranks and recovering its
discipline. During the present year this gallant
corps has been twice officially inspected by Lieut.-
General Brown, and received great credit for the
progress made in drill, and shortly before the depar-
ture of Sir Harry Smith for the Cape, that gallant
soldier visited it, and awarded it a high meed of
praise. His Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Welling-
ton having announced his intention of inspecting the
regiment, it was formed in line in review order this
morning in the South Barrack-square, composed of
10 companies of 28 files each. Precisely at eleven
o'clock (the time appointed) his Grace arrived, wear-
ing the uniform of the Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports and a Field Marshal's sash, and was received
by the regiment drawn up in line, which presented
arms as he rode into the square ; his Grace then
passed slowly up the front and down the rear of the
line, minutely inspecting the whole of the regiment.
His Grace then ordered Colonel Spence to put the
regiment through the following movements :—The
ranks were closed, and the companies broke into open
column right in front, and marched past in slow time.
The column was halted, and closed to quarter distance
on the Grenadiers, and marched past in quick time.
After the first wheel, they closed upon the Grenadiers
on the march, and again wheeled twice in close
column, the second wheel being in echellon, in which
position they advanced some distance, and deployed
into line upon the right centre company. The
oblique line then advanced, halted, and formed
quarter distance columns on the Grenadiers and
left centre company, right in front—changed
front by the wheel and countermarch of subdivi-
sions round the centre of wings, advanced in
echellon of columns, and again changed front to
rear on the centre, halted, and deployed on the Grena-
diers and left centre companies (preserving distance
correctly)—formed a parallel line on the right centre
company, which wheeled four paces to its left. The
ranks then opened, and the line advanced in slow
time, the band playing the regimental march. The
line halted, and presented arms to his Grace, who re-
turned the salute, and adressing Col. Spence, said he
was highly satisfied with the state of discipline, and
steadiness of the corps, who were a fine body
of young men, and they reflected the greatest
credit on their Colonel and others of the
regiment ; that he had known the corps for
many years and was much pleased with its appearance,
&c. His Grace then retiredfrom the ground, which
presented a very animated appearance, there being a
great number of the inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood present, many of whom partook of a dejeuner
provided by the officers. His Grace was pleased to
invite the Lieutenant-Colonel and the officers of the
regiment to dine with him at Walmer Castle this
evening. It is a singular fact that at the same hour,
on the same day and month, in the year 1813, his
Grace led this regiment to victory at the battle of
Nivelle. The first division leaves to-morrow en route
for Manchester.

----7,-_,....
DESTRUCTION OF TOADS.—Nnce the opening of
the atmospheric railway from Paris to St. Germain,
they have found round the large cast metal tube, chiefly
in that part under the tunnel to the viaduct, an immense
number of dead toads. Some chemists, being desirous
to discover the cause of this mortality, have found the
paint in the tube has a singular property of attracting
the reptiles and poisoning them. They in
localities, a complete scourge • ; and the many
are,
means of de-
stroying them may not be unacceptable. This compo-
sition, or paint, is formed of forty parts of sulphate of
lead, and sixty parts of glue, which is composed of forty-
five parts of white creosote oil, fifteen of gum lacque, and
five of caoutchouc. In the rural districts, this might be
used with great advantage by agriculturists in painting
their fences.
Robert AlTarlane, who eight years ago
of Perth gaol, but has since lived a useful
1,
.Impri.
and broke r
e sp
eocut
t .
able life, has been sentenced to only two mont h :
Sontrient•

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RAILWAY IN',,r ELLIGENCE.
MONMOUTH AND lIEREFO i D.—The Great Western
Company have given notice o f an application to Par-
liament in the next session tc. ‘ extend by three years
the time granted by the Act for making the above
railway, for the compulsory ii, irchase of houses and
lands, and for the completion o. I the works. Sundry
I
alterations, I
amendments, or .extensions, are also
sought, so far as may be deem'. d requisite for the
purposes of the above, in forty-eigi:lt Acts of Parlia-
ment, directly or ,indirectly relating to the Great
Western Company.
LANARK AND LOTHIANS.—I'Ve beg to mention,, for
the satisfaction of the shareholders in the above co n-
cern, and about the winding-up of which so muc h
has been said, that the directors have all along bees i
most anxious to have a speedy adjustment of the
one claim, and
matter • but this they were prevented from effectinris
by a claim or two which they felt it to be their
-
bounder,
decision upon
bounden duty to settle amicably. There is nothing
1 wad-,da i l
31 however, epve ecrt ,e
de excepting pt
givein
it. When this is obtained, the balance in hand,
tnhoewin Sheriff t lle
whatever it may be, will be immediately paid over to
the shareholders.—Glasgow constitutional.
SABBATH TRAVELLING.—A society has just been
established at Edinburgh, underrthe title of the Sab-
bath Alliance, one of the principal objects of which
is " to take steps to oppose and prevent the running
of railway trains and other public conveyances on the
Lord's day.

STATE OF TRADE.
The state of the hosiery trade has seldom been
more gloomy and depressed than now. The trade at
Leicester, which often acts as a sort of barometer to
the trade of this vicinity, is in a perfect panic ; the
hands, in many oases, weary of contending with their
protracted difficulties, are in such a state of despair,
that we are informed they are going in large
numbers to the union house. We hope that
this, like many other reports, is exaggerated.—
The cotton bobbin-net trade is still extremely dull, not
only in England, but in France and Germany; and
though we think upon the whole that the demand is
better than it was some months since, yet the machine
owners and journeymen are in a state of much des-
poudency. The silk trade maintains its preponderance
over the cotton department, and we are happy to find
that the pusher machines are slowly coming into opera-
tion ; this augurs well, as this description of machine
makes a good article. The traverse warp machines
are contending against the stream, but in a most de-
pressed condition. We are glad to perceive that the
muslin laces maintain their ground. If the bobbin-
net trade is to be saved, it is this manufacture that
will effect it. The warp lace trade, though extremely
depressed, appears to be slowly reviving. Still there
is that elasticity in this surprising machine, and such
is its capability of production of new fabrics, that
we have hope that this will yet make a fortunate hit.
—Nottingham Review.

WHAT IS MAN ?--lan (says the Cleveland Herald,
United States), is a reasoning animal, who paints with
the sunbeams, travels by steam, and talks by lightning.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—About ten o'clock on the
evening of Thursday last, Mr. Phillips, sen of Mr. T.
M. Phillips, of Penn, county coroner, was returning
from Wolverhampton in a gig, when not more than half
a mile from his father's house, nearly opposite Mr. W.
Sparrow's. three men pounced upon him; one took hold
of the mare's head, and one grasped at Mr. Phillips, bat
he was fortunately on the wrong side of his gig ; the
mare plunged and started off at a fearful pace, the man
at her head lost his hold, and the man at the gig had
not time to grasp anything but the lamp, which broke
off in his hand, and Mr. Philips got clear away. A few
minutes afterwards came up Mr. John Griffiths, of the
Oak Farm Ironworks, also in a gig, but he did not fare
so well as their intended victim. The villains dragged
him from his gig, stripped his great coat from his back,
took from him a silver watch (No. 8,819), gold key and
seal, with the initials " J. G." engraven thereon, white
and crimson pocket handkerchief, with " Jno. Griffiths,
1847," written upon it, a small black memorandum
book, pair of kid gloves, and 31. 10s. in gold and
silver. Fortunately the thieves did not find out a
cheque for 1,7001. Mr. Griffiths had on his person. Two
of these men were armed with bludgeons, the third was
armed with a pistol.
We understand that Lord Seymour will propose
the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Letevre as Speaker of the
House of Commons, and that Mr. John Abel Smith will
second the motion.

EXPLOSION, AND PROBABLE Loss OF LlFE.—This
morning, between two and three o'clock, an alarming
explosion took place in St. Clement's Church•yard, at
the well-known "Lii ht House." It appeared that a
man was engaged on the top floors making railway sig-
nal rockets, and from some unknown cause, the catas-
trophe took place. Sergeant Carr, F 15, having as-
cended to the upper part of the house, a man was found
on the floor, apparently dead. The engines from Chan-
dos-street and Farringdon-street, as Is elt RE the fire-
escape of the Royal Society, were quickly in attendance,
and the danger soon ceased, but not until great damage
was occasioned. The wounded man was conveyed to
King's College Hospital in a very hopeless state.
BRODIE AND CO.'S BANK RUPTCY,—SA LISBURY,
Nov. 10.—Within the last few dap, the clerks, assignees,
and others interested, have been busily engaged in the
bank office on the canal in this city, making up the
books and squaring the accounts, preparatory to their
being forwarded to Mr. Bell, in London, the official as-
signee. Report speaks more favourably of this concern,
the general opinion now being that, instead of Is. in the
pound coming to the creditors, there will be at least 10s.
Mr. William Brodie, it is said, has been concerned in
several extensive affairs which were not at first known
to the general body of creditors.
CONFIRMATION OF THE MILITARY AT WINDSOR,
EY THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—The whole of the privates
(who had not previously partaken of the rite) of the
two regiments in garrison at Windsor, the Royal Horse
Guards (Blue) and the Ist battalion of the Grenadier
Guards, were confirmed yesterday morning, in the
Church of the Holy Trinity, by the Bishop of Oxford.
Amongst the clergy of the neighbourhood who were
present at the ceremony were the Hon. and Very Rev.
Neville Grenville (the Dean of Windsor), the Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay (her Majesty's Domestic
Chaplain), the Rev. Dr. I'hillpott (Vice-Chancellor of
Cambridge), the Rev. R. Levett (Rural Dean), the Rev.
Stephen llawtrey, the Rev. F. Neville, the Rev. E.
Coleridge, the Rev. C. Elliott (of Binfield), the Rev.
George Dupuis, the Rev. H. Hawtrey, the Rev. J. G.
Gould, &c. ihe Grenadier Guards, preceded by their
full band, marched to the church, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Craufurd. The Royal Horse
Guards did not arrive in military order, their band also
not being present. The service commenced by the
chanting of the Liturgy, after which the Bishop deli-
vered a short address, and then proceeded with the
order of confirmation. At its conclusion, the Bishop
addressed the soldiers at considerable length, enjoining
upon them that, although they had embraced the mili-
tary profession, they ought always to bear in mind those
far more important duties which devolved upon them as
Christians, and as the servants of the Most High. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Smith, of the Royal Horse Guards, and
several of the officers of both regiments, were present.

PROPOSED MONUMENT TO THE POET COWPER.--...
We observe that it is proposed to erect, by subscription,
a monumental tablet to Cowper, in the Poets' Corner
in Westminster Abbey. It is designed to raise the
monument " on the broad basis of his literary as well as
of his Christian good report."

- - Si: beschappelles, the renowned " Chess-King,
died at Paris last week. _

A painful case of conjugal difference in high life
has for some time attracted public attention at Moreton
Court, in this county. It was intended to have brought
the matter under cognisance of the magistrates on
Saturday. It was a curious sight to see the lady, who is
highly connected in Wales, and of fine person, entering
the hall, leaning on the arm of her husband, against
whom she ,was to exhibit articles of the peace. The
matter, however, was arranged, but the lady has wholly
left her husband. Whether the affair will be brought
before another court is, we are told, under consideration.
There are five children living, who remain with the
father at Moreton. The husband and connexions are
from Lancashire, and are exceedingly wealthy. —Here.
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personal estate,
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Sir Davidge Gould, G.C.8., has just been proved in the
venerable officer was
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from Bishopthorpe palace early in the ensuing week,
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funeral conducted
funTehrael opurritveantaeyly,. Oxfordshire. The
Bishopwillb who has offered to contribute 100002
towards the establishment of a Romish
university in
Dublin, is Dr. Cantwell, of Meath. He is the
depository
or
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appropriation. charitable
funds, of which he has the sole
ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT LEEDS.—On Wed-
nesday Samuel Vickers and his wife were again placed
in the dock at the Courthouse, Leeds, on the charge of
having adulterated a large quantity of flour with whiting
and plaster of Paris. A great amount of evidence
clearly proving the extent of the fraud carried on by the
prisoners was adduced, arid yesterday they were again
placed at the bar. The court was crowded even morn
vered
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convicted upon three distinct cases,
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of payment he will be imprisoned . month for
each offence—three months in all—with hard labour
affair,s ti p era dwd
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consideredT he prisoner
highlyan d his wife,
sphere.