The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

I .c.. a ge ode Wad ia Dutch veleta& The remission on corn amene ts to ' per lad, being oa wheat 23 per cent., and on Wiry 50 per cent. of the tariff impost. IRELAND. Dvatix, Ocr. 17. "Demonstrations " are the popular phenomena of the day. All h the southern counties excite swat p re vails Tat assumes the shape of a public acc sally--a lea dangerous vent for the popular . I?as ins Van the midnight conspiracy. In Limenck, ma ce especially, this fermentation is universally pre- re l e nt among the peasantry ; and a more dark and v engeful population than the peasantry of Limerick does not exist in Europe. The poor-law is at the bottom of the movement, which is quite distinct from the terant-right agitation. The out-door relief Is acceptable enough ; but the condition prece dent, of a full worunouse u a stumoung block, which they seek to cross in vain. Hence the clamour and turbulence. One peculiarity of these pauper gatherings is the absence of all dis crimination in their treatment of persons. The priest and the parson equally come under the code of Garry tine. I dare not abridge the following graphic de scription of the " demonstration " on the Oarryftne Mountain, and the results which followed the move- ments of the local jorquerie. At Ballygrane a similar gathering took place on Wednesday, to the serious damage of the Rev. Mr. O'Flanagan's potatoes, eight barrels' of which were anpitted and appro priated : Tin GATATIINT Draonevaairtosi.—PrritAOßDlNAßT Peorinionvos. —The meeting of the peasantry, which was to have taken place on Monday. ce the hill of inri7ine was Postponed by general ooh ant to wet day. At an Mi e] hour n the marries, the pearanety from the sumuocilug motes Socked in ma nn to tom of attraction, ORS Mal bar et 12 o'cicek the hiLl of Caserynne presented • for mable In the 'lumbers of the people as there could not k m , b e . lets than 1,000 persons Tersest. lie loud sound of the Ere Mob was heard in all directions during the day's proceed ad. miring to the elevated position of the meeting, the labs. of Bram, IWrkbill, Killaeolla, Drew's-coon, Bahygrane, and cneels.lll., could easily disarm the amembLage. At 3 o'clock aw mesettei entered Into weasel. and, after • few mama was malle* _evolved that all should pro deed . redleme at Mr. Rebut Petherstone, J.P., Brune, iml Weir Ii Mimi, al sod intercession to provide food oenginyseent. On the mg to Irene the procession halted at Bock- WI, sad drew use as reidenne of the Rev. Mr. It P.P., who wet almmt '!he lve. Mr. Meany, his curate, advised them to neat here my andhatation of vindictive feeling, or outrage on h7rl, Ada algid Mom them to the istiquencee of the law. ld advise the to make their grimace. known In • proper corner. Int eat ef alien form a deputation, and respectfully wait on the p:or.law g=4.11•1 et the Kilmallark Unice. draw up a plain gieleteent ef their orleemom and s ubmit it to the wnsideratious of Yet beard. H. Ind no doubt that so& a step would be Ys pager on and which ultimately wide lead to sac- ea Be hoped that their preesedlmp wadi hare a con eillellend direction. Ile erooki eineddt them to respect the Oita of Peelarely—sbonid they Amide the law tlz moil ft a......g the rifting; flo asw lave ur be seined by the millt ktoea L ai jdo sid veho We vend sot s" fnmiht° to b .: huge caet like try sts gir se re Ihr • mormot In the minooder, and suggested that dor ylimder. The webs( did net settee this reales gromMol dielliosee to the Werilmse el the Rev. Mr. Wei* 111011111 n we met blown as a *id ate ftarture, end in a MOMS pael Me mien mewed en to Braga Ilisigd In that lecalley y , sogrommled reoldmee of Mr. relhemems, where the tree oldeomell W did gedlemen and the Wm. Mr. Ryan. Mr. PaMmestmo Odd New dot km se en hildbeala add nit lotto "w blmolf mg Ms Be greelme. Be me . b il ot ===e i egowor. wad hd to all emodens ht Newt odd the madam el the , and r an In Me power to sdlfgde Ms mote of Or pod. He stseY Id It • duly hogged m Mei se • nundletrde to mentlon dm opted treeldieg the pelt= moo ammo Si the new pomMe toodiel art the of the emestoy meld mat dee werldrage demob oaks, and =red. the Ws, and the = i berted up i t t a t tiloar WM amomd Md minl, el the man no I=orns tilde Mr.=mt ma Ohm Mil riwty of M beiledm Without more ado they edged In NS. Pelheratene's golle, god eons them lathe premium/ the M. Mr. Igemy (reeler), Mrs elodt they leered by ems or eight Id um mil belotee, Mend elbr the heel the end gesseedel with Oho mgdm Moth le loebhlll. Bong the h ' iney elm Orel wen drab the dr. When the rattle were driven to the Mlle hemeleed loddil, the dawns were ntoombil at such a dint daft% nod awry Isar is the locality we apprehensive led de own mode be talm. In the ‘illane of Rockhill, which ill the maim Mg et Um *tort, the gee* were again mot by the Bac Mr. Ryan, who adeidshed them aphid their lawlempeonoeiloge, ray meowed Sot they weld let the adds P of tads, en the misers ommed4 they entered Ms men yard end braid elsosehes to his ado I The ree. gendomen rho mmeniere ler a Mort Be am loyeal the ilkenled whoa *ay el hada pilled ft rellgles a mod OM. The s p, m ledho Men him so lle m d dab wants nd In So dam store eineMo del eimloshm held the Wi deonleden, ins metered Meptlrarly. Therm. oestimms 'MAW Me owe cattle Ind time of Mr. Ifellessdano nod Rm. Mr. Meg. miemblage thaweepareted In as goseedin meaner. A question &very great im portance _ as regards the future operations of the Poor Extension Act, has been mooted at the Balbriggan sessions before the Assistant Barrister, Mr. Kemmia. An appeal was lodged by the guardians of the electoral division of Balbriggan, in the union of Balrothery, against the guardians of the union at large, on two grounds—first, for having refused a revision of the registry books of the union, for the purpose of alter ing the chargeability of paupers charged against, the Balbriggan division; and, second, for having continued to charge certain paupers on the division after the recent act ; the question at i/11110 between the parties was, whether the 10th Vic., ch. 31, had or had not a restroepective operation. It was contended for the appellants, on the true construction of the act, that the electoral division was not chargeable, unless the pauper had obtained a settlement by residence in the division for thirty months, and that the absence of such qualification cast the maintenance of the pauper on the union at large. It was further con tended that the guardians were bound to revise the registry in that particular at every meeting. This view of the case gave a double aspect to the law— prospective and retrospective. On the other side it was argued that the acts, taken together, provided for three classes of paupers : Sret, those who obtained a settlement by simple residence; secondly, those who obtained it by twelve months' ; and thirdl y, by thirty months' residence under the last act; and that the rights of all had a distinct and separate existence. The register, in the schedule to the original poor law, only provided a column for the town la nd on which the party resided , but there was no enactment enabling any alteration, by inserting the time when residence commenced ; ergo, the electoral divi sion was properly chargeable with all who were on registry, whether having a previous residence or not prior to the passing of the late act. The determina tion of this question in favour of the appeal would be productive of very serious consequences. The chair man took time to deliberate ; and well he might, for he had to weigh the adverse opinions of two attor neys-general. The late attorney-general, Mr. Greene, was in favour of the respondents, and the present, Mr. Moore, of the appellants. . STATE OF TEI ConNvitv.—Captain Browrigg, provincial inspector of constabulary, a man of great experience and real, has been sent to the south on duty, to investigate the circum stances connected with the murder of Mr. Roe, and to direct active measures for making amenable such parties as may be affected by the information he receives. Govern ment will leave no effort untried to discover and punish whoever may have perpetrated this murder. or partici pated in any way in the councils of those who planned it. Mr. Greville has with benevolent consideration instructed his @gent in Ireland to abate the tenantry on his Cavan Mates 50 per cent., and more in some instances, when the tenants came in to pay the rents. Mr. °resins has thus w owed more rents on his estates than those who undertake to end them rigorously. It is said that fever is very prove lest in Kell., owing to the frequent relapses of the rillimts affected, which the destitution of their circumstances indacts.—The public lamp. of Limerick are lighted at the rate of 31. 15e. per lamp.—Col. Jones, who, in addition to his fanctiOns or chairman d the board of works, fills the office of chid tommisaioner of the Shannon Navigation, has pro treaded to that river upon a tour of inspection, and will, without doubt, afford considerable employment to the In homing population ere be returns to town.—The landed proprietors of Limerick have applied for loans for improve ment to the amount of 36,3431., of which the Misses Gas coigne, who own large estates near Kilmalloch, in that county, have applied for 24,7631. RattwAT ACCIDENTB.—Fonz accidents, three of which terminated fatally, are recorded today in the Irish journals. Two occurred on the Raven Extension of the Drogheda Railway ; one on the Belfast and Ballymena ; and one, the Octal of which is not expected to survive, on the Ulster line at Belted. SCOTLAND. EDINDUROE, Ocr. 16. A vacancy has occurred in the Latin chair of Eing's College, Aberdeen, by the death of Dr. Forbes, professor for the last thirty years. In referring to the impropriety of attempting to deprive 111r. 1 *Douai, the new Hebrew professor, of his chair in Edinburgh University, the Scotsman has fallen into a mistake regarding King's Coll ggee. He says " Mr. Bentley, Professor of Oriental in King's College, Aberdeen (the chair corresponding to that obtained by Mr. NPDonall), is an avowed free church man ; but the presbytery' never think of disturbing him.”--In the first place, Mr. Bentley has been dead for about twelve months ; and, in the second, efforts were made by some of the Aberdeen church courts to disturb him, and probably would have been con tinued until they excited prominent attention, had the venerable professor lived longer ; these efforts being all the more ungenerous that the old man had been nearly half a century in the university, and could not, i n the course of nature, have been long a stum bling-block in the way of any party. The subscrip tion for the status of Dr. Chalmers, in the new col lege, Edinburgh, onlj amounts as yet to about 1001., the estimated cost being 1,5001. A prize of 501. is offered by a non-medical gentle man in Edinburgh for the best way on hydrophobia, as it affect, the human subject. The judges are to be three of the medical professors of Edinburgh Univer sity, with the secretary . of which the essays are re quire to be lodged previous to May 1 next year. Having given currency to the charge of premature piling in Ballantrae, it is but fair to give the follow ing defence, leaving its worth to be estimated by those capable of judging in ash a question. It appears in the form of as aaaaraoss letter to the Wigton Press: We dr wink yen last • nrsgeen nos the parr to er their harass le wt Oen dr et Ballentree In err e, se nest le tbe Wait sod other herring lely la inner. We r• art •WO myna Os see so inn ran et Ins mks the semi at dr yew sr in est e ntheet ewe • wen at Inn. Wry all rem be milli • ter ma open sinfen tbb snoblint efts flem their garielben: E le Ws swim t Win ern enrWe laic Ina te bra tenet Jultgains Is nese tesnen Wet hs the ante et Ihe Wallop nOwtill Wet .22 aseents vim • shot aeme shoe We eels nil ea lastalit ..oraz i so as doe a J Nay de egperolle Jim Wry an nee by the Argykabe lameas% war Se et ea= hop tabs et min min Ens. end term sairdnes t tan therian die Win et the sheet b rota en =l, Waren bobs set 111 0 11 = . 6 = nice essy be nerd by les tin tans Orrin Stunner, are Yarn be e Inn tre ennui On kr these twiny pm Wail sr Annie* Wads silmtne ot miller treble O'Day?' nein hen en net .in nal about the Mk at NW sit tbey wend Ind iliere Improved lnc.. mein this dr repine et tbe Bellnieme weld do k renew' Way wend be bine main la sapper Orr faYr taring Ora wefts to Selbstry that mew 111111111k* pow etre the Try net nry wont nett to rake Or phis Wen nine Reference was lately asade to the carom duties of district surgeons in Obsegoir, and to the smallness of their emoluments. They have now a chance of be coming "passing rich," as at last meeting a member of the parochial board gave notice of a motion to raise their salaries to " forty pounds a year." In Glasgow thirteen publicans were the other day fined in sums varying from 255. to 80s., for keeping their houses open at untimely hours. In connexion with these subjects, a oommittee of Aberdeenshire commissioners or supply ask : To it not expedient to seam the poetrate of Home for the =de of wine, so as to imeam. be rather des that of ardent spirits? It at do, It le vety espellest give power tojastkes. 'bite dry gem It Melnik to mat erlillietes for lienso le been, Mt dr els modem, eve el tbe met, but le be entirely oiled es Ot mere Vie vela retie te be minted out with mob ellemell_e W Wee Wel eelleettlet; bat it is well worthy of antelemiletetim ; ee eat esy. very fewer are re quired for the pones el peels memmeisdas lbas to other dap, bemuse timing ralWesmabr, Males. er outs le motion ; and by eteeette Ile le lay Imes@ now proposed, of ems, et I Yermr rats, mnedt Inliempitnnse well le gmeneted. nevem Yee tee- Meetly to oomplis at by Sunday elaidne ; and It is not easy to moist the pellese, if be beep his customers concealed on him prembee. %bleb N Es Ids Interest to do. Tice GLASGOW ATHINAMIL—Dr. J. W. Hudson, of Lleds, has been elected secretary to the Glasgow Athos. imam. The number of applicants for this office were very great, and all of them highly respectable. Many can boast of no mean name in the 1 terary world. Seeing the minimum salary (12514 is so small, it in somewhat wonderful to think so many applicants came forward ; but the Glasgow Athe neum is a promising institution : it opened on Wednesday last with 1,300 members, and every succeeding day has added a large number of new subscribers, so that the office of secretary may prove more lucrative ere long. One thing seems certain, if Dr. Hudson works the Glasgow Atheneum as he has done other institutions he has been connected with, the means of the institution will speedily increase sufficiently to admit of the appointment being made more lucrative to him. Fax RAILSD AGAIN.—The case of this man, who was liberated on bail during his wife's illness, and re-apprehended since her death, having attracted much interest, we (Glaze gate Herald) have been induced to make a little inquiry into the matter. The case is, no doubt, one of great atrocity, still it wan not, we are informed, in the power of the magistrate to refuse bail—the charge upon which the accused was apprehended, being that of "cruel, barbarous, and felonious maltreatment of his wife." Fay was examined upon that charge, and committed to prison until he should find suffi cient caution, under a penalty of 300 merke Scots (161. 13e. 44.), that he would appear and answer to that charge whenever required; and this we learn is the usual amount demanded from persons in the station of the accused in bailable eases. Fay found bail accordingly, and was libe rated. On the death, however, of Mrs. Fay, the case assumed , a different aspect, and Fay was again apprehended. He ' was now charged with the crime of culpable homicide—a medical inspection was ordered—the accused examined upon that charge, and warrant granted for his imprisonment until he found bail, under • penalty of 261. sterling, that he would appear and answer to that charge—it being by law still one of a bailable nature, and the amount such as is demanded from persons of Fay's station. It may be the opinion of many that' bail should not be accepted in such a ease ; but, in the mean time, the law says differently. The case will be reported in ordinary coarse to the Lord Advocate. RURAL Sturcterrv.—A sporting gentleman, attended by his servant, lately entered a western hostelrie, for the pur pose of refreshing the inner man. They were met by the landlady, who welcomed her vioiton, but next moment she gave a look of alarm at the guns, and reminiscences of " melancholy and fatal accidents," duly chronicled in a thousand and one different newspapers, crowded on her sen sitive memory. " Oh, airs," she exclaimed, " are thee guns loaded ? " " Yee," was the reply. " Dear me, but I canna allow loaded guns in my house; I couldna bide the thoct o't —rase ane kens what dreadhe mischanter might happen." " 0 ! bring me a cork ; make it all right," laid Mr. —. The keeper in a moment caught his master's cue, and with hostess's help got the article. Mr. and his man then pared the halved cork nicely down to the proper size, and corked up each barrel ! The ruse succeeded ; the landlady's terror was apposed, and no accident happened with the gnus ! PROVINCIAL THE OPERATITE FACTORY DELEGATES of 'AlWA shin, assembled at Manchester on Sunday, cane to a reso lution in accordance with the announcements of their inten tions which have already appeared in this paper. There were twenty-four towns or districts represented, and three resolutions were come to : 1. To send a deputation to the masters of Ashton to endeavour to induce them to withdraw their notice of reduction of wages. 2. That in the event of this deputation being unsuccessful, to strike labour through out the whole of the districts on the 21st inst. 3. That four delegates be appointed to proceed to London to represent to government the state of the cotton trade, and urge upon them the neceeety of relaxing the rates of discount now charged by the Bank of England, end thereby afford greater facilities to trade. How POOR-LAW SURGEONS ARE PAID.—Sir,—A few words from your editorial pea in advocacy of oar cause, with the accompanying evidence before you, would, doubtlessly, call forth the gratitude of every poor-law medi cal officer : A summary of visits, and medicines supplied, to poor-law patients, Halifax district, for the quarter com mencing June 25, and terminating Sept. 25, 1847:—Area, 990 acres ; population, 19,881 ; tint,, 685 • mixtures, 985 ; pills, 2,255; powders, 879 ; lotions, 37; liniments, 12; oint ment, 49 ; plaster', 53; fresh orders from the relieving officer, 186. Snell is a faithful abstract of tits duties which a medical officer has to perform. Let us now look at the remuneration. For making the number of visits, and supplying the amount ' of medicines here enumerated, the award is 201., or 4s. 41d. per day. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that poor-law practice embraces the most unhealthy localities, such as courts, lanes, alleys, cellars, garrets, and crowded lodging-houses, places which baffle all description, but which may truly be pronounced sinks of misery, filth, and destitu tion. To attempt to eradicate or even treat disease in these places, is like struggling to drive back the waves of the sea. This report must lot be considered as applying to me alone, but also to hundreds of well-educated medial practitioners who are absolutely toiling for nothing, and hourly exposing their lives to imminent peril. Many, in consequence, as the last few months have proved, have fallen a *acrid*e to their eouseleatious discharge of duty, and the wonder ia that tho mortality amongst medical officers has not been considerably higher. Surely this is a class which demands better con eraaon Sum it has hitherto received.—F. SMITH GARLICK, Medical Officer for the Township of Halifax.—Oct. 14, 1847. DURHAM. A VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION OF SCN DIRLAND is likely to be crested by the recent tenure of Measrs. Barclay, Brothers. Mr. D. Barclay, M.P., will, it is said, retire from the representation of that town, and the liberals are already on the qui Noe. _ _ WORCUITBAHIBIL AIDING A MAN — VO — SVEAL ale Owe WIPE.— Than has been residing, for the last air years past, as • lodger, in the house of Mr. Heywood, Boughton-street, near Worcester, an elderly lady named Smith, wife of Mr. T. P. Smith formerly of Bholaley and Leigh, In this county. Both husband and wife are most respectably connected, but denim& disagreement had caused them to live apart for some coadderable time. On Tuesday afternoon last, Mr. Smith, the leedmed, accompanied by Mr. Knipe, a solicitor, and also illemedeleadents Chipp and Bateman, of the Woe. eseter_psdiee. premeds& to the home of Mr. Heywood, when Km Thais nearly sixty-five years of age, and in a very ladiffereat *As of health, was forcibly taken from her apartments, plead in a fly and, accompanied by Mr. Knipe and her hushm&driven eis r been subsequently ascer tained, to the deess . Smith, at Wootton-under- Edge. The ands eased medderatde distress to the friends of Mrs. Smith, awl already, we (Worcester Herold) are informed, presaging, have been cemmenced to obtain redress kma - the chief actors therein ; whilst the conduct of the two °Assn of police, Chipp and Bateman, in being participatory in such a transaction, was on Friday mad.' the subject of inquiry before the mayor. —Mr. Heywood, the first witness, described the abduction as follows : Mrs. Smith, the lady in question, had bees • lodger in his house the last six years : she was 65 year* of age, and in a delicate Mate of health. On Tuesday afternoon last, about two o'clock, Mr. Knipe, the solicitor, called at his house, and said ha was de sirous of seeing Mrs. Smith, the lady who lodged with him. He replied that she was unwell, and had lain down. Mr. Knipe then said be would wait, and got behind the door. He then saw Mrs. Smith's husband coming up the garden, followed by the two policemen. Upon this himself and daughter tried to shut the door, but in vain, ma it was thrust open, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Knipe, with the two policemen, entered the house. Mr. Smith led the way, and said he was come for his wife. He then entered the room where she was lying on the sofa, laid hold of her, and said he should take her away. Mrs. Smith screamed violently, crying out repeatedly—" Charles, protect me ; " and be laid hold of Mr. Smith and endeavoured to release Mn. Smith from him. At this point the police interfered, and said to him—" Don't do it; you are only breaking the peaoe, and we are come on purpose to prevent it;" but he persisted in retaining his grasp of Mr. Smith ; the two officers laid hold of him, one on each side, and compelled him to let go ; whereupon Mr. Smith and Mr. Knipe, by their joint efforts, dragged Mrs. Smith out of the house and down to the gar den gate, where a fly was waiting into which they thrust her. This accomplished, the officers released him ; but on his attempting to follow them to the gate he found it closed against him. In reply to a question by one of, the committee, Mr. Heywood said that but for the assistance and interference of the police he certainly should have succeeded in preventing Mr. Smith faCOOl2l - his object. Other witnesses were in attendance to 'peek to the MMe facts, but the committee deemed it ne ts:wary to call one of them only, viz., Mr. Andrew Fenn, next door neighbour to Mr. Heywood, who corroborated him in every particular, adding, that he saw Mrs. Smith thrust into the By, and, as denoting her reluctance I. go, and the violent* with which she was treated, that he observed she was lying down in the fly with her legs out of the door, and her elotkes greatly discomposed. The officers put (pastime to both witnesses, but did not attempt to deny the accuraev ts.f tte one main partienun. Their defence was that they ;;ed under the direction of Mr. Phillips, the inspector, by whom they were instructed to accompany Mr. Knipe to Mr. Heywood's house, from whence a man was going to fetch hie wife, to see that no breach of the peace wu oommitted, and that in obeying the orders of their superior officer they did not consider they were acting illegally, or doing more than their duty ; they had had no re muneration for what they had done, neither did they expect any. Inspector Phillips wee then called into the room, and having been acquainted with the detente made by the two sergeants, he at once said that his instructions to them were to the effect they had stated, and what blame there was in the matter attached to himself. He was applied to on the Tuesday by Mr. Knipe for the presence of two of the police at an endeavour to be made by • person to obtain possession of his wife; be in quired 3.f it was legal, and Mr. Knipe matured him that it was, and that all he had to do was to wee that no breach of the mace took place. The mayor, addressing the officers. signified that the watch committee were unanimously of opinion that their conduct in this transaction was most seriously culpable and reprehensible. The inspector, be desired, would consider himself severely reprimanded. He also dealt out a like severe reprimand to the two officers, telling them that instead of keeping the peat*, the profmed object of their errand, they had actually allowed themselves to be enlisted on the side of those who were the violators of it; and but for the committee believing them to have been made the dupes of others, and that they had acted under the instructions of their superior officer, they would certainly have been summarily dismissed from the force. NORTHANIFTONSIIIRE. DWELLINGS OF AGRICULTURAL LAROUREIB.—At • time when public attention is directed to the improvement of the dwellings of agricultural labourers, the following state ments in regard to the parish of Whitfield, near Brickley, in this county, will be read with interest. The parish (says a correspondent of the Northampton Herald) consists of about 1,200 acres of land, one-half of which belongs to the provost and fellows of Worcester College, Oxford. They are, also, the owners of upwards of 30 cottages in the village, and are lords of the manor. The state of the cottages has long been a source of much anxiety to them. Many of these buildings were little better than hovels, very few with more than one sleeping-room, and 111014 of them wanting repair. In the autumn of last year it was determined to improve their condition. The first thing decided on was to build twelve new ones. The plan adopted was very simple. Two cottages under one roof; stone-built and slated. and sash casements. The staircase opposite the door ;of entrance, with a room to the right and left. Two very I light and airy chambers in each cottage. Ventilators introduced between the floors and ceilings and under the roofs. The rooms fitted with every convenience in the shape of cupboards and shelves, and each cottage provided with a good hovel. The cottages are placed at • considerable distance apart, are built on rising ground, have either south or south-west aspects, and have most of them large gardens. These it is intended to separate with quickset hedges, to be kept clipped. The rents of these excellent dwellings are fixed at 31. per annum. Twelve cottages havejust been completed. The provost of Worcester College, the Rev. R. L. Cotton, D.D., conceiving that some slight inconvenience had been experienced by the cottager', determined on giving them en entertainment. Wednesday, the 6th instant, was the day Axed. A large barn, on the farm of Mr. Bartlett, was lent for the occasion. It was decorated with evergreens and flowers, and a temporary ceiling of canvass gave it the ap pearance of a large room. Three tables were laid, and pre paration made for 228 to dice. Roast and boiled beef, and other good things were provided. The rector of the parish, the Rev. William Skinner, presided at one end of the centre table, and the Rev. It. Muckleetone, one of the fellows of Worcester, sat at the other end. Inha bitants of the village presided at the other tables. The ladies and younger members of the families of the above-named Fentlemea waited on the party. The whole party did ample justice to the excellent dinner set before them. As soon as dinner was ended, Mrs. Skinner and the ladies adjourned to another barn, which had been fitted up for the purpose of entertaining the children of the schools with tea and plum cake. It was no sooner over than a variety of innocent games were introduced, which amused the party until dark. The whole then assembled in the large barn to partake of the remaining contents of the barrels, and the air rang with cheers loud and long in honour of the provost, the founder of the feast. THE ECLIPSE.—The meieororogical obeervationa made at the Cambridge observatory during the eclipse on the 9th Oct. have been published, us fellows: "The changes in the barometer and hygrometer were very mall, but suffi ciently considerable to show them to have been in some measure affected by the phenomenon. The observations were taken at intervals of from 10 va 16 minutes. At 6h. Om. the barometer read 29,933 in., and until the commencement of the eclipse showed an inclination to fall. At the time of the greatest obscuration, it remained stationary, and imme diately after it continued to ascend; finally, at Bk. 46m., it read 29,963 in., having thus ascended 0,030 in. in 2h. 46m. With three common thermometers, one with the bulb black. coed and exposed to the sun's light, another with plain bulb in same position, and the third in the shade, the readings were plainly affec ted, though to a small amount, remaining mostly stationary as the sun became obscured, and varying ' rapidly as the phenomenon passed off. With hygrometers exposed to the sun's light, and in the shade, the differences were very uniform, following the same range as the common thermometers. Owing to the moisture in the atmosphere, the wet and dry bulb readings were nearly the same, the differences being at commencement of eclipse—Wet below dry, 06 •at rattan obscuration, 0,4 deg. ; and at ter =nation, I,o' deg. deg.' SALE OF LAND RECLAIMED FROM TEE SEA.—A few days . ago were offered for sale, by the Nene Outfall Comunanonen, at Wisbech, 960 acres of land, in 27 lots, being their poetics of between 3,000 and 4,000 acres that have beta gained from the sea, by the completion of their great work. The lots varied from 7 acres to 180; and this reserved bid for the several lots varied from about 45/. to 801. per acre ; and though none of the lots were actually sold at these prima, above 601. per sere was bid for lot 24, contain- ' ing 103 acres, and for some of the smaller lota higher prices were offered. Prices like these would hays been deemed high a few years ago, in every part of the country, for land in a high state of cultivation; but that such prices should be offered for land just recovered from the sea, and not yet en closed. is a fact worth recording, as it shows how rapidly the soil of England is increasing in value, and increasing at this point also in extent. It is but a few years ago that the whole of this valuable land formed the bed of the Wisbech river, and from the rapid deposits now going on beyond the barrier bank, another portion of from 3,000 to 4,000 acres' may be added to terra firma in the course of a few years. KENT. -- . - DOVER IMPROVEMENTS.—. Modern improvement," says the Dover Chroeicle, " is just now laying violent hands on St. Martin's Priory grounds. The Priory meadow is al ready studded with handsome new houses, and more are in the course of erection. For many year, back the few build ings of this ancient religious house that remain standing have been converted into barns ; while the foundations of the twelve outer walls are being levelled to make way for modern streets. To the antiquary this is, indeed, ' • sorry sight but, neverthelms, the Goths of our day continue to hammer away at the remains of Moisten, with no more concern than if they were working in a primeval quarry of granite. What, they ask, is to be done else ? Dover has grown too big to be contained within its pristine boundaries, the cliffs. 20,000 people require more stowing away than 5,000 or 6,000 ; and although many broad acres of beac h-land hare been raft from the sea, the cry for more space increases. If our antiquarian Mends could be at all reconciled, they might derive consolation from the sight of the pleasant villas and neat house' that are taking the place of their favourite mouldering walls and Avelino green knolls. Already, on the plot of which we are speaking, some 50 basses hare been reared, and 30 more are in proper On the Folkestone road, too, the hand of the builder i s . busily em ployed. At Tower Hamlets 40 new houses will be erected this year; and we do not think we shall be over estimating the extension of house accommodation in Dover, if we state that, daring 1847, 100 houses wan have been added to the number. Whilst on the robject of Dover im provements, we must not omit to nodes Victori a -pa rk v (situated on a gentle slope, immediately under the of the castle, and commanding a most extensive sea rim), which has just been laid out for the erection of an extensive crescent of houses that will rival In appearance and &emai -1 modation the mansions of say watering-place in the kingdom. REFUSAL TO BURT.—On Fridays oommieeion wan opened, directed by the Bishop of Exeter to five clergymen, under the Church Discipline Act, to inquire into the grounds for • certain scandal and evil report touching the Rev. Wm. Rawlings, rector of Lansallos.—Mr. Ralph Barnes, the bishop's secretary, reed the commission, from which it appeared that Mr. Jonathan Couch had laid the informa tion, and the offence consisted in the refusal of the rev. gentlemen, on the 16th of June, to bury the corpse of John Rundell Hitchens, a person never dissinsed 1110013111111- nicate majors excomminticatione, and sennenient having been given to him, contrary to So OM caa wa s i r the year 1603. He did not air sg oviiiess, basun Mr. Preston Wallis, agent for the r eu z sa pedsmiN ]a• seated an admission of all the fade ; het OWN% In palliation, that the refusal war in 0111110tems• abut derstanding of the act of parliament 68 8 7* W. for registration, the 27th section of while &wad the re gistrar to give his certificate to the nark/raker sad the un dertaker to the minister, adding, " every who shall bury or perform any funeral religions se ce for which no certificate has been duly made, and shall not within seven days give notice to the registrar, shall forfeit 101." In this ease, having been misled by the msrginal note, " No deed body to be buried without such certificate" he had refused ,• but within half an hour after he discovered his mistake, and hastened from his own house to the church, where, how ever, those who were with the body had already put it into THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1847. the ground and sung a hymn over it—clearly en ecclesiasti cal offence. The registrar lived six mile off, and there was no poet. The chancellor agreed to transmit the statement of these palliating facts en the bishop, with the report WILTSHIRE Taz EXCISE LAWS.—A public meeting of maltaters was held on Saturday sennight, at WarnaineMe ,to adopt mantras fee the purpose of obtaining an uthadment of the prang law, which determines what skill be Seethed a com pressed couch. Various mahatma were ausisal unani mously. Mr. J. Warren,my— of Wareaufte, prodded en the eterion. amillien the i et lie act mire to to muting, commonly °Mad the "One Mem? Alm mire tame - la say ear ameeed empruelm. le have the gni hole the south. imd brim amen • maim tempi wilt a sleweftw if diatasthatag whether ass le we ammo asse. They thmlbre toile emeylien te the pima* et this Osten : termati es hs *Me et meet le heml wpm i—atitaht as It Is • pad Nelea• mi mimes • mememeee hem le yeepirty sod alrmalm assmit ism Ito Moved so a *l* Ink hi as,. That the prom et pasfas• emit it me Is ustotalaties, adin g. logs bid 100 . 86 10111 billthattala di rls dna% owe Ike ',wee w so area; awl ilk hi a mlomlf ahem Mreelhe Mpg kir • gauge will be taken. erytneliseettly the raw* wise aka ha • water at chanoc—That OM In mother eterkehe Me umsorreba. rand endure st ea lelaaemrd mth, who Me ii Me epareelems of a cud mesteln meson in Ms own bull` mg In set= he the amend_ harem his Imetesee. Is samihelly Wthe -- =1 dale sr earatutlem—Thet they herein! res at* te Ihet. k the iwwisatiew al Ode kw, the noreexelnches' simemell a Gssnales, est * anitirty Ova the trade. la seam am dial try the aleada—That sere with reptimmie ..MM.L tin law ; awl that the awYdats =manly awe, ea Its* illeratim wader it---They thimble awfastly pray Or Its repel, mil the erheettatian et a MOM, law. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. MEETING OP SRI ARCHJEOLOOICAL SOCIETY.— A strong mow moluottigto took plans on Friday, at Cabberlei, for ham Mem tenham, on the Cirencester road. Thie f = the prevailing features of which are decorated, Unlearned antiquaries with much mat ter for discussion, particularly as regards the interesting recumbent effigies, male and female, and other mortuary remains. The next place visited was Cowley, about a mile from the former village. Thi s church, which is a neat spe cimen of early English, was much admired for its elegant simplicity ; though, of course, as antiquaries, they could not but regret that the alterations of later date have not been in accordance with the original design. The great "find" of the day was the Norman Church of Elkstone, which excited the highest admiration of the learned saran. Its Norman work, particularly the two deprened arches in the chancel, excited much discussion amongst the whole of the membert The last church marked on the list was Brimpsfield. It is an interesting, though not a remarkable church, and, therefore, after a short examination of this and the site of the Mortimer (?) Castle close by, the members pro. ceeded to the Black Hone, at Birrllip, anticipating, with appe tites somewhat sharpened by hard work and the air of the Cotteswolda, the discussion of a pod dinner; and by the way, while speaking of the air of those hills, we (Cheltenham Looker-an) may mention that the antiquaries read incrip tions with much satisfaction, showing that two rectors of Cubberley attained, one 97 and the other 109 yeah. LITERATURE. Results of AstrononTs;t:161;;;;;;;1 the Cape of Good Hope. BT Sir JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL, Bart, &c. The illustrious William Herschel, the father of the author before us, may justly be said to have origi nated that branch of astronomy in which his son has now made a new epoch. All sound views of the cosmical relations of stars, and the greater part of the knowledge which led to them, date from the time at which the mind of the former was applied to the results of his optical improvements. The public un derstand the size of the great telescope better than that of the intellect which directed its construction ; but it will not always, be so ; the schoolmaster is as sure as he is slow. Our ideas of the connexion of celestial bodies were dra en entirely from our own system, when William Herschel discovered that double stars were connected with each other, and revolved round each other. The astronomical world was reposisg in quiet, on the supposition that that same system was completely known, when he first showed how to find a new planet : since which time eighty newer ones have been added to the list. The current notion of the universe was that of a congeries of stars without de sign or order, when he called attention to the probable meaning of die distant tubule, and assigned to our world of stars its position in the cluster, the distant parts of which form the Milky Way. It was the mind of William Herschel which forced the attention of the astronomer upon the double stars and nebulas, and since his time much has been done to observe these bodies accurately, both as to portion and physical appearance. Much also has been done in that kind of specula tion to which we have often come to owe established truth, and still more often the hint as to the right way of finding it ; but among those who have de voted themselves to the pursuit of the branch of astro nomy created by the elder Herschel, the second place has been earned by his son. After a diligent survey of the northern regions, published in various scientific transactions, and pre senting, as to all that is visible in our latitude, the most satisfactory termination of what his father had began—using the word termination with reference to the resources of our own day—Sir John Herschel de termined that the same eye and the same instrument should complete the survey of the heavens. All who have ever heard two different observers speak of the same phenomenon must know that the value of the additional labour is much increased by this uni formity of execution. Everything is expressed in words of the same meaning—the astronomer of every Ilatitude may read of the things he cannot see as with a dictionary, by . comparing what he can see with the description given of it. Sir John Herschel set off with his family for the Cape of Good Hope in November, 1833, and returned to England in the spring of 1838. He mounted his observatory at I Feldhausen, six miles from Cape Town, at the foot of Table Mountain, and there performed for the southern hemisphere what he had already done for the ' northern. The years which have elapsed since his return have been employed in the drudgery which astronomers call reduction of the observations, a pro cess possessing &beat as much of the interest of sel -1 enoe as casting up the accounts of the oommissariat has of the romance of war. The scientific world is all the more obliged. Many an astronomer has been a useless star-gazer because he found peeping and measuring more pleasant than reducing. It isnot for our space to give scientific details ofthecon tee ts of such a work. Like all that comes from masters of their craft, there is much in it which is easier to read than the unlearned would suppose. Sir John Herschel, as sound a scholar and elegant a writer as he is a profound mathematician, and a practised experi menter and observer,pomesses a power over language, I l and a command of it for the purposes of descnption, which is rarely equalled in any walk of literature. The volume before us (which, we must mention, was ' printed at the expense of the late Dake of Northumber land) has taken its place among the records of astronomy, and among those of highest value,!as it were, of course. Usually, however high the name of a man may be, his friends leek with some apprehension upon the ap pearanoe of a task on which he has staked the praise or blame of twelve years of his life. But we feel confident that it never entered into the head of one of our astronomers even to remember, with reference to Sir John Herschel, what the state of the case com monly is. We ask them whether they did not know that, as it is, so it mast have been ? We have heard many ingrained, as to when it would appear, but never one (from a person who knew anything about the matter) what it would be, or what place it would take. Oar contemporary, the ifthenreum, reminds us that the venerable sister of Wm. Herschel, who was also his fellow-labourer, has =arrived to see this key stone of her nephew's fame—we had almost said of her brother's also—placed upon the arch. We trust that Sir John himself will live to see a son of his own ready to take his place. The name of Cassini has a line of four descents in astronomy—why not that of I Herschel ? ORIGIN OP TEE PICKWICK PAPERS.—In the course of the last dozen years, says Mr. Dickens, in the preface to the new edition of his works, I have seen various accounts of the origin of these " Pickwick Papers," which have at all events possemeed--for me—the charm of perfect novelty. As I may infer, from the occasional appearance of each histories, that my readers have en interest in the matter, I will relate how they came into existence. I was a young man of three sad-twenty, when the present publishers, attracted by some pieces I was at that fore writing in the Morning CAroniek newspaper (of which one eerie' had lately been collected and published in two volumes, illustrated by my esteemed friend, Mr. George Cruikahank), waited upon me to propose a some thing that should be published in shilling numbers—then 21 oon own to me, or I believe to anybody else, by a dim re of certain interminable novels in that form, which mad, some 25 yeses ego, to be carried about the country by pedlars, and ova. NOW of which I remember to have shed aismsserable tears, boffin I*erred my appreotieeehip to life. Who I *posed my dim in Furnivarrinn to the managing pelage who rapeeemetti the firm, I recognised in him the pusesatresa etas hada I had bought, two or three years Eg7, and when I had never seen before or since, my et the esay/Mfass in which my firateffusion—drotpid one amain at twilight, with fear and tremb • , 1.1. • leek let t er-bees, in a dark office, up a dark court, Plssietrast—ss in all the glory of print ; on which onetime -the- --bow well I recollect it !—I walked down to waittnintese Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as • good omen i and so fell to business. The idea propounded to me was that the monthly something should be a vehicle for certain plates to be executed by Mr. Seymour, and there was a notion, either on the part of that admirable humorous artist, or of my visitor (I forget which), that a " Nimrod Club," the members of which were to go out shooting, fishing, and so forth, and getting themselves into difficulties through their want of dexterity, would be the best means of introducing these. I objected, ou consideratim, that although born and partly bred in the country, I was no great sportsman, except in regard of ali kinds of locomotion ; that the idea was not novel, and had been already much used ; that it would be infinitely better for the plates to arise naturally out of the text; and that I should like to take my own way, with a freer range of English scenes and people, and was afraid I should ultimately do so in any case, whatever course I ztureatzi be to myself at starting. My views being to, I thought of Mr. Pickwick, and wrote the first number; . from the proof sheets of whlch Mr. Seymour =as lam drawing of the club, and that happy portrait of its founder, by which he is always recognised, and which may be said to have made him a reality. I connected Mr. Pickwick with a club, because of the original sugges tion, and I put in Mr. Winkle expressly for the use of Mr. Seymour. We started with a number of twenty-four pages instead of thirty-two, and tour illustrations in lieu of a couple. Mr. Seymour's sudden and lamented death before the second number was published brought about a quick de cision upon a point already in agitation ; the number became one of thirty-two pages with two illustrations, and remained so to the end. My friends told me it was a low, cheap form of publication, by which I should ruin all my rising hopes ; and how right my friends wild out to be, everybody now knows. "Boo,' Mr. Dickens' signature in the Morning Chronicle, and sppended to the monthly cover of this book, was he adds, the nick-name of a pet brother, and adopted by him ' as a nom de plume. "Mt FELIX SUMMEELT'S ART-MANCFACTURE.—A Bride's Inkstand, designed by John Bell, sculptor. The In fant Neptune, designed by H. J. Townsend. A Water Jug, designed by H. Redgrave, A R.A. The Milk Jug, designed by Felix Summerly. A Beer Jug, from a design hy H. J. Townsend, &c., &c. The direct application of art to manufactures—the means bow beet to weave together into one homogeneous whole things pure and impure, spiritual and sensual—is a question of great interest and equal difficulty. It is easy to write an essay upon the subject—to babble about art, and touch liettly and gracefully upon art-manufacture; to illustrate with reference to Rafraelle and Fienza ware, which we ob serve Mr. Felix Summerly profanely calls "crockery"--to Francisca Francis, and Beato Angelica, and Holbrin, and Cellini, and the cabinet in the gallery at Florence (which, by-the-bye, contains the only jewellery we ever saw that was worth more than the intrinsic value of the metal and the stones), and the numbers numberless of the finest minds that in the middle age' bestowed thought and skill on subject* which new only perplex the dull brain of the humblest artisan. It - may be easy to do this, but it is most difficult to carry our refined theories into the workshop, where after all they must be tested sad applied. It is a pleasant pastime for • clever artist to indulge his fancy in designing ! Here is a teapot, for example. How beautiful the form. What grace and ease and flowing smoothness in every line! But, unfor tunately, the public will have a handle by which it may be easily held; a spout that will drain every drop out of it, without risk of the lid falling into the tea-cup; and a Dutch capacity for holding water, which does not well harmoabie with the line of beauty. These difficulties are obvious enough, and should teach critics to be considerate, and not to institute comparisons be tween this infant English art and the master works of the muter mind of middle-age Italy. They may, and kindly, set forth principles to serve as guiding stars To those that in the wide world wondering are— and thus do good service ; but they must teat the art and its progress by the works of the manufactures of our day. In this spirit we would suggest for consideration to Mr. Sum merly whether his artists be sufficiently impressed with the paramount importance of firm. In works of this class and character, form is everything—all else a grace and beauty superadded, but not euential. Of this the Wedgwood/ were conscious, as their works prove ; whereas, in the promised series before us, many are overlaid with ornament. This is the care with the " Beer Jug," by Mr. Townsend ; thou4h the subject, we admit, is happily chosen, and the details very beautifully wrought out. Fortunately, the work has to pass through the hands of the artisan, and he will, we doubt not, parody Hamlet's advice to his mother, and per suade Mr. Townsend to . . Throw away the greater part And live the parer with the other half. So strongly do we feel this objection that from the " Water Jug," by Mr. 'Lederer., simple and beautiful as it is, we would take away the wreath of Homers that encircles the throat ; they have an effect somewhat similar tie high shoulders in the human figure. The obtion, however, may be hypercritical, for the design is so c hute and delicate that not one in a thousand will feel the forte of it. A very slight modification would give a different character to this jug—another form of equal beauty—and make it as use ful as a twopenny pitcher. The milk jug, designed by Felix Summery y himself, is very perfect in its way, because it is really a thing for use, and may travel up and down the &m -etope, may "go often to the well " without more than the ordinary chance of being broken. The finest work in the collection, yet published, is the "Infant Neptune," designed and modelled by Mr. Towns end. There is a power and vigour about it that will bear comparison with the works of the greatest masters. It re minds us, indeed, of old Michael himself. The " Bride's Inkstand " with " Kisving Children," as a letter-weight, by Mr. Bell, are pretty—nothing more; per- haps with reference to destination this was the point aimed at. Both are graceful and elegant, and though the critic may object, the public, we suspect, will admire and purchase. The statuette of " Purity," or " Una and the Lion," will successfully compete with Danecker's much over-praised " Ariadne. ' The second title, however, is we presume an after-thought, and certainly a mistake. Una never rode naked on a lion, nor on a lion at all ; and no poetic license can permit such a misrepresentation. Mr. Summerly may call this statue " Purity " if he pleases, and very chaste and pure it is; but it is not Una. The poet's idea is set forth beyond question or cavil in his letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, wherein he tells us that the Knight of the Redcroas " expres es holynes ;" and we learn from the introductory stanza what would indeed be obvious without this distinct assertion, that Una represents " Truth " and Christian purity : The guile.' griwit enchanter parts The Redone. Knight from Truth. Now our eculptors must not play fanciful tricks with an ' allegory of this character, or change at pleasure the symbols by which it is illustrated and explained A lovely ladle rode him fair beside, (pea a forty ass. snore With. Ma: snow ; Ant by her side a Inilk-tehitr teethe she fed. The lamb was a symbol so common as to be familiar even at this day ; and an aocident in early christianity attached something of reverence to the ass, which is even now in popular belief marked with the cross. We have directed attention to this point, because u historical and poetical painting is becoming somewhat more common amongst us, it may guard the artist from mischievous errors. If we are to represent plat ages, we must do so faithfully. We cannot, however, take leave of the statuettes without re peating that it is a work of high art, and superior, in our opinion, to the "Ariadne " of the famous German. On the whole, a direct attempt to introduce art into our manufactures is a step in the right direction, and we heartily wish Mr. Summerly all the name he deserves for this, and numberless small matters, all uadertaken in a right spirit. Abaft. DHURY-LANE.—Legit evening M. Jullien published his travels in Switzerland—not in the usual dry and unpro fitable shape, but in the language be has made himself so proficient in the use of, namely, the fiddles, ophicleides, piccolos, drums, firearms, bellows, and other instruments, which now compose his quadrille band. The result, as ho in forms the public, of his recent tour in Switzerland is the " Swiss Quadrille," which may, for originality, defy competi tion. It opens,curiously enough,with sounds ',ldaho's are told in the bills, are meant to express " perfect stillness." This is followed by a hunt that starts with a " fine burst," from the Corns Sausage, a volley of rifles coming in at the death. A " dialogue " ensues between the bassoon, trombone, and cornet ; the grave basoon seeming to moralise over the victim of the chase dla Jaques. Some national sin then introduce a village festival, which is of course interrupted by a storm. " This convulsion of the elements "—we quote the programme—" at last detaches the overhanging avalanche, and with an awful crash it bounds down the mountain sides, carrying destruction in its path." The most awful portion of this Tempest is appro priately consigned to Signor Prosper*, who imitates thunder on the serpenticleide with marvellous force of lung. How the avalanche was done surpsased our skill to learn ; neither can we speak to its similitude to reality, never having heard or seen a catastrophe of that kind. The wind was real, having been imitated, we believe, by a wind instrument new to the English orchestra—a huge pair of bellows. The " Swiss Quadrille" is a kind of composition which is, to clinical: music, what tumbling and sleight-of-hand are to the legitimate drama. As musical conjuring it is, how ever, clever, and does Monsieur Jolliest's inventive faculties credit. The quadrille lasted half an hour, but was never theless received with general apple use, though a minority, who appeared to consist of magical amateurs, emitted a few hisses. gbi mama LYcEuM TmEarltE.LTltitresta --- blishment opened yuterday evening, under the management of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews. It had been already stated that the decorations were elaborate and expensive, and our expectation was exceeded on beholding theta. London before boasted of several very beautiful theatres, but we ars really disposed to think that the Lyceum ie now the most beautiful. The leading novelty in the decorations is the profuse introduction of ornaments, birds, animals, flowers, in stamped feather, or papier.mach, we know not which. A pure white group of these, in front of each box, Mandl out, in high relief, from the delicate blue, bordered with pink, beneath, the birds at intervals supporting the festooned curtains. A great improvement bas omitted the accustomed centre chandelier, so that there is uninterrupted space for the decoration of the vaulted roof. A space occupied with graceful paintings, gracefully arranged, and, as much as we could discern, most artistacally executed. Ample illumination is afforded by the exquisitely designed chandeliers which adorn the front of alternate boxes. The private boxes have a very pretty effect, the drapery without being chiefly white, and within • chintz of many colours. The drop-mene is extrethely gorgeous. There were two ne pieces to open with—a comic draws called " The Pride of the Market," and a farce entitled " The Light Dthsoens." The former is a trwialatica, as we remember, of " La Bouqueti;re du March; aux Innocens," the time being the age of Louis XIS'., the scene Paris and Versailles. The Pride of the Market is Marion, a flower irl, beloved of all her female companions, and adored by Isidore Farine, the baker opposite. She involves herself in the suspicions of both the one and the other; first, by giving an asylum to a gentleman who has killed his man in a duel; justifiable in itself, but denounced by Madame de Maintenon and her besotted lever; and next, by being the temporary inmate, though an unwilling one, of the hotel of a libertine marquis, who carries her off by the stratagem of dressing up his own servants as officers of police. This ruse be comes the occasion of its framer's punishment, for the King, on ultimately hearing of it, gives the Marquis the alternative of the girl, as his wife, or the Bas tille as his future residence. Marton seemingly accepts the rank taus unexpectedly placed within her reach, but only as the means of obtaining from the Marquis, as the price of re linquishing her claims to hie hand, his consent to the mar riage of his sister with her lover, a match before rejected by him, on account of the suitor's comparative poverty. Mar ton herself, after having thoroughly cured her own lover of his jealous whimsies, becomes Madame Farine. As to th e acting of the principal persons, it is sufficient to say that the heroine was impersonated by Madame Ves tris, and the jealous baker by Buckstone. A great favourite of ours, Mrs. C. Jones, was quite at home as the cordial, kind-hearted, mother of the market. Mr. Granby, a popular actor from the Princees's, was amusing enough as a busy-body baron, always rushing in with the news that everybody has beard an hour before. Mr. Leigh Murray was the libertine marquis ; Miss Gilbert, from Edinburgh, his sister; and Mr. Perselle, also front Edinburgh, the young lady's lover. As we do not suppose that tke second novelty will be repeated often, it unnecessary for us to observe upon it. A Miss Howard played agreeably enough in it an English ingenue, and the hero of the piece was enacted by Mr. C. Mathews, who looked well. The reception given to Madame Vestris was most cordial, and she seemed thoroughly to appreciate it. Mr. C. Mathews, too, was warmly welcomed, as was Mn. C. Jones. There was a crowded house. AND CLERICAL. 0XT0R1:;,017.16.L0;11E1:C0LL6027.-:111;Twill be an election of two ;whole,* on Friday, Nov. 3, open without reetriction to candidates under 20 years of age. If members of the University, they mud not have been matriculated mom than eight Wrenn CerWielded of time, of birth, of baptism, and testimonials; of good conduct to be presented to the provost of Oriel on or before Monday, Nov. I. Cisiturr CHURCH.—The number of freshmen at Christ Church this term am 36—via.: one nobleman (Lord Dungareon), nine gentlemen commoners, including air li- J. Buxton, and Mr. nucleon, ma of the railway director; twenty-four commonees, amongst whom are the Honogrables E. V. Bligh and F. A. J. Chi chester ; and two servitors. CAMPB.11)01, OCT. 19.—The Bishop of Ely appoint, to the Mastership elk. Peter's College one of two candidates presented to him by the society. The candidates mug be doctors or bachelors of divinity, and must Deselected. if possible, from the fellows on the foundation. The Bev. U. Melvin, 8.D., Principal of the Fast ladla College, itaileybery, formerly Fellow of St. Peter's, is spoken of, amongst others. aa likely to be presented for election. At the Congregation on IVednesday next, the 20th inst., the following grams will be offered to the senate —I. On the room. mendatien of the Woodwardian treater to of the seal to the can. veyanoo of three roods sad twenty-eight perches of land in the parka of Rareaingham (part of the Woodwardi.no estate) to the Norfolk Railway Company for the price of 150/. 2. To alßx the seal to s deed appointing the Vlee-Chancellor and the Master of Bidnr College trus tees for receiving the percher money of the said land. 3. To allow Mr. Bernard, Hebrew teacher, 30/. from the university chest. 4. To allow Mr. Skinnier, of Jests College, to resume his regency. 5. To allow Mr. Fe re, of Downing College, to resume kis regency. 6. To allow Mr. hall, of Clare 11:111, to redurce his regency. 7. To appoint Dr. Drainer, of Caine College, examiner for medical degrees during the ensuing year. The meetings of the Philosophical Society for the present term will be held r follows:-Saturday, Nov. 6 (anniversary) Monday, Nor. 8, ?2, sad Dec. 6. THE CHURCH HAS SUSTAINED LION by the death of the late Ven. W. Dealhy aro., Canon of Winchester, Archdeacon of Suety, and Rector of Maphaa who died at Brighton, on Friday last, being s we apprehend, in "butt the 72d year of his age. He took his B.A. degree in the year 17116, being the second wrangler and Smith's prize. man of that year, which wee one not barren of eminent torn, _.Dr. Wordsworth, the late Muter of Trinity College, being the tenth we:indict ,• and Dr. Butler, of Shrewkittry, afterwards Bishop of Lich field, the fourth senior outline. Mr. Dealtry naturally became Fellow of Trinity College immediately after ; end was soon appointed to proferiorship at the East India Coiled., Halleybury. On the death of the Rev. J. Venn, then Hector of Clapham, he was called to that im portant poet, which be continued to oocupy for about 30 year,. He was updated Chancellor and Prebendary of Winchester about 12 or 15 'melte& ; and, on the elevation of Dr. Wilberforce to the Deanery a Westminster, be succeeded him ao Archdeacon of Surrey. NNW CHURCH AT BEADINOTON QUARRY.--Subscrip tan% healed by the bishop of the dkeree, bare been entered into for the papa's( building and endowing a eharch m Heactingtoa Quarry, within &swims of Oxford University. THJI HEW DISTRICT CHURCH AT LITTLE DRAYTON, built by subsistrilsn, aided by the munificent donation of 1,000/. by Mn'. Nondepoans eonneerated a few days nine by the Bishop of Lichfield. It is • Imams Hone building, in the early English at} le, with side =mid a tower at the no rth-went corner. The interior of the bitted up with open seats, after the manareof oldlecelesiaatical Minx neenty the whole of which are free and unappropriated, arid Odeeighei to accommodate 600 persoca. NIWTOUNDLAND.—THR RITE OF ORDINATION VMS ad. shistandat St. Thomas's Church on the forebon of Sunday WI, when tee candidate* were admitted to the office of deer on, and one to that otprteet.—dforniug Pont, Sr. !nee's, Netefoundlend, Sept. 21. PREFIRMENTS.—Rey. C. N. Wawn, to North Ferriby V., Yorkshire : *radio. York :1631.: pat. W. W. Wilkimon, F. q.—Rene. P. W. sario L um le y, t o a.; 360/., with residence; and Wellow P.C. ; 66/4 Notts Lincoln; pat. the Earl of Scarborough. Rev. T. Hughes, to St. James P.C., Sutton, Cheshire : dia. Cheater : pats., trustees.—Rev. W. 8. lloole, to 00. James C., Sheffield, York. Wire: 'radio., York. VACANCI66.—A Canonry of Winchester, and the Arch. deaconry of Surrey, by death of Rev. W. Dealtry, ay. ; whoa, demise sic vacates Clapham R., Surrey: din. Win.; value 1,27 N., with residence : pat. W. B. Atkins, Eq.—Gluten It., Rutlandature db., Peterborough; 2001., with residence nate. St. Peter's College, Cambridge; Ites.W. Hodgson, D.D., den.—kihrwrrwg P.C., 571.: pat. the Archdeacon of Llandaff ; Penterry P.C., OM .• pat. the Chapter of Lladaff ; both in Monmoutlubire, and db. of LJeadell% and 14p1y Trinity P.C., Forest of Dean, Gloucestersh ir e dlo. Glinialster ena Bristol • 1301.: pat. the Crown ; all vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Beriin.--bberford C., Devon: dio. Exeter pat. R. P. Warren, promoted. NAVAL FALMOUTH, Ocr. I7.—The Sardinia* frigate Sea Michele, Com. Chevalier Mamel and the corvette &mold", Cheralier Millelint, botb from Copenhagen for Genoa, have put hi here to await the arri val of smother Sardinian mamof-war from the eastward, and expect to proofed haw In about a week fee their destination. The Petrel ; packet, next for the Brazils, baa arrived from Plymouth. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 18.—APPOINTXEN Tit —Commander 0. H. Richards ; Matter and Pilot F. J. 0. Evans ; Punier 11. Tucker Second Muter J. W. Smith; Master's Assistants P. H. W. Okc and D. Fender; Gunner W. Davidson, and Boatswain J. Stanley, to Acheron.—Surgeon R. M'Cormick, to Piagard.—Clertm E.O. Hooper. to Hibernia : W. Hassle", to be secretary to Commodore Pluairido.— Acting First Clan Assiatant Engawer .1. Morris, to Alban.—Third Clam Engineer J. bee, to Medium—Boatswain W. King; Acting Boatswain R. West ; end Carpenter J. Hartley, to Vuidietive.—Pao. monos—A. Browning, to be surgeon. SPOII77NO. TATTERSALVB,-Mommv. The Cambridgeshire betting was brisk enough on the lead ing favourites, bet did not involve • very heavy outlay, and, apart from them, was alike flat and unimportant. It will be rufßeient to state that alter the " favoured few,. Neveourt, Wanota, and Dynodes, were most in favour ; the ant ins backed at 23 to 1, Wartota at 1.5 to 1, (40 to 1 afterwards offered), and Deriodes at 1,000 to 10, just double the odds that was offered to be taken at the close. The prim returned are the final averages i C•MRlLlDOnalitlin STAIRS.--8 to 1 art Cieradine (t, 11 tot apt Prior of It- Margaret'. (t), 12 to 1 apt Hydrages (t), 13 tot opt cline (t), 13 to 1 apt Collioprosel (t), 13 tot asst Patriot g4o.r ,1 1 4 to 1 agst Foreclosure (t), 20 to 1 apt Queen Mary, go to 1 apt Hudson. 23 to I apt Newoourt (t), 25 to 1 apt The Car, 30 to 1 apt Duke, 30 tot apt Melte, 40 to 1 apt Reminisoenee, 40 to 1 apt Wanda, 40 to 1 apt Deriades, 3,003 to 30 apt Rough and Ready (t). CitITIRION STAIR/a-6 to 4 WAS laid eget Assault and Flateateher, and 3 to 2 apt Loodstone. DIRBT.-16 to 1 apt Glendower, 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (t), 30 to 1 apt Loadstose (t). PLAT' of 501. • for 37y; Olii,fit7s; -.. four, Sit 7lb ; eve, Ilb ; dz. and sird, get slb ; marts, Am, allowed 21b. Heats ; onto Mr. Minnie's Taus Oates (ffalloway) 4 0 1 1 Mr. Merry's Or fby Lamest out of A6lpil ..... 1 0 2 fell Yr. Robertson's Salad& 3 3 3 Mr. Illsiklam's Bantam 2 dr CRALLINGs Cur et 761., given by the ladles of Perth, added to • sweepstakes et a sem. mei ; Be hunters, 12e 7lb 454., Meta ; mot round mg adu Mr. Merry's Pilot.. (Mr,l4kol) 1 1 Duke of Atboll's Iit:RDLI STAR: 7; nova. each, and 20 added ; 12et 71b each. Gentlemen tides& Owe egad and • die Duke of Atholl's Hotspur (Mr. Bait) 1 Mr. Robert•on'• Devil ou Pear LalP (fell) CURRAGII /111ETING.—Patnay. This meeting terminated this day with a capital day's sport. PLORT STALES, 10 aura ., pp, 30 OM. added. For 2.yr-old wit., tat. 41b. • Mlles, Set. Anglesey Post. Mr. ArmstriMe• b f The Darter (Lilly) I Mr. Irwin's H c The Monk 2 ROTaL WHip presented by his late Majesty to the Tad lun, with 100 ga. added annually by bar lisjsaly. 4 miles. Lora Rowitis ch c Rat-trap (MI.1 1 •7) Mr. Wbeley's b c Rargundy Mr. Berry's ter ti Arthur • Betting: 4 • to lon Burgundy. Wee le a seater. SWEEPST LIU of 10 son. h ft, with 25 tom. added Irma ieGate Fund, and IS emu frcesiTralnene Fund. Waterbed Put. Mr.dn's oh Halklmitds In ._ . . ( paw) 1 Mr. Harrry's br k Piskpocket Mr. Armstrong's di, Vista Lord Miitown's e by ltaraway —Brandy Bet 4 The following also slielad:—Clril, All's-well, Filly out M Mir Chance. Frivolous, WM% dislmsater, and Soutar Johnny. ComirrarArc &WM. 10 Km. each, h It, with 25 sous. added. li mild as Se POI Num Nags. Mr. Irwin's eh It Onmensl* m a R Lawrence) 0 1 1 Mr. , ftwes rai kesplfrestwor Mr. IL W. 111i130, Mat 1 0 dr Lord sa Beardera....— 2 cli• Mr. T. Abbott's 0 sa Lim._. Mr. Doyle's di k Miss ". 0 dr tat lutalignut. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Ware Mr. Coadniasioner Evans. CH 'WI. TRADINO.—F. Macqueen, in partnership with Mr. Macdonald, as a merchant, applied for his cern& cate.—Mr. Sheen, from Messrs. Aahurst and 800, who appeared on behalf of the asaignem, mated that he was instructed to lay the facts or the case before his Honour, and then leave the matter in the hands of the court. The joint balance-sheet showed the debts to be 26,0001., aed property 6,0001. ; pprofits " sume," and expenses 7,1301. The m , P•r•t• balam►ahwit of Macqueen showed the debts to be 4,2001, property 2341., peat. "none," and *spume 4,0001. Ist 1840 the bankrupt Mammon estimated his espie t. d be 30,0001. • M ISO, at which period Macdonald became a :the capital asscranted to 4,0001. ; cad in 1845 , there =km a dellektacy of 8,0001., Macqueen left this coonv and west to Chia'. In May , 1845, bets being dishonoured, a fiat was issued against Macdonald, who obtained his cer tificate on the 44k of Apre, 1846, and Macqueen being then