The Express. — London, England, 1847-12-27 00:00:00

4 Aver ' in the county gaol at Nenagh. Costello was tried • with two others. The jury were unanimous in their acquit tal of the two who were tried with him ; but one of the brats disagreed with the other eleven as to Cr:Utiles guilt It is said that the wretched man 'suffered greatly in mind lately; and that the agony he thur endured hastened his death.—Tipperorp Vindicator. Bairwascia AND Loss or Lin.—During the meet steno, says the Newry TelegrepA, the schooner Ida, of Ifewry, Juba Benson, muter, bound from Ruacorn to Newry with a cargo of rock-salt, was driven into Dondrum Ray. The violence of the gale drove the vessel on a sand bank, opposite to Tyrella, where she capsized, and the mas- , ter and a crew of five persons were drowned. Thesehooner has since gone to pieces, and two of the bodies been washed ashore. iIIittWDDCIS to TRAMORD BAT.—At nearly the same time the Mystery, bound from tha Black Bea to the port of Galway, laden with Indian corn, was stranded about the centre of the strand. Immediately after she 'track, her mew, consisting of the master, Capt. Williams, Berea men and a boy. took to the rigging, in consequence of the tremendons surge for which this bay is so fatally remarkable in bad I weather one of the first breakers having car-lea away their boat. They remained in this perilous situation until about three o'clock, when they were reward by two small boats =wend by air fishermen in each, who, regardless of their own lives, rowed bravely through the awful breakers, and brought every soul safe on shore, amidst the cheers of hue- duds who were witnessing the scene. The vessel, in the course of the nett sunning, completely upset and went to pieces. A large quantity of the corn is driven in with each tide, and is eocupying thousands of the poor creatures, who, although obliged to be up to their waists in the water this inclement season, are carrying it off in cars and baskets. These disasters,-which simians , occur in this bay, would be prevented, and numbers of the industrious population gain a livelihood, if a small fishing-barbour, or pier, so much required, were erected here. The vessel was highly insured. SCOTLAND. NATIONAL GA LLERT. correspondenceheaktet bt'tn brought to a close which will probably lend to the establish ment of • Scottish national gallery in Edinburgh, the im provement of the Scottish Academy, and increased opportu nities for the refinement of taste. . . Tue CANONOATT JAIL —Thls old and unhealthy prison is now tenantless, the occupants having been removed on Tuesday to the new jail on the Calton Hill, which is now in nee SiTl3.—The people (says a correspondent of the inertness Coserjer) who went south for work last glimmer have almost all returned home; and some of those who are careful and were loagesPout have, I understand, brought home s very fair amount of each from their saving', which will make the winter the more comfortable to them, and, perhaps, leave a little for them even when that is over. There are a number of them, however, wanting ; end, from one district alone of Skye ( Waternish), half-a-doses of men end lads have met with death by accidents within the last year, and other dis tricts have also probably suffered ; some of those killed have left wives and children to lament their melancholy end. The pot to &erase has done its office upon almost all the materials it has had to work upon, PO that we have here now got back the time\ of our grandfathers, when they reckoned it a pretty fair crop of potatoes which lasted until Christmas, or New Year's Day at farthest. What we are to have next I do not know, but it is reported that no meal is to be given by the contral board of relief but for work upon a new road be tween tertree, which wil! shorten the distance between, these places by one-third of the present, reducing it to 13 or 14 miles, but no work of any kind can be commenced with such weather as we have had for two months pest, Captain Fithborne has come to Skye as the general inspector and su periutendent of the board s affairs, and is spoken of as an active efficient person, but I have not met him yet. It ia said that he was hut year in Ireland upon an expedition of a similar description. MOUSTACHI TAX. —ln proposing this new impost, the Dumfries Courier says :—lt might be, at first sight, supposed that each an article was beneath the notice of the Lords end Commons. This quite a mistake, however; not to !Teak of the unrepealcd tax upon hair powder, there is ancient precedent for parliament taking this subject into consideration. In the 28th year of the reign of his Majesty Henry the Eighth, an act was passed restricting has Majes ty's suejecte in Ireland from being shorn or shaven above the ears, or from wearing (mullets) long locks or hair on the upper lip, called eromesl. Now, we do not mean to advo cate the restoration of such an set of coercion to the statute. book ; we only propose the more just, though not less effec tual, in certain iestanees, method of taxation—" no compul sion upon shaving ; but, if you will sport the eromeal, you must pay for it ;" the amount we would leave to the deter mination of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but our own idea is, that an annual payment of one guinea would be about the proper figure. WALES. "A LATTER-DAY SAINT," an he termed himself, lately lodged at the Crown public•house, at Llanddewi• Aberartb, near Abersyron. Oo Friday night, after leaving the Crown, the landlord, Mr. J. Davies, missed a Welsh and Easelish dictionary, and informed oue of the constabulary force of the feet, who lost no time in changing his public raiment, and, putting on his private clothes, followed the steps of this would-be-saint, and eacceeded in coming up with the object of his pursuit at a place called Bronfre, near Llsnayron, oa Situnley evening, where be bad taken up his quarters for the night, at the house of Mr. T. Davies, a respectable blacksmith. When the officer of justi^e ap proached, the saint was in the act of preparing an oration, which he intended to deliver on the morrow (herog Sunday), and, amongst other books in hie pensendon, the miming die. tionary was found, minus the owner's name, which was torn out. he was lacked up, and will doubtless be tried for the robbery.—Corne Journal. CHRISTIIAS Boxes.—The tradesmen of Pembroke Dock having determined to abolish the custom of giving Christ mas boxes to their customers, and having had a meeting, and issued en address to that effect, a very amusing degree of excitement was created. Piaci:lds were posted up of—" No Monopoly—Down with Combination!" dc.; and by public requisition, a meeting was held in the Temperance-hell, • spacious building kindly lent for the purpose, when certain regulations were adopted for obtaining groceries and other articles direct from the Bristol, Liverpool, and London markets. The local paper dates that " orders to the amount of 30!. were sent off this week ; and the sum to be trans mitted during the ensuing will reach nearly 1001. The re mit of the coated is looked forward to with considerable anxiety by all parties." EXTRAORRDINAY FLOODIL—The Welshman says—The pe riodical recurrence of extensive floods in the valleys of South Wales, more especially in the agricultural districts, at this portion of the year is by no means uncommon, and, perhaps, usually expected. But we were quite unprepared for the extraordinary deluge which manifested itself in the valley of the Towy . during the whole of Friday, Saturday, and Sun day st'atught. In consequence of the heavy rains the vari ous mountain streams hen become swollen and turgid, and rushing down with great impetuosity speedily caused the placid streams of the valley to sesame a similar appearance, and to burst their banks in every direction. The prospect from Carmarthen-bridge on Saturday was truly grand. A vast sheet of angry rushing water spread it- self out far beyond eyeshot, leaving the village of Abergwilly, with the Bishop of St. David's palace, standing prominently out from the centre of the liquid plain. 'I he various roads on the southern side of the Towy and in close proximity to the river were almost impassable, the water having covered them to the extent of eight or ten feet. Beets were plying upon the Penmen and Tyllwyd roads, being continually in active requisition to convey the farming population to our mark, t. In one instance • ma gistrate for the county was camp lied to desert his comfort able carriage and to tin=s the wider in the old-fashioned Welsh coracle, made of willows covered with tarpauling. Meson. Brigstone's brickyard suffered severely from the I inundation—no less than 70,000 bri ks being spoilt by the flood. Belle Vue-house, the residence et the Re.. David Evans, curate of St. David's, had its lower apartments completely inundated, the furniture re. ceiling considerable damage, and the occupants sus taining muds personal inconvenience. The Swansea mail, for the first time during 19 year!, had to desert the usual route, and, with six borate. had great difficulty in making its way along Perinea, and thence to the Cronin wynd-road—the inside of the vehicle being completely filled with water. The Lampeser mail eart and driver were in great danger on Friday morning in consequence of the flooded state of the node, and the Lempeter and Aberydwith letters and newspapers were not, therefore, forwarded through their usual channel, but were transmitted through Llandovery by the northern mail on Saturday morning. The flood continued with scarcely env abatement until Mon day, when it in a great measure subsided. At one time fears were entertained for the safety at Carmarthen bridge, but the old structure stood firmly against the warring elements. No loss of life occurred. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. TER WORKING °ESNS POoR REMOVAL LAW.—Meetings have been held in various parte of the country to consider what changes should be proposed in existing lawn for the re lief of the poor. The local papers have also been actively osenvaming the subject. The Preston Guardian of Saturday - thus speaks of the cruelty and expense of removing the poor who happen to become chargeable. " Among the various instances which have come under our notice," says the editor of that journal, " we do not remember one which af fords a more striking proof of the necessity of alterirg the law than the following r—Andrew Hammon, a spinner, with a wife and four children, aged 2,4, 6, and 9, residing at Moon's Mill, Walton, was out of employment in consequence of the stoppage of Mr. Calvert'. mill at which he worked. He applied to the relieving officer of Walton, and was relieved 6 I weeks, at from 2a.6d. to 3.. 6d. a week. The man it seems had understood from his mother that he was born in the island of Jersey, but bad never been there since he was three months old. The board of guerilla= ordere4 him to be re moved, and on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Mr. Maloney, the general assistant overseer, took the whole family by rail way, going himself along with them, from Preston to Lou don, and from London to Southampton, where he put them on board a steamer and paid their passage to Jassy.. On triday they were put oti shore in the island without a penny in their pockets. They wi re advised to apply to the high constable, to know what they were do, who at once sent them to the workhouse, or, as he called it, the hospital. They remained there till Sunday morning, when the porter, be master's orders, took them away and seat them ack on board a vessel with a NW to Southampton, which he gave to the captain. This was done without asking Hammon any questions and as he could not smderstend their language he did not know what they said to each other. However, at halfpast eight in the evening they were placed, on the gnay at Southampton, and led to go whffe they pleased. Hammon was hoping that some arrangements had been made for forwarding them home, but be was mistaken, and here the whole family was left destitute. In this hopeless condition, with his family on the goat', his first effort was to find the relieving officer, who gave them 2s. for the night, and the next day they were brought before the board of guardians, who happened to be sitting. They granted them 6s and told them they mast leave the town immediatel y, or the constables would be after them. In this distressing dilemma, the family, himself, wife, and four small children, commenced tramping back again, begging the whole of the road, and suffering the most severe privations. They arrived at Walton on Sunday, December 6, being three weeks from the day they were shipped from Jersey. Occasionally they got relief from the parish o ffi cers on the road, and were accommodated at nights in the tramp. houses. At Knutaford they slept in the lock-up; and at other place*, where no such relief could be had, they laid in barns and stables, one night in a hovel where horses are shod, and another in a eattle.shed in • field. We have here given the bare facts, which we believe to be correct. But so one of the officers, we understand, has insinuated that most likely something had been given him to return, we have sent for the poor man main, who affirms that he did not receive a farthing, and, indeed, was never coasulted about his return. If there be any doubt', the high constable can be written to. The mill is expected to start again in a week or two; but suppose the man had received 6s. • week for • quarter, or even for half a year, the whole cost would have borne no comparison to the cost of his removal, to say no thing of the family's sufferings. There are men who even talk of imprisoning the man as a rogue and vagabond for re turning ! The poor fellow was not daunted by the threat of the prison. It has no terrors for a man who has tramped from Southampton to Preston in cold November weather, with a wife and four children, begging their bread from place to place." runian•a•urirretwararrow A Buractaa's TRICK.—Last week, about half-put eleven at night, a man went to the house of Mr. Brett, in Brigstock Farts, and called him up, telling him that a hene of Ins in the parks had met with an accident, and unless he went to see after it, it would die. Mr. Brett thanked him fur his information, and at first determined to go into the parks but presently he thought he heard persons talking near h is house, and on looking through a window he per ceived two men standing there. 'lbis etcited suspicion that there was some trickery in the alarm, and induced him to remain in his house. The men, finding that they had not ' succeeded, left the premises, and in the morning Mr. Brett perceived that nothing bad happened to his hone. At about half-put two on the next morning a man called on Mr. J. Jerrie, of Lowick.mill, and informed him that one of his cows was out in her crib, in a barn about half a mile distant from his house. Mr. Jarvis called his man-servant, and with bins proceeded to the barn, but found that nothing of the kind had happened to any of his cattle. Perceiving this, the thought crossed his mind that the tale had been fabricated to draw him from his house for the purpose of robbing it. He returned with the utmost speed, and while on his way back again he heard a bell ringing, which he kept for raising an alarm in time of danger. Mr. Jarvis had taken the precaution to fasten the door when he left the house, and on his return, Mrs. Jarvis informed him that he had no stoner left the house) than she heard a noise, as if some one were trying to force the door. She called twice from the window to know who was there, with out receiving any answer. Shc then called more vehemently and was answered in a feigned voice. She also saw, through the window, a man standing at a little distance, besides the person who was endeevounng to force the door. She then proceeded to ring the alarm bell, and by the time her husband bad returned the men had made off. That in both the above cases there was an intention to commit rob bery there can be no doubt, and the following facts (gays the Northampton Mercury) may auggzat an opinion as to who the culprits were. A few days since seven prisoners, lying for trial, made their escape fr.dn Huntingdon gaol. In the scheme to escape thence, which had been six weeks in ma turing, there were eight persons concerned, but one of the eight was left behind. lie confessed to the authorities that be had been a participator in the plans of the otherseven ' and that they had agreed that, after they were clear of the prison, they would attempt to effect robberies by going to certain houses, and there endeavour to draw the strength of the house sway by fabricating reports respecting any cattle that it might be known they had at some distance. Of these pri soners one was named William Andrews and anothi r Joseph Stephens. These two men have been captured. Andrews was taken in Finedon ' near Kettering ; and Ste phens was taken in a barn, in Burton Lattimer, where he had concealed himself in some straw. Stephens was for merly employed by Mr. Jarvis, and was well acquainted with his premises. KENT. DESTITUTION AND MURDER.—At Sandwich two travelling musicians were passing over Sandown•bridge on their way to Deal, when they descried something in the water whielt they at first thought was a bundle of rags. On closer examination it proved to be a child, which they drew out and took to a neighbouring house, when it was put iota a warm bath, and medical aid immediatel7 sent for, but too late to restore animation. In the mean time the mother of the infant, who had been absent but a short time, returned to her lodgings, and said she had drowned her child in the town ditch. The family were in a state of great misery at the time. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the mother, Mary Sweetlove, who was committed to Maidstone for trial. REFUSAL OF A DiSSESTER TO EE A MAGISTRATE.— On the recommendation of the lord-lieutenant of the county of Monmouth, the Lord Chancellor wsa pleased to add the name of C. Conway, Eeq., of Pontnewydd, to the commission of the peace for that county. The honour, how ever, has been declined by that gentleman, on religions grounds. Mr, Conway is a dissenter. Ile ea). in his letter to the deputy clerk of the peace:—" I decline the honour from purely conscientious scruples. I am a dissenter, be cause I believe from my heart that a legalised establishment for the support of religion is a great moral and social wrong ; and if I accepted the magisterial office, I should be com pelled to put in force laws for the support of that of which I entertain this opinion. This I could not possibly do and ' maintain a conscience void of offence.' " He concludes by saying:—" I em aware I have made a great sacrifice of ho nourable distinction, perhaps of influential station and dis tinguished association. All this I know, but no honour or distinction can compensate for want of proper self respect." THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1847. metaphor), while prose is the lean ; and although the fat (that is, the verse) is not always edible or swallow able, still its use and presence gives juioe and gusts to the prose. Hence it is that no poetry, or bad poetry, is a very bad sign for prose, and indicates &- cadence not merely in one department, but in both. Still, there is no general rale or censure without exception. And we must say that Mrs. Hall's "Mid summer Eve " is, for prose and woodcut, as pretty as any annual of the olden time. So is Leigh Hunt's " Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla," and its prose all redolent of the poesy of the author's younger days. A nicer story, with a finer moral, than that of " King Robert," it were difficult to find. Amongst the annuals that seem to us meet success ful, are children's annuals, of which, indeed, the nam ber is so great as to preclude even enumeration. We shall merely mention the " Nursery Annual," " Charles Boner's Book," Mrs. Clarke's " Shakspeare Maxims," " My own Annual," a most instructive and amusing one. The most apt Christmas book we have seen is the "Family Jo Miller," that hitherto forbidden volume to the delicate taste of our age; which was hard, con sidering that this is a moat mirth-loving age. Much learning has evidently been spent by the editor upon "Joe," and his life certainly rivals the senii-conjeeta ral ones of the bard of Avon by his most enthusiastic living biographers. "Joe Miller's" jokes form, how ever, but a tithe of the good things of the volume, which contains a cento of all the jests uttered since, even down to Mr. Sydney Smith's last. These are all strung up appositely, like votive offerings, in this Christmas crimson-bound temple to " Joe Miller." Kenny Meadows and Doyle have, as usual, enacted their share of the work most admirably. This leads us to the more artistic annuals. Not many keep up the portrait form of illustration, once so favourite. There still, however, goes on in these engravings a struggle between the pleasing, graceful smile found in nature and adopted by Ste Joshua Reynolds, and that other smile and simper bequeathed by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Fisher's, or rather Mrs. Norton's, Drawing-room Scrap Book championises the former, which has able exponents in Herbert, Cat termole, and Redgrave. As an artistic annual, nothing can be more beauti ful than the illustrated volume of Byron's Tales and Poems, published by Orr. Musical annuals are not the least welcome of the new appeals to Christmas purchasers. Jukien's own, as well as his collection or Jenny Lind's airs, in an album which bears her name, are both excellent, though we recognise mere " old friends" than " new faces" amongst them. The quadrilles and illumina tions of the ' Musical Bijou' are unexceptionable. Journal of a Residence at Ms Cape of Good Hope, with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History of Me Native Tribes. By C. J. F. BUNBUIVI. This is the best account of a colony, as it presented itself to a casual visitor, that we have met with. The author is a man of clear and quick perceptive powers, exercised by scientific pursuits, and a naturally deli cate taste, which has been carefully cultivateu. He seinowledges ant he visited the Cape of Good Hope by no means free from prepossessions with respect to different classes of its inhabitants; but, as he worked himself free of them during his residence, the admis sion only entitles him more to our confidence. Mr. Bunbury visited the Cape colony on the invita tion of Sir George Napier when appointed governor in 1837. His principil inducement was the opportu nity thus afforded of examining its natural produc tions. He remained in the province rather more than a year, and during that period made an excursion as far as Graham's Town, and into the ceded territory. One great charm of the book originates in Mr. Bon bury's power of viewing the scenes presented to him with the minute accuracy of a naturalist, and repre senting them with the broad free touch of an artist He has also jugged well in resting contented with giving us the first fresh impressions made upon him by external objects. Praise is due to the unforced manner in which he realises to our imagination the scenes presented to him by comparisons with those which are familiar to the home-keeping public. He has by these means succeeded in conveying a more real and faithful notion of the appearance of the colony than any preceding traveller—Pringle not excepted. This, however, is the least praise to which Mr. Bunbury is entitled. He has exerted himself to appreciate accurately and impartially the social rela tions of the Cape and the various races who people it and the surrounding regions. His account of the state of education there, and the various efforts to promote it (including the valuable memoir by Sir John Herschel on the subject, which he publishes in an appendix), have not only a statistical importance, as bearing on the actual condition of the colony, but are of consequence as illustrations of the general prin ciples of education. Probably, however, the volume will be more useful on account of the honest and candid ac count it gives of the Hatch farmers and their emigration than for anything else it contains. The missionaries and the anti-slavery party— from no dishonest purpose, we believe, but for want of comprehensive sympathies—promulgated 1 1 most distorted and absurd representations of the beers on the one band and the aborigines on the, other. Their statements were confirmed, and even exaggerated by a class of supercilious and imper tinent subordinate officials sent out from this country, whose vanity was shocked by the rough independence of the farmers of Dutch race. The result has been licenced oppression of the briers, resulting in the ex tensive emigration and other dislocations of civil society, the remedy for which it is not easy to con jecture. The importance of this subject, and the gross mis conceptions which pervade the public of the mother country regarding it, are the reasons why we confine oar extracts to matters relating to the beers alone, and for making these extracts rather ample. The history of the rise and progress of the emigration is thus given comprehensively and fairly by as English traveller for the first time. I have touched, in more than one place in my journal, on the various causes which led to the emigration of the Dutch farmers from the colony ; but it mar be well here to recapitulate them in one gene ral view. According to the beet information I was able to collect, the chief grimancee which they alleged were these: 1. The inadequate compensation allotted to them on the emancipa tion of theit slaves by Be act of 1833. It does not appear that they comety and, at least in any great degree, of the emancipation itself; nor that they were very destroua to maintain the system of slavery ; but they complained that, wherees the English government had emancipated their slaves under a promise of full comp mutton, they had In reality received scarcely a third of their wine ; and is thh complaint there appeared to be • considerable degree of Juelice. I have been angered that the .bare of conipenration-money allotted to the slaveownen of the Cape was much lees, In proportioo, than that received by the other colonies. The average value of slaves in the Cape Colony awe nearly double what it was in the Went Indies, and the compenratlon was calcu lated with reference to those latter notaries. What wan worse, the money ass to be paid in London, so the the slave-owner. of the ga pe had to pay diecount and commis:don to the amount of 12 per nt and upwards,in order to receive their share a; CUpe Town, and for this many of them had to travel fleece six hundred miles. An Eng lish speculator, taking advantage of this state of things, went oat to the tape with a large sum of money, to buy up compensation claims, which many of the owners, disgusted with the trouble and lam they were exposed to, were willing to sell cheap ; and it tuned out, I be. lien, a very profitable speculation. 2. The want of adequate protection naiad the inroads of the Kaf fir., Bushmen, and other aborigines, was always mind as one of the erievances of the colonists rending near the frontier. At first It strikes one as rather singular that they should reek to remedy this evil by plunging into the very midst of the ravage tribes, and braving the inroad effects of their hostility. But their object woe, to be able to take the law into their own hand., without the ft:granite imposed by the British government They thought that they could defend themselves more effectually, if unchecked by those restruinte, than if they were defended by our troops; and the event proved that they thought rightly. But it h evident that this grievance could be alleged only by the frontier colonbste, not by there of the interior die trine, who nevertheless emigrated in pedal:webers, 3. A real and wee evil was the prevalence of vagrancy. Great numbers of Hottentots &relearns emancipated or runaway and other; roomed about the colony, without any employment or regular means of artaistance, taking up their temporary residence wherever th ey thonOt fit, teasing work when offered to them, and committing number Gas depredations on the property of the farmers ; and this without any cheek, owing pertly to the absence of a regular pollee, and more to the want of a law for the repression of vagrancy. It certainly did appear to me, and, I believe, to mast strangers at the m r Mte t na h" ofeorsduerhantodw war one for the . t ' a i ri t t i" y of tb ng. propert m y " . E t tut tbeti for er tl o e this alwayswar, that tire finiettionthance (mend by Genera; tienshe s in 1628, and piecing the Hottentots on • footing of heal equality with the white iolmbitante of the colony) whit an insuperable obstacle to the passing of a Vagrant Aar which would in effect press chiefly on that retch It le trae, also, that there would have been cacuriderable in staking such a law really fair and metal In practice, be soy, wane of the interim districts there were but very ee, few, if soy, mia qtralttled by resales and moral training for the office of sud s wwg tf admingtration I. sail bands, might w malty be rendered • anima engine of ope were entrested ne d., y 1 .1 the ie as aertidf, that the want of any soca prnMeion wee pareft felt se n serious sad larnabg evil, and contributed to Oat dlumWeedon with the sdethig state of things in the colony, wide It Mamma so many of she Boas to rams.. 4. • rut number of etnain. nubs WU* sol limo were frr Ilts we of the array adages Isfir Wel t• Ink were alturward• mate to obtain say empermSto tor He lam that! US** mom of discontent wee added the disarm seseelooed by =L&welts to the north/ea sag tweet...stern cassette. The ases region., unable to ambit Irtth their large families cm ewe inured end exhanead Imcla am r. irr felt a teUb to better Hs* eas t after the easmile et dais SaMktiters, to seek mem peagairmaleyeestili salutiel act b• lea Am. • very arty peeled of the set tlement, tt lad bus a a the ationiall kraus to Terms Illimets• sat** byres *mkt as AN es dor booll thissaivesdilltion d br sears by west inet rem. mg heel any =gestation el lading mare &natant tuesta• th . not aaleateed. Maly petaled as ars all the tate. • - fteeg rtar altricil te petw: t terd the CsPe ce thi ke ssecesa Y. thB =e; imethellw. lse so Mitt e rw: purer el Ile led Is reedy bed ea eseratt of • the west dweller, elletsireetemeefee= eititheglielle to effort few lhoellles. The eseetew Mew ellesset eserywhere eetelfee es the calomel, reeelre lee Wet lime • wade goes kg the bean of =eel Imes; see the were /r dent elligh shire the asellee set meth. emillent te veer elms tle the paler put ewe et ewe aLmva eta wne4 St kr preerege caries mot seven distrait. The gerseers ewe eeesafesd may Neap, be Wed we u se the grimy ries et the and" satheleelle It Off sacs white bee foie wisiwarari. It wield sot hew te sary lam' et glom& Illsertnelli, sal mealy not to say eseertke et tedeptedgess. Pee ems teas presisee to tbe oneeeememlwt der wet asigtetton. w Remise bad awned the see, eels Null ;erase eed wed tar into the I Mee seeeisir emealaff N the north-named. le morel of glee end water be lisk eels. lone of them peeseetei as far as Port Natal, ma met bask gash brilliant accounts of the fertility et that diettiet, Vet edam were Melted In follow thew Bat there weelossellYel et until see the doe et the Katlic war, elm gent Wpm to elt Meant et the Stocissehmelsegap, sad et the billet feeisethe preetkd for the &sem geleekle Ow et Or fret trim et the ~eon, Eder Lek{ who boil to hose hem $ tesyseteles eel at men, 'bed elsreit ego a serreigendeese with the esterelledisestr=lithe evader et proteedos spinet Dar dieselsesee t eel le estelledois, - he determined to golttheeseetry; slew gale aelsttleem joined him, end they ass e s 8M ewer& Peet - lbefeL It weld rem dot eves sleds time the generality of the Boers, so far hem lamb* soy geed lelestlon d thereto, off the yoke of Eng huld, were not swore that whet they were doing was illegal. lem aseureed that the Ikest,geverate lilleeteastrom, in reply to a question as to the leednyotthwesigreles,webilelyanddlettortlydeclacedthat • "be knew of no law be gees the inhabitants from examine the boundary, and if there wee mit slew, it was arbitrary end tyran nical." This deekrstlas ls slit le have had a great in axon ' r and eseelerethig the seowessent. Indeed, lame person., well soq with the edgy sod its people, are of opinion that the liesteret, pewees, Eight et ads lime have ehecked, or even ore. • mated, any peers! tedgestles, if he led treated his fellow colts. nista with eosaideratirm. downs disposition to Ilsten to their com plaints, and distinctly gemmed thaw wind the step which they were taking. It is mud also that he siselaratme was quite erroneous in pint of fact, for that there was a law of old deeding, enacted before the English conquest of the Cape, by which the colonitts were ex- Needy forbidden to crone the frontier without a written permission from the auUaoritles. In this suite of things, the movement spend rapidly, sod multi , lodes from all parts of the colony began to emigrate, some Impelled by discontent, some by a desire to improve their condition, I.oole by the spirit of imitation- A young man, one of semis soon being asked by • friend ermine whether he isteuded to emigrate, at first hesitated to give an answer,— etidently haring intirivinge in his own mind as to the legality of the act, bat being farther premed on the eubject, he acknowledged that he had some thoughts of it, "for be did not see 'what he could ' do ;he could not remain • burden to his parents" (This imeedute may serve in some degree to illustrate the feeling by which many were actuated in the trot instance.) Thus, influenced by a variety of motives (a part of which were really praiseworthy, and another part at leant innocent), and mewed, on the authority of the lieutenant go vernor, that they were doing teothiog illegal, continually ineveltaing number. ..relied the tide of emigration. The desire to " trek" (as it ' was called) been= a perfect punkin, and infected even the long. settled districts near Cape 'town; and, by the time when we arrived in the colony, the numbers of the emigrants had beetene so greet as to excite both astoniattment and mishap; but it was then too late to check the movement. One of the first cons enterable parties of emigranue which quitted the colony soon after the close of the Kaffir war (1837), was headed by a man of the name of ' Louis Prtechard. Croming the Orange River they followed • north emtetly course, keeping slang the western Bide of the great Quath lambs chain of mountains; but, bring little acquainted with the country, they penetrated too far to the northward, and, having en. treed upon the swampy and pestilential plains in the neighbourhood of Believe Bey, were cut off in great eumbers by the fever which pr_ - valle there. The great body of the emigrants, although they took the same direction, did not advance so far, but spread themselves along • the banks of the Likwa or Vaal River , which formed the southern boundary of the dominions of the great Matebili Moseleketm. This savage, of whom a copious amount will be found In Captain liar ria's " Wild Sports of Southern Attica," had rendered himself the mourn and terror of ell that pert of the country, as Chska and Lhn gaan were of the recaons to the east of the mountains. Ile had shown hltneelf not unwilling to receive Eureyean strangers who rune by way of kuruman or New Latakoo, considering the missionaries at that pram as hi s best friends; but he had positively forbidden all strangers to enter hie dominions by way of the Vaal River. Seeing the Boers totally rewarillem of this prohibition, and finding that they brought him no pements, and made no attempt to ormeillate him, he regarded them as enemies, and at once determined on their destruction. Accordingly, in May, 18a6, the emigrants, who were scat tered In small parties along the banks of the river, unsuspicious of danger, and taking no precautions against it, were suddenly attacked by the Matabili warriors, many of them slain, and a part of their Bock, and herds carried oft In October of the same year the attack was repeated, with more formalable numbers, and under the com mand of Moselelenteca chief captain; but thin time the Boers were on their guard, and the as miens were repulsed with great low. Nut many months afterwards, being reinforced by fresh swarms from the colony, the emigrants retaliated by an attack on bloseleicatsela own kraal, in which they we re com pletely succereful. The chief himself, however, nemped ; and the victors, instead of prosecuting farther beetilitier against kink turned • their enterpriees In another direction. Peter Reiter was elected, rte the course of the year 1037, to be their governor and cornomeder-in chief ; and under his guidance they moceeded in finding a way across the Quathiamba mountains into the fee the country about Port Natal, where they were desirous to settle. • Uf Natal, our youngest colony, Mr. Bunbnry speaks in these terms:— Port Natal is now a. part of the British possession; having been formally annexed to the dominions 1.1 the crown while Lard Stanley was at the head of the Cohnial.officc. It a ruled by a lieutenant-governor, subordinate to the governor of the Cape ; It boa a recorder to preede over the judicial dePar with • clerk of the peace under hint; arid a collector ofeentrens tut Rationed at the port Pieter-Mastts-burg, the chief settlement el the emigrant foots, some distance inland from Port Natal, Iva grown up into a considerable town, which now boosts of a mesa anti of a newspaper. The settlement appears to be thriving and .. an n d the relight:ea noe :Lin% nati ve read te tribes, of ratt whitbably by e men, men appear to ete be fa; mono tractable an 4 submissive than those no the frontlet of the old colony. The ..It and Wheat/ are thought to be suitable for the cultivation of mites, of whirch rave ral plantations hare been farmed, and hitherto with very medians suction. A correspondent of sue of the Cape newspaper t, who visited, early in the present year, a cotton plantation • t about three hours' ride from Hater -liariteburg, states that the plants, raised iron seed In the prerimis December, were, at the time of his visit, Ye feet high. and in the finest condition ; "the planting of ten acres did not cue to, and they will yield about 1201. worth of cotton next , mouth." A company had been projected to carry on this branch of industry, and to beep up the regalar supply of labour, by amours ' ging emigration from Europe ; but It was thought by some that the • labour of the natives, who seemed willing to engage in such occupa tion., would be both cheaper and more efficient It is stated that a large proportion of the pants of land already made by the govern. moot in the neighboorhood of Natal have fallen into the hands of • few great specubtpea, who have aecordlogly become the owners of Immense tracts of hind ; two are mentioned, whose pomeasiona ex tend respectively over ISO and 12f aquae miles. I Vdthough • comiderable part of the emigrant farmers remained I quietly in the Natal territory, when it became subject to British rule, another part moved away into the interior, to the north-westward, beyond the Quathlareba maintains; and it would appear that the commandant of this party still 211111IIMell much of the authority of an independ- fir potentate. Panda, the present king of the Zoolooe, In said to be very &rims of removing the whole of his .objects Into the interior, es be finds that he cannot tarp up his despotic authority over them, in its fullextent, In the neighbourhood of a British colony; and his power Is conch reduced by the frequent desertion of his dis contentid eubjects,who escape from hie tyranny by placing themselves under the protection of our laws, The disadvantage of Natal, aa a settlement, is the difficulty of enter lag the harbour, the mouth of which is entail by a sand-bar, which at low tide has bat aix feet of water on it; even email cowls can enter only in the finest weather. The surf on that coast Is described as tremendous. The naturalist, the politician, and the mere reader for amusement, will all find interesting matter in Mr. Bunlntry's pages. INTERESTING BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGGE.—Among the literary curiosities lately proposed for publication by the Camden Society is the Day-book of John Dome, a foreign bookseller, resident at Oxford, giving the prices, and often the printer, place, character, size, binding, and purchaser of the books uhich he sold, day ltilt day, during the year 1620. This unique contribution to bibliographical history is pre paring for the press by two distinguished teholars—Dr. Cotton, the archdeacon of Cashel, and the Rev. John Wil son, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. The society will produce it as soon as is consistent with the care and atten tion necessary to identity many of the " rare tomes" recorded by Master Dorne.—Athesmuns. fftnt arts. TRANSFERRING PAINTINGS FROM WALLS.—There were on the ceilings and vaulting§ of the apartments in the Castle of Vincennes, near Paris, 800 square feet of allegorical paintings from the pencil of Leaueur. M. Landry, who is atached to the royal mweums for transferring old paintings to new canvasses, has taken off the p a i n ti ngs a t Vincennes with great and successful care; and on Wednc aday transported them to the Louvre in frames made for the purpose. They were carried up to M. Landry's atelier above the Spanish Museum, and th. re be will immediately proceed to put them on ca van.—Galignani. 12ibt 'Drama. CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES. - - - The managers of the theatres have been for weeks past employed in the production of their respective minto mimee, burlesques, &e. The subjoined programme will convey an idea of the amount of amusement provided for the holidays: DRURY-LANZ THEATRE—The annual harlequinade at this theatre is entitled " Friar Rush; or, Harlequin and King Gold." The opening is by Mr. Alfed Croaquill, as well as several of the comic scents ; the others are invented by Mr. Albert Smith. HAYMARKET THEATRE.•-In the absence of Mr. Planche, Mr. Gilbert it Beckett and his literary associates have, it is expected, laboured to simile successful ends in the ferth• coming burlesque opectac , e, named "The World Under ground; or, the Magic Flute." The well-known vocal talent of the company for that description of music, has enabled the authors to lay under contribution the most popular music of the day in parodies of song, duet, glee, and chorus. Previous to the burlesque, Sheridan's comedy of the " Rivals" will be acted. Lrcaux THEATRE.—Madame Vests* it in rid,. will have exceeded all her former effort in the production of a bur lesque fairy extravaganza, written by Mr. Ylauche, and called " The Golden Branch." _ ADELPHI Tricartte.—lß addition to " The Pearl of the Ocean," a new feature will he added to the other attractions of the bill in the person of Mona Paul Lenand, a popular pantomimist from the Its- Han and French theatres, who will appear in a new entertainment, or Italian pantomi me , in two parts, called" Pierrot, the Married Man ; or, Polichinelle, the I Gay Single Fellow." The style of this performance is totally opposite to that of • harlequin pantomime, as played in English theatres, and may be termed an experioent to re produce a most amusing description of ballet of action, prac tised with infinite success many years back. PEINOMES'S THEATILE.—Mr. Rodwell is the anther of the harlequinade hare. It is nulled " Old Father Time ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seneca" MARYLEBONII THEATRIL—The Christian novelty pro vided by Mrs. Warner bean the somewh a t novel title of " Eyes, Nose, and Mouth; or, Harlequin Pri nce P er f ect an d the Birth of Beauty." Amid the numerous comic events will be found the current foibles, manias, and objects of attention new so rife in public attention. Sumter THRATax.—The title of Mr. Bunn's bane. quiaade this year is " Battledore and Shuttlecock ; or, Har , lequin and Trap, Bat, and Ball.. Mr. Nelson Lee is the I author, and the once [mous Joseph Southby is to be the clown. Previous to the pantomime The Earl of WlLT wick," popular in the days of Betty, the young Bosch's, will be brought to the ordeal of a Surrey audience. °inure Tueartut—The Christmas offering at this theatre is entitled The British Lion ; or, Harlequin Panic." Tie orming scene discovers Panic in the Hall of a Thousand unpaid BBL, panic being a pawnbroker on a large scale. The concluding scene represents the Gallery of England, with all the great sod noble characters of Albion, amid a corruscation of effulgent light, Everything has been done to ensure success, and the interior of the theatre is now second to none in the whole range of London minors. Weise THEATHIL—This house, remarkable ter being the early home of the great pantomimist., still re tains a fair share of its previous excellence in that depart went, " Harlequin Little Great Britain ; or, Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Ogre's Golden Hen" is the panto mime here, written by Mr. Greenwood, the co-lessee of Mr. Phelps, being the title of this year's pantomime. ASTLEY'S TIVIATIMIL—The pantomime here is entitled " Doctor Syntax ; or, the Dapple Grey Mare," and bort well as that at Surrey Theatre, written by Mr. Nelson Lee. THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES, WITH MUSIC BY MINDILBBOIIN.—This chef dceuvre of the ancient Greek drama., with music by the late illustrious Mendelsohn Bartholdy, is in preparation at the St. James's Theatre, where it will be produced with considerable splendour on Wednesday, January 6. M. Jules Benedict, the friend end countrymen of the great composer, has undertaken the direction and superintendence of the music, and the more en scene will be directed by Mons. Bocage, who will also sus tain the character of Cleon, as originally performed by him on the occasion of the successful production of this celebrated ploy at the Theatre de l'Odeon, Paris. DEVONSUIBE. A PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE TO FAEMEUS.—At the re sent dinner of the Barnstaple Agricultural Society, Dr. Bassett Paid he could not help thinking that the beef and veal in the district were slaughtered before they were ripe. The latter especially was generally very poor. Animals uo sooner began to acquire fat, and consequently to pay their owners, than they were consigned prematurely to the slaughter-house, thereby involving a loss to the owner in the quantity of meat produced, and to the public both in its quantity and its nutritive properties. It was a com plaint of many first-rate judges (and be named Mr. Hughes, of Court Morgan, as one) that while the North Devon bullock was perfect in every other respect, it fell off in the bind quarter. Would the breed be improved by a mom with the Hereford, in which the hind-quarter was parti cularly good? Referring to the breed of horses, he consi dered that we were in this district lamentably deficient You might ride a whole day, and not meet witk &thoroughly good horse of native breed. The horses had no crest, and their appearance altogether was disregarded by the breeders. They were not choice enough in their brood mares; and no excellence in the stallion could compensate for that defect. Then they worked their colts too young, before the sinews had acquired strength ; the frequent consequence was, that their joints protruded. Mr. Bassett then went into an in teresting illustration of the assistance which chemistry af forded to agriculture, by assisting both in the adaptation of crops and manure.; and remarked on the bounty of nature in providing such inexhaustible quantities of the nitrates of soda and potass, as will as other valuable manures which were to be found in Peru, the East ladies, and elsewhere. He also recommended to the study of gene- tical farmers, the elements of mensuration, as of great assistance in every day life; and the knowledge of the use of the spirit level, which was easily acquired, and of great ad. vantage in draining; so the use of the barometer, in indi cating the altitude of the land, and dictating the cultivation of barley and other crops, for it was well known that barley w. uld not grow much above the level of the sea, and all crops were better so they were nearer to that pane. Hs recommended the use of soot in turnip growing, both as • preventive to the fly and as food to the plant. He com plained that the tenure of land in this country was often moat hostile to good farming; be bad lately seen a case in which a valuable racehorse had been seized as a heriot on copyhold ; a defined tenure on defined terms was eaten tie' to profitable cultivation. He also complained of the absurdity of many of the clauses introduced in farm leases. They were made by lawyers, who knew nothing about fanning, and who followed the precedents which were laid down a century ago. Thus that valuable crop, the rape, was generally altogether prohibited • while at the same time corn crops might he permitted to b e grown in succession on certain terms ; altogether good farming would not tolerate a succession of wkite crops on any terms. The fact was, the in terest, of both farmer and landlord were correlative ; and the less a farmer was fettered in his lease, provided he understood his business and had capital enough to conduct it (and the landlord should not take him otherwise), the bett• r for both parties and the public too. Land near Edinburgh let at treble the rents of land near London, because the pro prietors granted leases and did not restrict their tenants as to the mode of cultivation. He advo cated a registry of estates, and a simpler mode of conveying land. He complained of the farm buildings in this neighbourhood generally as both badly built and incon venient, and recommended dry sheds for the storing of roots. He gave a abort chapter on veterin .ry science,and recom mended aloes for horses instead of drenches or alomel, and strongly deprecated the use of corrosive sublimate for sheep. After incidentally recommending the use of Croskill's roller as a very valuable implement, Dr. Bassett concluded rather a discursive speech by noticing the late losses of sheep by stealing in this neighbourhood, and recommended the farmers to adopt better means for their mutual peotection." LITERATURE. CAristmas Postolication Christmas, as a Helicon of prettmeseee, is well nigh exhausted. The poets and the essayists, accustomed annually to dip their urns in the Chnstmaa fount, have only half filled their vessels, and that at times with mere dregs, being obliged, some of them, even to recur to their own old water-csaks. The proportion of poetry in the annuals has been yearly decreasing,— and, indeed, it would be little matter were that de crease even greater. Not that we have any objection to verse. It is the fat of the meat (to use a Christman NAVAL roaTeMoVrit, Dec. 28.—During the last few days moth experiments have been tried by Capt. Cho* of the Excelled, FM. nery thip, on boacd the Leriaban hulk, In order to ascertain at what distant* boys holding leather cartridge OM% with powder, when en. gaged in waving the guns, might stand in safety, peppering the car tridge of any cow should be exploded. Two thrtridge meek each containing a quantity of powder, were hung up at a distance of eight feet from each other. Some of Richford'e match was applied to one at the coma and Ina few minutes it exploded, but only made the other ow swing. A euccession of explthionii followed, des eating the distance a foot rub time, without any effect. At 18 inches the ex plosion affected the second ease; but it was only at 12 inches that the second care was blown up. An experiment was the made for the purpose of discovering whether the fearnonght Ere-revere, In use when powder Is handing up from the magarine, would effectually cheek an ei ploeion. A are containing 6 lbs. of powder was hung up within • fireocreen nailed to the deck, . and outside on the deck wee thread 2 lbs. of loose powder; the powder in the ease was exploded, and followed by the total dearth. tion of the screen and explosion of the loath powder. A lump woe moored within four feet of the Leviathan, and a 32-pounder, charged with 4 Ith and a common shell, with two-tenths inch of commas fuze, dyed into her twice, and buret, having passed through the olds of the bulk. Too of Capt. Chad's percussion sheds were also Bred Into the halt, but the concussion was 110 great that the shell ay. peered to break f, ore its effects, and were followed by an explosion at a moment not required. There are at pi ment In the Excellent upwards of 360 seamen gannets, of whom lee have mimed through the ,afferent stage, of gunnery requisite, and 180 boys under thane of instruction, be.idth 30 gunners mail, - for service, and 10 who are lent to the ordinary, but may be milled on at any time.—Captain H. T. Auaton, C. 8., !rum the saran median- hmeut at Woolwich. Ms been ordered by the Admiralty to this port, to superintend the fitting of the Ajax, steam block thip, and to complete the klenheini.— In Harbour: Victory, EYeellent, Menheim,Vith via and Albert„Prinee Regent, Rolla, Nautiltm; Terrible, Cuckoo, Avon, Firefly, Ceding., Fairy, and Echosteemers. AtSpilheadt Cygnet. The Ober= eteam-the., with the Governor of Malta on hoard, stopped at Algiers on the 13th Mat. to take in coal. The Penelope steam-frigate, with the broad pendent of Sir C. Hotham was lying at Helena, on the Bth Nov. ; all well on Ward. Tee ientome, lei, Coro. I.e Hardy, is ordered home from the Mediterranean st ation to be paid off. The Calliope. 26, Capt. E. Stinky, is ordered home from New Zealand, to be paid off, if her privence be nut urgently required on that division of the East India station. CONY kvbrsv or Lors-or.llarrfr S. in.—The Admiralty hove re. moved the restriction. which p: ceented commander. irom being eligible to aerie as :sound captains of line-of-battle ships, unless they had served sham five years as find lieutenant of a 'loop or frigate. Their lordships have now ordered commanders who have served as first lieutenants of any vanel fur one year, and commanders who have served .a gunners - lieutenants for that space of time in any ship, shall be deemed eligible fur the appointments to commanders of ship. of the line. _ _ _ _ Deroxroar. Die. 2.s.— Cockatrice, 8. tender to the Asia, SI, sailed early this rooming for South .tmerica.—Camilla and AM 'anti, lately launched at Pembroke, arrived from that piste yesterday. —thligencs Crept , and Tortoise lighter, both with store.. .Tirol from Pembroke yesterday, the former hound to Chatham.—Siohed lighter, arrived on the night of the 23rd with stores frost Woolwich. MILITARY. Too Coast' DETZ smut—Orders have been received at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to expedite the armaments for the coast defences of this country and the catcalls whieh are still incomplete— Fortentouth, Gosport, Portant, B:a—Throe trod guns of 63 cwt., twelve 8-inch guns of 30 cut, twenty-seven 32-pounder guns of 36 cwt., thee 24-pounder guns SO cwt., and three &Inch bouncers : total, 43. —Gravesend Fifteen 32-pounder gnaw—Tllbory Fort : Fifty 32-pound/en—Medway Di,triet : Twenty-Ma 32-pounder Frans of 36 cut —Guernsey tlesen 24.poundeas of 50 tut, same 18-pounder gun.—G . braltar : Fourteen Itincla guns of C 3 cwt.—Malta : Twelve 6-inch sward 63 cwt, and My-four 32-inunder pee of 36 turt Halifax Nineteen 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt—Notag.Kong : Four teen 32-pounder guns of 36 cert., and three 24-pounder guns of AO cwt. The whole of thew gone, 267 in number, are to be mooted es dwarf traversing platrorms, and the Baud of Ordnance Lee decided on the recommendaton of Licut-Col. 'Cartilage, LH., director -of the Royal Laboratthy deportment, that in all eases: here the latish me sheltered sad the guns not directly exposed to tte breath wears form the platforms shall br constructed of iron, on account al its es. perior lightning and durability ; bat webers the carriage is then it is to be =the of wood, as iron platforms are imrardicit ei V i i. strayed by e s shot striking than. The platforms of the slum at Gravesend, Tilbury, Hong-Kong, the Medway district, &a, to the number of ISO are, theiefore, to be constructed of iron, and the rt.. BAPPiste AN D MINERS. —The 3rd company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Capt. E. Ogle, RC., and a very strong detachment of non.cnencoissioned offioers and privates, will embark at the Royal Arsenal, ou Friday next, on board the Gen . end Palmer, hired transport, the former for Corfu, the latter to All up denclencies to the two conip.im stationed at Gibraltar. Lieut. E. C. A Gordon will accompany the trams to Corfu, to relieve the 7th com pany, under the command of (net. F. airman. Lieut. P. C. Ilasoard will return borne with the company, ns Capt. Chapman has lot completed bin period of service as an engineer officer. The detachment of nippers and Miners stationed at the PalltLuad Islands, under the command of Capt. R. C. Moody, the governor and corn. mander-in chief of Mom Wanda, is under orders to return home, Capt. Moody having been suparroded in the governorship of that colony. tato IhttrUtgtiter. CITY SMALL DEISTS COURT. Before Mr. Cemzsisdoner BnlloeJc, Jude. Pew O. PAYNE. Tien Crrt Ehwriox. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, keeper of the Tower Shades, Tower-street, against the defendant, the coroner for the City of London and borough of Southwark, to recover 131. 95., for tavern expenses, and refreshments fur nished to members of Mr. Payne's local committee, held at the Tower Shades during the last election. Mr. Payne had offered and paid into court 31. 95., and denied his liability as to the residue.—The plaintiff proved the fact of the com mittee having sat at his house, and the furnishing of wines, cigars, suppers, and other refreshments to the secretary, by whose directions they were ordered in the name of Mr. Payne, and upon the express underAanding that that gentleman would defray all the tavern expenses, the wines and refreshments were supplied to various persons who were understood to be acting as committee-men. He hid subeequi ntly applied to Mr. Payne fur payment, but was refused . — Mr. Montague, the secre tary, deposed to having, with the express authority of Mr. Payne, acted in the cepacity of secretary to his committee, and a claim was still pending between the witness and Mr. Payne for his services rendered in that character. Wittier had received authority at various times relative to the pay ment and ordering of refresbmen's, and it was understood that all the tavern expenses should be paid by the de fendant.—Mr. Payne ere's-examined the warms as to the terms of any engagement entered into between them, and the authority amumed for his giving directions for refresh ments; and it transpired that by far the greater portion of the claim consulted of wines, brandy, and cigars, and re freshments supplied to the secretary and his friends, whom he introduced to the plaintiff's house.—Mr. Payne having addressed the court, denying his liability for mare than the expenses which had been paid into court, and repudia ting the whorl, alleged to have been given by him, the learned judge was of opinion that there was not suffi cient evidence before the court to show that say authority had been given to the plainiiff or Montague, and that the articles forming the claim were not the ordinary general expenses of the committee room, and therefore that the sum paid into court more than covered the amount the plaintiff i was entitled to recover.—Judgment was therefore given for 1 defendant, with amts.—Mr. Payne requested that the casts 1 might be placed in the poorber for the judge's disposal in eases where the parties were deserving of assistance.—The judge said he regretted he had no such fund at his disposal, but the suggestion was a good one, and he would endeavour to give it effect. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT. BURCH O. M. JULLIEN.-THRATRICAL LMOANTS.— On Friday the plaintiff, a baker ' of High-street, Hampst ea d, sued the defendant, the prese n t lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, for it. 17s. for goods sold and delivered. Intendant did not appear, or any parson on his behalf. The plaintiff said be had made repented applications for the amount owing at defen dant's residence, but had been unable to see him either at home or at Drury-lane Theatre. He was • composer, and was thought to be in aMuent circumstances.-3udge : Is he the celebrated Julien I—Plaintiff: Yes, your honour.— Judge : Then he'll pay directly.—An order for immediate payment, with coats, was then made out. TURLEY O. Hatuus.—The defendant, the ballet-master at the Princess's Theatre, came up on a judgment order, ob tained against him by the plaintiff, a tailor, to whom he was indebted the sum of 41. 10s. The case was origi nally heard in the early part of October, when the defendant was adjudged to pay 21. per month, but had neg lected doing so. Mr. De la Mare, who was engaged for him, now stated that the defendant had been unable to pay into court any money in consequence of a reduction in his salary.—Judge, to defendant What is your salary ?—De fendant ; Only 21. a week at present, out of which I am obliged to set aside 11. to liquidate an old account, but, as I ' have something advantageous in view, I can offer and fulfil the payment of 11. a month.—Plaintiff: That will not do , your honour • he receives from the Princes s ' s Th eatre ' al. 10s. a week, and also has the arrangement of the ballet at Covent-garden.—Defendant : For which I am not paid.— Judge Wall, plaintiff, if you do not accede to his terms, I must send him to prison for twenty days ; then you will lose the coats, and, on his liberation, to recover, you must com mence de nova—Plaintiff : He can well afford to pay, but ea I do not wish to lbe harsh, I shall not trees for his cern- mi rdingly. ttal, and will accept his offer.--Judgmeatt entered soco CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Sztryirrons Ann BISMONAL Restrue.--13objoined are all the sentences passed during the last session in the three courts, to which is added every other result and adjudica tion` BENTRNCED TO DEATH.—G. murder). fie SENTENCE OP DEATH REDO/DEO against W. aged 12 (for murder by poiso n ) . BANISH/EXT.—The tollowing were nentene: d to to ported beyond the sea for the periods eating Seven Years :G. Barrow, Ann Barr ow , E. , den., W. H,..piper, J. Welch, J. Booth, W. sr " 6 Gregory, Elizabeth Edwards, T. Rothney, oh o j u t i l . Ellen Mottram, Jane Mee, J. Knight, J. Drieesg,a, beth Gill, H. Lawrence, W. Bony on , C . Carr, pr . 0 - nk Campbell, H. Potter, J. Smith, Sarah 14. a „ ow !. Hoare. —For Ten Years: T. Simp son an d J. pirtse' postman). IMPRISONMENT, &e.—The following were imprisonment, generally in the Home of Co nn ., n. . the adjunct of hard labour. For Two ter,74l Denyer, J. Smith, J. Johnson, T. Reinhold, a id • 3. ro,,k.—For Fifteen Months: A. W R an (N For Eighteen Months: Sarah Jones.--For One Yea,ul7 Ann Simpson, G. Smith, Maria Longman, J. C. surf J. Bramion, J. Baroatock, J. Hard , n, J. Wms, JTI., F. Richardson, G. R. Diggens , R. Lo we , , C. B llia row r0t;,... gate), J. Ghrimes, Pheebe Rolt, Isabella Kirk, J. ?5.,. For Nine Months: D. Kennedy, J. White, Ba ta Caroline Holmes, C.. Joy, P. Gorman, 8. Walker OF % Tl.hfozne°pewotk,'Ej..Bltar.w33,44.l.lljojn.eßs.'—dtiSior. Harvey,S omas " 1 44 : 1 rine Sullivan, Catherine Ward, Phoebe Prim, Jake V 8.t...• W. J. Green, J. Pawson, J. Fisher, I. W a k eman. J. A. Sandlanda, G. Denning, C. Aubery,l3.lt a n ua s gate), W. Verell , G. Hislop, J. Connell, J. Lone, J. pia A. Larkh Williams , s, J. Swing, G.T Thoinson.-.47 Months : W. Goddard J. Brown, J. White, W n a ,2! Sullivan, W. Johnson, C . Mills, JLovell, J. If.e4-)4 sun, Alphonse Hampton, W. H. Capper, Loath, Caroline Holmes, J.Vost,and J. Bra wn .— ForTA rq iM Eliza Clark, Horatio Ne isonWest, T. Penny, 11,0,47".:t Maquarrie, W. Hutchinson, T. Collin., W. 1i0.4174. Dobson, H. Lambeth, It. Huntingdon, H. Sbrariag, a milton, W. Clements, 3. Layton, W. Helms sailys; ling —For Taco Mcnaths : Lime Morris , Elisabeth Di a . J. Clark, W. Brown, J. White, W. Mahoney , 111.-", J. Clay, and J. Brown, 10—For Six IV: e k • and J. Chalks.—For One Montle: P. Crofton, al2 Campbell, G. Freeman, J. Flowers, W. Smith. G . g,7; J. Abrahams W. Miles, and Jane Days, and :ender : Marsh.ll.— F an FS. J. Driant, 12; Henry EdAa,, j r. R. Ronne., G. Crane, and C. Eastman. FLAGELLATION.—PrivateIy Whipped, and Stephen J. Briant, 12, and Henry hdiker, 10. RESPITED J/DOMENTB.—The following Guilty, but judgment was respited to next seams : Li ft nerd and W. Pbilpott. REMANDED TO JANDART.—R. Partridge , J. the elder ,• J. Lawrence, the younger ; T. L 4 . 4 .7;:t Lawford, J. Jei kins. 3. Wells, C. Simpson, W. ge m " , Adams, C. Fanner, J. Rice and J. Brown. following were declared Kee by the petition and discharged forthwith :—G. 41 Hardiman, D. Cook, J. Draper, F. Burp RR, b. &W as Lane, J. Grover, M. Bowman, J. Shearing, J. Tony , W. Tamer, C. Pontou, W. Wdliamson, S . Wright, Chinni Williamson, W. 8. Sheridan, Mantra% t c al l, Coffee, Sara h Palmer, W. Palmer, Mary Mah uny, tg,sa, lien, T. Doyle, T. Davie, T. Sale, (1. M'Cuy (akin* convicted), J. Lloyd, W. Mandali, J. R. ady, J ln k* Elizabeth Bullock, W. Maddols, J. Benxi -L./. Hoot DISCRARGED HT PRUCLANIATION.—The ra t ignored the bias se to the following. and they weft fe charged by proclamation : —W. J. Giggs, 1. Oak, g Draper. FINED.—The following were fined to the tlanyi e s a sums named, in addition to impri.onment:—A. Dan soy, C. Brewer 5001., S. Ralis 1001, the fraudulent gammon Bunamtuzas.—The follnwirg mune into court, is charge of bail, to libido trial —J. Smith, J. Cos* r, Brewer, S. Ralib. The following were called on newt mime :—J. Sullivan, J. Smith. • St ART STATEiI CS:T.—During the Se.aion the matt Judi : eyed on 193 prisoners, who were committed honk following distriets—siz : Lon•lon commirals, 21; Middling, 131 ; Surrey, 32 ; Kent, 7 FA.,x, 2. ADJOr EMMEN/ OF THE COVRT.— The roan, at its titer adjourned to Monday, the 3rd of Januarys MONEY MARKET. Saturday being Christmas-day, no business la done in the City. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANC—A Rai and numerous meeting of the proprietor' Lock plata et tit Clarendon-rooms on Friday, K. Griffith, Tuq , tsoaiaee of the directors, presiding. It appeared from the etym read by the mancger, that the bank would be in a mem. to commence the payment of its notes in circulat:oo on day, Jen. 3 next, at the head office, at all the breaches, al also in London. The announcement was received %Ued. Thecirculation bring reduced to a raft minimum, the myna of all deposits under 201. would follow as the next led fid step towards a complete resumption of the %teatime II bank. The report dwelt upon the absolute necessity. Iww Ter, that existed for a large proportion of the preerateedwe being subscribed for; not merely to aid in tke renewal( the bank, bat to provile it with the working capital am site to enable it to conduct its renewed operations via aft safety, and profit. To facilitate the taking of thermals the directors announced that they had determined Yea them payable in four instalments of 2i. 10s. each, ieaafi two instalments of 61. each, es originally proposed. Ilea port, which was received thrcughout with derided wale approval, concluded by stating that the liabilitas or bank, which at the date of the stoppage were 610,1*, were now only 402,0001. (Loud cheers.) Resolutiosasa firming the report in all particulars, as kit° the prmtis of the previous meek*, were passed unazdonady, thanks having been voted to the chairman, the amig separated.—Literpool Mercury. RAILWAY NEWS. Saturday being Dirs non, no bulkiness tru taa acted. FILEXCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC, for the Week* M. . spectarely Doe. 11 to Dec. 22; Miles am.* Worked. X wok 11l Part to Roues ........ AS ... 5,893 _. AN Rouen to Barre - - Paris to Orleans Orleans to Bordeaux (see. 1) l' t ... 3,736 ... 1,111 Centre (tiiernon) - Northern 22% ... 13,051 ... ;NI Amiens to Bouloins Ow I) - COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& SUGAR..—BRISTOL.—The market for raw sew creek wee moderately entree, but without any imp reined I The demead for reamed goods continued arm. MHO Fg e titneas dosed en Priday, evening, and Mil Dot te mewl till 'Tuesday, Jesseay 4. Tba only arrivala during damage le the Wilma, Irma Down% tie bh&., 43 tierces, 4 bun= 9 pone, Si khdrarmiai al mho memo ; sad ln the from Ilmeamel , kkila. mom. SHIPPING INTJILLIGENCE ClaasmistnaDr7c fluTeM — C;;;,l3at;;;loinii,eas. Centrism, Lady B. Bayley, Taganrog ; Spray, ccogatedt; Fs mister, St. Andrew's; Houghton Le kerns, Alexandre; an Dmhwood, St. John's; Raehno, Crouingen ; Falcon, Algol eq. R. ton, Ostend; Mayflower, Bolton, Noah, Thetis, Zegbyros, Nest St. Petersburg; Maria, Vittoria Gmenhogen; Shoe, 24 , 1 : Denmark ; George and William, Riga ; Persian, Wiliam R. cute.; ;,,esl Mother, Gotlan'iurie ; Prindo Cheatham Algona dam, Norway : Dorothea Ernestine, Counter. of Lonside, &War Bkandiravhan, Sundiwald; Regina, Dee. William sod Thmso Petersburg; Ellen Gowan, Bahia; Alexander, Sklen; Welk Boulogne; Tourist, Cahais ; Venezuela, Havre; Genkis, — Sailed Osbert. Dominica; Suseox, ; Liffey, O. Mellft Neptune, sir Edward Banks, Ostend; N hbertorco, Bartel , Giraffe, Rotterdam ; Sir R. Peel, 11-cenban ; Sortie, Hodge InwinciDiq St. Ives and Medial raueon ; Yorktown, New Vicki lab Maxie, Antwerp; Columbine, Havre ; Antwerma Antwerp; MOW Calais ; City of Bonbon., Boulogne; Sylph, St. Michael's; Ra. shire, Gibraltar; Ilighbury, Vowelise, Jamaica; Fade, BMW larzaroot, Dec. L'.—Arrived: Bland, Calcutta ; Wolf health, Laguna; Mary, Newfoundland; Imieraut, Bremen 4 ton, Demerara; Venice, New Orleans ; Golden Fleece, Redo; IsK St. Michael'.; Star, St. John's, New Brunswick; Mr RIMINI. Quebec —Sailed Dec Frontelli, gym; SI byna Udell; IMIS° O _ Naples; ?denture, Azores; File, Pernambuco ; Emily Deka 66 .• Duchess of Clarence, Calcutta. Q.K . 1 , 0112.1%-illiAT, Dix. 16.—The schooner May Ar,d Ant from Liverpool to Pertb, struck upon a awl: on the wank MIMI inland on the 14th inst, capsized, and sunk in deep VOIM. OS saved. [Advertisement.]—CUßE OF A CANCER Of TN YEAS? STANDIPO PT 11OLLOWAT'S OITTTIPPT AND Plutoßa liegin, or Armagh, had a mi-DOCT on her lip for three TM% OA! first medical men is the country could not cure laat 1 " 2 "" Maid to purchase Iloilo's:1y'. and OintrnriA at Mr ..... *" . bookeeilee, Armagh, which effected a perfect cure. Modifies% &MTV, 8110CTOPITII, or bad legs, even If of 4cl - end yesof 4111112 2 11 resist the curative powers of them eztraerdnury medfalial great efficacy Emmy have regained the complete vie when upon the ere of submitting to =spatula at the imglit! eleiewhere.—Sold by all drugglete, NORM 2 • 441214444 Beirwts"' lislunent, 244, Masud, Leedom. wife ACLA2I24.—Doe. at Oxford. lß tho wife of IL W. Arland. 244, 11-1 ' of a ma. 130LLAND.—Dee. 22, at Stockton Hermitage, the elk of T. OW won CL L IIA J T a k r :t.T.—At cloarage, Saffron Wald.= tb , wife of th eir. .1 elution, B D., of a daughter. COBBLE UER.—Does 22,10 Paris, the wife of A. CoMMIW, rota (1114—Des SO. at Mansfield Woodhouse, Eat., the wee e t 114 IL of a daughter. .-Dee.AT 18, at Fortieth hall, the wife of J. C. Kay. B mad heir. KING.—Doc. IS, at her father's, Doveroaatle, the wife of Llsol Mth Rust., of a eon. LAM BTON.-IX, 18, at Blahoparcurtuouth, the wife of CIA - Larobtoo, of • daughter. MASSINGBR.-Deo 19, at Stoortiouse, PlGnottlX l b ' C. I. Maralugherth of &WIG, Rol4l2loo2i.—Bee. a.r, at Stlksworth.tall, the elk of W. L Italltot Mau, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. MOAT-00w tißB.—Dec. 23. at St.. Pancras Church, COL of the Ew f e India thlp Mad , to Elizabet t h mom R dau° oLm.m—c w I.l of U t e ILUN '" DaY 4 .- 8 Dee . l i n t r : r4 a r limo 'tlt I't Loll by the Rev. R. Atth, Capt. J. Huhn., to ter of the late Cart. Ch , Gift. R.N., all of 8114124—COOKER.—Dee. 20, at llerologrord A ahlre, by the Rey. E. Seller,. rector, C. Steam, E b r.!kg lo.4* Mary Aim, wily daughter of the late Nov. W. B. Coda! ETHS. _G e ared CLARK.—Dee. B. Clark, Esq., surgeon, of Veit Elbr W. Clark. MaL —twit GREBN.— B. Doc. M, IPlMankeury, Clare, the Rer. K. fileNiote - Phatekeery. KR IGHT.—Doc. st r, s3larthl Janr, youhtott 001 11 1 4 0-t 0. W. w. 11.14., of Jordarotoo. d N Dia ht. as Yarmouth. of • were MIMB flomma, Mt G. AWN,. LILL. 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