The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-11 00:00:00

LITERATURE. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. C XXXL Longman and Co. The present Number affords a fair specimen of the talent with which the Edinburgh Review has of late Years been conducted. If we do not find the bril liancy and th e sc i ence which characterised the earlier peri o d of its existence, there is still a combination of var iety with ut i lity, such as is nowhere else to be found in our periodi ca l li terature. Th e fi rst art i c l e , I° the Number befor e us i s a rev i ew o f M r . B uc k- Bri d a ngewater Treati se , ent i t l e d, " G eo l ogy an d line ra logy considered, in reference to Natural Theo- V." The writer, before entering upon the more i mmediat e su b ject of his labours, takes a rapid and Interesting view of the progress which geology has made, and the triumph w hi c h i t h as ga i ne d s i nce klutton broached those doctrines respecting the prime val state of this our globe, which kindled the fury of Ignorant fanaticism when, to use the appropriate Words of the Reviewer " the reigning faction of the 1 . a3 , .• grasped wi t h eagerness the new weapon that fana leism had placed in their hands ; and, but for circum stances too recent to be detailed, Scotland might have had to bewail her scientific as well as her political raartyrs. Th e geology of the Deluge, and of the six tl aYs, thus becam e an article in their political creed ; an d these watchmen of the temple, who had surren dered all the peculiar doctrines of their own faith, ;hind not abate one jot of its spurious chronology." _ geologiSt is not now dragged "to the bar of some has inquisition," because the discoveries which he has been enabled to make have been more dispassion ately considered, and have been found, instead of econttadicting, to harmonize with, and corroborate, the testimony derived from the sacred writings. The ge , o , lo g ista, observes the Reviewer— per;!lave mad e all antiquity modern, by carrying us back to ped ‘,i4ethat preceded its commencement—they . have eviden first outstrip of th o theologian by discovering the true interpretation Page of sacretee the rit—and have proved, by infallible that, previous v w e a r s whehted by races of animals that were successiveyo Nees ed. by great and destructive convulsions ; and t h a t ne vi new _ iff rent from those that preceded, and . which . now . ?c -ot di ,?ar globe, were created by the immediate interposition -I ne Power. tit :. The pre-occupancy of the earth by the animal world by titre eYeles of long endurance, and its present joint tenancy , VolT n a u n t a t n o d u t s he lower creation, are two striking facts which sent is doubtl unequivocal indications ' of the future. The pre of t h e , ess the first cycle of the intellectual occup i a n tio it n s bu r i ed gi 4 e; and when we consult the past,. we read this monuments that this also must terminate. May not he ezist r_ea be the first of a series of cycles, at whose clos o e f n t ti oeiti T races of living beings, and the gorgeous fabrics de sol aanY, shall yield their haughty relics to the sport and ation of the elements ?" The latter portion of the article consists in a great m e• asur e of extracts from Mr. Buckland's work, which Very highl y r eulooi se d, though not more than it de tiel to be. Th e il lustrative observations which form e Co nnecting links between 'the extracts are always pert 'nent an passd often s t r iki ng . W e se l ect t h e f o ll ow i ng a c„ e which may also serve as an illustration of the truth, that « in the midst of life we are in death ;" d..." Extraordinary as these phenomena must appear, the recent iPeeveries of Ehrenberg, made since the publication of Dr. .„ I ,l l , Vti and , s work, are still more marvellou s . and instructive. t _ esisa. eminent naturalist, whose discoveries respe h eting . e h o e feted Ling infusorial animals we have already not ic ed, . disand „e fossil animakules, or infusorial organic remains , but ° , III Y has he discovered their existence by the microscop e, n h U e has found that they form extensive strata of tripoli, . or esehiefer (polishing slate) at Franzenbad in Bohemia—a -vurtanee supposed tohave been formed from sediments of fit eanic ashes in quiet waters. These animals belong to the t n t ▪ e e !".Bac . cillaria, and inhabit siliceous shells, the size rt o f which form the strata of polishin g.s slate. The of ngle individual of these an i malcu les about 1-288th of a t%) or the 3-400th part of an inch. In the polishing slate ; r eal Ellin in which there seems no extraneous matter, and no ,„"aeaiti es ; cubic line contains, in round numbers, twenty-three Of these animals, and a cubic inch forty-one thousand ,„ - Tli9ns of them. The weight of a cubic inch of the tripoli "I'leh contains them is 270 grains. Hence there are 187 millions of these animalcules in a single grain ; or the siliceous e°4 t of one of these animals is the 18 millionth part of a grain ! " Since this strange discovery was made, Mr. Ehrenberg . fsas detected the same fossil animals in the sem/v . 4 which i s iP i ad along with the polishing slate in the tertiary strata o „„ I ",a--in the chalk fiints, and even in the semiopal o l r . nob l e ef the porphyritick rocks. What a singular . app ic o a r t ld While our habitations are sometimes built of the solid aggre gat e of 1 5 millions of microscopic shells—while, as we have seen, k„„ apartme nts are heated and lighted with the wreck of • tY forests that covered the primeval valleys--the ch aplet s of n jatity shines with the very sepulchres in whichthmelhalonnd nlaiditnals are entombed I Thus has death become i ns , and the ornament of life. Would that it were also its trneto r and its guide I" Articl e beings 11. is a very sens ibl e rev i ew o f M r. e J ourn a l of a Residence in Norway," a book which w ° , ll , t ains the best account of that interesting country the has yet appeared. The estimable qualities of Constitution Norwegians, and the excellence of their political 4wonstitution, are justly appreciated. The Reviewer wil e.% with particular pleasure on the great advantages l eh have resulted from the re-construction of the ‘ i ,b () . ve gian Parliament on a more deniocratic basis, „ r ich took place in 1814, when Norway was so un- Atn'°oiously transferred from Denmark to Sweden. t i o a time lik e the present, when the mu s h room por e, 11 . (unfortunately the great majority) o f our Peer be is obstructing all beneficial legislation, it cannot be t,u e nerally k nown, nor too constant l y b orne in mind, finer g the pro sper i ty o f Norway has rapidly and solidly cons tituted sin ce s h e abolished titles of nobility, and cer tain h er second Legislative Chamber of a cer b Propo r ti on of the Representative Assembly selected Y the R epresentatives themselves, and consequently tge• ttally responsible to the people. The King has a 0. " on bills which have passed both Chambers, but a : I Y to a certain extent. If a Bill has passed both as thnThlies in two successive Parliaments, it becomes in doo rs third the law of the land. Here we see at our very ° ors the admirable working of a Constitution which (11spenses with hereditary legislation and regal s' avi% ;e ras. , " State of the Currency" shows a decided partiality -kto the Bank of England. The writer think s it abso tely necessary that legislative steps should be taken lib mediately to regulate Joint Stock Banks, and to con the issue of notes to one single Banking Esta- I'Llianent. The paper is ably written, and deserves ue attention of the commercial classes. The same may be said of articles 4,5, 6,7, which are headed respectively, gc Senor de Angelis's Histori eal on the Rio de la Plata," " Cane Su gar and B eet Root Sugar," The Practicability of i e am Co mmun i cat i on with America," " Modern gYPt and the Modern Egyptians." in the article on " Recent English Romances," / A ° ! ti ee is done to the talents of Mr. James and Mr. t''lnsworth. Mr. Ainsworth is allowed to possess, in i s ° ordinary degree, the power of exciting interest which e : 1 „ ; f act, the greatest of all powers ; he is, however, 1 11 - ci t '"ed against the danger of forming himself on the el of the French school. h as " The Reviewer of " Prior's Life of Goldsmith" f ault T h e himself with drawing poor Goldy's Ql ul ts and frailties " from their dread abode," and writer them up to public abhorrence. The rt e e s ingermity- is taxed to the utmost to distort . cEtelleircinnstanee in Goldsmith's conduct, which is of! °f beir b vY misrepresented, to the disadvantage f eel ' 'floral character. So obvious is this malevolent fou N i g th th at it co mp l ete l y d e f eats it se lf. W e h ave of ten delh, e undu e sever i ty of the Edinburgh Review on quents "`"e de brou g h t to i ts bar, re d eeme d, at l east i n o f wit ° o r ee, by the graces of style and the fafascinatio ns terri a in the revi ew o f G o ld sm i t h th ere is nothing li:_lnitt of space b ut dulness and malignity. 4n Port u • Pace c ompe l s us to l eave t o ano th er op gc y th e remarks whi c h we h a d i n t en d e d to mak e sand Hamilton's Letters on the Houses of Parliament," and Plans- o f N ational Education for England :Oc t orfeland." Onione latte r o f th ese ar ti c l es , the sub which is so portant, we shall only at present SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TURSDd r. THE DERBY. observe, that while we agree with the writer in the immense advantages to be derived from infant schools, and in his views generally, we think he conceals from himself, or under-rates, the sectarian difficulties which lie in the way of the plan of general education which he so powerfully advocates. OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. Br J. H. CURTIS, Ese. London, Renshaw, 1837. This is a very useful little treatise for families ; and we can safely recommend it to such of our readers as wish to learn the most simple and efficacious means of preserving health. The author wisely supports his opinions by the authority of the most eminent physi cians who have written on the various subjects of which he treats. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. YESTERDAY. Handicap Plate of 50/. A.F. Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabal, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b Conelly I Mr. Wilson's f. by Emilius, out of Maria, 3 yrs, 7st. llb .. 2 Mr. Sowerby's St. Luke, 4 yrs, 9st 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. Bird's Redshank, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b; Mr. Smith's Mozart, 5 yrs, Bst; Mr. Houldsworth's Dan, 3 yrs, 7st. Sib ; Sir M. Wood's f. by Langar, out of Isabel, 3 yrs, ist ; Mr. Ellis's Miss Sophia, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b ; and General Grosvenor's Laodice, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b. Betting-2 to 1 agst Mendizabal, 4to 1 agst Isabel, sto 1 agst St. Luke (taken), and 6to 1 agst Redshank. Mendizabal made all the running, and won by a length cleverly. Lord Exeter's horses left for Epsom this morning, viz. :—Hy biscus, Dardanelles, Troilus, Adrian, Corban, Velure, Cornate f., out of Salute, 2 yrs ; and Gauntlet. Lord Suffield's Caravan, Pupil, Newlight, and Alfred, left on Monday. Several others are on the move. Newmarket, Tuesday Night. The only race this afternoon was the Rowley Mile Plate, of which our account sent from the Heath contained all essential par ticulars. The only effect produced by it on the Derby was to send Slight to the right about, and raised Phosphorous to 10 to 1. The ring was so small that not half a dozen bets were made. Arrivals.—Duke of Rutland, Lord Stradhroke, Lord Jersey, Lord G. H. Bentinek, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Manners, Sir C. Watson, Sir S. and Lady Graham, Hon. General Grosvenor, Co lonel Peel, Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. Worrall, Mr. Walker, Mr. Irby, Mr. J. Hunter, Mr. Newton, Mr. Hawker, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Stonehewer, Mr. Thornhill, jun., Mr. Fitzroy, &c. Lord Suflield's horses left yesterday for Epsom, and to-morrow Lord Exeter's start; by the end of the week most of the Derby nags will have taken their departure. Entry for the Two-Year-Old Stakes on Thursday. Duke of Rutland's f. by Hawker, dam by Pan ; Mr. Walker s Constance, Mr. W. Edwards's Hurricane, and Mr. Bond's Brother to Rioter. . _ Newmarket, Wednesday Night. DERBY BETTING. 7 to 2 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap—taken 7 to 2 agst Wintonian and Caravan—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Berner's Phosphorus—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wisdom—Victoria colt—taken 25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Jerecd THE OAKS. 10 to 6 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken The Plates and Sweepstakes entries for to-morrow closed as follows : The Jockey Club Plate.—Pussy, 6 yrs; Calmuck, 4 yrs; and Mendizabal, - 4 yrs. Fifty Pound Plate. T. M.M.—Amesbury, aged ; The Glama, 5 yrs ; Mozart, 5 yrs ; Professor, 4 yrs ; Champion, 3 yrs ; Alge bra, 3 yrs ; Dan, 3 yrs ; c. by Shakspeare, out of Mervinia, 3 yrs ; Brother to Florestan, 3 yrs ; and Anvil, 3 yrs. Handicap Sweepstakes.—The Glama, 5 yrs, fist. 41b ; Ginsey, 5 yrs, Bst. 61b ; Haveldar, 4 yrs, ist. 21b ; Mynas, 4 yrs, 7st. I . olb ; c. by Catton, out of Slight, 3 yrs, 7st. 1 Ilb ; Avon, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b ; and Puppy, 3 yra, 6st. 121 b. 7to 2 is the highest offer in the field; 7to 1 has been taken upon Caravan ; the Duke of Rutland's Slight colt was backed freely at 20 to 1, and since at 18, in one or two good quarters; he is evi dently to be made a better favourite ; Critic is also inquired after as on outsider, but no blows struck. The Oaks is not named. LIVERPOOL TRADE cup. P.P. 6 to 4 agst Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing—offered 5 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Stockport—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Peel's Tamworth—taken 9 to I agst Mr. Skipsey's The Bard—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Wentworth—offered 11 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's The Carpenter—offered 14 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Red Rover—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. K. Peck's Theano The following horses, amongst others, have reached the stables at Aintree, for the meeting now at hand :—General Chasse, Tam worth, Bee's Wing, Red Rover, Black Diamond, Stockport, The Bard. The Carpenter, Wentworth, Sunbeam, Theano, Pammon, Abraham Newland, The Doctor, Prime Warden, Flora, The Early Bird, Fair Play, Despatch colt, Sir Walter Scott, the Loo Choo colt, Brecongill, Bishopsgate, Pantomime, Bollington, Trapball, Sadek, Sunbeam, Friar Tuck, Amurath, Violet, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1837 INSTITUTION of CIVIL ENGINEERS. (From the Atkenceuni.) APRIL 11.—The President in the Chair. Mr. Brunel gave an account of the Thames Tunnel. He explained the nature of the former operations of Vazie and Trevethick, by whom a tunnel 5 feet in height, 2 feet 6 inches in breadth at the top, and 3 feet at the bottom, had been carried more than 1,000 feet. But in 1808 the river broke in upon it, and the work was irretrievably lost. It was from the data furnished by this operation, that his opinion of the practicability of the present undertaking was formed. The present excavation is 38 feet in breadth, and 22 feet in height, and the support which is re quisite for the ground is furnished by the shield. The shield consists of twelve parallel frames ranged side by side, each frame being divided into three cells or partitions, by two floors. Mr. Erunel explained, by reference to drawings, the adjust ment of the floors, the contrivances by which each frame was made to derive support from, or assist in supporting, its neigh bour, as necessity might require ; and the manner in which it was advanced. Each frame stands on two legs, and advances, as it were, by short steps; having, for this purpose, an articu lation very like that of the human body. The advantage of the system of building by rings, which he had adopted, had been fully demonstrated by the fact of the brick-work baring sus tained two irruptions, and yet exhibited no symptoms of rup ture. The chasm formed at the last irruption absorbed more than 80,000 cubic feet of clay bags, before the workmen could re-enter the works. The greatest inconvenience under which they laboured was the want of a drain : they had attempted to make one—but, getting into the stratum of quicksand, 50 feet thick, which is at a small depth below them, were obliged to abandon the project. The land springs were a great source of annoyance; many of these were extremely offensive, and pro duced cutaneous eruptions, and were a great source of annoy ance to the workmen. The difficulties of the work are vast, but there could be no doubt but that in time they would be surmounted. The progress at the present point is necessarily exceedingly slow. APRIL 18.—The President in the Chair. Mr. Thomas Page, of Rotherhithe, was transf7aTed from the class of Asso ciates to the class of Members ; and Mr. Noah Coward, of Redruth, was elected a Corresponding Member. The minutes of the last conversation being read, Mr. Brunel explained those points on which individuals present wished for information. The increase of the water informs them of what is going on above, and they guard against it accordingly. They had been much troubled by the unusually high tides of the pre sent spring; the change from low to high water is exceedingly trying ; in the natural ground it is usually attended with an increase of water, but in the ground made with clay bags, with' a diminution. The works had advanced 127 feet since the in troduction of the new shield. Some inquiries were made on the means adopted for ventilating the works, and considerable discussion took place on the methods of ventilation by rarefac tion and condensation—that is, by drawing out or forcing in air. Mr. Brunel stated, that respiration and the pulse were slower in the diving bell, where condensed air was breathed, than under other circumstances. A paper was then read, descriptive of a new levelling machine, invented by Mr. Harrison, of Edinburgh. This machine is to be drawn along by horses, and is intended, by registering the rise and fall of the roads, and the space passed over, to make at once a section of the country. APRIL 25.—The President in the Chair. Major H. D. Jones, Royal Engineers, of Dublin, and Mr. Drury, of Ghent, were elected Corresponding Members. Mr. Paine, of Lin coln's Inn Fields ; Lieut. H. D. Harness, of the Royal Engi neers ; Mr. Renton, of Bradford, and Mr. Newton, of Chan cery-lane, were elected Associates. A paper by Mr. Beamish, relating to the Thames Tunnel, was read. Mr. Trubshaw having presented to the Institution a model of the centre employed by him in constructing the arch of Chester Bridge, being. the largest stone arch in the world, considerable discussion took place respecting it. Mr. Trub shaw pointed out the peculiar features in the construction of this centre, and the means which had been adopted so success fully in building the arch. Mr. Macneil then exhibited the method which he had adopted, of projecting the sections on the survey in Ireland. On one side of the line the cutting might be represented, on the ocher side the embankment. The scale being applied to these, the extent, depth, and height of each would be seen. A plan being hung up, so as to bring any particular portion of a line nearly horizontal, the eye would see at once the amount of each ; and on two lines being thus compared, the reasons for adopting one and abandoning the other, would frequently be at once apparent. He proposed also to use the term acclivity for the ascents, on going from some chief place, and declivity for the descents, and to mark a rate after them. SUMMER CIRCUITS. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Berkshire-Reading, Tuesday, June 20. Oxfordshire-Oxford, Thursday, .June 22. Worcestershire-Worcester and City, Saturday, June 24. Gloucestershire-Gloucester and City, Tuesday, June 27. Monmouthshire-Monmouth, Friday, June 30. Brecknockshire-Brecon, Monday, July 3. Glarnorganshire-Cardiff, Tuesday, July 4. Glamorganshire-Swansea, Thursday, July 6. Camarthenshire-Carmarthen and Borough, Friday, July 7. Pembrokeshire-Haverfordwest and Town, Monday, July 10. Cardiganshire-Cardigan, Wednesday, July 12. Radnorshire-Presteigne, Friday, July 14. Herefordshire-Hereford, Saturday, July 15. At the City of Bristol, Tuesday, July 18. Somersetshire-Bath, Friday, July 21. Somersetshire-Wells, Saturday, July 22. Devonshire-Exeter and City, Tuesday, July 25. Cornwall-Bodmin, Friday, July 28. Devonshire-Plymouth, Monday, July 31. Dorsetshire-Dorchester, \Vednesdey, August 2. Wiltshire-Salisbury, Friday, August 4. At the Town of Southampton, Saturday, August 5. Hampshire-Winchester, Monday, August 7. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. J. G. HARRIS, Esq., Commi ss i oner . Rutlandshire-Oakham, Tuesday, June 20. Yorkshire-Sheffield, Wednesday, June 21. Yorkshire-Wakefield, Friday, June 23. At the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, Friday, June 30. Yorkshire-York and City, Monday, July 3. Yorkshire-Richmond, Thursday, July 6. Durham-Durham, Friday, July 7. Northumberland-Newcastle-upon-Tyne and town, Monday, July 10. Cumberland-Carlisle, Thursday July 13. Westmorland-Appleby, Friday, July 14. Westmorland-Kendal, Saturday July 15. Lancashire-Lancaster, Monday July 17. Lancashire-Preston, Monday, July 24. Lancashire-Liverpool, Tuesday, July 25. Cheshire-Chester and City, Friday, July 28. Flintshire-Mold, Monday, July 31. Denbighshire-Ruthin, Tuesday, Aug. 1. Anglisey-Beaumaris, Thursday, Aug. 3. Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon, Saturday, Aug. 5. Merionethshire-Dolgelly, Monday, Aug. 7. Montgorneryshire-Welch Pool, Wednesday, Aug. 9. HOME CIRCUIT. T. B. BOWEN, Esq., Commissioner. Kent-Dover, Wednesday, July 12. At the City of Canterbury, Thursday, July 13. Kent-Maidstone, Friday July 14. Sussex-Horsham, Friday, July 28. Hertfordshire-Hertford, Friday, Aug. 4. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Essex-Chelmsford; Wednesday, July 19. Essex-Colchester, Thursday, July 20. Suffolk-Ipswich, Friday, July 21. Bedfordshire-Bedford, Monday, July 24. Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon, Tuesday, July 25. Northamptonshire-Peterborough, same day. Cambridgeshire-Ely, Wednesday, July 26. Cambridgeshire-Cambridge, Thursday, July 27. Suffolk-Bury St. Edmund's, Saturday, July 29. Norfolk-Norwich and City, Monday, July 31. Norfolk-Yarmouth, Wednesday, Aug. 2. Norfolk-Lynn, Thursday, Aug. 3. Lincolnshire -Lincoln and City, Saturday, Aug. 5. Nottinghamshire-Nottingham and Town, Monday, /Vag. 7. Derbyshire-Derby, Wednesday, Aug. 9. Leicestershire-Leicester, Friday, Aug. 11. At the City o f Lichfield-Saturday, Aug. 12. Staffordshire-Stafford, Monday, Aug. 14. Shropshire-Shrewsbury, Wednesday, Aug. 16. Shropshire-Oldbury, Friday, Aug. 18. Warwickshire -Birmingham, Saturday, Aug. 19. Warwickshire-Warwick, Monday, Aug. 21. At the City of Coventry-Wednesday, Aug. 23: Northamptonshire-Northampton, Thursday, Aug. 24. Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, Saturday, Aug. 26. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPAREC) WITH LONDON. WnEaT.--.The highest price of the best Wheat in Paris is 23f. per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 335. 3d. per En, g lish quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and he nt Wheat in London being 625. per quarter, the differtnce is a6s. 9d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 72 I ler cent. and the same money which in London buys but cif :ht bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the value of fourteen bushels ,-;1. the finest quality. Flouß.____The highest price of flour of the "first mark" 7 Paris is 46 francs per 159 kilogrammes, corresponding ni 295. per English sack of 280Ibs. The highest prig,' best " town made" flour in London is 535. per sack, he fine Flour to b e 24 5 . p er sack dearer in Lon c l oh `vi "g Paris, or 83 per cent. ; and that the .535. which' Long on can procure but 2801b5., will in Paris purchase 51): 4 4 1b s. of , the finest Flour. The Government intend to moved the House of Commons the grant of 1,0001. to defr:y a 'portion of the cha: of an expedition to be dispatched for to purpose of " expl commendations of the Pori or ing the north-west part of Nev. Holland," agreeably to re- Geographical Society, to azcertain the existence, t o contrary of any great river,'" in the north-west portion of New Holland. Extract of a letter, dated Stromness, the 2 6th April, received in Leith on Sunday morning :--I have only time to say that the Poor unfortunate aktip Dee has' ar rived, With only fifteen of her crew alive, and two of twel eof the ship Thome*. They were beset the Bth October, i n lat. 62, in company with the Granville Bay, Norfolk, and I t hink the Advice, The 4 fiOniqf wa4 wrecked on the 13th Dug); tber. PEDESTRIANISM. TOWNSEND AND DRINK WATER.—A match for 200 sovs. be tween the above-named men, came off on Monday in Lord's Grounds. The former pedestrian is known as " the veteran ;" the latter is a young aspirant, a native of Manchester, and is better known by the sobriquet of Dicky Misfortune. Each was to take up 300 stones (placed a yard apart) and bring them singly back to the basket, Drinkwater lifting with his hands, Townsend with his mouth. The ground was properly measured, and each yard chalked upon a smooth gravel path, coped in on the outside ; the ground allotted to Towns end being on the west, and that to Drinkwater on the east of the cricket-ground. The start took place at 25 minutes to eleven, each man being clad in a cotton jacket and drawers, Drinkwater having his Lead bound with a blue handkerchief, and Townsend running bareheaded. The system on which the men ran essentially differed, Townsend picking up his first seven or eight stones, and then going away to the three hundredth, and doing the farthest 150 first, whilst Drinkwater began at the nearest, and worked his way straight up, leaving his longest runs to the last. This diffe rence in the style of running prevented many bets, as it required a great deal of calculation to ascertain what each man was really doing. The entire distance is said to be 51 miles 540 yards. When one half of this had been completed, Drinkwater was decidedly the favourite, but there was very little betting. After this he fell off in pace, and for the last hour and a half ran against nature ; ulti mately his distress became pitiable, and on going up for the last of the remaining ten stones he staggered wildly, his eyes were gore, and he was caught in the arms of a by-stander. After a moment he rallied again and ran with the stone towards the basket, but his Physical power forsook him, he broke down little better than half way, and was conveyed to his room in a dreadful state of exhaustion, leaving nine stones at the extreme end untouched. Townsend proceeded as freshly as when he started, and completed his task in eight hours and nineteen minutes, winning not only his match, but many bets upon time. ROMAN COINS. TO THE EDlTin OF THE SUN. The following Roman coins were found at Exeter last week. Opposite Mr. Lang's, chemist, 95, Fore-street, by work men laying gas-pipes before his shop door, a handsome coin, much patinated, of Antoninus Pius, COS. 111., was dug up ; and a little Constantine, minted at Treves, extremely perfect. Captain Short succeeded in securing, nearly at the same time, a denarius (silver) of Antoninus (COS. 11. P. P.) ; and, what he prizes still more, a copper coin of the usurper Allectus (295 A.D.), with the radiant crown, and Peace on the reverse—S. A. and M. L. The former he reads Sacrum /Es, the coins being struck under the Flamen ; the latter the London Minting mark, as on coins of Carausius, whom Allec tus assassinated. These two last were found on laying the gas before the shop of Mr. Anning, a grocer. At the New Golden Lion, Market-street, a very obscure spot, not disturbed for ages, now investigated by Captain Short, a very handsome equestrian medal of Trajan, COS. V. S. P. Q. R., optima Principi, one of the most beautiful spe cimens of antiquity ever found here. A Domitian, COS. 111. A Severus, Libertas Aug. A Licinius, 324, A.D., Genie. Pop. Rom. A Tetricus, standards ; two or three Constan tines, much patined ; a Titus ( AVG. F.), recording the fall of Jerusalem—Judaea Capta, S.C. Also a bronze Fibula entire, some Samian ware, a Bulla of glass, black pieces of sepulchral jars or urns, and the handle, or ansa, of a coarse wine jar, or Amphora. Small Fornix, or vault, arched over with granite, with the bones of a dog only remaining in it however, often found in similar sepulchral spots at Exeter. Captain Short has elucidated and explained all these coins, and thinks that the vault contained other ossements of de ceased Romans, and that the dogs were expiatory canine sa crifices to Proserpine and Lucina, for which he quotes Pausa nias and Plutarch ; also, that they were offered to Hecate on highways and cross-roads for superstitious reasons, and red ones especially at the Robigalia, on the 25th of April by the Romans, to prevent the corn from being blighted by the influ ence of the dog star when it began to bloom.—Ovid, Fasti, lib. iv., v. 936. A large coin of Adrian was also found at the bridge, North street, with Aequitas or Moneta on it; a Marcus Aurelius and Valentinian (securitas), near the new cemetery ; a Constan tine, with a chariot and head veiled, &c. Great interest is excited by these discoveries, and the anti quary has now enough on his hands at Exeter to explain to the curious and inquisitive. The Gmeco- Egyptian coins of the Roman Emperors have excited much attention, being of Alex andria, and some from Asia Minor and Syria. Doubts are entertained in London by some numismatical sceptics of their authenticity • the Exonians are, however, ready to throw down the gauntlet, and convince the world that their ancient city still bears the records of the ancient tin trade in Roman times to distant parts of the empire, as well as of foreign auxi liary troops from all parts of the Roman world.—We expect more soon ; the place seems sowed with coins.--Your's, Exeter. C. R. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE LONDON CAOUTCHOUC COMPANY'S MILLS, TOTTENHAM.—Yesterday, as the foreman of the Solid and Sheet India Rubber depart ment was attending the machines, driven by a powerful steam engine, for making what i s called the " Patent Stationers' Rubber," by some accident his arm got drawn in, and in a second was, with his shoulder, torn from his body. Had not his arm given way, his body would have followed ",• and, from the construction of the machine, it would have been torn to shreds. The poor man's death was instantane ous . A correspondent has pointed out to us the name of one Conservative amongst the batch of thirty-seven magistrates made by Lord Segrave. We are quite ready to make the amende to his Lordship for our inadvertence, which, however, very slightly affects our general p o s i tion. —Gloucester Chro. nide, May a. NORTH AMERICA AND NORTH AMERICAN TRIBES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett—lf the following information, which has just reached me from North America, should be considered worthy a corner in your talented and widely circulated paper, it is perfectly at your service. The most important part of my communication relates to the hitherto existing wars between the far northern Indians and the Esquimaux, which were in full operation at the period of Hearne's memorable journey. The most heart-rending ac count of human butchery ever recorded is to be found in that traveller's narrative, a scene to which, it is but just to state, he was an unwilling witness. Sir John Franklin had no diffi culty in recognizing Bloody Fall, as this spot was subsequently named, from the human remains that were scattered about : nor has there been a want of somewhat similar accounts of these ill-fated people in the narratives of other travellers ; and even so lately as Captain Back's expedition an affray fatal to them occurred, which will be found recorded in my history of that journey. The 'painful effects of such merciless warfare was apparent on several occasions during my progress northwards, but more particularly in passing the luxuriant plains through which the Great Fish River coursed its meandering way. At that time food and security were afforded to vast herds of ruminating animals, while the native tribes were starving in the vicinity, fearful of making the slightest advance lest, by discovering their situation and state, a more violent death should await them at the hands of an enemy. Such scenes will, however, for the future, be spared to those persons, whose good fortune it may be to visit these most interesting people, since they no longer entertain the bitter enmity of former days; but on the contrary are now in a state, not only to benefit by the plen tiful supply of provision with which nature has enriched their lands, but to render that aid to travellers both with regard to provision and escort, which was previously beyond their pov;er. " On the banks of the Thlewy-dezza, ( Fish River,) during the last summer," says my correspondent, " peace was firmly established between the Chipewvans and Esquimaux, among the latter of whom were many of' the inhabitants of the Great Fish River, but the majority were those that frequent Church hill annually. In proof of the latter circumstance the Chipe wyans produced articles of European manufacture, obtained by way of exchange from the Esquimaux, that had evidently been traded from th Hudson's Bay Company's stores. As the in terchange of goods was by present, the uncivilized as well as civilized mode of cementing friendship, I have every reason to suppose that peace will continue uninterrupted amongst them, now that the far northern Indians have become sensible of their error in warring with a harmless and defenceless people." The subscribers to Captain Back's expedition have now no longer to search in vain for the good results arising out of that service, as in all probability the hatred between these nations would have remained in full action had that journey not been undertaken. My conversation with Akaitcho, the Chief of the Copper Indians, on the subject of these disastrous wars will be found recorded at pages 107, 108, vol. ii. of my narrative ; and it is a source of consolation that it did not remain unheeded. It is to the scene of this happy event, that I am more par ticularly anxious to direct your attention and that of your numerous readers--the Thlewy-dezza, or Fish River. The majority of the Esquimaux party, it appears, were from Churchill in Hudson's Bay ; considering, therefore, the short duration ofthe sumrsi r, the vast distance between Churchill and the Fish-river, and the habits of the people in seldom or ever tra velling far overland, there must be a very free water communica tion in an easterly direction from the northern parts of Hulson's Bay to the Great Fish River; whether that communication is by means of the Fish River or some other contiguous stream, how ever, remains in doubt, and it is to be regretted that there are no particulars to aid in solving the problem. The opinion enter tained by Captain Back that the Thlewy-dezza will prove to be Wager River of Chesterfield Inlet, is rendered by this account somewhat plausible, although I still think it will be found to disembogue into Regent's Inlet, or probably even farther west. Captain Back's only reason for supposing it may fall into Chesterfield Inlet, is an absurdity; for when stating that " he could not reconcile unto himself the notion of high woods, frequented by moose, on the banks of a river flowing through the barren grounds," he could hardly have com prehended his own meaning ; at all events, it is unintelligible to persons well acquainted with North America. The very few tributaries to the Great Fish River from the eastward would almost point out the necessity for some vast stream or several minor ones to drain the land in that quarter; relying, therefore, on the testimony of the natives that the Fish River falls into the Arctic Ocean, there is every reason to suppose that the head waters of Wager River remain unknown to us even by name. The determining a practicable eastern route to Hudson's Bay from the Great Slave Lake—and there is every reason to suppose that such a one exists—is of such evi dent advantage with regard to the commercial history of the country, that there needs not a syllable from me on that head. These facts strongly confirm my views in favour of a further survey of Northern America by land ; it is the more deeply to be deplored, therefore, that the Geographical Society should have recommended to his Majesty's Government an expensive sea expedition, which I have no hesitation in saying will be an everlasting disgrace to that body. It is beyond the power of any human being, under the circumstances, to accomplish the task laid out by the Geographical Society for Captain Back ; and it is as highly creditale to that gallant officer to have had no hand in the formation of the most absurd project that was ever started, as to have yielded to what he conceived his duty when requested to undertake the heavy charge. Those who are sanguine as to the success of his enterprise will be grievously mistaken ; and should that most insane part of his instructions—the crossing the Isthmus dividing the waters of Wager Bay from th ,, se of Boothia Gulf—be attempted, the most disastrous results are to be anticipated. I beg to observe that this is not said with any view to strengthen my cause ; for want of means has occasioned me to abandon, or rather sus pend, my project for the present, which I am about to announce to the subscribers. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, and very humble servant, RICHARD KING. 4, Piccadilly, May 10, 1837. SENSIBILITY OF A YOUNG PAUPER.—" Oliver reached the workhouse. There was no appearance of its in mates stirring at that early hour. Oliver stopped, and peeped into the garden. A child was weeding one of the little beds; and, as he stopped, he raised his pale face, and disclosed the features of one of his farmer companions. Oliver felt glad to see him before he went, for, though younger than himself, he had been his little friend and playmate; they had been beaten, and starved, and shut up together, many and many a time. ' Hush, Dick said Oliver, as the boy ran to the gate, and thrust his thin arm between the rails to greet him. Is any one up?' Nobody but me,' replied the child. You mustn't say you saw me, Dick,' said Oliver;• lam running away. They beat and ill-use me, Dick; and I am going to seek my fortune some long way off, I don't know where. How pale you are I' I heard the doctor tell them I was dying,' replied the child with a faint smile. lam very glad to see you, dear ; but don't stop, don't stop.' ' Yes, yes, I will, to say good b'ye to you," replied Oliver. ' I shall see you, again, Dick ; I know I shall. You will be well and happy.' I hope so,' replied the child, after lam dead, but not before. 1 know the doctor must be right, Oliver ; because I dream so much of heaven, and angels, and kind faces that I never see when I am awake. Kiss me,' said the child, climbing up the low gate, and flinging his little arms round Oliver's neck. " Good b'ye, dear l God bless you!' That blessing was from a young child's lips, but it was the first that Oliver had ever heard in voked upon his head ; and through all the struggles and suf ferings of his after life, through all the troubles and changes of many weary years, he never once forgot it,--Oliver Twist, by Boz," in Bentley's Miscellany for May. The musical world has this season to regret the ab sence of one of its brightest stars, Henri Herz, who, after de clng intote most eligible offers from the Court of St. Peters ' burgh, rder to his engagements in this country, is un avoidably prevented leaving Paris, having unexpectedly be come proprietor of one of the largest houses in the Chausee d'Antin, where he is busily engaged superintending the erec tion of a splendid concert-room. Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following new and interesting works by distin guished writers : —l. The Hussar, by the author of " The Subaltern," two vols. 2. Opinions of Lord Brougham on Politics, Theology, Law, Science, Education, Literature, &c., one very thick and closely-printed vol. ! 12s. 3. Gentleman Jack, a Naval Story, by the author of " Cavendish," &c., three vols. 4. Austria and the Austrians, with Sketches of the Danube and the Imperial States, two vols., post Bvo., with portraits. 5. Human Life, by the author of " Tremaine" and "De Vere," three vols. 6. Evenings with Prince Camba ceres, by Baron Langon, two vols. Bvo., with portraits. 7. Memoirs of a Peeress; or, the Days of Fox, edited by Lady Charlotte Bury, three vols. 8. Mr. Thomas Campbell's Let ters from the South, two vols. Bvo., with 11 plates of scenery, &c. 9. Captain Scott's Travels in Egypt and Candia, with curious details respecting Mohammed Ali, two vols. 8 - vo., with plates. THE NEW EDITION OF MR. BURKE'S PEER AGE AND BARONETAGE, FOR 1837, will be found the most accu rate, comprehensive, and concise which has hitherto appeared upon the subject, an unprecedented mass of information having been obtained from the highest sources. The lineage of every house is deduced from the very earliest era, and the genea logical details are interspersed with many interesting anecdotes of the various families. The work is beautifully printed in a single volume, comprising a quantity of matter nearly equal to thirty ordinary volumes, and is embellished with upwards of 1,500 engravings of arms, &c. ; price only 383. bound. Miss Pardoe, whose travels in the East are shortly to appear, returned to England, via the Danube, being the first lady who had ever attempted the voyage. Rapid as were portions of the-passage, Miss Pardoe, it seems, was too expe rienced a traveller not to profit largely by the singular oppor tunities afforded her of visiting the most remarkable objects in the river. By the Pacha of Varna, Major Pardoe and herself were received, as they cro - ,sed the Black Sea, with great dis tinction, and they male a very interesting tour of the new fortifications, which are progressing rapidly. GOOD FORTUNE.—A man named Richard Mel bourne, in the employ of Mr. Wood, tripe dresser, of Clare street, Clare Market, has, within the last few days, had pro perty left him to the amount of 16,0001. by a maiden sister in Yorkshire. A few evenings since several young gentlemen of the University, were, we are informed, very actively and amiably engaged in abstracting the knockers from the doors of several tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Bridge-streel, to the injury of their property and the disturbance of their rest.— Cambridp Press, SPAIN. SAN SEBASTIAN, MAY 4, Six A.M.--I have the pleasure to acquaint you that yesterday the village of Loyola, and all the heights and positions by which it is surrounded, were taken possession of by the Queen's troops. " This was done in a masterly manner, in pursuance of a previously well-arranged plan, and with only the loss of two Chapelgorris killed and three wounded ; a midshipman of the Spanish navy, and two or three Spanish and one Eng lish soldier were slightly wounded. At two, p.m., a sufficient number of pontoons having previously been floated up the river Urumea, were thrown across it and formed into a floating-bridge. This service was well performed by a detachment of British sailors, under the command of Lieutenant the Hon. Plunkett, commanding his Majesty's ship Royalist, and by some Spanish seamen belonging to the gun-boats, together with a body of the Sappers and Miners of the British Legion ; the whole being under the able superintendence of Major Humphrey, commanding the engineering department of the British Auxiliary Legion. The enemy made scarcely any resistance to this operation, only a few shots having been fired upon the party employed in making the bridge ; which, having been completed, about six thousand troops passed over it, and immediately occupied the village, together with the heights and picket-houses by which it is sur rounded, the enemy firing with little or no effect from be hind their parapets. . . The artillery and rocket brigade of the Legion covered the advance of the Queen's forces, as did the British Royal and Marine Artillery, under the orders of Colonel Colquhoun. Several wounded Carlists were perceived be ing carried off the ground. At the close of the day we were in possession of all the heights and houses as far as a building called the Casa de Aguirre, overlooking Astigarraga, and the plain on which it is situated on the one side, and an extensive tract of country on the other. This advanced post was occupied by three companies of Chapelgorris. As much ground was thus gained in one day as was taken possession of in three, during the operations from the 10th to the 14th of March ; our positions being the same as those we occupied on the morning of the 15th of Mardi. Good quarters have been obtained for the troops, and our renewed operations have so far commenced well. The bearing of the British Legion was highly creditable ; and I feel thoroughly convinced that if that force had been called into action it would have distinguished itself as it has done on so many brilliant occasions. On the eveninc , of the Ist inst., his Majesty's steamer Phoenix arrived from Portugalete with 1,100 Spanish troops, viz., 500 belonging to the Bourbon Regiment, and half a battalion of the Royal Guard. General Gurrea also cam 3 in that vessel. On the same day, General Seoane (Colone, de Senhilles) arrived from Bayoane, whither these officers' had been to confer with General Harispe. It would appear that 40,0001. sterling has already arrived at Bayonne, in money and good commercial bills, to pay the troops ; the whole sum on its way is said to be 120,0001. of which 80,0001. or 85,0001. are to be applied to paying arrears due to the British Legion—a great portion of whom would probably re-engage if their present claims were justly attended to. ELEVEN P.M., MAY 4.—At about ten this morning the enemy opened a fire from one of the redoubts to our left of the Yenta-hill upon this Casa de Aguirre. They have two guns mounted on this redoubt, and they have thrown nearly thirty shot from them in the course of the day, without, however, wounding a man. One shot hit the house, and several others fell within our parapet. A party of Carlists crept down to within half a musket-shot of where some men were working, and fired so sharply upon them as to force them to retire for the moment ; but the former were speedily driven back. There are two mere guns on the other redoubt near Oriameudi, and two others in a battery erecting in front of the church of Astigarraga, at which place there is a depot of bedding, &c., for the reception of wounded men. Although they do not show many troops, there can be no doubt but that the Carlists are concentrating a very large force in this neighbourhood ; and it appears that the ex-Infante's (Don Sebastian) head quarters are at Oyarzun. The insurgents . have three pieces of artille,ry at Tolosa, and four guns Lunt two mortars at Villabona. The Rhadamanthus and Phoenix have arrived from Por tugalete with 1,900 more fine troops ; one of the regiments is the Ist Provincial Battalion of the Royal Guard. New clothing and shoes are issuing to several of the Spanish re giments. The men of the British Legion are perfectly well clothed and equipped. It is impossible to form a correct opinion as to the period or nature of the forthcoming operations. There are still a considerable number of troops to come ; 400 cavalry, and a number of horses and mules : all this and other arrange ments may occupy ten days or a fortnight. IRELAND. The meeting on the 15th, at the Coburg-gardens, will, it is expected, be one of the most numerous ever witnessed. The " hereditary bondsmen " will speak in such a tone of manly determination as will strike terror into the craven souls of their calumniators. The High Sheriff of Wexford has thought proper to re ject the requisition for a public meeting at Enniscorthy. This - minnow of an official, dressed in a little brief autho rity, has, in truth, played a most fantastic trick. His oppo sition is of the highest order of the ludicrous. The meet ing, nevertheless, will be held, seven magistrates having for mally sanctioned it. THULLLES, MAY 7.—A most atrocious outrage was com mitted yesterday, about two o'clock within a mile of this, on one of the most popular men in this county. As Major Lidwill, of Bakestown, was on his way home from this town on foot, four armed ruffians rushed from behind a ditch. When the Major heard a rustling behind, he turned round quickly; when a stone got under his foot, which turned bis ancle, and he fell ; one of the ruffians now rushed on him, presented a gun to his breast, and fired at him ; but, providentially, the Major struck the gun with his band, just as the fellow pulled the trigger, and the consequence was, he only received about a dozen grains of the shot in the side. He then seized the gun with which the fellow attempted to strike him, and got up on one knee, when a second of the party missed fire_twice at him, and a third threw a stone at him which he warded off with his hand, but was obliged to let go the gun, and instantly got on his legs and made a rush at the ruffian who fired at him, when the four ran off. The major pulled out a pistol and missed fire twice at the party, whom, from the pain in his foot, occasioned by the fall, he was unable to pursue fur ther. The account of this outrage reached town, when a quick pursuit was set on foot by the police, accompanied by several gentlemen farmers from this, and the result is that two of the party have been taken up and fully identified, and I am happy to be able to add that Major Lidwill is out of all danger. The only reason I can assign for the at tack on this excellent gentleman is, he was obliged to dis possess some refractory tenants, who are, besides, bad characters.—Correspondent of the Pilot. TITHES.—On Thursday, this town and the Southern districts of the county were thrown into a state of commo tion, unexampled for years past, in consequence of a report that several head of cattle, horses, &c., were to be sold at the public mart, for the non-payment of tithes on the part of their recusant and stiff-necked owners. Three features appear in this transaction, which deserve the marked atten tion of those concerned. Ist. The whole town put on the character of mourning— all the shops being closed, with few exceptions, throughout the day—and all business suspended. 2d.—Any terms, we hear, were offered, to the proprie tors of the Steamers to freight the cattle to Liverpool which were respectfully declined. 31—The Sheriff has subjected himself to an action r.t law, for driving the cattle such a number of miles, without food, without apparent necessity—and in the absence of an affidavit, that a sale could be effected only at sty& a dis tance from the residence of the defendants. If . a Sheriff be warranted in thus driving the stock of poor harmers, for a civil debt, to any distance his fancy may 'lead him, then there is an end to all security for propert- f , and the sooner we leave a country, where such laws ezibt, the better. The Cattle are still in gaol.— COLERAINE:—Mr.Litton, K' Wr :ford Independent. Kip. s Counsel, has addressed the electors of the I Jorour'h "c: • ' olerame, announcing him self as a candidat- e . Constable P.obert, Robinson, of the Shandon consta bulary, appr e h en d e d on. Wednesday, the 3d inst., Jeremiah Brian, of Dominick -street, who is capitally charged by his own dr ticrn .4 , ter a girl of about twelve years of age , with vio ir ' • .g her, which she states was effected on Sunday, April I. She has been ever since under the care o f Dr. Ho . vendon, North Infirmary, in a very dangerous state of health, and still suffers from the brutal usage she received. —Cork Constitution. A.,brace of young woodcocks, only half ''iledged, have been sent to our office, where they now lie for inspection, taken in the preserves of Wilton, in this county. The fact' of this favourite bird, now staying with us (luring the sum mer, being no longer apocryphal, must prove interesting to the naturalist as well as the sportsman. That snipe re mained in our island throughout the year has been long since satisfactorily ascertained—and now that woodcock are beginning to remain amongst UP, we trust our island will ultimately become as famous for the propagation of game, hitherto but periodical vis i tors to our shores, as it is for the temperature of its climafr, and fertility of its soil.— lVexford Independent. Mr. Roach has addressed the electors of Cork ; his de claration of principles is a manly and straight-forward one, He avows himself an advocate for the total abolition of Tithes—Municipal Reform—the revision of the magistracy —vote by Ballot—the extension of the suffrage—and, though last, not least—a reform of the Lords.—Freentan. SLIGO COUNTY MEETING.—The meeting was one of the most numerous and influential political assemblages ev r held in that part of the country. It was ccnvened for t e purpose of addressing ti.e Crown, in support of the Mel bourne and Mulgrave Administration ; bet the occasi was taken advantage of, most properly, to stimulate the R formers in their already successful exertions to free tit.: county and the borough of Sligo from the domination of th 3 Orange faction.—Dublin Evening Post. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'SCOURT, Mir 8. PIDDING v. HOW.—HOWQUA'S MIXTURE. After the rising of the Court Mr. WILLCOCK (with whom was Mr. TAYLOR), on behalf of the plaintiff, late a com mander in the East India Company's maritime service, moved the Vice-Chancellor at his private house for a spe cial injunction to restrain the defendant, a grocer, tradi under the firm of Brocksopp and Co., 233 and 234, High street, in the Borough, from selling tea under the name of Howqwes mixture, or Mowqua's small leaf gunpowder, or in packages imitated from those of the plaintiff. The affidavits pf the plaintiff and others which were read in sup port of the motion stated, that the plaintiff for 20 years, during which he had traded to China, had intimwely known Howqua, the chief of the Hong merchants at Canton, and had become acquainted with a mixture of black tuts, which Howqtra made for his own private use, and with the chops or marks which distinguish the fine qualities of teas forming that mixture ; that he had for several years past sold that mixture through agents, under the name of Howqua's mixture, and also a pe culiar kind of the finest gunpowder tea, under the name of Howqua's small-leaf gunpowder. That such teas were in London sold only by Thomas Littlejohn and Son, con fectioners, 77, King William-street, city ; and C. Verey, S.viss Cone .tiore.., 218, Regent-street ; that a large quan tity of these teas had been supplied by the plaintiff' and li's agents for the use of his Majesty, and that the plain tiff had lately discovered that the defendant was selling teas of a totally different and very inferior quality under the names of Howqua's mixture and Mowqua's small leaf gunpowder. It also appeared, from the affidavits of Mr. William Styan, tea-broker, Mr. William Stericker, wholesale tea-dealer, and Mr. Gervas Humpston, who are most eminent in the tea-trade for their judgment on the comparative value and different qualities of ten, that they had tasted and compared the real Howqua's mixture of the plaintiff with the tea of Brocksopp and Company, so called, and the Howqua's small-leaf gun powder of the pla'ntiff with Brock' opp and Company's Mowqua's small-leaf gunpowder ; and that the plaintiff's Howqua's mixture was a mixture of the very highest cha racter, and composed of many varieties of black tea of the finest quality, having a character peculiar to itself, a fine rwural aroma, totally distinct from any other mixture of ter with which deponents were acquainted, and that depo n :nts could not themselves make such a mixture, while the tet which Brocksopp and Co. called Howqua's mixture was of a very inferior description and faint, than which no worse character could be given to any tea, and that the plaintiff's Howqua's mixture was worth four times as much as the tea so called by the defendant. That the plaintiff's Howqua's small leaf guapowder was gunpowder tea of the finest quality, and such as could not now be purchased is the market, while Brocksopp and Cr.'. Mowqua's small leaf gunpowder was so inferior a tea, that the deponents could not set any price upon it, and that was artificially scented, and appeared to have been drugged with bergamot in this country. His HONOUR granted the injunction. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT, KINGSGATE-STREET. A very pompous-loaing worthy, rejoicing in the namc , of Constantine, was summoned by a son of Crispin, for the amount of 11. 125., for boots. How will you pay? asked Mr. Dußois. I don't mean to answer, said Mr. Con-staatine. Mr. DUBOIS—Don't you tho' ?—then I suppose you'll pay. Mr. Constantine—l shan't pay nuthink, not a half penny, my name aint that ere. Mr. DUBOIS—What is it then Sir ? Constantine Why, summat different—( Laughter.) Mr. Dußois—Sir, I can tell you that if you refuse to answer any questions I may put to you, I have power to commit you, and I shall certainly exercise it. Constantine—You aint got no sich power. Mr. DUBOlS—Officers, take that man into custody. Here the fingers of a remarkably bruin-like officer was about to hug the litigant, when the latter became a trifle more communicative ; " taint for me to argey pints in for, and I don't see no reson for any committing, so 1 'spose I must say what my name rely is ; but howsomdever I shall have the pint cleared up ; and, if so be—" Mr. Dusots—Will you tell me your right name, Sir? Constantine—lf so be you're— Mr. Dußois—Officers, remove that man. Constantine (holding on by the table, and elevating his. voice)—lf so be you're wrong you may append on I'm not the man to put up with— Mr. Dußois—Once more, Sir, will you comply with my demand, and tell me your name 2—Defendant— Well, then, my name - is Constantine ; but not as they got it in the summons—( Laughter.) Mr. DUBOIS—Do you owe the money ? Constantine— 0, yes, I don't 'spute nothing in regard of that. Mr. Dußois—Well, then, Mr. Constantine, the co.der of the Court is, that you do pay directly. The defendant was again about to dispute the authority of the Court, when the best and sweetest. tempered of all possible officers alluded to bundled him out. By the seventh sec. of the 23d Geo. 11., the stupidly captious defendant in the above case rendered himself liable to be committed to the House of Correction for three months, or any shorter time at the discretion of the county clerk and the jurors. A DANCING-MASTER DIDDLED.—TO be too cock sure in any thing generally works woe, as Don Quixote found when he attacked the windmills, and many persons in later times may have experienced. The defendant in this case was a well-known stumpy little dancing-master—fiddler—teacher (!) of music! in short, a Caleb Quotem in a little way. He entered the Court with the air of one of that class, wherein a m ercan tile speculation would turn out profitable—namely, " to pur chase the gentleman at our price and to sell him at his own!" Dreadful, awful things did he look at the long baker de fendant, who, having a head like his own scuffle'-tub, and every thing else to match, appeared to treat his cl endear ing young charge" very indifferently. To alter a stanza of Burns, viz. : " Diddler cocked his chin full high, Looked askant and unco sly : Gart poor Doughey standing by, Ha I ha! the suing at." His triumph, however, was not of any considerable (lure tion, and he who but a few minntes before had entered th e Court in all the pride of that shuffling, never-7ay-nobed3 - sort of liberty, which pure radicalism delighteth in, wen t away in company with one Master Snare, wiao bad bean' seeking him up and down, and running to and fro in the, bailiwick, to execute his exion, for more than three lon g years. But, to the case— Mr. Dußois, to the defendant—Do y cru owe this amount;, sir? Diddler—No, sir, I paid it ; and - I mean to sue thi s man for defamation ! Mr. DUBOlS—lndeed I Pray wher.e do you live ? Did dler—Three doors from him, sir.—c Laughter.) Very explicit, 'indeed, said Mr.. Dußois. Pray where do you live, plairaiff ? Plaintiff--,Test as be ses, sir—three doors round tide corner.—(La righter.) Mr. 13m:so's—What, theli, can neither of you tell me? What corner do you mean ? Plaintiff—Why, the corner of the' street as he lives in. —(Considerable laughter.) Mr. DUBOlS—Really you'll exhaust my patience ironic diatt*. Where is the street you talk about ? Mr. Did dlPr—Close by here, Sir. Not two minutes' walk. On threatening to dismiss the case, Mr. Dubois elicited the necessary information, and Mr. Doughey was sworn as to the correctness of his debts. The jury being satisfied, returned a verdict accordingly, and while they were de ciding on the mode of payment., the following colloquy went on : Your a pretty scamp to bring me here," said Diddler to Doughey. " Hold yer tongue, Jim Crow," said Doughey. " This won't do yer no good," said Diddler. " No," replied Doughey (with a capacious grin, and a cab-horse twist of the head), " cos praps I shan't never get it praps—you pays nobody, Master Diddler. " Your a sinivatin low feller, and I'll indickt yer for per jury," added defendant. " I can tell this ere Court I 'ad the honour of going to school with Mr. Du'aois's son. Here Doughey grinned a grin still mare slick than the. former, and, turning full round, " Did yer," said he, " and. now for yer sarse, I can tell yer your got the 'oner to go to. quod with one of his officers, and when you've served yer time out on that there, then I keeps yer for this here." The gravity of those who heard this colloquy was consi derably disturbed, for, sure enough, there stood the officer with the awful warrant in his hand for the decision that had taken place three years agone, and sorrowful and slow did Mr. Diddler wend his way down Kingsgate-street with. the officer. The Abbe Raynal observes, that the use of tea ha $ contributed more to the sobriety of the Chinese than, the seve rest laws, the most eloquent discussions, or the best tread' acs on morality. 'l'he finding of several human limbs in the sut.urbst of London, since the murder by Greenacrc, causer 1 they greatest excitement. A similar occurrence took place in this. city on Friday, when the leg and thighof a ferr,ul.:." were, found floating in the canal basin, near Rlngsend. The 1 cumstance was reported at the head-offiec.—DuLl in Paper,