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..- , ..ftgr.v..... . CHANCERY.—(TH .IS DAY.) Lo THOMA S V. EAN.—.IIIDGMENT. The w) C BLACMHAN CELLOR gave jud gmen t t o -d a y i n this ease, which came before the Court upon an appeal ~froin_theddhe.cision of the Vice - Chancellor Knight Bruce. Ills Lordship was clearly of opinion that the proposed purchaser's cas e had failed on all grounds, and that the appeal must, therefore, be dismissed, with costs. 114 " ANN OTHER S V. THE EARL OF XEXHOROUGH AND OTHERS. B ien of th e Vice- The argum en t s in thispart-heard appeal f rom th e deer concluded Ch ancellor of Engl an d, were resume d an d to-day. tiThe Lean Cr.uticELLoa. said he should carefully con cclfer the decisions on this subject in the courts of law, re h e gaie judgment . The" case was a most im portant one, inas j am'uch as he believed this was the first a ti p m e; ft , t _his C ' eurt had been called upon to act upon the h a q..lla come to in the courts of lay, relative_ to the the l osses'-' of provisional committee-men to make good T 4, Of shareholders in bubble railway companies. - ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF NEWCASTLE. which scan Mr. LEtch applied to th e C ourt to allow this appeal, st and ds two out of this day's paper of appeals, to Theov L er to the fi rst day of appeals after term. 3 gr ti CHA NCELLOR was afraid th a t th e resu l t o f . pepeealnag%l:obuelocet aPplications t o p ostpone t h e hear i ng of et ' with. be, that he should have nothing to M thruurp. he observed, that his Lordshiph . a e d 14 g ,a o s t sfr a i,r k n l4 appeals with such rapidity, that h f "e Y. ould not have sufficient to constitute a paper 0-Tspispeas for to-morrow. appeal(, LORD CHANCELLOR ultimately dire _. ctea that the should stand over to the time asked. Thi s ou ANSLEY V. COTTON. ' ileet s i 8 ° Cams ' befor e the court on appe:d from the by ° , 4 of the Master of the Rolls. . The bill was filed d'ltsi4l . 44 na Sophia Ansley, and her children, ttu " the namedant, the executor of . a lady named ,_ 6,0 00/ w ho by her will left to the plaintiff a surn r th at l ii a i od the .question in the case was whether undor legacy t the plaintiff was entitled to the amountfree s. o n f %as (l4 tY• The Master of the Rolls decided that she bro ught l from that decision the present appeal was . Mr. c oop a ppeal, and RR and Mr. limn were in support of the Mr. w o Court belo w and Mr. CRAIG upheld the judgment of the Th o L o „ Mut e -1) CHANCELLOR was clearly of opinion the I' of the 'R ed Rol r 13 Was right, and dismissed the appeal. LAS' Col-RT. (THIS DAY.) , r. T,,,„,„. l 'trtrit v. MEADOWCROFT. Iterd:;-;"he't concluded his aranments, and was fol mine side by Mr. Hemsley. 4404: replied. Vlrm A NCERY.—(TH , (ter ore hp AT IS DAY) A t, t ' I cE - CHANCELLOR Or ENGLAND.) ~. k r . s: --..1N V. SANDERSON.—INJUNCTION. special ' e jatict.' -11441 ' applied to-day in this case for a spt, t . l ea, to restrain the defendants, who are the repre r - . Stm e iv es aad the executors de son tort of the late M in Shefer; Who carried on an extensive business . the ,-;", 'rent carryinm n that business, or collecting itt by th - , et and also ar o a receiver. The bill was filF . d . eati att ic)renitors, and as it was alleged the present app' d ebts. Pea'ne necessary to secure the payment of their Th e co e Th e , tiRT granted the injunction. Juni, '-'out th e , Proceeded to hear demurrers and eaittor directions none of which contained any points g for Particular notice. x (Befure vice. Charicellor Sli. J. K. BRUCE.) Thi: ll4) rt t,. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY. a ali ttre , was a motion of the plaintiff (Mrs. Naylo r ), or ti le tt rider in the South Devon Railway Company, n f ttearleBltwiPliebsesh°ef determining her right to interest on t . h o e . had paid in January, 1845, and n ich i at tileWcas b e in consequence of further calls made_ I , ; j elt of i t ni h e • The matter turned chiefly on the constru provhi '" th -e emoVany's Act, in which there was a . Bh4rehat until the railway should be in operation,t e shareholders should be entitled to interest on their , Th,"e• 8 4c. " a vify 4rallments, which were commenced yesterday, iii voncluded, - be I li% ell°l3 a said the time . might come when it would law but he to refer n here raised to a court of d e Iseety,ll,e much do t ul:t c ed ue w st h m ether it would be rightto would - "W. In strictness it could not be done. .He hs . t iff „R . h o ' ll l ll 4 de ts r all the circumstances, direct that the plain ,,gs, b i ,„ue at liberty to enter protest on the procee.d lerest s;Zotild pay the sum demanded, with the in rtaariseoo_ll!_pr.e.judice. On other . points that had been awesk qt'l curect that the motion should stand over (Lefo r© Vice- Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) Tli to , ai. v. cause n tEXHIT...,.. V. EARL B.!I.IIRAS u ' aa Put d own b y ALC mistake for judgment This eas e „ v , brNcom ß v. LEVY. ' 4 ordered to stand over. The argument s LA,IR V. BROMLEY. (4 1 -,,,. in this cause were then resumed. %.) i; ENS 11- kr. p 'INCH.—(THIS DAY-) IN ILE SEUTTLEWORTIL _ . b ctions to the er i:t.,ltirr proceeded to raise his °je lady was in Iliattb-uu certificates under which this eka i : Y . 'IC o f that the order to the age otiQuence of there being no statements duration of was as invalid, in Ut eett.l 4 ,_ r tY, her religious persuasion, the dep t c„.••,,ee, the nature of the malady, whether s a u s ic s i e d h a j l e o e r t a a 7 t ts to others, and whether the party ° a k•vb._l3BY. Mr. Justice Patteson, in hearing w the case 1/41,,,, •r,l_.tiOtts day, gave it as his events opinto have made 'iNt-,4;ng.the order Should at all even if it /41 40 - 1 " 11 / 1 1 to these inquiries on the order, 4ti ttt ea -I I t°,rBtate that he had ne d m ou e b a t ns no o m f tll l n -le ,;_ll4 . 4 egislature had no . to sore the d "' % ill ' ` l4 ref:lll4in all these inquir e ie e s et o e 11,11tettiNted, and te (Mr- Parry) on contended o t r h d a e t r 1' le,ti°4 was either that the order should sh p o a u r l t d y, b o e r s i i f g e n i e r t - , ttite'4 mencar fr iendrelative of b stee,„or sign i ld wou Niouir required that a T stranger t should nlttable at all events make stic rn With reg . and to kirki,l,to natlie a complete retu . neither submit that hinquiries as net the A .. ‘ Nib, - ° L the certificates he should ' e t- - el nie wti ' the meaning of ji. _ T he _ .i . iin whic f u () for, u , e, e . r tihe . at . e of Dr. thewo, itv of the lady v el th' - ` 4 l his ()plilloll as .o t the schedule i stat.d of .41.151 1 ,•a°t "that she laboureidasanrede i n the under e n itusions of ttrert,3e',Mds, and was dirty and Hin indecent have ht tit t e' ; 'was utterly insufficient. i—nsetead the second coni - teri,stiitlt44,Vithe variousi delusions, Upon t in -4 oe of ge ne genera statement. t.elice andthertificate the statement of extreme ible NI 4 d* 4 such 'r ' quite compatible ~_(ct ~ ire a .uct was ..iw -,,ity. (74e ()AbsIIIPS Were of opinion that with t o4lq ~ ' 4 (41 of - • • into which got t Enemeal opinion i‘tr. , tite r . the the e st c p e o u in n t .%tifice-etata continu de-With respect to the second it was of ne v•Ale t ' 'Ac cunt '-. • Court that coru p i i ~,, as tb o f suemit to the Drie t e ' 'ilk `Yrins required by the Act had not been do • ed rerro, ij4e Legislature had.ghptretsecreilbteedr ora drys to frete t hat for I.l° s urgeon had tact: a P e n had be(11741. In the ce a r e ti y fi w c r a e l t r e ds of , imatt "d e the state merely a was pelrieGwrinifg rawa through the 1„111,1-re°1. his oni e ! ae nt which followedh judged of the - itti l b lt - c if th e ' I -le n, foe he said that by tia"er." Th at a dY " from conversation as required cares ° !cheduie „,, v ", , ls no statement o former case certifi e which he had ‘l ,! f ae ie h were 't t'lei,44; and in a - their statements •enl i t . s, , wer e h„intlinee more explicit in Nt0,, ( 1 •utimi t to to he of no value, a t n i d fie t a h t e e re l t v o a r s e i h n e . le t r qe, 4 , 1 a th e Court that this cer Z f li r sto r d y. an insufficient warrant to detain this lady ihtte,i "enusttiLee_ Co said that it seemed to be ad ti,'Oret ,'':__ ton ret that the lady was insane, and a Iti ' e ll ' 4 ce irrson go at large ; and were they, in con -I,4ttle Pere) an informality, to discharge a ve t , t • t'Ait,vn nPon society? do so if there • dangerous pre,tle h,r.ai aPprehended that they must h d . not been I I N th;lt tiallitbority to detain her. It a tellt:. T, t i e I S, lady was insane. o i te the ‘.e .ltex said it had been placed on the re competent 4 4. el (~._:,,t that she was so, and it was lie (Mr. LI N-.r la rrY) to go into that question. t4dqC4' - r.rle) w lt,. It No 4 its a r n i e t eb reaviratv?teaar that part of the in summary w e ay m . - ti,M toAllitir thought th y at a sane person w" i ' lete * L if h to such a roundabout way to obtain his liberty,.be 4 1 4t 0/tl'tt°111(1. prove that he was in illegal custody ol d ht entitled to his discharge. . d that there bey 4 bc, emit, in givin •udment, sal- en "'till - a) i liffi 1 • g case k i er k , Nb * 4 .,_ cu ty in this for no doubt was tat t 4, ads Court. His opinion was formed from the ettiopieiollnua of the case, for it was the ke e l, n.P°ll such principles, particularly in. Cab th4,totirs(:' plaportance, and so entire his dutyto a for_m e 14rlit4ro u' total:non legislation. It w l3 a: • a and none asclearxpeleptatilyonal to k t ht ithfenld be no security for the public, , em h the ti4l of/14tiertunate persons, the objects for whom were th 4 kd,„. itnent was framed, unless its prom]. 111. ,,,,tflirkistred. This case was a peculiar one. In tens tr ay of things many acts of oppression in e . 1 1 1 . 1 N hiu,elluder pretence of lunacy, by lae li 4(1 nnfilling others, and circunest . anc P e a s o L f that 41* (1 4 ,r 4tclently come before the pubh . c. lin___eense -44", h t ; nl3 , the Act 23 and 3d William V. was ea ti l , v ka t " i t was not found satisfactory, . ' b Passed h . b dtobe so framed a t i , e,* , vi, IC.. WAS suppose and a latter_ aro t : ,, it all acts of oppression, as extreiin of e f e aud te the 4 taken to prevent any sort r gave killth,ti4oPftration of such cases, and latethiohUufortunate parties the greatest it otec- NbyOf of could be . given with any regard P t r o the N4 r oll °•injx, hers; and in fact took care that they could „4 11 11,, r.1)11 1 to thenaselves or others. In order t _ to a le„Part,•l Jroceedine• or complaint, it was enacted h_ theki;44l4woo shouleproclaim what he believe_d r. to No their 44 ,ail individual should issue an orde .. 1) Derticular was required to issue that order.ll, 4 Q ti? 4. '',.. l 'SSity of answering the printed question t s in 115,4-',ateq."4,l merely to show how the lunatic . ough l atte l qY 1,, 'le thought that in this case nothing could 4 tita t4 04; rivet proper than the conduct of the ?lei% be co as iollnrish, for here he found the person in son •h give hira reason to believe that .5. he ought to 11 % ' l4 k • rho Act of Parliament is peculiar in its 1 % 4 t: , ,,. 4 44(1 in the 45th section it said that no person, tic4,6l tii,,r, she be sent to any lunatic asylum, (..,, r I va t, M ir k an (rer containing the forms men l)li, *film 'lledule 13 of the Act. The question liiC wit Or. those peculiar ft rms had been Fem N p 4(l, r w In this order ; and in his opinion !tiely , e 4 '' suffiient, for there were some statements per itlr 11 we 4/ " r ed• The inquiry as to- religious It 'iri. s P r oper] tM I " 1 rel,.. y answered, and with regard to the per slot ,k..ll;tht Liv e to the previous history of the party, 1 I,l`en,, th e excuse made was reasonable enough for tie r '` , ,r, ~. e particulare required because if there was i'aY th " `reZ re t is ing a control overher, and if Ih . ere was 4 t th e ., f , t ) be natide at all in the matter, it would -°lll d llot expect that information from a sa• 411 person under the control of another, and disturbed in mind. When that circumstance was alleged by any . person or persons as a reason for not answering their queries, he thought that the reason was a good and bona fide one. So much for the order, as to the certificates, the language of the 46th section of the Act was different from the 45th. It provided that every certificate should contain such peculiar forms, but when they saw that the persons called upon to act were persons known to the law as being skilful in this particular disease, there was some reason for not requiring from them the same exact ness which they would require from a stranger, or any layman not acquainted with the question or disease. The first certificate stated that the lady was of unsound mind, because she laboured under various delusions, and because she was extremely dirty and indecent in her per son. lle thought it would be monstrous to require all the peculiarities of these delusions in these cases. There were, unfortunately, many things which were considered delusions, and which were, after all, a mere difference of opinion ; and circumstances of this sort might arise, which now, according to the Act, referred to persons to whom, in the exercise of their skill and opinions, these delusions were perfectly well understood with reference to the nature of the disease ; and the skilful persons who certified as to the existence of delusions did quite sufficient to show that the certificate was a good one. The latter clause of it alone, " that she was dirty and indecent in her person," was sufficient to furnish that. opinion ; and the statement of particulars would only be a matter of offence and disgust. The second certifi cate was not so formal; but still it did nut follow that the form given in the Act must be implicitly followed. It would have been much better that the form laid down by the Act bad been adopted ; but if they found that the certificate given was equivalent, they ought to be satisfied. If the gentleman himself bad kept to the printed form it would have been better for all. The statement of the fact that he had had a conversation of three hours' duration, from which he was clearly of opinion that the lady was a person of unsound mind, was perfectly sufficient. He considered that it was the statement of a fact required by the terms of the 46th section of the Act ; and this fact was one on which a skilful person would be enabled to found an opinion. The Act required a definite statement ; and here is a statement made on his reputation. But none of these proceedings were final—they all led to a course of inquiry, solely to protect the person who was the object of it, and the object of these proceedings was to point out the sources from which information was to be derived. The Court was, therefore, of opinion, that the second certificate was in itself good and sufficient ; and he thought himself bound to go further, and to state that if the Court should be of opinion that on the return the party was still a dangerous .lunatic—it would betray its duty to the law and to every member of society if it were to say "Set that person at large." The Court had no power to set that certificate aside. Their only power was to set the party at liberty. Would it be jus tified in letting the party at large, though they might be satisfied that the probability was that there would be danger and mischief to life in such a course? And he felt himself bound to say that the liberation of an individual would be an abuse of the very name of liberty, when his liberation would only be hazardous to himself and others, and those who had any interest in the welfare of these unfortunate persons ought to be anxious that the re straint imposed upon them by the Act of Parliament should continue. The other Learned Judges expressed their entire con currence in these observations, and Mrs. Shuttleworth was remanded back to her original custody. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) HUNTINGTON V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case, which was tried at Warwick, the plaintiff sought to recover compensation for the loss of a quan tity of pearl-shell, which he had forwarded by the Com pany in question. It appeared that, through the negli gence of the Company's servants, a gross fraud had been committed upon the plaintiff ; the goods had by some means been abstracted, and a quantity of rubbish • sub stituted. The jury at the trial found a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. HILL - now moved for a rule, calling upon the Master to reolew his taxation in the cause. The verdict originally returned for the plaintiff was subsequently set aside on the ground that it was contrary to evidence, and a new trial was ordered to be had ; upon this trial fresh counsel were engaged, and a verdict was again returned for the plaintiff. But the Master had only allowed the costs of the second trial ; and the question which was now sought to be referred back to the Master was, whether the costs of the former trial should not be allowed. He contended that unless such a course were adopted, a large and powerful company like the Grand Junction would be always able to make success too dear, and thus deter parties from suing them, on the ground that they bad better lose 201. than go to law. The LORD CHIEF BARON—That is merely reading you a practical lesson, Mr. Hill. Mr. HILL—I always understood that the successful party had their costs. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Not always. Mr. HlLL—Then I suppose it is a mere fiction that the losing party pays the costs. The LORD CHIEF BARON—That may be so. _ Mr. HlLL—Then I contend, my Lord, that, although it may be law, it is not justice ; and the result of such a course will be, to enable the rich to say to the poor— " Although we have committed an act of injustice towards you, you had better not go to law with us, for you will have to pay the costs." Mr. Baron ALDERSON—There will always be difficul ties connected with going to law. After considerable argument, the Court refused to grant the rule.—Rule refused. PETERS V. DOBSON. In this action, which was tried at Guildhall last Thurs day, before the Sheriff of Loudon, the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 104 17s. 6d. for goods sold and de livered. The defendant pleaded that the goods were not according to order, that the credit had not expired upon which the goods were sold, and lastly, non acceptance of the goods under the etatute of frauds. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with leave to enter a nonsuit, or to move for a new trial. Mr. PRENTICE accordingly now moved for leave to enter a nonsuit upon the first of the grounds above named. It appeared from the evidence given on the trial that the plaintiff's traveller called upon the de fendant, and asked for an order for some goods, after a short time defendant gave him an order, and some goods were sent the same evening. Defendant looked at them, and considering them not of the same quality as ordered by him, returned them to the plaintiff before twelve o'clock on the nest day, and upon the same evening they were again brought back to the house of the defendant ; upon their arrival th e defendant said he, would have no thing to do with them, and threw them out into the street, where they wer e p icked up by,typoliceman and conveyed by him to the station-house, where they still remained. Upon those grounds, it was now contended that this did not amount to an acceptance of the goods under the statute of frauds. Upon the other grounds it was contended that the verdict was against evidence. The CounT—Take a rule to show cause. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) CLAIIKE V. SMITH. Mr. WATSON moved for a rule nisi for the discharge of the defendant from custody, on the ground that he had been committed under an erroneous construction of had the Bankruptcy Act. The prisoner, a bankrupt, obtained his certificate, but a judgment against him having previously been obtained in the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday last, an application was made to Mr. Justice Erie by the plaintiff, founded on affidavits, setting forth that the bankrupt had been in the habit of gambling, by which he had got into his difficulties, and praying that under the circumstances the Learned Judge might order his committal. He was in con sequence ordered into custody, as it was alleged the cer tificate of bankruptcy did not bar the authority of the Court, The present application was on two grou nds — first, that the judge had mistaken the true construction of the Act; and, second, that the defendant was prepared by affidavits to deny the charge of gambling. The. COURT thought it was a very proper question for consideration, and would grant the rule nisi. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPnEnn.) KING V. DAVIS. This defendant was a milkman, in Crown-street, St. Giles's, and was summoned under the Small Debts Act, to show cause why he did not pay thb sum of 31.15. debts, and 41. 18s. 3d. costs. would willingly- take charge of hiS botintY, and see that it was properly applied. He would not allow the woman to receive the money in one sum at once, but would give it her as she wanted it. Mr. T. B. HUGHES appeared as counsel for the de fendant, and said that this was the second time that the defendant had been summoned. In the first case he was summoned as David Davis, in which name judgment had been issued against him ; he was now summoned as Daniel Davis. This was evidently wrong, and he had to submit that the Learned Commissioner had no power to act on a summons clearly issued against a party nrat on the record or judgment paper. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that the defendant had appeared and admitted himself to be the party, and therefore he thought that he was empowered under the words of the Act " to summon and examine such person indebted." Mr. HUGHES said, that if his Honour considered the position of the Sheriff in such a case, it would probably determine his opinion, it was clear that no Sheriff would levy on the goods of David, the execution being against those of Daniel. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he should try the question by making an order. Mr. HUGHES said the Sheriff would levy at his peril. The defendant was willing . to pay the debt, but w ou ld not pay the costs of an action which had been continued for the sake of costs, after information bad been given of the error. The Learned COMMISSIONER considered this a fair offer, and, as it was rejected, refused to make any order. MARLBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAY.) Daiiid Clary was charged with an assault upon an old woman, and also upon the police. Betty Martin, the complainant, who lives in Seven Dials, said the defendant was a lodger at her house. Last night there had been some riot on the Dials, in which the prisoner took part. The complainant went up to him, and asked,- " what' is the matter ?'' She said to him, "you know best," and without another ob servation on either side, the defendant kicked her vio lently in the abdomen, and attempted to repeat the assault. . • Police-constable 85, said he attempted to take the pri soner, who said he was sorry he had not killed the old woman. He resisted, and struck police-constable 95 a severe blow in the face with his left fist ; he struggled and kicked, and swore he would yet give 95 a b-y stick, which would stop his breath. The witness said the prisoner had a check-lock key on his finger, and pointed out from his closed fist at the time he struck the constable 95, which, if it had struck him in the eye, as the defendant evidently intended, it would have deprived him of the use of it for life. Police-constable 95 corroborated this witness. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Loma said he would send him for one month to the House of Correction for the assault on the police, and he would fine him 51. for tke brutal assault on the old woman, which he must pay, or go to the House of Correction for two months. THE THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. A new grand ballet, entitled The Wags of Wapping , which has for some time past been drawing crowded houses at the Academie Royale of Paris, - under the title of Betty, was produced here last evening, fur the purpose of introducing M a d emo i se ll e Sophie Fuoco to the English public in the character of the heroine. This is one of those ballets which cannot fail to become popular in England, because it is fuunded on a well-known plot, and therefore the spectator can devote his whole atten tion to the development of the plot, to what Is going on upon the stage, without distracting himself by attempt ing to make out the story: It is, in fact, a choreogra phic version of the comedy of Charles 11., and Betty, is no other than our old friend Mary Copp, the niece of Captain Copp, the landlord of the High Admiral, at Wapping. Mad emo i se ll e S op hi e F uoco originally sus tained the character, and created quite a furore on the Continent. She will create quite as intense a degree of enthusiasm on the E ng li s h stage. Sh e i s very pretty, has a faultless figure, great energy, most expressive pantomime, and her style of dancing is perfectly Elslerique. Indeed, she may be considered the legiti mate successor of Fanny Elssler. Her feet quite twinkle as she performs a rapid succession of pas, so rapid are her steps that the eye can scarcely follow them, they are at times quite dazzling. Then her tours de force are wonderful, but it is not until the pas is over, and we have time to reflect on what has been done, and to consider the wonderful muscular effort required to accomplish what we have seen that we become per fectly aware of the perfection of the danseuse, for all is done with so much ease, and so much grace, that all idea of forco is for the moment lost. Her pas de deux with M. Huguet (an admirable dancer, from the San Carlo, who likewise made his debut last evening), was the very perfection of the choerographic art. It was quite equal to Elssler An her best days, Her pas seul, which preceded it, was a most expressive piece of pantomime, and the finale was astonishing for its force, and delightful for its grace and elegance. Her poses throughout were most classical. She was en thusiastically applauded throughout, and Mr. Bunn, to whom we are indebted for introducing to us Lucile Grahn and Flora Fabbri, has in Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco, secured a danseuse who, if we mistake not, will eclipse all her predecessors on these boards. The ballet was preceded by the new opera of Loretta, whhih is running a triumphant career of full success, and in which Madame Bishop last evening was more brilliant and more e xqu i s i te t h an ever . It is to be performed every night this week, and the energies of the prima donna seem to increase with the calls which are made upon them. Mr. Lavenu is certainly the most fortunate of composers in having suc h - a prima donna to create the character of his heroine. HAYMARKEI. Mr. Lester, from the Theatre Royal Manchester, made his first appearance before a metropolitan audience in the character of Vincentio d'Estella in Webster's musi cal drama The Little Devil. Mr. Lester is no other than Mr. Wallach, junior, and it is impossible to see him without at once recognising the likeness he bears to his father. There are the same fine expressive features, the same brilliant eyes, the same clea r sonorous voice, t h e same freedom . and grace of action for which Wallack is so distinguished. li e is, however, scarcely so tall as his father. his Vincentio was a. very fine performance, more manly, more thoroughly Spanish than that of Charles Matthews, who originally treated the character. This gentleman will prove a great acquisition, not only to the Hayatarket Theatre, but to the metropolitan corps dramatique. We , as the representative o a f nt th ic e ip h a i t g e li g -b re r a ed t , th h i i n g g h s s f p r i o r m ited hi g m entlernan of legitimate comedy. His Vincentio was very good; but, if we are not mistaken, his Charles Surface and his Benedict will be much better. Ho will make all the cha racters of the Charles Surface school his own. It is needless to add that his success was complete. The Lisle Devil was preceded by Lovell's chef d'ceuvre, Look before You Leap, and followed by Buckstone's farce, A Kiss in the Dark. The house was very well filled. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Daniel Davis was placed at the bar charged with causing the death of Mark Colville, by carelessly driving. The deceased was a porter in Hungerford market, and it appeared that ou Friday evening last, he was crossing Whitehall-place with a load on his back, when the pri soner, who was driving a ginger beer cart in Whitehall, suddenly turning knocked him down, and the wheels passed over his hf ad. He died since of the injuries, and the prisoner bad been remanded from Saturday to await the result of the coroner's inquest. An inspector of police now informed the magistrate that the coroner's jury had returned a verdict of Acci dental death, the evidence in favour of the prisoner having satisfied them that he was not at all to blame. He was accordingly discharged ; but before leaving the Court, lie requested the magistrate would accept from him a sovereign to be applied at his w ors hi p ' s di scret i o n for the use onhe unfortunate man's widow. Mr. JARDINE considere . d the considerate conduct of Davis highly creditable to him, and he (Mr. Jardine) THE SUN, LOl4 - DON, TUESDAY EV_ENING 9 NOVEMBER 17, LITERATURE. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XI. Seldom do we encounter in a single number of any periodical so valuable and varied an assortment of articles as are contained in the North British Review for November. Every individual contribution would constitute of itself an interesting and instructive pamphlet. Throughout the nine papers contained in this quarterly the truths of physical and abstract science, the beauties of art and literature, the loftiest doctrines of religion, and the , most hu manizing principles of social morality are in culcated, and they are inculcated in a manner the most attractive and the most fascinating. The style is always popular, without derogating from the dignity of the theme, whether it be a deduction of philosophy, or a passage from revelation. To give a miniature synopsis of the contents, we may observe that the reader will herein discover the following : An inquiry into the antiquity of Christianity in England, in a review of Dr. Lingard's celebrated work upon " The Anglo-Saxon Church ;" a remi niscence of our ancient poetry, in a dissertation upon " The lioxburghe Ballads ;" a delightful epitome of the excellences of the Imaginary Conversations, in a notice of " Savage Landor's Works ;" an elaborate analysis of " Stirling's Philosophy of Trade ;" an inquiry into the phases of " Scotch Nationality," as evinced in the writings of Mr. Allen, and of Sir Francis Palgrave ; a history of one of the most charming of pictorial inventions in a paper on " Engraving ;" a very one sided glance at the condition of Italian society in an article on " Italy;" an extraordinary essay upon the advantages, and an outline of the nature of astro nomy in a criticism upon the works of " Captain Smith and Dr. Nichol on Celestial Objects"—and a contribution, with which the catalogue terminates, respecting " Religion in its relation to Politics." After this enumeration we conceive that it will be superfluous to say anything about the varied nature of this publication. In gratitude and in justice, how ever, we must especially commend the intelligence which is perceptible throughout. Besides this the North British Review is usually characterised by an enlarged and generous spirit ; it is utilitarian, in the best signification of that term, without ever de generating into infidelity; it is bold and original in its hypotheses upon contested problems, both scientific and physical, without being extravagant or audacious. As an excellent specimen of the description of writ ing introduced into this admirable quarterly we can not do better than instance the astronomical article upon the recent productions of Captain William' Henry Smith ' and 'Dr. J. P. Nichol ; it is aptly christened " The Revelations of Astronomy." Most cordially do we commend every individual to peruse this paper, because we are satisfied that no one can rise from its perusal without improvement ; because to those who are ignorant of the marvels of the heavens, as revealed by the telescope, and as sub sequently mapped out by Sir Isaac Newton and other astronomers, it will afford a clear and compre hensive outline of those revelations ; and because to those who are already familiar with the information acquired by man of the forms and distances and hues of matter, as scattered by God through space, it will prove a refreshing remembrancer. The writer is manifestly an adept and an enthusiast in this de partment of knowledge; he has studied that awful and glorious scroll, written in characters of light and vastness ; and in penning this article he brings with him the stores of illustration accumulated by his memory, while the wonderful truths which have been latterly unfolded by the monster speculum of Lord Rosse are introduced by him to the elucidation of many difficult points. The reflections by which his remarks are preceded are consonant with the dignity and magnificence of the truths of which they are preliminary. " How few men," he exclaims, " really believe that they sojourn on a whirling globe, and that each day and year of life is measured by its revolutions, regulating the labour and the repose of every race of being. How few believe that the great luminary of the firmament, whose restless activity they daily witness, is an im moveable star, controlling, by its solid mass, the pri mary planets which compose our system, and forming the gnomon of the great dial which measures the thread of life, the tenure of empires, and the great cycles of the world's change. How few believe that each of the millions of stars—those atoms of light which the telescope can scarcely descry—are the centres of planetary systems that may equal, if not surpass our own ? And how very few believe that the solid pavement of the globe, upon which they nigh tly slumber, is an elastic crust, imprisoning fires and :_forces which have often burst forth in tremendous energy, and are at this very instant struggling to escape,—now finding their way in volcanic fires— now heaving and shaking the earth—now upraising islmads and continents, and gathering strength for that final outburst which is to usher in the new heavens and: the new earth, ' wherein dwelleth righteousness.' Wei e these great physical truths objects of faith as well as deductions of reason, we should lead a better life. :than we do, and make a quicker preparation for its closE.:' It is because these truths are not sufficiently prom tulgated ; it is because men are not sufficiently a war e of the properties of matter, of the mysteries of tl le -upper and the under world, of the results of geo- Ic ,gical investigation, of the relations of the celestial b dies ; it is because the vision of the majority is re st rieted to a most narrow and miserable circle in stk tad of scanning the profundities of the sky and de. Icing into the depths of our mother earth ; it is be :a use the people are taught more to regard the adcer runents. and luxuries of temporal life instead of looking more to the infinite and eternal, that so much igiece 'ante, and vice, and shortsightedness, and frivo lity' ; still prevail, and that the mass does not appear to have yet awakened to the cognizance of its great heri eag:e. Were the disclosures of astronomy, geology, and clu en istry to be studied in lieu of what is falsely re eaveled as a politer learning, we believe it would be in finitely more advantageous to the cause of civilise tic an., and would tend more than almost anything to the - ultimate regeneration of the human family. We has 'E ' always endeavoured to insist upon this considera tion: whenever we have taken occasion (as we frequently harm? done, and as we hope to do yet more frequently) to e a moment upon the benefits accruing to society frcras the labours of the Society for the Diffusion of 1:1 seful Knowledge, from the annual assemblage of tl he philosophers of the British Association, and from the periodical meeting of the Manchester Ath e nwum. Those laudable and enterprizing bodies have: striven since their formation for the populariza tion ( , f that knowledge which we have long regarded as so> essential to the moral and intellectual improve ment of the people. Gladly would, we behold, for ex: urn )le, the divine science of astronomy systema tin ei for the instruction of the multitude, and retailed in , .ne r national schools of education. The neophytes of tes Lrning might commence with an inquiry into the. elata already collected in reference to eur own (the ,= Solar) system; the forms, the colours, the rela tive r, distances, the bulk, and the periods of revolution in *--.e thirteen globes as yet discovered revolving roi rid the Sun—Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Ce trs, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Astrma, Jupiter, Saturn, I Ur. rius and the new and yet nameless planet. From thew, e he might advance to the more bewildering re gion s of space; he might follow the eccentric orbit,: of the comets even beyond the verge of . our particular system ; he might con the : m ysteries of the awful interval of space between the E ,31 : tremity of our system to the nearest of the fixed stars,, a space which is estimated at the appalling sum of 214 000,000,000,000, "twenty-one million millions of miles across in every direction upwards, downwards, and as 'mind us!" He might thus turn to the contem pli%tio: a of the binary system of stars, the yellow star re% 'oh ing round the purple star, the ash-coloured star rev oh iing round the emerald green star. He might reg ar d the hitherto inscrutable nebulre, those powder ings i )f light which had been poetically styled star dus' t, until the glorious telescope of Lord Rosse re sole -e6 l some of them, and by analogy, the remainder into . clusters of remote orbs. He might discern how, acct 3r ding to Sir W. Herschell, our system is advanc ing - t( swards a point in the constellation Herculis, at tlue rt Lte of a tenth of a second annually, so that its comrd ate revolution of its presu med orbit can only be after a lapse of thirteen millions of yews,. He might learn how Encke's comet moves thromi ~ti space at the rate of 880,000 miles in an hal tr, and how its heat was calculated by Newton to be I 1,000 times that of red hot ii'on, so that it would require : a million years to cool. He might hear, among other astonishing things, I;hat it was believed b; Olt , ers and subseq uent astron: Amer!, that the five stars'. ' ituated b e t w een Mars and Jup iter, namel y — Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and As luxe—are the frag mentst at t e of a larger one, which had b urst, and h h had fallen at' intervals, are "the meteor is stones whic h . I, nieces projected from the. shivered planet." lesser He mig , ht see, as o thers have seen, . caverns in the moon, In or ies in y five miles in depth, ed f t . 1 • absolute\Would not these con siderati y ons m tend to diamete: ‘ • iais -intellect, to elevate his sentiments, to enlarge e his self-sufficiency, nand. to render him c pderat a nd moral before so many' sublime manifesta -11% anble : ti( )515 o f Omnipotence ? We th iinle so. Sincerely v .re tb i e l e so ; beyond all the polite:: kreewledge of hea .... hology andclassical lore. Among the various the n Ill . ) ' at have been advanced-i !especting the pro theories ft,. I able use e - ( I( slowing is on. • . ee r employment of con sets, we think the e of the most inge miens we have ever comprised in ar single sentence in ,e ecoun tered. It le .. tl lee excellent article : . Tor -time of their orbits `" judging from the initu ease disposed to imagine NI tilich lie beyond our vatem is placed in t' lint the central body sYlitein 'e we e t a h l e .e r . 9 of swi lie` and that in this . .r erbit t h e distant , focus of each of t ~..6 .... 4. ...i "verse are, as it way all the different systems in . u., ~,,, munication of the iuLVngit. were, united into 0119 by comts." •. - -ting bonds That comets may thu serve as cermet, . planets b e t we en all the varicees systems of s uns anc, of it, scattered throuet, space is, , eiceedingler Tr.: , e z ouable. Here again is a paragi. K h '. frayso "- Ali the loftiest trut h, and consonant wit . all our ideas of the power and omniscience of the Supreme Being. We commend the subjoined sen tences to the consideration of all those who conceive that this globe is the only corner of the material uni verse inhabited by sentient creatures : " The Being who created the earliest forms of life that possessed our earth, was not likely to limit to so insig nificant a planet such a display of his wisdom and power, and the same high purpose which prompted its succes sive changes as steps in the march of terrestrial organi zation, must hare operated in the preparation of the planetary worlds. To believe that the earth was the only place where organic life was given and taken away —the only field where great physical revolutions were in play, would be to detract from the wisdom and benefi cence of the Creator. To the laws of nature we dare not assign either limitation or locality. Wherever there is matter we may predict its laws and its elements, and wherever are its elements, we may anticipate the exist ence of beings that are to use them. Wherever light shines, there must be an eye to welcome it ;—wherever air expands, there must be beings to breathe it,—wher ever heat vivifies, there must be life to be revived. The God of nature neither works in corners, nor limits his benevolence. Everywhere is matter—everywhere is light, and everywhere there must bo life—life animal to enjoy his bounty—life intellectual to expound his wis dom—and lire moral to love and to fear his name." Yes ; "Everywhere is matter, everywhere is light, everywhere must be life !" When we meet with a publication conveying such glorious principles and such elevating knowledge, and conveying it, more over, iu a form so popular and agreeable, we cannot be niggardly in our expressions of commendation. If the North British Review be issued every quarter with contributions of equal merit with those con tained in the present number, and without the some what ungenerous tone of the paper upon " Italy," it will win for itself a golden recompense and more than golden opinions. TWO SYSTEMS OF ASTRONOMY. By Isaac Frost. That no misapprehension may result from the wording of the foregoing title, we would immedi ately observe, that this book is printed and published with the intention of contrasting two systems of astronomy, diametrically opposed to each other. One being no less illustrious than the, Newtonian system—that magnificent scheme of the heavens, divulged by the consummate genius of our great philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton. The other is de clared to be a system in accordance with the Scrip tures, and is propounded by one Mr. Isaac Frost. At the preliminary glance we were inclined to regard this adventurous volume as a practical joke of the richest and the loftiest description. Any one pre suming to question the great truths revealed by astronomical investigation; any one having the au dacity to gainsay the united authorities of Kepler, of Delambre, of Galileo, of Bradley, of Richer, of Rvemur, of Laplace, of Newton, of Herscbell, of So merville, and their many illustrious associates; any one daring in the nineteenth century to deny the wisdom of past generations, the deductions arrived at on the inductive system of philosophy and the ab solute assurances of centuries; any one we say venturing to do this, except for the perpetration of a rather hazardous jest, was utterly beyond our comprehen sion. Yet on saamining this remarkable book more closely, we perceived that it was written in all ear nestness, and written, moreover, by a man who ap peared to be conscientiously convinced himself of the justice of his scepticism in science, and of the accu racy of his conclusions. On the title-page we dis cover that the new system broached by Mr. Frost is supported by evidence. We give the catalogue of this evidence as advanced by the author :—" The pro phets, Moses and others, in the first testament ; our Lord Jesus Christ, and his apostles, in the new, or second testament ; Reeve and Muggleton, in the third and last testament." Reeve and Muggleton in the last testament I We suspect the reader will begin to con jecture the character of the undertaking. Chapter VI. affords us a discourse between " John Reeve and Richard Leader, merchant ; recited by Lodo wick Muggleton, one of the two last witnesses and prophets of the most high God, the man Jesus in glory !" When we have perused so far, the vapoury foundations become discernible. Nevertheless, while this book, from its very extravagance, is of a some what unprofitable nature, it is attractive and most en tertaining in connexion with the engravings which are appended. These plates are most exquisitely coloured, and most delicately pencilled ; they are il lustrative of the Newtonian system and of the (so called) Scriptural system :—the planets with their concentric orbits round the sun ; the earth the centre of the universe; around it a firmament containing the sun, moon, and stars ; beneath the kingdom of eter nal death and darkness; around the earth and water under foot in heaven infinite in depth, length, and breadth; immediately above the earth .a something shaped like a funnel, and labelled Place of Ascension, leading to " Heaven, the Residence of God, infinite in length, breadth, and height, the Kingdom of Eter nal Life and Light." The date of 1846 at the bottom of the title-page alone convinced us that we were not perusing a work intended for another generation. We can only inauire, how, in attempting to revive the exploded darines of Aristotle and the peripaticians, the author explains the accuracy of the calculations of the Newtonian system of astronomy ? OLI•Mi'IC. The Olympic last night produced a comedy, in five acts, which, however, went off but lamely. There is the old story of a guilty son, afterwards re pentant ; of a love-sick maiden at first indignant, and afterwards indulgent—a plot partly compiled from Douglas Jerrold's " St. James's and St. Giles's," and partly from less noted sources. The dialogue might be termed smart, if common-places may be in cluded in the category of cleverness. The piece was received with audible expressions of dis approbation. We hope that Mr. Bolton will see the ne cessity to "cut down" the interminable scenes, and in some degree at least to elevate the language ; this he must do if the piece is to enjoy even a short existence. The ballet was received with the utmost applause, and the afterpiece, The Two Gregories, was received with roars of laughter. LYCEUM. A series of vocal and instrumental Promenade Con certs were commenced at this theatre last evening by Mr. Allcroft. of New Bond-street and Regent-street, According to the programme, these concerts, which are now becoming so fashionable and such favourites with the public since their introduction by Julien, are to extend over only one short month at this theatre. How ever, if we are to j'udge from the bill of fare and per formances of the first night, Allcroft is determined that the period, though short, shall be well employed, and a rich treat given to those lieges who are partial to good music and singing, in addition to rambling not on the boards of old Drury or Covent Garden, but on the hitherto, except to those who are members of the thea trical profession, untrodden boards of the Lyceum. The stage of this theatre has been most tastefully hued up, and decorated as a promenade and orchestra by Mr. P. Phillips, No less than eighty native performers have been en gaged for the orchestra, in addition to which Allcroft has secured the valuable assistance of the Distin family ; that of Mr. Henry Russell, the deservedly celebrated and popular vocalist ; our old friend Sinclair, and Carte, Grattan Cooke, Badderley, King, Thirlwall, Wm. Thomu s, Handley, and, though last not least, Master Thirlwall, a young gentleman about fourteen years of age, a promising scion of the Thirlwall stock, and an aspirant to the fame of the great violinst Paganini himself. With such workmen as these Allcroft cannot fail of succeeding in his short campaign. The programme for this evening (and it is, we understand, to be changed every evening) was a rich treat for the lovers of vocal and instrumental music. The overture to TVilliam Tell, by Rossini, was admirably performed ; its wild and melodious parts were given in the true beauty and simplicity of its composer, and its performance was most enthusiastically received by a house crowded in every part. The Witches Dance," by Paginini, never before played except by the composer himself, was executed with great taste and much artistic skill on the violin, by Master Thir wall. As many of our reade rs are pro bably not aware of the cause which led that great master of the violin (Paganini) to compose thisfantasia, we may state " that on a beautiful summer evening, Paganini fell asleep under the Haunted Walnut Trees of Benevento.' He dreamed that a host of witches, headed by goblin musicians, appeared to him,, dancing, laughing, screaming, and performing indiscri bable gambols. For some time after, the melody of the goblin minstrels, and the cries of the witches, were ever present to his mind, and thus haunted he wrote the humorous variations on contra danza," Delle Streghe ; or The Tree e C f o ß m e i n c ev D en a t n e c , e , ~ as dof the Wit c hes round the W alnut Among the other entertainments polka, called the "Victori a an d Alb ert, " c omposed expressly for these concert s b y P ugn i ; the "R o y a l Hunt," a new descriptive p e ti eveningv e oth wase scene. a n 1%. quadrille, by Callcott, and a selection from Don Quixote, which afforded an opportunity to Mr. Montara to dis play his talents on the bassoon, Mr. Handley on the cornet-a-piston, and Mr. Wright on the ophicleicle. Mr. Henry Distin performed several solos on the Sax trontba and the alto - Saxon horn, in his best style ; and Mr. Distin was most deservedly encored in his wonderful performance of a fantasist on the trum pet, in which he introduces the whole of the voice part of " The Soldier Tired," by Dr. Arne. Mr. Henry Russell enlivened the amusements of the evening by several of his popular descriptive songs, and his n egro melodies, in many of which ho was most enthusiastically encored. The whole of the concert was most ably conducted by Mr. Negri, and led by Messrs. Thirlwall and W. Thomas. We had almost forgotten to say that our old friend Sinclair, in the course of the evening, sang with great taste and feeling a new Scotch ballad, called " Come sit thee down , " i n which he was most deservedly encored. Altogether, the whole of the performances of the evening went off with great eclat, and we predict for Allcroft, though it be a short, a profitable season. lie has our best wishes for his success, and he heartily deserves them. WHOLESALE DESERTION OF WIVES AND FAMILIES. —On Saturday the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, offered a reward of two guineas for each of fourteen men charged with the desertion of their wives and children. They are all described as good mechanics, earning from 255. to 30s. per week, varying in age from twenty-nine to forty. DoN CARLOS.—A correspondent writes on'tho 4th the A ustr ian e yhahva neither of e been made Generals tired in this town w it h the Princess of Beira, and a very small establishment o f servants, intends to remove to Venice. It is said t hat his two sons, who have been in theservice o a f rm S ) a ,. rdi T ni h a e , them any great experi ence in the art of war ." GRAND POLISH BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDHALL thi TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY. —WO aro informed that the prospects of this entertainment are most cheezing, and that no ball, at this time of the year, could exhibit so much splendour, or ;offer so much pleasure and amuse ment. We congratulate those who have already se cured their admission to this scene of brilliancy, and we would exhort others, whose benevolent feelings for this praiseworthy object, or a wish of enjoying a rare and beautiful sight, who have not yet determined, to pro cure tickets, which are still at their original price, whereby, they will please themselves and contribute to a cause, which enjoys a deserving sympathy at the hands of the British public. THE ROMANCE OF WAR; OR, THE HIGHLANDERS IN SPAIN.—A new work, under the above title, from the, pen of James Grant,lJ late of the 62c1 Regiment, is on the eve of appearance, which is said to be likely to attain as great a share of public favour as the populai " Recollections of a Subaltern." The work, we under stand, comprehends a regular series of the brilliant achievements of the British army during the Peninsular war (in which it will be recollected the Gordon High landers particularly distinguished themselves), described from actual experience and observation. The incidents and adventures are said to be of such a stirring nature, although faithful representations of real events, that the work will have extraordinary attractions for general readers, as well as for those to whom the " romance of war is a more familiar theme. COURT CIRCULAR. - - WINDSOR, MONDAY. - The Queen walked on the Eastern Terrace this morning. The Royal Family took their usual exercise on the terraces and grounds of the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. Lord Byron, Major-General Bowles, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, were in attendance on his Royal Highness. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lady Isabella Wemyss, Sir Henry Wheatley. the Hon, and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, arrived at the Euston-square terminus of the London and North-Western Railway yesterday morning from Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. T he Earl of Denbigh received the Princess on her arrival in town, and attended her Royal Highness to the Royal Mint on Tower-hill. After in specting the different departments of the coinage, the Princess went to Gloucester House to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. In the afternoon the Princess visited St. James's Palace, and was conducted through the suite of state rooms. Her Royal Highness, attended by Baroness Scheel and the Earl of Denbigh, went to Buckingham Palace about three o'clock, and after viewing the Palace, proceeded to the Pavilion in the garden, where the dis tinguished party remained a short time, and at four o'clock left for the Euston-square terminus en route to Waterford for Cashiobury Park. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Gee), Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. T. 13. Macaulay, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. ax The Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his col- leagues. The Council sat two hours. Mr. Hutt had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. at the Colonial-office. Mr. Poynder and a deputation, headed by the Bishop of London, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home office. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the North American provinces., Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial•office, for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday morning. Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Malta. The King of Bavaria has quite recovered from his recent indispositien. His Majesty has just conferred on the reigning Duke of Foxe Coburg, who is still at Munich, the distinguished order of St. Hubert. MR. BOUVERIE'S VISIT TO KILMARNOCK. —The Hon. Member paid his annual visit to his constituents in the above burgh on Thursday, and was well received.— Glasgow Saturday Post. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday a man of the name of Luke Chain, a driver, in the employ of Mr. Gunn, butcher, Walker's-court, Pulteney-street, Soho, died at St. George's Hospital, from injuries he received in the head a few days ago. He was driving some sheep along the Bayswater-road, when he was knocked down by a horse, which was in a chaise. On being found to be severely injured about the head, he was taken to the above institution. The driver of the vehicle was not stopped. The police have received information of the fatal termination, and are in search of the person causing the accident. A few hours p re vious to his death, a sin g of the name of Thomas Mahony also died in theo w s p h i i le l from injuries received from falling from a ladder, • grounds, wunds, ork Founibtahm.e prem i ses of Mr. Osbo rne s nurser) evenin a CIIEAP BREAD M EE TING.—Yester-ay g public meeting was held Regent's-park for thell's p l u t r id p in us g School, e uf , pre senting a memorial to the Government to procure the total abolition of all taxes on the importation of food into this country. There were about 700 persons present, who were addressed by Dr. Ilirt and Mr. Cochrane. A memorial, calling upon the Government to consider the present dearth in this country of proper supply of food, and to open the ports imme diately, having been read and agreed to with acclama tion, and a deputation having ben appointed to present it to the Lords of the Treasury, the meeting separated. We have to record the demise of the on. Sack ville Henry Lumley, who expired on the 14th instant, at Coleylands, Nottinghamshire, at the advanced age ( seventy-eight. He was.brother to the late, and uncle to the present Earl of Scarborough. _ He married, in 1806, the daughter of H. Tahourdor, Esq. INCENDI A R 'Sr FIRE. NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY. A very extensive fire was discovered on Sun day night in Friar-lane Chapel, in this town, which is evidently the work of an incendiary. About eleven. o'closek Mr. Hebb, hair-dresser, of Swinton, adjoining this towD, was on his way home, and on passing the chapel 'he perceived volumes of smoke coming out of the windows ; he cried out, " Fire," and a policeman being near, < t closer in spection was made, and on looking through t. he windows the pulpit was found to be in flames. A mess enger went with all speed to the watchhouse, and in a fe w minutes Meldrum, Truman, and the firemen, with tto engine, were upon the spot, and. drawing a fire-plug in the street, the engine was in play in five minutes after the.ir arrival. In an hour the flames were subdued, and the interior of the chapel being entered by means of breaking open the large front door, the pulpit was found to be entirely de stroyed, the gallery and organ extensively burnt, and the wood floor on which the pulpit stood, the rending and several pews altogether destroyed and reduced to ashes. The firemen remained in the chapel inspect ing all its parts, to discover, if possible, the cause of this disaster, supposing all to be safe, when at a quarter before three, a second fire broke out in a pew in the north-west corner of the chapel, which had evidently been smouldering for hours, the articles burning not being of a very combustible nature. This part was oo cupied by Mr. Cripps, who was elected mayor a week ago, and had cushions on the seats covered with crimson velvet, stuffed with wool, and there had been placed in one corner a cushion,' brought from the reading desk in. an ignited state, on which was placed a boss or two, no doubt under the expectation that these would fire and. communicate with the woodwork, and so set the whole chapel in a blaze. This second fire, however, was disco vered, and put out before mach mischief had been done in this part of the building. In an hour after the alarm had been given. the mayor, being acquainted with the circumstance, was on the spot, where he remained, and a most searching inquiry took place as to the cause of this wprk of destruction. It was discovered that the vestry had been ransacked, nearly a bottle of wine in a cupboard had been drunk, a cash-box broken open ' and the vestry door left wide open. Against an outer' door, leading to tho street, which was locked, a chair had been placed, and feet marks upon the wall and on the top of the door were seen, proving the way taken by the party doing the mischief to make his escape •, in short, the whole of the circumstances proved that the fire had been the work of an incendiary. The chapel was at tended very fully last night, to hear the regularly ap pointed minister, the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, who has for may years been the pastor of the corgregation of Inde pendents assembling in that place, and the lights were put out, and the building left safe at nine o'clock. The building is very handsome, erected at great cost, and had a fire toned organ in it, which is seriously injured. What amount of damage has been done cannot yet be properly estimated ; it must, however. take several hull dred pounds to repair the mischief. The greatest indig nation is expressed against the author of so diabolical an act, but no cause can be assicrned, as both the minister and the mayor are very highly and universally respected. Mr. Bowman, spirit-merchant, and others, on the fire being discovered, assisted in removing Mr. Wiggerton's valuable horses and carriages, which were close to the chapel, and much other property liable to be destroyed had the flames got the mastery. CLERKENWii,LL.-(THIS DAY.) A fashionably-dressed young man, who said his name was Jeffs, but refused to give any address, was brought befcre Mr. Combo, in company with a filthy-looking old Irish basket-woman, under the following rather ludicrous circumstances:— _ _ Constable 22 N, said, that last night he saw a very elegant, dashing-looking cabriolet and horse standing opposite the Peacock Tavern, Islington, and the female prisoner seated in it, with her market basket and porter's knot beside her. She was very drunk, and was shouting out at the top of her voice that she knew she was born to the height of good luck, for sure now she had got her carriage to ride in. N 22, however, soon dispelled the dream, by handing her as gently out of the vehicle as circumstances permitted, and lodging her for the night at her Majesty's expense. The horse and cab were taken to the green yard, and in about half-an-hour after-. wards the male prisoner was discovered stupidly drunk near Islington Church, when he was 'also taken to the station-house. When both the prisoners were placed side by side in the dock this morning, Mr. Jeffs seemed not to relish the propinquity of his fair companion so much as he did last night, when he took her for an airing all round Islington. The female was discharged, and Mr. Jeffs had to pay the usual fine for being drunk. Owing to the information received by Mr. Greenwood last night from the police, relative to the state of the unfortunate woman, Mrs. Haines, fur au attempt on whose life a man, named Henry Wilmot, was examined at this office yesterday, the worthy Magistrate con sidered it to be his duty to take the woman's deposition as soon as possible, and accordingly, accompanied by Mr. Mullett, the chief clerk, he proceeded to the hospital for that purpose. The prisoner Wilmot was also present during the taking of the deposition. SOUTHWARK.- ( THIS DAY . ) James Levy, a Jew, was charged with illegally mitain ing possession of a watch the property of a Mrs. Chapman. It appeared that the complainant being in want of a key for her watch, applied to the prisoner, who was a jeweller, for one. He said he could not get one to fit the watch unless she left it with him for the purpose. She accordingly handed over the watch to make the key from, and it was to be returned at a specified time. The prisoner, however, never returned the watch. In defence the prisoner admitted he had pledged the watch and sold the ticket. He was therefore adjudged to pay 51. ss. the value of the watch, besides a fine of 21., and in default of payment he was committed to the House of Correction for three months. PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL POK.—It appears that the most effectual means is the exclusion of light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain number of patients were confined in a dark ward of the hospital, and not a pit or sear, or other deformity of the skin was left, though some of them had the disease most violently in its worst or confluent form. These experi ments were first performed by Dr. Picton (a relative of Sir T. Picton, of Waterloo celebrity), a graduate of the University -of Pennsylvania. Notices of their confirma tion have lately appeared in several of the European medical journals. THE LATE INUNDATION IN FRANCE..—NO fewer than 1,500 casks of wine have been picked up along the banks of the Saone, and which were carried away by the late inundation. A WAGGON OVERTURNED.—Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, whilst a large waggon, be longing to Measrs. Gilbert, Plater, and Co., carriers, heavily laden with merchandise of various descriptions, was passing along Newgate-street, it was suddenly upset ; and in its fall, right across the foot pavement, dashed a portion of the goods against the house No. 3S, which is at present unoccupied. It is a fortunate cir cumstance that no injury occurred to any of the passers by. The accident was caused by one of the wheels of he waggon coming cff. CIIIitGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A RESPECTABLE FEMALE.—On Friday a very respectably-dressed female, named Lydia Tyson, the wife of Mr. John Tyson, the proprietor of an extensive shoe shop in Tithebarre street, Liverpool, was brought before Ur. Rushton - on a charge of bigamy. The prisoner wore her black veil so much over her face, that it was with difficulty a glimpse of her features could be gained. She seemed to be about 40 years of age, and remarkably well-looking. Mr. James Tyson deposed that he was a bookbinder, and that the prisoner was his sister-in-law. He was present when she was married to his brother, John, on the 30th of October, 1827, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the Rev. Mr. Swainson. Witness signed the register of the marriage, so also did his sister, Mary, who was present at the ceremony. The prisoner continued to live with his brother until within the last four or five years, when they separated. His brother had a house in Bootle, and he still had a shop in Liverpool. In cross-examination, the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family to keep. J. Simpson, clerk at St. Martin's Church, stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to the morning of the 10th instant, when she called at the church and was married to a person of the name of Thomas Holmes, by the Rev. Mr. Harper, th e cur at e . She stated herself to be a widow, and gave her maiden name, Lydia Martin. Witness produced a copy of the second marriage certificate.—Constable Lloyd proved the apprehension of the prisoner,- at her residence, in Rich mond-row. Holmes, the second husband, took to his heels, when the officer entered. The prisoner, who de: dined to say a word in her defence, was committed for trial.—Liverpool Chronicle. • FIRE IN HIGH -STREET, BOROUGH.—The premises of Messrs. Harrington and Lucas, tea dealers, No. 113, High-street, Borough, had a narrow escape of being, yesterday morning, destroyed by fire. It appears that owing to a defect in the kitchen flue, one or two of the heavy girders and the flooring at the back part"of the ceiling of the shop became fired, and the flames were rapidly extending themselves when the discovery was made. The engines quickly attended, and the firemen, with the aid of buckets of water, and by cutting away the woodwork, succeeded in extinguishing the flames. SUDDEN DEATH DURING A HEARTY LAUGH.— Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Bricklayers Arms, Gloucester-street, Mile-end N ew Town, oa the body of Elizabeth Walker, aged 40, a married woman, who resided in Nottingham-place. The deceased, on Saturday afternoon, was in the company of a few friends, when she gave way to a hearty laugh. In a minute after a quantity of blood gushed from her mouth. Mr. Lane, a surgeon of the neighbourhood was s ,, e p ut ie f d or b , y b t u b t e o v n is h it i a s ti a o r n ri o v f al G l i o f d e ! T as extinct. Verdict-- FOREIGN CATTLE.—.....he'steam-ship Sirius, which Dutch port, Nieu Diepe, from the same place, a cargo of cattle, has made a second l was mentioned as having mtcatdieicaufriirtsisthvoinyeatgraepcfrlioam, with complement of horned whichsbcorai board o isl n leBs of cattle whichhe largest number of that do beasts, and 858 sheep, t haatanyonetime been peeociwalel,ybreeimngarlatabfaellonaccount of having on • on that this country. This -ac account, conjointly with the consideration traffic, by means of brought in one vessel from the cont.inent of f f t E h t e u p op or e t t o o f se.pply having but just commenced ftis doubly a interesting pthlaiseestefraomm cows, and 121 arrived at Blackwell, with 97 oxen and arrival b y t a b has e c ty likewise of L t n a d k o e n n , steam-ship. P io u r s s e h c a o w n e d n sheep and on worthy board, of which is,on a similarener account, Steam ou remark. The Com pany'sG fine steam-ship Trii'ent, which a has been pl c of aced in terest on the Hamburgh station, has brought, in addition to general cargo of butter, vegetables, grain, seed, horse radish, pork, &c., the largest quantity of live cattle, and also of fresh meat, which has been brought by the steam ships to the port . of London from the Hanseatic port mentioned, having 30 baskets and one barrel of fresh beef, and 12 baskets of other descriptions of meat, in a fresh state, and 84 oxen. The importation of oxen from Hamburgh has generally comprised from 25 to 50 bead of cattle at the most; the present is, therefore, a large proportionate i ncrease upon the average number: sup plied, the mention of which, in an especial manner, can not fail to be of interest, as it is undoubtedly of im portance to the general public, as well as to those more immediately concerned in such matters. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—OH Thursday, the sth instant, as Mr. George Thompson, of Barton-le-street, near New Melton, farmer, was ploughing in Barton Open Field, one of the horses suddenly slipped with its hind legs into:a chasm, made by the earth suddenly giving way. Thompson, on seeing his horse in such a situation, was e inaiauggz p vi t o huteg r eds vaadejana passage,iasai stnmn diameter f e el no ; uc,e w dr a a dr Don s fdatn w aocnsh i bna h , eegtn d cl r inisa.m a er w atr nyhr n iet:d f t, r, immediately from crreas eiepo)texhpi examin ing v%miaoi o . rderi r cdnen i much alarmed, and ran for assistance , when, after much li t dd fi l i oe c k ffi ge e we , p e nt w :h u i l weas t t tn y h jicbtd o; h: u cea t t ai h rbi t d r where the opening was made, and that he had gone sveral yards one way, until he came to a turn, but that the other way was made up at some short distance froni the entrance. This passage is stated to be upwards of four feet in diameter. It appears that the same spot had been gone over by the plough for a great number of years without the earth giving way.— Yorkshire Gazette. His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen left the Prussian Legation yesterday for Trentham Park, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, who are surrounded- by -a small circle of visitors. IMPORTATIONS OF PROVISIONS FROM IRELAND. The importations of provisions into the port of Liver pool from the Irish ports during the week from the 30 . th ult. to the sth bst. inclusive, comprised the followi n g list of articles :-10,179 , firkins, 300 half-firkins, 1,07 S baskets, casks, &c., and 323 boxes of butter; 312 sacks and 602 barrels of wheat, 1,952 sacks of flour; 196 sacks, 800 qrs., and 2,256 barrels of oats ; 21 tons weight, 399 sacks, and 430 packages of oatmeal ; 50 barrels of barley, 72 sacks of malt, 512 boxes and tierces and 35 other packages of linens and cottons ; 50 tons weight and 347 bags of meal, 11 bags and 6 casks of seed; 317 kegs and 8 casks of lard; 44 bags of feathers ; 259 barrels, 24 kegs, 42 firkins and 10 other packages of pork ; 13 packages of general provisions ; 11 packages of hams, 142 casks of whisky, and 332 bales of bacon. The arr ivals at the port of Bristol in the same period comprised 110 cwt. and 14 casks of oatmeal, 4,271 barrels and 300 sacks of oats, 175 hampers of bacon, 1,624 packages of butter,24 of pollard, 137 kegs of lard, 64 barrels and 72 other packages of barley, 66 of pork, and various other articles ; and, according to a second return from the same port, of the arrivals from Ireland up to the sth instant, G 46 barrels of barley, 700 firkins of butter, 445 bales of bacon, 120 kegs of lard, 35 tierces and 39 bar rels of pork, 50 sacks and 150 barrels of oats, 26 casks of whisky, 31 firkins and casks of lard, several packages of hams and other articles, which do not require to be more particularly specified. The importation of similar articles of supply into the British metropolis from the sister island, up to the latest authentic and current returns, consisted of the subjoined list in a compen dious form, which includes the supplies at this port from the quarter mentioned, from the 30th ult, to the 10th inst., inclusive :-3,457 quarters and 888 barrels of oats, 1,000 barrels of barley, 4,597 tierces and hampers of bacon, 29,526 packages (of various kinds) of butter, 703 tierces and other packages of lard, 148 bales of linens, 49 packages of hams, 1,498 packages of pork, 33 of waste, 197 of middles, 229 of papl)r, 123 of whisky, 1,800 boxes of soap, 737 packages of general provisions, 361 casks of porter, 60 packages of malt, 24 of Farina flour, 1,294 boxes and other packages of eggs, 24 of tongues, 104 of beef, 40 of lemons, some of portable soup, 46 pigs, 41 head of horned cattle, 138 sheep, 107 of general merchandise, and a variety of other articles, of too varied and general a character to be more specifically enumerated. In giving this list of arri vals at the ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol, from Ireland, which are of especial interest, and of equal im portance at the present time, we forbear to advance any concluding remarks, further than that the supply of butter has been of an unusually extensive nature, whilst that of other descriptions of provisions have far exceeded the usual average arrivals from that country. TENACITY OF ORGANIC LIFE IN AN ALLIGATOR. —Some weeks previous to the period of which I am now speaking, a solitary alligator had made his appearance in Galveston Bay, nearly opposite the doctor's house, and had been so far petted by the men, who threw him waste fish, as to have secured, apparently, his residence in that quarter. Feeling anxious to obtain the skin of one of these reptiles, I one day went out to shoot him, if possible, having loaded my gun with ball instead of shot. At about fifty yards distance I got five discharges at the mark formed by his eye, which just rose above the sea sufficiently to enable him to look along the sur face. The visible portion was not larger than the centre of a target, and, as my fowling piece was not adapted fur ball, it is no marvel that so small a mark was missed. When the ball passed within an inch or two above his eye, he took no notice ; when it hit his head or body, he merely sank for a few minutes, and came up again as coolly as ever. At length the doctor brought down one of Colt's six-chambered rifles, and, at the second shot, hit him. - 1 sent a man into the water to fetch bim out, when it was found that half the upper part of his head was carried away, leaving the brain bare. Still, his muscular power was excessively strong, and rendered it no easy task to meddle with him. Under these circumstances, as well as in order to free the creature from pain, I cut the head quite off, and pro ceeded to skin the carcass. This operation lasted nearly five hours, and even when, after that lapse of time, I threw the remains into the sea, the vitality had by no means ceased. This amazing tenacity of life could never have been believed unless it was seen • but, of course, all sensation must have ceased when the decapitation was effected. The skin of an alligator will not strip off like that of any ordinary animal, as the hard, teadinons flesh grows into it, and thus renders the operation of separating the two both difficult and tedious.---Simmons's Colonial Magazine. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN BAILWAY.-011 Monday even ing, Mr. G. I. Mills resumed the inquest on the body of Enos Lea, aged 29, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Thomas Stricland and Co., railway carriers, who was killed by being jammed between the buffer of some lug gage trucks at the Camden-town station of the aboverail way, on the morning of Friday last. The inquiry was adjourned on account of neglect being imputed either to the police on duty, or to the engine-driver of the train. From the additional evidence adduced, it was shown that the luggage train, which ought to have left Birmingham at nine o'clock on Thursday evening, did not do so until an hour after, and its time of arrival at the Camden town station is three in the morning; but on Friday set it did not arrive until forty minutes after seven, up- wards of four hours and three-quarters after its proper time. Shortly after its arrival, while the deceased was engaged in moving a truck from the turn table 'to the weigh bridge, the signal was given to the engine driver to close the buffers, for the purpose of slacking the coupling chains, and in doing so deceased was crushed between the buffer of the truck he wit! movin g and the one next to it, and was killed almTitTiTasttaEntl. The jury returned the following verd ict : buffers of two Lea was crushed to death between t h e trn Railway, trucks on the London and North-1 i V ne es which had brought im pelled by a certain locomotive ethi:eg previous night, from the train of 54 carriages, o n th hours the and fae fact three quarterstha tßirmingham; that such train r behind its time, e b o e u i p n l g ed ibu w there was a disregard of signals, was the main cause of the occurrence; al - a the jury cannot but express their sens e of the danger suc h neglect of which must always result from t i m e signals." The Deputy - Coroner • having expres sed a hope that so power f u l a nd wealth y a company w ould for the future pay attention to these two es sentials in railway management, the proceedings ter minated, after lasting nearly three hour s. The remains of the late Colonel Spottiswoode, of Spottiswoode, were interred in the family vault, at Cold stream, on Friday, having been removed thither from Torquay. Sir it )pert Peel is recovering from a severe attack of gout. ACCIDENT.—FIERCE ATTACK BY A HoßsE.—On Saturday evening, as a fly-driver, named Burch, in - the employ of Mr. Barber, omnibus proprietor, Hackney, was in the act of stooping near his horse, the animal became suddenly violent, and, turning round quickly, kicked .the man with his hind legs for some minutes. Burch's cries for aid increased the fury of the horse, who, with almost incredible sagacity, so placed himself as to prevent any one from entering the stall, and, although severely flogged, the animal would not advance an inch, but, in a state of savageness, kicked his un fortunate victim with great violence. After some difficulty the horse was secured, and Burch was taken out of the stall in a state of total insensibility. Medical aid was obtained, and the unfortunate man conveyed home, where it was discovered that his left arm was broken, and his head and neck frightfully contused. Various injuries were -inflicted about his body, and be now remains in a very dangerous state. 0t ), 1, 11 1 t a Jf e' eg ;e4' i e° tb ° tiso