The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

P.m.., ~. Nviv ... COU RT CIRCULAR. Eot— Then T" Ds 'rL, Moienay. Th e Q ueen walked on the ern Te rram this m orn i n t g. . --,0 3 'al F am il y took their usu a l exerc i se on th e terraces au i t grounds of the Castle. ;)Rig Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport Ifushooting tl lis morning. Lord Byron, Major-General l a ' vies, and C:aptain the Ilon. Alexander Gorden, were .I,tttendance I in his Royal Richness. The royal dinner part at the b Castle this evening will the j i t i llid ° bey Royal HighYness the Duchess of Kent, , Yin Waiti n gof the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de s„, tt . , L the H on, "" My Isabell-a Wemyss, Sir Henry . Wheatley. and R C L l' -C rtenay and Sir George apes, , I V. C. es le Oil t ri. The band of the s t• p ~ , ,iii" ( - 4 111 rd., attend durin attend tl-Theere,Ms.jp,set;': private band will afterwards ' 4 le. • Rer Loyal att ead , Irtghness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, arri, ~' by 111 trone,s Scheel and Baron Meyselibucn, aro l;aththe Ruston -square terminus of the London theeashiett.,-Western Railway yesterday morning from t, Qi bury Park, Hens, the residence of her Majesty llri'nre,l,rl n°ar,er. The Earl of Denbigh received the l 181get-tileiss:ntiohtehlea;rfrival in town, and attended her Roya yal Mint on Tower-hill. After in ,,,Ptitill the dieer.ent departments of the coinage, the 4qt:eels/I:wen In Gloucester House to pay a visit 4 thlghn"3 the Duchess of Gloucester, to her Paige% .iafternoon the Princess visited St. James's m _ t mins, 'a lo r th ' ~,its conducted through the suite of state "'heel and th e I'aya) Highness, attended by Baroness palace a t, — 'a° PAH of Denbigh, went to Buckingham Proet(t-ont tre,e o'clock, and after viewing the Palace,. tin t4 . ui h d to e part Pavilion' in the garden, where the dm t-te'el'elst -ed fY rein - ed a short time, and at four "aterf l o e ,,,V,q the Euston-square terminus en route to A a b* ")1. he Park. th e , 'net n a , . 4, 6 ,, . 0 -go ncil was held . yesterday afternoon at o ft n ", Itor,entitnre The Ministers present were Lord lite' %Ito Sint the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl TY. t ie i_eOrg Grey, Vi,scount-uPeralmerston, Earl eeilisand-, le,aclorradm..,%elleer of the . Excheq m r , the Earl of 4 are "or b ua Fnphell, Viscount o peth, t a h n e d E t a h r e l arq 4 ' t e Right Hon, T. B. Macaulay, ,r 4 ,or Clauric d leaf , '4ord Chancellor joined his col- Aes. ancellor subsequently Th3ltre- Renuatneil sat two hours at I. h e . ?Colotnillaaid..o7,l,llkla. t ervievr . with Earl Grey yesterday. or 10 oyad er ~_ ..t. . Pest. Il ion, had ' l 'd a deputation, head . edly N aY, at th e e n- ems_ with Sir_ Gearft " the . _ 8 ,.. i Bishop orßueeispatehes rr....-Reerne office. I , , fr o "ta the r received yesterday, at the Colonial rr7\tinees. - Governors of the North American e '''', is Pateb. r• ° ',oni a l r,fn's Wr'e sent off yesterday evening from the . ' ° „,,'oni e "'" e Q, for the Governors of the West India tn Ihe sari 6 y rn inz of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday .eo,i-' p I .' and La , 4 4ce' s lc,Y Hamilton Chichester have arrived at 'l, from Malt . ia etv/ ,---. " ---- ------1---- 7 ,,, -r tN OR OF BOMBAY. St a - 71.1-te, li e ,-- --I w -e, EDITOR OF THE SUN. . had sti q as rA PO raw r , to . eased to observe that your a . ttention A.- 411 1 0 f bi the manner in which the chairma h n a o s f the dis -I'7e4 of hi I.'etors of the East India Company At l e ttan: elapsed since Patronage. Three months have elapsed ivi t t, - °gth Y r i n the government of Bombay occurred. ,s 1,,,eity.1),1-rita4e,r the town had been inundated for weeks it 6. 4 Europe t various appointments, a gentleman, not ir- '''lng c onrit and himself unconsulted, is fixed upon - 11 4 e kril led e ently believed at the same time by the best ,zi,,Will ncrters°ns, that from ill-health, or other causes, thi;titt,yoa-wttoeulPt the appointment. I would thank you. 'th e r-dut Ind i a explain to the public the mode in which_ lie 0 (Itlestiee patronage is disposed of. . Should ),,- '°tthe•-' he put to one of the ordinary directors, -. Atte •itb tii . si e . l', ho t th ovals you, that he knows nothing 0 . f the .4.. lube o of at it entirely depends upon the . sic_ vole . ~flames w ai r " le chair, as the phrase goes, viz., of r'it 401 R ' that the th a . ° affai r i s elgg- Another will tell you a, 4 11 , and t,eoneocted and arranged between the two oe-hho o , e L'e President of the Board of Control, _Si . r ,!XPrlntra, ; whilst the journals state that toe . nl3 es t rl , t has b e ,ini, eh e e b y th en the result of the unanimous . opinion linty- l ef te at " Court of Directors. Passing by the '% . . 1)0 in I‘. , ti Intiat arise to the State from the unc re_ os ti t s 131 e ' the •!` ,'° public is thus left as to who hit_ It°Por,-, Government or the Company, erfitosyr ofa diernii n , "' ' aroPointment, I must take the lib NithNtial , °ll ,_' th at the President of the Board it. tl e ~ na'ving unfortunately no influence cotne3 eii.'lrectore the whole patronage of India . , ao , ~_ _tir e ], ,„ ' ° Y th„," . darn e ; • I; 7‘ t he merc yy of the aforesaid Chair is a .- oth er ~r Veir Rogg, ~.,r tiy i. am ..,_n. e,2tors for to whom it is abandoned , as a species of compensation t _ e ; I T icioo, e33lstttnce to them when requisite, and h °lnent 9ue ,r rule, I) tsh: n. ce of this is, that at the rescnt i l l c :L' . rner °ll of • Inunci;i_,ti„,Roavnearrifitfhtye different Presidencies, s millions of people, as p e r tio u a ril of sit, ..nvutirely depends upoil eif iibe prejudico, .. : Ro zg, who, from To ral polities , Luaturall h is t aa e t a ur m al s ly n y prefers a Tory to . No ll ' a PPoi nt ; unt if, from any untoward accident, t hat Itilr e, or n/ ..*11t for the moment should be found t h e . a or tiacovenient, he will so arrange Itte..nteotieeee_,rar!,: substitute, or warming pan, may . Ni l aris e , 1 , till the more convenient opportunity Of a : 4 ram ~,,,.,,t. at all events, appoint whom he may, 4 01 : 1 5 , libersrit declare war to the knife against any one load s o ett4„l tei3dencies or comprehensive views, be he titi'have 04, 'reflecting or wise. The people of Eng- Kt great and national interest in the commer li4 this Of the ) , is th e , our Eastern empire ; but they do n . o . t . ,4 toles„ „°4-iy course,orth striving after, nor wilt geti,',4lltioll sue h a They know that m Q en fu w l h y ft . heir a • c l Y , h wisely, and firmly, and suchcer'scolun! rt(?; are riot i 1 to ,gut,,,,,ork out benefits for the mot e great tlikt 4ll , L t ag'e i 1,4 likely to succeed in . the kari-rhour cplonial procuring dep . endencies.They se k e n k o t w o Iliis3e, th e 1, 0 1 with these views, would also htti -41 n% h—clral. and political condition o w f h o io u h r Indian i h er cle. 4l itie, 44 11 claim upon their suppor , 1 14t. ) nor Drejudices, nor intrigues, shall, or can, K. R OF STOCK. A PROPRIETO— . . Ntitpti'il-,ELLIGENCE A,Ther, ~,,,TATTERSALL'S—Y YESTERDAY. Sao instances 4 ' l Et p r . ''s a gai n a very good muster some lila batOorkleranee of layers that Terms than ‘ve I )N, s nbtahled More favourable t remark applies more a rartiui„ •,tratited last week. This h and MarP against enita. and to the Sister to Cobweb laid agaold • s 41 0 q a cl, D ort, 1 400 to 50 having been an .," t ius would + oil, r-t' and 2,u00 ,0 g and 2,000 to 50 . 1 ' 45 to 1, ih hi4l4 ,000 to 2t5 r- e o peatedly, followed L *ere that"s, atitiast the son of Marpessa. but we s hould three fa tN;Bl.:littite hth%ttrti..against several others, at the ei,,. a:,.,1414 4.zs.:loclerl as taken about the obtainable 4.,e1 i p b y eral odds Steeple :::.ile LIN- I !' u Ely s lot were not ewport Panel Cup was just enough to war 'ha.se s 4,,eaa transacted on IlaeN 1 nough to r-44 it quotatiotib' Na ter Cup was ~est e , THE 1T,1N,,. CHASE. 4 t ° I got ILNIT t'Acaqtx, STEEPLE aken ' 6t o 1 1..-tr. Lantbdete viscount—taken 8 t 0 1 7., f )4 . .° 4 1 g trat hRI srswitcher—offe t 9f o 1 a'-' r• C. C. Brookes Eagle t ken 10 t o 1 agst Mr. Pernberton's Latitat—a_ n. • agst Captain Powell's Salute—ta" 1500 t r , c, - 40 agst Mr. irlBerACLPin. -go-Brsgh to 0 ....`"° to 30 a gst Irlr. Ilesseltine's Fitzallen Est Mr. Dawson's Crim. Con. 11 t o 15 t 2 ag8l • J ohn to 131ti-nr. t Fen ~ . 0 2 a Lord - „ ay 8 ....,ot--,,... _____n__ taken 15 t o I ga Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken freely 18 agar kr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 200 i B te 1 agat Mr Most ns Planet—taken t"eolt—taken 30 L ° 1 agst Mr. Pa3uYe's Sister to Cobwe n b Bo t '," 1 St Mr. Mostyn's Glentill—take i a „6' t o I 4gat Mr. Gully's Allertonian . .NO 2A agar Isfr. Bowes's Lunedale—takeno Joinville— ill,— ngst Sir 11. Bulkeley's Brother t 200 0 t --an an afterwards offered 105 ° 5.? ag:tt Alr. Worley's Old Port—taken t!°, „-. Duke tradnroke's Marpessa co taken 1 410 0 t," q " NO t f Richmond's Red Hart— IN tf,` ° agnt Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken en •,%,.." (I °o t,. ~,4 ° agnt Mr. Gull 's Mathernatician—take-ong—t 5'"%,, o - „) asst Mr. A. JYohnstone's Johnny A rr e Ir - ' O O -`" agtit Mr. W. Scott's Chfis_to Th ph _ ii. er ei — v t e a r k _ en take n t • ag1i ... .....C010nel Westenra 8 e 1, ,, a reward ~., Saturday-.--- t o , -ay 1 11 . A BAlmavir7.-----1 ofr Francis ?pitt., 244 tiffered for the apprehension business atf t all % 'tt• ,Aroc,er and draper, carrying .onh._ in Her., ,itrithi et valtenhatn, in Norfolk, and Hltc 1 " , , having - (18 r , Ntlio‘ • h d With felony, he not ttR_,11.41,,,,, , .is c Norfolk, w 8 under making . w it miLt iti b an k be exarnint4 by the Commissioner. s ilifti the oiptcy. Ile is supposed to be Ito tilted States. FAMILIES• \(),_ 1.44, g :4 8ath..,,...7 bESERTION OF WIVES AND offered ,4,,,enty the parish ofke, Chelsea' en each of fourteen 0. ui I'll''tcl*itlll theirtthweedegTtUeasolur e wives and children.ng fro to4ra7, all d escribseeu al eu tw ru enty-nine ktty."3* peg week, varying in age from songood mechanics, l' ti, 14 c*B 1 - ) ni. HLANDERs yx")kkzicE op WAR • OR, THE ---G from the h,/k,1'41-4,aevr work, under the above title, q late of the 62d be popular t4t141:,°: of air)iptansce.' which is said to ht``•coic Moat a share of 'public favour as work, Regiment, is 44 'tions ° f are baltern." The brilliant 8.0,: `•s tr,, , a u sular N'"aoh prenPnds a regular series of the „ ewleikuenlydetro -4",'04! g which f the British arm d ring the Penni.. _ _ et a ~.,it will .150. recollected dthemselves), described incidents 04 sii°ll•ticularly distinguished . The u the Gordon Il!h l l t t l k 8 4 1 ttle.l experience and observation. . that the ‘t‘,`4o:htlkteres are said to be of such a sttrring nature, 'li t -,,,- faithful r Presentations of real events, for general tkllll have Px rd* ry attractions "romance of Wore, tiS well aseatuhosieriato whom the IV 4 OriCire tarniliar.r theme. where the 1441;A/114.E Ptl N lE.The ttli'‘t iji.tc),(4l Wa S ice ,tw and only twice, the' e Ont 1). piarous and cruel species of pe; of poison scene of a ,it, viz",ejeed of those who were 1 y guilty of poison .f boiling to death. The fiist took place the an. 1t„1,,1i ' that of boiling to death. The , ;, 4 1 .r•Jr ' 44 , (1 is recorded in Stow's T " b .A._ e k was boiled in of T114'11.1:.' one Richard Rose euu to the number nnals." " k ,l kt ( ,, _ rer poisoning of divers persons,fßeciester's Pala!!, 1ig114,14R. ii:euwittoirke,ilenthtecl3uirsvvhonpe i e, gentleman, was one, bii It''q hti',!',ltleti to have poisoneet the Bishop himself,hoescape'l ; , h nt of ate no pottage that clay, whereby many died." A.,„„r Poor people that ate thereof, tended ot. rho alluded to ws • it apears g gruel in . o of 4, 4f1j,..'0..,p (Pisher) anda his household; a portic the kqr 41;4'7 had finished their rnpast hoing gi.wn tomt oof th4ll3Ptb. Two ers4,ns only di, d r It' 11 ` , " ~.., ii itilir P eal '' reinainder traPnv nev«.r afterw;.rd s rf , , 4 4 1, q),l tb. Th , - 4 ' - , ~e ~f this putuslw : c !L t b kiplieo t, _ e secontd ‘. st ci t t • L one NI :r g•-r A years af ra Ns hen o.sne og. "ar tt,,_, ',,rva,tit gi I, tk• ouiled to death fur p i 1 ,), ~,r,„ streets . and a ~ mess evtral other persono._ • Smah's THE THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—The Senate in a sitting to-day was engaged in discussing the address to the Throne; the whole was unanimously adapted by the thirty-three members present. The project of law received from the Chambers of Re. presentatives relative to provisions, was referred to the permanent Committee. Between the 14th and 17th of this month, the Empress Dowager of Brazil will pass through Belgium, coming from Portugal, on her way to Germany. Her Majesty travels incognito under the title of Countess of Mindollo. She is going to visit her sister, the Duchess of Hopin Zollen Sigmaringen. The Chamber of Representatives was engaged to-day in the debate on the project of law for the importation of provisions duty free, till the Ist of October, 1847. The report was presented by M. Brabant, at the opening of the sitting, and a debate commenced immediately. The Committee adopting the principle of the law was divided on the question whether the free importation of corn should not be prolonged till the Ist of Dacember, 1847. Two Members were of that opinion, and two other Members had supported the proposal of the Go vernment, vilieh limits it to the Ist of October. M. Osy presented an amendment for prolonging this measure till the 31st December, and extending the ex emption from duty to horned cattle and to flour. He then supported a second amendment, proposed by M. Dela Haye, which differed from his own only in fixing the limit of free importation to the Ist December. The Ministers of the Interior and of Finance, and some other members opposed these amendments, which were supported by their authors and some others, but finally rejected, and the whole law as proposed was unanimously adopted: The Minister of Finance, when he . yesterday deposited the budget of Ways and Means for 1847, made a state ment respecting the condition of our finances. The credit required for all the departments in 1847 amounts, according to the budget presented, to f 1114,280,975 62 The probable receipts as estimated in .the budget of Ways and Means at 114,536,630 LITERATURE. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XL 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, for the purpose of introducing Mademoiselle 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 founded on a well known- plot, anti therefore the spectator can devote his whole atten tion to the development of the plot, to what is going on upon the stage, without clistrnting 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 NV,pping. Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco orieinally sus tained the character, and created quite a furore on the Continent. She will create quite as intense a degree of enthusiasm on the English stage. She is very pretty, has a faultl..ss figure, great energy, most expressive pantomime, and her style of dancing is perfectly Elslrrique. 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 tie - o 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 force is for the moment lost. Her pas de deux with M. Htiguet (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 in 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 beards. Tho ballet was preceded by the new opera of Loretta, which is running a triumphant career of full success, and in which Madame Bishop last evening was more brilliant and more exquisite than ever. It is to be performed every night this a eek, and the energies of the prima donna seem to increase with the calls which are made - 4m - - them. mr; -- Laven uis certainly__ the most fortunate of composers in having such a prima donna to" create the character of his heroine. 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 style emo a st ly a w t a tra s ctive and the most fascinating. The is pe dignity of the thepmulea,r 4, w he it t h h o e u r tider it hoegaating deductionthe 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 Roxburghe Ballads ;" a delightful epitome of the excellences of the Imaginary Conversations, in a notice of " Savage L an d or ' s W or k s ;" 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 " EnFraving ;" 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 en 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 nightly 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 islands and continents, and gathering strength for that final outburst which is to usher in the new heavens and the new earth, ' wherein dwelleth righteousness.' Were 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 promulgated ; it is because men are not sufficiently aware of the properties of matter, of the mysteries of the upper and the under world, of the results of geo logical investigation, of the relations of the celestial bodies; it is because the vision of the majority is re stricted to a most narrow and miserable circle in stead of scanning the profundities of the sky and becausedelving i t n h t e o the people depthsare taught fogohurt more earth ; it is adornments and luxu r i es o f tempo o r re al looking more to the i n fi n it e an d e ternal, that so much to riengsaterdadth ofe ignorance, 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 tage. Were the disclosures of astronomy, geology, and chemistry to be studied in lieu of what is falsely regarded as a politer learning, we believe it would be infinitely more advantageous to the cause of civilisa tion, and would tend more than almost anything to the ultimate regeneration of the human f a mily. We always end eavoure d to i ns i st upon this considera tion whenever we have taken occasion (as we frequently have done, and as we hope to do yet more frequently) to comment upon. the benefits accruing to society from the labours of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, from the annual assemblage of the philosophers of the British Association, and from the periodical meeting of the Manchester Athenaeum. Those laudable and enterprizing bodies haire striven since their formation for the populariza tion of that knowledge which wa.he.ve long regarded as so essential to the moral and intellectual improve ment of the people. Gladly would we behold, for example, the divine science of astronomy systema tized for the instruction of the multitude, and retailed. in our national schools of education. The neophytes of learning might commence with an inquiry into the data already collected in referenice to our own_ (the Solar) system; the forms, the colours, the rela tive distances, the bulk, and the periods of revolution in the thirteen globes as yet discovered revolving roeurnesd, Pallas,theSu Juno, n—Nl Vesta,ereur Atrma, Venus, the Earth, Mars,, Ceres, Jupiter, Uranus, and th e new an d yet na rneles u s P p i l t a e n r e Stu t. a Fr r'. ora n these he mi t gh e t advanceeomets even to the more bewildering re gions of s p ace; h e m i g h t f o ll o w the eccentric orbit beyond the verge of our particular system ; he might eom the mysteries of the awful interval of space between the extremity of our system to the nearest of the fixedi stars, a space which is estimated at the appalling sums of 21 ,000,000,000,000, "twenty- one million millions or miles across in every direction upwards, downwards,. and around us!" He might thus turn to the contem-- plation of the binary system of stars, the yellow star. revolving round the purple star, the ash-coloured ste revolving round the emerald green star. He migl tt - regard the hitherto inscrutable nebulae, those powde - , r ings of light which had been poetically styled str dust, until the glorious telescope of Lord Rosse re solved some of them, and by analogy, the remain( ler into clusters of remote orbs. He might discern lacew, according to Sir W. Herschell, our system is advanc ing towards a point in the constellation Herculis, a',-, the rate of a tenth of a second annually, so that i' is 1 er completeonly be areftveorlUtaionlaposfe its of pthreirstuomened millionsorb of years. He might learn how Encke's comet mov e an hour, and how calculatedBo 880,000 miles by N in ewi ;on to be 2,000 times that of red hot iron, so that it would its th h e eat r w at a e s efB He might le ns- , through space at g astronomers things, that it . among other astonishing was believe that the re Mars and stars situated between Jupiter, namely- Juno, Vesta, and Astrfea—are the frat, ;- require a million . y h e . a n rs to cool. one, which had burst, and that that ments of a larger _ perasllaans,d subsequent lesser pieces projected from the shivered planet."' meteoric stones which had fallen at intervals, are "the- H e might see, as others have seen, caverns in the moon, bCyer°e Ceres, absolutely five miles in depth, and forty miles in diameter. Would not these considerations t en d t o en large his intellect,. ffi to ,. elevate his sentiments, to moderate his self-su eiency, and to render him • otence ? We think so. Sincerely - of Omnipotence humble and moral before so many sublime manifests tions thepolite knowledge then mythology and classical lore. Among the vane( as been advanced respecting the ro we think so ; beyond all have P of comets, we think the bable use or e mploymentf the most in ' emous we have ever following is one 0 rised in g l • a sing e sentence in encountered. It is comp this excellent article the immense portion of their orbits : "Judging from s 'stem, we are disposed to imagine which lie beyond our body ) of some other system is placed in hof their orbits and that in this t systems in the universe are, as it way all the different , by the intercommunication ( f were, united into on tthheatdtihsteanctenfeterauls ot.each Surplus of revenue ..• F 1.255,674 38 We shall publish the whole of this statement in a supplement. The following are some important statements in this document. It appears that the land-tax is estimated to produce in 1847, as in 1846, namely-18,339.750 francs ; the Customs are noted with a reduction of 900,009 francs ; the revenue loses in con sequence of the free importation, Sic., 500,000 francs ; and yet it is calculated that, to complete its supply, it must have imported during 1846, the large sum of 104,287.715 francs. The new law, relative to sugar, has produced the effect which the Government and the Chamber expected. In 1846, the revenue will amount to 3 millions, and it is hoped that it will produce as much in 1847 ; with the ancient laws, it would scarcely have produced 2,500,000 francs. The probable receipt for 1847 is calculated at 14 millions of francs. At this rate, it will produce rather more than 4 per cent. on the capi tal expended, deducting all the expenses. Nov. 18.—The Senate had a sitting to-day, in which it adopted unanimously, without any amendment, the project of law for the importation and the prohibition of the exportation of provisions till the Ist of October, 1847. The Senate then adjourned indefinitely. • The King received to-day the deputation of the Senate, to present to his Majesty the Address, in answer to the speech from the throne. M. de Schierval read the address, to which the King replied :—" Gentlemen, I always receive with pleasure the address of the Senate. Its loyal concurrence in all the measures which may contribute to the public good, gives it a just claim to the gratitude of the country. I thank you, Gentlemen, for the testimony you hear to my devotedness ; it is a powerful encouragement to my lively solicitude for the welfare of our common country.' BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEts, Nov. 14. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent - Loan of Thirty Millions, Four percent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • • Ditto, ditto, 1842 . . . Ditto, 1844. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, 1836.. • • Ditto, 1838 . ..... • • • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • • • . .• Ditto, 1843 .• .. - • • • •• • • 98% Bank of Belgium .. • • •.• • - • 922 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViENNA, Nov. 7. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • . • • • • • • • • 108% 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • .. • • • ••. 99% 3 per Cent. ditto.. • • • • • • • • • • • • 70 Loan, 1834 •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 156 Ditto, 1839 •• .•• ••• . •• Bank Shares .•• • • • • • • • .... ......••••• 1560 Esterhazy's Loan ••• • •• • -••••• • . • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... • 164% Vienna—Milan • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 106% Sienna • ..... .......... Grosetto •••• • • .. ••• • • • Oldenburg •••••••• • • • • • • • • Apenninen • • •• • • ••• • • • .• •• • Pesth Bridge .. • • ...... • • • • • • —Allgemclne &Rung, Nov. le. __ ..... 95% -86 q UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 14. _ s _ The Lord Bishop of Oxford purposes to hold a con firmation at St. Mary's Church, on Monday, November 23, at 11 o'clock, solely for members of the University. Those undergraduates who desire to be admitted must bring with them a sufficient certificate signed by the proper officer of the college, and must attend at St. Diary's Church shortly before the time named. earn ets." That comets inay thus serve es connecting bc,i, ; between all the various systems of suns and plat,. , , scattered through space is, to say the least of i exceedingly probable. Here again . is a paragra p h fraught with the loftiest truth, And consonant w THE SUN, LON noN, TUSI)AY MORNIi',4(3 NOVEMBER 17, .1846. 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 have 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 tha 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 be life—life animal to enjoy his bounty—life intellectual to expound his wis dom—and life moral to love and to fear his name." - Yes ; "Everywhere is matter, everywhere is light, everywhere must be life r When we meet with a publication conveying such glorious principles and such elevating knowledge, and conveying it, more over, in 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, end 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 Rwmur, of Laplace, of Newton, of Herschel', 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 examinirg 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 ! 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 Lode 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 shaTed 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 inquire, how, in attempting to revive the exploded doctrines of Aristotle and the poipaticians, the author explains the accuracy of the calculations of the Newtonian system of ? THE ROBBERY BY A FRENCH- WOMAN. FARNHAM, HANTS, FRlDAY.—Yesterday Mademoi selle Malvina Florentine de Saumarez was brought be fore Mr. W. Thresher, one of the magistrates for Hants, at the offices of Messrs. Paddon4clerks to the magistrates of the Fareham division, to answer a charge of having stolen a cash-box, containing about two hundred sove reigns, two double sovereigns, a guinea, and a cheque upon the Fareham Bank for the sum of 991. 135., the property of Mr. J. Purkis shipbuilder, residing at Fareham, Hants. The prisoner, wha appeared dreadfully ill, was led into the magistrates room in a fainting condition; two me dical gentlemen were in attendance upon her; and several times during the examination she was led out in fits. It was stated that since her apprehension at the Railway Hotel, Nine Elms, on Monday, she had not tasted any food, and it was with the utmost difficulty she could be induced to take any that morning. When asked her name, she stated it to be Malvina Florentine de Saumarez. but who her friends are, or where they reside, she positively refused to answer. The circumstances connected with this extraordinary case have been already so amply detailed that a mere outline of the evidence will be sufficient. It appeared that the prisoner arrived at Southampton from Guernsey about two months ago, and took apartments at a very respectable boarding-house, to the landlady of which she represented herself as the niece of Lady de Saumarez, of Guernsey, to whom she had been on a visit, and that after spending a few days in England, she intended to go by way of Havre de Grace to Paris, where her mother resided. Her ladylike deportment and fascinat ing manners so won upon the lady at whose house she was staying that she introduced the prisoner to the family of Mr. Purkis, at Fareham, at whose house she was invited to stop a week. It was during her stay that she discovered where the cashbox was kept. The pri soner, after the expiration of a week returned to South ampton, first promising that she would return and bid them farewell before she left for France. About a fortnight after, the prisoner (having previously pur chased a cash-box in Southampton) went to Mr. Purkis's house under pretence of bidding the family adieu. She then complain'd of a severe pain in the head, and asked permission to lie down on the bed for a short time, which was readily granted. The prisoner, having left her unsuspecting friends, started back to Southampton, and told her landlady`that she had that day received a remittance of 201. from France, and would settle her account, which amounted to 101.. She. then told her landlady that she intended to take London on her way to Paris, and immediately left by the South- Western Railway for the metropolis. 1 The robbery, however, was not discovered till Satur day last, and suspicion immediately lighted upon the prisoner. A reward of 20/. was offered for her appre hension. Mr. G. Hawes, the landlord of the Railway Hotel, proved her arrival at that establishment, and also what transpired t'iere. Mr. Richards, an ironmonger, of Southampton, identi fied the prisoner as the person who purchased the cash box produced by the superintendent, about a fortnight previously to the robbery. Mr. Purkis, sen., in the absence of his son (the owner of the property), who is at present in Ireland, was unable to speak to the exact amount in the cash-box when it was stolen, but he identified the cheque and an old guinea. Mr. THRESHER asked the prisoner if she wished to make any statement relative to herself or the charge ? The prisoner, in a faint voice, said "No ;" but after wards, in a vehement manner, said, "Don't let the world know I am a De Saumarez." Mr. THRESHER then committed her to take her trial at the Quarter Sessions. The prisoner was removed, sobbing hysterically. She was afterwards taken by the South-Western Railway to Winchester gaol. A MUSICAL DUEL.—Two musicians having quar relled at Athens,—one, the Chevalier Vincenzo Mifsud, who had composd a piece of music entitled La Partenza eroe Marco Bozzari, which he had offered to their Majesties of Greece, and which by them had been gra ciously accepted; the other, Signor Gennaro Fabrichesi, who had presumed to criticise it,—the former called on the latter to appear within 2 . 4 hours, and compose a piece of music, vocal or instrumental; at the same time he would compose another, and both to be locked up together in a room till finished. The compositions of both were then to be submitted to any composer in Europe for his opinion on the merits! A supplement in the Courrier d'Athenes by the Chevalier thus fairly announces:—" If your music should be found preferable to mine, then I am content with your judgment on my duet Marco Bozzari, but if the result of our mutual challenge should be against you, then the discerning public will learn that you depreciate the talent of another from envy . and the insufficiency of your own ability." How this singular duel will terminate time will show. Malta Mail. - -- - PUBLIC SA/TM—For the last three Bass work men have been employed in demolishing the upper part of a new house at the corner of Hart-street and New Oxford-street, the necessity for which we have foreseen for some time past. Is it impertinent for us to inquire how it happens, that, spite of the Act which will not suffer you to touch a brick in a wall without an over looker, spite of the official referees, the registrar, the district surveyor, and the self-interest of the builder himself, a costly structure may be erected which will not stand until it is finished ?— The Builder. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—The arrangements for carrying into effect the Small Debts Act of last session are progressing as rapidly as possible, but it will still be some time before the machinery can be brought into operation. The judges must first be appointed by the Lord Chancellor ; they (the judges) will then have to select competent attorneys to officiate as clerks of their respective courts, and then the treasurers of the several districts will be nominated by the Treasury ; but, in con sequence of the number of persons who have hitherto been employed under local Courts of Requests, and whose vested rights are secured under the new Act, we understand that few, if any, new appointments will re main for clerks and treasurers of the new local courts. — Observer. REMOVAL OF THE SURREY TRAMWAY.—Active preparations are in progress for the removal of this old tramway, one of the first railway works sanctioned by the Legislature of this country for general public traffic. The undertaking was first projected about the close of the last century. Mr. Jessop, a gentleman well known in connexion with the early railway, or more properly speaking, tramway enterprise of the north, being the engineer. The advantages of the system were then be • coming appreciated, and considerable improvements were introduced in the construction of these works. An ap plication was made to Parliament in the year 1801 for leave to construct the line, and a Bill was accordingly granted. The line extended fronoVandsworth to Croy don. In the march of modern locomotion the Surrey Railway has only served as a landmark of the progress of the system, and a recent Act of Parliament authorised the dissolution of the company. The committee to whom is entrusted the winding up of the concern are now making arrangements for the removal of all the works from Wandsworth to the termination of Pitlake Meadow, near Croydon, as also on the branch from Mitcham to Carsbalton. - - METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. — On Saturday, by order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, &c., public notice was given that application will be made in the next session of Parliament for powers to make new streets in various parts of the metropolis, and also for the construction of a new bridge over the Thames, in lieu of the present Westminster-bridge. The improvementscon ten3plated will be found to be, by the followingsynopsis of a most important character. Commencing with the westward part of the metropolis, it is the intention of the Commissioners to construct a new street from the south east end of Charing-cross by the south-west corner of Northumberland House to the north bank of the River Thames, near the end of Whitehall-place, passing through Angel-court, Craig's-court, and Great Scotland yard. From this point the new bridge is to be erected, and a new street formed to the York-road, near Sutton-street, and continued to the Westminster Bridge road, into which place it will come out nearly opposite Mason-street. The next improvement is the construction of a new street from the west end of Long-acre to King street, Covent-garden, coming out into that street opposite Bedford-street : it will cross Rose and Hart-street, and destroy a great many small courts and alleys. The next improvementis form ing a new street from Westminster Abbey to James street, Buckingham-gate, by the destruction of those dreadful dens of infamy lying between Tothill and Or chard-streets. Going to the east end of London, the most important is the formation of a carriage way from Great Tower-hill to Little Tower-hill, by the removal of Postern-row ; at the present time a person wishing to get from the former to the docks having to make a cir cuit of somewhat like a mile and a hell. The next im provement:in that part of the town has reference to the approacheg to Victoria Park. On the south side of the Park a new street is to be formed from the East India Docks, at Poplar, to Bow Common, and from thence passing by the East London Cemetery, across the Mile end-road, and form a junction with Grove-road, which is to be widened, to the south -entrance of the park. From the western entrance a new street will be formed across Bishop Bonner's Fields and Old Ford-road to the Bethnal-green and Cambridge-heath-roads, near the new church at Bethnal-green. Another road is to be formed from the Hackney-road, near the junction with the Cam bridge-heath-road, to the Bishop's-road, and crossing the Regent's Canal, communicate with a road across the west corner of the park to Grove-street-lane, Hackney.. NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATITS. —Mr. Baker held three inquests on Saturday, on the bodies of . persons e who had died suddenly. The first at the Leigh Hh va y n , Mary Church-street, Mile-end, on th e bod y of .M y aged 40. The deceased , about atortmlnittvscionlcde., co s in be : plained of a pain in he r limbs and ' procured the usual reme dies, but di ed a v on Friday, at 12 o'clock. A second inq uest was held at the King s Arms, A ti l m fr e ed pas Ja t m h e a s d , aged six Sho re di months.ditch,The respecting deceased the d fo e a r t s h o m o t e ' suffering from inflammation of the chest, from which ho expired on Saturday morning. The third inquiry was concerning the death of a child named Frederick Liam mom', aged two years. The deceased, cn Thursday last, was playing about the house apparently well, but died the same day at two o'clock. The jury, in each case, returned a verdict of " Natural death." A fire broke out on the 9th in the harbour of Bor deaux, on board the Desire brig. Only two men were on board at the time. They were at supper, when ace dentally the candle fell, and set fire t communicated the flames to the vest, was at anchor close to the Ciaronn thought necessary to cut the moorin vessel, and let her float away. She was carried by the' current to some distance, and at last foundered opposite the Royal dockyard. No injury was caused to any other vessel. ,orne tow, w As the 1) teamer )urrni HAYMARKEI. Mr. Lester, from the Theatre Royal Manchester, made his first appearance before a metropolitan audience in the character of Viricentio d'Estella in Webster's musi cal drama The Little Devil. Mr. Lester is no other than Mr. Wallack, 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 clear sonorous voice, the same freedom and grace of action for which Wallack is so distinguished. He 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 created the character. This gentleman will,prove a great acquisition, not only to the Haymarhe Theatre, but to the metropolitan corps dramatique. We anticipate great things from him, as the representative of the high-bred, high spirited gentleman of legitimate comedy. His Vincentio was very good; but, if we are not mistaken, his Charles Surface and his Benedict will be much better. He Rill make all the cha racters of the Charles Surface school his own. It is needless to add that his success was complete. The Little Devil was preceded by Lovell's chef dceuvre, Look before You Leap, and followed by Buckstone's farce, A Kiss in the Dark. The house was very well filled. OLYMPIC. 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 pentent; 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 judge 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 Gardeii ' 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 fitted 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 Aileron 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, Thomas, 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 William Tell, by Rossini, was admirably performed ; its wild and melodious parts were given in the true beauty a nd 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 readers are.probably not aware of . th . e caus e which led that great ma ster of the v iolin (Pagannu) to compose this fantasia, we may state "that on a h-autiful summer evening, Paganini fell asleep under the" Haunted Walnut Trees of Benevento." He dreamed that a host of witches, headed by go blin musicians, appeared to him, dancing, laughing, screaming, i ing, and performing indiscri bable gambols. For some tune after, the melody of the goblin minstrels, and the crie s of the witches, were ever present to his mind. and thus haunted be wrote the humourous various on contra dan za, " Dello Streghe ; or The Comic Dance of the Witches round the Walnut Tree of Benevento," as descriptive of the scene. Among the other entertainments of the evening was a new polka, called the "Victoria and Albert," composed expressly for these concerts by Pugrii, the "Royal Hunt," a new quadrille, by Callcott, 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 ophicleide. Mr. Henry Distin performed several solos on the Sax ' tronsba and the alto Saxon horn, in his best style ; and Mr. Distin was most deservedly encored in his wonderful performance of a fantasia 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 negro melodies, in many of which he was most enthusiastically encored. The whole of the concert was most ably conducted by Mr. Negri, and led by [ Messrs. Thirlwall and W. Th omas . 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 the down," in 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. He has our best wishes for his success, and he heartily deserves them. WORKING MEN'S CHESS Cum.—On Saturday evening a meeting of working men was held in Bunhill row, for the purpose of forming a chess club. DON CARLOS:—A. correspondent writes on:the 4th from Genoa:—"lt is said that Don Carlos, who lives re tired in this town with the Princess of Beira.and a very small establishment of servants, intends to remove to Venice. It is said that his two sons, who have been in the service of the King of Sardinia, have been made Generals in the Austrian army. They have neither of them any great experience, in the art of war." NEW AFFLICATION OF THE ELECTRIC T ELE GRAPIL—On Thursday a workman, named John 11L ttam, left the Chesterfield station in a railway carriage, taking his day'& dinner with him, but on reaching his destina tion he left his beef, potatoes, and cabbage in the car riage. Having communicated his loss to the qation clerk, the telegraph was set to work, and tho answer quickly obtained, stating that the dinner was found, and that it would be sent back by `the next train. A letter from Metz states that the conferences which were to be held between the agents of the French and Prussian Governments, to regulate the conditions for a prolongation of the railroad frsm Metz to Saar buck, are postponed. M. Leverrier, the discoverer of the new planet, is appointed to the new chair of mathematics, applied to astronomy, in France ; a n d M. Charles, professor at the Polytechnic School, to the chair for the higher branches of geometry. GRAND POLISH BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDHALL TO -MORROW, WEDNESI;AY.—We are informed that the prospects of this entertainment are most cheering, 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 th.ir admission to this scene of brilliancy, and we w. old exhort othurs, whose benevolent feelings for this praiAeworthy obj , et, or a wish of enjoying a rare and , eautiful sight, who have not yet determined, to pro cure tickets, which are still at their original price, ,h e r, by, they whl please themselves and coutribute to a cause, which enjoys a deserving sympathy at the hands of the British public, BALLIOL COLLEGE. An election to two open scholarships in this college will take place an the 29th of this month. Candidates must present to the Master, on the 23d instant, certifi cates of their birth and baptism, together with testi moniels of character from the persons by whom they have been educated. LINCOLN COLLEGE. An election to a fellowship and to an exhibition will be holden on Thursday, the 3d of December. The fellowship is open to natives of the county of York, with a preference to natives of the old arehdeaconry of York. Candidates for the exhibition must be natives of th. diocese of Durham, or of Northallertonshire, or Howden shire, in the county of York, of Leicestershire, par ticularly the parish of Newbold Verdun, of Northampton shire, or Oxfordshire. Candidates must present to the rector testimonials of good conduct, together with proper declarations of the place of their birth, before 10 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the Ist of December. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 14. MATRICULATION, 1846. Noblemen. F.C. Pensioners. Sizars. Total. King's... 0 ... 0 ... 3 ... 0 ... 3 Trinity ... 1 ... 2 ... 120 ... 7 ...130 St. John's... 0 ... 2 ... 71 ... 18 ... 91 St. Peter's ... 0 ... 1 ... 18 ... 1 ... 20 Clare Hall ... 0 ... 1 ... /3 ... 1 ... 15 Pembroke ... 0 ... 0 ... 5 ... 0 ... 5 Caius 0 ... 0 ... 35 ... 0 ... 35 Trinity Ha 11... 0 ... 2 ... 5 ... 0 ... 7 Corpus ... 0 ... 0 ... 21 ... 2 ... 23 Queen's ... 0 ... 2 ... 18 ... 3 ... 23 Catherine Hall 0 ... 0 ... 15 ... 0 ... 15 ... 0 ... 0 ... 9 ... 0 ... 9 Christ's ... 0 .. 0 ... 23 0 ... 23 Magdalene ... 0 ... 0 ... 8 ... 1 ... 9 Emmanuel ... 0 ... 0 ... 22 ... 0 ... 22 Sidney 0 ... 0 ... 3 ... 0 . . 3 Downing ... 0 ... 4 ... 0 ... 0 ... 4 1 14 389 CLARE HALL. 33 437 John Wardale, 8.A., has been elected a fellow of this society. TRINITY COLLEGE. Henry Leary, 8.A., has been appointed Assistant Master of Harrow School. John Smith, 8.A., has been appointed one of the Masters of Brighton College. THE CHURCH. The following appoin tments have taken place:— The Rev. Edward G eor g e Childe, 8.A., of Trinit y College, to the v ic ara g e of Cleobury-Mortimer, Salop. Pa T tr h o e n, R m ev r . . C W ha . r L ie . s C ß h e i l njm Childe.—Value, of Trinity College, to the rectory of Utley, Suffolk, Patron, Earl of Abergavenny.—Value, 5101. The Rev. Charles Babington Jeaffreson, 8.A., of Pem broke College, to the perpetual curacy of the New Church at Heaton-Norris, Manchester. The Rev. Henry Paul Measor, M.A., of King's Col lege, to the Prior's portion of Tiverton, Rectory, Devon. Patron, King's College. The Rev. Charles William Lohr, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, to the vica ra g e of Bedingham, Norfolk. —Value, 1501. The Rev. Septimus Nottidge, 8.A., of Jesus College, to the rectory of Ashingdon, Essex.—Value, 2541. The Rev. Thomas Nowberry, M.A., of Queen's Col lege, to the rectory of Hinton St. George, and Seaving ton St. Michael, with Dinnington, Somerset. The Rev. C. L. M. Phillipps, M.A., of Magdalene College to the vicarage of Queeniborough, Leicestershire. —Value, 85/. The Col lege, ,h et R R a en e v v J .h . Jono o ho s rn e a p Fr h honorary canonry Cotter, e il m l n M A . o Norwich of, s f t. St.pe Cathedral.t J e r o , h s ns Co l- College, has been appoint e d D e e m an an ftura . l o " f Lynn. Regis. THE EXETER AND CREDITON RAILWAY.—The directors of this undertaking have given notice to the Bristol and Exeter Company that their line will be ready for opening on the 22d of December next, re questing, at the same time, the Bristol and Exeter to work dab line on the same terms that their own rail way is worked by the Great Western Company. We understand that an arrangement to this effect has been come to. FAMINE IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. On Sa turday the total amount subscribed in London for the relief of the suffering poor in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland was 2,2701. Cs. 10d. We are happy to announce that Captain Sir Ed ward Parry, the celebrated Polar voyager, is to succeed Captain Carter, as superintendent of Haslar Hospital. This acknowledgment of scientific services will be ac ceptable to the navy generally. Few officers on the list have better qualifications for the situation than Sir Edward Parry, whose urbane and gentlemanly demean our is universally known. Cnuacn EXTENSION.—A new church, dedicated to St. Paul, in the recently-formed parish of Denholme Gate, near Bradford, Yorkshire, has just been com pleted, and will be conse cra t e d by the Lord Bishop of Ripon on Friday next, the 20th instant. M. Benedict has retnrned.to his residence inMan chester-square for the season, f r ,n n a professional tour in Germany and France. We are glad to hear that M. Benedict has been entrusted with the composition of a new opera, which will be produced by M. Leon Fillet, director of the Aeadamie Royale, at Paris. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF FIELD - MARSHAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Engraved by Wagstaff, from a Painting by Count D' br s ay. Count D'Orsay has here produced the most truthful and characteristic portrait of the Duke of Wellington that has ever been published. It is not merely a fac simile of the features of the Duke, but it is a perfect transcript of the expression of both the features and the figure of the Duke, and all who have seen the Duke even only once .annot fail to be struck with the remarkable and characteristic expression of his figure. The portrait was painted during the course of the present summer. Count D'Orsay had the advantage o 7 several sittings from his Grace, who has, we understand, expressed himself highly satisfied both with the picture and the engraving. The engraving is one of the finest ever produced. As a work of art it is most valuable—as an accurate likeness of " the foremost man. of all this world," it is invaluable. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH SCOTI.AND. — The Rev. Wentworth Bowyer, M.A., has been appointed minister of Trinity Episcopal Chapel, Dean's-bridge, Edinburgh. The King of Bavaria has quite recovered from his recent indispositien. His Majesty has just conferred on the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, who is still at Munich, the distinguished order of St. Hubert. MR. BOUVERIB'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. We understand that alterations on the most ex tended scale have been commenced at the Surrey Zoo logical Gardens. A new entrance, with Gothic lodges, a terrace-walk, three hundred feet in length and twenty. five in width, with fountains, statues, &c., will lead direct to the glass conservatory. The new entrance will have the ' advantage of being nearer to town and the Kensington road, and will be worthy of an establishment which stands so high in public estimation. A WOMAN FOUND WlLD.—About three weeks ago a young woman, twenty-two years of age, and of the name of Catherine Stewart, living in Brown street in the Merkinch, left home, and nobody knew where she had gone, until a day or two ago she was discovered in the woods of Leachdin, some herds having been attracted to where she lay by her shrieking or singing. She had rolled herself up in moss till she had made herself as round as a ball. She had thus lived for seventeen days, subsisting, it is supposed, on nothing but moss. She was taken home immediately, almost reduced to a skeleton. She is recovering, but on account of the great shake such an unexampled state of existence for so long a time must have given the constitution, the progress is naturally slow. It was never thought she was was wrong - in the mind, though she was observed duller than usual for some time back.—lnverness Journal. FATAL ACCIDENTS.-011 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 previous to his death, a man of the name of Thomas Mahony also died in the hospital from injuries received from falling from a ladder, while at work on the premises of Mr. Osborne's nursery grounds, Fulham. On Sunday morning a sermon was preached before the Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff Kinnard, Lord' Dudley Stuart, Sir Chapman Marshall, and Mr. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, by the Bishop of London, in aid of the funds for the support of the parochial national schools of the district. 'The church, which is calculated to accommodate upwards of 2,000 persons, was completely filled upon the occasion. The appeal of the Bishop was liberally responded to, and a collection, amounting to 551., was the result. A sermon was also preached in the evening, by the Rev. Mr. Herbert Seymour, M.A., ii:rmerly evening lecturer at St. George's Church, Southwa.rk, and after a most ea: rnest appeal in aid of the funds for supporting the set idols of this most populous and distrest;ed district, an ad , litional sum of 411. was liberally contributed. Up wards of 2,000 persons were also present .on the latter oc , easion. GEN BEAL REDUCTION IN ST EA PrIBOLI. FAR ES.-- '3n Sunday - , in consequence of the competition existing on the River Thames, the fares of nearly all the steamers underwent a permanent and very extensive reduction. The fares are now consequently, between Gravesend and London, Gd. each person; between Woolwich, Green wich. and LOnrlon-brid_7e, 3d. and 4d. each; between thc latter pier and Chelsea, 31.; and between London hrirlge Ittld Nine . Eling Railway Station, '20.; a similar fare is also all that is charged for conveying passengers bet .% cell. lluugerford-market and Chelsea. Other boats ran during yesterday, between London and Wesb - ninster bridges, at the extraordinary low fare of one halfpenny e ach person. - -, -~--~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov.. 16. The Lord Chancellor sat in his CGurt at IVestminster to-day, at ten o clock, and proceeded with tte hearing of appeals. EYRE V. GREEN. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce,. were resumed, and concluded to-day. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment- BELL AND OTHERS V. THE EARL OF lIEXBOROUGH AND OTHERS..-.-TRE DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAIL.. WAY COMPANY. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, allowing a demurrer, put in by two of the defendants, named Adolphus Capel and John Allen, to the bill of the plaintiffs, on the ground of want of equity. The bill was filed by all the shareholders of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Company, except those who had been made defendants, against those persons who constituted the provisional and managing commit tees, for the purpose of having the accounts of the com pany taken, and also to compel the defendants to take up the shares allotted to them, and pay the deposits upon them. Among the defendants who had not taken up their shares and paid their deposits, were the Earl of Mexborough, Lord Loftus, Capel, and Allen, the names of all of whom appeared in the prospectus as members of the provisional committee. Those persons declined taking up their shares, on the ground that not having signed the deed, they could not be compelled to do so, and the defendants Capel and Allen demurred to the bill for want of equity. 'Che Vice-Chancellor of England allowed that demurrer, and hence the present appeal. Mr. Stuart and a gentleman behind the bar tzppeared in support of the appeal; and Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Daniel supported the decision of the Court below. The arguments, not having concluded when the Court rose, were ordered to be proceeded with to-morrow. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 16. ROBINSON V. WALL Lord LA.NGDALECielivered judgment in this cause to day. He said the present bill was filed for the specific performance of a contract entered into by the plaintiff and the defendant for the sale of the estate of a bank rupt, together with his wife's interest therein, they being the bankrupt's assignees. Lord Mostyn was desirous of purchasing the same. It appeared that. the assignees were of opinion, that in disposing of the property of the bankrupt (Sir Thos. Champneys)) they would be benefiting all' the parties interested, and it was therefore determined to put up the same to auction. Lord Mostyn, before the sale took place, offered 5,0001. for Lady Mostyn's interest in the property, and for the interests of the bankrupt and his assignees a sum of 30,0001., making altogether 35,000/. An agreement was then en tered into, that Lord Mostyn should have the property for the above sum of 35,000/. it no one exceeded him in bidding at the auc:ion. A deed was then, executed to this effect, which imposed no conditions other than these specified jin the deed, by which, if there were any higher bidder, Lord Mostyn should be released fro:n his contract. The bidding of Lord Mostyn was to be, in fact, considered reserved. He was of opinion that the words of the deed led to the supposition of a sense different from what were really the intentions of the parties. At a meeting of the creditors of Sir Thomas Champneys in the beginning of October, 1838, it was resolvel th at the estate should be sold in a few days afterwards, and it was then also agreed that the sum of 35,0001. should be considered s reserved bidding. That of course must be considered bs having reference to the bidding of Lord Mostyn, that acing the sum stipulated by him for the property. The sale took place, and it was expressly stated in the parti culars of that sale that the property was to be sold with out reserve. There were several bidders, and the bid ding of Lard Mostyn was exceeded by Mr. Flight, who employed Wall, who bid 49,0001, and became the pur chaser of the property. However, Sir Thomas Champneys dying . shortly afterwards, the in terest of the assignees in the property ceased. A bill was then filed to enforce the pur chaser to fulfil his contract, which, as the pur chase had become a losing concern. Mr. Flight refused to perform, contending that the sale was not unreserved in consequence of the stipulation that existed with Lord Mostyn. It had, indeed, been excepted that no such advantage as reservation existed towards Lord Mostyn. In one sense, indeed, there was no reservation, inasmuch as Lord Mostyn might be exceeded in bidding; but in the strict sense there could be no doubt that the contract that had been entered into was a reservation. He was of opinion that the auction bad not been properly con ducted, and that the contract should not be performed. He would, therefore, dismiss this bill, with all the costs, except in the answer whereby Mr. Flight denied the authority of Wall. PERRY V. MEADOWCROFT. Mr. KINDERSLY resumed his arguments for the de, readmits. Mr. SPENCE followed on the same side. The Court rose at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Non. 16. (Before the VicE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) 7N THE NATTER' 01 0 THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH. COAST RAILWAY. This case came before the Court upon the petition of a lady named Clithero, praying that the sum awarded to her for compensation from the railway company might be laid out, and the dividends paid to her. His HoNoun made the order as asked. The Court, after disposing of the cases of Carter and Gill, and Tamlyn and Reynolds, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY V. DIMES. The bill in this case was filed originally so far back as the year 1838, and the object of that bill was to compel the Lord of the Manor of Rickman: , worth, in Hertfordshire, to give the Grand Junction Canal Com pany a perfect title to certain lands purchased by them for the purpose of forming their canal. The circum stances under which that bill was filed may be thus stated. In the year 1797 the company purchased the lands in question, under Acts passed in their behalf in the reign of George 111., of a persan of the name of Joseph Skidmore, who held them as copyholds from the Lord of the Manor. Skidmore conveyed the lands by bargain and sale to the Canal Company, but that com pany was never admitted by the Lord of the Manor. At the time of the sale, a gentleman of the name of Whitfield was Lord of the Manor at Rickmausworth, which he devised to Robert Williams, as trustee, for sale, and he, subsequently to the year 1818, when his testator died, sold the manor to Henry Windale, who by his will devised all his real estates to Ambrose Bohan and Windale Martin in fee, and executed a mortgage of the manor in fee to Dimes, the principal defendant in the suit, and died in the year 1836. The defendant Dimes, in the year 1838, having foreclosed and claiming to be entitled to the legal estate in the lands, caused an obstruction to be placed across the canal, and an injunction was applied for to pre vent him from doing so. Upon thii application the Court directed the trial of an issue, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the lands were copyhold or not, and it being found that they were, the Court continued the injunction that had been granted, and the cause now came on for hearing. The bill, which had been twice amended, after setting forth these facts, charged that upon every descent of the manor the land was entitled to certain fines amounting to two -years value, and prayed that the present lord of the manor (whether the legal estate was vested in Dimes or the devisees of Win dale) might be decreed to admit the plaintiffs to the lands in question, or the heir at law of Jost ph Skidmore, the original vendor as a trustee for them, up 'n payment of whatever sums might be due to the lord in the nature of fines. The devisees of Windale, by their answers, disclaimed all interest in the lands which were the sub ject of the suit, and thereby admitted Dimes to be the present lord of the manor ; and it was contended for him that it was not compulsory upon a lord of the manor to admit a corporation to lands held of the manor, and con sequently that he was not compellable to admit the plaiati Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. Busk appeared for the plaintiff's ; Mr. Bethel!, Mr. Humfrey, and Mr. Swythes for the defendant Dimes ; Mr. 112ndall ap peared for the devisees of Windale ; and Mr. S. Russell for the heirs of Skidmore. Mr. Humvauv resumed his arguments on behalf of the defendant Dimes. Mr. STUART having replied, The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment, declaring that the heir, according to the custom of the manor of Skudmore, was the party who ought to be admitted tenant upon the court-roll, and that when admitted he would be trustee of such estate as he got by the admis sion for the corporation. His Honour also directed that the corporation should pay the fine and fees of admission, and referred it to the Master to ascertain what the amount of the fee was, and also to inquire who was the heir of Thomas Skudmore. The costs were ordered to be taxed and paid by the plaintiffs, and then recovered over again from the defendant. The Court rose at half-past three o'clock. (Before Sir J. N o , ere After some unimportant motions R h: i s md_. h been c e , e n disposed of the arguments in the case of B l air Court. re sumed and cont' ( in ß u ef e o d re til s l i th r BRUC E .)je.rks-mgofte STEWART V. RIISHBY. con sideredne that t he p roper order would be that an account saind i t s h rl ist o t N h o er t Tw g a a c v e onevdidireencetieofs t i h n e t c h o i n s t c r a a s e e t, t a o n -d d a h y e . the time of the bankruptc. should be taken of the debts of Mulholland and Co. at COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 16. MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIALS. Lord DENMAN intimated that the Court considered that rules for new trials ought to be granted in the fol lowing cases:—Davis v. Williams, Lyndhuss v. --, and not granted in the following :—Halo v. White, Doe Dem Davies v. Davies, Bermagem - v. Vaugham, Roberts v. Williams, Rawson, v. Anderson, Bat v. Ridley, v. Bett. LIBEL--THE QUEEN V. THE REV. JOSIAH BA.RTLETT—. JUDGMENT OF THE COURT. This case was tried at the last Summer Assizes at Hereford, before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and excited considerable interest throughout the whole county at the time. The defendant was indicted for a libel on his wife's sister, Mrs. Tolzer, and with therefore committing a breach of the peace. The jury found him guilty of the charge. The case was subsequently re moved into this Court. Sir F. TREBIGER prayed the judgment of the Court upon the defendant, who presented himself on the door of the ee.urt. 1 Mr. Justice ERLE read the judge's n3teg of the evi dence adduced at the trial; and the defendant handed in an affidavit, covering several folios, which was read by the clerk of the court. It set forth that he-had been married fifteen years to his wife, that they had had six children, and that during the nine years they had lived together the greatest affection had subsisted between