The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

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Joint Stock ..........10 - )COCNI. and Westminster. .. 20 11111 Provincial of Engld. 35 .. .. . .. .... to - 1 1 .,, t ; t0 . 1 1a1 of Ireland ............ 22 1 ' - ... .. to - 101ueial of Ireland to -- ' l % 1:146 of Australia ............ 25 - ),_ "" of Loudon ........ ...... 10 - MINES. 71triltlel Route, Unregistered - - Ilea , Itok--In yesterday's List, read Lancaster and Carlisle " este- 94 instead of 10 3 / 4 to 10 ; and Lond on an d North na to 1941/2. I•LEN /13 'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY. Nbo , 4 D EC. B.—Wind N. by W., moderate breeze, and tecl James Napier sailed from Patagonia for the gbtl4ll3 , 1' .fate bEe s, 7 and.— - Wind N.N.W. not since been heard of. '. •to E.N.E., strong and bolt°, Roseberry, Young, Cape of Good Hope; Queen, Chin ,• Astarte R o berts, St. Vincent's ; Glaphyra, t i "v x natt's ; Pioneer, Graham, New Orleans. DRC. 7.—Wind N. to E.S.E., strong.—Arrd. '‘arzt.,,tLGtierdon Toronto. Off port, Christina, Baker, rtercul • IfZeap oo es, Lightfoot, Quebec. i NC% L , DEC. 7.—Wind light.—Arrd. Lady 4 Mitchell, itchell, Port Wallace ; Templeman, Valparaiso. it °ll ll' B, °PI, Sanders, Havannah ; Spartan, Thompson,. St. p:l4lo'slew Brunswick ; Ulysses, tinter, Pir . ouet, Monte Vide , o l ; ei73411, xarehwad,oes ; Thames, tY, Marienburg, Rio Janeiro ; Princess Roy a , f .,ltgr ix ork. Lawson, Savannah ; Rochester, f t : 4 14, 11 ,,? 3, toEc. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Nereid, Bombay. S - ' I P- , Dt 4 The Ann Campbell, of North Shields, onderlan . A7tou, 2 4 - d to this port, was stranded on the coast near tbi t Oak T lust, crew saved. qo - fted Ettc IRRA Nov. 19.—A ship, waterlogged and s i 'ws passed 11 th inst., lat. 45 long. 18, by the 40' trs, adbe_f_'• arrived here. P' 14 Y1Or 4 f e \ * 7 . --Wind N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Prince Al e hi l•tm' •-coeb H et. fetiizAltc. 7 . —Wind N.E.—Arrd. Emanuel, Harens, 41.41440m,te1a, to stop a leak. B litult Petite Madeira, 7.—Wind N. N. E., moderate .—Sid. • r;tbow,kl " l adeira, &c., and Brazils. Opr 6th. E tti lt i b te. PIL L , D e bert, 3.Arrd. Seppings, Mackintosh, Quo ...Ja ditto. 1. 11 -18 'erst., D Ee• 6 .—Clio (of Padstow), Quebec. 011, A c Ee ' 7 . -'Wind N.N.E. fresh.—rrd. Gam *lce, s e n t ; sld. Oct. 26. Sid. Appleton, Oliver; Adelaide, touet,,s'lnroerson New Orleans Bevedi.roE„r?c'. s.—Arrd. Collinft, Chadwick, Quebec. e tWp oir y, Dird, Batavia. 7th, Clio, Quebec. Sid- Garnett, Nickol, Grenada. •krt ui ,' Arrd. Bolivar (of Waterford), Quebec. ~,1 1 St °41 ., au t. .„ s DEC. ,. .-Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Lovely v i pktt,b c g t. John's, Newfoundland, 4 0 , 1 Alt % T;d.--Wind N.W.—Arrd. Bache M‘Luers, Q ebec. 4 iler t le-roixT, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Eagle, Newry, for u Lon- Itli„ A ltoo t ak t ,Y , &c. 6. Ayrshire, Mackay, Quebec. Gra ygsp-t3, f ro E' T ij EC• 7 . —The St. Jean, Buttez, of and for to.b kid bil ge d got on the Main near Birchington (2 2, 1tpr oti ,ged,z Crew saved. 1..,0 eck, ,e • ome wr with a sail marked T A - quern has been picked up here. 14 near tn OT, DEC. 7.—The vessel reported yesterday on t, 4 3' t o s t ills place i s th e T om an d M ary , E gne tt, from ` ' b a nsea; is disch arg i ng , an d is expected off. 1)0! to th x e• s . —The Jane, Gears-, bound to Sligo, has put V. I s Port leaky, and with Part of cargo thrown over- A 4 11 11 4.12,8, h tsn d- ws, NIN.W. to N.E.—Arrd. Lime. fi(\gel, i ramichi ; Orynthia. Watson, Miramichi ; Sa tt,ttL--nZlTtlfilerford, Quebec ; Sir F. Bond . Head, Allen, nigh t e following vessels, in entering the harbour fli,; (l W, of In on the Herd Sand and remain :—The th"Neo Affveruess, from Queensferry ; the Clunie, Ma 4taftro'Ce,,nee to Aberdeen Dundee; thrown overboard ; and w. gat ele,,,7,, 3o l(enzie, hence' to i.OObuUL _nrater, and burnt to the water's edge. RISE, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Sylvanus, Robson, Quebec. DEC 7 . —Wind N. by E.—Sid. Prince of Wales, John's New Brunswick. 1 00. 41 1zi t „,, r , NOTICE TO MARINERS. tied" , off DaC. 6.—A new pole was placed on the Gear aft, L3 ," 4 Place yesterday, in lieu of the one lately car kiat 17 . 4 x-ET NEws._(THIS DAY.) RAT MAILTLETs. (1 1 0 to 51 D . - -lkleadow Hay, 21 5s to 41 ; Clover ditto at th ; and Straw, 11 10s to 11 13s per load. Trade e above quotations. C", 3/ air 5 LOu.- 111 eador Hay, 2/ 83 to 4/ 2s ; Clover, to 41 16 sStraw, 1/ Ils to 1/ 14s per load. ht l ,Z . ,e supply and a steady demand. alil t " 1 -...--Ateadow Hay, 2/ 58 to 4/ ; Clover 14131 7 go od t° 01 and Straw, I/ 105 to 1/ 13s per load. , and trade rather dull. _ I L9rk, t 'Ward Coffin has concl u d e d hi s i nvest i gat i ons 7 ... !s to the extent of destitutinn, and has re '"lle--Edinburgh Witness. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER s, 1846. PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords pre sent were Lord Brougham, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. B iron Parke, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust (Judge of the Prerogative Court), the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. GORDON V. HORSFALL. Mr. L. WlGRA;i7eplied to day on this appeal; and': Their Lonnsmrs postponed their judgment. HER MAJESTY'S PROCTOR V. THE SOLICITOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Upon this case being called on, Lord BaouctrAm, perceiving Lord Campbell (the pre sent Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) sitting without the bar, among the Queen's Counsel, observed to his Lordship that there could be no doubt that he had a right as a Privy Oiuncillor, though the principal party in the cause to sit within the bar. He recollected that such a course was pursued by Mr. Sheridan, in a case in which he (Lord Brougham) and Mr. Warren were counsel against him, and he could not forget also, that upon that occasion Mr. Sheridan not only argued his own cause, but did that which he was sure Lord Camp ball would not do, abused the counsel that were against him. Lord CAMPBELL felt indebted to their Lordships for their pipffered courtesy towards him as a privy coun cillor, but following the example set him by Lord Holt he would waive his right to sit within the bar, and prefer, as Lord Holt did, to remain by the side of his counsel, to offer asy suggestions that might be ne- ces3ary. Lord BROUGHAM believed that upon the occasion alltv'ed to by the Noble Lord, Lord Ilolt sat with his bat on, and instructed his Counsel. Lord CAMPBELL f It no desire to exert such a privi lege, bat in doing so he was anxious that his not wear ing his hat, or sitting within the bar, should not be considered as a waiver on his part of any right his suc cessors in office might claim. Loral BROUGHAM observed that there could be no doubt of the right of the Noble Lord, if he chose, to sit within the bar. Lord Campbell retained his seat outside the bar, and after a short discussion the case proceeded. The matter came before their Lordships upon an appeal from the decision of the Chancery of York, and the question in the case was, whether her Majesty, or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was entitled to letters of administration to the effects of an old lady named Ann Rothwell Wignall, who died without any apparent next of kits. The Chancery of York decided in favour of the claim of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and from that decision the present appeal was brought by her Majesty's Proctor, on her Majesty's behalf, to their Lordships. The Queen's Proctor, the Solicitor• General, and Mr. Chetton, were counsel for the appellant ; and Mr. James Parker, Dr. Jenner, and Mr. Ellis, appeared in support of the judgment of the Court below. The case, it is expected, will occupy two or three days. CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) SPOTTISWODE V. CLARHE.7- PICTORIAL ALMANAC. Mr. STUART, at the sitting of the Court to-day, applied in this case, in which his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England refused yesterday to dissolve an injunction he had granted ex parte, restraining the defendant from publishing a work, entitled Old Moore's Pictorial Almanac, in imitation of The Pictorial Almanac, published by the plaintiff, for leave to give notice of motion for Thursday to discharge his Honour's order. His LORDSHIP granted the application. STOCKER V. DAWSON. The remaider of the day was occupied with the further arguments in this part-heard appeal. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND). SHALE v. BECKFORD. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) FINCH V. SECKER AND ANOTHER. This was the petition of two infant plaintiffs, praying for a reference to the Master to make certain inquiries, with the view of compelling the defendants to execute the trusts of a will. It appeared that Mary Shield, the testatrix, by her will, of March, 1841, after directing the payment of her debts, &c., devised the residue of her property, consisting of an estate of 3501. a year and large personal effects, to Mary Finch, for her use during her life-time, on condition of her remaining single, and after her demise, to go to the plaintiffs, her niece and nephew; but in the event of her marrying, she was to have an annuity of 301. a year, and the residue was then to go to the plaintiffs and their heirs. The testatrix. by a codicil to her will, appointed John Seeker and James Mason her executors, and for the trouble they would be subjected to, she bequeathed them a sum of 1001. each. She subsequently revoked the appointment of Mason, and substituted a Mr. Bryant, one of the defend ants, and he contended that he was entitled to the legacy of 1001. under the testament of the testatrix. This claim was opposed. Mrs. Finch had married and consequently forfeited her right to the residue of the property of the testatrix, which now became vested in the infant plaintiffs. It appeared that certain funeral expences had been incurred for the interment of the testatrix, which had been de frayed by two of the legatees, but which it was eon. tended were too exorbitant and were resisted by the exe cutors on that ground. Messrs. Cooper and Hall appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Bacon for the defendants. His lloNona granted an order for the master to en quire into the circumstances of funeral expences, and to state special circumstances. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) HOLDSWORTH V. GIBSON AND OTHERS. On the opening of the Coutt, the evidence on behalf of the defendants was proceeded with. Major Ford, an officer in the army, examined—l was in Plymouth in 1845, and was then a temporary member of the Royal Western Yacht Club. I saw Dr. Holds worth and Mr. M'Donald there at the club. I was in Plymouth three months. I recollect meeting Dr. Holds worth and Mr. M'Donald one night in July, when I went from the club in company with them and some others. We were invited to sup at Mr. M'Donald's lodgings. We had an excellent supper, and we played both before and after supper. We did not play very high before supper, but we did after. We played at ecarte, which was proposed by Mr. M'Donald. The latter played against me the whole evening ; and Dr. Holdsworth always bet on Mr. M'Donald's side, The stakes got higher as the evening advanced. As far as I know, the cards were the same throughout the evening. M`Donald wo n everything. Dr. Holdsworth moved about a good deal, but he mainly stood behind my back, and could see my cards if he desired. The king is considered a capital card at ecarte. If a person has a king. he is sure to win every game. On that oc casion M'Donald turned up a king almost every time, and I remarked 1 never saw such turning up before. We played till early in the morning. My losses to both were about 1,075/. Shortly afterwards I paid it. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER—i paid the money by letter. lam rather fond of a game of cards, but not of gambling. I never played f uch large stakes before or after. The largest stakes I have ever bet on any other occasion was Si. The largest loss I have had otherwise at cards was 100/. I am not very lucky at cards generally. I do not know how much I may have lost in my lifetime, apart from the evening in question ; but I do not think that the losses have been 2,0001. in th e aggregate. I have since played st cards, but it has been whist, at is. or 2s. 6d. a game, never higher. I had seen Dr. Holdsworth at the club before, and played, I think, a g ame or two at ecarte wish him. We commenced at 5/. a game, and run it up to as much as 4001. 'We bad only one game at the latter sum, which I lost, being 2001. to M'Donald f or t h e game and 2001. to Dr. Holdsworth as a bet. I lost 5051. to Dr. Holdsworth, and the re mainder to Mr. M'Donald. There was a Mr. Craigie present and another person, Mr. Ayre, I believe. Re-examined—We played about three and a half hours after supper. I never was a winner during that time. Walter Lormer, secretary to the Royal Western Yach Club, examined—l have been secretary nine years. There are in it 312 members at present. It consists of a number of noblemen and gentlemen, who take a plea sure in yachting. It is a rule of the club to allow any member to introduce a visitor for a month, at the end of which they must be elected or give up attendance. I recollect seeing Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. APDonald in 1845, at the club. According to the books of the club Dr. Holdsworth was introduced by Mr. Ayre, as a visitor, on the 10 th of Ju n e. I had not known Dr. Holdsworth before. It is necessary to give 1 , t he residence of visitors introduced. this e O oc casion Tours was given . as Dr. H o ld worth ' s res idence. On the 2 5 th of the same month, E. M'D n o Esq., was introduced as a gentleman from France. O n the 11th of July both were elected members. Captain Atkinson and Mr. Ayres were the proposers and seconders. They were on this occasion described on the notice papers as Dr. Holdswortb, of Whitehall, Leicestershire, and Mr. M'Donald, of Stonehouse. I recollect on the 17th of August Mr. Fitzgerald O'Brien, of Ballycannon, Ireland, being admitted as a visitor in troduced by 1)r. Holdsworth. He was balloted for on 10th of October, when 25 voted ; 13 were against him. One in seven black balls excluded. At the general meeting of the members which followed, some rumours were afloat about these gentlemen, and in consequence I wrote a letter to Guernsey. I received a letter in answer, which was submitted in the first instance to the committee, and afterwards laid before a general meeting. In accordance with the instructions of the committee, I wrote a letter to Dr. Holdsworth. (The letter was here put in and read, which Let forth tha t they (the commit tee) had heard certain statements about his conduct at Tours, which would compel them to bring the matter before a general meeting, and therefore they wished him to withdraw from being a member of the club. Ar answer from Dr. Holdsworth was received, denying that he had done anything dishonourable while at Tours, and hoping they would specify any charge they bad to make against him. Another letter was sent by witness on the 29th of January, intimating that a o;eneral meet ing would take place on the following 'Thursday, at which the connexion of the plaintiff with Connolty's gambling transactions at Tours would be investigated. A general meeting in consequence took place, specially convened for the purpose. On the 31st, Dr. Holds worth sent another note, denying all connexion with Connolty's gambling affair, and declaring the statement of the Tours correspondent to be a " tissue of mali cious falsehood." The meeting was held on the sth of February, and was very fully attended. More than ninety members were present. Mr. [locker was in the chair. The letters received from Guernsey were laid before the meeting;, the corre spondence already referred was also read. Neither Dr. Ll9ldoworth, tau Aix. AVD9n4I4 were present, Beer, an attorney, was present on their behalf, but it was decided they could not hear him as their profes sional adviser. They wished Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. O'Brien to attend and make their own explanations. The latter gentleman was sent for, and the club waited for more than an hour, but he did not come. The Guernsey letters were then read, which were in terms the same as what is given in the alleged libel already published with the addition of recommend ing Mr. Lormer to apply to Colonel Lane of the Guernsey United Service Club, if further information was required, as he knew all about these " bucks." The ballot then took place, when Dr. Holdsworth had for him two white balls ; against him, 50 ; for Mr. M'Donald, 1 white ball ; against him, 51. I returned Dr. Holdsworth's subscription for the year. Dr. Holds worth since then had never remonstrated against the decision. Cross-examined—l allowed Mr. Latimer to take a copy of the letters for insertion in the newspaper. I think I cautioned him at the time about the insertion of the letter, as it might be considered libellous, but I cannot say the exact terms in which I expressed myself. Re-examined—l believe that it was on the day the paper was published that I expressed the opinion that the contents of the letter might be libellous. John Whitehead Peard, barrister-at-law, and Deputy- Chairman of the Royal Western Yacht Club, examined —I remember Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald being proposed to the club. I did not know them before, though I was well acquainted in Plymouth. I was pre sent when they were balloted for. I put in a blackball on the occasion, as I knew nothing of them. On account of certain rumours about these gentlemen a general meeting was held on the sth of February. Before opening the business, Mr. Beer, an attorney, and member of the club, said he appeared as the professional adviser of the two gentlemen. It was answered that he could not be heard as their legal advises., but that he could be heard as their friend. He declined to speak in that capacity, and Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald were sent for, Mr. Ayre going for them as their proposer. Though the club waited a considerable time they did not come. They were then blackballed. Cross-examined—l spoke rather strongly on the occasion twice. In addition to the other letters referred to, two were read from friends of Dr. Holdsworth, a Mr Lorraine and Mr. Weard. I never objected to the reading of these letters. Ernest John Craigie examined, said—l am a member of the Royal Western Yacht Club. I recollect being present at the club about the 9th of July last. On that evening I left the club about half-past twelve, when, on the proposition of Dr. Holdsworth, I went to Mr. M'Donald's for supper. The party were Major Ford, Dr. Holdsworth, Mr. &Donald, Mr. Ayre, and myself. When we got there a very nice supper was laid out, with plenty of Champagne. After supper, play commenced. I did not play myself, but bet money on Major Ford. I lay on the sofa, and slept part of the time. I wakened once or twice during the progress of the play and asked how I stood in the game.—(Laughter.) Mr. M'Donald and Major Ford played a good deal together, and during the time I noticed Dr. Holdsworth moving about. I lost about 201. I again was present with these parties on the 12th, and on or about the 28th, at the club, when there was considerable playing. On another occasion I invited Dr. Holdsworth, Mr. M'Donald, and Mr. Moore to my apartments. I did not play on this occasion, but bet on Mr. Moore. I lost 1001. to Dr. Holdsworth; and 401. to Mr. M'Donald. I lost money on the turning up of the kings. I bet at first sto 1 on turning up the king, and afterwards 4to 1, but lost. The usual odds is Bto 1. Finding that the king came up too often, I reduced the odds. I should say the king was turned four or five times out of seven. On cross-examination the witness admitted that he was fond of play, and had lost considerably on other occasions, especially on horse-racing. He had lately given up all play for large sums. Eliza Thompson examined—Said, I reside at 84, Union-street, Stonehouse. In April or May Mr. M'Donald took my lodgings for Mrs. M'Donald, a servant, and three children. Dr. Holdsworth came with them in a coach to my house. Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald went and slept at 45, on the opposite side. Dr. Holdsworth always took his dinner with Mr. M'Donald and family. In about a fortnight, Mr. M'Donald and family removed to a furnished house, but Dr. Holdsworth stayed some time longer at 45. On the 16th of August Mr. O'Brien arrived, and Mr. M'Donald took my apartments for him. Mr. M'Donald and Dr. Holdsworth visited Mr. O'Brien often, and on several occasions took...refreshments, though Mr. O'Brien was out. Mr. O'Brien gave an entertainment about the Bth of October. It was a considerable one for my apart ments. Mr. O'Brien gave the orders for the articles to be supplied. A great number of respectable people of the town, both male and female, were present, in all about sixty. Mr. O'Brien I think left on the Wednesday week following. I recollect also Mr. M'Donald leaving; the coach called at my house for them as it fronted the road. Dr. Holdsworth was present when they left. John Stone, tailor, at Plymouth, deposed that he knew Dr. Holdsworth, Mr. M'Donald, and Mr. O'Brien, and worked for them all. He knew Dr. Holdsworth first of the three; the others came with him. Wm. Henry Hawker, chairman of the "Royal West ern Yacht 01* " examined—l never heard of Dr. Holdsworth or Mr. M'Donald before the proceedings in the club. I was present when the inquiry took place, and examined the ballot box. Louis Bournier, a Frenchman, was examined in French, and interpreted to the Court by Thomas Davies. Witness—l was a resident at Tours, in 1842, and knew Dr. Holdsworth and Mr. M'Donald. I was at a cat 6, on the evening of the 9th of February, and saw M'Donald there with Mon. Deson, Captain of French Hussars, Baron Rosseti, told another gentleman. Mr. Connolty was also present. They were playing when I arrived at the cafe, and Mr. M'Donald was along with Mr. Connolty. They adjourned to a room at the bottom of the garden, when Mr. M'Donald went out and brought in Dr. Holdsworth. They ad journed to that room at twelve o'clock, as the police closed the cafés between eleven and twelve. They went there at the desire of the master of the cafe. When Mr. M'Donald came back with Dr. Holdsworth, Mr. Con notty was playing against Mons. Deson. The former bet on Mr. Connelty's side, and Baron Rosseti and the other gentleman bet on Mons. Deson. The play went on till about day-break. The first thing that excited my suspicion of foul play, was the continual luck of Mr. Connolty. They were playing at ecarte, and I remarked always, that when the cards came into Mr. Connolty's, and he had a king, he " pitched the corner." I further noticed that every time Connolty dealt, he either turned up a king, or had it in his hand. About two o'clock, Baron Rosseti and his friend was leaving, but I followed him, and brought him back, to show him how the game was going on. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) The Court resumed this morning, Mr. Packle, Chair man, and several Magistrates present. Thomas Foulkes, and Henry Foulkes, his brother, om nibus proprietors. of whose case we gave a report yes terday, were again brought before the Bench, and the jury having brought in a verdict of Guilty, were sen tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment in Brixton gaol. Henry John Dunstan. aged 19, was indicted for utter ing a counterfeit half sovereign, knowing it to be so, on the 9th of November, to John Legg,: tea-dealer of Bletch ingly. The case was clearly proved. He was sentenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment in Brixton Gaol, with hard labour. Thomas Brooker, aged 16, Charles Martin, aged 16, Henry Howley, aged 13, three lads, who appeared to be much younger than they are stated to be in the ca lendar, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a quantity of iron bolts, about 3 cwt., at Penge, on the 14th Nov. the property of the London and Brighton South Coast rt a ii w ay. After admonishing the person who had re ceived the iron from the boys with much severity, the Chairman sentenced them to twenty-one days' solitary confinement. Mary Anne Menzies, an interesting looking child, of 13 years of age, was prosecuted by her own mother for stealing a pair of sheets from her. It did not appear, in answer to the Magistrate's inquiries, that the little girl had exhibited any particularly bad qualities before this offence was committed, and be reminded the mother, in feeling terms, of the duty which she ought to fulfil to one of such tender years, and expressed astonishment at the prosecution being instituted. The mother replied that Sir T. Reeves had told her this was the best thing that she could do for her daughter. In consideration of the circumstances of the case, the Magistrate sentenced the child to seven days solitary confinement, and ex horted the mother to be more tender and careful of her for the future. Richard Waller , ag ed 30, was indicted for stealing dead rabbits on the property of Ralph A. Frogley, Esq. ter, was sentenced to six month s' with hard labour. ri a so b n a m d en c t ha rac He pleaded guilty, and receiviinmgp George Gillam, James Ay lin g , and Thomas Nichols, aged respectively 18 years, 23 , and 24, pleaded guilty to e n n o ot a a charge of stealing three loaves from th e s want alone had induced them to co mmit the offence. Allgig p that person named Hubbard, at Dork in g . They had slept the previous night at Kingston work house, and they stole loaves in the hope of being sent to prison. The CHAIRMAN said they would not like the situa tion in which they had placed themselves, and sentenced them to 21 days solitary confinement, and to be once privately whipped. Two boys, named Morris and Scott, were convicted of picking pockets at Kingston Fair. most hardened rd b en oy ed a, m n a a n m n e e d r. Sentence of thr ee mont h s ' i mpr i sonment, w ith a whipping, being p asse d, t h ey t h anke d the mag i strate i n theT we i a n n g d al7Draetsepnecethieveealye pleaded nd g a u w il e t r y th to , a t n h d e c w h e a r r e g Longley and Cook, aged 16 to fourteen days' solitary con fi nement, and to be once e s e o n f t e s n t e c a e l d . privately whipped. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two ill-looking women, named Mullins and Hamilton, were charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing a purse, containing about 155., from the person of Ann White way (a Jewess), in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, at half past three o'clock this morning. The prosecutrix, who lives in Queen -street, Chelsea, said that at the hour mentioned she met the prisoners in Broad-street, and asked them to tell her where she could get a respectable lodging, offering to treat them if they would do so. They promised to do so, and went with her into a public-house, where she treated them to some gin. On leaving the public-house, Mullins caught hold of one of her arms, while Hamilton took the other, and e ach asked her to go in a different direction. While they had hold of her in this manner, Hamilton thrust her hand into her bosom, and pulled out her purse, which contained three half-crowns and some shillings she could not say how much. Both the prisoners then ran away. She gave information to the first policeman she met, and afterwards being sent for when the pri soners were taken, she went down to the station and identified them as soon as she saw them. Policemam E 66 said — that - he took the prisoners in custody. When they were searched at the station, three half-crowns were found on Hamilton, and two shillings on Mullins. Mullins said it was all hers, and a gentle man had given it to her. The prosecutrix was not sober. The prosecutrix admitted that she was not quite sober, but said that she knew what she was about. The prisoners said the money was Mullins's. Mr. JARDINE committed them for trial. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Francis Hollifiers was charged with obtaining jewellery under false pretences to the value of 5001. John Reardon, manager to Phillip Norton, pawn broker, 21, Green-street, Leicester.square, said the pri soner came to their place of business on the 7th of January, 1845, and deposited in his hands a brilliant brooch, for 70/., signing the agreement book. On the 9th of Januaryhe returned and deposited another bril liant brooch, on which he received SOL ; on the 16th of January he deposited a brilliant ring, for 251, and on the 20th of the same month another brilliant ring for 251., making in all 2001., which the prisoner received on jewellery, signing the agreement book on each several occasion. But in the month of September following an action was instituted against Mr. Norton by the official assignees of Mr. Linnet, goldsmith and jeweller, Argyle place, to recover the j ewe ll ery d epos i te d b y t h e p r i soner , as having been obtained by him from Mr. Linnet under false pretences. The property therefore was arrested and sold for behoof of Mr. Linnet's creditors. Mr. Linnet, goldsmith and jeweller, Bloomsbury square, and late of Argyle-place, said the first introduc tion he had to the pri soner, was, f rom hi s b r i ng ing him a workman in distress. In a few days afterwards he re turned, and represented himself as a hair-worker em ployed by the Queen, and got some few things, which he immediately paid for. After making another small pur chase, and paying for it punctually, the prisoner requested to have two diamond brooches, that he might show them to the Queen, which witness, induced by the punctuality of the prisoner's previous payments, allowed him to have. The prisoner returned a day or two after and said the Prince had bought the brooches, and would give him a cheque for them on the Wednesday following, as that was the only day on which his Royal Highness paid cheques ; the prisoner, at the same time, got away two diamond rings for the purpose, as he pretended, of showing them also to the Queen. Instead of that, how ever, be heard afterwards that he had gone and pawned them. The value of the whole amounted to somewhere about 500/ The witness said he did not have his books in court as they were not in his own hands, and the jewellery bad been sold. The prisoner said he was a hair-worker and artist to the Queen, and had been once or twice at Mr. Linnet's shop. The first time he bought 10/. worth of jewellery, and at another time 601. worth, which he paid him for. After this he showed a stick in the palace, and sold it to Prince Albert, for which he paid Mr. Linnet 30/ It was subsequent to this that Mr. Linnet, knowing he was an artist to the Queen, begged him to take the diamond brooches to the palace, in hopes that he might be able to sell them, and he took them and showed them to the chief secretary at the palace, and also to Mr. Taylor, the second secretary, but when both these gen tlemen gave him no encouragement, and as he was in want of money at the time, he went and deposited them at Mr. Norton's, and sent the tickets to Mr. Linnet. Mr. LONG said he was not satisfied that the charge of false and fraudulent pretences could be sustained, as that supposed the averment of some fact which after wards did not appear. The safest course which he could take would be to convict the prisoner on one or more charges of felony, but at present he would remand him till Saturday next, and in the meantime Mr. Linnet's books and, if possible, some of the articles of jewellery, would be brought into court. The prisoner, who is a German, was then removed from the bar. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY). William Ringhorn, a stoker on board a steam-vessel from Hamburgh, was charged before Mr. Seeker with smuggling a quantity of tobacco. Halloway, an officer of the Thames Police, stated that the Wilberforce steam-vessel arrived opposite Davis's wharf, at two o'clock on the preceding day, from Ham burgh. That at five o'clock the same afternoon, the pri soner, who is a stoker on board the vessel, was seen to land in a hurry after the passengers had disembarked, and being followed, he was stopped, and on examining his person a quantity of compressed tobacco was dis covered in the crown of his hat, inside his stockings, and in his pockets. He was then taken into custody. The prisoner said that he was about to take charge of a saw-mill steam engine ashore, and that as it was the last time he was going to Hamburgh, he thought he would bring some of the weed with him ; Opt he could declare he did not intend to dispose of any portion of it, but meant to use it all himself. He therefore threw himself on the mercy of the Court. Mr. SECKER said he rendered himself liable to a very heavy penalty; that he must have known it was against the law to bring such an article from any part of the continent without payment of the duty. The prisoner was fined 405., and in default was com mitted for one month. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The Annual General Meeting of this Company was advertised to be held this morning at the Company's Offices in St. Mary Axe. Our reporter attended, but was refused admittance, on the ground that the Board had not been petitioned to allow him to be present. OPENING OF THE It'SWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS' RAILWAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) This line was privately opened yesterday, and in a week trains will run for the conveyance of passengers - . A special train, consisting of three carriages, two of which were elegant smoking saloons, was kindly placed at the service of the new line by the directors of the Eastern Counties, and left the Shoreditch station shortly before ten o'clock. It contained, amongst other gentle men, Mr. Waddington, the Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Counties, and Mr. Roney, the Secretary. Another train left Colchester at eleven o'clock, contain ing a number of ladies and gentlemen. On reaching Ipswich, after a pleasant and rapid journey, an amalgamation of trains took place, at about a quarter to one o'clock, a train of imposing length, drawn by two engines, and tastefully decorated with flags and evergreens, started for Bury St. Edmunds. A n immense number had been invited. The line , wh ich almost commences with a tunnel of a quarter of a mile in length, and of a rather sharp curve, proceeds in a north-easterly direction, and along the valley of the Gippint, to Haughley, in the vicinity of which the line to Norwich, and for which Parliamentary powers have been obtained, will branch, and from thence, in a north westerly direction across what is called the Table Land, to its destination. The line, the Act for which was obtained in 1844, is 26 miles in length; it was com menced in September, 1845, so that its construction has occupied little mor e th an t we l ve m onths, an incredibly short time, for the works in many portions of the line must have been extremely heavy, the soil moved being about 500,000 cubic yards per mile. The steepest gradient, which is at Norton Ward is 1 in 132. The country traversed is agricultural. The re are seven l ea ding stations exclusive of the termini, namely, Bramsford, Blakenham, Need ham-market, Stowmarket, Haughley, Delmowell, and Thurston. Nothing could be more gratifying tkan the way in which the train, and those it contained, were re ceived at the various stations. Notwithstanding the un favourable state of the weather, the inhabitants, the young and the old, and, in fact, the " halt and the lame," presented themselves in formidable array, and cheered the pageant lustily. At every station triumphal arches of evergreens were erected across the line, and flags and banners, displaying glittering and compli mentary allusions, were exhibited almost to profusion. On reaching Bury St. Edmunds a most imposing sight met the view. Not only th e t own , b u t the surrounding dis tricts seemed to have poured forth the whole of their inhabitants, for every available space within sight of the station, which stands on an eminence, was thronged with dense masses of humanity. The directors and the officers of the company were there met by the Mayor and the corporation of Bury, who headed a procession into the town, preceded by a band of music, which had enlivened the journey from Ipswich, and a number of flags. The works reflect great credit on the engineer, Mr. Peter Bruff, and the contractors Messrs. Brassy and Mackenzie. They cost about 16,0001. a mile. The sta tions are in an unfinished state, but the line is in a per fect m orking order. s l em were p u n of e The inauguration of the line w as ce l e b rated b y an excellent dinner in the evening at the A ssem bl y R ooms, Bury. There were between 30 0 and 400 gues t s . irina r present. the John Chevalier Co n b fl b u a e l n d t , la E l gentlemen n t th e a company presided. He wits suppprted b y t h e mayor . A gr e at Due justice having been done to the viands and supe rior wines, The CHAIRMAN gave the usual l o y a l and constitu tional toasts, wh ich . were warmly respon d ed to. Two banners disported themselves on the walls, on which were inscrib e d , " Succes s to Cobbold and the Directors of the Ipswich and Bury Railway—" Success to Agriculture and Commerce, and th e I psw i c h an d B u ry Railway. „ In proposing the health of the Queen, the CHAIRMAN said she was a great patron of railways, as she had travelled over more mile s of r a il way t h an an y other Sovereign.—(llear, .) Prince Albert, too, was a great railway traveller. He hoped he would condescend to visit B ury , as many o f her Majesty's progenitors had done. They had not only visited the ancient town, but had resided in it, and the Ipswich and Bury railway m i g ht b e the means of again bringing royalty amongst them.—(Loud cheers). He then gave in succession the following toasts :—The Bishop s of Norwich and Ely, and the Clergy of the diocese ; the High Sheriff of the county ; the High Steward of the liberty of Bury St. Edmund's (Earl Jermyn), whom he was glad to have seen at the station on their arrival ; the Lord-Lieutenant and the Magistracy of the county of Suffolk. To the last toast, The Rev. Mr. ANDERSON returned th an k s . H e said, when the railway was projected he thought it would be a frightful source of crime and outrage, but he confessed he had been disappointed, as he found th a t those who ,had been employed on it had conducted themselves in the best manner. He siticerely hoped that it would be a source of great profit to its projectors. The CHAIRMAN next proposed ." The Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the Borough." It was most gratifying to both his brother directors and himself, and also, he was sure, to the long train they all came in, to have met with the reception they did on their arrival, from the mayor and corporation.—(Cheers.) Mr. GURDAN, the Recorder of the borough, briefly returned thanks, and congratulated the company on - - their safe arrival. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of the Mem bers for the County,",which was drunk with enthusiasm. Captain BENNETT returned thanks. He regretted the absence of the other representatives of the county from unavoidable circumstances, and proposed the health of the Chairman. He said he not only looked upon him as a friend, but as a benefactor—as one who had done great service to his country—(Cheers) — and they had to congratulate each other that they could shake hands on such terms, for he was the prime mover and almost the completer of the great undertaking they had met to celebrate.—(Cheers.) They had to thank him for his great services in providing the country with efficient railways.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was warmly respondnd to. The CHAIRMAN said be felt quite unable to return thanks for the honour they bad conferred upon him— the more especially as it had been made and received in such a flattering manner. He assured them he felt un worthy of the encomiums lavished upon him.—(Cries of " No, no !")—but :he would do his best to thank them. Being within these walls brought many old aseo ciations to his mind, although thirty or forty years had passed away since he was last there. He went to school in the town, and it was most gratifying now to him to be present under such different circumstances. He, perhaps, ought to apologise for the imperfect state of the railway on their first visit; he should like to have seen it complete ; but he was sure ; they would forgive the company, when he called to their recol hction that it was scarcely more than a year since the works were commenced.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The stations were not yet in the condition in which they would like to receive the gentry of their district, but he hoped they soon would be, and that they would give them credit for what they had accomplished. —(Loud cheers.) But they had good reasons for paying their respects to the town of Bury before the completion of the line, of visiting them a little before their workmen, which no doubt had had great influence on himself and his brother directors. In the first place, at this time of the year they were accustomed to see turkeys, hares, and game conveyed out of the district to London. Now they hoped to have the satisfaction of carrying some of these turkeys—(Roars of laughter)—in the next place there were a great many gentry living in London, who were not only too glad to receive such courtesies from their country friends, but they sometimes sent in return stilton cheese and oysters, which was something better than a mere acknowledgment through the penny post. He hoped they would have the satisfaction of conveying both.—(Hear.) Besides they would have the advantage of getting to and from London in much less time than at present. He hoped they had that day laid the germ of a good union between the eastern and western districts of the county.—(Cheers.) He should have done injus tice to those with whom he had the pleasure of acting if he appropriated their approval to himself, because he had the satisfaction of being associated with two deputy chairman, one whose comprehensive mind left him no thing to think of, and the other whose active, energetic, and singular adaptation of talent for the development of their system, left him nothing to do.—(Cheers.) Mr.IEAGLE proposed " The Directors of the Railway." Colonel BARLOW returned thanks. He said the duties of the directors were extremely light, and, therefore, not much credit was due to them, as they were supported by one who was in himself a host, and who had been mainly instrumental in carrying out that and other undertak ings of similar importance. If the directors required only stimulus, the high compliment passed upom them by the assembly which surrounded him, would be a suffi cient inducement. He concluded by , proposing " The ,orporations of Ipswich and Norwich.' `-' The MAYOR of Ipswich returned thanks. Mr. DONALDSON apologised for the absence of the Mayor of Norwich from an unavoidable engagement. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the " Directors of the Eastern Counties, who were the first to project railways towards that part of the kingdom.—(Cheers.) They had not the honour of the chairman's attendance, but the deputy-chairman (Mr. Waddington) had done them the honour of coming from London, and of travelling along the Ipswich and Bury Railway, although he was obliged to travel on to Cambridge in order to fulfil an engage ment of long standing; but he had the pleasure of seeing several directors of that company amongst them. The toast was drunk in a bumper. Captain BUTLER returned thanks. Colonel BARLOW proposed the health of Mr. Saunders, the secretary. Mr. SAUNDERS, in replying, said the only credit that was due to him was for having followed the orders of the directors, who had neither swerved to the right hand nor to the left, and who had thereby obtained the confidence of the public, which had been so unequivocally manifested that day. He hoped that was not the last occasion on which - they would meet to celebrate similar inaugura tions, for the line that day opened was but the first instalment of what the Eastern Union Company intended to confer on that part of the country.—(Loud cheers.) Whilst he continued in their service he should do his best to deserve the eulogy they had passed upon him and he should not be satisfied if Bury St . Edmund's did not partake, in an equal degree of the benefits which railway had conferred on other parts of the country. The following toasts were then drank before the separation of the company at a late hour :—" The directors of the• Ely and Newmarket," "Mr. Locke, the consulting engineer," "Mr. Bruit', the acting engineer," and " Mr. Few, the solicitor." A meeting was held at one o'clock this day, when it was fully expected, that the amalgamation of this line with the Eastern Union would be agreed to, DEATH of SIR CHARLES MORGAN, BART. We regret to announce the demise of the above vener able baronet, who, after a brief illness, expired on Sa turday last, at two o'clock, A.M., at Tredegar House, the family seat in Monmoutshire. We understand that shortly after the deceased baronet returned to Tredegar from participating in the nuptial festivities at Llanover Court, the seat of Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, he was attacked by influenza, which, at the moment did not oc • casion the least alarm, but more serious symptoms inter vened, and in a few days the condition of Sir Charles became hopeless. He expired at the above hour, with out pain, surrounded by Lady Rodney and his sons. Sir Charles M. R. Morgan, M.P., his eldest son, was unable to attend the death-bed of his venerable father, owing to severe indisposition. The deceased Baronet was eldest son of Sir Charles Gould Morgan, Bart., formerly Mr. Charles Gould, D.C.L., an eminent civilian, who married Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Ruppera, county of Glamorgan, and brother of Sir Charles Morgan, K. 13., of Tredegar. He was Judge-Advocate General, Judge Marshal of the Forces, and a Privy Councillor; in 1779 he received the honour of knighthood, and in 1782 was created a baronet. In conformity with the testamentary injunction of his brother-in-law, John Morgan, he assumed, and, by the royal permission, took the surname of " Morgan," and the arms of that family. He died in 1806, shortly after he had retired from the representation of the county of Brecon in the House of Commons. On his demise, Sir Charles Morgan succeeded to the baronetcy, which he has enjoyed just forty years. The late baronet was born the 4th of February, 1760, and had consequently nearly attained the eighty-sixth year of his age. He married Mary Margaret, daughter of Captain George Storey, R.N., by whom, who died in 1807, he had a family of four sons and three daughters, namely, Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, M.P. (now Sir Charles), born in 1792, married in 1827 to Miss Mundy, only daughter of General G. B. and the Hon. Mrs. Mundy; Mr. George Morgan, recently deceased; the Rev. Augustus Morgan; Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P.; Maria Margaret, married to Colonel F. M. Millman; and Angelina Cecilia, married to Mr. Hugh Owen, eldest son of Sir John Owen, Bart.; and Charlotte, married to the late Lord Rodney. The late Baronet was a most liberal landlord, and had for a long series of years expended large capital in the improvement of his extensive property in Wales. There was not in the principality such a munificent promoter of the welfare of the agricultural classes, and it may be said, that no man living has done so much to introduce a more improved system of agriculture, and achieved such extended benefits to the occupiers of land, as the deceased. The inducements he held out to breeders of live stock are well known, for his annual cattle show at Tredegar (which was appointed for the present week), has for the last quarter of a century maintained a high character in Wales, the respected deceased giving prizes annually to nearly 5001. in the shape of silver cups and premiums. Last winter the nobility and gentry and the yeomanry of the counties of Brecon and Monmouth caused a subscription to be raised to present the worthy Baronet with a testimonial, and w e believe a sum little short of 3,000/. was subscri bed. The late Baronet is succeeded in his estates and family honours by his eldest son, M.P. for Brecon, above-mentioned. The present Baronet has represented Brecon in the House of Com mons since 1818, excepting the sessions from 1832 to 1835. ALARMING ExpLosioN.—Last evening an alarming explosion of gas occurred in Church-street, Blackfriar's road, which was nearly attended with the most disastrous consequences. During the early part of the day work meu had been employed repairing the pipes in the streets, and considered everything perfectly safe. A little be fore five o'clock. however, the inhabitants were alarmed at hearing a noise resembling the discharge of a piece of cannon, at the same time it was found that the brick work and partition under the parlour window of Mr. Pallevirsa, in Church-street, were shattered, a portion of the flooring lifted up, and several ,feet of the ceiling destroyed. A number of workmen were sent by the gas company, and were at a late hour last night engaged in repairing the mains. THE ST. PANCRAS VESTRY AND MR. MILLs.—A t a special meeting held yesterday evening of the commit tee, appointed at the last vestry meeting of St. Pancras, to consider the course to be taken in reference to the conduct of Mr. Mills, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to:— " That in the opinion of this committee the conduct of the deputy-coroner, in publishing an exparte statement of the evidence given on the late inquiry into the death of Joseph Woodward, pending the said inquiry, and in which he was the presiding judge, accompanied with observations derogatory to the vestry and directors of the poor of this parish, was highly unbecoming; and that a report be drawn up by the committee, recommending the vestry to take proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench to ascertain the opinion of that Court respecting such conduct." THE DESTITUTE HIGHLANDERS.—The suffering population in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland is estimated at 100,000. —Edinburgh Paper. MA GAZINES-(CONTINUED.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. 1 The biographical sketch of M. Adolphe Thiers, the historian of the revolution and the empire, and the great French statesman, is continued; or, we may say at once, completed. Although the writer is some times painfully discursive, he is generally so lively and beyond all discriminates the character of Thiers, with such impartiality, that his composition will be generally welcome. Here is a condensed explanation of the difference in oratory between the rival states men of France : " M. Guizot, who then far surpassed him as a master of Parliamentary eloquence, would fasten upon some one great principle, some prominent idea, and by presenting it to his audience in various points of view, render the dullest minds familiar with it, until he would make them believe the principle was their own. This is peculiarly the art of a professor, and hence the success of M. Guizot in its application. M. Thiers, on the contrary, would crowd into his speech such a diversity of topics, so intermingled with anecdotes and historiettes, that his discourse resembled a piece of mosaic, very dazzling to the eye, but having little to engage the more reflective powers of the understanding. While the one orator would reproduce the same leading idea in many speeches, the other would crowd a plurality of leading ideas into a single speech. In leaving the house after hearing M. Guizot, the Deputies went home thinking of the subject; in leaving the house, after hearing M. Th iers, they went home thinking of the man." When we remember the pecuniary disadvantages, the ignoble origin, and the friendless condition of Thiers ; when we remember how he had to conquer the antipathy of the fastidious for his vulgarity, to enable the multitude to behold his little body as plainly as though it were colossal, to move the passions of the members of the Legislative Chambers by his sing-song oratory, and to diminish the disgust with which his shrill voice was first listened to, and his grotesque gesticulations first beheld, we shall be enabled to form some conception of the vastness of his intellectual capacities of the indomitable audacity of his ambition, of the profundity and extent of his knowledge. It is im possible to desert this subject without transcribing a few fragments from the brilliant and masterly sketch of M. Thiers, as drawn by M. Cormenin, otherwise celebrated as Timon. He says— " M. Thiers is the essence of mind; he is intellect to the tips of his lips and points of his nails. His organi zation is like that of Voltaire, frail, delicate and mobile. He has the caprices and naughtiness of a child, with. the assumption of the gravity of a philosopher. More a man of letters than a statesman, and more an artist than a man of letters, he will dote upon an Etruscan vase, and care little for liberty. As a Cabinet Minister, he con ceives great designs; like a woman, he is bold in small matters. He has courage, but it is like that of delicate and sickly people—it comes in feverish fits, ending by nervous attacks and fainting fits; these weaknesses are only tolerated on a sofa ; in politics, fainting is not suffered. "He thinks without effort, produces without ex haustion, advances without fatigue, and arrays his ideas before you with a rapidity which is inconceivable ; former times pass in review before his memory in their order, and proper costumes, and nature, which others court, comes to him uninvited in all the pomp of her majesty, and all the graces of her smiles. Have you ever seen in the steam -boats which traverse our rivers, the banks reflected in the suspended mirrors? They are reflected while the boat advances—fair villages, churches with tapering spires, verdant meadows, hoary mountains, gay vessels, the flocks of the valley, the clouds of heaven, animals and men, seem to fly past in rapid succession in the glass. Such is M. Thiers. A sort of Parliamentary mirror, he reflects the passions of others, and cold and hard as the glass is, without passions himself. He weeps, but his eyes are tearless; he pierces his breast with a poignard, but draws no drop of blood; a mere drama all that, it is true, but what a drama, and what an actor! What nature, what suppleness, what powers of insinua tion, what inflexions of voice; what transparency and lucidity of style ; what negligent grace of language. Actor you deceive me, but why should I complain; you deceive even yourself; you play your part to admiration, but it is only a part. I know that very well, and yet I allow myself to be ravished by your seductions. I give myself up to you; so long as you speak I am under a charm; and I almast prefer to listen to error from your mouth, to hear truth from any other. . . . "He is more elastic than a spring of the finest steel —he bends and unbends—he rises and falls with his subject—he will roll himself spirally round a question from its base to its summit—he mounts, descends, re mounts, -hangs in the branches, hides himself in the thickest foliage, appears, disappears, and passes a thou. sand times in and out with the pretty agility of a squirrel—he would extract money even from a stone— where others glean, he reaps. He extends his plumage, and shows, by turns, every hue of purple, gold, and azure. He does not speak, he coos—he does not coo, he lisps—he does not lisp, he warbles—and he is so dazzling both to the eye and to the ear, that one does not know which to admire most, his plumage or his song. He will give you a speech of three hours' length on archi tecture, poetry, law, navigation, or war, and yet he is neither a poet, a lawyer, a mariner, or a soldier—all he will require is an evening's preparation. If he describes a battle he astonishes the oldest generals. If he speaks of walls, roofs, stone, and mortar, you would actually believe him to be a mason or an architect. He will dispute with Gay-Lussac on questions of chemistry, and teach Arago how to direct his telescope at Venus or Jupiter. " The fine arts, canals, roads, finances, commerce, history, the press, politics, anecdotes of the streets, theatres, war, literature, religion, municipalities, mo rality, amusements, great things, middling things, little things—what does it matter to him, he is ready at all. He is so, because in fact he is prepared upon nothing. He does not speak like other orators, because he speaks like people of the world. Other orators prepare them selves more or less, but he improvises ; other orators perorate, but he chats ; and who can be on their guard against a man who chats like you or me ? What did I say ? infinitely better than you, or than me, or than any one else. "I have one fault, however, to find with M. Thiers. It is, that sometimes he cannot restrain his laughter when he is descending from the tribune. Now, a good comedian never laughs at the farce which he plays. On this point, M. Thiers has something to learn. If M. Thiers spoke slower, he would be less listened to ; but his volubility is such, that the House cannot go before him, or even follow him. Once started, he proceeds at full gallop, from the morning to the evening. If the Almighty had foreseen that the day would come on which he would create a Thiers, he would undoubtedly have made the earth turn on its axis in forty-eight hours instead of twenty-four." The " Scamper through the Long Vacation " is pur sued without any abatement of vivacity, and the con tributor rattles over the continent at a breakneck speed and with a charming volubility. Buerger's magnificent ballad of " Leonora" is translated in this number with vigour and delicacy. Of the passionate freedom of the translation some notion may be formed from this agonized stanza : " Oh, mother, mother, Gone is Gone ! Departed is Departed Woe, woe is me I—Alone, alone, Alone and broken-hearted Die out, die out, my life's lost light 1 Down, down , _ in everlasting Night I God spareth not nor caretb, Woe 1 woe 1 my soul despairethl" The anguish of the unfortunate Leonora is portrayed even in - the English, with a force that ai times is absolutely horrible—up to the catastrophe where she is carried away, not by her lover, as she imagines, but by the Goblin Death. The second and concluding part of the contribution on " The British Theatre " is in parts excellent, in other parts extravagant. A few indifferent coinmen- . dations of Edmund Kean—Kean, whose acting of Sir Giles Overreach was so sublim e in its passion, that its representation once threw Lord Byron into an epileptic fit—is followed by several pages of the most outré and preposterous flattery of Miss Fanny Kemble, now Mrs. Butler. After a somewhat im pious compliment to this lady—to the effect that, supposing she were united to a congenial husband, "it would escape the common law of humanity, and cease to aspire after immortality"—the writer cooly says that some of her sonnets will "bear a com parison with Gray's Ode to Spring,' or Hemans's ' Graves of a Household,' or—(the insolence of the thing 1) —with Moore's Irish Melodies." Dr. Mad den's "Life of Emmet" is reviewed with some impar tiality, though the writer cannot sympathise with the ardour of that young and patriotic orator. Carle , ton's very powerful fiction of "The Bl ac k P rop h et " i s co mpleted, and will add to his already high and national reputation. COL The papers UR N ' S on U t / h UNITED E D S E present ß war C i E n a A fi r G a Z n l d N a E r e . continued, and will be read with much interest. Mr. G. F. Herman gives us a very spirited account of two episodes in the late Carlist war, viz., " The March of Gomez round Spain," and the expedition of Don Carlos beyond the Ebro in the summer of 1837. The latter was within an ace of capturing Christina and her children in the capital. The Carlist advanced guard, under the command of Cabrera were within half a league, and nothing but the rapid advance of Espartero, ho twice engaged and twice defeated these Carlist troops, saved the throne of the Queen. Mr. Herman tells the story of these adventures most graphically. The Reminiscences of the war of Suc cession in Portugal are continued, and we have several valuable papers on naval and military matters. The following observations on the dangers of invasion and the necessity of instructing the great mass of the people in the use of defensive weapons, are well wor thy serious attention : " However unwilling Englishmen may be to realise the possibility of an invasion, or even a partial violation of our native land, it is an event which the advance of science has rendered practicable, and by the course of events may become more than probable. " It is unnecessary for us to consult the four quarters of the wind for a sign—it is before our eyes—a festering hatred of this country, begun at Agincourt, and perfected at Waterloo, supplies the motive, however it may be concealed under the silken folds of the entente cordiale. " The responsibility of employing with the greatest advantage the service of the regular troops, and the 'ac cessory forces,' rests entirely with those men who study a the art of war, and are fitted by nature and eaperience to command ; but it is the duty of individuals to rend e themselve capable of aiding the army by personal addres and skill in the use of arms. " The object of this communication is to direct gene ral attention to the thorough helplessness of the mass of the middle classes in every thing that relates to the very elements of military life ; nothing but the inducement brought about by the near approach of danger will tempt our merchants or our lawyers to withdraw themselves from their counting-houses, or their offices, to acquire the rudiments of organisation in masses ; but I would strenuously recommend that the utmost encouragement should be given to the acquirement of some degree of familiarity in the use of fire-arms ; an accomplishment in which, as a people, we are lamentably deficient. Bow many individuals, it may be asked, in a hundred, could hit a haystack at the distance of 150 yards ? Not many. In order to overcome this disadvantage, I would recommend the general formation of Rifle Clubs; the -members of which should frequently meet for practice_ , and at stated int erva ls to con t en d for prizes. By such meetings we should insensibly become familiar with the use of fire-arms, and particularly of a weapon which may serve our country in the hour of need ; and I believe that the skill obtained in this exercise would yield a higher reward than that which is acquired in practising with bows and arrows." We hope that not only will rifle clubs supersede archery clubs, but that the Government will encou rage the formation of them in every district by giv ing to the members of them certain privileges and exemptions, in the same manner as they have so pro perly encouraged the formation of yacht clubs. It is a subject deserving very serious attention. THE MILITARY MAGAZINE. This magazine, if kept up with the spirit exhibited in the present number, cannot fail to succeed. It is not only the soldier's friend, but his champion like wise, and the soldier will not he the less disposed to accept the advice tendered to him by his friend, be cause, when occasion requires it, he is his champion likewise. The following observations on the recent peace lectures delivered at the Hall of Commerce are admirable : " The argument of the lecturers at the Hall of Com merce was, that war is a horrible, and peace a desirable thing. This is_as true as if said by ' poor Richard' himself. The highest living authority has pronounced it impossible to exaggerate the horrors of war. Man's imagination—indeed, woman's too—lags in the wake of the reality. As the bray of trumpets has often drowned the groans, entreaties, aye, and curses of the wounded and dying on the battle fi eld, so does the news of victory —with the details of gallant daring and brave endurance —drive from the thought of those who live at home in case the agonies, present and enduring, that very victory has entailed. All that we grant; we grant, too, that the rights of property in a scene of warfare are set at nought; life has no sacredness, for it is the soldier's duty to de stroy it in his enemy—to take it from men with whom he has no personal quarrel, whom he very properly re gards with no animosity. These things, and many more, have been stated by the lecturers in question (and their motives are deserving of all respect, while their eloquence is that of earnest men) ; but the remedy they would apply would aggravate the evil they seek to remove. Let the belief once be established in England that a soldier, even a private soldier, is not an honourable, as well as necessary calling, let the people be induced to think that war is but a base and bloody trade—let dis content be engendered at the cost of the two services, and a niggard spirit be allowed by the Legislature to reduce the numbers and lessen the efficiency of the men, and the materiel of war, and what would be the result ? War would be inevitable, because victory over this wealthy country would be thought assured. What caused the Americans to consent to the peaceful settlement of the Oregon question? what but the know ledge that England was fully prepared for war ? That, though not anxious to wound, she was prepared to strike, and to strike home too. What, we repeat, in this in stance manifestly preserved the peace ? Our being armed at all points for war. And so, until society is very different, it will ever be. " No, Gentlemen of the Peace Society, if you succeed, in making the soldier's calling an unpopular and, there fore, a slighted one—if you succeed in diminishing the number of our forces, and making an army and a navy appear costly encumbrances, the Emperor Nicholas, Mr. President Polk, and M. Thiers would declare that, to their views, you were the best friends the age had pro duced." RAILWAY REGISTER. The Number for the present month completes the fourth Volume of the Railway Register, which is dedicated to Henry Houldsworth, Esq., the chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. The opening article, by the Editor, on the Dutcb Rhenish Railway is well worthy the study of those who have invested, or intend to invest, capital in foreign railway schemes. This paper is followed by a valuable digest of the statistics of Belgian railway traffic in 1844 and 1845, anticipatory of the publica tion of the Minister of Public Works for the latter year. We have likewise a carefully-considered and admirably-written paper on Indian Railways, from the pen of the Editor, which contains much useful information as to the mode in which those railways are likely to work. This paper is the first of a series. " The Portfolio" contains the conclusion of the official documents relating to the South-Western Railway, and the original prospectuses, &c., of the Cornwall, %Vest Cornwall, Preston and Longridge, and Nor wich and Brandon Railways. THE PATRICIAN. Edited by John Burke, Esq. The December number completes the second volume of this very valuable and admirably arranged geneologi2al and archwlogical miscellany. Among the most interesting papers of the present number is one on that grand historical enigma " the Man with the Iron Mask," the writer of which proves most satisfactorily that " the Man with the Iron Mask" could not have been Count Matthioli, as imagined by the Quarterly Reviewer, and shows that probably Voltaire was right when he represented him as being the twin brother of Louis XIV. The series of curious trials connected with the aristocracy is continued, and in this number we have the trial of Lord Byron for killing Mr. Chaworth in a duel, in 1765. From the evidence adduced at the trial, it is clear that Lord Byron was more sinned against than sinning, and that Mr. Chaworth was a mere spadassin, who richly merited the fate which he provoked. The quarrel originated in an after-dinner conversation on the subject of game. Mr. Chaworth, who was a great game-pre server, insisting that the only way to have game was to exercise great strictness and severity with the country people, while Lord Byron advocated milder measures. This trial is very interesting, as illustra tive of the brutal state of manners among the English aristocracy at the commencement of the reign of George 111. . THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE. The present number contains much useful informa tion on the statistics of banking, besides affording a compendious record of the statistics of the money market during the past month. FINE ARTS. THR HEROINES OF SHAKSPERE. Part VIII. Nothing that we have already said in commenda tion of this charming serial is inapplicable to the present part. " Hero"—that graceful creation of our master-bard, that beau ideal of maidenly modesty and holiness, that Hero who exclaimed wit h such a simple and affecting dignity— " One Hero died defiled; but I do live, And, surely as I live, I am a maid," is here pourtrayed With infinite elegance. Perhaps there is something too modern in the costume, but, with this minor fault, the plate is not to be cavilled at. Maria is, if possible, better; there is visible in the lip and eye all the archness of the damsel who played practical jokes on Malvolio, who flirted with Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, and bantered Sir Toby Belch. Lavinia, the heroine of that ghastly drama Titus Andromicus, that grim tragedy which so re volted Robert Burns, that he petulently flung it in the fire after its first perusal, is here delineated with surprising delicacy. She is pourtrayed as she is des cribed when— " Fresh tears Stood on her cheeks—as doth the honey dew Upon a gather'd lily almost wither'd." The artists are evidently striving to do justice to the poet, and the engravers are endeavouring to do justice to the artists. OLD ENGLAND'S iuTi'HIES. Part XXXV The nearer this periodical approaches to our own times, the more interesting and valuable does it be come to our thinking. An emblazoned sketch of St. Stephen's, Walbrook—the scourer of so many p asqu i. nades upon its churchwarden, and one of the master pieces of our great architect, Sir Christopher Wren —is the frontispiece. When we say that such ely s . racters as Newton, as Defoe, as Marlborough, and as Addison are delineated in this part, we need n o t subjoin that the number is most instructive. THE PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Part XXIII. In lavish embellish m ent this remarkable publication still keeps pace with the preceding numbers. When we remember the labour of the artist, of the en gravers, of the printers, of the compositors, and of the editor, which must have been expended upon it we are amazed at its cheapness and excellence. TIIE WARMTH. OF TWO BLANKETS FOR THREE-. PKNCE.—Few persons are, we apprehend, aware that two sheets of imperial cap brown paper, pasted at the edge to form one (and at a cost less than 3d.), if l a id over a bed with one blanket under, will produce more warmth than three ordinary blankets, or over a single coverlet will be warmer than one blanket only, and will last, with a little care, the whole winter.—Library of Secrets and Wrinkles. ROBBERY IN HYDE-PARK.—Information was re ceived by the police yesterday that between nine and ten o'clock a gentleman named Miller, residing at Kensing ton, was proceeding across the western part of the park, towards Kensington, when, at a lonely part, he was attacked by two men, who knocked him down, and robbed him of his purse containing six sovereigns and `eleven shillings in silver, with which they made their escape.