The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-07 00:00:00

of 0 ° 1; d v"pot ; 611'04 of° 4 e I A l. t " GOCI' .. 1 0 ' P t* , P t* ',140. 6% 310 del lii , . 1 L ondonderry and Enniskillen 15 LYnn anti Ely Lynn and D ere h am d Leeds Ditto Half Sh ares 8 . -I_o ll 6 t 5634% 16 ' t tt 0 0 00 L- 1 56 % Manchest er an Dittc Quarters Ditto Fifths to Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4.....• •••••' Do. Extension Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. — p.... to .. Ranch esttr,Birmingbale, and ~.MottldJ auction m ancheeter and S ou th ampton 2 - 1S to Midland 100 .. ...127% to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 M i dland and Eastern Counties 2% — to idld.Gr ea t W estern (Irish) 15 New castle and Berwick t t o o _34 Do North Shields..... .. 25 — . to N ewcastle an d C arl i sle lOO 11 --- New market and Chesterford 5 Newport and Abergavenny. .2% — to -,,N,ewry and Enniskill en .....• 7 N 1, ewe k, Sheffield, and Boston 1% — .....• to -- jorfolk lOO l3l ...... to 132 O. Half Shares ... to Di tto Extension ...... to North ern Counties Union .... 2% — North British Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Fifths 5 ..... Do. Q uarters 1!4 3%..... to Ditto,v Extension 5 , . ... to /a•thorn and Eastern SO DittoDit Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 x toltto NQouvarrter Shares to 12% — 1 — ••• .. to -- °rth Staffordshire 5 ...... 8%%... to Non W ales 3% ..... to --• 01. "la South. Connecting 2%..... --°M• Worcester, and Wol -0 Terliarn , pton . . to ?I'd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1A - nortamouth Direct Ditto -reato and Wyre R_to ~• Half Shares b_ R - :',, h, ra u l o g n • d Guildfd., & Reigate 3/. 12s — di s.... 15 Zo3stott and Ilitchen 1%...... 1 A ..... 3 . to Zo Ottisl i C entral BtO Wall Midland .... ........ ... 12% efaeld, Buxton, Leek Pot teri 81, - tat and Crewe ieffield and Manchester - 100 1% -- ..... to Ditto 4 Shares 8 b O . and Lincolnshire Junct. 1 !,4 .....• o. and Gr ea t G r i ms by ... 10 °. do. k d o. E xtens i on... 4 2 5. awabury and Birmingham 3 irbPahire Union . 42s. 811 ands o ury, Wolverhampton, Statlordsh. Junction 2% .. South and Shannon totttlt Devon ....... ...... ... 35 : .: : to t oo --- 8014,1%, Midland 425....... 13 0 11 „,, L a and Midlands Junction 425. 8 0 ,7: 4 Staffordshire Junction 21 ,4 to h Eastern and Dover ... 33% ...... ••••• to D tt o, New No. 1 T,. t to, New, 2 Ditto,t New, No. 3 l 5 B,.te New, No. 4. 2% ...... to ' Alban' Hatfield, and lie 8' .. ... to B ,_. rtford Junction to ealties and Richmond 1 taffodshire and Shropshire 2% — 4 to . 4111 Wales 8,,„._ " .48 6 and Longhor and Ca tern . _ % to Val - Taw l i tk 8 Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 T r i ll ',ale Extension to Val g ,4 eading,& Basingstoke 5 1 ,4 Vir,l °f Neath 4730efield, Pontefract, and Vi r '. e 22% ...... Warwickshire and London... 425. - to to -- W.", icit and Worcester 425....... -- to ay-‘eriord and Kilkenny ll ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 2214 •• to aterford, Wexford, Wicklw, d e,„ Dublin - rr• Waterford, and 1% — .... .to alellt ia Welsh Valley 2 Vir e4 ° Midland 2% — to west Riding Union 42s. W2l Cornwall W c_,"‘,London, Old Shares ... 20 vTord and Carlow e at o li and St. Ives IV' lpa -Noo raerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... .... to I,....t ea ster,Warwi c k, & Rugby 425. —.. to zto t. and Carlisle 2f t to 37% Ilt aa t. , d ,,Newcastle.......••••• 25 5 ......... 3_ . 8 to .. II ew ...... t,..1tt0, Preference to 'l7 and North Midland .. 50 2 ** *** 9 7 2 % Ditto Half Shares Seib - it.bittaxtey 20 - Preference nsion ..„4/Itte.E ahtt o , D _34... to P 4t ' BB t and West Riding itiaion • - 11/0111441 FO REIGN 1,.., gian RAILWAYS. ... .. ttoo __ 1 to Ilekr:(yee .. . ...... .. to .allouro,„Eastern Junction.... I %h ..-- .... Gor c h i .'"e and Amiens to 1 30 d;: t lx and Mediterranean 2 ikr'll; Toulouse, & Cette fiord ...,izenzte's) 2 eaux, Toulouse, & Cette . to C (kspelete's) ... to ..... ... 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' North jamaica... .............. 1 to oOrteananss and Vierzon ...... ... 10 8 1 4 3 to and Bordeaux ... .. 6 to ,Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d.... • to r„aris and Lyons Constituted 5 to tarts and Orleans 2O _ to ' r ant' and Rouen As., to i 1,74 & Strasbg. Constituted 5 to -- ""e_ l lell and Havre to irbre and Meuse lO 8 1 / 8 ..- • t o lit . tl4l l burg and Bale ..... ...... 14 to To 'Aurence and Atlantic.... to 5ad70,114 & Nantes Constituted 5 - •••••• -1114 :7, Jurbise, Landen, ... to ~,. blasselt 8 to Arnaidad. ..• 2 1 ,4 to Ilte4t P lancie;; * - 6 A to JOINT STOCK BANKS. 11raiaNa .................. - 40 • •"' rl-4olon ia ll l. No - th American .... 50 .. 25 . to ''l . ........... .... .. ..... Inee tue rcial of Lond on - to on J oint Stock ...».............10 --- •• •• 17,: 0 0rt and Westminster... 20 to __ 4`loal Provincial of Engld. 35 to p lial of Ireland 22% ...... __ ••• •• to hrtmincial of Ireland ... 25 to 1:71!°11 of of ..... 25 to /410 4 of London ........ ...... 10 ...... MINES. 3% to 4 1 dal Monte, Unregistered LL, ...NOY. . 42 ir t 1 ' S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) 4 =kitc,. DM. '7.—Wind variable from N.N.W. to N.N.E. km.— ee.._ Jthh,, 4 ° and hazy. A foremast, fore topmast, 160 tons A bti ttha n —v°l2 a , apparently belonging to a vessel about ' t by the fore yard, 7;14 3 4 , were picked up off St. Catherine's Pon? , Inas , 111 to' —ai de, arrived in the River A vessel under jury E teo.i.rttor(i.ja.:„frxrrda.. V IIIP W It Cif a steamer supposed e to . be the Templeman, from A tiaL ai t, that was stra ded on the coast of Wexford._ .w., at 'reldt I. l "••—Wind n E.N.E. to W.S.W. ; 6 . I Y 4 31`Lean, Centurion He ppenstal, Quebec ; 4 orrZ th • e y t a iv ll 4 d. ' tja • Fergus,_Martint ditatnoe,,for _HouNl,la. .._ and lt 'ld. Ann Corbett, Yarmouth,N Hopper,_ -4 : 7 ° ;l 4 b Le t m ; /IT rae `rY, Butler, China; Royal Alice, a2.11:11'1,-sanna, Br u ce Rio Janeiro ; Amy, Hava' -- c: l e —4-- ' r t ~T i t' fa r l4 , s n ' e D r , EC Calcutta.. 6 : V, St, j o o I , Ec. 6.—Wand N.N.E.—SId. Emily Tobin, liar av,, n _a New Brunswic Arrd. ---°° L , DEC. s. —Wind S.W.; 6. N., light.— lirlitretta, if oth r '''"Quebec• Sylph, Raisbeck, Richibuctu ; tau tte , Pictou riett, ditto e 1 , - , lu. 37 o ' Wright, Demerara; Berry el n 'Hobion, Quebec; Bridgetown, 1 .4 4 ,P e .,,,,, , Butler, China Lancaster,Sarah Horn, Henderson, Africa ; Fla, 'ale, Trinidad ; Freeman, Whyte, Jamaica ; 3 ‘, n lekn Worth a. . Christie, d'tt • Manchester, Brown, New vr Off arti l tie TA. eia tl a as, nte e r, ofrin Pat , t i er o 'n, Apalachicola ; Mersey, Boyd, C> Majestic- New so York; Tarolinta, Cave, Boston. tten tIllt•---A.rrd. John Mum, Watt, Quebec; Mary Ann hi? , Cook, Halifax; Retrieve, Cuthbertson, Havannah. opptriot, Ryerson, Berbice ; Mary Harrison, Havannah i 0 4 41) (3 na, DEC s. —Wind W. to E.N.E.—Arrd.Water o _ or e% for Roll. . To t: T oßßAy.—Meteor, Brown, Quebec, for Hull. y, n lic/ trrn, Dfte. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd off, Victory, ~.11%,inebec, for London .keti„,,,,•4l'clotit.,Dcz.c. 6.—Wind N., fresh.—lrrd. William Miles, „Alwal_e, Mohawk,Ber bice, Sl a d o . d Boaden, Africa; Emerald, Demerara. aNr,,,C3ltl', Wind N.E. Arrd. Meetina, 1.4,; (1, Quebec. DEC.'Sid.. — Edward Kenny, Cook, Grenada. Co I t i_ l4 - r , i 'LY, Bac. I.—Sld. Bayne, Wild. Africa. 1.,., I ...' EC * 3 . —Std. Metoka, Maclaren, New York. 'ran 8 ), -- tt, DEC. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Lord Sandon, Per .1‘,..,,,ew Orleans. -....2taicK, DEe s.—Wind W.N.W.—Hayti, Cuthbertson —; En t • • A Bitz„,.,,l r Pnae, Yarrull, • Leviathan, Raycroft, —.. 'tile --- L , 1 - 1 /CC. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.' William Pine, 16 1 -W, Quebec. Sid. Syren, Waterson, New York. as 7 3 14 , Dtc. 4.—The Chichester, Holga, of Chichester, afte r lei In here yesterday, leaky, and with other damage, 1 1 1[ 4: 11 g on the Kentish Rock. 11:1 °nth " 111 , DEc. 4.—The Providence, Martin, from Pal -1303, tilt St. Maio, went on shore near St. Anne's Battery, la a , l -, but has since been got off. (11 vr' lls°W, ite. 3.—A ship wheel, together with a portion Pla kt n came ashore to-day in Peerles. , Bay, on a . hr i a ie - , s , ar e ink,front of the axle of the wheel, " Jules de Blossivi 1:, _a graved. lilbeeel lit' wothieff•h' I.44'"nkanocii D ' The Mary Earl, from Havle to was drivel on the synch Sands, 20th ult., to B ti lr Ptrrn, Doc. 6.—Th e Sh annon s t eamer, f rom L on d on . all th.'3, took firs yesterday, was run ashore and scuttled; X l O ' e ar go in th e main holilis more or less damaged. to ti, aj_ Taa.nor, DEC. 6.—A Sinall vessel, laden with pota• nt tlii i 74 from Jersey t o S wansea , i s ons h ore at t h e entrance , rt vises Du. 5.—A. mediciue-ched, tR O ..I?? .1 CU I/ stern board, marked Jules de Blosseville, and 200 pieces of m thogany, have been brought in here. BIDEFORD, DEC 4.—Some wreck, with a sail marked Grant, Brixham, has been picked up in this Bay. )FF PAT.I!,‘PTIT. DEc. s.—Wind S.W., light.—Grace Dar ling, Orfeur, Madeira. ITHAINI, Dk.C. N.W.—Arrd. Thompson, Bur ton, Quebec. DUNDEE, Drc. 2.—Arrd. Glammis Castle, New York. WHITBY, DEC. s.—Arrd. Pet, Robinson, of Whitby, with con-i , i.rable damage to deck and cabin by fire, in Bridling ton Day. 6T. ivaa, Dia. 4.—Arrd. Jane, Richards, Hambargh for Belfast, leaky and with cargo shifted. WATERFORD, DEC. s.—Wind N. to N.N.W.---Arri. Mary Taylor, Lancaster, Newport for Corfu, leaky. CHANCERY-(THIS DAY). THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA = Y EVENING, .I?ECEMERR 7, 046. RIGBY V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Lord Chancellor, after disposing of this case, which came before his Lordship to be spoke to on the minutes, proceeded with the further arguments in the part heard case of " Chuck v. Cremer," the facts of which we have already given in detail. The case occupied his Lordship the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) This being the Second Seal after Michaelmas Term, the Court proceeded to hear motions, none of which call for a particuiar notice. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) WINTER V. WINTER. The arguments of this part-heard case were concluded this morning. His HONOUR reserved his judgment. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.) ROBINSON V. ASTEN. This was a motion for the issue of an attachment against the defendants, John and Robert Asten, of Wol verhampton, for a non-compliance with an order of the Court of the 3d of last November. It appeared that the defendants were ordered to execute a deed of partner ship with the plaintiff within four days from the date of the order, but that the deed remained still unexecuted. His HONOUR considered that this was a matter which could have been arranged at the office, and refused to grant the order. After hearing some uninteresting motions, the Court rose shortly alter eleven o'clock. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) PAYN V. ?RITCHARD. This was an action in which the plaintiff; a railway surveyor, sought to recover the sum of 461., the balance alleged to be due to him for work and services rendered as a leveller upon the London and Birmingham Exten sion Railway, and the Worcester and Warwick Railway, for Mr. Pritchard, the engineer to the above lines. Mr. M. Chambers, with whom was Mr. Hayes, ap peared for the plaintiff ; the Attorney-General, Mr. Ashton, and Mr. Humfrey for the defendant. . . . From the evidence in support of the case of the plain tiff, it appeared that he was engaged by Mr. Bushell, the. managing clerk of the defendant, as a leveller, in the commencement of October, at the rate of one guinea per day ; subsequently, as the wages of that class of persons rose in amount, it was increased to one guinea and a halt per day. The plaintiff now claimed the sum of 461, as a balance of the sum of 1081. due to him from the 10th of October to the 2d of December, 1845, at the rate of three guineas per day. It was the custom of all the persons employed by the defendant to seed every week to Landon " a time bill," showing how they had been engaged, and also what other necessary expenses had been incurred; and it was from these " time bills" in the office of the defendant that the present claim wa., made out. Mr. H UMFREY, in his address to the jury, contended that the defendant was not liable to pay the present large amount. Plaintiff was engaged at the rate of one guinea per day, which was afterwards increased at the express wish of the defendant to a larger sum, and al though the time bills forwarded to London by the plain- tiff Contained charges at the rate of three guineas per day, still it was not until the month of Decem ber last that the defendant was made acquainted with the charges. He thought that at least the plaintiff should give some evidence that the work was actually done for which he made his charge. The Learned Counsel proceeded to say that the plaintiff had himself admitted that he had received the sum of 701. for his services from the 10th of November to the 2d of December, and that a further sum of 71. 6s. was paid into Court, and contended that this was ample re muneration for the services of a person who had entered into an agreement at the rate of one guinea and a halt per day. A number of witnesses were then called on the part of the defence. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up to the jury, said, that with reference to the disputes as to what portion of the line the work was done upon, he thought the proper course would have been for the defendant to take out a summons before the judge at chambers for the particulars of demand, the plaintiff wishing to know upon what portion of the line such or such work was done. Suck a demand would always be granted by the judge, upon a proper affidavit, stating that the plaintiff had reason to believe that the work in question was not done. The questions for the jury to consider were, first, by whom tht plaintiff was employed, then whether the work in question was really done, and if done, were the charges for such work correctly made, and if so, what was the balance now due to the plaintiff. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict for the full amount, 461. 16s. His LORDSHIP granted immediate execution. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied all the morning with a pedi gree case, which was adjourned from Saturday. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE DRYDEN. NOVEL A PPLICATION.,-In this case, which va s a n old fiat, the solicitor to the assignees applied to the Learned Commissioner to annul a dividend previously declared, and grant another meeting, on the ground that there was an error in the calculation, whereby one por tion of the creditors were excluded from partaking in the dividend. The clerk to the official assignee said the error arose in consequence of the subsequent meeting for proof of debts not being taken into consideration, the consequence was, that the first creditors would receive two dividends and the others none at all. The Registrar said the dividend was declared so far back as the 18th October, 1845. The solicitor said it had not been advertised, and he conceived that the fund might be brought back from the dividend and placed to the general account. He was a creditor himself, and also had a bill of costs. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could not un derstand why there had been so much delay, nor could he now withdraw the fund. The clerk to the official assignee said, that the solicitor to the assignees was aware, the day after the dividend was directed that there was an error, and refused to sign the dividend paper, but he had not since taken any steps on the part of the assignee, or for himself, to have it set right till now. The Solicitor had been a great many times and never incredible. ilonour. It was had H iaan HONOURopportuni saidt opportunity of t hspeakingwas u t i o t e his clear that he was not entitled to costs which had not been submitted to audit at the audit meeting. He could m n o o t r a b n ri d n u g m t h b e e ing money pu t b a c o k n , but th e w p o r u o l e d e e i d n i n a g r op al leerwmae n amendment, so that the new creitrs might receive the first dividend which would e xhaud stthe assets. ---- SURREYAY.) Thesesession S s ESSItiN o S commencedchairman, and a full bench of mag istrates. to-day r before SMr D. of a violent character, committed by Tho mas The first case taken was an indictment forFoauumaesssaaunldt Henry Foulkes, his brother, omnibus proprietors, on W. H. Balls, the keeper of a green yard at Kennington cross. It appeared that the former of the two prisoners, who had surrendered in discharge of their bail, had ap plied to the Insolvent Court for relief, and one of his omnibuses had been, as part of his property, delivered to Rutland, a sheriff's officer, for custody, and by him confided to the care of the prosecutor. The application of Thomas Foulkes failed in consequence of his having described himself as out of trade, whereas at the hearing the con trary was shown. This invalidated the petition, and it was shown by one of the messengers of the Court of Chancery, in the employment of Mr. Graham, the official assignee, that in such a case the property that had been seized immediately becomes reinvested in the insolvent, and if any of it has been sold, the proceeds are handed over to him. With this impression Foulkes and his brother went to Ball's yard to take away his omnibus, on the 2:.:4 of July last. Ball had, however, received a notice not to give up the property, as Foulkes had failed to pay the fees of the Court. Notwithstanding this circum stance, the two Foulkeses proceeded to take away by force the omnibus and the two horses which drew it. While getting the horses out, the son of the prosecutor took sway the pole of the carriage, but they persevered, and as Henry Foulkes was driving the omnibus out of the yard, they were met by Ball, who, with his utmost strength, opposed their progress, and was violently struck over the hands, head, and face. The cries of the prosecutor ultimately brought the police to his assistance, and all went together to the station, where they were referred to the magistrates, and this indictment was ultimately preferred. Mr. CLIARNOCK, who was retained for the prisoners, in addressing the jury, stated that the petition of Thomas Foulkes to the Court of Insolvency had been filed two years before this circumstance occurred. During the interval which had elapsed he bad succeeded in making arrangements with several of his creditors, and he ceased to be a petitioner at all. He had, therefore, agreed to let the omnibus and horses to Ball, at a rent of 41. 10s. per week, with a proviso that all should be returned to him safe and in good condition, and that, in the event of the duty getting into arrear, or of the horses or the carriage being in jured, he should have a right to take them away at any time from the possession of the prosecutor. The rent had got three weeks behind hand ; there was a sum of 231. owing for duty, and one of the horses had died. Seeing this property thus injured, Foulkes and his brother had gone to Ball's yard to take it. and in the en deavour to do so the assault was made, which the Learned Counsel asserted was justified to the very ut most, and put in the agreement between Foulkes and Ball, and signed by both of them. With respect to the allegation that the property was rightly detained under the Court of Bankruptcy, he would contend that, in the first place, no sufficient proof had been given that such was the cass. The property had been seized, not in the night, but in the light of day, and in the presence of the officers of the law ; and, under all the circumstances, whatever assault had been committed wits in every way justifiable. (The trial had not concluded when our report left.) MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED). HOOD'S 'MAGAZINE, An Elegiac Ode to Thomas Hood is prefixed to the December number: it has some merit. The tragedy of "The Avenger" is continued, as is likewise the story of " Blanche Neville." Beyond these contribu tions the magazine is an olla podrida of miscellaneous scraps in prose and poetry, some of them good, and others execrably bad. One of them is entitled, " A Thought," to this effect— " Cease to murmur, hapless whiner, Throw that sigh away, Think if caring much won't win her, Caring little may 1" Surely the editor has forgotten the most inimitable of the delicious songs of old Sir John Suckling; direfuls rely he parody h as not u ponobserved this b ex ciu e i fo si r te e t a h n a d t t n h a e 7 r a e b d o i v t e ty a a ditty none the less beautiful for being familiar to many— " Why so pale and wan, fond lover ? Prythee, why so pale ? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prythee, why so pale ? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Pry thee, why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Speaking nothing do't? Prythee, why so mute ?" The imitation from this is most manifest. Mr. J. Jones manages, again, very adroitly to ruin his noble sonnet to December, by the most ill-judged alterations. DOU rGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGA. ZINE. Where tarries the cab driver ? We have missed him from the stand for months past, and we almost despair of ever meeting with him again. Can it be that Juniper Hedgehog hath resigned the whip for the razor, and tu rne d f rom ca b-d r i ver to b ar b er, g i v i ng oralinstead of epistolatory information to his fellow creatures ? But alth oug h J un ip er H e d ge h og n o longer enlightens us, we have still the history of St. Giles and St. James. The 34th chapter of which commences the present number. Capstick, who through the remonstrances of Bright Jem, begins to have an inkling that Snipeton has made a tool of him in the affair of the representation of Liquorish, goes up to the cottage at Hampstead to satisfy his doubts ; be arrives there just as St. Giles has returned with the account of the abduction of Clarissa by Willis and Tom Blast, and is present when on first learning the in telligence, Snipeton grinds his teeth, howls his curses, and, in very impotence, works his hands like a demon balked of his revenge : " And now is Snipeton widowed. Yes : with a living wife, damned to worst widowhood. It would have worn and tortured the spirit within him sometimes to wander from the desk to the churchyard, and there look down upon Clarissa's grave. To have read, and read with dreamy, vacant eyes, the few tombstone syllables that sum up—solemnly brief—the hopes, and fears, and wrongF, and wretchedness ; the pleasant thoughts and aching weariness that breath begins and ends. Cla rissa, wife of Ebenezer Snipeton, died —2 Words to dim a husband's eyes ; to carry heaviness to the heart ; to numb the soul ; and for a time to make the lone man, with his foot at the treasure-holding grave, feel the whole world drifted from him, and he left landed on the little spot he looks on. And then breaks small, mourn ful music from those words : pleasant, hopeful sounds, that will mingle her name with his ; that will make him own the dear, the still incorporate dead. The flesh of his flesh, the bone of his bone, is lapsed into the dis grace of death: it is becoming the nourishment of grass; and still his heart yearns to the changing form: still it is a part of him; and his tender thoughts may, with the coffined dead, love to renew the bridal vow the dead ab solves him of. And Snipeton, his wife in her winding sheet, might so have solemnised a second wedlock. For surely there are such nuptials. Yes; second marriages of the grave between the quick and th e d ea d, w ith G o d and his angels the sole witnesses. " And Snipeton was denied such consolation. His widowhood permitted no such second troth. Living to the world, his wife was dead to him ; yet though dead, not severed. There was the horror: there, the foul con dition of disgraced wedlock : the flesh was still of his flesh, cancerous, ulcerous ; with a life in it to torture him. By day, that flesh of his flesh would wear him ; by night, with time and darkness lying like a weight upon him, would be to him as a fiend that would cling to him; that would touch his lips; that would murmur in his ear. And let him writhe, and struggle, and with a strong man's strong will determine to put away that close tormentor, it would not be. The flesh was still of his flesh, alike incorporate in guilt and truth." " St. Giles and St. James" is followed by a graphic description of the Night Fair in Alexandria, evi dently from the pen of one who has been long resi dent in Egypt. "Fables for Foolish Fellows," and " Pearls for Popish Places," are continued. Angus Reach contributes a paper on " Our Statues and their Wardrobes," which commences thus : " There is one dress for the people of the nineteenth century, and another dress for the statues of the people of the nineteenth century. Flesh and blood wear Eng lish costumes—stone and bronze, Roman. Coats and trowsers are quite good enough for actual breathing humanity—togas and buskins must be employed to set off its more valuable and honoured effigies. A man is not felt to be degraded by a waistcoat and a standing shirt collar—a statue is. The statue being the more exalted thing of the two, claims th e grea t es t cares o f the . costumier. Anything good enough for an existing original—hardly anything good enough for a metallic portraiture. The tailor is thought to be sufficient to clothe the man—the artist must drape the statue. Happy statues—miserable men ! Who would not be bronze rather than human—sculptured by man rather than formed by Nature?" He suggests, and very properly suggests, that we should dress the statues of Englishmen as English men. Of course th ere w ill b e a great outcry among the " hi▪ gh art " people against this sacrilege, but we value truth above high art, and if high artists cannot sculpture statues i n mo d ern cos tume, doubtless low artists will be f oun d who can an d w ill do so, and willwho do it t as t e f u ll y, p i c t ures quely, artistically, and dri▪ ve from the field the herd of mere imitators, who, to hide their want of original genius, cant of "classical taste," and drivel oceans of nonsense about " high art." We have also in this number some passable poetry, and some good reviews of new books. CHRISTOPHER . TADPOLE. BY illbert Smith . Part. IV. The tenth chapter opens with a description of the approach of Hickory and Christopher to Liverpool : " The calm and soothing twilight of spring eventide was gliding slowly onwar d upon the earth as Hickory led the donkey, upon which Christopher was seated, intended to a rud e b r idl e - way towar d s the last halt he to make on their journey. " They mere travelling along a bold headland, on the ridge of which their path lay. Hitherto they had gone for some little di s t ance over b ro k e n ground, encumbered with huge blocks of stone, and dug into deep quar ries and pits that it required some little caution to avoid in the failing light; but now they had arrived at a beaten track, and all was smooth before them. It was not yet so dark that Christopher could not observe the extensive panorama around him, although the horizon was already veiled in shade. But his attention was principally at tracted by a swarm of lights that he was looking down upon on his right, the like of which he had never be tore witnessed. " They rose, bright and twinkling, even in the last gleam of d a y, one a b ove the other, unt il t h e most dis tant and the faintest appeared to mingle with the peeping stars that one by one were coming out in the blue air. Their reflection gleamed and quivered in a great water that flowed between them and the headland ; and they spangled the banks in long array, until they got so hazy at the far-off points, that they only caught the eye at intervals. But they were not all stationary. Upon the shore, and on the water, they moved along, crossing and re-crossing one another, and mixing with the gene ral mass, until a ll appeare d to b e en d owe d with bewil dering motion. " "rhat's a larger mine than we've got,' said Chisto topher, as he looked in wonderment at the illumination, his only idea of a number of lights being connected with the working of the miners. " It isn't a mine,' replied Hickory, 'as you shall see to-morrow. That's a great town, and those are the lamps. It's Liverpool.' ' They put up for the night at the " Ring o' Bells," at Bidston, where Christopher is unfortunately recog- nised by a " miner," who gives information of his whereabout to Rockey. The next morning Hickory and Christopher go to the docks to meet Luddy, who has come to Liverpool by water. Poor Christopher gets confused and bewildered in the docks, and no wonder, for— " One had only to look upon the goods debarked under the sheds to see what wonderful j ourneys the ships had f grain an d co l our un made. n at Strange h o ihome--were e logs r eof pitchedw oo d d— 00 wn in he a p s . Odd out landish packages, .too, were th ere, marked with mystic hieroglyphics, as If the artist had l earned his alpha b et from the bottles in chemists wi ndows, or the curious diagram—which some people pretend to understand—in Moore's Almanac. Further on were drums of figs, enough to have supplied all En gland gland with dessert for a year, including Lord Mayor Day, at which festival such unwonted num bers of dishes always figure in the long lists of eatables that everybody knows, but nobody reads—tight little band-boxes of seed and-sugar-bags, seen singly at reputable grocers, but here stocked in piles might not look over. Bales of matting like enormous first-born-baby pin cushions ; or rather, as such would appear in the Poly technic microscope, the leaf and bit of cam' technic microscope, when the ingenious gentleman who shows you the triumph of that an ordinary sized man lives all amongst the oxy-hydrogen gas and dissolving brie. Strange casks which . might contain fish, or treacle, or pickles, or anything else a vivid imagination chose to fancy in them. Hides of supposed wild beasts, looking like diseased door -pats : skins of animals as natureviews i n over his unknown as the wondrous Liver —the bird from which the town takes its name,. and who has never been seen a v r i t vi a d s except on the corporation seal, but is supposed, in the dark ages, to have paired off with the Dodo upon some in teresting division of the globe generally. Everything lying about was odd, and new, and f ork i gn . E ven t h e carts that carried these things away were like none r others in England : for they were very long—they would have done for large gangways at steam-boat 1 piers —and had (gay two wheels, so that everything had • to be balanced in them : and if this were not done, they threatened either t o lif t t h e h orse up into the hair, like a harnessed Pegasus, or press him to the ground beyond all chance of progression, except he had been trained at Astle 's to approach a conquering King upon his knees. "Few shops diversifiA - the lines of warehouses that rose along the road bordering the docks ; and when they did, they were for the sale of articles of stern nautical use—ropes and sail-cloth, and tough biscuits : outlandish habits of oil-skin, optical instruments, and spirits. At the dock-gates were stalls of humbler merchandise— cheap braces and small mirrors—superannuated apples and results of unpromising confectionary. In this new world, Christopher had not eyesight enough to gaze in wonder on the novelties that burst upon him at every step. But for Hickory's guidance, he would long ago have tumbled amidst some of the piles of strange mer chandise that rose everywhere right in the way of the passenger." He is soon, however, awakened from his dream of wonder, for, from behind a bale of merchandise, Rockey emerges, and seizing Christopher bears him off, in spite of the remonstrances of Hickory, to one of those subterranean dens of iniquity which are to be found in such abundance in Liverpool. Their ad ventures there furnish the subject of another chapter, p t re i s r e d n , tnumber,which iis devoted t betweenthe two wi ish concludesint erpolated the a h ssy Payne, during the day's excursion de scriptionofthesayings and doings to so o f Sprouts and BeHampton Court. The description in this chapter of the jolly man and of the cross old lady, and indeed of the whole of the van party, is most graphic. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Part VI. By Gilbert Abbott A'Beekett. Merrily does Mr. A'Beckett laugh his way through the reign of Edward 111. in this number, and mar vellous is the manner in which, in his merriest moods, he keeps to the truth of history, and dresses Clio— in the costume of Thalia. Take as a specimen his description of the battle of Poictiers On the 19th of September, 1356, the battle began with a duet played by two trumpets—one on each side— but this did not last long, for neither party desired to listen to overtures. The French commenced the at tack, but they came to the point a little too soon, for they actually ran upon the arrows of the English bow men. The Constable of France tried to inspire courage into the troops on his side by roaring out Mountjoy St. Denis !' but a stalwart Briton, telling him to hold his noise, felled him to the ground. A strong body of reserve, who carried their reserve to downright timidity, fled without striking a blow. They had scarcely drawn their swords, and received the word of command to " cut away," when they did literally cut away, and having cut refused to come again. John of France flourished his battle-axe with ferocious courage ; but at last he received two tremendous blows in the face which brought him to the ground. His son Philip, a lad of sixteen, fought by his side, encouraging him with cries of 'Give it 'em, father I' which aroused the almost ex hausted John, and caused hiss to recover his legs. Every kind of verbal insults was offered to him by the enemy, and particularly by the Gascons, who indulged in a great deal of their usual gasconade. Stand and surrender !' cried a voice, to which John replied, If I could stand I would not surrender, but I suppose I must fall into your hands.' With this he tottered into a circle of English knights, by whom he was nearly torn to pieces in the scramble that arose for the royal captive. Some among the crowd of his vietors endeavoured to induce his Majesty to place himself under their charge, and one or two began to talk to him in bad French, when Sir Denis, a real Frenchman, who had been dismissed from the service of his own country and entered that of England, addressed the monarch politely in his native tongue. John was in the act of offering up his glove to this gentleman as a token of surrender, when the royal gauntlet was torn to pieces by the surrounding knights, who all wanted to have a finger in it. Every one was eager to claim the French monarch, who seemed on the point of being torn to pieces like a hare by a pack of ill bred hounds. I took him,' exclaimed fifty voices at once, when the Earl of Warwick, rushing into the front, thundered forth in a stentorian voice, Can't you leave the man alone and drawing John's arm within his own, led off the conquered King to the camp of Ed ward. Warwick took little Philip by the hand, and presented father and sen to the Black Prince, who re ceived them with much courtesy. He invited them both to supper, waited on the French King at table, and soothed his grief with probably such kind expressions as 'Poor old chap !' Never mind, old fellow !' and other words of respectful sympathy." BOW-STREET.-(THIS D►AY.) JohiL Wallace was charged 133 fore Mr. Hall, with being ' cxlemned with others in robbing Henry Carve r, a lad of a'Jout 14 years of age, of the sum of 11. 75., at a coffee shop in King-street, Covent-garden. The prosecutor stated that he came to town on Friday evening last, from Hertfordshire. He had when he came to town 11. 18s.. He took a lodging immediately at the Hope coffee-shop, in King-street. Last evening he was sitting in the shop taking his tea, and took out of his pocket a tin box (in which he kept his money), for the purpose of paying for what he had taken. The prisoner and another boy were sitting in the box with him. After he had put his money in his pocket he thought he felt the hand of one them in his pocket, and be took his money out, and was going to put it in another pocket, when the boy who was sitting opposite to him snatched it out of his hand and ran away, followed by the prisoner. Witness ran after them, but at the door of the coffee-house the prisoner turned back and knocked aim down. There was 11. 7s. or 1Z Bs. in his pocket— he was not sure which. _ _ . Policeman F 60 said that he apprehended the prisoner this morning, knowing him by the description given of him by the prosecutor. The prisoner was an associate of thieves, and suspected by the police. Mr. HALL supposed that now be had lost his money he had no means of supporting himself while he was looking for employment. The boy said that he had a few shillings deposited in the hands of the coffee-shop-keeper, and that would keep him until to-morrow, when he would go to look for work. fie had no doubt he would get engaged by some fruiterer in Covent•garden market. Mr. HALL sent for Moore, the beadle of the market, and asked him whether he thought it possible to get the boy any employment in the market? as if he was left to himself it would be the ruin of him. . . . Moore promised to get him a ticket to work in the market immediately. The prisoner was committed for trial, Mr. HALL ob serving that if his accomplice was taken he could also be committed immediately, and they could be tried to • gether. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY. Charles Hagan and John Hull were charged with picking the pocket of Mary Ryde, a servant out of place. The complainant said she went into the coffee-shop, 265, Oxford-street, yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, to have a cup of coffee. A little after she had been there, the prisoners came and sat down at the table where she was, the prisoner Hull being by her side. She could not swear to seeing the money taken, but she had it in her pocket after she sat down in the house, and she once felt Hall's hand in her pocket. Inspector Whall said, a young woman had come up and signed the charge-sheet, to whom the prisoner, Hagan, said he very near had had the complainant's money. Police- constable D 33, said, he believed the female witness was afraid to appear, on account of the threats which had been used towards her by the prisoners. The prisoners %ere known as the associates of a gang. Mr. HARDWICK remanded the prisoners till Wednes day, and granted the police-constables a warrant to bring up the other witnesses. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.). A very respectable looking man named Everett, who was described as a watchmaker, was charged with threatening Wm. Evans, a broker, and attempting to cut his assistant's throat with a razor. It appeared from the statement of both complainants that they went to execute a distraint for rent in the prisoner's house, and when he came home about 12 o'clock at night, being at the time the worse for liquor, he used the most violent threats to Evans, and taking a razor from his pocket opened it and made a rush at them, but was held back by Mrs. Everett. He then got into a paroxysm of rage, and made an attempt to cut his own throat, but was fortunately prevented, and given into custody. The defendant denied that he contemplated doing any injury either to the complainants or himself; but he acknowledged that he was excited at seeing two strange men in his house at that time, and might have used violent language. He was ordered to find bail for three months. THE ENCLOSURE IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.— On Saturday, in consequence of repeated complaints to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the collisions between individuals and the gate-keepers of the orna mental. pleasure- grounds in St. James's Park, respecting the right of admission, instructions were given them that they were only to prevent persons in a ragged or very dirty condition from entering, or who are not decent in appearance or behaviour ; they are also not to allow beggars, or persons with loads on their heads, or with parcels or packages of an inconvenient size, such as would obstruct t he public walks, to enter the enclosure. ELOPEMENT.—A. report prevails that a lady of family and distinction, in this neighbourhood, has re cently withdrawn her allegiance from her lord, and placed herself under the protection of his lordship's friend !—Leeds Mercury. DEPARTURE OF SIR H. PorrINGER.—SOUTII AMPTON, DEC. 6.—The Oriental Company's new steam ship Haddington, Captain Warner, went out of dock yesterday, en route for Calcutta, calling at the Cape, Mauritius, Gibraltar, and Madeira. She takes out ship letters, a full cargo of company's stores, and 50 passen gers, among whom are Sir Heiary Pottinger and family. The Haddington, on leaving the docks, was most heartily cheered by the crews of all the other vessels in the basin. The South-Western Company's steam-ship Transit, Captain Nhitworth, left the docks at eleven A.M. this day, with 25 passengers and a cargo of iron and hard. ware, bound for Carreel. Her return cargo will consist of fruit and cattle. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The telegraph has been laid down and ctivered in as far as Oakley-street, east side of Westminster-road. From Westminster-road the right hand foatway along Oakley-street and Gibson street has been opened to the depth of two feet, for the reception of the wires. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.—On Saturday Mr. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, en the body of John Morris, aged five years and six months, whose parents reside at 3, Broad yard, White cross-street. The evidence proved that deceased, on Wednesday morning last, during the temporary absence of its mother, set fire to its clothes. The little fellow had the presence of mind to roll himself up in the bed clothes, by which means he extinguished the flames, but not before he was most frightfully burned. He was taken to the hospital, where he died on Thursday night. Verdict—" Accidental death ." DOTER HARBOUR.—We understand that the memorial of the mayor and corporation of this town to the Lords of the Admiralty, representing the necessity of the erection of a low-water landing jetty at Dover, has been most favourably received; and that their Lord ships fed convinced of the necessity of such a conve nience in a national point of view. We also understand that their Lordships have instructed their engineer, Mr. James Walker, to make out an estimate of the probable cost of the erection of such a portion of the refuge har bour works as would serve the purposes of a low-water landing pier. —Dover Chronicle. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On Saturday the entire collection of antique sculpture, &c., deposited in the Townley Gallery of the British Museum, was removed, preparatory to the demolition of the gallery, which is to take place forthwith, a gallery similar in size and archi tecture to the Egyptian to be built on its site. The new rooms in the western wing, intended for the reception of mammalia, are to be thrown open to the public during the Christmas holidays. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, DEC. 4.—The arrival to this day's market is moderate. We have a fair demand for each article in the trade, without any quota ble variation in price. CURIOUS CAGE or SohorAzdnumsm.—Between five and six o'clock on Monday morning, one of the watchmen in the employment of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was considerably surprised at seeing a man in a night-gown and cap proceeding along the railway from Ordsall-lane station towards Hunt's Bank. He`immediately hailed the intruder, who, however, took no notice of the summons, but proceeded with all the gravity imaginable, as if in the fulfilment of some im portant mission. On being laid hold of, it wus found that the stranger was sound asleep; and, on inquiry, it was ascertainoedrdatshant.iheeeehated proceeded thepeiet in at t w ha h t ie s h tat h e e from his house inwas stopped. i It was fortunate that he wa s s een b y the watch man the hour is question , for , but for this, the chances train.—Manchester Examiner. MARYLEBONEare that he would have b een run over and killed b y an early THE DEPUTY CORO NER AND THE di rec t o rs and guardians o a f t th a e poormeetinegf osft.thmar ee the o f b v o i a e r h d e, a motion ors of the out-door t the duties of the inspectors d that Mr. w as made calling for a special meeting to in vestigateVEsTay.—On Saturday , nq uest on sa ordaunt, fore man of the jury in the late inerally was more blame attached to the Loui side M red there had told him that the jury g e family of the Mordaunts than to the parochial officers, and he (the foreman) was poor, when Mr. Mallali eu said . Kitchener, much opposed to the censure conveyed by the verdict, but had a most unruly jury to co Mr. Potter said he thought the t e rm unruly could not properly apply chair man thought the foreman of the jury o u g ht to have ex pressed these sentiments to the coron er. to the jury ; on th e contrary, they we re too su bservient the in submittin g t o b e ma d e th e tools of the deputy - coro ner. After some furth er o b serva ti ons o n the conduct of deputy-coroner, the motion was carried and the b oard adjourn e d. Al the same meeting Messrs. Glozier, Ridgeway, and Gomm drew the attention of the vestry to the horrifying condition of the poor, and stated that the coal and potato society, for the benefit of the dis tressed, had not only exhausted its funds, but had also incurred considerable debt. They recommended the vestry to advance 501. to enable the society to purchase coals and pototoes to be given to the poor at cost price. TAX ON BEER.--The tax on ale is three farthings per quart—poor people are charged 4d. But they do not know it, and, therefore, it is said they are not taxed at all. A labourer who earns 15s. per week, and who drinks a quart of ale a day, pays as tax 2s. 4d. per week; per quarter, 30s. 4d.; and per annum, 61. Is. 4d. It is proposed in place of this, that he should pay 4s. 9d. per quarter, or 19s. per annum-11. is put on, 61. are taken otf.—Mr. W. I?. Smce on Extending the Income Tax. Second Edition. The principal in the late elopement from Bond street having been discovered, we understand an indict ment will shortly be preferred against him, and also !tourist the house in King's-place, for receiving the stolen property. It is hoped a conviction will relieve the parish of St. James from one of those nuisances which have of late aided in the entrapment and seduction of mere children.—Sunday paper. THE QUEEN v. RICHARD DUNN.—The trial of this indictment is appointed to take place at Guildhall, DR the 15th instant. A special jury will . be summoned at the instance of the prosecutrix, Miss Burdett Coutts. ALMANACK FOR THE MONTH. We are sorry to find from the preface that this is to be the last number of this monthly repertory of fun. The success of the work has been great, but Mr. A'Beckett fairly tells his readers that having " something else to do he cannot cater for their en tertainment in this shape any longer." We hope, however, that his collaborateurs will continue the almanack, and, although unable to continue the duties of editorship, he may perchance occasionally contri bute some "quips and cranks" which will " set the table in a roar." THE COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE. The present number fully sustains the high charac ter which this magazine has already attained as a va luable repertory of commercial statistics, THE PLOUGH. Although this publication commenced with unusual promise, and although a year has now elapsed since its first appearance, that promise has been fulfilled. The work is a creditable organ of English agricul ture. In intelligence, in its editorial management and correspondence, The Plough is worthy of all commendation. GUIDE TO THE TURF, 01? POCKET RACING COMPANION. By W. Ruff; for 1847. What Mr. Joseph Deacon Hume was, and what Mr. J. R. Porter is to the statistics of trade and com merce, that is Mr. Ruff to the statistics of racing. The present number of the guide contains the nomi nations for 1847 ; the entries for the great stakes for 1848, alphabetically arranged and indexed ; a record of the races of 1846 ; the laws of !acing ; the Derby, Oaks, and Leger lots ; with a list of the winners of those races from the commencement. In fact, it is impossible to require any information on the subject of racing, which is not be found in " Ruff's Guide." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, returned to Osborne House at a quarter before two o'clock on Friday afternoon, from Arundel Castle. On Saturday her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual walks in the pleasure grounds, and the Royal &Daily took their accustomed airings. Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Princo Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice walked and rode on the sea-beach. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service in Whippingham Church yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. Combined deputations of merchants and others in terested in the reduction of the duty upon tea, from Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Blackburn, Man chester, Dublin, acd Norwich, had an interview with Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at the official residence of the Noble Lord in Downing-street. The deputations were composed of —from the town of Liverpool, Messrs. William Ea► le, T. B. Horsfall, and J. Bromley Moore ; from the town of Leeds, Messrs. H. Stansfield and Scarlet; from the town of Blackburn, Messrs. Montague, Fielden and Pilkington, from the city of Edinburgh, Mr. W. Law; from the city of Glasgow, Messrs. John Scott, Andrew Jamieson, and R. Eglinton; from the Liverpool Association of the reduction of the duty on tea, Messrs. Christopher Raw son, William Rathbone, and James Stearns; from the Liverpool East India and China Association, Messrs. William Potter, Henry Winch, and Edward Brodribb; from the Manchester Commercial Association, Messrs. Robert Gardner, Leopold Reiss, and William Steuart; from the Glasgow Merchants House, Chamber of Com merce, East India and China Association, Messrs. John Scott, Andrew Jamieson, and Rolert Eglinton; from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Mr. C. Halliday ; from the Merchants . and Manufacturers of Norwich, Messrs. J. W. Robbed!. and Willett; from the Liverpool Ship-owners Association, Messrs. John Lockett and Thomas Bold. Sir John Hall transacted business on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. Colonel Campbell had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Sir Henry Pottinger left town on Saturday for South ampton, to embark for the Cape of Good Hope. Dr. Bowring, M.P., and a deputation respecting to bacco, had an interview on Saturday with Lord John Russell. Sir George Grey left town on Saturday for Sandon Hall, the seat of the Earl of Harrowby. Lord John Russell left town on Saturday afternoon for Charlwood. - --- - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday, and resumed the hearing of an appeal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall." Mr. Wigram, Queen's counsel, Mr. Rennals, and Mr. Turner, Queen's counsel, were heard._ The case was adjourned. At the Chapel Royal St. James's, yesterday, the prayers were read by the R.lr. Dr. H. Dakins, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was "Prepare ye the way of the Lord" (Wise). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquises of Anglesey, Granby, and Thomond, Lords Sandwich, and W. Graham, were among the nobility present. MR. BRODERIP.—On Saturday, at the Thames Police-court, Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, read a valedic tory letter from Mr. Broderip, on that gentleman's re tirement from a station which he had filled for upwards of 23 years, to take his seat as one of the presiding ma magistrates at the Westminster Police-court. ST. IVES.—Upwards of fifty pieces of mahogany have been brought into this port by the pilot boats, and from the appearance of the wreck the portions found are supposed to have belonged to a French vessel, of about 200 tons.— West Briton. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 6.—We have still to report a very dull sugar market ; the trade take barely sufficient for their immediate wants, and prices aro again easier.—Bristol Mercury. IRELAND. REPLY OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING, SIX OVLOCK.—The Dublin Evening Post has just issued a second edition, with the following very important intelligence:— " The following most important letter has been ad dressed by Mr, Labouch ere to M r. Edward Bullen, the secretary to the Royaly Agricultural Improvement So ciety, in reply to the memorial which was lately pre sented by the council of that body to his Excellency, praying that townlands might be substituted for electoral divisions, in promoting thorough draining and other reproductive works under the Labour-rate Act:- 6 Si • " D übl in Castle, 4th December. r,—l am di recte d by his Excellency to acknow ledge the receipt of the memorial of the Royal Agri cultural Society of Ireland, in favour of the substitution of the townland for the electoral division, as the basis of taxation for reproductive works under the Poor Employ. ment Act. " The Lord-Lieutenant bas given to it that consider ation which was alike due to the memorialists and to the great importance of the subject to which it relates; but he is of opinion that he cannot, consistently with his duty, adopt the course which is proposed. s t" He has come to this conclusion, not merely from an apprehension of the serious practical dilliculties which would be produced by an attempt to carry it into execu. Lion, but also from a belief that it would be inconsistent with the primary object of the Poor Employment Act, which was to meet, as far as possible, the pressing exi gency of the season, by providing sustenance for the destitute, through the means of labour, in the most avail able inaener of which the circumstances of the case would admit. " It is true that his Excellency has been desirous of reconciling, as far as he could, with this essential principle the encouragement of the improved culture of the soil, and has taken upon himself the responsibility of affording the option of as - ricultural employment on certain conditions. But this option was conceded with as little departure as possible from the spirit of the measures sanctioned by Parliament : whereas the adoption of the townland instead of the electoral division would, in many cases, lead to the greatest expenditure taking place where the amount of destitution to be re lieved was least. " The Lord-Lieutenant is not insensible to the espe cial importance of encouraging, at this period, by all just and practicable means, the cultivation of the soil of Ireland ; and his most anxious attention is directed, in conjunction with her Majesty's Ministers, to this import ant subject. Nor can he, when addressing a society which comprises so many of the leading gentry of this country, forego the opportunity of expressing an earnest hope that they will in their various relief committees, lend their aid to the Government in resisting a practice which he has reason to fear has very extensively pre vailed, of allowing persons who are by no means in a destitute condition to be employed on the public works, thus depriving the really distressed of the benefit which was intended for them, as well as withdrawing from the ordinary cultivation of the soil the labour which is essen tial to the future subsistence of the people.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " H. LABOUCHERE " ' Edward Bullen, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Agri cultural Society, Upper Sackville-street.' ARMING OF THE PEASANTRY—LETTER OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The statements recontly forwarded from the provincial journals, of the extensive and open sale of fire-arms in several counties, have caused considerable alarm, and it has become necessary that the utmost power of the law should be enforced to put down so dangerous a system. The local journals in Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, and other counties almost daily contain accounts of attacks upon the houses of the gentry and farmers, with the object of obtaining fire-arms. The Government, in order to grapple effectually against this wicked system, have issued the following important circular to the magis trates at the various petty session courts throughout the country : " Dublin Castle, Dec. 3, 1846. " Gentlemen,—His Excellency's attention haVing been directed to the frequent outrages committed by armed parties in various parts of the country, and to the ap pearance of persons armed, as well by day as by night, to the terror and alarm of her Majesty's subjects, and who, there is good reason to believe, do not bear arms for any legitimate purpose—l am directed by the Lord- Lieutenant to state, for your information and guidance, that " Under 15th and 16th Geo. lIL, c. 21, 5. 2 (the Whiteboy Act), any person or persons being armed with fire-arms, firelock, pistol, or any offensive weapon, who shall rise, assemble, or appear by day or by night to the terror of her Majesty's subjects, is guilty of a high misdemeanor, and punishable by fine and imprisonment. " This section is still in force, and there can be no doubt that, in a district where outrages have been corn milted of a Whiteboy character, any person so appear ing may be committed under this section, unless it be shown that he was out on a lawful occasion. " By the 6th section, every magistrate or other peace officer, within the limits of his jurisdiction, is authorised to apprehend, disperse, or oppose any person or persons so appearing armed. _ _ _ " This section should be acted upon if there is reason to think that the parties are not in arms on some lawful occasion, and more especially at night when there is less reason to suppose that such is the fact ; but whenever the parties are distinctly known to the police, informa tion should be sworn against them, upon which they should be arrested, and, if the case require it, be com mitted for trial. If the person or persons so appearing armed are not known, or if, being known, there be an apprehension that he or they a7e engaged in the prose cution of borne illegal act, the constables would be authorised to arrest them, and bring them before a ma gistrate. " His Excellency is desirous of calling the attention of the magistrates and peace-officers to the provisions of the law with respect to persons appearing armed, and the power which it gives ofpunishing those who by such conduct create terror and alarm in the minds of the well-disposed ; and he trusts that, by a vigilant and prudent application of these enactments, the proceedings to which he has referred may be effectually checked. " You may rely upon the cordial support of his Ex cellency in your efforts to prevent the right of carrying arms for lawful objects, which every Irishman now pos sesses, from being perverted to purposes which are con trary to law and dangerous to the peace of the country. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, "H. LABOUCIIERE. " To the Magistrates at Petty Sessions." DESTITUTION OF THE PEASANTRY—MEET INGS OF THE GENTRY. Still, notwithstanding the immense amount of employ ment on the public works, combined with the benevo lent exertions of the-relief committees, there is a formi dable extent of destitution in various districts. Of its intensity in the county of Cork you may form some idea from the following statements, abridged from the Cork Reporter : LYCEUM THEATRE PROMENADE CONCERTS.—MT. Allcroft's short but most successful campaign at this theatre is now rapidly drawing towards a conclusion. The present is the last week during which these de lightful performances will be continued, and great praise is due to Mr. Allcroft for the manner in which these concerts have been conducted. In addition to other engagements, Mr. Al!croft has for the present week secured the services of the Misses Williams as vocalists, and there can be no doubt that from their exertions, added to those of our old friend Sinclair, the Distius, and the many other talented pro fessors who nightly appear at these concerts, will secure for Mr. Allcrott crowded houses every evening. NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —MUNIFI CENT DoNATIoN.—on Saturday the secretary of the National Benevolent Institution, in Bloomsbury, re ceived a letter from an anonymous individual, signing under the initials of "C. Y. P.," enclosing the sum of 5001. to be applied towards the funds of this excellent charity. CATCHING A TARTAR.—We have heard the follow ing account as current in Bradford. A Methodist local preacher, residing in or near Horton, on returning home one night during the week was attacked by a thief; when, after a desperate struggle, the thief rifled his pockets of some pence. The preacher, in the struggle, tore away the coat-lap of the highwayman, and, taking it home, found on inspection that there was in the pocket a purse with 3L 10s. in it.—Leeds Mercury. The silver extracted from mines in Spain during the month of October amounts to 123,680 ounces, worth 30,914/. All this metal is sent to France, where it is coined into five franc pieces. THE CONDE DE MONTMOLIN.---011 Saturday his Royal Highness was occupied during the early part of the day in the transaction of business, and afterwards received several distinguished persons, amongst whom were Lord John Manners, M.P.; Viscount Pollington,iseobnt M.P.; Mr. F. Mills, Mr. H. Broadwo o d, M.P.; v the & b y e . the In Mar quis Ranelagh, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Philip H. H oward, M.P. ; Mr. Borthwick, M.P.; MajorOc'oDmophaebritey evening his Royal Highness, ac de Villafranca, General Don Juan de Montenegro, and Colonel Merry, honou re d M r. Quintin Dick, M.P., and a distinguished party w ith hi s company at dinner.. Y e e r s v t i e c rd ay eathisthe eßoyal Hanoverian Highness, Catholic after Chapel, t Divine o oka b airing in the Regent's -park. In the course of the day visits were paid to his Royal Highness by Lieutenant General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8.; Mr. Evan Protheroe, Lieutenant -Colonel H. Dundas Campbell, Mr. Moore, &c. His Highness has intimated his inten tion of honouring the French play with his presence this evening. THE WEATHER IN WESTMORELAND.—Winter has come upon us with unlooked-for suddenness and seve rity. The change began on Friday last with a fine bracing frost. Saturday was a brilliant sunshiny day, with the frost still keen, and towards evening the mantle of winter fell for the first time on the earth. The snow in this neighbourhood was not nearly so deep as it ap pears to have been in Yorkshire, where several trains were detained by it, and since Saturday we have had no more. On Tuesday there was every appearance of a break up of the frost, and the snow disappeared rapidly, but by sunset the atmosphere had become clear and frore, and since then the cold has been, for the season, intense. Ice has been formed in a single night considerably more than an inch in thickness, and at several spots skating has been commenced. The canal has already been frozen up.— Westmoreland Gazette. M. MICHELET.—The death of M. Michelet, an lately in most of the papers, was not that of the historian, but of his father. It is a fact worth noticing, that eggs were never at a higher price than now in Carlisle. They have been lately on sale at ls. 6d. per dozen, and even more money has been asked in several instances.—Carlisle Patriot. A rumour has just reached us that a disastrous slip has happened on the Whitehavenßailway,near the mouth of the tunnel. We have not, however, received any of the Particulars.—Carlisle PatriA LAW INTELLIGENCE. VIOE-CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 5. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM WINTER V. WINTER. This cause came before his Honour for further direc tions, the Master having made a report in consequence of the decree of the Court in November, 1845. The cause turned upon the question, whether or not a writ was brought under the operation of the new Will Act. The circumstances were these . John Palmer, the testator, made his will on the 13th of March, 1833, and after making provision for bequests, dc .t:, &c., directed that his property should be divided equaily between his children. One of the children, John Palmer Winter, died during the life time of the testator, who made a codicil in 1838, which, after some immaterial alterations, ratified his will. It was contended, on the part of the plaintiff, who was the eldest son of John Palmer Winter, that the estate to which his father was entitled under the will of the testator should devolve upon him as heir-at-law, while on the part of the de fendants, who were females, it was alleged, that as John Palmer Winter died prior to the testator, the property should h ave been converted ii.to personalty, and be divided equally between all the children. The case had not co eluded at the rising of the Court COURT OF QUEEN'S BEACII,Dec. 5. SHAW V. GLYNN. Mr. Charnock and Mr. Pearson were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. 'This was all action brought by the plaintiff, Miss Jane Shaw, in forma pauperis, to recover 60/. from ihe de fendant, Mr. N. C. Glynn, a member of the legal profes sion, for services rendered to him as a housekeeper. Evidence was adduced to show that, from May to August, 1844, the plaintiff resided in the same house with the defendant, cooked his meals, and sometimes partodi of part of them with him, and superintended the house and the lodgers it contained. There was, however, evidence to show that the defendant purchased the furniture, and that he only allowed the plaintiff the use of it until she could obtain sufficient money to repay him, and that they did nut live together in the capacity of master and servant. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, Mr. Justice ERLE put it to the jury to say whether they considered the plaintiff did or did not live with the • defendant in the capacity of a servant. The jury considered she did not, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 5. HOLDER V. COAPE.—SPECIAL JURY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 180/ for board, lodging, and maintenance supplied by ,he plaintiff, an hotel-keeper, in the New-road, to the use of the wife of the defendant. Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiff, Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Robinson for the defendant. From the evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff it appeared that the defendant was a highly respectable person, and well known in the sporting world, and his income amounted to 2,8001. a year. The defendant and wife were living apart, and the present action was brought to recover the sum due for her expenses. On the part of the defence documents were put in (admitted upon the other side) and witnesses examined, to prove the payment of the sum of SOO/. a year by the defendant into the bank of Messrs. Rogers and Co. for the use of the plaintiff. Mr. STUART WORTLEY having replied upon the evi dence at some length, The LORD CHIEF BARON in summing up to the jury, said the simple question for them to decide was, whether the sum of 8001. was a sufficient allowance for the proper maintenance and support of his wife. The jury retired, and after a short consultation re turned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. STUART WORTLEY tendered a bill of exceptions to one portion of the direction of his Lordship with re ference to the deed of separation. He said he hoped his Lordship would not so direct the jury ; there was no deed of separation between the parties, and he thought it his duty respectfully to state that he could not concut in such opinion. The LORD CHIEF BARON would reserve to the Learned Counsel every opportunity to bring the matter forward again in any manner he pleased, either in this Court or the Court above. On the part of the defendant, Sir F. THESIGER COlL tended that as an allowance of 8001. a year was made by the defendant for the support of his wife, which was re gularly paid in to her account at Messrs. Rogers and Co.'s bank, and which was regularly drawn out by her, he would not, therefore, be liable for the amount now- claimed. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that he had er.ns u i te d some of the learned judges, and their opinion coincided entirely with his, that the only question for the jury was, whether the allowance of 8001. was or was not suf ficient for the maintenance and support of the wifo in such a manner as her position demanded. The jury, after a short time, returned a verdict for the defendant. DESPERATE HIGHWAY ROB BERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. HERTFORD, DEC. s. —This morning, one of the most atrocious and desperate cases of highway robbery, and attempted murder, was heard at the Shire Hall, in this town, before Mr. Mills, chairman, and a full bench of county magistrates. The prisoners were Charles Pearse and Benjamin Smith, two ferocious looking young men, who have been in the habit of travelling about the coun try under the pretence of selling brushes, but whose chief occupation has, it is believed, been robbery. The prose cutor is a dealer in earthenware, and who has been for some years past well known in Ilertford, as an honest and industrious man. The occurrence took place about a fortnight since, but the prosecutor had not previously sufficiently recovered from the effects of the wounds be received on the occasion to appear before the bench. fie appeared very weak, and was obliged to be accom modated with a chair during the inquiry. His head and face presented a most frightful appearance, being cut in all directions, and in some pliv.A.s large pieces of flesh had been entirely beaten away, leaving his scull quite exposed to view. He said—My name is James Jarvis. I am a hawker, and am in the habit of travelling to the different towns in the county with earthenware. On Saturday, the 21st ult., I was at Welwyn. I was in the Horse Shoe public-house, I there saw the prisoners. I cannot say whether I had ever seen them before. After staying at the Horse Shoe about ten minutes, I left for Ware. I went into the Checquers at Ware. I had not been there long before the prisoners came in. I was in the Checquers about half an hour, I then left for Datch worth. I told the prisoners where I was going. By the Bench—What induced you to tell the pri soners where you were going ? Prosecutor—Some person in the Checquers said, " It is a fine night ; where are you off to, Jarvis?" I replied, " I have sold all my goods, and I am now going to Datchworth." It was between four and five o'clock. I then left the house. When I arrived at Fishwood I felt what I consider two stones thrown at me. One struck my hat. It was dark, and I could not see any person., I cried out, "Iloilo, what are you at?" I did not hear any person speak, and almost immediately after I received a dreadful blow on the left side of my head, and before I had time to speak I received another on the top of my head, which caused the blood to run out of my ears, eyes, and nose, and mouth, to such an extent that I was nearly choked. I then felt that two persons had by some means hot into my cart from b e hi n d . As they still continued t'beating me, I said, " For God's sake don't murder me ; what do you want ?" One of the prisoners said, "D— you, your money or your life." I replied that I had not got any money. They then threw me down in the bottom of my cart, and one still continued striking me about the head, whilst the other was searching my pockets, but not succeeding in finding my money, one said, "Let's murder the —, and then we can search him better ; and the other replied, " So we will ; he's got money, because he said he had sold all his goods ;" and they commenced beating Bty this h is about ti na the head ewas in a nearly m h o o m s k t e : d i unmerciful as my ed throat filling with blood, and feeling assured that I should be murdered, if assistance did not arrive, I therefore by some means managed to jerk myself out of my cart. The persons followed me, and finding myself quite overpowered, and completely saturated with blood, I gave myself up for lost, when the persons who were assaulting me, hearing some per sons coming, ran off. By the Bench—Did you know the voice of the person who said, " Your money or your life ?" Prosecutor— Yes ; I immediately recognised the voice to be Smith's ; and the party who said " Let us murder him first" was the prisoner Pearse. By the Bench—What did they rob yousof ? Prose cutor—Twopence, a comb, and a knife. By the Bench —Was that all the money you had ? Prosecutor —N o; I had between four and five pounds in one of my pockets, but the prisoners did not search that pocket. William Hyde said, on Sunday, the 22d, he found the stick which he now produced, laying near the spot where the rubbery took place. There was a great quantity of bloo hat. near the spot. Witness also found the lining of a, man's off ab w ou a : o e n st t i h c e k o ( e w e h as ic io h n, b i o t r h e ei e n v g id e e e n v t er p ed ro w of i t o h f h li lo a o v d in , g an b d ee hi n used in bark was all piecead b e o e f n n k fu n t o c h k a e z d eh d l s i o t m er e al p ly hte d e y s ed wh t e h r r e ou th g e h evidentlyfour h o e n e g n and reee e n ig t l h y t e i n n t ch fr e o s imntcihercturmee.erence. t a Other witnesses, who saw the prisoners at the public. houseryis ; and on the road, corroborated th e ev id ence of Jarvis and the police inspector stated that at the house of Pearse's mother he found a pair of bloody trousers and a pair of boots covered with blood, which belonged to Pearse. Both prisoners were committed for trial. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—It 1S rumoured on 'Change that a new Minister will shortly be sent out by the Government to replace Mr. Ouseley in the River Plate. There is, we believe, no doubt that Mr. Ouseley will be recalled.—Times. It was stated in the House of Commons, last session, that Sir William Nott, the hero of Candahar, died in affluent circumstances, and that Lady Nott, his widow, was consequently well provided for as residuary legatee under his will. Such, however, was incorrect; for, since then, the affairs have got into Chancery; and it appears, upon the oath of Lady Nott, the executrix, that unless the small freehold property at Carmarthen should sell at a very advanced price, there will not be enough, after paying the debts, to pay the legacies to the daught ers; and that Lady Nott, being entitled only to the resid ue, will consequently take nothing under tho will.—Morning Post. HARES. —The supply of hares amongst the poul terers in the London markets has never been so plenti ful, nor the price so cheap, as during the past week. Those of the finest size and quality were on Saturday aelling at from 13. 6d. to 2s. each.