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I ow" it for home consumption 245 puns 47 hhds, and exported 22/ Puns 16 hlads The stock in the same places is 11,762 pans 1,271 lihds. t 1110 E.-931 b ags E ast Ind i a was a b out hal f so ld at 13s di 0 14s 64 for low yellowish Madras, Bengal grain ; yellow and mid white Bengal were taken in at 153 64 to 16s, being Previous quotations:but at which there were not purchasers. SALTrETRE.-400 bas Bengal sold at 25e 6cl for a per Od. cei ‘s l.nt. 6 Low refraction, which i h s barely the former value. • .C. is 4Ss percwt. on the spot, and Town TEA. --The market is rather duller. CHANCERY. —(THIS DAY.) The L ord Chancellor sat in the old hall, Lincoln's , ,“, to-day, it being the first seat after 'Michaelmas b ut t na• His Lordship took appeal motions tend apocals, no thing calling f ur a part i cu l ar re p or t c ame before 'll3 Lordship during the morning. - ' -,- CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before th e VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) l'h its being the first seal after Michaelmas Term, His ear the Vice-Chancellor of England sat in his court Lincoln's Inn to-day. ea _Ris rtiLionn" NEATE 7:. PINK.—JUDGMENT. OUR, gave judgment to-day in this case, which _ !le before him during last term at Westminster, upon praying that a reference might be directed to ;re Master with respect to certain funds in court, the ref erence of estates in Jamaica. his Honour directed a wh v e reo ce k to the Master to inquire and state to the Court co tu 'r any and what sum of money had been paid into re ll rt in the cause by William Horsley Pelmer, the th eeive r , and whether it had been paid in respect of littenProfits and proceeds of the moiety of the Bindley the esta te ; and his Honour further ordered that, until , ta Master sh(uld have made his report, no money to ailing g in the oause should be paid out without notice t i re e Petitioner. The Master was also to state special 114astances, and any party to have liberty to apply. 11is RUSSELL V. SMITH.—JUDGMENT. Victe h o Notnt also gave judgment in this case, which dd tart heard during the last term, upon a motion on file bee the defendant to dissolve an injunction which sla t f n granted some time ago, restraining the defend: illesl.`°te singing certain songs , which formed part of the th e ea e ntertainments of Mr. Henry Russell, ehti celeb rated vocalist, and in which Mr. Russell idnei tituisairttn upona exclusive property under the Copp% right The -;;"' the Act with respect to Dramatic; Performances. previous application to dissolve the With nti °o, had directed the plaintiff to bring action th e i r . es Peet to cer t a i n o f t h e songs, an d h a d di sso l ve d broionction wi t h respect to ot h ers- Th e plaintiff had won pt no act i on with respect to several of the songs, Ai ng ,g w hich were " The Ship on Fire" and "The Sea so &c.; to the others the record had been Wifi e h a P e cl as not to be calculated to try the question ei reu the Court was anxious to have tried. Under these luefi looking at the course that had been pur tk 7 the plaintiff, his Honour thought that the con rd "3' h had • ° e displayed in not complying with . the th e the Court, must be followed up by dissolving Th"Junetion with costs. hi e : Co urt then proceeded to hear motions, none of tie s e Possessed any point of interest except to the par oneerned. (Before Sir J. 'MGRAm.) hllia ss KNIGHT V. KNIGHT. i. .11.0NOUR delivered judgment . in this case to-day. ilaes t i o w as an administration suit, and there ,h were two Whether sat issue between the parties. 'r he first, . ... ed gift claimed under a n lV i ill m h a a d d e n u ot nd b e e r en a llu r l . kit ge Y another gift subseque the 4nel:tient, and whether a po y rtion of the answer of ed that th e te unstant was not impertinent. , It appear thee tn • fit . ttt er, George Knight, who was hi s s ei d li a o u r g p h a te rt r n , e h r y i a n will h - e ' s s in Poster -lane, had left to . . epee heal date July, 1840, an annuity of 1001. per 4 41, 4 2 in case of her mother's death, or of her (the theiii',2) Marriage. This latter event teak place during le e e °t ime of the testator, and a sum to the a t m o o a u ff. n or t o d f t 3 h , e 33 i 3 o / . . ote,, s ela Was settled in trust for her use, the t o ' 100 /. ayear. It appeared further, tha p t n ea t r h ly e - d in ev l i B s 4 e( s Ni b stator died, and an assignment betwes under the will to o k „elhilsband of their testamentary righ ts tlie handwriting eith e " a ce shortly afterwards. A 'ba the test had been found in p h a i p s e c r a l s n h box after his de lieppo ut without a signature or date, and this document Slist tl ecl to be his will. A devise of 10 01. . a year to his 'a he t be Was specified in this will, and it was contended d b y 4 4 1 : behalf that the intention of the testator, as i 3,00/.1„4 deeilnient, was to give her an additional income s of ut t g er a nnum, which she set forth in her aeswer, ant's Wth e , faster did not consider this paper pertinent, ke ie e r s l s. re , Yeetdd not allow its insertion. (Sir J. th at th " ;_ h aving read both bill and answer,. considered I..xcep ti 'letter way would be to decide in favour of the N . ▪ , t e °133 Pro forma, though he felt satisfied that the , zee. rtitas parti right and partly in error in his deci illeitl,,-' considered it better also to defer th e e w f t u s r , th t e d r l ttt the of the case, together with the he n of the entire case. QutD i „. g tsatt '4.'"4'S BENCH.—(THIS s U. MAY. 71 i8 1. 1 21. TO SIAINTAIN A WIFE.—JEFFER c pi ed b ~as them ii,ooard yeik-plaintiff' to to re th eo e ve d r ef 7 e B o L da fo n i t - , n s e w l e i s:_ t s , ar n ie a s m s e u l p y - , 'he aid, °tili ng, and lodging, d i al . endant '' is retired tradesman at Sheffield, ed h is ant, , who a for a considerable period. e l v '4 liability on the ground that his a N d % if o e om ha m d it l t e e f d t Mel lth° llt his consent, and that she had h ills te ,,' and c onsequenily forfeited all legal claim upon ! s h ildr " eie e 37 were married in 1826, but had had no 'eerie Mrs. May was a governess before she was l eSti e tth Mr. May had been previously married, the f ere thl"lell was three children. For scene tim ge e th b e e r: ke the y f ie end of 1842 they had lived : I n e b se ap o p c i c ly asi t o o ns Mr. hely,,equeutly quarrelled, and on h often struck his wife. Oa one of occasion 1 4 1 , 1) , (4 of doors. In consequence repeated h e i I I t - 'tirrenaetd in Se ptember, 1842, and t ook 00 his part she left him . '` tip her e t , . abode tiff, who is a relation, wit h the plain ' t time, had sup beristol, and who, up tothe present laid in h , e d her with necessaries. .The venue was laid in e sts , t 0 ~, but had b t e r e i n al r . emoved into Middlesex in order The case had been tried before, 6.yotain a speedy "the verdict was not satisfactory to th e plaintiff. (with whom were Mr. Butt, (~ 'COk r. CROWDER, QC. and two other Learn e d Gentlemen), having stated t he facts, proceeded t o deal wills the defen ce set up by, I °,o defendant, and w i t h t h e law on the subject. No rilht it would be set up on the other side that the . de- Zdant had inserted an advertisement in some of the lv-rf._BPapers, cautioning persons . not to give credit to his ti e: as she had left hire without his consent li ; but this if. u ld not avail, as it had been expressly ad down that treatment s ent s ', r i fe compelled to leave her husband on account r ot % tre ,and against his will, that such .. an act on set,art did not remove his liability to furnish her . with , a ins a ii 4i es• In the case of Harris v. Morris, which was 4114 t ° the one before the Court, Lord . Kenyon o h n e , ld . b li t a t p vi r t Z r e a man sent his wife away from him, and c la s "I'llilsi' anything against her which would remove his attire:l%llle was liable to furnish her with the necessaries and th e c le that case the wife was turned out of doors, izait 114.4nee set up was, .that she had eloped, and ""- 1 ce nt; 44 band had advertised her in the newspapers, Lrealle ," e lled the public not to trust her. If Mr. May 111 41 "sired his wife to live with him, and ' she t o rio left hi, s . 0 ." without his consent, the proper r m e ts, t d i e . s t atio 8 : 4 3 to sue in the Consistorial Court for a t u e ja il . -',"aill°al rights, when the whole matter would geld leiltEgated? In the case of Emery v. Em o ei r 'y t " , , to him 'ad sh at i f a husband required his wife to r . e_t the h ad e refused to do so on account of the ill-treatment iithl4y4biieitxyP.erienced, that the husband did not get i rid o r f . h ; IL should show that the conduct o that he 1 1 41 bee 4 - ‘l. B Wife compelled her to leave him ; rd t s ha her "At* uound over to keep the peace towards lease,vio ,er she ,ee had left him on account of his personal t ilitt o , ane offered to return, and went to his house for %Ile:Pose, but he pushed her out of doors. Unless not ill teem,/ could be shown, and that she 'l PPreh' anc l had no ground for leaving her w h a i s sband, he v ertli et e s n deel that the plaintiff was clearly entitled to to a enti t a f or such a sum as they thought she was 10 1 l led to fo e ks , d and ePig Mrs. May in clothes, boar s , and viit s g• The defendant was in good circumstance_ , was iv 'll abl justly Itelter, e a to support his wife ; 255. per week t i at ti e t on one occasion, and the plaintiff charged at lite • thefak e x amran , wife of Mr. Wrang, a draper, of 11,111ht.qthillente, rtr.annded:rbsy. May, Mr. B in trr e T nn — se She en d e e e p o o f sed esid th in a g t gear:, next c a use to them in Pond-street, Sheffield. ey in January, 1842, cry for help fr t o h m e iti teit ar r, l°l : !r• Saw her two or y three hours after at was she observed that her face was tisoe'ea, and that one of her ees was very black. , Some f when she heard Mrs. May cry " Murder,' and call ln 40404aanse for assistance. Went to the kitchen vt, , ,a d s ty 4 . 41. • and Mrs. May quarrelling. Mrs. ba ek. ° ' h er cap was torn, and her hair hung dOw ay n w he o r ; w as . 0 2! eard Eliza Jones, Mr. May's daughter, 11 11_ , , 111 0 ` :sent, say, " Many aman would have cut you up kr, re rneat before this for less than you have done. a llt the 4m s es Ilay, his son, in corning across the yard 'lid 4 , - , Alse, said, " Don't murder the woman." She ,„4artt, tb '' in They did not live long in the . ho , use ,1111-,,s'at. Sometime after the occurrence in the kitchen Vtlit. `tY, cense into her house, about eight lock at t u et o„,"'ne Was composed, and said Mr. May . h o al e tur_t_ a e y d 4 earks'''' and asked permission to stop until Mr. AI the eff.lesa cruel. She remained until ten o'clock, when a ll - ii" The next night she heard a disturbance, olie,th'eand that Mrs. May had brought . a home tl ' i h - n a h n ' .in the hope that his intervention t ","!alli admission for her to her husband's ° e,iee t th 'ne did not know whether she succeeded in her 1 +4%4 . at night. She might, however, have obtained , I lev er B , l°ll , as a short time after she left the house and e s • ettlriatd. , os s _ ' 4 44 s "aintried by Mr. MARTIN—Did not know the Mr s. 7 ,,,,. ° ' the policeman, or whether he was in attendance. in t itiest,Z 4l did not break any windows on the night agent '''' She left in September, 1842. She had ser .Par-,tesof the time, but she could not recollect a her t ,at e ight s Rot think she was in the habit of going out ea se " 48 ) nor th athersistes, Mrs. Wortley, kept a public -I:.,iin Sheffield. - ' and o,4l:lined—Had known Mrs. May for nine years, k r !ft. Itnew anything against her character. in _op. teemto dohn Arnold, of Sheffield, deposed that t _ o b ine t!hr, 1842, the defendant and his wife lived a h il t, re: this'PN a t t some talk took place in his presence Ma Mr * M ay allowing her some maintenance. Y1n,,,-Y S aid, " Thou knows that it is no use stick t° i ts'''' e t° this paper, as thee does not intend to utting not, as he e h ,Ile said she , might either consent to it or u e ,2,, 111 not live withher - any more, and she consented. c'l do ' ai ded hina with cruelty, and with tinning her out lettei:rejilmost in a state of nudity. He accused her of 11% at him, and of going to places against his consen . . two .greeraent was to allow her 201. a year and he paid krs.nstaltnents to him (witness) which ho handed to Pert ItY• Mr. Ala was a man of considerable pro stkela'ci ' 3 ?fail hnpi y i n the hetter, trede; he I!VP'/ 1- ~ Part y ):' ~.aild like a man ef property. Arty fie aIARTIN—Knew that he was a man of pro elf. hiauself. lie believed he did not keep a 'THE SUN, LONI)ON TITEDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1846. servant, and that his dautyhter did the household work whilst they lodged with him for about a year. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) BAIL COURT.-(TEAS DAY.) FLANDEES v. SIR H. RUNBURY. This was a special case, the object of which was to ascertain whet hi r certain I,ncls in Suffolk were tithe able under the provisions of the Tithe Commuttvio3 A. t, The nrgaments wc.re not concluded when the Court rose. HAMBURGH MAIL. ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 19.—The Niva has been fuli of drift ice since the 15th, and the bridges have therefore been taken up. The public safety of this capital has lately been con siderably interrupted by several murders, the first of these crimes was committed by a person who has hitherto contrived to elude the pursuit of justice. The victim was a young man of the middle class. Imme diately after two victims of the lower orders were sacrificed by murderers, who were taken in the fact, to which they appear to have been induced by the desire of plunder. A report has been spread that the natives of the pro vince of Livonia, who had lately been converted to the Russian Greek Church from other Christian confessions might, if they repented this conversion, return to their former communion. The Governor, General Golonin, contradicting this report, has published a proclamation, in which he warns the individuals in question. against such a step, and threatens the seceders with all the severe punishments which the new penal code decrees against apostates and their seducers. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20. Baron Von Manderstoom, Cabinet Secretary and Chamberlain, embarked on board the Gauthoid steamer for Lubeck, on a special mission from his Majesty the King to the Russian Court, where he will meet our Crown Prince at Berlin. It is conjec tured, of course, that the mission is the betrothing of his Royal Highness to Princess Louisa of PrusSia. VIENNA, Nov. 19.—The assassin Reinell, who for his attempt to murder the Emperor, was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment in the celebrated fortress of Munka's, in Hungary, died there a month ago. GLUCKSTADT, Nov. 22.—The Committee of Mer chants has summoned a meeting , . for Tuesday next, to deliberate on the establishment a a communication, by steam-boats, between this town and Hull. The commit tee, it is said, intend to effect this project by means of a joint stock company, but which, for the present, will not have a steamer of its own, but only raise a capital to hire a steam- boat, and in case the experiment should not succeed sufficient to make up the loss. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF COMICAL FELLOWS.— A few evenings ago a numerous meeting of this ancient order took place at the Coach and Horses, Chiswell street, Finsbury-square, when N. G. R. Thomas Sedg wick took the chair, and was ably supported by D. G. M. Stenlake, S. G. M. Perrin, Secretary Waite, from the City Arms Lodge, Brothers Freeman and Olive from the Whitstable Lodge, Secretary Dorner and Brother Barber from the Haggerstone Lodge, and P. N. G. Greenwood, from the Southwark Lodge. After the usual toasts had been given, and warmly responded to, the widows and orphans of the No. 7 Lodge were ushered into the room, and were liberally relieved by the brothers of the lodge, in addition to the regular funeral money, such relief being given regular once a year, by each lodge, to their respective widows and orphans, so that in fact, they are never forsaken. The evening was spent in the greatest eonviviality and good humour. This flourishing society, although bearing a strange appella tion, appears from their address, wherein they state that "to cheer and protect the unfortunate. to sympathise with and aid those whom accident or disease overtakes, in feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving drink to the thirsty, visiting the sick, relieving and releasing the captive, a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless, are the leading objects of the Independent Order of Comical Fellows," to have excellent intentions iu view, and is calculated to do much good. Prnizir s i GARDENS RAGGED SCHOOLS.--Yester day evening a public meeting was held at the Nationl School Room, lelortimer's Market, Tottenham Court-road, for the purpose of celebrating the opening of the Phillips' Gardens Ragged Schools. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley presided. By the report of the committee it appeared that the school had been opened on the 26th of last month, with an attendance of forty children of both sexes, which number was afterwards increased to an average of sixty. The total sum received towards the object of the charity was 911. 3s. 6d., and the disburse ments amounted to 271. 1 ls. 5d., while the annual ex penditure was calculated at 1001. The Noble Chairman, in an able speech, advocated the paramount claims of such institutions to generous and timely support. The Rev. Mr. Dibden, the Rev. Mr. Denam, the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Carson, Mr. East, and other gentlemen, having addressed the meeting, resolutions in accordance with the obje, is which they had as sembled to promote were passed, and the proceedings terminated. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERlES.—Yesterday infor mation of the following daring eases of highway robbery in the metropolis was received by the police : 0,1 Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a young man named Dunn, residing at Twickenham, was proceeding through Zion Park, he was met by two men, who stopped him and threw him down, and struck him repeatedly with their fists, and after robbing him of two half-crowns they decamped. On the same night, between seven and half-past, as Mrs. Whettington, the wife of the keeper of the Ship beershop, Cusford-hill, Lewisham, was proceeding along Perry Vale, Sydea ham, when near the finger-post she was stopped by a man, who asked her for a penny, and on her declining to give him one, he knocked her down, and stole from her person a purse containing 1/. 15s. in silver, with which he got clear off. SUICIDE BY LEAPING FROM A WINDOW.—Last evening, Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, on the body of Walter Bell, aged 53, who committed suicide. The deceased was a hair dresser, lately carrying on business at No. 40, King street, Snow-hill, who had been of weak intellect for some time past, which the family attributed to thir being much reduced and disappointed in his business, which had greatly fallen oil. On Friday evening last, about six o'clock, the deceased was in his bedroom, on the third floor, with his daughter, when he suddenly rushed up, and said, "I will give you a shilling if you will go outside of the door." He then ran to the window, and jumped out into the street, where he was found by his son. Ile was removed on a stretcher to the abuve hospital, where he died the same night from fractures of the right hip bone, lower jaw, and other extensive injuries. The jury returned a verdict of " Ternnorat y Insanity." APPLICATIONS FOR "LOCAL ACTS."—Yesterday was the last day for notice to be given to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests of intended applications in the ensuing session for Local Acts. By the second sec tion the Commissioners can, within a month, appoint a " surveying officer" to make a local examination, whose duty will be to report to Parliament on or before the Ist of March. By this new Act (9 and 10 Vict., c. 106) it is expected that considerable expense will be saved in procuring local Acts. RAILWAY EXTENSION.—DEPOSITING THE PLANS. —Yesterday being the 30th of November, the day on winch it is necessary to deposit plans, and sections of intended railways, in order that the merits of the re spective lines may be brought under the notice of Par liament in the course of the forthcoming session, the portals of the new Railway Board Rooms in Great George-street, Westminster, were thrown open to their utmost width to receive the huge masses of engraved papers, which owe their origin to the inventive faculties of boards of directors, solicitors, secretaries, and the thousand and one other persons interested in the exten sion of railway communication in every district from Cornwall to Caithness. The new main schemes in the list of Bills deposited are very few, though the total number of plans deposited amounts to two hundred and ninety- one. SHERIFFS' FUND.—The half-yearly general meet ing was held yesterday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, when the chair was taken by Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Challis, who was supported by Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Mr. Alderman Johnson, the late Lord Mayor, Mr. Under-Sheriff Tilliard, Mr. Deputy Bed ford, Mr. Eagleton, and several other of its active supporters. The report, which was road by Mr. J. C. Cooper, the Honorary Secretary, recommended the appropriation of 5001. from the permanent fund td the Elizabeth Fry Refuge for the Relief of Destitute Females, on the principles long advocated by the society. Several members spoke in favour of the recommenda tion, which, on the proposal of the late Lord Mayor, was agreed to, and the officers and committee for the ensuing year were appointed. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOVV.—The prepara tions are now completed for the ensuing show, which takes place next week. Since the ereq/ion of the per manent roof over the large area these have not been very extensive; but the part appropriated tie the exhi bition of implements, a departmen t y earl y increasing in innetaerrleystdaenedhleimitpsourstaanalces,izhe.as b T e h e e n t l h a is st y day ear f extended to receiving e stock will be next Monday; the award of the judges will and Thetheesahtoriwe entries will b m e o o r p e e n n um fo e r ro th u e s rt u . hees week. day, On Wednesday a Cou rt of Directors was held at rtb t h h eema e mna E ailn a da s des t teory l n n oe d aTf ia House, when Mr. Frederick. Currie was unanimously appointed a provisional menaber of the Council of India. A CHINESE DINNER. "An officer of the United ' States squadron in the Chinese seas gives h th ic e h fo he following withing bill of fare at a large Chinese dinner, to w numerous other foreigners, was invited:- ---` 1. Birds' ihieosotfss.oup4.. Mushrooms, l h 'o r i e lc am fa s t , , sftreinededw.iths Birop . otat( e is s :ne 3.st Hogs salad. 6. Giblet soup. 7. Kitten hash. 8. Fried Irish pota toes. 9. Rat hash. 10. Tea. 11. Sha rks' fins. 12. Fried ducks. 13. D og st e w. 14. Ste ved chickens. '' 15. Ham stew. 16. Pork stew. 17. Fried cucumbers. 18. Pat 6 of rats. 19. Feline ragout. 20. Ham stewed with pork. 21. Sucking pig. 22. Snail !pate. 23. Snail soup. I tasted the first dish, and bee, ame so disgusted that I could not proceed. They were brought on, one dish at a time, in exquisitely beautiful .china bowls. GUN COTTON.—A gen tl eman res idi ng i n th e vici nity of Leith-walk, having purchased s.ome of the gun cotton, left it in his study after having made some ex periments with it. His little boy, a fine intelligent child of five years, entering the room in his litther's absence, determined to play him a trick, and seizing some of the cotton, hastened to the nursery, and pieced some of it by the side of the fire. Neither the nu rse nor governess being aware of the dangerous playtl ling their young charge had got into his possession, tc iolc no notice of what he was doing until they were arc .used by a dread ful report, and on looking in the di. rection whence it his same a m back e i i t n m a e came, saw the poor little boy stretched o state of perfect stupefaction. Their ( 3 ff or t s to restore , him for some time seemed hopeless, an , I at n the an alarm of fire was raised, and the -; cut found to be in flames. Assistance was fortunately soon - obtained, and 1 ttl injury done. The child is gre ,drolly recovering.— Scottish Gazette. The Count de Paris has writte n to M. Le Verrier the following letter :—" Monsieur,- -1 nave received the map of the heavens which you have 1 ;ad the kindness to send to me. I shall see in it with / Measure the planet 1 which you have discovered. I thank you very mu c h f or ~,- I, r , -r• rr , '. T 1 . - - -01 , ~9 , - ^ -I qrsr. ..',.•,, t I m y age ; be so guou as to uuluraev 0 ILA tur we, auu say to him that I congratulate him c 4 heti -big for a lather so distinguished a savant." MAGAZINE DAY BLACKWOOD. After an elaborate and impartial digest of the re cent lucubrations upon Denmark and the Marshes, by the celebrated German traveller Kohl; after a de served panegyric upon the late revered statesman, Lord Metcalfe, and especially in reference to his go vernment of Jamaica. Blackwood affords us a delight ful catalogue raisonne of the " Annals and Antiquities of London." Those who are familiar with the latest productions in our literature will at once conjecture that the article above mentioned is nothing less than a review of Mr. J. T. Smith's work, entitled " An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London." In that c onjecture they will have been partially wrong and partially right. Th e con t r ib ut i on i s scarc ely so much a review of that interesting production, as a kind of col ' loquial description of some of the scenes and incidents therein delineated. The descriptions, however, are rendered original, not only by the newness of the manner in which they are given, but also by the number of additi ona l facts w i t h which they are be sprinkled. The extraordinary associations connected with the different parishes, streets, and houses of the with i his mistress, r gardens an in metropolis ar e b ut l i ttle d reamt o f b y th e '. down Bennet-street and multitudes wh o are passing the l oca li t i es every d ay. hose i Arlington street, little imagine they are wandering over the site A of the once famous and fashionable Mulberry-gardens —those which n ne Reeve,Dryden edaitsipnogrtetdartbsimasneldf cheese-cakes and guzzling syllabubs ! The unthink ing frequenters of St. James's-park never dream. doubtless, that until it was mercifully enclosed and drained by order of the eighth Harry, that pleasant lounge was a swamp. The casual passenger down the mall, now-a-d ays, li tt l e t hi n k s t h at t h ere, accor d. ing to that rhymi ng varlet, Colley Cibber, Charles the Second was wont to fondle his dogs and chuck crumbs to his favourite ducklings, in a miscellaneous mob of his subjects ; they little reflect that Duke -street Chapel was originally a wing of the house of the notorious and execrable Judge Jeffreys ; that Ho garth's mansion has been changed into a portion of the Sabloniere Hotel, Leicester-square; that Sir Joshua Reynolds lived almost immediately opposite ; that Titus Oates, and Parsons, the principal contriver of the Cock-lane ghost, were exposed in the pillory at Charing-cross ; that culprits were formerly boiled to death in Smithfield-market ; that Wycherly had lodg ings in Bow- street ; that Garrick lived of yore in James street, Covent-garden ; that Benjamin Franklin re sided in Duke-street; that Voltaire was staying some while in Maiden-lane, at the the White Peruke, a wigmaker's shop ; that in the burial-ground and vaults of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, are the ashes of Samuel Butler, Wycherly, and Southerne, the satrical and dramatic poets ; of Sir Peter Lely, otherwise Vandervaes, the portrait painter ; of Macklin, the comedian ; of Strange, the engraver ; of Arne, the musician ; of Walcot, the Peter Pinder. The casual pedestrian is unconcious of many or all of these things, and consequently his peregrinations about London are divested of a fascination which they would otherwise possess. For the opening of a most enthralling world of metropolitan revelations, we commend such to the work l a t e l y p u bli s h e d from the MSS. of the deceased author of " Nollekins and his Times," or for the nonce to the agreeable contribution here particularised. Two etymological definitions are so curious that we give them. From "a pickadill " being defined in Blount's Glossography as the round hem of a gar ment or other thing," it is presumed that the famous ordinary hard by St. James's, which first bore the name of Piccadilly, was so called as being at the time on the outskirts of the suburb. Charing-cross, again, is thought to have been so christened from the Saxon Charan (implying to turn), used in reference to the adjacent bend or turning of the Thames. In ob serving that John Hunter lived next door to Ho garth's House, in Leicester-square, the writer should not have forgotten that the residence of the great anatomist was Earl's- court, Old Brompton. Some times the contributor indulges in a ridiculous affecta tion of being graphic, as where he is speaking of the foreigners in Cranbourne-street sauntering, "cigar in mouth, over the shabby pavement !" The very valu able series of " Marlborough's Dispatches " is con tinued. A tale entitled " Mildred" is commenced with considerable promise, and is followed by an excellent paper on "The Law and its Punish ments," and a comical jeux d'esprit hight, " Lays and Legends of the Thames." In the article upon " Recent Royal Marriages," we observe that Black wood declares itself definitively, but somewhat tardily, against the policy which has united the Queen Isa bella with Don Francisco d'Assis, and the Infanta Luisa to the Due de Montpensier. " How," says Maga, in a just tone of indignation, " how is it that a people, once so great and powerful, still so easy to rouse, and jealous of its independence, has suffered itself to be fooled by an abandoned Italian woman, and a wily and unscrupulous foreign potentate—by a corrupt Camarilla, and a party that is but a name?" From the publication of de Pragmatic Sanction in 1830 by Ferdinand the Seventh, whereby the crown was secured to his offspring should it be a female, down to the consummation of the perfidious negotia tions between the Courts and Cabinets of the Tuileries and the Hotel Courcelles, the history of Spain is sur veyed, and the principal facts of that history perspi cuously narrated in a few pages. Such a paper is judi ciously produced at a time when, in the angry comments of the press, the exact sequence and bearing of events might be misapprehended by the superficial reader. The vile conduct of Maria Christina, not merely in her amours with the cigar-seller's son, Munoz, Duke of Rianzares, and her wholesale peculation, not merely in her libidinous depravities and extortionate avarice, but in her unmotherly and unqueenly treatment of Isabella, in her thieving her daughter's wardrobe and jewels, and in her successively upholding the claims of the Due de Montemolin and of an Austrian Arch duke in opposition to her own solemn and voluntary engagements to support the claims of the son of Don Francisco de Paulo, is exposed. The episode of her expulsion from the Iberian soil in 1840, and the three years of the regency of Espartero the Due de la Victoria, is then described. Lastly, the perfidious machinations of King Louis Philippe, from his first plan to marry the Due d'Aumale to the Queen of Spain, to his hypocriti ca l en gagement to Queen Vic toria at Eu, thence to his advocacy of the cause of the Count Trapani, and ultimately to the shameless catastrophe of the Peninsular plot, are well and clearly divulged. The spirit in which Blackwood regards the entire transaction may be discerned from the follow ing ludicrous summary : " We remember to have encountered, in a neglected foreign gallery, an ancient picture of a criminal in the hands of the torturers. The subject was a painful one, and yet the painting provoked a smile. Some idly-induswand wandering brother of the brush, so me mischievous and trious Tinto, had beguiled his leisure by transmog rif y in g the costumes both of victim and executioners, converting the ancient Spanish garb into the stiff and unpicturesque apparel of the present day. Th e vault in which the cruel scene was enacted, remains in all its gloomy se verity of massive pillars, rusty shackles, and cobwebbed walls; the grim unshapely instruments of torture were there; the uncouth visages of the executioners, the ago nized countenance of the sufferer, were unaltered. But, contrasting with the antique aspect and time-darkener; tints of these details, were the vivid colouring and mo dern fashions of Parisian paletots, trim pantaloons, and ballroom waistcoats. We have been irresistibly re minded of this defaced picture by the recent events in Spain. They appear to us like a page from the history of the middle ages transported into our own times. The daring and unprincipled intrigue whose denoiltment has just been witnessed, is surely out of place in the nine teenth`century, and belongs more properly to the days of the Medicis and the Guise. A review of its circum stances affords the elements of somo romantic history of three hundred years ago. At night, in a palace, we see a dissolute Italian dowager and a crafty French ambas sador coercing a sovereign of sixteen into a detested al liance. The day breaks on the child's tearful consent; the ambassador, the paleness of his vigil chased from his cheek by the flush of triumph, emerges from the royal dwelling. Quick! to horse! —and a courier starts to tell the diplomat's master that the glorious victory is won. and a French prince, with gay and gallant reti nue, stands on the Bidas soa's bank and gazes wis tf ully southwards. Why does a io v n er t y o few —of ast on i s h men t t o Eu rope Spain, he tarry; whence this delay? He waits an escort. andA few consternation days — at Strange rumours are abroad of ambuscade and assassi nation; of vows made by fierce guerillas that the In fanta's destined husband shall never see Madrid. At last the escort comes. Enclosed in serried lines of bayonets and lances, dragoons in van, artillery in rear ; the happy bridegroom prosecutes his journey. What is his welcome? Do the bright-eyed Basque maidens scatter flowers in his path, and Biscay's brave sons strain their stout arms to ring peals in his honour? Do the poor and hardy peasantry of Castile line the highway and shout vivus as he passes? Not so. If bells are rung and flowers strewn, it is by salaried ringers and by women hired, not to wail at a funeral, but to celebrate a marriage scarcely more auspicious. If hurrahs, few and faint, are heard, those who utter are paid for them. Sullen looks and lowering glances greet the Frenchman. as, guarded by two thousand men-at-arms, he hurries.to the capital where his bride awaits him. In all haste, amidst the murmurs of a deeply offended people, the knot is tied. Not a moment must be lost, lest something should yet occur to mar the marriage feast. And now for the rewards, shamefully showered upon the venal abettors of this unpopular union. A dukedom and grandeeship of Spain for the ambassador's infant son; titles to mercenary ministers; high and time-honoured decorations, once reserved as the premium for exalted valour and chivalrous deeds—to corrupt deputies; dia mond snuff-boxes, jewels, and gold, to the infamous writers of prostituted journals; Christina rejoices; hei Camarilla are in ecatecies; Bresson rubs his hands in irrepressible exultation; in his distant capital the French monarch heaves a sigh of relief and satisfaction as his telegraph informs him of the fait accompli. Then come splendid bullfights and monster pucheros, to dazzle the eyes and stop the mouths of the multitude. Pan y toros— panis ac circenses—to the many-headed beast. And in lessee the prince hurries hack tf , Paris with his bride. Cu 1,C,, it .11‘. v Ibrace, and the congratulations of the few score indivi duals who alone, in all France, feel real pleasure and profit in his marriage. And thus, by foreign intrigue and domestic treachery, has the independence of jSpaiu been virtually bought and sold." _ _ - Assuredly M. Alexandre Dumas was never fur nished with a more enthralling programme for an histo rical romance. A. dreadfully so-so poem on St. Magnus, Kirkwall, is appended; and a laborious article upon " The Game Laws" completes a delight ful and characteristic number of the magazine. FRASER. Almost all the magazines of the present month follow in the wake of Blackwood of last month, and take up the subject of English journalism. The opening article in Fraser is on this subject. The writer admits that journalism has risen to the rank of a profession, that it has gained influence over the hearts and intellects of the people, that it has drafted into its ranks education, information, and ability, that it has altogether fulfilled its mission with dignity, and has used power beneficially where it might have abused it. Therefore, the writer argues, that it is necessary to give the journalist a position in the social scale, and compares the condition of the journalist of England with that of the journalist of France. " The French journalist is in the best society, flattered by the homage of the rich, the at tention of the fair. His name is known in all poli tical circles with advantage, in his own with fame and honour. He is sometimes a peer always a celebrity." "Journalism in France is the sure road to the possession of the highest offices in the state, while in England there is no place assigned to the journalist in the social circle, and as for poli tical rewards, except of the lowest kind, such things are never dreamed of." The writer in Fraser would remedy this state of things, and makes appeals ad misericordiam and ad timorcm to the aristocracy to grant a social position to the English journalist. The writer does not perceive that it is because in France the aristocracy has been annihilated that talent has fair play, and that not only the journalist, but every , u whichNl' man of talent, the literateur, the scientific man, the , philosopher, the historian, each as a matter of right, assumes that position in the social circle which is his own by virtue of his talent. In Eng land, on the contrary, we have an aristocracy close, exclusive, and like all aristocracies, gregarious from very weakness. "It must," to quote the words of Cobbett, " link and toddle," because (with the ex ception of those among them who belong to the aris tocracy of talent, and who would, therefore, under :any circumstances stand alone) if they did not, by linking, afford each oth e r mutual support—if each at tempted to " toddle" singly and alone, each and all would fail in the attempt, and fall. It is, however, the characteristic of talent to stand alone. Men of talent are not gregarious, and the anomalous posi tion which they hold in this country is to be mainly attributed to these facts. Being able to stand alone, the aristocracy at once envy, hate, and fear them. Hence the endeavour to ex clude them from all " 'vantage ground " in society or politics, and as they are enabled by the no n-gregariousness of men of talent to isolate them and attack them singly, they generally succeed in their endeavour, but whenever men of talent shall be brought to understand each other, to know the irre sistible power which as an united body they could wield, to become in fact gregarious, then, and not thei l th writere y they assume inneve r t 1 1 v Fraseratlassume wouldposition a n in nthetiuntil assign social total t 0 until then, whichb l change shall take place in the organization, political scalethem and social, of the country. The article on journalism is succeeded by a pleasant bit of sentiment on " Hair Love," and then comes the " Gallery of Contemporary Orators." The subjects of the present portraits are Sir R. Inglis, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, and Mr. Christie. To the first more than justice is done, to the second ample justice, and to the third some what less than justice. " Passages from an unpub lasked French Novel" is a quiet quiz on the mingled ignorance and impudence of the French novelists who write on English subjects, and pretend to improve Shakspere, Johnson, and Richardson. " The History of Etruria" is a learned review of Mrs. Gray's work on that subject. The paper, how ever, of the greatest permanent value in the present number of Fraser is, undoubtedly, that on the pro pased commercial mission to Japan. After giving a ?Is ume of the various attempts which have been made to open the commerce of Japan to the world, the last of which, in 1818, had nearly succeeded, the writer proceeds to enumerate the various articles which Ja pan produces, and which she might be induced to barter for British manufactures. Gold, silver, and cop per are among the mineral productions of Japan. ;" Another production of the Japanese islands is coal, Lo ',which, in former times, little importance was attached by the foreign traders to Japan, though, were we to suc ceed in obtaining a footing in that country, we should probably set a higher value on it than on anything else found in the whole empire. Respecting its quality, no information has bcen obtained. We know, however, that it is plentiful, and that the fields extend over nearly the whole of the northern provinces, where it would seem to constitute the only fuel used by the inhabitants. Popular tradition speaks of a mountain wholly com posed of coal, which taking fire some centuries ago, be came a volcano, and has ever since continued burning. In what circumstances the story originated it might now be difficult to discover. The whole group of islands, however, is evidently of a volcanic formation, nearly everywhere rising into sharp and lofty cones, from which smoke and flame perpetually issue. In many places we find the craters of extinct volcanoes, with clefts and vast caverns, from which is obtained an inex , haustible supply of sulphur. "In the south nearly all the fruits of the tropics are fot Ind in abundance, while the northern provinces greatly resemble in their productions the less favoured climates o f .Europe." The whole of this article is worthy of attentive perusal, and we hope that no unnecessary delay will be permitted to take place in sending an embassy to the Court of Jeddo. As this writer justly observes, "A case has been clearly made out in favour of try ing, the, experiment, which, if brought to a fortunate issue, would provide a vast outlet for British manu factures, and tend at the same time to enrich us and civilise the Japanese empire." The remainder of this number is occupied by a political article vitupe rating the Whiga and free-traders. A review of • Leign Hunt's book on " Wit and Humour," in which the reviewer acknowledges that he prefers Prior to Butler, expresses a desire to see Voltaire in the pillory, depreciates Rabelais, abuses Sterne, and finds nothing but dulness in AndreW Marvell ; an amusing archaeological prolusion about Lord Mayor's day, and various poems and articles of minor import. LITERATURE. DIS.P.ATCHES AND LETTERS OF LORD IVEL,SO.N. Vol. VII. .Edited by Sir IVicholas I Harris .Nicolas. Now that this magnificent work is completed, we can form from experience some conception of that , national importance which, from anticipation, we were disposed to conjecture would be its great cha racteristic. In these seven splendid volumes we dis cover the realisation of the wish expressed so tersely and emphatically by a writer in the Quarterly Review, who exclaimed—" The nation expected, and was en titled to expect, that while cities vied with each other in consecrating statues in marble and brass to the memory of our Nelson, a literary monument would be erected, which should record his deeds for the im mortal honour of his own country, and the admiration of the rest of the world." That literary monument is here completed. To say that it is eminently worthy of the great hero whose prowess, wbose wisdom, whose patriotism, and whose genius it is intended to , illustrate ; to say that these pages constitute the most copious narrative of his history ever published ; to say that the documents are authentic, that the inter mediate descriptions are detailed without degenerating to unnecessary minuteness, graphic without departing from the severe style most appropriate to the records of such, chivalric actions, and varied in manner, without detracting from the uniformity, and, so to speak, the uniqueness of so illustrious a career ; to say, in fine, that this work is a fitting record of the life and deeds of Horatio Nelson, is to pronounce at once a fact and a panegyric. The present, and concluding volume, comprises the correspondence of Lord Nelson from the Ist of August, 1805, up to the fatal but glorious victory of Trafalgar. Almost every imaginable description of letter or note, whether a business communication to one of the officials in Parliament-street, or the veriest scrap of an invita tion to dinner, are here treasured up as memorials of the writer. We do not presume that any individual will have the folly, or—shall we say it ?—the audacity to cavil at the completeness of this correspondence. It cannot be forgotten that the disposition of an his torical character is better divulged in those trivial circumstances, which the superficial would be disposed to regard as insignificant; that we may best obtain an inkling of the home qualities and mental pecu liarities of such a personage, from the examination of those little domestic epistles, which are thrown off with all the unreserve of familiarity, than fromihe staid circumspection of professional intercourse. Un questionably the most interesting epoch in the history of Lord Nelson, is that which constitutes its termi nation ; and that epoch is, of course, contained in this concluding volume. Already we had followed the greatest of all sea captains from his birth, in the parsonage-house at the village of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk, on the 29th September, 1758. Already we had watched the development of his character, when stealing pears in the school , ' gnanradgeinnaattioNnorftrhomWhailssheanmtr.anNoVe,e a h s ad a pinuidrssuheipdinhaimn,, onin board the Eaisonnable ; from his transition to a West India merchantman ; from his promotion to the Triumph ; from his East Indian voyage in the Sea horse ; from his removal to the Worcester • from his being lieutenant in the L o w estoffe, commander in the Badger brig, and post-captain in the Hinchinbrook. him tc, C when the E.:glisl. were pretending to sustain the cause of the illustrious Paoli; to the capture of Bastiu, on the 19th May, 1794 ; to the siege of Calvi, where one of his eyes was destroyed ; to the battle of St. Vincent, 14th February, 1797. We had seen his life saved by the devotion of his coxswain, in the murderous boat action in the bay of Cadiz ; and his loss of an arm in the expedition of Teneriffe. His unparalled victory of the Nile, in 1798, fought at a nc h or an d a t mid night ; his diplomatic success at the bombardment of Copenhagen, in 1801; and his proceedings, in refer ence to the flotilla of Boulogne, had been successively submitted to our scrutiny in the preceding volumes, together with the family misunderstandings which tended to the embitterment of the life of Lord Nel son. It remained for us to behold the termination of that adventurous and extraordinary career, to watch the closing of that eventful and surprising drama, to recognise-the consummation of such unequalled daring, of such assiduous patriotism, of such brilliant ser vices, of such perpetual and unprecedented disinte restedness. We had yet, aided by the accumulated embellishment of his private correspondence, and by a mul4iplicity of official documents, to scrutinise the circumstances of Lord Nelson's final achievements, to re-consider the glory and solemnity of his death— a death the most heroic in modern history—to lament again upon the tardiness of the recompenses which could only be lavished by a grateful country upon the relatives of one who had done so much for his native land, and who had received so little in return. Nothing could well be more satisfactory, as far as novelty and copiousness of information are concerned, than the pages here devoted to the description of these occurrences. The sea fight off Cape Trafalgar, the demise of the conqueror, the combined paroxysm of joy and grief into which the English nation was plunged on the reception of that intelligence and the funereal pomps and pageantries with which the corpse of our heroic and immortal Nelson were consigned to their resting-place in St. Paul's Cathedral, " under the dome in the midst of the temple consecrated by re ligion to the god of armies." We can readily enter into the emotions of the people on witnessing that august ceremonial, when we recur to the account (given by the editor in the preface to the present volume) of Nelson's last departure from this island, when, on proceeding to the place of embarkation at Porsmouth for the purpose of going on board the Victory, " A crowd collected in his train, pressing forward to ob tain a sight of his face ; many were in tears, and many knelt down before him and blessed him as he passed. What Lord Hawkesbury said in the flush of anguish consequent upon the arrival of the news of that great man's death, may, nevertheless, be repeated in the calmness of criticism, and after the lapse of many years :—" All the virtues which could adorn human nature were to be found in the illustrious Nelsen. The attribute of mercy was what most eminently dis tinguished him. In the language of the poet, it was not his wish to " Wade through slaughter to a throne, Or shut the gates of mercy to pankind." These volumes were absolutely requisite ; they are a splendid memorial of the glory and dignity of the naval service of Great Britain. Sir H. Nicolas has admirably acquitted himself of his very difficult and responsible editorial duties. Under his supervision, the work has been issued in a manner most creditable to all who were engaged in its production, Let Nelson's motto be never forgotten—" Palmam qui meruit ferat !" There are few persons, except those who give mi nute attention to the subject, but will learn with sur prise that the average price of wheat, according to the Gazette, at the present time, is only 2s. per quarter higher than at the same period last year.—Marh-lane Express. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OP A LADY. Yesterday, Mr. Carter resumed, andconcluded an adjourned inquiry from Friday last, at the Plough and Harrow Tavern, Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell, respecting the death of Mrs. Mary Summers, aged forty-eight years, lately re siding at No. 10, Holland-place, Denmark-street, Cam berwell. The deceased, who was highly connected, had been in the enjoyment of excellent health for several years. On Wednesday last she retired to her dressing room, and having remained for a considerable time some alarm was manifested by the other members of the fa mily, and after a few minutes search, one of the servants discovered the deceased lying on the floor by the bedside, in an insensible state. A surgeon was called in, who pronounced life to be gaktinct. - In consequence of the sudden nature of the death, the coroner ordered Mr. Burridge, a surgeon, to make a post mortem examination. The inquiry was adjournedsuntil yesterday, to allow time for the surgeon to Lake an analysis of the contents of the stomach. On the re : assembling . of the jury, Mr. Burridge and a chemical lecturer said, they were unable to detect anything of a deleterious nature, but death had clearly resulted from the rupture of a blood vessel _... on the bran. The coroner remarked on the case, after which the jury unanimously returned a verdict of Death from natural causes." SUICIDE IN THE TOWER.—An inquest was held yesterday before William Walton, Esq., at the King's Head Tavern, in the Tower, on the body of Mr. George Tidy, aged forty-six. It appeared, according to the evidence of several witnesses, that the deceased had been landlord of the King's Head for some years past, but, in consequence of ill health, he had confided the manage ment of his business to Mr. John Davidson, his brother in-law. His complaint was an affection of the liver, and he frequently suffered such pain that he said he thought he could bear it no longer. his wife left him alone on Sunday afternoon, while she went to open the door, and on her return found him lying on the floor with his throat cut, and a knife, with which be had just been eating his dinner, lying stained with blood by his side. The surgeon said that the deceased had been out of his mind for some time past, .probably from long continued suffering; but the brother-in-law attributed his state of mind to the circumstance that he was going to be turned out of his house without compensation, after having paid a very large sum for the good-will. Verdict—" Tem porary insanity." MunnEn IN SHROPSHIRE.—We are sorry to record a most brutal case of assault by a carpet weaver of the name of James Smith, on the person of Sarah Bill, a poor girl working at the same factory, that of the Messrs. Southwell, of the Friars, Bridgnorth. The girl, who had been drawer to Smith for some time, did some thing on the day in question (Thurday week) to offend him, when he ran after her in the workshop from his loom, and struck her a violent blow with his fist in the stomach, which had the effect of rupturing her bowels, and causing great internal injury. The poor unfortunate girl was assisted to her lodgings from the factory ; but, notwithstanding every medical assistance was afforded to her, she expired at five o'clock on Monday morning. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday and Wed nesday evenings, when a verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against Smith. On Thursday he was brought up before the magistrates for examination, when the whole of the evidence was again read through, and the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county, for the wilful murder of Sarah Hill.—Eddowes' Journal. VIOLENT SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.—On Tuesday night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, a shock of earthquake was felt here of greater intensity and longer duration than any remembered. The state of the atmosphere at the time was calm and beautifully clear. Early on the previous morning a very heavy rain had fallen, which had cleared the air and softened the tem perature, and the following day was unseasonably fine and mild, the thermometer standing about 52 degrees. At nine o'clock, evening, it had fallen to 42 degrees, the barometer indicating 29.50 inches the greaten cold during the night was 36 degrees, and the barometer inclined to rise, standing next morning at 29.51 'inches. The feeling of individuals, during the shock, depended greatly on their situation. It is most generally de scribed as being rather tremulous than undulating, and in high tenements heavy articles of furniture were violently shaken, bells were nut, and crockeryware overturned. Every family was alarmed, and many rushed out to the streets under the impression that their houses were falling. Such as were walking at the time describe the ground as shaken under their feet, intuit' like the tremulous motion in steam-boats. The du ration of the shock, by all accounts, must have been from fifteen to twenty seconds, although the fears of many naturally led them to think it longer. It extended 'as far north as our accounts yesterday reached, and along the line of the Grampians it seems to have been particularly severe. Our correspondent at Crieff writes last night thus:—" At twelve o'clock, perhaps two -minutes after it, a low rumble, resembling distant thunder, but one which a practised ear could at once detect to be the herald of an earthquake, was heard. For five or six seconds it approached nearer and nearer, and waxed louder and louder; then came a heavy underground knock or two, then a sensible up heaving and downfalling accompanied by a vielent shaking of everything on the surface, and the thunder like noise continuing for six or eight seconds, died a way in the distance. This may not have been the heaviest shock of earthquake that has occurred in Crieff for the last fifty years, but it certainly was a very smart one, and caused many a timid heart to quake. The air before and at the time of the shock was calm and still, but a short time thereafter a fresh breeze p an.- up " s , • Perthshire Courier. TOBACCO AND SNUFF.—By a recently issued Parliamentary return it appears that there areas many as 202,051 licensed dealers in tobacco and snuff in the United Kingdom. In England there are 170,048; in Ireland, 16,601; and in Scotland, 15,402. From an ex amination of the paper it seem s that there arc 12,958 dealers in London, and that the number within ten m iles of the Excise Office is 23,807. The evening semi-official journal the Messager announces that it will cease to appear at the end of the present month. It is said that this journal had a monthly subvention of 7,000 f. from the Government.— Galignani. A DRUNKARD'S Doom.—We are under the painful necessity of narrating the following particulars of an awful case of death caused by intemperance. It appeared that on Wednesday week a number of workmen were assembled in ono of those dens of infamy too common amongst us, where they had been partaking very freely of ardent spirits. One old man in particular, a nailer by trade, from the delirious state into which previous excesses had thrown him, challenged his comrades that he would drink another shilling's-worth of liquor in a given time. The bet was taken up, and the infatuated wretch drank off the quantity of drink almost in a draught. The man went home, and got to bed about nine o'clock, and by twelve was discovered to be a corpse. —Paisley Advertiser. The first sod in the site of the General Station, Court-square, was cut on Monday last, and a large.force of workmen will shortly be engaged upon the structure. Carlisle Journal. A LOVE AFFAIR IN EVERTON On Tuesday the police -court was crowded with young and old, gay and sedate persons, all anxious to learn the particulars of an assault case, arising out of a love affair in Field-street, Everton, which was set down forbearing. The respectability of the parties on both sides —the lady being the young, beautiful, and accomplished daughter of a surgeon, and her suitor, or alleged suitor, the clerk in a highly-respectable house in Liverpool—added a raciness and an interest to the disclosures which they would not have possessed had the principal actors b een moving in an humbler walk of life. • The father of the young lady, Mr. John Ball, is a widower, and removed with his family, which, we believe, consists of two sons, Archdale and. John George, and two daughters, Louisa and Elizabeth, from Ireland to Liverpool, some time towards the close of last summer, and took up his residence here at No. 84, Field-street, flti3rton. Shortly after, we understand about the beginning of August, an acquaintance was formed between Miss Ball (Louisa), who, it is said, has not yet attained her nineteenth year, and the clerk to whom we have already alluded, and who, besides being of fe.shionable exterior and bland manners, is very respectably connected, and perhaps, at a guess, about three and-twenty. The ac quaintance ripened into esteem, friendship, and love. Matters progressed, as matters of the kind sometimes ill progress, smoothly, for the space of three months or thereabouts, we cannot be particular to a day; and as the young parties lived contiguous to each other—she in Field•street, and he in Rukeby-street, close by-Lthey had frequent opportunities of interchanging little thoughts without always committing them to paper. His attentions were such as led herself and her family to suppose that he contemplated a speedy marriage ; and about the expiration of the three months a question-- not a very pointless one, noryet one very unintelligible —seems to have been put to him upon this very delicate subject. The answer was by no means of an agreeable nature to the family. The gentleman said something about his mind not having been Made up, and also about his not having made any more , advances to Miss Ball than he had to her sister Elizabeth ; and, in fact, it be came pretty evident, before the interview terminated, that there was a slight misunderstanding on Mr. Ball's side touching the gentleman's matrimonial vievrs. Here waw a discovery ! The, family- felt indignant, and tiirthwith preparations were made for inflicting sum mary chastisement on the body corporate of " the - faith less swain." Mr. Archdale Ball, the brother of theyoung lady, undertook the task'; and, after two or three un successful attempts to see the gentleman at Rokeby street, he at length made his way up to the drawing room, and vigorously laid about him with a walking-stick. This formed the gravamen of the case heard on Tuesday, for Archdale was summoned for the assault. The case was to have come en last Friday, but owing to a misnomer in the first summons issued, it was postponed until Tuesday, when Mr. Ball, the father of the lady, Archdale, the defendant, John George, their second son, and their friends were all present. Mr. Davenport, appeared for the nomplainant, and after informing the Court that his client was a clerk in a respectable house in Liverpool, and giving a general acccunt of the assault. The complainant was sworn and deposed as follows: I lodge in Rokeby-street, Everton, and on Monday, the 16th instant, I was at my lolgings about one o'clock in the day. I was up stairs in the drawing-room. Miss Harriet, one of the young ladies of the house,-told me that Mr. Ball was below, and wished to see me. She said she told him I was up stairs, and he said in reply that he was obliged to see me. Shortly after he came up to the drawing-room, and struck me pith the stick he has in his hand at present. I had given him no offence. When he entered I asked him what he wanted ) and he immediately struck me, and that several times. The door of the drawing-room then opened, and I met Miss Harriet on the top of the stairs, and in her presence he struck me several times with the stick, and also with his fist. I had given no provocation whatever for the as sault. • Mr. Ruston.—What has the defendant to say ? The defendant.—l admit the charge, Sir, but the cir cumstances of the greatest provocation caused me to break the peace in this manner. He was paying my sister attentions. He trifled with the feelings of that sister, who is, I may . say, a mere child, and I, as her brother, took the law into my own hands, and chastised him for the way he treated her. appeal to you, Sir, under the circumstances, whether the provocation has not been great ? and if you want proof of how he acted, there is a gentleman here (Mr. Owen) who can prove it. Mr. Davenport.—Wc can prove the contrary. We can call upon a gentleman that will prove the complainant never thought of one more than another. The defendant.—The vet.) lady in whose house he lodges was witness to his attentions to my sister, and she even said that he deserved a flogging. The lady.—l said that, if all that has been said of him by your sisters, Miss Ball and Miss Louisa, was true, he did deserve it, but I question it. Mr. Rushton.—But are we here to try the question, whether he treated the girl ill or not ? _ _ _ Mr. Ball, sen.—Sir, fam the father of the young girl, and, Sir, it was impossible not to feel, and to feel deeply, for her. I appeal Ito every father of a family in the Court, if he would not feel under similar circumstances. Sir, the feelings of our family were indeed excited, par ticularly as we had no redress in any Court for the man ner in which the girl had been treated. Mr. Rushton.—Yes, you have redress. If the young man paid his addresses to her, and promised her mar riage in an honourable way, and then declined to fulfil his promise, he is liable for the consequences before another tribunal. Mr. Ball, sen.—But, Sir, we had no written document. Here is a gentleman alongside me (Mr. Owen), and I appeal to him, if the complainant was not received into our family as the suitor of the young girl ? And let me tell you, sir, that he (the complainant) i ntroduced him self to our family on religious grounds. His first act was to make me a present of a Bible ! We placed confidence in him as a religious character and a well-conducted young man ; and he came and spent evenings at our house. In the end, he gained the affections of the young girl ; and when I asked him what his intentions towards her were, he turned round and said, that he had not made up his mind, and that he did not think he had committed himself in any possible way ! Then it was that this young fellow, my son, Archdale, said he merited punishment ; and for his having taken the law into his own hands, we humbly submit to the mercy of the court. Mr. Davenport—l am given to understand that he never proposed for her, and that another young man, as well as himself, used to go and spend the evenings at Mr. Ball's house. Mr. John G. Ball—Will you allow me to ask the com plainant one question, Sir? Mr. Rushton—No, no. If the complainant has done anything of this sort, he has inflicted a gross wrong, mad that wrong has caused the brothers of the lady to be impetuous. _ _ _ Mr. Davenport—Was anything of this kind in exist ence between you and the young lady? Complainant—No. I can prove that I never went with one of the young ladies more than with another. Mr. Davenport—l believe you were only acquainted with her three months. _ Complainant—About three months. Mr. Davenport—l have a lady here, Sir, who can prove that Miss Ball knew the complainant was under an engagement of two years' standing to another young lady.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Ball, sen.—Will you allow me just to put one question ? Mr. Rushton.—No. There has been a breach of the peace ; and if there is any truth in the provocation, of course you have a remedy in another court. The defendant again appealed to Mr. Owen; and, by permission of the Court, Mr. Owen was briefly examined. He said—l lived in Mr. Ball's house, and knew that the complainant was . _ paying attention to Miss Ball for a considerable time. I understood that he was going to marry her, and that he had promised marriage on several occasions, but not be fore any witnesses, lam not an inmate of the house at present. I,lr. Rushton (to defendant). —You must be fined a shilling without costs. But you ought not to do this. You ought not to take the law into your own hands, although gross provocation has been given, undOubtedly. The shilling was immediately paid, and Iliexarties on both sides left the court. . „ SINGULAR BIRTH .- On Monday ias, at Ca-stlehar rison, near Charleville, Mrs. M'Hanrahan, the wife of a poor peasant, was safely delivered of a female child, having three heads, perfectly formed, and on the left hand, which was more than double the size of the right, six fingers. It was at first supposed the child was still born, but after a short time animation appeared, and it is at present likely to do well. Dr. Sullivan, of Charle ville, has been in constantattendance on the poor woman, and owing to his exertions she is considered out of dan ger. On a previous confinement she was delivered of a son who had an enormous head.—Constitution. OUR FOOD PROSPECTS.—From every part of the country the reports as to the state of trad_eozei;eaxsceed ingly discouraging; and as the supply of f ty col o u f mns much to ao with the demand most t m i a m n ili ti o f r a t el n u t res c , o o n u s i r d v f e o e r o r a y d_ prospects become the next g a i n ve o n pp in or o tu u n r i this week will tion. The affordinformatiootnirwreeadhaevres think, will be, that we need • t • and that conclusion,. we ar riving at a tolerably a.cOurate conclusion upon this sub juc , be under no apprehension that we shall suffer from any greater scarcity, or higher prices, than we Eive now c o n tend against; for t he authorities we have quoted arc recon fessedly the very best on this question; and that they hare taken the most discouraging view of our pros pects, the following analysis we have prepared of the latest official returns of American food imports Teceived in London and Liverpool alone, seems to us proof con clusive :—Of flour, 36,407 barrels; corn meal, 934 barrels; Indiantcorn, 83,449 barrels; wheat, 7,466 bushels; peas, 746 barrels; oatmeal, 200 barrels; rice, 200 tierces; beef, 5,708 barrels; lard, 1,573 packages; pork, 1,349 bar rels ; bacon, 1,040 hogsheads ; hams, 1,094 ditto ; butter, 966 kegs ; cheese, 6;875 packages; biscuits, 170 barrels ; onions, 292 barrels ; seeds, 50 tierces. The precise time in which these imports have come to hand we do not know ; but we believe it is of very recent date. It must also be borne in mind that the:American trade is but a yoUng one ;•there . had been no preparations in anticipation of its opening ; and this fact of itself makes these steadily increasing returns all the more encouraging, both with respect to our present exigencies and our pros pects for the future. The vessels which bring these im ports will not return to the United States with empty bottoms or in ballast ; as the trade of the Americans With us increases, so will their deniand for on; goods become greater and more steady ; and the prophecies of the free traders will thus every year be proved more and more correct—that from the repeal of the corn laws we shall have to date the commencement of a new order of things the beginning of a career of peace and p lent y throughout the world. What, indeed, would have been our - condition"' had • the corn-laws remained in foice ? Leicestershire Mercury. COMMON PLEAS.-THIS DAY.) WAREHAM V. PRANCE, NASH, AND OTHERS.-THE GREAT WESTERN ROBBERIES. This was an acti-n of tr,spass, brought by Thomas Wareham against Mr. Vaughan Prance, Mr. Nash, and Mr. Collard, who had ben connected with conducting the prosecutions of Maynard, Garratt, and others last year, for the robberies committed on the Great Western Railway, to recover damages for an alleged false impri sonment. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Foster appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr. Hoggins were for the defendants. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS having gone over the particu lars which he intended to prove in evidence, proceeded to call his witnesses. George Garda, r Dun, a waiter at the public-house in Foley-street where Thomas Wareham lodged, deposed that on the 20th of August, last year, three persons, answering to the description of the defendants, came to the house, and took Mr. and Mrs. Wareham in a cab. Hannah O'Connell evidenced to the same apprehension on the day in question. Mr. Seymour Clarke, superintendent of. the Great Western Company at the Paddington station, said he remembered the plaintiff, Thomas Wareham, calling at the station about the Ist of August last year. Maynard was then in custody in reference to the property lost on the railway. When he called he said he was ac quainted with Garrett, and that he could give some in formation about him. Witness sent him with a messenger to the solicitor of the company. A man called Chilman was sent with the plaintiff to Mr. Nash. Nash was then clerk to Messrs. Maples and Co. Cross-examined by Sergeant TALEOURD—He could not state precisely the day referred to, but it was soon after Maynard was taken into custody. He could not state how long after. Mr. Nash had the charge of the railway department of Messrs. Maples and Co. There had, previous to this time, been many depredations com mitted on the Great Western Railway. Mr. Vaughan Prance had complained of the loss of his property. When that gentleman first lost his writing case the in quiry came to witness, and be communicated the fact to the solicitor of the company. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—Ware ham did not say he was mixed up with Maynard. He only said he had some information respecting Garratt and Maynard in connexion with these robberies. He did not say he lived in Maynard's house, or that he was in timate with that party or Garratt. Davy, an officer of the police at the Pad dington station, was here called to prove the fact of the plaintiff on the day of his apprehension being taken to the station, and kept all right, but on being called three times in Court, he did not appear. Mr. Sergeant TALFOUItD wished to explain that he understood the witness was ill, and could not attend. He wished this to be known, that it might not be sup posed the company had anything whatever to do with his absence. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD addressed the jury on the behalf of Mr. Prance and Mr. Collard. His defence, as far as Prance was concerned, was, that on the day May nard was taken up, he was at Nether Stoney, in Sonaer setshire, and could not have been one of the three in the public-house. He was prepared to prove that, and also to prove that the one of the three, supposed to be him, was another person. Mr. Prance had nothing whatever to do with the conducting of the prosecution against Maynard and Garratt, out of which the apprehension of Wareham had arisen. Those prosecutions were con ducted on behalf of the Great Western Company. The only position in which Mr. Prance stood in the matter, was the fact that he had lost property worth 2,0001., and that he originally entered into negotiations with May [lard to recover his writing desk, which ended in the apprehension of the latter, and the matter being taken up by the Great Western Company. After that he had nothing whatever to do with the proceedings. With reference to the general defence of the two defen dants for which he appeared, the Learned Gentleman called the attention of the jury to the robberies perpe trated by Maynard and Garratt. It had been clearly proved that Garratt was the principal thief; that May nard, though ostensibly a house agent, was extensively engaged in these felonious transactions, and had been convicted for the same. When this was known, and they found Wareham living in the same house with Maynard, mixed up with his transactions, and actually , offering to give information respecting the felonious pro ceedings of Garratt and Maynard, did it not furnish a strong presumption that the plaintiff was also connected with them. This view of the question was further sup ported by the fact of Wareham endeavouring to act for Maynard in several suspicious particulars. The Learned gentleman recapitulated the principal facts of the whole proceedings taken preliminary to the apprehension of Maynard and Garratt. He considered it would have been wiser to have taken the plaintiff and his wife at once before a magistrate, so as to be relieved from all responsibility on account of the apprehension; still, under the circumstances, there were strong reasons for justifying the course taken by the defendants. If damages were at all to be given lie submitted they should not 13, more than a farthing. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) CLOSING THE COURT—IN RE WRAY—THE TORBAY RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a case of insolvency. The insolvent had been a director of the Torbay Railway Company, and to-day was appointed for the examination of the secretary and others connected with the company, and the production of books, &c. on behalf of Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, to investigate the liability of the insolvent as such director. It appeared, that the railway company had been formed in 1838, but subsequently, the money raised not being sufficient for the proposed scheme, some of the directors allotted other shares, and the question now was how far the insolvent, or his estate, was bound by the acts of the other directors. It was alleged that insolent was not present at the meetings, and that, in fact, v no such meetings took place as those entered in the minute books. Mr. JAMES took an objection, in limine, to the exa mination of the company's officers or books in this case. The acts of the directors were the acts of the company, and Mr. Wray was one of the directors ; indeed the proposition was " suicidal," for if Mr. Wray, through Dlr. Whitmore, the official assignee, sy.cceeded in proving that the allotment of the shares was fraudulent, he made his own estate liable, for it had been held in a recent case, that if any allotment was made in fraud, the di rectors were liable. It had been urged that the proceedings had been voided through the non-attendance of some of the directors, otherwise t he whole object of the Act might be thwarted by the deliberate non-attendance of some of the parties. He had to contend that the act of some of the directors sitting as a board was binding on all. Mr. CooKE denied that the insolvent had ever sanc tioned the allotment. The Learned CODIDIISSIONER said, if a co-director, co partner, or co-trustee assented to proceedings, directly or indirectly, he must be hound; but if there had been any fraud committed, he was not, and in equity was entitled to an inquiry. It was now at issue whether there had or had not been fraud, as d he was of opinion the examination should go on. As it was to take Flace in the Court, every one was at liberty to take notes as far as they went, and in any way they wished, but it must be understood no publication of the examination should take place until after the proceedings had concluded, or he would close the doors, which he had the power of doing in that Court. This discussion arose on the question whether the notes should be taken as .evidence if perjury was im puted. The examination was proceeding, but, under the cir cumstances, cannot of course • be given. MARLBMY-STREET.-(THIS DAY•) Sarah Brook, and her two sons, Alfred and Samuel, who were remanded last week on a charge of robbing Mr. Deare, a tailor, 1, Leicester-square (the boy Alfred's master), were brought up. to-day for re-examination. Several pawnbrokers attended and produced articles which were identified by the prosecutor. None of the pawnbrokers could identify the prisoners except Mr. Syers, Drury-lane, who identified the boy Samuel Brook as having pledged a piece of satin with him. Mr. LONG said there was no case against the mother or the prisoner Samuel Brook. He therefore discharged them, and remanded Alfred Brook till this day week. WORSHIP S'i REET.—(T HIS DAY.) George Galloway, a youth, about 17 years of age, an apprentice to a Mr. Wells, was charged with refusing to work, &T. Mr. Herbert Wells, ivory turner, No. 8, Britannia terrace, deposed that the defendant, who was apprenticed to him übaut two years since, had out of that time ab sented himself for the space of five months, and on one occasion witness was obliged to bring him to this Court for his bad conduct, and he was sent to the treadmill for a month. Latterly, when any work had been given to him, he merely laughed wad jeered at witness, and said that witness and the magistrate had done what they could with him, but he cared neither for magistrate nor master ; and rather than work, he would spend the whole of his time in prison. It would be a charity if the magistrat' would cancel his indentures. Mr. BINGHAM—Yes, to you it would be a charity no doubt, but not to the rate-payers. You are under a bond to keep him. However, I'll take -- Here the defendant's courage entirely forsook him, and he blubbered out, " I will, indeed I will, do the best I can in future. Mr. BINGHAM—Very well; I will give you one chance more. If at the expiration of ten days you shall not have given perfect satisfaction to your master, I'll try if I can't bring you to a proper sense of your duty. Our Liverpool letters report that "no intelligence of the Britannia steamer has been received up to four o'clock P.M., yesterday." - - FURTHER REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. — Yesterday, nearly all the bakers at the west end of the metropolis reduced the price of their bread from Bd. and - neighbourhood of St. Giles's are charging as low as O. Country bread, which is not weighed to the customer, is old at Sid, the We. its 1 7 4 - p - vAt 12 5 676 1% / J l7l /11 451 .1 5 11114 / 1 / / /