The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRO3f THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. TIMES.—The political and commercial interests con nected with the establishment of the principal lines of railway on the continent of Europe are of such import ance to the independence, security, and prosperity Of the states through whose territories these lines may pass, that the subject deserves more notice than it has hitherto received in this point of view. The effect of railroads in England has been to concentrate the resources of the kingdom, and ,to give a greater energy to our national unity; but the system is i n t er r u pt e d by our coas t s , and f our insular position reli eves us f rom th e necess ity of closely investigating the consequences of rivalry or con nexion with the railro a d s o f a dj acen t s t a t e s. On t he continent, on the contrary, it is obvious that the position of railways with reference to the population and the go. vernment of foreign states is a matter of the greatest moment. A common interest has suddenly commenced between countries which viewed one another a . few years ago with jealousy or indifference; and, aga in, a new source of rivalry has sprung up between other. commu nities, hitherto united by the closest intimacy, which is already leading to political consequences. In central Europe the construction of railways involves not only questions of domestic interest, but of foreign policy. Russia and France may, from their territorial position, construct their most important lines without much reference to the policy of other states ; but almost all the other lines of Europe are parts of a great whole, not subject to the same poli tical authority, and the real termini of all these lines may be said to lie in some foreign territory, since they are incomplete until they are prolonged to the sea. Three great longitudinal lines of railway are now partly opened and in course of construction between the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean or the North Sea and that of the Mediterranean. The first lies entirely within the terri tory of France, and will pass, when it is completed, from the ports of Havre and Calais, through Paris and the centre of the kingdom, to Marseilles. The second line, and that which is by far the most advanced at the present moment, extends from llamburgh to Trieste; and some of our readers will perhaps be surprised to learn that, with the exception of about 160 English miles, this line is already open to the public. From Hamburgh to Berlin the line is now completed, which unites the capital of Prussia with the principal port of Northern Europe. From Berlin it proceeds to Leipzig and Dresden, where it is interrupted - by the unfinished portion of the road between Dresden and Prague ; but, passing more to the east, another line now open extends through Breslau to Ratibor to Olmutz, a distance of about forty English miles, the line is as yet interrupted. Bat both from Prague and from Olmutz the great Northern line of Austria takes up the traffic, and conveys it through Vienna, and thence by the Styrian line as far as Cilly, in Carinthia. Cilly is about 120 miles from Trieste, and at no distant period the whole of this line will be completed. These two great trunk lines are wholly under the control, the one of France, the other of Austria, Prussia, and the North German states. But in the meanwhile a third line of the greatest importance to central Europe has been formed, and in great part opened to traffic, starting from Ostend, Antwerp, and the Dutch ports, and pro ceeding (though at present with several interruptions) to Basle. There it stops for the present, but it is pro posed to connect these Rhenish railroads by a branch through Bavaria and Wirtembera ' with another line which would pass!alo ng th e va ll ey o f the Middle Rhine from Lan dau on the Lake of Constance, through the cantons of St. Gall and the Grisons, to Disseutis. In the vicinity of that place a passage of the Alps, said to be practicable by a tunnel of two miles and a half long, has been sur veyed, by which the road would emerge in the Val Blegno, and descend to Lugano, where it would unite with the railroads of Piedmont, and proceed either to Genoa or to the branches which may hereafter be formed in connexion with southern Italy. The physical obstacles to this line are probably not greater than those which have been surmounted by the boldness and skill of the Austrian engineers - in carrying their line through the valleys of the Styrian Alps. The more serious im pediments which may retard the execution of the scheme are of a political nature, and it may not be without interest or utility to point them out. It is a matter of vital interest to southern Germany to (pen a line of railway communication with the Me diterranean coast, and it is no less important to Pied mont to have this line connect Genoa with the north of Europe. Both the states of the Zollverein and the Court of Turin have everything to appre hend, and nothing to gain, from the competition of the great lines of France and Austria, shackled as they are by the duties and formalities of the prohibitive system now in force in those countries. But, on the other hand, France and Austria are naturally disposed to view with no little jealousy and alarm the project of a railway connecting so many of the freest commercial states of the continent, and establishing a direct communication between the whole of Italy and the Rhine. The minor Powers which are especially interested in the promotion of the scheme, namely, Piedmont, the Swiss Cantons, and the southern kingdoms of Germany, are, perhaps, deficient in financial resources and political vigour to carry it into full execution; but it concerns their inde pendence and their future prosperity not to allow it to be sacrificed to the rivalry of their more powerful neigh. hours, ar,d especially of Austria. The Austrian Go vernment are resolved that, if they can prevent it, northern Italy shall cot be opened by a line of traffic passing on the western side of the Lago Maggiore, and through the Cantons of Tess n and the Grisons; and they have, not unnaturally, fixed upon Switzerland as the weakest link in the chain, and the one least able to resist their hostile interference. The Austrian Charki d'Affaires at Berne has recently been detached on a sp?cial mission to the Grisons—a canton in which Austria has at times exercised a peculiar in fluence ; the Austrian forces in the Vorarlberg have been augmented ; and if the , course of political events should give any colour to the intervention in Swiss affairs which Austria meditats s, she will not forget to place hers-lf in such a position as eff etually to break the line of communication across the Alps outside her own frontiers. No doubt the Jesuits, and the Harlicsls, and the convents, and the free-corps will be the osten sible grounds of such a measure ; but we suspect the desire of thwarting the plan of this rerlroad wilt prove a great aggravation of the political misdemeanours of Switzerland in the eyes of the Austrian Ministers. Meanwhile the open hostility of Austria to the scheme, and the various intrigues she his resorted to in older to defeat it, have irritated the Court of Turin, and roused the indignation of that portion of the Italian people who are not Austrian subjects. The time is come when the House of Savoy, if we may judge from the incidents of the last few months, refuses to acknowledge the control of Austria in the affairs of Piedmont and the other states of Italy. Nut long ago Austria requested that two of the most eminent literary men in Italy, who are known by their adherence to the cause of moderate liberty and national independence, should be sent away from Turin, although they were natives of the country ; and we regret to add, that the French Minister at Turin did not blush to support that impolitic and ungenerous demand. The Piedmonte.e Government refused to withdraw its protectien, and even its favour, from the gentlstnen in question ; and on several other occasions it has given proofs of a strong determ i nation to perse vere in a vigorous and independent its of policy, which may effect in northern Italy changes as great as those which Pius IX. has commenced in the south. Amongst these reforms an I improvements the construction of rail roads is not the least important, not merely for their practical convenience, but because thsy are at once the means and the object of notional unlo t and international combination. The internal power and prosperity of Italy, and her internal relations with the rest of Europe, can not be more effectually promoted at this time than by the extensive introduction of railroads. Austria lass shown the immense importance she attaches to the sub ject by the rapid execution of her own great undertak ings of the kind, which would do honour to any nation ; but she must learn to surmount her jealousy of States who may seek their advantage in following her example. CHRONICLE.—The discussion of the Edinburgh Town Council on the stoppage of the Sunday trains of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which we pub lished yesterday, is a tolerably significant proof that that very monstrous and absurd interference with the free agency of the public will not long be endured in Scotland. The motion of Mr. C. B. Tait, that the Town Council should oppose any new Bill brought into Par liament by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com pany until the old facilities of Sunday conveyance are restored, was evidently looked upon by some who ap proved of his main object as an extreme measure. It was, however, affirmed by the council by a majority of twenty to seven ; and upon very good grounds it-will be thought by any one who reads the speech of the mover. The company, in obtaining its former Bill, avhich upon public grounds gave it a right of enormous interference with the property of others, made a virtual if not a legal compact to leave the public no worse off in-respect to the means of conveyance than it was before. But before the railway was made there were coaches, by which the poor man who had no vehicle of his own could travel upon the Sunday. The coaches have been put down by the railway as effectually as if they were prohibited by law, and it is a clear violation of an understood agree ment to deprive the public of their only substitute. The Edinburgh Town Council, as knowing and representing the local interests of the city, is bound to submit this breach of faith to Parliament as a reason against grant ing any new privileges to those who have been guilty of it. In looking through the discussion everybody must be struck with the contrast between the facility with which Mr. Tait and his friends were able to adduce practical arguments in support of their views, and the extreme difficulty which there appeared to be in finding anything deserving the name of a reason on the other side. That the prohibition was a pharasaic imposition of burthens upon the shoulders of the poor was made sufficiently obvious. On the first day on which the Sun day trains were stopped, 241 carriages of a private kind drove up to the various places of worship in Edinburgh. The day was not wet, or the number would have been much greater. Here then were three or four hundred servants ministering on the Sabbath to the convenience of the wealthy in a manner essentially the same in principle with th at w hi c h is prohibited as irreligious in re ference to th e poor. It is Dives, as usual, looking sharply aft er t h e morality of Lazarus, while he i s very - easy about hi s own. Even so, however, if ultra-Sabba tartan directors, who roll to church in softly cushioned carriages, could understand how much better the sub stance of moralaitypiiesoothaonf t he torm, they might have startled with of eavidence produced by Mr. Robertson, in the-shape superintendent of the county l etter fro:i . e. Mr. List, the Mid-Lothian. Mr. List, perpetually conversant e a s lee h e e e ril a u sa st be with the hard and stern realities of workin - l ife, _ finds that drunkenness, the master vice which stands in the wa jeepr.orenaent of that class , is di m i n i s h ed ' tt`Uy of the 'r the operatiorr f Sunday? trains. 'After the con me toil of the week n th e un,holesonae atmosphere of a otraoaxeitement an d relaxatio n will be s oug h t on the Sunday. The dram-shop was o f old the resource. Of THE SUN, LONikION, MOIsTDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, late the cheap country excursion has drawn off its cus tomers. A more wholesome and not less effectual stimulant than spirits is found in the fresh and exhila rating breath of the fields and the woods. Can any right-thinking man have a doubt as to what our choice should be between such alternatives? Which:is the pro fanation of the religion of Christ—which the outrage to morality—the employment of a few to give the labouring class the same pure enjoyment on the Sunday which the rich have at command, or the adoption of a rule which practically imprisons th OF e toil-worn multitudes, and drives them to the; momentary,' but mi serable and ruinous relief of intoxication ? " Very plausible," some shrewd and well-meaning formalist may observe ; " bat what if the Sunday trains only change the scene of intoxication ? What if the city dram shops are deserted only that the fair face of the country and the solemnity of the Sabbath may be desecrated by city debauchery ?" Yes. if—. But what says the witness we have referred to ? " Last summer (when the Sunday trains were run ning) I found no occasion to have any extra constables at Jock's Lodge, the public-houses being less frequented, and no breaches of the peace committed. The same applies all around Edinburgh. The sergeant at Mussel burgh reports that he saw no increase at the public houses in his district, neither did he see more drunken ness than on former occasions. " It is quite true that the Sunday trains lead many from the town churches ; but it is equally true that many attend the churches in the country with their aged parents, who were never able to do so before. Some of these places of worship are those they a tt en d e d i n child hood." He adds a comparison well worthy of the attention of the Edinburgh guardians of working-class morality :—t " I have often contrasted Edinburgh and Glasgow with London, Liverpool, and Birmingham. In the two former places there is scarcely any opportunity afforded the labouring classes to see the beauteous works of na ture in the country; but ample facility to waste their time in public-houses, become drunkards, outcasts, and ultimately food for the police. On many occasions I have walked and rode about Edinburgh and the suburbs on a Sunday evening, and counted no less than 60, 70, 80, and on one occasion 125 intoxicated persons, in my perambulations of about three hours. Now, looking at the latter places on a Sunday evening, you may see hundreds returning from the country—some with their wives and families—and scarcely one amongst them the least intoxicated." In reply to these and similar statements, Bailie Mack and Bailie Duncan, the champions of Sabbatarian re strictions on their poorer neighbours, had little to urge except that the council should think of the state of its funds in reference to the expense of going before, Par liament, and that the railway directors bad done nothing contrary to law. "If these gentlemen were wrong, they were amenable to the laws of the country." ,Oh ! Bailie Mack, is there nothing wrong amongst us—nothing that needs redress except what is done against the laws of the country? Are all things to be endured which an " action of declarator in the Court of Session" cannot remove? What do you suppose petitions to Parliament were intended for, Bailie Mack? Really, most respec table of civic dignitaries —approver of things as they are, and conservative of your own comforts and privileges, whatever may happen to those of others—your right eousness savours more of the righteousness of the law than of that which the Gospel enjoins. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S NEW POR TRAIT GALLERY AT DRAYTON MANOR. This magnificent gallery, which has been for some time in course of erection, is now entirely completed ; and has recently received -within its walls a large number of valuable historical portraits, which, added to the chefs•d'ceuvre in that line of art previously in the possession of Sir Robert Peel, render the col lection altogether one of the most remarkable in the kingdom. The gallery itself is attached to the south-east.angle of the mansion, and forms a wing 100 feet long in ex tension of the north front, the style of architecture being of the Elizabethan period. An arcade extends along the three sides of the building, and this is surrounded by an entablature with an attic, upon which are small carved pinnacles, which break the outline of the building. The exterior is further decorated by four stone statues, somewhat larger than lee, the two towards the south or garden front representing Rubens and Vandyke, and the two towards the north representing Reynolds and Lawrence. The gallery has no windows, but there is a glazed sash door at the south-western extremity, which leads on to a new terrace, about 160 feet long and 19 feet wide, which% decorated with a stone balustrade, vases, pedestals, &c. This terrace joins on to other terraces surrounding three sides of the mansion, the whole of which are embellished with a profusion of marble and stone vases, &c., harmonising well with the building, and supporting the character of its architecture. The new gallery is entered from the south side of the entrance corridor of the mansion, through an ante-room, by wide folding doors of carved oak. The north end of the gallery, which is first entered, is somewhat separated from the main building by a spacious arch, richly or namented with carved oak pilasters, archivolts, pendants, &c. Through this arch the visitor enters. The gallery is divided into three compartments by groups of 16 mar ble colums and pilasters. The ceiling is deeply carved and elaborately ornamented with the trusses, frets, pen dants, and panelling which characterised the Elizabethan period. In the cove are thirty heraldic lions with shields, bearing the initial letters of the names of Sir Robert and Lady Peel and of their children ; these lions are shaped as consoles' supporting the roof ; the spaces between them are panelled with enrichments of foliage and fruit formed into bands, the horizontal portion of the ceiling being tra beated and deeply panelled and ornamented with scrolls and pendants. At the springing of the cove is an en riched entablature, which, with the cove and the whole of the ceiling, is of various shades of oak and walnut tree wood. The walls are painted of a neutral greenish colour, and the skirtings are of wainscot. The floor is bordered with an inlaid band, of a small pattern, Con sisting of oak, waltnut-tree and ebony woods. The co lumns and pilasters above alluded to are of the Doric order. The capitals and bases are of white veined Ita lian marble ; the shafts each consist of a single block of Belgian marble, of variegated colour. The pedestals are panelled, and composed of the same marbles. The pic tures are lighted from above by horizontal skylights in the roof, so placed that every part of each picture is ad vantageously seen from the proper points of view. This recent addition to the mansion has been erected from the design of Mr. Sydney Smirke, F.S.A. It was finished at the close of last autumn. The subjoined is a list of the principal portraits con tained in the gallery : Viscount Hardinge, by Lucas. Sir David Wilkie, by himself. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Lucas. The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, by Pickersgill. 'I he Right lion. Sir James Gitaham, Bart., by Lucas , . The late Lord Abinger, by Sir Martin A. Sbee, P.R.A. The late Earl Grey, by Lonsdale. This full-length portrait of the above statesman has been recently pur chased by Sir R. Peel of the widow of the artist. The Earl of Aberdeen, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1830, the year of Sir Thomas Lawrence's death. Tae Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lady Peel, by Sir Thomas Lawrence ; a companion picture. The late Sir Robert Peel, Bart., by Sir Thomas Law rence, Lord Lyndhurst, by Pickersgill. The late Sir William Follett, by Say. The late Lord Erskine, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lord Brougham: a most admirable likeness of the Noble and Learned Lord. Sir Frederick Pollock, by Say. The Right Hon. Sir George Canning, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lord Stowell, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The Czar Peter : an original of that extraordinary potentate. The late Right Hon. William Huskisson, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. 'The Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. A full-length, representing the Noble and Gallant Duke standing on a raised ground, wearing a military cluak, and having a telescope in his hand. This portrait was in the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1825. The late Earl of Eldon, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Edmund Burke, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Judge Blackstone. This portrait of the shove cele brated Judge was purchased by Sir Robert Peel the year before last, at the sale at Castle Priory, the seat of Mr. W. S. Blackstone, 11. P., near Wallingford. William Pitt, by Gainsborough. L , )rd Stanley, by Say. The late Earl of Liverpool, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. His late Royal Highness the Duke of York, by Sir William Beechey. The Right Hon. Admiral Sir George Cockburn, by Lucas. Shakspere; an esteemed portrait of the immortal bard. The late Lord Byron. Southey, the poet, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Cowley, the poet, by Sir Peter Lely. Otway, th e dramatist; this portrait was painted by Mary Beale, a pupil of Sir Peter Lely. Fuseli, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Cuvier, by PickersgilL Samuel Rogers, the poet, by Lucas. Mr. Wordsworth, the poet, by PickersgilL Benjamin West, the artist. Vandyke, a portrait by himself. The late Sir Francis Chantry, by Jackson. Gibson, the sculptor, by Geddes. Arthur Murphy, the dramatist, by Sir Joshua Rey nolds. Wycherley, the dramatic poet. Professor Owen, by Pickersgill. Liebig, the celebrated chemist. John Philip Kemble, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. The late Sir Henry Halford, Bart., by Sir Martin A Shee. Dr. Buckland, by T. Philips, R.A. THREEPENNY THEATRES.—The Lord Chamberlain has intimated to the proprietors of these theatres in England his determination to withdraw the licence from them unless they raise the prices of adtnission-6d, being the lowest price to be taken. We believe Mr. Miller, of the Adelphi, has received a similar notice ; at the same time stating that the rise must take place on and after i the lit cf January next.—Glasgow Herald. UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.—In the night of Monday week, the 14th inst., when 'the frost was most intense, deep thunder was heard in this city, and the flashes of lightning were extremely brilliant. We observe that the same electrical phenomenon was noted at Shrewsbury and Welshpool on the same night and early on Tuesday morning. At the latter place the thunder was very near, the report rapidly succeeding the flash.—Hereford Journal. GRAND BANQUET to MR. COBDEN AT MALAGA. The Spaniards appear unwearied in their enthusiastic and hospitable reception of our distinguished country man Mr. Cobden. We yesterday received an extraordi nary supplement of the Avisador Malagweno, containing a lengthy report of a grand festival held in Malaga, on Monday, the 30th of November, in honour of the English free-trader. The scene of the banquet was the saloon of the new and magnificent hotel, about to be opened in the so called Casa de Campo, a beautiful edifice on the eve of completion. The saloon was adorned with the greatest taste and elegance, beautiful draperies were suspended from the walls, which were also graced by a multitude of paintings by the first masters of the school of Seville, representing the portraits of eminent men, especially Spaniards. Three splendid lustres illuminated the apart ment. The staircases and the entrance of the building were filled with vases of exquisite flowers and odoriferous plants of all sorts. The table was spread with the delicate taste which distinguishes the committee appointed to superintend the entertainment, consisting of Don Eduardo Delius, Juan Giro, and Don Juan Clemens. Large China vases, with flowers and fruits, and rich silver candelabra, were profusely intermingled with a beautiful and elegant service of plate, &c. The centre of the table displayed a magnificent epergne. The guests invited, it is needless to state, included all the " notabilities " of Malaga, principally merchants, and parties interested in trade. These gentlemen awaited in a drawing-room the arrival of Mr. Cobden and Mr. Salis Schwabe, who presented themselves at a quarter before six o'clock. Mr. Cobden's entrance was saluted by a fine military band, which struck up a piece of music especially selected for the occasion. The banquet was then served up. Don Enrique San doval, Vices President of the Chamber of Commerce, presided ; and Senor Don Jose Hernandez, the treasurer of the same institution, officiated as croupier. Mr. Cob den was seated on the right hand of the chairman, and Mr. Schwabe on the left. The British Consul, Don Jose Marin Garcia, Don Guillermo Mark (the father of the English Consul), and. Don Louis Mirasson, also occupied conspicuous positions at the table. Covers had been laid for 70, and very few of the parties invited failed to appear. The cloth having been withdrawn, the toasts of " The Queen of Spain," and " The Queen of England," s4re drunk with 103 alty and enthusiasm. The Spanish band played our beautiful national anthem on the announee ment of the latter toast. The Panswernethensaid—" I believe that I am the , interpreter of the sentiments of this assembly, and, of the agricultural and mercantile interests of my country, in proposing a toast in honour of Mr. Cobden, M.P., the distinguished leader of„tile English League." The toast having been received with every demnnstra lion of good feeling, Mr. COBDEN, M.P., rose, and expressed. himself as follows (the English version of his speech was aftei'. wards rendered into Castilian by Don Francisco Crooke; of Navarot):—Allow me, gentlemen, to manifest to you the expression of my utmost gratitude for your affable and cordial reception, which I attribute to your sympa thies with the principles with which my name is' con nected, and not to my own personal merit. This ban quet, gentlemen, is a homage to freedom of trade, acid not to me, its humble advocate. By "freedom of trade," I understand the right of freely exchanging the products of this beautiful country for those of the rest of the world. I do not mean to signify by this that there ought to be no custom-house duties for the purpose of creating a revenue for the Government; but that these duties ought not, in my opinion, to be imposed for the ex elusive benefit of classes or private individuals. In one word, my ideas are not adapted to what some call "protection,"- but what in England we term " monopoly." It appears to me of the greatest importance . tn.be thus expli c it i n e l uc id at i ng the real meaning of my words, because it is, a favourite de vice of our opponents to give a false interpretation to our object and our motives. They confer upon them selves high-sounding names, assigning very erroneous ones to those who advocate free trade ; and, unfortu nately, there are too many who allow themselves to be hallucinated by vague words and sounds. They call their own system " the protection of national industry." What is this that they call " protection ?" and how does it operate ? An individual goes to the Govern ment, and says, I bind myself to supply from Spain a certain article, provided a law be passed prohibiting every other merchant from selling it, although it may be of better quality and far cheaper than my own." This may certainly be very profitable to the individual, but it involves spoliation far more than the protection of public and general interests. The custom house is alienated from its legitimate object when it is ma le use of for the purpose of rendering more lucrative the un dertaking of any private individual, and preventing others from following the same trade. The sole and unique object that can justify thecreation oftaxesandduties, is, as I have said, the provision of a revenue orresources for the state. This is the basis of all our present operations in England ; and I ought to remind you, gentlemen, that we have put in practice the principles of tree trade, without waiting for other nations to do as much in our favour. In former times our Government sent its Ministers to other countries to enter with them into treaties of commerce ; but the tar diness of diplomatists is proverbial, and they never made less progress than when they attempted to arrange with each other reciprocal concessions in th e i r respect i v e tariffs. I n t rut h, they only succeeded in exciting much envy and many suspicions, which retarded the progress and development of sound commercial principles. We, neverth, less, declared when we formed our Leagib. in England, that every country ought to regulate its tariffs without regarding those of other nations. We r..pudiate the propriety of making commercial treaties, and we take this question entirely out of the hands of diplomatists. Sir Robert Peel pursued these principles, and did not leave his successors the opportunity of forming special . treaties of commerce with other Governments. Hence forward no English diplomatist will ever be able to enter into any negotiations with a Spanish Minister for a treaty of commerce. In this manner, those who advocate free trade in Spain, see themselves placed in a much more ad vantageous position, being able to promote-their principles by means of the absence of all foreign interference in the contest. In future, then, you cannot be accused of advo cating the interests of England ; on the contrary, you can point out the example of that very nation, which has already put in practice the principles of free trade, and which will adhere to them, whatever may be the policy adopted by the Government of Spain or that of any other nation. I need nut repeat, gentlemen, what I have so frequently shown elsewhere, that the progress of the principles of free trade in this country depen Is entirely on the enlightenment of the people. If you desire to present, and to further sound opinions upon this or any other question, you ought to promote its di scussion.—(Applause.) I doubt not that, after ma ture reflection upon a matter of so much interest, the people of Spain will come to the same conclusion as my countrymen. They will be convinced, as we are, that free trade promises to all nations the greatest posAb e amount of prosperity, wellbeing, and felicity ; they will view it, like ourselves, as the presage of peace between nations ; this magic word peace expresses in 1,000 ways the progress of humanity and civilisation ; and they will see, with us, that the dearest interests of the great family of the human race are involved in our principles! — (Prolonged applause.) When the Spanish nation has had opportunities of a frank and full discussion of our principles, I am sure that it will place itself in the van guard of the nations who may unfurl the standard of commercial liberty. I will conclude, gentlemen, by proposing " The prosperity of the city of Malaga." Don JOSE HERNANDEZ replied to Mr. Cobden's speech in complimentary terms, and said:—lt were much to be desired that in our unhappy country, where abuses abound and flourish, the real meaning of free trade could be better understood, since many are terrified by the idea that the frontiers are about to disappear, and, that there being no duties to pay, the direct taxes will be increased in order to maintain the revenues of the state; and that the native manufacturing establish ments will be ruined. Free trade, gentlemen, at least as I desire it, is that nothing may be prohibited and that the duties may be moderate, as the only means of abolishing smuggling and increasing consumption. Spain ought to be more interested than any other na tion in the reduction of duties, since our products will reap the advantage of it in foreign countries. Let us, therefore, recommend our illustrious guest not to forget Malaga in his continual efforts to obtain mercantile freedom, which will more and more unite the interests of all nations, averting disastrous wars, like those under which we have suffered. Let us drink a toast, gen tlemen, in gratitude to Mr. Cobden and his fellow traveller. Many more speeches were made in the course of the evening by Mr. Schwabe anti the Spanish gentlemen present. After taking coffee, &c., Mr. Cobden and his friends retired at halt-past ten o'clock, infinitely satis fied with their cordial reception. . _ THE CONDE DB 2, IONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de Montemolin returned to town on Thursday evening from a visit to the Earl of Carnarvon at Highclere, his Lord ship's seat in Hampshire. In the course of this visit the Conde de Montemolin shot over the beautiful preserves of his noble host, and enjoyed excellent sport. The Conde was everywhere received with the most hearty respect and enthusiasm. His amiable and condescend ing manners endeared him to all with whom he came in contact, and he left amidst general expressions of affectionate regret. The Conde de Montemolin, after attending divine service on Friday, received and paid several visits; amongst the visitors were the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis de Barbancois, Lieutenant- Colonel J. S. North, Mr. J. A. St. John, Mr. M. D. Talbot, &e. I IPOST-oFFICE Nonce.—On Friday notice was issued at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le Grand, that the mails for Madeira, Lisbon, Vigo, Oporto, Cadiz, Madrid, and Gibraltar, appointed to be dispatched on the morninz of the 27th instant, would not be forvvarded till the morning of the 28th instant, to be conveyed by the mail steamer Madrid. Letters in time on Monday morning. A CHRISTMAS FAIR. —On nilay there was a fair of some magnitude held on a piece of ground situate be tween St. George's Church and the Bricklayers' Arms, Kent-road. There is a theatre, circus, a number of shows, and Van Auiburgh's pierrurining animals. This portion was, however, closed on Friday ; but the swinge, round-abouts, ariel machines, and fancy stalls, were in great request, notwithstanding the coldness of the day, by the numbers who visited it. RAMSGATE. —From the many families of distinction at present sojourning here, it is clear that Ramsgate has become a favourite winter residence. Perhaps scarcely at any place in the kingdom is this season and its at tendant festivities better or more worthily observed ; and it is satisfactory to find that the poor are not for gotten. We are informed by a credible authority that the value of the beef distributed among the poorer classes of Ramsgate during this week alone will amount to between 2004 and 3004—Korth:eh Observer. HER . MAJESTY'S STEAMER GORGON. Commander Astley Cooper Key, late one of the Lieutenants of the Gorgon steam frigate, has just pub lished a narrative of the stranding of that ship in the Bay of Monte Video, on the 10th May, 1844, and of her recovery through the indefatigable exertions of her Captain, now Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, KC. 8., and his officers and crew, aided by men and stores sent from her Majesty's vessels in the Bay and other sources, The book contains several plates exhibiting the position of the ship when first embedded in the sand, and drawings of the various articles and methods adopted in getting her afloat. It is full of instructive information for naval officers how to act, should any have the ill luck to experi ente the same similar calamity. Commander Key states that the Gorgon, in the beginning of May, was lying at single anchor in the River Plate, with fifty fathoms on her best bower, the small bower and sheet cables bent, and the anchors clear ; 280 tons of coal on board, and the engines in a high state of efficiency; they had been disconnected and all the bearings examined, and proved to be in perfect order; and then follows Commander Key's narrative of the cause of the Gorgon's getting on shore, viz—" On the morning of the 9th of May a breeze set in from the S.W., steadily freshening during the day. At noon the barometer stood 'it 29.7 in., but before dark it had fallen to 29.5 in., thereby indicating an approach ing gale. At sunset, after evening quarters, the yards and topmasts were sent on deck ; and best bower cable veered to 75 fathoms. It did not escape the observe tion of those on board that the Gorgon was the only man-of-war in the bay that had taken this precaution; at eight. an anchor watch was set, Capt. Hotham's orders for the night being, if the wind increases so as to require it, let go the small bower, before veering more on the best bower.' Between midnight and daylight, on the 10th, the wind had gradually freshened, the sea hav ing risen considerably ; and the squalls becoming more frequent and of greater violence, the boats and guns were resecured with additional lashings, and all made snug on deck for the approaching gale. At 7h. 40m. A.M. the ship began to drive, the small bower anchor was instantly let go, and the cable veered to 30 fathoms, veering at the same time to 92 fathoms on the best bower. The fires were lighted, and the steam got up in all the boilers ; the main trysail was bent, and close reefed. The ship still driving, the small bower was veered to 42 fathoms, and the ship steamed ahead to ease the strain on the cables; from the peculiar set of the tide, the Gorgon, as well as the other vessels in the bay, rode with the wind and sea three points on the p';rt bow; it is evident that, owing to this important circum stance, the paddle-wheels, on which a steamer at anchor usually relies to relieve the strains on her cables, proved of no service to her. The close-reefed main topsail was then set to assist in bringing her head to the tea, but without effect; as the ship was still being set in towards a reef of rocks. stretching out from the town, it was determined to pick up the small bower, slip the best bower, ani steam ;out to the outer roads, clear, of all danger; the attempt was made, but such was now the force of the gale, that not an inch of the cablp,.co9loe hove in; every nipper carried away; in fad, owing to`the direction in which the cable grew, the strain on the hawsepipe was so great, that it was in one send literally shattered in pieces, and the two hawse-holes nearly forced into one. Our cables were now buoyed ready for slipping, if required. At 11 A.M. the small bower cable parted from the bitts. Our course was now clear ; a few minutes more and the ship would be on the rock astern; two anchors had failed to hold her, and there was no reason to anticipate that one could do better ; the best bower was therefore slipped and full power given to the engines. The fury of the gale baffled all our attempts; truly mortifying was it to observe that with full steam power, the helm hardsa-starboard, and the main topsail set, she would not come nearer than three points of the wind, and would then pay off. The position of two Brazilian cor vettes was also sadly against us—we were obliged to bear up under their sterns, and were consequently thrown so much further to leeward. The ship was now approaching a dangerous vicinity the western side of the bay. The remainder of the small lower cable was shackled into the sheet, and at 11 40 A.M., the sheet anchor was let go, veering to 75 fathoms on the cable. At noon the gale had fearfully risen, and showed no sign of breaking; but the anchor was holding well, and • she ship riding easy. .It behoved us, however, to guard against the worst. Not a moment was lost in clearing the stream anchor and hacking it with the kedge, banding thereto the twelve-inch towing cable ; but before these anchors could be got ready, the sheet chain parted. A last effort was made to bring the ship's bead to wind by steam, but this failed ; the vicinity of the land, and shoalness of the water, soon obliged us to stop the engines. A more disheartening situation could not be conceived. Here was one of the Queen's finest steamers, with her engines, wheels, and gear in splendid order, perfectly unmanageable, able to steer but one course by the wind, which course would not carry her clear of danger: to wear was impracticable, the attempt would have endangered. the merchant ships in the harbour, and a glance of the ep showed that she could not weather the opposite point of the bay. A sternboard in such a gale would have been madness. What then remained to be done? Excepting the stream and kedge, our anchors were all gone; the guns were slung, and the stream and kedge let go, but as the latter failed to check her for a moment, it was deemed useless to risk the loss of the first; in the meantime, the ship paid roun d off before th e w i n d , and about four o'clock P.m., struck abaft ; on this, Captain notham gave immediate orders to take in the main trysail, draw the fires, and pump the boilers full, to check her going through the mud. A dreadfully dark night succeeded a, disastrous day; the mo• Lion indicated that stthe ship continued to drive through the mud, arid as a matter of precaution, the topmasts, fore and topsail yards, were got ov3r as shores. Still we imagined that the shoalness of the water woukl soon arrest our progress, and that we should be able at the conclusion of the gale to day to drag her afidat without any difficulty. Judge, therefore, of our horror, when daylight broke,- and we found the ship broadside on the sandy beach at the top of the tide, with three and-a- half feet water under the paddle-wheels. Nor was this the worst: the fall of the tide WI the Gorgon buried thirteen feet in the sand (Cu the starboard side, and nine feet on the port, with the water just washing up the gangway. Daylight on the 11th disclosed to us our truly deplorable situation ; in the course of the day the gale gradually abated, and the water receding, leaving the Gorgon perfectly dry to within a few feet of her stern-post, and embedded in sand—a sad position for a 1,100 ton ship. In the same gale, nine merchant vessels became complete wrecks —Then follow the mea sures adopted by Captain Hotham, first to recover the anchors; the assistance which was rendered by her Ma jesty's ships, the American frigate Congress, and Ge nera l Oribe, commander-in-chief of the Buenos Ayres army, to get her out of the sand, and the final accomplishment of the exertions of Captain Hallam, his officers, and men, by getting the Gorgon into deep water on the lst of November, after being nearly six months imbedded in sand and mud; the ship, during that time, was cleared of everything but her engines. The narrative then details the proceedings of the Gorgon until she quitted the Brazils. It is known that she recently arrived at Spit head in good order, and was sent to Woolwich, where the now lies in ordinary. A DIATRIBE ON BOXING-DAY. The denizens of this great leviathan—London—the Babylon of the nineteenth century —were never blessed with a finer day than Saturday —bright, clear, bracing— a day to knit the human frame with iron threads, and to lighten and warm thor heart.--a day, coupled with th memory of Chrismtty• day; - t,O . win men from the sin and woe of the past to gentler aspirations—kindness, good fellowship, charity ! London seems mad on such a day as this ! quite mad ! There's not a nook, or frowzy court or alley, whose fetid vapours, in the warmer seasons, load the air with contagion and death, with direst fevers, but pours [ forth to-day its myriads, anywhere, everywhere. The crime -stained, the virtuous —for virtue is not wholly banished from the dirtiest nooks --and the sickly, leave fur the nonce their plodding way of life, and hurry into the wide streets and mix with the throng. The well toiled maid of all work --too often the harshly ruled. over British slave —the apprentice, the errand boy, and the rest of the domestic fraternity, find at least, after their useful toils a day witho u t a ll oy, a respite from the labours o f the kitchen and household affairs, from the shop and the street—and sally forth, decorated to the best of their ability, to make the best of it, and maybe, to " spend their hard won penny fee." Those of other trades and occupations, from the small shopkeeper to the veriest costermonger, take ease to-day, and fill the streets and public-houses, or—for the public taste is turning another way—take advantage of the national exhibitions —those which, being free, truly de serve the appellation—and with their wives arid families enjoy their refining influence. We passed by many en Saturday, and, measured by those who passed in the brief space of a minute, how many would visit them in the course of the day! The Thames was alive, too ; the "silent highway" took no small number from the crowded arteries of the as crowded city, for the cheap boats along the whole course they run were liberally patronised. Greenwich, London's nearest " watering place," had its sprinkling of visitors, and the suburbs, which do not wear a very i nv i ting aspect at this time of, the year, looked charmingly on Saturday, for troops of young and old, and children released from school, made them raerry. Truly this is a national holiday—a supplemen tary day of rest, which, like Christmas-day, brings kinOred togeth er —l ets the anvil cool, in order that those who toil at it from year to year may make-merry and holiday indeed ! which sets the toil worn by unanimous content and approbation free, and who, by boisterous mirth, provokingly uneven gaits, and communion too frequently with their mother earth," testify their respect for such occasions, which are, unhappily, too rare. THE ORDNANCE CORPS.—Sergeant-Major Jones of , the Itoval Sappers and Millers at Woolwich, has been caowmaiinid:;isitt)hriee: 001.ffigcerarnin ted th a a n t bniriaalnh of ly c byt t h: e ( s i e o r , , ,.d i,,t ( , :on T du h c is t Warrant of January l u st, to t h e mos t d eserv i ng non ] sum is given in addition to his pay, as he still remains on active service. Thirty-four tine young men, recruits for the raga I regiment of Artillery, arrived at the head quarters at Woolwich on Thursday, from Coleraine, in Ireland, milder the charge of Sergeant Anson, for the Ist battalion; and upwards of 100 recruits have been reported as enlisted by Lieutenant Clarke, at Lisburn, in Ireland , and they are expecte i to join head-quarters before the end of the present month. ' CouNTY COURTS.—Friday night's Gazelle contains an Order in Council fur the division of the county of Worcester into three districts, under the " Act to amend the It 'w respecting the office of County Coroner." The districtts to be styled the North, Middle, and South di' tricts, STATUS OF THE EDUCATOR. Dr. Leonard Schmitz, r_ctor of High School, Edinburgh, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Connor, Chairman of the Glasgow Teachers' Associa tion : " I I, Carlton-terrace, Edinburgh, Nov. 26. 1846. "Sir,—ln reply to your circular and letter of the 24th inst., I beg to say, that I most cordially approve of the movement which is going on in Glasgow for the purpose of improving the education of the young, and of elevating the standing of the teacher. The subject is one of the utmost importance, and I am glad to see that associa tions are forming in England as in Scotland to effect those most desirable objects. It is scarcely yet a twelve month since I had an opportunity of observing Scotch education and the status of Scotch teachers, but lam al ready so deeply impressed- with the deficiencies in both respt eta, that nothing could give me greater pleasure than to make my views public, and thus to contribute my mite to the amelioration of both ; but unfortunately my hands are at present so fully occupied with other matters, that I cannot spare the time to draw up such a pamphlet as I would wish to put forward. The same circumstances also prevents me taking a prominent, or as you seem to wish, the leading part, in the movement here at E linburgh. I regret this the more, as many of the leading teachers here seem to be satisfied ; and be ing comfortable themselves, like to think that others are so also, or at least- are disinclined to bestir themselves forimprovement,•as it is far easier to go on in the way one has been accustomed to than to strike into new paths. I have not yet had an opportunity of consult tug my colleagues, but I shall make a point of doing so as early as I can ; and I ad tress these lines to you :hat you may, without delay, be in possession of my personal views, the principal ones of which I will here put down, because by their adoption I feel convinced that edtfca tian would rise, and that the teacher 'would become honoured and respected here as he is in the continental states : " 1. No boy should be allowed to advance from one class of a school to a higher one until he is really fit for it. Much useful time would thus be gained, parents would be more honestly dealt with, and would know in proper time whether their suns are fit for a profession or not. " 2. Teachers should not, like artisans, receive the fees - from• the ban& of the boys, but all fees should be paid to a secretary or treasurer appointed for the pur pose. " 3. All the income of a school should go to a com mon fund, out of which the teachers should have salaries proportionate to their rank and merits, like all other public functionaries. " 4. The present system of making teachers dependent upon the number of their pupils is wrong in the ex treme, in as much as it compels the teacher, like a shop keeper or tradesman, to have recourse to puffing and all manner of trickery to get customers. It places the teacher on a level with shoemakers and tailors ; with this difference, that every man can judge of the goodness of a pair of shoes, and the fairness of their price, whereas few are capable of judging of the merits of a teacher. In the present system, the trickster has often the advantage over a sound and intelligent teacher. " 5. In order to raise the intellectual character of the teacher,_ it is necessary that no one should be admitted to thegeneral class of a university who cannot give evi dence of having previously acquired a certain amount of knowledge. There must be a standard for admission to a university. At present unripe lath go to a university, and after attending a session or two, during which the professor has been obliged to act the part of a drudging schoolmaster, the young men get into office, and become teachers, without the slightest notion of the high voca tion of a teacher. There should in every university be separate courses on Piedagogic, &c., for those who wish to become teachers. "6. No one should be appointed teacher, without passing through a strict examination, not only in regard to his acquirements, but also as to his qualifications for communicating knowledge. " 7. There shoull be proper authorities to dismiss a master, if he is found unfit or negligent in the discharge of his euties. "I might mention many other points and prove the the truth of my assertions by argument, as well as by my own experience, but I trust the few remarks I have here made, and which I consider to be of vital im• portance, may be of som e use t o you . If any one will undertake to form an Association in Edinburgh, of suffi• cient respectability, I shall, with pleasure, do all that lies in my power to promote its objects. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, C. W. Connor. I4:sq." L. .SCIIMITZ. INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY. Friday last, the 19th current, the excavators on the Caledonian Railway, working in the Avon valley, die. covered, a few miles above Beattock, some highly in teresting relics of antiqUity, coeval with the period when Britain was under the sway of all-conquering Rome. The first object which attracted attention was the re mains of what appeared to have been the foundations of a house. Some copper coins were next turned up, about the size of our halfpennies : on one side there is it male head, probably of one of the emperors, arid on the ob verse " Caesar Roma'," in Roman characters very similar to those now in use. A sword was , next discovered, which appears to be formed of brass. By far the most interesting discovery, however, was that of a small stone trough, inverted, and placed upon a flat block of the same material, which upon examination was found to contain a brazen or bronze :case, .-round in its form, two fret in length, and six inches in dia meter. Within this case was a precious manu script, which at the time it was 80 carefully concealed must have been of high value in the eyes of its possessor. The manuscript, or rather book, is written on vellum, in rolls, as was the Roman custom, each roll is connected with the other by a slip of the same material. In length it is altogether about 30 feet and two in breadth. The writing is.beautifully executed in the Latin language, and at the top the words "His toric Romm," in large characters, are quite distinct. A cursory examination has led some to suppose that it is a copy of part of Livy's celebrated history ; and as it is expected that the whole of the manuscript can be deci phered, perchance some of the lost books of the Roman historian may be now restored to the literary world. A small manuscript was also found in the case,also written on parchment, and about a foot square in size, but the writing of this is very illegible ; on the back are the words "Ad Agricolatn." Agricola is the Latin for a husbandman. But it was the name of the Governor of Britain under the Emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. These interesting relics, which, probably, owe their good preservation to the close manner in which their case was sealed up, have been, in the meantime, carefully taken to Moffat Manse, aid the Society of Anti quarians has been informed of the discovery. It is an historical fact, that the Romans entered Scotland by Annandale, and distinct evidence of their presence may be seen at Burnswark and other places in the vale of Annan. Some years ago a copper cooking vessel, appa rently of Roman workmanship, was found a few miles below Moffat. The Avon valley presents at the present time a very remarkab:e appearance. In a wild, pastoral district, where farmhouses and cottages are miles apart, and where, until lately, everything seemed in a state of nature save the line of the mail road, thousands of met', aided by modern machinery, are now engaged in the stupendous works nec , scary in railway formation. A valley which lately looked as if it had been undisturbed since the creation, appears for the first time to be brought ceder the influence of the acive world without, to take its part in one great object of the age—the increase of intercourse and annihilation of distance.—Dumfries Counir. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind this day at nocn, N.W., mode rate breeze, and fine, with sh ar p f ros t. DIAL, DEC. 24.—Wind, E.S.E.-25.N.E. to E.N.E., fresh, And. Mirzapore, Hickman,China ; BowAs of Streatlem, New holm, St. Jago de Cuba; William Forster, Kellick, Nassau; Canada, Quebec; Thomas King. Robbins, Sydney; Barbara, Smith, Lima • Feja, Geizing, Mo n t e Vid eo; Bolivar, Leith, Trinidad; Eliza, Jones, St. Vincent' s; Benjamin Greene, Laws, St. Kitt's. Sld. Medora, Simpson, Jazaica ; Ne!eid, Escott, Norfolk. Dovza, DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.W. to E.N.E.—Off port, Johanna Roper, Port-au-Prin ce , f or Hamburg') ; Maria Ann, Philadelphia; Albion, Norman, New York, for Antwerp. LwErtrool., DEC. 25.—Wind N.N. E.—The American whaler Otranto, of New Bedford, was in contact with the America, from Nev York (arrd. here) 20th ult., at night, in lat. 41, lon. 72. One man from the Otranto got on board the latter, which saw nothing further of the whaler. Arrd. Hen rietta, Corran, Bonny; Europe, Furber, New York; Far West, ditto; Mary Woodr, Bartlett, Valparaiso. Sld. Sa muel, Gribble, Newfoundland; Sarah Trottuan, Brown, Hong-Kong; Rajah Ba)sa, Glover, Calcutta; Ennerdale, Roadie, ditto; British Queen, Wise, Antigua; Euphrates, Gifford, Bombay; Cambyses, Smith, Trinidad. Off port, Douro, Duke of Wellingt on , alcutta, Grace, Savannah; In verman, Pictou. Orr DUNGEITESS, DEC. 22.—Emma Edward, New York, for Amsterdam ; 23d, Catherine Weilers, Surinam, for Am sterdam. OFF HASTINGS, Dim 25. Wind N.E.—Countess of Durham, Tyler, Pernambuco. SHOREHAM, DEC. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Mary Brett, coast of Africa. DUBLIN, 25, N.N.E. Hitchings, PORTSMOUTH. DEC. 24.—Wind N.N.E., hazy; s D t. ec ioh 2 n 4. 7s, N W e i w nd ß N ni . n E s . w — ic A k rr . d.' Ninian Li n d say, fine.—Sld. Bi itannia, Simmons, Demerara. Oil port, Na , gaski, Bunnemeyer, Batavia, for Rotterdain ; Christiana Hanmer, New York. Cowzs, Dac. 24.—Wind light ; 25, N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Paradies, Zubrantz, Monte Video ; Richard Reynolds, Quebec, for Southampton. Sld. Victor Clark, New York. OF. THE ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 24.---Antoinetta Maria Day, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; Pallas, N ew O rleans. , KINGSTOWN, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Hillsborough, Lamb, St. John's, New Brunswick ; 24, London, Boylun, Bombay. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 2l.—The San Joaquim, Arios, from Liverpool to Havannah, was wrecked in Port St. Mary's Bay last night. CLAY, DEC. 23.—The Tritonia, Furze, from Cardiff to Wilts, which was on shore near Blakeny on the 19th instant, h as b, en got off, and is now at Blak eny quay. WIVENHOE, DEC. 23.—The Vesta, Mealing, from Liver. pool to Newcastle, has put into this harbour leaky, and must discharge to repair. The Cornelius, of Glasgow, waterlogged and abandoned, nd dismasted, was passed on the 23d ult. in lat. 34 N., on. 51 N. ACCIDENT TO THE 1 - 10 N. GRANTLEY BERKELEY. On Thursday last, the Hon. Gentleman being engaged to shoot at Heron Court, the seat of the Earl of Maims bury, finding himself somewhat later than his appoint ment, he rode his horse over the rails into the pleasure grounds. The spirited animal on which he was, having jumped very freely on landing in the pleasure grounds, he was obliged to swerve suddenly to the left, to prevent contact with the laurels. The heavy double gun on the right arm, and the sway of the shotbelts, threw so much stress on the left leg, that, though the rider was not shaken in his seat, he retained it with a severe strain to the back tendon of the knee. The Hon. Gentleman was obliged.ki return home on wheels ; but the accident is not 6onsidered of any serious consequence, rest being all that is requireiL 646 Mr. LONG said he heard nothing but the evidence, and he could not interfere in the case. Mr. Calf hoped the reporters would notice his appli cation, and then retired. MAI?YLEBONE. Sarah Wilcochs, who was dismissed by Mr. Long a few days since, was again brought up on Saturday before Mr. Rawlinson, on the same charge of having robbed her master, Mr. Joseph Patten, of one dessert spoon, one dessert fork, a jack towel, and a cut-glass tumbler. The prisoner was taken into custody by 126 S, at the houso of Mr. Russell, 16, Worthington -terrace, where she had been engaged by means of a false character. A duplicate was found in her basket, and the articles it referred to were produced from the shop of Mr. Crad• dock, pawnbroker, Tottenham-court-road, and identified by the prosecutor as forming part of the property he had lost. The prisoner, who offered nothing like a defence, was committed for trial. Joseph Lehoo,wha described himself as a weaver, re siding in Camden -street, Bethnal-green, was also corn , witted for trial, on a charge of attempting to pick a lady's pocket last Thursday evening, at the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway Company. The prisoner was observed twice by Nash, a constable at tached to the railway, and also by Mr. Adams, one of the clerks, to attempt the robbery of the lady, a Mr, Mary Kntts, of 58, Torrington-square. Nash collar, d the prisoner the second time, but he had ntit.suceeeded in abstracting anything. Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prisoner, wished the case t• be disposed of summarily; but it having been intimated to the Bench that the Company were desirous to prosecute, Mr. RAWLINSON, who also was of opinion that such was the proper course, ordered him to be committed. SURGICAL OPERATIONS WITHOUT PAIN.--We have been informed that two operations were performed by Mr. Liston, at the University College Hospital, on Sa turday last, while the patients were under the stuput.;faytiiongu influence of vapour of ether. The one wa s amp of the leg, the other, evulsion of the nail of the great toe. The vapour of ether was inhaled by m eans o f a proper apparatus, and, when it had produced its full effect, the operation was speedily performed. Neither of the patients knew, when they recovered from their stupor, that the operation had been performed. Mr. Liston observed that the vapour of ether had been used for a similar purpose in America, but only in minor operations, such as the removal of tumours, &c. We hope to have further particulars on this very interesting subject. --Medical Tinier. WESTMINSTER -BRIDGE.—The following seven re solutions appear in the_third report of the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons on the New Houses of Parliament and Westminster-bridge, which was pub lished on Wednesday last. The Parliamentary blue book contains the evidence given. "1. That •the majority of the witnesses who have been examined on the point concur that the foundation of Westminster bridge having been originally vicious, that bridge can never be pertnanently sound. 2. That the expense of completing the alterations and repairs now in progress, or in contemplation, according to contracts and designs under the superintendence of the Bridge Commissioners, will be very considerable, amounting at least to 70,000/. 3. That this expenditure will still leave the bridge in a state requiring constant attention in respect to repairs, and without any certainty of permanent security ; while it will likewise leave the water-way far less adequate to the requirement of the navigation, particularly when the ' contraction of the stream by the embankment in front of the new palace is considered, than would be the case under a new bridge. 4. That irrespective of the ap proaches, the expense of a new bridge over the site of the present bridge, and retaining the present bridge for temporary use would not exceed 360,0001, according to the highest of the estimates forthat object which have been furnished to the Committee, either in 1844 or in the pre.- sent year. 5. That the bridge estates would probably furnish a clear surplus of at least 100,0001. in aid of the funds for the erection of a new bridge. 6. That Parlia ment, having by direct grants from the Exchequer (the remaining expenditure having been provided by money raised in lotteries under Acts of Parliament), furnished a large part 'of the expense of erecting originally the present bridge, and having constituted the commission under which the said bridge was erected and has bet-n administered, and having by section 20 of the 9th George 11., c. 29, declared that the said bridge shall be extra parochial, and by the section 21 that it shall not be a county bridge, maintainable as such bridges are by county rates, has recognised and sanctioned the prin ciple that this bridge, which is thus by law excluded from other support, shall be maintained, and when need ful repaired, restored, and rebuilt, at the expense of the state. 7. That in these circumstances a sufficient case has been made out to justify this Committee in recom mending to the House, that the present bridge be pulled down and that a new bridge be constructed, and that a Bill be brought into Parliament next session to transfer to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., the estate and property of the Bridge Commissioners, due consideration being had to the claims of the officers of the bridge estates, if their services should be discon tinued." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY. A blank day. "HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Shrop , hire lids., Mon., Ilaiikesto , ua ; Wed., Child's-wood, Ercall ; Fri., Herrington Village to 11. Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri., Dyke—l to 11. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Holmbush ; Wed., the Cock, Soilthwater ; Fri., Handcross Village-4 to 11. Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Ifill; Thurs., Tels combe•tye-101A. Dorrington lids., Mom, Wiverton Hall ' • Wed., Chaddes don 11111: Sat., Gileorton T o ll-b ar —i p to 11. Essex Union lids., Wed., Tiptree 11 itidmill ; Sat., South minster-10i. Quorn hds., Mon., Shearaby Inn ; Tues., Charley Inn Mill. Her Majesty's staghds meet the first day after the frost, at Winkfield Row—at 11. Sinnington hds., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Dalby— 10 Hurworth hds., Tues., Deighton Village; Thurs., Kennels; Sat., Worsell Toll-bar-104. Bedale lids., Wed., Sleningferd Park ; Fri., Catterick Bridge —lo l 4 x . Cleveland lids., Thurs., Upleatham-10i. Mr. Hildvard's hrrs., Tues., Sunny Cross; Fri., Potts. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Weston Turvill ; Fri., Halcot. Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Shelswell P ar k ; T hurs., Bicester Windmill; eat., i field Toll-bar. Lord Parker's lids., Tues„ Timm° Park; Fri., Harpsden —lO%. Pytchley hds., Wed., Dod ford Village; Fri., Cottesbrook ; Sat., Finedon—A to 1. Mr S. Lowndes's lids., Sat., Winslow-11. Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Warden Village ; Fri., Caxton Gibbet-10i. Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Ey ford ; Sat.,*Blenheim-10i. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Red House; Thurs., Pill Moor Selsey ; Sat., Escrick Park. Vale of White Horse lids., Tues., Barnsley Park; Thurs., Charlton Gate; Sat., Swindon Town. Tiverton hds., Wed., Exbridge, near Dulverton ; Sat., Stoodleigh House-10%. Baron Rothschild's staghds., Thurs., Aston Abbots-11. Surrey staghds, Tues., Wickham ; Sat., Reigate. Berkshire hds., Wed., Hinton House; Fri., Step Farm. Mr. Brand's lids., Fri., Aston Bury. Devon hds., Thurs., Parke Boyey-11. F. B. lids., Fri., Stonemason's Arms-10%. Haydon hds., Wed., Star Plantation ; Sat., Capon's Cleugh. Mr. Hellier's lids., Tues., Tower on the Moor ; Thurs., Burgh on Bain; Sat., Haugh-104. Wigton lads. Thurs., Red De a l ; F r i., Ch urc h Hil l. Oakley lads.:Thurs., KempstOn Wood; Sat., Putnoe Wood --1 to 11'. • Puckeridge hds., Wed. Waddington ; Sat., Cumbelow-10i. North- Huish hrrs., Wed.; Skerraton Gate; Sat, Brown ston. Cross-10. - Mr. Roe's hds., ,Wed., Kingston Village ; Fri., Holbeton Tillage-10. Sir Henry Seale's lads., Tues., Slapton Bridge; Fri., Holum Cot-10 1 / 2 . Tindale hds., Thurs., Cocklan Water-mill-10 1 / 2 . Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Eadington ; Fri., Butterwe 10 1 / 2 . POLI Ch INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Henry Robert Ealy, aged 15, was brought up before Mr. Long for robbing the till of his employers, the Messrs. Gunter and Co., Berkeley -square, of 31. 18s. Thomas Foreman, an assistant in the shop of Messrs. Gunter and CO., said the till bad been robbed on a pre vious occasion, arid late on Thursday night, with a view to discover the party, he put a particular mark on each piece of money in the till, there .being in all 41. in silver there. He then locked the till and laid the key on the usual place. Every one connected with the shop knew the place where the key lay. On Friday morning he found the till locked. and the key where he had left it, but on opening it he saw that the whole of the money was taken out except two shillings. Police-constable 115 C, said he- was called into the Messrs. Gunter by the lakt witness on Friday. He called all the men and apprentices into a back room. They first searched the apprentices, and the prisoner, who is one of them, gave up the key of his drawer, and conducted him (the constable) into his bedroom. Ort opening the drawer he discovered 34 18s. in silver, which the former witness identified as the same that he had marked the previous evening, and put into the till. Mr. Bishop, one of the partners of the house, begged that the magistrate would remand the prisoner till another day, in hope of discovering the boy's accom- plices. He produced two letters found in the sam4 drawer with the money, the contents of which were not made known, but which were of a nature to implicate others not at present in custody. 'Mr. Lost: said the case against the prisoner was clear and complete. If the applicant could state to him any. thing against others on evidence upon which he could act, he might then remand the prisoner, but in the absence of that he saw no reason for granting the application. The prisoner said he felt very sorry for what he had done, and he had never been in a cell before. Mr. LONG committed him to Newgate to take his trial. After the morning charges were over, John Calf, the landlord of the Round Table Tavern, St. Martin's court, craved the indulgence of the magistrate, while he complained of a report which had appeared in the Globe newspaper of Tuesday last. In the case of Charlotte Long, a woman committed for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct, that newspaper had stated, in the evi dence of the policeman, that " the prisoner had just been turned out of the Round Tower Tavern, in the above court. It was a common occurrence with the landlord of that house to let such characters as the pri soner stop in the house till they got in a beastly state of intoxication, and thin to turn them out. Thure were generally three or four turned out in that state every night." Mr. Calf said the report was utterly false, even by the testimony of the police themselves, who had in variably given his house a good character for quietness and order. He had besides the signatures of most re spectable gentlemen to the same effect ; and he felt sorry 'hat anything so libelous should have found its e ay into a public print, as it must very seriously injure his house. WORKS by ROBEKT .1. CULVER WE”--aillti). One Shil li ng each. by Dost Olin a nd --- sa" D ON SINGLE and-MARRII; LIFI (An Original Medical History.' CONTENTS ReSi." Analysis of the A ff ections—Earl Conventiofl a ' paterolla direction—Marital Anticipations d ' Realities — L sac „ - en 30011,r - Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation -- O a m ' an iss" — Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances—La te petiat a Matches--Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medi " --".1 !cc. &c. 2. ~s Oa CHASTITY and its INFRINCIEM. "" (An Essay for 1846.) "Of human ills and frailties I diseotese , d, Those taught by nature, and by art eat — k on, Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointinelw d o g. Which young and gentle, the matured The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's t . How health, how hope, how hapPflle" Contents :—II ~,, • 3. good night's rest, a clear head P , e WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and ATO.m . W w it t h o D en ie s t ur T e able7 l fora di ll Com tin p n. lafrig n ej feeling_ ighaht. )tearing - -_.' moo.. servance oft ' he instructions herein containet: the feeble. 04a ug vously dellca e, even to the most shattered titution, tn a Y n ti t cons ~, heel the greatest amount of physical happiness , an ee d t a g co es ntented WT I ' 1. :h0 54, 1 1 , A my reach ''' • o reach in health full threescore Years and full period of life allotted to man. ' Th ‘ e ' s n'r e o in w te w re e st s i h n:l l 1,.t shttne • i d tt l l i e ve v — olt w une ha s t a eat , lto ~en MuJe e very delicate Import, as their titles .„ be found ~. ~..., imply, will ylivinge. - , - . surable and general utilit f f saes "v - -ttit t. y, or they tell a ture able t. understand ought to know but w" l ",,., ate d throng , these enlightened times, except that ' quality Pfu rn ""''' - questionab e hannels, is at a very terrible diseount• trebl e( In the exposition hereby offered of the tlll noW hidden it is got nature, ct human disappointments and their ways if r e ... in lic4 .bkos contended that every reader shall become his or bee ° , --- „"tiat we any more than their own 1. '-**t it is insisted upo n rennixation...• ~.. should know the s' avr"" . - male principles of our oWu c",, „. eeTe tal bealt(u whereby our existence and the issue thereof 111 their tgli*Ulaal states depend, the duties thatexpected of us In our __a are . which the . health eir• capacities in the ' family circle, and the tetragon /r 1 t fay.: happiness et the present and future race of mankind have imps By such kn ow l e d ge, and wh i c h is karelli ', al thn 111 Y d. n hsPl anell 2 h . ealth will be found t o b e i n ou r own keePng , ... v . d . ti, fulfillTus within the attainment of all, by the availment he ' u r offsprla our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages"- - whic h h i in to follow, and fi nally by the cultivation 0 our faculties, . .____, consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as theibOa YLT best becom es t he! 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"Th a nd so." ~,a Debility, ex ods rin ty u . i fi ti re Co d lo p u i r s cd rd I ‘latrie b ula Y structures , uses, ~4 a, „ habits, ... v iva the Urethra. - „ T oga.. A pothecaries' 9 11 , ted Member of the University 0 . - ~.. 1,..""--,' Or/ , 'Edlriblirg.,"..tiati CrlarTsa I. On t . Member of the London Hospital Medical Socie ty . LsolAVektailthijaPEnrLda, icti.ecalk:OcEtet:detieTin.onan:hattjahlielm!e;:o:kuiny:rethrgelwrsdali(t)Nofe:lMl:an7''.:l°;unitin:7hnotel'ah;ns.tr::.:,,dlerts:7°- -:: ndri ne.. Itaiedl,fLoortind-sotnre:a.ll,et,dcfe.rd-square London , 00 0 and Obligations, t i N I T h E ini soh OpryTienfEsTiltarkriALlSen;_,,rit,h,cititevellui niovtr , yi ~ f jug Geller _...t CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology a. ths l d 7 7l, and on Infelicitous and Vv ~ 1 .o_rgans, their flinctions, structures and secretions. it '.....ithi se lls 'Mental and Physical Power are dependant u,- - nl i s t ir .e "Fects_ .. . eu ct l a nS " A — n C im ita a p i T t E ,c a on 3 o . On Solitary Habits; their Y"' ... , the lu- f 111. .' n ' I Y ; the concealed cause of Debility 14 es a 0. 4 „ and Maturity, and the of the Stomach, Lungs d Mental Faculties. Cit; Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAFln.. Go nsorm — • . nt O o n f N th e e ri S vus a i n , ..1_ 1, ,1:2 . 67 - 21 : the Disorder" arising from indiscriminate Excess , • ~ Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. Ea ~tl. ? 0. Trrre a a n t.4e ll . raja, and_efre.arairlsolfrdeaen7__.,...‘ peon.- REVIEWS OF THE WORE. ~ . leg- -_„ o f "The author of this singular and talented work . - .fpe.,,, ma o . .A., tfiheedtricitimcaenl mtazoft,thwehovahriasouesviddeisnotlrdyershadariczegidfreerarable;evai- fausiro.--.74. frailties of early indiscretion. 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COVENT-GA*7llm Pine Apples, 4s to 7 s; Hot-house Grapes, 4s to 6s per lb; Dessert Apples, 5s t o Bs' per halt-sieve ; Kitchen ditto, 4s to 6s per bushel; Oranges, 12s to 14s; and Lemons. 1 05 to 20s per 100; English Filberts, 85s to 90s; and Cob Nuts, 95s to 100 s per 1001bs • Cabbages 8d to is 6d ; Red ditto, is 6d to 3s 6d ; Brccol ' i, Gs to 124; and Artichokes, 33 t ° 55 per dozen ; Pot a t oes , 4s 6d to 8s per cwt; Horseradish, is 9d to 4s per bundle ; Turnips, 2s to 4s; and Carrots, 35 6d to 7s per 6 per dozen bunches ; Celery, 2s to 2s 6d per bundle; Onions, 58 to Ss per bushel; Mushrooms, is to 2s per pot gl e ' HUN GESZFORD. We had a very heavy g enera l d eman d to-lay, and price" were not supported. tv - aurGATE AND taIADENHALL. There was very little business passing here this morning at our quotations :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; MI; ton :is 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, :3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork. 3s° ' to 4* 10d per 81b s by the carcase. Turkeys, 6* to* 215; Geese. 4s to 7s 6d; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 9d ; Tame Rabbits Is to 2s 6d; Wild ditto, 8d to Is; Pigeons, 6d to ls; Pig 6 58 to 8s each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s ; ditto Chickens, 45 to 65 i and Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s per couple. Eggs , : D I fish, 15s to 16 s; ditt o F renc h, 12 s t o 15 s Crp 100: 1,1, Butter, is to is 3d per lb; Pheasants, 2s 8d to 31 „:. Partridges, is to 2s 9d ; H a re s , 2s to 93; Woodcock s, a to 4s; Snipes, 6d to ls ; Teal, is ; Wild Ducks, 21 to 3s 6d; and Plovers, is each. N R. Beef from 2s 10d t o EWP T 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s ad Veal, 3s 10d t o 4 s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 8110. BILLINGSGATE. • d Which Only a mode ra t e su p p l y was on sa l e to-day, an d off readily at full prices. WIIZTECNA.PEZ. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3 • s 8d to 4s 8d; Ve al ' 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per Blbs. /MAD. - The prices of Wheaten BreaEd in the metropolis are 9d to 9%d; of Household ditto, 7d to 814c1 per 4lbs lost iron RIDE AZAJULET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb; do. 841 b to 721N.4,d to 31/0 ; do. 721 b 801 b, 3d to 31.2 d; do.Bolb to 8811:0,53d to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4144 to sd; do. 961 b to 1041thtged 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides: 1,,..31; lodi aSnbudeeppn.,6l4wisrnis4:dr,2Dtso._lsodsm te6oadd3;oswKieoHndat cHalf-breds, 45 "" HAT MATULZTIII. 3! 5s to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 178%-t-o'Bl/I°l23sllp7esr; IC°ll7:erTdristtle dull, at our quotations. CloYer ditto, CusinEnwrn. —Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 41; A 31 8s to 41 Iss; and Straw, 1/83 to 1112' per 10P.", limited supply, and a sluggish demand. ditto, 31 83 to Si; and Straw 'I/ 85 to WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay 21 5s to - ' logs Supply moderately good, and trade dull. 1181121s5sPerC.I°11 ,AA Lite ' eSPI A tha Qui Pig • for t ken the 3 di age be All %tea if.: De pith, Whic SE *equ, heir X7l ettv 711 g _itock Th t e: Stvet , ain Int r Th. ' l 4 th ha g, I eris, 111, beet S' As! Thy th amiyh By ktti ] 11etvc tont the , two' finis men Xin tae itip ten