The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-23 00:00:00

• 4 1 4i ,atom ? 41 -- 1 4 234 COURT cmcITLAP (;The Queen and Prince Albert rode -, ~.n Saturday afternoon, in the vicinity o. uc'ese, attended by the Hon. Capt. Gordon. The 14 -. °Yal Children rodo on ponies on Saturday in the Pleasure grounds of 0-.b.)rne House. The following had the honour of joining the royal cir cle at Osborne House at dinner on Saturday, the b.rth- d eY of her Royal H ighness the Pi incf-ss Royal:—Sir ercule Pakenh am, Sir Charles Ogle , Sir James Clark, Lay Lyttelton, HOll. Miss Ly t t e l ton , and Miss Carey.. jes:erday flair usual her M a j esty and her Royal Consort to(')k morning wa lk. grounThe Royal Fam i ly wa lk e d and rode in the pleasure Royal O Th Queen an d Prince Albert, and the Ladies and dsen!leemen of the Court, attended divine service yester n LattileirWhippingbana Church. ,ambrid Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of b g, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand ~,!tche ss of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited her Royal gltitness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at %notices ter Rouse. ~,A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at twelvet, ;clock at the Foreign -office. The Ministers present ere Lord ,Tohn Russell, the Marquis of Lansd o wne, e 4ba it r rl i John Sir George Grey Viscount Palmerston, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl 'l. ;Auckland, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Campbell, the b r . t lof Clarendon, the Marquis of Cianricarde, and the Alg , ht li oz. T. B. Macaulay. ,Ile Lord Chancellor afterwards joined his colleagues. The Council sat three hours. aft er e ,,Me , rquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left town A ~.1e Council, for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. do`j.aeputation from Liverpool, on the subject of L a o r r e : 3 ...2104 of tbe duty on tea, had an interview with in 1..." Ill Russell on Saturday at his official residence i —awning-street. 114ITI.lie. Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a ec'eatnittee meeting on Saturday at the office in White , Place. the‘titdde_P,ll_tation on the subject of opening the ports, for vie w '."selon of foreign corn, duty free, had an inter- Ex c h Nsl th Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of t h h e e . liobl q 47,On Saturday at the official residence of t vi e ain Downing -street o:relye,Psraerrt,e,la.,eess were received on Saturday at th e Colonia l- Th e athe Governors of the West India Colonies. of Wellington and Rutland attended the Th " Re, vl ,, ce Yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. oi. A . 4-'r Wesley officiated, and preached the ser !he Re v —t i , t ile daily service, the prayers were read by Ilad., • ,%11elmore and the lessons by the Rev. J. C. I) Ys 41. A„ne sermon ' was preached by the Rev. Mr. nt it '46 Marquis of Winchester, the Earl and b at , - ',ss St. G'ermans, Lords liatherton and W. Gra /i'ere among the nubility present. sPburtTING INTELLIGENCE. 41E TTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. 6(4 0 1 a CHESTER COP. 50 , pt Bu rg undy —take 1,000 to 15 So tn ° ; . afgat Cri m . C on.—take 1,000 to 15 IC% to 15 a agst t Sir Mickey Free—take 1,000 to 15 p George 1 DE 15 to t o , Li get Van Tromp RBY. 17 to k agst Epirote 25 to 1 agst Planet 33 to agst Sister to Cobweb colt a gst Old Port—taken 33 to agst Allertoni an —t a k en 5 to 1 agst 1 asst Johnny . Armstrong—take 35 to 1 to aptst John Day' . s lot Scott' s lot ,Sarre.,PUNTING APPOINTMENTS. ' 16 4 °dß, meet Tues., at Wickham ; Sat., Norbiton. berateSa ghton hds. Thurs, Leighford ; Sat., kennel. __ Lt.hotienyenhods., Wed., Wharton-village ; Fri., Ham's-hall , raw rough-11. ( " 11,1 c1.V a nd Horsham hds., Wed., Oeley-course ; Fri., 1 , 11 " - -* to 11. " i ° ll hds., Wed., Runsell-green ; Sat., Rattendon p. 14ont.",qadon's h ds. , Thurs., Dolsdown- inn. o°4leryshire hds., Tues., Gunley ; Fri., Abemmle, -() R 4 :t. '°e's h ds-, Tues., Filham; Fri., Membland Summer „, 4 4 , r, 'lre Ws Wed,, Child Ercall ; Fri., Rowton Castle. ti t'f'dn• ":.6 hds., " Wed. Cuzzlecomb-post ; Sat., Gogland rt:es's P ack . , Tom, Roman Bank; Sat., Marsh Brook-9. tershlre bds Tues., Shrawley-wood ; Fri., Bredon lAihrj. prfi4t:acilihdB, Fri., Kenley Gorsel_r. Dyke. tttlook4e h , V'i'ed., ed., Ra i wou o r m st e ;_F tye l : E arl qry hds. u B rs th " miles s i c one on the Tewkesbury-road. tips .Itzw'lli e*- 10 1 anl's hds., Wed., kennel ; Fri. Elton New t°, • • .t es ,_ Pest`Te /Ids., Tues., Tilton-wood ; Wed., Irnham-wood ; belt, s-bridge bp. Pf itatl and • Sat Cold Overton-10 1 A. rt., A __ s hds., Tues., Great Gonerby; Wed, Plun a 1 1. b'we.rly Park-10%. ho Ben hds., Tues. Linwood-by-Resan_ ; _Wed., Lek Thurs., Norton-place ; Fri., Somerby hall; Free ° l . r n 413 n or i o • artflab'y'sqtes-, Beamaner-park ; Thurs., Great Dalby; horn w ttea h °o e Pits. `i tt ill age-1 d t s o '' Cavendish Bridge; Sat., Harts tusk' u4eYnell 1 . keheBhire I n hds., Thurs., Snelston ; Sat., Holly TwarpoeysziWied, Tatton-10 1 A; Thurs., Toft-11 ; tet e . "• W. IN T ° doe • Sat., m ai Plws hds., Wed., Pra 9 Pe of Be P a s " --I°l 4- Fri., Halston repit; s7 tt. : ) c rt : m s hds., Wed., Rood Ashton ; Thurs., Dyr tO p, • 9..0ek. 0 . pten Bassett. "ar st " hds„ Tues. sth milestone from Warminster k r " ; Fri K, I‘j ' - iorlo c ie s oock Knoll-11. r• „ S., Tuesday, Norwood. °01.; Th um b hds., Tues., Oare Hill ; Wed., Wherwell •Jet., Ask-Lunn., liurstbourne Tarrant; Fri., Park House; - butnanworth. shacon,, Torr Vill T a h g u e r_s lo T • he Thorn, Roborough Down ; t. ta n veigh hrrs., Wed., Ridgway--10. 4,str/Zsse h(lB_,. Tues., Crouch Fair Green; Thurs., Cha t"; SatCastle-10,A. ping Iho l ' it t.,3 h li !Ids., ' Tues . ., Ik' n ap "rn • Thurs., Roundabout ; i (:) 1 34ti: Piecombe-1 . 1. 4 * - " li rtle hr rs ., Th urs ., NVndon Mill; Sat., Willingdon do te of l iarewood's lids., Wed., Gateforth ; Thurs., Fair -11 .] Pr i• a G rforth Bridge-Iq. er ness bds , Tues., Brzndesburton ; Thurs., Eastdale ; Bess . ingby- to 11. .... _ Tl i , -t: PROPOSED EXPEDITION t), , , ~„ UNDER GENERAL FLORES. by other o Lkar,ii:rou!,day evening last Mr. Forsayth, the pri ffi nc e i e p r a e ! nard, " 1 the Customs,accompanied 1 4%p ce ',I the ship Glenelg,lyingoff Gravesend, and, a h nd e , ''t)N "1, seized her for a contemplate lit„11111 Enlistnient and Equipment Act; of the )4 0 ghe 1 same grounds, itlditrei, 1;411,,so, upon the -andayeeizsetedrdtahye i ti bo t a k av i t4 ,ePtune steam - vessels , lying an ,:utid,r,t'laekwall. in the East toti,,Niti,ll')°d. that all the three rst„ ll 7 wl t i i jvh!ch is being secret. l. v y es fi se t ls ted fo e rm et p le ar t t h o le f with 1 :21 1 c)f intention, by hostile means, and friendship. When " t i l i eh we ° ,:,'Ntuent in a state of oe Nred (1 G len t i,, ' 4 l terms South to A e m ff e e r e i t ca a Oil assts' a " seized ‘ t ) li f e p r e e e b intended to t erv grallt s, but wi,' ' '' r 'len, under pretence e j u f s t t 0 40 , it is understood, h e b i e r en be tneg h,ret:FoGrlonog is marines. )4, 414 lie eu,ployea .ne i :hi t p tiew ar i and N e , mt e as of a large class, pa r• ; a e n e d d w t h a re s . rrty Y . the f m tilne ar!, steamers f t India Company. The I, 01 th . , ,u_r er, mad recently theywere the ro betl„sre,h was‘retil. Steam Navigation the_.. It LOlad o ll t ha Leith trade, and Beptune plied t otiti,',, s s aid th a ri , a nd Ramburgh.. N ki ia euncertr. Forsayth is in ossession of infor C t „. 1 s tits, g them bat leaves no do f ubt fe o it f e a d ll t t e h t r h e e e kiw g ultimately condemned as or .1;,1111; t,sTklNs E ----------"------ ---- )t ------------n Friday a Pri (lir -4eqi n T -- IMPROVEMENTS.— On p ots, t was held at the residencevastmCihnaartleers, ki t 4 per M. P., in Dartmouth- street , . Westminster, 9m i na P Q se of taking into consideration e theW weshto - • A great number of parties la) "R . p , Dr. i‘hn ed in the proposed new streets were present, I) ,•riti,,. A lla were Charles Hindley, Es ." 31 *Lacy 4 N, ji"".;-P. Colonel Short, Sir General de of 4' ti,,,tik , Dr. Payate, &c. &e. Upon th li tl .sahl t,l'Z', Genet al Sir de Lacy Evans too the pur -11, (if Laki n ti ncr was a preliminary one,for d West tist, g into the roose ti ~ r 1,,,,0 consideration to make 4!ll!,t>,:overn(nti, aild that they intended m k motionhe chair. VticeitiViat t from Westminster Abbey to Ja es-street, to Its,,'bri tith 41 gate. Mr. Thine, who appeared . for Lord i i i ,t 11 4 ,, h: said he was instructed by his Lordship tii t : 4l o./. ) , ls- LorcLhip would give 1001. towards the ptrhee lh:tiliz "Peoses. Several gentlemen addressed - ie,: 41n.r)ng whom were Dr. Bowring andCh , Charles ° III4 . , 1.4 , son s w as i kk , 11, 4 _cl• It was stated that Rigb etN:Vna. It was It)4 trry out the object of the m_2. hadg ,Ipitied4 at at a recent vestry the parish tti certain portion of the poor -rate towards . tiu.hht ti ) 1 11 (if Wason's line, on the following terms o. lle'istr cAvhetec'hanaissioners should first spend . h sed pro agrethede l q,, Y I tith "eY, and when they had purchased their ttli,-4thr„ vutit slim, the Government were to back72,o 00/. t would tif ) , 4 -1 V 11 1 , - , 3 for 20,000/., after which the parish 11 1,.7.,di %Q . Z the improved rate for thirty years.' . w Atter - \.,r ,SSIO l' i 't t l / 1 ,4 , h, a rowed was appointed to wait upon 4 ti t 0,1, s inner s of Woods and Forests. tli t4 : l Eilar ,§OI.TTRAMPT ON• --- SOUTHAMpTON, FRIDAY. e. 1),,,,1 , 4 11 1 11 ''hg fire broke out at eight o'clock last ev h ead e r, 4be Premises of Mr. Jones, the eminent coach tt A 4 p th`fr: , bar, in this town, "lames we - e r. the see n rear Ktk_4o4"testic.ere hour from the workshs tn tiN tj t . ha. t bef, house, and the fire made suchrapid pro ti' , 1 h i. , I, ore water could be procured the roof had 4 names were considerably abated by ho l e ten f o k t r il l', ,,r i t) , x ll ,t 3 not until they had destroyed the iv tei l , . - . • i t i r e tl l t i : i flt w , ° l r ikvesrystable l '- i t c l :e b p l c i,n r g , d several smelt s i n n the occupatio , n , ( "Rhi I ' l the r It is f • 1 that Mr. Jones, who p‘ th y4B car. care(. In. t l ,, YNt eected, and for whom there is much sy 14 Tat ' ; " been a c-reat sufferer by this unfortunate lett '"liirsesPereb d' • u trq y wa. remove without injury. Much li thob.' removed, but greatly injured by an uncon ,,,c tiyi ti _ lt is supposed the fire originated by a k i ,"' he t lot T e rem the forge into one of the stables. 11; 4 4 ris ci of e , of some of tl-h• colliers, west of Dudley, 1 4 , sin c e of per day, terminated on Saturday. They . kh.,..„quietly resumed their work, at the old rate of ~ I\r, 1 '34relc&bury Chronicle. 10,,, .lear that ter l ``: 1 1 0 ,,,, 1 S. movement is about being made . to t ite o r t t l ' i th hi \Vales for the education and main t'rWral Rentl e deaf and dumb children of the poor. lett;44 tzier4eh in London have promised to come ttr. k id ~ , subscribe liberally in aid of the above ob orgti4it4',ls hoped that the res table ortion of the th'itiqls Yl4 the Prin • •Pec P . in so t . th , kr& ob- e , t , elPalily will take an interest A il. , la b i tist _ c : There have been found in more titi`tlT,ll4l ti :uee in south Wales five deaf and dumb VS"e44°ll. tiu, e same fatally, nd, being destitute of in- Aractpe. Y also consequently borckring on idiotism.— THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MOINJING, NOVEMBER 23, 1848. HA'_ M777.f17 DITT(.7 - If MAILS. ift_rnuon a report was VIENNA eavr, - Ulan monarchy. The land al}' in con St~reii very consid copfEct with 1 sequence of this n port, beeat and Frunce was appreb(-nded. To-day ti gland quiet, as it is supplied ro be certain that Count Statham, the Governor and Imperial Commissioner in Galicia, has taken with him, not only the final conclusions respect ing Galicia, but a convention of the great European powers—Austria, Russia. Prussia=—on the final fate of the republic of Cracow—Cracow, the focus and seat of the P: o,pagatific, which was constantly threatening with p,,i son an d as- has, according to the decision of these rowers torii.itcd the right of existing any loner as a republic, arid, aneird finitive possession of Cracow. Count Stadian, after a conference in the Palace of Prince Metternich, has returned to Galicia. M specting this sudden appearance of Count Stadien, we learn that after the pr . oceedings relative to the conspiracy of the Nobles, ant, the revolution in Galicia were closed, the sentences which have been sign , d and passed by those powers will be shortly published and executed. The final resolutions of the Government are taken. Count Stadian has received the last full powers, and justice will be done for the heavy guilt of a nubility, which, for 50 years, has enjoyed all the benefits of the Government, nay, the greatest favours that any nobility in Europe enjoyed, and 7 rhichi trecrtited with unexampled treachery. Every fiend to his country impatiently looks for the day of decision. The documents which will soon be published will prove to the enemies of Austria, andpven to the most influential statesmen in England and France, that the heavy accusations brow ht forward in Parliament and the Chambers of the policy observed by Austria in Galicia fall to the ground. The depositions of the conspirators themselves afford the most splendid justification of the Austrian Government, which hes been threatened for years with murder and poison. It is expected that the Government .will cause all the depositions of the crimi nals, as well as the while course of the trial, with all the documents, to be translated into the English and French languages, that all the less nations throughout Europe may be put to shame. BERLIN, Nov. 12.—Mr. Von Gerolt, the Prussian Gharl,4-d'affaires in North America, left this city the day before yesterday, with instructions for the conclu sion of a treaty of commerce and navigation with the North American States. He returns to Washington in order that the negotiations respecting this important affair may be prosecuted with all dispatch. WARSAW, Nov. 6.—Since the Ist of October, the memorable day, on which the Jews in this kingdom, by laying aside their national costume, made the first step towards civilization, has afforded us many comical scenes through the uncomfortable position in which the Jews have been placed by it. From all the great cities of the kingdom, respectable. looking Jews arrived in all the splendour of their most costly silk pelisses trimmed with sable, -with their beards and their ringlets in the best order, to obtain a delay, at least for some years; but, they had come to meet their ill fate, for they were here deprived of their silk pelisses, their beards, and their locks, by some barbers who had received the orders of t n police; and the poor disgraced Jews stole clandes tinely out of the city. A few days ago a similar event tut& place, which excited no little sensation, from the remotest part of the country, where Chasse tkm ex ercises its powerful influence on the demorelization of the Jews. A company, consisting of eighty men, with their Rabbi at their head, arrived at the gates of our city, in order to obtain from the Prince Governor leave to retain their old costumes. That so strenge a company, which might he distinguished at a distance by their singular gesticulations, was not per mitted to enter the city without inquiry, may be con eeived. General A., the chief of the police, being in formed of the strange party before the city, ordered that they should be immediately brought, under a good escort, to the police-office, and then, without speaking a word to them, their beards and locks should be cut off, and their pelises slit up behind. In half an hour the poor people felt the cold air on their bald unprotected faces, and when they recovered from their consternation, they found themselves again at the gates of Warsaw, whither they had been conveyed. They had now no farther desire than to be allowed to take the clippings of their beards home, that they might bury them in their cemetery. Those, however, were dispersed to all points of the compass, and the travellers had now nothing more to do in Warsaw than to satisfy the barbers' appren tices, who came for their pay. The HAGUE, Nov. 19.—We, have the following ac count from Tubbergen, in Overysel, dated the 12th of this month :—"ln the course of the years of 1842 and 1843, 27 • inhabitants of this district emigrated to America, among whom there were some respectable farmers, who sold all their property in order to seek a fortune, the prospect of which was held out to them. Tr i ce result has been that, up to this time, thirteen of these persons, having expended the money which they had re ceived for their effects, they have returned home poorer than they were before, having convinced themselves that here, in their own country, they are better off, in proportion to the agricultural labourers' labour, which they performed, than anywhere else where they have tried their fortune. 4 - Iy, Austria is authoriied de The Princess of Orange left Stuttgard on the 13th of this month, in the morning, atter having passed several weeks there, on a visit to the Royal Family. Her Royal Highness is expected at Munich, to which city the Chevalier Devres, Minister resident of the Netherlands at the. Court of Bavaria, is gone to meet her Royal Highness. We understand that her Majesty the Queen, the Princess of Orange, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Crown Princess of Wurtemburg, and Prince Alexander of the Netherlands are expected here by the end of the month Wirhin these few days nine herring vessels have ar rived at Schevennirigen, which brought altogether 700,000 herrings; of which the first boat had 101,000, the sec and 94,000.—Dutch Papers, Nov. 21. REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA. The Committee of the Liverpool Association for the Reduction of the Duty on Tea have issued the following tract, being their first public•ttion " Heavy Duties on articles of such general use, and ap proaching so closely to the character of necessaries, as Tea. Coffee, Sugar, &c, are destructive of the comforts of the eople."—Po uLErr SCROPE. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. This is a question of vital importance to you. Tea is one of the most valuable elements in your daily meals a great comfort to all, and to very many of yea an ab solute necessary of life. It would be one of the greatest blessings to your families could you provide them with this prime want more ft equently, more abundantly, and of better quality. This you are prevented from doing by the enormous duty which is now levied on Tea ; no less than 2s. 2kd. on every pound. The original cost of Tea is only from Bd. to 2s. per pound, and this exorbi tant impost, therefore, is equivalent to a tax of 200 per cent. on the average qualities, and no less than from 300 to 400 per cent. on the lower kinds. Coffee an-• Sugar are admitted at a duty of from 20 to 30 per cent., and ,t is high tune that your wants in respect to Tea should be provided for by a great reduction of the duty on this commodity. TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND. The reduction of the Tea duty is a question interest ing to you, because it affi cts the comforts and attractions of your homes and your firesides. To show the evil at present in existence, you must take a pound of Tea, and put one-third into one paper, two-thirds into another ; the money paid in China, with expenses added for bringing the Tea home, has procured the whole pound for you; but you can only get one third; the other two-thirds must go to pay duty, or you must pay three times the value to obtain the whole pound. Is this true? Yes. The merchant sells at Is. per pound that Tea on which 2s. 24d. is charged for duty; and even at 9d. good sound Tea is sold by the merchant, upon which the same duty is levied. Thus a poor man's family paying 3d. for Tea only procures Id. worth; and instead of the 2d. going to pay for eatables, clothes, or instruction, it is paid away as a tax for permission to drink ld. worth of Tea. TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND. Does the Tea duty affect you? It does, and for rea sons quite independent of those which are placed before your wives and daughters. What regulates your income, or wages? Employ ment. If two men do what is required, is a third man likely to get a day's work? The Chinaman has plenty more Tea to sell, and he wants manufactures from us. But so much Tea as he offers can not be sold here, because it cannot be paid for and the duty paid also. Take more of the Chinaman's Tea and he will take more manufactures ; and if more manufactured goods are taken to China, will you or will you not have more em ployment? Think on 'these things. An association has been formed in Liverpool for the purpose of procuring a great reduction of the duty on Tea. With your hearty sup port and your aid in diffusing knowledge on the subject by conversation or otherwise, and by subscriptions, however small, as an evidence of your sympathy, the public will soon be awakened to a sense of the import ance of the subject, and will then express its opinion in a way that must ensure success. STATE OF TRADE IN SOMERSET.—At Chard some of the manufactories in the bobbin-net trade are work ing day and night continually.—Sherburne Journal. It is calculated that 260,0001. are paid weekly to iilway labourers in England. CALLS TO THE BAR.—INNER TEMPLE.—The under-mentioned members of the Inner Temple having completed their terms were called to the bar on Friday (the 20th inst.), and sworn in before several of the benchers:—George Hibbert Deffell, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A.; Burton Archerburton, Esq., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, M.A. ; Edward Francis Halsall, E•q., of University College. London ; Augustus Fre( erick Mayo, Esq., of Oriel College, Ox ford, M.A.; Richard Meredvth Richards, Esq., of Mer ton College, Oxford, M.A.; Tom Taylor, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College. Cambridge, M.A.; John Best, Esq., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, 13. A.; James William Fergu-on, E,q., of Caius College, Cambridge, 8.A.; John Coucher Dent, Esq., of Magdalen College, Oxford, 8.A.; Samuel John Wilde, Esq., of King's College, University of London ; Frederick Kingston, Esq.; Matthew William Thompson, Esq., of Trinity College ; Charles Cavendish Clifford, Esq., of Christ Church Col lege, Oxford, M.A.; Robert Anstruther Strange, Esq., of Christ Church College, Oxford, M.A.; Samuel Lucas Esq., of Queen's College, Oxford, M.A.; Alexander Kyd Curtis, Esq., M.A.; George Henry Money, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A.; Stephen Cave, Esq., of Balliol College, Oxford, M.A.; Charles Griffith Smith, E , q., of Clare Hall, Cambridge, M.A.; Thomas Francis Crosse, Esq., of Exeter College, Oxford, M.A.; and John Charles Conybeare, Esq., of Downing Col lege, Cambridge, M.A. LITERATURE. JOILL'i OF t,-LAND. 3 vols. .By Henry Curling. Until within the last half century, the advantages derivable from the combination of history and fiction were to a very considerable extent unrecognised. We might almost say that until the commencement of that period they were unrealised. During a con siderable interval, indeed, novels were literally scouted by a large proportion of the community. From an itUe and contemptible affectation of wisdom, many individuals were formerly disposed to treat those productions as detestable or frivolous, or even b.;tlt sometimes. A remarkable alteration in this particular is now-a-days perceptible. The novelist is admitted to the position to which he is entitled in literature, and that position is by no means contemptible or uniufluential. He is treated with the distinction which his profession deserves. Influencing society more than almost any other class of authors; inculcating generous sentiments and enobling principles under the most alluring guise; depicting the superficial, and disclosing the hidden characteristics of society with a faithful pencil; and elevating the aspirations by acting upon the sus ceptibilities of his readers, he has a peculiar claim upon our attention and consideration, and that claim he has forced us (meaning society) to acknowledge. We are of course alluding to the most eminent class of novelists. Although many distin guished writers had conduced by their compositions' to this extraordinary change in popular opinion, it was reserved for Sir Walter Scott to demonstrate in a re;, arkable manner the solid benefits which might acrue from the sagacious intermixture of fictitious in cident and actual occurrences. By a succession of inimitable works that Prince of Novelists rendered the real dignity and merits of historical romance ap parent. He showed that by that beautiful species of composition a more vivid idea of past ages and of by gone events was conveyed to the perception of the million than by more sober and more voluminous records. He showed that a clearer conception of the characters of the departed illustrious might be formed from those agreeable delineations than from the por traitures of more didactic scribes. He showed with a singular felicity the mode in which instruc tion might be inextricably mingled with amuse ment, and how in the pages of the historical ro mancist the spirit of departed generations might be revived, for the improvement as well as for the re creation of the living multitude. "Kenilworth" re stored us to the days of Leicester and Elizabeth; the " Fortunes of Nigel" to those of James I. and jingling Geordie; "Anne of Gierstein" to the mys terious proceedings of the Veremgericht; the "Talis man" to the deeds of cceur de Lion in Palestine; " Waverley" to the tribulations of the young Pre tender and his upholders; " Quentin Durward" to the reign of Louis XI.; "Ivanhoe," again, to the first Richard ; and so on through the whole cata logue of those splendid productions. Eminently suc cessful, however, as the great Scotchman was in this style of narrative, he has, in that very eminence of success, shown the difficulty of making any such :achievement ; he has proved to all his successors, that if one of the most arduous undertakings in literature is the composition of a good tragedy, one of the next degree of difficulty is the penning of a good historical romance. The author of the present work has been evidently fully aware of the many perils he would have to encounter, of the many pitfalls he would have to overleap, of the many obstacles he would have to annihilate, before he could hope for itsfortunate completion. The very excellence of the entire story is a testimony that the narrator was conscious of the existence of the obstructions he has vanquished so well. Mr. Curling is already known by his novel entitled " The Soldier of Fortune." The three TO lumes lying under consideration assure us that he may acquire a familiar and distinguished name amongst our novelists, if he only persevere in the course upon which he has adventured. " John of England" is a picturesque and beautiful revival of one amongst the most striking and eventful periods of our national history. As the title indicates, the plot is situated partially in England, partially in France, during the reign of the meanest and vilest of our Kings, John, the brother of Richard Coeur de Lion, and Geoffrey Plantagenet. Mr. Curling has admirably discriminated the disposition of this cowardly and treacherous monarch; but, aware of the disagreeable impressions which are alone con veyed by a contemplation of his actions, he has ren dered the incidents connected with King John subor dinate to those of the fictitious characters introduced. And in this we conceive consists the principal success of the -romance. The story associated with the heroine, Bertha Daundelyonne, is most felicitously conceived. From the interest excited in her fortunes, from the anxiety aroused by the perils of her capture and imprisonment, and from the yet greater anxiety experienced in her behalf during her withdrawal from the power of her profligate captors, we shall not de tract by giving a cold epitome. There is almost as much art visible in the construction 01 the plot as there is nature in its development. In the beautiful and curiously accomplished Bertha, and in her companions in the romance, the hopes and wishes of the reader are aroused and sus tained throughout. The author has thoroughly en tered into the singular character of the age of which King John was what Byron calls " the Thunderer of the scene." His imagination has reverted to that century of misrule, and with an intuitive sagacity his hand has sketched the manners and habits and dispo position or the nation as it then appeared. Aided by the monkish bookmen of that period, he has pour trayed the people with a peculiar and charming vividness ; from the palace to the dungeon, from the cottage , to the battlement. We observe that Mr. Curling has introduced, as an episode to the principle tale, the sufferings and mysterious assassination of Prince Arthur Plantagenet. If our memory serves us faithfully, this mournful catastrophe has already been introduced to modern novel readers in Mr. G. P. R. James's " Philip Augustus." It is, however, treated with so much of artistic skill in " John of England," that we are persuaded the majority will be grateful for the revival. In his description of the murder committed upon the unfortunate prince, we observe that Mr. Curling attributes it personally to the base monarch himself. Whether be is justified in so doing we think is extremely questionable. The simple circumstances are, that Prince Arthur was murdered in a dungeon of the Castle of Rouen, April 3, 1202. It does not appear who was his actual de stroyer, and the imputations upon John are attribut able rather to the inuendoes than to the positive assertions of the different historians. One writes that the Prince suddenly disappeared, but in what manner nobody could conjecture, " Subito evanuit, modo fere omnibus ignorato ;" another says, "feria quinta ante Pascha propria manu interfecit ;' while a third is more explicit in his insinuations, " Rex suspectus," he writes, " habebatur ab omnibus, quasi ill um mane propria occidisset 1" William Brito, indeed, confidently maintains (Phi lipid. VI. 167.) that John stabbed his nephew twice with a dagger, in a boat, and subsequently threw his corpse into the river. But how does he attempt to substantiate this bold assertion ? He merely states it. We cannot but coincide with modern historians in thinking that this assassination by John's own hand is highly improbable, seeing that so many vil lains were in the world who would have snatched at so facile a means of obtaining emolument. Mr. Curling, however, with the allowable license o f th e romancist, has given implicit credence to Brito. A m ore interesting fiction has n ot been issued from the press for a long period than " John of England. It reminds one of the oriental metaphor of the reflection of a rainbow upon plates of gold. ~..._, Whether poetry is in a THE BRITISH N Q o U . A V R I T Im. 6 a l n a ne Y r question is a ql antecedent REVIEW. to civilisation, or simultaneous w ith it, undertakes to Review, in a very ostentatious article , e fr w e e q r u e e d n . tlyAadcvoanntcreihdutbourt toseltdhoem British h lusi Q ve ua y rtearnly d t he e m e o e u v s e t r r e a s t t e ' i ‘ n t t h e a l t l e e t h t n e a l h i d g i h e e e i s p t h n m e r atrael notc u l t u u , r n e p , rlhio a p n i d ; tious to the grandest efforts of imagination.' a p t r t o e p n o t s i position o n fanfarr ona d e o f t rum p e ts. Even then the words are afitser on a ly ki i n n d trod o u f ce m d or t a o l th fl e ouri r e e h a , der o ' r s printed in the most legible italics. The writers ad vances with the most elaborate parade of valour to annihilate all those who have the audacity to deny the possibility of a great poetical genius making his appearance in an age of civilization. He insists that, supposing such an egregious doctrine to be founded upon experience, epics ought to be dis covered in as much profusion as spontaneous fruit in "the sombre p forests of New Zealand, and the thirsty wildernesses of Australia." He blunders through a multitude of grandiloquent , sentences for the purpose of thoroughly elucidating his meaning, and at last congratulates himself upon having tolerably well demonstrated the justice of his theory. His theory, indeed ! Why, the same notion has been long ago submitted to similar arguments. and has produced infinitely better conclusions. That poetry of a superior order might be and has been penned in periods of high intellectual cultiva tion, is sufficiently manifest of itself. Expe rience and common sense would enable on( to recognise that fact ; and the wherefore ' has been most admirably defined by Mr. Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review. In his florid but exquisite critical essay upon Milton, 'that elegant thinker has enumerated the difficulties with which the poet is surrounded by civilization, and he has likewi se ex plained how all those difficulties may be vAquished, And how, being vanquished, the bard may, with the requisite amount of genius, achieve greater things ih.oi supposing he had flourished in a period of national barbarism. Mr. Macaulay bat there acknowledged that poetry is naturall \ more spontaneous and real when society existed in iis iprimitive condition, when the landscapes were young, And the "vernal woods unshorn," when the shep• , herds carolled their madrigals and the huntsmen seemed to drink in from the pure atmosphere a na tural taste for song. 'But beyond this he has shown how the greatest of all the masterpieces of poetical art was produc e d i n an age w h en k now l e d g e was rife, he has sho wn h ow Mil ton w i t h a ll t h e o b s t ruc ti on s of his erudition, with all the hindrances of his accomplish ments, will all the drawbacks of his refined judgment, and all the obstacles of his fastidious taste, wrote his colossal poem and thereby achieved his unparalleled glory. He has shown how Milton was enabled, not withstanding so many preventatives, to sing of the divine magnificence of Heaven, to descend in spirit to the realms of perdition, to paint the loveliness of paradise, to span the abysses of chaos. He has shown how Milton, despite the extra ordinary cultivation of his intellect, and the pre valence of learning amongst his contemporaries, was still enabled to produce the tender lamentations of " Lycidas ;" the fantastic, but not less moving, mask of " Comus ;" the gladsome and sparkling " Allegro;" the sombre and touching " Pensoroso." He has has shown how Milton was enabled to accomplish all this, and he has shown that he was only enabled to accomplish it by descending from the throne of his erudition, by resigning the armour of gold and adamant by which his scholastic nature was clad, by throwing aside the sceptre of science and the crown of knowledge —and becoming for the time a child. The reasoning employed by Mr. Macaulay in unravelling the woof of his beautiful theory, the adroitness with which he distinguishes between the poetical capacity of the primitive and civilised poet, the eloquence with which he delineates the moral conquest gained by Milton, the historian, the statesman, the politician, the scholar, the courtier; over himself, are entirely disregarded by the writer of this article upon " Poetry and Civilisation." The latter, indeed, endeavours to appropriate to himself the spoil of the arguments of Mr. Macaulay, and to introduce that spoil as the result of his own blundering hypothesis. Instead of acknowledging that wonderful poems have been written in the bloom of human intelligence, before nations had been developed by civilisation, or society modulated by morality and learning, he undertakes to show that great poets are incompatible with any but civilised times or highly-cultivated generations. He regards Homer as the denizen of such times, and Thespis, and Pratinax, and Carcinus, and Phrynichus, and .schylus, and Sophocles. " With Euri pides," he observes, " both the virtue and genius of Athens began to decline." The effusions of Anacreon, of Sappho, and of Pindar, he considers to be likewise those of a civilized period. Although the Roman literature was of an intensely imitative and plundering character, be insists that its greatest poets were those who flourished during its highest state of cultivation. Among these, he con siders Virgil, Horace, and Lucretius, to be numbered. Juvenal is regarded as a companion to Euripedes—as the antepenultimqtes of Roman and Grecian civi lisation. Upon this theory the whole ex tension of time would embrace the history of the highest state of intellectual cultivation. according to that system, the whole range of our national history, from Chaucer upwards, has been one protracted period of national elevation in knowledge. We cannot perceive either the utility or justice of such a conclusion. The notion, in fact is absolutely preposterous. And the consequences of such a diseased' argument is in keeping with its frivolity ; it closes with a sweeping condemnation of the " New Timon." In constructiveness it is very elegantly spoken of as inferior to " the spawn of the Minerva press." Its peculiarities of language; metaphor and incident are mentioned in equally critical terms, and altogether a very delightful little paragraph of abuse closes a very long and extravagant paper. The quotation from Feat's matchless ode to the nightingale is spoilt by being wrongly given ; the closing couplet is—. " That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim." In some instances the language of the contributor is most redundant, as where he speaks of flowers being "fragrant with odoriferous perfumes." The critical no tice of the writings of Sir James Mackintosh is elabo rate and intelligent. The chronological arrangement is admirable. An attempt to disprove the facts of phrenology is made in this number, and to' say the very least of it, is most ingenious. We have not the leisure to enter into the merits of the writer's curious and original proposal. " The Covenan ters in the North of Scotland," and " The Apos tolic Fathers," form subjects for two interest ing contributions. In articles entitled " Supplies of Water," and " Popular Education," the sa natory elevation and moral improvement of the people are variously considered, and when we reflect upon the impetus which has already been given to Go vernment in those particulars, we should have re garded this Quarterly as almost incomplete without such papers. As a whole, this number of the Briti s h Quarterly Review is valuable. THE REPRESENTATION OF WEYMOUTH. WEYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Last night a meeting of the Liberal electors of this borough was convened at the Royal Hotel to receive the new Liberal candidate, Colonel Freestun, and hear his political sentiments. The late mayor of the borough, Mr. W. Devenish, took the chair. _ _ _ Mr. CHRISTIE came forward amid loud cheers, and reminded the electors that on a recent occasion he had referred to Mr. Gordon's conduct towards himself, and had stated at a public meeting in Weymouth that he bad received a letter from Mr. Dodson, avowing that he had strong reasons for believing that Mr. Gordon had been engaged in intrigues against him (Mr. Christie), not there, but elsewhere. He added that, for the sake of Mr. Gordon's character as well as his own, there should be inquiries and explanations elsewhere. He was afterwards called on to explain, and informed that if an explanation satisfactory to Mr. Gordon was not given, he must resort to that which was usually understood to be the resort on these occasions.—(Laughter.) Now he (Mr. Christie) was not ashamed to say in that public meeting what he said to the friend who brought him the message, that he had long since made up his mind that under no circumstances whatever would he be a party to aduel.—(Ceeers.) It was a crime forbidden by the laws of the country and the commands of God; he considered it his duty to use his utmost influence for the purpose of preventing others from following it, andwith these views he had joined the London Association for the Prevention of Duelling. But, although he would not fight a duel, h e considered it a duty to repair to the utmost of his power any wrong that he might uninten tionally have committed, and he therefore placed himself in the hands of an experienced and discreet friend, Sir Denis le Marchant, who, being of opinion that the words amounted to a charge against Mr. Gordon, he (Mr. Christie) made the amende honorable in the following words, which he sent to Mr. Gordon:— " Mr. Christie, having placed himself in Sir Denis le Marchant's hands, and finding that he views the words extracted by Mr. Gordon from Mr. Christie's speech as amounting to a charge of intriguing elsewhere, feels bound to take upon himself the responsibility which Sir Denis le Marchant attaches to the words, although he bad no intention of making a charge, and he therefore readily states that he had no sufficient ground for the charge, and expresses his regret that he should have used words which had that effect." The Hon. Member then adverted to the part he took in Parliament last session. He was a friend to the poor laws, and believed the principles of the Poor-law Amend ment Act to be sound, Just, and benevolent ; but the ad ministration of it by the present Commissioners had been as bad as it could be—(Hear, hear)—and he believed the Weymouth Union would afford an illustration even as strong as that of Andovar of the necessity of summary removal of men whe had so abused their trust. The Hon. Member concluded by recommending Col. Freestun. Colonel FREESTIIN thea stood forward, and shortly addressed the electors in a speech in which he avowed himself a staunch supporter of the present Government. He was, he also said, an advocate for a searching inquiry into and revision of the Poor-laws. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Tasker, Mr. Robens, Admiral Ferris, and Mr. Raggett. Resolutions pledging the meeting to support Mr. Christie and Colonel Freestun at the next election, were carried. CONDITION OF THE JEWS .— WAItsikw,NNov. B. Eighty Jews, headed by their Rabbi, arrived recent l y at Warsaw, to request the gover n or to allow them to r e t a i n their costume. They were taken to the police, w h ere their beards were shav ed off an d their long hair cut, and then sent away. Tbey demand e d t h e i r beards tiedhair, r they, me n ya, t d h he e o i tw r o e b pva u ey r r ying-gr oun d, b ut this : received the barb er ' s was bill l , wr to ehf iues p he l le t he them t e h y e m w e ; THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF RAIL WAYS.—A correspondent informs us that Major Genera Pasley has ceased to be the Government Inspector- General of Railways, and that Captain Coddington, the present deputy-i n spector, will, in all probability, be the gallant General's successor.—Morning Paper. THE LATE TUNNEL ACCIDENT AT PERTH. We noticed the week before last a serious accident which had taken place on the Tuesday previous, at the tunnel, from the falling in of the roof. The body of the work. man then supposed to be entombed among the rubbish was found on Friday, and from appearances his death must have been instantaneous. He was an Irishman. On the same day another of the sufferers died in the in firmary. The others injured on the same occasion art convalescent.—Perthshire Courier. PORTRAIT OF SHAIESPERE•—A picture which is believed by some, well qualified to judge, to be a con temporary portrait of the great bard, has come into the possession of the excellent Bishop of Ely. It was found in an obscure broker's shop, where nothing could be learnt of its previous history. It has no name on it, but cleaning has made apparent in one part, " At. 39, 1603," which agrees with the age of Shakspere in that year. We have not yet seen the picture, and cannot at once, atter so many disappointments, give implicit credence to the statement; what we know, however, of those who have examined the portrait, and of the judgment of the Right Rev. Bishop himself, induces us to believe it will e. found correct, and that a great discovery has indeed been made.— The Builder. TROTTING MATCH FOR 401.—0 n Friday the trot ting match of two miles between Mr. Baker's horse, of Westminster, and Mr. Reynoldson's mare, of Edmonton, ,vas decided in the Seven Sister's Road, Tottenhate The mare won easily, and accomplished the two miles 'fader befell minutes, THE GALE OF FRIDAY. THE SOUTH DEVON LINE STOPPED. The weather since midnight has been exceedingly boisterous, and this morning blew a furious gale from the south and south- east. Every storm at once calls people's attention to the South Devon Railway, and we regret to hear that the line is again in peril from the gale. The timber truck of Mr. Hennett, the con tractor, came safely up as far as the boat house at Pow derham-park this morning, there a vessel had broken from her moorings in the river, and been driven with great force against the railway, causing considerable damage to the wall, and leaving the vessel in such a position that her bowsprit was directly across the line; the breaks were put on by the driver, but it was impos sible to stop the train, which came with such force against the bowsprit as to cut it in two; with this ex ception, the train arrived sa , e at the station. The first up-train was started from Teignmouth at the usual hour, and passed safely over the scene of the last &Baster near the Holcombe tunnel, and arrived at Dawlsh and pro ceeded up the line; on arriving at the other side of Lang ston Cliff, the line was found to be covered by the sea, and much washed from the fury of the waves beating over it. It was, therefore, deemed advisable not to run the risk of passing, until the tide had receded suffi ciently to ascertain the nature of the damage done. The train was therefore backed to Teignmouth, and as it again passed over the damaged part at Holcombe, it was apprehended that from the violence of the gale and the height of the tide, it would be perilous to again attempt to pass it. The line is then fore for the present altogether closed, until the damage done can be clearly ascertained, and the traffic between the station and Teignmouth is carried on by coaches and omnibuses. This is the second interrup tion which this line has sustained since its opening in May, both interruptions having occurred at spring tides. It must, however, be borne in mind that the damage done by the last gale has not been efficiently repaired. General Pasley, the Government Inspector, arrived in this city this morning, and at once proceeded to the scene of disaster. Since writing the above, we understand that it is not likely the working of the line will be resumed for some days. In the mean time every vehicle is put in requisition, and the company are conveying passengers, between Teignmouth and Exeter at railway fares, an expensive game for them, and a very inconvenient one for the public. No less than five vehicles arrived at the Red Cow Station, some time after one to- day, about five minutes after the up train had started, although the superintendant, Mr. Ashbee, had delayed the train a quarter of an hour.— Western Times. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Chester and Birken head, 51-East Lancashire (late Blackburn and Preston, 4-- Ditto ,New, No. 1, 4 1 4 p.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 4-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 104 p.-London and North-Western, 195 1 4-London and Manchester, and Birmingham Quarters (A), 7% p.-Ditto, Quarters (B), 74 p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 15-16 p.-Midland, 127-North British, Halves, 6 p -Ditto, Quarters, 2% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 9-16 p.-York and Newcastle, New, 5% p.- Caledonian, 1 dis.-Great Grimsby Dock 2 dis.- Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% p.-Leeds and Dews bury, 12% p.-Ditto, Branches, 7 1 4-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, p.-Ditto, New. 1 4 dis.-Liver pool and Bury, New, .% -North Wales Mineral, Halves, 1%- Oswestry, 1%-Ditto, New, M dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1% -Birmingham and Dudley, p.-Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 6% p.-Glasgow and Dum fries, par-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, par -Newry and Warrenpoint, lA-North Staffordshire, 3% p. -North-Western. %-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 3 / 4 -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),114 p.-Shropshire Union, 7-16 dis.-South Staffordshire Junction, 1%-West Riding Union, 1% p.-Goole and Doncaster, t p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 1 p.-Demerara, 1 1 % p.-Great Luxembourg, 3% dis.-Jamaica and South Midland, 3 / 4 p. MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 20. *STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, Boston, &c., 4 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 3-16 dis. s.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par-Churnet and Blythe, 1 4 dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 3 / 4 p.- East Lancashire, 4% p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Orms kirk, Ike.), 4 1 4 p.-East Lincolnshire, % p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1-16 dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, par-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, kc., M p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 9-16 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.-Ditte. New, par-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 12% p.-Di t t o , New Branches, 7 % p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.-London and North-Western, 196-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 75-Ditto, ' Quarters (A), 7 7-16 p.-Ditto, ditto (C), p.-Lcndon and York, M dis.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 15-16 c. p.-North British, Extension, 1 3-16 p.-North Stafford shire, 3% p.-North Union (B), 150-North-Western, 3 % p. -Oldham Alliance, 1 1 4 p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4% p.-Ditto (B), p.-Scottish Midland, 14 p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 24 1 4-Sheffield, Rother ham, and Goole, % p.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 14 dis.- Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.-South- Eastern and Dover, No. 4, %-Trent Valley, Midlands, 1% p.-West Riding Union, 1% p.-Wharfdale (late North- Eastern), dis.-Whitehaven and Furness, 2 11-16 dis.- York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p. LEEDS, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 3 / 4 p.-East Lancashire, 5 p.-Ditto, No. 1, New, 5 c. p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 4% p.-East and West Yorkshire, 10s. dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Docks, 2 1 4 c. dis.- Ditto, Extensions, 295. dis. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 5 c. p.-Ditto, Extensions, p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 11 3 / 4 p.-Ditto, Branches, 7 p. -Ditto, Extensions, 21s. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.- Ditto, New, % c. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 1 p. -North British, Thirds, 2% p.-Ditto, Quarters (late Car lisle Branch), 565. p. -North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 3% dis.-York and New castle, Preference, 5 5- 16 p.-York and North Midland Pre ference, 9% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4s. 6d. p.-Direct Northern, 10s. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid land, 15s. dis.-London and: York, 3s. 6d. die. s.-North- Western, 1 Is. p.- Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. p. -West Riding Union, 4. SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3% dis.-Ditto, Extensions, 1% dis.-Ditto, Quar ter Shares, 16s. dis.-Ditto, Docks, 1% dis.-North-Western, 13s. 6d. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, No. 3,4 s. dis.- Sheffield and Lincoln, 3 4 die. HULL, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our business to-day is limited, COM • pared with yesterday but no material alteration is observ able in our quotations. West Riding Unions were in strong demand. The sales a-e-North British, Quarters, 82s. 6d.- York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.-Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 21. 165.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk, &c.), 4 3 % ex n. cash-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 235.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2 ~-North-Western, 13s. p.-North Staffordshire, p.-West Riding Union,. 41. Is. 6d.-Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 6s. p. YORK, NOVEMBER 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 3 3 / 4 -London and York, VA-Newcastle and Berwick, 34 1 4-North British Extension, 11. 145.- North Staffordshire, Si. Bs. 6d.-North Western, 1 3 %-West Riding Union, 4/. la.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 7L 6s. 3d.-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 18% ex new-Ditto, Preference, 12. GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 18%- Airdrie and Bathgate, 905.-Caledonian, New, 445.-Direct Northern, 385.-Dundee and Perth, 25%-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 775. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 12s. 3d.- Edinburgh and Northern, 15%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 691-Ditto, Halves, 71. 165.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 48s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 31s. 6d.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 425.- Great North of India, 45.-Great Southern of Madras, 65.- Lanark and Lothians, 435. 9d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 235. 3d -Manchester and Southampton, 325.-North British, Quarters, 835.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 345. 6d.-Paisley and Renfrew, 8 1 4-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hur let, 555.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 295.-Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 505.-Strathern Junction, 755.-Wishaw and Coltness, 48%-York and Newcastle, Preference, 7%. The Queen has presented to the Duchess of Inver ness a pension on the Privy Purse, and there will be no addition, in consequence, to the Pension List, as has been erroneously asserted in some newspapers.—Observer. PEARS.—TWO extraordinary pears, grown this year in the garden of the Rev. W. George, of Cherington Park, have been shown to us, as remarkable for their size and beauty—one of whi c h measures upwards of 18 inches in girth, 18 inches long way, and weighs 2lbs. 4ioz.; the other, 14 inches in girth, upwards of 18 inches the long way, and weighs 21bs, and half an ounce ; they are of the culinary sort.—A parsnip was dug from the same garden this year, measuring round the crown 194 inches, 2 feet in length, and weighing albs. 4oz.—Glou cester Journal SCRATCHED WORK IN BLACK AND WHITE, FOR EXTERNAL DECORATION.—Of fresco applied to external decoration many specimens exist, and sgrafito or scratched work, consisting of a thin coat of white plas ter over a black ground, which white plaster being re moved or scratched through, in forms similar to a hatched drawing, produced an effect approaching to bas relief, was also employed by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the exterior of buildings. But fresco was extensively employed on the outside of even private dwelling-houses, and among the eminent names of the artists who exe cuted them are those of Titian and Tintoretto.—The Builder. The new light at Shoreham Harbour has been ex hibited since the 4th instant. The lamp has two con centric wicks in it, and the oil used is made from rape seed, which burns a beautiful clear light; but its great orillancy is caused by some highly , polished lenses, or what is properly called a Dioptrick light apparatus, which illumines one hundred and eighty degrees of a circle. The light gives general satisfaction to masters ,f vessels entering the harbour, but more particularly to , he masters of the steam packets, who find it now as .easy of access by night as in the day, which is o f very gr eat importance to them, as it saves their tim e an d, . onse quently, facil itates the landing of their pas sengers, &c.—Brighton Herald. INSPECTOR JULIAN.—It will be recollected that ihout four weeks ago Mr. Julian, an inspector of the of police, was convicted by Mr. Broughton, it the Worship-street Police court, for an attempt to •ide over a man !lamed Blake, in B e th na l- gret n , an d i cu tting h'm n bodily fear, and he was fined. The case, nd the circumstances out of which it arose, gave rise to such discussion at the time. It was urged, on blr. I uhan's behalf, that the charge was a malicious one. fter a two days' investigation, he was convicted, and ined 51. His suspension followed immediately after ,yards. The clergy, churchwardens, overseers, guardians, and other inhabitants and ratepayers of the extensive district of Bethnal-green, Stepney, and Bow, directly, and without solicitation, bestirred themselves in behalf of Mr. Julian, and respectfully but strocgly worded me norials were forwarded to the Commissioners of Police •m his behalf. Other proceedings took place, and the whole of the papers were forwarded to Sir George Grey, he Home Secretary , together with a report from the Commissioners, and another from Mr. Marquard, the superintendent of the K division. Julian was sent for ,n Wednesday to the Commissioners' office, and it wets oitimated to him that the Home Sectetary had, after careful consideration of his case, been pleased to rein state him in his situation of Inspector, and he imme diately resumed his official duties. FORD ABBEY. This ancient aid tar-famPd classic mansion and estate having, by reason of the death of the late proprietor, John Franceis Gwyn, Esq., been lately transferred, through the medium of George Robins, into the hands of the tru s t ees f or G eorge Miles, sq., one of the younger sons of the late wealthy Bristol banker and merchant of that name, a public auction, of eight days' duration, has just been concluded of the matchless tapes tries, rare old paintings, and books, antique plate and furniture, with the beautiful orange and lemon trees and plants, the contents of the conservatory, and other effects, some account of wliich may not be unacceptable to the public : Messrs. English, of Bath, were selected to conduct the sale, which proved one of intense interest and at traction, and a smart competition was the result, several of the most trifling and worn-out articles of furniture, from their long association with the abbey, yielding prices tenfold beyond their intrinsic value. The disposal of the plate, some of which belonged to Francis Gwyn, Secretary-at-War to Queen Anne, occupied almost the whole of the first day; one lot, consisting of a set of three tea canisters, with beautiful figures and architectural and other devices, in high relief, realised 225. an ounce; another, being a richly-embossed and festooned tea kettle, stand, and lamp, fetched about 361.; a silver gilt communion chalice and patina, belonging to Edward Prideaux, Attorney-General to Oliver Cromwell, and used in the chapel, la 15s. The second day was en tirely devoted to the sale of the paintings, some of which were very old and curious. We subjoin a list of these which produced most competition ;—" The Virgin seated with the Infant Saviour, Saint John, and the Lamb," by Castillo, sold at 20/. "Portrait of Cardinal Wolsey," by Holbein, 311. 10s. " Cleopatra with the Asp," by Guercino, 211. 10s. 6d. "Romantic Landscape, with Peasants and Cattle at a Ford," 291. Its companion, " Landscape with figures on a rocky eminence," by Sal vator Rosa, 25/. 14s. 6d. " Portrait of James, Duke of Monmouth, in a Field-Marshal's uniform," by Sir G. Kneller, 281. " Portrait of the Earl of Rochester, in his robes as Knight of the Garter," by ditto, 161. ss. " Classical Ruins, with Banditti playing tric-trac," by Salvator Rosa, 171. 17s. "Venus, ,Vulcan, :and Cupid," (School of- Titian), 15/. " View of Seven Dials, London," (Scott and Hogarth), 42/. And last, but not least, the ancient, curious, and much admired painting (on panel 27in. by 40in.), giving a minute and elaborately detailed representation of " The Life and Passion of our Saviour," evidently many centuries old, and (amongst the paintings) not inaptly termed " the gem of the Abbey," which was knocked down, after a spirited competition, at 78/., to a Mr. Rainey, from whom it was immediately afterwards purchased by Mrs. Clarke, of Furnham House, Chard, at 1004, arid amongst whose choice collection of paintings it will now takeit4lace. We have it on the best authority that, for this picture the late proprietor once refused 1,0001., but, fortunately for the present possessor, this fact was not generally known until after the auction, although she was herself cogni sant of it many years since : had it got wind amongst the various connoisseurs who competed for the painting, a much larger sum would have been obtained, if we may judge from the subsequent fidgetty and anxious manner of those who wanted it on finding it had got out of their reach. On the third day the five pieces of magnificent Arras tapestry, after the celebrated Cartoons of Raphael, presented by Queen Anne to Francis Gwyn, her Secres tarp at-War, who hung it in the grand saloon, and for which his patriotic son refused 30,0001., offered by Count Orloff on behalf of the Empress Catherine of Russia, were knocked down for the new proprietor of the abbey at 2,2001. The subjects are—" Our Saviour appearing to his disciples after his resurrection, and delivering his charge to Peter"—" The m i racu l ous draught of Fishes" —" St. Peter and St. John curing the Lame Man at the beautitul gate of the Temple"—" The Men of Lystra sa crificing to Paul and Barnabas, as Jupiter and Mercury," and "Ananias and Sapphire." The organ was also pur chased for Mr. Miles at 281. 10s. The fourth and filth days were exclusively occupied by the sale of the im mense library of books and manuscripts, and pamphlets. Among the MSS. was a " Book of Welch Genealogy, commencing with Adam," which yielded 49/. • and the second MS. volume of "Priuce's Worthies Of Devon, 1716," was knocked down to Sir Thomas Phillips, the celebrated antiquarian, for 46/. A MS. " Catalogue of King Henry the VIII.'s Jewels," yielded 32/ ; a MS. " Collection of Royal Grants, from 1661 to 1682," sold at 271.; sundry " Original Petitions, with the signatures of distinguished persons, 1681," at 31/. 10s.; " The Irish Booke," relating to affairs in that country, 1684-5," at 281 ; a MS. " Herbertoram Prosapia, showing the genealogy of the Gwyn Family, 261.; a MS. " Book of the Antiq,uities of Glamorganshire, by Richard Merrick, 1758, 11/.; " Proceedings of the Star Chamber, 1635," 11/.; " Pythagoras's Philosophy," on vellum, illuminated, 101 lOs.; " Aurelius Augustini Doctoris Expositiones super Psalmos," with marginal notes, on vellum, and the " Office of the B. V. Mary," vellum, 12/. ; " Dugdale's Baronage of England, 1675-6," 41. Bs.; " Walton's Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, with por trait, and red lined, Lon., 1657," 261. 10s.; " Hickes's Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Gramma tico Criticus et Archiologicus, portrait, Oxon, 1705," 41. 10s.; " Thoroton's Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, London, 1677," 41. 55.; " Polyphili Hyperotomachi, Aldus, 1467," 31. 35.; " Cromwelliana," 2/. 25.; "Fuller's Worthies of England, London, 1662," 21. 18s. ; " Mi nutes of Business in the Secretary of State's Office dur ing Francis Gwyn's Under-Secretary ship, frost Feb. 5, 1681, to June 3, 1683. and from Christmas, 1688, to Michaelmas, 1689," 41. 145.; '6 Itinerary of John Leland. 1710.12," 3,. 55.; " Lelandi Collectanea, Oxon, 1715,' 3/.; " Titi Livii Force Juliensis Vita Henric Quinti Oxon, 1716," 21. Ils.; " Two Bibles, black letter. 1549," 21. 135.; " Ashinole's Institution of the Order ( the Garter, London, 1672," 2/. 10s.; " On the King', power of pardoning, an original essay, by Lord Not tingham or Guilford, 1724," 31. 65.; "Copy Corre spondence between the English Government and the Ambassador at the Hague, Lord I lyde and others, from Sept., 1677, to Feb., 1679," 51. 55.; "Don Bivd do Hares Anatomie of Spain, translated by Harye Bed wood, 1599 (MS.)," 4/. 45.; " Ogilby's Holy Bible, Cambridge, red lined," 41. Bs.; " Histurise Anglicanae Scriptorea Antique London, 1652, , Baleus de Scrip toribus Anglicanus, Basil , 1557, 4/. ; " Common Prayer, Baskerville, 1715," 21. 2;4; "Chronicon sive Anuales Prioratus de Dunstable, Oxon, 1733," 51. 12s. 6d.; " Thomas Otterbourne e t J oh a nn es Whethamsterle abOri„eitte Gentis Brittanicm usque ad Edvardium IV., Oxon, 1752," 51. 7s. 6d.; " Walteri Hemingford Historic de rebus gesti Edvardi 1., IL, and lIL, Oxon, 173 i," 51. 10s.; " Thomae Caii Vindiciaa Antiquitatis Acade mim Oxoniensis, Oxon, 1730," 2/. 16s; " Johannis de Trokelowe Annuales Edvardi IL, H. de Blandforde Chronica Edvardi IL, Oxon, 1729," 31. 55.; "Historian Vitas et Regni Ricer& H., Oxon, 1729," 3/. 145.; " Adami de Doerlaam Historic de Rebus gestis Glastoniensibus, Oxon, 1727," 4/. 12s. ; " Johannis Glastoniensis Chronica, Oxon, 1726," 4/. 6s. ; " Peter Langtoft's Chroncle. Oxford, 1725," 41. ;1C 5... ; "Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, Oxford, 1724," 31 " Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiae Wigors nicusis, Oxon, 1725,' 41. Bs. ; " History and Antiquities of Glastonbory, Oxford, 1722," 21.95. ; " Johannis de Fordun Scotichronicun genuinum, Oxon, 1722," 3/. lls. ; " Roberti di Avesbury Historia de Mirabilibus Gestas Edvardi 111., Oxon, 1720," 2/. 10s. ; " Rymer's Fcedera, Loudon, 1704-17," 61. 6s. ; " Rerum Anglicarum Scrip torum Veteriuna, Oxon, 1684-7, Mori Historic', Pro vir,ciae Anglicanae Societatis Jesa Audomari, 1660 ; Gale Historiae Britannicae Saxonicae Anglo Danicae Scriptores XV., Oxon, 1677," 101. 10s. ; " Bedae His toria Ecclesiastics Anglorum, Cantab., 1643, Rerum 'Anglicarum Scriptores Post Bedam, Francof, 1601," 31. 18s. ; " Wharton's Anglia Sacra, London, 1691," 31.85. ; " flolinshed's Chronicles, London, 1586-7," 61. ; " Carles Life of James, Duke of Ormond, London, 1735-6," 41. 4s. ; " Rushworth's Historical Collections, 1680-92," 31.; " Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, London, 1656," 81. 10s. ; " Dugdale's History of St. Paul's, 1658," 21. 18s. ; " DriFdale's Monasticon Angli canum, London, 1661-82," 101. ss. ; " Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up. Biblium God, Cambridge, 1685, &c.,' 5/. ; " Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, London, 1784-7," 41. 15s. A quantity of sermons, and political, satirical, and other pamphlets, and works, also yielded large sums of money. The sixth day's sale was for the tapestry, paintings, furniture, &c., in the state, dining, drawing, and other rooms. The four pieces of Gobelin tapestry in the drawing-room was also purchasjd for Mr. Miles at 501; they represent "Scipio Africanus leading Asdrabal, the last earths genian General, prisoner in triumph into Rome ;" "a Roman Gladiator in combat with a Lion befor e th e St a tue of Jupiter ;" "Cyrus King of Persia, presenting the Jewish priests with vessels full of gold and silver for rebuilding the Temple at Jerusalem ;" and " The Temple in Progress." Two very elegant antique cabinets of rare workmanship fetched 241. each ; a splendid little painting, on panel, of game, fruit, and vegetables, by . Weeninx, in the state dining room, was sold to Mr. Rainey for 311. ; and the excellent painting (on canvass) over the fire-place, representing Christ in the house of Martha, and in conversation with Mary in the back-ground, while Martha in the fore -ground is spitting a fowl, having before her, on a table and bane ing up, a profusion of meat, poultry, vegetables, &c., was also purchased by Mr. Rainey at 671. Six very antique ebonized high-backed carved chairs, covered in tapestry, were sold for 91. 18s. Queen Anne's bedstead, and crimson silk velvet furniture, fitted up expressly for the reception of Queen Anne, yielded 8/., and the globelin tapestry hangings of the room in which it stood, repre senting a Welch wedding, sold at 101 ; an old chair and footstool in the Monk's Walk, said to have belonged to the ancient monastery, yielded 4/. 4s. ; another, with elbows and back made to form a desk or table, fetched 61. 13s. ; two others and a stool brought 3/. 3s. The two last days were for the sale of the conservatory plants and miscellaneous articles of furniture, stock, and imple ments of husbandry, and household requisites, all of which sold remarkably well. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: SIR,—As it appears that considerable difficulty has been experinced in the selection of an eligible site for the Wellington Statue in the metropolis, where one of a similar character already exists, permit me to propose an appropriate position for that noble production of art, in his Grace's native land, where the only monument hitherto raised to his glory, though finished even to the pedestal, continues at yet incomplete, owing to the want of a colossal equestrian statue. I allude to the " Testi monial" in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Doubtless the splendid trophy would be gratefully received by the people of Ireland, and the suitable gift remain a perpe tual record of the liberality and judgment of the citizens of London. HIBERNICU S. Nov. 17, 1846. SOUTFIAMPTON, FWDNIGHT. —The Ripon, ,steam-Ship, with the East Indis mail and 90 passengers for Alexandria, was to have left this afternoon, but in consequence of the rough unsettled weather, she will not weigh anchor until it clears up. THE CAPACITIES OFT HE NEGRO RACE. Among the negro race, with all their disadvantages, many examples may be adduced which prove their intel ligence, ingenuity, and bravery, and indicate• that under other circumstances they would not be of that inferior grade which they are now said to be. Among these ex amples there is Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Napoleon of the blacks. He has written his name in history. There is also Lislet, a negro of the Isle of France, who was named Corresponding Member of the French Institute, on account of his meteorological observations. A negro, likewise, named Hannibal, distinguished himself as a colonel of artillery in the Russian service. The Ameri can United State of Maryland has produced two emi nent blacks. The first of these was named Richard Ban neker. the author of an almanack, and celebrated for his astronomical calculations. The other was named Fuller, and was an extraordinary example of quickness of reck oning. Being suddenly asked, for the purpose of trying his powers, how many seconds a person bad lived who was 27 years and some months old, he gave the answer in a minute and a half. On reckoning it up after him, a different result was obtained. " Have yon not for gotten the leap years ?" said the negro. The omission was supplied, and the result of the sum then agreed with his answer. Thomas Jenkins, the son of an African king, became a stipendiary Scotch schoolmaster, in structed himself in Latin and Greek, and finished his studies at college. Lntt Cary, a Virginian slave, in structed himself, made himself useful in business, saved money, purchased his' own liberty and that of his family, and afterwards assisted in founding the African Colony of liberated blacks, 'at Cape Mon• semi°, of which settlement he was elected vice agent. Phillis Whtatl-y, a young negro girl, a slave at Boston, manifested much talent as ts . poetess : she also translated from the Latin. Paul Cuffee, another Boston slave, accumulated a considerable property by trading in merchant vessels, manned with blacks, and also distinguished himself as a friend of the civilization of Africa. The chiefs of the " Amisted Captives," as they were called, whose story is mentioned at length to the American work of that worthy philanthropist, Joseph Sturge, appear also to have been intelligent cha racters. But we must not forget to mention Placido, the bard of Cuba. This negro patriot and poet, although less celebrated,was of a like spirit to Toussaint L'Ouver ture. Delighted, by his verses, the young men of Havannah subscribed together, and purchased his release from bondage. Placido, however, not only thought but felt. He desired to emancipate his race. In 1844, he was arrested and executed, as the chief of a con spiracy formed in Cuba, for the purpose of arousing an insurrection of the negroes. On his way to the place of execution he held a crucifix in his hand, and repeated aloud a solemn prayer in verse, calling upon God to rend the veil of calumny which was cast around him, declaring he was transparent be fore the Divine, but ready to submit if it was his will that men should blaspheme his dust. At the fatal time he exclaimed, " Farewell, world ! there is no pity for me. Soldiers, fire!" His body was pierced with five balls, but remaining unkilled, he pointed to his heart and cried, "Fire here 1" and fell dead, as at the instant two balls entered his breast. Thus perished. Placido.—People's Journal. JOSEPH ADY AGAIN. On Friday, Joseph Ady was brought up in custody of police- constable 57 11, and placed betore Mr. Ballan tine at the Thames Police-court, on a charge of obtain ing 20s. by a false pretence, from Mr. Henry Bourne, Vice-President of the inland department of the General Post-office. Mr. Bourne stated, that on the 27th ult., he received one of Joseph Ady's circulars, which represented that the writer could inform him of something to his advan tage, value 100 L and upwards, on receipt of 20s. for his costs and trouble. He replied by letter to this commu nication, that he had no objection to pay the fee de manded, provided Ady engaged to return the money if he did not derive the advantages held out, or some ad vantage equivalent to the sum paid. In consequence of that reply, a person waited upon him with a letter, con taining several lithographed papers, lists of next of kin, extracts of Acts of Parliament, and other matters, with - . various references to Sir Peter Laurie and the Lord Mayor, and said he was deputed by Ady to ask for 205., and when that sum was paid, Mr. Ady would give the required information. Witness declined to pay the money then, but subsequently waited upon Ady at his own house, and was accompanied by his son. He asked Ady for the information, and paid him a sovereign, for which Ady filled up a litho graphic form of receipt, with a view of the Bank of England on the top of it. The receipt, which the witness put in, was mail by Mr. Ballantine as follows : " Received of H. Bourne - , this 16th day of November, 1840, the sum of 205., as a consideration for my costs and trouble in obtaining the information, .which fee I engage to return, on its being satisfactorily shown that no benefit results amounting to 1,0001. and upwards."— (Laughter.) After Ady had given the receipt, he asked him fur the information. Ady replied, " No, I never give it verbally, friend." He inquired why he objected to do so, to which he replied, that he always sent his infor mation by post, and that he could not tell whether pro secutor was the per,on he repre s ented himself to be; and if he gave him the information he migl.t obtain pro perty to which he was not entitled. On the following (lay a letter, containing an enclosure, was left at his re si,t(gice by a private hand. The enclosure was a litho graphic statement that a certain assurance society was an illegal one, because clerks order.; were connected with it, :old adv:sid him 0 , get rid of his interest in it as soon us possible.—(L:Lughter.) Mr. Ballantine—Are you a clerk in holy orders? Mr. Bourne—No, Sir. Mr. Bagantine—Did you ever derive any benefit from the society in quistion ? Mr. Bourne said he held several life policies in the society, which was a fburishing one, and published its accounts annually. There were clerical directors and clerical members, of high respectability, connected with the society. In cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the prosecutor said he derived no benefit at all from the information. He admitted that the condition on which he paid the money was, that it was to be returned if the information was not advantageous. _ _ Mr. Pelham vi7;es proceeding to put some further ques tions, when Mr. Bourne said he did not expect such a mode of examination would be adopted, and that he had come forward on public grounds. Mr. Ballantine was satisfied the prosecutor's motives were good, and said the solicitor had a right to ask the question he had done. Mr. Pelham said he would not act with discourtesy to the prosecutor, but as he had put the prisoner in the dock as a criminal, he must prove him to be one if he could. He asked Mr. Bourne if any time was specified for the return of the money if the information was use less. Mr. Bourne said there was not. He demanded the return of the money by letter, and that failing, he went to Ady's residence that day, and made a personal de mand of 205., and not being able to obtain it, he gave My into costody. He was promised information worth 1,0001. and upwards. The information he got was worth nothing. Mr. Ballantine found that Ady quoted several Acts of Parliament relating to clerical gentlemen holding shares in joint-stock companies, and finding the prosecutor belonged to a society, advised him to sell out. The case wan in a nutshell ; was there a false pretence or not ? Mr. Pelham submitted there was no false pretence. The question was whether the information already given was worth 20i. or not ; it was known to all the world that 20s. was Ady's free or giving information. Ady had already furnished the gentleman with information - , and more was to be decided in future. There was no particular time agreed upon ; it might be a week, or a month, or a year, before Ady would be enabled to afford the information which was to be advantageous to the prosecutor. Mr. Ballantine said this was not a case of false pre- tence. Mr. Bourne said he had a charge of assault to prefer against Ady, who forced him out of his room when he demanded his money, and Mr. Ballantine said he might have a summons ; but he was subsequently advised by M r . Symons, the chief clerk, to defer his application. Mr. Ballantine said the prosecutor could summon Ady to the Gairt of Requests for the money.—Ady was then diFcharged. MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BANK, 76, WELBECK-STREET.—Established July 5, 1830. COXPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. Sums invested with Open Deposit National Debt On Nov. 20, 1840 .....A c e i ( 2 7 6 n. Commissioners. 80 ts £253,167 1841. 184 . 2........ 13,349 28.5,382 1843 14,130 319,496 1844 ...... 1845 16,201 356,954 1846 .. ... and Act .1. FINNEY, Secretary uary, ---- —A very REPRESENTATION OF MA NC H EST ER. to whicb Mr. John Brig ht, M P. (the gentleman proposed was nu merousbei meeting don wr e d o n f e e s ldeac3t.orsof evening,tli e a borough r e o e f T M r a a n d c e b i t l e: chester at t rsons were present. Mr. G. Wilson, late to succeed Ahler.,n3exfatreklePchtiiolnip)s, m. a , s as re in p v r i e t s e e d n . tat Fr ive om of Man. D o 0 to 4,000 pe chairman of the League, presided. Mr. Absolom Watkin (a borough magistrate) proposed the following resolution:—" That this meeting of the Liberal electors of :lie borough of Manchester, gratefully acknowledging the distinguished services of - :r. John-Bright, M.P., in the recent struggles for commercial freedom, and enter tertairing a high tense of his talents and public conduct, resolves that he is peculiarly qualified to represent this borough in Parliament, and pledges itself to a ta s k p e ee tt e ll h requisite steps for securing his return." Mr. Alderman Bird seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Bright then addressed the meeting in which occupied nearly an hour in the delivery. If he should be elected, he could only promise them a zeal which few could surpass him in the support of these principles with which he was connected, and which hi i had espoused. The only question p u t t o M r. Bright was by be for ah4awodorbkui years.ne f l man cr h e connectednamed question t e h o w G - he G eorge l " i m I If t a th ß e ill la b b e our introduce of m ale d i thatfac toryinto the Hous e o f C ommons to females and young person °t tr put a t o te was, hours a day, would M r . B r i g h t support it?' Mr. Bright said, that the Bill o f t h e past sess i on was a Bill .0 limit the hours of l a b our o f young persons and females—that is, young persons from 13 to 18, and women of all ages. It must be cl ear th a t su ch a r es t r i c tion would put a n en d to all labour. If men were not included In such re strictions, he should, on principle, oppoies inch a mem eew wi Lax who int stated go sure. A committee of upwards- of 300 gentleman was appointed to carry into effect the foregoing resolution when the proceedings terminated.