The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

(11, NENV B. 0 THHREE• yesterday wir sales were eats' mericau for' d.; 450 Permit* 5d.; 100 Egg lid. to 3d.. 111 and prices well packet Exprok )ber, and supPll iterest not given o. The rat irg e arrival o f . gre ater import ad entert'° .o ovcr-saPP 4 port duties dir, into force OW :et may be sur f to shippers °, chat can be th r entered del isumption. states th ° de had bee ° oda was 1 101°6 ier, " it is truly' cult of a on: face of a yf r „ he year liru e : id." It I n % think for all ,t the conclatil many . Pa t;e to r province of compla in " b y one or it: all we ha 1' Long creci i There the opu s vestment in s which API; Such a oyste .e tranquil e lly pe is not au d t er , A' arriving 1 7 idential else ° , e chances of C$ s vmely easy, , o ig a that the 1 3 a 6 r d Int. As we 0 )receive that if could be Ine re ,;( a the iateres , " I I pe that no oc ter ye', 4 l ing th e ouirf b , 871 to 1. New Th r the Three 11 1 , , n at 395. to 4 n• dull. Scsr Cen t, per Cso, ,s., 24i to 11 at 75. Da" 71. active, but 0 , ;mat West e ue r some few 01° t . T .10 41 , 4 14 lai 66'4 87 1 , 1 164 $ 95, 13 ,04 ,ft 36 1 4 1c 2d. 4 51 40 45 P 39 P 451 1 42 c Loo-,4, 3 . 0 1 2 1 L 11 ' 5 '2 0, 0 .ondon. 41) C OS / h a , CK. rid j 5/ •••• 00000 ~ .., 1 1 ..-- " t 9 ..- .04 ..... •••• 10 ...' 4$ ... 57 6 .•••• , ..•••• 1.• I," . 0 . ..0 .00 I 424 1 1 .. 3 9`4 I,i r•••• el. , ,•••••• ....., , / N• 6 4 ' 000000 ...... t•• •• • . 21i ..- ...... / ...... ~ . ..... ..... 474 ..... ..... 481 ) , ..... ' ..... -I ..... ....... i 4,~i ..... ....' •• .. 4 ••••• ... ,a••• .... l•••• ..... ••• ...,.., •••• a.' •••• ~, •••• ...,.... 2 5 ..• ...... 1.••• ...,... e•• ....... le •• ..o• London and. N. We4.tern 100 11 7 14 116 1 ;2- Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New ....... 7 Ditto, Fifth 2 ..._ Do. 40/.Sh:tres(L.M.) 25 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A- 9 Do. 10!. (11.. & B.) B. 9 ...... ..... I)0, 101. ( L & B.) C. 1 ..... 2%..• ...... Lend. & S. Wt- stern 5O Do. Now 50/. ..... 42 1 ,x.. .. Naw 40L. 34 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... •••• 40 D:tto. Third-&........131.65. 8d . Do., New Scrip, 1848, P, ef. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...IL 13s. 4d... ...... ....... London, Salisbury, and Londonderry &CA' deraine , 28 3 / 4 Londonderry and Ennis . 2714 . ... 4owestoft (4 per ct.) . ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 Manzheiter,Bulr.tou.and Manchester, Sheffield, 7 t~ and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto•ditto (No. 2)... 25 Dittiditto (No. 3) ... 10 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ........ 13 Ditto ditto ....... Ditto . Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 .. Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — Midland' ..... ... 77 1 / 2 , 77 Do. Consolidated l'ref.loo Do., do.i 50/. Shares.- 20 ... 9 1 13 VI ••• • • ••• • Do: Bum., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brig. & Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... ...... 14/. 18s — Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. alum Islewcastleand Carhsie...loo Do. Quarters 25 N e wmarket •••••••• . .. 20 .. ,Do.,Extension Newport, •Ahergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... ... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor . . 20 Norfolk ............ ..... ....100 'Do. New 201. ... lO Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 — Do. Gu4ranteed 5 1 ,4 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Wavenoy Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 Northfißritish ........ ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% .... Ditto, Thirds .... .. North & South-Western 2 ...... North' Staffordshire l 5 North Wales ... ...... -.. 3% — North-Western ........ 10 Oxford, Worcester, and • Wolve:hamptonr....~ 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 ...... •• • ..... ••• - Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Son. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Rim... 9 ... • •• . Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 Shrewsbury and llerefd. 2 ... .. Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l 7 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8% ...... .. ... Ditto Oswestry ..... 17 3 / Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. I'ref 10 Shropshire Union South Devon 5O ... .. - • --- •••• ______ ' Do: Preference South Staffordshire 6 14 — ...... •••••••• South Eastern Do.. No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. .. 22 Da., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales 2B South Yorkshire, Don- caster, and Goole Swans. & Longhor & Ca- _ meron's Stni. C0a1.... 6 Tax Vale Extension . 8 Thames* Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17 1 / 2 . ..... Vale of Neath . 4 Waterford. and Kilkenny 17 I/4. •••• WaterfOrd'and . Limeriek 47 Waterfil,W2cfrd,Wieklw, _ and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. . Guaranteed ...... D - do. do. ... 25 o. do. do. 10 .. ..... West Cornwall ...... ...... ti West London ....... . 20 Do. Do. Ist Class ... ‘ , O Do. Do. 2d Class 20 W hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... .. 25 ..... ......... too. Extensiox No. I. 15 ........ Do. do. No._2. ... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 Y,r and North Midland 50 Ditto l i refeience ...... 10 tv.,4l,st and W est hid ing Extensitn • , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 4 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 Ceylon % ..-- Demerara Dendre Valley 4 — Direct Bo m b ay an d Madras ss. • ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7I 4••• •••• —" " .... .... East Indian 8'A..... .i ...... - •••• • Great Indi an Peninsular 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% — L ux ,embourg..... 7 ..•••• - Ditt0..................... 10 ...... 1% Madrid and Valencia... 2 ...... . t ., l4l alßTarand Liege -Northern of France...." 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... Parks and Lyons ll ••• •• ~, De. Do. . lO Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ...... 20 .....• Paris and Str as b ourg ... 9 JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Australasia .. Undo!) & Westm'n3 , ar. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditt0,New........... ... 2 1 ' — • ••••••• 14 3 / 4 LLoyD's SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) IJONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind, light breeze and fine. ttEAL, Nov. 29.—Wind W.S.W., moderate; P.M., fresh.—Arrd. Maria, Clark, Callao; Victoria, White, Buenos Ayres; Falcon, Mairs, Demerara; Phcenix, Meekle, Honduras; John Bull, Duffield, Montreal; Flo rentia, , MiLillan, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Bro thers, Boston. Put back, Stratford, Mauritius; Lady Flora, the Cape and Madras. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Hannah Bartlett, Miramichi. NEWltaiErt, Nov. 29.—The Sea, La Fayette (Swede), from St. Übls, got on shore here, and has become a total wreck; two of the crew drowned. SWAN SEA; . 'Nov. 29.—The Arrietta has becothe a total wreck ;. crew (except one man) saved. RAMSGATE, Nov. 29.—The Reliance, for Leghorn, has put back leaky, and the crew refusing to proceed. WA.TERFOR D , Nov. 27.—Wind W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. John Bell, Carroll, Quebec; Boreas, ditto. LIMERICK, Nov. 28.—The Gem, bound to Liverpl , 1, IN'as totally lost at the mouth of Galway Bay on the 21,-t instant; two of the crew drowned. FL:mot:mu, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Emma, Spicer, Quebec; Roslin Castle, Sadler. ditto. PALMOIITH, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Express packet, Brazils, Bailed liii Q Janeiro 15th of October. BELFAST, Nov. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. American, , — ,,.audirsr, New York ; Mary Hudson, Graham, St. John's, ew nrffinswick ; S a r a h Graham, Demerara; Chris ti ST C owes, Quebec. °Tocirrox N 29 —Wd W.S. re : • ov. . a"Pcao,••Hirrison. St. John's, in New BrunsWwick..—Arrd. Mary SIIIELD, Nov. 29.—The Colussus, of and for New Y°lk etliofil grounded on the Narrows yesterday , was got 4 oil the following tide with five feet water in her hold,.- has been laid on the mud, and is discharge imag .her cargo. During a very heavy gale fro m vv.& W. last night the Queen, for Barbadoes, and the Drake, of Dundee, for the Mediterranean, drove foul of each other ; the former lost cutwater, stanchions, &c., and the latter received considerable damage. Yeamount, Nov. 28.—The Princess, from Sunder land t o L ondon, which got on the Cross San d on t h e 27th instant; has got off and will proceed. LIrrLEHAMPTON, Nov. 23.—The Baltic, of Guern se y , bound to 4 on d on, whilst warping out of the harb our after repai r i ng , drifted on a shoal, became beneaped, thumped heavily, and now lies sunk a little to the west ward Of the harbour. POET LOGAN, Nov. 28.—A small iron-bound cask, containing about twelve gallons of whisky, and markt d on the end " Glos. M`Lannan, Lough Gilhead, was washed on shore near this place yesterday. HULL, Nov. 28.—A loaded schooner, with painttd sides and black mastheads, was in contact with the New sand Fluattng Light yesterday. A very heavy gale Was experienced here last night. _ EXMOUTH, Nov. 28.—The John and William, here from Tarragona, with decks swept, loss of bulwarks, staechions, cook- house, and chain bolts started, huviag experienced heavy weather 16th instant, in let. 41, long. 11. HITEHAVEN, Nov. 28.—The Peterel, of and for the Clyde, fro m Girgenti, was spoken 25th inst , 50 milts b)ftutCape Cle ar , w i t h loss of mainmast an d d ec k s swept, wanting no assistance, and intending to put into 1.17 1 -A 10 5, L j a 38 27 ... ..... 14% 21 1 % 9% 25U 22 3 % 241 i 2514 11% 6% 20!i T S TN, LONDON, 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Harlequin, Demi rara; 1 mil„ Cope, Philmiclphia, with loss of tore r2,at;t, &c.; Ilel,ll and Francis, Coffin, New York; Slier brooks, Kent, Quebec. DUBLIN, Nov. 28.—Wind W.-27. Arrd. Bolivar, White, Quebec; Perseverance, Leeds, ditto. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.—Wind W.N.W. to S.S.E.- 28. Arrd. Woronsco, Mitchener, Baltimore; Metory, Crosby, New York; Montezuma, Kendall, Montreal; Michael Antonio, Clemente, Newfoundland. 29. Reso lutions, Evans, Maranham; Royal Albert, Balderston, Islay; Richard Cobden, Banel, New York; Rhoda, 'Thomas, Montreal; Achilles, Morris, Quebec. Off port, Mischief. QUARANTINE NOTICE. St. Michael ' ', Nov. 27, 1848. Sir—lnstructions have been received here from Lisb )n by our Health Officers, to enforce the following regula tions in this Fort: — Ships arriving here from ports infected , with the choler:., sent to perform quarantine at Lisbon. Ships with cases of cholera on board not admitted in any Portuguese port. Ships from snspected ports to perform quarantine here from fifteen to five dap. (Sign. d) Jos. 11. DART and Co., Lloyd's Agents. Cap' am G. A. Ilalst( d, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) STICKER V. THE EARL OF LIMERICK. This ectio:► was brought to recover 1051. on a bill of exchange drawn by the Earl of Limerick and accepted by his lather, the late Lord Glentworth. The bill was endor:ed by the plaintiff, a:vvest-end tailor, in satisfaction of his claim for clothes supplied to the noble defendant. Isis() Mr. Percy and his brother, who lived with bim at the time. When the bill became due it was dishonoured, the noble defendant being on the continent, but on his return to this country he opened a fresh account with the plaintiff, and ran up a bill to the extent of 2001. He then paid 100/. in liquidation, as it was alleged, of the total amount including the bill in question then due to the plaintiff, but it was now contended that the 100/. was to have been placed against the new account, con• tracted subsequently to the noble defendant's return from abroad, while the bill itself was altogether repu diated on the ground that he was not of age at the time it was drawn. _ _ _ The jury, however, returned a verdict for the full amount claimed. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BIIRCHELL ) CAMPBELL V. JENKINS. The plaintiff in this action is the owner of a vessel callod the Latimer, and defendant is a merchant in the City. The action was brought on a charter party for the delivery of a cargo of wheat from Marseilles. It appeared I,y the evidence that the vessel arrived at that port in August., but defendant's factors did not think it prudent in the then state of the market to freight the vessel; the consequence was a delay of fifteen days beyond the twenty-five " lay days" for taking in and delivering the cargo, and which he was required to stay by the charter party. There was also a ten days' demurrage. The factors having refused to perform the contract on the part of the defendant, it was neces• sary to take • proceedings in the courts of law at Marseilles at an expense of 41. 18s. 6d. Another freight having been obtained, there was a loss of 91. 3.=. 7d. The plaintiff also charged IL 10s. as a premium on 501. for money borrowed by the captain, the factors not having advanced that sum according to the charter party. The total amount claimed was 1361. 6s. 9d. The defendant having suffered judgment to go by de fault, admitted his liability, and the captain having proved the payment, &c , the jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. FROOM V. SMITH. The plaintiff was a looking glass manufacturer in the Strand, and the defendant is an attorney in New Or mond-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of 171.2 s sd. for goods sold, and work and labour done. The only question raised was whether the action ought not to have been brought in the County Court. Mr. PRENTIS contended that it was a case which ought to have been brought in the superior court, al though no defence was now made, and asked the Learned Under. Sheriff to certify to that effect. The UNDER SHERIFF did not think that he had power to certify, not being a judge, but only an officer of the superior court, and all he bad to do was to return the the record and verdict. Mr. Withers, the defendant's clerk, applied for the writ to be retained till next term. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that he saw no ground for doing so—there could be no question as to the verdict. about to leave the country, and that the bill was a spu rious one. Mr. Paul Bedford End Mr. Manby denied that the signatures to the bill were theirs. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Several witnesses gaveiliim a good character. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up, and The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering, knowing the bill to be forged, but not with intent to defraud. Mr. Justice COLTMAN—That is tantamount to a ver dict of acquittal. The prisoner was again lindicted with forging and uttering, knowing it to be forged, a bill of exchange for 301., purporting to be accepted by Mr. Msuby, the secre tary of the Society of Civil Engineers. This bill he got Mr. Swinford to discount, who gave him 28/. 10s. for it. Mr. Manby denied that the acceptance to the bill was his. On cross-examination, Mr. Manby stated that the prisoner had been working for thst institution, and when he finishcd certain work there would be about 371. due to him. Mr. BALLANTINE addrssQd the jury for the prisoner, Mr. Justice COLTMAN sutnined The jury found the prisonor. Guilty, but strong'•y rf.commended him to the m•r:iful consideration bt: the Court. Mr. ROBINSON said ho was instructel by the prose cutor also to recommend the prisoner to mercy, believing him to have been in great distress. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said he would consider of the sentence he would pass upon the prisoner. NEW' COURT ( Before the RECORDE n.) Jane Bailey, aged 29, spinster, and James Birnett, aged 2t, labourer, were charged with stealing a writing d.-sk containing 371., and various articles of , jewellery, the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Nortbcroft, lodging house keeper, of 52, York-street, Marylebone. The female prisoner, on the 15th and 16th of August last was employed as a dress-maker at the prosecutrix's house, and while the prisoner was at work, the prosecu trix told her that a desk which stood on a side table contained all the valuables she possessed in the world. On the 17th the desk was missing, and the pro secutrix suspecting that the female prisoner knew what had become of it had her taken before the magistrate, but the evidence against her was not sufficiently strong to warrant her detention. Subsequently, however, two five pound notes, part of the 371., were traced to the male prisoner, lit ho had been in the habit of visiting the female prisoner at her lodgings in Tottenham-court road, and that circumstance, coupled with the fact that a few days previous to the disappearance of the desk. the female prisoner admitted to her landlord that she had not a farthing in the world, while some short time afterwards she paid 4! for rent, and, together with the male prisoner, seemed to be in the possession of a good deal of money, led to their arrest and joint committal on a charge of stealing the desk in question. Mr..CLARKsort defended the prisoners, and contended that the case was one of suspicion, and nothing more. The RECORDER having summed up the evidence, 'the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy. The RECORDER saw no grounds for the recommenda tion, sad sentenced them to seven years' transportation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SIR C. NAPIER'S SQUADRON.—PORTSHOUTH, WED NESDAY.—It blew a heavy gale with squalls of rain from the westward last night, which made the squadron under Sir Charles Napier get their top-gallant masts on deck ; the wind has somewhat lulled, but it still blows strong, with foul weather, therefore there is no probability of the squadron putting to sea. The Rifleman hoisted the white ensign and pendant yesterday; she is now in dock " all standing," and will come out again about the Ist of December. The Superb, 80, was re-commissioned at 11 A.m. to day by Captain E. Purcell. Her marines were embarked from Clarence-yard at:the same time. She paid of yes terday in an unprecedentedly creditable manner, wh;ch speaks more for the character and discipline of the prew than volumes of eulogy could. She had not a man drunk or disorderly out of the entire crew (720). Two men were indebted to the Crown (instead of having money to receive) for slops, &c., and were ordered on board the Victory, to work out the amount each respectively owed, but their shipmates came forward and made up the money, and it is a question which was the happier of the two parties—Jack relieved or Jack relieving. The Rfleman, screw steam schooner, Lieutenant- Commander S. L. Crofton, was docked this morning to examine some leakage which has been manifesting itself in her run, near the propeller. This vessel has been placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and consequently hoisted a white ensign and pendant this morning. The Plumper screw-steamer, Commander Nolloth, completed her adjustment of compasses this morning, and her crew were paid two months' wages in advanee. Letters have been received here from Woolwich, stating that the Arrogant; 46, screw-frigate, in her pas sage from Deptford to Woolwich, on Monday, went eight knots through the water. The Monkey tug pre ceded her at starting to tow, but it was soon evident she was only in the way. The Arrogant steered easily, and answered her helm quickly. The log was hove three times; both the line and glass having been carefully looked to beforehand, there was no mistake therefore ; bout this nelooked-for achievement in point of speed. Mr. Penn, the engine -maker, was on board at the time; the engines answer admirably, and work most perfectly and harmoniously. After next springs a trial down the river, with guns and seagoing stores on board, will be made. Her trip on Monday augurs well. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, arrived at Madeira from this port on Monday, the 13th inst., last from Plymouth, whence she sailed on the 3d. She was placed in quarantine on her arrival in consequence of the cholera being reported in England. She sailed again on Tuesday afternoon, and will touch at St. Ni cho!as and Sierra Leone, whence she proceeds to Ascen sion. She had several cases of sickness on board, but chiefly colds occasioned by changes of climate. She experienced very bad weather in the Bay of Bii.tay. The Peterel packet arrived in six days. She only re mained long enough to get provisions and water. The labourers and artisans of the dockyard were mustered this afternoon by the Admiral-Superintendent and principal officers of the yard. As it is customary to do this at the end of every quarter, no surprise would have been excited had it taken place a month later; but in the middle of the quarter it has caused anyt hing but a pleasurable sensation, those most concerned anti cipating considerable reductions. APPOINTMENTS. Captain the Right Hon. Charles Philip Earl of Hard wieke (1824), to the Vengeance, 84• gun ship, at Naples, vice Lushington, to the superintendence of the Bombay marine. The gallant Earl and family left Southampton yesterday in the Euxine packet for Malta. Captain Edward Purcell (1828) to the Superb 80-gun ship, at Portsmouth. Captain Purcell took up his ap pointment, and hoisted his pennant on board the Superb, yesterday morning, in Portsmouth harbour. The Superb is to have the reduced complement of 466, officers and men, at present. Commander William C. Aldham (1844), at present in the Vengeance, to the Superb. Commander Aldham will return to England on being relieved. Commander John W. Tarleton (1846), to the Ven geance, 84, vice Aldham. Commander Tarleton takes passage in the Rosamond steam-sloop, from Plymouth, to join his ship. Surgeon—J. Lardner (1838), to the Superb. Paymaster and Purser—G. V. Oughton (1807), to the Superb. Mate—George Pidcock, to the Hastings flag-ship, in the East Indies. Assistant-Surgeons—Geo. Duncan, M.D. (1845), G. E. Nicholas, M.D., to the Superb; E. Lawless (1845), to the Mohawk steam-vessel, on the lakes of Canada. Clerk-in-Charge—G. L. A. Warren, to the Ardent steam-packet on the Mediterranean station. • Midshipman—J. G. C. Evered, to the Superb. Master's Assistant—J. P. Clements, to the-Superb. Cleik's Assistant—John Weeks, to the Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth. Carpenter—George Johnson, to the Superb. Boatswain—W. Smith, to the Superb. Augustus J. Kingston, who was acting mate of the Acorn, 16, paid off some months since, from the E ist Indies, and who passed in seamanship January, 1848, but whose name does not appear among the 100 mates in the Navy List, by authority," has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Commander William K. Hall, promoted some months since has been appointed to study steam, at Woolwich. Midshipman Harry Huxham, to the Inconstant, 36, at the Pacific. Gunners—William Buckle (acting), to the Excellent; Joseph T. Earl, to the Illustrious, ordinary depot.ship at Portsmouth. In our naval intelligence of yesterday we stated that " A rather curious incident took place with regard to the Sampson. It has been a standing order ever since the Amphion, 32, Captain James Pellew, was blown up in Hamoaze, Plymouth, for all vessels to remove their powder before coming into any harbour containing an arsenal. It has been repeatedly violated ; but, by way of exemplifying Shakspere's adage of keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the sense,' the Sampson's powder, to prevent accident,' was taken out abreast of the dockyard, with her steam still up, atter she had been four hours in harbour." This is an unfounded statement. The steam was not up when the powder was taken out of the Sampson. So soon as the vessel was made fast the fires were all raked out, and this was done at least one hour before the powder ma gazine was opened ; and not only was the steam not up, but we can positively assert that every fire, including even the fire in the captain's cabin, was extinguished some time before they commenced to " take out" the powder. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.—The following is an extract frt in a letter written by an officer on board her Majesty's ship Plover, and received here on Friday last:—" We arrived at Madeira on the 16th February, after a most boisterous passage—nothing but heavy gales of wind ; and had the old craft not been a good sea boat (being so deep in the water), I tear very few would have been left to tell the tale. We lost our head-rails, and were other wise very severely knocked about. After repairing damages, we sailed again on the evening of the 17th, with a fine breeze; but in getting under way, the fort fired three shots at us. We immediately hove to, and the first lieutenant went on shore to ascertain the cause, and found that the governor directed the officer in c, m mend of the fort, to be placed under arrest (by our con sul's request), fearing the fire might be returned. On the first lieutenant's return sae made sail, and got to the Line in twenty-five days, but were detained eighteen mor e by ca l ms an d ligh t winds ; crossed the linein 18 deg., 58 sec. W., and got the S.E. trade, ss ith fine weather, until we got off Rio de Janeiro, when the weather became very bad, and on passing the River Plate, came on to blow vet) , 'hard, and on nearing the WEBB V. BONNEY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 201. for rent of premises in Pimlico. The defence was that there had been a joint tenancy on the part of the defendant with a person named Beaks, and that they had become bankrupts; and it was sub mitted that the present action would not lie. Mr. TURNEII, the plaintiff's attorney, said that ought to have be en pleaded in abatement. The UNDER•SHERIFF said the decimation was that the defendant was indebted, and it was clear he was; and in the absence of a specific plea a verdict must go for the plaintiff for the amount. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURV. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN. , td MANSLAUCIIITER.-John Donnovan, 18, escribed in the calendar as a labourer, was indicted or the man slaughter of Christopher Broderick, on the 26th of June last. Mr. RYLAND appeared for the prosecution; and hav ing shortly stated the case to the jury, called the follow ing witnesses: — Charles Sexton—On the 26th of Juno be and his wife were in the Poplar-road, about six o'clock in the evening Saw the deceased, Christopher Broderick, there, who was rather intoxicated. The prisoner was also there. Witness saw him knock the deceased's bat off ; the deceased did not attempt to pick up his hat, but kicked at the prisoner, _ who appeared to fall on his head. The prisoner, on getting up, struck at the deceased, when he fell right down. The prisoner then ran away. Witness then stooped down and picked up the deceased. There was a wound on the right side of his forehead, which was bleeding. The deceased was then insensible. The side on which the deceased lay was the one on which the wound was in his head. Witness took him to a medical man, and afterwards to the Loudon Hospital. Witness, about three weeks afterwards, saw the body of the deceased at the hospital, and at once recognised it as the body of Christopher Broderick. Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—CouId almost swear to the prisoner as the man that struck the deceased. Had pointed out another man as the one who struck the deceased; but it was dark when he did so. The prisoner worked at the same place with the aims!. Re-examined by Mr. RYLAND—The prisoner was the man who struck the deceased. . . . .. Mary Ann Sexton, the wife of the last witness, cor roborated his statements. _ _ Robert Westfield, a policeman, stated that he was on duty in the Poplar-road on the night of the 26th of June. Saw the deceased fall on his left side. Saw the prisoner and another young man go down a court close by. Witness went after them, but could not overtake them. Saw enough of the prisoner to know he was one of the men. Took the deceased to the doctor's, and afterwards to the London hospital, where he died. Donnovan gave himself up to witness's sergeant last Saturday night. Cross examined by Mr. PAYNE—Witness took a man of the name of Mahoney into custody in consequence of information he received from Sexton. This was at the - latter end of July, or the beginning of August. It was dark at the time that Sexton pointed out Mahoney to the witness as the man who had knocked down the deceased. In a minute afterwards Sexton said ho was not the man. Hands, an inspector, stated that the prisoner gave himself up to him on aturday last. He said it was an unfortunate affair.. He was very sorry about it, and wished to be tried for it. On witness reading the coro ners' warrant to the prisoner he said he did not strike the deceased, who came squaring up to him, and he pushed him with his open hand, when he fell down; he then saw blood coming from his head, and he ran off down the court, as he was frightened. Mr. Peter Gowland, the house-surgeon of the London Llospital, recollected the deceased Christopher Broderick Leirtg brought to the hospital on the 26th of June. He had a severe wound over the left eyebrow, but not a serious one, He went on well for some time, when inflammation supervened attended by erysipel is which ended in death. By Mr. Justice COLTMAN—SUCh a wound as that upon the head of deceased might have been occasioned by a fall. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that the charge in the indictment had wholly failed. The prisoner was charged in the in dictment with causing the death of the deceased by striking him on the head with a brickbat. There was no evidence whatever that any brickbat was used, and the probable thing wes that the deceased, who was in toxicated, came reeling tup against the prisoner, who pushed him away with his hand and caused him to fall, when the wound was inflicted that caused his death. Unless the jury were satisfied that the prisoner had a hard substance in his hand with which he struck the deceased, the charge fell to the ground, and no twelve men could convict him of manslaughter. Several very respectable witty ases gave the prisoner f a most excellent character for humanity and peaceable conduct. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up et some length. The jury Acquitted the prisoner of the charge.of man• slaughter, but found him guilty of en assault; and Mr. Justice COLTMAN sentenced him to one month's imprisonrnt'nt and hard labour. F ORG ERY.—Edward Culijord, 24, described in the cal. nder as a lithographer, was indicted with forging a bill of exchange for 231., with intent to defraud a person of the name of .Swinford, a lithographic printer, by whom the prisoner was employed. Mr. Robinson conducted the case for the prosecution; and from his statement, and the witnesses that were culled, it appeared that the prosecutor was a lithographic printer in the Strand, and the prisoner was employed by him. The prisoner bad also loans from the prosecutor, and he had discounted bills for him. On the 13th of last March, he produced the bill in question, and asked the prosecutor to let him have 201. for it. It purported to be accepted by Mr. Paul Bedford, and to be endorsed by Mr. Manhy, the secretary of the institution of civil engineers. The prisoner stated that he bad received the bill from Mr. Bedford in the settlement of an account. The prosecutor then gave the prisoner two 10/. notes for the bill. On the 2d of June the prisoner wrote to the prosecutor from Gravesend, stating that he was THURSDAY _EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 184 g, Falkland Islands (within miles) the weather became en boi..terous that u e were driven off ninety miles, and obliged to reduce our water to a pint a man per day; h,pi,ever. hy carrying on, we at last arrived, on the Gth or May, after a tedious passage of eighty days, without seeing any laud. The establishment does not appear to improve, although the colony is increasing in numbers. We left the Falklands on the 13th of May, and arrived at Callao on the 4th of July, after a good passage of forty-six days, and found the Asia, with - a flag of Ad • miral Hornby. We remained here a few days for the arrival of the Panama mail, expecting Lieutenant Pullen to join us; we sail to•day (10th of July) direct for Baring's Straits, as the Herald is gone before us with our interpreter and boats. We are all very happy and comfortable on board; the old craft won't sail, although the leak is stopped at last. The captain does all he can to ensure the health and comfort of every one, and with the pleasing anticipation of falling in with Sir John Franklin and his party, we hope to be home again some time next year. _ . \VOOLWICH, Nov. 29.—The Arrogant steam frigate, 46 guns, was taken into the basin here yesterday. to receive her guns on hoard, and is now under the shears for that purpose. Her armament will consist of six 8 in c h guns of 65 cwt. each, and nine feet long, and 22 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each, and nine feet six inches long, on the main -deck; two 68-pounder guns of 95 cwt. each, and ten feet long, and 16 32-pounders of 32 cwt. ach, and six feet six inches long, on the quarter-deck and forecastle, with a crew of 450 men. She is to be takyn round to Portsmouth, to be commissioned by Capt. Fitzroy at that pert. Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent; Mr. Ward, M.P.; and Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.13., visited Woolwich dockyard yesterday, .and were present with Captain Fitzroy when the Arrogant was taken into the basin. The members of the Dockyard Committee of Revision have concluded their examination of this dock yard, and visited Deptford dockyard to-day, to enter upon the examination of that naval port. The result of their labours here is not yet known, but there is no doubt their recommendations will have a beneficial tea dency and prove of advantage to the public. It would appear that all the perquisites, such as logs of wood for the fires of the residents in the dockyard, will not be al lowed in future, and the principleof paying certain stated salaries adopted without any extras whatever. This ar rungs 'went must be more satisfactory to, all parties, and prevent many abuses and deatruction of public property by careless servants who were aware their masters had not to pay for it. Convicts for Van Diemen's Laud- 114 convicts, re• moved from Wakefield House of Correction, were put on board the Hashmemy hired convict ship yesterday, opposite the Woolwich dockyard, for conveyance to Van Dierneu's Land. Captain. Ranisbettom, of the 99th Re giment, and an ensign of the 85th Regiment, proceed in her, having the charge of a convict guard, consisting of one sergeant, one corporal, and thirteen privates of the 11th Foot, and two sergeants, two corporals, and twenty six privates of the 99th Regiment. TIIE CAPE OF GOOD HOPN STATION.—Her Majesty's ships President, 50, Captain Stanley, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Dacres, was in Simon's Bay on the 28th of September; with the Nimrod, 20, Commander Bel grave; and the store ship Seringapatam, Mr. Russell, master, R.N., in command. The Arab, 12-gun sloop, Commander Morris, sailed out of the bay for Singapore, to join the squadron of Rear-Admiral Collier, on the 26th of September. The Southampton, 50 gun frigate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, on his way to the Cape to relieve Admiral Dacres in the command, was spoken with on the 9th ult., in lat. 10.38, long. 25.1, W., all well. The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, was at the Mauritius. The Brilliant, 26-gun corvette, was at the Mozambique; and the Dee steamer transport was at Algoa Bay. NAVAL STATISTICS. The following is a return of screw steamers which have had alterations made since the first plan approved of by the Board, with cost in materials, labour, and loss of time:— The itattler.—Launched, April 13, 1843. Expense when launched on the hull, 13,5261. Expense since in curred for alterations, repairs, &C., up to March 31, 1848—(Hull) 7,505/. repair and altering to screw in 1845 and 1846. The Phoenix (late paddle-wheel steamer, altered to a screw vessel in 1845, with new engines, &c.: it is impc,a sible to state the expense or cost of such alterations, as the eccounts are not kept distinct from the charges during the building, repairing, or fitting).—Launched, Sept. 25, 1832. Expense when launched on the hull, 14,714/. Expense since incurred for alterations, repairs, &e., up to March 31, 1848, 6,9g61. The Dwarf.— Purchased, 1843. Expense when launched on the hull, 5,866/. Expense since incurred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848, 1,5531. The Fairy.—Launched, March, 1845. Expense when launched on the hull, 12,3631 Expense since incurred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848, 9,510. The Amphion.—Launched, Jati. 14, 1846. Expense when launched on the hull, 36,115/. Expense since in curred fur alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848, 13,2111. The Conflict.—Launched, Aug. 5, 1846. Expense when launched on the hull, 20,4961. Expense since in curred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848-6,3451., not complete. The Encounter.—Launched, Sept. 5, 1846. Expense when launched on the hull : 19,7341. Expense since in curred for' alterations, repair,s, &c., up to March 31, 1848, 5,5781., not oomph te. The Niger.—Launched, Nov. 18, 1846. Expense wht n launched on the hull, 1,1440/. Expense since in curred for alterations, rericas; &c., up to MairCh 31, 1848. 4,9331., not complete. I The Itifleman.-I.aunchett Aim. 10, 1846. Expense when launched on the hull,i 8,8851 Expense since in curred for alterations, repairs',' 'B6c., up to March 31, 1848-2,3941., not complete. The Teaser.—Launched, June 25, 1846. Expense when launched on the hull, 5,9741. Expt nse since in curred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848-4951., not complete. The Dauntless.—Launched, Jan. 5, 1847. Expense when launched on the hull, 28,907/. Expense since in curred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848-3,1501., not complete. The Termagant.—Launched, Sept. 25, 1847. Expense when launched on the hull, 34,2631.; to March 31, 1848. Expense since incurred for alterations, repairs, &c., up to March 31, 1848-3,0921., not oomplete. The Arrogant.—Launched, April 4, 1848. Expense when launched on the hull, 39,573/. The Simoom.—Building. The Vulcan.—Buildie,y, The Greenock.—Building. The Megmra.—Building, Admiralty, July, 1848. THE RUMOURED ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT WALWORTII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—You will oblige me by correcting a report in your paper of an attempted murder of a wile by her hus band, as the whole is void of foundation, no cries of mur der being heard, no distirct blows, nor threat to murder; neither was Mr. White obliged to force open any door, nor was I found calmly looking on. Mr. White did not find his sister lying under any table, nor any wound on the right temple or other parts of the head. Unli ss the same be corrected immediately steps will be taken to prove the libel. Yours, Ste., GEORGE CROME. 126, Hill-street, Walworth. [We received the report from a casual reporter, from whom wo have occasionally received information; but we shuil never again permit any of his reports to appear in The Sun.—ED.] SEIZURE OF AN ILLICI T DISTILLERT.—Yesterday Mr. E. Thomas and Mr. J. Vanstone, excise officers, w e nt to a house in Wate r l ane, Hackney, and having gain , d admittance at the front door, they procecdod to make an examination of the premises. and in the back room on the ground floor found a large copper still, set in brickwork, which had been recently worked off, with a small quantity of illicitly -made spirits. The rest of the working had been removed by the men belonging to the place. There were about 100 gallons of molasses wash prepared for distillation, a number of tubs, pipes, and the general stock in trade of a contraband distillery. Two females were found in the house, who gave , the names of Phccbe West and Ann Brown, the latter of w h om was recognised as an old .offender, having been detected in a similar transaction in 1847, when she suf fered three months' imprisonment. Both women were given into custody. While the excise officers were in Louse, preparing to dispatch their seizure to the excise warehouses, a gentle tap was given at the door, which was opened, and a man bearing a bag of molasses en tered, who was also given in charge. INFLUENCE OF LEVEL ON ASIATI C CHOLERA.—Let us now ask ourselves this question—Why is it that there was such an immense majority of cases on the south side of the river? I answer —On account of the low level and the warm, damp atmosphere, and the scandalously bad drainage resulting therefrom; to whieh I might also add the filthy riser water consumed by the inhabitants. A river's bank implies a low level; and if that low level be increased in extent, it augments the difficulty of proper drainage, and encourages that stagnant, clsise, and moist atmosphere which diminishes the vital energies of the system, and predisposes to disease. I have ascot tamed the levels of most of the parishes ravaged by the ch , ,lera, and find that in all, except St. Giles's and Marylebone, the level is low, and is generally corresponding with the diffusion of the epidemic. Extensive districts on the other side of the water are under high water mark; the Bricklayers Arms is six inches below that lsvel, and the Obelisk in Blackfriars-road is only 5 inches chose it. Lambeth is built upon a marsh. The parishes on the north bank are generally on a higher level than those on the south bank, though still very low. Chelsea Hospital is only 11 feet 7 inches above the level ; other situations aro much lower : the watt r in the park at St. James's is 5 feet 1 inch below the level ; Westminster, next the river, is univer sally low. Limehouse, Shadwell, Eatcliff, all are low ; the highest measurement that I have obtained, that of St. George's-ie-V e-East, being 30 feet. Even the London Ilo.pital, Whitechapel, nearly 1 mile from the river, is only 36 feet 4 inches above the level. The exempted arishes are on a high level and pour the filth of their sewers into the low level districts where it is kept in a state of suspensicn by the flow of the tide, and poisons the health of the inhabitants.-111edical Times. THE REV. FATHER MATIIEW.—The members of the North Star Temperance Society have received a letter from the " Apostle of Temperance," which con tains the following gratifying announcement—" fly health is tow, thank God, completely restored, and 1 anxiously look forward to the fulfilment of my ardent desires in the ensuing spriult. I have already commu nicated with the high-minded people of America on the subject." THE ANNUALS FOR 1849. THE KEEPSAKE. Edited by the Coun tess of Dies- sington. Adorned like its predecessors with a gorgeous binding of crimson and gold, and graced like them with a profusion of admirable engravings, miscella neous tales, and graceful verses, " The Keepsake" for 1849 has made its appearance. The names of its accomplished editress and of her distinguished colla borateurs are sufficient evidences of its literary at tractions. Lady Blessington has contributed an interesting, but somewhat improbable " Tale of the late French Revolution"—the revolution of February. Mr. Bernal, M.P., has written a yet more improbable chapter on "Conrad, or Fatalities." Thackeray has told us in his own humorous way of "An Interesting Event," by the instrumentality of which Mr. Smith lost bis dinner at Budgeon's after having arrayed, himself in his very best attire and given three-and • sixpence for a pair of white kid gloves, and moreover after having refused an invitation to the Topham Sawyers, and thereby lost all chance of Miss Henrica Haie and her six thousand a-year. " Cyane" is a graceful fairy tale by Mrs. Owen, based on a foundation somewhat similar to that of the inimitable " Undine." Mrs. Romer's " Scene on the Shannon," which relates to an Irish murder, and the extraordinary manner in which it was brought to light, is, as may naturally be inferred, a tale of interest and horror; nor is the story of " Madeline Cape!, and her scheming Guardians," possessed of in ferior attraction for the lovers of the horrible. Among the many light tales:which fill the pages of the " Keep sake," are contributions by Mrs. S. C. Hall, Miss Power, Mrs. Newton Crosland (better known by her popular maiden name Camilla Toulmin), Mrs. Abdy, and Isabella and Georgian& Munro. Of the poems scattered over the pages of the " Keepsake," among which are verses by Mr. Milnes, by Albert Smith, by Lord John Manners, by Mr. Denison, M.P., and others, the best, without d ou bt, are th e lines by Dr. Beattie, on the " Fountains of the Place de la Concorde " fountains erected on the very spot where the guillotine once stood—and some exquisite verses by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, " The First Violets." After eulogising the peculiar and perhaps, somewhat ideal beauty of the first violets when newly discovered, when at their sight and scent " All June seems golden in the April shies." the poet, concludes his panegyric upon the violet, in the following sad, sweet lines—lines which re peat an " oft-told tale," a lamentation for the evanescence of early dreams, but a lamentation never before more delicately and exquisitely expressed : # "Brief•lived first flowers, first-love. The hours steal on To prank the world in summer's pomp of hue ; But what shall flaunt beneath a fiercer sun, Worth what we lose in you ? " Oft, by a flower, a leaf, in some loy'd book, We mark the lines that charm us most :—Retrace Thy life—recal its loveliest passage ;—look, Dead violets keep the place." The engravings which adorn the " Keepsake " for 1849 are of very superior excellence. Among the most attractive are the portraits of Lady Constance Gower, Lady Elizabeth Lascelles, Mrs. Maher, and Lady Georgians Coddring ton. The skill of the artist, the delicacy of the engraver and the great beauty of the lady have in each instance contributed to render these portraits among the most pleasing content's of the " Keepsake." " A Steamer entering Folkstone Harbour during a heavy gale," will also excite great interest, albeit an interest of a somewhat different character. Views of Paris, and fancy pictures complete the pictorial con tents of the " Keepsake " for 1849, which will, we doubt not, be kindly welcomed in the drawing-room and boudoir. I James Wilson is suspected and arrested. Mary Bar ton is subpcenaed to give evidence on the trial. On her appearance in the witness-box, Wilson buries his face in his hands, heartbroken, because he thinks that she who never loved him, must hate him now, believing him to be the murderer of her lover. We will not spoil a most exquisite passage by giving a fragment of Mary's evidence. It cannot fail to elicit the admiration and the sympathy of all who read it. " All her falser self Slipt from her like a robe, And left her woman." All her coquettish vanity, all her ambitious dreams forgotten, she avails herself of questions opportunely put to her, and in a simple, artless, but unhesitating language, tells the st o ry of her love. The judge, the jury, the eager listening crowd, are all forgotten, she only sees the heart-broken prisoner, and hastens to efface the memory of her former misconduct, and afford him the only consolation in her power. She who had refused James Wilson when he was blessed with friends, and fortune, and prosperity, stands forward in the open court of justice to own her love for him when universally ex ecrated, and all but condemned to death. Said we not rightly that the author of " Mary Barton" lays bare, with a masterly hand, the secret movement of the heart ? After what we have said, it is surely not ne cessary to co:nmend "Mary Barton" to the attention of our readers. - - - GLIMPSES of the BEAUTIFUL, and other Poems. By James Henderson. Poetry is übiquity, and that übiquity both in the actual and ideal universe. Wherever the grass grows or the sunbe ams g li tter, wherever a life moves—be it the life of a gnat or a leviathan—wherever a mind thinks, or a heart throbs, there is poetry. The chil dren of the frozen north and of the sultry south have alike the blessing and solace of poetic faculties, they have their scops and their scalds, their bards and their troubadours. The influence of Apollo is felt in either extremity of the hemisphere, like the palpita tions of the ocean— " - icing the pole, Or, in the torrid zone, dark heaving." We have here a book of verses, filling 192 pages, from the hand of a citizen of Glasgow. Must of the contents have already appeared, according to a statement made in the author's brief and modest pre face, in the columns of the public journals ; but, as they will doubtless prove new to the majority of the readers in England, that circumstance cannot militate against the book as a novelty. Several of the verses have struck us as being characterised by an odd vigour, such, for example, as the " Theme of the Thoughtless," at page 26, in which the writer reveals a surprising facility both in the trickeries of rhyme and rhythm. Others of the effusions, such as " The Clouds" (p. 92), " The Dream of my Heart " (p. 145), and " The Ocean Graves " (p. 161), evince considerable powers, both of pathetic feeling and graceful composition. A want of space, at the present moment, alone prevents us from affording, by a lengthened quotation, some notion of the poetical abilities of Mr. Henderson. SOMETHING FOR THE CHILDLEN ; a Gift Book for all Occasions. By J. W. Green, with Il lustrations by George Meesom. Mr. Green is already favourably known to the juvenile public as the author of many excellent works. The present is, perhaps, the best that he has yet produced ; it might well be entitled something of everything—moral tales—natural history—tales of travel—accounts of various cities and water ing places both in England and on the continent, all are to be found in this admirable little work, and all written in a plain understand able yet most captivating style, which cannot fail to make the work popular with children. Mr. Green is the Peter Parley of the old world. The book is beautifully illustrated by Meesom, and is one of the nicest presents that those who like "to take something for the children" ca❑ make to them. THE COMIC ALMANAC for 1849. Edited by Horace Mayhew. Illustrated by George CruUshank. This is the oldest, and still continues to be one of the very best comic annuals. The robe of Rigdurn Funnidos hath fallen worthily on the shoulders of Horace Mayhew, who hath here dished up a rare banquet of fun, for which George Cruikshank has provided the plates. FUNERAL or SIR JOHN !BARROW, BART.—The funeral of the venerable Sir John Barrow, Bart., took place yesterday forenoon, when his mortal remains were removed from New-street, Spring-gardens, for interment in the Camden Cemetery, belonging to the parish of St. Martin-in-the Fields. The funeral cortege consisted of a; hearse and four, and two mourning coaches. The mourners were Sir George Barrow, Bart., Mr. J. Bar row, Mr. P. Barrow, sons, and Mr. R. B. Batty, grand son of the deceased, the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P., and Sir Ben jamin Brodie.' KING'S COLLEGE, ABERDERN.—The Senate of this college have unanimously re-elected the Earl of Elles mere Lord Rector of the university. CAFTAIN AIARRTAT AS A MIDSHIPMAN.—On the 23,1 of September, 1506, he entered the navy a; a first class boy, on board the Imillrieuse, 44 guns, commanded by the illustrious Lord Cochrane. During his service urnler this gallant officer, which lasted until the 18th of October, 1809, he took part in more than fifty engage ments, in which many ships of war and merchant men were cut out, off the coast of France and in the Mediterranean. Iliving chastd a ship in the Bay of Arcupon, which sought safety under the guns of a battery, Lord Cochrane resolved to cut her out, and young Marryat was one of the boarding party. He followed closely the first lieutenant «iho headed the expedition, and who at length, after his party had sus tained a severe loss, succeeded in gaining the deck of the enemy. He had scarcely done so when, struck by thirteen musket balls, he fell back a corpse, knocking down his follower in his fall, who was trampled on and almost suffocated by his shipmates, who, burning to revenge their leader, rushed forward with im p( tuous bravery. The vessel captured, an examination took place of the bodies of the killed and wounded. Marryat numbered among the former, and being in a state of stupor, was unable to deny the doom assigned to him. But soon arrived the surgeon and his assist ants, and with them came a midshipman who bore no goodwill to Marryat. This worthy youth, seeing the supposed lifeless body of his comrade, gave it a slight kick, saying, " Here is a young cock that has done crowing! NVell, for a wonder, this chap has cheated the gallows!" This salutation, with its comment, re vived the almost expiring energies of the other, who faintly exclaimed, " You are a liar!" a retort which, notwithstanding the melancholy scene around, produced a roar of laughter.—Bentley's Miscellany. HERRING AND SPRATS.—Wednesday morning, three Avoch boats sent to the Inverness market a large quantity of young herring and sprats, caught during the night off Bunchrew, in the Beauly Firth. The former were sold at ten for a penny, and the latter were still cheaper. In a very few hours the market was cleared— the cheapness and novelty of the article induced many of the visitors to make small investments. The boats had also a few grown herring, which were early disposed of. This is the first capture this season of young herring and sprats in that neighbourhood. Yesterday several boats had successful takes in the Moray Firth, between Munloehy Bay and Cbanonry Point, some of which were brought to the Dingwall market today, and sold at twenty for 6d.—Rcss-shire Advertiser. THE OIL FISIIERIES.—The vessel Truelove, ar rived from Davis' Straits, has brought 74 tuns of oil and three and three• quarters tons weight of whalefins ; and the vessel Abram, also arrived from Davis' Straits, has brought 35 tuns of oil and two tons weight of whalefins, the production of that northern region. The vessel Herefordshire, errived from Newfoundland, has brought 387 casks of oil, 4,648 seal skins, and some packages of other skins, furs, fish, caplin, berries, and cranberries; the vessel Hazard, from the same place, 320 casks of cod oil, one cask of seal oil, and some packages of cod sounds; and the vessel Friendship, also from St. John's, New foundland, has brought 324 casks of oil and other mer chandize, the production of that coast of North America. GUTTA PERCIIA.—This article continues to be kn• ported in very large quantities, in order to meet the numerous and extensive demands which are made for it to be appropriated to the very many purposes to which it is aow found to be applicable. A vessel just arrived in the decks from Singapore has brought what we believe to be the largest importation which has bees made at one time, consisting of 3,294 packages, 710 l u mps, and 10,441 blocks of the article. BRISTOL A FREE PORT.—As a striking proof of the good effect of the " free port " measure which has been recently carried at Bristol, we may mention that during the past week the foreign arrivals were quadrupled, whilst it was intimated by the first American ship which has arrived under the new tariff that several ships in the different harbours of America are loading for that port. Comment on these facts is scarcely necessary. STEERING COMP/Mi.—Captain Sir Samuel Brown has invented a reflecting, or we should say rather a reflected compass for ships to steer by , an d the Admiralty have ordered its merits to be tested on board the St. Vincent, 120, flagship of Sir Charles Napier. Mr. Biddlecombe, the master of that ship, i s to h ave charge' of it, and to report his opinions with respect to its use and applies bility for service in the navy. We shall endeavour to describe it. At the top of a metal staff some seven or eight feet in height, placed on a stand (altogether some thing similar to the stand of a fire-screen) is a compass slung as an overhead compass, with the face downward; about five feet further down the staff (the same height from the deck at which the binnacle compass usually stands) is a projecting circular disc of looking-glass or highly-poliahed steel, which being placed on the same plane, and exactly opposite the card of the compass at the top of the staff reflects it; and it is by this reflected card that the man at the helm (or wheel) is to steer. The principal object of the invention is to place the compass clear of all local attraction, so that the needle may tra , verse in its true position. Captain Sir Thomas Brown had it on the platform at the King' Stairs, in this dock yard, on Tuesday, and explained its properties and uses to the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral the lion. Sir Bladen Capel, and likewise to Rear Admiral Superinten dent Prescott.—Deeenport independent. SUBSTITUTE FOR CREAM IN TEA OR COFFEE.— Best the white of an egg t o a froth— put to it a very small lump of butter, and mix well; then turn the coffee to it gradually so that it may not curdle. If perfectly done it will be an excellent substitute for cream.— ' Sidney's Emigrant's Journal. THE BOOK OF BEAUTY. " The Book of Beauty for 1849," like its last year's predecessor is also styled the " Regal Gallery," for it also is filled with portraits of the Queens of England. Whether or not these portraits be very accurate likenesses, we are not able to say, but very certainly they are well fitted to take their places in a book of beauty. The twelve royal ladies here pourtrayed, with hardly three exceptions, are conspicuous for their exceeding loveliness a loveliness to which the various artists—Bouvier, Corbould, Wright, Newen ham, and Warren, have done ample justice. Sir W. Ress's very excellent likeness of her Majesty forms the frontispiece to the "Book of Beauty." Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, the terrible Isabella of France, wife of Edward 11, the gentle Anne of Bohemia, good Queen Anne, Katherine of France, whose broken French is so familiar to us as set forth.by Shakspere; Margaret of Anjou, the gal lant defender of a hopeless cause; Elizabeth of York, Margaret of France, Katharine of Arragon, and Anne, the Queen of James 1., are the eleven royal ladies whose portraits adorn the "Book of Beauty," and whose very interesting and most diversified memoirs constitute its literary contents. Let not the lovers of the light literature with which Annuals ordinarily abound, shrink back in alarm from an Annual filled with history, for we can assure them that the various memoirs from the pens of Lady Blessington, Miss Power, Mr. Curling, Mrs. Owen, &c., are no formal historical epitomes, but most interesting, agreeable, and amusing chronicles of anecdote and adventure. The "Book of Beauty" is, as usual, bound in blue and gold, and more truly deserves the appellation of a book of beauty than any of its predecessors. LITERATURE. MARY BARTON; a Tale of Manchester Life. 2 Vols. " Mary Barton," unpretending as is its appellation, is, without doubt, one of the most interesting, and in many respects the most admirable, of the many works of fiction which have recently made their appearance. A work of fiction we call it, for the narrative is, of course, fictitious, but the characters are life-like, the pictures of humble life are real, and, above all, the passion and the pathos are eminently truthful. To give in a few words the best description, and the highest eulogium of "Mary Barton," we may say that it affords a most graphic sketch of the habits and thoughts and feelings of the important class to which it relates— one of the most important classes of the community— and, at the same time, in the most delicate and mas terly manner it reveals the secret workings of the hu man heart, which are the same among all classes. From the very first chapter of the first volume, where we join the humble tea party at John Barton's hos pitable board, we feel ourselves actually mingling in the scenes of which we read, we inhale the smoky atmosphere of the manufacturing city, we join in the jovial mirth of the factory-workers in their days of plenty, and we sympathise most heartily in their despairing desolation, when idleness has succeeded to employment, and starvation to prosperity. "The short and simple annals of the poor" are here set forth by one well fitted for, and well worthy of, the task. Nothing is "extenuated," " nor aught set down in malice." 'I he wrongs and the wrong-doings of both employers and employed are gently touched upon, and those wrongs and wrong-doings are most effectively illustrated by an awfully tragic incident—an inci dent which throws a gloom over many pages of the narrative, but which at the same time invests it with most heart-thrilling interest and a most solemn beauty. Not the sorrows of the poor only employ the loving hand which has inscribed "Mary Barton, not the sorrows of the poor only draw tears from the eyes which dwell upon its pages, the chapter which details with a most horrible minute ness the incidents which transpired in Mr. Carson's mansion on the evening of his son's murder, is, per haps, one of the most natural pieces of writing that ever was penned. Our space will not permit us to enter more fully into the merits of the story. We must bestow one remaining consideration upon the heroine herself. She is well worthy of all consideration. The character of Mary Barton, as here portrayed, affords an inimitable illus tration of the complicated workings of a woman's heart. Mary is not described as an all-perfect he roine : early deprived of a mother's care—spoilt by an indulgent father—conscious of great personal attractions, Mary is for a time unworthily influenced by coquetry and ambition. She scorns the affection of a noble-hearted youth in her own sphere of life, who is devoted to her, and for whom she, in spite of herself, entertains a most tender regard, and thus doing violence to her natural inclinations she listens with satisfaction to the loving professions of Henry Carson, the son of the great proprietor, , her am bitious desire of becoming a wea lth y " lady' render ing her wilfully blind to the worth of the man she really loves, and the worth lessness of the " gentle man" who is deceiving her. It is not our purpose to epitomise all the history of M ar y Barton, but there is one "situation" towards the close of the narrative which possesses such powerful and unusual in terest, and which is, in fact, in every way so admirable, that we should hardly consider ourselves as doing justice to the author of " Mary Barton " it' we did not, however briefly, allude to it. James 'Wilson, Mary's humble lover, declares his affection, and meets with a most decisive rejection from his ambitious mistress ; but no sooner are the words uttered, and Wilson has left her in despair, than Mary's woman's heart triumphs over her girlish vanity ; she feels that she loves Wilson, and would give the world to recal her words. It is too late, however, he is gone, and the same woman's heart which would rejoice over his returgnftolmrebidase lover,herto and recz,ailhts in him. allinalroystdihsompieslseesss heranxiety"gentleman" for chance to reveal to Wil son what she dares not volunteer to tell him. Our brief summary does but inadequate justice to this most truthful delineation of those "Hopes arid fears which nourish hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long." To come, however, to the grand scene, the master piece of the novel—Henry Carson is murdered, and MEMORANDA OF A BY GEORGE J. 0. AL' " Notes, notes, forsooth, an No. 111. SEBASTIAN BACH. • • If Music possesses among the works of her numerOtio Expositors any that deserve to be, and will doubtless be, immortal, they may truly be said to be found in greater abundance among the writings of this the greatest theoretician that ever breathed. And these works will prove their own undying worth from the very principle which they contain—the living essence of .trueis, of science, and natural feeling—truth, which extends over countless worlds and immeasurable time—science, which is the foundation and the resolution of that which is and that which will be —and natural feeling, which creates the emotion to understand and appreciate the uttermost sublimity of thought. True it is that the French taste for the unreal instead of the true and solid science, and the Italian natural instinct, if I may use the term, for a simple rhythmical form of melody, which so vilely influenced the European schools of instrumental music, had very nearly spread its baneful effects on the family of this glorious old iuguist, for it did not escape the infection, and his " well•tanopered clavier" was forsaken for the flimsier and less satisfactory works of Ilullmatalel, Schobert, and Paradies ; but-- these dear buts how opportune they are—but it was only for a time. The honest, deepbrowed old organist —the Milton of Musicians—the culosral king who towered above all in the realms of music, was sought for and found, the period of usurpation and neglect bewailed—yes, sought for aid restored " to his own again," like the Swiss champions of thtir superstitious age, with deep penitence ; for he who was calmly, even sadly, awaiticg, as in the silence of the tombs, the moment when he should be summoned—he, both in his heart and in his art a Prophet, ANEW that the time must arrive—to claim and recover his olden, his rightful heritage, and was it otherwise? 0 World ! 0 Time ! I ask ye! If ye could reply your solemn voices would cry with the deep clangour of the eternal trump, " Aye!" for To•day he stands before ye and us; his gigantic form, as vigorous, unlessened, and unhurt by the neglect of the one and the devastating doom of the other of ye, as the youngest enthusiast who crowds with worshipful heart to honour, and whose spirit breathes, while it partakes, of the Immortality of Joint SEBAS TIAN Bacet ! And shall we not say the same of the To morrow ? Verily we may a little vary the beautiful thought: "Death! ere thou halt kill'd another Wise and great and good as he Time shall aim a shalt at thee." THE HARP. The harp is generally, and with every apparent truthfulness, considered to be the most venerable musical instrument extant; for from sacred history we learn that Jubal (the seventh in descent from Adam) was deno minated the father of all those who wcke strains from the kinnor or lyre. David, the second Israelitish king, was a great master of the harp, and the instrument upon which he performed before Saul was called in Hebrew " Kinnor" or " hazeer," meaning an instrument of ten strings; and no nation has equalled the Ancient Britons in their veneration of, and in the perfection which they attained on the tilyn. It formed an important adjunct to all Druidical processions and religious celebrations. Giraldus Cambrensis, who flourished about 1180, wrote, " Travellers in Britain (Wales) who arrive at early hours are entertained by the conversation of young women and by airs on the harp all along the evening, for every family of but little consequence possesses its damsels and harps assigned for that purpose!" The present harp in use in Wales contains three rows of strings, invented in the fourteenth century, the extreme rows tuned in unison, the middle bearing ti,le flats and sharps. M. Simon, a native of Brussels, invented the pedals rather more than eighty years ago, and it is to M. Erard, who improved considerably on the inventor, that the credit of introducing the double action is due. This is simply effected by each pedal raising a note either a whole tone or a semitone, which renders the instruments of the present day almost perfect, for their compass exceeds six octaves, and the pitch can be raised or lowered by means of the pedals, ready at the per former's pleasure, while the most di flieult compositions Hof Beethoven, &c., can be played on them with as muck ease as on the pianoforte. WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THE OPERA? Opinions differ as to the time when the first attempt to establish the opera was made. But most incline to believe that a Florentine poet named Einuncini composed a kind of serenata or musical pastoral called "Daphne," which was performed with so much success, that he afterwards wrote the opera of .Euridice, which was re preseeted at the Teatro Reale di Firenze in the year. 1600, on the occasion of the espousals of Henry the Fourth of France and Maria de Medici. The music, which was considered to have contributed mainly to their fame, was written by a composer by name Jacopo Peri. An opera entitled L' Orfeo, Favola in Musics (Orpheus, a table, with music,) was produced in 1607, and is believed to have been the first that was ever printed. But how opposite to modern operas was the construction of this drama. In its representation the accompaniment of the whole orchestra was very rarely required, the airs sung by the various performers being assisted by a few instruments of different kinds assigned to euch character, so that if one heroine had several airs to sing, these airs would ull be scored similarly—so with the rest of the pet-antler. The overture was merely a brief prelude, about eight or twelve bars, all a breve time in length, and to this, which was played over thrice beflire the rising of the curtain, succeeded the prologue, which, by orthodox regulations, consisted of five dia logues in recitativo, which acted a part like the chorus in the Greek dramas, and explained the argument of the play, to attract attention arid enjoin silence. The opera then commenced with a dialogue in recitative, delivered by a shepherd, which was directly followed by a chorus in five parts in strict counterpoint, accompanied by all the instruments, which the singers were directed to follow. Other, and semi•choruses, were sung, accum yanied only by guitars, violins, and flutes. There were no solo airs, but recitatives, choruses, ritornellas or symphonies, trios, and duets formed the whole of this opera, which concluded with a Moresca, or Moorisk dance, by all the characters. A STRAIN FROM TIIE SICK MUSICIAN. Fair Artemis! thy pale, chaste beam is glancing Into my chamber, through the lattice panes Its stream of argent light keeps ever dancing, Like fairy feet upon enchanted planes; While I, upon my sick couch, fevered, lie, And feel my fever vanish while thou meet'st mine eye! Etherially fair art thou!—not glaring With the red glow that paints the face of day! But pure and holy art thou, never scaring Those who thy presence seek, with frowns, away! But rather smiles ineffable dust shed, With which the Spirit of the Beautiful is fedi 0! pensive Queen! I gaze upon thy beauty, And, on nay restless couch, I turn and sigh, I close mine eyes, their lids fail in their duty; They WILL NOT slumber when thou'rt shining by. The wakeful vigil which thou now dost keep Bath banished from my bed the Angel-form of Sleep! Yet, do not quit thy path of lucent glory! I hang upon thy smile, so calm, so bright, As Mortals on the dreamy Poet's story, Drinking the Essence of his wondrous Light! Thou art my Spirit-lore! for thy cold kiss Woke Passion first within my breast! 0 Artemis! G. J. 0. A. MOZ ART. The musician of Saltsburg was not more undeniably the possessor of extraordinary and unmistakeable genius than be was of a firm yet becomingly modest respect for his own judgment in that divine art in which he so pre-eminently excelled. So great were every one's ex pectations raised in favour of his opera "Die Emporung" (II Seraglio), that the Emperor Joseph the Second m a d e point of attending at the theatre on the ni g h t of its first production. A t the termination of the p e rformance the Emperor , com mandin g the composer a presenc e , sa id to him, " Your opera is a very f ine one , my dear M ozart, but you must confess that it is somewhat overcrowaled annoefr what at to produced ente h im is s eo n, theii. ta with notes!" " Exactly as crowded, Sire, as I intended it should be," replied our composer, at the sa me t mdaeukieneg i his bow own in knowledge such am expression he intended to convey. HANDEL. In my Memoranda, No. 2, I related a circumstance illustrative of Handet's love of good cheer, but I did not call to mind at that time the following trait in the character of this wonderfully inspired musician. Pos sessing a great appetite, he required uncommonly frequent and large su[plies of sustenance. Whenever he dined alone at a tavern he used to bespeak dinner " for tree!" (three). At the appointed time he would ask, " Is de tinner reaty?" and on receiving the answer, " As soou as the company come, Sir," would reply smacking his lips," Con strepito, den pring up de tinner prestissias, Ibe de gombany!' How true is the r!fiection— - . " Tempora rectantur—" and, even as Horace discovered its truth a thousand years agone, so do we now, and that " Nos mutamur in illis," is as veritable a fact as when that Great Satirist flou rished. Only pause for a moment to think if our Mo dern Timotheus were to give way, before our young and beloved Queen and her Court, to the vehemence of th a t anger to which , it is said, he frequently did before the Prince and Princess of Wales. Nevertheless, it is true, if the Maids of Honour or any other fetnide attendants talked during the performance of the oratorios at Carl ton House, so that their voices reached our composer, he not only, it is feared, swore, but called names, and yet at such times the Princess of Wales with her usual benig nity would exclaim, " Hush hush I Handel, is la a passion." POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION On Monday last Dr. Bachhoffner commenced a course of appropriate and highly interesting lectures on elec tricity for the purpose of showing its scientific and social bearings. The principal feature in his lecture, as may be imagined, was the application of this agent to light giving purposer. In his experiments be succeeded moat admirably in keeping up a steady light, equal to 250 wax candles. The result was most brilliant and effective. The learned Doctor very properly stated that it was not his object to depreciate the labours of those gentlemea who were securing their discoveries by patent right, but merely to show by the usual experiments of the lecture table how valuable such a light would be could it ever be rendered permanent and economic. The leQture room was crowded by a highly respectable audience, who appeared to be greatly delighted by the 1 3 roi esso e s , discourse. S iaMat/It -;et _ , ~~~:~~ ":4 4, -, • kth:l4l . " cr. Z. -,