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In la 4 ' r), by a de e d a at as he ' I , and had la 0 : fohn Milli 0 , 1 , ,habit wi LP ' making pz in order , c) , Lfe, after 1 a' ace to Eli $l/ 4 1 was filed IU e ground tb ,t /6 Dr was large nstances, a or no good oe void. On ' tr, England, II I ; Did as agave at appeal a 9" art the 01 01e DAY.; day in 11 eat' was instituted Lust her blue' , to set a side tember, 18421 been obtained 42 obtained • a the grou.ndl ion purpor teo .ustees for the/ by the plstie" ent as against ; DAY.) GLAND.) Drning, stated . ivate room 9 lady and her ht it right 0/ ho injunctio o from hawini issolved, aDd Master to , ar BRUCE.) )-day, but 1 0 rt during the tAx.) cases of the Marquis 0 : the paper tu arguarell . to 'toper, w 12. 1011 ty. ; DAY.) .nding in tie considered 15 1, he bad to certiorari for a prohibitio v. Lordships , r ?m under PI o 201., givi l3 ,r te Court h e !“ , by the plan: jurisdiction of so the WOO Y.) Was abandoned Atogether. The present case was pre cisely- of a similar nature. The plaintiff was employed 98 w eeka in assisting in the, construction of bri-lges and culverts, &c., on the Berkshire and Hampshire Railway, at the rate of 11. a week; he receiv, d several lumping sums on account, and the balance which was due to him consisted of salary and partly of some expenses inci dental to his employment, and amounted to more than 201. But he reduced the debt, withr.ut, altogether abandoning the balance, so as to avoid brieging the action in a superior court. The particulars of demand were disputed by the defendant. The CHIEF JUSTICE said the demand was as simple a one as could well be, for it was made up only of a running account of wages at so much a week, and of travelling expenses incidental to the plaintiff's employment. The ease involved no complexity such as to require its removal to this court, and was just a case of that nature which would probably be referred to some gentleman for decision, if put down for trial at Nisi Pries. The gentleman before whom the case would come in the County Court was, perhaps, the most competent person to Inquire into the matter. Ttie Court were, thcrefure, of opinion that there should be no certiorari, but a rule !night be taken with respect to the prohibition. Rule nisi accordingly. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) DUKE OF BEAUFORT V. SMITH. This was a part-heard case. It came before the Court on a demurrer, and the question involved in it was whether the Duke of Beaufort, as lord of the manor of Kilvey, was entitled to a toll of 4d. per " wey" on coals carried over his Lordship's lands for exportation from the adjacent, harbour of Swansea. Mr. M. SMITH, on the part of the plaintiff, rested his ease principally on the fact that this toll bad been levied by the Duke of Beanfort and his ancestors, as lords of the manor, for a period of upwards of 300 years. He submitted, therefore, that their Lordships would presume that the payment in question was an im memorial payment, unless some reason to the con trary were shown. He submitted also that before the statute of Quia Emptores it was possible there was a custom in the manor that fourpence per " wey" should be levied on all coals which should be dug and exported. It was an axiom in law, that every prescription wus good if it could be shown that it had had a legal origin ; and he contended there was sufficient to show that the cus tom in question had had such a commencement. The lords of the manor had the intervening land between the collieries and the shipping place at Swansea, where the coals were exported, and that he submitted was a good foundation for the origin of this toll. Mr. Baron ROLFE said, did this afford evidence of an immemorial payment; if it did, could that payment be supported; and if so, did the documents show that? Mr. M. SMITH said it was a matter of admiration that the documents bearing on the point, which had been ransacked for a period of three hundred years, were found so entirely uniform. So early as the years 1664 and 1675 there was a perfect description of this toll, in certain leases under those dates. It was described as " fourpence for every wey of coals dug in the lordship of Kilvey and exported over the bar at Swansea." Mr. ASPLAND, on behalf of the defendant, admitted that this payment was neither claimed as a duty, a simple tali nor as a manorial custom; but was evidently com pounded of a ll th ree of them. The very mode in which the plaintiff claimed it, he submitted, was an indication of weakness. (The argument was proceeding when our report left.) BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) HARRISON V. DYS In this case Mr. Keene had obtained a rule nisi call lag upon Mr. Dyson and the Lords of the Treasury to lil °vi by what right they demanded and received certain fees from the public, but yesterday the Attorney-General applied for an enlargement of the rule, on the ground that the fees were of great antiquity, and it required some time to collect evidence to establish their validity. Mr. KEENE now appeared to complain of the Learned At torney -General having moved in the matter behind his ba c k. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL saw no reason for the com plaint; all th a t h e wa nt e d was ti me to file affidavits. These fees did not belong to the individual named in the rule, but to the public. Mr. KEENE had no objection to the course, provided The had ti me to stu d y the affidavits when they were filed. : . 4.'he att orney i n t h e case wrote to t h e so li c i tors to the 4'reasury, staling that he had no objection to the en largement of the rule, on condition that he was supplied With copies of the affidavits ; but to show the manner in Which public servants treated the public. no notice was taken of this intimation, but the Attorney-General was instructed to come and move behind his back. If the Attorney-General, however, would pledge himself that he should be furnished with copies of the affidavits ho -would consent to the enlargement. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I can give no such pledge, but you shall see the affidavits before they are sled. Mr. KEENE observed that this was a matter of great public importance, and he ought not to be taken by surprise. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL—Pooh ! pooh! What a fuss you are making about nothing. It is not the most im portant case in the world because my Learned Friend is engaged in it. Mr. KEENE—But it is most important to me that I should be able to do my duty properly. The ATTORNEY• GENERAL—WeII, you shall have ample time to consider the affidavits. Mr. Justice PATTESON said after that promise the rule Must be enlarged. The rule was accordingly extended till next term. THE QUEEN V. COOKSEY. Ur. Hoboes applied for a writ of certiorari to remove an indictment into this court which bad been. found against a Mr. Cooksey, at the Quarter Sessions of Bath, for having deposited baskets in the Iligh-street 9 ' that cit y , and thereby caused a nuisance. From time I mmemorial up to a recent date the public had b een in the habit of h o ldi ng a mar k e t in this place, which had cen attended by man y thousand persons, and it was of the greatest possible importance, that the buyers and sellers frequenting the market should not be de p rived of their right to stand there. In the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third the Corporation of Bath obtained an Act of Parliament for removing th e mar k et, but instead of removing it , t he y had built a new one, and made charges for th e stalls. The public, however, had never acquiesced in this pro ceeding, and from time to time they had continue d to take their places in the high street, which had caused the corporation to single out Mr. Cooksey , an d indict cAm for the purp ose of trying the right. Th e C ourt 7° lll d perceive that the main question in the case would tlt upon th e cons t ruct i on o f a n Act of Parliament, and t was therefore important that it should be decided by a Superior tribunal. Mr. Justice PATTESON graated the application, and the writ was directed to issue in the first instance. BOW-STREET. —(THIS DAY.) Walter Loftus, a middle aged man, was charged with h aving assaulted his brother, Mr. Loftus, copper-plate Worker, of Long-acre. The complainant stated that about six months ago he ehargt d the prisoner with having destroyed his door- Plate, and since then ho had not heard anything of him till this morning, when he came to his shop in Long acre, between ten and eleven o'clock, and after assaulting him in a most violent manner, he deliberately put his foot through ono of the window-panes. The prisoner, in his defence, denied the assault, and the br ea ki ng o f the window was an accident. Mr, HENRY asked the prisoner if he had any objection to pay for the window. The prisoner said he had not, adding that the reason he went to his brother's was to ascertain whether he really did live there, as he had a writ to seize upon him for the recovery of some property. The complainant stated that the prisoner had once or twice exhibited a pistol to some of his friends, threaten• log that ho would shoot his (the complainant's) brains out the first opportunity that presented itself. Mr. HENRY fined him forty shillings, or three weeks' imprisonment for the assault, and directed him to pay three shillings for the window, or undergo seven addi tional days of imprisonment. The money was eventually paid. MARLI3RO -STREET—(THIS DAY.) An ill-looking fellow, who gave the name of James Tamlyn, but whose real name is William Jenkins, the keeper of an office at 25, Hertford-street, Fitzroy market, ostensibly for the purpose of providing servants !th situations, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having assaulted a lad named Robert Hussey, by throwing an earthen jug full of water at him. It appeared that on the preceding evening the com plainant was passing down Hertford-street, and on arriving opposite defendant's door the latter came out and threw a large jug full of water at him. The jug struck him on the side of the head, and his clothes were Completely saturated with the contents. He called to a constable who was passing, and gave the defendant in charge. Defendant was very drunk at the time. In defence the accused said he was m uch annoyed by boys like the complainant, who continually madeit a practice to come to his door and hoot and bawl in such a manner as to prevent any servant from coming into the office. He certainly did throw some water out, but the jug slipped out of his hand by accident. Inspector Dudley said continual complaints had been Made by servants who bad been duped out of their money by the prisoner. He professed to provide them with situations, but he no sooner got the necessary fee than he sent them adrift. The prisoner was a disrepu table character, having been committed by his Worship for two months in August last for indecently assaulting a young German who went to his house after a situation. Mr. HARDWICK fined the prisoner 405., or twenty-one days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. THE BODY OF A GENTLEMAN FOUND IN THE THAMES. —This morning, at Old Swan Stairs, London bridge, the body of an apparently respectable gentle. luau was found floating on the surface of the water. The deceased, who appeared about 55 years of age, was dressed in a black surtout coat, black waistcoat, dark trousers, and Blucher boots, with white stockings. No hat was found on the deceased, nor papers, to lead to the discovery of his name or address. The body, which was removed to the church-vault, appeared rather fresh, and probably had fallen from one of the steam-boats while lying off the stairs. DARING BURGLARY.—A very audacious robbery was perpetrated on Friday last, at the White Bear, lientworth-streat, between the hours of five and six P m., by some persons who effected an entrance by climbing on to the kitchen roof, and lifting the first- floor window, by which moans they forced open the drawers, &C., and carried off a quantity of jewellery and other valuable Property. THE SUN. LONDON 9 WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21; 1849. DRURY-LANE THEATRE: JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. Last ni,.,Tdat was the annual Beethoven night, end according to custom, M. Jullien devo . .ed the whole of the first part of his concert to the perform ance of a selection from the works of the great master. Among the Beethoven pieces, of which there was a rich catalogue, the most prominent were the C minor (the fifth of the composer's grand symphonies), the overture to Fidelio (that which is usually played before the opera, although not the favourite of Beethoven), the allegretto from the symphony in F (No. 8), and the two middle movements of the Pastoral Symphony (No. 6). These were all executed with admirable effect, and directed by M. Jullien with excellent judgment and decision, the applause bestowed being liberal and constant. The al?egretto, rendered with extreme deli cacy, was encored and repeated. The great feature of this part was the solo of M. Saintcn on the violin, Nothing could exceed the intensity and pathos which he threw into the tremolo movement; his tones were broad and rich, and his execution brilliant. In the second part we had a new selection from the Prophete, and some delightful melodies delightfully rendered by Jetty Treffz. The career of M. Jullien has been during the whole course of the season most triumphantly successful, and deservedly so. Not only does M. Jullien invariably secure the services of the best known per formers, but he is constantly on the look out for rising talent, and thus infuses new blood into his orchestra, establishing as it were a perpetual succession of accomplished musicians. He has been during this season most fortunate in his new engagements. Herr Adolphe Koenig has es tablished for himself a permanent reputation on the valve-horn, and Mr. Pratten is the most exquisite flute-player who has appeared since the days of Nicholson, of whom he appears to be the legitimate successor, while Mr. Streather is even now entitled to rank as the first har pist in England ; with the exception of Bochsa, we have never heard any harpist who, for brilliancy of execution, delicacy of tone, for taste, and for a perfect knowledge of his instrument can com pare with Mr. Streather ; in the absence of Bochsa he is without a rival, and in the course of a very short time, if he goes on as he has commenced, he will be equal to Bochsa himself. Mr. Streather's fate is in his own hands; he may if he chooses be the first harpist in the world. The house is crammed every night to suffocation, and will continue to be so while M. Jullien provides such an admirable programme as he has hitherto done. COURT OF ALDERMEN: Yeaterdav the firet Court iu the mayoralty of - 1 Alderman Farncamb was bc 'i he LORD MAYOR, in taking the chair, assured the Court that it should be his constant study to perform the duties of his high office to which he had been appointed to the satisfaction of his fellow-citi zens ; and he expressed a firm reliance upon the co operation of his brother magistrates during the year he should have the honour of presiding over their deliberations.—(Hear, hear.) THE THANKS OF THE COURT TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said he was cptite sure the observations which had been made by his Lord ship were heard and would be attended to by the Court with the utmost gratification. It was his duty to rise for the purpose of calling their attention to the conduct of his Lordship's predecessor during the last year. The records of the Court, which were extended over so many centuries, supplied instances, to which there were but few exceptions, of the acknowledg ments of their sense of the services of the Chief Magistrate upon his retirement from office; and he felt it to be his duty, as senior alderman, to move a vote of thanks to Sir James Duke, in the sincere belief that their thanks and gratitude were justly due to that gentlernan.—(Rear, hear.) Those who had passed the chair must be perfectly aware that the duties of the office were of a laborious, anxi ous, and difficult character, and that the whole time of the occupant must be devoted to them. The thanks of the Court was but a feeble :recompense for the able and energetic performance of such duties, and he had no doubt that the feeling of the Court, as to the powerful claims of the late Lord Mayor, would be unanimously expressed on the present occasion. His Lordship had by the whole course of his conduct entitled himself to the unqualified approbation of his fellow-citizens, of which they gave no slight mani festation by electing him unanimously, upon the de mise of Mr. Pattison, to the high distinction of re presenting them in Parliament. In conferring upon him that mark of honour, men of all political parties concurred, although he, too, belonged to a party which he politically supported.—(Hear, hear.) His courtesy, his discretion, his firmness, the munificent manner in which he answered all the calls of charity, and the alacrity he evinced in co-operating with the authorities of the Board of Health, in the at tempts to mitigate the effects of the dreadful cala mity with which London had been visited, all com bined to exalt the character of his title to the applause of his fellow-citizens. In enumerating the claims of the late Lord Mayor the splendour of his hospitality was not to be forgotten—at his Lordship's table were assembled the leading men of all political parties, and his own political bias wholly disappeared from amongst them. To the Mansion-house entertain ments no man eminent in art or science, or marked by any distinction which was recognised by public approbation, was a stranger. Looking, then, to the ability and hospitality, dignity and charity, which were so prominently exhibited in the late mayoralty, it was but justice to Sir James Duke to say that he well deserved the special thanks of this Court. It must be a source of great satisfaction to those who had passed the chair to find that his merits were so conspicuous ; and to those who had not passed it, that they would be enabled to emulate his example. It had pleased her Majesty to crown the éclat of the late mayoralty by conferring a mark of the highest distinction upon Sir James Duko, on the completion of the new Coal Exchange, an event of great importance to a country which owed so much of its prosperity to the produce of its coal mines.— (Hear, hear.) Alderman Thompson concluded by proposing a resolution of thanks to the late Lord Mayor. Sir. J. KEY had the greatest pleasure in seconding the resoluton which had just been proposed by his Hon. Friend, in every word of whose able speech he most heartily agreed, feeling, as he did, that never was there any man more fully entitled to have such a re solution recorded in his favour—never had any Lord Mayor passed through that high office in a manner more calculated to secure the good opinion of all classes of his fellow-citizens—never had the various duties of that arduous and important station been per formed with greater tact, ability, humanity, and firm ness, than by Sir James Duke, who had indeed upheld and maintained the respectability of the office, and thus adopted the best course of securing and per petuating to his fellow-citizens the invaluable privi leges which from time immemorial they had enjoyed. —(Hear, hear.) In whatever point of view they looked at the course pursued by the late Lord Mayor, they saw equal cause for tendering him their sincere congratulations for the manner in which his anxious desire to afford satisfaction to all had been received by every class of his fellow-citizens as well as by various public bodies throughout the kingdom ; of which, if any proof were required, it would be found in the fact that the Lord Provost and Corporation of Edinburgh had conferred on him the freedom of their ancient _ _ city; in the warm reception given him by the im portant, commercial, and enlightened cities of Liver pool and Blanchester; and in his unsolicited appoint ment to the office of deputy-lieutenant of the county of Lincoln by the Lord Lieutenant of that county, to whom he was opposed in politics, and not known,. except by character. If they turned to the various charitable institutions, they saw his name, not only standing forward as a supporter of every charity,. but most effectually promoting the interests of the un fortunate claimants by his guardian care and patronage. Nothing could exceed the zeal and energy with which he had endeavoured to promote the interests of his fellow-citizens by advocating the establishment and observance of sanitary rules at that trying period when it pleased Divine Providence to visit this and other countries with the awful scourge by which so many thousands were . suddenly hurried into eternity. If, turning their eyes from the spectacle of the destructive epidemic, they looked to the Mansion-house hospitality, they found it both splendid and judicious, the place of meeting and harmonious intercourse for the most eminent of all political and religious parties. The late Lord Mayor thus enjoyed the rare privilege, on the one hand, of securing the respect and esteem of those to whom he was politically opposed, and, on the ether, of cementing the bonds of friendship with those to whom he had long been united by political associations, whether the able leaders of the Conserva tive and Protectionist party, or that party which ac knowledged for its head the Right Hon. Baronet whose name would stand preeminently forward in the country's annals, or her Majesty's Ministers, under the enlightened guidance of the Noble Lord whose name had ever been associated with the liberties of the people. Sir Juhn then alluded, in a highly com plimentary manner to the dignity of the baronetcy conferred by her Majesty upon Sir 'Tames Duke, and the unanimous election of the Hon. Baronet to the station of representative of the city of London. He felt, he said, that he had trespassed too long upon the time of the Court, but respecting as he respected his old and esteemed friend, and admiring as he ad mired, and all must admire, the upright and munifi cent manner in which the duties of the mayoralty had been discharged, he could not deny himself the pleasure of giving utterance to his feelings in second ing the resolution which had been proposed. Mr. Aldermen Coe-ELAND said he felt, when he concurred in the majority of the sentiments expressed by the mover and seconder, that it was his duty to make a few observations upon a point on which he differed in opinion from those who had preceded him. In resolutions passed at the conclusion of a chief magistrates year of office it was usual, according to the records of the court, to notice the courtesy with which a Lord Mayor acted towards his brethren. Now he had been given to understand, that while the late Lord Mayor was sitting in the other court before the day of the opening of the Coal Exchange, his Lordship received communications from Windsor —communications from the Crown and the Govern ment—upon the subject of that ceremony.—(Bear, hear.) With •those communications the late Lord May or lied not made his brethren of the Court of Alder men acquainted. Under such circumstances, it was impossible that great credit could be given to Sir James Duke for the degree of courtesy extended to his brother magistrates. It was unnecessary, how ever, to make further present allusion to a subject which was, he believed, matter of investigation by a committee. He should be content with giving a silent vete, and he claimed to himself credit for thus openly objecting to the course in that one particular followed by Sir James Duke. In all other respects he most heartily agreed in the warm terms of admi ration expressed by the mover and seconder.— (Hear.) Alderman FAREBROTHER objected to the use of an unnecessory word in the resolution, which Alderman Thompson at once consented to withdraw. He con sidered that the praise of the hospitality of the last mayoralty was somewhat exaggerated, inasmuch as several mayoralties, in each of which as much money was expended and as many people were maintained, were fresh in the recollection of all present.—(Flear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said he objected to the idea of giving credit to the late Lord Mayor for the per formance of the magisterial duties of the office, when it was notorious that his Lordship never attended to those duties at all.—(A laugh.) He admitted that the late Lord Mayor had -sustained the hospitality and high character of the office in other respects, but in that to which he alluded, and which he considered to be the most important of all, inasmuch as it essen tially regarded the interests of the public, there was a palpable deficiency. Alderman THOMPSON said he had nothing to regret from the discussion, for not a single sentiment of unkindness had been expressed towards the late Lord Mayor.—(Hear, hear.) As for the communi cations which were said to have been received by the late Lord Mayor, he had never heard a word about them. However, if any such had been received, no doubt Sir James Duke would be prepared to give sufficient explanation upon the subject. The resolution, which was as follows, after having undergone a few slight verbal• alterations, was then put, and declared to be carried unanimously : " That this Court desire to record their warmest acknowledgments to Sir Jam?s ake, Knight and B ironet, and Mernbir of Parliament, the late Lord Mayor, for the tick-lay, zeal, and ability which he has evinced in the discharge of the onerous duties of his high office ; for his willing and generous support of the charitable institutions of this City ; for his prompt and assiduous co operation in devising effective means of alleviation during the prevalence of the recent grievous sickness and mortality; fur his judicious and liberal hospitality displayed in the festivities of the Mansion-house, embracing amongst his guests the distinguished men of all parties in the state, as well as his fellow-citizens and others eminent fur their re search in the varied pursuits of art, literature, and science, and in the deeper acquirements of the learned professions. And while this Court regards with the highest satisfaction the honours which have accrued to Sir James Duke during his mayoralty, they desire to bear testimony to his courtesy and urbanity, his punctuality and firmness in presiding over the busi ness of this Court, and for his upholding the dignity and influence of the high and important office of the chief magistrate of the city of London." LITERATURE. THE CITIES AND WILDS OF ANDA• LUCIA. By the Hon. Dundas Murray, 2 Vols. In historical associations, in national peculiarities, or in natural beauties, there are few countries more attractive than Spain, or better adapted to be the theme of the artist's pencil or the author's pen, and few spots in the whole Peninsula are so fascinating as those celebrated in the work above men tioned—" The Cities and Wilds of Andalucia." The chivalry of the Crusaders and the romantic association of Islamism, even yet in the nineteenth century, seem to linger around the land hallowed (for misfortune is always sacred) by " the last sigh of the Moor"—so the spot is named where Abdallab, the last Moorish Sovereign in Spain, took a weeping f:aewell of his lost territory, AN hile his mother ex claimed bitterly—" Yes, weep like a woman for the loss of a country you could not defend like a man." The theme which Mr. Dundas Murray has selected is one abounding with attractions, and he has treated it in a very attractive, because in a very simple and interesting manner. His pages are filled with very various revelations ; now we meet with some tragical legend, and now we are diverted by some altercation at an inn. The manners and customs of the Andalu sians, past and present, (and with them the terms are almost synonimous) are here very vividly set before us. A few extracts will exhibit the style and character of the work, perhaps, better than descrip tions. Place aux dames!—let us first contemplate Disregarding the injunctions contained in the Holy Scriptures, one nation covets another's poss,isi,ms—it picks a quarrel as the first step towards accerisition. I! the owners of the coveted territory were not in a position to repel the attempt at usurpation or robbery, what would become of them? For instance, supposing Great Britain, desirous of s(.ttieg the whole world an example of Chris tian patience and forbearance, were to disarm her sol diers, break up her fleets and discharge her sailors, does any one believe that France, Holland, Russia, or any other power, aiming at an extension of territory, would not immediately endeavour to possess themselves of . our colonies, if they did not try to establish an authority on British soil? It would he preposterous to suppose them so self-denying when no risk whatever would attend the spoliation of their helpless neighbour. Hence the vast importance to every country of an organized force capable of resisting inovatious and outrage, and of thereby maintaining, through the fear and respect they iuspire, that peace which is at once the glory of civilization and the condition of human lire prescribed by Almighty will. For nearly five-and-thirty years—more than the third of a century—Eugl.nd has been at peace herself with the whole continent of Europe, and has been en abled, moreover, to command that other continental na tions should live in amity. How has this arisen? Simply by the wonderful proofs she gave for twenty long years of her ability to cope with the mightiest powers by sea and land, and by the lofty attitude she has since preserved. In other words, by keeping up her noble army and her magnificent navy in a state of preparation for any exi gency that might suddenly arise." The lecture contains many admirable precepts which cannot but be most useful in forming the characters of those to whom they were addressed, as gentlemen and men of honour. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. AMIENS AND BOULOGNE. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern to deliberate upon a petition to the French Government; Mr. C. Laffitte, the President of the Company, took the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, the position of the undertak ing had been considerably altered since the tune the concession was granted by the French Government. The company had not been paid a fair return for their outlay, and Government, by granting a concession to the Northern Company, had taken away from this company certain advantages upon which the promo ters relied for a fair return on the capital. They must therefore look to the Government to compensate them for what they had taken away. The financial state of France, although improved, was not such as to make railway property remunerative. Differences had arisen between the Northern Company and the Boulogne Company, and endeavours had been made to bring about an amicable settlement, but without effect. They were compelled to go to law with the' Northern Company, and the matters in dispute went before the Tribunal of Commerce ; the Judge recom mended an amicable arrangement, but after a vain endeavour it led to no result, and he was not aware what decision the Judge would come to on the sub ject. They had every reason to believe that their case was a just one, and that they would gain the suit. The directors had tried to obtain from the Govern ment an amelioration of the concession, and they pro posed to memorialize them on the subject. He then called on Mr. Whitehead to read the memorial they proposed to present to the President and Ministers of the Republic. Mr. WHITEHEAD proceeded to read the memorial, which was of considerable length. It referred to the understanding upon which the concession was granted and accepted, so as to place the company in a position to raise the whole of the capital required for the un dertaking. At the time there were some doubts en tertained of the concession being sufficient, although it was assumed that the money to make the line would be found by private individuals. The conces sion for the Northern of France line was not then granted. The Amiens and Boulogne Company first commenced their line, and it was understood that their interests were to be protected. The very clause for that purpose inserted in the Northern concession had led to law proceedings, and they were suffering con • siElerably from the conduct of the Northern Company. The Amiens Company, in fact, were n6t protected by that clause. The memorial then goes on to state that the position of the company would have been very different had it been granted under the law of 1842, because in that case three-fifths of the whole capital would have been paid by the State. It then mentions the various concessions granted under the law of 1842 for lines having a very superior traffic to the Amiens and Boulogne ; among these lines were the Paris and Orleans, in the shape of a guarantee of interest; to the Rouen Company, by a loan of 18,000,000 f.; to the Havre Company, by a grant of 8,000,000 f. and a loan of 10,000,000 E; to the companies of the Central of France, of Strasburg, of Orleans and Bordeaux, of Tours and Nantes, by putting three-fifths of the cost of construction to the charge of the State, and to the Avignon', and Marseilles Company, by a grant of 30,000,000 f., and a guarantee of interest on an equal sum. The Government has just proposed to grant the Paris and Avig non Railway to a company, together with a grant of 180,000,000 f., and a guarantee of interest on 240,000,000 f. (9,600,0000. None among them is situated in such circumstances of competition as must ever exist between the Northern and the Boulogne Companies. By granting the further extension of the Northern line to Calais, &c., the Amiens and Bou logne line had been injured, and therefore it became necessary to call on the State for a modification of the concession. The cost of the line was 37,500,000 f., and if their concession had been granted under the law of 1842, the shareholders whould have had only to subscribe 15,000,000 f. (600,0001.), and the State the remainder, 22,500,0001. (900,0001.). It was on this amount the memorialists requested to have a minimum dividend granted to the company. The whole of the works had been executed with great care, and within the original estimate. The CHAIRMAN explained that the object was to in duce the Government to guarantee the company a minimum interest on three-fifths of the capital, so as to place the company on a footing with those lines conceded under the law of 1842. He said that if any of the proprietors could suggest a better phi?' than that proposed, the board would be glad to adopt it. _neer were anxious to meet the wishes of the share holders, and he hoped the latter would give the di rectors their support to go before the French Go vernment. Mr. BAXENDALE, a director, remarked that this company had not expended more than 37,500,000 f. (1,500,0000, the original estimate. They had not doubled their capital, as other companies had, but had kept within the original estimate. All the money had been expended, and the works were completed, with the exception of a comparatively small work at Abbe ville. Every effort was made to settle matters with the Northern of France Company. The French Go vernment were anxious to get capital to make their lines of railway, and unless they treated English shareholders in a considerate and liberal manner it was not likely that English capital would go to France. The English shareholders had already a sufficient dose in their own railways without going to France to be treated worse. if the French Go vernment look to this country for capital, they must be guided by honesty and justice in their transac tions with those who supply it, otherwise no one can have confidence that his property will be safe in France. The CHAIRMAN observed, that if the Government had paid up or guaranteed them an interest of 5 per cent. on three-fifths of the capital, they would have been able to pay to the shareholders 4k per cent. on the money expended, the traffic on the line having produced 1i per cent. The interest mentioned would give 3 per cent. on the whole capital, and the 4 per cent. from the traffic would make up the Lq per cent lie then put the first resolution—to the effect that the memorial be presented to the President and Ministers of the Republic of France by the Paris adcninistra• tion, for the purpose of obtaining a modification of the concession. The resolution was seconded and carried unani mously, as was also the second resolution, to the effect that the Amiens and Boulogne Company be placed in the same position as if the concession were granted under the law of 1842. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions, stated that the concession of the Northern of France line was for 38 years, that they were seeking for an extension of the term to 99 years, but in order that they should pay something for it the Government intended to stipulate that they should make a certain branch line. The Amiens and Boulogne Company proposed to place themselves between the Northern Company and the Government, and thus endeavour to obtain the necessary modifications in the Amiens and Boulogne concession before anything is granted to the Northern Company. On the third resolution being proposed a long dis cussion ensued ; it was considered to be too favourable to the Northern Company; but, having gone through various modifications, it was passed by a large ma jority, to the effect that they have heard that the Northern Company have made application to the French Government for an extension of their lease, and that they would offer no objection to such a measure, provided that the concession to the Amiens and Boulogne Company be acceded to th em . Mr. BAXENDALE said the Northern C om p an y h a d done all they could to. injure the Amiens and Bou logne Company. He thought th a t common sense wou ld point out that the saving of 66 miles by pas , ing over the Boulogne line between London and Paris would decide in favour of that route. lie was not disposed to give up a single point, with regard to the utility of the line, to the Northern or any other company. A. PROPRIETOR said, if they were to be placed in the same position as under the law of 1842, the Government ought to give them the interest on the three fifths of their capital, or return to the share holders the 22,500,000 f. (900,0001.) paid by them. A Voice—Then you must be content with a short lease. S IT „,- - M. ADAM said there could be no doubt i; according to the law of 1842, they would have 4i from the traffic. lie wa diSl)O to SUIT: WI i d S.‘) the suggestion that the proposed guarantee of 5 per cent. on the 900,0001. should be an absnlute guarantee ind-pendent of the tratii- in consideration of the company having paid the Whole of the money. The CHAIRMAN said the board thought tha lit was a better proposition than that which they had nude, and they would adopt it in their metnorial. Mr. FISHER. thought the present a favourable opportunity to get up a petition to the English G,)- vernment to send the mails by the Boulogne and Amiens route. After some conversation a resolution was unani mously passed, that a memorial be presented to the English Government, s'gned by the proprietors and the public, praying that the mails be sent by the Boulogne route, and appointing Messrs. Wright, lvyleaf, and Fisher to carry the resolution into E tree t, and placing at their disposal 201. to pay expenses. The CHAIRMAN then entered into some details with regard to working the line. He stated that the construction of the railway cost 1,500,0001, being at the rate of 19,5001. per mile for the 77 miles. They ran ten trains a day, and 20,000 miles per month. The cost was 3s. I ld, per mile, including direction and everything, or 4,0001. per month. If they had twice or three times the traffic it would not cost them any more for working the line. It cost them 100/. per mile per annum to maintain the way. They had 100 level crossings, which cost them 4,3001. per annum for attendance. They were, however, going to have them attended to by women, by which they expected to save a considerable sum. The cost of traction amounted to is. 7d. per mile ; the coke cost them 11. per ton, and the consumption was at the rate of 201 b. per mile run. There are ten stoppages on the line; and the distance, 77 miles, is performed in three hours, being at the rate of 26 miles per hour including stoppages. The sinking fund is not included in the 4,0001. per month. In reply to questions, it was stated that the shares numbered from 1 to 6,000 were promised a guarantee of 4 per cent. per annum from the city of Boulogne, which is due with regard to those shares. The directors had nothing to do with them. The question lay between the holders of these shares and the municipal council. Proceedings could not be taken against the city of Boulogne without the consent of the Government. M. ADAM was mayor of Boulogne when the town council agreed to guarantee the shares, and he was instrumental in obtaining it; he had 400 shares allotted to him, which he has held ever since. Al. Fontaine, the present mayor, is a director in this company, and holds 600 of the guaranteed shares. The municipal corporation say that they are not bound by law to pay it. It was the opinion of M. Adam that they were bound to pay the guarantee. About two thirds of the shares of the company were held in England. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am sure you are quite aware of the de moralizing effects of public executions, and the nume rous evils attending on them, and that if any remedy ceuld be proposed, it ought to be adopted. It appears by your paper of this evening, a letter was addressed by Mr. Dickens to the editor of the Times, which called forth the animadversions of that journal in a leading article, which I shall not observe upon. Mr. Dickens says it was the intention of the Go vernmtnt " to give its support to a measure making the infliction of capital punishment a private solemnity within the prison walls." I think this could be adopted so as to do away with all objections, viz.—the convicted criminal (of course after an open trial) should be executed within the court-yard of the gaol, in the presence of the proper officials that now attend ; and also that the judges and the jury who tried and convicted the prisoner should be required to attend, and sign their names as wit nesses to the execution of the criminal. Such document so signed could then be published in the newspapers, and would be a sufficient guarantee to the public. This would not only diminish the evil of public executions, but also "extreme " punishment.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A SUBSCRIBER. London, Nov. 14. THE RICHMOND THEATRE. --- On Monday evening the entertainments at this pretty little theatre were for the benefit of the spirited lessee Mr. J. Ryan; the pieces _selected for the occasion being the popular comedy of Paul Pry, a new ballet entitled La Reine du Bal, and the well known burlesque burletta of Othello Travestie 11 In the first piece, Miss Jane Coleman, late of the Lyceum Theatre, made her first and only appearance at the Richmond theatre, on the occasion of the lessee's benefit. Her reception by the audience on her first appearance was at once highly complimen tary and flattering in the extreme. We never saw this young actress acquit herself better than she did on Monday night. There was a vivacity and espieglerie about her acting which was quite de lightful. Her conception of her part was truthful and correct, and during the whole of the comedy she was very warmly applauded. Of Mr. W. B. Ryan's Paul Pry we must speak in terms of praise ; he is a very improving actor. Mr. Payne, as Harry Stanley, and Mr. Pelham, as Frank Hardy, were each excellent in their respective parts. We next had the ballet— a very pretty one—in which Miss Desborough, Miss R. Ryan, and Master Waite appeared. Mr. J. W. Sharpe, the comic vocalist, then gave " The Life of an Actor, with imitations," and Master Sloman " The Bay of Biscay" in very good style. The burlesque of Othello brought to a conclusion the entertainments of one of the most successful nights of the season. 'The house was crowded previous to the rising of the curtain. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, accompanied by the Duke of Bedford and Sir Robert Peel. Lord Dufferin, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut. Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, were in attendance upon his Royal Highness. Sir David Dundas had an audience of the Queen, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts martial. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in IVaiting), the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, and Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Peel. _ _ Viscount Canning, Lord Portman, Sir David Dundas, and the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh are expected at the Castle this day, and will have the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER (From the Court Circular.) "The Priory, Tuesday, Nov. 20. "The Queen Dowager has passed an indifferen night, attended with much restlessness. " There has been no material alteration in her Ma jesty's symptoms during the last twenty-four hours. "DAVID DAVIES, M.D." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—ThESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-5 to 1 agst Vain Hope (taken), 7 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (taken), 7 to 1 agst Proceed (taken), 8 to 1 ag,t The Young-un (taken), 8 to 1 egA The Dortor (taken). SEFTON HANDICAP, LIVERPOOL.-3 to I agat The Alp (taken), 7 to 2 agst Mantle (taken), 5 to 1 agst Priestess (taken), 6 to 1 agat The Dart (taken). CHESTER Cur.-45 to 1 agst Peep-o'-day Boy (taken). A deputation, consisting of Sir William Winniatt, Mr. Sewell, Mr. Swanny, and Mr. Matthew Forster, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. - SHERIFF'S COURT—IMPORTANT DEClSlON.—Yes terday, in the City of London County Court, Guildhall, in a cause Hollingsworth v. Harradine, wherein a claim was made for hire of newspapers, the Judge (Mr. Com missioner Bullock) decided that, by the 23d George 111., cap. 50, the letting out of newspapers was illegal, and that any debt incurred for the hire of such papers was not recoverable in any court of law; and further that the person so letting was liable to a fine of Si. for every such offence. The claim was disallowed with costs. CAUTION TO RAILWAY COMPANIES.—On Sunday night some thieves took advantage of the darkness to steal about 50 of the brass handles from the carriages on the line of the London and North-Western Company, at the station near Birmingham. The Right Hon. Fox Maule and Mrs. Maule have arrived in Grosvenor-street, from Birnam Lodge, near Duukeld, N.B. CITY:COMMISSIOI , iERS OF SEWERS.—Yesterday court was held, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. There were but few members present, the consideration of Mr. Simon's important report having been specially appointed for this day, when a long discussion will talt,, place. Tho inspectors reported favourably of the con dition of the several districts of the City. A communi cation was received from the secretary to the Commis- sioners upon sanitary matters concerning the evidence given a year and a half ago by Mr. Toynbee aad Mr. Bowie, surgeons, at Gwydyr House, on the state of cer tain parts of the city of London. Referred to the Committee of Health. After the transaction of some business of no public interest the court adjourned. DEATH. OF LIEUT.-COLONEL WRIGHT, K. 11.— Lieut.-Colonel Charles Wright, K.H., died on the 16th inst., at his seat in Hampshire. Me was one of the Gontlemen Ushers to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and was for many years on the staff of the Royal Mili Cary College at Sandhurst. He entered the army in 1807, with the adßanced rank, never having occupied any lower grade, and was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in 1837. Lieut.-Colonel Wright, who was decorated with the order of Knight Companion of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, does not appear to have seen any particular active service. WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHIN.— Yesterday forenoon the wardmote held on Monday to elect a com mon councilman for the ward in the room of Mr. Hey ward, deceased, late deputy of the ward, was resumed at the Queen's Arms, Newgate-street, to receive the result of the poll for the two candidates, Mr. T. Wt3iregor and Mr. Phillips, who were put in nomination the previous day—Alderman T. Kelly, alderman of the ward, in the chair. As by the new Act of Parliament for regulating the election of ward officers the poll is to last but one day, it finally closed at four o'clock. Al derman Kelly stated the numbers for each candidate to be as follows.— For Mr. M'Gregor 122, and for Mr. Phillips 75; when he declared the election to have fallen on Mr. M`Gregor. Mr. M`Gregor returned shanks, and Mr. Phillips acknowledged the exertions of his friends, observing that he should again ask for their suffrages on St. Thomas's-day. Mr. M`Gregor then moved, and Mr. Phillips seconded, a vote of thanks to Alderman Kelly, which was put by Mr. Deputy Eagkton, and agreed to unanimously. The wardmote was then dis solved. There ure abaut 400 electors in the ward, the recent Act of Parliament having made a considerable reduction in the numbers. ESCAPE OF Two LuNAncs.—On Tuesday evening last two females were observed rambling about Cross square, Wakefield, having cloaks thrown over their heads, and appearing in an excited and curious state. It was soon discovered that they had escaped from the lunatic establishment by getting upon an outbuilding, from \ thence on to' the outer wall, and then dropping outside into the fields. The height they had fallen was considerable, but they did not appear to have suffered any injury. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Nov. 18 1849:—Coaching traffic, 82 7 1 .; parcels, &c., 381.; good s , cattle, &c., 2714; steam-boats, ,111/.; Mold, 651.—Total, 1,2521. SPANISH BEAUTY. " The traveller, if he bas indulged in exaggerated notions of Spanish beauty, will impression be taught in what it consists. Prob a bly hi s final rmpression will be one of disappointment; and even he who has drawn in his imagination a less glowing picture of its charms will find the reality fall short of his ideal sketch. If he has kept out the pure red and white, and the eye of heavenly blue, that mock the beauty of a northern sky, he has judged rightly; but after supplying their place with the pale or dusky check of a southern clime, and its eye, which, whether it be mild or gentle, flashing or languid, is always dark, he will need to use his pencil with caution. In truth, the Spanish dame, as regards regu larity of feature, and those charms which form beauty of countenance, must yield the palm to the dames of other nations; her attractions centre in her dark glossy hair, and in those eloquent eyes, that unite with an ever varying play of expression in making her wondrously fas cinating. In beauty of form, however, she reigns alone; nothing could be more symmetrical or more exquisitely rounded than th© shapes of tho Gaditanian belles, as they glided or floated—anything but walked—through the mazes of the gay crowd on the promenade. In deed the Andalusian grace is proverbial in Spain; and the traveller must confess that he has never beheld elegance of motion until he has stood upon an Andalu sian Alameda. What it is can hardly be described by words; it is beyond the power of language to describe those slow and surpassingly graceful movements which accompany every step of the Andaluza." SPANISH SOUP AND SPANISH CUSTOM. " Many and various were the dishes handed round, and though, on the whole, we contrived to make a sub stantial meal, there were not a few preparations that would have driven a Ude or a Soyer frantic. One still comes across my memory like a nightmare—it was the sopa. In a huge copper cauldron, which occupied the place of a tureen at the bottom of the table, I descried a thick pasty substance, which, on inquiry, I was told was the soup ; it was brought to table in this fashion—the cauldron being the vessel in which it was boiled—in order to be eaten in all its perfection. As far as I could ascertain, bread sodden in hot oil formed the foundation of the mess, to which garlic, moreover, lent its odours ; the surface was garnished with poached eggs resting upon a stratum of wild asparagus, a vegetable which those who have once tasted wiil not speedily forget, the apples of the Dead Sea being scarcely so bitter. C-- and I were the first to ne'supplied with the uninviting com pound. As the fumes of it ascended to our nostrils, we cast rueful louks upon our plates, and at each other, which could hardly have escaped the notice of our en tertainers, had they not been too busily engaged in dis patching their own shares. Long before ours disappeared the majority had been helped twice or thrice to this dainty, and, in fact, the cauldron was not dismissed until it was completely emptied. For ourselves, after the first dose, we escaped pretty well, by alleging, for want of a better reason, that it was not the costumbre' in England to be helped twice to soup. There is a won derful power in the phrase es costumbre,' as the tra veller in Spain quickly learns. He finds it, in his way, sometimes a stumbling-block, sometimes a valuable ally. Inquire the origin of some popular superstition or usage of society, and lo es costumbre' appears as a satisfac tory explanation; or point out how things may be im proved, and how they aro managed better o r differentl y in your own cr other countries, and you have for answer a6 p N a s o t tu q m u b i r e shake e t aci ae u t , of . t . he . he T ad bie w e i l t i h ua t i h n e g thewteords e i s e c u o u s questionably a national characteristic, and to it we owe the tact that Spain is at this day, perhaps, the most interest ing country in Europe. Her daily life is, as near as can be, the same that is painted in the pages of Cervantes or Lesage: in all that we see or hear we are constantly reminded of their descriptions; and though at first it is difficult to conceive such a thing, we are brought to confess that we behold a state of society such as it ex isted 200 years ago; the roads, the ruins, the robbers, the salons, serenades, piccaroons, compliments, aro in fact altered so little after the lapse of this long period." LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. " To return to the grated windows of these dwellings —should you have occasion after nightfall to tra verse the dimly-lighted streets, you will not go far without passing a figure : 7 muffled in an ample cloak, and with the sombrero slouched over the eyes, leaning against the iron bars. As you pass your ears convince you that it is conversing in a low voice with some one within, whom the darkness shrouds from observation. In all probability you will take no further note of the whispering pair ; but if you be more curious than wise, and bestow on them more than a passing look, another becloaked figure will proba bly step out from some corner, and politely request you to refrain from interfering with other people's business. If this hint be not sufficient, he will prepare to enforce it by other means, and by displaying his navaja, threaten to appeal to arms. He is engaged in one of the most sacred duties of Spanish friendship. To guard from danger or discovery—or, as it is termed, gulrdar les espalades'—‘ to guard the hack' of a friend who may be playing the lover—is an affair to be undertaken only by a tried comrade, whose devotion and courage may Le proof against the rude trials to which such a position subjects him." SPANISH DONKEY-DRIVERS. " The only di awback to the perfect enjoyment of this .ovely scene arose from the conduct of my guide, who was much given to profane swearing, and unmerciful usage of his burro.' On remonstrating with him in regard to his cruelty, he chose to be offended, and o&red me advice ia his turn : " 6 Take care, Senor,' said he, how you interfere be tween a man and his donkey, which is just as bad as interfering between a man and his wire; and if you do, perhaps you may get the answer of Torquemada cast in your teeth; " 6 What was that?' I inquired. " Why it so happened that Torquemada was beating his donkey very severely, when a courtier came by and bade him be more merciful to his beast. " I shall do so for the future," said Torqueinada, "since I now find he is a relation of yours from the interest you take in him." Wasn't that well said, Senor?' " Passing well for a beater of donkeys.'" SPANISH DANCING. " In Britain a quadrille is generally a solemn affair, but here it is far worse; nut because the performers feel ill at ease during their saltatory exhibition, but from the circumstance that the variety of difficult passages and shakes to which they condemn their lower members is such as can only be executed by means of much agility, and the utmost concentration of their faculties to the one purpose. Hence no dancers upon the tight-rope can look more anxious and thoughtful than those in Spanish ball-rooms when a quadrille is in progress." The above extracts are illustrative of the manners and peculiarities of the country. The more interest ing portions of the work, the legendary tales and travelling adventures, are too long to be quoted here. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE 07i theDUTIES and REQUIREMENTS of BRITISH OF FICERS, delivered at Hanwcll College, Middle sex, on the 11th of October, 1849. By J. H. Stocqueler, Esq., Military Examiner. Mr. Stocqueler, a gentleman well known in the military, political, and literary world, recently delivered the above lecture to the students at Ilan well College, which is so excellently presided over by the Rev. Dr. Emerson. In his opening paragraph Mr. Stocqueler thus effectually disposes of the nauseous charlatanisms of the paix a tout prix sect . " In commencing a series of lectures upon the Art of War, and the profession of the Soldier, beneath the roof of one whose mission is essentially peaceful, I feel it due to him to premise that I enter upon the task in the full conviction that there is nothing inconsistent with the office of the pastor in the inculcation of a love of the Military sciences. At the present moment there is a great outcry in France, Belgium, England, and America, upon the subject of war. Men are leagued together for the purpose of endeavouring to provide a sulisti.ute for the arbitrament of the sword, and war is denounced as a cruel, absurd, and expensive method of arriving at great public ends. It is impossible not to respect the motives of these philanthropists, but I feel it more than difficult to discover the utility of the agitation they have commenced, or to assent to the propositions ss biota form the sequel to their leading argument. War is a great curse,' say they.—Granted. It is the duty of every Christian to avoid, and put an end to war all over the world.'—Admitted. Abolish armies and navies, the instruments of war, and you have taken the first great step towards the extinction of the curse.'—There we join issue. If armies and fl ::eta were merely used for eggres sive purposes, the postulate would hold good; but, inas much as they are chiefly maintained as agents of national defence, the argument goes for nothing. I grant that, if the whole of the nations of the earth, civilized and uncivilized, were simultaneously to lay down their arms for ever, human blood would cease to be shed in the quariels of mankind; hut, since such a consummation is impossible, we must repudiate the ideas of the Peace advocates as perfectly Utopian. It would be manifestly absurd for any single nation to disarm. As surely as it ' r did so, its neighbour would seek some pretext for a dis pute, anti pounce upon the undefended soil. Before men can afford to become entirely passive, human passions must be annihilated. What is a nation but an eggre ' gate of individuals possessed of desires, hopes, fears? TUE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. the pe , a , c for h s e essi otnse House, City of London, Old Bailey, was Nov. : 2() - , -- 1849. The following letter from Mr. Clark, the clerk of "My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your Lordship that at a meeting of the judges at the Cen tral Criminal Court, on the 2d inst., I asked permis sion to have an additional number of persons sum moned at each session, to insure the formation of an extra jury to serve in the Third Court whenever their services were required. "By means of the extra jury, I hope the inconve nience which has been found to result from requiring all the jurors to attend daily during the sitting of the Third Court, to secure a sufficient number to keep the three courts occupied, may be remedied. The judges directed a sufficient number to be summoned to se cure the formation of an additional jury; but, as it will be a matter of great importance to them, as also to prosecutors and witnesses, and, indeed, to the public generally, to know on what day the Third Court will commence its sit ting, I take leave, through your Lordship, to ask if the Court of Aldermen (as commissioners of the Central Criminal Court) will be pleased to give directions on the subject, that they make the same known as publicly as possible. At the same time I take leave to suggest that time,would be gained, and much inconvenience avoided, if two commissioners would attend in the New Court, as soon as the grand jury have been sworn, to select the petty juries, instead of selecting them as heretofore in the Old Court.—l have the honour to be, your Lordship's obedient servant, " JOHN CLARK. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." After some conversation, in the course of which it was stated to be the practice of the county magistrates who committed prisoners for trial at the Central Criminal Court, to bind over more witnesses than it was at all necessary to produce upon trial, and that very recently a county magistrate had actually sent to the Old Bailey seven or eight witnesses, when no more than two were required, and the whole batch were supported in town from Monday till Friday, the Court agreed to resolutions to the effect suggested in Mr. Clark's letter, and appointed Thursday for the commencement of the sittings of the Third Court. The RECORDER, in reference to the statement that the county magistrates were in the habit of sending more witnesses to the Old Bailey than were necessary, said, those who presided in the court had no control over the county magistrates in matters of the kind, except so far as public expostulation might be a con trol; and he was constantly expostulating against the useless and prodigal expenditure. He could add, too, that in some instances in wnich several witnesses were crowded in a case, the most important witness of all was, through the judicial skill of the magis trate, left out.—(Laughter.) A letter from the Commissioner of the City Police was read in the court. He complained that the chief of the police of the City had no place at the Gui!d hall Lanquets appointed for his accommodation, and was on such occasions subjected to the indignity of coming in contact with the waiters and the refuse of the kitchen. Sir G. CARROLL and others of the aldermen said the Commissioner was perfectly justified in com plaining of such indignity, and the letter was referred to a committee,—Adjourned. MISS KELL Y. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As I have not, I hope, at any time imperti nently thrust myself before the public, e ither iu my professional or private character, I trust I may be excused if, unconsciously, I now appear to do so by indulging an irresistible desire to draw, through the powerful medium of your columns, the attention of my friends to the peculiar hardship of my present position, as I can in no other way so well extend the statement to those who, beyond the immediate circle of my intimate acquaintances, I flatter myself may take some interest in my welfare, and a conviction of that integrity I have had credit for through a longand arduous professional life. Sir, I witnessed, on Tuesday morning last, the utter demolition of the fixtures, fittings, and furniture of my Theatre and Dramatic School in Dean-street; and now only by the courtesy of the sheriff's officer am permitted "a day or two" to remove, and find space for this ponderous and (for any other than its original appropriation) useless property, before I am myself for ever expelled from the building I have raised for the urest purposes, and towards which I have, for the last 15 years, devoted my whole fortune, mind, arid time. Now, Sir, as it would deeply wound my proud heart to be pitied or blamed as a ras h enthusiast or idle speculator, I wish to arrest at once conjecture and misrepresentation, to which all seeming failure is liable, by stating that my whole property has been wrested from me by my ground landlord, on default of the instalment of 1601. due to him in June last, upon arrear of rent for which I had signed to him an all-powerful document. His legal right is undisputed, and I am bound to acknowledge that he has on some occasions shown a patience and forbearance, too generally, I fear, called for from landlords now-a-days. And I also account myself fortunate in the kind and gentlemanly con duct of Mr. John Allen, his solicitor, who has, I sincerely believe, done all in his power to avert this cruel and unnecessary step—a step that lam unable to account for, and which I own I could not have believed would be taken only 18 days before the time that would have satisfied his demand. But the pecu liar feature of the case, and the hardship of which I complain, is this—that when I signed this fearful document I distinctly stated, in presence of his solicitor and my own, that I could not fulfil my promise as to the first instalment (having no dependable resources) until the end of November. —the present month; and that, therefore, I signed depending on the fact that I was perfectly un derstood, and should be treated with the same consi deration as on a former occasion, when I had placed myself equally in his power. The result, however, is, that on default of the said instalment of 1601., he has only 18 days before the time prayed for, seized a property to which, in the cost for building and the operation of the purposes for which it was designed, I have sacrificed from first to last 16,0001. Should you, Sir, feel kindly disposed, and think it well to gratify my wish in allowing space in any form for the substances of my letter, I shall consider myself infinitely obliged. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, F. M. KELLY. Bayswater, Nov. 16. GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—The directors of ' this truly excellent institution, established in 1839, " for the granting of permanent pensions to actors, actresses. chorus singers, dancers, pantomimists, and prompters," have issued to the profession a statement of the finances of the fund received and disbursed during the past year, and made up to the 21st of February last, from which it appears that her Majesty has been pleased to become an annual donor of 100 guineas. The receipts—including members' subscriptions, 364/. 163. 6d.; admission fees, 331. 55.; interest, 1571. 155.; profit of dinner, exclusive of arrears, 1541. Id.; and arrears of donations (1847), 161. ss.—amounted to 7261. Is. 7d.; while, after the dis charge of the liabilities of the fund, a balance of 339/. ss. 8.1. was left. The assets at that period were 4,492/. ss. Bd.; invested in the funds, 501.; London and West minster Bank and cash in treasurer's hands, 57/. 15s. id., making a total of 4,6001. Os. 9d. Since ttat period other investments have been made, and the funded capital of the institution now exceeds 5,0001., standing in the joint names of Mr. Justice Talfourd, Benjamin Bend Cabbell, Esq., and Charles Dickens, Esq., trustees of the fund. The profits of the dinner in May last. at which Mr. Charles Kean presided with so much stnease, amounted to- about 30u/. Mr. Benjamin Webster Las kindly consented to take the chair at the ensuing anni versary festival in March next. A WONDERFUL WEAPON.--'The .Doneaster Chro• niele states that during the last day or two, a formid able looking staff, or truncheen, with an ugly looking dirk inserted in one end, has been exhibited in the shop window of Mr. Welborne, gunsmith, with the following description of its astonishing properties and adventures: —" This staff was took at the island of Chootyooty, by Sir John Ross, during his late voyage in the Arctic re gions. It killed fifteen Polar bears, and wounded twelve of the native Esquimaux!" All that we can say is that this is the most terrific weapon we ever heard of; aed we trust that every precaution will be taken to preveet it frem slaying any of the " natives" on Mr. Welbourne's premises. THE IRISH ENCUMBERED ESTATES ACT.—The Act of last session (12 and 13 of Victoria, cap. 77), for the sale or transfer of encumbered estates in Ireland, is now in full operation. The value of estates already sub mit:ed to Its provisions is of the estimated amount of nearly 1,000,000/. Baron Richards is the chief commis sioner under the Act, and by the statute applications by petition may be made by the owner or by the incum brancer to administer the same, under the new law. TO THE E.Dl7'Oll OF THE SUN. Sin,—The impartiality which you, at all times, have shown to the persecuted ones, without taking in consideration which rank in society they held, en courages me to request you will give publicity to these lines. My late father was Dr. Frederick Bran, at Jena, editor of the .Minerva, &c. I am a German exile, and have resided in this country without interruption since the 13th of June, 1842. In Germany I never, gave displeasure to any one of the thirty-four Sovereigns or their respective Go vernments whatsoever, and have never in my life been before a police-court. I moved always in the best society, and cared at that time nothing about politics, being very ignorant, as most Germans were at that time, in that respect; as the press in that country is not free. I thought fit, as many other Germans have done, to obtain a passport for the United States of America from the Saxe 'Weimer Government, but having arrived at Ilamburgh on the 4th of May, 1842, the very day on which the great fire broke cut, I lost the greater part of my money by thieves, and was ad vised by my friends to go to England. In 1844 I wanted to return to Germany, and de sired Baron Gersdorf, at that time Minister resident from Saxony to the Court of St. James's, to give u.e a passport to that effect. ___ lie refused, saying—" You are yet very young, and had better go to America; I must not let you go back to Germany." I wrote to the Saxe Weimar Government, remind ing it that I never had given complaint, and that my late father not only had paid a large amount of duty to Government, but had given erployment to many, and had even several times been visited by the late Grand Duke himself; but if that even had not been the case, they had no right to banish any man from his native country without cause. I was answered, that, according to a report from the police at Jena, they did' not consider it wise to per mit me to return. I applied again in strong terms, but received no answer. Thus foreigners are thrown, against their will, upon the English shores and hospitality. Exasperated at such tyranny, I began in 1846 to write poems, in which 1 asserted that one crowned head was quite enough for any country, and that the Germans before all things ought to have liberty of the press, and freedom or speech. Several German diplomatists and priests, residing in London, have since persecuted me, by command of their Governments, and used all possible means in their power secretly to ruin my character and to de stroy me. The magistrate at Jena was commanded by the Weimar Camarillo., to make my venerable mother appear at his office, and was obliged to afik her, what I, her son, was doing at London, to which question she of course replied—that she did not know what I was doing. Letters, which are duly hosted and paid for in Germany, I receive only if they are sent under cover to a merchant in the City.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. AUGU STU S BRAN. 3, Stafford place, Pimlico, Nov., 1849. WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTION.- T E GLEE CONCERTS.—The seventh conceit of this series took place on Monday evening, and we must say the im provement that has taken place since their establishment is marked and decided. Part I. consisted of a selection from Handers serenata /leis and Galatea, in which was introduced " On, the pleasures of the plains;" " Hush, ye pretty warbling choir;" " Happy we;" " Oh, ruddier than the cherry," which elicited au encore, and many other pieces, which were each given in a style worthy of the great composer. We bad also a duo con certante for treble concertinas, on airs from Lucrezia Borgia, very beautifully executed by Mr. A. Sedgwick and Mr. E. Barton. The Second Part opened with a grand fantasia on the pianoforte by Mr. 11. S. May, in troducing the following arias from Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito :—Ductto, Ah! perdona;" aria, " Parto ma to ben mio;" recit. " Oh! Dei the smania;" quintetto, " Deh couservate oh Dei;" and concluding with the " Cat's Fugue," by Scarlatti. Then followed a solo on the violin by Mr. Griesbach. It would be injustice did we omit to mention the tasteful manner in which Miss Kemble gave the song " The Cavalier;" it was beautiful indeed, and was loudly applauded. The members of the institaiion must consider themselves under deep obliga tion to their talented managing director, Mr. Malcolm, for the excellent manner iu which these concerts have been presented to them. MEDICALREFORM.—A meeting of the members of the National Institution of Mejcine ' Surgery, and Mid wifQry was held last night, at the Ilanover-square Booms, to take into cot:side:ration the best means of obtaining the redress of the grievances which the great body of the profession suffer from the exclusive consti tution of the College of Surgeons, and the propriety cf seeking the incorporation of the general practitioners. 1 he meeting was of a preliminary and private character. A. deputation was appointed to wait on the council of the College with a statement of claims; and it was fur ther resolved, that in the event of an unsatisfactory reply, the deputation should wait on Sir George Grey with a memorial, pi aging the immediate incorporation of the general practitioners in a separate college. EXTRAoRDINARY DISPATCII.—A coil of copper wire, 12,200 feet long, was delivered at the Gotta Percha Company's works, City-road, at 4 P.M., on Monday, the 19th, to be covered with sulphuretted . gotta percha for the Prussian Government, with strict injunction that it must be dispatched by the Hamburgh mail on the fol lowing day. Notwithstanding this short notice the ex traordinary feat was accomplished, the coil being shipped within 24 hours of its arrival.