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JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COII.NCIL.-(THIS DAY.) GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. The further hearing of this important case was resumed this morning. As on the preceding day, the Court was constituted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Langdale (the Meeter of the 11 ,Ils), Lord Camp bell, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Belton Parke, the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, Mr. Pemberton Leigh, and Sir Edward Ryan. Mr. Turner, Q.C., of the Chancery-bar, and Dr. Bay ford, the Learned Civilian of Doctors -commons, again appeared as counsel for the Reverend Mr. Gor ham, the appellant; and the Bishop of Exeter, the respondent, was represented by Dr. Addams and Mr. Baddeley. Mr. TURNER resumed his argument immediately on the Court having re-assembled. He proceeded to refer to the opinions of Martyr and Buccr, Professors in the University of Cambridge, quoted by the Judge in giving sentence on this case in the Ecclesiastical Court, with the view of showing that they thought faith and repent ance were necessary to ensure the benefits of bap tism, The Learned Counsel also read extracts from Bullinger's Decades, in order to show that he was of opinion that faith and the Holy Ghost, and not the sacraments, conferred the benefit of regeneration. The time was then when the Church of England herself held the doctrine laid down by Bullinger, namely, that faith and repentance were essentially necessary to the reception of regeneration, and if that was the opinion of the Church in those times, he (Mr. Turner) ventured to submit to their Lordships the consideration whether, in the altered views of modern times, and bearing in mind that the Church in her early days held that faith and re. Pentane° were undoubtedly held as necessary to procure spiritual regeneration, a clergyman was nom to be held Incapable of holding a position in the Church by reason of hie entertaining doctrines which the Church in her early days enforced on its ministers? He would then proceed to refer to the services of the Church of Eng land, and he entered upon that c o nsideration with some feeling of pain. The first point was to con shier the " principle on which those services were to be construed. They were devotional services addressed to all the members of the Church—to all classes, as well those who were faithful and devout, all those who were merely professing Christians. Let their Lordships consider how a service of that descrip tion, which was to be applied, not'merely by professing Christians, but by the truly faithful and devout Chris tians, must be constructed. It must be constructed on the very highest standard; a service which was addressed Merely to a professing member of the Church would never excite the devotional feelings of a man who acted Ott principles not merely of profession. Nobody bad denied, and nobody ever could deny, that spiritual re- Discretion might be given in baptism. He would ask their Lordships whether they did not find in the ser vice for public baptism a thanksgiving for regenera tion actually given ? Among the members of the Church to whom that service was addressed were those Who most undoubtedly, having an unfeigned trust in the Mercies of Almighty Good, would believe that spiritual r egeneration was given in baptism. If there were some °l neog a congregation whose feelings and principles led them to maintain that spiritual regeneration was actu ally given in baptism, it was not surprising that lan. go age of thanksgiving should be found for that gift of naptism. Their feelings would be offended if any doubt Were entertained whether spiritual regeneration was given or not given in baptism. He (Mr. Turner) said tt followed as a reasonable, and an almost necessary . c onsequence, that they should find in the baptismal ser vise of the Church of England a thanksgiving for the spiritual regeneration bring actually given in or by the tof baptism. The t r ue distinction was, that the ser vicesf. of the Church of England were addressed to the :clings of the people and not to their doctrines. The leeatned Counsel then proceeded to read various expres sions used in the offices of the Book of Common Prayer for private and adult baptism, and for confirmation, and M the catechism, with the view of showing that in those services absolute expressions of regeneration were em ployed. Vas the spiritual regeneration so said to be Risen, given by God in, or at, or before, or after baptism I Who should determine ? The question was, what was the meaning of the absolute words of regeneration, which were contained in the services of the Church of England ? Tho mean ing of these words must, of course, be taken in connec tion with the services, and wish the congregation to Whom those services wore addressed. It was not, there• fore, a mere verbal question. Let their Lordships con sider the nature of the services iu which those words were used. The very nature of the sacrament of bap tism was figurative. - It was the representation and seal of the blessings of the new covenant of God. Let their Lordships look, too, at the promises which were con. tssined in those services. Were they not of a figurative character ? They were so, undoubtedly, in the sense that they were promises made by others for a being in capable at the time of making any promises for itself. Let them look also at the language of the prayer for the sanctification and the consecration of the child. It was for the mystical washing away of sin. Their Lordships, therefore, had, down to the period of the service when the thanksgiving was introduced, figurative representa tions. If the service itself was figurative might not their Lordships well believe that the words which Were introduced of positive declaration of regeneration Were figurative and sacramental too ? Again, the sacra reent of baptism itself was scriptural in the highest Possible sense—was it not natural that scriptural ' 4ll l:nage should be used in that sacrament? He thought, Without troubling their Lordships by going into pas sages of Scripture, they would find fre q uent references t o a covenant as perfected, and that covenant was taken an d spoken of as fulfilled. Those observations occurred t 0 him on the frame of the services. Let their Lprd shir.., now see whether they could fairly construe the W ords of baptism in connexion with the Articles of the Church without finding contradiction. The assertions to the baptismal service were that the child was regene itted; the applied to every child. The Articles, on " 0 other ha y nd, said that the sacraments were effectual In those who received them worthily. The service for !dolt biptism was equally clear and equally positive in Its terms as to regeneration. It was undisputed—it could not be disputed—that no spiritual regeneration could be conferred in the case of a parent unless there Were faith and repentance. Were their Lordships to re one construction to the words which were contained found in the other? Were they to say that the words Wereease; founded on a hypothetical assumption in the one had and that they were positive and absolute in another? ', L od Almighty may grant regeneration either before, at manbucime, or after the saorament of baptism. What hu , being should presume to judge on such an occasion , w ,e,en the regeneration was granted ? Let their Lord ',"'As again consider the baptismal service with refe 'clic° to the sponsorial promises. The whole of it was c onnected with those promises. Might it not be that athe performance of those promises was the con 'lion on which the blessing was given ? Let !heir Lordships take, for example, the words " this is my belly," used in the Communion Service. Their L ordships could not construe those words literally W ithout falling into the error of transubstantiation. T he Learned Counsel then read a paragraph from the Works of Archbishop Cranmer, in which he said that t hat the body of Christ was on the earth in the l aerament, "as the Holy Ghost was in the water of b aptism." By the sponsorial service (Mr. Turner continued) baptism followed the promises, and pro ceeded upon them. The Church of England r equired those promises of belief from its sponsors, as I,he condition on which it granted the baptism. Cou l d " be that the Church required the promise, but disre garded the fulfilment of that promise If that were th se. , must not the blessing be conditi t na l u p on the the condition of the grant ? And then the sureties only gave the promises until the child came of age to teke . u em upon himelf Supposing the surety declined to do ' l °) was it to be held that the baptismal ble , sing had been conferred? It might be said that the bles :leg had been co nferred ttuli b ut h a d been lost by repudiation. Was not t strong to show that the grant of the promise was c o nditional on the performance of that promise? On the whole of the baptismal service was not the true me aning this, that the language of Scripture being he that believeth and his baptised shall be ' iv ed, but he that believeth not shall be d amned," connecting the beneficial baptism with ;"., belief, and that Scripture having applied and 'aid down that connexion as to adults, the Church had ado P.ed as far as it could the scriptural doctrine, and a_PPlied it to infants? It might mean that by the charit able assumption of the Church of England spiritual re geueeeration was given at baptism. Man had been therit°lls enough to inquire into and discuss matter, and that inquiry had not re d very satisfactorily. It had involved, 9did involve, the Church of England in discussion by the attempt of human ingenuity to fathom 7s il eighty wisdom. The Learned Counsel then read that I,7tion of the burial service of the Church of England called upon its ministers to say over the dead that the departed is committed to the dust " in sure and ~ Z i rtain hop e o f t h e resurrec ti on t o e t erna l lif e , th roug h our Lord J esus Ch r i s t." What was the c o n s tr uc ti on t o h e Put upon these words? Did they not proceed on the charitable assumption that the man had left the IQ_ worl d in peace towards God and in charity towards all '', ll The Church of England assumed the language of pounded confidence in the mercy of the Almighty. It expressed in the passage he had read its hope that e r s e rYhody who had left the world had left it to enjoy *nal felicity. Could that be on any other assumption t han fo... that of charity ? And if, therefore, their Lordships 0 , 4 4 9 in one service of the Church the expression of ausi_ritable hope that the dead departed this world is the could they certain hope of resurrection to eternal life, 'ituu they wonder iu another service, whets the Church expresseduse herself as to the effect of baptism, that she v t erms equally charitable in speaking of regenera tion? H e o i itstislehisone believed he had now concluded the orations he had to make in this case single exception. He thought it duty to call their LordehipS' consideration to thq o uestion of what wa s t h e Exten t o f th e r i g h t o f a vf `,, l °,lto examine in cases Of thi s d esc rip t i on . Thi s e 4 question of vast importance, not merely to the • • MP. • • •••• oll• 1.."' •••1111 .. 10. , • ••• oNNIP 1•00 Om. MOO 11••• '.'n" .••• NNW •••• .n." •••• ..... ii i . ••••• ••••• .7 11A •••• • ea* ow. ..w 26 i ••• • owe/. 'INN 00. • ••... II•••• ••••• 0 4° 1•••• 1 % P. ....., 16 1••••••• 00. 4"' el 73i 19, 1451 lg 17X 14 - 17% 14 , ,•,,i ....o, t I' 2l 64 94 ~., THE SUN, clergy but to the pity, because if that course of x nation which Lid been pursued in the present case, upon words extrivrted from the services of the Church, was to be pursued, it would be undoubtedly at the i i k of giving great offence with respect to the rights of presentation vested in the ( The Hon. Gentleman was sill addressing the Court when our reporter left.) MARLBRO -STILE T-(THIS DAY.) A Row AT TUE PERUVIAN A.3IIIASSADOR'I3.—Fanny a (nether and Chas lode illacktiden, two elegantly-attired eemales, the latter of whom haft an infant in her arms, were placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being disorderly, and forcing an entrance into the house of ilia Excellency the Peruvian Ambassador, No. 17, Pert land place. George Frapwell, his Excellency's butler, stated that last night, about 9 o'clock, he heard a double knock at the street door, and on his opening it, the defendant Crowther pushed bins on one side and forced herself into the hall. As soon as she got in she inquired it his master WAS at home. Witness said he was not. Defendant then pet sisted in forcing her way up stairs, and on his trying to prevent her she commenced screaming, and created such a disturbance that he W 43 obliged to call a constable and give her in charge. On their arrival at the station witness declined to press the charge, and she was set at liberty. About halt an hour atter he returned home she came again, and commenced knocking at the do ir and ringing the bell most furiously. . One of the other ser vents opened the door, and the two defendants forced themselves in, and the defendant Crowther ran up-stairs into the first:floor rooms, where she began screaming out that she would see his master, who had acted like a villain to her. Witness seeing that she was determined to be as disorderly as she could, sent for a countable and gave them both in charge. In cross examination by Mr. Fisher, who attended for the defendants, witness said he could not tell whether Crowther had ever slept in tho house. Had seen her there late at night. Never let her in at night and let her out in the morning. She did not tell him that his Ex cellency was the father of her child, which the other defendant had in her arms. He had directions from his master not to admit any person into the house at any time. Newman, E 9, said he was called to the residence of his Excellency about half-post nine o'clock last night, and on going up stairs he saw his Excellency, who made A complaint that two women were in the hall whom he wished to be removed. Witness went into the hall, where he saw the two defendants with the butler. Witness requested them to leave the house peaceably. They refused to do so, and Crowther said it was his Excellency's child, and she would not go till she had seen him. They then became so very dis orderly that he took them to the station. Mr. Fisher said he could not deny that his clients had acted very wrong in going to his Excellency's house. He could assure the magistrate if they were allowed to enter into their own recognizances he would promise that they should not go there again. Crowther said she had been in the habit of going to the house when she chose, and frequently slept there. Mr. HARDWICK, after cautioning the defendants, dis charged them on their entering into their own recog nisances to keep the peace for two months. LONDON, LITERATURE. .IdlG LI- TVA YS AND DRY-WAYS. By the Author of " Bubbles from the Brunnen of Nassau." A cheap and beautiful reprint of the article pub lished in the last number of the Quarterly Review descriptive of the tubular bridges across the Menai Straits, has just appeared from the establishment of Mr. Murray. &dog that we commented upon this clever effusion from the pen of Sir Francis B. Head on the occasion of its first appearance in the Quarterly, we have nothing further to do now than briefly to announce the fact of its republication. THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMER CIAL, .ECCLESIASTICAL, AND lIISTO RICAL GAZETTEER; Travelliw; - Road Book, awl County Atlas. presmit namb-r contains two swell-executed maps of the counties of Lancashire .ind Hampshire, and h embellished with two beautiful engra‘inv, one of the " Etherow Viaduct," near Manchester and the othyr of that gigantic undertaking and triumph of human skill and power, " Tne Great Tubular Bridge across the Meuai Strait," on the Chester and Holy-- head Railway. The historical account of the ancient city of Chester will be read with deep interest by the scholar and antiquarian, and reflects the greatest credit on the industry of the compilers. DUBLIN UNIrERsiTY MAGAZINE. The 'series of articles composing the number of this able periodical for the present month are varied and instructive as usual. The firav i 3 an admirably written paper on a very singular character, entitled The Last Days of Mirabeau." The other papers are " Fallacies of the Fallacies," an t xamination of a work by M. Frederick Bastiat, entitled " Popular Fallacies regarding General Interests ;" " Special Exhibitions of Warem, or the Divine Afflatus of the Hindoos ;'" " Irish Rivers, No. Vll.—The Foyle ;" " A Bunch of New Novels"—" Shirley," " Ernesto di Ripalta," " Leonie Vermont," " The Woodman." These notices are truthful and judi cious, and we would particularly recommend the in teresting author of " Shirley" to take a hint from the able critic in any future delineation of an Irish gentleman. " Notes and Suggeslions on Indian Affairs," are brought to a conclusion. " Purchased Love," a sad tale of the evil consequences frequently attendant on marriages for mere money ; " The Shaksperian Unities," written with great spirit and ability ; " Meetings and Partings," a sweet and touching little poem containing many passages of great beauty and feeling ; " Sirr's China and the Chinese." A notice of this work closes the present number. We have so frequently beat owed our com mendations on this work in its serial ,progression that it is not necessary to repeat them. on the present occasion. It has attractions for every- •class of readers —the mere pleasure-seeker will find :amusement, the more serious inquirer instruction. itidded to the pre sent number is an Index to Vol. X.X XIV. STRAND THEATRE. A translation of Henrick Herz's drama, entitled King Rene's Daughter, was produced here last even ing with complete success. This exquisite drama of the Danish poet has been twice at least translated into English. A version by Colonel Phipps was recently performed at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in which Mrs. Charles Kean appeared as the heroine lolanthe, the blind daughter of good old King Rene, and achieved an immense success. The version of Colonel Phipps is not the one produced by the Strand manager, who has adopted the version which ap peared some short time since in the Dublin University Magazine, and which is from the pen of a writer who assumes the name of " Bon Gaultier." The drama is no more than an exhibition of a pecu liar psychological position, and when this is developed it terminates. A (laughter of King Rene, of trouba dour celebrity, has become blind at an age so early that she is not aware by comparison of her peculiar deficiency, and as s he is kept in a state of seclusion by her father, who has enjoined all her attendants to abstain from revealing the secret, she believes that her condition is that of ordinary humanity. A young nobleman, who accidentally discovers her retreat, and is struck by her beauty, awakens in her mind the feeling that there is a world of sensations, of which she has never been aware. Shortly after her sight is re stored by a Moorish physician; and though she is at first terrified by the new scene prezented to her, she is soon delighted to recognise her father, and to hear that the youth who first gave her a notion of light is her betrothed. This little piece, simple as it is in plot, is evidently the product of much reflection. Ihe difficulty of making a person destitute of a sense apprehend, even to a slight degree, the objects to which that sense applies is exhibited with a great deal of acuteness, and also with much poetical feeling and the verse of the English adaptor is smooth and melodious. Mrs. Stirling is just the actress to seize on a definite idea, and to work it out with thought fulness and accuracy. The uncertainty of her move ments as the blind girl, the attitudes which were too pleasing to be called awkward, but which yet conveyed the notion of an inability in the body to obey the dictates of the mind, were highly truthful, and the air of trusting simplicity with which she replied even to a strange voice, was the more pathetic from the complete absence of exaggeration. The attitude with which, on her restoration to sight, she greeted the sky above her, approached the statuesque, and showed a profound conception of the beauty of the situation. Mr. Leigh Murray, as the chivalric lover, looked exceedingly well, and by depicting a generous enthusiasm gave force to a character more slightly sketched. At the conclusion of the piece, which was received with loud applause, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Leigh Murray, and Mr. Diddear (who played King Rene) were called before the curtain. MISS CLARA SEFTON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON THE POETS AND MINSTRELS OF HUNGART.—MiSS Clara Seyton's new entertainmentlon the Descriptive Poets and Minstrels of Hungary was produced last evening, for the first time, at the Western Literary Institution, Leicester-square, with a success as triumphant as might have been expected from the popularity of the subject and the talents of the fair lecturess. In the course of the entertainment Miss Clara Sey ton communicated much new and interest ing information on the subject of the various tribes by whom Hungary is inhabited, and of their manners, customs, and history. She then proceeded to descant on the Magyar poets, illustrating this portion of her entertainment by specimens of Magyar songs and ballads, giving, among others, the popular Magyar melody, " The Invitation to the Dance," which was rapturously encored, and narrowly escaped the honour of being called for a third time. The descriptive ballad, " The Croaking of the Frogs," was rendered with great spirit, and was warmly ap plauded, as were the Hungarian ballad "The Departure," and the scena descriptive of a war of language between a Magyar and a German, en titled " The Tiszian Chikosh." Among the greatest of Hungarian poets, Miss Clara Seyton classes the Patriot-Poet, the !Statesman-Hero, Louis Kossuth, on whom she pronunced an eulo gium of surpassing eloquence, which aroused her auditors to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. She completely took her audience with her, who testiflecl,by repeated salvoes of applause their admira tion for the man who is at once the Hampden and the Milton of his country; and for the gifted lady who, in language worthy of the subject, gave utterance to the universal feeling with which all who are worthy of freedom must regard freedom's last, and perchance greatest martyr—Louis Kossuth. The entertainment concluded with a " Lyttel Historie of ye Operatic and Street Music of ye Present Tyrone,'" a John Parry like prolusion in which Miss Seyton gave an imitation of Jenny Lind in the " Ah non giunge," which eli cited an unanimous and rapturous encore. The room was crowded, and among those present we observed several Hungarians, who seemed highly delighted with the- entertainment, which will, we understand, be repeated this evening. Miss Sey ton was accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. T. Harries Wilson, who composed and 'arranged the music of the entertain ment, and who has added to his fame, both as an tic companyist and a musician, by the admirable manner in which he acquitted himself in both capacities last evening. SEAL SHOOTING IN THE WEST.—A few days since a large seal, following a shoal of whiting, entered one of the little bays in Dunmanus harbour. It was soon seen by one of the peasantry, from time to time protrud ing its head and shoulders for a moment, and again sinking from view in the water. Dr. O'Donovan, an experienced sportsman and a" dead shot," wa s a t onc e informed of the unexpected visitor's appearance, and he instantly, with rifle in hand, approached the animal at the nearest point of land, a distance of from 200 to 250 yards. He was not long waiting en opportunity to dis play his expertness, for the seal peeped out again with a considerable degree of cJzfidtnce, and apparently look ing defiance at the learned doctor. The latter was, however, too quick, and in an instant the ball from his riff was aimed with such accuracy that it entered the right eye of the seA and pawl out at the opposite side of the skull. The animal, now mad from pain, tossed its head and shoulders wildly about, and thus gave his enemy an opportunity to fire again. In a few moments the sea became crimson with his blood, and he sank lifeless. When the water had receded a little it enabled the boatmen with some difficulty to discover him. Seine icha of the size of this animal may be formed from the fact that it was necessary to get six men to raise him. His length ham snout to tail, which was very short, was nine feet. The circumference of his body under the shoulders was six feet. The quantity of oil pi oduced is computed at about 15 gallons.—Cork paper. AIGHT HoN. Fox MAULS.—The Perth Courier states, that "Rumour says the above named Right lion Gentleman is intended eventually to fill the (;ilice of Coloniul Secretary, should the retircrntit of Earl Grey be the result of the mismanagement with which that department has beets charged while under the Presidency of the Noble Earl." FINE ARTS. WEIGHING THE DEER. By Frederick Tayler. We have been favoured by Mr. Skuire, of Cock spur-street, with an inspection of this chef d'ausre of Mr. Ta) ler's pencil ; indeed, we may say of the Bri tish school of water-colours ; for nod ing in that de partment has hitherto appeared on a s!milar scale, or comparable in design and execution to the "Weighing of the Deer." Perhaps, the gem of the picture is the female figure in the foreground on the right, but the drawing is in every detail faultless, the expression vivid but unstrained, the grouping mas terly, and the colouring perfection itself. In the de gs and slaugh tered deer we could discern no inferior;.ty to Landseer, and paramount as has been our adirriiration of the "Bolton Abbey " of that eminent artist, we venture to predict That the forthcoming engraving of the " Weighing the Deer " will be even a .'nigher favourite with the lovers of the arts. The on ginal is, we un derstand, already disposed of for three hundred pounds, a price not too high for so riiro a specimen of British genius. We trust it may be permitted to re main a little longer on view at Mr. Squire's, as we shall not easily look upon its like age LINES FOR SUNG AT THE: SHEFFIELD ATHENEUM, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1849, ON TUE OCCASION OF OPENING WHE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. The s Neetest lays that man can raiistl Should greet the spreading light izri Reason, As bee and bird are ever heard The loudest in the bright spring- eoason; And let us gladly hail the day That sees us here with goodly That shads another helping ray To make Truth's sunshine wider still. God speed the cause, and let the lt MIA Of Peace and Knowledge rule oi tr land; God guard the walls whose temple b alls Are filled by Wisdom's Christi= baud, No blood-stained spear—no orphiv tear Is blending with our simple glory; If laurels grace this favour'd They will not tell a carnage stwir. But higher far the mortal fame That wo would bravely seek to win; Man gains his noblest hero- name By quelling Ignorance and Sin. God speed the cause, and let the I awe Of Peace and Knowledge rule our land; God Are eufiairld the filled by walls Wisdom's , c temple hris tir .halls band. —Weekly Dispatch. Emal COOL. SPORTING IN TELLIIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTEaI—TuEsIay. METROPOLITAN STEEPLLCHASE. - -ft to 1 agst Sir Arthur (t), 4 to 1 agst British Yew trtn (t), 5 to 1 agst Vain Hope, 8 to 1 agst Maria Day (t).. CHESTER CIIP.-50 to 1 agst Peep-4-day Boy (t), 50 to 1 agst Melody, 1,000 to 15 agst any other. DERIIV.-25 to 1 agst The Nigger (:t). !!!' His Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave Osborne at an early hour on Th rsdav next, and proceed by railway to Slough, w hsre he will be joined by the Duke of Cambridge al oirrince George, who will accompany the procession et the late Queen Dowager's remains to St. George sc Chapel. His Royal Highness will return to Osb( ne immediately after the melancholy ceremony. OPENING OF THE MARYLEBO Pi: BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.—Yesterday the inter. sat-ing ceremony of opening the public Baths and Wash-1 so uses erected for the great and opulent parish of Mary if ibone, on the site of the late Tea•e b ardens ' attached •io the Yorkshire Stingo, New -road, took place iu t b e presence of the Churchwardens, Vestry, Baths and Iffash-house Com missioners, and a vast assemblage of ladies and gentle men. This institution, which is the !larg.est of its kind in the metropolis, and which from the: - vast improvements which have been effected in every d, ipurtment under the superintendence of Mr. Christopher ;ales, the architect, may be ranked as the model eats Islishment, has been ' erected under the superintendence o f a Beth and Wash• house Commission, appointed by the vestry of St. Mary lebone, who adopted the Baths and Wash-houses Act soon after it came into operation in 11 . 4;47. The cost of the entire building, which is a very r teat structure of red brick with Bath facing, will amo tent to very nearly 20,0001. The establishment contai t:.3 107 bathe, with shower and vapour baths in add pion, for first and second-class cuetomere. There are also two capacious swimming baths surrounded by dre- Ising boxes, and the washing department col:tains eight f four pairs of tubs, with separate drying closet for each, and' a large ironing room—each class having separate entrances. The whole of the baths aro so constru et ed that whilst tke greatest privacy is preserved they it eve also the advan tage of the open area of the whole bi Aiding, at the top, fur the purposes of ventilation. THE WHEAL CONCORD MINING4' COMFANY.—Yes torday a meeting of parties interes tt d in the winding up of this enterprise was held at.; the Cornwall and Devon Mining cliices, in King-stn re t, Cheepside. Mr. Morrison was called to the chair;,, ar.d from the pro ceedings, which extended over at at Ay three hours, it appeared that a petition to wind up- the affairs had been served on Mr. G. W. Snell, of Call it estop, the purser of the mine, which had turn: d out ate unproductive specu lation, and that it stood for adjutii cation before Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce on the li 4th instant. As the expense of the proceedings before t ho Master in Chan cery would be heavy, and fall on all the shareholders, the purse; now appealed to them k , come forward with an equitable contribution to defr: ly outstanding liabili ties, and so avoid the expense of tin inquiry and pro ceeding in Chancery. As there cep pealed to be no ob jection on the part of the meeting • to this, provided the purser would give a clear account. concerning the spe cific appropri.ition of a sum of 51:81., resolutions, after seine lengthy observations from Messrs. Bridgeman, Pocock, Heddle, Croft, and othei 'a, were passed, calling upon the purser to make out afu 11 statement of receipt and expenditure from the comics Lc ement of the under taking, and instructing the coma ti ttee of liquidation to endeavour to induce the parties„ on payment of their costs, which was estimated would. amount to about 201., to postpone the prosecution of tl he petition before the Vice-Chancellor, until the accou•at , was ready. UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF Da. JOHNSON.--The following letter, written by Dr Johnson nine weeks before his death, is published pif h a fac-simile of his hand writing, . in the Literary- Gazette :—" To Mr. Ryland, merchant; in London.----: Dear Sir,—l am glad that so many could yet meet at th a club. where I do not yet despair of some cheerful lis nrs. Your account of poor dear Payne makes me u wiasy ; if his distemper were only the the true sea scut ry, it is incurred easily, and I believe infallibly curable. But lam afraid it is worse, not a vitiation of partici tls r humours, but a de bilitation of the whole frame, a) i 'effect not of casuality but of time. I wish his reco• ret y, and hope that he wishes and prays for mine. I hi tve for some days, to speak in the lightest end softes‘r; language, made no ad vances towards health. My br path is much obstructed, and my limbs are wells of w ste r. However, I have little cause to complain. My mind, however, is calm: r han in the beginning of the yi aa, and I comfort myself with hopes of every kind, nett ketir despairing of ease in this world, nor happiness in a to her. I shall, I think, not return to town worse than 114:ft it, and unless I gain ground egain, not much bath Ir. But God, I humbly hope, will have trerey on me-- I tun, dear Sir, your most humble servant, Sam. Jo . 44 on, Lichfield, October 6, 1784. WEDNESDAY EVENING ) DErEMBER 12, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince walked this morning in the grounds of Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prance of Wales, and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. _ SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In another part of our impression will be found a specimen of the opinions, or rather the conceptions, which have been formed by a prominent member of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers respecting the duties of that body to which he belongS. In one point of view these reflections are decidedly creditable to their author. They indicate not only a considerable amount of painstaking, but a proper appreciation of the point at which the work should begin. The fret step of the Commissioners, as we have before remarked, should be to ascertain and There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, on Monday, at Gloucester House. The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield market, and the markets in the City of London for the sale of meat, held their first meeting yesterday at the Home (Thee. Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Sir James Duke, Bart., Sir harry Verney, Hon. Fre derick Byng, Professor Richard Owen, and Mr. John Wood, were present. The Commksioners received a deputation from the City of London, including Mr. Taylor, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Dickson, the City Remem brancer, the City Solicitor, and the Comptroller. Mr. Charles Russell, Chairman of the Great Western Railway, and Mr. Saunders, secretary of the company, had an interview with the Commis sioners of Railways yesterday, at their offic3 in the Boa, ! of Trade. Sir James Duke and Dr. Reid had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. specify, for their own guidance no less than public satisfaction, the particular inquiries or acts which arc successively to occupy their attention. If they both know and declare what they are about the mortal vice of the old Commissionwill be got rid of at once. To decide 'upon a principle of action, to discard superfluous or irrelevant questions, and to reduce to the plainest and most comprehensive form the duties actually before the Commissioners from time to time, must be obviously the first stage of any serviceable course. Sir Jelin Burgoyne has at least seen thus far. He has advanced with his tracing line to define the plan of operatioes, has calculated the engineers' means required for the work, and has pointed out some of the dangers against which pro vision should be made. But with these admissions we fear our approval must stop, for we are at a loss to discover in the suggestions referred to any positive proposition beyond a recommendation of compromise and surrender. " To rid the metropolis of the noxious sewage matter and drainage waters efficiently as regards health and convenience, and with the least possible delay," is rightly enough assumed as a defi nition of the obligation itnposesi upon the Commission; and if we add that the object is to be effected at the smallest practicable expense, we shall Le able to agree with Sir John Burgoyne upon the premises, and to start fairly upon the argument. His sug gestions express, or, to speak more correctly, they comprise, the following principles :—First, that the disposal of the sewage matter is a question essentially distinct from that before the Commissioners, which concerns only its removal ; secondly, that the agent in this removal must necessarily be water, copiously supplied ; and, thirdly, that soil-pits and tunnels are excluded from consideration—the former by the con ditions of the case itself, and the latter by the imprac ticabilities attending their construction. Now, as regards the first of these points, there is, undoubtedly much to be said for the proposed simplification of the subject. Notwithstanding all that has been recom mended by argument, and even proved by experiment, it may certainly be alleged that there is no absolute warrant for believing that the whole refuse of such a city and population as ours could, consistently with a due speed and efficiency in its removal, be disposed of at a remunerative price; and, since the provisions rc wired for such an ultimate application of the sewage matter do most materially complicate any system of drainage, it is not unreasonable to suggest the dismissal of a consideration which would induce so unwelcome a delay when action is so urgently re quired. All tint can be said on the other side is, that a certain condition of the object proposed, viz , cheap ness of execution, depended on this very point of employing the refuse as manure, and therefore the true position of the question is as follows :—Granting that London in itself is unfavourably calculated for an experiment upon the availability of sewage matter, is there, or is there not, already established upon this point a probability strong enough to dissuade the adoption of any system which excludes the eventual employment of such a resource ? We think there is, and a recollection of the illustrations which have repeatedly appeared in our columns will probably induce the reader to think so too. The importance of the question lies in this—that it does not concern simply, as Sir John Burgoyne assumes, the general benefit of the country, but directly affects the particular benefit of the metro politan ratepayers. If the sewage of the city could be taken to fertilize the marshes of Essex, the reclaimed lands of Essex would pay for the drainage of London. The conditional dismissal, however, of a consideration which has hitherto been made so indispensable enables Sir John to take two steps further in his suggestions. Assuming the object to be not the preservation but the removal of the sewage matter, he consigns it at once to the process of profuse dilution, and then, having at last reached the great and terrible question of final outfall, he calmly pro poses—to pour it all into the Thames! That the river " forms the most central, the lowest, and the readiest outlet ;" that such a proceeding " would be the cheapest and most simple ;" and that a system based upon such a principle " might be rapidly de vised end carried into execution," are all incontrover tible allegations. So cheap, indeed, aed simple and easy is the device that, if it was to be adopted, there was certainly no need of a commission of engineers for carrying it into effect. The only objection to it is just precisely that which has been brought against every other uncovered ditch or sewer. The cases are as similar as possible, for great as is the volume of water at London-bridge, yet, considered with re ference to the enormous districts of which it is to receive the discharge, to the incidents of its tides, and to the agitation in which it is constantly kept, it may be fairly described as bearing no greater pro portion than that of an ordinary town ditch to the filth with which it is polluted. No doubt the river is very low, very central, and very capacious, but these very dimensions and capacities indispose us to falsify all our sanitary assumptions by keeping such a gigantic sewer uncovered and exposed in the heart of the most populous city in the world : We reject the proposal at once upon the plain and simple ground that it does not fulfil that pri mary and fundamental condition which Sir John Burgoyne himself laid down. He and his colleagues have " to rid the metropolis of the noxious sewage matter efficiently as regards health and convenience," and this they certainly can never do by throwing it into the Thames, for the immutable laws of time and tide will bring it all back again in the course of a few hours. Though Sir John overlooks this inconvenient and intractable peculiarity of a tidal river, yet he cannot disguise the " very general" objections to which his proposal is liable, and he suggests the existence of a " complete remedy " in the projected liquefaction of the discharge, in the construction of the discharging channels, and in the proportion maintainable between the volume of the river and the current of the sewers. As regards the first of these correctives, it is difficult to see what benefit it can be expected to produce. Dilution may be very probably useful in the conveyance and removal of the matter from its first receptacles, but it must, to say the least, be a superfluous expedient for neutralising its action on the Tnames ; since in whatever state it first reached the river it must needs within a few hours afterwards undergo as thorough a dilution as it could receive from any previous process. Next, with respect to the proportion borne by the polluting current to the mass of water into which it rushes, this must natu rally remain what it is at present, when it is found considerable enough to infect the entire volume of the river at this point of its course. Sir John does not propose to increase by any particular expedient the waters of the Thames ; on the contrary, he would to some extent diminish them by abstracting very large quantities for the use of local reservoirs, while, on the other hand, he would actually augment the discharge from the-sewers by his suggested arrange ments. The only result of "improved construction and material" in the case of the outlets must be the conveyance into the Thames of the greatest possible amount of filth, with the least possible loss from leakage, evaporation, or diversion. At this moment a modicum of pollution is pro bably intercepted on its way to the river by the imperfections of the sewerage ; but Sir John is for checking any such defalcations, and for so ordering matters that not one jot or tittle of the entire aggregate The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood returned to town yesterday from Altholp Park, Northamptonshire. THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S FUNERAL. (From the Loudon Gazette.) WHITEHALL, DEC. 10, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to command that the following directions, given by her late Majesty Queen Adelaide for her funeral should be made public. Her Majesty has desired that these directions, which are worthy of the exalted piety and unfeigned humility of the late Queen, should be, as far as possible, carried into effect, and for this purpose has been pleased to sanction a departure from the ceremonial usually observed in the funerals of the Kings and Queens of the realm. (Copy.) " I die in all humility, knowing well that we are all alike before the Throne of God, and I request therefore that my mortal remains bo conveyed to the grave with out any pomp or state. They are to be moved to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where I request to.have as private and quiet a funeral as possible. " I particularly desire not to be laid out in state, and the funeral to take place by daylight, no procession, the coffin to be carried by sailors to the chapel. " All those of my friends and relations, to a limited number, who may wish to attend, may do so. My ne phew, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar , Lords Howe an d Denbigh, the Hon. Wm. Ashley, Mr. Wood, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Sir D. Davies, with my dressers, and those of my ladies who may wish to attend. "I die in peace, and wish to be carried to the tomb in peace, and free from the vanities and the pomp of this world. " I request not to be dissected, nor embalmed; and desire to give as little trouble as possible. (Signed) " ADELAIDE B. " November, 1841." The following is a copy of the " ceremonial for the private interment of her late Most Excellent Majesty Adelaide the Queen Dowager, in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, on Thursday, the 13:h of December, 1849 :" ller late Majesty the Queen Dowager having desired that the interment of her remains might take place in a most private manner, and without any state, the follow ing limited ceremonial will be observed, in conformity with her Majesty's express wishes: — On Thursday, the 13th of December, Guards of Honour will be mounted at Bentley Priory and Wind sor. At eight o'clock precisely m the morning, the Royal Body will be removed from the former place to Windsor. A Mourning Coach, drawn by Four Horses, conveying— The Senior Page, Two Dressers, To hor late Majesty. Wardrolvs Maid, A Mourning Coach, drawn lsy Four Horses, conveying— The Vim-Chamberlain of her Maj e sty's Household. Clerk Marshal to her late Majesty. A. Mourning Coach, drawn by Four Ilor - ses,Convoying— The Master of the Horse to her late Majesty. The Lord Chamberlain of her late Majesty. The Vice-Chamberlain of her late Majesty. The Equerry in Waiting to her late Majesty. Her late Majesty's State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, in which will be The CROWN of Her late Majesty, borne on a Velvet Cushion by Captain Taylor, one of her late Majesty's Equerries. THE HEARSE, adorned with Ten Escutcheons, and drawn by Eight Hories. 0.1 the arrival of the Body at Slough the Procession will be joined by the Carriage of the tiaeen's Most Ex cellent Alajeity, conveying— The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Hous,hold. The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household. The Master of the Horse to Her Majesty. Another Royal Carriage, convey ing— A Lord in Waiting to Her Majesty. Ludy in Waiting to Her Majesty. Groom in Waiting to Her ,Msjesty. Another Royal Carriage, conveying— Equerry in Waiting to Her Majesty. Two Maids of honour to Her Majesty. _ - Bedchamber Woman to Her Majesty. A Mourning Coach, drawn by Four Horses, conveying— The Countess Brownlow. The Hon. Miss Hudson. Mrs. Cornwall. Upon arriving at the south porch of St. George's Chapel the Royal Body will be removed from the hearse by ten sailors, and being received at the door by the Man and Canons of Windsor, will be placed upon a platform, and the Crown and cushion laid thereon. The Procession will then move into tho choir in the following order:— The Dean and Canons of Windsor. Garter. The Lard Chamberlain of her Majeaty's Household, attended by one of his Officers. Supporter of the Pall, Lord Byron. THE BODY, I r Suppo i llti of the Lord Adolphus Fitzolareoce. Covored with a 0 Suppor' er of the Pall, t Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. Black Velvet Pall, Supporter of the " 1 :, " Pall, cc Viecount Barrington. FT adorncd with Eacutcheans of Supporter of the Supporter of the Pall, Earl ol Sheffieli. Her late Majesty's Pall, Marquis of Ormonde. Arms. THE CHIEF MOURNER. The Duchess of Norfolk (veilad) attended by a Lady. His Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. His Serene Highness the Prince Gustav of Saxo Weimar. Master of the Horee to Her late late Majesty. Lord Chamberlain to Her late Majesty. Vice• Chamberlain to Her late Maj , sty. Ladies of the Bedchamber to Her late Majesty. Maids of Honour to Her late Majesty. Women of the Bedchamber to Her late Majesty , Cl-Irk Marshal to Her late Majesty. Equerries to ller late Majesty. Chaplains to Her late Majesty. Physicians to Her late Majesty. Surgeon to Her late Majesty. Gcntlemei Ushers to Her lat. Majesty. SL-nior Page to Her late Majesty. Dresser. and Wardrobe Maid to Her late Majesty. Upon entering the Choir, the Chief Mourner will take her seat at the head of the Corpse, the Lord Chamber lain of Her Majesty's Household will take his place at the fk.et, and the Vice-Chamberlain will stand near his Lordship; the oilier persons composing the Procession will arrange themselves behind the Chief Mourner, and on either side the Chapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury will read the ser vice, and the part before the Intcrment, and the An them being performed, the Royal Body will be depo sited in the Vault, and the Archbishop having concluded the Service, Garter will pronounce near the Grave the Style of Her late Majesty ; after which the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain of Her late Majesty's household will break their Staves of Office, and kneeling, deposit the same in the Royal Vault. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert will be pre sent in His Royal Highness's Stall during the Cere mony. Their Iloyal Highnesses the Duke of Cam bridge and Prince George of Cambridge will occupy their Stalls. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kant, the Duchess of Cambridge, and their Serene Highnesses tho Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Princess Anne of Saxe Weimar, and the Princess Amelia of Saxe Weimar will occupy the seats provided for them. of abominations shall be diverted from the be if of the Thames. This is certainly a consistent mode of action; but how such an aggravation of the evils denounced can be termed a "complete remedy," we are wholly at a loss to comprehend. By Sir John's own showing, he is to turn into the Thames a greater proportion of filth than before, and in such a form as to permeate and corrupt most speedily and effectually the whole volume of its waters. We should be reluctant, in a case less obviously comprehensible, to adopt a tone of' dictation, but 'so self-evident is the justice of the present condition that Sir John Burgoyne and his colleagues must please to take it as en indispensable provision of the future system that London is not to be drained by transferring the filth from the streets to the river. it needs no conclave of engineers to decide this point. The first requisite for a Commissioner of Sewers is a keen nose ; and if Sir J. Burgoyne has unhappily lost the use of his nasal organ, all his engineering abilities will profit him nothing. We repeat it, when the Commissioners are debating the question of depo sitories, they must exclude the Thames ; and this " prohibition " must even be considered "absolute," and " at any cost." The limitation doubtless entails difficulties, but these difficulties are precisely those which the Commission is ap pointed to overcome. We are anxious to see some demonstration in this direction, but it must take the shape of conquest, not of compromise. Sir John Burgoyne's instructions enjoin the purification of London, and, as the most in fected part of it, the Thames. To leave this twice as bad as before would be a very strange interpreta tion of orders. Ells suggestions, however, contain in another place a definition of the true desideratum which may parhaps be pretty fairly accepted—" The plan for adoption should be that which would carry off the whole matter to some available outlet in the cheapest efficient way,but in such mane er as would afford facilities for intercepting and applying it as manure, as a distinct measure." Suppose, then, that pending any clearer proposition of the question the Commissioners at once adopt this, and work up to the object so de fined by plain and visible advances. It will at least 'We are authorized to state that the several persons proceeding to Windsor to attend the funeral of her late Majesty, are to arrive at the chapel not later than half.past twelve o'clock; and that those who proceed to Slough to join the procession at that place, are to be there not later than half-past eleven o'clock. iNcosta TAX APPEALS.—The following notice has been issued by the lncome-tax Commissioners for the city of London as to appeals regarding the property and income-tax under schedule Dr:—"Notice is hereby given, that if any person shall think himself aggrieved by the assessment made of the said parish of —, in respect of the property arising from professions, trades, and offices, and of the other profits chargeable under Sc'dadule D of the property and income-tax, sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 35, for the year ending the sth day of April, 1850, he may (upon giving due notice in writing to the Survey or of Taxes, residing at -- , of his inten ticn) appeal to the Commissioners for General Purposes acting in and for the said district, at the meeting which will be held for the purpose of hearing and determining such appeals, on Wednesday, the 19th of December iust., at their offices, 36, Basinghall-street, at eleven i:a the forenoon." The parishes in the City will b 3 taken alphabetically. A similar notice has been issued for the metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, Maryleboue, Lambeth, Southwark, Greenwich, and the city of Westminster. 1849. preclude any further proposal or temptation► to pollute the Thames. CITY COURT OF SEWERS. Yesterday a Court was held at the Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. Mr. HAYWARD, the surveyor to the Commission, laid before the Court the bills of the expenses occa sioned by the compulsory drainage ordered by the Court, in cases in which landlords had neglected the duty imposed upon them by the Act of Parliament for sanitary purposes, and peremptory directions were issued to proceed against the responsible persons for the discharge of the several amounts. A coorplaint was made by the authorities of Bride well liot•pital, stating that the property was injured by the alterations and extension of the sewage of the neighbourhood, through the means of which the basements were affected at certain states of the tide. The complaint was referred to the surveyor, to ex amine and report. .I),ir. Deputy LOTT gave notice of a motion to toe following effict :—" That no commissioner who is a shareholder, or director, or solicitor, or architect, or valuer to any railway company, gas company, water company, or other project, speculation, or under taking, shall he eligible to vote upon this Commis sion whilst any matter affecting such company, pro ject, spcculation, or undertaking, shall be under the consideration of the Commission." The inspectors of the Commission reported that the duties of the scavengers had been well performed during the past week—Adjour4d. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Yesterday was the first public day at the cattle show, and the , crowded state of the bazar through out the day evinced the interest which the public take in the rise and progress of the beef and mutton with which they are to be regaled in the approaching festive season. The Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Leicester, and other notabilities connected with agri culture, visited the exhibition during the day, and expressed their satisfaction in very warm terms. A rather remarkable circumstance connected with the present show is, that more than one-half of the horned cattle are already sold, and, what is still more curious, the best lots have been secured by country butchers. Three or four of the swell mob made their appear. ance in the course of the day, but were soon detected and removed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER. -- Her Ma jesty's steam yacht Fairy will be employed to-morrow in conveying his Royal Highness Prince Albert to and from Gosport, on his way to and return from the funeral of the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty's ship Eurydice, 24, Captain Talavera Anson, will be put out of commission at Portsmouth tomorrow, when it is expectad several young officers will be dismissed the service. Shipwrights are busily employed in getting the Argus steam•sloop ready for launching on Saturday next at Portsmouth, and her slip is wanted to com mence the Royal Sovereign (three decker of 120 guns) upon, which is to be completely in frame by the end of March next ; to achieve which, 125 shipwrights will be put upon her, on her keel being laid. Her Majesty's ship Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. Spencer, was removed from the dockyard on Monday to moorings in Portsmouth harbour, where she has bent sails, and continues fitting for service on the west coast of Africa. Admiral-Superintendent H. Prescott, C. 8., whose indisposition has been several times noticed of late, was much better yesterday. Her Majesty's sloops Phantom and Lily, of the 16 gun class, are ordered to be reduced to 12-gun sloops. They are under repair in dock at Portsmouth, and being refitted for further commissions. Her Majesty's ship Termagant. 30 guns, will go out of Portsmouth harbour this morning, under the command of Captain J. A. Stevens, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, for another essay in the measured waters of the Solent, to ascertain the practicability of increasing her speed without endangering the efficiency of the vessel in other respects. The apprentices' brig, Rolla, 10, in Portsmouth harbour, is having her rigging refitted. Her ajesty's ship, Raleigh, 50, Captain Hope, bearing the first class broad pendant of Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., late Commander-in- Chief of the squadron in the River Plate and Brazil (havingbeenrelieved by Rear-Admiral Barrington iteyuoids, C. 8., in the Southampton, .50. gun frigate), is daily expee:ed in England, to be put out of com mission. The new 50-gun frigate, Arethusa, building and fitting at the westward, is expected to be commis sioned, when ready, by Captain Symonds, son of her designer, Sir William Symonds, Captain, R.N., ex surveyor of the Navy. WooLwicu, DEc. 11.—The Hermes steam-sloop, 6, 220-horse power, has a number of hands employed refitting her in the basin, and will be the next vessel ready at this port as •n advanced war steamer, or for commission. The Inflexible steam-frigate has had her four boilers taken out under the shears in the basin, and is to be supplied with new boilers. The two new brass screw propellers made for the Archer steam-vessel are now ready, and one side highly finished by machinery. It is expected she will be tried with them down the river before pro ceeding to Davenport. The Retribution steam-frigate and the Desperate steam•sloop, are in the east docks. On the receipt of the order yesterday to copper the bottoms and expedite the Enterprise and Investi gator Polar vessels, workmen were immediately set to work on the Enterprise, at present in the west dock, and others to prepare the Investigator, at pre sent in the basin. We understand that the Misses Bathurst, who have recently been received into the Romish Church, are daughters of the late Rev. Robert Bathurst, and have been residing for some time past at Edinburgh. INGENIOUS INVENTION.— A brief notice recently appeared in the columns of the Albion, extracted from a Brussels journal, announcing the invention, by a young Frenchman, of a machine capable of folding two thou sand newspaper sheets per hour. Many of our readers will probably be aware that such a machine has long been a desideratum amongst those connected with the press, more especially in the metropolis; although of late recent postal changes have impressed its value for cibly even in connexion with the more limited require • ments of provincial journalists. It may not be uninterst ing to many, therefore—assuredly it will not bo so to our contemporaries—to learn, that, in addition to the continental invention noted above, a skilful and ingenious gentleman formerly resident in Liverpool has perfected plans for the construction of a machine precisely similar in its aim, but superior in practical value. Its principle and mode of operation we cannot obviously at present describe in detail; nor, indeed, would any " painting by words" suffice to impress even the most perceptive mind with a just notion of the admirable manner in which the manifold difficulties presented are overcome. The draughtsman's sketches we have, however, had the pleasure of inspecting; and we are assured that consultation with an eminent mechanician has evoked a highly favourable opinion in - regard to the novelty and practicability of the design. The invention, it is anticipated, will fold at least 3,000 copies per hour—a speed much higher than that of the conti nental machine, and much more considerable than that of the majority of presses employed in provincial news paper offices; and, whilst the motive power necessary is comparatively light and easy of appliance, the labour required whilst the machine is in action is trifling in the extreme. The saving of time and labour is, therefore, likely to be considerable; and although we can of course pronounce no decisive opinion on the merits of the in vention until it be constructed and practically tested, we have yet reason to believe that success is assured. The cost—an essential point—is said to be comparatively small. We may add, in conclusion, that the gentleman from whose inventive skill this machine has originated has designed several other most valuable requirements of the day; one of which will shortly be adopted by the authorities of the Post-office.—Liverpool Albion. A ANEW CITY AND PEOPLE.—The Courrier des Etats- Unis contains an announcement that the Govern ment of Chiopas " bas sent an expedition to explore the Pimiento s a part of the mountain-chain of the Cordil leras, with a view to set at rest the question as to whether there exists in that locality a city and people with whom no communication has as yet been estab lithed." It will not bo uninteresting to give hero an account of all that is yet known of this wonderful city and its people. Mr. Stephens, the liveliest of modern travellers, during his journey in Central America, re lates that the padre of Santa Cruz del Quiche told him something which increased his excitement to the highest pitch, viz., that four days on the road to Mexico, on the other side of the Great Sierra, was a living city, large and populous, occupied by Indians, precisely in the same state as before the discovery of America. He (the padre) had heard of it many years before, at the village of Chagul, and was told by the villagers that, from the topmost ridge of the Sierra this city was distinctly visible, lie was then young, and with much labour climbed to the naked summit of the Sierra, and from which, at a height of 10,000 or 12,000 teat, he looked over an immense plain, extending to Yucatan and the Gull of Atexico, and saw at a distance a large city spread over a great space, and with turrets white and glittering in the sun. The traditionary account of the Indians of Chagul is, that no white man has ever reached tlis city ; that the inhabitants speak the Maya language; are aware that a race of rrangers has conquered the whole country round; and murder any white man who attempts to enter their territory. They have no coin or circulating medium; no horses, cattle, mules, or other domestic animals, except fowls; the cocks they keep under ground, to prevent their crowing being heard. TUE AUMY.—A report is in circulation of an in tention on the part of the Government to propose the reduction of the army upon the meeting of Parliament, and various plans for the furtherance thereof have been stated. Whdst wo confine ourselves upon the present occasion to a simple allusion to it, we may add that nothing decisive is known upon the subject, but that we cmider it as far from being improbable.--Chronicle. PUGILISM. EDWARD DONNELLY AND DANIEL COLLINS, FOE 25d. ASIDE.—The pugilistic pretensions of a brace of novices, so far as regards the London ring, could hardly be expected to excite such general interest and attention as the competitors of yesterday evidently awakened; this, however, was mainly owing to the high character which had gone before them. The first-named man had the reputation of being the champion of Gla s gow and parts adjacent, and unmatched by " any thing on two legs" at his own weight, 9st. 111 b., or not to be particular, had several times given away a stone er two, and not regretted the advantage accorded to his huge adversaries : These, of course, were mere hardy roughs ; his last exploit was conquering James, of Nottingham, whose defeat by Grant, W 25 eclipsed by Donnelly, for while one took one hour and a half, Donnelly completed the same task in less than a third of the time. Collins, on the other hand, stood high in the esteem of many of the best judges of dawning merit, his height, and length of reach, together with a remarkable aptitude in acquiring the cleverest ' stops, bars, parries, and hits of the London school, pointing him out as a likely one to lower the pretensions, and baftla. the etrorts, of the sNorthern Star. Preliminaries arranged, a steam trip was determined on, and the Dryad being officially engaged, started from Waterloo .bridge on her downward voyage at an early hour. An adverse tide and several delays made it nearly cue o'clock when she brought to near Dartford Creek. The men were soon in the ring. Donnelly esquired by Macdonald, and Nick Ward, of Liverpool, Collins by Walsh and his brother Charles. The attitude and fighting style of Collins, who stood over his opponent by more than two inches, was beautiful, and his stops and parries remarkable for their neatness. If his bitting occasionally seemed to want power, perhaps from too much practice in mimic fight and too little in actual com bat, he in some measure compensated for the defici ency by the skill and strength with which, in almost every close, he threw his burly, broad•boned adver sary. Donnelly is, certainly, a most remarkable man, and a most unlucky trial horse for any aspirant to make his maiden essay on. To hands as bard as granite he adds shortish arms of immense muscular development, a back preternaturally broad, and loins fit for " Him who bore on shoulder poised The earth's huge sphere." His neck, too, and head, a cross of the taurine and human, matched the rest of his frame. He struck us as too fleshy, but that may be his habit. The fight was remarkable throughout. Collins continually popped, and popped his left on Donnelly's visage without any very striking effect, but in the third round managed to hit Donnelly off his legs with the left, to the great delight of the Southwark lath. In so doing he somewhat damaged his sinister fist. The battle went on, each showing indomitable courage, but Collins, though the best wrestler, evidently having less wear and tear than the stranger, till it appeared at one time as if daylight would not suffice to close the performance At length Donnelly's stamina and lasting qualities were evidently tell ing their tale ; he turned the tables several times by getting home heavily on Collins's ribs and cheekbone, and, after several attempts on the part of the latter, to get down for the purpose of compelling a " draw," on the plea of the approach of darkness, the referee declared that Collins had fallen without a blow, and therefore that Donnelly must be hailed as victor. The time was three hours and four minutes, and the number of rounds 78. A paddle in the dark through the marshes, a scramble down the boulder stones of the river wall, a roll and a stumble into sundry Gravesend and Purfleet skiffs out of the mud, a climb up the steamer's side, and a night voyage to the Blackwell terminus, completed the ogremens of the day's adventures. RUGBY SCHOOL. The candidates who have sent in their testimonials for the Head Mastership: of Rugby School, are—The Rev. William John Conybeare, M.A., formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and formerly Principal of the Collegiate School, Liverpool; the Rev. George Edward Lynch Cotten, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Assistant Master of Rugby; the Rev. George Currey, 8.D., Preacher of the Charter house, London, formerly Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge; the Rev. Henry Dale, M.A., Magdalen College, Oxford, Head Master of the Proprietary School, Blackheath, Exhibitioner from Rugby, MO; the Rev. John William Donaldson, D.D., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Head Master of Bury School ; the Rev. ;John Philip Gell, M.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge, formerly Warden of Christ's College, Tas mania, Exhibitioner from Rugby, 1835 ; the Rev. Ed win Hamilton Gifford, M A., formerly fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, Head -Master of Birming ham School ; the Rev. John Allen Giles, D.D., Bampton, near Oxford, formerly Fellow of Cor pus Christi College, Oxford, and formerly Mas• ter of the City of London School ; the Reverend Edward Meyrick Geulbourn, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford ; the Rev. John Hannah, M.A., formerly Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, Rector of the Academy, Edinburgh; the Rev. Edward Halifax Hansel!, 8.D., Fellow, Tutor, and Mathematical LTcturer of Magdalen College, Oxford; the Rev. William Edward Jelf, 8.D., Student, and for merly Censor of Christ Church College, Oxford; the Rev. William Charles Lake, M.A., Fellow, Tutor, and Senior Dean of Balliol College, Oxford (Exhibitioner from Rugby in 1835); the Rev. Edward Arthur Litton, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor o f O r i e l C ollege , Oxford; the Rev. Arthur John Macleane, Trinity College, Cambridge, Principal of Brighton Col lege; the Rev. William Alexander Osborne, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, formerly Master of Mac cleatield School, and now Head Master of the Northern Church of England School, Rossall, near Fleetwood, Lancashire; Ohe Rev. George;Rawlinson, M.A., f orm ed . ); Fellow, Tutor, and Sub-Rector of Exeter College, Ox ford; the Rev. Stephen J. Rigaud, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford, and now Senior Assistant Master of Westminster; the Rev. John Nassau Sinapkinson, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Assistant Master of Harrow; the Rev. Thomas Henry Steel, M.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cam bridge, and formerly Assistant Master of Harrow ; and the Rev. William Spicer Wood, M.A., for merly Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge Head Master of Oakham School. The trustees of Rugby School, by whom the Head Master is elected, are the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Aylesford, the Earl of Warwick, Earl Howe, Lord Leigh, of Stonekigh; Sir Grey Skipwith, Bart., for merly M.P. fur South Warwickshire ; Sir Francis Law ley, Bart., formerly M.P. for Warwickshire; Sir Theo pbilus Biddulph, Bart.; Mr. William Holbeche, Mr. Evelyn John Shirley, formerly M.P. for South War wickshire; Mr. Henry Grimes, and Mr William Strat ford Dugdale, formerly M.P. for North Warwickshire. The election will take place on Monday, the 17. h inst., when it is expected that most of the trustees will be present. No criterion can be formed with respect to the successful candidate from the election of former Head Masters. Dr. James, elected Head Master in 1778, was Fellow and Tutor of King's College, Cambridge; Dr. Ingles, elected in 1794, was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and master of Macclesfield School; Dr. Wooll, elected in 1807, was a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and at the time of his election was master of Midhurst School; Dr. Arnold, elected in 1828, had been Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and wss taking private pupils at Leleliam when elected heal master; Dr. Tait, the present head master, and now Dean of Carlisle, when elected in 1842 was Fellow and Tutor at Belliol College, Oxford. The number of candidates for the Head Mastership in 107 was 21; in 1828, 27; in 1842, 17; and there are now 21. O. these, 10 ate from the University of Oxford, and 11 from the University of Cambridge. Tun ASSOCIATION FOR IIUPROVING THE DWEL LINGs OF THE WORKING CLASSES.—This another edifice, built by Mr. Grimidell for this associa tion, fur 234 single men, in Spicer-atteet, Spitalfields, was publicly opened, and possesses many conveniences, consisting of separate bedchambers, lavoratories, an ex tensive kitchen, with ample ranges, boilers, laundries, drying rooms, and every domestic appurtenance of a large and well-regulated establishment. The entire structure is warmed by hot air, and a comprehensive system of ventilation by duplicate floors is adapted to each apartment. There is likewise a large coffee-room, of lofty structure, reading rooms, smokinc , rooms, sepa rate safes and keys for the food of each individual; and indeed nothing has been overlooked which could con tribute to the social condition of its future occupants. There is likewise another pile of buildings, built by the Messrs. Piper for sixty families, in which each suit of apartments is complete in itself, double doors opening upon the common landing place, after the manner of chambers in our inns of court, kith the addition of having many domestic comforts within reach, and that immunity from fire to which the Temple and other similarly constructed buildings have been so frequently subject to. This security from fire we look upon as an all-absorbing consideration, for it is fearful to contem plate its visitation in structures of so great an altitude (six stories), and where so many lives are at its mercy. In the present case we are freed from alarm, the fire proof principle of the Messrs Fox and Barrett having been adopted throughout, which it would appear the management have been euablod to do, from the fact of its economy over the ordinary flJoring being added to its more vital recoaimendatiocs, and the consideration that a building thus raised, being,free from ordinary con tingencies, may ba looked upou as almost a perpetual estate. Mr. W. Beck, of London. is the architect of both edifices, and it should be added that there will be a school-room for the children in this latter building. Morals can never be very pure where manners are defective.—Eliza Cook's Journal. - MONNY MARKET. — The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per which, at the English Mint puke of 31.175. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exeli:ingc of 25.45; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.474, it follows that gold is 0.10 per #ccat. dearer in London than in Paris. Dy advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at litimburgh on London at short being 13.124, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent, dearer in London than in liamburigh. • ••i •• 101