The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-01 00:00:00

EVEN ING SUN LA.W IVELLIG_ENCE, QUEEN'S BENCEL-(THIS DAY.) XLWELL V. THE KEIMINGIIA 31 CANAL NAVIGATION The OOMPANY. A TTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. It was ren rlnn to recover compensation for damages sustained {. the plai nt iff; the proprietor of certain mills in Staffvrd ,siire, in n consequence o f th e d e f en d ants h av i ng diverted d ul l e water b y which the power was supplied. A man damus was obt a i ne d aga i nst t h e Company, calling on tai t hem c to impan ne l a J ury, and assess the damages sus iihy the plaintiff, and the return to the mandamus _xs that the plaintiff had sustained no damage which puld entitle him to compensation under the Act of Par tthaillent- Now, he was prepared with witnesses to prove hi a rn t the plaintiff had sustained damage such as entitled zkit u h l e al s r su th e e the Act Jury compensation. That he submitted would have to try, because they the not be converted into a Staffordshire Jury to assess am ount of th ese d amages, wh i c h the p l aint iff h a d estimated at 10,0001. DExmaast doubted very much the propriety of t r i reedin g w i th the case at all, because he did not an actio n for a false return would lie, unless it Abe Proved t o b e wilfully false. The proper course vieh a y 4Ddif e been for the plaintiff to traverse the return, iA ' ue succeeded, then a mandamus would put him likeession of hi s p ro p er reme d y . th e N bi e J s ome furth er di scuss i on a ver di c t was taken for Ci At Vtiff; by consent, subject to the opinion of the u p" a special case to be submitted to it. This LAYTON V. THE EARL OF GLENGAL. bp ° , was an action t o rec ov e r a balance of 8501. d ue ye ar nn annuity of 100/. per annum, granted in the ki th 1823 ; by th e l ate L or d F o l ey an d t h e d e f en d ant to .T4ard and,lluxton Layton. iv m e xecution and enro l me nt of the annuity deed ut v ro ved, and the J ur y f oun d a ver di c t f or th e amoun t ed. Th* NAYLOR V. MAYHEW. . N s i d; l4 Was, an action brought by the plaintiff, a builder, w, - 1 7ng near Brixton to recover a sum of 281. odd for k - t r k done for the defendant in 1836 and 1837. The 1) , ( ' 41( k. done was building two additional rooms,_ and DI il le k ' some alterations in a stable. The defendant lava a set off. a k - ker the examination of one or two witnesses the case aik,_nof the suggestion of Counsel, referred to the de 'l a gentlem an of the bar. ' EX CHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL t'. DERNEN. - e01. 111i ,, 4 S was an information filed for the purpose of re f kor,,rng. from the defendant three times the value o dab, s Seized on his premises, which had not paid d the r th el cPon their importation. They were condemns fo 4 ; .. n i1l of 1054 12s. Id. 0% of th e C rown, Par t I ' ' J arvis and Mr. Wylde conducted the case on the and gave the evidence of the seizing II tqs, Dobbs, Cox, and Wheel, that upon the 15th of d il l ii k t It th ey IN :in 4 Went to a warehouse occied by the d f i. --, ow-lane, in which they. found . in cartoon boxes 43,.1,,!1(111eur case 161 dozen pairs of silk gloves . and nuts, g4l and urses, and 30 dozen gloves and wits made of 41 (. " e,her materials. The defendant said the purses h Il e ,ged to a friend, and the duty on them ad 101 Paid. The other goods belonged, he said, toah Mr. lki i 'SET, for whom he was a commission agent, and e ey e , N u the duty upon them had not been pai t d. ent All atlo..atized, and on his lodgings being searched, Ra y s ther pairs of silk gloves. The purses werewaftteyre dlity Pll 3Yed to have been regularly imported, and h „,.., p a i d . 4 " ed ' they were accordingly given up. It was also %et • tha t Haylyer had resided in a house in Silver -1.me014,11 the latter part of 1840. The defendant c , . er by th in the same house, and was introduced to Ha I )Y th4 l4lnl ladY ; after which parcels o . f gloves were brought Iv % g en erally twice a week, in a blue bag.. They hisundrem.o. but were gummed by both parties and I N ti rl in their rooms. Upon the seizure, the defendant he ~tist. )l , „. g a k e IIP his books, and was several times at t t ehar ' ° - "use before May, when he was arrested upon Al t , 1 ,. 4l ity i n ' I lLE (with whom was Mr. V. LEE) addressed the "I ii ii ."'r the defendant, and said there could be no doubt dkid de facts ill the case. The goods seized had not .it iend ut Y' t heY were found in the possession of the t 5 fart 1 1 11 t, and the value was 1051., but the Crown must li h le tlf. er ' and prove that they were in the possession o c f At t i t "uont, with a guilty knowledge. That they had leN t e, for with the exception of the alleged con stvid,Le With the officers there was not a particle of _, ttr%:,t o show any criminal ' knowledge, and they had qtk t4f : , _ interest in the event of the cause; and his col!- nPalve rtu T the seizure, in going into the very jaws of his e t . b„ PPressors, claiming some of the goods, and on he did -„sin.eiss, showed that, so far as he was concerned, vPI li e (4 !cn,,,,°w that he had violated the law. Besides, l ' l ng °meets proved that the goods were all sot th °PenlY about the warehouse, which was l b ,_ ,e oittluet of Ic lu s g: himself open en t e wko h k a newthat he was thereby t t entlep ti r o otteu b tez the jni o nd s o u f c heavy penalty. If there the Jury, that being a highly a " 4 fit f JR', they were bound to give the defendant - ad th: 0 it. 11.. T Y o ught t o bile Crown had already got the goods, b e . •., A, nvi , _ .e content. thl k PriYil re p l ied, upon the speech of Mr. Erie, it eiii:lodanttust yed . by the Crown to reply although th e j - Alane lin , 0 witnesses. ur Y %um 4 (the Chief Baron) having summed up, g Als . 4 x 1 . :i .... __Litt for the Crown. tJ l u re y (THIS DAY). Th e b a „ L „...- hibli, hed iihru pt in ihi lax CAVE. t2 l ead th in ; n e sun 3 , cas t e , (w r h o ich has been already proprietor of certain tin bti,' ll t k- lik e i., -Res in worked 5 11 a le n on enormous round of their t ,, ...J. to he a, an profit, induced I,httfs„--,,ilite shares to the amount of nearly 300,0001. the Furth investigation of the case being fixed for this k i l .' le ,bankrupt and several creditors appearediio l u l r a t d N } '• WILLIANs read . the several sums which 11 11 011 ° 8 t on each distinct mine, which, in the aggregate, 'IN rated to 173,4241. 18s. 101 d, together with a later t hey ° I . 19,010 L 13s. Bd. The Learned Commissioner ttlp t Droeeed e d to read a letter from the bank that 1 .0 Air. Bingham, one of the th creditors, stating benefit of his (,4, I t. would be very much h fo s Peth gingham's) sisters to purca r e sh e ares in the Ros which he, from the tog Nt i ae4 to the amount of 5,0001, :gki tt eu. state of the concern,. would be glad to buy up Kt i, t t , d °,r 6 ,0001. in a year, if not approved of, as he ex -4411 v ttl eY would be at 125 premium, if not more, in a t ,:fhe Ltn t , e * pp4try...,aatntkhrup_ t-- . It was the general . opinion in the osi k . r at time that the . m . ines were in the most , i „Ns and flourishing condition. ~,`°4-%,,:, WI LLIAMS-- - .There is no use in your attempting ( 7 4 th ri s: that you heard those reports from competent l'in; ) 0 ; 1 . In your last examination I gave you my , 1 , 14 °ll that subject. • i'llicle rliPt-- Thshares to which Mr. Bingham ziitio,s, I Plirch°Se h rate of 10 per cent. Mr. 111.tlFtknt hirns;lfased at d a bankrupt some time since tllls,:tselsourt, when ar p e os as ed him, and to that fact I at -4%. Ciis present opposition oP to me. 14:41t1Silka.ti'oVILLIABIS—The bankrupt . said, in his previous 1 1 R to d i ny that he took no active part in endeavour 4(sehtat o r :t re e!: share gentleman did ,Algiers haen, then . , that o t(11 :1), and dpai e b rend idefr t a o , to dispose ban i k m ru lO t O thr to ong 3 his expenses? The tty t e e t cif the l b had been quite the % - ' 4 „,, ,4 tr°l:4trai2htforjard or mercantile, and there had ,tits, , It I. ° 1111(1 deal of m i n i ng, as we ll as w h at was going In one instance, such was the infa ,ght wtth r e ,,. ,k l4 ' l o 1 th ar , regard to those mines that a person a L'e in to the amount of 5,0001., to raise which W 4- mapt "gaged even his wife's annuity. When . the N ill 'a , -,„, - ) e a ah nl o e y) Pass his final examination, he (Sir C. y t he tT.,,,111d unreservedly read all the . letters which ~4 , % 011 /1 1.1 the bankrupt and the parties with whom Ne ' 4() le la: te d in these minino. affairs so 1 . 4 s to ace 1/ qe Pt ° Re tie ter in a clear light before the y public. No man, lil t , 4 :e i n fisquainted intimately with this case, would kr( ) ` ll e elliir c redulity of the public when anything t 4e 1,, 4 - 1 11 - n era °f making a vast profit on their money t ‘. - 7 ole ° D .g the number of speculators in this affair "r e \ t he s t ' 3.lll en, whose shares amounted to 112,0001. tf h t , than tlecitdators) he felt inclined to condemn much . tcksni n , le, oankrupt, for if, instead of a vast deal 1 / 4 , 3 48 It the y possetsed the least common sense, such ll b , l , weui(;e, dragging ruin and destitution in thei } li t ,s 9 d, in laid, l iot be of such frequent recurrence, He h(±ltti ti ,d'alleSS to the Irmkrupt, say that he consider/ 1') the ~`,' k t ° Pass his final examination, for he had t'ff et ' cr ec eu an account as to be lucid and perspicuous ttO to his;' e rs ; however it would be for them to give lii 4 e (Sir C. Williams) 'decision by refusing, , , to ( S i r 1 k ‘il ik vc b ank 'VI the certificate. q , e rupt th , • examination touli -1)Is re niu „, , en unuerirent an eeo re 'al Of certain pictures and furniture which 4 ted itt°v ed from Thomas's hotel, in which there 1' 1.,114 1 .: ( ,:_ featu ....._ , re °tgeneral interest. y . ' ANA3 u CO URT.—(THIS DA .) ) )4 , -t, 'llo t c , OLD CO CTT ht lh A tk ,(1 TEALING BOOKS FROM THE BRITISH_ 1: 'ell iria " ar le B Wilcox, aged 23, a decently-dressed (4144„,)111.Iquainke,iiitnriatisahinudicutsedeumfo.r stealing a book, the pro ,it e ah a , conducted the prosecution, and Mr. .Payne I 'kb• a PPea r ' nee of Air. Chambers) defended the prisoner. by I t of x . e! that the prisoner, who had been in the ! ) 0 0 1 t. , 11 Q ;ultig at the British Museum, was suspected 4 l Q :'' Il e C,, tr s of that establishment of taking away , Vaing ti ,"as the yatched, taken into custody, and a book %et' il l , s'ci. Alusenzn found in his possession. t ttq t ! l *lt e 'ence, it Was contended that the prisoner rn .1 IJOrr Th e ° owed the book to read, and intended to Air, Frison„„ ------- - rt, ti,,,,, - Bar g , receiVed an excellent character. 1',.4 th e ~"..,11 Asizta'.... sox . summed up, and the Jury ebiiue prist-msoner Not Guilty. "A„ ti tti 4 11 11 " was again indicted for stealing a book, M a ,' husnishke B aronet," and also the first volume of In-"ltek of Notre Dame" from the British In • Nae 44 diti o 1 1, 0 . tt h_ i ii to the evidence given in the former ri% hkruliKseller swore to the prisoner as the person l iC tt a of B l'hira the books produced, which one of the t,,:,ty of tue British Museum swore had belonged to the 1 .4 1 i c e . f3 . of tbiloarti :stablishment. The tickets given by the Nle . le clue :`, at the Museum to the . librarian for the tt 1 1C 1 / 44 ; t1 " , were found at the prisoner s lod , ings. N r ,„ ° ' th e t l '',Lns, for the defence, contended t o l v it . t . he s 0 ,Zke ill being being found at his lodgings proved books his `‘tl A ul d ' 48 ' 1 ' 1 4 as if he had not returned the a 4 , ll t7h °l6lel . l th t e 'i,. 3ll _,PNaln . g the officers of . that establishment iai r , at if h ' uutY, have got possession of those tickets, kt ' h . ' ha V e 114(1 disposed of those books, as stated, he tic h_ destroyed the tickets, and not have left them tit: 4 .l3 4 7'4's to fix him. \ Pri t ,,, 4 en ALDERSON summed up, and the Jury found 41' 4 .13, 4 4 Guilty, ,11, i i„ ro t , A '1,4 by ' t % Of CIioERSON, before passing sentence, made 111.40dgiv e Rev. Mr. Morgan, one of the gentlemen th e !lees site the prisoner a character, as to what the 142 4 o f ia ti o ll and pecuniary prospects had been at the cOnitaiSSIOLI of the offence, and from his L • answers it appeared that the prisoner vvas a member of the University of Cambridge, and had written several articles for the Cambridge Magazine, fur which .he had received payment, and that he was at the time of tilt commission of the offence engaged on a. literary work for a Cambridge publisher, which was nearly completed, and on which the publisher had advanced him money. The prisoner seemed, according to the Rev. Gentleman's statement, to have been tolerably well off. The person with whom he ]edged stated that the prisoner had not paid her, but told her he had large expectations. Although not even off, he was not in a state of poverty or want. The prisoner having been called up for judgment, Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, It was a most painful thing to have to pass sentence on a young man who, from his liberal education at a University ought rather to have been in a situation to teach others, than to be taught the lesson he would have to learn in his prison. It was a most painful thing to see a person of the prisoner's education ,in such a situation. During his imprisonment, he doubted not but that the prisoner would feel deeply the disgrace which he had brought upon himself by giving way to temptation. He would not add to those feelings by enlarging upon the subject, but would at once pass on him the sentence of the Court, which was that he be imprisoned for one year. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A COLLECTOR OF THE PARISH OF CLERKENWELL. J. Hill was indicted for embezzling various sums of money, the property of the parish of Clerkenwell. He pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. M. D. HELL having stated the case for the prose cution, called the following witnesses: — James Pascell, examined by Mr. Bodkin—l am trea surer of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell. I was a guardian of the poor in 1838, and have continued so up to the present time. Prisoner was a clerk in the office of Mr. Selby, the vestry clerk. He was also appointed to collect monies for affiliations, &c., for the Board of Guardians. He was appointed in August, 1830. It was his duty to pay to the Treasurer all moneys in his hands belonging to the parish, when the same should amount to 201. He had also to keep a debtor and creditor account with each person from whom he received money, and enter it in the ledger. The accounts were audited. The accounts of John Hart, in the ledger produced, is in prisoner's handwaiting. The last entry of payments by Hart to prisoner is dated Sept. 10, 1838. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—According to a re- solution appointing the prisoner, Mr. Selby was to be accountable for the moneys the prisoner might collect. Mr. Selby has never been called upon to account to my knowledge. I believe he has not been called upon to do so. The parish has been unfortunate. The last person was deficient 10,000 L The deficiencies of the pri soner I believe to amount to more than 1001. Mr. Selby is still vestry clerk, but has resigned the office of Clerk to the Guardians, in consequence of defaults in the parish accounts. Prisoner had made payments to the mcthers of bastard children for some years past, but had not returned them in his accounts. I have seen him make such payments. He had no orders to do so from the Board. Prisoner has returned money as received by him which he had never received, but which had subse quently been received by Mr. Selby, and paid by him to the parish banking account. It might amount to 501. That amount makes no part of the deficiency for which the prisoner is indicted. I gave the prisoner into cus tody; there was no resolution of the Board to that effect. I did it on my own responsibility. There were two members of the Committee with me. John Hart—l have been in the habit of paying money to the parish of Clerkenwell for the support of a child. I paid 10s. on the 23d July, 1839. I paid it at the gate. I paid 10s. on the 20th August following. I made that payment to the prisoner, his initials are placed against the entry in my book, which I now produce. I paid again in the following October. I have puid money about twenty times from that date up to June, 1840. Cross-examined—The, last payment I made to Hill was in Aug. 1840. There was an order of affiliation upon me. Thomas Kemp—l was a gatekeeper at the workhouse in Clerkenwell, in Oct. 1839. I received 10s. of the last witness in that month, and passed it to the prisoner as appears from my book which bears his initials. I will swear I paid him before the Christmas following. Cross-examined—Some of the money received by me belongs to the parish, that I paid to Mr. Hill, some to the women whose husbands paid it for them. My practice was to settle the account with Hill, and either pay or receive the balance. I bad paid a woman named Kelly money, as it appeared to me on account of a bastard child. I had authority from the prisoner to pay it out of money whieh I had received. Mr. Baron ALDERSON put it to the prosecution whe ther this testimony was sufficient. They must show that the particular sum of 10s. had come into the hands of the prisoner. New they had not shown which way the balance was at the settlement in question. They ought to show the definite sum embezzled had come to the hands of the prisoner. Mr. M. D. .11111 submitted that if they showed the amount that would be sufficient. (The trial was Foceeding when we went to press.) NEW COURT. The Recorder took his seat this morning in this Court at nine o'clock, and disposed of several cases of larceny of a very minor description. ILLNESS OF MR. SERGEANT ARARIN.—In consequence of the continued indisposition of Mr. Sergeant Arabia, the Deputy Recorder of the City, and, in order that there should be no interruption in the business of the Court, Mr. Justice Coltman took his seat in this Court at ten ten o'clock, and proceeded to try the cases on the list, all of which were of a very ordinary description, many of them consisting of robberies of pocket handkerchiefs on Lord Mayor's Day, and larcenies of the most petty description. , , John Mahoney was indicted with stealing eight horse shoes, the property of his master, Benjamin Whitmee. The Jury, without any hesitation, acquitted the prisoner. _ _ Mary Evans, 18, Catharine Onkfurd, 19, and Lydia Miles, 20, were indicted for stealing one waistcoat, one pair of trowsers, a ICI. bank-note, and eight sovereigns, the property of Thomas Longfoot. A policeman, who took the prisoners into custody, stated that he was passing up Holborn on the day in question, when he met the prisoners carrying a bundle, and observing something , suspicious in the conduct of the prisoners, he watched, and subsequently took them all to the station-house, where they were searched, and the articles named in the indictment were found upon them. The witness afterwards found the prosecutor, who iden tified the property. On the person of Miles a key was found, the property of the prosecutor. The prosecutor stated that he met the prisoners, and they enticed him into a house. He was much intoxi- cated at the time, and, when he awoke in the morning, he found his property gone. The house was No. 3, Pleasant-court, Gray's Inn-lane. Mr. DOANE and Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for the prisoner, having addressed the Jury. The LEARNED JUDGE was summing up when we went to press. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supplies of English grain since Monday have been small, but of Irish Oats good. The trade for every article was slack at Mondey's prices. Very little sale for Flour this week. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat of all descriptions was in good supply, the de mand dull, and prices as follow :—Beef, 3s. to 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 4s. ;•.Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to ss. 4d. per stone of 81bs.—Good supply of Game and Poultry, with a pretty good demand at the last quoted prices. TEA MARKET. Little business done ; but holders were firm, and low common Congou could not be had under is. 9d. per lb. cash. Company's Is. 91d. per lb., with few buyers. TALLOW MARKET. A and 48s. good demand for P. Y. Candle, both on the spot for delivery up to the end of the year at 48s. to 6d. per cwt. Town Tallow 50s. 6d. per cwt. cash. SUGAR MARKET. A good demand for all sorts of Raw Sugar, and stiffer rates were paid. Raw west India 575. to 60s. ; Yellow 61s. to 73sJper cwt. WOOL MARKET. There was a fair demand fur both English and Foreign wool, and full rates were paid. FRUIT MARKET. An extensive demand, and prices firm, 365. paid for New Valentia Raisins, and 635. for the best currants. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having seen a paragraph under the head of " Public Nuisance," in your paper of the 30th inst., stating that the house, 125, Strand, was in a dangerous state, and requesting the parish authorities to look to it, we beg to inform you that in consequence of the house next door about being rebuilt, our house has been sur veyed ;by the District Surveyor, and also by the Jury of the Duchy to which the property belongs. The Jury have pronounced it perfectly safe and secure. The falling of the shores, which was the extent of damage, arose from the high winds of Monday, and we have to add, that we were exceedingly glad that there was not any acci dent arising from it.—We are, your obedient servants, RICHARDS and CO., Hatters, 125, Strand. Dec. 1, 1841. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Countess of Jersey and the Viscountess Hewer den attended at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, and had the honor of being gratified with the sight of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Royal HighnesS the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Kew, and visited his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, at Marlborough House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at G loucester House. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, re turned to Kew in the evening. _ The Attorn e y -G enera l had an interview with S ir R. Peel yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches for the Governor of Ceylon were sen t off last evening from the Colonial-office. _ THE CiITEEIsr DiSWAGER. The Bulletin of her Majesty's health exhibited yes terday to the Nobility and Gentry at Marlborough house, was as follows : " The Queen Dowager has made satisfactory progress since the issuing of the twu Bulletins, and there is this morning a continued improvement in her Majesty's symptoms. No Bulletin will be issued till Thursday next. " D. DAWES ) M.D. " Sudbury Hat Nov. 29, 1841." THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1841. sufficient creature of worldly success—the igno-• rant Bashaw of life, wearing his bravery as an ordained and necessary part of himself. To him there is no such power as Providence. It is part of the world's destiny that he should be vre cisely what he is. He is the begotten of fate, and owns no obligation to vulgar fortune." Mr. Poole's " Phi neas Q u idd y " does not diminish in interest - as the tale proceeds, and abounds in shrewd, worldly reflections, that show that the author is a close and caustic observer of every day life. The " Manager in Search of a Star" is exceedingly laughable, but the character of . the hero, Mr. B a j azet G ag, an d the details of his adventures, are a little too much exagge rated. By way of extract, we quote the com mencement of Mr. Hood's sketch of the " Sea- Totall er :" " I'll tell you what it is," said the President of the Social Glassites, at the same time mixing a fresh tum bler of grog—rather stiffer than the last—for the subject of Temperance and Tea-totalism had turned up, and he could not discuss it with dry lips. "I'll tell you what it Temperance is all very well, provided it's indulged in with moderation ; and without injury to your health or business ; but when it sett; a man spouting, and swagger ing, and flag-carrying, and tea•gardening, and dressing himself up like a play-actor, why he might as well have his mind unsobered with anything else." " That's veo true," said the Vice President—a gentle man with a remarkably red nose. " I have seen many 7 reatotal Processions," continued the President, " and I don't hesitate to say that every man and woman amongst them, was more or less in toxicated—" " Eh, what ?" asked a member, hastily removing his cigar. Yes, intoxicated, I say, with pride and vanity. What with the bands of music, and the banners, and the rib bons, and maybe one of their topsawyers, with his white wand, swaggering along at their head, and looking quite convinced that because he hasn't made a Beast of him self he must be a Beauty. Instead of which, to my mind, there can't be a more pitiful sight than a great hulking fellow, all covered with medals and orders, like a Lord Nelson, for only taking care of his own precions' health, and trying to live long in the land; and particu larly if he's got a short neck and a full habit. Why the Royal Humane Society might just as well make a pro cession of all the people who don't drink water to excess, instead of those objects that do, and with ribbons and medals round their necks, for being their own life-pre servers !" "That's very true," said the Vice. " I've seen a Dias. ter Grand of a Teatotaller with as many ornaments about him as a foreign Prince !" - " Why lonce stopped my own grog," continued the Pre sident, " for twelve months together, of my own accord, because I was a little wheezy; and yet never stuck even a snip of ribbon at my button-hole. But that's modest merit,—whereas a regular Temperance fellow would have put on a broad blue sash, as if he was a Knight of the Bath, and had drunk it all up instead of swimming in it." " That's very true," repeated the Vice. " Temperance is, no doubt, a virtue," said the. Presi dent, " but it is not the only one; though, to judge by some of their Tracts and Speeches, you would think that because a Totaller drinks Adam's ale, he is as inno cent as our first Parents in Paradise, which, begging their pardons, is altogether an error, and no mistake. Sin and strong drink are not born relations; though they often come together. The first murderer in the world was a water-drinker, and when he killed his poor bro ther, was as sober as a judge." " If that arn't true," exclaimed the red-nosed Vice, " I'll be pounded !" "It was intemperance, however," said the President ; " because why ? it was indulging in ardent passions and fermented feelings, agin which, in my huMble opinion, we ought to take Long and Short Pledges, as much as agin spiritous liquors. Not to mention the strong things that come out of people's mouths, and are quite as deleterious as any that go into them—for example, pro fane swaaring, and lying, and slandering, and foul lan guage, and which, not to name names, are dealt in by parties who would not even look at Fine Old Pineapple Rum, or Cream of the Valley.' " That's correct, anyhow,' said the Vice ; and he re plenished his tumbler. "To be sure, Temperance has done wonders in Ire land," continued the President, " and to my mind, little short of a miracle—namely, repealing. the Old Union of Whisky-and-Water,—and which would have seemed a much tougher job than O'Connell's. However, Father Mathey has accomplished it, and instead of a Parliament in College Green, we are likely to see a far stranger sight, and that's a whole County of Cork without a bottle to it." " Humph I" ejaculated the Vice, and took a liberal draught of his mixture. "But they'll take to party spirit in loo." " Like enough," said the President : " for when once we get accustomed to strong stimuluses, we find it hard to go without 'em, and they do say, that many of those par ties who have:left off liquors, have taken to opium. But the greatest danger with new converts and prostelytes, is of their rushing into another extreme." MAGAZINE-DAY BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. In the dissertation on " Homer and the Ho= meridae" which is here continued from the last Number, Mr. De Quincey—for we suspect that he is the author—strenuously contends tor the " absolute integrity" of the Iliad, in opposition to the theory of some of the Germancommenta tors. It was scarcely worth his while to enter iat so much length into the question, for it s one that has been long since set at rest by the com mon sense of the learned world ; and indeed no one can peruse the Iliad with attention, without seeing that it is throughout the harmonious pro duction of a single, vigorous, imaginative, well proportioned intellect. The character of Achilles alone—as the author justly remarks--" has an ideal finish and a divinity about it, which argue that it never could have been a fiction, or a gra dual accumulation from successive touches. It was raised by a single flash of creative imagina tion, it was a reality seen through the har monizing abstractions of two centuries; and it is in itself a great unity which penetrates every section where it comes forward, with an identifi cation of these several parts as the work of one man." In Mr. Aird's " Churchyard Eclogue" there are „some striking thoughts, and a power of versification that proves the author to have a true ear for the various melody of rhyme. " Phi losophic Nuts" is a clever sarcastic notice of a work lately published under this quaint title. In some of its passages we think we can detect traces of the manner of Christopher North, whose versatile and vigorous pen has been most unaccountably idle for several months. "Sketches of Italy" will amuse those who are casilypleased, but the theme is a terribly hacknied one, fbr who has not already read, in verse as well as prose, all he cares to read on the subject of Italian scenery, manners, antiquities, and so forth ? The " World of London" sketches the various classes of Irishmen in the metropolis with great minuteness, but in rather too prejudiced a spirit. There is truth, however, in the following ob servation—" You h ear many complaints from Irish gentlemen of the aversion and hostility with which they imagine they are regarded by Englishmen; to hear them talk you would ima gine that all England was in a conspiracy against them to crush their rising talent, and to put them down. Never was prejudice so unjust. An Englishman deals with the adventurers of other countries in a spirit worthy his commercial cha racter; he examines him, and if he finds he suits the market he buys him; if otherwise, he will have nothing to do with him." In " Modern Schools of Art in France, Belgium, and Swit zerland," we find several details respecting the most eminent living French painters. The author commences by asserting that the exhibition at Paris was this year far superior to that in Tra falgar-square, not only in manual execution and the special technicalities of art, but also in the poetry of painting, sculpture, and desio tf ,i • and then goes on to give brief biographical and criti cal sketches of several of the most celebrated French painters, foremost among whom he ranks Horace Vernet, of whom he says, " his delineations possess all the vigour of Rubens without any of that illustrious master's exagge rations, and his colouring, in xnany instances, shows that he has been a careful student of the great Fleming's best qualities. He is not only very bold, but very rapid in his execution, and anecdotes are told of some of his feats in painting against time that are quite surprising." The " Hints to Authors" are excellent—more parti cularly the introductory portion, wherein the author launches his fiercest fulminations against those abandoned wretches who neglect to pre pay the post, and who " to make the paltry saving of a penny, force their correspondents to an outlay of two-pence." For such wretches there can indeed be no hope. of salvation. The hottest seat in Tophet is their destined lot for ever. The account of the " Tower of London" is mere common-place twaddle, dished up pretty much in the style of a local Guide-Book. From the " Tittle-Tattle of a Philosopher," we quote an account of the writer's—who was one of the Professors of the University of Leipsic—inter view with Napoleon, about the time of the cele• brated battle which took place in the immediate neighbourhood of that city : At length the day dawned on which the great Napo leon himself was expected to honour Leipsic with his presence. He did not appear, however, until three days after the time appointed ; and meanwhile the chief authorities of the town were moved about from place to place, and kept almost continually on their feet. We had, indeed a most weary time of it during these three days. At length the great man arrived, and gave us an audience in the King of Saxonv's palace in the market-place. Hero the domineering character of the man displayed itself most conspicuously. He came burning with wrath against the University, and almost the first words he uttered were—" Where are the deputies of the University ?" My colleagues and myself immediately came forward, when he overwhelmed us with a torrent of invective, on account of some students who had en listed in the corps of Luckow's volunteers—as if the students had been schoolboys, who could not take a single step without the permission of the Senatus Aca demicus. He then turned to the mercantile authori ties, and demanded—" How many millionaires have you in Leipsic ?" (he alluded to francs, but those in terrogated thought that he meant dollars) ; and when it was answered him that there• was not one, he clapped his hand upon his pocket with a sarcastic leer, as much as to say—l'll find out a method to make them render up their coin. Avarice and the lust of dominion seemed to be the only passions of his soul. When the audience was at an end, and Napoleon was departing, one of my colleag ues ventured to step for ward to address hi m . The Emperor started back, ap parently doubtful what the intentions of my friend might be. For so timorous was this great man grown, that he lived in the constant dread of assassination ; and when I was at Konigsberg I remember his once leaping out of a boat in the middle of the Pregel, and making for the shore, because he had observed a movement among the crowd upon the opposite bank of the river, and imagined that an attempt was about to be made upon his precious life. But on the pre- sent occasion, when he discovered that the Professor had no dagger in his bosom, and merely wished to mollify the tiger with a few civil words, he grinned scornfully in his face, and then turned his back upon him. And this was the great man who had made the world his footstool, and whom all the nations wor shipped as a perfect god ! To me he appeared to be nothing but a drill- sergeant, who had a certain knack of railing the rabble into obedience to his will. Nei ther in his demeanour nor in his language was there the smallest trace of dignity or grace. Terror was his only talisman. The colossus was now tottering on his pedestal, but he had not yet fallen. He collected his strength for one last desperate effort, and assembled all his forces in the neighbourhood of Leipsic. My house was in the outskirts of the town, and commanded a prospect of a large portion of the battle-field. Cannon-balls and hand-grenades flew around us on all sides, and many peaceful inhabitants were struck dead in the streets. The hot tide of battle then set in upon the city itself, and raged furiously within its narrow pre cincts. But the brave Allies were at length victorious, and before nightfall I had the satisfaction of witnessing from my windows the flight of the discomfited foe. And what a flight it was! Pell-mell they went—neck and heels, by scores into the ditches which intercepted their ignominious retreat., Napoleon himself escaped by blow ing up a bridge in his rear, and thereby consigning to death or captivity many of his devoted train. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " Fathers and Sons," though not one of Theo dore Hook's best stories, is still a very entertain ing one, so much so, as to make us regret that we have now come to the end of it. It is brought to a close in the present Number, and the denoue ment is such as might have been anticipated. The roue father, after all his plans are defeated, be comes a melancholy hypochondriac—in plain English, a desperate bore.and croaker; and his roue son gets shot through the thorax at Bou logne, for being detected in the act of taking certain liberties with honesty at cards. As for the young heroines, they are happily disposed of in marriage to the lovers of their own choice ; and the intriguing housekeeper, Mrs. Smylar, is lift to chew the cud of disappointment at the . frustration of all her worldly schemes of self aggrandisement. " A Sea-Totaller" is a smart hit at Temperance Societies, and has much more naturalness than is usual in Mr. T. Hood's prose sketches. " Recreations in Natural History" are descriptive of thepeculiarities - of the owl —a grave, formal bird, who has often reminded us ofa Master in Chancery. The portrait of this winged symbol of wisdom—who, by the bye, is a far better sym bol of solemn, dull common-place—is by Mr. Hood, and is equal in drollery to anything we have lately met with in the Comic Annual. " Graduates and Under-Graduates" displays familiar acquaintance with the habits or Univer is by Don sity life, and gives a divertin g s k etch of an im posing Oxford Don, by name P omponius Atti wcuiass je Pot i t .i s o . ld :' I B t u i l s ly a sßaotitrtioctanl'spßo portrait a certain ' class of thick-skulled Do-Nothings who —a s the old adage says—are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. How just is the &Rowin g : " Nor are Bottom's Babes less lik e their sire, if they have suffered no transformation. There are those who came into the world with the ass's head, and live and die, wound in the ar ms o f doting wealth. The hard task -masters of life are often of these. The foolish, arrogant censors of the faults and back-slippings .of penury are to be found among them; the full-fleshed moral ists who shake their shaggy ears at the small delinquencies of struggling men, In Shakspeare's Bottom, the weaver, we ha ve the true lineaments of a vulgar nature embla zoned by luck. It is here we recognise the self. FRASER' S MAGAZINE. Almost all the prose papers in this : , Number are of an anecdotical character, and will certainly not be the less popular on that account, for anec dotes and personal reminiscences of eminent men, however indifferently related, possess an attrac- tion which few readers can resist. This is the great secret of the unrivalled success of Boswell's " Life of Johnson ;" and years hence, when the present generation are but dust and ashes,- Lock hart's Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott, and Moore's of Lord Byron, will continue to be equally at tractive for the same reason. But anecdotage may be overdone, and we think there is here somewhat too much of it. The first article en titled " A Summer Holiday " is pleasant read ing for a literary lounger, though we could have dispensed with some of the personal notices of Shenstone, who w as at b est but an indiffe rent poet, and, as a man, remarka bl e tb r his touchy, restl ess vanity. Few persons can be curious t o k now about t h e tas t es and habits o f suc h an author; whose " Pastoral Ballads"---despite Johns on ' s praise—are already far advanced on their road to oblivion. In some incidental allusions to landscape gardening, sug gested by his " S ummer Holiday, " the wr i ter o f this agreeable me l ange talks of Lor d Boling broke's " t em p orary passion" for rural pursuits, but adds, that h e " h a d not passed throug h t h e trials of life i n a temper that. fitted him for a garden." This i s j ust l y said. Bolingbroke was one.. of those feveri s h, aspirin.. spirits to whom the comparative solitud e of the country is a perfect hell, and who a re never complete l y i n t h e i r element but when taking an active part in the great business of life. In his reluctant retire ment aniong the Pyrenean mountains he fancied himself a resigned philosopher, whereas he was nothing more than a disappointed politician. He wrote some elegant " Reflections on Exile," in order to convince himself and the world that he was perfectly contented with his lot, and would not exchange his tranquil seclusion for all that ambition had to offer; but he was mistaken in his estimate of his own - feelings, for he never ceased to, sigh after the political power he bad lost, and to speculate on the possibility of its restoration. Bolingbroke was a great man, but his was not the highest order of greatness. He wanted soundness and elevation and dignity of thought and sentiment. Despite its fervid and enchaining eloquence, his philosophy is but shallow, and conduces to no ennobling or satis factory results. It contains no nutritious prin ciple to feed and strengthen the mind. Strip Bolingbroke of his sounding amplification of style, and you shall see at once how 'superficial was the matter which lie palmed upon the world for philosophy. The " Greater and Lesser Stars of Old Pall Mall" is another article made up almost exclusively of anecdote. We quote a brief personal sketch of Sir Richard Steele, and of the last days of Purcell, one of the most emi nent musical composers this country ever.pro duced Sir Richard Steele, who lodged at a perfumer's inPall mall, kept by a Frenchwoman, sometimes, as it was said u by Prior, perambulated St. James 6 Park, with an obsolete toothpick in his mouth, and hands noiivs y finances provokingly liiiinniacneds nowinhis forbadebreeches' hi p m ocl t c h e e ts i , n w li when h i s of a tavern din- h Der even for one, and that one Ins miserable self ! There are many pithy stories recorded of thes e so li tar i es, and of their gaiety and witty soliloquies under such privations ; but as James Quin sensibly observed, they are most fit ting to relate after a man of the town has enjoyed a good dinner, and is seated with his friends in the cheering presence of a magnum bonum of. generous wine. To re turn to poor Purcell, whose lamented death was most premature. He had been long engaged to join an anni versary meeting in Covent-garden, at which were pre sent the managers of old Drury-lane theatre, and those of Lincoln's Inn-fields; the celebrated comedian Lacey ; and many of the elite of those joyous times. Tom D'Ur fey took the chair; and there was mu c h s i ng i ng and hilarity, so that Purcell did not leave the convivial party until an hour after midnight, and then he had to walk to his residence in Tufton-street, W estminster, and an old friend accompanied him to within a few yards of his home. This friend was Dr. Tudway, who declared that Purcell, being an invalid at th e time, had t a k en but little wine, and returned home perfectly sober. The nig ht was stormy, and a sharp wind blew i n from th e Thams, and drove the rain in Ins face. He had his private key of the street-door in his pocket, but found that it was locked by his shrew of a wife, who su ff ered hi m to knock for more than half-an-hour, during which time he coughed violently; but such was the temper of the unfeeling virago, she would not permit t he . servant to open the door, observing, "I am determ ined to (ire him of his tavern-going habits." Her evil humour having at length subsided, the door was opened, and he ent ere d , b ut in so exhausted a state that he sank into an arm-chair in the parlour, and with great difficulty ascended to his bed; and, alas! from whence, indeed, he was sho r tl y remove d , but only to b e b orne to his grave in the neighbouring re pository for the illustrious dea d, Westmi nster A bb ey! Not lo ng a f ter t hi s J eze bel solicited subs cr i pt i ons for the publication of a complete collection of her husbands mu sical compositions, sacred and secular, and begged the patronage of the benevolent " towards his most loving and very afflicted widow!" And the benevolent public; for want of knowing her real character, generously met the appeal, and the work sold to a vast extent. blean while all that this rare genius obtained by the bargain was an early grave in the cloister of the abovenamed glorious structure, and an epitaph from the pen of his friend the poet Dryden! Speaking of George the Third, who in his childhood resided in Pall-mall, the writer thus mentions the simple fact of his accession to the Throne :—" George the Second being gathered to his fathers, the Royal successor, at once a King in all the grace andingenuousness of youth, as it might seem by angels hands, was placed on the British throne, and with pious modesty, de clared himself a Briton born ! '—To talk of the "ingenuousness" of George the Third, whose nature throughout his career was utterly op posed to frankness or candour, is the sheerest absurdity. Where, too, is the piety or modesty ' in his stating the plain fact that he was an Eng lishman 2 As to his being placed upon the throne by " angels' hands," the angelic spirits had as little to do with the matter, as they have with most Coronations. The whole passage is a fine sample of the mock-heroic in style and senti ment. The "Condemned Cells" furnishes us with some curious and edifying particulars of the public career of that eminent conveyancer, Ikey Solomons, who carried the love of his profession to a degree bor dering on enthusiasm. Never was man endowed with a finer conception of the burglarious than this gifted artist. Some envious cavillers have, however, objected to him that his style, though happy, was monotonous, and wanted versatility; but that this was not so, is proved by the fact of his having attained unrivalled celebrity as a fence and a cracksman. It is lamentable to reflect that this incomparable genius —who twice did the Governor of Newgate, and hocussed two police officers who were escorting him to Quod in a hackney-coach —was sent to wear away the autumn of his life, with a chain round both legs, in the pastoral vicinity of Botany Bay ! It is devoutly to be hoped that some future historian of the "Jack Sheppard" school will rescue the memory of this great man from the obloquy that now covers it. "Anecdotes of Actors," are mere common-place; and the ".History of Sa muel Titmarsh; isas lively and amusing as usual. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY The present Miscellany contains an expressive half-length portrait, accompanied by a short me moir, of Warren Hastings —a remarkable states man, who, after a season of comparative forget fulness, has again been brought into notice, by means of Mr. Gleig's biographical details, and the eloquent notice of his memorable career in the East, that appeared in the last number of the Edinburgh Review. The portrait, we repeat, is a most expressive one ; the eyes exhibit a world of thoughtful sagacity and vigilant shrewdness; and there is a resolute determination and firmness in the character of the close-shut mouth, that forcibly reminds us of David's famous likeness of Napoleon. But the forehead is the most notice able feature of the portrait It is broad, smooth as alabaster, and swells up like a dome; in fact, it is quite a Shakspearian brow, and indicates—if there be truth in phrenology, which we doubt— the very highest and rarest order of intellect. Of the accompanying memoir, the less said the better. It is a tame, business-like narrative, and utterly deficient in that which is the very salt of biogra phy—discrimination of character. " Richard Savage" contains one or two clever dialogues, in which the idiosyncrasy of the uxorious Ludlow is cleverly brought out. The " Night Shriek" is a capital tale for a long winter evening, contain ing, as it does, both a mystery and a murder. The details are wrought up with infinite tact, and the denouement has the rare recommendation of unexpectedness. "Ode on the Birth of a Prince" is more to be commended for its loyalty than its poetical fancy. It must be comforting, however, to the author tit,, know that he is no worse a poet than Sternhold arid Hopkins; and indeed we will do him the justice to observe, that the Christmas Bellman has often produced a more indifferent Lyric. The " Family Butler" is full of nice touches of character. "He is," says the author, "a Tory and a Disciplinarian; thumbs the John Bull on Sundays, and spells over the Times, with one eye open, after his daily quart of stout. He has a sort of sullen reliance on the immutability of the Church and the Corn-laws. Butlers, bishops, and landed proprietors he fancies to be as naturally affinitive as cart and horse. There may be horses without carts he knows; but a cart can't move without a horse. No aristocracy, secular or ecclesiastical—no butlers ! The three things the family butler most detests to see at . his master's table are, a bottle of the old Maderia he keeps for his private drinking, a poor relation, and an author. It puts him out of his calculations, indeed, to find every now and then a new novel announced by a Lady Clara, or a new poem by a Lord John, for he owns he can't abide to hear of the nobility descending to such low-lived things." There is much of Leigh Hunt's arch and ready observation of the minutia of character in this sketch. " Merrie England in the Olden Time" is here brought to a close. The author should continue the series, and give us more of provincial life than he has hitherto done. Much pleasant . gossip may be gleaned by so di. ligent an inquirer respecting the gipsies, the sports of the may-pole, the morris-dancers, and the Christmas mummeries in the old Baronial Halls, which Washington Irving has but lightly touched on in his Sketch- Book. " Wanderings of a Painter in Italy" promise well • but we forbear to giVe a decided opinion till we have seen more of them. " Giles Chaw-bacon " is humourous, but the hu mour is rather of too coarse a nature to please generally. The illustrations are the best part of the sketch. " Almacks " is a description in which much truth is blended with more exagge ration. " Misadventures at Margate" is by Tom Ingoldsby. It is in the mock sentimental style, and happily ridicules some of Mr. Wordsworth's infantile Odes to Betty Foy, Goody Blake, &c. The poem commences as follows I was in Margate last July, I walk'd upon the pier, I saw a little vulgar Boy—l said, " What make you here ? The gloom upon your youthful cheek speaks anything but joy;" Again I said, " What make you here, you little vulgar Boy?" He frowned, that little vulgar Boy,—he deem'd I meant to scoff, And when the little heart is big a little "sets it off;" He put his finger in his mouth, his little bosom rose, — He had no little handkerchief to wipe his little nose! " Hark! don't you hear, my little man?—it's striking Nine, I said, " An hour when all good little boys and girls should be in bed. Run home and get your supper, else your Ma' will scold —Oh! lie! It's very wrong indeed for little boys to stand and cry!" The tear-drop in his little eye again began to spring, His bosom throbb'd with agony, he cried like any thing I I stoop'd, and thus amidst his sobs, I heard him murmur Ah ! I haven't got no supper! and I haven't got no Ma' ! ! " My father, he is on the seas,—my mother 's dead and gone, And I am here, on this here pier, to roam the world alone; I have not had this live-long day one drop to cheer my heart, Nor ' brown' to buy a bit of bread,--no,—let alone a tart! " If there's a soul will give me food, or find rue in employ, By day or night, then blow me tight!" (he was a vulgarlioy ;) "And, now I'm here, from this here pier it is my fix'd intent To jump, as Mister Levi did from off the Monument!" " Cheer up ! cheer up ! my little man—cheer up !" I kindly said, "You are a naughty boy to take such things into your head : If you should jump from off the pier, you'd surely break your legs, Perhaps your neck—then Bogey 'd have you, sure as eggs are eggs ! " Come home with me, my little man—come home with me and sup ; My landlady is Mrs. Jones—we must not keep her up— There's roast potatoes at the fire—enough for me and you; Come home you little vulgar Boy— I lodge at Number 2." I took him home to Number 2, the house beside," The I bade him wipe his dirty shoes—that little vulgar Boy— And then I said to Mistress Jones, the kindest of her sex, " Pray be so good as go and fetch a pint of double X !" But Mrs. Jones was rather cross, she made a little noise, She said she " did not like to wait on little vulgar Boys." She with her apron wiped the plates, and, as she rubb'd the delf, Said I might " go to Jericho, and fetch my beer myself !" I did not go to Jericho—l went to Mr. Cobb— I changed a shilling—(which in town the people call " a Bob") It was not so much for myself as for that vulgar child— And I said, " A pint of double X, and please to draw it mild !" When I came back I gazed about—l gazed on stool and chair — I could not see my little friend—because he was not there! I peep'd benea th the table-cloth—beneath the sof a too----I said, "You little vul g ar Bo y ! why, what's beco me o f you ?" I could not see my table-spoons—l I ook'd, but could not see The little fiddle - pattern'd ones I use when I'm at t ea ; —I could not see my sugar - tongs —my silver w atch— oh, dear ! I know 'twas on the mantel-piece when I went out for beer. I could not see my Macintosh—it was not t o b e seen ! Nor yet my best white beaver hat, broad-brimm'd and lined with green ; My carpet-bag—my cruet-stand that holds my sauce and soy,— My ro potatoes !—all are gone ; and that vulgar DI! I rang the bell for Mrs. Jones, for she was down below " —Oh, Mrs. Jones ! what do you think ?—ain't this a pretty go ?- -That horrid little vulgar Boy whom I brought here to-night, —He's stolen my things and run away ! !"—Says she, "And sarve you right ! !" The rest of Ingoldsby's poem is in the same droll style. Of course, he never again meets with the "little vulgar boy," and goes back to London impressed with a painful sense of the roguery of boys in general, and of Margate ones in particular. The moral he draws from his mis adventure is an impressive one, and we subjoin it for the benefit of the more reflecting classes of the community : " Don't link yourself with vulgar folks who've got no fixed abode, Tell lies, use naughty words, and say, they 'wish they may be blow'd." SMALL WOOD'S MAGAZINE. Among the minor periodicals this is decidedly the best, usually containing several entertaining papers, in verse as well as prose. The " Pic- Nic Party" is a sprightly descriptive sketch, in troduced by some graphic details of the romantic scenery in the immediate neighbourhood of Mount Edgcumbe. The " Impenitent" is a sup posed narrative of a Jewish priest o f th e fi rst century, and has a truly tragic termination. The " History of Venice" is the most sensible and instructive article in the Number; and is the pro duction of Dr. Shepherd, who does not seem to have spared research, in his endeavour to make his history as complete as possible. If his his tory be completed in the same correct, impartial spirit that it has been commenced, we think it not unlikely to obtain the compliment of repub lication in a separate volume. Of the remaining contributions, the ablest is a Lyric, entitled " The Birth of Music." SPORTSMAN. The most attractive features in the Number before us are decidedly the two illustrations—one of which is a portrait of Satirist, the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger for the present year; and the other, a pleasing sylvan sketch, repre senting a fatigued sportsman resting under an old oak, by the side of a brawling streamlet which washes the roots of the tree. There is a long reach of perspective ingeniously managed in this plate. The literary articles are neither better nor worse than usual. SPORTING REVIEW. This Monthly Chronicle of the turf, the chase, and rural sports in all their varieties, contains in its present Number, a map of the meets of the Burton hounds; and two spirited likenesses of Cigar and Lottery, the celebrated steeple-chasers. This last is a coloured plate, and being skilfully executed, shows to advantage. Among the literary articles, we find some diverting " Recol lections of a Sportsman's Life ;" a clever sketch or two by Lord William Lennox, under the title of " Gleanings from my Travelling Journals ;" and a sprightly description of the " Beaufort Hunt," which is the first of a series of papers illustrative of the "Sporting Life of England," from the pen of Mr. John Mills. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. This is an excellent Number, and contains a greater variety of sporting articles than have ap peared for months. " The Recollections of the Woods and Waters of Canada" maintain their character for animated description and inte resting details of deer and wolf-hunting in the extensive regions of Upper Canada. " Anecdotes of American Horses," " Sketches of Western Sport," and " Irish Races," are highly characteristic of this publication, so long a favourite with the sporting world. It is rich, also, in engravings, being accompaniedby three cuts, representing the " Meet of the Calpe Hunt," the "Leap of a Stag over a precipice, with a Hound hanging at his neck," and " Three celebrated Greyhounds, the property of Mr. Daintree." In addition to these, there are two beautiful maps of the Heythrop and Southwold countries, with short descriptions of the different places of meeting. FARMER'S MAGAZINE. A Journal that honestly fulfils the object of its publication—namely, acquainting the farmers with all the most recent and valuable improve ments in agriculture. WEST INDIA MAIL. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—1 t has blown tremendously here to-day from the southward and westward, with in cessant and heavy rain. Her Majesty's packet Crane, Lieutenant Hill, with mails from the West Indies, arrived during the afternoon, bringing dates from Barbadoes to the 28th October, Jamaica 2d, and St. Thomas's 7th November, with a freight of about 8,000 dollars and fourteen passengers—no news. Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake sailed from St. Thomas's on the 6th inst., the day previously to the Crane, and therefore may be hourly looked for. The Montrose steamer, with mails for the Peninsula, left at noon, but in consequence of the tempestuous weather, and heavy sea experienced on opening the Lizard was compelled to return to port, and will now await a favourable change. Among the numerous vessels which have run to this anchoragefor shelter, during yesterday and to-day, are the following :-28th. Amity Hall, Ford, from London for Jamaica ; Nesbitt, Marlow, from London for Jamaica ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, from London for Dominica ; Panope, Candler, from London for Alexandria. 29 th.—Hebe, Younger, from London for Ceylon ; Scotsman, Barclay, from London for Jamaica ; Moun taineer, Strickley, from London for Mobile ; Joseph Cres tale, from London for Syr a ; A zor i an , Philli ps, f rom London for St. Michael's ; Ann and Elizabeth, Roberts, from London for Bilbao ; Minerva, Guff, from Maldon for Lisbon. We quote the following from a journal of this Island : fit AGRIGULTURAI. REPORT FOR AUGUST. " The month of August has been wet. The rains which at the commencement of the month were partial and light, became, during the last fortnight, more gene ra and constant. " As usual, on the first few days of August, work on the estates suffered some temporary interruption—the labourers generally devoting a day or two to the com memoration of the anniversary of their freedom. " The sugar crop has been taken off ; many estates, however, leaving over large fields of cane uncut. As the ensuing crop promises to be large—the planters in general have considerably extended their plantations— but a short period will intervene ere the manufacturing process is resumed. Weeding, manuring, and restoring plants have been the general work of the month. " Coffee picking has been commenced; the trees are loaded with berries. "More emigrants trom Barbadoes have arrived this month; and we are glad to see a few more o f our pl an t ers bestirring themselves in the promotion and encourage ment of this source of advantage to the colony. We have now upwards of one hundred of these labourers from Barbadoes, and it is pleasing to note that their ge neral conduct is exemplary, and that their attention to, and performance of, the work assigned to them, have been highly satisfactory to their employers." The schooner Maid of Erin, Incledon, master, on the voyage from St. Lucia to this island, was boarded by a piratical brig, on the 4th instant, and plundered of her stores, which compelled her to put back to St. Lucia. The Palladium of the 14th, gives the particulars as fol lows: "On the 3d of October, at 8 A.M., slipped from the Castries wharf—made all sail for Barbadoes, with a light breeze from the E.S.E. At 6 P.M., Diamond Rock bore N.W. 15 miles—all night light winds and fine weather. At daylight St. Lucia bore W. 32 miles. At 8 A.M., saw a sail ahead bearing from the S.E., she steering west, with fore-topmast and topgallant studding-sails on the larboard side, and ringtail. At 9, she took i n a n studding• sails and wore ship, and hauled to the N.E. to cross my bows—hauled his square foresail and mainsail up hoisted French ensign, with one man on the main top gallant yard, with a burgee in his hand, two men look ing out on the fore top-gallant yard. When she hoisted the French ensign I hosted my English to the gaff end. She.fired a gull with shot across by bow. I did not like her manoeuvres, and took in gaff top-sail and fore-sail She fired a second shot as she lo were d her stern * with four pulling, and two sitters with cutlasses and pis , tols. On coming alongside I asked what they wanted ? They replied water. I said I could give them one that they need not come o n b oard, for I cask, but T brd, took c h arge Barbadoes. Five men then j umped on was bound to l o i f ye th s e tee ve k s , se fe l baanttlhesouorf gin, vegetables, half- Th e y took all m y fish, f our l arge a tubs of water, and tw o barrels ddressed t o p ersons i n Barbadoes. At 111 1 . 3 0 M . they le ft my vessel, cleared the boat of plund e r, h a il ed and told me to make sail for my port. On asking them, where from and whither bound they o n ly answered that they were bound to Porto Rico. On leaving, she set all sail, and steered S.W., until 2 p . m., then in all studding4ail, tacked to the N.N.W., an d at f i ve was out of sight. At noon, lat. 14 3 N., long. 60 30, W. by obs.—Barbadoes Liberal. duringtheWe are inf orme d, upon goo d aut h or ity, that Court th of Queen'selast term B criminal informations were tiled in her M a j esty ' s Atto rneye-aG e h n , e b ra y l, S i i ig r , / n zi s er a i nl ck ue P l o L lloc on k g , and William Swann the y ou nger, charging them wit h bribery an d corrupt practices at the election for this bo rough, in September, 1839, when the Hon. M. Manners Sutton was first returned. These informations have been filed in pursuance of a resolution of the house of Com mons in the last Parliament, and will probably come on for trial at the next Assizes.— Cambridge Advertiser. THE CANTERBURY BANK.---The last proof of debts ag ainst the estate of Messrs. Halford and Co., amounte to 25,0001., making, with about 70,0001. proved on the former occasion, a total of 95,0001. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We; regret to state that the destitution of Paisley is still on the increase, the number of additional persons thrown upon the relief fund last week amounting to no fewer than 950. The unemployed now amount to—Males, 1,850 ;dßarr. dependents, 4,625 ;—fema les, 1,392 ; de p endents, 2,784 total, 10,651. Including Johnstone, Kilbarchan , an head, they are not fewer than 11,215.—Glasgow Argus. EVENING SUN MTOTINIEEs.Y_TMhe A pr ß em K ium ET on an o d ld C a l t T P Y N EWS. . FROM THE MORN ING PAPERS OF TEEM DAY. mille, whi c h, at t h e English Mint price of a a s l l 7 s s. 10 I rd r , per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.27. and the exchange at Paris on London at short bein g 25. 45., it foll ows th at gold is 0.72 per cent, dearer i! London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4 9 8 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 34 17s. 104-d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 7 7 4 A, it follows that gold is 0. 58 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 110 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. POST.—A considerable amount of business was done in the English Funds again to-day, and, as a large pro portion of it was through the Chancery and Govern ment brokers, the sales preponderating over the pur chases, the ingenuity of the dealers has been a good deal taxed in the endeavour to ascertain.more clearly the cause of the movement. The putting out of stock, to make good the assumed .deficiency in the five !Billion Exchequer bill operation, is one among the many that have been surmised as probable, but it has become a question with well-informed persons whether the distress which unfortunately prevails among the labouring classes in some parts of the country, may not have led to an unnsual draft upon the funds of the savings' banks. The supposition that such is the fact may be by no means a correct one. There are possibly several motives for the sales that are going on in action together ; yet the sug gestion seems to be entitled to the attention of moneyed men. On the close of the transfer-books for Consols, which will take place in the course of two or three days, preparatory to the payment of the January dividends, it will at all events be seen how far the operations of the leading brokers are in connection with the savings' banks. If sales of stock on their account should still be found indispensable, they will be made, of necessity, on the payment of the accustomed fee. Money, in the English Stock Exchange, ruled at 5 to 6 per - cent.; in the Foreign, at 6 to 7 per cent., on the security of Stock. The Spanish finance agency in London, which was for some years conducted by Mr. de Zulueta, has, we hear, been transferred to the wealthy and respectable firm of Aguirre, Solarte, and Murieta, of the Old Jewry. The arrangement appears to be very satisfactory to the bondholders, and speaks well alike for the discrimination and honest intentions of Senor Surra y Rull. Portugal postpones the 'payMent of the interest due to-morrow (December Ist) on part of the old bonds and on her Treasury bonds. This early break down of the new arrangement on the 50per cent. abatement principle will shake the nerves of recent purchasers of her Stocks. A failure of large extent at Bordeaux, that of the house of Balguerie and Co., merchants and shipowners, was mentioned on 'Change yesterday, but to-day it became the leading topic of conversation. Bordeaux lost the chief portion of her commerce upon the great change that took place in the affairs of St. Domingo, the trade of which, in the south of France, was engrossed almost ex clusively by the merchants of that single port. Lately there has been little doing there, except in the wine and brandy export business, and in this there has been an active competition to sustain with Marseilles, Nantes, and other towns. The fall of the leading house named is, under the circumstances, ascribed to the gradual ex haustion of its resources. The failure of a Hamburgh firm, with liabilities to the amount of 25,0001., announced here this morning, was also a subject of discussion. The importation of sovereigns from the Continent continues upon a large scale, and nothing buts. deficiency in the weight of a proportion can prevent the accumu lation of a quantity perhaps inconveniently great in the coffers of the Bank of England. Of heavy coin coming in, however, the supply is by no means inoonsiderable. A new feature in this branch of business has to be noticed, as it appears to be quite a novel one of late. The importing houses have, for the first time, received gold in bars for sale on account of their correspondents. SUN.--There were a great many sales in the Stock Market to-day, and prices all ruled lower, though the reduction was not to any material ex tent. Consols for present transfer were 884 to 89, and for the Account 894 to Exchequer Bills were Bs. to 10s. premium, and East India Bonds par to 2s. premium. Bank Stock was heavy at 1634, and India Stock at 248 to 2474. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. were 99 to 98i, and the Three per Cents. 88 to 87. Speculation in the Foreign Market received no check to-day by the flatness of our own iunds. The accounts from the Continental markets continue to act in favour of operations for a rise. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were at 331 and the Three per Cents, at 20. Spanish Bonds ranged from 24 4 3 to 25f, ; the Passives were 51 to 6 ; Mexican, 254 to 251 ; Colombian 20 to 191 ; Chilean, 71 ' • Russian, 113 to 1134 ; French Five per Cents., 115 f. 75c.; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 to 521. The operations in Shares call for very little remark. Great Western Railway brought 15i to 14 ; the New, 8; and the South Western, 17i 'premium ; Brighton were 134 to 14/, and Manchester and Leeds, 13 discount. There was no alteration of moment in the Foreign Ex changes. Bills on Paris were taken at 25f. 72ic. to 77% ; on llamburgh, at 13 104 ; on Antwerp, at 12 34 ; on Frankfort, at 150 ; on Amsterdam, at 14 to 4% ; and on Trieste, 9 50 to 52. The following are the official returns of the exports of bullion from the Port of London, for the week ending, Thursday last : Silver Coin to Ilotterdam Hamburgh ... Bars to Hambur g ,' Rotterdam • ••• Calais 150,000 PENCIL CEDAR. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. have noticed in several of the public prints an article on pencil cedar, in which it states, if the lining of drawers in which clothes are kept is made of it, no moths or other destructive insects will get into them. To this fact I beg to add, that if the laths of bedsteads are made of this most useful article it will entirely free them from all vermin; nothing is so conducive to the congregation of these pests as rope and sacking. The Board of General Officers, of which Lieut. General Sir Charles Dalbiac is President, sit daily at Whitehall, for the investigation of matters connected with the military branch of the service. THE DISTRESS OF THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.—The Lord Mayor received the following contribution from Miss Burdett Coutts yesterday, for the Spitalfields weavers :—" Messrs. Coutts and Co. present their compliments to the Lord Mayor, and by desire of Miss Burdett Coutts they have the pleasure to enclose fifty pounds as her subscription for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers.—Strand, Nov. 30, 1841." PEDESTRIANISM.—THE GREAT FOOTRACE BETWEEN TILE NORTH STAR AND BRIAN.—The great match between the North Star and Brian, to run two miles for a stake of 1002, came offyesterday. The place chosen for the contest was Lord's Ground, St. John's Wood, which was staked out so as to make the distance five times round with a few yards added. The merits of both men are too well known amongst the admirers of description of sport to need any observation of our s , a it was evident by their app earance , pa id much attenti o n to their training. Betting w as even, t h e this nudc 13 I,lr had, North Star having a trifle the preference. The umpires and referee having been appointed the men started at half-past three. Brian took the lead at art enormous speed, but held it only 100 yards, when the Star dashed by him, and gradually went in advance. At the conclu sion of the first mile Brian, who was about 50 yards in the rear of his opponent, made a desperate effort to gain the first place, but w i t h out success. Th gradually increased th e di stance between them , and won by 100 yards o r more, completing the t wo miles e Northunder r eleven and a half minutes. The ground was in a very bad state. are now four stea I NDIA . STEAM FLEET fleet, and are each of THE WEST .—There fitting out in the East of great magnitmle and power, nearly ready for East India Dock, at Blackwell, and are These fine vessels were built at Nort h other steamers b i ti o . f lt l,.6oo tons burden,and will shortly join "Yal West India l 1 1 1 li ttil Steam-packet Liverpool,andLet t whole fleet, twelve in numbaerill- s p re ac e - xpeete Company . expected to eet in tle Southampton river before the expiration of the pre sent. year, and a regular intercourse by steam will be kept up between England and the West India colonies. for T tr e The four steam-ships at Bleckvrall are named respec tively after four of the principal rivers in England—the Thames, Medway, Isis, and Trent. The utmost activity prevails in getting them ready for sea. The paddle boxes are of enormous dimensions, and the tops of them will form life-boats, which can be removed and made available, in case of necessity, in a few minutes. The building and fitting out of those ships, and the formation of the engines and machinery has given regular employ ment to i,OOO men in this metropolis and at Northfleet for the last twelvemonths. Some weeks ago, Lord Monerieff, of Tullihole, one of the Lords of Session, was, with the special per mission of her Majesty, appointed Vice-Lieutenant of f um er b , er: fi o d f La w de a d s Kinross-shire by the Lord Lieutenant, Admiral Sir Charles Adam, now in chief command on the North boat, American and West India stations. HEROIC CONDUCT.—Yesterday, during the ' strong gale, which was so severely felt upon the river , a recruits on their way to Woolwich, was blown off t he sergeant of marines who had the conduct t o h f e Waterman's Pier, George-street, Adelphi, as h about to step into the boat "Waterman, No. 4," with a heavy trunk. It was at the time high wat there seemed to be no chance of saving man, whose wife and children were on board the a un n engineer of' the " Waterman," Mr. Isaac Cartrd at The into the river with all his clothes on, and, 1 ge, dived tient risk of his own life, succeeded, afterat the inarni struggle, in bringing the sergeant to the . a severe most vehement cheering. The wife of stun, amidst the man threw her arms about the neck of the preserved who restored her husband to her, and withgallant fellow sobs and exclamations acknowledged her ve gratitudhement passengers immediately entered into a s e The way of as with diff icu l ty rewarding the engineer, wh o w subscripti on , b y persuaded to accept the token of their ty porter has been informed that this is 4;espect. Th e re upon which Cartlidge has saved the life e third oc cas i on ture at the risk of hits own. of a fellow-ores. THz POST OFFICE.—We understand that con siderable defalcations have lately occurred in our Post office, and, after inquiry, the Postmaster was taken into custody last Saturday, and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates this morning. Until the particulars come before the publi c i n an official shape we forbear saying more on the subjecte—Chekett- Om Journal., VS ~-- , 4 0 1 fr tItY4