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(o ;:, adman, o°' anger, pal a ce ; aleutta; r; of punoll4 loss scboori er d ti For t beitrlPP , ndon to Do ll3 i 0, with lose,, h 4th inst., "t o kohn to go otherwise 01 1 ent moss shed to dent -4 ' h 0 ji‘ f ° ; 'es terd sy i ''s d to discbarb of this g ot! , loa yester o i P f 'Ovidencer tys Lilly, witb of tent beg , bot 'esterdsit T bs RoeciS• Scroll . Th. E 1 re o ff s t i or-• 0 4 a 00 0° 6 8, c) Lynn, s been g °- i oil Ii V pml W cd. , 0 4 73 1 .6 to ...• r n o ol b ; f yor— Al 14 o f Fovotof been 0 rio6o o t t 00 lack wen ran* l'ic i ‘ er : —Sid. Vi°' .311.1: 01111. MARKET N EWs.—( THIS DAY.) 11.13.1t_MAILILETE. Sarrrirtzur.D.—Mead,ew Hay, 21 86 to 3/. 10s; (;lover ditto, 31 Os to 41 106; and Sraw, 11 2s to 11 86 per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 218,, to 31 10i; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 6s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9i per load. Trade heavy, at our quotations. WIIITECUAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 106; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 9s; and Straw. 11 2s to li 8 rer Lad. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely last week's prices. COLONIAL. SCCIAR.—The market for British Plantation continues firm, at an advasice of fully 6d per cwt. since this day week. Sales 460 hhds, 280 cases, and 5,400 bags Ben. gal, mostly sold at full prices, good and fine white Benares 40a to 425, date kind 35s to 39s 6d, and brown 30s to 31s; 1,230 bags Madras and 1,550 bags Penang chiefly sold at easi.r rates, brown Madras 29s to 303 6d, low yellow 35s 6d, white Penang 37s 6d to 41s, yellow and brown 33s to 36s 6d; 1,156 barrels 135 casks St. Croix sold briskly at 40s to 43s 6d, being rather dearer. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and %Vest India Docks was 517 hhds 4 trcs 191 brls; there were taken for home consumption 1,394 hhds 126 trcs 366 brls. The stock in the same places is 13,028 hhds 1,875 trcs 4,018 brls. COFFEE.-480 bags 170 casks Plantation Ceylon were nearly all withdrawn at previous rates, and 1460 bags Native kind were taken in at 535, being the nominal value; 165 bags Mocha (nearly all damaged) brought full prices ; as also 1,000 bags Manilla (the latter for export), at 518 6d to 52s for fine ord pale. Bum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 113 puns 99 hhds; there were take❑ for home consumption 359 puns 42 hhds, and ex ported 61 puns 8 hhds. The stock in the same places is 2 1,848 puns 2,027 hhds. Rica.—This article is dull, and again 3d lower. Of 5,200 bags Bengal tffered by auction only 1,300 sold at 9 3 6J for mid white; 400 bags Bombay, of low quality, brought 8s 6d to 93; 255 cases Sago brought a further advance, viz., 23s 6d to 258 for fine to very fine pearl. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s 6d to 39s per cwt. on the spot, and Town 425. TEA.—The market is steady, and with a moderate business doing. The deliveries are Good. LAW INTELLIGENCE. J UDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Langdale, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Perko, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, Dr. Lush iegton, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh.) GGRUAM V. TILE BISHOP OF EXETER. The argument in this case was again resumed this morning on tho re assembling of the Council, at ten o'clock. Nothing can exceed the patience and attention which every member of this high tribunal has bestowed upon the protracted, learned, and ingenious arguments which have been addressed to it, on the important question involved in this case, by the counsel on both aides. After the second or third day, slight e ight' of impatience were indicated by one or two members of the Council at the great length the argu ment was likely to run to, and a hint was more than Once thrown out to the Counsel that it would be highly desirable if their speeches could be condensed without in juring their forcennd efficacy; but, apart from those mo mentary signs of impatience, there seems to have been an earnest endeavour prevalent among their Lordships fro m the first to give to the momentous question sub- Witted to' their consideration and decision that sedulous attention which it deserves at their hands. The attendance of auditors this morning in the Coun cil Chamber showed that the public interest in the pro ceedings bad not in the slightest degree abated. Lord CAMPBELL said that ho bad met with the terms "prevenient grace" in a passage in Milton's Paradise Lost. It occurred in the beginning of the eleventh book, and whilst Mr. Badeley was arranging his papers, he (Lord Campbell) would read the passage ho had referred to. It was related at the end of the tenth book that Adam and Eve had committed a sin for which they felt the great es t remorse , an d sue d heaven for pardon with e motions of the deepest contrition, and the passage in question proceeded as fellows : "Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood Praying; for from the Mercy. seat above Prevenient grace descending, had removed 7 he ,tong from their hearts, and made new flesh .Regenerate flow instead, that sighs now breathed Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer Inspired, and wing'd for Heaven with speediest flight Than loudest oratory." Mr. BADELEY resumed his address shortly after ten Qelock. He contended that the early Church had Vlithout deviation held the doctrine of baptismal re generation. In proof of this he read voluminous ztracts from the Fathers. He then referred to the Articles and formularies of the Church, and enumerated t he principal p e r s on s concerne d i n their preparation, and r v eal thence deduced that the doctrines entertained by the appellant were inconsistent with the opinions of the S e Church on the fundamental doct r i ne o f b apt i sma l ?generation. It was remarkable how the tone of the 'ethers of the Church rose whilst treating the subject of baptismal regeneration, and how eloquent their lan guage was in comparison with their more laboured t he of matters of minor importance. No d ou bt 'he fathers were impressed with the importance and e fficacy of the sacrament of baptism, and their language e'Pressive of the doctrine o f b a pti sma l regenerat i on was ,equent and di g ni fi e d. Th e L earne d C ounsel proceeded `u contend that the doctrine held by the fathers was lettarmed by the Church at the time of the Reformation, It ad was undoubtedly h e ld moreover b y t h e C hurch at th e present day; and in support of that position he read ex t• racts from Bingham's Ecclesiastic a l A n ti qu iti es , 'Yells on infant baptism, a work of Irenseus, an oration, Phblished by Saint Gregory in the fourth century, the *ratings of St. Augustine and St. Zeno, and Harding a u encilia. The passages he had read from the writings ti t f the early fathers showed that they, without an excel). "oh, held that spiritual regeneration was given b ' 4lo enditionally to infants at baptism, and that prevenient act of grace was necessary. The .I Plessness and innocency of infants were deemed Ittaicient for the due administration of the sacrament ; 1 40 4 that was clearly and distinctly laid down in the 10th i d urne of Saint Augustine's, p e , 7, B ene di ct i ne e di t i on. e submitted that the struct ure o f t h e f ormu l ar i es of t he ancient Church, passages of which he read, abun dantly proved that the doctrine for whi c h h e h a d b een , b e• teudin g had been entertained by both the Eastern Western Cnurches, and, indeed, by the whole of ‘'hriatendocu at that time. LUSIIINGTON asked if those formularies indicated ;at anything beyond the grace of baptism was conveyed of baptism ? He could find nothing analogous to the ru n operatum. Mr. B ADELEY sa id h e un d erstoo d t h at t h e f u ll b ene fi t jai conveyed in and by baptism. The Bishop of LONDON—lncluding the grace of God? Mr. BADELEY said the grace of God was given by the smete ad m i n i s t ra ti on o f t h e r i te , i n the case of i nfants; et in adults, faith and repentance on their parts were ttl eeasary. Having shown what were t h e op i n i ons o f e ancient Church, both in the east and west, on the tub. • Ject of baptismal regeneration, th e L earne d C ounsel ect Passages from the writings of the Venerable Bede, br'elman'e Cencilia, the works of Bishop Wilkins, and a l ar k published by John d'Bargh in the fourteenth cen to prove that the doctrine of baptismal regenerat i on t}• held by the Anglican Church contemporaneously with e h? Eastern and We s t ern Ch urc h e s. In Cranmer's Cate ldtik tilers was the sermon on baptism ; and he (M r . t ii ut e el °3 ) :helieved that the opinions of Cranmer on the eh deet of baptism were sound and consistent with the (rions of - the early Church. It was remarkable that eth w ho tiler,had altered his opinions on almo s t ev er y ‘ , r doctrin e , had never changed his vi e ws on the sub tb baptism. 'Cranmer laid it do w n in his Cate c hi s m, e n ," Wants by baptism " were b orn aga i n t o t h e king -1,4,;.°1 Gc.d ;' and in his ser mon on b a p t i sm h e set o n " the benefits of b a pti sm most fully, speaking of re ration i n p art i cu l ar . Th at was the doctrine held y de n" the e tth erantner in 1548, and it was published by x. 4 ° tity at that time. It h a d b een sa id that C reamer ) l eilueuc e d i n hi s o pi n i on on b apt i sm by Bucer arid 1114trer Marlyn; but that could scarcely be, for Peter r e b. t Yn was a Zuinglian, who wus totally unsound on the ep t J:et of bapti sm; w hil s t B ucer was a Lutheran, and tha t Catholic doctrine. H e h a d b een told, toe, Of th e parties emploe ed i n d raw i ng up the formularies ate e Church were Calvinists. He (Mr. Badeley) de that assertion ; it w as hi stor i ca ll y untrue. And tit,":oPeosing they were C a lvi n i s t s , th ere was no autho teal, seying - that they drew u p th e f ormu l ar i es con tieeet.° the Well-known doctrines of the whole Church, e:viewlth th e vie of accommodating th em t o th e i r own titte'• Whet. ground was th ere f or say i ng at the seh e 0.1 the Reformation Cramer and the oth e r p ar ti es vi tt ?: drew up ; t h e A rt i c l es had a leaning towards Cal tied ? There was none wh a t ever , f or at t h at pea satlittle had not b ecome ri f e , an d was i ndeed knovvn, if known at a ll. M e l aact h on was Apir4 _ Calvi n ii t ; and it is know n th a t h e expunge d . Te from a book of a Calvinistic character. He CN a fadeley) c on t en d e d i t eas historically untrue that ThenLuers Luther, or Melancthon were Calvinists. St, tre , he ca me d own to the Articles of the 1k ", "2 01 Engla n d, d rawn up in Convocation eleb . and there was nothing whatever to whatever the opinion s might be of the indi- 7., , 16% 1414 .... C iiii ;i44 114 THE SION, ' s r yer, Bettina: re ; Laura, and L'uise, Mareks, vidual members of the Convccation, in drawing up the Guayra, bt,th tor Is'ahnouth. Articles they had wickedly departed from the univeraaliy Ylainorrrt, DEC 17.—51(1. Komee . , Valparaiso. The known opinions of the Church. Suppose Cranmer, or lipt•ta It es been g .t oil shore. I any other individual member of the Convocation, had KraxwaLL, Dec. 1 3.—The'winicontinues to blow hard held ht tredox opinions, it could not he allowed that any at S E., and the sea is inuoh up. The vessel on shore individual member had controlled the whole body of at Copettahay has b,on taken into Deer Sound. A convocation, any more than a single Member of Perlis moltsurement certificate, dated Hartlepool, has been went could control the whole Legislature in parsing a picked up relating to the Farsogt-1 of Gothenburg. A statute. Then, in the first Prayer-book of Edward IV. the piece of wreck has c.:rne on -gore at Shapenshop, marked doctrine of spiritual regent ration was clearly expressed. " Sylph of Blyth." 14. A sealed bottle has been picked The Articles 011552 were precisely the same us those which up at Doerness, in which is a Icrer from F. C. Pooch to were originally published in 1536, and Lot one word that his wife at M tnel, dated sth December, tttking leave prevenient grace" was necessary was to ho found in of her, stating that his vessel is disabled, and on the them. Were they now to alter those Articles to nem:it-- coast of the Orkneys. This vessel may possibly be the modate a section, and certainly not a majority of the oae driven on Copenshay, with part of cargo, Memel Church ? If such tampering was to be allowed, where t nab r, on hoard. were they to stop ? When the last edition of the Prayer- OFF LIVERPOOL, DEC, 18.—Caledonia steamt r, baok was settled in 1661, the commissioners employed Ruston, in settling it had full power giveii them to examine, revise, CLYDE. —Acrd, Favourite, Wylie, Montreal; Cash- and correct, without let or hindrance, the Articles, I uhries, Mere, Paton, ditto. Ski. Ronachan, Mobile. and formularies. What was the result? The Articles were SUNDERLAND, DEc. 17.—Wind W.—Arrd. John An- left unaltered, and the Player-Look was revis , d and derson, Bushell, Demerara. setth d Ls they now found it. That was the pros nt HULL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Sld. Ludvig Prayer-b ok, which was thou completely s tried and Chise, Valparaiso. finally ratifici by an Act or Parliament. Whatt ver opinions might fra‘e been entet tait ed heron-, that i ;13; was now nothing to the purpose, because the whole thing required a new fore e and a now impub.e, which was given to it by the Act of Parliament of Charles 11. Thenceforth the doctrine was so fully and clearly ex pressed that he who runs may read. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The further arguments in tEe part-heard appeal of Beckham v. Sicilia occupied the Lord Chancellor the whole morning. The Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce did not sit to-day, in consequence of having to attend the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and nothing of any interest occurred except to the parties concerned in the Courts of the Vice. Chan cellor of England and the Vice- Chancellor Wigram. LONDON, see; that glite alters the case. Ile's a regular smasher. When a man's hungry, it is sometimes excusable if he helps himmir. The officer said he bad as many as ten pots about him. The COMMON SERGEANT—Oh, oh! Ah, al; ! that is another affair; regular system here—no hungry man this.—(lioars of Inughter.) Is he known? Officer— No, my Lord. The COMMON SERGIZANT —lt is a rule with me to transport fellows who make a regular trade of thievi ng , and have no other profession or calling; but there is one favourable point in this case that induces me to break through that rule—the pots were in the street, where they ought not to have been. The sentence therefore upon you is, that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. James Thatcher, aged 52, described as a porter, was ' convicted of stealing 451bg. weight of sugar, value 205., the property of Henry Hutton. The police-officer who had him in charge informed the Court that the prisoner had been 20 years in the employ of Slaer*oods, the carriers, and had always home ar. excellent character. Ills wife, however, was a most profligate woman, and her conduct had latterly brought him into trouble. The prisoner himself said he committed the robbery through distress, brought on by his wile's intemperance; and under these circumstances he was only sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment. NE WV COURT. The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial of Mint cases. - - - MAIILBRO -STREET-(THIS DAY.) 1 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY By AN ERRAND BOY.—Robert ' Swift, a youth about fourteen years of age, in the em ploy of Mr. Ed wd. Grayson, jeweller, &c., No. 16, Brewer street, was brought before Mr. Bilighare, charged with having stolen a quantity of gold filings, the property of his master. The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had been in his employ as errand boy for about eighteen months, and the greatest confidence was placed in him. Latterly, in consequence of gold and gold filings being con tinually missed from the drawers of the workmen, to which the prisoner had excess, the latter was sus pected as the thief, and information was accordingly given to the police, who kept a sharp eye upon the prisoner's motions, and succeeded in taking him into custody on the previous evening as he was leaving his work. On being searchei at the station, gold filings worth 2/. were found upon him. On being taxed with the theft, the prisoner admitted having stolen the gold, which he was in the habit of selling to a refiner on Clerkene ell-green for la. per pennyweight, the same being wet th at least 3s. The prosecutor added that he had been robbed to the extent of 100/. Police-constable Gregory, C division, proved taking the prisoner into cuttody last night. Oa searching him be found 1/. 11s. 6d. in gold and silver, a watch and chain, and a quantity of gold filings. He subsequently searched the part of the workshop to which the prisoner had access, and found a sovereign and a half secreted under one of the boards. The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was fully committed for trial. THE LONDON CLERKS. TO THE E.IOITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The social evils of the city of London, and the many crimes and distresses which arise from them, have lately much engrossed the public mind, and there is one to which I would particularly direct your attention, as I am confident it has a very great influence on the rising generation. You are, no doubt, aware, that in many of the large mercantile houses in town the clerks, assistants, &c., live on the premises. These young men are hard at work from morning till eight or nine o'clock at night, when they are then allowed to go out till ten or eleven. This is the only boon they have conferred upon them, as far as regards relaxation from business; but this ind ul gence instead of having any good effect has in many in stances the very opposite tendency. They club club together and spend their leisure hours in taverns, gaming -houses, &c., &c., spending the small salaries many of them are allowed for the mere gratification of the moment, that they may net be behind their companions in (miscalled) generosity, and that they may be considered " of the right sort." These malpractices go on every night, and when their scanty salaries are all spent they must find money somewhere, and sometimes I fear by no very creditable means. lam far from imputing this to the whole community of clerks, but it must be allowed it goes on to an incredible extent. As a remedy for this, I would suggest that a fund should be raised by public subscription sufficiently large to establish libraries and reading-rooms in various localities of London, so that the really well-disposed of the thousands of young men who are now being led astray from the golden path of duty, might read and amuse themselves in a rational manner, and free of all expense. This, I think, would have a tendency to put a stop to that particular species of demoralization which I have mentioned ; and might I venture to hint to the many merchant princes of the city of London that 201. expended is, purchasing a small library for their assistants, would not only be an act which would call forth the grateful thanks of many a young man whose natural disposition is averse to scenes of riot and debauchery, but it would be positively for their own interest. A few merchants have got such libraries for their clerks, but they are very few. The "Early Closing Association" may do their utmost to abolish the long-hour system, and there is every probability that in a very short time their efforts will be successful, but unless they also do some thing to provide a rational amusement for the many additional men who will be early relieved from business, their success will do infinitely more harm than gocd. Let them, therefore, not think that they have finished the work they have taken in hand until they have public libraries and reading-rooms established all over London. If such rooms could not be entirely free, let there be a small charge of Id. or 2d. per evening exacted of every one who goes there to read. Many would eagerly avail themselves of such an opportunity of improving their mental faculties and usefully employing their leizure time, who could very ill afford to spend two or three pounds as a yearly subscription to a club. I have no doubt that if a spirited committee were formed to raise a fund for such a purpose the mer chants of London would, with very few exceptions, soon swell up the subscription list to a handsome sum, and in so doing they would be tendering a graceful acknowledgment of their appreciation of the services of a class of men through whose industry and business capabilities they have themselves in a measure been enabled to rise to their present proud position. The young men of London may think me a mi santhrope, and that I wish to represent them in false colours. There are many good, sober, honest, indus trious and persevering clerks in London, I am well aware; but it must also be admitted there are many bad ones, and many of the cases of embezzlement and petty larceny seen in the police reports could be traced to the practices I have mentioned. I can be actuated by no ill feeling towards any of them—l am one of them myself, and have known from experience that what I have said is correct. Craving your indulgence for thus intruding upon you, and trusting you will have the kindness to insert this letter in a corner of your very liberal and widely circulated paper, s h ou ld you t hi n k i t worthy of such notice I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, A CLERK. - RESISTANCE :OF FROST BY GUT TA PERCHA TUBING. The following notes of an experiment with gutta percha tubing filled with water, and inserted in a low temperature, during the recent frost, have been fur nished by a scientific gentleman of Birmingham. The object of the experimentalist was to learn how far the non-conducting property of gutta percha would protect water from frost, as compared with lead : A vessel made of gutta percha was provided, which was 6 inches deep and 4 inches diameter. A piece of 3.Bths gutta percha tube 7 inches long, with one end cloned, the material less than 1-16th of an inch thick. This was called No. I. A piece / lead pipe 8 inches long, closed as above, the metal 3-16ths of an inch thick. This was called No. 2. Another piece of gutta percha tube 7 inches long, the sides inch thick. This was called No. 3. The three tubes Nos. 1,2, and 3, were filled with ice c.old water, and were placed in the first-named vessel. The tubes were separated so as not to touch each other, or the sides, and all round was packed with pounded ice. On the ice was poured a quantity of hydrochloric acid, which in a short time melted it, and reduced the temperature 2 degrees of Fahrenheit below zero. In five minutes the lead pipe No. 2 was frozen half way up, commencing at the bottom ; no ice at the time in No. 1. At the end of 10 minutes No. 1 was frozen about 1 3d of its length, No. 2 up to the top, and No. 8 no ice in it. In 15 minutes No. 1 was full of ice, and No. 3 just comt,,encing to freeze at the bottom. in 20 minutes the No. 3 was nearly full of ice, and the, temperature of the liquid had risen 4 degrees, or 2 above zero. As the tube of gutta percha took a quarter of an hour to freeze, while the lead was frozen as much in five minutes, it showed, as far as one trial goes, that gutta percha will protect water from frost at least 3 to 1 against lead. We were prepared, in the first instance, to see what would be the effect of freezing water in a tube of gutta percha, closed firmly at each end, but a thaw having come on, and having used all the ice prepared, this is necessarily put off till the frost comes on. Birmingham, 9th Dec. 1849. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.--A committee of shareholders in this company has been appointed for the purpose of, if possible, reducing the number of directors, to cultivate a friendly feeling with the London and North-Western Railway, to economize the working expenses, and to postpone sine dine the construction of all branch lines for which powers are now possessed. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY BARKER V. GODDARD. This was an action, brought by Messrs. Barker, the well-known advertisement agents, to recover from the defendant, a provisional committernan on two unsuccess ful railway projects, started in 1845, the sum of 1,3681., f.r advertisements inserted in the various newspapers. The defendant and a gentleman named Harvey pru jected the lines, and both of them took an active part from the commencement to the close, Harvey acting as the agent of the defendant. Evidence to this effect was adduced, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. GIBBS V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. This was an action brought by Mr. John Gibos, news agent, to recover from the North- Western Railway compensation, for having deprived him of the profits accruing from the sale of newspapers at the Euston square station. Mr. M. CHAMBERS (with whom was Mr. Brammell) said this was a case of some interest to the public, and he was quite sure that the jury would give their best attention to it. The case of the plaintiff was, that being in possession of a stall for the sale of newspapers at the Euston-square station, which had been let to him by tne railway company, he was suddenly prevented from having access to it, and from currying on the profitable trade of selling newspapers and periodicals at the station, to the exclusion of any one else. Such a privilege was of infinite value, and the plaintiff had derived considerable profit from its exercise. The plaintiff was formerly in the service of the company, and in 1846 he was permitted to take pos session of the stall in question. Leon after the company charged him rent, and he agreed to pay 601. a year. This arrangement was entered into between the plaintiff and Mr. Thomas Long, the late assistant secretary to the company, and he should produce the quarterly vouchers. In 1848 Captain Euish became the general manager of the line, and very shortly after he manifested a considerable degree of curiosity to ascertain the profits which the plaintiff realised, V. hich he satisfied. Finding that the plaintiff's business had become most profitable, 'or by great exertion he had extended it very much, he advised the company to advertise for tenders for the sale of news papers throughout the whole line, and the tender of Messrs. Smith and Son, the eminent news-agents, was accepted. The plaintiff would have wiliingly increased his rent if the company had applied to him to do so. On the 26th of September, last year, the plaintiff re ceived a notice stating that the company had let the sale of newspapers, and that by the Ist of November he must cease to do so. He yemonstrated with the company by letter, but he received no reply. and on the morning of the Ist of November the plaintiff and the men in his employment were ejected from the platform when in the pursuit of his avocation. The course which the company had pursued was most unfair. The plaintiff was entitled to at least six months' notice instead of a month's notice; but the proper time, ac cording to the law of tenancy when he should have given up his privileges was Lady-day, 1850. His profits would have been increased, and his estimated profits to Lady day. 1850, would have been 3,0001. Ile should show the exact number of copies he sold, and he con sidered that the jury would agree with him that the plaintiff was entitled to compensation for the injury which he had received at the bands of the company, who had sought to attract the attention of the wealthy in order to overwhelm a poor, industrious, and deserving man Mr. J. Gibbs stated that he was father to the plaintiff, and remembered his son being in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company as messenger. Ho assisted his son in managing the business of a newsvender at the stall at Eustun-t-quare. He commenced the business shout March, 1846, and continued it up to November, 1848. The stall that his son occupied was within the station, and of immense size, as much as six men could remove. His sin was in the habit of going there daily as early as six o'clock in the morning, and remaining there till the last thing at night, say half-past nine. His son employod a man and three or four boys besides himself, as the business was an excellent one. Witness remembered going to the sta tion about six o'clock on the Ist of Nov. 1848, and serving the first train with papers. When the quarter to 7 train was put on they were ordered out of the station, some of Mr. Smith's (the newsvender's) men having arrived, but his son refused to go. The foreman of the station then called a policeman, and directed him to take his son away, and he was removed. The foreman then directed witness to take away the stock, but he refused to do so, and left the station of his own accord. The cupboard of the stall at the time contained papers and property of the value of about 101. Witness was well acquainted with the extent of his son's business. He probably sold as many as fifty papers a day away from the platform of the station. The boys were paid 12s. a week each, the man 11 a week, and himself 30s. a week. The amount of his son's gross profit from the Ist Jan., 1848, to Nov. in the same year was 1,2131 18s. Bid., exclusive of the Daily News and the Evening Express. There were 53,471 copies of the Times sold in the station during these ten months. Cross•examined by Mr. WATSON—That was the year of the French revolution, and a good one for the sale of newspapers. The boys used to go up to the carriage. doors to sell the papers, but very seldom to the side where the trains came in. A man named Lowcock had the station before his son. His son and himself were told the night before the Ist of November, 1848, that they were not to come there any more. His son never consulted a lawyer to his kno%e ledge till after he was turned off the station. He did not know exactly what was inside the stall, but the night before they were told to take everything away. Mr. Charles Long, brother to the late under• secretary of the company, identified the handwriting of Mr. Saville, the transfer clerk, to certain receipts which had been given the plaintiff for the rent of the station. On cross-examination he stated that the cashier of the company received the rents. Mr. Saville was secretary to the sick fund of the empany. Mr. Saville is now under-secretary. An objection was taken to the reception of the re ceipts, first, that Mr. Saville was not authorised to receive the rent, and secondly, if he were, he was not authorised to give receipts. The Learned JUDGE took a note of the objection. Mr. Robert Saville, the under-secretary, was called to prove that he signed the receipts and received the money to which they referred. He had no written or direct authority either to receive the money or give a receipt for it. He, however, had a verbal authority from Mr. Thomas Long, the late late under-secretary, to do so. In cross-examination he stated that it was no part of his duty to receive moneys on account of the company. The offdirs of the company are managed by a board of directors, who meet once a month, but there are separate committees who conduct particular departments, some of which meet weekly. He was formerly secretary to the Railway Friendly Society. The 601. received from Mr. Gibbs as rent went , to the credit of that society. Minutes are kept of the proceedings of the company. On re-exa m i nat i on the witness explained that the entire proceedi ngs o f the company were not carried on by written resolutions, inasmuch as sometimes they were conducted by verbal directionv. CRIMINAL CO=EIRT..7__.(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON-SEROEANT.) John Bartholomew, aged 29, a clerk in the office of the British Banner newspaper, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing several sums of money and forging and utter ing forged receipts for money, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. - Susan Harris, aged 16, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing a gown and other articles, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment, with hard labour. George Lewis, aged 15, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing a sovereign, the property of his employer, and was sentenced to six days' imprisonment, with occasional whippings._ Isaac — Keats, aged 18, a baker, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing 51. ss. from his master, and was sen tenced to six months imprisonment, with hard labour. John Williams, aged 30, pleaded Guilty to a charge of pot stealing. The COMMON SERGEANT asked the officer who had him in charge if the pots were stole n f rom the street or the house? The o ffi cer replied that they were stolen from the street. The CODIMON-SERGEANT—Ab, rth ! there it is, you see, it makes all the difference. If a man will leave his pots in the street, he must expect to have them stolen. When I meet with pots outside a house, I make a point of kicking them into the street.—(Laughter.) A man is hungry,And seeing pots in the street is a great tempta tion to biz-- Did the prisoner appear to be hungry ? The policeman said ho did not. He had some broken pewter about him. 7110 COMMON-SERGEANT-013, oh! there it is, you TUE'SDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1849 HA YMA RKET THEATRE. " HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS A re .v and original play, in three acts, entitled (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) The Lovicg Woman, IA as produced here last evening "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war," is i.o with the most complete success. It is from the p- n unworthy expression of Shakspere, to intimate a of Mr. Mail; Lemon, which is as much as t o sa y • coining state of hurly-burly and disastrous confusion; that it is well built, well writteat, and full of interest; ! but we have strong doubts whether mere mischief— it is acted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, Mr. James albeit, less poetry—would not have been conveyed in Wallack, Mr. Howe, an d Air. Rogers—that is to I " Cry, 'Home for the holidays,' and let slip the girls say, as perfectly cast, and as perfectly acted as possible; and boys." and that it was therefore triumphantly sue- j Reader, have you ever been resident in a respect cessful follows as a ma tt er o f course. The I able and well-ordered mansion Lefo; e the arri va l of followi n g is th e pl o t o f t h e piece :—Ottilia some half-doz en b ram bl es —(we beg pardon, it should have been "oli ve b ranc h es " ) ? Have you enjoyed (Mrs. Charles Kean) i s th e ward of Wielfert (Mr. Howe), an old usurer of Prague, who would cheerful, undisturbed converse with the host and hostess over th e b rea kf ast - ta b le ? Have you indulged fain mak e her his wif e ; s h e h owever re j ects his suit for that of the gay, the gallant, the accomplished in solitary luxury over a favourite volume in a little Rosen (Mr. Charles Kean), the son of a widow who study ? Have you serenely dczed by the twilight had brought him to Prague when he was a child, fire, with all around breathing propriety, and, blessed and who had bequeathed to him all she possessed. word, peace P have you reposed in this balmy secu- The usurer, before consenting to her marriage with rity, we ask, before the importation of "six under Rosen, so ties up her property that not even fifteen," on or about the eighteenth of December? and Ottilia herself can transfer it to Rosen have you managed to exist in the same abode after without the consent of Wielfert. He also tl.e said importation ? What nerves, what resolution, discovers that Rosen's mother had borrowed what endurance must be yours, if such ordeal can be money on the security of her property, buys borne without flinching ! up her bonds, and on the wedding day enters Rosen's Unrestrained symptoms of an incipient excitement house, accompanied by Hermann (Mr. Wallaele), a may be detected in mamma a clay or two betbre the beggerinan clad in rugs, and, taking possession of all auspicious period, and important communications to that it contains, would fain instal Hermann, in hisregs, the cook may be overheard touching the size of cakes us lord of the feast. Hermann, who has caught a and the number of tarts. A deal of extra bustle and glimpse of the portrait of Rosen's mother, refuses to I commotion in the general household may be observed, lend himself to Wilfert's revenge. Her mann , extending from the scullery to the topmost bedroom, it appears, had been, some three-and-twenty years and the increased pulse of domestic vitality indicates previously, a rich and prosperous man, to whom the approach of the restless fever which is ever Wielfert was largely indebted; in order to avoid pay- brought from school by girls and boys. meat of this debt Wielfert had, in conjunction with Papa, mamma, anal perhaps a foolish aunt, go of course to the "station" to meet the =' dear children ;" his . servant Groschen (M r . R ogers ) , concocted an accusation of treason agai ns t H ermann, and had sups and when th e carr i age doors open and the identified ported it by forged docu men t s, so t h at H ermann was }orals ru s h out, some strong delight and a little nervous agitation are displayed, which: occasionally forced to flee, and to bec ome a b eggar. I n the course cause a degee o f diffi cu l ty i n getting the right lug of his wanderings he h a d b ecome acqua i nted with the mother of Groschen, who w h en d y i ng h ad informed gage togeth er; an d we once saw a fond father, in his him of the conspirator s i n th e p l ot of which he had , i exuberant bewild ermen t , carry a huge cricket-playing become the v i c ti m , an d h ad l i kewise pointed buy of ten y ears d ate, f rom one end of the platform out to him the spot in the house of Wielfert .to the other—hut then the little giant had curly hair, in which the proofs of his innocence ' and soft, laughing, grey eyes, and was the youngest might be found, and it is to obtain them that iof the family, and above ell "very like his mother." Hermann has returned to Prague. Meanwhile Ottilia Home they rattle, their tongues going much faster endeavours, by every means in her power, to console than the cab-wheels, with all sorts of spasmodic in- Rosen, but in vain. He feels that he is dependent on terrogatories and replies, jostled together by impatient her, and he becomes fretful, suspicious, and, at eagerness, that would perplex any but very partial length, jealous. Wielfert hires persons to irritate auditors into confirmed lunacy, and annoy him, and he is at length almost driven to For a few hours, perchance, some slight trace of madness by a ballad, entitled "The Beggar's "boarding-school" manners may linger about the "young ladie s an d gentlemen !" but full soon th e Wedding," of w hi c h h e i s th e h ero . O tt ili e proposes to sign a deed of divorce, to which he con- uproar begins; play-boxes are unpacked, prizes voci f cents. Hermann the beggar enters ju s t as th e di vorce ferously display e d, us h ers a b used, masters mimicked, is sign e d, an d d ec l ares hi mse lf t h e father of Rosen, on governesses call e d " o ld f rumps, " and lady-like which Wi e lf o rt d enounces H ermann as a traitor, and teachers stigm a ti se d as "di sagreeable things !" Oh ! haring d egra d e d R osen i n t o th e son o f a criminal, and the vast change in the quiet house! Such tramping deprived hi m o f hi s w if e , cons id ers h i s revenge . up-stairs, s u c h s lidi ng down b alustrades, such hunt complete. Ottillia, however, havi ng now b ecome ing in attic cupb oar d s , suc h i nvas i ons of the pantry, free, tears to shreds the deed of settlement, such litters in the parlour, and such a gathering in and then kneels at the feet of Rosen and beseeches the hall of caps, cloaks, comforters, beaver bonnets, him to acoept her hand now, when by so doing her fur capes, and gloves, that one might mistake the fortune will be his and he will be no longer depen- place for a superior sort of Rosemary lane ! Master dent. Hermann, who has proved his innocence, Henry has been violently smitten during the " last produces hi s ac cusa ti on against Wielfert, who is led half" with an affection fur theatricals on a small scale, , off a priso ner b y th e c ity guard, and Hermann Rosen, and consequently every evening the whole table is and Ottillia are made happy. The character of the occupied by a miniature stage, foot-lamps mest redo loving woma n was mos t pathetically, most tenderly, lent of bad oil, saucers of paste, bottles of gum, boxes most exquisitely delineated by Mrs. Charles Kean, who of colours, gold and silver' foil, spangles, brushes ; threw a commandi ng dignity into the scenes with Mr. 0. Smith as somebody in The Fire King; Mr. Wielfert, whi c h c on t ras t e d beautifully with the ex- Van Auiburgh as somebody among four lions; and quisite tender ness w hi c h s he infused into her scenes the whole " properties" and " personages" essential to with Rosen. Never had loving woman more fitting The Miller and his Men. Muster George insists on having room for hi s mag i c -l antern, and Miss Ellen representative th an M rs . Ch ar le s K ean . M r. Charles Kean's Rosen: was f u ll o f spirit and chivalrous bear- and Master Tom cannot see any just reason why there should not be space f or th e d raught-board. Jangling ing, and the ex p ress i on o f nervous i rr i tat i on in his tone, his manner, and his bearing in the last act, ensues, and a quickly-brewed storm rages until papa when he is writhing beneath the sense of depend ence , is called upon to interfer e . Th e surface of the waves is one of,those gems of acting which geni us , chastened is smoothed, but sundry kicks are carried on beneath and subdued by th e mos t accomplished knowledge of the mahogany, and acute whisperings relative to art, can alone produce. Wallack's Hermann was "serving out" maw be distinctly heard. perfect, and is worthy to rank with his Brigand, or " Home for the holidays !" Oh, words of übiqui his Don Cesar d e B luth , as o ne o; the most picturesque tons import !—we hear them in the everlasting duets impersonations on the wage- Howe's Wielft Lt. the b es t thi n rt, is by the strummed to every visitor by t wo g i gg li ng girls, who ghe has yet done—it is a great step do not think it at all necessary that bass should be in in his professional career, and a step in the right unison with treble; we hear them in the slang school direction. Groshen ' the servant, was a d m i ra bl y phrases, blustered by gawky boys, in defiance of acted by Rog ers . At the conclusion Mr. and Mrs. mamma's entreaties that they will not be "so rude ;" Charles Kean, Wallack, and Howe, were all called we see them printed in the "Polka" steps, with for, and the piece was announced for repetition stampings and slidings, and hoppings and peelings, amidst the unanimous applause of a crowded house. alike innumerable and mysterious ; we see them The admirable comedy of the Serious Family fol- written on the jam puddings and marmalade tarts lowed, and the performances concluded with spread far and wide. We note the syllables in the Box and Cox, in which Buckstone and Keeley kept medallion pieces of card-board traced with flowers the audience in a continual roar. unrecognised by Linnaeus, and in Swiss cottages that would have astonished the designing faculties of Sir Christopher Wren ; they haunt us in the forms of "fancy baskets," made to carry nothing; and highly-coloured maps that would have puzzled Cap• tain Cook and all other captains. We tumble over them in the shape of bows and arrows, stray marbles, miniature cannon, skipping-ropes, bats and balls, and a variety of juvenile possessions left indiscriminately wherever they might have been last used. " Home for the Holidays" stares us in the face, as we look round the boxes of Old Drury, and see a grinning, rosy-faced regiment in white collars and smart frocks. " Home for the Holidays" jostles us in every highway, as the troops of independent youngsters make a dead stop at some enticing shop window, with various pulls at the maternal skirt, and corresponding inquiries as to whether certain desired articles cannot possibly be purchased. " Home for the Holidays" is stamped on the tailor's bag, contain ing loosely-fitting suits of dark blue, and the dress maker's parcel, teeming with deeply-tucked dresses. " Home for the Holidays" is detected in the piles of new shoes, new stockings, new hats, new bonnets, new everything, all coming in with the New Year. " Home for the Holidays," pleasant joyous words ! bringing to our hearts and firesides, health, hope, cheerfulness, and light. Children are the butterflies of our wordly wilderness, and we love to have them come about us at all seasons, though to confess the truth, they are very provoking sometimes, and to our certain knowledge many a doting sire who hastened with intenee exuberance of joy to hail his progeny in the month of December, has been heard to make particular inquiry towards the end of January, as to " when school commenced," and a very truthful and genuine air has accompanied his remark, that he was " glad the time was near." Nay ! we once heard one of the best fathers in the world declare that he would h ave a fiddl er and a bonfire the day after the departure of his cherished brood, to celebrate the happy event; but, perhaps, it is fair to mention that that this declaration was wrung from him by the painful facts of two young gentle men having taken infinite trouble to precipitate them selves through a most remote skylight, and three young ladies having indulged in preserves and sweet meats, to the extent necessary to insure a visit from the family Esculepius. We have noticed that depredations and enormities generally increase as the vacation draws to a close. Jackets and trowsers are damaged beyond reparation, frocks discovered with gathers out, and pins in, and a reckless apathy to all paternal discipline is often evi dent, exhibited, we suppose, on the desperate principle of "a short life and a merry one." Serious lectures are bestowed on "dear Tom," and sharp reprimands lavished on "sweet little Emily." It is protested that "such eating and drinking," "such running and racing," "such mischief and rudeness," cannot be "put up with," even by the proprietors of the crimi nals, and sorry are we in our charity and philosophy to say it, but it does really appear that a most har dened audacity, and brazen character of rebellion generally mark the conduct of very "young England" when "Home for the Holidays." And yet these few words are traced in illuminated letters that we would not exterminate for the world. They are the beacon-lights that guide many a tiny craft through the stormy waters of "grammar, geography, French, Latin, and history." Many a small breast with large heart would sob itself to death, were it not for this El Dorado ever kept in sight. The frosty discipline of school duties, and the sharp atmosphere of "classes' and "examina tions," would try many a susceptible constitution severely, were it not for the six weeks of relaxing climate found in the southern latitude of " dome for the Holidays." " Home for the Holidays"—oh, words of magic might! Who does not recollect the time when they had the power of sending the warm blood bounding through the heart with quickened glow ? Who does not remember the joyous thrill that prompted, as the stage-coach whirled away from academic walls, and visions grew stronger of fun, freedom, pantomime, and plum cake? Midsummer was merry enough; but Christmas, jolly, happy, glorious Christmas, was the acme of delight, with its beef and pudding festi val, its Boxing-day, its New Year's-day, its Twelfth day, and all its appliances of clowns, columbines, family feasts, juvenile parties, roasted chestnuts, smoking flip, and " Blindman's Buff." Bright, warm young spirits—rollicking and romping, as we once rollicked and romped—we bless you from our inner most souls, although we are compelled now and then to scold, and occasionally wish you back again at Mr. Whackeni's and Mrs. Triintail's. Health and hap piness attend ye, and may the days to come never cause ye to look back with a sigh on the days gone—when ye shouted " Home for the Holidays !" ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Mitchell has just published his programme for the season, of French Plap, at this theatre;; and, in asmuch as Mr. Mitchell is noted for the scrupulous fidelity with which he fulfils his pledges to the public, we feel justified in asserting that the forth coming season will be the most brilliant season of the French Plays that we have yet had in London. The earlier seasons were all devoted to vaude villes, subsequently we had tragedy during the latter portion of the season in addition to vaudevilles, and last season we had the Opera Comique. In the season of 1850, all these attractions will be combined. Mr. , Mitchell opens the theatre on the 7th of January for the opera season. His company will compri►e Mdlle. Charton, M. Chellet, M. Lac, M. Nathan, M. Quilly Leroy, Mdile. Dehausen, and Mdlle. Guichard ; and his first opera will be the Val d'Andorre of Halevy, which has created so much sensation in Paris. This will be followed by Herold's Zampa, in which M. Chellet will sustain his ,original character, and by several other popular operas, including the new work by M. Thomas, Le Cold. The operatic season will terminate before Easter, but on the Ist of April the theatre will re-open for French comedy and vaudeville, and M. Samson, Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Madlle. Nathalie, and Mdlle. Dejazet successively make their appearance. When these comic performances are ended, Mdlle. Rachel will commence a series of tragic delineations, appearing in four of the old tragedies, and in Dumas's Millie. de Belle isle, a petite comedic. called Le Moineau dc Lesbie, and Scribe's Adrienne Leoouvreur. This is certainly one of the most brilliant pro grammes ever presented to the public, and we trust that Mr. Mitchell will meet with that patronage and encouragement to which his taste, his energy, and his exertions so justly entitle him, ELIZA Coox. DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Notice of appeal against the decision of the Master in Chan cery, Brougham, rendering all parties who had signed the deed, or paid the deposit, contributories to the expenses of winding up the company, has been lodged with the view on the g round of fraud, of rend er i ng the directors alone, liable, and compelling them to return the deposit. -ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—This line was opened for goods' traffic on Thursday last to Portleshen, and will be opened for passengers in a few days. • LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the shareb Bets of this company took place yesterday at the. London 'Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the report from the committee of proprietors appointed at the half-yearly meeting of the company, held in August last. J. N. DANIEL, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the chair shortly after twelve o'clock, when Mr. GOLDSMID, the chairman of the committee, proceeded to draw the attention of the proprietors to the report of the committee, and to the observations made upon the several parts of that re port by the directors. From his statement and the report it appeared that there had been great mis management in the conducting of the line in many respects, ezpecially in persons being able to get into the carriages of the company without paying ; the inconveniences at the Brunswick Pier; the charging too high for th e t rans i t of some goods and too low for others; and that the interest of the proprietors had been overlooked by the directors in the course they had pursued. The committee recommended that there should be one g , neral manager of the line who should be well paid, and the whole management of the ;railway should be placed under his control ; and that, in order to effect this, the salary of the directors should be reduced from 1,000/ to 700/. a 3 ear. The report also recom mended that no officer of the company should hold any office in any other company. Air. Goldsmid, after adverting at considerable length to the statements in the report, moved that the report, and the obser vations of the directors upon it, should be entered upon the minutes. The CHAIRMAN at some length defended the course pursued by the directors, and the answer given by them to the assertions in the report of the committee. The motion for entering the report and observa tions on the minutes was then carried. Mr. GOLDSMID moved a resolution to the effect that none of the officers of the company be allowed to hold office in the service of any other company. Mr. HicKsox, one of the committee, seconded the resolution, and in doing so said that he did not agree the whole of the report, and he did not think the committee had done their duty to the company. The recommendation with regard to the appointment of a general manager had not been discussed by the committee at all, it emanated entirely from Mr. Goldsmid, the chairman. Four out of five of the committee voted for the adoption of the report, and he (Mr. Hickson) was bound by the majority. The CHAIRMAN said he would not oppose the motion. It was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. GOLDSMID moved, that a manager be appointed by the shareholders under the control of the direc tors, to superintend the whole of the affairs of the company, and that his salary be contingent on a small per -tentage of the profits, which was seconded by Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. TITE, surveyor to the company, explained that the directors were not to blame with respect to the carrying out of the agreement with the Eastern Counties Company, who had been at great expense with their station at Shoreditch, and they were un• willing to give up part of that traffic to the Black wall Company; and, if they came on this line to London-bridge, they would charge the same fare as if they took the passenger to Shoreditch, without making any allowance in favour of the Blackwell Company. He knew that Mr. Hudson was extremely adverse to any arrangement with this company. With reference to a junction with the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Rail way, although the company were prevented by Lord Shaftesbury's clause from joining the I3lackwall at Poplar, on the level referred to the directors, they had secured a junction with that line at another point of the Bow and Stratford Junction Railway, he had no doubt that in the course of six months they would see traffic from Liverpool, by means of this junction, pass over the line. It was to Mr. Wight roan, their superintendent of traffic, that they were indebted for the change in the system of working the line. He concluded by moving an amendment, to the effect that the further recommendations in the report of the committee be referred to the board of directors, who are to report to the hext meeting thereon, and adopt such of them as may be expedient. Mr. J. WILSON seconded the amendment, and complained that the, committee had not touched the accounts ; being one of the auditors, he could say that the accounts were kept in a most perfect manner. Mr. Bostma was much disappointed with the report of the committee. He did expect a detailed account of the expenditure and other matters, so as to enable the proprietors to form some opinion on the position of their affairs. The motion of Mr. Goldsmid was then withdrawn and the amendment proposed by Mr. Tite was pui and carried. Resolutions were passed reducing the allowance of the directors from 1,0001. to 7001. per annum, and agreeing that all reports and accounts be sent to the proprietors at least one week before the general meetings. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Goldsmid, the chairman of the committee ; and after a vote of thanks to the chair man the meeting separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Fire Queen iron steamer is ordered to be fitted at Portsmouth fur the Holyhead packet station, according to the plans suggested by her commander Lieutenant Jones. She will be ready about the 28th inst. She is to be payed over by Mr. Hay with his compoEition. The Birkenhead steamer was undocked on Friday at Portsmouth, and taken into the basin. We omitted to mention the state of her iron bottom when docked ; there was not the slightest appearance of oxide on the iron plates nor on the heads of the rivets, except on a part where she had rubbed off the composition when she grounded on a bank in Waterford river. She has now received another coating of composition, and will go to her moorings up the harbour. This coating, it is said, is to be further tried in competition with the Vulcan iron steamer, to be payed over by Mr. Peacock. If sa, both vessels should lie in the same water, and not be examined for a twelvemonth at least, for the principal value of the business is the durability of the composition. The annual examinations are proceeding at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and at the Central Mathematical School in the dockyard. Some plans for ventilation and for protection against fire, as suggested by Mr. Hay, the chemical assistant, are now being carried on, on board the Malabar coal depot, in Portsmouth Harbour. On the occasion of the launch of the Argus at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, John Fincham, Esq., the master builder, gave a sumptuous dleuner to his officers and to a large party of friends, at his resi dence in the dockyard. The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. Spencer, will have her compasses adjusted early this week, and go to Spithead on Friday. So well and so satisfactorily has this brig been turned out of hand, both by the artificers and riggers of the yard, that since the officers and crew have joined, not a single alteration has been made nor required, nor has any defect in either department been discovered. It blew a hard westerly gale on Suuday night at Portsmouth ; it moderated a little yesterday morning, but the weather was still wild and stormy last evening. CHATHAM, DEC. 17.—The Crescy, 80 guns, build ing, had her figurehead, which is a bust of Edward 111., put in place on Saturday. The Eliza transport, with convicts, embarked on the 14th and 15th instant from Tilbury Fort, the first company of pensioners recently formed to proceed to Australia as a convict-guard. The strength of the company consists of 5 sergeants, 1 drummer, 3 cor porals, and 67 privates, with 59 women and 105 children. On embarking, 60 rounds of ball cartridge were furnisbed to each man. These pensioners are under the command of Captain F. B. Russell, of the 22d Foot, appointed for the payment and organize ticn of the troops in that colony. These veterans volunteered their services, in consequence of circu lars having been forwarded to the several staff dis tricts for returns of pensioners who are disposed to volunteer their services for such duty; and Cap tain Tulloch, Inspector of Pensioners, is at Tilbury Fort fur the express purpose of forming more com panies for the same duty, to escort convicts from this country. Mr. Thomas Laslatt, late purveyor of timber at Moulmein, is appointed acting foreman at this yard. Mr. Robert Vinning, supernumerary draughts man, now at Deptford, is appointed draughtsman at this yard, vice Mr. James Barnaby, promoted to measurer. APPOINTMENTS. Woomicu, DEC. 17.—Lieutenant Samuel G. Cresswell (1849), to the Investigator, commibsioned this day at Woolwich to proceed with the Enterprise in search of Captain Sir John Franklin and his party. Lieutenant Cresswell was mate of the Investigator on her recent searching expedition to the Arctic regions, and was promoted to Lieutenant for his services on that occasion. Second-Master Stephen Court (1842), to the In vestigator. This officer was Second• Master in the Enterprise under Captain Sir James Ross in the recent searching expedition. Clerk in Charge--Joseph C. Paine (1842), to the Investigator. Mate—James J. 11. Groves (1848), to the Strom boli, at Portsmouth. The Right lion:Sir Francis T. Baring, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans Dundas, C. 8., and Mr. Parker, First Secre tary, returned from Stratton Park to-day to their official duties at the Admiralty. The Archer steam-sloop was tried at the measured mile in Long Reach, with her iron screw propeller, ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. A new grand equestrian spectacle, entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest; or, the Tourney of Love, was produced here last evening with the most tri umphant success. To all ad m i re r s of medieval manners and sports, The Knight of the Eagle Crest will be most welcome; it is one of the most complete, one of the most perfect, and one of the most mag nificent illustrations of the sports, pastimes, and wars of the days of chivalry that has ever been presented. There is a hawking party, which is a living illus. tration of the descriptions of Strutt and Walter Scott, and in which my Lord John Manners and the other " Young Englanders" would revel ; .and the Tourney of Love is a vivid representation of a tournament equal in magni ficence to the display at Eglinton, and superior to it in other respects, inasmuch as the amateurs at Eglin ton committed divers mistakes which the actors at Astley's avoided. This grand spectacle was bailed throughout with repeated cheers, and was announced for repetition amidst the most enthusiastic applause. It was followed by scenes in the circle, in the course of which Mdlle. Codone appeared on the tight rope, and by her brilliant, elegant, and most graceful performances elicited thunders of applause. This young lady is far and away the finest tight rope dancer of the day. Since the time of Plege there has been no person who could be compared to her. The house was very well attended, DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Anderson has made public his lists of the artists who, according to his present arrangements, will form his company. The ordinary difficulties of so- gigantic an undertaking are, no doubt, enhanced by the almost impossibility of collecting in one establishment a sufficiently powerful force of histrionic talent at a time when the most valuable members of the profession are distributed at the different theatres. This consideration allowed for, Mr. Anderson appears to have collected together an effective company. This list in cludes Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Nisbett, Miss Vandenhoff, Miss Phillips, Mrs. Ternan, Miss F. fluddart; Mr. Vanden hoff, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Basil Baker, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Emery, &c. The season opens on the 26th December. with The Merchant of Venice and a new pantomime; and report speaks of novelties in preparation for production when the attraction of the latter shall have decline]. INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR OXFORD.—AbotiC five o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday last the inhabitants of Beckley, a village four miles from Oxford, were alarmed by the appearance of a volume of smoke, which was discovered issuing from the farm-yard of the Rev. George Theophilus Cook, the perpetual curate of Beckley. An t xpress was immediately sent to Oxford, and several engines from that city were soon on the spot, and having a good supply of water, the fire was confined to a hayrick and an outhouse ; which were nearly destroyed. Fortunately the wind was favourob'e, otherwise there must have been a great destruction of property, as much valuable agricultural produce, imple ments, and buildings were standing in a yard contiguous to where the fire bloke out. Strong suspicion attaches to a labourer formerly► in the employ of the Reverend Gentleman, and who is now in custody. Papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 28th of Octet), r have arrived. The colonists were yet resolute in their resistance to the admission of convicts, and meet ings continued to be held on the subject. The shops and stores at Cap Town remained closed, but business was not altogether suspended. MAN DROWNED IN BED.-011 Monday last sailor named W. Lathom, o s beard the sloop Turner, lying on Duddon Sands, took out a plug in the vessel's bottom, in order to allow the leakage water to escape. He neglected to replace the plug, and went to bed. During the night, as the tide rose, the vessel filled with water, and drowned the poor fellow in his bed.—Car lisle Journal. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 15.— EXETER. COLLEGE.—Th e Rev. C. Hutchinson, M.A., of this Colbge, has been pre sented to the vicarag e of West D e a n , S ussex . The Rev. A. S. S utton. B.A , of this College, has been licensed to the curacy of Raui,ds, Northampton. shire. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.—TheRev.W. C. Bennett, M.A., formerly of this College, vicar of Corsham, Wilts, and canon of Bristol, has been appointed chaplain to Lord Methuen. NEW COLLEGE.—The Rev. G. C. Rashleigh, ILA., formerly of this College, Fellow of Winchester C( liege, and vicar of Bradford Peverill, Dorset, has been presented to the donative curacy of Harnble-le- Rice, Hants. BRAZENOSE COLLEGE.—The Rev. J. W. Hatherell, D.D., formerly of this College, incumbent of St. James's, West-end, has been licensed to a chapel at Bitterne, a hamlet in the parochial district. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.—Mr. TheOphilUS Josiah East. a native of the diocese of Bath and Wells, has been elected and admitted to a Scholar ship at this College. CHRIST CHURCH.—The Rev. J. P. Roberts, M.A., late student of Christ Church vicar of St. Peter th e Great, and min or canon of Chichester, has been pre sented to the rectory of Eastergate, Sussex. The Rev. J. Salter, M.A., of Christ Church, rector of Iron-Acton, Gloucestershire, has been col lated to an honorary canonry in Bristol Cathedral. ST. Joules COLLEGE. —The Rev. H. A. Taylor, B.A. of this Coll ege , h as b een licensed to the curacy of Diddington, Northamptonshire. JESUS COLLEGE.-111r. John Skinner Jones, com moner of this College, has been elected to a scholarship on the North Wales Foundation. MAGDALEN-HALL.— The R( v. F. A. Bowles, M.A., of this Hall, has been presented to the rectory of Singleton, Sussex. Term ends on Monday, the 17th inst. OXFORD, DEC. 17.—1 n a congregation holden this morning, being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the following degrees were conferred, via.:— Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity, by Accumulation —The Very Rev. Henry Hart Mil man, Dean of St. Paul's, Brasenose College, Grand Compounder. Bachelor of Civil Law—Rev. Thomas Smythe Hill, Magdalen College. Master of Arts—Rev. Thomas Binstead Mena mare, Magdalen Hall; John Sayers, St. Mary H a ll. Bachelor of Arts—Edmund Yates Peel, Christ Church ; Frederick William Bosworth, Merton Col lege. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 15.—At a special congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred : B. D.—J. A. Jerome, Trinity College; W. Bel wy St. John's College. M. A.—H. B. Smyth, Jesus College. B. A.—II. Crookenden, Downing College. There will be congregations on the following days of the ensuing Lent Term : Saturday, Jan. 26 (B.A. commencement), at 10; Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11; Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 11 (Ash Wednesday); Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 11 Wednesday, March 6, at 11 ; Friday, March 15 (MA. Inceptors), at 10; Friday, March 22 (end of Term), at 10. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. -- The Eastbridge Scholarship at this College has been appropriated to Mr. Robert John Biron, and Mr. Edward Gordon has been appointed to one of the scholarships founded by Sir Nicholas Bacon. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MoD 4Y. The Queen and Prince, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, walked this forenoon in the grounds and park of Osborne. His Royal highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as tuna]. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. A deputation from Goldsmiths' Hull had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exebeque.r yebterday, at his official residence in Does ning. street. The deputation consisted' of Mr. Bogle Smith, Prime Warden ; Mr. A. Copeland and Mr. Johnson, War-- dens ; attended by Mr. Lane, Clerk of the Company ; and Mr. Rayne. His Excellency the Danish Minister had an inter view with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial office. Sir Francis Baring returned to his residence in the Admiralty yesterday, from his seat in Hampshire. The Solicitor-General had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Higbarn, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and Mr. Tidd Pratt, had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. Moyle bad an intQrview yesterday with Earl Grey. _ Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial• office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal from the Court of Arches, " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter." The case was adjourned until this day. --- ........................N.......... ...ad. lon Friday last, and th e average speed of four runs, two du wn and twa up, was 7.G knots pEr Lou:. The i 1 vessel NVIS brought up et Grenhithe, and th e i ron , I screw tck.'n up and the bias.; screw turned by machi nery at the deck yard substituted. On the trial of the brass screw on Saturday the averrge speed of six runs at the measured mile, three down and three up, was 8.1 knots per hour, a greater speed by about half a knot than was obtained by the iron screw. It was tha impression of those on board on Saturday that a still greater speed would have been attained with the brass screw had it n o t bl own so very hard during the trial. Captain Johnson adjusted the compasses of the Archer at G - reenhithe to-day, and she leaves tomorrow fur Devonport, and will be commissioned shortly after her arrival there. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope, C 8., is under orders to leave Woolwich on Monday next to have her compasses adjusted at Greenbithe, that being necessary before she again proceeds to sea, as she has now only two boilers, instead of four, her previous number. MUNICIPAL REFORMS. Yesterday evening an adjourned public meeting was held at the New Court, Old Bailey, to take into consideration the question of municipal reform ; Sir James Duke in the chair. On the platform ware Alderman Sir J. Key, Al.; derman Sir George Carroll, Alderman Sidney, M.P., the Common Sergeant, Mr. Commissioner Bullock, Mr. J. Toulmin Smith, and a large number of mem bers of the Common Council. Mr. PULLING entered at some length into an expo sition of the laws regulating the affairs of the City. Referring to those which he contended pressed se verely upon the citizens he moved the following reso lution :—" That various Acts of Parliament having interfered with the discharge of several of the rights and duties of the members of the corporation of Lon don, it is necessary to take prompt steps to procure the entire repeal of all such Acts of Parliament, and especially of a certain Act of Parliament passed in the 11th year of the reign of George 1., and of all Acts founded upon or having reference to that Act." Mr. ACKLAND, in seconding the resolution, con tended that the Act alluded to needlessly and mitt. shievously interfered with local legislation. The Act of 1725—the first Act of interference--was obtained on the application of a small portion of the aldermanie body in defiance of the wishes of the great majority of the citizens. The preamble of that Act alleged as the necessity for its introduction the numerous dis putes which took place at elections, but the allegation as false. The fact was, that the free citizens of London claimed the right to vote at elections—a right which had been conferred upon them from the earliest times; and the aldermen, at least 15 of them, con ceiving that they ought not to be allowed to exercise that right, endeavoured to prevent them from doing so; and when they could not do it by the means placed at their disposal, they went to the Legislature and got the Act of Parliament in question. The Act passed last session, so far as its electoral character was concerned, took the place of the Act of 1725. That Act was asked for by the. corporation of London on the face of the reports of numerous committees, which instead of advising the corporation to apply for any such Act, recommended that they should at once demand the repeal of the Act of 1725, which was, to say the least of it, trifling with the rights of the citizens of London. After some remarks from Mr. Deputy BEDFORD, the resolution was passed nein: con. Mr. T. SMITH xemarked, that the next resolution to be proposed referred to measures which seemed best calculated lo maintain the integrity of the corpo ration of London and the general interests of the nation. It was one of great importance and would involve much discussion. He would, therefore, pro pose the adjournment of the meeting until Wed nesday. This was agreed to, and after the usual compliment to the chairman the meeting separated. THE LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—. Last evening this society performed Handel's oratorio, Joshua. Exeter-hall was well filled, showing that the competition between this society and its rival has not diminished the music-loving appetite of the public. Thu principal singers were Miss Birch, Miss Stewart, Misa Kenneth, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Lawler; and the chorus was extremely strong. The whole performance went off very well, so much so, as to show that this society, stimulated by rivalry, can assert its claims to a high consideration with amateurs. In consequence of the recent death of Queen Adelaide, the orchestra and the side galleries were hung with black cloth. 5: %••• _ 814 45 3 4 7% :_