The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

EVENING SUN "%NAL UOURT.—(THIS DAY.) Th e s e OLD COURT. b ei _ ,.. B Sion at the Old Bailey commenced this m orn illt,rv.,us the second u n d er th e p re s e nt Mayoralty, an of only four days having elapsed since the ter -14 It of the last session. The Right Hon. the Lord t i yi Y Or, Ald erman, Sheriffs, Recorder, and other of the t i eloc e ia.ntherities entered the Court shortly after ten and the Grand Jury having been sworn, The and proceeded briefly to address them. kti ve ,;', unusually short interval which had occurred t h io ' the present and last session rendered their duties l t d °ecasion comparatively light. Since the calendar ki lt Made up twenty names in addition had been 4 xi es °l' trial. The calendar now comprised the of Fea eighty-four prisoners for trial. The cases Na r k ordinary rAagnitude, few of which required any N4a, from him. There were, however, three cases wts the would just call their attention to. The first_ e case of a foreigner for stealing a quantity 91 . f et e °Piers and Portuguese bonds, which, by a certain Ity °t Parliam en t viz., the 7th and Sth George ,IV., 4 N , e° lnprised as a larceny. Without expressing any e LA ° Plown upon it, he would say he thought it tiC requirin g f urt h er i nves ti ga ti o n. The next ii 4de tt iainst a person for stealing and secreting a will, ili ou i d ° Y a relation of the prisoner. If any person be found gu il ty o f stea li ng or secreting a will it !„ eo nsidered an d construe d as a misdemeanour, and iti; ti P t ar tY charged, if convicted, was liable to the punish -140 of a misdemeanour ; and he thought this ti hj .11" a case requiring some further inves tat-0411. There was a man who had been Itx4 w l/ „" (1 from the l as t se s s ions on a charge of cutting - ? l4l ing. This case he also recommended them to kilille cours e o f f ur th er i nqu iry. The other cases t e lovolved points of law nor fact, further than their titi:L liti gnaent would surmount, and he therefore at once them to their duties. HE -- --- nARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) i... 14 1t CORN EXCHANGE. It ~,week's arrivals of Engtish grain were moderate, of Irish Oats. The fresh supply of wheat was 4 40 4416 : 11 , I Cland fair of Spring Corn. Wheat, if fine. ', leaner ; other sorts dull at last quotations. t k ;.T a ns, and Peas, unaltered. Good Oats found ti katf lql, li e , -ate sale, and supported their value ; other sorts ' i: , , v 3 r . Flour maintained its value. fo ? 'S OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. , 4 4h -41 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour rel"•••• 3,310 4rs. 5 ,956 qrs. 7,281 qrs. 4,518 sacks I . - 143/3 -- If h ' .... 2,742 6040 •rls - - ‘,./tr ts , PRICES 01 / BOARD OF SFIP \Z...14,`,.(01d) -a. -a. Beans, Small (new) 38; 40s. „cite (old) _,. _,.., ..........- (old) . 4'2 - 46a. "I ` lE4 ') 521. 555. Tick (new) 3l • 325. \5,,,....... Fine . ys 63 5. -.. (old) 38..40s N ....\_ w 3 , 4 l)erfine 661.675 . - Harrow (new)......345.35s \.",... Z.!te (1841) Ms. 531. i\,,,.. ~ me 6lll 62s Brank 5........ i, ,uperthic Os 725. Oats , Feed k l k....! r elgii free 551 765. ---- Ne" lbs. 245. , y . ...................... 38s. 40s. - Poland New -s s ,N. k i . . . ............... 251. 325. S ki n tl i n ing "As 32. - Potatoe -8.-s. ~‘ II 335 3611. ......... W err 2Bs. 295. r tii - s 'lr; . •',/'; ............... N;s. 60s. - Scotch 26..30a. 64s 61is - Irish 16s. ... 19s. 231. (?;ireY, Ne w 93.. 375 . Flour Town (per sack) .... 5Ss. 625. ,-% w a ,l' i le New Yis 40.. -. Seconds 525. 545. ".. i t „:', te.. • .345. 36.. --- North Country.... 50s. 54r. 45ers ...............37s . 42.. Bran la as. t , s SMITHFIELD. 4)) i s generally considered to be the great (or Christ 'pliti e 3rket. The shoW of cattle was remarkably fine, 40 11 a 1 . to any former season. There were some very Il irkli ksts of the Devonshire breed sent by Sir William TP tle 1 et r ,,,,Y, and several lots of remarkably fine sheep. PE4 rase for all kinds of meat was good, and fully rea- Viap e Present quotations. Beasts, 4,334 ; Sheep, ;I ( titt ori l Calves, 89 ; Pigs, 419. Bef, 3s 8d to 5s ; n "h t. 148 to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Pork 4s 4d ' , a. Th W ere TEA MARKET. N'e t ot 1 1 as little activity in the market, but holders 44 4 : j aPo9ed to press sales, and Company's Congou teri e "' b e purchased under Is. 9-44. per lb. The 3 keep large. . Th COFFEE MARKET. t t h Tha rket was dull for all sorts of Coffee, and prices '', l : e ly supported ; 665. to 675. was the value of ulaary Ceylon. PROVISION MARKET. 4 th ttel. s old slowly. Fine Dutch at 102 s. and 1065., 4 li, t e c best Irish at 98s. and 100 s. ; Bacon difficult of th e s • for the best. Lard sold slowly at 745. and 765. Pritnest. Hams dull, and offered at lower rates. te Nee c HOP MARKET. th iv era . B " ( P I) , and a good demand prevailed from the 'Pre s -, 13 oune holders were not disposed to realise at nt rates. Z ► here i „, TALLOW MARKET. Ce fi "" a good demand Y. Candle, and prices ' 1 'Tn at 0 14,, 48s to 48s 3d forparcels on the spot and for ' ll It' 4 to the end of the year ; for spring months, t he val ue. I tti 4e , t k ,„ in METAL MARKET. kl. / good request at 401. on the spot and for P on and Lead firm, with a fair demand. b; - j d an the 24th tilt., at Wigan, Miss Mary / 10 Jl A'A aged pad lote s 89 . On searching the house, bag . sof money r , ruts interest f the found to a large amount. borne .n `"erithil'tested engaged throughout the day !tett 1.41 : 4: the in were y and in the evening a coach was t'ar sAk)4 Sui ea lp sh e t tr ansmitted to the bank in the shape I "ti er; tl ; bank-notes, ra and a number of old coins, wil' has 1 the whole, to pwards of 5,0001. The old Pe r n an ' s° left four tnements and some land, which t he t ' S r ealise another I,oool.—Liverpool Mercury. alien quantity of rain which is recorded as having ‘Oisw at t he Gardens of' the Horticultural Society at 'neh e dUring the last month, was no less than , •3 . 1 t libl, 3 ' The fluctuation of the be b r af t ometerz 3 as m eo i t n l c si h d es : Mill' t itS n on he th 3 e oth th it of s N to o o v d em at 28•84 w 5. as There was an , 4 4411 Y 0 t important variation in the state of the tempera 14Z: 43 on November 12, the thermometer stood at 63 Wee Fahreinheit ; whilst on the 16th it stood but at Am , being the difference of no less than 48 deg. ICE DISTINCTION —lt once happened to ,'N '4447 present in a school where the pedagogue thus .1 t.it abilities, a rebellious pupil—" At your age, and with ties, you ought to be a pattern to the other t l nstead of which I am obliged to make an example 7o u;" and thereupon he thrashed him soundly. Payr B LEAD COFFrNS.—The Holbeck rate intend marching up to the Church-rate meeting, ~Etts , n d aY next, in a body. We understand they are now ` , ll4flag black prepared, with the motto, " No hl' ;' r ete—mind the lead coffins !"—teed; Times. &otnrTIQUITY OF' THE CHINESE.—The Irish, in r ," , and W e l s h, may go hid e th e ir diminished heads Partiyl4ard to the antiquity of their pedigrees, when com s: D w ith the Chi nese , w h o i n th e history of the Cele .A.C` n Pire have the following remarkable words, t o °tit this time the world was created 1" But in order 'ttiti ll ' tr ate the f ac t, an engrav ing is introduced, repre 'Py. t tl F ess mandarin in the clouds looking on through a C ut tf ELECTIONS.—The inhabitant householders k 1 1;11i i ;'''ard of F arr i ng d on Within have been reminded, oFu;; that "On T ues d a y, the twenty-first of this mont h, l ' 4 l be called on to exercise your important privilege ell fourteen fit and proper persons' to repre - NC I ' in the C our t o f C o mmon Council. When the N r tne mepolies w hi c h w e aken and fetter the energies LPAre s „ ce nntry—a n d when, especially, the cruel and p ro monopoly of the people's food, in the Corn Yzii: °v isieri-l aws , are injuring our commeree—para `etWer t rade—closing our mills and manufactories, l ti bt et , -4 e enr workmen out of employment—deranging 't - 17Peir t , t e k ne Y, and spreading . de . stitution, misery, and 04°Fth g -„ r ° ll ghout the land—is it not time that the . first ranpire should raise its voice, and exert its pow - e '' e nce to protest against, and endeavour to put an s Notnenstkh ruinous and suicidal laws ? And yet at thi 1/° O ,PIII ' i t , W hat is the state of the representation of this l ,s'etett()C' a nd wealthy ward in our Municipal Council 0 1 )! kr " ; ? Of your fourteen Common Councilmen, six 1, -e , ul favour of free trade and opposed to the Bread `elig,:'eeters of Farringdon Within, let it be so no ref tt , e ' ; attend every one of you on the day of election ; ii it u Y n c ' ti r vote to every man who will not pledge him -0,4 1 1 - ,, P Nse the atrocious Bread-tax ! support every 11 7 1 will come forward in the cause of humanity "Le - " e e—ask not what are his political opinions— "rift, 'le political question. Exertions are making to Atelerward candidates worthy of your support.. h b Y I, c4l , o l3olists are then admonished to do their duty C ll ,. rl tng those Only that will support free trade. AT ttAii-"VENTION OF MANpFACTURERS le ' li a ll „ s 'rEn.—A convention will be held at the Corn b a lled t - ge, on Thursday the 16th December. It will 4l- I ,'Re l :l - ; ° f deputies from all the towns and, districts c t ,"ritis, n the cotton trade, whose business it will be 0 0_ 'red' the statements relative to the numberscondioi 'elp (4 l„' past and present rate of wages, the ...6 t it l e d in each town or village, the number of Port k atlu factorie s at present not working, the prison m re,s ratks cshowing the state of crime), the amount of poor 0 _ PI N) ler the last six years (showing the progress 1 . 4 etienre), the reports of the infirmaries and dispe_n i. tiek4e" fo r the last six years (showing the state of . d t wi th such other facts as may be of use in depic tug e actual condition of the population, both em- Nt(),,%and operativ e s, throughout the whole of the thin Z;u istrici. From all we have been able to learn 1 01 ( 1 - ; , " 1 be o ne o f th e mos t i m p or t an t meetings ever _ 'xp er : ll Manch es t er ; an d we h o p e it s p romo t er s will %k rill e n.ee from ever y quarter great readiness in the ke lt , riteation cf facts, and will themselves evince strict t4 4 , 4e Y and precision in arranging and narrating a 1 , 4 1a nchest er P a p er . at I . ‘l e steamship Oriental, Capt. Soy, has arrived fro t „ - „r e euth from Al exan d r i a , Malta, and Gibraltar— takiisule latter place in only four days ; she landed her 4,t1t1 proceeded up Channel at eight a.m. H.M.S. c l ff t Z'tti, bearing a Rear-Admiral's flag of the red, was Mart: flock on the 3d instant. The contract steamer riv e r r et, with the mails, does not appear to have ar -Btit t Gibraltar by the 4th from Lisbon. On the for ?Ct. her Majesty's steamer Acheron left Gibraltar (),p el l rebirth, last Malta. Her passengers were Sir W. Capt. and Mrs. Wilson, and Miss Munro. The Mai"G‘ Packet is destined to sail from Falmouth, for l'egs e e „ 44 and Brazil; on the 10th inst. ; she has ten eol 1 4 : 11 1 ,, e Hen. H. R. Yorke, of Grantham, Lin qilaf,,",tr,e, M.P., visited Paisley on Saturday last, toaocf niruself by personal observation with the state of i t p in Paisley, in order that he may be able to speak d tres s ' ro w practical knowledge when the subject of 's he,sow practical be brought before Parliament. The Hon. !„glaeY Ad isit m lim°P red much sympathy with the distressed familie s kn dput his - purse in requisition to relieve them. • eer P tuer. bot, bES TY.—Madame de Geniis, says some " reprov e d h er librarian for placing books written do reale a nd female authors u p on the same shelf " Never th eM," said she, " without placing a prayer book between THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC MBER 13, 1841. THE GIGANTIC MISSOURI LEVI- ATHAN, OR MISSOURIUM. Mr. Koch, who has discovered the bones of this gi gantic animal, now exhibiting at Egyptian Hall, is a Prus sian by birth, who for the last fifteen years has resided in the United States, and the perfect skeleton was found by him on the shores of the river Pomme.de Terre, a tri butary of the Orsage river, in Benton county, state of Missouri, N. lat. 40 deg., W. long. 18 deg. The strata of the river in which the Missourium existed, exhibit six or seven different changes, in the first or original stratum of which, formed of quicksand, the deposite of the skeleton was found, and in the brown or alluvial soil composing, the next stratum, the remainder of the skele ton was contained and covered. " This stratum was mixed with a great quantity of ve getable matter, and most of this is in a wonderful state of preservation ; but what is still more surprising, all the vegetable remains are of a tropical or very low southern production. They consisted of large quantities of cypress burs, wood and bark ; a great deal of tropical cane and tropical swamp moss ; several stumps of trees, if not log wood, yet bearing a very close resemblance to it ; even the greater part of a flower of the Strelitzia class, which, when destroyed, was not full blown, was discovered em bedded in this layer ; also several stems of palmetto leaf, one possessing all the fibres perfect, or nearly so. To those who are not acquainted with the nature of this plant, it is well to remark that it is not found, at present further north than the northern parts of Louisiana. The time when the revolution of the earth took place, during which the Missourium lost its life, was be tween the 25th of September and 20th of October, which is proved by the fact just mentioned of the cypress burs being found. There was no sign or indication of any very large trees, the cypresses that were discovered being the largest that were ever growing here at the time. " About 200 yards from said deposite stands a sin gularly formed rock, which not only bears the appear ance, but can be considered as a monument of great an- tiquity, formed by nature, against whose rough 'and rug ged sides can be distinctly traced, in deep and furrowed b lines, the former course of angry waters ; yet its summit is full 30 feet above the present level of the Pomme de Terre. The rock has the appearance of a pillar, on whose top rests a table rock far projecting over:on every side ; from the base of the pillar to the lower edge of the table is 30 feet, and from the base down to the deposite of the bones is 16 feet—making, from the stratum on which the bones were deposited to the edge of the table 46 feet. "By a minute and close examination the formation of the said rock, as it now appears, was found to be pro duced by the long action of the river against and around it ; and had the river continued to act with the same force for 100 or 200 years longer, the pillar would have been so far worn away, that the table must have fallen. It now stands as an indisputable witness, that the water, at the time these animals existed, was at least 46 feet in depth." That some idea may be formed of the enormous di mensions of the Missourium, we transcribe a few of the measurements of the skeleton, as it stands at present in one of the large rooms of the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, where it has been placed for public exhibition. From Mr. Koch's own pamphlet : " Extreme length 32 feet, height 15 feet. The head measures, from the tip of the nose to the spine of the neck, six feet ; from one zygomatic arch to the other, four feet ; from the lower edge of the upper lip to the first edge of the front tooth, 20 inches; from the front point of the lower jaw to the first edge of the front tooth, 8 inches; from the edge of the upper lip, measuring along the roof of the mouth to the socket of the eye, 3 feet; from thence to where the atlas joins the head, 10 inches. The whole number of teeth is eight—that is, four upper and four lower, not including the two tusks. The formation of the nose is very peculiar : it consists of a bony substance inter woven with cells, and presents a broad, flat appearance ; it projects 13 inches over the lower jaw, and ends in two nostrils, which are somewhat raised on the face." The Missourium is also distinguished by two enor mous tusks, which partake Of the quality of horns, being curved backwards. They were carried almost horizon tally, and are in length 10 feet, exclusive of a part 15 inches long, which forms the root, and is buried in the skull. When first discovered, the right tusk was solid in the head, and was only subsequently broken off in the course of being removed from place to place. The re maining bones of the skeleton are of proportionate size. THE DISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. Last Saturday night a numerous meeting of the dis tressed Spitalfields weavers was held at the Crown and Anchor, Waterloo-town, Bethnal. green, by adjournment• from the previous Saturday, to receive the Report of the Deputation which waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of hearing from his Lordship his intentions as to the appropriation of the funds in his hands for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers. Mr. Boddington having, about nine o'clock, been ap pointed to preside, Mr. Fox, on the part of the Committee, said, that he and two of the Committee waited upon the Lord Mayor on Thursday last. The Committee were aware that a meeting had been held in the vestry room of the church, at which meeting several clergymen of the district, and some gentlemen con nected with the Adelaide Society, attended. The Com mittee were informed that an intention was then ex pressed to devote the moneys raised for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers to the support of all persons in dis tress, of whatever trade. The Committee resolved, in consequence, that a deputation should wait upon the Lord Mayor. The Deputation saw his Lordship at the Mansion-house, and his Lordship expressed his surprise that there should be an attempt to appropriate money in any other way than the donors intended. They observed that they called to express their desire that the money should not be parted with by the Lord Mayor, until a proper Committee had been appointed. His Lordship said, that such was his intention. While they were in conversation, Mr. Wenwood, from the Adelaide Committee, and Mr. Brydges, entered the room, when they stated what had been done at the ves try, and what were their intentions as to the dispo sition of the funds. The Lord Mayor, having stated his objections, recommended the deputation to get up a dis trict meeting, when, if they had a responsible Chairman and an efficient Committee, who would apply the funds judiciously, he would then give the money out of his hands. He stated that he had about 1,0001., but which, he observed, he knew was not near sufficient to supply their urgent necessities. The Committee had since waited on Mr. R. Ilanbury, who had declared his wil lingness to become their Chairmrn at the district meet ing.—(Hear.) Mr. CLAISSE, the Secretary, said that he was happy to find they were in a course to obtain some assist ance for the starving Spitalfields weavers. It was now out of the hands of the Committee.—(Hear.) He as sured them that in the City, and at the West End, the best disposition was evinced on their behalf by all parties ; and he believed that now that the opinion of the Lord Mayor was known, that many of the gentlemen who met at the church had fallen in with his views. The distress, he was sorry to say, was increasing to an alarming ex tent. Since their last meeting the Committee had had above 300 personal applications ; while the landlord of the Knave of Clubs, where the Committee meet, is called upon all day to know when the money will be distributed. A few days ago he saw Mr. Brutton, the vestry clerk, who stated that there were about 1,000 in the house, and 1,300 who receive out-door relief.—(Several exclaimed, " Nearly 3,000 ;" and a weaver said that Barton, the relieving-officer, informed him a few weeks ago that there were above 2,000 receiving out-door relief.) Mr. Fox said, that a fortnight ago there were 854 in the house. He believed the out-door relief was about 3,000. Several weavers addressed the Chair, after which the Report was unanimously received ; when, thanks being passed to the Chairman, who replied, the meeting broke up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ANDOVERSFORD COURSING CLUB. CHAMPION MEETING, DEC. 10. The Champion Cup (8 dogs) was won by. Mr. H. Herbert's Ajax, beating Mr. Arkell's Wire. The Andoversford Stakes (8 dogs) were divided by Messrs. F. Catcher (Pigeon), Arkell (Gift), Herbert (Skyscraper), and Smith (Spring). MURDER.—A very shocking murder was corn• mitted at Beardy Plains, New England, at the station o Mr. S. F. Mann, of George-street, Sydney, on the 28th of July. It appears that Mr. Mann's overseer, a man named James Stone, a native of Devonshire (and one of the celebrated wrestlers of that county), took one of the Government men, named Moles, belonging to the station, to Scone, to be punished for some misconduct of which he had been guilty, and some time after his return Moles entered the hut in which Stone was, with a loaded musket in his hand, and instantly shot him dead. The murderer was immediately secured. The commission of this diabolical act has created a great sensation in this neighbourhood, as the unfortunate man, Stone, was much respected, and bore a most exemplary haracter. He had a wife and large family in England.—Australian Chronicle. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF RAILWAYS.—In consequence of the recent promotions in the army, Sir Frederick Smith gives up the appointment of Inspector- General of Railways, and assumes an important com mand at Chatham. The new Inspector-General is Ma jor-General Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, so well known among engineers as Colonel Pasley. In making this announcement, although opposed to Sir Frederick on several points, and objecting altogether to the exist ence of the office he held, we cannot do so without acknowledging that Sir Frederick Smith, by the courtsey of his demeanour, and by his bearing in the performance of his duties, had acquired the esteem of most of those with whom he held official communications.— Railway Magazine. MARNOCH.—On Saturday last, the Rev, Mr. Edwards, the talented and accomplished minister of the parish of Marnoch, was presented with a handsome pul pit gown, purchased by subscriptions among his hearers. The gown was presented to Mr. Edwards by Peter Findlater, Esq. Aberchirder. More money than was sufficient for the purpose was tendered ; and many per sons, desirous of subscribing, complained that they had never been offered an opportunity of doing so.—Aber deen Herald. [This is the Rev. Gentleman whose set tlement in opposition to the non-intrusionists raised the Strathbogie hubbub. He ought to be thankful to Cand lish aneCunningham. He has got a g ood g dwil. a good living, and his name N‘ ill go down to posterity with the famous song, that celebrated the "Castocks of Strathbogie."] Augustus punished Pinarius as a spy, for taking notes at public orations or lectures. W hat would he say were he to see the present race of " reporters?" A New Orleans paper states, that there is in that city a hog with his ears set so far back that he can't hear himself ;squeak, except when he is running back wards. CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. —This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Royal Suite and Visitors, attended Divine Ser vice in the private Chapel within the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Edward Southwell Keppell officiated. The Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Warwick, Lady Caro line Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, and the Hon. C. A. Murray, attended Divine Service this evening in the Chapel Royal, St. George's. Yesterday morning her Majesty and the Prince walked for some time on the Terrace. His Royal Highness afterwards enjoyed the sport of pheasant shooting at Cranbourne Lodge, attended by the Earl of Warwick, Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Countess of Gamsborough, Lady C. Cocks, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, and the Earl of War wick, in a carriage ; and by Colonel Arbuthnot, Sir E. Bowater, and the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, on horgeback. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Jersey, and Sir R. Peel, took their departure. The Earl of Lincoln arrived at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked for some time, attended by Lady Fanny Howard. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Royal Agricultural Society with his presence at the meeting held on Saturday. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester house, and in the afternoon returned to his residence at Kew, attended by Baron Knesebeck. Their Serene Highnesses, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge on Saturday evening at Kew. The Lord Chancellor and Sir Robert Peel arrived in town early on Saturday morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Turkish Charge d'Affaires transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Lord Wharncliffe returned to town on Friday after noon, from attending the Privy Council held at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from Sir G. Gipps, Governor of New-South Wales. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday in the Council Chamber. There were present the Lord President, Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir A. Johnston and Sir E. East sat as Privy Councillors. After disposing of a motion in an appeal from Canada, " Hutchinson v. Gillespie," the remainder of the sitting was occupied with an appeal from Bengal, " Maharajah Mitterjeet Singh v. Heirs of Jeserunt Singh." Mr. Jack son concluded his address for the appellant, and Mr. Sergeant Sparakie was heard for the respondent. The Court then rose. FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 9.-A letter from Madrid lately as serted that the efforts of our Charge d'Affaires and of M. Kauffmann to obtain a modification of the new Spanish tariff, had been unsuccessful. A letter of the 29th of November assures us of the contrary. It informs us that the Spanish Ministry had appointed a Commissioner to hear the remonstrance of our Envoy; and, however that may be received, we need not despair of obtaining some favourable result. _ Major Lecharlier was set at liberty yesterday. BRUNSWICK, DEC. 3.—We learn from good authority that the Assembly of the Estates resolved to-day, by a considerable majority, conformably to the proposal of the Committee, to petition the Government, to take the re quisite steps that . the Duchy may remain in the Customs Union with Hanover and Oldenburg till the Ist of Ja nuary, 1843, but then to join (with all the parts of the Duchy, the great Customs Union, though Hanover and Oldenburg should decline acceding to it. HANOVER, DEC. 4.—The King has appointed M. V. Hardenberg to be President of the first Chamber, and Privy Councillor Wedemeyer, President of the Second Chamber. The Minister of the Interior has ordered the seizure of the " Songs of a Cosmopolite Watchman," published by Campe, in Hamburgh, and also given notice to our book sellers to call in the copies already sold.—Hamburgh 3 -Ter, Dec. 7. BELGIAN i!U NDS—Bausens, DEC. 10. Actual Debt 2)4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 3per Cent. --- 71% .(1140) lO2 Loan of City, 1932, 4 per Cent. 97 Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ........ NationalSeciety. .... Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Dec. 10. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dec. 3. /tile per Cents. Metalliques ••......... ........ ............ 106 X Foist per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••• ••• •••••••••••• • 0000000000000 90% Three per Cents. Bank Shares .. ~....... .......... ............... ..flleemeine " zettung. Dec. 5. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, DEc. 7 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ...„ ..... ............ ........... 107% 1073 Bank Shares 1625 1615 Anglo-Russian Loan l(8)4 UM% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 101.% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series •.. 9S Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% 867 s Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 507. 50% Ditto 5 per Cent — - Polish Bondi New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent Norwegian Lean, 1831, 4 per Cent. 192% 102% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l5 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Dec. 7.-13 6% .--Two months, 13 5 PETERSBURG'', Nor. 'X.—Two months, L'9 1-16 pence. rife h V RIG IE A. AN, N0v.N.0v.231,. .5-9T—h.reereMe months , 3.9.14 j. 35.. PRUSSIAN FUN DS.— Beaus. Dec. 4. Thirty.a¢ven• Bills. - - Money, Et. Schuld. Sch., 46 per cent lOl% 104 ',l Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. lO2 101 i v Nxeliange on Landon, three months 6 10 —Prussian Slate Gazelle, Dec. 5. FUNERAL OF TUE LATE DR. BIRKBECK. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather this morning, as early as ten o'clock Finsbury•square and the avenues leading thereto was literally crowded with respectably dressed persons anxious to obtain a view of the funeral of the late respected President of the London Mechanics' Institution. It was originally arranged that the members of the Institution should accompany the funeral on foot, but owing to the wetness of the weather mourning coaches were provided for them, which took up their places on the west side of the square. At twenty-five minutes past eleven o'clock, the procession, which was decidedly the most imposing sight we ever remember to have witnessed, moved towards the deceased's last rest- inn-place in the following order:—The hearse containing , the body drawn by six horses, the coachman of the de ceased driving, was followed by five mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, containing the family and private friends of the deceased, fourteen mourning coaches, each drawn by two horses, containing members of the Mechanics' Institution, and fifteen private car riages ; amongst them was Lord Brougham's. The pro cession proceeded with the greatest order and regularity along the City-road, towards Paddington. Many females were observed to shed tears at the mournful spectacle. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. — Madame Ves tris, not satisfied with the crowds that throng to her house every night that Miss Kemble plays, laid a fresh bait for the public on Saturday night, in the shape of a new farce called The United Service. As it was all but irretrievably damned, and will probably never be played again, it may be deemed almost a work of supereroga tion to give any account of it. However, as the subject is a good one, and there are here and there a few smart things in the dialogue, the farce may, if cut down, pass muster. _ _ FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning, shortly after seven o'clock, a young man, of the name of Gif ford, in the employ of Mr. Chiswell, of Belmont-row, Wandsworth-road, was drowned in the river. He was carrying a sack of barley out of a vessel which was lying in the Thames close to Nine Elms, and while so engaged walking over a plank which extended across two barges, one of the boats suddenly shifted, and the plank fell into the water carrying with it the unfortunate youth, who was plunged to the bottom of the river b . y the weight of the sack. The body has not been dis covered. The following naval appointments are to take place : Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K C.B„ K.C.H., to succeed Admiral Sir Henry Digby, K.C.8., as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore ; Captain Sir Wat kin Owen Pell, lint., to be Superintendent of Sheerness Dock-yard, vivre Captain Sir John Hill, Knt., re-appointed to Deptford Victualling Department ; Captain the Hon. Joceline Percy, C. 8., to be Superintendent of Plymouth Dock-yard, in the place of Vice Amiral Warren ; Cap tain Sir Francis Collier to be Superintendent of Pem broke Dock-yard; and Rear-Admiral W. F. Wise, C. 8., is appointed to tie Cape command, vice Sir Edward 1). King. Our Contempararies have announced Captain Peter Fisher, as Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, but we believe the appointment has not yet been filled up. Captain the Hon. Richard D un d as i s a l s o named as likely to obtain i t.-Nav a l and Military Gazette. ILFRACOMBE.--At the Borough Court held on the 2d inst., presided over by Sir Bouchier Palk Wrey, Bart., attended by his steward, T. Knight, Esq., Robert William Dickinson, Esq., was unanimously elected Port reeve for the year ensuing. A correspondent, of considerable experience as a banker, informs us that from long connection with the border counties that were daily in the habit of receiving the notes of Messrs. Batson, Ber r y, and Co., in depos i t, he cannot estimate their circulation a t more than 20,000 1. He adds that their business has b een li m i ted to Berw i c k for many years. We quite agree with him that if the English country banks would adopt the Scotch system of exchanging their notes weekly at their head offices and branches, it would create a more healthy circulation. We are informed that the Duke of Portland having resigned his office as Lord-Lieut enant or Custos Rotulorum of the county of. Middlesex, th e M arqu i s of Salisbury will be appointed in his place. KIMMEL PARK.—The splendid mansion of Lord Dinorben, at Kimmel Park, in North Wales, lately destroyed by fire, will not be rebuilt. I n consequence of the great expense (estimated at 50,0000, and hi s Lordship, having no direct heir to inherit the property, the undertaking has been relinquished. A FEMALE PREACHER.—Much curiosity was excited at the Wellington-road Chapel, on Sunday last, in consequence of it being announced that a Mrs. Elaw, a female of colour, from America, would preach two sermons in that place of worship. The place WAS much crowded on both occasions, numbers being unable to obtain admission. She speaks good English, and de livered two excellent addresses, Manchester Times. LITERAT URE. THE GLORYANDenye, l SHAME. 9 London, 1841. 184FENGLAND. 1. The more serious and a rgumen t a ti ve portion of this work is by far the b es t, f or th e au thor—Mr. Lester, an American g en tl eman —i s o f a thought ful 2 vas. Bentley, and inquiring turn of mind, who reasons care fully on all he sees, and he takes care to see as much as he possibly can, and does not rest con tented with noting down the hasty results of first impressions. His passing observations on the Corn-laws, on the wo r ki ng of the Factory Sys tem, on Dissent, and John Thorogood's case, and on several other public topics of more or less in terest, are marked by great sagacity, and a tone of moderation and liberality that do credit alike to his feelings and his understanding. In mat ters of light gossip, however, and in delineating characters of mark and lik e lih oo d, h e by no means exhibits to advantage; and he has a clumsy method of introducing these matters, so much so as to give his statements, though he intends them evidently to be considered as truths, all the ap pearance of fictions. Thus, wishing to tell us something about the prevalence of gambling among the higher classes in London, the arrange ments at Crockford's, and the ruinous conse quences resulting from the numerous hellsin which the metropolis abounds, he introduces the subject by stating that he most fortunately fell in with an Irish nobleman at Liverpool, who at once sup plied him with all the information he needed ; and when, in a subsequent chapter, lie is desirous of dilating on the antiquities, &c., of London, he, with equal good fortune, met in the coffee-room of the inn where lie was staying, an antiquarian, whom he calls Captain Manners, who happened to be just as communicative as the Irish Peer, and showed him all the metropolitan lions, not forgetting Westminster Abbey, respecting which he told him just the sort of old characteristic le gends that he most wished to know ! Now it may be perfectly true that our author did meet with these accommodating strangers, whose in formation came to him just at the very moment when he was anxious for it; but to our thinking these two convenient rencontres read very like fictions—that is to say, that they are merely in troduced for the purpose of giving something like a dramatic effect to the local and other informa tion that Mr. Lester conveys by - means of them. What confirms us more strongly in this impres sion is, that neither the Irish nobleman nor the English antiquary tell our author anything but what he might easily have gleaned from a him dred modern publications. The " Clubs of Lon don," in particular, would have furnished him with all the gossip about Crockford's; and who could possibly be at a loss for legends, sketches, descriptions, reminiscences, &c., respecting West minster Abbey, and other metropolitan public buildings? When we have alluded to these ob jections, and stated, in addition, that Mr. Lester is not remarkably felicitous in his delineation of character; that he has sketched O'Connell in far too glowing and extravagant colours; underrated the extent of Lord Brougham's political influence, and otherwise done him signal injustice, we have said all that we have to urge against the book, , which is generally sound in its statistics, and speaks of England and Englishmen in a bold, im partial, and discriminating manner. Speaking of the difference between English and American women, Mr. Lester says :—" I think that while our girls, from fifteen to twenty, are far more beautiful and lovely than English girls of tile same age ever are, yet their women quite as strikingly surpass those of our own country in personal appearance. The voices of the English women are much sweeter, their laugh is music ; they have a fine sense of propriety, but are not fastidious, neither are they prudish." In the course of his first volume, the author relates some particulars of the last days of Lord Byron, which he says he had from a gentleman who happened. to be in Missolonghi at the time; the informa tion, however, is by no means new, for the sub stance of it may all be found in Moore's Life of the illustrious poet. As a specimen of Mr. Les ter's manner we quote some anecdotes of gam bling and of a celebrated gaming establishment at the West-end, which he says were told him by the Irish nobleman to whom we have already alluded : Not many years ago, Lord paid down, on his oming of age, for debts of honour contracted at the gaming table before he was twenty-one years old, the enormous sum of 100,000/. ; and at about the same time, Lord , the grandson of an aged and venerable Earl, lost 30,000/. in one night. It is well known that a Noble Lord has at different times won more than a million and a half sterling, and spent the greater part of it in dissi pation. If a gentleman whose estate is sufficiently large offers to play for a stake of 100,0001. at this establish ment, he is instantly accepted. There is a moral certainty that every man who fre-. quents this establishment will come off a beggar at last, unless he is a participator in the gains of the house ; and when his money and his estate are gone, he is no longer wanted there, and is generally turned away with but little ceremony. Still, there are several regular gamblers . at this fashionable gaming-house who are not worth a far thing, their presence being indispensable to the success of the " concern." They are the proprietor's creatures. They are not mere hangers-on, but active and efficient agents for their base-born master. They . are constantly on the alert to catch every fortune which goes up to London. Ah ! that gaming-house is a terrible place. I have often been there to gratify my friends, and am perfectly familiar with the whole establi s h men t, but I never could be prevailed upon to play. I p rom i se d my father, when he was dying, that I would d o t h ese t hi ngs —that I would maintain the honour of hi s h ouse , preserve his family estates unimpaired, and never gamble ; and I have held my pledge sacred. But many of my friends have been ruined there. A twelve-month ago M Marquis of —, came t o me a b out twe l ve o ' c l oc k a t night, in the saloon of th e -- Club, and asked me for 1,000/. I knew he a young friend of mine, the wanted it for play, but I had great confidence in his jud gment and self-control ; i t was an inconsiderable sum, an d amount. He came out o f t h e h azar d- room i n t wo or three hours with 23,0001. I gave him a draft for the The next evening he staked and lost it all. He cam e to me at half-past one o ' c l oc k that night, and asked me for 5,0001. ; he was a friend, and I could not refuse hi m. I gave it him. and in half an hour he had not on l y lost every guinea of it, b ut impoverished his family for t en ye a rs. You may ima gine the feelings of,his beautiful wife, when, on returning home from Alip/ek s the same morning, she found at her door a man waiting to take her' carriage to Tattersal's, to be sold to pay his debts of honour. Anticipating the result, I had gone with my friend to his house, on his leaving the gaming -table. 'We were sitting in the draw ing-room when his wife entered. Ike was almost raving with madness. She was exceedingly alarmed when she perceived the change in her husband, and came to him, took his hand, and asked him what troubled him. " You are a beggar, Mary," he screamed out in despair, and fell senseless on the floor. After he was restored, she came and sat down by my s id e en t h e so f a, an d praye d me to tell her all. It w as a pa i n f u l tas k , I assure you. I shall never forget the scene wh i e h f o ll owe d . I t was a more affecting sight to see the agony of this beautiful woman, than it would h ave b een to see her di e a t h ousand times. I satisfied his creditors at Crockford's for 33,0001. ; and this saved th e f urn it ure , h er h orses an d carriage, and their hou se i n t h e country. Sh e l e f t London with a broken heart, and is now living a retired and miserable life. HALL'S IRELAND.and Parson s , London,P a XI 84. V The present Part Part of this attractive and popular work is chiefly confined to a description of the scenery, antiquities, &c., of the county of Wick low ; and is embellished with a Map of the counties of Dublin and Kildare, and a beautiful engraving of the Valley otGiendatough, one of the loveliest spots, not even forgetting Killarney, in all Ireland. By way of extract, we quote Mrs. Hall's sketch of an Irish gentleman of the old school, which forms a very interesting per-: sonal reminiscence : The race of the O'Tooles, notwithstanding the attempts to extirpate them, are not even now eltinct. Some di rect descendants of " the Kings" still live in the county of Wexford. In our early youth it was our lot to be acquainted with one of them—the immediate representa tive of the brave but intractable sept. We used to anti cipate his visit to our house as one of the greatest treats we could enjoy. His presence was princely, but .not austere •, his tall slight figure, silver -mounted hunting. horn and fowling-piece, noble horse, and perfect dogs, bespoke the gentleman ; but when his head was unco vered, and his long silver hair flowed over his shirt-collar, and you observed the extraordinary brilliancy of his eyes and the exquisite proportions of his features, you could not fail to inquire who he was, and to pay involuntary homage to manly beauty and polished demeanour. His very dogs were courtly ; Bran had the credit of being a genuine Irish wolf-dog ; and certainly was the only animal we ever saw that answered the description of the noble breed. He was, indeed, a " Rough fellow, stout fellow, brave-hearted and true"— a most sagacious, and, as we have said, courtly, brute, for he would never precede a lady when entering a room. His master would not under any circumstances endure to be styled Mr. O'Toole, holding Mr, as an unworthy desig• nation, but would be called simply O'Toole. Meeting Lord Arne one day in Sackville-street, he bowed (his bow was perfection) and said " O'Toole salutes Arne." But though proud on points of etiquette, he was the humblest of the humble to the poor ; he w ou ld wa t c h be side the bed of a sick dep endent, and enter with exquisite feeling into sorrows which he lived to alleviate. As long as a coin remained in his pocket, 110 one ever solicited his aid in vain and his family would o f ten restra i n hi s liberality, not by thy arg ument, for th at would be very in effectual, b lessening the contents of his purse, while _ he remained unconscious of the friendly robbery. His peculiarities were many, but none of them w ore evil. It is impossible to imagine a love more chivalrous or de voted than that he cherished for his native country ; his acquaintance with foreign lands had inc rease d hi s affec tion for his own, And it was no u ncommon thing to hi nt at Something disparaging to Ireland for the p u rpose of rousing 0" ,manusdicpalla v ee lal h ;l i en a lam' upon the table, foole's energies. Then, from the intensity of his feelings ; even Bran would ' ac in q d u e ir e e d, n h ew is tones eyes would 14 i ll m a flash, his ul h is fi l n a e i r looking ;with inquiring eyes into his face. With him Ireland was the alpha and omega of the world. Her his tory, real or imaginary, formed his political creed. He would assure you that no Chinese tea was equal to th a t which could be made by an infusion of the sloe, with a few leaves of bog myrtle. His shirt buttons were of Irish diamonds set in pure Wicklow gold. Fond, like all gentlemen of the old regime, of jewels, he wore none that were not Irish. His snutf-box of Wicklow pebble was set with Irish pearls, his fingers glittered with Irish atnethysts, the chimney-pieces in his house were of Irish marble—everything about him of Irish manufacture, and his hunting-coat of " Lincoln green" was grown, shorn, dyed, wove, and made on his own estate. When we doubted the truth of any statement — hinting, for instance, that he had been misinformed—he would promise ocu lar demonstration ; start at break of day with his faith ful servant, who always carried the results of his master's geological speculations (no light weight either) and re turn to the breakfast-table, eager to prove that what you believed to be yellow clay was gold-dust, and that every stone on the Irish coast was a jewel. Upon this one point the mind of our noble friend wandered ; and upon that it was dangerous to contradict him. He would brew the most noxious decoctions and swallow them down with gout, because they were made from Irish herbs. He had his gooseberry and currant vintage, and always declared that the word Nectar signified Poteen. Regardless of the state of the weather, he might have been often seen, pre ceded by his dogs, followed by his trusty squire, wading through bogs in the hope of discovering some new Irish specimen of root or flower ; or climbing the crags to col lect mineralogical specimens to bear out his theory," that everything necessary for the life, the health, the happi ness, and the adornment of man was to be found in Ire land." The very corn-birds he asserted to be the same as the ortolans of Italy. One of our childish delights was to climb to his knee (and a good long climb it was) and in the grey, dim twilight of evening coax him to repeat Ossian, or some real Old Irish ballad. His memory was wonderful, and he would take as much pains to please a wayward child as if an audience waited on his words. THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL Contains some excellent advices for the cul ture of several delicate exotics, and possesses a coloured plate of an ornamental flower-bed, so grouped, by the Duchess of Bedford's gardener, as to give the greatest effect to the forms and colours of the flowers composing it. LONDON JOURNAL AND REPERTORY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MANUFACTURES. Among other patented improvements, Mr. Maughan, instead of the pole and cross-bar now employed in the construction of " curricles," advises the adoption of two pairs of shafts, creating thereby greater elegance of appearance and freedom of action to the vehicle. Woven wool or rope, covered with India-rubber, is pro posed under another patent as a substitute for corks. A series of patents for improvements in weaving-looms and cotton-machines should he looked into by every master manufacturer and artisan. FINE ARTS. A PLAN OF THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON, PORT NICHOLSON. Port ofLambton Harbour, or Port Nicholson, New Zea land, comprehending about one-third of the water front age of the town of New Zealand, 4-c. Hulmundel. These are two showy delineations, published by the New Zealand Company, of the town they have partly founded, and intend to found, *at Port Nicholson, New Zealand. The plan of the town looks on paper most magnificent; such re gular streets, noble quays and wharves—such splendid squares, canals, and basins, are quite ' ravishing. The view of the harbour undeceives us a little, for that shows us steep hills running almost to the water's edge, and leaving only a very small margin of ground adapted for culti vation between the hills and the sea, while there seems no creek, harbour, or river to break the continuous beach, and afford shelter or a conve nient landing-place to boats or small craft. The " Plan" shows a noble wharf, the " View," a beach on which the surf continually rolls. The latter is what now exists, the other is what the speculators hope to make it when they have tempted a large number of persons to go thi ther, and give the Company 20s. or 12s. per acre for the hills, which, in comparison with the land skirting the beach, sold at the same uni form sums, may be worth, perhaps, a penny an acre. The Wakefield scheme of colonization, indeed, seems admirably calculated to give an immense bonus to the first purchasers, and make every successive race of purchasers, or swarm of emigrants, contribute to swell the wealth of those who have the first choice. Both Plan and View, but particularly the Plan, seem well calculated by their pictorial charms to serve the purpose of the New Zealand Company. THE TOWER OF LONDON. (TRANALATED FROM THE FRENCH.) 0 grey-walled London Tower ! Symbol of thrall and power— Moated, and bastioned, and curfew-belled— Had not fair Thames's flowings, And silver-winding goings, By thee been long enough dark-sentinelled ? Long, long enough O'er the great Saxon city and its crowd, Its merchant princes and its women proud, Had not thy feudal frown Flung its black shadow don ? O blood-dyed Tower I Why rose no vengeful hour Wielding the People's axe or red-winged lightning, To rend in twain thy seats, Bastilles, and tow'rs, and tyrannous retreats ? Why rose not God's oppressed— God's people starving on the plains and stones— And all thy turrets with their fire-brands bright'ning Struck for their father's groans ? Told by no feudal drum, That hour delayed is come, Iron-crowned William, England's Norman King ! How to-and-fro doth reel, Thy belfry-bell with its appalling peal ! How doth the fire-sheet spring, Its red Gomorrah-flames around thee flinging;— How doth the dread incendiarism spread, Hearsing in flames the crimson-slaughtered dead While the deep donjons to the topmost walls— The Kings in their bright halls— The charnels and their ghostly spectre-brood— Burn in that fiery shroud. 0, London Tower I Sad-sailing down old Thames's dusky stream, While sleep-ward Evening's heavy eyelids ached, O'er one who voyaged in a pensive dream, Thy scenes and deeds to dim remembrance waked: Thy fearful dramas—thy forlorn 'alarms— Thy altars worn away by prayer and tear— Men's agonies and sweats, and strifes of arms, Crowded his eye and ear. Dark-storied Tower ! At night's high noontide hour Grim jailors came and dressed a funeral block, Where in a hall obscure A child and woman, beautiful and pure, Knelt down imploring God, Fair as two angels praying.—Forward stepped, Armed with an ax c, a headsman dark and dread, Bound he the eyes of that sweet child who wep Then cleft the bright-haired head. Stained Tower ! another night Locked in embraces bright On a white velvet bed serenely sleeping, With eyelids like closed lilies stayed from weeping, An infant King, with his young beauteous brother, Dreamed of their happiness, and home, and mother. A lamp above them shone : Two shadowy forms in funeral folds of gloom Sprang towards the couch, and with the murd'rer's arm Sealed those young darlings' doom. Tower, from thy fire-strewn wreck Infamous Gloucester, the Third Richard King, Seized blood-red from his nephew's hands his sway There, most seraphic lady, sweet Jane Grey Laid on the block her virginal white neck. But the fierce storm-fire, void of reverence Sweepincr thine arches like a fiery main, Spares not the very hall that once held France — Held kingly Jean. Proud Tower ! the smoke immense, Like sable draperies roll o'er thy rifts ; Thy front, uncrowned of its magnificence, Shows to the sun but nakedness and clefts : Palace of ancient kings and golden reigns, What of thy pomp or royalty remains ? Old Tower now wrecked in dust, To utter ruin thrust, Thy cannons, and thy mortars thunder-voiced : Splendid as sun-rays, thy ten thousand arms ; Thy fasces, fusils, stores of war untold, Thy steeds caparisoned in steel and gold, Thy iron-vestured chiefs with sword and shield, Thy black-plumed Prince and war-gods of the field; But deaf oblivion in one common hole Ignobly tombs the whole. Titanic Tower! 'tis thus Citadel ruling other ditadelsl— own annihilation truly knells The fall of thousand forts less glorious:— For, ever-flocking round thy sovereign feet — Bowed hosts of towers, o'er-shadowed by thy wings!— In the terrific flame That shook thy giant frame The people saw thy hoary-streaming head Roll to the spot, where 'neath the keen-edged axe Thy captives' rolled and bled. DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN BIRCH.—This gentleman expired on Friday at his house in Guildford.. Street, Brunswick-square. The dece ase d Ald erman was a writer of no mean importance ; hi s f arce of the Adopted Child will hold its place on the sta ge w hil e taste for nature is che rished b y an audience. —B r iti s h Queen. CALVIN S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.—A letter preserved in the archaeological collections of G reat' s gives us a graphic picture of Calvin's personal a ppearance. "He resembl es an o ld h ermit of the The bald, emaciated by vigils and fasting, his cheeks colour less as that of a corpse ; but his b r illi ant eyes g l ow with an unearthly fire. His figure is slightly bowed ; the b o nes seem bursting through hi s s ki n ; b u t his step is ready, and his tread firm." FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. A young woman, elegantly dressed, and accompanied by a femme-de-chambre, having dined at the forty sous restaurant, in the Rue Vivienne and Passage Colbert, the day before yesterday, was detected in pocketing one' of the silver forks she had used, and was taken before a Commissary of Police. While under examination, the keeper of another restaurant, in the Rue de Honore, having heard of the incident, and been four days before robbed by a person of similar description, hastened to the Commissary's-office, and there found lying on the table the lost plate, which had also been found at the re sidence of the delinquent. She was unable to exculpate herself, but protested the innocence of her femme-de-cham bre, who, in fact, wa s totally ignorant of the thefts of her mistress. The latter was committed to prison, while the former was discharged. Two evenings ago a man decently dressed entered a shop on the Boulevard Montmartre, and while pretend ing to buy some lamp-shades, contrived to secrete various other articles, unperceived, as he thciught, by the young woman who served at the counter, and who was alone. .She saw, however, hi s manceuvres, and manage d to ca ll in a worthy cobbler, who searched the thief, but could find nothing in his pocket. The man blustered, and as serted that he was porter of a house in the Rue Bergere, and . requested the cobbler t o go w i t h hi m t h ere, an d ascertain honesty. They set out together, and ar rived at No. 27, which th e rogue sa id was hi s d we lli ng, and politely opening the door showed the cobler in first, but instantly closed it upon him, bolted out of the gate way, and was no more seen. Some days ago the men employed at the Chateau de Jonchere, near Brie-Comte-Robert, in rebuilding the dairy which had been constructed out of an old tower, uncovered a coffin which lay near the foundation. This was no extraordinary occurrence, as the building had been part of an ancient convent. The Count de V—, proprietor of the estate, had the coffin opened, and within was found the dried remains of a body wrapped in a monk's dress with a large battle sword by its side. The head of the corpse was laid on a stone, and on one of the fingers of the left hand was a ring turned brown by age, and bearing the impression of a coat of arms, on which were charged twe lions superposed. This was no doubt one of the Seigneurs of the time of Louis XIII., some of whom, as is well known, after passing a dissolute life, ordered themselves to be interred in convents in the garb of monks, thinking by this mark of penitence to Lnsure their salvation. The Tribunal de Premier Instance had before it yes- terday a snit for a separation from bed and board, which excited great interest. Mme. de N- had been con- demned to imprisonment for adultery a short time since, as we had occasion to mention, and her husband, an of ficer of hussars, had been seriously wounded in a duel with her seducer. The lady now demanded the guar dianship of her only child, a daughter, on the ground of her sex and age, and the profession of her father, which was deemed incompatible with the proper education of the child. Her demand was refused, on account of the cause of the separation, aggravated by a letter which the mother had addressed to her child, who is only four years old, and unable to read it, containing bitter reflec tions upon the conduct of the father towards her. The Court added lo its judgment an injunction that the mother should not be allewed to visit or see the child. A working jeweller, named Maisognon, living on the Quay Pelletier, who has lend led a disorderly life, fre quently ill-treating his wife because she would not give him the money she earned to spend in his debaucheries, came home two evenings ago in a state of intoxication, and, irritated by her threats that she would sue for a separation, he took up a knife and stabbed her in several places on the shoulder and side. While they were strug gling, their daughter, only eight years old, in endeavour ing to appease them, was also seriously wounded. The sight of the blood he had spilt so far brought Maisognon back to his senses, that he rushed out of the house, went to the Prefecture of Police, and entering the huissier's room, called upon the persons present to arrest him, for he had murdered his wife. He was secured ; and, on inquiry being made, committed to prison. The poor woman lies in a desperate state, but the little girl is not in danger. The Temps, in reply to the contradiction given by the ministerial evening journals to its statement relative to the workmen employed on the fortifications of Paris, says :—" Whether it be the rains, or whatever other circumstance may be the cause, a portion of the work men usually employed upon the fortifications are without occupation. They have been accustomed to receive from 3f. to 3f. 50c. per day ; they may not have received their discharge perhaps, or will not act upon it, for the rate of wages which they have received has disgusted them with less productive employment. They do not organise themselves in bands to ravage the en virons like roomier road thieves, and this we never meant to assert; but they get together wherever they can find shelter for the purpose of passing away the time which they cannot employ otherwise, and it is easy to conceive what may result from their public-house meet- ings. A patrol of ten men was laiely attacked by a band of these workmen, and we repeat that the com mune of Bercy, dreading, without doubt, the nocturnal and other disturbances likely to result from such a state of things, has applied for and obtained the presence of a company of infantry (we are assured that we might have said two companies), as a garrison for the maintenance of tranquillity. Such are the facts to which we attach credence, notwithstanding the contradictions of the Mi nistry, which is not always acquainted with what is pass ing in Paris, and appears to be completely ignorant of what is passing at the barrieres." _ _ _ A letter from Baden-baden says—" The works of the Strasburg and Baden railroad, between Kehl and Appen wyr, are so far advanced that next summer the road be tween Kehl and Obs, the last village before reaching Ba den, will, it is expected, be open to public use. This will certainly be the most productive and important part of the whole line, particularly during the finer portion of the year, and will bring incalculable advantages to Baden, by conveying into our mountains a great number of foreigners, particularly French. Obs is three-quartors of a league from Baden, but as the road is to run along the valley, there will be no g reat difficulties to encounter, and a company is said to be forming to execute it." The widow of General Count Rapp had since his death been in the receipt of the usual military pension assigned to the relics of officers of his rank, but in conse quence of her subsequent marriage with the Duke de Melfort, in 1831, the Treasury refused to continue the payment, on the ground that her present husband was a foreigner, and thereby she lost her quality as a French woman, and with it her right to the pension. An appli cation was made to the Council of State, but as a question was raised as to the nationality of the Duke de Melfort (who is the direct eldest descendant of the Drum monds, Dukes of Perth, in Scotland, and Melfort in France) the Council referred it to the Tribunal de Pre miere Instance. The case came to a hearing at the sitting of yesterday, when it was proved that the present Duke, though a descendant from James Drummond, Duke of Perth, who came over to France with James 11., the family of the present Duke had long acquired the quality of French citizens, which they had not forfeited by any subsequent act, and therefore the marriage of Countess Rapp with the Duke did not deprive her of her quality or rights of a Frenchwoman, notwithstanding it was celebrated in England. The Tribunal gave a decree ac cordingly. The sale of the fine collection of paintin g s belonging to the late Count de I'erregaux is concluded . The com petition was very great, and the room was crowded to overflowing each day. There were only 69 pictures, and yet the amount they produced was 441,5281. The works of the Dutch and Flemish masters were most in request. A splendid Andrea del Sarto fetched only 2,550 f. The Crossing the Ford, by Karel du Jar din, 26,300 f. ; and a Sea Fight, by G. Vandervelde, were knocked down at 22,100 f. The Departure for the Chase, by A. Vandervelde, went at 26,850 f. ; a Cuyp, at 18,100 f. ; a Landscape, by Bothe, at 21,200 f. ; the Song Broken Off, by F. Miens, at 22,1001. ; the En trance into the Wood, by Hobbima, at 23,000 f. ; and the Spy, by Philip Wouvermans, at 35,100 f. The mo dern paintings were not so successful. The Campo Santo, by Forbin, reached only 599 f. Among the French pictures, reuze's Cupid went at 7,500 f., his Psyche, at 8,550 f., and a Head, by Girodet, at 3,155 f. Many of the lots were purchased for England. Nothing, it was said, was purchased for the Royal Museum. In the night of the 4th inst., as M. Vienne, a gentle man of property, at SL-Pierre-de-Chaudica (Isere), was travelling to Lyons, he was stopped near Bron by five footpads, severely beaten and robbed of 450 f. This at tack was made at the same spot where the Lyons and Turin diligence was plundered a few nights before by five men, probably the same, for whom the police are still in search. A melancholy accident happened at Aire, in the Pas de-Calais, a few days since, where a journeyman brewer fell into a vat of boiling beer, and was scalded to death. He has left a widow and three children in great distress. The Temps states that a portion of the workmen em ployed on the fortifications of Paris now form bands of ro bbers, who every night carry on depredations in th e company yse of infantry marauder." at s environs. " The c ommune of Be rcy , " it adds, " has jiutsstowobntaiexnpeednslee,avtoe p to ro s te up e p t o i r t agtaanciosmt Two evenings ago an omnibus, driving along the Rue Mauconseil, ran against a cart laden with leath er, - which a man was delivering into a warehouse with a two pronged fork. The shock threw the poor fellow out, and by his fall both prongs were dri ven into hi s th roa t. O ne artery, of them divided the carotid n and t caused o o k place Ia his cen instant o death A di n The ne r o driver r d i e v a e f r the a o n f d d n m o om nibus personss was arrested. Sun day last, according to annu al in custom, in honour of the h Abbe de l'Epee, fou n d er of the Paris Institution. T President, M. Berthier, tota ll y e deaf and dumb, made, b y the usual signals, an im pressive addr o e f ss to e tl s i t rz En azi of a society for assisting deaf favour of who g and dum b .pe rsons might happen to be without resources. At St • Va lr ler, in the Drome, a few days since, a con cert was given in a vessel on the water, and large crowds of people were collected on the banks, and on a small suspension -bridge, to hear the music. Suddenly the flooring of the bridge gave way, and all the persons on it were precipitated into the stream. Providentially only three lives were lost, two young gir ls and a child ; t he rest were rescued amidst the utmost confusion. The medal hitherto given to all the Deputi es, and which admits the holder to all the public estab lishmen ts , is to be changed for ano ther which is now striki n g oo off ne side at the mint. It is of a large size, and prese hile on the other is a group of the effigy of the King, !v allegorical personag es, the prin cipal figure of which is Legislative FraE.:;... LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. -The election of a successor to the Society's esteemed friend, Mr. Adams, of Queen-street, Pimlico, as chairman of the Institution for the ensuing year, took place on .Fri day, when Mr. Stennett, of Rod Lion-street, Holborn, was chosen by his brother trustees and the governors for that highly distinguished office. The warm and hearty congratulations which were offered to Mr. Sten nett on his election, evinced very strongly the high esti mation in which the board holds that gentleman. EVENING SUN EXTRAORDINARY SENTENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N. SIR—By inserting the following lines in your valuable journal you will oblige one who is an advocate of justice : A messenger in the service of the Post-office was sentenced to be transported for life for steal ing one penny, and the remarks of my Lord Den man were enough to rouse the heart of any man who is a friend to humanity and fair justice. My, Lord Denman, remarks in the first place, that the man is holding a most responsible situation, and it is necessary to punish him with the severest penalty the laws allowed - ; secondly, as the Mini bears a mod character, he ought to be doubly purishCd. Therefore, a man having . a bad character has a better chance, should he ever die brought before my Lord.. Sir, wenhl it not have been much wiser, at the .same time, for his Lordship to have said, " Ought;tlot this man to have been paid ac cording to. the responsible situation he was hold ing?" It is my opinion that until Government pays these hard-working classes of public servants better, they never will protect the public from losses over which they have no control. Hoping the Press will take up this poor man's case, and arouse the public feeling in his favour, I am, Sir, your obedient and very humble Servant, A LOVER OF J USTICE THE « POST," or the PUSEYITES' FAST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The following extract from an Act of Par. liament will show what our early Church reformers thought of superstitious fasting; and perhaps it will be of very great service if you will keep at tention to the point by occasionally republishing it, whenever too great a stress is attempted to be made as to the efficacy of outward fasting. By the 35th Elizabeth, c. 7, s. 22, it shall not be lawful for any person to eat flesh upon any days now usually used as fish days, on pain of forfeiting twenty shillings, or one month's close imprisonment without bail. By section 3p,-40-" And because no manner of person shall misjudge of the intent of this statute, limiting orders to eat fish, and to for bear the eating of flesh, but that the same is purposely intended, and meant politically for the increase of fishermen and mariners, and repairing ofport towns and navigation, and not for any superstition► to be maintained in the choice of meats ; it is enacted, that whosoever shall, by preaching, teaching, or open speech, notify, that any eating of fish, or forbearing of flesh, is of any necessity for the saving of the soul of man, or that it is the service, otherwise than as other politick laws are and be, then such persons shall be spreaders of false news, are and ought to be." Here stands a post — Who put it there ? A better man than you, Touch it if you dare. Ilfracombe, Dec. 9, 1841. NO BIGOT. THUGGHEE. This iniquitous and inhuman practice is not limited to the sphere only in which it is suspected to exist, but has its ramifications extensively displayed throughout the most obscure circles of society. It is as prevalent in the City of Palaces, under the very shadow of the Government-house, as it is in the Mofussil. The very public Ghauts of Calcutta are paraded by Thugs, and the mangers or boatswains of Paunchwises and dingees are the disciples of Sivoo or Halee (the Goddess of Destruction, as received under the faith of the Hindoos). Instances have occurred where native soriars have left Calcutta with large sums -of money from houses of agency, for the captains of vessels stationed at Diamond•harbour and in Saugor-roads, which have never afterwards been heard of. The writer sustained the loss of his own eerier, in 1833, whilst proceeding from Calcutta to Tumbook. No traces of him could be discovered, and yet he was seen at Singapore. midway, in company with a party of min strels. In July, 1833, a boat laden with merchanditte, accompanied by two chaprassees, was unaccountably lost in the Rhoop Narrain river, and in 1830 a party of pilgrims, consisting of 95 persons of both sexes, whilst crossing the Subun reeks river on their route to the great Temple of Juggernaut, were waylaid by Thugs, and precipitated into the stream. Six days afterwards the sands were strewed with human corpses, whilst the vul tures and dogs followed in the train of Thuggbee. In 1830 the writer saw a huge camp of Thugs, who had pitched their caravan under a tope of mango trees, within a quarter of a mile of Mohammed Nugghur Patna. They were furnished with a very effective strength of bullocks and horses (of the Patna breed). They remained on the spot for upwards of five days, during which period several of the inhabitants were missed, and could not be accounted for. They passed onward toward Bulasore, after breaking up their camp ; and within two days afterwards a report reached the Magistrate of Bulasore that six human bodies had been discovered under a bridge crossing the high-road between the chowkee of Hudderpuddah and Buttons. The marks of the lassee were apparent on the necks of the deceased. This band, it was upon inquiry learhed, had struck out of the high road to Juggernaut,• and had pursued a westerly direction, progressing either to Harriospore or Sumbulpore. There is scarcely a chowkee or village throughout the south western districts of India that has not a corresponding agency with Thugs. It is extremely doubtful whether the very local or Mofussil thannas are not corrupted with Thuggism. The most effective way to put a decided stop to this abominable practice, would be for the Government to hold out a vet) , heavy reward to persons who could and would furnish them with evidence sufficiently strong to bring any Thug to conviction. Let a scale of re wards be published in every tbannah throughout the country for the apprehension of Thugs, and mercenary motives would go a great way to unveil the present fea tures of a most barbarous and monstrous masonry. Thugg hee, it is well known, is an evil that must eventually cure itself. The temptation of a teward, upon conviction of Thugghce, would operate most powerfully in suppressing the crime. The mine must be laid within the camp and sprung ; any outward assaults or invasions upon it will prove ineffectual. Colonel Sleaman has done much towards putting down the dreadful practice, and it is to be hoped that Thugghee will very shortly hence be looked upon only as a thing that has been. , NEW ABSTINENCE MOVEMENT.—We men tioned, a fortnight ago, that a number of Corn-law re pealers entertained some scruples of conscience about consuming in ale and spirits the barley which might shall otherwise have been converted into food for famishin g - s l e a v w ern multitudes. Since then some movement has been made towards establishing a society, the object of whi ch be to discourage the voluntary taxation thus incurred for r si A gn n a t tr c e o % active Associationm mem bers benefit of the landowners ; and the following decla iavneCihethe decla ration n o fh the e re ll ce i " W e , the undersigned, members of A • As sociations, declare that we will not Ant i-Corn-law our selves, for the benefit of the landowners, "untarily tax con sumption of the barley grown in by the Ire land which is malted for brew ing great Britain and that we will not give our aid to or distillation, and to free trade by paying the dutiesany Government opposed im portation of foreign wines and imposed on the pledge ourselves to abstain, spirits ; and we therefore law, from the use of until the repeal of the Corn intended that, when ale , porter, wine, and spirits." It is is likely to be oue hundred persons whose example they sha llinfluential shall have subscribed this de claration,be called together by circular to take into considera tion the means of promoting this self denying movement.—Manchester Times . TRAVELLING E T ure4 . , XTRAORDINARY.— w 0 WiSt. .., residents of Petersfield, were last week neatly gulled by a man calling himself a sailor. He stated to those greenhorns that he had about seventy pounds prize money to receive, and that he had drawn ten pounds at Portsmouth to convey him and pay his expenses to London, but which he had u nfortunately lost; the re mainder he was to receive at Somerset Mouse imme diately on his arriving there, his papers for A hich he had forwarded to his sister at liateliffe-highway. He very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London in some vehicle, which they did, and were to pay all travelling expenses. The money was to be paid immediately on their arrival in London. Th e party lived gloriously on the road, sparing no expense, but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt, leaving his companions to travel back to Petersfield, an d to bewail their unlucky fate in having to pay the pip er out of their own pockets, instead of grasping twenty pounds for so slight a service rendered.—Hampshire In dependent. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND " THE LI GHT , OF ALL NATIONS."—That very fidgetty personage, D r , Blomfield, has, within a few days past, taken a • which is almost beyond belief, and which we certa inl ystep should have been sceptical in crediting, had ~,,, seen his Lordship's hand-writing on the subject, li e not actually protested against the intended Goodwin e has light-house being called " the Light of All Nati ons," Sands the ground that such appellation is one of the t ides °ll"° a our Saviour, and ought not to be " irreverent' ; to a lighthouse. In the beautifully expre se h r e e " appl ied to figu rative language of Holy Writ our Saviour • -a" door," " afountain," " a lamb," &c. ; and is called " a such is the case, will Dr. Blomfield say, th atyet, because of the things signified by such names, we in speaking must seek for other terms ? Nay, to go to one of his own titles, r everend—is there not a text which, in reference to the Deity, says, " Holy and reverend is his a to be consistent, does not Dr. Blomfield cease ?" Wh y' cease to be a " reverend?" It the vagaries of the Bis hop pub lished, they would form a most amu s ing were melange might be compiled that volume. A m ore laughable than the " Americanwould be infinitely old Joe Miller himself. — Sunday Ti m es. Broad Grins," or A very fine grand pianoforte las been presented by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland to the North ern Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.--Great Northern Advertiser. SNIPE SHOOTING.--Our sportsmen complain of the scarcity of these delicious birds during the autumnal m onths. The best shots , h owever, send most of their game to the Brighton and Lewes markets. l ' ir I