The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-26 00:00:00

EVENING SUN URIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. f or James Fey, indicted for f e l on i ous l y forging four orders the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Henry Sanford, pleaded Guilty. CRARGE OF CONSPIRACY. —Lewis Hirshberg and Fer dinand l'alentine were indicted for having fraudu lently assisted D. A. Clashopska, an insolvent debtor, in concealing certain goods, the property of the assignees of the said insolvent, and of abetting in the omission of the certain goods from the schedule of the said insolvent, which should i: have b een i nc l uded therein. The J.lrisoners, tog e th er with another person n a m e d o le j cs °9, . not yet in custody, were in the service of dis'-wie insol as shop men , an d had assisted him in posing. vent of certain fs olvent. goods, aft er hi s b e i ng dec l ared an S i an li Having, however, quarrelled about the divi- Desigof e plund ere d property, Jackson informed the I:nees of what had occurred. Hirshberg had at 01Plesclh'itpo. escape for Sydney, and had been arrested on . The-Case fell to the ground, however, in c"sequenee of its being set forth therein that Clas . - ° ska had 'been "sworn upon the Holy Gospel," whereas, b e i n . ,. the Old a Je w, it appeared he had been swos upon the e Old Testament. This fact having been proved, The RECORDER:admitted that that objection was fatal, and,direeted the acquittal otthe prisoners. ~„C II4IIO E OF OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRE %,-...Cr 's3.--Benjamin -Parker a respectable-looking man, as indicted for obtai n i ng goods under false pretences. eutknMr- CLARIiSoN. having st a ted th e case f or th e prose , called the following witnesses. /.. anles Baxter —I live in Bow-lane, and am agent for th e : n .. BBol l and Co., of Belfast, Irish linen bleachers. On .1(,214 June last, I was waited on by a person named 04_ .nf‘ield ' f I ' w it° said he was buying for Parker and Co., t h e 4 ,) ver Thames -street general dealers. He presented Tar n e ,, 141 ; 1 * In consequence of what he said, I called on STU Deplil Cend' In of Addle -street, Wood-street. He had Th e Parker and Co. with goods three days before. 10r Z xt d aY went to Lower Thames-street, and asked t orefnadal ,nit il i j c: aa h ii ll ,e l lr a .a r; ai r i . I sal Joseph Parker, and no i at mob o'clock. I then saw de - elm Parker, and handed him an account d s a id f ie ",. e . ° of linen, bought by Henfield, lie paid me, and Ire Zanted more goods. The next day he came tome, i i - e , a , I sold him two eases of goods amounting to 1841. those ci Prllsl3' Paid MeAfter he had purchased . . l le to g id ° l lB e "; , e had a conversation respecting his trade. seip n i n ue was purchasing considerably and . was . he sa.ridghetos,hTaeux, as, wines and other goods to India, and of 120/ d send my goods to Sydney to the value lie said he would not like to take less than 1801. there. he µ' LI he had houses in those places that he knew; that ti- s 'as Pretty 1 • '-le said h e v( acquainted with a 41 Peopi e• iv , was a man of property and related to rich going to buy 19 .boxes fro he went away he said he was , r seen . re 'rora Bradbury and Brickwick.- I have never ship per pe.)3.' ioeds since. Had I known he had not been a said. ''' Pods I would not have supplied him. Parker and bw._ 4Arenfield had purchased goods for him, that e _ sharp buyer and an excellent judge, and i k _Sl got four -and-a -half per cent. off the purchaser, .411rcanuf taken off 4f per cent. for read oney._ I s ome ' e h' gave me the card, he said he n s anted to l by A i goods for John Parker and Co. who were large 11)(1.8. 'hen I went to Thames-street, and asked to The oh „ m il l'arlier, I was introduced to the defendant. ap pear uee of the defendant was a small one without the l a 3'_ anee a anY goods whatever. He arranged to I ) :id, le '`)" the second Monday in July. I never was tili,e I went on the second Monday in July to the pre bat :in Lower Thames-street,_ and saw no one there ili porter I never saw defendant again until be was li nen A --• lia " 1 Y• The ood •consisted of 39 pieces of Irish of th g s c value of 641. 55., and of two cases of damask, lanue.l2o/ 1 • The goo d s were delivered on 26th June. Pareru,e RECORDER —The contract was completed with ta rolot oefore the conversation with him took place. I to llye 811 T whether I s h ou ld h ave sent t h e goo d s if t h e itter, rsa l,on had n o t ta k en place. My confidence was ha,, I) 3* the co n versat i on. It is doubtful if I should pla ce. se nt the oods if that conversation had T he ilt}think I g would not, but I cannot say.not taken _ 1 ;1 , 14 0 4 4 n, counEn—l think that is hardly sufficient to ni 54; ;:isttle allegation o f, the indictment, th a t the gcklei"tained in consequence o f the repr esentations lir.tithat conversation. It hose r , tA lucsoN contended th a t th e fi at o f t h e prisoner - , e ertif ie - , - „ a nle was Be n j am i n P ar k er, and who was an . un John Parke bankrupt, having represented himself as Wi,.Rena was sufficient to support the indictment. I had -.RN recalled and examined by the REDORDER— . I.'minever before heard of either John or Benjamin , • Ti l er in my life. e ItEconnEn said if the witness had stated . _th . a e t h th ad e vers itt • It gte , ion had preceded the contract . , or if h that he had sent the goods in consequence 41,14 c onversation, and would not have sent them had thl ° , t h ta ken place, then lie should have been of opinion ' e 'false pretences had been proved. lie wont not, ti°(,l%;elver stop P th case, if the Counsel for the prosecu t‘tit't'On'ght they could offer any additional and suffi v_Proof. at to r• CLAnitsmq said, that, n twithstandi ng h e was 1h, 1a :, 41 7 urged by those interested ° in the prosecution t o tr - eu, he felt it his duty to bow to the decision of the k o Th e Jury then, under the direction of the Court, Vied e the prisoner. Pea r Phillips, fir Chambers, .and Mr Ballantine ap. V t ' for the defence. There is another indictment 14 st th e prisoner for conspiracy. 7 'ito NEW COURT. akai.mias Stevenson, aged 20, was indict e d f or f e l on i ous l y IN:g 23 1bs. w e i g ht o f b utter, t h e property of William Tate " M artin, of Th ames - street. tOtoPrisoner was passin g a l ong th e s t ree t , an d delibe e W4er al kod up t o th e d oor o f the prosecutor, where ten ll:was standing, and took it awayk. Ju ry found the isoner ilty, and he was to six months' i4eo rge ~ atealitiz ° ' 1 " 8 , aged 19, was vonvicted of feloniously -11 7 1ie c - 0 11 - t Zi ng the - person of Thomas Fuller Walker, a eight sovereigns. l e tt it se som Pl et • i? s rot; , • 'vas passing along Fleet-street, and b. Nit at his coat pocket, in which was is . and en turning round, observed the prisoner whererun he iaZt,_3:. Ile followed him into a glass-house, Into custody, and the purse was found near Th e . 114 4 kisnner was sentenced to three months' imprison: I tst („/I.erielleard labour, in consequence of its being his kre 'l' • f e t f 1,;;" 0 1,. 19, and George Barker, were indicted 41•()%e ih'onsly stealin g one purse containing 12s. 6d.. 11 1t,r 1 - ",, e P e rson of Catharine Filcher, at Horne Fair, Tll,---* Mr. Payne defended the prisoners. iti‘l,44tlf.t,„l4lloi.ierrottis.,eeisculst-erii.xe,fweiittne:spinugli the exhibition at the fair, at her pocket, and saw .Millar o _oc il o . up her dress. On turning - round she saw pNol4)artieratclulae bar to in a e p o e m rso a n ny not in custodpttrSy. with the other kIV , " the p r ose a ct r it7i e x re gave thern into custody. The r. its not found upon • either of them. 'the 644: addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and 1 ,, • , the 4,ry,?Milluiv SERGEANT having up, pß so r etuvned a verdict of - Guilty against both ih - nient e female was sentenced to six months im u, 'lnd hite'd labour and teal p of a e risoner to ti••• 7 YrationCaltsPortation, in consequence previous qu ''''---------- - DAY.) -4‘ . . , LI)HALL.—(TIII° 4htllv!dsiessed and respectable-looking Innaell!.aPP3- d fames 1:14,c 4tlyeett forty ' ud ears of age, ntll 11 11, 1,14 Paced at the barbefore Mr. AldermainngL:lnth ‘ita{ri4Qtt,ll,%, ehar , Pe of feloniously intermarry h --.t . `' 'PI', his first wife being still alive. i n t-. N't 111f,3', a solicitor, who conducted the t.fie c a a t s e e e on f t,-„L'a;ltiget!Ztue Prosecution, produced two t ''the l iq - ,,bn e math Anne King. in the month eer o to f h S a elp ve - Littkroc' -..:-_u_,b, a second, stating the prisoner 10 niitr.. A ;;; , . 1 at Hastings, to Maria Pettyfer, in 18- • . 13 'flitp•-,•,,'1, ",°tlllau 1- tixsoN—Who gave the .111',,--4,..11'. Tit 4 1 - ; The first wife. ,:e4,l4:t.hotatplirey, con prisoner i sC I -47 appeared for the p r r o i s s o n e n u e t r e ,. He teasii at the first i I' , had no power to p ti 4 i c e e tll 'd it would bevqt:uite sufficient for the ends of jus- con woe e prisoner, who was a highly respectable person, 1,1. 4 4. ,Z°,lltise to attend at the next invest . i n ti t oi e L tage of aipro. (tertian L nixsox said at the 1)11 a Ltt dings lie s hould not order the d p o le ten e tio rt n rt o y f e th o e_ tli!tk'°(l 0 1‘. 11 l law the first t wife was not the 1 ' lt ti et- Proectite• ndshould, therefore, discharge Tli: 1 hia pruitisi v t he on this day. o,lt,re,t, Roil , ) lie r d v qt'ave—l'tisotior sai d l e a esided at Laurel Cottage, t fartli......._er e(vl‘da el ' i ' ce an cou l ld eu b l e c . l abdedueined.attendance ' 110 )11- R ----'------- AY-) Ij4i liP h -)NEET • — (T IBS D charged ,tiltili. "Vick was placed at the bar ot r i a __ , No, 6' Yester(hv ing, in Hunger . ord market, 411 sli 1)1411 or th '" "ea r g i.eckie, residing at No. 1, It . arYstreet Strande ° t 4 / 4 , 41 , d ~ ( ': ( q1 (I,' 1),,I, ft, the evidence of Mr. Leckie, that at t-11 ` 1 1c,. e ''," Yesterday evening he went to an oyster were r`l l Pt t the • "y the prisoner in Ilungerford• market, orne l as lie Cci4a.sPortee of the oysters, he was told that s .1 ` cl sixpennywort.l , le titicl o ' 41 `?. B d. a dozen. He oat ' d tate tia5,„,.,'4001, hitt the prisoner claimed 8 . having eeti „",,ut Mo e n lie tile arties, and a policeman tie ec)allil ajoa tbY pri Pradvised him to summon t tlaile.' .N1,L)1,-*ll° 2 . .. "eh! ess but withheld his libt 'sed hi 'kekie - N it•v e then a•tirint; when the prisoner 11 6 r'" am i, r Ir'e• hat', NAlk„is, PI 3011er' ,_ .i. upon .its 4'44,, ,zthrt't ac e d with . the advice of the Ittii, f l i t, and 4"a:46,, d his . reg . it.t for the violence of his ile,T iiiipaid.. kh an dismissed, the disputed 2d. re iltletl:' 411 Z U ' I th 4 2, a waiter in an eating-house in Maiden tiillf.rior, e j j'at,.gO,.d. with an assault on J. Osmond, the tl'o.";' tkne.e utiiLattirtse. in the Strand. t It appeared from lia- u .) th o e , rri )1 . last night a about half-past twelve ( t tt) e ii/)„0,, I. alnant heard from his door the prisoner = °i ll ,u 7 pirson that they would go and give him Itiiin•D,l4lll4llt) a turn " He told the parties on their :tt.i, 4,','„lne cefree-room * that it was too late for threemotho 7 1. 1i1 e !, i).lefrestiment, and begged they would I ) Nil ' I *4B st ruck by the prisoner, with who r i a n u he had q 4:u rr r tit 4 1 " 1s --(1 ( ta ll turns misu ndirst . andinct. The parties le 14:t.'it Ne,ll;.unt,returned atsa,in, and . tlie prisoner had 1 , 1 . t° 4 fle'k'of t,t),,%l°le"e(:* 1 1;° Magi confinementin h - 'e of e *-• , s, or sixteen days btratesen tenctede o rreet . k. in. b "2.!!" . ..,......,_ 11, 'L I '- ----- - RUSH ,4,42,t,ANCTIOLY DEATH OF E NSI GN toccurred be tv,•„, ~.. A melatieholy and fatal aceiden_ _night, lit iPo.til,le hours of eleven and twelve on Saturday ornorrz;114)(,11. I:lisign Iluslibrooke, .attended tlij,, L4',4aeled Williams of the 39(i regiment (to . d 0, bat belonged) • '-' n the dehehed t‘ii;'Y4lll, arid in ,-, -j °l l c ° ',-fht r ur4l. both these poor h ook 3 ' n ttit,oing,t i.o.ni„s . 01. 0 t. e ~ h night, fell into the 4,1 . g the o‘til.nes whichyicha guard in the At , ~ %%ere drowned their bodies ere dragged for '''v 'fl found. En ' si,,,!!,‘:4rly hour on INlonday morning and found. F tilil'ot.tuslibroolte was a very young man, and but a short 4 111,p lit the army. lie ale son of Colonel Rushbrooke, '' for West 6utrolk.psivich Express, MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN SIR ASHLEY MAUDE. The Hon. James Aihley Maude, whose death we an nounced yesterday, was the third son of Cornwallis, second Viscount Hawarden, an Irish Peer, by his third wife, Anne Elizabeth. Stanley, sister to the first Viscount Monck. His ancestor, Christopher Maude, a Member of the Irish House of Commons, emigrated from York shire, and settled at Hawarden, in the county of Tippe rary, about the year 1639. Captain Maude was born Nov. 6, 1786 ; made a Lieu tenant 1805 ; and appointed to the Ville de Paris, of 110 guns, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, on the Mediterranean station, in the spring of 1809. His spirited conduct while serving as a volunteer at the capture and destruction of a French convoy in the bay of Rosas, on which occasion he was slightly wounded, was highly spoken of by Lord Collingwood, the Com mander-in-Chief on the occasion. " Many officers in the fleet," writes his Lordship to the Admiralty, " were desirous of being volunteers in this service. I could not resist the earnest request of Lieutenants Lord Viscount Balgonie, the Hon. James Ashley Maude, and the Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, of the Vile do Paris, to have the command of the boats, in which they displayed that spirit which is inherent in them." Captain Maude's commission as a Conimander bore date Oct. 22, 1810 ; and he was appointed, on tilt. 15th of February 1812, to the Nemesis, 28, armee en flute, in which ship we find him very actively employed on the coast of America, until his promotion to Post rank, March 11, 1814. He next obtained the command of the Favourite, 20, and in her brought home the ratification, by the President and Senate of the United States, of the treaty of peace, concluded at Ghent, between Great Bri tain and America, with which lie arrived at the Foreign office, March 13, 1815. He was subsequently employed on the ELIA India station. Captain Maude's last appointment was in Feb. 9, 1825, to the Glasgow, 50, in which frigate he conveyed Lord Straugford to Cronstadt, and afterwards proceeded to the Mediterranean. The Glasgow was one of the British squadron, at the battle of Navarino, Oct. 20, 1827. In consequence of the bravery displayed by the sub ject of this memoir on the occasion, he was nominated a C.B. on his return home, which took place in Aug. 28, 1828, at which time he was also created a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. The insignias of the French and Russian Orders also, invest- inn him with the title of a Knight of the French and Russian Orders of St. Louis and St. Anne, were sent to him by those Powers shortly after. MRS. ANSON'S PAINTINGS ON SATIN. We yesterday visited the establishment of Mr. Morant, the upholsterer and house decorator in New Bond-street, where we suw some exquisite specimens 'of flower paint ing on satin, from the pencil of Mrs. Anson. They con sist of a coverlid for an infant's cot, work bags, &c., and as finished works of art are of a very high order. There is a freshness and a vraisemblance about the flowers, which give- them the appearance of having been just plucked from the hot-house, and it is not merely as an artist that Mrs. Anson is entitled to high praise—the botanical character of the flowers is correctly preserved, which proves that, in addition to taste and great powers of execution, the artist also possesses considerable scientific acquirements. These novel specimens of flower painting, which, but for what we must consider a too rigid adherence on the part of the Court authorities to the strict rules of etiquette, would have been presented to her Majesty, have excited a great sensation in the fashionable and artistical world, and will probably lead to the more general use of paintings on satin as articles of decorative furniture. FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT. CHARGE OF FURIOUS DRIVING.—YeSteFday afternoon an inquest was held before Messrs. Gell and Higgs, the Coroners for Westminster, at Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of John Snesby, aged 36, a drayman, in the service of Sir Henry Meux and Co., brewers, who was killed by a Brentford omnibus, the driver of which is now in custody. Mr. 0. Heritage, house-surgeon of the Hospital, said that on the 13th inst., deceased was admitted, in an insensible state, but no marks of violence, except a slight scratch on the back was visible. He soon recovered his senses, but he gradually sunk under the internal injury he had received, and died on Thursday last. A post mortem examination was made, the result of which proved that death was caused by rupture of the spleen and kidneys. The wheelof an omnibus would be likely to cause such injuries. John Read, a drayman, said that on the afternoon of the 13th inst., he was in a dray belonging to the brewery of Meux and Co., passing out of Rupert-street, and going towards Coventry. street. Deceased was leading the first horse round the corner of Rupert-street, and, at the same time, endeavoured to make way for two omnibuses, which were racing to pass in the same direction. The first omnibus, driven by William Rhedei, and the property of Mr. Powell, knocked the deceased down by striking him with the splinter-bar, and the two off wheels passed over his body. Witness saw the omnibus with which &ceased was struck driven from its proper side of the street to the side opposite, to prevent the second o m n ib us passing and a s th e horses: of the first were galloping, the driver could not stop them before deceased was knocked down and run over. If the driver bad kept upon the proper side the accident would not have happened. A Juror remarked that the wooden pavement was used at the spot where the ac cident occurred, and being wet at the time it was difficult to pull up suddenly. Police con stable 76 C, said that the horses were trotting fast, but not galloping. He thought it furious driving, and that the driver could not readily pull up. The two omnibuSes were racing. Wm. Mills, driver of one of Clark's Pim _ _ _ , - lico omnibuses , s a id th a t Rhodes was driving 'at the rate of only six miles an hour ; that his omnibus was not driven across the road, and that it was the trace of his own dray which knocked deceased down. Mr. T. Win ter, a passenger in the omnibus driven by Rhodes, gave evidence to the same effect. The inquest was adjourned until Wednesday evening next, that evidence more con clusive might be brought forward. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Sunday evening last Gainsborough was the Scene of a very serious domestic tragedy. A girl of the name of Louisa Middleton, servant to Mr. Thornhill, butcher, had been for some time very intimate with the deceased, Thomas Wilson, and they were shortly to be married; but on Sun day morning last t after leaving chapel together, they had a slight quarrel, and the girl told Wilson to go about his busi ness, she would have no more to do with him; and on the evening of that day she left her old lover, and took a walk with a mason who has lately come to Gainsborough to work. While on their walk they were met by her lover Wilson, who just as they were passing him, struck her on the breast violently, and made off directly. Wilson had struck her with some sharp instrument, which en tered her. breast. and caused a considerable loss of blood, but unattended with danger. The girl took no further steps in the business that evening ; but the family of Wilson became alarmed at his Ron-appearance, and on Monday morning his body was discovered suspend ed from a tree in a garden near the house where the girl resided. No doubt he had intended to murder the girl ; and, under the idea that he had inflicted a mortal in jury upon her, committed suicide. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when it was found that Wilson had stabbed himself with his own pocket-knife, which he had then put in his pocket, where it was found with the blade covered with blood. From some other singular circumstances attending the affair, the Jury re turned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."—Doncaster Chronicle. POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS AT CHA RING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Previous to the commencement of taking the evidence at an inquest held yesterday at the Charing cross Hospital, and immediately after the Jury had returned from viewing the body, one of them, ad dressing the Coroner, said, ho wished to know by whose authority the body had been opened previous to the in quest.. He put the question, as he had been on several inquests there, and on all occasions he found that the body had been opened without asking the relatives' con sent, or on any authority from the Coroner. His bro ther jurors, as well as himself, had often animadverted in strong terms on such a practice. Dr. Golding, who was present, said he was very glad the juror had asked the question in his presence, for he had often heard that gentlemen who were in the habit of sitting as jurymen at that Hospital were averse to bodies being opened before they viewed them.. He could assure the gentlemen pre sent, that it was not to satisfy idle curiosity, hut merely to give the most extensive information as to the cause of death, and thereby save a great deal of their (the jurymen's) time, by not having to adjourn for a post mortem examination. He was willing to abide by any su ggestion of the Cor oner . Th e C oroner sa id , that on all future occasions, it would be as well to get the consent of the relations of the deceased person before a post mor • tem examination was made. Dr. Golding said he would see it attended to, and the conversation dropped. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER...— Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, a fatal accident happened on the river, off kin; Edward-stairs, Wapping, by the running down of a ship's boat belonging to the collier brig Monarchy, of Whitby, Robert Kilvington, master. It appears that three coal-whippers in the em ploy of Mr Crawford, a respectable licensed victualler in Wapping-wall, and a boy named George Kemp, belong ing to the brig, were crossing the river in the boat, and attempted to pass between the London steam tug and a schooner she was towing up the river, but owing to souse mismanagement they came athwart the bows of the schooner, and the boat capsized, throwing them all into the water. One of the men could swim well, and sup ported himself till he was picked up, by clinging to the boat, which was turned bottom upwards ; the other men, who could not swim, struggled hard in the water, and were picked up in a dreadful state of exhaustion. The boy Kemp unfortunately perished. A boat rowed to wards him, he was seen struggling in the water, and the Waterman tried to grasp bins and missed him, and the boat went over the poor lad. Boat-hooks and oars were put down, and every means used to save him, but he sunk, and was never seen afterwards. The coal-whippers were taken ashore at New Crane Shadwell, and the boat was soon s i a n his afterward s ) p .e i ti e r k . ed up uninjured. The boy Kemp ENGLISII OPERA.—Monsieur Laurent, jun., took his benefit last night at this theatre, at a concert conductnuunmdebrertsle u Liliiantlyte of it i‘l n u d s ed ard. Thel%" , I lich pr l o v g a r s am in m point of e of the performan ce was most attractive, and the enjoyment of the audience se eme d to keep pace with the popularity of the clever young musician whose benefit they had come to patronise. THE GALE ON THE COAST OF FRANCE.—"A fearful gale of wind arose at Boulogne•sur-lfer early on Thursday morning, accompanied by torrents of rain, Amongst other disastrous occurrences a small sloop or cutter was driven on the sands, where she remained fast aground. The crew were fortunately saved. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1841. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The benefit for the Fishmongers' and Poulterers' So ciety last night was quite successful. The honSe was crowded to excess, and it was gratifying to see so many of the higher classes present • .to patronise this charitable institution. Among others we obscrved Miss Burd4t Couttsi Lady Hope Yore, the Countess of Glengail, and Lord Augustus Fitzclarence. The actors, too, seemed to take delight •in lending their assistance on the occa sion. • Mr. Strickland, Mr. Rees, Mr. Wrench, and Mr. Macready performed their parts admirably in Bulwer's comedy of Money. Foreign Affairs and The Boarding School were performed in the same spirit, and the musi cal interludes, among others Rossini's overture to Se—, mirarnide, were loudly cheered. • • The audience, alto gether, seemed highly gratified with the entertainments, and we hope the Society for which the benefit was given will be still more delighted.- ADELPHI THEATRE A petite comedy, fur it is in reality such, was pro duced at this theatre last evening with the Most marked success It is entitled Me Maid of Honour, and the scene is laid at the CoUrt of a Queen regnant of Spain, where Count Olivarez (Mr. Yates); who is the leader of the opposition, by acting on hi.; . t . vourite maxim, "from little causes great effects arise," 'Manages to procure the dismissal of the Duches's of Albafurez (Mrs. Fosbroke), the favourite of the Queen (Mrs. Yates),. and his own appoint ment to office, while at the same tithe he makes two lovers happy in the persons of Felicia (Miss Ellen Chaplin); . _ . . . _ _ thAfourt Milliner, who is subsequently appointed Maid of Honour to the Queen, and Henrico (Mr. S. Ford) a Court page, Who is the object of the tender solicitude not only of the Duchess of Albaftirez, but of her Majesty herself, and who subsequently gets' an appointment as Captain in the Guards. The piece, which is cleverly adapted from the French of Scribe, is CoMpletely one of intrigue. Incident followed incident With 'most amazing rapidity, and the curtain fell a ft er a c l ev e r r oy a l sp eec h from Mrs. Yates, amidst the most tuitmltikats applause. The dialogue sparkles with wit, ' and 'the adapter has taken advantage- of - the capabilities 'of his 'sub ject, to Weave into it - sundry hits at passing events, all of whi c h were we ll recei ved. In perfOrnfing this • sOniewhat ticklish - task, the author has exhibited great tact ; and, as he is quite impartial. and attacks in turn all parties, but without exhibiting anything like political rancour, the piece passed off very pleaSantly. The scenery, dresses, and appointments, were all admit-- able ; and, on the motion of Mr. Yates, the house re solved, nem. con., that the comedy should be repeated every evening. VICTORIA THEATRE. A drama was produced at this theatre last evening founded, we believe, on a tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall, en titled' Katt!! O'Shiel, or the Follower of the Family. The piece opens with the cottage of Katty O'Shiel, which is situated in an interesting village in the far west of Ire land, called Tully Garrett. To this cottage is driven, for shelter, one Mileto Lensor, an oculist, and who is, furthermore, rich and benevolent, and who is on a journey of pleasure to the "Far West." Whilst he is there, Evelyn Dwyer, the heiress to the house of O'Dwyer, but who has been deserted by her father, and adopted by Katty, comes into the apartment where the celebrated oculist is. The child, from some accident, has lost its sight, and the benevolent oculist promises that if Katty will bring Evelyn to Dublin, he will cure her. Katty, with her charge on her back, sets out for Dublin, and on her way thither has to pass the cot tage of her lover, Larry Twist, a kind of double of Rory O'More, where a band of soldiers have taken up their quarters, in order to prevent strangers from the " Far West," where the fever is raging, passing, and conveying the contagion to the capital. By a stratagem of Larry's, however, which consists in his disguising Katty as his grandmother, she escapes the vigilance of the sentinels, and continues her visit to Dublin, where she arrives, as she states, in a state of "death and burial." On her arrival, however, it is dis covered that the good-natured oculist has gone to Bath, but has left a letter of introduction to an eminent friend in London, With a purse to convey Katty thither. These dramatists will make their character so generous. Katty learns, while sho is in Dublin, that Mr. O'Dwyer, the father of Evelyn, had just sailed for London, and she resolves to make her journey serve two purposes, that of finding a father for her Evelyn and a cure fur her blind ness. The next scene shows Katty and her charge at the house of a Lady Langham, who resides at Chel sea, but how they get there, or for what purpose, or what connexion the said Lady Langharn has with Katty or Evelyn, is left to the imagination of the audience. Suf fice it, there they are, and very lucky for them to be there at all, without inquiring the why and the where fore. Lady Langham takes a most extraordinary fancy to Evelyn, and determines to make her a lady, which Katty declares impossible, as she "is a born leddy." A party is given by the lady, at which Mr. O'Dwyer, then a Colonel, attends, and the piece concludes by Katty's forcing an entrance to the assembly, and declaring Evelyn to be the daughter of the Colonel. The piece is replete with Irish humour, and the house was in a continued roar of laughter throughout. Miss Vincent, as Katty, was admirable ; she was an unsophisticated Irish girl to the very life. Mr. Gardner, as Larry, was extremely droll, but the character which tickled the fancy of the audience most was that of Pompey Card, a negro servant of the Colonel's, a kind of independent devil-may-carp Jim Crowish sort of gentleman, and in the hands of Mr. Paul was most amusing. On his first arrival in Ireland he is charmed with 'the whiskey and the women, and declares both to be "beautiful and dam good," and is in a continued state of excitement as to whether he shall dis charge his master or knock down the waiter. The house was crowded in every part, and the piece concluded amidst vehement applause. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION% Mr. Bachhoffener delivered yesterday a lectUre, with illustrations, on the Daguerrotype and on . the Photogra phic process, in the theatre of this magnificent institution. fie explained that the discovery of M. I)aguerre con sisted of the means of fixing permanently upon a plate of silver, the image formed in the camera obscure. The silver having been chemically cleaned and accurately polished, is placed over a vessel containing iodine, the vapour of which is diffused over its surface... The greatest nicety and tact is necessary to secure the equal (Effusion of the vapour over the whole surface, and in a certain exact quantity,' as the least deficiency or CX• CQSS would frustrate the experiment. Thus pre pared, the plate is placed in the focus of the camera, where it receives the light reflected from the ob ject of which the image is required. But upon with drawing the plate no effect of the light upon it is per ceptible. However, on being exposed in a close cham ber to mercury, raised to a state of vapour in a heat of 180 degrees Fahrenheit, the picture is formed. This process, acccording to the lecturer, is expensive and tedious ; 'but Mr. Beard, who is connected with the In stitution, has greatly diminished the expensiveness, and rendered the whole process so rapid and effective, that a portrait is produced in less than half a minute. This process is termed " Photographic," and (unlike the Da guerrotype, which - requires a clear sun-light), it can be pectormed successfully by the aid • of the lime, or oxyhydrogen light. The principal im provement, we understood to be, that, after exposure to the iodine, the plate is also exposed to the chloride of iodine, by - Which it acquires increased sensibility 'to the light: Mr. Bachheffener went through the Whole of the operations, and in two instances- produCed portraits in less than thirty seconds. The lecture and illustrations were highly satisfactory, and were much applauded. We afterwards witnessed an' exemplification of the manner in which submarine explosions, both by means of powder and galvanic electricity, are conducted. Two models of ships, sunk in the great reservoir, into which the diving-bell descends, were blown up in a second. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in the Parks yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four, attended by the Hon. Miss Anson and the Hon. Miss Paget. Lord Charles Wcllcsley (Clerk Marshal), and Colonel Bouverie,•the Equerries in Waiting, Were in at tendance on horseback. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Burghersh, Baron Stockniar, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Band of the First Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. On Thursday her M►jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did Mr. Hayter the honour to inspect his picture, now in progress, of her Majesty's marriage. His Serene Highness Prince ErneSt of llesse Phi lippsthal visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on, Sunday, at their residence 'at Kew. A.Deputation from the Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll AssOciation had the honour of an interview with Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, on the occa sion of presenting a petition to the Queen in Council, numerously signed by Merchants, Traders, and Inha bitants of the Metropolis, praying that measures may be taken for throwing open Waterloo, Southtvark; and Vauxhall Bridges, toll-free, for the benefit of the public. Count St.•Aulaire, the French - Ambassador, and the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.• . • - • ' Despatches from the Governor 'of Gibraltar were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial -office. FASHIONABLE IN TEL LIGENCE. ARRIVALS. General and Madame 17 ;'abloultoff, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Uxbridge ; Captain and Mrs. Munday Pole, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford•• s t reet, f rom Brazier's, near Wall Word, Berks; Count and Countess de Vandes, at ditto, rrom Hasting s ; Captain and Mrs. Fowler Butler, at ditto, from Pans ; Rev. Charles Bar ham, at ditto, from Banning, near Maidstone, Kent ; M. Bazin, at ditto, from P ar i s ; Greenhill, Esq., at di tto , from Paris; Colonel'Payler, Joseph Venerica, Esq., Rev. G. Payler, at Nelson's Portland Hotel, Porland-place. DEPARTURES. • Viscount and Viscountess de Derbeeena, from Fla. don's Hotel, for Antwerp Mr. and Mrs. William Poun cett, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Nunn and family, from dittO, tn. Dublin ; Mr. and Mrs. Ham ersley, from ditto, for the Continent ; William Wells, E s q., from ditto, for Redletif, near PerOturst, Kent; Lieut.- Colonel Fletelirr, from ditto, for Paris ; Captain 11a4le wond, from ditto, for Bougton, near Maidstone, Kent ; m : Den' is, from ditto, for Paris ; Colonel Barron, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Lord Chief JuStice Doherty, from Warren's hotel, Regent-street, for Beaumaris, ; E. Pennefather, Esq., and family, front ditto for St4hen's-green, Dublin ; Bishop of Lincoln, frd ditto, for Oxford ; Mrs. Harwood and family, frorir ditto, for Hugh Barton, Esq., from ditto, for Learning- Payler, front Nelson's Portland Hr td, la G e . e for Sevenoaks ; jOnathan Morgan, Esq., I; l4—' o e 'r a tiL l7 di , from ditto, for Bath ; Tsira..Currie ) , -from ditto, for Ton bridge-wells ; Mrs. Andrew Belcher, from ditto, for Southampton ; llir. and.'Mrs. Cochrane and family. from dittO, for SA NATO RI UM. - A meeting of t•he•meMbers of this Society, the object Of which is to provide a public institution in which the middle classeS might reeeiVe medical relief and attend ance in time of sickness, took place yesterday at the Lon don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. At - a few minutes past two,o'clock, the chair was taken by Thomas Chapman, Esq., who said it Was deemed ad visable by the Committee that some person connected with the mercantile interest should preside, and he there fore accepted the office with pleasure: A:Report of the proceedings of the Society would now be read to them by Dr. Smith, which, although he (the Chairman) was not present when it was prepared, had met with his en tire concurrence. Dr. S. Small then read the-Report, which detailed the progress of the Society since it. had been set on foot about two years since. About a year and-a half pg 9, -1-)l"vi iiimr..ll Committee had been appointed, who ‘verP .i.11t 111)- riied to receive sidisCriptiom:, and the plan of the institu tion had been very favourably received by the public. Their funds. n o t having_amounted to the sum they at first antieipated, they had not thought it prudent to open the 'institution Burin; the last winter. In the spring of the present year, a large addition 'to, them subscription fished heen. made by many eminent Mercantile and banking-houses in the City ; but while the nuMber of annual and life suhactibers was only 210, the persons who were indirectly interested in the institution was thereby increased to. 1,200 or 1,300. The sum originally fixed ,upon was 3,000/.., and it was. intended with that to provide accom mo d at i on for fifty patients. but the entire Simi subscribed did not amount to 1,50C1, an] de ducting incidental expenses, the balance at presen t in hand was only 1,218/. If the m eet i ng approve d o f t h e p l an o f the Committee,:it was . prop ose d w i th t h at sum to ta k e Tavistock House, which was then to be let, for one year for 25014 and to provide accommodation for 12 patients. It was calculated if the Members availed themselves of ,the accommodation provided for that number to it 3 fullest extent, that ample fund s (i nc l uding the accruing sub scriptions)• would be obtained during • the first year to carry On the establishment on the same or even a larger scale for a second year. • Mr. JOHN C#ArMAN moved the first resolution, ob serving that the question before them was whether they would set this benevolent undertaking afoot even upon a moderate and reduced scale. Ife 'thought, with a sum of 1,300/. in hand ; they were decidedly justified in giving to the public the advantages of an institution which he had no doubt .%IZuld be productive of the most beneficial results. • • • Mr. Bmartax aeconded the resolution, which was to the effect, " That the Report now read 'be received and approved of, . and that the ProvisiOnat Committee he . authorised to open the institution . fo4twith . ." . ' Dr. ARNOTT wished to make a few yeirarks before the resolution was put., • The original object of the institu tion was pure benevolence, and he regretted that the call that-had been made upon the public had not been responded to to the extent they originally anticipated. The estimate at first made' was for a sum of 3,000/, but little more than one-third of that Sum had been sub scribed. The Society had a second object in view. namely, 'to afford •accommodation and 'medical relief to those parties who were able to afford to pay for it, but he must say, that many of the friends with whom he had conferred had not deemed that part of the plan ad visable. The latter point, however, had not been suffi ciently discussed, and they had been prematurely forced into the present preceeding in consequence, of an appre hension that the building, - which they -deemed an ap propriate one for the purposes of the Society, was about to be sold. There .•were several other details Connected with the practical working of the institution' which re quired much further deliberation. - The CHAIRMAN begged .to remind the speaker that the Committee which - - -Thad been appointed was merely a provisional one, and he fearfd very much the present meeting was n ot 'competent to ,discuss the va- .• rious projects suggested by him. Dr. ARNOTT would only detain the meeting a few minutes. He thought unless the details of the plan were fully laid before the public, the medical proffession as a body would not join it. Under these , circumstances, he deemed it highly injudicious to talte'ichonse. Such 'a step would, in his opinion, be premature'; and no proof of their wisdom or capability of managing such an insti tution satisfltctorily. He would. move as an amendment That the Committee do resume the consideration of the details of the institution before they proceed to take a house." The amendment baring been seconded by Mr. Wu, A Sunset=En begged to know whether the Report which had just been read to them, had been unanimously agreed to by the Committee. Mr. WiLitimsoN observed, that the Report merely stated the position of the Society, And called upon the present meeting to direct the Coininittee as to the steps they ought to take. • kr. GOLDS MID thought it would be very advisable to commence their proceedings, even 'if the state of their subscriptions did not reuder.it necessary, upon a smaller scale. The meeting must be aware that the institution was a novel one, and therefore it wmild have many preju dices to overcome before it could be carried fully into effect. On these greUnds; he should certainly support the original resolution. Dr. SMITH said the whole question between Dr. Ar nett and himself, was whether the details of the institu tion should be considered'in the first: instance, or whether these details should be left to the management of a Com tnittee after the institution had been opened. They , were pressed for a decision; at the present moment, be cause a building which was most admirably fitted for their purpose was at present available, and was about to be sold. Mr. CuArm.tx said the great objection . of Dr. Arnott appeared to be that the institution had - not high patro nage and support ; but for his part he would prefer see ing it stand upon its own merits. Why should it ,be lost hecau.:m they could not start upon the large scale they originally contemplated? lie did not think that so li beral a profession as the medical one would attack them, or feel annoyed at their proceedings, which were founded upon the purest and most benevolent motives. Mr. WILKINSON said the question before the meeting was whether the institution should be opened.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution did-hot pledge the Committee or the meeting to take the house ; but whether, in the first instance, they should cernmence with a smaller sum than was originally contemplutett He fully agreed with Dr. Arnott, that before the institution was brought fully be fore. the public, those details to which he had referred should be considered and arranged. .After some further discussion 1)r. AnNoTt consented to withdraw his amendutent,on.the addition of the words " or as soon as they may deem it expedient." The resolution so amended was then put, and carried' unanimously: Mr. GOLDSMID then moved . a resolution, authorising, the Committee to dr aw u p rules and regulations fo r th e , management of the - institution, to be submitted to a• general meeting of the subscribers. The resolution was ,stiounded by Dr. An NoTT, w h o said that he firmly bereved that the publication of the resolution in that shape would obtain for them the whole of the subscriptions "whey h a d or i ginally anticipated. The resolution was then agreed to, as wakalse a vote of thanks to the COmmittee and to the:Chairman, who having briefly returned thanks, the meeting separated. the mull who : .d were,lihid . . WOOD PA VI NG.—The Metropolitan Wood paving Company have just completed about 4,000 or 5,000 yards of. pavement in Repent-street, by direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. This is one of the result:. of the good sudeess of the specimen at White- . hall, and the Company have - since determined to repay the confidence of the Government by increased exertions. The pavement is laid upon the Company'S metallie.sand concrete, and the grooves in the wood are cut much :deeper than has hitherto;been.prpetised. It is much to be regretted that measures are not immediately taken to form one continued line of' wood pitying from Regent .street to Oxford -street, so as to test the wood pavement fairly, instead of its being as now, corered with mud' from the adjoining stones and macadamised parts. The success of the Metropolitan Company has already , brought them an accession of business, and we under stand that they are likely to have another contract in Holborn. They have also laid down a piece of wood pavement around St. George's Church, in the Borough.' The Chartists and Socialists held a meeting at St. Andrew's Hall, on Wednesday. There might be 1,000 persons present during' the day ; many of whom evidently attended from curiosity, and a great many be , It t i o olo n A s ü b . a t; t , cause, we arc sorry to say, they had nothing else to do, being. without 'employment. A person named Batson was called to . the chair, and the speakers were .Hurrell, Thomas HOWett, Goat (the Chartist secretary), Clarke ) ,s t le. Lamb,l ' t b h e a: fi u rss i t i tr ;a l: g r s i ;l i e u. announced as the Rev. Lloyd Jones ; and, Mr. Benbow , to stay its of Radical notoriety of many years standing, and Also ur. . (the Socialist Missionary eu,iesti- ' . pounced late of Chesitser6Cf opiniona p and that speechw hat hoof hadabout l tiiojoastillsyl: t o them appalling t:liliTtait°lllaintjartinide e i s( f i f din e ai c lste t te s er eit;ise'n'sl meeting a en o fo d livs lt 4 a b s existsao g lju i n • e t ( e t' l i l l Yl e t to ei tt .ei t ( : ' a iss's i h t a i :ilk:: y r : ', The remedial measure proposed was embodied in a resolution to this effect ; that application should be, made to . the Government for 20 millions of money, the .same as was given for the ernancipation of tho slaves in the West thrown out of employment by machinery, upon the waste lands and Crown lands. This was supported by Clarke and Jones, and carried unanimously. Afr.A.Beecnobrcduivngthetno Indies, for the purpose of locating Must be made up of Chartist principles, and that when they had obtained the People's: Charter they would a woundhalhalf, a ti i i i i d the e t business oldthen i l n . t Mr. Benbow the clergy are rapacious, the aristocracy bbeeliinevaedcotnhteliytioNnvotuolddenmoetngdettheittabTeitiotyre. tyrants, the House of Commons a den of thiev es , and the Whigs came in for a special share of his abuse, as he called them impostors, and defied the meeting to show' any individual good t l e .Whigs had ever done. A ,vote of thanks having been passed to the Mayor for the use of he hall, the meeting, Whicili 10t1 been peaceably conducted, eparated.—Norwich GaZeile. • • Yesterday was the anniversary of the opening of St. Katharine's Dock in 1828, and the event . was cele7 prated by a dinner, at the London Dock Tavern, of the -i aw b a y s Directors an d th e i r f r iends, and the union hoist e d at t h e p i er -h ea d d ur ing the day. 'only -- eighteen, years ag o th e s it e on w hich the dock and warehouses are erected .wa s covere d w ith dwelling-houses, intersected numerous courts, - lanes, and narrow street;, and also by the :Ancient church, hospital, and cemetery- o f St Katha rine, - spared at the dissolution 'of 'the ' trionasterky, by Henry the Eighth. • ' The 'place is now 'tfe'vlitechOueotit rneree, and the spot where the church ttral hospital once stood is now covered with lofty warehous6,-ontaining the products of all nations. ~ i MANIFESTO OF ESPA.RTERO'• . The Regent of Spain issued the following maniresto to the Spanish nation, on leaving Madrid to join the. ,army in the north.:— . . It is but a few days since you were e n j o ying _the sweets of a peace, whkih you had gained as the reward of tour bravery.. Yon enjoyed all the benefits of the Constitution, whose triumph you. had insured iu the firmest manner. , Under the. auspices of a Govern- Mont, active and watchful over the laws, you saw the wounds occasioned hya . destructive war gradually close, industry revive, and agriculture, the arts, and commerce begin to develop themselves ; and, finally,. a thousand sources of national prosperity open them selves again. On a sudden the horizon, so fine, be came obscured by dark clouds, and a second time the cry resounded in our cars of a new war, pro voked by the enemies of your loyalty and your liber ties. Spaniards ! those who. carried away by delirium, abandon themselves to similar extravagancies, (to not desire that you should evc•r be free or happy. They have not been able to, _make you retrograde towards the epoch of abuses and - privileges which bent a whole nation to the yoke of certain classes. who preyed upon, it, and this it is which animates their desire for vengeance. You have wounded the pride of those who by unworthy schemes attempted to violate your laws, to deprive you of your rightatts freemen, and in orderto attain : their object theyraised anew the standard of vengeance and blood. It. is tbr this that they sharpen the poniards which Spaniards a second time thrust into the breasts of their brothers. The attempt made on the night of the 7th, in the precincts even of the loyal palace is an outr a ge o n the nation, on humanity, on civilisation, • and on the throne. The generous men of all nations who are inte rested in the cause of liberty which we defend, will demand a strict account of the instigators and perpetra tors of an attack in which the descendants of a hun dred Kings might have perished. The world shall be acquainted with the names of the traitors, no matter what cloak May cover them. The time for respect, which has been requited with the blackest ingratitude, shall cease. The salvation of Spain requires that the veil be withdrawn, and the whole truth appear, however terri-, ble it may be. Spaniards I a soldier from my infancy, I have never desired more tkan the enviable title to serve my country, shed my blood for its well-being, its rights, and its liberties, and guide in the paths of patriotism and glory the brave men entrusted to my care. Such Was my whole ambition, and that ambition had been nobly satisfied. If circumstances have raised me to another sphere, that was not my doing ; you raised me. It was by the will of the entire nation that my hands held the reins of State. It was in the bosom of the Cortes, and from the hands of your legiti mate representatives, that I have received the investiture' of the- Regency of this kingdom. There I took.. the oath. to govern according to the Con stitution and the law; I promised before God and man to walk in the way of justice, and to devote myself en tirely. .to. the happiness, to the liberties, and to the glory of my country. It is for you to decide whether I have fulfilled my promise. I repeat my words this day with the same earnest conviction that then animated me. Spaniards ! in this moment of crisis, when our enemies provoke us to war, join yourselves to the soldier who prides himself in being a, Spaniard, and a free Spaniard. Form yourselves into a phalanx round the throne of Isa bella the Second,. and the institutions which form a basis and_ a shield to the young Queen who supports herself upon them ; say to the enemies of our liberty and pro sperity, of your glory so nobly acquired —say to Europe, to the whole world, . that you are resolved to govern yourselves by laws which you have given yourselves, and not allow the fruits of so much blood and so many sacrifices to be snatched from you. You have torn away the mask from those who excite to sedition by invoking rights which they themselves have disavowed. You will cover with confusion and ignominy those .who light the torch of discord by invoking privileges (fueros) which, to this day, have only been a pretext to cover your sail with monstrous crimes. Victory cannot be doubtful for those who defend liberty and proudly bear the standard of Castile. They will drive before them the cowards who open an abyss beneath the feet of Maria Christina ; in their powerless rage they are• unmindful of honour, forget their oaths and their words sacredly given, and offend the national dignity only to slake their thirst for vengeance. To arms, Spaniards ! Let the pry of war resound through out the Peninsula, since our enemies desired it ; let the militia arm and prepare itself, and maintain tranquillity and public order until it shall be no longer necessary to call it to . the field of honour to unite itself to our bravo army and dispute with it the laurels of the fight. • Listen now more than ever to the voice of your chiefs and your magistrates. Be more than ever submissive to the laws, fur the hour of your perfect regeneration has arrived, and. you are certain to occupy amongst the free and civilised nations of Europe the place which your power, your valour, and your glory give you. ,• It is to you, heroic militia of Madrid, who present the assemblage of all the heroic virtues, that I confide the guard over our august Queen and her illustrious s i s t er , —to you so worthy to watch over objects so sacred. The order and repose of this capital are equally cohfid:: (1 to your patriotism. In separating myself fr . oin-- tell you that every day you gain new ou, I must . ' 4 ' fidence, to my friendship, and t .‘ utles to my , my solicitude. Th e con energy and enthusiasm . white' my you show e d o n t h e n i g ht s of the ith and 8:11 tl never be effaced , from'iny me mory. You have _';lerited well of yo ur country, of Madrid. W:iat pular° done will b e imitated by the rest of the militia of the kingdom —your brave companions in arms. I shall recal their glorious exploits in the midst of the Basque population, who will not take part in the exclusive interests of an aristocracy not their own. By words of peace I will avoid, as much as possible, the horrors of - conflicts which, between the sens of the same country, draw only tears of blood, instead of fur nishing an occasion for songs of triumph. Spaniards, let us have confidence in the justice of a cause defended everywhere by loyal and valiant men; reckon upon the zeal of a man who, from the post to which you have ele vated hint, aspires only to descend towards you, resting upon the sentiments of his heart, and on the conscious ness of having faithfully fulfilled his duty. _How happy • and brilliant , will that day be for Spain, when having strengthened the throne and insured our liberty and in stitutions, wo are able to give to Isabella 11. the country flourishing, powerful, respected, and worthy of the sceptre of a Queen of Spain, in saying to her, " Madam, it is the work of good and loyal Spaniards."' The Duke of VICTORIA,. Regent of the Kingdom. ANTONIO GONZALES. (Countersigned) Madrid, Oct. 18, 1841. SPAIN. The . EsEcrtador of the llth instant, says : It - app - ars that the young Queen and her sitter passed the whole evening of the 7th without food, be cause the attendants on duty could not bring them their ordinary repast. The Gouvernante of her Ma jesty and the Infanta gave most admirable proofs of presence of mind and firmness on this memorable occa sion. The moment she heard the firing she hurried to.the.Queett's apartment, which she reached while the Halberdiers were preventing the assailants from ascend ing the last flight of stairs. The Gouvernante and all the Ladies of Honour in attendance used every effort to pacify and console the Queen and her sister by the most tender and judicious care. All the men servants on duty conduct ed themselves with equal fidelity and circumspection. One faithless servant might have rendered the heroic defence of the Halberdiers of no avail, by pointing out to the conspirators the way to the back staircase, but not one such was to be found. The Alcade, M. Caceres, was very hard pressed, by the threats of the invaders, to show them the way ; but he declared that every other avenue had 'been carefully closed up. The Queen's Guardian • hid ordered a detailed account of all the events and features of this distressing night to be drawn up from the testimony of eye-witnesses. He has ordered the Queen's gentlemen-in -waiting, the Marquis de Povaz and M. Sanchez Torres, to be disgraced, for having ac companied Gen. Concha, and distributed wine among the accomplices. They will both be brought to trial. The Guardian has also dismissed the Count de Tequena, who was afterwards seen with the rebels at Arcc vada ; and at the same time, without absolutely con demning him, has given orders that the Caunt's father, the Duke de la Race, shall be suspended. from his ser vices us n'ne of the Queen's Gentlemea. of. Honour. The same measure has been applied to the Marquis de Malpica. The Guardianlrigidly selects and preserves in attendance on her. Majesty only such persons as can be fully relied on for their fidelity. The Guardian, in the name of . the Queen, has presented a swor d to each of the officers of the lialberdiers.' PORTUGAL. )3y the Montrose steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday morning, with the Peninsular mails, we have received a file of papers from Portugal and the south of Spain. The Montrose left Gibraltar on the 14th, Cadiz on the 15th, Lisbon on the 18th, and Vigo on the 20th instant. LIMN, OCT. 18.—After a protracted debate in the Senate, during which much angry feeling was displayed by sonic of the members of the Opposition, the repeal of the decree of the 16th of January, 1537, relative to the differential duties or bounty, in favour of Portuguese shipping, was on the 14th inst. carried by a majority of twelve votes, thirty-six members only being present. This enactment will come into operation three months after the date of this publication (which will be in the course of this week) for ports in Europe and North America, and six months for other ports. The Opposition Journals are furious at this decision, which they consider as giving a death blow to Portuguse navi gation, and putting an end to the prosperous trade now carrying on with Great Britain. Notwithstanding all the advantages anticipated by these differential duties, it seems, that no more than 40 Portuguese vessels have brought cargoes of British manufactured goods to thi s port during the last year, and these entirely of the most valuable kind, upon which the shippers received large sums ; these will now be paid into this Treasury. It has beencalculated, that by the continuance of such a sys tem, the national revenue would be deprived of at least 50 ationa contos de reis (about 11,50C1 sterling) p er annum, to the benefit of; and merely toinsure freight s to, 40 n l vessels in the conveying . trade from Great Biitain. In the Chamber of Peputies, on Tuesday last, a select Committee was chosen to revise the plan of 211. Jose Bernardo da Silva Cabral, which propo ses t h at one-third of the members of the Senate be elected by Royal nomi nation, and for life. The Government, it ,is f limior§t oo d , will not contract for the &lemmas and impos'ts of the present economic year, ending Juni; 1842, atnounting by Calculation to 700 1,300 - contos, as such a negotiati on would'ha roa lize contos. No doubt exists es to the, closing of t h e c o n" by the eitd of the present month, and it is rumoured that the Ministry is now in so tottring a state as soon to bring about a partial, if not a total, change. It is reported that Brigadier l'ilarinho, ex-Governor of Mozambique, on hearing of his dismissal from that office, clandestinely retired to Bombay with a consider al4 quantity of valuable property ; two or-three vessels chartered on hi s account, however, wae., aubsequently. seized in the port by his successor, ad interim, Major Ivas da Costa Xavier. The Monarch and Implacable, ships of the line, were at Gibraltaron Thursday_ last, th e l a tter having arriv e d there from Tunis on the preceding Tuesday, leaving at that port the Gauges and Revenge British lino-of-battle ships, and four French of the same class. The Britannia, on her passage to England, passed through the Straits on the 11th inst. The Espoir, brig of war, left this on Tuesday for Cadiz and Gibraltar. Her absence from her station 'will be about three weeks, thus leaving the Tagus without a British pennant. The Marquis de ;_aldanha left this morning in the Braganza steam-packet for Cadiz, on his way to Madrid to felicitate the Regent on the failure of the attempt to subvert his Government, as well as his personal escape from premeditated assassination. Exchange on London, at thirty days' sight, scld. to 54d. per milrei. • The following is a copy of a letter of thanks from Messrs. Leigh, Paige, and Co., merchants in this city, to Captain Manoel fhomas da Silva Cordeiro, of her Most 'Faithful 11 - njesty's frigate Duqueza de Braganza, the guard. ship off Belem, for his prompt and efficient ser vices rendered in the.ease of the British brig Syren LISBON, OCT. 15. -r-Sir,—We beg leave in behalf of the owners and Mr. Edward Grills, master of the brig Syron, of London, which vessel on entering this port three days since from Newfoundland; laden with codfish, "got on shore off Pedroicos, to offer our grateful acknowledg ments for the very important ,services you were pleased to render to tho. vessel. Important, i nasmuc h as we be lieve them to li_tve been mainly instrumental in removing her from a situation, very perilous as 'it was, but which with such adieavy cargo on board would have,been in creased tenfold had she not been drawn off promptly by the Very efficient assistance so kindly given. Permit us to repeat the 'offering of our best thanks. " And' we have the honour to remain, &c. " LEIGH, PAIGE, and Co. ' ENCROACHMENT OF THE SEA The following letter, from the Secretary of the South Eastern Railway Company, on the subject of the late encroachment of the sea at Dovor, has been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir—My .attention has been called to an article which appeared in your journal of Thursday last, under the above title. While I admit that a quantity of chalk, forming. what is technically termed a spoil bank, being the excavation from the east face of the Shakspeare-tunnel, has been washed away by the excz•edingly high tides which oc curred during the last springs, I beg most distinctly to deny that the platform referred to in the above article forms any part of the line of • railway, and further that any injury has been done to the works in connexion therewith. it is rather ambigiously hinted that the damage has been aggravated by the subtraction of beach or shingle, which it is alleged the Company are using in the forma tion of the sea-wall. This is a matter of opinion., which, as an unprofessional man, I am not competent to argue ; I can, therefore, only meet it with facts. The prevalence of south-west winds this year has been much greater than usual. This is the only quarter which brings beach to the mouth of the har bour. The bar has been more frequently a perfect bar rier to the free use of the harbour, and therefore the sluices have been "run" to a greater extent this year than in any year since their completion. It so happened that on Saturday night the Ostend and Calais mail packets were unable to enter the harbour, and yester day morning the English mail-packet for Calais was un able, within an hour after high-water, to get out of the harbour, in consequence of the bar, and yet it is alleged that no beach, in comparison frith other years, has come eastward of the great fall of Round Down Clitf. I have to apologise for intruding to this extent on your columns, and also for the tardiness of my notice ; but I felt that nothing short of personal examination and in quiry could be put in competition with a statement pub lished in so influential a journal as The Times. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. . YEAT South Eastern Railway Office, S 10, Cole- S, Secretary. man-street. Oct. 25, 1841. GLORIOUS CONSIS-ttliev-i.m THE LAW. At the close of the recent rogistr ster, the Revising Barrister (M a long and rather elaborP• tio, the right of 1(10- of Parliam e nt man, ho" Ation for Westmin- T. J. Arnold) delivered .e judgment on the vexata ques -gers to vote at elections for Members The case was that of Thomas Swat ..o claimed in respect of the occupation of " a ...se." The claimant, in fac..t, only occupied the first floor of the house (consisting of two rooms) and a kit chen; and these rooms were used by him for the purposes of a dwelling. The remainder of the house was let out in lodgings, and the landlord occupied no part of it. The value of the rooms was more than sufficient, and Mr. Swat man had made the usual claim to be rated, in order to en able him to claim the franchise. There was but one street door to the house, and of this door each occupier had a key. These were the facts of the case and the only question arising upon those facts, was whether the premises occu- ; pied by the c l a i man t const i tute d " a house " within the meaning of the Reform Act ? The Learned Barrister, in giving judgment, cited a vast number of cases, deci sions, and authorities, showing clearly that, by the criminal law, Mr. Swatman's premises would, under the circumstances stated, be deemed •` a house ;" that is to' say, in an indictment for a burglary committed in his rooms the crime must be laid as having been committed in his "dwelling-house." A civil case was also cited, in which an analogous decision was come to, after argu ment and full consideration, by the Court of Common Pleas. And Mr. Arnold concluded as follows :—" It is, therefore, I think, manifest that both in civil and criminal proceeding, the claimant in this instance may be considered ns in the occupation of a dwelling-house,' and as the Reform Act confers the franchise on the occupier of any house' of acertaiu value, it is not easy to see why a party who does occupy what is in law a house fur so many pur poses, should not be considered as doing so for the pur pose of obtaining the franchise." Now, after this com mon sense commentary, it will be supposed that the Learned Revising-Barrister, following the high autho ritieS he had cited, would have decided that Mr. Swatman did, in law, occupy a house; but it appears that because his predecessors had uniformly decided against such claims, the Learned Gentleman, in the teeth of his own strongly-expressed opinion, thought it more advisable to adhere to precedent, and accordingly rejected the claim. The arguments and decision in this case must then pre sent to the mind of every plain common-sense person, i. e. of every person un-learned in the law, the unseemly anomaly that for the purpose of hanging a man the law deems a lodger to be a householder, .whilst, for the pur pose of conferring a mere civil right, the law will not al low that he is so. The inconsistency of the law is nearly as proverbial as its uncertainty. -- ADDITIONAL EQUITY JUDGES. Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Wig am the two new Equity Judges, or Vice-Chancellors, appointed agree ably to the Act of last Session, commence their functions next term, which puts a period'to the Exchequer Equity Court ; but the Act contained clauses prescribing the course to be pursued regarding Exchequer Equity suits undisposed of. The Lord Chancellor is empowered to appoint one of these new Vice-Chancellors to preside for him in the Court of Chancery whenever he may require such relief t thus the Lord Chancellor will have increased opportunities to attend to the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords. We understand the building in Lincoln's-inn Old square, described in The Sea of yesterday for the new Equity Courts, is intended only to be temporary, until a permanent building of a more architectural character can be erected. The expedition with which the present building has been carried up is extraordinary, six weeks only being allowed from the time of its commencement to its completion. The La . w Courts of Westminster Hall hare long been the subject of complaints from Judges and Counsel, and all those who have occasion to attend them, of the very defective system of ventilating them, and of securing pure air. Nor was the impurity of the atmosphere, as far as resulted from crowds being congregated tozether, the only annoyance ; it was often increased by smells that seemed to proceed from sewers, y e t none were known to be near ; but as the Courts w ere new, hav ing blameas been . built thrown (b ontheir S irJl n Soaue) only a f ew years ago, construction, a n d t h ere the affair generally rested. Latterly, the evil has been more seriously, or rather, more scientifically, i nvesticrated, the nuisances and annoyances having by no means diminished as time advanced. Dr. Reid, who accomplished the her culean task of purifying the gouse of Commons, of mak ing that atmosphere healthy whi c h the present Earl of Dundonald said, " would poison the devil," has now un dertaken the reform, in this particular, of all these Law Courts. There have long been men at work under the various courts, altering the walls and vaults, stopping or diverting drains that had offensively intruded, affixing iron pipes to be heated with water, and building an engine for the purpose of securing the regular ventilation of each Court, and the correction of impure atmosphere, or the supplying of cool or warm air as may be required by the state of the weather. With the approaching term, which commences iu November, will be begun the extensive system of ventilating and purifying the Law Courts thus in progress ; and to complete works that are on such an extraordinary scale, the hrickla).ers, masons. carpenters, engineers, &c., are required to labour day and night, and they have been so at work for several weeks past. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, —Yesterday the half -yearly election of children this asylum took t c place de at d b t y he th L e o s n i d ib o s n e T ri t b tv e e rs rn a , n a d nd f . r of t h numerously e l nfait • acan didates. The chair was taken by Charles Brown, Esq. ire l: nsd o wset _ The list contained the names of seventy-five candidates, out of which •twenty-five were to be elected. From the Report it appeared that there ate at present 159 infants in the establishment at Dalston, and that two had been admitted by payment since the last election, making a total, with the day's election, of MG children. A large increase of subscribers lied taken place since the first stone of the new asylum at Woodford was laid by hhz Royal Highness Prince Albert. The funded capital of the Asylum amounts to:nearly 9,0001. The prosperous state of the funds was greatly attributed to the energy .of a committee of ladies. Between three and four o'clock the names of the successful candidates w ere an nounced,when'the business terminated. A culprit being asked what he had to say why sen t e nce of. death should not be record e d aga i nst replied—" Ile had nothing to say, as too much 4 : 3 been said about it already." P 1 / 1 4' NT INTO- STTN • / CHARTISTS AND CORN-LAWS. There are very few persons who can sec -on inch before their 'noses, who have been iuduced to be:icve that the Cora -law does Lot greatly augment and oggrz - .- vate the distress of the poorer classes, even tuppusing they think that the di:Etre:ls primarily arises ouc of other and dceFer causes in the CGl:Stitutiou and government of society. Weil, then, it this be so, why, in the 'name of common sense, should any men be so stupid as to play the game of the plunderers, by checking or divert ing the assault. - that is now being made upon them, through the sides of this bread.tlx, by the "League;" and, above al', why 'should any be to il-mannered and so barbarous as to force themselves into meetings called for the purpose of increasing. the opposition to the bread•tax, and by noise and riot put a stop to the proceedings ? If there he any who do not approve of the object for w!,:eli such Meetings arc called, they have, no doubt, the righi•of going thither, of stating their reasons for not approving, and of movinz such resolutions as they may deem fit ting ler carrying out their owu purpose. But lam now speaking of persons who arc opposed to the Corn law—who look upon it as a most unjust and iniquitous thing, employed by the lacdowners to take from eighty to a hundred millions a year out of the pockets of the rest of the country, and at the same time to limit, in an almost incredible degree, the fields for our national in dustry and enterprise. For such persons to do any thing which tends to perpetuate this law, is the exek.ss of stupidity. I may be told that the object which these persons have io disturbing the Corn-law meetings is misrepre sented. Their object is not to uphold the Corn-low, but to obtain the Charter. Is it ? Then it is much to be desired that they would adopt a more rational plan of procedure. It does not say much in favour of their notions of the Charter, that they may imagine noise and rioting to be the fitting means for obta'ning it. No ; the Charter needs and will have -"no such auxiliaries as they.. At the time when there was rea son to believe that the Chartists could, by their nntn hers and their moral character, influence tlze public mind, it was all very right and proper for them to make Anti-Corn-law meetings, or any. other meetings, contributive to their great object, by di recting the attention of the public to the chief cause of the Corn-law iniquity, and of most other iniquities We stiffer from ; namely, to the imperfect constitution of the House of Commons, and the vices of class legislation. But that influence is, for the present, lost ; and it has been lost, moreover, by the folly ar d wickedness of the very same description of persons as thew who are 'now, on the plea of serving the cause of Chartism, disr , usria tz all reasonable and right-feeling pcoph, by their inClee.it intrusion and violent conduct at, the •Auti-Coro-low meetings. We - believe there is but little fear that the examl)le of such men as these will have any influence Upon the working classes getlerally. If a sense of interest did, not induce them to repudiate such proceedings, their sense of decorum, and their general good and correct feeling, would do so.—Carpenter's Weekly Political Letter.- THE LEICESTER FRAME-Wt nk KNITTERS AND THE DUKE OF RUTLAND. A mating of frame-work knitters was he d a t Leicester, lately, in consequence of certain statements made by the Dike of R u tl an d at t h e meeting of the Waltham Agricultural Society. Mr. W. 13uneher, a working man, was appointed to the Chair. Mr. Charles Voss, Mr. Joseph Brooks, and Mr. James Farmer, were requested to attend, and the following oxamiration - oc those three took place : Have you, prior to the late borough election, heel t in interview with the Duke of Rutland at the buttl_i n t,.. house of Messrs. Clarke, Mitchell, Philips, and s m i t C? —We have. Did you consider yourselves is the ties at that i n t erv i ew ?-- s. No• WO • L Mr. Capacity of depu- P were sent fo r by Did you, in a-----rsswsw• to the Duke, or any other in fluential per‘y the. the trade t •. present, state it to be the opinion of attvl4 ,,, every reduction in the price of corn was • with a similar reduction in the price of -frame s. .urk knitting labour 2—(By Voss) No, I stated it to be my opinion that if the Corn-laws were repealed the manufacturers would lower the price of labour, and that many others held a similar opinion. Do you believe your opinion to he held by'the trade generally ?—No; I believe the frame-work knitters, as a body, desire the repeal of the Corn-laws, and think they would be benefited by such repeal. (To James Farmer) Were you at the interview with the Duke and others ?—I was. Read the Leicester Journal, and state to the meet ing whether the construction put by the Duke upon the answer of Voss be strictly correct.--No ; Voss stated that if the Corn-laws were repealed the manu facturers would lower the price of labour, but did not give that as the opinion of the trade. What inference generally did you draw from the Duke's conversation as regards the condition of the working classcs?—l was so disgusted that I wished myself cut of their presence. The Duke stated we wero improvident ; that our wages were equal to those of farm labourers, in consequence of factories being open , for the reception of children ; that on visiting the workisg classes in a village near Leicester, he was surprieei, to find them eating white bread. (To the meeting) What is your opinion as to the ex isting Corn-laws?—That they arc unjust and oppres sive, and ought to Le repealed. (To Mr. Voss) Do you retain the opinion given by you to the Duke ?—I do; nevertheless, I should like to see the Corn-laws repealed. QUALITIES NECESSARY TO SUC CESSFUL QUACKERY. Ignorance, impudence, and assurance, are the car dinal qualities which arc indispensable to successful quackery ; and they are qualities which are generally found in close alliance with each other. The man of education, or of a cultivated mind, will never make a successful empiric. Indications of science would, every cow and then, be oozing out, which would prove fatal to his assumed character. Impudence and assurance are still more esstntial to successful quackery. If the charlatan were to betray the slightest symptoms of con fusion or embarrassment, either when a patient is dying in.his hands, or has already expired through the effects of his medicine or his treatment, he is manifestly in competent fcr the office he has undertaken. His failure is a matter of moral certainty. He must view ail such (be en ! g n i y t o aff i r m, and r t c h u l t. t r e t n h e e e p s a a r s t i n e s i a tte werers i o n ! . c t o h n e r l s a e s , t a s o t d ag n e n o b f l u d s i h s s i en, tl c very verge of the grave, however little themselves o u n derfriends h is c t a n r a e y . ha i v icu es l u e s q pe u c a t e e k d b i e t, a before sk ed being by any o ne placed n e the disease under which his patient labours, his impudence must come to his aid, and be must protest, with all the confidence of an oracle, that it is a particular malady, giving it some name or otntr, no matter whether the terms employed are to be found in medical vocabularies or cot. In fact, it is generally the wisest and safest course to invent some jargon for the occasion ; only taking care that the words flow fluentlpfrotn the mouth. The more strange and unintelligible indeed the terms made use of so much the better. --Lights and Shadows of London Life, by the Author of "The Great Ilfetropolit.', _ELANCIIOLY AND 'SUDDEN DEATIL—We cave rarely had a more painful task to perform than falls to our lot this week. On the! morning of the fair (Wed nesday last), the overseer (foreman) of our printing es tablishmmt returned, as usual, to his duties at nine, o'clock, after breakfast. We happened to be is the office at the time, and observed, on his. entrance, that he looked rather - pale. .lle immediately addressed us, saying,.:-.-'. I have just witnessed a most brutal spectacle. I have been walking through the cattle fair. When in King-street, I saw a man Wit h bc a , knobbed stick ferociously strike an ox on the back of ve t rn. head; the poor animal reeled and spun round, s n e „,.. I times, then fell, and I left it bleeding frightfully r''!4' quite mote: nose, apparently dying ; it has made me (liiu subject„ After a little further conversation on the sa a n uiessengeqw we left the office ; in less than five minutess,e, and stated i ran from the printing-offices into the u. i chair, and.,d was instantly on the spot; he was placed ilies were quickly, :II was for a feW minutes sensiblevi surreon, wile . had applied by Mr. Robert Archibald, nie b d him horee; ,- ' ,, . that Mr. 'M'Alister had fallen down! 111rednic:1 assistanc(vti; Ned in ; he was ininc, tes when Dr. Blecek Lye was calle d time , he was citwa. him placed in. a put to bed, but by this . i onounced his case to .. diately gentlemen pi insensible; the medical , cbbiag fast--before three" be hopeless, as life was then 1 pears that die nerves had re-. equilibrium, plunged his family into great; o'clock he was a corpfsicyhleatnsJdi uenlecshe had witne sse d , ceived such a shock by consequently death ens I led serum on the brain. This - from gradual has sudden bereavemen t .i ee d, so generally was he esteemed, by coupled with a afffietion ; and 'flriends and acquaintances, for he had. acolualrdgenoctirr(c' previousi.c.tllsreitaise,of the heart, that the s y, t , Ta ~ Hertford Times through i period o f the been overseer years, that his unexpected decease has of nearly ten which his upright character and: ~, sympathy created • .. well deserved.—fierefordTimes. • ble disposition j amiable EN DEATH OF A ENV.--.Cyst evening ..,VDD held at the Coach and Horses h'• n inouest was pu le- -. a ii„. l l. .stree t, Whitechapel, before Mr. Baker, the house, 1 ,„ remains of llyam Hy • Coroner, on the amas, an aged JQW, who expired suddenly on the morning before. From the evidence adduced it appeared that some months • . who w a - e• - before the deceased, as b ias, critter and dealer 'in that article, had a bad fall, 'by which he fractured _ one of his ribs, and for which he had been in the London Hospital • for some ' time. This had much impaired•his general health, and latterly he had com plained a good deal of pains in his bead. On Sunday , mornin , r lie was seized with his in the street, andfelr, but did not appear to have hurt himself much. He was carried up stairs- and put to bed, and expired in . about three' hours afterward.s. Verdict, U Accidental death." During the inquiry the street in.front of the ~ public-house where it was going on was thronged with Jews, and the instant it was over the remains of the de- ,. ceased were taken away for interment, the practise with , :, the Jews being to bury their dead 24 hours after cleaLii, •-, and that time being exceeded by a few hours, they. , .r seemed much annoyed about it. .• 0 , - The most remarkable' - bteach made by . the gncititsiies Thames was in 1703. It - broke through the banks a t Dagen ham, in Essex, and laid 5,000 acres under water.