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THE SUN, LONDON, SATU RDA y EVENING NOVEMBER ; 1849 ing Eno as to the course you think it well to adopt. I charged with disturbing the audience at Drury-lane doubt if you will find the committee very good s( curity. i Theatre. You must look to me." Thi s bore the date of the 18th Police-constable, 102 A, stated that lest night he was Of Jane. The letter of the 14th of July e ont e ieed the called into the theatre to quell a disturbance, when he following:—" You wish to di ate upon an imaginary found the prisoner standing on one of the seats, and be fund=l have paid more than I have received; but I f having himself in a most violent manner. Ho pulled send you 15/." In the defence it was contended that the him down and requested bim to be quiet, but instead of piaintiirs bill proved that the defendent was not liable, obeying bias be seized hold of his arms, and protested and indeed Lord Denman said that there was no item in that be would have him transported, lie then took him it to show that the plaintiff had at the outset received a into custody retainer from the defendant. The first item spoke of The defendant denied the charge, and explained that receiving instructions from Mr. Atherley, the lath.er•na he got up on the seat to see what was the matter, a ring law of Jones, to attend at Neegato in order to see him, having been formed at the back of the orchestra for a aed to take instructions for his &flew, of taking in- fight between two gentlemen (?) The theatre was very structions from Jones as to obtaining bail, of conic/turn- I crowded, and much confusion prevailed; but it would eating with the defence committee as to the defence of have subsided had the police interfered to a more dis the prisoners, and of conferring with them as to the re- cruet manner. quisite funds: also that at a meeting of the defence com- Two friends and a brother of the defendant confirmed mittee he was requested to take his instructions from this statement, but of course their testimony went for the defendant. Then there was the evidence of members nothing as egainst the police, who certainly had not of the committee. It was sheen that on the 23d of displayed the best of feeling towards there young men. June last the plaintiff and defendant w ere present at one M r . If eenv sa id t h e public complained a good deal of the meetings, and that when the defendants learned of the disturbances got up!by a few individuals in places that the plaintiff had been retained, he said had he been of amusement, and something must be done to put a in town he should not have employed him, as he was a stop to the practice. young man and not sufficiently es t a er n mee d t o be Tbe defendant observed that the place was very entrusted with such a case, and that he would only be crowded, and that he was not the cause of the disturb• answerable for the money he might receive. ance. Mr. Justice ERLE drew attention to the fact that this Mr. HENRY had no doubt, in the excitement of the Conversation was subsequent to the former letter its the moment, the defendant enjoyed the confusion much, same month. which tended most likely to increase it; but he must Mr. Sergeant SIIEE said it nevertheles s su pp or t e d t h e b e taug h t to know better, and be should therefore defence. Then Mr. Hewett, the defendant's secretary, inflict a fine of 5/.. or a month's imprisonment. preyed that the plaintiff called upon the defendant at his The fine was paid. residence at Notting•bill, and that the plaintiff told him An elder brother of the lest defendant was charged the same. Again, letters were put in from the plaintiff te with having obstructed the police in tic executions of the committee, of which the defendant was not a weeder their duty. asking for money, which he said was urgently require( Police-cons!able 72 A, stated that after the last fur the defence of the prisoners, and also acknowledgiui prisoner had been taken into the staeien-house at Bow the receipt of money from the committee. street, the present defendant came up and pushed Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the Court would consui against bins in a very rough manner. Lord Denman. The defendant protested that he did no such thing. He went quietly up to the station, and told the police that be was the brother of the prisoner they had just arrested, and lie was anxious to go in and See him. Mr. HENRY gave no credit to this reasonable explana tion, but fused the defendant 40s. or a fortnight's im prisonment. The fine was paid. The defendant, before` quitting the court, wished to ask the magistrate whether ho thought it right that a policeman, whose number he had taken, wai justified in saying to him, a hen ha inquired what his brother was charged with, "It would serve you d—d well right if you were lacked up too." Mr. Ileeinv—C, rtainly not. The inspector said the complaint of the defendant would be made known in the proper quarter and inquired '.rite. PRATT V. . Thil wa s an action tried at H the ANBURY last Middlesex sittings, before Lord Denman, when a verdict was found for the defendant. It was an action brought by a publican named Pratt, to recover compensation in clarnagf s from !he Messrs. Hanbury, the well-known brewers, for false imprisonment. A person named Press, in their employ, left a barrel of ale at the house of the defendant, in order that he might ascertain who it was for, he having fey gotten, and not wishing to subject himself to a line which was imposed by his employers for such negli gence. The barrel was stationed in a conspicuous part of the house, the plaintiff having, before it was left, asked Press if he had the usual ticket, to which he replied he had not. The plaintiff and Press were charged with stealing the barrel of ale, but he was im • mediately acquitted, and brought this action to clear his character. Mr. JAMES now applied fur arule fora new trial on the ground that the plea was amended by his Lordship by the erasure of the words " stolen by some person unknown," and tho insertion of the words "stolen by Thomas Press." Ile contended the amendment completely altered the course which the plaintiff intended to pursue, and that it was far beyond the limits of amendment recognised by the law. The COURT said the recent statute gave Judges at nisi prius full power to amend matters not vitally im portant to the case, among which might be classed the amendment in this case. The plaintiff must have known litat the person unknown was Press. The application was therefore refused. THE QUIET HOUR. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Listen, listen, sounds are stealing Tiptoe on the balmy air; Eve, her rainbow robe revealing. Blushes through the twilight lair, Whilst dreamy voices, toueh'd with Pleasure's pain, Hum their sweet inemse through the yearning brain Listen, listen, Etrearni are singing Down amid the amber glade; Fairies perfumed bells are ringing, The night• bird trills from out the shade: Shall not our silent soul.s awake to move In unison, when all around is love? EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, at Westroirstcr, before tiro LORD Ciii BARON, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, and Mr. Baron LOLYE T. J. OUSELEY, Week ending HUNGARY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is necessary to watch the pro-Haynau press closely, and every now and then expose a few out of the millions of false statements and inferences with which it is attempted to mislead the British people. - A morning paper of to-day has its usual article from " our own correspond e nt," who, d a ti ng f rom Szegedin, ingeni ous l y contrives to introduce just one casual word (" accidentally done on purpose"), hoping, doubtless, that it would "pass in the crowd,' and poison some readers' mind who might happen not to be " up " in the Hungarian question. This word is " repeal." Kossuth is said to have attempted the " repeal " of the " union," ingeniously assuming that an " union " existed between Austria and Hungary. Now, no such " union " ever existed !! ! (as you, Sir, well know !) Kossuth did not attempt to " repeal" the union, but to prevent an absorption of a despotism.--Yours ever, Nov. 2, 1849. VERITAS. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION 'WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kosszah's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. • Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; onto any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... ,£1,119 11 7 A Few Friends to the Hungarians, Plymouth, per Mr. E. Brown ... Collected at Liverpool, and remitted by Eyre Evans, Esq., per Lord Dudley Stuart .. Total ... 1 0 0 ... 33 1 0 . £1,153 12 CHOLERA AND DIARRIREA ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrllce4 reported to the General Board of Health November 2, 1849 : SUPERINTENDENT-REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. Belford Union... Bradford (Manningham) ... Bridgewater ... Crediton ~. ••• ~, Dartford (Horton Kirby) ... Doneaiter (Barnborough distriet)— Dudlcy, Sedgley, End Rowley Regis ... ••• ... Falmouth (Constantine) ~, Knaresborough ~. ~, Lanca‘ter 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 0 1 Leeds ... ..• ••• Leydon (Paden district) Liverpool Marlborough (Broad Hinton) Newcastle-on-Tyne Penzance (Churchtown) St. Column Major (Newlyn)... .itaniford (Coliyweston) Stourbridge and Kingswinford Tenterden lilvcrstone ••• •• Wal,all (Borough) .. West Bromwich ••, hitehaven Windsor (King's-road) 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 Total SCOTLAND. Bo'rzess . Ilawick Total . GENERAL TOTAL. England and Wales ... Scotland ... ..• 3 36 13 3 0 Total ... 39 13 NOTE.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found practicable to distinguish every place separately. RAIL WA Y RETURNS RAILWAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Last week. JULLIEN'6' PROMENADE CON CEnTS AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night Al. Jullien commenced his annual concert campaign at this theatre, and we have to complain that this said annual concert campaign of M. Jullien is always too short, never extending beyond six vaeks, often only lasting for a month, whereas its duration should be for three months at least. The orchestra is full and complete as ever, and all the old celebrities, Keenig, Baumann, Collinet, Prospere, &c., are there, whilst we have in addition Herr Adolphe liicenig, first horn player to the King of Bavaria (who bids fair, judging from his performance on the valve horn last evening, to rival his brother on the cornet•a-piston). Mr. Pratten, whose purity of tone and facility of execution on the flute we have never heard surpassed, and Herr Somers, a first-rate per former on the saxophon. Madlle. Jetty Treffz is also engaged, and lest night she sung " Batti I3atti," from Don Giovanni, with exquisite grace, and on being encored she substituted for it the English ballad " Home, sweet home," which we have never heard so exquisitely, so feelingly rendered as it was last evening by Jetty Treffz. In the second part she sung the celebrated Trap Trap, in which of course she was rapturously encored. The great novelty of the evening was the selection from Le Prophete, in which Herr Adolphe Koenig performed on the valve horn the romanzs, "Ta pauvre Mere," and Mr. Pratten on the flute, " Pour Bertha le soupir," with great taste, accuracy, and effect. The selections comprised all the most favourite airs of the opera, and concluded with the (Anise des Patineurs, in which Jullien seemed to revel. Among the solo performers of the evening we must nut omit to mention Mr. V. Collins, whose performance of last night would be alone sufficient to aecure for him a place among the foremost violinists of the day. Between the parts the National Anthem was played. Its repe tition was demanded, and the demand was at once com plied with, it was re demanded, and Jullien substituted " Rule Britannia," which was received with immense applause. In the interval between the parts some members of the swell mob attempted to get up a row for the purpose of picking pockets, and endeavoured to make a rush through the promenade ; the police, however, were in attendance, and the pickpockets and their disorderly companions were expelled from the theatre. The conduct of the gents at public places has of late been an intolerable nuisance, and we trust that the magistrates will, in all cases of this nature which may be brought before them, inflict imprisonment instead of a fine. If it were once generally known that imprisonment was the inevitable consequence of engaging in a "row" at a place of public amusement, the swell-rnobsmen and their allies, the disorderlies, would cease to create disturbances. The fittings up of the promenade are in exquisite taste, and the ar rangements as to refreshments are admirable. The theatre was crammed to suffocation in every part. guilt--its compunctious visitings of " the worm that never dies"--and its guilty stricken terrors, yet she has certainly given a representation of it that is superior to that of any other actress we have seen since the days of Siddons—that is, as far as the first two acts are rendered by her ; for her personation is unequal. The great feature of Miss Cushman's Lady Macbeth is, that she deals in no subtle abstractions in her interpretation of the part—all is as plain as a problem in Euclid, worked out by a master. She finds the Lady Macbeth of the Poet " a bold, bad woman"— and such she renders her to the audience. There are no half measures with her—no hesitating on the means to be used to acquire her object —no compunc tions stop her. She actually does overpower her less firm husband by the "intensity of high intellect, bold spirit, and lofty desires"—all which qualities are ren dered as palpable by Miss Cushman, in every word and action, as if the spectator was literally anatomiz ing the inmost secrets of her heart and mind. From the moment she reads the announcement of the pro mised honours by the witches, to the final catastrophe which places the "golden round" upon her husband's head, she is the same. Ever, the passage—" Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I would have done it," which the critics quote as affording the only proof of Lady Macbeth's humanity of feeling —was given by her with an intensity of desperate firmness, as if she were above the ordinary feelings of our nature. It was absolutely a thrilling exposition of the text—entirely new. In carrying out her conception, she gave many other equally new and striking read ings, which we cannot pause to enumerate. One how ever we must note from its surpassing power and beauty. She invokes the "spirits" arm " murdering ministers" as if she were indeed holding communion with them—and were in truth "transported beyond the ignorant present." The whole passage is con ceived and executed with a sublimity almost incon ceivable —unless witnessed. We were glad to see her retain the old reading of— " We fail?" - as a scornful interrogation, implying a negative. 'We have always thought that Mrs. Siddons erred in giving it affirmatively. The context— " But screw your courage to the sticking place And we'll not fail, clearly warrants, in our mind, Miss Cushman's read ing of the passage. We have left ourselves but little space to notice the latter portion of her Lady Macbeth. It lacked, to our notion, the salutary monition, which extracted from a learned member of the Church the expression, that he had received a clearer exposition of the coin mandment— " Thou shalt do no Murder," from the acting of Siddons and Kemble in the closing scenes of this play, than he had ever obtained from any erudite annotation on the divine injunction. Miss Cushman does not yet convey the remorse and com punctious visitings of conscience, that may be pre sumed to accompany great crime. Even her dream scene is but the re enacting of the dreadful reality, with similar intensity and despair. We are willing to believe that Miss Cushman has not yet thoroughly worked out her own conception. She seems only to have completed two acts. Let her but bring all her genius, and commanding powers of intellect and exe cution to the concluding portions of the part, and it will be one of the most wonderful exhibitions of his trionics that the modern stage has witnessed. Miss Cushman has added Mariana in the Wife, and Julia in the Hunchback, to the list of parts played this week. We have not seen them, and we regretted to see them announced. There are charac ters in the drama in which she can safely defy all comparison and competition. There are others where comparison would he fatal to her. These she should avoid. The public are looking for her Queen Catherine, Bianca, Meg Merrilies, Romeo, Hamlet, and other parts in which her transcendent excellence has been unequivocally acknowledged. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk this morning, in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony ex ercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt. mg this morning, attended by Lieutenant Colone, Ron. A. Gordon. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening. Lieutenant• Colonel Hon. A. Gordon has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duty as Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). THE NEW MONTHLY. The New Monthly opens with the continuation and conclusion of Horace Smith's " Posthumous Memoir of Myself" —a narrative the title of which would seem to indicate a companion work to the celebrated Armoires d'outre Tombe of Chateau briand, but which, in fact, is merely the imaginary reminiscences of a victim of hasty interment. The feelings of the buried man as he lies in his coffin in the vault, and hears the striking of the clock over head, are de.scribed with a horrible vraisemblance. The princi,,al articles in this number of the New Monthly relate to foreign scenes, such as " A Drift Log on the Mississippi;" " The Spirit of Change in Southern Europe ;" " A Fortnight on the Loire ;" " Dr. Layard and the Last of the Chaldeans ;" " An Excursion to Niagara and Canada," &c. " Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour" is continued too long. I have had in my day! Although oftentimes awakene somewhat rudely, I only wept and dreamt again. Even at this distance of time I can rccall them. Not one, looking back through the vista of past years, and with the eye of faith—not one, could it have been realised, would have been half so safe fcr me as the path by vvhiolt I have been mercitully led, notwithstanding my frequent wanderings. It takes lung before the irritat ing grain of sand, accidenlly introduced ithi the shell of an oyster becometas a pearl—before w the n bird learns its new sweet notes in darkness and solitude; but the pearl and the song at last appear at last to enrich and refrosti others with beauty and melody. " Well may we pray with the poet— " ' 0 grant us n the We blindly a s k ; in very love refuse ill Whate'er thou know'st our weakness would abuse.'" ___--,-...,--_---- THE PEOPLE'S AND HOWITT'S JOURNAL. The illustrations in this journal are somewhat im- proved, and the literary contents are excellent. " Th e Secret of Success" is a short but very suggestive article, worthy of being remembered. L teaches no new truth, but one that cannot be too often repeated —that the secret of success is contained in one word, Perseverance. "Thoughts on Texts f rom J ean Paul " is an excellent paper, bountifully adorned with prose and verse quotations. One of the " texts" of these remarks is the following practical lesson.:— " Do not wait for extraordinary opportunities for good actions, but make uae of common situations. A long continued walk is better than a short flight." THE JOURNAL OF DESIGN. The Journal of Design is rendered " beautiful exceedingly" by the profusion of elegant designs which adorn its pages. A paper on the Birmingham exposition of arts gives an interesting criticism on the various specimeins there exhibited, accompanied with numerous illustrative engravings. Some of these are extremely graceful. Among the specimens of various materials at the end of the Journal is a beautiful and very novel design for paper-banging. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Thursday evening determined act of self-destruction was committed at the South-Western Railway Coffee-house, in the Waterloo road, near the railway terminus, by a man of respectable appearance, whose name is supposed to be Thomson, and who, it is believed, travelled by rail on that day from Southampton or Portsmouth. The deceased had called at the coffee house for the purpose of having some refreshments, and was taken suddenly and violently ill, from what was at first supposed to be apoplexy, but subsequently a phial, which had recently contained laudanum, and which was labled "Laudanum, poison," was found upon him; and there can be no doubt that death had been caused by swallowing its contents. On the deceased's person was found a purse containing 10/. 55. 4d. in gold and silver, and not the slightest cause can be assigned for the rash act. Anderson, the parish officer, has been made acquainted with the circum stances, and he has forwarded the particulars to Mr. Carter, the coroner, that an inquest may be holden. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. A meeting of the members of this excellent society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday forenoon, for the purpose of electing four additional annuitants to the roll of pensioners belonging to the institution. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was expected to preside, but his Grace was unavoidably absent from another engagement. The Hon. William Ashley ably officiated in lieu of the Duke, and the business, which attracted together a very large company of ladies warmly interested in the institution, then procecticd. A committee of scrutineers baying been duly elected, the poll conimecced, when a long and well-contested struggle ensued, no fewer than 116 different candidates presenting themselves for only four places. At five o'clock, the scrutineers announced the result, which was as follows :—Mrs. Maria Rickards, first successful can didate for the asylum connected with the society (8,545 votes); Miss Julia Edwards, second successful candidate for the annuity fund (7,833 votes) ; Miss Ann Wright, third successful candidate, annuity fund (5,530 votes); Miss Louisa Graham Lawrie, fourth successful candidate for the asylum (3,188 votes). The impres sion which this interesting meeting left upon our mind was a painful reflection, that an institution so capable of being made efficient to promote the comforts and the well-being of so deserving a class as the governesses of London should have been obliged to present the misers blo spectacle it displayed on this occasion, of offering its benefits to only four individuals, while 112 were sent away unsatisfied. The usual complimentary votes were passed to the chairman and scrutineers, and the meeting dispersed. NEWS OF HOUSES OF PARLIAALENT.-..-Mr. Herbert has completed his fresco from Lear, in the Upper Wait ing Hall, or " Hall of Poets." That of Milton was given to Mr. Horsley, that of Chaucer to Mr. Cope, and both are finished. Mr. John Tenniel has Dryden, and is now proceeding on the wall. The artists for the re mainder are not yet named, so far as we know. Mr. Tenniel's subject is the St. Cecilia, the clever original drawing for which was lithographed by the Art-Union of London; copies were distributed as prizes. The artist has altered the composition of the foreground. Of Mr. II( rhea's fresco we must speak in warm terms; it is a noble work, full of power and beauty. In completing the decoration of the ceiling and walls of the hall, it will be necessary to have reference to the frescoes, or their effect may be considerably interfered with. Look ing in at the House of Lords, we saw Mr. Maelise hard at work, perched up in the far distant recess, wherein he has nearly finished the Spirit of Chivalry. The House of Commons is so near to completion that if it were desired it might be made ready in time for the coming session. The whole of the woodwork here, panelled ceiling, galleries, wall panellings are of polished oak, without colour or gilding, contrasted strongly with the profuse decoration of the House of Lords. The Com mons' lobby and libraries are also very nearly ready for use. Some time since. we took occasion to mention that the piles which formed the coffer-dam in front of the terrace were being drawn, and we pointed out the im policy of the proceeding and the danger which attended it. We are glad, therefore, to find that this course has been abandoned, and that the piles are now being cut off close to the surface of the ground, so us not to disturb the bottom. The ques ti on between Mr. Barry and the Government is still open; but we understand there is every willingness on the part of the latter to meet it liberally.-2'he Builder. PRESENTATION CUP TO THE LORD MAYOR.—On Thursday last, an elegant silver cup, manufactured at the establishment of Mr. Hancock, a successor of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, of Bruton -street, was presented by his ex-Majesty Louis Philippe to Sir James Duke, Lord Mayor, in testimony of the gratification experienced by his Majesty on the occasion of his visit to the Mansion house. The cup, which is in the style of the time of Queen Anne, has a shield with the initials " L. P." and the crown of France, and cn the base are panels contain ing the armorial bearings of the Lord Mayor, the private coat of arms of Sir J. _Duke, the arms of the King, and a legend commemorative of the visit to the ManEiun house. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.--A quarterly general court of, the governors was held onThursday in the board-room of the institution, Mr. Henry Hunt in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, a statement was read by the secretary, from which it ap ',eared that the balance in the banker's hands amounted to 1,148/. 14s. Bd., and the balance from the Samaritan Fund to 159/. 6s. 2d. The number of patients in the hospital last week was 232, of whom thirty-five were discharged, and four died ; 38 mere admitted during tho week, and at present there remained in the hospital 231: Within the last three months 540 cholera out patients had been attended by the medical officers of the institution, and 58 cholera patients Were admitted into the hospital. This had been done at considerable addi tional expense ; and it was hoped the public would acknowledge the relief rendered under such extraordinary and painful circumstances in a substantial manner. During the quarter, two legacies of 100/. each, be queathed by Mr. J. P owe ll P owell and Miss Limber had been paid into the funds; and a legacy of 5001. had been Lequeathed by Miss Eliza Palmer, which was not yet FA A. Upon the suggestion of the lecturers, commu nicated by Mr. Campbell De Morgan, surgeon, tho hoard resolved that a lectureship on comparative anatomy be instituted at the Middlesex School of Me dicine. The accounts having been signed, the meeting adjourned. EXTENSIVE POST- OFFICE RODDERY.—On Wed nesdayevening week a letter, addressed to J. W. notes, Gilbert, ci s t q l . e , s , L a e n t idt of trills L exchange,don, and t o the containingam o amountbank clerks at the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire . 2,056 l e . 3s. 81., was posted at Nottingham by one of the As it did not reach its destination an inquiry was imme diately set on foot, and it was soon discovered that it had been stolen. The cheques end bills being specially in dorsed to the London and Westminster Bank, could not bo negotiated, unless the thief also committed forgery; and, as the payment Wt: s promptly stopped, there is no 'car that that will be attempted. The notes comprised one of the Bank of England for 5001. (un amount too large to be meddled with), and eleven for 5/. each, of which hss b..en aEcertioed that :.even were changed he next day. o hanz Jou: nal. TrtE • lon Rifle Regiment is to he 'educed on let April, 1850, by one lieutenant-colon e l, one major, twenty-two lk.utenants, and ono quarler• muster; and the portion of the corps stationed at Hong- Kong is in future to be three companies, instead of *ix. Aberdeen .......• • • ...... Amiens and Boulogne .••• • • • •• •• • • Belfast and Ballymena...... • • • ..... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Bristol and Exeter- ...... ............ Caledonian... ............ Chester and llolyhead • Dublin and Drogheda.. •••• ......... Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • •• •• Edinburgh and Perth •• ••••• • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire ............ • • • • • • • • Eastern Union.. .... • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • • • • • • . • .. Great Northern and E. L.• • • • Great Southern and Western ........ Great Western,&c.. • • • ..... • • • • • • • . Lancashire and Yorkshire.... Lancaster and ..... Leeds and Thirsk • • • ....... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen.. • ..... London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall London and Brighton . • ......... London and South Western . ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands ..............• ........ North British • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen .. •• • ..... ........ Rouen and Havre •• ••• • •• •-•• •••• Scottish Central •••••• • • • • • •••• • • - • Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••, • • Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union •••••• • • • • • South Eastern and B ranc h es •••• • • •• • South Devon.. .. •• . • • .... Tail* Yale . ..... .................... Waterford and Limerick... •• • • • • • ... Whitehaven Junction .• • • ........ York and Newcastle . •. • • York and North Midland • • • • • • 508 1,615 442 447 3,941 7,077 1,607 434 1,274 414 710 230 865 1,021 5,071 1,766 137 41,128 790 1,128 632 9,941 9,835 ;4,743 21,938 1,256 707 3,517 1,929 15 637 ,1,541 1,377 2,661 1,013 3,333 3,827 19,329 10,583 2,556 1,300 1,480 k 325 12,253 1,519 1,849 792 132 39,828 187 12,884 7,171 636 9,076 9,813 2,805 21,447 1,184 2,578 1,047 1,284 9,223 1,561 ,2,149 865 202 13,038 7,810 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASES. &c.—FRIDAY. The Worcestershire Handicap Steeplechase of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Four miles. (47 Subs.) Mr. W. Vever's b g Vainhope, Bst 101 b ...... (Archer) 1 Mr. Storey na The Youn g ' un , 6 y rs , lOst ...(Taylor) 2 Mr. E. Hughes's Miss Collingwood, 6 yrs, lOst 71b... 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. A. Salt's The Doctor, llst 41b (Lord Strathmore)—Mr. W. S. Cartwright na Trust-me-not, lOst 121 b (Oliver) — Mr. J. Tollitt's Tippet ary Boy, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Rack ley)—Colonel Shirley's Fogleman, 6 yrs, lOst 71b (J. Darling, jun.)—Mr. Williamson's Shinrone, lOst 71b (Captain Little)—Mr. Anson's Liberty, lOst (Land) — Mr. J. Oliver's Rector, 9st 71b (Kelly). Betting-3 to 1 agat The Young'un, sto 1 agst Doc tor, 6 to 1 agst Trust-me -not, 8 to 1 agst Tipperary Boy, 8 to 1 agst Shinrone, 10 to 1 agst Fogleman, 10 to 1 agst Miss Collingwood, 17 to 1 agat Vainhope, 20 to 1 each eget Liberty and Rector. Won cleverly by a length. The Worcestershire Hurdle Stakes of 5 Boys, each, and 40 added. Heats, two miles. (5 Subs.) Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, lOst 71b Mr. Phillip's Tallyho, 1031 101 b 3 2 2 Mr. Gordon's br gby The Cardinal, 9st Three well contested heats. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 10 each agst Peep-O'Day Boy, Essedarius, Canczoo, Raby, Snowstorm, The Cock tail, Melody, Cossack, Rhesus, and Nunnykirk. DERBY.-11 to 1 agat Bolingbroke (taken freely -11 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum (taken)-12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel-13 to 1 agst Sweetheart-20 to 1 agst Italian —2O to 1 agst Clincher-25 to 1 agst Vo/tigeur-33 to 1 agat The Nigger-33 to 1 apt Penang--1,000 to 10 agst Mark Tapley (taken). NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY. THE DERBY. Deciding Course—Lord Stradbroke's Merchant beat Mr. Dobede's Damian, a:ad won the stakes. THE CUP. Deciding Course—Mr. Dobede's Desperate beat Mr. Osbuldeston's Olinda, and won the cup. THE OAKS. Deciding Course—Lord Stradbroke's Manto beat Mr. Finch's Crenoline, and won tho stakes. TIM PORT STAKES. Deciding Course —Lord Stradbroke's Mary beat Mr. Fyson's Field-Marsha!, and won the stakes. CAPE OF Goon Horn.—We have received four days' later news from the Cape of Good Hope, namely, down to the Ist September inclusive, at which date the Neptune convict-ship had not arrived. One feeling still continued to pervade all classes of the people, which was to listen to no compromise with regard to the admission of felons into the colony, but to adhere as one man to the fixed resolution to be satisfied with nothing short of the total abandonment of the whole scheme. BOTANICAL SOCI E T Y OP L ONDON. --The ordinary meeting WAS held at the So c i e ty' s - room, 20, Bedford street, Strand, lest evening; J. Reynolds Esq., treasurer, in the chair. Various donations to the Library and Her barium were announced, and some new members elected. Mr. T. Moore communicated a pal.. - cr, "On Cystopteris Dick(,ana.” The Chairman announced that the thir tctnth cnniver,sury meeting would be held on Thursday, :he 29th in3t., being the anniversary of the birth of John Ray. BEVERLEY MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—After one of the most severe contests on record, it ended in favour of all the Liberal candidates. The council now consists of 11 Liberals, 1 nondescript, and t Tories. THOAS . THOMAS. In thi s case, which M was V tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe at the last assiges for the county of Hereford, and a verdict taken for the plaintiff for 701, subject to a mo tion to enter a nonsuit, Mr. KEATING, Q.C., now moved to enter such non suit accordingly. It was an action, he said, for money had and received, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant as executrix and widow of a person named Benjamin Thomas, deceased; and the declaration only contained a count for money had and received by the testator for the use of the plaintiff. The short point in the case was whether one tenant in common can main tain an action for money had and received, against another tenant in common, there being no evidence of his being the bailiff of the tenant in any way. There was no evidence of the deceased having been in any way the bailiff of the plaintiff; nor that the parties knew their proper legal situations before the death of Benjamin Thomas. lle (Mr. Keating) submitted that an action for money had and received under those circumstances would not lie. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. GRIEVE, ADMINISTRATRIX, V. MILTON. Mr. TEMPLE said this was an action tried befere Mr. Justice Wigb tman at the last assizes at Carlisle, in which the plaintiff was nonsuited, but with liberty to move to sot aside the nonsuit and enter a verdict for 300/. On the part of the plaintiff, he (Mr. Templc)jmoved for that rule, the case being ono in which the plaintiff com plained, as widow of Thomas Grieve, against the defend ant, who is the bridge surveyor of the county of Cum berland, in respect of an accident which had deprived her of her husband, and the action was brought under Lord Campbell's Act. The deceased Thomas Grieve Was a mail-guard residing at Ayr. On the Bth of August, 1848, ho had come to Carlisle in order to give evidence on a trial there. He subsequently went from Carlisle to Wigton by rail in the eompany of one Joseph Peel, whence they went in a g i g, to a p l ace in the vicinity called the Abbey J-Lelate. On returning to Wigton, late at night, they had to cross a country bridge over the Wi ser . re on a portio n o f t h e road, within the 300 yards for th e ePairs o f w hi ch the county was liable, a heap of stones Was laid in a most dangerous position. Tho gig in Which Grieve and Peel were travelling came in contact With this heap of stones, and was overturned, and Grieve received such serious injury that he shortly afterwards died. There was no evidence as to who was the person who laid tho stones there ; and tho real question now was, whether evidence was given on the trial to c onnect Milton (the defendant) with the act of the Pers on — whosoever it was—who laid the stones in question on the road. Ile (Mr. Temple) submitted that there was evidence to show that it was the duty jof Milton (the defend an t) to have the obstruction removed, Provided t h ere was reasonable time. The defendant is eborunty bridge surveyor, and it was his duty, as such titular id surveyor, t o super i nten d th e re p a i rs o f t hi s par part f the read. Previous to the accident a aotadueit 9n the bridg e was being repaired, and the stones e qtit won were placed there for that purpose, and at rut ins tance of th e d e f en d an t, i n p er f ormance o f h is as bridge surveyor. -i2he COURT granted a rule generally. COMMON PLEAS—(TITIS DAY.) NEWNHAN V. BEAVER AND ANOTHER. Sergeant BYLES applied on the part of the de dan is for a ru l e to show cause why the Master ,L_'ould not r e l ax hi s costs in this case. The simple Vestion was whether when the owner of a tithe rent e4„arge clistrained for arrears and succeeded, the tithe T s ' t- PetyQr was bound to pay single or double costs. tLue defendants, it appeared, took out a summons to stay til'e P r oceedings, and obtained an order thereupon that T i e l ? should be discontinued on the payment of costs. th.:,kiaster taxed double costs, amounting to 1301., and th:ge,feildants had paid 501. on account, contending that ' uthe-payer could only b© called upon to pay single c osts. • The ORDSDIPS granted a rule t o s h ow cause . 11,s4fterir L hearing ano th er mot i on, which, however, was of tt's Pereu b blic: interest, the Court rose at half-pa eleven, 'meing no other busin ess b e f ore it COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) PARISTI OF ST. PA.NCRAS. r• Ross, on behalf of the commissioners of the tt 4 _ I neers' E s t ate i n the parish of St. Pancras, applied to • Court for a m an d amus di recte d to the inhabitants of o '7 Parish, t o assem bl e on t h e 21 st of November, at the .!aces of the commi ss io ners , an d se l ect certa i n commis o,,eners to'carry out a local Act re l a ti ng to th e estate. 410 eirc.imstancs under which he made the application Were these :—ln 1813 an Act was passed, providing for the paving and lighting of the parish, and directing that on the 24th of every succeeding June the inhabitants and householders residing within the limits of the parish Who had duly paid their rates, should meet and elect 31 commissioners, to execute the proviions of the Act. 'JP to the present year the election had legally and re gularly taken place, but frora inadvertence, or some °t her c ause , M r. Di xon, t h e clerk of the commission, ob r ovi as appointed in 1839, convene d t h e usual meeting June 24, which happeced to be on a Sunday, and the a 1 commissioners were elected on that day. Now, by the 4 tiel 4th William IV., chap. 32, it was enacted that every 4 e ,.:tint of a public or secular nature, held according to ti c ,"',cf Parliament or charter front the Crown on a par- C il to thzy in the year should be held en the Saturday f l ejl ee dibg or the Monday succeeding, whenever that day Sunday, and in this instance, therefore, the elec. i ' v - tl , l vaa illegal and the commissioners had not acted. t 6' w'te 11th George 1., cases like ,these occurring in till'Poration elections were directed to be provided for by sat ia n lll 3, while the 3 and 4 William IV. provided the to Prevision of the 11th of George 1., applicable only onli eor porations, should extend to every species of he i dT ol l or mistake, and in accordance with that Act ho ai ii ,f)w to more for a man d amus to amen d th e e l e ction t i r o. took place on th e 24th of last June. l ir Jslice PATTESON grant‘d a rule nisi. had : Foss had been instructed that under the Act be MrVioned th e ru l e was a b so l ute i n t h e fi rst i ns t ance . andnd • oUtitiCe P ATTESON consu l te d w i t h t h e M aster, h ing the practice was so, made the rule absolute. e abiolute accordingly. ti -601 V-STREET.—CrIiIS DAY.) 1 . 2 IsTu R Qi n BANCE AT TILE lIOLBORN CASINO : —A tall, c 'bst r - „ 1 " 61 Y attired, - young man as charged with having 411c,"aeted.the police in the x , cution of . their duty, and 'll l , , 4 clisturhance at the Holburn Casino . . srld b„:4efehdant was at the Casino de Venice last night, tOlief,'ll'g somewhat noisy, he W2S requested b . y the Ettl tog retire lie said, no one should remove him; he Paid 11. would 13 money, and stop till the entertain over•' and conduct led to se much confu te j r - „ f4t police were compelled to use force in ejecting '°11 8 ;" 41 the building and conveying him to the station ; Ttl fed e frniant d en i e d t h e charge, an d sa id t h e officious i ' l ltli ar , rice ce of the p•Alce was the caust.: of the etts• I 'llali"Ll 4 RY did not belLve him, and inflicted the full Th e jf 5 /, or a mouth's imprisonment. mlttM 't irt 'lle Was paid. litS'r NIGHT AT JULLIEN'S.—A respectably -I.°llth) named Brown, the 5 , 11 of a merchant, was ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Vol. I. Six months having elapsed, the first volume of Eliza Cook's Journal lies before us completed—a goodly volume of 416 closely-printed pages of most entertaining contributions, poetical, anecdotal, and miscellaneous. Admirably has the accomplished journalist fulfilled the promises with which she pre faced her new adventure in literature. She has our cordial felicitations. Beyond the verbal felicitations, however, of her friends and admirers, Eliza Cook possesses the agreeable consciousness of having secured the public approbation. Commencing her labours in the conduct of this charming periodical with diffiience, she may now proceed with security, familiarized with the duties of her position, and blending together in yet more harmonious congruity the effusions of her very varied and efficient corps of contributors. Al though, we presume, unacquainted at the outset with the peculiar responsibilities devolving upon the con ductor of a weekly publication, Eliza Cook, with an intuitive aptitude, such as might have been expected from her, has here afforded ample evidence that those responsibilities have been thoroughly appreciated by her, and that her appreciation of them has been rapidly developed. Of this the book before us is substantial testimony. Number after number of the Journal has appeared in due succession, each week yielding alternately the graceful essay, the imagina • tive narrative, the picturesque biography, or some metrical composition abounding with natural imageries and genial sentiment. Exceptions to this there unquestionably are, but to particularise these would be nothing less than invidious, seeing that, comparatively speaking, they are, numerically and intrinsically, altogether insignificant. What we must, nevertheless, direct attention to, as constituting the most prominent characteristics of the periodical, are the qualities flowing rather from the heart than from the head, rather from the affections than from the intellect—its generous tone, its humanizing ten dencies, its inculcation of all those nobler and gentler principles of our nature, to diffuse which is to scatter abroad a shower of inestimable, benefactions. In her newly-assumed character, Eliza Cook has been true to her " antecedents "as a poet. Addressing her readers, not in the ornate apparel of verse, but in the humble garb of prose—as a journalist—she has thought of the People. Drawing her inspirations from Nature, she has thought of the People, she has written to the People, and for the People, she has loved the People. It is M. de Lamartine who has recently said so beautifully— " I love the people because I believe in God:" Eliza Cook has experienced the exquisite charms of that golden truth ; she had recognised its existence long before it was articulated by the poet-statesman in those burning words which she might well assume as a felicitcus motto for her periodical. It is this affection for the people which has consecrated her songs in the hearts and on the hearths of the commu nity. It is this devotion to the same glorious cause which is investing her journal with popularity. She perceives and appre c i a tes the d e pth an d the delicacy, the eloquence and the earnestness, of those feelings which are the true lares of home, the true penates of family, the vitality of society, the soul of the People. Her nature is the very antithesis, the very antipodes of that which pervades the gay world in its opinion of the People—that opinion which Steer forth has expressed where he says of them, "Their delicacy is not to be shocked, or hurt very easily ; they are wonderfully virtuous, I dare say . . . but they have not very fine natures, and they may be thankful that, like their coarse skins, they are not easily wounded." Such are the views of many of the tinselled butterflies of the community. Such are not the views of Eliza Cook, and to bear them uttered we doubt not would cause her no less amazement than it did to little David Copperfield. This, in truth, is the real secret of her celebrity—the secret of the fame of those simple songs and ballads which breathe in every syllable a love of Nature and of the People. With such an inspira tion and such a tendency—an inspiration drawn from Nature, and a tendency towards affection for the People—Eliza Cook cannot fail to prosper, whether as a Poet or as a Journalist. AINS WORTII'S. The admirers of Mr. Ainsworth's writings will be delighted with the long instalment of " Guy Fawkes" in this number. Some of the other contents of this magazine, more especially the story of " Mike Doolan," are beneath notice. BELLE ASSEMBLER. The Belle Assemblee has this month a beautiful poem, by its accomplished editor, " The Mother's Dream." The most attractive of the prose contribu tions is one of Elizabeth Youatt's always delightful essays, entitled " Mental Architecture. We have all of us, doubtless, more than once lamented our " Dreams all vanished—joys all blighted, Hopes 'twere madness to renew," and, therefore, we can all appreciate this gentle teaching— " Dear reader, if thou bast ever withdrawn, or art now withdrawing thyself from the sphere of active duty and domestic fellowship—if thou hast sat, or art sitting in solitary places, building aiiriel castles that can never be realised—for you is the warning written, and this example recorded. Build no more new homes in your imagination, but rather devote all your energies of mi n d to the making bright, and cheerful, and happy that home which God has given you. Read the following sweet testimony of a skilful architect, written in old age. How many a stately fabric have I built up, and watched with tears as it fell crumbling away! But I have lived to say, " Thank God, that it did fall! Let cue more attest, I have lived, seen God titre' that lifetime, Abel all was for best." " Thank God for evcryuiing. Where he sees best to ph:co us, that is the bi,st place: where he plants us, there we sh a ll most t h r i ve and grow. The sun, and wind, ar:d rain are all good for us. The wayside flower is often more useful, more heart cheering, than if it had sprung up in the fairy bowers we so love to picture to ourselves. " WU a dreamer from a child. Beautiful dreams NAME OF RAILWAY. lOs ; 2d to Soles, Large inch ; 2s to rings' ozen; 20s ; is 3d assets, 6d to 2s 9d; :Tares, Sd to to 8d Fresh I; arid a 10d; 4d per 01 to 4s 2d lis aro r CIA 41b to ditto, to 3d; Rorse to :and (J 1 kver 93 per 3. 010 ver I.os per at ]ate 31 10s; 9s per ) ) the ar mice of in the appeal 11 from , gran t • r from town ,e old upon Act of be put ctensiva laccles to pay p art of missing ho day Ition on he late ho died ) one of Y.) court at p, after eded to the day ch came injunc 1g with inst the ', to the IY.) was 0C- uB. His 3g those a special ng since ankrupt e before F. The nerd v. ur post- LY.) 3E, gr. naming Judges ip, whO nch and ?ly after BucNA - Lch was ; )laintifft caning t should ound of n action ice of a of th° e caw ° . e ctiov g , ;11s of f b 1 to ) 5 ieet to him Lki the ye brea 1 8th p W hich ; onduct onoult- Nr AT MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN. (From the New Yorh Albion of Oct. l 3 ) Miss Cushman has fairly taken the town by storm. Her re-appearance in this country as Mrs. Haller, at the Broadway Theatre, on Monday evening, was in every sense of the term a complete triumph ; estab lishing the fact, that her European reputation has not been over-rated, and that she is indeed in all the essentials of high art and decided genius, the most thorough artist now existing, either on the English or American stage. Her Rosalind on Tuesday even ing, and Lady Macbeth on Wednesday, far trans cended in their execution, and in the effects produced on the audience, the efforts of her first night, and have altogether produced an enthusiasm in the minds of the play-going public, that will carry her trium phantly through her brief stay of twelve months among us. She will also, we trust, improve the in terests of dramatic aet in this country ; for her strik ingly original style, so finished, subdued, and natural, and yet so earnestly intense, will create a school of acting, that must in time entirely supersede the coarse, unnatural, galvanised, and spasmodic school, now too prevalent amov, us, on the on e hand ; an d the inflated, chanting, whining, artificial style, which is as equally opposed to true acting on the other. Miss Cushman is already educating her audiences to receive these salutary reforms, so long and so loudly called for by all critical and refined admirers of histrionic art; and most certainly a death-blow will be given to many long cherished conventionalisms, wherever she appears as the grand missionary of stage reform. Garrick did not more effectually upset the prevalent stage abuses of his day, than would this gifted woman I overturn our stereotyped stage defects, were she to remain in our midst, albeit she might find carping Quins, who would declare her salutary reforms to be ‘• heresies." When Miss Cushman left this country for England, she had attained a very enviable reputa tion, as an earnest, intense, and original actress. She was nut, perhaps, fully appreciated by the masses of her countrymen; yet those who were real judges of acting, were convinced that she possessed all the elements of a great artiste. We feel proud of ranking ourselves among the latter number, and we confidently felt, and predicted through the pages of the Albion, her success in England. But we must confess that we were not quite prepared for the triumphant charac ter of that success. We did not believe that she would at once be recognised by the leading critics of the London and provincial press as the legitimate succes sor of the Siddons and the O'Neill ; nor did we anti cipate the simultaneous endorsement of the first literary characters of the English nation, in support of this decision. We have seen her in three great test parts, and we no longer wonder at the universal verdicts of the English critics and the British literati. We see how close and acute a student she has been while absent from us—how deeply she has observed all the essentials of her profession, necessary in form ing the great artist—how studiously she has reformed certain defects of style acquired in her probationary career—how the innate faculties of her mind have been developed and trained under the fosterage of capable and appreciative criticism—and we no longer marvel at her Transatlantic triumphs. We can now readily imagine how the public crowded to her Bianca end Lady Macbeth—how the Haymarket was thronged for weeks to witness her marvellous perso nation of Romeo, or was fascinated with her Rosa lind and Viola, and how her Meg Merrilies has been pronounced by Douglas Jerrold to be the wonderful performance of modern times. Let any of our readers who may have been sceptical on these apparently over-wrought expressions of approbation of Miss Cushman's powers, place themselves under the influ ence of her acting in any of her strictly favourite parts, with unprejudiced minds, and they will readily accede to the warmest eulogiums of her European admirers. We are indulging •too much in generalities in our remarks on this gifted actress, but it would require a volume to record all the points we have noticed as worthy of observation, in her delineation of Mrs. Haller, Rosalind and Lady Macbeth. With all our desire to convey to the readers of the Albion our dis tinct impressions, we must necessarily d ea l in gene rals, rather than in details, in the limited space allotted to us in a newspaper column. The great points that struck us in Miss Cushman's Mrs. Haller were the entire absence of the usual stage trickery of the part, and the truly subdued and irseellestesa/ rendering of the character, by which she converted its mawkish sentimentality, and its more pernicious moral, into something approaching to nature and propriety. This truly Germanic specimen of false sentimentalism was portrayed as the victim of remorse and deeply-rooted despair every look, every gesture, and every tone indicated the concen trated pangs of conscience•stricken guilt. She can not look any one directly in the face—she appears to dread detection in every movement surrounding her she is constantly suppressing her emo tions, and appears unable to risk even the utterance of the commonest expression, fearful that she may betray her guilty secret. As the action of the play increase, and events lay b are h er actua l po sition, her convulsive bursts of grief and remorse aro absolutely thrilling, from their intensity and truth fulness : and yet even these are so artistically subdued, that she appears to suppress them from an innate sense of propriety and sincerity, and as if she shrunk from making her sorrows the occasion for a treas. Her acting in those passages, which have become the stereotyped points of the stage, showed consummate strokes of art. As such, Miss Cushman apparently discards them altogether, or at least conveys to the mind of the spectator an unconsciousness of having them thrust upon the attention. The audience on Monday night evidently missed their usual clap-traps: but they listened, looked, and wondered with rapt attention. They did not applaud vociferously—but their deep silence was the unmistakeable evidence of the favourable impressions they were receiving; while the loud bursts of applause at the fall of the curtain, and the uproarious testimonials of approbation be stowed upon the actress, when she appeared to respond to the call of the whole house, were perhaps more satisfactory testimonials to the truth of her acting, than are the rounds of applause bestowed on other representations of the part in the accustomed points established by usage and precedent. We wish, how ever, that Miss Cushman would discard this play.from her list. Mrs. Haller is unworthy of kergreatpowers, and the piece itself is a disgraceful appendage to the drama in this age of intelligence and refinement. On Tuesday evening we attended the representation of Rosalind with some misgivings, for physically, Miss Cushman must suffer by comparison with others of her gifted cotemporaries. She cannot realize the Rosalind of the poet in the first act, and therefore until her assumption of male attire, she has to be placed in the unenviable position of a player who is compelled to draw upon the credulity of the audience. She is the delicate, beautiful Rosalind, by suference rather than in reality. Miss Cushman gets over the difficulty, however, with infinite tact; she plays the first act with great care, rendering the language with a true Shaksperian appreciation of its point and beauty, and doing all with consummate and artistic skill—particularly the sudden ,impression o f l ove a t first sight, when introduc e d to Orlando. The anxiety and interest she exhibits in her bye-play at the wrestling match, and the parting from Orlando in the seine scene, were delicious specimens of natural act ing. But with the donning of the hose and doublet, and arrayed at " all points like a man," the change of garb was not more complete than was the whole style and character of her acting. She carried the " —swashing and martial outside," as if she were born to it, and indeed did what we have seen no other actress do in the part—that is, truly keep up the simulated impersonation of the boy throughout. This mere physical embodiment of the character is, however, but an accessory to the main beauty of the personation. She gives such a vivid rendering of tha wit, spirit, and epigrammatic sharp ness of the text, that with all our familiarity with its beauties, we felt as if we appreciated it truly for the first time. Her scenes with Orlando, where she so delightfully " plays the knave with him" —were pe culiarly marked. Her wit gushed as if it were but the overflowing of her natural gifts—not as if she were saying good things for applause sake. No strain for points —no effort—the is no painted and tinselled actress, reciting speeches with the most approved elocutionary expression, making the most of clap trap, and looking around for the usual applause that follows—but she was the real, sprightly, frolicsome woman who, in her impenetrable disguise, could play upon the feelings of her lover, while she covertly probed the depth of his affection—and this too as naturally as if it were an ordinary colloquy in every day life. We have witnessed many stage triumphs in our day, but we unhesitatingly say that we never remember more intense enjoyment exhibited by an audience, than did Miss Cushman's auditory evince during the scene in the third act with Orlando on Tuesday evening; nor do we think that heartier ap plause was ever rendered in a theatre—than those three or four unanimous rounds which, like the escape of steam from a safety-valve, were thundered out at the close of the scene, as testimonials of the pent-up delight the audience had experienced. We could di late on other innumerable beauties—but we must devote a few words to her Lady Macbeth. It is acknowledged, we believe without dispute, that Miss Cushman is the best representative of this part now upon the stage. The English critics who remem ber Mrs. Siddons, say that she approaches the excel lence that incomparable woman attained in this mag nificent creation. We endeavoured to divest ourselves of all the prestige Miss Cushman has acquired in her performance of this great part, and looked at it on Wednesday impartially, yet with all our remembrances of Mrs. Siddons awakened as fresh as if we had only seen her a month ago—and we are bound in all honesty to say, that Miss Cushman has not yet attained to the standard of the Siddons. She has, however, done wonders with the part. If she has not restored it to the stage in all its sublimity and magnificence of 1 The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next, the 6th instant, at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited the British Museum yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar left town yesterday evening for the con tinent. A deputation from the Board of Directors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. F. nuirord, (Chairman), Messrs. G. B. Thorneycroft, Michael Graysbrook, and William Mathews (Directors), Mr. Charles Bedford (Solicitor), and Mr. Noel Thomas Smith (Secretary), had an interview with the Com missioners of Railways on Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches for the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Ca nada, and for the Governors of the other North Ame rican colonies, were sent off last evening from the Co lonial•office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Brunel, Captain O'Brien, Mr. ard, and Mr. Blandford, for Trow bridge Trustees, had an interview with the Commis sioners of Railways on Thursday. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, November 2, 1849. " The Queen Dowager was rather restless and harassed by her cough in the early part of the night, but slept towards the morning. " Her Majesty is suffering from slight oppression this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D." ENTERTAINMENT B Y THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. A sumptuous entertainment was given last night, at the London Tavern, by the Lord Mayor Elect, to a number of his private friends and the various officers of the City. Covers were laid for about fifty per sons. Among the company were Alderman Copeland, Alderman Humphery, Alderman Sir William Mag nay, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Sir George Carroll, Alderman Hooper, Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Moon, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Carden, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, the Chamberlain, the Town Clerk, the City Solicitor, Under-Sheriffs Wire and Millard, Mr. Commissioner Harvey, Mr. Secondary Potter, Messsrs. Ryland and Locke, City pleaders ; Mr. John Wood, chairman of the corn and coal committees ' • Mr. De puty Brittan ' • Rev. Charl es Marshall, chaplain to the Lord Mayor Elect; Mr. Stone, &c. The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having been given, The Loam. Maroa ELECT proposed the health of the Aldermen 'of the City of London, to whom the City was much indebted for the care and vigilence they showed i n preserv i ng t h e peace and watching over the privileges of the citizens. The toast was drank with great cordiality. Alderman COPELAND returned thanks, and after alluding to the assistance the Aldermen received from Mr. Commissioner Harvey and his police in preserving the peace of the City, proposed " The Health of the Lord Mayor Elect," who, he was confident would preserve the ancient privileges of the citizens unim paired during his year of office, as well as maintain the dignity attached to the Mayoralty. This toast was drunk with loud applause. The LORD MAYOR ELECT returned thanks, and stated that though he was conscious of his own defici encies, yet he would to the utmost of his power devote himself to the duties of his office. He trusted that at the close of his official career the citizens would have no reason to say that the dignity of the Mayoralty had been tarnished in his hands.—(Cheers.) The healths of the Lord Mayor, of the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, and the other officers of the City were then severally proposed, and the company did not separate till a late hour. - The dinner, which was furnished by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, was one of the most sumptuous descrip tion, comprising every delicacy of the season, and fully carrying out the views of the Lord Mayor Elect, that no cost should be spared in its preparation. Mr. Higgs officiated as toast-master on the occa sion. MADAME SONTAG AT NORWICH.—Madame Sontag excited last week the greatest enthusiasm at Norwich, although singing in that immense area, St. Andrew's Hall, with only a pianoforte seecAnpaniment, was not an auspicious circumstance. Every one of her songs was encored at both concerts. At the second, being ap plauded in every direction in Rode's variations, she was ultimately obliged to re-appear for an encore. The ac• companyist having during the interval touched a few notes of " Home ! sweet Home !" rapturously received at the previous concert, a tempest of applause arose, and Madame Sontag was induced to sing that exquisite bal lad twice, with thrilling pathos. THE GALWAY ESTATES.—The public sale of these estates was resumed yesterday at the Auction Mart, and a large number of persons were again present to witness the proceedings. Mr. Wainwright put up 28 lots, viz., the nurabers ranging from 36 to 64 in the catalogue, but not one purchase was made, each lot being either passed over without a bid or bought in by the vendors, The Pale will last for tIY9 days icrngsr. SHARPE'S. As usual, Sharpe's London Magazine is interesting and excellent. " A Gossip on Epigrams" will be read with pleasure, if only for the variety of those " jewels five words long" with which it is studded. Epigrams are here of all kinds, grave and gay, and lively and severe. Epigrams complimentary, such as the famous lines of Pope, written with Lord Chester field's pencil—. "Accept a miracle instead of wit, See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ;'' and epigrams uncourteous, like Lord Jeffrey's.reproach to some bad dancers, while complimenting the musi• trans— " How ill the motion with the music suits, So once played Orpheus, and so danced the brutes;" and epigrams of startling truthfulness, such as— " Treason cloth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers none dare call it treason." Miss Jane Strickland has contributed an historical tale of most romantic interest. " Lewis Arundel" is continued, as is also "Mrs. Milton's Diary." We look forward with interest to Mrs. Milton's famous reconciliation with her husband, which will most probably form the subject of a forthcoming chapter. A speech of Latnartine's, on industrial art, will not be found the least interesting of the contents of Sharpe' s. .I.IISaLLANEOUS. The illustrations of the Sporting Magazine for November are " The Canter-up" and " The Body Guard," the latter is a beautifully engraved represen tation of two wearied hounds watching by the body of the fallen stag. The Farmers' Magazine is, as usual, rich in agricultural information. Tne Repertory of Inventions is filled with pen and ink descriptions of recent patent and pictorial inventions. The Church of England Magazine affords, according to its cus tom, an interesting series of reading for the several Sundays of the month. The Metropolitan contains some pleasing tales and graceful verses, and one of the editor's generally attractive articles on the subject of " Wales . and the Welch." Chambers's Journal is almost above recommendation, yet in one instance we think the editor has. hardly evinced his ordinary good taste; namely, in his quotation from a recent Quarterly Review of some most condemnatory remarks respecting the popular author of " Coningsby." The Colonial Magazine and the Colonial Church Chronicle contain much interesting matter regard ing the colonies. The former has a well-written article on the subject of the recent campaign in the Punjaub. Le Follet is as graceful as usual. The Family Herald contains among much in teresting matter a romantic tale, entitled " Lots ; or the Poisoned Lilies," w hi c h w ill undoubtedly afford much delight to the lovers of the marvellous and the mournful. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. An interesting subject has been chosen and is now being discussel by the chemical lecturer of this in stitution ; it is that of the chemistry of food. Nothing can be mere important than an inquiry into the functions by which man is enabled to recruit his con stitution and renovate his wasted energies. This in quiry must also be interesting, Who is there who would not wish to understand the nature of this necessary requisite to health and comfort, food ? The lecturer started by first of all leading his hearers to comprehend the importance of respiration, and the operations that were carried on during its action. Respiration, he stated, was nothing more than com bustion, and the whole source of animal heat. The constituents of food he classified under two heads— elements of respiration, or heat affording constituents, and elements of nutrition, those necess ar y t o th e formation of flesh, muscle, &c. Amongst the former were classified fat, gum, sugar, and many similar compounds, daily consumed in articles of diet ; the latter class comprised those substances of more complex natures generally containing nitrogen, as fibrin, caseim, albumen, and blood, &c. After briefly adverting to other points, the lecturer more particularly directed his attention to bread as an article of food, pointing out the nature of flour, the processes going on during its preparation for our tables, and ended by enumerating and showing the modes of detecting various impurities sometimes found in flour and bread, placed there by the frau dulent vender; amongst these were mentioned chalk, gypsum, and other foreign matters common to flour, known as seconds and thirds, and which had, in some instances, been known to produce serious con sequences. The lecturer was listened to throughout with great attention, the audience seeming highly interested in this important subject. RATING TILE POOR.—At the recent petty sessions at Buckingham the following persons appeared on sum monses, to answer the complaint of the overseers of Lil lingstone Dayreli, for nonpayment of poor-rat es , amounting to sums varying from ninepence to one shil ling and sixpence, viz.:—John Gregory, Paul Stone, a worn-out labourer of. 80, henry Henson, George Henson, John Hickinbotham, and Thomas Hunt. They all pleaded inability to pay. Sume had large families, and had been short of work, and others had been ill. Notwithstanding this, the officers pressed the cases against the parties, although it appeared that those in work had but Bs. per week. The magistrates, in order to avoid the issuing of distress warrants to take away the little furniture of tho poor men, adjourned all tho cases. SMITH O'BRIEN'S CAPTOR.—William Hulme died suddenly on the 27th ult., at the White Chimnies, near Leek, aged 28. The deceased was the captor of Smith O'Brien, fur which he received the Government reward of 5001. ROBERT WHARTON, ESQ.— We are sorry to an nounce the sudden death of Mr. Wharton, a barrister on the northern circuit, and a judge in the county courts. The Learned Gentleman was taken ill whilst on circuit, and died on Saturday last, at his hotel, in Richmond.-- Leeds Mercury, IRON HOUSES FOR CALIFORNIA.—Mr. Thomas Ver non, of this town, has this week taken a contract for ten more iron dwelling-houses, all of which are to be shipped for the gold regions within two months.— Liverpool Courier. CAUTION TO POULTRY BREEDERS.—Perhaps it may not be generally known that if chickens, fowls, or ducks, cat a quantity of new v e t c h es , i t will inevitably cause death. A case of this kind occurred a short time ago at Mr. Thomas Lane's, of Radford, in this county, which swept away a large quantity of young fowls. Mr. Lane had been threshing some vetches with the machine and the straw being very good, was put on two weggons to be drawn and made into a stack, but a heavy rain falling in the meantime, which penetrated through the loads, it was obliged to be thrown into the yard. The straw bad some looose vetches mixed among it, whi c h were made soft by the rain, and of which the fowls partook plentifully, and this caused the death of upwards of 100 of them. On examination after death their gall bladders were found to be much swollen and surcharged. Old vetches are not supposed to bedee terious.— Worcester Chronicle. MODEL IN WAX OF QUEEN VICTORIA --" We have just seen," says a correspondent, " a beautiful miniature cast in wax, of our gracious Sovereign in her coronation robes, modelled by Lady Ross of Balnagown, and declared by p ersons familiar with her Majesty's' face and . figure to be a striking likeness. It is a perfect gem, and would du credit to a London artist."—lnverness Courier. ENTHUSIASM.—We are told that the infant daughter of a gentleman employed at the works of the Britannia Bripge was taken to the Britannia Rock, the other day, in the middle of the Straits, where she was christened Britannia Ann Stephenson, in compliment to the bridge and engineer. We remember a worthy builder, who, having erected a chain bridge some ten years ago, with similar feeling, but less tact, christened his little daughter Suspension Maria.—Builder. It should become our study to narrow a s muc h as possible the neutral ground which stretches its quag mires IntweLn truth and faltchocd, so that the bounda ries of these discordant potentates may be defined.— Eliza Cook's Journal. CHANGE or FORTUNE.—On Thursday morning last, a poor man named Wynne, residing in Lower Bridge-street, in this city, received intelligence of a long absent brother being at the point of death, under whose will Wynne was constituted heir to an estate itt &QUO Ayres, ygued at 12,0001,—Glicpter Courant. ,0,7 Niers, 6d; ions, d to s 6d , 9d tvoy, Is to ad to s sd; clad, I per nets; id to 2* to ; .e , I t ! g O. to C. 2