The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. FinDlY Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick ' of Austria and suite took leave 'of her TvinjestT this morning for the metropolis. T he ' ,1 -reliduk e and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left 't . 'ie Castl e i n th e f oren oon, to proceed to London the prize cattle, by a special train, on the Great- estern Railway. Their Royal and imperial High- , "tresses Went to the Slough station in one of the Royal c arriages; the. Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Jersey, Earl 0,l Liverpo o l, le Chevalier Kochel,• and Sir Edward Bowater following in carriages, and the Hon. C. A. illurray in a phaeton. This Morning the Queen, attended by her La d y in Waiting, an d accompanied by the Princess Royal and her attend an t s , w alked for some time in the Home Park. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited aer Majesty. at the Castle this morning. His Royal Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended Y his. suite returned to. the Castle to lunch from town at half-past one o'clock. A. Privy Council for the further prorogation. of rarliarnant is appointed to be held to-morrow (Satur day) at the Castle at two o'clock. The Viscountess Sydney took her departure to-day. Sir Robert Peel arrived thiS 'evening on a visit to the Queen. • • The Ron. Mr. Murray has left on a shooting ex cursion to Wimp Ole, the seat of the Earl of Hard-; . wicke. Sir Charles Metcalfe is the only addition. to the It iMral dinner party this evening. Covers were laid for sixteen. llis Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Impe rial Highness the Archduke Frederick of. Austria,.' arrived i n town yesterday morning from Windsor vastle by the Great Western Railway. A numerous Party from Windsor Castle attended their Royal and Imperial Highnesses to town,. including the Earl of 4 berdeen, Earl of Liverpool, Sir Edward 13? water, b aron Lehzeltern, Cranit Marinovicn, Captain ko en,.el, Captain . Dumont, and Count Carolyi. On arriving, the Poyal party immediately went to the Cattl e Sh ow , , an d . in s pected the collection, and afterwards went to Mivart's Hotel, where the Arch dukeil Fr e d er i c k and the Noblemen and 'Gentlemen of suite alighted. Prince Albert, attended by his Buite, proceeded to Buckingham Palace. The Prince went into the new Chapel Royal ! I 'eeting at the Palace, and after inspecting the build 'no, walked through the Royal Gardens to the Sum -I,ller Temple, recently erected. Prince Albert, after remaining nearly half an hour, took .„ his departure from Buckingham Palace with his Tee, in two carriages, for the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, on his return to Windsor Castle. The Earl of Liverpool, the Marquis ° fxeter, Viscount Sydney, and Major - General Sir 7 lWard Bowater, were in attendance on his Royal ielness. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester m 1 the Duke of Cambridge arrived at their respec tive residences in town yesterday afternoon from a Llsit to the Duke of 'Wellington at Strathfieldsaye, Rants. His Royal Highness the, Hereditary Grand Mecklenburgh . Strelitz accompanied the Royal D uke to town. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on Duchess Duke of Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses the kiuches s of Cambridge and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge also left the Duke of Wel . 'Von's seat at Strathfieldsaye yesterday for Kew. b ln the afternoon the Duke of Cambridge and the retteditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz town for Kew. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington have arrived at Canford House, Dorsetshire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Viscountess has succeeded the Countess Brownlow as the Lady in , ‘ "'aiting on her Majesty. Lady and the Hon. Miss Ghave arrived at Canford House ; the Hon. Miss Gore is the Maid of Honour in Waiting on her Ma 3e't.Y. Sir David Davies arrived at his residence in Park-pl ace ,, i St. James's, on Tuesday night, from S anford H ouse . The Hon. William Ashley (Vice haniberlain) an d th e H on . M rs . A s hl e y have arrived _u Canford House on a visit to the Queen Dowager. A t he Earl of Denbigh (Master of the Horse) has left Sanford H ouse f or hi s t own residence . in Eaton-place. ?, 1 r David D av i es l e ft t ow n y es t e rday afternoon for ' . anford House. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of lustria, attended by Baron Lebzeltern, Captain Du !flant, and other gentlemen of his suite, visited and inspect e d the United Service Institution yesterday , c i'ternoon. His Imperial Highness and suite also went 0 the Horse Guards. this The Qu een w ill hold a Privy Council at two o'clock. afternoon, at Windsor Castle. Summonses for t he Council were issued yesterday, from the Council bffice. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon, on a V!sit to; her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. ~13aron Neumann, the Austrian Minister, and M. Net, the Minister of the Netherlands, returned to. `i , "'ll . on Friday, from a visit to the Duke of Welling . I l at Strathfieldsaye. 4 on Brunow, the Russian Minister, and the Che i:r Bunsen, the Prussittn'Alinitef, transacted busi os Yesterday, at the Foreign-office. t r ,'aPtain Seagrave, R.N.; - had an interview with lI Stanley. yisterday at the Colonial-office. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise had an I , L in ' t erv'iew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on uursda4y at his official residence in Downing-street. - Chq• Earl of Haddington has returned to town from a ,visit t o L or d Wh a rncliffe at Wortley Hall, York- rota Windsor Castle. L ady Graham was better yesterday , a nd was g oin g ° n favourably, 13 ispatelies from Sir Hugh Gough for Lord Stanley a " , Majesty's principal Secretary of State for War c a , -1 the . Colonies were received yesterday at the t , ° lonial-office. Dispatches were also received from "e Governor of Malta. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat 3'esterda3.. Lord Campbell gave judgment on an ap peal fr om t h e A rc h es ' C our t o f Canterbury. The Rev. ell rY Erskine Head, rector of Feniton, Devon , v. R a l ph S aun d ers , of the City of Exeter, gentleman, ' 4 ,;:rooting the office of the Judge. Their Lordships "'rifled the decree of the Court below. the Queen's Advocate, followed by Mr. Moore, Was heard on an appea l f rom the Prerogative Court of ianterbury, James Edwards v. George Finehani, in e . goods •of Martha Yeomans, spinster, deceased. llushington gave judgment. Ahr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Mo ore, ,: r W ere heard on an , appeal from the Last Indies, ewage e and others.' Mr. Loftus epigram Queen's Counsel, was also beard on the appeal. The COurt rose at four o'clock. The Lords pre at were Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Ju stice Erskine, and the Judge of the Ad miralt y Curt. The Bishop of London attended the early part of the sitting. Otarquis Pauluni, son of the Noble and Gallant illgh Admiral of the Austrian navy , le f t M ivart's on Thursday, for Portsmouth, to join the Aus 11T1 frigate Bello ne, stationed at Spithead . In consequence of the very reduced prices of grain, cl se veral o f th e p u bli c ans of Bath and Bristol have re duced the price of beer one penny per quart.—Bath - ,Rossini is reported to have finished a Grand O p era, , \ , \. ";eh he has deposited in the hands of a notar y , to be - "Jed up, and not opened until after his death. Out t' li f th e , proceeds that may arise from its representation, 4 g sale, the gran maestro has dictated, that masses Exame performed, - for the good of his soul.—Musical ine. ASlinnwroN.—Owing• to the recent rainy weather aging the month of November , t he tilla g e of wheat 1; 14 other field employments has een retaeason rded, b li t, on the •Other hand, this boisterous s f 8.8 had its benefits by causing the s p rin g s to issue on the hills and in the valleys, and replenishing, abundant supply of water, of which a great ken was experienced during the long previous L, - C u nt. Nearly the whole of the potato crops are "'en fro m the ground, and this excellent vegetable :is sellin g a t from 4d. to 6d. per score wei g ht. a early wheats are looking healthy , and g rass 1 4 1 turnips are pretty plentiful for the se ason.— ;;, B tern Luminary. Two biographical works of great merit (ju st pub lished) call for our favourable notice. Mrs. Forbes Bush's " Memoirs of the Queens of Franc e, with Notice s of the Royal Favourites," is written both with 11 ,, due attention to the importance of the Life of each, a nd with a happy feminine tact and delicacy wh ich Literary nothing worth recording unknown. " The Vterary Ladies of England," by Mrs. Elwoo d, is Written with the same discretion. rhe first biography Is that of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the last that t hus Mrs. Maclean, better known as Miss Landon ; it rri "as comprises our blue stockings from the commence ent of the last century down to the present. Each bi ography is marked by good taste and excellent judg rt.The author is considered in each more than individual; and yet sufficient narrated of the latter to interest and instruct.—John Bull. UTILITY or SciENcE.—Science recommends itself to all classes of mankind by its practical utility, and by the numerous advantages and benefits which it continually brings to light. To expatiate on the im rirtauce and the benefits of scientific res earch and • discovery would be superfluous; and i t will be suffi e• lent to select from the mass of facts a single illus tration to prove the advantages which its investiga tiont, confer on mankind. We would there fore, select 1 4e " Odonto,' or Pearl Dentifrice," prepared by k'e"rs. Rowland, of Hatton-garden, and of Macas sar Celebrity, as constituting at once an indispensable 4 3; l'e c quisite f or the toilet; and an instance of the s uccess Via,, scientific research in discovering an infallible pre si ..ervative o f th ose indispensable attributes of beauty the - teeth and •gums, in balmy fragrance, freshness, beauty. TESTIMONIAL TO SIR JOHN AND LADY PIRiE. •A private meeting of merchants, bankers; and others, took place at the London Tavern last week, in consequence of a very anxious desire expressed at the conclusion of the late Mayoralty, to consider the pro priety of testifying their approval of the public con duct and private worth of the late Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Sir John and Lady Pirie. , Mr. COTTON, the Governor of the Bank of Eng land, was unanimously called to the Chair, upon the motion of Mr. John Masterman, M.P., seconded .by Mr. Hughes Hughes. The CHAIRMAN said it gave him sincere pleasure to attend n meeting convened for the purpose of bearing testimony to the merits of Sir John and Lady Pirie. Of the value of the public services rendered by Sir John Pirie during his Mayoralty, there was but one opinion, for every one acknowledged how ardent a friend he was to the cause of charity, and how ad mirably he performed the duties of the office from which he had so lately retired. It was quite unne cessary to use more words in speaking of a most worthy man, who had been long known in the mer cantile community of London as a person of the highest claims to public esteem for the exercise of pub lic and private virtues.—(Cheers.) He had beard many commercial', men allude to the subject upon which the meeting had assembled, and he felt con vinced that a subscription would be rapidly advanced fur the purpose of presenting to Sir John and Lady Pirie a suitable teStimonial.—(Cheers.) It was suggested by some gentlemen that, for the purpose Of accomplishing the object in the most effec • tual manner, it would advisable to call a public meeting, and submit to them resolutions for their adoption. To this propoSition the Chairman, and others of the meeting, entertained some objection, upon the the ground that the immediate appointment of a Com mittee, treasurers, and secretaries, would answer all the ptirposes, without any of the parade of a public meeting, at which, after all, nothing could be uttered except language in praise of those whose excellent qualities were the theme of public approbation. Mr. JOSEPH SIMES said he would most willingly join in furthering the object of the meeting, but he was sure that the less flourish there was ahout it the more congenial it would be toSirJohn and LadyPirie. It was ultimately agreed :that operations should commence without having recourse to a public meet ing. A Committee was then appointed, with power to add to their number ; Mr. Anderton and Mr. Har rison, meMbers of the Corporation of London, were chosen honorary secretaries, and a resolution was paased that the subscriptions should be r eceived at Messrs. Masterman's bank,. the maximum limit of which subscriptions to be (for a single person) 51., with no Minimum limit. The subscriptions at once commenced: . Yesterday the Committee assembled at the London Tavern, Mr. Benjamin Green in the chair. Mr. ANDEIRTON stated, that although there had been as yet no public notice given of the testimonial to Sir John and Lady Pirie,. he had received a great number of letters from some of the most eminent merchants and bankers in the City, requesting to have their names added to, the list .of the Committee, and inclosing - contributions for the. intended object. He felt great pleasure in stating .that the contributions were as numerous from one political party as from the other, so that it was quite evident the conduct of Sir John Pirie 'was as warmly admired by Whigs as by Tories. In fact, a man more free from the errors of party spirit never existed—a sentiment in which all the members of the Corporation agreed. Amongst the contributors from the west-end of the town was Lord Dudley Stuart, who had sent a most warm letter to the Committee, expressive of the pleasure it would give his Lordship to be one of those who should present a testimonial to Sir John and Lady Pirie, and requesting that the Committee would re ceive him amongst their number. The General Committee, consisting of 60 members, was then formed, and a Sub-Committee, consisting of ten, to have the management and superintendence of the subscriptions and expenses, was appointed. The bankers appointed to receive subscriptions were Messrs. Masterman and Co., Glynn and Co., and Grote and Prescott. The Committee, after some other arrangements, resolved that the testimonial to be presented to Sir John and Lady Pink should be approved of by the majority of the General Committee, and afterwards by a majority of the subscribers at a general meeting. The Committee then separated. The list of subscriptions will appear in a few days in the newspapers. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. LONDON, Nc. 10, 1842. The following average prices of .Brown or Musco does British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub lished in the Gazette of last night : West India 355. od. per cwt. East India 35 ot Mauritius 26 11f The average price of the three kinds, computed jointly, exclusive of duty, is 355. per cwt. The actual weights of sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 6th inst., accori ing to the returns made upon oath by the sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and on which weights the above prices are computed, con. sisted of 18,333 cwt. West India, 12,514 cwt. East India, and 131 cwt. of Mauritius. About 100 cwt. of very dark unsound sugars have been sold in the same week ; these having been classed in the returns as Mauritius, unfairly depresses the average of that kind of sugar, as well as the total ave- rage Trice. White sugars equal to double refined manufactured in London from foreign raw sugars may be purchased free of all charges in putting them on board a British ship, for 265. 6d. per. cwt. ; these white sugars are con sequently Bs. 6d. per cwt. cheaper than West India Muscovadoes, which are about equal in quality to foreign Muscovadoes from which the said white sugars were made. The total sales of British sugars for the above quoted week in Mincing-lane, were 30,973 cwt.; assuming that the sales at the outports, added toge ther, were to the same extent as the weight sold in the London market, the consumers , bought 61,946 cwt. of sugar at 355. per cwt., amounting in round numbers 108,205/. They might have bought 61,946 cwt. of foreign sugar, equally good, at 18s. 6d. per cwt., amounting to 57,300/., exhibiting a difference against British sugars, of 51,205/., that is to say, the nation by purchasing foreign, instead of the protected British sugars, would have saved that amount, which being added to 274,224/., the fruits of protection for the five previous weeks (see The Sun, Dec. 3), gives 325,4291. the precise value of the sugar monopoly to the sugar producers, and the cost thereof to the public for six consecutive weeks. Last week we said we would, as all other expedients to suppress the traffic in slaves, had signally failed of attaining that desirable object, address a few remarks for the consideration of that great and influential party in this country who have the cause so much at heart. To suppose that sugar will be raised in the West India colonies under the existing bad manage ment, so cheaply that it can compete in price with slave-labour sugar, is to indulge in a fallacy; it is, therefore, necessary to advise the Anti-Slavery So ciety of the fact, that there is raised by free labour east of the Cape of Good Hope an abundance of sugar, which in price would drive slave-labour sugar from the market ; and that the Anti-Slavery Society has no reason to doubt the truism of its own prediction, namely, that free is cheaper than slave labour. The remedy for the cure of slavery, and ex tinction of the slave trade, is to be found in free competition ; the markets of Great Britain offer a fair field for the , trial ; first, because the producers of free •labour Augars in the East, have full confidence in the integrity of the parties to whom their property may be consigned ; they are sure there will be no plunder of the article, or trickery in the price of it. Secondly, they are assured that the power of capital in this country is such, that there exists no probability of their sugars not finding cus tomers prepared to advance mosey on the sugars pur chased by them. In order to secure, however, bona fide, a free competition, the duty on all Muscovadoes must be alike, and that amount imposed solely for the sake of revenue. The experience of a twelvemonth would teach the Anti-slavery Society that real com petition ought to be encouraged, that the slave-owners will be unable to contend in price against their free labour rivals ; and that the culture of the sugar cane in the slave countries would be ultimately abandoned, and that the liberation of the slaves on that kind of property would follow as a matter of course. The great difficulty in admitting to home use all sugars at one uniform rate of duty, would be how to treat West India sugars. East India and Mauritius sugars need no protection, but the other does, or it cannot be produced; in other words, those colonies cannot be maintained without it. Suppose, therefore, that a bounty of a few shillings per cwt. was conferred on sugar certificated as the growth of the West Indies, this would defeat the chance of East India or Mau ritius sugars participating in the benefit which dif ferential duties in favour of British sugar would con fer; besides, by allowing a bounty of so much per cwt. on imported %Vest India sugar, the nation would arrive exactly at the cost of maintaining those cdlonies—a knowledge which, by the present hocus pocus system, it can never. attain. _ The Rev. M. Oliver, who for the last forty years has so ably and efficiently discharged the duties of curate of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, has been p resented to the living of Lambley, near Nottingham. This venerable member of the. Established Church is now in his 90th year, and purposes, we understand, enter ing upon the duties of his new office on the Ist of , January next. Returned value, 476/.—Nottinghant paper. 'The registration of electors of Trinity College, Dublin, closed on Wednesday, and makes the qualified ' constituency for life 1,727. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ywitNiikiu l . DECEMBER 10, 1842._ LITERATURE. PHILOSOPHICAL CONVETISATIONS,&c. By Fredericl:. C. Bal:ciVell, author:4 "ThelVirturot Evi dences of al 7 rtai.e.Lijie &c. Hervey arid Dayton, Gracechltrol,street, Mr. Bakewell, Who is well known as a correct and clever writer, and a: careful thinker, has, in this unpretending volunie, supplied the young with many explanations of common ocem•- rences, and the aged with - many very pleasant recollections. It will enable them to impart Much useful knowledge which they might forgot or be unable to explain without such a help to ;the memory. Its great recommendation is that it illustrates the most important truths of physi cal science in a manner at once easy, correct, and 'playful. The diagrams and illustrations are well ch.osen and neatly executed, serving, as figures should serve, to explain in an instant the princi ple to be taught. To give a brief specimen of the book we will quote a short passage on Flying, a subject at present rather popular, which may serve to explain to the most sceptical the possi bility of achieving what is, in fact, now said to have been achieved. Having first shown very clearly that. the " weight of a bird, or the force with which it is drawn to the ground, supports it in the air," which naturally makes the little girl who is one oh the interlocutors, say " how very odd," the writer proceeds. thus — The attempt to fly has been often made, but without success. The weight of the human body is so great that we have scarcely strength enough in our arms to raise ourselves, even when taking hold of un yielding substances; and all attempts to get pur chase or hold upon the air strong enough to raise the body from the ground, have hitherto failed. The most successful attempt at flying that I have heard of was that of an ingenious baronet of Yorkshire. He proceeded upon the principle of obtaining a horizontal motion by downward pressure, in the same manner as birds do - when they fly through the air, without moving their:wings. He constructed wings, which he attached to his body, and having ascended to the top of a tree, he then launched himself into the air. The wings immediately expanded as he began to de scend, and presented such an extended surface -to the resistance . of the air as to cause a very gradual descent, and by inclining one of the wings to the ground, the flying Baronet-was enabled to give to his fall an ob lique direction, so as to arrive at the bottom of another tree at some distance. Thus he may be literally said to have flown from tree to tree. * * I can suppose it very possible for aman to support himself, and move through the air, provided he commenced his aerial excursion from a considerable height. The most probable means by which man can hope to tra verse the air at will, is by the aid of steam-engines, or some other moving power. * * It is possible for steam-engines to be made not heavier than a man, yet possessing more than ten times the power of one. If a proper apparatus could. be invented to work against the air by such an engine, the attempt to fly, hitherto so unsuccessfully made, might indeed be carried into effect. - - - %Vith this quotation we must leave the book, recommending it to our readers as both instruc tive and entertaining. AUGUSTE VESTRIS. Vestris, par le fini, le brillant de ses pas, Nous rappelle son maitre, et ne reclipse pas. The death of this renowned dancer and posture master has been announced by the Paris Journals of Tuesday. Who has not heard of Auguste Vestris ? Vestris, the prince of dancers—himself the descendant of the god of dance.* Who remembers not him, who made glorious evenings for nearly all the theatres of the Continent—evenings when whole houses have been thronged with all the brilliancies of the Court and crowds of the city—when the theatre has resembled a vast saloon, swimming as it were in golden light, filled with the youth, opulence, and aristocracy of France gazins on the " poetry of his motion"—the raptures of his dance. Who forgets that splendid spectacle ? Princes, beauties, poets, worship ping him as their idol, and lavishing on him their wit, their plaudits, their ducats, and bouquets. That day of fascination is, however, gone, and in common, with the reminiscences which attach to this celebrated name, the biographer has only to look back in regret, and while he sighs at the present treasure lost, should endeavour to discover some share of comfort in remembering the gratifications of the past. Auguste Vestris, betterknown perhaps by the name of Vestr' Allard—thus having joined his own name to the latter dissyllable, that being the name of his mother, herself a dancer of most eminent merit —was born in 1759. The name of his family was originally Vestri, and it is to Florence that the y lay the claim of extraction. Long known as the finest dancer in Europe—possessed of a form remarkable for its symmetry—an air replete with elegance—year u to po b n e t3h'eear'leaandder:eas ah r i uCepryonphsmeahosn,eVf etislteri'(s)cpoenrati.nuled In later years, when he retired from the stage, and we believe up to the present time, he has been a pensioner of the Royal Academy of Music, at Paris. But Vestris his father !—Gaetano Apolin Bal thazar Vestris—under whose own education, whose own splendid lessons, Auguste learned whatever he possessed of grace or excellence of movement. What an opera was that, in the year 1748, when he made his first debut on the Parisian boards, and won shortly after from the monarch of the Bourbons, " h the full honours of his science. "Dieu de la clause e was named in triumph, and no sooner had he been so entitled, than, with the self-love that formed the finest species of vain glory ever known, he from that day forth, kept perpetually repeat ing to himself the phrse, rendered more remark able by his Italian accent. His admirers, not satisfied with this mark of homage, in the warmth of their enthusiasm bestowed on him another. "The handsome Vestris" was in the mouth of every beauty, every beau, every admirer ; nor did his tall, erect, and noble figure appear, in this respect, to discounte nance the flattery. Nevertheless, the dancer's own vanity was not backward in giving himself a station. He considered that there were but three great men in his century, and of the illustrious triumvirate he adjudged himself the foremost—" I, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great." This extravagant humour grew upon him ; he indulged in it with incompre hensible humour, and one day, when he had been applauded with transport, he majestically presented his leg to a young eleve, or pupil, who had expressed a sort of adoration for him. Laharpe tells the following :—lt was an amusing scene. The Duke de Bourbon arrived at the moment when Vestris was dancing. The house received the Prince, who was much beloved, with intense plaudits. Vestris considered this astounding approbation to be for him, and he redoubled his efforts in a manner so marked that the public perceived it, and laughed out right. Vestris was so far animated, that he continued to dance even after the violins had ceased. Rose Dugazon Vestris !—another brilliant name of the same family—actress and comedian, whose fame was once as great in the theatre role, as the renown of her who long in England has borne the same name by intermarriage with a branch of this noted family, and who for symmetry of form, personal charms, and ex quisite powers, seems to have, united by nature within her all the accomplishments of every member of the far-famed Florence family. Rose Dugazon married the brother of the first Vestris, father of the deceased Auguste, whom it is to-day our melancholy duty to memoralise. The wit and beauty of the young Du gazon took the heart of Paco, as it did in a no less astonishing manner those of the great and courtly of her day. Honours poured in on her from all quarters. Voltaire, after he had written for her the magnifiCent part of Irene, presented it to her, saying, Lady, I have worked for you all night, as if I had been fervid with youth!" The Duke de Choiseul, then Minister, upon the sparkling success that attended her personation of Zaire, made her a present of a magnificent robe, whose value was beyond conjecture. Opposed in her superb career by Mademoiselle Sainvalle, Madame Vestris succumbed in no point—the rivalry still t h e g l o e r f g t e h e h e r s ognhlfei unfailingly t — ni egAepeeof Corneille, n u a r i: r l e a 3 , r A y ie—ldame R he a r cin p e e , w a e n rs d . Voltaire, were The prodigious effect which she prod u ced in the agony of Gabriel de Vergy, is said to have been one d of the most remarkable instances in the annals of the eb an d ra ma. The beauty of her pantomime, also, in Macbeth, where Fredegonda figures in the phantas magoria scene, is also dwelt upon by critics with ad miration. Her voice was rich, her gait noble, and the loveliness of her arms and bust created admirers no less than the beauty of her person. Madame Dugazon Vestris enjoyed company of the highest distinction, and her society was courted by all the men of letters of the day. During the era of the Revolution, the role of the a u c o theodrrs, undere n a o t less s t ee h oe a um n h p t t the , p r r ah o ne v d i p n e c tah e eee o , f Rh t oe hie ,teo d vi a ea n rt; c . o e n r which we caused u s e s n e o d - f ' d r e a p l ar m a t m t o e h assume e t e h t e h r e o r b . e D o f u t r h i e h g o n h e i , s a g nd l ew Vtr i h e g s s i e s as t he on of success, the nature of the son appears to have ex hibited itself similarly with the father. Imitating the trope addressed by Alexander to Parmenio, though in a reversed shape, "If I were not Vestris," said he, "I would be the King." He long outlived the day, however, when the heat of youth dictated such hyper boles of feeling or expression, since more than eighty winters had visited him at his death. * The epithet bestowed on his father by the Court of Louis XIV. • A very considerable number of foreign Bank of England notes are again in eirculation. They appear to have bee* worked from one plate, as they are nura• bered 1827, and are all dated June 4, 1842. IR BLA ND. DEANERY OP ST.. PATRICK. DUBD DEC. 7.-Th;s cose wilt have the decision of the Coui i; pronounced to=day. MURDER OF MR. - SCUIXY-MEETING OF THE MAGISTRATES OF TIPPERARY. ` The Tipperary Constitation contains the following report of this meeting:— " On Friday last a meeting of Magistrates was held at the Court-house, Cashel, for the purpose of taking steps for, the apprehension of the assassins; and, from an early hour, numbers of the gentry were to be seen repairing to the place of meeting. "At half-past twelve o'clock, on the motion of the Hon. C. O'CALLAGHAN, the Earl of Glengall was called to the chair. " His LORDSHIP then proceeded to address the meeting as follows :—Gentlemen, I, as one of those who felt It their duty to attend at the house of Kil • feacle, after the late lamentable catastrophe—the murder of Mr. Scully—and, in accordance with the feelings of the other gentry assembled, considered that no time should be lost in calling together a portion of our brother Magistrates, in order that we should con sult what were the fit and proper steps to be taken upon this sad occasion, to express our horror at it, and to de.. vise the best means of apprehending and bringing to conviction the assassins. No one more sincerely de• plores the diabolical and atrocious deed which has lately occurred in the South 'Riding of our county than I do. A brother Magistrate, in the prime of manhood, possessing an independent fortune, well educated, moving in the most respectable society, has been singled out and has fallen a victim to the hand of the asssssin. Gentlemen, it is lamentable indeed to reflect upon this dreadful tragedy. We all recol lect how short a time has elapsed since an attempt was made upon the life of Mr. Scully, and how seriously he was wounded within the walls of his own very house ; and it now strikes me forcibly, that there must have existed a deep-laid plot, and a con spiracy almost unparalleled, whether we consider the fiendish atrocity with which it dispatched its victim, or the perseverance with which it lurked after him, until an opportune moment arrived for the perpetration of a murder as cruel, unrelent ing, and ferocious as any that has ever taken place in this county. After alluding to the recent comparative tranquillity in the south riding of the county, his Lordship said : There is one subject now to which I would call your most particular attention, and that is to the present Arms Act, and I conceive that we should give our opinions to the Government upon that very important subject.—(Hear, hear.) It is well known to you all, that the unfortunate and various crimes which have been perpetrated in this county have been done through the instrumentality of the possession of firearms by the lower orders. The Go vernment had prepared a Bill last session, but from the late period in which it was completed, even if it had been brought forward, it could not have been passed. If your opinions are in accordance with mine upon this subject so important to us all, I think you will coincide in the ' prayer of a memorial which I have drawn up relative to the registering of arms, &c. I feel I would not be discharging the entire of my duty, if I did not advert to another point in question. I should consider my self wanting in moral courage, were Ito pass it by, feeling,' as I do, its importance and necessity. You have, Gentlemen, all read the various outrageous attacks which have 'by made of late upon the land lords of this county by a portion of our Press. I am aware of the abuse that will, in all probability, follow my observations ; but I treat with the most stoical contempt unmerited abuse. It affects me no more than does the passing breeze. I allude alone to a portion of our Press. No one respects or values more highly than Ido the liberty of the Press. Am I sur prised at the murder of Mr. Scully (continued the Noble Lord) ? No ; my only astonishment is that other gentlemen have not fallen also. When we read these calumnious and ferocious attacks made each week upon the landlords by a portion of the Press—when we know that the peasantry, an easily excited class, see those publications, and read them with avidity— can we wonder that, should a landlord exercise the least control over his property, such should be consi dered 4 hardship by the tenantry ? Are no improve ments to take place ? Is pauperism to be everlasting ? I know that in almost all cases where tenants have been removed from lands our gentry have liberally— ' nay, largely— remunerated those removed. Some ' gentlemen have actually re-purchased their estates. Yet, however generously a landlord may act, still such landlord is held up to the people as a criminal— no matter what sacrifices he has made—and ven geance is called down on his devoted head.—(Hear, , hear.) I consider that the writers, and those who disseminate such unfounded calumnies, are neither more nor less than eiders and abbettors of assassina tion. His Lordship concluded by reading the memo• rial to which he referred, and by saying that he would feel: obliged to Mr. M'Leod and Captain Roberts if they would, in the course of the proceedings, read a list of the outrages which have recently taken place in their respecti ve di s t r i cts. " Sir John Fitzg era ld, St ep h e n Moore, Esq., and other gentlemen, a dd resse d th e meeting, generally expressing their concurrence in the views of the chairman. last six montbs, whi c h s h owed " Mr. M'LEoD read th e li s t of outrages for the offences compared w ith f ormer per i o d s . "After some furth er conversat i on , " WILLIAM FEN NELL , E sq., sa id, there is one cir cumstances which I thi n k i t r i g ht t o mention, and it 'a d i m i n ution of heinous classes obtain gunp ow d er an d is with regard to the f ac ili ty w i t h which the lower cartridges in the vicinity of military ba rrac k s. Ab ou t the Caller bar racks they readily qet possession of powder, and I sup pose it is the same in th e v i c i n i ty o f a ll the other bar racks. " Major PRlEsTrzy---a f y — Lord and Gentlemen, I beg to say that I feel assured the present Government will pay the deepest attention to anything emanating from so influential a b o d y ; an d, f o r my own part, nothing will afford me greater pleasure, and I am y T th a a d n d everyinc O co-ope ra ti ng w ith the Magistrates officer c t o h n e n ir ec e t ff ed or ts withto tphreeseeornve ssoutafrbetuhiiasl extensive county i n may r its pease, and to establish its tranquillity.--(llear.) " The memorial was then signed by all present, as was also the reward _ " A friend stated that the Scully family would give 1,0001. towards the reward. " The meeting then separated." ATTACK ON A CLERGYMAN.—A shot was fired a few days since at the door of Kilfitmore glebe, the residence of the Rev. Richard Carey. That gentle man, getting out of bed, and going to the window at the time, observed three armed men walking on the road near the house. The firing of a shot at the glebe-house was pregnant. with signification, for a notice was found next morning lying on the window sill, signed " Captain Starlight; and threatening to visit his body with lead, his house with fire, and his cattle with destruction, and all because he had dared to dismiss an unfaithful steward.—Nenagh Guardian. WIIITWELLe..4III/ii AN SKELETONS FOUND.- - On Tuesday last, as the workmen were employed in lowering the turnpike road opposite the Dale Inn, near Whitwell, they discovered two skeletons near to each other, and about nine inches in the bed of the gravel. It is impossible to s a y h ow th e y had been de posited there, andew th N road before the road was made. The different direction from the old n an extensive and bleak com mon or moor, far from any human habitation.---Dou caster Gazette. SPALDING SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. Fred. Loder, a commercial gentleman travellin g for the firm of D'Almaine and Co., music -dealers, Soho -square, Lon don, arrived at the White Hart I nn, S pa lding, about half-past seven in the evening of Friday last by the He complained o f i n di s p o sition, Boston mail. and o'clock. About half-past twelve o'clock the following his and chamberma id going to he rang bell, the violent pain in his left side, and went to bed about ten to the room, she foun d him, in a dyink landlord went for a su r g eon, but before his arrival life h was extinct. An inquest wa s --elcron the body in the evening of the same day . V erdict, " Natural death." —Doncaster Gazette. state. The BIRTH.—At 49, Parliament-street, yesterday, the Esq., of a daughter. Lady of Edward T. Richardson, FOG. --About seven o'clock last eve as a l a d, named Thomas Warne, was pro ceeding over Kenning ton-co mmon with two horses, ACCIDENT his left leg came in co ntact with a post, and broke it i VIE FOG. just below the knee. His cries brought to his assist ance police-constable 44 L, who conveyed him in a cab to Guy's Hospital. ENDOWMENT ASSOCIA.- TioGNE.—NETRIAieL AannNuNalunY meeti Aisp ngof this Association was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the pupose of receiving the Director's Report for th e y ear . The Report stated that the Comp an y was in a most flourishing con dition, and that the present capital of the Association was 152,0001. Some discussion then aro s e as to the re port of the Actuaries being then laid before the meet ing. The Chairman stated that the Committee had received the Report, but as it had not been examined, he thought it would be better not at present to lay it before the Subscribers, but a special meeting would to called for the purpose. A an band petition had was died then presented by a lady whose hus b prayingfor th e an nuity, but the, petition was not received as th e d ecease d h a d not given notice of his intention of going a b roa d. Messrs. Rudduck and Lawren ce wer e re-elected Directors of the Association, and t he aud itors were also re-elected. From the statement o f the accounts it appeared that abroad, 136 members had been admitted during the present year, and that 46 members had be en exc l u d e d for non-payment. The sum paid by them was 11,0001., which fell to the Association. The total number of members admitted Was 2,879, and, the number of an 5,367. MEETING OF PAWNBROKERS. A numerous zneei:ing of the pawnbrokers of Lon don was held last night, at Radley-'s Hotel, Bridge-. street, Blackfriars, for, the purpoSe of having laid be fore. them a Report of the Parliathentary Committee, appointed some years ago, to watch over the interests of the trade. Mr. Neate presided. The Report de tailed at some length the Parliamentary services of the Committee, which appeared to have been essen tially beneficial to the pawnbrokers generally. The Committee, at the conclusion, recommended that as so much good had arisen to the trade from local exer tions, a. general association of the pawnbrokers of Great Britain should be formed, for the purpose of obtaining full and particular information concerning all measures, legislative or otherwise, affecting pawn brokers, whether of a local or general nature ; to pro mote any which might appear to haVe a beneficial tendency, and vigorously ,to oppose all such as might appear oppressive or injurious. Also, to collect correct reports of all decisions affecting. pawnbrokers, and copies of all such cases and opi nions as might have been obtained by local societies or individuals upon the laws relating to the trade, to gether with all such other information as can be ob- fained, for mutual advice, assistance, and protection, and to promote measures, legislative or otherwise, for the suppression of the daily increasing class of persons who, under the denomination of " dolly shops," " wee pawns," and "little goes," most grievously (in the language of the Report) oppress those who deal with them, and at the same time inflict the greatest possible injury upon the legitimate pawnbrokers, both by depriving them of their business and, by continual delinquency, prejudicing their reputation. The Re port having been adopted, several addresses were de livered upon the great advantage which must neces sarily flow from a general association of the trade. The Parliamentary Committee was then dissolved, and a Provisional Committee formed, for the purpose of drawing up rules and regulations to form the basis of such an association. The meeting then adjourned. NIGHT , SIGNALS FOR THE LON DON STEAM-PACKETS AT BOULOGNE. We are indebted. to Captain Tune, of the steam packet City of Boulogne, for the following copy of night signals for the guidance of the London steamers frequenting Boulogne "When the Captains think their vessels within sight of the harbour . (Boulogne), they will burn a blue light, and hoist a light at the oremast head. "It' there is sufficient water for the immediate en trance of the steamer into tho hr-bour, the only signal to be made from the pier-head will be a blue light at the east pier-head, and a red lantern, to indicate the same. " Should a steamer come in sight before there is sufficient water for her to enter the harboUr, a rocket will be sent up from the pier-head in answer to her signal ; and a blue light will be shown, with the red lantern as above, when the tide is high enough for her to enter. "Should a steamer come in the roads after the tide, and when the water is too low for her, or when anv other impediment may prevent her entrance into the , harbour, the rockets will be sent up i successively from the pier, as a sigaal to keep off. " After the above signal, should a boat be required to land passengers or dispatches, the steamer to send up a rocket, and to show another light under the bowsprit. " And should a boat be allowed to proceed to the steamer, a rocket will be thrown up from the pier head." DAY SIGNALS. " A blue flag shown at the head of the East Pier, will indicate that the steamer may come into the har bour, shaping. her, course according to the signals male to her by inclining the staff. " ShouldA steamer come too late for the tide, or should there be eny other impediment to her entrance, no signal will be made to her. " Should a boat be required on board to convey passengers on shore, the packets will hoist a flag half mast at the fore. " N.B. The above signals are intended to enable the packets to avail themselves of the whole of the time during which there is a sufficient depth of water for them at Boulogne, before the usual tide lights are shown, and after they have been hauled down ; for while these have been exhibited no other signals are necessary." DEATH OF A FEMI LE AND HER INFANT FROM WAbiT.----Thorsday afternoon a lengthened investiga tion took place at the Paul's Head, Crispen-street, Spitalfields, before Mr. Baker, Coroner, on view of the bodies of Catherine Leary, 26 years of age, and of Mari Leary, her infant child, five days old. Mrs. Maria Ridley, midwife to the Royal Maternity Society, stated, she attended the deceased (who was the wife of a labourer) in her confinement. She was in a state of great destitution, and could not provide the usual necessaries for herself and her child. Witness re commended her to apply to the palish for relief, but she did not do so. No one attended to her after her confinement, and the child died on Wednesday morn ing last. Mr. Atrell, the relieving-officer of Spital fields, upon hearing of the case on Monday, imme diately supplied the deceased woman with proper necessaries, but she died on Wednesday morning. Mr. Byles, surgeon, stated that the deceased was labouring under disease of the lungs. She told witness she had had no nurse since her confinement, nor any nourishment until she had been supplied by Mr. Atrell. Witness gave her some medicine with arrow root and wine, and attended her until she died. The husband of the deceased did not pay much attention to her. lam of opinion the child died from want of proper attention and cleanliness, and the mother from diseased lungs. The Jury, after some consideration, returned a verdict of " Natural death in both cases, accelerated by want and destitution." NUMEROUS DEATHS AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL. At a late hour on Thursday Mr. Baker held no fewer than fbur inquests at the London Hospital. The first was on the body of Elias Levi, 75 years of age, em ployed at the Jewish Synagogue of the late Chief Rabbi, Dr. Herschel, situated at No. 5, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe, who, whilst in the act of descending the stairs on the night of Monday last, fell from the top to the bottom, pitching upon his head. Ile was taken up in an insensible state, and conveyed to the above hospital, where he died yesterday morning. The second was on the body of 'William Cruickshank, of No. 8, Back Church-lane. In this case the deceased was in the act of lifting a kettle from the fire, when his pinafore caught. Ile was severely burnt all over his body, and expired in a short time after his admission to the hospital. The third was upon William Duck, 78 years of age. The deceased was employed in unloading a timber waggon at Plaistow, in Essex, on the 13th of October last, when a large log of timber fell upon him and fractured his left leg in a shocking manner. Ile lingered until Wednesday last, when he died at the above hospital. The last was on the body of a man named Joseph Roberts, a shipwright, 30 years of age, in the employ of Mr. Pilcher, shipbuilder, Limehouse. On Monday, about twelve o'clock at night, the deceased was about to proceed to his work on the Clyde steamer, then lying in the dry dock, when he missed his footing and fell to the bottom of the dock, a depth of thirty feet. When discovered he was quite insensible, and his skull fractured. He died soon after his admission to the hospital. The house-surgeon stated that in all the above cases death had been caused by the effects of, the injuries received, and the jury ill each case re turned a verdict of "Accidental death." STREET \VIT.—As one of the wandering minstrels, who earn a precarious livelihood by vocalising in our public thoroughfares, was pursuing her wonted callin g on 'Wednesday week, a young urchin thus addressed her at the close of a very elaborate shake :—" I say, missus, do you sell that by the yard ?" The woman, highly incensed, thus retorted :—" If you don't move on, you young rascal, I'll give you a foot for nothing." STAPLE INN.—Chambers are about to be erect e d for the occupation of the taxing-masters ; they are to be built in the Elizabethan style of architecture, and will, when completed, be a great ornament to the Inn. Tenders have been received from 12 eminent builders for the erection. Mr. Grimsdell being th e s uccessful competitor,his tender has been accepted, a n d the building will be forthwith commenced, having to be entirely com pleted, ready for the occupation of the masters, by the month of September in next year. The tenders were as under :—Messrs. Grissel and Peto, 7,500/. ; Messrs. Mansfield and Sons, 7,500/. ; Mr. Winsland, 7,4481. ; Mr. Cubitt, 7,4401.; Messrs. WOOICOtt and Son, 7,4 0 3/. ; Messrs. Piper and Son, 7,297/. ; Messrs. 7, 1641.; Messrs. Bridgers, 7,0801. ; Messrs. Hicks and Sons, 7,020/. ; Messrs. Pearse and Guerrie r i . , 6 987/. ; Mr. Jackson, 6 , 965 /. ; Mr. Grimsdell, 1. IMPORTATION Or BONDED CORN.—The hollowing notice regarding the importation of bonded corn, &c., f i or home consumption , has been issued by order of the Commissioners of Customs :—"'Whereas, by the sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 47, certain allowances for natural waste are to be made upon the entry for home consumption of wheat, barley, rye, and oats ; and it appearing to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs that much inconvenience would arise to the trade by insisting that such allow ances should be ascertained at the time of the entry of such goods for home consumption, and that it is reasonable that further time should be granted for ascertaining such differences, notice is hereby given that the said Commissioners have granted and allowed eight days after the entry for home con sumption of any such wheat, barley, rye, and oats, for ascertaining any such deficiencies; and that, un less such deficiencies shall be ascertained within such period by the merchants, in the warehouse in which such goods have been deposited, according to law, the trade will not be allowed the advantage contemplated by the Act before mentioned. By order of the Com missioners. (Signed.) C. A. SCOTELL, Secretary." INFANTINE I\IOURNII•iG.—" No school to-day !no school to day . ! „ exclaimed a merry young master, "with a shining morning face," skipping gaily into the play ground,'" no school to-d a y—master's dead, and he's going to be buried." BARCELONA. According to accounts received from this place at Paris, dated the 2d instant, the Regent was still at head-quarters, and nothing but an unconditional sur render would satisfy him. He had notified this to the insurgents, and at the same time announced, that if his demand was not complied with in the course of that evening, the bombardMent would commence in the morning of the 3d. The gates of Barcelona were opened, by an order of the Junta of the Government of the 30th ult., for all persons except armed men and soldiers. The vessel, the Formidable, has been set afloat by the Gassende and Etna steamers. The Rodney has also arrived. Both have furnished ammunition to the fort of Montjuich. In Barcelona there are many proposals of despair. Some would hoist the tri-colour flag on all the forts ; other; are for proclaiming Christina Regent. But there seems no alternative but submission. The drums beat to arms and the tocsin rings. They are going to re-arm the anvsfranes and make a desperate resistance. It is said that the Regent has signified his determination to- bombard irrevocably, if the town did not surrender by ten o'clock to-morrow morning. We find in the Dcbatx of Wednesday the following summary of the proceedings towards the close of the rebellion : " The last days of the insurrection were very stormy, but without giving rise to any great excesses. In proportion as the crisis of submission became im minent from the impossibility of sustaining a siege without exposing the town to utter destruction, the parties began to load each other with recriminations and reciprocal reproaches of having lost the cause which they pretended to defend. The Moderados, who were opposed only to the military despotism and to the introduction of English cotton goods, accused the Republicans of having alarmed the rest of Spain by their revolutionary principles, and thereby caused Barcelona to be left to bear the brunt alone. The Republicans retorted that all had been lost entirely and solely from want of decision, and that a republic should have been at once proclaimed, upon which the Catalonians would have all immediately rallied under its banner, instead of remaining shut up within their walls. .The popular Junta had dispersed; the new Junta, composed of wise and oonsiderate men, with the Bishop among them, ,had no other task to perform than to obtain the best terms for their fellow-citizens. It commenced its negotiations with Van Haien on the 27th, and by judiciously temporis ing kept off for four dayi_the bombardment with which he threatened the town.. His first stipulation was the disarmament of the paid free corps, mhich formed the main strength of the insurrection. They, however, refused to disband, and insisted upon a formal amnesty guaranteed by France through her resident Consul. It may be at once believed to be impossible for Van Haien to suffer the intervention of any foreign Power in his own political conduct, and that the Consul himself must feel that he had no right to interfere in the internal atThirs of any other Go . vernment. All that was in his power he did—he re ceived on board the steam-boats, and placed under the protection of the flag of France, the fugitives of all parties ; first, those who fled before the victorious in surgents, and next themselves, when they, in their turn, wished to escape from well-merited vengeance. At the same time he gave shelter to 1,200 Frenchmen either on board the King's ships or on board mer chantmen, hired at the expense of the State ; he like wise saved 1,200 Barcelonese. The Regent, on his arrival, confirmed the order to dissolve the paid Na tional Guards. As soon as his arrival was known, these seditious bodies could not remain on foot any longer. But whilst the pacific Junta wasted its time in efforts to persuade them to yield, the Republicans, in their ranks, endeavoured to prolong a state of revolt which had then degenerated to a vain and noisy meet ing. The Junta had one of the Republican leaders ar rested and imprisoned in the Atarazanas, which is occupied at present by the National Guard, who have submitted. Nevertheless the national troops had not entirely dissolved themselves, for out of six battalions three were obstinate enough to resist, and impede the negotiations of the Junta. The Junta repaired to the Regent on the morning of November 30, and pro posed as conditions—'That the new garrison should ba composed of regiments difThrent from those who had tome into sanguinary collision with the people, in i order to avoid the causes of animosity which might produce new quarrels ; that the institution of the Na tional Guard should be maintained in the town ; that the Captain-General should be changed on account of his arbitrary proceedings against the Barcelonese, and as having causes of animosity against the inhabitants ; that the political chief should also be changed ; that General Zurbano, odious to persons of every line of politics on account of his brutal despotism, should not enter into the town ; and, lastly, that no person should be prosecuted for his conduct during the troubles.' The Junta also asked for guarantees in favour of the cotton manufacture, against the introduction of English tissues, the principal Cause of discontent in ICatalonia, and of disturbance at Barcelona. The Re gent listened gravely and patiently to the enumera tion of these conditions, and replied in moderate terms, but without consenting to one of them The law,' he said, ' of which he was the organ and the defender, could not admit of any conditions with illegality and revolt ; the battalions of factious insurgents must im mediately lay down their arms, and the National Guard evacuate the citadel and the forts ; it was for the guilty to escape, if they could, from the weight of the law, and not for the law to guarantee their safety ; no Government could allow the choice or the exclusion of its public functionaries or gene rals to be dictated to it; and, lastly, as to the ma nufactures alluded to, the Cortes were to deliberate on the interests confided to it, and he should him self, at a later period, consider what he should deem useful for the welfare of Catalonia.' The Regent terminated his reply, by repeating the threat of mili tary execution and bombardment. The first thing he did on his arrival was to visit the fort Montjuich, and inspect the batteries placed in the town. The even ing before the Regent's arrival, an unexpected cir cumstance had caused much irritation amongst the people, and gave the Republicans a pretext for in some degree re-animating the angry feeling of the people. This was the sudden appearance of the English line of-battle ship the Formidable. Immediately it was rumoured that this vessel was loaded with Congreve rockets, to burn the town with all its manufactories ; and when afterwards they beheld this colossus go aground at the mouth of the Llobregat, and become nothing more than, a powerless and sluggish mass, they . declared that Providence punished the cruel mission on which she was sent, and the imprecations which had greeted her arrival su ddenly changed into transports of joy. Thus, the English, in their turn, were loaded with the curses of the Barcelonese. In the preceding insurrection all the invectives had been against France. The presence of the Formidable must not, however, be regarded as extraordinary, when we know that the French man-of-war the Jemappe, of one hundred guns, had been at once sent from Toulon for the same destination. She was retarded by the southerly winds, which favoured the progress of the Formidable coming from the south. The steamers and packets dispatched from Toulon and Marseilles were also delayed by stress of weather. The French Consul, who was anxious to place his countrymen in safety, was obliged to freight seven merchant vessels, into which not only they, but such emigrants as thought fit to present themselves, were received. Our own letters are dated the evening of November 30, and the packet which brought them to Marseilles left Barcelona, Dec. 1, at five in the morning. They , state that during tbe whole of the evening of the 30th there was considerable agitation amongst the paid National Guards, a part of whom still r efused to la y down their a r ms . The news of some of them having shut themselves up in one of the forts with provisions and ammunition, t h rea tening to hold out to the last extremity, is confirmed ; the place where they estab lished themselves was Pio Fort. It was not sup posed that th e y 4 wold persist in their wild project of resistance. It was rather feared that those men for the most part exceedingly dangerous would perpetrate excesses, the only ones committed during the insur rection. Violence, or even pillage, was dreaded from them for the next day, as these men might reckon on their obscurity to escape from the pursuit of justice. The apprehensions which were caused by this band appeared likely to hasten the entrance of the Regent's troops, which the Junta and the rest of the population would be obliged to call on to re-establish security ; so that the Republicans, after having so dangerously compromised Barcelona against the Government, would snatch away from the town its last chance— that of obtaining some conditions which might, per haps, be granted, if it were not forced by the threaten ing attitude of the mutineers to yield precipitately and at discretion." SMITHFIELD CATTLE-snow.—The sale of the fat stock progressed rapidly on Thursday, and few animals remained unsold last evening. The ready communi cation now afforded by railway to all parts of the kingdom, has had its effect in a striking manner in their disposal. Many purchases have been made by butchers from remote country towns, and som e o f th e oxen will return to the localities in they were fed. Two of the finest in the exhibition have been purchased by Mr. Newton, a cattle-sal esman, o f Jer sey, to which island they will be shipped from South ampton on Saturday next. In pursuance of a resolu tion of the Committee, passed. at the last annual meeting, a silver medal will be awarded to the butcher who expends the largest sum of money in the purchase of animals from the exhibition yard. The birth of a son and heir to the Noble Lord Lieutenant of the county, Lord Lyttelton, was cele brated by the tenantry an d tra d esmen o f hi s Lordship by a dinner at the tyttelton Arms Inn, Bagley, on Monday fortnight, an d t h e gent l emen o f the neigh bourhood also commemorated the auspicious event by dining together yesterday week at the sa me Worcester Ch ron i c l e . house.— LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec.. 9. SHIRLEY V. EIRL FERIIERS. This erse came before the Court upon a petition praying the removal of an order which stopped the payment of certain money out of Court until legacy duty was paid. The 1,05 D CHANCELLOR wils Of opinion that no legacy duty was payable, and directed that the stop order should be removed. JONES V. SMITH. The COURT then proceeded with the further argu ments in this part-heard appeal. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 9. COBHAM V. WEST. The Court having disposed of this part-heard cause, which stood over to he spoken to this day, the hearing of the arguments in the motion of PERRY V. TRUEFITT, was resumed. It had engaged the Court the greater portion of yesterday, and is an application on behalf of the plaintiff, who is a perfumer, residing and carry ing on business at .Nos. 12 and 13, in the Burlington arcade, for an injunction to restrain the defendant, who is also a perfumer in the Burlington-arcade, from selling a mixture fOr the hair, called " Medicated Mexican Balm," of which the plaintiff claimed to be the sole proprietor, having, as he alleged, putchased the secret of its composition from the inventor. The arguments were not concluded when we went to press. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 9. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) The Court was occupied to-day with hearing un opposed petitions and short causes. IN RE SLADE. This was a petition presented under the Fine and Recovery Act, requiring the consent of the Court to become the protector of the petitioner. Certain pro perty had been devised to the petitioner, with remain der to other persons, but the husband of petitioner having been convicted of felony, there was some doubt whether the 24th section of the Act gave a jurisdiction to the Court. The law made the Court of Chancery the protector, in cases where the holder of property was a lunatic, or had been guilty of treason or felony. Husband and wife were joint protectors, and they had not both been guilty of felony. His HONOUR. thought there was sufficient autho rity in the Act to constitute the Court protector, in cases where the person, who would otherwise be pro tector, was disqualified by attainder. He would, however, read the Act before he decided the point. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 9. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Special Jury.) EGAN V. THE GUARDIANS OF THE KENSINGTON UNION. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re cover a sum of money alleged to be due to him for services which he had performed for the union. The plaintiff had gat as assessor, for which he had charged at the rate of five guineas a day. The case went off by the defendants agreeing to pay the plaintiff 1001. Verdict for plaintiff, damages 1001. LIBEL—BAKER V. WILKINSON. This was an action brought by the High Sheriff of Rutlandshire, against the proprietor of the Leicester Herald, for the publication of a libel. It appeared that the plaintiff was a great agriculturist and a feeder of stock, and that he had obtained several prizes for a certain fat steer which he had fed. There was afterwards an accusation brought against him that he had misrepresented the age and feeding of the steer, and in the course of the controversy, frequent allusions were made to the plaintiff's stock book. Meetings were held en the subject, at Leices ter and Stamford. Pamphlets were published, and while the controversy was at its height, the alleged libel appeared in defendant's paper. It was in the form of a letter to the Editor, and was headed " The Cheating Sheriff of Rutland." The letter itself was dated Limpston, April 6, 1842, and purported to be written by F. Brown. It stated, that as regarded Mr. Baker's herd book, the writer who had lived in plaintiff's service for upwards of six years, had made frequent entries in it, and that to the best of the writer's recollection that book contained something much more like 300 pages than only 6, as had been represented in the Times of March 30. The letter was followed by a paragraph, in which the plaintiff was denominated the mean, lying sheriff. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Hill), for the plaintiff, stated the circumstances con nected with the controversy relating to the age, and said that the plaintiff had only brought this action for the purpose of vindicating his character. The clerk from the Stamp-office was called to prove the proprietorship of the paper. It appeared, however, that there was a verbal difference between the Stamp office record and the statement in the declaration as to the residence of the defendant and the place of pub lication of the paper. Mr. KELLY objected that that variance was fatal to the action. Lord DENMAN having heard the Solicitor-General in reply, directed the cause to proceed, but stated that he would reserve the point. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to the point being reserved. Lord DENMAN could not reserve it if the Solicitor- General objected. Witnesses were then called to prove the purchase o f the paper at defendant's office, who were cross -exa mined as to the meetings held about the steer, but from which nothing of importance was elicited. A letter from defendant to plaintiff, dated June last, and apologising for the insertion of the libel, was then put in, and also an article in November last, in defend ant's paper, relating to the action, and stating that Sir W. Follett was retained for plaintiff, and Mr. Kelly for defendant. The case for the plaintiff having been concluded, Mr. KELLY, for the defendant, admitted that the verdict must go against his client, .but he submitted that the smallest possible amount of damages would fully satisfy the justice of the case. He denied that the plaintiff had brought this action bona fide for the vindication of his character, because if that had been his intention he would have put wit nesses into the box, who could have told the Jury what had occurred at the Walton and other agricul tural associations, who could have given them some in • sight into the transaction. On the contrary, the plaintiff had taken advantage of one strong expression in the heading of an article in a local newspaper, in order to snap a verdict. The plaintiff himself had pub lished a pamphlet on the subject, and what right had he to complain of another person publishing an article in a newspaper on the same suVect ? Ile submitted that nominal damages were all that the plaintiff was entitled to recover. With regard to the apologetical letter that expressed defendant's regret for the'publi cation of the libel, the defendant stated that if he had been aware of plaintiff's defence at Leicester arid Stamford the article would never have been published, founded, as it had been, entirely on the report of thc Walton Committee, and yet after that plain tiffeon t nued his prosecution. It appeared that at the meeting at Stam ford Mr. Baker had been unanimously acquitted of the charge of misrepresenting the age of the steer, but why had he not brought his a ction against the Wal ton Committee instead of against the present de fendant, who had merely p ublished an article founded on the report of the Committee. The defendant had, in his letter of the 14th June, offered to let judgment go by default ; and he did not envy the feelings of the then prosecutor, who, after such a letter could have cont inued this action. The only reason why judgment had not been suffered to go by default was, because the defendant had been advised that it would be better for him to have this case tried before a Judge with a special Jury, than before an Under Sheriff, and the difference of ex pense would not be more than 101. or 201. Lord DENMAN in sum min g u p said, that the letter complained of as a libel i was wholly unintelli gible when taken by itself, but unfortunately it was headed " The Cheating Sheriff of Rutland," concluding with these expressions, " We wonder what the lying Sheriff will say to this, how will he wriggle out of it ?" Will his friends assist him. They are underdone brown." And with this witticism, for the Jury would recollect that the writer of the article s i g ned his name F. Brown, the article concluded. Now, it really was a miserable thing that the Jury and Court should have their time occupied by stuff like this. He could not help expressing his regret that persons occupying the station filled by the defendants, who must be men of education , and of intellectual attainment, and who ought to have the feelings and manners of gentlemen , in dulged in the use of abusive and vulgar language such as that which he had just read. It seemed as if the editors of papers thought it incumbent on them to follow the example set them by two persons in a work of fiction, with which, no doubt, all who heard him had been frequently delighted, a nd who, because they happened to be editors of rival newspapers, thought themselves privileged to in dulge in the lowest and most abusive expr essions against each other. The question was to wha t damages was the plaintiff entitled. He could not hel p expressing his opinion that all such languag e ou g ht to be treated with con tempt by men of character. With regard to the man ner in which the case for the plaintiff had been brought before them, he must say that he never saw a voyage of reputation embarked -on with sails so closely reefed. It was absurd for the Sheriff of Rut land to come here to vindicate his character before a Special Jury of the county of Middlesex, who had never heard of his name before, and no one of whom knew anything about him. With regard to the defendant's letter of the 14th June, he considered that was a very proper letter ; and if the plaintiff had not thought that a sufficient apology, he might have re quired a fuller apology, or have called for the name of _ the person who had written the letter; b u t instead o f that, after reading that letter deprecating his .ange.ra,, and apologising for the insertion of the le tterr,_ptainti brought defendant here to meet the visitation of the law.