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d by the lat astatria died stratrix, and tee, upon the 'quest. When • in the Vice cellor Knight DAY.) v. No cases we the Court DAY.) 1 judgment of s morning. rDGMENT. 6se, which was andant for the ally exercised e Mr. Baron suited, the de ,ctual sheriff, The Court ,hat he was sheriff. The Ef was, that he !easion of re he succeeding first instance, ssed that sig le late sheriff, the defendant is name. The er-sheriff, but he man, how ) the Boca• it as the added the w, it appeared t the uuder he took upon these circum- Baron Platt would copse igly refused. a judgment, Le trial of the admitted. It vas admiasible ht, therefore, 11 before Mr. !ring into the w cause why l be a rule to &NOTHER. gh the Court opinion, they ) amend their not state to d it state by s must amend DAY.) case, which at. The de irkish noble. came to this rafton- street, it into the ►med Myers, who claimed Count, and ersons who ring the exe the Count's t a charge of dining table. the station istrate next was brought Dent, and he Byles, on cause why' ground of ►r trial until or a special The Court Id consulted had commit- The amount ttle surprise n which the .ge of felony, rdecide the Though the umming up, lion, it was the matter• es exceeded ed, the jury Dle subject!, feelings o f lat an ad" exclusively the amount ative to sp.: a new tria l nse greater advantage the present refore, tha efused. so why the larged from Ls dead and 1 was made ose, but the t sufficient , , s as to th ° .r attorney , made et e, and the affl lavit, upon which the present application was founded, stated that the defendant had been in ctn tody since 1841 (eight years ago) for a debt, including costs, o' 02/. In 1841, the plaintiff, Clemente Camp, lett this country in company with her daughter, in order to avoid the proceedings of her tredi!ors, her a fnirs at the time b2ing in an ins , Jivent state. It appe;red that she was *ivy-five years of age, and was then and had been for some years in had health. The defendant had received information that she was seen at Hamhurgh iu 1843. She went after wards to St. Petersburgh, and a merchant in that city had told the defendant that she left St. Petersburgh for Moscow, and it was reported she had died on the road, the severity of the climate being very injurious to foreigners, and frequently fatal to persons in ill health. A search, as recommended Jby the Chief Justice, had been made at the Prerogative-office, t:•tit neither had any will been filed nor any letters of administration taken out. The COURT granted a rule nisi, and requested that it might be served upon the defendant's attorney. BERRY V. IRWIN. This was an action upon two bills of exchange drawn by a person named Melcomb, and accepted by the de fendant, and it was tried at the last Surrey assizes, when a verdict was found tor the plaintiff. Judgment was signed, and the defendant was consigned to custody in the Queen's Bench prison, where he now renalint'. A rule to show cause why he should not he set at liberty, on the ground that he had been discharged under the Insolvent Debtors' Act, having been obtained, it camp on for argument a few days back. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in delivering judgment, now said that the Court were of Opinion that the defendant was entitled to his discharge. The defendant, it ap peared, had inserted both the bills in his schedule, in the name of the plaintiff, and also of Melcomb, but disputed the right of either of them to the amount, on the ground that he had received no consideration fur the bills. The defendant having obtained his discharge from all the debts in the schedule, it appeared to the Court that the adjudication of his case by the Commissioner applied to the present debt. It appeared also to the Court, that his discharge applied as well to the costs of this applica tion. The rule must, therefore, be made absolute, with costs. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTEBON.) COLCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL. Mr. COWLING moved fur a rule nisi to show cause why an information in the nature of a quo warrant° should not be filed against Mr. Partridge, requiting Lim to establish his right to a seat in the town council of the borough of Colchester. He made the mo tion on t he ground that Mr. Partridge was unduly elected by votes in his favour having been improperly received, and votes against him improperly rejected.. It appeared by the affidavits that Colchester is divided into three wards, known as the first, second, and third, and on the 18th of November there was a vacancy . for two councillors in the second ward. At the election there were four candidates, namely, Mes,rs. Peggy, Partridge, Denial, and R ilna trend. Mr. Peggs 'had the highest cumber of votes and was declared 414 elected; but Messrs. Partridge and Daniel having the same number of votes, the assessor and presiding alderman gave a casting vote in favour of Mr. Partridge, and he was then declared duly cleated. Two votes, however, appeared on Mr. Partridge's list, which ought to have been rejected; the first was that of one George Barrel, who had piacad his mark upon the voting paper required by the Act, being unable to write, but the paper represented it to be the mark of Burrel George instead of George Burrel. The next note ob jected to was that of a Mr. Childs, who appeared upon the burgess roll in respect of a house in Mvidleborough, _iota in his voting paper he had erroneously described himself as of North Hill, a street that ran into Middleborough. The third and lest vote , to be discussed in the case, was that of a Mr. Hallowas, who tendered his vote in favour of Mr. Daniel, but it was struck off that gentleman's list, on the ground that the voting paper represented the burgess to live in a street in the parish of St. Peter's, whereas the street was in the parish of Lexton, but the Municipal Act required that the street only should be described in the voting paper; and, therefore, suo- Poising the parish was wrong, it did not invalidate the Vote, and it, therefore, ought not to have been rejected Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule on the two last grounds. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) The November adjourned sessions were opened this /morning at the Ses,ions-house, Clerkenwell-green. George Cox and Samuel Philpots were indicted for !stealing three pigs, two live geese, and two live ducks, value 595., the property of John Davidson. It appeared that on the night when the animals were carried off from the prosecutor's premises, Davidson With a policeman overtook the prisoners in the Park road, Regent's-park, Philpots driving the pigs and the geese, whilst Cox was carrying the two ducks. They were both taken into custody. Philpots pleaded guilty, but Cox repeated in court the same statement which he made to the policeman and 'the prosecutor when he was taken into custody, viz., that he bought the ducks from Philpots !or 55.; the other prisoner had no money about him, and the jury found vox Guilty. He was sentenced to three months' im prisonment. MARLBRO -STREET—(THIS DAY.) John Wilson, a respectably dressed man, who de scribed himself as a baker, carrying on business at No. 11, Pepper-street, Borough, and John Jenner, a licensed victualler, residing at 72, Saint Andrews-road, New Kent -road, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with conspiring together with another man not in cus tody, in defrauding Mr. George Pallett, landlord of the Berwick Arms, Berner's•strect, of the sum of 151., under the following circumstances: — Mr. Morgan, from the office of Mr. Humphreys, ap peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Games for the pri soners. The prosecutor deposed that yesterday morning be had been to the city, and on his return home, about one o'clock he found the two prisoners and another man irinking in front of his bar. They were] j og sherry, an d w i tness had a glass with the m. In the course of conversation, the pri soner Jenner said he had made a bet to throw a heavy weight with the prisoner Wilson, and that he could throw a heavier weight than any man in London, and wished witness to go and witness the feat. He also said a e was the man who threw the great weight over the MO brick wall at the White Bear, Kennington. After lime further conversation, witness was induced to go to tae Wheatsheaf public-house, in Marylebone-street, to w itness the trial of strength between the prisoners. When they got to the Wheatsheat; the prisoner Jenner said, "There was no room there to throw a great weight, We will play at skittles." He (Jenner) then played !son for some sovereigns, which he won, and afterwards he laid hi m (Wilson) 51. ho did not get the whole of the Pins down in five times, which bet Wilson lost. The prisoner then came up to witness and said, " This Ilan (meaning Wilson) has got plenty of money; if Sou will back me I can win his money." Witness said 1e pfd not back people in such games, and he knew .othing at all about the game of skittles. The prisoner .ginner then said if witness would put down 5/. for him, le would play Wilson, and return the money to witness is soon as he won it. Witness did so, and the two srisoners immediately commenced playing the game. Benner played very bad, and Wilson, who had hitherto played bad, began to play much better, and the con sequence was Jenner lost the 51., which was handed over as Wilson. Jenner apologised to witness for losing the tame, and attributed his loss to an accident, and said `Put down another 51. for me, I am sure to win the next game." Witness gave him the money to put Sown; the game was played, and he lest that also. Vitness then asked what ho meant by telling him he esuld win the game, when he played so indifferent? , Inner replied, " Oh, it was only to draw the other man ors and get the money back next game." After a deal of persuasion witness was induced to put down a 304 tote, and after the money was down the prisoners ',anted to play for the whole amount. Witness oh j'cted to this, and demanded his money back, and tsreatened if they did not give it he would give them in charge. They then gave him back 25/., tie 30/. note still remaining in their hands. Vhile the 30/. was down the prisoners played the game, aid before it was finished they went up to the slate and rubbed cut the chalks. He fancied it was a " do," and . called out to a man named Gresham not to give up the money. Wilson then went up to him and snatched the tote out of his hands. Seeing that done he sent for a ionstable, and gave them in charge. By Mr. Morgan—When they were in his house they *Reared to be strangers to each other. Wilson showed him a pocket-book, apparently full of notes, which ho pat in his boot, as he said, for safety. This book he etbsequently gave to the man who ran away when the constable was called. The note produced is the same he pit down. Tanner, 56 E, said, yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, he was called to the Wheatslicaf, where ho saw tie prosecutor, who said he gave the prisoners in °barge fi.r robbing him of 15/. He laid hold of the prisoner, but the other man ran away. Ile searched Wilson, and kind the 301. note produced. Mr. Games, for the prisoners, said, if he was correctly instructed, he had evidence to prove that this was a case of " diamond cut diamond." The prosecutor in tended to win the money of his client, but, in his ezger aess to do so, he had been "let into the bole." According to his own evidence, the prosecutor decidedly intended to 4 let in" the baker. He should leave the case in the } kend s of the magistrate, who, no doubt, would imuse• diately order them out of custody. Mr. BINGHAM, after going through the whole of the evidence, recommended the prisoners to pay back to the Prosecutor the 15/. If that was done he should discharge th em. The money was immediately paid, and they were discharged. SUICIDE BY A MEDICAL NAVAL OFFICER TUROUGII FRATERN AL AFFF CTION —AbOUt four o'clock last even- I ng Dr. J. Allan, R.N., entered the railway station, ~ eterloo-road, and for some time stood on the plat- I °" 111 , when as the train was starting, he flung himself tinder the engine, and was instantly crushed to death. niti brother's death, which lately occurred, greatly 4 . l reeted him, an d since then he became miledy and Went. H( , had been just appointed to the Bangalore, tr Qnsport-ship, and he had served in China and on the South American etation, and was beloved by his brother officers, and by all who knew him. Deceased was a Scotch gentleman, and his residence was Inverness, and P( ' WaS only 34 vec.rs of age. In In:lnners he was a$ 'tat 71,4 a cidlf . .?, and . exceedingly strict in hi 3 moral end Better keep under an old hedge, than creep under MY? furze-bush.—Eliza Cook's Journal THE StJN LONDON, OVERLAND MAIL (From the Chronicle.) We have received, by Extraordinary Express, our advises in anticipation of the Overland Mail, from Bombay to the 17th October, and Calcutta to the 6th October. The present arrival brings advices from China to the 29th September, but no news of parti cular interest. BOMBAY, OCT. 17. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I have frequently noticed to you the great error which was committed at the close of the Punjaub campaign, in allowing Chuttur Singh, Shere Singh, and other rebel chiefs to remain at large in their villages, under a mere verbal promise that they would behave themselves as loyal subjects, and lend their aid to no plots or rebellions. We have just had full proof how great was the mistake into which the authorities then fell. The chiefs have been intriguing and caballing against the new order of things, and it has been necessary to send out parties of military to sur prise and seize them, and bring them in as prisoners to Lahore. " Three surprisals," says the Delhi Gazette, " were planned to come off on the let of October; one at A ttaree, the head-quarters of the rebellion, which is about ten koss from the capital of the Punjaub; One at the village of Sirdars Lal Singh, Morareea, and Soorut Singh, Majeeteea, situate at no great distance from thnritsir ; and the third at the dwelling of the Deewan Hakeem Rae, at Seealkot." Of the first of these expeditions—which was executed wa the Ist instant—the paper justed quoted from gave the following account : " Mr. J. Lawrence, Mr. R. Montgomery, the Com missioner of that Doab, Msjor Ed wardes, Deputy- Commissioner, and Lieutenant Hodson, of the Guide Corps, with Captain Skinner and his regiment of Ir re,rhular Cavalry (14th), and a small body of Pathan horse, marched from Lahore about an hour after midnight. Tnev reached Attaree just at daybreak, first sur rounded the village and fort, then effected an entrance without any trouble, and completely took by surprise Sirdar Chuttur Singh and his four sons, It9ja, Shore Singh, Sirdars Ghoolab Aotar Singi and Tej Singh, besides other inferior rebels The whole were mounted on horseback withou the least delay, and hurried to the high road, where a carriage and four received them, and whisked them into Lahore, where Dr. Login added them to his rare coll&ction of celebrated characters.' Lieutenant Hodson remained at Attaree to search for papers, and retained with him the whole of Captain Skinner's Irregular Cavalry, and two companies of Native In fantry, with a detachment of Pioneers, under Captain Cafe of the 56th Native Infantry, who was charged to blow up tha fort after the search of Lieutchant Hodson should have been completed. The measures adopted for effecting this seizure appear to have been most complete. ilacrany resistance been at- tempted, and as a provision against any contretemps, a wing of a corps of native infantry, and two guns, under Captain Sissmore, were directed to follow the cavalry detachment at two, A.M., and were much disap 7 pointed at learning tba; the last argument would not be required." Of the seizure of the Seealkot chiefs no account has as yet been receivei. Tidings, however, have cone in this morning, assuring us of the com• plete success of the movement against Sirdar Lal Singh, his brother Mahtah Singh Mnrareea, and Sirdar SJornt Singh Majeeteca, all of whom were :ares!ed without resistance by Mr. C. B. Saunders, deputy commissioner, at Umritsir, on the Ist of Oct. No doubt the remaining expedition has likewise proved successful ; and the authorities may thus congratulate themselves upon having crushed in the bud a sytem of intrigue which might in a few short months have led to another Punjaub rebellion. A Kafila of unusual extent and value has arrived at Peshawur from Caubul, and the news has also reached that place of the death of the King of Bok hara, an event which it is suggested might be turned to good account by the authorities, by instituting inquiries as to the Europeans still said to be living in confinement in "his Majesty's" dominions. From Moult= there is no intelligence, save that which relates to the heat of the climate, the sickness of our troops, and other disagreeables. From Sinde we hear of the death of Brigadier Douglas, of the 78th Highlanders, who had been long ill. He has left his entire fortune, it is said, to a young artillery officer, named Kinloch, who at tended him on his passage to Sinde, and was ex tremely kind to him during his illness at Shikarpore. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 3RD TO THE 16TH OCTOBER INCLUSIVE. Bombay, Tuesday Evening, October 16. The markets have been dull during the last two weeks, owing solely to the preparations which have been general forcelebrating the Dewallee holidays, which commenced on the 14th instant, and terminate at the close of the week. We expect a very largo amount of hu , iness will be done as soon as the holidays have passed. Money Market—We have nothing new to report under this head, the market continuing well supplied with money. Government Securities continue firm, but the prices of the New Five per Cent. Loan have ruled rather lower, there having been a good deal in the market. Shares Those of the Bank of Bombay have gone down to 23i to 24 per cent. premium, owing is the number of sellers. Orientals have been done at 144 to 15 per cent. discount. This institution has just declared a dividend for the last half.year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. Commercials have been in request, orders to purchase having recently been received, we hear, from Calcutta. We quote them at 13 per cent. discount. Agra's are at 2to 3 per cent. discount. In other shares little or nothing has been done. Freights—there has been a good demand for ton nage during the past fortnight, but, the supply being abundant, rates have not improved, and we quote them as follows :—To London, 2/. 17s. 6d. to 3/. ; Liverpool 31. to 31. 53. China Rupees 11. Exchange—The business done in bills fur this mail has been to a limited ex tent, and prices are about the same as they were on the departure of last steamer—say for six months' sight, first-class paper Is. 10d. to is. 10id. The Oriental Bank has been drawing at Is. 10fd. 30 days' sight. Cotton Piece Goods—The market for these goods, for the reason stated above, has been dull, and but little inquiry has been manifested for any description of fabrics, save Grey Madapollams and Grey Shirting& Of the former about 30,000 pieces havo been sold at Rs. 2 2 annas to Rs. 214 annas. Of the latter about 15,000 pieces have been disposed of Rs. 4 8 to Rs 6 per piece. A small business has been done in Sheet ings 32 to 40 inch; 60 to 70 yards at Rs. 8 to Re. 12 per piece. For these goods, aw e expect to hear of an active demand two weeks hence. Grey and White Jaconets—of these, the stock is very light. Fresh importations would sell readily, at remuneraive rates. White Longeloths of fine quality are inquired for, but inferior descriptions are not sought after, Cotton Yarn—There have been but few sales either in Mule or Water Twist. No. 20 Mule is a little higher than our last quotation. NO Y. 30 and 40 not inquired for. Tho higher Nos. 60. 70, and 80, aro wanted. Water Twist is more in request, but prices are not im pr,ving._ - Woollens—The market for these is dull, and neither in price nor demand have we any change to intimate. Metals—The sales of Metals have been few; but the market is in a healthy state. In Copper, Brazier's and Sheathing may bo quoted 8 annas per cwt. higher than at the date of our last report. Tile remains unchanged. As stocks are light bi=tter prices will probably ere long be obtainable. In British Bar Iron we have no change to note. It is readily saleable at Rs. 29 to Rs. 30 per candy. In Swedish Iron a sale has,we hear, been made at Rs. 2 to Re. 3 per candy in ad vance of our last quotation. Weare informed that a sale to arrive has been effected at Rs. 59 —the seller declining to hold for a month or two, in expectation of present rate► continuing. Lead, both pig and sheet, are not in much request. In the former we hear that a sale of 1,100 cwt. has taken place at Rs. 10 4 annas. Steel, in tubs and faggots seems to have rather a downward tendency. In spelter we have hoard of no transactions. Saffron—ln this article we have heard of no sales. Cochineal—This may be quoted Rs. 2 9 to Rs. 2 10 annas per lb., at which rates about 10,0001bs. are said to have been sole. THE WELSH CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—Writing of the Cymry in the twelfth cen tury, Giraldus de Barri said—" Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely bl esse d, if it had goo d prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one."—Hoare's Giral dus' Description of Wales, chap. xviii. These remarkable words attest the political sagacity of their author. Earnestly desiring his country's welfare, and fully assured that true happiness pro ceeds from religion, he thus enunciated the principle, that a paternal goverment could bless the land by the appointment of pious, wise, and able bishops; who would select, with anxious care, fit and devoted pastors to teach the people, both in public and in private, those sacred and powerful truths which are divinely adapted to convince the reason, to affect the heart, to regulate the life, and to make man's earthly course a happy prelude to heaven. After the lapse of nearly 700 years, Cambria, in our own day, can thankfully acknowledge that one of the fi ile 4 s i nce patriotic wishes i Principality t i r y a lodwu owns s is b u p t e r o i n e e c tfull y Sovereign ful- Ruler, and that one a good one I But while the proverbial loyalty of the Welsh complacently rests upon their Queen, they cannot but feel that the responsible Ministers of the Crown owe much more attention to the peculiar circumstances of Wales than they have ever yet bestowed. " Happ y an d f ortunate " W ales certainly is not in her pastors ; many of them being absentees, and many more incompetent alike to instruct the peop!e in their native tongue, to enter into their feelings, or to influence their opinions and conduct. " Happy and fortunate" Wales certainly is not in her prelates ; for while more than 700,000 of her population still speak the language of their fore fathers, those prelates have so wrought and are eo working upon the parochial clergy of these four for• lora dioceses, that their respective local congrega tions now comprise, on an average, little mere than a tithe of the proper attendants on public worship ! Guided by the aphorism of Giraldus, it is easy to trace these evils to their source. The people are neglected and repelled by venal and uncongenial pastors; and such pastors are sanctio:.ed by prelates, void of sympathy with the national character and in competent to fulfil the onerous duties of Welsh bishops. When facts like these are brought forward, they are commonly met by the statement, that Wales, having become an integral part of England, shares all its privileges and is honoured by the oblivion of all distinctions. If a perfect fusion of the Celtic and Teutonic races had really taken place, such an answer as the above would be apposite ; but under existing circumstances it is a futile fallacy, which none can receive without forgetting that more than 700,000 people speaking Welsh require, of course, to be in structed by means of that language ; and that their-in structors stand constantly in need of the inspection, control, and guidance of spiritual rulers, whose expe rimental knowledge, wisdom, and piety, should make them perennial sources and centres of piety and happiness. It is observable, that Giraldus directed his wishes merely to the provision of competent rulers and teachers. The earnestness of purpose, which he recognised as a permanent characteristic of the Cambrian nation, bad satisfactorily convinced him that they possessed every intrinsic requisite of a great and prosperous people. Commending these things to public attention, I am, Sir, Sec., GORBONIAN. MR. COBDEN and the AUSTRIANS. Mr. Cobden has addressed the following letter to Dr. Alexander Bach, the Austrian Minister of Home Affairs:— " Sir,---I address you, not as a member of the Austrian Government, but as a man whose en lightened and liberal sentiments made a lasting im pression upon me when I had the pleasure of your acquaintance at Vienna. You will find an excuse for this step in the fact of my taking it in the interest of those principb s of humanity and civilization which in those days were cherished by you as wel as by me. Mindful of the views which in 1847 recommended me to your kind notice, I cannot induce myself to believe that these views will find in you a less ener getic advocate at present than you were in the days to which I allude. " Sir, the public opinion of my country is shocked by the cold-blooded cruelties which are being practised against the fallen chiefs of the flungarians. This feeling is not confined to one class or to one party; no ! there is not a single man in England who by word or letter would defend the conduct of the Austrian Go vernment in Hungary. Ihe sense of the civilized nations of the continent of Europe on this question must already have reached you, nor will the judgment of America fail to make itself known at Vienna. You are too enlightened to be ignorant of the fact that the unanimous verdict of our contemporaries is likewise that of posterity. But did it ever strike you that history will not accuse the brutal soldier, the tool of cruelty, but the ministers who are respon sible for that soldier's crimes ? I scorn to appeal to lower motives than those of an honourable ambition; but I must .ask you, did it ever strike you what dangers surround your present career ? You, who are so well read in English history, ought to remem ber that four years after Jeffre3 s" bloody assizes,' both he and his royal master were compelled most wretchedly to fly from the avenging hand of justice. Or do:you think our time allows the public conscience to be scorned with impunity ? Is it not, on the contrary, the peculiar feature of our time that reaction follows at the heels of any violence, no matter whether it proceeds from the nations or from the goverments ? " But I fear I take too great a liberty by offering to speak in the interest of your reputation or safety. I appeal to you in the name of humanity, entreating you to put a stop to this new reign of terror, which, not satisfied with the butchery of its victims, puts all better and nobler feelings of mankind on the rack; for truly the world is too ter advanced in civilization to suffer your Albas and Ilaynaus. I adjure you to make a public protest against the butchery of prisoners, the still more disgraceful whipping of women, and the abduction and incarceration of children ; and thus to rid yourself of all responsibility for actions which imprint upon their author the stigma of everlasting infamy. "I am, sir, your most obedient servant, " RICHAILD COBDEN." CAUTION —lt is necessary again to warn the mer cantile public against some dexterous persons, who by means of forged letters and other documents are endeavouring to obtain advances from foreign bankers and their connexions in London. A case has just occurred in which a forged letter, dated New York, purporting to be from Baron Roenne, the represen tative of the German Central Power in the United States, was addressed to a firm in London, and by means of which it was sought to obtain credit for 140,000 dolls. The lette — r stated that a Mr. V Greisheim had been left sole executor to a brother in Ohio, who had died with large landed possessions, besides 176,000 dolls., which were now lying at Mr. V. Greisheim's disposal at New York, and that this Mr. V. Greisheim, who was at present in Europe, would call upon the firm in question to make arrangements so as to draw for the amount. Of course upon presenting himself Mr. V. Greisheim wished his draught on New York to be cashed, but upon this being refused he was willing to wait while it was sent over for collection. The reply from Baron Roenne was that he knew nothing of the parties, and the bill was accordingly sent back pro tested. Meanwhile, however, the pretended Mr. V Greisheim had started from London to Paris, whence he had written to the London firm requesting them to hold the proceeds of the bill, as soon as they should be received, at the disposal of his brother- in•law, a Colonel V. Obenreiter, and having obtained their reply stating that his request should be attended to, he appears to have gone to Munich, where by making use of his original story, coupled with the letter of the London firm, together with another and subsequent letter (to which their signature has been forged), announcing that they have placed the 140,000 dollars at his credit, he has endeavoured to negotiate his draught at one of the leading banking-houses for 3,0001., adroitly profess. ing not to desire cash, but simply Frankfort paper to that extent. Here, however, he has also been foiled, the bankers having taken the precaution of writing to London ; but the letters seem to have been so ingeniously fabricated, and the entire story so well got up, that without the publicity we have now given to the matter it would be probable some houses might ultimately be taken off their guard. We have the means:of knowing that the present parties are not acting singly, but that combined arrangements have been for some months past attempted on the Continent to repeat the system of fraud which was broken up a few years back,—Times. EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--.The lines of communication by theLelectric telegraph have now been so extended as to embrace all the principal towns of the United Kingdom, which to the commercial in terest will prove highly important. There are two , central stations—Lothbury, and the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand—with branches in Euston-square, Eastern Counties Terminus, Shorediteh ; South- Western ditto, Wmerlao-station; Great Western ditto, Padding. ton; and the office, Strand. The wires of the telegraph on the various lines are carried under the streets, and concentrated in Lothbury. The establishing of a central station at the General Post-office has proved most useful to the Postmaster-General in receiving information 01 the instant arrival of any of the foreign mails at South. ampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth, and their departure, as well as for the transmission of orders, connected with that important public department. The following are the places to which messages can be trans mitted at the rate of id. per mile (for twenty words) for the first 50 miles; id. for the second ditto; and id. per mile for any distance beyond the 100 miles :—Acklington, Alne, Alnwick, Ambereate, Apperby, Ardleigh, Ashchurch, Attleborough, Andley end, Aycliffe, Ayton, Barking-road, Barnsley, Beeston, Belford, Belmont, Belper, Bentley, Berwick-on-Tweed, Beverley, Birmingham, Bishopstoke, Blackwell, Brad ford, Braintree, Brandon, Brentwood, Bridlington, Brick-lane, Brockley, Whins, Brockenhurst, Brows grove, Brough, Broxbourne, Burton- on-Trent, Calverley, Cambridge, Castloford, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Ches terfield, Chesterford, Chittisham, Church-fenton, Clay cross, Cockburnepath, Colchester, Colwick, Countes. thorpe, Ceseton, Crewe, Croft, Darlington, Derby, Dereham, Dorchester, Duffield, Droitwich, Dunbar, Durham, Estrin, Eckington, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Elsenham, Ely, Ferry-hill, laxton, Gateshead, Glas gow, Gloucester, Gosport, Granton, Grantahouse, Haddington, Halifax, Harecastle, Harling-road, Harlow, B.elpstone, Hertford, Howden, Hull, !Hord, Ingatestone, Ipswich, Kegworth, Keighley, Kild wick, Kelvedon, Kirkstall, Leeds, Leicester, Leith, Lesbury, Lincoln, Linlithgow, Linton, Liverpool, Lengport Long Stanton, Longton, Lo ug hb oroug h, Lowestoffe, Maldon, Melton, Manchester, Maaea, Man ningtree, Match, Masbro, Melton, Mild e nh a ll, Milf or d, Morpeth Newark, Newcastle, Newby, Newmarket, Newport, N orman t on , No r th a ll erton , N orton -B r i dge, Norwich, Nottingham, Oakenshaw Peterborough, Pon der's E n d, P oo l e, Portsmouth, M illington, Rich mon d, Ringwood, Rochdale, Romford, Rotherham, Roydon, Royston, Rugby, Scarborough, Selby, Sheffield, Ship.. ley, Skipton, Slough, Southampton, South Shields, Stamford, Staveley, St. Ives, St. Margaret's, Stoke up,n-Trent, Stone, Stortford, Stratford, Sunderland, Swinton, Tainworth, Thetford, Thirsk, Todmorden, Tottenham, Trethain, Tring, Tweedmouth, Ullesthorpe, Uttoxeter, Wakefield, Waltham, Ware, Washington, Watford, Willington, Wisbeach, Wolverhampton Wol verton, Woolwich, Wor ces ter, Wymondham, Y armout h , York, &o. By the South-Eastern and Brighton R a il. way the telegraph is laid down to Dover, Folkestone, Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, Gravesend, Brighton, Ports mouth, &c,, so that the electric telegraph now extends nearly from ono end of the country to the other. To eyes that can see, and hearts that can feel, romance glides ever along with the actual life, stream by stream to the dark ocean, ...Eliza Cook+ Jarnal. TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 20, 1849, LITERATURE. TWENTY FIVE YEARS' SERVICE IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY. By John 111`Lean. 2 Vols. Little do the dainty dames and damsels of Europe, as they envelope their delicate throats and wrists in their coverings of sable or chinchilla, dream of the dangers and difficulties, the hazardous enterprizes and the artful devices of which those furs have been the occasion. True, we all know whence such articles proceed; we all know that 6. Nature's children all divide her care, The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear;" still we are unacquainted with the various details of the pursuit of fur under difficulties, and with these details Mr. M'Lean makes us pleasantly acquainted. It might be ignorantly imagined that the danger and the difficulty of the fur trade lay in the pur suit and capture of the fur-giving animals; when once the glossy coat had been stripped from the wild limbs on which it grew, we might suppose that the task had been accomplished. Not so, how ever, as all who peruse these volumes will perceive. The Indian hunter arrives with his precious load of valiantly won furs at the traders' settlement. If lie enters into one abode he means to dispose of all his wares to one customer, but if he deposits his load at the entrance it is a sign that he intends sharing it among competing purchasers. What with occasional quarrels, even to bloodshed, with these Indian hunters, and frequent civil wars with rival buyers ; what with the dangers incident to the climate and the perils of exploration, with occa sional short commons, real or supposed grievances; w hat with total alienation from all civilized comforts, &c., the life of the Hudson's Bay trader is, according to Mr. M‘Lean's showing, not very attractive. After twenty• five years' service the author resigned his situation, somewhat dissatisfied with the treatment he had therein experienced. The Hudson's Bay Company does not receive much eulogy at his hands. Very possibly his observations are correct; monepoly, whether vested in the hands of an individual or a company, is rarely productive of good fruits. Never• theless, we are generally disposed to believe, cum grano salis, any revelations of the secrets of the prison -house. Adventures of various character abound in these volumes. The mode of life which they illustrate is one with which " books of travels" very rarely make us acquainted. The following anecdote is a specimen of the way in which com petition is carried on at the North Pole : " A Canadian merchant in easy circumstances, who dwelt opposite to the village, having learned the advan , tageous terms obtained by the petty traders from the company, addressed a very polite note to Mr. Fisher, stating his intention to try his fortune as a trader, but that he would have no objection to postpone the attempt for five years, provided the company would allow him 1501. a year during that period. The proposal was sub mitted to Mr. 'Thane, who laconically replit d, Let him do his worst.' Accordingly St. Julien immediately comwenced operations. He hired one end of an Indian house, which he fitted up as a trader's shop; Fisher (of the company) hired the other end. St. Julien then re moved to another. Fisher occupied the other end of that house also. St. Julien next rented a whole house; Fisher purchased a house, placed it upon rollers, and wheeled it directly in front of that of his rival, rear wards, scarcely leaving sufficient room for one person to pass between the premises. This caused great amuse ment to the Indians; not so to St. Julien, who had not anticipated so excessive a desire on the part of any of the company's officers for so close an intimacy; and at the end of six weeks he took his departure without pay or pension trom the company." Another 'anecdote, of :a 'different nature, further illustrates the character of the imperturbable Fisher. He had advanced a sum of money to an Iro quois, and— " Seeing him pass his door the ensuing spring, after the debt had b een c ontracted, with hisfars, which he carried to our opponents, he watched his return, and, caliing him in, ,demanded payment ; an insolent reply was the return for his kindness, which so much exaspe rated him that he kicked him out in presence of several Indians. The insult was not forgotten. Soon after his arrival this spring he sent fur Mr. Fisher, who complied with the invitation, expecting payment of his debt. The moment he entered the house, however, he discovered that he had been inveigled. The Indian stood before him, his face painted, and a pistol in his hand, which he presented. In an instant Mr. Fisher bared his breast, awl staring his enemy fiercely in the face, ex claimed, Fire, you black dog! What! did you imagine you had sent for an old woman?' " Mr. Fisher's knowledge of the Indian character saved his life; had he betrayed the slightest symptom of fear, he was a dead man; but the undaunted attitude he assumed staggered the resolution of the savage; a new bias seemed to operate on his mind, probably through a feeling of respect for the determined courage displayed by hi* intended victim. He could not brace his nerves to a second effort; his hand dropped listlessly by his side; his gaze was fixed on M r . Fi s h er f or a moment; then dashing the pistol violently on the ground he beckoned him to withdraw." The following is an account of a singular pheno menon presented by the Great Slave Lake in, the winter season : " The ice is never less than five feet in thickness, frequently from eight to nine ; yet the water under this enormous crust not only feels the changes of the atmo sphere, but anticipates them. An approaching change of wind or weather is known twenty-four hours before it occurs. For instance, while the weather is perfectly calm, if a storm be at baud, the lake becomes violently agitated the day before; when calm weather is to suc ceed, it is indicated in like manner by the previous still ness of the lake, even when the gale is still raging in the air. In summer there is no perceptible current in the lake; in winter, however, a current always sets in the direction of the wind, and indicates a change of wind by running in a different direction. These curious points have been ascertained by the long observation of our fishermen, who, in the beginning of winter, bore holes in the ice for the purpose of setting their lines, and visit them every day, both in order to keep them open, and to take up what fish may be caught.' It is hardly necessary to speak of the outward ap pearance of any book issued under the auspices of Mr. Bentley, but these volumes, and some others lately issued, are marked by a very excellent mode of adornment. The books being intended for the shelves o f the library rather than for the drawing-room table, the binding is plain on each side of the covers, whereas the back is richly embellished with golden figures, representing in this case the wild animals which are the indirect object of the work. EXPOSITION OF THE PRODUCTS OF FRENCH INDUSTRY. In anticipation of the grand exhibition of the products and manufactures of the differ ent nations of the earth which, in ful filment of the scheme of his Royal Highness the PrinceiConsort, will be cpened some time in 1851 in London, a very beautiful collection of the fabrics of French art and the products of French ingenuity, has just been submitted to public inspection at 13, George-street, .Hanover-square. The expositors are none other than the principal living manufacturers of France, and the entire display is under the di rection of M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, ex- Deputy of the Acting Council of Manufac tures at Paris. Himself one of the most distinguished among the manufacturers of his country, M. de Lamornaix is about the most compe tent person to superintend any such efforts of industrial competition ; and the taste evidenced by him on the present occasion is a sufficient testimony of his capacities. Au'horised by the chief artificers in the different departments of the Republican manufactories to accumulate specimens of the national skill in all descriptions of workmanship, and entrusted by them with the responsibility of conveying the collection to England, M. S. de Lamornaix has here submitted to view the most brilliant gems of artistic adroitness recently displayed at Paris iu the National Exposition. The collrctitn indeed, whi c h we h ave ourselves carefully examined, is perhaps the most superb " show " of French ingenuity that could have been brought together with so much rapidity, and carried over to Great Britain as a token of the cordial pleasure with which our neighbours anticipate the grand international exhibition projected for 1851 by the august Consort of Queen Victoria. Consequent upon that reflection, it must have been peculiarly gratifying to the originators of the display now opened in George-street, Hanover-square, to witness the I attendance of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert yesterday, and to receive from him the assurance that our beloved Sovereign would also, in all likelihood, honour the saloons with her presence. In saying that the exposition now submitted to the regard of the inhabitants of this metropolis consists of the " pickings " of the late National Exposition in the capital of the French Republic, it must be ob served also ,that, beyond the " cream" of that noble display, the rooms also contain many other beautiful productions of the loom, the factory, the workshop, or the atelier never before laid open to public inspec tion. In like manner it should be borne in mind by the thousands who will doubtless avail themselves of toe opportunity, that the articles of virtu, of convenience, and of luxury, grouped toge ther in the exhibition, are no less for purchase than for exposition. The knowledge of this circumstance we doubt not will induce many of the wealthier mem bers of the community to turn the chance before them to proper account by acquiring gems of art and marvels of manufactures, such as, but for the present display, would have been all but inaccessible. After going through so much risk, labour, and expense to meet the wishes of England in regard to the scheme of general competition, we cannot but feel most solicitous that the promoters of the exhibition may, even if they do not obtain due reward fur their laudable exertions, receive at least some moderate and reasonable compensation. Having introduced to popular intelligence the na ture of the intentions by which M. S. de Lamornaix has been actuated in undertaking the conduct of the exposition, we will proceed at once to describe within rational limits some of the principal matters grouped together in the collection. How various the display is altogether may be conjectured when we remark that it comprises articles ranging from the most exquisite statuettes to waxen dolls and pasteboard polichinelli; that it consists alike of the most delicate paintings upon papiere machee, or upon porcelain, and of the most dainty specimens of bijouterie ; that it reveals in one direction furniture, fauteuils, prie dieux, altars, chairs, tables, and the other deco rations of a dwelling-house or a sanctuary ; while in another it discloses some such eccentric production as a wonderful goat (artificial of course) which on being duly " wound up" bleats "to the life"—so that we are half disposed to sing with Mr. Punch, "0, Nanny, wilt thou gang wi' me!" Here we turned over the latest effusions of the pencil of the inimitable Granville—fantastic em bodiments of the stars and of the blossoms. Here again we bent over a superb case containing a choco late service, emblazoned with the portraits of Du guesclin and his contemporaries. In one apartment we paused before the bronze statuette of Shakspeare, from the design of M. Emile Thomas—his doublet fitting as charmingly as that of any petit maitre visible in the height of the season on the most fashionable of the boulevards, his stockings delicately "clocked," his hair trimmed, and his features chiselled into the form of a true Parisian physiognomy ! On one of the mantel-pieces we recognised a noble bust of the his torian of the Consulate, the Empire, and the Revolu tion—Adolphe Thi ers . Along the different walls were hanging the gorgeously embroidered tapes try of the Gobelins ; about the tables were scattered the superb cups, figures, chalices, dishes, and vases brought forth from the miraculous furnaces of Sevres. On one side were fabrications, strings, necklaces, bracelets, and all sorts of delightful devices in pearls—seed-pearls, and pearls larger than the magnum bonum of pearls dangling from the turban of the Shah of Persia ; on another ware heaped toge• ther a profusion of laces as delicate as gossamer and as intricate as the Cretan labyrinth. One of the upper chambers was hung exclusively with shawls of all descriptions, and hues, and patterns, enough to gratify the most fastidious taste ; while one of the lower apartments was festooned from floor to ceiling with the sumptuous carpets of Aubusson. Lyons had contributed her silks, her satins, and her velvets, while from the different other departments of French manufactures had poured in jewellery of the daintiest minuteness, boots of a novel and elegant construction, bronzes, book binding, china clocks, scientific instruments, an d a multipli city f other exquisite fabrications. Altogether the entire collection is comprised in seven different apartments connected with each other by stair cases and passages —even these staircases and passages being laden on either aide with the over flowings of the Exposition. Room 1, being the vestibule or entrance chamber, holds almost exclusively merely bronzes and jewellery —one article of another kind, however, attracting particular attention. We mean the magnificent mis sal, bound, emblazoned, and decorated for her Ma jesty the Queen of Spain—the cover being purple velvet inlaid with gold and precious stones. Room 2 contains an immense variety of cabinet work and ornamental furniture, several of the chairs being carved and gilded with so much of gorgeous elaboration as to be suited rather to an Oriental than to a European residence. Room it is chiefly adorned with the carpets of Aubusson and the tapestries of the Gobelins—one of the latter being a splendid representation of Steuben's famous picture of Peter the Great, when a stripling, being saved at the shrine from the assassination intended- by Strelitis conspiracy. Among the less conspicuous, but still exquisitely beautiful adornments of this the principal apartment of the Exposition, are the jewelled chalices and other specimens of the costly paraphernalia employed in the ceremonies of the Catholic religion. E card, Sax, Faulain, and Kriegelstein, have contributed also to the large chamber some of the more novel among their musical contrivances, as, for example, the new piano, where the performer sits with his back to the instrument 1 Room 4 contains, among other curiosities, examples of the machinery produced by French manufacturers ; and assuredly in this department of industry the English have no cause to be nervous at the prospect of competition. Room 5 is remarkable for its display of optical instruments, especially for an enormous object- glass, perhaps the largest and clearest yet ma nufactured. It is also decorated with the richest silks, satins, and velvets, from the looms of Lyons ; the most charming paper-hangings, from the es tablishment of the celebrated Zubec, as well as with elegant volumes, lately published at the houses of Plou, Matthias, and Paguerre. Rooms 6 and 7 are of somewhat smaller dimen sions, yet are filled with sumptuous laces, Cashmere shawls, and jewellery: the last apartment of the Ex position being devoted exclusively to the products of the manufactories of M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, himself, carpets almost equal to those of Aubusson, and tapestry scarcely inferior to that of the Gobelins. From the above rapid and inadequate descrip tion of the French Exposition at 13, George street, Hanover-square, it will surely be sufficiently manifest that the display is eminently woithy of public attention. Approved of, as it has been, by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, we are satisfied it will elicit the praises and admiration of every subsequent visitor; and we are sanguine that the adventure of M. S. de Lamornaix may be found to tend very ma terially to forward the scheme of the grand Interna tional Exposition for 1851, while it will secure more than ever a cordial understanding between the two nations, between the people of France and the people of England. The weather during the week has been unsettled, wet, and gloomy, and at times sharp frosts have set in, Yesterday the atmosphere was rather more genial in the early portion of the afternoon; but subsequently a heavy and continuous rain commenced to fall.—LiverpoolAlbion of yesterday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOIN TMEN TS. Surgeon—Dr. William H. B. Jones, to be superin tendent of the Bangalore, convict-ship. Assistant Surgeon—William Sproul Love, acting, to the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devonport. Naval Cadets—George J. Purcell, to the Superb, 80, at Queenstown ; Francis R. Blackburne, to the Fisgard, flag-ship at Woolwich. The Sidon steam-frigate, has been removed from the steam-basin at Portsmouth alongside the yard. The riggers are busy,-and her equipment will be forwarded as much as possible. She has been a long time in hand. The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morn ing from Sheerness, having on board some supernu merary seamen for the Indefatigable, 50, at Devon port, which were transferred to the Scourge, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord H. Kerr, and the latter prooeeded with them. After putting the men on board the frigate at Devonport the Scourge will pro ceed on to Lisbon. The Lucifer, 2, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Com mander Edward A. T. Lloyd, arrived at Devonport on Friday night, from Cork. She will be taken into dock and have her defects made good. In anticipation of the removal of the Court to Os borne on Wednesday, the Fairy yacht, Master-Com mander We!sh, with Captain Cri,pin on board, went to Osborne yesterday to see that the Fairy's engine, &c., was all in order. The Bloodhound, steam-vessel, will be paid over by Mr. Hay before she is taken out of dock at Ports mouth. The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, sailed from Plymouth Sound on Sunday morning for the East India station. SUPERANNUATIOICS AT D EYONPOET.—John Clark, leading man of painters, 34/. ; Cies:Popham, single stltioned shipwright, 301.; Charles Seldon, ship wright, 24/. ; Benjamin Radcliffe, smith, 221. per annum. TIIE CAPE or GOOD Horn.—The Castor, 35, Commodore Wyvill, commander-in•chief, was lying in Simon's Bay, Sept. 21, with the Orestes, 14, Com mander Hawker; the Geyser, 7, steam-sloop, Com mander Brown; the Dee, 4, steam-transport, Master Commander Filmer ; and the Seringapatam depot, Master Commander Russell. The Orestes arrived from the Mozambique Sept. 14. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19. The Termagant, 24, :crew•frigate, by White, of Cower, built in Deptford Dockyard, 1,556 tens, 620 horse-power, by Seaward, was again tried to-day at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, with light airs and a smooth sea, to endeavour to obtain a more creditable result than on the former oc casion. Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., of the Blenheim, commanded that ship on this occasion. Mr. White, her designer, was on board ; as also Rear- Admirals Prescott, C. 8., and Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., with Mr. Murray, the chief engineer of the dockyard, and a host of naval officers from the College and elsewhere ashore, the trial having attracted much attention in the service. She went out of harbour about 11 o'clock, trimmed to a draught of 17 feet 10 aft and 16 feet 1 forward, her midship portsill being then 6 feet 9 inches from the water. Her former draught was 16 feet 9 inches forward, and 17 feet 3 inches abaft. She was consi dered at her load draught for sea service, being all complete for officers and men, topgallant masts struck, and yards an end and pointed, all her guns and shot on board. The following is the result of each run at the measured mile : Knots. First run ... 8 3911 Second 8.551 jGiving a mean Third .........• 8 612 speed of 8 . 544 Fourth . 8.295 1 knots perhour. Fifth . 9 137 Sixth .......••• . 7'627 Revolutions (mean), 32; mean revolutions of pro peller, 64; pressure of steam, 121 b.; thermometer in engine-reom, 85 deg ; stokehole, 108 deg.; tempera ture on the upper deck, 62 deg.; mean barometer, 271 inches. She turned a whole circle to port, with the engines in full play, in 6 min. 9 sec., in a space the mean of which was about four times the ship's length. This result is certainly more respectable than that obtained on her trial a few days since, with rough wind and weath e r ; b u t i s , a ft er all, but a beggarly account of service to be expected in return for an expenditure of 70,0001., especially when placed in comparison with the performances of the Arrogant screw-frigate, which achieves, under all circum stances, more speed, although/306 tons more burden, with 260 horse power less. Mr. Grant's galley was in operation on the trial to- day, and, as before, an swered admirably. Extract of a letter from Rio, Oct. 9.—" The Southampton, 50, bearing Rear-Admiral Reynolds, to supersede Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, on this station, arrived to day from the Cape of Good hope. Sir Thomas is at Monte Video, in the Raleigh, 50. The liar eira tender was sold at Buenos Ayres on the 12th ult. The vessels of war at Buenos Ayres are the Tweed (English), and Astrolabe (French barque). At Montevideo, the Ralei g h, several French and Brazilian men-of-war, and the Italian brig Evid ano , C apta i n Paraldo. Mr. J. W. East, midshipma n , is app o i n t e d f rom the Raleigh to the Hydra. Th e Harpy left Rio for the River Plate immediately on the arrival of the Express with the Commadore s dispatches. At this port are the Con stance, 50, from the Pacific, for England, with a freight of 1,500,000 dollars, on merchants' account, with which she will sail on the 12th; the Hydra steam sloop, the Kestrel and Express packets, and the Crescant receiving -ship, the United States ship Brandywine, 50, Commodore Storer, and St. Louis, 16, Captain Le Cocq ; the Portuguese line-of-battle ship Vasco de Gama, 74, and the Iris, 18, and several Brazilians. The Spider packet is on her passage to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres ; the Griffon brigan tine is at the northern ports; the Rifleman, steam schooner, is at Santos ; all well. When the Leander sailed from Spithead, on Satur day, she had in five months' provisions for 500 men, 230 tons of water, and twelve months' stores ; 28 tons of coal ; ballast, 67 tons ; provisions, 48 tons ; armament, 159 tons; powder, 15 tons; shot, 71 tons; shell, 11 tons. Total weight on board, 1,150 tons ; when her draught of water was, forward, 20 feet 3; aft, 21 feet 6; height of ports from the water, 10 feet 7 ; midship, 9 feet 2 ; aft, 9 feet 11. The Scourge, steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. 11. Kerr, left this afternoon for Plymouth with the men for the ships there brought by the Stromboli, Com mander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, from the river ports. The Scourge will accompany the Leander to Lisbon, to join the evolutionary squadron. Wind N.N.W.; light airs and cloudy weather. WOOLWICH, Nov. 19.—The Retribution was taken into the same dock to-day from which the Terrible steam. frigate was taken out on Saturday. Captain Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, visited this dockyard on Saturday last, and, with Commodore Superintendent Henry Eden, went on board the Vulcan steam-frigate in the basin. A large spare screw-propeller, furnished by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, was landed to day to be put on board the vessel. It is 14 feet in diameter and 5i tons in weight, and being made of the best brass, or mixture nearly approaching to gun metal, is calculated to be worth 1,2001. .• It has hitherto been usual to fit screw-propellers in the rough shape in which they are cast, simply filing and smoothing the narrow edge of the blade ; but one of the machines in the factory has been fitted in such a manner as to plane the whole of one side of the blades, and on its being tried in the factory to-day or the first time on a screw-propeller 7,9 feet in dia meter, cast of brass, for the Archer, it appears to per form the work in great perfection. The difficulty of obtaining a motion which would suit itself to the curve of the blade of a screw-propeller must be evident to every one w ho has witnessEd its form, and yet it has been perfectly accomplished in this instance. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—0 n Tuesday, the 13th inst., her Majesty's steam-sloop Conflict, 8, of 400-horse power, Commander T. G. Drake, made an experi mental trip to the Eddystone, to test the power of her screw. The Conflict started from abreast of the Breakwater Lighthouse at 7i minutes to two o'clock P.M., and reached the Eddystone Lighthouse, a distance of rather more than 10 miles, by 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, having thus taken an hour and 571 minutes to cover the ground, being an amount of time for such a distance which per se is not satis factory. However, there was a very strong head wind from S.W. and S.S.W., a short chopping sea which pitched her about, and the tide dead against her ; it is also stated that a very large portion of the effective power of the steam was cancelled during the early part of the experiment, before the masses of machinery metal got thoroughly warm, and before the machinery itself got into perfect working order. The revolutions of the screw were graduallyin creased from 62 to 70 per minute. On the return she reached the breakwater from the lighthouse at five minutes past five o'clock. Her canvass was not used during the trial ; on the next trip it was intended to work the steam expansively. Although nearly a s large as one of the old 46 gun frigates, the Conflict takes a complement of only 160 men. She has three masts, and her main-yard is 74 feet long ; the petty officers complain that to manoeuvre such a ship with her present number of hands will be very heavy work. The artillery of the steamer is powerful, her guns having a bore of ten inches. On Thursday, the 15th instant, the Conflict made a second experimental trip. She started at ten in the morning, and went un d er steam only right across hitesand-bay, as far as the coast off Looe and Pol perro, and returned at half-past two in the afternoon ; she had a strong wind from N.W. Her crew will be paid wages on Monday, and she will probably sail the next day (Tuesday) for the Tagus. Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, 50, was taken out of dock to-day. Captain Smart joined her on HAYMARKIIT THEATRE. Mr. Macready gave the fourth of his series of Shaksperian representations last evening, appearing for the first time this season in the character of Othello. There has been perhaps naore difference of opinion as to the merits of Mr. Macready's represen tation of Othello, than as to those of his personation of any other of Shakspere's characters ; indeed, it could not well be otherwise, because his representa tions of Othello have been at different times so different from each other, that it would appear as if lengthened study had induced him materially to modify his first conceptions as to the meaning of Shakspere. We have seen him give a most energetic, but at the same time most boisterous representation of the Moor, so boisterous from the commencement as to render any thing like an artistical working up of thecliniax of passion as the play proceeded impossible; then, again, we have seen him give such a subdued representation of the part as to make the play go off tamely. He avoided both these extremes last evening, and his Othello is now a nearer approach to perfection than it has ever been. It is evident that he has studied the part with the greatest care and attention, that he has well weighed every syllable and sentence, well considered every attitude and gesture, and the consequence is that his Othello now is one of his best performances, and quite worthy to take its place in the foremost rank of his Shaksperian repre sentations. The speech before the senate was admi rably delivered; there was a manliness about the manner, with an occasional touch of tenderness when alluding to Desdemona, which rendered it one of the most effective pieces of declamation ever listened to. The great scene with Ingo was admirably played ; the different phases of passion were given with a con summate knowledge of art, and the climax was per fectly worked up. His burst of pent-up fury as he accuses Desdemona to her face of infidelity was terrific, and the last scenes were given with the most pathetic tenderness and the most heartrending remorse. At the conclusion, Mr. Macready was called for, and well deserved the enthusiastic applause which he received. Wallack has al ways been a favou rite in lago, and he never acted the part more effectively than last evening. The Cassio of Mr. Howe is worthy of high commenda tion for its truthfulness and spirit. Miss Reynolds appeared for the first time as Desdemona, and pro mises to attain the same high rank in tragedy that she has already attained in comedy. Never have we seen a more graceful, unaffected, tender, and pathetic representative of Desdemona. She was in truth " the gentle lady married to the Moor." Mrs. \Var ner's Emilia is confessedly the best on the stage, and she never acted with greater power and energy, and never elicited more enthusiastic applause then she did last evening. The house was crowded, and at the end of the tragedy Mrs. Warner, Miss Reynolds, and Mr. Wallack were respectively called before the curtain. Eastcourt, near Woliingham, Bello, the beautiful seat of Admiral Sir John Sinclair, Bart., has been pur chased by John Walter, Esq., M.P. for Nottingham. The property fetched nearly 60,000/. „ . - SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY INIORNING.—By the steamer just arrived from Havre, we learn that the cotton market in that city was less firm yesterday. Sales only 250 bales, at a decline of nearly 2f. from the highest prices of last week. The St. Nicolas and the Elizabeth Denison sailed from Havre yesterday for New York. If you wish a pig to go forwards, pull it bar.l - by tho tail. For the seine re”or, when dealing with an obstinate person, persuade him to do just the reverse of what you want, and you will gain your end. —Eliza Cooh's Journal. Tuesday; a party of marines, under command of Captain Fleming, joined her the same day. Her com plement of seamen is not yet complete. The masts of the Portland frigate were sent into the yard on Tuesday, and she has been placed at her moorings. A party of caulkers went into the Sound yesterday to caulk the topsides of the Serpent steamer. Mr. George Turner, formerly master-shipwright in the service of her Majesty in the East Indies, has commenced duty as master shipwright's assistant in the Devonport Dockyard, vice Mr. Aylward, super annuated. Ninety labourers, who have been employed in the survey of the stores of the yard, have been dis charged this day. Wind northerly, light air. IRELAND. LETTER IV. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. My Lord,—The Government proposal of a maximum rate having:most fortunately been rejected by the House of Lords, there is little occasion to say much about it, for its errors were clearly pointed out—a more ill advised or injudicious measure it would be difficult to imagine. My proposal drew a broad distinction between the enterprising and industrious landlord and tenant, desirous of employing the people, and the idle, who would not move if the Government had adopted it ; the drone would have been left no worse than at present, but he would not have been permitted to plunder the bee. The Government proposal made no such wise distinction. Industrious and idle, enterprising and apathetic—huddled together in one common fate, and told in so many words—your poor -rates are 93. in the pound ; never mind, be as neglectful of your duty as you choose, become absentees from your native land, we will reduce your poor -rate _to Bs. in the polled, and the precedent once established, perhaps we shall be able again to reduce them, at the expense of the industry of the country. Wise and salutary doctrine at any time, and under any circumstances, but, in the present condition of Ireland, it should confer an immortal . . . . on the brow of Sir Wm. Somerville. Then, its twin brother—the rate in aid. Who stood gcdtather to this baptismal fraud ?—for that is the proper epithet for applying a name of good repute to a measure widely different. The English rat- in aid is worthy of the sagacity of its authors; it declares that when a parish is unable to provide for its poor, a rate in aid shall be made on the adjoining parishes. Hence it became not only the duty, but the obvious interest, of every locality to prevent, if pos sible, the distress of any neighbouring parish pro ceeding to such an extreme length as to require a rate in aid; and in this, as in everything else, a little timely assistance will, at much less cost, produce better effects than larger efforts at a later period ; and nothing could have worked better than the English rate in aid, for I am not aware of its having been resorted to except in the case of Cholesbury. But your misnamed bantling, the Irish rate in aid, proceeds on a totally different principle it holds out no inducement to an union to endeavour to prevent extreme destitution in its neighbourhood—it taxes the industrious tenant in Antrim to relieve the pau perism in Cork. I know it will be said that the distress in some districts was so great that it would have been impossible for the neighbouring ones to have relieved it. But, then, act fairly; do not call your measure a rate in aid, as if it was similar to the English law ; but make the case an imperial one, and do not commit the legislative robbery of taxing the province of Ulster for the support of the poor in Connaught. The wit of man never yet devised a stronger argument for a " Repeal of the Union" than this law of One-eyed Men. Then came Mr. Scrope's proposal, of the benevo lence of whose intention it is impossible to speak too highly, but his forced peasant proprietorship, the leading feature of his measure, was pregnant with the same evil which it is now sought to alleviate. Last is Mr. Bright's proposal—how different from the wise and comprehensive view he took of the cause of the present condition of Ireland I place them in juata-position, and the distinction is palp a bl e . H e said he believed he could point out the cause and its remedy. Cause—The true cause of the present condition of Ireland was to be found in the crimes and blunders of legislation. - Remedy—That he would sell the estate of every proprietor who could not pay his debts. The ink which propounded this remedy was scarcely dry when its inutility was proved by a fact. The Connemara estate, the scene of Sir Robert Peel's phantom plantation, was offered for sale under the most favourable auspices —a wealthy assurance com pany, whose affluence enabled them to give every encouragement to would-be purchasers in the pay ment of the price, were the sellers. The land would have been sold in cumulo, or in lots of every possible size, to suit the supposed wants of the public, and there were no purchasers, and the estate remains unsold. But then it has been said, by those whose inge nuity is never at at a loss for an excuse, " Oh, there should have been a Parliamentary title"--a Parlia mentary fiddlestick. No Parliamentary title would give greater confidence to a would-be purchaser than a title which had been approved of by the sagacious solicitor to the Law Life Assurance Company. By all means adopt Mr. Bright's advice, and render the transfer of land as expeditious, as cheap, and as secure as possible; but do not fancy that when you have done this you have done everything, and that purchasers will be found for Connemara and similar properties. Small properties scattered over the country vc ill be probably sold to the neighbouring proprietors, or to strangers, but of estates as Connemara, and others of nearly similar extent, and of greater value, who are likely to become the purchasers ? I entertain great respect for your Lordship's sagacity, yet believe that you are incapable of giving an answer to this question which would be satisfactory to your own judgment ; and yet upon its proper solution depends the prosperity of Ireland. Who is likely to become the purchaser ? If sold in ennallo what capitalists would venture a quarter of a million in such speculation ? Ask that most bene volent of men, Samuel Gurney. He would prefer making you a present of the money if it would re lieve Ireland from her difficulties, but he would de cline becoming the purchaser. But, then, suppose the land to be offered for sale, as Connemara was, in small lots. What man, how ever desirous of becoming the proprietor and improver of a farm, would settle down in a district without knowing who were to be his neighbours, or whether years might not elapse before he had any ? None my Lord ; for such properties, it will indeed be difficult, if not impossihle, to find purchasers in the usual course; but then another excuse has been offered by an anonymous writer in the Daily News of the 10th inst.—He says, upon his own knowledge, that the reserved price was far too high. I also am acquainted with the property, and should know something of the value of laud, and its capabilities; and I was surprised to find the upset prices so low. Bidders, for the reasons I have given, I never expected, but I prefer facts to opinions —and the fact is that many lots were bought in at a price only a trifle more than the price of land in the wilds of Australia and New Zealand ; for instance, I find four consecutive lots (12 to 15 inclusive), c o ns i s ti ng o f 7,477 acres, the res erve d price of which was 7,510/. four other consecutive lots, 27 to 31, except 30 for which there was no bidding, containing 20,298 acres, bought in at 23,100/. But I venture to think that the observations of the correspondent in the Daily News were not within the bounds of legitimate public discussion, for they impugned the judgment of the directors of the Law Life Assurance Company, one of the very best ma naged institutions in the kingdom. They were de sirous of selling the property, not throwing it away, and they exercised what they considered a sound discretion. I have now carefully, I hope fairly, gone over each remedy which has been proposed ; my next letter will compare them with the one I have suggested, and show, I think, conclusively, how Mr. Bright's bene volent wishes may be accomplished—" that men would hold land in proportion to their means, to cul tivate it and turn it to their advantage, from the man who held his freehold acre of land to those w h o h e ld their 10,000 or '20,000 acres; , and praise be to him who publicly scorned the doctrine that either the Catholic or the Celt are unable to perform their duties to society. I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's f a ithf u l and obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Nov. 17, 1849. DIVISIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. We copy the following letter , which has b een addressed to the Editor o f the Bradford Observer:— " Sir,—On my earliest opportunity I have instituted an examination into the disputed points connected with my attendance on divisions, and the result appears to be, that, in the session 1849, 1 voted in all the divisions, and was three times teller, and in the session preceding I voted in all the divisions and was twice teller. " My only motive for wishing the fads to be ascer tained is, that I remember excusing Myself' for non attendance on some valued constituents on the ground of being unwilling to b . e absent f rom di v i s i on, and I should not like to hear it said, We see you could b e absent when it suited you.' "I em, sir, your obedient servant, " T. PERRONET THOMPSON. " Blackheath, 10th Nov., 1849." There is more fatigue in laziness than in a lip' laboar.--Zios CoM's J.u►na6