The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

COMMO. ye, Ber- light at tockton, to-day, ships is tb S in and, and ?pt mate ,London g been in , and the r similar Exeter, hitby, oft White th init., Aitkins, ff.—Sld. AY.) SDAY •0 to-day rip ion of ever. the ►ortcd in ;n Whcat were in all other .d. Fine nail, sold distilling nd healsy y of Oats ,r request Lied dull ; Flour. Racks. 410 Pquest, at e business the gene eef, from Od; Veal, l per Sibs, DAY.) n ROLFE ) ribcd as )g at John intent to ruddy hue of his first it still his ed that he is position. his father .es by the 1, and Mr. !, defended se, shortly 'proceeded n, the cab.. him in the )ber, about ie prisoner the box of 111 public* abOut ten Zed down a it a house. him to get a gentle 10ese. lie speaking to r got down helrd the ad the pri to the Bell, the fare to d they got rive to his r, however, aim] to the to pay hied er what to The pri- Bost imme him. y Mr. BAI, wisoner was ,e service of She re - answerivg re, and re h she WO .ster. She rnely, that a 'd her to gJ She was her saying, le then put he saw him .'he prisoner he prisoner " Sho Was speak, hut r her master parlour. y Mr. Bon six children. On tbe ing a knock 'as . m y soot No words two reports. leek. I fell ad seen the occurrence. :ular passed at he should of on good tant service. —The pri er died in raia fever. amon sailor• a fortnight , year. yiis a of tortun@• son that be had refused he went to rty I on ill [N—I am a of some 4 1 ' t of the 4th t 12 o'clock• a :Tom on was Monk' nswered the and I votfeC him to th e is Bdl. 0 0 1 I Searched The barrel low. bullets Fall quantitY b, I wtnt t° and pistol. low to the The one discharge d • the prisoner perceiving' ce of loaded amined by niug to int f the 4th 0' told him to ortly after" the officer § where the or two fol . the drarfq cupied, he prison e f excited• sbla to fall ned by bfr• Ind Tonal' of Octoberl ; 0 . I foil n . ry ranW e l i 0 his Wo nt ) sit c 10011:, )od d in the t ,e ; neck in in as to dire r Lr-bone• • peen is th, e , )oke to I; havivg Qr., ba d )artner ;ens. fi the r the di f pute i f to a zP ed o I ev°us Dos Pps no ang wer or excuse for crime, but it had been wisely laid '' v " by Justice l'atteson, in a c,se where a party • indicted for an assault with in , ent to murder, and it tu t c,a , out that the party was drunk when he committed the o il ' nc,s, that the jury must bv satisfied that an :rant to murder govt-r:,ed the mind of the! pris.mer O,, fore they coul I convict him of mare turn a common assault. That merciful rule must prevail in this instance, a nd bt , was confident that when the jury well catad.lered .110 circumstances attending the committal of the crime, t hey could come to no other conclusion but that the Pria.mer was driven to it by the fret,zy of drunkenness, 411 1 by no intention to murder his father, as averred in th, indictment. The Learned Gentleman then sub mitted the following evidence to the consideration of the ,jury;__ Fr incis Tilling Alonkhouie, the younger brother of th e prisoner, stated that, on the 4 h of October last, with the prisoner !o a fi,h Shop Inhere they had atn ne opters, and the prisoner behaved in a very strange Iltanner, lle then adjourned to sever2l publie-hou6es, Where he drunk copiously of brandy and water, the wit -1431 all the time trying to nadke him d silt, but to no PUrpose At length the witness induced him to retire to a coffee house to have some tea, for the purpose of destroying, the effucts of the liquor, where his face as "'zed a deep crimson colour, and he complained of a hom e in hi s h ea d. Fi n di ng th a t h e c ould n o t get hi m ""le with , as left him, and did not see him again till 8 "Ille time after. Two other witnesses spoke to seeing him furiously drunk on the same night, about seven o'clock. He had t . i go pistols with him at the time, and conducted himself I n a violent and excited manner. lie presented a pistol r i, t on , of the w itnes se s, and snapped a percussion cap. oranately it was not loaded. Another witness, in the !service of his brother, stated that between ten and eleven r° clock at n i g h t, on t h e 4 t h October, the prisoner came ;. his msster's gate and presented a pistol at him, say ing it was loaded ; whits ano:her witness, who met him in a Eve-Jane at Chiswick, deposed to his having pre -B"ted a pistol at him, and asking the witness if he was a friend. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Cutherine Edvardel, the wife of a labourer, residing 4 2' No. 2, Nottingham court, Endell street, St. Giles's, " 8 placed before Mr. Henry, ch,rged with having caused the death of an elderly ternalp, named Wall, by striking her on the head with a thick, heavy stick. ht B ry Ann Scendery, living at No. 11, Nottingham- About sfa ed that the deceased was her landlady. .L%u on . elve o'clock on Saturday night, the 2d lust , 1 ,7 1.8 . Wall was standing in the c,urt, when some ~,`"gh word s ensue d b e t wee n her and the prison e r. t he prisoner went into her house and brought out a thick Violent blow upon the head, which felled her to the g i r s "ncl. She was taken to King's Colege Hospital, and ft" ;e entered as an out-patient. The deceased continued ~.``) get wor se , an d died about half-past two o'clock this M rs. Stephenson and her son, a boy about 12 years of a ge, residing in the same court, corroborated the first *itnes,'• evidence. h James Wright, a police-constable, No. 312 A, said W 45 on duty in Nottingham-court, on the night of 4, 8 2d in,tant, and heard the deceased and h-r son mu ch very oLscene language, and they were also very '7 l4 eh intoxicated. He rtuested them to go in, and ';'”' did so. The prisoner was in the court, and she A ppeared quite sober. Witness went round his beat; it " on his return he heard a violent scream. He, has toned to t h e p l ace, an d l oarne d t h e d ecease d' s son h a d str uck t the prisoner across the arm with a stick. He 1 : 4 Wall into custody. He was taken before the al l g i strate on the following Monday, and he was fined f 'tad in default of payment, to be committed :r twenty-one days. He was unable to pay the fine, flit he was locked up. The stick was produced, and it eeulls a black stick, as thick as a policeman's true n, but much heavier. It was the one the deceased h alleg e d to h ave b een struc k w i t h. Wit ness never hea rd that the prisoner had struck the deceased until pogmorning, and he threw the stick away for the pure of not letting the parties have it again. HENRY.—Is there any chance of its being found? C h o wituess—l threw it over the railings of St. Paul's Chur ch, Covent garden. 6" : ". RENRy requested that a search should be made and produced at the next examination it discovered. ' lll r- Ellin house surgeon of King's College Hospital, said •the deceas e d came to the hospital on Sunday morn int 41 ? the 2d inst., and was suffering from a very severs Itiu dangerous wound on the right temple, about three sh4rters of an inch in extent. Ha dressed the wound; 8 8 admitted as an out-patient. t tletear•l-Can you tell the cause of death? Mr. said he had he notad tie to maka ost modem to deter of t body sot the deceased B and p , should like vid.efer hie opini o n until he had done so. HENRY, then remanded the prisoner for that "'Pose. At -ARLBRO -STREET—(THIS DAY.) 1 it DRUNKEN VAGRANT.—Sarah Baines, a wretched :pking old woman, was charged, before Mr. Hardwick, I ,!th being drunkn, and begging of several gentlemen in l eoodilly, a o'clock this morning. 0', 1 1 14118 , 1 C, said he was on duty in Piccadilly at one ock this morning, when he say the prisoner, who was q' drunk, go up to several gentlemen and demand I t i" L q of them. On their refusing to comply with her to :II" she r.bustd them in the most obscene and filthy p,.; 43 - Witness, to stop her from annoying any other pus, conveyed h-r to the st'stion. to , ' 1 h " prisoe r denied begging of any person, but ad d'te having indulged too freely in gin. elir• HARDWICK committed her for a month to the I 'e of Correction with hard labour. z A LING LEAD.—John Walters and Patrick Walsh char g. d with hsvirg stolen a leaden cistern and a r M tity of lead piping from a houso in the cccupation p,r- Frede r i c k Cl a rk, 22, King-street, Soho. It ap peared that the prisoners were employed by the prose ho,,4 to do some repairs to one of the rooms in the p r ' a p, and during his temporary absence yesterday the tel4oners removed from the kitchen a large leaden m g : 4 ftnd a quantity of piping, which they disposed of to 04'.,afifte-sture dealer near Seven Dials. The prosecutor u iscoverin the theft went in search of the prisoners, °4l he found in the neighbourhood and gave in eh trap• it i --vCr a l w i tnesses we r e examined, who proved se e in g p c ,", B l: e r s i a l( o ,n n : 14 rs leave the, house with the property in their 77.e£ITINI1 STOLEN PROPERTY. Arthur Brown, th "NT Ctrdk,'-' and Robert Burley, were then placed at 1: bar, c h arge d w i t h h av i ng rece i ve d th e a b ove pro 11', well knowing it to hare been stolen. a tt "tston, 15 E, said last evening he was in Pulteney atoe:tt when he saw the prisoner Brown enter a marine iva'Adealer's with a large bag on his shoulder. He ed„, e ued him, and saw Burley, who kept the shop, put 1,4 lead to a scale and weigh it. Clark at that li k „ Was standing close by with a bag in his IC". and gut the lead into the bag after o ut Was weighed. Brown and Clerk then came 8 1 .,_0f the shop, and witness followed them to sq c "'l'S house in William and Mary-yard, and then k iici ed Brown what he had got. He said lead and copper, th e Pointin g t o B ur l e y' s s h o p sa id h e had g ot it from fvh tt ,'' Witness went to Burley's shop, and inquired ol ~ „ metal he had sold Brown. Burley said only some t Pewter, about five pounds weight. Witness subse ti4L'ltlY searched Watley s house, and found the leaden kr-.3and . piping produced, which was identified by rederick Clark as his property. The whole of the s 4 4e ,ners were then taken into custody. The prisoner th o rl i eY in defence said he did not recollect having any o tl kt je ad in his possession. The other two prisoners de ed that they purohased the lead in a fair and honest and bad no idea it was stolen. The whole of the prisoners were then remanded. fru E UNITED STATES. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. the the annual report of the Postmaster-General, (Irst document usually accompanying the Presi q,ll'S Message as yet received, it appears that Mr. t tibi l tner recommends the introduction of an uniform c o4 ` of postage of 5 cents on each letter. The high 115 Ci.ition of the department renders such reduction ii te MlE IN, Tile LONDON Doc/B.—Last evening, be th 6 and 7 o'clock, considerable alarm was caused in te s l , B ll e.ighbourhood of Old Gravel-lane, Shadwell, in claence of the springing of policemen ' s rattles, ac e 4,, ttli t v . , 4 flied with a cry of " Fire!' It was . then ascer bwe't that one of the large ships lying in the eastern RIA OI the London Docks, had taken fire. The vessel, ttre e a ' was named the M ' Loudcn , had been taken out of 11 4 , 1 "ock about three days since, where she was over ea' The ship was empty, and no one was on board te a L tt the disaster occurred, but from the facts of other fo rt - v's bei ng at h er h ea d an d s t ern , it wa s exceedingly ,h: ttl l'e that the discovery was made so opportunely. le% l3 °lieeman, in pasaing over the bridge in Gravel. fir,ZPerceivcd flames pouring from the vessel. The belonging to the Docks immediately brought the the; ll ,,g and other engines alongside the Vessel, when iittl le l°ll nd the caboose on deck in a general mass of t he A . By means of buckets of water the firemen got gu t, ales subdued, but not until the caboose was burnt Wth ltn fi d one of the ship's yards consumed . . 'T he origin p* t° is unknown. 4 et 44 MEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—By the new f o • t k r the gover n men t o f th e c ity o f L on d on , f reemen , . 11, 11,, I ttng up their freedom, are required to make the Lor — lig declaration in lieu of oaths or affirmations t h ® erl Yprescribed:—" I, A. 8., do solemnly declare q q ,,, will be good and true to our Sovereign Lady thi n ' 4 , Victori a; t h at I w ill be obedient t o th e M a y or o f t`ee,tttY; that I will maintain the franchises and cus- I thi,; i tn : ' T ea, and will keep this city harmless in that my„ tq me is; that I will keep the Queen's peace in rl tpi Nt l Person ; that I will know no gath e rings n o r con - Ivar u e "', 3 Made aga in s t th e Que e n' s peac e , but I w ill th ttt !, 4 41 Mayor thereof or hinder it to my power; and these i , e points and articles I will well and truly til Y sae "dhig to the laws and customs of this city, to -*cr." s ulaT4 L ARRANGEMENTS.—We deem it a matter I, 4 Nt tzt h " p ro phecy that the Post-office will be one of the ue ficial departments of Government when it shall '"ger used as an instrument of revenue, but be t l hg.td by the Board of Trace ins'ead of the Treasury, P r in ciple r z::. dg of being a merely self-supporting aid thaich rt of commerce and lion, in character it will really aid the revenue far more now.—Liverpool Mercury. . 4 3'4 th HAGUE, D E C. IG.—The Schiedam Conrad the setting in o f th e t h aw h as re - o p ene d t h e te, , tAtion of the Ma.., though there is still much drift i ' i reriti vessels which were ice bound immediately -4114 tage of this, itucl left the harbour. THE HAYMARK ET THEATRE. having read an announcement that the translation by the lion. Edrnund Phipps (not the lion. Colonel Phipps, as has been erroneously stated), of Ilenrik Hertz's Danish; play, King Rene's Daughter, was to be prodwed at this theatre last even ing, for the first time, we proceeded, accord ing to our wont, to the box entrance, and presented our admission order, when we were in formed that the performances were for the benefit of Mr. Tilbury, and that no orders were admitted. It would be well that Mr. Tilbury should, on the next occasion, make the fact of the performances being for his benefit somewhat more public—m , ither the posters nor the small bills sold outside the house contained any notice of the performances being fur the benefit of Mr. Tilbury, and it was not until we entered the doors of the theatre that we became aware of the circumstance from reading an announce ment to that effect posted in the lobby. Sevi nil other persons who presented free adinissiuns were refused. admission during the few moments we remained in the lobby, and gave vent to their feeling of disap pointment in terms that were anything but flattering to Mr. Tilbury. We trust that Mr. Tilbury will make better arrangements with regard to three matters on any future occasion. Having failed in procuring admission, we extract from the Times the following notice of the performance : The drama of King Bend's Danghter, written by the Danish poet, Henrik H. rtz, and produced at the Theatre Royal, Copenhagen, about four years ago, has been seized by English translators with sin gular avidity. In 184.5 a version by a lady named Chapman was published by Messrs. Smith and Elder; in 1848 the version by "Bun Gaultier," produced in an abridged form at the New Strand Theatre. last week, appeared in the Dublin University Magazine; and within a very short time a third version, by Colonel Phipps, was brought out at the Theatre loyal, Dublin. All these ren derings are distinguished by a graceful style of writing, while in the two versions presented on the stage much of the dialogue, together with some lyrical pieces, has been omitted, the main idea being preserved in all its integrity. We have so recently given the subject of this beau• tiful little drama that we need not repeat it in notic ing the production of Colonel Phipps's version last night, when Mr. and Mrs. Kean porformed the principal characters, as at Dublin. Our chief office is to record the very charming manner in which the blind daughter of the troubadour King was played by Mrs. Chides Kean. Strictly following the injunc tions of the drama, in which the rest of the charac ters are not supposed to perceive any defect in the lady's vision till it is tested by experiment, she does not close her eyes, but by gestures and an uncertainty of movement accomplishes the difficult task of repre senting blindness with her eyes perfectly open. The rapid quivering of the lids when she was asked of what use the organs could be,and she referred to weeping as their only possible purpose, was exquisitely conceived. It indicated that the blind girl, not being able to vary the expression of her eyes, brought them to her consciousness by an appeal to her sense of feeling. The voice in which the words were delivered was most musical, and while a sweet contented simplicity was constantly maintaitied, her obvious bereavement gave a tone of melancholy to the picture. The Princess had never been informed of her blindness, did not even suppose that the rest of mankind were different from herself, but still you could see that here was a subdued, though not an oppressed nature. If in a performance which was perfect throughout we would select one passage more strikingly beautiful than the rest, we should perhaps fix on that in which, After she has begun to love Tristan, she complains of loneliness when he has del:Parted. Never was sorrow more touchingly or more quietly expressed. The drama is written so completely for the display of this one character—lolanthe, that all the rest occupy but a subordinate position. Tristan has rather to draw out the peculiarties of the Prin ces, than to exhibit any of his own, but still it is a part requiring great care and taste. The cheerfulness of the troubadour nature, and the ido latrous devotion of love in the most romantic of ages, were represented with true geniality by Mr. Charles Kean. If the lady looked the pure being to whom worship was a rightful tribute, he thoroughly ap peared the ardent worshipper. Small as are the miner personages, the piece was very strongly cast. Mr. Wallack t% as the King, Mr. Webster the friend of Tristan, Mr. Howe the Moorish physician, and Miss P. Horton the female attendant. The garden scene in which the action took place was beautifully laid out, and the costumes, in which real armour was prominent, contributed to the romantic character of the whole. The Chronicle gives the following criticism on the acting : " Upon Mrs. Charles Kean fell the most difficult tusk of embodying the character of lolanthc. She had to picture, as in a mirror, the quick sensitive feminine nature of the blind maiden, and her pure eleva tion of soul, yet to develop the merely ph)sical attri butes of her malady, and the gt.it and habits of body incidental to it. To a msrely physical actress the temptation would naturally he strong to mislead an audience by clever imitations; but Mrs. Kean last night showed herself an intellectual actress in the highest degree, in that while she retained those physical attri butes and peculiarities, she subdued and made them subordinate to her conception. The blindness of Mrs. Kean's counterfeit is like that of the sonnumbulist. The eyes are opened wide and fixed in gaz-.., but is the slightest degree upturned, —so as never actually to meet the glance of those to whom she speaks. Again, when the soul is ♦iolently touched her eyes rapidly open and shut—as attentive observers of the blind may have seen is their habit. Another evidence that ;11r& Kean has carefully studied the physical tide of her art, is the peculiar motion of the hands when extended to touch any person or thing. But these are the minor duties of an artist; the merit of Atirs. Kean's delineation consists rather in the psychological portraiture, the dreamy abstraction che quered by sudden touches of tenderness and solemn thought, the art by which without t ffort or display her unconsciousness of the one great want was delicately - made manifest. And when lulanthe's sight is at last restored —when the new world of beauty and of glory is re vealed to her, till the effulgence of light, the charm of nature, and the majesty of mankind overpower her newly•born sense and appal her soul—this lady's histronic development of the effect on the being whose retiring innocence she had before so exquisitely sha dowed forth, was one of the most perfect artistic tri umphs we have had occasion to record. If it did not elicit from the audience the ordinary excitement, it should be remembered that it wanted the customary stimulants of the modern acting' drama. " The other characters were sustained by Mr. Charles Kea❑ (the lover), whose delivery of the poetry and his general bearirg excellently harmonised with tho roman tic character of the piece; Mr. Wallack (King Rdie), and Mr. Webster, Mr. Rogers, and Miss P. Horton, in minor characters. All were in good keeping, which is the best praise to accord, where the interest centres in one chief character. " This lyrical dramatic sketch' was put on the stage in a manner doing great credit to those who ordered it. The single scene in which the action goes on is beau& luny arranged, and the costumes are not merely brilliant—they are also correct." AN ACROSTIC. BY S. H., JUN. A pproaching fast, the joy ful season comes, S trang;rs and friends in hundreds quit their homes T o seu the Christmas Pantomimes—when you L ook forward with delight such scenes to view; B ach Harlequin and Columbine are dress'd Y ourself will soon acknowledge in their best; . 'S hould Pantaloon and Clown attract your gaze R egard thorn well, they'll quickly gain your praise: 0 f all gay pastimes, or equestrian troupes, Y ears have produc'd, the best are Astley's groupes ; A 11 well caparison'd in trappings bright, L ords, ladies, horses, what a splendid sight! A erial, majestic, fill'd with ev'ry grace, M ark well the beauties of each lemale's face. P aria, son of Priam, King of Troy, II ad heard of Helen's charms—the wanton boy, I n haste to Greece he travell'd, to demand, T o him the greatest treasure, Helen's hand. II ad he been living now, in manhood's youth, E rring is mortal—he must own the truth A mong this fairy groupe, the lot must fall, T hen hear his choice, not one—l'll have them all. R eader, their charms he mutually assay'd, E, ach blushing free consent, with joy obey'd. W. rought in steel armour, or in vestments bright, B ehold each hero his fair lady plight, A token of her love, one fond embrace T he nymph bestows, then bids him take his place T o grace the Tournament—an ancient sport, Y, ears have mll'd by since introduc'd at Court. P repar'd with buckler, lance, mace, shield, and sword, Regard each warrior, waiting for the word 0 f onslaught—life-blood burgling in his veins, P roudly his charger, with tight hand he reins, R uthless of danger, see him poise the lance I n warlike manner, then with eager glance B nter the lists to end all j.. alous strife, T o win a heru's grave, or gain a wife. 0 f Astley's Circus you'll u,, , 'er have your fill, R. cad but the programme of the daily bill. The Exposition of Manufactures and Art finally closed on Saturday evening, after a brilliantly succesafut season of about fourteen weeks. During the past week the rooms have been visited by nearly 19,000 persons, and the total number of visitors since the commencement exceeds 100,000. The receipts have been about 3,0651. There will, doubtless, after payment of all expenses, be a handsome surplus; and we cannot but express a hope that it may be devoted to the establishment, in the shape of a Museum of Art, of a permanent and classi fied exposition of British, and especially of Birming ham manufactures; indeed, such an appropriation of the profits of the present Exposition would seem to be the most legitimate course. We could have wished that the Exposition had beets kopt open a week or two longer, so ai to include the Christmas holidays, and thus have affords(' to the artisans of the town an opportunity of examining, itt a low admis,ion fee, a collection of manu factures which may, perhaps, never again be witnessed ip 014 town.--Aril's iiinningham Walk. SUN, LONDON, RC! VAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WOOLWICH, DEC. 18.—A board of officers, con sisting of Major-General Sir John P. Burgoyne, K.C.B. (chairman), Major General Sir Hew Dal rymple Rost, K C. 8., Major-General John Boteltr Parker, C.B , Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Academy ; Major General R. J. J. Lacy, Colonel F. Campbell, Colonel Henry William Gordon, Colonel William Bolden Dundas, C. 8., and Colonel W. D. Jones, Inspector, Royal Military Academy, assembled in the hall of the Gentlemen Cadets' de• partment at the Royal Arsenal, at eleven o'clock A.M. today, to witness the examination of the g,n tlemen cadets, of the practical class, who had been studyin4 since the last vacation, preparatory to their being qualified for commissions. Captain Savage, Captain Eardley Wilmot, Captain Crawford, Captain Anderson, and several (Beers of the Royal Artillery were present to witness the examination. Captain IV. M. Dixon, Instructor in Practical Artillery, put thevari,frus questions he had prepared id thtt branch of the service to the gentlemen cadets, and they were answered with a promptitude and ability highly to their credit. Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, Instructor in Surveying, then examined the gentlemen cadets in that branch, in which they acquitted themselves sa tisfactorily, and after three hours' examination before the board, they were passed for commissions, subject to the approval of the Master-General of the Ord nance. The following is a list of the names of gentlemen cadets, of the practical class, who have been found qualified for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers :—Willoughby Digby Marsh, Wm. Jarnes Stuart, Richard Oldfield, Herbert Mark Gar ret Purvis, William. Howley Goodenough, Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, William Smyth Maynard Wolfe, Charles Frederick Cockburn, Henry Hamilton Conolly, Walter Chidiock Nangle, Henry Strover, Campbell Hardy, William Wilberforce Hagan, CharleS Dickson Fisher, Lewis Frederick Hall, Fre derick Cockburn Griffin, John Henry Peile, John Kelly, Charles John Dowse. Major Genfral Sir John Burgoyne,at the conclusion of the examination, congratulated the gentlemen cadets on the satisfactory manner in which they had answered the questions put to them, and added that Le had now the pleasure of presenting the various prizes awarded for the ability they had shown in the following branches of their education Mr. Cockburn, practical artillery —a telescope ; Mr. Oldfield, next in merit. Mr. Marsh, surveying—a pocket sextant; Mr. Wolfe, next in merit. Mr. Griffin, chemistry—treatise on chemistry; Mr. J. Sterling, next in merit. Mr. Harvey, first class mathematics—a case of mathematical instruments; Mr. Porter, next in merit. Mr. Teesdale, second class mathematics—prismatic compass; Mr. Newbolt, next in merit. Mr. Fox Strangway, first class fortification— Essai Generale ; Mr. John H. Brown, next in merit. Mr. John T. Brown, second class fortification — Sieges in Spain and Portugal; Mr. Mahon, next in merit. Mr. Ogilvie, French—Course Elementaire, Mr. Lyons, next in merit. Mr. Harvey, German—Schiller's Glimmtliche Werke ; Mr. C. Martin, next in merit. Mr. Cromartie, history and geometry—Encyclo pmdia of Geometry ; Mr. Brackenbury, next in merit. Mr. Strange, military plan drawing—sketching telescope; Mr. Keene, next in merit. Mr. I'. Carey, fifth room, landscape drawing—box of colour.; Mr. Strange, next in merit. Mr. Bracken bury, sixth room, landscape drawing— box of colours ; Mr. Martin, mat in merit. Mr. Tyler, descriptive geometry—work on geo metry ; Mr. Blakiston, next in merit. The gentlemen cadets of the theoretical class were previously examined at the Royal Military Academy, on Woolwich Common, and the following having proved themselves qualified for the practical class,, their names were submitted to the Master- General, and his Lordship has been pleas to di rect that they shall join the practical class at the Royal Arsenal on their return to Woolwich after the Christmas vacation :—Robert W. Duff, Charles E. Harvey, Charles B. Brackenbury, Walter A. Fox Strangway, George Philips, John Henry Brown, Frederick M. 11. Prosser, Thomas A. J. Harrison, James M. M. C. Tibart, William Booth, George S. Harward, John D. G. Higgon, Edmund J. Winn, Edwin Markham, Henry R. Porter, William L. Yonge, Edmund P. B. Turner, Frederick C. Cro nranie, Leonard S. Joyce, Ralph Gore. The young gentlemen at Carshalton Academy were examined on Thursday and Friday last. NOTTINGHAM SAVINGS' BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—ln your paper of the 811 instant you admit a communication which casts a most undeserved imputation of dishonesty on the officers of the Not tingham Savings' Bank. I have known the secretary of that institution intimately for more than thirty years, ani I believe there never was amore conscien tious, vigilant, and active man of business than he is, nor any bank better managed. Ile has ever been, not only faithful and minute in the discharge of his own duties, but kept so quick an eye over his clerks and other officials, that instead of the least want of confidence, the management has ever b( en highly eulogised. I will cite only one proof, and that from a paper which never spares perver6i , m in whatever quarter it may be discovered. As you have unin tentionally given publicity to a misstatement, im pugning the character of an important institution. I am sure you will, gladly make a reparation by inserting this letter, and the following extracts. I am, Sir, yours very faithfully, VERITAS. " In The Sun newspaper of Saturday last, a corre spondent says :—' In no case of defalcation in the Savings' Banks of England, that I know of, have the depositors eventually sustained any loss. In the instance of both Nottingham and St. Alban's Savings' Banks a few years ago, the deficiency occasioned by the dishonesty of certain paid officers, was made good to the depositors by the trustees to their lasting honour, out of their own private fortunes. Now we notice this to correct a glaring error. There never was a deficiency in the Nottingham ,Savings' Bank The officials connected with this institution hare been men of high principle and sterling integrity, and there is not a savings' bank in the kingdom where more care is taken to:prt serve the.depositors from loss." --Nottingham Review, Dec. 14, 1849,p: 4, col. 4. The editor says—" In the course of the week we have gone to the Savings' Bank in Nottingham, and have inspected the mode of doing business. We may remark that we never set foot over the threshold of the door before, that we have not, nor ever had, anything to do with the bank; but we are persuaded, from personal investigation, that it is next to an im possibility there should be any wrong doings here; for we find that, in every instance, when money is received, one of the managers (not the _secretiry or clerk) signs the depositor's book; and further, 'that on each day appointed for the receipt and payment of money belonging to the depositors, the manager in attendance shall (and does) in his own handwriting make , out a statement of the amount of money re ceived from the treasurer, and also of the amount of money to be paid to the treasurer, and sign the same, and the secretary shall each day deliver such state ment to the treasurer, with the balance of cash.' To make assurance doubly sure, the two auditors have called in a professional accountant to their assistance, and he has gone over the books of accounts, and cer tified them. In Nottingham, therefore, there can be no possibility of fraud on the part of the officers of the institution."—ld. p. 4, col. 2. . NATIONAL CURRENCY REFORM ASSOCIATION.-- A preliminary meeting of gentlemen desirous of effecting a change in the existing system of the currency, by substituting that which shall be a symbol of national wealth fur the precious metals as the medium of ex change, was held last night at the ofilees, No. 4, Beau fort-buildings, Strand. Mr. Bennoch, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Sidney Smith, Mr. Wilson, and other gentlemen were present. Mr. Benncch took the chair, and in an able address reviewed the commercial events of the last several years, the commercial distress, and the various attempts made to remedy it, for the pur pose of showing that a contracted medium of ex change was at the bottom of all the difficulties of the trading and labouring community. Mr. Duncan after wards briefly expounded the principles on which he wished to see the currency based, and concluded by moving, " That this meeting recommends the imme diate formation of the National Currency Reform Association, to effect - the abolition of the fixed price of gold in our - coinage, and to - establish a syitem of national paper money, secured on the - whole prosperity of the ampire, and 'declared a legal tender by Act of Parliament ; such money not to exceed the annual amount of taxation. That joint-stock banks be ' em• powered to issua notes on the deposit of approved guarantees with' the Government to the extent of two thirds of their securities, and convertible into the legal tender-money of the country on demand." Mr. Wyld, M.P., seconded the resolution, but without plAging himself to a plan. The resolution was unanimously affirmed, and a conversation afterwards ensued as to luture operations necessary to bring the association before the public. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—PORT OF LIMERICK.— The following notice has been issued by the Commis. sioeers of the Custome' Department ;—" Custom-house, London, Dec. 1849.—Notice is hereby given, that the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by the Act of the Bth and 9th Victoria, chap. 86, sec. 12, have appointed Scattery Roads, on the east aide of Scattery Island, to be the proper station within the port of Limerick for all vessels coming up or departing out of the said port to bring to for the boarding or landing of officers of the Customs, in lieu of Tarbert ; and that the master of every vessel failing to comply with the provisions of the said Act will render himself liable to a penalty. of 1001. By order of the said COLUAIiAIIMerI3, C. A. ScovApra, Secretary." EVENING, DECEMBEft THE PEOPLES-COLLEGE, SHEFFIELD. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) We had heard much of the Sheffield College, and were not amongst those who expect to find the minis ' try of the people's self-earned learning housed in a palace, and therefore found more than we looked for. That was fair sized, cleanly, well lighted, and well ventilated rooms, in the heart of where the people work and dwell, where exist the social relations they may exalt and carry onward, and where the knowledge so acquired will best bear its fruits. But there was an earnestness in all we saw which would have graced a college of Alassa chusetts, or our own more aristocratic institutions, though many of the students were no other than the young men and apprentice lads we had seen at the forges, at the grinding wheels, and in the workshops that morning ; and their studies no profounder, or more abstract, than plain rules of arithmetic, and lessons in writing. But no learning, however rudi mentary, can be separated from this condition of earnestness; - if it is, it ceases to be truthful; and this is why the mechanics institutes of this country have proved to so large an extent failures. The induc tive link, between the working mau's l4our ar.d his intellectual needs, was not clearly seen, even by insti tutors like Lord _Brougham and others; wbo were the early promoters and patrons of the Society for the Dif fusion of Useful Knowledge. The thing is, as we have elsewhere said, the moral and physical nature of man is in one respect in opposition ; exhaust either by labour, and it becomes a matter of absolute rest to bring its opposite into action ; and therefore to those wearied by physical labour, the solution of a rule in a:ith tnetic, the study of history, or a geometrical lesson in relation to design is, if the paradox may be allowed; the most stimulating and satisfactory' of repose, whilst at the same time conducive to the need of sound and pregnant knowledge. But the contrary to this, was on - two material points pursued by the earlier promoters of mechanics' institutions for the work ing classes. It was conceived that, because the artisan had been in his workshop all day, that knowledge must be made seductive ; and however profound the subject chosen, he must be treated with it as children with physic—that is sugared. He was favoured with what was called "a popular" elucida tion of astronomy, "a popular dissertationon heat," "an entertaining analysis of the stearn engine ;" but once these entertaining facts worn threadbare, and his interest wearied by reiteration, he __ _ found himself as ignorant as before, or in posses sion of just that smattering of scientific knowledge which disclosed the difficulties which attend the ac quirement of all truth; and thus disgusted by the very knowledge which he needed, his support and interest were no longer given. This shows that we cannot invert the processes of truth. Support thus withdrawn, and popularity lessened, a new stimulus was Fought by managers and committees ; and concerts and lectures on every-day subjects, were b'rought into operation, with no other re sult in innumerable instances than that of attracting another class who, occupied more by mental than physical labour, were glad to procure amusement at a cheap rate. Hence mechanics' institutes have notoriously passed into middle class bands ; and a very able report which now lies before us fully bears out this fact. But the people, the handicraftsmen of this country want knowledge; they want that species of know ledge which possesses the stimulus of being connected with the duties and interests of their daily life; they want instruction in that class of knowledge which is truth based upon induction; namely, knowledge which grows out of a considera tion of their peculiar local needs, as design in rela tion to me:allic art for Sheffield and Birmingham, to textile art for Norwich and Manchester; they Kant instruction in the teeming facts of the history of this great country, and to be taught that its principles of liberty are sterling, its laws noble, in spite of much error and need of reformation; and they want finally to be taught that the greatest reformation wanting, is of men, not things; and that the exercise of their own individual temperance, prudence, and forethought, is what this country and this generation require. As the noble Pestalozai beautifully said, " The amelioration of outward circumstances will be the effect, but can never be the means of mental and moral improve ment." Now if people's colleges be ably carried onward, such needs may be fully satisfied ; but there must be no attempt to make a royal road to learning, by pleasant ledatives, for knowledge possesses within itself the sweetest and most attractive allurements ; and what attractions may be needed, let them be found apart, at the concert and lecture room, and not as mere matters for amuEement in connexio n with the institution intended to carry out the purposes of a college. But we must not be sup posed to condemn all curses of lectures; those in inductive connexion with the branches of knowledge taught, form a desirable method for the able teacher; but it is when unconnected, when out of the line of all method, when mere persiflage, that we oject to them. The lecturers in the hoApitals of Lon don and Edinburgh do not entertain their students with an essay on comic actors, or a digression on architecture; and the same rule holds good, though the students be but handicraftsmen, and the studies but rkidi.nentary. _ . . In this institution of Sheffie Id, as in others organised on the same principles, the chief class hours are in the evening, between half-past seven to nine, and the best attendance is secured at tl.is period. Whilst, it is observed, that with all the students, more or less, the signs of the day's toil have been effaced before the hour of meeting, and an air of decency and clean liness is the usual characteristic. Indeed, as respects the females, we particularly noticed that they were cleanly and well dressed, and far more earnest students than some philosophers who conceive woman has no other vocation than to darn stockings and make puddings, might like to have witnessed; and so far from being as such philosophers would imagine, the attendance of females has been found highly conducive to the order and respectful deportment of the other classes. One thing appears to us wanting in this department of the " People's College," namely, a class of instruction that might tell upon the progress of domestic life. And here it is in a department of this kind that the females of the middle and higher classes ought to prove serviceable; and, through lessons or written discourses on cooking, housewifery, and the management of children, conduce to a most needful and most important public and social end. If extraneous and separated from the ordinary duties of rudimentary learning, no efficient committee, especially one formed of young and able men like that of the Sheffield College, who have not been hardened by half a century of routiue, into a fashion of domestic life, far from being productive either of comfort or happiness, would refuse a separate room for such classes; and we do hope at this hint thrown out of what is needed, that some will be found willing to become teachers of this character. Many a plate-burnisher, many a file scourer, many an apprentice girl, might be, by such method, taught a hundred different lessons, the effects of which would, in the next generation, be grave enough for the consideration of the philanthropist, the moralist, and the physician. Through the forthcoming year we shall turn our at tention to this class of topics ; and, in the meanwhile, we cannot press too earnestly upon the consideration of this and similar institutions, the noble and earnest work there is for them to do both in the relation of monitor and student; and whilst it is in the power of the former to show both ministers and. people what can be done by the force of co-operative, earnestness, it is in the power of the latter, to demonstrate that true education is no fallacy in its connexion with manual labour, and to show, in perhaps another in stance, that the heights of Wharncliffe can inspire anew, and the soil of fiallamshire be not destitute of the noble in their generation. SILYBRPEN. THE MAN. Is the man a bit the better For his richest, golden gains, Fur his acres and his palace — If his inmost heart is callous, • Is the man a bit the better? And if the man's no bit the better For his coffers and his mines, For his purple and fine linen, For his vineyards and his vines, Why do thousands bow the knee And cringe in mean servility, If the man's no bit the better? Is the man a bit the worse For a lowly dress of rags, Tbo' he has no lordly rental, If his heart is kind and gentle, Is the man a bit the worse ? And if tho man's no bit the worse . Fir his poor and lowly stand, For an always-empty pocket, For a dusty, working hand, Why do thousands pass him by With a cold and scorning eye, If the man's no bit the worst? JOHNSON BARKER. D.c., 1849. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the Prince Con sort, with the youthful members of the Royal Family, will, it is said, leave Osborne on Saturday next for Windsor Castle, where they will pass the Christmas holtdas s. Owing to the recent demise of the Queen Dowager, the dramatic performances at the Castle have, by her ➢lajesty's command, been deferred, and the Court will remain at the Castle in comparative retirement, until the assembling of Parliament in February. It is rumoured in the Court circles, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be appointed to the Hanger ! . ship of Bushy Park, vacant by thu demise of her late m,,jeaty the Queen Dowager. The fine estate of Summerhill Park, near Tun bridge Wells, has just been purchased by the Rev. Owen ; of Pettlys, Uputpuierysliire. rtirb Etittton CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. ATTEIIPTED PARRICIDE AT CHISWICK. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BODKIN having replied, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the whole case, observing that there were two questions involved in it; first, did the prisoner shoot at his father; and secondly, if he did, what was his intention in doing it? The act of shooting was not disr uted, but the intent was contro verted. Now the only means ef ascertaining the intent of a rational man in doing a thing was by looking at the consequence of his act. Thus, for instarce, if a sane man placed a loaded pistol at the head of a fellow crea ture and fired it off, killing him, there could be no doubt that the intention of that man was to kill the party shot at, but of course insanity deprived a man of full power of entertaining an intent. Well, then, the facts of this case were such as to show that if this party were sober, he had done an act with the intent to take away life, undt r such circumstances as would have amounted to murder, had his father died. Drunkenness, however, was neither a defence nor an excuse for crime, but it might be advanced to proVe that a party was incapable to conceive an intent. It was not enough, however, simply to show that the pa:ty was intoxicated, but it must be proved to the satisfac tion of the jury that he was so drunk that he was not competent of forming the intent he was charged with, and that now seemed to be the only question the jury had to decide in this case. If they negatived the point of drunkenness, then it would bu their duty to decide - whether the prisoner fire& the pistols with the intent to do some grievous bodily harm, or to commit murder. The jury then retir e d t o cons id er their verdict, and after an absence of about twenty minutes they returned into court with a verdict of Guilty of the assault with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. They believed, however, that he committed the .offence whilst labour ing under feelings of great excitement, and, therefore, they strongly recommended him to the mercy of the Court. Sentence was deferred. FRANCE. The 211oniteur Algerien, of the 10th, announces that after the capture of Zaatcha, all the popula tions of the Ziban, who had been waiting the issue, hastened to the camp of General Herbillon to give hostages for their submission, and for the payment of fines inflicted on them. Colonel Daumas, after having established the French authority in Bou Cada, and among the neigh bouring fractions of the Ouled Nails, had sent forces against the Ouled-Ameur-Ben-Yeradj, owing to the unsatisfactory replies they had made to his demands; and on the 29th ultimo an engagement took place at Djebel-Messad, which ended by the defeat of the enemy, and by their tents and great part of their flocks falling into thelpossession of the French, after which they made their submission. The loss of the French in the affair was only a few killed and wounded. The defeat of the Ouled-Ameur-Ben- Feradj, joined to the taking of Zaatcha, caused such a profound impression, that another important frac tion of the same tribe, which had been resisting, made their submission also. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Dec. 13:— •SSICTS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due .•• ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 16,221,080 f. Oc. are from the branch banks ..• 40.816,381 40 Bills in the branch banks ... ... 75,618,813 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 5,298,900 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... „.„ 306959 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 20,548,031 10 Ditto by branch banks... •.. ~. 2,063,501 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ••• ..• Advance to the department of the f. 291,632,364 28 . . 128,631,341 0 153,536 48 1,075,000 0 Seine ... ..• 3,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds 42,529,988 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks L. ... Bills protested at Paris ... Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches Miscellaneous 12,826,541 39 4;000,000 0 3,038,125 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 2,429,716 39 1,903,682 0 580,083 07 558,021 0 9,963 0 E 747,450,947 59 WEDNESDA LIAIIILITIEII. Capital f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 RA serve- immobiliere .. • ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in rirculstiou 364,697,500 0 Ditto of the branch bunks ... 67,083,550 0 Ditto' to order (post- bills) ••• 1.471,528 50 Account-current with Treasury creditor :4,428.392 33 Various accounts current 80,120,368 47 Ditto in branches 27,289,883 0 Bills payable at sight ... 4,653,000 0 Ditto at branches 1,576,218 0 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ..• ... 7,563,319 37 Ditto of the Bank payable b) branches.. 3,654,547 0 Dividends payable ..• • • ... 263,791 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bauk 155,647 99 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,373,968 27 Ditto branch banks ... ... 1,961,150 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 143,693 49 Ditto in branch banks .. 304,348 0 Miscellaneous ... 479,291 78 f. 747,450,947 59 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. We find by the foregoing account that the cash in hand has increased within the week by 4,500,0001. The amount of commercial bills discounted has decreased by 2,300,0001. The protested bills have • diminished by 105,000 f. The bank notes in circulation have decreased, by 2,750,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 3,000,0001. The sundry credits have ditninished by 1,560,0001. PRUSSIA. The Berlin State Gazette of the 15th announces officially the departure for Frankfort of the Prussian members of the ad interim Federal Commission. The first question which will be submitted to the Commis sion will be, it is said, the constitution of a new Lieutenancy- General for Schleswig-Holstein; and on this point it is expected that the Commissioners will be in complete disaccord, Austria wishieg to exclude Prussians and Danes from the Lieutenancy and in troduce Austrians, and Prussia positively refusing to submit to any such condition. AUSTRIA. The Breslow Gazette hag a letter from Vienna of the 13th, which states that it was announced, but not generally believed, that the Archduke Albert, Com mander of the Austrian forces in Bohemia, had died suddenly. It was already known that the Archduke Ferdinand was dangerously ill at Prague. By a convention, just concluded between the Bank of Vienna and the Austrian Government, 58,000,000f1. of the Sardinian indemnity are to be paid to the Bank, in reduction of the debt of 200,000,0001; but no provision has been made for the payment cf the balance. This had produced a bad effect on the Stock Exchange. The Austrian Government is about to establish a ;ax on malt. ITALY. The Statuto of Florence quotes a letter from Parma, stating that the Duke of Parma has applied to Vienna for the revision of the treaty of 1814, alleging that he did not sign, and that it is very prejudicial to his interests. Count Edmond Zichy, brother to Count Eugene Zichy, who was shot by sentence of court-martial for giving up Venice, has lost his reason, in conse quence of an attack of apoplexy. He was at Florence when this happened. The Rifor . in - a of Lucca, of the 10th, mentions some disturbances that had occurred at Fiesele some dais , before. The Pretor had been forced to leave that place with the force tinder his command. A detachment of the line had been sent there to restore order. Similar disturbances have taken place at Castelfiorentino and Poggibosi. The Constiluzionale of Florence states from Rome, 7th inst., that General Baraguay d'Hilliers has signified his ultimatum to the Pope, and prescribed a delay for bis return to Rome, after which the French authorities would, in case . of this non-compliance, proclaim a provisional Government. A synod of bishops had been held at Spoleto, but had.ended in a violent dispute. , BUENOS AYRES. Accounts of October 6th give the answer of General Congress to the deputation of the House of Repre sentatives, which requested him to remain in power. It is of the old character, but so decided that one would really conclude the Dictator was becoming exhausted by the wear and tear of office. 'The Governor says : "Mr. President and Gentlemen,—The Hon. House of Representatives has voted the sending of a distinguished deputation to me, for the purpose specified by Mr. Pre sident. To me it is an honour and a pleasure to receive it. In reply ing to the honourable deputation, I shall confine myself to what is most necessar y and substantial. I regret I cannot acquit myself in a regular form, as, notwithstanding my moat ardent wishes, I have not been able to devote a single day to this most important matter. " The answer in detail given by the representatives to the message, in which I rendered them a faithful ac count of the acts of my administration' last year, is so glorious and so gracious, as to lay me still more under obligations of the deepest acknowledgment. i 9, 1840. - 77 - 777 'ln the midst of thi s iNiat-T f u eli ng of gratitude, I g-ec that I cannet adhere to the seiJiments ard com ply mith the niches of the Honourable House of Repre sentatives, in regard to my continunt ea in the Govern men'. "Although it were absolutely necessary, although it were possible to carry still fur her the sacrifice of my principles and of my health, when my to art And my consc:ctuce tell me every instant that I cannot continue to do good any longer in the station which I cecupy, the representatives can neither compel me, nor inflict b positive eel! on the country by my r, maining in office. " Since it is not possible for General llosas to dispwch with promptness the whole of the affairs of most na tiunal moment, nor the numberless ones which, though of minor importance, form altogether a whole whose delay is highly injtu ions and of serious conscl , iences, public opinion in his favour in the pre,vinces, and iu the Republic, has naturally waned. " From these considerations, which are felt and are distinctly perceptible, spring: the reason of irresistible eager cy, which imposes on the ropresentatives the impe nous (tut) of naming another citz , n, with great, r vigour and force of public opinion, to succeed without delay Gentral Rosas. " And it is th. refore, and in pursuance of a hat I hav stated and urged upon the Honourable House of R.-pre sentayivts on k o many preyous oecas.ions, that I now rrpeat try former earliest entreati, s that it will deign ti relit-se me of the supreme commard." The llotie of itTresentvives, which was on tht point of adjourning when it received the report of the deputation, unmednately r, , so!ved to prorogue the at s sion, at,d has referred this important matter to tbt cectimittee en constitutional affairs. IRELAND. (FROSI OUR CORRESPONDENT DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—The few provincial papers received today contain nothing worth extract. ing. They abound, however, notwithstanding th. landlords' moans, with notices of coursing matches, meets or fox hounds, harriers, steeple and flat racing, and all those other melancholy assemblages which so well beseem a ruined and starving landocracy. The Lord- Lieutenant and suite visited, to-day, the National Schools, Marlborough street, at which an immense number of children are receiving instruction. There is nothing which reminds one more than this establishment of the educational institutions of the Continent ; for in none other in this profonndl:s poor, yet proud, country are the distinction of rank less marked. In this noble esta blishment the child of the poor artizan, if he be but kept decently clad, may receive a sound education with the beir of a gentleman ; and it is striking to see how rapidly the prejudices of rank are wearing away. The system of education adopted is of the best and most practical description; and there is an utter ab• sence of all interference with the creed of the scholars, who, on stated days, receive religious instruction from clergymen of their respective creeds. After a long inspection his Excellency withdrew, expressing him self highly pleased with his visit. THE CASE OF FFRENCH U. FFRENCH.—This long protracted will case, which has excited so deep an interest, particularly in the west of Ireland, was decided this day. Chief Justice Blackburne was nearly five hours charging the jury, who retired at twenty minutes to four this evening, and after at. absence of about a quarter of an hour, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, the Honourable Martin Ffrench, with sixpence costs. The court was densely crowded with the friends of both parties, and great excitement prevailed as to the event. This is the second time since the opening of term that a jury has decided in favour of the plaintiff's claim. Pro party in dispute-8001. per annum, and 6,0001. in tbb funds. The day has been warm and gloomy, with one ex ceedingly heavy shower at noon. Colds and influenza are very prevalent, owing to the many variations of temperature. A "green Christman"—that is, a Christmas without snow—has been re garded here from time immemorial as inductive of disc ase and mortality ; and, to judge from appear ances, the prophets of evil may have full play for their vaticinations, for there''Will scarcely be a fall or snow before Tuesday next. THE KILRUSII CATASTROPHE. The Limerick Chroniee contains the following; account of the melancholy catastrophe at Kilrush b, which 41 human creatures were hurried to a prema tore grave. Of the number which thus perished 37 Were paupers, the remaining four being one of the ferrymen and two young girls (ate a farmer's daughter, the other a servant), and a child all month, old :—" On Wednesday evening at five o'clock, in telligence reached the town of Kilrush that a large number of persons, most of whom were paupers, vibe had been seeking outdoor relief; were drowned whip crossing the ferry on their return to Moyarta. That humane and excellent officer, Captain Kennedy, accompanied by Dr. O'Donnell, proceeded imme diately to the scene of the tragedy, taking witl them such restoratives as are generally use , in recovering the drowned ; but note of the bodies were washed on shore that night. Those gentlemen remained out all night, and the scene next morning (Thursday) was most distressing No lees than thirty - three dead le were washe,, ashore on the northern side of thou ferry. They wer , removed to an adjacent field, and the coroner, Air Frank O'Donnell, arriving soon after from Kiikee, ae inquest was held on thde wretched remains. 1 appeared upon the inquiry that no less than forty three or forty-five persons (for they could not tel. the exact number), were allowed to crowd into a craz. and rotten hoe, which has been plying on this ferry for the last forty years. The boat moved on as fa, as the middle of the ferry, when a sea broke over her stern and filled her at once, the wind blowing strong from the south east at the time. She upset instantly. and her miserable living freight were immerged it. the merciless waters, while four (who were eventually saved) clung t o h er un til a b oat f rom C apta i n Cox 's men came to their assistance. The verdict of the coroner's jury was as usual in such cases, but imputing gross neglect, and attaching censure to the owners of the boat for admitting such a number of persons into so frail a craft. With the exception of four the victims were all paui ers, who hal frequently come into the town ii. vain to seek outdoor relief, and were returning that sad evening to their wretched hovels in the parishes of Moyarta and Kilballyowen. The discon solate relatives of the unfortunate victims came down on the shore, bewailing with heartrending cries the awful calamity, and the bodies of others were recog nised by the aid of the relieving officer. Captain Kennedy distributed money to those poor creatures, and sent into the Kilrush workhouse for coffins for the dead. There were two other bodies found or. Thursday night, and four on yesterday morning, making a total of thirty-nine found dead, and two are still missing. The ferry (as it is called) where this most melancholy catastrophe occurred is an arm of the Shannon, extending into the spot'called the tun yards' by the road to Kilkee, and the peasantry from the western parts of Clare have made it from time immemorial their shortest way home. It is stated that the unfortunate creatures forced their way into the boat as it grew dark, and that act would appear as if they were reckless of their lives, or as if heaven awarded them a more merciful death than starvation, by which they probably would have perished in a few days more. They came in many times to Kilrush seeking for relief, and were crowded in squalid groups around the:workhouse gate, the most miserable spectacle that ever shocked the , eye of humanity. The doomed beings were obliged for the last fortnight to return to the country without receiving 11b. of meal, and the charity of the shop keepers of Kilrush must have been the only means during the sad interim, together with that of the Roman Catholic clergy, of preserving their miserable. lives, and those of many others. The residence of the parish priest, the Rev. T. Kelly, Kilrush, is everyday beset by such forlorn and destitute creatures. The state of this wretched union is almost without a parallel, and except for some humane arrangements made by Col. Vandeleur with Mr. Kelly, manager of the National Bank, the inmates of the workhouse would have had no food during the past week. There are daily meetings of the board of guardians, but what can they do when the Poor-law Commissioners treat their appeals on behalf of a perishing multitude with in difference and contempt ? A member of the board went specially to Dublin last week, and represent e d the deplorable s t a t e o f th e un i on to the Commissioners, but the mission of that gentleman appears to have been utterly fruitless." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) 111 ANCLIESTER, TUSSDAY.—The yarn market has exhibited an increase of steadiness, and, indeed, of firmness in the prices of roost descriptions, except the common qualities of fine numbers. In mule, up to No, 60's, there is a somewhat improving tendency ; and the large sales of 16's to 24's water, made within the last few days, for the China market, hare given an upward bias to those spinnings. The operations are for home consumption, for the markets of the Esst, and for those of the Mediterranean. The German' mer chants still keep aloof from business. The im• provement which tcok place in goods last week is fully ❑iaintained. The demand continues more active for printing cloths than for most other articles ; and prices are, at least, quite firm. The recent transactions in 40-inch shirtings and jacconets are inducing the makers to require an advance upon the attainable rates of last week Both the home dealers and shippers are doing more in domestics; while, for long cloths and T cloths there also appears to be a slightly increased inquiry; the makers are not, therefore, quite so easily dealt with as of late. On the whole, there is a growing cheerfulness among both sellers and buyers —an expectation that a more satis factory state of things is approaching. Certainly, there has seldom been such lightness of stock at Christmas, and not often so much business in progress. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The demand for pieces 6411 continues very good. At this tine of the year f t! G'~ --- -7 - -- . A.Pi.. - -=. - - . - iii We generally have but little - doing, but at prese.44-. fin I V --=.--, the hands are in full employment, and the stocabal 0 hand are light. There is but little change in wool w 4SAta i from the previous Monday. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.— We have nothing to add to our last weekly report of the throwing trade. Thrown silks may now be considered much below their relative value when contrasted with the raw material, and as there is every probability of prices being maintained, there must be a decided advance on thrown silks in genera', ere long, to enable producers to go on ; for, at present rates, there is very little margin between the two. The manufacturers being pretty well cleared out of old stocks, are looking forward for an advance on goods, when the orders in hand are completed. The prices now paid are not nearly adequate to the enhanced value of silk. Dyers con tinue well supplied with work for the present. In the raw silk market prices of China are very firm. Italians are a little neglected at the extreme rates, owing probably to the difficulty experienced in the working of tht in. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—BUyeTS have been numerous, and the sales in low goods have be( n very extensive. In vesting+ there is not ►such doing. Wool finds purchasers, and the advance in price con -equent on the close of the London sales is realised in this district. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There were but few buyers in our Piece Hall to-day, but there is a good business doing in the warehouses and to order. Lastings ate -carte, and command higher prices. Mixtures, also, sell freely at improved rates. The demand for yarn, especially for export, continues unabated, and the quotations are still looking upward. There is scarcely so much activity in long wool, which ins , . nifests much firmness. Short wool sells readily at improving prices. LEEDS, TuasnAv.—We have no change to notice in the woollen trade since last week. The markets have been flat to-day and on Saturday, but for the time of year not bad. Prices, are firm. THE EXPECTED RISE OF THE TIDES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On the 29th and 30th of December, 1849. on " the theory of the sun and the moon being in perigee, the lunar orb coining in opposition to the sun, she being at the same hour below our horizon, although at her greatest northern declination in the Tropic of Cancer, and that of the sun, in Capricorn, hence I do not expect more than the usual flow at spring tides, as I think the wind will be moderate ; the fall of fain up to the present time is above the average. Rain will continue to fall during the month. The highest tides during the winter quarter on the eastern coast will probably take place on or near the 11th of February, 1850, in the conjunction of the moon with the sun, Mercury, and Venus, the sun's place bring 22 deg. in Aquarius. Lowestoft, Dec. 18, 1849. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • WOODFORD AND LOUGIITON STEEPLE CHASES.-TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 3 soya, each, and 20 added, the second to save his stake. Three miles. (Five Subs.) Mr. Salt's Alexander, lOst 121 b (Salt) 1 Mr. Montgomery's Brigand, 10st 131 b (R. Heed) 2 The following also ran:—Mr. Drew's Master Murray, list 4lb (Mr. Allen)—Mr. Thomas's Yellow Dwarf, lOst 71b (Archer)—and Mr. Salt's Alfreda, 10st (Mr. Butler).-6 to 4 agst Yellow Dwarf, and 2to 1 apt Alexander. All bungled at the first fence except Alexander, who maintained his lead throughout, and won easy. Only two passed the post. Sweepstakes of 2 sous . each, and 10 added. Heats, 2 miles. (Four Subs.) Mr. Thomas's Yellow Dwarf, lOst 71b (Archer) 2 1 1 Mr. A. Jackson's Sampson, 10st 71b...(Jacson) 1 die. Mr. Sait's Alexander, lust 71b (Salt) 3 dis. Mr. Montgomery's The Clown, 10A 71b (Heed) dis. Even on Alexander, 3 to 1 each egst Clown and Yel low Dwarf. Won easy. Alexander came in sccond in the second heat, but did not pass the post, and was distanced. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince took an early walk this morning in the park and grounds of Osborne. The younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. The royal dinner party yesterday included Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps. Lady Canning, Lady in Waiting to her Majesty, left Osborne this morning, and will be succeeded by the Marchioness of Douro, who is expected at Os borne this day. Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess of Saxe- Weimar and the PrincQsses Anne and Amelia: of Saxe-Weimar, arrived at Madhorougn Howe, Pall yesterday afternoon, from the Priory, Staninore. Colonel Perceval had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Ake. Mr. (John Wood, Chairmen of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday. Colonel Anson had also nn. interview with the Right Hun. Baronet, at his uffici:d reeidence in Downing street. Mr. Roberteon, agent for the Mt xicAn liondholdt translcted business at the Foreign-office %esterd.y. Lord and Lady John R uFse l i lett Pembroke Lod ge , ftie hmond Park, yesterday, for 13owoud Park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lans downe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mnry Wood, left town yesterday, for ifickleton Mill, near Doncaster. The Earl of Carlisle has left Penshanger, the peat of Earl Cowper, for Trentham, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland. Mr. IV. Grey, M.P., left town yesterday for Cul. Merton. " TILSI.EY ON TII E STAMP LA W S."—(Published by Stevens and Norton, Bell yard, Lincoln's Inn.)—A new edition of this useful work has been published by the Assistant-Solicitor of Inland Revenue, wi o from his official situation must be thoroughly conversant with the subject, and is more likely than any other person to write clearly and authoritative ly upon it. Since, the first edition appeared the Stamp-office Las been consolidated with other public departments, under the title of the Inland Revenue-office, but under this change of name the chapter of the law of which the work before us treats still remains as complicated and vexatious as ever. A new edition of Mr. Tileley's book will therefore be welcomed by the mercantile world and the legal profes sion as a valuable accession to their libraries, us it re lieves them from the drudgery of aseerta'ning from less accurate sources of information those minute but impor tant points of practice which the operation of the stamp laws involves. The work in its new form appears to be simply and well arranged, and while much matter which has now become superfluous has been expunged, a variety of important additions have been made. The several de cisions of the courts are set forth under each head in a concise and valuable shape, and the book, being still con fined within its original limits, may be referred to with ease and confidence by all whom the stamp- laws unmet n. And whom do they not concern? The table of contents exhibits an array of subjects to which stamp donee, are attached sufficiently formidable to secure a lively, ?hough not very agreeable, interest on the part of all her Ms jesty's liege subjects. Among the heads mated of are agreements, appraisements, awards, apprenticeships, in dentures, bills and notes, bonds, leases, and receipts. Nor, in the long catalogue, should we emit to mention two items which touch ourselves more nearly than the public at large, namely, the duties on newspapers ai I advertisements. On these and a great variety of other points, Mr. Tilsley has explained with great precision the present operation of the stamp-laws; but the chapters to which he has devoted the greatest care, and which he has dwelt upon most elaborately, are those oa "Conveyance,'"' Mortgage," " the Probate and Legaey Duties," and " the General Enactments relating to In struments." The subdivisions under this last title show the variety of general points arising from the modes in which written documents are affected by the operation of the stamr-laws. The work includes complete tables of all the duties, including those made payable by the recent Act in lieu of fees in bankruptcy. Mr. Tilsley's book has already been recognized by the Courts as art authority on the subjects of which it treats, and we are much mistaken if the new edition does not add greatly to the repute in which it has hitherto bees held. —Times. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIEN TIVIC INETITTI• TION.—On Monday evening a concert of a very al. tractive character was given by Mr. A. Sudgveick, the celebrated concertina player. When we mention that Miss Poole, Mr. Viotti Collins, Mr. Genge, in addition to a host of other celebrities in the musical world, were . the artists engagedeno one can fora moment's dtubt tut that it was one of a very superior deiciiption. Miss Poole sang some ballads in her usual quiet, unobtrusive manner; and never did we 'hear -a swig more sweetly sung than was " Sally in our Alley," 4 Mr. Ilenge. Be was rapturously encored. Mr.,Codins's brilliant execu tion of the " Carneval tie Venise " is so e ell known and appreciated by the London populace as to ri qeire no comment from us; es usual, he was loudly:encored, and with difficulty escaped playing it a third time. The other nrtists acquitted themselves in a very creditable nvinner, and we might suggest to Miss Wells that if she ceased that peculiar movement of her body while singing it would bo decidedly iu he: favour. It would be but an act of justice to pass a short eulog'uni on Mr. Malcolm, the spirited, enterprising, and intelligent secre tary, whose indefatigable exertions in catering for the amusement arid gratification of the members cannot be spoken of too highly. Mr. Francis Bayley, the: Revising Barrister, son of the late Mr. Justice Bayley, has been appointed by the Lord Chanceller judge of the Westminster County Court, in the room of the late Mr. Movlan. CONVICTION OF A DUMB MAN. — Thomas Dow ling, a dumb man, was, on Saturday, convicted of com mitting a breach of the peace, and sentenced to ten days' imprisonment. The import of the evidence and result of the trial were communicated to him by Mr. Cork, superintendent of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Institution.—Caledonian Mercury. t.'l