The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 3, 1849 THE SUN, LONDON, inn me as to the cents° you think it well to adept. 11. charged with disturbing the audience et Drury-lare HUNGARY, I MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUA: Her Ndl irses appearance Cushman has in f t / 1 i i r s l a c ' o t u a i l l s t e r r y i t a h s e m t o i v: deiOet it' you :ill flu 1 fh; c •nli,:t+ ec: t LI 1 " t I tin , ' last ni lat Fe r^s q ...,irt,--It is necessary to watch the pro-Ha3 nail I (From the New Yorh Albion of Oct. l 3 ) n . I b l y alle t r o , rm at You must look to me." 'fins boro tte date of the ls , h vcry gco3 .. , - , r . cur;_.L. ! Ti p t i r e e c. .. con,..,,_ ~ 102_ I ' s'a l e l t ' ' ' t 1; '. g e ' h u L of June. The letter of the 14th of July contained the eall:_d into the theatre a t o., quell a us ane.e,,.wii-pb• press closely, and every now and then expose a few le a"ii ,, and,, ei out of the milliens of false statements and inferences the BroaCtway Theatre, on Monday evening, was in found the , prisoner stan -li . g on t on „ ~ . - following:—" Yeti wi,h to thaw upon an imaginary with which it is attempted to mislead the British , t t h ba e an ttdeirl her e r u ii da t t n ii p otni h ; la; 1 da e ls e tittd:tiolb fued—l have paid more than I have rseeivt d; but I having himself in a in s o... vi lent ni l ..n i rat i r. , . .. p i , send you i 5/." Ia the cl,?fenue it was centended that e‘e him dov..ni hire requFstc , a h l ( i o i d ni o t f o l b . , qu!.,,, Jurtist eat. of people, isine tirerel indeed piaintiff's bill proved that the defendant was not . liable, obeying im ,, stl h z . o t i f is d airu n s, , ant pi otes!ca F A F ' morning paper of to-day has its usual article beenl e u v s e l lisping over e e t I r n i e s i e . f a a:c e f t d , and inde e d Lord Denman said that there was no Lein in chat he would r have on iattepore. . c then took him from " our OWn correspondent," who, dating from • • it to show that the plaintiff had at the outset rk ceiv, d a into , custody denied Szegedin, ingeniously contrives to introduce just one essentials of high art and decided genius, the moat e retainer from the defendant. The first item Epoke of .i.ho defendant the charge, and explained that Iword 1" receiving instructions from Mr. Atherley, the father•in- h he got up on the seat to see what was the matter, a ring casual , accidentally . done en purpose"), hoping, or American stage. Her Rosalind on Tuesd , even law o f J ones , t o a ttend at Negate in ord e r to s e e him, tiving been formed at the back of the orchestra for a doubtless, that it would "pass in the crowd,' and ing, and Lady Macbeth on far and to take instructions for his defence, of taking in- fight between two gentlemen (?) The theatre was very poison some readers' mind who might happen not to -, • .. .Wednesday, trans struetions from Jones as to obtaining bail, of communi- crowded, and much confusiwi prevailed; but it would be "up "in the Hungarian question. tended in their execution, and in the effects produced eating with the defence committee as to the defence of have Lubsidcd had the police interfered in a more dis- This word is " repeal." Kossuth is said to have on the audience, the efforts of her first night, and the prisoners, and of conferring with them as to the re.- ere et manner. attempted the "repeal " of the "union," ingeniously have altogether produced an enthusiasm in the minds quisite funds: also that at a meeting of the defence corn- Two friends and a brother of the defendant confirmedof the play-going public, that will carry her trium assuming that an "union " existed between Austria mittee he was requested to take his instructions trout this statement, but of course their testimony went for pliantly through her brief stay of twelve months and Hungary, Now, no such" up' "existed tl l tK ion ever ... r ha ja t : u seri Lure e pmj 'a the defendant. Then there was the evidence of members nothisg as against the police, who certainly had not ,sr 11 I'lamong us. She will also, we trust, improve the of the committee. It was shown that on the 23d of displayed the best of feeling towards these young men. ` . as you, "repeal" the did country; union,but to prevent an absorption ingly original style, so finished, subdued, and natural, strik of the meetings, and that when the defendants learned of the disturbances got uplby a few individuals in places of a despotism.—Yours ever, that the plaintiff had been retained, he said had he been of amu semen t, an d somet hi ng must be done to put a N ov. 2 , 1 849. VERITAS, an d y e t so earnestly intense, will create a school of in town he should not have employed him, as he was a stop to the practice. . . acting, that must in time entirely supersede the young man and not sufficiently experienced to be The defendant observed that the place was very TESTIMONIAL coarse, unnatural, galvanised, and spasmodic school, entrusted with such a case, and that he would only be crowded, and that he was not the cause of the disturb • ~.. ,too prevalent , ... now . among us, on the one hand ; and TO THE HUNGARIA.N REFUGEES. the inflated, chanting, whining, artificial style, which answerable for the money he might receive. al - ice. . Mr. Justice ERLE drew attention to the fact that this Mr. HENRY had no doubt, in the excitement of the , ,-,, is as equally opposed to true acting on the other. Miss -; THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY conversation was subsequent to the former letter in the moment, the defendant enjoyed the contusion much,Cushman is already educating her audiences to receive NATION I RIGHT L OF EVERY WHICH LOVES AND 1- same month, which tended most likely to increase it; but he mustthese salutary reforms, so long and so loudly called Mr. Sergeant SIIEE said it neverth e l ess s u pp or t e d th e be t aug ht -t o k now b etter , and h e s h ou ld th ere f ore BERTy.”_K ossu th' s Protest agai ns t Russian Interven- for by all critical and refined admirers of histrionic defence. Then Mr. Hewett, the defendant's secretary, inflict a flue of Si., or a month's imprisonment. lion. art; and most certainly a death-blow will be given proved that the plaintiff called upon the defendant at his The fine was pa:d. to many long-cherished conventional= Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— ..sms, wherever residen ce a t Notti ng .hiii, an d th a t th e plaintiff told him An elder brother of the last defendant was charged and she appears as the grand missionary o f s t age Messrs. Courts Co. reform. the same. Again, letters were put in from the plaintiff to with having obstructed the police in the execution of Garrick did not more effectually upset the prevalent the committee, of which the defendant was note member, their duty. Messrs. Drummond. stage abuses of his day, than would this gifted woman asking for money, which he said was urgently required Police-constable 72 A, stated that after the last Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; overturn our stereotyped s t age d e f ects, were she to for the def ence o f th e p r i soners , an d a l so ac k now l e d g ing prisoner had been taken into th e station-house at Bow- or to any one of the members of the committee formed thelre ce ipt o f money f rom t h e comm i ttee . s t ree t, th e p resen t d e f en d ant came up and pushed to carry out the Testimoni a l. remain in our midst, albeit she might find carping Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said the Court would consult against him ie a very rough manner. Quins, who would declare her salutary reforms to be The defendant protested that he did no such thing. * * All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo " Eeresies." When Miss Cushman left this country , Lord Denman. loune, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. He went quietly up to the station, and told the police for England, she had attained a very enviable repute- Subscriptions already •received that be was the brother of the prisoner they had just -- £ 1 , 1 19 11 7 i tion, as an earnest, intense, and ori • arrested, and he was anxious to go in and see him. A Few Friends to the Hungarians, Plymouth, l original actress. She was not, perhaps, fully appreciated by the masses of Mr. HENRY gave no credit to this reasonable explana• per Mr. E. Brown her countrymen; yet those who were real judges of tion, but fieed the defendant 40s. or a fortnight's ina- Collected at Liverpool, and remitted by Eyre • acting, were convinced that she possessed all the prisenment. Evans, E s q., q., per Lord Dudley Stuart .. ... 33 1 0 elements of a great artiste. We feelproud • The fine was paid. of ranking The defendant, before quitting the court, wished to Total ... ... ... £1,153 12 71 felt, ourselves among the latter numb er , an d we confidently and predicted through th e p ages o f t h e Alb • ask the magistrate w h e th er h e t h oug h t i t t i ght that a 1012, policeman, whose number he had taken, was justified in CHOLERA AND DIARRHCEA. a her success in England. But we must confess th t saying to him, when h e i nquire d w h at hi s b rother was we were not quite prepared for the triumphant charac charged with, "It would serve you d—d well right if ENGLAND AND WALES. ter of that success. We did not believe that she would you were locked up too." The following is th e R eturn o f D eat h s from Cholera and at once be recognised by the leading criti cs o f th e Mr. HENRY—Certainly not. Diarrhoea reported t o th e G enera l B oard of Health London and provincial press as t he legitimate soccer- The inspector said the compl a i n t o f t h e d e f en d ant November 2, 1849 : sor of the Siddons and the O'Neill ; nor did we anti would be made known in the proper quarter and inquired ----- into. cipate the simultaneous endorsement of the first literary characters of the English nation, in support ' of this decision. We have seen her in three great , test parts, and we no longer wonder at the universal verdicts of the English critics and the British literati. We see how close and acute a student she has been while absent from us—how deeply she has observed all the essentials of her profession, necessary in form ing the great artist—how studiously she has reformed certain defects of style acquired in her probationary career—how the innate faculties of her mind have been developed and trained under the fosterage of capable and appreciative criticism—and we no longer marvel at her Transatlantic triumphs. We can now readily imagine how the public crowded to her Bianca and Lady Macbeth—how the Haymarket was thronged for weeks to witness her marvellous perso nation of Romeo, or was fascinated with her Rosa lind and Viola, and how her Meg Merrilies has been pronounced by Douglas Jerrold to be the wonderful performance of modern times. Let any of our readers who may have been sceptical on these apparently over-wrought expressions of approbation of Miss Cushman's powers, place themselves under the influ ence of her acting in any of her strictly favourite parts, with unprejudiced minds, and they will readily accede to the warmest eulogiurns of her European admirers. We are indulging too much in generalities in our remarks on this gifted actress, but it would require a volume to record all the points we have noticed as worthy of observation, in her delineation of Mrs. Haller, Rosalind, and Lady Macbeth. With all our desire to convey to the readers of the Albion our dis tinct impressions, we must necessarily deal in gene rals, rather than in details, in the limited space allotted to us in a newspaper column. The great points that struck us in Miss Cushman's Mrs. Hailer were the entire absence of the usual stage 1 trickery of the part, and the truly subdued and iniellestaal rendering of the character, by which she converted its mawkish sentimentality, and its more pernicious moral, into something approaching to nature and propriety. This truly Germanic specimen of false sentimentalism was portrayed as the victim of remorse and deeply-rooted despair every look, every gesture, and every tone indicated the concen trated pangs of conscience-stricken guilt. She can not look any one directly in the face—she appears to dread detection in every movement surrounding her she is constantly suppressing her emo tions, and appears unable to risk even the utterance of the commonest expression, fearful that she may betray her guilty secret. As the action of ' the play increase, and events lay b are h er actua l po sition, her convulsive bursts of grief and remorse are absolutely thrilling, from their intensity and truth fulness : and yet even these are so artistically subdued, that she appears to suppress them from an innate sense of propriety and sincerity, and as if she shrunk from making her sorrows the occasion for a acme. Her acting in those passages, which have become the stereotyped points of the stage, showed consummate strokes of art. As such, Miss Cushman apparently discards them altogether, or at least conveys to the mind of the spectator an unconsciousness of having them thrust upon the attention. The audience on Monday night evidently missed their usual clap-traps : but they listened, looked, and wondered with rapt attention. They did not applaud vociferously—but their deep silence was the unmistakeable evidence of the favourable impressions they were receiving; while the loud bursts of applause at the fall of the curtain, and the uproarious testimonials of approbation be stowed upon the actress, when she appeared to respond to the call of the whole house, were perhaps more satisfactory testimonials to the truth of her acting, than are the rounds of applause bestowed on other representations of the part in the accustomed points established by usage and precedent. We wish, how -1 ever, that Miss Cushman would discard this play from her list. Mrs. Haller is unworthy of her greatpowers, and the piece itself is a disgraceful appendage to the drama in this age of intelligence and refinement. On Tuesday evening we attended the representation of Rosalind with some misgivings, for physically, Miss Cushman must suffer by comparison with others of her gifted cotemporaries. She cannot realize the Rosalind of the poet in the first act, and therefore until her assumption of male attire, she has to be placed in the unenviable position of a player who is compelled to draw upon the credulity of the audience. She is the delicate, beautiful Rosalind, by supreme rather than in reality. Miss Cushman gets over the difficulty, however, with infinite tact; she plays the first act with great care, rendering the language with a true Shaksperian appreciation of its point and beauty, and doing all with consummate and artistic skill—particularly the sudden impression of love at first sight, when introduced to Orlando. The anxiety and interest she exhibits in her bye-play at the wrestling match, and the parting from Orlando in the same scene, were delicious specimens of natural act ing. But with the donning of the hose and doublet, and arrayed at " all points like a man," the change of garb was not more complete than was the whole style and character of her acting. She carried the " —swashing and menial outside," as if she were born to it, and indeed did what we have seen no other actress do in the part—that is, truly keep up the simulated impersonation of the boy throughout. This mere physical embodiment of the character .is, however, but an accessory to the main beauty of the personation. She gives such a vivid rendering of the wit, spirit, and epigrammatic sharp ness of the text, that with all our familiarity with its beauties, we felt as if we appreciated it truly for the first time. Her scenes with Orlando, where she so delightfully " plays the knave with him"--were pee culiarly marked. Her wit gushed as if it were but the overflowing of her natural gifts —not as if she were saying good things for applause sake. No straits for points—no effort—she is no painted and tinselled actress, reciting speeches with the most approved elocutionary expression, making the most of clap trap, and looking around for the usual applause that follows—but she was the real, sprightly, frolicsome woman who, in her impenetrable disguise, could play upon the feelings of her lover, while she covertly probed the depth of his affection—and this too as naturally as if it were an ordinary colloquy in every day life. We have witnessed many stage triumphs in our day, but we unhesitatingly say that we never remember more intense enjoyment exhibited by an audience, than did Miss Cushman's auditory evince during the scene in the third act with Orlando on Tuesday evening; nor do we think that heartier ap plause was ever rendered in a theatre—than those three or four unanimous rounds which, like the escape of steam from a safety-valve, were thundered out at the close of the scene, as testimonials of the pent-up delight the audience had experienced. We could di late on other innumerable beauties—but we must devote a few words to her Lady Macbeth. It is acknowledged, we believe without dispute, that Miss Cushman is the best representative of this part now upon the stage. The English critics who remem ber Mrs. Siddons, say that she approaches the excel lence that incomparable woman attained in this mag nificent creation. We endeavoured to divest ourselves of all the prestige Miss Cushman has acquired in her performance of this great part, and looked at it on Wednesday impartially, yet with all our remembrances of Mrs. Siddons awakened as fresh as if we had only seen her a month age—and we are bound in all honesty to say, that Miss Cushman has not yet attained to the standard of the Siddons. She has, however, done wonders with th e part. If s h e h as no t restored it to the stage in all its sublimity and magnificence of PRATT V. HANBURY. This was an action tried at the last Middlesex sittings, before Lord Denman, when a verdict was found for the defendant. It was an action brought by a publican named Pratt, to recover compensation in damages from the Messrs. Hanbury, the well-known brewers, for false imprisonment. A person named Press, in their employ, left a barrel of ale r.:t the house of the defendant, in order that he might ascertain who it was for, he having for gotten, and not wishing to subject himself to a fine which was imposed by his employers for such negli gence. The barrel was stationed in a conspicuous part of the house, the plaintiff having, before it was left, asked Press if he had the usual ticket, to which he replied he had not. The plaintiff and Press were charged with stealing the barrel of ale, but he was im.• mediately acquitted, and brought this action to clear his character. Mr. JAMES now applied for a rule for a new trial on the ground that the plea was amended by his Lordship by the erasure of the words " stolen by some person unknown," and the insertion of the words "stolen by Thomas Press." He contended the amendment completely altered the course which the plaintiff intended to pursue, and that it was far beyond the limits of amendment recognised by the law. The COURT said the recent statute gave Judges at nisi prius full power to amend matters not vitally im portant to the case, among which might be classed the amendment in this case. The plaintiff must have known *at the person unknown was Press. The application was therefore refused. SUPERINTENDENT-REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh THE QUIET HOUR. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Listen, listen, sounds are stealing Tiptoe on the balmy air; Eve, her rainbow robe revealing, Blushes through the twilight fair, Whilst dreamy voices, touch'd with Pleasure's pain, llum their sweet incense through the yearning brain, Belford Union... ... Bradford (Idanningham) ... Bridgewater ... Crechton •,• ••• ••• Dartford (Horton Kirby) ... Doncaster (Barnborough district) — Dudley, Sedgley, and Rowley Regis •• a ••• ••• Falmouth (Constantine) ... Knaresborough ••• ••• Lancaster ... Lceda Leydon (Peldon district) ... Liverpool ... Marlborough (Broad Hinton) Newcastle-on-Tyne Penzance (Churchtown) ... St. Colutnb Major (Newlyn)... -- Stamford (Collyweston) Stourbridge and Kingswinford• Tenterden Ulverstono Walsall (Borough) .. West Bromwich .. Whitehavm Windsor (King's-road) - 2 2 - 1 0 - 4 2 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 Listen, listen, streams are singing Down amid the amber glade; Fairies perfumed bells are ringing, The night-bird trills from out the shade: Shall not our silent souls awake to move In unison, when all around is love ? EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, at Westminster, before the Lono Crake' BARON, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, and Mr. Baron ROLFE.) 1 0 T. J. OUSELEY. I DETERMINED SUICIDE. —On Thursday evening a determined act of self-destruction was committed at the South-Western Railway Coffee-house, in the Waterloo road, near the railway terminus, by a man of respectable appearance, whose name is supposed to be Thomson, and who, it is believed, travelled by rail on that day from Southampton or Portsmouth. The deceased had called at the coffee house for the purpose of having some refreshments, and was taken suddenly and violently ill, from what was at first supposed to be apoplexy, but subsequently a phial, which had recently contained laudanum, and which was labled "Laudanum, poison," was found upon him; and there can be no doubt that death had been caused by swallowing its contents. On the deceased's person was found a purse containing 10/. Ss. 4d. in gold and silver, and not the slightest cause can be assigned for the rash act. Anderson, the parish officer, has been made acquainted with the circum stances, and he has forwarded the particulars to Mr. Carter, tho coroner, that an inquest may be holden. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. -- A meeting of the members of this excellent society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday forenoon, for the purpose of electing four additional annuitants to the roll of pensioners belonging to the institution. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was expected to preside, but his Grace was unavoidably absent from another engagement. The Hon. William Ashley ably officiated in lieu of the Duke, and the business, which attracted together a very largo company of ladies warmly interested in the institution, then proceeded. A committee of scrutineers having been duly elected, the poll commecced, when a long and well-contested struggle ensued, no fewer than 116 different candidates presenting themselves for only four places. At five o'clock, the scrutineers announced the result, which was as follows :—Mrs. Maria Rickards, first successful can didate for the asylum connected with the society (8,545 votes); Miss Julia Edwards, second successful candidate for the annuity fund (7,833 votes) ; Miss Ann Wright, third successful candidate, annuity fund (5,530 votes); Miss Louisa Graham Lawrie, fourth successful candidate for the asylum (3,188 votes). The impres sion which this interesting meeting left upon our mind was a painful reti:ction, that an institution so capable of being made efficient to promote the comforts and the well-being of so deserving a class as the governesses of London should have been obliged to present the misera ble spectacle it displayed on this occasion, of offering its benefits to only four individuals, while 112 were sent away unsatisfied. The usual ccmplimentary votes were passed to the chairman and scrutineers, and the meeting dispersed. 1 0 1 0 THOAS V. THOMAS. In thi s case, which M was tried before Mr. Baron folio at the last assizes fur the county of Hereford, and a verdict taken for the plaintiff for 70L, subject to a mo tion to enter a nonsuit, Mr. KEATING, c.C., now moved to enter such non suit accordingly. It was an action, he said, for money had and received, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant as executrix and widow of a person named Benjamin Thomas, deceased; and the declaration only contained a count for money had and received by the testator for the use of the plaintiff. The short point in th© case was whether one tenant in common can main tain an action for money had and received, against another tenant in common, there being no evidence of Lis being the bailiff of the tenant in any way. There was no evidence of the deceased having been in any way the bailiff of the plaintiff; nor that the parties knew their proper legal situations before the death of Benjamin Thomas. He (Mr. Keating) submitted that an action for money had and received under those circumstances would not lie. 5 0 1 0 5 0 Total SCOTLAND. Bo'ness . Ilawick 2 0 1 0 Total ... GENERAL TOTAL. England and Wales ... Scotland ... ... The COURT granted a rule to show cause. GRIEVE, AiriMINISTRATRII, V. MILTON. Mr. TEMPLE said this was an action tried before Mr. Justice Wightman at the last assizes at Carlisle, in which the plaintiff was nonsuited, but with liberty to move to set aside the nonsuit and enter a verdict for 3001. On the part of the plaintiff, he (Mr. Templo)lmoved for that rule, the case being ono in which the plaintiff com plained, as widow of Thomas Grieve, against the defend ant, who is the bridge surveyor of the county of Cum berland, in respect of an acc id ent w hi c h had deprived her of her husband, and the action was brought under Lord Campbell's Act. The deceased Thomas Grieve was a mail-guard residing at Ayr. On the Bth of August 1848, he had come to C ar li sle in order to give evidence on a trial there. Ile subsequently Went from Carlisle to Wigton by rail in the W e nt of one Joseph Peel, whence they went in a Rig to a place in the vicinity called the Abbey Aaolroe. On returning to Wigton, late at night, t hey had to cross a country bridge over the Wiser. 11 Pon a portion of th e roa d , w i t hi n the 300 yards for the repairs of which the county was liable, a heap of stones Ns'as laid in a most dangerous position. The gig in 'which Grieve and Peel were travelling came in contact with this heap of stones, and was overturned, and afterwards received suc h serious injury that he shortly the died. Th ere was no evidence as to who was 'Plne person who laid the stones there ; and the real etition now was, whether evidence was given on the trial to connect Mil ton (the defendant) with the act of the pers on —whosoever it was—who laid the stones in question o n th e road. lie (Mr. Temple) submitted that there was evidence to show that it was the duty lof kilton (the defendant) to have the obstruction removed, Provided there was reasonable time. The defendant is county bridge surveyor, and it was his duty, as sch br idge surveyor, t o super i ntend the repairs of this pa u r ticular part et the road. Previous to the accident a ,onduit on the bridge was being repaired, and the stones question were placed th ere f or that purpose, and at the "tY i as bridge surhvnstance of te defendant, in perf ormance of his eyor. The COURT granted a rule generally. C() Total ... 39 13 NOTE. --The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im• practicable to distinguish every place separately. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same eek in the previous year : 43 .. 5 . P. 14 2 4 o e 4 U 2, 434 1,274 414 710 230 5,071 1,766 790 1,126 707 3,517 1,929 15 417 1,541 1,377 2,661 1,013 NLWS OF HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Herbert has completed his fresco from Lear, in the Upper Wait ing Hall, or " Hall of Poets." That of Milton was given to Mr. Horsley, that of Chaucer to Mr. Cope, and both ate finished. Mr. John Tenniel has Dryden, and is now proceeding on the wall. The artists for the re mainder are not yet named, so far as we know. Mr. Tenniel's subj ec t i s t h e S t . C ec ili a, t h e clever original drawing for which was lithographed by the Art-Union of London; copies were distributed as prizes. The , it artist has alt e r e d t h e compos i t i on o f t h e foreground. 9i Mr. H e rb er t' s f resco we must speak in warm terms; is a noble work, full of power and beauty. In completing the decoration of the ceiling and walls of the ball, it will be necessary to have reference to the frescoes, or their effect may be considerably interfered with. Look ing in at the House of Lords, we saw Mr. Maclise hard at work, perer.ed up in the far distant recess, wherein he has nearly finished the Spirit of Chivalry. The House of Commons is so near to completion that if it were desired it might be made ready in time for the coming session. The whole of the woojwork here, panelled ceiling, gulieries, wall panellings are of polished oak, without colour or gilding, contrasted strongly with the profuse decoration of the House of Lords. The Com mons' lobby and libraries arc also very nearly ready for use. Some time since we took occasion to mention that the piles which formed the coffer-dam in front of the tci race were being drawn ; and we pointed out the im policy of the proceeding and the danger which attended it. We are glad, therefore, to find that this course has been abandoned, and that the piles are now being cut off close to the surface of the ground, so as not to disturb the bottom. The question between Mr. Barry end the Government is stilt open; but we understand there is every willingness on the part of the latter to meet it lib:rally.— The Builder. PRESENTATION CUP TO THE LORD MAYOII,--011 Thursday last an elegant silver cup, manufactured at the establishment of Mr. Hancock, a successor of Messrs. Sterr and Mortimer, of Bruton -street, was presented by his Ex-Majesty Louis Philippe to Sir James Duke, Lord Mayor, in testimony of tho gratification experienced by his Majesty on the occasion of his visit to the Mansion housf , . The cup, which is in the style of the time of Queen Anne, has a shield with the initials "L. P." and the crown of France, and cn the base are panels contain ing the armorial heariegs of the Lord Mayor, the private cent of alms of Sir J. Duke, the arms of the King, and a legend commemorative of the visit to the Manion house. 3,827 19,329 10,583 2,556 132 .39,828 636 9,076 9,813 2,806 21,447 1,184 2,578 MMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY.) NEWNHAM V. BEAVER AND ANOTHER. Zud. Mr. Sergeant BYLES applied on the part of the de ants f or a rule to show cause why the simple question not r e t ax hi s costs in this case. The simple question was whether when th e owner of a tithe rent tiler • t „ e charge t hstratned for arrear s an d succeeded, the tithe 7;17 t- Payer wa s b oun d to pay single or double costs. thu defendants, it appeared, took out a summons to stay th° Proc edings, and obtained an or d er t h ereupon that Pr,`Y should be discontinued on the payment of costs. he at ' w.aster taxed double costs, amounting to 1301., and th e tkdefendants had paid 501. on account, contending that euosetstthe-payer could only be called upon to pay single Th eir LO RDSHIPS granted a rule to show cause. After hearing another motion, which, howev er , was o f `i t ? Public interest, the C our t rose at half-past eleven, " r e being no other business before it. 1,047 1,284 9,223 1,564 2,149 665 187 12,884 7,171 202 13,038 7,810 SAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) PARISI! OF ST. PANCRAS. Ross, on behalf of th e comm i ss i oners of the t h ' i nners' Estate t in the parish of . St. Pan cras , app li e d to e Cou rt f or a mandamus directed to the i n h % hi tauts of th e parish, to assemble on the 21st of November, at the orlice s of the commissioners, and select certain commis lioners to carry out a loc a l A c t re l at i ng to the estate. The circtinastancs under which h e ma d e the application were these :—ln 1813 an A c t was passe d , providing fur ti lt paving anti lighting of the and directing that 13 4 the 24 t h o f every succeeding June the inhabitants &I househ o ld ers res idi ng w i t hi n the limits of the parish ilto had duly paid th e i r rates, s h ould meet and elect tJ c ommissioners, to execute the provisions of the Act. Zi t ,l) to the present year the election had legally and re 4t'llarly taken place, but from inadvertence, or some et cause, Mr. Dixon, the clerk of the commission, f o ,:C/ Was appointed in 1839, convened the usual meeting 41 ' aline 24, which happened to be on a Sunday, and the ad: ° , 4l rnissioners were elected on that day. Now, by the t eo s'lltt 4th William IV., chap. 32, it was enacted that every . 4 0 1 1i ng of a public or secular nature, held according to tie d Parliament of or charter from the Crown on a par- Pre - e l r ,dttY in the year should be held on the Saturday fell o 'utug or the Monday succeeding, Whenever that day tt on Su ndaY, and in this instance, therefore, the Elec- Aly ti ;was illegal an d t h e comm i ss i oners h a d no t acte d . or. th® 11 th George L, cases lik e th ese occu rr ing in el ections were directed to be provided fur by same"au% while the 3 and 4 William IV. provided the t ° Pr°v6 ion of th e 11th o f George 1., appl i ca b le on l y cor b 'tai ss i on potations, sh ou ld exten d to every spec i es o f ;, ei t . (l now to ulis take, and in accord ance w i t h th a t A c t h o leb took Justice re fora mandamus t o a men d th e e l ec ti on +.4r. R P it " on the 24th o f l es t J une . •r, Ross PA TTESON granted a rule ni s i. ad teen'W s • 'ad Leen instruct e d th a t un d er t h e Act he 4 had th e rule was absolute iu the first instance. ttild fina l o 1 . 3 Rule ATTESON consulted with the Master, absolute practice was so, made the rule absolute. accordingly. 1) 1 ^ST REET • —(Tlids DAY.) tk„,EiT t ,,„ 0 ,40 41 ,--ANcE AT TIIE HOLBORN CASINO.--A tall, ultt `-"Y-attired, young man was charged with having tle4 'd the • cea sed s. police in the execution of their duty, and he turbance at the Holborn Casino. bi , 4 2 eclant was at the Casino de Venice last night, V tl i c leq t o t s.onlewhat noisy, he was requested by the 1 , 4 p aid au.ttre. lle said, no one should remove him; he 1 14, 14 Wa s 13 money, and would stop till the entertain that,,°ver; and his conduct led to so much confu h 44 ito Police were compelled to usl force in ejecting °;is e. °a the building' and conveying him to the station qt„-•e o . 141,',Ifer,rIndant denied the charge, and said the officious Il s: t.. te l : tri .: :l : o „ F or the police was the cause of the dis iyy or did not believe him, and inflicted the full elTl a month's imprisonment. si ted /,,L3ogwas AVEGEI T AT JULLIEN'S.—A respectably "" Lamed Brown, the son of a merchant, was MIDDLESEX HosrITAL —A quarterly general court or,the governors was held enTbnrsday in the board-room of the institution, Mr. Tlenry Hunt in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having beets confirmed, a stmement was read by the secretary, from which it ap pear,d that the balance in the blnker's hands amounted to 1,148/. 14s. Bd., mild the balance from the Samaritan Fund to 1591, 6s. 2d. The number of patients in the ho! , pital lust week was 232, of whom thirty-five were discharged, and four died ; 38 were admitted during the week, and at present there remained in the hospital 231. Within the last three months 540 cholera out patients had been attended by the medical officers of the institution, and 58 cholera patients were admitted into the hospital. This had been done at considerable addi tional expense ; and it was hoped the public would acknowledge the relief rendered under such extraordinary and painful circumstances in a substantial manner. During the quarter, two legacies of 1001. each, be queathed by Mr. J. Powell Powell and Miss Limber had been paid into the funds; and a legacy of 5004 had been bequeathed by Miss Eliza Palmer, which was not yet pat • Uron the suggestion of the lecturers, conatnu ideated by Mr. Campbell De Morgan, surgeon, the board resolved that a lectureship on comparative anatomy be instituted at the Middlesex School of Me &eine. The accounts having been signed, the meeting adjourned. EXTENSIVE POST- OFFICE ROBBERY.— On Wed nesday evening week a letter, addressed to J. W. Gilbert, Esq., Lothbury, London, and containing bank notes, eh( T.:cf.', and bills of exchange, to the amount of 2,0561. 3s. Bd., was posted at Nottingham by one of the clerks at the Notticgharn aid Nottinghamshire Bank. As it did not reach its destination an inquiry was imme diately set on foot, and it was soon discovered that it had been stolen. The cheques And bills being specially in dorsed to the London and Westminster Bank, could not bo negotiated, unless the thief also committed forgery; and, as the payment was promptly stopped, there is no !ear that that will be attempted. The notes comprised one of the Bank of England for 5001. (an amount too large to be meddled with), and eleven for 51. each, of which it has been ascertained that seven were changed the next d ay. — Nottinglatin Journal. Tun ARMY.—The Ceylon Rifle Regiment is to be reduced on Ist Arai!, ILSO, by one lieutenant-colonel, one major, twenty-two lieutenants, and one quarter• Itnincr; and the portion of the corps stationed at Hong- Kang is in future to be three companies, instead of six. -~- 1. JULLIEN'S PIZOIVIENADE CON CEIZ TS AT Di: WRY-LANE THEATRE. Last night rd. Jullien commenced his annual concert canipaign at this theatre, and we have to complain that this said annual concert campaign of M. Jullicn is alwr..ys too short, never extendin g beyond six weeks, often only lasting for a month, whereas its duration should be for three months at least. The orchestra is full and complete as ever, and all the old celebrities, Kcenig, Baumann, Collinet, Prosrare, &c., are there, whilst we have in addition Herr Adolphe Kmnig, first horn player to the King of Bavaria (who bids fair, judging from his performance on the valve horn last evening, to rival his brother on the cornet-a-piston). Mr. Pratten, whose purity of tone and facility of execution on the flute we have never heard surpassed, and Herr Somers, a first-rate per former on the saxophon. Madlle. Jetty Treffz is also engaged, and last night she sung " Batti Batti," from Don Giovanni, with exquisite grace, and on being encored she substituted for it the English ballad " Home, sweat home," which we have never heard so exquisitely, so feelingly rendered as it was last evening by Jetty Treffz. In the second part she sung the celebrated Trap Trap, in which of course she was rapturously encored. The great novelty of the evening was the selection from Le Propkete, in which Herr Adolphe Koenig performed on the valve horn the romanza, "Ta pauvre Mere," an& Mr. Pratten on the flute, " Pour Bertha le soupir," with great taste, accuracy, and effect. The selections comprised all the most favourite airs of the opera, and concluded with the danse des Patineurs, in which Jullien seemed to revel. Among the solo performers of the evening we must not omit to mention Mr. V. Collins, whose performance of last night would be alone sufficient to secure for him a place among the foremost violinists of the day. Between the parts the National Anthem was played. Its repe tition was demanded, and the demand was at once com plied with, it was re-demanded, and Jullien substituted " Rule Britannia," which was received with immense applause. In the interval between the parts some members of the swell mob attempted to get up a row for the purpose of picking pockets, and endeavoured I to make a ru s h th roug h t h e promenade ; the police, however, were in attendance, and the pickpockets and their disorderly companions were expelled from the theatre. The conduct of the gents at public places has of late been an intolerable , nuisance, and we trust that the magistrates will, in all cases of this nature which may be brought before them, inflict imprisonment instead of a fine. If it were once generally known that imprisonment was the Inevitable consequence of engaging in a "row" at a place of public amusement, the swell-mobsmen and their allies, the disorderlies, would cease to create disturbances. The fittings up of the promenade are in exquisite taste, and the ar rangements as to refreshments are admirable. The theatre was crammed to suffocation in every part. guilt—its compunctious visifings of " the worm that never dies" —and its guilty stricken terrors, yet she has certainly given a representation of it that is superior to that of any other actress we have seen since the days of Siddons—that is, as far as the first two acti are rendered by her ; fur her personation is unequal. The great feature of Miss Cushman's Lady Macbeth is, that she deals in no subtle abstractions in her interpretation of the part—all is as plain as a problem in Euclid, worked out by a master. She finds the Lady Macbeth of the Poet " a bold, bad woman"— and such she readers her to the audience. There are no half measures with her—no hesitating on the means to he used to acquire her object --no compunc tions stop her. She actually does overpower her less firm husband by the " intensity of high intellect, bold spirit, arid lofty desires"—all which qualities are ren dered as palpable by Miss Cushman, in every word and action, as if the spectator was literally anatomiz ing the inmost secrets of her heart and mind. From the moment she reads the announcement of the pro mised honours by the witches, to the final catastrophe which places the "golden round" upon her husband's head, she is the same. Even the passage—" Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I would have done it," which the critics quote as affording the only proof of Lady Macbeth's humanity of feeling —was given by her with an intensity of desperate firmness, as if she were above the ordinary feelings of our nature. It was absolutely a thrilling exposition of the text—entirely new. In carrying but her conception, she gave many other equally new and striking read ings, which we cannot pause to enumerate. One how ever we must note from its surpassing power and beauty. She i nvo k es t h e " spirits " and " murdering ministers" as if she were indeed holding communion with them—and were i n truth " transported beyond the ignorant pr esen t." The whole passage is con ceived and executed with a sublimity almost incon ceivable—unless witnessed. We were glad to see her retain the old reading of— " We fail?" as a scornful interrogation, implying a negative. We have always thought that Mrs. Siddons erred in giving it affirmatively. The context— " But screw your courage to the sticking place And we'll not fail, clearly warrants, in our mind, Miss Cushman's read ing of the passage. We have left ourselves but little space to notice the latter portion of her Lady Macbeth. It lacked, to our notion, the salutary monition, which extracted from a learned member of the Church the expression that he had received a clearer exposition of the com• mandment— " Thou shalt do no Murder," from the acting of Siddons and Kemble in the closing scenes of this play, than he had ever obtained from any erudite annotation on the divine injunction. Miss Cushman does not yet convey the remorse and com punctious visitings of conscience, that may be pre sumed to accompany great crime. Even her dream scene is but the re enacting of the dreadful reality, with similar intensity and despair. We are willing to believe that Miss Cushman has not yet thoroughly worked out her own conception. She seems only to have completed two acts. Let her but bring all her genius, and commanding powers of intellect and exe cution to the concluding portions of the part, and it will be one of the most wonderful exhibitions of his trionics that the modern stage has witnessed. Miss Cushman has added Mariana in the Wife, and Julia in the Hunchback, to the list of parts played this week. We have not seen them, and we regretted to see them announced. There are charac ters in the drama in which she can safely defy all comparison and competition. There are others where comparison would be fatal to her. These she should avoid. The public are looking for her Queen Catherine, Bianca, Meg Merrilies, Romeo, Hamlet, and other parts in which her transcendent excellence has been unequivocally acknowledged. MAGAZINES, Scc.—(C N TINUED). THE NEW MONTHLY. The New Monthly opens with the continuation and conclusion of Horace Smith's " Posthumous Memoir of Myself" —a narrative the title of which would seem to indicate a companion work to the celebrated Memoires cl' outre Tombe of Chateau briand, but which, in fact, is merely the imaginary reminiscences of a victim of hasty interment. The feelings of the buried man as he lies in his ccfrin in the vault, and hears the striking of the clock over head, are described with a horrible vraisemblance. The principal articles in this number of the New Monthly relate to foreign scenes, such as " A Drift Log on the Mississippi;" " The Spirit of Ch ange i n Southern Eur o p e ;" "A. Fortnight on the Loire ;" " Dr. Layard and the Last of the Chaldeans ;" " An Excursion to Niagara and Canada," &c. " Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour" is continued too long. ELIZA COOK'S JOUILVAL. Vol. I. Six months having elapsed, the first volume of Eliza Cook's Journal lies before us completed--a goodly volume of 416 closely-printed pages of most entertaining contributions, poetical, anecdotal, an d miscellaneous. Admirably has the accomplished journalist fulfilled the promises with which she pre faced her new adventure in literature. She has our cordial felicitations. Beyond the verbal felicitations, however, of her friends and admirers, Eliza Cook possesses the agreeable consciousness of having secured the public approbation. Commencing her labours in the conduct of this charming periodical with diffidence, she may now proceed with security, familiarized with the duties of her position, and blending together in yet more harmonious congruity the effusions of her very varied and efficient corps of contributors. Al though, we presume, unacquainted at the outset with the peculiar responsibilities devolving upon the con ductor of a weekly publication, Eliza Cook, with an intuitive aptitude, such as might have been expected from her, has here afforded ample evidence that those responsibilities have been thoroughly appreciated by her, and that her appreciation of them has been rapidly developed. Of this the book before us is substantial testimony. Number after number of the Journal has appeared in due succession, each week. yielding alternately the graceful essay, the imagine • tive narrative, the picturesque biography, or some metrical composition abounding with natural imageries and genial sentiment. Exceptions to this there unquestionably are, but to particularise these would be nothing less than invidious, seeing that, comparatively speaking, they are, numerically and intrinsically, altogether insignificant. What we must, nevertheless, direct attention to, as constituting the most prominent characteristics of the periodical, are the qualities flowing rather from the heart than from the head, rather from the affections than from the intellect—its generous tone, its humanizing ten dencies, its inculcation of all those nobler and gentler principles of our nature, to diffuse which is to scatter abroad a shower of inestimable, benefactions. In her newly-assumed character, Eliza Cook has been true to her " antecedents "as a poet. Addressing her readers, not in the ornate apparel of verse, but in the humble garb of prose—as a journalist—she has thought of the People. Drawing her inspirations from Nature, she has thought of the People, she has written to the People, and for the People, she has loved the People. It is M. de Lamartine who has recently said so beautifully— " I love the people because I believe in God:" Eliza Cook has experienced the exquisite charms of that golden truth; she had recognised its existence long before it was articulated by the poet-statesman in those burning words which she might well assume as a felicitous motto for her periodical. It is this affection for the people which has consecrated her songs in the hearts and on the hearths of the commu nity. It is this devotion to the same glorious cause which is investing her journal with popularity. She perceives and appreciates the depth and the delicacy, the eloquence and the earnestness, of those feelings which are the true lures of home, the true petioles of family, the vitality of society, the soul of the People. Her nature is the very antithesis, the very antipodes of that which pervades the gay world in its opinion of the People—that opinion which Steer forth has expressed where he says of them, "Their delicacy is not to be shocked, or hurt very easily ; they are wonderfully virtuous, I dare say . . . but th e y h ave not very fi ne natures, and they m a y b e t h an kf u l t h at, like their coarse skins, they are not easily wounded." Such are the views of many of the tinselled butterflies of the community. Such are not the views of Eliza Cook, and to hear them uttered we doubt not would cause her no less amazement than it did to little David Copperfield. This, in truth, is the real secret of her celebrity—the secret of the fame of those simple songs and ballads which breathe in every syllable a love of Nature and of the People. With such an inspira tion and such a tendency—an inspiration drawn from Nature, and a tendency towards affection for the People—Eliza Cook cannot fail to prosper, whether as a Poet or as a Journalist. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk this morning, in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony ex ercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt. ing this morning, attended by Lieutenant Colone. Hon. A. Gordon. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Seymour in his duty as Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next, the 6th instant, at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited the British Museum yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar left town yesterday evening for the con tinent. A deputation from the Board of Directors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverharapton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. P. Rufford, M.P. (Chairman), Messrs. G. B. Thorneycroft, Michael Graysbrook, and 'William Mathews (Directors), Mr. Charles Bedford (Solicitor), and Mr. Noel Thomas Smith (Secretary), had an interview with the Com missioners of Railways on Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches for the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Ca nada, and for the Governors of the other North Ame rican colonies, were sent off last evening from the Co lonial•office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Brunel, Captain O'Brien, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Blandf'ord, for Trow bridge Trustees, had an interview with the Commis sioners of Railways on Thursday. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, November 2, 1849. " The Queen Dowager was rather restless and harassed by her cough in the early part of the night, but slept towards the morning. " Her Majesty is suffering from slight oppression this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D." ENTERTAINMENT B Y THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. A sumptuous entertainment was given last night, at the London Tavern, by the Lord Mayor Elect, to a number of his private friends and the various officers of the City. Covers were laid for about fifty per sons. Among the company were Alderman Copeland, Alderman Humphery, Alderman Sir William Meg nay, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Sir George Carroll, Alderman Hooper, Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Moon, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Carden, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, the Cha m b er l a i n , t h e T own Clerk, the City Solicitor, Under-Sheriffs Wire and Millard, Mr. Commissioner Harvey, Mr. Secondary Potter, Messsrs. Ryland and Locke, City pleaders ; Mr. John Wood, chairman of the corn and coal committees ' - Mr. De puty Brittan ; Rev. Charles Mar s h a ll, c h ap laiu to the Lord Mayor Elect; Mr. Stone, &c. The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having been given, The LORD MAYOR ELECT proposed the health of the Aldermen of the City of London, to whom the City was much indebted for the care and vigilence they showed in preserving the peace and watching over the privileges of the citizens. The toast was drank with great cordiality. Alderman COPELAND returned thanks, and after alluding to the assistance the Aldermen received from Mr. Commissioner Harvey and his police in preserving the peace of the City, proposed "'The Health of the Lord Mayor Elect," who, he was confident would preserve the ancient privileges of the citizens unim paired during his year of office, as well as maintain the dignity attached to the Mayoralty. This toast was drunk with loud applause. The LORD MAYOR ELECT returned thanks, and stated that though he was conscious of his own defici encies, yet he would to the utmost of his power devote himself to the duties of his office. He trusted that at the close of his official career the citizens would have no reason to say that the dignity of the Mayoralty bad been tarnished in his hands.—(Cheers.) The healths of the Lord Mayor, of the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, and the other officers of the City were then severally proposed, and the company did not separate till a late hour. The dinner, which was furnished by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, was one of the most sumptuous descrip tion, comprising every delicacy of the season, and fully carrying out the views of the Lord Mayor Elect, that no cost should be spared in its preparation. Mr. Higgs officiated as toast-master on the occa sion. MADAME SOETAG AT NeßWlCll.—.Madame Sontag excited last week the greatest enthusiasm at Norwich, although singing in that immense area, St. Andrew's Hall, with only a pianoforte accompaniment, was not an auspicious circumstance. Every one of her songs was encored at both concerts. At the second, being ap plauded in every direction in Rode's variations, she was ultimately oUged to re-appear for an encore. The ac• companyist having during the interval touched a few notes of " Home ! sweet Home !" rapturously received at the previous concert, a tempest of applause arose, and Madame Sontag was induced to sing that exquisite bal lad twice, with thrilling pathos. THE GALWAY ESTATES.—The public sale of these estates was resumed yesterday at the Auction Mart, and a large number of persons were again present to witness the prccesdings. Mr. Wainwright put up 28 lots, viz , the numbers ranging from 36 to 64 in the catalogue, but not one purchase was made, each lot being either passed over without a bid or bought in by the vendors. Tho sale will last for two days longer. AINSWORTH'S. The admirers of Mr. Ainsworth's writings will be delighted with the long instalment of," Guy Fawkes" in this number. Some of the other contents of this magazine, more especially the story of " Mike Doolan," are beneath notice. BELLE ASSEMBLER. The Belle Assemblee has this month a beautiful poem, by its accomplished e dit or , " Th e M o ther's Dream." The most attractive of the prose contribu tions is one of Elizabeth Youatt's always delightful essays, entitled " Mental Architecture. We have all of us, doubtless, more than once lamented our " Dreams all vanished—joys all blighted, Hopes 'twere madness to renew, and, therefore, lie can all appreciate this gentle teaching— " Dear reader, if thou bast ever withdrawn, or art now withdrawing thyself from the sphere of active duty and domestic fellowship—if thou bast sat, or art sitting in solitary places, building aiiriel castles th at can never be realised—for you is the warning written, and this example recorded. Build no more new homes in your imagination, but rather devote all your energies of mind to the making bright, and cheerful, and happy that home which tied has given you. Read the following sweet testimony of a skilful architect, written in old age. " ' How many a stately fabric have I built up, and watched with tears as it fell crumbling away! But I have lived to say, " Thank God, that it did fall! " Let one more attest, I have lived, seen God thro' that lifetime, And all was for best." " Thank God for everything. Where he sees best to place us, that is the best place: where he plants us, there we shall most thrive and grow. The sun, and wind, and rain aro all good for us. The wayside flower is often more useful, more heart-cheering, than if it had sprung up in the fairy bowers we so love to picture to ourselves. 46 i 4 rasa dreamer from a child. Beautiful dreams lloa, off KY.) o-day's Apples, 35 6d to ;O 103 ; s, 2d to ; Soles, ; Large each ; s, 2s to :orrings' dozen; to 20s ; e, ls 3d mussels, ,3sf 6cl to to es 9d; H area, Is oed to id to 8d :Fresh 3cli and 3s 10d; is 4d: per VO3 to to 4s 2d Jolla are per 4lbs 64,1 b to I; ditto, to 3d; Of Skins, ; , 4nt; and 3d. ; Clover 1 9s per ; Clover ' los per r, at late Si loi ; 11 95 per 1 / 144 • **) to the ar iiet nee of t, in the d -appeal LWAT esa from e r grant er from 3 town lie old ied upon • Act of ,0 be put 2Etensivo auccles -3 -to pay r part of sanssing the day *lion on the lato ►ho died c , one of Y.) court at ip, after e eded to the day ich came injuno og with linst the t to the AY.) I was On. 1:1s. His ng those a special DE.) ng since ankrupt e before y. The , ntral v. ur post- k Y.) 74E, Mr. norning Judges ip, who nch and ly after IAcNA - of the I cam° 3c tions half of of b 1 to b° s elect . r NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Last week. Aberdeen • • •• • • • • Amiens and Boulogne . •....... Belfast and Ballymena • • • • • . • • • • •• • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Bristol and Exeter • • .• • • • • ••• • • • • • • • Caledonian.... .• •• • • • •••• • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead.• • .. • • • • .. Dublin and Drogheda.• •• • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ East Anglian.... • . •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • ••• • • • Edinburgh and Perth ..... • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • Eastern Union ••• • • • •••• • • .• •• •• Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.• • • • • • • • • • • • • Great Northern and E. L.•• • ••• • • • Great Southern and Western ........ Great Western, &c Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle. • • • • • • • • • •• •• Leeds and Thirsk •• .. ••••••• • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and EnnlskWen...• London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton .• • ....... London and South Western . ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Monklands .• • ...... •••• • • • • • • North British • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Paris and Rouen. .• • • •.... Rouen and Havre .......• • • • • ...... Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birmi ng h am.. • • —•• Shrewsbury and Chester .... • • .... Shropshire Union .... • .......... South Eastern and B ranches South Dev0n.....• . ...... • • ...... Taff Vale • ..• ...... . ..... ........ Waterford and Limerick.. Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastl e . .. • ....• ..... . York and North Midland . .......... 508 1,615 442 447 3,941 7,077 1,G07 865 1,021 137 41,128 632 9,941 9,835 14,743 21,938 1,256 3,333 1,300 1,480 `,325 12,253 1,549 1,849 792 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASES- &c.—FRIDAY. The Worcestershire Handicap Steeplechase of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Four miles. (47 Subs.) Mr. W. Vever's b g Vainhope, Bst 10lb (Archer) 1 Mr. Storey na The Young'un, 6 yrs, lOst (Taylor) 2 Mr. E. Hughes's Miss Collingwood, 6 yrs, lOst 71b... 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. A. Sait's The Doctor, llst 41b (Lord Strathmore)—Mr. W. S. Cartwright na Trust-me -not, lOst 121 b (Oliver)— Mr. J. ToHite* Tipperary Boy, 5 yrs, 10st 71b (Rack ley)—Colonel Shirley's Fugleman, 6 yrs, lost 71b (J. Darling, jun.)—Mr. Williamson's Shinrone, lOst 71b (Captain Little)—Mr. Anson's Liberty, lOst (Land) — Mr. J. Oliver's Rector, 9st 71b (Kelly). Betting-3 to 1 agat Tue Young'un, sto 1 agst Doc tor, 6 to 1 agst Trust-me -not, 8 to 1 agst Tipperary Buy, 8 to 1 agst Shinrone, 10 to 1 agst Fugleman, 10 to 1 agst Miss Collingwood, 17 to 1 agat Vainhope, 20 to 1 each agst Liberty and Rector. Won cleverly by a length. The Worcestershire Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added. Hulls, two miles. (5 Subs.) Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, lOst 71b Mr. Phillip's Tallyho, lOst 10lb 3 2 2 Mr. Gordon's hr gby The Cardinal, 9st Three well•contested heats. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. CEESTER Cup.-1,000 to 10 each agst Peep-o'Day Boy, Essedarius, Canezou, Baby, Snowstorm, The Cock tail, Melody, Cossack, Rhesus, and Nunnykirk. DERRY.-11 to 1 agst Bolingbroke (taken freely -11 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum (taken)-12 to ] agst Knight of Avenel-13 to 1 agst Sweetheart-20 to 1 agst Italian —2O to 1 agst Clincher-25 to 1 agst Voltigeur-33 to 1 agst The Nigger-33 to 1 agst Penang-1,000 to 10 agst Mink Tapley (taken). NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY. THE DERBY. Deciding Course—Lord Stradbroke's Merchant beat Mr. Dobedo's Damian, and won the stakes. THE CUP. Deciding Course—Mr. Dobede's Desperate beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Olinda, and won the cup. TIJE OAUS. Deciding Course—Lord Stradbroke's Manto beat Mr. Finch's Crenoline, and won the stakes. THE PORT STARLS. Deciding Course —Lord Stradbroke's Mary beat Mr. Fyson's Field-Marshal, and won the stakes. CAPE or GOOD llorE...—'%Ve have received four days' later news from the Cape of Good hope, namely, down to the Ist September inclusive, at which date the Neptune convict•ship had not arrived. One feeling still continued to pervade all classes of the people, which was to listen to no compromise with regard to the admission of felons into the colony, but to adhere as one man to the fixed resolution to be satisfied with nothing short of the total abandonment of the whole scheme. BOTANICAL SOCIETY Or LONDON.—The ordinary meeting was held at the Society's-room, 20, Bedford street, S!rand, last evening; J. Reynolds, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. Various donations to the Library and Her barium were announced, and some new members elected. Mr. T. Moore communicated a paper, " On Cystopteris Dickoana." The Chairman announced that the thir teenth anniversary meeting would bo held on Thursday, the 29th init., being the anniversary of the birth of Job n Ray. BEVERLEY MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—After one of the most severe contests on record, it ended in favour of Liberal2alllLtiiibeera 1 n c 9 a n n d d e i i d c a ri t p es t . , anTd 2 Tories. The T co o ttncil now consists of O grant us not the ill We blindly ask; in very love refuse Whate'er thou know'bt our weakness would abuse.' " THE PEOPLE'S AND HOWITT'S JOURNAL, The illustrations in this journal are somewhat im proved, and the literary contents are excellent. " The Secret of Success . ' is a short but very suggestive article, worthy of being remembered. It teaches no new truth, but one that cannot be too often repeated —that the secret of success is contained in one word, Perseverance. " Thoughts on Texts from Jean Paul " is an excellent paper, bountifully adorned with prose and verse quotations. One of the " texts" of these remarks is the following practical lesson,:— " Do not wait for extraordinary opportunities for good actions, but make use of common situations. A long continued walk is better than a short flight." THE JOURNAL OF DESIGN. The Journal of Design is rendered " beautiful exceedingly" by the profusion of elegant designs which adorn its pages. A paper on the Birmingham exposition of arts gives an interesting criticism on the various specimeins there exhibited, accompnnied with numerous illustrative engravings. Some of these are extremely graceful. Among the specimens of various materials at the end of the Journal is a beautiful and very novel design for paper-hanging. SIIARPE' S. As usual, Sharpe's London Magazine is interesting and excellent. " A Gossip on Epigrams" will be read with pleasure, if only for the variety of those "jewels five words long" with which it is studded. Epigrams are here of all kinds, grave and gay, and lively and severe. Epigrams complimentary, such as the famous lines of Pope, written with Lord Chester fipld's "Accept a miracle instead of wit, Soo two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ;" and epigrams uncourteous, like Lord Jeffrey's,reproach some bad dancers, while complimenting the musi- cians— " How ill the motion with the music suits, So once played Orpheus, and so danced the brutes ;" and epigrams of startling truthfulness, such as— " Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers none dare call it treason." Miss Jane Strickland has contributed an historical tale of most romautic interest. " Lewis Arundel" is continued, as is also "Mrs. Milton's Diary." We look forward with interest to Mrs. Milton's famous reconciliation with her husband, which will most probably form the subject of a forthcoming chapter. A speech of Lamartine's, on industrial art, will not be found the least interesting of the contents of Sharpe's. , 111SCtLLANEOUS. The illustrations of the Sporting Magazine for November are " The Canter-up" and " The Body Guard," the latter is a beautifully engraved represen tation of two wearied hounds watching by the body of the fallen stag. The Farmers' Magazine is, as usual, rich in agricultural information. The Repertory of Inventions is filled with pen and ink descriptions of recent patent and pictorial inventions. The Church of England Magazine affords, according to its cus tom, an interesting series of reading for the several Sundays of the month. The Metropolitan contains some pleasing tales and graceful verses, and one of the editor's generally attractive articles on the subject of " Wales: and the Welch." Chambers's Journal is almost above recommendation, yet in one instance we think the editor has hardly evinced his ordinary good taste; namely, in his quotation from a recent Quarterly Review of some most condemnatory remarks respecting the popular author of " Coningsby." The Colonial Magazine and the Colonial Church Chronicle, contain much interesting matter regard ing' the colonies. The former has a well-written article on the subject of the recent campaign in the Punjaub. Le Follet is as graceful as usual. The Family Herald contains among much in teresting matter a romantic tale, entitled "Lots'; or the Poisoned Lilies," which will undoubtedly afford much delight to the lovers of the marvellous and the mournful. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. An interesting subject has been chosen and is now being discussel by the chemical lecturer of this in stitution ; it is that of the chemistry of food. Nothing can be more important than an inquiry into the functions by which man is enabled to recruit his con stitution and renovate his wasted energies. This in quiry must also be interesting, Who is there who would not wish to understand the nature of this necessary requisite to health and comfort, food ? The lecturer started by first of all leading his hearers to comprehend the importance of respiration, and the operations that were carried on during its action. Respiration, he stated, was nothing more than com bustion, and the whole source of animal heat. The constituents of food he classified under two heads— elements of respiration, or heat. affording constituents, and elements of nutrition, those nec essar y to t h e formation of flesh, muscle, &c. Amongst the former were classified fat, gum, sugar, and many similar compounds, daily consumed in articles of diet ; the latter class comprised those substances of more complex natures generally containing nitrogen, as fibrin, caseim, albumen, and blood, &c. After briefly adverting to other points, the lecturer more particularly directed his attention to bread as an article of food, pointing out the nature of flour, the processes going on during its preparation for our tables, and ended by enumerating and showing the modes of detecting various impurities sometimes found in flour and bread, placed there by the frau dulent vender ; amongst these were mentioned chalk, gypsum, and other foreign matters common to flour, known as seconds and thirds, and which had, in some instances, been known to produce serious con sequences. The lecturer was listened to throughout with great attention, the audience seeming highly interested in this important subject. RATING TILE POOR.—At the recent petty sessions at Buckingham the following persons appeared on sum monses, to answer the complaint of the overseers of Lil lingstone Dayrell, for non payment of poor-rates, amounting to sums varying from ninepence to one shil ling and sixpence, viz.:—John Gregory, Paul Stone, a worn-out labourer cf 80, Henry Henson, beorge Henson, John Hickinbotham, and Thomas Hunt. They all pleaded inability to pay. Some had large families, and had been short of work, and others had been ill. Notwithstanding this, the officers pressed the cases against the parties, although it appeared that those in work had but Bs. per week. The magistrates, in order to avoid the issuing of distress warrants to take away the little furniture of the poor men, adjourned an the eases. SMITII O'BRIEN'S CAPTOR.—William Hulme died suddenly on the 27th ult., at the White Chimnies, near Leek, aged 28. The deceased was the captor of Smith O'Brien, for which he received the Government reward of 5001. ROBERT WHARTON, ESQ.--We are sorry to an nounce the sudden death of Mr. Wharton, a barrister on the northern circuit, and a judge in the county courts. The Learned Gentleman was taken ill whilst on circuit, and died on Saturday last, at his hotel, in Richmond.— Leeds Mercury. IRON HOUSES 'OR CALIFORNIA.—Mr. Thomas Ver non, of this town, has this week taken a contract for ten more iron dwelling-houses, all of which are to be shipped for the gold regions within two months. — Liverpool Courier. CAUTION TO POULTRY BREEDERS —Perhaps it may not be generally known that if chickens, fowls, or ducks, eat a quantity of new vetches, it will inevitably cause death. A case of this kind occurred a short time ago at Mr. Thomas Lane's, of Radford, hi this county, which swept away a large quantity of 3 011 rig fowls. Mr. Lane bad been threshing some vetches with the machine and the straw being very good, was put on two waggons to be drawn and made into a stack, but a heavy rain falling in tho meantime, which penetrated through the loads, it was obliged to bo thrown into the yard. whip l straw had some looose vetches m i xe d among it, lc t were made soft by th e ra i n, and of which the fowls partook plentifully, and this caused the death f upwards of 100 of them. On examination after death their gall bladders were found to bo much swollen and surcharged. Old vetches are not supposed to be dele terious.—Worcester Cl,ronicle. MODEL IN WAX or QUEEN VICTORIA.--" We have just seen," says a correspondent, " a beautiful miniatre cast in wax, of our gracious Sovereign in her coronation robes, modelled by Lady Ross of Balnagown, and de clared by persons familiar with her Maiesty's face and figure to be a striking likeness. It is a perfect gem, aid would do credit to a Loudon artist. —lnverness Courier. ENTRUSIASM.—We are told that the infant daughter of a gentleman employed at the works of the Britannia Bripge was taken to the Britannia Rock, the other day, in the middle of the Straits, where she was christened Britannia Ann Stephenson, in compliment to the bridge and engineer. We remember a worthy Wilder, who, having erected a chain-bridge some ten ycars ego, with similar feeling, but less tact, christened his little daughter Suspension Maria.—Builder. _ _ _ It should become our study to narrow as much as possible the neutral ground which stretches its quag mires between truth and falsehood, so that tho bounda ries of these discordant potentates may be defined.— Eliza cook's Journal. CHANGE or FORTUNE.—On Thursday morning last, a poor man named Wynne, residing in Lower Bridge-street, in this city, received intelligence of a long absent brother being at the point of death, under whose will Wynne was constituted heir to an estate in Buenos Ayres, valued at 12,0004—Chester Courant. I have had in my day! Although oftentimes awakene sornowhat rudely, I only wept and dreamt again. Even at, this distance of time I can rteall them. Not one, looking back through the vista of past years, and with the eye of faith —not one, could it have been realised, would have b. - en half so safe for me as the path by which I have been mercifully led, notwithstanding my frequent wanderings. It takes long before the irritat ing grain of sand, accidentally introduced within the shell of an oyster becomes a pearl—before the bird learns its now sweet notes in darkness and solitude; but the pearl and the song at last appear at last to enrich and refresh others with beauty and melody. " Well may we pray with the poet---