The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

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WHITBY, JAN. 30.—The Achilles, of this port, went on shore near Staithes, during the gale of yesterday, and became a total wreck; crew saved. DUNDALK, JAN. 28.—The Arcadian has put in here to-day, having been on shore on the North Bull, in the Bay, yesterday, but is not much damaged. WEXFORD, JAN. 29.—The Trio, from Co , lstantinople, struck OH some rocks last night in entering the Bay and sank; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd• Philip Dean, Dean, Buenos Ayres ; Victoria, Brigg New York ; Portland, Leavitt, St. John's, New Bruns wick, Sld. 27th, London, New Orleans ; 29th, B )Iton, Pernambuco ; Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Maseoasone. New Orleans ; Zetland, New Orleans ; Ace of Trump, , , Nassau, New Providence ; Corsair, Syria; 30th, Prince of Orange, Bombay ; Black Prince, Valparaiso; Jessie. Savannah; Spartan, Savannah; Forest King, New York. Off port—Hanover, Mobile. The Sappho, for Buenos .Ayres, has put back, with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with the Solon, bound to New Orleans. RAMSGATE, JAN. 30.—The Scio, Newcastle to Havre, has put in here very leaky, having been on shore on the Kentish Knock. _ . --- --- DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind N.W. to W. and S.W.—Arra. Gazelle, Sydney, New South Wales ; Marchioness of Douglas, Sydney, New South Wales ; Ondeneming Reckering, Batavia, and sailed for Middleburg; Loharce' Errington, Calcutta; Medium, .Fowler, Islay ; Token,' Nourse, Cuba and Cork; Westminster, New York. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat on sale in to-day's market was again very limited, and of middling quality. As the attendance of buyers—most of whom were very short of stock—was on the increase, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was somewhat active, and, in some instances, prices ruled a shade higher than on Monday. The imports of foreign Wheat, this wee k, have amounted to 6,150 quarters. Really fi ne qualities Were mostly held at is per quarter more money ; and there was a better inquiry for the middling and interior kinds. Although the supply of English Barley was on the increase, the Barley trade ruled firm, at very full prices. There was a large quantity of Melt on show. All kinds were dull, but not cheaper. We have to notice a somewhat active inquiry for Oats, at full rates of currency. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Meal, were quite as dear. In Flour we have no change to notice. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. 1,240 qrs. Barley. 4,710 4rl. English • • • • • • Irish. • • • • • • roreigu .• •• • • Oats. I Flour 5,680 qrs. I 3,1805 k. 1,400 1 -- 2,810 --- 1,440 Malt, 5,480 qrs 130ROUGEC BOP MARIEET. 6,150 The demand for even the best hops in pockets has fallen off to-day, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported. Old and inferior Hops are almost nominal in value, although the supply on offer is by no means large. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 213 s to 31; Wield of Rent ditto, 21 108 to 31 10s; Mid. and East Kent ditto, Zi 5s to 61 per cwt. WHITECUAPEL. There was a decided improvement in the demand for each kind of Meat, the prices of which had an upward tendency. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. QUEEN'S BENCH.—( THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN RE WILLIAM HENRY BARBER. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS said he was instructed on be half of Mr. William Henry Barber to apply that he might be re-admitted as an attorney of this Court. The application was grounded upon affidavits made by Mr. Barber, which stated that he had been articled to a gentleman practising as an attorney let Tonbridge, whom he had served as an articled and stipendiary clerk for sixteen years, at the end of which period he received a certificate of his integrity and ability. He was admitted as an attorney in Easter term, 1836, and continued to practise in that Capacity until the 9th of Dec., 1843, when, it will be re coil( eted, he was apprehended on a charge of forgery, subsequently convicted and sentenced to transpor tation for life. On the 14th of November last be rec( ived her Majesty's pardon, and had now returned to this country. He (Mr. Wilkins) under stood that his Learned Friend appeared on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society, but he believed not so much to oppose the application as to show a proper jealousy on their part as to the character of persons seek ing to become members of the profession. The free pardon of her Majesty had been granted after a long and anxious investigation, which clearly established Mr. Barber's innocence, and he trusted that their Lordships would be of opinion that he was entitled to be reinstated as an attorney. Sir F. THESIGER suggested that a further inquiry should be instituted, not with reference so much to that particular conviction as to the general character which he bore in the profession previous to the Court allowing' his re-admission. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS, being acquainted with the wishes of Mr. Barber, said he was justified in stating that Mr. Barber courted investigation, and would render He information which was calculated to forward it. 11 e had on l y to a dd the request t h at t h ere m i ght b e no delay before the investigation was entered upon. Lord DENMAN thought that the investigation ought to take place at once, and suggested that the matter should be referred to one of the Masters for his report. This was ultimately agreed to, and it was arranged t hat the Master's report should be bro ught up on an early day next term. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DA. Y.) JONES V. PRITCHARD. This was a case of libel arrising out of a dispute which had taken place between Mr. George Jones, the trage dian, and Mr. Pritchard, the manager of the York eir "it, relative to a contribution to the fund for preserving bbakspere's house at Stratford. The defendant had Published the libel in the Yorkshire newspapers, and issued it to the theatrieal world as a circular, and for v ery instance wh ere th e c i rcu l a r had reached the hands 4, 1 the party to whom it was addressed, the plaintiff had !'oninaenced a separate action, making in all seven dif 7erent snits to recover - compensation in the shape of !!ixtages for the same libel. A few days ago, however a , Alr• Cockburn, on b e h a lf o f the defendant, obtained i, 1113 rthi• calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why I: proceedings should not be stayed in all the actions t One, until that one had been tried, and that rule was argued yest er d a y. Mr. J ust i ce E E now gave judgment, making the rule for the Stay of proceedings absolute. Mr IN RE MR. SAUNDERS. :n - • IN PPB applied on behalf of this gentleman, who is at attorney of the court, f o r leave to renew his certifi • me,rhe T having f or some years di scont i nue d hi s pract i ce . min • • 'althea ERLE upon looking over the a ffi davit, d it a ppeared that Mr. Saunder's had been out of practice for the last eighteen years, doling which time directed hi s attention to a study entirely unconnected 7T I the j aw. Under these circumstances, he was !:2hged to order by a recently established rule, that e •ar z • Saund er ' s should go through the ordeal of a second e atuinati on b efore the examiners of parties applying to 13 admitted attorneys. FIPPS said it was true Mr. Saunders had been Kluying theology during the last eighteen years, in the F,.aPactty of a missionary at New South Wales, but if his 14:_ordship would look at the certificates, he would see .fit Mr. Saunders had been in the habit of associating "1 1 4 1 the judges and magistrates of that colony. r. Justice ERLE said that might be so, but it would departing from the established practice 11iI c tsti , ft e il h tli m °r a i t a t e er h s i . 8 tern i u . ° application was accorlingly postponed till next SEC ONDARIES'. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) MILLER AND OTHERS V. SMITH. ere en A FOREIGN CONTRACT.—The plaintiffs in this act ion in gineers at B r i ghton, and defendant is also a work atun g engineer, T he of 40Z, ' use. hadandr eceived to and for the Y for money ction was brought to recover the Plaintiffs . Mr. C ORRIE stated the case.—That plaintiffs had en rt_ered into a contract with the Austrian Government to Is u p a steam-vessel, and it became necessary that Eng h.artizens should proceed to Venice to perform the "rk- Defendant was one of those, engaged at 365. a w eek, and all travelling and extra expenses to be paid; 4 ncl 40/ , w as advanced to the detandant, and he was di ected to proceed to Venice. This, however, he did not; d am , W, conse quently, an i nconven i ence arose; b u t no ti le as sought by t h e present act i on, b ut mere l y r f ereci ec °Tery of th e amount e l As the defendant had s -Jn the ea seudgment to go by d e f au l t, there could b e no dou b t aefevnilence was adduced to prove the contract, and that Th"e"t did not perform his part. ~__ jury gave a verdict for the amount. Tw.ntmeat AND IMPORTANT CASE.—KINGDON V. FORD. Inn'4.l2e Plaintiff in this action is an attorney in Clifford's _ and defendant a baker in the Old Bailey. The r e a lloh was brought to recover the sum of 191. 25,, the b alance of a joint and several bills of exchange, of -which the defendant was alleged to be one of the acceptors. _The defendant pleaded tha t f he did n o t accept t h e bill . M . Kingdon ing the cas called e ipla appeared, and after stat• Mr. Cubley, who stated that b e was the trustee of a loan seciety. Re saw defendant s ign the bill, and knew loin by having had two previous tran sactions with him. Witness indorsed the bill in the Roland" (Mr. Roland being at the t re e s a c " oli C . rt r u e au b s i o e t i e:e:b n u i ci n t ---is bwitl:olu; n bas since retired) to Mr. Ringdon. Cross-examined by Mr. Tnostss the society. Indorsed the bill to plaintaiffs Pa si deration, and employed Mr. Shepherd (Mr, iii e d e : , 8 to bring the action. g ' a Mr. THOMAS here submitted that there was no ease—. it was clear the plaintiff had no right of action; the fact was one of the parties had been sued in the County Court, but as nothin g h a d b een recovered, the Bill had been .put into th e h an d s ' of an attorney, to sue in the Superior court, which the Courts had held ho had a right to do. The SECONDARY said they must keep to the pleadings villieh were no acceptance. Mr. THOMAS' said it was impossible to plead or to know the facts in all cases—as in this a conclusive fact ~ THE SUN, LONDON, arose on the cross-examination, and surely if he showed there was no plaintiff the cruse must fall. The Learned SECONDARY said the question was whe ther he ought to have admitted the evidence in cross examination on the plea. Mr. THOMAS said ►here was a second plea, which he did net promise, and he would be entitled to show in evidence that the plaintiff had no title ; and, conse quently, there could be no promise on the bill. The SECONDARY said there was only ono plea end one issue, non-acceptance. He would take a note of the objection, but as the plea stcod he was decidedly against the Learned Counsel. Mr. THOMAS then addressed the jury, and said that, according to his instructions, he should be able distinctly to prove that the acceptance was not in the handwriting of defendant. _ _ The defendant's brother swore positively it was not, and other witnesses spoke very confidently to the same point. The jury, however, almost immediately gave a verdict for the amount claimed. Mr. THOMAS applied for the writ to be retained, on the ground that the plaintiff had no title in the bill. The SECONDARY repeated that he thought he ought not to have allowed the evidence on that point to have been elicited when there was ,no plea that he had taken a note of the objection. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Baron ALDERSON took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock. THE LATE ACCIDFET ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN. — Samuel Bealey, an engine driver, and William Wilkins, a stoker, surrendered to take their trial for the alleged manslaughter of a man named Perry, a ballast man, also in the employment of the company. It appeared from the statement of Mr. BODKIN that the prisoners were in charge of the " Vulture" ballast engine, and that on the evening of the 17th of Novem ber they left the Old Richmond station, for the purpose of going to London for coke. The Datchet Express was due at that time, about six o'clock, but was five mi nutes late. Notwithstanding the rules which forbade such conduct, the prisoners moved their engine from the station. On reaching the junction of the Datchet line with the Richmond, the Express came up, drawn by the " Hornet," and a violent collision took place. The vio lance of the shock threw the deceased on the engine, on which he and some other labourers were being conveyed to town, by which the back of his skull was fractured, and he died on the spot. Some of the others were most, severely injured. The prisoners jumped off, and escaped without any sericus injury. Mr. Goueh, superintendent of the locomotive depart ment, produced the rules, with a copy of which each of the drivers and stokers were presented, their signature being taken on its receipt, and stated that the prsoners had been guilty of a gross neglect of duty, inasmuch as the rules directed them not to proceed when a train was due, or for a short period after its time. Some of the persons who were on the engine detailed the circumstance. The prisoners, they deposed, were perfectly sober, and that when they heard the express coming they shut off the steam and applied the breaks, calling out at the same time for the men to jump off. The engine was going at the rate of four or five miles an hour when the break was applied:- Healey was heard to say that it was time to start, as the express had passed. Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prisoners. The case is likely to last the greater part of the day. MR. RIGBY WA SUN'S FIGURES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—With your kind permission I beg to correct an egregious mistake in Mr. Wason's " Budget for the Million," published in your paper of Thursday last. The error referred to occurs in his numera tion. The following figures, expressing, as he says, the value of realised property, he reads erroneously :- 4,400,000,0001. This sum Mr. W. calls four bil lions four hundred and forty millions, which is pal pably wrong. It should be read four thousand four hundred millions, which is enormously less than the sum he reads. The difference between the two is as follows, viz. : The amount as read by Mr. W. £4,000,440,000,000 The real amount Difference .... £3,996,040,000,000 Which difference would be more than sufficient to pay off the national debt 4,995 times over, taking the debt at 800,000,0001. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. H. ROBEY. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Jan. 30, 1849. [The error to which our correspondent alludes was one of words, and not of figures. Mr. WASON calculates the amount "correctly," but called it erro neously. It should, as our correspendent states, be read four thousand four hundred millions. A billion was stated by Mr. WASON to mean a milllion of mil lions ; it was therefore manifest that the mistake oc curred in the hurry of the moment—was one of form, and not of substance. The figures he wrote down were 4,400,000,0001., and surely every one of our readers could readily comprehend their signification and amount.=ED. Sun.] cleansing, as adopted by the National Philanthropic As sociation, which at.sociation have given constant employ ment to 36 poor seen as " street orderlies." A vote of thanks having been passed to The Sun, and other news papers, for its advocacy of the cause of the poor, the meeting, which was well attended, separated. . We learn that a house in Liverpool has received a large consignment of English copper money from the United States, the coin, taken out by emigrants, having accumulated there throughout many years till it became of sufficient bulk to be worth sending; home. EMIGRATION FROM PETMOUTII.—JAN. 29.—There are 550 emigrant?, in the de pot, waiting for the arrival of the - tollowing ships :—The Amagrenice, Susannah, Age. noria, and British Empire. The depot is quite lull with this number, and preparations are being made for the enlargement of the establishment, so as to accommodate 1,200 persons. The Pemberton, Captain Richardson, sailed to-day, with 355 Irish females for Port Philip, under the care of Dr. Sullivan, a gentleman who is well known in the emigration department. The William Hyde sailed to-day for Port Adelaide and Port Philip. She is a private ship, and belongs to Messrs. Marshall and Edridge. The Stebonheath is expected to sail to morrow for Port Philip, with 300 emigrants on board. The next ship to sail is the Inconstant, Capt. Collinton, with 206 emigrants for Port Philip. Mr. Parker, the late Poor-law Commissioner, whose name was recently mentioned in connexion with the Andover union, em barked in the William Hyde for Port Philip. A RoGun DETECTED.—An impudent Cornish beggar lately blackened his face and hands, and success fully appealed to the sympathies of several householders of St. Austell as a distressed and deserving negro; but, unluckily for himself, he forgot he had a hole in his trowsers. A gentleman, whose eyes were keener than those of his neighbours, at last noticed that the beggar's legs differed in colour from his face; and the consequence was that he was apprehended, and afterwards committed to Bodmin gaol for three months. We are informed that the French Post office have definitively made the arrangement with the Boulogne and Amiens Company which we mentioned on the 231 instant, for the conveyance of the quick mail between London and Paris, via Boulogne, even although Calais is for a time to be the packet port. It also appears that the plan for our steamers to run between Dover and Calais is to extend only over four months of the year —namely, from the 15th of November to the 15th of March, and that during the remaining tight months the existing route is to be resumed. So that the change, which is to come into operation on Thursday, will not continue in the present instance more than six weeks. CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION versus CIIOLERA OR OTHER PESTILENCE.—History informs us that pesti lence, the scourge of society, has prevailed frequently and virulently in ages, countries, and even special dis tricts, in which cleanliness and the proper ventilation of houses lave been little considered. Without entering on the various theories respecting the exciting causes of pestilential disease, a little research will afford sufficient proof that want of cleanliness has been a principal cause of their aggravation and rapid diffusion. It we read the account of our own metropolis during the last calamitous visitation of the plague in 1665, and compare it with its present state, we may convince ourselves that our pre sent exemption from the - recurrence of such an evil is secured to us on better grounds than those of precau tionary laws of quarantine. At that period, in the history of that vast city, the streets were narrow, the houses projected in the upper story, stud the spaces be tween them crowded with large signs hung across, thus checking the free circulation of air, essentially neces sary for the health of the inhabitants. To the miasma constantly c ngendered and rising from open drains and neglected sewers, were added those caused by the fer mentation of heaps of rubbish ejected from every house, and which the indolent inhabitants could scarcely be compelled to remove. Nature has provided means of care) ing off impure air, and replacing it with such as is suited to animal respiration ; but here its intentions were defeated both by the construction of the buildings and the habits of the people. Drainage as well as ven tilation of the buildings was at one time totally disre garded, and the result was a perpetual recurrence of fevers.—The Builder. LUXURIES IN PRISON.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Milbank prison, on the body of Sylvanus linden, aged 17, a framework knitter, of Nottingham. The deceased, it appeared, was received into the above prison on the Ist of February, 1848, having been con victed at Nottingham of stealing a piece of linen, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He had been in prison eight times previously. His death took place in the infirmary on the 25th instant, the cause being pulmonary consumption. In reply to a question from a juror, it was stated by 1)r. Baly, the physician, that the deceased during his illness had everything that be wished tor. Amongst other things he had wine, brandy, tea, oysters, oranges, isinglass, jelly, puddings, mackerel, and eggs. Verdict—" Natural death." FOREIGN CORN.—A cargo of new foreign wheat having recently been imported into one of the outports, which was found, on being landed and housed in bond, to be rapidly deteriorating in condition and quality, so much so as to render it probable it would become useless as an article of food, the owner purchased a cargo of dry wheat, and requested the privilege of mixing it, after landing it from the vessel and delivering it into granary, with the raw wheat, so as to preserve it from decay. Application having therefore been made to the authorities in London to be allowed to mix in bond the two cargoes of wheat, one being raw and fast deteriorating, and the other kiln dried, they have, in order to save the destruction of so large a quantity of food, allowed them to be so mixed, on condition that all claim for all owance for waste; be abandoned. • MORE TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The East India Com pany have, it is understood, applied to the Government for three regiments in addition to those which have just embarked for India.. Should their request• be acceded to, a force, amounting to 6,000 rank and file, will embark for India during this year, the entire cost of maintaining which will be borne by the company. THE MONUMENT TO PICTON. The ridiculous monument erected at Carmarthen to the memory of Picton is at last completed. It is a clumsy, dispropor tioned pyramid, manifesting by the rapid tapering of the shaft that the cash of the managers was exhausted, or that the builder was tired of his job. At 'the base run out four promontories, from each of which a large can non, with feeble carriage, frowns on passengers as they approach—what they may mistake fur the chimney of a manufactory. It is to be hoped that this monument of the bad management of the projectors will be a beacon to warn persons against altering what they are not quite sure of mending.—Cambrian. THEATRE-ROYAL, Noawica.—The performances at this place of amusement on Thursday last were under the patronage of the officers of the 16th Lancers. The Merchant of Venice was performed, with other enter tainments, and went off well. There was some excellent music performed by the band of the regiment. The house was crowded. EDINBURGH THRATRE..—Mr. R. L. Shiel's cele brated play of I,vadne, which has not been performed here since the days of Miss O'Neill, was produced on Thursday. Miss Faucit's representation of Evadne was replete with exquisite tenderness and lively expression of love and sorrow, and evoked the sympathies of all who witnessed it. At the conclusion of the play Miss Faucit was called for, and received the reward her per formances so well merited. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE UNI VERSITY —Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, an in quest was held by Mr. Cooper, coroner for the borough, at the Little Rose, Trumpington-street, on the body of Mr. William Gasson, of Christ's College, who was found dead in bed on Monday morning. The deceased gentle man was twenty-nine years of age, and had just taken an mgrotat degree on Saturday last. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Johnson, surgeon who made a post mo7tem examination, that the cause of death was en largement of the heart, producing an obstruction in the valves in the left ventricle. It seems that the deceased, who lodged at Mrs. Rudd's, near Addenbrooke's Hos pital, had been in precarious health, and was occasion ally attended by Mr. Johnson, during the whole of his University course. He had likewise consulted some of the metropolitan members of the medical profession. On Sunday, however, he was able to attend church, and at half past ten o'clock on Sunday night he retired to rest in much his usual state. On Monday morning one of the members of Mrs. Rudd's family rapped at his door, and receiving no answer, entered and found that the deceased had been dead some hours. This event, though so awfully sadden, was not unexpected by Mr. Johnson, who, however, thinks that it may have been accelerated in some measure by the natural excitement consequent on taking his degree. The Rev. James Carmel', fellow and tutor of Christ's College, attended the inquest. The jury returned a ,verdict of "Natural death." —Cambridge Advertiser. WHAT WAS A POUND IN A.D. 1.000 ?—ln Alsace, at the end of the tenth century, the common money for current purposes was the pfennig. It was of copper, and sixty of them weighed exactly ono mare, or half a pound avoirdupois, or 120 of them were a pound weight. The price of a sheffel or bushel of wheat, weighing sixty pounds, or the same nearly as our English bushel, was seven of these pfennigs. Copper, probably, bore a higher value in proportion to silver than it does in the present day ; or the bushel of wheat was sold for less than a penny farthing. About two hundred and fifty years later, in the same country, the same measure of wheat was sold at twenty-fourptennigs, or about three pence farthing. It appears by the accounts preserved in the cathedral of Strasburg that the wages paid to the masons employed in the erection of that edifice was from oue and a half to two of these pfennigs. At the building of the great bridge at Dresden, in the thirteenth century, the labourers were paid two pfennigs daily ; and, according to some fragment of mining accounts of Tillot and Chateau Lambert, the operative miners re ceived no more than two pfennigs.—Jacob on the Pre cious Metals. EVILS OF SHORT LEASES.—In consequence of the good title of all building land in France, and every other country I know but England, house property, being freehold, ranks first in the list of securities for capital. It is quite the reverse in London. Look at the many mouldering carcases, fit for nothing but to pull down, standing on the Crown and City lands, New Oxford-street, Holborn, &c. &c., taxrd with a ground rent of ruinous extent, and a lease so short that no honest or calculating man would have anything to do with them.—Correspondent of The Builder. The Hon, Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Logan, of New South Wales, had an interview yesterday with Sir Charles Trevelyan, at the Treasury. VIENNA.—The Austrian army, which now consists of 500,000 men, is composed as follows: 358,122 in fantry, 64,524 cavalry, 31,815 artillery, 40,000 baggage men, and 5,539 marine troops. This poweriul army is to be increased to 700,000 men in March next. Italy and Hungary ore to contribute an important quota. An ipotheelt; : at Salem has written over his door, " All kinds of tliny stuffs sold here." IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 30.—The question of a discrimi nating rate is beginning to make progress amongst the popular party here. The Freeman's Journal has been hammering at the principle for a long time, and its views on the subject are becoming adopted in many quarters. People who once recoiled from the propo sition, are now beginning to talk of giving the pea santry an interest in the land. A Conservative M.P. says that the peasantry could not be employed in Connaught unless something of the kind was done, as the majority of the present holders have no means of giving wages. A landholder in Mayo has let his farms to English tenants, on a lease of twenty-one years, at 255. an acre, and undertakes to pay all the poor-rates for them. The importation into Dublin this week of fresh American pork has startled some of our Irish graziers. Mr. Smith, a Dublin provision merchant, has been the importer of fifty pigs, packed in ice, and they were perfectly sweet and fresh. At a wedding last week, at Nigg, in Ross-shire, John Munro, the bridegroom, who happened to go out at the door of the house where the bridal was being cele brated, was seized by three stout men and carried four or five miles over fields and ditches.. When he was missed all was dismay in the party, and the poor bride groom did not reach home till six o'clock in the morning, wet,and weary. An unlicensed Theatre in Maiden-lane, King's cross was attacked by the police last night, and eleven of the actors and actresses taken into custody. Sir Augustus B. Henniker, Bart., died on Sunday last, very unexpectedly, of diseased heart. De ceased was in his 54th year, and was rector of Thorn ham-Magna, Suffolk, and an active magistrate, and chairman of sessions of that county. He is succeeded by his son, Brydges Powell. in ECONOMY PER RAILWAY.—The reduction the price of coal consumed at Bury St. Edmunds, since the opening of the Eastern Union Railway, has been equal to the yearly amount of poor-rate levied in that town. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—Last evening the annual general meeting of the governors of this institution was held at the Board-room of the hospital, Gray's Inn- lane, Mr. Pritchard in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Fenn) read the report of the hospital for the past year, which showed the number of patients relieved in 1848 to have been as follows:—In-patients, 667; out-patients, 27,944; making a total of 28,6 11. This exhibits an increase of 39 in-patients and 6,551 out-patients, as compared with the previous year. The total receipts for 1848 amounted to 4,501/. 125., being an increase, es compared with 1847, of 8311, The expenditure amounted to 4,843/. 9s. Bd., including 2,093/. 7s. 7d. as old debts paid off in 1848, and leaves a balance against the institution of 341/. 17s. Bd. The report further stated that in consequence of the imperious necessity for practising a rigid system of economy. .by reason of . the limited extent of the funds, the committee had been compelled to keep two of the spacious wards of the institution un o2cupied. Nevertheless, these two wards had been held in perfect readiness to meet any such public emergency as an outbreak of cholera in the metropolis ; and 154 of the pauper children removed from Mr. Drouet's establishment at Tooting had recently been accommo dated within them ; 87 of these children had been vio lently attacked, but owing to the effective medical treat ment of the patients, promptly rendered by the institu tion, only four had proved fatal, and even in these four cases the children were in a very bad state at their ad mission, and died within a few hours after. Mr. Christie then moved, and Mr. Goddard seconded, the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to, and after voting thanks to Dr. Marsden (the founder of the hospi tal), the committee of management, and other officers, the meeting separated. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—As an extraordinary proof of the mildness of the season, a ripe strawberry may be seen at J. Abraham's, watchmaker, gathered on Tuesday from a hedge a t Venslooe, in the neighbour hood of Liskeard, and the flowers of spring, butter cups, and primroses, are common in the same locality. A very, beautiful butterfly was caught on Saturday, the 20th inst., between Merton and Beaford, by John Mitchell the Hatherleigh and Beaford post messenger. He has been on the road about five years, and each year has seen a butterfly particularly early and near the same spot (the Billies near Merton). Last year he caught one there as early as the 2€l of February.—Devonshire Chronicle. _ _ _ A large meeting of landowners, farmers, and burgesses of Taunton, was held on Saturday last, in the County Hall, to petition Parliament for economy and a remission of the window-tax, assessed taxes, and other obnoxious impost.. Mr. Escott was called to the chair, and having addressed the meeting at great length, and amidst universal applause, proposed a petition, which was unanimously adopted by the meeting. The petition is to, be presented to the House of Cemmors by the Right Hon. H. Lebow:here, Member for Taunton. THE STREET ORDERLIES.—A meeting of the Committee of Licensed Victuallers, formed for the pur pose report et d ieg of providing employment for the poor as street orderlies, was held on Monday evening at the Upholder's tee, an d 1: ), V, Poland -street, Oxford-street; the chair was taken last fivanci The a r. C* Ireland, Lumber Troep Tavern, Fetter-lane. sreretary, Mr. John Smart, read an elaborate etailin g the successful progress of the commit tee the list of subscriptions received since their al statement, Itniouuting to ucany 701. Re solutions were passed in favour of this systun of street WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1849: LITERATURE. PEREGRINE SCRAMBLE; or, Thirty Years' Adventures of a Blue Jacket. By Captain Sir 11. V. Huntley, R.N. 2 Vcls. There a. e species of literature in which truth and fiction may be combined in a more adroit and in teresling manner than in ih) nautical novel. It introduces us to scenes totally at variance with those to which use are accustomed, while at the same time those scenes are invested with an air of reality which is infinitely more attractive than the improba bilities of romance. " Peregrine Scramble"—the adventures cf a sailor, written by a sailor—is ren dered peculi2rly fascinating by its evident truthful ness. Nest probably the actual events here narrated never really transpired, but they arc for the most part samples of incidents that may, and perhaps do, chequer tl e career of many a "Blue Jacket" simi larly situated to Peregrine Scramble. We do not propose to follow the fortunes of the hero from the time of his first donning the blue jacket until the close of the second volume of his history, which, by the bye, leaves him with a "tale half-told." We must here content ourselves with commending this narrative of his adventures to those who, "living at home at ease," yet, in opposition to the asssertion of the old song, ove to think upon " the perils of the seas." The interest of " Peregrine Scramble" is not occasioned by an intricate plot, its chief attraction consists in the natural manner in which a variety of interesting anecdotes and ad ventures are set forth. Mingled with graver matters relating to some of the naval engagements which have taken place within thirty years, are amusing relations of the troubles and perplexities of the individual Peregrine. Although more than usually fortunate on some occasions, and conspicuous for his gallantry and good conduct, the young "middy" is by no means exempt from disappointments. On one occasion, for instance, being in command of a schooner serving as a " tender" to his ship the Splendid, then form ing one of a squadron waiting in hourly ex pectation of som e engagement, Peregrine is elated by a summons to the flag-ship. He obeys it with alacrity, believing that some perilous and glorious service is about to be required of him. The little vessel is soon alongside, an d it s a mbitious com• mander stands on the dee of the admiral's ship, and receives orders to take on board so many quarters of beef, and " to go to the ships named on the list, give each a certain proportion, and then return to the Splendid with the remainder." The mortification of the would-be hero may be imagined. Towards the close of these adventures we find Peregrine on board the " Northumberland " during the passage of Napo leon to St. Helena. Of the captive Emperor very , little is said, and that little had been better left un said. For example, Napoleon is described as " cold as the bronze figure which so often represents him," when during that very voyage it was that he bade farewell to the distant shores of France with an emotion which drew tears from those who witnessed it, and the bare narrative of which affects all who peruse it. Again, we are told, that Napoleon asked a sailor if he had ever seen him before, and because that sailor happened to reply, `° Yes, General, I sa w you on your re t urn f rom Russia," the fallen Emperor scowled, turned on his heel, and "never addressed any of us ag a i n , a t l east while he remained on board !' whereas Alison (no very great panegyrist of Napoleon) tells us that, " both during the voyage out and while on board the Bellerophon, the charm of his conversation and fascination of his manner, won the hearts of the sailors, as the acuteness of his remarks and depth of his reflections excited the admiration of the officers." Nevertheless, Captain Sir H. Huntley's narrative constitutes a valuable addition to the stock of popular nautical novels, and will prove an agreeable acquisi tion to the general reader. MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH. Edited by his Brother, the Marquis of Londonderry. Vole. 1., 11.,111.,1V. Lord Londonderry has here undertaken a task which he evidently considers no less a pleasure than a duty, and he has executed it in a manner that does honour to his brother's abilities and to his own fra ternal affectii.n. It is unnecessary for us to say that our estimate of the political conduct of Lord Castle reagh differs from that of the Marquis of London derry. However, it is not our purpose here to criti cise Lord Castlereagh, but to comment upon the valuable work now presented to the public by Lord Londonderry—a work which makes its appearance at a most singular time—a work which tells us of Castle reagh, "the determined enemy of what was called Reform" (we quote Lord Londonderry) at a time when the principles he fought against are almost universally triumphant—a work wherein it is boasted that " Lord Castlereagh found Napoleon the master of Europe, from the gates of Paris to the banks of the Niemen, and he left him at St. Helena, a captive and exile in the midst of the Atlantic," at a time when the heir of that same captive reigns paramount within the gates of Paris Nevertheless, whether from these peculiar circumstances we regard the publication as peculiarly well-timed or peculiarly ill-timed, there, can be no question as to the value of the work itself. A biography of any :statesman, ..more especially of one so much eulogised and a much execrated as was Lord Castle reagh, will almost inevitably encounter animadversion or admiration, acording to the political prejudices of the reader; but this tvork is something better than a biography, and friends and foes will peruse it with interest. The political letters written or received by Lord Castlereagh are here collected and published. " I feel assured," observes the Noble Editor, "that these volumes will be hailed by History as no ordinary offering, and on this point I am gratified to have my opinion corroborated by that of a competent judge, my friend Alison, to whose inspection I submitted the manuscript." The following is Alison's corrobo ration :—" I cannot," he says, adequately express the gratification and interest which these papers, one and all, have afforded me. I consider them as in valuable materials for history, of which I hope in future largely to avail myself." The first volume of the series contains documents relating to "The Irish Rebellion." The second those referring to "Ar rangements for a Union." Vol. 111. tells of the " Completion of the Legislative Union," and Vol. IV. of " Concessions to Catholics and Dis senters," and "Emmett's Insurrection." The four volumes contain about eight hundred letters and various documents, heads of dispatches, minutes of cabinet councils, correspondence between the King and ministers, besides appendices and notes. For the light Ewhich they throw upon the pro gress and development of some must important measures these volumes are as valuable as they are interesting, while, it is hardly necessary to say, con sidering the subject of the memoirs, that the political opinions therein expressed must be received cam grano sails. Lord Londonderry's " Letter to Lord Brougham," in reply to the life of Lord Castlereagh, contained in the "Sketches of the Statesmen of the reign of George III.," and letters addressed to the Noble Marquis in reference to that epistle, and in corroboration of his defence of his brother's political character by Lord Ripon, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wel lesly, Lord Aberdeen, Mr. Disraeli, Sir James Graham, and others, are appended to the memoir of Lord Castlereagh contained in the first of these volumes. The following is Sir Robert Peel's testimony to the abilities of Lord Castlereagh : " I doubt," says the Right Hon. Baronet, " whether any public man (with the exception of the Duke of Wellington) who has appeared within the last half century possessed that combination of qualities, intellec tual and moral, which would have enabled him to effect, under the same circumstances, what Lord Castlereagh did effect in regard to the Union with Ireland, and to the great political transactions of 1813, 'l4, and 'l5. To do these things required a rare union of high and gene rous feelings, courteous and prepossening manners, a warm heart and a cool head, great temper, great in dustry, great fortitude, great courage, moral and per ssonal, that command and influence which makes other men willing instruments, and all these qualities combined with the disdain tor low objects of ambition, and with spotless integrity. It is not flattering to say your bro ther had these qualifications." As a contrast to this couleur de rose portrait, here is an outline of Lord Castlereagh's political opinions, as drawn by his brother's pen : " He was the determined enemy of what was called Reform of Parliament, and of all newfangled schemes for upsetting, under the fraudulent pretence of recon structing, the English Constitution; he knew well what England bad done without that reform, and he foresaw (again prophetically) what she might be driven to under the proposed changes. He always maintained that, in a representative Government, the preponderance of pro perty and high station was more conducive to order and general prosperity than that of mob orators or needy adventurers. He thought that a certain number of nomination boroughs were far less perilous than double the number of corrupt constituencies; that legislative measures were more likely to prove good and advan tageous in the hands of those who had a stake in the country than of those who bad none. He was no friend to a system which was to bo directed by men who had no other influence than what they could acquire by pan dering to the low interests and lower passions of a mis guided rabble. He knew that the Government of this country could be safely and successfully conducted only by an administration which enjoyed the decided and unequivocal confidence of Parliament and the Sovereign; and he would not lend his hand to hasten the day when the two Houses of Parliament would necessarily be placed in a state of perpetual variance cn questions of vital moment to the stability and repose of the empire. Such were, I well know, the general bearings of his comprehensive mind." The first volume contains an engraving of Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Lord Castlereagh. Differing as we do from the opinions of the Marquis of Londonderry—opinions which he occasionally sets forth in the most authorative manner, as when he says that the l)ul of Wellington " is ac k now i e ,, c d by the entire world, not only as the first counnander of the age, but also as ' one of the first statesmen"— we, nevertheless, sympathise with his affectionate veneration for his broth er'e memory, and we congra tulate him on the accomplishment of this labour of love. The melancholy• conclusion of Lord Castle reagh's career is briefly pissed over. It appears, from this account, that he had been suffering from gout, and his physician had prescribed a medicine calculated to lower his physical tern:perdment, but which, unhap pily, had the effect of also debilitating his mind— hence the depression of spirits which led to the catastrophe. LIFE AND REMAINS OF THEODORE HOOK By the Rev. 151.. D. Barham. 2 Vols. The life of Theodore Hook by the immortal Thomas Ingoldsby title of this book says more than could the most elaborate commendation. The biography of even an oinary individual penned by some ordinary writer i. „almost invariably attractive, and consequently the iaiei•est of such a career as this, narrated by such an histOrian, cannot be very incon siderable. Perhaps the mqst entertaining contents of these volumes are the anecdotes which are profusely scattered over their pages. There is a sprightliness and good- humour about :all the sayings and doings of Theodore Hook which 'invests even the most insigni ficant with a peculiar fascination. One of these anec dotes gives an rimus:Lng instance of Theodore's self-assurance and pulaularity. Passing with a friend a house which gave unmistakeable evidence that a dinner party was assembling within, the author of " Gilbert Gurney" laid a wager with his compa nion that he would himself partake of the banquet, and that his friend should join him there in the even ing. The wager was accepted. Theodore Hook raised the knocker, and was admitted by the footman as an expected visitor. .1 - laving made his appearance in the drawing-room, where the guests were await ing dinner, he at once entered into conversation with one of the group, and sow , as was his custom, had the whole room listening to him in pleased admira tion. Having thus ingratiated himself with the as sembly and with the host also (who viewed his unex pected visitor with soma) amazement), he suddenly discovered that he had made a mistake and entered a wrong house, having been invited to dine with a stranger in that neighbourhood. With many apolo gies he proposed to depart, but no one would hear of his departure, and when hii friend called in the evening he found him the hero of the feast, and so the wager was won. FRAN CE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. The National AssemiTly - metyesterday at one o'clock. Extraordinary precautions had been adopted for its protection. The number of troops in its im mediate tieighbourhood was estimated at about twenty five thou =and men ; the advance guard stationed on the Plai . :e do la Concorde was composed of the 7th and 9th battalions of the Garde Mobile ; the quays and streets adjoining the palace and the Esplanade of the Invalides were occupied with sol diers. /;he garrison of the palace had been likewise reinforced, and a battery of artillery was planted in front of the edifice, at the entrance of the Pont de la Concorde. A second 15th of May was not conse quently to be apprehended. The most contradictory reports circulated in the Slille des Pas Perdus, The Members of the Mon ' t,tgne, it was said, intended to move the impeach ' itii.ut of the President of the Republic. Another rumour states that M. .Nlarrast, who had an interview with M. Odilon Barrot in the morning, was to pro. pose to the Assembly to confer the superior command of the troops on General Lamoriciere, who had ac cepted it. It was also mentioned that M. Caussidiere, former prefect of police, had been arrested, &c. M. Clement Thomas, a member of the Assembly, fought, a duel in the morning with M. Coetlogon, editor of the Corsaire. That journal contained, on Stint - lily, an article in which M. Clement Thomas was g rossly insulted. The editor having refused to give up the name of the author of the article, M. Clement Thomas struck him. A duel ensued with small swords, and the two combatants were danger ously wounded. Generals Cavaignac and Lamoriciere arrived at an early laour, and remained a long time in conference together. General Lebreton too his seat, dressed in his ;till uniform, having been invested in the morning with the command in chief of the forces concentrated round the palace. The greatest agitation prevailed in the Assembly when M. Marrast, the President, made his appearance. No sooner had the Secretary read the minutes of the preceding sitting than the tribune was invaded by members holding in their hands petitions for and : , gainat the dissolution of the National Assembly. The procession to the tribune lasted about 20 minutes. Messrs. Buchez, Laissac, Mathieu de la Drome, Grand in, Denjoy, Montreuil, Gent, &c., succeeded each other, and explained the object of those petitions, but the noise was so great that it was impossible to ascertain either their origin or importance. The signers of one of them protested against the re actionary manoeuvres of the Royalists of every description. M. Odilon Barrot, Minister of Justice, having ascended the tribune, silence was restored. The Go vernment, he said, had thought proper to adopt mea sures to ensure respect for the laws, and protect the security of the Assembly and the people. The time of I the engagement of the Garde Mobile being on the point of expiring, the Government had prepared regulations and conditions to facilitate the re-engagement of such of the men as wished to continue in the service. February was the term of their engagement, and the Government did not wish to leave matters to the last day. The measures devised were such as would satisfy the gratitude of the country for the services rendered by those brave soldiers, the necessities of the treasury, and the regularity of the military service. The soldiers discarded were to receive a certain sum, which would enable them to wait until they could find employment. The proposed re organization had excited considerable emotion, particularly among the officers, who were desirous to preserve a rank to which they were no more entitled than the other officers of the National Guard. That emotion was communicated to a few battalions, and the Government saw the necessity of adopting means to prevent that discontent from de generating into rebellion. The eternal enemies of public repose, order, and society—(" You and your colleagues," exclaimed M. Bourzat.—Cries of " Or der, order.") The President told M. Bourzat that if he inter rupted M. Odilon Barrot a second time he would be obliged to call him to order. M. Odilon Barrot, continuing, said that the enemies of society were anxious to turn to account the discon tent of those brave young men, and, during the night, the Government had received a report, the certainty of which could not be questioned, that those deluded soldiers had entered into communica tion with a focus of political passions. This cir cumstance was a danger, of which the gravity had been perhaps exaggerated, but as it might lead to deplorable consequences, the Cabinet could not, without sacrificing its responsibility, avoid paying it particular attention. It preferred preventing dis turbances than having to punish their authors, and the chief of the military forces had, accordingly, adopted the necessary precautionary measures for de feating those culpable manoeuvres. The President of the Assembly having, by virtue of a decree of the Assembly, claimed the disposal of the troops, his request was immediately complied with, and he ap pointed General Lebreton, one of the questors, to take the chief command of the armed force. The liberty and independence of the Assembly were completely guaranteed. The legislative and executive powers might differ in opinion on certain points, but there were two on which they were perfectly agreed—the defence of the Constitution, to which they had sworn allegiance, and the repression of anarchical and anti social attempts. M. Degom.ee, one of the questors, said that, find ing in the morning the Palace of the Assembly sur rounded with infantry, cavalry, and artillery, he had waited on M. Marrast to inquire into the cause of that military display. lie there met M. Goudchaux, Vice-President of the Assembly, who had called to apprize the President of what was passing. M. Mar rast immediately wrote for information to General Changarnier. An hour and a half afterwards an aide de-earnp brought a letter from the General, stating that being then with the President, he could not wait upon M. Marrast. This was a want of courtesy to wards the Assembly—(No, no ! Yes, yes !)---and a violation of one of its decrees, providing that the President alone had the right to command the troops for the protection of the Assembly. M. Marrast said, that M. Odilon Barret had told him that when the conspiracy was discovered it was so late that he did not wish to disturb his sleep— (Oh, oh)—otherwise, he should have been informed of what was going on. Having claimed the disposal of the military forces, the President of the Council immediately complied with his demand, and it was he had invested General Lebreton with the command of the troops. This incident having terminated, the Assembly com menced the discussion on the proposition of M. bateau in favour of the dissolution of the Assembly. M. Fresnau, who spoke first, contended that recent events had completely proved that the unlimited authority of the Consituent Assembly was incom patible with all regular government. The country, he maintained, had not bowed to a mere name on the 10th of December last, and those who asserted that there was no political meaning in the choice made by 6,000,000 citizens calumniated the country. The country knew what it was doing when it named the adversary of the policy which, right or wrong, was supposed to be that of his rival. The question at issue, he was aware, could be easily solved by the present Ministers surrendering their places to certain Members of the Assembly, but they could not desert the post of honour in which they were placed, and were bound to remain to defend the policy which bad triumphed on the 10th of December. M. Jules Favre, who followed, said that, in con sequence of the military preparations with which the Assembly was surrounded, it should have passed to the order of the day on the proposition of M. Rateau without any discussion, and declared that it would not dissolve. Were it to yield to intimidation it would be guilty of desertion. The petitions presented, supposing the signatures to be authentic, did not speak the wishes of the people, and, even if they did, the Assembly should remain at its post with out heeding the judgment of the country. M. Fevre then denied that any serious difference existed be tween the Legislature and the President. But behind the scenes stood the really ruling party (alluding no doubt to M. Thiers), and, in his opinion, nothing was more dangerous than an occult Government, and nothing was weaker than a protected Cabinet.; (Bravos and murmurs). It was not true that the election of the 10th of December had placed an abyss between the Assembly and the President. .1%1 had, in the question of the election, sece ded from his party, thinking that the Assembly warmly the interests of the other candidate. vote of the country was a vote of respect espoused The enthu siasm for a glorious name, which had and risenfroomf thethe ranks of the people and wa s the personification revolution. He then examined the situation CabinetofsituationlN the Cabinet towards the Assembly not the elect of people ; it was not chosen for four ears, some an ephemeral existence. i the had lasted longer, others had b u t yThe Assembly h a d g l a d ly accepted it, and offered it .s support, which was dis dainfully rejected.—(Left speaking.) Th e lleforme gives the following account of the re ception, by General Changarnier on Sunday, of the deputation from the Gerdes Mobiles : Between two and three o'clock yesterday delegates of the Garde Mobile, forming altogether a battalion, assem- Wed in the Champs Elyse s. They then went to the Elyt eo National, to protest egainst the Ministerial de cree, which so brutally destroys their position. Three times they were refused admission, and told that force should be employed against them if they per sisted. The delegates returned to the Champs Elysiies, where they nominated a deputation to the President of the Republic. The President did not receive them, but General Changarnier did. The General commenced by praising the Garde Motile. The deputation then demanded the release of their chiefs, but the General refused. Referring to the right conferred by their en- S V N gagement, the deputation dernapte — e-14 dismissed before the Ist March t ,AW Album been accorded to the municiparitiglciOe The General reject e d the deiiid'irsitW _ said that the Government was not disprSieci,..to":didk4) 4 them such a present. Finally, the deputatin de. mantled to be allowed to serve to the end_ eltheireiagage ment, with the conditions, as regarctsliancstjpvlated by the Provisional Government. The atineral, taking his most superb air, cried that the Provisional Government, having nominated itself, was able to do what it thought right, but that the present Government was not bound to respect its engagements. M. Changarnier, proceeding to menace, declared that he would cause the mutineers to be arrested. The deputation, remaining within the limits of their pacific demonstration, then left the ElyEe3, crying, 'tiive la Republique Democratique et Sociale The Democratie Pacifique say?—" The Committee on the Bill against the clubs having . required the Minister of the Interior to lay before it the recent reports and the minutes of the Commissaries of Police relating to the sittings of the clubs, he formally refused to make any such communication. This refusal is perfectly comprehensible, but deeply to be regretted. It would have necessarily resulted from these documents that for some time, with rare exceptions, the demeanour of the clubs, and the spirit of their discussions, have been far from jus tifying the measures and urgency demanded by the Ministry. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 231 have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The Bolsa was closed. AUSTRIA. The following is the second paragraph cf the fundamental laws passed unanimously by the Diet of Kremsier : " Par. 2. Personal liberty is guaranteed. No one can be withdrawn from his natural judge; there can be no privileged and exceptional courts of justice. " No one can be arrested without the warrant of a magistrate, stating the grounds on which the same is granted, except when caught in the fact. " The warrant must be given to the person arrested at once, or at the latest twenty-four hours after his arrest. " Every one who has been arrested by the authorities appointed to watch over the public security (police) must be delivered over to the regular tribunal within twenty •four hours, or set at liberty. " Every defendant is to be admitted to bail on giving the security appointed by the court agreeably to the law, excepting when it is otherwise ordained by the penal laws." It is said the Diet will be prorogued to the 15th of May. Letters from Pesth announce that Comorn was bombarded on the 16th, and the fortress, garrisoned by from 8,000 to 10,000 men, was entirely sur rounded. Arrests continued to be made at Pesth. The Hungarian army consists of 67 battalions of 1,200 men each, 18 regiments of cavalry, and 300 cannon. -~-- ~~. ADELPHI THEATRE. This theatre last night. came in for its share of the rays of Royal influence„ the old piece of Sweethearts and Wives being played to a delighted audience, as performed recently at the Palace. Of so well-known a piece—one at which our fathers' sides were wont to ache when it was the vehicle for the drolleries of Lis- ton—we need say no more, than that its more modern rivals have not dried up the fountain of humour from which it was derived, nor removed it from the pale of fashion. Mr. Wright, in his performance of Billy Lackaday, proved that he is, or perhaps more criti cally speaking, that he may become the legitimate successor of one who was wont to set boxes, pit, and gallery in a roar. The house was crowded. i ~,~ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this morn ing in the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual exercise. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia of Hohen lobe Schillingsfurst, Lady Fanny Howard, and Ba roness de Speth. Her Majesty's private band will attend after din ner in the Castle. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. Armitage, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home- office. Mr. John Wood had an interview with the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Hodges, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on Monday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of South Australia. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur.-25 to 1 agst Inheritress (t to 60)- 27 to 1 agat Blucher, 28 to 1 agst Geraldine, 30 to 1 agst Cossack, 40 to 1 agst Dacia, 40 to 1 agst Ellerslie (t to 25), 50 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot (t to 10). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-9 to 1 agst Cant Z3ll, 10 to 1 agst Backbiter (offers to take 11 to 1), 12 to 1 agat Flatcatcher, 12 to 1 agst Dacia, 15 to 1 agst Loupgarou (t to 25). DERBY.-450 to 100 agst Flying Dutchman, 7 to 1 agst Tadmor, 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb, 20 to 1 agst Osterley, 25 to 1 agst Uriel (t to 10), 22 to 1 agst Strongbow, 25 to 1 agst Nunnykirk, 3 to 1 agst El• thiron (t to 25). - INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1849. Acceptances for the Metropolitan Handicap. st lb Cossack 5 yrs 9 0 Surplice, 4 yrs Inheritress, aged Peep-o'-day-Boy, 5 yrs Eryx, 5 yrs 8 6 Executor, 5 yrs 8 3 Canezou, 4 yrs Limestone, 5 yrs Mogador, 5 yrs Flatcatcher, 4 yrs The Tartar, 4 yrs Vampire, 5 yrs 7 6 New Forest Deer,agd 7 9 G walior, aged.... 7 7 Pantomime, 5 yrs Giselle, 6 yrs Ellerslie, 4 yrs Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs 7 Roscius, aged 7 2 Brg by Voltaire, 6 yrs 7 C Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 Fugleman, 4 yrs 6 13 Sponge, 4 yrs 6 12 Backbiter, 4 yrs.-- 6 11 Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs 6 11 Do-it-again, 4 yrs Dacia, 4 yrs Valentinia, 4 yrs Milford, 5 yrs 6 10 Bacchanalian, 4 yrs 6 9 Fernhill, 4 yrs Cockermouth, 4 yrs 6 8 Pillage, 5 yrs st lb Conquest, 4 yrs 6 7 Silver Eel, 5 yrs 6 7 Woodcraft, 4 yrs Tuscan, 4 yrs 6 5 Bellenden, 4 yrs 6 4 Trap, 4 yrs 6 4 flagley, 4 yrs 6 4 Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs 5 9 Sister to Ridiculus Mus, 6 yrs Bright Buck, 5 yrs 5 5 t by Muley Moloch— Gusman'sdam,4yrs 5 5 Baby, 3 yrs Slashing Alice, 3 yrs 5 3 Loupgarou, 3 yrs Pelham, 3 yrs 5 2 Roland, 3 yrs 5 0 C by Cesar, out of Basilic, 3 yrs Do-the-boys, 3 yrs 5 0 Lugar, 3 yrs Clarissa, 3 yrs Cotton Lord, 3 yrs 4 9 Flycatcher, 3 yrs Vasa, 3 yrs 4 7 Miss Bunney, 3 yrs 4 7 Sir Henry Hardinge, 3 yrs Eva, 3 yrs Clifford, 3 yrs 4 1 Don't say Nay, 3 yrs 4 0 Burghley, 3 yrs 4 0 Idle Boy, 3 yrs HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Blackdown hds., Fri , Castleneroch, near Buckland St. Mary-10f. Tiverton hds., Thurs., Dalverton-101. Carlisle harrs., Fri., Armathwaite-9. Egmont harrs., Sat., Clicken, Longwathby Moor. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Thurs., Down Hatherly; Sat., Broadway-11. Harrogate beagles, Fri., Low Harrogate-103. Captain H. Lewis's harm, Fri., Low Silton. Mr. Hildyard's harrs., Fri., Nunthorpe-103. Bedale hds., Fri., Watlass-103. Mr. Selby's hds., Fri., at Leamington Branch-103. Mr. Watson's hds., Fri., Nunnykirk. Tindale hds., Thurs., Stamfordham; Sat., Biding Mill-10, . Lord Elcho's hds,, Fri., North Charleston; Sat., Cat Inn-10f. F. B. hds., Fri., Free Water Hill-10i. Marham harrs., Sat., Stoke Ferry-11. Suffolk hds., Thurs., Cockfield Greyhound-103. Mr. Napper's hds., Fri., Lisgate Common-103. Surrey Union lids., Thurs., Henley Park; Sat., Lang. ley Bottom-10f. Southdown hds., Fri., Hellingley. Durham County hds., Fri., Stotfold-101. Raby hds., Fri., Hamsterley-10f. Berkshire hds., Fri., Coxwell Wood-163. H. 11. hds., Thurs., Lunway's Inn ; Sat., Theddon Grange-103. Toe ;Craven lids., Fri., Heathanger ; Sat., Great Shefford-103. Hambledon lids., Fri , Marwell Hall. N. F. H., Thurs., Bramshaw Wood; Sat., Hill Top Gate-10f. Vine hds., Sat., Ewhurst-11. Colonel Wyndham's hds., Fri., Fair Oak-11/. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Um., Thurs., Champ fleurie Gate; Sat., Armadale Toll -bar. TROTTING. Yesterday was the day appointed for the trial of pace between Mr. W. Lamb's brown mare and Mr. Owen Swift's ditto, two miles, in harness, for 501. a-side. We were not surprised, knowing the sporting prestige at tached to at least one of the contracting parties, to see a thronged attendance of " familiar faces." The betting, which ranged from 6 to 4 to 2 to 1, on Mr. Lamb's animal, augured a " square" match, as there could be no second opinion as to the intention of mi ne h os t o f the " Horseshoe," to win if he could. At half-past three the prads went up to the starting point, the twelfth milestone on the Staines road, the trot being thence towards Hounslow. Mr. L.'s mare, an aged animal, said to be fast verging on the last of her teens, was fully a hand higher than the quadruped on which the investncent of the erewhile " wonder" of the light weights was risked. The start was all in favour of Swift's animal, who was steered by Mr. G. Lawrence ; while Mr. Lamb's tooled by Bartley, was fretful, and rose in a style that betokened anything but the sweet qualities of her owner's namesake. Owen's nag went off at a moderate pace, and had covered nearly 100 yards before Bartley had steadied his flyer to a trot. When she did go, however, it was clear enough that " the race was not to the Swift," in both its meanings, but that, as to the rate of going, the a ff air was " all over but t h e t shouting." Mr. Lamb's mare shot by her opponent at at quarter of a mile, and left her " as if she was standi ng still," to use the phrase of a bystander. M at about 600 yards, and thence orwa seeing all chance gone by, prudently pul r l t e l d tuh. Lawren ce, seeing horsemen taken, rattled along at a pace thaltikmeeptwaheer not t accura t e l y at a respectable gallop. t t.endant so far as wo could In The Sun of Friday last, an error appeared in the arah,unceatent of Eead, Esq., 13. A., to the Mad Mastership of Huddersfield College. It should have been of the .Huddersfield Collegiate School. PIIUSSIA. The German Gazette of Frankfort says that the Prussian Government has resolved to request all the German Governments to declare in what manner they mean to conform to the resolutions of the National Assembly of Germany on the Constitution ; and if they are disposed to make a collective or separate declaration thereon. The Gazette adds, that whether Austria enters or not into the German union, Prussia will defend the federative system. I TAL Y. The Alba of Florence has intelligence from Rome up to the 21st. On the preceding day about 50 soldiers went to Monte Cavallo, demanding the 49 eration of General Zunboni with cries of "Down with the Constituent ! Death to the Civic Guard !" They were, however, dispersed by the dragoons and civic guard, and 17 of them arrested in the first instance; all the others were taken a few hours later in the environs of Rome. The Provisional Commission of Government at Rome has published a decree, dated the 19th, in virtue of which, considering that reactionary parties are actively engaged in opposing the elections, and over turning the existing Government, a Military Com mission is instituted, composed of seven members, to take cognizance of all attempts against the life and property of citizens, or against the present order of things. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa quotes a letter from Florence of the 22d, announcing that, at three P.m., the Cabinet presented to the Chambers a Bill for sending immediately a number of Tuscan deputies to the Italian Constituent Assembly at Rome. This Bill was received with loud applause by the Cham bers ; it was immediately transmitted to the bureaux, and the vote was expected to take place on the 23d. The Bill contains six articles. Tuscany is to send 37 Deputies, elected by universal and direct suffrage; every man turned of 21 is an elector, and eligible if turned of 25. Every Deputy is to receive an indem nity. The form and time of the elections is not fixed by the Bill. NAVIGATION OF TILE RHINE. It has been decided by a Commission, nominated by the States interested in the navigation of the Rhine, that the river shall be explored by agents of Baden, Bavaria, France, Hesse, Nassau, Holland, and Prussia. The operation is to commence in the spring, as soon as the state of the river shall permit. In the meantime all the documents and information that may be required are to be collected. A sum of 4,200 f. is to be placed at the disposal of the agents, 600 f. being contributed by each State. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. EXAMINERS' COURTS ON STANDING ORDERS. COMMITTEE Room, No. 23. (Bcfure Mr. SMITH and assistants, Mears. PRIME and DEW.) After the necessary proofs on the part of the Par liamentary agents having charge of the various mea sures, the STANDING ORDERS WERE DECLARED TO DE COMPLIED WITH IN THE FOLLOWING CASES:— Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (Ants amendment; power to alter tolls, and for appointment of officers). _ Same (junction with the East Lancashire Railway in Preston, and amendment of Acts). Severn Navigation Improvement Commission. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal (amalgamation, or sale, or lease of the Union Canal to the railway company). Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society (incorpo. rating and conferring powers). Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry, and Customs. Lanarkshiro (East and West Line), and Glasgow and Shott's Turnpike Road (amendment of Acts). ADJOURNED.—Windsor (Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South •Western, Richmond to Windsor Railway), with power to the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe. COMMITTEE ROOM, NO. 22. (Before Mr. MAY and assistants, Messrs. GUNNELL and PALK.) STANDING ORDERS COMPLIED WITH. Lancashire and Yorshiro Railway (Extension of Ashton branch of Clifton, and abandonment of part of Clifton branch extension, extension of time for purchase of lands, regulation of capital, and amendment of Acts). Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail way (Abandonment of part of line, extension to London and North-Western, extension of time for purchase of land, alteration of tolls, decrease of capital, and amend ment of Acts). Same (power to sell or lease to the London and North-Western, the Chester and Holyhead, or the Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, or to amalgamate therewith). York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Barmouth and Aln mouth new branches, ex t ens i on of time for branc h es, power to subscribe to Sunderland Docks). Same an d ( a N m e a wi g ca n s m tl a e t - i n o p n). on- Tyne and C a rlisle; Railway, lease Western Railway Companies .Barbour, and Dock, and Lancashire and Yorkshire (TransferandLondofoninteanrdestNinerthth; Preston and Wyre Railway: o t f undertaking). tysofanDaupbplilnic,stair 4;2: for regulating managem Dublin Improvement. — _ general improvement c.leasuisieng, and lighting proposing drainage, sewerage! I to appoint levying rates not exceeding Lls, ill the the power of. "Thciis to raise a sum of pound for paving, ound for sewerage not ex pound 6cl in the p .drainage, and commis i s i i g o b n t e irns:n and n a d council c lean 6 i ng whop and sha l 1 have therewith . pay o another of 40,0001. ceeding • t o en t a o ble the ff in ' of on-cOmpllalaCe, not Proofs n of a materially seri ° s deseription,also were adduced, and, u The Court adjourned at four o'clock. ocher objects CI SALE OF TIIE STOWS yesterid,ahye L IERARY.—This sale was p r oceeded with , and again attracted a very numerous compan y. only lots worthy especial notice were th e following:—" Missale in usum Eeclesise Audegavensis " with tw o l arge an d two sma ller minia tures, and di the capitals beautifully illuminated, or rubricated ; this ritual, which is printed in black letter, upon vellum, an d b ears date, An j ou , 1489, wa s c o mpo es d for the church of Anjou, and is of extreme rarity. I; does not app ear t o b e mentioned by any bibliographer, except Brunet, who, in his last edition, refers to this copy in Sir Mark M. Sykes's sale. The King of France's library is rich in missals of every provincial department of France, but no copy of this is mentioned in Mr. Van Praet's enumeration of that extensive collection. This missal formerly belonged to the Jesuits' library at Brus sels. Its disposal excited an active competition, and it was at length secured by Mr. Lilly for 631. "John Mil ton's Poetical Works, with the Life of the Author," by William Hayley, with portraits and plates, after Westall; brilliant proofs before letters, in ,3 vole., 1794. This copy was selected for Miss Mary Nicol. It was pur chased yesterday by the Rev. Mr. Sweet, for 91. 10s. Montfaucon's " L'Antiquicee Expliqu6 3 et Represent be en Figures, avec to Supplement et Monumens de la Monarchic Francoise," 20 vols., 1722, with upwards of 1,800 ;fine plates. This fine work was bought by Mr. Bain, of the Haymarket, for 191. The amount ,realised by the day's sale was 3791.75. 6d. GRAY's INN, JAN. 30.—Frederick James Funiivall, Esq., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 8.A., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law, by flat Honour. Ole Society of Gray's lane nU, 12% 2114 1..... ) -- ) 8 ) -.. ) --' ) --" D•-' ) pm. o- D 0 ...• D. -- ' 3- 0 0 - 0- 0 0 •-' 0 ..'" ;0 - :0 :0 ;0 ...A 1 . , 0 ••••• to to —• Lo -- t,o .-- to-- LO ••••• to -- to-..". to to -- to to -- to -- to -- to --- to --- to to to to to -- to to -- to -- to to to to to to -- to -- to-- I'' ' ' - --. V