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'rte -- DAY) nd crosS ry Ward assignees Lrs back' Cour, it of O.' 41' CO lll t a t con . 'tending tt of the itutca 1 :: a nd 6 0 ' ith 'Atteso°": 'hen ' Y.) !tion re per it IS" t° th e the EVENING SUN hearing the arguments in this cause. The facts presente'l no fe ature of interect whatever. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) THOMPSON V. DU RHAM . Thi S WAS a motion for an injunction heard in private Previous to the Christmas vacation. His H ONOUR gave judgment at great length this mo ‘ng, The qu rn estion turned upon the construc ti on o f t h e '7 4 , of a testator named William W a d e . I n th e mont h ne 1829, th e t es t a t or h a d entere d i nto partnership with three other persons as a worsted spinner, rd. W ool stapler ; and by the 28th article o f th e deed,i e w as agreed that if Wm. Hinde should depart this life re the expiration of the term limited for the partner -Brip• he should be at liberty to nominato any one or 'le tmore of his sons to succeed him in five of the shares, and profits' arising from them. Th e bill s oug h t to h ave o trusts of Win. Hinde's will executed, and prayed a , i en upon the bankrupts' property to the amount of the f a ' a re& It appeared that the surviving partners having :come bankrupt, the Commissioners •of Bankruptcy e e re about to enter a fir upon the bankrupts' Os when the • plaintiffs opposed the proceeding, t lk i ll i l t ,Pra . yed that no dividends might be received h nen- claim had been adjusted. That application, however was refused. His Honour was of opinion that hi ding to th e t rue construct i on o f W m. Hi nde ' s will w,s"_ ex ecutors were not authorised t o ma k e over t h e the testator's estate was unlawful, and constituted a debt re nt the partnership to 'Win. Hinde's estate. He could tot henv,aoweer, grantthe injunction then sought, because be deciding that it was the duty of that Court aullnc every decision of the Court of Review at the b e '' an ee of any creditor against whom its decision had en p r onounced.—The injunction was therefore refused. zl° lt'rli UNION RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BOLTON Thi s case RAILWAY COMPANY. hich was a motion f an innction to restrain itie the' defendants from erecting g certain ju works on Plaintiffs' line of railway, was concluded this morn- J u r His Hono ur sa id t h ere was no proo f that any in- Would be sustained, and the motion, therefore, must end over generally, with liberty to apply. -EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY ) "RH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—DARBON V. ROSSER. THESIGER moved in this case for a rule to show Why the verdict should not be set aside, on the of the damages being excessive. The case was la be fore Mr. J us ti ce Wi g h tman, at t h e s i tt i ngs after T' r te rm, and a v er di ct h a d for the plaintiff for 1,600/ her e were various promises assigned, and the defendant a r t Tcled the payment of a sum of money in satisfaction _acquittal of these promises. e b eNaLAN said the Cou r t generally knew what was, and Mr. Justice Wightman had an opinion Zil3° it but, without being taken to pronounce any t ai i on at present, the Court would suggest whether it e ° ,,, l d not be advisable that the parties should confer to " ""er, and the case could be mentioned again in the ec 't il l:se of the week. vir• TRESIGER assented to this suggestion. it.Ex P v. GARLAND, ADMINISTRATOR. beffr. PL ATT said this was an action of assumps i t, t rie d h • °re fir. • ustice Wightman at the last Guildhall sit- The declaration stated that Charles Garland, de sa"ed, was indebted to the plaintiff in his lifetime in the 3 301., and for which the deceased had given his 4 th l ant of attorney to confess judgment for the sum reill mentioned, with a defeasance indorsed upon the aao r i a °t of attorney. By that defeasance the sum of p a . , Was to be paid hy instalments, of which five were pip'sand eight remain un id. To that the defendant ilettllst, that he did p not . proms' e ; 2d, that he did 4,h,el.,ecute the warrant of attorney ; 3d, a set off ; and fi,tine statute of limitations. All the issues were found lt.tile plaintiff, except that witivregard to the statute of oait at • • , def end ' oll s7 on which a verdict was entered for the verplant, with liberty to the.plaintiff to move to enter a th e ' ° ,t for 741. Is., if the Court should be of opinion that The le of the statute of limitations did not apply. e warrant of attorney was given in 1832, and it was (4-pitted that all the instalments except the last three otgrillOt come within the statute of limitations, and the re,le• te st was with regard to th e se three instalments. The tion made at the trial was that the statute of li eltations had run as against these three instalments, be conl2Be by the terms of the defeasance the party had a t,;nplete right of action more than six years ago. He th e d, however, that that did not bar the right of h e Plaintiff to recover the instalments in dispute, and T '°g' • - uoted som e aut h or i t i es on the subject, t h e Ile ease said it would be necessary to look into , r TH E QUEEN V. KENRICK AND ANOTHER. hia was an indictm en t for a c ons pi racy to defraud jitGeorge4 William Featherstonhaugh of a valuable se y for 1681., by unlawfully, knowingly, and design nla e pretending hater certain carriag e , an d a certain and gelding, w the prop er ty a a lady d ecease d, alsince then of her sister, and that they were not the i ° Perty of a horse-dealer. The defendants had also that the horses were quiet. to ride and drive, with to defraud. The case wa s died b e f ore Lord Den -13411 at the sittings after last t erm , an d the Jury found -4 e two defendants guilty. the re B YLES now move d f or a ru l e to s h ow cause why cshould not be a new trial, or why the judgme n t o uld not be arrest e d, and why there should not be a p e ll l, ire de novo . Wi t h regar d .to t h e arrest o f j u d gment, ivi r i : l4 •l's it might be convenient to m e nti on th e p o i nt Caine - arose upon, the record. The indictment con e',_two sets of co un t s . O ne f or f a l se pretenees, in or a two that the h orses were qu i et, an d t h e property re b ll / 4 1 Y, and th e ot h er f or a consp i racy, by fraudulent K: ese ntations, to sell the horses and obtain the money. li a bi2 he submitted that the count for false pretences was that t ito two seriou s and fatal objections. It a ll ege d ho rs e def en d ants had fraudulently represented the the re t t° be quiet, &c., for the purpose of fraud, and had su ta _ obtained a vauable document or cheque for the tu,iitut,l6Bl. The first objection was,; that the indict the state whose order or cheque . it was that N t hatTi f v e j ' l t. dnt had; the consequence of that would be, N e at , )11 ' 1 1 be extremely difficult to plead that indict .oar to an indictment for a felony for the same t i) i ls , ° 3 l'er ° ty l r m , f . ° leY• The money was ;not laid to be the % tie te u,b ie _LnY person, but there were sever . al authori nlisb nhe would refer the Court, which would th e val uabl e coact that it was necessary t h at t h e money th a l t Prop ert Y °f side rat i on o b tained should be. laid to be in a tal s some party. The second objection was -eu t. e 1,4,03 warr anty was not the subject of an indict h xntit A '"nou, ti a 'e a said it was clear the Learned Counsel Mr, - 1 , -1° anth r ,,79l' the first objection, but he wished to -yt t , :',Ltles for the latter objection. for cht irie " a id there was Weekes's case, Pye's case, ° the c gton' s eou s ,. 0 141 ease, which all bore upon the point be teeirraey, i t Then with regard to the counts for the were'9th melvas laid down in the case of the Queen v. C oi , bad f or and Ellis, that counts for conspiracy tne a p:`°ts f or tieing too extensive. The words . ;a ere 1) 01 - "a, is b ad ' conspiracy to defraud, not stating the ob:P"se w as ' n ot showing that the conspiracy was for a qie ‘ t i`eti en 4130 nreessaridy criminal." He had another of th e , cl with Fi' s t , h at the younger Kenrick, who was ni b e acti on father, had died after the commencement i t% th e re " , and there was no statement to that effeot e°r d• After going through the evidence at ane COURT granted a rule upon that point also. ad Thi s Was a n ac ...Tolus SIMMONS. ly) 'lced b y tis non brought to recover a sum of 101. atidttWas trielbWeellfoerreoftiale ta.t t° a as th plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, to enterVe_rdict had for the vessel called the Pheebe. The Plaintiff,nd e andhe Sheriff ff a Glamorgan, ffor leave of rule Mlnonsuit havino• subsequentl been obtained, LTON now appeared fo AL cause against the s appeared that tl •ie vessel was lying in the port hilsea and thmaster being in want of money t " h' tai6 is owner, resid e I t distance df eleven to and the answer was t hat 411( . 1 him, but to t a hat a lie had no money try and sell the barley paa. 3ter '_i_s on . board at five shillings per bushel. The outh o not being able to obtain more than 3s. 6d. the 14(E1,, 440ppl,led to the plaintiff's agent, residing in Swan aavanced him 10/., which the owner refused pays 11 • p eging that the master had no right take ane Y on his account. The Learned Counsel .seri"ref, nf . rred to the l aw , as i t b ore upon cases of the tillkht4not 1 1 before th e C ourt, submitted that the verdict setTh to be disturbed. ae COURT was of opinion that the verdict ought to be e > and th e rule for a nonsuit m a d e absolute. tNetiEQUER. _( THis DAY.) k r. .„ RICKETTS V. NASII h k Iv_ Li , and Mr. PRIDEAUX s b thi s 4 " to set aside a release grantedthe plaintiff in * owed cause against 44,0 car, "hereby the plaintiff was plaintiff's attorney y had been de -4a i h -e u q his costs. It appeared that the th, -dsolvent, and having been run over and iured damages.. 11 1, -eferid ant, brought 'his action to recover 'th e e trial was had in August last, and lasted two days, 11,:esult was a verdict for the plaintiff with 501. damage e s , t o , .eosts incurred were upwards of 120/. The attorney % I tiihe defendant intended to move for a newtrial t bt Ilte e 3°lll of October some mutual friends interfered, that Plaintiff and the defendant met, and it was arranged . di et, former should accept the amount of the ver a Isele,"nd settle the dispute. The money was paid, and _ t he v p h e g, iron, the plaintiff's attorney being ignorant of f ,411.1.,,',° matter. The Learned Gentleman on behalf 'he t ',efedant contended that, according to the cases in tli, ,noßs, as it was clear that the offer to settle came from till,l3,aintif,'.he had a right to enter into the arrangement; tit ‘, : a N, t 'a to s no collusion on his part to defraud .the plain" r ne c ir, for he bona fide intended to move for a kroi N tli al, an his attorney swore that he had .good kig -1 8 for supposing that he would obtain a new trial, be itt,,,etttuany get the verdict ; therefore he thought t zirlgetnent a fair one. % 1 tttchl(ti.ty and Mr. BURT, in support of the rule, ‘.4,eicred, that as everything had been done behind the its tia °E the plaintiff's attorney, the Court must infer t 'N'' and collusion, for both the defendant and his at omi47knew at . the time the arrangement was entered test the costs to which he was liable were enormous, T h i lht the plaintiff was not in a position to pay them. t ' l lar, Q QoicitT NI tas a plainti were of ff opinion i that th e ru l e must b e dis d had a rght an ' l,4 e ; Ir l a n 37 liti gat i on in which he v at an y time to put as engaged. In this tlft_.,,tle o.Ter for an arrangement came from the plain ltnill,ser_e was, therefore, no collnsion on his part. ' oascharged without costs. /j pa. JD -r. man, b . ----, a IJEATH.--yesterday morning a - tat or pad attended the Insoivant Debtors Court as a spec Nrri ? kat)* years, dropped from his seat. He was 144:' out to a surgeon's eon's, and breathed his last. The 1 , , 3 " . '1its a Coroner's inquest. ketk,,,;?, WE&THER.---A heavy fall of snow crn thz. e - , -; tnis forenoon about ten, and has continued up to 4%4 ~elock without intermission. A keen wind blows ‘44th''.4° south-east, with every appearance of severe Mather. !the snow lies several inches deep in the streets. BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.) IN RE BARNARD CAVANAGH. It will be recollected that Mr. James applied to the Court yesterday for a rule nisi, and a writ of habeas corpus directed to the Governor of Reading Gaol, to bring up the body of Bernard Cavanagh, the fasting man, now in his custody, the propriety of granting which the Court took time to consider. This morning, when Mr. James came into Court, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he was of opinion that the rule nisi ought to be granted, so as to bring on the case for argument. He granted the application on the point as to whether the applicant had committed any offence within the statute. As to the other, point raised, that the pretence had not been negatived, he apprehended it would not be very difficult to deny that a man could live or die for five years. Mr. JAMES said he had understood from the officers at the Crown-office that it would be necessary at the same time to bring np the depositions, and he therefore moved for a certiorari for that purpose. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS-It will be time enough for that when the writ of habeas goes.—Rule nisi for a habeas granted. COOPER V. • EASTMAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a clerk in the employ of the Alderney Dairy Company, to receive damages from the defendant, Henry Eastman, a milk man, for assault and false imprisonment. It appeared that, on the 14th September last the plaintiff, in com pany with a man named Custans, a milkman of the Al derney Dairy Compans, had met the defendant in Gos well-street, and after some conversation between Custans and defendant, plaintiff said to defendant, who was carrying milk pails at the time, " Henry, I think you have one of our cans." Defendant said, " Yes, you may take it if you like," and swung the pails round, when plaintiff took the can off, but seeing it was not his, said, " I see it is not ours, and shall not have it," and put it down on the pavement. Defendant said, " I will not take it back, I will swear a robbery against you." Defendant then went to the station• house, and gave the plaintiff in custody on a charge of felony ; which, when heard the next day, was dismissed by the Magistrates. Defendant had been in the service of the Company, but had left about twelve months since, and had set up as a milkman in opposition to the Company. The plaintiff had been locked up in the cell at the, sta tion-house all night. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 201., costs 40s. Mr. Montague Smith conducted the case for the pro secution.. No one appeared for the defendant. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY SHAW V. HARRISON. This was an action brought by the assignees of an in solvent. In the pleadings it was demurred that the declaration should have been laid as of the assignees to the estate, and not of the assignees by, appointment of the Commissioners. Upon argument thereon before Mr. Justice Bosanquet (at the time Judge in Chambers), issue was joined, and the cause was tried in the Exchequer. Mr. Sergeant MANNING this day obtained a rule nisi for a new trial on points reserved, their Lordships how ever, giving their opinion that the motion should have been made in the other Court. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY IN RE ADOLPHUS JOHN FEW. The insolvent in this case was opposed by Mr. CooKE, on behalf of an attorney named Abbott. It appeared that he got a person of the name of Ham mond to accept a bill of exchange, for which the insol vent received the money, and Hammond being sued upon it, took the benefit of the Act. It then came into the hands of the opposing creditor, and proceedings being taken, he (the insolvent) defended the action, by which law costs were accumulated, and the Learned Counsel therefore sought that he should be remanded under the discretionary clause of the Act for entering a vexatious defence. The insolvent supported his application in person. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said it was evident that the insolvent fraudulently and vexatiously put the op posing creditor to unnecessary expense. He should, therefore, order him to be remanded for five calendar months from the date of his vesting order. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN MILLINGS. The insolvent was unopposed, and upon the Learned Commissioner calling on his attorney, Mr. Morrell, an attorney's clerk, named Mathews, said he appeared to conduct the case in his name. Mr. COmmissioner BOWEN said there were some attor neys practising .in that Court, who, without any regard to their own characters, the interests of their clients, or the respeet due to the Court, were in the habit of em ploying persons to conduct their business who were quite unfit for it. •It appeared in the present case that the unfortunate insolvent had paid, through his friends, the sum of 4/. for carrying him through the' Court, and yet he (Mr. Commissioner Bowen) would be compelled to send him back fur a fortnight, without any fault of his (the insolvent's). Such proceedings on the part of these attorneys were improper, and he should take every pos, Bible means to put an end to it. The order of the Court was that the insolvent should be remanded for fresh ser vices, and also that Mr. Morrell attend in Court to-morrow. ROYAL CHRISTENINGS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) " What is this, That rises like the issue of a king, And wears upon his baby-brow the round And top of sovereignty ?"—Macbeth. The approaching ceremony of the Christening of the Infant, Prince of Wales being the . all engrossing topic of conversation, and as such auspicious events do not frequently occur, it may not be uninteresting to many of your numerous readers, if I give a brief detail of a Royal Christening that took place in the northern part of this Island ; and, in many respects, as inter esting and important, as the forthcoming one. I mean the Christening of the infant Prince James the Sixth, of the unfortunate Stuart race. On the 19th June, 1566, in a small room on the ground-floor, in the south-east corner of the Castle of Edinburgh, the unhappy Mary, Queen of Scots, was delivered of a Prince, in whose per son the crowns of both kingdoms were afterwards happily united. " Uniting into one, both Crowns he claims, And then, conjunctively, Great Britain names." The ceremony of christening the young Prince was performed with all possible splendour. To meet the extraordinary expenditure occasioned by entertaining so many Ambassadors as were assembled at the ceremony, the Queen levied an assessment of twelve thousand pounds. It was managed thus:—The Privy Council called a meeting, both of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo ral, and of the representatives of the burghs, and informed them that some of the greatest Princes in Christendom, had requested permission to witness, through their Ambassadors, the baptism of the Prince. It was therefore moved, and unanimously carried, that their Majesties should be allowed to levy a tax for " the honourable expenses requisite." Still Mary was placed in great difficulty on the occasion, with regard to her own feelings and the innovations of the Reformers, now esta blished as the National Church of Scotland. This wa, natural enough, but it may perhaps be by some considered that she went a step beyond the bounds of prudence, by inviting the Pope's Nuncio to be present, as she must have been aware that it would only excite the ire of a great majority of her own subjects, and of the English Ambassador, the Earl of Bedford, who had been specially deputed by Elizabeth on the occasion, how much soever it might have pleased the Catholic Ambassador of France and Savoy. Mary, however, perceived all the evil consequences of the Nuncio's pre sence, in sufficient time to countermand the in vitation, and prevent his untoward arrival. The baptismal ceremony was performed according to the rites of the Romish Church, within her own chapel, which neither the Earl of Bedford or any Protestant Lords entered. Dc Brienne, the French Ambassador Extraordinary, carried the Prince between two rows of nobility and entry, to the chapel, where, at the door, the Archbi shop of St. Andrew's, assisted by the Bishops of Dunblane,lDunkeld, and Ross, received the infant. The Countess of Argyle held the child at the font, and the Archbishop baptised him by the name of " Charles James, James Charles, Prince and Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles, and Baron of Renfrew," and these names and titles were proclairnyi three times by heralds. with sound ..of trumpet. It was the Queen's pleasure that he should bear the name of James (after his father), together with Charles, after the King of France. Among the various presents that were made on this occasion, the Earl of Bedford brought from Elizabeth a pre. sent of a magnificent font of pure gold, curiously wrought, and valued at 3,000 crowns. In her in structions to Bedford, she desired him to say, jo cularly, that it had been made as soon as she heard of the Prince's birth, and that it was large enough then, but that, as he had now, she sup posed, outgrown it, it might be kept for the next child. Along with the English Ambassador came Robert Cary, (afterwards created by this very Prince, Lord Falkland), and many of Elizabeth's gallant cavaliers, on whom Mary made a most favourable impression, as indeed she did on all who were admitted to the honour of her society. A succession of masques and banquets followed, but in none did Darnley, her consort, take a part. Subsequent events will inform the reader why lie took no share in them. Elizabeth was not wrong in supposing that her font had grown too small for the infant Prince. lie was a remarkably stout and healthy child, and " made his gossips feel his weight in their arms." Mary was very proud of her son, and from his earliest infancy the establishment of his household was on the most princely scale. The Lady Mar was his governess; Margaret Little, the spouse of Alexander Gray, burgess of Edin burgh, was his " head-dresser," and for her g ood services there was granted to her and her husband part of the lands of the King's-barns, in Fife, during their lives: the chief nurse had four or five women under her, " keeping of the LITERATURE. A PILGRIMAGE TO AUVERGNE. 2 Vo Bentley, London, 1842. Miss Costello is one of the liveliest and mos observant of our modern travellers. We do not forget her " Summeramong the Bocages and the Vines," where, in tbe most attractive man ner possible, she made us familiar with all the strange, wild local legends of the picturesque districts through which she passed, and described their towns and hamlets, and the peculiar cus toms of their inhabitants, with a minuteness and accuracy which betokened how extensive and careful I'vas her observation. In the volumes before us, which are the results of a tour made, in the year 1841, through Artois, Valois, Cham pagne, Burgundy, and Auvergne, she exhibits much of the same laudable, inquisitive spirit; all that is worth visiting and inquiring about, she examines with particular- attention, and being, apparently, well versed in the copious, tradi tional literature of France, and having a quick eye to the beauties of landscape scenery, her descriptions are never wanting in truth and vivacity. In the spring of 1841 she left Calais, she tells us, for St. Omer, which, though in former times celebrated for its gaiety, and the splendour of its public buildings, is now one of the dullest towns in France. Here she made but a brief stay, and then continued her route, which pointed to Champagne, by Bethune, pass ing over one of those celebrated Roman roads which are still the admiration and wonder of all who see them. " These Roman ways, however,'' says our authoress, " are now only followed by the peasantry from village to village, and to them are known the secrets of their construction by the Father of Evil, who once exerted hi s skill in these parts, hoping to obtain possession of the soul of a young farmer, who imprudently taunted him with inability to make a paved road of a certain extent 'between midnight—the hour at which they probably met on the march—and cock crow. So rapidly did the Evil-One set to work, and so solid and far-spreading became the road he made, that but for the presence of mind of the young man's wife, his soul must have fallen a prey to the Destroyer ; she, however, hit upon the notable expedient of pulling the cock by the tail as he sat at roost, and thus caused him to utter his shrill salutation to day earlier than usual. The artful one was defeated, and his road on _the very verge of completion, left as a monument to after ages, of the triumph of female wit." This is not the only instance in which woman's wit has proved more than a match for the Devil. While in the neigh bourhood, of course Miss Costello did not omit paying a visit to the famous castle of. P eronne , so well known in the annals of the feuds between France and Burgundy, and where Charles the Simple met his death, and that crafty, politic tyrant, Louis the Eleventh, was very nearly en countering a similar destiny. The castle is now in a most dilapidated state, but the apartment wherein Louis was confined, by order of his rival the Duke of Burgundy, is still in tolerable pre servation, and was eagerly explored by our authoress, who says of it, " hideous and fearful is the room, lighted by one narrow window, to which a chain and bars are still attached ; a breach in the flooring at one end discloses a grate, through the thick, iron bars of which the waters of the dull, black river roll along, making ine gloom still more horrible by its plashing sound." Every reader of Sir Walter Scott will remember the admirable use he has made of this flict, in his romance of Quentin Durward. Of the castle of Ham, where Prince Louis Napo leon is now confined, Miss Costello tells us that few travellers are allowed to approach the walls, and least of all the English, who, the French persist in thinking, instigated the unfortunate Prince to his crazy enterprise. The second vo lume, which is the fullest in point of description, is, for the most part occupied with sketches of the grand mountain scenery of Auvergne, the Swisserland of France. We subjoin our travel ler's account of the ascent of the Puy de Dome —a mountain of enormous elevation, and the loftiest in the country : While we were conversing a loud shout was heard above us, and she started up, imagining that her hushand was coming down : she hurried before us, smiling and looking quite delighted; but called out in an altered voice that it was not him, only a mountaineer with his cows. Presently we reached the spot where the pair stood, and a more savage-looking apparition I never beheld than the herdsman before me. He was sunburnt, with black bright eyes, and a quantity of long wild black hair flying about his face from under' his large broad edged beaver hat ; his shaggy cloak was hanging in drapery round him ; he held a long staff, and was throw .ing his arms about with vehement gestures. When I approached, he rushed towards me, and, casting himself down on the grass nearly at my feet, began talking in a very high key, and using forcible gesticulations. I felt quite startled, as I feared he was offended at something; and appealed to the old woman, who, in a reproving voice, told him in patois not to make so much noise— " son Anglaises." At this word our wild man uttered a shout and clapped his hands ; he could speak a few words-of French, from which I gathered that he was de sirous of affording us assistance, and would with the greatest pleasure carry us in his arms up the remainder of the mountain. [anner. It is far from agreeable to find so much fault with Mr. C. Williams, who is really a clever man and a useful teacher. Indeed, except the Hills of Bruce Castle and Hazelwood, there is no family of schoolmasters who have done more than that of Mr. W. to elevate the business of school-keeping from a trade to a professiop. But justice to a suffering and persecuted, as well as learned and ingenious man, requires that the wrong done him in the present instance should be pointed out and censured. I felt afraid of being seized upon and borne away in spite of myself by my Orson-like champion, and with grateful acknowledgments declined his offer. He seemed surprised, but, after a little more conversation with our guide, saluted us, and scrambled up a steep path, where we soon lost sight of him. " There is no harm in him," suid our old lady, who nevertheless looked a little scared; tut these people have no education" 'We soon after met her husband with his party of three gentlemen, one of whom had a handkercief tied round his head, as the wind had carried off his hat on the summit of the Puy. They were amazed at our in tending to go further ; but though we required a hand at this moment to help us over a difficult pass, in the usual style of modern French gallantry they seemod resolved to take care of themselves only, and hurried away, while the husband called after us many bon coacrages, to en courage our attempt. Just where we met them a magnificent point of view opened before us. We were on a level with the Petit Puy, and beheld a panorama of the greatest beaut, stretched out as far as we could gaze ;—rocks, on rocks mountains on mountains, plains, valleys, and forests at our feet, peaks whose craters seemed still yawning, with all their chasms, unseen in the distance, clearly visible, and opening their huge jaws like some antediluvian mon sters. The Nid de la Poule is the most conspicuous, and presents a large hollow crater of most singular appearance. We had now arrived at the part from whence the as cent is the most difficult: to the crest of the mountain it appeared almost perpendicular, and all the way was strewn with the white ashes of its ancient eruption. We had now a very difficult task, and were obliged to exert all our energies to reach the summit, which after great exertion we at length accomplished. The wind roared round us, and was icy cold; and we hurried to throw ourselves down in a hollow of the irregular plateau which crowns the Puy, at the foot of an erection placed there for observations. In a few minutes we were able to look about us, and magnificent was the prospect which burst upon our sight All the wide extent of La Marche and Le Limousin was beneath us as in a map; the first elevations of the chain of the Mouts Domes running far into the distance, and those of the Monts Dores; the expanse of Lake .Aydat ; and the vast basin of La Limagne, through which runs the silver line of the Allier, which the eye may follow into the Bourbonnais. All this, and much more which we were assured we could see, we were not permitted long to gaze on ; for aluiost in an instant clouds gathered over the mountain, spreading in all directions as if at tracted towards it ; the blast howled furiously, and a dense vapour closed us in, shutting the landscape from us entirely. There was no hope of its clearing again, but some chance of a storm, which we had little inclina tion to witness ; therefore, hastily gathoring up some pieces of calcined rock, and a few leaves as souvenirs of the wondrous volcano, we began our descent. - PIIRENOTI PIC CHRONOLOGY. By Mr. C. Williants. The title of this volume cannot fail to attract the attention, and rouse the curiosity, of any one who has attended the lectures of Major Beni owski, on his improved system of Mnemonics, for which he invented the new name, " Phre or Brain Printing." Those who have notypies, heard his exposition of his system recognise, in its novelty and originality, the necess,ity ofa new designation, whereby it maybe distinguished from that of Feinagle, the absurdities of which the learned Major has altogether rejected, whilst he has simplified and improved all that was useful in it, or practica e ble. When this new term, there- Prince's clothes," &c.; five ladies of distinction I fore, invented on l y ( as B en i owsk i states i n a were appointed t o th e h onoura bl e of fi ce of recent pamphlet) on the sth of July last, ap " rockers" of the Prince's cradle. At the same pears as the title of the book before us, and is early age the child had a master cook, a fore man, and three oth er servan t s . H e h a d t h ree repeated six times i n t h e t i t l e page—w h ere Mr. " clialmer-chi e ld s ," one " f urn i s h er of coals, " W. is described a s aut h or o f phrenotyp i c geo and one pastry- coo k. Fi ve mus i c i ans complete d graPhY, phrenotypic grammar, &c.—one must the number of his household. Such was the naturally suppose at once that the book contains christening of James Stuart, afterwards King of a development of the new system—of Beniowski's Great Britain. system. Of the latter the most favourable, al though slowly and cautiously, formed, opi nions have been expressed in Thv Sun, after continued attendance at the Major's lectures and observation of his classes at the Adelaide Gal , lery. The titles adopted by Mr. Williams, are calculated to mislead our readers into the be lief that the " Master of the Westminster Aca demy" expounds the principles, which in this paper have been so much commended, and not those ofFeinagle, which we had, from experience, r rejected and condemned. But Mr. Williams has done Beniowski a greater injustice than the mere plagiary of terms, in transferring them to a se ries of contrivances long since exploded, as use less and absurd. In the first two maps in the present volume Mr. Williams gives us one hundred incongruous and unmeaning symbols, the perfect committal of which to memory is the first step in the organisation of his system, and which must be for ever associated with all ideas to be afterwards acquired in literature, in science, or in art. The Tower of Babel (not unaptly the first symbol)—a grotesque Elephant —a pair of Fighting Cocks—Robinson Crusoe—and ninety seven other unmeaning figures, located each in a separate compartment of a cruciform diagram, must be committed to memory in its exact place, together with the exact number of its compart ment, before the student can proceed to learn " My name is Norval," or the Multiplication table, upon these strictly Feinaglian Mnemo nics. Let us ask, even if the aid thus afforded to the memory were effective and permanent (as we know by experience it is not), of what use is it to remember the words of a poemy, or of all the poems of the world, if they must all be re called to the - mind in association with images so grotesque, instead of those for the revival of which alone in the imagination the recollection of the words is sought ? Now, those symbols are entirely rejected in the system called Phreno typies; and it is unfair, therefore, to Beniowski, to he large portion of the press who have praised and to the public, to adopt his title in this COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at Claremont Park, at five o'clock, on T ues d ay af ternoon, escorted by a party of Il ussars, f rom Windsor Castle. The Royal Suit e f o ll owed, con sisting of the C ou ntess of Sand w i c h, H on. Miss Murray, Ho„. Miss Paget, Hon. Mi ss Li ster, Lord Byron, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Bouverie. Early in the forenoon, yesterday, her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park. Afterwards his Royal Highness Prince Albert passed some time shooting in the park, at tended by Colonel Bouverie, Mr. George Ed ward Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Lord Charles Wellesley. - The Duke of Wellington gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers last evening at Apsley-house. All the members of the Cabinet were present. Major-General Bell had an interview with Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial•office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor o the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. RAILROADS IN FRANCE.—The Boulogne Gazette has commenced a series of articles on railroads in France, and complains that every town is endeavour ing to obtain some benefit from these undertakings, and forgets nationality for private interests. The editor, therefore, humbly submits that the Government should not attend to such schemers, but follow out a general and comprehensive plan for the good of the country at large, and as one part of this plan recommends that a line should be carried from I'aris to Calais by Beauvais, Amiens, and Boulogne. The town of Arras is exerting every energy to have the line drawn through its vicinity, and Boulogne and Arr as , therefore, are ataynr for their own interests, forgetti ng a lik e nationality Zife public benefit. It is certain that the King of Prussia will re turn from London by way of Calais and Paris, upon which occasion a really Royal reception will be given by the King of the French. —Correspondent of an Even ing Paper. • HARD WRITING......A R Irishman wrote as fol lows to his friends during the rebellion of '9B :—" To give you some idea of the country at present, I shall only say that at.this moment I am writing with a sword in one hand, and a pistol in the other." TIIE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK.—Yes terday the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Share holders of this Company took place at the Offices, in Prince's-street, Bank, a n d was well attended. The chair was taken by George Scholefield, Esq., who stated the objects of the meeting were to receive the Directors' report, for the election of five Directors, and the declara tion of a dividend on the Company's stock for the half yoar. In consequence of the illness of the Secretary, the Chairman read the report, from which it appeared that the paid-up capital now is 589,7001., and that the Directors have thought it advisable to complete the issue of the whole 60,000 shares, the remaining 1,030 of which were to be sold in the market. The accounts showed a net profit on the half year ending the 31st of December, of 25,923!. 14s. 3d., from which a dividend for the half year, after the rate of 61. per cent. per annum, was re commended, which would amount to 17,6911., leaving 8,232!.' 14s. 3d. to be carried to the profit of the guaran tee fund, which now amounts to 81,7311. Is. Bd. The Chairman moved that the report be adopted, which was seconded by Sir George Carroll, and carried unanimously. The four Directors who retired were then re-elected. and John Timothy Oxley, Esq., who was recommended by the Directors, was elected a Director, in the place of Sir Francis Palgrave, resigned. A vote of thanks was passed to the Direction, and to Mr. Pollard, the manager, after which the meeting adjourned. MURDEROUS AFFRAY AT CROYDON.-- The town of Croydon has been thrown into a state of great excitement in consequence of the life of one of the engine -drivers, in the employ of the London and Croydon Railway Company, named Thomas Archer, hitving been nearly sacrificed to the passionate violence of another driver, named Robert Jobson, in the employ of the same Company. The two men were engaged on the engines attached to the trains running from the slip at New Cross to Croydon. Some disagreement took place about their engines and a scuffle ensued, when Jobson ge tti ng Archer to the bar of the engine, forced him back, and, grasping a heavy hammer, struck him several blows on the forehead, inflicting severe contusions, and the unfor tunate man was carried into a building, called the watch house, adjoining the terminus, in apparently a dying condition. Jobson, on Tuesday night underwent an ex amination at the house of the County Magistrates. Wm. Webb, an assistant at the coal wharf of the termi nus at Croydon, and two other witnesses, gave evidence corroborative of the particulars as above stated. It was stated by the surgeon that the condition o f A rcher would not admit of any depositions being taken, as any excitement might prove fatal. He still lies in the place byin 501. each. to which he was first taken, the surgeons having directed that he should not be removed. Upon being visited yesterday by Mr. Gregory, Inspector Collier, and two other persons, he uttered about six words, and then fainted. Jobson was admitted to bail by the Magis trate,A Scotchhe threw him, scrap by scrap, every individual content of himself in piperloot, awndastwpousrusureetdies his wallet ; still the wolf followed. Having no other re source, he struck up his bagpipes — the wolf fl e d incon tinently, "Ho, ho," cried Davie, "If I'd known ye to be so fond o' the pipes, ye should hae had the music be fore your supper." The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a long interview with Sir James Graham at the Home-office yesterday morning. GLASGOW AND GREENOCK RAILWAY CON. PANY.—At the half-yearly meeting, held at Greenock on Wednesday, Robert Dow Ker, Esq., in the chair, it was unanimously resolved that a dividend of four per cent, for the past six months. be paid to the Shareholders. We hear that, among other thing s which are in contemplation at the Post office, it is intended that all letters prepaid by money, not by s tamps, shall be charged double postage. The object of this change is to diminish, if not entirely suppress, accounts between the Post masters and the General Post-office.— Brighton Gazette. We hear that Mr. G. Finch will probably be the new Lord Lieutenant of Rutlandshire, which office is now vacant by the removal of the Marquis of Exeter to Northamptonshire.—Brighten Gazette. The Scottish Patriot, the Chartist Paper in Glasgow, has ceased to exist. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. That intensely affecting . though somewhat heavy, tragedy, The Gamester , was performed at thi s th ea t re last evening, w ith the following remarkably strong cast:— Beverley Mr. Macready Lewson Mr. Anderson. Stukeley Mr. Phelps. Jarvis Mr, Elton. - • Bates Mr. G. Bennet. Dawson Mr. Lynne. Mrs. Beverley Mrs. Warner. Charlotte .Miss Ellis. We doubt whether, as a whole, the tragedy has ever .been more efficiently put upon the stage, and we are bound to do Mr. Macready the justice to say, that in thus casting this tragedy, he has given earnest of his inten tion to redeem to the letter, the pledge he gave when he first assumed the management of this theatre, that his primary o*ct should be to represent every drama he might produce in th e most efficient manner in which it could be represented. M acrea d y ' s Beverley, although not entirely tree from mannerism, is a powerful and picturesque piece of acting, and, in the latter scenes, especially worthy of com men d at i on. It has always struak us that the play would be greatly improved, if the last scene were somewhat shortened. Macready, however, last night did all for it that cou ld b e d one, and was throughout most painfully true to nature. He was admirably supported by Mrs. Warner, as Mrs. Beverley; and when performed as it was performed last night we know nothing throughout the whole range of the drama more agonizing than the closing scene of the Gamester. Phelps's Stukely, although somewhat coarse, was a sterling performance. The scene with Lewson was excellently given; every sneer was made to tell. Mrs. Warner's Mrs. Beverley is the best on the stage at the present day. In the celebrated scene with Stukely she was loudly and deservedly applauded. The sudden transition from the agony of grief to the high dignity of virtuous indignation, was admirably given; and the manner in which she spurned Stukely from her pre sence was a perfect personification of contemptuous loath ing. Anderson's Lewson was a fine, manly performance; and G. Bennett, as Bates, made more of the character than we have ever before seen made of it. Mr. Lynne, who was Dawgon, is an actor new, we believe, to the London boards ; he declaims with taste and judgment, and what little he had to do was very well done. Elton was Jarvis, the old steward, and most beautifully he acted it. It is a part which has hitherto been entrusted to an infe rior actor, and until last evening we were not aware of its capabilities. In Elton's hands it became a character. The little touches of pathos with which the part is re plete, were beautifully brought out, and Elton has added greatly to his well-earned reputation by the manner in which he acted the part of Jarvis. The audience ap preciated his exertions, and he was frequently and most deservedly applauded. The character of Charlotte was well supported by Miss Ellis. Macready was called for at the fall of the curtain, and loudly applauded ; and Anderson announced the piece for repetition on Wednes day. The pantomime concluded the evening's amuse ments. The house was crowded. THE FRENCH COMPANY IN LONDON. Mr. Mitchell, of who'll, it was lately announced that he was busily engaged on the Continent, in enrolling a company for the French plays, which are to be per formed at the Prinde's Theatre, King-street, St. James's, has now made known the result of his exertions in a neat little prospectus. In the list of artistes which it sets forth as having been engaged by Mr. Mitchell ar e several of the most distinguished names that adorn the stage-of our neig,hbours. The chief names are—Mademoiselle Dejazet, Made moiselle Plessy, Mademoiselle Forgeot, M. Bouffe, M. Cartigny, M. Ferlet. The first of these has never before appeared in London, although few have not heard of, if not seen, the finished and original actress of the Palais Royal, so distinguished for her exquisite naivete and dry humour. One of the pieces in her repertoire is Les Premieres Armes de Richelieu—a piece which is known to us under the title of Foreign Affairs; and indeed many of our soi-disant dramatic authors, thanks to Mr. Mitchell, will have the pleasure of seeinc , the originals of their productions. Mademoiselle Plessy, from the Francais, has already visited us; she is the successor of Mademoiselle Mars, in whose parts no other actress has succeeded without suffering from the comparison. Her handsome and expressive physiognomy, together with her graceful and imposing presence, lend themselves equally to the expression of tenderness or coquetry. The Directrice of the company is Mademoi selle Forgeot, a very pretty and interesting vaudeville actress. No name will be read with more anticipated de light by the lovers of French plays than that of Bouffe, in every respect most accomplished, imbued with all the humour of a Potiur. Of Cartigny, a solid old actor from the Francais, and Perlet, we need say but little, as they are well known in this country. This engagement is re presented to be his (Perlet's) final one, ere he retires from the stage, and with him the season will commence. The first bill will be the 13ourgeoise Gentilkomme and l'Ambassadeur. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—John Bates, Esq., Master, R.N., and Secretary to the Royal Yacht Squadron, is in vited to give his professional aid in piloting the King of Prussia to England. He is an officer possessing a tho rough practical knowledge of the North Sea. A Select Committee of Naval Officers is now sitting in London, of which Admiral Sir Byam Martin, G.C.8., is President, to determine on certain suggestions relative to the pursers of the Navy. Extensive changes are said to be in contemplation by the Admiralty as to the emo luments and designation of this class of officers. The title of Commissary is likely to be substituted, and a fixed salary, instead of the present allowances. Orders have been received at Chatham to expedite the Formidable, 84, and at Sheerness for the Alfred, 50, to proceed to Spithead immediately. The former will join the squadron to proceed to Ostend for the Kingbf Prus sia, accompanied by the frigates Vindictive and War spite, and the Firebrand steam-yacht. They are to be ready by the 15th instant. The Winchester, 50, Captain Carter, and Racer, 16, Commander Harvey, are on their way home from the West Indies, to be paid off. The former will go to Chatham, and the latter to Plymouth. The steamer Rhadamanthus, Mr. Laen, master, is daily looked for from Woolwich, on her way to Gibraltar with naval and military stores, and a detachment of sap pers and miners for the garrison. The Cambrian, 36, Captain Chads, C. 8., with Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, on board, ar rived at Teneriffe on the 22d November, according to letters received in this neighbourhood. The Conway, 26, Captain Bethune, is in the harbour, from China and the East Indies, having brought home upwards of two millions and a half of dollars. Several invalided officers and seamen came passengers, and the ship will haul down the pendant on Friday. The Lynx, 3, Lieutenant Burslem, is to go to the West India station from Lisbon, to follow the - Heroine, 10, Lieutenant Stewart. The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., has sailed for Barbadoes and Jamaica, with despatches for Vice-Admiral Sir Ch ar l es Ad am , ommander-in-Chief. The America, 50, similar to the Warspite, is ordered to be prepared for commission at Plymouth, and the Eagle, 50, at Chatham. The Queen, 110, flag-ship of Sir Edward Owen, is at Spithead, daily adding to her complement ; but it is not expected that she will sail for the Mediterranean before the early part of February. The Powerful, 84, Is to be docked forthwith for re commissioning. Several of her crew have volunteered for ships in the river. The - Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George Paulet, is in the basin, getting on with her equipment for foreign service. The President, 50, Captain Broughton, according to letters of the 12th October, is expected to be in Eng land, with Rear-Admiral Ross, in the early part of March. Rear-Admiral Thomas had not reached Valpa raiso at that date. At Spithead—Queen, 110 ' • Warspite, 50. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Roya] G eorge yacht, Vindictive, Carysfort, Conway, Rapid. Nautilus, and Echo steamer.—. Brighton Gazette. INCREASED DEMAND FOR HORSES..-.....LATE FAIR&.—A short time ago the Government of France came to the resolution of selling in the home market 15,000 cavalry horses, and replacing, us speedily as pos sible, so goodly a stud by the better breeds of England, ScoCand, and Ireland. In the contract entered into, the Mr. 11. R. Phillips, army agent, London, has been associated with two Frenchmen, and in the exer cise of his vocation has been advertising right and left for particular kinds of troopers. From a hand-bill be fore us, we observe he is to be in Carlisle on the 15th current, and invites farmers and dealers to bring for warl 200 steeds ; one half from three to six years old, " blood-like and sound, and standing 15 hands high," and the other moiety " strong, short-legged horses, fit for the heavy troops, of the same age, from 15 to 16 hands high, and wheth er b ro k en or not of no consequence." As the same person intends to visit the Dumfries Candlemas Horse Fair, we think it right to give our agricultural readers timely warning. Already his ope , rations have given a great fillip to the trade in horse: flesh, as was proved from what occurred at the mar kets held at Lancaster and Preston on the Ist and 3d current. At the two said fairs about 8,000 horses of all descriptions were shown ; and though the demand may have been dull enough for the inferior sorts, all likely animals, whether for yoke or saddle, went oft' briskly at advanced prices. In many cases the roads were besieged many miles beyond Lancaster and Pres ton and the best steeds immediately pi c k e d u p, on t erms highly satisfactory to the sellers. On both the occasions alluded to, Mr. Phillips bought largely —say from two to three hundred horses—on terms varying from 20/. to 30/. and upwards. Ayr Horse Fair, held on the 6th, was also a selling one, the show of cattle being pretty good, and the attendance of dealers creditably numerous. —Dumfries Courier. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ICE. —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Car penters' Arms ' Anne's-place, Hackney-road, before M r . Baker, on the body of Henry Wooliams, aged 21, a shoe maker, of No. 4, Pearson-street, Kingsland-road. Frede rick Athen said that, in the afternoon of Sunday last, he went with the deceased to see some boys sliding upon a frozen pond by the side of the Regent's-canal, near Hackney-road. They went together on the ice at the margin of the pond, but seeing two boys playing several yards farther out, witness and deceased also ventured there. Some persons at the side told them that the ice was not strong enough to bear them, but deceased laughed and as he stamped with his foot, said he was not in dan ger. At that instant the ice gave way, and they were both immersed. Witness was recovered by the drags, but deceased, who was not found for five minutes afterwards, was dead. Verdict," Accidental death." CHAMBER OF PEERS. DISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS. TUESDAY, JAN. 11.—At two o'clock the Duke de Bro glie took the chair. Messrs. Guizot, Humann, and the other Ministers were present. After some preliminary proceedings, and the swearing in' of several lately appointed Peers, M. Merilhou read to the Chamber the following Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne " Sire,--The Chamber of Peers is happy to offer to your Majesty the accustomed tribute of its respect and devotedness. " The questions which had excited in the East the soliCitude of France, have reached their term. Your Majesty has signed a Convention, consecrating the com mon intention of the Powers to maintain the peace of Europe. We indulge the hope expressed by your Ma jesty, that this Convention will contribute to consolidate the repose of the Ottoman empire. " Your Majesty has ordered important reductions in the public burdens. Nevertheless, those diminutions have not sufficed to establish between' the receipts and expenditure, a balance as necessary as it is universally desired. This balance we shall labour to obtain without reducing our military forces below the standing which the safe!) , and dignity of France require, and without adjourning the execution of the works which are claimed by the country. " We shall examine with interest the project of law, which your Majesty announces to us, for the establish ment of a grand system of railroads. The Chamber of Peers knows that the facility and promptitude of the communications between the different parts of the king dom are sources - of power and wealth. It will always receive with eagerness all the projects which your Ma jesty may order to be presented to it with a view to mul tiply and improve the means of communication of every description, as much as the financial resources of the country will permit. " The extension of the commercial relations of France is the object of the so li c it u d e o f your M a j esty. Nego tiations have been opened by your orders. Your high wisdom does not lose sight of the necessity of maintain ing the prote c ti on secured to our national industry by a legislation which guarantees the security of our agricul tural and manufacturing interests, and has so powerfully contributed to increase the wealth and prosperity ofFrance. " We are delighted to hear from the mouth of your Majesty the expression of your confidence in the dura tion of peace. France, who would be ready to submit to every sacrifice in order to support her dignity, considers an honourable peace to be the greatest of blessings. " The cons o lid a ti on o f t h e F rench domin i on in Algeria will be the work of time, perseverance, and courage. That land, which the valour of our soldiers has conquered and defended, and where the princes, your sons, have so often braved death and given the example-of every military virtue, belongs to us by the right of victory, and will be attached - to us by the blessings of civilization. Your Majesty has said, 4 Algeria shall remain henceforth and for ever French.' " The Chamber of Peers will attentively examine the projects of law which will be brought before it in the name of your Majesty. " Sire, it is bnt too true that criminal machinations, and daring attempts, always defeated by Providence but as often repeated, still check the progress of France and of her powerful activity, and retard the development of the beneficial fruits of that liberty which has been con quered at the price of so many labours and perils. Ne vertheless the slow but certain action of justice, the strict execution of the laws, the co-operation and union of the great powers of•the State, the zeal of all good citizens, will maintain entire the sacred deposit of order and of public liberties. The happiness and re pose of France are the objects of the dearest wishes of your Majesty ; future generations will reap the fruits of your efforts and sacrifices, and posterity will preserve for ever their recollection." M. Merilhou having concluded, the Chamber decid e d that the discu ss i on should forthwith commence. The Prince de la Moscowa, began by condemning the caution observed i n th e King's Speech and in the ad dress respecting the conclusion of the affairs of the East, which lie disapproved, as having been most sterile in results for France. The policy of Lord Palmerston to wards France h a d never been sincere. After the battle of Nezib the English Cabinet had openly evinced its deadly hostility against Mehemet Ali, and, finding that it could not change the sentiments of affection of France towards the Viceroy, it attached itself to revive the old hatred of the European Powers against her. Hence the conclusion of the treaty of the 15th of July. The Prince then recapitulated all the events which preceded and brought about the evacuation of Syria and the submission of Mehemet Ali, accompanying his narrative with ex presssions derogatory to the honour and sincerity of Great Britain, whose alliance he was certain M. 'Tiers now bitterly deplored. The Convention for closing the Straits had not been a concession ; that Convention no wise secured the integrity of the Ottoman empire ; France had no direct interest in closing the Straits against the Russian fleet ; the measure, moreover, would not prevent Russia, whenever she thought proper, from landing her forces on th e coas t o f A s i a Mi nor , or me nacing the Turkish capital. The Ministry evidently saw in that Convention a pretext for re-entering the Euro pean concert, and eagerly seized it, without heeding the humiliating consequences resulting to France from her accession to the Treaty of July. The Marquis de Boissy read a manuscript essay in fa vour of the address. He could not, however, help blam ing the conclusion of the treaty consecrating the right of search, and trusted that a convention, hailed by the Eng lish with so much exultation, had not been actually signed. ' The silence of the King's speech on the. subject was a guarantee that it was a mere report. He then ex amined' the policy of the Cabinet in respect of Spain, and perceived in the differences which had lately arisen be tween the two countries the intervention of England, ever zealous to create embarrassments for France. The Marquis de Boissy then indulged in violent recrimina tions against Espartero, whom he accused of covetting the.throne of Spain, and stigmatized in turn as an " un grateful wretch, a traitor, and an executioner." The revolutionists generally came in for a share of the Mar quis de Boissy's abuse. He afterwards reviewed the situa tion ofAlgeria, and recommended the grant of seem t service money to the Governor-General to obtain by corrup tion what the force of arms was inefficient to achieve. As respected the system of internal government, he thought that Ministers were too lenient towards the factious, and urged them to resort to more energetic measures ?. and if the jury and the press were an ob stacle in their way they should effectually shackle them, for the sake of consolidating the throne and society. M. de Boissy, in conclusion, declared against all reduc tion in the tariffs. As a friend of the Cabinet, he hoped that it had not signed with Belgium, which had only 4,000,000 of inhabitants, a treaty calamitous for France, which had 35,000,000. Some expressions of M. de Beissy, in which he described the Legitimatist party as possess ing five-eighths of the property in France, and therefore able to overthrow the existing Government, should they form an alliance with the Republicans, were received with loud murmurs of disapprobation by the assembly, and, on the invitation of the President, he consented to modify his language. M.. Guizot rose in turn, and called on M. de Boissy to retract the offensive terms which he had used in speaking of a person invested, in a foreign and frienilly country, with a portion of Royal power, which M. de Boissy re luctantly retracted. M. de Montalembert spoke next, and said, that al though a partisan of British alliance, and no friend to Mehemet Ali, he could not give his approbation to the mode in which the Eastern question had been concluded. He never, he said, considered the treaty of the 15th of July as a cases belli ; but he thought that France should not have re-entered the European concert, but should have continued in a position of armed isolation sooner than accede to that treaty. The Convention of the Straits was a mere complement of the Convention of July 15 ; it stipulated no concession t o F rance , or any im provement in the condition of the Christian population of Syria, which had been from time immemorial accustomed to look up to France for protection. In reviewing the relations of the Cabinet with the Foreign Powers, M. de Montalembert defied M. Guizot to stand up and name a single nation in Europe whom he considered to be a faithful ally of France ; for his part, he thought that there did not exist a single one, large or small, in the whole world, upon whose friendship France could place the least reliance. Abandoning the foreign quest de Montalembert pronounced himself to be system a sta or un r e e h sist C an o e n e s . erva l t i iv e e, , a o La l d d a not pa c r a ti l s l at f i or o f c t e h w e ' reprotsive laws, because he thought the existing le gislation sufficient to repress the attacks of the fac tious against the " social citadel," which, he regretted to say, was violently shaken, and in imminent danger. He then proceeded to draw a sad picture of the political and religious condition of society in France. The dis credit into which all the institutions had successively fallen was no subject of astonishment for him, he said, in a country where virtue was every day traduced and held up to public contempt ; where calumny was merci lessly lavished on the most deserving characters ; where the fear of God and respect for religion were entirely extinct ; where the Sabbath was profaned, and the ex ample given by the constituted authorities themselves. (LEFT SPEAKING.) DISTRESS AT LIVERPOOL.—At a meeting of the inhabitants of Lime-street Ward, Liverpool, on Monday, to consider ths means of relieving the distress, Mr. C. Rawlins stated, that he had spent nearly the whole of Sunday and that day in visiting the poorer parts of Rodney-street Ward. In the course of his visits he had 'found families, comprising about two hundred indivichials, in such a state of destitution, that no man, possessed of the common feelings of humanity, could have looked upon it without feeling imperiously called upon to put his hand in his pocket. Amongst the number of persons mentioned, he ascertained that there were only five blankets. There were five women, from within a week to a month of confine ment, and only two of them had any baby linen. Three had got the assistance of the Ladies' Charity, and the other two were seeking it, though without very strong hopes of obtaining it. The distress, as compared with this time last year, he might, as a commercial man, de scribe as 50 per cent. worse. Some cases that came under his observation were of a peculiarly lamentable kind. One man had on Saturday sold the bedstead from under his sick wife, in order to provide food for his family. There were fifty-four families destitute of blankets, and having nothing to cover them during the cold nights but a bit of carpet or sacking, or some such thing, in additi on t o th e i r or di nary c l ot hing. This desti tution, he felt bound to say, did not arise altogether from the season. Many of the working men had been out of employment from three weeks to three months, and he had Mind one class of men suffering from want of em ployment who had before been exempt—he meant the coopers. It would require the poor people to be in work for weeks, and in some cases for months, to obtain the articles absolutely necessary for their comfortable sub sistence.—Liverpool Timm EVENING SUN WEST INDIES. Her Majesty's packet Petrel, Lieutenant Crooke, ar rived on Tuesday night from the West Indies. Her sail ing dates were as follow :—Barbadoes, Nov. 27; St. Lucia and Martinique, 22; Dominica, Guadaloupe, and Antigua, 29 ; Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's 30 ; Tortola, Dec. 1 ; arriving at St. Thomas Dec. 2, where she received the Jamaica mails of Dec. 14, by the Spitfire steamer, and the La Guyra and island mails by the Tartarus. The Hope, the preceding p ac k et , sa il e d from St. Thoma s four days prior to the Petrel. The next packet is not know n to have arrived at Barbadoes by this vessel's advices. Passengers by the Peterel— M r . E. Nanton, Lieut. Sibthorp, 60th Rifles Lieut. West, 82d Regiment, Mr. J o h n Cater, Mr. D. ,Milhado and lady, Lieut. Bryan, R.N., Mr. 11. Warnford, and Mr.' J. Edwards. The Petrel sailed from-St-Thomas, on her homeward voyage, on Dec. 20. Her freight is but a trifling one. The proceedings of the Colonial Legislature of Ja maica are not of special interest ; but We select the fol lowing from our advices : His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue a new writ of election for the parish of St. Mary. The . scrutiny on the Hanover election was going on. The silk company had applied to the house for a loan. The history of the company is brief but important, when taken in conjunction with the afbrementioned application. A party came here from America with mulberry , plant;, to rear them in the island, and to introduce the • silk company. It was to be of such a prolific and advan- F tageous order that the capital was named, and early re quisitions fur shares recommended because they were • limited. The list became filled, a first call was made, land purchased, labourers imported, and the Governor's speech announced the early success of the undertaking. All this has been said, but no published report of the company's condition and progress has been exhibited. It is not likely to meet with the desired assistance. The Copper Coin Regulation Bill, for the purpose of making copper, to the extent of one shilling, a legal ten der in any one payment, has been resolved by their Honours of the Council, shall be read " this day three months." Who doubted this result? No thinking man whatever. The Council has very properly stopped its further movement, and saved their own time, as well as shown their knowledge of the prerogative of the Sove reign. The circulation of copper money in this island, we have always considered, would be attended with the most beneficial results ; but in the absence of any desire on the part of the public to avail themselves of this con venience, this is not the way to enforce the matter. SUGAR BOILING.—A number of the Hon. Members of Assembly and other gentlemen proceeded on Thursday last to Retreat Estate, in St. John's, the property of the Honourable Edward Thompson, to witness the results of Mr. Lockhart's new method of hanging coppers ; and the trial which then took place, we understand, succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations of the gentlemen present. Among the gentlemen pre sen t were the Hon. Joseph Gord on , 11. L. Garrigues, Dr. Morales, L. liis lop, and W. Cullman, Esqrs.- The operation was tried in a set of coppers, only three in number, containing 500 gallons each, and from which 4,800 gallons of cane juice were evaporated in 12 hours, which would be equal to three hogsheads of sugar if the juices were of rich • quality; but in the present instance, the canes being weak, the juices were consequently poor. The result, however, was most satisfactory. It is with pleasure that we learn from a correspondent in the Carpenter's Mountains District of Manchester, " that though showers are daily fklling, which retard the curing of the coMe, they do no injury to the berries on the trees; that the labourers are diligently employed picking them off; that they will be of very good quality and few light ones to be found among them." We do hope and trust that similarly favourable accounts may be received from other quarters, to make some amends for nearly three years of drought and other untoward circumstances. One of the Commissioners under the Stamp Act has been most properly abolished, as we, in a former number, submitted that it ought ; while the salary of the remain ing one is raised from 3004 to 4001. per annum, in conse quence of the extra work. At the Council Chamber, on Dec. 9, the following bills underwent the usual formalities and were passed :—The Import and Export Duty Bill, the Land Tax Duty Bill, and the Bill to amend the 21st c. 4 Vic. c. 54. Messrs. Wright and B arne tt b roug h t over from the ' Hon. Assem bly the Bill to encourage the Breed of Horses the Soli citor's Fee, and the Masters in Chancery Bill, which were read a first time and committed. On the 10th his Excellency the Governor, having taken his seat at the head of the Hon. Board of Council, the Usher of the Black nod was sent to require the attend ance of the lion. Assembly, and the lion. House being present, his Excellency was pleased to give assent to the several bills that had been passed, viz. :—Land Tax, Duty on Foreign Goods, Police, to amend the Act relatinr , to Appeals from Assess men t s , C ustoms at Alligator Pond,' to encourage the Breed of Horses, to repeal the Acts re lative to Masters of Vessels entering into Bonds, In dented Persons quitting the Island during Martial Law, O'lieeffe's Private Bill, Turner's Private Bill. Dr. Paul's late appeal to the Fourth Estate,_ and pub lication of his p e titi on to t h e Council, having been voted by that august body a " breach of their privileges," he was summoned to attend, and after a lengthy scene he was discharged. ..„ There is nothing of interest by this opportunity from Le other colonies. KINGSTON MARKETS. WHoLEsALE PRICES, STERLING.—Sugar, 38s. to 40s. per 1001bs. ; C o ff ee , 70 s. to 90s. per 10011;s. ; Pimento, 2d. per lb. ; Fl our , a t 3,1 5. ; C ornmeal, at 18s. ; Rice— East India Rice, at 15s. to 16s. ; Crackers, at 19s. ; Bread—Pilot, at 193. ; ditto Navy, at 17s. ; Butter, at Is. ; Lard, 10d. to 101 d. ; Candles, at Bd. to 9d. ; Soap, at 9s. to 16s. ; Fish at 14s. 6d. ; Pork—Quebec, at 645. ; Irish, at 84s. ; Hams, at I Id., scarce. We regret to record the death of John Calvert, IVLD., and member of most of the Philosophic and Learned So cieties of Europe. The Doctor's health has been declin ing for a considerable period, and under an impression that the salubrious air of Falmouth would tend to sup port, if not invigorate, his shattered constitution, he re mained there instead of pursuing his original intention of taking a voyage to Madeira. Thus, on the very day on which he attained his fortieth year (last Sunday), this eminent man ceased to exist. _EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. The contract at this end of the Railway is now finished, so far as the laying of the rails and their practical working is concerned; and in con sequence of the engines and carriages being chiefly at this end of the line, various short trips have been made at different times. One of these took place on Saturday to the viaduct across the vale of the Almond, the chief object being to try the quality of the lamps which are intended to be used on the line, and which have been furnished by Messrs. Cay and Johnston, Green side. They are, we understand, on the same construction with those furnished by the same contractors to the Dumfries mails, &c., and the brilliant light they give ap pears to answer all the purposes which are in tended, and to he of great use in night travelling on railways. The smoothness of the travelling was the admiration of all present, the carriages ran as upon velvet. It is worthy of remark, that the portion of railway over which the trip was made, and which was contracted for by Mr. Evans, was last undertaken, and has been first finished; scarcely anything now remain ing to be completed except the erection of the sheds, which are to be constructed on an extensive scale, and several of which are already completed. Near the viaduct, the arches of which arc now complete, though the banks are still incomplete, all is busy industry._ Hundreds of w o rk men are stat i oned along the line ; and ever and anon th e a tt en ti on i s arreste d by the snorting of a steam-engine, as it bounds along, dragging• at its heels a dozen or so of car riages filled with earth, for the construction of the banks on either side of the road. The arches of the viaduct, thirty-six in number, and all of stupendous he i g ht, besides about t en s i m il ar arches thrther on, are well wort h y of a little w,ay a visit. The grandeur of the view is lost from the railway but when seen from the turnpike road, it will at once be admitted that there are few such masses of masonry to be seen anywhere else.—Edinburgh Evening Courant, B -- L. ------ UDE iIGHT STREET ILLUMINATION,... The Bude light was tried for the first time as a means of street illumination, on Monday evening last, at the long crossing where Waterloo-place joins Pall-mall, and opposite to the Duke of York's Column. It may be re collected that heretofore this crossing has been lighted by a branch of three handsome gas lamps, surmounting a beautiful bronzed column, situated in the centre of the roadway. Those lamps were some time since removed fur the purpose of trying this experiment, made with the sanction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the experiment is proceeding under the guidance of several scientific gentlemen, for the purpose of ascertain ieg how far such means of illumination will succeed in the street, and more especially in large places and wide thoroughfares, and if success attend it to found on it some general system for the purpose of aiding, if not of superseding gas in many places where extended light is serviceable. This Bude light is stationed at the summit of the column previously surmounted by the three gas lamps, and is su regulated as very considerably to sub due that intensity which characterises the Rude light where such precaution is nut adopted. It very power fully lighted the: extensive space constituting the end of Waterloo-place and the opening at Pall-mall, and also in front of the Athenaeum Club-house, and the gas lamps along the pavements looked in comparison as diminished as do the oil lamps with which the public have lately been favoured in part of Gower -street and other portions of St. Pancras parish, w hen contrasted with the neighbour ing gas lights. The street lamps seem disposed to keep pace at least with other improvements of this enlight ened and enlightening age. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL : WAY.—Another fatal a cc id en t on thi s line occurred i the Seaming Cutti ng ( near t h e s p o t o f the ecatas trophe) last evening, wh ere by a p o liceman o f the man was on the south, or down-rail,of Dixon lost his lif e . It a pp e ars thast.rrotlliaaechitienigd the up , for t t i t i i i n p a er. te train, when the 6 o'clock downitreap_lll upon the sp o t. 1 ceived by the policeman, and The poor man has left a widow l a i n d a ' five children. TUE ARMY.—The 4th Dragoons are or d ere d ; the 36th Foot from New Brims wick, the 37th from Nova Scotia , 11. nd the 75th from th e Cape. 4 home from Bombay k THE SUN, LONDON TI! URSDAY, JANItTARY 13, 1842. P lal' , .lien , , b , be COD; 10 1' Age' 1