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with me, in the month of August, 1835, and I saw the defendant attempting to drive his chaise round the Crescent, in order to avoid paying the toll. I called to him to pay the toll, but he drove on ; the boy was near him, and I saw no more till the boy was brought back in the chaise, with the defendant and a policeman. It was about eight o'clock in the evening. The plaintiff is about sixteen years old. Richard Warne—l saw the defendant driving round the Crescent, to avoid the toll-gate. The gate-keeper called to him, and the boy ran towards the horse's head, and some words passed between him and defendant. Directly I saw the defendant slap the bridle on the horse's back, the horse sprung forward, and the boy was knocked down. The chaise went on pretty briskly, until it was stopped by a policeman. The boy ran along after the chaise. I have beard it disputed whether the toll should be paid going to Mornington-crescent, but it is always paid. William George Callendar saw the defendant driving round the Crescent in his gig, and he appeared to be try ing to bilk the toll. The boy was holding by the shaft, and saying, " Toll, Sir ;" the gentleman said, " Eh ! what !" and he then shook the reins, and the horse started off at full speed. I saw the defendant when he was brought back, and he said he did not know what the boy wanted. Witness said that was a lie, and stated what be had heard. The defendant seemed either drunk or mad. The boy ap peared very badly hurt. Robert Roots—l know the defendant, who lives in New gate-street, and keeps a wine-vaults. I saw him driving round the Crescent. the boy followed him, and asked for the toll, the gentleman said, " What ! how much ?" The boy said " Threepence ;" and the gentleman said, " I'll give you a run for it," and started off his horse at full speed. The boy was knocked down by the shaft, and the wheel went over him. I saw the defendant after he was brought back, and he appeared to be tipsy. Mary Willing, sister to the plaintiff—My brother was brought home on the 7th August very ill, and said he had been run over. His side and shoulder were very much bruised. When I last saw him, three months ago, he was not recovered. He went the day after the accident to work again, but returned in two hours, saying he was very ill. He went for about an hour the following day. I did not hear of his having been beaten by a gentleman the day before the accident. He was often struck by gentlemen. Mr. HUMPHREYS addressed the Jury for the defendant, who was, he could assure them, a very respectable trades man. He contended that the accident was caused entirely by the circumstance of the boy running after the gig, and attempting to stop it, and that the plaintiff had done all in his power to stop his horse. It had been asserted that the plaintiff was attempting to evade the toll, but there was no proof of that, as it was in evidence that the toll through Mornington Crescent where the plaintiff was driving, had been on all occasions a matter of dispute. There were no witnesses examined on the part of the defendant, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, .51. Lord DENMAN, addressing the Jury, observed that this was the last case on the list. It was not his' or their fault if all the causes had not been tried. He was now happy to set them at liberty, and thanked them for their attendance. The Court rose at a quarter past 11, and will sit to morrow in London. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury at Guildhall.) JACKSON V. WATKINS. This was an action brought by the proprietors of Fresh Wharf against the defendant, the pilot on board a vessel called the Teazer, to recover compensatio*r injuries done by that vessel to a crane belonging to the Wharf. The Teazer, the Helen, and several other vessels were lying off Fresh Wharf, having discharged their cargoes. It being necessary to get the Helen out from the tier, the Pearl steamer was employed for that purpose. As the Helen lay within side of the Teazer, it was found necessary that the head-rope or bow-rope of the latter vessel should be slackened to allow the Helen to float over it. This was accordingly done, and the Helen got clear of her moorings. Either through neglecting to fasten the head-rope of the Teazer, or from some other cause, she drifted astern with the next flood tide, and ran against Fresh Wharf, where the alleged injuries to the crane took place. The plaintiff alleged that this arose from want of due caution on the part of the pilot of the Teazer, in not taking care that the slackened head•rope was again made fast after the Helen had been got out ; and, on the other hand, it was contended, on the part of the defendant, that all proper and necessary precautions were taken that it was in their power to take. The case had not concluded up to a late hour. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before A. CONANT, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.) A young lad named Andrew Welch was convicted of stealing threo glass bottles, the property of William Wolfe Bonney. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, accompanied by another young lad, entered the area of the prosecutor's house, and there stole the bottles which were subsequently found in his possession, when making sale of them to a person who deals in such articles. One of the Jury in delivering in:the ver dict, said the ends of justice could not be attained by the convict ion of such offenders, while those who induced them to commit thefts were suffered to remain unpunished. He had himself seen a bill which was thrown down into the area of the house, stating the willingness of the party whose name was men tioned in it, to purchase any article from a pin to the lead on the roof of his dwelling, and if it were not conve nient for the servants to go out, the property would be sent for. This it was which held out an inducement to the commission of such crimes as that laid to the charge of Welch, and he hoped means would be taken to correct the evil. The CHAIRMAN concurred in the opinion express:-.:d by one of the Jury, and would endeavour to give effect to his recommendation. The sentence of the Court upon the prisoner was that he be confined three weeks in the House of Correction, and once well whipped. Elizabeth larlin was indicted for stealing a half-crown and a shilling, the moneys of William George. - The prosecutor stated that on the night of the sth o f November he was returning home from Down-street, Pic cadilly, at about one o'clock, rather intoxicated, and oppo site the Horse Guards he met the prisoner, with whom he had some conversation, and then went in her company to a gin -shop to have some drink. On coming out he had in his pocket a half-crown and a shilling, which immediately after was stolen from him. The exact sum was found in the possession of the prisoner by a policeman to whom she was given in charge. Martin, in her defence, stated that the money was her own, and that George had paid away all his silver for drink for some girls whom he treated at the public-house named by him. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sen tenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. Mary Payne was convicted of stealing a watch from the person of Thomas Poulter, at Pimlico, on the night of the 3d of November. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months in the House of Correction. SURREY SESSIONS.--(THIS DAY.) James Grover was convicted of embezzling nine shillings, received by him on account of his employer, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Brixton Gaol. William Moth, alias Smith, was convicted of stealing three sacks of wheat, the property of Samuel Greenfield. The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Woking, and the prisoner a labouring man living at the same place. The wheat in question was stolen from the prosecutor's barn on the night of the 12th Nov. and taken away in a cart. The track of th e cast wheqls was traced the following morning to the pri soner's cottage, where the wheat was found concealed. — Sentence—Seven years' transportation. SENTENCES.—The Sessions having terminated, the CHAIRMAN proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoners Who did not receive judgment at the time of their con viction : Edward Ratcliffe, convicted of stealing three barrels of porter, and one of ale. The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the prisoner, said he had no doubt that at the time he committed the offence of Which he had been convicted, he was not aware that he had thereby rendered himself liable to a criminal prosecution. It, however, ought to be generally known that persons who ordered goods, promising to pay for them on delivery, and by that means obtained possession of them ; but after hav ing done so refused to pa* for or return them, and converted them to their own use, were in law deemed guilty of felony. ~1 n the present case the Jury were satisfied there was no fe lonious intent. Sentenced to solitary confinement in Brixton gaol for 21 gays . Several others were sentenced to various terms of impri -4°llMent, after which the Court adjourned. Every Sunday the apartments of the Palais Royal c ontinue to be opened to the public, and are v i s i te d b y a 'lumber of provincials and foreigners. Several paintings figured at the last exposition, and which have been purchased by the King, have just been placed in the saloons dathe Palais Royal. The apartments occupied by Ma_ qatne Adelaide in the right wing of the palace—the green, h‘v, and white saloons, which are fi lled with p ortraits, h istorical paintings, and family busts—have been for some r 11:11 t opened to the public.—Courrier Francais. LITERATURE. THE COMEDIES OF ARISTOPHANES. Bailey, London, 1836. In running our eyes over the translation of the comedy of the " Acharnians," which stands the first iii this volume, we were not a little surprised to find one of the characters, a " Megarian pig-jobber," speaking in the broad Lowland dialect ; and, on re ferring to the notes for an explanation of this pheno menon, we found the following : " In the original play, the Megarian, as well as the Boeotian, who is afterwards introduced, talks in a very broad provincial dialect. I have ventured to make use of guid braid Lallans' in my t rans l a tion, to supply its place, be cause that is the only dialect of the English language which has assumed a permanent literary existence. While the poetry of Burns, and the prose of the Scotch novels, and the Noctes Ambrosianm exist, an Englishman who has not mas tered the peculiarities of the northern idiom must be either very ignorant, or very indolent—or both." This is a bold and ingenious notion, and such as would never have presented itself to the mind of a mere dull, plodding scholar. Such a man would have shud dered at the idea of so daring an innovation on con ventional propriety. He would merely have taken into consideration that a Megarian could not by any possi bility be a Scotchman ; but Mr. Walsh knows well —a fact which justifies his innovation—that there was as much difference between the old dialects of Grece, as there is, at the present day, between those of England and Scotland. Reasoning therefore, from analogy, he feels that he is authorized in maintaining these diffe rences of dialect, which, besides, add greatly to the life and humour of the dialogue. The adoption of the Lowland Scotch, however, must have greatly added to the difficulties of his task ; for it is plain to see that he is an Englishman ; and such being the case, we are surprised at the accuracy with which he has mastered the Lowland vernacular. A timid, or an indolent, translator would never have ventured to grapple with the difficulty ; but Mr. Walsh appears to have had no misgivings on the subject, knowing well that resolu tion and perseverance, like faith, can remove moun tains. The explanatory notes to each play are brief, and supply much useful information ; and the prefatory remarks give us a curious insight into the domestic habits of the Greeks. Our fair readers will, no doubt, thank us for this entertaining extract : " The treatment of the female sex throughout Attica was very similar to that which prevails at the present day in almost all parts of the East. Every house, except those of the very meanest artisans, was divided into two distinct portions, the men's apartments or andron, and the gynceco nitis or harem, which was appropriated to the use of the women. In this last the unmarried girls of the family were rigorously secluded, and scarcely ever permitted to go abroad, except to officiate in certain solemn religious pro cessions. Married women were allowed greater liberty, a s is still the case in the Levant. Their husbands, unless particularly severe, generally gave them full leave to visit their female friends at their houses, and to go abroad occa sionally for other purposes. Still it was reckoned highly disreputable for them to be seen often in public, and there were officers appointed at Athens for the express purpose of watching their conduct while absent from home. Such being the condition of the sex, it was not of course to be expected that they should be admitted into general society. There were none of those delightful entertainments to be met with in Attica in which the young of both sexes are intermixed. There were no conversaziones—no pic-nic parties--and, worst of all—no balls." Mr. Walsh then proceeds to describe the mode in which the Greek drama was represented at Athens, in which the reader will find much useful and agreeable reading. In his endeavours clearly to elucidate this branch of his subject, he has spared no research ; but entered upon it in an earnest spirit, with a firm determination to leave nothing unsaid that could pos sibly be said on it. Yet, though full of curious and recondite knowledge, this introductory essay is by no means heavy, or clogged with pedantic allusions ; the style is remarkable for its clearness and simplicity ; and here and there occur sly touches of humour which serve greatly to enliven it. The most naive and amusing por tions of it are the opening paragraphs, wherein Mr. Walsh observes, " What a great pity it is that there were no active volcanoes, like Vesuvius, in the heart of ancient Greece ! Had it so happened, we might have had a chance of digging up a fossil Greek city, at the ex piration of a couple of thousand years, in as perfect a state of preservation as Pompeii or Herculaneum." Certes it is much to be regretted that some ten or twelve thousand inoffensive Greek citizens were never buried alive by the action of earthquake or volcano ; for by the absence of such wholesale sacrifice of life, though humanity has been the gainer, scholarship has been the loser I Volcanoes cannot be better employed than in destroying cities for the interests of literature ; and, viewed in this light, Vesuvius is a public benefactor, to whom classical scholars cannot be sufficiently grate ful. Doubtless, ages hence, when this Imperial metro polis, like the old Greek cities, shall have perished by the gradual operation of time, some erudite American antiquary, inspired by the enthusiasm of a Walsh, may regret, with him, that it was nod buried at once beneath a Primrose-hill volcano, and its, inhabitants put to the most torturing of deaths, in or* that he might make fossil discoveries beneath the lava, for the benefit of the existing generation I Our author's:regret is a most amusing, not to say original, one, and would have en deared him to a Bentley, a Porson, or a Parr. Salva tor Rosa, too, who stuck a man, in order to see how he looked when dying, and pourtray his agonies on canvas, would have understood and sympathised with Mr. Walsh's lament. We have said that this gentle man is a scholar, and of a high order : we may say, in addition, that he possesses both fancy and humour : and that, in his translation of the " Acharnians," he gives not merely the literal meaning, but the entire fun and spirit of the text. Even MitOell has not exceeded him in conveying a vivid idea of the flash lyrics of the " black-pudding seller"—a surprising genius, half prig, half area-sneak, worthy to vie in self-conceit and felo nious capability of fingers, with that " snapper up of unconsidered trifles," the " Autolycus" of Shakspeare. In a word, Mr. Walsh is a free, lively translator, who has caught much of the Aristophanic manner. His rhymes dash along in a frolicsome, heedless style, as utterly regardless of mere tinkling melody, as Sir Charles Wetherell's old black coat of shape and sym metry. The work, we perceive, is to be extended to three volumes. We are glad of it, for it is one much wanted. LADIES' CABINET LAWYER. Van Voorst, London, 183 G. " The design of this work"—says the author, a bar rister of the Middle Temple—" is to supply females exclusively with such particulars of their legal rights and liabilities, both as regards person and property, as it is desirable they should be made acquainted with." This design is a highly useful one, and has been executed in a lucid and intelligent manner. The lan guage is not over technical, but is uniformly fami liar, and easy to be apprehended. On running over the book, we accidentally pounced upon a chapter entitled, " on the Personal Chastisement of Wives," wherein we.find Judge 'Buller's famous deci sion, that a husband may legally thump his spouse with a stick of the thickness of his thumb, completely overturned ; the law of the day holding that all matri monial thrashings are in the highest degree unlawful. Nevertheless, husbands have still the privilege of " con fining their wives," though " such confinement must not amount to imprisonment —a nice distinction which we do not profess to understand. We should strenuously exhort all married ladies to purchase this edifying little duodecimo, for then they will have the satisfaction of knowing that they have got the law in their own hands. Viscount St. Vincent and the Hon. Mr. and Miss Jervis have arrived at Paris, where they intend to pass the winter months. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, Isn. BRIGHTON.-THURSDAY. Their Majesties have not been out for a week. The weather still continues exceedingly boisterous. This morning his Majesty granted an audience to Sir G. Shiffner, Bart. The Royal dinner party yesterday evening was con fined to their Majesties and the suite. The calls at the Palace this day comprise the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Viscount Lake, Col. Higginson, Marquis of Thomond, Rev. G. Shiffner, Rev. Dr. Batten, Col. G. Windham (on leaving). The Marehioness of Clanricarde gave a soire de dank last night to a select circle of the haut ton, at her residence, Brunswick-terrace. Dancing commenced about 11 o'clock to Kirchner's band, and terminated soon after two. Among the company present were Lady Colville, Admiral Cod rington, Earl and Countess Rosse and the Ladies Parsons, Lady H. and Misses Paulet, Sir Robert and Lady Fitz wygram, Hon. Misses Tennant, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Jones ; Lady and the Misses Tierney. The Duchess of Cannizzaro's soire musicale last night was fashionably attended. Lady Fitzwygram's cards are out for a ball on the 21st. The Countess of Winterton has issued cards for a din ner on the 16th. Sir Henry Halford has been staying for a day or two on a visit to Mrs. Fitzherbcrt, and left yesterday for town. The Earl of Errol has left Brighton for a short time to join the hunt at Aylesbury. Lord F. Gordon will go to town to-morrow for a few days. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, DEC. 8. This day the Houses of Parliament met pro forma, the period of the prorogation having terminated. At 3 o'clock the Lord Chancellor and Lords Glenelg and Duncannon entered the House of Lords in their robes ; and having taken their seats in front of the Throne, the Lord Chancellor di rected Black Rod (the Deputy Usher, Mr. Pulman, attended) to require the immediate attendance of the Commons in the House of Peers, to hear his Majesty's Commission read. Mr. Rickman, one of the clerks at the table of the Com mons, accompanied by many persons connected with that House, and some strangers, who were desirous of viewing the ceremonial, appeared at and below the bar. The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed his Majesty's Commission to be read, which was accordingly done by Mr. Currie, the second clerk at their Lordships' table. The LORD CHANCELLOR thereupon spoke to the following effect " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " By virtue of his Majesty's Commission issued under the Great - Seal, and to us and other Lords directed, and which has just been read, we, in his Majesty's name, and in obedi ence to his commands, do prorogue this Parliament to Tues day, the 31st day of January next ; and we now declare that this Parliament is now prorogued accordingly to Tuesday, the 31st of January next." The Lords and Commons then severally bowed and quieted the House. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. The report of the proceedings adopted on the subject of transferring the Gresham Lectures from the small incom modious room in the Royal Exchange to the City of Lon don School was introduced, and caused a good deal of ob servation. Mr. Barns said that having brought forward the subject some time ago, and expressed a sanguine opinion that the lecturers, as men of literature and science, would have gladlylacquiesced in the proposition to render the Gresham will more available than it had been for so long a period, he felt that he was in a painful position. If he were surprised at their disinclination to render the service he had expected of them, he was still more surprised at the reasons which they had advanced, and which appeared to him to be an in sult to the Court, and a disgrace to themselves and to the institution, and to the memory of the founder. Mr. Baylis concluded by moving, " That the communication of the clerk to the Mercers' Company to the town clerk be re ferred to the City of London School Committee, and that it be an instruction to such committee to consider the rela tive rights of the Corporation and the Mercers' Company, as co-trustees of the Gresham estate, and of the professors, and whether any and what steps should be taken more fully to carry out the intentions of Sir Thomas Gresham's will, by makinc , the lectures more ben e fi c i a l t o th e pu bli c ." Mr. HALE (Chairman of the City of London School) seconded the motion. He stated that the estate was con siderably in debt to the Corporation—he believed 20,0001. Mr. R. L. JONES stated that he was afraid the present reference would meet the fate of all past references on this subject. Mr. STEVENS thought that a very good way to effect the object the Corporation had in view, would be to endeavour to prevail upon the public press to send reporters to the closet in the Royal Exchange to give accounts of the lec tures delivered there. After some further discussion, Mr. E. WILSON said that he had a question to put (we believe to Sheriff Duke) of considerable importance to the public. He had been given to understand that some delay had taken place in the Central Criminal Court, in conse quence of the illness of Sergeant Arabin, one of the City Judges. Now, as considerable expense and inconvenience were likely to arise in the event of a sudden indisposition of a Judge, and as most of the Learned Judges and Sergeants were included in the Commission, he wished to know whe ther, on the occasion alluded to, any one of these Learned persons had offered to preside in the place of Sergeant Arabin ?—(Hear, hear.) Upon the occasion to which he referred Aldermen Brown and Wilson, who sat on the bench, had offered to try the prisoners, but the Recorder, or some one of the Judges of the land, very properly ob jected to such substitutes. There might have been here an inconvenience resulting, if any prisoner who might have been committed by either of those magistrates had been put to the bar to take his trial. Sheriff DUKE said that no serious delay had taken place in. consequence of the illness of Sergeant Arabin ; and that it had not been found necessary to deviate from the usual course. Mr. CHARLES PEARSON rose and said a few words on the subject. Under-Sheriff WIRE stated that a distinct arrangement might be made by which the judges of the land would have to try none but capital offences, and the City judges might dispose of those of minor importance. There would then be more certainty as to the time of trial. The Sheriffs also were of opinion that much trouble might be saved to the judges of the land, by making arrangements to do away with a proceeding now very prevalent—that of two or three of them, sitting on the Bench at the same time, to try ap pointed cases. Mr. PEARSON then moved that Sheriff Duke should be added to the Committee on the administration of justice. Agreed to unanimously. POOR WIDOWS OF FREEMEN. The sum of 5001. was ordered to be distributed amongst the poor widows of freemen on St. Thomas's Day. BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Mr. R. TAYLOR withdrew his notice to remove the fur ther prosecution of the repairs of Blackfriars Bridge to the Bridge-house Estates Committee. The experience and in tegrity of Mr. Prior (the Chairman) and the Blackfriars Bridge Committee, entitled them, in his opinion, to the most complete confidence of their fellow-citizens. LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S RE- FORM ASSOCIATION. This newly-organized body held its first monthly meet ing last Saturday evening. Upwards of 300 members were present, and the proceedings of the evening were charac terized by uncommon zeal and enthusiasm.. The Liverpool Tradesmen's Reform Association owes its existence to the manceuvres which the Tories for some time have been exhibiting, in order to impress the world with a high opinion of their numerical strength in Liverpool. The Reformers are now on the alert, and about to exhibit their giant-strength in a manner which has already excited the fears and enkindled the anger of their enemies. The first fruit of this newly-organized opposition to Toryism is the Tradesmen's Reform Association. Although the Association is only fourteen days old, it already em braces 800 members, whose donations and subscriptions amount to 5001. The manner in which this infant Asso ciation has been supported since its first announcement ap peared to throw an inspiring influence over the speakers and the meeting. The Glasgow dinner to Sir Robert Peel is fixed for Friday the 13th January. Captain R. H. Stanhope, R.N., cousin of the Earl of Harrington, and brother of Lady Southampton, has been appointed inspector of the constabulary force in the county of Leitrim. The Hon. Mrs. H. Legge gave a juvenile dance on Tuesday evening, the Gth instant. The ordinary meeting of the Society of Antiquaries was held yesterday, evening, W. R. Hamilton, Esq., V.P., in the chair. A communication was read from A. J. Kempe, Esq., on the Roman remains met with in London, and ac counting for their paucity being used in other erections, as was more . particularly instanced in ecclesiastical esta blishments. A paper was next read from H. W. Diamond, Esq., who exhibited an early mezzotinto engraving, tending to confirm some previous remarks of his, that the credit of the invention belonged to M. Seigen, instead of Prince Rupert, to whom it is generally assigned. The ordinary meeting of the Linnwan Society was held on Wednesday evening, A. B. Lambert, Esq., V.P., in the chair. A communication was read from the Chair man on the culture of the Peruvian grain called quirroa. A paper was also read from Professor Don on two species of the natural order corrifera. One of these, the pinus brutici, from Calabria, was nearly related to the maritime pine of Greece, attaining a considerable size, and yielding timber of very superior quality ; the other was a native of New Holland, and discovered by Banks and Solander in the first'voyage of Captain Cook. THE MARRIAGES OF THE YEAR.—We leave to the learned in " population" the task of counting up all the marriages that have been perpetrated bet.veen January and December, and, curious only about the marriages of the season, shall take the hint that is given us, and; tur❑ to the Court Journal of to-morrow for its review of this most most interesting portion of the events of the twelvemonth. The list of fashionable and distinguished weddings is a long one, and affords plenty of scope to a brilliant pen for awak ening pleasant reminiscences, detailing piquant anecdotes, and summoning up picturesque groupes, so as to present a chronicle that the gay world may turn to with no ordinary curiosity. We are told that the narrative is studded with sparkling descriptions of the lovely and (we hope) loving brides. The cap put on the pinnacle of the obelisk at Paris is.uncovered. It is composed of a mastic, said to be as durable as the granite itself. Its colour is at present rather deeper than that of the stone, but this will be softened down by the effect of the sun and air. The pinnacle is now exactly similar in appearance to that which still remains at the sate of Luxor. COURT CIRCULAR. The Bishop of Llandaff transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Master of the Mint, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing -street. The Earl of Lichfield is recovering from an attack of gout. Despatches for the Earl of Gosford, Governor of the Canadas, and for Sir Francis Head, Lieut.-Governor of Upper Canada, were sent off last evening from the Colonial office. Lord Holland had a dinner party on Wednesday even ing, at his residence in South-street. Lord John Russell had an interview with. Lord Gleneha yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of his Majesty's Privy Council sat yesterday. Their Lordships granted a motion, by Dr. Adams, in " Thompson v. Pcrrett," Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Mr. Thesiger then addressed their Lord ships on the appeal " John Scott v. William Scott," Prero gave Court of Canterbury. It was a question relative to the will of Christopher Scott, Esq., deceased, of whom the appellant was the brother, and the respondent the natural son. Dr•. Adams followed on the same side till the Court adjourned. The Lords present were—Lord Broughham, Sir J. Bernard Bosanquet, Sir James Parke, and the Hon. Thomas Erskine. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mrs. Wayman, J. Wayman, Esq., W. Wayman, Esq., and Miss Wayman, at Marshall Thompson's Mel, Cavendish square; John Lloyd Clayton, Esq., Mrs. Clayton and family, at ditto ; Captain Deveau, at ditto ; Charles G. F. Fairfax, Esq., juu., at ditto; John F. Shroder, Esq, at ditto; Hon. C. Compton Cavendish, at Burlington House, from Latimers ; Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Kennedy, at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, from Dover ; Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss Campbell, at ditto, from Richmond-park. DEPARTURES. Wm. Hodges, Esq., and Mrs. Hodges, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; the Rev. Godfrey Wright and family, from ditto, for Yorkshire ; J. W. Henley, Esq., from ditto; Capt. and Lady Georgian& Fullerton, from St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. B.—A Congregation was this day holden for granting Degrees, when the following gentlemen were admitted: BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.—Rey. J. Cooke, Magdalen Hall. MASTERS OF ARTS.—Mr. J. L. Brown, University College ; Mr. P. D. Dayman, Balliol College : Rev. R. H. Symonds, Wt. Edmund Hall ; Rev. G. R. Moore, Christ Church. BACHELORS OF 'ARM—Mr. G. D. Wheeler (scholar), Wadham College; Mr. R. P. Hull, Brazen Nose College; Mr. Edward Evans, Jesus College ; Mr. John Roberts, ditto ; Mr. J. E. Wyndham, Oriel College; Mr. Richard Fitzge rald, Exeter College. A series of splendid parties are to be given by the Duke of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, and other branches of the Cavendish families. Prince Polignac has issued cards for a large dinner party do Monday next to his numerous friends. The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville entertained the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland and a select party at dinner on Tuesday, in Cleveland-square. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland gave an ele gant dinner on Wednesday evening, in Hamilton-place, to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Dutch Minister, Mr. Greville, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Sneed, The lady of M. Dedel was absent in consequence of having sprained her ankle. . _ A marriage is spoken of as shortly to take place-_ viz., the young and beautiful daughter of the Hon. Colo nel Cavendish, brother of the late, and uncle to the pre.. sent, Earl of Burlington, with a nobleman of an ancient family on the Continent, and of much wealth—the Count G. d'Harcourt. The marriage of the Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk with G. Corbett, Esq., is fixed to take place near Lincoln, on Thursday next. The bride will be given away by her brother, the Duke of St. Albans. The 17.o:sea:I, which is very handsome, is presented by the Duchess, who within this year made a similar donation to the Lady Louisa Beauclerk, on her marriage with J. Hugan, Esq., at Munich. The Earl and Countess of Carlisle have arrived at Compton-place, Eastbourne, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Burlington. The Earl and Countess of Listowel have arrived at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, from their seat, West Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. This evening the Noble Earl gives his first dinner party for the season. Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford have arrived in Eaton-square, from the Earl of Cork's seat, Marston Hall, Somerset. Sir Edward Hamilton, Bart., and family, have re turned to their residence in Nottingham-place, after a pro longed stay at Munich and other places in Germany. The fears we expressed on Saturday respecting the delicate health of one of our representatives have been realized—Lord William Bentinck is unable to accept the invitation of his constituents to a public dinner.—Scots Times. We understand that Government has abandoned the further patronage and presecution of the Euphrates expedi tien, which has been broken up, the steamer being trans ferred to the East India Company. Colonel Chesney and his party return to England.—Gtasgow Courier. The sixth conversazione given by the Countess Sebastiani took place at Manchester House on Wednesday evening, and was attended by—His Excellency the Prince Esterhazy, the Baron and Baroness Biome, Count Ludolff, Count Grammont, Baron Wedell, Count Seckendorft; the Countess of Charlemont, Count Moreau, M. and Mde. Dedel, Viscount Palmerston, Baron Leipsenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Cowper, the Chevalier d'Aguilar, the Countess of Tankerville, M. Hummelauer, the Right Hon. E. Ellice, the Duke de Regina, and Baron Maltzen. The Hon. C. C. Cavendish arrived at Burlington House the eveninc , before last from Latimers. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family will leave Stafford House on Tuesday next for Paris ; their Graces will proceed to the French metropolis direct, and not make a detour to visit the Earl and Countess of Burlington, at Compton-place, Eastbourne. To-morrow the Hon. Mr. Stanley, second son of the Earl of Derby, will lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished daughter of Gen. Sir Henry Campbell, of Richmond Park. A splendid dejeuner is to be given on the occasion at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-sqUare, to a se lect party of relatives and friends. The second son of the Prince of Canino, who made his escape from the Papal Guard many months ago at Rome, and took refuge in the Tuscan States, arrived in London on Monday last. The seat of Lord Darnley, at Cobham, has suffered severely by the late gale, upwards of 500 trees having been uprooted and otherwise damaged on this fine estate. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's gave a grand dinner party on Wednesday evening at St. Alban's House, Piccadilly, on the occasion of the approaching nuptials of his Grace's sister, Lady Mary Beauclerk, with Mr. Corbett, M.P. for Lincolnshire. Covers were laid for 17. Yester day evening the Duke and Duchess had another party, and their Graces are not expected to leax 3 town until after the wedding. The Duke of 'Wellington will give a sumptuous en tertainment on Tuesday next, at Strathfieldsaye. The Austrian Ambassador and his son, Lord and Lady Cowley, and Lord and Lady Mahon, are expected to be among the visitants. The Earl of Rosslyn, his Grace's intimate friend, has left for Fifeshire, of which county lie is Lord Lieutenant. The Noble Duke hunts regularly with Sir John Cope's pack of hounds. The Military Commissioners, With Lord John Russell at their head, are making arrangements for the removal of the Board of Ordnance to the Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse-Guards, when the the claims of many deserving offi cers are to be considered, as recommended in the last session of Parliament. This measure will be very satisfaCtory to the public, UPPER CANADA. (From the Upper Canada Gazette Extraordinary, dated Toronto, Wednesday, Nov. 9. ) TUESDAY, Nov. 8. This day, at three o'clock, his Excellency the Lieute nant-Governor proceeded in state to the Legislative Coun cil-Chamber, and being seated on the throne, the Gentle man Usher of the Black Rod was sent to direct the attend ance of the Commons' House of Assembly at the bar of that Hon. House, who being come thereto— The Hon. the Speaker of the Legislative Council said, it was his Excellency's command they should repair to the usual place of sitting, and there choose a fit person to be their Speaker ; and that the person so chosen, ba presented for his Excellency's approbation on the following day. The House then withdrew. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9. The House of Assembly being again assembled at the bar of the Hon. the Legislative Council, Mr. Archibald M'Lean informed his Excellency that the House of Assem bly had chosen him for their Speaker, and claimed the usual privileges. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor was pleased to approve of the choice of the House of Assembly, and then addressed both Houses of the Provincial Parliament in the following speech : " Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " With great satisfaction I congratulate you on the loya feeling which pervades this province, and on the stillness and serenity of the public mind. " The auspicious tranquillity of the country offers you advantages which the Legislature of Upper Canada has long been unhappily deprived of, and I gladly avail myself of the opportunity to bring before your grave consideration some of those subjects which the country has now reason to expect will be met by its Legislature with a firm determina tion to bring them to a final settlement. " The most important of these is the long-disputed ques tion of the clergy reserves. " I invite your serious attention to this subject, in the full confidence that by moderation and sound discretion you will overcome the obstacles that have hitheato attended its discussion. " The beneficent intentions of his Majesty in granting a charter of incorporation to the University of King's College have hitherto been productive of no useful result. " In calling your attention to this fact, I trust that the province will shortly be indebted to your deliberations for possessing within itself the means of bestowing upon youth the inestimable blessings of a refined and liberal education. " The disposal of the school lands, and the promotion of general education, are so intimately connected with the fu ture destinies of this colony, that I feel confident they will suggest themselves to your early consideration. " The term which intervenes between the courts of over and terminer in this province —the consequent crowded state of the gaols —as well as the length of imprisonment suffered by persons charged with crime, are-evils which I deeply lament, and I trust you will determine whether by an increase to the present number of judges they would not be effectually removed. Having been made aware that cases of neglected misery and distress have long existed within the province, from the want of some place of public refuge for those of our fellow creatures to whom, in his divine •Providence, the Almighty, by depriving them of reason, has given peculiar claims upon our care, I feel satisfied that the necessity of esta blishing a provincial asylum for lunatics need only be suggested to receive your benevolent consideration. " I feel it my duty to call your attention to the advan tages which would be derived from opening communications by which the agricultural produce of this province might readily be brought to a market. " Among various improvements of this nature, a great western railroad will no doubt claim your favourable no tice, as being of infinite benefit to this province, as well as promoting our friendly intercourse with the - neighbouring States. " I also recommend to your consideration an immediate inquiry into the state of the Welland Canal. ;‘ I regret to say, that under existing circumstances, it may not be deemed adviseable to commence negotiations with the adjoining province .for the improvement of the na vigation of the Ottawa, but I recommend to your consi deration the propriety of causing a survey and accurate esti mate to be made of the expense of connecting by the waters of that noble river Lake Huron with the Ocean. " Having during the recess of the Legislature given con siderable attention to the neglected state of the roads throughout the province, I beg you to consider whether some efficient system might not be devised for placing them under a superintendence, to be held responsible, that the statute labour, as well as the large sums of money annually voted for their repair, should he scientifically, economically, and impartially expended. " I have to inform you, that for the purpose of encou raging emigration, I have recommended to his Majesty's Government that such portions of the military reserves as are not required for defence should, as early as possible, be offered to the public. I also hope to be authorised to adopt a quicker, raore convenient, and more beneficial sys tem, in the Land-granting Department ; and I am happy to add, that I have concluded negotiations by which I have obtained from the Indians very extensive tracts of rich land, which, from feelings highly creditable to their race, they have cheerfully relinquished for the public good. " As the Constitution of Upper Canada secures to Bri tish emigrants their own revered institutions—as this noble climate and luxuriant soil offer them immediate inde pendence and support, with a moral assurance that their land, whether it be cultivated well or ill, must in a few years unavoidably increase in value to a great extent—we may reasonably expect that the redundant enterprise, capi tal and population of the empire, will now flow towards this favoured province, in which I conscientiously believe British capital to be as secure as it is in the mother country. " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I trust you will take immediate measures for relieving the Government of this Province from the embarrassment it has laboured under, and is still suffering, from the sup plies for the public service having been withheld. " I shall direct the public accounts, together with esti mates for the sums required for the support of the civil government, for the current and ensuing years to be laid before you. " Hon. Gentlemen, and Gentlemen, " I feel confident that the distinguished and conspicuous station which th e p eop l e o f U pper Canada have attained in the estimation, not only of the empire, but of the civilized world, will, throughout the session we this day commence, be firmly upheld, by the dignity of your deliberations, by the wisdom of your proceedings, by the purity of your le gislation, and by your unceasing zeal for the public good. " As regards the duties of my station in the Legislature, it is my intention, so l ong as th e y m ay gra ciously be con fided to me, to occupy myself to the best of my ability in the internal improvement of the country, in the impartial administration of justice, and in maintaining unsullied the commercial integrity of the province. " The constant obedience which the British Constitution demands for its sacred institutions, educates and dignifies the public mind—the moral discipline of their passions organizes the power of the people, and eventually implants in the national character justice, mercy, generosity, and for bearance. " It has long been asserted, that these British senti ments, which would vegetate in the deserts of Arabia, are uncongenial to the soil of America ; but the voice of Upper Canada has repudiated this libel on the land, and both reason and truth are now daily demonstrating, that the safast description of self-government, the surest mode of protecting life, property, and liberty, is that honourable submission and virtuous obedience to the laws, which the three branches of the Legislature, as well as the people of this province, I trust, will ever continue to be proud to ac knowledge. " The Legislature of Upper Canada is not imbued with power to alter the Constitution imparted to it by an Act of the Imperial Parliament. I, therefore, shortly after my arrival here, publicly declared, that if the inhabitants of the whole Province were simultaneously to petition me to alter a single letter of that solemn act, I had neither power nor inclination to do so. " Grateful for the manly support which the expressi on o f this sentiment has pr oc u re d f or me , I feel it my duty ag a i n unequivocally to as sure y ou o f m y determination to carry into effect his Majesty's instructions, and thus to maintain the happy Constitution o f this province inviolat e . " Yesterday afternoon a bullock, which had escaped from a slaughter-house on the Surrey side of Westminster bridge, ran furiously through Parliament-street and Char ing-cross, creating great alarm, and doi ng some mischief in its progress. Many persons were kn oc k e d d own an d seri ously injured. An immense mob pursued it to the Strand, when a butcher with a pole-axe struck the animal a tre mendous blow on the side of the head, which failed, how e er, it, and th e b u ll ock ran on towar d s Hunger ford-market in felling m rke t wi th the axe still sticking in his head, and roaring with pain and fury. S ome b u t c h ers at last secured it on Hungerford-wh ar f, an d l e d i t o ff to a slaughter-hou se in Newport-market. LIQUID MARBLE.--Dr. Jackson, of Boston, in the United States, has lately made an analysis of the water of that cit y , i n w hi c h ana l ys i s h e ca lculates th at t h e inha bitants of that city annually drink lime enough to make a column of Marble 40 feet long and two feet i n di ame t e r. The play actors say it takes a long time to excite the Bob ton audience. Who can wonder, when, according to Dr. Jackson's theory, they must present a mere mass of cold unfeeling marble ? No offence to Baltimore, but ought not Boston henceforth to be called the monumental city ? —Philadelphia Paper. CHURCH REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Seeing that the very important question of Church Reform has been slightly touched upon of late in some of the daily prints, after having been, to all appearance , fairly cushioned, and that that zealous reformer, t h e Times of Monday, opines that " the independent press ought to keep the public eye upon the Church Commis sion," (in which I quite agree),---allow me, through yon independent columns, to forward the Times'. views. And lst—permit me to ask upon what evidence have the re ports which have issued from the Chuch Commissioners been grounded ? In most of the late changes Bills have been formed upon reports drawn from the examination of evidence and facts. If I mistake not, the Municipal, and many other Bills were founded on reports drawn from evi dence occupying rather formidable dimensions in print ; but I have never yet heard what the nature of the evidence pro duced before, and examined by the Church Commission, is. Can it be possible that the facts on which this Commission reports are those collected in answer to certain queries sent forth by (the then) Lord Althorp, the answers to which were published in a book termed " Liber Ecclesiasticus ?" Is it possible that the answers to these questions, which it was not imperative upon the Clergy to give, which, in fact, in several cases, were not given at all, and which were pro fessedly to be only of a general, and so to say approximate character—is it possible, I ask, that this loose information is to be the groundwork of a great measure of church-reform —a measure not at all inferior in importance to any that we have yet seen? Did the Ministry apply for information respecting the working of the old corporations to the voluntary testimony of the quondam corporators ? or can any one suppose that if they had, they would have been one jot the wiser for so doing? Certainly not. Then why is it to be supposed that the clergy have voluntarily afforded such testimony in the " Liber Ecclesiasticus," as is likely to assist for the best in the dreaded reform ? It is casting no imputation upon them to say that it is contrary to the nature of human beings that they should. Again —sup posing the " Liber Ecclesiasticus" to be critically exact and minute— an d I k now it t o b e ne ither the one nor th e other— is an avera ge o f th ree years ca l cu lated to give a fai r state ment of the income, to say nothing of the property of the Church, when so much of it is the result of renewal fines and leases upon lives ? The only available part of the pro perty of the Church—at least the only part which the re.. port contemplates as fitting for the purposes of augmenting poor livings, which is by far the most genuine and important point of all the reform—is that of the Deans and Chapters. Now does any one imagine that an average of three years gives a fair idea of the value of a Bishopric or Deanery, —of a Canonry, or other Prebendal Stall ? No such thing. The average of thirty years, in many cases, would scarcely do it. Does not everyone at all acquainted with these matters know full well that it is a common remark, that such and such a piece of preferment will be worth nothing (comparatively) during the next possessor's life, as the present incumbent has got all the " plums" out of it ? What is the Bishopric of Lincoln worth, or likely to be worth, to its present possessor, compared with Bishop Tomline ? But this " Liber Ecclesiasticus" does not give us one syllable about the property of the Church ; it re lates solely to income, and that on an average of only three years ? lam aware that the returns of the Clergy were fuller than those given in the " Liber Ecclesiasti cus," and why were they not so published ? No living soul can, I verily believe, at this moment, say, to any thing like a fair approximation, what the amount of the property of the Church of England is. It cannot be accurately esti mated from the income. Yet have we a Commission sitting and devising reforms for the Church without this necessary and positively elementary information !—information too, which the Chapter clerks could be compelled to give (as far as regards Deans and Chapters), on an average of twenty five years, or more, of income, together with a detailed ac count of estates and property, with complete accuracy, and entire freedom from expense. Before another step is taken in legislation on this subject there ought to be a rigid scru tiny into the property of the Church—at all events into that of the Deans and Chapters, and an,enquiry how far it is applied to the purposes for which it was originally devised. I deny the accuracy of the " Liber Ecclesiasticus." I affirm that we want more information than it gives, and I assert that no subject has ever been brought before Parliament respecting which so few facts and data arc known as the Reform of the Church. The necessity of the public, or the Members of Parliament, having a complete know ledge of the grounds upon which legislation is to pro ceed in this instance, any further than can be collected from the reports of the Commission (which, mind, are not facts in thenzselves ), does not seem to be at all regarded ; and Mr. Hume alone seems to have had any misgivings as to what the Bishops' Commission was about. I have asked nume rous clergy, who all admit that they have never been called upon for any further information than what was required of them some four or five years ago by Lord Althorp. Now I cannot, I will not believe, that a Reformed Parlia ment will proceed to pass bills—be they good or bad—which are recommended by the Church Commission, without exa mining and letting the public too examine the evidence up on which they are founded. A multitude of other points then are not touched on by the Commissioners, which I dare not trespass on your room to mention. What is said of the original Charters of Chapters ? Who knows their con tents ? What is said of estates originally devised to the support of singers, organists, vergers, and other menials ? Where do the proceeds of those estates now go ? In short, what is known about the constitution of the several Deans and Chapters at all ? Of these things we want evidence and explanation. The Lords called evidence respecting the Old Corporations. Will they do the same as regards Deans and Chapters ? I know not : and for this reason the Church Reform, as it is called, is essentially a Tory mea sure ; begun by Tories, executed by interested Bishops (the great bulk of the Clegy being looked on as mere ciphers in the matter,) and it is bolstered up—l am ashamed to say it—by the Whigs, and it will be jumped at by the Lords. Only compare the bills hatched by this Bishops' Commis sion with the spirit of two really reforming ones laid on the Lords' table by Lord Brougham in the time of Earl Grey's Ministry—and Oh, how changed! A CHURCHMAN. P.S.—A volume might be writtenui;iitlie — i;;Y4;ets of renewal fines as injurious to the landlord as the tenant, and forming a complete bar to all improvement of the pro perty. In fact the property of the Chureh needs reform as much as the Church itself. Yet what mention of this is there in the reports ? The imports of gold and silver into the United States have for a considerable period exceeded those of their exports of the previous metals. On a comparison of the im ports and exports for the last half-dozen years, on balance there will be found a large sum in favour of the imports, but the increase in the last two years in the gold imported has been very great indeed. The following is the value in dollars : IMPORTS. Years. 1829-30 1830-31 1831-32 1832-33 1833-34 1834-35 Gold. Silver. 821,146 7,334,818 932,024 6,373,916 716,686 5,190,818 611,852 °% 6,160,676 3,766,172 14,145,460 2,325,196 I 10,606451 Silver. EXPORTS. Gold. 485,513 756,109 921,055 522,663 638,405 299,680 623,679 6,035,602 1,722,196 3,351,407 L 386,581 5,122,495 I 9,173,196 1 50,011,939 The following are the average prices of France, at the end of October in each year, under-mentioned 18 years, from 1819 to 1836, W.__ _ _ tion of the same into English measure and money : Per • Per 1 Per Hectolitre. Quarter.l t o oHeiitre. Quarter. 1819....15f. 29e. equal to 355. 0d.{1828....21E69c. equal to 495. Bd. 1820....19 56 44 9 1829....21 60 49 5 1821—.15 - 99 1822_35 55 35 7 1831.-22 88 52 5 1823.-15 72 ............ 35 11 1832—. 18 67 42 9 1824....14 40 33 0 1833....15 42 ............ 35 4 1825....15 24 1826—.15 55 1827.-18 77 43 1 1836....17 3 39 0 The average of the whole period is 17f. 51e. per hectolitre, which is equal to 40s. Id. per quarter ; and it will be seen that the average of the month of October, 1835, was the lowest of the whole period. To compare the average prices of wheat in France with those of England, it is necessary to add 20 per cent to the latter for difference in the quality of the wheat, and the difference in the mode of taking the averages ; and it then appearing that the average price of wheat in England for the six weeks ending the 28th Oct. is 48s. per quarter, this, with the addition of 20 per cent., makes 575. 7d., and the average price of wheat in France at the same period being 395. per quarter, it . follows that wheat i s 47.65 per cent. dearer in England than in France. THE. LATE REV. ROWLAND HlLL. — Amongst the supplies at Mr. Whitfield's chapels in London, few were more popular than the late Rev. Rowland Hill, who, in the summer of 1772, was the means of reviving the cause of Methodism in those places. His residence was at the Tabernacle House in Moor-fields, from which he made preaching excursions in the neighbourhood of London, in addition to his labours in the metropolis itself. The effects of his addresses to the people on these occasions were ex traordinary in the extreme. One individual wrote him word, for his encouragement, that the Lord had blessed the truths he had delivered to " hundredsrnay, he might safely say " thousands," and earnestly entreats him to return as soon as possible, as " multitudes longed for the time when they should hear him again." " Many," he continues, "'I have visited on their sick beds, blessing God for the time they heard you. Notes of thanks were put up from whole families stirred up to seek the Lord by your ministry." The , style of Mr. Hill's addresses to the people was at this period of life extremely simple and forcible ; they abounded with lucid views of the doctrines of the - Gospel, mingled with sudden bursts of vivid, sublime, and sometimes singular illustrations.—Evangelical Register. 3 ,492,985 I 18,374,390 wheat in during the ith a reduc- i