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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER l4, 1844. series and calamities of a protracted and sanguinary war. The words of the toast were—" - May the present friendly relations between France and England long continue." He would beg leave to alter one word, and say, may they continue for ever.— (Loud and long-pro .tracted cheering followed the enunciation of this senti ment, the entire company standing, and the ladies in the galleries waving their handkerchiefs, participating in the enthusiasm evinced by the assemblage below.) This having concluded the list of toasts, the Mayor and principal guests retired, and in a few minutes the banquet hall was completely deserted. The French officers are to-day entertained by Colonel Trevor and the officers of the 59th Regiment. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH. (From the Times.) In the very clever and ingenious tale of ' Hajji Baba in England," there are few things which excite the sur prise an disgust of that illustrious traveller more than the off hand manner in which the arrangements for the reception of the Persian Ambassador at our Court are conducted. lie is even considerably shocked that no procession should have been formed to greet the en trance of so great a man and his suite into the metro polis, out of suitable respect for one who was delegated to represent so supreme and august a potentate as the Shall ; and at first he will not believe but that all the passers-by in carriages and horseback, whose attention the new corners so forcibly attract, can be any other than a cavalcade appointed to escort them. We apprehend, however,. that had that acute and lively Oriental de ferred his peregrinations till these days, he would have been completely aghast, and absolutely at his %vit's end, to observe bow socially and familiarly the very royal and princly personages of our time run about *mocking at the doors of one palace or another, rushing eiwards by railroad or steamer, without so much as a dozen dragoons of their own to look after their lives or property ! No • accurately measured etiquette—no 2.icely balanced scale of dignities—no beautifully ad usted equilibrium of localities and approaches — no lengthened train of glittering warriors to frighten the gazers into awe—no tribe of keen gray-headed politi cians to make you think how such cunning folks might taireiunvent or overreach you. Poor Hajji would have 'gapped the eylids of ignorance over the eyes of asto leishment, and placed the finger of suspense on the lips 43..nce. We confess that to us this is one of the most ✓ eable topics which we have lately had to dea l with. eems like a brightening of the political horizon in .e midst of those thick clouds of turbulence and dis *Section which have long been gathering around almost • 'ery Government in Europe. We rejoice with no swan degree of satisfaction in the reflection that Prussia last sent her King, Russia her Emperor, Saxony her IKinge end France—yes, even France, agitated as she is livith a fierce and desolating faction, who would move heaven and earth for a war of extermination with us— France has piloted her King to the shores of Albion, to vedt Queen Victoria in the unostentatious character of a Friend. To those who, without shunning the alternative, when called for, of a just and necessary war, still love and cherish the blessings of peace, occasions like the } resent must affoid the deepest pleasure ; and we hope and to presage that assay surely be allowej tO from this source of uncert'enonious cordiality between crowned heads, the nations slyer whom they preside rill imbibe fur each other seetiments (in some de gree at least) of a similar naI:NT. We do net pretend inked to assert, that we sfsell ever be able to conciliate the furious and unreasonable party to whom • have alluded, or the populace whorl they irritate egainst us; but we cannot forbear looking for some good from the occurrence of such events as that of which we are now writing ; and although we dare not transgress the limits of judgment and experience in framing views which may prove to be too sanguine, still we will be Veld to set at defiance the intrigues and rnisrepresenta ions which would render the visit of Louis Philippe to our Sovereign nugatory for any valuable and peaceful end. In private a man incurs a large share of odium in the circle in which he moves, when he abuses the hos- Fitalities of an intirr ate by any flagrant outrage upon she duties, the proprieties., or even the conventional civilities; of life. lie, in fact, shuts himself out of his cinie, by making it necessary to prevent Isis repeating the oM nee. The same rule, in its degree, will extend to the case before us ; and we are surely authorise d to expect a system of amicable relations with every Court whose ruler comes hither on a trip . of pleasure apart from every political motive, and enjoys and responds so the various manifestations of friendly solicitude which, not the Queen alone, but the public bodies of the ports and towns through which he passes hasten to exhibit to the royal foreigner. The impression of such sseenes cannot disappear in the path of every-day events: t hey will, they must, leave a delicious and refreshing saemorial which no subsequent position of affairs can ever thoroughly obliterate. Between the individuals on Use throne a threefold cord of amity is thus cemented, t ud deep and bitter regret will overspread that hour (if i. ever arrive) when variance or ingratitude shall pre tail to sever the connexion. In leaving these shores, hick he ha; twice vi,itcd, as an exile and as a King, Louis Philippe will cerry with him recollections of a ,nd'r and grateful character. It is impossible he should I. , rget that, when his country once denied him a home, I e found it here—a home where he might cultivate those peaceful talents by which he has more than once saved Europe from the horrors of war. And now that . Le has come as a King, his presence has been doubly welooine. It has been. a tribute of those fruits of which the seed was sown in our own land; and most sincerely co we trust, that while England waves him a kind and cordial adieu as he leaves her shores,h those of his own subjects who have been hardy enough to ridicule or de eounce his humane and peaceful policy, will yet learn generosity enough to acknowledge the wisdom by which they have so lo u ng profited. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The King of the French re-embarks this day for his een shores. His reception at Windsor was, of course, cordial and magnificent, and, had circumstances per mitted his Majesty to accept more of the national hos j.itality,he would have seen equal eagerness in the middle and commercial, as well as in the higher and courtly classes, to cultivate the best understanding with the re p 'esentative of a country so closely connected with England by political and geographical position, and, it the French would so permit it, by interest. What ever effect such royal visits may have in them- The daily journals have published an account of a -Ives on the personages who come together, they an insult said to have been offered to Lieutenant Rose, a:e at least calculated to make a very great impres of her Majesty's ship Hazard, by the French naval &ten on the people of both countries and of Europe. authorities at Otaheite. This announcement, of what When populations, neither very profoundly versed In politics, nor stimulated by the passion s which was deemed to be a fresh subject of complaint tolincs excite, see the Sovereigns of two such countries and of demand for satisfaction by Great Britain , teat excitement in Paris. We 'inset year after year in amity , their ministers , and has evidently caused g nobles, and leading statesmen intermingling also with have the more pleasure, therefore, in being enabled e.a.diality, it is impossible for them not to suppose to state that the impression in the best informed quarters that there exists a certain mutual understanding, with in this country is, that no insult whatever was offered, or inciples of fairness and feelings of amity on in te nd e d to be offered, to Lieutenant Rose by the naval both sides. With respect to the English and their officers of France, and that the whole proceeding can be Queen, there can be no doubt of our amicable feel- satisfactorily explained as regards the part the French logs towards France, and of our wish to be friendly took in it.—Observer. a 'id pacific, and more than pacific, if the French TIISATaB ROYAL DauaY-LANE.—Albert ' s success would let us. The same may be said of the French ful ballet of The Corsair, in which that celebrated dan- King. 'What Louis Philippe most wanted was sewer, Mademoiselle Adele ltumilatre, has created such a the support and friendship, not merely political b u t sensation, is nightly increasing in popularity ; yet, in a aersonal, of one of those old and acknowledged determination to give as much novelty as possible, the (Towns who stand at the head of the princely and lessee has announced his intention of producing the last aristocratic interests of Europe. The French Court, opera by Auber, called The Syren, on Thursday next. s. Ice 1830, made efforts to propitiate the courts of the The music is extremely beautiful, and will be supported east of Europe. The princes were sent to Austria to by Harrison, King, Stratton, Borraui, Weiss, and Miss seek allienees and marriage. We know how they were V.ainforth ; a host of talent, which must insure its com es-pulsed. In August, 1830, King Louis Philippe ( as plete success. In the course of the last week the follow iteleed his own journal, the Presse, of last Tuesday, re- ing distinguished persons have visited this theatre : a inds him) addressed a letter to the Emperor Nicholas, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Devonshire, which said, " France loves to see in Russia its most na- Marchioness of Convngham, Earl and Countess of Ches t ,ral and most powerful ally." The expression meant, terfield, Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Baron and at the King of the French, just elected, was quite B aroness Gersdorff, Countess of Pollington, Earl of Car ready to continue the policy of the elder B our b ons , an d, digan, Earl of Munster, Earl Fitzhardinge, Marquis of if received into the ranks of the Holly Alliance, to be Worcester, Marquis of Douro ; the Ladies Somerset, a c true to its principles as Charles the Teeth, setting Wellesley, E. Bruce, S. Cocks, Campbell, Ross, Turner ; I ngland and her liberal ideas at defiance. The offer w as Lords Gardiner,Cranstoun,Cantelupe,Duncannon , Dover , iected by the Czar with contumely, and the Court of Rosalyn, Canning, Alfred Paget, Duplin, Ross, Seaham, the Tuileries was obliged to fall back on the alliance of Clinton, Dufferin, Shelburne ; Sir Charles Shakerley, Fogland, and to get Prince Talleyrand to complete it. Bart. ; Sir W. Massey Stanley, Bart. ; Sir Jacob Astley, V'e recur to all this, not in anger or in pique, but Bart. ; Sir John Burgoyne, Bart- ; Sir Fred. Bathurst, is order to a due appreciation of the present state o f Barr. ; Sir Charles Ibbotson, Bart. ; Sir J. Lister Kay, affairs. There can be no Tory, no Radical, no politician, Bart. ; Sir Henry Webbe, Bart. ; Sir W. Curtis, Bart ; or print, so desirous to be on the most amicable rela- Sir Walter Blunt, Bart. ; Sir Richard King, Bart. ; Sir tens with France as we. But we cannot admit ourselves E. P. Turner, Bart. ; Sir Henry Mildmay, Bart. ; Sir eraisfied with such a state of relations as that which we Henr y Webster, Sir John Campbell, Sir John Rennie, have described. It is most unfair to England, l e t t i ng Sir Henry Wheatley, lion. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Sydney down by degrees her national pride, and sacrificing her Herbert, Hon. Mr. Curson, CoL M•Douall, Hon. W. interests one after another—in Spain one day, in Africa Ashley, Captain Balfour, Captain de Saumarez, Captain another, and in the Pacific the next ; and after all, for Ridley ; Charles Standish, Esq., M.P. ;T. S. Duncombe, a temporary truce with a set of madmen, who are no t Esq., M.P. ; Captain Curzon, and Captain Blayne. conciliated in the least by our abjuration of spirit or of THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT SOUTH SHIELDS. rights. Louis Philippe is, however, a most able and —Tke inquest on the body of Joh n Brown, one of the p ~ cific Prince. One cannot but admire how lie has persons killed by the collision, concluded on Wednesday bestridden the fiery war - horse of hie nation, reining night. The j ur y found that John Brown had come to it and menaging it, so as to spend its fury in curvets, his death by the collision, and levied a deodand of 300/. wlthourt allowing it t o ma k e a charge, except upon a on the locomotive which was " the moving cause of his it w savages in out of the way corners of the world, death." They also strougly expressed their disapproba klis Majesty would, no dotibt, prolong his reign of peace, tion of the practice which had prevailed of sending im lied, were he immortal, we might calm all apprehensions portant messages by one inferior servant to another, and o! war. But even he must one day disappear from the be given to him by a third, and stated that the business rK cue, and then what have we to look to ? The mainte- of the railway had been conducted in a very negligent wince of peace, we are told, is greatly due to •his per- manner. It is already reported that the Company intend eteml abilities, to his unrivalled' wisdom. This may be to remove the inquisition into the Court of Queen's Bench, For of admiration, but it is also a source of f ear. w i th the v iew of q uashin g it, on the g round of informality. For the pacific system may disappear with the store of INcaNDlsaism.—A fire broke out, on Saturday royal wisdom and sagacity. When we look to the French on the farm occupied by Miss Fyson, at Exning, about a Chamber, which must acquire almost uncontrolled power mile and a half from Newmarket, which in a short time en the demise of the present Monarch, we see parties destroyed a barn full of wheat, all the out-buildings and ist.d statesmen indeed, but not one party or statesman stacks, four horses, several pigs, and some poultry. Lord leho could pretend to rule without royal support. Neither Thurloe's private engine (kept and horsed by his Lord- Count Mole, nor M. Thiers, nor M. Barrot, nor M. ship for the use of his neighbours) and three others Dufaure, nor, still less, M. Guizot, could command were rendered useless by the want of water. fa majority, if the royal hand, so skilled in forming and Pitorossp PUBLIC PARK IN LEEDS.—Some of our usanaging majorities, were withdrawn. benevolent townsmen, among whom we may mention our (From the Morning Herald.) public-spirited Mayor, are desirous that Leeds should not The reception of the King of the French by the people be behind other towns in the formation of public parks asf England, of all ranks and of all parties, has amply or walks for the healthful and rational recreation of all 'dedicated the national character from the imputations c l asses . It has been suggested that the Zoological and ‘lt c _eaped upon it by the viler portion of the French press. Botanical Gardens, which com p rise nearl y twenty acres, rtie homage due to the honoured guest of our gracious in a beautiful situation and well laid out, might be put-. Q. een has been paid not merely with cheerfulness, but chased for this purpose. Some of the larger shareholders with an alacrity, and even enthusiasm, which must have in the gardens are, we know, disposed to transfer their proved to him how readily his twofold claim on the re- whole property in themto the town-council, or some e/ net and courtesy o f t h e British people has been recog- other body, for the benefit of the public ; and we think it ,a;sed. From the fi rst moment them of ofhisarrival .. no oppor- likely that many others would follow th is liberal ex tanity has been neglected bytestify ing the esti- ample, thinking it more agreeable to see their fellow bution in which he is held in this country ; townsmen of the bumbler classes enjoying themselves atel the frank and noble spirit in he has sponded to such courtesies has confirm edw ;in the gardens than to walk there in comparative seclu ge impression in to him. In hisitnsw t he sion. Those shareholders who took shares as an invest its the co mplimentary regardaddresses which have beeners ment, and who could not afford to give them to the public, would probably accept a moderate sum for that pr. sented to him, but one feeling predominates, that of which tiow y ields them no dividend. A subscription pei anxious desire on his part to improve the amicable would, therefore be required to purchase the gardens for re'ations between France and England—to employ his the public ; and , we think this would be forthcoming, Majesty's own en er g etic language—" to maintain an d as Inc amount woul d probably not be very large. A strengthen the friendship subsisting between the two yearly subscription would also be requisite to keep the countries, and which most warmly subsists between the gardens in order. We hope to be abl p e ro sh m o o rt te ly t r e report Os, Sovereigns—to promote sincere union between Eng- progress in this laudable attempt to /and and France," and "to preserve the blessing of and recreation of the industrious classes. h eal th e peace, so essential to the prosperity of both nations." Mercury. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY, Two O'CLOCK, ?.31. In the programme of the ensuing meeting, published on Saturday, we indicated by an asterisk the horses that were in the town up to Friday, omitting, however, Jamal, who should have been included in the arrivals. Since that time the following have arrived:—Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, Britannia, and Jamie Falshaw—Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, Sister to Give-him-a- Name, and colt by Velocipede, out of Amulet—Mr. I. Day's Zelinda filly—Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, Johnny, Queen Mab, Mania, and Walpole—Mr. Greville's Rigo lette and Jamaica—Lord Stradbroke's Jeremy Diddlvr, Erenus, and Boarding-school Miss—Mr. Ramsbottom 's Pine Apple and Brush—Mr. May's Corinthian Tom and f by Bentley, out of Battersea La ss—Mr. Hook's Una— Mr. E. Clarke's Sir Edward'—Lord Verulam's Charlotte —Mr. Griffith's Wild Rose—Mr. Walter's My Mary—Mr. Denham's Julia—Mr. Buckley's David—Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle—Sir C. Monck's Glossy—Mr. Da w son's Ligli t ning—Mr. G. Moore's The Bride—Mr. Worley's Exam' le —Colonel Anson's Marquise—Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, Cockfighter, Tiddly Winks, f by Hornsea out of Gamelass, 2 yrs, fby Hornsea, dam by Sultan, 2 yrs, and f by Hornsea out of Industry, 2 yrs, and several others ; making the number now in the town greater than has been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant ; as a proof we may mention that, out of the forty-six horses engaged in the Cesarewitch, all are on the spot except Carnpanero, who broke down at Stam ford, Pickpocket, Haitoe, The Currier, Telemachus, Rowena, William le Gros. and Everton. Una pulled up lame yesterday morning. Lord Albemarle in• tends to run the Emperor and The Brewer, but not Delapre. It is not unlikely that William le Gros will come ; he ran second to Alice Hawthorn at Dumfries, and on the following night was backed at Manchester, at 14, 15, and 16 to 1. John Day has nothing here at present ; Old England will arrive to-morrow, but from the number of horses amiss in the stable, it is doubtful whether anything else will come. As yet, the arrivals are few ; but, from the orders far post-horses, and the number of places secured for the extra coaches, there is every reason for expecting one of the fullest meetings ever known. The only fashionable names that have reached us are the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Albe marle, Earl and Countess of Miltown, Lord C. Manners, the Hon. Capt. and Mrs. Roos, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. H. Forester, llon. Capt. Spencer, Co lonel and Lady Alice Peel, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. It Greville, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Worrall, Mr. Ramsbottom. Sir G. Heathcote will be at his old quarters, the Crown Inn, Chesterford. Some showers fell yesterday afternoon and the course of the night, but the ground is still harder than trainers like ; a few hours of steady rain would be of immense service in this neghbourhood. The Ratan case comes on next Tuesday morning previous to the races ; the investigation is undertaken by the stewards in conse quence of a letter received from the Hon. Captain Rous and Lord G. Bentinck, requesting them to inquire into all the circumstances connected with the affair, in order, to use an ancient but not inappropriate phrase, that the saddle may be put on the right horse. Such sentiments cannot fail of being appreciated by 4 1:31 every enlightened mind throughout the country , a nd to tr 40207ttton increase the admiration, not unmixed with personal es teem, with which the effur:s of his Majesty to cultivate an entente cordials have been regarded. i Nothing could have tended more effectually to cement the good understanding which has at length been created between the two nations than such a decla ration ; and but for his Majesty's intimation of his wish that his visit might be considered as a private one, such demonstrations would have been almost universal. That such a course was wise on his part is proved by the jealousy with which his Majesty's presence in England is regarded by the Opposition press of France, whose conductors cannot oonceal their mortification at the prospect to which his reception in this country, and the sentiments to which it has given occasion, must, of necessity, have conducted them. The Republican looks for war, as affording the sole chance of ascendancy that remains to his party. The Legitimatist, equally mis guided by a vicious and virulent press, regards the culti vation of amicable relations with England as equally fatal to his hopes. The visit of Queen Victoria to Eu was hardly more acceptable to them than that of their own Monarch to Windsor. Their efforts, therefore, are neither unnatural nor unexpected ; and if they have proved ineffectual it has been because the great mass of the people of France aro no more influenced by their malice than the reflecting portion of the British public are by the gibes and misrepresentations of which our own Foreign Minister is the object, for his imputed sacri fices of the honour of England to the interests aid demands of France ! Unsuccessful in their frantic endeavours to exaggerate any contre temps that seemed likely to disturb a peace of some thirty years' duration, they attempt to account for the re ception of the King in a manner calculated to wound the amour-propre of their countrymen. They attribute our earnestly-expressed desire to cultivate an amicable understanding, to a haughty sense of our own superiority ; and add that we should not have received Marshal Soult as favourably as we did had he not been unsuccessful in his operations against us. Now every Englishman knows full well that it was the gallantry which he displayed on all occasions in which he came into collision with the British forces that inspired the cordiality of esteem with which he was received when he visited us a few years ago. The heroism displayed by the French troops in the Peninsular war and at Waterloo, to which the warmest testimony has been borne by nearly all our military writers, has inspired a similar feeling in regard to the French army generally. We have found the French worthy foes, but may ask with the poet,— " What better than a noble foe, Unless a noble friend ? " We assume no superiority over them, still less should we base the hospitalities due to the illustrious strangers who are now among us, on so arrogant a feeling, even had we been conscious of its existence. Were the people of England, however, liable to such a charge, it must surely be considered inconsistent with the anxiety they have displayed to remain at peace with the nation of whose inferiority they are declared to be so satisfied. The imputation is almost too absurd for grave refutation. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank 5t0ck...........ex di v. 206 Indian Stock 3 per Cent. Red 994 Ditto 80nd5...............94 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... 100% Ditto Old Annuities 314 per Cent. Red Ditto New Annuities New 3% per Cent.— 102% Ex. Bills, 1 0001. I%d 77 pm. New 5 per Cent.......... .» — Ditto 5 001 _ ' 77 Poi. t Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5maU....... ... '77 pm. Jan 1860......... ..... 12% Bank Stock for Acct...... 209 Oct. 1859. .... ....... 11 15-16 Consols for Art........ 100% Jan. 1860.. ..... .004 India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent ..... 103 Ditto, New ..«....«.»»Brazilian Bonds ......... 85 Prusslan, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent — Chlllan, 6 per Cent Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23% Ditto, ..... Ditto, 3 per Cent 9 4% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditt0,..... Danish, 3 per Cent ...... I French, 5 per Cent. ...... —t. Greek, 18z5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ...... --c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., IE.C.f7 Dutch, 2% per Cent...... 62% Peruvian. 1a25, 6 per Cent 24% Ditto, S per Cent ........ 8.3% Spanish citizens, under the most despotic of their rulers ? Such are the blessings for which the Spanish nation has exchanged the quiet and constitutional rule of the Duke of Victory ; who, if he derived his authority from his influence over the army, exhibited a forbearance in its exercise, which made it finally a party to his overthrow. Is he then to blame for availing himself of a legitimate opportunity for reminding the Spanish people of the difference between him and his successor ? Cer tainly not. Still less for the manner in which he has performed that duty to himself and to them. The orders for cotton twist to the Continent, via Hamburgh, from this port, cause the demand to be greater than the supplies can, at present , be obtained from the manufacturing districts. The insufficiency this week from Manchester caused the Hanseatic steam-ship Leeds to proceed considerably short of the freight en gagvd.—Huli Packet. CARMARTHEN.—The South Wales Turnpike Trusts Commi.sioners concluded their sittings here on Tues day. On Wednesday they visited Llanfihangel-yeroth for the purpose of receiving the claims of the creditors of the Carmarthen and Tivyside District Trust. They dined with J. LI. Davies, Esq., and returned to Car marthen the same evening. On the fellowing morning they took their departure for Llandillo.— Welshman. The good olden times of the year 1800 are again revived at Eye.: Our bakers are now selling four hot rolls for a penny, one sufficient for a reasonable man's breakfast.—Suffelk Chronicle. LACY INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 12. IN THE MATTER OF JAMES SAWYER. The insolvent, who had been an attorney, in Bow lane, Cheapside, was opposed on the part of a widow woman named Rokes. The complaint against the insolvent was that he had defrauded Mrs. Rokes out of a considerable sum of money, the loss of which had reduced her to distress, and had obliged her to sell some furniture to bring her case before the Court. The evidence proved that Mrs. Rokes's late husband and son were in partnership as undertakers, in Union street, Borough, and that the son had saved 2,0001., which he kept in a box, and shortly before his death gave it to her for her exclusive benefit. Her husband afterwards died, and she administered to his effects, and took out letters of administration to about 600 /. In February, 1842, her son-in-law, named North, was heard in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, on which occasion she was subpoenaed as a witness. She con sulted the insolvent, and mentioned the circumstance about the 2,0001. given her by her son, which she had not set forth when she took out letters of administra tion. He told her that she had committed an offence for which she could be transported, as the property should have been mentioned. The poor woman became alarmed, and it was arranged that she should sell out her stock and place it in his hands as a deposit, which she did, the amount being 2,4001. North was finally heard in April, 1842, and until after that period no application was made to him that it might be again invested. The insolvent told her that North's cre:li tors were entitled to a portion, and hence the selling of it out of the funds. He had made advances to her, which were set forth in a book, to about 400/., and that was the whole she had obtained of the sum of 2,4001. The insolvent stated that he was to allow her in terest for the money. He had advanced her 500/., had a bill for law costs (which had not been deli vered), and he admitted that he owed her a balance of 1,4001. He had used the money in his business, and was at the time in a practice to some extent, keeping his carriage and nine clerks. His banker's book showed that he had only deposited small sums at the period the money was deposited with him. He had taken the opinion of counsel, and believed that the mosey should have been returned in when the letters of administration were taken out. He had not advised her to make a different return, but she suggested that the money should be deposited with him, and he "ac ceded" t') the suggestion. His insolvency arose from the failure of a Mr. Hannan, who owed him 2,0001., .and he had other debts owing to him. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS ordered an account to be fur nished to him of the disposition of the 2,400/. before he gave his opinion. Mr. CooKE asked the Court to appoint an early day. The insolvent had been quite long enough out of prison, and the interests of justice required a speedy decision. Mr. CHAMBERS prayed the Court to grant some lays' delay. - Sir C. F. WILLIams adjourned the case to Monday week, and required the account of the money to be furnished to him some days before the next occasion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MAI?YLEBONE. Caroline Berry, a meanly-dressed elderly woman, and Elizabeth Phasey, a middle-aged female, respect ably attired, were charged with having been con cerned in stealing articles of jewellery, &c., valued at 3851., the property of John Goldie, Esq., 39, Baker street, Portman-square. Mrs. Goldie deposed that, on the 10th of July last, she and her family went out of town, after leaving the house in charge of Phasey, one of her servants, and on her return, on the 2a of the present month, Phasey informed her that the wardrobe had been left open. She (Mrs. Goldie), who was convinced that it was locked prior to her departure, examined it, and found that a pair of diamond ear-rings, a diamond brooch, an emerald ring, and a silk dress had been extracted therefrom. She a sked Phasey if she knew anything of the missing articles, to which she replied that she did not ; and, on her being further questioned, she said that the only persons she could suspect of having done anything wrong were the prisoner Berry, an occasional charwoman at the house, and a young man, named Edward Payne. Mr. Loxc —Do you know anything of the man, Payne ? Mrs. Goldie—All that I know of him, Sir, is, that Phasey, my servant, told me he had slept in the house while I was away, and that she first became !Acquainted with him while she was with me at Lea mington some time ago. William Henry Clarke, shopman to Mr. Dobree, 12, Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-square, produced the diamond brooch and ear-rings (articles of a most splendid description), which had been pledged at dif ferent periods by the prisoner Berry for a small amount, she (Berry) alleging that they were " past e ," and belonged to Malame Davis, 15, Gilbert street. Mrs. Goldie identified the valuables brought for ward by the last witness; he (witness) was, as it ap peared, young in the trade, and was not aware of the worth of the property which h e had taken in. Berry, in answer to the charge , said that the pro perty was given to her by Phasey to pawn, and she was not aware there was anything wrong. Phasey denied this in most vehement terms. Both the prisoners were remanded till Friday. CLERKEIV WELL. Thomas Triggey, who described himself as an assistant officer of the Court of Requests, Kingsgate street, was charged with extorting money from Mrs. Ann Waugh, a poor person, living at No. 11, Thomas's-buildings, Somers Town, under the pre tence of giving her legal assistance. Mrs. Waugh stated that she owed Mr. Goodwin, of Chichester-rents, Chancery-lane, for a sack of pota toes, which she had purchased of him on the " tally system," at his shed. On her inability to pay, a summons, and subsequently execution, was issued against her, for debt and costs, amounting to upwards of Bs., and by the order of the court she was ordered to pay it off by 2s. instalments. On going to the court, on Wednesday, to pay, a man named Terne, whom she pointed out to the magistrate, told her she was too late, as the court was closed ; but if she allowed him to act for her, he would make it " all right." He then introduced the prisoner Triggey to her at an adjoining public-house, who told her that she would have ss. Bd. to pay, on which she at once went and raised the money by pledging her cloak. She then paid Triggey the sum he demanded for his services, and treated Terne with a pint of beer with the only remaining 2d. she possessed, leaving herself and her two children destitute. She hereupon satis fied her mind that everything was arranged; .but, on Friday, execution was levied on her goods. Terne, whom she had seen before at the court, had, on that occasion, said he was an officer belonging to it. Joseph Terne, who at first objected to give his name to the magistrate, was then placed at the bar. Mr. Goodwin stated that on proceeding to the poor widow's house to execute his warrant for the goods he had sold her, she presented her receipt frOm Triggey, showing she had paid him the money, and she had considered him as the landlord at the time, he being behind the bar, and that gave her sufficient confidence. On the warrant of execution being examined, it appeared to have been delayed since September, through the neglect of the officer. James Wheldan, who described himself as "bailiff" to the court, and said he was appointed by Mr. Ser geant Heath, and sworn in, like the other officers, "every morning," gave an aceount of himself with much hesitation. He said that Triggey executed the warrants with him, but was not authorised to receive money. Terne was an agent, getting whatever he could ; neither Triggey nor Terne had piid him the money received from Mrs. Waugh. Some blank forms were found on Triggey, upon which the BENCH remarked, after perusing" This shows what a nest of iniquity it is ; Mr. Ser geant Heath must be shown these ; p oor i g norant them, . people resort to these courts in moments of distress, hard earnings. of indifference Terne treated the thing as a m atter and are frightened by designing men out of their until he was charged with " stealing the money." The MAGISTRATE then sent to request the attend ance of Mr. Heath, or some other principal official of the court, to explain its rules and proceedings. This being found impracticable at the time, the prisoners we r e remanded to Monday. WORSH/P-S TR EE T. Jane Bove, ;smartly-dressed girl, was charged before Mr. Broughton with having, on three several occasions, disturbed the rest of Mr. Cr. H. Coward, the district surgeon of police, in the New North road, by ringing his house-bell withotzt lawful excuse. The complainant stated that about one o'clock on 'Wednesday morning he was disturbrA by a violent ringing at his night-bell, on answering which he found the prisoner at the door, who re quested the im mediate attendance of one of his assistants to visit a sick man who was lying dangerousliy ill at a house in Britannia-street, City-road. One of his assistants was immediately dispatched to the given address, but he remained so long absent that witness became alarmed, and obtained the assistance of a policeman, with whom he went in search of him in all directions, without success. After more than three hours' ab sence the young man at length returned hack, and said that he had been unable to find the place. On the following night, about the same hour, the prisoner called again, and said that his assistant was in stantly wanted at the house of a dying man named Phillips, in Monyer-street, Hoxton, whither he was accordingly sent, but after a protracted absence he came back, and said they had been again hoaxed, as nu such person resided there. When she called the second time witness was not aware that she was the same person who had led them such a wild goose chase on the preceding night ; but about one o'clock on that morning she paid him a third visit, and was deliver ing a similar summons for his assistant, when he recognised her as the same girl who had broken his rest on the two previous occasions, and gave her into custody. Police-constable No. 98 stated that, on her way to the station-house, the prisoner confessed that her con duct was the result of a preconcerted scheme between herself and Mr. Henry Petch, the compainant's assistant, to enable him to enjoy the pleasure of her society. Mr. Coward said that he had questioned his as sistant on the subject, who had admitted, after a good deal of hesitation, that the girl's statement was per fectly correct. He had some previous intimacy with the girl, and not being permitted to leave the house after it was closed for the night, they had resorted to this stratagem to bring them together. On being asked if she wished to say anything, the prisoner declared that Mr. Henry would be best able to explain all about the transaction. Mr. BROUGHTON ordered her to pay a shilling for her discharge. SH A RES. Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Dublin and Belfast Junction, 236 paid 4% Eastern Counties (23 paid) ........... Great Western (75 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid Birmingham and Derby, £ 100 paid Bl% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) lO5 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Central of France, 2 paid ..........«. ..... - 3% earis and Orleans (20 paid) ... 39% SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The morning papers contain the fol lowing unostentatious announcement :—" Lord El lenborough arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday." How striking is the contrast aflorded by his Lord ship's return from, and his departure to, the country where he has " strutted and fretted through his little hour ;" alternately exciting ridicule by his bombastic follies, and inspiring fear for their probable results on the empire which, in an evil hour, was intrusted to his rule ! His Lordship left this country with honour—the representative of his Sovereign, and the selected agent of the Ministry, in the administration of our posses sion in the East. At the dinner given by the East India Directors in celebration of his appointment, Lord Ellenborough deemed it consistent with his position to pass oblique censures upon the acts of his predeces sor ; and to enter upon a rather elaborate exposition of the policy which he would adopt and carry out in the government of India. Observance of existing treaties—a careful abstinence from aggres sion upon the territories of native princes, arid a constant demonstration of a pacific disposition, were to inspire confidence in British honour and moderation. The dominion of Britain in India under his rule was to be kept within limits clearly defined and prescribed. Condensation of ter ritory was to be the object of his constant solici tude ; and extension of dominion, by annexation or conquest, was to be avoided, as tending to weak ness, distrust, and disorganisation. Lord Ellenbo rough's first proclamation on his arrival at the seat of Government, breathed the same pacific tone ; and was fraught with promises of moderation, justice, and equity. The temple of Janus was to be closed under his rule—the blessings of peace were to be cherished by his smile science and arts were to be fos tered by his patronage—a new era, in fact, was to commence with his administration. The acts of Lord Ellenborough have strangely disagreed with his promises and proclamation. From the date on which his first manifesto went forth from the Govern ment House at Calcutta, to the hour when the letter of reed from the Court of Directors reached his hand, the Governor-General seemed determined to exhibit the humiliating spectacle of a ruler who had the power of conferring a large amount of benefit on the people of his government, by merely pursuing the straightforward course which he had, prescribed to - himself; buf 'who' alternately' abused his powers to purposes of puerile display, and of posi tive mischief to the empire. Lord Ellenborough dis appointed the hopes he had himself raised. By acting on a policy which, in the strongest language, he had repudiated and condemned, he virtually pronounced condemnation on himself; and invited all men to concur in the sentence. He speedily diminished the power of achieving extensive and lasting good which he possessed when he entered upon the go vernment. Every monthly mail brought news of some new freak of the Governor-General. His fustaiit proclamations, and especially his general orders for restoring the sandal-wood gates to the Hindoo temple of Somnauth, with his bombastic address upon the oc casion—intended to imitate the Oriental style, but which exhibited more of burlesque than imitation — exposed his person to ridicule, and his high office to scorn and contumely. Then followed the in dulgence of his vanity in military pomp and dis play. His projected expeditions—his army of reserve, and his army of occupation—his march ings and counter-marchings—his reviews of troops and his projects of aggrandisement. The deposi tion of the Ameers of Sinde, and the annexe tion of their territory to the British dominions, were marked by perfidy, and pepetrated by a mixture of fraud and violence. The monstrous violation of treaties, and the effect it was !ikely to produce gene rally on the native powers, at once astounded and alarmed those who had previously only ridiculed and despised Lord Ellenborough's indulgence of character istic vanity. The memorble exhibition on the plains of Gwalior completed the eventful history of Lord El lenborough's personal puerilities. The " Brumma gem Napoleon" closed his military career with that display of his genius for heroic deeds. The speech with which he took leave of his brave troops at the grand military banquet given to him, on the verge of his departure, by a subscription raised by the military officers—at which his successor, Sir Henry Ilardinge, with great good taste, declined to be present—wound up the spectacle of " Lord Ellenborough in India." It might be easily worked up to a grand scenic ex hibition. At Astley's, or some other grand eques trian stage ' it would draw crowded houses, and elicit unbounded applause. STANDARD.—The Duke of Victory has availed himself of the legal and constitutional termination of his official career—his regency de jure—to offer a brief justification of his conduct during the period that he actively performed the duties of that office, and we confess we can discover nothing ridiculous or ill-timed in his apology. It appears to us to have been penned in the spirit of modesty and moderation which has characterised his whole official career. A capricious :Contemporary, who is " everything by turns, and nothing long,' sneers at the fact, "so illus trative of the actual position of Espartero at the present moment," that it bears date London. That it does so is owing to the very " purity of conduct and mo tive," which is admitted by his assailant to have actuated him throughout the difficulties with which he has been surrounded. Had the Duke of Victory dared to exercise the power which had been so tyrannically enforced by his successor; could he have reconciled it with his conscience to have employed the means of maintaining his position which have been re sorted to by that semi-brigand dictator; Spain, in spite of the intrigues which had been fomented against him, might still have been at his feet, and his resignation of his trust might have borne the date of Madrid instead of London. It has been well remarked that the unostentatious privacy in which he has lived since his arrival in this country affords the best reply that could be given to the im putation on him of any ambitious desires or mo tives in the course he has adopted ; whilst it has supplied his enemies with a pretext for repeating the charges of apathy and irresolution to which his stedfast anxiety to avoid unnecessary bloodshed have given rise. The qualities of Espartero as a soldier have never been denied, and it cannot, therefore, be believed that his extraordinary forbearance during the first few weeks of the insurrection which was organised, against him, could have been dictated by other than the purest and noblest motives. Through out the entire struggle he acted wholly - on the defen sive ; avoiding on all occasions collisions which he appears to have been conscious would have been fruit so far as the general tranquillity was concerned. In all violent changes, and more especially such as have lately agitated Spain, the people are almost invariably the losers; for it is on such occasions that military despotism finds the most advantageous opportunities for its exercise. The Spanish people Here brought to believe that they had reason to complain of Espartero; but the series of atrocious violations of their constitution ; the total disregard of law and justice, and the despotic tyranny of their present military dictator ; must have satisfied them, to apply a Spanish figure of speech, that they have " got out of the frying-pan into the fire. All the recent advices from Spain are of one cha racter—anarchy, open or concealed, pervading all parts of the country ; daily, almost hourly, violations of constitutional liberty ; massacres ithout trials, and trials without justice; a Govern ment which commands no confidence; and a Senate selected at the point of the bayonet, and prepared to turn upon its creators the instant it is enabled to assume an independent position. And what manner of person is the successor of him of whose government the besotted people of Spain became impatient P—An Ishmael, against whom every man's arm is raised—a dictator, whose tender mercies were hardly exceeded by the stork, sent by Her cules to punish the eternal croaking of the frogs, after their appeal to him for a new regime. Need we point at the late cold-blooded massacres; mur ders unsupported by even the pretext of judicial deliberation ; the imprisonment of members of the Senate on the mere ground of a difference of political opinion ; the summary rejection of the decisions of such constituencies as were not disposed to return Moderado candidates ; and the total disregard of the privileges enjoyed by UNION•HALL. William Johnson, alias William Fellows Illarhness, was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing a great number of hotels, coffee-houses, and taverns, in all parts of the metropolis. The office, as on the former examination, was crowded with the proprietors of establishments in the above lines, who had been plundered of plate by the accused, under cir cumstances similar to those already detailed in a previous police report. Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the parties in attend ance, said that four cases out of the number would be sufficient to send for trial. The magistrate added that it was quite time the prisoner should be sent out of the country, for it appeared he had been tried and con victed of robbing hotels and taverns of plate, and sen tenced to six months imprisonment. He was then committed. CROYDON. Inspector Collier, of the P division of police, brought to the attention of the presiding magistrates, Messrs. Adams, Lucas, and Barclay, a case of imposition, which, it is feared, from the ingenuity displayed in it, has been very successful as a means of defrauding the humane and charitable. It appears that, on Thursday, a document, pur• porting to be the certificate of the magistrates of the Croydon bench, and which represented that a trades man, mimed James Brown, who resided at Croydon,had been robbed by burglars of property to a large amount, and was thereby reduced to a state of poverty, was enclosed in a letter, addressed to Mr. Howell, of the firm of Howell and James, in Regent-street, an application, at the same time, being made for assist ance. Mr. Howell not being in town, the petition was sent down to Croydon, for the purpose of inquiry being made respecting it, when it was, of course, discovered to be a fraud. _ _ The inspector handed the document referred to to the magistrates for their inspection ; it was of rather a singular character, and well calculated to disarm suspicion. It was headed by the Royal arms; on the left-hand corner were the printed words " Croydon, Surrey, to Wit ;" and below them the words " Whereas, the bearer hereof," printed in old English characters ; and the paper had all the appearance of the ordinary forms of process issued from the police, offices. It went on to state that the magistrates, having fully investigated the circumstances of the robbery, which had reduced the pretended James Brown from a position of respectability and comfort to poverty, and deeply commiserating him, had in structed their clerk to draw up the statement, in the hope that it would be the means of inducing charitable persons to assist him, and enable him again to enter into business. The docu ment was represented to 'be signed by Mr. George Penfold, the clerk to the bench, at the re quest of the magistrates, and a sum of 51. was also placed as having been contributed by him. In addi tion to this, there were very excellent imitations of the signatures of Mr. Reid, Mr. Barclay, and other magistrates who usually act in this district; as also the signatures of the Rev. Mr. Lindsay, the vicar, Lady Hoare, Mr. T. L. Robinson, and others. The name of Mr. J. Drummond, the solicitor, also ap peared, and he was represented to have paid over the sum of 211., which he was stated to have received for the use of the unfortunate Mr. Brown. It was evi dent that the projector of the fraud had taken great pains to get it up well, as he must have obtained means to copy the genuine signatures of the gentle men whose names appeared on the paper, the whole of them being so excellently imitated. Mr. ADAMS, having looked over the document, re marked that it was a very well got-up thing, but there was one circumstance connected with it which would immediately have made him doubt its authen ticity if it had been sent to him. Mr. Lucas asked what that was. Mr. ADAMS drily observed that the paper repre sented two lawyers to have subscribed—one 51., and the other 211. ; and this alone would have excited his suspicion.—(Laughter.) Mr. Penfold remarked that perhaps this was what excited distrust at Mr. Howell's, and which led to the petition being forwarded to him to be inquired into. The MAGISTRATES observed that it was fortunate the fraud had been discovered, and it would now, in all probability, be put a stop to; and they at the same time gave instructions to the police with a view to the apprehension of the party, if he should again make his appearance. CAUSEWAY ACROSS THE SEYERN.—A writer in the Hereford Journal proposes, what he acknowledges "in other times would be considered an extravagant and chimerical undertaking, no less than the blockade of the Severn at the Old Passage." He says, " Let the Great Western Railway Company, the Severn Navigation Company, the contemplated Company for a Railway through Newport and South \Vales, and the Post office department of the Government, unite for the purpose of forming a causeway acro-s the Severn at the spot men tioned. After the proportion of expence that each is to bear shall be decided on, the engineering part at the commencement is simple enough, by loose stones thrown overboard, or sunk in tanks, until they rise to high water mark. The part of the Severn above this breakwater will then form an immense lake of transparent water con taining about fourteen thousand acres, or twenty-two square miles, below Gloucester, the entrance to which, by vessels of any size, should be by a lock from the Wye at the narrow isthmus where the figure 3 (miles from Chepstow) is marked on the Ordinance Map, which is only three hundred yards across, and the mouth of the Wye will be a good roadstead or soft mud-bed for ve-sels bound up the Severn. A weir will, of course, be formed on the breakwater of sufficient capacity for the River Severn in its greatest floods, and for the passage of the Salmon, and over all is to be a causeway for a railway, from Bristol through South Wales. The ad - vantages contemplated by the proposed plan are as follows :—First, with respict to the Post-office commu nication with South Wales, the letters are at present detained in Bristol four hours after the arrival of the London mail, because the passage (always dangerous) can seldom be crossed in winter before daylight—but ex cluding this objection, Bristol alone will still be the London of South Wales, requiring the most direct com munication with the principality. The navigation up the Severn will be greatly facilitated, as the water will always remain at the same level, with but little or no perceptible current, and the present " boar" up the river,. with all the other annoyances occa sioned b y the rapidity of the tide, be annihilated. The passage into n a t l o w as be the Severn Lake, by the Wye, being landloc ed,ll free from danger and always difficulty, which cannot be said of the en trance to the Berkeley Ca nal ; and last, thou g h not least, the lake of transp arent water will add greatly to the b eau ties and attraction of t he neighbourh ood. A CENTENA RIAN —There is now living u n d er th e • an old man of the name of Richards, who has c o a li r s e coiftyJ, ames Adam Gordon, Esq., of Naish House, in attained the extraordinary age of 109 years. He was born at Broadelist, Devon, in the year 1735, and is a fine tall, intellectual, merry-hearted old fellow, possess ing a most benevolent countenance. The old gentleman is at present visiting one of his sons at Tiverton, Devon, and he walked on Sunday last to that town from Col inceptor), a distance of six miles.—Bristol Gazetta. EADVERTISEMENT.]—NONE NEED BE SICK ! READ TEE FOLLOWING CASE OF CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —Mrs. Jessie Anderson, living near the Fountain-bridge, Edinburgh, suffered from lowness of spirits, sick head aches, dimness of sight, together with a want of strength and appetite. These symptoms were accompanied with a cough and spitting of phlegm, and likewise much windy spasms. No medicine had been 'if any service to her, until a lady advised her to try "Holloway's Pills," which gave her immediate relief, and in a fort night made her as well as well as ever she was in her life. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at the Establish ment of Professor nolloway, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. THE OXFORD-STREET WOOD PAVING. On Saturday the question of wood paving became again the subject of discussion at the .Marylebone Vestry, and the vestry was very fully attended. Mr. W. Low having been called to the chair, A numerous deputation of the inhabitants of Ox ford-street waited on the vestry to present a memorial, praying that body, as it was understood to be their intention to take up and repair that portion of Oxford street between Tottenham-court-road and Charles street, to have it paved with wood. The memorial urged that the inhabitants of that portion of Oxford -street above specified had submitted to all the inconvenience and nuisance arising from the laying down of bitumen and other specimens of paving from time to time, and that now they were entitled to that consideration which had been afforded by the vestry to their neighbours in the same street, by having wood, instead of granite, placed before their doors. In answer to questions put by various members of the vestry, the deputation said, that they did not be lieve the wood paving to be a bit more dangerous for travelling than stone. In answer to Mr. Nicholay, Mr. PACKER said that he had paid great attention to wood paving in various parts of the metropolis, and had never seen any wood paving in so disgraceful a state as it was in 9xfbrd street from filth. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS had no doubt that Oxford street was kept in this filthy state purposely to lend Sir Peter Laurie and the opponents of wood paying a handle against it. _ Mr. HiRBUI denied that the vestry had anything to do with the dirty state of the wood paving. He concluded by moving that the deputation should have the minute of the vestry read to them, which declared that they would not entertain the question of wood paving for a period of three years from that date. After some observations from other gentlemen, the motion was put and carried by a large majority ; and on the deputation being recalled, The Vestry Clerk read the minute of the vestry of the 4th of March, 1843. The deputation then withdrew. Mr. SCAICE, the parish surveyor, brought up a re port which he had been directed to furnish by the vestry, as to the state of the 4,000 yards of wood paving laid down by the Metropolitan Company be tween Wells-street and Rathbone-place. The report set forth that, pursuant to the orders of the vestry, the surveyor had minutely examined the state of the wood paving in question. The surface of the said paving was rather rough and uneven, and there were many short holes in it. The workmen of the Wood Company had, at his request, opened the paving across the street in three places in Oxford street. Opposite No. 51, the blocks which are of fir were worn from their general thickness of six inches to four and a quarter inches. The paving facing No. 50 is of elm, and was found worn generally from six inches to three inches ; and opposite 31, also of fir, it was found under the coach stand worn from six inches to three inches. This portion of the street, although in moderate condition on the surface, is so much worn that it was found difficult to raise a whole block. To put it into good condition, he considered the whole ought to be relaid, bottom upwards, about one-half or two-thirds of the old blocks being drawn out and new ones substituted. Mr. HARBUT moved that the report of the sur veyor he advted by the vestry, and that it be for warded to the Metropolitan Company, together with an official notice that the vestry, in accordance with the terms of their contract, required them to put the 4.000 yards of wood paving between Wells-street and Rathhone-place in a state of efficient repair, to the satisfaction of the parish surveyor, forthwith. Mr. CLAPP seconded the resolution. After a few words from one or two other vestrymen, the resolution was then put, and carried by a large majority, and the vestry shortly after separated. , . THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND WHOLESALE DEALERS. Some excitement has been occasioned by the order just issued to the City Solicitor relative to the whole sale dealers in the City. The Committee appointed by the Common Council on the eve of St. Thomas's day in the last year, have at length produced their report, which has been confirmed by the Court. It is very voluminous, and contains many curious ex tracts from the City records, from the Saxon era to the present time. It is recommended in these sug gestions that the Corporation shall immediately com mence proceedings to compel all wholesale dealers to take up their freedom, and, for the purpose of more effectually accomplishing this object, that the ancient practices and proceedings of the wardmotes should be revived, and then due observance should by degrees be more rigidly enforced. Upon these suggestions the Committee have reported as follows : " The sub,ect-matter is not only of the greatest im portance to this City, but also involves weighty con siderations—having on the one side deep-rooted pre judices, long practice, and continued neglect to over come; and on the other the necessity of extensive and effective correction of existing evils, and the securing the restoration of the ancient, just, and reasonable rights of the City. " We have weighed and considered the conclusions which are printed, and the proceedings which are suggested, and though we are not at present prepared to give our final report on all the matters referred to us, or to recommend at once all the proceedings which may hereafter be requisite, yet there are some points upon which we are prepared to report our recom mendations to this Court, and to press their immediate ad 3ption, as required by the existing evils, and the necessity of a speedy correction. " The pressure on the retail dealers, and the immu nity of others, who dwell within this city, and par take of all its advantages, have weighed much with your Committee, and we have unanimously resolved that the acts of Common Council imposing penalties on persons residing in the City, and not enrolled, using arts, trades, occupations, and mysteries within this City, should be recommended for immediate en forcement. " We have been the more inclined to recommend to this Court the adoption of proceedings for the penalties under the Acts of Common Council, as we have the satisfaction of knowing that the Court -of Aldermen have likewise had laid before them, by the Remembrancer, extracts and docu ments relative to the wholesale dealers, co pies of which have been communicated to us by the Court of Aldermen ; and from which we find that the same view we have taken of the liability of the whole sale dealers, who are not freemen, to proceedings for penalties under the laws and customs of the corpora tion, is adopted by the Remembrancer." It is stated in the corporation circles that there are some thousands of opulent merchants and wholesale dealers carrying on business in the City without being free. The publicity which the report has received has caused a very extraordinary sensation amongst this class of persons, but it is understood not to be the intention of the corporation to commence an indis criminate crusade against the whole body, but to select from each ward one or more offenders, with whom the question will be tried. It is stated that all the great wholesale dealers are determined to resist what they consider to be an usurped power, and next term is spoken of as likely to bear the decision. PROFESSOR LIEBIG. A letter, signed by about forty of the farmers of East Lothian, was sent to Professor Liebig at York, inviting him to a public dinner at Haddington. Liebig, however, is under the necessity of leaving this coun try so speedily, that he was reluctantly forced to de cline the invitation. We subjoin a copy of the answer he returned to the requisitionists : " Edinburgh, Oct. 5, 1844. " Gentlemen, —I have had the honour to receive, through Professor Gregory, your letter of the 27th, inviting me to attend a dinner in Haddington. I most sincerely regret that I am compelled to decline this honour, the extreme shortness of my s t a y i n Scot land not permitting me to accept your very friendly invitations. " I frankly confess that this expression of your sen timents is to me a most precious recompense for all my efforts to reduce the operations of husbandry to rational principles. Although I could not but enter tain the rational desire - to see my labours crowned with success I was yet far from hoping to obtain, in so short a time, a degree of appreciation of those la bours surpassing my expectations. " As proceeding from men whom I regard as the first agriculturist; not only of Scotland, but of all Europe, this testimony of your approbation will spur me on to pursue the course on which I have entered, and the thought that in a country so remote from my native lanl, a large number of such men feel an in terest in my labours, and agree in my opinions, will always afford me the highest enjoyment and the purest satisfaction. " I shall preserve your most gratifying invitation, with the signatures attached to it, as a proud me morial of the intelligence of Scottish farmers, and of their appreciation of the beautiful maxim of H. Davy, that science belongs to no country, but is the com mon property of all mankind.' " I beg once more to express my unfeigned regret that I am unable to accept the invitation to a meeting from which I should have derived so much pleasure. " And I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " Dr. JUSTUS LIEBIG." Liebig stated to the gentlemen from East Lothian who waited on him, that on the next occasion of his coming to this country, he should have the greatest pleasure in paying them a visit. SPORTING PA.RSONS.-011 looking over the Game Lists published last week we find that no fewer than sixty of the Yorkshire parsons have taken out shooting licenses for the present season.--Leeds Times. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING. On Tuesday morning about nine o'clock, William Simpson, acting chief officer of the Coast Guard, seize d a vessel call e d - the Joseph and Sarah, off the Powder Creek in Long in the parish of Dartford, laden with ninety-five bales of contraband tobacco, together a ith five baskets of French apples, and twenty-three other baskets. Mr. Simpson with four men boarded the vessel off Greenhithe, and found two men in charge o f the vessel. The vessel and cargo was on Friday brought up to Woolwich, and the prisoners Henry Wilkins and Henry Junes were taken in custody by the Inspector of the Woolwich Police, before the sitting magistrate, bil% Grove, when the follo‘Ning evidence was adduced. Mr. Podbury, solicitor of Customs, attended to pro• secute, Mr. Simpson deposed that he bad examined the vessel and found twenty-one bales of manufactured tobacco, weighing eleven hundred and forty pounds, subject to a duty of 9s. sd. per lb. ; thirty bales weighing fourteen hundred and sixty-eight pounds leaf tobacco, liable to a duty of 3s. 2d. p er lb. ; an d f orty b a l es o f s t a lk to• bacco, weighing tw o th ousan d t wo h un d re d an d forty seven pounds, prohibit e d ; t oget h er w i t h twen ty-three and five baskets of foreign-grown apples. Mr. Thomas Cornell, Queen's appraiser of Customs, deposed minutely as to the extensive manner in which the revenue was evaded by the contraband trade of to bacco in the port of London, and stated the duty on the twenty-one tales produced amounted to 5381. 13s. ; on the thirty bales to 231/. 45.2 d. ; and on the forty-four bales of prohibited stalk tobacco, valued at 3651. 2s. 9d,* The value and duty, he said. amoun t e d to 1,2281. 13s. 1 la. Mr. Simpson said the present was the second seizure he had made within twelve months. The first capture he made was one of sixty bales, found on board the Iris, which he was quite satisfied belonged to the seal parties as owned the Joseph and Sarah, which vessel was forfeited to the Crown as well as the cargo. The prisoners pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr. Grove told them they had made themselves each liable to a penalty of 1001., and in default of payment to be imprisoned during her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoners said they were not in a condition to pal the penalties. Mr. Grove told them that it only remained for him to commit them to Maidstone gaol.—Committed. ORLEANS AND BOADEAUX RAILWAY. The main features of this undertaking are as follows : The present proposal of the Company embraces the whole distance from Orleans to Bordeaux, 295 miles' passing by the populous cities and towns of Blois, Amboise, Tours, Chatelleroult, Poictiers, Angoulen3e, and Labourne, to Bordeaux. Tire works to be executed, at the cost of the State , on the portion between Orleans and Tours, are ahead/ so far advanced, that in the hands of this Compaq that important extension of the Paris and Orleans Railway could be opened to the public in the snmoler of 1845, with an expenditure of not more than 51. Pe r share on the whole capital. The Company is re-constituted for this purpose' The statutes of the Paris and Rouen and the Rouen and Havre Companies have been adopted, so far 0 they are applicable to this Company. The Minister of Public Works, in the name of the State, engages to pay for the land, and compensatio n to landowners; to execute the earthwork, maaoar4 stations, workshops, police stations, and buildings °, l , every description ;—in shsrt, to make the line, an its dependencies, up to formation level, be the co" what it may ; to maintain the earthwork for one yea r ' the masonry for two years, and the buildings for fiv e years, after delivery to the Company. The Company have only to provide, lay, and ballast the permanent way, fence off the railway, supply locomotive and carrying stock, work the line, an ° maintain it during the term of their lease. To these alone their liability extends. The State is to participate equally in the nett profits of the Company, after 10 per cent. to the shareholde r upon the capital expended, namely, 9 per cent. diva' Bend, and 1 per cent. sinking fund. .• The right of the State so to participate in the net t _, profits does not arise until aft er th e fi rs t fi ve years °` the opening of the line throughout to Bordeaux. This will give to the Company about twelve year' of undivided enjoyment of the nett profits of the sec' tion between Orleans and Tours. The Company are required to surrender the P er ' manent way and its dependencies, at the ex piratio n of the term, with ou t compensat i on, b ut are to be par the actual value of their carrying stock, materials , and stores, either by the Government or the oe7 lessees, within three months after the term of their lease shall have expired. —Railway Chronicle. MEDICAL TESTIMONIAL—SIGHT AND HEARING. est* From T. J. Pettigrew, Surgeon, F.R.S. to ,-- v - #re et, S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Alb ema rle-ai ing Piccadilly,—Gentlemen, I have no h es it a ti on i n r e ll e of to your inquiry as to the re su lt s o b ta i ne d b y the a bit your Improved Sp ec t ac l es ; b e i ng i n t h e constant," „, of reading and writi ng f or many h ours together by light, it is but justice to say that your newly inven ted Spectacle Lense s h ave afforded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary pebbles, I never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the eyes- Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from no inconvenience or the kind, and my visi on i s muc h im proved. I shall ever feel grateful to my good friend , Dr. Blundell for having drawn my attention to the sub ject.—Believe me to be yours, very respectfully. T. J. PETTIGREW, 8, Saville row. Also, newly invented Acromatic Waistcoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera' glasses of the same kind of Lenses.--Every kind of Te lescope of larger size and increasing powers for shooting+ sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observa tions the powers are so great and the lenses so bright and brilliant that minute objects at an extraordinary °i s ' tance is brought completely under the eyes. Sportsmen tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have g" great treat. Acoustic instruments of every descripti°ll for deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. & B. Solomons, opt" clans and aurists, are not in any way connected with person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent Ong' takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39 ' Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. We can state now, from unquestionable authority', that it has been decided by Go v e r n men t th at th e port ° I Weymouth is to form one of the harbours of relive about to be established in the Chann e l, an d th a t abre" water will be built extending from th e eas t ern part of the Island of Portland to a length sufficient to secure.i: protection for the shipping int eres t, as we ll reercanti; as naval. This national undert a ki ng w ill, we h e ar, if on a grand scale, and being about the centre position o l the Channel, will be a most efficient harbour of refug between the two large naval depots of Plymouth O u t Portsmouth. It is exp ec t e d t h e p ropr i etors o f t h e Gra; Western Railroad will pr om ptly ava il t h emse l ves o f th is favourable circumstance for laying down a line froth d Bristol and Bath, through th e mos t a d vantageou s all, convenient track of coun t r y t o W eymout h , as no don this latter port, from its peculiar apt locality, and becont; iiig a general depot f o r s hippi ng , w ill b e h erea f t er tb i chief entrepot and li n k f or commerc i a l connect i on an transition, through the medium of the Channel Islands, from the midland counties of England to the Continent' —Sherborne Journal BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., the lady o f T. B . Charlton, Esq., of well, Notts, of a daughter. On the 29th of July, at Wereloo, Ceylon, the lady of F. 13 ' Templer, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., at the Vicarage, Granborough, Warwick shire, the wife of the Rev. W. J. Wise, of a daughter. On the 9th int t., at Bowdell, Sussex, the lady of Cap" Chester, 90th Light Infantry, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., the lady of John C. Cole, Esq., of uPor Bedford-place, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Buccleuch-terrace, Upper Clapton, th e lady of John Jones, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. tard' On the 11th inst., at Eaton-place, t h e lady of J. B as Esq., Royal Horse Guards, of a son. On the 10th inst., in Myddleton-square, Mrs. John C° .. head, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Lawrence Engstrom, of York- street/ Portman-square, of a daughter. On the 11th inst , in Oxford-street, the wife of Mr. Churton, of Holies-street, of a daughter. vAt Horsendon Hou s e, B uc k s , t h e l ady of the Rev. I'‘ • Partridge, of a daughter, still-born. MARRIED. On the 13th of July, at Rondebosch, Cape of Good Wit Fitzjames Edward Watt, Esq., Deputy-Assistant Collo sary-General to the Forces, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Charles Stuart Pillans, Esq., of Rosebank. On the sth inst., at Wandsbeck Church, in Holsteil, James Capel, Esq., of Fitzroy-square, to Miss Elizabe th Cundy, of the same place. On the 9th inst., at St. Mary-le-St ran d, Charles 110 bery, Esq., son o the late Captain Hollingbery, Northian' Sussex, to Anne, only daughter of Mr. Tuck, Strand. On the 10th inst., at Faringdon, Berks, John Robinso n : late of Gray's I nn - square , to M ary, daughter of Ri c her Wheeler Crowdy, Esq., of the former place. On the 10th inst., at Tissington, Derbyshire, the Ref. 1/ ", Fayrer, Incumbent of E mmanue l Ch urch, Camberwell, to Frances, youngest daughter of the late W. Fletcher, Dom'' Tissington. On the 10th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-house, Darling' ton, Robert Barclay Fox, of Perran, Cornwall, to Jane Gur ney, daughter of the late J. .Backhouse, of Polam.hill, Dar lington. DIED. llef On the 12th inst., at No. 10, Cl aremont-p l ace, P en t o n Miss Cowley, in the 74th year of her age. fromf On the 20th ult., at P a l e tt a , M a l ta, on h er re t urn Palestine, Sophia, wife of Amede Augustus Comti de Tort: On the 4th inst., at A m bl e H ouse, Northumberland, Ige'i,., Matilda, infant daughte r o f T. B rowne, E sq. On the sth inst., at Ma rga t e , G eorge F re d er i c k Du Pas quier, Esq., of Thistle-grove, Old Brompton, and of the Or nance-office, Pall-mall. On the 9th inst., at Knowle Lodge, Hampstead, - I°/1° Alexander Thwaites, Esq. On the 9th inst., at M oorcro f t H ouse, Hillingdon, Ann, widow of the late Janice Stilwell, Esq. On the 10th inst, at Lower Tooting, Peter Dorman On the 10th inst., William Addams. Esq , of WapPig eds ia On the 10th in ill Brvanston-street; the Rev. Tr e • -- Lovell. Rector of St. Luke';, Middlesex. verr On the 10th inst., at L ans d o wn-terrance, Frederick Oh Esq., aged 29. o f the On the 10th inst., at S av ill e -row, Anna, the wi f e k Rev. Robert Syng e , R ector of Walwyn's Castle, Pembro s shire, and sister of Si r W . W e b b Follett, M.P., her Maj esre, Attorney-General.. : Printed and Publie•tied by MI: Ll.O 0 1 15 Alt No. 112, Strand, Printe r , at Th e Sun Office, No. ei Strand,in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 'l bfl~dle x , Einclay, actobor 14, 1344. EE _ENtill N Itl'm Eei ' v Onice, VLIDA T the .fr eet r , ceased. 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