The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, COURT CIRCULAR. . The plantati ons Queen and P r i nce Albert promenaded in the The of Osb orne R ouse on Wednesday afternoon. 11l Black Eagle steatn-packet, in which his Royal Pg h ness Duk e Ferdinand. and his Serene Highness rince Leopold of Saxe Lisbon. Cobo;irg conve to Lisbon, arrived off Co wes yesterday were morn morng, yed from Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their ac eenstToinhei d early walk y esterday morning. Princes Royal Hi g h nesses the Prince of Wales, the th e _ eh Royal, and t h e P rinces Alice, were taken to sea beach Lad yesterday morning for their usual e xerc i se . y P ortman took h er d eparture f rom O s b orne House yesterday. .YINDson, THURSDAY.— CO His Royal Highness Prince iolfred has been taken out, both yesterday and this morn ing, for early airings on his pony. Captain Meynell has arrived at the Castle, and hits succeeded Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe as the Gen tlem • -- "Il 111 Residence during the absence of the Court. 1 A Cabi —aoinet Council was held at aft ernoon, at the Foreign-offic e three o'clock yester- Tile Duke of 1 3uccleuch arrived in town from Ditton to attend the meetin . Tito Ministers prosent were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke thof Wllington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, ree Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, rChancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Hadding , the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the 1 ;1 1 , of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Council broke up at half- past five o'clock. kr. Charles Enderb- , had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie d .111ispatches3fr4omer the Governor of the Cape of Good -( °Pe Were receivc d yesterday at the Colonial-office. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. fintsino; DEc. 4 . —Wind W., moderate breeze and fine. d Ll 'AsT, DEC • 2. The schooner Active, Sut erwoo , 40 14 the Copeland; crew too. ..yport, foundered, 29th ult., off AY lta; DEC.L' 2 --The Berthea, Kelso, from Cork to this port, a c iat ec i" shore last night at the back of the pier, but since as 114"koff, and brought in here. ItittlfpoixT, DEC. 2.—The Active, Murphy, of . A.Vhite her, et; cante ring Carlingford Lough, got on shore inside the but o about an hour after. t o 01 1111°uT11 DEc 2 —The Admiral Nelson, Cole, from bald; ere to Newcastle, * was abandoned yesterday, off Fake- I v cre w saved. EYM°I/TH A large barque, waterlogged, with • ac k Port DEC.O '— I s lat. 46 8, mizen-mast, and bowsprit standing, was passed Scat, ' 49, by the Isabella, Robson, arrived here. Gre en r,, Dte. I.—The John Esdaile, of Newcastle, fror . n rae t siand to London struck on the Gilston Ledges this atitti s and was turned into Smith Sound, full of water, easeexPected to go to pieces next tide ; crew saved. C°neordia Perryman, from Teignmouth to isew s4liovkieic WBat:tea.bhanaNd,ozd, 30th ult., off the Dudgeon, in a been in contact with a brig; crew , Th e R ; ueeri b rA lls 'ell, Lucas, from Hartlepool to Littlebampton, ha s . b een into the Roads with loss of bowsprit, &c., bay ‘ - ' l l la conta ct bell e ; . W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Madagascar, '-alcutta ; Mary Laing, Allison, Truxillo ; Lady Caro na' it . , u ?hn's, New Brunswick ; Mariner, Hewett, Quebec ; 'Wer V‘ oll , Pearson River St. Lawrence. Arrd. from the be tty ; -oritish Queen Pa e Batavia ; Cumberland, Carr, taiih ra t ,s 1 Helen ' Gals g wo ' rtliv Trinidad ; Switzerland, ew York.' Put back, Veacon, Hill, St. Helena. 7 rls for „tW RWINEY, DEC. 2.—1. C. Van Speyk, Noltie, notterdatoFH 411 ola DEC..--Wind W., a gale.—Arrd. Eleanor, Tikton, Quebec, for Dublin. ka bitc. 2 .—Arrd. Sprinquil, M'Lintock, Quebec. Wil ll°l3' Qa till eb b ' E c• 2 . —Wind W.S. W.—Arrd. Naparima, ,Qu eb ec. W Ltlq p„ 134 ; DEC. 2.—Arrd. Peruvian, Cape of Good Hope. alt lD A be l' eplin, DEC. 2.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—SId. Lady coßic , E wer, o Quebec. -410 ii i W light.—Arrd . . Express, ' L ao; Dove Jourdo . n Halifax ; Ellershe, Harvey, Q i l i e• Sid. Jam% Moran, ' Morrison, Demerara. t °V. 30 .—Arrd. Don. O'Brien, Miramichi. ` r Ozt Af e ; tr lll, DE C 2 The Nerio, Campbell, arrived here klettllr aild ria, in . us . t - discharge her cargo, which is heated. i3 e o l s bEc. 2 —The Home, arrived here from in7 v ,W a lare brig on shore on belowael —le he ru and a barque on shore Point Md ( „W t , l % P ALs S.W., strong.—Arrd. Isabella, Robson, 11in ti P t4llll 4, lllll j aet . p lc. 3. —Fresh gales, and squally.-2. St. David's. ,uirp bitc. 2 . —Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.Triton,Quebec. PilttrroVkA,COMEE, DEC. 3.—Jupiter, Hicks, Quebec. . I ` 4l -0 (,),„.,'"' Lite. 3 .—Arrd. Lord Stanley, Dodd, Miramichi, 13,mvx1),,ZTEt, DEC 3 —Arrd. Callina, Chadwick, Quebec. beria%,°L.,oDEc. Wind W. to N.W., fresh.—Arrd. o ' r e ,_ans ;li t e r Wer, Maranham ; Dumbarton , Pendleton, New po i .,‘; Char, ratan, Welfth, ditto ; Cicinnatti,. Wilson, New Ati . 4 ,es, Prince Edward's Island ; Albion, Quebec. Off Wo rt gall and P k u ar. er. 74erar—'N 011, 29.—Arrd. Belgrave, Donaldson, 'Ol4l. - " ° wes,. Elwood Quebec. 1414 th DEC. I.—A. spar, 48 feet long, having ring 04441'0 end, with "House" and another name burnt 11r ta ni t: t o l o i r e t, has come on shore here. btu* Ec. 3.—The Ellen, Rope,. for . Madeira, struck t on the north side of the Victoria Bar yesterday,_ er tly la t o saved w of a steamer, and has become a total wreck; hkrivah EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Bengal, in the --ltos -.---Madagascar, Weller, from , 27 Cape, Oct. 4 1 ' . na, Arri.;lail!'d7, Mauritius, e t e Pt. 277,r41 Table Bay, Cape .BoPondtoHcoaplec—ut6rtal°; r t; fe. j t kre, 2°,1,_ fro Table London, and sailect aa O . Oct. ° ,ote :o, from Angra Pe qu f er Mary In: r , I:tei,•4oth, fro°l .!'rusty, 29th,.. lA C n o gr nN a vay Castle, Kerr, ."ftiii,4 imancT Simon' ' B Oct. dsailed a 514 to the ' West C Pl t o 'e a n qf s ru t . oe ; mna l l sa i b tikt e rni l a l h a l-- , 1144°11, Algea' titlay nd sailed Bth to Boston ~ Madonna, Frederick etli,f; "icti from L ' on a don ; Tory fromt London Angelina, f E r eta i", 1101„,, option ; Eliza Scott, frotp..aSo.; Mogul, 7thiufarroiam, trtolaliore'lra„; Sarah, sth, from All pequena ; . n th , flog s or from Il ai, heal re, Currlimor A e g lb fr in om e, C i a o lc t u h t , ta fr . A em A . n p u e L r e e n n a t_ e ioe n; l' -tte ; -Joseph 1 and Madras, City of Oottah net, 14th, from Bengal tiethip,uqn Madras. i:z „-ze. from Table Bay— f`- tv 2 9 t. : Lri tis .,, h S? v.er . e . ig t n,,, r:d 2l e ; r tr i l l 'a k r , }e.ta 2 n B n t S b . ye , l: t t 2. o B2,6 B 'R a ti9 t e !v r ia re(i ; j ullt ier, to 1 9 ; , _ to alauritius S to Al. 3/4,1, erpool ; Ann, 4th to rib Va inaY ; Ghika, to Croze s ~, Hampton, , _ 29th, t to Madras ; Nutcut, Oct. Lt 4sivta; Jne, 2d, to River P . I ' to St. Helena an t d e stat Gi lle i , lbert Henderson, to , Ilr i cei ;114Itt Liverpool ! Nereide, te ti% ay ; 1 11 4 1, and William, to Bourbon : Washing pal7.aenn9.3 28th , to a Mauritius; Suzanne,o. triri_ht, 9t h , t o Lona vei.. 1 ine • Gowrie, Oct. 2, t 4e let a „.. Sailed 2 0th, to Qmi-inla '.l vietor'riarTn,-Sept. 25, from_ Table ...rem ti,P,l4, rt4.,..sphne, from London. Aloa B y afor I h a ab — oe. Sept. 25th, Richard, tealitturel f et ' in .' c , Louisa Munro, S Oct. 1, for Manzi ! M ep steamer V 'gal % . Mtn Simpi's Baj— eltote, I.3ele..anor Sope, 29th, t° Albin a to Rio. sl ,t 4 b, to Mauritius ; ,. arhuis L. M. pi de from the 2%, klikies.--.Trnimproved fabric 11 4 : 14 1 11 . 1 1 1 ties of home-grown flax—denominatedtneamabrlethaeadgoeladmeni h il 1101,g2tined the first prizes, both ., for I eland. We notice, . t v to: t g . _4lizolZ ;art i v e e f o s i e fi e t t s t , h , e e i e t present emb e r t t i h n i g s, 1 9 a (11 1 1 . e work h ` lll ;thi 41%-ith the following summary of facts deta ß ile e d sa i a n r t e h e e s 1,,, elit„ • Y Dr. Kane on the " Industrial , t im. to prove the N • as therein ItZst,oe of ,;Wshich full goe We fin d it acres Or, th„,4llliranch o y f our industry. 4 1 ,41 41 Z. 1 2 ., ar to Warringstown, three statute t 0744 Of ir 44 ced no less a produce ua of this field was same ttleIttilt4i11:111) ival" 751 ' ; the hbourhood (the ntit than one seld very same lite,4,-;liitillt.4rueciaoeutotryte prizetlrieesennetig into t for tellt,,et 1,1.,,3f11t, in the e processi, of conversion m 1,3„.741-e ni,„,',_l'erehiefs, will give webs), for 15s. per S2ls) '44 t 0217 ersons, whose arrive at a l'l4 4' ". 8a about r P the flax, you „ 44 0 t O ,r 2 29 i ' Adding 701. f or constan from w a l g e s mc a ean m m o 'b u r n i e t when the entire fLtlllied. ,!.r• iip. 6 of land, Irish measure, " . 4 44 : •6. Bd. the elements of which sprung alive their interest e in tiit_tite t ' ! "1,11. yield a V ery remunerating and ofit to the mant.t -iesoidite°te operatives seem fully them, ti tle b kids o P r e ' Several hundreds of ful weavers returning I. th e e :. ?ausic, met the success . n triumph through stlto, 4tbition, and conducted them in accompanid was illuminated b ottujo_the village of Warr u in er gs o ti u , 1%1 "----Bibrust News L v e Eccles.h.ts cp,o4l, 9/' BATH AND Ny th e e see of Bath and . ELLS.—The V'th_gltscliZBsloners have decided upon a scheme of revising orcte;', Whiolll4,4_l Payment charged upor! to ~, "as up to the present time beenl,O ß OO is / h . op In o !ptiA,,,itadr-Vir,_ve ai nearly as may be, to . the 1 nt to that tq,,! *a s d e,° 'all amount of income equi tu va be e suitable to Ilett;ZNeatea`erMined in the first instaneomm issioners have 1),,,,i4,4 t oces of 145 bishric e C of by her Majesty 1 4 c4ar,..,Zt the annual pa y mentyshall be reduced to 1;)01. Ph lt acii . . 1 .• e sche)ae has been approved A. t` . A, IliSI" ett qiillitelCAN PRESIDENTS ti5,410.5.r th e ~_ delivered aboutt Boston 'is day (Wednesday),mail steamer,.. unless MESSAGE.--T t h w i o s wi ultt he',,uel,rture of the . improbable. impro k , hi,llll, thereaetained for it, which we . hear is at this season of the Ye k, , leavi4°r%lllost likely be brought by a sailing-pac et, 11.,41eselliel• be INew York on the 6th, - „Nom, th e c.,.' expected to arrive about the 24th or 25th, 'es '''' hay.)vernment, which we think may will decide testioas' t aikeatuer in waiting. The Message,,_ourier. be the case, D k i t 0 /1 4 . Iv , eace or War ?"—Liverpool u 10_,,nc s The ' 4 i tht Nturt 'AIRArt AND CITY NEw-- as fall in '4, Pretai 4 at the Stock Exchange yesterday was reduction of some ° }l illNt i: '5l P.xchequer-bills, which went as low as 14s. Itiii, il lts ii, kortanee is to be attached to a _ an ti V` t iork " u e. value as regards the security itself, but, as 910IcokINtlej,*-hiell it it of an strin gency increased uae 1 ,1 4 by titn:eret, it is certainly one that w en % e it has been lelittrA:ti,l4:rt t e lea nd Ittniielizfeasbuesiness. B by the Bank s in thr le r m at e e n o ts f t ef Itlkeltt:illiciasti.o°4°w, but there are so many p or tl i. il k ei• abroad, that it is impossible el t it o in t u ell exactly are ",t terri,re,.urustance or circumstances our ;41'3'41)0. Th...- °Aeratin whether with a capitali sts view to security 411 b,,,- Whic h e continued tin sof Ministers, I,lllre, a t i, tin exist withinreegeardgto the issue of the Oregon %,.. 4 . 14 Ilte!° 44'3' t hings in an unsettled state.- 44 a,. rriox TO THE LORD MAYOR.—The ), kOr 11' 44aWer t ait id . k t A _, 'was received yesterday _from the Lord i‘Nsi..l coe,.!Poe 0-,?laurst,.as the head of the aeutation who.. ;th"tle a do' 44ordship a few days since with a requisition A 4, e th e C=urt of Common Council for the . ptuhrepopseertofsa:_d 11411rd A t ''''n On the subject of opening Ic ' t l i ftir 'a j a llr in having had under his consideration of Common fo r t slits tt i l i c onsid er .e a meeting of the .0 the q th ro . such r„,_,uie propriety of petitioning her Majesty constitutionally possess • rest oyiti ß 0 iteans as she may Ne;4114 (I%.•°tltsin Pea the ports of the United Kingdoms of . Nis t o „„4_4,(11 t -eland for the free impor t tat e ion , of food, 1,°11i5,.! th at ~,l- t 1 aint the d eputtion . li . e had .t. h , 41) Je - e 7) he vrill "Ilgh he differs in opinion wi . , the Os t at a afford th em an opportunity of discussing I ki'sltt, 4t %t i : o urth t h h e ' r n e u q u u r i sin 'which he will hold on Thursday, the 11th , i, o'clock precisel y.—Mansioni house, Dec. 4, hi ,IN b ), ,,t% lY oue e ß es k s ti i .--; A. short time since we noticed the 4 t ROtart, dell tPPearance at the Liverpool Theatre, of l i l ingl7 4 to re eo 4 Iter of Mr. Stuart, of the Haymarket. We t th Bir- Z: 0041.40:fheatre e,,,,oelurua.tion of her su l e thus s a speaks cf he, 4an 4, '1 % -- -`' It '° Dtirtillisti ~, ,4 With w;, , , od an l t ' a e n in g gulist.t ie r ty'hu' sweet performance ; te h music of the piece, and 11 1 -,° O4€,, e d to t w , ere Painfully true Had Frank Stone been 1. 1 , 1 , o.av r,i;ve seen Miss Stuart ' in this character, he 1 1 1 4 nth tlii;' e_eill. different expression to the face of his Olltito )0. uto ls , i L i, . ibition of paintings here.—Railway .21.11. f o ' n..balto'n tolfflN,Q.-- 0 n Monday pigeon, belonging "' I NA i kcnnington, new from Dover to London in iventy-'five Miautes. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The first Court of Common Council for the present Mayoralty was held yesterday, and, as usual, was very fully attended. The Lord Mayor came in state, at tended by the civic cortege, and took the chair pre cisely at one o'clock. Ilis LORDSHIP, in a brief address, assured the members of the Court that during his year of office he should en deavour at all times to observe the strictest punctuality, and should ever be ready to receive their communi cations. Unanimously elected as he had been by his fellow-citizens to fill the high and honourable office of Chief :Magistrate of this great and ancient City, he confi dently looked for assiet4nce and support in the discharge of its responsible duties from every individual member of the Court. THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE. Mr. Alderman T. WooD drew the attention of the Court to the minutes of the proceedings of the last Court with reference to the proposition for an increase of salary to the City Police Commissioner. The minutes stated that the motion for augmenting the salary was to refer the question to the Police Committee, and after that motion was disposed of they added a motion, " That the Court do adjourn," and it was adjourned ac.- corditgly. Then followed an entry, which was incon sistent with the terms of the original motion, and which would apparently show to a casual reader that other business had been disposed of after the Court had actually adjourned. This circumstance he (Alderman Wood) thought required some explanation. The Tower CLERK said that the minutes were strictly accurate, and the entry at the end, to which the worthy Alderman had alluded, was merely a short statement of the substance of the original motion, for the purpose of informing the members of the Court of the division which took place upon it, and the result. Mr. Alderman T. WooD moved that the entry at the foot of the minutes be altered, in conformity with the terms of the original motion. This wee, as we understood, agreed to, and the alteration made accordingly. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Deputy WATKINS, in rising to propose for the adoption of the Court a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, said it was not his intention to occupy much of the time of the Court, or to enter largely into the man ner in which the late Lord Mayor had performed his magisterial duties during his year of office. To the present Lord Mayor, to his brethren in the Court of Aldermen, and to the members of this Court, the impartiality and firmness with which the late Lord Mayor had discharged every portion of the duties of the high office he had so ably filled was well known, and it would be arrogant, therefore, in him (Mr. Deputy Wat kins) to attempt to expatiate upon the subject, especially as he could not but be aware that every member of this Court highly estimated the manner in which Mr. Alder man Gibbs had gone through his official year as Chief Magistrate of this ancient metropolitan City. It was with these feelings that he had framed a vote of thanks, which he should now move, and which, he trusted, would meet with the unanimous approbation of the Court (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy Watkins concluded by for mally moving the vote of thanks. Mr. D. W. WIRE rose, and said that he had naturally expected he should be called upon to second the motion which had just been made, and he did so with unfeigned pleasure, because he was satisfied the decision of the Court upon it would fortify the prediction he had made at the commencement of Mr. Alderman Gibbs's year of office, namely, that though that gentleman was not so well known to the members of the Court of Common Coun cil as he would be on his retirement from office, yet the more they became acquainted with his moral and social worth, the more they would view with approving admiration the manner in which he had dis charged all the magisterial and other important duties connected with the high station he had been called upon to fill.—(Hear, hear.) It was wholly unne cessary for him (Mr. Wire) to enlarge upon the punc tuality and impartiality with which the late Lord Mayor had presided over the discussions and decisions of this Court. The Court has never been kept waiting, nor did he wait to be summoned when there was business to be transacted, and it was something to urge in his favour, that when he retired from office he had entirely cleared the paper of business—(Hear, hear)—and there had been scarcely any question upon which his judgment had not been confirmed by the majority of the members present.—(Hear, hear.) As a magistrate, he (Mr. Wire) looked upon the late Lord Mayor as one 'of the very best who had ever occupied the civic chair.—(Loud applause.) Although not legally educated, his decisions had been replete with excellent judgment, and had ge. ' nerally been afterwards affirmed by the Courts to which they had been referred.—(Hear, hear.) His dili gence and attention had never been surpassed, for during the whole year of office he had never been absent from the chair of justice at the Mansion-house on any one occasion.—(Applause.) Of the advantages which had accrued to the various charities which adorn the metro polis from the attendance upon them of the late Lord Mayor, all who were connected with those charities were unanimous in their concurrence in the fact. They admitted that not only had he been most generous in his own contributions, but his exertions in their behalf had been most beneficial.—(Hear, hear.) Under such circumstances he (Mr. Wire) was truly delighted that this day had arrived, because he felt, as he had done at the commencement of his friend's career, that the ter mination of his year of office would bring to him addi tional honours, and would prove to the world and to his fellow-citizens that his character had been most un justly assailed.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and 44 Question, question.") He trusted that an unanimous vote of this Court would tend to remove impressions —(Loud cries of "No, no" and considerable interruption, in the midst of which the sentence was lost.) Mr. Wire concluded by expressing his sincere hope that the conduct of the late Lord Mayor would be approved by those members of the Court who had came in contact with him, and that by their vote this day they would show that his conduct had been such as to entitle him to the admira tion and gratitude of his fellow-citizens.—(Applause.) The motion having been put to the Court by the RE CORDER, Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he did not rise for the pur pose of opposing a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor—a vote to which he did not conceive there would be a dissentient voice raised—but he did present himself to the Court for the purpose of expressing his disappro • bation of the indiscretion which some of the observations which had fallen from the seconder (Mr. Wire) had ex hibited.—(Hear, hear.) He gave Mr. Wire credit gene rally for great discretion—there was no man to whose opinion generally he paid more deference and attention, but when Mr. 'Wire stated that a vote of this Court would remove impressions which prevailed out of doors in the public mind, he (Mr. H. L. Taylor) very much doubted it. He believed that the impressions upon the üblic mind would remain the same—if not the same, till they would not be improved—and he (Mr. H. L. Taylor) would not have it to go forth to the public that the Court of Common Council, by the vote proposed, did anything more than express their satisfaction of the manner in which the late Lord Mayor had fulfilled his magisterial duties during his civic year. If the motion contained a single syllab!e touching upon a tender point which he (Mr. H. L. Taylor) would not name, but which was well known to every member of the Court present, he, though a very humble member, should certainly have moved an amendment, and he believed there was not any independent member of the Court who would re fuse to support it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COPE rose to order. The speaker had declared that he would not name the subject to which ho adverted, and yet he was stating his conjectures as to what the Court would do if the subject he was entering upon was alluded to in the proposed vote of thanks. Surely the speaker was not justified in the course he was now taking. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR appealed to the sound sense and discretion of the Lord Mayor to say whether or not he was correct in the course he was taking. The LORD MAYOR—Are you going to oppose or to move an amendment upon the vote of thanks which has been moved to the late Lord Mayor? Mr. H. L. TAYLOR replied in the negative 2 but added that he was confident the Lord Mayor was desirous of dealing out even-handed justice. He approved of the vote of thanks in the form in which it stood, but he could not allow the extraneous remarks of Mr. Wire to pass in silence. Mr. DAMSON (amidst some confusion) observed, that as the vote of thanks did net contain one word in refe rence to the matter to which Mr. Taylor alluded, the observations of that gentleman were wholly irrelevant. cries of " Question, Question.") The RECORDER then put the motion, and after taking a show of hands, declared it to be carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Deputy WATKINS, the vote of thanks was ordered to be ornamentally written .upon vellum, signed by the Town Clerk, and framed and glazed, and presented to the late Lord Mayor. The vote was also ordered to be advertised in the usual morning and evening newspapers. Mr. Deputy WATKINS next moved that this Court, in token of its approbation of the conduct, character, and services of the Reverend Michael Gibbs, M.A., Chaplain to the late Lord Mayor, do request Mr. Chamberlain to present him with a purse of fifty guineas.—Agreed to nem. con. THE ROYAL HOSPITALS. Mr. Alderman WILSON said that he owed it to the Court and to himself, in consequence of what had taken place since the last meeting, to offer-some explanation in reference to the anonymous attacks with which he had been assailed in one of the jouruals of the 7th November last. It was his habit in general never to answer anony mous attacks, but when those attacks were made upon his public conduct, and upon observations which he had addressed to the Court, he felt bound to allude to them. The letter to which ho alluded, after making an imperti nent attack on the members of this Court who were Governors of the Royal Hospitals, charged him (Alder man Wilson) with a calumnious attack upon the Royal Hospitals, by stating that they ought to be brought under the cognizance of the Charity Commissioners. He avowed having made use of these words, but he must add that be had given his reasons for doing so—reasons which had been suppressed in the garbled report which had gone forth to the public. Those reasons had been fortified by subsequent inquiries in the hospitals, and he now called upon the writer of the attack who, though adopting the signature of "Erasmus," was, he believed, a member of the Court, to come forward and avow him self, as he (Mr. Alderman Wilson) was ready to meet his assertions. Those assertions had been replied to by another anonymous writer, who adopted the name of "Senex" (as we understood), and who was, he had reason to suppose, also a member of the Court. "Se nex ," from the position he had taken, was worthy to be so, but the writer, " Erasmus," if he had not the courage to come forward and avow himself, was undeserving a seat in that Court, and of the confidence of his fellow-citi zens.—(Hsar, hear.) The subject was not taken up by any member of the Court, and the discussion consequeutly dropped. The TOWN CLERK having read from the business paper the notification that certain hospital docquets for leases were to be sealed, Mr. Alderman T. WOOD moved that the seals be not affixed until the opinion of counsel had been received on the case stated to them as to the right of the pre celence of the Lord Mayor as President of the Royal Hospitals. Mr. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion. Mr. ASHURST moved, as an amendment, that the affixing of the seal be postponed. A prolonged and somewhat angry discussion arose, and terminated in the rejeclion of both the original m )tion and the amendment. Eventually the suggestion of the Recorder that the Court should, with the consent of the Lord Mayor, be adjourned to give time for the return of the opinion of counsel, was adopted, and the Lord Mayor, hawing fixed the adjourned Court to be held on Tuesday next, the Court rose at four o'clock. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. In commenting upon those matters relative to the pro duce and cultivation of the soil, one great duty we have to perform this month is that of calmly considering the various communications which continue to reach us from nearly every part of the kingdom relative to the yield of the present year's grain crops, and tLe extent of the failure in the supply of that most valuable edible—the potato. The absence of statistical data of course renders it a matter of impossibility for us to determine what may be the actual falling off, yet we may observe that many statements—utterly at variance with facts—have been promulgated, without their authors appearing to have any particular ob ject in view. Be this es it may, it is unquestionable that such statements, while they tend to embarrass and perplex many, are too frequently productive of serious inconvenience to the general community. Having our se:ves had frequent opportunities of comparing the yield of this season's wheats, grown in particular localities, with those produced in other quarters, we are led to the conclusion, though, be it observed, we are quite con vinced the crop is beneath an average one—that the de ficiency is not so great as some parties have affirmed. On referring, however, to quality, we are prepared to allow the reports thereon to be correct ; indeed, nothing can more forcibly illustrate these remarks than the averages themselves, A hich not unfrequently form the most accurate result both of quantity and quality. Under these circumstances, we may be asked our opinion as to the future prospects of the wheat trade. This we most willingly give, knowing, as we do, that upon this point will rely the operations of the growers, so far as supply is concerned. I❑ the first place, then, not withstanding the deficiencies to which we have just alluded (for w e must not lose sight of the important fact that at this very moment we have what may be termed rather a large quantity of old wheat in the country), we cannot lead ourselves to believe that wheat will be selling at famine prices; but that they will continuo steadily to advance for some time hence is, we think, placed beyond a doubt. Our reason for such a conclusion is, that con sumption is going on at a rate almost without a precedent, and which, of course, is chiefly produced by the labouring classes being in the enjoyment of adequate employment. One circumstance which would prevent famine prices is the almost certainty that at no distant day a sweeping change will be effected in the laws affecting the import of foreign corn; and another the immense supplies of flour which are almost daily entering our ports from the North American possessions, and which are brought into immediate consumption. Again, such high prices would have the natural effect of lowering the duties on foreign produce to a nominal sum ; hence the whole of the bonded stocks would become available for our markets. There are, we know, some persons who ridicule the idea of even additional importations having any effect upon prices here, informing us, as they do, that, from their limited quantities, it wonld be impossible for us to make up the deficiencies in the home yield. This is a short-sighted view to take;of this important subject. We are perfectly aware that the produce of wheat this year, in most of the large continental wheat countries, is smaller than for some past seasons, and besides which, the shipments thence to England—from the demand which has sprung up in other portions of the world—will be smaller than usual. But how stands the case in the United States and Canada, places which, in our judg ment, are likely at no distant day to become almost the granaries of the world ? Having received, per the last packet, a most important letter on this very point from Messrs. Wylie and Egana, of New Orleans, we are en abled to write in positive terms on the subject. These gentlemen inform us that the total produce of grain in the United States this year has exceeded 800,000,000 bushels, or an average of forty-one bushels to every human being of the entire population. If, therefore, we allow ten bushels a year for each of the entire po pulation, young and old, amounting now to about 20,000,000, we shall find a surplus of no less than 600,000,000 bushels. Supposing that one-half of that immense quantity be allowed for the feeding of cattle, &c., it is impossible not to come to the conclusion - that the Americans, in the event of low duties here, will supply us with quite as much corn as we can conveni ently take from them. We now come to the considera tion of the potato disease, as it is technically called. This, too, has suffered from overdrawn statements. Not that we are about to deny it is widely spread, or that the consumers will, in the long run, be com pelled to pay very high rates for them ; still we main tain that large quantities, grown on light soils, have been raised and pitted in good order. In this particular, therefore, we see no cause for becoming seriously alarmed at our future prospects. The questions to consider, in order to solve this important matter, are— What is the cause of the disease? Will all the diseased potatoes be entirely lost, without the sighlest benefit to the growers ? The whole of our readers are perfectly aware that nothing is so injurious to the potato as a wet I season. The past having been one of the most unfavourable in this respect almost ever known, the crop, in many parts—especially that grown on the low and heavy lands has become tainted with rot. Hence the growers are acting wisely in giving them to their stall-fed and other animals, which are, we have every reason to know, thriving well upon them. This, as a matter of oourse, must effect a great saving in the outlay for the purchase of other food, and be the means of using those potatoes which otherwise would have been wholly lost. Bearing upon the question of the future range in the value of wheat, we must not forget that the supply of all spring corn is good, and which may, in many instances, be used as partial substitutes for wheat. Having now explained our honest opinions upon the above topics, we must leave them in the hands of our subscribers, who will, we think, do well to read them with attention. The weather during the greater portion of the month has been extremely changeable, though fine, the time of year considered. Ploughing and sowing have pro gressed with a tolerable degree of rapidity, with the land in fine condition for the reception of the seed. Owing to the large available quantities of pabulum, the stock on most farms has fared extremely well ; yet we regret to state that a scarcity of sheep exists in many of our large agricultural districts. Our advices from Scotland and Ireland are to the ef fect, that a slight falling.off is observable in the supply and quality of the present year's wheat crops, but those of other grain are reported as tolerably good. The ship ments of most grain to the London market have been more extensive than was pretty generally expected, con sidering the alarming rumours afloat respecting the failure of the potato crop. In the course of the month the imports of live stock from abroad, into London and Hull, have been again extensive-761 oxen and cows, 1,533 sheep, 8 calves, and 40 pigs having arrived in the former, and 370 beasts, and 430 sheep in the latter port. With the exception of about 100 oxen from Hamburgh, the whole of the above imports have taken place from Rotterdam, in, for the most part, good condition.—Farmer's Magazine. MRS. CANDLER'S MURDER, AT YARMOUTIL-Al- though Mrs. Dick's statement is full of improbabilities, it has caused much excitement in the town ; and the Magistrates and Town Council have, during the past week, held private meetings for the purpose of determining the best course to be pursued. On Monday last summonses were issued for a meeting of the magistrates; they met at three o'clock for the purpose of hearing Mr. Evans's opinion on the evidence of Mrs. Dick. Of course we cannot state precisely what was done at a meeting from which the public were excluded, but we believe that the meeting came to the determination of re questing the Mayor to call a meeting of Mayor's Assistants, to consider whether they would authorise the taking of a still higher legal opinion than Mr. Evans had given. We hear that this gentleman felt the case to be surrounded with to much difficulty as to advise the Council to avail themselves of the opinion and advise of the highest law officer in the king dom. We understand that the Town Clerk was instructed to prepare a case, and that the Mayor, who is now in London, will obtain the opinion during his stay there.—Bury Herald. REGENT'S CANAL AND NORTH METROPOLITAN.— A circular, of which the following is a copy, has been circu lated throughout the Regent's-park and the northern dis tricts of Marylebone :—" To the inhabitants of the Regent's park and neighbourhood—Proposed Railways in the Park— The inhabitants may not be aware that one of the nume rous railway schemes of the day is a project for converting the Regent's Canal, passing along the side of the drive on the north side of the Regent's-park, into a railway. As this, if carried into effect, would most seriously depreciate the value of property in the park, be very dangerous to the public re sorting to the park, either riding, driving, or walking, from the numerous accidents that must occur by run-away horses, startled by the noise of frequent trains, and become a nuisance to a large body of the inhabitants, a memorial to the Commissioners of Wood s an d Forests, urging them to refuse their consent to this interference with the comforts of the public and the rights of the inhabitants, has been pre pared at a preliminary meeting of Crown tenants, held at the residence of Sir Peter Laurie, on the 25th instant. You are earnestly requested to add your signature to those of your neighbours. The memorial will be brought to you for this purpose in the course of a day or two."—R a il wa y Herald. A GENUINE PuiLANTrirtorisr.—The island of Rona is a small and very rocky spot of land, lying between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Applecross, and is well known to mariners for the rugged and dangerous nature of its coast. There is a famous place of ref uge a t it s north which, strang e t o say, i s easier entered the day. At the ex t rem i ty of this western e xtremity, called the "Muckle Harbo ur ," o f very n ehsal s h ol d' i n t uv u re d ivn e egr i ' s the residence of a p oor o ld w i dow, a d h t i N fl pn c ei u rgb l h t ot a r e c a c t whose lonely cottage is called " the lighthouse," from the fact that she uniformly keeps a lamp burning in her window all the night. By keep ing this light and the entrance of the harbour open, a strange vessel may enter with the greatest safety. During the silent watches of the night, the widow may be seen, like; Norna of the Fitful Head, trimming her little lamp with oil, fearful that some frail bark may perish through her neglect ; and for this she receives no manner of remu neration—it is pure and unmingled philanthropy. The poor woman's kindness does not rest even here, for she is unhappy until the benumbed and shivering mari ner comes ashore to share her little board, and recruit himself at her glowing and cheerful fire, and she can seldom be prevailed upon to accept of any reward. She has saved more lives than Davy's belt, and thousands of pounds to the underwriters. This poor creature, in her younger days, witnessed her husband struggling with the waves, and swallowed up by the remorseless billows— " In sight of home and friends that thronged to SM." This circumstance seems to have prompted her present de • voted and solitary life, in which her only enjoyment is doing good.—lnverness Courier. RIDAY MORNJ N SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES—The decision of the Cabinet is no longer a secret. Parliament, it is confidently reported, is to be summoned for the first week in January ; and the Royal Speech will, it is added, recommend an immediate con sideration of the corn-laws, preparatory to their total repeal. Sir Robert Peel in one house, and the Duke Of Wellington in the other, will, we are told, be prepared to give immediate effect tu the recommendation thus conveyed. An announcement of such immeasurable im portance, and to the larger portion of the community so unspeakably gratifying, almost precludes the possibility of comment. No pen can keep pace with the reflecions which must spontaneously crowd upon every thoughtful and sensitive mind. They who have long desired this change, and have long traced its manifeld bearings on the welfare and happiness of the world, Rill in one mo ment see the realisation of that fair prospect, and will hardly endure to be informed of what they already be hold. The approaching event, therefore, which we this day communicate to our readers, must be left to speak for itself. It is understood that until Parliament meets nothing is to be done. For the Legislature will be 1 resersed the res p ons ibili ty and the glory of opening the ports. We presume that none will quarrel with this brief appearance of delay, now that the resolution of the Cabinet is known. The moral certainty of an early opaline will be equivalent in its operation to an immediate order in council. It is enough for the mer chant and the capitalist to know that by the end of January at the latest, the produce of all countries will enter the British market on an absolute equality with our own, excepting only those disadvantages which Nature itself has made, and which man cannot entirely remove. Any unnecessary appearance of haste would only create alarm, and might thus defeat, for a time at least, the very object of the measure. Happily there is no occasion for `haste, even if haste were not almost certain to interfere with speed. It is said that the deci sion has been made with that unanimity which perhaps the compulsion of circumstances alone can inspire. The reported exceptions are both insignificant and doubtful, and not of a sort to interfere with the construc tion of the Cabinet. There is, of course, one man who had it in his power to offer an enormous impediment and create a frightful collision ; but experience com ing to the aid of his own intuitive sagacity, has, we are told, taught him to retire from an eventually fruitless opposition, and to husband his strength for more attainable objects. Fortunately for the present peace, if not for the ultimate prosperity of the nation, he has long exemplified that which the chief writer on the British Constitution has declared to be the most decisive and triumphant test of its soundness—viz., the abso lute impotence of military greatness against the con stitutional movements of the popular will. It is scarcely fair to imagine a contingency from which the possible author has himself most judiciously recoiled; but we feel very sure that the Upper House will be only too thnkful to be spared an unequal and, per haps, a disastrous conflict with the Ministers of the Crown and the representatives of the people. It is evident that this is the only quarter from which the Premier's position has been seriously threatened. From that quarter he might have been over thrown if his assailants felt sufficient interest in their cause to wish to be buried in its ruins; but the British aristocracy feels no such injurious and sui cidal ambition. It is either too good or too wise to strike wiih such force that its own life is spent in the blow. The Premier has not been blind to the security afforded by the alternative of a common destruction. He has set his political existence against the Lords, and won the stake. Our traditionary reverence for the first estate of the realm may lead us to regret that it should ever be thrown into a position involving defeat by so unequal a combatant. We may justly regret that it has not lately been more accustomed to draw on the known resources of hereditary wisdom —that it has allowed itself to be represented by a few, and has thus changed its broad, aristocratical basis, for the more manageable, and, therefore, less enduring, form of an oligarchy—and, above all, that it has delegated its credit and authority to leaders who are kind only in flattering its foibles, bold only in committing it to errors, and wise only in consenting to defeat. The other parties with whom Sir Robert Peel might have been called upon to measure his strength really, like some countries we see on the maps, have, at the pre sent moment, rather a geographical than a political existence. In whatever way it has come to pass, so it is, the agriculturists have just now no more power than the animals they are industriously bringing to such ,magnificent proportions. What they wish, or hate, or fear, their interests and their grievances, have literally been dropped out of the calcu lation. The Premier, who has enjoyed their support, has a just sense of its value, and is at no pains to conceal that be can do without it. Whether his is the case of the steward who grows rich himself while his employer decays, we will noz now inquire, but the result is the same. From this quarter nothing was to be feared, and to imagine a danger would have been simply a mistake. They, however, who expect to see us a nation of heroes and martyrs would probably have desired that the pre sent patriotic surrender should have been the voluntary and gratuitous act of those at whose risk, if not at whose loss, it is done. But if the Conservatives should be broken up, the Whigs would come in. Here wss a sub stantial, a political, an historical foe, whom Sir Robert might remember and fear ! Truly they are an historical foe —magni nominis umbra. The members, of the party may survive and reign in another form ; but the party itself is scattered and overthrown. It is an unfortunate circumstance that so good a deed should literally go a-begging for an author. The nation has" done it, but who is the instrument ? It is in Sir Robert Peel's hand, but is it his property ? Nor have the Whigs much more claim to it. They only proposed to give up the corn-laws when it was evident the peril of the experiment would be the inheritance of their succes sors. Shall we, again, call the League the true hero of the crisis—the real Simon l'ure of free trade ? Truth compels us to answer in the affirmative ; but the idea is still somewhat distasteful, and human nature itself will cavil at a patriotism, the virtues of which were so closely allied with its interests. The Premier appeals to the good sense and the growing intelligence of the nation. We are flattered by an appeal which assures us that we are wiser than our forefathers. Still, it is unusual to see those mutations of opinion which are usually spread over ages, and divided by successive generations, concentrated in one man. Grant that it is a piece of good sense, and wisdom, and intelligence, it is distressing to reflect how long we have been denied it. The appeal is next made to our experience. The sliding-scale has been tried in every form, and every form has required a change. The last change has not been the most suc cessful. Never since it began has it done any good to the farmer, till just now, when the country will not bear it. Grant that the experiment is a failure ; but whose experiment was it ? Some, perhaps, will not trust the same experimentalist again. The appeal to our condo • nation is the next resort. The nation is merciful, and Sir Robert has had too many proofs of its forgiving temper not to confide once more in that amiable ele ment. But why are people to forgive when there is no help for it ? It is mockery to carry a matter against a person's will and then ask his pardon. The truth is that it must be done. Necessity knows no laws. The sliding-scale cannot and will not stand. Protection can not be maintained. The country cannot be kept in a state of civil war, with the most fearful jealousies daily ripening and coming to a head. The thing must be done, and it is Sir Robert Peel's common sense and con venient view of the case that he is the actual Premier, and therefore bound to do it. ADVERTISER. --A rumour of great importance reached us yesterday, name l y, that S i r Ro b ert P ee l h a d, at the Cabinet Council o f T uesday, threatene d hi s resig nation. We are bound to say that subsequent inquiries have not tended to confirm this rumour. From the par ticular circle to which it may be traced, the wish may be expected to be " father to the thought." Hence, while we give it currency, we deny it credit. Not that we should be very much astonished at such a result, come when it may, but at present it appears premature, and would affix a most mortifying importance to the let ters of political rivals. Sir Robert Peel is much more sensitive to the opinions of a party than a nation. His arguments in the House are directed to " the Noble Lord" with much greater frequency than to the coun try. He seems to consider, that if he fall there is none to replace him but the party in opposition ; hence his constant endeavours to damage or silence them, rather than satisfy the millions outside. To resign just now would be the greatest homage that could be paid to Lords Russell and Morpeth, as nothing of im portance has occurred since the preceding Cabinet Council save the publication of their letters. The letter of Lord John Russell seems to shut the door to the pos sibility of a coalition Ministry, whatever may be the similarity of sentiments between the great h tilers. Al most every point that is made is a personal one, and is the more biting from the quiet language in which it is expressed. An air of the most mortifying triumph runs through the whole, and the instances of vacillation and s ter of a , and on the m tergiversation a la a t t in t ea e s u m r e o s s t c o ritical a s p t e q r u i o a d r cen tury, must be gall and wormwood to the pre sent P rem i er. We are for " measures, not men." Nevertheless, we do not shut our eyes to the philosophy of Bacon's obser vation, that " measures without men are dead images." Catholic Emancipation was extorted by fear, not pro moted by love. It was the result of a certain letter from a certain Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, of w rather than • n i n y g toa Dnd h alteredasazc welloard n vas of a national Peel, convictions. Sirions At 1 timea ow t uatsb rneoat insensible to the evils the Duke These states men granted emancipation in appearance• to quiet Ire land, determined to deny it in fact as much as th e y cou ld. They enabled Roman Catholics to fill thirty-th ree situa tions, from which religion had previously exclud e d th em , B. but they took especial care that not one of those situa tions should a Roman Catholic actually fill. That no Peel-faith or punic-faith could prevent the people en joying free-trade if they once got it on the Statute-book, we can readily believe ; nevertheless there are many things a friendly Administration might do to promote it, which a hostile one would not. Hence we would rather have it from those who agree with it in principle, than from those who concede it as a necessity. Lord John Russell and Lord Morpeth are now as much pledged to it , from conviction as Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Villiers; while to hammer it into the heads of any set of men, or any party with whom Sir Robert could now connect him self, would be a work of great delay and difficulty. POST.—Constituted as society is at present in this country, with habits of political discussion so generally diffused, and with habits of assertion regarding public matters so little guarded, there appears to be a great want of some more regular and constant mode of authentic communication between the Government and the public. For some weeks past, in certain widely - circulated newspapers, and at public meetings convened for the purposes of political agitation, assertions hav been made, producing an effect on the public mind of the most sericus importance. In short, impressions of the probability of approaching scarcity—perhaps of famine—have been produced by.these imsertons. And DECEIVIBER 5, 1845. ^'~ w. it has been even alleged that Government is in possession of information which proves such alarming assertions to be well founded. Now, whatever may be thought of their own dignity by men in office, and whatever may be the contempt they entertain for the individuals who harangue at Anti-Corn-law meetings, or who write in newspapers, it surely is a serious practical matter that a general impression of. the probability of scarcity or famine should be produc ed, if there be no good foun dation for it. We ourselve is believe that there is none. We believe, that notwithstanding the spoutings of Mr. Cobden and his set at public meetings, notwithstanding the acknowledged writing of Lord John Russell, and the anonymous writings of others in newspapers of great circulation and influence, that there is no good founds tion for the alarm about probe ble famine, and that the speakers and writers to whom 'ave allude have themselves no belief in the probability of Vie calamities which they prophesy. We believe that alt these forebodings are published merely from a wish to do mischief to political opponents, or to serve certain ends which are not likely to be served by the promulgation of truth. But our belief is not the belief of the multitudes who listen to Anti-Corn-law harangues, or who read the , articles 'l>f Lord John R assell, or other men, in the newspapers which favour the viows of the Anti- Corn-law League. It cannot be that the Government discerns no mischief in the wide circulation of un founded apprehensions. But the Government does nothing in any way to set the public right, if indeed it be wrong to think that famine is probable ; and if it be not wrong, then the Government should before now have interposed with cautions and directions suitable to such a state of things. It may bet said, that the public may very well be left to judge for themselves of what is true and what is untrue, in regrerti to the probability of scarcity. We deny, however, sha tit is safe to leave the public to their own errors, and their own means of finding out errors in such matters.. We know how much it is the fashion now for Gove raiment to leave every thing to " find its own level." Falsehood, avarice, au dacity, are not to be interfered with. Government is merely to give away places, and to allow the people to struggle as they may, the str' mg with the weak, the wealthy with the poor, the crafty with the simple. There is to be no interf :Fence, for it is the law of liberality to allow sue h things to find their own level. We believe that su. :b. liberality must come to a ruinous end, and thereforei we protest against it. It is a mistake to suppose that the good sense of the people is enough to protect them against being ins • posed upon by misrepresentativn. The newspapers which venture upon misrepresents tion know the public better. The Times of yesterday,, for instance, quotes speeches in its leading article wi th a view of showing that bread is at this moment half as dear again as it was last May. The Times vetnu:coos upon this, although well knowing that every one in. London who will take the trouble of looking at the 1 takers' bills, or of in quiring of his wife or housekee,aer what the price of bread was in May, and what it iis now, must discover the untruth. But readers will not take that trouble. They will assume the fact, becartse their prejudices are in favour of some measure to whi eh the fact is supposed to lead. The Times says much about the large aggre gate sum paid every week in alio United Kingdon for bread, beyond that which a its paid this time last year. This difference is cited as an overwhelming argument for repeal of the corn-laws. True, it is not shown that the 'repeal of the corn laws would lessen the pre sent expenditure by a single penny ; but that is , :assumesi, and hasty readers swallow the assunxp tion. It is true also, that in December, 1839, w heat was much dearer than it is now, and employment craich more difficult to be obtained, and the corn-law lin posed much heavier duties than it does now ; and yet a t that time the Times did not make any clamour about tl ie necessity or expe diency of establishing free trade i n corn; but readers of the present day do not remember- that. They imagine that the Times writes as it does fa - om established prin ciples of political economy, and fro: m a sincere view of that which is needful for the public safety. Thus are the public deluded, and the Government looks on and does nothing but hold Cabinet Corm cils which the Times says are for the purpose of considering " whether there is a sufficient likelihood of a sea rcity to call for any special precautions." We believe t that the Times does not know what has been done at re :e nt Cabinet Councils, or what has been considered, morel than it does of what happened on any of these days ills. the moon; but the assertion is made, and there is nothittg to guard the pub lie against being misled. THE HOTTENTOTS OF AGRA PEQUINA, &c. (From the African Guano Trade.) The Hottentots are a race of small people, seldom ex ceeding five feet three or four inches. 1. hey are thin and attenuated, their skin, even in the younger ones, being shrivelled and rough. They have square counte nances, high cheek bones, a flat nose, deeply sunk within the facial line, small eyes, not at all prominent, a large, wide mouth, with the under lip generally thick. Their teeth are dark, often decayed, and irregular. Their heads are not at all intellectual. Their feet and hands, however, are small, and beautifully formed. When first met on the coast they evidently bad been in the habit of occasionally communicating with ships. They invariably possessed a steel, although they ha I no foreign weapons. On first visiting them on shore they received us with looks of the greatest apathy and indifference, evidently waiting for the first advances to be made; they were in a sitting posture ; the weight of the thighs resting on the legs above the heel. It is somewhat singular that this is the manner and attitude in which a New Zealander inva riably receives strangers, considering' it a mark of re spect towards them. On approaching and shaking hands with them they soon seemed at ease, quickly asking for water and tobacco. They had no weapons with them, having, as was afterwards discovered, hid them amongst the rocks: they always have a great number of dogs. Their women never appeared, and, during all our inter course with them, they were rarely seen. Whether this proceeded from a natural timidity, or arose from former ill-treatment, it was difficult to determine. It is, how ever, believed to have been from the latter cause. They seem to be capable of taking in at once a week's pro vision. When first met with, two of them were brought to the vessel, and it certainly seemed as if it was impos sible to sati,fy them with food; and the complacency with which they patted their stomachs, extend, d in a most extraordinary manner, showed how much they seemed to enjoy their feed. They were very fond of smoking, and often asked for tobacco. When first met with they used a wiry sort of grass, but invariably pre ferred tobacco. Having one day, when two of the men were on board, observed some others amongst the rocks at a distance in land, and supposing them to be women, who, at this time, had not been seen, the m en were accompanied on shore, from which they did not seem inclined to start. On walking about, however, the recent foot-print of a child was discovered, which, when pointed out to them, seemed to agitate them considerably. Determined, if possible, to see their dwelling, the foot-prints were fol lowed, the natives also coming, but evidently displeased. About one mile from the beach two rude huts were seen, with all. their weapons and property. The women and children, however, were gone, which seemed as much to astonish the natives as to disappoint us. One of them ran at once to the place where the fire had been, pushed his hand amongst the ashes, and, feeling no heat, seemed at once overwhelmed by passion and disappointment After many apparent violent expressions and gestures he quietly sat down, filled his pipe with a wiry-looking dried grass from a skin bag suspended from his neck, and, smoking a few seconds, became quite excited, pre senting exactly the same appearance as an opium smoker. After the excitement his oyes, at first rolling about like those of a maniac, became fixed, and he tumbled over on the ground, lying for some time as if dead. Their language is exactly similar in sound to the Chi nese, being produced by the same clacking sound of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. They, in their con stant intercourse with the crews of the vessels, during two years, did not make much progress in acquiring English. One rather intelligent fellow, who went by the English cognomen of Pease-soup, was most easily under stood by words, signs, and expression; but they are cer tainly as much behind the South-Sea Islanders in mental as in physical qualifications. The same Pease-Soup was the musician of the party, having an instrument com posed of a piece of wood about three feet long, a piece of sinew string, going from one end to the other, having near one end a piece of nicely-scraped sinew, about a quarter of an inch broad. This string being tightened to the proper tension, he applied his lips to the piece of sinew, and apparently with considerable exertion pro duced a few notes similar to the low notes of the French horn. When listening to the music on board he seemed much delighted, and, on one of the sailors commencing to dance a hornpipe, he immediately joined and kept most excellent time. Their clothing consists simply of a skin mantel, com posed of the skins of various wild animals: it is tied around the neck, and hangs loosely over the shoulders. They have invariably a piece of skin about a foot square suspended by a string tied around their loins. They generally had a sort of skull-cap of skin on their heads, which have only a little woolly hair. At times, when prepared for a journey, thoy have a sort of mocassin or skin boot. Their weapons are bows and arrows and spears. The bow is made of wood, abcut four feet in ltngth. The arrow is of bamboo, feathered at the inner end. At the outer end a piece of sharpened hone fits into the bamboo, one end of the bone being clear, the other poisoned with a black, pitchy-looking substance. Their quiver gene rally contained abcut forty to fifty arrows. Their spear is about seven feet long; the handle is made of wood, the head invariably of steel, of native workmanship. They possess considerable dexterity in the use of these wea pons. When asked where they get them they invari ably replied a long way off, where there were plenty of people. They carry their supply of water in ostrich eggs, having a small hole in one end. They had also a supply of red ochre-looking substance, with which and grease they • occasionally smeared their bodies. They are extremely filthy in their persons, never washing their bodies. They seem to trust on the coast entirely to supplies derived from it, young seals, birds, and shell fish being the only food they seemed to use. They are, no doubt, induced to live on the coast from the chance of meeting with vessels. However often they were clothed from the vessels, they always appeared the following day in the kaross, and must have hid the clothes away, perhaps for the purpose of carrying with them when they rejoin their tribe. Three or four of them went away to the interior, travelling to the south eastward, and returned after an absence of about four months. They had then with them a few roots, the remairs of what they appeared to have subsisted on on their journey, somewhat similar in appearance to the mandioca root. The Hottentots do not appear to have any religion, at least, no observances of any were ever noticed among them. Their ideas on the subject could not be ascer tained, from a want of the requisite knowledge of their language. They are extremely quiet and respectful in their de meanour, never attempting to touch or lake anything not given to them. No instance of dishonesty was known on the part of any of them, and when hungry and thirsty they have never made the least attempt to assist themselves, until asked, although the table was covered with food before them. On showing Pease soup over the steamer Thunderbolt, he seemed highly delighted with everything, particularly the pictures, looking-glasses, and various native weapons in Captain Broke's cabin. On being taken to the engine-room, however, the sight seemed completely to astonish him; he gave a long peculiar whistle, gazing on the machinery some time without speaking. Earl Spencer, it is understood, will resign his ap pointment as Equerry to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on account of his Lordship's accession to the peer age. The Noble Earl and family will shortly remove from Alfreston to the splendid family seat, Althorp Park. The Lord Chancellor, we are gratified to learn, continues to improve in health and strength dail3 , . The Noble and Learned Lord has, however, not yet sufficiently recovered to resume his official duties. MILITARY OUTRAGE.--A most atrocious outrage was perpetrated by an officer on the person of a respectable farmer, living at Ballincollig—Mr. Jeremiah Dorgan. Mr. Dorgan observed a person on horseback to dash over the ditch of one of his fields, and from that into a second field, lately sown with corn—scattering about the new-sown seed and earth, as he spurred his horse violently through the field. The astonished farmer pursued the daring trespasser, and demanded his name, which was imperiously refused ; and on Dorgan persisting to hold the bridle of the horse till its rider consented to state his name, he was furiously struck on the head by the officer (for such he was), who said, " Do you want more of it?" as he again raised the whip to strike the unoffending man. Dorgan instantly complained of the out rage to the commanding officer at Ballincollig on the same day, Friday. The general was at Ballincollig, together with Colonel Beresford, on Saturday; and the latter having heard the fact from Dorgan on his return to Cork, seemed surprised at not having heard of it in Ballincollig. Thus it would seem that a formal report had not been made of this infamous outrage by the officer in command to the general. Dorgan has placed his case in the hands of an able solicitor, Mr. J. J. O'Brien of this city; and we trust that this piece of wanton brutality and military rampancy it will meet with its due reward at the hands of twelve honest men and an upright judge. Will there not be a court-martial held to inquire into this ungentlemanly and most shameful conduct? We shall see.—Cork Examiner. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—We understand that the largest transactions in scrip are at present confined to the marine•store-dealers, who have lately taken up this branch of commerce with some alacrity. The placards in their win dows now announce, that the best price is given for Capel court stuff, as well as kitchen stuff. Instead of calling upon people to look up their old rags and waste paper, they are requested to look up their old letters of allotment and useless scrip, for which a liberal amount will be given.—Punch. GLASGOW Pm IRON TRADE.—DEC. 2.—This has been a very dull week. The money pressure entirely regulates prices —and it not only continues but increases— theveral consequence will be a further depression. thousand tons were offered to-day at 725. 6d. cash (say ten ten days), and 1.000 tons sold at that price, Accounts America are mo re f a y oura lbe ; and but for the distrust occa sioned by reported failures in this city, the above might have been considered as a fair rate. We quote the prices to-day at 70s. to 725. 6d. cash.—Glasgow National. THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.—The late forgery case, which has lately engaged public attent ion at t ou t rse he osufpthereior pre sent found imitators; nor are we certain , cleve r as t originalMheerthyr,has i t s h the o c the two. undoubted T ly w l e vas w , el t l h_ d a re t e t a h e e d i lad mi i ta ea t , io i n n week, accosted a Carmarthern carrier, who had some dead pigs in the Crown-yard, and asked the price of this com modity. After a little haggling, the price of the pigs was agreed upon, each lady agreeing to take one. Just as the terms had been arranged, two poor women happened to come into the yard; and - one of these benevolent ladies re marked to the dealer in swine, " That woman appears to he very poor. cut off the pigs head and give it to her; I h g n o omadneeffreeemtsarokfs charity t3 th i e n ba r d shall not be much the poorer.' The second lady f o ll owed this k tuh i p i e rd w l tl y itmh fe e e s 7ing maensdvbeerttlw;eeen the various classes of society, an pom ne o s t s in of g d concluded by biddin g th e pig -merchant to cut off her pig's head also. Having received the thanks of the poor women, the ladies took their leave informing the man that "John, the servant," would bring ' down the cart in a few minutes, when they would return, and settle for the pigs as they took them away. Our friend waited long to hear the sound of tl cart- Jo No s, alternated with the chinki ng of the blunt wheels, had not yet brought the cart, nor has the owner of the headless porkers ever since seen the faces of his Mullane customers, who, we hear, were "Chinese 1" Cambrian. LA w INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, D'"c. 4 The Lord Chancellor is not yet sufficiently convalescent to sit in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn. Lord L avgdal ß OLLS at ' COUR7; Dec. 4. sat te n o'clock. CARR V. GILLESPIE. Mr. KINDERSLES applied on behalf of the defendant in this cause that he might be allowed a commission to sue out wit nesses at the town of Brentford, in the province of Canada. The facts were simply these :—A bill had been filed by two infants for the recovery of property to which, they were en titled by a settlement made by their father, Robert Carr, and which consisted of some lots of land situated on the New River in Canada. The property had been mortgaged by Robert Carr to the defendant, w h o now held it in his posses-- sion. The bill of the plaintiffs alleged that a fraud had been committed on their father, Robert Carr, in effecting the mortgage, lot 2 of the land being substituted for lot I, which was inferior in value. It was contended by the defendant that the mortgage was perfectly in conformity with the law cf Canada, and that the settlement was informal, not having been registered. On the Ilth of November defendant filed his objections to the bill, and the plaintiffs obtained an order for an enlargement of the application. The defendant stated by affidavit that his object in making thisapplicatfou was to bring matters to a speedy termination. Mr. TURNER, on behalf of the plaintiff's, stated that they had sent over to Canada for documents most important to the understanding of the case, which it was expected were now on their way to this country. Lord LANGDALE considered that.the motion should stand over for the present. JODDRELL V. JODDRELL. Mr. KINDEPALEY applied on behalf of Sir Richard Jod drell, the defendant, tOr an order to stay all further prc ceedings in tlis came until after the decision of the Howe of Lords respecting his Lordship's order overruling the de murrer. Lord LANGDALE.—If your client is ready to pay the money into Court, according to the order, and you undertake that the plaintiff shall be paid the money to which she is entitled by the terms of the deed, I will make the order. Mr. KINDERSLEY consented, and no objection being made on the part of the plaintiff, the rule was accordingly made. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT Dec. 4. (Before the VICE-C HANCELLOR of ENGLAN'D.) This being the first seal after Michaelmas term, his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of E ng l an d sat i n his Court at Lincoln's inn, and took motions to-day. rICKERING ts THORNTIINVAITE. This case stood on the paper to-day for judgment. It was argued during the last term, upon a motion to dissolve an injunction restraining the defendant from suing cut a fiat of bankruptcy against the plaintiff. Both parties are book sellers and publishers of eminence, the plaintiff carrying on business in Piccadilly, and the defendant i n P a t ernoster - row. We refrained from giving any report of the case during the arguments, on account of the serious and conflicting charge made in the affidavits on both sides; and in justice to all parties we think we cannot do better than give his Honour's judgment fully. The Viet , ,-CiraxcEer,on of ENGLAND said, in giving judg ment to-day—Now, in this case I felt myself called upoz before I ventured to dispose of it, deliberately to read and consider not only the affidavits that had been made, but also the correspondence that was partly brought forward by Mr. Bethell when the case was argued, and also the correspon dence that has been supplied since. I have not read the original letters, but I have every one of the copies; those letters don't appear to me materially to affect 'the case, any further than generally to corroborate the case as made out, by the defendant ; because it is apparent upon the face of them, that the mother and brother were implicated, in the sence of having their own:property involved• in the tran saction that took place between the plaintiff and the defen dant. And it also appears from the letters that various bill transactions took place from time to time between the plain tiff and the defendant, and that there was an account de pending between them. Now, the general nature of the case is this:—ln the year 1810 the plaintiff and the de fendant became acquainted; in 1818 the defendant began to assist the plaintiff, and in 1820 it seems, that the assistance took this determined character—it veils an as sistance for the purpose of setting the plaintiff up in business. These transactions went on till August, 1845. The plaintiff representing that there were transactions be tween him and the .defendant; and then he is pleased to state in his first affidavit that in the month of September last notice was given to him on the part of the defendant, of a demand in the shape of an account, which account he characterises as fictitious and fraudulent, and not merely so, but that it is made by the defendant and his solicitor, Mr. Lowless. Now, that was a most startling proposition, and at the same time, though I could not help feeling; upon ex amination,mightfail, that such or r h l a ess l , ar y g e e t, large, general, thought it it my boundendseriouscharge duty, having regard to the mode in which the Court always exercises its jurisdiction in granting - injaigtions - ex parte, to feel myself bound by the statement of the plaintiff, however much I might look forward to the time when the truths of that statement would •be questioned. I therefore felt it to be my duty, upon_ the statements of the plaintiff, to grant the injunctioe, which is now sought to be set aside. The plaintiff's affidavit is, in my opinion, made with some sort of indistinctiveness, because, in it he refers to books that he says were shown in March last, but what books they were does not appear. Now, Mr. Lowless states in his affidavit, and he is confirmed in that statement by the correspondence between the solicitors both for the plaintiff and the defendant, that after the accounts had been prepared by the defendant himself, they were submitted to Mr. Lowless, in order that he might check them with the vouchers, and Al r.Lowless swears most distinctly, and he is not contradicted by the affidavit made by the plaintiff, that he was ne party to making out the account, but that it was made out by the defendant himself, and then submitted by Mr. Lowless for inspection, in order that he might check it by the vouchers in the books. He swears the account was genuine and correct. Novi it struck me, upon consideration, that the plaintiff must have used the expressions, fictitious and fraudulent, in vague generality, be cause an account 'might be erroneous because there were nth takes in it—because figures were mis-copied—because wrong calculations were in it ; might be considered erroneous because there were right calculations in it, and the inferences from those calculations might not operate against the . defendant. It might, perhaps, be truly said, that one part of the trans action was barred by the Statute of Limitation, but that would not have the effect of making accounts fictitious or fraudulent ; and I cannot find out any facts that show the account really was fictitious or fraudulent. Mr. Lowless is no party to the cause, and in my opinion, his character is as completely unsullied as if no such affidavit had been made as that upon which the plaintiff applied for his injunction. Now, as to the defendant, Mr. Thornthwaite, the allegation is that the account was made up by him and Mr. Lowless, and that it was fictitious and fraudulent. Now as to one Mr. Lowless— the story is absolutely "false ; the defendant represents that there were accounts kept from the earliest time, and it appears from his joint affidavit and that of Mr. Cooper, that the latter came to him as a clerk and assistant ; that from 1833 to 1835 hi actually kept the account between the plaintiff and defendant ; and that they were so is manifest from the plaintiff's own aff davit. There is not a single particle of evidence that I can make out which is against the statement of Mr. Thorp thwaite, or that tends to show that there has been anything fictitious in the account he has made out. His affidavit is supported by that of Mr. Lowless, because he deposes to the fact that, when the account was made out, he was employed to advise upon it and check it. Mr. Thornthwaite'a affidavit positively denies the fact that the account was fictitious and fraudulent; and I cannot conceive anything on the affidavit in reply that removes that statement. It may be true that when an account comes to be taken, that so large a balance as that stated by the defendant may not be found to be due from the plaintiff, but my opinion clearly is, that it was in a most unpropitious moment that Mr. Pickering, the plaintiff, allowed his mind to get so far beyond the bounds of pru dence and probability as to swear that the accounts were e ud th u e len in t jun A ct l i l on l ea wi n th do cos a ta t . the present mo judgment is, that the d e f en d an t may pro cifineceeTtdni htti t eo o iuse s sfft u oea : dti O i l osisf t oftlri t 'a l e i e fiat of bankruptcy, unless the plaintiff prevents him from doing so by appealing to the Lord Chan cellor. GLASSE a. MARSHALL. This case, our readers will recollect, came before the Court upon a motion to dissolve an injunction restraining the East India Company from paying certain East India bonds. His HONOUR stated to-day that Mrs. Marshall had done him the honour of sending a letter to him on the subject of the case ; that he had mentioned to Mr. Burge, the 'pommel for the lady, that he should hand the letter to the parties. which it was his intention to do, but he could not part with it at the present moment, because the lady had thought it right to send two other letters to him, one addressed to the Dols of York, and the other to Sir Herbert Taylor, both of which had been returned to her. How two returned litters could bear upon the case he did not knew. Mr. STUART observed that he appeared for the East India Company, and he did not take a ve r y li ve ly i n t eres t a the matter. Mr. BETHELL was glad to inform the Court that the matter had been arranged. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was happy to hear that, consider ing it to be a very fit case for amicable adjustment. The Court then proceeded to hear motions. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 4. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius, Westminster Hall, before:Dir. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) HUNTER V. CALDWELL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, who is an attorney, for the recovery of a sum of 180/. The plaintiff's allegation was that he bad employed the defendant to recover a debt of 504 due to him on a bill of exchange by a person named Hicks; but defendant neglected to have certain writs duly filed in order to keep the debt alive : and the consequence was, that, after several trials, the debt was now barred by the statute of limitations. In the progress of the case, and during the examination of the witnesses ' there appeared to be a great number of legal and technical difficulties involved, as to the mode in which defendant had conducted the proceedings up to a certain point for the plaintiff. An officer of the court proved that certain writs in the cause had been filed by defendant at too late a period to t a k e effect. _ --- inthe course of the cross-examination of the witness, it appeared that when writs are brought to the o ffi ce at a period when it is too late to file them, the fact is stated to the attorney, who brings them, by the officer, and the writs are then filed. Another witness was examined at great length as to what the practice was in reference to the bringing in of write to the officer to have them filed. lie had no doubt but that writs should be taken in within five months; taking in and filing meant the same thing. The case for the plaintiff having closed, the defendant's Counsel submitted that the rule of law was, that where any doubt existed as to what the duty of an attorney was in certain Courts and causes, he was not liable to a charge of negligence, because he, as well as all others, were liable to error. He cited several cases in support of his point. lie continued to argue at some length that there was no case to go to th e j ury, which the Court overruled, and bad Learned Counsel the n p rocee d e d t o a dd ress th e j ur y, slid not concluded when our report left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3: (Sittings at Nisi Prius; before Mr. Justice CRESSWZLL and a Middlesex Special Jury.) CRDI. CON.—CLARK V. DUNSFORD. This was an action for crim. con., which was part hear d yesterday, and in which the defendant is a medical man, i n partnership with the plaintiff's brother. The Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Butt, appeared as counsel for the plaintiff; Sir Thomas W i lde, Mr. Sergeant Channel], and another Learned Gentleman, for the defendant. This action (in which the damages were laid at 10,0000 was, as above stated, brought by the plaintiff, to recover cots pensation in damages for the injury he had sustained through the defendant having had criminal conversation with his house. wi inducedfe,and m h e av v in ia g in a t t ifr, last mr.clar, k her i a so to l ui ci t tor he car r h i ;s i b ng and o ' n s b u siness at Bristol, where the d e f en d ant also resides, - prac tising his profession a s a medical man, i n which quality ha bad been in the Want of visiting the family of the former NAVAL IN TELLriGENCE. TILE RUSSIAN MEN OF WAR IN PL FAVOUTH SOUND.—The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, Find the line of battle ship and corvette have not yet left Plymouth Sound, the wind having continued foul. On Tu eiday, being the birth day of the Emperor of Russia, his Majesty's ships, the In germanland, 80, and the Prince o Warsaw, 30, were dressed with various coloured flags, rai.d at 11 A.M. tired a royal salute. The British ships, the t,ueen, 110, bearing the flag of the Port Admiral, and the Pre sit lent, 50, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Dacres, in Plyne.outh Sound, and the Caledonia, 120, flagship of Rear Adniiral Pym, in Hamoaze, paid the same compliment to the Emporor at 12 o'clock, the standard of England being hoisted ,at the main, and the Russian standard being run up at, the foremost of their ships, during the salute of 21 guns. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, in honour of the anniversary of his Royal father's birthday, in\ ited Admirals Sir John West, Sir Se Pym, and J. R. Dact!en ; Captains Sir Henry I4eke. M. H. - Dixon,• E. Stanley , and Henderson ; Com manders nacres, Wreford, Potbuay, and other officers to lay_cheon two r.ar. 'The Ocean,.Bo, Captain Superintendent Arthur, C. 8., was taken out of Steernesslasin on Tuesday, and alongside the Minotaur bulk, shipping her stored. The President, 50, Captain Stauley, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Dacres, still remains in Plymouth Sound, prevented by the weather from pursuing her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. The Endymion, 44, Captain Henderson, will leave Devon port Harbour for Plymouth Sound in a day or two. The St. Lawrence, 44, was undocked at Sheerness on Satur day, when the Ferret, 10, was taken in to be fitted for the pendant. The Curagoa, 24, Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., was at Buenos Ayres on the 21st of SeTtember. Sir Thomas had given notice of the blockade of :that port by the combined forces of England and France. The Nimrod, 20, hoisted the :pendant on Monday, Com mander Dacres having arrived at Devonport on that day. Mr. George Corney, gunner, has been appointed to her. The Fantome, 16, Commander fir F. W. Nicholson, Bart., arrived at Gibraltar, from Malaga, on Nov. 21. The Viper, 6, brigantine, has been masted at Sheerness basin, and will be reported ready fc r commission in a few days. The Penguin, 6, packet-brig, Lieut. Commander Leslie. has arrived at Devonport, from F atmouth and the Brazils, to be refitted. The Mercury tender, arrived at; Sheerness on Friday, with the Marines paid off from the Thalia, 44, at Portsmouth, belonging to the Chatham division. She returned to Ports mouth on Monday with supernumeraries. The Aid, lighter, is unloading, stores at Sheerness, from Woolwich ; and the Lively, lighter, from Portsmouth. The Avenger, steam-frigate, built at Devonport, and na vigated to the Thames to have -her engines fitted, has ar rived at Devonport, from Woobvicli, in charge of Mr. Karley, assistant master attendant of Shes•rness Dockyard. Woormicn, DEC. 3.—The Elect° steam-vessel, Com mander F. W. Austen, went down the river yesterday on an experimental trial, and being found in excellent order, left Woolwich this afternoon for Greenthithe, to have her com passes adjusted by Captain Johnsvn, and will then proceed to Portsmouth to be paid advance, :previous to leaving for the South American station. The Avenger steam-frigate left Deptford on Saturday, on her way round to Plymouth to be commissioned. She fully sustained ber character fer speed, which she acquired on her experimental trial. The Fearless steam-vessel, Master Commander Brockman, left Woolwich to-day for Sheerness, to undertake the duties of the Dwarf steam-vessel, at the latter port. The Dwarf steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander H. B. Proc tor, is hourly expected at 'Woolwich, to be paid off, and her present commander will then hoist his pennant on the Harpy iron steam-vessel, at present at Woolwich. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master William Bryant, towed the Barretto Junior, on Sunday, to moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal, the latter having been placed under orders to convey convicts to Bermuda. A detachment of Royal Marines, of the Woolwich division, joined head-quarters on Saturday, on being paid off from the Thalia, 42 guns, recently returned from the Pacific, and Sergeant Johnson, a non-commissioned officer, was yesterday presented with a silver medal, and a gratuity of 71., on the guard mounting parade, for good conduct on board the Thalia. He will be placed on the pension list at the end of the month, baying completed his twenty-one years' service in March last. A number of caulkers have been sent from Deptford and Chatham to Woolwich dockyard, to assist in expediting the Amphion and Sphynx steam.-vessels, now nearly ready for launching. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.—We understand that the Messrs. Betts have not availed themselves of the recent advances in the price of raw spirit to increase that of their "Patent Brandy," either in bulk or in capsuled bottles; but that the public have still the advantage of purchasing, even in single bottles, at the usual. rate. If, however, in conse quence of the state of the corm-market, and of general sup plies, the price of spirits should still go higher—and of which there is considerable apprehension—it may become difficult to obtain a Christmas stock at the present rates. We, there fore, venture to remind our readers of the old proverb, that "good store is no sore." And, at the same time, they will do well to chasm that the words Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield Bars," are embossed on the Patent Metallic Capsules.—Liverpool Journal. DUNSTER CASTLE ; A TALE 05' THE GREAT REBELLION. By J. T. HEWLETT, M.A.—" The author of Peter Priggins' and' Parsons and Widows,'" says the John Bull, "has established a reputation which 'Dunster Castle' will extend and confirm. The entire work has all the vigour of a master's hand. The characters of Julian Bachell, Hugh de Mohun, Prudence Everard, Antony Wood (the after historian of Oxford, introduced as a student of Merton), Dr. Graveboys and his man Jansen. Capt. Hurstmonceau, Pym, the fanatical Puritans Brown and Priver, and a whole host of others, are forcibly drawn, with that nice discrimination which gives prominence and individuality to each. The manners of the period are well preserved, and the historical incidents are not overlaid with historical accessories. The death of Hampden is cleverly connected with the story, and helps to work out its denouement. Upon the whole, we un hesitatingly pronounce Dunster Castle' not only the best of Mr. Hewlett's novels but among the best of modern works of fiction." THE CESAREAN OPERATION.—This very difficult and hazardous operation was successfully performed in Sal ford, on the morning of Thursday week, by Dr. Radford and Mr. Goodman, surgeon; and we understand that, so far, at the end of nearly a fortnight, both mother and child are not only alive, but doing well. It is stated that there is but one other clear and well-authenticated case of this operation being successfully performed in England, namely, by Mr. Knowles, surgeon, of Birmingham.—Manchester Guardian. NEWCASTLE CORN TRADE.--TUESDAY, DEC. 2.-- At to-day's market the supply of wheat from the growers was trifling, and the quality in most instances indifferent. The demand, however, was lively, and previous rates were fully sustained. Coast arrivals were large, and fine qualities realised about Is. per quarter more than on last Tuesday. The value of both old and bonded wheat may be considered unaltered. Although the quantity of barley is large, the demand continues comparatively dull, and holders have been obliged to submit to a reduction of Is. per quarter. Othar articles present little attention, and generally hang heavy on hand, the only exception being country oats, which have fetched, We rata Fiver i quoted at Co. por efack. pie - ' - . - i ..,