The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A rew ' grand, oriental ballet, entitled The Enchant e d Bell, was produced here on Saturday, with the most decided success. This ballet is the compositiom of Monsieur J. Rouss(tt, awl is highly creditable to his inventive powers. He himself was tho hero, Azolin, a Hindoo peasant, who, seeing Pal mira (Mailile. Caroline Roussett) in a vision, fulls in love with her, and ultimately wins her, notwithstand ing .he has the Prince of China for his rival. Of course he meets with a variety of dangerous adven tures, but he is rescued from his difficulties by means of an enchanted bell, which a friendly sage has given him as a talisman. The scenery, by :W. Beverley, Nicholls, and Aglio, is magnificent, and the costumes are superb. In the opening scene we have th e i n terior of a flindoo hut, with Azolin 'discovered sleeping. In this scene the vision of;Palmira is introduced. The effect of -this scene was very good, and it was much applauded. The next scene is the Sultan's garden, in which is intro duced a pis d'ere , emble, by Nladlle. Caroline Roussett 4 ,9 the whol e corps de ballet. The groupings in Pia pas are • exceedingly graceful and picturesque. In. this scene there is a grand pas de trois, which was most effecti ve ly danced by Mr. Gilbert, Madlle. Adelaid e and MiSs Burbidge. The first act con cludes 'with a grand_march and procession of female war riors, who at the close group into a most effective' tableau. The second act opens with a magnificent acme, a splendid saloon in the Sultan's palace, hi Which is introduced a pas de sables, which was much a ,PPlau4ed awl a pas d'atni?ur ' which was very grace- Lud y danced by Miss Marshall and . Mademoiselle Teresioc. This was folloWed . by the grand, pas-of the p as d e deux by Monsieur J. Roussett and emoiselle Caroline Roussett. This pas was indeed a Perfect triumph;. all the difficulties of choregraphic art vvere.fairly encountered and fairly overcome. It W asnfcouria rapturously applauded and unanimously encored :The last scene is laid in the Sultan s g ard ens, and the ballet ends with the anion of Azolin and Pahnira. • At the fall of the curtain Monsieur a nd Mademoiselle Roussett were called on, and re ceived with most rapturous : applause. The ballet alto- Relheris mo s t S u perb, and will no doubt have _ a run. „, he ballet was preceded by the opera of the Syren, vith Mademoiselle Nati as the heroine. The popu larity of this accomplished artiste is nightly increas- I fkif, hat-we are" sorry-tol see it announced that this sweet syren leaves us so soon. Her-last appearance ho wever; country-is announced for Tuesday. We hope, , 14 , 0 weVer, thi s will not be the case; for even should the inexorabl e Leon Pilet refuse to grant her an addi tional conge on the present occasion, we trust that n ext season thi s gifted "child of song" may be in- I llead to r ev i s it the scene of her-triumphs. The house was crammed to the ceiling. -• • ASTLEVS 'ROYAL AMPHI- TrIEATRE (BATTY'S). , prformance of a novel and ingenious character took thee at this theatre on Wednesday evening, for the second time in this country, it being modestly announced in the list of the Acts of horsemanship as Athe appearance of Toby, the horse of the Manege." rider, dressed in the costume of the day, enters the arena on horseback in the ordinary manner, and takes the horse through a variety of evolutions, of which it ,',ould be extremely difficult to give a just description. The .horse commences by trotting slowly, and with a Pause between each action of the legs, preserving the most perfect equilibrium, and appearing scarcely to Ouch the ground. The delicacy of this action (the !French call it le piaffe) . is perfect:--the repose of lerse and riser is marvellously complete, There, Is no blundering, no -false step, no disregard of ti me, no violent contortions. Above all, there is not that lavish outlay, of whip or spur which too freq uen tl y accompanies exhibitions c.f the a ,kind. The obedience of the horse is so complete, 'oat he' and his rider seem to be one machine, a nd to possess hut one will. This movement is suc ceeded by another, equally graceful and extraordinary, but Which, to be appreciated, requires more critical equestrian knowledge than is, we fear, usually to be met, even in an Astley's audience. We think that a ''short clescriptioriof the chief merits of the movement —the gallop forwards, sideways, in fact in every con ceivable direction—the change of the legs in the gal lop at the direction of the rider—(that ne plus ultra of equitation) —all done with the strictest observance of the musical accent—might be given. either viva voce during the performance, or in the bills, and would materially enlighten the unintiated. • Too much praise cannot be given to the rider, Mr. pavis. - ""At the Cirque Olyrnpique, in Paris, M. Baucher, the originator of this new school, has been the chief attraction for some years by a similar exhibition There, however, it wears a more philosophical aspect than might be supposed, and the result of many years' anxious study, which at first served 'only to amuse, at length attracted the attention and official inquiry of the French Government, and we believe that the sys tem of M. Baucher is now, or very shortly will be, dopted throughout the French army, for the training of the horses. Mdlle. Caroline, who appeared in Eng nd some time since, was a pupil of M. Baucher, and rede a horse trained by him ; but her performance :was less classiCal, and had in it more ,of the arts ofthe arena, and less• of the severity of the school, than that of iSlx. Davis. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—It having become ge nerally known that her Majesty will pay a visit to thi s i c s theatr e to night b the box-office has been besieged, and the house will present a brilliant assemblage—even e iond its-ordinary appearance. The performances espe cially-ordered are The Syren and The Beauty of Ghent. To-morrow will take place an interesting and unprece dented ceremony-- the one hundredth performance of an opera, both in its music and libretto entirely native ; and to increase such interest, Mr. Balfe, the composer, who has arrived in this country from Paris to supei.ntend his new work, will conduct The Bohemian Girl in person. • THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES.—The veteran Nelson - Lee is actively engaged in preparing for the SmieY, the Vi ctor i a; Astley ' s, the Lyceum, the Queen ' s, er's Wells and others of the m e t ro p o lit an th eatres , w.ell as a great proportion of the larger houses in the :provinces, a series of Christmas entertainments, which -will, no doubt, tend materially to enhance his already We nded reputation. WilirEcitArzi. ImritovEmEryrsz , ;;4)uring the last 4 0 or three weeks a very rapid progress has been made 14 . t he construction of the new street which is to com -3).4l4nieilte betwee n S p i ta lfi e ld s Ch urch and the London W ini On the no r th s id e o f Hi g h- s t reet, Whitechapei , ..yera hundred feet of vaults, on either side of theway, t h h a : re , eis een built for th e h ouses i n t en d e d to b e erecte d * and a sewer the whole distance, above 1 z 2)0 feet ta e ng, has be en f ormed. The gas and water p ipes will shortly laid down, when tenders will be offerei for -""' new houses.- In the course of the excavations several `cart loads of bullocks horns were dug up. • Also an ira ftense quantity of animal bones, many copperscoins, end !"?me spear-heads, which latter were much decayed. S'rrn or TRADE.--A remarkable dullness for the s eason still continues amongst the wholesale houses both in London and ManeheSter, and but little has been doing • .4,3: t4e'.warehpuses this week, still we have to notice the country houses are active ; the demand for E .?119' hosiery has d ecrease d ; the spinners are lessen i ng neir supply, and what sal es h ave b een e ff ecte d are a t a Mall reduction in price:' Wools are steady, and, with , : L ° st any alt e u r 'nal. ation to remark upon, but little doing.— ..,eicester Jor tw 1114 E IN- BER MONDSEY.—On Friday morn i ng, be "n three and-four, alarm was created in the vicinity ,91 bur llt stin erMondi ! ) Y old church, in consepence of a fire g forth from the premises of Alr. H. Jennings, ;wool -stapler and Mat 2 inaker, No. 3, Little George-street, • Be rmondsey, The building was destroyed, together fire its valuible stook. ' As 'regards the origin of the j a . nclthing sati sfactoiy . cOuld be elicited. Mr. Jennings • - a his loss. • Insureti in the Agas Fire-o ffi ce; but not to the extent mayor w -k r as, klron IN A „ revisition to the week nu merously Signed in the early part of the e ' ca lling np on hi s worship ' to convene a public of meetingthisthe week, - to take their opinion as to sdpporting the Proposed Sciuthampton end Dorsetshire Railway. The • mayor, however, has managed to postpone calling the 'sheeting stntil after his mayoralty had expired, ra his - recent attendance at Weynreiuth as the supporter of a rival scheme had placed him in an unpleasant positions The matter is likely to be made the topic of same smart discussion at the council board to-day.--Hampshire Independent. . Tar. ALERT, 10, COMMANDER rlosaicAlum--x-ri vate letters have been received from ads ship, which give a• perfect refutation to the statement; that has been published by an American' shipper, v /hose ship was boarded • and searched by an officer and boat's crew of 2 . the Alert. It appears that the vessel in question was supposed, and not without reason, to :De engaged in the s lave-trade, and that the search was conducted through out in the most becoming and propQr spirit, and with the utmost: forbearance, notwithstanding the obstructions offered by the skipper of the supposed slaver.—Northern Whig. CONDITION OF THE IRIS POOR.—The condition of the great body of the people is deplorable in the ex- - . • treme: It is computed that there is, on an aver a ge, at least 2,000 ,000 of open acknowh2dge'd paupers—persyns who live all the year round in a state of the most extreme poverty. There are myriads more of the peasantry who lire not one whit better off, and yet are not professed mendicants. When there has been a failure of the po tato crop, the two millions of avowed beggars are usually • --- swelled to half a million more. How the very lowest, class of the Irish peasantry continue to live at all, is the • subject of amazement, not only to all tho se strangers who vi s i t I re l and, but to such ot their own countrymen as are in better circumstances. Their cabins are unfrt Places for the beasts of the field to live in. They have rarely anything in the shape of windows in the rand huts, which they call their cabins. Glass is wholly ~.n , known to them : so that if there be any perforation, i n the wall, it only answers the purpose of letting out ' the smoke ; for they have no chimneys by which they can escape. I need not add, that a hole which will le t out the smoke must needs let in the wind and the rain . The door is a great thing in an Irish cabin. It answ-erg the double purpose of a window and chimney • and th ere i s often a reg u l ar contest b etween the smoke i_n egress ress from th e ca bi n , an d the light in'SeeVnig, ingress into its—lmpressions of Ireland and the Irif,l4. birthday ;. I D . the nted) .and r Guards mne Park, e Albert. the Scots )11T of hie ,hday, and forma i ng " Goo jesty sod led off the popula ;hness ei• r and pre oops. Tales, the, Companiea q . e preset lon. Nee Prpool, the Aleynelle o AdmUl ent sisitua D offer her nce AIWO Is adjaceol 5 taken an [l. W Hilo° he Ca§tle ook eves' Park, at' chided her v Charlotte, Lady ape I the Hon' Colonel iin Francis CIS WAS in y's privat e [icier of the .Ibert took 31, anci tbe ;e. ri, an d the. this mare' The 110 11. ed. , s ervice P' Charlotte waiting ,°°, afteMsru' on Frid s / ad an iilter vi an inter, r on SOO N treet. Saturc lo at Wind° ., / hancellbr' e Right }DI' eft his TO. he Colo* at the Co id ls West IP' D 110" s are ire throug ii o Btfrle l ! Id loyal I. 'flounced l e • ll Lies y vO held 0 vas ue lock, for tf y shing a..c 1 2 visit of be t town. the arrybut,t, at the nir - 1 ilect furtb ij e ) c alled, ty ?slay, a t tb e Wednesa o Assemblr r the 44 014 ; f Exete o and . 0 ,, v o fdAdie tr a ompani , or and er a escort panie( l 4 , and neir •by the 1 1 :_ l l r ,„ the dept . in e tl o l lonstrete,g fraud s ° Fl u oP It is Flu Old L ace [l iS 11 ; 1 -41 bs' po , e— ‘-1 for el the i f,lo _ o r c ;Id' be ut P .o h,e; to W B9 5 all ° ich we bee t e plate o f ollifbro iti ad Oa b t7 to tP j -ere s en e i o if r vais eli ° o Ponds el ity, c ool a wa s 4,,v 'l'', to he Il s 'af a a ) ter t • p e s obtni 01, adnot b ee c o, had b ee;, t s ? l the 1' nee 0° OC I I ou-- s , 0 ; e arehe r ic hßo r bi a nd I ' ll L s 3nce u' r ? has, or iOi to t • 4 e ist s " VQE . 0 andle'',. t iou„e her P o t t he p ' P 1 •ed t h al d ; Fri,— SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY. DERBY.—Second Ties=---Fullsail beat Sherwood; Flash beat Marshman. CUP.—Second Ties—Captain beat Thorn; Traveller beat Wildrtle. OAKs.—Second Ties—Egeria beat Rhea ; Top beat Killena. • PoitT.—Second Ties—Miracle beat Soignies ; Mint man beat Dorothea. RUTLAND STAKES, TUESDAY.FaIIner beat Michael; Crocus beat Filigree. CHIPPENFIAM STAKES.—Mr. Vipan's Verona and Mr. Nash's Cruiskeen divided, after two undecided stakes. SOUTH LANCASBIRE, Nov. 6 AND 7.—The Chats worth Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Emmot's Rocket ; Mr. Diekenson's Dressmaker ran up.—The Devonshire Cup (16 puppies) was won by Mr. Deakins's Derwent ; Mr. Bennett's Eden ran up.—The Burlington Cup for /6 all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Browns Young Lill Mr. Buckley's Bluemantle ran up.—The Cavendish Stakes were won by Mr. Benno tt's Smoker ; the Edensor Stakes by Mr. Thomas's Linnet, and the Chatsworth Stakes by Mr. Dickenscn's Diana. • . . ANNAN MEETlNG.—Tbe..Queensbnry. Cup of 2 so s. was won by Mr. Little tirtle ; and the Druualanrig Purse by Mr. Richardson's Border Boy. WINAIAIILEIGII, Nov. 6.--,The Cup (10dogs) was won by .Nr..J. W. Thompson's Snowball; Mr:Christian's Cer bons ran up and received 41. The Patten Stakes, of 8 sovs., were won by Mr. J. W. Thompson's Brandy ; Mr. Pat _ ten's Ploughboy ran up. The puppy Stakes (eight dogs) were won by Mr. Patten's Polly ; Mr. E. G. llornby's llouri ran up. CALDERBRIDGE ' Nov. 4,—The All-aged Stakes ( 1 1 dogs) were won by Mr. Roper's Fly ; Mr. Speficer's Lady Jane ran up. The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Postlethwaite's Burgundy. BETTING AT- MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY. • Latest quotations. .Nothing done :-- 11 to 1 agstAlarm 25 to 1 agst Idas 17 to 1 agst Kedger 27 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen 25 to 1 agst Newsmoriger-40 to 1 agst Black Prince (take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Pantasa 22 to 1 agst Cobweb c 40 to 1 agst Cabin Boy 25 to 1 agst Old England, _ 50 to 1 agst Grotesque 25 to 1 agst Pain, brother to 6 to 1 agst 4cott's lot. E.o. i (take 30 to 1) OARS. 8 to 1 agst Lancash.Witch 112 to 1 agst Tierraction. 2 to 1 agst Longitude INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1845. FIRST DAY. Nominations for the Lavant Stakes of 50 s)vs. each, for two years old. Duke of Beaufort's Tanrina. Lord G. Bentinck'sEnnui. ---- Princess Alice. fby Jereed, out of VaCuna. f by Redshank—African'a dam. c by Bay Middleton—Marrowfat. b f Kill Crankie. .ord Chesterfield's c by Don John—Lady Sneerwell. Mr. Cooper's Madcap. Mr. T. Dau son's Grimston. Lord Eglinton's Thursites (late Brave Boy). Sotades (late Torn Taylor). Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Mecca. Mr. Forth's c by Slane, out of Eelio. • Mr. Gratwick's f by Elis, out of Frederica. Mr. Gregory , nd Moonbeam , Mr. Greville s Motilla. Mr. Gully's fby Touchstone—Lady Moore Carew. Mr. Herbert's c by Wintonian, out of Zebra. c by Venison, out of Pet. Mr. A. Johnstone s fby Pantaloon, out of Rebecca. Mr. Maher's c by Sir Hercules, out of Helen. • f by-Birdcatcher, out of Perdita. Sir J. B. Mills's The Slot. Mr. Mostvn's Sharpshooter. Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Pompey. Mr. Payne's Collingwood. Duke of Richmond's c by Elis, out of Baliena. c by Elis, out of Reel. Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender. Mr. Wreford nd Cambaules. THIRD DAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for three years old. One mile and a half. - _ Cowe, Rose of Cashmere, Comrade, :Alarm, Anti. Repealer, and Laird o'Cockpen. COLLIERS' CONFERENCE. During the week the colliers have been holding conference in this town,; which, we believe, has been numerously attended ,-b.y'delegates. The following are some of .the resolutions which have been passed: Mr. Roberts, the miners' solicitor, was present at the proceedings: " That a Committee of five persons be appointed to elicit all the information passible respecting the real state and position of the miners and colliers generally, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for an Eight Hours' Bill for mines and collieries. " That this Conference recommend each district to give a premium, for the purpose of procuring the best statistical information on the most vital points con tained in the thirteenth proposition of the programme.' " That this meeting approve of the second clause contained in the thirteenth proposition on the pro gramme, viz., the working of coals by weight on the beam and scale principle, but that the size of the tubs be regulated according to the thickness of the mine. • " That a petition be presented to the Legislature, praying for a repeal of the duty on export coal. " That a petition be presented to the Legislature praying that an improved system of ventilation be adopted; also, that the various methods of ventilating mines as laid down by humane and scientific indivi duals, be thoroughly investigated, so that which may be considered best and safest for the'prothction of the lives of the working miners and colliers, be brought into general operation. " That a petition be presented to the Legislature, praying for the appointment of Government Inspec tors, for machinery, ropes, mines, &c., or with a view of seeing that any law which may be obtained foram safety and welfare of the miners, be fully and efk ciently carried into operation. " That each sub-district or county secretaTy, furniah the general secretary of the association each month with a balance-sheet of the number of members, good and bad, and with the amount of the moneys paid to the separate funds." Wakefield Journal. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Nov. 2 1 Oct. 31 XOV. 5 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Arb:•oath and For;ar •••• • • • Birmingham and Glouccster.• • • • • • • • • I;randliiig Junction . •• • • • • •• • • •• • • •• Bristol and Gloucester •• • • Classier and Birkenhead, • • Dablin and Drogheda , • •• • • • • • • Dublin and liingstown •• • • •• •• •• Dundee and Arbroath . __......._ - Durham and Sunderland . • • • • • ..... • • Edinburgh and Giasgow . Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • • • Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Great North of Englaad • • • • • • • • • • . • Great Western . • • • • • • •• • ; • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool and Manchester • • London and Birmingham . . • • • .• • • • • London and Blackwall.• • • • • .• • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • ...... • • • London and Croydon . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Greenwich . . • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western. • • • • • • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • • • Manchester and Birmingham • • . ..... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. • Midland Counties . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • •• • • Newcastle and Carlisle .. • • • • • • • Newcastle and North Shields.• •• • • •• North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans'. ..... • • • • Paris and Rouen • • Preston and Wyre , • _ _ Sheffield • and Manchester.. •••• •• •• • South Eastern ............. Taff Vale .• .• • . Ulster .--,, Yarmouth and Norwich •• •• •• •• •• •• York and North Midland ..• •• • • •• •• • We understand that the Lords of the Treasury have, in accordance with the recommend Ilion of the Postmaster-General, sanctioned an increase of salary, to the amount of ss. a week, to sixty of the letter carriers in the Twopenny Port-office department. This gratuity is already given to eighty letter carriers of the longest standing, so that under the new arrangement it will be extended to 140. —Observer. The Bishop of Lincoln consecrated ' the new church of St. John, Leen Side, Nottinghamshire, on Tuesday last. TivEnTort.—BLUNDELL'S ScnooL.—The examina tion of witnesses, under the commission issued out of the Court of Chancery for that purpose, terminated on Saturday, the 12th ult. The commissioners were occu pied twenty-six days in their task, and took the evidence of eighty-six witnesses on the part of the relators, and forty-six on the part of the trustees and ministers. The expense of this proceeding, which will amount to 1,0001. and upwards, will be borne by the property bequeathed I by Peter Blundell for the benefit of the inhabitants.— Sherborne Journal. PRICE Or GAS AT PRESTON.—The article of gas not less than that of water, ought to be had upon econo mic terms. At present the cost of this useful article in Preston is higher than in any other manufacturing town in Lancashire, although there are few towns where gas can be produced at a cheaper rate. At Blackburn prices have been reduced from Bs. to 68. per 1,000 feet, and in the following towns the prices stand thus : —Sheffield, 4s. 2d. ; Bolton, 78. ; Leeds,'6s. Bd. ; Liverpool, 6s. ; Glasgow and Brad ford, 78. ; Paisley and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7s. 6d. and at Manchester, where the- gas-works are managed by a public body, the highest price is 65., and in certain quantities it is sold as low as ss. per thousand cubic feet —while in this town, with equal fiicilities . for produc tion, the general price . ,is Bs. 4d. ! There is not t he slightest reason for supposing that similar advantages might not be secured to the consumers of gas in Preston by a change like that which has occurred at Manchester. —Preston Guardian. 2-,:arPyßinO4 in weight P OT ATOES.—Mr. Worthington, farmer , has dug up several remarkably lar g e p otatoes, weight from 4ilbs. to 51bs. each.—Preston Guardian. Last week. t 169 2,287 I 1,282 2,217 2,! 4,324 3, 1,468 1, 720 ' 7,744 7,f 1,862 1,4 15,320 13,1 4,586 3, 16,074 16,1 776 1 4,789 I 3,1 1,134 5,892 I 5 ; 876 3,123 2, 6,502 5, 9,961 6, 1,177 - 1,975 1, 386 1,487 5,776 4,1 4,500 3,1 310 632 4,743 3, 763 609 197 - 2,326 I, TRIAL OF GENERAL PRIM. (From the Castellano.) After a general preamble, in which the dangers 9f conspiracy are laid down and the necessity of punish ing accomplices enforced, the Procurator-Fiscal thus states the charges against the accused : " Don Joaquin Albenez, one of the conspirators, with the view of tranquillising his conscience, and without having b en urged to do so by any one, and of his own proper will, revealed spontaneously to his Excellency Don Rae on Maria Narvaez, in the two communications which have just been read to the Council of War, the horrible conspiracy which was prepared, and which was ready to break out at Madrid and in the other capital cities of the kingdom. The assassination of the first authorities was to be the commencement and signal of the bloody drama which these monsters sent from hell were about to execute in sacrificing innumerable victims. The discovery of arms and ammunition, the declarations, and everything else, have come to confirm the truth of the above-mentioned communications. The persons in arrest .at this moment, in consequence of this accusation, are to the number of nine, to 'wit, General Don Juan Prim, Don Ventura Ortega, 1)on Ratnon Sans, and MM. Ferrier, Maria Fernandez, Montenegro, Garcia, and,ltolia.. It Jesuits from the insurrections that the first, the Count of Reus, is the chief who directed the whole conspiracy. Albenez acknowledged this frankly. Tomas, says in his declaration that he was solicited by Prim to gain, over the soldiers of his regiment in order to aid the, . plan. ,The witnesses Felice and Don Miguel Huguet . confirm this. There exists, besides, a proof against the accused that he gage his two carabines in order to execute the assassi nation, and to arm the revolutionists. The, proof of this" is complete. It appears from the declarations of Simon Gomez, of Manuel Araguas, and of Don Pascal 'Rotas sonlieres, that the carabines' belonged to the Count de . Rens, but for greater certainty we have the declaration of the Count himself, who recognised them as belonging to him. This conduct on the part of the Connt ' de Reus has nothing astonishing in 'it,' Ilir when the judge of the first instance at ;'Rens gave' him notice that placards had been posted in that 'town which excited the people' to revolt against the Govern ment, the accused answered that the writers of the placards were in the right. It is proved by the declara tion of Huguet, Felipe, and Albenez, that Don Ventura Ortega, Don Rome) Sans, co=operated in the plan; .of which the Count de Rena was the chief. Don Miguel Ferrer, another of the conspirators, denies everything. He says that he knows neither Montenegro nor Molia. Yet the soh of this last declares;:- that Ferrer Came to their house twice on the 24th - of October. Carlos Mar tinez, Ferrees . servarit, affirms, that he saw Manuel Marie entering his master's house. Manuel Marin also says, that he does know. Ferrer, Molia, Fernandez, and Montenegro ; and, according to the declaration of this 'last, they served together in the Municipal Guard. Pen salve declares that Nlbriri . was at Molia's house on the night of. the 24th, which confirms the statement of this latter person's son. According to the declarations of Al-. benez Callisti, Fernandez also was in the plot. Nicolas de la Barrere Montenegro, another conspirator, waited for Albenez in the place fixed for their meeting. The Inspector of the Corps of Inspection and Public Secu rity heard him make use of a very significant expression' relative to the carabines. Raphael Garcia says that he does not know Montenegro, and that he did not go on the 24th to the house of Molia. Lastly ; Miguel Molia, in his declaration, affirms that he does not know any of the conspirators, and according to the deposition of his son, Ferrer, Marin, and others came to his house on the night of the 24th. The first was also there in the fore noon. Joaquin Pensalva, who, lives at the house of Molia, saw Marin and "Garcia there on the evening of the 24th. Upon twine. ' . confronted with Molia, the latter acknowledged the truth. Besides this, Molia threw the carabines into the well, as had been previously arranged in case of danger, which is proved also' by the declarations of those employed in the armouries, that the arms in question were only a short time in the water. The fiscal declares that he considers it useless to endeavour to convince the council of war of a fact of which the proofs are evident • espe cially as in military processes it is . sufficient that the mempers of the council of war be persuaded, by certain appearances, of 'the reality of the offence in, order to inflict capital purlshinent. The offence in the case before,' us is that of sedition. ' The ordinance on this subjeCt is explicit, and proneeinces the punishment of death, ac cording to article 10. Consequently, and in'conformity with that article, with the proofs which result from the instruction, and with the advice of the jurisconsult, Don Felix Colon, in his work on military tribunals, says that even on probable and presumptive evidence, capital punishment may be applied, the fiscal deniands that Don, Juan Prim, &c., be condemned to be shot, as being.evi dently comprised in the above cited article of the ordi- minces. (Signed) " TOMAS AZNAR. " Madrid, Nov. 1, 1844." (From the National.) • The following account 'or the manner in which Prim was entrapped, .and of the interrogatories he underwent before the Procurator-Fiscal, as furnished by the Madrid correspondent 'of the National. It maybe necessary to state that this correspondent is not very scrupulous as to matters of fact, and in general gives a colouring to statements which does not add to their credibility : " MADRID, OCT. 31.—Prim's trial will begin to-morrow or the day. After, and I cannot describe the interest at. tachcd to .i 4,. He has chosen for dereeder General Schelly, vvho,has joined with himself two distinguished lawyers ; one-of them, Don' Eugenio Moreno Lopez, is a young man of rare talent, an eloquent speaker, and one of the ablest jurisconsults in Spain. He distin guished himself as deputy to the Cortes in 1843, and he has accepted' this case with' great warmth. Prim was denounced and sold by a certain Albenez, not the colonel of that name, but a simple commandant, very intimate' with Avarineta, the had- Of the police. • This Albenez had figured with some ardour amongst the Progressists, and his opinions, well known, caused him the loss of his employment. He was then without resources, and his intimacy with Aviraneta det him to hope that Narvaez would restore him his command. The superintendent of the police took care not to lose so good an opportunity. Prim, since his arrival, did not conceal the thorough diSgust with which the conduct of the Moderados, to whom he and his friends had opened the doors of Spain, inspired him. Ile expressed himself on this point with an energetic indignation. Narvaez heard .of it, and was exceedingly angry with the young general. Aviraneta undertook to ruin him. The Commandant Albenez was sent to him ; he spoke of conspiracy, an nounced that many old officers were ready to take up arms at the first signal ; be gave names, and offered his s w e h r i v e i h c e he g h a e v o a n n dobtained v c r n a fi n d e e t n a c e t h i o n u r g e h t t u rn t h feo rproper moment had arrived, he invented the famous trap. The arrest of Prim, without any external feet having war ranted it, would have caused even in the Cortes an un favourable 4mpression, but connected with assassination, it threw over the prisoner a varnish of shame, and, with the aid of that horror which is always called forth by the act of an assassin, every excess might be proceeded to. That is what they expected and what they executed. e At present, in the opinion of every man of sense, this 83 dark affair is fully exposed ; nobody believes any longer ' 72 in the lying in wait and the carabines t hrown into a 343 . • well • but Prim is in custody, and the judges who are to 112 try him declare beforehand that he is guilty. It appears ;11 certain, besides, that the accused has disdained all sub ;l6 terfuge. If I can believe a person whose word can scarcely '96 be suspected, the following were in substance his re is6 plies to the examination which he has under g one : toe Q. You are accused of conspiring to overthrow '9O the throne and the laws ?—A. Leave aside the ;6i the throne which I would defend, and the laws which ,I 196 respect. I wanted to overturn nothing but a shameless )62 6i faction, which is compromising the Queen and violating ise the Constitution.—Q. You allow that you wanted to 313 overthrow the Government?—A. Yes, without doubt ; 80 ms as long as I have a drop of blood in my veins I shall feel i 45 myself entitled to conspire against the enemies of my tat country, against those persons who want to destroy its 49 Constitution, ruin its liberty, and prepare the most ;81 vig dreadful disasters. Q. You must be aware that it is not ;87 allowable for a man to rise against an established . 54 Government ?—A. The Moderados told me the same 332 thing when I took up arms, to my great regret, against 323 the Duke of Victoria. I then feared that the Constitu +7o tion would be set aside and violated, and I did not hesitate 3Gt to wage war on the Regent. My conduct is more con -2 L 66 sistent at present, for what I then feared the Moderados 74 have realised. They do not allow a trace of that liberty ;21 to remain for which we fought. Yes, I was decided to 79 ' conspire against them ; and, had I sacceeded in over -43 turning them, I should at least have' repaired a part of the mischief I effected in aiding them to return to this country, which they are ruining and dishonouring.' Prim did not once contradict this language, and you may concei veaccuse m t h . e r Thereahs o i af t n t e e, whi excited m Ixea i t mp e aprltey a isd o on ngt h necessary sh t aersy o i s t e ;a who , say, He must be shot ; if Narvaez hesitated, we would go to the Palace, and ask for Prim's head.' And who. are they who raise the cries of death? Tho very persons who represented the condemnation of Diego Leon as a work of blood and vengeance." THE BAR.-It appears by an examination of the records of admission to the bar by the four inns of court —Lincoln's Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, and Gray's Inn—that at the present time there are no less than 2,243 membas of the bar. Of this number 7 were called above fifty years since; 17 between forty-five And fifty years since, 28 from forty to forty-five years ago, 122 from 1814 up to 1804 ; from 1824 up to 1814 the number is 308. Of those who were called ten twenty years since there are now 701 members of the bar ; and of those called during the last ten years there are no less than 1,100 who appear as members of the bar at the present time. The. Duke of Bedford has ordered his tenants to deal with rabbits as rats, and clear their farms of these destructive animals, which only go to gamekeepers, who take care to pursue rabbit poachers, to preserve their privileges at the cost of the farmer.—Bedford Mercury. The Official Dog-slayer of New York informs the public that he and his myrmidons have made away with 3,3.50 of the canine race between the 12th June and the 28th of September. We hear that the late Countess of Berkeley has bequeathed the bulk of her property to Earl Berkeley and Lady. Mary Berkeley, the only unmarried daughter of the deceased Countess. RESTORATION AND OPENING OF ST. OLAVE'S CHURCH —This sacred edifice, which was destroyed by fire at the burning of Topping's Wharf, in the autumn of last year, has been entirely restored, and will be opened for Divine service on the Sabbath morning of the 17th instant, on which occasion the Rev. Archdeacon Wilber force will preach a sermon in behalf of the fund, for de fraying the expenses incurred in the repairs. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 8. The Royal mail steamer Trent, Captain Boxer, arrived here to-day, at four from Mexico, llavannah, and Bermuda, bringing thirty-two pas sengers. She has on freight 343,177 80-100 silver dollars, 81,415 75-100. gold dollars, pearls value 2,0001., 28 five franc pieces, 801 b. 11 oz. plata brula, 12 oz. plata labrada, 1161 b. 13 oz. silver bullion, 54th. 69k Castellanos platina, 576 oz. gold, 591 oz. gold dust. The following are the dates :—Tampico, Sept. 25; Vera Cruz, Oct. 2 ; Havannah, Oct. 11 ; Honduras, Sept. 19 ; Jamaica, Oct. 9 ; Carthagena, Sept. 29 ; Demerara, Oct. 5 ; Trinidad, Oct. 7 ; Barbadoes, Oct. 9 ; Grenada, Oct. 11; St. Thomas's, Oct. 16 ; Laguayra, Sept. 30.; Bermuda, Oct. 21,, where she met the Royal mail steamer Medway, with the mails from St. Thomas's and the West Indies. During her stay in the Gulf of Mexico the Trent experienced .very severe weather, and was obliged to leave Tampico without being able to ship the treasure, amounting to 1,721467 dolls., 80,000 dolls. of which was on account of the Mexican dividends, which .was all brought to the Bar. The Trent remained off the Bar till the 29th of September,. in the hope of the Bar becoming passable, but as the weather continued bad, she was obliged to leave, and continue her route. At Vera Cruz all the treasure was ship ped on the 2d of Oetober, during a heavy norther, with the exception of 130,000 dolls, oe account of the Mexican dividends, which the Administration would not run the risk of embarking under such circum statibes; Santa Anna was at his farm near Vera Cruz, and waA increasing the number of his troops, with a view to compel the Senate to comply with his views, He was about to marry again into a family at Vera Cruz, his first wife having been dead about a month. The trial of Mr. Bagot, at Damerara, had termi- nated by his being found guilty. HURRICANE AT HAVANNAH. The island of Cuba was, on the 2d of October, visited with a most terrific hurricane, which conti nued, however, only a few hours, passing over without doing much damage from that time until the morning of the 4th.. On the morning of the 4th it .commenced raining, and continued so during the day. The wind at first blew right from N.E., veering afterwards to E. ; and at dusk it became a calm. At this time the thermo meter was at 19 of Raumur. It began to blow at eight r.sf., and also rained. At nine and ten P.M. the wind blew a hurricane, and increased during the .whole night, with occasional flashes of lightning, ac companied with great destruction of property in the city of Havannah. The principal damage to the houses was sustained in the suburbs, but scarcely a house escaped without injury. • POLITIC AL ECONOMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. was surprised yesterday to see your de precatory remarks on the science of political economy. It is just now the fashion (and obviously for the in terest of many) to run down that science, and I am sorry that,any remarks of yours should seem to sanc tion an erroneous prejudice. It is my strong convic-, tion that a due regard: to the maxims of enlightened political economy would be infinitely more beneficial than the best-intentioned philanthropy, if misguided, and the violation of them proportionally injurious. It seemed to me particularly •unfair in you to say that the maxims of political economy had been acted on since Mr. Hnskisson's time, and then to ask what good they had done. They have been only very par tially acted on during that period. What is our whole system of protective duties, for example, but one con tinued and flagrant violation of the plainest principles of political economy ? Political economy must be tried before it can fairly be pronounced wanting. If your meaning is, that the enunciation of scientific principles has of itself no power to move men, and that their sympathies and emotions must be appealed to before they will actively exert themselves, I can understand your position ; though surely, with all rational and , reflecting men, the clear demonstration of principles should be sufficient to decide their con duct:" :Let the higher motives, and the pure and generous affections by all means be cultivated as the impulse both of private and of public conduct; but to throw aside political economy, because it only points out how to do 'good and avoid evil, 'without more directly appealing to the sympathies, is simply to substitute blind impulse for enlightened benevolence. Nor does it appear in practice that the study and ad vocacy of political economy imply want of good feeling in its promoters. Where shall we look for better feeling, a more generous and earnest desire for the good of 'the oppressed classes, than in the leading members of that great school and ally of political eco nomy—the Anti-Corn-law League? My own belief is, that the agitation of the great' cause which the League has taken up has given ttidimpulse to all the benevolent feeling and expression which happily cha racterise the present age. Why should a just and clear perception of the means of doing good be unfa vourable to the existence and operation of a benevo lent intent ? Combine the maxims of political eco nomy with as much Christian , feeling as you please, but, in matters of legislation, do not deprive the latter of the inestimable guidance of the former. Ignorant legislation, even with the best intentions, has done; is doing, and may do enormous mischief, such as to mock, perplex, and paralyse the most zealous coun teracting exertions of private charity and g enerosity. There are always those, too, who have interests of their own to 'serve in bad legislation, and who are ready enough to throw Christian benevolence on a wrong scent by directing it to fruitless fields, and deprecating the " cold, heartless maxims," in the vio lation of Which they find their own wasteful gain, to the injury and misery of millions. Political economy condemns war, slavery, monopoly, excessive and insi dious taxation. What an immense amount of bloodshed, wickedness, wretchedness, poverty, scarcity of employment, with all their incidental and concomitant evils, would have been spared, had poli tical economy been sooner understood and really acted upon! We are taught to believe that by a higher power all evils are in some way made subservient to good, but we are taught also to "overcome evil with good." The evils arising from the neglect of political economy are amon g th e m ysteries of P ro vidence, and one good result of them should surely be to teach us mpressively Liverpoior, f yours thos e Nov. 8, 4 r truths erespectfully, 18ec4. o t fplrac ti c al Wisdom from the ignorance or trans gress i on o f which they have arisen. s I am,J. It THE EFFECT S OF CHEAP FOOD UPON THE- WORKING CLASSES. (From the Struggle.) When a family is poor, all the females are o bli g ed to work to secure f oo d, before they think of anything else ; some to the winding frames, some to shoe-bind ing, or any other employment. But when they be come well off; that is, when they have sufficient to pay for food, rent, fire, and their every day necessa ries, how do you find the females then employed? In " needle work," which means something connected with fine clothing and fashionable array, or in draw ing, music, &c.; so that when it is not requisite to work for necessaries, they employ their time in pro curing luxuries. It is just the same with a nation. In proportion to the amount of labour requisite for procuring requisites, is that which remains for luxu ries. The fewer hands that can find the country ' with food, and the more remain to provide luxuries. Hence we see what an advantage it would be to get our food by exchanging as far as possible the proceeds of our machinery for it. In this country, with industry and sobriety, there ought to be no lack of food; the only strife should be as to the extent of enjoyments in the 'shape of comforts and luxuries. Suppose, for instance, all our food for the next year came without ploughing, or sowing, or reaping, some would think it would be a sad affair for all the la bourers. But the effect would be, that being secured of the first necessary of life, all the labour in the country would then be turned to building better houses, making better roads, cutting railways, making parks, providing superior clothing, and richer furni ture. Some would be employed in one way, some in another, and each exchanging the productions of his labour with others, every class would get a greater proportion. One thing is certain to a country which has plenty of food, that the people need not be ex posed to excessive labour; but if, like Englishmen, they will work, they are then sure, with cheap food, to get a greater amount of luxuries. Continued cheap food would soon lead to short time ; and it would soon give the working- classes better houses, and better furniture, and a greater command over all the enjoy ments of life. It is the pivot upon which all other enjoyments turn. DROiCHEDA ♦ND KELI4 RAILWAY.-At a most in fluential public meeting held last week at Kells, a unani mous vote of support was passed to the proposed Drog heda and Kells line,' in connexion with the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. Mr. Eckersley, the able manager of the latter Company, explained that the capital had all been subscribed, and expressed an opinion that the Act would be obtained without difficulty, in which case the works could be completed within two years.—Railway Record. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF LIMERICH. — This vene rable ecclesiastic, who has been long in a declining state of health, died on Sunday last, tti'the 85th year of his age, at his residence near Rathangan, county of Kildare. The Very Rev. Arthur John Preston, when Dean of Kildare, was promoted to the deanery of Limerick, and instituted at the Cathedral on the 17th of August, 1809, in room of the Hon. and Very Rev. Maurice Crosbie, his predecessor. The Duke of Portland, who, we are glad to find, is improving in health, has granted about thirty acres of land in the parish of Hucknall for cottage-garden allot ' ments. More than 300 applications have been made for these allotments, and it is expected that the majority of the applicants will be accommodated with a garden next spring. _ _ FILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER IRISH LANDLORDS, The Dublin Evening Puchet contains the folio remarks on Mr. Simpson's pamphlet, entitled " Defence of the Landlords of Ireland, with Remarks on the Relation between Landlord and Tenant:"— _ Mr. Simpson, we need scarcely remind our readers, is an Englishman of vast experience in matters relating to the improvement and value of land in his own country. He is, moreover, a gentleman of most comprehensive views, and possesses an understanding naturally strong, and a stock of practical knowledge and sterling sense which falls to the lot of very few persons in his own or any other rank of life. With the social condition of Ire land, he has made it his business, almost as a matter 4. f necessity, to make himself thoroughly acquainted. lip feels for her wants, and has contributed as much, perhaps, as any man in his time, to improve her resource% by encouraging the investment of British capital in every department of Irish' industry. Such a witness as this we, therefore, holclato be beyond the reach of suspi cion on the score either of interest or partiality. His testimony mast be regarded as invaluable, as it is un questionably unimpeachable ; and what is his evidence ? In this work Mr. Simpson, adverting to the charges against Irish landlords, under the several heads of in equitable tenures, excessive rents _harshly exacted, dis regard of the comfort and improvement of tenants, &e., thus expresses himself . 4' These are grave charges, important both as regards the class against which they are brought, and from the obscurity in which they veil the true source of existing evils, the origin of which must be sought before proper remedies can be applied. Viewed in the abstract, it is difficult to conceive that harshness and cruelty of disposition should prevail in an educated class be longing to an enlightened age and a Christian coun try. I have before raised my humble voice in this cause. Eleven years' intercourse with Ireland in my professional engagements has rendered me intimately acquainted with the relative position of landlord and tenant; extensive engagements in the valuation of estates (for public sale and mortgage) in twenty of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, have afforded me oppor tunities of arriving at the true value of land in that country, and furnished me with tests respecting it, not of usual oceurence; and my conviction is that, even under the disadvantages of imperfect cultivation and unde velopedcapacity, land in Ireland is, as compared with land in England, and of itself, generally speaking, rather under than over rented. I, of course, except cases of inter mediate tenure, the odium and evils of which system are charged upon the head landlord ; whereas the existing wretchedness and distress arise essentially from sublet ling, and the consequent minute subdivision of land. It is, howevev, but justice to say, that I have observed some middlemen who, by proper and humane conduct to their under tenants, have not deserved the reproach which this system has given rise to." On the.score of excessive Tenting, the alleged master grievance of the Irish tenantry, Mr. Simpson completely exonerate the landlords. "I have," he says, " fre quently surveyed, valued, and sold,. deep-stapled land which was not let higher than from 255. to ,355. the plantation acre (equivalent to from 15s. sd. to 21s. 7d4 the statute acre), and thin, but under proper mild-, vation, grateful surfaces, as low as 12s. 11d. and 103. the plantation acre, or 7s. 4d., 6s. 9d., and 6s. 2d., the statute acre." And these, he tells us, are the average' rents paid to landlords in fee by the occupying tenants, in most of the counties in which ho had valued estates. We know not, of course, nor indeed, is it of much con sequence, what the defamers of' the Irish landlords i. t either island will say to this, but the fact is one which certainly ought to make them hide their heads for very shame. Thus has the charge of excessive rents been satisfactorily disposed of. The introduction of middlemen, and the minute sub division of farms, or what is generally known as the con acre system, the writer pronounces to be, to a certain extent, an evil ; but very justly attributes it to the ne cessities arising out of a long war, and the consequent rise in the value of agricultural produce. The injurious effects, however, of that system, he remarks, have been detected, and the praetice itself is,' consequently, de clining at a rapid rate. Yet he affirms, and we agree with him,. that the retailing of land in small portions would, if properly exercised, be often an advantage to the rural poor and cottier tenants, who at present occupy he anomalous position of half -labourer, half-tenant. CHEAP FOOD THE CAUSE OF HIGH WAGES. (From the Struggle.) It is pleasing to be able to report from time to time the success of our mill workpeople in asking for an advance of wages. And we do trust the period is gone by when masters shall doggedly attempt to turn a deaf ear to the reasonable demands of the labourer, or when the workpeople shall be so badly advised as hastily to throw themselves out of employment if all they ask is not conceded. Everywhere a better spirit towards the workmen is being evinced, and we hail this as a happy change ; for who are so deserving a being well fed and well used as those whose wht to powers are devoted to the enrichment of the nation? We cannot avoid embracing the present opportunity of reminding the operatives of two things ; first, the fallacy of the monopolists' cry, that cheap bread would produce low wages. They see before their eyes a most decisive confutation of this erroneous proposi tion ; and if they will consult other years of cheap ness, such as 1835 and 1836, they will find that we have always a good trade when food is low. It will be seen by a reference to our exports, that the re vival 'of the cotton trade could not have arisen from the extra quantity sent abroad. But when we re member the amount of saving in the food of the whole people betwixt the,price of 1835 and 1840, we see at once what it is that is driving our shuttles and com manding fresh mills into existence. The second point we wish them not to forget is the other clap. trap fallacy, that masters " would drop their wages' , ' if food .was cheap, and that it was for this purpose. some of hem were advocates of free trade. We al ways maintained, that whatever might be the dispo sition of a few, masters in general had no power to do any such thing ; and we always foretold that just in proportion as food got cheap, would the men ac quire the power of standing . up for themselves, m i d obtaining the full market value for-their labour. How should it be otherwise ? Cheap food has a twofold operation in favour of restoring the balance of labour —by lessening the supply and increasing the demand. We have often felt indignant to hear some of the leading, agitators, whose first principle in politics Aas " the supremacy of the people," represent this sante people as being absolutely in the hands of their em ployers. The truth is, labour is like any other marketable article, regulated by supply and demand. So long as the buyers of labour can realise a profit by it, they will not refuse it, although an advanced price ,is demanded, and especially when they know that.if they will not give the price somebody else will. This is sure to be the case, except when combinations exist ; and we are glad to hope that these are all breaking up, both among the masters for depressing the price of labour, and the men- for raising it to more than it is worth. Let us have free trade among ear -1 selves as well as with other countries, and the la ,. bourer is sure to gain by it. YOUNG ENGLAND AND CRICKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Much has lately been written upon " Young England," and upon their doctrine of the mutual benefit derived, by persons in the higher ranks of society, playing at cricket with the humbler classes, and of the advantiges obtained frOtn the establishment of cricket clubs. It has long been the custom, in Kent, for all classes of society to join in this healthy and manly amusement ; and the late amiable Duchess of Bucking ham always promoted the innocent pastime of cricket after service on Sunday amongst the labourers on her estate. Unlike our very sombre and Reverend Bishops, she thought the humbler classes should 'be amused as well as instructed on Sunday ; for we all know that if some innocent amusement be not pro vided for them, they will resort to those dens of disease and dissipation—the public-house or the gin palace. _ _ _ In the upper parts of India, where the cold admits of active exercise, the officers constantly join the soldiers in a game of cricket, or in private theatricals ; and I never heard that the union affected military dis cipline in the slightest degree, or had any other than a beneficial effect, in promoting a mutual feeling of good-will from one class towards the other. Human nature is the same in all climates, " Ccelum non ani mum mutant," and that which is beneficial in India will also he beneficial in England. Your most obedient servant, Nov., 1844. A M (IN 01? KENT. 1841. THE DRAMA AT DONNYBROOK A CHURCH-GOING CAT.—An eccentric old lady, who has attended the Moresby Church as long as any person in the parish, and who has an inveterate hatred to soap and water, from a persuasion that by degrees. it would remove the skin of her youth, and introduce that of wrinkled old age, is in the habit of taking her torn cat along with her into the sacred edifice, in order, as she says, to amuse the poor creature and keep it fr crying. Ou Sunday last, while the congregation were offering their responses in the liturgic part of the ser vice, the cat put her head out of the lady's pocket, and uttered a cry as audible as any of the congregation assembled except the clerk himself.— Whitehaven Herald. MANUFACTURERS AT PERTH.—We understand that a manufacturing establishment here has taken premises to commence th manufacture of the goods called unioi s —that is, dresses of cotton and woollen combined, by means of power-looms. This is the first attempt at the introduction of steam-power to manufactures in this place, and we hope it will be successful and lead to an extension of such establishments. The prices of hand loom weaving have advanced a fraction during the last month, and the prospect of the winter trade here is favourable for the workman.—Perth Courier. We find, that through the instrumentality of our townsman, Mr. John Armitage Buttrey, that the Po'.t master-General has been pleased to grant to the popilous village of llorsforth and immediate neighbourhood, a free delivery of letters. The charge hitherto has been 141 a letter, which since the penny postage came into operation has been found a grievance.—Leeds Mercw u. OMINOUS AFFEARINCE.—On the evening of Friday last many of the lieges in this town were thrown into a state of consternation and alarm from the appearance of the sky, which, to the south of the burgh, reflected, in a deep blood-red colour, some would-be and unknown con flagration. Various were the surmises as to this omi nous and unwonted sight, until, at last, anxiety rose to such a pitch that hundreds sallied forth to discover the cause. Old and young, grave and gay, hurried along with intense excitement, each striving to out-ch his neighbour, and some deeming the eventful night " big with the fate of thousands." However, on arriving at a certain point on the Highland-road, the fears of the n ot ley crowd were at once allayed, on perceiving that the flames proceeded from a tract of whine, at lushes ! The occurrence is common enough at this season, but on the occasion in question the appearance of the flames nas singularly vivid and striking. — lnverness Co urier. LEEDS FAlR.—This fair commenced yesterday. The show both of cattle and horses was similar to those of former years, and can scarcely in any respect be con sidered good or extensive. The scene of the pleasure fair presents no lack of exhibitions of various kinds, amongst the most prominent of which is the celebrated menagerie of Mr.Wombwell.—Leeds Mercury of this day. According to the Kilkenny Moderator, the agri cultural labourers in that neighbourhood aro, working for 21d. a day and spare diet. Mr. Gregory, M.P., denies that he lost heavily at the late Doncaster races, by betting against the Irish horse Foie•-a-Ballagh. Ile was not, he states, in Eng land at the time, nor had he a bet on or against the I horse. The Rev. John Congreve, Chaplain of St. George's, church, preached his farewell sermon to that congrega tion on Sunday evening se'nnight. The Rev. Gentleman removes to England. The loss of his services will be much felt in this town, as his attention to the poor and sick of the district, and to the national schools, was un wearied and indefatigable.—lsle of Mon paper. Dr. Kidd, of Hammersmith, states that common house. sparrows taken callow from the nest, and brought up under canaries in fine voice, have been known to Bur pass their masters in brilliancy of execution. FAIR. The preponderance of exhibitions was decidedly in the theatrical line. Shakspeare was " done" in every second caravan. Poor lago—for Othello, though often under different names, seethed to be decidedly the favourite piece—poor lago did the " double deed," in the course of a couple of hours, in at least a score of places, and in the same place at least a dozen times. But to do the histrionic ladies and gentlemen who trod the boards on this occasion that justice which they have a right to claim, it is proper I should men tion that they by no means confined themselves to deeds of death: there was a pretty liberal share of the operatic, and no small allowance of the comic and farcical modes of acting. Nothing appeared to me more worthy of approbation than the expedition with which her Majesty's subjects on the Donnybrook boards severally went through their parts. They lost no time. None of the audience could complain of that. "Up with the rag"—meaning the curtain— burst from the throat of some merry-hearted auditor, and up went the curtain with the celerity of light ' ning. " Down with the rag," shouted another in two or three minutes afterwards, and .the play was over in an instant. Even when the stage-manager and per formers were allowed to take their own time to go through their arduous duties, they evinced a most praiseworthy desire to be economical of the time of their auditors. An opera, or something meant to be so considered ; a comedy, and a farce, were all per formed in leas than •a dozen minutes. Murders,vere perpetrated with a dispatch not only unparalleled, but unapproached in real life. One of the most furious quarrels ever witnessed—on the stage—between hus band and wife, was adjusted in an instant ; and . they who, but a minute before, well nigh frightened all present out of their wits, lest some murderous deed should in reality be committed, stood before the now delighted audience the most loving couple within her Majesty's dominions. I could not help wishing that real matrimonial quarrels were made up with an equally magical rapidity. Were such the case, hus bands and wives could afford to have daily at least a dozen " affairs of the tongue," without either party suffering in the slightest degree from the wordy col lision.—lmpressions of Ireland and the Irish, by the Author of " Random, RecollectiOns." Mr. George Wilson, chairman of the League, and who was elected for St. Michael's Ward, Manchester, on Friday last, has resigned. The cause alleged is, that he has not the time at his disposal to attend to the discharge of both offices.—Lceds Mercury. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—The shipping tonnage in these docks has increased during the last few months from a few hundred to ten thousand per month inwards and outwards. A BATTLE WITH RATTLESNAKES.—RattIesnakes are proverbially abundant upon all these prairies; and, as there is seldom. to be found either stick or stone with which to kill them, one hears almost a constant popping of rifles or pistols, among the vanguard, to clear the route of these disagreeable occupants, lest they should bite our animals. As we were toiling up through the sandy hillocks which border the southern banks of the Arkansas, the day being excessively warm, we came upon a perfect den of these reptiles. I will not say thousands—though this, perhaps, was nearer the truth—but hundreds, at least, where coiled or crawl ing in every direction. They were no sooner dis covered than we were upon them with guns and pis tols, determined to let none of them escape. In the midst of this amusing scramble among the snakes, a wild mustang colt, which had, somehow or other become se parated from its dam, came bolting among our relay of loose stock, to add to the confusion. One of our mules evidently impressed with the impertinence of the in , truder, sprang forward and attacked it, with the appa rent intention of executing summary chastisement ; while another mule, with more benignity of temper than its irascible compeer, engaged most lustily in defence of the unfortunate little mustang. As the contest was carried on among the waggons, the teamsters soon became very uproarious, so that the whole, with the snake fracas, made up a capital scene of con fusion. When the mule skirmish would have ended, if no one had interfered, is a questicin which remained un determined. ; for some of our company, in view of the consequences that might result from the contest, rather inhumanly took sides with the assailing mule ; and soon after they entered the lists, a rifle ball relieved the poor colt from its earthly embarrassments and the company from further domestic disturbance. Peace once more re stored, we soon got under weigh, and that evening pitched our camp opposite the celebrated " Caches"—a place where some of the earliest adventurers had been com pelled to conceal their merchandise.—Journal of a Santa Fe Trader. THE CHILDREN OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY.—It will be seen from what I have said that nothing could be more extreme than the poverty of the Irish peasantry. And yet, notwithstanding all the hardships through which they have to pass on their journey through life, I never saw a set of finer-looking children than those you meet with is the poorer districts of the country. They far surpass, in the comeliness of their little coun tenances, the children of this country. I saw hundreds of them whom, from the regularity of their features and the symmetry of their forms, I thought perfect pictures. It is true, that as they advance jn years, they lose the singular beauty which characterises them in early life ; but this is solely to be ascribed to their hard destiny, which compels them to be constantly employed in the hardest outdoor labour without half the requisite amount of food. It is only surprising that the Irish peasantry can exist at all on their limited supplies of food, consider iag the great amount of labour they have to go through. Englishmen would perish in masses were they compelled to perform, for one short month, the same amount of hard work, without more than one or two scanty meals a day, and those meals consisting solely of potatoes.—lmpres sions of Ireland and the Irish, by the Author of " Random Recollections." SINGULAR ROBBERY AND RESTITUTION.—On Fri day the house of Mrs. Pepperell, a widow, residing in Exmouth, was broken into, and 60 sovereigns and six guineas stolen. By this robbery she has been stripped of all the money she possessed excepting half-a-crown. On Saturday night a parcel containing twenty-four sovereigns, and on Monday night a parcel of 12 sove reigns and guineas, were thrown over the wall at the ' back part of her house, with a - request for her to pray for the thieves. One parcel of sovereigns they lost, but expressed a hope to be able to pay it in time with in terest.— West of England Conservative. A meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Wilts and Somerset Railway was on Tuesday held at Warminster, which was very numerously attended, Walter Long, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Mr. Brunel was present, and pointed out the country through which the line of railway is intended to pass. The line from Melksham to Devizes will cross the canal just below the furthest lock, and across the turnpike road near the Poulshot bar. It will then keep the highest ground, run as close as possible to the southern side of the prison, proceed near Mr. Anstie's house, thence through a pad dock at the back of the brewery of Messrs. Tylee, across a field belonging to Dr. Brabant, and thence through a part of th property of Mr. James Waylen. It was stated at the above meeting that Harry Biggs, Et+, and H. G. Biggs, Esq., who had been induced to sign the Warminster memorial, presented at the meeting held at Frome, had since withdrawn their names, and cordially supported the line proposed by the Great Western Railway Company. Those two gentlemen were afterwards unanimously chosen on the Provisional Committee.—Devizes Gazette. REMOVAL OF BODIES IN THE TOWER.—During the last few days, much interest has bee n manifested i n the Tower, in consequence of the exhumation of the bodies interred in the burial-ground attached to the church of St. Peter in Vincula, opposite the White Tower, in that fortress, the ground being required for the capacious new barracks, which are to be erected on its site, and that of the grand. storehouse. A .few days since the Bishop of London attended and consecrated a large vault to the westward of the church, which has been made for the purpose of receiving the dead removed from the yard. Most of the bodies have, however, been taken away by the relatives, and re-interred in different parts of the country, in their several family vaults. The Board of Ordnance has d;rected the ground to be completely cleared by the 14th instant, and those remains which have not been removed by the relatives up to that day will be disinterred and placed in the vault. Those who were laid in the ground were bu principally persons who h ad held civil . situations in the fortress. The barrack s are to be t somewhat after the style of the Wellington Barracks, in. St. James s Park, and when comp leted the garrison will afford ample accommodation for a whole regiment. THE BIRMINGHAM TRADE. — We are much pleased to state that our manufacturers generally are fully em ployed—several of them, to, our knowledge, have three months orders in hand. We are also gratified to add, that two eminent firms have, within the last fut. tnighf, voluntarily advanced the wages of their workpeople one employing upwards of one hundred pair of hands. —Birmingham Advertiser. :_ ~~_. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOUR:NAL. ' FLOSS THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAI. GLOBE.—The evening sittings 'of- the Central Criminal Court have by no means tended to raise the character of the Civic Judges. They are gene rally the scenes of indecorum, such as are witnesses in no other court—nor in this, except after dinner. The unseemly altercations between the counsel en gaged for the prosecution and the prisoner, the pas Sages of wit between the Bench and the Bar with occasional ebullitions of excited feelings front the same quarters, have been often alluded is and remarked upon by the press. They showed, but too plainly, that the bottle had been freely circulated at the festive board in the adjacent dining=room ; and that the effects were unfavourable to the suit able performance of the duties in which they were engaged. We need only mention the subject to those who have witnessed the post-prandial " sayings and doings" of the two Courts, in the evening sittings, to recal attention to scenes which fully sustain our remarks. It was therefore with some satisfaction tnat Re noticed a proposition made by Alderman Wood at a Court of Aldermen held last week, the object of which was to abolish the evening sittings of *the Central Criminal Court, and to establish an addi tional Court, so as to dispatch the whole of the business before dinner. We had hoped that a desire in the Court of Aldermen to prevent the recurrence of unseemly exhibitions in a court of justice, would have prevailed over even aldermanic attachment to the delicacies of the cuisine. The hope was de lusive. The proposition was scouted as one which it would be derogatory from the dignity of the Court of Aldermen to entertain. It did not even meet with a seconder; but fell, still-born, to the ground. One member of the Court—an ever-garrulous knight —treated the suggestion with marked contumely. An other (Ald. Copeland) considered it as little less than abominable ; and declared that, if carried, he would re sign his gown—the most expressive mode of showing hit abhorrence of the innovation upon the vested rights and privileges of Aldermen. The proposal was thus all but hooted out of Court by the indignant gastro nomes. At the close of the discussion Alderman Wood observed that, if the Court of Aldermen did not set about reforming the evil, they perhaps would receive a hint on the subject from a higher quarter. The worthy Alderman did not imagine that his prediction would be so speedily realised. Great commotion was caused among the civic functionaries who were assembled on Saturday last at the Old Bailey, for the purpose of meeting the Judges to fix the days for commencing the sittings of the Court in the ensuing mayoralty. A letter from Sir James Graham, recommending the Court of Aldermen to take the abolition of the evening sittings of the Court into its seriou consideration, Tras: produced. The letter of the Right Hon. Home Secretary was alluded to yesterday at the Court of Aldermen, and was treated rather cavalierly by the worshipful assembly. " Alderman Wood wished that the letter written by Sir J. Graham to the Lord Mayor, on the. subject of doing away with the evening sittings at the Central Criminal Court, should be entered on the ,minutes of the Court. lle submitted a motion on the subject, and Alderman Humphery seconded the mo tion-. The Lord Mayor most decidedly objected to the proposition, which at once fell to the ground." The influence of public opinion, enforced by the recommendation of the Government, communicated through the medium of the Minister to whose de partment the duty of superintending the administra tion of the criminal justice of the country specially pertains— even the decorous and satisfactory distri bution of justice in the Central Criminal Court by the judges appointed by the Corporation—these are trifle s compared with the privilege of faring sumptuously at the City's charge. Though the intellect may be ob scured, and even the decorum of demeanour requisite to maintain the dignity of the judgment-seat be violated, through the indulgences of the table—the evening sittings of the Court will be continued, unh SS the Government do something more than "recom mend" their abolition.. STANDARD. The cause of federalism proceeds as slowly as Mr. O'Connell can desire, and almost as slowly as he expected it would proceed. Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, on his own behalf and that of his friends, denounces it as a cheat, and for once in his life appears to have stumbled on a fact. Mr. Smith O'Brien professes the deepest attachment to the ori ginal watchword; but is kindly " disposed to make some concession of opinion, and try a federal constitu tion by way of experiment." One would think that this pompous but empty declaimer had intended, to be merry at the expense of his repeal associates, when he enunciated the aphorism that the par area for every evil under which Ireland is labour ing at the present moment is self-government ! This is the great secret all the world over. No man is so happy and free from disquiet of all kinds, as he who possesses the important qualification of being able to restrain a wild and erratic disposition. The axiom is as old as the hills, and can never be ton often repeated. It is one, moreover, the value of which has been appreciated in all ages. There are, however, no class of men in existence less qualified to practice this humani4ng virtue than Irish repealers ; it being the very last lesson that their instructors ever dream of teaching them. When such men as Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Smith j O'Brien have learned the art of self-government in their own persons, they will be better qualified to recommend it to their countrymen. At pre sent they are but types of the mischief that would ensue from permitting the national self-government for which they clamour. The reason why self government, as a moral principle, is not more fre quently displayed, appears to us to be that every man wishes to frame a system adapted to his own wishes and circumstances. Thus, what one man deems self-government, another considers the wildest moral wilfulness; until parties are even more at issue as to its meaning than Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Duffy, and Mr. Smith O'Brien. Mr. O'Connell being unable to put any rein upon his avarice, and finding the repeal rent in a progress of rapid decline, would fain start a new hare. Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, who is well aware that the comparative prosperity of his seditious newspaper depends upon the amount of agitation that is kept afloat, demands self-government in the amplest sense of the term. We wonder he does not super add a proposal to revive the Irish monarchy. Mr. Smith O'Brien's definition of the phrase varies from Mr. Duffy's, inasmuch as he seems to consider it somewhat squeezable. He asks high-minded men bow he can serve Ireland ; how he can rescue its po pulation from the unnumbered evils they suffer; how he can " uplift and uphold the honour of his country." He answers his own inquiry by the simple and ex pressive phrase of self-government. His notion is, a return to the "international arrangement of 1782 be tween Great Britain and Ireland, and the reconstruc tion of the Irish Parliament upon a reformed. prin ciple ;" in other words, the total and unconditional repeal of the union. Unlike Mr. Duffy, however, he will be content with any instalment of the " debt" -he can obtain, and professes to be " disposed to make some, concession to public opinion (we thought the eight millions were all but unani mous on the subject), and to try a federal constitu tion. by way of experiment." To accomplish his great object, or, indeed, any portion of it, he is kind enough to assure us that all will be considered as " fish that come to net ;" albeit, the convert should bear " the ill-omened designation of Orangeman !" " Let him (he adds) adopt the new and undefined de signation of federalism ; and if he labours to promote the welfare of Ireland —if he cherishes its glory as his own personal honour"—he will be eligible for admission into the federal ranks ! But Mr. Smith O'Brien seems to forget that it has been pronounced by an an authority more potent and in fluential than his own, that Orangemen possess none of these qualifications. It would be idle to repeat the character which the arch mendicant apostle of, repeal has assigned to them, and almost as unneces sary to express our belief that those Protestants 'who promote his present mercenary speculation by joining the ranks of either repeal or federalism, will be con sidered to have earned individually the character he has given of their body. S '1 ~ -- - IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY SURVEYORS.-011 Mon day last Mr. Thomas Nichols, surveyor, was charged be fore the magistrates with trespassing upon some land of J. G. Smythe, Esq., in the occupation of Mr. William Bennett, at Agbrigg. Mr. Bennett stated that the de fendant had been in his field for three days, surveying for a prognated line of railway from Oalcenshaw to Wakefield ; on the third day he requested him to leave the land, and on that day he was also requested to leave by Mr. Scott, the bailiff of Mr. Smythe. He refused to do so, and a summons had been taken out against him. In defence it was stated that Mr. Nichols wasthe employed by the Midland Railw a y Company to make survey, ' and if he was to ask leave of the owners of the property before a survey could be made, it would be difficult to get a survey of many of the projected lines. Mr. II( ids• worth said it was only courteous to ask leave of the owners of property before going upon the land ; only th e other day some persons surveying for some line or other had come upon his (Mr. Holdsworth's) pleasure .-round in the front of his house, and broken down the Fences without even asking leave, this he (Mr. Holds , worth) said was very wrong. If any gentleman or oc cupierof la f n o d r rseofmuseedyetaorasllpoawst,a is at asked, he thought no magistrate would convict, .but in a case like the present, when the defendant had gone upon land without leave or without asking leave, it was a de cided trespass. The defendant was ordered to pay. 10s. and Bs. expenses.— IVakefield Journal. KNARESBOROUGII.—SIGNS OF RETURNING Paos- PERITY.—We are happy in being enabled to state that the linen trade of this town, which has suffered con siderablylength after beginning leave k assume a more flourishing aspect. Numbers of mdi , viduals who have been out of employment for a long period have been able to resume their wonted occupa i firms, within the last week, and hopes are entertainer of a still further improvement ; a circumstance whirl I has been hailed with joy among the working classes , m any of whom have suffered gre at privation', owing to 1 'the weat of ep3ploymeat.—Bradfard Observer,