The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, )4,otltezhit.",llParison of the Supplies and Prices of Dec. and sold in Snihhtield Cattle Market, 2 , 1 850, and this day, Monday' Dec. Per 81b8., to sink the offalB. Dec. 0, 1850 . feripr Ogea 2 Beasts ... 8 2 . 'l 4 . to 82: 10d s ' ditto ..• 8 2 ;I,ge Dec. 1, 1851. s. d. s. d. 2 4to 2 6 2 8 2 10 3 6 3 6 0 3 6 ••• .. 3 8 3 1 ,, 3 8 310 diti o "e'P••• ... 210 3 22 10 3 0 01% 011 , • •• • 3 4 36 , 3 2 3 8 1 11.14,_ e.o ditto 3 3103 10 4 0 ma ditto ... 4 0 4 2 4 2 4 4 S t(l itn kr i l i s . " A ••• .• ...o 0 0 0 0 0 00 , 1 „ 1 4 - 2 4 ' i ditta ve- *** ••• 2 8 36 2 8 3 4 '4% 1 "• ••• 3 8 310 3 6 3 8 Pon e .. 2 8 3 8 2 6 3 6 .411 ats ". "' ••• ... 310 4 2 3 8 310 eQp ... 5,058 4,013 Litly "" Lambs 24,193 23,v30 ttr , gs '• ••• ... leo 191 410 43) '". l4l 4e ki l ' 4 LE, Dte. 1849. Beasts, 4,567; ,4848 27 .170 ; Calves, 1 , 7 ; Pigs, 293. p%Si 45r''' Be asts, 4,03) ; Sheep and Lambs, 22,343 ; 18,000 AND zia.ammen.a.z.z. I, N Ire, c'rthato ca 4' rc ases of Meat, chiefly from Scotism ] , !;., t,tb ptonshire, an d t h e W es t o f E ng l an d, ' 1 ! 4 " , 4 offerv!e Markets last week by railway. The t r i g ,b43:!Qere today w ere very extens i ve; y e t a 4t ,„ 4°e al was t ransacted, at full pr i ces. kr stone b \O krl ~ d t Y the Carcase. h l , n • I d. a. d. to s. .. 2 2 2 Itutton,lnferior .. 28 . 210 „ , ,e ltt a li t c . 2 8 2 10 8 a° 8 2 pki r P e r1 . m .. 6 ..... 2 4 6 tt 3 10 41)11 " 8 3 6 °r ........3 8 310 kit "4 4 .akt SPITALFIELDS. Nil law r p o rt full average time.of-year supplies Ntilletco4cl, arrived coattwiso and by land carriage, 11SNP; 11 Ton. From abriad the imports hava 11 4 °41 'N iAt`le°,,tons frcm Rouen, 90 sacks aid ?th, 141 1at e ,., 41 1 25 bags from Dordt, and 33 adv a -"aro. Selected imples move off frely, ran the quolvioA; but low qualiiie ( s , Regents, 31 15s t ob attention. York ':uteh ditto, 21 105 to 3/ 155; Kent an d Ncri d -a to .4i; ge w h ,,_ditto Shaw's, 31,t0 3/ ss; Lincoln Vde t , 4 o4 o :es, 2 1 10s to 31 10s. C 1 for',sllit ROP MARKET: . h;., 4 111, 414 „ ew Sussex Pockets having become 1/441,l'aer "tres have advanced from 2s to 3s per Ir l ' t as 130 e s of the present year's growth are ast t L e ta si With a steady inquiry. New . I% ► 5iid,44,1123 to 6l 12s; New Kent, 6/ 8s to 8/; 1 10,. EaSt Kent, 9/ to 1 2/; Yearlings, Old Olds, 1/ lOs to 4/. per cwt. sitt .RrocoL. frt , s Into London were 110 bales from Rano. 43 from Antwerp, 151 from f for - f i °/11 Taganrog. By piivate contract 0 111 'ne English Wool is steady, at full are er ki,, fir iz. u 8 very little is doing, yet holders e tg. Of TALLOW. e,lia i ; d r* having increased to upwards of ~€ra in general operate with extreme . a 7B, ' 1 ,," Past week, the deliveries amount ti'PeiZ,°ur market to-day is heavy, at a ad oi,"‘• New P. Y. C. on the spot is sen t/ 3 7s " 363 Per per cwt. Town Tallow remains ew t• Rough fat, 25 ld per 8Ibs• for is man's Efe," and proposing that bills should be de posited in Darcey's hand-writing as stakeholder. I showed this letter to Darcey, and by his advice I answered it. I told him I was afraid I had made a foolish bet, and as to his offers of service, I requested to know what he was willing to do. The answer I got from Alleyne stated that it was too good a thing to allow much of a compromise, and besides which be had parted with much of the debt to others. All that he could advise me was for me to pay immediately 6 500/ but if I chose to pay the whole amount, namely, 7,300/, I should become a half owner of the mare, and also have half of two matches for 1,0001. each, in which she was then engaged, and that I should not be liable at all for the keep. I showed this letter to Darcey, and asked him what I should do, and he advised me, as those two matches were an absolute certainty, I should be at least 1,0001. better off than if I paid the smaller sum, and he urged me strongly to accede to the proposal. I wrote to Holder Alleyne, telling him that they were very bad terms he had offered me, but that I had no choice, and with as little delay as possible I would send an order to my bankers to pay 7,300/. to him, as well as 601. which I owed him on another bet. My agents, whom I en gaged only on this occasion, were Sir John Kirkman and Co., and I sent an order for the money on them to Holder Alleyne, and my account was afterwards debited with that sum. Up to this time I had no knowledge or ground to suppose that the mare was lame, and I supposed the sta, ements made to rue were all true. Ultimately, I left the Queen's service, in December, 1847, and I afterwards got a cadetship, in November, 1848, in the East India Cerapany's service. I left England in January, 1849, and I returned from India in September, 1850. I never received aay bets or any other produce or advantges from Pidgeon. I first found out in March, 1847, that the mare was a❑ Ameri can, but I suspected that she was lam© when I paid the money, and last January I had proof of it. I saw her towards the end of the following month at Northbeach, in the stables of Mr. Isaac Day. She was the same mare that I saw at Hull. Mr. Bryer, the veterinary surgeon, was with me at the time, and he pronounced her to be lame and perfectly unsound. In May, 1847, I first dis covered that she was lame, and before going to I'idia, I left instructions for proceedings to be taken against Holder Alleyne, M`Geachy Alleyne, Low Alleyne, and Captain Darcey. None of the defendants are now in the army. Low Alleyne is a clergyman of the Established Church, and he was present on some of the occasions I have spoken to. He was present when the principal bet was made. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER—When I first became acquainted with Holder Alleyne, he appeared to be 26 years of age, My pay then was 96/., and I had an allowance of 100/. besides. I kept horses and car riages at Montreal. I had three horses and two carriages, an I was in the habit of frequenting races and gambling houses. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) .MPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE STAMP ACT. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. BRADBURY AND EVANS. This was a special case, argued several terms ago before the Barons of the Exchequer, and on which judg ment, owing to a difference cf opinion among their Lordships, had been postponed until to day. The ques k4 '______________ tion submitted for the consideration and decision of the 01„ I le er y * t il , I, ~..1 , ...•__, 1848. 1849. 1 1850. 1 18b1. Events, which was published monthly in connexion with l e tiat,;,f 4 1 :M 33,591 44,527 58,002 70,608 Dickens's , Household Words, and contained a summary or k a kitz klet R ae to ••' " 2 ° :,ea t 4 o 4 a s as 9 ge teTss o 6 3 3 37 3;s th Li ° trses°Ole narrative of events during that period, was a newspaper NNZtC:I 49:4; .. 2 ,037 i 2,906 1,914 3,021 within the meaning of the Act, and liable to be stamped i l l : 4 iti , 1 ". ts 6 2 1 ,1 142' 7 2 i 47 4'21 4 M ` 1 ) ~tn ) 5 _ , „,,,,, as a newspaper. • ‘,t b " 4,*()-- 78,974 ! 66,301 79,840 85,164 Their Lordships had arranged to sit in banco to-day i'':f . tli t e p te . ; ls4 ;' , fici 475 63 i 40s Od 39s Gd ,' 3986 d in the Bail Court, and a numerous bar, and a consi d der; `,109 , ,, ( „ 0 , e On letter states that the total ship- OW%dit the 18th ult. were 103,461 casks, able number of persons interested in the questior.nha e. - lIE Nin t o , at the sembled there for the purpose of hearing the decision,but 1, se e . --e same period in 1850. Five al.sal gentleman happening to enter about half-past ten, rev eir L ea , j e l, ato b e London. The last report for the intimated that ucl,ment wags t being given . in the tlie -s e _ made this week. Nisi Pries Court. There was immediately a simulta eN' -------------,. --__ nevus rush in that direction, but as the court was already •f N S i ID I , i 4 1 4 1 7 d O: 4 u N pII CH.-(THIS DA Y.) crammed with banisters, jurymen, witnesses, and others, %hose attendance was required upon the . jury cases, enee it was with the greatest difficulty and inconvenience 1,,ii,, pr ise BE LL and a Special Jury.) that an entrée could be obtained. 1 , 1 4 11 :4 /14 i .4, , i uTtoe of KENNEDY V. ALLEYNE Mr. Baron MARTIN, who, being the junior Baron, de eil-ln:diete..- 1) OTHERS, th, ~. h e, for livared his opinion first, said, after referring to the ha'af' 4 B, e"nts h e , a conspiracy to defraud, to delfarent statutes which had been passed from the time . k t, t• 4 k t. ‘ke, , with pleaded not guilty. i L 4 t. It e t :talrai ei whom was Mr. Bramwell, of Anne to the 6th and 7th Wm. IV., he was of opinion that judgment ought to be given for the defen 04celosIger, whom for the prosecution; k i N ti IN tepee C e l d % Hatnfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Hud- dints. In the course of his judgment, which was very imperfectly . heard, owing to the noise and confusion in i l t l id t 4%ll(l°P t i el : l 9 th e ef e 7 ce ; the court he observed that it had never been supposed ,4 se for the prosecution. The that the ' Annual Register, which gave a narrative of k/t4 T: tt l.q ao ' e n e `tants were formerly in the army, hi . c t Waa l ,, l eteci while serving together in events uto the day of its publication-the 31st Hussies 1 0 F, 1 ! 347 , and towards the close of of Pi December-wasicP liable to a stamp, and he considered (1 %1 1 ki t was - "nada and came to England. 4 it 4 ah the 0, 14 -sea t n induced to make a bet with the 26 days prsscribed by the statute, it could not be though the news might be con itaittall ma re . 3 trotting feat, which was to be n ewspaper, treated as a ki.t!,.;lltchqA4 sea t hepessesson of Captain Holder timed up period when it was issued to the public. 01 . 1 t 1' , ts i'd f ro P the Captain represented Teerinetteurevsatlitooonftheemed to him to turn upon thp frequency seemed to but what interval was nettles -1,4111111th,°,1. that Itr ! Ehglish dealer. The terms of gi t 4, fli llo ti .. Qolql. , ,) tile mare did not trot twelve "n r i to constitute a newspaper appeared to him to be sur rs'talnded with great uncertainty. He was, however, Of opi -1/414 kth r t4oo/ `,9 61 that she did not trot thirteen .' titqekp she teat she would not trot fourteen Lion that no publication could be deemed a newspaper t s ere ' l le a ( Ant w() al not trot fifteen miles, 1,400/. unless published at intervals of 26 days or less, not eti ,e,trot i i „o in 'et gov six miles, and 3,200/. that withstanding it gave the news, occurrences, and events of the day, and this view seemed to be confirmed by the dt pr o " fe eth e :tee miles within the hour. Acts as ad in the reign of George 111. He was there 'ele kie tti f r, eur teen c bets of 500/. each that she fore of opinion that the defendants wet() entitled to the tN: ti tti &t- r epr ess judgment fifteen miles in various •,, tt t o to rae f entation of the defendants that of the Court in their favour. o'4l eci ber • or a man's life. the prosecutor Mr. Baron PLATT, who n. xt delivered his judgment \ l lZ•••••ii, e3. t Ithi c h alls e the be: for 7.360/ ; and he said, this information was filed by the Attorney -44Na n ame( Was afterwards divided between knowingly and charged the defendants with 01 8 t ,Et 5., th AII 74 i let tr - - ree and wilfully printing a newspaper on as...eynes arid a person o'4 W4 B I nd 4in er The by the paper out properly stumped, by which they .Oi al t a • prosecutor • IN 4 te, " and co d to buy the celebrated horse reusicred themselves liable to a penalty of 20/, which s i Dosed by the 6th and 7th of William IV., cap. t, l Vsli t i ll salti al ,,rnare called Castinette, and his ` v '' ' in ' 1 - The publication alleged to be a newqaper Qe.i4l, the t o b disD n 'el Y ended in his utter ruin, and he 76,w sec. ' ‘' d the Household Narrative of Current Events, I„i t „'tttl'ervi e 'C (,)''' of his commission and go cut . as "thitle3Oth March to the 26th April, and related yl4lt itti e l th at li f the East India Company. He iromerotceeedines in the Houses of Parliament, the courts 4 s i ltl tl s ta in ra se ° had been grossly deceived by the • _ 10, 4 el a te 4 te aes eeet to the trotting match, inas-that interval.lt was published in of law, and 'other events of public interest which had c r-ed during itt 4 t k ` l a ttey d na Venglish bred, but a celebrated ac-a 4 011 •4 5 t - " me she en ", white at the time the com yl ti lt vale ti was at Cheltenham, lame, and parts or nu mbers exe a e t ed in t t w er o va s days, and did notl lliseeetsxcoeefdpila'gpert-wetnvt.yen-styix ‘ll(it 4 RI le t:to e th en became convinced that he Nt, 4 t l cl °t a h h - ••,a-cue inches inlength and seventeen in breadth- At and rh w ey as . sold for a less sum than sixpence. ,Itclit a , - cle ot , .be conspiracy, and on his re ltk p re _ae s , h , u time h© waa made acquainted . denied ya k e ti ,lerit „,. Leh led him and his friends to in- ImP ase Y. • d b tee Act above-mentioned. This was General contended that it was chargeab f le . to the duties i,'ollp 4-4 kre e v 4 ° B ecati . ,' , 4til ,e(lp, Y. on against the two AlleYn- whether the publication was so chargeable. . ea by the defendants, and the question to be T d h e e ct s cl e e h d ed w u a le s it'4, ll le (Me Colonel 1 ., ~,, ‘tii ‘l' „. , 01 0nei Tr -y air. BRAMELL-I ant Sira appended to that Act was certainly calculated to . raise A:te, s f d i o • ar e 2 : 1 -‘elacedy and grandson of some doubt, but it was dispelled on reviewing the Several statutes which imposed duties on newspapers, ie. 19 , 1% ki ti lB4 6. ° l Yeisrs of age ; my father and and on observing the language and course of . former _ \i l l e_ tl 4e 'll y t y All Was at Sandhurst College. e tet l e'Ree a ear ; ''Yee was a fellow student there. 1' Con en the subj. ct. The statute passed in the 10th . i . "t -gent obi r e • • • • 'e l' ar 3 of i the reign of Queen . Anne was the first Act im -011 (l atle ef 3 commission as ensign in l e IL I lek to j ai _ T oot, and I went out iu the Bri- sing duties of this description. His Lordship then T.;11, 1 4ht l w• i pe uee " .. .. ,, I found ILiltior Alleyne was cPoommented elaborately and in detail upon this and the subsequent statutes, and said he was of opinion that the i,lit e 44 l,,lti 4 1 aatry ails publication .11e was a lieutenant in in question could not be deemed a neespape N l 't the cleaja,a tu going to servo in Canada. •thin the meaning of the Act, upon which the infertile -0 ati Lai, steam nee during the voyage. Holder q ( 0 1 h ue at II l' • w tio i n was founded. Ho observed that it was very red lA,,e, 8 .1 14 t ~114 heft.,._ , a dux, but I went on to l k. 't i tic . l die not 1 lett that I had considerable .markable that the words "magazine," "review," and ' register" bad been omitted from all the enactments, liitiLeth; fined i e w: say the amount, because 1 did and mentioned that the Gentleman's Magazine had been Y* t 4, 5 Yre 93° of age I received about Published for many years without any stamp, though 1 4 eCtaras 61' it at Montreal, and about contained a precise( similar narrative of public events kal Os cl 4 uten tY Alleyne joined us. Mr. - at lie utenantm- in the same regiment. during the mouth.. P It seemed to him, on the whole, 4 ' ta 'lle a entre a t - that the object of the .Legislature was to treat as news -00 h ~r „ , ry du .Holder Alley lac came papers only those publications . which contained an . ac- Il k t rphi o rnd j a `3 7 ; subskquently re. count of recent events, otherwise the Quarterly Revietvb: .1845, leaving . the d which gave a summary of events up to the day of pu _ t bet a a ' was ~" my regiment was statione ... .. i'‘l i w'l l, l.4; :are iti officerlB June, t n would become chargeable under the Act, and icaou , in that regiment, I, i 'll N i ttle,, tl) witr c i call ed Castinette • • Ithen every single copy sold to the public would have to pay 1.1 Jae 3 the from him. lt was utterly prepostercus to suppose that the alti ks r ' It the end of August, 1846, with du t y:* Legislature intended to tax such publications which ap e,•4o4ttie 0, • 4 s a bet of 3001., in which I e g is .it!the, ()Id 44 etto t . at greater intervals than twenty-six days. , q -,/ -sr A i , -- 0 gallop three-quarters of a a 4 t; e (l as ei , , 'eYne's mare Pigeon. He considered on those grounds that judgment ought to be Ist tit ma ce `,13 aft er t h e It was to against the Crown. ‘t alt na aei • r Wednesday of the York tii.ta l (let' t 'lle 1 "lg. Holder Alley ne's mare was M Baron PARKE was of opinion that the Crown was iii 4 k 11 "nd e ' ss by fift • entlt r le . d to the judgment of' the Court. The 6th and 7th ~ 1 te l , h t . late „,.. y yards. Darcey, one of Will. IV., ch. 76, was sufficiently plain to show the in etiti; el l "rd a ,as present at the making of the . tI ) ''. l'iere Mulder Ali e ntion of the Legislature, especially when taken in con •litkti; kk en, ~ te m h. , ,_ a eyne say Pigeon was a . junction with the prior statutes. On referring to the House vit,t 4 ,e 4 ",lan 540 ' d picked up from an Eng- I old Narrative of Current Events, he entertained no doubt Ist tit 4 u 'ne thought she was pretty l ti4e,,,t:ilitioll4ttlit this never thought in public. I had not it fell within the definition of a newspaper-viz., a i Ll s (1 1l e ,tabi e ?' My mare was then at John tpluiabtlication, the general object of which was to give the 1 t lt, 4 lish 8 , 'iii I ,‘ ta,b, to ~ a tv Yorkshire. She was to run public information as to recent events. It had been said that the word " news " was indt finite, and that the w l t tle,'el, qui', 'Plain, and I removed her under ilh•s' teellader where she was Legislature had not defined its meaning. That placed in the bar 'arr,,4ll-reir, tne care of Daroey , ti servant. st As no doubt so ; and if the Legislature had ate p qr g I ~, 1• 4 : 1 4, ig Poit, • as called to look at her, intended to define the term used, it would 1 1 ti rie ; • I t 4 I 4 1... has was cut to the bone. I saw t 11 te ed 14 te s 111, , t , 41 1 , e s h e table, but I never saw her have adopted clear language for that purpose, and said what kind of news-events, for instance, occurring 11 e lsi lt h as ather betabout T -). t'lio. at act s ,. es e tgeon. I was It was certainly not defined at what pe t,.,,ltlittlo,4l,4,,sth_e raak u i o h l g de o r f Alley ❑ne and Darcey as news, and this no e from the Legislature not anticipating the 2' ad'alvsenatgso.should cease to he treated INNtr ot re nna the bet; it was after perhaps . mor l a( li tt let twelve • Holder Alleyne was then on publication of such periodicals containing narratives of Nil, tr ot nei ve , . The bet was tool. the mareF or b t e h f e o r c e. rip w H h e . was 1 e , „ 4,1 Niki,eirteetleaules within the hour, 200/. shebpepin sacs entered solon events which l favaur of judgment BARON said the question was t . "., t 32nd tr , 4 00/, she could not trot fourteen, The Loan CHIEF 'V , I, % s'i. eh of fifteen, 1,6001. she could not trot not free from doubt, hadha Parke, but he was bound to ttl4eltil ,tot fo ce uld not trot seventeen, 5001. she judgment of his Brother and he said so after hearing the ( t . r ah W lth' tltteenand ! I .l i iii In the , 5OOl. she could not trot meet of his r b A(,)1 s toforthe Crown nor the judg O,N der cote hoar, making a total of 11,300/. state that neither the arguments of counsel 1 1 t 4 4l le e ell on or before the Ist of Jan., Learned Brother satisfied I N)'' rt el a we " e Was to newspaper, consequently be 4to 04 ek's notice name the time and place, liable to be stamped as a him that this periodical was t li iti ll t te :it that Payrceeo; and he might withd h raw 10) et r t Y• tit I could r a forfeit of 500/. r Pendants. The definition of a newspaper as giv h was of opinion that judgment ought to be for the.deen ti 1 1 , I h claim, and I must either T Win e in the 6th and 7th William IV., did not differ mue 0, 4 1, e 4 I, e , had l;4C4s R io t Ah oi • mare s een 'he in the stable of from that found in force until that Act Holder k t,,,,tt , b 3} , a meat .. . sec. 101, which continued int the the 10th Anne, c. 19, 'Ae 4 4 1 % , n amingna one , the day and requesting me 4c 44.,t tvli! , 18 48 - J ready . I gave ' that letter up to st :tutu of William IV. meant, and neither more nor less; was P-ssed• Whatever the statute of Anne mean Ia . AI L I th i , and all (stiesl d passed be- Olt s and he s k,iti tja e Could 1 .. that la . it was cape aid this because the latter Act reduced. the duty a l 'es ' 4 ato rt e "Y ray hands on at the time, o , r . i , newspape .. rs, the preambl rc.citing that client to do so •; and if' the '4,oi,iteti 1 , 4 . 4 e5t, d eu them from me under a threat ßousehuh/ Narrative l iN t le hi L l 'itia. le ande r a warrant of attorney which h 6th and 7th of was . not liable to duty before tee intention of Ali e.,ky, 'elle h ne letter Holder Allene wrote to William IV., it was not so now. The tOt li N, l(l 'd h , e , r eade to trot the match Y on the Ist that ro vain the D,giBlature appeared toim ---- ' • e i d t k 10 tt ll 'Mg t e 'Loped bea u 11l 4 dl3 q 1 0 , ld have my money le ad y, )th ti, til tir e , 'e• I saw Alexander Mlle-pry though it be deemed and taken to bo a newspaper , 1 ,, re . tiler olvs a ail ?. en thf, aubje et of the match. ' nits I brought up the narrative of public events to a ye ti l e l ea d a eri e in b eeeee I 'it qt of Y I e a , 'liner. Alexander M. Alit) ne cut, p. rii.d. If Mr. Macaulay was aekt 6 r tia a 4 made such a bet but I knew a history on . Saturday, and Fri r g up 4'lo h q nthf r T ' his broth ' s ' i,l events he de scribed to that day, in the same t 'th 4 41, it uill t Z uuld anake ebretv'as'• . I knew ii. sail I events he d scribed to day, in the samO in fFOBlte bets with any body he to publtihsll way as a weekly paper gave the news end occurrencs tili lli i 4t)14 ce bpr, :ti, h ow, and he was with . any body up to the period of publication, the work would not. in a I should Ir ki sti t / ' 4 d U 'e he had been wa . s " r -' ll • . 01,),14, ir 4 rl ay fir t. in a gig with his . • ~ • a 1 , eh e i,, t w o Previous, in th • - r kr-bu, v. y ste,, fur ini,tauce, which consisted chiefly of news, and tOtt t he "R- ‘ e4a ue and Tess b y -i e ei t i cit, „ euetained the last events ef . the year, was not treatedir tOl t , me b o or, „7, 4 d that she hal trotted ' 18 miles a newspaper and charged with duty. Some oft e wont y It 1 s ad ) ' all done done •. with ease. ( magazines gave a monthly- digeat of news, Ot t , tli L' I !Ilea 1' ease. He rt e(l3- a h . marriages, bankrupts, and ll 4 4 41 Is us to compr *, the bet, and , •-•`-sat 't 4,tt t , Iltt t o . rOttler Holder anise 'all ' notorious they were unstamped, end he was not aware i him te, L . m ace „ Alleyne would use ! L . t, e ti ef . he ha , their broth to t good 1 i o any claim being made upon them by the Stamp )ti • ne t • u need brother gran me and births, ,t k til le, insa ne , cubt be would do so in con- I office for payment of duty or t ttt' 1 te,• eY 11 I wouldat the whole course of legislation, . therefore, penalties. Look tti 4 ) 4 arts Y 5N, 8 enly make an offer ' ',u e g I Pt c , 1 , he. " - POt aii . j e t aet at this time - thethat intended re came to conclusion it was (40144, ,t ee ,was pese ta , e . ,,,i e le 'a that a certain tuft equt lie) , in the publication of a perio - ' 4 r A' I advise me ---( •a• t '' c ' dical ahould give it the character or a cleoniele or his selh e , aft e most strunely to etio 4 ._ rWards ' 1 tory, and not a newspaper liable to the stamp duty. Httin received letterfrom 1 that the a i Au interval of more than . twenty-six days was mare was " fit to run LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1661 fixed by the law as the criterion, and if enty-six days, or less, then the publication was to be deemed a newspaper, and if more a chronicle or his•tory. In his view of it, the whole question turned on the dis tinction between news and history, which he thought had been clearly settled by the Legislature. Ho agreed with his Brothers Platt and Martin that judgment ought to . be given for the defendants. Only one Judge disagreeing, the judgment of the Court was accordingly entered for the defendants. . FINE ARTS. GOING "WITH" the StREAM and GOING " AGAINST" the STREAM, Thomas Miean, Haymarket. _ . . Exquisitely beeutiful, in the poetry both of their conception and their treatment, are the two en gravings recently published under the above designation. They r ourtray incidents of anything but unfrsquent occurrence More and after marriage. They are symbolical of the sorrows and delights of courtship. They are emblematic of the chequered shade and shine of the passion. And in this manner they constitute a very charm ing sequel to those two delightful pictures of chess, where the players are thinking more of the "game of life" than of the game of the moment. The present companion plates, we doubt not, will vie with their predecessors in popularity ; for while the other engravings referred to possessed the merit of pictorial witticisms, these are eminently entitled to praise for something yet more commendable, we mean for grace and elegance of sentiment. " Going with' the Stream," pourtrays in truth, as the illustrative verses imply, "a picture of the blush of life." Every thing is bathed in sunshine, and gilded with the equable light of placidity a Pla cidity pervading not merely the features of the loving couple, hut every individual accessory. The boat gliding smoothly onward " with " the current, the hazy sheen floating off into the dis tance—and then the sweet and ineffable softness of expression thrown into the faces of the hero and heroine Every detail is one of kindred fascination. Very different is the opposite side of the medallion — or rather the intaglio of a delineation stamped by veracity. The gloss, and calm, and uninterrupted glow of the scene have vanished—but they have gone, happily, without taking with them all the love liness. There is the boat struggling up "against" the current with its whole surface fretting into little angry wavelets, and the mingled wind and sunshine tearing in jagged gusts and gleams in among the stalks of the adjacent rushes. The air, the water, and the vegetation seem to be alike in a state of blusterous irritation ; and with these signs of the elements bow accordant the looks of the youth and the maiden ! They are both in " a taking" or a " tiff," or whatever else you may please to call those fitful and moody intervals known so familiarly as " lovers' quarrels." 'JL'he lesson told by these very beautiful pictures is one worthy of adorning the walls of a home, and one too, that while adorning those walls, cannot fail to appeal beneficially at once both to heart and imagination. The engravings from the skilful hand of Henry Ro binson, must necessarily, in regard to the very gifted artist, Mr. J. J. Jenkins, from whose drawings they are taken, tend to enhance and extend his repu tation. They will be welcomed by all lovers of art, we feel assured, as not the least meritorious among the charming pictures recently published by Mr. M`Lean, of the Haymarket. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Decemler general sessions were opened this day at Clerkenwell, with a calendar containing fifty-ono names. _ _ Jeremiah Ratcliff, aged 15, was convicted of stealing, in the dwelling house of Edward Underwood, his master, a grocer at Islington, a bank-note fur the payment of 101., his property. A. police-constable stated that the prisoner was charged (since his arrest on this occasion) with embez zling the money of his previous employer. Upon this representation the Court deferred passing sentence, to give time for inquiry. William Daley, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a half-sovereign, the money of William Coleman, or one piece of metal, purporting to bo a halt-sovereign, the pro perty of the said W. Coleman, who is th© proprietor of the Paul's Head public-house, in Paul-street, Finsbury. The wife of the prosecutor stated that on the 9:h Nov. the prisoner, who had been at a rrffie in a room upstairs in her house from nine o'clock till nearly twelve, came to the bar with three others, and call , d for a quartern of gin. lie put down vs hat appeared to be a half-sovereign, and she gave him 9s. Bd. change, one of his friends at the same time putting down a six pence, and telling her not to change the gold, but to take the price of the gin out of that, whilst another friend threw down a sovereign, and said, " Take it out of that." This friendly altercation about payment caused some confusion, in which the prisoner took up and pocketed the change (9s. Bd.), when the prosecutrix tried his coin, and found it to be very sus picious, if not a false half-sovereign. She told the pri soner she thought it was bad money, and he snatched it off her hand and ran away, She rushed out after him, calling police, and he was soon overtaken and arrested. The coin was not found on him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and evidence was given of his being a member of the swell mob, several times convicted at this and other courts, an associate of thieves, and a profes sional " smasher" from his childhood, notwithstanding the efforts of respectable parents to keep him out of bad company and bring him up to industrious habits. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—Henry May and Wm, Lejtune were placed at tho bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and assaulting police-constable Mould 123 C. Mould stated that about 12 o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty in Sheppard-street, when he saw the prisoner May, who was the worse for liquor, trying to force his way into the Duke of York public-house. As the landlord was on the point of closing the house, he refused to admit the defendant. The latter, however, persisted in entering the house, and as he would not go away when desired, witness took him into cus tody. The defendant then struck witness a blow in the face, and at that moment the prisoner Lejeune came up and attempted to rescue May from his (witness's) custody. Witness immediately called to a brother con stable who was passing, and they were both conveyed to the station-house. At the latter place Lejeune struck him a blow on the side of the head with great force. May, in defence, pleaded intoxication as the cause of his acting as represented by the officer, and expressed his sorrow for what he had done. Lejeune denied the charge, and said the constable had spoken falsely. Police-constable 320 C said he was present at the station when the prisoners were brought in, and dis tinctly swore seeing Lejeune strike Mould on the side of the head. Mr. BINGHAM thought the prisoners had acted with great wrongheadedness, and as a caution fined them 40s. eaoh. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Nov. 29. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, walked yesterday morning in the Park. The Queen and Prince drove out in the afternoon, in a pony phaeton. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. Nov. 30. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, did not leave the grounds at Osborne yesterday. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., transacted business with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, " Somes v. Macbride" (the Sir George g?ymour), was heard. Lord Cranworth, Sir J. Knight Bruce, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Sir Edward Ryan, attended. TERMINATION OF THE STRIKE OF MR. MYERS'S IV 01?KME,N. Last night a general meeting of the masons and other workmen on the strike took place at the Temperance Hall, Broadway, Westminster, to consider fresh terms offered by Mr. Myers, through the deputation which, at ' his request, had waited upon him to state the result— % iz., a determination to stand out until the demands were complied with unconditionally—of the general meeting held on the previous day at the Craven Head Tavern, Drury-lane. The terms now offered by Mr. Myers, and which were regarded as an unconditional surrender by the strike committee, were—that the men should be ullowed, if they pleased, to lose as much as one day, or ten hours per week, without being liable to forfeit the four o'clock privilege on Saturdays, but not to take any fur ther time to themselves without previously applying to their respective foremen for permission. The hall was densely crowded, the anxiety manifested as to the result of the proceedings being increased by an anticipation that Mr. Myers would himself attend and address the meeting. Mr. Myers, however, did not appear, and the chair was taken, at half-past eight, by Mr. Richard Pickersgill, who said that the terms above stated had been agreed to by the mon in the employment of Mr. Myers, but that the assent of the masons of London at large was necessary, to give full validity to the agree ment. Mr. Arnett, corresponding secretary of the mason's society, briefly narrated the nature of the nego tiations which had been carried on between Mr. Myers and the committee, and recommended the acceptance of the terms now offered. A long discussion followed, in the course of which the deputation wore closely ques tioned as to the exact nature of the offers made, accord ing to the spirit of Mr. Myers's language, and the result was looked upon as entirely satisfactory. Finally the resolution was unanimously adopted, that the terms offered should be accepted ley the men on strike, and a deputation was appointed to carry the decision of the meeting to Mr. Myers, and to request his signature, as promised to the term s. The strike may now, therefore, be regarded as terminated, after having lasted upwards of five weeks. —Sunday Paper. PRESENTATION OF TIIE FREEDOM OF DUNDEE TO LORD DUNCAN, Friday, in terms of a resolution formerly agreed to, the magistrates and town council of Dundee met in the Thistle-ball, for the purpose of present ing Lord Duncan, M.P., with the freedom of the town, in t o ken of their approva l of his conduct, especially with regard to his exertions for the abolition of the window-tax. The hall was crowded; and amongst those present we ob served the Countess of Camperdown, Lady Henrietta Allan, Lady Elizabeth Duncan, Master and Miss Duncan (the son and daughter of Lord Duncan), Mr. Leonard Edmonds, clerk in the House of Lords; Mr. Clayhill, of Inver , gow ri ~ "e Lord Duncan, on enteri n g the hall, was loudly applauded. Provost Thorns, after a complimentary . and appropriate address, presented the Noble Lord with a burgess ticket, enclosed .in a handsome morocco case. rrjeoirtedraDteadneaap"Plawubsoe, said r h ts e in b g eg v g ' el s re to cel ;e e t d u w rn ith his lou f d ello a W "- townsmen his warm and heartfelt thanks for the mark of consideration which they had had the kindness to bestow upon him, and which he esteemed the more highly as it came from those among whom he had been born and brought up—from those with whom his family had long been asso ciated ; and, above all, from persons for whom, of all others, he might say he entertained the deepest respect. His Lord ship then proceeded to speak of the progress of commerce in Dundee, which had now, by the self-relying spirit of its merchants, been raised to the position of the third seat of commerce in the northern parts of these realms. If any one thing, he said, could add to his pleasure that day it was to see present his Honourable Friend Mr. Duncan, who so ably represented the burgh of Dundee. Many a fight he (Lord Duncan) had had in the House of Commons, but he had al ways had the satisfaction of receiving Mr. Duncan's honest cheer and supporting vote. After a vote of thanks, moved by the Provost, to the ladies for their attendance, and a similar compliment, proposed by Lord Duncan, to the chair man, the meeting separated with three cheers for the new burgess. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--The fifteenth anniversary meeting was held on Saturday evening, at the f n hadctMi the , e r o f from been elected e m E r w ei I society'sLe r . S e ' np . , eoNr n vt therc i c s ehb , aceior 2 rus. o , Bedford-street, Strand, Mr. T. Moore, since sn7, appearedoc et members. ti e lei secretary, elbcaretsehrttsaa.try seven teenraenayd anniver sary, and that the society consisted t ille ie D s ic r c h t s ehen o dn f i thousands ueen di distributed i o b f u t specimens ed t o made this year to extend this important part foreign increasedo f t hl plants exertions t e ih t o y an ' as s operations. The report was unanimously adopted, after w hich a ballot took place for the council,Mr. when J. E Gray, F.R.S., was re-elected president • ' Mr. Reynolds, trea surer; and Mr. G. E. Dennes, secretary, JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—An important legal question, connected with the liability of retired partners of joint-stock companies, is likely soon to come before the courts, an action, we are informed, having been instituted at the instance of one of the retired partners of the late unfor tunate Commercial Exchange Company against certain of the retired partners, on the ground that at the date of their o ithdrawal the company was in a state of bankruptcy. The question is one of the deqest importance to the shareholders of all joint-stock companies, and should lead to a more care. ' ful investigation than ever into the annual accounts of direc tors.—North British Daily Mail. Lieutenant• Colonel John Cornell Chads, late of time Ist West India regiment, is appointed President and Senior member of Council of the Virgin Islands. Captain James Richard Booth, R.N., is appointed Lieutenant-Go vernor of Montserrat. Mr. Robert Duncan Wilmot is ap pointed Surveyor-General of New Brunswick. Mr. Richard Francis Morgan is appointed a member of the Legi4lative Council Of ceylom LITERATURE. with the mountain chains sketched in by Dr. Rit- THE BOOR OF DIGNITIES. By Joseph tar and Kiepert. In this superb map are revealed _Haydn: Longman, Brown, G reen , an d L ongman& lin a variety of colours, Ist, the granite formation, in- A wonderful compilation was Mr. 'L y d a ' s a B oo k I eluding the crystalline sehists or metamorphic reeks of Dates," and not Lss wonderful is his "Ea;01: o f due to the ac ti on of heat and destitute o f organ i c re - Dignities." It must be ranked henceforth among the ) mains; 2nd, the primary stratified formation, most remarkable works ever contributed as guides no organic r ema i ns, embracing the i nterme di a t e to human knowledge. Every one, presume, i s or transitio n ser i fs, i n which organic life is first familiar enough with the well-known sarcasm upon developed —and th e coal formation ; 3d, the secondary history which fell from the lips of a famous phil o - formation, embracing th e san d stones, l i mestones , roc k sopher. According to his ironical definition, romance salt, chalks a n d fli nts —organic remains, gigant i c is scarcely a jot more the produce of the imagination. lizards, saurians, &c. ; 4th, the tertiary formation in After all, too, he lilts not far wrong—the only really which the present order of creation begins to appear; reliable record of the human race being comprised in sth, the recent or alluvial, deposits of torrents, or chronology, and even that sometimes being necessarily rivers forming deltas, &c. ; 6th, the volcanic or somewhat dubious in its character. What says one of igneous rocks of the tertiary and alluvial epochs, and the most thoughtful writers of our generation upon also porphyritic and diaretic rocks. Even in making the same subject, and speaking nearly in the same this hurried and cursory enumeration, it is possible strain as the philosopher before referred to ? Sir to perceive at a glance the truth of that famous line of Bulwer Lstton exclaims, in one of his earliest Pope, even when applied to geology.— and not least remarkable effusions, " Oh, Truth ! " A mighty maze, but not without a plan!" What a hard path is thine! Does any keep it for Next comes the theoretical survey of the earth's three inches together in the commonest trifle ? crust, showing the various strata of which it is com and yet two sides of my library are filled with histo- posed, together with the principal plants and animals ries There is a subtle sting in the remark coin- with which itiwas covered—beginning with the si mp l est eident with the satirical o bser v ation already particu- forms and extending to the monstromi shapes of the Ple larised. We acknowledge the accuracy of the siosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Ignanadon, Pterodactylus, sentence pronounced by both those keen and scruti- Ammonites, Mamtnoth,and Dinotherium. Afterward s nizing observers—we are compelled to acknowledge we have before us a view of the Phenomena of V o l. it, reluctantly it is true, but atil fully ; and aware canic Action, showing the reaction of the interior of consequently of the dubious nature of the ordinary the earth upon its external surface ; a map of the annals of humanity, we look more confidingly to mountain chains (vertebrzc), and the river systems Maunder than to Thucydides, to Haydn than to (arteries), of Europe ; another of the mountain Macaulay. We recognize less likelihood of being chains and river systems of Asia; another of the same deceived, intentionally or unintentionally, by the in regard to North America ; completed by one of the chronologist. We behold in the colossal form of sister continent. Subsequently we have a map show- ' history a monstrous shap e not un lik e th a t of the fa- ing the distribution of the Temperature of the Air; brication of Frankenstein. We strip off the hetero- one of the Winds ; and one of the Rains. Added to geneous materials there found collected together—the them is a hydrographicel map showing the currents nerves of imputed motive, the muscles of rhetoric, of the ocean, with the principal trade routes—fol the veins of philosophy, and the epidermis of lowed by two beautiful companion charts, displaying style—until we come at last to the only one the geographical distributions of plants, and the symmetrical portion of the work—the bones of the other not merely this, but the cultivation of all the skeleton of chronology. %Are prefer, moreover, the important plants used as food for man, showing the destructive dissection of a ma n lik e Me. Haydn than lines, moreover, of Equal Summer and Winter Tem the perilous patchwork of a man like Mr. Hume. We peratures. Similar maps are subsequently given us prefer the reduction of history to its scanty but com- of the distribution of the principal mammiferous prehensive and harmless outline—rather than its un• a n im a l s , a s a l so o f the different birds and wholesome agglomeration into a shape reptiles. Lastly comes a map showing the " if shape it may be called geographical distribution of the human race, a map Which shape has none," wholly inestimable to the ethnologist. After the a shape constructed out of the dead and decaying marvels here enumerated, marvels set forth by Mr. fragments of antiquity and animated by the genius (;rover with unexampled ability, it were superfluous breathed into it by the vitalizing powers of the an- to aver that the volume just published in regard to nalist. More particularly when its dangerous cepa- the enthralling subject of Physical Geography is cities are borne in recollection—capacities not unfre- one of a most instructive as well as most attractive quently employed in slaying the hitherto unassailed character. Its merits carry with them the sureties of reputations of the departed.* Therefore we repeat it, commendation ; and it is, therefore, with no ordi the compilations of men like Mr. Haydn are at all nary confidence that we commend the present" Hand times peculiarly welcome to us—because in them we Atlas" at once and with equal fervour to the atten recognise a veracity eminently entitled to our confi- tion of the student and of the philosopher. dente. In the extraordinary volume lying be fore us, entitled " The Book of Dignities," we have in this manner tabularly arranged the principal part of the History of the World since the earliest records of its inhabitants. We have catalogues of all the Sovereigns of Europe from the foundation of their respective states. We have well authenticated rolls of the official personages of the British empire, comprising the civil, ecclesias tical, judicial, military, naval, and municipal ; be ginning w ith the remotest periods and coming down to our o wn generation. Besides these, we have the Peerage of England and of Great Britain, with a va riety:of other lists too multifarious to be here enume rated. Among the Princes of England, for example, we find duly numbered, in addition to the Kings of the Heptarchy, the Kings before and after the Con quest. We descend from Hengist in 455 to Egbert in 820 ; from Egbert in 827 to Harold in 1065 ; from William in 1066 to Victoria in 1837 ; passing succes sively through the Saxon race, the Danish raee, the Saxon race re-possessed, the Norman line, the Plantagenet line, the line of Lancaster, the House of York, the House of Tudor, the House of Stuart, and the House of Hanover. So likewise with the other kingdoms and principalities of Christendom—in France, from Pharamond in 418, to Louis Napoleon in 1848, in Austria from Charlemagne in 800 to Francis Joseph in 1848, in Hungary, from Stephen in 997 to the days of Kossuth in 1851. Most marvellous of all, it seems to us, in the whole of these catalogues, is the one of the " Popes," as given by Mr. Haydn, begin ning at page 64, with St. Peter, in 42, and proceed ing, in uninterrupted succession, down to Pius IX. in 1846, his present Holiness. " Between Leo IV. and the next Pontiff, Benedict III.," says Mr. Haydn, "an absurd story, not worth refutation, places Pope Joan.' " Besides the existing kingdom of the earth, with their Sovereign princes, we find moreover, in the astonishing volume before us, due mention made of kingdoms either merged or extinct, such as Suabia or Burgundy. Then come copious catalogues of Am bassadors, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from Great Britain to Foreign States. Afterwards—perhaps of all the most interesting feature in a work of which every page is an attraction —we find a most carefully arranged list of all the administrations of England from the reign of King Henry VIII. down to the reign of Queen Victoria. All the great officers of state of England follow; then come the Speakers 'of the House of Commons, the Judges of England, the principal ecclesiastical functionaries, and the governors of the various colonies from the period of their foundation. Among these we are amazed to find no mention whatever of the Go vernors of Australia, although of all the vast and scattered possessions of this country that is perhaps the most remarkable, for various reasons—the most noticeable of which is the circumstance of its being sufficiently huge in its dimensions to be regarded by many less as an island than as a fifth continent. Altogether the accuracy of the work under consider ation is, however, most conspicuous. The labour requisite for its successful compilation would be sufficient, one might well imagine, to deter any man less energetic than .oseph Haydn from the task upon which he has here ad ventured. That Herculean task, nevertheless, in spite of a thousand bewildering difficulties, he has accomplished with all but miraculous ingenuity. He has furnished the curious with an unfailing clue to the dignities enjoyed by the most of the remarkable personages of the human family, from times nearly " lost in the twilight of fable" down to the glaring notoriety of facts occurring in the present generation. He has consequently well earned the eulogium which he cannot fail to receive from all quarters, and has in his own name affixed :a stamp of enduring popularity on a work designated aptly enough on its title-page, " Beatson'a Political Index Modernized." HAND ATLAS of PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By Edward Gover. Everyone acquainted with the works of Baron Hum boldt and of Mrs. Somerville, will feel grateful for the appearance of this "Hand Atlas of Physical Geo graphy:l Though its assistance is rendered at once apparent, what must otherwise with the vast majority have remained altogether incompre hensible. It presents to the students in cosmogony an array of facts not hitherto collected together within the same compass and with a similar amount of accuracy. The principal effort of these entrusted with the supervision of the undertaking before us seems to have been that of having every detail of the publication duly and scrupulously authenticated. To this end the extraordinary compilation of Bergbaus —a compilation until now accepted on all hands as faultless and unimpeachable—has been carefully revised, and the inaccuracies lurking in that wonder ful book weeded out in every instance. This, we re peat, is the most conspicuous merit of the singular production here submitted to our scrutiny, but it is by no means its only excellence. It is something, of course, to have removed from a work of this particu lar description errors which were dignified by the authority of such a man as Berghaus, errors, too, en dorsed by the acceptance of all subsequent geographers. It is yet more, however, to find this most laudable emendation accompanied by a variety of other very remarkable and really inestimable im provements. Among these must especially be commended the introduction of several additional maps drawn under the immediate superin tendence of Dr. Ritter and Dr. Kieppert, of O'Etzel, Grimm, and other distinguished persons, whose names are not enumerated. Besides this, it is worthy of remembrance that the extent of the Great River Basins, together with the direction and formation of the mountain chains of Asia and of south-eastern Europe, have undergone a most cautious series of alterations, and are consequently given now, we be lieve, for the first time free from the blunders detected in the charts of Professor Berghaus and his followers. These considerations of themselves would assuredly be sufficient to secure to the volume published by Mr. Gover the attention to which we are convinced it is eminently entitled. Possibly it may be as well to observe briefly—for the benefit of those not familiarly acquainted with the study of which th e b oo k h ere of the thtehe speci fied,c,huanngiveesrsitaylreadAytlasot ~,m t aa k d i e n g,u e n dr e e r o ut r h s ee , a d s ire t c h t e ion bas o i t s noticed is at; once the vale mecum and the b A e g e e n s encyclopaedia —that the have iddl e of his enterprise the " Physikali sc h er Atlas' of Ber ghaus, the most astonishing result of the • genius end the researches of that illustrious professor. Like its masterly prototype, the " hand Atlas of Physical Geography," before us, consists of a maps and illustrations displaying successio n o f iistribution of natural the geographi ca l p heno mena --- embracing neces sarily the divisions of geology, of hydrography, of meteorology, and of natural history —that last and crowning effort in the sequence of Creation. Foremost comes a comprehensive and magni ficent view of the geological structure of the earth, according to the scheme of Dr. Arnie Boue, * ka. gr. William Penn. FIUGIITFUL ACCIDENT AT KEN SINGTON. On Saturday morning an accident of a very serious nature took place at Kensington which has resulted in the death of one man, while two others and three lads have been more or less seriously injured. The accident occurred at some new buildings in that part of Kensington known as the "New Town," on the south side of the great western road, and close to the turnpike-gate. Most of the buildings composing the new town have been erected by Mr. Inderwick, the well-known meerschaum pipe manufacturer, of Princes-street, Leicester-square, and a new district church has also been recently erected here, and is now open for public worship. About eighteen months since, the old Kensington workhouse, which stood on the east side of the Gloucester-road, leading to the old Brompton-road, was vacated by the inmates, who were removed to the new workhouse, and a lease of the ground was taken by Mr. Inderwick, who immediately proceeded to pull down the old building, and laid out a square of first-class houses upon the site. One side of this new square is already finished, although not yet inhabited. and the carcases of the houses on the opposite side are built up to the height of four stories above the basement, and roofed. It was on this side that the accident occurred, and the following particulars, which have been collected on the spot, may be relied upon as correct. Each side of the square is formed of six houses, joined together, and two large pro jecting ones at either end. A number of plasterers were employed in putting up a massive projecting cornice between the third and fourth stories of the centre houses, and commenced their work in the morning at the usual hour, when everything appeared to be in the same state of security as it was left on the previous evening. The men continued working on the top tier of the scaffolding, a height of between 40 and 50 feet from the ground, till about 20 minutes to 8 o'clock, when with a sudden crash, which was heard a considerable distance, the whole of the cor nice work of four of the houses gave way, and falling upon the scaffolding with great force, preci , pitted the whole to the ground, with the persons at work upon it. All the men employed upon the works immediately hastened to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers sho were buried under the broken scaffolding and portions of the parapet wall, which had also given way. The centre of the cornice was composed of large flat stones, one end of which was built into the front wall, and all these had broken short off, and come down, thereby add* much to the serious nature of the injuries sustained. Three men and three stout lads, who were serving the plasterers with cement, were found partly covered with the stones and rubbish, and five of them were promptly extricated, and conveyed in cabs to St. George's Hospital. The sixth sufferer, who when carried out appeared to be in a lifeless state, was attended by Mr. Abraham, a surgeon residing close to the spot, and who had hastened thither on hearing the crash ; but he was found to be quite dead, the lower limbs being fractured, and there being also a serious fracture of the skull. The body was shortly afterwards conveyed to the deadhouse of the New Kensington Workhouse, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. On inspecting the buildings from which the cornice has fallen, the re maining portion of the flat stones were found to be still embedded in the wall, the exterior portion—much the greater part, and which supported the whole weight of the cement—having broken off close to the wall. The scaffolding, which has apparently fallen outwards, still remains supported by the firmly bound cords, although some of the upright poles have been snapped asunder at different lengths. The names of the sufferers are—Robert Wooding, about 25 years of age (killed) ; Dennis Hurley, 28, Daniel Delany, 28, Dennis Earley, 15, Jahn Callaghan, 14, and Michael Gorman, 14. On inquiry at the hospital last evening we were informed that all the injured persons were progressing favourably. One of the men has had the breastbone broken, and one of the lads has had his back severely strained ; the other injuries are prin cipally severe contusions. DEATH OF A CON Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Millb an k P en i ten ti ar y, on view of the body of Henry Johnson,On agFedrid23aywhafotedrinedooonn dayssentence t after rf his s y e r n e e y e e p a t e s n ' ee : a la s e fo a r be w felony. as Wednesday last. Dr. Bayley, the ph ys i c i an, stated that he first saw the deceased in July, 1848, when he was under with inflammation of' the bone of th e r i g h t arm, w hi c h i n a few months was followed by symptom s o f consump ti on , in att A ackti consequence of which the physician recommended his par don in December, 1849. He received a pardon accordingly early in the following month, and was discharged, and it was hoped that he would resume an honest career. The tempta tion to commit crime, however, conquered, and ho was again e t s r n m s p p o t s t i e o n f i f , o u r li n t e o n . y a i e y a r s c , o o n n s u t tn h e r 4 tf t e h n o w f e J r u e n e f e l u a a s t d , received from Newgate into the Penitentiary, under sentence o th f to be very much aggravated. He was pl ace d, th ere f ore , i n th e when infirmary, where he died on Wednesday last. During his in carceration Le had been greatly depressed in consequence of his friends refusing to correspond with or see him. Verdict —" Natural death." CONVICTION OF MISS AMPIILETT, THE LADY SWINDLEIL..-- LEWES, SATIO ItDAY. —At the present Sussex Quarter Sessions, Miss Eliza Maria Amphlett, the lady who patronized several Brighton tradesmen, under the assumed name of the Hon. Mrs. Colonel Ripon, and obtained by fraud silks, satins, &c., of Messrs. Ilannington, of the value of nearly 30/., was brought up for trial and convicted. The prisoner is represented to be worth considerable property. She was in the habit of mixing in the most fashionoble cir cles, both in London and the different watering places on the coast; and when captured on the present charge was keeping a first-rate establishment in the neighbourhood of Lowndes squaee. Pimlico. Notwithstanding her apparent high posi tion, we are informed that she has been engaged in many unladylbse and fraudulent transactions. She pleaded guilty, and the Chairman (Mr. Darby) sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonment, with such hard labour as she could undergo, adding that she would pass six weeks of the term in solitary confinement. On hearing the sentence she almost fainted away, and was led from the dock by the turnkeys. ELECTRIC TELEGRAFll.—lipwards of 160 miles of wire are to be laid down on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and branches. CALIFORNIA MINING COMPANIES.—In addition to the numerous companies already established in connexion with the Californian " diggins," a new and singular scheme has been put forward by no less a personage than Chief Baron Nicholson. The names of the directors, trustees, &c., are truly imposing, and the advantages held out to share holders of a peculiar and unprecedented nature. The title of this recently started company is The Long Range Mal- Proposer Gold Finding Company, California, in five million shares of one pound each, without any responsibility ; and shares may be applied for in the usual form to the council o' division of the company, at the Coal-hole Tavern, Fountain court, Strand, where the quartz can be inspected. George Ilacket, Erq., has been secured by the directors in America, an important and gratifying statement to investors. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—The unfortunate stoker (James Martin) conti nues to live in a state the most painfully distressing. His skull is frightfully fractured. Pemberton, the driver of the engine, it is thought may survive the fearful injuries he in flicted upon himself. The attempt he made upon his life after he found that be had passed the stop signal, was one of the most determined, perhaps, ever heard of. He thrust his knife into his throat, and cutting right and left divided the windpide and gullet. A number of labourers have been en gaged in getting up the engine and tender of the passenger train, which had been thrown to the bottom of the embank ment. The company have forwarded the usual information to the Board of Trade of the collitiou. REVELATIONS OF HUNGARY. By the Baron Prochazka. William Shoberl. Among the numerous "catch-penny" publications which have recently appeared in reference to Kossuth and the Hungarians, the volume here noticed is not by any means the least entitled to con sideration. It comes before us apologetically. The translator tells us in his preface that the original manuscripts were never intended for the public eye, but that, nevertheless, he has obtained the inestimable privilege of laying them before the English people. He conceives that they are calculated to do a vast amount of good, by correcting the erroneous judg ment arrived at in regard to the Hungarian War of Independence with such undue and indiscreet preci pitation. The Baron Prochazka, he tells us, is an officer in the Austrian army, and one moreover who served under the banners of his Imperial Majesty during the late campaign in Hungary. The chapters strung together in this pretty little pink volume are constructed out of the records of the Baron's Diary. We are induced therefore on opening the work to anticipate with some eagerness the value and im portance of the Baron's Revelations—more espe cially seeing that his translator has startled us into more than ordinary attention by a Latin exclamation not in the smallest degree hackneyed—Audi a lt eram p ar t em . W e are b reat hl ess with anxiety, we cut the loaves in baste, and read and read, and turn pa ge a ft er p age — an d l o ! a f ter a ll , look in vain for the Revelations. Squire Hazledean's ejaculation comes upon us with double force— Bubble and squeak ! English beef and English cab bage ! Worse than bubble and squeak ! Foreign beef and foreign cabbage ! Foreign bubble and foreign squeak ! The same kind of disappointment is thrust upon us after hurrying through the volume of the Baron Prochazka as that a few years back ex perienced on the perusal of certain foreign travels by a gifted author subsequently invested with the judi cial dignity. In that instance the reader looked with eagerness for delineations of scenery, fur incidental adventures, or at any rate fur some few (ke tches of character. But no, chapter after chapter—it was all !he same—eating and drinking from beginning to end—sometimes drinking and eating by way of variety. In like manner is it with the Re velations here submitted to our criticism—revelations which enlighten us as to the important filet of a " distribution of wine" (ch. iii.), or to the account of a " dinner party" (ch. iv ), or to the mention cf a " dinner party of thirteen" (ch. v.)—or to equally astounding disclosures of a gastronomic character. As it is, however, we must take the volume in its own form—no matter how questionable 'the shape it comes in—and be thankful. Grateful we are, at least, for one circumstance connected with the publicaticn under notice, and that is the literary hardihood displayed by the translator, who, to employ his own phrase, has here " thrown down the gauntlet" after the approved fashion of Mr. Wilkins Micawber. RAMBLES THROUGH RONE. Hope, Marl borough• street. The object of this work is to describe the political, social, and religious life of the Romans. It contains a variety of amusing anecdotes and information on many points not often touched upon in travels. The author, who has passed some time in Italy, is evi dently well acquainted with the subjects of which he treats. THE DOVECOT AND AWARE By the Rev. E. S. Dixon, MA. A very interesting work, " being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state, with hints for their management." It is divided into two parts, the first relating entirely to pigeons. The author traces them from their earliest history, and describes every class with great ability. He also gives an account of their dispositions, pecu liar habits, plumage, and weight. The second part is more extended in its object. It treats of Curassows, Penelopes, the Crested Turkey, the Water Hen, Kingfishers, Storks, Emeus, Ortolans, Gulls in cap tivity, and others of the same class. It gives a de tailed account of each, and is ornamented with numerous woodcuts illustrative of the feathered tribes. It cannot fail to prove highly entertaining to all ornithologists, and is well worthy the perusal of all to whom useful information and elegance of style are an attraction. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. _ No. VII. Gloriously does our comic iistorian proceed with his task, and great does Leech show himself in his new capacity of historical painter. COLLECTED EDITION OF TILE WORKS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD. Part Al. In this part we have the continuation of " Men of Character ;" it contains the conclusion of "John Applejohn," and the whole of " Barnaby Palms, the man who felt his way." LIGHTS AND SHADES ON A TRA VELLER'S PATH. By James Robertson. Hope, Marlborough-street. There is some novelty in this volume. It is the relation of various foreign adventures, met with by a lady, but especially does it concern France. During the memorable year of 1848 she resided in Paris, and was therefore an eye-witness of the exciting and ex traordinary scenes which took place there. THE VADE-MECUM OF FLY-FISHINGI FOR TROUT. By G. P. R. Pulman. This is an enlarged edition of a former work which Mr. Pulman published some time since on the subject of fly-fishing. In the present edition he has gone much farther into detail, especially as regards arti ficial flies, which he but slightly noticed in his former work. From the lengthened particulars with which the author furnishes the reader concerning the habits, tastes, and peculiarities of trout, he appears to be well acquainted with his subject. In the chapter on arti ficial flies Mr. Pulman has endeavoured to explain as fully as possible the process of their construction, and has assisted th e reader with some %ell drawn and rods, cleverly e xecute d i llustrations. His remarks on °o r book is reels, and li nes are worthy of attEntion. T well got up, an d will doubtless prove both useful and interesting to the general angler. CABINET COUNCIL.—The Ministers will meet in Cabinet Council on Tuesday next, at the Foreign-office, Downing -street, summonses having been issued for some time past. The Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell. Lord Carlisle, Lord Grey, Lord Palmerston, Lord Minto, Sir C. Wood, and Lord Seymour are all in town. Sir George Grey is expected to arrive in London on Monday, from the north. Mr. Labouchere is expected on Tuesday, from Stoke Park. Lord Lansdowne is expected on Monday, from Bowood Park, Wiltshire. Lord Broughton, Lord Granville, Sir Francis Baring, and Mr. Fox Maule, are expected to reach the me tropolis in the course of this day, in order to be present at the meeting. DONCASTER A PARLIAMENTARY Bonouau.--The Town Council have, at the suggestion of Sir Isaac Morley, agreed to petition Parliament, soliciting that the privilege of sending a Member to the House of Commons may be ex tended to Doncaster.—Doncaster Gazette. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DE,VONFORT, FRIDAT.--Roiarnond steamer, COLII - Camphe! l , s,iled this JILL-noon for tht! , North Ainerican and Nest India :itation, c.lliug t Lisbon with some soperouineraris for the squadron there. Sanspareil is still alongside the sheer hulk. She has taken in ail her masts 81.1 d bowsprit. 'lbis day she has taken in some part of her boilers, which are heavy, one portion taken on board today weighing above 19 tons. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY —The Asia, 84, was brought down from her moorings into the old basin, preparatory to being brought into the docks to be ex amined and have her defects repaired. The Helena, 16, Commander Michael De Cuurcy, was paid off into ordinary alongside the yard jetty on Saturday. The Fairy Royal yacht tender, and the Elfin dis patch steamer, have been to and from Osborne on al ternate days during the past week. The Ascendant conviet•ship, Surgeon Superinten dent James Stiel, M.D., arrived at Spithend on Thursday, and on Saturday she embarked an addi tional party of convicts from the Stirling Castle and York prison ships, at this pert. The Rapid, 8, Commander Diane, will go to Spithead in the Early part of this week. The Rev. R. Wilson, of the Impregnable, 104, flag ship at D. von port, will succeed the Rev. J. Kirby as chaplain of the Sheerness Dockyard ; and the Rev. Josiah Thompson, of the Monarch, will succeed Mr. Wil son i n the l a:pregn able. The Wat er l oo, 120, is being expe dit e d with 118 much dispatch at Sh eerness as that establishmen t can a ff or d, nearly two-thi r d s of employed upon her, to Chief. She is to proee get her ready far sea by the end of December Orders the whole force of the yard being last to fit her for th is to bear a lieutenant c reception of a Cummander-in edco oi were received Plymoutho f Marines ar i on s Mondayb paid d advance and complete her mplement for sea. She was forwarded from the Admiralty his commission yesterday week, officer. The appointm ent and be took up Commander Dickson entered on his duties. Captainnon •Com to mander-in-Chief in G.NNG'eudldnsemsdiathy (theaod flag captain. elect of the new the Mediterranean) paid a visit port se flag aterloo on Tuesday, and left for town on thetrhrfeollNo7 day. ship'sco i‘ m iu p n a d n y y , w o • were t e h m e us London,te mustered on Lambert, Theby Captain Ringiday,the 21st, The Fox, 42, Commodore Lamb ship. 'nand on the East India station, was c i n t r l i second in com iamond Harbour, with the Serpent, 12, Commander Luard, on the 6th ult. They were t o rema i n there until . th e first week in December, and th en sa il f or 1: men malee, where the Hermes steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourne, was expected to meet them ; they w ou ld all then sail in company for the Persian Gull ,taki ng Bombay en route. WooLwlcu, Nov. 29.—The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Edward Tatham, is to be paid off here on Tuesday next, and her Commander, Edward Tatham, is expected to commission the Fury steam - vessel im mediately after at this port. The Fury is nearly ready for sea, and a number of the crew of the Geyser have expressed their desire to serve again under Com mander Tatham in the Fury. The Havannah, 19, Captain Erskine, is daily ex= petted at Sheerness from New Zealand. Moorings have been laid down for her at Sheerness, where she is to be paid off. The Garland, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander Wylde, has returned to Dover to resume ber duties on that station. ST E T. _ D LT The Eh N e CU C IE O F ET T ur S t E C o ß fQ A te . en,, B TILE LI A N C , TIO s N AT A u G l I A D I R A N Bench have fixed upon Friday next as the day which is to decide the fate of the World in the contest be- Birch v. Sir William Somerville. The Attorney- General and Mr. Brewster, Q C., are the champions selected by the defendant to measure swords with Messrs. Keogh and Whiteside, so that there is every prospect of a war of tongues such as never raged even within the walls of an Irish Nisi Prius Court. The plot meanwhile thickens. It is stated by the Evening Mail that at the instance of the plaintiff summonses were yesterday served on Colonel Browne, Chief Commissioner of Police, the lion. Major Pon sonby, of the Viceregal household, the proprietor of the Evening Post, and Mr. Michael Staunton, col lector-general of rates and ex-proprietor of the de funct Weekly Register. The Mail also states that an intimation has been given to the solicitor of Mr. Birch, to the effect that it will be unnecessary to serve Lord Clarendon with a subpana duces tecum, as his Excellency means to attend as a witness on what ever day his presence may be necessary in court. BALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES. Mr. Baron Richards and Lis colleagues seem re solved not to rest on their oars and to show that so fur as the power rests in them there shall be no longer any just complaints of the law's delays. Yesterday three properties of cousin rable magnitude were brought under the judicial hammer, and at twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the commencement of bu siness, the court was filled widi speculators and other parties interested in the proceedings. The estates put up were respectively those of Sir George Goold, si tuate in the counties of Cork, Limerick, and Tippe rary, yielding a net rental of 3,658/. per annum ; the Miuchin estates in Tipperar . > and the King's County, yearly rental, 1,8651.; and the residue of the exten sive Galway estates of Viscount Gort, producing a net profit rent of 3,5331. The estates of Mr. Min chin, which were first put tile found little or no favour, as the biddings were either so few or so much below the actual value of the lands that the Commissioners were compelled to adjourn the sale. The Gort estates were offered in 22 lots, a great portion of which consisted of houses and public buildings iu the town of Gort. Eighteen lots, yielding a gross rental of 2,2i01., were disposed of, the sum realized being 24,500/. One of the adjourned lots included the magnificent castle and demesne of Loughcooter, for which 18,0001. was ten dered and rejected by the Court as altogether insuffi cient. The Goold estates were set up in 28 lots, and although there was no want of bidders the amount was in a great many instances far below the market value of the property, consequently but 11 of the lots found purchasers, the gross amount produced being 17,2251. on a rental of 1,154/. The sum of 4,0001. was offered and refused for the first lot of the Cork estates, which embraced the mansion and demesne of Oldcourt, the seat of the Goold family. Several other sales are fixed for this day. The estates of Mr. Bindon Scott, situate in the counties of Clare and Kerry and in the city of Lime rick (a considerable portion of which consisted of impropriate tithe rent charges), were offered for sale yesterday, and, although the competition was tolerably brisk, nearly all the heavy lots were held over for another trial, in consequence of the insufficiency of the biddings. What was disposed of produced only 3,3001., on a rental of 3911., the chief part of which was composed of tithe rent-charges. It was stated that the poor-rate on this latter frequently amounted to 55., 103., and 155. in the pound. The extensive Gal way and Mayo estates of Mr. Walter Lawrence were set up in 14 lots, 10 of which, yielding a net profit rental of about 1,6001. per annum, realised the sum of 20,550/. It was rumoured in court that some of this property was purchased in trust for " his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Tuam." The gross total BUM produced by the day's sales amounted to 23,8451. THE LATE SUDDEN DEATH AT THE BMWS... SQUARE Tau:mum—On Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden King, aged 38. James Sp encer, f oreman on platform of the station, said that l as t Wednesday more. t T h o e w n , on Mary ing deceased came on the platform to go by the seven o'clock traia to Liverpool. She was led towards the carriage, and as she appeared very weak he approached to assist her, when she sank to the earth and expired. Sarah Bircham, de ceased's landlady, said that deceased left her lodgings on Wednesday morning in a cart for the railway train, with the view of joining at Liverpool her husband, who was mate on board the Delhi. She was so anxious to prepare for her journey that she did not go to bed the preceding night. She had not for some time taken any nourishment., and she had barely sufficient money to carry her to Liverpool. Dr. Porter. of Euston- square, opened the body, which was post ema ciated. There was no food in the stomach, and she died , 111 . a fainting fit produced by ex h aust i on. A ver di c t in Bee"' ante with the medical evidence was returned. renowned HOOKEY WALKER.—The histor of the ßes, is simply " Hookey 'Walker" as related by Mr. , at Longman, Clementi, J on izera. —ngmart. this .—John Walker was an outdoor . ; I, a great number of Clementi, and Co.'s, in Cheapside, Jack,"w Spy upon their &terr in e: persons were employed; and 6. Old o.a or hooked nose, occupied the po st )1 course, it was for t h e ins lions, which were manifold. d to throw discredit upon all J who had a crooked terests of the surveillants n . heads of the rm , . however true. Jack, reports to the fabrications, reports were his evidence outvoted, that those repo was constant ly somehow or other, disbelieved ; and thus the occupa tion_and numbers could atteat of a Hookey Walker."—Notes but not the fame ceased, superseded, and of course theNG e London asT W and o L - and Queries. ' e ll cti l s t ifutea P h n gv E L D I North- Westernitsind the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway ExTitte T n h c o mpanies have begun to assume a serious aspect. Intelli gence was received in London last night, to the effect that the Shrewsbury and Birm'ngham officials had taken forcible posses sion of the station hitherto occupi e d b y the London an d North-Western Company, whose clerk s , fit t i ngs. I gc- , have been turned out. The Stour Valley branch opens on Monday, when a terrible row is anticipated.—Weekly Dispatch. . DISPATCH OF THE NORTH MAIL FROM MANS CHEsTEIL—We understand that, in consequence of a repte• sentation made to the Postmaster. General of the incorite nisnt hour at which the afternoon north mails is at present dispatched from Manchester, it has been promised that the subject shall receive early consideration. The box t h's hitherto been closed at a quarter to three o'clock, b t u t t b his week the hour has been changed to a quarter -pa en s t toward rew We hope this alteration is only the first ins some wrrangement that may afford greater jfaschester Es to the commercial public of Laneaßhire• =incr. POLISH REVOLUTIONe... ANNIVERSARY OF THZ a tairn minodatiQ ll Saturday, the 29th ult., being th .l t a W great number of refu geesPeOL en ty.first anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 183e0nd, , in commemoration of Roman Catholic Chapel, 11 8 5 resident in London _au u zd re a funeral service in the who fell in the war of that national those of their countrymen S struggle. -! 411