The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-29 00:00:00

DAY• ) ;ht breei '' 1 light -- Sid. tra• ; - Africa aiiy Sb Litutionel Ale • or. . I. Trans , Benv ch SOI se,ilia. straad.“ part been ate • getitivtg the Gc ° have 14' the g un?! scharga g ire, dittt , f s u ndel lovelrn', N., long' Virgin /1i bec. Std. g aid ad. Ber• „d e r, St. v New rd. 31 "' meow* from 13 / 1 !4tb, ril., ,tettin tO )u lna over el h g:i day P d W Pro' ~e . gor- LIP a the d a? " ded Into NS --. on, Wil 1, or ictOil i P a r ! 41 , rataaleA' i;toPe ro go t, rio• .3 from ) A ss O a ° bukll°- fl ° o nr. 1,05" too s . - $ 3 6 3 16 5 , io o-' • 2' d 6 1 0 6 ly be l a of. WO' N e i ) 1 ; t° it ii i )ifj 4 o 411 : 0 07 13 b 4 1 I)/ d , 1 poi P oe so o t I 10 0 . 1, 30 ) 3 1 0 s EI 4 0(1 '9 V, ( 8- 31 00 L 4b l 'e suaut 3rtALLOW.—Tho ma !ltet conticues dull, P.Y.C. being be27B per cwr, on the spot. EEN Fnurr —Tho 'nutlet continues good. The Li, - h e r"P Oranges is being received from Terceir,7e, and Soya.. A earg:O of the latter off red at 1[ 3 4 ; 11 0 sale by lizAint., and Hunt, was bought in nt t,'Bub'equcntly taken privately tho trade. The ac : 0: 44t8 fr " , the Azorvs via Lislion, colifirca the scarcity c de er in thL.t quarter. ' The price of Chestnuts 18 snPresW owig to the large arrivals of lwe. Black e e r i ttnis h Nuts sustain their price. A cargo of new bar °44 Per Viper is to hand, price not fixed as yet. (11: 441:I EEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) gs at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Lord CaziPBELL and a einal/103 Jury.) Thi s 'WARNER V. CRAMP. as ' r a running (1,)wo" case. th e „; erg , aut Wilki ns an d Ir. Lush were counsel for a andltifft and the d e f en d ant was represente d b y M r . Mr. Wordsworth. ? Nil e Piamtiff, Ur. Frederick warner, is a publican, Gape` at Bridgehill, Herefordshire; and the defend an t , ‘t St. ( ,%ramp, is a coal-dealer, living in litstre t e 4 414 ; d . • It appeared that about seven o'clockon i g et the fish September last, the plaintiff f_ one Le nd Tho ers ward Ward were travelling in a spring-cart t row " ) ? to Bridgehiil, when, on reaching a place called V*Jliel wells, On Finchley common, they met . several driv:es returning from Barnet fair, one of which was wid e ll bY the defendant. The road was about 30 feet ; ,'t the plaintiff vtas driving his cart on the d efend s of the road, about two feet from the edge. goi n !'endant was in the act of passing some carts ears pto the same direction as he, and whilst doing so Was Was ° II I of that of the plaintiff, and the consequence th l'ust the plaintiff was thrown violently on his head able to ad, and sustained such injury that he was uo tiet attend to his 'business for several weeks, and was RIP let W holly recovered. These facts having been ) e p ev'd w once, ea r ' , 01 thswoaTa, for the defence, stated . that that of th e t he defendant, which was much heavier than ' , j ai° 1 13 , i _ n tiff, was coming up hill at the time the col geeller:e°4 place, and that five persons were riding in it. 4 14 ii7 en ded, therefore, that it was scarcely hearse-1 tlic e ;" ° accident could have occurred through 14 • e of the defendant, as had been alleged by the Th e apppoet 44e L a rnel Counsel having called witn es s es t o .14 V . tnis statement, and Mr. Sergeant WILKINS /4 14 0 °t ePliF d, Th: ~, 45,trziELL summed up the case, and matespsi? found a verdict for the plaintiff, da- Ili EDWARDS V. TAYLOR. . Le ' , hi - NS an action to recover compensation for an k r. rd excessive distress. . teae s h u ala was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ser ge It t k e - eo and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. 'Et th housedPPeare that on the 17th April last the defendant the „e, N. Ed,plac, Edg re-road, to the rr i L ai utiff. Mr. wards, the plainth e r, w a a greed o w_ . it a h farl'erOant, Mr. Taylor, to pay a rent of : vas OP the house; and half a quarter's . rentn given. ,Ati et , l) ,, 4i ci ia advance ' and immediate possession Lett ~Zaetnent to that effect was afterwards fawn up, P4ee m e r signed. It was subsequently ed that the re t - w ag to pay his rent quarterly; a ag h re lfuarter's a defendant before Midsummer was paid by him to the t4 at t e,Pess ession was given; and it was further agreed e half. " Plaintiff was to allow the defendant half of es tiii4t er'e rent paid by the lodgers in the house. ,411.1.1.tia.srtua being settled, thr . ough the me iu . „ of Ne h 0i 7 . 1. a house agent, the plaintiff took possession % tlii t : se • Oe the sth of August last to efondantcaused 4,' ' e ss to be made on the plaintiff's furniture for The4,(l9rter's rent due on the 24th of July preceding. 151 e 1) ( 1 41/Int ie paid the money, and the distress r w e a c s bv r e e ; dek a .; but the present action was brought t Ne' , on the ground that that was an illegal () and ) 4 , tae distress. fehtir*Sergeant SREE contended, on the part of the de (l,n4,4t, that the plaintiff had agreed to pay . the clefweans '4 sen t qua t 1 , and that being so, the distress le, _ 4 rer 3., ' 4 a d justifiable. s, t lvite e „ was called, who produced a receipt given t kei e o li t t Psid by the plaintiff to the defendant, and which to`rciexPressed the rent to be due qua . rterly. *as an elouetzu. told the jury he did not see there titiii 1 evidence to enable them to come to the c_o . n e . def e Z that this action was properly defended. The th o 24 ant distreined on the sth August, for ren . t due . la ilf the -ih . : a nlY, and he must make out to the satisfactio hee e , ery, that there had been a tenancy of Edwards Illattha,, whereby the rent was payable quarterly, and 6' l t , - e ten ancy existed on the 24th July, when the ren d - alue fi b li4 stti to become due. It seemed to him (Lor *, t ee ell) that the evidence went to show that the rent tlis t t to be paid quarterly and if that were so,. ta d ,utozia e,..sosircEr.ay.s ilwliethgal, and the plaintiff would be entitle , Th e . 'Lt. . kag eb a, out hesitation, found for the plaintiff— ,L, 4 zt 7s, (Sit,4''kett EQUE R.—(T HIS DAY.) 1444 at Ni ‘i Prins, at Westminster, before the LORD Cut Ep BARON and a Special Jury.) The 0 ATT ORNEY-GENERAL V. ALLEN.. (114 ati lt, YiEt9 occupied during the morning in trying t i eY ' ea et:., , "l ° '° }l was an information filed by the A su tt i o p r . - uoiler, et-fesk, a gainst Charles Francis Allen, a . 1 1) he eXc i - s - ela r e. ight . e n, to recover penalties for infringing d!,ri:lvottilldietrhia.l of " lc regard to the mand . facture of soap, t" consider" as :alleged the revenue haa been defrauded e,tble sum of money. the !case, the particulars of which w were tiiio °f an general interest, was likely to last until the g of the Court. Cki, (@ '‘JrIINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) 114 for OLD COURT. P o (:' Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Baron M ARTIN. ) itlit -11 %Y.—George Harcourt, who was tried and suit d , ,s on Wednesday, on a charge of forgery preferr . ed 4 te i st him by the Whithaven and Furness Junction for k ",,Ny Company, was again indicted this morning tOliar offence, but having reference to a different tketion. tow't Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Parnell, appeared ill;,,ta Prosecution; cud Mr. Ballantine, with Mr. Ulla k tt i ,tio, for the defendant. 149: CLeRIESON stated the case. In the month of June,. k te 4 , a Manufacturer, named Simpson, carrying onbut_sie lka M anchester, was the holder of fifty shares in h n e h key s _ avail and Furness Junction Railway Com :Net ° Port which calls were due to Mr.the e l 'itee, e of 1001. on the 20th of June. ,4i1.41 remitted the half of a 1004 Bank of 1,1/41,11.titTleote to the company, which was acknowledged '4l ,eYer, the secretary of company, and on te hisallele'' irtlPson forwarded t e l second half of the note,_ NS acknowled ed on behalf of Mr. Meyer by his illisoner h g ' torerk. , i .w o was engaged in the compans's office as ~ . INow this 100/. was the subject-matter . of the ,7 4 t it,:" to be tried in this case. By a receipt, which toreekBented to r ep -' the hateriting of the . prisoner, the 100/. was t ape r e ' ' Junction t 4 ,11 C'ornp uy n tor been received by the London Joint but the money lt o4 on ac c co l u m nt a o u f y t , he Whitehaven and tri4s i ached the h ands of the bankers; and it woutd tee' rat by evidence that ° the note was changed by the p , lat the Be Manchegland on the very day that it I t' t) nOt:-ve4 from ster. It would be proved that ,f tie , indorsed by the prisoner, and several c c 't e m t e- n()tett which were given in change had been i the o te e _ r . i. 14t]ll' itt r cl l .:7? oiler. The prisoner was charged under ~ wilictuoistances with having forged a receipt for which . l 'as received from Mr. Simpson on the 24th 4*es --, tB4B t t %N o , ~.. for the calls due on his snares. lee eNtee m g e n-nos, secretary to the company, was tht I)teelee j e4 led. lie produced two letters dated u 2 o o tu th . llayf e s -Theetzne, 1 849, and the cash-book of theu_ the ,e,,,e4eet ~;( 3 was no entry in the cash-book f_ o _ ';' 4 4i: I° ° l * front Mr. Simpson, in the month f bes h 'ta,, e„, 11 4 '4 Ati ll/ill ed by Mr. BALLANTINE —Since by e 1 3: 3 v Ii r d . feot:Ythee office the cash-book had been kept 14elsetitahaftee"ntant, and he made up the cash-book ~ 4h'"Niri-tiller'S book. The 1001. in question had ~ per, - an NI,. N late account which had been sent into Mr. ttloqa ,Th:.becretary, as due from him to the com %le4 ItitZyrlSener was given into custody ab ut three i'. 4 de t C' that account was sent in. et4t,'.1 . 44 Meyer had since N.vg n ha y ~,t h ,t • ad, clerk to Mr. Simpson, of Manchester, - " 4 tel ) ga tw o ltl , aline last year he forwarded to th kkt l 'thi l a oulves of a 1001. Bank of England note, the l e ,:ae‘ i ' 30 4, and received the two letters produced, Th; t4 , 4 er," tacir receipt. The date of the note was thd i:e lett.„ - "all', 1849 ."j i b it:ell wer e i , i ll which the two halves were enclosed, "Oio i q_tp,, 1 gat‘ed 21st and 22d of June respectively, d tk kr wlerodee......ett°ra acknowledging their receipt, an 1 4` 1:- --- " ei l (/' 'it .....Q iek , 22 . 4 and 23d of June, were j h ui e u r t e s r t e u a u d k . h kk f ,t %v. v . a clerk in the London. of e l , t 'lle' r , fie We h ot i ' l % Shadbolt was a director the hoiCa a`ecl, b ut he know the handwriting of the receipt not tin -- 4e couldstate positively that it was h ti ; gof „ ktl f ,h4 ll the b; 11 , • Y °cc now engaged or who had been e.n -‘, et e -fle The money referred to in the receipt tlet y ° l ll., x reached the bank tt4li°„49lo4ee ItettirailapetttYs engaged t te it .... BALLANTINE—It was the h ad 'ecnint. It g what edimin impossible e ibl b e an t k o to receive 9 01 t r ti t i b Damesaitr.oo:lere, that ap w p a e s areci p at the bottom of the 15 4 E. k et I anew from the books that the money i t lit ,ticul e lleed ri t' in. The books were . not there, but he Ver se 4 le e , etc, and although he did not find this 'hi ti ,', g, -", 4' entered, there were sums much larger , tt.`44,,),"4/ng been received on account of the ,`litn* %Va. an Furness Jnnction Railway Company. 1; 1 .e r:1,4,9,14,. Bailey, the accountant of the railway ,lie ise tu 4 in the office some short time before iik lv e i te.l le ft, and had some opportunities . of seeing es t ~,ey the ...e letters produced and the receipt fertile I th,•"'„' th e ,1-.olldon Joint Stock Bank, with the excep titili'g of 61ktiauree he believed to be in the hand -4 'i, VIIQ • "tvlt of tn . prisoner. H e had gone through the 4 1 I,OCt (48set"4 10 0 , ' e rai lway company, and found no e n t r y ) 14teri0;441i11.1e11--Could not tell to what extent Mr. i‘ 4 tl o°l4' ~7 oefaniter to the company, but up to a cer teroo/.. bug defalcations amounted to between 7001. kr or co.' 4 " did not know whether Meyer was re k4 4, - . liixnected with any of the directors. h„ %r-E' q - t 1 44 1 , (1- B. Bailey,a clerk in the accountant's 'hi .4 1, 93 l t 4 f5 -In k of England, produced the note num }ll,ll,l- 412 1 : and dated the 18th of January, 1849. It ' l at garel; o ,ua-ok of it the eof G. Harcourt, Guild- Fe l b Jac Juh-'B* That note "In s changed at the Bank on '" utill one, 1849 ' A was numbered 4,653, ti kt :ll 4t . il / 4 /, a, t,401. note, dated to Y. 1849 -12°te' numbered 8,537, dated 7th lo M Ntle - e. , a 5/. note numbered ...,, 36,896,,1:1::, ol d O t 16,11; .w.YS thuizspe ittid. if si Pol. ',P.2.1,6ru,Ze 4,t. '73insdnielln)-. Eriieul4haneP i'Vrji- ...'t i ' +'ll' 4. h 1 1 4 1) IY : ft) k .th , e ir 50 /. nolo came baele l7 4lll_ll 4 rf i.fie, i #o . ) tir, t'‘lt' 4-' 4 7 19'1 1311 " a d katt§ecf s lei thine TOT..' e l i me t 1 t 1 r te 4441 411,:1 - ( 1 8 an dftekt *ht. ; ihi , ieutiati:' , ` see e , i _:' kg uf. Th e 4ll.ehattlberB " There war -no tAltrt n. n . 11 _- . le 4O/, orb". bteek'en" the'3ota er a ~,,, - —*" W 44 el'ettßL:Wityliirt" Orli rftYligi S Stock Exchange;" aead'the two 51. notes 'were, paid in again en the 6th of July, 1849. Mr. Bailey, the' ccountent to the railway company, was recalled to identity the handwriting of the prisoner, on the back of the 1001. and 54 notes. Mr. Robert Henry Knight stated that he was a clerk in the employ of Siessrs. ltoy and Co., the solicitors to the railway cornperiy, and had had frequent oppor tunities of becoming acquainted wife the prisoner's handwriting. The names at the back of the notes pro duced were in his handwriting, as also the entries in the company's cash-book. Mr. William Henry Smith, a surgeon, practising at Peckhem Rye, stated that he attended the prisoner while he lived at Mr. Neylor's. On the 14th of August, 1849, the prisoner gave him a 10/. note, and the following day he paid an account of 271, 19s. to his brother-in-law, sending as part of the ametnat the 101. • note he had received from the prisoner. Cross-examined—He had known the prisoner for thirteen or fourteen years, and during that time he had borne an excellent character. His father had retired from the East Incte. Company's service. Mr. Samuel Neal Driver, a solicitor, stated that lie received 271. 19s. in August last from his brother-in-law, the last witness, which included a 101. note, and he paid the same money over to Mr. Pooley on the same. day. Mr. Dooley, the collector to the Mercer's Company, stated that he received the 27/. 19s. from the last witness and paid it into the Union Bank to the account of Mr. Ovey. The 10/. note produced, numbered 58,271, torzeed part of this money. Mr. Cowley, of the Dr. Butler's Heal Tavern, in the City, stated that he changed a Si. note for the prisoner, upon which he wrote the name of " Harcourt. ' The note produced, numbered 52,962, was that note. Several other witnesses were called to prove that they had received some of the notes from the prisoner which had been given to him at the bank inchange for the 1001. and 501. notes. Mr. A. C. Wilson, a clerk in the service of Mr. Simp son of Manchester, stated that on the 19th of December, 1848, he enclosed to the secretary of the %Vhitehaven and Furness Junction Railway the half of a Bank note, numbered 93,331, dated the 23d of February, 1848, and on receiving an acknowledgment for it from Mr. Mayer he forwarded the other half. Mr. Bailey, the accountant of the railway company, identified the handwriting of the prisoner in the letter acknowledging the receipt of the money, and in the re ceipt purporting to have come from the London Joint- Stock Bank, and representing that they had received the 501. on account of the railway company. Similar evidence to that given in reference to the 1001. was produced, with the view of tracing the receipt and disposal of the note to the prisoner. It was paid tutu the Bank of England across the counter, and was endorsed " J. Mayer, 1, Guildhall-chambers." Some of the notes given in change were traced to the prisoner, and bore his endorsement. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the de fence, contending that the money came fairly into the prisoner's hands, and that the real culprit was Mayer, the absconded secretary. It was suggested by the Learned Gentleman that the prisoner received the two notes from Mayer, and changed them at the Bank in the course of his business. He had been the deputy of Mayer, who had had the whole and sole con trol of the.company's affairs, and it was not unreasonatle to believe that he was sent by him to obtain change fir ale notes. In fact, it was proved by one of the wit ❑esses for the prosecution that he was in the habit of frequently coming to him to get notes changed for the company or his employers, and it was just possible, nay it was higbly probable, that Mayer had made use of him ,to V pat these two notes into circula tion. With regard to the two notes—the 51. and the 101.—which had been traced to him, through a surgeon and a publican, it was insisted by the Learned Counsel that it was not at all inconsistent to suppose that they were paid to him as part of his salary. They were, indeed, paid away by him at periods immediately tol;owing the time when his half-year's salary must have become due, and no sensible m an could resist, the conclusion that they reached him in part pay ment of his wages. The prosecution would ne v e r have Leer] heard of had the prisoner abstained from making certain disclosures to The directors in ref,Tence to some gross mismanagement of the company's business; but he brill committed himself so tar, and now he was called upon to answer for the mslversatious of his superior. The ury, however, stood between him and his persecutors, and his friends earnestly hoped that they would resist this attempt to make the prisoner responsible for Mayer's wiscunduCt. Mr. Baron MARTIN, in summing up the evidence, told the jury that the facts were not disputed, and all they had to decide was simply, not whether the prisoner had forged the spurious rec&ints which had been prodaced in the course of the trial, but whether he had uttered hem km,wing them to have been forged, or had been concerned in uttering them, with a guilty knowledge of their illegality. - The jury retired to consider their decision, and after an absence of about three-quarters of: an hour they re turned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty. The other charges eg4inst the prisoner were aban doned, and he was discharged. KEW COURT. (B.fore the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman SALOMONS.) Win. Hicks, SO, described in the calendar as a smith, was convicted of a burglary in the dwelling-house of Peter Thorn, with intent to steal therein. Upon the inquiry being made whether the prisoner was known or had been before convicted, it was stated by ono of the officers of the court that ;he had been tried with several others in 1848 for burglary, but was acquitted. The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said he was deter mined to do all in his power to put a check upon bur glaries by severe sentences. It was impossible to sup- pose that any good could be done with the prisoner in this country, and he should therefore sentence him to seven years' transportation. The, prisoner left the dock with the utmost nonchalance. STEALING Sr A. SERVANT.—EIIen Broadbent, 2G, was indicted for stealing trom her mistress, a lady of the name of MacArthur, residing ut Woolwich, a variety of property. consistin g of towels and other things, of the value of 81.; and Mary Murray, 30, a married woman, was indicted for receiving the same property, well know ing it to be stolen. Broadbent pleaded guilty, and Murray denied the charge. Mi. Robinson conducted the prosecution against Murray, and Mr. Parry defended. From the statements of counsel, and the evidence ad duced, it appeared that the prisoner Broadbent had been in the service of Mrs. MacArthur for about six months, and during that time bad robbed her of several articles of property. A short time since, being pregnant, she was going to leave her situation and reside with the prisoner Murray till after her confinement. Upon the day that Broadbent left Mrs. MacArthur the prisoner Murray was there, and she carried away one of the bandboxes belonging to the prisoner, which was corded, and took it to her house. Shortly after Broad bent left the robbery was discovered, and when the police went to the house of Murray to search after the stolen property a bandbox that was in the room was claimed by Ve prisoner Murray as her own. This box contained part of the stolen property. The prisoner Murray said she stated the box was hers to screen Broadbent. Mr. PARRY addressed the jury at some length for the prisoner Murray, contending that all her acts showed that she did nut remove the box with a guilty know ledge that the property contained in it was stolen. A great number of witnesses gave the prisoner Mur ray a most excellent character, many of whom had known her for more than twelve years. The RECORDER summed up; and The jury, after a short consultation, Acquitted the prisoner. The RECORDER stated that he entirely agreed with the verdict of the jury, believing that the prisoner Murray had said the box was hers to screen Broadbent, the other prisoner, He begged of Murray, and all per sons in her situation, for God's sake, to recollect that there was nothing like speaking the truth. He believed it all would adhere to truth there would not be half the crime in the world there was at present. The prisoner Murray was then discharged. The RECORDER respited the sentence on Broadbent, who it appeared came from Carlisle, to next sessions. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This morning William Stewart Sheridan, aged 36 years, formerly a clerk in the Excise, and who is related to the celebrated author of that name, was charged before Mr. Jardine with sending threatening letters to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, about two years since, was charged with the wilful murder of his mother, who resided in Hackney, by poisoning her with arsenic, when the jury ultimately returned a ver dict of wilful murder; but after a long investigation at the Central Criminal Court, the prisoner was acquitted by the jury. The prisoner at that time held a situation as clerk in the Excise department, and, according to the regulations of the board, if any servant is absent without permission 24 hours, he is superseded. This was done on this occasion, and after a careful consideration of the board, they determined upon not re instating him. He had since memorialised the Lords of the Treasury for the restoration of his situation, but without any suc , _.ess. On the 20th inst. the prisoner sent a letter to Lord John Russell, in which he stated that he had been unjustly deprived of his, situation, and un less he was reinstated, it might lead to serious conse quences. The witnesses were of opinion that unless the prisoner was in some way secured that be would com mit some bodily harm upon the Prime Minister. Mr. W. Pendegrast, a clerk in the Court of Inland Revenue, proved the handwriting of the prisoner. The prisoner admitted that he had sent the letter, but he never intended to do any berm to his Lordship. He was related to the celebrated author of his name, and he had obtained his situation in the Excise through the in terest of Lord Rutland. Ile was honourably acquitted by the jury of the charge preferred against him, and which lost him his situation. Mr. JARDINE read the letter, and said such language was likely to cause alarm, and he should order him to find two good sureties in 50/. each, and to be bound in himself in 1001., to keep the peace and be of good beha viour for the next six months. The prisoner was locked up in default. M ItiLW A_ -110'-STI-tEET.—(THIS DAY.) ASSALrLTING A POLICE CONSTABLE.--•lVililanz Vesey Alio, placed at the bar, before Mr. liardweir, charged ,witbut,e'ing drunk, and 'assaulting Policema n; 135 F. Is T impearaed that irl c ots M lqi . ? on 'duty in 02c . tprcr'i , tf4t;`,Sy ..1 0:• 11 0. timplous: t1,r11,...0ri§.f.,e1,',k,c(h0..-wa,3 44y tIO,F, t , , 00 4 i.outlika; Oiob '.naort.f:thali peroomi..; Th conEtabit! went up to the pyisonqr .00d,Kcqueatocl leavii; which he, with ari oath, r*qtcci tp AoilLud LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 185 q. on his trying to remove him he (prisoner) struck him several times, and knocked - him down. The prisoner . was then secured and taken to th station. The prisoner, who denied 01l knowledge of the offence, was committed for twenty-one days to the House - o? Correction. SUSPECTED ROBBER.Y.—Peter Murphy was charged be!ore Vir. Hardwick on suspicion of stealing a glass ca.m containing a large number of gold and silver pencil clses from . the shop of Mr. Kitz, watchmaker and jeweller, No. 223, Regent -street. Mrs. Kitz, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that on• tho evening of last Saturday week the prisoner came into the shop and asked if a tailor by the name of Baden resided there. She replied in the negative, and referred him to a tailor's shop close by. He then left the shop, and in a few minutes he returned again, and said he hart made a m i s t a k e i n th e name . He then lingered about the shop for a few minutes, when be abruptly left., and in about an hour after she missed from the counter a glass-case containing about a hundred gold and silver pencil-cases, and as the prisoner was the only person who had entered the shop she suspected him to be the thief, and accordingly gave in form•aion, with a descinption of the prisoner, to the police. Mount, 73 C, said tha.t from information he received he went last night to Princes-street, Drury-lane, where be saw the prisoner, and having told him what he was charged with, took bim into custody. At the door of the prisoner's room he found the portion of a glass case which had been identified by the prosecuter as his pro perty. None of the pencil-cases had been found, but if the prisoner was remanded he thought he should be able to trace the property. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next. COURT CIACCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 28. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. Lord John Russell, the Earl and Countess Grey, and Lady Alice Latnbton, are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lord John Russell, the Earl and Countess Grey and Lady Alice Lawbton, the Right Hon. Henry La bouchere, his Excellency Lieut.-General Radowitz, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended during dinner on Wednesday, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Espagnolio" Waltz, on Airs from " Le Prophete" Selection, " Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer. Quadrille Hungarian ..... , Polka, " Rosa" The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Lichstenstein" Marche, Chceur, Duo, " Le Songe d'un Wait d'Ete" Adagio and Allegro Vivace, Sinfonia No. 4. Beethoven. Mr. Richard Jones had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office, to present an address to the Queen, from St. Barnabas, South Kennington. Lord John Russell left his residence in Richmond Park yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Rev. William Goode had an interview yester day with Sir George Grey. Mr. E. V. Sidtbottam had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office. LITERATURE. A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON NERVOUS AFFECTIONS; the Result of an Extensive Experience in the Treatment of Nervous Disorders. With some Remarks on the Use and Abuse of Hydropathy. By Richard Dawson, 6-0. 6-c. SECOND NOTICE.] We are much pleased with the sensible observations of Dr. Dawson on the use and abuse of Hydropathy. There can be no doubt but that in many cases the hydropathic treatment is invaluable ; but there is no universal remedy, and hydropathy has certainly suf fered much from its injudicious and over-zealous friends, who, with the enthusiasm which is natural to ignorance, represent it as capable of performing that which no single remedy ever can perform. The ap preciation of hydropathy by Dr. Dawson is the soundest we have yet seen. After minutely describ ing the hydropathic treatment, he thus proceeds— "l have nu hesitation in saying that if there be or ganic derangement of the structure of the vital organs, that hydropathic treatment, carried to its full extent, will prove eeeidedly injurious. " Every physiologist is ago are that on the application of cold water to the ,kin, the blood immediately for sakes the surface and is accumulated in the internal or gans, leaving the skin pale, blanched and cold. The accumulated blood acts as an irritant to the internal viscera, and is by them repelled and sent back again to the surface, giving rise to what is termed reaction, which is attended with that well-known pleasurable sensation, a glow. If any of the internal organs should be seri ously diseased, the sudden internal rush of blood never fails to do mischief'. I was personally acquainted with a gentleman suffering from tubercles who was admitted into an hydropathic establishment. The system was immediately put in operation, bat the first cold plunge brought on a severe attack of bleeding from the lungs, from which he never perfectly re covered. "I have seen numerous instances of patients, in whom there was a decided tendency to consumption, greatly injured by the hydropathic plan, and I have at this moment a gentleman under my care, suffering from organic disease of the kidneys, which was greatly aggravated by sitting in the cold hip bath for half an hour night and morning, on the recommendation of an hydropathist." But while thus drawing attention to the circum stances under which the adoption of the hydropathic plan must aggravate instead of curing disease, Dr. Dawson, unlike too many of his professional brethren, who censure every species of novelty indiscriminately, merely because it is a novelty, pays honour where honour is due, and awards to hydropathy its merits as a most valuable remedy in certain cases. He says : "Hydropathy, I am satisfied, will prove a valuable auxiliary in the treatment of disease, provided the cases for its adoption be selected with due care and discrimi nation. I have personally witnessed many instances of cure under the treatment; instances too of disease, which had for a long time resisted the most persevering application of all other means. I refer more especially to rheumatic affections. In alluding to the case in which it proved injurious, and to the one in which it promised too much, I by no means wish it to be inferred that hydropathy is the only system in which we are doomed to experience disappointment and failure. It being my endeavour to select only that which is good and useful, regardless of its source, and condemn that which experience has teught to be either dangerous or inefficient." In the treatment of nervous diseases, as indeed in the treatment of every other disease, success depends upon searching out, and, if possible, removing the cause, and to this discovery of the causes of the diffe rent species of anomalous diseases which are all classed together under the general term nervous, Dr. Dawson has devoted much time and attention, and with the most successful results. Dr. Dawson says : " Very few patients labouring even under the same disease suffer exactly alike; and many of th e l ea di ng symptoms a r e o ft en modified, and frequently absent. " As a means of facilitating diagnosis or discrimina tion of disease, I wish most strongly to ioculcate the necessity of analysing the urine; and I feel satisfied from very extensive experience, that if this were more generally attended to, that diversity of opinion, which now so unhappily prevails, would no longer exist; nor should we be so frequently taunted by our patients with the reproach----' when doctors differ who is to decide?' " The Doctor relates several cases, in which, by atten tion to the correction of the state of the urinary se cretion, the disordered state of which he bad ascer tained from analysis, he has succeeded in curing, or in greatly alleviating, the sufferings of many nervous patients in whom the symptoms had simulated all the symptoms of disease of the heart, and who had been treated as suffering from heart complaint, it need scarcely be added unsuccessfully, until they came under Dr. Dawson's care; who, having by analysis of the urinal secretion ascertained the real cause of the disease, proceeded to treat the patient therefor ; and as the disease in the kidneys gradually disappeared under the treatment, so also did the palpitations of the heart and the difficulty of breathing, which were merely symptomatic of it. Nervous irritation fre quently simulates every variety of disease ; in one case related by Dr. Dawson it assumed the form of paralysis of the right side, which, however, was im mediately relieved by the administration of an emetic and a brisk purgative, the apparent paralysi s b e i ng the result of a disordered stomach acting upon a highly nervous and excitable system. The following case, the history of which was detailed to Dr. Daw son by the father of the patient, will show how abso lutely necessary it is in all cases to consider the tem perament of the patient, and not to ignore the exist ence of the nerves, and what mischief must ensue if proper attention be not paid to the state of the nervous system by the practitioner. "My daughter, when a child, was perfectly healthy; her early education was superintended at Brighton, where she had the advantage of sea air; it was finished at Kensington, where the soil is gravelly and the at mosphere pure. At the age of seventeen she left for the Continent, where she enjoyed good health for some time. Being partial to horse exercise, she rode out a good deal. On one of these occasions Lady M—'s horse took fright, and my daughter's became un manageable. It plunged int o t h e sea, and she got wet, and had to ride some distance in her wet clothes. It was afterwards ascertained, that her maid had not taken the necessary precautions to prevent her mistress taking cold. "During the evening she complained of severe pain in her side, from which she continued to suffer. A physician considered it to arise from inflammation of the liver, and mercury was rubbed on the skin, and blue pill taken internally, until severe salivation was pro duced, but without any relief to the pain in the side. Blisters, leeches, and Croton oil were resorted to ertthis consulted,yo u all ng olfadwyhom was ap pear severe purging was th en ordered; but still the pain continued." b plr o ea u arr r i i ot n ou g sh it av n e d ecrsomedo physiciansnsiavederteh organic disease. She continued under medical treatment for nearly three years, and at the end of that period seemed to all appearance decidedly worse. We give the conclusion of the case in the words of Dr. Dawson : " After careful inquiry into all the circumstances, and a most strict examination, I felt satisfied that there was no evidence of the presence of organic disease. That most of the misery and suffering complained of was oc casioned by a morbid excitement kept up in the system the lady being of the nervous temperament, the accident on horseback was well calculated to bring o n consider able nervous derangem en t ; which t h e sev ere salivation, blistering, leechi ng, confinement to h er room , together with the severe p urg i ng, were not likely t o allay. I question if a pe rson of the strongest constitu tion could endure, with i mpun i ty, such a sever e disci pline; and continue to take medicine daily, for three years, without occasioning considerable nervous disorder. " The mucous lining of the alimentary canal was, in this case, in a state of great irritation, and poured out large qualities of mucous. This lat once endeavoured to correct by a light, un i rr i tat i ng. nutrit i ous diet; warm baths, friction of th e s ki n, &c. The patient having been con much accustomed to th e use o f op i ates , I sid, rit advisabl e t o l eave them off a ll a t once. They were, however, s p ee dily di scont i nue d ; and a gentle • ad an gal vanic current ordered i n th e ir stead, which n extraordinary effect in soothing the system and promot ing sleep. " It would b e tedious• to go through the whole detailentdihdav not in of the tre a t ment; i t may, t h ere fore, be sufficient to say that the p r i nc i p l es i ncu l cate d i n this treatise were fully carried out, an d t h e patient perfectly recovered; and . ued to enjoy has, during th e last two years, continued ex cellent health." We cordially recommend this most valuable work to the attentive study of the profession and the public, satisfied (t o we the conc luding words of Dr. Daw son) " that the study of the temperaments, a more strict inquiry into the nature of nervous affections, and a more rigid investigation into the causes of dis ease would tend much to relieve many of those dis tressing cases of nervous disorder which so constantly come under the care of the physician. ' Temptations are a file which rubs off much of the rust of self-confidence.—Eliza Cook's Journal. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.--A general meeting of the board of directors of this instution was held yesterday afternoon, at the board-room of the hospital, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The Rev. Mr. Fisk in the chair. The secretary read the half-yearly report, from which it ap peared that at the date of the last report there were 100 patients in the hospital, and that since then 668 patients had been admitted—making a total of 768. Of these, 527 had been discharged cured or relieved, 7 as incurable, 9 for dis orderly conduct, 75 had died, and there remained 105 patients in the hospital. Relief bad been administered to 12,781 out door patients, and 287 poor married women bad been attended during confinement. The outstanding claims against the hospital amounted to 7041., to meet which, and to carry on the current expenses, they had 7401. Having concluded the report, the secretary said that he had very great pleasure in announcing to the board that the rev. chairman had generously volunteered to contribute a further sum of 1001. towards the current expenses.—(Great ap plause.) At the request of the meeting Mr. Cunningham stated, in reference to-the state of the building fund, that the amount of the subscriptions received was upwards of 3 3,0001., but from the very high price of land in the neighbourhood, and the difficulty they experienca in treating with some of :the ptopripters, he old not etippose that the propoed build ing cOld be erected under x0,0001.' Some of. their difficulties, he hoed, *mild be Veznoved' by an Act' of Parliament, for meant wa tos accorded apply in t o tthhee chairman,nex tsession. d A t h e cordial vote U" o f thanks l e s meet ing separated. CE2VSUS OF TILE POPULATION, 1851 The following is the form of the schedule (issued by the authority of the Registrar-General, and ap proved of by Sir George Grey) that will be left with each householder, in which he is to insert the particu lars specified, respe , zting all the persons who may sleep or abide in his house on the night of the 30th March next. The paper will be called for on Monday, March 31, by the appointed officer, and persons who refuse to give correct information incur a penalty of five pounds ; besides the inconvenience and annoyance of appearing before two justices of the peace, and being convicted of having made a wilful misstatement of age, or of any of the other particulars. The return is required to enable the Secretary of State to complete the census; which is to show the number of the population—their arrangement by ages and families in different ranks, professions, employ ments, and trades—their distribution over the country in villages, towns, and cities—their increase and pro gress in the last ten years. GENERA INSTRUCTIONS. The schedule is to be filled up by the occupier or per son in charge of the house; if the house is let or sub-let to different persons or families, in separate stories or apartments, the occupier or person in charge of each such story or apartment must make a separate return for his portion of the house upon a separate householder's schedule. LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY, OF VISITORS, AND OF SERVANTS, WHO SLEPT OR ABODE IN THIS HOUSE ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH. No Person absent on the night of March 30th to be entered. Write after the Name of the cl Head of the Family, the g Names of his Wife, Children, and others of the same Sur name; then Visitors, Ser vants, &c. P..! State whether Wife, Son, I Daughter, or other Relative, r.* Visitor, or Servant. !,1 Write "Married," " Widower," " Widow," or "Unmarried," g, against the Names of all Per- 14 sons except Young Children. • Write "M" against Males, and ga I " F" against Females. For Infants under One Year, V state the Age in Months, writing " Under 1 Month: , n "1 Month," "2Months,"&e. k 45 (Before filling in this C o l umn, I 0 2 you are requested to read the Instructions on the other I ›. side.) Opposite the Names of those born in England, write the County, or Town, or Parish. If born iu Scotland, Ireland, the British Colonies, the East Indies, or in Foreign Parts, state the Country : in the last case, if a British subject, add "British subject." Write "Deaf and Dumb," or " Blind,"opposite the Name of the Person. t7l The foregoing is a true Return concerning all the Members of this Family. Witness my hand, INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE COLUMN HEADED " RANK, PROFESSION, OR OCCUPATION." The superior titles of peers and other persons of rank to be inserted, as well es any high office which they may hold. Magistrates, aldermen, and other important public officers to state their profession after their official title. Army, Navy. and Civil Service.—Add after the rank, " army," " artillery," " royal navy," " marines," " East India Company's service," as the case may be—distin guishing those on half-pay. Persons in the civil service to state the department to which they are attached, att-•r their title or rank; those on the superannuated list to be so distinguished. Chelsea; Greenwich, and other pen sioners, to be clearly designated. Clergymen of the Church of England to return them selves as " Rector of —," " Vicar of —," " Curate of —," &a., or as not having cure of souls. They are requested not to employ the indefinite term " clerk." Presbyterian ministers and Roman Catholic priests to return themselves as such, and to state the name of the church or chapel in which they officiate. Dissenting ministers to return themselves as "Independent minister of Chapel," " Baptist minister of Chapel," &c. Local or occasional preachers must return their ordinary occupations. Legal Profession.—Barristers, to state whether or not in actual practice; officers of any court, &c., to state the description of office and name of court. The desig nation " attorney" or " solicitor" to be confined to those whose names are actually upon the roll. Persons in solicitors' offices should distinguish whether " solicitor's managing, articled, writing, or general clerk." Members of the medical profession to state the uni versity, college, or hall, of which they are graduates, fellows, or licentiates, also whether they practise as physician, surgeon, or general practitioner, or are " not practising." Professors, teachers, public writers, authors, and scientific men, to state the particular branch of science which they teach or pursue; artists, the art which they cultivate. Graduates should enter their degrees in this column. Persons engaged in commerce as merchants, brokers, agents, clerks, commercial travellers, to state the parti cular kind of business in which they are engaged, or the staple in which they deal. The term farmer to be applied only to the occupier of land, who is to be returned—" farmer of (317) acres, employing (12) labourers;" the number of acres, and of in and out-door labourers, on March 31st, being in all cases inserted. Sons or daughters, employed at home or on the farm, may be returned " farmer's son," " farmer's daughter." In trades the master is to be distinguised from the journeyman and apprentice, thus—" carpenter, master employing (6) men;" inserting always the number of persons of the trade in his employ on March 31st. In the case of workers in mines or manufactures, and generally in the constructive arts, the particular branch of work, and the material, are always to be distinctly expressed if they are not implied in the names, as is coal-miner, brass-founder, wool-carder, silk-throwster. Where the trade is much sub-divided, both trade and branch are to be returned thus—Watchmaker— finisher;"" Printe r — compositor." followingmorethtin one 0 distinct trade may A pers o n insert his occupations in the order of their importance. Messengers,' porters, labourers, and servants, to bo de seribed according to the place and nature of their em ployment. - Persons following no profession, trade, or calling, and holding no public office, but deriving their incomes chiefly from land, houses, mines, or other real property, from dividends, interest of money, annuities, &c., may designate themselves " landed proprietors," " proprietor of iron mines," "proprietor of houses," " fund-holder," " annuitants," &c., as the case may be. Persons of ad vanced age who have retired from business, to be en tered thus—" retired silk merchant," "retired watch maker," &c. Almspeople, and persons in the receipt of parish re lief should, after being described as such, have their pre vious occupations inserted. Women and Children.---The titles or occupations of ladies who are householders to be entered according to the above instructions. 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"' °." 2. o LP:: 1 43 . --' 5 ,-.- , e ' 2 • ec •' fl, * ::• s,- , • .', , ^9l6Arlb " 0 &at , : II . i c„, • •• . ' stil "' 4 l v ; ,a , E,: , .. -,,- . :3 ' ' f t '' 1.1 • ' "df o. ' i ____... i ._____ ~6' . t, HA YMARKET THEATRE, A new farce, entitled A Radical Cure, was pro duced here last evening, which when a little con densed will prove most attractive. The following is the plot :--Mr. Alcibiades Bumptious, a London commercial traveller in Paris un the busimas of his house, in the revolutionary year 1848, is smittwn with the mania of the day, and as an " English sympa thiser," frequE nts the clubs and makes Red Republi can and Communist speeches. He has a liaison with Rose, his laundress, whom he has promised to marry, and take with bim to England ; but he seconded a motion for the abolition of matrimony, and can no longer keep a promise against his principles. Rose determines to cure him of his folly by giving a prac tical taste of the blessings of his new doctrines ; and, by herself assuming various disguises and the aid of some friends, she thoroughly sickens him of them, and makes him too happy to get off with her to Eng land. .Buckstone was the cockney agitator, and his dismay when i ntrnder after intruder came into his room and made free with his goods, his fright at find ing himself chu sen leader of the attack of a barricade, and his horror at finding himself about to be sum marily shot as an insurgent, were excessively laugh able. Mrs. Ritzwilliam, too, was very clever in the part of Rose. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER -HALL. The ill ad, p tation of Exeter-hall for the purpose of a music room, or for oratorical meetings, has been long known. ft would be superfluous to adduce in stances of complaint; they have been so general; and the inquiry, why should London be without a good music hall has been reiterated for years. Far more s- forcibly has the is cry been repeated since the establish ment of the Sn cred Harmonic Society. The magni lude of the ore' aestra assembled under the auspices of this institution has additionally served to illustrate the ;4' need for a better arena in which to display its vast resources. • .6 Beyond met e suggestion and complaint, however, nothing has wn til now been attempted, except a few o abortive prop a', sals to erect music halls. The various schemes for t ese buildings, b u t t oo o f ten put for- Pe ward by inter( .sted and speculative parties, as fast as 1,.:4 projected fell to the ground. The great e'.clat produced by the last Birmingham Festival, und,n • the able guidance of Mr. Costa, was the means of .arousing the attention of some of the leading meml ie rs of the Sacred Harmonic Society to a full sense o f the necessity for a well, adapted music c .,>. hall in the m etropolis. The opening of St. Martin's hall, shortly After, gave additional stimulus to this feeling. After atten ti ye consideration, and the collection of ▪ such information as in the event of its having been pI decided upon to erect a new hall would have greatly facilitated the undertaking, it was ultimately agreed o that the mos.:1; advisable course to pursue would be, in the first place, fairly to place the deficiencies of Exeter-hall be bre the proprietors of that building ; and while impx easing upon them the necessity fee. immediate atte: ation being given to it, also to point out that in so :far as the Sacred Harmonic Society was concerned, the members of it were anxious to continue their .old tenancy in preference to building a new hall, provi led the defects so constantly corn - plained of cont.( Ibe remedied. With this vii lw a lengthened statement was pre t pared by Mr. :Bowley (one of the committee of the t 4 society, and nix auditor of Exeter-hall), which, after pointing out the :position and prospects of the build ing, and the probability of a new hall being erected, unless material improvements were made in Exeter hall, ended by 'urging the adoption of three important alterations. These comps ised, first, the removal of the centre. projecting wall at the east end of the building, and throwing back the organ nearly eighteen feet, caus ing the recesses , with their low ceilings, to appear as part of the mail a body of the hall. (The extent to which this has acted hitherto unfa vourably on th( performances may be inferred, when it is borne in m hid that this wall, with the organ, di vided the bass from the tenor chorus by a projection of nearly thirty feet square • the reces ses i n w hi ch the bulk of th a c h orus was placed having a ceiling three feet lo v.'er than the body of the ball, with a projecting beam and cornice in front three feet six inches still lo'eer.) The second important point urged upon the notice of the direct( its was the removal from the front of the west gall , .q.y, of the four square pillars, with the heavy cornice and entablature above, and raising the ceiling to the general height of the centre of the hall. (Some idea of the inconvenience heretofore experi enced may be .imagined when it is mentioned that each pair of ti iese pillars occupied a space exceeding eight feet in v iidth, and that the only place on the last row of the gallery, from which the full extent of the orchestra, could be seen at one view, was about seven feet in the centre. Being also carried up to the ceiling, i;hey, in appearance, supported a cornice and entablature six feet six inches in depth, which most effectintily prevented the full effect of the or chestra from. beingl heard by the occupants of the gallery.) The third and principal alteration suggested was, either to raise the walls of the building, and gain ge neral increased height, or else to remove the lantern, and curve the ceiling upwards, constructing it o f wood, free from all projecti ons and angles. This statement was transmitted to the board of di rectors, who at first declined carrying out any of the alterations. Re-consideration of the question, however, ult mately induced the board to appoint a committee, charged to consider the possibility of improving the hall for sound. As it had been offered in the statement submitted by Mr. Bowley, that the opinions of the most emi nent musical authorities should be given in, as to the propriety of the proposed alterations, immediate steps were taken to procure them. Sir George Smart, Mr. Costa, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Tunle, Mr. Goss, Dr. Eivey, Professor Taylor, Mr. Bartley, th e l ea di ng vocalists en gage d b y the Sacred Harmonic Society, with several of the able critics attached to the metro politan journals, and many other high musical authorities,•kindly furnished their views in favour of the alterations proposed. The directors of the Hall also applied to several architectural and accoustical authorities, and the result was the accumulation of a large mass of evidence. Two points proposed, viz., the removal of the east wall, and of the west gallery pillars, were quickly conceded by the board ; but the question of the best form of ceiling became a subject of great anxiety, and caused much discussion. As the directors, in the outset of the inquiry, ox pressly stipulated that the external roof should not be removed, it became a matter for consideration whether a slightly elevated flat ceiling, with ornamental Tidas ter work, should be adopted, or whether a bnarded ceiling, curved upwards, should be preferred. The advocates of the former had all but succeeded in car rying their point, when Mr. Daukes, of Whitehall place, the architect of the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, and of many large and important buildings, on consideration of the requirements and stipulations annexed to the suggested alterations, proposed to erect without tie-beams or iron cross-rods, wrought iron supports t o th e ex t erna l roo f i n such a manner that they would allow of the ceiling being curved up ; thus gaining upwards of 12 feet central height, with a considerable additional elevation at each end of the hall, forming the surface of the ceiling throughout free from all projection, and boarding it as originally suggested. This plan, which from its novelty and boldness at first startled some of the directors, was, after two months' careful consideration and examination, and with the approval of the most eminent practical au thorities, ultimately adopted, and possession of the ball was taken on the Ist of September by Mr. Mare, the contractor for the iron work (who was also the contractor for the Britannia Bridge), and by Mr. Myers (the contractor for the Colney Hatch Asylum) for the other portions of the work, Mr. Daukes super intending the whole. The following is a technical description of the plan as carried into effect : To the principals of the roof, wrought iron girders (of a circular form on the under side) have been at tached, composed of plates of the best boiler iron, va rying in thickness from one-half to one-quarter of an inch, with angle-iron at the top and bottom, and stiffeners of strong T iron, and strips to cover the va various joints. These girders were raised into the roof in pieces, and supported in their places from the tie-beams, till they were rivetted together with red hot rivets ; a furnace for that purpose having been erected in the roof. There are in the whole work upwards of 25,000 rivets. Each girder when it had been placed on the walls, and completely put together, was weighted with seven tons of pig-iron distributed over its entire length, and while thus loaded was bolted to the timber principal. The deflection from this process was l of an inch only. The ends of the girders were supported upon slid ing plates of smooth and greased iron affixed to the wall-plate, which allowed of the spread corresponding to the deflection of the arched iron without affecting the walls : the extent of the spread was one-half of an inch at each end. By this means the effect of any thrust upon the walls was obviated previous to the iron-work being bolted to the timber. Besides the ten girders which were thus secured to the timber principals, there are two independent iron girders of a much stronger constructian, weighing about nine tons each, and nine smaller ones ; all of these were tested with corresponding weights. Nearly eighty tons of iron were introduced into the roof, a weight which, although apparently large, is considerably I plaster ceiling. ees:than the old massive timber and It was estimated that the girders would have to bear a weight of sizty•four pounds per equare foot, V N 1,11% 1 and upon this calculation they were eenstra4o ;`-,..,Ziq ft whereas the actual weight they have to support . k, --_-:;,_:,,. 1 found to be only forty-five pounds per squara• do t : „.... .k the brcaking weight being estimated at uip.re' Ft rc , two hundred and twenty pounds; When the whole of the iron-work had been fi;E l ed ' t t o b ..-841:114 the wooden principals, the tie-beams, and •other timbers originally supporting the principals, and which had formed an excellent scaffolding for' the furnace and rivetters were cut away to the edge of 1 the curved iron girders. The ceiling joists _end boarding were then attached to the iron flanges. During this operation, and since the removal of the tie-beams not .the slightest visible deflection of the arched girder, or strain of the walls in any way, -can be observed; thus demonstrating in the plainest manner the perfect success which has attended kr. Daukes's bold and original conception. The following comparative clear width of various public buildings additionally attest the merits of the plan now carried out : Ft. in. Exeter-hall ... ... .. ... wide 76 9 West minx - ter-hall ... ... ... ... 68 0 Town-hall, Birmingham ... ... ... 65 'd Philharmonic Concert Room, Liverpool ... 64 0 Whitehall Chapel ... ... ••• ... 55 0 St. liar tin's-hall .. ... ... ... 55 0 Victoria 11:,om, Clifton ... ... ... 54 0 Guildhall, Loudon ... ... ... 4B 0 New Houses of Lords and Commons ... 45 0 King's College Chapel, Cambridge... ... 44 o'- Freemasons'-hall ... ... •.• .43 0 Hanover-square Concert Room ..• 35 6 It will thus be seen that Exeter-ball is capable of displaying a more extended orchestra than any other building in this, or probably any other, country. As the completion of the works have necpssarily somewhat delayed the usual time of commencing the season, it has been left until the close of the ensuing summer to carry out the decoration of the hall, the present painting of ceili ng , & c., b e i ng temporary. As no opportunity offered for the rehearsal of a new work, and as it was considered advisable the Hall should be opened with the oratorio best fitted to ex hibit its improved form, it was decided to commence the season with a performance of the Messiah, being for the 56th time in the large hall, by the ,Society, and their 227th in the same place. Advantage has been taken of the re-erection of the organ to effect considerable alterations and improve ments in it. The keys have been reversed, some larger pedal pipes have been added, and the body of the- instrument much improved in tone. Considerable additions have been made to the band. It now includes 16 double basses, and the same num ber of violincellos, with 82 violins and violas. Among the additional professional performers in these ;, de partments may be nam e d M essrs . C ampan i le, Pratte H. Chipp, Guest Dando; Doyle, Zerbini, Cusins,, &c., while some increase and modification have taken' place in the repieni wind. The concert season, which terminated in June last, was the most successful the society has yet had, and the already great increase of subscribers over the amount of any former year, justifies the expectation that, with increased zeal on the part of the members of the orchestra, and those who undertake the direc tion of the institution, aided by the energy and talent brought to bear on it by the assistance of Mr. Costa, an increase of usefulness and service to the art may be anticipated from the continued prosperity of the Sacred Harmonic Society. The performance of the Messiah will be repeated on Friday next, the 6th of December. .. Nov. 29, 1850. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL-THE MESSIAH. We have just . returned from the rehearsal of Han ders oratorio The Messiah, at Exeter-hall, prepara tory to its public performance this evening, by the members of the Sacred Harmonic Society, for the inauguration of what may be termed the New Great Hall, so extensive have been the alterations and im provements made in it, a detailed account of which will be found in The Sun of this evening. Nothing could have gone offbetter than did the rehearsal,and never have we heard this sublime work more magnificently read and conducted than, it is by Mr. Costa, who seems to be thoroughly embued with the true Handellian spirit. His rendering of the Messiah is the result of deep study, in which he has brought all the resources of his] mind and of his unrivalled science to bear upon the interpretation of his author. It is de lightful to witness this interpretation of genius by genius, by which latent beauties are developed, and the meaning of many passages which have hereto fore appeared comparatively obscure made plain and clear. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The following were the only bets laid:— DERBY.-5 to Ito 1251. agst Grecian (aft e r war d s offered)-5,000-to , 50 agst Glenha,wk—and 2,000 to 35 agst colt by Tearaway, dam by Alcaston. CHESTER Cur.-1,000 to 25, 1,000 to 30, and 750 to 25 agst Rhesus-500 to 10 each agst. Langton, Wall flower, and Clarissa-1,000 to 20 each agst Brother to Dough and Montague-1,000 to 15 agst Lady Eden -1,000 to 10 agst The Iron Duke. Offers at the close to take 30 to 1 about Rhesus. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES; Handicap for the Sweepstakes of 20 sou. each, h ft, and • sft only if declared by Tuesday next, Dec. 3. Age st Ib Age at lb Sir Peter Laurie... 6 11 7 Volatile British Yeoman ... a 11 4 Maurice Daly a 9 10 Fugitive Peter Simple The Victim.....: - alo 12 Molly) a 9 9 Farnham a 10 12 The General Vain Llope-=' , - - 5 10 10 The Skipper Rat-trap St. Helier 5 10 7 The Yorkshireman Verax - alo 6" (late Fugleman) a 9 7 Maria Day , The Young4iii ... a 10 5 Ida Thurgarten.. a 10 4 Cayenne 5 9 6 Miss C6llinOv - oOd a 10 3 Catherine Abd-el-Ka.der a 10 0 Souvenir. Weights for the Free Handicap Hurdle-race. Age st lb Age st lb Fugitive Half-and-Half i.. a 11 5 The Skipper Lucy Neal ... ...... a 11 3 Prospect Vesta Morocco ,.., alo 10 Buscot 4 9 9 Miss Collingwood a 10 8 Ilorsel a 9 9 Yard-arm Novelist R , Astreak Reindeer a 10 5 Cogia St. Helier 5, 10 5 Isaac of York 4 9 7 Glenalvon Gulnare .. Haynau Rescue a 10 2 l3acton 3 8 10 Miss Burns '...'...:,..-.:-. a 10 0 Risk Passion Flower ... 5 10 ,0 Warwick 3 8 Venice 5 10 0. Sampler NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY. The Puppy Stakes. Second Ties—Cobra bt Dot, Triste bt Viardot, Twigg bt Memory. The All-aged Stakes. Second Ties—l3eeswing - ran a bye, Merchant bt Verity, Mocking Bird bt Marmion. The Exning Stakes, for aged dogs. First Ties—Floretta bt Diamond, Barbara bt Fore runner. The Ohippenham Puppy Stakes. First TiesLit-gard bt Brae, Dart bt Fanny. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race Course; Sat., Dyke-101. Brookside harrs.. Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye— ioi. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Pound Hill; Wed., High Beeches; Fri., King , fold-10t. Worcestershire hds., Mon.; Bishop's Wood; Thurs., Kennels; Fri., Tiddesly Wood-10i. Warwickshire hds. ' Mon., Snitterford; Tues., P or t o Bello Turnpike; Wed., Elmdon Hall; Thurs., Dun church; Fri., Kiueton Kennels; Sat., Omberslade-104. Shropshire hds, e Mon., Ercall Mill; Thurs., Lutwyche -10 - Mr. Giles'slids., Mon., Chances Pit .Turnpike; Fri., Sapey Bridge-101. Upton hrrs., Tues., Burley-lane, Hanley. Wheatland hds., Wed., Little Wenlock. TUE Tuni.—lt is understood that the Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur are to meet in a private match, preparatory to the final retirement of the former from the turf. The Dutchman is expected to return to his old quar ters at Middleham in a few days, to resume training opera tions. Voltig eur i s a t presen t a t Aske Hall, near Richmond, under the care of Lord Zetland's private trainer. We believe we are justified in stating, that as it would be a glaring anomaly to . recognise the right of the Church of Rome to -have a hierarchy in one part of the United Kingdom, : 'While 'that right is denied to her in another, it is the intention of , Ministers, in the ensuing ses sion of Parliament, to bring in a Bill for the abolition of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the sister country. We have further reason to believe, that' though some of Lord John Russell's colleagues, were in the first instance opposed to the contemplated measure, they have now given way, re garding it as the only practicable mode of getting rid of the anomaly of refusing to recognise Popish , prelates in England, while they are acknowledged in Ireland.—Advertiser. Dr. Rice, the much respected and very popular head-master of Christ's Church School, Newgate-street, the zealous supporter of the Greville-street Free Hospital, and ready advocate of all our metropolitan charities, but lately prticularly distingiii4hed for,iiis honest, Christian-like, and plain sermon on the preaent state.of, ec clesiastical affairs, a 'seralou: Which was extensively reported . id`4lll..daily and boor:papers, is to be elev a t e d, on the ,fi r i t ' vacanc y, , to 41 seat' op 'We Episcopal berich. •;'i 8 i ,::* .. j i 4!.t „ ~ ,„ ~_ We) 24. j We i rn that a serikencevot fikepinni4niption,, has.: :betintiaSs d against LARlißeatiftioTit fog bisAlter o 7-There is I ,- ' , fie froth the report an iAteutiolt to send Lord . Beau- , m6iit 4;e: alta ; neither s there any truth irti the tumour Of qiiivits4" uation of Lord D into.—Daily Zrews. METROPOLITAN CLASSIC HARMONIC SOCIETY. [ The second " public rehearsal" by the members of this society took place last evening at the Music ball, Store-street, Bedford square, and was attended by a very numerous and highly respectable audience. The first pare of the evening's performance consisted of sacred music, selected chiefly from the works of Mozart, Handel, and Perry, the principal solo parts being sung by Mrs. A. Newton, Miss Law, Messrs. Manley, Gadshy, an d G rosvenor, assisted by a very excellent orchestra. The chorus, however, was not quite up to "concert pitch," and in some instances the harmony was interfered with to a considerable extent by attempted improvements by some of the gentlemen concerned, and also by their not keeping proper time. Speaking generally, the rehearsal was very good, and several of the songs sung were loudly encored. The second part of the programme consisted of secular music, from Bishop, Webbe, Lee, Rodwell, Boyce, Weber, and Stevens. Bishop's beautiful trio and chorus, " The wi n d s w hi s tl e cold," was excellently g i ven b y Messrs. Manley, Gadsby, and Grosvenor; but the less said about the chorus the better. The trio was loudly encored. Miss Law gave Alexander Lee's beautiful ballad, "Meet me in the Willow Glen," very sweetly; this piece, also, was honoured with an encore. The great hit of the evening was the laughing song and chorus from Weber's opera of Der Freysehutz ; it was given with such heartiness by Mr. Manley that it only escaped a double encore by the appearance of Mrs. Newton on the platform to sing the next song; it was, without doubt, the best executed piece in the programme: We pay it a high compliment when we say it was worthy of comparison with that of poor Duruset, who was the best Kilian on the English stage. The entertainments of the evening concluded with Bishop's trio and chorus, " Mynheer Vandunkr the trio was well given ; the chorus was anything but effective. Mr. Perry was the conductor of the entire, and discharged his duties as such with zeal and ability. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. Last night was remarkable for the interest and splendour of the objects exhibited ; and Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., who was in the chair, did justice to them and to their owners, by the way in which he im pressed their value ou the numerous assembly of mem bers present. The first was a very ancient solid gold Torque of the Anglo-Saxon period, not for the neck or arm, but for the waist, and of proportionate dimen sions and weight. It was accompanied by a large gold ring for the arm, found at the same time not far from Ely, on which were strung pieces of ring money, also gold, of various sizes : the last was, perhaps, the greatest curiosity of the two, and altogether the mere pecuniary value was very considerable. These were sent by Mr. Vesey, through Mr. Chap man, F.S.A. Mr. W. Chaffers conferred a great obligation on the society, of which he is a mem ber, by exposing upon the table perhaps the finest assemblage of itoman glass ever displayed by an individual ; they were brought from IN ismes, where they were exhumed not long since, and were in the most perfect state, some of the urns having:not only the covers, but the calcined bones of the persons buried in them. The vases were of varied and beautiful shapes and sizes, as well as the bottles, lachrymatories, &c., all of which were entire, and showed great perfection of manufacture. Lord Londesborough transmitted e remarkable relic--a cast of the leaden cover of an Anglo-Saxon book, with part of one of Archbishop Rifric's works engraved upon it in the characters of the time. We hope that his Lordship will allow this object, with the legend, to be engraved for the society. A very learned paper was read from Dr. Guest, which accompanied an original seal of the Patriarch of Antioch ; and Mr. P. Chalmers communicated some sketches of Druidical remains recently disco vered by him in Aberdeenshire. The whole proceed ings of the evening afforded great satisfaction. We ought to have mentioned that the business com menced with the election of Mr. Ford, author of the " Handbook of Spain," and with reading the certifi cates of several new candidates for admission. NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The annual general meeting of the governors and subscribers of this charity was held yesterday morning, at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-street; the Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, ALP., in the chair. After some preliminary observations from his Lordship, in approval of the principles and objects of the charity, the secretary read the report, from which it appeared that the institution had already been the means of rescuing from the depths of penury and suffer ing no less than 767 aged persons, chiefly females, whilst on the present occasion there were twenty-five additional candi dates, of respectable position, though reduced in circum stances, to be elected out of 120 deserving applicants for admission. The pension list at Christmas last consisted of 233 persons—viz., thirteen males, and 220 females. Of the former, seven had followed professional pursuits, and six had been engaged in commercial occupations; of the females, eighty-four had been governesses or teachers; eighty-nine were the widows of professional gentlemen, decayed mer chants, &c.; and forty-seven had become dependent upon the institution, either by the unexpected loss of family property or by the failure of some respectable employment from which they had derived their means of support. The amount dis bursed in pensions during the year ending on the 30th of September last was 4,909/. 12s. The total sum received by the 767 annuitants who have been supported by the insti tution, during the thirty-eight years of its existence, now amounts to 124,6631. lls. ld., and the balance at bankers, on September 30, was 1,814/. 9s. 7d. The report, contain ing besides the above information some recommendations for the improved working of the institution in the matter of elections, was adopted, on the motion of Mr. Pownall. Mr. Lowe, Mr. Cook, and other gentlemen, subsequently ad dressed the meeting in support of the various resolutions. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, who replied, and the election commenced. The mercantile accounts from Vienna of the 23d inst. describe an aggravation of the extraordinary panic which had taken place in the money market. A further rise of between 3 and 4 per, cent. had occurred in the quota tions for specie, gold having gone up to 42, and silver to 36 premium. The fact that the Government had entered the market as purchasers of specie was the cause of this sudden increase of alarm, and it was scarcely possible to induce the holders of goods to name any price whatever for trans actions. It is said that during the whole period of th e H unga rian war nothing like the same excitement or anxiety had been observable. The London and Brighton and various other Rail way companies have arranged that so soon after the Ist of July, 1851, as the admission to the Great Exhibition of ths Industry of All Nations shall be reduced to one shilling, they will convey labouring-class - es who form clubs for the purpose to London, by special trains, and allowing them six days in London, will then convey them back again at fares not ex ceeding one halfpenny per mile for the whole distance tra velloa,—.Brlghton Gazette, 351f 6 eon ige ily; 11 0 B pf oA I at d9O