The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

I it 0 sld• oi. 151 i ,j 71 0° Leo 3#0.`,17"p0 1 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS; tt'nie7esrsfitl ba n g s s --------- be had done in America. The Cap rem rebl e eol .,gave about 300/. for her. She was in il,tosher a ,'"ltion when she came to Scarborough. I 1 11 the " n en Br I DEATH OF MARSHAL SOULT. le se a Mer e at Yer was first called in. I did not tell 1 TINIES.—The vaults of the Invalides will open once . te te 'b ro ut I , di e , he s t. iaLoe. The Captain fancied she was : more for a Marshal of Napoleon, and the last of that gi- Bryer applied a sweating blister gantie nee is now at length to . be consigned , to his tomia 14tes wereare s foot, a t d . pegs f taken off' it remained on a few days. Her iOn Wednesday last Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duke of Dal- R a u ,sre f eat. s , , and poultices applied. It was the ' matia and Marshal General of France,... expired peace ha, , set, , e , ee, howev er , was not a week without fully in the very scenes of his nativite, after a life with set leg whil e 4 * ne .lnare was not lame, but she had rapped scarcely a parallel for eventfulness and danger. It was ale s °I M a g at h g to Tewkesbury. lam now iu the in 1769, in the yerr which gave . birth to Wellington saw Irith • s e laitin e d_e!nleY, of Scarborough. Napoleon, that this famous soldier of fortune fi So 1 , uer t riiin , The sweating blister did not interfere the light, at St. Aurans, in the department of Tarn. l a 7 4, I G Jug at all. yaa,. atteria e obscure was the descent of one destined to figure amongst re al ,. thr ew . g , the veterinary surgeon, examined the highest dignitaries of his country that little has ever a ile e resitadeaerona__l reside at Northleach, but I for- been said of his parentage or extraction. His military t(hYlle's ma re 's Cheltenham. I remember Captain instincts appear to have been developed even before that . S ea l iaery, lB.o being put under my charge on the 15th extraordinary stimulus which such prepossessions his Sheappearedherlikea eea l , to me to be a p' wonderful ' mare. last service was under a Bourbon King At the age of ha b d ie ie e sa e u r Y good condition when she was brought fifteen he entered the Royal Regiment of Artillery, from ItesPee, health' 1847. She appeared to be a goad, which corps ho was speedily transferred, with a lieute hile She wua i s 7 p . u e t ro in a t t o ur m e, y and was in my opinion nant's commission, to a battalion of Grenadiers. Less . care for the winter, and advanced, however,. than others in years and experience I : l4 t t l e tl:,: lhe e l w t a :: .or a b a r e i r ng na in y g. care I exercised and rode her when the convulsions of France opened to ambition and at eiro e aae ed her occasionally, and I found her a valour all the prizes of the world, he was still learning fnakted au it did not . her out 9 of the stable for the activity from Hoch() and patience from Jhour aatee, 4,,-.l,nat lameness went off after she le into dan while his future colleagues were gat er ets vvith to . interfere with her exercise. She in g ' more brilliant honours on the banks of de t , aorid,),,. She until April, 1847, when she was sent the Po. At Fleurus ho was yet only a Colonel, but e tc tad th e ,l, 9he Was then perfectly sound, and I never even in that capacity he found oppertumty .t for S tai le a;,"ghdest lameness with the exception of that exercising such seasonable discretion that his mill ary ter, e aler da e Plnion she had never suffered from the reputation was established on the field. In those days il ette ° ,, it "6‘ the e ' In nnY Judgment, from the style of tueeess followed distinction with almost electrical ra- C t ""n ea se l ar e could do from 14 to 16 miles an pidity. To be noticed in action was to be placed at once Pre a u tßae atei i ' h rat I n ever put her to her utmost spee d. en t h e pat h to h onour an d re n o wn. Colonel Sault e- I ttly -at the ne n e tt by Mr. Jem ns —R est w ill some times came a General of Brigade in 1794, and within four itesetVita i n rvicular disease from being seen, particu- ) ears from that time was intrusted with the command of stild l ea late an incipient state but after ts , speed of a division. His career now lay under the eyes of a man k, at one _ 18 railes within ' the hour the disease whose glance for such discernment was magicel . , and tit s ' 'll eac u li tneke it, appearance, if it really existed. whose judgment was seldom biassed by prejudice or ite llet t I thr n s ele nalued by Mr. HUDDLESTONE—I feeling. Napoleon detected in an instant the talents of ,ben end far e n e " , in Gloucestershire. lam an inn- the rising General, and from this moment the name of i ge t e r,lB 4B ~r'er, and I train my own horses. In Soult is rarely absent from the history of Europe. He t )q. 4 t a resin mare Pidgeon was brought to me, and fought in every war, almost in every field, if not with . 1 1 / e,t te t e ( al l l e ti 4 v , e r t ? . al E ' d d Zitla me ever since. She is in foal invariable fortune at any rate with unchangeable skill. her freqsantly. When she came He is included in every list of honours and in every ca -44,,e4s I 4tr( herd quite sound, but as I did not want talogue of Imperial creations. Though not personally a tt t's:' eertet i tmy farm In the spring I used favourite of the Emperor's, he was among the first of 1 1)t t anlia ay n 'Y I never rode . a faster. She was an the Generals selected for the dignity of Marshal, and k et a She a mare, but I never put her to her full the first of the Marshals advanced to the distinction of 'ld dr 3 .ee stein tiow ill the straw. Peers. It is almost half a century since he received his 44!) h er a ec l by Mr. JAMES—I used her as a hack, baton of command, and nearly as long since ho first , as teattintaad, th UY and every where. sumed the coronet of a Duke. Even the honours of our ibta, mare by file, veterinary surgeon of Oxford-street, own veteran champion are actually of a more recent I tl!I te sre aitrer [I UDDLEsToicE—I remember having date. It we may trust the narratives of garrulous la 'sr I ce nay care, the property of Mr. Alleyne, and often contradictory biographers, the Emperor ex -oe, , sea , ee h t,' 'er e left a , er name • She came to me in Juno, pressed in his later days a somewhat disparaging t l tlife;, (l arine - t e ti e e n t.ne 26 . th Ma ' y, 1848. She was at ' estimate of &suit's military' capacity; but . form i oar t f a ts 14 ste 6 , winter. When she first came to me opinion from historical facts, it will be cliffioult toalt torn Oel, , 1 UF, I._ 'th ' bipt edaeness arising from an injury in such a conclusion. Taking one campaign with . another, .aa e Ise . , but she certainly was not suffering there was no Marshal of the Empire whose reputation It 4 t di l "%tiler d • Pt rOt e • e ate i s : 'settee. In many cases the her- was so repeatedly . and so practically confessed by the O l aet-t lt, but e 4e utable, but the mare was not suffer- commands with which he was invested. It was Soult '' 'a tl ticir a b i Y i a 'srterelain i . efl l am . mation of the fetlock joint, who disciplined that immense but manageable mass ca t %a s t i 4 bro il h did not know that she had which was held in hand on the heights of Boulogne to abe ta atai aed gam in the spring of 1847, Oh a fere i by Mr. J be launched against the cliffs of Kent, and when the in .ih i .,,,, f _.,,eg, but _ aeins—The lameness was vasion of Britain was commuted for the conquest of te e tell y eouea ut she afterwards recovered and be- Austria it was Sault who led the main column of the Oa a ear f or ' 4 There was nothing the matter grand army, and who on the field of Austerlitz was eseatlaeaareliege'd amanneuvre charged with the execution of that mighty Mr EIIDDLESTONE—I was which decided the fate of the campaign. It was Soult ett43 d,, 111 a ; t , h er 1: 7 e;q:1 - : ,the ja i la n e _a service ia the year 1847, but lam who secured the semblance of victory at Eylau, and of Douro. I left Mr. Alleyne whose judment was permitted to influence the . wavering ; I 'e: l i: l 4) 4ls t • I had the care of the mare Pidgeon onoresoluti f Napoleon. When the terrible disaster of a In t ea t o in to Mr. Alleyne's service. She was Moscow had to be repaired by the strategic achieve eel IS p . 43 ter' d h t he ''' j . e l in A, ~ roughens, and I sometimes drove ments of Lutzen and Bautzen it was Soult l ' t Ntsi 'sea be er'', 1 847, and she was then perfectly who was summoned from Castile to the Em tht 41 g o ae cl till °r t° Mr, Field's myself, with whom peror's side ; and when the rout of . Vittoria had r a crated coed , pi e , spring of 1848. Previousl she cleared the Peninsula of invaders it wits lie w kr. a ie lve , e t l ' i l e tho e, but one day I was driving her and who was detached again from the plains of Leipsic for Ok In k ds, e , e, when the Captain sent her the protection of uncovered France. There were other OePtte ti tled, a ' d runa the time I had her until then Marshals for whom Napoleon had a greater liking, but lq,,' j i , l fier eat n in good work daily. I travelled whenever the crisis required a sure right armior hieing th k ' iii 'tiaer A b t ae es with the Captain and Mr. Ken- dependent head the first appeal was to Soa a_ S th e er th !lattlid , spri r 0 mare canting back from Mr. always found in commend of the choicest carps, the a e k • 'tee fro of 1 848; she was tle /c sta 414 , els ( ' e latnene erfectly sound strongest column, or the most important post. Less 'n ee MI dri v • se. She was put into regular tuitively scientific, perhaps, than Neyor Sachet, 'ti l° 41. t hat e n in the brougham. She remained out the fiery dash of Launes, the reckless impetuosity witll , k ) , kla t . Ke nai until until she went to Mr. Day's. lof Murat, or the extraordinary tenacity of Massena, he Va r4 , l a 4t a th e e d With the mare from the Judge's nevertheless united in himself the various qualities of an N t4 e ra r heteeX i . ee ,n's Bench. Mr. Kennedy made independent commander in a greater degree than any though 'ls ' , a ''' after 1 . 19 hiding -place during the time the his colleagues. His were the fewest mistakes, t ll se l d e t ,very : x nu tr ; and . I have heard him sa the not the fewest failu . res, for it was his fortune to be 1',.. 11 wi. ti ne e_... .naordinary mare and she belonged selected as the peculiar antagonist of that General before e'le a d es s ;pat , ep ,14 1 1 8 the ca se That cross-examined. whom even the star of his Imperial master wat, to set. ,'t ais re e fo r the defence. That through a great part of his career he was unsuccess -1 tadt ea -Peed ful is no more than saying that he had Englishmen for s k ifs t 4t e e l 'nELe • his adversaries and Wellington for his opponent. Yet he, all a - at 4 el aa 'summed up the whole case with fought a good fight. If he was surprised at Oporto " i tte - I , 4e t e t e s b at ;lin l d nu t t a, , eh e e e s o s. His Lordship said the in- none could have retreated with more admirable skill; i A il 7,36 Are), with unto, one charging Holder he was driven from the Pyrennees, none could have ~_i t , t .t,,th m elt,lol.; o a t t.iti, by r i e n pl e e o s n e s n p t i i r n i g ng to defraud the pro- defended those passes with . more redoubtable courage. that the mare was With the coolness and vigilance which never fors . oo . k . i 'ltt l s t d 4 l ; 4 'Q. thae other charging Holder Allene, him, and which were perhaps his most characteristic "t i t;th e e n lie ett eu tl Y Alleyne with the same offence but qualities he disputed every inch of French ground , if, tea h euet ee under which the e fraad was :ern- against his advancing enemy, and closed the Peninsular dit ii i ''° T 4 O tal e ' l l and t, ' lr t d them with representing that the war under the walls of Toulouse with an action which (1 4, opt of run the match at a time when she his countrymen are fain to accept as a victory.. Like Otthe I°n di ee i tt e h orldition and to this tact the jury our own great General he survived to carry into new h t 1%, h at Or t eir principalattention, and to scenes and capacities the renown and experience of . his I le, 44 elit e -i4 Lo t : a u : i n° evidence proved it to their sa- ' professional lite. Attached by predilection and habit to ' and h . ,,° 1 1) then read over the whole of the Imperial cause, which he had boldly re•asserted at 44 not concluded when we went to Waterloo, it was not until 1821 that he was confirmed by I ‘ll lli the restored dynasty in his military and social honours. ee k hs d -ILEBr, At the revolutionary crisis of 1830 his Republican ne tt 4 "'A SESSIONS. stincts or his professional ambition survived in such . of a canon Cr RIS DAY lept s elat a , a l a d , Ny , . hints respecting the capacity to which he might possibly a de ae _ eg 171 ,,,_ a. indicted for stealing a piece taire ae eate r la ,us., the property of George Dean. have . been . called under the projected institutions. ~41.1 1 11, e t. W -e Pe a cook-she and eatin-house however, or his fortune failed him, `,!►lttk sleet. estmin,,,_p Etther his strength, a tl a a ! lOy ye a a4h j e ,.. ter, and the meat charged to for he contentedly accepted a seat in the councils of the ~.„,, ,, ,, ,,, ,,,:tilted tha;"o the shop window. Constitutional Monarchy, though his political genius yti k li alit ta, t tn tet te the be n ef Wednesday night last he was not of a cast to acquire more than nominal ascend ancy in such Cabinets as those of Louis Philippe. 04 1 ,41 1 : te a sel, a r h t o h e defendant, called a young man The last catastrophe of all found him past his , time. o . 4 e ttall e ir rie oner bsevore that he saw the meat stolen, Three revolutions are too much for even French nality, and it mattered little to the veteran whether the yk i ,, t4 hi ttl e urnpf a i h ti , s t ,bY a boy named Orr. Willa wer e 'el that this witness and others v Constitution ' to which his last allegiance was asked was s l l'l a l es a e l tri oe of the:eluded from the police-court on the twenty-ninth or the thirtieth of the series. With the •ogle exception of Bernadotte, he may be described, Op p, :54 1 goiut, :prisoner, and wero prevented by s'l te ps as the most fortunate of all Napoleon's mar- It t ta a bati oa and s ' ote u lto give evidence. A was emi Of tie s ~,s e a 01 th© jurors expressed their ti P_ h e ;ls 4 . - :Ile never, it is true, became either a King or a tiaatill', called i att s;saleeman' s cond uc t, but one of the Prince, b . ut if he lo . st the prize, he escaped the penalty, V'tk, 4 lpit h 'he witness-box and denied the and survived to enjoy.exalted raelneks,eaenityaleloinngoopmerei, remarkable consideration to the is . period of tta-t tt a ees e cora a st o st, et th e a_ soborated Newman as credibly related, was a moment, nea)tir, u°Y Orr, 's evidence as years, There , 'th ettvi hold , and not the prisoner, stole when hi braailniithlkese, tahnodsetheafsoetlhdeierrs,wwhaos eo tu n tin d e n d e b t y the sl e pri rag d e lib vision o regal k b otte r. crated for a few minutes, Ac ltl/4t;tit 11......_ Oporto against a British ednitvitshioenashsaudmpbteieonn coofntetmhe plating at that very mom eta ge e -b' 8 ----- ---, , t , - 4 ‘Tp - I:R:pm. , . blown to winds, and from . t crown of " .Lusitania." Bhuattthtiemsee Sault cs)", a ge, - d Flea te •"-4.1:4 T—( THIS HIS DAY.) reveries concentrated v' ' e re soon 5 ( 4 IRY &„Ftts a t , ' E.— Joseph Treoilian, a lad, 16 )i t ll 'lVeie t ''ith, a e ught before Mr. Hard wick. in fore him. That he was a cruel as we . , his energies with unswerving fidelity ollnasthaefewrmoridkabhelee area her' f oe ne oe t e „.. , via en % „e th e p .49 °racers belonging to the who once belaboured an obnoxious General in our , enemy Spanish history but too loudly testifies, and hose ‘ ea ta , ' ay . ehote revention of Cruelty to Animals, Ott s • !lts‘lng 4h " is the secretary, charged with might have been reminded that a few the ere ‘, 1 0,,1t ai.' 4 u th at re with the butt end of his whip. they had cheered to the very echo a mercilesscornYm.eaanrsdebref kitrlrilea terlo o is morning, about half past ten, least of whose deeds of bloodshed surpassed in r, 1 hi t er - pla ce 4,,, th, i , , , 0 10 was ' when his attention was called rigour all that was ever reported from . Hunga y. Yiti t tio ra 4 a, by driving a horse, attached to an There was some excuse, perhaps, to be found in the dpe.d culiarities of a guerilla campaign; but if what Soult did ki,;'le 4 , W:,: ai wniei s a eehl 'g him (prisoner) deliberately can be justified, it is clear that everything is permissible 1.- ili , atp,:z. kilo - av going as fast as its miserable in war. Except, however, under the influence of po i h e a da b1e,; 41 3 the it, and with tree butt end of t a a h od s a b out Poor an i mal w , itn great force tical agitation, Englishmen are not apt to exercise such a Practical censure on the military tactics of foreigner., It t Na, Itea Y. a-, the head and other parts and when the old antagonist of Wellington actually ap taßea,' h ell retee aitue sse went up to the pri• i l \ i,'!, t o i a 1 )10 e a a tr ated with him tipon his eared in Piccadilly as the representative of France at it tl 'it ps".hita , rtiae ner abus dhi m l h f lest P th . e coronation of an English Queen, he was caretreeived k s h e t era at .0 b e d e im in t e ou . Ilt sa t at o f er foll , and to go and hang him- with a fervour of . welcome which none other of tled I,'le s ate , hi s bac k ed up by threatening to lay visitors was permitted to share. This is one of the ad- I fiss p s t e . r4 let i) Nener kif he dared to interfere with vantages of protracted life. Warren Hastings survived to be saluted by the Parliament before which he ha d t i t . ta oti _tble aoacontinued his abuse witness called been for nine years impeached ; Lord Dundonald out- Ile to et atit t l r de n i ed gave him in charge. lived calumny, and now wears his honours without a '4 4 , h t le s , era s e the charge, and said the horse blemish; and Soult, the scourge of Castile and the ex- I tit,' 4 44 ' by gentletu a n e ~ Nr e aa a a would not go at all unless IkW 10 8 Whi • terminator of defenceless peasantry, will only be re: ll ° t it .441 amid the PP ln g. membered at present as the skilful and chivalrous ants rti l a p prisoner had don© more than g nist of England, the glorious relic of a grand la led' th the rentle whipping, he had cruelly e tl) ° eo,. s Pirit of s'gLeration, and the oldest hero of a nation of soldiers. 1,,,,k.44, ietya,wantonness, as had been THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT. ''' ba n la _ l user. For that offence he (Mr. DAILY NEWS.—Although the judgment delivered ~. . w 3.) and in default committed him • br ( )(1 .--- 14 yesterday morning in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of the Queen against Bradbury and another, was lia l tie "a'r ea /i. ese . ‘-'IRCU L AR. given by a majority of three to one in favour of the de- I t e ,sl for 4 rvi and although Dickens's Household Narrative 1 b e t e Wa s OSBORNE, DEC. 1. fendants; of Current Events has thereby escaped the screw pres khi -ib,,•ore h Performed yesterday morning sure o f t h e Stamp-office, yet the broad questions in -41'/14 ia t ' the p e : r A.iajesty, his Royal Highness valved, and thus nominally affirmed, are really left in her' e aset: a lia e r ',„ ne e of Wales, and the Princess uncertainty. Of the four judges of which the court was 01), a Wee : o ld a - tl e • hi - k ae lrotheroe. The suite and composed two averred that a proper construction . of the Nelliel. Add Acts to the tat dinner. Acts of Parliament relating to newspapers admitted of it l 4 l y eSt :lrd tie lt -_______Lag y considerable doubt; Mr. Baron Platt declared that the dicta of the Inland Revenue Board regarding the law I'l ' 411 ' 1.(ia • P 4thard had an interview with Earl I was " utterly preposterous;" while All'.. Baron Parke tAtt4itkr(irto..ll4a al isothe C . olonial-office. Captain I considered that judgment ought to go in their favour. lofthe judges, therefore—the Chief Baron and Mr. ) t't ost J. an interview with the Noble tl t 4l l ol , t o 4t er. rs Two • t • ° F t , "kien tt It ?14 .. th e t eral had an interview with the Baron Martin—accused the statutes of incertitude; while ,1111:1a ZRte (illr_ing-streeti. N ' -) 01, •Itehequer yesterday, at his officialthat of the other. The decision the other two proved.. the accusation by the opinion of the ' one flatly contradicting I of the three judges, which . allows Mr. Dickens to ncoeraws ,Jefat, , Pall ey arrived in town last evening, 1 month to his readers at interval greater kllt'qr ti "t 4 0 4°o, Northumberland.of each current I municate untaxed, in his own pleasant manner, h 1, a t 4 ) , n. t h m i;tti ~tti 4 k atii ,:' ecretary at War, and the , no comment from us; because we agree with it. The de than twenty-six days between each publication, invites not be so ii vrts entla n e '7 arrived in town on Saturday i cision, however, of the dissentient judge must the . 0 (~1)kt„ tiviii u. `ikil Net e arri e . a isi Wer e se nd In town yesterday. at issue—namely, whether a paper h issued at greater. passed over. over. His main argument in reference to point üblication, like the li. Topics' *.tf- ee f o , off yesterdag evenin from tervals than 26 days between eac a'fl th aa n " ' le Cr `'Ve stl a . in law a stampable ouse to arra z , 01 4 81 ) 1 41 C141 n °veneers of the nla B 1 Itl N roe is or is not 10 fro e P • `aorn •so specified, was passed to t a tia, re ta ro sy a , nalttee of her Majest' Most 34, in aper—was, firstly, that, as the 60th . of_ Geo. 111., cap. which such papers are hiltiliP (tile 11611"-'0uncil sa esterda Ana p t,Pt 4 e4 E,, ° e ° ll rt of t A y ' Y. " of its operation whatever extend the newspaper stamp duties over a greater surface than previously, no limitation , t ,, Of .:-.1- 0 ra n omiralty, Burns v.periodicals A„ - t k th q ' 4 rcl Cr an part heard, was resumed, and could be contemplated by the allusion to pe Second)y, eVele Lo d "WOrth givingjudgment published at intervals exceeding 6 days. N,, , it ~.A.a psi affirming 4 t tlit w • r si ll on the that if the Legislature had intended to exempt such the decree of the I papers, it would have excepted them in express antrda.ihng e ‘ m nie tt 'klitch e llP e al from the High Court of 1 dubitable terms. This inferential mode of construe was as 0 0 ;ta ted aro v. Bartlett" (the Ann Mitchell), Acts of Parliament can seldom be relied on; and _ 4 t , t„ltt k , teeaa.L. vvas adjourned. Oa' ah ' Ce, ------ ------„ ..ese-e.,....e. e ' ,e:a_aal• never so much at fault as when employed by the Learned Oti le °r art'`'tle. (This T------- Mr. Baron Parke. The history of the clause he referred to, and of the schedule to the latest Newspaper ens en. It it c 4ll, ; ln e 7 ed le • D AY ) Ministers, ,11,4 %,, 1 \1 i ,,T14 Ling, e “ “town from their respective seats to Act a prove at once that Learned Judge's Stamp t , 4i„ q j o ytt on :It In Council thisat the ' nnsappreh i was It happened in the year 1819 when the former Act at 44 sf Q qa e t ' 0 lock. Theafternoon,re we re p resen t the re- , passed, that a well-known Weekly publication, known e .laranis of Lansdowne, the vulgarly as the " Gridiron," but really entitled. Cobbett's Me l' Ai iri r a t i ro c4 e rd fro ' rn ' th i i . Earl of Carlisle, the Lord Register, was in the height of its bold and abusive career. it",'y'tio4(wb,, ° ,, , Earl a is cow!, to join his colleagues), , At that time the legal definition of a newspaper ea Les t L e o I,: &Lie rea `lreY, Viscount Palmerston, simply a paper containing et a , s ta ,tl a rs rd t r , s _ evered from his long and severe "reports of news, in ,1,4 yer a 'Ylho ur uu,ghtna de Gyfford Sir Francis T. telligence, and occurrences to public dispersed or made he ti t hg r e it , area to til e public ;" and manifestly ~ Earl Granville; the Right Hon a paper like Cobbctt's, til)* ll l . !tth il cielib er u , I \ight Hon. Fox AI I The m• • which merely commented upon passing events, could ap a ce e l 4 1 . anon. at au e. 1- k t e r th e Qi e q the it en we went to press. not be brought within the Stamp Act. Hence the , I tle se see r n''eller Rolls has, with the approbation 60th of George 111., cap. 34, was passed to include prints vennal eae,teri es e. aPpoitited James Archibald Murra - putting forth " remarks and observations" on public , -..t aiaaels sin at th e es - .° ll e, to the' otiioo of Cleik e3;' , intelligence, arl co.c.L...,LLea L. Cao. ialalbs-r '- } L ' su es clee 4 m e Courtof -4a4e c t, - Chancery, in the room of 1 the taxed. Had no restriction been pro vided, many 1 respectable and harmless monthly publications then eX- isting—such as the Gentleman's Magazine, Hansard's Debates, and several others—which printed either news or observations on news, or both, would have been, against the wish of the then Government, saddled with the stamp. In order therefore to exempt them, a clause was inserted excusing such periodicals (then being issued at intervals of 26 days) from the payment of stamp duty. Therefore, for once, and contrary to Mr. Baron Parke's opinion, the Legislature actually said what it meant. By this clause it also took the Annual Register, the Quarterly Review, and other such works out of the statute, by defining a limit (26 days) within which a journal containing news must be pub lished to be taxed as a newspaper. As the Chief Baron aptly remarked, that statute pointed out what was to be considered as a chronicle or history, and what a newspaper. Nothing, therefore, can be clearer than that, although the Government wished to extend the operation of the Stamp Act over certain obnoxious weekly periodicals, it purposely exempted the innocuous monthly publications. Mr. Baron Parke's second point as sumed that all Acts of Parliament are framed with a rigid regard to grammatical accuracy and distinct meaning. If the Legislature, he in effect argued, had intended to exempt such publications as the Household Narrative, it would have stated so much without ambiguity. Such is the Learned Baron's faith in the lucidity of the wording of the statutes! This faith would, however, have been considerably shaken, if he had traced to its origi❑ the schedule of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 76, upon which the whole dispute arises; professing, as it does, to define a newspaper liable to starep duty. A comparison of it v. ith the schedules of the other Acts will show that it is a mere collection of each of the latter transplented bodily, verbatim et literatim, without any attempt at har mony or assimilation. Hence, to construe it literally and to make sense of it is impossible. It first declares that all newspapers having certain characteristics are liable to be stamped; and, in a succeeding clause, sets forth that not only all, but some more than all, are so liable; that is to say, those which are published at less ietervals than twenty-six days. Yet Mr. Baron Parke affirms that the law is quite clear upon the whole matter, for the curious reason that the law is most ambiguously expressed ; for if the Legislature had meant so-and so, it would have expressed itself that "clearly." This application of the reductio ad absurdum is uncommonly original. If the framers of Acts of Par liament referred to, had expressed themselves " clearly," tho dispute his Lordship was called upon to judge in would not have arisen. If any faith could be placed in the consistent practice of the omnipotent Board of Inland Revenue, the proprietors of such publications as that under discussion need no longer dread the terrors of the Stamp-office; but those who have felt them will be a little disgusted to find that they have been victimised in error, and that there is no hope of redress. The conso lation of having suffered, martyrwise, for being in the right is no greater to editors than to other people. It will.not rehabilitate them; it will not bring to life their strangled offspring, nor restore to them their beloved subscribers. Why, they will ask, were we selected as the victims of your wrath? We, who not having the means to contend with you, were obliged to subscribe to your arbitrary fiat? Why have you for years allowed unstamped monthly publications to flourish in many parts of Scotland unmolested? What compensation will you give us for the losses you have inflicted on us by your erroneous proceedings? The answer when the Crown is appealed to in this fashion is—" None." THE NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The arrangements for the compulsory prepayment, by stamps, of the postage on all inland letters posted in the provinces have now been in operation one month, and no serious difficulty appears to have arisen to prevent their continuance, or their ulti mate extension to the metropolis. The prepayment of postage on inland letters by stamps in the provinces, will most materially diminish the expense and labour of keeping the post-office accounts, and will doubtless be preliminary to the prepayment by such means of all kinds of letters in all parts of the kingdom. As a matter of course the diminution of labour by the new arrangements, as far as keeping the post-office accounts is concerned, has been counterbalanced in some degree by the additional labour thrown upon the provincial post-cfEces by the increased sale of postage stamps, especially as a large portion of the public, whose correspondence is not extensive, cannot be in duced to purchase more than single postage stamps at one time, and an important question has arisen whe ther the post-office labour arising from the increased sale of stamps could be by any means reduced. The commission allowed to post- office keepers, and sub-dis tributors of stamps, on the sale of postage stamps, is about one per cent. Licensed venders of stamps, who are supplied by the sub-distributors, refuse, generally speaking, to sell postage stamps, because they are al lowed no commission on them. Almost the whole of the labour arising from the sale of postage stamps is thrown, at the present time, on the Post-office depart ment, because there is scarcely any other place where they can be obtained, and perhaps it is as economical to let the burden rest on the Post-office, as to allow a remunerative commission to the licensed stamp ven ders. But there aro a very largo number of persons in the country who would voluntarily undertake the sale of postage stamps, without any remuneration, if permitted by the Stamp-office to do so. Thus, for in stance, almost all hotel keepers would willingly sell postage stamps to their customers. At the present time they do not dare sell half a-dozen stamps to a com mercial traveller stopping and writing letters at hotels, for fear of penalties to which they would be liable as unlicensed stamp venders. A large number of petty shopkeepers would also gladly sell postage stamps without any commission, for the sake of drawing cus tomers. It must be remembered that there is no fee charged for a license to sell stumps, so that a licensed stamp vender is subjected to no expense, and hotel and shopkeepers are generally under the supervision of the Inland Revenue officers, who could effectually prevent forged postage stamps from being circulated. By allow ing certain classes of persons throughout the country to vend postage stamps, great accommodation would be afforded to the public, and diminish most mate rially the expense and labour of the Post-office depart ment. THE CASE OF M. D'EQUEVILLEY. A L'EDITEUR DU SUN. MoNsiEun,—On me communique a l'instant le numero do votro journal du 25 courant. J'y trouve mon nom accolo a celui de M. de Cassagnac a propos d' un article provocateur sign do lui, et publie dans to Constitutionnel du 22. Si j'ai etc condaran6 a la suite du malheureux duel ou succomba M. Dujarrier contre le beau-fiere de M. Cassagnac, depuis justice m'a 6:6 rendue ; j'ai it 6 a2quitte par tousles hommes de ecear, et mis en aerie par ordro des d6legu6s du PEUPLE—de toes les souve rains, le plus juste et le plus magnanirne—dont la grand° et puissante voix se fesait entendre le 24 Fev rier, 1848. Jo doll a mes amis, a l'arm6e Espanol° a la quelle je n'ai pas cease d'appartenir, do protester contre une accusation que vows n'auriez pas renouveliCe contre moi, si vous aviez pris la, poine do lire les documents authentiques que contient le volume que je vous envoie, et dont les journaux Espaguols, Franc iis, Allemands, et quelques Anglais out deja rendu compte. Vcuillez recevoir, Monsieur 1' Editeur, l'assuranco de mes sentiments fraternels et distingues. VT. D'EQUEVILLEY. 1, Welbeek-street, Cavendish-square, November 29, 1851. [The work referred to in the above letter contains a memorial addressed to the representatives of the French people by M. d'Equevilley, impugning the evidence given on his trial, and protesting against the conduct of the Judge who presided; copies of several official family documents proving his right to assume the title of Vicomte d'Equevilley; numerous testimonials from generals and officers in the Spanish service (among them are testimonials from Generals Prim, Serrano, Lopez, Ortega, Oraa and others), with whom ho had served against the Carlists from the time of the battle of Mendigorria up to the end of the war; and an account of the liberation of himself and M. do Beauvallon after the revolution of 1848 by MM. Caussidiere and Sobrier, who were at that time placed at the head of the police by the Provisional Government. The petition for the libera tion was signed by all the officers, sub-officers, and men of the 7th legion of the Parisian National Guard, and by M. Crtuere, the director of the prison in which they were detained.—En. Sun.] THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—Mr. Pollock, the newly appointed Judge of the County Court, took his seat on the bench this morning, at ten o'clock precisely. The court was very crowded, and the new judge was most respectfully received. Immediately on his taking his seat the ordinary business of the Court was proceeded with. This caused some disappointment, as several per sons had assembled under the idea that Mr. Ramshay would present himself, and that there would be " a scene in court." No allusion was made to the former Judge, and Mr. Pollock commenced his duties, seem ingly as much at home as if he had been County Court Judge for a much longer period. The following letter, ;addressed to "W. Statham, Esq., County Court, Liverpool," was received by that gentleman, through the post, yesterday morning : " Temple, Saturday, Nov. 29, " Sir,—l hereby adjourn the County Court until Monday, December 29th, 1851. You will also adjourn it to the same day for the whole business now standing undisposed of.—" I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " WM. RAMSHAY, " Judge of the County Court of Lancashire, holden at Liverpool. This C letterou t County was s ur n t o o t t ro L a i d v e i r n p ool." court, " To W. Statham, Esq., the Clerk of the nor, so far as we could see, was any notice taken of it. It has been resolved in the French Assembly that the concession for the proposed railway between Lyons and Avignon shall be offered to public competition. A disposition, however, is still intimated to withhold a return of the caution moneys advanced by the parties to whom the original con cession was granted, and which was abandoned in 1847, with the avowed concurrence of the Government. Under these circumstances, notwithstanding the assertion that a party of English capitalists have been negotiating to undertake the work, there can be no prospect whatever that it will find any support among the mercantile body in London, Belgium, and Spain, in the case of concessions which were rendered valueless by the commercial crisis of the period, both de clined to pursue the course which is now adopted by France, and an unfavourable contrast of this kind must greatly aug ment the indisposition with which, from other considerations, all persons at the present moment must regard the contem• plated enterprise. MODERATORSTHP OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE Cituitcn.—The JVitness states that Dr. Ma kellar is to be proposed for the Moan , tor'a chair at the next Assembly. A SPLIT IN THE MINIST ft Have we a Ministry, or have we not? Rumour, and more than rumour, says that grave dissentiraent has sprung up between different persons and fractions of the Cabinet, and that an old wound, which had been consi dered for a long time healed, has opened afresh. What canibe the cause of this soreness and schism? Is it that our rulers disagree on the [grave subject of electoral re form? We believe that they are not by any means too unanimous. But reform is too trifling a matter io break up a Cabinet. Is there any difference about peace or war? Such things are not within the remotest pro bability. Have any of Earl Grey's colleagues become restive :or discontented, at the prospect of bearing the odium of his Lordship's policy at the Cape, and of the campaign of his nominee commander in that colony? We believe not: his colleagues were prepared to take their share of Lord Grey's blunders and unpopularity. Have the remote consequences of Lord John's Durham letter stirred any of his colleagues to rebel at the eleventh hour, and induced them to sacrifice him to the Pope and Dr. Cullen? Not even that. Is one fraction of the Cabinet for offering a share of office to the politi cians of Lancashire, and doth the other fraction prefer the quondam colleagues of Sir Robert Yeel? Neither is this the mountain of difference that has arisen. That difference is a mere stumbling block; a pre cipitate and imprudent word which Lord Pal merston is accused of having employed in answering an address from some parochial deputation. The suburban liberals came to congratulate the Foreign Se cretary for having aided in the liberation of Kossuth, and they mingled with their congratulations some dis obliging expressions for the potentates, who showed such a fierce anxiety to hung Kossuth, and who did lieu , . and shoot his companion. Lord Palmerston received the address politely; perhaps somewhat jocularly, objected to some of its expressions, but on the whole showed his own breast, however ministerial, as participating in that universal sentiment of sympathy for,the constitution and liberal cause in Hungary, which has stirred, and which still stirs, nine-tenths of Englishmen. Lord Palmerston's sentiments were pretty well known before; but This expression of them is, it seems, a high offence. The Carlton Club have made it the foundation of an impeachment; of which, for the last ten days, they have been framing the articles,. Those good Tories have found a very fit attorney-general to plead their oause in Baron Brunnow, the Russian ambassador. And he has addressed his formal accusation ,to her Majesty, both in Court and in Council. Had Baron Bruanow, the Carlton, and the Times, stood the unsupported trio of accusers in this ins‘tter, then should we have little doubt of the decision, and, after all, see little gravity in the accusation. But the absolutist trio have, by good luck, found an eift,eient support in Earl Grey. His hereditary and long- seated jealousy of Lerd Palmerston has been aroused to a flame; so, at least, it is pretended, by the fact of his coll.engue having paid an imprudent compliment to the aunga rian. And his Lordship, to tell a plain story, reh 1803 to sit any longer in the same Cabinet with the Forei, gn Se cretary. Once more, therefore, is the Prime Minister put in the painful alternative of siding with ono of hi: t col leagues against the other. Earl Grey, a member of the Cabinet and of the Liberal party, is entitled t o the highest consideration. He has done good servic e. and has been often stanch on vital points when his opp :.vents tailed. It is possible, too, that on certain questions of conduct in foreign policy, Earl Grey may have taken the right view, and Lord Palmerston the wrong. But at the present juncture to break up a Cabinet, and a Reform Cabinet, on account of en imprudent word .—and a Cabinet, too, of which the members have had to par don each other many imprudences, Lord Grey's, own letters to his colonial subordinate being amongfit the number—will bo considered as an act of unreal onable petulance. Besides, it will infallibly by said that his Lo rdship was actuated in no small degree by those motives which drove Mr. Hawes from office. A lowering Parli axnen tary storm hangs over the Government on acco ant of the policy and consequent expenditure at the Cap, ;; and it will be said, that whilst Mr. Frederick Peel has shown a courage disproportionate with his years in undertak ing to do battle for Earl Grey, the Earl himself hi con sidered discretion to be the better part of valour, r s aid re peats the only way "to live to fight another day.," As may well be supposed, we take no very gr sat in terest in this personal quarrel, nor in the maint onance of this statesman or that in office. We feel pretty well assured that no one, in the Cabinet or out of it, meditates a war with Russia or with Austria. But a statesman or even a Minister telling those potentt tee in directly a bit of English mind, we really see no harm in. If we do not want to attack, neither do we I rant to curry favour with these potentates. And if England should not play the bully, neither should it, af,:er the fashion and the recommendation of the Times, en s.:3t the sneak. What we want is peace; but peace won by tr ight ness and not meanness. With peace we want ec o.nomy and reform. All Ministers will give us peace; tl toy are all bound over to keep it. But what Ministry win give us most economy and most reform? These we the points on which we should like to hear how str Icemen think, and how they differ. If Lord Grey finds Lord Palmerston not liberal enough or too liberal on this point, we should like to hear it. We could tied crstand a liberal statesman breaking up a Cabinet in such a cause. But to get up a quarrel because a cones gue has made use of an imprudently liberal word; or, wade a speech which does not harmonise with the etique tto of a Court—this is child's play, not man's play. Sch Dolboys would deserve to be flogged for falling out abo at such things. And for our part, we feel strongly inc! ,tied to use the birch.—Daily News. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. The patron Saint-day of Scotland falling duo tl is year on Sunday, the annual festival, in connexion w ith the above institution took place on Monday, at the . .)',l.undon Tavern, under the Presidency of the Right H. )11. the Lord Mayor—himself a descendant of Caledonia --sup ported by the Sheriffs, some of the Aldermen, and ,many of the City Corporation. The friends and stibseril )tlrs of the Hospital attended in great numbers, a large vxiber being dressed in Highland costume, naval or military uniform. The directors and officers of this institution evince their deep interest in its prosperity, by sec tiring generally the most distinguished personages for its pre sidents on similar occasions. These three years, at Imes sively, they have had—first, Sir James Duke, when Lord Mayor; next they secured Mr. Stuart Wortley, o a his appointment toithe Recordership ; and now they were again under the leadership of the First Magistrate. This was the ene hundred and eighty-sixth St. Andrew's fes tival held in connexion with the institution, which no less speaks for the excellence of its objects than for 4 . ;ts management, proving that both are worthy of support, and that both have been proved by the test of time. The society's benevolence and charity have been represented by us on former occasions, and we now only repeat that it continues to relieve distress and alleviate suffering as actively as ever. The only difference with yesterday's dinner from the former ones, was the presence of the aged recipients of the society's charity in an ante-room, if possible to express their gratitude to their more fortu nate countrymen, their supporters. The large room in which the dinner took place was appropriately decorated with national flags and other emblems, but prominent among them all was the be spangled banner of America. Mr. Angus Mackay, her Majesty's piper, was present, with the band of the Cale donian School, who played alternately pibroohs and marches, with other martial airs. The Lord Mayor seemed to express more interest in the sight of the fine little boys composing this band, than anything that pre sented itself all the evening. After ample justice had been done to the loyal part of the toasts, in which Prince Albert was recognised in his character of a Scotch laird, the Chairman adverted to the presence of the Hon. Mr. Walker, formerly Secre tary to the Treasury of the United States, and con eluded.by proposing "Prosperity to the Union." The toast was most cordially received. Mr. WALKNR, in responding, thanked the Chairman for associating his name with the honour paid to his country. Looking at the flag of this country, which floated in friendly greeting with the stars and stripes of his beloved country, he indulged the hope that the twe flags would never wave otherwise than in friendly alli ance.—(Loud cheers.) Tho sons of Scotland had ever occupied a foremost position in the United States; and in the Mexican war, as well as in commerce, the descendants of Scotchmen had won the highest honours. Nothing else was to be expected from the countrymen of Wallace and Bruce. In every country they were distinguished as lawyers, as pat r i o t s , as poe t s , as no velists, as divines; and though an o ld man , with the frosts of many winters on his head, he must be per mitted to add, in their own presence, his homage to the Scottish lasses.—(lmmense applause.) His grand father was born in Scotland; his mother's name was Duncan, and he had a son who had the same appella tion, while his earliest recollections were connected with the history of Scotland. There were but few families in America in which the children were not taught the songs of Scotland; and ,he was sure America would endorse his declaration, that the groat staples of the Scotch character were courage, intellect, integrity, and religion.—(Loud cheers.) The toast, " The Army and Navy" was responded to by Major Adair. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the In stitution," expressed his deep conviction, that in support inggbleas glad t tt h eo e pfirnSedcmo that i t it i ae s tht during acri n hospital, interests of their cou n t ry. H e was the past year th e i nst i tut i on bad Scotcbmen wou ld d o the i r expended 2,1401. in alleviating human sorrow; and ho hoped the donations that ev enin g would evince at least an undiminished interest in t he succes s of the institution. Keith, l ie b i a t ner abov e re f erre d to; " The Lord Mayor," proposed by Mr. H e pb urn; " The hnas having p resen t e d The toast was most enthu siasticall y received, as were also the , institutionfullowing: ; h i e ' M rorYa tothe Sheriffs;" " Mr. Peabody, ' as connected with the United States and with commerce; " The Caledonian Society," responded to by the president, Mr. Hepburn, in a speech full of national enthusiasm; and " The Secretary, Major Adair." The subscriptions during the evening exceeded 3504 Mr. Farquharson Smith and Mr. Gengo were the vocal ists of the evening, and sung some pleasing duets and glees. It was worthy of remark that among the sub scribers, one gentleman (David Dean) announced his three sons as life subscribers to the charity. The evenin g wa s to finished by the party retiring partake of coff ee , an d a dance with the ladies. THE KAFIR WAR. —Yesterday afternoon a public meeting, convened by the mayor, was held in the Court house at Leeds, for the purpose of memorialising the Govern ment of Lord John Passell to take steps for putting an end to the destructive war now raging in South Africa. The meeting was held in the lesser court-room, which was well filled. The mayor presided. A memorial and all the reso lutions were carried unanimously. Mr. Robert Jowitt, tne Rev. T. Wickatead, and other leading members of the Peace Society, were in attendance. , COLLEGE ROBBERIES at CAMBRIDGE. The carelessness of undergraduates, and, indeed, of , members of the University generally, in leaving their rooms open, or as it is termed w ithin the preci nc t s , w i t h tho doors " unsported," is proverbial, such carelessness being no doubt engendered by the security enjoyed, nevertheless, owing to the constant supervision exercised by the porter and other college servants. The opportu nities of robbery thus afforded, however, have just been made available by a young man of respectable con nexions, whose apprehension and examination upon the charges detailed below created great excitement, both in the University and town, as it was known that suspicion had previously attached to a young man now proved to have been utterly guiltless. The prisoner, whose name is Henry Padwick Butler, is, it will be seen, of the medical profession, and about twenty years of age. His friends reside at Newington, and his deceased father was a captain in the Royal Navy; he was about to enter upon a situation et one of the metropolitan hospitals, and had accepted a temporary situation with Mr. Peck previous to doing so. It was on passing through Cambridge on his way to that gentle man's house at Newmarket, that ho committed the of ' fences with which ho is now charged. He was examined at the Town-hall in Cambridge on Monday (yesterday), before the mayor (Mr. Elliot Smith) and a bench of ma gistrates. Mr. Garrtt, solicitor, appeared for tho pri soner, who, towards the close of the examination, loaned his head upon his hands and wept bitterly. The first charge was that of robbing. William Elliott, an undergraduate of Magdalen Col lege, said—l have rooms in Magdalen. On the night of Saturday, the 22d of November, I missed a small dressing-case containing a pair of razors, a strop, a small boothook, and a scent bottle. I alto missed a gold pin and a prayer-book. I gave information to the police, and on Saturday last I went with the superinten dent to Newmarket. We went to the house of a Mr. Peck, a surgeon, and found the prisoner there, officiat ing as Mr. Peck's assistant. The prisoner at that time was wearing my pin. The superintendent said to me in prisoner's hearing, "Is that your pin?" I said " Yes;" and the prisoner replied that he had had the pin for years. I afterwards went into the bedroom of the pri soner with Mr. Peck. A search was made in the drawers and boxes of the prisoner, and all the property I had lost was found there. My dressing-case was 011 the table. The superintendent and the prisoner were in the i hedroom when I got upstairs. My prayer book has had the flyleaf, on which my name was written, torn out. The prisoner was quite a stranger to me, but I noticed him in chapel at college on Sunday, the 23d. He was with Mr. Stratton, a member of our college. Mr. Stratton " keeps" (lodges) on the same staircase with me, and frequently visits me in my rooms. The stolen articles were produced and identified by the witness. Superintendent Jaggard, of the Cambridge police, stated that on going to Newmarket he went straight into Mr. Peck's surgery and found the prisoner there. Told him he had a warrant against him for stealing the dress ing -case; upon which prisoner replied, "Oh, it's up stairs. lam sure I did not steal it; I bought it of a boy just as I came out of the college." I (said the wit ness) took hold of the pin in his scarf, and said, " What pin is this?" and he replied, "It is mine. I have bad it for years. It was given to me." I told him I must search his bedroom, and he pointed it out to me. I found the dressing-case standing on the top of a chest, and the prayer-book in one of the drawers. On Mr. Elliott identifying the prayer-book, prisoner said, " That, too, was in the case when I bought it." John Young Stratton said,—l have rooms in Magda len College, on the second floor, on the same staircase as Mr. Elliott, whose rooms are below mine. The pri soner was visiting me; he arrived on Friday, November 21. He slept at the Red Lion, but was with me during most of Saturday and Sunday. I did not introduce him to Mr. Elliott's rooms, though I might have gone i nto them myself during the time he was with me. The prisoner, upon the usual caution being read, re plied, " I reserve my defence," and, the case being com pleted, he was fully committed to the sessions. A second case was then taken, in which the Rev. Vin cent Raven, Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, was the prosecutor. Being sworn, Mr. Raven said—l have rooms on the first floor on the same staircase as Mr. Stratton. I missed a gold watch about eleven o'clock on Sunday night (Nov. „23). The watch had been in a drawer in my bedroom. I wound it up and put it in the drawer on Saturday night. That (the watch produced) is it. I saw the prisoner in chapel on Sunday evening, but I had no acquaintance with him. William Henry Young, watchmaker, of Jesus-lane, deposed—l saw the prisoner on Monday last, the 24th of November. He came to my shop between twelve and two o'clock on that day, and asked me if I bought or exchanged watches? I said, " Yes," and he produced this one (Mr. Raven's). He said ho would sell or ex change it, and eventually I gave him two gold rings and a set of studs, value 3/. 45,, for it. I valued the watch at 31. The prisoner again reserved his defence, and was com mitted on this charge likewise. The following charge was then gone into.— Thomas Bentley Brown said, fI am an undergraduate of Emmanuel College, and have rooms on the first floor of the first staircase in the new buildings of Emmanuel. I saw the prisoner on the evening of Friday, the 21st of November. I was just entering the college gates at the time. He was quite a stranger to me. Ile accosted me, and asked me if I could tell him where he could get a sight of the list of the university ? I replied that I did not know where he could get one in the town, but if he would come to my rooms I would show him ono. I took him to my rooms, and left him there while I went to another man's rooms to borrow a calendar, with which I returned. He had told me beforehand that he knew a gentleman named Stratton, but did not know what college he was of. We had some conversation, and I asked him if he would take any refreshment? He re plied he had just come down from London, and did not mind if he did, and I brought out some wine.— (Laughter.) Ile then asked me to accompany him to Magdalen, and I did so, and left him there. I missed my watch on Sunday, between ono and two o'clock. I had seen it safe on Friday. It was an old double faced gold watch, and had been deposited on the chimney piece in the keeping-room. It was out of order, and not in use. This (the watch produced) is the same. Robert Cole, pawnbroker, of Bridge-street, said—l have seen the prisoner three times before. On the morning of Saturday, the 22d of November, he pledged this watch (Mr. Brown's) with me. He pledged it in the name of Mr. Brown, of Emmanuel College.— (Laughter.) I lent him 21. 108. on the watch. Mr. Elliott's dressing-case and prayer-book were pledged with me by the prisoner, in the name of Brown, about 7 o'clock on the evening of the 22d of November, and re deemed by him on the 24th. This was the whole of the evidence offered, and the prisoner was fully committed on this, the third charge, also. There was a fourth charge, of stealing three studs set in gold, two razors, a gold pin, and two gold wrist studs from the rooms of Mr. Raymond, of Magdalen; and it is understood that an indictment will be preferred upon it at the sessions. Bail was not applied for on be hag of the prisoner, and ho was removed to the Borough Gaol to await his trial. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE NEVI FLAG -SHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.— Orders have been received at Portsmouth to the effect chat the Britannia, 120, is to be appropriated as the new flag-ship for the Mediterranean, and not the Waterloo, 120, at Sheerness. In addition to the Britannia having been commanded by Admiral Dundas at ono time, she is further advanced than the Waterloo, and can be made ready for sea in a very short time. Captain Goldsmith, Commander J. B. Dickson, and other officers have been already appointed to the Britannia, and men will at once be entered for that ship. It is understood, we believe, that the Neptune, 120, will bo substituted as the ordinary guard-ship at Ports mouth; and in order that each of the principal home ports may have a sea-going three-decker as ono of the flag-ships, the Waterloo, when ready, will take the flag of the commander-in-chief at Sheernesc for the London, 92, to which ship Captain the Ilon. M. Stopford and the officers and men of the Waterloo will most likely be transferred. PLYMOUTH ' Nov. 30.—The steam-ship Magici enne , now lying in Barn Pool, will shortly go into the Chan nel to try her engines, after which she will be put in commission. The brig Fly, from the New Zealand station, will be paid off at this port on arrival home; and the Ilavan ash, Captain Erskine, from Sydney and Rio Janeiro, will also be paid off here, should she call first at Ply mouth. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Campbell, sailed on Friday for the West Indies, touching at Lis bon, with supernumeraries for the Hecate. The clipper yacht America sailed on Thursday for the Mediterranean. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 45 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Ringleader—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston'a Mountain Deer—t 1,000 to 15 apt Mr. Mangan's Russborough—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Phillips's Le Juif—taken freely 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Italian—taken DERBY. 750 to 50 agst Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps—t 500 t 0.15 agst Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson —taken 500 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—t 1,750 to 50 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—taken 1,250 to 25 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Maidstone—taken 1,250 to 25 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Kingfisher—taken SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross trailic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Nov. 29, 1851 £10,238 8 0 Ditto, Nov. 30, 1850 ... ... 9,356 5 4 Increase in 1851 ... ... £BB2 2 8 London Terminus, Dec. 1, 1851. THE COLLISION ON THE SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- James Martin, the stoker, who was so seriously injured at the collision of a passenger and goods trains on the South Coast Railway, near Arundel, on Thursday night, died from his wounds at Chichester late on Sunday evening. The en gine driver, James Pemberton, who attempted suicide imme diately after the collision, is considered now to be out of danger, but he has several times expressed his determination to destroy himself should " his mate," the stoker, e terms him, not recove r . Th e fact of Martin's death it i a s s ehn deavoured to keep a secret from him, but when it becomes known to him, it is feared he Will make another attempt at suicide as he threatens. MEMOIR OF MR. SAPIO. [The following biographical notice, promised by ourselves in yesterday's impression, is transferred to our columns from the pages of Oxberry's Dramatic Biography, No. XV .] " Blest in thy song, and blest in every grace That wins the friend, ur that enchants the fair.' SHENSTONE. " A marvellously proper gentleman, not over young, nor wild—rather sad than merry, and yet not sad enough to damp our joys —most pleased when pleasing, and happy in the happiness of others." F, or upwards O. f a quarter of a century Braham has held undi sputed sway in the vocal world. Hill, Phillips, Horn, Cook, and numberless aspirants, have never approached a rivalry; and even Sinclair , and Incledon have b een confessedly his inferiors. , A man's voice," sa y s Q u i n, "can't last for ever, and is often the worse for thirty years' practice ;".._perhaps a reflection of this nat ure i nduced the subject of the present memoir to resi gn hi s quiet department of a concert singer, to i nvo l ve hi mself in the turmoils of a theatre. Of Mr. Sapio we know little ; and as it is not our custom to state, as facts, those morsels of information that we extract from casual inquiry, our biography may prove meagre ; but what we do state,:our readers may rely upon. Had it rested with ourselves, we should have as suredly delayed the memoir of this gentleman till a more frequent exercise of his powers had enabled us to have formed a more correct estimate of his talent ; and until longer continuance in the dramatic world had given us greater facilities of acquiring informa tion respecting him. Mr. Sapio, Who is a descendant of an Italian family, of great respectability, was born in London, in the year 1792 ; his family are musical, and inherit the genius of their country in that particular; our hero's early habits made him a musician, and it became to him rather as a language that he intuitively studi e d than as a science that he painfully pursued. The children of musicians usually possess what is termed " good ears," a thing which is not supposed to b e an heir loom from nature, but an acquirement from the continual hearing of musical sounds, when the ear is yet in embryo, and wh en w e imbibe without percep tion—the acquisition of the grounds of music thus become as easy as the acquirement of language, and in formation without every day add to the stock of our without perceiving our gradual improvement. Music was, however, not the only study to which the infant mind of our hero was directed; he received a good educatio n , a n d b ec ame master of the French and Italian laugu ages , which he speaks with the same fluentcy asjthat of his mother country. Mr. Sapio and Madame Vestris are the only two English performers that can support a line of cha• ratters in the Parisian, Roman, and London theatres : a thing, lightly as some persons think of the acquire ment of languages, highly creditable to the industry of these individuals. The lady Ewe have named has sustained the station of prima donna, we believe, both in Italy and France ; and Mr. Sapio has had an offer to fill the male department in both of those countries. The Italian Opera House in London has also long wished for our hero's services, and Mr. Benelli and Mr. Sapio, we are informed, were in actual treaty. Mr. Sapio was long known as a concert singer, and in that capacity few performers ever obtained greater estimation ; but the concert-room does not represent the public, and the fiat of the one often differs widely from that of the other. The concert is, generally speaking, confined to the opulent; and the retired butcher, whose profits have rendered him prodigal, may be seen in silent misery with his amiable con sort, who goes thither because it is genteel, when the real connoisseur is frequently from poverty obliged to absent himself—indeed, the price of admission is a serious evil. Persons of rank and taste may consider half a guinea or a guinea as little for a musical treat, and persons of riches and no taste may consider that sum well expended for the pleasure of a seat with their superiors —the consequences may be easily fore seen. The concert-room becomes no just criterion of the merits of a singer, because the majority of its visi tors are not persons capable of judging : it is the only entertainment where the rich vulgar can absolutely intermingle with the patricians : the palisade of a private box keeps her Grace from contamination in the theatre, whilst Mrs. Greasy of Leadenhall market may have a place actually beside her in the concert room. Wh en we say th i s, we do not mean toinfer that the praises bestowed upon Mr. Sapio, as a concert singer, were unmerited ; but we are gene ralising the subject, and denying that a name in that capacity is any general warrantry of merit. The public have, for two or th ree years, h a d an op • portunity of judging of Mr. Sapio's capabilities at the Oratorios, where he impressed us with a high opinion of his science and his taste ; and where, in the more solemn and affecting parts of sacred melody we always held him superior to Braham, who shines more where animation is requisite. Mr. Sapio's friends have long urged him to attempt the stage, and he strenuously resisted their wishes, from a fear of his incapacity as an actor. When he beheld Braham and Sinclair, we should suppose he could fear little rivalry in that particular; but, it appears, Mr. Sapio's good sense would not suffer him to be content with barely arriving at their cold insipidity of enuncia tion. A correspondent informs us that Mr. Smart (a professor of elocution of learning and eminence) be came our hero's preceptor; we do not vouch fo.l the fact, but if so, it is by no means discreditable to Mr. Sapio: ho has had few opportunities of acquiring elocutionary power, and he was right not to present himself before the public until he had acquired a delivery that was at least inoffensive, and a mode of action calculated to impress and not disgust. In 1824, Mr. Sapio started to the north, and com menced his dramatic career in Edinburgh, where he ob tained many friends and admirers; and after this neces sary precursory step, he concluded an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre, at (saith the Green-room) twenty guineas per night, and made his first appearance in the Soraskier, in the Siege of Belgrade, on the Ist of De cember in that year. Dramatic interest had not been so much excited by the first appearance of any singer (save Miss Wilson) as on that occasion ; a crowded house showed the s t a t e o f pu bli c ant i c i pation I and an enthu siastic reception its estimation of his vocal powers. The ease w ith w hi c h M r. S ap i o entered upon the dra matic part of his task certainly surprised us: since that period he has performed Henry Bertram in Guy Man nering, Prince Orlando in The Cabinet, and the Dey (Fall of Algiers). Since which, we aro informed, that mass of-- (let our readers fill up the chasm) Elliston, has thought fit to bicker with, and shelve our hero. • The Vauxhall proprietors, who aro determined this year to out-do all their former out-doings, have offered immense terms to Mr. Sepia, but with a prudent regard for his own fame, he has declined their proffers. So much for the career of our hero in the metropolis, and we now turn to a consideration of those talents by which ho has acquired the patronage of the public. Mr. Sapio is a singer by acquirement rather than by nature; his voice is neither extensive nor strong, nor is its tone naturally good. It has neither the flexibility or sweetness of Sinclair's, nor is it managed with as much skill as Braham's; yet it is indubitably much superior to Braham's (now) in tone, and directed by more science and attention, than ever fell to the share of the Scotch vocalist. The principal error of Mr. Sapio appears to be, a love for the bravura. We know that in Henry Bertram ho rested his hopes entirely on the introduced song of " Scots wa hao wi Wallace bled," and anticipated little from the ballad; when, in fact, he succeeded eminently in the latter, whilst in the former his failure was dread ful; his voice actually broke up, in the attempt to be energetic. When will singers learn that noise is not emphasis? His song of " The Rose and the Lily," in The Seraskier, is, in parts, extremely beautiful ; so is his execution of the Italian air, "My heart with love is beating." Hts trumpet-song was by no means a happy effort; he wants physical power for such an attempt. In Orlando we admired the quiet unobtrusive beauty of his style of singing " The Beautiful Maid," and the impressive acting of his duet with Miss Stephens; we cannot extend the same praise to that with Horn, which became discordant from the singer's forcing his natural voice beyond its limit, instead of resorting to his falsetto. The polacca was a happier effort than we had antici pated, but injured by a redundancy of action; and here we must remark, that on the second and third repetition of this song ho used exactly the same actions to the dif ferent passages ; a poverty of invention unpardonable in an actor, whilst the repetition of the same cadences were as derogatory to his talents as a singer. Whilst naming what Mr. Sapio cannot do, in the energetic parts of opera, it is but fair we should particularise his duet with Horn, in The Dey of Algiers (we have forgotten the name of it), it was a fine, bold, animated effort, and the merit of Sapio's singing may be imagined, wh©n we say it roused the torpid Mr. Horn into effort. Our hero's execution of " Yes, 'tis decreed," in that miserable pro duction, is also excellent ; nor did he fail to sustain his fame in a duet of considerable di m ffic is u s lt s y t , ep w h i e th na. that ex ordinary co m p ass ; his t r a m o r r d . i Sapion a r y musical u y s e i i c e a e l pm, is h e a n t o ene e r n o e n f y falsetto is not peculiarly pleasing to us; but thi arise from our admiri ng no f e i gned voice that doseallinao-t blend with the natural one; his shake is evidently de ficient; it iq neither steady, nor brilliant. we will allow him all the drawbacks that novelty of situation are likely to have thrown u p on his assumption;but , we m us t re mark, what we have already said of p render him a D earman, that Mr. great Sa pi o Bwinagnetrthne h atll a r d al tia to a good one. nerally effective, an d a l ways introduc ed attention to the lit erary, well as the musical construc tion of his so ngs . as gl N r • a i et hes a ar p e rop g e e r - As an actor Mr. Sapio has much to unlearn: ho is too abundant in his action, and too foreign (if we ma y be allowed the t erm), in his general deportment: he is, however, far bey on d most of the singers of the day al ready, and a little attention will render him an ornament to the stage, in this particular. Redundancy is the fault of the French school, and this is the model which . Mr. Sapio seems to h ave s t u di e d from. delivery that em phatic and pleasin g; but ho should remember te, con tinualeffeee.mtphasis is destructive of, rather than conducive Clark hair and eyes; his features are dar M k r c . mmetrical, and his e S m ap p i l o ex i i s en a , bout 5 feet 8 inches in height; of a e w x h p e r l e e s ap v e p , e a h r i a s nc fi e gu p r r e epo s s li s g e h ss t in a g n . d By BISHOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE.—Sir E. N. Bux ton, Bart., M.P., has given the sum of . 250/. toward s t h e o atablishment of the proposed uoW bishopric of Sierra Looae. I ALLEGED MURDERS. At the Thames Police -court yesterday, William Mur phy, 26, a cooper, residing at 39, Middlegrove-street, St. George in the East, and Mary Ann, his wife, also 26 years of age, were charged on suspicion of having caused the death of their two children —Bridget, aged two years and a half, and William, aged twelve months—within the last two days. Sergeant Kelly, 2 11, stated that, from information re ceived, he, accompanied by Wigley, 141 11, went last night to 39, Middle Grove-street, and in the first floor front room found two children dead in bed. g e wa i ted some time till the female prisoner came. The male pri soner came soon after, and he asked them if th ey li ved there, and if the children were theirs; to which th ey replied in the affirmative. Ile then told them he should take them into custody for causing their death. Th ey both answered, " I did not murder them." Dr. Trip e had examined the children, and gave witness a cer tifi cate to the effect that Bridget, te eldest, was in an emaciated condition, had evidently been much neglected, and was bruised on the lower part of the left thigh; the youngest was in a very good condition, and they had both evi dently died suddenly. There was a bed in the room folded up close. The children looked as if they had been neglected. Murphy—l was quite stunned when the officer came to me. _ Mr. YARDLEY—I must caution you that any state ment you may make will be taken down, and may be given against you at your trial. Do you wish to ask any questions? Murphy—No. Amelia WaiEh stated that she was a married woman, and resided at 39, Middle Grove-streef. Last Wednes day week the female prisoner came to her ho use i n searc h of lodgings. Witness asked it she had ti ny c h i ld ren . Sh e said yes, one baby only. Witness agreed to take them as lod gers, and they began t o move in th e following day. They eame i nto the h ouse on Saturday, bringing the bah)", which w i tness rem arked was a fine healthy one, in which remark the female prisoner . acquiesced. On told me you had only Monday witness saw a fine looking girl, five years old, with. the female prisoner, and asked whose was . she. The prisoner replied that it as hers. Witness said, ." You said she did not look upon that one as anything, because she was so quiet. Witness turned to the child and said, " Your mother doe one baby;" to which the prisoner s in now dead lay with its head dear." On Tuesday the B came home quite drunk. The baby was bed,and not . seem prisonerto own you, my the little girl its feet on the bed. Witnesosna round foot . took the baby up in her arms, and it was nearly speechless. There three were . children altogether, and witness whether the third one was hee asked the prisoner pause she said it was. Witness saids? After some little basket, and " No, it can't be yours,. it must belong to one of your prisoner rerlied, `` No, I am the mothermpanions." The On taking the children down stairs theytipsy appeared.quite told him that the children were mere also. Witness must be starved. He answered, " They skeletons, and fine as any children in Grove-street;" toy used to be as marked that they must be very much alteredeh she re him to go up and put his wife to bed; instead of putting told . her to bed he struck her, and she screamed out Pute g Wit ness ran up and found . that he had grasped his vr . ife by the throat. She pacified them, and took the childre up, The children began . to cry on being taken into the n room. The female prisoner told her nothing ab out th child being ill till Wednesday, when she said that it was cutting its teeth, and that she had been to Dr. Tripe who said nothing was the matter with it. She brought home a phial of medicine and a powder., There was another female with her. Witness advis e d her to put themin a warm bath, but did not know whe ther she followed that advice. Witness had given them notice to on quit ' Tuesday. On Wednesday she be gge d the fem a l e t o qu it that night, but she said she could not, as the b a by was ill ; b u t s he mentioned nothing of the little girl Bridget. They had always a lot of low com pany with them. On Friday witness begged them to keep the door shut. They said they could not, as their friends were coming in and out. Witness again told them that she wished th em to leave, on wh i c h the f ema l e pri soner said, "Yon must b e an unfeeling woman, w h en my two children are dead." Witness went into their room, and found what she stated to be true. She then asked, " Why did you not call me, as they were dying? " to which the prisoner made no reply. Witness examined the child Bridget, and on looki • ng at its leg she found that the blood had set in the right thigh. She asked the male prisoner what it was, and he said it was the death blow. It looked as if the child h a d h a d a severe blow. Tho . baby was a sick and ailing child. The prisoners, who seemed totally unconcerned, and asked the witnesses no questions, were remanded till Wednesday. ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMMISSION. ST. ALBAN'S, MONDAT.—To-clay the commissionero, Messrs. Slade, Forsyth, and Phinn, re-assembled in the Town-hell, at ten o'clock, with a view to closing the in quiry. ©letter was read from Mr. Wilks. one of the former candidates, stating his inability from indisposition to attend on the Commissioners. The Hon. Mr. Craven, who was an unsuccessful can didate in 1847, and Mr. Repton, the present Conserva tive sitting Member for the borough, were examined. and both admitted they believed that at their respective elections, though not personally cognisant of it at the time, bribery, on a scale similar to that practised at the last election, had been committed. The Hon. Mr. Craven said he had a suspicion, because having at the time advanced from 6001. to 1,0001. for the purpose of carrying out his election, of that amount 3001. was not duly accounted fcr. Mr. Lepton said he suspected that improper expenses had been incurred for his election; but he did not know precisely the way in which the transactions were carried on; nor was ho aware that Edwards had lent Blagg 5001. to conduct his (Mr. Repton's) election until be read a statement to that effect i❑ the newspapers a abort time ago. Ile was never asked to repay the 500/. so alleged to be lent because he said he would not give any large sums of money for election purposes any more. lle admitted that at the election in 1841, when Lord Listowel and Mr. Muskett were his opponents, a de mand was made upon him after the election for between 2,0001. and 3,0001,, and this was paid by members of his family; and the exorbitant nature of this demand had induced him not to have anything to do with such de mands in future. The matter was transacted between his friends and Edwards and Blagg, to the latter of whom he personally advanced 4701, for what ho supposed to be the expenses of conducting the election. The rest of the proceedings in the examination con sisted of those individual voters who had received bribes, and who were not forthcoming at the last election. The inquiry stands farther adjourned, for any sup plemental or subsidiary purpose, to 25th January next. SOUTHAMPTON NEW Docxs.—A disatrous acci dent occurred on Saturday evening which must delay the opening of this splendid new dock for some time longer. It was intended that on Thursday next this dock, the area of which is upwards of ten acres, should be opened with great ceremony. It has been gradually filled with water during the past week; and on Saturday- Mr. Giles, the engineer, was superintending the removal of the dam which separates the outer dock, or tidal basin, from the new close dock. The timbers from the upper portion of this dam had been re moved, and it was intended that the lower portion should be forced up by the water. The gates, which are constructed of solid baulks of timber, appeared very massive, and KAU. ciently strong to sustain any pressure that might be put on them. Unfortunately, however, for the credit of Mr. Giles (the engineer who constructed the docks), as well as for the pockets of the Dock Company, the hinges on which they hung were too slight, and the gates were forced up —one of them now lies floating on the surface of the inner dock. The copper bolts of the hinges were too small, and quite inade quate to sustain such massive work ; the consequence was, as might have been anticipated, they snapped short off. It is supposed this unfortunate accident will occasion a delay of at least two months before the dock can be opened, as well as an expense of some thousands to the company, Two coffer dams must now be sunk on both sides of the gates, and the water must be pum pe d out before they can be replaced, and the dock opened. ROYAL S OCIETY , D EC . I.—The annive rsary meet chair. His Lordship delivered his annual address, after which the Copley ing was held thi s d av , th e E ar l o f i n medal was presented to Rosso, president, the Professor Owen Transactions ' published in the " Philosophical ; pals ontology, 1 medals to the Earl of Bosse for his observa. one of the royal for his important discoveries in comparative anatomy and Newport for his C T o h l a e n ', l arl paper on the impregnation of the ovum. Lions on the nebula, and the second royal medal to Mr. G. Edward of I °35 Sa bine, The society then proceeded to the election of council and officers for the ensuing year, and the following noblemen and were elected:—President —The i g c e . n p t . lem m en .A mr . ILA. Secretaries—Mr. Samuel Hunter Christie, Mak , and Mr. Thomas Bell. Foreign Secretary —Captain W. IL Smyth, RN. Other members of the council—Mr. William Bowman; Mr. Benjamin Collins Brodie; Mr. Chas. Brooke; the Rev. Professor Challis, M.A. ; William Clark, M.D. ; Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, M.D. ; Sir P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. ; the Very Rev. the Dean of Ely - Mr. J. P. Gassiot ; Mar s h a ll Hall, M.D. - , Sir John Frederick W. Herschel, Bart.; Professor W. Hallows Miller, M.A. ; Lie" tenant-Colonel Portlock, R.v.. M r. Edward Solly; Mr. William Spence ; Nathaniel Wit ' llich, DI. D. The mercantile accounts from Vienna show that no mitigation had occurred in the coercive measu res °i the Government regarding the dealings on the g e te x d ij nc e tilated the same time nothing had been atten3P • give cer tainty inspire confidence in the finances, or to - The means to tainty to the proceedings of the merchan ts. be adopted by the Bank for carrying affording advances direct to the m anufacturing in stead of to the Viennese capitalists, doubtful, and, accordingout the scheme of anfacturing interests, were still altogether the telegraphic quotations, it o f to exchange upon London, which, un der that the rate _police, ii had nominally declined to der the influence o f la P° again risen - the to 12.38, showing an unfavourable 12.23, has ase The new tariff just prepared and reaction of 11 per cent. exhibited, a lthough published, occupied a tt en• on most articles are said to be rais e d con siderably; glass, tion. The duties however, is an exception, in d e f erence to manufacturers, who feared that any rise on the 13ohemian . ht provoke retaliation on their own peculiar that article ung . productions. On iron, candles,furs, liquors, urs, paperhangings, cards,confectionery, chocolate, and ed i bl es of all kinds, the charge is increased about a third, and upon caoutchouc and articles made from that subst ance i t i s doubled. This tariff is to last till the end of October, 1i54, and most of its pro visions are in accordance with the suggestions of the Cus toms' Congress, held in the early part of the year, and which was composed of persons representing the various protected manufactures of the empire. JUBILEE OF THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LONDON.—On Sunday morning the jubilee of the establish ment of the German Lutheran Church in London was cele brated at the church in the precinct of the Savoy, the first German mission in London having been established there 50 years ago by the present minister, the Rev. Dr. Steinkopff. The building on the occasion was very beautifully ornamented with laurels, evergreens, &c. The congregation was ;e e ry numerous, and amongst other distinguished persofits te pre _at e. were the Duchess of Orleans. the Prussian Minister, The sermon was preached by the Rev. ed o . rt the state of after which the congregation was addres e s u, Dr. Tiarks, Dr. 1 the church by the Reverends Dr. PP C u a g the ministers of the ' Wallbaum, Dr. Kuper, and Dr. Schs , principal Grim& ciawciael ta_14;34911.