The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-14 00:00:00

d" . t0.431* si fe, co o, ie r 0 ns e f( ' De I r e pi 01,,;• APBl.4ekicola; Red Rose, Charleston; Victor, Balti unto; Uri, St. JAilfr, New Brun sw i c k ; Spy, M.rocco. 1 , 13(1.4: ; lltue, N.-vv, 1‘ rid; Paragon, B os t on; M ar ine, A derilect vessel of a b out 150 tons, painted blsck, was Passed on the 21 Nov., in hit. 45, lone.. 45 ; and the Ulia, from Wat , rford to Nowf.,undland, on the bat Nov.. iu l al. 49, long iltice m rti g. 98. with nothin standing t aiatnast and bow-prit, b u t not requ ing ass's ,3. th e Conw io itiv l , Brut in. arrivt-u here. The tater vessel also fat in with the V , panne or Venture, c „ ri g , of S un d erland, di.mas,t , d, w,tfrloggod, and aban oned, on the ls*., Nov., in lat. 44, long. 49. Wunslrrsrows, Nov. 12. Wind calm.—Arrd. Nile, Allen iseuck, Catla,); Mary Matthevre, Hatfield, Hunduras; t, Conseils, Constantino le, Off port, Essequito, Ritchie. Callao, and sailed fur Aberdeen; Boreas, Mau "t,;li 1, for the Clyd e .roSTs3IOUTH, Nov. v. 13.—Wind N. to N.N.W.— Arr , , .1- American Congress, Williams, London, and sail,- for York. Sid. Lord Duncan, South Seas; Sara Qu ' i nuit, Binavia; Cower°, Al , asniria. MAR __ ET NE WS.—THIS DAY.) ThAtZNitrGATZ AND XtEAXIENETALIt . t - p ,„ , ,_ '- -,,tuttets were twin io- nay, on the following trrm 3 r:—Beet from 2i 2d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2 6d to Cy the Ir ult 2i to 3t 10d; Purk, 28 to sh 2d per Blbs, , ..wcAreast.. say lailatlrWTS. 2) - l'irrllFlELD.—Meadow Hay 2/ lOs to 31 18s; Clover, -; :: e t ° r a t 4 e l Sins p;plyarly d straw, ' ttod 1/ 2, qi 11 7s per load. and a steady trade. el ,v.strwut.Asrp. Meadow Huy, 2/ lOs to 41 Os ; 8„' et , 3/ 0., to 4/ 03; and straw, li 2s to Ii 9s per load. I:ll3.ilerably good, ad tride firm. ei y , lirrEc a ,,,, EL. ..., 2,1 adow 114 y, 2/ lOs to 3/ 18s; Trade'° 310 4 to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 112 s to 118 s per load. sttady, at full pricer'. F A ,. il lnder a - : utitei3l-Lau,pNic::::. il l37— ill u a ur litz ina E rk T e s t . to-day was but with each kind of fat stock, iu which froa:"Y hairless was tran,acted, at full prices. Beef, 88 81. 3 0 "`) 4s; Mutton. 3s 41 to 4s 2J; Veal, 3s to 1tc,.;,, r k,32 4d to 3.8 J per 81bs. trth,, z lZ °lll) , Nov . . 13. Generally speaking, the tred. I' o 4 : -. 1 ,,," 23 •_ at all advance of 2d per Blhs. Beef, from 3s rorl s. 7, Mutton, 33 2d to 4s 2ii ; Veal. 33 2d to 3s 8•I; to 2,5;. 2 ki to 3s Si per Sibs. Suckling Calves, h 19s L g ., a " Quarter old Store Pigs, 17s to 22s t).c . bigh„"4. Nov. 12.—The general trade ruled firm, at kit , rates— Bret from 3s 431 to 43 2d; Mutton, 3i Pot gB;' 41 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; Pork, 33 2,1 to 3s 6d 4. - 4EI4,IISORN AVERAGES. AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 11, Peet,„ ended Nov. 7, 1850, made up fromteetu a ls PtrlkoZalklille different Cities and Towns in England rikl eZ I "za'r rt . F • ararr . I OATS. RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. d • 40 ' 66 2-111 4d . 1 17s Od 126 s 7d 29s Od I 29s 1 44. r. I DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 8 nd I ~ 4 8" .E. T . I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAR. °,l I is Od I Is Od Is Od • Is 04 4% "'TES OF GRAIN" SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. 9°11281 Batley, 64,944 ; Oats, 16,437 ; Rye, ; Beans, — 4,803. P eas , 1,551 quar t ers . UR ela n, _e LordA C N hs C nc E ell ß or Y sa .— t in the Old Hall, • H D a A ll, Y Lin ) coln's Ittrand heard appeal motions, to-day. si r l rla, V. „ TiE BAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. i NPart.h 41t1.1.ir resumed fromrg to-day Vices il e4rd cellar aPpcal motion the decision of the ttl behi h p. 'Bruce, on a bill filed by the plaintiff NI, i! °F himself and other bondholders of Vie com- Page, th ' t aPPeared that upon application for that put d reve n , a Court appointed a receiver of the tolls an . Ale ei ,„ es of the compe l]) ; a few days afterwards a si t in he eotat.uirket. creditor obtained a judgment . agairpa k the lint a nd arid Proceeded to size the working stun of — eell or in iAn a pplication was made to the Vice-Chan nit... u ae last for an injunction to stay these pro- Z a de tV l an d to commit the Sheriff of Norfolk, who r "Ily v 4 4". Y, for a contempt of court in touching d p ih o ,, koti on E iv a i tt-d in its receiver. His Honour. disrnisse 113 Pe 1 th ens ts and from that &moon the present Th a e w a bro eg i: t. i't hi, 7gattent s occup i ed h i s Lordsh i p up to the time I 4 t thi,1414 at h ill. piht one o'clock. His Lordship rose rsett,early hour to attend the prorogation of Par is - _ - ,pIICILS' C U H '' DAY.) itT•—(T—IS , but no 411 s ° d motions t0.0a),. the 0%,, nster of the Rolls hear ko r : i n r tely the came before his Lordship during ' V g. F-1 1 g D A Y.) nit'CLIANCERY.—Cr ---1 ",, ~) terile:;' - ('T HIS e t. 7ovkle motions e- C 'a' 1 t l o i today, . 1 y ( N ru t aT nothing itl of in• 44 4 (tte P t ourbeLci b e g utn v e i c. b :_ t c or h . , ( h i i u m f : , d i ahcellor oli LFE.) urine the morning. Moore," phi ~,, onour having none t which ,rtra-tte Carenichd,l.: pose arty lute' est. P l? e- heard ‘' n2 lll :, " ti u o u ns v ,. Li - DA Y. ) (Itj"'S BENCH. —(THIS (81ttiogain 4 -anco, before coLERIDoE, WIGHTNAN a" IDE. 1-..„ordPriELL. ERLE.)and Justices Trt it a 11-1 LATE QUEEN ADE L A IDE . ` trE tti D. TUE LORDS COMMISSI ,NERs us o . F HER MA kr. 4 t9 TY ' S TREASuRY. • s aid h ciolity, th e R ecor d er o f the—MAND of London, AM city Me w eau Wll °o w to ap p l y to t h e i r Lordships for a rule the Lord, Co e why a mandamus should katidi antissioners of her Majesty's ti T o r t ea i s s u su ry e , t c o o t :. valtz:n.g t heta to psy to Henry Lard Brougham ot a h n e al r lat e l L4 e EOle surviving trust' e of the be arrears in respect of the ujesty Que,n elai_er 4 _ Ad d t jointure lo 4u4 rttr e d e December, on behalf (1'44 ' 11 in- He made this application Of LotA p-r . annum. 1E . 3 9, of her annuity lf surviving whowas now 'hesole autho- Itosts.i." Br°agba'n' of Parliament, which Fourth to rise(' Katie in an Act _. William the d ot ht his latt. majesty King , of in the ee i; 4 t thi s • • _ and namea 0 .4 11 , 8 jointwer ._ . et Parliament. Ho %I to a,° Which followed "" il 10 111 -4l b it With the entire and was made with n th e ~1 her late 61ajestyrtc_ o e ncur i r t enceof the cx , e ti c , u , - b important qtle:.- the t it to I' . of raisi hart !i• title to the whole,. the time t,f her death.oa (4e,ft! annuity accruing at or at hest a pardon, (f oroi, t ge •first acts of the late Tiing to Parliament to tee ota "g to the throne was a messa ge William IV. ttiotit the to the consideration of late (' Majesty in case of his h deri t h ; tt Provison fur her c.the House of Com tiletssge a t'd en that occasion the tb4l ' fr°° ' the Crown by assenitibmtbgbants Dlittst:fr°,vision. The consequence IV., c. 11, and the o a i n .e s e we to re m d make " I tl eati o k 7 Act lst and 2d Willian w as cder tbeir Lord thi ' 11" about print ring u that Parliament Ppila,std era anon turned ipally upon that Act of tOr u r . was the proper ttifro i•-•4I3IPBELL asked if this Court bOt ,4,-I',"'Pliiioll whether her "ll 4 cl k- t ' ) Pi-lt a eenstruction on the Act of P w ar a l s ia o m r e w n a t: late Majesty was now de rosbc4tled to vie sum that_ representati m o , but . as % 1. avit t or a the Court . o tioo. a ffil 4, present the difficulty with hi f was that i to , - ` e. ' V l 4 4 ' tiOt 113-, turaupl am m u . s ide of raising this "Ppli‘olrtol:hi'keittnEa s aid he trusted he should b m at a i g k : i i i i e• g i th t e h i e r estr teat that was the only mode of application ' °l ', e ra:::113' This was merely otuy atithl,:::°ll_, co.ei.rtain official prso a n b s,a:h a, o_; l e ia re m n en o t t to deal i n . -"01 but required by an Act of Parliament tee, f or ''. the CroWn and way of l leod s by - a Plttietilar with a fund placed in t'aeir 1, 4 atd as distr•ibution in a particular man which they were n t ea h ri. e en t dT r i i m i b s ge - Ul m, 21 Willi,n, I,' n l i. after Irl'e"' late 14 ' " a `kcill-t - '..! car 'w id be made fur her fat3,oty ill 4 Provision ''''Li Thug's death, m a d e it law tor the Pveut of the her 1,, the lito g, b y I ti e went, to give t e Stit;nl"i°3Y, or tO t certain instanti r g sum h of 4 00 00-(;)or te ns Y't,h an annu y r year ) iy et im peirtsonos ,edir,„'" w ilieh sh ) 101 * -r ' is benee and take e ~ Atom -441 y t rott rid ,, 9 - el ' i . `, i v after the decease of during titili:47satuie,settYiritaenftodr-t-hbeeirwocibefeu''rliet- continue for and . dur 2,, a je o ,ty; and the annott o y w cleari:rd, to be paid out slf the Consolidated Fundthei four3odi tliatii-1 PaYlberitsf in each o year, namely, (1) , 44 4 tiZ' the 30th '1,1),-. 30th ut 11'. S is "P' ' ''tu e ms' also to have the 't t ti _, .e i,,, are.. It w b r the 30,h of IX-cemb r e e r, cght be" mac to 411 other charge_ that t.. 1 , c'tistili „,,,,toade o • ' and the b -s eei d.. „..q a ~ to e auditor of th at Ptit of h er Fund, aixdot,puietyrabble aid a o t f ~.• and the of t th h ! 4 ' iti ra i o Pt b .. w ,e t a a t ju b i t i } :u B ? L d. b . ,- n c t i ures tor the provision vesting , 41,:, , et, .1,441. Y, according to the directions tiy j lt a tY, t op ili e was another ark. 04 stib sen ,- Marlborough paymentse set o f r o th be in r d 'leer ra 'Peat Act the office Ob 7as ob 1 t the powers and l o i-pose and Bushy p_ it. to 't of t t _ k) hilted, and by that A- A b e r d w iw er r e of Ike ii: transferred 11 tievi" Audito r we the Exch ' que r . of t h e Ex pin) - - I , Nle t'it'er called the Coin af' IV e• 15 ' ea :' That 9,,' b e ,ta i ot Wall. ti.,:nrs,,,aosf . 4 tt(lo - " l e the claai d°be bY which this aPlhica. t he ,irtit,,i which ett U i r dn undertheLords C..a"""slu rir the Day, e esury , ft all e ° f ut. sie tit of ~..._n. t cases, to_ issue debentures • the'littli,re.wKar3aa is rti . n the Co i ns o ol f id o ated Fund ; ther : the Act of Ptr.lhfte (;tll4l)(pCillifitiz tZte,it.: provision in o f grunts out by t itk tho l'i°4tl Fund or specific grants made Y____tits'e fliStrallac '3! pail or the Lords Comm ea r their . .the Treasury should , issue debentur NI PaYrtiont, without any order or t to vi be Oro th %11. His (,he lifecrder's) o 3 Mad nothing . eo , interference w aa now ,t/tito q e utachinery in modem. The Crown i tt i;lth Providin the fund; it was in the disposition 11.11,erst-;aeter.sett.t, end g not in the hands of the Crown at all. I." beer. :7 u ltnY cases on record in which a mandamus " l tY's 4, 1 431 tett to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma- Ler Arelteury. j A tilN(l, C4I,IPRELL--N doubt, where a statutable duty hurt W !" tel them, and there is no other remedy, this 1)4111 interfere by mandamus. L tom j:_"__IDER—No doubt, my Lord. 11ithIlarbre°11.PolidEoLL--PaTrhttecyolaarreaocffit officers pointed by the d that they must do. Ilie4 lqeahnErt stud the duties of those officer; e vt:e e r ., dpi eally d e fi ed, st es ~ They were not only etnpuvv a ~I titt rks t ni t''',lied to do that which th-' Act directed. There , t let dt°,'lar case in this Court, where a mandamus was ''' h4'Y their Lordships to the Lords Commissioners ithe 4 4441 oTi3tY'3 Tie , Aury to pay over to a Mr. :_ , m ; Lord f-,4'07:1-3? that had been voted by Parliament. 'tt tb, it , C ast which ihq admitted theybad 04 l i t l ''lds for that st seine purpose. Zeto7eY h. dltSolittEa—Precisely so; but they only admitted . itoi 4 , - . l t in their hands fir that purpose as ',olds . rutted itt)nt'l's of the Treasury. That case was re hs r , 4 4 4 Adolphus and Elii, 286. -"ateittrat4get, p ew COLER IDGE—Tm, f as no return to that e t h "mu.. Y 414r•.s.te°11DU--Ther s a further attempt made -ePro. ....°"the h (itself There Treasury the feasetnation of that sum of - money, and the Court re boil r. v,.kt d ( li t II:: tit;:tris:l4 Vttr it of Unikaio3oUS suns e t t , thi. Loids C.dinniNsi,n,l.'. Actthe a m : Pars lie n: ac lug lllg u t : 4 er ' a t the to r s, how cin t„,._l/4,1,4 - 0 ,...- 44 of Parliament. villlt Util rtit.ll/144---There is no doubt they must per --6 "f 4312 the 1490114411/0 MU 011 them. , The RECORDER—Perecns having salaries chargeable on the Consoliaated Fund were entiVed, he e , aitended, to those salaries wholly irrespective of the Crown. Lord CAMPBELL—I apprehend the Crown has no 61- Cretion, and it has no control. The RECORDER—Ex.ctIy so. Now, that Act having pas: ea, his late Majesty V‘ ilfiam IV. diel on the 20th June, 1837. The Act of Par!lateen: enabling his Ma jesty to grant a jointure, as well as the deed of jointure itself, direct, d the p') meat of the annuity to be made on four particular days iu the year, one of which was the 30,h of June. On the 30th et June—his Majesty hav ing died on the 20:h of June—the whole quarter's in come was paid to her late Maje sty. That was resisted at the time, and though it did not appear strictly on the affidavits, he (the Recorder) believed one of their Lord ships was consulted at that time; and it was not only the n ot your Lordship that the same should be pain; but also he (the Recorder) was bound to admit, that if ever the question arose again it would be hostile to the view he ( , tie Recorder) was now advocating. Lord CAMPBELL—Any opinion, Mr. Recorder, 1 gave when I was Attorney-G , neraa I should consider ot no restrailit on me now. That opinion will not weigh a feather in any quarter, nor will it be any obstacle in the treatment of this case by me. 1 have ao difficulty in saying the pint is quite sufficiently doubtful to be fit for consideration by the proper tribunal. My doubt is now whet er this be the proper tribunal fur deciding it. The RECORDER resum•d—The late Queen Adelaide was in the receipt of the income granted to her by Par liament up to the 30th of Sepietribei- last. How her Ma jesty ePent that income, it was nut fur him to say; but he might observe that that income was amply suffi cient far the maintenance of the dignify of the Crown, and her Majesty did maintain that dignity in a manner which reflected ere dit on her. Her munificent charities— I COPYING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Mr. F. C. Bakewell Las invented a very ingeniona de scription of teegraph, which bids fair to rival, it cot excel, the discoveries of Seemtnering, Davy, Morse, and Bain, and give increased facilities and eh( apneas to this marvellous method of communication. Not content with the mere transmission of messages, Mr. Bakewell pro poses b) his telegraph to secure a fac simile of the hand writing in which it is convey. d, and this he secures in the following ma' nor:—The original communication is inscrib.d on a piece of tin foil isi , h varnish, and this tin toil is placed round a cylinder which is made to revolve by a weight. A point connected with the voltaic bat , tery presses on it as it turns, but the current of electri ' city is discontinued as soon as it touches the writing in varnish on the tin foil. On the cylinder of the receiving instrument, which is also set in motion by a weight, a piece of paper satu rated with touristic acid and prussiat of potuss is also placed. Upon this a point with a steel wire presses, the current of electricity passing through which and acting on the muriatic acid, turns the paper blue, except where the writing in varnish has interrupted the current. These spaces are left of the original colour, and form as nearly as pissible a fac simile of the writing on the tin toil. The points referred to being attached to nuts on fine screws traverse regularly the inscription, and seven revolutions of the cylinder, each of which occupy about two seconds of time, are sufficient to indicate each line. The machine may be constructed as to diminish or mag nify the characters of the original communication, and Mr. Bakewell says it can be applitd to printed matter with even greater facility than to what is written. The chief difficulty with which he has had to contend lay in making the revolutions of the two cylinders correspond exactly, and this he has endeavoured to overcome by means of an electro-magnetic regulator, which acts upon the receiving instrument and checks its motion so as to keep pace with the other. The machine is still in an expe rimental state, and evidently short of perfection; but suffivient success has been secured to render the practic:l result aimed at almost certain, and it is impossible to witness the delicacy and ingt nuity of the process without feelings of surprise and delight. If brought iuto actual operation this discovery will be available with the pre sent wires and voltaic battery, so that should it be adopted in preference to the present system no great additional expense will be incurred. The telegraph now in use in this country has, as our readers are aware, been of lets strongly reflected on, and certainly in prat .• satisfied of his having been guilty of one or more of five rpcified offences, one of which was the concealing of i property, or doing any other act with the view or ditnt nithir:g he dividend to be paid under his estate, or giv ing any particular creditor an advantage over another. Now, the anjudicator in this case suspended the bank rupt'. certificate for concealing property attar his first exmitiation, and it was contended that the adjudication was bad because it did not impute any intent to the bankrupt, as the Act of Parliament required The Bank ruptcy Act provided that the certificate of debt . sh:tuld be granted " when" the bankrupt's certi ficate had been disallowed, and the Learned Ccunsel contended that the granting was either a judicial or a ministerial act. If the former a notice ought to have been given to the bankrupt, which had not been done here, that the certificate would be applied for, but if the later none would be necessary, while the word " when" would seem to imply that the certificate of debt must be'clemanded at the bankrupt's certificate meeting. Mr. Justice PATTESON could not take that view of the Act. ti. HILL said then he would confine himself to the objection to the certificate of adjudication. His Lord ship would see, that if it were held to he good in law, it would lead to great injustice, inasmuch as a bankrupt might unconsciously keep back property without any such intent as that specified in the Act, and the Com missioner, viewing it in the light of a concealment, might unfairly withhold his certificate. Mr. Justice PATTESON—YOU may take a rule in the alternative.—Rules nisi accordingly, BULLOCK v. BENTwICK. Mr. Justice PATTESuN gave judgment in this Case. This was a rule to show cause why en order of Mr. Baron Platt, to hold the defendant to bail in 3001 should not F e resci' ded, end why the defendant sin u 1•1 not be discharged from custody. In dealing with the first part of the rule, his Lordship said it WAS his province to act only as a court or appeal, and he therefore could not travel out of the affidavits upon which the order was ori entally made, though in dealing with the second part he could dial with the circumstances sworn to subsequently to the arrest of the defendant. The first objection, then, taken to the affidavit upon which the order was made was, that the plaintiff did not swear that he believed that he had sustained damage to any specifii d amount Now, though it was desirable that this should always ue done, it was not indispensably necessary, since all that the Act of Parliament required was, that the judge should be satisfied that the affidavit disclosed a case of action for damages beyond 201., and it was for the Court, to decide now whether or no the affidavit carried that information' upon the face of it. Now the plaintiff was sure that his wife was stolen from his protection two }ears ago, and • during the time that had since expired he had expended 600/. in searching for her, and that. recently he had - discovered her living under the protection, and in adultery, with the defendant. Whether that was true was riot the question; it was whether it disclosed a good case of action for damages beyond 201. that bad to be decided. The.plaintiff went on • to depose that he afterwards ascertained that the de fendant's name was not Bentwick, and going to the de fendant's residence to ascertain what his real name was, the defendant came out to him, with a cigar in his month, and said, " What the devil do you want here?" and on the plaintiff replying, that all he wanted was civility and his name, the defendant declared that if he pelted him with any law or commenced any action against him, he would leave the country and carry the wife with him. This the Learned Judge considered disclosed sufficient cause of action, and justified the making:of the order, and overruling some other minor objections which had been raised to the affidavit, he directed the first part of the rule to be dis missed. lie went next into the question of discharging the prisoner from custody, and in dealing with this part f the matter, what he had to decide was,' whether the affidavits of the defendant stared sufficient grounds to satisfy the Court that be neither intended now, nor did he ever, contemplate quitting the country to avoid the consequences of his conduct; and, after going carefully ihrou,.h the whole of the case, his Lordship said he had arrived at the conclusion that the defendant would Ge across the water at once if he were to let him out o prison. The rule must therefore be dismissed. Rule discharged accordingly. Lord CAMPBELL (interrupting)—With all respect for the memory ut ih,.t most piens, excellent, and virtuous wcfnati, I may say we shoo d have no difficulty in grant ing this application if the question were how she ex pended her income. The RECORDER had only meant to advert to that sub ject. . On the 2d of December Queen Ade laide di. d. There was, therefore, a period between the 30th ef September and the 2d of December, during which her Majesty lived and the terms of the Act of Parliament coutinu. d; and it was for that portion, at all events, if not for the whole quarter, that this application was . now made by the sole surviving trustee, on behalf of her ex* cutors. At all events, if the whole or any part was du . ,, the time had arriv e d tr payment being m a de. I n June last, afer some pre liminary application to the Treasury, a formal applica tion was wee by Lord Brougbain - to the Treasury, re oiting the Act of Parliament, and pointing out the grounds on which the claim was made. That was further backed by a letter from the chief executor of her late Majesty. In answer to th a t a ppli cat i on , M r . , .flayter, the Secretary of the Treasury, in a- letter, dated June 12, 1850, informed Lord Brougham that the Lords et.mmissioners of the Treasury thought that no sum of money had accrued due, in respect of her late Majesty's annuity, since the 30th of September, 1849, and that they had no authority to issue any such war-. rant for payment of any sum of money beyild that-pe riod, a; was requested by his Lordship. • Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule to show cause, Mr. Recorder. • The REC,RDER said he wished the rule to be in this form:—A rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, commanding them to issue such warrants and give such directions as by law they were required, for the payment to Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux of the arrears in respect of the quarter ending 30th December, 1849, of an annuity of 100,000 t, charged and payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and It el ,nd to the late Queen Auelaide, under and by virtue 01 the Ist and 2d Wm. IV., c. 11. The COURT assented, and a zule to show cause was granted accordingly. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittni k s In Bunco.) TIINVAITES V NASH. This case was tried in blt dteeex~ at the last sittings in tom, before Mr. Justice Ciesswull, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 2001. Mr. PRENTTCE now moved for a new trial, on the ground ot suf pri,e, and also that the catnages were ex cesaive. The until n was brought on two promissory notes for 140/. and 30/., which ht. , been given by the d fendant in payment fir certain work and labour done by the plaintiff as attorney. The defendant, in his pleas, set up a contemporaneous agreement in wtiting, to thk effect that the notes to question should not t.® paid until certain morels had been recovered by him from the Great Western Railway Company. It will be recollected that iu 1845 a great number of rob be'ries to k place on the Great %V, stern and teber rail ways, and that Mr. Nash was einployed by Mr Charles Russell, the chairman ot the Great Western Company, SHERIFFS' COURT T HIS DAY. (Before Mr. Uudtr•Sberiff BURCHELL.) HuWE V. DEWY. This was an action to recover the sum of 2L, the balance of a joint and several promissory note for 51. 45., ot which defendant was alleged to be the maker. Del - indent pleaded that he did not Make the note; but a witt , eas was called who proved the signature. This was another of those 'cases in which money was borrowed payable by weekly instalments, wilb a condi tion that an action might be brought in chAault of either ot the pa) /Dents. • :k" r. Tnomes said th. plaintiff only sought to recover 2L, and a verdict was given for that sum. to tree. out the persons who committed these extensive depredations, and who, it would se ern, were in the barfit of returning the stolen parcels on receiving a promise of reward from their owners. He succeeded in bringing to justice two persons, named Garrett and Maynard, Who were convicted at the Old Bailey; he also gave two ethers, Wareham and his wife, into custody on a similar charge, but they were dismissed, and afterwards they insti uied two actions for false imprisonment against Mr. Nash. These actions were tried and a verdict of a farthing damages returned. Mr. Thwaites, who was a solicitor arid friend of Mr. Nash, agreed to defend he erten, and it was for the rucov, ry of the costs so incurred that the present action had been instituted. Mr. Russell had given Mr. Nash a verbal indemnity against all the expenses be. might t,e put to on babel of the company, and they were taxed at 1 0001. Mr. Nash, in the mean time, became a bankrup , , and his assignees sued Mr. Russell fur the sum, and at the trial a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiffs, the am.iunt of costs being referred to a geutik-man at the bar, who awarded only 450/., the exact amout.t of expenses actually iecuried. While this reference was being heard, Mr. Nash sent the t-vo promissory notes to Mr. Thwaites, accompanied by a letter saying that be was not to expect payment for them until he obtained his costs from the Great Western Company, or at least for a long time; and Mr. Thwaites appeared to have consented to those terms. Mr. Prentice now contended, in support of his present application, that as the lettet was written arid delivered at the same time as the pro. missury notes, it was to be considered as a contempora neous agreement, and that Mr. Thwaites was, therefore, not entitled to sue on the notes, as Mr. Nash had not received the full amount of his claim from the company. The CHIEF JUSTICE—I don't think we can put such a construction on the letter, as Mr. Nash says, in the event of his not obtaining his costs from the company; the plaintiff was nut to expect payment, at least for a long time." it a man sends a promissory note for 100/. to a creditor at six months' date, together with a letter saying the times are bad, and that he wiil not be able to pay until the lapse of nine months, can it be said that the letter must be taken as part of the terms and condi tions in the ? LITERATURE. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOT LAND. Vol. I. By Agnes Strickland. Fortunately fur us, our eistoricel students, those who are the most qualified by their intellectual acquire ments to elucidate the national annals by their re searches, are incited by their ambition to prove them selves, in like m anner , t h e most i ndustrious. Miss Strickland is amongst the number of these great li terary benefactors, conspicuous at once by her abi lity and her diligence. Encouraged to new labours by the brilliant success of her first performance, she has now undertaken to write a sequel to her " Lives of the Queens of England," a sequel no less important in its character . than biographi es o f th e f ema l e sove reigns of the sister kingdom, " Lives of the Queens of Scotland." Added to the memorials of which royel personages, there will be comprised in the pre sent work the personal histories of such English Princesses as were in any particular manner con nected with the royal succession of Great Britain. Bearing in mind the promise, very explicitly given by our authoress in her biography of Elizabeth Tudor, to the effect that she would ultimately publish a companion picture of the career of Mary Stuart, her unfortunate contemporary, the reader of the previous effusion can have felt no surprise whatever at the appearance of the series here commenced. Miss Strickland has in it ad ventured upon a scheme which must in the end more than fulfil her original engagement. 'With out restricting herself to the narrative of one solitary , reign, however memorable, she will in this remark able production dissipate the obscurities surrounding the records of female royalty in Scotland, and remove much of the ignorance and many of the false impres sions prevalent even among the educated classes of her countrymen in reference to the remoter annals of Caledonia. By a judicious arrangement, however, the biographer will not extend her examination so far back as to recount the vicissitudes of those almost forgotten individuals who, by their exceeding dis tance in history from ourselves, are in a great mea sure removed from the reach of our sympathies. It required the consummate and all but inspired genius of Shakspere to create a soul under the ribs of death, so as to excite our interest in behalf of that almost fabulous monster the bloodstained usuper of the crown of Duncan. Aware of the enormous difficulties in. the way of those who would attempt to compete on their own ground with the earlier chroniclers, our authoress—guided at once by her intelligence and her experience—has restricted herself within some what reasonable limits, chronologically speaking, dat ing no farther back than the 29th of November, 1489, the day of the birth, in the palace at Westminster, of Margaret the Princess Royal of England (daughter of Henry VII. and his consort Elizabeth of York), afterwards united in marriage to King James IV. of Scotland. A more appropriate opening to, any such series of royal biographies could scarcely by any possibility have been selected. In Margaret became concentrated, as it were, the whole of the illustrious dynasties of Great Britain, of England and of Scot land, of the Anglo-Saxon kings and of the Norman conqueror, of the Bruce and of the Stuart, of the Tudor and of the Plantagenet. Through her union with James IV. her decendants combined in their veins the blood of all those lordly and puissant races, blending them together, to use Miss Strick land's own expression, "in one rich stream." In the history, therefore, of this august princess the biographer finds, as it were, a brilliant prelude to the romantic narrative of the sufferings endured by her granddaughter the beautiful but unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. Tne record opens with a subdued but arresting elo quence, like the sound of trumpets ushering in some royal pageantry with a noise of mingled solemnity and preparation. This may be discovered in the de scriptive passages immediately following the record of th e birth of the Princess Royal, and her baptism in St. Margaret's, Westminster. The charm arising out of this sense of coming marvels colours more or less agreeably the account given of her childhood and education, animated as that account is by such incidents as her dancing at her brother Arthur's bridal, and her own betrothal to James IV. in the palace at Richmond. Before transforming her from a Princess Royal of England, into a Queen- Consort of Scotland, Miss Strickland takes occasion to sketch very rapidly the previous life and character of the husband of Margaret. We are consequently, in a measure, prepared for the changes awaiting her in her new position long before she has journeyed northward with her recently widowed father, Henry VII. From the moment of her separation from Henry, at his mother's castle of Colleweston, we per ceive a visible alteration in the very manner of the bio graphy. By that time the authoress appears to have groan simultaneously into a familiarity with her subject and an enthusiasm in its celebration. Our interest deepens as we proceed, arid as we proceed the annals become more fraught with excitement. Mar garet has scarcely left the paternal court, when her attention becomes occupied by the magnificence of her progress towards the Scottish borders. Her grand entrance into York proves only the prelude to her triumphal recerien at Durham, at Newcastle, at Aln wick, and at Berwick; throughout all which pro ceedings we are enabled, by the genius of Miss Srickland, to form an intimate acquaintance with the mode of life and personal deportment of the western Lelia Rookh, travelling in state to the scene ofhrr regal marriage. All that is wanted to complete the fantastic resemblance is the discovery of James IV. in the disguise of a minstrel, and the dis covery, also in her chamberlain, of a senile wag like Fadladeen. As it is, we are not admitted by the poet to a more complete knowledge of the domestic life of the oriental princess than we are here by the biogra pher to that of the Princess Margaret. Now we are present in imagination at her remarkable interview with the Earl of Northumberland; now we are be side her when she brings down a fat buck with a shot from her crossbow, or when, at her approach to the pavilion at Latmasermuir, the bride queen is pre ceded by a brilliant retinue, some of her attendants having silver bells, and others golden bells fastened to their liveries, the which little campanes, saith the Herald, "made a sweet chiming when they took leaps and gambades at their good pleasure." Arrived in the Pavilion of Recreation at Lamruermuir, the English border chivalry defiles before Margaret, and shortly afterwards, reaching Fast Castle, she sleeps there, for the first night, in Scotland. The second night she is welcomed by the nuns of Haddington, arid on proceeding to Dalkeith Castle, is received there in state by Lady Morton. The opening chapter closes at this point in the midst of all the bustle which may he supposed to have been prevalent when the King's approach was unexpectedly announced. Right pleasant are the descriptions which follow in the sub sequent pages of the same biography. Never has Miss Strickland given a more sivid or more exqui site portraiture. The first meeting between James IV. and Margaret is depicted in a manner to the very last degree beautiful. We know only one similar in cident surpassing it in attractiveness—the first meet ing between Marie Louise and the Emperor Napoleon. James IV. appears before us as the very keau ideal of a handsome and chivalric Prince. his bride recog nises in him a right royal presence, notwithstanding that he is simply garbed in the velvet jacket of a huntsman. His hawking lure is thrown over his shoulder, and his complexion is glowing at the mo ment from the manly exertion in which he had been englgs.d. "He was the handsomest sovereign in Eu rope," says Agnes Stricle_and, " the black eyes and heir of his elegant father James 111. being softened in his resemblance to the blonde beauty of his Danish mother." The portraiture accords with that which Walter Scott had already pencilled of the same attrac tive personage. " For hazsl was his eagle eye, And auburn of the darkest dye His short curled beard and hair; Light was his footstep in the dance, And firm his stirrup in the lists; And oh, he had that merry glance Which seldom lad)'s heart resists." Such was the accomplishment of James IV. as an equestrian, that Miss Strickland thinks his very noble feat of horsemanship before his young Queen at D illteith—when, according to the - Somer set Herald, " James of Scotland did leap on his horse without putting his foot in stirrup; and the said steed was a right fair courser; and torward the King spurred, let follow who might "—mast have sug gssted the celebrated description of the mounting of Harry, Prince of Wales, in Shakspere. Every minute occurrence is introduced by the biographer in such a m a nner, that with the mere perusal of it we are trans ported back four hundred years to the time of their transaction—whether it be the mention of the Queen weeping for her white palfreys burnt to death in the midnight fire at Dalkeith, one of the steeds being " much beloved by her ;" or the account of the king playing on the lute and the clavichords. From the vividness, and, as we can conceive, the verisimilitude of the descriptions, it is evident to us that besides an aptitu le for erudition, Miss Strickland is gifted with a clear and objective imagination. She realizes the genius of an age or of a country be fore adventuring upon the labours of their chronicler. Her brief hut charming record of the courtship at Newbattle between James and Margaret, forms an appropriate and bewitching introduction to their en tranceinto the streets of Edinburgh, the bride seated on the pillion of the bridegroom. After this gorgeous entrance into the Scottish capital comes the marriage in the Palace or Holy rood and the epithalemium. The nuptials are described like all the rest, most char. mingly, the biographer echoing as frequently as pos sible the voice of the quaint old Somerset Herald. As, were it is said, fur example, of that august alliance—it " was performed by the Archbishop of Glasgow and the Archbishop of York in presence of all ; and they read the bulls of their Iloly Pd her the P. pa. consenting thereto ;" and " the trumpets then blew up for joy, and the King bare-headed, bolding his Queen by the right hand, passed through the said cora- lice seems open to some grave objections. Whether Mr. Bakewell's plan be that which ought to supersede it o ay be questioned, in the still obviously imperfect state of his invention; but any discovery which enlarges the sphere of our resources in this department must be hailed as a valuable acquisition; and the peculiar feature of this invention, that by which it transmits not only the ipsissinta verbs, but a correct copy, so that a man can identify his own signature, certainly brings the whole system one step nearer to that perfection at the attain ment of which man is always int-tfeetualty striving. M. PRENTICE—I apprehend that in such a case as the preeent it would, it the party did not dissent trom the terms in the lever. The Learned Counsel also moved on the ground of surprise at the trial, and of ex cessive datrvges. The COURT promised to consult Mr. Justice Cressvvell before they gave judgment. MONET MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris is .5 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.27; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.24, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advicea frOm Flimburgh the price of gold is 424 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.71; and the ex change at Hamburgh on Loudon at short being 13.64, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110/ per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 1.17 per cet.t. in . favour of Eng land, and aft er ma ki ng a llowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Modesty doubles the beauties which are seen, and gives credit and esteem to all that are concealed. _ Eliza Cook's Journal. The Colonelcv of the 15th Foot has become va cant by the death of General Sir Phineas Riall, which took place in Paris. LORD COCRRURN.—The health of this eminent and learned judge has so far recovered that he is able to resume his official duties. He was present on Monday at a special sitting of the second division of the court, together with Lords Cunninghame, Fullerton, Medwin, Mackenzie, and Moncrieff, the Lord Justice Clerk presiding. in the case of "Peter Ferrie v. beorge Ferrie," in which counsel were heard during the whole day.— North British lfail. LEDBURY. —SERIOUS Finn AT SNIG'S END.---On Sunday night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a serious fire broke out upon the farm of Mr. Knight, farmer, of Upleadon, situate at Little Snig's End. Information was promptly conveyed to Gloucester, and two fire-engines were dispatched to the spot, but the fire was not got under until a great amount of property was destroyed, namely, fifteen ricks, two stables, and two cowsheds. The estimated value of the property destroyed is 1,600/, and Mr. Knight is said to be insured at but 40u1. Mr. Keily, deputy chief constable, and Superintendent Seys were in attendance all night, and rendered efficient assistance. It is conjectured that the fire originated from some burning material having been dropped by tramps, who had taken shelter in one of the barns. SYDENIIAM.—A meeting was held at Sydenham, in Kent, on Tuesday evening, at the Episcopal Chapel, the R:v. Charles Marshall, M.A., the minister (and rector of St. James's, Duke's-place), in the chair, to petition her Majesty, and address the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the recent in trusion of the authority of the Bishop of Rome into these realms. The Rev. Chairman addressed the meeting at some length on the evils inflicted by Romanism on nations and churches. The resolutions, which were moved seconded, and supported by Messrs. Wright, S. Pegg, Nosworthy, C. Gregory, Vinderhide, Harding, and Chaplin, were carried by acclamation ; and at the close of the meeting the petition and address were unanimously signed. cRe le l : 9 l ;, r aa . nn C dd h cw a oe r . l ,b e ie s nlie N cvoe o u r he ris Wilde, gise.Bhonii.lina4an of wepahles t wo l:e ohfa fi st r ib T of Wilde, seen Lord Chanappointed to the office of Secretary of Lunatics, vacant by the death of Mr. Cartlidge. The Secretaryship in Lunacy is worth about 800/. a-year, but its possessor holds his place at the pleasure of the Chancellor, and is removanle by his suc cessor.—Morning Paper. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Sunday last a covey of partridges alighted in the boats, and off the beach at Newhaven. Ag od many were secured, but no clue has been ascertained as to where they came from.—Edinburgh Evening Post. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY IN ONE FAMILY.— Mrs. Mary Owen died in the union workhouse, at Cocker mouth,seend an t e s t o t f h e t h g e re d a s t e e a s g s e e d of a 9 r e 9 y lo e a c t. s h i a l r d e n 7 , m t o h n e th e s l . des T t dee-r 79th year; 55 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren, making a total of 142, all living ! Her remains were interred at Brigham on Friday, and were followed to their final home by four generations—children, grandchildren,_ great grandchildren, and one grea t great grandchild ! Her eldest grandchild has attained the goodly age of 50 years, and her eldest great grandchild !47. The deceased has a sister in her 93d year, residing at Great Clifton. BAIL CoUttf.—(faiS DAY.) ,Sittings in 13411C0, t , e'ore Mr. Justice PATTE,ON.) MORRIS V. SUTTON. Mr. Lusu rnovea L . A. a Jule to etiow cause why a writ of prohibition should net issue in this case, directed to the Judge of the County Court of Stafford, toil ten at Henley, rt (poring him to stop all further proceedings in the cause. rhe plan ta as hist" , d on the 24th of Oc tober, and the cause of acute° a as tort, for neglecting to repair a lence, win reby the plaintiff 's ht.rse sulks ed and was kill , d, to the plain , iff'e damage of WI. The sum mons was served and the cause of action decided out of the jurisdiction of the court, while the defendant neither resided nor carried on business within the jurisdiction. 'lto defendant was an fxleneive cal owner and the proprietor of collieries, and also a partner in a large carrying establishment. one of whose offices happened to be within the jurisdiction of the Court. Now the 60th section of the County Courts Act provided that the summons should issue in any district in which the fietendant should dwell or carry on busi ness at the time the action was brought, and the ques tion which arose here was, whether the defendant, being the preprte or of a colliery, and being a partner, having a branch office within the jurisdiction of the Court, brought him within the meaning of the Act of Parlia ment. Io the case of 11,- , lf v. Learmar." reported iu the 19 - 11 volume of the Low Journal, Sage 10, it was l a id down that where a detesfmnt held the office of depuiy•sealer of the Court of Chancery, and fol lowed the Lord Chancellor to Westteizister, Lincoln's Inn, e nd the mouse of Parliam en t ; h e b a d no fi xe d an d settled n place of business so as to enable bim to emir a suggestion on the record to deprive the plaintiff of his ci•sts. itesin, the ea,-e of ‘• Buckley v. Hair," 19. Law Journal (Exchequer), page 151, that decision was IA( Wet , and it %us also been shat a cterk who went daily to a Veer, of business in the city of London, could not be considered as cart)iug on business in London within the meaning of the Act. What the Act required was that the defendant should be sued in tte jurisdiction where he had some fixed r e sidence. or place of business, and where he was always to be found; otherwise it might be said that the partners in Messrs. Pickford's firm could be sued in any court, because they happened to have offices, j o u r s r t e ic c e ei p vi A n T g T -h E o s u „ s w es s , s in ke e d l i E f the bg motion lund. M r. could not have been made at chambers? Mr. Lusu believed it could. Mr. Justice PATrEsuN—There the summons for the prohibition is issued, as a matter of course, without any affidavit, or the judge knowing anything of the facts; and upon an uffieavit of service, in the event of any one appearing against it, the prohibition is issued. Mr. Lush understood that it had ben so ruled, but . tha' could not have beets the intention of the Legis lature. The Bishnp of Winchester has appointed his son, the Rev. George Sumner, to the living of Old Arlesford ; and the Rev. Pigou to the living of New Arlesford ; both vacant by the resignation of the Rer. the Earl of Guildford. His Lordship has not as yet filled up the living of Medsted, vacant from the same cause. DETENTION OF THE SOUTH WALES MAILS.-- Numeruus are the complaints from all portions of thesoutiiern part of the principality relative to t tie irregular rec-ipt I f correspondence since the route of the mails has been altered from Gloucester to Bristol, thence across the Old Passage. In rough weather the crossing of the Severn is a service of difficulty and delay, more especially in the winter time, when nothit.g like certainty can be calculated on by the pre,ent route. The fault dues not lie either with the Great Western or South Wales line of railway; for in the event of a deten tion on the former line, the South Wales letters would be sent on per a special engine, at the cost of the company, and the managers on the South Wales Railway have done all in their power to remedy the evil. The saving in expense gained by the new arrangement does not amount to above a tew hundreds, and in order to effect this the Post•office autho rities run the risk of losing a larger sum in the express trans mission of the bags. THE DIAMOND STEAM- PACKET COMPANY.—The annual general meeting of the p ropr i etors o f the Gravesend and Milton Diamond Stearn-packer. Company was held on Monday at the New Falcon I nn , G ravese nd, for the election of directort and other annual b us i n e s s. H. Warren, Each occupied the chair. The receipt s f or the past year, for pas_ sage-money, freightage, &c., amounte d to 17,512/. 9s. Id., and the usual disbursement s o f th e com pa ny to 16.0731 55. 9d. ; in addition to which, however, there were extraordinary ex penses, in which the sum of 9421. 18s. Bd. fur a law-suit was included. Notwithstanding this, however, the directors re commended that a dividend of 2i per cent. should be paid. This was agreed to, and Mr Birchen was re-elected a p ai d director at a salary of 2001. per annum. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. NEWMARKET.—On Saturday last AS a man by the the name of James Betts, in company with his wife, was leaving thelair to return to Snailwell, about seven o'clock in the evening, they had not proceeded further than the Crown Inn, High-street, Newmarket, when some unknown hand dealt e man a blow, and immediately disappeared ; the man Betts was taken to Mr. Fyson's surgery, but died in a few minutes. Betts is 24 years of age, and has left a wife and two children. No one is suspected of the offence, and all is mystery.—lpswich express. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN 1 ENTUCKY.7--111 Fleming county, Kentucky, William Ringo, bad an altercation wit is Mr. —, who married his sister, whom he killed on the spot by a single shot from a revolver. Ringo's mother ran up to expostulate, when the inhuman monster fired two shots into her body, from which she died next day. tiis sister, the wife of the murdered man, then ran up, when the fiend shot her through the thigh. She is likely to recover. He then made off, but was pursued by the neighbours, who f and him at the house of another neighbour. On seeing the company advancing, be entered the house. He was sum moned to come out and surrender, but he refused, and while attempting to draw a pistol was shut through the abdomen by one of the party. He then shot at another of the party, wounding him slightly in the shoulder, who thereupon fired back, killing the monster instantly. The parties surrendered themselves to the law authorities, were examined, and ac quitted.—Maysville Eagle. EIGHTY PIGS DROWNED.—An accident of a serious nature occurred at Invergordon last evening to one of the boats engaged in shipping stock on board the Duke of Sutherland steamer. A boat with upwards of 100 pigs left the pier, the sea running very high at the time, and after laving arrived alongside the steamer, seven or eight of the pigs were shipped, when a heavy tea swamped the boat, and washed out all the remaining pigs, upwai ds of 80 of which were drowned. The crew of the boat had a narrow escape and but for the active and prompt assistance of the men on board the steamer, might also have met with a watery grave, as the boat capsized shortly after it filled.— Aberdeen Herald. Mr. Jastice PATTESON—Teke a rule. Rule nisi accordingly. IN RE COWCIL. Mr. 11. ITILL rcovsd for u rule nisi calling upon the "'ighees of this itur.krupt, who is a prisoner in Yo , k Cabtl , , to show cause why the writ of ca. bB. upon which he via:, arrested should not be set aside, and the prisoner discha , geo out of custody. The "Aisolier's ease was ad judicated in the district Court a 13atkruptcy, and the Commissioner of the court having rt fused his certificate, he was tarrsted at tt,e suit of his assignees, who bad ob tain. d the certificate of debt Foescribtd by the Bank rup cy Cons,lidation Act, which has all the force of a judgment, and entitles the officer of this court to Issue a ea pig , . ad selaft.eiendum. The del, et complained of in this case rela.ed to the adjud.cation of the Commissioner at the ceritticate irvetirig. The Act or Parlia ment in the 256th section gave the Commissioner power tO refuse the bankrupt his certificate, on hie being The young not only appear to be, but really are, most beautiful in the presence of those they love. Eliza Cook's Journal. - - - Patresausar.—We observe from the pub'ished financial statement of the guardians of the Taunton Union, made up to September last, that the cost of the maintenanec of the in-door paupers of the Union is 36'.4. I Bs. 4d. leas than in the corresponding halt.year of 1849, and that the support of out-door paupers has also diminished 3051. 7s. bid. within the same period.—Somerset County Gazette. THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1850 pank to the high altar." Of the much talked•of poem of " The Thistle and the Rose," writ ten in celebratio❑ of the nuptials by Dunbar, we cannot say much from the specimen given by Miss S'rickland. Better immessureably is the song per formed before James and Margaret as an epithalamium on the day of their marriage, both the words and music of which are happily still extant, affording us, as the authoress justly observes, "great curiosities, as testimonials of the state of literature and the arts at the era of 1503." Here are the verses, to our think ing, in some parts exquisite in spite of their fantastic and antique quintness : " 0 fair, fairest of every fair, Princess most pleasant and preclaro, The loveliest that on-live there been, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Young tender plant of pulchritude Descended if imperial blood, Fresh fragrant flower ot fairhood sheen Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Sweet lovely imp of beauty clear, Moat mighty monarch's daughter dear, Born ot x princess most serene, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Welcome the rose both red and white, IT'ecome theflower of our delight, Our sprite rejoicing from the spleen, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen .0' For this sweet flower of poetry, blossomed three hun dred and forty-seven years ago, we are grateful to the research of the biographer. Shaking the dust of an• tiquity out of it, she has found it still fragrant and blooming. It has about it somewhat of the air of Sir John Suckling. The reduplication i❑ the first verse is charming, and so also the diction in the two first lines of the second. How delicious the alliteration in ' the line we have italicised in the third, and the dainty epithets with which the last is brought to a conclusion ! But enough of the marriage and its accompaniments. Misfortunes soon rise up to chequer the happiness of Margaret. In depicting these misfortunes her historian betrays cote•ummate ability. She tells us how death deals his blows plentifully around the otherwise fortunate wife of James IV. of Scotland, striking down in succession her brother Arthur Prince of Wales, her father Henry VII., her grandmother, her own first born sou and her eldest daughter, and afterwards another son, whose premature demise was however heppily followed on the 11th of April, 1512, by the birch of a third son, who survived to reign in the end by the title of King James V. Besides the miseries arising out of these calamities came the ultimate wretchedness caused in the mind of Margaret by the war between her husband and her brother, between James IV. and Henry VIII., between England and Scotland. Even this sorrow, however, became ultimately of no account in the mind of the luckless Queen, when she found herself widowed by the death of her heroic spouse on the fatal field of Flodden. The • rest of this remarkable and enthralling biography par takes of a more decidedly political character, although it still continues to be adorned with private anecdotes and other domestic memorabilia. The difficulties en couoterd by Margaret as Queen Regent of Scotland, her visit to Henry VIII., her intercourse with Car dinal Wolsey, her reception by Katharine of Arragon, her second marriage with the Earl of Angus, her de position from power in favour of the Regent, John Duke of Albany, her quarrels now with Angus, now with Albany, her illegal divorce, and her ultimate dissolution—are all recounted by Miss Strickland in a manner worthy of the biographer of Elizabeth. Equally admirable in their way also are the lives of her two successors, the first and second wife of ber son, James V.—Magdalene of France and Mary of Lorraine. Our authoress has never been more suc- cessful than in the contrasting of their characters. In every chapter of the present volume she has pre pared the way most brilliantly and effectively for what will be the principdl feature in this series of royal biographies—the memorial of Mary, the rival of Eliza beth. As a fascinating effusion of eloquence and eru dition we welcome the volume before us cordially, but more cordially still as the commencement of a work calculated largely to enrich our historic lite rature. ILLUSTRATED DITTIES OF THE OLDEN TIME. If we say that this volume is as graceful in its exe cution as the homely ditties which it celebrates are popular, what higher praise can we bestow ? For those " Ditties" are the dear old rhymes that are " household words" to us all, that are breathed as a lullaby over the royal cradle, and are familiar words in every nook and alley, in village and town throughout the length and breadth of the land. Critics may cavil at their strange rhymes and uneven metre, and may find some difficulty in accounting for their universal power of fascination, but, indefinable though it be, that fascination is inseparable from these old ditties which call up the dear delights of childhood, and awaken the silent tones of loving lips. Cowper would not enter on his list of friends the man who would set foot upon a worm, and we must confess that we should feel little sympathy for the wiseacre who would be ashamed of owning a predilection for the nursery rhymes. Few s uch there are, and few conse quently will do othernise than greet with a loving admiration this most charming book, which combines the rival attractions of art and nature, appealing tc the e 3 e and to the taste as effectually by means of its admirable engravings as it does to the heart by its well-known rhymes. . With all the luxurious accompaniments of paper as thick as vel lum, and large clear type, and fanciful adornments, we recognise our homely friends of other days— " Ding, thing, btll, Pussy's in the well." " Hush-a-by, baby," " Sing a sorg of sixpence," &c., &c., and above, and beside, and below the letter-press (in the old missal fashion) are most beautiful and graceful illustrations. The felicity with which the various subjects have been treated is only equalled by the exquisite grace of design and delicacy of finish visible in every page. The drawings are from the pencil of a lady, and were originally designed for the amusement of her little daughter ; that amusement has now been placed within the reach of a larger circle of children, and not of children only, for this most elegant work is equally well fitted for the drawing-room, the study, or the nursery. Let it not be said that the drawings are too good for the theme, that "anything would do" for a child's picture-book. Such an error is a very common and a very grievous one. It is especially essen tial that a youthful mind and on unformed taste should be6ome early habituated with what is beautiful and pure. First impressions are most momentous, and a wise parent will consider a few extra shillings well bestowed in order that "the children's picture-book" may elevate their taste, while it delights their fancy. T. such these " Illustrated Ditties" will be a wel come boon, and to all who love the reminiscences of childhood, and to all who admire artistic talent, we cordially commend it. It is impossible to transfer a picture to our columns, or a specimen of one page would be a sufficient corroboration for all we have said. GENEVIEVE. By Alphonse de Lamartine. A graceful translation of this very charming story has just been contributed by A. R. Scoble to Mr. Bohu's cheap and popular library. Originally pub lished in fuielleton of the Constitutionnel, and since then reprinted in a separate form and distributed largely among the French population, "Genevieve" has enhanced among the masses the celebrity of its illustrious author, already renowned in so many de partments f literature, as an historian, a poet, a publicist, a dramatist, a writer of travels, essays, and romances. Gladly, therefore, may we welcome "Genevieve" amongst us, now that the volume has, with the assistance of Mr. Scoble, been accurately translated into our vernacular language, and now that, through the instrumentality of Mr. Bohn'a well-known enterprise, it has been offered to th e p urc h aser at a nsignificant. I n p enn i ng hi s price so comparatively i last fiction M. de Lamartine had in view the reali zation of a long-cherished d e t erm i nat i on, and one which may not improbably revolutionize the whole system of popular literature. lie wished to inau gurate a style of compos i t i on such as would prove attractive to the vast bulk of the community ' • writing books not for th e perusa l of the educated, but for that of the uneducated; addressing himself, not to the well-to-do man of leisure and of letters, but to the working classes generally, to the lowest order of tradesmen, to the poorest sections of the multitude; to the peasant, the mechanic, and the domestic ser vant; to the inhabitants of the cottage and the dwellers in the kitchen. For the first notion of this project he acknowledges himself indebted to the person to whom '.Genevieve " is inscribed, namely, "To Mademoiselle Keine Garde, dress maker, and formerly a domestic servant . at Aix, in Provence." Those who may feel surprise at the peculiarity of this deejeation will find their curiosity satisfied by the account given by M. de Lamartine himself in his " Preface," an account detailing the circumstances of the visit paid in 1846 to the poet statesman by the poor sernpstress of Provence, at the time when the former was sojourning in the vici nity of Marseilles, writing his famous Histoire des Girondins. Of the literary occupation last men tioned it is very finely and characteristically said by M. de Lamartine, " I was writing the history of one revolution, totally unconscious that another revolu tion was already looking over my shoulder to seize my pages almost before I had done writing them, and to place anotber drama of France, not under my pen, but within my hand." Engaged thus profitably for his own fame and for the service of his country, the historian was one day surprised by the visit of Reine Garde, who ; had come all the way from Aix to Marseilles on pur pose to see a man of such great and pure celebrity. Lamartine himself gives us, in the preface to " Ge neviese," a graphic description of their conversation JONES V. BELL. This was also an action on a bill of exchange for 6/. Is. 6 , 1., and a vkrdict was given for the amount. Dtfendant's ATTORNEY applied to the Under-Sheriff to retain the writ for one day, in order that he might apply to the Court above to enter a suggestion to de prive the plaintiff of costs. The Learned UNDER SHERIFF said he had no power by the Act of Parliament to do so, but he would if any authority could be shown. The ATTORNEY said he couli not, but it was the prac,ice, The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was not a practice, and an application could be made to the Court above even to-day. The ATTORNEY said that , the object was to prevent .he plaintiff trona taxing coats, and putting defendant to urther co a and inconvenience. The UNDER SHERIFF .Rgain • said he could not in erfere. The other cases were on bills, and undefended. MA RLBRO'-STREET.—(TH IS DAY.) GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.—Mr. Horner Boyd, H4tchett's Hotel, and Mr. Dennis Connor, No. 1, Cecil. street, Straud, were placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with. being drunk and ringing the bells of se veral houses in Marylebone-street. • Pearson, C 73, stated that this morning about five o'clock he was on duty in Marylebone-street, Regent street, when he saw five gentlemen, amongst whom were the defendants, coming up the street towards him. The defendants all at once left their companions, and went up to Nos. 8 and 9 'in the street, and rang violently at the door-bells. 'They then proceeded farther on and knocked at the doors of two more houses. They were about proceeding to another house wheirivitness went up and to _:k into custody. In reply to the charge, the defendants said they had taken to t much wine or they would not have acted in the foolish way they had done. Mr. HARDWICK said they had behaved themselves very foolishly. It might be spurt to them but not to the in habitants of the street, to be awoke from their bleop at' that early hour in the morning. He, should fine them 40s. each for the offence. The money was immediately paid. CHARGE OF SHOPLlFTlNG.—llarrietVellum, whose real name is Fr ench, was brought up for re-examination ; charged with stealing fourteen silk handkerchiefs from a draper's shop in Tottenham-court-road. The particulars of the former examination appeared in this journal at some length on Friday last. l'he prosecuirix now stated that she had no desire to press the eh:ar s e any further, and trusted that the weak's imprisonment she had already undergone would prove a warning to her for the future. The coubtabk informed themtigi;i;ate that he had not 'ound an ownrr for the two fur victorinea which were up , n her.. Mr. HARDWICK said the prisoner had evidently got sequanit , d .w►th some evil compani►►ns, who, if she per .is ed in a,sociating with, would speedily lead her to transportation. Sb ought to be extremely grateful to the protecutrix for her leniency in not pressing for a committal. He should, however, keep her (the pri soner) a few da) s longer in prison, and remand her for week. in order that she might receive .proper tuition frern the chaplain of the prisoa. •At the expiration of that tarn) he al mild discharge her. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . LIVERPOOL AU I UMN M EETIN EDNESDAY. The Alutrye Sweep takes of 5 sovs. each; once round and a dia.. (4 Subs ) Mr. Smith na Master Downes, aged, 9st 41b, wm)ked over. The Scramble Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. Half a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr Shephard's Cripple-Raw, 6si llb (201) (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 2 yrs, 6,t llb (201.) Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs, 9st Blb (20/.) lr. liobetts's Mt,s Lottery, 3 yrs, Bst 210 (201.) 4 5 to 4 agst Cripple Kate, and 5 to 2 each agat Cauli flower and C,,quri4e. Wim by a length. The Grand Autumn Steeplechase Flee Handicap of 10 boy.. each, and 100 added; the winner to pay 20 soya. towards expenses, and the si coact to save his stake. Ab , ;ut three miles. (14 Subs.) Mr. Stafford's St. Helier, 5 yr., 11st (Bradley) 1 Mr. Watnwright's Youvg Dutchman, 4- yrs, 41b ... 2 The following also started, but were nut placed :—Mr. Land's The General, aged, lOst 81b (owner); M r . M'Caw na Subduer, sged; list (Powell); and Mr. Cal t• Wright's Thurgarton, aged, lOst 12;b'(Oliver). Betting— 6 to 4 eget St. Helier, 5 to 2 each agat The General and Thargarton, and 4 to l agat Young Dutch man. St. Helier made nearly all the running, but re fused two of his fences, and won a severe race from the distance . by half a length only. Run in 8 min. 2 sees. The race was claimed by the owner of Young Dutch man, in consequence of the rider of Subduer (who re fused the first time and was out of the race) joining it again - when the other horses were coming home,,and, as was ulleged by the Young Dutchman jockey, Anointing him. Tne matter was referred to the steward, who, atter re examination of the jockeys and some delib-ra ti,,n. decided that he saw no reason to disqualify St. Helier. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sous. each, and 20 added. Half a mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Copeland's Aldgate, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Charlton) 1 Mr. Mangan's Portia, 4 yrs, 7bt 61b (Keegan) 2 Mr. ShciAard'a. Cripple Kate, 2 3 rs, 4st (Hughes) 3 The following alb() started, but were not placed : Mr. Smith na Mauer Downes, aged, Bst 1213 (Fowler); Mr. Edwards's Maid Marian, 5 3 rs, Bst (Whttebouse); Mr. J. H.mp's liact, , n, 3 3re, Gat Bib (Cresswell); Mr. Gritlichs's Gdar, 3 yrs, 6 st (Nicholls); and Mr. Rob son'. Laura, 3 rs, sst 101 b (Aldcrolt). Won easy by a length.' A NEW LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN PENANG, SINGAPORE. AIND HONG' Kozio.--We learn from Southamp ten that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pacha is being prepared for.service n a distant station, and that she will start for China in the course of a few days to relieve the Lady Mary 1 , 1 ood on the live between Hong- Kong and Shangliae, On her arrival out the latter vessel will proceed to Calcutta, for the purpose of opening a new Wig togween that tort, Peung) Singapore, and Haug-Song. with each other and with Madame de Lamartine. Finding that the poor dressmaker had herself written verses, the bard of " Jocelyn " induces her to submit to him some of her poetic manuscripts. In recount ing this circumstance the author deliberately avows to the world that he has " given up writing poetry." Happily, however, if his voice no longer sings to us in versification, his hand is still industrious in pen ning prose stories which appeal at once to the heart and the imagination. Aware, from what he had already seen and heard, that Reins Garde had abilities unmarred by imitation (which by the way, he terms rather happily " that Mephisto pheles of prematurely budding genius"), and allured, moreover, by her possession of that "gift of gifts, the gift of a tearful voice,'" lie prolongs his argument with the dressmaker, and out of it springs the notion of writing a literature, or, at any rate, inaugurating a literature for the people as above indicated. Hence comes " Genevieve." in it the novelist has recounted, in simple and touching strains, " the history of a ser vant girl," and what renders the narrative more than ever attractive is the circumstance that Genevieve is no other than an old favourite, that being the real name of Martha, the good servant of the priest Jocelyn ! Martha, or as we must now call her, Genevieve recounts her own story to M. de Lamartine when he is seated in the kitchen of the old vicarage house at Valneige, one evening shortly after the death of his inestimable friend the Abbe D— (Jocelyn); and now, after many years have elapsed, Lamartine calls the touching story of her life to mind, and tells it exquisitely from his youthful recollections. The narrative itself, like its subject, is of the simplest character, as homespun as the russet garb of a peasant. The incidents are few and, for the most part, unromantic. Yet in spite of all the tale cannot be read without emotion, and its interest in many parts becomes absolutely enthralling. The childhood of poor little Genevieve, when she attends on her bed-ridden mother, the linen bleacher; the death of her mother, and afterwards of her father, the glazier ; the love passages with Cyprien ; the growth of Genevieve's sister, sioette ; the ap pearance and diaanceara, ce of Septime, the quarter master; the wanderings and ultimately the arrival, of Genevieve 10 toe at tble of Cyprien,—all these things are described with a minute and vivid parti cularity. Afterwards, in the " Episode," we watch the incidents, which lead at length to the discovery of Josette's little child, Bastien, with an interest that is only appeased when we close the book, leaving him under the pear-tree, still tended by his adopted parents Jean and Luce, and watched tenderly by his aunt, the long-suffering and amiable Genevieve. Altogether the volume is a simple but beautiful effusion, worthy of realising the hope of its illustrious author, the hope of leading the way to the produc tion of a wholesome and really popular literature. THE COMIC ALMANACS' for 1851. By George Cruikshank. Rigdum Funnidos having long resigned his magic sceptre to the hands of the facetious Henry Mayhew, we still find that modern Master of the Revels pre siding over the vagaries of our eccentric annual— " The quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles" of the Comic Almanach. George Cruikahank, the droll and inexhaustible, figures, of course, as the principal caricaturist, and H. G. Hine, the quaintest and oddest of his disciples, contributes a swarm of those little black Scaramouches which are the funniest emana tions of Impland. The piece de resistance is, as usual, the frontispiece, from the hand of Cniikshank, representing this year the " Probable Effects of Over- Female Emigration ; or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands, in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia !" Although there is a fund of the most grotesque humour in almost every line of the etching, we turn from it after a hurried glance with some satisfaction—seeing that it presents to us nothing more agreeable than one mass of ugliness. Some of the subsequent illus trations from the same pencil are infinitely preferable, and, to our mind, more unques tionably laughable. Instance this the sketch given in one pat of the " Fellows of the Zoological So ciety," with two jolly old curmudgeons of Hippopo tami, a couple of very beau-like lions, monkeys equipped as " miniature specimens of humanity," and (most preposterous of all) a pelican meditating, with a hat on its head—all drawn as Cruik,hank could alone draw them. " Taking the Census" appears to us a rather extravagant absurdity, the humour of which we can nowhere perceive. One of the best pictorial contributions is that of " The Sick British Lion and the French Quack Monkey." It affords a capital opportunity for a sarcasm at the expense of M. Ledru Rollin and his very ridiculous book about the Decadence d Anglettrre. " Modern Ballooning" excellently well lashes that monstrous folly begun by M. Poitevin. The aeronaut is repre sented as a donkey soaring up on the hack of a horse. Two most elaborate drawings by Cruik shank portray, one an " Alarming Sacrifice" at a linendraper's," and another the uncomfortable results of " Over-population." As the oddest possible spe cimen to he selected from the literary comicalities of the " Almanack," we present to our readers the fol lowing INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN'S. (Bye Gentleman with a Saghtlmpeannent in his Speech.) I have found out a gig-gig-gift for my tuf-fuf—fair, I have found is here the ruttle-snakes bub-bub—breed. Won't you c-c-c-come, and I'll show you the Cub-bub— b-ar, And the lions and tit-tit--tigers at fuf-faf-fuf—feed. know where the c-c-c•co—cockatoo's song Makes mum-mum•wum—melody through the sweet vale; Where the m—monkeys gig-gig—grin all the day long, Or gracefully awing by the tit-tit-tit-tit—tail. You shall pip-pip—play, dear, some did-did—delicate joke, With the bub-bub—bear on the tit-tit—top of his pip pip-pip—pale; But observe, 'cis for-for for—bidden to pip-pip—poke At tLe hub-nub—b.-16r with your pip-pip—pink pip. pip. pip-pip—parasol. You shall see the huge elephant pip-pip-pip—play; You shall gig-gig-gaze on the stet-tit—a(ely racoon, And the❑ din-did—dear together we'll stray, To the cage of the bub-bub--blue fuf , fut-fac'd ba b-bab bah—toon. You wish'd (I r-r-r—remember it well, And I I-1-1 lov'd you the m•m-more for the wish) To witnet , s the bub-bub•bub—beautiful pip-pip—pel -lean swallow the 1-11ive 1.1-1-little tuf-tut—tish. Then c.c-come, did-did-dearest, n-n-n-never say " nun nun-nun-nun—nay;" I'll tit- tit-treat you. my love, to a" bub-bub-bub—buss," 'Tis but thrup pip-pip pip —pence a pip-pip—piece all the nay, To see the hip-pip-pip—(l beg your pEadon) To see the hip pip-m-pip —(ahem!) The bip-pip pip pip—pip- pop-pop-pop—(l mean) The hi p-po• po-po—(dear me, love, you know) The hippo-pot-pot-pot—('pun my word I'm quite ashamed of myself.) The hip-pip-pop—the liip-po pot. To see the Hippop—potamus. The last line of the last verse is surely the extension of a ludicrous conceit to the uttermost stretch of the ridiculous. liine's sketch of the dromedary we take to be as clever as it is laughable. " Britannia Pawn ing her Trident" is also capital. Such are the prin cipal merits of the new issue of the Comic Almanack. FINE ART S. THE ART JOURNAL. An important article opens the number of the Art Journal for November, the intelligent and enterpris ing editor having just adventured upon a continental tour for purposes connected with his publication and with next year's Industrial Exhibition : and in this introductory paper he recounts to us very pleasantly the first results of his own personal observations. The gist of the whole editorial contribution is to explain the preparations already making in Germany for the propostd, or we should rather say, approaching Exhi bition. His remarks, we doubt not, will be perused with a very general interest, and will go far to con firm the majority in their well-founded confidence in the happy issue of the whole enterprise. Prominent among the illustrations to the p,riodical under notice, are a fine copy by Sharpe, from the original painting of Sir David Wilkie's " Peep u'Day Boy's Cabin," and a charming plate taken by Carter from R. Wil son's 'picture of " Hadrian's Vid a ," b o th i n th e Ver non Gallery. Added to these is a very exquisite bust of Mademoiselle ..1", nny Lind, copied by Roffe, from the original by Durham. A woodcut likeness of George Harvey, and another of W. J. Muller, are likewise given, accompanied by biographical notices of those distinguished artists. For November, among the 'Passages from the Poets," Goldsmith suggests one subject, and Milton the other—one sketch repre senting a passage from "L'Allegro," and the other a fragment from the " Traveller." A profusion of other embellishments and literary contributions add to the attractions of the current number of the Art Journal, which is .xcellent. KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAESPERE. Parts I. and 11 An admirable reprint from the bulkier edition, edited by Mr. Charles Knight, has just been com menced—giving to the subscribers in each separate Part a clear, complete, and beautiful copy of one or Other of the incomparable dramas of Shaks pere. Typographically in every . respect the specimens before us are exquisite—the ty pe i being clear, and not, as ? too frequently the case, split into double columns, after the manner immemorially employed in printing the Bible. In stead of this the lines go clear across the page, and being composed in large and sharply-drfined type, the reading of the text is more than ever a luxury. A few illustrative embellishments are given in the supplementary notes, and with introductory remarks, and a fanciful frontispiece to each comedy or tragedy, the edition comes before us in an admirable manner. Part 11. contains the whole of the Comedy of Errors. to op 0