The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-27 00:00:00

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Baron ALDERSoN dctl Mr. Baron MARTIN.) of Ole Sc.eotlci edition of the cab n:lar cost :ins the n:trnt_s t 213 Lsr i ' • ur,t Bo uer ,- , being 21 more than appeared in tiLe trT TO PRO CURE A BORTION.—John terib: d rd4, a re Sps'etwily-attired azed man, ck e as a sur ge ,tl, surreroli , rPd to take his trid on_an entCharglng him with having attempted to p.o serr,rit,)rit"n• 'L le prisoner had been remand. d trop!ritb,:;''e',,ions, zit(' as the prosecutrix did not appear, ht 'tithe ecea,ions or to-day, he e , n.s of „, ain it ae th k ' " the undors,.anding ;hat he would be (.ischarct, ses,ie!ro se cutrix did not turn up before the close of the '4I4TTi."PT AT MunD Eß. —Th e t r i a l e •f Mi s s Kitt3o e n, Crh b 4'1'13 cli,x4ecl with having attempted to inure s pt her, s , !ddier in the City, was fixed for Friday. ti.1,1: 1 4 "/ -- This case, in which Mr. William Sob!ezke v (4, e. . pro ctor i n Ireland, is charged with p=erjury,l'"tpoLed tili Alis o to-mo 7" rr". , " N.— Archibrild Louden, aged 20, &scribcd as a te:au,our, at)" David C ooper , aged 19, also described -ter, were indicted for f ,loniously :ettirg fire dad ao ef Straw, ' the pr( party of William Doubleday life, p L r. tad stated the case for the prosecution, 11.1,;4ervvards called estat4a' Pa rvey, who deposed that he wet% a po h lic l e; i • On the ev ning of tug sth of this mon , t ki s the v Di age of Langton, d about eight o clock briek f i tt ort was called to a fire which broke out in a t he n ear II iunslow, belonging to Mr. Doubleday, iketic,r()eeeuter. Oa hastening to the spot he found that esireltielt was on fire, and he, with Sergeant Scott, red 80tne information which induced them to goan whie4l;e prisoners, who lived in Langton. The . shoes !eld t .Y wore corresponded with the footmarks in the Them h' the fire occurred, not only in length and a •t b li o e u r t ,_ ihstauduhteienh the Sian and impression of the nail marks. bonfiro in the field the same night, c ontr, r ° yards from the rick, but the wind blew in a ere dir ection, to the straw stack. k th p 'l , l."a mtn , d by Mr. BALLANTINE (who defended , 4 ti e firri„"er)-110 measured the distance between the ale bo s ' 4 ' 14 the straw-: tack with a thirty-yard tape. whca -'11.,",d there were ' a good many people in the field aaaerl:l b on fire was lighted, and he saw the pri '3llille ","a`magst them. He saw the prisoners comeup come f ttek after it was in flames, and they appeared to A te r h re „ tu , the direction of their own houses.. It was wi th t ti, - " he arrested them and compared their shoes liitilliantiaeArfunto°:Gowl, the field. xaminecl by Mr. CLARKSON—She P N.i ni r n . ''s l Y .) i o n libleday ' s field, and on the even ihe s tif , ihe s 'h rho saw the prisoners loitering about . htif the tr ", * tick orgoing towards it. There was no fire pal"lek then g When she saw them it was about Past and ~ h e was going in the direction of 7re but the prisoners were coming from the Ine e et a4 ° , ll angton and going towards the stack. When %la b ack trom Hounslow to the field she saw them 4 ear • towards Hounslow. They B are 0 the stack going 4 . ° fire t h e " fifty yards from the stack then. There was of Itri,'“!'n, but a few minutes after% ards she came out 4,144.—,°461ed5y's (her master's) yard, and saw the pri ,,e',l4 ! , 41i ng from the rick and going in the direction 'llatitn"a• About ten minutes after eight, or forty 1 : 1 ' utter she had last seen the prisoners, the fire hoc furiously. r ick, xunined by Mr. BALLANTINE—She Saw the L'elr.;' e s ' L L at . she did net know how far it was from the "41 fir ~l e fired been told it was about 253 yards. The Ser e " a s was lighted about eight o'clock. &tit tr.wat Scotney ecirroborated the evidence of the th eri tAtss • 13H had measured the distance between i . ": 4 ,and the bonfire. It was only about 100 yards. 14.1,itt w ere fired off all round the rick. 04 ea klaxon A zs.LDERSON thought the evidence destroyed ta ts No mal ice was attributed to the prisoner, and a tth e tl4llc' evident the fire was the result of the foolery ° m. kr: 3 ,l lr Y were of his Lordship ' s opinion. set hadQatell ALDERSON was sorry the poor men at the Wet i l r if been so loner detained in custody, but they their._:eave the bar without the slightest stain upon Thet:ettracters. AirrPrisoners were then discharged. Ear tl" TO PRCCURE ABORTION.—Mr. Edwards, & Perir 3"", was agaie placed at the bar, and no e t:_n! 4, 4 th in g to prosecute he was allowed to make an ffi e n tlt of th 4 „ t he had used no means to get the prosecutrix Ittit ta), wa 3', and the jury returned a verdict of Ac f kr j, ° ti tt ri ti [d i l a` e lti r l ,Y, who appeared for Mr. Edwards, in d v-uurt that the prosecution was originally t bevi tirri by th e Aledical Protection Society, which was -- 'dwa, d a e-ittl et, the d ecretary having absconded. Mr. IQ, ;'"ia was advise s by the officers of that society flYle-t°4l,hetfie consequences of . this prosecution by 4 1:1 1. 141 j anoe ~, c ountr but being . scions of his con ' e su h indignantlycountry. refused even to entertain 1 0 0 h tgeBt- s () , t :' ete ldedical men of the highest standing ". 8 reß qe—n° n wer ru e in aiti?ndance to bear testimony lien, Not ability -Netability and hitherto unimpeachable reputa- The ei eharged • 'e ast then ordered M r. Ed war d s to b e di s . . B f 1e theßlcOrtimrt.) Dlte ' 3l. // w ( ,:s e i ° odicted tor stealing from the house 4 Y e 4 c 1 u* (, hous3 keeper, of Woolwich, two t ili of tre a w ai s i era7t i- w i o n 'w - aistcoats, and sundry other pieces carin g apparel, tugether with 3'04. in money. s '' r n - evidence ii appe%red that on the day in I,;i,,ii:ll,nttt L ve ‘ i.o . ner came to the house of Mrs. Ball and i,k 4 r , ed a hed-room. which the occupied that night. ),4'C ' '.' , ck next d4y, not baying come down stairs, - ` 4 l ' 4. Lail ('‘c went up to aniike her, and found her sitting o i h - l l' [l3' l' u (I r r t (1 1-.7rootu - , and it was arranged that she should l'lt a t " a ban'. le whirl she Ind with her while she went tli: f(•tehed'tt e money. After she had been absent!om o e . t,T'e !qrs. Ball op,nedthe bundle, and found that it co lkileci wearing apparel belon 1 io herself, which had q!. l Previously placed in a s7t n o g fdrawers in the room ,h, 'eh the prisoner had occupied. On examining the L ir .3 it was "4 " found that their lucks had been forced. the police, and the prisoner . N9l.4'"iiin was given to '' earched a shift and peal s 3 a PPrebended. On being 6 . ttt l e t b . longing to folded up were found on her, ,i,nif.t Leiug as a bundle. l _ l eJury returned a verdict P of Guilty. illteree deferred. 11 , ., 11 , 11 .91.a.ay. —Healy W • hleiop, John Webb, and John bop ® s were indicted In a burglary in the dwelling- Vin 4 rt for a person named 1 r Vilkie ch , in Spring-place, Wen ko,•road, and stealing therefrom property to the lli 4 4 . 4 ‘ of between 3/. and 4/. ,7 , Prle9.ed that on the night of the 2d of the present of 4l pt. - th:prosi.cuter'i house was entered, and a variety 134 ' tl i ul ' e tty, sheets and other things, were taken away. 3d the police discovered the thre e. 'b"rnieg " the heap of sand in the Wands *or b Pris ntl - ers . sitting . on a t s t 1 " re 'd, and directly they saw the police they n sth, 3 i . e l 11 and ran away, a policeman in p I) tk 4 tit m ni lewing them, but could not overtake them. ''4° Polices lip the sand two bags were discovered, which e t h I tee took to the station house,. but replaced again th e th, it ' k eeping watch. Between eig - fi b t a a n nd , nine o'clock st d ‘le Prisoners came to the _sen t d k when Webb took off the pro -4,,y. ell' „ compaoi , d b y winkle op,the police, and 14 '4 i- 'heY were then followed b li c ,„ tiltireately into custody with the y property in their il N o ,. . ttliat4,,rl2ro,:.ecut,3r identified the property found on the 144 1 % said he, had found the property in the sand a 1 41(k ' she ~13 , l ' her two prisoners denied any knovrledge . of ilhe t t t." e '9, and said they had been casually passing Ti l t ,: itftor Webb had found the property. The '''lkeelinsEn summed up, and , • lt of the /biblatluet7 found Webb and Wells Gni the'. IC . ' 411e1 Winkletop with receiving the y propert3', t q tiewi . , also wi th harbouring Oth. bg it to be stolen, and i Th s i ' two pri-oners 141ibil:1;:eZuitileZIRbsearlid t;il la c b ed ou months' Webb to eighteen months' t%ritl:),elleat and hard labour, and Winkletop to six - lest and and hard labour. diPpr., •&__ OF pRZ,III7- i,4TION :FOR A WRIT litti,,ll, GAIN ST LORD J. RUSSELL.. s t line . - ''4'lshall Mr. Benjamin i in ce th,, yesterday W" ' some the r, h" dtti en At v ,'etetary to the Society . forßettering oo fo lio the "' tile Agricultural Labouring attended I:,4ther Lorl ,1 4 „ I i I, ,l i w icg s il l it t l it) i. ,,, , ' alderman of . t_his court to make . the ow applicationa.s ark__ wished to know d Minister, who a th, l 4l . t, e t te by . I. Z Russell, at large for abandoning P'.( l l 7, vll , ll i;l , ts of tch ,nationh pie, and for being guilty of I ‘'ithi, -11 `?e, c, of .INt •-.4t Previou 1 ° - • proceeded 0. the sanction of her in '", t ' a n e i r n o i - n e , e . ded against by any ‘t oi n ie . I.lll,lokri)FriPtioe°,flee,sbYeiba°ghe especially against the rights of I nurie said he could not make the ju!tice 'lf a 'chicle for the agitation of political subjects. Dro:, wi'hed to be salitd upon a point of political apple >i; a police-coin was not the proper place to 0 11 1 : Wills said t ba , similar'questions had been answered 114 e from the beuCh, and he simply wanted to know Wi lt Oi wile n. and how the proceedings for Obtaining the je I,Precrnitaire said be initiated? I , le eli i t ' l'l''r Lurie said he should not venture to answer qtaiii,ijlestion • but if his legal adviser at his elbow 4r, 1 . 7 1 ilt-to volunteer any legs'. advice upon, the ma , t (l4 ti l „ 4 i tni ght do se; bin - as long as he (Sir Peter) d ie h a e s tiv,,,,-;41,M), nu answer to such an inquiry shout T h , otn it. IV lll:pr' h it'r elerk remained perf e ctly silent, and Mr, `` ltc led up his papers and left the court. T............_ ilo,_ 4Pivt- ou r ,im ot , -- 111 1 , thi, 8 ExrLosioN or Ge.s.At an early P'4 , 2 1 . 3 1 1 , 11 ° 1111 12 he inhabitants in Pall-mall had their lans,4r irio,ken fit ai at alarming and extraordinary t e c ) : li-hi eb _ B°Trie unexplained cause the gas in one of the e ve ;rt, t earin rTi alon g p a ii• mall blew up with "a tremendous . 1 , dir t , t • 6 uP the street, and spreading confusion in J ° ,i 4 ta i ll 111°1,- Great daina 7 ge has been done to several llo'4,hflor,Lle,,atreet, the' premhes 'occupied by' the Lonnoti (1 0 ° 0 4.,1if, Al'Ault, andiothers in that • immediate . ileiPb°, ./. 11.- . , fr o 14 sq Vjely;oliroi t h o j ec o ane bf *lam an tiin t ir . :T s i: 11 4 a iltbV!ii, )4111#kprrsev:44949t 114116 :;c su f f ., r w i i i t il f ,, wc 444 .4l.eile Tr i p IT9l4% Z i 'i l ' l - 44- 84 01 egh fg r a e Ale? 3 np 4 re i, i &IA 111 .#.P1 a ti i t rsstof,re par . . . - thr 441 rtit i ONti o f;ei , atiSr Idaalp I ,4l4utre‘4t " t ' ltit 4 teclAviA (14 tli ffl eitat.lAta iiestrpo;SF,lTe cht '4lT rytho:Tediftri f it ia ) iiii s u l i e rvo6 ?-filt, the (terno7 Iliti td. Ns Indottlitrisnall 'Mel idanidA4 ' iroitli , of being THE SC N, LON DON, IVI f.:A KE. .I...tist evening- O'Keefe's comedy, the Young qtaher, was pres:ulted at this theatre. reViVni is quite io character with the discrimination and jurgment which have Leen displayed by the rutmaw , ineut in h cting pleccs for the rtmusetnetd7 of the public. pocsesses much of the racy and broad humour which distinguish many of tie dramatic produc tions of the author. Quakerism is not now pro bably so prominent as when O'Keefe wtote for the st,ge, and though the peculiarities of the sect are present, d in a ridiculous light, there is no ill nature displayed in the development of the characters. Young Sadboy (Mr. B. Webster) is indeed led away by the fascinations of the metropolis, and the com panionship of Captain Ambush (Mr. Parsf!lle) from the grave and sedate habits of the society to which he belongs ; but thii is but an illus!ration of weakness incidrntat to :,cuth and inexperieuxe ; b si lis, he pos sc..:ses a good and manly heart, and re tr; ci his steps w i h grace and propriety. Mr. IV, biter was roost sue c:stiful in delineating the errant of the Young Quaker, and in a most ludicrous manner blended he quaint phraseology of the part with the profane dialegue of sparks of tab,hion. Mr. Buckstone performed the part of Clod, the servant of Old Cnronicle (Mr. Lana;ert), with infinite humour and address, and as usual, elicited great mirth. No . Ling could be more ad min:tile than his impersonation of a bumpkin in livery, and the facetious good humour with width he exhibited the penury of his master, with whom he did not "live" but "starve." Mr. Charles was an excellent representative of Shadrach, the Jew, and Mr. Henry Bedford, as Spatterdash, was lively and piquant. The char icter of Ara minta is one of no ordinary difficulty, for in ad dition to the ordinary requisites to enact a lady of fashion, with a large fortune at her command, and the independence of will and spirit which such an advantage imparts to a young lady who chooses a husband for herself, there are several songs allotted to the part which require considerable vocal abili y to give them effect, particularly as some are given as lively musical snatches, and all sung without an at ciripaniment. Miss P. Horton had this part assigned her in the present cast, which she sustained with great ability. The lively spirit with which she in troduced her musical responses was admirable and effective. She gave the sang " Then 'farewell, my rover, dear; Thy loss I e'er shall mourn." with much feeling and expression. Mrs. Fitzwilliam did Pink, which she represented in her usual facetious anal happy style. The play was admirably put upon the stew-, perfectly well acted throughout, and was much applauded. The theatre was crowded ith a most respectable company. OLYMPIC'THEATRE. Mr. Marston's admirable play of Philip of France and Marie de Meranie continues to attract crowded and enthusiastic audiences, who fully appreciate and enjoy the exquisite poetry and the equally exqui site acting presented to them. Monday night, after the performance of My Wife's Daughter, for the first time as a second piece, the entertainments concluded by a new ballet divertissement, which brought into play the whole of the resources and the taste of the esta blishment of this department. The story i❑ such cases is so evidently the mere string on which to thread the various dances, that we need only say it turns upon incidents familiar to all ballet lovers, and introduces Madame Louise and Madlle. Adele in several pas de deux, &c., greatly to the delight and satisfaction of their numerous admirers. Madlle. Adele is truly a graceful dancer, and the management deserves the utmost credit for the care and liberality they bestow on the getting up of these brilliant spec tacles. The scenery and decorations were excellent, the music light and buoyant, and the ballet quite Successful. MADAME ANNA THILLON AND MR. HUDSON'S NEW MUSICAL ENTER TAINMENT AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. A most agreeable variety of the " At Home " species of entertainment was produced at Willis's Rooms last evening, the great novelty of which con sisted in the performance being a duologue, if one may be allowed the expression, instead of a mono logue ; the performance, moreover, took place on a stage elevated at the end of the room, with a door in the centre, and thus while the stage was never left vacant, much greater facilities were afforded for the display of costume than under the old regime of table talk. The performers on this occasion were Madame Anna Thillon and Mr. Hudson, and seldom have we passed a pleasanter soiree than we passed with them at Mrs. Colonel Fitzsmythe's bal costume, last evening. Mr. Hudson, as Mr. Jeremy Jenks, opens the ball, and sings an Irish ballad, " Norah Dear," dtvelopeth a new collection of conundrums, and introduceth an eccentric Irish gentleman, Mr. Banagher O'Shocknessey, a " cawntinental" We are then introduced to the fascinating and lovely Anna Thillon, who, as Mademoiselle Nina Fluri, prima donna at a musical soiree, sang the grand aria from The Grown Diamonds; the aria in which she made her debid in England, and by her delicious render ingoiswhich she created afurore which until then had tn.ver been equalled. She was in exe,llent voice, and rendered the sparkling music of Auber delightfully. She then appeated as Miss Euphemia Bas Bleu, a "gifted" young lady, who mastered Hebrew in a day and a night by curling her hair with the gram mar. Io this character she sings a song, " The Modern P . atc," with great humour and archness. Mr. Hudson now takes up the ball, and details in a song with a moral to it the adventures of "I.::zy Loony ;" and then we have Madame Thillon admi rably made up as Lady Darvilie, a fine old English lady, who sings a romance, "Youth in :wrinkles," albeit there were no wrinkles there, for we never saw her look more lovely. The bal costume concludes with Mr. Hudson's Lord Fitzsappy, a youth from the west, who details the affecting history of a pet puppy dog,who was dicound in 11 Lego Maggiore. The second part is entitled Coining .Ecents. and is a piece de circonstance, apropos to the Great Exhihiien. Mr. Hudson personates Rackstraw, a genius in "a fix ;" he is, however, cheered by the arrival of the Genius of Industry, who cheers his spirits by singing to him a charming ballad, " The Flight of the Fairies , " at the conclusion of which she takes her flight, and leaves Rackstraw to compile "The News of the World," which he does in an admirable buff.) song, of which a second edition was at once called for. He now receives a visitor from Asia, Su-sli, a Pagoda Belle, who sings with great archness a very smart satirical song, entitled, ° Can this Country he your Own ? " lle is then suc cessively visited by Zeynab, the Lily of the Nile from Africa, by the " Star of the New World," a fair composite creature, half Dutch, half Spanish, half Yankee, and the rest Mohican ; and lastly, by a " Visitor from Europe Melanie, A I3oulonaise. Each of these characters is sustained with infinite spirit by Madame Anna Thillon; in each she introduces a de licious melody, which she sings in those clear, silvery, enchanting tones, which are so peculiarly her own, and in each her costume is most elegant, rich, and becoming. Never have we seen the charming Anna Thillon look so fascinating as last evening. The ap• plause was enthusiastic throughout, and at the con clusion both artistes were called on. The room was crowded. WEDNESDAY EVEN ING, NOVEMBER Ql l 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 26. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Royal dinner party at the Castle to-day will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady GrPy, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady I'Llany Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The band of the ,Coldstream Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended in the Castle on Monday during dinner, and, under the direction of Mr. Tutton, performed the fol lowing pieces : Overture, "Egmont" Waltz, "Die Hietern" Selection, " Le Favorite" Donizetti. Quadrille, "Chevalresque" Galop, " Themse Tunnel" The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following pieces : Overture .... • Selection, "Le Songe d'un Nuit d'Et , , } Thomas. Chorus, "'Das Nachttager" Kreut v2r. Mr. M‘Gregor, Mr. M‘Chlery, and Mr. W. R. 'Sandbach, had an interview with Esrl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. • The CheValier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Francis Baring returned to his residence in the Admiralty yesterday. Sir James Hogg had an interview yesterd iy with Earl Grey. Dispatches were received ye.terday at the Co lonial-office Irons the Governors _cf the Cape of Good Dope, Malta, and Gioi-Altar ; and also frotn the Lord High Commissioner of the ionise Dispatches wer,,,,pent off list evening from the Colonial• offiCe;for - 4110.GOvernor of Gibraltar. 4 . FATAL ACCI;DENTI'itOM . A ri.--. i; Bolp m,_..oe-,4„, a A . i00 13 ; fli .. /% 6 4 d) Mr. Richard 1, Oreat. - orton,. Yinkshiie,, wan - 1., ying a few d4s siride—with a juvenile, 4durpanion..,who iiYflS pretending placOra - peilii h is ear and-to-make it come wilt of his mout h iiiiitOTC, bAte!vil;tlio - teat ib' have been featly performed, was kidTi:ecjad j ai` - e the attempt hirriself, 'sod thrust the pea so forinn" his eail ; that it could not be got .out. In, a vain ~ encleayour ..to ex t re xt it made by a triedie . al inan',lt wiii:sinit fitither it]; '.'and tii"- poor titiy died 1 four dAyraftwistrcli . fasctlithe ofrocti; THE PREVENTION OF CHIME. LETTER VI. _ . TO THE RIGHT LION. SIR GEORGE GREY, BA T., Bz.o. ezr. Sir,—The first time the Wakefield system of colo ; nizltion was brought under my attention I observed, that if the public approve of this plan 2E , op bas written in vein one of his best fables, for it would not be possible to give a more etrikirg instance of the folly of those who killed the goose for the sake cf the golden eggs; and on mentioning this opinion to one of the most sagacious of the directors in the New Zealand Company, he was so struck with its truth that he requested me to write to him upon the sub ject. Other avocations, however, interfered, and I lost sight of the ruhject. Every person who has given attention to the sub ject of emigration is aware that the great majority of those v. ho emigrate with the view of st , ttling as r.gri culturiqs (and these are the most valuable of Hui grent,) is the want of capital. '1 his is the difficulty, and yet all the emigration companies, acting upon the Wakefield system, increase this difficulty, and thereby either prevent the intending etni4rant from starting, or so cripple his resources that he is comparatively unable to b nefit either hirnsi if or the colony ; for before the settler can enter on the land he is obliged to pay one pound per acre. True, they say to him, we will spend the mur ey in the best manner for your benefit, but pay your pound an acre. The would be settler replies, I have a large family, whom I shall have to support ter some time before I can exp,ct sufficient crop for the land; many imple ments to buy ; our passage to pay for; and my whale capital is 500/. My family and myself require 200 acres at least, and if I have to pay you 2001. I fear the reminder will not be sufficient to give me a fair start. The only rejoinder is, the rule is inflexible, you must pay one pound per acre; and yet legislators affect surprise that the middle class do not emigrate. What would be thought of the sagacity of a land lord in this country who, having a farm to let, and being applied to by a tenant of only sufficient capital to cultivate the land, was to require that he should lay out 500/. or 1,0001. of that capital in erecting buildings; would not the reply, "If I were to agree to this I should not have sufficient capital to cultivate your land with advantage," be conclusive, and yet is not this precisely the same as requiring a settler to pay for his land ? But the plan which I would propose entirely ob viates this absurdity. If the would-be settler, with a capital of .500/., requires 200 acres, instead of fleecing him of the 2001., I would only require him to deposite it previous to his having a provisional title, and upon arrival in the colony he should be able to draw every shilling he required for his farming purposes. Nay, I would go further. Suppose him to be unable to pay the 2001., and he was known by his relatives and friends to be an honest and indus trious man, sure to do well if he had a fair start, I would take their security that the 2001. should be re paid within ten years. With such a system as this, the lots all ready for occupation, and a few acres in crop, can any reason able doubt be entertained that the settlers would be very numerous ? And I would permit no man to purchase land except those of good character in their respective neighbourhoods ; and, beyond this, I would introduce a part of the feudal principle, but in stead of the land being forfeited on non-compliance with some folly, it should be absolutely forfeited if the owner were convicted of crime. Like the adoption of wise measures both in public and private life, numerous advantages would neces sarily occur ; and, however useful they might be, they should never be suffered to interfere, either directly or indirectly, with the sole end of the proposal, which is to provide the very best possible place for reformed convicts, effectually guarding, as far as human nature will permit, against exposing them to temptation. The consequential advantages which would arise from the adoption of the plan are 1. It would prevent the evils necessarily arising from a colony founded by a convict population. 2. It would not cost the country a shilling ; the sale of the land would far more than repay every outlay. But then there is the ever ready objection, " Oh, it would be impossible to carry out the plan." My reply is, adopt the same wise conduct which you have carried out with respect to prisons ; give Colonel Jebb a carte blanche, without any interference from go vernors, or comptrollers, or officials of any descrip tion ; let him be responsible only to yourself and to Parliament, and so far from being difficult, its prac tical execution would be most easy. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your very obedient and faithful servant, RIGBY WA SON. London, Nov. 22. REFORM AS IT IS NOT. TO THE EDI7:OR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The tavourite A argument " with the oppo nents of reform appears to be a reference to the ex travagant schemes ascribed to the ultra-democratic party on the continent. The unsettled state of France is perpetually instanced with the endeavour to delude Englishmen into the belief that such will inevitably be the condition of this country unless a retrograde rather than a, forward movement is made by the Legislature. Avoiding, for the occasion, all reference to the monarchical factisns which have for so many years disturbed France—the antagonistic de signs of • BoDapartists, Legitimatists, and Orleanists— they unhesitatingly lay the whole blame of the agi tations which exist in that country upon men whose crime consists in their believing a republican to be more consistent with liberty than a monarchical go vernment. How few like Lamartine could have governed the revolutionary spirit which had been provoked by the obstinacy of his predecessors, and which he knew so well at once how to humour and restrain ! And yet all the plots, real, fancied, and invented, with which France is said to be undermined, and the wild speeches at Socialist banquets, which probably owe not a little of their inspiration to the auxiliarif s of a feast, are unscrupulously declared to arise from the political part taken by him in 1848. English reformers are treated with equal fairness. There is the same insidious attempt to confound re form and progress with rapine and rebellion. To as sert that constituencies of only two or three hundred electorspieee h h it are t n not , t , entitledt an equal ar ti s t,,, representation w who o d designed si g with d those of twenty or thirty thousand, is to be all of a determined C h to set fire to the dresses of a score or two of ladies in Kensington-gardens by way of an auto -dele. Such is the chief opposition which is offered by the opponents of reform, with the view, as they are pleased to say, of maintaining "our glorious consti tution" unimpaired. But, like the very bq,st machi nery, this constitution of ours, wise as it is in prin ciple, is yet susceptible of improvement, and in need of continual repair. Reform to be of avail must be a constant work. As the population of some places, in• creases, whilst that of others decreases in proportion, o the representation must be re-adjusted, or it ceases to be representation at all • laws should be modified when the circumstances under which they were framed are changed, and fresh claims upon the nation arise to supersede others which have bad their day. Unless such changes are effected, the constitu tion loses in substance what it retains only in form. In this respect our opponents profess to tbink differ ently. They could not venerate it were it simply old ; they must have it decrepid also. They cling to it, it is true, but only as the ivy to a tree, with a sem blance of protection, though in truth exhausting its vitality and speeding its decay. We wish to see it healthy and vigorous, and cleared of the corruptions to which they are attached. But this, it is to be feared, would be to strip it of too much that is glo rious. They are perfectly satisfied with it as it exists, so they connect reform with anarchy by styling all improvement innovation ; and their favourite watch word, " our glorious constitution," is the " Shut, Sesame," by which they close the cave of spoils against all intruders. And this is the only of those who policy not been always opposed to reform, but of others who have supported it.at a time when the voice of the na tion was too loud to be slighted or mistaken. We wish to see reforms effected with greater care and earnestness, and, it may be, greater honesty than they have as yet been compelled to do ; and this consti tutes our criminality. Their dictum is, " Thus far shalt thou go, and no further;" not to go so far is to be a simpleton, to go farther is rebellion at the very least. if the present reactionary struggle in Europe should succeed, either by frightening the middle class into passiveness through the misinterpretation de scribed, or by direct military oppression, the aspira tions of liberty may be repressed, but they cannot be extinguished. History is not deficient in warnings of the danger of such a policy, and that of our own country affords an apt illustration. When Charles the Second ascended the throne, he found the people in the unsettled state which is the inevitable conse quence of sudden c hanges in forms of government; and he availed himself of this to rule with a despotism to which the people were too divided and harassed to offer an effectual opposition. James, in fancied se curity, chose to follow the example of his brother rather than take warning by that of his father; and through his attempt still further to subdue the people by the introduction o f the spiritual slavery of Rome, he suffered in his signal downfal and disgrace for the faults both of himself and his. predecessor.. And so . assuredly will retrilsp,tien fall upon them, or their posterity, w he s in NM eagerness to profit by the exigencies of the p resent are so rash as to forget the • lessons of the past.rd ati), Sir , &c., A • ate --st. ea RADICAL. Nov. 22, 1850.. • The Leeds lntelligencer states that the Hon. John Stapleton, brother of Lord Beaumont, has left the Church of Dome. LIILLAND. DE37_PT, TUESDAY.—'iThe result of the municirl e:ection , y coos or, dit to the g,,od sense and ju•*:,,u,Ent, o' the for or see t, -, e37 return a') their 1-,:Trr seIU:2 , M2S to iri e corporation a body of t..D , ,3 the grctt ruj , rity of whom were more likely to do ;hem ork tl:t. in pArit of respect.,,l7,llity charact:T and couduct, or good service in the Laisiness a 3.- nag , teerit ot their municipal atf , iir., now become very e taut from the large revenue that will be annuAlly at their diep,srd. ludeed no co:yo , a,7ion in the too- Aire •, to represent it men of more intel ng,nce, worth, wealth, and general respectability, raa hreweri; merchants, and general traders, than are now for the most part returned by the citizens of llubltt,. It i. , only necessary to mention that amongst them are the IlatileS of SW,ettrian Crosethweire, Codd, Iludson, 110. tan, Cio - ni:h P. Kelly, G resharn, Vance, Worhio;:ton, Kinn t.ao, i3utlrr, pud many others ot sullicieut nuniber r.,:ajerity that will save the character of the city :rum the g r ace of cony repot ion of :Arch scones as the pest year ha, t x hitate:i to the world, and i s funds frwn ih,ing jobbed for in,dt'idur:l or party purpoers. No!hing can show more runphaloally the evanescent chen.'crer of public favour troin the fate of Mr. Maurice O'Connell :et this ele:,tion. This gorilla man, in every way worthy of being r‘. turned for any nerd in the city, and whce..e father, it may b :aid, at one time held the Piirlianientary rain e3entarion cif Duhiin in his pocket, stands now a defeated candidate f or one ot aloe ward 4 which he hail publicly, by his address, canvassed titer sat - IL...ages of the electors. Mr. Hey 'Adds has had rather a narrow esccpo. It was said that he was:sure of being retuf ned for three or four w,ris, but only in one does his name appear at all, and there he is only !curried by a majority of t.co ov r t e lowest of the four successful eat didatus; thatis, each ward returning four, he is third uton the pull by two. Another striking instance of fLeting popularity is the rejection of the aged alderman, and very worthy man, Mr. M‘Loughlin, the most devoted friend to the last of the late Mr. O'Con nell. This gentleman had only twenty vote in the ward for which Mr. Reynolds has been returned, the lowest successful candidate having polled 195. The weather has been egain very tempestuous in the last two dap, but still the temperature has all through the month continued of an unusual and almost unprece dented mikness. la the Court cf Queen's Bench yesterday, counsel stated that, in the case of Colonel Van dcleur against Captain Kennedy which, on the sug gestion of the Cour, stood over tor an amicable ar rangement, no such arrangement had Bien come to, and counsel were prepared to go on with the case, but the Court said that there was no,titne now to hear it, and the case must stand over till next term. Mr. Pooley, late paymaster of c,nstabulary, who was tried and acquitted a few days ago on a charge of em bezzlement, but bas since been detained in custody under a Crown extent for 8001., was yesterday 'iterated on Monday next is the day appointed for the new muni cipal representatives to assemble and elect a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year 1851, and Mr. John Rey nolds has already announced himself as a candidate for the office, despite the hundred and one actions peeding against him, and confidently refers, as his claim to the elevation, to his conduct in his past mayoralty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur.-50 to 1 agst Rhesus (taken freely)- 50 to 1 agst Langton (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Brother to Dough (taken). Nothing else backed; but 50 to 1 each was offered about Cossack and Clarissa, and 1,000 to 15 agst any other. DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Grecian-8 to 1 apt Prime Mi nister-13 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt-20 to 1 agst Latncrtine-25 to 1 agst Newminster (taken)-25 to 1 agst Sturm-33 to 1 agst Faugh-a-ballagh colt (taken). NEWM.ALKET CIIAHPION COURSING MEET- ING.—TUESDAY. The Puppy Stakes. Sir St. George Gore's Cobra bt Mr. Gurney's Aspasia. Mr. Bagge's Trotzig ht Mr. Etwall's Lobster. Mr. Vipan's Viardot bt Sir W. B. Smyth's Stroughow. Mr„ ltogers'a Ilarum-Searum bt Mr. Fyson's Fanny Mr. Dobede's Dora bt Sir St. G. Gore's Lion Heart. Mr. Holmes's Memory (late Remnant) bt Mr. King's _ RoyaltA. Mr. liuckviorth's Bertha bt Lord Straclbroke's Miser. Mr. R. Bagge's Triste Lt Sir W. B. Smyth's Saddle. Mr. Gil!el.'s Gallantry bt Hill's Medea (late Una). Mr. F}•son's Factotum Lt Mr. Parkinson's Susan. Mr. Dobede's 1)ot bt Air. Hill's Model Lady. Mr. Dobvdc's Dunkeld It Mr. Holmes's 'memorandum (late Dart). The All-Aged Stakes. Mr. Holmes's Mocking Bird bt Mr. I)obede's Diamond. Mr. Holmes's Midas (late Sylvan) bt Mr. Moody's Field Marshal. Mr. Buckwcrth's Beeswing bt Mr. Email% Ebb. Mr. Vipan's Verity bt Mr. Dobede's DeTerme. Mr.Gurney's Asp bt Mr. Gillett's Go-along (late Faithful). Mr. Hill's Mercury bl Str St. George Gore's Caradoc. Sir St. G. Gore's Magician bt Mr. Vipan's Vanilla. Mr. Dobede'i. D0n...1d bt Mr. llill's Mary. Lord Stradbroke Merchant bt Mr. Bros k'; Black Eagle. Captain - bt Mr. Fyson's Forerunner. are daily being brought to light by the workmen . employed in remains FU RT :f iE t ß .h e l a j n i :i7n ancient inhabitants AT C o of R t F h lc e e l E lTa ß n . C — or F i l n r i e u s i b i d i in digging the foundations of houses, &c., in var t i t o l u N s_i n ia s been ; t e n uu d io e t c, s ;a p ips o st t nb) beads, coins, f t e h u e n t i -o l, w c u l . iefi A y liaitrgteh quantitypse d ( f S ' a . with many interesting articles in bronze, h to together € n r i 3 i has also been exposed to view. 11; The i potteryl s the treasures A considerable por.ion of the %%al >t toe a h n , ci n e s ra n t s o n A , ‘ , n i, chiefly fragmentary, but it su—c.ent yill that might b e o bt a ined by a well directed. search. Excava tions on a l arge sca l e are con t em plated, and etb e under taken in the course of the ensuidg spring. A ncuinfAcorc AL VISITATION.—O:I Tuesday morn ing last the Rev. Dr. Staunton delivered an ail ress to the churchwardens of the different diuretics in this town, at St. Peter's Church, in which, among other important topic-, the Rev. Speaker gave decided instructions that no fre'sh vaults were to b.: construct,d within the walls of the churches, and DO old ones re -opened without express permission from the Archidieconal officer. This discontinuance of intramural interments is a concession to the sanitary spirit of the day of no slight nature.—Nottingham THE BRAZILIAN SLAVE TRADE•— (Extract from the Journal do Commercio, Oct. B.)—The Brazilian war steamer Urania entered yesterday from a cruise, bringing on board 208 African slaves and the crew of the brig Rolha, all captured at Macahe. On the same d ay the celebrated slave merchant Joaquim Pinto da Fonseca had been arrested and placed in close confinement, it being discovered that he was the owner of the brig Rolha, captured by the Brazilian war steamer Urania. There had been another capture by a Bra zilian steamer of war, off St. Catherine's, of a brig, with 120 slaves on board. A parequet belonging to a lady, resident at New Brighton, has laid twenty-nine eggs within the last few months. LORD BEAUMONT.—It is very generally rumoured that this Noble Lord is to be speedily appointed Governor of Malta. 'Perhaps . this may account in some measure tor the tone and spirit of his letter to Lord Zetland, in which a Papist figures as adopting the;extraordinary course of approv ing and encouraging a No-Popery cry.- Chronicie. Head-Constable Crowley and Constable Geale left for Dublin to-day, in consequence of a letter received from a gentleman in Dublin claiming the large sum of money found last-week on two members of the swell mob. The applicant 'stated that his pocket was cut off in a railway carriage, and the money taken, amongst which were some five dollar pieces corresponding with those found in the possession of the pri soners, and a 201. note which corresponded with a note found with, the same persons.— Cork Examiner. • He who can smile at the misfortune -of being robbed wins something from the thief.—Eliza Cook's Journal ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The Electric . Telegraph ComPany are progressing rapidly with their work towards Brighton. A great portion of the wire is up, and coils of wire are brought down to within a short distance of Brigh ton ready for fixing. Workmen have recently been em ployed in preparing the boards for the wires in Clayton tunnel. It is the intention of the company, with the sanction of the Town Commissioners, to carry the telegraph into the town. Would not the Townhall be an excellent place for the terminal dial? OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVARHAMPTON RAILWAY.— During the last fortnight the extraordinary rise in the shares of this company has been exceedingly rapid, and the influencing causes has been concealed from the pub lic. Indeed, the general opinion appears to be that, if the rise had any foundation, the arrangements, whatever they might be, which were likely to benefit the undertaking, have been carefully kept back for same purpose or other. It is now stated on very good authority that the parties who were referred to in the paragraph, which originally appeared in the Worcester Herold, as having undertaken to carry out the line in its integrity, are no other than Mr. Peto and Mr. Treadwell. :NEW BRTJNSWICK.—A great fire broke out in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on November 11. Upwards of one-half of the city was burnt, including a large portion of the best buildings and places of business, and the spacious Wesleyan church and parsonage. The fire broke out in a barn near this church: The Catholic chapel was on fire, but saved. The insurances were considerable. COUNTY COURTS.--A further return relating to the business of the County Courts has been published. The inforMation it furnishes bears on the employment of deputy judges and the fees of clerks and high bailiffs. During the year 1849 the total of th e number of the da y s on which each iudge sat in person i 57,008, and that of the number of days when the sitting was by deputy 557, the remuneration for the services of .such deputies amounting to 969/. 13s. 2d. The gross amount of fees received by the clerks during the same 'wind was 70,3701., and their disbursements 34,2571. The Ices of the high bailiffs amounted to 52,2711., and the amount disbursed for the remuneration of assistants, &c., 29,850. 13u1TANNTA-BRIDGE.—BANGOR, Nov. 24 —The szlc' of materials at the Biitanniasbridge was concluded on SaturdaY, the weather having been favourable throughout There wsa a good attendance of mine owners and others, and high prices IN ere realised. The proceeds of the sale of ma terials have been estimated at about 12,001 I. The only arti desalt:sold are the two large iron pontoons and some large capstans used at the ileatings The hydraulic presses have been purchased ; by their makers, the bank-quay Foundry Comp.:fly, NVarrington, for the purpose of display at the forth-. coming Exhibition of 1851. At a certairi, : age, it will probably be full of follies and vices.—Eliza Cool's Journal. . , , • • . LUNAR RAINBOIT,4. — LIIDar rainbows nave been reranikat Tighn •Wit AO,- ‘o`&.asiolis thalaZ iiirlweek,4o4o4lelifi e vo o l utv j bA rre te a spatinit4 aerbailialfacbsky,a r ow tat Ae mask&ly zpdffett em ir, di e tica The last occasion was Ansa otlly t tnigYA atkp, 171,1 a, iPAti4lO , l wiltPoliAlli bl f i tohilitichiWWTob§e.tv94loF4rfiViffik f rO weActonli*Vtoccitiftif WigeNtiC4APße%lofibßirtrt o'clock, and ste eAVviem-ap,-, 4 1.9v1„p i tjie daublt: :arch, and bot,w3 prAsertte"a artet ~ The phenomenon lqafr . 7peintittil:=A44Thiss - Courier, m• LITERATURE. HAND-BOOK TO HARROW-ON THE-HILL. Edited by Thomos Smith. Mr. Thomas Smith is entitled to the thanks of the excursionist for having supplied a crying want by the publication of this excellently got up and ad mirably arranged hand-book. It is scarcely credib.e that until the appearance of this little volume there was no distinct publication devoted to the history of Harrow, without exception the most classical ground in the neighbourhood of London, and worthy of a visit not alone for its intimate connexion with the early history of Parr, and Sir IVilliam Jones, and Byron, and Peel, and of a host of other illustrious Englishmen, but for its beautiful scenery, the most varied and the most thoroughly English in the king dom. The present little work is admirably arranged, is written in a dear and unpretentious style, is illus trated It ith several wood engraviugs from original drawings by Mr. F. Skill, and is elegantly got up. It is just what a hand-b.ok should be. PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1651. Punch's Pocket-bouk still keeps up its character, and this for the year 1851 is quite 'qua! to any of i•s predecessors in quaint conceits, and in fun and pun, pictorial and written ; the frontispiece shows us the irtnrior of a preparatory school for young ladies as it ought to be; the school is located in•the kitchen, and the great Soyer is efficiaiing as professor, and instructing the young ladies in the mysteries of the gastronomic art. Another admirable illustration is the portrait of Punch, reclining a l'Ariadne on the British lion. The lackadaisical look of Mr. Punch is exquisitely droll. The other illustrations are all equally excellent, and the letter-press is admirable. "Macbetto, a Serious Opera, in three acts," is an excellent skit on Scribe's libretto of La Tempesta; and " What I heard about myself at the Exhibition by the Original of the Portrait of a Gentleman" is a smart satire on the vanity of those who delight to see the representa tion of their own unmeaning features on canvass. Punch need not dread the competition of 1851, his articles are all of first-rate quality—unsurpassed and unsurpassable. WILSONS' MARY, 1851. The utilitarian diaries published by Messrs. Wilson and Sons contain a great amount of useful informa tion ; they are well arranged and neatly got up. BLACK'S IRON HIGHWAY. No 11. The present number of this most useful publication constitutes a complete road-book and descriptive and topographical guide for the traveller by railway from London to Edinburgh, thus constituting a complete guide to the London and North-Western, the Mid land, the York, the Newcastle and Berwick, and the North British lines of railway. MISS LAURA ADDISON. The following particulars relative to this young lady's performances at the Prince's Theatre Royal, Glasgow, are gleaned from the local journals : " After an absence of four or five years from the Glas gow stage, Miss Addison re-appeared at the above theatre last Wednesday evening in a play called Love's Sacrifice; or, the Rival Merchants, from the pen of Mr. G. W. Lovell, one of the most successful of our modern drama tists. This heart-touching domestic narrative was re markably well developed in all its leading parts, and, so far as Miss Addison is individually concerned, her de lineation of the merchant's daughter, Margaret Aylmer, was an extremely beautiful piece of acting, carefully studied, natural, and in the highest degree effective. It seemed to appeal powerfully to the feelings of the au dience, who listened throughout with that hushed atten tion which denotes an absorbing interest in the business of the scene. But the part itself, though an interesting one, is insufficient as a test of Miss Addison's tragic powers. It is not a character where nice mental discrimi nation comes into play. Any actress of ordinary intern, geuce and education might play it very respectably. For this reason we preferconfining the few remarks we have to make regarding Miss Addison's capabilities to her Juliet and Lady Macbeth, which she represented on Thursday and Saturday respectively, not that we think either the one or the other a faultless performance, but they are so completely antagonistic in their spirit and character, and require so different a kind of executive power for their fnll and proper development, that the actress who has been even partially successful in the embodiment of both may be said to have won her right to a niche in the dramatic temple. That Miss Addison has been a dili gent and attentive student of Shakespere, her perfect familiarity with and scholar-like delivery of his text sufficiently indicates; but she has a greater merit still, which lies in the forcible and strikingly original manner in which she interprets that text to her audience. She is no copyist. She has not taken up the plays of Shakespere for the mere purpose of learning, parrot like, particular passages, and then saying to herself, How does Miss Faucit read this? or Mrs. Kean that? but with the confidence inspired by careful and unre mitting study, and, at all times relying upon her own judgment, instead of idly following that of others, she sucks to discover what is hidden or obscure in the lan guage of the poet, and delivers it accordingly. This is the true secret of her success. She seems to have com pletely thrown aside what may be termed the tradi tional ' points' in both these p:trts, and boldly aimed at a new retcling. The result is, that Miss Addison ha, given us, in both instances, if not a perfect picture, r , - pl,te with all the poet's beautiful inspirations, which, indeed, we never could expect, at least one that has the charm of perfect novelty, with an Etty-like boldness of colouring, which must command the undivided admira tion alike of the critic and the public at large. Having said thus much, we have left ourselves little room to dwell upon particular r a,:a g e!,. Her Juliet does not, we frankly confess, come up to our ideal of that exqui site creation. It is a gem—an undoubted gem—but it wants polishing. It has many and distinguishing beau ties, but it has blemishes also, that arise, not so mech. from a lack of intellectual application on the part of the performer, at from a careless indifference to the graces of style. This must b overcome, and when 'it is, her Juliet might take rank, as a true and perfectly ori ginal conception, with the best the stage bas ever seen. Lady Macbeth, we believe, is considered to bo Miss Ad disou's most successful Shalisperian essay. It is cer tainly an extraordinary performance for one so young, and rivets the attention of the spectator with a fearful kind of horror. Her energy and passion are immense; and the guilty ambition, before which every moral bar rier must give way, is powerfully and truthfully ex presesd. Not a few of the faults which mar the beauty of her Juliet, constitute in Lady Macbeth its greatest ex cellence. " These two tragedies were exceedingly well put upon the stage, and creditably enacted. Mr. Morgan made an excellent Romeo, arid looked the young lover to admira tion. Fisher played Mercutio with much spirit. The ghastly smile with which he gave utterance to his dying Fun was excellent. Mr. Silver's Friar was a tensible and judicious performance. Mrs. Bland played the Nurse with a good deal of taste and discrimination, and was exceedingly happy in her interviews with Juliet. We must pay Mr. Glover the compliment of saying that we never saw him to greater advantage than on Saturday night in Macbeth. He seemed to be thoroughly imbued with tho spirit of the scene, and acted with taste and vigour. The dagger soliloquy was remarkably well given. The other principal parts were creditably well filled. " Last night Miss Addison played Julia, in Knowles's Hunchback, and this evening she appears in the Conde's Wife, a play written by Mr. Thomas Smibert, a g' ntle man long and honourably connected with the Edinburgh press. The Conde's Wife was first represented at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, in 1843, where it met with considerable success, I.lr. Glover sustaining the principal male character." Miss Laura Addison appeared last Wednesday night in Mr. Lovell's beautiful play, entitled Love's Sacrifice. There have been many opinions given birth to with re gard to the talents of this young actress; her rise was rapid as it was great, and created some excitement in the dramatic world. We throw all these opinions aside in the present instance, and judge only from actual ex perience, and have not the slightest hesitation in affirm ing that, unequal though it was, a finer performance than Miss Addison's la,t night has seldom been witnessed within the walls of any theatre, and the applause through out was enthusiastic beyond description. DEATHS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHlLDREN.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, jun., held an inquest in the board-room of the Court House of the liberty of Norton Folgate, White Lion-street, Norton Folgate, on view of the body of Alexan der Allen, about six weeks old. It appeared that the de ceased's mother was waitress at a tavern in the City, where an intimacy took place between her and a gentleman who frequented the house, the result of which was, on the Bth of October last, the birth of the deceased, at the above lioue, in which lived a female named Mary Faulkner, who acted as midwife. The deceased child was brought up by hand. For the first fortnight it had only bread and water. It afterwards had bread and milk, bat the diet did not agree with it, and it died on Thursday last. It was stated by the midwife that the mother did not intend to suckle her child; but that if she did, she would have been unable, from the state of her breast. Mr. Hart, sur geon to the union, said he was called upon to attend a person at a house in Upper Blossom-street, when he accidentally saw the deceased, who was extremely emaciated. He gave an order for the mother to receive a supply of arrowroot, milk, &c, from the workhouse. He saw the child eight days before its death, when he had no hopes of it. Bevis, a summoning officer, said that this was the third inquest taken on illegitimate children who had died at the same house. A juror remarked that the circumstances of the death in this case were precisely similar to another case where he was also a juror. The foreman observed it was a subject of no toriety for some years past, that young WI reran had gone to that house enceinte, and that in a snort time after the neigh bours have seen infants coflins brought out. The deceased had been removed from the house in a coffin, to another house, which raised some suspicion, and which led t o the present inquiry. V,rdict," That the deceased died from the want of proper nourklinieut suitable to its tender ave." The verdict wa3 agr;;al to after a long consultation among the jury. rf, l n FRENcu TURF —The French Government, With the view of further improving the breed of horses in France, are making large purchases of animals of the pure blood of this country. The Emperor, formerly the property of the Earl of Albemarle, and wiuuer of the -first Emperor's Plate at Ascot, has been bought at the instance of the French authorities for a large sum. .Nunnykirk,.formerly a favourite for the Derby, and the second for the St. Leger to the Flying Dutchman, has also been bought within the last week. Th►s horse is by Touchstone, his data being Mr. Ord's celebrated mare Beeswing. The Earl of Shaftesbury, it is understood, intends resigning the Chairmanship of the House of Lords next ses sion. Lord Redesdale has intimated his consent to succeed the Noble Earl. --------, FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. WORTHING, Nov. 26 —A deplorable catastrophe has plunged the fishing population of this town into the deepest distress. Last night the wind blew a per fect hurricane from S. and S.W., and at daylight this morning a large dismasted barque, since ascer tained to be the Lulls Rookh East ludiaman, home ward bound, with a valuable cargo, was descried at anchor about two miles from the shore, riding heavily, with two anchors ahead, and signals of distress flying. A gallant crew of eleven men, the most experienced fishermen of the town, nobly volunteered to put off to her assistance, and, although the sea was running mountains high at the time, by eight o'clock A at. they were fairly afloat, dashing through the breakers of this most dangerous coast. Their progress towards the barque was watched with intense interest from the shore, and their praiseworthy object seemed on the point of being accomplished, whet, a sea struck their boat, and in en instant she disappeared, involving all ban is on board in a watery grave. Their names are, J ones Newman— wife and nine children ; Henry Newman (brother of the above)—wife and seven children ; Jmnes Newman the younger (son of the first named)—wife; John Newman—wife; Stephen El wards—wife and six children ; Jam's Edwards (his brother)—wife and two children ; Win. Hoskins wife and child ; Wm. Wicks—wife; 11. Slaughter; J. Bell well—wife and six children; H. Bacon—wife and six children. About noon, a second effort was made with a larger and decked boat, manned with up wards of 20 stout hands, to reach the distressed ship, and ascertain with certainty, from those on board, the fate of the first boat's crew. With much diffi culty the barque was reached and 15 of these hands put on hoard her, and the remainder returned on shore with the heartrending intelligence that the former boat's crew had all perished. When a little to windward of the barque she was distinctly seen to be struck, and the unfortunate crew, struggling .with the waves and vainly clinging to their frail water logged boat, floated by without the barque's crew being able to render them the least assistance. The return of the second boat's crew 4 was waited for with in tense interest, almost the entire population of the town being by this time assembled on the beach, hoping, against hope, that some of the brave boatmen might have been saved; and when the sad truth was told in the downcast looks and mournful shrugs of the weather-beaten seamen, sorrow and despair over whelmed a large portion of the bystanders—wives lamenting husbands, children bereaved of parents,— relatives, messmates, and friends were seen wring ing their hands and weeping in agonizing dis tress. One poor woman, whose husband was amongst the sufferers, was carried away insensible, and few hearts could refrain front shedding a tear of sympathy at the grief and misery around them. The Newmans (four in number—a father, brother, and two sons) were considered patterns of industry and skill in their hazardous calling, and were universally respected by their mates and craftsmen ; and, as the entire crew will leave behind them nearly 40 children unprovided for, some idea may be formed from that fact alone of the extent of the calamity, and the gloom which the sad affair has cast over the town., It is reported that an effort will be made as soon as the weather moderates to take the Lalla Rookh into Newhaven. Very little intelligence was brought ashore by the boat's crew of her condition, or whether she had passengers on board or not—probably not, or they would most likely have landed ; nor do we know how she came by her disaster. A report prevailed that her mainmast went by the board and killed several of her crew in falling, but this report was un authenticated. She rides easily now, aed the gale has moderated : should it increase, and her anchors part, she will probably come ashore between here and Shoreham. A large vessel, it is said, has gone down with all hands off Shoreham, and several wrecks are reported to the westward, and it is certain that Sunday's gale will furnish an awful list of disasters. ALLEGED MURDER UPON THE HIGH SEAS. William Gray, captain of the barque Defender, of Newcastle, was brought to Exeter on Wednesday last, having been apprehended at Stockton-upon-Tees, at which port his ship had just arrived from a voyage, on a warrant charging him with the wilful murder of a boy named William Vinson, aged 14, in the month of November, 1848. The case was investigated on that and the following day at the castle of Exeter, before the Hon. W. W. Addington, Mr. W. Miles, and the Rev. Arthur Atherley, magistrates for the county of Devon, and has excited much indignation. The de fender, it appears, sailed in September, 1848, on a voyage to Quebec and back again, going out in bal last and bringing home timber, and it was during the voyage home that the boy died from the ill treatment as alleged, of the captain. From the depositions it appears that on one occasion the deceased was ordered to clean down the cabin, and for neglecting to do so was " rope's-ended. Oa another occa sion, when the snip lay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, he was ordered to go aloft and loosen the foot of the n►iz.•ns, but because he did not ascend the r►gging with sufficient lightness of step he was called bock and directed by the captain to strip naked, and then, go aloft in that state—the weather being p►ercingly cold, all the crew warmly clad, with their pee. jackets and mittens even on their hands. On his coming down, deceased was ordered by the prisoner to go round the vessel six times in the same unpro tected condition. IVhether he contracted a violent cold or ❑ot does not app , , , ar, but his health from that time was observed to decline. On another occasion, while suffering from bowel complaint, he was sent upon deck, scrubbed, and buckets of cold water thrown on his shivering body. Under such treat ment the boy gradually sank, and he died in the arms of the carpenter, who held him in a gale of wind because of his weakness and debility. An entry was made in the log that he had been jammed between spars. The magistrates, after a very lengthened sitting, determined on committing the prisoner for trial at the next Devon Assizes on a charge of man slaughter, and refused bail. We understand that application will be made to the judge at chambers, the owners of the Defender being ready to enter into sureties for the accused, who has enjoyed their con fidence now for nine years, during which he has com manded that vessel. THE MURDER AND SUICIDE NEAR NOTTINGHAM. —.Norriwcimar, TUESDAY.—An inquest upon the body of Charlotte Chambers, who committed suicide yesterday morn ing after strangling her little daughter, was this day held at the I'eacock, Radford, before Mr. Coroner Swann. The inquiry as to the death of the child was eh() pursued at the same time and place. William Chambers, the husband of the deceased woman, and father of the child was examined, but his statement contained little in addition to what ap peared in The Sun of yesterday. On Sunday his wife ap peared gloomy, but he attributed it to the weather, which was wet and disagreeable. At live o'clock on Monday morn ing, when he got up, she was awake, and as " cheerful as ever she was in her life." On returning from his workshop, about seven o'clock, he found his wife lying in the cellar with her throat cut, and a razor on her stomach, and his daugh ter, three years old, was afterwards found strangled in her bed, something like a garter being tied very tightly round her neck. He had no doubt that his wife strangled the child. She had sometimes threatened to do so when anything per plexed her, but he never thought she meant anything by it. She often complained of being •' light-headed." Similar evidence was taken from other witnesses, and the jury re turned a verdict to the effect " that the deceased Eliza Chambers, was wilfully strangled by her mother; and that the latter afterwards destroyed herself by cutting her own ' throat, being at that time in an unsound state of mind." THE RIOT AND MURDER AT LEEDS.—The parti culars of a riot by a number cf Irishmen, in Leeds, on the night of the 16th inst., in the course of which a beerhouse Was robbed of 191., and a working man named James Rhodes was killed by being struck on the head by a brick, which was thrown at him by one of the rioters, were given a few days ago. Several Irishmen and one woman were apprehended for the riot and the other offences connected with it, and the examination of the prisoners has occupied the at tention of the Leeds borough magistrates for several days. Two of the ringleaders, Edward Hogan and John Cane, are still at large, but for their apprehension a reward of 401. has been offered. Yesterday (Tuesday) the justices committed four of the prisoners for trial at the ensuing assizes at York, namely, James Cratty and William Higgins, charged with the murder of James Rhodes, and William Haley and Michael Cantwell for riot and assault. The fo r m er t wo are a l so committed for riot and assault. A woman named Mary Rooke stands remanded until Saturday, it having been sworn by some of the witnesses that she took an active part in breaking windows during th e ri o t ; an d , f or a l i k e reason, a man named W illiam Fallon is remanded until that day. A FRENCH TRAGEDY.—Great sensation has been caused in the department of the Charente by the arrest last week of the Countess du S---- and of the curt of the com mune (ISt. Germain, on the charge of having poisoned the servant of the latter, in order to prevent her from revealing the adulterous connexion which subsisted between them. The body of the servant, which the cure had caused to be buried with great haste, has been dug up, and poison discovered in it. When the Count du S.— , a highly honourable man, heard of the horrible accusation against his wife, he proposed to her that they should both commit suicide, and should make their child, aged eight, die with them. The Countess consented. A pan of charcoal was lighted, and the three fastened themselves in a close room. When, however, the father saw his son struggling in the agonies of death, his courage failed him, and he broke the window for air. Medical assistance having been promptly afforded, all three recovered. The Countess and her clerical paramour were lodged in the gaol of Angouleme to await their trial for the alleged murder. Galignuni,s Messenger. N ATHALLE, A TALE. BY JULIA KAVANAGH.— There has Leen no fiction since " Jane Eyre" likely to excite so much interest and attention as this powerful story. " Natlialie (says the Jam Bull) is one of the most fas cinating creatures that graced a tale of romance. From the moment when the warm-hearted but proud girl prepares to throw herself, with no ether fortune than that pretty face in which she has already been tanght to recog nise, the source of sorrow and tribulation, upon the world's cold chancee r to . the momesit at whi c h s h e w i ns b ac k the deep affection of a heart whose coldness she had melted, and :whose pride she had humbled, the reader follows the varying phases of her destiny and of her inner feelings, with the most intense . sympathy. The author has produced a tale of un tiring interest, full of deep touches of human nature, ex: hibitiag all that self-sacrificing devotion and all that sensi tive waywardne ss , th e combin a ti o n of which constitutes o n e of the most p ower f u l c h arms , as well as' one of the greatest riddles, of the f ema l e c haract e r. We have no hesitation in Predicting for this delightful tale a lasting popularity. ' General Von hadowitz has arrived at Fenton's hotel from Berlin. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. ADVERTISER.—The Pope has fallen into a grand error. He has committed a gigantic mistake. He has acted in ignorance of the state of public feel ing in England. Dr. Wisexnan has deceived him. Of course, the Cardinal has not done so intentionally. He has been deceived himself. The seceders from, and Puseyites in, the Church have misled him. Dr. Newman on the one hand, and Dr. Pusey on the other, have led him astray. They persuaded Dr. Viseman, and the latter convinced the Pope, that England was ready to receive, with open arms, him self and the Papacy. Not doubting the accuracy of the representations made to him, the Pope determined' on a course of audacious aggression on the supre macy of England's Queen, and on the rights of con science, in the case of her subjects. The result is be fore the world. It is patent to all. Christendom be holds it. Christendom is amazed and astounded at the grand moral spectacle which England at this moment presents. The Protestantism of her people, hich Lad been slumbering, has been aroused ; the attachment to the cause of civil liberty, and of the freedom of conscience, which lie.d been in abeyance, has been called into vigorous exercise. Never, in the history of the world, did a nation present so noble a spectacle as that which the world is called to witness in the present espect and attitude of our own people. The great difficulty with which we had to con tend, in the outset of this contest, was in convincing those who had never identified themselves with any denomination of Christians, that this was not a Purely religious question. The abettors of the P..pe, very adroitly, sought to represent it as a question which had nothing to do with politics, or with the civil rights of her Majesty's subjects. That ingenious device will no longer succeed. The delusion is dispelled. Men have now been led to regard the matter in its proper light. They are sa tisfied that this is not merely a question between Po pery and Protestantism. They know it is a question between the most oppressive tyranny and constitu tional liberty—between the most debasing mental slavery and the most ennobling freedom. It is a question as to whether we are henceforth to live under the Constitution which, from our infancy, we have been taught to regard as the great palladium of our liberties, or whether we are to regulate our con duct by the will and pleasure of the Roman Pontiff, the creature of the Jesuits, the man who escaped the vengeance of his own subjects, by disguising. himself with the powdered wig and lacquey dress of one of his own flunkies. Englishmen are called to decide whether they prefer the Constitution of their own country, or the decrees of the Roman Pontiff—the supremacy of Queen Victoria, or the supremacy of the Pope. They have, we repeat, been brought to see the matter in its true light. It is impossible to over estimate the importance of this fact. So long as we bad to labour to convince our countrymen that not merely the Protestantism, but the civil lib e rti es o f the country were in peril , we felt that matters were not in so satisfactory a state as they ought to be. We knew that a large mass of our countrymen did not, in any way, identify themselves with any re ligious denomination, or with any class of religious principles, and, therefore, we were conscious of the disadvantages with which we had to con tend, in our endeavours to bring the great bulk of the community to a sense of the importance of the crisis. With these disadvantages we have to contend no longer. Englishmen, without reference to the re ligious bearings of the present stuggle, are duly alive to its importance, as a question affecting their civil rights. If the Pope be less political in other countries than his own, than he used to be, it is not that his principles or feelings are less political, but because he has been shorn of his political strength. He is no longer the man he once was. Pius the Ninth may be the same in spirit and purpose as Hildebrand, but he has not the power which the latter possessed of acting as he thought fit. There is one infallible test by which we may as certain what Popery would be in this country, were it to acquire a dominancy among us. It would be in England precisely what it is elsewhere, wherever there is nothing to prevent its full deve lopment. Now what is the Pope, at this moment, in Rome ? Is he not a political tyrant, as well as the head of the Papal Church F Are not his subjects the veriest slaves ? Is it not notorious that they live under as grinding a despotism as the serfs of Russia ? Unable to bear their galling chains any longer, they overthrew his dominion in 1848, and raised a Republic on its ruins. And but for the intervention of French bayonets, he would still have been the miserable and obscure exile of Gaeta, and republicanism the, form of government in Rome. French arms restored him to his capital, and French arms alone keep him there. There is not a greater despot at this hour in Christendom than the present Roman Pontiff. And if he had his own way —if he could only acquire an ascendancy in England, we should be as much his slaves as his own subjects now are. Latitudes - make no difference in the nature or spirit of Popery. It is the same in all countries and in all climes. Wherever we wit ness any difference in its developments, it is not be cause there is any difference in its spirit, but because accidental circumstances restrain it from showing itself es it really is. What Popery is in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, it would be, were it in possession of the reins of government, in Great Britain. 'hat the Romish Church, as personified in the Pon tiff, is the same now as she ever was in her poli tical assumptions and despotic disposition, was clearly proved in our paper of 3 esterthy, in ths extract w hich the Rev. Dr. Carlisle, in his letter, gave from a bull of the predecessor of the present Pope. The docu ment is a very rematkable one. It is one about which there can be no mistake. The bull from which Dr. Carlisle quoted was issued in 1838,—n0 very distant date. Its object was to overthrow the then Liberal Government of Portugal under Don Pedro, and to restore the tyrannical Don Miguel. The language of the bull is so explicit and so expressive, that the friends of civil and religious libertry in this country cannot attach too much importance to it. After enumerating various acts of the Liberal Go vernment of Portugal, the Pope says,— " For this reason, venerable brethren, we expressly proclaim, that we absolutely reprobate all the decrees issued by the aforesaid Government of Lisbon, to the great detriment of the Church, of its holy ministers, of the ecclesiastical law, and Holy See prerogatives; we, therefore, declare them to be null and of no effect, and express our most serious complaints against the audacious measures we have referred to; we de Clare, that in exercising the duties of our office, and with God's help, we will oppose ourselves as a wall for the house of Israel, and show ourselves for the combat in the day of the Lord, as the interests of re ligion and the gravity of circumstances may require." Will any abettor of Popery, any champion of the Romish Church, venture to tell us that Popery has changed its character? Why, so far as the attributes of audacity and despotism are concerned, the lan guage we have quoted might have been penned by Hildebrand himself. Only imagine the present Pontiff of Rome issuing his bull, and saying, " We expressly proclaim, that we absolutely reprobate all the decrees issued by the aforesaid Government of ngland,"—let them imagine this, and our readers will have a correct idea of what we would, one and all, realise were Popery to come off victorious in the present contest. POST.—The meeting which was held on Monday, at Sevenoaks,' has proved one of the most important of the many assemblages which have been called to gether to deliberate on the subject of the Papal ag gressions. The public is deeply interested in ascer taining the views which are entertained on this momentous question by the leaders of political parties. The Prime Minister, " putting on manly readiness,' has not paused to express the sentiments with which he regards the presumption of the Romish See. Mr. Herries has taken occasion, at the meeting to which we have referred, to announce the course which he intends to pursue. In a manner which well becomes the character of a British statesman, the Right Hon. Gentleman em braces the question in the fulness of its magnitude. He does not descend to the meanness of party strife, but shows that this is a matter in which the members of all parties are equally interested. The distinguished leader of the Opposition hesitates not to give due credit to the declarations of the Minister, and to counsel his friends to yield him, en this point, their united support. This is conduct which recalls to us the best days of our Parliamentary history, when the Opposition was wont to make a distinction be tween what was deemed right and wrong on the part of the Government. We cannot to-day enter at any length into the considerations which arise out of this salutary fact, but v“3 shall return to the subject on an early occasion. THE COUNT BAPTISTE METAxA.—It will be seen by a report in another column that the rule obtained on the 10th of June last, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against an attorney named Stevens, for the publication of a libel on Count Baptiste Metaxa, has been discharged on Mr. Stevens coming forward and admitting the unfounded nature or his assertions and paying the costs. Although we cannot but rejoice at the termination of the suit, we must regret that the person who takes upon himself to stigmatize (and that anonymously) as an adventurer and impostor, a gentleman and a foreigner—whose fair fame the breath or calumny never touched before—should be dealt with so leniently, and escape thus easily the bands of justice. had tie Count Metaxa been a total st ranger in this country; without any ere:lentials, or aii-y proofs or the genuine cha racter of-his title, the elh'ct of such an assertion would have b ee n most damaging. As it is th e feelings of himself and family.have been most pained, and the indignation aids friehds Cheltenham -in which he has now resided a great many years-and elSewhertjbas been greatly aroused.-- , Cheltenham Journal. - • , FOREIGN REFINED Suomi.—The vessel Seeker, from Amsterdam, has brought 19,380 loaves of sugar; the vessel Alida, also arrived from Amsterdam, bas brought the large number of 83,640 loaves; and the vessel Neptunus, which has simultaneously arrived from the Dutch capital, has brought 21,000 loaves, comprising the entire cargo of reA fined sugar the manufacture of Holland.: