The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-19 00:00:00

The , ---..- jliti4l slll ) CHIEF BARON was not 4, ',.) the cue seas in favour of the Sun Fire-office. ire- n ..,,,,...., qulte sure that the eim,leilldants had aeted, in his opinion, very unwisely leh''''2ereetty ie pu - ti g 2 plea ef arson oa the rec 1- leidl i , h ei not done SO l :fie had no doub e ar, re got a verdict. t whatever they e n ARE said the defendants judged it accessaryon three, ;ponce te information they received, e, atl e k g eY heti reason to rely, to set up that clef, , es, " tr s, 'g%at SHEE—NV hich you did not attempt il• to Te el. ktlea,°l3 CHIEF BARON observed that, under the cir tie , 'e, he neither felt any wonder nor entertained !itr!ret when he heard the decision. Piteusease said it frequently happened that . such t r i al, 44 :I re Pat on the record and not proceeded with llr l4 e l ' hi ergear3 SREE reminded the Court that the plea t rial, ea the record °lily two or three days before the The LORDlrile•e enter BARON—If I had been . askcd lo t lle - °t it' should have done so most cheerfully. e I ) 4 teo Ipeettlate to withdraw an accusation of I say I t i It °°t Judicial l y , when ' , t 14 but professionally, '44, .4feridatits lost a verdict in consequence of that sort. Th "4 " i njudicio e 1 16 ,, _ us accusation. Jett then dropped. Sty r , LI ARIES.—(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER ) i ~ l i e wu ~_ L . EPAGE v MAcL o EO r the sum of recover ki i. 9 ,i., 4preiene j a p e a tlon and br in ou te g r b e t st t on several promissory Tie e „ esee k • est eee Te el , eesnt suffered judgment to defendanthavirg cifre,,,eytildatift's attorney said . that the ~,, t lyp t . geoent to go by dolault, it ;would not, under „Se'e...e'relltestances, have been neeesser h y e n to ot g e l s ve any were 1 1 10 l a 'q he point, but in this case t I le e Ind , la for rupees, and payable in Lendon. Evi t:attfl-i'd- therefore be adduced to show the value of e, 4 '1e, a „ (1 ! 4 rupee en the 4th of November last. and I' d that an Exchange broker, was called , _ ionee was .1., tit the s 'lei „ exchange on the day mentioned ', l lh'e', l . l the lion. East India Company's p ap er, and ' ' t , ' ite e 'te notes, and the total amount of pr e ine s i u p m al tlle, re st et 2s, 1 ) 4% Lee per rupee amounted to th ",, I N , !tied SECONDARY said, that there ought to ten and twelve teat. once es to the interest, as -0e 4e ei,wes charged, • t iee ltle ss said that it was the ruling interest at -4 4 0 f te e tt ra t icl the notes bore interest at that rate on the le e Jere r a li ke Th e India d why the difference was made between reater kN'h? Learned' rupee and the public. tle!l'ei e the SECONDARY said there was a f. te'i tot e 'ue ecrapany than with the ordinary itt. , '. 411 t1 the Company paid less and took the "ler , c pt4 ;irve a verdict for the amount_c_laim p edi y.) , ,IAL COURT.—(THIS On W i OLD COURT. t 1,14 barn and John Hunt were placed and in the dock, P- A t e 4 , l Y)a e s dg i Ed i with stealing a cloth, one flet,. ceir,,,ee we fowls, value 21. 2s. 6d., the property feloniously re it, te e 8 - ierbY; and Hunt with he i t, tee knowing them to havebe.en. 41p 414 P r osecuted,and Mr. Parry (with n It , to4i p os e tPPestee4son) defended the prisoners. I ,) t 'lltos ' that the fowls had been consigned t a o t t h h i e s k 1404),11 that in New ate-street, and left )o:, Il t ) tl '0,7 the carriers. e ~,,e B o b, -1 1 4 5 shoulder, a l n ' d h the basket bas w k a e s t afterwards clothwa r ds Tt tl th, te l e tiet 'tlY found in a house in Union-court, i eN 't esef4ere both the prisoners lodged. , ' l e't h -c e f 1 d a e t e e . el e to establish il i e 're e dri,oners, and they were acquitted. s a car felonious case leet,lnts env, Kingdom aged 38, described a eili of cted of unlawfully obtaining by false pre , o_ 1 11 P I, 441 1 Alt. lendse Stone, the sum of 91., the moneys_ En t ttl.,lokts Equitable Loan Society, and the su I N! '4lote toue moneys of the Friend in Need Societ t y o , T h l 'a re ette cheat them thereof, and was sentenced Litt the ,iraprisonment in the House of Correction. sess r el let CeRDE R in passing sentence, remarkeocl ;heed (41 te' en ee in this case had disclosed a system upon e l koe ~i , Part of these loan societies practised up_ s e iP et Petir eci u , t h eh e could not be too generally made public. a nd I lill le ° e Bald, that none of these retFnded loan t te; 4l th tr 3it ted of more than one individual, , of , e l to pee advertised to advance small ~ i ,; ! a t li l ll lij i : t P ti eePle at the rate of five per cent. interest, -e • eee e es and other payments of that_ nature 41.,er . extorte'l li l e i ° keen forted Iron the borrower were taken into one th e rid th an ' the interest would look more like 11ie: 614 4.. file per cents It was high time, therefeorrae., 1 of th`:lllg Was done to check the plundering op 5 ° loan societies. e e , _ e l e'ledl e .„ A ETV COUR 2". 4di etec il,?eci than named Mi//ison, al i as Chadwick, I.a p r i ao or obtaining money under false ~it dner pleaded not guilty. ee B i ll dleat and le'llar eee ,_ one appeared for the prosecution; pretences. e;etir ee , it defended the • ner ' , lln ,S o f •L prlso • ;it:lst. The ;rlzcearrwhhave been frequently l b f etfoorbeetahne , lippres.B.UrVeyor, was i n t h e habit o representeu their friends Nalhily of ettee, *aid obtaining money from: friends o f a kie; at iteed i t al lares. In one case the h i m 61. h it im oradvertis in g le", rt of th&seartop, were indubed to adv n an h ee the . k 4 ti q g , r Premium for teaching the y e e t • esbip Ile',, 111 ) , elleyeYer, Re d an indenture a of executed. l ee a tite t ee w , e tl IIP between the artiee, and atbust 11, 4 lt -.. ‘" e d open P of buildet e e fe ee n the term a servitude,epren a t i n c ci d were ea to e tl ils tke e ga, e el the prisoner, at No• 8 + beta ti e ° ur t o i ph the it would seem his duties ' fit' We t : alltate sham plans and copy p,4 , 44. Lag to 9 ,e, varying le e ,t 0 ao ~ advance sums of money real pro " 4 4 4 :h p i , eft/. upon the security of advertise from a ce t •Dia ei - hwere eight other apprentices bad dsidteos Ivst e el to eo e prosecutor, and all they n . s. r ee i e to 4titi PY these magniloquent edvertiseme t hen e" the ) te % e ie mu," up to last Lord Mayor's-day, w Ite,'; Wei", 'itY Passed lute the hands 4 etri' ° tve; ae ls, and the of Millison, Chadwick, t ' ef agate.? taken down, thenames d es risoner not seen the of a solicitor e‘thltee Until he was given i i nto custody on 13 itt the p r t ge. Iu the course e N, tic!'''ner took 1 a year in Mu i r t r i a so y n ithouse e at oi 6 11 e., trial it came t out . 4P 4i t i e 1 t tli:°l3, representing himself to be 1 Itt l til lij ))' e late candidate for 14,, Pia at inste placed a d O Ol going by that Dr. Barris, the borough of St. !ll th e °ll, the or h - words "- r. as a te al ° bei g h bo .. , eating the r ,,,,u.n. T h 4 tn . Ood he passed hhlem.seilf off ,' ' Qa t Dr int , e Prisoner at first wished 'let*tri Y . of F r i Jearris was alodger, and a whom h e at -1,,:q le i lia `end, but several neighbours d me - na t thoerbeofsuthpe !s4l,l4±ll,llNeif to be an M.D., g le 4t ltee ',Pretended medical capacity lo t elle, a , n _c.e he to himself to be Mill s tit eet'lleeer, who had mined himself 0 e Aberdeen, p r.oiv.eodnthcwahthabidl he !s Yeat, late Parliament for the e nygahttoe_ifnbptt-. tilleiltitti'l;4ertth°cilk addressed the jury fe b r o ii r t t h ob y e of ! i ~ I lt , I, e 1,, that the prisoner had been ell :; 1,4 .' 1 t,l: etevet' No doubt he had violated efence, kil,'' t slailltc3 iedenture of apprenticeship, but the for le h ree ee 80 into another court to obtain redress h i s n p o c r o o c v s r f: le's " of contract. If oe e t and t he 1 / 4 Qu m ON SERGEANT then summed up, g44' Lle, ) , t he prisone r G uilty. toti agiea i t (3tlieroere. said th ere were five or sit, other th e i t ' , bat he t the pri soner of a similar character to that .eh Atha e t ) tih I, of C prosecutor would notput the Court N Ot °leg into them in detail en years' Asti4ilPost al' sentenced the prisoner to sev tl ite ". Asttioes terminated to-day, and the Court was II the sth of January, 1852. \V A tSI ' ye, ----"----.----- --'ee•----- ee ., "41' k lttn t ' 4Ol sT ER-4T ...A.' , - 13ro -I.)' 11 tis, I t "tued 'Vickie, was brought before Mr. of t he It ttl a P e ? Hl with threatening to stab the waiter ktk t 4 4, t 4 " beer -shop, Knightsbridge. k l , c ' h ou ted that, last night, the prisoner t ale it4 lei 41. e, w here a betting list is kept, and wc d n e o t m n t a L o n e d t in h e g d e titiPtet ° t e a het that he had made there, and u was not , Ntt h e 4"es,person to whom the list bel a o n ng . ~'et,',l hs eet 'u eery insulting language, 'la' 'lle —err to stab the waiter. 4 4 r, in L tl ttiej out of k.defence, said that he had had made the bet, t tl, 4 '; the his Money, and went there for the purpose a belongs tookleee n a v p i ea , teeei e d „ .Person with whom he 4,,,,;.it a u Vtag the knife. . I llei j e ,, PtIP said he must find month s, bail nn for se t l h f r t e e e n. -- . 4 f ive pounds each and h ik) l Nickt?' tiTti `-----unS DAY.) , , WARK.—(T-- 'Beckett itl i Ned''' .‘ Tee/or was brought before Mr. e l , ° , l i' e r l viila haying in his possession two valuable 1/4r419,,5t-iseenesfraund is cloak, supposed to have been . .4 ,_ al some house in k th tt ”, or ltotherhithe. the neighbourhood of he met the itskaer at Nolies ofthe M division, said hh _ -at le ' ti V s . eekhead last night with t e (4 : tert,tlls shoulders. Knowing him to be a compa -1404ia 1 l eees, he opened tho bundles,and found them le t `i e a r l a crimson merino dress,. 11,,,,at 4 1 % 11 0 Cloak, trimmed with silk . 1 ,4 1% a e ° r 1 Res 0 f the dresses he found stunp-farilrn likelygod e f r.e b s ll il w akul i ktd u hi l da d e lei' te, 4 1 : 1 1 lk handkerchief, which most searching the l e tt er,, rho he discovery of the own. 1, 141 ed 41 found a duplicate of a concertina, w_ hie. o h w h n e , ' 4 l, A - r ,ad been t I ,P from a house at Horsleed '''' ' sLC XLTT S r o em ul anded him until Tuesday. ll 1 . , 1, Art --- - --- FIR E (THIS DAYS. ~ %-)CTIVE 1 1.4 ''STIMATED LOSS AT 30,0001. inha. "itt:lttlY before three o'clock this morning the k tlP % :O f Camden Town, and miles far distant, were the ‘,tsP a -m ; fr orn their beds through an alarm of fire at a, "iktp-,,`te establishment of Messrs. Collard and Collar '1), "It''• makers, Oval-road, Camden Town. , th Pers k 4 d . . on who first gave tho alarm was . an officer OT I.. ri tte,. lN'lli cin, No. 137, and before the expiration of a tit , qi.,., Ni ' ' °f an hour Mr. Superintendent Ferguson, three . , ,r 8 ...__, lice v.rti , a nd about 200 constables, started to the scene ~,N , etton, to ren d er a s sistance. By that time the ,i t o o'ras engine, as •also several of the A, B, direction ' "rigade engines, had arrived , under the and C N 5l tj . SuPerintend , t B idwocd, Mr. Staples, foreman ri ,ser-% district • enra Mr Connortou, with the en '4 it '` the I,Ve.:tasf England Company. This pDwer -t'4ElELl4tail-e_e, h a; f in ( i; arrived, every means were resorted 1 1 ,41 q o,„ m ppty o Water from the street mains, but water e ltl las }' h( ' supplied for ono engine out of ten.. n pl . ! "tilq !Pread with uninterrupted fury, and ere the e goe ) ; ct3 tl .1' r emoved to the side ' of the canal, every floc l) b Is in r, Pt`itl.llTher), together with their contents, were f one I llabi'' '1"8. All ho ‘e of saving any portion . o ~t _he N'' ) llti '')Bteck, of cour 1 : . at an end, and WI •Ing ti4tled for thre hours, a''Was nothing was visible but a f l t ,,?tti% tl n f tho bare ° walls, From information obtained Noi lt ,;e ni the firm, it appeared that an order to the ' off 20,0004 had been finished the day Provim P U V 2 5. . - - for abroad, and duo notice had been given for the atterel n,nee of vans ibis in.);ain couvey the goods to tne wharfs.. Not tho lens; clue coh!d bo cbtained the origin of the fire, a 3 everything wes lett perlccily z:4lt) on 'Thursday night. Every possible assistance was rendered to the firemen by Mr. Ferguson and his officers, and had anything like a supply of water from the Ilampstead mains been ready for use when required, the loss wculd have been but trifling. The fire was totally subdued by eight o'clock. h suran,As in the West of England, Norwich Union, ScA tish Union, and County offices. COURT C CULAIRR. OSBORNE, TIIURSDAY. Tier M a jesty his Royal Highness Pr ince Albert, and the Royal 'Family, walked as usual in the gar dens and grounds. Sir George Grey arrived from London, and re trains on a visit to the Queen. The Marchioness of Douro, Sir George Grey, the Rev. Mr. Protherm , , and the Rev. Mr. Birch, had the honour of being included in the Royal party at dinner. A deputation from the Committee of Deputies on the Metropolis Interinents Bill, including Mr. J. R. Mills (Chairman) and Mr. Hull Terrell (Se,cr. , - tary), had an interview with Lord Seymour yester day, at the Office of Public Works and Buildings, in Whitehall. place. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Pre sent, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. 11. Bateson (Secretary). The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) has arrived at his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, from Lord Ashburton's seat, the Grange, Hants. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at his seat, Mickleton-hall, near Doncaster, from Halifax. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. DERBY. The following bets were laid in the course of the afternoon:-400 to 50 and 450 to 50 agst Hobbie Noble —BOO to 50 and 900 to 50 agst Claverhouse-35 0 to 10 agst Vortex—and 2,000 to 50 each agst Little Harry and Filius. At the close 9to 1 was ()tiered agst Hobbit.: Noble-18 to 1 agst Claverhouse—and 40 to 1 agst Little Harry. CHESTER CUP. 3,000 to 45 agst Trickstress, and 500 to 5 agst Bar doiph. SWAFFIIAM COURSING MEETING. Tile Cup was won by Mr. Overman's Bo!lona; Bertha rectives the sovereigns. The Derby Stakes were won by Mr. Overman's nravo; Mr. Pillau's Jerome ran up. The Oaks Stakes were won by Mr. Overman's Bri tannia; his Belinda drawn. The St. Leger Stakes were won by Mr. Pillau's Jenny Lind; Mr. Clark's Grand Duke ran up. The Marham Stakes were won by Mr. Newman's Nimble; Mr. D. Sewell's Busy ran up. The Marham Dog Puppy Stakes were:won by Mr. Harvey's Lsndseer; Mr. Pillau's Junk ran up. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. B. V. harrs., Tues. Sturminster Common; Hen stridge Bowden 11111-11 i. Worcestershire hds„ Mon. The Cliffey; Wed. Ply mouth Arms, Hewell; Fri. Copcut Herefordshire hds., Tues. Hall Court; Fri. Keutchurch Park-10. Warwickshire bds., Mon. hay Wood; Tues. Lower Brailes; Fri. Farnborough; Sat. Alscot Park—lC:l. DEATH OF JAMES STEEL, ESQ., PROPRIETOR OF THE " CARLISLE JOURNAL." James Steel, Esq., proprietor and editor of the Car lisle Journal, died at his residence, Victoria-place, Carlisle, on Tuesday last. By his own ability and per severance, Mr. Steel had raised himself to a position of great influence not only amongst his fellow-citizens, but throughout the county of Cumberland generally. In every movement connected with the locality which had for its object the p romotion of the public weal, hu h had the most prominent part. In every measure of public importance his counsel and aid were deemed indispensable. The services which he rendered to the cause of reform were of the most signal character, and his death will be felt as an irreparable loss by the Liberal party. He was the leading spirit amongst the Reformers of Cumberland during the agitation which preceded the passing of the Reform Bill, and during the movement which resulted in the abolition of the bread monopoly; and it was mainly owing to his strenuous personal exertions, and his powerful writing in the Carlisle Journal, that Sir James Graham was ousted from the representation of Cumberland, when the Right Ilon. Baronet turned his back on the cause of Reform. Since the passing of the Municipal Reform Act Mr. Steel had been a member of the Corporation of Carlisle, and for two successive years he filled the honourable office of mayor. Unlike many public benefactors, he has lived to find his labours duly appreciated and substantially acknowledged. Some years ago the people of Carlisle subscribed liberally and had his portrait placed in the Town Hall, where it will doubt lc less long remain toperpetuate the recollection of his invaluable public services, and exemplary private cha rac:cr.—Advertiser. Vi•••• ELIOT WARDURTON..—Great interest has been excited in literary circles by the announcement of a new work from the pen of Mr. Eliot Warburton, the popular author of "The Crescent and the Cross," and "Reginald llastings." It is called " Darien ; or, The Merchant Prince." Little has yet transpired respecting the subject of the book, but it is reported to be a novel, the principal characters and events of which are derived from real ersonages displayene—suh as are likely to afford fulls cope for the of that vivid and sparkling style which has characterised all Mr. Warburton's productions. —Evening popes. THE ORIENTAL BANK. —At a meeting of share holders in the Oriental Bank, held yesterday afternoon, a, very favourable report of its position was read and unani efifiincgiensocihels, o v, f . set profitstbhrea o ß b o t i a n i ti o a e y d ' h m s o fi u be leye been adopted. reduced t'or of the present dividend of seven per cent. per during the half-year lead the directors to anticipate a con tinuancehaetrdi annum. The financial statement shows that the liabilities of the company amount to 2,389,3341., and the assets to 2,415,19 1/., which gives a balance of profit and loss of 25,8601. The company is now incorpo rated by royal charter. Mr. S INGULAR AFFAIR.- - Yesterday afternoon, W. Payne held an inquest at the Cr own and Cushion Tavern, L on don-wall, Cripplegate, on the body of a newly-born male child, found in a small box under extraordinary circum staisces. Mr. Thomas Richards, of the Excise Dining rooms, No. 47, Old Broad-street, City, deposed that on Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, a a dressed as a porter entered the lower room and said, ,m a n . Richards, I, have a parcel for you from the Great Western Railway.' Witness asked him where it was sent from, and he replied, Paddington, sir, and the carriage is sixpence." Witness pa id the man, who lett directl y . On opening the outer covering of brown paper, witness found a small fancy box, which, on raising the lid, contained the dead body of a male child, wrapped in a piece of white calico. On the outside of the lid of the nameas nailed one of witness's business cards, containing his and address. There were no marks on the cloth, nor could witness say from whom the box was sent. A police constable was called, who conveyed the body to the station-house. Mr. Lloyd, surgeon, said that he had examined the body, and when he first saw it, it could only have been born a few hours, and must have been placed in the box immediately after birth. The jury returned an open verdict of found dead. The police have nor been able to trace the man who gave the box to Mr. Richards. [AuvewrisEmErir.] --Holloway's Pills a sure Remedy for Asthma, Coughs, Colds, and Chest Diseases. — Persons suffering from these complaints, whether of long stand ing or arising from a recent cold, should give these celebrated pills a trial, as a iew doses will afford partial relief, and a short continuance will ensure a certain cure. Thousands who have eonsidered their cases hopeless, and who were even unable to lie down in bed, have been restored to health by these in valuable Pills, which possess extraordinary power in carrying off the phlegm and giving a healthy action to the lungs. Testimonials of the highest character can be adduced in proof of the wonderful efficacy of Holloway's Pills.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. SUICIDE FROM LONDON•DRIDGE.—Last evening, s h or tly after seven o'clock, a most determined act of self destruction was committed from London-bridge. A person of gentlemanly appearance, and attired in black, was ob served by a City police-constable walking to and fro, near Fishmongers' Hall, looking over the stonework, and before the constable could reach the unfortunate man he rushed into the first recess, whence he precipita , ed himself into the river. A number of watermen put off in their boats with the drags, but nothing was seen or heard of him after wards, as the tide was running up at the time, and probably carried the body away some distance. The deceased ap peared to be about forty years of age. BALL IN THE TOWER.—The old Tower of London was shaken from its venerable propriety on Tuesday evening, by a grand ball given by the Scotch Fusilier Guards now doing duty there. The Duke of Wellington honoured the party with his company. The general company included, among others, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury, Lsdy Stratheden and the Hon. Miss Campbell, Lord Abinger and the lion. Miss Scarlett, Lady Elizabeth Steele and the Misses Steele (three) , La d y Caroline Maxse and Miss Maxse, and the lion. Miss Copley-, Ssc. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICLL—MT. Mere wea ther Turner, who has been for some time past actively can vassing the electors of the borough of Greenwhich for their votes as the successor of Admiral Dundas, met those of the electors who reside in Deptford and its vicinity, at the White Swan Inn, last evening. The meeting was numer ously attended, many of the most respectable inhabitants being present. Mr. Mereweather Turner addressed the elec tors at considerable length, when resolutions in his favour were unanimously adopted. SOLICITORSHIP TO THE TREASURY. AS we an nounced some time since, Mr. Reynolds, assistant solicitor to the Treasury, has been promoted to the office of solicitor, vacated by the death of Mr. Maule. Mr. Reynolds has been nine years assistant solicitor, and must have acquired an in timate knowledge of the duties and requirements of the office. h announced a h l e succeeded a t the same as assistant t m This is, therefore, a judicious and proper appoi ntment. We eth sohe atl\ltro.rßheyynolslidrs. wouldeporeok: the Master of the Irish Exchequer, who has prepared many p a u s r d t p o r f e o s e u n r t a G h o n v o e u r u n e m e n e t h s t , a w n i d ll, we lik h e av t e b me asures of law reform pro ; ,ou n ded or ed by the past e c h a t r ot i lte i h d e , o , u ti p t r o t ‘ b e a that r t o l s e: expediency and propriety suggest it. Mr. Hitchcock has been for many years an active • law reformer, and his Services at head-quarters would m '' auif estly be valuable to any Ad ministration.— Herald. At the adjourned meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association, held yesterday, carry on operations for the present, the it he was determined to last advices having been regarded as of a less discouraging character.. One or two large shareholders, it was also stated, had investigated the affairs at the office in London, which ''‘‘ presented, on the whole, a better appearance than had been anticipated. A call of 10s. per share, payable early in February, was at the close of the proceedings agreed to. L 0 D 0 lift LITERATURE. F TiTIFI C A7'lo A. TV iti? Illustrations and Notes. F t Lieutenant _Henry Yale, Bengal Engineers. _Blackwood and Sons. Uncle Toby would have greeted the eppeerence of this volume with enthusiasm. lie could not have failed to regard it otherwise than with what his odic braet has facetiously designated emoiione of a de cidedly " hebbihorsicaf' character. Under any cir cumstances, however, the work here submitted to our consideration must command the scrutiny of the more intelligent, no matter whether they be members or not of the military profession. For the book com piled by Lieutehant Yule expressly or directly, as he himself has declared on his very title-page, "for officers of the army and students in military history," is of a nature so strangely provocative of curiosity among all classes of readers, that we doubt not it will prove on examination to be generally deserving of a perusal. It is because we regard the volume in this particular light that we would here the inure earnestly direct to its pager the attention of the com munity. The production now given to the world as the fruits of the research and industry of Lieu tenant Yule was printed, according to the author's account of it in his preface, last year in a condensed form—a form comprising merei y the substance of the present octavo — for the use of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy at Edinburgh. Encouraged by the approbation obtained by that epitome of his views, Lieutenant Yule has adventured upon a more pretentious and more substantial publi cation. His labours even now are submitted by no means vauntingly to the ordeal of criticism, the writer referring all who may feel disposed to prosecute the inquiry yet further to the masterly essay of Bous mard, or to the scarcely less admirable treatise of Major Straith, formerly Lieutenant Yule's military preceptor. We are therefore called upon to regard the volume under review as an elementary work, con stituting a species of introduction to the science of " Fortification." Neither can we pronounce our author as mistaken in his estimate of his peculiar en terprise, seeing that at the very commencement of his compilation we meet with a preliminary chapter explanatory of certain geometrical pro blems of the simplest imaginable description. Nevertheless, we by no means feel disposed to quarrel with this feature of the undertaking any more than with the glossary of military terms forming its ap pendix—aware that by these means the book before us is deprived of the chance of being unintelligible from its containing a multitude of unexplained tech nicalities. After reading through the chapter above referred to, and aided by the dictionary of terms al ready mentioned, the unprofessional reader will find himself enabled to comprehend what might other wise have remained in his regard altogether incom prehensible, the various divisions of this ingenious treatise on the science of fortification. Let it not be ' forgotten that this science or art, as it is called, of fortification has been cultivated for many ages—ever since, in fact, war became the deadly pastime of humanity. Let it be remembered, moreover, that in ' its cultivation have from time to time been engaged some of the most renowned caps. tains both of modern days and of anti quity. According to the remark of Sir Walter Scott, when speaking of Gustavus Adolphus, it was " the custom of that valorous soldier to fight as much by the spade and shovel as by the sword, pike, and musket." Besides whom might have been mentioned many other of the remarkable conquerors of the world from the Homeric era down to tne existing genera tion, from Nestor on the Trojan plain to Edwardes in the Punjaub. As an additional attraction, we have prefixed to the different chapters some beautifully engraved likenesses of the great men whose intellects have been most conspicuous in the development of the art of fortification, these portraits being rendered yet more interesting by the historical sketches with which Lieutenant Yule has celebrated their appearance. In this manner we behold the effigy of Sebastian Le prestre de Vauban,_ of Albert Durer, of Gustavus Adolphus, of Francesco di Georgio, and Michael San Michele, of Frederic Henry, Prince of Orange, of Ambrose Spinola, Duke of Son Seve rino, of Belidor, of Major-General Sir John I'. Jones, Bart., of Sir Francis Vere, of Maurice, Prince of Orange, of Peter Navarre, of Maximillian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, of Minno Baron Van Coehorn, of Blaise Francois, Count de Pagan, and of Marc Rim 6, Marquis de Montalembert—making altogether no less than fifteen of those very interest ing embellishments. A variety of minor illustra tions, such as diagrams, are given afterwards as elu cidative of the more recondite portions of the treatise. There is a creditable symmetry in the arrangement of Lieutenant Yule's volume, the whole mass of his materials being given in a manner admirably se quential. Having explained the ranges of firearms, and prefixed to the work, as already observed, a se ries of useful, if not absolutely essential defi nitions, the author sets out at once with a record of the objects and elementary features of Fortification. The Cover, the Parapet, and the Excavation, the Rampart, the Barbettes, and the Embrasures, are here severally considered. Then follow the principles of outline—referring more espe cially to flanks and bastions, with a mention of the effects of enfilade and ricochet. Next comes the record of obstacles, materials, and other accessories of Fortification. Subsequently we find explanatory chapters respectively upon various forms of field works, upon calculations necessary in the actual construction of works, upon lines or extended systems of works, upon defence of posts and villages, upon permanent fortifications, upon the mode of attacking a fortress, upon retrenchments and additional works, upon the defence of a fortress, arid upon the various systems of fortifications, more particularly in regard to the first, second, and third system of Vauban and the modern system, namely, that of Carmontaigne. Such is the nature and such the construction of the really remarkable volume before us, a volume in the highest degree honourable to the assiduity and intelligence of Lieutenant Henry Yule, one, moreover, which has constituted him, we believe, permanently the writer of the best elementary book in the English language upon the subject of Fortification. The work under notice, in fact, is worthy of being in regard to the art of Fortifications what the literary masterpiece of the Prince Louis Napoleon is in regard to the science of Artillery, a standard authority, a work entitled to the respect of the military profession. LYRA CHRISTIANA. Poems Original and Se lected. By Robert Montgomery. George Bell. A charming volume is that now lying before U 5, ' and one which will be acceptable to the very nume rous class delighting in religious versification. In its 300 pages are comprised some of the very best pas sages to be found in the writings of Robert Mont gomery. That the hook is capable of achieving for itself a wide popularity may be readily admitted, when it is borne in mind how large has been the de mand, during .some years past, for the rhythmical works of the author of this collection. The fact of that demand is one requiring the consideration of everyone interested in the progress of literature. Ac cording to Mr. Macaulay (our readers will find the circumstance mentioned somewhere in one or other of his two first volumes of the "History of England"), the most extraordinary success ever achieved by any poem in our tongue was that which welcomed the first appearance of Dryden's "Hind and Panther." Now the "Hind and Panther," as everyone knows, was not only a religious poem but a controversial poem, expressing as it did the views entertained by that great man John Dryden on thb occasion of his becoming a Catholic. So that verse when applied to the dogmas of Christianity was more than usually acceptable to English readers in the seventeenth cen tury, just as it is with English readers now•a-days. In testimony of this it is only necessary to remark the reputation obtained within a very moderate interval by Robert Pollock's " Course of Time"—a work ' which has reached already its nineteenth edition. Similar has been the success achieved by the ethical verse of Robert Montgomery—his " Messiah" being in its tenth edition, his " Satan" in its twelfth, and his "Omnipresence of the Deity" in its twenty-third. Aware of these remarkable facts, we are satisfied that the beautiful little bijou of a volume before us will he eagerly welcomed in many quarters, and that with a fervour like that accorded to the " Christian Life," the religious world in England will turn to the pages of the Lyra Christiana. LITHOGRAPHIC POILTBAITS.—We have just had submitted to us an admirable lithographic proof print, after a daguerreotype by J. E. Mayall, pub lished by Mr. J. L.Grundy, of 130, Regent-street, ex ecuted on stone by that accurate delineator of pictorial life, Mr. G. B. Black, representing four of the most eminent medical psychologists of the present day (Messrs. Munro, Winslow, Lawrence, and Suther land) in consultation, a subject which forms a suit able companion to a print previously published by the same house, of celebrated chemists. THE LATE MR. JAMES WOODS.—In our obituary of this day week we noticed the decease of this gentleman, who for no less than' thirty-six years was a distinguished or nament of the newspaper press of the metropolis. For more than thirty years of that time Mr. Woods was connected with the literary department of the Tinos, and it is not too much to say that during that long period it would be difficult to point out any one individual who had more endeared him self to his colleagues and his cotemporaries by the amenity of his manners, the kind-hearted aid he was always ready to extend to his juniors in an arduous vocation, and perhaps more than all by the social warmheartedness which made every , one whose hand was once grasped in his feel that he had ac quired a friend who had an affectionate interest in his wel fare. Such was the man who was yesterday consigned to his last home in Nunhead Cemetery. "He sleeps well," but years on years will roll away ere those who enjoyed the pleasure of his friendship will lose the memory bt one who shed so many hours of happiness around him. Requiescat in pace !--ilerald. Application is to be made to Government for a supply of convict labour, for the erection of a breakwater in the Bay of Wick, as a harbour of refuge to shipping on that coast.— Glasgow Mail. IIYgNING 2 DIOCUMBR mow PRItitAY WESTERN IRELAZID AS A FIELD 1011 _ENGLISH EA T PP IS.E.* Several year: , have passed away since the publica tion of Doctor (now Sir Robeer) Keole'a able work on the Industrial esources of Ireland attracted public attention, on this side of the Channel, to the abun dant nieens that existed in that country for its own material end :social improvement. Parliamentary blue-bock -2, and tourists without number, before and since, have contributed their quota to our general stock of information on the subject, but unhappily without effecting much towards the object at which they aimed. In seeking to account for this, we need not long be at a loss to discover sufficient reasons. We apprehend they have been of a twofold cha racter. First, the information supplied has com monly- been of a too general nature, and has not been calculated to fix the attention of our enter prising capitalists upon any specific objects, to which they might devote their energies and their wealth. Secondly, the =tea of this absence of success is to be traced, in a great measure, to many economical considerations that no longer exist—the principal being the almost complete want of manufactures to employ a population that was too numerous to be profitably employed on the land. It is admitted on all hands that Nature has been prodigal of her bless ings to this favoured island. No country can boast of a better soil or a milder climate. It possesses all the requisites for commercial and manufacturing greatness. Its aptitudes for mechanical power are unrivalled. Its natural means of internal communi cation, by rivers and lakes, are the theme of constant admiration from all who investigate the subject ; whilst, of late, its geographical penition with respect to America has added a new feature to this already imposing catalogue of attractions. But, alas !up to ' the present, on the one hand comparative ignorance — notwithstanding all that blue-books and travellers have done to enlighten us—as to the special means by which these vast resources might be profitably deve loped; and, on the other, undeniably formidable, economical, and social obstacles have defeated alike the capitalist and the philanthropist, the statesman and the adventurer in their attempts to enter upon this goodly land that they might possess it; and still it remains the grave of enterprise—the plague-spot of the empire. If these remarks are specially applicable to any one district of Ireland rather than another, we have no hesitation in saying that the province of Connaught is that district. There the bounty of Heaven and the abject misery of man stand side by side in appalling contrast. " There, " to use the eloquent language of our author, " in the midst of riches there is poverty ; in the midst of plenty there is scarcity; in the midst of material beauty there is moral desolation." Let us not forget, however, that the west of Ireland, with all its misery, is remarkable for its comparative freedom from crime. We believe we are correct in saying, that in respect of all serious offences against the law, its criminal statistics will bear comparison with those of the most peaceable counties of England—no mean eulogy upon a peasantry steeped to the lips in poverty, with little inducement to respect property or law, which deny to them a proper supply of the very ne cessaries of life. The peaceful and industrious habits of the peasants of Connaught, we suspect, will have no inconsiderable effect in determining many whose minds are now turned to the subject of enterprise in Ireland—so far at least us the locality of their labours is in question. At the time of my visit to the neighbourhood of Newport (says Mr. J.ll. Tuke, a well-known and esteemed member of the Society of Friends) nearly one thousand persons, principally women, were en gaged by Sir R. O'Donnell in harvesting the crops ; the women earned 4d. per day, and the men Bd. Even at this miserable rate of wages I have seldom seen more cheerful or industrious labourers. "If we don't get work we will all die. Won't your honour get us work for the winter, or we will all starve," was the constant and touching appeal ; and yet this was from the people we daily hear branded us idle and unwilling to work! This is a valuable testimony on behalf of the poor Irishman of the west, emanating, as it does, from a shrewd and impartial witness, who bad abundant op portunity of forming a correct opinion of the habits of the people whom he visited. We have met with some others equally satisfactory ; but it is needless to say more of a matter which appears to be granted by all who have taken the pains to investigate it, and those who 'dislike trouble may find as much informa tion as they require on the subject of western Ireland generally in Mr. Digby Seymour's work, to which we refer them. Mr. Seymour has had the good sense to avoid the common error of writers on Ireland, which we have mentioned above. He is not content with generally , stating its industrial and agricultural resources. In deed nothing in his book pleases us more than his careful abstinence from all those meaning less "gene ralities," which Lord Bacon well characterized as merely blandientia et speciosa. His proposition is to in troduce and extend the cultivation of what the French denominate " Commercial Plants," and he proposes' some questions in reference to three of them, to all of which he gives definitive and most satisfactory answers in the affirmative. Here are his "few prac tical questions." 1. Uan beet sugar, grown and manufactured in Ire land, compete with foreign and colonial sugars? 2. Should a company, undertaking the manufacture of beet sugar in Ireland, rely on private enterprise for the supply ut roots, or include in its operation as well the cultivation of the beet as the manufacture of sugar? 3. Can rotation crops of beet and flax be advan tageously introduced into II eland? If so, should the cultivation and manufacture of flax, together with that of beet, form a principal object of the promoters of such a company? 4. Are the soil and climate of Ireland suited to the growth of chicory ; and would its manufacture there, on a large scale, be profitable? 5. Without reference to the ' Commercial Plants' mentioned, does the west of Ireland present any natural capabilities, agricultural or industrial, which peculiarly render it an eligible field fur the employment o f ca p ital ? 6. What are the best means for introducing mums factures of beet sugar, flax, &c., a so jam wes t er n Ire land, and for otherwise dev e l o pi ng it s " industrial resources ?" In treating the first que s ti on M r. Seymour refers to the example of Franc e and Belgium. In the year of su gar 1849-50, the quantity agr i cu ltural and pro d uc ed in France was 75,000 tons, although i n 1 840 t i f duty was only Ils. 6d. per cwt., and in 1850 i t mou nted to from 18s. 7d. to 1/. 2s. per cwt. on raw sug ars, according to quality, and 1/. 6s. 7d. on refinel• T he p resent year exhibits a still furth er i ncrease of 10,000 tons. In Belgium the manufactur e o f indimous sugar has attained to an equal d egree of i mio rtance, and is yearly increasing, So that s h ort l y t h a t country will raise a sufficient supply f or the whole of its own consumption. in F rance, sugar has g wet now no protective duty t o encou rage it : in fact, the manufacturers complain tiat certain ex cise regulations give a virtual protection of 5 per cent. to colonial sugar. With such facts to encourage growing countries of the Continent; us, it only remains to inquire whetter Ireland can furnish beet-roots at as low a p as the sugar happy to have overwhelming evidence on this part of the subject. Without entering into any tedious de tails, we might almost content ourselves with the and we are figures of Professor Haedcock, who, we think, has somewhat hastily pronounced hi mse lf ,opposed to the manufacture of sugar in I re l an d. He states the ave rage price of beet -roots i n F rance to be 1. 5 - lid. per ton. M. Paul Hamin, the celebrated manufac turer of Valenciennes, puts them down at 15s. The crop of beet -roots which is usually obtained in France," says Sir Robert Kane, " varies from 10 to 16 tons per statute (English) acre; the mean pro duce may be taken at 12 tons. Mr. Seymour shows that in Ireland the crops in the better cultivated counties generally exceed 20 tons per Irish acre. On comparing (says Mr. Seymour) the average produce per acre of the sugar-beet in those depart ments in France, where it is principally grown, as g iv e n by Moreau de Jonnes and Boussinghault, with the Government returns of the average produce of turnips and beet per acre for the unfavourable year 1848, it will be found that the produce of an acre of land sown with beet in a badly cultivatal part of Ire land in unfavourable years, is coxsideraVy higher than the general average in favourable years, of the best cultivated departments in France. We remember, in the Exhibitors' list of the last annual show of the Royal Dublin Society, mention being mangold wurtzel (a r in ie g ty m or b e eet n ) f , s w p il ec le i h me w n e s igh of ed from 12 lbs. to 18 lbs. each, having been taken from a crop averaging 40 to 50 tons per English acre. Mr. Seymour shows satisfactorily that beet-roots can be profitably raised in Ireland at 103. per ton or less—its soil and climate being much more suited for of cereals. "It lin able writer in the the has p b r e o e d n u c t a i s o c n e r o t f a o e d o c s r a o 3 p , s s a t h n " Rural Cyclopmdia, " that the quantity of nitrogen in grain produced in the southern and middle parts of Europe, and in the United States of America, is greater per cent. than in that grain under the most favourable circumstances in Ireland; and the humid atmosphere of Ireland, on the other hand, highly favours the growth of grasses, and herbage, of roots, of flax, and of hemp." N ow, if there be no reason—and we know of none —why the cost of the process of manufacturing sugar in Ireland should be greater than in France, it ap pears pretty plain that it would be but prudent to open up this new and promising source of industrial employment to those unhappy peasants who are at present craving work at the rate of from 41. to Bd. per day, according to the statement of the excellent • " How to Employ Capital in Wcster❑ Ireland, being Answers to a Few Practical Questions upon the Manu facture of Beet Sugar, Flax, and Chicory, in connexion with a Laud Investment in the West of Ireland." By William Digby Seymour, of the Middle Temple, Bar rister-at-Law. Third Edition. Ridgway and Effingham Wilson. member of the Society of Friotnds, from whose in teresting, narrative we hiv:, :Arcady quot Ed. Having al.r , ?9.dy excpPclE i our limits in this notice, we dismiss the subject fiir the present, ,purposing to return to it upn an early occasion. MANCIIESTER I.EFORNI RESOLUTIONS. The Stockport Reform Association held its annual soiree on Tuesday evening, in the County Court Hall. Mr. BRIGHT, Id.P., was the first speaker, and in responding to the sentiment given from the chair (occupied by Mr. Hampton), "Mr. John Bright, and speedy success to the scheme of Parliamentary Reform so ably expounded by him at the late delegate meeting in Manchester," said—The last time he met the Reformers of Stockport was about six years ago, and the sentiment with which his name was coupled led him back very naturally to the consideration of one or two points with regard to that period. In 1845, and about this period of the year, it waq first an nounced that Sir Robert Peel had determined—of course because Sir Itobert Peel had so determined— that the corn-laws should be abolished. Now this was about seven or eight years after the League had first discuss,:d the question, and brought it promi nently before the public. Now he should like to ask them what was the reason that it was required that the struggle should be maintained for seven years before they could obtain the abolition of the corn-laws? The reason was a very simple one. If they could step inside of the House of Commons, as it had been his fortune to do almost every day for six months in the year for the last nine years, they would perceive that their opinions were not prevalent opinions there, and that their representatives, or those who spoke their sentiments in that House, or the sentiments of the great mass of the population, were not iu a majority, or in any great number in that House ; but they would find that representatives of an entirely different class, and in numbers a very small section of the community, were intrenched in both Houses of Par liament; so that, without some great and long.con tinned agitation, it was impossible to overcome them or to convince them. When he spoke of convincing them, it was not convincing their reason so much as convincing them that they must be compelled to sur render.—(Cheers and laughter.) Well, now, at this very moment there were many things which the people of this country thought were wrong in our Government or in our Administration, and they perceived, or were beginning to perceive, that the very reason why so little could be done in Parliament to improve any of our institutions was precisely the same reason which made it so extremely difficult to abolish the corn-law. The House of Commons was considerably more the representative of the House of Lords and of the great landed proprietary than it was the representative of the property, the industry, and intelligence of the whole people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Now, the sentiment which had been read referred to the resolutions which were passed in Manchester, less than a fortnight ago, at a conference of gentlemen assembled chiefly from Lancashire and Yorkshire. From the accounts in the papers they would know that the conference was of a very iufluential cha racter ; that it was composed of men of education, property, and influence, and all those qualities which gave men standing in this country. The resolutions passed at that conference were passed in the belief that a law based upon them would give to the people of this country that representation to which they were justly entitled. Their object was not to take care that every particular individual in the country had a vote, nor that every Member of Parliament should have precisely the same number of constituents ; but they were prepared with the view of obtaining the sanction of the good, the liberal, the well-intending portion of every class of society ; and, udging from the mode in which they bad been received, he was happy to believe that the conference had not wholly failed in the object which it had in view. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the franchise, the resolution proposed that the principle which had existed from time immemo rial in this country should be adopted:—the principle of voting within parishes, which he believed no one ever complained of as, being too extended or too contracted a suffrage, that every person liable to rat ing, every person rated in fact, every person who has a right to have his name on the rate-book by virtue of any occupation he might hold, should have the frac chise ; that, in point of fact, the rate-book should be the register of electors. If that had worked well in all the parishes in England, if it had been the fran chise adopted in municipal boroughs and had worked well in poor-law unions, he could not see why it should not work equally well in electing Members of Parliament. And this conference proposed, and a great meeting in the Free-trade Hall sanctioned the same evening, the proposition that it was desirable that a measure should be introduced by the Govern ment, of which they had some faint promise, and that it should be based upon that most efficient and ad mirable franchise, which, while generally speaking, it admitted every settled inhabitant to vote, wherever it excluded men did not exclude them because they belonged to a particular class in society. The next proposition of the conference was the establishment of a system by which voters could go to the poll without compulsion and without fear, the vote by ballot.—(Loud cheers.) Ha met a gentle man the other day who was a candidate at the last general election for a borough in Yorkshire. That gentleman was not understood to be of the political party to which be (Mr. Bright) was supposed to be long, but he said he thought be ought to be in favour of the ballot, because when he was a candidate at the last election he only lost by a very small majority, and no less than 44 of the voters who had signed the requisition to him ultimately voted for his opponent. They voted of course under more or less of compul sion or influence, which the ballot would shield elec tors from. He did not know what had been done in Stockport, but he saw a great many very large fac tories as he came over the great bridge, and large factories had come to give very much the same power in their locality as large landed proprietors had in other districts. And although he believed there were in all towns many who, through possessing great influence, yet scrupulously abstained from using it upon any elector, yet whenever any of these large establishments, whether land or mills, came into the hands of a man who was not just or conscientious, it could then be exercised, and often was exercised, against the interests of the consti tuency and against the public interests.—(Hear.) He should like to find a man who could give an argu ment against the ballot. He bad heard it discussed repeatedly in the House of Commons ; he had heard one of their representatives speak of it; but he never heard an argument against it. The only thing that had been said only showed that there was no argu ment. It was said to be an un-Eoglish way of voting. But if there was one thing worse than an other, according to the spirit in which the Govern ment of this country was established, it was that a man to whom the constitution professed to have given a vote should give a vote not in accordance with his honest convictions, but in accordance with the dic tates of an employer, a creditor, a customer, or some body who had some influence over him. It was a notorious thing that in almost every borough in Eng land—certainly with the exception of the largest boroughs—this influence was used to a great extent at every election. He had been himself on election committees, and be would show them how it was managed. He had felt humiliated many a time to see the course that appeared to be absolutely necessary to be taken in order to work an election at all, where the constituency was small, and where majorities were not large. When the election came pretty near, and the canvass was tolerably well finished, and every body that could be seen had been seen once or twice or three times, and when the names were finally written down of the people who were to vote for A or for B, then there was a list made of persons who were not yet pledged. Every one knew that some were not pledged because they were dishonest, and thought they could make something by holding back till a late hour. Others were not pledged because they felt themselves under a pressure which they doubted very much whether they would be able to escape, and they had not yet made up their minds whether they ought to stick to their virtue and vote conscientiously and make the sacrifice, or whether they would become the tools and instruments of some per son who had power over them. The list was made out, and before a large committee it was read over, and it was asked then whether anybody knew any body who bad influence with this elector; and some one who was his employer or his customer, or who lent him money when he was in distress, or who had the dispensing power of some charity was pointed out as most likely to influence this man's vote, and his name was put down as a memorandum opposite to that man's name on the list. And so to every man's name there was another's name placed opposite, of the man who was sup posed to he master of his vote. Well, these men were requested by the committee to exercise their in fluence over these unhappy voters, and, if possible, to get them to pledge and take care they did not escape, but come up on the day of election. Then they were told that the ballot could not be without its ob jections, because a man who was in these difficult circumstances, and who now was forced to vote as somebody else wishes him, would go to the poll and vote for A, telling Mr. So .and-so that he voted for B; telling the gentleman who had influence over him what was untrue, and, therefore, deceiving him, and being guilty of falsehood and a species of treachery. In the first place, that gentleman had no right to ask him.—(Cheers.) But th e y mus t bear in mind that whatever result of this nature might follow, either to the extent of deceit or falsehood, which in certain cases might arise, yet that whatever it was i t would be no more than the measure of the oppression which was now practised upon the electors ' • and thttt every elector who, under th e b a ll ot, would thus deceive a man who asked him how he voted, would, if there was no ballot, be the servant of that individual, and be guilty of a li e by voting contrary to the convic- tions of his heart.—(Cheers.) His own opinion was, that no morel or religions man who examined thesye tem ef cur electioneering eculd feel less then the dement humiliation at the scenes which took place all over the eonntry ; and he could not conceive hew such a men could refuse his asseut to the establise ment of the vot e b y b a ll ot. H e s h o uld say that any Minister who wa s rea ll y anx i ous to improve the presentation of the p eop l e wou ld mos t s ignally tail . , n the performance of his duty if he did not connect with the measure, wh a t ever it might be, the shelter of the h . allot. Lie b e li eve d t h at any Minister who withheld it from the electors, after the experience of so many years, preferred that th e votes should be given un d er these impure and immoral influences rather than under the impression of int e lli gent and conscientious duty on the part of th e e l ector who was intrusted with that vote. Another proposition of the conference was that we should have a considerable alteration in the distribution of the franchise. In Stockport, he believed, there were ab ou t 60 , 00 0 inhabitants. Tt,ere were many boroughs with nut more than .5,000 in.ba bitants who returned as many members to Parliament more, as S:ockport did. Manchest er h a d 3 00,000 and l and only returned tw o m em b ers , f rom 12,000 electors,ore, while Stockport, with only 1,300 or 1,400 elector returned as many. These inequalities actually deprived them of what real representation there was. Out of every seven men they met, six of them had no vote at all, and the number of electors all over the country amounted to less than 1,000,000; and the Members who went to Parliament were so distributed among these that all their great seats of population, wealth, intelligence, and power, were deprived of power in the Government, and were matched and even out balanced by little paltry boroughs in different parts of the country—half a dozen of which might be carved out of Manchester, and Manchester would not appear less than it was now.—(ilear.) He hoped that the propositions submitted by the conference in Manches ter would meet with the approbation not of this meet ing only, but of all the population of this town. The Minister had during the last session of Parliament dis tinctly declared that at the opening of next session he would be prepared to submit a measure of reform to Parliament. They believed he would keep his pro mise. His measure might be a very small one ; which would be very unstatesmanlike, or it might be one of substantial improvement. If it were the latter, of course they who were in favour of Par liamentary reform would give it all the support in their power. But it must be borne in mind that a large section of the House of Commons, as in 1830 and 1831, wanted no reform at all. The House of Lords did not want ref orm ; an d it was not quite clear that all the members of the Cabinet wanted it. If they went to the House of Commons they might make whatever speeches and give what votes they liked, but if there was not a manifestation of opinion out of doors they would see at once that they were utterly incapable—they who were in a minority—to cope with this banded and confederated monopoly of power arrayed ogainst them. _ _ Mr. KEiSHAW; one of the Members for Stockport, was the next speaker, and congratulated the Reform Association on its growing power and on the improved position of the register. He announced his intention of offering himself for the borough again at the next election, and was loudly cheered in making the an nouncement. He said they had already heard of the Reform Conference at Manchester, and a more influ ential body he thought he never saw assembled than that conference, or men actuated with more zeal in the cause of reform than were at present at that meeting. But the present meeting was also, doubtless, aware that Lord John Russell had promised, in the next session of Parliament, a Bill on the subject of Par liamentary Reform, and it became a matter of anxiety in the country of what complexion and character that Bill would be. He did not expect it would be of too liberal a character, though he would do his Lordship the justice to say that he agreeably disappointed even the Reformers of this country some twenty years ago, when he brought forward his first Reform Bill. —(Hear, hear.) If his Lordship's new measure, however, was of a liberal character, he hoped it would be received as it ought to be. But suppose the Go vernment were to propose a little, meddling. insig nificant measure, whose fault would it be ? Ile was convinced that the people would never consent to go unrepresented as they now were, and if that was their determination they ought to make their opi nions felt by the Government. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL _ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, Sir William Cubitt, President, in the chair, the paper read was " On the Alluvial Forma tions and the Local Changes of the South-Eastern Coast of England ; First Section, from the River Thames to Beachy Head," by Mr. J. B. Redman, M. Inst. C. E. The paper stated that the passage of shingle along the English coast, due, as was generally believed, to the action of waves alone, took on the south coast, a course from west to east, and on the east coast, from north to south ; during certain winds the shingle was heaped up coincident with their direction, and re peated withdrawals and renewals (the latter being the most frequent), caused a lee ward movement of the ma terial, forming it at the same time into a series of triangles, of which the shore was the bese. If any natural or artificial projection intercepted this motion, an accumulation, which would increase and be held in check, according to the state of the wind, took place up to a certain point, or until the angle formed was filled up, when the shingle would pass round. With groynes, by far the most common action was, unless they were of great height, or short length, for the shingle, after accumulating on the weatper side to the level of the top of the groyne, to pass over it, and then travel to leeward. The degradation of the north shore of Kent, the local formation of shingle around the Isle of Thanet, by the wasting away of that chalky promontory, and the retention of large masses of alluvial matter in Pegwell Bay were dwelt on. The main belt of shingle lying to the south of Deal, and extending from thence to Dover, with its early and present effects on the harbour at the latter place, were then described ; also, the early condition of Folkestone harbour, the large accumulation of shingle arrested to the westward of that haven,.by the projection of a low-water pier, or groyne, at right angles to the harbour, and its effect upon the shore to the eastward, by retarding the progressive motion of the shingle in that direction. Further on, the curious formation at Dungeness Point, which it was reasonable to suppose did not, at one time, exist, as the parallel " fulls" of beach between Romney and Lydd, and ex extending from Winchelsea on the west to Hythe on the east, seemed formerly to have constituted the sea coast. The rectangular " full," running from the banks on the west side of Lydd towards the point, might have been created by an accumulation of shingle travelling from the westward, held in check by the outfall of the river Rother; the angle con tained by this spit and the coast to the westward be coming gradually filled up with shingle, a silty deposit would take place on the east side, consequent on the gradual loss of Romney harbour, and the length of the spit would be increased by the parallel ridges of L shingle periodically added to, and travelling round it, Numerous examples, extending over two centuries, showed that the average annual increase was six yards, reaching over certain periods, an average of eight yards per annum—the absolute increase since the time of Elizabeth being nearly one mile ; and they proved conclusively that the average progress seaward, producing a determinate aggregate elonga tion in a south•easterly direction, was much greater than had been generally assumed, though not re gular, for the Ness had even been stationary during certain periods. The gradual decadence of the ancient ports of Hythe, Romney, and Lydd, to leeward of this point, were than alluded to, as also the diversion of the out fall of the river Rother to Rye, once an estuary of the sea, and then forming Romney Harbour ; the great increase of shingle to the westward; the early and abortive attempts to form a harbour at Hastings ; the vast abrasion of the coast along Pevensey Bay, the harbour of which place bad been lost by the elongation and extension of Langley Point. Be tween the origin of this point and that of Dungeness there was a remarkable similarity, both having originally had a tidal haven to the leeward, eventu ally. choked up by the elongation of these spits across their outfalls ; both had pools, or meres, arising from the land• locked waters, and in both cases the modern "fulls" of shingle could be plainly distinguished from the more ancient, by their forms and direction. The remarkable decrease of thi s p o i n t , about three-eights of a mile, during the last- cen t ury, appeared to arise principally from Old Brighton beach longer af forTdihnegetahrelyncecoensdsiatrioyosuanpciplpyreosfensht and Newhaven harbours, the greatindstgaltere.andoofatCiunekomf the e coast at Rottingdean, the sweeping away , d u ring Brighton, then stand Elizabeth's reign, of i the _ naon e t a h c e h sit a e nd of chain pier, the materials from which to the eastward, were then described. The author had personally inspected the whole of town the present formed the of spits Old this coast, the different sections of which he pro mised to give in succession, and bad a lso examined the earliest accessible maps, and the works of the best topographical writers, who were frequently ref erred to, va in s t importance marine the subject, engineering, which especiallywas one in referen o c f e d t e o fen th c e e ; ca a n s st b ru e c stiuob n mitted that it was most o f harbours and coast works desirable that such natural agencies as had been de scribed, and the many instances of the compensating effects of alternating loss and gain, should be cor rectly understood. It was announced that the annual general meeting would be held on Tuesday, December 23, when the annual report would be read, and the ballot for the President, Vice-Presidents,. and other members of the council, would take place; and, also, that at the meeting of Tuesday, January 13, 1852, the second Feetlon of Mr. Redmau's paper, trcatlng of the eoud ,- tion3 of the coast from B ar•hy Li( ad to Portland and the Chesil Bank, would be read. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was hvid for the dispatch of business. CLEUKENWELL IMPR OTEMENTS. Mr. Deputy LOTT said that, having seen in the newspapers a paragraph stating that the Clerkenwell improvements had been entirely suspended until the opinion of Parliament had been taken upon Mr. Pearson's plan, he wished to ask the chairman of the committee whether such was the case ? Mr. T. H. HALL—Certainly not, and for very good reasons, because the corporation, in clearing the ground, will be so far from obstructing such a plan, supposing that plan were to he sanc tioned, that they will actually hove facilitated it. Our first duty is to clear tbe ground. We c;ul go on with our duty in giving the notices. They are being given. Mr. Bunning has reported, and if nothing comes of the other scheme, still the Corpora tion will have done their duty as regards the Bill they have obtained. THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' ,COMPANY. Mr. DAMN rose to move : " That this Court do, in the month of December. and in the mouth of December yearly, appoint oce or more St person or persons to examin ,, and audit the accounts of the Great Central Gs,s Consumers CoMpany for the preceding year, in pursuance of the 15th section of the C. 49, entitled . an Ache) incorporate the Great Central Act of P ar li ament o f the 14th and 15th of Victoria, supplied by the Gas Consumers Company: " That this Court d.) also appoint a practical chemist, or other competent perscn, to tot the quality of the gas bl ' to the 39th section of the said Act. inspector, " That this Court do also appoint a fit persons to be con sumer, all metres furnishedeen the company.. and to stamp the Same, agreeably or supplieby d the company, m e, a greeably to the 40th section of the said Act." and the Mr. Deputy HoLT seconded the motion. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR oto test,":-bP::::'agreea y pposed the motion. lie moved as an amendment : " That ina , muc • has the Great Con sumers Company's Act does not Central Gas grants merely a permissive right render imperative, but appoint an auditor, a practical chemist,o the corporation to inspec tor, while it leaves the salary ofthe latter and an that of the chemist entirely unprovidedatter undefined, and is also a degree of ambiguity existing for, and as there the auditor, that it is for these andotl%ith reference to inex pedient and impolitic fur the Court toer interfere such appointments; and that it be c reco I nterfere with the company to manage their own affairs in the to went and remuneration of such officers, as t e appoint " shier necessary, either as regards the ' • _, t hey con auutting their accounts, the quality of the gas, or inspection 1' meters." 0 the After a long discussion, the amendment was put and declared to be lost. The original motion, with the addition suggested by Mr. Morris, was then adopted. PEAR-STEET AND DUCK-LANE RAGGED SCHOOLS. A memorial, praying for a grant in favour of these schools, was read. Mr. BENNOCU supported the application. It was opposed by Mr. DE JERSEY, who moved the previous question, which was carried.; the application being, as a matter of course, refused. THE ELECTION ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. freedoms Committee) H ARRISON ( t h e c h a i rman o f th e Committee) brought up a report, with the draught of a new clause, o f t h e Election Acts Amendment Bill. The clause was to the effect— of wardmote, on Pl oug h M onday, to the " That the retu rns h eretofore made at the great court caepts of the Lord Mayor for boldi ng t h e wardmotcs on St. Thomas ' s day shall, from and a t ter t h e passing of this Act, be made at a great court of wardmote, to be held by the Lord Mayor on the 31st day of December in each year, unless the same shall happen to be Sunday, and then on the following day, instead of Plough Monday." The worthy deputy moved that the clause form part of the Bill. The motion having been seconded, Mr. L. TAYLOR MOVEd, as an amendment, the following : " That, immediately after each election of Common Councilmen in the several wards, a return be made to the Lord Mai or of the names of the members so elected, and signed by the presiding ()Meer, and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the Town•clerk." A long discussion followed, the material features of which were by no means valuable to the general pub lic, several personalities Ling indulged in during its continuance, interesting only to the parties them selves. The squabble having continued for a long period, was at length terminated by a division, when there appeared— For the report of the Committee For Mr. Taylor's amendment '27 Majority..... ..... .. 4 After a very long discussion upon a clause pro posed to be introduced into the Election Act Amend ment Bill with reference to the Common Councilmen acting immediately upon being sworn into office, it was agreed to withdraw the clause. The Court unanimously agreed to refer it to the Freedoms Committee to prosecute the Bill in Par liament as they may be advised, and thus concluded the proceedings of the yesr by completing a measure of reform which, it is hoped, will prove advantageous to the citizens of London.--Adjourned. KOSSUTH'S RIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES. Lola Montes, accompanied by her agent, arrived in the Humboldt, and was present in the cabin when the address was delivered to Kossuth. She passed some smart jokes upon the whole affair, and a gentle man informed our reporter that she has declared Kossuth to be a great humbug. It is stated they had some conversations during the passage. The Countess of Lansfeldt was a prodigious favourite among the gentlemen passengers during the passage. She kept them continually in roars of laughter. She was not, at first, very well received by the lady passengers ; but bar manners at last secured her their cour tesy. The gentlemen were all delighted with her, as she sang and talked to them most charmingly. She certainly is an extraordinary woman, and as she is an ambitious one also, we may expect something won derful from her in the course of time. She is much lighter in her form, and more refined in her features, than she is represented in the paintings. She has a remarkably fine pair of eyes. No doubt she will create a furore of her own as well as Kossuth, whose rival she is for popularity. Immediately on the ar rival of the Humboldt at her pier yesterday morn- ing Lola Mantes, accompanied by her waiting maid, and attended by Mr. EdwarcliWillis and her agent and private secretary, proceeded to the New York Hotel, where suitable apart ments were placed at her disposal by the proprietor of that establishment, Mr. Monnot. It was expected that the Countess—who has been styled ~ one of the femi nine glories of th e Continent" would have visited the Broadway Theatre last evening; and a private box was accordingly placed at her disposal ; but the fatigue of the voyage, and the excitement of her peculiar temperament, consequent upon her arrival in the land of liberty, rendered it impossible for her to attend. The love of liberty, in its broadest and most com prehensive sense, she feels; she has advocated it in the very heart of despotism, and she will find it here, but not, perhaps, in the same shape or form. We understand that efforts are being made to secure the services of the fair danseuse ; but that not withstanding the many offers tendered her, she has, with considerable shrewdness, which has characterised all her movements, selected Mr. Barry, the gentle manly and dignified manager of the Broadway Theatre, as her theatrical counsellor. His high po sition in the profession, his private character, and his universal reputation as a gentleman and a manager, will insure to the fair Countess not only good counsel, but judicious direction of her movements throughout the States. Some idea may be for' of the estimation in which Lola Montes i s held an the theatrical circles of Europe from in Paris 100 f. each, which would make something t h e (act that a committee of 500 g entlemen offe red her sit 10,000 dollars, for one evening's entertainment. any sto ries are t o ld o f t hi s grea t female , Repu blican, many motives attributed to and her, for thus coming before the p u blic, but they a re, we are informed, for exaggerated. The pecuniary means of Lola Montes are n the most part . n d e pendent. She need not, if voluntarily l ily embrace the toils of an ar duousit were so, v.olos a woman n as she said to a gentleman of this city, " If I wa profesm of that description which lam represente d, wou ld Ibe compelled to go on the s t ag e to earn a livelihood ?,, We are informed th a t a box is reserved for Lola at the Broadway Theatre for Monday evening next. --New York Herald. A shunter at Doncaster, named William Leor, bad his foot crushed on Wednesday morning by the tender of an engine running over it. He was attempting to jump upon the step of an engine while in motion, when his foot slipped; hence the accident. He lies in a dangerous state. A copy of the proposed treaty of commerce and navigation between Belgium and Great Britain has been received to-diry from Brussels, and appears to confirm the anticipations expresses) in the letter on the subject inserted yesterday. Belgium avails herself of all the advantages ,g freedom in England, and in return keeps up mini o f o ''S; most important restrictions against us with reLT_ cargoes of our vessels and the maintenance of iv . e duties. Thus, the Belgian flag is to enjoy cabinet c "ius and q fi d er t ential privi leges in its own ports in the importation of dye woods, rice, sugar, coffee, tobacco and fromcottouh ountries of from t e c . America ; and of fruits, olive oil, and sulp ' hur, . . oug . st two-thirds of their production. As respects salt,betetvned the remaining the actual duties are remitted, amount is sufficiently high to o t pe e r prohibition, while with regard to transit dues in gunpowder and iron, and to itb isaitneteasrioar of the country upon they are still to be imposedun, and goods, and coals. The a certain extent, upon linen, yarn, tention among the parties interested. treaty is to be ratified on t the let of January next, and mean while, it will excite a sum will be the only sufferer Of course, in the long run Belg from her narrow Policy. d; 0 3 1 4 tho ? 10 , rot 10 .h. id to i 0 w Or 14 f o r 4 di 0 0 O .° tb as eeti' ' 0 A Of •ofs 0 o`o'