The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

..... Y•) light ov 2 er; 34 ) 01 01" It'll' Iwo ; , re. it,cked roles in to bt the d e ll iv.- fuf , )3r°' (Sittings in Banco.) BCE DEM. BAINBRIGGE V. BAINBRIGGE. , b o 00 1 i t° iDg .° l o aeff rj, I°. r lo b j, 1 0 le o ld B e o • is P. pr` ` be rated to the relief of the poor. The Couri; did not tbi:lk th at t h e society by whom it was occupied could bc cxnsidered as established exclusively for the purposes of s cience, literature, and the fine arts. The Court did not doubt that music was one of the fine arts; but the prin cipal object which the members had in view was their Own recreation and amusement. The Concert Hall was built at the expense of 8.000/ by the Manchester Con cert Society, the money being borrowed fur that purpose. The . society had 600 members, consisting of Members of Parliament. barristers , bankers magistrates, , and many of the wealthiest in habitants of Manchester, with a peer of the realm at its head. The members were admitted by ballot and paid an anntal subscription, of which there were several rates. The Court had to determine whether this was a society which the Legislature intended to ex empt from the payment of poor-rates. Although the O bject of the society was innocent and laudable, and the ar t f music was encouraged by the devotion of the members to it, the Court could only look at this as the claim of six hundred gentlemen associated for the amuse ment of themselves and their families. It was certainly found by the sessions that the art of music had been pro moted in Manchester by this society, and that a professor of music had been induced by the society to leave thr , metropolis and to settle at Manchester. The Court wished and trusted that the society might long flourish, Paying its porn -rates.—(Laughter.) The Court thought that on the broad grounds of the case the Recoi der ( " ti ght to have held that the rate was properly imposed, and though they differed from that gentleman in his ration° decidendi, the Court confirmed his decision, and the rule for quashing the order of sessions would still be discharged. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and a Common Jury.) MITCHELL AND WIFE V. CHRISTY. This action was brought to recover damages for in usies sustained by the plaintiff's wife, through the aileetd negligence of the defendant. 11 r. E. James and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the Plaintiff, and M r . S ergean t Wilkins and Mr. Prentice fur def,ndants, It aared that the plaintiff was a small farmer at Cudham, near Westerton, in Kent, and the defendant a 1° , 1 , 111 , 1 . man, a hatter in the Borough, whose family kept a country house near Westerton. On the 9th of January last, Wl : i s. Mitchell, who was nearly eighty years of age, was ' k ing, according to her usual custom, along the road towards Brom!ey, to meet her husband on his return from market. The defendant was driving a dogcart On the same road, and through his negligence, as was ellFged, the vehicle came in violent collision with her, and knocked her down. In consequence of the accident her leg was broken, and she was otherwise so severely injured, that she was confined to bed for 16 weeks, and 1 . 8 still a cr i pple. On these groun d s t h e p l a i nt iff sou ght to recover compensation for the injuries inflicted on his Wife, and also for the loss Of her services. For the defence, it was contended that no blame was attributable to the defendant, as he was driving at a moderate speed, an d gav e timely warning to the old 4 4, but sh e a pp eare d to b e d ea f a nd confused, and ne giected to get out of the way. The evidence on both sides, as usual in such cases, Was extremely contradictory. Mr. Baron MARTIN having summed up, The jury retired, and after a brief absence, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 25/. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) This case was resumed this morning. _ The SOLI CITOR G ENERAL (with whom were Mr. Alexander and Mr. Gray) now showed cause against the rul e for a new trial which had been obtained by Mr. Before entering on the circumstances of the ease, he wished to set the Court right on a point which had given rise to much animadversion both in court and out Of court—he meant the fact that Mr. Keating had o Fnn forced to open his defence at ten o'clock at night. This had been made one of the grounds of the present a pplication, when the fact was that Mr. Keating had act u k all Y volunteered to g o on with his case at that "unr• The Learned Judge had thrown himself upon the counsel, and so f ar f rom p ro t e sting against being forced on, Mr. Keating had gone on willingly, that public con venience might not suffer. Passing over this, he con plaintiff, tended th at a very strong case h a d b een opene d f or th e which might be divided into two branches. First, the general incapacity and madness of the testator, and secondly, that at the particular time when the wil l of 1818 was signed he was totally unable to make a will. Looking at the evidence, if they remarked the extraordinary eccentricities of Mr. Bainbrigge, his !!sllen State, from that of a gay gentleman mingling in the p 1 asures of the world, sunk down into a common co untry b oor , fil t h y i n hi s person , o b scene i n his conver sation, dru n k en an d dissolute, i t was i m p oss ible to say that he was not a d angerous ma d man . A s t o the s e cond point, th e ca p ac ity of the testator to make a will, he confessed that there was conflicting evidence; but he contended that the weight of the evidence was strongly On the side of the plaintiff. They brought forward three witnesses who were present at his illness, who spoke to his utter prostration of mind and body, being totally unable to attend to any kind of business. They had spoken to lui and endeavour,- d to draw him into a conversation , b ut could get nothing from him but a few inarticulate These witnesses were the medical man, Mr. " i '", the nurse who attended Mr. Bainbrigge, and her hhusband, who was continually passing to and fro out of tuo luens---all witnesses of unimpeachable character, who all declared that the testator during the whole of his ill ness WEIg in such a state of exhaustion as to be totally unable to understand the contents of a long ',ills Now in a case of this sort, it was Important to ascertain whether the will which Wag produced was one which was in conformity W ith the generally expressed intentions of the testator. a thing was clear: from the time that his daugh ter bad married Arnold the testator never mentioned her without oaths and revolting epithets, and constantly expressed his determination of never seeing her again, and that she never should have a farthing of his money. This same state of mind towards the At nolds continued till the time of his death. The witnesses who were cal led to contradict this statement were all persons interested for the parties who wished received to support the will of 1818, and who had support from them. The deposition of Allan, one of the attesting witnesses, which was read to t r ove the sa ne con di t i on o f m i n d a t th e time, was after , ards contra di cted expressly b y hi mse lf, i n a second deposition, which was produced at the trial. The same 7 aa the case w i th the testimony o f M r. an d M r s. Raw ils• With regard to these two, it was proved that Mr. Arnold, twenty-five years after, had found out these two living many miles off in comparative Indigence about the time when it was becoming neces sary to inquire into the will, and had brought them to the estate, and made the man fArm-bailiff, with many emo luments attached to the office. It was quite impossible to 50 y that t h e ev i dence of these persons was no t materially da maged, and he contended that it was not sufficient to destroy the evidence which had been produced by the plaintiff of the insanity of the testator. The Solicitor•Goneral had not concluded his argu ment when we w e nt to press. This case is expected to extend over to-morrow. BAH, COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice ERLE.) CRIMINAL INFOIiIMATION.—THE QUEEN V. WILLIAMS. Mr. WATSON applied to the Court for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Owen Gattey Williams, a magistrate for the county of An g l esea . H e ma d e th e m otion on behalf of lar. Lloyd, the high bailiff of Llangweny, in the same Cou nty, and the circumstances disclosed in the affidavit were these:—A person named Hugh Thomas filed his protection in the County Court, in May last, but the petition was dismissed, and in the following ' 1 y one of hi s cre di tors o b ta i ne d a j u d gmen t a gainst m for 181. debt, and 2/. costs. A fi. fa. was issued on this judgment, and Mr. Lloyd went to Thomas's house and seized the goods that were there; but it afterwards turned out that a cart, a ?Ow, and a horse belonging to Thomas had previcusly been removed to Mr. Williams's premises under an as signment, and the execution was withdrawn. In the succeeding September another judgment was obtained, and S. fa. issued, but before executing the latter Mr. "Id applied to the constabulary for assistance, as Thomas had threatened to get up a riot if he came in again. Mr. Willi ams , however, interfered again a nd prevented the constabulary rendering the County Court officers any protection, and the ?°flscquence was, when they entered Thomas'. 's ouse on the 11th of November, they were forcibly ejected and assaulted by Thomas, his wife, and another Men. Mr. Lloyd then applied to Sir Richard Bulkeley. another justice of the peace for the county of An glesea, for a warrant against the Thomases for the assault, which was granted, but on the matter comi n g on for h ear i ng, at the Palatine Hotel in Anglesea, Mr. Williams again made his appearance and produced a cross information against Mr. Lloyd for assaulting the Thomases, which he demanded should be gone into first. Mr. Lloyd protested against this mode of proceeding, and thclared that neither he nor his men had ever been served with any notice or summons. Upon hearing this Sir Richard Bulkeley declined to have anything to do with this cross warrant, and Mr. Williams was proceeding to hear it himself until he was told that only two magistrates could take cognizance of it. Sir Richard Bulkeley then, at the request of Mr. Lloyd, went into the assault upon the County Court officers, which he had power to do under the County Courts Act, and ultimately, after patiently hearing both bides, he convicted the Thomases. Upon that Mr. Wil liams took up the second informati on , an d, a bruptly leaving the room, said he would go no further with the affair. Now it was contended, on the Part of Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Williams had been guilty of a breach of duty in thus attempting to prevent the due course of justice, and as it was of importance that he should be protected from violence while he was performing the office of bailiff to the County Court, he was anxious that Mr. Williams should be made to know that he could not play such antics with impunity. Mr. Justice ERLE thought it was just possible that Sir. Williams had ground for thinking Mr. Lloyd was in the wrong, but still sufficient bad been stated for a rule to show cause, and he would therefore grant one. Rule nisi accordingly. specting a composition on the seine a statement wa :nude in the schedule. He had been three times before the court. He had received from his wife, who had an income c f 3,8001. a year, 3001. in the last six months, and tied spent about 6/. per week in visiting places of amusement. His HONOUR granted the final order. I%IARLBRO . -STREET.-(THISDAY.) DARING STREET-ROBBERY.— IV itiicint Tanner, a re turned transport, belenging to the Hackett vng, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hingham, charged with having been concerned with a woman, not in custody, with the following daring robbery : Mr. Henry Dinter, tailor, 13, Thornhill-place, Cale donian•road, deposed that, about nine o'clock on the previous night, he was proceeding down Portland•road, on his way from Devsdashire• street, when a woman passed him and touched him on the shoulder and spoke to him. He took no notice of her and passed on. After he had gone ten or twelve yards from her he heard some one run after him, and on turning round he saw it was the same woman. He, however, did not speak to her, but pursued his way towards home. The women then came up to him again, and placed her arm within his and began talking to him. She asked him where he was gein-4; he said he was going home. She then pulled trim into a gateway and tried to get him inside, but did not succeed; and as he was trying to get away from her ho felt a jirk at his watch•guard, and at the same time found that his watch (a gold-repeater worth sev.nty guineas) was gone. He immediately caught hold of her by the neck, and said, " You have stolen my watch." He called out Police," and at that moment two men, ono of whom was the prisoner, pounced upon him and held him down, and tried to g,t the woman away. He, however, had too firm a hold of her and would not let her go; and she then said, " Here is your watch." He took the watch and put it in his pocket, and the prisoner and the other man held him while the woman made her escape. He struggled with the two men for some time, and the other man, not in custody, contrived to get away. A constable at that moment came up, and he gave the prisoner into his charge. The prisoner, who is known to the police as one of the most expert " nobblers" (or head breakers), was re manded for a week. APPREHENSION and COMMITTAL OF MRS. SLOANE.-(THIS DAY.) The statement that appeared in 7he Sun of last week, of the belief that Mrs. Sloane was residing in seclusion at Boulogne under a feigned name, has turned out to be correct, and would appear in some measure to have led to her apprehension. Superintendent Hodgson, of the City Detective Police, and Sergeant May, of the same body, to whom the person was well known, last week proceeded to Boulogne, and there it is believed ascer tained that the fugitive had been residing in France, and from inquiries they made succeeded in learning that she had left France, and was in the neighbourhood of Folke stone, whither they followed her, and yesterday suc ceeded in apprehending her in that town, and ar rived in London, bringing with them Mrs. Sloane in custody this morning. They immediately communicated with the Messrs Phillips, the solicitors of Mr. Sloane, and Messrs. Pontifex, the solicitors of the West London Union; but it is understood, in conse quence of the near approach of the Central Criminal Court Sessions, it was not intended to put in bail; in consequence of that determination, Mr. Sergeant Hodg son conveyed Mrs. Sloane to Westminster-hall in as quiet a manner, walking through the streets, and enter ing by the Judge's private entrance into the Judge's room, when Mr. Justice Erle, who had been engaged i❑ court, left for the purpose of signing the committal. On being introduced to the Judge, and the necessary evidence being given, Mr. Justice Erle asked the pri soner if she was prepared with bail, when she replied in a feeble tone that she was not. The Learned Judge then signed the order of committal to Newgate, whither she was immediately conveyed, and is now safely lodged. The reporter has since ascertained that the officers found her residing at Boulogne, and at their intercession the French authorities compelled her to leave, and they followed and apprehended her at Folkestone. DRURY LANE THEATRE. Last evening, after Mr. Sullivan's most amusing comedy of The Old Love and the New, which still continues to run a❑ uninterrupted career of triumph ant success, a new one act operetta (the music by S. Nelson) was produced, entitlod The Caries Daughter. It is a lively pleasant trifle, full of incident, and interspersed with some ex quisite ballads by Mr. S. Nelson, which were excellently sung by Miss E. Nelson (who was en cored in a very pretty ballad " There are Gownsmen") and Mr. Rafter, whose tasteful rendering of a very pleasing melody, "I saw not her face," was also honoured by an encore. The scene is laid at Bagdad, where two jovial bachelors, Ab dallah (Mr. Rafter), a young merchant, and Saltk (Mr. J. Chester), a barber, publicly proclaim their contempt for all womankind, by irbcribing, the first over his wareroom— ‘• There is no cunning equal to that of man, It surpasseth even that of woman." and the second over his shop— " Man is paramount." Zephira (Miss E. Nelson), the Cadi's daughter, and ber attendant, Vistna (Miss Fanny Mordant) determine to tame these uncivilized barbarians, and to teach them the danger of contemning the fair sex, and so well do they succeed that Ab dallah asks the consent of the Cadi to marry Zephira, and Salek to wed with Vistna. The consents are given, and they are introduced to their respective brides, whom they find, to their horror, to be not Zephira and Vistna, but two ancient damsels as ugly as they are old. They are, however, soon after visited by Z-phira and Vistna, who promise to extricate them from their dilemma if they will reverse the inscrip tions. Having made this amende to the sex, Ze phira and Vistna explain that they were the two old women who had assumed this disguise to punish them for their contumely, and all ends happily. The music is light and pleasing, and the piece was exceedingly well acted. Mr. J Chester, who sustained the part of Salek, is en admirable Buffo, and elicited shouts of laughter. The Cadis Daughter was perfectly suc cessful, and will no doubt have a run. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual meeting of the subscribers and patrons of this charitable institution took place yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Alderman Thompson in the chair. The report stated, that since the last general meeting sixty-one children had completed their time, and had left the institution, four had died, and sixty seven had taken their places; so that at the present time, with the thirty to be elected, the entire number amounted to 410, making the total number since the establishment of the institution 1,902. The legacies bequeathed during the past year had amounted to 1,550/. The general health of the chil dren had been very good. The receipts for the past year amounted to 8,9801. 16s. 4d., and the expenditure to 8,7231. 165., leaving a balance of 2571. The amount of stock now possessed by this institution was 53,3831. 18s. THE TEA TRADE, JAN. 27.—There was an in crease last week in the deliveries of tea in London, the quantity being 589,7621 b. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—On Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley, the deputy•coroner, held an inquest at the Bull Inn, Whetstone, on view of the body of Mary Moss, aged 34, a married daughte of Mr. Moulton, t r he landlord of that house. The jury proceeded to view the body of the de ceased, which presented a sickening spectacle, the head being nearly severed from the shoulders; and afterwards the evi dence was proceeded with. It appeared that in consequence of some misunderstanding with her husband, the deceased had left him, and taken up her residence with her father at the above tavern. She had been very low spirited and de sponding of late, but made no complaint. On Tuesday last while sitting at dinner, she suddenly rose from the table and left the room. Some time having elapsed, and the deceased not returning, search was made for her in her bedroom, but she was not there ; and was subsequently found on the floor of her father's room, lying in a pool of blood, which had flowed from a wound in her throat of such magnitude as only to leave her head hanging at the back of the neck, and an open razor, taken from her father's case, was lying by her side clotted with blood. A surgeon was immediately called in, who pronounced life to be quite extinct, and expressed an opinion that death must have been almost instantaneous. Verdict—Temporary insanity. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—IIer Majesty's Commis sioners have decided, in order to prepare for the reception of foreign goods in the ensuing week, that the public must be altogether excluded from visiting the building after Monday next, the 3d of February. RIDDLE FOR ENGLISHMEN --Scene, a Draper's Shop.— Old Woman (looking at a piece of cloth) to the shop man—Aw oo? Shopman—Oo i, aw 00. Woman—Aw ae co? Shopman—Oo i, aw ae 00. Explanation.—Furchaser —All wool? Shopman—Oh yes, all wool. Purchaser —All one (kind of) wool? Shopman—Oh yes, all one wool. — Scottish Press. KING ' S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—We are happy to find that the funds of this useful institution have been in creased by a legacy of 5001. under the will of the late Mr. Thomas Ansaldo Hewson. As all legacies are funded for the benefit of the hospital, this will make but a small addition to the annual income, which just now, from the increasing number of applicants, requires all the assistance which the benevolent can give. GUILDHALL.—DECREASE OF CRIME IN THE CITY• —From a return made of the number of cases committed from this court for trial at the Old Bailey, within the last three years, it will be seen that in the year commencing January 1, 1848, there were 262 cases of felony and misde meanour sent for trial, 219 of which were convicted and 43 acquitted, the proportion of those acquitted being about one iu six. In 1849 there were 178 cases sent for trial, out of which 146 were convicted and 32 acquitted, showing a re duction in the total number of 34, and in proportion of one in rather more than five. In 1850, there were 155 cases sent to the Old Bailey, 133 were convicted and 22 acquitted, showing a decrease in the number of the previous year of 28, and the proportion being reduced to one in rather more than seven. This appears a very small number to be sent for trial during 12 months; but it is not so astonishing when we con sider that there are a great many cases committed from the county police courts that are acquitted at the Old Bailey, but which at this court are dealt with summarily, rather than give them the chance of escaping altogether by some quib bling of counsel. In accordance with the recent notice, 'Change hour commenced yesterday afternoon at a quarter to four o'clock, for the first time. There was a full attendance, and the new arrangement gave very general satieaction. THE BREAK-DOWN I F THE AMERICAN MAIL STEAMER.—The United States' mail steam- ship Atlantic having become disabled, the agents in this country have chartered the British steam-ship Cambria, for the purpose of proceeding with her cargo and passengers. INSOLVEN CY.-(THIS DAY. IN RE HORATIO CLAGETT. This insolvent, who applied under the Protection Act ° , l- his final order, was opposed by Air. Lucas, with Whom was Mr. Sargood, on the part of Sir Wyn dham f tn struther, Bart. Mr. Cock supported the application. There was o n l y (no debt in the schedu l e. Si r Wyndham A nstruther was infected as a creditor for 6541., arising Sir tura an annuity transact i on entere d i nto i n 1833, when "1 11 dilani became surety fur the insolvent, and re- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, JANUARY _2s, 1851. LITERATURE. LOVE AAD AMBITION. By the Author of " I?ochingharn." 3 Vols. Colburn. The author of "Rockingham" has in these volumes, whilst more than maintaining the high reputation he had acquired by the publication of his first work of fiction, given proof of a versatility of talent for the possession of which the world had not hitherto given him credit. He is as much at home in the Court of Philip 11. of Spaio, as he was in that of George 111. of England, and his pictures of the state of society and manners at the gloomy Court of the successor of the Emperor Charles V. are as life-like as those of the manners of the British aristocracy at the com mencement of the present century, with which he presented us in " Rockingham." " Love and Am bition" consists of two separate tales, the scene of the longer and more elaborately constructed tale of "Villaflor" being laid in Spain just at the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and that of the second " Fernanda," which is a pure 1 ove story, being laid at Palermo during the time that Sicily was governed by Spanish Viceroys. In both these tales we find the same fertility in inventing variety of incident, the same intense passion, and 'he came intimate knowledge of human nature, which made of " Rockingham" one of the most interesting of novels ; but "Villaflor" is, in an artistic point of view, superior to " Rockingham." Its construction is faultless; not an incident, scarcely a conversation is introduced that does not tend directly to the production of the catastrophe, and it would be impossible to displace any portion of it without deteriorating from its harmony as a whole. It is evident that the author must have been long accustomed to move in the very highest circles of society both in this country and on the continent ; that his diplomatic attainments must be of no mean order, and that he is intimately acquainted with the whole of the interior workings of the continental bureaucracy. None but a diplomatist could have so completely developed the character of Maldonado; none but a statesman could have drawn such a perfect portrait of an ac complished bureaucrat as our author has dashed off in Assumar, of a courtier-statesman, as he has drawn i❑ Idiaquez, or could have shown, as he has done, the effect produced by a bureaucratic education upon a naturally warm-hearted, kindly-disposed mind, as he has shown in the shrewd, prudent, somewhat worldly, but most excellent, most sincere, and most generous Boles. Our author has also, in his time, had at least one grande passion, or he could not have so thoroughly entered into the feeling of intense devotion with which Villaflor regards Elvira; and that he possesses the dra matic art in the highest degree is proved not only by the faultless construction of his plot, but by the brilliant and sparkling dialogue in which it is developed ; it reminds one not unfrequently of Beaumarchais in his happiest moods. In " Fernanda" likewise we have the same brilliancy of dialogue, and the same in. tensity of passion, but the plot is much more simple, and the tale not more than half the length of " Vil laflor." This second success will we hope stimulate the author of "Rockingham" to fresh exertions. Why does he not give us a comedy ? He posesses all the requisites for achieving a triumphant success as a dramatist ; at all events, we trust that we shall ere long meet him again in the pleasant realms of romance. HUMBOLDT S COSMOS. Vol. 111. Part 1. We have already noticed the earlier portion of Mrs. Sabine's very excellent translation of Hum boldt's famous work—a work now so well known and so deservedly admired by the lovers of science. The first part of the third volume of " Cosmos" has just been published by Messrs. Lougmans. All who can appreciate the difficulty and the excellence of such learned researches and scientific speculations will hardly need any recommendation of a new portion of " Humboldt's Cosmos." The volume before us is chiefly occupied with the stars and planetary system, or the " Uranological portion of the physical description of the Universe." One very interesting chapter re lates to the different degrees of visual power as effected by telescopes and other means in recognizing the movements of the heavenly bodies. As regards the general belief that stars may be occasionally seen by the naked eye in the daytime, Baron Humboldt tells us, " The power of seeing stars with the naked eye in the daytime from the shafts of mines, or on very lofty mountains, has been a subject of examina tion with me from early youth. I was aware that Aristotle had affirmed that stars could some times be seen from vaults and reservoirs, as well as through tubes. Pliny also mentions this, and notices at the same time the circumstance that stars can be clearly distinguished in the daytime during solar eclipses. In the course of my profes sional engagements as a mining engineer, I for some ears passed a large portion of every day under ground, looking up from the bottom of deep shafts to the zenith, but without ever seeing a star, nor have I since found an individual in Mexican, Peruvian, or Siberian mines, who had ever heard of stars bei n g seen in the daytime, although in such different latitudes as those embraced by my inquiries and experience in both hemispheres a sufficient num ber of zenith stars must have presented themselves advantageously. This entirely negative evidence renders very remarkable the highly credible tes timony of a celebrated optician, who, in early youth, saw the stars during bright daylight through a chimney. Phenomena whose visibility depends on an accidental concurrence of favourable circumstances must not be denied because they are of rare occur rence." The notes appended to this volume contain much interesting matter, among other things some letters from Arago. THE QUARTERLIES. EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXXXIX. About the most interesting, if not the most im portant article in the Edinburgh for the present quarter, is the gossipping criticism on " Lord Ilol lund's Foreign Reminiscences." A genial spirit, inspired doubtless by the subject, pervades the whole of this delightful contribution. Possibly we may be induced to regard the paper in question with an especial kind of predilection from the circumstance of its calling so vividly to our recollection one of the most exquisite contributions ever printed in this facile princeps of all the periodicals. Can there be any need tor us to observe that the article referred to was penned immediately on the decease of Lord llolland, and that the author was no other than Thomas Babington Macaulay ? In the contribution DOW before us, calling to mind that magnificent com position, the same names appear before us in enthral ling sequence, the names of those famous men whose phantoms were again conjured up by the imagination of the essayist to wander through the precincts of the noble mansion under whose roof trees Addison breathed his last. Comments upon the genius of Dumont and Mirabeau, anecdotes of the good and unfortunate Louis XVI., of Marie Antoinette, of Pitt, and of Talleyrand, are followed by observations on the wonderful career and character of the Em peror Napoleon. Lord Holland's well known partiality for Napoleon is treated with a kind of pitying for giveness by the reviewer, but full justice is done to the generosity with which the great English patrician endeavoured in every way to alleviate the sufferings of the imperial captive. The reviewer will not in any manner coincide with Lord Holland in regarding Napoleon's confinement in St. Helena as an act at once cruel and ungenerous. Nevertheless he cannot refrain from remarking— " As to the want of those courtesies and attentions which might have alleviated his imprisonment without endangering his safe custody—the petty torments and mortifications, the limitations imposed on his supply of books and necessaries, the refusal of a barren title to one who had ruled and conquered half the territories of Europe, and with whom we had not only fought but ne gotiated—all this was inexcusable. There was exhibited throughout a wretched and pitiful meanness, as well as a want of common feeling disgraceful to all concerned." The subjoined will tend to illustrate the astonish ing powers of that genius which subjugated Europe, and held it more or less under domination during twenty years. The reviewer says— " lie (Napoleon) exhibited to some of our officers at Elba a practical acquaintance with nautical affairs which amazed them. His inquiries were unceasing, and from the nature of them must have led in some instances to unflattering replies. When on board the Undaunted he saw the crew breakfasting on the best cocoa, an article which at that time would have been a luxury to the most delicate Parisian beauty: 6 How long have your seamen had this allowance?' he asked of Capt. Usher. 'From the commencement of your Imperial Majesty's conti nental system,' was the answer. Napoleon was silenced. We have had ourselves further evidence of the minute accuracy of his knowledge. A very gallant Irish officer commanded a small vessel of war off Elba. Invited to the Emperor's table, his host asked his birthplace. On finding that he came from the banks of the Shannon, Grande et belle fictive que votre Shannon!' observed the Emperor. But,' he added, it is ill-defended. Your at award roadstead is at a place named Tarbert. Your batteries are commanded. lc ould have landed my troops out of reach of shot. I could have taken your batteries en revers, and have thrown your guns (cuibute) into the s ea W hat then would have become of your vessels lying at anchor and laden with grain for the army in the Pe niesula?' We give this anecdote on the authority of the gallant officer to whom the remark was addressed, and who by his own local knowledge had perfect means of Touchiv g the accuracy cf the observation." The accuracy of this can scarcely be matter of in credulity, or even of surprise, to those who are in any way acquainted with the marvellously minute history of his life written at the imperial dictation during the time of his exile and confinement. Na poleon 3 opinion on Voltaire is adroitly indicated in the sukjoined paragraph : " Lord liofland gives us some insight into the intel lectual pursuits of Napoleon. He was fond of French tragedy, which he loved to read aloud. We cannot agree that, because he admired Zaire, he must therefore have admired the other works of Voltaire. On the coutrar), we think that the use to which be had turned the pen of Geoffroy, in furnishing replies to the Encyclopedists, and - - - r particularly to him whom we cannot join Lord Holland in calling the great and calumniated philosopher of Ferney,' was founded upon a real dislike. There was an antagonism between the genius of the two men; and the esprit moqueur of Voltaire must have been essentially antagonistic to one who, like Napoleon, was familiar with the stern realities of life. He condemned Rousseau un reservedly. 'A conversation' reported by Lord Holland to have taken place between Napoleon and Stanilas Gi rardin is full of interest. 'C'i:qait tin me..,hant homme, ce Rousseau. Sans lui la France n'avait pas eu de !e -volution.' To an observation made by Girardin that he had not been before aware that Napoleon considered the revolution so unmixed an evil, Napoleon replied, lAh vous voult z dire, que sans la tivolution vous ne m'aurt z pas eu. Peut-etre—je le crois—mais aussi /a France ne'en serail elle que plus heurtuse " Another criticism, almost as entertaining, treats of " Lord Campbell's Chief Justices." The opening sentences of the contribution are admirable : " Among the felicities of Lord Campbell's long and prospi rolls career, the comparative leisure which he en joyed from 1841 to 1850 was, perhaps, one of the greatest. It is to that interval of leisure that he pro bably will owe his widest and his most permanent fame. Had he retained the Irish seals, or exchan g ed them for the high office which he now holds, he would have be( n remembered as a successful advocate and a distinguished judge. His decisions would have been quoted by law yers, and historians must have noticel him as a debater; but his literary reputation would have depended on his speeches." And of speeches in the long run it is well observed, that out of all the many hundreds, probably thousands, of orators who have swayed and fascinated their au ditors, from the time of Ulysses to that of Guizot, there are actually read little more than those spoken by Cicero end Demosthenes. Coke, Sir Randolphe Crewe, and Heath, Holt, Sir Matthew Hale, and Scroggs, but above all, Mansfield, are referred to es pecially by the reviewer, as among the most remark able men celebrated by the pen of the present Chief Justice Campbell. Especial notice should be taken by all readers of the Edinburgh of the first article in the current number, relating to " English Socialism and Communistic ssociations"—reference being par ticularly made in it to the eccentric biography of " Alton Locke," to the principles advocated in the newspaper called the Leader, and the dogmas pro pounded by M. Proudhon in his " Systhie des Con tradictions Economiques." Dissenting from the fu ture as sketched out by the fanciful intellect of So cialism, the Edinburgh observes— .. We, too, have our visions of the future of the work ing classes; and they are as bright and hopeful as any Socialist could indulge in. But we seek their realization not in a recurrence to medieval errors, not in repeat ing the abortive experiments of unenlightened times, but in steady adherence to those principles of moral and economic science whose truth is confirmed alike by every instance of conformity, and every instance of dis obedience; we would prepare the advent of the days we dream of, not by upsetting, but by developing, the natural arrangements of society--not by doing violence to the strongest and truest instincts of our nature, but by strictly conforming to their highest manifestations—not by surrounding man witn artificial environments which shall make subsistence certain, enterprise superfluous, and virtue easy, low-pitched, and monotonous, but by calling forth and cultivating those inborn capacities and noble energies which can subdue and mould external circumstances, :can conquer casualties and command re sults—qualities by the exercise of which a social para dise might be regained, in default of which, such a para dise, if bestowed, would soon be forfeited and lost." Enthusiasts about the south-western counties of England should glance, at the very least, at the charming paper relating to " Devon and Cornwall," and all those who happen to be more peculiarly interested in the great difficulty of the present crisis should examine seri ously the articles headed, one " The Struggle of Italy," the other " Kings and Popes." In a brief but brilliant criticism, Mr. Sewell is severely con demned for his adventurous effort to translate anew the Odes and Epodes of Horace. The contribution entitled "Menace of War in Germany," comes upon us rather tardily, but is not the less deserving of pe rusal on that account. Future Lingards and Ma caulays will turn with most curiosity to the last and most laboriously digested article in the number of the Edinburgh before us—being a kind of epitomized narrative of " Lord Clarendon's Administration." From the rapid but complete notice we have given of the contents of this distinguished periodical, it will be seen that it still contrives to sustain its high reputation. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 27. The Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, drove out this morning in a pony carriage in Windsor Park, Major• General Wemyss (Equerry in Waiting), attending on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by the Mirquis of Or monde, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C.B. Phipps, and Lieut-Colonel F. H.Seymour. The younger members of the Loyal Family took their usual airirgs. Lord John RUssell and Lord Seymour are ex pected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince, and will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle. The band of the Royal Horse Guards will attend in the Castle during dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend. A deputation, consisting of the Rev. James Carlile, D.D., Mr. William Stuart, and Mr. George Hall Graham, of Woolwich, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, to pre sent a memorial to her Majesty, from the inhabitants of the town and parish, on the subject of the recent Papal aggression. Mr. Seymour, M.P. for Poole, attended at the Home-office yesterday, with a petition from the In dependent congregation of the borough of Poole and its neighbourhood, against the Papal aggression, for transmission to the Queen, through Secretary Sir George Grey. Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Lord Seymour and Sir William Clay had an inter view yesterday with Sir George Grey. Sir John Herscbell and Captain Harness bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the Society for the Suppression of Vice had an interview with Sir George Grey yes terday, at the Home-office, on the subjects of " lodg ing-houses" and " penny theatres." The deputatio❑ consisted of Mr. E. V. Sidebottum, Mr. H. S. Pren dergast, Mr. P. Dumergue, and Mr. H. Pritchard (Secretary). TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Every now and then a little shoal of letters flit through the columns of the press—some impor taut, but very many of them of a totally personal character. Mine shall be a medium, the subject a grave one, and I truly believe, we ll becoming your attention. It is generally allowed that during the few ensuing months provisions will be dear; every thing at a premium but salaries, and clerks with families actually below par. I am married, and my wife has borne me four children, of course all flourishing (out at elbows always do), in spite of light meals—to use no harsher terms—and in direct opposition to my means or their own personal comfort. But mind, though I speak of this I do not complain. By working bard eight hours a day on a tall stool in a dingy office, fitted up with an inky desk, two chairs, and a speechless canary, principally confined by cobwebs, I manage, figuring daily among thou sands, to earn the not unenviable sum of 1501. per annum. My wife is an excellent manager, and so far we have contrived to struggle on ; but if the butcher, the grocer, the baker " cum multis aliis," should raise their prices, many of us hard-working but poorer class must necessarily pinch our appetites to rather an inconvenient extent. lam no alarmist, but merely hint at the casualty, and shall say no more, l eav i ng t h e su bj e ct entirely in your hands, in the full assurance that whatever argu ments you have will be justly exercised to our advan tage (I speak for many), and that we shall know beforehasd whether to rely on fresh, or have to turn our stomachs to salted meats. P ra y pardon the intrusion of, Sir, your humble se rvant, A. CLERK. fy wife has already manufactured a brine, and mutters "salt pork" in her sleep. ROYALTY IN A COAL PIT.--Some months since two ladies and a gentleman, Germans, applied to Mr. Laws, the residest agent at Springwell Colliery, near Newcastle, for permission to go down one of the pit s and i nspect t h e method He of working the coal. very readily acquiesced in ,their wishes, provided them with proper clothing for their subter ranean excursion, and descended the shaft with them, and showed them through the streets and alleys of his under ground dominions. having hospitably entertained them at his house, he then dismissed them, highly gratified with what they had sren. At C hristmas he was agreeably surprised by the receipt of a letter from Co unt Groben, chamberlain to t e li c e t i K O 1,1 thanking gofi himussia' recalling th e c i rcumstance to hi s recol lection, for his polite attention, and informing him that he was one of the distinguished visitors, and the others were the Princess Leignitz, widow of his late Majesty the King of Prussia, travelling incog. under the name of Countess Wilkan, and a lady of her suite. Tile Count fur ther informed Mr. Laws that her Majesty had sent two fruit baskets of Bohemian glass as a• present to his lady, as a souvenir of their visit to Springwell,—Berwick Warder. GOVERNMENT GRANT TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.— Lord John Russell has addressed a letter to the President of the Royal Society, announcing the intention of the Govern ment to place 1,00 , 1. at the disposal of the society this year for scientific purposes.— Scotsman, The Dutch East India sales of coffee, comprising 270,000 bags, have been announced to take place at Amster dam on the 10th of March, and at Rotterdam en the 13th of March. The samples will be ready for delivery on the 10th inst. It is stated in the weekly reviews of the Dutch produce markets, that this notice has increased the firmness of coffee, and holders were looking for better prices. The quantity declared is not so large as on former occasions. Sugar and other articles had experienced little alteration ; indigo, on the whole, was steadily supported. The Antwerp report alludes to the favourable influence of the advised Dutch East . India sales. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—We have just received several days' later intelligence from the leading cities and ports of the American Republic, and the British North American provinces, by the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Leitch, which has just entered the Mersey. The Niagara was telegraphed off Holyhead at eight o'clock this morning. She lost upwards of 24 hours during the voyage, having encountered large quantities of ice. The Niagara sailed from Boston on the 15th inst., and made the usual monthly call at Halifax on the 17th, to land and receive mails and passengers in con nexion with the British colonies. This vessel brings over above sixty passengers, and upwards of 30,0007. in specie. An anticipated rising of the slaves in the State of Virginia was causing much apprehension for the con tinuance of tranquillity in the southern districts of the Union. Upwards of 600 slaves, and these belonging to different plantations, were suppcs-?.d to be impli cated in the apprehended insurrection. Advices from Bermuda-to the Bth inst. report that severe gales had been experienced. The Congress were latterly engaged in discussing a Biil for aiijusting the land claims in California. Mr. Clay earnestly advocated in the Se-na.e the Bill for establishing a line of Government steamers for transporting negroes to the coast of Africl. Tne steamer City of Glasgow sailed from Philadel phia on the 16th. - There are late accounts from the district of L'Alie Superior, which represent mining affairs in that locality to be in a most prosperous state. The commercial accounts received from various parts of the American Republic speak still encourag ingly of the position and prospects of trade generally. In New York, money was abundant for all the legitimate purposes of commerce, and for good class paper was readily obtainable at moderate rates. The United States Stocks continued firm. The sole exception to the activity which was mani fested in every department of business was in the market for breadstuffs, which was very quiet, though prices had not given way. The following are the latest quoted :—Western Canal flour, 4 dolls. 87ie. to 5 dolls. per barrel ; Gennesse prime wheat, 1 doll. 20c. to 1 doll. 22c. per 601bs. ; Southern wheat, 1 doll. Bc. to 1 doll. 10c. per 601bs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 72c. to 74c. per bushel, steady; ditto, Southern white, 72c. to 74c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 2 dolls. 87ic. to 3 dolls. per barrel. The cotton market at New York is reported brisk, at a further advance in price, viz. :—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 144 to 14} cents, showing a rise of cent per lb.; Uplands and Florida mid. fair to fair, 131 to 14 cents, or a rise of k cent per lb. Exchange on Paris, 5 10; on London (sales mode rate), 110 k to 1103- ; Hamburgb, 37 to 371. TWO DAYS LATER, BY ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH TO HALIFAX. Advices two days later from New York were put on board the Niagara during her stay at Halifax. These mention that the American Consul at the Republic of Hayti had sent to Washington for a ship of-war, to enforce the release of the brig Leander. Cotton at New Orleans is quoted (per electric tele graph to New York) at 13 cents per lb. In other respects the commercial quotations are unaltered. NEW YORK, JAN. 14. The money-market presents very nearly the same appearance that has existed for the last four or five weeks—namely, an accumulation of capital, low rates of interest, with a rapid advance until within a few days past in most descriptions of stocks and Government and State securities. Foreign exchange has been in fair re quest, and rates have been steady. Bills on the Con tinent are scarce, and rates have an upward tendency, and are not freely offered at our quotation. London, 110 f to 1101 ; Paris 5 10 to 5 7} ; Humburgh, 87 ; Bremen, soi to 80k; Amsterdam, 414 to 42k. Cotton—Talcott s Circular says, " Our last review of the market was written for the Baltic on the 7th instant. There has since been a fair amount of business doing daily, and on the commencement of the week an ani mated demand, in which speculators freely participated. Prices during this period have fluctuated ic. to ic , closing at the annexed quo t at i ons, at which the market is freely supplied, although no anxiety to sell is shown by holders. The sales of the Bth to the 11th inclusive amounted to 9,650 bales ; the export for the same period, to 2,837 bales; the import, 10,326 bales, and the stock in port is estimated at 43,427 bales. To-day the non-arrival of the Atlantic, past due, has checked business, the sales reported on 'Change being only 300 to 400 bales. Strict Liverpool Classification—Atlantic cottons, in ferior, none sold; ordinary to good ordinary, 13f to 131; middling to good middling, 131 to 14; middling fair to fair, 14i to 14i; fully fair to good fair, 144 to 15; New Orleans and Mobile, inferior, none sold; ordinary to good ordinary, none sold; middling to good middling, 14/ to 14k; middling fair to fair, 144 to 15; fully fair to good fair, 154 to 14 Other Gulf cottons—inf,2rior, none sold; ordinary to good ordinary, 13i to 13k; mid dling to good middling, 131 to 14k; middling; lair to fair, 14i to 144." Breadstuffs—Market steady for flour. The market closes quietly. Wheat is wanted fur milling here, but is mostly held at rates that prevent sales. Freights to Europe are extremely_ dull. To Liver pool—Cotton, per lb., id.; flour and meat, Ter barrel, 6d. to 9d.; grain in bulk, per bushel, 3d. to 3d. To London—Tobacco, per hhd„ 225. 6d. to 255.; turpen tine, 25.; oil, 252 gallons, 205.; measurement goods, per stone, 255. to 30.3.; heavy goods, 203. to 253.; beet and pork, per tierce, 4s. To Havre—Cotton, square bales, per lb., 1.1.; ashes, per ton, 5 dolls. to 6 dulls.; rice, 6 dolls.; Quercitron bark, 6 dolls.; measurement goods, 10 dolls.; whalebone, &c., per lb., ic. HAVANNALI, JAN. 8. New sugars and molasses have been coming in freely. Of muscovado a sale has been made at Matanzas at 5i reals for only fair quality, and 4 reels for ordinary. A decline has taken place in molasses. Coffee is flat— fire quality, 94 to 10. Freights are very dull as yet; vessels scarce. Exchange dull. London, 9} premium. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Northumberland, from London and Portsmouth —the Herald and the Conrad, from Greenock— the Lady Hobart, Catherine, Erie, and Lady Sale, from Liverpool—the lowa, from Glasgow and St. Nicho las—the Elizabeth, from Havre, all arrived at New York. This Amelia, from Liverpool, at Charleston. The Mearns, from Liverpool, at Mobile. The Jano 11. Glidden and the Europe, from Liverpool, at Philadel phia. The Oxenbridge and the Emperor, from Havre— the Prince Adelbert, from Amsterdam—the Oregon, from Dublin—the Camillus and the Millicete, from Liverpool, at New Orleans. The Derigo, from Newport, at Portland. The Fame, from Yarmouth, at St. John's, New Brunswick. The British barque Rockshire, from Liverpool for 'Charleston, was reported ashore on the South breaker, at the entrance of Charleston habour, in a dangerous position. THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL WORKING MAN'S MEMORIAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—The committee appointed to, carry out the resolutions of the public meeting at the Whittington Club, in August last, for the Working Man's Memo rial to Sir Robert Peel, have obtained contributions in pence exceeding 1,450/. ; and as the committee at its next meeting intend to publish a list of the names of all the places from which subscriptions have been received, I have to request that every person who has collected any money in furtherance of that object will have the goodness to forward to - me, with as little delay as possible, the amount in their hands, that the whole may be included in one list. I have also to inform you that lists of subscribers and amount of contributions from every place will be open to inspec tion at such place and time as shall be pointed out, to enable every contributor to see whether his list has been received and properly entered. The application of the funds at the disposal of the committee will be determined upon by a joint meeting of the trustees and committee, with the view of ful filling the expressed intention of the public meeting. I remain, your obedient servant, JOSEPH FIUME, Chairman of the Committee. Central Committee, 6, Bryanstone-square, Jan. 25. THE SPANISH DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . _ Sin,—With reference to a correspondence on the subject of the Spanish debt, which recently appeared in The Sun, and wherein I very reluctantly have taken part, it devolves upon me to add a final cento to a comedy of Anglo-Saxon, rather than of Spanish errors. I have the honour to inform you, upon the authority of the Spanish Ambassador in this country, whose honour and probity have for the first time been called into question as regards the Spanish debt, that so far from having any participation, ex officio or otherwise, in the conversion of the debt of three per cent., his Excellency, although a senator of Spain, and resident at Madrid at the period, was not Prime Minister, nor in any wise connected with the Go vernment of Spain, when the financial conversion oc curred.—l am, Sir, &c., H GERALD SPILLAN. 19, Cecil-street. Strand, Jan. 27, 1851. SUDDEN DEATH OF LADY SHAW STEWART.— We regret to_announce the sudden demise of the above lady, who expired on Saturday mottling at her mansion in latee grave-square. Her Her Latlyship was daughter of the Robert Farquhar, Esq. ; and by her marriage with the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., who died in 1836, her Ladyship has left issue the present Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, and other issue. Her Ladyship was about .50 years of age. CARE OF SOLES.—The following recently appeared as an advertisement in a weekly c, ntemporary :—" Wanted immediately, a single man, a member of the General Baptist denomination, to supply a small congregation in a village , principally on the Lord's day. A small salary wculd be given. If acquainted with the general shoemaking business, an opportunity now presents itself where a constant situa tion as journeyman can be secured. The qualifications fur the ministerial duty re q uired are humble piety, a d es i re t o be useful, and a general knowledge of the G9spel, with abi lity to make it lo1010."---Aronconformist, THE ARMY THE 50TH REGIMENT—The first division of the 50th Regiment moved from Portsmouth by rail for Ashton under-Line; the second move to-day; and the third and last on Wednesday. THE 30ru REGIMENT.—The second division of the 30th embark to-day at Portsmouth, on board the Lady Flora, for conveyance to Corfu. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander William C. Chamberlain appointed to the command of the Cormorant, 6, steam-sloop, coast of Brazil, vice Schoenberg, promoted, takes passage in the Amphitrite to Rio. This appointment is much regretted by all classes of the service. Dr. James J. Paul having declined the appointment of surgeon to the Cumberland, 70, fitting at Chatham as flag -ship for fhe West Indies, Mr. William Gra ham (1841), of the Vengeance, 84, at Portsmouth, has bee❑ selected for that ship. Paymaster James Morse (1811), stamp-distributor at Carmarthen, died at Cardigan on the 10th instant, aged 65. Awphitri'e, 26, Captain Frederick, has bent sails, and ;t ill go to Spithead to- day (Tuesda3), sod sail ala Saturday for her destination. Bloodhound steam-tender remains in No. 5 dock, Devonport, waiting materials for paying her bottom. Cyclop ,, , 6, steam-frigate, Captain lion. G. F. Hast iugg, will be paid off at Woolwich this day at noon. Goodwill lighter (Pledge, master), arrived at De vonport on Saturday with stores from Sheerness; and the Rochester lighter (Sod wicks, master), has arrived at Devonport with stores from Chatham. The Oberon iron steam-packet, Lieutenant Com mander Harvey, was paid off at Portsmouth yester dry, alongside the Portsmouth dockyard ; she will be immediately got ready for commission. Sprightly steam-tender, Master Commander Allen, arrived at Devonport from Portsmouth, with super numeraries, on Saturday, returning the same evening. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Victory, 104, Cap tain F. P. Blackwood, has been taken under the sheers to-day to have her defective foremast taken out and another stepped. The Samarang freight ship proceeded from Spit head for Cowes yesterday,to embark troops for Hong- Kong. _ The Lady Flora freight ship came into harbour on Saturday evening to embark the head-quarters of the 30th Regiment for Corfu. The Margaret Evans sailed to-day for New York. The Hercules, 72, store ship, Master-Commander Robert Fulton, remains at Spithead. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Hand, having received a new mainmast, hauled off from the sheer jetty to-day to make room for the Victory. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Calliope, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Horne, Bart., will leave Hamosze for the Sound on Monday. Her sails were bent yesterday, and she will probably sail on Wednesday for New Suuth Wales. The steam-vessel Sprightly, Master G. Allen, ar rived this morning with seamen for different ships fitting at this port, and returned in the afternoon fur Portsmouth. The steam-vessel Avon arrived on Wednesday from Woolwich. The steam. vessel Virago, with Mr. Henderson, master attendant at this dockyard, arrived to-day from Falmouth, having in tow the frigate Aurora. She left at seven A.m., and came in at three F.M. She will return to Falmouth on Tuesday, to bring up her Majesty's ship AstrEea. An accident, by which unfortunately two lives were lost, occurred this afternoon at Sundown, at the en trance of Catwater, in this port. It is the practice of the crews of the trawl fishing sloops, when returning from sea, to deposit the fish in their boats, and send them ashore on nearing the landing-place, by which arrangement they are better able to be in time for the market. The Year], John Lucock, when well into the Sound, lay to, and placed nine maunds of hake and other fish in her boat, with two lads to row ashore Just after the sloop made sail, the wind blowing very strong from the southward and westward, the ladt-n boat sheered up, lurched over, and capsized. The sloop mado considerable way after the accident was discovered, and on returning, owing to the stormy weather and the darkness which prevailed, no trace of the ill-fated young men could be discovered. The elder, Charles Burt, aged 20, was an apprentice • and the junior, George Bowden, 11, was a n e ph ew o f the owner, Mr. Stibbs. The Penguin, 6, Commander Etheridge, will be ready by the end of this month, when she will paid advance of wages, and sail for the coast of Africa. Lieutenant Kynaston, of the Cunberland, 72, fitting at Chatham, has been very successful in entering men for her at the rendezvous in Devonport ; upwards of 50 first-rate seamen have been entered. The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Swart, is slowly progressing in her refi', and men seem to fight shy of her. The Desperate will be the next steamer to join the reserve. The Fantome, 12, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday. She has some defects to make good previous to her going to sea, on her voyage to New Zealand. The Calliope, 26:Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart, will go out of harbour on Thursday. She will, with the Pandora and Fantome, be paid wages in a few days. OYAL MARINES.—A general court-martial, com posed of officers of the line and Royal Marines, as sembles on 'Wednesday next for the trial of Lieu tenant llutchison, R.M., on charges which hare arisen out of a fracas at the Royal Western Yacht Club fancy dress ball, held on Wednesday week at the Royal Hotel in this town. The lieutenant was serving on board the Impregnable, but has been re lieved. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JAN. 27.--Clerk in Charge Sidney J. Spark (1843), from the Indefatigable at Devonport to the Sparrow, 6, surveying vessel on the south-east coast of Ireland. Clerk William J. Stevens (1849) to the Indefati• gable, vice Spark. The Speedwell surveying vessel, Master Edward K. Calver (1842), will leave Woolwich te•morrow to resume her surveying duties on the coast of Scotland. After she arrives at her surveying station she will only have two men kept upon her, it being left to her commander to employ the number he may require to assist in the requisite duties, selected in the locality, and paid at the rate of 21s. per week, and that plan is ordered to be adopted when possible on all the home surveying stations. The new arrangement is expected to be more economical than the plan previously adopted, as there were many weeks, and sometimes months, when the crews of surveying vessels had to remain in an inactive state owing to unfavourable weather. The men hired for surveying duties under the new system will only be paid for the days they are actually employed. The Fearless steam-vessel, having undergone a thorough repair at Woolwich, will leave for Sheer ness in the course of to-morrow. The Vulcan steam-frigate, Master-Commander John Penn, has opened a rendezvous on board the St. Lawrence, 46, receiving-ship at Sheerness, for able seamen, stokers, &c. _ A paragraph recently appeared in some of the local newspapers at the eastern ports, relative to the scarcity of boys for the navy. If such is the case at Devon port, it is by no means the case here, as several ap plications were made at Woolwich, by parents of most eligible boys, to have them entered in the royal navy, but in every instance they were unsuccessful, and they were told there were no vacancies at present, at least in this quarter. THE PURSUIT OF MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES, —ln a parish in the suburbs of London a marriage took place on Thursday last, under circumstances which are, perhaps, unparalleled. The bridegroom and bride, and the party who acted as father to the bride, were severally blind, while the bridesmaid had only one eye! THE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—FURTEIER PAITICULIES.—It appears that the fire broke out in that portion of the building occupied by the carpenters employed in the erection of the establishment, and which was also the receptacle of a great deal of scaffolding. By some unknown cause, these materials became ignited. The flames speedily shot upward, and for a short time the greatest apprehensions were entertained that the entire structure would fall a prey to the conflagration. Some few fire-engines, however, were quickly upon the spot, and a good supply of water having been obtained, no further damage was experienced than the total destruction of the scaffolding poles and carpenters' materials, the fabric itself being but little injured. The whole of the fire was extinguished in less than half an 130‘..0. THE DAUGHTER OF NIGHT.—This is On o f : most remarkable works of fiction the season has ' , cute , The story is the delineation of a woman's life , er w h o , with man and adverse circumstances to extremity; : s of purpose, a steadiness, a pride of purity, and a sine n ie ge n d ;, - ' rs and misfor struggles through the most tremendous W a y °, minuteness tunes. Scenes are delineated with a Po terrible portions gni , l a r e r a m t g e n e mi , t ae a t i n cr e. u f nrec Theosb 1 s o t pg r a el yn i n i n e t d go dark pod terrible of diction, great perfectly appalling. There ared and, on the other hand, there is_ a powers irof f freedom dom description, a nd vi v fromE w z A a E A letteri, AN writtenD.—Th b e y f 'toll the reader. The style ia li t!: Dispatch. is as fine as it is frig li , t l 1, . is „„ ~., THE ENGLIsiI U 4 . lowing is an 1 °_,...,,,,an, of Roturua, New Zealand, dated ac a S e a gs th n a d o t t e c p r o e i A• 1 leso, to his brother, DI r. W. C. Chap the 3 t h o f ispri , 1 , v „, may remember the acorns von sent me, in man :---- ''' d er .flask, in 18 A 6 • Rev. Thornai; an old pow . 0 , the whitethorn berries and tue;esrting etracti'i sweetbrier seeds had rotted, and their moisture had forced the acorns, their roots being perfectly entwined. Through all our wanderings and wars I managed to preserve one ; this is now twenty feet in height, and twenty inches in girth at the surface of the earth, and from it we this year ga thered eight acorns ; the first, perhaps, ever gathered (I know of no other like tree) in New Zealand. I have sent to the Governor six of these, suggesting the idea of Lady Grey's planting them in her Majesty's name."—Aries Bir mingham Gazette. CULTIVATION OF THE LENTIL—We learn that M. Guillerez, the eminent professor of the French language in this city, has been successfully devoting his few leisure hours tothe cultivation of the lentil (a substance which, if well cultivated, would prove to our poorer classes a great advantage), and his exertions have been very successful. The Highland Society has awarded him their gold medal. M. Guillerez, who is the first successful grower in Scotland, has forwarded two samples of his growth to the Great Exhi- WWII.— Scotsman, I ANOTHER FIRE IN THE CITY. Yesterday (Monday) morning the city of London was visited by one of the most devastating conflagra tions that has happened since that which laid in ruins so many thousand pounds' worth of property in Mark lane a few months ego. The scene of this terrible disaster was a large range of miser .belonging to Messrs. J. R. Bousfiad and Co., wholesale clothiers and exporters, situated .1.26 and 127, Hounsditch. The building in which the fire commenced had been erected not more than seven or eight years. It was of the most substantial construction, and nearly 200 feet long, the lower floor being used as the manufac tured goods d e po t , w hil e t h at immediately a b ove con tained the made-up goods, which were ready for the home trade or exportation. The floor above this was the depository for th e p i ece goo d s, and the one over that was occupied as the cutting-room. Some slight conception of the extent of each floor may be formed when it is stated that all the rooms stretched the whole length of the building, and were only separated by immense iron doors. Although the latter proved of some benefit in preventing the pro gress b h o u f 11 tines, they were almost as ckstru q t ivi y t out the firemen for some time from th e exact sea t o f conflagration. shu tting Two persons only were on the premises when the fire broke out, and they having been aroused managed to t trect a safe retreat. The brigade engines, from Jeffrev-square station quickly attended, when the firemen found the principal portion of the lower floor in a bli.ze—the strength of the doors preventing them from reaching the precise spot in which the flames were raging. Ow OD'ing to this formidable impediment the fire very speedily rushed through the flooring, and communicated with the story above, which con tained some thousand pieces of goods ready made up and of great value. To cut off the fire from the next floor was then attempted, but, unfortunately, with no success, although a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the mains of the New River. The Jews' Infant School and Devonshire-square Sunday school, one at the end of the blazing pile and the other immediately o p pos it e , were i n suc h proximity that their destruction appeared inevitable. The fire men, however, by inundating them with water, succeeded in preventing these premises from becom ing ignited, and by six o'clock in the evening the fire was nearly extinguished, the principal damage being confined to Messrs. Bousfield's premises. The large building behind the front premises, consisting of cut ting rooms, piece rooms, made up goods rooms, and general stock rooms, was, however, nearly burnt out. In one compartment alone there were several thousand pieces of cloth worth a large sum, and is another was a great assortment of articles for the spring season, the whole of which have either been destroyed or seriously injured by fire. Fortunately the front house has escaped ; the total loss will amount to many thousand pounds. The firm was in sured for the building in the Sun Fire-office, and the stock in trade and fixtures were insured in the Phoanix, Imperial, and Union Fire-offices. Respecting the origin of the misfortune nothing that can be depended upon could be learnt. The premises were closed at seven o'clock on Saturday night, and until the flames showed themselves through the windows no one be• came aware of the disaster. It seems, therefore, quite clear that the fire must have been smouldering from the time the warehouses were closed until it broke out in a flame. We regret to say that Hoffineyer, one of the Lon don brigade, belonging to the Waterloo-road station, received such serious injuries, while assisting at the conflagration, as in all probability will cost him his life. He was standing on the sill of one of the win dows, directing the water from the branch of an engine into the first floor, when the rooms above fell in, and the timber flooring projecting through the opening knocked the unfortunate man from his stand ing-place, so that he fell in a horizontal position upon the top of some iron spikes round an area window. The iron railings were forced into his side, and he remained impaled until another fireman rushed for ward and lifted him off. It was deemed advisable to remove him without delay to the London Hospital. Upon his arrival at that establishment it was found that two of the spikes had perforated the left blade bone, one of his ribs was fractured, and it was feared that the bone had entered his lungs. He remained last evening in such a condition that no hopes could be entertained of his recovery. IRELAND. LORD CASTLEREAGH'S EXPLANATION. DU3LIN, MONDAY MORNING.—The contemplated movement in the county of Down against Papal aggression has elicited the following explanatory letter from Viscount Castlereagh, whose connexion with the "declaration" of certain Irish Members against the re-enactment of "penal laws" seems to have given offence to a large body of his Lordship's constituents. The Noble Lord, it will be seen, refuses to sign the protest, which is published in the local paper, and to which are appended the signatures of Lords l)ownshire, Roden, and Bangor, together with all the leading gentry of the county of Down. " Chesham-place, Jan. 20. " My dear Ker,---I have received your letter, enclosing a protest, signed by certain proprietors and residents in the county of Down. " As a member of the State, I should readily' protest' against the assumption of any authority, or the usur pation of any title in these realms, by any foreign prince or potentate, in violation of the laws and constitution of the State. " As a member of the United Church of England and Ireland, I should be prepared to go much further, and to protest directly against the recent act of the Pope, which advances what I hold to be an unfounded claim to jurisdiction in this country, and which has been put forth in a manner disrepectful to our own Church and to the Sovereign of these realms. " With the sentiments, therefore, contained in the first paragraph of your protest I more than concur. With you, too, I have learned to appreciate,' and have ever advocated ' the benefits of true civil and religious liberty,' as established in this country, and am determined, on my own part, to resist any at tempt,' from whatever quarter, ' to infringe upon those liberties.' " But I fear that Ido not concur in the meaning which—though not expressed—will probably be inferred from the second paragraph—namely, that some penal measures are necessary in reference to the proceedings of the Pope. _ _ " The late movement-of the Roman Catholic Church, objectionable as I hold it to be, can hardly be described with correctness as an infringement of civil and religious liberty, nor should I be prepared to resist that move ment by subjecting Roman Catholics to any restrictions to which they are not at present liable. The mischief to be apprehended to our own Church from legislative in terference in matters of religious doctrine and discipline is, in my mind, so great that I should be a most unwil ling party to any similar interference affecting my fellow-subjects of a different persuasion. " This is the main ground on which I feel precluded from signing the protest which you have forwarded to me. But I must also add, that I should feel an equal difficulty in adopting the assertion with which that pro test concludes, namely, that the Pope affairs.claims " ,: an equal supremacy in secular an d e cclesiastical Ido an n t o b t e p ri r ty otes w a b t i o ch ke b o e w s the precise to e limi t t i s me ofht secular claimed by the Roman See, but I should certainly hesi tate to affirm, respecting the extent of tha t claim, a s t a t em ent which I apprehend that a large portion of Roman Catholics on behalf of their Church would con fidently repudiate. "I therefore regret that the protest should be so worded that I am unable to attach my signature to it. "I remain, very truly yours, "D. S. Ser, Esq., &c." " CASTLEREAGIG SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TATTERSALL'S—YEaTEBDAT• BOUTEIADI STEEPIACHAes . 3 to 1 agst Britiih Yeoman— taken 4to 1 agst Veraz r 4 to 1 agat St. Hell c l lr. i d am I a a la2koento 1 taken "7„ , , :I:77 1 s : 10 to 1 sgst Mr. Trelle-fs Cossack—taken KMl;rrld.3lllFe:hilesterfield' L d E 1 rown's Haricot —taken 1 21 4 85 t tt 0 00 1 11 a t t a g g g : s t t t Chesterfield's a y ve yn Wallti Aver—taken 2 2 8 5 t t( o ) 1 agog:: i,77?.rddclsiftdreantils art ....or 1 eget Mr. Nichol' twice a W i llo o r o a: w il ieh Montague—taken 0 00 0 so 3 0 apt Mr. Carew's Eva —taken '"Rhisus and Cossack had strong parties, and closed at i m proved quotations ; the outlay on the Danebury hors* was considerable; 30 to 1 was taken to nearly 2001. about Lady Evelyn ; and 1,000 to 30, two or three times, about 1 , 0 0: 0 t t o o 30 MO:Algae. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Sunrise—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken DERBY. 25 to 1 agat Mr. Powney's Lamartine—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. J Clark's Marlborough Buck —taken 1,000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Confessor—uken 1,000 to 10 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Geraldine colt Raoind.6oTnitzspitutredna4)lE. —taken 10,000 to 100 agst Mr. Garner's Serus 625 to 25 was laid agst Lamartine; 1,000 to 35 apt and 10,00 w 0 a.s to co 1 v o e ci re e d ac in h Constellation; 40 to 1 to at least 8001. agst Marlborough tt ßuck ohei e,ou ( eu 2 or O s a , e o g O os O ft o t Gh o one erN s eac O ci O taesn i rT : n i Eol bet); agst Serus and Lady Geraldine colt. We did not hear any ( f the leading favourites backed, but a bet of 6,000 DEBBY, 1852. ,2,500 to 50 agst Sir B,Pigot's Father Thames—taken 2,500 to 50 apt Lord Palmerston 's Buckthorn—taken p Rattrap is scratched for this event. LIVERPOOL. STEEPLECHASE. British Yeoman, Bkij , zet, and Agis are scratched. SUDDEN DEATH ♦T BERKBLEY.--Abollt twelve o'clock on Friday night Captain Bailey, of Abwell House, near this place, was found dead by the aide of his bed. The event will be much regretted by the poor of Ite neighbour. hood, who found in the deceased officer a kind friend. Gloucester Chronicle.