The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-23 00:00:00

NT W Co URT. Miir nre the Rrc Itt _ I t h il'il . l im Loye, 18, pl, Elt a: d Mr. Alderman Moos.) aded g u ilty to an iadi , !tmenl: . 'l•R'n Lim ..sith stealing nir:e tiamiherehiefs and a ici'll 1 1, a the value of 2/ . 103, the property of Richard his master, and Was sen enced to six months' im- Pri_rrnent rrld hard labour. ch i *i d ICcily. 16, pl-2,fi, d guilty to an indictment i ii : 4 ging hun Sixth stealing two half-crown, thr_e , e . (snhials s 1 , , , and Lwo sixis.ei.c-is, the property of John - in '''',)", and %l as sew' no , d to ix months' imprisonment 1141 bard 1-.li, u-, ''' " ' Flury tfl est ,), , , . e bar • • ----, p.eautd guilty to an indictment th e "I g sevilhoperty her is ith stealing a quantity i.f ti a and sugar, v,as of her master, Jam, s Fricker, and , ' nerd ti three months' imprisonment and bard labour. 4' a or Coombe, 20. a p . .iinter, plead d guilty to an inilie,mint el arging him se ith rtealir g two trowel', h',.airdwl.l)..si:,n.tenced to three month,' imprisonment and I.OURT. (13 ` 1 '" the CI 3 Tti IMONi D C SurcEANT and Mr. Al.7eramin As s CUALLIS.) v... ' AULT WITU INTENT.— 1 le,,nris Parker, 21, -Thomas " dcher, 21 an d :h. 1 ,1 4* !t i i , ' ,-. ..o ornG o m m, 21, w . •ere . indicted for The f ' 2,. lissnl,lng ~\ latii ,, .a Atlee, with intent, Bze. ini - s of I - ! ease are untit for puslicatay. The g il , r 4 : n ' ''' " - Ors feund Uni'dy if a common nsstiult, and . i c b,; tl - r e.d t) tiv:lv e in nt6'.linprisonment and ha:d S URItEv - ----'''-----'------- , -, Ito , .. SESSPoNS.—(S LIS DAY.) 1 , ,F.f . 4 f ft ,, - L'i7G• Go7dwl. was i-olicti d for stealing a ' Villitim Kr y ' '; ;tn ' l i g l l., ' ; :44g t,liirty gourd:, the proierty of 1 p r . at Carnbe: well. kkneis liaws shoryeen to the prosecutor, said, that na th e hi „ • ' 1.• ruing of Friday liit he was unli ailing a qut . n .. - , d tit Y °f sugo.r from a cart at his mnster's door, land while rr,„lHA'° 1(3 misted one 4,1 the packs r , -- n" he Faw a mAn runnier, away towaids Comberwel z ges. On looleinr, Shortlywhen he followed him, calling out 64 Sop tiliti: a ... st‘hl;4 4'4 rwarela the prisoner was capture: b .: 7 a e_ . e „ , t and the limo of sue -1r was found near hi e• The e‘ex ig „ d • 6 he io.. -.flo ac el was the property of his . t'iitia,a it from several '• te marks on it. private t4l;aird.ehrice, the prisoner said he knew nothing of the Th, his to cw t. , jury f ound him G u il ty, and the Court sentenced Kip pei months at Brixton, and to be once ivate'y ft.............................mem_ms . 1 . 1 OIV - Sir It EET.—( T H I S DAY.) g4x,riwi,Ltpresting y years owl girl, about nineteen of this no refestd to give either name or addres , charr• tl2° ,; flin g Placed at. the bar before Mr. Jardne t he rs ,l,' with wteerpCtig to commit suicide by throwing thsto_nee constable 8 1 , , troca the pier at We.tininster-bridge. i an alarm B deposed that, hearing eiiii,l4. woman had thrown herself into the river with an a asti r in hir arm*, he hastened to the spot to render any fenasi a n e i n his power. 01 reaching the pier he t ' a , eiti l - 4 ". a tirg (loan ;he river, ‘ but there wes . nothing leeecalendber arms or near her. Winser, the piermaster, j e , ziod . to Saving he r from a a atery grave.. She was lef t 410 3' taken to the receiving house. Winter then o.,ll2othde,ertht;idgrhasgevtl:e river for the infant, but nothing was ral highly respectable persons who we o r c e . b dge st the time, and saw the melancholy currence . ' b ra , . , distiactly declared that in falling she threw 0.,..ehi1d from her. The titer was dragged all the tc , si:.nnori vvithout any success. Winter then returned There unfortunate 'woman and found her sitting down. tha t te vi r : 's an immente fire in the room, and the moment rue„ in 'l33er entered she darted from her sect, and in and g towards the fire deliberately plunged her hands th e 111'1,141d them there for some seconds, Winter for ba t es drag ge d g unable to' assist her from fright. n , regard frees the hearth her hands were horribly w u i t and, When searched, a bottle containing laudanum IN uun d upon her. Fiona the hour at which she I„,,ruiajtcd the suicide she had maintained a sullen silence, to t q ue , s ,, g 0 utter one syllable ; the po'ice have, cease et `';'Y, had no opportunity of ascertaining from Qtly the had a child or not. r, tlgost• 4III 'INE, in a very kind tone of voice, put several t.,ions, but She made no reply, merely shaking her 40 _ 1 and otherwise appearing to be suffering intensely °I iteaial agoraSh3% V.l , li, r , e . 3 remanded for a week, with orders to have gre Lt arc inily and kindly watched. The case excited the eb t S) oar achy in court. lita MAJESTY'S THEATRE. s,I/err Labitsk G 4 A ND NATIONAL CON CERTS. tealra u y, who since the death of Johan . n d Is has reigned as king of polka, quadriLe, an z, over all " Fatherland," which in his case at a l , e _ ,i 4 "United Germany," made his first appear bat 0n 4t these. concerts last evening, and assumed the r11 4 . ,t0n uf director of the dance music. Labitsky is a 413 411 of middle age, of quiet gentlerntnly mv,nners, b eh ea u ar u l t atwalyin, thaehrie is w n h o o t se the st s i lightest approach to Js a nearer rcsetnblance le to o f Mu• of conducting la_"„rcl than to that of any other conductor dance music who has been seen in England. He, "°ever, manages his band admirably, and never have E heard dance music delivered with greater spirit, prteision, and etl',c•, than last evening under the fix- Der.ielicE d c(liductiog of llerr Lal:;itt•ky. Two new !ant z,s, the latest productions o! Labitehy's practised e, .were performed on the occasion ; .each is a it in its way. Its reception was enthusiastic, and . lie h - al ag,An warmly greeted when he left the orc,,, r ,. el, ssie , , The programme last ev( ring was rich in (.; 41 music. We had li - ethoven's fine concerto in Wo rte ,, ' 1111 ' 1 a group ctf: Mendelssohn's " Licder ohne of clas ale,' Performed in the purest style 8. 4 ,Putnoforte playing. Charles Halle, pilla')i,erriSk ninth violin concerto - carefully and tastefu .e ll am "Y M.. Saintorn and the overtures to Artisan . ! A itinl-c•gatont, and Mendelssohn's symphonyanamad rairir, Ina.gnificently rendered by the hand, t 4 "Y read Balfe. 4 . 1 , a _ and conducted by lie l w . t. l 4 Chorus " was well sung, Mrs. . the ou taking cianti Alexander Bishop's the soprano solo, and singing it with h,Orrarlat sparkling brilliancy. Madame Biscac l ve e h than eonfirm:d the very high estimate which r e ad previously formud of ln-r by her delicious ,,.,lm z u ~inR of the beautiful " At: ! non giun.gP; I „N;;-).ont!ambu/a, and Madem'ilelle the 0 4,1 , '' Nu ints'" in superb style, and was raptur s Angri sang - very'} 111suded. The attendance at the concert wa fol. UALIFORN lA. tte ln the . adviees of our California correspondent Arstr. Phblie will have observed the result of the pro ,n,,.held out by the Anglo-California Gold __ A -,-, _ . _ ee e d in o '!,. liredging Company, h ist. RS me called attention on the 29th of May . to whose pr 0,,,,„ ,,,,„ This company, it will be remembered, had 1 , ,ceaunce the receipt of reports from Mr. James ! 41 sr an eminent engineer' ," whom they had , e i n tli t outdoand who found himself in a district of wh•emen" riches" on the Stanislaus river, over be i h be bad obtuined an exclusive right, for the ~,_1 1(-1 t Pf the ehareholde-R. This right had been Procured from a Ca t * States armwho p 4in Tremaine, o e mt of y? was to receive 1,000/., and a roy-_ ' f th United ~..Y a third of the produce. " Large pieces of paSrfx, thickly impregnated with gold,' were to be ,u,.lills evidences of the wealth of the mine, and the ' t L e t_le to it was "as secure as that of any of the best „u Urea held in England." The nature of the 'Aver 'ernents of the company, and the fact that the house ti /t it il ° l o . they represented to be their bankers denied b ee n onnexion with them, would, however, have tro sufficient to prevent even' the most credulous . neat being long' deluded, but fur an arrange tila'll,t which the directors had contrived t o o f whose With Sir Henry Vera Huntley, good faith people entertained le t „„ . ta w , AurY sailed some months back at the ea f . no h do d ub h t._ been kioroisti miners, and the company have lately te r ?, atertising that they have received most flat eye r, anipatches from him. It now appears, how r- - , s ,„„ r t thtit on his arrival he learnt that no suehlae Ito ; " kr. Palmer or Captain Tremaine was known,Lon don u that the locality of the mines, of which the drawing, 1, directors had issued a lithographic .cam. stlt_equally u ndiscoverable. Under these cir th " 6 Sir Henry has permitted the miners to . hire -..ernselves out to another - company—the 111ariposa ---who coolly propose to amalgamate with his London fri e A e ,,,„ r kts upon receiving the sum of 100,000/. for con zmg them that privilege. As the amount thus re- Pired would merely purchase the right for the _1.40 Cornish miners to work in a particular spot, without furnishing the slightest guarantee that the p rose of their labour shall be handed over by i t e na to their employers, and as these miners, have,teY prefer working on their own account, nothing to do but to use their practical ?f 'kill in selecting a locality for themselves, the nature the offer and the present condition of the share olders may be easily appreciated. Sir. Henry Iluntley appears to have been as much deceived es they have been ; but at the same time he must be open t o ale reproach of having by his name given support to t sr. , henie by which they have suffered, and the teet h haracter of vi o which he might pre- Times. usly have ascertained by the slightest inquiry.— C ...aumaT Comsctn —The Ministers assembled in Council, for the first t me since the Parliamentary recess, this afternoon, at two o'clock, at the Foreign-office. h were prel,ertt Lord John Russell (wh ) arrived in town t heremorn lIIR from Pembroke Lodge), the Lord Chancellor, th e M_ Tlis Of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Viscount Palnaerston S r Sir Wand s T. Baring, the Chancellorof the Exchequer, SJohn . Hobhouse Sir George Grey, the Right Hon 11. Labou there, the Ea ' rl. of. Carlisle, and the Marquis of Claruicarcie. be Ministers were sitting when we went to preLs. Most town the memb ers o f the Cabinet are expected to remain in u ntil after th e 9th o f N ovember, in order to dine with t he Lord Mayor elect on that day. The COUN TIES AND SOUTHI.ND RAILWAY.— r i l h e Ma s t er in Chancery, Sir W. Horne, h as g i ven not i ce 'oat he will proceed on the opening of his court i n a f ew d ays wit the settlement of th e li st of contributories holding share s ,f.res in :this c oncern, in conformity with the new law of 'bility laid d own by the House of Lords, and that after to the list is s o settled, no party affected thereby will be allowed dispute it without leave of the Court of Chancery. i) Alr MAIL BETWEEN LONDON AND SIIEBBORNE.— .W e hav e much pleasure in being able to announce that it is th e i ntention of the Postmaster -General to establish a day Iliad between London, Sherborue, and Yeovil. The arrange- Ineuts will commence as soon as the necessary preparations ate COMpleted.......yestern /tying Post. THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 18.50. THE A RMY. ROYAL A RTILLERY.— WCOLWICII, OCT. 22 —The gar arn.. (I.,l;:.tird here v. er.) fire s cly atiiruVed to-day by Cie pr.ja ations tor, and embaiketion on board the R-sista4 , co iroep ship of three companies ( f the Royal Artillery—Captain lidt's company (S h battalion) fur G.braltar; Cap ttin Shone's cemp.ny (2d battalion), for Malta; and Captain Bean's COW rally (2 , 1 battalion), for Corfu. The three elm' attics assembled on the Guard Mounting Parade IA half-p.. 4 twelve o'clock, and at , en minutes before one o'clock left the garrison, headed by the band of the corps, playing " The girl I left behind me," and preceded by ne..rly every non-conimissioned officer and man in the garrison, all being anxious to wit- IJCSS their e nr.brltatior.. Tr:e gene rat tottl ( f Royal A rtiller; ewt.arlied in the Resstauce to-day is 5 ca, tains, S lieutenants, I assistant-urgeon (Pa.k), 29 non-com m6sionrd ( friects, 277 rs and driver., 6 trurupetvr:=, find 18 women with their children. The following are, the name's 4f the oll:ers to be stationed :—At Gibraltar, Capttiin ll,ii, First Licut , iJos Earle and Byinr, and S c tr:(1 Licu.enanY J. S. Steilin;:. At I:4lta, c .i.cl First Lleutentint J. M. C:rrpl - .0, at d 1-i • c , Lieutenant 11. At Corfu, Car ain Second Captain First Lieutenants Woolsey cod Walcotr, and S,e , ,nl Li un Blackburn. The Re ,is'ance is to 1.. H towed to the Do...vris on Thursday mornin g. ADVENTURE on the COAST of BRAZIL. ___ (From the Hereford Times.) have teen favoured with a sight of the very interes ing letkr, addressed to the late Jo , ,eph B ttli-y, jun., E•q , the late lamented represen tative for Ilere!ordrhire, from his krother, Lieutenant Jan Miley, U.N., who is at present employed in the Slave-trade Suppression Squadron on the South American cf.ast. It will be seen that he has been re cently engaged in what he very aptly calls "ticklish work." The exploits of which he gives this stirring yet unaffected detail appear to have been of a truly gallant and daring character : "Rio, June 28. My dear Joe,—l have got much to tell you, and hope it may lead to promotion, and therefore this lrt:tr is almost, I- may say, a business one. When I was ordered out to Brazil, Admiral Dundas wrote to me saying he hoped I should take many slavers, and get my promotion for so doing, as Crofton of the Rifl •man has. The Rifleman has been out here eighteen months, and has taken three empty and one half full slaver. I had only been on the station five days when I captured my third; the last of which was from within pistol shot of a battery manned and loaded. We arrived off Rio on the 18th of June, and in sight of the harbour captured a slaver. We then went in to retort ourselves to the admiral, re plenish, and provision af.er cur long passage ; but, as the admiral was cruising outside, I was ordered cut again immediately to report myself, and at the same time to destroy the slaver, which was not in a fit state to go to sea : we sunk her that night. Whilst locking for the admiral on the night of the 20th we captured a second slaver, and she being a fine scund vessel dispatched her to St. Helena, for adjudication. We then returned to Rio; but, being informed where the admiral was, again went in quest of hilaa linme diately, found him that morning, viz., the 22d. It had hitherto been unlawful to take slave vessels out of Brazilian i orts, but I had brought out dispatches for the admiral, ordering him to take them out of their ports when it could be done without successful re sistance being opposed. Now, it was a strange thing that I had that morning obtained information of a no torious fellow lying in a port about eighty miles off, and at once obtained the admiral's leave to go and take the first shine off the new order. Mind you, it was ticklish work ; for Mr. Hudson, ihe British Minister at the Brazilian Court, tells me nothing could he better as it has ended ; but that, if blood had been drawn between the Brazilian troops and my men, the whole responsibility would be thrown on my shoulders. As we had not been more than half an hour in Rio, we had not had time to re-victual, water, or coal, and had therefore only half a day's water, two days' bread, and about fifteen tons of coal remaining; we, therefore, went on two pints of water a day, and started on our mission. I arrived off the port of Mecahi at half-past three F.M. on the 23d. We observed our friend moored, with four stout chain cables, ready for sea, and within pistol shot of an eight gun battery, and lying imme diately under the guns. The boats were sent to exa mine her, who found no captain or papers, but a re gular slave deck, and the beach was crowded with ruffians, banging off muskets in all directions. Whilst the officer wus searching, a body of soldiers marched into the battery and loaded the guns; my young officer not knowing exactly how to act, therefore, drovped his prize and returned for further orders. I therefore went away in a four-oared boat to speak to the commandant of the battery, and see if it was practicable to get her out. It was now dusk, and as I walked up the bank to the office, a fellow let fly a musket close to my head, out of a hedge. I, however, did toy business with the officer, and went on board to examine her myself; she was a perfect little beauty, called the Polka, but as palpable a rogue as I ever saw in my life. I therefore wished them good evening, and returned on boa'd, steamed out a little way to trick them, and having cleared for action and loaded with grape and canister, manned the boats, tawed them to within nandiet-shot of the schooner and fort, then cast them off, as there was not Rater for the ship to approach any nearer. I gave my men in the boats orders nut to fire even if their vessels or boats were struck, but to reserve their fire until some of them had received personal injury, when in self-de fence they were to return it ; and as soon as they had done so I intended to open on the fort, which I sus pect would very soon have been cleared, for we were within short musket range, loaded as I told you. The boats dashed alongside the slaver on the side opposite to the battery, whilst a perfect blaz.s of muskets and rockets was going on around them, though at so cau tious a distance that no one was touched. Presently, in the moonlight, we saw her sails dropped, the cables were slipped, and out she shot like an arrow. Directly she did so bang went the first gun from th e battery, which went far over the mark ; and then a second, it splashed them from head to foot ; a third fished in the pan, and by that time she bad run across our bows, and directly she had done so we steamed in across the line of fire, which immediately ceased; and, giving them three good cheers, as the only return for their shot, dashed off to sea together, at the rate of eight miles an hour. It was the work of ten minutes, and was done without our even snap ping a cap. We then put all the remaining bread we had on board the prize, b,rrow ing some water from her—fur we bad not a drop left—and, packing her off to St. Helena, returned to the admiral, who wts pleased beyond measure, end ordered us into Rio, to provision, tuel, and water. This is unprecedented. We had captured two slavers before our reporting ourselves to the admiral ; and in five days had captured three slavers, and that before her provisioning, and with merely the remnant of fuel we brought out from Eng land. Furthermore, the very first day the new order was issued about taking them out of the ports when practicable, we have taken one of their crack craft, from under the very nose of a manned and loaded battery, and that without spilling a drop of blood. Now, Joe, if they have given Crofton his promotion for taking four vessels in 18 months, I think 1 de serve mine for taking three in five days—l assure you it was not from chance, but from right hard work. We had, since coming on the station, examined 17 vessels; and when we arrived in Rio this time, I had not been in bed, or had my clothes off, for nine days and nights. I can assure you my men were fairly done up. The Brazilians are. furious—they declare that their only treatment of us shall be the knife and the musket ; and their threats are not empty ones. The Rifleman had a volley poured into one boat's crew, which killed one man dead ; and the whole party would have ben murdered, had it not been for their own presence of mind. The Cormorant had three men killed in the street of Rio by being thrown out of a window. We are, therefore, close prisoners, and never think of going anywhere. " Believe me, your very affectionate brother, BAILEY." THE LATE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT KENDAL BY MEANS OF CHLOROFORM —The fellow charged with the ex aordinary attack upon the Rev. Lachlan M'lnto s h, a t Shaw's Temperance Hotel, Kendal, was t r i e d a t th e West moreland Michaelmas Sessions, Kendal, on Friday last. He gave his name Charles Montgomery, but his real name is Charles Vern from Carlisle. He stood committed for trial upon the double charge of an assault with intent to rob, and of stealing a key belonging to the room where the p osecutor slept, which was found along with the bottle of chloroform in prisoner's carpet-bag. The proprietress of the Temperance Hotel, however, refused to swear to this key before the grand jury, although she had sworn to it before the committing magistrates, and the consequence was that the bill for the larceny of the key tell to the grcund. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the attempt to rob, and was sentenced by the bench to eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour, including one month's solitary confinement. A good deal of comment has been made in this town upon what is considered the leniency of the sentence compared with the diabolical nature of the attack. Mr. M•lntosh had been preaching a missionary sermon on the day the assault was made, and it is supposed that the prisoner expected to find the proceeds of the collection in the pockets of his intended victim. MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris 1 , 1 , 5 i per which, at the English Mint price of •f. 179. lOid. r ounce for standard gold, gives an at ex changes f 25 29; and the exchange at Paris on London u l r :; g ti l g i ii t s h h e m p i r n ico f c_nthort bring 25.22 i, it fillows that gold is 026 per at the b Ham . dearer in Paris ti.an in London. By advirei, from standard go ld , • price of / 10I•1 per ounce for Mint 3 . 17— • old is 431 per mark, which, ex change i g"'" an exaiange of 13.8; and the ex it followes that gold on Loudon at short being 13 7.:1, burgh thsta a i t c grd 0.12 per cent. dearer In Ham- New York on .ondon. Tne course of exchange at per cent., and the London for bills at 60 (la) a' sight is 110 1 America being lo pa 2 r of exchange beim , en England and exchange is nominall y per cent., it follows that the land, and after making 0 92 per cei t. in favour of Eng interest and charge sallowance for difference of leaves a pro fi t on the transport, the present rate United tates. importation of gold from the PARIS IN MA:iCI!, 1850. (cork TlNtir D.) The French term divided m two ; these who wish to be c entralizer, and these who wish to be funct Iona" Lt. When a deputa`i , :n came to Napoleon, his frtqu,nt answer woe, Von: sere: organi.s . es: End there is a proverbial aspiration, Let Ice be officer, if only of a Mill! (gue je sois officier, mime d ' un moulin!). You haNe seen their wini'mills—it is not necessary to he 11. n Quixote to take them for scare crows. M. H. de Traria e:e said in the Assembly, there was one functionary to every nitae inhabitants. It is f ated that a vingtaine or trentaine of little minds are stronger than one large tnittd t,etter have accurate returns of maral filth, distinguishing that collected by clerical or military scavengers, than by a single great truth or touch f nature induce eve ry man to sweep lefnre his own door. Unfortunately the only pecp'e who neither wish to la , officers nor of man of principle—the rosin spri, g or molly motrice of Flanae, are—the Fauxbourgs St. Antoine and Marcum] ! Poor Tesso ok his curious and candid Paragone dell Italia alla Francia gives them an inditietant character : uomini Ore a tutti gli altri cilissirni ; and the airy G.4s( on, Montaigne, says just as much, knowing them stid better. Pari-, a city will about half the Topu lation of London, has more than twenty larve theatres—the'ourreuses de loges do the most effi cruel part of the not leust valuable police—at these theatre s. " Waen the Fauxbourgs come down, " that n they come down into the streets, in the tempt st of primitive passions, with hung-r, eldest and strongest of the passions, what will the poor ouvreuses de loges do? About as much as Guizor, that seeritaire ambu lant, par negotiis neque supra, the ex pedagogue, more culpable than all the Polignacs, who misguided the second childhood of the king of shuffli?rs. Your Frenchman has no personal interest in order public, but thinks some one else has. With us every male becomes a JUROR—on great occasions a special constable, and when not wanted goes home to his sea-coal fire." In France, all who don't wish to be officers must be officered : 'you see, besides troops hone and foot, guards national, guards mobile, gens d'armes, gens d'armes mobilised, agents of police equiva lent to sergents de ville, and a whole hierarchy of secret agents or mouchards brought up to the art from their youth. All these messieurs are wasting their time—all compromising their safety, and with all this apparel Louis Philippe, after Madame Ade death, never knew what was passing in his own house. _ _ An ingenious writer, or joint stock of writers, under the names of Stendhal and Boinbet, professing to treat ,sf Handel and Rossini, spoke of " the ten Ministers of some Italian Court who had not among them so much business as one French prefect?' Many of the functionaries are attorneys— drape offaire demande un homme par ce que chaque honzme demande une place; les papiers se multiplient. With us, nepotism or Grey ism forms the exception —a Ministry might be formed without them—here centralization is the rule—if they had more liberty they would have more order. They palliate hatred with a scanty Greek pallium of decency till the monstrous moral nakedness comes to view. " This passion for uniformity arose out of arrogance and impatience—in science it would have stopped re search, in religion it produced persecution, in politics despotism. The flowers of the field mock our hard words, the trees of the forest deride our classification." In such a state of things all is negative, personal, verbal, ephemeral; success to the lukewarm, the cor rupt, the mediocre, who would rather appear in everything than appear well in anything, who can do nothing but undo, who would rather do mischief than do nothing, because they would rather do anything than not do somebody. Hence the diabolic nouns, Testi, Gisquet, Praslin, Petit, S , lphy Dawes, Par meatier, Bresson, Cubieres, Libri, and Guizot captain of the host—by way of indulgence he " may wear his rue with a difference. The chreeau at Versailles, as every one knows, is a tissue of gilding, marbles and paintings, in which nothing rises to high art and nothing sinks to mediocrity. Here is a panorama of triumph, an immense port folio of highly-coloured pictures as large as life, in which the petit caporal appears often, but never too often. Here must be at least a mile, 1,760 yards, of magnificent apartments, perfectly free from damp and dirt, all restored and supp lied b y Louis Philippe at his own expense. The construction and preserva tion of such a palace as Versailles shows the prodigious, yet, perhaps, misapplied industry of the French ; and, as usual, a physical condition comes in aid of the mor.il sentiment. Paris (Lutetia, from lutum) and also Versailles, stAnd on quarrits containing gypsum, or sulphate of lime. Of these there are two sorts, one the famous plaster of Paris, or pierre u piatre, the other, mallon, very si milar, but easily worked, soon hardening, and of the Purest white, so that stones and mortar of the best kind are found close at hand. I, the same manner Brighton,,a small fishing villrge, by its flint and cliak ha‘ grown into a town of 30,030 inhabitants, as the B tth stone originated the ci , ies of 134th and Wel a, with the exquisite tracery of Glastonbury. The mechanical genius of F renchmenis feniiliar to those semicentenarians who remember the 4 . French prisoners" at Norman-cross and Yaxley-barracks, with their naval models cut from mutton bones and their cannon hammered out of hal!'pence. Every bourgeois now has a clock superior to that which be longed to poor Mary Antoinette at Versailles, and they will make you a good watch no bigger than a shilling. Mirabeau had carved a slave-ship with all its horrid details. Sir 'Walter Scott says,—" A small taste for mechanics encourages a trifling sort of self-conceit, founded on knowing what is not worth being known by one who has other matters to employ his mind upon ; in short, forms a trumpery, gimcrack sort of character." Yet Sir Walter was not thinking of the French. Here, no doubt, that most aristocratic count — Alfieri, would 1 ave sniffed at the miserabile magnifi cenza ultramontana : yet Versailles is superior to England. A little farther north you have Lapland wi h still smaller houses and that little all roof. Guld. smith says perhaps too favourably of the English, tyrants of his own country which he deserted— i" Intent'on7Mgh7designF, a thoughtful band . . . I see the Lords of human kind pass by, __ Pride in their port, defiance in thei r e y e. " of the French— " The sports of children satiJy the child." Prevailing Poet. But, as a critic, not to be trusted implicitly, for he would have destroyed, at one fell swoop, all Italy—and all Shalispere ! as may be seen textually in the "Vicar of Wakefield" and the " Tra veller." He had moved in some petty jealous scene, and, born for the universo, narrowed his mind—the hero of some bog, he had b: en at once insulaire and montagnard. H. C. COURT OF CHANCERY. — There are now two Vice- Chancellorships vacant—one occasioned by the death of the late Sir Lancelot Shadvrcll, the Vice-Chancellor of England, in August last. and the other by the recent resignation of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, on account of continued indisposi tion. It is understood that one Vice-Chancellor only will be appointed to• supply the places of the two judges whose offices have thus become vacant. It is expected that the Master of the Rolls, together with the Vice-Chancellor Knight Brace, and the Vice-Chancellor who is to be ap pointed, will be enabled to keep down the business of the court, even:assuming that the Lord-Chancellor will be ex clusively engaged in.hearing appeals.— Times. THE COUNTY COURTS —A new provision appears in the Extended County Courts Act relating to actions against officers of the courts. It is enacted that after the passing of the Act no action shall be brought against any high bailiff or person acting under him for anything done in obedience to any warrant under the hand of the clerk and seal of the court, until demand bath been vide for a perusal and copy of such warrant, and that the same hath been re fused or neglected by the space of six days after such de mind. Should any action be brought against the high bailiff or other person connected with him, without making the clerk of the court who signed and sealed the warrant a de fendant, the jury on the trial shall give a verdict for the de fendant, notwithstanding any defect in the warrant. If such action be brought jointly against a clerk and bailiff or other person, then on proof of such warrant the jury shall find for the bailiff ; and if the verdict be given against the clerk the plaintiff shall recover his costs against him, which costs shall include the costs the plaintiff was liable to pay the other defendant. In an action under this Act the defendant may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence on the trial. Hitherto it was sufficient that an action should be brought against a high bailiff, but now it is I otherwise. - - • We are enabled to state that since the new Stamp Act came into operation, on the 10th of this month, the de mand for stamps has been w great as to add to, instead of diminishing, the amount of revenue derived from that source, notwithstanding the great reduction which has taken place in the tariffof prices. The number of railway transfers alone has been much greater than any one ever anticipated ; and it is believed, that so far from falling off, there will be a steady increase in the consumption of stamps as the advan tages of the new scale of duties begin to be appreciated. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is, we understand, exceed ingly gratified with the result of the experiment, so far as it has gone; and it is believed that should the new scale of duties continue as productive in the intervening period be tween the present time and the close of the financial year, in the beginning of April, the Ri ;lit Hon. Gentleman will be induced to make other reductions in the amount of particular taxes which operate injuriously on the industi y of the country. SUICIDE AT THE HOUSE OF DYITENTION.—THE SOLITARY SY STEAL—An it qnest was held yesterday after noontenrkmetnttwu jells,uoicnidethbeyb(b)dayng(ici)gGieoitrigiseeitßaikaerh,isageeedil by H. M. akley,. Lai., at the House of Detention, wiu that C co lls, prison on Sunday evening 1.7.5 t. lie bad been committed from Cleikenweli Police court f r stealing a handkerchief. The governor of the pris , n said he bad seen nothing peculiar in his conduct, and he had made no c. mplaint of firs treat ment. He; had been in prise,' three times before for pinking pockets. The coroner then addressed the jury, and said that in this prison and in that at Pentonville the solitary system was adopted, and it was of great importance to inquire how far that system had influence on the mind and brain t f the. prisoners where it was adopte 4 . During the 18 months he had the honour of acting as deputy coroner, he had held six inquests on suicides committed in prisons, three of these beteg in Pentonville arid , three in the House of Detention, in both of which the solitary principle was carried out, while in the House of Correction and the other prisons not a ' single suicide had occurred. After a short consultation the jury, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." LITERATURE. THE VIRGIN WIDOW. A Pluy. By Henry Taylor. A paetic tfration of tiny kind coming to us from the author of "Pnilip Van Artevale" is always welcome, more e:Tecially if of a dramatic character. His pure and cultivated taste, his ornate but not over elab:)r6ted finish, his diction at once musical and sonorous, impart to all the emanations of his fancy a charm which never fails to gratify the first require ments of the critic, although it seldom succeeds in arousing anything hut a very moderated enthusiasm. From the original outpourings of Mr. Taylor's imagi natio❑ it was at one time conjectured that to him we might lock with some degree of confidence for the reviv.A of the ancient glories of our dramatic litera ture. It was conceived that while the romance of Knowles, the satire of Jerrold, the sensibility of Marston, the sprightliness of Boureicault, the vrsa- of Lyt`on, the ingenuity of Lovell, and the al elc quence of Talfourl toll ctively, succeeded a:ning the drama at a period which for some ale threatened to witness its decadence, the gen'us which had created a soul " under th,.. rib. Of death" in the irstance of " Philip Van Ar event.," might by the union of s,me at 'cast, if not all, of the,e great qualities originate some school of dramatic composition worthy of comveting with those of sr, Otway or a ALlssin ger. Un'ortunately, this expectation of his admirers has been long since dissip ANL Instead of inaugurat log a new era in this depirtment of literature, II my Taylor 11s contented himself with athlirg works of singular beauty, though of no remark Able splen - dour, to those of his many gifted rivals and contempo raries. In his 0 Statesman" and his " Eve of the Conquest," in his " Edwin the Fair" and his " Isaac Commenus," he has displayed, it is true, poetic clips cities of a different order from those revealed in his tliity clasAc "Philip Van Artevelde ;" yet, while showing the wider scope of his intellect, he has failed altogether in elevat ing his reputation. Perhaps the most ripened fruits of his mind are the prose essays in which he has vindicated his powers of cogitation, the " Notes from Books" and the " Notes from Life," in which are stored to gether the truths of philosophic reverie. To those who bad admired his reflective fancy, even when disporting in the trammels of verse, it was matter of satisfaction to listen to him when discoursing on the profoundest problems of existence, on the " Life Poetic " or on the " Choice in Marriage," to hear him in the unche eked flow of his meditations talking to us on such themes as those of "wisdom" and of "children," of "money," "hu mility," and "independence." Yet even the gratifi cation derived from the perusal of these admirable productions could not prevent many froth longing to witness a somewhat truer and nobler completion of so much and such brilliant intellectual promise. The truth was we had been spoilt by the excellences of " Philip Van Artevelde." We looked to the author of that composition not for works of merit,but for:Mas terpieces. Hitherto our hopes in this regard have re - mained unrealized. The " Virgin Widow," in spite of its many graces, cannot be viewed as any such bright dramatic achievement. That it will charm even the most fastidious might almost have been predicted before its examination, and now, after devouring the five successive acts of the play, might be averred with confidence. Nevertheless with all this, we are perforce necessitated to close the volume with a certain sense of disappoint ment. Mr. Taylor, in selecting as the framework of his drama the romantic and poetic comedy, has chosen well, but he might, considering the peculiarities of his genius, have chosen better. True that this style of composition includes, as he himself expresses it, " though not the four seasons, yet the spring, summer, and autumn of nature ;" true, moreover, that the dramatist avows, in addition to this, an unconquer able reluctance to adventure upon the production of a tragedy in these his days of manhood, " tragedy of any kind" appearing to him " to demand more of the hardihood, perhaps," says he, "1 may say the hard ness of youth"—yet, notwithstanding these assurances in his preface, we cannot help regretting that he did not endeavour to contradict their accuracy afterwards. As it is, however, we accept.the " Virgin Widow" gladly, and a perusal proves it to be most acceptable. Solicitous as we are that more should read the book itself, we abstain from attempting any synopsis of the plot. Among the numerous characters, six women and fifteen men, particularised by name in the list of the dramatis personce, besides actors, marshal men, courtiers, citizens, sailors, and the rest of a mot ley population, the best discriminated are—Rosalbe, the heroine, and her lively friend Fiordeliz i, with the lover of the former lady, bight Silisco, Marquis of Meleipina. As the titles might indicate, the scene of the play is cast on the soil rendered claeSie by the Idylls of Theocritus. Occasionally the exceeding purity of the composition is flawed by eccentricities of phrase not unlike those sometimes indulged in by Robert Browning. For instance, we find it written in one part (p. 17), " Take it, mate, and begone ; and by sunset let the good ship M eldelena look smell in the offing, like a lobster with its legs up;' another while it is said (p. 123), " 1.1 there he anything strange left us here below, I prithee tell it ; for I thought that every• day droppings had worn the world as smooth as a wash-ball,' r.nd yet more at another (p 128), " T , 1i that to my young est daughter, and y ou. shalt like t s i e uz e t he s r ucT s quiver N v i k t ii h n ou vt t , it brieiji;y gro t the lull tail or of a fantastic lamb Mr. Taylor can be infiuitsly humorous,—as where he mskes Fiordeliz-t indicate jestingly the sluggishness of Ruggit ro thus— " Ile's slow,—sl,w es a tortoisr,— once He was ran over by a funeral 1" The following passage descriptive of autumnal va e r cAsi i loc a -n t mhdf i o nei Nt r so i sswanttotnhunteradsey):, greets: r icat e rrk m iep aitaninhoddbni bridegroom sumo(d;f. gntwithoe fi:anfmdocir,phiara.3 from m t gtl e ir,nh f ielgeies l e l mbs :lui r ee . nde : ylot's w EI l e : vk b - , tt fo i h r their t tsr: to on meet b e e e tbirhoLnk now; `Tileha twshrunk The plane-tree leaf is piebald with black blots; Upon the snowbcrry-bush the big drops bead; And the goose planis starred patterns of her loot Iu the moist clay." The handsome form of Silisco is thus eharmingly described by R ssalba a summer-house which was once a temple, is a statue of Silisco, made when he was a boy. A , statue of Antinous stands opposite to it, and Silisco 's is the more beautiful of the two." Of an unnatural matrimo n y b etween the age d Ugo es and the young osalba, it is said very exquisitely by Ruggiero— - " A chaplet of forced flowers on Wi nter ' s b row seems not less inharmoni ous to me Thanthe h u a n s timely snow on th e green l ea f." The takendramatist a hint from one of the lovely songs of Tennyson, where the former writes—" Tile sun is hot and the flowers are happy. But look at yonder sunflower on one side of the arch, how it hangs its head ! and at the holl3 hock leaning over from the other ; they are broken-hearted about the , last carnation, poor thing for it di e d yesterday.' Alfred Tennyson having long since penned that refrain about the drooping of the flowers in autumn — "Heavily hangs the broad suntl ,wer Over its grave in the earth so chilly, Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Heavily haigs ti .e tiger-lily." One of the most beautiful sentences in the volume before us is the one in which the loveliness of Rosalba, noticeable tbo Virgin Widow, is thus celebrated— " " She speaks not often, but her presence sp eaks, And is itself an elevence, which mithdrawn,, It seems as though some strain of music ceas d That filed till then th e p a l p i tat i ng air With swe et pulsations," Such are among the more prominent and features of this elegantly.conceived gracefully. executed drama, a work whi c h, w ithout extending in any respect , will sustain and justify the authors po pularity. A i Ne EAST BAILEY'S INDIA D U i N A I T R E E D C S O E R R D I:. I C ir ..E o . This is the fourth quarterly publication of this most compete army and navy li s t, which i g-ves not only a list of all officers in the Queen's service, whether naval or military, but also a similbr list of all officers in the East India Company's service, the whole ar ranged alphabetically, so that by referring to the name of any officer his rank and standing can at once be discovered, and if on active s ervice a reference to the regimental list will at once show in what part of the world he is stationed. It is, in short, a perfect mirror of the naval, military, and East India Com pany's services as they were on the 19±. Oct., 1850. PAYNE'SILLUSTRA TED CEYLON. Captain Wynn Payne has conferred a great obli gation on all who take an inte rest in colonial m att e rs Or the publication of this g i g antic and accurate ma p of one of the most valuable, b ut at the same time one of the most neglected, of our colonies. Ot fertilit y un bounded, possessing every variety of cli ma t e , f rom until the the temperature, in the mountains of England, and in the vallies and on the shore of Ilindostan, capable of growing with ( qual advantage in its lower zone have had coffee, cotton, sugar, rice, and the other productions of the cereal products tropical climates, and in is more elevated w r h eg o, lo d t u is i a n l i l , o f the temperate zoo,_tnci:ustio:3l, hasb publicationeen so o u f n t a h c e e o: , c i :r t k a b y ! y n ,c7ugtildece t r e n d ° t t in h: , t, w:e no accurate map of the island. This defect, h ,, , gvivuenrd, aharsesbideeennnseut:;ii:ndanbyy C3sepatr.sWinyntnhPeayhoiser., d,. surveyed every part of it, and who has given us the art this results of his labours in the very benutitut map now subjects most itt.d the under review, which not only gives us the plan," as it were, of the island, bur, with its illustra tions, shows us the physical features of the island, and o a f re th as e highest daguerreotypes its inhabitants. As a wot k o f map is one of the most beautiful specimens of en graving ever produced. It is of gigantic dimensions (being something like seven foot by four), interesting, and as en illustrations arranged groruavnidngist very order of art. - - • P OF THE PROJECTED POLISH BALL. Ye,tt rday, in the afternoon, a meeting of the com• rnittte for the management of this anticipated enter nt was held at the Giildhall. Mr. Deputy Peacock ' , resided. Theßight lion. Lord Dudley Ceutts Stuart, M.P., was present, and a number of the gentlemen connected with the association insti iuted for the relief of the Polish refug& es ; also several of the members of the Court of Common Council, amongst whom we noticed Mr. Deputy Holt, Mr. De puty Britten, Mr. William Barber, Mr. George Wal ter, Mr. M€adr, Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Carr, &c. In opening the proceedings, Mr. Deputy PEACOCK said that it was with no small dt gree of pleasure that he f and himself again in the chair in behalf of such an excellent object as that of supporting the project of a b3ll for the - benefit of the Polish.refugees. For several years he had felt great p!eiv , ure in forwarding that ohjoet, and he was proud to fh:d that so, much success had attended the ctlorts of th(me who had pmtronittd it. Seeing Lord Dudley Cutts Stuart present upon that occasion he (D put}' Peacock) bop d that his Lordship would have the goodness to state for the information of the unmittee how matters stood with the association with which he was connected, and whether any din.i nution had .tken place in the &aims upon the insti tutiou. Lie (D linty Peacock) thought it would be most desirable if his Lordship would do so. L D. C. STUART, in acknowledging the constant and disinterested kindness of the Chairman and the members of the Corporation generally with reference to the condition of the Polish refugees, observed that he fit exceediogly thankful to Deputy Peacock fur the desire he had expressed for information upon the subject of the association. He would say, as be had before said, that he was very happy to meet them there again ; and he felt a renewed pleasure once more to be associated with them in so good a cause. The cause was a good one—it was one of benevolence and of kindness towards men in distress.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that it might want the charm of novelty to recommend it, and it might not be so attractive to the public as it once was, but still he (Lord Dudley Stuart) believed it to be, as he considered it always to have been, the cause of truth and justice. — (Cheers) He would not go into the merits of the question at all in its political aspect, fur it was enough for them to know that there were foreigners amongst theca who required their aid, foreigners who were brought into the melancholy condition of exile by their resolute discharge of that which in their view they considered to be their duty. It was to assuage the pain and to mitigate the sufferings of these exiles that those who desired to promote the Polish Ball came together.—(Hear.) They might have—indeed they had—different political views and feelings, and so had the Poles themselves ; but the of that committee had in view was not to assist any political design, but to render the lot of such men more tolerable whilst they were in this country, and to save them from com plete destitution. The facts of the case, which it was. most desirable that the public should fully understand, he would shortly state. Some years ago about 700 Poles received a weekly allowance from the Treasury, and there were about 60 or 70, whose cases did not come within the rules of the Treasury, who formed what might be termed a supplementary body, the whole of whom received weekly relief from the " Association of the Friends of Poland." In 1848 350 were receiving assistance from the Governnent ; in October, 1850, the number was diminished by deaths, removals, and other causes by 139, so that at that time there were but 211 recipients from that source.—(Hear.) In October, 1848, 32 were sup ported by the association ; at the present time 15 only —showing a diminution of 17 within the last two years. There were 505 refugees—Polish refugees— in England, the whole of whom received medical as sistance in cases of need from the institution. The weekly allowances, however, were very small, for no man, let his rank in the army or in society be what it might, had more than 15s. per week, while captains and subalterns received but 10s. a week, and privates 91 per day or 53. 3d. weekly. —(Hear, hear.) He had always felt for the condition of the officers; they were, in his opinion, greater objects of compassion than the private soldiers—not because they were more meritorious, but because their posi tion in this country was far more different from what it was in their own than that of the private soldier. Ile was anxious to impress upon the committee the fact that in distributing the moneys rai-ed upon the last occasion the managers of the Association of the Friends of Poland had laid out no inconsiderable sums in forwarding Poles to countries where they might obtain work aid a good remuneration for their labour. Several had been sent to New York, and he had seen letters from some of them, in which the gra- tifying intelligence was conveyed that the majority of them obtained work the day after they arrived, at very excellent wages.--(Hear, hear.) Some parties had gru'lged the use of the Guildhall for the Poles, inaqnuch as the claims of the English pour were pa ramount to those of foreigners. That was true; but it did not follow that bee use the Poles were benefited the purse strings of the promoters of that charity were so closely drawn in consequence that the English poor could nut obtain the assistance they deserv. d. It had been said, also, that the Poles ought to find a refuge in their own country. Now, it wis impossible for them to do so; in most instances they were compelled to be exiles Then, it had been said, "Why do not their own countrymen support them ?" The reason to the com mittee he was sure would appear perfectly plain. No one dared openly to do so, alth high he (Lord D. Stuart) was happy to say that some kind-hearted men, pitying the condition of their fellow-countrymen in exle, had forwarded to him (though he never saw the b. nefactors, and obviously could not use their names). so large a . surn as 1,2001., which he was empowered to lay out for- the refugees according to his own judg ment. lie heartily thanked the committee for their kindness in aiding a cause in which he had been so long deeply interested ; any moneys which might be collected should be economically spent in aid of the object. Same complaints, it was true, had been urged against the association, and it had 'seen said that be cause an applicant fir assistance was a democrat he hd been refused. The fact was that no such instance had occurred. Their rules, which were very simple, imposed no restrictions: none but proper characters were permitted to become recipients, but no inquiry was made either as to the political opinions or the peculiarity of the faith of any candidate. He would thank the committee again most cordially for their kindness in so readily coining forward to assist the good cause in which they were mutually engaged. Dsputy Hoes' said that he was delighted to see his Lordship present at the meeting. lie (Deputy Holt) was of opinion that the city was much indebted to the a.ssociati n for having asked for the use of the hall for the Polish ball. It was an opportunity for these who delighted in such spirit-stirring amuse ments to gratify a most natural desire, while at the same time it caused money to be circulated, and numbers of tradesmen specially connected with the fancy trade were benefited. The association, further, had set them a good example. Years since he re collected a ball was got up for the good of the ward schools, but that proved a failure; since the Polish efforts had been made, however, another attempt for the benefit of these schools had been made, and that had proved to he eminently successful.—(ll.ear, hear.) To his own ward upon that occasion the profits arising from the ball were from 1201. to 1301. With regard to the Polish ball he might say that it was one of the most magni ficent sights that could be witnessed, the coup d' ceil being shown to so much advantage in their an cient and splendid hall.—(llear.) Ile had seen the Prince Regent's hall, and he had witnessed the enter tainments given by the Marquis of Stafford and other noblemen, but for beauty, brilliancy, and splendour the Polish ball stood unrivalled.—(dear.) That was an entertainment with which he was sure everybody must be fully satisfied. Mr. CARR, the honorary secretary to the commit tee, then read the resolutions come to at the prelimi nary meeting, which was confirmed. The business which followed was simply of a routine character, after the transaction of which the com mittee adjourned. The Lord Mayor elect end the Sheriffs have inti mated to the committee their willingness to aid them in giving their sanction to the object. Those eminent caterers, Messrs. Bathe and Breach, have obtained the order to serve the refreshments fur the occasion, and Adams' quadrille band is to be engaged. LIMIT AND DARKNESS; OR, MYSTERIES OF LIFE. I BY Mas. Chown, author of '• The Ni g ht Side of Nature," " Lilly Dawson,"&c., 3 vols. This extraordinary book seems likely to exceed in popularity all the former productions of the clever writer. The Athenceum, in reviewing it,' says— "To those . who' are - unfamiliar with the Causes Celebies,' the ' Collections of Feuerbach,' and other such works, Mrs. Crowe's •Mysteries of Life' may be strongly recommended. As, a grim November book, holding fast the awe•stricken reader, it can have very few , if any, c ompetitors. Its authoress as impressive as that of the has a way with ter vety nearly Ancient Mariner.' In all her larger storie., even where the incidents are most ingeniously improbable, Mrs. Crowe has 'narrated them with such sincerity as to fascinate us into acquiescence with their wonders. in this respect she ap proaches Mss Edgeworth." EXPENDITURE CoStMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FonnsTs.—lt appears by the general abstract of the accounts of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests for the'year ended the 31st of March, 1850,• that the total re cei p a were I,i" 32,976/, and the payments 1,155,947/., leaving a balance of 122,951,199/ The following were the principal auras paid by the Ctramissioners in compliance with votes of Parliament:—Public buildings and royal palaces, 97,5751- ; 'Buckingham Pa'ace improvements, 21,06 C/. ; new pslm house at Kew, 6 291 .; temp orar y Houses of Parliament, 3,1771.: new lloeses Of Parliament, 92,662/. ; Holyhead harbour, 8,8161.; • Harbour of Refuge at Ifolyhead, 1,7891.; British Museum buildi4,s, 26,1591.; Geological survey, 14,7741.; Nelson mo nument, 1,9141. ; Ambassador's house at Paris, 917/. ; Ambas sador's house at Constantinople, 5,7871.; Metropolitan im provements (3d and 4th Vic. c. 9 wet 10), 411,01 0/ ; Chel sea -bridge and embankmint, t,930/.; Battersea Park, 30,881/. ; Menai and Conway bridges tolls accounts, 2,143/. ; Windsor town improvements, 20,447/. ; New Forest, 2,58 q. The total cash balance due to the Commissioners by the several banks in the United Kingdom on the 30th of March lato, 'yfa,S 171,806!, 118 ! Bd. COURT CIRCULAR. OSI3ORNE, OCT. 22.7 Thc• Qieen an i Prince walked oarly this morning [n the Paik and grounds of Osborne. The younger branches of the Royal Family took :heir accuitomed walks and rides. The Marquis d'.A z 'glio, the Sardinian Minister, left town yesterday, for ten days, on leave, for the continent. Grey arrived in town last evening, from his seat, Ilowick Hall, Northumberland. The ChancellJr of the Exchtquer arrived at his residence, in Dom ning- street, 3 estercloy evening, from his seat, Mickleton hall, Yorkshire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIG 1.1.T0N AU I UAIN RACES.— TUESDAY. The Trial of 3 sow,. rich, and 25 addict. T.Y.C. (14 Subs.) Mr. Ro`,erts's rcinr, 4 y rt, 84 131 h ..... (Preston) 1 Mr. Suess ing's ch fby Rstsri (501.). 7$ ...(Crouch) 2 The following al o stsrtcd:—Mr. Tucksr's Seagull, 6 yrs (5t1.), 74 I Ilb ( W akcfisld)— Mr. Poole's sir Fcr dtrrnnd,agf d, Bst 41b (Clualot)—Mr. Drew's S slon, 4 yr - , 7st 6 . 1- (Heaysns)—Mr. Parr's Morocco, aged. 9 , t (Hall) - Burgess's The Crowner, 4 yrs. B,t 21b (Burn) — Me j,r inOlurst'. Ti.e Slat pshire Wiley, 5 ) rs, 7kt 91b (car. 7$ 1110 (Brook-)—Mr. Clark's York la'e Game cock, eged, 7s. 111 b (Wir Itel)—Mr. F. B li's C -roust, 4 yrs, 8 ,t 91b (F. 13,11)—Mr. Salt's Bastilion, 4 yrs, 8 t 3;t, (W. Abdal..) —Mr. Woiteu's Marchi r e.s, 4 yrs, 8d 1316 (car. 9st lit) (Simmordo —Mr. li . mmin's Jessie, 4 3 rs, Bst 1015 (It. Sherwooo)—aud Mr. IVasning's Elopement, 5 yrs, Sat 91b (Moon). Won cleverly by a length, Elopement and Seagull well up. The Brighton Autcmn Hard:cap of 5 sovs. each and 50 added, 2 tt if declared. New course. (10 Suhs., 1 paid.) Mr. Hs) ter's Banclsome Doe, 3 yrs, 7$ 21b (Gilbert) 1 Mr. Burgess's Red Doe, 5 yrs, 7ft 61b...(T. Brown) 2 Sir C. Rushout's Thibault, 4 yrs, 7st 121b...(8r00ka) 3 The following also warted, but were not placed:—Mr. Winch's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Treen)—Mr. Osbaldes ton's Minimum, 4 yrs, Sat lib (Abdale)—Mr. J. S. Douglas's Sir Gilb?rt, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Abrahams) —Mr. Burgess's The Crown, 4 yrs, Tat 41b (Crouch). Won by a length—Thibault and Sir Gilbert well up. The limiters' Stakes of 5 sous each, and 20 added. Ileatt;, the New Course, over four hurdles. (3 Subs.) Mr. Pattison's Passion Flower, lOst 71b(Mr. Read) 1 1 Mr.Dri we'sMartingale, 6 yrs, 12: t 1 lb(Fredericks) 2 2 Mr. Land's Boundlsss, 4 yrs, list 11b...(Owner) dis Both hea's won by two lengths. The Southdown Plato of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each. Heats, New Course. (5 Subs.) Mr. Burgess's Red Doe, 5 yrs, 9:t 61b(T. Burn) 4 1 1 Mr. Head's Arlette, 3 yrs, Tat 41b (Sherwood) 1 3 dr Mr. Lambert's Highwayman, 10st 51b (F. Bell) 3 2 dr Mr. Caffal's Fanny Hill, 9st 91b (Donaldson) 2 dr Mr. Parr's Morocco, aged, lOst 21b (0 Riser) dis Morocco came in first in the first heat, but ran the wrong course. Won cleverly. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING, 1850. The Weights for the Epsom Autumn Handicap Sweep stakes, 15 ft, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before - Monday next. Essedarius, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Cossack, 6 yrs, 8$ 71b— Old Dan Tucker, 4 yrs, Bs—Vanspyre, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b —Woolwich, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Fugleman, 5 yrs, 7st 71b —Ballinsfad, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Russborough, 3 yrs, 7st 71b —Backbiter, 5 yrs. ist 51b—Langton, 4 yrs, ist 31b — The Italian, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Snowstorm, 4 yrs, 7st 11b— Makeready, 5 yrs, 6$ 131b—Mrs. Taft, 5 yrs, 6st 13th —Quiver, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Kissaway, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Lord George, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Musician, 3 yrs, Est 1 Ilb—Glen Saddel, 5 yra, Est 111 b Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Dulcet, aged 6st 81b— Sauter•la-Coupe, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Zadoc, 3 yrs, 6st 71b— Administrator, 6 yrs, 6st 61b—Laudseer, 4 y rs, 6st 61b— Agis, 5 yrs, 6st 61b—Champion, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—The Swede, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Tophana, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—Little Jack, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Msuk Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st 31b— Kcight of Gwynne. 3 yrs, 6$ 31b—Eva, 4 yrs, Est 31b— The Monk, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—The Baroness, 4 yrs, 6$ Ilb —Thibault, 4 yra, 6$ lib—Docility, 4 yrs, 6s—Me lody, 4 yrs, 6st—Flare-up, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Wont-you come-out-to-night, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Duxbury, 3 yrs, sst 131b—King of Oude, 3 yrs, 5$ 121b—Alinimum, 4 yrs, 5$ 12ib—Kathleen, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Grist, 3 yrs, sst 916—Wansdyke, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Maria Mont, 6 yrs, sst 81b—Little George, 3 yrs, sst 6!b—Chief Justice, 3 yrs, sst 51b—br c by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Panope, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Nutcracker, 3 yrs, 5$ 21b—Cora, 3 yrs, sst Ilb—Nutmeg, 3 yre, Sat—Bring ton, 3 yrs, 4st 1 ib—Valentine, 3 yrs, 4st 9:b. Handicap for the Beddington Stakes, for two yrs old. Thoroughgood Sam, Bst 101b—Entre Nous, 8$ 71b— Nancy, 8$ 61b—Iracandus, Bst 41b—Theseus, Bst 21b— br c by Sir Hercules, out of Miss Letty, Bst 216—Thun derbolt, Bst 21b—Mr. Merryman, Bst 1 ib—Hothorpe, Bst —eh fby Pantaloon, out of Lady, 7st 131b—The Bride, 7at 131 b—b fby Birdcatcher, out of Wadastra, ist 131 b —Rowena, by Dulcimer, 7st 1 Ilb—Truth, 7st 111b — Britannia, ist 101b—Knight of the Garter, 7st 91b— Whisper ist 81b—b cby Sir Hercules, out of Empress, ist 81b- 2 The Calculator, 7st 61b—Manchester, ist 61b— 'Perps:ctiore, ist 51b—b cby Venison, out of Venus, 7st 51b—Soufflé, 7st 21b—Castellan, 7st lib—Quadroon, 74 —1 he Incurable, 64 121 b—b fby Epirus, out of Dark Susan, Gat 121b—St. Hilda, 6st 121 b. handicap for the We her States. Gentlemen riders. Mrs. Tafr, 5 yrs, list 10,b—Quiscr, 4 yrs, list 71b— Eva, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 21b—(E lipus, 4 yrs, 1 1 st—Agts, 5 yrr, 1 tat—Hope, 5 yrs. I Ist—Scratch, 4 ) rs, lOst 121b—Ma gician, 4 yrs, lOst 7 In—Farinv Hill (late Archery), 5 3 rs, lOst 61b—J.ssy, 4 yrp, 10 t —Chief Justice, 3 yt s, 10. t. BE ['TING ,lANCLIESTER -TUT:SDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE S•rAuE . . - 4 to I opt Liudgmve (talc" 9 io 2)-7 to 1 az , t Italian (1)-12 to 1 agst Turnus-13 to I agst E,sedatius-1.1 t , 1 agst Lu~d ston© (t,iten and afterwards offers d)—I8 to 1 agst Trouncer (0-20 t ) 1 agst Miss Ann (0-20 t.i 1 agst King of Uud•• (tt.ke 25 to 1). LIVERPOOL Z-TEEPIACLIASk.;. - 8 to 1 agst Sir Julio, 8 to 1 vgst Lord tie o I)EnnY.-6 to 1 apt Grecian (t)-7 to 1 agst Prime Minister 0-18 to 1 apt Teddt..gt,n. THE WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING mliF, rim', —TUESDAY. The Great Western Cup. Sir J. Buswell's Mai.zanillia beat Mr. Parkinson's Schemer. Mr. W. Etwall's Egypt beat Mr. Morton's Monte Clari.to. Mr. S.ilts's Blue Beard beat Sir St. George Gore'B Pallas. Mr. Foley's Mosstrooper beat Csptain Wyndham's Whiff. Mr. W. Etwall's Down-wind beat Mr. Pacley's Irish Girl. Mr. Lawrence's Lady Lo.ll,ven brat Mr. Ingram's Imperial it. Mr. W. Etwall's Edly beat Mr. Noyes's Norfolk. Mr. Rendell's Sontag boat Sir J Boswell's Bradshaw. Mr. Randali's Remnant teat Mr. Fowle's Jcz:bel. Sir J. Bosweles The Nailer beat Sir Sr. George Gore's Panoply. Mr. Clowes'a Complete brat Sir St. George Gore's Cobra. Mr. M ajoribank's Mar oauvrer beat Mr.Fo'ey's May Day. Sir J. Boswell's Puzzle'm beat Mr. Loder'a Lady of St. Leopards. Mr. Cook's Catelani beat Mr. Miller's Birdcatcher. Mr. Webb's Lethe beat Sir St. George Gore's Black Captain Wyndbam'a Vestal beat Mr. Etwall's Saga. The Druid Cup. Mr. W. Etw all's Eattlle beat Captain Wyndham's Victory. Mr. Cootie's Cerito beat Mr. Moreton's The Muff. Mr. Majoribanka's Mk.ckieg-bird beat Mr. W. Etwall's Wow sk;. Mr. W. Long's Lindsay that Mr. Clowes's Compact. Sir J. Bosriell's Columbine beat Sir St. George Gore's Cam& z. Mr. Millet's Maggie Lluder beat Mr. Wt.bb's WiLked Eye. Mr. Parkinson's S4itch best Captain Arebdall's Mammon. Mr. Rendall's Sincerity beat Sir J. Bosweli's El Dorado. Capt. Wyndham's Wench beat Sir J. Boswell's Venus. Mr. Rendull's Racer beat Sir St. George Gore's Gracious. Mr. W. Etwall's Ebb beat Mr. Bowles's Moonlight. Mr. Miller a Beau beat Sir St. George Gore's Her- mionc. Sir J. Boswell's Garibaldi treat Mr. Ingram's Ingo. Mr. Webb's War Eagle beat Sir St. George Gore's Mr. Eddieston's Lady Mary best Mr. Rendali's Red Republican. Eddleston's Sefton agst Mr. Je•bb's Ringdove. BUTCHERS'CIIARITABLEINSTITUTION.—Thetwenty second anniversary of this institution was celebrate I yester day by a public dinner at the London Tavern. Mr. John Bannister, the Master of the Butchers' Company, presided, and was supported by Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. John Sharp, the president of the charity, and Mr. 11. L. Taylor, the common councilmap. The collection in aid of the charity amounted to nearly 504 Tun ABDUCTION.—this new novel, by a young and highly-gifted noble lady, a contemporary pronounces to be " a dark, terrible, and intensely-exciting story, in which the marvels of clairvoyance are secondary to the gigantic crime which appears, like the genius of evil, in every chap ter of the work. The plot is elaborwed with great skirl. Counts and countesses,- peers and peasants, ladies, virtuous and vicious, English gipsies, Bohemian zinzari, and Italian brigands, all play a part in the eventful melodrama." There ' are some people in the world who seem to have especially studied the amiable art of casting a damp over the feelings of their friends - to whom it would appear that the very tones of happiness or enjoyment convey offence, if one may judge from the eagerness with which they hasten to repress them. Eliza C',-ok's Journal. ROBBERY AT SOUTUEND.—ROCHESTER QUARTER SESSIOIsS, OCT. 21.—At these sessions, held before Jamei Esoluasse. , Recorder, and which terminated to-dey, Edward Moss, aged thirty-two, and John Jones, aged twenty-four, were indicted for having, on the 30th of July last, b tulen two gold watches, a silver watch, three silver guard-chains, a whistle, and a cash-box, c ntaining gold and silver to the amount of nearly fifty pounds, the property of Mr. Williain Claydon Lindlord of the Royall Hotel Tap, Southend. Jane Yeele.,, aged twenty-six, committed on suspicion of being implicated in the rubbery, hut who effected her escape from the station house on the night of her com mittal, and had not been recaptured, was also charged as an accessory before the fact. From the evidence it appeared that, on the day of the robbery, the prisoners had paid a visit to the hotel, where they dined, and during their stay retired twice to wash their hands. After their departure the articles in question were missed, and also the prisoner Jane Yeeles, who had been lodging in the house for six • weeks previous. All the prisoners were apprehended tote ' ther at Sheerness, in company, with part of the stolen u pros . perty upon them. Verdi c t -Guilty against all the ac f c jeord !They were sentenced' to be imprisoned in the House c Notion, and kept to*ard.labour for two years. But THE HARBOUR. OF REFUGE A-T DOVER. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING lIERALti; Si•,—Numerous statern•nts, more or less erroneous,: having recently emanated from the press in reference to the refuge harbour works at Dover, and more particularly as to the extent of mischief effected thereon by the violence of the late storm, the Morning Herald in this instance, unfortunately, presenting no excep tion to the list of erring journals, I shall content myself by stating, that previous to the Gth cf the present month the permanent masonry of the first section, or new pier, as it is usually termed, had, with success almost unexampled in similar constructions, been ex tended within three years to a distance of 650 feet from the shore despite the usual elemental obstruc tions of certain seasons concomitant on its exposed position, and without serious mishap to either men or machinery employed in adjusting the many thousand tons of materials. So far all was well. Oa Satur day (the sth) the week's labours were brought !ci close ; the diving-bells, of which there were three, varying in weight from six to ten tons, were raised to their usual position when not in action, far above high-water mark, and the re suspended by massive chains to the stout timber-framing and travelling cranes by which they were managed ; all appeared snug and safe. Well, Sunday came, and on the after noon of that day the nautical oracles of the ancient port foretold, with gloomy looks, a comirg storm. Everything verified the prophecy ; and as the tide rose with the advancing night, the south-west gale increased in intensity, until, at twelve o'clock, it blew almost a hurricane. Those connected vt ith the works were naturally alarmed ; but near approach to them was impossible, and certainly unavailing ; the worst anticipations fur the existence of the structure were, of course, indulged in by the uninitiated " Job's comforters," who are - ever present at such times, and much anxiety for day light was manifested by all. At length it gradually came, disclosing the results, and to some extent realising the forebodings of the past night. The whole of the diving-bells, air-pumps, cranes, and other mechanical appliances, together with a consi derable portion of the piling and timber staging by which they were upheld, had vanished from the scene, and were in the " deep bosom of the ocean buried." But tlse main portion—the compact and serried masses of masonry and concrete, had yielded not an inch to the fierce pressure from without. The pier itself, in fact, though rudely stripped of its furniture and gearing, stood in victorious substantiality above the dismantled wreck at its base, and thus justified its appellation of permanent stone-work. This revela tion was sufficiently consolatory to the contractors and staff. Tbey were prepared for thus much damage ; and earnest had been given of the des tined longevity of the finished scheme. No time was lost then in fruit4ess regret. Strenuous efforts were made at once for salvage; and lam happy to say successfully. Human brain and muscle were soon at work in devising and executing schemes for restoring matters to their former condition ; even now much has been accomplished towards that end, and in a week or two hence no traces of the catastrophe will be visible. Two thousand, and not ten or fifteen thousand pounds, as some writers have estimated, being the probable, nay, I may say, the certain extra ex penditure incurred thereby. I said that 650 feet had been carried out in less then three years; it must not be inferred therefrom that the remaining 150 feet (the total length) will be executed in a proportionably short space—for from the increasing depth of water at every foot of exten sion, the labour of equalising the rugged chalk beds, upon which the 70 feet broad foundation rests, be comes of course greater, and other d:fficulties arising from the same cause will have to be contended against, but which I cannot now notice ; it will not be bold to predict, however (subject to meteorologi cal drawbacks), the entire perfection of the first in stalment of the great design within two years from this date. I am, sir, your obedient servant, • J. NEWTON. 55, Nelson-square, London, Oct. 21. HEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK. (From the R-gistrar-General's Report.) The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that the deaths registered in the metropolitan di,tricts amounted to 860—a number which, though it indicates a slight increase of mortality on the pre previous week, when it was 839, is still less than the weekly average to the extent of 125 deaths; the average being derived from the deaths of ten corre sponding weeks in 1840-9, and raised in the ratio of increased population. By means of a comparative statement of the 860 deaths, according to the different ages at which they occurred, it may again be shown, as in the - preceding week, that an improved state of health exists among the young, hut that the middle aged part of the population begin to suffer more, while the aged di! exactly at the average rate of mor- • tality. It appears that there were— Lase week. Average of 10 corresponding weeks (1840-9). From birth to 15 years... 347 ... 445 15 to t3O years 60 and upwards aggregate result of zytnotic or epidemic dis eases is still Lvourbblo as cotnp;red with that of pre vious 3 ears, the deaths in this elate hiving; been 198 lust week, while the corr. ctrd average is 2.56. The ch crease is observed principally m smallpox and measles, .5 children haling drcd from the former arid 16 from the latter; 38 di,d of scarlatina, the average of which amounts to 57, but is swelled chi, fly by the unusual mortality cf the same week in 1848, when the deaths from scarlatina Here 147. Diarrheas continues to decline, though the fatal cases are still rather more numerous than usual at this period of the year. Typhus maintains the increased mortality which was observed in the last return ; the victims of fever number 54. Last week four deaths were recorded from cholera; the fallowing are the cases in detail : In Cripplegate, et 4, Flying horse-yard, on the 12th of October, a Forte-, aged 71, died of " acute rheumatism (3 weeks), Eeglish cholera." In St. James, Bermondsey, at 18, S ilishury. lane, on the 18th of October, the wife of an engineer, wed 35, died of "Asiatic cholera (9 days), fever (6 days)." Mr. Martin, the registrar, mentions that " filthy open sewers run before and behind the house." In the through-road, sub-district, at 1, Montague street, on the 17th of October, the son of a journey man farrier, aged 1 year, died of " dentition, diarrhoea (5 weeks), English cholera (1 week)." The medical attendant appends the following note to his certificate :—" The patient lived over a stable. Pre viously I attended two children in the same room suffering from chicken-pox, and the mother is now ailing." In St. George, Camberwell, at 7, Albany-place, Neate-street, on the 13th of October, the daughter of an ivory turner, -aged 7 years, died of " malignant cholera (48 hours)." According to informant the child was in perfect health immediately before the attack, and no cause could be assigned for the fatal illness. Mr. Stevens, the registrar, adds that "several factories are situated in this locality, from some of which the effluvium is at times very offensive." The births of 748 boys and 754 girls, in all 1,502 children, were registered in the week. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer was above 30 inches on Sun. day ; the mean of the week was 29.943. The mean temperature of the week was 49 degrees, the same as in the previous week, and nearly equal to the average of the same week in seven years. But on Sunday and Monday the man temperature was 7 degrees and 4 degrees respectively below the average of corre sponding days, whereas on Friday and Satutday it was about 6 degrees above it. The wind generally blew from the south-west. MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—A 'most extraordinary in stance of mistaken identity recently occurred in Scotland. A Cambridge s'udent, trarelling•througit Glen Tilt, accosted the Duke of That Ilk salt- gentleman.— Punch. AN ABLE JUKTMAN.—At a recent quarter ses sions, held, not in one of the midland counties, a girl with a child in her arms was indicted for stealing some sugar. The case was clear and plain, and the foreman of the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy ! The chairman, rather unadvisedly, begged to ask " upon what grounds,' as reasons are not always very satis factory with gentlemen of the petit jury, when from the other end of the row up jumped a hero, and sa'd, " Because, Sir, we did'nt think she done it I" The poor chairman sat in amazement, and the court in a roar of laughter. - Nothing like a " unanimous" jury.— Western Flying Post. FOREIGN CATTLE.-*-The steam ship Diana, from Harlingen, has brought 455 pigs as part of her cargo, which is fully if not more than double the quantity of this descrip tion of live stock that has ever been brought from the Con tinent on one occasion. The same vessel brought the large number of 164 beasts, 38 calves, 5611 sheep, and other pro ductions of Holland ; and the Magnet, from Amsterdam, has brought the largest number of sheep ever brought from the Dutch capital as part of her cargo, comprising 1,183 of this description of cattle, also the produce of Holland. The Duke of Cambridge presided yesterday at a committee meeting of the Leicester-squire Soup Kitchen, when a plan for preventing destitution and mendicancy in the metropolis was considered and adopted. The Le:ceater square Soup Kitchen and Hospice are to be opened on the let of November, and to consequence of the unusual amcuut of physical suffering endured by the children of the unemp ployed poor, it is intended to make a great (flint to give food gratuitously to the ragged schools of the metropolis. THE GREAT WiaTERN STEAM-SHIP IVORKS.—The first six days of the extensive sale at these works have b een brought to a close in a very satisfactory manner. A larg e lathes fetched steam-engines sold for 70U1. downwards e f :bidders for the about hy number of persons attended from Scotland a i m! Ireland. The from 10(1. to 3601. There were n p d le i n t t was . disposed of at its principal part of the macl : iaery, a , full value. immediately to extend their operations considerably are 'one! machines in the weaving the erection of much additional The Great Western CottonyCerovmpany Victori depar tment —to meet inc reased demand.—Bristol Journal. F O REIGN SUGAR. —A vessel named the ne, belonging to France, has arrived frem Bahia, b large number of 4 , 374 pa cka g es of su g ar, of forei g n p ro- ringing the pro duce. This cargo was imported by virtue of the repealed laws of navigation, which rendered it admissible for home 1 ;...~ 1 _r‘. I I :r!