The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

u p 0,3, 01 rae tohlly e Lisad; yt e•.ter tO if arseill!s, ,ter in her inds. cv,—The ilex h la id her way boa, One goal Nig .f ,ro A VUS ro geo m 3. It blew ) VV.S•M re, of St. GiforP° °l ' g ale 011 toured to h to lea. n landew argo I ' l v' ao moeri . c u . , s co t.- hes app '" s coppe , " ock bamw hich v two 1 f ub tecu-- A 'co,& ~, , t he 1e ri, ) ' Le o Of the o f Abel 'Et off I". of Lo n ry O:N ful4 om TV" being 4)- ; rt a bet ad 011°4 on s b°" of w ine ' Co c' s : nb er Wi rd ,Ivesse jo k cal a er s tew sub° , rreci" r s " l 4 14th ,opraail„.he"" rnual n elcPu" nsed 'urrhas foot s hel l i seco . ,., o siiit P. ilbos too gof• 1 ' w ar a . t he s of tio, i s )riger V.l al ier fr° d oi was P id. lovgs• 18 5° ,, t be gi 7 ray 1 1 pow Trie6ini void '. Clov e r a loo' a 18° ,1 1 er loiv 31 160; er losa' rge tvo .0 th e OW: Do. • l 5 suPPosin- they did not c xcced 800 / , — (T h e the proposed arrangem,r,t were t g) IEI ellert, however, could . bein g 2 f this Court, under the proces arra:.ge b3ent°4° c ' t the terms of the he A w a B thAt the ha- krun'cv should 13:;. annulled; 4 4 1:1 1 ,1 1 : ° t Ze t v er, wlliingand .f. , :riiious to do what he leg-illy ht e i,„_ the difficulty might arise that the proposed t , '`'Er would not advance the money until the bank tots • a" annulled, and on the other hand . the cre t d e i .. - opt min a, not feel content to give up their rights in hied° undeniable equivalent of twenty shillings the s °la H e (Mr. Lawrence) was fully sAiefied in A p t lad thtt the offer to purchase was bona fide._ that th ee ," a desultory conreisation it was arranged COthoui c i lde n of Mr. E. Russell, the petitioning creditor, be taken in rivat-, to prevent the accounts krit,, eg g ( 'ne jut° in C p ourt, ' his Honour observing that I ltet e i"° l had no locus standi on the bill alone uneon - with would there 7te b e accounts. The evidence 111 10 p a4e ll to prevent the necessity of Mr. Russell the 1111 (ler .ebid ei in Dublin) remaining in town, but ' l) es:l, ou lling that he must attend to be examineviva Th e e „ ' the neeotiati on o off. s?. (1 wa s adjourned acgcordingly. .Im IN AL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. , l'e e , (II fore the RECORDER ) tittger,T.--. Thomas Walters, a painter and paper l'ot m i t .as indicted for perjury. The defendant pleaded 0 otte ft7lathsendaept O' kr. bins ' a riet, , - . 4)1 .e p n e c a e 7d for the prosecution, and Mr. 04t 3 , 0 me ago the defendant brought an action iu the S ti er a 141" ,gainst a publican named faint Mr. Briget, to re tr'Ret i„ °. money under 201. To that p . e ea et t. -ailed a set-cff tor money lent and a beer ~ cor , kliy beer orial de fendant ad ' e tr th l • me oath that he never had tae allegedmoney from th e p rosecu t or , an d it was foe e fej 4 a foriee . " se swearing th a t th e pre s ent indictmeet 144 ha eal at 1311) 6 duvvn in the opening, and the defen ,PotteeZlellarged, ti i , t/I :ct /04`-'2OA- middle-aged, respectably-attired man, klitit hi m with pleaded guilty to an indictment k r , • 13 AL , ith forgery and larceny. 15 wee the'.ailiTlNE, on the part of the prosecution, in h o ,al! oe o ., ourt that the prisoner had b . eensec n r e _ . . ertieee eellows' Benefit Society, held in the . igh_ 111 th e '''', of th Ord " Pfis oh e Vauxhall-road. The fo . rgery_ r consisted tunny 4 ki eri to obi e .r having inserted a name in a . tIeTY, IN , 111 11. 25., which bad been remitted to . the 40 - o tnee of tnie larceny in purloining some portion of s tet q' li e l i I ne society entrusted to his care. The et e :Maril e •ev 'nce, that he had a large family, who must it,V'es 4; 1 auffer severely for his misconduct, were ern with"tehd to him as much mercy as was con ezt th th e l e Ce ettee ° ends ofjustice. for the prisoner,. told 6, h vur te . ‘eeorder that up to this time the prisoner t o )l o :::: te L l e ti e ti cl i tl i ali e l : ci t tt r " . l :x o N e t silenth c a h p a p r e a a c r t e e d r. He had unfortunately t some people who were in the bah' eht7ecotehle lithe society's house, and having induced . him TZ I I4, 4I O Y i „them to Hampton-court . Races, they le e „:" lle eo 'ae money in question. te'd ? lID ER asked what salary the prisoner had It e " P ' tet t Ta m rer tIIT INE repli e d 41. a y ear; b u t hi s d u ti es to 44 E ! no tt i nai. or th • Prot„tvoltDEß said it was imp e rative upon the Court the s , ip t tit. e t (- benefit so c i et i es aga i nst t h e depredation _ i 5, tilt te e es3 r B and h e must therefore take time to look he Nil US of this case. I nor was accordingly put back. !Pt yeee................._.—.---. , s, i, —____ to4tsct" 4.1 N STER.—(THIS DAY) PLl ll ,,hle 0 4 , 11a , k 7 V, aged 16, was charged by his father, a fe l. % th e ,„`"e 13 division, with having robbed his em Y of t , e errs. Cubitt, of Pimlico, Th tools, itt e' lath of a large queu 41e 414 e r Rated that the prisoner resided with him 14, tee "". had a cupboard where he kept his l'h 'atpt ei " awin g to his keeping it locked it aroused p t 'Ne tts , ra• but he Was unable to find the key. On 44 t1 t I tI t eed „ a n the place was broken open and the_ tools tro 4( 1 r e f i le fetnld. He took them to Messrs. Cubitt, bi l k hie home, n aed to prosecute. The prisoner absconded , ; 1. 11 h e a. and was not heard of until yesterday, I s 4444 R?..aPPrehended on another charge. . ihare ....":u°WlBOll, a carpenter, said he could identify t b o e 4118;eurci other articles his property. 4 % 14 4 vo ° the Magistrate, the lather stated that p e ,es e , t ! e ,ftes back he was obliged to send his son to The 1) 70 net bad habits. k ut 1e .........._ 1' was committed for trial. lee I ntee t 111 ' ' llt tis ae 11‘13MP LE.---Last Thursday evening the qtB,, N . Alid di etof a Sergeant's taking leave of the Society of Y. die Tom took place in the antient Hall of that Of 1 ,141 14 _ Treasurer and Benchers having in procession, 11 k :4 liallwellabers of the Society, arrived at the upper end , tzl ( led to :,111r. Robert Miller, ihe newly-made Sergeant, 114,i4e1f t he Treasurer - her Majesty's writ to take up r on t !ee ti eg beensrtate and deree of Sergeant- at-law, whichhwrei ttlitth4dclressf,,kl,bY deg üb-Treasurer, the Treasurer t e e los' aro tue Learned Sergeant at some considerab s l . ,I),!ieryt.etairlilreseeting him with a purse containing the ant vt,it.clea,:ea vitt:erre:, t e o ia crown pieces), the Learned Serg was t l , l Ward s eseoerY eloquent and appropriate speech, and herg ' tl ' s lt °tile r the rtet i b 7 the Treasurer the rest of the Berle .., Tje l • k.. kst4 !\itw MA the Hall pOrch, where the Sergeant , rn Y —WO are re eed t B, ate th at .u. IN CHANCED. . S,odto rh at t he Mr. Humphrey, Q.C., who has just q4l" fr B e a . Ine Mb e er Vaca f lat M . -t rshi in the Court of Chan 3, Q.C. of t , 0 the Mastership bar, and not the Mr. kle l4 Lei th ' le common law bar. illciVe her REcToßspir OF GLASGOW III!IIVER lier hid e it on authority that Mr. Macaulay is alto tlit gal:31:t8:cl, to accept the invidious office, either of de- At4B) ti ler `Juana Alison or against Lord Palmers!on. The nomina conk efore, decided not to come do7n. Colonel Muir, I, , er quently rests in Colonel M 0 1 b ' a t the present time, is soeourni u n j g r. in Italy • he re ill'' , t „ ll e e rid onth • there is not the ;lightest :11 11 j,'!ll il l ; :nisvo o t e f willthe month given to the historian of Europe. 1 1 1 4t c ; 8 r , rne time before the formal nominat . ion is made ; 0 iCie u' t !lation is not generally . known even within thew a v‘ ll e s 4 o lversity, but we have it . from source . on which_ s ow N,. Vr aYs placed the most implicit reliance.-- Gla g tlt44t WHALING TRADE.—The first whale ship 1 of '; l l ' t e44 o f i l , the Chandler, arrived at Honolulu on the 10th of eo 4 113 % the Polar regions, reporting a very successful Vt! Vets kill g the wh a l ers cru i s i ng i n t h e north. Several ).Ail ' ' tip d s e , 4 la had e following, and a large fleet was expe c ted in month. e tt qtalr P i)l, ihiptl, WITH POACHERS IN THE GREAT PARK.— Nl' gamed'out a quarter to twelve o'clock, as one of the e epers named Foster, with his helper, named 1 11 1 4 11 re as e at in the Great-park, near Cranbourn Lodge, tejtettos,attacked and overpowered by e a party of poachers. IItY tr eat ' Poster was wrenched from him, he was most bru d - S:4* ling about the head with the barrel of the piece, an b -ttl Y fr", at his resid ce High-standing-hill, suffering Nge "41 emecussionnof ' the brain.— Windsor Express. ii 45' aid "44 an d , - c unning are the two apprentices of is tiletv:rt•a•e.tte.:_ilz"2:t6ittl,:bouktsttutratif them ever learn their maser's C I her 14"13-- At New York Jenny Lind had I vt,t ) r !eurre h e t ` T h e a e rt t tsiNs'aithwausndoinmtinhiesheevde of ee l c:: v s i n g ß f u or . ' ,11111kItitatind ultimately for California. Se l :ir t i Tl„tat ta i ll' ar L °R l ) TORRINGTON FROM CEYLON. — .t.. 1 ' 1 015 e tutee a nd Oriental Company's steamer Ripon 'Do e ' ei th e /Pton yesterday afternoon with the heavy Gael- Lord Lore ll er (ija a mail. Among the passengers by the 4.1 1tt • t l isra e ... Qt rington, late Governor of Ceylon. It es li e ',, l t. „1,118 writing the life of Lord George 1,, - the 64"kas undertaken this literary task at the re efs eke S„ eof Portland. % e 4 I ' Bl tto e'er t* e 3 Of any kl,'"-SIX years ago there were but :1:111 1 14 whit ' `,.' l nd on Lake Superior, and . net more than ers, .34114 toee elmilies could be found within 400 miles 4 1 , 11 . trL til d six 'Et Pointe. Now there are three large pro- NV, ted hvor seven sail vessels. Four lighthouses have . 4 ` a ate '', the Government and several thousand in f.:l44N attered along the'coast. tte ot it nr i n •th b 1 4 - , - , HILD BY ITS MOTHER, AND Sot ; otti 'rtr, iSlup , t -11 gh ,„ -t N,,,. -.IIEILER. —NOTTINGHAM, . f t ,7 l rig ,` l 4l 447 Yesterday manitested by the inhabitants of n0ne114;414- ii 4 the surrounding districts, in consequence t 1 'a ciwu that the wife of a highly respectable glebe,k. un o , f the . western suburbs of the town The eh e aa foil7erta6.4est child and cut her s own throat. ce kt t ,le 110„W:......Ai'_u directly after the horrible occurren er , h r et, D.ne Itn , r• William Chambers, lace manuiactur d , t o o 741,4 businese premises are situated in Orchar : ii4Z , l4 l ,: t e Oe cti (3 . e at halt-past five o'clock, as usual, to p a re c. I to° ae oti l l eg hisleations of the day, and proceeded to the . fe bed, Ile k er 4,, Tie and a female child four years old m e i) i d n , ti m e f s at i 4 4 l. 1 t!r, Mary Ann, 17 years of age, 1 as e p lied I le t ."° te.ad ocee t e L wentv minutes before seven he retur ' t 4ll teplte . e e eT o 'n t,0 . g0 CIO wu into the c . ellar,when he fie e e eth ale s ._ ,enetnig on the ground unusuall white. i4 o tle h isi ee 4ttrzetch a lighted caudle, to ascertain y whatit 1 110 l ' With W ife, in retch his attention, when he was horrified Ills !le r tilr her night dress, weltering in her o she 1 t ,4e 0 ea li i le ete ot ifs cut from ear to ear. Seeins that r l i , tkt Oti w et : , he ran up-stairs to ascertain wheth h e 14,7 1 4 e r ,, 'a Mfe et 5,31 e. Going first to his own room e ter, "" ) ceeded ; - .liari, which he fancied to be asleep, L i:4. 1 0 4 , 1 11 d baet ti • e ° t he hed-r 'OM occupied by his eldest .t ~ fef, m ore i ~, aroused her they returned to the child ... , th:P trti a gar 4._°aolY inspecting it they observed a hand leekil toe eY ei, e 4 er tied tightly round its neck, and taking tt t , le eh le r v et , 4,2ev,ered it to be warm, but dead. Mrs. ci, 4 e li e ; It i s ( i`l a ri old, her husband being some I 2 years 14,e Detre t i ''''otilt to unt for the causes which led WI heed Of °II of these dreadf Icrimes. The elder de oei4., 44 e xceed u ' l4oll h `.' boe - tngly nervous temperament, readily ,c ie tte b ee /lus or unduly depressed. Latterly her de (l,4,tl4hilleolia,4l2" tnore severe and longer continued than t ht l 'i Ras I an " of her husband's business not being so I d} -11 a th er nierl . , Ni t er e m , Y • yet she had every comfort she could 4 Iv, le t ran , as no reasonable ground for anticipating 4 ' gat 6e dY• 4 a eS a re 37 0 1 54 4 ,i',ll)ap„ soli gaged in ?" said the head printer 4441t_0 , 4 0 p , e e ,en0,shinent to one of the compositors. . , a 'O ti , "IGN" said the interrogator, " I want L ) ,Ni c i , al tes I ntirdilr. ,, tOtiwal) .(3.cirdon Bennett, of the New York ha fl 4l id iltll4 ed • ' New 8 h 0 - lib I k e for in the streets of York on the t , k -,,/, b led ve _afi official post, whose private character oitkiirl tett Willi wauton severity. It o &A eaoj is AT READING. 'We understand that Ifa N t l 4l lo l to th e so full that the visiting justices have issued . e k l.itt o tt e t h e e e l 'rks of 'he several petty sessional divisions or . I ,' to A l e ) :: 3' that all prison-ws for trial are to be elliseetl •It g on gaol.--Berks Chronicle. ,tti t a i l, ~ er C ol A , 4 41 ;411 7 : zof Aeittosrpinall, son of the Rev. James Pe, Lincolnshire, was on Saturday t t ,4 q e lilli g t ni enTher of the Middle Temp's, for the pur -0(1(1 1,1 Sh i ll 4 erne! for the har.—Live Albion. 14 111 t r 4 ,tta b"a called th • I. tor catces flues tq, ,1 s quirti e r e e *Pc" wate r and sel- Vv t , is a i ill g .rom hs menth some . n, I te t ,a. el l r' tie vi tt , 4t ehe distance of five or six feet, tan , r.. 4t k e th Is etti _ " a single drop. trs q e9Le 4t thes AND DR. CueimeiG.—We Ithder. ith:lNllat her e two is tin , ruished )olmics met yesterday, I ),, lt tit h r irra,, 'at the f. '-' tic (ill e 4 ti. g ettient ..ouse of the tolnfer, agreeably to a „1, R ik . a s b e _ ,in reterence to the form of oath about li t ,. ki,,,, I N; w a _ 'n a difference of statement between them. 4 4 1()4t Lier..._i‘saccorripanied by two friends, in order . th 1 , 4 1 : 4. 411. b e ltter be referred to should any diversity of Pftee ed w e een the Popish and Protestant champions eu the 0CC8.910/1. A te kt Nt,!. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Cape papers ha,ve arrived of the 2.1 alt. inclusive. The proposed constitution for the colony vizi the all engrossing topic if interest - . Toe following extracts from the local journals contain all that it is necessary to give upon this subject : (From the South A fricanCommercial A dvertimr, Sept. 28.) His Excellency the Governor has requ , sted the five official and two remaining unofficial members of the Legislative Council to assemble as a board of commis sioners, to coesid,T and report to him upon the pro posed constitution for the colony; and the four popu larly elected or popularly-proposed members who have resigned their seats in the Council have, at the re quest of the Board of Commissioners of the Munici pality of Cape Town, and they trust in accordance with the wishes of their Late constituents throughout the colony, undertaken the same task. Both schemes, when compleled in their main provisions, will be submitted to the inhabitants, whose privilege and duty it will be to express their opinions upon them, in peti tions to her majesty and both Houses of Parliament, with the least possible delay, that a speedy and happy termination may be put to the present painful agitation which atiil:cts society throughout the whole of this settle ment, and which, if c, ntiaued much longer, may pro duce very great calamities. (From the same of Oct 2.) So far as public opinion has been expressed, there seems to be perfect unanimity on the following points: — I. That the future government of the colony shall be entrusted to a governor, a legislative council, end an assembly elected by the inhabitants, which shall be called the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. 2. That the Perlisment shall possess all the legislative powers which embrace all the internal affairs and domes tic policy of the colony. 3. That the Queen, acting immediately in her own person or capacity as Sovereign, or in the person of her representative the Governor, and the two Houses of Parliament. shall be supreme within the colony, as the Queen and the two Houses of the Imperial Parliament are supreme in Great Britain. On this simple but solid foundation the five gentlemen who were nominated Members of the Legislative Council by the municipalities and road boards, in the name of the inhabitants, in the spirit and understced meaning and intention of the Government Minute of the Sth of May last, have framed a scheme, or instrument of government, in sixteen articles, which, in their opinion, will secure to the people of this settlement all the rights, privileges, and advantages of self-government. This scheme has been approved and adoptsd by the Commissioners of the Municipality of Cape Town, and will this day be submitted to the householders assembled in the Town House. It h,es also been forwarded to the municipal and road boards throughout the colony for their consideration and decision. EXHIBITION OF 1851. COPY OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Nov. 8, 1850. My Lord and Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned, having regard to the great urgency which exists for the establishment of public water-closets and urinals in the metropolis—an urgency likely to be much increased by the visits of numerous foreigners, who are accustomed to the use of such conveniences in their own capitals— beg leave to request your attention to the following clause in the Metropolitan Sewers Act (11 and 12 Viet., c. 112) : " And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to provide and maintain water-closets, privies, and like conveniences, in situations where they shall deem such accommodation to be required, and to defray the expense thereof, and any damage occasioned to any per: on by the erection thereof, and the expense for keeping the same in good order, out of the district sewers rate." And we should be much obliged if you will inform us whether you propose to provide these important con veniences, having reference to the great influx of fo reigners to be expected next year, before the opening of the Exhibition in May. In case you have not considered the subject in this aspect, we trust you will do so at your convenience. We have the honour to be, my Lord and Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servants. [Here follow the signatures.] WINDING UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. DIRECT EAST AND WEST' JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Saturday a meeting was held before his Honour Master Farrer, respecting the claim of Sir John Rennie against this company for engineering, amounting to 2,6001. Messrs. Freshfield appeared in support of the claim, and Messrs. Galsworthy for Mr. Jay, the official manager. The surveys were from Kidderminster to Hereford. His Honour deferred going into consideration of the claim until the books and papers were in the possession of the official manager, and until the list of contributories were settled. It was stated that there is a sum of 10,7001. out of the 19,0001. received as deposits, for which the directors will be called on to account. MERIONETHSHIRE SLATE COMPANY.—Yesterday the proceedings fur the settlement of the strairs of this com pany, which was eatablishad in 1846, for obtaining stone and slate from quarries in Merionethshire, were opened before his Honour Sir W. Horne. The list of contribu tories was brought in by Mr. Ernest, the official mana ger, and Messrs. Goodwin and Partridge, solicitors, but his Honour declined going into the question of the liabi lity of those on the list until Mr. Conde!!, solicitor to the company, and who is understood to have the books and papers, is examined. A summons was issued for Mr. Condell's wt,ndance at the next meeting. BRITISH AND AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COM.. PANY.—Yesterday, before his Honour Sir G. Rose, three g th e i n s tle u m nd e e n ri w a e k r i e ng to m po e s s ed srs. to H ac u t tt a o s n, offic s ia a l nd m e a m n a a n g , ers an t d o Coleman. His Honour appointed Mr. Hutton, official assignee, of Moorgate-street. BRITISH AND F FOREIGN GAS LIGHT AND METER COMPANY.—Yesterday the proposals for appointment of official manager to this company came in before his Honour, Master Dowdeswell (who will continue to offi ciate until his successor is formally appointed). The company was established in 1846, in Gresham•street, tor carrying out improvements in gas lighting and gas meters, and continued up to 1848; and in April last, at a meeting of the shareholders, it was resolved to bring it under the Winding-up Act. About 650 shares out of 1,000 of 251. each were taken, and a deposit of 11. is. paid on them. The debts, which were compromised by payments o❑ the part of the directors, amounted to 600 J. Messrs. Goodchap, Ernest, Hutton, Sandeman, Norris, and others were proposed as official managers, but no appointment was then made. THE LIGHTING OF PRIMROSE HILL PARK.—The North London Anti Enclosurt? Society having undertaken the above task, as a sanitary improvement, the secretary of the society applied to the Board of Health for their co operation ; the following reply, however, is another proof that until the board is allowed more power than it really has at present, it will continue anything but a Board of Health:— " Sir—l am directed by the General Board of Health to ac knowledl;e the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst., with reference to the lighting of the new footway through Prim rose hill Park, and to inform you that the board have no power of interference in the matter. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. TATLOR,, Assistant Secretary.—Mr. H. D. Grif fiths." The VACANT COLONELCIES.—The latest quotation (last night) gives the following.—Lieut.-General Sir A. Pilkington to be transferred fr m the 82d to the 20th Foot. Major-General Sir H. Watson from the 63d to the 15th Foot. Major-General Thomas Kenah, C. 8., to have the 63d. Major-General F. M. Williams to be colonel of the 82d, and Major-General Sir James Reynett the 48th. - Unitcd Service Gazette. THE YEAR 1851 AT THE MANSION HOTh+E.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have already expressed their intention t.. give, during the Great Exhibition in the ensuing year, in additii a to the usual civic entertainments at the Mansion-house, several public evening receptions, to which will be invited not only the remarkable men of our own country, but all foreigners of distinction who may then be in London. It is considered by those who have looked over the Mansion-house, for the purpose of ascertaining the adap.ation of the building to that hospitable intention, that, there is no residence in the metropolis so admirably calcu lated to supply the necessary accommodation. The liberal project of the Chief Magistrate and the Lady Mayoress will, in the opinion of their fellow-citizens, not only give a new feature to civic hospitality, but will accomplish the desirable object of introducing to each other persons of eminence of all nations who miA - ht otherwise remain without the advan tage of such knowledge. The opening of the Mansion-house for so elegant and generous a purpose will redound to the credit of the mayorality, and will, no doubt, be duly appre - ciated by the English community, as well as by those dis tinguished toreimners for whom the receptions are, perhaps, more immediately intended with the view of giving them a hearty welcome to our shores, and holding out to them the right hand of fellowship, conviviality, and peace. WINTER ASI , IZES FOR YORK AND LANCASTER.— Yesterday a Special Commission was issued for a Winter As size of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery fo the counties of York and Lancaster. The judges ap pointed to proceed thereunder and hold such assize are Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Martin for the city and county of York, who have appointed Tuesday, the lOth day of December next, for opening the Commision for that county at the Castle, at York, and the Right non. Mr. Baron Al derson and Mr. Justice Coleridge for the county of Lancaster, who have appointed Saturday, the 7th day of December next, as the day for opening the Commission fur that county at Liverpool. The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces for the past week show general steadiness, although the mar kets are still affected by the unsettled state of affairs in Germany. From the present indication of the foreign ex changes, a general impression is entertained that the Bank of England advances during the shutting of the transfer-books this quarter will not take place at a lower interest than two and a half per cent., which will be a half per cent. in excess of their recent rates on similar occasions. HEALTH OF THE LORD ADVOCATE.—The Lord Advocate is still, we are happy to state, progressing favour ably, though his ecove.y is slow. His Lordship was visited by Lord De Manley on Thursday. — Edinburgh Courant. PAPIsTa AT ‘l , ESTMINSTER ABBEY.—Not long since some ltumi.l enthu.nasts went in a body to Westminster Abbey on " St. Edward's" Day, and wished to proceed from his tomb to Pray to that. of Queen Mary, lilv were deterred by finding that she and Elizabeth repose in the same vault. ANTI-ToßaccoN A LIAINS.—The bell man of Spittal proclaimed through the streets of that village on Saturday last that the me n o f t h at town had, in c o nsequence of the rise in the Nice of Tobacco, resolved to abstain from its use for one month. —Bei wick Advertiser. SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the King's Arms, Rawstone-street, Goswell road, on the bocy of a labourer named Brown. From the evidence it appeared that the wile of deceased, on Friday last, went out as usual to work, leaving her husband at home, and on her return she found the deceased hanging by the neck to the bedpost. I eceased had been dependent on his wife's earnings for some time. Verdict—",pied from strangulation while in an unsound state of mind." MARYLEBONE THEATRE. This theatre, which was opened last week under the management of Mr. Joseph Stammers, the former director of the London Wednesday Concerts at Exeter Hall, is progressing prosperously. Mr. Stammers has taken the theatre for the purpose of devoting it to the representation of the legitimate drama and of English opera. In consequence of the engagement of Mrs. Nisbett and Mr. and Miss Mordaunt, Thalia is at present the goddess of the ascendant at the Marylebone, and sterling comedies have, during the course of the last week, been represented to crowded houses. Last evening Bourcicault's first and best comedy, London Assurance, was performed here, in which Mrs. Nisbett appeared in her original character of Lady Gay Spanker, and never have we seen this fascinating actress perform the character better; she was full of vivacity and sparkle, and her ringing silvery laugh told with immense effect. Miss Mordaunt made a most graceful and ladylike Grace Harka way ; indeed we know of no lady on the stage at present who could perform the cha• racter better than Miss Mordaunt. Mr. Mor daunt rattled through Dazzle in excellent style. The other characters were ably supported by the re gular members of the company, among whom are Mr. W. H. Angel], Mr. R. Homer, and Mr. John Herbert. The performances concluded with Buck stone's interesting melodrama, A Dream at Sea, in which Mrs. Nisbett sustained the character of Biddy Nutts. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. We have had occasion several times lately to com pliment the gentlemen forming the management of the Polytechnic Institution, for their taste and discri mination in securing the services of Mr. George Barker, the eminent vocalist. That gentleman, as our readers are no doubt aware, has for a few months hack been delivering a lecture on the ballad music of England, and in which he sings some of his own beautiful ballads by way of illustration. Last night, however, he for the first time gave an entirely different lecture on the same subject, even more pleasing and interesting than the former, and instead of his own compositions in illustration, we were favoured with some beautiful "Lays of the Foresters; or Songs of Robin Hood." It is not to be expected that the lecturer could give a biography of the bold outlaw in the short space of half an hour (that is about the time the lecture takes in delivery), nor is it at all necessary that he should, for who is unacquainted with the romantic history of the forester and his equally celebrated chaplain, Friar Tuck, the stalwart priest, who could bring down a fat buck with a cloth-yard shaft with as much ease as he could re peat his paternosters. Mr. Raker merely touches on the more prominent events in the lives of these two worthies, and sings some appropriate ballad to illus. trate each. The song in which the brawny friar is described is as amusing and droll as the other, which Robin Hood is supposedso have sung to Richard Cour de Lion, when that King questioned him as to his parent age, is plaintive and beautiful. The former song received a unanimous encore, and indeed the whole lecture was well received by a crowded audience, who frequently interrupted the lecturer with hearty rounds of ap plause. This pleasing entertainment will tend to raise the Polytechnic even higher in public estimation than it has hitherto stood, and Mr. Barker will become, as he deserves to be, a general favourite. It is pleasing . to see thoennumberof people who, evening after even linngst,ruvcistiit this amusement most admirable re institution,made t og 0 inha handich -in hand, hand, and we must say that the management deserve well of the public for the excellent manner in which they cater for their entertainment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. The betting turned chiefly on the Chester Cup, fer which Langton, Brother to Dough, Clarissa, and Wall flovi er, were in considerable force, the investments in almost every instance being at 1,000 to 20. The Derby transactions were in small sums, and at the old prices:— NEWTON (SOUTH LANCASHIRE) STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 2 agst Volatile 7 to 2 agst Hazard • 5 to 1 agat Young Dutchman CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkin's Langton—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Milltown's Brother to Dough—t 50 to 1 apt Lord Strathmore's Montague—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Cltien's Wallflower—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Garforth—taken 1.000 to 15 agat Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm —taken 1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Peck's Melody—taken 1,000 to 15 sgst Sir Richard—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr Foster's Musician—taken 1 ; 000 to 10 agst Mr. Fuller's The Swindler—taken DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt —taken 20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddingtnn—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Lamartine—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir IL Pigot's Faugh-a-b a ll a g S AL E OF BLOOD for S h colt—t r from 50 to 1 agat Mr. Hill's Ipsus — taken string was put up netic and John of Leyden , y earlin gs; Chatterer, Oster ley, Pitsford, and Peep - o' - day Bo y. The two first were r a c io x yesterday,. —A d a t consisting sold at extremely low prices , Chatterer for 40 guineas, i and Osterley for 8 0 guineas; the "cracks" were noughtn. Ludy Evelyn, the property of the King of Holland , was also bought in. COURAGE OF THE MOCKING BlRD.—During the time of incubation neither the cat, dog, animal, or man, can approach the nest without being attacked. The cats, in particular, are persecuted whenever they make their appearance, until obliged to retreat. But his whole vengeance is more particularly directed against that mortal enemy of his eggs and young, the black snake. Whenever the in sidious approaches of the reptile are discovered, the male darts upon it with the rapidity of an arrow, dexterously eluding its bite, and striking it violently and incessantly about the head, where it is very vulnerable. The snake soon becomes sensible of its danger, and seeks to escape, but the intrepid defender of its young redoubles its exer tions, and unless his antagonist be of great magnitude, often succeeds in destroying him All his pretended powers of fascination avail him nothing against the vengeance of this noble bird. As the snake's strength begins to flag the mocking bird seizes it and lifts it up partly from the ground, beating it with its wings; and when the business is com pleted he returns to the nest of his young, mounts the sum mit of the hush, and pours forth a torrent of song in token of victory. THE " SCRIP" SYSTEM OF THE SCOTTISH IRON TRADx.—We understand that much attention has been at tracted of late to the injurious effects of the " scrip" system of buying an d selling in the Glasgow iron trade— a system by which a slip of paper represents iron which is yet in the bowels of the earth, and by the fictitious operation of which the trade , n the metal, which already exists in stock, has been seriously damaged. We are assured that there is no more need for scrip in the iron trade than in the cotton, sugar, or any other trade; but it has crept in till now the adopting general it‘i.ne g r measures mtiti g ir,t) to o be e shadow is found t o i n j ure t h e su b s tance. A meeting of the leaning parties w as h e ld i n Gl asgo w last week, preparatory to afirst, o n ew documentsi t with n the the y of ee pig n, substitutein heldli ofn on o t d4t Fridayl t i e st a sCr t scrip ryw circula tion. It is expected that deputations from London and Li verpool will be present.— Glasgow Herald. ELoPEMENT.—On Monday morning last an appli cation was made to the Rev. Yate Fosbrooke, vicar of St. Ives, by a gentleman who had previously arrived from Cam bridge (a collegian), at the Golden Lion Hotel, accompanied by a young lady; but as his replies were very unsatisfactory to the questions asked by the Rev. Surrogate, the parties took their departure, not a little chagrined, for a neighbouring village. Shortly after, we understand, they were warmly pursued, but have not ward if they were overtaken.— Cam bridge Independent Press. QUIET IN HARNESS.—At Newcastle-Emlyn fair, last week, Mr. Lascelles, a barrister, purchased a mare on the assurance and warranty of the dealer tnat she was quiet in harness. Next day he tried her in his dog cart, when the animal lay on the ground as "quiet as a lamb." Nothing could induce her to move; she was literally " quiet in har nese." -- North Wales Chronicle, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE: 11R. HUDSON, M.P. AIJONAL CO4CERTS. I (From the Standard of last night.) Sphor's new descriptive symphony, entitled The The conduct of the Tinics has placed us under the Seasons, was performed for the first time in this painful ne:..esiity of craving the attention of our country at the National Concerts last evening, and readers to a matter affecting deeply the character of by the production of this truly classical work the this journal, in common with the whole of the Pro directors of these concerts have proved that they are tectionist press. We feel, however, that our title to in earnest in their endeavours to improve the musical confidence, and, as a necessary consequence, our use taste of the English public, by placing it within the fulness, are altogether dependant upon our repute power of all classes to hear the best music of the best tion for personal honesty—a reputation which we are masters, performed in the best and must efficient proud to believe we have hitherto maintained. The manner. This symphony may be regarded as one of intrusion, however, shall be brief. the great wcrks of Sphor, and is perhaps the most The Times this morning has a column-long article perfect specimen of descriptive music that we have founded upon a late transaction in the Bankruptcy had since the decease of Beethoven. The first part Court, the purpose of which article will be seen in describes the departure of Winter, which it does by the following extract : waning passages of gloom and austerity, artfully " Hitherto we have not thought it necessary to return preparing the ear for the second movement which to the subject of Mr. George Hudson's character, al though we have not been without abundant provocation undertakes to demonstrate Spring, in which eto.llisow evidence in the libel case tried last the light and jocund sentiment of nature is depicted ass zes at York, even supYork,even with characteristic grace and e legance. The blithe- pa sthe,z a proves iioth i s ng p b:i s but the it i to c ooihebsse with i w n ed h e i v e e h ry a some spirit of this period of the year is happily painted man may come to regard the most questionable transac by the obligati allotted to the wind instruments, the tions. When that evidence was worked into a pamphlet management of which exemplifies the dramatic in- and busily promulgated as the spontaneous effusions telligence of Spohr in its best colours. The Autumn of some disinterested bystander, actuated by the section, in the minor key, is mysterious and ominous, purest sense of justice, the cheat was too and the modulations are picturesque and effective, the transparent to require any notice, and the verdict of the entire movement being studded with images, which public having long been pronounced on the reign of the repetition, no doubt, would invest with increased deposed Railway King, we spared our readers the beauty. The fourth 'part returns to Winter, which trouble of a fresh examination. We will confess, how opens, ala chase, with frankness and spirit, leading e w v e e t h n a d t o t u h r e e p r a o n t us ty was somewhat disturbed w to a melodious theme, which is treated with discursive g ct o io r n e is - t hs or a ga e nstaking e l e th n e i i e r old his friend u and labourie vivacity by the stringed instruments, and closing with forfeited throne. t o t a t George H • But it may be a bold and energetic climax. The execution of this asked, was not the honour of the press implicated in the d symphony, by the orchestra, was worthy of the meg- attempt of some of its memb ers to w hi tewas h this ol nificent work itself, and of the high reputation of the offender? Might it not be too readily surmised that this performers. It was conducted by Mr. Balfe, with a successful culprit, who, after disgorging immense por nice appreciation of the beauties of his author, giving tions of his spoil under the threats of legal proceedings, due effect to its lights and shadows, and, at the same has come out of the scuffle, it is said, w i t h 200,000/. in time., with such precision that the whole orchestra his pocket, might have used some very weighty arguments " went " like one vast instrument. The audience with his amiable apologists? We answer that we had no were very attentive during the performance, and at right to suspect anything of the kind." the close the applause was most enthusiastic. The We, the Standard, might we hop e res t ou r defence against this insinuated charge of' bribery upon the Berlin Choristers have received from the King of Prussia an additional tongs fbr a Iveek ; they ap- consistent course of this journal, si n c e the appear peered last night, and were as delightful as ever. ante of its first number. We m i g ht even ad- Theirs is the very perfection of part singing. duce the written testimony to the " no bl e disin terestedness" with which this journal has been con _ ducted, of men against whom we have found it necessary to make war because they deserted the principles which attached us to them. The words " noble disinterestedness" may seem exaggerated, but they are the words of the late Sir Robert Peel, and when accused of a base corruption we have a right to quote them. We appeal to every member of the Peel party, that party which we long supported, and which afterwards we pursued with more acrimony than we ever exercised towards any other party, whether Sir Robert Peel did not, from first to last, hold the same opinion of the Standard, and whether their own ex perience does not justify that opinion ? We release them from all obligations of secrecy. If it is a mis fortune, as no doubt a great misfortune it is, to be compelled to become the enemies of those who were our friends, the misfortune carries with it this conso lation, that we can, when unjustly accused, appeal to witnesses above all exception. We might, we hope, rest our defence upon this testimony, and upon what the public knows of our i a t a n e c va case er oughta repelffeecvtei ever to g u t s oh p so c iffhoeonrn honour, uf lessr a, consistency, t corrupt e h b est abt w d 3 ef h b ut ce n in ums and the best defence in our present case is the utter absence of a shadow of ground for suspicion. We, therefore, come at once to the pretended ground of charge. In the Bankruptcy Court, en Tuesday, came on the case of a gentleman named John Henry Doyle, printer, publisher, and part proprietor of the Weekly tshideinTgimCeosm, ownmiss i r o e n p e o r r , t i n s d a t i h l e that fol o transpired taken k n e p n o fromupon t he occasion which it can be necessary to print fur the elucidation of the truth : " William Henry Foote, of Freeling-street, Islington, was called upon to prove the trading. In his deposition he alleged that he knew J. H. Doyle had, since July, 1849, exercised the trade, &c., of printer, publisher, and proprietor of the WeOly Chronicle, and that he bought paper and articles of intelligence, which articles the said J. H. Doyle worked into articles of news, caused the same to be printed weekly, and sold for a profit;' that in November last Doyle and Russell procured to be printed an article, entitled ' The Lessons of the Gal lows,' for which they paid the printer 2s. 6d. or 35., and charged to Charles Gilpin, of Bishopsgate-street, 7s. 6d.; that Doyle and Russell printed about 1,500 of a sewage manure plan, for the printing of which, on two pages of the said paper, for one Richard Dover they charged to the said Dover 36/., although they paid less than 101. for the printing of the same ;' also 'a letter to the Editor,' for which 2/. 12s. 6d. was paid. and that the party took 1,500 newspapers at sd. each, &c. The witness now deposed to further acts of trading as well as to the above. " Mr. Lawrence, in cross•examination, asked the wit ness how much the Weekly Chronicle was to have been paid for whitewashing' Mr. George Hudson ? " The Commissioner said the question was irrelevant. "It appeared that the newspaper had been the pro perty of Sir Henry Ward, and that a Mr. Winter was the registered proprietor, as trustee for Sir Henry, up to its purchase by Doyle, Russell, &c. " In reply to Mr. Lowrance, the witness said, the paper had been, up to July, 1849, in the service of Sir H. Ward.' " Mr. Lawrence asked what he meant by service ?' Did it mean that the Chronicle would report his speeches at full length ?—(A laugh.) " Witness made no reply, but proceeded to state that a Mr. Dillon was connected with Doyle and Russell; and though he did not look upon him as a proprietor, he was authorised to transact business. Doyle was the editor, and Russell assisted in the editorial department. . • • " Mr. Doyle said, the second bill was one of the bills upon whicb the petitioning creditor founded his debt. Out of the second bill arose the bill which formed part of the claim of the petitioning creditor for 801. 15s. ld. The third bill was dishonoured.' Mr. Doyle then went into a detailed account of the bill transactions, and proceeded-- " Robert W. Russell pledged his honour to witness u reason beaus of e hteh as the quarrel editor refusedto abetween that the bill had been drawn in his private ca p ac ity, and not is the name of the firm. Believed th e name o f the firm had been forged to that bill; and had so s worn at George Hudson, w r i tten by his son-in athhii dr e oewst p ae o intf l he i acee r e n odt c f o ßem u e krrtsl.. Thelwas y Chronicle to b e corrupted by inserting sel law, Mr. Seymour. Firmly believed he would not now be in the Bankruptcy Court if it were not for his refusal to insert that defence, and to be corrupted. Would not consent to the Weekly Chronicle being made the tool of Mr. George Hudson. " Mr. R. W. Russell wished to be examined to con tradict the evidence of last witness, but w as not called." We have no wish to add to the pain of Mr. Doyle's uncomfortable position, but justice to Mr. Hudson and to ourselves, in common with the whole Conser vative press—let us add the sacred duty of doing jus tice upon the slanderer in the Timo—requires us to point to the absurd confusion and want of consequence in the foregoing evidence. "What had Mr. Doyle's refusal to insert a defence of Mr• H u d son t o do with his own bill transactions ? Was it i n resentm ent for that refusal a bill was, as he says, f orge d ? W e make great allowance for a ruined and p er h aps an ill-used and certainly an angry man, but. we must not allow ourselves and other parties as innocent as ourselves to suffer by the dirt thrown in his rage against those who he supposes have injured him, and even Mr. Doyle's evidence, such as it is, does not support the vile imputation of the Times upon the most honour able and the most respectable, b ecause mos t consis tent portion of the public pres s . M r. D oy l e refused to insert a defence of Mr. H u d son ; to w h om was his refusal directed ? Plainly, f rom t h e ev id ence , to Mr. Russell. Mr. Russell mi g ht h ave wishe d t o insert the article for many r easons not corrupt, though Mr. Doyle suspected a corrupt mot i ve ; i n any case there is no shadow of proof of any offer of money by Mr. Hudson or Mr. Seymour, or any other person on Mr. Hudson's behalf. If there had been any such proof ..Ir. Doyle was certainly not in a temper to withhold it on Tuesday last. Here, then, the matter rests. Mr. Doyle suspects Mr. Russell of a wish to get money for the insertion of an article writtes! by Mr. Seymour; but thi s sure cas ts no imputation upon either Mr. H u d son o r Mr. Seymou r, thou g h i t reveals the ill opinion that Mr. Doyle had of bis partner. And next, how does this affair reflect upon the Protectionist press ? Even supposing Mr. Doyle to have asserted, what he certainly did not assert, that a direct or indirect offer of a bribe had been made on Mr. Hudson's behalf, the Weekly Chronicle is not a member of " the Protectionikt press." It is, on the other hand, a journal of the party of the Ti mes it s elf; and if Mr. Hudson, a zealous Prot ec ti on i s t, has been fool ish enou g h to offer a bribe, he mi g h t h ave t h ou ght it politic to bribe an enemy, parti cu l ar l y an enemy in that p ortio n of the press most acc e s s ibl e t o corrupt influence , while he , could scarcely thi n k it necessary to attempt to pur chase the service of those already bound to him by the strongest ties of political friendship, and who we will further say would be much more like to be ,alienated than attached by the insult of a corrupt offer. For ourselves, we have but to remind our readers of the part we have acted in Mr. Hudson's matters. We had neither quarrel with that gentleman for railroad advertisements withheld, such as the Times has had, or envy of his su t c r c o e l r, ofsuchthaats actuates the Stock Exchange pa journal Of the truth or falsehood of the charges made against him we had no means of judging, and without such means we would not offer an opinion; but we would not join in a cry against the friend of Lord George Bentinck. Mr. Hudson, however, took the earliest opportunity of vindicating his honour, and he did vindicate it triumphantly, demonstrating to every just man in the empire that the flood of obloquy which had overwhelmed him, so long was one great tide of enormous lying. Reserve in doing justice to an ally or an adversary, as the Times ought to know, is no part of our character, and we were no less prompt in rendering justice to Mr. Hudson that he had been NOVEMBER 26, 1850. the personal friend of the man whom we ..honoured above all other statenoen, need we repeat the name of our lamented leader Lord George RHitit.ck ?—and that he was himself a L«alous inemh6r of the Coun try party—the discharge of the debt justice, always with us a peremptory duty, was, we own it, in this case " a labour of love." We have said that the Times ought to know that we allow of no reserve in the discharge of the debts of justice, and we would remind it of its own grateful acknowledgment of this disposition an our part, when some years ngo it (then fiercely opposed to us in politics) was the object of charges of wholesale bribery, distinctly alleged by a foreign Marquis—charges which derived a colour of probability from the versatile conduct - of the accused journal. The Times succeeded in repelling the im putations cast upon it, and we were the first to call for a verdict of acquittal, for which our contemporary thanked us i❑ terms that we leave to be repeated by itself; and yet the Times now says of the Protectionist prcss— , THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND ISIS CLERGY. The following correspondence has taken London, Nov. 20, 1850. " My Lord,—We, the undersigned clergy of your Lord,,hip's diocese, have seen with pain the publica tion of a letter as from your Lordship, a copy of which we inclose, that you may judge of its correctness. " From the extreme brevity of that letter, we are led to think that it never was intended to meet the public eye. But as it has been published, and is placing your Lordship in a painful position, and agi. tating the minds of many, we feel it our duty re spectfully to draw your attention to it. " Your Lordship is aware that the very practices condemned by you in your recent charge have been introduced into the Church as practices warranted by the Uhurch. " In the letter to which we refer your Lordship appears to admit that some sort of auricular confes sion' is taught by the Church. " We believe that this apparent admission of the , practice by th e use o f th e word auricular confession' (a word exclusively applied to the Romish practice), 'will be immediately taken by the Romanizing party as an implied approval of those very practice: which your Lordship meant to disapprove. "We beli eve th at t h us the censure given in your charge will be practically nullified. And further, we fear that you might be cited in future as an authority in favour of the practices which you condemn. " Sincerely anxious that you should not occupy a position so painful, we respectfully request that you will state more fully and at length your original views as you briefly stated them in your charge, that the minds of many attached members of our Church may be relieved, and an occasion removed for those who desire it in continuing practices within the Church entirely forbidden by it. For, as your Lordship is well aware, the only mention made in all the standards of our Church of auricular confession' is in the Ho. mily of Repentance, where it is unreservedly and utterly condemned. " It is very true that the journals we refer to are pain fully and ridiculously familiar with the idea of bribery. We never take them up v. itheut finding them charging somebody with corruption. We believe that they have accused every state6man in his turn, every journal, every public man, and every known - writer, out of their own little clique, of taking biibes in hard cash." (From the Morning Post.) The base and malignant iminuations against the Protectionist press which the Times, yesterday, added to its black list of libel—insinuations so groundless and so utterly devoid of the shadow cf probability that they cannot fail to recommend themselves to the disgust and indignation of every honourable mind— should have passed without our notice, had not our able and excellent contemporary, the Standard, deemed it worth while to visit the miserable effort with his just rebuke, and so made it in some sort imperative upon us to express our cordial concurrence in all that he has advanced. The case attempted to he made out by the Times is that, because the proprietor of a weekly journal, while under examination before the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday last, is reported to have said that he refused to receive a bribe for the inser tion of an article in defence of Mr. Hudson—there fore, all the Protectionist papers which treated of the vindication of that gentleman, as presented in the evidence given on the occasion of the recent trial at York, were bribed. So inconsequent an inference, and one, at the same time time, involving so serious a charge, was surely never before brought forward to insult the judgment of the public. An accusation so grave, and so utterly unsupported, is calculated to bring dis grace on him only who makes it. We feel some hu miliation, even, in being called upon to give the lie to a slander so foul. Yet in terms not less plain and peremptory do we wish to be understood as speaking. For the character of ourselves, and of the Protec tionist press, we have thought it needful to say thus much—more we feel that it would be unbecoming our position and inconsistent with our honour to add. SUPPRESSION OP' DEsTITUTION IN THE METROPOLIS. " Trusting that your Lordship will believe that nothing but a sense of duty to yourself and anxiety to prevent other applications of a very different cha racter has influenced us in thus writing, " We beg to subscribe ourselves, " Your faithful servants, " W. WELDON CHAMPNEYS, " H. MONTAGU VILLIERS, " EDWARD AURIOL." The success which has attended the operations of the well-known institution for the poor in Leicester square has been so remarkable as to induce the corn mittee of that excellent charity to draw up a plan for the general suppression of mendicancy throughout the metropolis, by means of establishing an adequate number of similar asylums in various districts of London. When it is stated that 476,118 poor persons have partaken of warm, nourishing meals, and that 16,964 have been provided with suppers, clean com fortable beds, and breakfasts, at the Leicester-square Hospice since its opening in 1847, it will not be diffi cult to form some idea of the vast service that might be rendered to the cause of suffering humanity by the general diffusion of similar institutions throughout this great city. It is in the contemplation of the committee that one hundred hospices, more or less, shall be established in London, and that, as in the case of the parent house, each shall possess the four following departments, that is to say, first, a soup kitchen ; secondly, an asylum with from fifteen to twenty beds ; thirdly, a free registry for pro curing situations and work for servants and labourers; and, fourthly, a lavatory to which the poor of both sexes are to have unimpeded access. At the soup kitchen, all persons needing food, whether belonging to the resident or migratory poor, are to be relieved, be their offences what they may—a wise and humane regulation, which is not only in accord ance with the precept of our Saviour, who tells us " we must do good to the unthankful and the evil," but also in strict conformity with the investigations of physiologists, who have ascertained beyond all con troversy that the anguish of a starving stomach is not the less poignant from its proximity to a heart which is no longer the abode of virtue. The kitchen is to be supplied by contributions, not of money but of food, from householders, who, in addition to broken victuals, would be invited to give food to the value of from 2d. to 3d. weekly, a provision which would he ample for all requirements. The experience of the original institution, upon whose plan it is proposed to model all these branch establishments, proves that by these means, and especially with the aid of contribu tions from clubs, hotels, taverns, cook-shops, &c., good substantial meals might be provided at an ex pense not exceeding one penny a meal ! It will be part of the system that all the ragged schools in the metropolis shall be supplied gratuitously from these kitchens. The second department of the establishment, the asylum, is to be considered 'as a certain place of refuge for the wayfarer, the vagrant, the houseless, and the desti tute, and, in fact, for all the members of that wretched class of Stoits, who at present shiver all night long under the porches of public buildings, or are compelled to purchase the miserable shelter of a prison at the ex pense of some transgression of the police regulations. It is computed that the average cost of the asylum will not exceed one penny per night each bed. In the free registry department, it is proposed that regu lar record shall be kept of the names, characters, and qualifications of servants and labourers of all descrip tions and sexes who are in need of employment. The importance of this branch of the establishment may be estimated when it is remembered that, of the 170,000 domestics in the metropolis, no less than 10,000 are, on the average, always out of situations. The sufferings and temptations to which they are exposed while thus circumstanced must be inconceivably great. The advantages to be derived to the poor from the fourth branch of the establishment—the free lavatory—in promoting cleanliness, decency, regularity, and their concomi tant blessing, health, are so obvious as to r en d er com ment unnecessary. The committee calculate that the whole annual expense for each hospice ought not to exceed 2001. It is proposed to give to the clergy of the district and committee of each asylum 1001., and it is confidently expected from past experience that the householders and tradespeople will cheerfully make contributions of articles of furniture, such as bedding, bedsteads, sheeting, towels, and other neces sary requirements. With this contribution there is every just ground f o r conc l u di ng t h at a b undant means will be furnished to render each district asylum complete and efficient for its destined purposes. We will not suppose that the English public, to whose honour it is to be recorded that it needs but a clear indication of the direction in which their charity may be most advantageously extended to bring their be nevolence into active play, will be slow in giving to the philanthropic pis ject here briefly sketched such support as will ensure that it shall be speedily conducted to a prosperous issue. Be it re membered that the success of such an institution will have a threefold operation—firstly, on the poor, whose sufferings it will most materially alleviate ; secondly, on the taxpayers of the metropolis, to whom an immense saving will be effected iu the matter of police and union rates; and, thirdly, on the commu nity at large, to whom the moral benefit will be in calculable of rescuing thousands upon thousands of our fellow-creatures from those dreadful temptations which continually beset the poor man's path, making poverty an evil yet more frightful in its spiritual than in its corporeal consequences. Political economists will tell us that the claims of the poor are satisfied when we give them the workhouse pittance, that frigid bounty to which, no doubt, we are indebted for the sarcastic allegory " Cold as charity ;" but the multitudinous institutions which have been founded in this country for the unfortunate and the destitute prove more potently than any words how distasteful is such a philosophy to the hearts of Englishmen. Alas I it is a philosophy which has its root, not in that mercy which falleth like the gentle dews, but in that selfishness which " Hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling." They who, when they saw the Israelite fainting with fatigue, and covered with wounds, walked on " the other side," were the political economists of that day. Had it been the intention of the Divine Founder of Christianity that we should acquit ourselves at once and for ever of our duty to the poor by the sim ple payment of a small annual tax, he never surely would have ordained that " the poor we shall have always with us." No, the permanence of the exigency proves the perpetuity of the duty, and wisely has that God whose mercy is above all his works, provided for the perennial existence of benevolence in our bosoms, by ordering that, from the cradle to the grave, there never shall be wanting to us occasions for the exer cise of that heavenly attribute. `• Fulham, Nov. 22, 1850. "Rev. and dear Brethren,—l thank you for having called my attention to what you consider to be an ambiguous expression in my answer to a letter which I received from the Rev. T. Bolton, which answer has been published without my permission. What I in tended to say was, that by the words auricular con fession' I supposed that every one would understand me to mean the Roman practice of confession, and not that kind of confession which is recognized as useful and salutary by our own Church. I meant to distin guish between that upon which the Church of Rome insists as an indispensable duty, necessary to the for giveness of sins, and that which the Church of Eng land permits as being in certain cases profitable. " The former kind of confession is condemned in the Homily of Repentance under the name of auricu lar confession. The latter kind is thus spoken of in the same homily Ido not say but that if any do find themselves troubled in conscience they may re pair to their learned curate or pastor, or to some other Godly-learned man, and show the trouble and doubt of their conscience to them, that they may receive at their hand the comfortable salve of God's word ; but it is against the true Christian liberty that any man should be bound to the membering of his sins, as it hath been used heretofore in the time of blindness and ignorance.' We observe, with unaffected satisfaction, that this project, for which we now invoke the favour of the humane, has already received the sanction of some of the most illustrious names in the country, and that atriong,t its most ardent friends is his Ro3 al High ness the Duke of Cambridge, who was himself the chairman of the committee with whom the idea ori ginated. AMERICAN MUDE OF SETTLING A DIFTICULTT.— A young and beautiful damsel, near Frankfort, i(entucky, having two lovers, and not knowing which to prefer, settled t,he patter Iv marrying oxe and eloping with the ottief, "The difference between the two churches is clearly stated by Archbishop Sharpe, one of the ablest opponents of Popery in the time of King James The Papists,' he says, ' do very unjustly tra duce and calumniate the Reformation, when they say that the Protestants are against private confes sion. There is no such thing. There is no Protes tant church but gives it that due esteem and regard that it ought to have. All that they have done is t o regulate it; to s e t it upon i ts true basis and founda tion, which is done, not by requiring private confession as a thing necessary, but exhorting men to it as a thing highly convenient in many cases. In all those in stances where it can be useful or serve any good purpose it is both commended and seriously advised; that is to say, where a sinner either needs direction and assistance for the overcoming some sin that he labours under, or where he is so overwhelmed with the burden of his sins that he needs the help of some skilful person to explain to him the terms of the Gospel ; to convince him from the Holy Scriptures that his repentance (as far as a judgment can be made of it) is true and sincere, and will be accepted by God ; and, lastly, upon the full examination of his state, and his judgment thereupon, to give him the ab,olution of the Church. In all these cases no Pro testant who understands his religion is against private conti2ssion ; on the contrary, all the best writers of the Protestant., nay, all the public confessions of the Protestants which give an account of their faith, are mightily for it, and do seriously recommend it.' (Sermons, vol. 5, p. 122.) " He proceeds to quote a passage from Calvin's Institutes' (111. IV., 12), in which private confession is strongly recommended, and adds—' Thus far Mr. Calvin, and in the same place, where he doth thus re commend private confession, doth he also speak of the benefits of private absolution, in order to the easing and comforting afflicted consciences. And this sense of his is the general sense of the Protestants abroad,' and this, I think, may be justified to all the world. `But the Popish doctrine in the matter is quite of another strain, and serves to quite a different purpose.' By confession they mean, not confession to God, ner confession to our neighbour in case of injuries, nor confession to the Church in case of public notorious sin, but private confession to a priest, which is that they call auricular confession, because it is whispered into his ear. This is that confession they make a necessary part of repentance, and without which (supposing we have opportunity) sin is not forgiven.' " He then quotes the decree of the Council of Trent, which enjoins the private confession to the priest of all mortal sins, even the most secret, though they be only in thought or desire, and all the cir cumstances of them that may change the nature of sin ; and declares those accursed who say that such confession is not by Divine law necessary for the obtaining of forgiveness; and he justly observes that as this confession is managed in the Church of Rome, it is so far from being a check or a bridle upon a man to have a care of committing the same sins again that he hath thus confessed, that, on the con trary, it gives a great encouragement to sinners to continue in their sins: He concludes—' Let all of us, therefore, when we find ourselves burdened with the weight of our sins, apply to God, and unburden ourselves of them by confession to Him. If we need either advice, or assistance, or direction, or comfort, we may call in the assistance of pious and discreet ministers ; nay, we ought in prudence to do so, and we are wanting to ourselves if we do not. But still, the confession that is necessary to the obtaining our pardon must ever be understood of confession to God. Whosoever humbly and sorrowfully confesses his sins to Him, and endeavours to forsake them, such a man shall find pardon, whether he confess to men or no.' This is the true Protestant doctrine, and let us all adhere to it and practise it. " It seems to me that the Church of England does not encourage frequent or periodical private confes sion, the danger of abusing which is so obvious as not to require pointing out ; but that she does not forbid ' her members to have recourse to private confession on what may be termed great spiritual emergencies; that cases where such confession is proper are excep tional cases ; that it is an indulgence to human weak ness rather than a duty, and that men are not to be exhorted, or even invited to perform it, except in the specific instances for which provision is made in the offices of the Church. I think that such confession should be wholly and in all its parts voluntary and spontaneous, and that the minister to whom it is made should forbear from those particular inquiries which lead to the abominations of the Romish confessional. So guarded, I do not think that private confession ought to be entirely condemned. Our Church,' says Fuller (in his Moderation of the Church of Eng land') doth declare the necessity of such a confes sion as is useful to the purposes of true repentance— that is, when confession to the minister of God may be useful for spiritual advice, and for the quieting of any one's conscience, in order to a good life, or a happy death, and particularly in order to the fruitful receiving of the Holy Communion.' " Dr. Hey thinks that the real purpose of our Church in quitting the laws of auricular confession, and at the same time recommending some confidential intercourse between a minister and those troubled in conscience, was probably to throw off a yoke hard to be borne, to give liberty where the sensible and deli cate mind most longs for it, to substitute affectionate exhortation in the room of penal laws and mechanical observances, and thereby prevent hypocrisy and eva sion, without dissolving the pastoral connexion and relation, or weakening the mutual confidence and mutual kindness between minister and people.' The ordinary language of our Church is confess yourself to Almighty God ;' and it is found even in our first exhortation to the communion ; but when the mind is tormented with scruples, or debilitated by sickness, advice is wanted, and the weak should be moved' to get over their reservi., and solicit spiritual comfort or counsel.' Ike might have added, in the words of the Church, t the benefit of absolution' that benefit being, I apprehend, the comfort which the penitent derives from being assured by one who is commissioned to Aasuro latD ) upon the authority of God's word, that if he is truly penitent his sins are for given by Him who clone can forgive sin ; and who prays for him, as one of God's ministers, that He may have mercy upon him, and pardon end deliver him from all his sins. I do not thick that a clergyman to whom confession is made ought to employ any more positive form of absolution, except in the single case of a sick person,for which a special form is pre scribed. " I may remark that tho 113th canon, which speaks of the case where a man ' confesses his secret and hidden sin for the unburdening of his conscience, and to receive spiritual consolation and ease of mind from him,' most probably refers to the cases provided for in the offices for the holy communion and for the visitation of the sick. " I need hardly add that private confession, even as allowed by our Reformed Church, requires the greatest discretion and carefulness on the part of those clergymen who encourage or permit it, to prevent its assuming the character of auricular confession.' "1 remain, rev. and dear brethren, " Your faithful friend and servant in Christ, " C. J. LONDON. " P.S. I have no objection to the publication of this letter. " The Rev. Messrs. Champneys, Villiers and Auriol." THE ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of a morning contemporary : Sir,—l have to request that you will insert the letter which has been addressed to me by a distin guished Roman Catholic Peer—Lord Beaumont, a correct copy of which I now inclose. It unfortunately did not reach me till after the late county meeting at York, but having his permis sion to make any use of his letter I consider it far too valuable an exposition of opinion not to be laid before the public. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ZETLAND. Upleatbara, Gisbro', Yorkshire, Nov. 24. (Copy.) "Dublin, Nov. 20, 1850. "My dear Lord Zetland,—l perceive that the newspapers have announced the intention of the High Sheriff to call a public meeting to consider the propriety of addressing the Crown, on the subject of the late insult offered to this country by the Court of Rome; and I learn from the same sources of infor mation that the step on the part of the High Sheriff has been taken in consequence of a requisition signed by nearly all the resident peers in Yorkshire. It is a matter not only of no surprise, but of no regret to me, that such a proceeding should be adopted by the country, for the acts in question are of quite as much political and social importance as of religious and sectarian character. The Pope, by his ill , advised messures, has placed the Roman Catholics in this country in a position where they must either break with Rome, or violate their allegiance to the Constitution of these realms : they must either con sider the Papal bull as null and void, or assert the right of a foreign prince to create by his sovereign authority English titles and to erect English bishop rics. To send a bishop to Beverley for the spiritual direction of the Roman Catholic Clergy in Yorkshire s and to create a see of Beverley, are two very different things—the one is allowed by the tolerant laws of the country; the other requires territorial dominion and sovereign power within the country. If you deny that this country is a fief of Rome, and that the Pon• tiff has any dominion over it, you deny his power to create a territorial see, and you condemn the late bull as sound and fury signifying nothing.' If, on the contrary, you admit his power to raise Westminster into an archbishopric and Beverley into a bishopric, you make over to the Pope a power which, according to the Constitution, rests solely with the Queen and her Parliament, and thereby infringe the prerogative of the one and interfere with the authority of the other. It is impossible to act up to the spirit of the British Constitution, and at the same time to acknow ledge the jurisdiction of the Pope in local matters Such is the dilemma in which the lately published Bull places the English Roman Catholic. lam not, however, sufficiently acquainted with their views on the subject, or their intentions respecting it, to give any opinion as to the effect this newly assumed au thority of Rome will have upon their conduct ; but I am inclined to believe that the Tablet and L'Univers newspapers speak the sentiments of the zealous portions of the Roman Catholic community, and that they are the real, if not the avowed, organs of the priesthood. The Church of Rome admits of no moderate party among the laity ; moderation in respect to her ordi nances is lukewarmness, and the lukewarm she inva riably spues out of her mouth. You must be with her against all opponents, or you are not of ber ; and, therefore, when Rome adopts a measure such as the present, it places the laity in the awkward dilemma I have alluded to. Believing, therefore, that the late bold and clearly expressed edict of the Court of Rome cannot be received or accepted by English Roman Catholics without a violation of their duties as citi zens, I need not add that I consider the line of con duct now adopted by Lord John Russell as tbat of a true friend of the British Constitution. "Believe me, my dear Lord Zetland, yours very truly, " BEAUMONT. ' To the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 25. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove out this morning in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, attending on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, attended by the Earl of Morley, Lieut.- Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. The Duke of Wellington, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and Sir George and Lady Grey, are ex pected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of 'Wellington, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Mr. James Proudfoot, of Craigieburn ; Mr. B. Sehwikkard, of Port Natal; and Mr. J. J. More wood, had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colo nial-office, yesterday. The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., and the Mayor of Hull, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Capt. iluish, of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders of the Great Western Railway Company, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday at dm , Board of Trade, Earl Granville in the chair. The Commissioners, &c., of the parish of St. James, consisting of Mr. George Garrett (chairman), Lord de Manley, Mr. H. Eddell, Mr. Henry Bidgood, Mr. J. Woollums, Mr. Frederick Sasse, Mr. Thomas Tritton, and Mr. John IV. Gabriel, had an interview with Lord Seymour yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Mr. Fox bad an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Brocket Hall, Herts, the seat of Viscount Melbourne. Dispatches from the Governors of the North Ame rican colonies, and also from the Governors of New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land, were received yes terday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. THE NEW NOVEL, " LOVE AND AMBITION," by the Author of " Rockingham," in 3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be bad at all the Libraries. Also now ready :-2. Nathalie, by Julia Kavanagh, author of " Women in France," &c. 3. Lettice Arnold, by the author of " Emilia Wyndham." 4. Lamia ; a Confession. 5. Light and Darkness; or Mysteries of Life, by Mrs. Crowe. 6. Singleton Fontenoy, by James Hannay, Esq., late R.N.. 7. Our County, by John Mills, Esq., author of " The Old English Gentleman," &c. 8. Petticoat Government, by Dirs. Trollope. 9. Claude, by Miss Molesworth. onE h tneo e ar scat fikdi:oe_evl Packet Station .ste i tae n ttTri g hnohena r ct e goc p aeaon o sTmte r rrtmaaolhnfi Committee, Ireland,beeneel enandstt inte rests would \o"rorec : upk_laa e edrrt c edesd K eotdn E abt : t:io,lo.bntt S uhh : teeee A scinL T tao t iabmm O tie N imesrr . hii — iascelskdliy T o of the empire at large. 2d. That the Shannon presents the natural position for effectually accomplishing this grand na tional project, as this noble r i ver com bi nes a d vantages an d capabilities, superior to any other port that can be selected, while it requires less artificial or extraneous aid, and involves but a moderate expenditure to render the harbour secure and complete for all the purposes of navigation. 3d. That the necessary result of this choice wonld be the creation of a central emporium for the objects of trade and commerce, es sentially promoting the prosperity of Ireland, and causing iteksvast interna resources to bee. me generally known and all ipEreucrioaptee to appreciated by te the we f s ac r il n ,i itie ,o s r a l ff d. orded as a transit country for EARL FITZwILLIAM AND HIS TENANTRY.—At half-yearly rent-days at Wentworth House, last week, Earl t .l.; , i e t i z r w f i a i r li m am s w in e f r o e rm va e l d ue h d is y l e % a ' e rs s t ago, g ß o i , d i t n h g e t r e e n n a t n try, was t fi h x a e t d w a h t en a higher ou sh g o h u t ld he li p h th e a N ri e c e fi x o f e d c o l r t n l in a do nheeorntiteguthb-s valuation; sequ ent years might seem to justify that rate, yet he saw that, under existing circumstances, the farm would nnott rate a t n h d a than now bear their present rental, and he therefore declared his intention of ordering a reduction to be made from the Whit suntide rent, an announcement, we need scarcely say, which has been welcomed by his Lordship's numerous tenants, — Leeds Intelligencer. 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