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He went down stairs; d an_ ai ri *ife ItivisA him not to go out without some weapon, tshuteehaagsh a nick cr r tee) of that sort, cn passing he seiz d the pilterhlyisinigi'vja7th7:liP;olaggceo' onuntd( doors,tfhensallied ft.--th: It appears froaa his effi - eavit that he chased .t.he.e whotwo m ap, as he says, with the intention of ascertaining b irn ut , ~:ee y i ll ybereb, omplaining of them t t o ur t t h ,c e sd p u o p l , i , tne ; 1, ~ ,, ,d , in everryozrhntsstlear to bay ~ ey e ad or, or finish him, or do fur him, or do him so guaee, they threatened to m m e ak g e re a a n t reisehief, whereupon they came to a struggle, and be, llodiag or thinkine he should be worsted, it being one Nest two, he cried out murder," and appealed to h! came to nvighbours for assistance. Some of them wanbdetsthyee their windaaYs• that ewhse " murder," and cried they , cerroborated Pealed for assistance. Then it appears tha ,t t le in h of th.e tatetin..,tt boifulvtilit: struggle he unhappily struck who ' a -ter pon the bead with the 13Jiter' Th„ f ear. t /t 2t'es turned out to be an engine-driver named . Ita li e This man fell, while the other decamped, .and rab e n h m e „ n , Sher: he . came Thompson was carrie t d be " ti3so,derse lingered for many day s. In meantime was apprehended u have th e ' to Your Lordship, and ' be pon the charge . which I t ee th e : u e: 3 , i r n 7 ci s , o e i f ar t Justiceio it and it he came very important for a d re Ss of Justice th madeati t an u nee became r m e t i b v n e e a r t i y i m o i n m tn e p u d o p i r o a t . n t it e n . o ue t a (r f , t en t h l d r . , k e a - P'ation of death, Should be obtained from th i e n in favour „.. n:, Whether that declaration was to turn rtriraeltinst the prisoner, your Lordship will agree, is quite e i u e r te d e i lter p !: b l i t i cl e the present question. As it had become duty that it should I . e tatiseintetnr ac madewas ng.l7, we find that an appoin o'clock . l. °`' the 17th of August, In th _ at ten . tich t ° Morning, when Mr. Barton, who re Line. at SaXberY, some little dis'ance from ber ß e ar t t b o e n irott"'eY, came to the town of Barton, e e l" also was lying, and where the prisoner . w . was in osth ° , lY t , Jor the purpose of taking the examindalogn whatupon could r,..". ° °idd be so taken, or at all events edoenocete; z e rtu t n 'o r n tl a : m p a u n rp y o y se of Perpetuating the evi that ,et the wounded man. Unfortunate y i fitiiio th4gistrat9s acting at Barton. . el the" to be 801330 insult from ears b M ef r o . r G e r a e b c o e i ti e v , n e t d h h a e w e php c c ae a le ta m r hr k s e e o g that all the parties were not quite W asse y m t b n le H d, u h ll e , era to h prorai„. ave been offended, and he goes away day. It a A nt to rot • evening of the same .. Peso s f ure in the othe rs, th r `ll Me% Gabon's affidavit, amon g st *ne Pergola comeat Mr. Gabon knowing that Mr. Barton and apprehending tar ewhat sensitive in temper, b oteence had been taken, he went to the railway litati°o, be • whi c h haleging to assure Mr. Bar d ton be t e h n at e th e o rt, de w la a y s al iegeth .'ecurred, and which had of s oothe r impossible to be avoided, and for the purpose t Mr. Barton Itav eu g any angry feeling which - d him very 411 but Peen the subject. Mr. Burton receive or rather aliee bein g being pressed for an appointment, riot Pressed by Mr. Gabon to had been t ato _ til understanding that the appointmen know t if he was liitt7 ,area !laner past six o'clock in the eve t nin a g a , ,a M y. r . No: 4 !all, "Yes;" and the train went sly to Ire ne it appears, that no tiihtetle In-tee'r Irene from Hull aat rtriahtiioetntal surgeon,e , an T d h e i y t with , must esyselfo4l..aging clerkwof h t a h p e p g e e n n e t d le t men who are the attor stele ' Sanderson, Messrs. Frost, of Hull, came in the II arrived a littl te)atriage with Mr. Barton. • list five nded man, and the ; til' lcre si a O'clock, about half-past Wailed` Proceeded to the house of the T w h o ey u Cdr Q, near the door till Mr. Gabon, the clerk, came, a in fact, and tiale thb" Came about five minutes before appointedthe .x hue' a t is to say about ten minutes past six o'clock; tienepforunetely, Mr. Barton states the sod h ie wl is lot a quarter past, but a quarter to six o'clock, :taps' wa s io a stale of most extraordinary e e ir x e c n i m te : a s to arise as it did,out of so unimportant a ._ 0a,.. , ~ . ti t e , but it is distinctly sworn, and particularly six"y o'clotlabon, that the time was to be a quarter-past into the reoiso.` The spoor man, when they all wentwas quite e e i e _ was in state of great agony, and it Asa relieved of the Ivil 4 i tt el , t that it would be only an act of huma d nity, that the poor ka li r 4841 to be done, should be done quickly, an ft:raft'', and it weir filled partly by the unhappy Mau presence of stran g e r s , for thewith lethtoa_ r it. lh o see o_ omn m i prosecution. t he ' 3' " Partly by the magistrate, the clerk, and Shill tahttornies for the defence and the th e e Magistrate would net be prevailed upon allow hi ros P r oceedi ags to p o o tb n e this elf * I Will to on to ' no o r u w r e rt i rd h s e h g l sotneilleaztter, because, although the poor man u n n u d l e d r b w ave that.. lisination, it is fully believed that that b e nifferent statement had he then been made • In "e was • , • his dissolution. s eoesenue rapidly approaching the excite mwade aware 4 4 4 1 "e", however, of what occurred, and *t in Ppdtleed upon the Poor man by the quarrelling . and 414 n'g ot the clerk and the magistrate, his b t e e . s . t e i v in e o s n i y t Would t ‘ o the purposes of justice. My client believes Shied have I eon In his favour, but that is not a at all, he eau" the Court will take any cognizance of hat the iii, eswhether it is for or against him it is clear t matter t ment .t'_oeukia hol,,ePubbeliecjustice - require ee t L hat _th shape estae that t h e 'would haven made in d s on " ' the trial n o! lifter swe t eed , ritsnuner• The .read the affidavit of Mr. Ltelarnead Gentleman then wb p ie r b, th- ir lng to the f oregoing facts, proceeded Gahen to state tra..! hen„w he arrived at "the death-bed of Thompson tritite.,rtrh•nrang il r"Y addressed him thus— " I d h r did eh the see, r iii e half an hour for you., and bleb ths Moruing, you aro always lee p e ointment was tor s e dePonent replied that 414:Nater past :ix, %li ed 4 clthrter to six. The deportmentedi aed as the m but Mr. Barto t n hetip wood of have mr. it t Bartonhat Cal matt ePairdul sensation in the room, w, _ ._ was wr i tn i oig Pio p, ii " 04t tared that the dying man, na i mp l ore d e . r. ert on'„°°°id not bear any excitement, Nit e- • " ^ t to be influenced ill 'ibl g" tbr llogh the painful examination be e rapidlya a s galnet as , ‘hrea2'h,tskugaesting that the guts le thi; "e Medical man. Mr. net otireasooing, but loudly exclaimed, t being dictated to Barton would not listen 1 ' -e4 til'os I think proper, withou "I shall put ded with b Y da?- Th the , end the man but the s ree ers , -e examination was then n ro n e i e se e Do,. medical 9 %re ale ' San into a state of stupor, _ _ signed a Mr. Barton had thrown 1 4 _14 4 ,Ilkeed befor e it was endee nGeoanfivonene-dienwnaustoa . and hr. i t w r a e s scarcely ret.irie Alt p, ""e POor Mali said, and as teey ,, we hy do you ititufteirtou called out to Mr. Gabon, y " replied, thst if to s e without apologising?" Gist : ne had been the cause of an M y rt i %te tt : was sorry for it, but really the time t i lt ,r Past e The six, whereupon Mr. Barton exultingly . x ex %la ,„ e '" " Now he has apologised, lam satisfied. . . Ti. duCt w ay in which d eponentcould account f this ( s o u I% 4 _ ll 'as b.y stating the fact that on two occasionsm in saips_hhiy. indeed —ago, he had to expose some L r . eti s m of Mr. Barton. r by that /r,•!' .dUstice PATTESON—It does not ths",;aat whether C. ? l e, and he ough prisoner there was any proposa a rto ca administer As s there, I can't understand it, because kt e „ e ' r ' P.' I-lILL —Your Lordship sees that this t to have been examine t d he up t o s n b o r a a t w h l . this st ~3 t )t ' l ug asid e farther;" plFueeeceodtiinduet that the medical man prohibited The Poor man was so excited by Mr. Justic e e , lee '4l"rt"th--OLIA ~s std the exaeuieetin, Barton not un "eatel it, And it appears Mr. M. M. IN r , `eh Thompson couldse er• nitILL--N Citit'lleeB are 0 doubt, my Lord, and teoool r• ally tet!rnstich reep, cted. .....,_ in a humble station of life—he is a wheelwright ve ry Serious to Sanderson, who, h o ° nhed against him by the coroner's jury, , ...A verdict of manslaughter wasand la Lie " ' sin e° Auee st l ast, b een incarce f rat t e b e e the first re nut. Prestti.colia gaol until the first day eLordships lisii m ' hi term, when one of your was The result cf the blow Sanderson but th t° lenient, and will I , rnent to the end of . life;his ._o ke a l" the poor man did not recover sufficiently to told th et e 1 ' es Iterat.on o• the circumstances, yet, hiild not big death was near, be said he hoped , S u a n nder ' so . n Says treet thr„ t g e t hat he suffer, for the fault was his own. do said it broke the windows, and that be V% ths:led the prisoner when he came up, and the commence ~ and n ot of a struggle which then _ an d s (111 5 ,,, n. 'Lie result of any misconduct on the part of San , 0 , tle„ ~,sel belie,. / have stated the whole tact of I will say whigeeul eese - now e eeth ,- ()4h k to h gentleman as following . thi s • P- °°c4lo ave actuated this If to that in which lb., 14eiry c° ' a, but I will nothing about the feelings limit eore •his position is, be duties...a:[les before the Court, that , will your Lordship 'lel ow . ' magistrate. I think t l e a l i 2ati o r ri le 4 ll h t ; h_ at this gentleman must give s " e r r e he e at ;`,*e r o e bd . uct to the thesatisfaction charge against him. in. 10;,-114., :Tustieel, relieved frome of the C art do not grant crimin r a rup. duet w:".rtle, there 1 b ti 4 .41 4 1 ,41 againtt magistrates — except in cases of co . , ao tliet , i n e a compels the Court to interfere. There or ste t , is rte attributed to this getleman of some cases of gross Mlbneollis ty man. It li'gsrda either the prisoner or the dying k r. , 1-.)• the " 'no iii115"1" , i'arresoN—lt appears to have arisen from not, my Lord. M r. „„.‘euper respectieg the clerk? ill -temper M. I). thee —Yes, my Lorel ;it is ili-temp r e e r . I tiltedY• and Peithiaciously indulged in, which has en. tlttria_lll a gr...s. u 'r ---''' failure of duty on the part of this g .n. eipl,,, ... apprehend, my Lord, that the general pri . _ . felt 1 ' thi that whenever magistrates do wrong evil - °f Y th„. ° 4ll i ll 4 're answerable to this Court. The that of ,0 which such charges are made is generally common het, trution. Corruption is, no doubt, a great offence, trato'llY Lord, it is not the only offence which a maps the :ail c ommit in the administration of justice. Here froraiisictioduct results from nt matter of accident, but Potte"id on the part of the magistrate, who first d etterw°lles a great public and a great Christian duty, and trahuards elbows it to be entirely neglected and lee ti4 ere 4 , Ili% ealneruku seemly brawl with another officer of be e a • "stiee PATTESON—It will be difficult to draw Chian case,nmation under tho peculiar circumstances of "i s e but you may take a rule to show cause, and let e wh at auswer he can COll l - -lli l PLE . ,. give. —Rule nisi accordingly, —(r MS DAY•) (Sittings in Bence.) Thi, .WAItNEk V. CADDELL AND ANOTHER. 4 iv, (1 ,• w as an action to recover damages I :r rt a . b exces at the last•stres, tried before the late `Lord Chief' - Justice,•et arts . sittings in Middlesex, and in which a verdict Nig•ivee for the defendants. trial had, NI ti:ttliet should net be set aside, and a new tile : kl"ir aEir moved for a rule to show cause why Fahh: ll %mend of misdirection. Mr. Benjami . n h o t e l, 41 Ar,a,. - ,,' ' I •P., was the landlord of the Oriental We, tet-etreet, 0, 0 defendant peraVa brok er. ord-street, aid the other asa The original tenant of the hotel w' sod e tt .. "tiled Bishop, who assigned his stock, furniture on zlielued will in the premises to Warner, the plaintiff,into examined M, -- 11,134ett ° 11 , bud issued a fiat in bankruptcy whole atotk'ilti a messenger took possession of the /I t (1 the 1 0th of the acme month. The defendant,.. Cibbell, pa/ is a • t .against ,____ -.--.. (helm en the 21st, ;A latufactlQu THE SUN, of his rent, and this suit was instituted by Warner on the ground of its being excessive. The Lord Chief Justice, told the jury he was ef opinion that, as a nies senge- from the Court of Bankruptcy had entertd, the dr!tenclant could set that up ag-ainst Warner, and that Wafeer had not sufficient property in the goods after the mesengcr entered to suppAtt en action. Mr. Hum trey now contended that the Learned Judge was wrong in his direction, as there bad preTiou.ly been a bona fide transfer of the property to Warner by Bishop. The COURT promised to consult LtHd Truro with re gard to the evidence in the case. SOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) This morning a young woman, named Elizabeth Burhc, the wife of a lithographic printer, was charged bet ore Mr. Jardine with attempting to commit self-de struction by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Police Sergeant Chadwicke, of the F Division, said about six o'clock last night he was called by the land lord of the house No. 5, Vere-street, Clare-market, who stated thet one of his lodgers had attempted to commit suicide. He went up to the second-floor front room, occupied by the prisoner and her husband. He found the prisoner lying upon the bed. She had sent a boy to three different chemists for laudanum, and she had pur chased thr, e-pennyworth of that poison, the whole of which she had swallowed. She said the cause of her attempting her lite was in consequence of her husband, who was a Roman Catholic, forcing her to go to the priest. She did not approve of it, as she was a Protes tant, and it had preyed upon her mind. She also said her husband bad threatened to desert her and her two children if she did not secede to the Roman Catholic faith. Witness removed her to the King's College Hospital, a here the stomach pump was applied. The prisoner, who cried bitterly during the examina tion of the sergeant, said she had nothing to say in answer to the charge. The husband of the prisoner was then called into the court. He said his wife had been very low-spirited during the last few days. He accounted for the altera tion in her conduct, because he wanted her to go to his chapel. She was of a different religion to himself, and he thought his religion was the best. Mr. JARDINE said it would have been much better if be had allowed her to follow her own inclination. At present she was not in a fit state to be trusted alone, and he should take care of her and send her to a place where she would be properly attended to. The prisoner was then remanded for a weak, and the worthy magistrate allowed her to have the care of her child while she was in prison. PTARLBRO'-STKEET—(THIS DAY.) Harriet Vellum, a girl, 15 years of age, was placed be fore, Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing fourteen silk handkerchief's, the property of Mrs. Mary Kay, draper, 51, Tottenham Court-road. She was also charged with having two fur victorines and a roll of ribbon in her pos session, supposed to have been stolen from another draper's shop. The prosccutrix stated that yesterday afternoon the prisoner came into her shop and purchased two pairs of stockings and six yards of calico, which she paid for and left the shop. Directly she was gone witness found a parcel, containing seven silk handkerchiefs, lying upon the chair on which the prisoner had been sitting. A box close by, containing several pieces of handkerchiefs, was also found open, and on witness looking over its contents she missed two pieces of silk handker chiefs, besides the one she found on the chair. She then sent for a constable, and gave him a description of the prisoner, whom she suspected had stolen them. While she was speaking to the constable the prisoner came in again, and said she had left two victorines be hind her on the counter, at the same time taking them 4.ff the counter. Witness then taxed her with stealing the handkerchiefs. when she said " Pray forgive me, I was told to do it by a woman outside the door." She was then given into custody. Police-constable 100 C said he took the prisoner into custody, and on the way to the police-station she told him a woman, who sells lucifers in the streets, and whom she met the same morning at Islington, had per suaded her to rob the prosecutrix. On arriving at the station she was searched, and a parcel containing two fur victorines, a roll of ribbon, and a pair of gloves were found upon her, The handkerchiefs had not been found. The prisoner now, in defence, said she met a woman who sells lucifers in the street, and she requested her to go into the shop and buy the calico and stockings. She did so, and when she came out of the shop the woman was cone. She (prisoner) denied stealing either the handkerchiefs or the victorines and ribbon. The lucifer woman bought them both and gave her one for herself, and the ribbon she gave her to sell. Mr. Hammiest. said it was a most improbable story, and asked if any of the girl's friends were in attendance? The prisoner's mother, a decent respectable-looking woman, with an infant in her arms, here stepped for ward and, in tears, said the prisoner was the eldest of 12 children, but unfortunately she was a lazy indolent girl, and would not learn to do anything that was taught her. Yesterday morning she gave her 2s. 6d. to purchase some calico and two pairs of stockings, at a shop close by her house, at Hackney. She (prisoner) never re turned, and they were up all night in search of her; and to their great grief and surprise a constable came to her house this morning, and told them she was in the sta tion-house on the charge of felony. The poor woman added that her husband was employed in an iron foundry, where he had been for more than eight years, and he was always talking to the child upon the evils of lying and dishonesty. Mr. HARDwicK said it was a shocking case in one so young to turn to thieving. He should now remand her till Wednesday next, VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT TO THE REGISTRY AND HOME OF THE SERVANTS' PROVIDENT AND BE NEVOLENT SOCIETY. This day, his Royal Highness, who, with her Majesty, is joint patron of this society, visited its establish infnts, Nos. 49 and 49A, Great Marlborough-street. They comprise an office for the transaction of the Go vernment Annuity business, a registry for male and female servants, and a home for female servants out of place. As his Royal Highness had signified a wish that his visit should be quite private, no company were invited to meet him. In the absence of the Bishop of London, the President of the Society, who was officially engaged elsewhere, the Prince was received by the directors. He minutely inspected the whole of the premises, including those models of neatness and comfort the dormitories for the female servants. His Royal Highness also examined the account-book and registers, and made many perti nent and acute remarks respecting the accounts of the annuity business, and the descriptive registers in the male and female retistry departments. The whole of the establishment, secretary, matron, registrar, and investigator of characters, were in their places, and all appeared to be ready for the commence ment oF business on Monday next. The Prince remained for a considerable time, and ex pressed his gratification with what he had seen, and with the. increase and success of the society. We must not omit to mention that his Royal Highness has now added a donation of 501. to his recent donation of 1001. A GRAND ROMAN CATHOLIC DINNER, AND THE PREMIER DUKE.—It is said that several of the leading lay Roman Catholics contemplate having a grand dinner at the Freemasons' Hall, in honour of the restoration of their hierarchy ; his Grace the Duke of Norfolk in the chair. NEW YORK, OCT. 23.—There is a rumour afloat here that the Pope has sent a well-informed and eminent dignitary of his Church to proceed to California, to ascer tain the validity of the title of the Jesuit missions to a large portion of the territory. This investigation, if made, will cause a stir in California. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL• THE LORD MAYOR'S FAREWELL ADDRESS.—At the close of the Com mon Council meeting yesterday, Mr. Wilkinson having been appointed chief clerk of the City Small Debts' Couit, in the room of Mr. Jupp, resigned, tfie Lord Mayor said,—" Gen • tlemen, this is the last time I shall have the honour of ad dressing ycu from the chair. I beg, therefore, to thank you for all your kindness, and the considerate manner in which you have assisted me during the time of my mayoralty. I have often felt my inability to discharge the duties imposed upon me in this court, but you have so well supported me upon all occasions, that my duty has many times ceased to be onerous ; so that I now feel most anxious thus publicly to tender to you my most grateful thanks for your kindness, and to bid you all a most affectionate farewell."—(Cheers.) ARCHIMEDES, RUSSIAN STEAMER.—HAMBURGH, Nov. 2. - A letter from Copenhagen contains the following details of the wreck of the Russian war steamer Archimedes, Captain Glasserup ; -"This steamer, whose engines are on the screw principle, and which was proceeding from the Bay of Kjoege, Zealand, to Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, was thrown by a violent tempest on the rocks of Hoiderodde, situated at the entrance of the port of Rcenne, in the Isle of Ronde lm. The Archimedes went to pieces, and it was by the extreme activity of the pilots and fishermen of Rcenne that the crew and troops on board, in all 420 men, were able to pass into boats. One of these unfortunately upset, and seven soldiers were drowned. The Archimedes was built last year in England, and was one of the finest steamers of the Russian navy. It was on its first voyage. It is hoped to save the rigging and the guns."—Br itish and Hamburgh Standard. COURT OF LIEUTENANCY. —Yesterday, at a Court of Lieutenancy for the city of London, held at the Guildhall, the Right Hon. the Lord 'Mayor in the chair, it was resolved, on the motion of Sir John Pelly, and seconded by Mr. James Anderson, that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be requested to convene a Court of Lieutenancy by public notice, to con. sider of presenting an address to her Majesty expressive of the opinion of this Court on the late unwarrantable assump tion of authority by the Bishop of Rome to exercise spiritual jurisdiction within this realm, in derogation of her Majesty's prerogative and the Protestant Government of this country. Resolved unanimously, on the motion of Mr. " Alderm t an Hunter, seconded by Mr. Blaste rman, M.P. : That he best thanks f this Court are pre-eminently due to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for his able conduct in the chair this day. Ordered also, that above resolutions be advertised in the usual morning papers." Adjourned. THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—In consequence of complaints from the West Indies, that the West India mail packets leave the various islands before the time appointed, orders hate been issued by Government, that on no ac count must the packets be allowed to leave the ports of call before the periods mentioned in the published official snail route scheme. Hitherto when the packets have arrived at any of the stations before their time, they have left after the interval has elapsed which bas been allowed for coaling or exchanging mails, without reference to the hour b sw e th. e i n eThhaori a excepted w f i r , o k m h i t s l s h e e or the day at w hi c h t h ey oug h t to l eave . In future this will no longer ew be permit te d. Th e on ly island which ha s principal n instructions io roi g a i s s t t h a e t i l o the mails conveyed by th e W est I n di a steamers are distributed. snlanfdromof To know exactly how much mischief may be ven tured upon with impunity is knowledge sufficient for a little great man.—Eliza Cook's Journal. MANCHESTER TRADE REFORT, THURSDAY, Nov. 7.—There is no change in to-day's market. Holders of goods and yarns are very arm, but little business has been dash LONDON, FINANCIAL CONDITION OF AUS TRIA, AND HER MILITARY AND poLm- CAL POWER. Frederick the Great, the policy of whose genius still animates and directs the conduct of Prussia, ltsys great stre-s in his memoirs of his own times on the fact " that France and all the states of Germany were in 1763 exhausted in their funds, except those of the King of Prussia, who alone had always one year's revenue in advance in his coffers." In the annals of finance we find no example of a nation having so struggled through such calamitous humiliations and exactions as Prussia endured from the victories and dictation of Napoleon, and which has throughout not only maintained her credit untarnished, but has ac tually reduced her whole national debt to a sum not equal to the amount levied by the English Customs in one year on tea, sugar,:coffee, tobacco, wine, and spirits, which in 1849 yielded, at reduced duties, 19.232,4611., the national debt of Prussia being 120,000,000 thalers, or 18,000,0001. sterling ; but since then, it is true, a loin of 20 000,000 thalers has been added to provide for eventualities arising out of the state of Germany. How has stood, and how &es Austria stand ? In his commercial statistics now completed, Mr. Macgregor states—" This empire occupies 11,631 German square miles, or 258,000 English square miles of the surface of Europe : that is, 45,000 more than France, 138,000 more than the United Kingdom, and 141,000 more than all the States of Prussia. The surface of the Austrian empire has pre-eminently the ad vantage of varied and extensive productive regions, yielding, or capable of growing, corn, rice, wine, oil, honey, wool, silk, hemp, flax, tobacco, mad der, all useful vegetables, and delicious fruits—iron, coal, salt, and other minerals and products in abun dance—cattle, swine, horses, and sheep; with the Danube and other great rivers, extending inland na vigation to almost every part of the empire; with many seaports on the ;Adriatic; with her states also joining each other, and with a population generally industrious and orderly. All these advantages and blessings, therefore, render the Austrian empire ca pable of being one of the most rich and powerful states in the world. But the empire is without unity of tradition, races, history, or language—and the spirit of the supreme government—the inflexibility of bureaucratic routine—the mechanical heaviness of the military organization—the non-amalgamation of classes—and the almost total exclusion of learned and scientific men from the society of the aristocracy,all constitnted elements of change or disintegration. " The fallacious principle of prohibiting foreign commodities in order to force home manufactures into existence, and to promote and maintain their pros perity with the patriotic and even paternal view of in• creasing the general wealth and power of the state— the establishment of Government and individual mo nopolies, all which in practice subjugated the whole nation to impoverishing, indirect taxation, without enriching the treasury, and for the benefit, at most, only of the few instead of the many, have formed that smothering system which had long paralysed, and still continues to oppress the commerce, fiscal in deperce, and effective power of Austria. " With the good intentions of a liberal and ardent mind, but not of a sufficiently matured or sound judgment, Joseph 11. enfeebled his country by the false commercial and financial legislation which be directed his Minister, Prince Kaunitz, to enforce. He subjected Austria, in consequence, to all the mis fortunes that an empty and bankrupt treasury are sure to bring upon nations as well as upon mdi- viduals. " A rigorous system, nearly in every respect pro hibitory, was enforced by that sovereign. An expen sive army of preventive custom-house agents was stationed around the frontiers, and monopolies of trade and manufactures, to be carried on by Govern ment, or by individuals, were established. Of these, the monopoly of sugar granted to certain individuals, and the monopolies of salt and tobacco, as managed by the corrupt employ es of the Hof hammer (finance department) were the most ruinous to the treasury. " The late revolution, for we cannot consider it under any other term, was caused by the denial of those political, and representative rights, which the progress of civilization, and the diffusion of know ledge, among the middle and industrious, rendered it impossible, either for the sovereign or the aristocracy, longer to withhold. The financial history of Austria is too instructive for us to cast it aside, when inquiring into the condition of Germany. " Maria Theresa, rather than free her empire from the barbarous shackles of restriction, and consequently increase her revenue, descended to the humiliating expedient of public begging in the churches ; and so far was she reduced in her finances, that, to secure, in her need, the alliance of France, she condescended to correspond and pay court to Farinella and Madame de Pompadour, both royal mistresses ; and, both of whom the virtuous, and chaste, empress would no doubt have immured in a convent, if she had had them at Vienna. " The first wars of the French revolution, not only soon emptied the treasury, but the public debt was increased by every possible expedient, to an amount which was cleared off by the most discreditable coup de main on record. "Count Wallis, called by the Emperor from the post of Oberst-burg-graf in Prague, was appointed Mi nister of Finance in Vienna, for the whole empire. Lie soon perceived that the financial measures of Counts Sauran, Zicby, and O'Donnell, from 1790 to 1811, were mere temporary expedients for momentary distress, and not calculated for permanent income to provide for future exigencies. Voluntary contribu tions had been demanded ; the silver of the churches had been used ; a base currency, intrinsically of half its nominal value, had been issued ; the exportation of the precious metals had been prohibited ; a com pulsory loan of seventy-five millions of florins bad been exacted, to diminish the exorbitant amount of imperial bank-notes which were issued ; additional enormous duties had been laid upon sugar and all tropical produce ; the post-money had been raised two or three times ; a property-tax of one-half per cent. had been levied ; and the Emperor, who Had publicly promised to issue no imperial bank-notes for the future, was again compelled to have recourse to that ruinous expedient. All was in vain ! The following statement has become history : "The floating bank• notes had imperceptibly risen to 1,060,000,000 of florins ( 106 . 000,0001. sterlin g ) ; the amount of the interest paying debt was not exactly ascertained ; it was, doubtless, even more considerable. the salaries of all public officers and the expenditure of the state had risen enormously in proportion to the depreciation of currency ; all these evils were now to be remedied by the bold project of- the determined Count Wallis. " Tne coup dßat which that minister carried into execution was approved of by his late Majesty the Emperor Francis. On the 11th of February, 1811, the orders were printed with the greatest secresy in the Imperial printing-office; a copy of the warrant was sent sealed to all the governors of the empire, who were to open it at the same hour, on the 15th of March, 1811 ; these orders were instantly to be acted upon, without remonstrance, and without the assent of the states; and they were promulgated amidst the roll of military drums. This master-stroke consisted in the substitution of q uittances for bank-notes, so that rive florins of the latter were paid by one florin of the former, in all public and private engagements. " The whole financial system of the empire was thus changed ; the usual notion of right and property was entirely violated by a general national bank ruptcy. The war of 1813 drew forth a fresh issue of 212,000,000f1. in paper, besides anticipation-scheine (notes issued to be paid by anticipated tunds) to three times that amount. When Count Stadion succeeded Count Wallis the paper money became so valueless that he found it necessary to reduce it from 250 to 100. In consequence, the property of minors, hos pitals, all institutions, and capitalists, was reduced from one hundred to twenty by Wallis, and from twenty to eight by Stadion—that is, in the two na tional bankruptcies, creditors of all kinds received only eight florins in state paper for every hundred due to them in silver. Yet all this was of no comparison to the corruption of morals introduced amongst the people. Every one endeavoured by all or any means to make up for his unmerited loss. The per manent disadvantage to the state was still g erater. It was compelled to borrow, after the peace, first 20,000,000, and afterwards 38,000,000 from Roths child, and soon after nearly as much from other con tractors." Twice afterwards the Government we"e guilty of acts that nearly, though not so flagrantly, dishonoured the national faith. In 1831 a loan of near 100,000,000 florins was con tracted ; and unfortunately the expenditure of Austria has ever since exceeded the receipts : while Prussia, under far inferior natural advantages, paid off an im mense amount of her national debt, and will, if neces sary, be in five years altogether unincumbered. No one can tell the present state of the Austrians, further than that the land is overflowed with a paper circu lation not worth a twentieth of its nominal value there is little doubt that the Empire is threefold in a state of bankruptcy. No calamity can ever justify the national bank ruicecy of a respectable Government. A French writer contended "That in an absolute Government like France, the reigning prince has only a temporary interest in the revenue of the state, and consequently that it would be not only a prudent, but even a legal operation to annihilate the public debt at the commencement of each reign." This diabolical maxim may have been read by Count Wallis, but he should have remembered, as Imperial Minister, what Icing John of France declared, " That if honour had fled the world, it ought still to be found in the bosom of princes." if Austria were as clear of financial difficulty as Prussia; and if a liberal revenue system of commer cial and financial legislation were established, we might still consider it possible that the integrity of the empire, with the exception of the Lombardo- FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1850. Venetian kingdom, might be maintained. But when I we consider the independent spirit of the Hungarians, the heartburnings which must naturally prevail in consequence of the cutting in of the Russians, the atrocities committed in Galicie, the distrust of Austria on the part of the Bohemians and Transylvanians, and the events which have occurred from the death of Francis the First until 1848, ariting from disregard to the signs of the times, when reform, without revo lution, was certainly practical, and when we take into account the event of the late revolutions, ani the conduct of the Government since that event; and, above all, the notorious poverty of the Imperial trea sury, we may well be amazed at the warlike move ments and the enormous numbers of the Austrian army. A war in such circumstances must end in a total disruption of the empire. in which, although there has been no fighting, there has been a signal victory. Constitution alism and its party are crushed, aad we may depend upon it, that the victors will not be content without adding prize money to their laurels and pro ceeding to share the spoils of the dupes. We may dept-Lnd upon it that the Conferences at Vienna will not he spent in constitution-mongering. The three powers that met in the last century for the partition of Poland are now to meet for nothing less than the partition of Germany. And the Ministerial revolu tion which has taken place at Berlin merely means that Prussia, instead of being the victim, is to be one of the victimisers. We have little doubt that one of the terms of accord between the rival empires of the north and south will be an exchange of Baden for Hesse, the Prussians withdrawing from the former, th e Austro-Bavarians from the latter. Holstein will no doubt be thrown to Denmark ; but we are much mistaken if Hamburgh be not at the same time flung to Prussia. Bavaria cannot be contented with less tha❑ the possession of Frankfort, which, by the by, has been already delivered up to Bavarian troops. And free cities, we may be certain, will be no longer tolerated in the new absolutist federation. What part in the spoil Russia is to have does not appear. But no doubt the moment will be chosen for completing the autopsie of Poland. Its complete division into Russian provinces, and absorption in the Russian empire, has been for some time in progress. Poland has been already divided into Greek bishoprics, not as Cardinal Wiseman has divided England, but with large landed property attached to them. The Greek churches, which otherwise would have remained empty, have been filled by the Russian military and employes. And the transkr of the imperial residence for a large portion of the year to Wareaweivill com plete the work begun. Whether there may not be some advance of the Russian frontier westward seems doubtful, Prussia, of course, receiving indemnity west ward; and whether Russia, by virtue of this ad vance, may not insist, on her old pretension, of be coming one of the German Confederation, is another question. But, indeed, as acknowledged arbiter and suzerain over the two great German monarchs, Rus sia already rules that Federation. As to Prussia, we admit that there was no medium policy open to it. Belong it must either to the constitutional west or the absolutist east. If supported by neither, it must have fallen a prey to both. And whilst democracy undermined it on one side, the great military powers would have overrun it on the other. The noble words of Condorcet are well known, in which he said he was left no choice but to be either executioner or victim: On me laissa le choix d'etre bourreau ou victime; Je choisis le malheur, et leur laissai le crime. To Prussia was presented a similar alternative. In stead of choosing to be victim, however, that monarchy has preferred to enact executioner. And in that capacity we shall no doubt soon see Prussia at work. The Times, which has an appetite for devouring a Schleswig-Holsteiner for breakfast every morning, draws a formidable picture of an Austrian army marching from the Maine into the Danish peninsula. The Times need be in no alarm for any such expe dition, which would be more disgraceful to the Prus sians than for themselves, to put down their friends of Holstein. But it is the rule of the Diet to commis sion neighbours to put down each other. And Ger many has always a tame elephant ready to belabour and crush a wild one. The accord of Warsaw allow ing the Frankfort Diet to fairly represent all the states which adhere to the Diet, Hesse and Holstein being amongst them; the Bavarians have been com missioned to pacify Hesse, and no doubt the King of Hanover will be empowered to do the same by the Holsteiners, which he can do without crossing the Prussian territories. What will be the feelings of all Germans whilst this is going on we leave all who know or who have lately seen them to imagine. Nor is it only the feelings of the peasant or the citizen that are to be considered, but those of the soldier. The Hessian officers and soldiers, discarded and proscribed, will no doubt quit the electorate, and be hospitably entertained and supported throughout Germany. What feelings, what judgments, will be universally excited by such a spectacle ? There will be no up rising, we believe. Parties are too deeply separated, the democrats too ulceratedjand for the moment enjoy too heartily the disgrace of Prussia and the constitu tionalists, to think of helping either. But the nature and mass of their sentiments are dangerous and in flammatory to a degree beyond comprehension. Talk of the French mind being in a dangerous state of irritability and restlessness : what is it to the choke damp that now invades and circulates through every crevice and passage of the German mind, waiting for the flame that is to produce the explosion? Politicians may call this a reconciliation, journalists may call it peace, and the dealers in public funds may think it a most auspicious and pacific settlement. But there is not an experienced or thinking man that does not regard it as the most perilous and uncertain state, into which the population and the fortunes of Central Europe could be thrown. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening M. Jullien inaugurated his return to this theatre with a grand bal masque, conducted on a scale of splendour and elegance for which these kind of entertainments under his management have long been remarkable. The house was throughout fitted up with exquisite taste, and when crowded by the motley votaries of the dance presented a spectacle of really gay magnificence. Cut-glass chandeliers and lustres of all shapes and sizes were fixed to the boxes or pendant from the ceiling. Banners with brilliant devices and garlands of artificial flowers chequered the roof and panelling of the building, which was festooned very daintily with white and gold draperies. Immediately over the commencement of what is usually the stage, and consequently directly in front of the orchestra, hung the gorgeous crystal curtain, which a year ago excited for the first time so much admiration. The lord of the revels was as a matter of course the " cynosure of neighbouring eyes" directly he made his appear ance, and was greeted with genuine and prolonged enthusiasm. He wielded his baton with his accus tomed dexterity, and kept the attendant company in almost perpetual motion, either with the quadrille, the valse, or the polka. The lighting, the flowers, the crystal curtain, the flags, the music, the dance, and the various costumes (some beautiful, and some fan tastic), rendered the whole scene one of splendour and animation. Added to the numerous dancers, the boxes and galleries were crowded with spectators. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Prussian game is now almost played out. The fall of M. de Radowitz is the signal of the defeat, and, we hope, the abandonment of that policy of the Court of Berlin which had sacrificed the just influence of Prussia in the Confederation, and her national weight at home, to a chimerical union of the minor German States, which prolonged the Danish contest by a singular mixture of vacilla tion and bad faith, and which threatened at last to embro'.l the whole of Germany in actual war. Like Id. Thiers in the autumn of 1840, the Prussian Mi nister has lost his footing at the very moment when it became necessary to resort to the most extensive mili tary preparations to support his p o li cy ; b u t th e re is this important difference between the two cases — that in France the King perceived the danger of his position, and turned out the Thiers Ministry by his refusal to authorise their armaments; whilst in Prussia Frederick William has himself been the most eager partisan of this desperate and im practicable line of conduct, and the check which has removed M. de Radowitz from office falls with equal, or even greater force, on the person of the Sovereign. In this r es p e ct the mo derate members of the Prussian Cabinet have gained a constitutional victory over the heated and violent ad visers of the Court, and Count Brandenburgb, with M. de Manteuffel have rendered fresh services to the stability of the monarchy and the peace of Europe. The plans which M. de Radowitz had brought for ward and promoted for a time with so much eagerness, had, in fact, crumbled under his feet before the late crisis; and his position became the more ludicrous as he was rushing to the verge of war in defence of a project which had already lost all shape and cohe sion. The question was, in fact, reduced to a mere point of personal vanity and consistency. Individually M. de Radowitz could not recede from the position to which he had pledged himself ; but his resignation happily removes the principal difficulty which de layed or prevented the settlement of these differences. There seems to be no doubt that Count Branden burgh was authorized to propose at Warsaw the abandonment of the scheme of the Prussian Union, and to accede, under certain conditions, to the reor ganization of the Germanic Diet. A negotiation was opened upon these terms, and Russia declared herself adverse to the rejection of them. If, as we hope, there exists on both sides a sincere desire to re store the federal union of all Germany, the conditions cannot present any invincible difficulty, and the Aus trian Government would be highly reprehensible if it attempted to avail itself of the present turn in the affairs of Germany to impose any sort of onerous conditions on the Prussian party, or to assume a tone of recrimination and menace. In the meantime the Federal party and the Frankfort Assembly have shown that they are quite prepared to act in support of the authority they claim The mission of the Austrian officer to Kiel, which has recently been ad verted to, was intended to convey to the Stadtholderate the terms of that resolution of the federal authority which was taken on the 26th of October for the termina tion of the war, and published by ourselves a few days afterwards. As we had anticipated, the mission of the Prussian agent, General Hayn, proved a com plete failure, for what he recommended under the shape of an armistice was, in truth, a prolongation of the burdens of the war without any prospect of a de finite result. The intimation of the Frankfort au thority is of a different character, for it is, in fact, that summons to desist from hostilities which we have so long hoped for, proceeding in this instance, from the federal power which is competent to enforce it, with out any violation of the territorial rights of Germany. It becomes a matter of perfect indifference, under these circumstances, whether Lord Cowley's signa ture of the ratifications recently exchanged is or is not a recognition of the Power with which he signed. For, happily, the time is past when the dilatory and nugatory mediation of this country can be made a pretext for prolonging the hostilities Lord Palmerston bad undertaken to terminate. It is very much to be desired that the German States themselves should take effectual measures to heal the wounds and repair the injuries which have mainly been caused by their guilty connivance ; and, if the obstinate resistance of the Kiel Stadtholderate should render any armed intervention necessary, the presence of federal troops in Holstein is infinitely pre ferable to the invasion or occupation of any part of the Danish dominions by any foreign Power. It would even seem possible that, in the event of a posi tive interference, Prussia would herself anticipate the march of the federal corps by preparing to occupy Holstein, as she has done a part of Hesse. We have no doubt whatever that Lord P a l mers t on will pa we l g be even tually recognise the restored Germanic Confederation, but ic t a it n c w e . whatl had b e with bhe ee nm ag l i s h i this have far-seeing o m rno difference, d p a r t a he eit tihc w sl ial as e i compelled by the force of e ven t s t o accep t w i t h re ed:h ness , for, if the part he h as t a k en i n t h e a ff a i rs o f Germany u has been blind and petulant, we should not now have to regret the humiliating extension of Russian ascendancy over the whole of Germany, nor should we have any reason . to deplore the means by which even this pacification will ha ve b een effected. We sincerely desire the terminati on o f the Danish war, and of the unhappy dissensi ons which have now for many months torn asunder and weakened the prin cipal German States. As to those objects, there be no difference of opinio n b e t ween an states man and the Emperor hi mse lf. Nichola s But the question was, and is,whether th ese objects are, to be effected in a manner favour a bl e to the advancement of liberal principles and to the connexion of Germany with England, or whether the resu l t i s to beat tained by the sacrifice of liberal principles, and by an increased subserviency of German interests and powers to the policy . of Russia. The result is, by that result,. the whole policy un happily, one which he who runs may read. Judged es tranged this . count . r . y from Austria and Bavaria, and staked their creait . on the success of the visionary schemes of Prussia,. is a total failure, since it bas ended in the ruin of the . cause our Government affected of those who to favour, and the triumph of an authority essent iall y opposed to our own. In th e var i ous emergencies which may arise, either in the Ea s t or i n the West of Europe, the prodigious diplomati c advance wh ich Russia has indubitably m a d e w ill , soone r or later, prove to be an event of the most serious importance. if her attention were again actively directed to the Ott om an Empire, we have l os t, an d she has gained, the support or acquiescence of the German Pea ers in that quarter of the globe. If events in France should give rise to another change less favourable to the character.. maintenance of peace, the Emperor of Russia would persuaded findhimcsoealfliwtioitir of f t atnheeffmorotstat formidable ihdeaandleof a conti nental are at a loss to discover any ads g r r a e n a t t a fromtt a i stcounourtrya Emperor tr a io s orh d oa e lf r i Russia e policy,uds s from o a m oowd tss wea m ge portionwhich c o h f a a rk re ed deviation his ascendancy in Germany to the eccentric and un rty friendly attitude of England. Lord aPalmets it s courted, rsto courted, it is true, the revolutions leaders with incredible eagerness and c redulity. lie based the alliance of the two natio ns on the duration of their ephemeral power, but whe n they lay buried under the ruins of their own topheavy schemes, he found himself without a friend a mong the regularly constituted authorities of the nation. e hope that with the cessation of these projects and theoverthrow of that dangerous policy of which the of Radowitz was the ostensible leader, we may enter upon a m ore rational period. It is impossible, for their own dig nity and security, that the German States can cherish the idea of a strict Russian alliance ; and, even now, a skilful and friendly policy on the part of t i his coun try would remind them that Great Britain s not less concerned in their union and their welfare. With Prussia, especially, we may renew the most amicable relations whenever she abandon s or discards the men and the measures which have suspended our confi dence and forfeited our esteem ; .. an . d we should view d the position of danger and hum iliation i i n whch she is placed by the enormous forces opp.ose to her on the Russian and Austrian frontiers with more sympathy and apprehension, if we could f o rget . . that she has ac cumulated these impending calamities by her own folly and injustice on her own head. DAILY NEWS—The abandonment of all th e popular principles of G- e rreanunity, and the sacrifice of all independent and constitutional system of go vernment in Germany, having been consummated in Warsaw, in accordance w ith the desires and congratu lations of our contemporaries, it is quite misplaced of them to continue to commiserate Prussia, or to repre sent it, as the Times does, i threatened by a dismem berment of Silesia. Let t no t be suppos e d th a t i t absolutist reciu and ds military, is, that Prussia accords with either Russia's policy or interest to weakenrossia should Pru ssia.be, Alllike herself,th atßussia and in the concerns of Europ e, that the voic e and the weight of Russel, of aaestria, and of Prussia s h ou ld go together, as they were wont to do in th e goo d old times. This triple alliance being fully re s t ore d, Russia, instead of seeking to curtail the territ or i es o f Prussia, will be inclined to extend them. The events of the last weeks have formed a kind of campaign, HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last evening Mr. Macready played, for the last time but one, his celebrated character of Werner. We shall not now enter into a criticism upon a per formance the lofty merits of which are universally known and admitted. It is one of our eminent tra gedian's greatest efforts, and should be seen by all who reverence histrionic genius in its highest and most instructive manifestations. We never saw him act better than on this occasion. All the masterly touches of nature with which his delineation of the character abounds, and the whole of the magnificent last scene, his conception of which is perfectly sublime, were given with as great effect as ever, and elicited most enthusiastic applause. Mr. Davenport made another considerable advance in public favour by his admirable version of the difficult and important part of Ulric. Mrs. Warner was highly effective as Josephine, and Miss Reynolds made a very pretty and interesting Ida. The house was crowded. QUEEN'S THEATRE. A new melodrama, entitled The Pirate Queen; or the Cataract of the Giant's Bock, was produced at this theatre last evening, in the course of which the introduction, as beautiful as it was novel, of a torrent of real water on the stage produced an immense effect. For variety of scenery and magnificent cos tumes the melodrama has seldom been surpassed. The piece was strongly cast. We must especially commend the acting and singing of Miss Farrell, who made her first appearance on this occasion ; this lady will prove a great acquisition to the company. Mrs. Boyce evinced considerable talent as the Pirate Queen, while Messrs. Green, Dean, and Bigwood in their respective parts added greatly to the success of the piece, the quaint acting of the last mentioned gentleman being greatly appreciated by the audience. At the conclusion the principal artists were called before the curtain, and the piece was announced for repetition every evening. THEATRE ROYAL, MANCHESTER. During the past month the frequenters of this theatre have been gratified, through the aid of a most efficient operatic company, with a series of admirable performances. Among the various pieces produced have been several of the masterpieces of the great composers. One of the most brilliant successes among these was the rendering of the chef d auvre of Mozart. Almost all the principal parts were sup ported excellently well, but Borrani appears to have excited a genuine furor in the character of Don Giovanni. His splendid voice And artistic singing tells to admiration in the duet "La ci darem," gain ing him a nightly encore both in that and in the " Serenade." Everything shows that Manchester is still resolved to maintain its fame for musical taste and discrimination. ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF AERIAL NA VIGATION IN AMERICA. (From the New York Herald of October 22.) TAGGET'S FLYING MACHINE.—Mr. Tagget hag been at great expense in preparing a place to show the people of New York he can navigate the air. " His ascension will come off on Wednesday, the 30th inst., near the corner of Twenty-Third-street and Fifth avenue, at three, P.m. Mr. Tagget informs us he has made two successful ascensions, and travelled 75 miles in an hour and twenty minutes, making four different angles. This machine has been on exhibition at 135, Fulton-street, for two weeks. Many scientific men have examined it, and wo believe all concur in saying they believe he has accomplished the fact of navigating the air. We were incredulous in believing the air would ever be navigated, but after critically examining the in vention, we must say that we can see no difficulty but what Mr. Tugget has overcome. We shall be present at the ascension, and hope all scientific n:-n will attend." Such is the statement of the New York Herald, and to this we may add that in one of Mr. Tagget's ascen sions, wich came off at Lowell, in Massachusetts, on the 4th July, the New York Journal of Commerce states that Mr. Tugget proceeded out to sea a considerable distance, and having promised to return to Lowell, he turned his machine about, and would undoubtedly have fulfilled his promise of returning, had not some part of his machinery broke, and he descended safely at Middle ton, only six miles from Lowell, though the entire dis tance he had travelled was 75 miles, performed in an hour and twenty minutes. Mr. Tagget has patented his machine, but neither of the above papers give a description of it, with the ex ception of the Journal of Commerce stating that it is at tached to a balloon. A LEAPING MACHINE FOR EXPLORING PARTIES. The following is a later account from Mr. Wise, the American aeronaut, of this singular suggestion for a leaping machine to assist exploring tourists:—lf we take a balloon of limited size, about eighteen feet i❑ diameter each way, it will, when inflated with hydrogen gas, be capable of raising 160 pounds independent of its own weight. Now, if this be so fastened to a man's body as not to interfere with the free use of his arms and legs, he may then ballast himself so as to be a trifle heavier than the upward tendency of the balloon, which will be nearly in equilibria. If, then, he provides himself with a pair of wings, made on the bird principle, with socket joints to slip over his arms at the shoulders, and a grasping handle internally of each one at the distance from the shoulder-joint of the wing, as the distance is from the shoulder to the hand, he may beat against the air with his wings, and bound against the earth with his feet, so as to make at least a hundred yards at each bound. This the writer has often done in the direction of a gentle wind, with the aid of his feet alone, after his balloon bad descended to the earth, and on one occasion traversed a pine forest of several miles in extent by bounding against the tops of the trees. Such a contrivance would be of inestimable value to ex ploring expeditions. Landings to otherwise inaccessible mountains, escapes from surrounding icebergs, explora tions of volcanic craters, traversing vast swamps and morasses, walking over lakes and seas, bounding over isthmuses, straits, and promontories, or exploring the cloud-capped peaks of Chimbarazo, could thus all be easily accomplished. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THIIRSDAY.—DEATH OF MR. J. K. JOHN" STON. — Died on the morning of the 6th Novem ber, at No. 24, Eden. quay, John Kent Johnston, Esq., in the 48th year of his age. The late Mr. Johnston has, for many years, been acting as general newspaper agent in this country, and was the princi pal means of first expediting the transmission of news papers through the General Post-office as well as by his own independent expresses. DEATH OF MICHAEL HEAD DROUGHT, ESQ.—The friends of this gentleman will regret to learn that his death took place on Saturday evening, at his resi dence at Harristown, in the Queen's county, from a malignant fever, caught at the Donaghmore poor house, in the discharge of his duty as one of the guardians of that late establishment. Mr. Drought was for many years master of the Ossory Club hounds. A GOOD LANDLORD.—A tenant farmer from Gra nagh came to our office yesterday and showed us a receipt from his landlord, Stephen Roche, Esq., for 201., although this gentleman actually received only 2s. 4d. out of the sum due. He allowed a reduction in the rent of 11/., for a cow that died M., for poor rates the entire 31. 17s. Bd., and the balance was handed to him by the tenant—namely, 2s. 4d. ! This speaks for itself. CUFFS-STREET SAVINGS BANK.—The Upper Castle yard has been besieged for the last few days by the depositors of the late Cuffe-street Savings Bank. THE NEW NOVEL, " NATHALIB, by Miss .I%.AVA ?JAGS!, author of " Woman in France," "Madeleine," &c., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the Libraries. Also just published:-2. Lettice Arnold, by the author of " Emilia Wyndham."-3. Lamia, A Confes sion.-4. Light and Darkness; or, Mysteries of Life, by Mrs. Crowe.-5. Singleton Fontenoy, by James Hannay, Esq., late R.N.-6. The Luttrells ; or, The Two Marriages, by the author of " Shakspeare and s Friends."— 7. Our Country, by John Mills, Esq.-8. Petticoat Government, by Mrs. Trollope.-9. Claude, by Miss Molesworth. Also just ready, Love and Ambition, by the author of " Rocking ham." SERVANTS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. —Yesterday a special general meeting of the board of directors of the above society was held at their new institu tion., in Great Marlborough- street, Regent-street, for gener al business, and making final arrangements for the opening of aFemale Servants' Home. The report of the society's pro gress was highly satisfactory. The financial statement showed that since the 6th of May, 1849, not less than 19,7061. 14s. 11d. has been paid by servants to the provident fund for providing annuities, insurances, and eltdowinents. The benevolent fund at the date of last audit, . i ncluding a donation of 100/. from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, amounted to 1,2381. 3s. Bd. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—The glorious letter of Lord John Russell to the Bishop of Durham, leaves little to be desired but that means should be devised, in the absence of Parlia ment, for giving opportunities of expressing adherence to his leadership so well begun. The question of law may demand consideration ; but so far as I can recol lect from the authority on former occasions men tioned as my domestic attorney-general, the statute of 13 Elizabeth, c. 2, remains in full force by express provision of the statute of 7 And 8 Victoria, c. 102, except the " suffering pains of death" which by the first statute is enacted. Ido not suppose anybody wants to see St. Pudentiana quartered ; but it would be well to try the law of the case. We see now what was preparing for us, when a French army was restoring the Pontifical power in Rome, and the same organs that hounded on Don Carlos in Spain, were found at the table of the French general in support of the same mission. It is not clear, either, that the case is mended, by the re ported movements of 200,000 Austrians and Bavarians towards the liberal states of Germany. There is a medium always between needless alarm and careless. ness ; and it is well we see the question so far in such good hands. The thing more immediately in our power at present, is to adhere. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Nov. 8, 1850 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.—There is at present lying in the Mersey a ship called the Hannah, which will leave this port with the first fair wind under novel and p a e: circumstances.inacrhester gentleman, rd is ne a r fines,,h purchased i a g s a had e a - a l o o h k• o i di n te g teekds vessel,o:iup in gentleman.i en o oa f a: 4s first-rate Orbs fortune, e o rnna n e t s , me burden, iasntd:e.el ne exceedinglydfso r t m v t h ah i k c oi h n g h a a s beenovmo)f,oa accommodation rgpt voyage r b c rl h oe ou a ff s no e dhr d ttm b hh z ee , s lr‘ e e,o l c f rel a pl n t: d oann fa do n f t h i a l a y s , pmo a as s dsee well as several friends. The between decksof r e s p e a r t v a a t n i o t o s . 5 fol:Ir. sailing Gardner,aom countryw ho i s toa country for the space of five years. The vessel, which is in first-rate order, carries everything necessary for the perfect enjoyment of Mr. Gardner's novel and lengthy voyage, and is commanded by Captain Moodie, who has engaged a crew of picked men. Whether Mr. Gardner has any particular adventure in view, such as the discovery and appropriation of some new and rich country, over which he and his friends may have domnion, we know not; but, whatever secret ob jects be may have, we wish him fair and prosperous breezes, and a kindly reception in all the lands off which he may anchor.- Liverpool Times. ACCIDENT AT THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY STATION.—BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 7.—A singular and annoying accident occurred at the junction of the Derby and London and North-Western station this morning. There is a lift betwixt the elevation of the two lines, and therefore carriages are obliged to be lifted by machinery from the Derby up to the Bristol line. It appears that between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning, and after the mail train left for Glou cester, a goods train passed over the viaduct which crosses Lawley-street, and from some cause not yet explained an est plosion took place. As to the cause there are various opi nions; the most popular one is that gas had collected under the dry arches of the railway, and that an accidental spark from the engine rendered the explosion inevitable. It is somewhat singular that, with the exception of the stoker of the goods engine, no person connected with the train was seriously injured. But the results have otherwise been fearful; the parapet wall and masses of brickwork were propelled from an elevation ,of 50 feet, and lrty in large m m a en sse a now masses, showing actively the engaged violence nf the repairingshock. the Matrimony is a circus. Many noble creatures enter it, run round and round, and kick u p a fine dust, but few get properly trained and brok en to it. —Eliza Cook's .rournal. MISQUOTATION.—" lie who run s ma y read."—No serious Numbersf da mageo done. such passage exists in the Scriptures, though it is constantly quoted as from them. It is usually the accompaniment of expressions relative to the clearness of meaning or direction, the suppositious allusion being to an inscription written in very large characters. The text in the prophet Habakkuk is the following Write the vision a nd make it p lai n upon tables, that be may run that readeth it." (Ch. ii., 2.) Here, sphlaoionlldy,bte alarmed d ir)g is, that every on e reading the vision by it, a nd should fly from the impending calamity ; and, although this involves the notion of legibility and clearness, that notion is the secondary, and not the primary one, as those persons make it who misquote in the manner stated above.—Notes and Queries. DEATH IN A CAD.-013 Wednesday a sergeant in the Royal Artillery engaged a cab,,giving directions to be set down at the North Kent Railway, London-bridge. On ar riving at the terminus the driver alighted from his seat to afford egress from the vehicle, and he was not a little sur prised when, opening the door, hT found the passenger inani mate. Life being pronounced quite extinct, the body was conveyed to the Green Man, where it awaits the coroner's i nques t. It is thought that an apoplectic fit was the cause of death. LOVE AT FIRST SlGHT. — Lately two soldiers met two girls in the streets of the fair city of Perth, smiled, talked, proposed on the instant, and on the instant were ac cepted. Ou the ensuing Sabbath the banns were proclaimed, and the next day the minister was engaged and the festival prepared. But the commanding officer had heard of the affair, closed the barracks, and tempted a new illustration of the proverb that " Love laughs at locksmiths," for in a day or two the four inamoratas were made twain, and " woo'd and married an' a' that."—Xerth Paper. EXTF:NSIVE ROBBERIES FROM THE LEEDS POST-OFFICE. Much excitement has been occasioned in Leeds and Bradford by the discovery that several merchants and manufacturers have been robbed of letters ad dressed to them from parties with whom they had business transactions, some of the letters containing large remittances of money. It is supposed that the letters have been obtained at the Post-office by parties who have represented themselves as the servants of the firms or persons to whom they were addressed, but who had no authority for what they did. A few days ago Mr. Read, the chief-constable of Leeds, received information that a letter, containing a bill or draught for the sum of 7441. 15s , had been sent through the Post-office by Mr. John Atkinson, of Bradford, to Messrs. Holt, wool-merchants, Leeds, and that it had not reached its destination. Inquiries were made, and suspicion fell upon a young man named John Warren, who some four or five years ago was in the employ of Messrs. Holt as an errand boy. Yesterday (Thursday) morning Mr. Read and Superintendent Grauban apprehended the suspected person (John Warren), his brother (William War ren), his father (Peter Warren), and a young woman who gave her name Hannah Leonard, and said she came from Hull. Peter Warren, a weaver, of good character, says that his son John told him that he was going to marry the female prisoner, and he had ordered a barrel of beer and a quantity of meat and provisions for the celebration of that event. . _ The whole of the prisoners were yesterday forenoon placed before a bench of magistrates, at the Court house, when the following witnesses were examined : Mr. Atkinson, of Bradford, stated that on Monday, the 4th instant, he sent by post to Messrs. Holt, of Leeds, a bill of exchange, drawn by the Bradford Banking Company on Jones Loyd and Co., London, for 744/. 15s. Mr. Joseph Holt proved the non-receipt of the letter containing the bill of exchange. The witness added—Last night I went to the Leeds Post-office, and saw the postmaster, who showed me a letter, now produced, and of which the following is a copy : " Harrogate, Nov. 6, 1850. "Herewith you receive a cheque for 400/. and a note for 501., from your father, which please to acknowledge. " From your affectionate father, "THOMAS HOLT." That letter, which was then sealed, the postmaster opened in my presence. It contained a cheque for 4001., and a 501. bank note ; that letter purports to have been written by my father, who resides at Har rogate, but it is a forgery. I assume from that letter, and the contents of it, that an original letter bad been sent by my father to our firm, with that cheque, and that it had been fraudulently intercepted at the Post office, and then the party who had done it, finding that he could not use the cheque, had enclosed it in the forged letter above-mentioned. Mr. Joseph Croft, clerk and cashier of the Brad ford Banking Company, stated that on Tuesday morning last the prisoner, John Warren, presented for payment the bill of exchange for 744/. 15s. On being asked his name, the prisoner said it was William Holt, and that he was of Leeds. He wished to have the bill cashed in back-notes and sovereigns. Be lieving his statement to be true, witness cashed the bill, and asked the prisoner to endorse it, upon which he wrote " William Holt." Witness then said to him that it would require endorsing by the firm of Holt, Brothers, and he wrote that firm on the back of the bill. Witness then paid the prisoner John War ren the full sum of 7441. 15s. in bank-notes and sovereigns. (The witness then mentioned the num bers of these notes.) Wm. Palmer Ord, cashier at the Leeds Branch Bank of England, said, on Tuesday last, between one and two o'clock, the prisoner John Warren came to the bank, and produced one or two bank-notes, for which he wished cash, but as they were London and Manchester notes I declined. The prisoner then produced a Leeds Bank of England note for 1001., and wished me to cash that note for him. I agreed to do so, and desired him to put his name and address upon it. He then wrote upon it the name of " Henry Watson Brooke," and as he did not add the address to the name, I inquired of him his address, and he then gave " Alfred-place." I gave the prisoner the full change, all in Bank of England 51. notes. He immediately crumpled up the notes, and was about leaving the bank without counting them, when I told him so, and he then opened them and counted them very hastily. In this way my attention was called to him. I entered in a boob the numbers and dates of the notes I gave to him, and I have examined the twenty notes of 51. each produced by Mr. Read, the chief constable, and they are the same notes I paid to the prisoner. Mr. Read, chief constable of Leeds, stated that he apprehended the prisoner, John Warren, in the house of his father, Peter Warren. He found the prisoner, John Warren, at breakfast with Hannah Leonard. In his left trousers-pocket he found four bank-notes of 100/. each, and in his right trousers-pocket 9/. or 101. in gold. A key of a box was 13 ing upon the table, and witness asked John Warren if that was the key of his box, and he said it was. Witness asked him if he had money there, and he said, " No." Wit ness then went upstairs, and, on opening the box, found five Bank of England notes for 101., twenty two notes of the same bank for Si. each, and 1301. in gold. There was also LW. in gold in a purse at the bottom of the box, which Peter Warren claimed as his own. He also took from John Warren's finger a ring, and from his pocket a watch. He likewise took a gold ring and a silver watch from the girl Leo nard, and a silver watch from Peter Warren. Upon being charged with the robbery John Warren did not deny his guilt, but exonerated his father from any knowledge of the affair. Mr. Prentis, clerk in the Leeds Post. office, proved tbat the prisoner John Warren had, on the 28th of October, obtained the letter of Messrs. Stansfield and Brown. As there appeared no evidence against Peter Warren, the father, he was taken out of the dock and examined as a witness. William Warren was also admitted evidence. Mr. Barker, Temperance Hotel-keeper, Briggate, Leeds, proved that the watch which was found in the possession of John Warren was stolen from his house in July last. It also appeared from other evidence that the pri soner bad visited Harrogate on Thursday with a horse and gig, and that he then had 4001. in cash in his pocket. Tne prisoners John Warren and Hannah Leonard, were then remanded till Monday next, the others be ing discharged. THE DUKE or NEWCASTLE.—The accounts re ceived in town on Wednesday evening from Clumber• park describe the Duke of Newcastle as being is a sinking state, though free from pain. No hopes of the Noble Duke's reco very are entertainer. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, about half past ten o'clock, a gentleman, whose name has not transpired, was proceeding on horseback through Broad street, Bloomsbury, when hi, horse took fright, and before he could be reined in the animal came into violent collision with one of Messrs. Soulbv's coal-waggons, which was crossing from Drury-lane to Museum-street ; the gentleman was thrown on the top of his head. which was lacerated in a dreadful manner, and before the waggoner could stop his horses one of the forewheels had passed over the gentleman's thighs and over the unfortunate animal, which lay in tho most excruciating agony until the arrival of a veterinary surgeon, who put an end to its misery. The gentleman was taken to a surgeon's, when it wits found that no bones had been broken. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LormoN.—At the monthly general meeting held yesterday, at the society's house, in Hanover -square, Mr. Wm. Yarrell. V.P., in the chair, his Excellency the Baron Brunnow, Mr. George Routledge, Mr. John S. Gaskoin, and Mr. Richard Hartley Kennedy, were elected fellows, and Mr. Thomas Brooksbank was pro posed as a candidate for the fellowship. The report of the Council states that the number of visitors to the gardens during the current year has been 344,590, and that there has been an increase in consequence of 5,6001. in the receipts, as compared with the corresponding period of 1849. Upwards of eighty animals have been added to the menagerie, by purchase and donat'ons, since the meeting in September. The principal objects of interest are a Polar bear, three grisly bears, and a male brush turkey (Talegalla Lathami), of which species the society had previously only obtained a female. The principal gifts are a lioness from Mozambique, presented by her Majesty the Queen of Portugal; a lioness presented by General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape ; and a herd of rein deer, presented by W. C. Domvile, Esq. The first portion of a collection which has been obtained in Ceylon, by Alexander Grace, Esq., reached the gardens on the Ist instant, and will be regarded with interest, as coming from a country of which the zoology is still very imperfectly known. The first evening meeting will take place at the society's house on Tuesday - , November 12, when, among other papers, Dr. Mantel' will make a communication on the discovery of a living specimen of Notornis (a bird hitherto only known in a fossil state) in the middle island of New Zealand. LEGAL PROMOTIONS.—Mr. Sergeant Allen, of the Oxford Circuit, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, of the Northern Circuit, have received a patent of precedence. Mr. Miller, of the Midland Circuit, will receive the coif. The vacancies occasioned by the elevation of Mr. Martin, and the retire ment from circuit practice of Mr. Whitehurat, have led to several applications to the Lord Chancellor for silk, but at present no determination has been made as to which, if any, gentlemen will be called within the bar. Tna MARINE SOClETY.—Yesterday a meeting of the governors of the above incorporated society was held at their offices in Bishopsgate-street, City, for the reception of boys and general business. The report of the society operations during the past y e a r was satisfactory, clothing and outfit having been pro vided for 282 poor and . destitute boys, who had been s ent into the royal navy, Indiart r:la e L, a nd merchant service , ma kin g u p to the present period n e n s t y . b a e n d rece ived of 100/. from the late J. 50,000 boys thus pr ovided for. A legHae.yp e h a a c s e Eo c r k urteis, Esq., 5091. 14s. 2d.trio am 100/ late by the late Sir Win g , • during the past year 5001. from C. late . C • t ce o n f t. 9 C ,9 o o n B s / o . l 6 B: s. af fi t d e . r by the J o d h e. n de mise of his widow. Esq., t a tte d T a h r e b e e q p u e e s r Alderman Luca Masses, in Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle, and discards her nurse.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FOREIGN GAME.—An importation of a quantity of game has taken place by a vessel arrived from Dunkirk, con signed to order. This is an unusual article of importation from abroad. --- LY.) 4.1') itoe 1° a .0 t hi s a the is ° II be