The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-04 00:00:00

KETS. Wigan, and 5/4 p.—Chester parClydee p.—Easters 40L Share! t 'Grimsby ana 61—flu d " rerannd Bedford. —London and lanchester and 6 3 / 1 7,)11111. beater an c 40 1 - [o—Ditto , 174• dis.-- ta e ld -Ditto, (Par _e .. d Dover, I',, ing Villa, 3,t dab, i% P. ;nhead, Lanes: and LiverPoo, Clitheroe ,ole, DonOf e r, a Yorkshire, Ea Y or kshire, 49 5 . )00l and 13110 Yerpool, Orresl 16s. 3d.--LYO QUarters,ioa C o ntinuat i n Aurae° . Bury At rrantharn, 379 d _ she ffield v and Bin,ing6: iiding 1.3.11i° t Grimsbi and Ao, Docks, yo,'"t, id Bradford Der• cast l e and rhataptona 1111; 4field 813 vaing __`pest .. 1 g od eat Ett ste s'er 5. 6d. 1 ).-- isfor 155. ~&o rtb uir IsT 4 o P ;rll ' W 3 .*-frr estel* —R e id and 'l— and Sei b /War -CoventrY, 3rsfield ago do; s .—Wes t o d. Western, De° 4s ' hester and ..,5% hares, Is°,id Ts..—South L. p• weastle 01 ) 0. and No r ' ick, 9% 096 1 1 ter and 181 94' ~ 0 dland, o 4 , h liresterOf f%ete l i istol andi„idisoi , 12 iris and n Extesoy D 3 41 s.— ndee an $5O . DbUrght Gi est Union , 10 .—Gluag?"' and Lothootbs: .6 • _ 3—Scott;s 8 00. ; Midland' VAY S ' de ta ) 0 ma , e of the ,01:,bt! • 7 ues day Crewe--V d Crewe) . joi I Bletchlei ?rimsby and Gairb b°s! isfield braoc b ' ;0 Nuneat4g. BEN OF TE' l "l".4 from the F i appeared Wales and Y and Cl° ll ' ad Do • e et 0 14 rich 3 ,on-TPl e f i Mansfield il l / I fl 0 4 sburY , t o o * ibury, 1 49 o,v SUfl'ojil r ailiceilivia , to -day' g 4 , n d books iLdtt7 T ra de, I JP' 00? have tbe g "nest paPer'apt as the d...,diec . 1 on St it ie ,,, seliA L e and ir td dim, • t h e sten A • l a td , intereel,e'civiroi ay the °lobed yo S i re RAM, 1845. rE sO:s, vios e. j e an, au c oe r ;trend T` the i Dri tradie it 1 11 ° Ille o l 'e b 6 Ol l / 4 ' e bills, „„inC a te. tv irday any cira;,te tc li e n t serv o sp ,iSGSW kccipofer f r of P °h" ef i _A have the A'Acil # rest l ,6o wr the,irettifeA Lker Wes lorietor ht fra il the ,eOO g f r ore t og o lc arge e ,bep t 1 nee 0 1 the C Ol .th b F e !l i icular 4i tha t ° in A 1101 ma ii-tr!„ . t he .0 , ited uP fr;tlgsoo B ArdA diS arW- 4 ,h e fe 4 rhich a . 4 P P ' (li r 11$ bl e • alker c 00 01 fis a so on h e °I Of ter dAY last ' 1 5t21 1 0 ° , ) r n „on,f us yl ec L A dtbs• tue tbe down afri he co A vet ire le w as OP AO overtes dutytb r t of onion °eft iv y p_ 10m. $ Joi° of in e• t i it IV tO P I,OOV ad fro ie r eir „ 0 . at t h , in 1 6 0 -. t helve , re sr, tent b bit a if in _A l t ti oa7, thnurpren,, 0 4, ud j oso: t io9 dg n bserf'tb o Able " d tog e rif ert 0 0° 1 O S or° 3 g ain floul de ol ad) At W o. f a st 3 1,1 7 , 0 ,1 n g ri Vbst° 0 t an%bort ti de/ Lon at , rt fp ,10 dear er ! ce 90' the P'of 3h atig e t rice P Ae s es 811 1,0 0 ",00" c h on o r i s 0. 34 . 0 00i C Bfl oBr ot ieth ‘ W• % 06 1 frigst;rdo t Stir 1 r The cuPttA snd Cal o its for one °. Yfltb. A m id the THE CURRENCY . wayl and multitudinouso tc, affi l, We h panics, and other agitations which ._ ot ear the clear and steady voices of some .. e u ti f s ,etn raised to direct public attention to our ~ t i. ., )s em of currency as an evil of far greater y other and !equiring more immediate reform than eru. r subject of public administration. More 1 8 .. 141 11 more frequent do these voices become , ti Zi_,ll.n almost every one of the numerous rest, do el have sprun g up in support of the railway ~, , y , inlve which 9 able disquisitions on the subject of ,eh has , the recent panic or sudden check tet indiscriminate been given to all enterprise, and the conse de depreciation of railway property, s!yalraly,straancded to the mischievous operation of our ro _ to the design s of selfish and interested s l i e l s t i e wll f . ° :,_l 3 fit and enrich themselves thereby at the ther,rovle, general body of the community. Several „hrtieBl:.ial journals follow in the same strain. In tr th e t commercial men accidentally brought to re !abject is often mooted ; and in societies publi c .nt Flo ], • deba tes are held (for instance, in the to of disc St. Bride's -lane, in this City), it is a ttertnteresrussion which excites equal, if not is this , 4;. than the repeal of the corn-laws. In ' e errene II II it is felt that the two subjects of corn .clid n l a ke en :p e l da tt e r : ,i , c e ° B - p r e e e l t a i t .l l %., ve, that e an o d ne no legislation th without the other e 4 ei retir 4 -in this point the editor of the ~,I faith..„ tiler of the 28th ult., says, "Firm in our - Y th e endered additionally firm and conclusively ~ we hav_eircumstances and events of this period of Woo' f f a thorough conviction thitt a short ex rEe tr ade, under our existing monetary sys tdpii„ ca use all the manufacturing districts to pray *0 ts ay e i r u a tee from the effects of free trade." And o,,tlays,eise from the resuscitation, during the last u t i ll alld c i ti r r `Tattles Graham's celebrated pamphlet on hat edit°, them by the Times, and the comments ill °, lill th er ' °ll , 41144 leading journal coincides in fty, th ,at th e ?,tenl3.hker.s' Circular. It is generally sup 'Nee n ut we es is the organ of ',,he bullionist if l kti c ar not suppose it is ready wholly to 5a ,1411 th e e:4 interest of the kingdom ; and, there . - s tl aty s il it ' e enie r4 , l l aws be doomed, we infer that it ' 4 de r i ts 'aPted ,:lai advocate of an amended cur , • s •s, tech Niti, 4 Vlep , it 3 an altered state . of things.. 4 , id ed e, iss,. recent articles, which it promises "0 il k 4 doti es ue regarded as a prelusory to a future w eekl y P,W Cit e d er an e.mended money law whenevc:r tPi niee t°ln tiV, rr ivcs• It is not only in the daily and tirld, b et o ur find these indications of a growing 4 i, .h . '" 111th I. Present system of money is un '',,tii,,,, ko hth re More deliberate emanations of the 7 14 4 0 „ 41 je1i th Y and quarterly periodicals, in one or -ev er 4' af Si r er e is alway s one or more articles con- Ali th )' h i fit, Robert Peel's monetary legislation-- 11° 1 1 14 h ! s n j a b : ih tir of it. P al , te5,,, 4 •-•i e tiiinnig to have its effect. There can be 9°o of a re ` - 'o, We know- that many members of 4'4leflileyke°llvinced of the pernicious influence of 44 vti ti t u,0tp ot : 8 , but refrain from diverting the atten- I4dssdnos,, 1,,,,e1fi1l body from the single object they o litit 4 1. n, gi: nail they have have so strenuously 1 e tst ,, !t is ssirsued, IN ivialve Tubasiderable importance is, that in the i ll 4tie s .t g,lie ed . at the West-end the subject has t(t ei shtaere sic and in the agricultural protection , ettil ltSt4 tii llre t ew ra t a h ny of the most intelligesit of these I st , p turista ()roughly satisfied that the policy httlietoeetititteit Piingcrly is, that in the event of Sir s t ke ll ., l elle e to remove, or even in any degree N 0 th e f e ' Protection should insist contem eh. r 4 r ,,,, on, they It N t lieVithl,v et , i ,7 4 orrn of the currency. P t ,r4it sa nias th ug efforts of Mr. Thomas Attwood ti lt rttst,t'ae!eornaltin., economists to awaken public at- Itt„l' l lil e ttor t o ul ls Wrong inflicted on the people by Vt'ittrPittem Of the currency-to the enlightened 1.... i t0 0 it,iivitriseett,,,liziritiings of Mr. John Taylor, by far Nmi soi,rie dis l i t o in te in re o s u t s e lr a i n te d r p o a f t t r h io e ti d o a p y ro o o n ee th d e . ;? t ille s ici fOr t h et Y for the Emancipation of Industry, hit ebt-"4(lbr, Purpos e of diffusing knowledge of his 1 4' isi s l f,ortf,,, ll ging them to a practical bearing, are kt flea is progress which has been made in . the ttf 56,, e sy sip lv t ing at clear notions on the subject, ) r ift Nml differt : ll ° tna Which betoken the adoption, ere WI, l ts ,b. heat system of money from what is i, 4 14 , aati oli b ed. s lle t, * P it 4y xi t°u ght on at the close of last session 'Lllo e t 1, 44 tt1i f ii ` r i s Spooner and Mr. Newdegate, is to °41(1,7 1 t0 -I tely f i!" ensuing sessionanti 1t tli k . .'"e adhesion of a numerous body of i soNti te 'F s 1 4 „ . 0tk i ,, •a, but a very great excitement out NI 4 4 we e t loo h i , fur every day a knowledge of it W ), 44 4 , b y "1 ha the middle classes, but amongst i ,°er me 4 74 . DN . , ther e a ns of those journals which are po ,7tibbS'Lltest.,' a nd in which the "fad" effects l ° ' 4 °1 14 ' ell eY on the industry of the country . N il 111 0 „ 4 ,itOt i cOn g h v ery talented and lucid manner, de 7rett'llhele se ed anowledge of the whole subject on %al t re ettii tictors of these journals. itt ,k s te, ° ,, , si,. eebted that, in the course of the debate ‘ h alli s ,"t hi s l'nobert Peel took occasion to raise a Lotith.44l44lolse-tilPPorters by sneering at the work of Icepne ti I' l , 14:allied historian of Europe, entitled, Zatiehearr en and in 1845; or, a Sufficient and ) 7, 4 F,„: le ;44,.1secreY Compared." Mr. Allison has ~"0 4 1 : 1 4 i1 ; 4 1t h ha" Postscript " along with a second ,Nd se t .. efuOt ts tie notices the observations with which V t AtZen,"' ea sed to honour his work. A corn )iith.tot ~..: thtta m ore thorough exposure of ignorance I tS t kiw•oli e t e l t kr. Allison's reply to the Premier, 141 NL )111 P,!,Isr ed ?, f any public man ever being visited oist,ts„`stiv,•et that on the next occasion, Sir "„,thi t ltik ed " 4 that more modesty than he did 5N1,444' sot ttlin sneer at Mr. Allison. ti t t i tqatios ai I \Tot only are men wishing a ye- Ei tth „ ,• 11 1t' Oil 6..cUrl'eney-not only are all reflective 4711,nit:q4Caltless convinced of the necessity of LNs lti NS tl e nlitC h t 'ne to protect them against those i kiNto t t eL i, s bY which their property is sacri eti le espilltmold the credit of an exclusive c0rp0k,k,ii4,,44 k , k , ii 4 ,,44 4w I d oes not exceed 14,000,0001., and t s th e 14 1si e b e w jobbers to profit by the ope , Lbld„,„ ea Jobbers only be done by breaking 4 , L 4 bZ, 1 , 11 ; 411 .7,41 C",bands with which Peel's legis -00 veliet; t nem - but they are beginning eth te Ni s 7rt -es „ of a mighty power which eiiisoili c' „ Owed to lie dormant, and which 1 I tt t k titSe , :ph i), Z i li tt e ti 4 r, t_en siv e mercantile association and l eo lt t4 i et ,tne 2'4, , of mutual credit, independent .t t i Its sue 'gislature whose sanction is no 1 4 1 , , t v -its efessful working ; for although it is 1 ,‘ , v4 lll l4 %ley'"ernMent to fix and determine the ot ev ~i % y et ° F . the country as the common mea- Niott.,that'svii,,th commercial obligations to pay k:Otitrere money, Government has ri . o right i ttl ii su re sk , 04 . Interfere it may arbitrarily, but it h kie'' ? 111 . dyed4Pnrinciple, dare not interfere. e 4 t,`re etio ek tke !fe companies lately established in INte t ` tt 'ielqol y _ ___ , and . to set at naught, Peel's IN feat ye, I;,leL'reated in 1844, and the railway O ,N L ke i ° ,t . th,.. 4 Projected, are illustrative of the tt i lei , tt s 4 w: i Povver. Only let a proper me kly thelteneerrftitililB- be devised, and we are mokt, of is oriti a power will have been f M i lks ' , ind un , world for the distribution o ki ps ,,: tt t o s ni t, of t i,"rY, and the comfort, happiness, 4 4' l ' tt e , .e great body of the people, as the 04, 44 (1, t he ru.t°, through the inventive genius of 1 / 4 , i i t ': ortailtrterial world, with all its appliances, ki4 l t likak 4 k ien e ;•: l4 which only require the " coin -1101s(1 the,,:ige currency r effective distributive ht•iiktt,siipiatti g - ttil aP P lu tiaces - su o bservient to th . e uses t 4 ,111 p. k etel l e t 4 ltlir t i th e People instead of the instra 4;;°Plt th e l 4, - . L . , e w, and erecting a manufacturing , exi t , i the worst grinding am:l . o p p s r s e a s l s a i g v e 1.11, 4, Ltcl,,, system of feudal va kV N\,-___________ ItLigivt,TY INTELLIGENCE. 8 i i, 41) , N I k'Vk i .ELODT R '',TY OF LoNDON. t t , ill -- .411,1 - kiP MEDICINE-1845. 1 1"k4 z AT ON t!sh at, t I-- FOR HONOURS. gio Lih „, Aitb , steed' e i• Nil CoMPARATivE ANATOMY. 1 )ttt„) oitti 4e ~° l. Bad Gold medal)-King's Coll. 1 1: 44 )1e`',Ip i l ps ties til/4Gold Medal)-University College. ls;Ais,,its•lti:L„,t4l, -- Leeds School of Medicine. kt ttt I r et la ?11 4 - 4 1 1 1 4 College of Surgeons in Ireland. er t , e55......n , y 4 40 eit j o h n__ .Ttly s Hospital. li tS ti ,.. Ring's College. Nli i itti(seil senotay. I,N . Mltt e. 01. and Gold Medal)-Leeds School , I '.,,,lTe rl ag 11 0 ot:te: kk t -erieklal College of Surgeons in Ireland. I, 01sPaa--..4 °llll--Ring's College. ,1, Noel 40s ke,POthecaries' Hall of Ireland. i:lt s n ilokt•ittihse_w,,--r.Guy's Hospital. liit'. bt .., -ig s College. k e, .4411,1%, IiIEDIcINE. *NNNi t i,,_ 11144 d (Gold Aledal)-Guy's Hospital. ,',!.. (Gold Me dal)-Leeds School of 11ti 'll l 7 : Zei t j a Nil e ,Ppi as,Attlea--University College. yq,r._k_.,ll P,otheearies' Hall of Ireland. li s :'e x „ '10riek(20:11 College of Surgeons in Ireland. 44 1 #pe t i k il ., --- g's College. It 'l l . Y e l' rl lt als - "imns% it tt ts„_ stick nold Medal ) - University College. 4104 t;;;1714/4 4‘`..) 11---liing s College. No t q. i".,,n PRYSIOLOGICAL BOTANI. ;!iL lq• ° Q MWal)-Royal Coll. of Sur eons ,/ I°l lS g fitsttiti ,-a it t \ ii? MEDICINE -1845. 1, yart14411.,11,8T DIVIaIoN. f d' Will ,-- at. 13 iveraitY College. ' ti4 tl ti t s it h las s Ed artholonaew's Hospital. - h i t' k 4°11143,/r.trd---University College. ilt,i.,h4_,titehiti._ niversity College. Yc: 4:',7l:Pirill rl itt--;86: B ristol Hall of Ireland. ,s e' nry nry p e r lv,tthaose ,"--114ive . Ix University College. ,Illi? qt,441,11 GristlisttY College. ristol Medical School. Ntk,br 4,macts___(,,_ 7-trniversity College. 1 j 'l4 elarns was s Hospital. k t ,, ttit. kse i t , leedsia. Hospital. a Gold Medal for a Corn 1t;14,1tQ1,,, ~...., s.L._______.____ Nit t i h ' 21412.T1it a V, t -.:1 j4et -AME-LAWS AGAIN.-On Sa ., SlittifiltioN i ' ll , pe following cases were brought weeks Ves t , Munro General Ro k)lllll4:tejei,t, 143 , 5, weettY Sessions, Messrs. Beanies, kt,,ll,it ilettdlllakisto I lt, , iv !ntr i) i C y wt ts :'' a a nd the Rev. A. J. Brine :- 4 e ttl ih 114 4 . h, elnpiorged by the keepers, Goodrich titli?shietea 1, t ag unh . 3 : o f Mr. Parker of Pylewell it 41140444nd, ealil4 fully entered and been on cer- Tree Woodwith a gun t, t ' t t 4 tai b 4 1 4th o u * 1 t: 'L I Lt - i t ° , 4 g - h e ;P . n fu rul f a N t :ern, 13, e . t. inst., fo; w the pur - pose AN df ,t d efi ling , it was Put under 9 Geo. C. 69.) 1i11,41 3 ; j s,: i. a ii T V r • e, ; 3 ;evsofot i i . ' ' n i f fsot.lir BstChheaTif.,ll i t.4 Zl, : tit o i_n of th e nt " a 4 n a i. ,ptp to the vote, what re e t,n r e e 6r c ; ul 4 t i w een a ses s rrs - a i h liende;r:v. :t . ll : te ci ! th e illialtistont;us aniell, Hicks, Munro, and , I. ,\• el itle tilell st , t y e r , rninable lawset gZiet 44tri,e,".,,,.: o c a o l zs m : .' e t as nil,a 7a d rt w i in i t g h l y a .. discharged. am o- . . Pt‘!ae4eratitsix i n _, nrde as to the votes? o est ? And how 1 Jiaugment on poachers ?.......gnntge LITERATURE. nothing of our art, and can ( mly wonder where, how, and by whom it can easily , be surpassed. REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. POMFRET ; or PUBLIC OPINION and PRI. V ATE JUDGMEAT. By Kenry F. Chorley. BRITISH. 3 V ols. THE CHALNBEA_RER . By J. F. Cooper, 3 Vols. This is another of Ci'oop er's American tales—a con tinuation of the " Littl , wag e Manuscripts," to which we were first introduced si mu months back in " Satanstoe." The hero and heroine of that novel give place to their son, who plays the fir st rule in this. A few years are supposed to have inter vend, but they are years that performed the work of . —a mighty revolution had taken place. " Satanstoo' was a tale of the Colonies; the events of the " Chaii ibearer" occur in the St dm These volumes are net rein. arkable for the stirring inci dents and animated descripi ions to be: found in the pre. ceding work, but, en revolt( .he, we 'nave highly-finished portraits and masterly tikett •hes fo . ..cibly illustrating the different characters. 11.ords unt Littlepage is the osten sible here, the preux the railer of the romance ; but there is another, and a very im p2rtant personage, who gives his tame to the cork And ries Co.eje mans (Quecta2ns) is a Dutchman, a captain in th American army. having lost his fortune, he becomes a surveyor, but, we are told, "he had no head for mathen iatic', and after making one or two notable blunders in t he 'way of his new profession, he quietly sunk to the st aflon of a chainbearer, in which capacity he was known to all the leading men of his craft." Old Andries seems to be favourite with the author. His character is described with considerable force and even minuteness. He is re presented as a compound of pride and humility ; ignore: at, yet shrewd; sagacious, but simple ; • warm-hearted, ho nest, and honourable. The chief incidents of the plot are occasioned by the disputes of the landlords and the " squatters, the former anxious to maintain possession of the soil which the latter unceremoniously approrgiated to themselves. This gives rise to some ;intereAting discussions regard ing land and landlords. The description of Aaron Thousand Acres, the chi. Ar• of a family of " squatters," is one of the most powerful in thebook. He is independent, stern, even cruel ; convin zed of his rights and resolved to maintain them ; his mot ;o, nem° 711 C impune lacessit ; his anger easily kindled, an d his revenge terrible. These stern scenes are pleasi ugly contrasted by occasional glimpses of the Littleplge family. We there find our old friends Cornelius and. Anneke surrounded by their happy children, passing .their lives in tranquillity and peace. The romance of the story is occasioned by the loves of Mordaunt Littlopage and Ursula Malbone, the niece of the chainbe arer. The whole narrative is related in the first person. It is told in the easy style of familiar conversation, which soon places the author on friendly terms with his readers, We have nothing new to communicate in regard to the potato failure ; the accounts from some quarters are less alarming this week than previously, whilst in other localities, where it was before supposed little or no mischief had been:done, the disorder is spoken of as being very serious. That a good deal of uncertainty, and some exaggeration, prevail on this subject, is very pro bable ; but it is beyond doubt that an immense propor tion of the growth of this useful root has been exten sively damaged. Proofs that such is the case are too numerous to be for a moment disputed ; indeed, we have not heard of a single instance, where parties have taken the trouble to examine the state of the potatoes grown in their own neighbourhood, or the condition in which the supplies of the article have coma to the different markets, in which it has not been admitted that the mis chief is serious. In the present state of literature we should hardly be surprised at any form which a work of fiction might as sume. Novels are now not merely love stories, as of old— history, religion, politics, all the topics of the day, are freely discussed in three volumes in the form of a romance. Yet, notwithstanding this, " Pomfret" is, even now, a 'work of rather extraordinary character. Its object is evidently to promote a spirit of toleration. Such an intention is praiseworthy, and it is to be hoped will not be without effect. This is, indeed, an intolerant age, at least with regard to religion ; for in this instance Church and State are at variance ; political feuds are comparatively at an end ; opinions have modified ; op posite sides have combined, and party spirit for a time has been subdued ; while in religious affairs, feuds and quarrels between those of different persuasions have continued with unabated vigour. The Maynooth ques tion sufficiently illustrates both cases. The story of " Pomfret" is intended to soften the rigour of " public opis nion," and to claim a tolerant recognition of " private judgment." It is entirely free from religious contro versy ; we are not asked to decide between different per suasions, but simply to acknowledge the right of indi vidual liberty of conscience. For this purpose, Mr. Chorley has supposed an extreme case. Charles Pom fret is a clergyman of the Church of England, greatly beloved by his flock, but from certain considerations with which we are not made entirely acquainted, he finds that his conscience cannot permit him to continue to officiate. In spite of the sorrow of his family, the regret of his parishioners—above all, in defiance of " public opinion," he resolves to follow his " private judgment;" he gives up his ministry, and secedes ,from the Church. We are not told the sect that he joini; we are not re. ' quired to investigate his reasons; the object is, to decide whether a clergyman, feeling his conscience at variance with the rules of the Church, should continue in his office, or voluntarily withdraw, and if so. how he should be weighed in the balance public opinion. In the case of Mr. Pomfret conscience " is its own reward ;" he finds no other ; he is universally condemned ; he for feits at once his position in i,ociety and the countenance and approval of his friends ; he is compelled to seek a foreign country, and to endure the greatest mental suf fering. This, as we have said, is an extreme case; men are naturally disposed to think lightly of those who change; it is evident they have been wrong once, they may be so again. We feel more respect for one who firmly maintains an opinion at variance with our own, than we should do were he to yield to our persuasions and come over to our views. Public opinion admires consistency; but what is so inconsistent as itself ? Private judgment is a surer guide; in following it, a man is liable to err— he is almost certain to be misunderstood ; but, at least, he will not be hypocritical and dishonest, as are too many of those whose only aim is to bask in the sun shine of " popular favour." Such is the moral of this tale. In spite of its serious import, it contains much to amuse the general reader. The character of Grace Pomfret, the heroine, is a beautiful creation, combining deep feeling and strong self-control—ardent love and voluntary self-sacrifice ; her story alone would render the work interesting. The letters of her wandering lover, Walter Carew, contain many descriptions of Italy likely to amuse those on travelling thoughts intent, and the introduction of Peter Gray (the supposed author), and his well-meaning, free-spoken sister Harriet, gives an air of reality to the whole, which greatly increases its attraction. The style is free and animated—effective because it does not strive after effect; and the story will interest and amuse, even should it fail to make many converts to the right of " private judgment." In how far the extra breadth planted—and we believe there was a greater breadth of ground under this crop than usual, as well on this side of the Channel as in Ireland—may compensate for the damage done, we have no means of judging ; but however much inclined we may be to hope for the best, we certainly feel some uneasiness, and, without subscribing to the deplorable case made out by a portion of the press as to the proba bility of extreme scarcity, we still think prices of agricultural produce will be much higher during the ensuing year, than has been the case at any period since 1842, when the existing corn-laws came into operation. The trade in wheat has since our last maintained a very firm tone, and the value of the article has further advanced Is. to 2s. per quarter at several of the principal markets in the agricultural districts. At the leading shipping ports along the eastern coast, from whence London and the other chief consuming towns derive so important a proportion of their supplies, the rise has been greater than at those places which depend in a great measure on the fertile counties of Lincoln, Cam bridge, Norfolk, &c.— a state of things rather unusual, and one which implies that the growers of wheat have not a very high opinion of the result of the harvest. From Scotland and Ireland the reports of the potato crop are as various and contradictory as those from the counties where this article is most extensively grown in England ; the alarm is, however, in some degree abat ing, and the different remedies recommended to be em ployed to preserve that portion of the crop not destroyed, are now being very generally employed. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been moderate, only 4,785 quarters having been re ported up to this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples from the neighbouring counties, has also been small ; indeed, with the exception of a run or two from Essex, the stands were nearly bare of wheat, as well on Wednesday as on Friday. The mild damp weather which has been experienced during the greater part of the week has had a deteriorating effect on the condition of the samples ; notwithstanding this circumstance, the late advance has been well maintained, and really good qualities, had any appeared, would probably have brought rather more money at the close than in the beginning of the week. As it is impossible to manufacture good flour from the wheat of this year's produce without a considerable mix ture of old, and as the supplies of the latter of home growth have for some time past been inadequate for that purpose, good free foreign wheat has been taken pretty extensively at comparatively high rates. The stocks in granary have, therefore, been reduced into a very narrow compass ; and so difficult has it become to obtain parcels of suitable quality, that some of the principal millers have been under the necessity of buying bonded, and paying the existing high rate of duty. Beyond, however, what may be released in this way, there is no chance of much of the late supply from abroad being en tered for home consumption ; importers, notwithstand ing the present position of the averages, feeling as con fident as ever, that sooner or later the duty must fall materially. The principal obstacle has hitherto been the very in ferior quality of the new English wheat. If only such as is suitable for the manufacture of flour were returned, we should at the present time, probably have an aggre gate average of 635. per quarter. A large quantity is being used by the starch makers, and for other purposes, and as the inferior varieties are selling at 50s. and under, the averages are kept down. The last general weekly return for the kingdom was only 575. 11d. per quarter though good red wheat has not, at any period during the last two months, been sold below 655., whilst fine qualities of white are worth 70s. per quarter in many parts of the country, and still more at Mark-lane. LA SOUBRETTE; or THE ADVENTURES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF THERESA DORNAY. 3 Vol":. This is a very lively, entertaining narrative, full of variety. It is said to be founded on facts, and very pos sibly the main incidents are not wholly without foun dation. Theresa Dornay, the heroine, is left at an early age without friends or fortune. Having enjoyed the ad vantages of an excellent education, she assumes the ar duous duties of a nursery governess. In this situation she endures many trials ; she is treated with neglect, sometimes with unkindness, dismissed on the most trifling pretences ; at each engagement hoping for better fortune, yet each time doomed to disappointment. She perceives the different treatment experienced by the lady's-maid, and yielding to the persuasions of some humble friends, she resolves to change her situation. She is told " that it is not more humbling to wait on the mistress of the family than to be in constant attendance upon the children ; that she will be better paid, more kindly treated, and have much more liberty as lady's maid than as governess." She accordingly commences the life of a Soubrette, and finds no cause to repent the change. At first sight it appears extraordinary and improba!ole that one occupy ing the inferior position, of lady's-maid should be preferred before a person of education and refine ment, to whom is entrusted, the intruction of the young. But the reason is obvious. A governess is poor, but in other respects she is the equal, if not the superior, of her mistress. All persons of narrow views and ignorant minds (and it is only these who can ill-treat the in structors of their children), all such persons will feel humbled by their riwn inferior abilities, and, conscious that they are superior in wealth, will avail themselves of this advantage to hu m bl e th ose w h ose ta l ents they envy, but whose position they affect to despise. The lady's maid, on 'the contrary, does not pretend to be an equal ; she is regarded as a servant, but often, by abilities which render her necessary, or flattery, which makes her agreeable,. she becomes the favourite companion, if not friend, of her mistress. Whatever the cause, Theresa Dornay experienced the advantages of the change. Yet her course is not smooth even here. From some pretext or other she is constantly changing situations ; but this only renders her adventures more interesting. She gives an amusing sketch of every family she knows. Being behind the scenes, she can furnish full details, and this she does in the most lively and sparkling manner. It is one continued round of whimsical adventures, tragical histories, piquant anecdotes, misunderstandings and re conciliations, plots and counterplots. If " variety is charming," thee this is a most charming book. At all events, it is arriusing. and if not calculated to afford much instruction s will make many an hour pass pleasantly. We wouta observe, en passant, that it must not be taken as a cor rert picture of modern life. If the scenes are any of them probable, they can only relate to extreme cases, the general tone of society is of a far higher ch'Aracter. STRUGGLES FOR FAME. A Novel. 3 Vols By Eliza Mdeyard. No ordinary mind produced this work. It is unequal, but never weak. The plot is over-intricate for our taste —sometimes it appears confused—but there is no deny ing that the principal characters are marked by strong individuality, that the dialogue is natural, and that (to borrow a phrase more usually applied to the drama) " the situations are admirable." The story is that of a poor girl, brought up amid the trying scenes of sins and poverty, yet ever keeping her soul unsullied: striving, through difficulties which would crush a less noble spirit, to obtain that fame which is won by the successful prosecution of letters ; and work ing her way, from the depths of obscurity, to a high re putation as an author. From the very first we feel interested in this poor child of genius, Barbara Leaf dale. It would appear as if in drawing her, Miss Mete yard had resolved to show " how divine a thing a Woman may be made." And, because they are linked with her fortunes we are interested, too, in Adam, the kind old bookseller, in the idiot Jock, in the benevolent Mr. South, in kind-hearted Justice Tender, in Tom Pnrland, and his violin, Captain Dogget, and his " great Tom," and Mr. Brascord, the blind organist. So true is it that "One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin." The probability that some time must elapse before a material fall takes place in the duty, has tended to check the disposition to enter into speculative purchases of bonded wheat; and business has been further interfered with by the high pretensions of holders. Beyond the small sales to the millers, to which we have already al luded, little has therefore been done in lock wheat. Moderately good high mixed Dantzic has been held at 58s. to 605., and for a parcel of very fine quality over 60s. per quarter is reported to have been paid in bond. In the early part of the month the metropolitan bakers manifested a decided aversion to increasing their stocks; but within the last week or two the demand for flour has decidedly improved, and no difficulty has been expe rienced in making sales at the current quotations. The arrivals of barley have been rather large. Only a very small proportion of the supply has, however, consisted of really fine melting quality; and whilst the general runs have been almost unsaleable, though offered at the abatement of Monday, choice samples have been sought after at fully previous prices. In foreign barley there has been little passing ; the receipts from abroad are mostly being stored in bond, in expectation of a further fall in the duty. The very finest descriptions of malt have commanded a ready sale at former terms; but inferior kinds, of which the greater part offered for sale las consisted, have hung heavily on hand. The arrivals of oats have, as compared with the supplies of the preceding week, fallen off; still a large quantity has come forward, viz. 6,982 qrs. from our own coast, 2,501 qrs. from Scotland, 26,568 qrs. from Ireland, and 5,774 qrs. from abroad. The improvement in the trade, noticed on Monday, has nevertheless been well maintained. The principal dealers appear to be of opinion that they are not likely to have such another opportunity of replenishing their stocks for some time to come, and they have, consequently, purchased freely. 'This has restored confidence to factors; and good corn could scarcely be bought on as easy terms on Friday as in the commencement of the week. Less to our taste, we confess, are the loves of Mr. Crumpsure and Miss Snig, and the hates of sundry other unworthies. We are even grieved that much clevernra s should have been expended on these characters. still, the skill must be admired, and others, perhaps, may better like the Tenier's mode of writing. If intended as a contrast to the more gentle scenes and persons of the novel, it has succeeded. THE MAGAZINES. AINSWORTH. The present is an excellent number of Ainsworth, and is distinguished by that which should be the distin guishing characteristic of every literary magazine— variety. That reader must indeed be difficult to please who cannot find matter of amusement here. Is he a lover of romance, he will be delighted with the opening paper, " The Count of Monte Christo," a continuation of Alexander Dumas' tale of the " Prisoner of If ;" eschewing fiction, he is one of those who patronises useful knowledge (though Heaven knows more than one-half of that which by a strange misnomer is termed useful knowledge is the most useless lumber with which man ever encumbered his brain), Mr. W. Francis Ains worth and the Hon. C. Stuart Savile are there ready to administer to his amusement—the former by an account of his adventures among the Muntifik Arabs, the latter by a graphic description of the City of Ispahan ; does he like the dreaming misty haze of German poetry and metaphysics, Oxenford and Boyd will introduce him to Richter and Heinrich Heine ; or should he prefer to revel in horrors, Charles Oilier will make his flesh tingle as he relates to him the sensations of " Osborne North• brooke," who, in a fit of catalepsy, was placed in his coffin, possessing his consciousness the whole time, and was on the point of being buried alive. The sportsman will find some most amusing reminiscences of Nimrod, by the author of " Handley Cross." Persons about to marry will derive both amusement and instruction from the perusal of Mrs. White's admirably-told tale, " The Separate Purse." We are delighted to meet with an old friend in the present number of Ainsworth—Cor nelius Webbe, the English pen and ink Teniers, who, in " The Lonely Man of Lambeth," gives us some most highly-finished pictures of London low life, as distin guished from Cockney vulgar life. His picture of the lonely man eating his breakfast of fried dabs, and at tended on by honest John Dards, that admirable speci men of Thames fisherman, is one of the most finished interiors that the pencil of an artist ever produced ; and albeit Cornelius Webbe paints in words only, yet is he an artist of the very highest order. Dudley Costello contributes an amusing " Dissertation on English Do mestic Cookery," in which he proves himself to be the most learned and painstaking of culinary bibliogra phers ; and L. Mariotti gives us a sketch of town life in Italy, entitled " The Fiasco." The following de scription of an Anglo-Italian grand cosmopolite rout, although perhaps somewhat too sarcastic, is in its main features correct ; and the concluding observations, coming as they do from an Italian pen, are valuable, as showing the estimation in which the Anglo-Italians are really held by those amongst whom they choose to pass their time : The first volume unquestionably exhibits most power. Curiously enough, like Dickens with " Oliver Twist," the writer of this work has succeeded better in the early than the later part. The delineation of Oliver's sufferings as a " parochial" orphan is not superior to Miss Meteyard's narrative of the sayings and doings of the Kite family, illustrative of the old system of hiring out youthful parish incumbrances to be starved and beaten, dragged and knocked about at so much per week. The power and the truth of these scenes are very great. Life in the metropolis is not so well drawn as adven tures in the country, because the darker phases are ex hibited. Indeed, we think that Miss Meteyard's forte lies in the description of country life. Her glances at rural scenery, by the way, are excellent. If Cuyp had used a pen instead of a pencil, he would have described even as this author does. If, as we judge from internal evidence, this be Miss Meteyard's first published work, we rejoice in the promise it exhibits. She has the " faculty divine," out of which come those good works which " the world will not willingly let die." The duty on oats fell to 3s. per quarter on Thursday, below which point there is little prospect of its receding. Very few English beans have been exhibited since Monday, and the rates then current have been firmly in. sisted on. Peas of all kinds have also sold at quite previous prices. FOREIGN. Up to a late hour this (Saturday) evening no intelli; gence has been received of the Hamburgh steam-boaf due yesterday. The most recent advices from the Baltic are not of much interest, business in grain having been checked by the dull accounts from hence. Holders of wheat ap pear to have refused to make anything like the conces sion expected by buyers, and very few: bargains had, consequently, been closed. At Dantzic scarcely anything seems to have been done for about a week or ten days preceding the date of our letters, and quotations had become almost nominal. Choice parcels of old having become very scarce, had been offered at 545. to 555. per quarter free on board, being a decline from former rates. From the Lower Baltic ports the accounts are of a still more depressed character, and rather an important abate ment had taken place in the value of wheat at some of the principal markets. At Stettin fine qualities of red wheat might have been bought at 48s. to 495. per quarter, free on board ; but even at these comparatively low rates (prices having at one time been quite ss. per quarter higher) but few purchasers had appeared. Barley had sold, for local consumption, at equal to 255. 6d. per quarter. Vessels were scarce, and 6s. per quarter had been paid to load wheat for the east coast of Great Britain. POEMS.HoImes. By Oliver Wendell 1 Vol. . . This volume of 'Poems has much disappointed us. Dr. Holmes is an American, and we have repeatedly been told that he was " a second Tom Head." We have read this volume of his poems, collected by a London pub lisher, and find that although it contains many humour ous poems, by far the best are those gravely written upon serious subjects. We looked for a mere humourist, —a man who could be funny, and play upon words—a writer who carried on a Pun-ic war against gravity, and, lo! we find that, though he does all this (and does it well., too), he does far better things. In fact, with the exception of Bryant, Longfellow, and Mrs. Sigourney, we fin d that America has not a better poet than this Oliver Wendell Holmes. He has much disappointed us —very agreeably. We have done very little more, as yet, than glance through the book. Poetry, to be fully enjoyed, must be read again and again, to bring out the hidden meaning, to show the music of the rhythm, to develope the balanced adaptation of the words to the expression of the thought. The first perusal of fine poetry, such as fills the volume before us, is unsatisfying: it fills us with pleasure, but it disarms criticism. Nor when we have drank in the beauties when the heart expands with the noble thoughts which Genius has poured out upon the page— can we coolly sit down to weigh the charm in the nicely adjusted balances of Criticism ; but, even if we did sub ject these poems to such a trial, few faults could be detected. Dr. Holmes is a writer of whom America has every reason to be proud. The first and longest piece, entitled " Poetry," was written, we believe, before its author had reached the age of three-and-twenty. Thus, in that piece, does Dr. Holmes tell us how general is the power which he at once possesses and illustrates:— " There breathes no being but has some pretence To that fine instinct called poetic sense : The rudest savage, roaming through the wild; The simplest rustic, bending o'er his child; The infant, list'ning to the warbling bird, The mother, smiling at its half-formed word; The boy uncaged, who tracks the fields at large; The girl, turned matron to her babe-like charge; The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land; The slave, who, slumbering on his rusted chain, Dreams of the palm-trees, on his burning plain ; The hot checked reveller, tossing down the wine, To join the chorus pealing ' Auld lang sync;' The gentle maid, whose azure eye grows dim, While Heaven is listening to her evening hymn; The jewell'd beauty, when her steps draw near The circling dance and dazzling chandelier; E'en trembling age, when spring's renewing air Waves the thin ringlets of his silver'd hair; — All, all are glowing with the inward flame, Whose wider halo wreathes the poet's name, While, unembalmed, the silent dreamer dies, His memory passing with his smiles and sighs. If glorious visions, born for all mankind, The bright auroras of our twilight mind; If fancies, varying as the shapes that lie Stained on the windows of the sunset sky; If hopes, that beckon with delusive gleams, Till the eye danCes in the void of dreams ; If passions, following with the winds that urge Earth's wildest wanderer to her farthest verge; If these on all some transient hours bestow Of rapture tingling with its hectic glow, Then all are poets; and if earth had rolled Her myriad centuries, and her doom were told, Each moaning billow of her shoreless wave, Would wail its requiem o'er a poet's grave! If to embody a breathing word Tones that the spirit trembled when it heard; To fix the image all unveiled and warm, And carve in language its ethereal form, So pure, so perfect, that the lines express No meagre shrinking, no unlaced excess; To feel that :.rt, in living truth, has taught Ourselves, reflected in the seulptur'd thought ; If this alone bestows the right to claim The deathless garland and the sacred name, Then none are poets, save the saints on high, Whose harps can murmur all that words deny." If this be not poetry, and of a high order, we know " Lady Phillimore had, on this occasion, been extremely particular in her invitations—that is, she had drained Florence of its motley population. The guests were from the four corners of the globe. The accomplished and the wealthy, the great and the learned of many regions, were blended in a crowd. There were long-haired professors, and bewigged Danish savans, bare-necked German artists, and lorgnetted French attaches, and amongst a few of a better class, many of that vulgar breed, whom gold enables to haunt the idle towns of the Continent, the two varieties most prevalent in the European menagerie--the Russian bears and the English bores. Conspicuous among the latter, and distinguished by their colossal turbans, and by their air of familiarity with the lady of the house, were two female dabblers in literature, a Mrs. Brattle, a notorious novelist, who had, as she ex pressed it, walked half the Courts of Europe ; and a Lady Enamelina Bruton, a person of whom her best friends said she had all bumps in her head save that of adhesiveness—a ma/-maritate, who dipped her pen in gall, and emptied her quiver at all man-kind, with a hope that some random shaft might find its way to her ill-wedded lord. The rest of the company was made up of dowager countesses and consump tive spinsters ; a lord bishop, with a swarm of his daughters, and the squires and lordlings licensed to flirt with the said bishop's daughters—besides sundry lean and lank poets, magazine editors, wits, rakes, sharpers, and missionaries. The native were few; and there would have been none but for the circumstance that one of their number was to be exhibited as the hero or the victim —the lion of the night. They shrunk hack and clustered togethcr in a corner, awed and abashed by a consciousness of their own insignificance. All good understanding between the Italians and their foreign visitors, especially the English, is for ever at an end. Tourists may have their neat hotels in the best quarter of the town. The grand duke—that inn-keeper on a large scale —may throw open his drawing-rooms, his galleries to them. But Italians who respect themselves never appear at Court. The English may buy the pure sky, the climate, the country; they may feel at home in the Vatican, or the Palazzo Pitti ; but, from that very reason, the heart of the soundest part of the nation is closed against them." _ Letters from Rostock state that the deliveries of grain from the growers had but slightly increased, farmers having been busily employed preparing the land for the reception of the seed. With little wheat effering and few orders to execute, the transactions had been very trifling. The nominal price was then 50s. per quarter. At Hamburgh business in corn was exceedingly dull on the 21st, but we expect the next reports will inform us of confidence having been restored, owing to the somewhat firmer tone of the British markets. Good red Upland wheat had been sold there at 445. to 50s. per quarter, free on board; and prices of barley and oats had declined at least 2s. per quarter. By the most recent accounts from the Mediterranean, we learn that the dull reports from hence had also had somo influence on prices in that quarter. At the same time sellers had been extremely reluctant to ac cept less money, an opinion prevailing that the stocks of wheat would be sure to be all required. The late purchases made at Leghorn on British account had been 2,500 quarters Marianople, at 455. 10d., and 1,500 quar ters Polish Odessa, at 465. 7d. per quarter, free on board. A letter from Genoa, of the 19th Nov., informs us that the inclination which had for some time prevailed there to speculate in wheat, had undergone a marked abatement, owing to the more subdued tone of the English advices. Fine Polish was, nevertheless, then still held there at 465. to 50s. per quarter free on board. The latest accounts from Odessa, dated 14th inst., state that very large purchases of wheat had been made there, and that as much as 365. to 38s. per quarter free on board, had been paid for the best qualities. Hamburgh letters of Tuesday have come to hand since the above was written. A material improvement had taken place in the grain trade since the preceding post day, and several thousand quarters of wheat had changed hands at enhanced rates.—Mark-lane Express. How much better would it be for these persons to re turn to their native land, where they would find that, provided they behaved with only common decency, the heart of the soundest part of the nation would not be closed against there. Lady Dover and family intend to winter at Rome. STRIKE OF THE CARMARTHEN WEAVERS.— During the last weak the flannel weavers of Carmarthen, Amounting to a considerable number, struck for wages. We understand that it has hitherto been the custom of some master weavers to give but a small pittance in money to the journeymen, at the same time compelling them to board in the master's house. The men finding trade in an unusual state of briskness, and learning that hands were scarce, took the opportunity of insisting upon being paid in money, and also of having an advance of Id. per yard. To this demand the masters demurred, and a strike was the consequence. During the week groups of discontented weavers have been seen at the corners of the principal streets in deep and earnest conversation, and we learn that already three masters have complied with the demands of their workmen.— Cambrian. RENCONTRE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE PO LICE IN IRELAND.—On Friday last some policemen on their way from the Petty Sessions at Ardfinnan went into a public, house at Mooncrea, and drank there with some men of OA name of Brobstin, and two brothers named Fennessy, one, of whom was inebriated. After leaving the public-house dis pute arose between these men and the police, and blm:rs were struck ; the policemen, it is said, struck down their opponent s with the butt ends of their guns, when another party of countrymen came up and took the arms from the police. The Fennessys and Brobstins were arrested and sent into Clonmel gaol; but the arms were left at the hall door of Neddins, with a letter addressed to Charles Mulcahy; Esq., in which it was stated that the party who took the :'.:ms from the police were teetotallers, whose sole object was to prevent any ill use being made of them. Mr. Mulcahy immediately had the arms brought to Richard Butler Lose, Esq., D.L., and both gentlemen had an interview on. the subject with Lord Glen gall, after which the Fennessye aud Brobstinswere admitted W I)4l—Tipperary Free Pref. RISE IN THE PRICE or COAES.—The coalmasters of Wigan have agreed to advance the price of coal one shilling per ton. The reason given is, the high rate of wages, and the diminished amount of labour by which it has been followed —Liverpool Courier. THE SUN, LO-NDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1845 THE LATE JUDGE STORY. The Honourable Joseph Story, recently deceased, one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Judicial Court, and Dane Professor in the law school of Harvard University, in Massachusetts, possessed a European re putation, and all that relates to so eminent a lawyer and jurist must be deeply interesting to the British bar and legal profession generally. We have, therefore, collected from American sources the following particulars of his professional life and publications : Judge Story was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Sept. 18, 1782, and graduated at Harvard College, in 1798. His father, Dr. Elisha Story, served in the army during the revolutionary war. His son studied law under the direction of Judge Putnam, and established himself in the practice of it in Essex county. He soon en tered into political life, beingchosen a Member of the Mas sachusetts Legislature in 1805, and he was afterwards, while yet young, elected Speaker of the House. At this time he was connected with the Democratic party, and was, in fact, their leader in Massachusetts. In 1809 he was chosen a representative to Congress, to fill a vacancy in Essex, south district. He served in this body with much distinction, but declined a re-election. In 1811 he was appointed by President Madison a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, and then severed himself from all political connexion. " His judicial life was prolonged to a period almost unex ampled in the annals of the common law. The wisdom of the election was immediately indicated by the distin guished ability which he displayed, and each succeeding year added to the splendour and extent of his judicial fame. He moved with familiar steps over every province and department of jurisprudence. All branches of the law have been illustrated and enlarged by his learning, acuteness, and sagacity, and of some he has been the creator. His immortal judgments contain copious stores of ripe and sound learning, which will be of inestimable value in all future times, alike to the judge, the practi tioner, and the student." In 1830 he was appointed Dane Professor in the law school of Harvard University, on the munificent foun dation of his friend Mr. Nathan Dane, of Beverley, and he continued to discharge the duties of his office with re markable ability and success till the day of his death. His reputation drew together a great number of students from all parts of the Union, and the unprecedented success of the school is to be attributed almost entirely to his exertions. " As a teacher of jurisprudence, he brought to the important duties of the professor's chair the most exuberant learning, the most unwearied pa tience, a native delight in the great subjects which he expounded, a copious and persuasive eloquence, and a contagious enthusiasm, which filled his pupils with love for the law, and for the master who taught it so well. All his teachings were illumined by the loftiest mora lity, and never failed to show that whosoever aspired to the fame of a great lawyer, must be also a good man." He began his career as an author early in life, by the publication of an excellent edition of Abbott on the " Law of Shipping." Soon after his appointment to the Dane Professorship, he published his " Commen taries on the Constitution of the United States," in three vols. Bvo. These were followed by a succession of treatises on different branches of the law, too nume rous to be mentioned here, the extent and excellence of which, with the vast amount of legal learning displayed in them, leave it a matter of astonishment that they could be prepared within the short space of about twelve years, by a man who was all the while discharg ing, with great assiduity, the onerous duties of a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a professor in the law school of the University. Among them were commentaries on the " Law of Bailments ;" on the " Conflict of Laws ;" " Equity Jurisprudence," " Equity Pleadings," " Bills of Ex change," and " Promissory Notes." "In regarding the deceased as an author, jurisprudence mourns ono of her greatest sons—one of the greatest, not only among those of his own age, but in the long succession of ages— whose fame has become a familiar word in all lands where the law is taught as a science ; whose works have been translated and commented on in several of the languages of the European continent ; and have been revered as authorities throughout the civilised world. It was his rare lot, while yet alive, to receive, as from a distant posterity, the tribute of foreign nations to his exalted merit as a jurist." In his devotion to the science of law, he did not forget the claims of literature and general scholarship, and his addresses on public oc casions, his contributions to the North American Review, and other miscellaneous writings, show a mind imbued with sound learning, and capable of grasping almost every subject that has ever taxed the human intellect. As a man, and a member of society, be was remark able for his domestic virtues, his warm affections and generous temper, the purity, elevation, and simplicity of his life and conversation, and the spontaneous sympathy, which gave so cordial a charm to his looks, his tones, and his greetings. The approach of age never chilled the impulses of his heart, nor deadened his interest in life. The members of the Suffolk bar, in their resolu- -tions upon the occasion of his death, from which we have 'already largely quoted, rightly declare, That the death of one so great as a judge, as an author, as a teacher, and so good as a man, is a loss which is irreparable to the bar, to the country, and to mankind." On the day of the funeral of Mr. Justice Story, on the 12th of September last, at a meeting of the Suffolk bar, held in the Circuit Court-room at Boston (Chief Justice Shaw in the chair), Mr. Webster pronounced the follow ing just and eloquent eulogium on the deceased judge:— " Your solemn announcement, Mr. Chief Justice, has confirmed the sad intelligence, which had already reached us through the public channels of information, and deoply afflicted us all, " Joseph Story, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for many years the presiding judge of this circuit, died on Wednesday evening last, at his own house in Cambridge, wanting only a few days for the completion of the sixty-sixth year of his age. " This most mournful and lamentable event has called together the whole bar of Suffolk, and all con nected with the courts of law, or the profession. It has brought you, Mr. Chief Justice, and your asso ciates of the bench of the Supreme Court of Massa chussets, into the midst of us ; and you have done us the honour, out of respect to the occasion, to consent to preside ever us, while we deliberate on what is due, as well to our own afflicted and smitten feelings, as to the exalted character and eminent distinction of the deceased judge. The occasion has drawn from his re tirement, also, that venerable man, whom we all so much respect and honour, (Judge Davis), and who was for thirty years the associate of the deceased upon the same bench. It has called hither another judi cial personage, now in retirement (Judge Putman), but long an ornament of that bench of which you are now the head, and whose marked good fortune it is to have been the professional teacher of Joseph Story, and the director of his early studies. He is here also to whom this blow comes near—l mean the learned judge (Judge Sprague) immediately from whose side it has struck away a friend, and a highly .venerated official associate. The members of the school, to which the deceased was SO much attached, and who returned that attachment with all the ingenuousness and enthusiasm of educated and ardent youthful minds, are here also, to manifest their sense of their own severe deprivation, as well as their admiration of the bright and shining professional example, which they have so loved to contemplate ; an example—let me say to them, and let me say to all, as a solace, in the midst of their sorrows—which death hath not touched, and which time cannot obscure. "Mr. Chief Justice, one sentiment pervades us all. It is that of the most profound and penetrating grief, mixed, nevertheless, with an assured conviction that the great man whom we deplore is yet with us, and in the midst of us. He hath not wholly died. He lives in the affections of friends and kindred, and in the high regard of the community. He lives in our remembrance of his social virtues, his warm and steady friendships, and the vivacity of his conversation. He lives, and will live still more permanently by his words of written wisdom, by the results of his vast researches and attainments, by his imperishable legal judgments, and by those juridicial disquisitions, which have stamped his name, all over the civilised world, with the character of a commanding authority. Vivit, enim, vivetque semper ; atque etiam latius in memoria hominuni et sermone versabitur, post quam ab oculis recessit.' " Mr. Chief Justice, there are consolations which arise to mitigate our loss, and shed the influence of re signation over unfeigned and heartfelt sorrow. We are all penetrated with gratitude to God, that the deceased lived so long ; that be did so much for himself, his friends, the country, and the world ' • that his lamp went out at last, without unsteadiness or flickering. He con tinued to exercise every power of his mind, without dimness or obscuration, and every affection of his heart, with no abatement of energy or warmth, till death drew an impenetrable veil between us and him. Indeed, he seems to us now, as in truth he is, not extinguished, or ceasing, to be, but only withdrawn ; as the clear sun goes down It its setting, not darkened, but only no longer seen. " This calamity, Mr. Chief Justice, is not Caufined to the bar, or the courts, of this commonwealth. it will be felt by every bar throughout the land, by every court, and, indeed, by every intelligent and well-informed ma; in or out of the profession. It will be felt still more widely, for his reputation had a still wider range. In the High Court of Parliament, in every tribunal in West minster Hall, in the Judicatories of Paris and Berlin, Stockholm and St. Petersburg, in the learned univer sities of Germany, Italy, and Spain, by every eminent jurist in the civilised world, it will be acknowledged that a great luminary has fallen from the firmament of public jurisprudence. " Sir, there is no purer pride of country, than that in which We may Indulge, when we see America paying back the great debt of civilisation, learning, and science to Europe. In this high return of light for light, and mind, for mind, in this august reckoning and accounting between the intellects of nations, Joseph Story was destined by Providence to act, and did act, an important part. Acknowledging, as we all acknowledge, our obligations to the original sources of English law, as well as of civil liberty, we have seen, in our generation, copious and salutary streams turning and running backward, replenishing their original foun tains, and giving a fresher and a brighter green to the fields of English jurisprudence. By a sort of reversed hereditary transmission, the mother, without envy or humiliation, acknowledges that she has received a valuable and cherished inheritance from the daughter. English justice admits, with frankness and candour, and with no feeling but that of respect and admiration, that he, whose voice we have so recently heard within these walls, but shall now hear no more, was of all men who have yet appeared most fitted, by the comprehensive ness of his mind, and the vast extent and accuracy of his attainments, to compare the codes of nations, to trace their diff'erences to difference of origin, climate, or reli gious or political institutions, and to exhibit, neverthe less, their concurrence in those great principles, upon which the system of human civilisation rests. " Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilised beings and civi lised nations together. Wherever her temple Stands, and so long as it is duly honoured, there is a foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improve ment and progress of our race. And whoever labours on this edifice, with usefulness and distinction, whoever clears its foundations, strengthens its pillars, adorns its entablatures, or contributes to raise its august dome still higher in the skies, connects himself, in name and fame and character, with that which is and must be as durable as the frame of human society. " All know, Mr. Chief Justice, the pure love of coun try which animated the deceased, and the zeal, as well as the talent with which he explained and defended her institutions. His work on the Constitution of the United States is one of his most eminently successful labours. But all his writings, and ali his judgments, all his opi nions, and the whole influence of his character, public and private, leaned strongly and always in the support of sound principles, to the restraint of illegal power. and to the discouragement and rebuke of licentious and disorganising sentiments. Ad rempublicam firmandam, et ad stabiliendas vires, et sanandum populum, omnis ejus pergehat institutio.' " But this is not the occasion, sir, nor is it for me to consider and discuss at length the character and merits of Mr. Justice Story, as a writer or a judge. The per formance of that duty, with which this bar will, no doubt, charge itself, must be deferred to another oppor tunity, and will be committed to abler hands. But, in the homage paid to his memory, one part may come with peculiar propriety and emphasis from ourselves. We have known him in private life. We have seen him descend from the bench, and mingle in our friendly circles. We have known his manner of life, from his youth up. We can bear witness to the strict uprightness and purity of his character ; his simplicity and unostentatious habits ; the ease and affability of his intercourse ; his remarkable vi vacity amidst severe labours ; the cheerful and animating tones of his conversation, and his fast fidelity to friends. Some of us, also, can testify to his large and liberal cha rities—not ostentatious or casual, but systematic and silent ; dispensed almost without showing the hand, and falling and distilling comfort and happiness like the dews of heaven. But we can testify also, that in all his pur suits and employments, in all his recreations, in all his commerce with the world, and in his intercourse with the circle of his friends, the predominance of his judicial character was manifest. He never forgot the ermine which he wore. The judge, the judge, the use ful and distinguished judge, was the great picture which he kept constantly before his eyes, and to a resem blance to which all his efforts, all his thoughts, all his life, were devoted. We may go the world over, with out finding a man who shall present a more striking realisation of the beautiful conception of D'Aguesseau, C'est vain que l'on cherche a distinguer en lui la per sonne prii LI et la personne publique ; un mc.ne esprit les anime, un 'name objet les riunit ; l'homme, le pore de famine, le citoyen, tout est en l u i consacr e a la gloire du magistrat. " Mr. Chief Justice, one may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate ; but he must die as a man. The bed of death brings every human being to his pure indi viduality—to the intense contemplation of that deepest and most solemn of all relations—the relation between the creature and his Creator. Here it is that fame and re nown cannot assist us; that all external things must fail to aid us; that even friends, affection, and human love and devotedness cannot succour iis. This relation, the true foundation of all duty, a relation perceived and felt by conscience, and confirmed by revelation, our illustrious friend, now deceased, always acknowledged. He reve renced the scriptures of truth, honoured the pure mo rality which they teach, and seized hold on the hopes of future life, which they impart. He saw enough in na ture, in himself, and in all that can be known of things seen, to feel assured that there is a Supreme. Power, without whose providence not a sparrow falleth to the ground. To this gracious Being he trusted himself, for time and for eternity ; and the last words of his lips, ever heard by mortal ears, were a fervent supplication to his Maker to take him to himself." At the request of the Suffolk bar this address was pub lished by Mr. Webster, with the following dedication to the surviving mother of Judge Story : " Boston, Sept. 15, 1845. " Venerable Madam,—l pray you to allow me to present to you the brief remarks which I made before the Suffolk bar, on the 12th instant, at a meeting occa sioned by the sudden and afflicting death of your distin guished son. I trust, dear Madam, that as you enjoyed through his whole life constant proofs of his profound respect, and ardent filial affection, so you may yet live long to• enjoy the remembrance of his virtues and his exalted reputation.—l am, with very great regard, your obedient servant, " DANIEL WEBSTER. " To Madam Story." We rejoice to learn that a committee is forming of members of the bar and eminent solicitors in the Law Institution, for the purpose of setting on foot a public subscription in honour of Mr. Justice Story. We be lieve that it is intended to offer to the benchers of Lin coln's Inn a marble statue of this eminent transatlantic judge, as a tribute of respect due to an accomplished lawyer, whose immortal works are equally estimated in the " mother country" and in the American United States. THE STARS OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The entrance of Marshal Soult produces always a certain amount of sensation. * * The illustrious warrior, in respect to the popular sovereignty, uncovers his noble bead even before he enters • the Salle des Pas Perdus. Handing his stick to the valet who follows him, he traverses the hall with a slow and halting. pace —the consequence of a wound received forty years ago, at the siege of Genoa. The crowd make way as he approaches. Men of all ranks bow to the Marshal, but no one offers him the hand: his martial bearing, his hair whitened in the service of the State, his stately attitude, impose respect.—When M. Guizot enters, men press on his footsteps, and follow him through the hall, seek ing lin his face the traces of that energy and firmness which he exhibits in discussion. But he, in most cases, glides through the hall'at a quick pace, his hat overshadowing one-half his face, and vanishes in the passages, disconcerting the curious by the rapidity of the evolution. Towards the close of the session, how ever, when all the questions of foreign policy are re solved, M. Guizot makes his triumphal entries. With his hat thrown back, his face unshaded, and his hands in his pockets, he advances slowly up the hall, receives compliments, takes leave of his friends, and grasps hands on every side. * * When M. Thiers is in power, like M. Guizot, he hurries through the crowd, and passes on. But during the last two sessions his en trance, as chief of the Opposition, is very bustling. Fol lowed by several of hi s p o liti ca l friends, at every step his train increases. On all sides he is stopped, ques tioned, apostrophised. He answers with a short and dry politeness—takes by the arm one of his colleagues, or one of the editors of the journals in his interest, and makes his way into one of the more retired halls, or into the lobbies of the public galleries, for greater freedom of speech. He shakes off his cortege, as a general might his staff. * * Count Mol6 has the bearing and attitude of a statesman—a great man of former days. Round him are neither aides-de camp, nor friends, nor familiars. He has colleagues, but no equals ; and the courtiers who throng on his foot steps in power keep not far aloof. His march is grave, even solemn ; his speech, though polite, reserved, cold, abrupt—sometimes monotonous. Be traverses the hall with a slow and measured pace ; and passes through its bustling and agitated groups without even regarding them. From time to time, he replies to such compli ments or questions as he cannot avoid ; but without a movement, look or gesture that betrays to the most pe netrating his sentiment or impression of the hour. * * But he has the art to win the confidence and sympathy of those whom he desires to conciliate, by his affability in private interviews, carefully conducted—and which in clude the secret of his power.—M. Berryer loves to show himself in the hall, and receive the compliments and ho mage of its groups. lie is the centre of a circle of admirers and flatterers of his great renown ; but his following is ordinarily composed less of Deputies than of persons from out of doors. M. Berryer wears his historical blue coat, buttoned military-fashion up to the throat—which gives a severe and martial appearance to the man.—M. de Lamartine appears rarely in the hall, and never stays there long. Occasionally he may be observed, with his melancholy air, passing towards the waiting-room in search of his constituents, who draw him from the Chamber under pretext of obtaining tickets, but often really with a view to acquaint themselves with the fea tures of the illustrious poet. * * M. Dupin flings, as he passes, his pointed arrows of speech against friend and foe ; and while his jeux d'esprit are passing from mouth to mouth, and occupying the commen taries of his hearers, he is already in the Hall of Session or the Hall of Conferences. If, for a moment, he con descends to pause here, his circle of listeners instantly swells ; and the loud laugh that arises thence betrays to all the hall who is its witty centre.—The entrance of M. Odillon Barrot is always solemn—his look haughty, his gait magisterial. The leader of the Left seems to carry his head with self-respect. He hails no one, takes no notice of the homage paid him, speaks loudly and scatters his words with an easy indifference.—M. Du faze is the only Deputy of great note who never pauses in the e 7 des Pas Perdus. He passes th roug h it ra pidly with hi: eyes on the ground. He has always an an impenetrable face. I never saw anxious brow ant; him smile, or converse in any group—as if he feared to be taken for a conspiraconspirator:* He has abandoned, in turn, his friends of the Op positio: and his C onservativ e friends ; and, in the veryisolation we . .l" , t ) he h a s created for himself, has been, nevertheless, the most dangerous opposition in the Chamber. DIOCESE OF BATH AND .WELLS.—The E c elesias' tical Commissioners have decided upon a scheme for revising the fixed annual payment charged upon the see of 13at . .11 ad Wells, which has up to the present time been 1,6'i,• lii , order to preserve, as nearly as may be, to the Bishop of Bath and Wells an amount of income ego- ; " lent to that te Comissioners have which was determined in the first instance to be suita ble to the circumstances of his bishopric, determined that the annal s payment shell he reduced la j dt i oB e o s o t3 / . . per annum. The sche me h a s been dof r by her in Council. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.—See what could be , ng; done by turning attention to the im provement of our lakes. The first of these are Loughs Corrib and Mask fourteen not exceeding three miles in feet, connectithe counties of May o and Galwa y with the latter large com- and a discharge equal to lengthe r cia.,l with town,a fall ariver q 910 h or se -power. One of th ese l oug h s ( t h e C orr ib) li es ~- about twenty-eight feet above the sea, at low water mark, and may be connected with the Atlantic by a quarter a mile of a canal, at a trifling outlay of money ; and Loughs Mask and Carra, which arc thirty-five feet above the Corrib, can be connected with it and the sea by a canal of about three miles. So that, by a cutting of three miles and a half, a direct line of navigation would be open to the country of over fifty miles, and affording a speedy and a cheap mode of transit for the agricultural produce of nearly 200 miles of country. Again, the extent of flooded lands in winter, by the three lakes, computed at over 17,000 acres, would be brought into use, while the estimated cost, for drainage and navig*tion, is calculated at only 34,0001. —.Galway ,Mercury. 15 LATE MURDER AT NE Will - GM/ 7 0 • Yesterday morning, at eleven, Mr. W. Cartet t fikaAjiil7 , . :*;) resumed the inquiry at the Peacock I nn , High- ct> New ington, touching the death of Dani e l Fi!zgerald, ifortY - 12; , 'it4 e y4. sight years, who was murdered on th e eV en i ng last. The following evidence was adduced : Henry Martin' Allam, of No. 4, Agnes-street, 4t4 , 1 00' road, deposed that, on the evening of Thursday the man Quennell running along the east end of KennintoV-...:- v ji lane, towards the Lambeth Police-court. He passed witness' at a rapid speed, and several persons were running after him, - shouting out, " Stop him." Witness caught hold of him, and. lie said, "Take me to the station-house; that is where I • want to go to." He was taken to the station-house, and - given into the custody of the police. llarriet Denyer, living at No. 8, Peacock-street, Newing ton, stated that on the evening in question she was passing the house cf Mrs. Brent, in Peacock-street, and saw two per sons in conversation, and one a short distance from them, by the door, who witness believed was Quennell. Immediately afterwards witness heard the report of a pistol, and saw a -. flash of fire. Mrs. Brent came out with a light, and wit ness then discovered that Fitzgerald was shot. Quennell ran towards High-street, and was subsequently captured. William Quennell, builder, of Lower Kenning-ton-lane,. said that the deceased had been in his employ for nearly eight years as a bricklayer. He left work on Thursday even ing last at. a quarter to fire o'clock. A few minutes after one of the men, named lll‘Carthy, informed witness that deceased had been shot by Samuel Quennell. The deceased and Quennell were always on the best terms, and were occasion. ally in the habit of larking, but never injured each other. By a Juror—The man Quennell was not discharged, but had been told to look out for employment elsewhere, as the work was getting slack. He called several time", but there was no work for him. He appeared cheerful, and made no particular observation. Julia Quennell, the wife of the last witness, confirmed the previous testimony, and added that on Saturday week, when Samuel Quennell was paid his wages, witneai told him that he had been speaking ill of his brother. He Laid that it was Daniel Fitzgerald's fault, who had caused Lim to speak against his brother. Fitzgerald had urged him on to do so. Witness told him that was no excuse. He turned away, crying, and left the counting-house, much affected. James Farkes, of No. 34, Tiverton-street, Wal worth, proved selling Samuel Quennell a pistol. William Welling, of Amelia-place, deposed to serving Quennell, on Thursday last, with a pennyworth of gunpowder. Several other witnesses were examined, but their evidence was merely confirmatory of the above. The CORONER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against Samuel Quennell; and the Co roner bound over all the witnesses to appear at. the Central Criminal Court to prosecute. ITALIAN DESPOTISM. Clara Novello has been the prima donna for the last half of the carnival. Rome and Genoa had both, as they thought, engaged her for the season, and hence when each claimed her there was a collision. The two Go vernments took it up, and finally it was referred to the Pope. It was a matter of some consequence to his Holi ness where the sweet singer should open her mouth for the season. In his magnanimity he decided that she should stay at Rome. The managers, however, compromised the matter, by each city having her half the time. She had formerly been exceedingly popular here, but, ccntrary to the will of the chief bass singer and the leader of the orchestra, she attempted, at her first appearance, an air unsuited to her voice, and which she was told she could not perform. Of course she failed, and was slightly hissed. Her English blood mounted at so unequivocal a demonstration of their opinion of her singing, and, Dido like, bowing haughtily to the crowd, she turned her back on the audience and walked off the stage. The tenor and the bass both stopped—the orchestra—indeed all stopped except the hissing, which waxed louder every moment. She was immediately taken to her rooms by the police of the city, and for three days the gens-d'armes stood night and day at her door, keeping the fair singer a prisoner for her misconduct. This is a fair illustration of this Go vernment. Even an opera-singer cannot pout without having the gens-d'armes after her. On the promise of good behaviour, however, she was released from confine ment, and again appeared on the stage, where the good natured, music-loving Italians hailed her appearance with deafening cheers, and repaid their want of gallantry with excess of applause. Poor Clara Novelle is not the first who has suffered from the tyranny of this military des potism. The other day I went to see the first painter of Genoa. He is a young man, modest, amiable, and cour teous—so much so, that I became immediately deeply interested in him. His name is Isola. He, too, had fallen once under the ban of the Government. Like all geniuses, he loves liberty, and the great first historical piece he painted, and on which he designed to base his claim to be ranked amongst the first artists of his coun try, was a representation of the last great struggle Genoa made for freedom. He showed me the design : in the foreground, with his horse fallen under him, struggled the foreign governor that had been imposed on the people, while the excited multitude were raining stones and mis siles on him, and trampling him under foot. Farther back, and elevated on the canoes, stood the Marquis of Spinola, cheering on the people, one hand grasping the sword, the other waiving aloft the flag of freedom. Ex cited men were running hither and thither, through crowded streets, and all the bustle and hurry of a rapid heavy fight were thrown upon the canvas. It was a spi rited sketch, and one almost seemed to hear the battle cry of freemen, and the shout of victory. Such a picture immediately made a noise in Genoa, where yet slumber the elements of a republic. It was finished, and admired by all, and treasured by the painter. But one day, while Isola was sitting before it, contemplating his work, and thintiug what corrections might be made, his door was burst open, and two gens-d'armes stood Wore him.— Seizing the picture before his eyes, they marched him off behind it, to answer for the crime of having painted his country battling for her rights. The painting was locked up in a room of the Government, where it has ever since remained. Isola was carried between two gens•d'armes a hundred and twenty miles, to Turin, and thrown into prison. lie was finally released, but his picture remains under lock and key. The Government, however, has, in its magnanimity, condescended to permit the artist to sell it to any one who will carry it out of the country.—Let ters from Italy. C A MBRIC s.—An improved fabric, made from the best qualities of home-grown flax—denominated " the golden flax"—has gained the first prizes, both fisr cambric and cam bric harlkers,hiefs, at the present November meeting of the Flax Improvement Society or Ireland. We notice this, in connexion with the following summary of facts detailed in the valuable work by Dr. Kane on the " Industral Resources of Ireland," which fully goes to prove the vast im portance of this branch of our industry. We find it, therein stated, that, near to Warringstown, three statute acres of land produced no less a quantity than one hundred stones of flax, value 751. ; the produce of this field was sold to au eminent factory in the neighbourhood (the very same that has turned out the present prize webs), for 15s. per stone; this flax, in the process of conversion into cambric pocket handkerchiefs, will give constant employment, for twelve months, to about 217 persons, whose wages amount to 2,2171. Gs. Bd. Adding 751. for the flax, you arrive at a value of 2,2921. 6s. Bd., the elements of which sprung from about la. 3r. 16p. of land, Irish measure, and the entire when finished, will yield a very remunerating profit to the manu facturer ! The operatives seem fully alive to their interest in this manufacture; several hundreds of them, accompanied with bands of music, met the successful weavers returning from the exhibition, and conducted their in triumph through I,urgan, and the village of Warringstown was illuminated on the occasion.—Be/fast News Letter. GAME TRESPASS BY A MILITARY OFFICER.—A case of this description came before the magistrates at Rochester on Monday. which excited some interest. A short time since the Crown woods at Rainham and Chatham-hill were sold, and Mr. J. Stunt, of Rainham, and Mr. T. H. Day, banker, of Rochester, became the purchasers. The latter gentleman, being desirous of preserving the game there, the men in care of the woods warned the party against whom the charge was brought that he was trespassing. It appeared that on the 6th of November, Captain James, of the 84th Regiment, accompanied by ilt. Grantham, of the 98th Regiment, beat the covers on the above estates, and made a boast of having killed all the pheasants. One of the wit nesses stated that Lieut. Grantham, when they bad been warned off, held up his pocket, and said, "You should have spoken before—we have got all your pheasants." The Lieutenant told the magistrate that this was said only in joke, and Captain James said they had not killed a bird that, day. He admitted that they had fired all four barrels at one bird, but missed it. The magistrates, as there had been bad language used by the men in care of the woods, in flicted the small penalty of Is. and 16s. costs on Captain James. There was a second charge against the defendant under the Mutiny Act, subjecting him to a much higher penalty. Mr. Day, who was in Court, stated that, although his name had not transpired that day, and as it might appear that he was not the person, he begged to avow him self as the individual who had been inetrumental in bringing the present case before them. He had no vindictive feeling to gratify, his only design being to preserve the game. As regarded the other complaint, he had Lately heard of a similar case, that had resulted so seriously to the officer, that, unless the magistrates were of opinion that it ought not to be withdrawn, he had no desire to press the case further. The second information was consequently with drawn. WILL OF EARL SPENCER.—The will of the late Right Hon. John Charles, Earl Spencer, has been proved by his brother, the present Earl, the sole executor; the personal estate within the province of Canterbury was sworn under. 160,000/. His Lordship has devised and appointed all his &c., freehold, copyhold, or leasehold , n e the c o u nties. o manors, fNotti Earl (heretofore the Hon. Frederick Spe n cer) , subject and ngham, Lincoln, and York, to his br other, the p r esent. and clla in rgea e b x l o e n w er it a h tiu tl n ie of nmor tgages or other p a y ment irsumbrances. of the legacies and annuities, a annuity of 1001. To his bailiff, John Hall, He has left to the Reverend Christopher Nevill, and to his. of Leamington, George ington aNevill, Esq., 10,000/. each. To Dr. Loudon, a legacy of L jskos, and all the short -horned cattle on the farm in Nottinghamshire, or 2,0001., should the present Far! wish to prese rve the breed a nd to retain the same ; mad to E l l iott, his bailiff on hi s N ort h amptons hi re es t a t es , lee legacy of 2,000/. Lib era l annu i t i es to hi s pr i nc i pa l Ass _ vi J iana o s h k t hls huntsman, gamekeeper, gardener, butler, and ennui.. ties tind legacies to other of his servants, male and female. The. residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to his brother, the Right Hon. Frederick Earl Spencer. His Lordship' will, with R codicil, was made in the year 1840. He latterly' resided on his estate at Althorp, Northamptonshire, and died' on the Ist of October last, aged 63. STATE OF TRADE..—Although the market wore a very gloomy appearance yesterday, in consequence of the an nouncement of several failures, including those of two ex tensive concerns in London, there was, upon the whole, a little more disposition to do business than for some time past, and sales of cloth were more readily made, though at very low prices. Yarn, suitable for the East India market, was also in fair request, and a considerable amount of busi ness was done at the full rates of last week. Other descrip tions are still very heavy of sale, but there is no further change in prices.---Rocimat.E FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. 1.. —We have no improvement in the flannel market to report to-day. There is very little demand for goods, and the sales - . have been upon a very limited scale. The wool dealerscom plain, and not without cause, at the v er y limited transactions: in wool. There is little change in p rice, but the tendenc y i s , downward.—Manchester Guars m.. PET WORTII.--TME LAT:E MURDEROUS AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. —Since the inquest fresh facts have come out. Puttick has been re-examined, and he now states that oneut tht lie aw man's a him shoot when isitlrltv was osoon as daunted k near the" river; and when he, Puttick , came up to Denyer at li en c er at but the river, Denyer took from his, Puttick's hand, a large horse-pistol which he took out with him, and which he fired directly at the poachers. The Coroner blames Puttick for not stating this at the inqueste.mßrighton Guardian.