The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-29 00:00:00

I~IA .„.. ET Ite N 7 EWS P .—(THIS DAY.) .:irit.TVIMETS • SNir T i diti s ol 28 11 1 FlELD.—Meadow llay, 2/ 8s to 31. 103; (lover .0 41 ,f, 04 to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 78 poi ' • 4. rade Very dull, at barely last week's prices. ditto, UMEßAND . — Mcadow Hay, 2i 8. to 31 12s; Clover load, 3/ Os to 41 7s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 81 por (4 ‘ , (l ' %ply tolerably good, and trade dull. „, 'Y EIr2LCITAPEL. .Meador Hay, 21 Si to Si 104 ; IMoOVer,ditto, 3/ Os to 41 10s; and Straw,ll2i to 118 i per ad. 1341 quotstions. Hay and Straw mov e d o ff h eav il y , a t our COLONIAL. aid Tl e West India mark. t has remained dull, t 1 1; sales hlve ken at about previous rates. Mauri : d r 411 ' 413 e:1gal offered at auction was nearly all wan ' 4 %1 at extreme rates, holders not being disposed to kftk e realis e concestion. 1,250 boxes Ilavannah were all b - J -se u t 3 / 4 t. 378 to 41s 6d for low brown to mid 3 el:low, 4:citigayienis,,orne instances rather easier. 4,000 bags brown vi c , u , 'Lumina have been so ld p r i vate l y at t h e pre value of 16, in bond. Nal-;ti.,f,"•--The market has been duller with buyers of y ak] : ,e , Ylitm . at about 61s 6fi, and 2,000 bags add i • including a few at 620. 11 r xe ,, E ' — , 00 baes poi wh . t ; Bengal told steadily at ',ou, tare° lots 1 6 1 s. ,00;e1LTPETaP.-685 bags Bengal and 460 bags Madras wiVidravvn from public sales, former temp for want of buyers, on • tl 'I En.--10 00 bags M a l a b ar were withdra irn above , but 4 a to 475 r bes good clean sift e d S uma t ra to ld 'ld • th ere is rat her less doing. W INTELLIGENCE. v4 ...-.... ....01111....----- (I,4 efir. E ljE J ' s BENC 11.—(THIS DAY.) v, -- ear.ustipe PATTESON, Mr. Justi .e COLERIDGE, and Mr. Justice WIGHTISTAN.) k r. 0 , IN TUE RATTER OF BARBER. .. ____ LeE nt 17 DATA WILKINs proceeded in his argu ' L" would now proceed to the charges of mal iper4.(et_i'e° which had been urged against Mr. Barber., Mr.and . 1) the !Rt piece he would proceed t) the charge et I.` ae nl !Y, in wl - Aeli he thought he could show that Mr. tie, '", t t I ad been the person deserving of blame, and he le s ; l a g ° that the Law Society had be ea much more te hadnet Y M et a r. D oremit then t o M r . B ar b er . Th a t society_ t 4bandoned the char ge that they had brought g 4 mst el es titt.tri,iorer. Barber, though the Master had reported were no grounds for the charge. sir F TITESIGER raid that he thought that he could ilna:i°,the valuable time of the Court; ho only meant to sea t ° n ° n the cases a Robins' executor and ofGuest 4 °3 read s Mr c • case, jaZ. k.*"ge.lint Weideees would proceed with Rotins' 41;01 , : t tills case be submitted that there was nothing el ther e ; the conduct t f Fletcher cree, and how could t e e j; :a the conduct ef Barber, who merely carried out Ass male by Fletche-. It appeared that there 1 tf 1 11 11 sum of 1 040/ in the funds part of the property ro kni.ro.a.l. Robins, deceased, of which his executors had eller, edgo whatever, and e f which, but for Mr. Flet arei h t _ ll P' would nevi r have known anythieg._ Fletcher__ e , tee aroer et t 'red into communication with Mr. Reid,. an ser e 4 it t o ° t r, by which it was agreed that he should recE eve a re c0,,,,,..,c, exceeding one -sixth of the property to b h e arye w ts ' t :, but if nothing should be recovered no ge at ?" made. It was in this part of the case that e Mr. t he e ° Y made his appearance, whoa he pretended that . i l o d pr r i ed Mr. Barber a lecture on what he called do af ttv , e Y of such transactions as the pres_et, thou_g; , a te ar , alds it appeared that be had come forward to M , 4 . itve (l o 7 to take pelt in a similar transaction. In te 444 e, "'lent which had been drawn up between the parties , this occasion the name of Turrall bad been intro _ i t t. ,i! to conceal the name of Fletcher, who did not wish et h r s tie known from whom the information proceeded. Barber wed not done with the intention to deceive, for d stor stated in an affidavit that ho had informed g. that Turrall was not the real person contrac sea h e 4 his wit; not an uncommon practice in such cases; sc e disc submitted Viet there was nothing in it of : such ettarutl.sereditable nature as should prevent, '4ll th 'Y f ' .°l n Pzact - sing. He would wish v to t of at ee, attention of the Court to the affidavit Pre"-`,.r. Barber from which it appeared that Al r. Wra 5 . 4 , 41 ( 1 , the s'oliciter to the Bank of England,_ ba n e . eta or 'n to Mr. Stephens, a solicitor, to ono of the ex Ate lip a ," Mr. Robins, to inform him of the self-same 11 11 ( 1% 4 1. Ile submitted, therefore, that if Mr. Barbe Lei TO, it was in very good company. Mr. Barber lastio„s°lswern that he was never aware that the infer flea ll ' 4 ,ati been derived from any dishonest source,. but d fro tt ° nul alvvays believed that it had been obtaine d h a ; stock. breltrr, a friend ot Ile teller's. In another 1 , 1 ., 4 ~I r . Barber sworP, that so far from Mr. Smed- . I N ttroua tteg the Principle of the matter, Mr. Smedley elrdaequieseed in the principle, and that he had efer d - Psiaitl;4gaged Mr. Barber in a similar transaction an heli e ,„` l4 , 3 /. for his services. Who would for the future !Woken !Pok er ; ,Ire Smedley? Perhaps in this care he had !,ll'e, ti; a lv ;th more energy than it Ras proper in address `sis ' nigh order of intellect which he was, but 44, en a case in which he had been frOm the ,Iseeti'llgagel, which he had traced from the commence aireseia49 thefti he had always greatly in.eretted of a f,,,,' i rons ime when he had beard the declaration ( t )t t 6 male acopmplice, e f the innocence of Mr. Barber " ) sg i ; -A rge for which he had suffe-ed such Cling as no . e ' j ilt e et'alti which When that eta - Agnate man left this t 4 veb y w it had been the business of his life to anal} se : hi);; ° aeffair , He had not sought for those honours "rd-er tif t-(L4l4 ion, or asked for that advancement which . t0n1,,,,, „. s of 8 )M0 - " e objects ( men's ambition; and if he ti lat " 3 ee kli illiam Henry Barber cue° more restored fe el th at Bta tian from which ha had Lem driven he should 1 t .5eti.,,,, 110 had not lived in vain. [Here the learned '''' w '''al aPpea - ed so overcome by his togfeelins that le nta t t obli ga a , tO sit down for some minute i recoi7r l '„N• e a lf i l b e ,` t , re ho could resume the argument.] The Zue 0.t," "Qntleman then proceeded to comment upon °4 4 ''° (. Guest and Reynolds , which he observed had w ith eer eade ~, -, Adjudicated upon b} a Master in Chancery. ee bre ai r -Peet to Vee charge of fraud which had 3 t _ n e i ll: ,‘ against Bleb ' er in swearing that he had paid h / Na . !' lle aus at B Wells, it appeared from ,r th n e . leee. vt la that Barber had ordered his agent at u - l eera tc) PaY the witnesses, and that this agent had ar Sys ante" t 0 d o Ev. He submitted that, though there was d at i ftt of caution, there was nothing that could be calk 1 W e e ti e tl an to defraud. u•I el' is "tics PATTESON remarked, Viet wha'ever might . t laesi 7 "le of this inquiry , he was not sorry that this t tlie I°ll h e arisen, as he t elieved that there was nc- Igteg e ill the vehole practice of the law e f so loose a I t te b a/ t hi3 making affidavits of intent, and he wished te e e e understood, that whenever attorneys came before l ers 3 ci t lr .' in such cases, they would fall under the se- Mr. ,slispleasure of see, t !Dee ter,a,tint Weeitarrs then proceeded to comment ate ph had Jan ease of Stiddolph. It appeared that Sticla tara er ad effected an insurance of 100/. on his life with P h aid 01' as agent of an insurance company, e f which he f. l 'a Nu e _ -43 t premium, and that since the effecting of Pre by"Y Barber had continued to charge Stiddoiph ker a i Year with the premium, 5/., while, in fact, no thi eg i p had ever been paid. Now, it was a happy 11 1 e hie 7 31r her, that after his departure from England hid a arbor , a document, to the truth of which he 81,0.,!0rn, and which Stiddoiph did not deny—namely, sheet,4kteagdee" bearing date February 1841, which was whieb. tbetwen Stidelolph and Barber, and upon \lila.% 4,settlement between them was maee, and in 1h41,101 the r. as not one item charged by Barber to i d w e l l for the payment of insurance premium. , But %I, / not the enly occasion upon which Stiddo ph 4v are e c' uld net say perjured himself, but at least ( Th a!hly. 15° 4 l4tiprned Sergeant was proceeding when our re- P..)(e ri T h 0 KIEQUER.—(THIS DAY . .) . heitie,.,,ourt was occupied during the morning in triale, but the clise s '" arguments upon rules for . to rte,P % t'f too tlchnical and nnin e t e e w resting a A"re a repo rt . nature EVIL couRT._(THIS - D I Y.) (Before Mr. Justice Ruiz.) RE TANNER . Tanner, a Ilr • W i IN behalf of Mr ' rule teutiett II Tlitaitsti moved, on for a e ‘allin ...411°f Property residing at Norwood, not issue, re tO gi lt ! 'Pon the Judge of the County Court of Lambeth litliri u:h c.4ll3° why a mandamus should " Igo a t, - 1 14 tO hear a the uOtiet,,,Peraull named Culling obtained judgment ill short time Mr. Ross Te eee •i r court against Mr. ltoss, L th u e s s e o w n- h in ic - h law of . Mr. eeeep_i.a. and the goods in the no The goods, howe,'-‘4 Were distrained for the t i recovery, but Pleme:r, really belonged to Mr. amoun t. Ta ti ner r , and an inter aka ft akurunions was taken out for - ie g, a 8 using called on in the County Court for ht It objection was taken by the Le arned d on the ° Pr ilot • been serve %tear ice cf claim had WA provided by the ‘._49th rule had charg e of the goods,Judge for h e t h a r a - t Nod e - b e °,f the judges, and the summons NI goods he had ,e. 'Mice wa.s given to the officer that th4rerolz:4o4 belonged to Mr. Tanner, and the objection, as , : i s a l e dismissed. It,. F,._ , u.light not to have been ma'e. gtoubVstt2e u tE—Did the notice state . on whit they %,tu? led,cailu how he came by the goods, and how kr. wlctu pcssessi on of the son-in-law ? baskr. 43,1'rkkasu said it certainly did not. not er .14 I.:R I t 1 ,od, .„'E apprehended, the county court b e 4 r ' l, ‘•ed ti ru as the judge of claim, then, that the notice 1411!)ted 1,4 4 4 t t the objection blr. r fl a a ttee t i; 4 cc he had power to in . Mr, r briag gba.rrteedrforteh, Could not anne : was not a court of revie et. e since the a lltum ees i l to rr t. E% 4484 4 aeti o n of ie t s r e o i v e e g r o ? f sti eet , 7 that right Mr. au 414 4+ 4 said the entirely. the interpleader a tus o b i f ;,3/44E said he would grant a rule tosho o w f i'''s e ' ii ti t t ; ', turn d out hereafter, that the judge -413 tuotbn-ide;°Urt hale adjudicated in the matter, it would attlie .-.4,slilissed with costs. ulsi accordingly. , sta r. ktilb V. CO PPER -MINERS OF ENGLAND. the Go ra) "r4ITTI moved for a rule, calling p 44itlers ePutY-Ciovernor, and Assistants of u the u Copper th°lll(l °I Nisnd, to show cause why a . mandamu ty s qtitr eB hot issue commanding them to , reg•tt-Ir for eepperin, the tame of Mr. Lord. lhe c om pany t f Year ic.lll3ers was originated by royal char te r in the Mste,,,)l, and a governor, deputy governor, idten au- M1b,,,.." were constituted as the governing body,. , rlllent rei 414 Ope r • gc, a second charter extended the powers_ Dus.. Miens of the company to Irelind. The com to 6"as eitablished for the purpose cf smelting .. copper " country and • it was authorised to nabs 1, cti amount , eepi,,, of joint stock. In 1841 t he ....on,d:. ao nominalur vio tt i". el • the company amounted to one milli r ision i n 4 , lilto 10,000 of 100/, each, and by a 1 ) " .he iht,.‘.2_u chai ter of incorporation the holders of e t ~ , ','‘ Were enttled to ono vote in electing mansg:l..l q4`..rr.lZ3ci B ce.,. for each share. This notnr,al ,, , ca t,o p , , i t n i. d th at o Pxiatenes down to 1846, than , t v,,,. 0,. _ e ll s 4nY ot:tbe calls had not been paid on tLe 100/ - . ciltir3._ , and it was therefore determined to raise an ad utAI 5°0,0004 in pzeferential thaws 91_254 %di' Four hundred of these shares were allotted to Mr. Lord, upon which he paid 10,000/. Ho had since been registered for one hundre 1 and twenty shares, and he held forty which were not rtgistered; the balance of his shares he disposed of in the marks t. subsequently to the issuing cf these preferential shares the governor, deputy-governor, and assistants resolved to convert the scrip shares into money stock so as to equalise the voting, and they passed a bye-law allotting a vote to every 5/. paid up; and when Mr. Lord applied to have his forty shares registered, to enable him to vote under the charter of incorporation, the governors refused to register them, but offered to issue stuck for the amount wnich had been paid up upon them, which Mr. Lord declined to accept. Now the Court would perceive that under the charter of incorpo ration the holder of each 100/. share was en titled to one vote, and the man who had paid up all his calls was only enabled to exercise as many votes as he held shares, but by this new bye-law, ho would Le entitled to twenty votes, and Mr. Lord in sisted that neither the managers nor the proprietors' body had power to make so vast au alteration in the con stitution of the company. Mr. Justice ERLE thought the Learned Gentleman had stet , :d sufficient to justify a rule to show cause. Rule nisi accordingly. MARLBRO'-STREET- : (THIS DAY.) OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT UPON A roaTMAN WHILE ON DUTY.—Stephen Gregory was brought before Mr. Bing ham, charged with assaulting Henry Graham Long, a le' ter-carrier, while on duty. The prosecutor, whose face was very much cut and bruised, stated that this morning, about ten o'clock, i.e was proceeling up Windmill-street with about 40 letters in his possession, when he met the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, and from some cause which•he (complainant) could not account fur, the prisoner came up to him and addressed him in the most abusive and' foul trrms. Witness said, "I do not know you; I wish you would go away;" and asked him if he was not aware that he (witness) was bound over to keep the r eace ? The prisoner then struck him, and knocked him down in the street. Wit ness endeavoured t , ) secure the letters he had in his possession, knowing that they contained valu able property, and told the prisoner to leave him, but while he was lying on the pavement the prisoner struck him three or four blows in the face. With the assistance of several persons he succeeded in getting away from the prisoner and gave him into custody. The letters were secured and given into the hands of a post 'man who was passing. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, entered into a long itverncnt c f fsmily grievance-, which the com plainant did note ntirely deny. Mr. BINGHAM Said it was his duty tl pass over those enatt.: , rs, and to consider the assault, and being satisfied that the assault was proved, he would hold the parties to bail to keep the peace for three months, and in addition should require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances to appear at the Quarter Sessions to answer any charge that may be preferred against him. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. We had intended writing a notice of the admirable representation of Othello at this theatre last evening, but we so entirely concur in the justice of the follow ing critique, which we find in a morning Contempo rary, that we do not hesitate to adopt it : " The tragedy of Othello, or the Moor of Venice, was performed last night for the first time under the present management. Othello is, perhaps, the finest acting play ever written ; the characters are so dis tinctly articulated, and are wrought out with such marvellous reality, that the work seems rather the result of inspiration than the laboured effort of human skill. There is no drama so full of difficulties for the actor ; for not only is there required a refined ap preciation of the craft, but superadded thereto a deep knowledge of the workings of the heart, and a full reverence of the poet. It is rare, therefore, that even an approximation to uniform excellence is reached in its representation ; for there is assuredly no company of actors now existing possessing the va riety of talent necessary to its due exposition. But what may be wanting in genius may be rendered less apparent by the exercise of a worthy enthusiasm, and a just determination to convey the true meaning and intention of the poet. The tragedy, as acted last night, though it may not rank with the "past glories" of Old Drury, bore fair evidence of the desire to realise the unrivalled wonders of that scene, and hence, taken in its entirety, it was cleverly and in some instances subdwely rendered. The ob jections which we recently urged to Othello, as presented on the modern stage, were satisfied by the judicious restoration of Bianca. There was not, indeed, any announcement of a rigid adherence to the " text of Shakspere," but there was a nearer ap proach to the reality than has been witnessed for nearly a century. For this the management deserves all praise. The play was presented throughout with greater care and success than the metropolitan stage tas witnessed in our time. We would that the snatches of song breathed by Desdemona during her " wit wanderings" were likewise restored—without these the gentle Venetian loses a moiety of the sym pathy and pathos with which Shakspere has so richly endowed her. These versicles are as essential to Desdemona as the perfect rendering of Ophelia or the ballads of wisdom of the Fool in Lear; for the resto ration of the latter to the stage, infinite thanks are due to Mr. Macready. They are the musical:sighs of the o'er-fraught heart, and impart beauty, grace, colour, and completeness to the several portraitures. Musical knowledge, a fine voice, and the exuberances of a prima donna are not required to give to them their due excellence—indeed, we would not have them sung, but rather musically murmured, and this might with foci • lity and sath , fdction be accomplished by the actress whose powers enabled her to personate Desdemona, and we know no actress so fully capable of accomplishing this improvement of the present incomplete version of one of the most perfect creations of Shakspere than Miss Laura Addison. The Othello of Mr. Anderson is a picture, not without imperfections, but of considerable power. In some sf its details there are blemishes which we would wish to see removed. Amongst these the most prominent is the unsparing use of the mere power of a fine voice. The passage beginning 'That's a fault,' and including the imaginary de scription of the famous handkerchief, was admirably declaimed. Would Mr. Anderson deign to copy his own taste in this, throughout the recitation of Othello, he might fear no rivalry. Monotony aecl loudness often, in other places, marred a fine conception of the author's purpose. The readings were always careful, and frequently original. And the physique of the Moor was assumed to perfection. lago was acted with - marked intelligence by Mr. Vandenhoff. It was subtle, without the accustomed exhibition of fiendish cunning. The simulation of naturalness was artistic, and the guile and the crime were sufficiently hidden from his victims, though clearly visible to the spectator. It is, out of question, the beat lago on the stage. There is no character in which we have seen Miss Laura Addison that is so instinct with a fine Shaksperian appreciation as Desdemona. The femi nine dignity, the chastened joy, the patient suffering, the wife-like devotion, and the passionate heroism are all portrayed with such delicate distinctness, and yet so harmoniously are they combined, that the pro found interest for the wronged wife and the loving woman almost supersedes the agony and the heart wreck of the villain-ridden Moor. The scene in the fourth act, in which she asserts her purity, is quite Rachelesque, and elicited repeated rounds of applause. The Emilia of Miss Vandeuhoff is commendable for its good sense and dramatic spirit. The principal performers were called for at the termination of the Tagedy." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new classical tragedy, in five acts, entitled Ariadne, was produced here last evening with the most complete and deserved success. It is an adap tation by Mr. John Oxenford, of the Ariane of Thomas Corneille (the younger brother of the great Corneille), a tragedy which is revived on the French stage whenever there is an actress capable of sustain ing the character of the heroine. It has been re cently revived with very great success by Mademoi selle Rachel. Mr. Oxenford has executed his, task with great taste, ability, and judgment, and has in troduced several judicious alterations. Amongst the most judicious of these is the alteration of the denoue ment; in the original Ariadne throws herself on the sword of Pirithous, while in the adaptation she, Sappho-like, casts herself from a rock into the sea. The scene of the tragedy is laid in the island of Naxos, where Theseus and Ariadne, accompanied by the sister of the latter, Phadra, have taken refuge after having escaped from Crete, where Ariadne has saved Theseus from being destroyed by the Minotaur. While in Naxos Ariadne makes the discovery that Theseus loves another, and the latter persuades Ariadne to marry CEnarus,:King cf Naxos, Ariadne consents in order, as she explains to her sister Phaedra, to ascertain who is her rival in the affections of Theseus, who will no doubt at once fly to his new love, on whom she will take a bitter revenge. :That new love is Elmira herself, to whom Ariadne has confided her project, and this, the great scene of the tragedy, was beautifully acted by Mrs. Mowatt, whose Ariadne is one of the _most exquisitely tender and impassioned impersona tions of character ever seen. She at length dis covers the truth, and, denouncing Theseus, throws herself from a rock into the sea. The denunciation of Theseus was a splendid piece of impassioned de clamation, and brought down thunders of applause. The Phaedra of Miss Fanny Vining,:alheit a small part, was admirably acted—she fairly shared the triumphs of the great scene with Mrs. Mowatt. M as r. Davenport (Eaarus, m m a s s Theseus, and Mr. Ryder pr s o ta; ri e ety with the ' must ei. of . two very secondary characters. The tra b cdy was put to on clas t s h ic e al all the attention of a scenery and costun:e which of the management of theß is now more than ever o distinguishingyal Olympic ly m p characteristic ic At the conclusion of the trage d y Theatre. called for, when she was kd o and followed by Miss Fanny n Vi n i ng, Ib Mrs. Mowatt was Mr. Davenport, on by ,;11-. Ryder, wher e wereth who was led en NO cells for the author, and Mr. John Oxen foi d bowed his thanks from a private box. The traged: r was followed by a new farce entitled A flusband Wanted, but the,'"goclA" seemed to be of opinion th, tt one triumph was suffi cient for one night, and they he the farce as voci ferously as they had applaui led the tragedy. The pantomime concluded the eve nit g'a amusements. The house was exceedingly well ate nded. FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S 'l7-I.EATRE. This theatre his been ope u <only three weeks; and last evening Mr. Mitchell itecaluced his third new opera of the season. It was the Caid, by Ambroise Thomas, the most laughable sand the most successful " Opera Bouffon," that has been produced of late years, and which, although ;it has had a twelve month's run in Paris, is sheet as attractive as ever, there always being an overflo w at the Opera Comique whenever the Caid is anr °l:need. The plot is an extravaganza', and is 1.1101 , t amusingly filled up by the actors, while gal music is sparkling with brilliancy and wit - —we use the term wit advisedly, for the air icature imitations of Verdi and the minor fry 01.' the Italian school of composers are as admirable ,an are the imitations in Punch of " Mr. Pips his Di sry," and as full of hu mour. The scene is laid in 'a village in Algeria, to which Birotteau (M. Lac), ;a Pads barber, and his atlienced bride, Virginie (M ac me Charton), a French modiste, have emigrated in sp .arch of fortune. The Arab Caid of the village Buguet), conscious of his own deserts, is in continuu d fear of being secretly assassinated or grievously w o untied by those over whom he has tyrannised; anl these wholesome fears are fostered by his intendant, Aii-Bajou (M. Cha teaufort), who finds his acco to it in keeping the Caid in seclusion as much as possil )14 5, as he pockets in con sequence divers bribes for teas Tying messages, pro curing interviews, &e. Bit of teau determines to ex ploiter the fears of the Caid,, and having obtained an interview in spite of the opt pot Pition of Ali-Bajou, he announces that he can put t he Caid in possession of a talisman which will forew ten him of the intentions of all criminals against his p won, for which he asks 20,000 boudjous. Birotteau. -Accepts, but when the time comes for the delive • of the talisman and the payment of the money, :the avarice of the Caid assumes the ascendant, and In t offers the hand of his daughter to Birotteau, instead. of the cash. Birotteau, who thinks it a very fine this 4 7 to be son-in-law to a Caid, accepts the offer ; bust it so happens that Fathma (Madlle. Dauhausser). , the Caid's daughter, is already engaged to Michel p (M. Nathan) a French drum-major, and Fathma, M lc :hel, and Virginie adopt active measures to make _Bin it teau repent him of his choice; and so actively do Vit ty carry on hostilities, that Birotteau, when the ti eie comes, refuses to marry the Csid's deughtt sr , and insists upon the money. To this the (hid at length con sents, being moved there b ) by a mysterious thrashing which he had rec. eiptly received (the said thrashing having been admin . is tered in the dark by Birotteau with the cane of 'the drum-major), and which the Caid verily bA eves he should have avoided had he possessed the • b slisman. The talisman (a pot of pommade de Lios t), is accordingly pur chased, and Birotteau and V ginie are united, while the Caid gives Fathma to -the drum-major, ima gining very justly that such a, man with such a cane will be a more effectual defer u:e against his enemies than even the talisman. The piece was excel lently acted. The imi ts .tion of Ql-risi by Mademeie:le Charton was admirable, and, in flat, the whole of the tee svura in the second act, describing to the Ara b girl the delights of Parisian life, was a perfect pi .e ce of florid execution. It was rapturously and desel .v edly encored. Made moiselle Danhausser, who act e i the part of the Caid's daughter, is a debutante yes 3- young, very pretty, with a sweet voice, excellentlJ cultivated. M. Lee appears to greater advantage i a Birotteau than in any character in which we have yet seen him; his making up was admirable, and his acting a the coiffeur humor ously fantastic ; his vecalisatit as, too, was excellent. M Nathan, as the drum-major,, sung and acted with the most rich and unctions hr in lour; the fears of the Caid were elaborated with in ost amusing fidelity by M. Buguet, while the acting Ind singing of Chateau fort, as•the old Intendant, w as full of whimsicality, quaintness, and fun. The m u sic and choruses were admirably given, and the mise a en scene perfect. The opening scene of the second act ; is superb. The opera was received throughout with shouts of laughter and applause. It was preceded psy Peer's Maitre de Chappelle, in which the BarnteLlee of M. Chollet was one of the most perfect pieces. of genuine comedy, both as regards acting and v salization, that can be imagined. The house was cro pir ded by the elite a the fashionable world. PRINCESS'S T' REATRE. The lessee of this theatre st Odom lets the popular French operas escape him, and in this spirit of activity he now brings out an Anglici. le d version of the Val d' Andorre, which was played for the first time last night. It has been carefully lit epared for the Engli,h stage, and the greater part of th e score has been re tamed ; while the general dirt tion has been vested in the hands of Mr. E lward I ...Kier, whose ability in discharging duties of the kind ;has been well and often tested. In some respects it vru/uld be impossible to accomplish a snore agreeable d ?.livery of the music. The musician-like feeling or Miss Louisa Pyne, and the beauty both of her voice and exe cutior, qualify her, in certai n essential particulars, to fill the interesting part of no: ede Mai. Her exe cution of the music was as n eat and as finished as possible; in short the charact )t was represented with an artlessness that was emine atly pleasing, and there was no flattery in the applai to —no impropriety in the encore which awaited her romance in the second act. Mdlle. Nau, as the virieige heiress Georgette, was a manifest improvement upon Mdlle. Cotti, at the other house. Mrs. Weiss 76 s a tolerable Theresa, and published her recitative ;to cusations against the unfortunate Rose with great di yaesatic energy. The part played by Chollet, the gay and nonchalant Lejoyeux, fell into the hands of Mr. W. Harrison, who copied his riiodel as closely as his powers of imitation wo' ad allow ; but as the subtleties of such personati `ens are not of easy transcription when the natura'...genius does not lie in the same direction, Mr. Harrison did not rub out former impressions, and the sp set Ater still thought the French artist the only veritabl e Lejoyeux. Mr. Har rison, nevertheless, did all that lay in his power to give the character its individui ili ty, and to those who were not in a position to make: ?contrasts, he was not unamusing. He sang with fkeedom, and carefully pointed the musical dialogue : be. also threw consi derable spirit into the military :song in the third act, winning thereby a loud encore.. The tenor strains of the hunter Stephan were rendered by Mr. Allen as delicately and as tits tefully as possible. The sweetness of his organ, the smoothness of his ex ecution, and the beauty of his style are facts never to be concealed; and hence be out weighs his contempo rary, M. Lac. The homely to nderness of Jacques Sincere was portrayed by Mr. Weiss in bis wonted manner, and his singing w as; steady and explicit. The choruses were executed with more vigour than correctness, but the endeavour to do well will pro bably be more fruitful of goo.l results when the dis cipline has extended over a we ek or two's public prac tice The principal singers \were called for when the curtain fell, and the opera n lay be considered suc cessful. MR. WILLY'S CLASSICAL CONCERTS. The fifth of Mr. Willy's clztsgeal chamber concerts was given last evening at St. Martin's Hall, Long acre. The principal instrument lists were Mr. Stern dale Bennett, Signor Piatti (whom we were glad to see back again here), and Messrs. Zerbini and Wes lake. The programme comprised, besides some vocal music by Miss Bassano and Mr. Benson, some instru mental pieces of the first or ler. In the adagio of Beethoven's quartett in F, No. 1, Signor Piatti was particularly distinguished ; and, =thing could exceed the delight of the audience at the adagio and eagro vivace of Menclelssohnes grand duo in D major, Op. 58, as given by Starndale Bennett and Piatti. In Mozart's quartette in D No. 7, the andante was encored. The concert concluded with Beethoven's grand trio in E flat, No. 2, Op. 70, ex quisitely played by Sterndale Bennett, Willy, and Piatti. The concert, as a whole, proved one of the most interesting of the series. AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT. --A grand mis cellat eons concert, under distinguished public and pri vate patronage, will be given at the Concert-room of the Princess's Theatre, on Tuesday, the 26th February next, on bal!alf of Mrs. George and her children, whose cruel desertion by the composer, F. N. Crouch, is re port-d in the papers of the 19th September last, at which the following distinguished and popular artists have most promptly volunteered their services—namely, the Misses Williams, Bassano, Claris.% Enouy, Lucombe, Me:sent, O'Connor, Pyne, Poole, Roe, and Ransford; Messrs. Binge, F. Bodds, Genge, Lyon, Phillips, Rana ford, F. Smith, Spoilt-, &c. Inotrumentalists—Miss Kate Loder, Metsrs. Distin, Nicholson, Cooper, Patey, &c. Messrs. W. S. Rockatrow and Jahn Roo will offi ciate as conductors.—Musical World. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—Tho Havre cotton market was yesterday exceedingly dull, with prices somewhat less firm than on Saturday. The sales amounted to about 400 tales. The ship Parana, from Buenos Ayres, and the lndecis from Carmen, arrive ! yesterday at the port of Havre. THE RIVER. PLATE —LivvitrooL, SATURDAY Privet') advices from the River Plate to the end of No vember, via Rio, state confidently that a treaty had been ratified between Mr. Southern, the British Plenipoten tiary, and Roses. The documents had been dispatched to England by the bteatc-ship Hydra, and way there fore be expected daily. KING'S C o LLEGF, LONDON. The names of the following students of the collep end school appear in , the list of wr:,nglers at the late Cambridge examina tion:--Watson, second wtfogler ; Irving, Harrison, Greenwood, Northcot, licynod, and De Lisle. THE LATE LORD JEFFREY. The death of one who, after a life of mental ac vity, had reached his 77th year, is not an event in the ordinary course of things remarkable. But when a public person, even at that somewhat advanced age, suddenly departs from among us, the natural feeling of regret is not unmixed with surprise, and the in stinctive feeling that a void has been created in old associations. This is especially the case with Lord Jeffrey. Not so many years have elapsed since he was known as the editor of the Edinburgh Review, and some passages in his life arising out of his con nexion with that publication have become so linked with our ideas of two of the most distinguished poets the age has produced, that his death cannot be passed over without notice, and a record of the few features of his career. The late Francis Jeffrey, by courtesy Lord Jef frey, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Scotland, was born on the 23d of October, 1773. At the High School of Edinburgh, his native city, he received his first education, and in 1787 he became a student at the University of Gl asgow. T he pu bli s h e d Me moirs of Lord Brougham, ani the anecdotal recollections of literary contemporaries, have made the public familiar with the existence in Edinburgh of one, amongst others, of those debating societies so common in this country, where young men of an ardent intellectual temper are wont to exercise their young and vigorous faculties in discussing great questions, to which they more often bring energy and mental enterprise than knowledge, but which at least licit a spirit of inquiry and a desire to master facts, principles, and logic. The " Speculative Society" of Edinburgh shares, with similar societies at Oxford and Cambridge, the honour of having included among its earliest ram:deers some who have subsequently at taiued great political and literary distinction. Among the most distinguished of these were Lord Brougham and the late Lord Jeffrey. Young Jeffrey con tinued at the Glasgow University four years, when he went to Oxford, and was entered of Queen's College there. This was in 1791. The legal profession was his allotted path in life ; and having duly qualified, he was called to the Scottish bar in the year 1794. Success in that pre fession is proverbially of slow attainment, and Mr. Jeffrey had acquired a contemporary reputation in society as a wit and a literary man long before he had attained eminence as an advocate. When, at last, his opportunities fur display arrived, he es tablished his reputation as an advocate of the first rank. He is described by an i nte lli gen t bi ograp h er as excelling " in acuteness, pro mp t ness , an d clear ness in the art of stating, illustrati ng , an d arrang i ng —in extent of legal knowledge—in sparkling w it, keen satire, and stroug and flowing eloquenc e ." T ne same writer, quoting a contemporary critic, the au thor of " Sketches of the Sottish Bar," says, " Ever quick, but never boisterous nor pushing, Jeffrey wound his way, like an eel, from one bar to the other. If what he had to do was merely a matter of form, it was dispatched in as few words as possible; generally wound up, when circumstan ces per mitted, with some biting jest. If a cause was to be formally argued, his bundle o f papers was unloosed, his glass applied to his eye, an d his dis course began, without a moment's pause. He plunged at once into the mare magnum of the ques tion, confident that his train of argument would ar range itself in lucikorder, almost without any exertion on his part. He possessed a most retentive memory, and couldjproceed from one subject to another at a moment's warning." The same writer quotes the fol lowing anecdote of Lord Jeffrey, in his professional character:—" As Mr. Jeffrey sat down one day, at the close of a long and argumentative speech, an at torney's clerk puled him by the gown, and whis pered in his ear, that a case in which he was retained had just been called on in the inner house. Good God,' said Jeffrey, have heard nothing of the matter for weeks ; and that trial has driven it en tirely out of my head; what is it ?' The lad, in no small trepedition, began to recount some of the leading facts, Fut no sooner had he mentioned the first, than Jeffrey exclaimed, I know it,' and .ran over, with the most incon ceivable rapidity, all the details, and every leading case that bore upon them ; and the speech he de livered upon the occasion was the most powerful that ever fell from him." " His oratory," the same writer goes on to say, "is not commanding • and it is like the frog striving itself to the size Of the ox when he attempts to be impressive; but once, indeed, says the writer before quoted, we remember an apos trophe startling, nay, commanding, from its native dignity and moral courage. A baronet having brought an action, in which, to gain his point, he had shown a disregard of all moral or honourable re straint, Mr. Jeffrey made the following observations oa his conduct My lords, there is no person who entertains a higher respect for the English aristc cracy than I do, or who would be more loth to say anything which could hurt the feelings or injure the reputation of any one member of that illustrious body ; but after all that we have this day heard, I feel myself warranted in saying— [here he turned round, faced the plaintiff, who was immediately behind him, and fixing on him a cold firm look, proceeded in a low determined voice] that Sir -- has clearly shown himself to be a notorious liar and a common swindler." In 1802 was started the Edinburgh Review, a pub lication which, if not actually suggested by Lord Brougham and the late Lord Jeffrey, was at least es st a u b s t l i a s i h n e e d d m b3 a2 t n il ly e r through u t n sons. E t r d u i t in e d e n d t a u l r i j n , g , a t n h d e first year by the Reverend Sydney Smith, the control of the Review was from the year 1803 to 1828 en trusted to the late Lord Jeffrey, and some (,f the most brilliant volumes of the publication came out under his auspices, and were enriched by his pen. The re cent republication (,f the articles contributed by him, and the ample notices they have received from the most important political and literary journals, renders unnecessary any criticism here. It was during the period of this editorship that Jeffrey's name became known to the public by his bloodless duel with Thomas Moore, the poet, and the caustic satire in flicted on him by Lord 13yron in his " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." It was a kind of negative honour to the late Lord Jeffrey that a review ofi the; " Hours of Idleness," attributed to his pen, should have stung Byron to the composition of that satire, and ultimately have stimulated the development of his powers as a poet. It was in his literary character that the late Lord Jeffrey was of importance. Until the republication of his essays by Messrs. Longman, that reputation, except with those who guessed at, or were in the secret of, the authorship of the articles in the .Edin burgh, rested mainly on report, and in private life. The fact of his editorship of so important and Mu ential a publication was in itself an evidence of no ordinary powers. The public have since been enabled to judge for themselves, and their decision has fully confirmed a character for critical acumen, which till then had rested so much on hearsay evidence. In 1821 Mr. Jeffrey had been chosen Lord Rector of Glasgow University, and in 1828 he became Dean of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland, on which occasion, we beli eve , he resigned h i s e di torsh i p of the Edinburgh Review. In 1830, on the accession of the Whigs to power, and of Lord Brougham to the e et eChancellorship, Scotland,n M r . Jeffrey took his place in the Imperial Parliament. became Lord Advo cate As the lawyers of England, Scotland, and Ireland usually work their way to the bench by first working their way into th e H ouse of C ommons , Lord Jeffrey, towards the clos e o f t h e Du k e o f W e llington's Ad ministration, took measures f or first Parliament o f Ki ng 'William getting into Parlia ment at the earli es t conven i ent oppor tunity. To the IV., which met in September, 1830, h e was returne d for the district of burghs that in c l u d es F or f ar , P e rth, Dundee, Cupar, and St. Andrew ; but a petition having been pre sented, the C omm ittee unseated him on the 25th of March in th e f o ll ow i ng yea r. The influence of this disappoint men t was , h o wever, of short duration, for alm os t immediately he took his seat for Mahon. Lord Fit zw illi am w as an earnest Reformer; Sir James Scarlett, a f terw ards Lord Abinger, repre sented the Fitzwilliam borough o i f Melton in a por tion of the P a rliament elected n 1830, and as Sir James had resolved not to support Lord Grey's mea sure of reform he felt bound in honour to resign i n t o the hands of its patron the representation of the place for whi c h h e sa t; hence the vacancy i n 1831 b y which Mr. Jeffrey was enabled to b ecome t h e nominee of Lord Fitzwilliam. This seat he .con tinued to hold till the latter end of 1832, when he was returned for Edinburgh, and remained the re presentative of that city for more than two years, his colleague being Mr. Abercromby, now Lord Commons Mr. J e ff rey had form a period D unferinline. a seatT h e infour theyears u during which his reputation was rather dimi n i s h e d than augmented ; at all events his fam e w ith t h e pub lic became very little extended at this stage o f hi s career. True,• he mingled much in Lond on soc i e t y , and rarely entered any circle in which i n t e ll ectua l o s House du ri ng o C which ons conversation was esteeme d,—where wit and li ve ly repartee, brilliant d i squ i s ition, o r, subtle philosophy were appreciated without exciting unqualified ad miration. But in the House of Com mons h e was too old to enter upon a noviciate, nor was he able to overcome in Parliament the adverse influence of great fame acquired out of doors. It has grown i nto a pro verb that the House will have no favourites but of its own rearing, and to tha t M. r. Jeffr e y certa i nly formed no exception. Ms m in cing tones and metap h ys i cal reasoning w: re anything but acceptabl e t o an as sembly so popularly constituted as the Commons of England ; and though he was li s t ened to with a cer tain degree of patience, he disappointed the expecta tion of those who conceived that the editor of the Edinburgh Review must necessarily wield in Perna meat an authority analogous to that of Burke, or other great literary men who have had influence in the councils o f this country. in Po foxingion of Lc d 1-• • -A-41 .1 1 -A- -A. 1 to 3 41/ XX. .1.1 l_J .tl. JUL 1 Grey's Government such a man as Mr. Jeffrey could not be omitted. He was already in Parliament; be was one of the most consistent politicians that even the old Whig school could pro. duce. lie and his powerful journal had been amongst the greatest allies of Liberal principles that the British dominions contained ; but though he could not be neglected he raised himself very little above the ordinary level of those learned gentlemen who usually make their appearance in ikondon clothed with the dignity of Lord Advocate, and after a few years retire to Edinburgh to assume the judicial ermine. Mr. Jeffrey's promotion followed in due course. In the summer of 1834 the death of Lord Craigie created a vacancy in the Court of Session, and Mr. Jeffrey became the successor of that learned personage, assuming, in compliance with a usage amongst Scotch judges, now three centuries old, the prefix of Lord— a title merely official, and in no way connected with the hereditary honours to which it bears so close a resemblance. On his appointment to that dignity, Lord Jeffrey was placed in what is called the second division, to which, from the moment of his elevation to the bench, business largely flowed in, so high was the opinion entertained of his diligence, his integrity, and his great judicial powers. It is gene rally understood that amongst his brethren of the bench he held an extremely high position, although he often embarrassed a tedious advocate by too closely confining him to those points in the case respecting which Lard Jeffrey himself entertained doubt or de sired information. But he, who had been accustomed to adorn and elevate the dullest arguments of Scotch law, or to illuminate the haziest depths of Scotch metaphysics with such airy elegance, such bright and sparkling plenitude of illustration, may well be par doned if with a seeming, but not real impatience, he led inferior intellects back into the narrow circle as signed to them by their nature and destiny. The writer whom we have already quoted says— In person the subject of our memoir was of low sta ture; but his figure, which he tried to set off to the best advantage, was elegant and well-proportioned. His features were continually varying in expression, and were said to have baffled our best artists. The face was rather elongated, the chin deficient, the mouth well formed, with a mingled expression of determina tion, sentiment, and arched mockery. The eye was the most peculiar feature of the countenance : it was large and sparkling, but with a want of transparency. The late Lord Jeffrey was the eldest son of G:orge Jeffrey, Esq., one of the under clerks of the Court of Session, in Scotland, by Henrietta the daughter of Mr. Loudoun, cf Lanarkshire. In 1802 he married Catherine, a daughter of ;the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of St.. Andrew's, who died, leaving him no issue. In 1813 he married Charlotte, a daughter of Charles Wilkes, Esq., of New York, grandniece of John Wilkes. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. CHRONICLE.—Mr. Macgregor's letter on "The . _ Rationale of Unrestricted Triide' (published in our yesterday's paper) contains a great deal of valuable information, which our Protectionist friends would do well to study and digest. He has brought such a host of well-authenticated facts and figures to bear against their pet fallacies, that their only chance of escape is afforded by the appalling look of his elabo rate epistle, in closely-printed columns •long drawn out; and even this we now propose to take from them by recaptulating the most material of his elucidations. The grand point which the " Country Party" are anxious to establish is, that provisions may be, and at the present moment are, too abundant and too cheap. When the doctrine is thus nakedly pre sented to them, not a few will probably be startled at it; but such, fairly analysed and stripped of all its manifold disguises, is their ereed—if, indeed, they can be fairly said to have any, and are not knowingly and consciously struggling for the simple gratification of their cupidity. The corollary, or obvious inference, is, that a statesman should do all that in him lies to counteract the beneficent designs of Providence, and that to make the necessaries of life unattainable, except by a given amount of la bour, is the, never-ceasing duty of the Legislature. Mr. Macgregor avows his complete dissent from this doctrine ; and not satisfied with indicating its inhe rent absurdity, he proceeds to combat it analy tically, synthetically, logically, and historically. Respect for its advocates has induced him to study it in all its branches, and a state of confirmed disbelief in its soundness or reasonableness is the result upon his mind :—" I consider that there is much that we are bound to endeavour to do with regard to ame liorating the condition of several millions of the people in the three kingdoms, who are still under led, insufficiently clothed, and miserably lodged ; but I can bring no power of calculation, no exertion f reason, to my aid, which will justify me in arriving at the Protectionist conclusion, that those millions will he more fully fcd, more warmly clad, and more comfortably lodged, by diminishing the quantity of food—therefore making it scarce, and therefore dear." If the agriculturists had rested their case upon what is termed the vested-interest argument—if, forgetting the changes wrought in almost every branch of British industry within living memory by improvements in science or legislation, they bad merely complained that they had been let down too rapidly—it would be enough to remind them of their pettish or arrogant re fusal of a fixed duty when considerately proposed with the view of breaking their obviously approaching fall. But when they talk of laws passel by what Mr. M:cgregor terms Houses of Landlords (with soldiers drawn up in Parliament-yard to suppress the rude protests of a starving populace) as laws of nature, or laws of the Medes and Persians at the least, we have no alternative but to preserve a scornful silence, or to repair with Mr. Macgregor to the authentic records of our social progress, and to illustrate the abortive or baneful tendencies of their beloved system by its fruits. Mr. Macgregor undertakes to prove "that there have been lower prices of corn and more severe periods of agricultural distress while prohibitive and protective corn and food duties were in full force, than at the present time." lie does this with a fulness of detail which 'amply compensates for any want of originality, in the plan. Until the commencement of -the zevatitianary war, England was generally a corn c liotting country 'and the mode in which the restric tive system was carried out varied according to the emergency. The Plantagenets enforced it in a manner which would hardly suit the Irish landlords, the Downshires and Glengalls, who would fain grow rich on the destitution of their countrymen. Richard 1., finding several ships at St. Valery laden with corn from England, when a famine was apprehended there, bung all the masters and crews of the vessels, and sent the corn back to be eaten by his own English subjects. Bounties alter nated with prohibitions, whilst engrossers, regraters, and forestallers (whose speculations were really of a nature to neutralise the effects of national improvi dence) were sometimes pilloried by the authorities, and sometimes pillaged by the people. But seasons of plenty were chequered by seasons of want, and cheap years mingled with dear years, as if to defy and discredit the vaunted wisdom of our ancestors ; nor did. famines and riots grow less frequent when modern legislation took up, and gave its own pe culiar warp to, the principle of interference. In 1795 there was great scarcity, and the Lords of the Council' set the example of eat ing coarse bread. In 1800 there was a scarcity, and food was very dear. "In February, 1803, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer stated, that in consequence of twenty millions having been drawn from the country for grain, it became necessary to continue the Bank Restriction Act." In 1810 there was great distress. The Luddite riots broke out in 1811, and assumed a most alarming character in 1812 ; the chief ground of discontent and the real root of all the evil being low wages and dear food. But untaught by expe rience, or hardened in selfishness, the agriculturists procured a corn-law, tantamount to a prohibition, to be passed, amidst the clamorous opposition of the lower orders, in 1815 ; and prohibition or protec tion was thenceforth the order of the day until 1846. Did wages keep up ? Did trade uniformly prosper ? Were the agriculturists prosperous and contented under their monopoly ? It is sufficient to name the years 1816, 1817, 1819, 1822 (when there was a famine in Ireland), 1823 (when sixteen counties sent requisitions to their sheriff's to call agri cultural distress meetings), 1825 and 1826 (years of great commercial, manufacturing, and shipping calamity), or (not to render the list tedious) to 1833 as a specimen of what may happen under protection to farmers—or to 1841-1842 as an illustration of what may be inflicted by the same regime on manu facturer. The prescriptive condition of the labourer in the most exclusively agricultural districts is the op probrium of the landed interest; and whenever they now venture to talk of their bold peasanty," the coun try's pride," a wondering exclamation or a contemptuous laugh is the reply. Mr. Macgregor's illustrative commentary on the comparative state of our protected and our unprotected manufactures is equally fraught with instruction. Almost all w hich are not protected are shown to be thriving; whilst all which are pro tected might bo supposed, from the most cursory glance, to be the predestined victims of a fatality. Need we name the Spitalfielda weavers, the London tailors, and the needlewomen, who saved from foreign competition by those duties — onsilk and ready-made articles which Lord John Man ners and Mr. G. P. Young ignore one day and denounce the next—indisputably constitute the most destitute porticn of the urban and suburban claws of the community ? A strong light has been reflected on some other important topics by Mr. illacgregor's diligence; and our remaining space is only just sufficient for a warning to the orators who have been wont to make a butt of him. We would merely hint that, if they could manage in the discus sion of any one of the comprehensive questions of the day, to display a tithe cf his knowledge, candour, and good faith, they would at once obtain a more credita ble and more influential position in the House than they will eyes win fa theineelYel by theiX sArcitsms, AU ) I 00k, their sophisms, their vituperation, or their facetious ness. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We are enabled now to confirm our announcement, several weeks since, that Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., now Comptroller-General of the Coast-guard, will succeed Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., the member of the Board of Admiralty, his Lordship pro ceeding next week to Devonport as Superintendent of the Dockyard, vice Sir John Louis, promoted. The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring, Bart., M.P., arrived at his offi cial residence last evening. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. P. Berkeley, CB , M.P., returns to the Ad miralty this day. Captain Sir B. IV. Walker, K.O 8., Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Ellice, Comptroller of the Steam Department, and Mr. Watts, assistant to Sir B. Walker, visited Portsmouth yard on some official business connected with the steamers yesterday afternoon. THE ARCTIC SEA P,C lIING EXPEDITIONS. —We stated yesterday, on good authority, that it was de termined to send out a new north-west expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview yesterday with Admiral Dundas with reference to such service. Speaking of the Behriog's Straits expedition, our Portsmouth correspondent observes :—" The naval men here have read with vast interest the detailed accounts of the proceedings of the Herald and Plover in Behring's Straits. They have not gone more than a degree and a half further north, and very little fur ther east than Captain Beechey did long ago • but their discovery o f th e l an d and i sland in 71 N. lat. and 175 W. long. is of the greatest moment, because it is a leading object, and no doubt the first operation to be performed by the Plover on the opening of tLe navigation this summer, and also th e fi rs t o bj ec t o f the Enterprise and the Investigator, will be the ex amination of the unknown land, and now the situation has been defined no doubt this will be satisfactorily accomplished. It was a most unfortunate cir cumstance, and much to be regretted, that the late period of the season, coupled with bad weather, totally prevented Captains Kellett and Moore from doing so last summer, when they first discovered it. We are at a loss, however, to perceive what object was to be obtained from sending boats to coast along the North American Continent from Point Barrow to the M'Kenzie rivers ; it was running a greatrisk for no purpose; there was not the least chance of Sir J. Franklin being on that coast.. If he had, he or some of his men would have found tht it way to some of the ports of the Hudson's Bay Company, just as well as Commander Pullen or the men of the boat party. 'We have always been of opinion that Sir John Richardson's exploration last summer was a useless enterprise ; for we know enough of the Hudson's Bay Company, to be aware that the voyagers and hunters are always daring the summer travelling and hunting at the north of the Mackenzie River and the north of that part of the American eon tinent."—lferald. Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, returned to that establishment from leave of absence on Friday last, relieving Captain 11. Austin, C.B. The gallant officer has not the most distant idea of resigning his appointment as reported. Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., late Commander-in-Chief at the Brazils, struck his red pendant on board the Raleigh, 50, Captain the Honourable J. Hope, at Portsmouth, at sunset yesterday ; and orders have been issued to pay the ship off at that port, without disturbing her internal fittings, The Raleigh, 50, discharged her powder and live shells, at Spithead, yesterday morning, and al though it blew a hard westerly gale she weighed and ran into Portsmouth harbour under treble reefed top sails and jib. She was exceedingly light, but she seemed hardly to feel thg gale, not listing over more than six or seven degrees at most. Under the skilful pilotage cf Jones, the dockyard pilot, she shortened sail, and luffed up to her moorings, took in a hawser and secured ship, without letting go an anchor. Al together, considering the strength of the gale, it was a most seamanlike display of nautical skill. NEW STEERING WHEEL.--Captain Fairer, an old and distinguished commander in the royal navy, has just patented, for England, Scotland, and France, a very great improvement in a ship's steering appara tus. The steering-wheel has hitherto not been under perfect command, and numerous fatal and other acci dents are constantly occurring to helmsmen. Cap tain Fayrer's invention is for the purpose of correct ing this dangerous propensity of the wheel to fly round, and to prevent the danger arising therefrom, and to ensure safety not only to the helmsman but to the ship, under circumstances in which they have fre quently lost the rudder. We understand that many scientific officers of rank have inspected and have highly approved of the model. PORVMOUTII, JAN. 28.—The Hecate - steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell, on her arrival at this port from Arne; ica (whither ,she conveyed the British Ambas sador), will refit and enter a new crew—her present hands being only temporary draughts from the Ex cellent gunnery ship—for service on the China sta tion. She will carry out the domestic retinue and personal Effects of Rear-Admiral Austen. Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert's broad pendant will be struck at sunset this evening. Sir Thomas proceeded to town this morning. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Her Majesty's brigantine Viper, Lieutenant-Commander Bernard, sailed yes terday for Sheerness to be paid off. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Stromboli, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, returned yesterday from a cruise in the channel. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly arrived on Friday from Portsmouth with seamen, gunners, and volunteer seamen fur her Majesty's frigate Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, on board which ship since Monday only, upwards of 300 hands have entered. The Vulture steam-vessel has been brought for ward for commission, and is taking on board three months' provisions and stores. Wind northerly, stiff breeze. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, JAB*. 28.—Mate—Hugh H. Knocker, appointed on the 31 of July, 1849, to be acting mate in the Vengeance, 84, on the Mediterranean station, to be mate of the Frolic, 16, also on the Mediter ranean station. Commander Fishbourne superintended the launch ing of his boats for the Hermes steam- sloop this afternoon from the boathouse, and had them taken on board that vessel. The Hermes will leave Wool wich to-morrow for Greenhithe; but in consequence of the state of the tide Captain Johnson will not leave for Greenhithe to adjust her compasses until Wed nesday morning, on which day he will adjust them. In a private letter, received here on Saturday from the coast of Africa, an account is given of the Water witch, 8-gun sloop, Commander R. R. Quin, having in November last, on her way with dispatches to the Commodore off Whydah, captured, after a beautiful chase cf eight hours, a fine slave brig, named the Diepique, fitted for 500 slaves, within one day's sail of Lagos, for which port she was bound. The next day the aterwitch chased for some hours a large felucca slave vessel, but lost her in a heavy tornado. The commander of the Waterwitch having been sent with dispatches for the Commodore did not think himself justified in delaying to look for the felucca. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF WEMYSS AND MARCH.—We regret to announce the demise of the Countess of Wemyss and March, at Gosford Howe, the family seat in East Lothian, on Friday last. Her Lady ship, a daughter of the late Walter Campbell, E: q., of Sbawfield and Islay, married the Earl of Womyss and March (then the Hon. Francis Charteris•Wemyss), in the year 1794. The children born of this marriage were a son (Lord Elcho) and eight daughters—the late Lady Eleanor married to Walter Frederick Campbell of Islay; the late Lady Margaret, married to Colonel Wildman; the late Lady Katharine, married to the Lord Grey of Groby; the Lady Charlotte, married to A. Fletcher, Esq., of Salton; the. late Lady Louisa-An toinette, married to William Forbes, Eq., of Callender, M.P. for Stiriingshire ; the Lady Harriet, married to Sir Grant Suttie, of Balgono and Preston-Grange, Bart. ; the Lady Jane; and the Lady Caroline.—Edinburgh Courant. DEATH OF A MISER.—On Saturday Mr. H. W. Wakley held an inquest a', the Rose of Normandy, High street, Marylebone, on Sampson Scares, aged 63. The deceased, who had lived for 23 years in the garret of the Rose of Normandy, was allowed by the Servarts' Royal Oak Club 3s. 6d. a week. Although possessed of 1,800/. in the funds he scarcely allowed himself the necessaries of life, and his room, as well as his body, presented re v olti ug evidences of voluntary starvation. Two years ago a relative gave him two flannel shirts, which at his death remained untouched in his box. The Coroner expressed it to be his (ay inion that deceased had starved himself to death. Verdict, Natural death. MASTER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Tbe fourteenth anneal meeting of the , donors and sub!cribers took place yesterday ev ening, a t the Fieemasons"ravern, Mr. B. Taylor in ther roadnir After the election of two annuitants, th ic e h s y stated ecre that at the report of the board of directr e . s r April w hich subscriptions the anniversary festival, amounted to 5701. 11s. the committee proceleddiniAdAtoftitearktehthleassitecaeneinsuaarYl meet ingstepsasylinumernabteMrio(rftlatkhee, t r f a or d et,htehreti their the erection o f decayed o wives and widows. ep d, and the progress of the building, The estimate of Mr. T. Ball viz., ceptian of aged and under the w a d s i direction ofM v ()u Mr. Turner,J dn co n tai had beenhi twenty-fivehi y satisfactory. The asyl u m habitations', each dwelling to contain a sitting-room, chamber, and kitchen. The foundation-stone was laid on the 4th cf . July last, when upwards of 2001. (including a donation of 501. from Mr. Miller, c f the firm of Me) or and Miller; was subscribed. The report having been received and adopted, a statement of the finances of the institution was read, when it appeared that the receipts during tie past year amounted to 3,972/. Be., and the gross expenditure to : 1 ,349/. 13s. Bd., leaving a balance in hand cf 622/. 14°. 4d. The customary routine busi baYing been transacted, the meeting separoted. UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 28, THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY. At a meetinp, ff cf the elect ors to the abov e - name d pro fcssorship, holden this day in the law the fol. lo Win g gentlemen declared themselves candidates:— Alford, Rev. Henry, B.D. (34th wrangler, and Bth classic, 1832), late fellow of Trinity College; members' prizeman (undergraduates), 1831; Bell's scholar, (third. year), 1831; Hulssan lecturer, 1841; one cf the exami ners in logic and moral philosophy in the University of London ; author cf . the " School of the Heart," and other poems. Blakesley, Rev. Joseph William, M.A. (21st wrsrgler, 3d classic, and seni or Ch ance ll or ' s me d all i st, 1831), We fellow and tutor c•f* Trinity College; vicar of Ware (1845); author of a "Lifo of Aristotle." b lB oHu l Orun)m, slta.tevifgelolrosw(olfB2S6t).. Rev. F ranc i s Russell, D.D. (10th wrangler, John's College ; rec t or o f Ful phry, Rev. William Gilson, B.D. (27th wrangler, let classic. and junior Chancellor's medallist, 1837), fellow of Trinity College; Pitt scholar, 1835; members' prizeman (undergraduates), 1836; 'Useful lecturer, 1849; examining chaplain to the Bishop of London; author cf a Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. Jeremie, Rev. James Amiraux, M.& (B.A. 1824); one c f the senior fellows and college preachers of Trinity College; members' prize nan (senior bachelors), 1826; Norrisian prizman, 1823 and 1825; Hulsean prizeman, 1824; classical professor in the Ea t India College, Haileybury; Christian advocate, 1833. Sel . Wyn, - Rev. B.D. (sixth wrangler, first classic, Brown. r, Greek and senior Chancellor's medal -1828); Craven scholar, 1826; Norriaian Ariz , •tear, 1829; canon of Ely (1833); Vicar of Molbourn, Cam bridgeshire (1846). Trench, Rev. Richard Cherenix, M.A. (8.A., 1829) c.f Trinity College; Hulsca'i lecturer, 1845; vicar of Itchin Stoke•cum-Abbottson, Hants (1845), and chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford. Wordsworth, Rev. Christopher, D.D. (14th senior optirne, Ist classic, and senior Chancellor's medallist, 1830 ), fdlow and classical lecturer of Trinity Col lege; Craven scholar, 1829; Browne's medallist (Latin Ode and Epigrams), 1827 and 1828; Chancellor's Eng lish medallist, 1827 and 1828; Porson prizeman, 1828; author of "Installation Ode," 1834; public orator, 1836; Hillman lecturer, 1848-9; canon of Westminster; anther of " Greece ; Historical, Pictorial and De scriptive;" editor of " Bentley's Correspondence;" auttlor of "Athens and Attica;" Letterl,to Mr. Gor don," and a number of educational works, &c. _ The above named gentlemen will deliver the Ptaeleo• tions required by the statute on Monday, February 11, and following days. The election will take piece about February the 16th. URT CIRC UL AR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attended by Lord Cawoys and Colonel Seymour. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening includes her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Bsroness de Speth, and Cc lone! Hilt. Her Majesty s private band will attend in the Castle efcer dinner. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, had an interview with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, issued invitations yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers and the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household, to a grand dinner on Saturday next, the 2d of February, at Lansdowne House. At the meeting of the distinguished party the Roll of Sheriffs for the - present year will be arranged. Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo lonial-office, from the Governors of New South Wales and the Cipe of Good Hope. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party on Saturday, at their resi dence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl and Coun tess of Shelburne arrived at Lansdowne House yes terday from 4owood Park, Wilts. THE STEERSMAN OF THE VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR. —Mr. Thomai Rendel, who steered the Victory at Tra falgar, is living ou the Strand, at Topsham, Devon, and has lately received a medal fur that action. Lord Nelson's family, far more thoughtful and generous than his country, had given him a medal shortly after the battle ! SHOCKING ACCIDENT,-.NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY.--- Yeitlrday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of a Mr. Graham, Herring tee-street. It appears that shortly before the time above stated, Mrs. Graham had sent three of her youngest children up-stairs to play in the top room, that she might be better enabled to clean the lower apart ment. They had, however, not been there long ere the neighbourhood was alarm. ei by the most appalling screams, arid immense bodies of flame and smoke here seen to issue from the windows of the top story. The wretched mother, being aware of the situation of her children, shrieked for heir, and a policeman, more ecu rageous than the rest of the crowd, rushed ur-stairs, and, notwithstanding tl'at the upper part of the house was in flames, succeeded in rescuing the wretchel suf., ferers from the burning room ; this, however, he did not effect without considerable injury to himself. The poor children were frigt.Vully burnt, but still alive, although there did not appear any hole of their long remaining so. TI e town fire engines were immediately sent for, and by the praiseworthy and untiring exertions of the crowd assembled, the fire was ultimately extinguished, after having destroyed only the upper story. The children were sf.erwards conveyed to the General Hospital, where they still remain. One of those reunions which reflect so much credit, and evince so much good feeling, on the part of those who give them, took place on Satureay evening last, in one of the large workshops st the estahlishment in Little Moorfields, (Is the eminent cabinet manufacturers, Messrs. Smee and Son. The occasion chosen was the attainment by the eldest son, Mr. William Alfred Smee, of his majority, when the whole of those employed on the premises, about ninety, eat down to a substantial and excellent supper, which those well-known caterers for the wealthy at sumptuous banquets, the Messrs. St iples, of the Albion, did not think it toneath them to provide. The room was most tastefully deecratici with evergreens and flowers entirely by the workpeoplo themselves. The tables were placel down the centre, and atone end a cross table, surrounded by the national and other flags, and wreaths of flowers, in one of which were seen the initials "W. A. 5.," and below it a flag bearing the words " Success to Trade." At this cross table sat the host, Mr. Smee; on his left his lady, Mrs. Smee; and on his right Mr. W. A. Stnee ; immediately around were seated the remainder of his family and a few friends who had the privilege to receive invitations. After the supper a bountiful supply of punch was placed upon the table; the usual loyal toasts were drunk, followed by toasts appertaining to the occasion, many of which were proposed or re sponded to by the clerks and workpeople in speeches, which, not only in sentiment, but in diction and delivery, were highly creditable, and bore testimony to the really good feeling which exists bet% een the em ployers and those employed. This was more forcibly shown by the statistics given in the course cf the evening:, of the large proportion who had been for a long term of years engaged in the establishment. A number of songs and glees were given in capital style, and at midnight Mr. and Mrs. Since, with their family, retired amidst most deafening cheers, and soon after the coati any separated, every one feeling that the chain which binds each man to his fellow-man in good citizenship had been still further strengthened. The appearance c f the workpeoplo was exceedingly respect able, the utmost order and decorum prevailed; and it was remarked that their conduct might serve for an example to many of those much above their station in society. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—The Rev. Dr. Singer, S.F.T.C.D., has been appointed to the Regina Professor ship of Divinity, vacated by the death cf the Rev. Dr. Elrington. The salary is 1,4001. per annum. A HAPPY FAMILY.--Amidst the rocks of Loch Shielding there is one rock, in a fissure of which live in the most perfect harmony, a hawk, a rook, a pigeon, and an owlet. For years have these otherwise incongruous birds domiciled together on this rock. FALL IN TUE PRICE OP BREAD.—Yesterday the bakers throughout the metropolis reduced the price the the 41b. loaf id. Best bread is now charged 7cL om t loaf, set:ond quality sid, weighed on de l live . 7. sd. S ho‘ s ve o v u e i r l , i i - n wr th E e sT p E o ß pu N lou ß s A d l i L s m t? A c y 's . , c he was in arrear with his c rl o e T d pan his y, lo 0004 arrears; but chairman, has recently paid up hi t s o 4 4 B e r t to r / rl; : a i P i t o h l r i" 4 wl o h o t i h c o h e l. interest thereon, and 91 ie r. te, still stands indebted to the Mr. Chadwick, e ffil fi e;u st m t e wo this g e willnt l e m p e u n t , arrears, considering th eir position, menet be justified, h av e, in a pecuniary point of view, been rather advantageous to the company. rho forthcoming divi caonmepnadntyo t t o h the a h t r t w a g ele a s bn . e ga u d . n e . on W t e h divi dend is expec:ed to be at the rate of from 3 to 3i per cent. per annum. We believe thet most injudicious con tract f)r the permanent way for ten years, amounting to some 4u,000/. per annum, under which the company have been so long groaning, ends this year, end it is expected that full one-ha'f, or 20,000/. per anntun, will be saved on that item alone.—Berapath's Railway Journal. REDUCTION or RENT.—The Duke of Portland bas just 'educed the rent of his tenantry at Whitwell, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. This is fir bet'er than his son, Lord Henry Bcntinck, preaching about protection at lietrord a. fortnight ago. R , duetion of rent, too, is something more a-rviceable to the farmer, and more cer tain also, than a return, now and then, of a per-couttge. Landlords will find that they " must come to," there's no mietake about it. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The anniversary meeting took place last evening, G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., president, in the chair. At this meeting the officers for the ensuing year, Messrr. Waterhouse, Yarrell, and Douglas, were respectively rc-Jected president, trea surer, and secretary, and Mr. Stainton aas elected secretary in the room of the late Mr. Edward Double day. The president then delivered an address on the state and prospects of the society and entomology in general, which, at the request of the members, was ordered to be printed.