The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-24 00:00:00

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Stile PATTEsoN then sentenced Pratt to one iota t„ month's imprisonment, and the other defend ow. t here Calendar months' imprisonment in Stafford 1104 none 11 ° pros e qui having be en en t ere d w i t h regar d to C*l and Winter, they were dischar ge d f rom cus t o dy. ala -'4INAL COLTRT,(THIS DAY ) Th e 70 OLD COURT. bein,t`ovember sessions of the Central Criminal Court, thi s 5 lee first of the present mayoralty, were opened Mor h i 14 b ng, before the Right Hon. the Lord May_or r , jait•aeeorkler, the Common Sergeant, Aldermen H !?_i_ . ee Duke B Carde n , , art., Sir Geor e Carroll, Sir W h°° , ' L oon, and Lawrence, and the Sheriffs of Lon y tk9 Middlesex, Messrs. Cottrell and Swift, attended )4eir respective deputies. ibt the Sheri Young, M.P., was fined 201. for not obey- Th - '"eriffs' summons to attend the grand jury. Thee eelendar contains the names of 69 prisoners. Th e F a " jury having been sworn, i t Wouldconiana proceeded to address them. He said ltißth,h,she u nnecessary for him to address them at any etletio,,louse although there were some cases in the K lan , ut a serious character, there were none likely to of?tf Pri son er` serious difficulty. Fortunately the number . la were less than usual when compared with Nitilar°e!fetion last year, and perhaps the diminution was 6 7 ii 4 l . " 'ing to the increased prosperity of the country; but !bleb e „ el 'ut Act of Parliament, many of the petty caso t s o , th e °h to encumber the calendar, were now sent bit Attarter-sessions and no .doubt that was the i 9 that ter-sessions, of the reduction. But he regretted to S le et the calendar , although small in number, con 6ea n'5OY ch arges ' of a very serious nature, while, L 8 tit„ . aki e e prisoners whose names were enumerated, 41.1 4 e J esso f l to believe that several other cases of a Wee. eusraeter were likely to come before them. . There o Were thr rma on ea eases of murder. One was a case in which two t i Pia , o B ; we re charged with shooting a policeman with Zrecl t ),"" Now, it appeared that only one of them 4 41 1 ~,-2 Pistol; but, if the jury should think they were Stern a r ; L t.7 to the act, then it would be their duty to re elit 04 ►r o ; e bill against them. It appeared that they were * 4 ekght with their faces blackened, and each of them Nit til;ovided ' vh with a pistol. There was reasoa to believe d v b ilsti a e • ~ad been concerned in felonious transactions,an o ._leti hiP°lieetrian attempted an arrest one of them le ''',l a l B Pistol and fired at the officer. The other two !Pea , e re both of them cases of violence, committed i 6 ,ht rt„64°lts standing in the closest and dearest re 4- !ba-4 4 - °i t's° who were accused of the offences. In d t tlaa a ; W as charged with the murder of his step aug'iolatl4- 44 the other the prisoner was charged with 'No t ? tbatirdered his own - wife, and there was some 6 eiew ° believe that one of these would assume such a It trilt e e l l t ie t r il 55 to make the charge really the . highest . and te ll e lit ; i a °wn to the law. Two or three indictments Iti th "ees e o i to be brought ' before them under Icireum kta 1 110 i t t , somewhat novel and unusual . character. t e - ' l lO a „ k 'utd been supposed that the superior courts 'err -- uorit f o r perjury, but that was loa,_ ota mk . .Y to commit . LaNy aL Ie Y had always possessed the power, but it v 1 t hat 71, 4er the Passing of the new Law of . Evidence to tt a !e, i",, e Y had been induced to exercise it. That tltedtte e ' t one, thought was eminently calculated Ne e r th e `') the well-being of society, as well as to 414zstoteeirtiPtiitihdsr justice. It enabled parties to give and enabled the courts of Ith, t iab i x , e facts of the cases that came before them in ar e . are efficient dos. th e c manner than under the old system, t at ;t Nea'stlets could alone be deposed to by indepen tb,..teate4 ros, tinder this Act several parties had been . eatatittice for • P e rjury and it was thought from this cir- , Iter off e t r ,"" the chs'inge was likely to increase that i kia„," 4 tap -ce s• He for one, however, did not think so, 1) -9 toot ° ? t of that opinion he might perhaps . be h per . - 1 14' it r,,:erve, that although of old the parties t em 4 1;i ll it st e t) -1;44 examined in their own suits, yet morally I ttieet f l ut t o , „ often guilty of secret perjury in p d re : R til k 4: 4 1, , laims, or in making untrue y e Ol t/ lipe " m e `eat just claims that might b Needil ki t)m elle e ll I;nue?3• Now, under the new system, Nu. no a""uol. have to be committed openly,. and the 'ionbt that eventually by the law as it now 4i ttt il Jur y eriQt e of perjury would be greatly reduced. ba.welai thA - and shortly al -‘4.1 -o returned to their room, L I t , sav e "N t i ki t , z r4l t rue b ills having been returned into 'NV Jury Was empanelled, and the trials pro, §214. 11 4) bL ESEX SESSIONS. kt l Ntip °N11) (THIS DAY.) Of 4t W er adjourned sessions were resumed this ,CPriiko„ esiminster before Mr. Witham; the num- Nl N ti 5 k , 4 1.1 4 . if o e lnalted in the calendar is . fifty-two. Lho2is t L Was indicted for feloniously breaking i) d welling -house of Edward Hall, and 14 1 4 1. 4 1 t 1 l e. '" a miscellaneous heap of articles of iiii ikttrarniture and utensils. 1 % _% t he e „ l „ th at on the morning of Saturday, the Bth O h 4444140 f 11;j'anarnutor, who resides in Red Lion square, a t ,' e IY I., b , n lise at six o'clock, leaving the street •)hi c ued, but not locked, and returned at t ` l t, f e le en ho l . • li t vs s mntki , • for the first time . his . family, none % It 4s i ti d o th tt ta tt en had been down stairs since he went w e kitehen bad been cleared of every ar ituti•-•,s t e ntly atla Possible fora strong young man . to carry lot ill ° I, t he p ol l w q• The matter was immediately re ,„n, from whom the prosecutor learned ktl7, -I.;u4nr after he left his home the . prisoner * N it,. 44/lied e 2rge-street, St. Giles's, with all the iotOe t iene e .„.°" in his possession. le a ve' ; 11 Et rn "as) that a strange man accosted the tri 4 s s,:4l4cll2:street, St. Giles's, a few seconds . be y 14 . 14 0 4 , i . 3' the policeman, and gave him the bag 114: t ' o ei Xpence for his trouble. for t the por rid ‘nlity, but as he had previously been gnirieso • le . E it sentence was deferred, to allow oispectin his past career. Zllftt ,I ( . 61 /e• I) 1/4' A' - REEII—(THIS DAY.) h• 44. ta.g * 4 % L t 1,304 1 , F OR A SPREE.— Theodore Maine tipoptit4:lo, RLkentleman, eighteen years of age, re ,it °, hehlip,,e4,,tgYll-atreet, was brought before Mr. „eilso‘;',...wlth stealing a knocker from the e W ardour-street, Soho. t tok t tl t ht 'l,etated that on Sunday morning, about k d efei lt i? on duty in Wardour.street, when ,the* ti ;'• i and two other gentlemen standing aolo t d ot e der, E t that street. Witness watched them, iit ot Lef zintlent leave his companions and go up ‘ 4l . ttl o ,! ,71 1 ° 3 . and he (witness) directly heard a 1 04 ilittfs4ta thenc•,_ and on going towards the L ie eo f 4 i t ite k t t a w lttl t darted from the doorway and ran 16 L hi kt e nt after him and stopped him, L i te !) W hat he had Ist en doing? The "ith e ueer, Itt.; nothing, and he then took him back th e„ ft `.4„.found that the knocker had been kAtthslhoth witness Esked him what he had done I till th„ tot h ers ? He said his friends who had run im rest'tZnd asked him to let him (defendant) to he a>l and square it with him. Witness .11 41 % sist tot me i r , g 0 to the station, and explain the , 3 / 4 ,' 4 ,%Jk0c l he "sZeictor on duty. He then took de s anis .nn, and on the way there one of to g otat Panions came u and they spoke to 41444,:ittintilloilh!n_ttge which he (witness) not . sa th:efendant put hi,‘ hand behind him t 114 tlith, k nocker now produced. * gis p W ardour-,treat, identified the t‘teoo d r-ve rtY, and said the damage done to • N ti ` 4 % It abi e°s t a aov • • of 1 4 _ e Lt d,, ereign to repair. 4 tro t , 'ed that the defendant had wrenched trk tl ho tis a door in Princes -street, but the land tis and t 'ins was ti • 4 4 4 1„ ef t _ wh_ ri o t in attendance. 'ae ktlane o'4pa:tended for the defendant, said he ts t ta tiotilaltert, Off s ; the defendant did not intend to I )4.44 been The 1a he would willingly pay for the ;titloiltkoz:ll sett,*andlOrd of the house in Princes -1414144 iz ltt Ast Bo T ti cl with. 1 4 1) ,Pi t t 't 4 404 he did not think it was the de 134,.4qttit h t.() steal the knockers; he should, 4 IC 14 , 4 s. 4 1 1) 4 11 1 k t -mat -- t th e ir n of that. Defendant had been it, l 4t j,,,.tit o station for twelve hours, and t "" hitt tLeonsiderstion, he (Mr. Bingham) iN 4 . 04 4 14 4 4 . ! full Penalty of 51. which the law I fo 4 . fop , 4 i n for"vtol possession; the defendant must t •ts,_ t atej .) , tbleaoh knocker, and in addition to k t ‘rlt,Z4t s Paid kti/d4Thil Possession. The money was 414% 6 Gtl,,z defendant left the court. g s o a l tree t : w /ir- Henry Browne, 18, Great t o doo r as fined 206, for being drunk and 4 130 ‘ ., ~ In the BaymarKet. s k „ . 4 fSo N ,_W eit. 4jIt IGHT --- --- N, AND SOUTH -COAST ) 1 1 0 s t ' Wo ti ; emit. „RAILWAY. of the h e nding . ° V. 22 1851 £8 352 6 3 N. 4 41 f..„ .040 v. 23, 1850 *** 8,148 15 4 I,o7tar hae e e a a r r, to this date, 1851 287,481 7 9 (Ntiekber. this date, 1850 ... 20,294 6 3 o, Nov of l'assengers—Week ending • 0 0 / 4 iota • 22, 1851 ... 45,671 ." •-• ... £6,216 16 8 2,135 9 7 t 441 .... ••• ti 4 tnil Total 4 Ter e 3 013 al ... £8,352 6 3 s, nal t 4n, 1851, . - 173 iA( ; ditto, 1850, 1d1 1 ,4. k tik . I\ro v• 2 4, 1 851. i !e . 1 4:4CZ1 . ":' 14 1 4 'it q 4 art °IR ' SIR J FRANKLIN —We are in k kty 4 rry e r on vv . • •41 1 . 1 y. w. °ti t ed f rn hick we can rely, that " dispatches i n e) 11l 3', it Ina "ni St. Petersburgh, from which, on <IN / o ,3ra et e Y be inferred that the Imperial Govern .,2't th e v!l'.), assistance in their power towards , 41 4 4uten no.lects of Lieutenant Pim's hazardous 4 1 Tt , c e , on 4 14 14 A • ° lit i kte t qe 1 1tElq 2E c o , 1 ) , Il c i e etin, um.— On Saturday evening a inil4,,ijtote B et of daily; newspaper compositors was etipe;,/ the ot a 4 -1 9 i t i l l to consider proposals for carrying kek 4 ii. eetkve_l. stitittion bearing the above title, and i c , ,te, (l . o tt r i ' l e r!try so n n i.eoces of a club-house with the advan ),tstlotrd ti'ltny newspapersfat developed the proposed scheme, iN t klaq 2 onne`B3,tY with ecuring for a class of workmen Ot theke 'Peel 1 act ed th ~ N , ti . Of u ,„ aly f or „ e work of enlightening the "40 l ett e ,,' etl ee . L'oe junior portion of them, every ), t) , th mueti atlonal character, while it was shown e t e tt r kl e te r thee proposed arr angements for providing refresh- W:4lll4oell'ittett,bers, ,institution would not only effect a 44 Pte t °l:l ' habitint Would also tend to the growth of S . act ti 4l 4 tile nearest 'n can be expected to grow in the N l et h ,°pt er , nature were public-house. Many suggestions 4; 4 1 4e - rt : ki lo by the co made in the course of the evening, , k k4 a itt .were comittee. The names of several t _ u,„ . Antici Mentioned as having expressed their 'sting the establishment of the Printers' tfl t 0 1 14 . 1 kti Ph 1 0 14 . ` t tltl 4 tk It:Z4 IO 4O A t e i t tl e ta of P th i P , .. , Ci l a ft* a somas. 'was made this evening, and tk o t h . kie s mentioned 44 4 e .w- ratio R. gntlem en :— William Stables o h . 11, 1,, g itchings, Michael Denny, Josiah 'ES, " o nus Henry- • Whitaker, and James TIIE SUN, SPORTING N OTES. No. CLIX. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON MEETING, CREWE STEEPLECHASE, &e. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The favourable break in the weather which took place yestrrday enable the Steeplechase meetings of the present week to be decided without any further postponement. The Crowe Steeple Chase, marked in the list for to-morrow, unfortunately, clashes with the Warwick meeting; but notwithstanding, a moderate field will go to the post, consisting, in all probability, of Isaac, Peter, Jesuit, Ploughboy, Barrister, Heroine, The Cripple,and perhaps another. The race, I take it, will lay with Lane, Jesuit, Ploghboy, and Ben rister; and, it old ISAAC is well up to his work, I cannot conceive how he is to be beaten. Should he, however, fail me. I must fall back upon my second and third— Barrister and Jesuit—for the winner. The other event is of so trifling a nature as to require no comment. The Warwick and Leanairgton Meeting, though ex pected to be a failure, in consequence of its pos pone aient from last week, will, it is supposed, be infinitely better than was calculated on four and twenty hours ago. This may be attributed to the weather and the highly fashionable attendance at Leamington. Many of those horses that were sent home having been recalled, the fields in consequence will he pretty nearly as large as they would have been had the races come off last week. The first event on the card, a 5 soya. mile spin, will be contested by a large field, consisting of Grief, Colcyn thus, Mignon, Cauriri, Joe Sutherland, Lady Bibina, Diligence, Hurum Scaruna, Stafford, Mite filly, Emma, Tightwaist, Amoroso, and perhaps another or two. I should feel inclined to give the palm of superiority to JOE SUTHERLAND, LADY BIBINA, and TIGHTWAIST, the latter for choice if a certain starter. The second event, the Leamington Welter Cup, by subscription of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, once round, will be contested by Fernhill, Agis, Ormsby, John of Berwick, Jack in the Corner, New Forest Deer, Maurice Daly, Captain Parry, and, perhaps, Miss Ann, or Chief Justice, but these last two are very dubious. The spurt, I imagine, will be confined at the finish to /EAis, Fernhill, Jack in the Corner, and New Forest Deer. Were I certain of Fernhill's starting for this event, I should award him the victory, but as it is, I shall look to NEW FOREST DEER or AGIS for the Al. The third event is the grand go of the day, the Great Warwick Handicap, of 20 sous. each, h ft, with 100 added, winners extra; two miles. The starters will be confined in the following list, namely:—Miss Ann, Fernhill, Doubt, Italian, Chief Justice, Acharanthes, The Marquis, Little George,;Miss Julia, and Waterfall. The Doubt party seem to make a certainty of the race with one or other of their extensive lot; whether Doubt will be the horse or one of the others, I am completely unable to tell, the whole affair being enveloped in so much mystery. I entertain little doubt, however, that the race will fall to DOUBT and company, without CHIEF JUSTICE should spoil their handiwork. Ternbill as an outsider' most affect, and The Marquis will be somewhere at the head of the ruck. The Steeplechases I will touch upon to•morrow. The latest betting this morning is as follows:—Crewe Steeplecase-3 to lon the field. Great Yarmouth Han dicap-2 to 1 abet Doubt (offered); 7to 2 agst Chief Justice (taken freely); 4 to 1 agst Miss Ann; 6 to 1 agst The Marquis; 10 to 1 agst any other. Leamington Steeplechase-4 to 1 agst the British Yeoman; 5 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie; 6 to 1 egst Peter Simple; 8 to 1 s — gst Oscar; 8 to 1 agst Victre;s; nothing else in re quest. The Welter Cup-4 to lon the field. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Nor. 24, 1851. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A BERYST WITH RACES. • The Cardioanshire Stakes of 10 ,sovs. each, 7 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 25 added. •• Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker. 5 yrs, lOst ......(Owner) 1 Captain Powell ea Gamecock, Bst 101 b (J. Edwards) 2 The Derby Ormond Stakes of 25 sus., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; two yrs old, 6st; three, Bst 21b; four, 9st 21b; five, 9st 10lb; six and aged, 10st; mares and geldings allowed 31b, Esc.; winners extra. Heats; oue mile and a half. Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (Owner) 1 1 Mr. J. Thomas's Glaslyn, Bst 131 b (E. Thomas) 2 dr The Gogerddan Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added; two yrs old, 7st; three, 9st; lour, lOst; five, lOst Sib; six and aged, list; mares and geldings al lowed 3lb. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less. Mr.Robertsons's Selina, 9st 91b, tso/. (Mr. G. Hall) 1 1 Mr. Williams's Merry Lsss, 5 yrs,iBstil2lb, 30/4 2 dr Mr. F. Davis's Brushaway, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, 301.... 3 dr The Nanteos Hunter's Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft, with 20 added. Over four miles of country. Mr. W. Jones's Lottery, lOst 12lb (Mr. F. Martin) 1 Mr. G. L. Phillips's Esmeralda, aged, lOst 121 b Mr. J. Thomas's Marengo, 9st 121 b (Mr. E. Morgan) 3 The Ladies' Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each. Three miles over the Race-course, with six leaps over hurdles. Mr. Robertson's Selina, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b walked over HUN TING APPOIN I'MENTS. Captain H. Lewis's harrs., Tues. Bulls Moor; Thurs. linayton; Sat. Pasture House-11. Mr. Webbs' hds., Thurs. Swaliowfield Place; Fri. Burnt Hill, Yattenden-11. High Peak harrs., Tues. Hunter's Meer; Sat. Mout. , dridge Grange-11. Colonel Wyndham's hds., Mon. Westdean Park ; Wed. Burton Park; Fri. Compton Down—lli. Mr. Deacon's harrs., Wed. Merivale Bridge; Sat. Nosworthy Bridge-10. Wye-side hds., Mon. Lowes Village; Fri. Lyswen —lO. Mr. Okeover's harrs., Tues. Hall Fields ; Fri. On cote-10i. New Forest hds., Tues. New Park; Sat. Ipssey Farm Cr;wen burrs., Tues. Esleton Tarn; Fri. Bradley Lane End-11. Mr. Leach's bds., Tues. Holyland Gate; Fri., Cresaily [oh. ;oath Warnborough harrs., Tues. Kennel; Fri. Stapley -10/. Cheltenham Stag bds., Fri. Teddington Cross-11/. H. H. hds., Mon. Lipton Grey; Tues. Tichborne Park; Thurs. Nutley Church; Sat. Medstead Green-14 ©lbrighto❑ hds., Tues. Hunnington; Thurs. Bel broughton ; Sat. %Vassal Top-101. Hambledon hds., Wed. Warnetord Park; Fri., Win ter's Hill Common-10i. • SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO-BRIDGE—(THIS DAY.) This morning, about nine o'clock, a man committed suicide by precipitating himself from the second recess from the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge. He was observed by several persons to climb over the balustrading, but, from being in his shirt sleeves, with a leather apron on, they fan cied he was going to do something to the gas-pipes. No sooner did he reach the ornamental ledge than, pausing for an instant, he said, "I'm - if I don't," and imme diately jumped into the Thames. All this had been seen by one of the officers of the Thames Police force, from the deck of the floating station off Somerset House, and a boat manned by some of the constables was immediately put off. The tide was running down at the time, and the boat, having to row against it, could not arrive in time to rescue him. The river is being dragged ; but there is no knowing how far the tide may have carried the body. DRURY. LANE THEATRE. — Operations on the most extensive scale are at length entered upon for the opening of this, the last of our national establishments, as it ought to be opened at Christmas. It has been determined by Mr. Bunn to re-decorate the theatre in the most costly style through out, and in consequence of the limited time for doing this the embellishments are in course of preparation in various parts of the town, with as many hands as can be applied to them. Within the theatre all the departments are fully oc cupied by operatives for the Christmas pantomime, the re port of which is eulogistic in the extreme. We do not en tertain a question that when Mr. Bunn's plans are fully de veloped, and an ample display of the very first artistes he has secured made known, that he will have as brilliant a sea son as any on record. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.--The Royal Mail steam ship America, Shannon, commander, sailed for New York at 11 o'clock this morning, with the usual mails and a full com plement of passengers. The crew steam-ship Pioneer, El dridge commander, also sailed for New York at the same hour. The United States Mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye com mander, will sail from the Mersey for New York on Wed nesday next, with the mails, &c. Captain Fagan, formerly paymaster at Benares, dismissed the service by general court-martial for his share in some transactions connected with the Benares bank, has , we are glad to hear, been restored to the service by th e una nimous decision of the Court of Directors, heartily concurred in by the Marquis of Dalhousie. Apart from the mere merits of the question, we are rejoiced at this issue, because Captain Fagan is the son of one of the most distinguished and exemplary soldiers who ever held high staff employment under the Indian Government.— United Service Gazette. BIRMINGHAM CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSSUTH.—Since the departure of Kossuth from Birmingham a few gentlemen have subscribed and remitted'to him the sum of 7501., to be applied as shall seem to him most advantageous to the cause of Hungary. It is confidently expected that that amount will speedily be increased to 1,0:01. at least,as the greaterjpor tion of the 7501. was subscribed by a few persons.—Birming ham Journal. THE DEMEILARA.—BRISTOL, SATURDAY, Nov. 22. on —An inv est i gat i on has b een go i n g on, T hursday and to day, management of the Bristol who have th e appointment an day, befo re th e Anc i ent C orpora ti on of Merchant Venturers, Channel pilots, nominally subject to the approva Hall, l of th mayor, alde rmen, and burgesses, a t theMerchants' into the conduct of Percival, the pilot, who had the Deme rara in cha rge upon the unfortunate occas i on o f h er wreck in the passage down the river Avon. After hearing a great deal of evidence, including that of Lieutenant Hest, R.N. her intended future Commander Mr. Patterson, and several of the pilots, the board came to the conclusion that the pilot Percival had been guilty of an error in judgment in having so much way upon the vessel, but that taking into account various other circumstances connected with the un fortunate event, and the excellent character given to Percival for nautical skill, &c., they thought that the justice of the case would be m et b y the board's recommending to the Town Council that he be suspended from the exercise of his duties as a pilot for a period of six months. The investigation did not conclude until nearly five o'clock this afternoon. This morning the Demerara was floated into Cumberland-basin, where she now lies preparatory to her being dry docked, when a most careful survey will be made and the full ex tent of the injuri es wh i ch she has sustained be accurately ascertained. ROMISU CONFIRMATION . — Yesterday morning Car dinal Wiseman held a public confirmation for the district of Clerkenwell at the Roman Cathelic chapel, Rosamond-street. At half- past ten o'clock the chapel was densely crowded. Mass was performed at an early hour, and continued till half-past twelve, wh en Cardinal Wiseman entered the chapel in the usual form. He was attired in all the gorgeous para phernalia of his office, and took his seat at the altar, from whence he delivered an address to those who were about to receive the rites of confirmation. The Cardinal afterwards proceeded to the duties of confirmation, which continued a considerable time, as nearly four hundred persons of all ages were =armed. LONDON, LITERATURE .111STORYof the CO L'v'SULATE and EIIIPIR.E. Vol. Xl. By Al. A. Thiers Colburn and Co. Carrying out this, his magnificent project, Adolphe Thiers is rendering himself, par excellence, the annalist of the Revolution and its Consequences. Volume after volume recounting the history of the Consul Bonaparte confirmed us in this impression. Volume after volume narrating the yet more extraordinary fortunes of the Emperor Napoleon has since then ap peared, and each of them has tended solely to the en hancement of that conviction. M. Thiers has brought to his task a style of very remarkable lucidity, an eloquence singularly plastic, an un winking vigilance, a resolute and, we believe in most instances, a scru pulously conscientious judgment; and all these quali fications, moreover, have been kindled into unusual vitality through the influence of an earnest and enthusiastic appreciation. It was fashionable at one time to sneer at the records of our author in regard to Napoleon, as those not merely of an avowed apologist, but as those also of an infatuated idolator. Reflection hss dissipated this erroneous notion long since in the minds of the candid and intelligent. It has been ac knowledged by the majority, and that too without re luctance, that what was mistaken at the outset, for the blind homage of an unthinking worshipper was in reality the sincere opinion of one who had weighed cautiously, examined minutely, and analysed even with the punctilious caution of a psychologist. Of the accuracy of these assertions in regard to the truthfulness of M. Thiers as an historian, we take his latter volumes as affording conspicuous, nay more than sufficient, testimony. Whenever the Emperor acted with culpability he has shown himself ready not only to acknowledge the fault, but to speak of it moreover in language of the severest reprobation. That these occasions are not more frequent is a circumstance attributable only to the clear ing away of those prejudices which had hitherto clouded the glory of that wonderful man, whose genius even now is not to the full comprehended, and whose name was blackened for a while by calumny, only to emergejas it is already emerging into the light of a more serene and unfading effulgence. In the in stalment of this great history of the Consulate and the Empire just published by the Messrs. Colburn and Company, an instalment making the eleventh volume, and consisting of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh books, we have accounts furnished us first of Talavera and Walcheren, and subsequently of the memorable divorce between Napoleon and Josephine. Recount ing the narrative of the military operations of the French in Spain during the year 1809, M. Thiers attributes their failure very justly in the first instance to the melancholy want of unity in the command. The truth of this we conceive to be altogether un deniable, and the cause of it is no less apparent, being the rivalry between the Marshals of Na poleon, the Emperor having his attentions diverted from their proceedings by the cares of the internal administration and external relations of his gigantic and but recently established empire. If M. Thiers reveals some reluctance in detailing the events which led at last to the sanguinary conflict at Tale • vera, be finds his wounded patriotism consoled shortly afterwards by giving a sketch of that expedi tion to Walcheren which, for the English, terminated so disastrously. The principal attraction, however, of the volume now before us is incontestably the re cord it contains of all particulars relating to the me morable divorce of the Emperor and his ultimate union with an Austrian Archduchess. The determi nation, after long and reiterated delays, arrived at by Napoleon in reference to the matter of this divorce, is spoken of by his present historian as a resolution " so painful to his heart, so pleasing to his pride, sad of so little service to his power." Poor apoleon Poor Josephine ! It was to each a cala mity—a calamity to the latter very manifest, to the former unforseen. Every detail connected with this mournful transaction is given by M. Thiers with a melancholy exactitude. He relates how the Em peror confided his resolve, in the first instance, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Champagny, and to the arch Chancellor, Cambaceres. He narrates the fact not merely of Napoleon sending for the Viceroy Eugene, to confer with that Prince upon the best means for preparing Josephine for her fate, but how his imperial and royal Majesty solicits the hand of the Archduchess Anne, the sister of the Emperor Alexander. Then, in rapid succession, we see pass before us the other scenes of this domestic tragedy : the arrival of Prince Eugene at Paris ; the grief and resignation of the Empress Josephine ; the forms adopted for the divorce; and ultimately the consum mation of that act on the 15th of December. There upon Napoleon retires to Trianon, and Josephine to Malmaison—to that beautiful Malmaison where they had, not many years before, lived together with so much happiness. Alas ! for Napoleon, not less than for Josephine, it was in this act that he completed the long catalogue of sacrifices to his insatiable ambition—the sacrifice of himself, of his own heart, of that heart's dearest and purest affection. From M. Thiers we learn what is the precise effect of the offer transmitted to St. Petersburgh, and how the Emperor Alexander, with a proviso to the effect that there shall be a previous treaty against the even tual re-establishment of Poland, consents to give his sister to Napoleon in marriage. Then come the in tentional delays of Russia to the completion of this negotiation, the impatience of the Emperor Napoleon, and the subsequent arrival of secret communications, making known the desire of Austria to bestow an Archduchess on the great conqueror. Annoyed at the procrastination of Russia, Napoleon at length breaks with that power, and determines to unite himself to a Princess of the house of Hapsburg. This final re solution, as the world well knows, was followed by the celebration of the marriage with Marie Louise, at Vienna, on the 11th of March, and at Paris on the 2d of April. Having re counted the whole of these unfortunate proceedings, the historian closes the eleventh volume with an ac count of the temporary change for the better in the public opinion, and with a reference to the last illu sions of France as to the duration of the Imperial Reign. Intoxicated with the glory of the wonderful hero who had risen from a simple lieutenant of era'• lery to be the most puissant Sovereign in Christen dom, the people, says M. Thiers, " began again," after this marriage with the Austrian Archduchess, " to believe in the infinite and everlasting greatness of the empire, as though they had never doubted it. In fact," says he, " the victory of Wagram, though not equalling those of Austerlitz, Jena, and Friedland in the grandeur of its trophies—while it was yet on a par with them as to the genius displayed—the victory of Wagram, completed by the marriage with Marie Louise, replaced Napoleon at his highest degree of power, and if pru dence gradually repaired the grand fault of the war in Spain, the last illusions sprung from that marriage might be realized. But," says M. Thiers, in conclusion (and we take this remark of itself to be adequate proof that he is something better than an infatuated worshipper, that he is a judi cious and discriminating appreciator of the Em peror), " But that this should be so something must have been changed which is less changeable than destiny—the character of a man must have been changed, and that man was Napoleon." We shall look with eager curiosity for the subsequent volumes of a history the interest and value of which become necessarily enhanced in proportion as they approach the period of the Emperor's downfal. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES. A German Class-book. By Paul .Hirsch. Taylor, Walton, and Maberley. Other masters of the German language, besides Feick Lebahn, are endeavouring to smooth away whatever difficulties present themselves in the task of its acquisition by Englishmen. Among these may now be ranked the compiler of the little volume lying before us, in which a prose version of the "Odyssey" is preceded by a grammar, concise, it is true, but one also of admirable lucidity in its arrangement. Appended to this, moreover, is a vocabulary—to most learners by no means the least acceptable part of the production. The history of Ulysses comprised in the volume under notice—not unlike that written in Eng lish by Charles Lamb—was penned in German by Dr. Ernst Knapp, late professor in the College of Minden. It is remarkable as a narrative, it is but Just to observe, not less for the purity of its style and the elegance of its diction than for a manner suffici ently idiomatic to impart at once both zest and profit to the mind of a learner in its perusal. The reprint of this charming s t ory i n it s pr e sent form, un d er th e de direction of P a ul Hi rsc h, i s no t s li g htly en h ance d i n o a value bl by ra a variety y of a s w el l illustrativeas no owoodcu inconsiderables , displaying k e skill in the execution. ENGLISH SONGS. By Barry Cornwall. A New Edition. Chapman and Hall. Who that has a love for melody entertains not a sentiment of affection for Barry Cornwall? The Anacreon of England —more than this, the Moore, the Burns, the Beranger. His name has long since become a " household word" amongst us, as the writer of songs more chaste than those of Herrick, less arti ficial than those of Cowley, and as dainty as those of Suckling. It has not remained for us at this moment to commend the effusions of Barry Cornwall to the public—effusions which have for many years been familiar to thousands, most of whom, strange to say, are unacquainted even now with the real name con cealed behind the illustrious pseudonym of Brian Waller Procter. It only remains for us in the in stance under consideration to notify with no little satisfaction the appearance of a new edition of these "English Songs and other Poems," with additions ! Those additions reveal on the part of Barry Cornwall the maturity and ripeness of all his intellectnal powers, of all those powers which have aided in building up his by no means perishable reputation. Several of the pieces Are equal to anything produced by lika iu hie earlier years ; one of them, " A Journal of the Sun," being in many respects remarkable for excellences, most of them eminently beautiful. The "Love Song," again occurring at p a g e 35, i s surely i mpass i oned enough for a striplin g trebs's eyebrows." The numerous admirers of Mr. capable Kieglake will turn with interest to the lines addres , ,ed "To the Author of Eothen," and those who, like ourselves, h ave an agreeable remem b rance of ",Pippa Passes" or who, like others, regard with a sort of veneration the mysteries of "Paracelsus," will turn with pleasure to the "Familiar Epistle to Robert Browning." As a pleasant memento of old days gone by, when we lingered with delight over the tender verses of Barry Cornwall—verses sometimes erotic and sometimes bacchanalian—we transfer to our columns the exquisite love song we have already men tioned. Here it is— " Sit near, sit near! I kiss thy lips, Ripe, richer than the crimson cherry. Girl, cans't thou love me in eclipse? Tell me, and bid my soul be merry. My life is dim, my fortune fled; I've nothing save my love for thee. Give back thy love, or I am dead— A word, while I can hear—and see. Sit nearer —near! I kiss thine eyes; There —where the white lids part asunder. I love thee—dos't thou hear my sighs? Love thee beyond the world, thou wonder! My life is spent; I've nothing left To tender now, save love's dear duty; Ah, let 1710— o f all else bereft— Feed until death upon thy beauty !" The few fragmentary pieces added to the present collec tion are closed somewhat mournfully by a "iDirge." We prefer thinking of them rather in connexion with the above exquisite outpouring of tenderness. We cherish with them also a remembrance of the graceful lines about " Flowers," or the jovial song bight the " Partie Carree," or the pensive " Finis," or the generous-hearted " Stanzas." Every page of the little volume, however, will be almost equally accept able, because, nearly every page i s mar k e d b y b eauty both of expression and,of sentiment. AN OLD DOCTOR'S OPINION ON WOMAN'S DRESS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) You ask me for my opinion on the subject of prac tical reform in the dress of women. As I have a habit of speaking out, you shall hear it roundly, and at once. I here premise that I utterly disclaim any admiration of the exaggerated and ridiculous carica tures exhibited on the stage and in our shop windows, under the title of "Bloomer Costume;" such a theatrical style of attire is not to be desired, nor would it be imitated by sensible women ; but a modi fied phase of the proposed reform may be very judi ciously and becomingly substituted. I think that the sooner an alteration and improvement takes place in female attire, the better. lam perfectly aware that vulgar ridicule and conceited prejudice operate power fully to prevent this being effected, but we have so many instances on record of,beneficial discOveries and progressions being the marked objects of (morn and derision when first discussed, that a reflective mind will not be dismayed at the antagonism offered by impertinence or ignorance. I think woman's dress, as at present arranged, is liable to the objections of dirt, danger, discomfort, and most cer t a i n l y , d esp i te its " Alexandrian length," indelicacy. Woman has two legs as well as man, and it is essential to have them as closely and as separately clothed to insure from cold and undue exposure. I have seen accidents, when a woman might have escaped without serious hurt, bad not her instinctive attention been given to replacing her deranged outer garments,—she knew she was insecurely covered below, and her anxiety to prevent further exposure was the direct cause of mu tilation of body, and often loss of existence. Had she been accustomed to be well cased in some sound material, she would have been less fastidious about showing a leg for a few minutes, and the preservation of limb and life greatly facilitated thereby. .1 have lately had two female patients, who fell while going up stairs, in consequence of their skirts being too long to admit the possibility of ascending without raising these ridiculous petticoats with one hand. One lady, unfortunately, had her first-born in her arms; the child received a severe concussion of the brain, and the mother dislocated her wrist. I have been called to attend many with rheumatic affections of the limbs, and internal diseases of the lower organs, when, on inquiry, I have found the patients either entirely without close-fitting habili ments, or wearing those of a flimsy and useless qua lity, affording no protection whatever against draught or damp. Now, if one of the two sexes must needs go about the world in such an unguarded state of body, I really think we men are most competent to incur the risk attending it, for the higher and more nervous organization of women renders it doubly in cumbent on them to be uniformly and carefully wrapped about the extremities. In making good my charge of "dirt" the world will admit the visible evidence afforded by trailing skirts every dusty or rainy day. lam a tolerable philosopher, and not easily disturbed by trifles, but when I see exp ens i ve s ilk s and satins go about doing the work of crossing -sweepers' brooms,—when I see several inches of rich dresses trailing through the heterogeneous offensive gatherings of city-streets,— when I see shoes and stockings one mass of mud, — when I walk in a choking cloud of dust raised by the fair beings around me,—really my equanimity gets slightly irritated, and I am inclined to apply a pair of scissors to the "part affected ;" and here I can say something of the indelicacy advanced. Women who have a natural respect for common cleanliness, as naturally endeavour to preserve their skirts from con tamination, and frequently on a rainy day I have be held ladies holding their dresses so high, that a most unseemly display was the consequence. Poor things ! they were perfectly innocent of the same display, and only exercising a womanly desire to keep " tidy;" but I vow that I have witnessed indelicate exhibitions, from attempts to keep long petticoats out of the mud, that offended good taste and refined feeling more than any reasonable adoption touching Turkish trowsers could have done. I have seen women get out of omnibuses on black, sloppy days, when one of two results was impossible to avoid,—either the drapery must serve as a mop to the steps, or there must be a very uncertain degree of personal exposure; in the first case, there is spoliation of a good dress and great annoyance to the wearer; in the latter, the un advoidable "indelicacy" is a subject of grinning de light to any empty-headed "gent" who may be pass ing. It is my opinin that a woman's walking robe should be independent of drenched flagstones and filthy puddles. She ought tnbe able to walk with- ' out devoting her sole attention to the bottom of her dress. She ought to be educated with less of false delicacy than to entertain the notion that the sup posed possession of locomotive power above the ankle is "shocking" and " improper." Heaven for bid that I should, in the most remote matter, wish to neutralize the exquisite and charming constituents of woman's real modesty. I have seen too much of the holy worth and moral strength attached to woman's conduct, to be able to do otherwise than worship and respect the innate principles which prompt such ex emplification. lam no raving enthusiast seeking to place man and woman in false positions, but I am mentally convinced that woman might be invested with a freer and safer style of attire, without being disqualified for any of her important relations, either as a mother, wife, daughter, sister, or citizen. Now for the "discomfort ;" perhaps this would be best understood by adopting the practical advice of an American lady to a young gentleman who con sidered his brains and whiskers competent to rule the Solar system, " Just try long petticoats yourself in muddy weather, and see how you like them." We have little doubt that an hour's experience in the dabbling, dirty, trailing garments would lessen the wonder that sensible women should seek some style more pleasant for " getting about" in. Fancy the bliss of walking with draggling, heavy, mud-soaken petticoats flapping against the ankles at every step 1 Consider how pleasant it is to have the feet thoroughly dredged with dry foul dust on a hot dog -day ! Imagine the freedom of running up stairs to th e third floor with a candlestick in one hand and some domestic luggage in the other 1 there is a constriction of limb and action that makes the journey more difficult than a round or two on the treadmill ; and then in the mazy dance, what total impossibility of activity or hearty freedom do long petticoats cause, when every partner is likely to step on the hem and produce unlimited rents ; what yards of damaged gossamer, and what myriads of " undone gathers" I have observed and pitied 1 indeed, I am acquainted with a family of three young ladies who regularly take needle and thread to evening parties, for the express purpose of "sewing each other up." Just cast your eye round a room during the last " galop," and the chances are that you will behold sufficient tattered and pinned-up flounces to suggest the notion of a genteel game at romps in Rag Fair. I also believe that long petticoats afford a disgrace.. ful concealment to the feet of slovenly, lazy women, and did we dare to inspect the state in which many keep their " propelling members," we should find trodden-down, slipshod, ragged shoes, and unmended, dirty hose to a disreputable extent ; and this condi tion of the feet, and a yawning, half-undone row of " hooks and eyes " down the back, are points of personal neglect which always mark a slatternly and not too really delicate woman. Men in daily life are invariably neater and better equipped about the feet than women ; but if women's garments were short enough to be entirely out of the mud and dust, and yet of a perfectly modest length, ladies would soon he as particular about their shoes and boots as they are now about their collars and cuffs.' During my visits to the Great Exhibition, I had multifold opportunities of witnessing the absurd ex tent to which the "fashion" of "long petticoats" has been carried. I accidentally trod on the frail muslin of a young lady, and the consequence wes a rent some half-yard in length. I apologized, but the girl with frank sense replied, "Don't name it, Sir; ladies wear their dresses so long, that it is impossible to avoid treading on them." A little further on, I observed the skirt of a lady in literal rags at the bot tom—thealining had been pulled and torn into small fragments and fell beneath the silk in dirty shreads, affording a subject for laughter and contempt to all around, until the gentleman with her begged her to step aside and pin it up, if possible. I happened to be leaving one day when it rained heavily, and the distress of the well-dressed women was pitiable. The bottoms of their dresses seemed the great focus of anxiety, and no wonder. The turning of skirts over shoulders, the tucking-up in all manner of mys terious arrangements, and the general venting of dis gust at the abomination of " long petticoats," assured me that women have a very keen and impatient sense of the inconvenience inflicted by them ; and really the cdd, and not very decorous display of under garments and limbs would have been well obviated by a more rational style of walking attire. And let us here say a word on the extravagant outlay incurred by this wilful destruction of material. I have ventured to remonstrate with my daughters sometimes, when they requested a sum of money for " new dresses," and observed that the dresses they were condemning seemed very presentable. " Oh, yes !" was the reply, "they are very good, excepting round the bottom, and they are not fit to be seen there,' and sure enough they convinced me of the fact, by exhibiting a collection of soiled and un seemly skirts that offended my vision most sensibly, and a 201. not e I € f t my pocket while I poured somewhat fierce anathemas on " long p e tti coats. " I ams as ed proud of seeing my wife and daughters well dres as any man, but I decidedly object to giving half-a-guinea a yard for silk to sweep the streets with. onable Thus, we see th a t " long petticoats" are alike objec ti either in the promenade or polka, and ought to be discarded by rational women as one of those excrescences of fashion which so often disfigure what Nature made perfect and beautiful. I firmly believe that these ridiculously long petticoats were first em ployed by some ',high-born child of physicg misfor _ LAYARD'S AINEVELI ABRIDGED. John Murray. The enterprising publisher of Murray's Reading ' for the Rail could scarcely have decided upon the issue of a volume snore calculated to prove attractive to a very considerable part of the reading population. The celebrity justly acquired by Dr. Austen Henry Layard as the last and (for many reasons we cannot but think also) the greatest of oriental travellers, is enough to secure to a book like the one before us a popularity spreading far and wide among the multi tude. His more elaborate and more costly narrative, from which the present is a judicious selection or abridgment, was on account of those very qualities restricted to the narrower circle of the wealthy and unoccupied—men capable of giving a guinea or two for a single literary composition, and of dedicat ing to its perusal an amount of time scarcely compatible with the absorbing occupations of the industrious. Aware of this, Mr. Murray has generously, we bad almost said humanely, resolved upon giving the present epitomised version of the former volumes to the public at a coat so trifling as to place it within the reach of a very numerous class of inquirers. In its new form, the work is, as the title-page correctly expresses it, "A Popular Ac count of the Discoveries at Nineveh, by Austen Henry Layard, Esq., D.C.L." And the value of the book cannot fail to be at once appreciated by its pur chasers when they find that the labour of abridge ment has been entrusted to no other bands than those of the distinguished author himself. Enabled by this means to examine into the nature of the discoveries of Dr. Layard directly, and not second hand or by hear: say, the reader will very speedily perceive that their importance has in no single particular been in the slightest degree exaggerated. On the contrary, they must willingly acknowledge that scarcely any praise can be extravagant . when applied to the young and observant Englishman whose researches have brought to light from among the ruins of Nineveh facts cor roborative of the venerable and divine records of Holy Writ. We may add that the volume under notice is adorned throughout with a variety of woodcut em bellishments. MONDAY _EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1861. The P P ria ß ce i s N s's C T E h S ea S t 'reS o p Te d E f A or T t it he E season on Saturday with The Merry Wives of Windsor a n d Mr. Tom Tayl or ' s amusing farce, To Prents ancl i Guardians. There i s no essential change i a n the per. sonnel of the Princess's company from last season, and as at the commencement of last season, so at the cora mencement of the present, M essrs. Kean and Keeley ' have entered into a short engagement with Mr. Bart ley, who on Saturday night appeared as Sir John Falstaff, and acted the part as jollity, as unctiously, and as artistically as ever he did. It is a model piece of acting is the Sir John Falstaff of Mr. Bartley, almost the last remaining specimen left of the good old school•acting of the days when there was a school of acting. It should be not only seen, but studied attentively; studied by every actor who is ambitious of becoming a conscientious interpreter of the Slaak sperian comic drama. Mr. Charles Kean appeared as Mr. Ford ; and to our thinking not only is he the best Mr. Ford at present on the stage, but his Mr. Ford is, if not the best, certainly one of the best of his im personations. It is delightful for its unconventionality, whilst at the same time it is worthy of all praise for its high finish. The nervous fidgettiness with which he listened to Falstaff's schemes, as shown by his gesticu lations, more particularly by his drumming with his fingers on the table (so characteristic of a nervous man) m an), proved that he had studied atte n ti ve l y i n the scho o l o f nature ; and his look of blank despair when, as he li stened to the adventures of the buck basket,ad over whelmededy. the truth wastruth a fine fisshedbit of gen uine on him n comedy. Never has Mr. Charles Kean shown himself 'a more accomplished artist than on Saturday evening. Keeley made a comfortable and amusing Sir Hugh Evans, and Addison a bluff and rubicund host; Harley's was a traditional Slender, but Mr. A. Wigan rescued Dr. Csi us f rom the conventional and traditional ab eflretreh surdities b y which he has hitherto been disfigured, r W igan he e a and represent e d hi m as Shakspere intended he should be represented —as e g ff e e n et tle e m f a e n b . ea T uta h . e fu e l a p i i u e. the filth an d varnish Which of fromrs, had disfigure d it has been carefully removed, and h. fresh as the day it left the leeaserle.aPPldarrss Charles Kean played the part of Mrs. Ford with infinite taste ; she raised the tone of the char ter throughout, and made of Mrs. Ford a somew ha t irritable, but refined and lady-like woman, wthae character to the level of high comedy. Mrs. rais ing Keel y as the kind-hearted, laughter-loving, joyous Men.' Page, was quite in her element, while Miss M ar Keeley made a very interesting Ann Page. Mrs. Winstanley acted the part of Dame Quickly in a careful and artist-like manner. The piece has been carefully put on the stage, and the costume adopted is that of the time of Henry IV., instead of that of the age of Elizabeth, which has been the costume adopted of late years. At first sight this may appear a judicious alteration, but we must recollect that in Shakspere's time propriety of costum e was not thought of, that throughout the comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor there is nothing which points to the time of Henry IV. as the period in which the action of the play takes place, and that by adopting the costume of Elizabeth we avoid falling into an absurd anachronism. " They are my East and my West Indies," says Falstaff, speaking of the Merry Wives of Windsor, " and I will trade to them both.' Now, however natural it might be for a knight of the time of Queen Elizabeth to talk of trading to the West Indies, it is very certain that no such allusion could have been made by a knight of Pie time of Henry IV., and for this reason, if for no other, we prefer the Elizabethan costume for the Merry Wives of Windsor. At the conclusion of the play the National Anthem was performed by the orchestra, but not sung by the company, an omission at which we were somewhat surprised. It was of course enthusiastically cheered. The house was crowded to the ceiling. tune, who had swollen legs or deformed feet trans mitted with the same blood that claimed a coronet, and thus were primitively worn, on the same prin ciple as the stiff, high, abominable stocks exhibited by o m ff e e n os s i o v m e e ug h les half century ; entury since were—that of bidi ng an neat feet o f th e maj b o u ri t ty wh o y f w th o e m w ea ell sh tu o r a n ld ed b a s n ah k r le o s u a d n ed d in dirty trolloping drapery, and why the want of healthy liberty of action and personal comfort should be thrust on the whole sex on such a score, only the obstinate and silly prejudice of fashion can explain. And now to a frightful source of evil—the tight, suffering u ma of ffthe l re l waist, orat so and dldmi consequencesseuacshe it admired tri by buta attendingthose bie toi w t t. h h o i sA dr m e a a m s s not o f compres sion of the viscera which is truly deplorable. Few out of the pale of physiological have fashiona i notion s as unnaturalof what ‘ smasalulnartiasntidsc, w r a es' is e t ar , c , h and . evidence originate the or sculptor would turn with pity and a painter almost from the young lady whose waist can be How can digestion and circulation o m ss o i s b t l spann ed. . k on with the ribs compressed into such a circumference as we are daily forced to loowkasP.) e how can the spine retain its beautiful uprightyfiggol on ? so warped and ilhtreated as it is ? Can we belitierve that God did his work so badly in the fairest and most exquisite work of his creation, that buck ram and steel are needed to prop up " the house of life ?" Did he mould the best of his creatures so carelessly, that pinching in here and swelling out there, are essential to render the " plastic, breathing image" fit to enter a drawing-room ? What insolent presumption is in the hand that seeks to improve the upright beauty of the human being ! And does the short-sighted mortal think that Nature will not have her revenge for the insult thrust upon her ? Does the woman imagine that the arteries, veins, stomach, lungs, and heart, will do their proper duties under such a grasping vice of artificial restraint ? Does she think her progeny will be strong and healthy, as if born of an untrammelled mother ? Surely there is need of reform in this error most peremptorily ; for if the real amount of injury indicted on the human system, by means of stays, were exposed to the blind victim's eyes, a woman would turn from " corsets" as from a boa constrictor. I have three girls in my family, but not on e of them has ever been incarcerated in " stays." A substantial sort of close-fitting vest is all I ever permitted them to wear, and I am happy to say that finer forms, or better constitutions, cannot be produced ; their spines are as straight as those of my boys, and had I a score of girls to bring up, I would teach them to look on steel, whalebone, and buckram, as so many means of suicide. There is another condition of female dress which deserves unmitigated censure; I mean the mysterious heap of either feathers, flannel, horse-hair, or wool, which goes by,the generic name of "bustle." I have followed ladies who sported such an extreme redun dance in this department, that it at once appeared laughably unnatural and grossly indelicate. Oh, what a pity it is that woman is not able to appreciate the natural and exquisite beauty of her form ! How it is to be regretted, not only in a physical, but in an artistic sense, that she pinches in here and piles up there, regardless of the power and design of the Creator ! Why will she insist on screwing in the ribs, and thereby ruining one of the greatest beauties in the human form ?—a flat, straight back. All grace is utterly negatived by the round, hunched-up shoulders which too often mark the female figure, and which are almost invariably the result of undue pressure on the spinal muscles. I saw a young woman on horseback at Brighton, a few days since, whose waist was a " mere nothing"—l looked at her with pity ; for not only was she miserably sickly looking, but her whole figure was angular and ugly to a painful degree, and not "a line of beauty" presented itself to the eye, despite her very taper waist. And now, taking all,things into consideration, do you not think, my dear friend, that woman's dress might be im proved ? There is not the slightest occasion for women to be dressed like men ; but I contend that flowing skirts of reasonable length, with trowsers, full or otherwise, to the ankle, would be infinitely superior in every way to the nasty, uncomfortable, dirty, " long petticoats," now in vogue, most strenu ously observing, at the same time, that the body be habited loosely and freely, and I am convinced this reform would afford exhibitions of elegance far be yond anything the present system can show. There is another point of woman's "full " dress, or rather " undress," which I cannot forbear touching on. "Indelicacy" seems to be the great moral sta tistic on which people dwell in this question of robe reform. Now it seems to me to be great twaddle to discuss the gross indelicacy of showing four inches of ankle and leg covered with some thick material, while the bosoms of women are laid open to the in solent and unhallowed gaze of every male observer in " fashionable society." I have beheld " conven tional" and " authorized" displays in this degree of Almack's " Bloomerisna," which mortally disgusted me. How do we reconcile this incongruity ? lam an old man, a husband, and a father, and could say much on this view of the question, but shall con tent myself with this advice to the "Women of Eng land,"—Cover your bosoms, and prove your delicacy; show a little more of your legs, and become clean and comfortable. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, Through the length and breadth of the land how few there are who have not heard of Astley's. We ' have been induced to make the above remark in con sequence of Mr. Batty producing on his boards the new dramatic spectacle of Azael, which, as a drama, is the best and most instructive piece ever produced. Nor could it be otherwise when founded on that most beautiful of all parables " The Prodigal Son." There, perhaps, never was a time when a visit to Astley's would be so amply repaid as at present. A more instructive and pointed moral than that conveyed in Azael it is impossible to conceive ; from the unex ceptionable moral of the story and its historic character, the splendour of the costumes, appoint ments, processions, tableaux, &c., it is peculiarly adapted to the instruction and gratification of the young, and therefore we expect that at the approach ing Christmas Astley's will be the theatre par ex cellence of the family party. The spectacle of Azael, as produced at Astley's, has obtained the assistance of those accessory effects which the ♦ast and peculiar resources of this establishment only could supply ; troops of horses, camels, zebras, sheep, goats, ostriches, and other animals, give a vivid reality to the desert life depicted. The piece undoubtedly must and will have an enviable run, for it ia, throughout, well acted and gorgeously mounted. In addition to the above, are presented nightly several new and most attractive scenes in the circle by eminent native and foreign artiktes, who have recently been added to the programme of the establishment. As for the " indelicacy" of this reform, which is so much talked of by some very "nice" people, I can only say that I know the indelicacy lies rather in the minds of the fastidious observers, than in the pro poEed curtailing of street-sweeping garments, and every sensible man will rea dil y a d m i t that the proper cleanliness, real modesty, and personal comfort, of half the human creation would be greatly advanced by the abolition of these " horrid long petticoats." We never experience any great shock to our propriety when we see tall stripplinggirlsattired in "frocks and trowsers," but rather admit that they are gracefully and healthily dressed ; we never start at the sight of a Turkish lady, nor deem her at all unsexed because she displays a small portion of her legs in elegantly arranged muslin or silk. Oh ! F as hi on an d Preju dice are a couple of jades, alike impudent and obsti nate. For many years these two jades kept dear little infants muffled in " long petticoats," which were useless, expensive, and v e ry inconvenient. They insisted on the tiny head in close - hot cap s , an d on many other things as foolish and unhealthy ; but we have had a reform here, and the sooner we have a reform among our loved and highly -esteemed female scavengers, the better. As for " wearing the breeches," " inovation of masculine rights," and all that sort of nonsense, indulged in at random by brains of a very limited or very course corder, I can only say, that I as much pity the man who deems his manhood es tablished by his sole right to trowsers, as I do the woman who considers her modesty based on a need less quarter of a yard of dirty, dragging, cumbersome petticoat. Now you have my honest opinion on woman's dress—use it as you will. THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW. The attraction at this house during the week has been centred in the person of that famous comedian Air. Wright, who has for many years kept the London Adelphi in a roar. This gentleman has appeared in a succession of crack parts ; and his quiet, natural style of acting, has been greatly appreciated by the lovers of comic art. In such characters as John Grumley in Domestic Economy —an amusing farce founded on a familiar homely tale—Mr. Wright is particularly happy. Honest John feels displeasure at the manner in which his household affairs are ma naged, and insists that he could do all the " hussey skep" better in a tithe of the time usually taken. Mrs. G. is but too glad to allow John a trial of his skill and powers, and she fur the time undertakes the manage ment of his out-of-door duties. But John has mis calculated his strength; everything goes against him, and he is fain, crest-fallen, to resume his ordinary and appointed occupations. This is the whole plot, if it deserve that term ; but the delineation of charac ter: is excellent, sustaining en agreeable interest. Paul Pry, Harvest Home, The Wreck Ashore, and other pieces, have, in the course of this engagement, been presented ; and last evening, for the benefit of Mr. Wright, the comedy of Sweethearts and Wives, The Spits fields Weaver, and Illy Precious Betsy, were performed before a well-filled house. In all these pieces Mr. Wright was intensely amusing.— Glasgow Citizen. THE CHARGE OF CARD-CHEATING AT BRIGHTON. On Saturday Mr. Sill, of Tavistock-row, the solicitor for the prosecution in the alleged card-cheating affair at Brighton, made an application to Mr. Justice Cressweil, at chambers, on the part of the defendant in the case of " Bignell v. Purday, ' an action which has originated out of the case referred to. Mr. SILL said ho appeared to make an application in suppoi t of a summons which be had served upon the plaintiff, calling on him to show cause why the action of "Bignell v. Purday" should not be tried by a special jury. It would no doubt be in the recollection of his Lordship that the action arose out of the now somewhat notorious case of the " Queen v. Broome and others," one involving a charge of conspiracy, and cheating at cards, at Brighton. The present action originated in circum stances of a peculiar character. The plaintiff Big nell being desirous of obtaining the liberation of one of the prisoners in the case referred to, named Staden, gave to the defendant the sum of 250/. for the purpose, as the latter alleged, of enabling him to justify as bail, and, as he further contended, without any condition. The defendant, however, was not called to justify as bail, and the plaintiff had proceeded.for the re covery of the 2501., as he contended that the money had been merely deposited with the defendant. The ques tion raised in the pleadings, which set forth fully the circumstances of the case, was whether the agreement so made between the parties was not a corrupt and illegal one, and was therefore, he (Mr. Sill) submitted, of a character which would make it proper that it should be tried by a special jury. Mr. Justice Cresswell here inquired whether the ap plication for a sp ec i a l j ury was opposed on the part of the pla plaintiff. The tirf who attended for Mr. Robson, the solicitor for the plaintiff, answered in the negative. A short con versat i on having ensued about the costs of the ayplication, His Lordship directed that the order for the special jury should issue in the usual form. Notice of trial has been given for the sittings after the present term, in the Court of Common Pleas, and it is said that some amusing disclosures will be made in the course of the trial. [We are happy to bear that our old friend Wright has entirely recovered from his illness,. and is an nounced to appear 'at the Adelphi on the let of De cember,—ED. Sun.] LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE. GLASGOW, FRIDAY.—About two o'clock this morning an alarm was given that fire had broken out in a house in South Albion-street. When the brigade proceeded to the spot smoke was found to be issuing from every chink of one of the rooms in the tenement, occupied by a lady and her child. It was at first hoped that the oc cupants might be absent, but this unhappily was not the case, for on the firemen breaking open the door and creeping into the apartment, at great personal risk, they found the child (a little girl about three years of age) lying on the floor and still breathing; but the poor thing died in the course of her removal to the police office. The search was instantly renewed, and the mother was also found, lying on the floor in a state of insensibility, and though instantly removed she died before medical aid arrived. The bed, stood in the,' corner of the room, and some of the furniture, was on fire, but the flame s a other easily subdued, before they obtained a hold on m Jr mysterious part of the tenement. There is anmeingwaman and regarding the identity of this unfor tun ateerh is that her name her child. All that is known of to the which highlands, and was Campbell, that she belonged visited by a person in the garb of a gentleman, who the husband of the woman. that she was occasionally y is of the child, though not Since the catastrophe f no h one has appeared to identify e s olitary pair. The house was or claim the bodies o stun, of money found in the repo derstood to be the father w ell furnished, and a that while in this st a t e th e 61 d to liquor, an been addicte d have woman. It is supposed that she may have stu smoke arising soon p of is ified mother and d aug h ter. thened by the fact that when Mrs. or This view streng bell was found she wore th e c l ot h es in which Miss Camp candle may fallen on the bed, and that the vo l umes . the s-e s had been seen in during the day. 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The I nv i s ibl e Or ganic Vibrator, and all kin ds of acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, oppo. oitt the York Hotel. [ ADVERTISEMENT j—Unprecedented Cure by Hol loway's Pills.—Thomas . S) d formerly of Chatham Dock yard, re s idi ng in Southwark,Gravel-lane, had been unable to do his work for three years. His lungs were supposed to be affected, having a distressing cough, with feet and legs swell ing ; besides which he could scarcely ever keep anything on his stomach, and was generally so weak and ill as to barely have power to stand, yet in three months this poor man ac quired almost a new constitution by taking Holloway's Pills, and has now become so thoroughly strong and well as to be able to undertake the laborious duties of a carpenter on board a vessel about sailing to New South Wales.—These invaluable Pills are sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all dealers in medicine. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.NOIiCe was issued on Saturday at St. Paul's Cathedral, that the public will only be admitted on Sundays during the morning and afternoon service, and on other days from eight A.m, till four P.M. (gratis), the same as Westminster Abbey. DEATH OF COLONEL SIR HORACE SEYMOUR.-- This distinguished officer departed this life at Brighton yes terday, after a long illness. He was Member for Lisburn. He served in Spain with the 10th Hussars, and was aide-de camp to the Marqui4 of Anglesey at Waterloo. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 22. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, left the Castle at half-past ten o'clock by a special train for Osborne, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, th e Hon. diss Cavendish, Colonel the H on . Ch ar l es G rey, L ord Charles Fitzroy,. Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Lieutenant- Colonel Biddulph, the Rev. Mr. Birch, and Mr. Becker. A guard of honour from the Grenadier Guards was at the railway station at her Majesty's departure. OSBORNE, SUNDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, attended by the usual suite, arrived at Osborne at half -past one o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. The Royal party crossed over from Gosport in the Fairy, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclsrence. Colonel Sir George. Coupe r arrived at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, on Friday, bearing th e condolence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on the death of the King of Hanover. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to town on Saturday morning, from a visit to the Speaker of the House of Commons, at his seat Hickfield, Hon. Baronet. Hamp shire. Sir Thom as F remantle, Chairman o f the Cus toms, had an inter v i ew w i th the Right Sir Alexander Spe arman had also an interv i ew w i th Sir Charles, at his offi c i a l res i dence in Downing -street. Lieut.-Colonel Chads had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—ln giving an account of the artificial leg worn by the Marquis of Anglesey, you allude to me as the inventor of it. As Ido not wish to claim what does not belong to me, I shall be much obliged by your stating that the inventor of it was the late ingenious Mr. Potts, who had suffered amputation above the knee, and though I b e li eve I have materiallyim proved the artificial leg since Mr. Potts's day, still the invention is due to him alone. lam merely his suc-ressor.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, FREDERICK GRAY. 7, Cork-street, Burlington -gardens, Nov. 22, 1851. ft/Ve Rev. D r . D P rO. Morgan,RT S M OO w h r o ii a D f e 0 w C K w Y e A e ;ince DEATH of the REV. D R. MORGAN, late CHAP k's ret T ir h e L d eA from the chaplaincy of Portsmouth Dockyard, died on Saturday last, the 22d instant, at his resi dence North-end-lodge, Portsmouth, at the advanced age of 83 years. Con nec t e d at once with the Church and the Navy, Dr. Morgan's lengthened of singular interest. Th e R ev. Gentleman was a son of Philip Morgan, Esq., o f D y f ynog, Brecknock shire, South Wales, whose f am il y was one wasf of consi derable antiquity, and pos sesse d at the t i me great i n - one in fluence in the Church. Dr. Morgan entered Jesus College, Oxford, at the early age of 14 years, and in a few months afterwards gained an open scholarship in that university. Notwithstanding his great family influence in the Church, Dr. Morgan's inclinations led him strongly to the Nayy, to which branch of the national service he determined on devoting his energies, in connexion, however, with clerical duties. Having taken a good degree at Jesus College, he was ordained by Dr. Lloyd, Bishop of Oxford, who had formerly held the vicarage of Dyfynog, Dr. Morgan's native place. Dr. Morgan was born at Dyfynog, near Brecon, in 1769, and was appointed chaplain of the Alfred in 1793, and in the five following years he was four times in action, viz., in the battles of the Ist of June, and in Lord Hotham's in 1795, and again in .the Bedford in the same year with Admiral Richery, and three sail-of-the-line, also in the hard -contested fight of the Mars and Hercule in 1798. For the seven succeeding years Dr. Morgan was in the Channel fleet, performing the arduous duty of secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Cotton. After being a a year at Hasler, and a year at Plymouth, performing the duties of chaplain to the hospitals, Dr. Morgan was, without any solicitation on his own part, spe cially selected by Lord Melville to the Chaplaincy of Portsmouth Dockyard, which situation he filled for 34 years. He thus served his Sovereign for 58 years, 13 of which was hard sea-work. During the height of the war in this long period of more than half a century Dr. Morgan invariably earned the approba tion and friendship of his superiors. In conjunction with his duties at Portsmouth Dock yard, Dr. Morgan held the rectory of Llanvaches, in the diocese of Llandaff, and the perpetual curacy of Talley, in the diocese of St. David's. He was for merly vicar of King's Langley, Hertfordshire, to which he was presented in 1813 by the Lord Bishop of Ely. He was in the commission of the pence for Brecon, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire, and Hamp shire. _ . . It is well for us who live in times of peace and tranquillity to be reminded how much we are in debted to those who laboured to secure the blessings of liberty and peace for those who should follow them. Amongst these benefactors Dr. Morgan occu pies a worthy place. In private life his personal courage, his unblemished integrity, his generous hos pitality, his sound good sense, and unaffected piety, secured him the warm attachment of his many per sonal friends. • APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY.—A gentleman in Newport, Kentucky, is perfecting an application of electri city for propelling a box containing letters over wires from place to place, on the telegraphic principle. It is said that the experiment over wires of 600 yards in length has worked well. 'Bl9. 185°,' 9. 0, 3 ° 1 t0m. 0.. 0.- ...,:::