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Penguin packet, Ph mr;u:h; R wy ,-,I Rose, rristol Deo Gluiiii Gloucester; (dense'l y• •• ' . a e N.lnstithier, Dublin ; Afriee, I. eA , b i , 'k 4 h, eumpi titor, St. lies; Montibslio, Gloucester. The 111ounttineer schooner, of Poole (salt lacier), was fallen in with aban toned, on the 19th O c t., i n 52 N., 55 W., when six men were put on to navigate her Jetty,to b y the catiquo. arrhed hire. SutELDs, Nov s . —Wind W. by N., strong gales.— Arrl. Ititlman, Willson, Rouen. A weda, Fockerberg, bunki i k _, ; Josephine, Yewson, Amsterdam; Jenny Lind, Footgurd old. Syren, Constantinople. i Dordt• Navigator, Shepherd, ditto. , PLY3toUTEt, Nov. 5. - Wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Male, bchau,r, Marseilles. ile a . to r uP')ltTS3tount, Nov. s.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Arrd. alanen, Norway for Foy ; Anna Sophie, Jansen, DAnt- J ." 3 e3' (Lord Duncan, Burton, London, for South ~,; Ili eriskry em, Oloterb,nd, Shields, fur A:tx:indria. „LuIVESToFT, Nov. H. um Plower ot Yarrow, St. Ni",";',l'3. Mid luiesb,r,.ugh, for Ex.,ter with damage. sih. Tne E.scipe, —Arril. 'lose, 'May free, ,ronll Shield s io Cartha;rna, was assisted into the roads tut night, braving been ' on shore on the Shipwaih Sand, lirl i d i ll " b "'n brought into the harbour making water. ,"Fr MALGATE,-Noy 5 —lndependence, New York. paI.ItabISCATE, Nov 5: Wi w i, W,—Acrd. Eppein, .ow3d, Arn,terda.m Xi b u "Eß, Nov. s . —Wind W.N.W., strong.—Arrd. Cowes Nov Onega, for Shoreham. N ' ' ' 'd L 4 Sale, t ,ay. s . —Wind W.—bl .La ?y South 4113Ptoti; Rose monde, London. 8 !I)eFF Tun WronT, N(.x. I.—Fama, Wasa, for Mar e' 1 +; tioreas, Flensburg, for West Indies. ill A R ,HE T N.EWS.-(THIS DAY.) --" EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Alts, a 'ugh the English Wheat on sale in to t"_..av,,_o , supply of f' 1,.._.. rke was small, the demand for all kinds, ow in ing a curiiimited number of bu) ers in attendance, Plied, h ' ta te, at Monday's ''l prices. We were w w e a l s l sup at last full y ure ''-g,ri Wheat.. Selected samples were held eertaibl , w eek s quotations; but all other kinds were freely, L ',."ez. to purchase. Malting Barley moved on tillin g ' B ' "11l rates of currency; but grinding anddis: any " at ° I 3B Were very dull. Malt commanded scarcely Good , tenti " with a fair average quantity on offer. e les rul " " ri Oats were quite as dear; but all other . artin -B°Qle I e ' he arY, if we except Foreign Flour, in which ......._ 4 rgo bales took place. ±.ktitIVALS THI :15 WEE; Wheat. Barley. Malt. Q Be n .... -tth.ll• Q Q . • 920 590 880 1, Q 280 _ gli . 6,420... '' 1 ,510 3,990 ? or an 040a017011 HOP 21T.A.TLILIFC. .. ti . gifili st " I nds of Hops the demand is in a cry slug- Th e g Me, and late rates are barely supported. Th e 'W - RITZCHAPZL. ...sheet gene ral trade h as ruled heavy to -d ay, as f o ll ows: ' Veal, 4 general 2 5 to 3s 4 d ; M u t ton , 2 s 4d to 3s 63; by ilia-e1re6413:.0 33 41; Pork, 2s 10d to 43 2d per Blbs, Oats. Flour. sacks 580 The CRANCERY—.—(THIS DAY.) Lord Chancellor sat to hear appeals to-day. Th e NEATE V. PINK. the oirsther arguments in this part-heard Ripest from ion of the late Vice-Chancellor or Enland *e re re; *hole da y ued this morning, and occupied the Court the jthe The question in dispute in the cAse is as to a. _ I v ne... evr application of the proceeds of an estate in - ca. 11 I , O LLS' Co URT.THIS DAY.) i : l: fur o t her arg —( uments in the part-heard cause Rolls auseof th ii ' e ' e r . Hume" occupied the Master of th e a hole day. TI rt ,-''.. '''cllA.N 11 : V ice- CERY.—(THIS DAY.) It 11,1 Chancellor Knight Bruce was occupied the PetitiZ e ari ling with a part-heard motion and b ankruptcy Ilei s, of no i nterest. d th en Y re Ice Ch ancellor Rolfe heard exceptions and fur ctions. (4tiEN'S ' BENCH. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) In. E!'ioLa.Nr, V. B INGSFoRD AND ANOTHER. Vii.h t lill s taie, which was tried before Mr. Justice 10 1 4 d ran At the last assizes for York, a verdict was k ,_ ~)1• the Plaintiff for 8001. 4s. ~1111..e.'74- "ctrisialil h e this morning applied alis l y eatis e Why that verdict should not fotraasidrueleantdo .. vat rect i a th g e ra ated, first, uponthe th c e o r n b e s e t w r a a u e s ct a io w n a o r f r.a th a e t 001 144 1 , d ; ease , as to whet he r . the contract, as was his Lordship's opinion; a Yto the evidence. The action was for the breach of °a the ground of the verdict being con st": h i contract l c b il a I Y ' Active. d l j°ll the sale of a cargo of Odessa wheat, May' 18471., -. heels shipped on board a vessel called the heaneontra!! in question was entered into in condition and of thlll‘mer “ Ishwat wa s t b eq uantity of 0 deltvered a t [lull in a me rchantable • atialthPle fxhibited. a certain Odessa - - el, sam e quality vesselq a l afterity an ad voyage descr descript i on t o i f o n e i a g s h t t h y the t re e a ° tl i E t i). '' ar rived at Hull, and upon examination ofth to • aPPeared to have been heated; and, according the dt•seri t. • the plaintiff 's witnesses, the te rzi Iv , . p ion given by daistr, the fore part of the . vea l sel au w d as af n ie o r t P iti ttr i t L't,friedie the vessel was. T t h h o a r t u i w n sg th u e o m e t v d i d de e nce what. the tim e a by the plainti ff s as to the s t ta i t t e a o p f p t e h a e re c d or rvi te .. It was shipped at Odessa; . teatli''sehera la that aa at h re e fe ° ald not put b ionttoooa high, gran aryth.e it c oiraann'i's necessary generally l h that aboutthe Was n n et cheep, an d it is continuallytu g rn ua ed at ; ity and a t e h a e r r a e Wieh i . i d k otiht whatever that a l ar g e t ) be heated in the easel `Vid was would 44(1 4tt; o f t , erus also prov b e e d ortion of the year b b a y el a e ll the witnesses that the k r , ,9i May was the very was sold by the Plai4"„„'Ptnent of that kind. The s cores t tii , e_ p lzi lu i ; t a i r tr il there a remarkable de fic iency o hat •er ,- 6 case, because ho gaveevide nce ccurrwed in another n ground of ob jeeii(ra mat e sales. There was ' b tlefieja eby the plaintiff, it4 t leY in quantity, namely, that by t was a ..,.. which was that hera e tn as e a re re w m a e s a a t fet a , took place fur the Custom-house there .au la the e °f sixty-one quarters between the amount stated ' v rea bill s tn lading and the amount on which the duty „ i y , i,; and in respect of that a verdict was given for Iy heth er 4he fi rst and must important questionn ow ~ was, He app reh the contract imported a warra nt) r b oiled "ed the defendant would not have_ been d as e ' lllPPosing it turned out that the . d gen ' a th re- trresPond witla the sample. Then, again, wi ay._ do nee ° the verdict being contrary to evidence , t he wE l o t d e lc 7 e - t l -t t h l t i , t w as given on the part of the two remarkable respects, first of a . . plaintiff iving boa a,b (lle e at all with respect to the conditto in n g o_f y t a h g e , eh It was shipped at Odessa, and then in g . i se ,hj th o le s . 1 whatever as to the amount which he reali n nt!sides t 4a ~( 1f the corn. There was no proo f . given, coZ 1 :1! 'old t t ,, i d tue plaintiff that the corn in question was Z fie 7 )nit . r, : re ro r. ei der the e v f - a : th° warranty and said they would used the rule on the question asmtocotline lintng p o i nt. - ore giving t"Q ' • - -"ee bef ' • their decision on the 41,4,Ett. LiEt .,,, 111 TUE '' yoaxsitutEmaN '' NEWS- In this Pa- ''''''''RICEIARDSON V. wonsoN. . Ntly t 41: the e,Se' which was an action for libel, tried re the defe l"SiZell at York, a verdict was given for A husnt etr, r . • • WA ti)Plied-TSON, Q.C., on the part of the plaintiff, vth 3' th to the Court this day for a rule to show ca use th e , e ! r e should not b e a new tri a l, on the ground t h at d. ace i: miet wss against evidence. The plaintiff Richar reap et ak:eociter at York, and a gentleman of high Tao ; 4u'litY, having r ka YorkshireYn; Priec or Pr of that city, and the defendant is the pro - tore ei ,ei th e been, on two occasions, the an iot a of 3 t . •lt a ~ aPpeared that Ot a a nmeeweatpinagpeorf p t h u e b I p i s r h o e p d rri. oe i .. a Pecti a ,„ 6 union Bank of York a discussion arose lost t here. a a,,beod which was alleged to have h • een t rs tale of :1:11 that 1 , , Was filtaiiisa;',Waa kr. Hudson, a, "snit there were two managing direct o rs , a gen tle ma a w h h e ose Iv : •eitb ;,"a everybody Mr. Richardson,t pl aintiff; that p eps _ as f or hs__ been solicitor to it. of the 13 hi' - a sh areholder ' or director of . bank, A bez,i'cl named ,!ly years the iv u kinson, who had been manager do. k' k ick' eft tstabi. L in consequence of some that r .„ 1 1 , ,:i.ee in t. is„ment k i "8 ac counts. The fact was 121 thellNon had givesecurity to the bank, and one the of sureties his fathenr , proved Viaere her curet , wished to bo released, and instructio ns had died. On that occasion to PreP:, - , - t° Ir. Richardson, as solicitor of the ban k , ... lat Ve 4. fresh bond, and to cancel the old one. A ll th ee or. Richardson had to do was, simply, as th e e 44(1 to the b ank, to draw a fresh bond, to get it executed, the reticence' the old one. In reference to this transactio n 4 e Was °wing observations appeared in the Yorkshireman littieVer, belonging to the defendant, as a leadt i ng a 1 4 ' and coestitutei the alleged libel:—‘• Un o . eas a n -Curious the were sundry cur' ,n, or startling revelations made at the :amnia meet tor It ee, t.Pjoprietors of the Union Bank on Thursday last. ra t-.4 en dll Y would appear as if there existed a charter 4 ' 4lB4ll4 gtheni artifice, and defalcations in every 1404 M ock e'4llPn'y over hich Mr. George Hudson , e otivi:* James Richardson have had control. Every- Atie-eoNs that the late manager of the Union Bank hay eircuinercirawn to the tuee of some 20 0001. or thereaboats, I,6,oooltaeceß reduced that sum to something like eear el :-, It unfortunately happens, however, for the th e i r 'olden that they must make up their minds to lose o n • ee s ea , eY either by artifice, or negligence, or fraud, lat e h r other Caese The original bond given by the . yea te . as Et security for his . ill ms * integri ty is non est gilt, °. while the second bond, substituted for the . and a or his tarta ei , •'rawn up by Mr. James Richardson . ~.f We ap'„ al ost be considered as so much waste ` ll , eetin c to accept as true all that transpired ~. at gonethe ‘°, f er t,' '11404 knows where the original bond . .as .. rea, e "-.o.th directors and • solicitor profess entire ignu I t i e„°,!;,_ts whereabouts; moat probably it is destroyed. the 3 t he shareholders to say whether, this missing,e e•tiopail,tative father or fathers of these mysterious_ u t r r t a h n er , al ifel l i4r°sY not fortify themselves against f `r!latea °l•lr own opinion is that no man . associated should be With ju in a responsible situation who is nearly . . rn _ 4 1f, Cut', Iludson. That man is not only corrupt til ho pm. corrupted every one around him. Ile rticular culprit • that we leave to the sharehoide 4e 11;4,74. Watson) W e point r o s ti , t , coOtended that there could not be t. r __ct, doubt that that was a libel. ion htl-4t ':!"' qtr is clearly a libel on Mr. Had , 441%111.1 not Mr. Hudsc,n's counsel. thin• nrAISoN (em phstically)—No, my Lord; but . I re eeti a ., it _ .. ri ght to state my opinion when his name . is tet4o. tt u t e o rt r , that the result of the examination was quite Th e c,,„.Y 112 as.to his duct in-these matt ers . -." eThiatt lallY granted a rule to show cause. EXCIIL QUER.-(THIS DAY) 4iDg 111 Ii 1l1e0.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF 3IARRIAGE-MILITARD V. LITTLEWooD. This was an action for breach of promise of mar• riage, tried ['jure fir. Baron Parhe at the late as6izas at Chester, and iu which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 200/. Mr. Sergeant 11. JONES applied for a rule to set aside the verdict and for anew trial, or to arrest the judgment on the ground of the bulk of the evidence being against the verdict, and of excessive damages. It appeared that the plaintiff, aho was a widow, and the mother of two children, kept the IVheatsheaf public-house, in Macclesfield, to which the defendant, who was a corn broker, carrying on business at Huddersfield, but at the time an entire stranger to the plaintiff, repaired as a guest on Saturday, the 31 of November, 1849, in corn paey with a friend named Wilson. An acquaintance soon ;:prung up betweta the parties, at,cl as early as the following Monday the detenchnt made an offer of mat riage to the landlady, which was accepted. Fie r, mained at t._e Wheataheaf nearly three weeks, during which time, it appeared, he co habited with the platetiff. He then left somewhat abruptly. She fdlowed him to Ofd barn, and went to the ltld Oak, which was kept by his brother; she there ingaired ior Harry Littlewood, ,mud was told both by the de ciaiant's sister and sister-in-law, that he was a married man, and was then in York hire with his wile ' end family. The plaintiff at first di,believed the infor mation. Iu Oldham she met with a friend of the de fendant's ri.-,mA Davenport, oho told her that he was at Manchester, and at her request he accompanied her th ther, s:e paying all the expernes. At Manchester they succeeded in finding the übj , .!et of their pursuit, and who ttok them to a public-house, where they all regaled themselves with tea at the defendant's expense. She entreated him to return w,th her to Macclesfield, but he said he was unable to do so then, promising to visit her again very shortly. He accordingly returned on the 19th of December, and in a few days afterwards the plaintiff shut up the W beatsheaf and took a private house, which she furnished, in the expectation that the defendant intended to fulfil his pro mie. Great intimacy continued to exist between them until she gave birth to a child, when plaintiff deserted her. The Learned Counsel now contended that as the plaintiff knew well that the defendant was a married man she was not entitled to so large an amount of da mages._ Mr. Baron PARKE—The jury found that the promise was accepted in ir,noranee of the defendant's marriage. Mr. Sergeant JONES —A witness who was a friend of the defendant told her repeatedly that he was a married man, but she said, " Married or not, she would keep his company." The Learned Counsel then argued that even if a bona fide promise had been made and accepted, it was a general promise, and not that the marriage should take place ou a particular day. It nas possible that the promise was to marry the plaintiff on the death of his wife. The COURT refused to grant a rule on any of the grounds mentioned, considering that it was entirely within the provicce of the jury to judge of the amount of damages. As to the right of a man to make a pre mise to marry a woman at the death of his wife, the Court entirely agreed with the decision in the case of " Wilde v. Harris." Such a practice was quite incon sistent with the devotedness and love which ought to exist between a man and his wife; and nothing but the decision of the highest authorities in the kingdom would compel the Court to think it was the law of the land. Rule refused. COMMON PLEAS.-(TIIIS DAY.) No business of any general importance or interest was .ransacted in this court during the morning. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) EXECUTORS OF PETRE V. DUNC Mr. JAMES, Q.C., applied to the Court for a rule to show cause why the damages in this case should not be reduced from 9,7531. to 6,308/. The question involved in the matter for the consideration of the Court was, whether or no interest was recoverable on payment made by a surety to an annuity deed. Its 1823 the de fendant granted an annuity of 6001. a year to a Mr. Downes, and the Hon. Edward Metre, deceased, became surety for securing its due payment, while the de fendant himself granted Mr. Petro an indemnity deed. The defendant made default in payment of the an nuity, ap.d in his lifetime Mr. Petro paid up the ar rears, to the extent of 6,3081., for the recovery of which his executors brought the present action. The jury, however, who tried the case, not only found for that amount, but awarded interest, which they had no power to do, making the total damages no less than 9,7531. It was true the 3d and 4th %Vm. IV., chap. 42, authorised juries to award interest on debts between debtor and creditor, where debtor contracts to pay at a particular time ; but.in a case like this no such pawer existed, because when Mr. Metre paid each instalment he ought, as he had a right to do, so to have at once called upon the defendant to refund him the money. The Court would perceive that if interest were recoverable in cases of this nature, a surety would have the option of allowing a long period to elapse before he called upon his principal to refund, in order to obtain a large amount of interest.--Application granted. THE SUN, LON DON, A puce eopptunt., ;owed that the tnecal and franc piece were found upon Hamilton. Ingram denied the ertarge, and Hamilton said tl at the things were given her. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty egainst Hamil ton, and acquitted Ingram. The prisoner Hamilton was then sentenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. MARLBRO'-STREET-( THIS DAY.) M URDERI/US ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. Benton a stout y oung fellow, ab, ut six net high, was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with violeetiy us saulting E:izabeth Harris, an untortuuate woman re siding in Cromer- street. The prosecutrix, whose face and head were covered with blood, and who altogether presented a dreadful appearance, deposed that about three o'clock this morn ing she WAS in Oxford -street, when the prisoner, whom she had never seen before, came up to tier and requested her to hive him some money. She said she had Lot got any, and bade him go 013. He then laid hold of her and put his hand down her bosom; she struggled with him and eventually got from his clutches, and was naming away when he caught hold of her again, and struck her a tremendous blow on her fuse and knocked her down, and while she was lying on the retirement he kicked her about the head and other parts of the body with bi-. heavy-nailed boots. Stir called " Police" and " Murder," acid a constable came to her assistafice and took the prisoner into custody. The prosecutrix was subsequently conveyed to the hospital, where h, r wounds were dressed, and she was now in a very dat,gerroA state from the injuries she bad received. Javons, 89 C, was on duty in Oxf ird-street when he heard screams of " Murder" and " Pulice," and on running to the corner of Dean•street he saw the prosecutrix lying on the paiement in a pool of blood which was flowing from her head and mouth. Witness placed her in a door-way, and with another constable went after the prisoner, who was running away. Directly the prisoner saw them, he said, " You h—, if you attempt to take me, I will kick the front of your skulls in." They then closed with him, and attempted to take him, but such was his vio lence that they were obliged to have the aisistance of five more constables to convey him to the station. The prisoner denied the charge, and said his boots were too thin to inflict such wounds as 'the woman bore about her. The prisoner's boots, by the direction of the magis trate, were examined by Robards, the assistant gaoler, and found to be an inch thick in the sole, iron-tipped, and thickly studded with nails. A kick from them would be sufficient to kill an ox. The prisoner was remanded for a week. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Having very recently had occasion to travel from London to York and back upon the Great Northern Railway, which our readers will remember was opened to the public in August last as far as Peter borough, it aflOrds us the greatest pleasure to bear our testimony to the general merits of the line, as a safe, speedy, and commodious means of transit from the metropolis to the ancient city of York. For the first ten or twelve miles from London, the line runs through a series of short tunnels, working its way into the open country among and underneath the in numerable small picturesque hamlets which cluster around the vicinity of this metropolis. It then pro ceeds through Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, in a straight line, to Huntingdon, passing in its course Hatfield, Welwyn, Stevenage, Hitchin, Arsley, Big gles wade, Sandy, and St. Neots. From Hatfield it ap pears originally to have been the intention of the company to throw off branches right and left, to Hertford and St. Alban's, and from Sandy to the town of Bed ford, but those works for the present remain in a state of abeyance. From Huntingdon the lines goes on to Peterborough, through Holme, and several other small towns; thence, going through Lincoln shire, it diverges by a loop further towards the sea coast, to the Wash and Boston; thence it proceeds to Lincoln ; and thence on to York, by way of Bawtry, Askerne, Doncaster, and several other important towns in the East Riding of York. From Bios ton there is a very important branch to Hull and Great Grimsby, running parallel with the sea coast throughout its entire length, and intersecting the principal towns in its way. Up to the present time the direct line from London to York is only com pleted as far as Peterborough, but the unfinished por tion, running straight across the country from Peter. borough to Retford and .Bawtry, by way of Newark upon-Trent, is now in course of rapid con struction. Some faint idea may be formed of the magnitude of this gigantic undertaking, when we state that the line from London to Peterborough cost no less a sum than 3,000,0001. The importance of that portion of the undertaking, irrespective of its forming a considerable part of the direct line from London to York, is indicated by its now affording a new and continuous route from the metropolis, by Peterborough, to B,ston and Hull ; by Lincoln and Retford to Sheffield ; by Doncaster to Wakefield, Leeds, York, and the northern counties of England, and thence into Scotland. The distance by this route from London to Hull is 173 miles, including the New H Maud ferry, and to Yurk 210 miles. The distance saved between London and York, even by the present comparatively circuitous route, is like miles, and between London and Peterborough and London and Lincoln nearly thirty miles. Such is a coucke description of the general direction which the Great Northern wail way takes. The obj , ct of its directors is to thvelope the local traffic of the dis tricts traversed by the main line and locp, and to afford the utmost facilities fur the interchange and transmis sion of p assengers and merch indise from and to the lines of other companies communicating therewith, without injuriously competing with them. It is considered, as a whole, one of the best constructed lines of rail way in the kingdom by persons who have travelled upon it, and who are competent to form an opinion of its merits. The engineering works throughout are of the most ample, substantial, and permanent kind, whilst the carriages and general appointments of the line are characterisea in a remarkable degree by taste, skill, convenience, comfort, and completeness. The country it traverses is remarkably picturesque, with the exception perhaps of Lincolnshire, which our readers know is fiat and marshy. Imagination cannot conceive more beautiful landscape scenery than that which the line intersects on its way from the metropolis to Peterborough. Woodland and water, hill and dale, meadow and arable land of the ,richest quality, sweetly commingling, and dotted over and diversified in every direction by towns and hamlets, chateau-houses, and church spires, the traveller is en chanted as he speeds on his way through Hertford shire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire. Seen, as was our lot, in early morn, when the sun, just peep ing above the horizon, bathed the woodland heights in a sea of golden light, and under an autumnal sky, when the gladsome earth bore on its bosom the fruits of an abundant harvest, and the va riegated tints of the umbrageous woods spoke both of beauty and decay—when air and sky were vocal with the melody of birds, and the jocund song or whistle of the ploughboy as he " drove his team afield —the exquisite repose and beauty of landscape scenery so endlessly rich and varied as that, sheds over the mind and heart, susceptible of emotion, an influence touch ing and ennobling in the enjoyment, sweet in the recollection. _ _ _ From Peterborough to Lincoln, by way of Boston, the country through which the line runs being ex tremely flat, is almost wholly destitute of interest. One sight, however, on this portion of the journey, gives rise to some degree of reflection. For miles over miles thereabouts, the line runs alongside—on the very banks, i ufact—of one of those large river-canals which used, not many years ago, to carry on their bosoms the passenger traffic and merchandize between all the important towns of the midland counties of England especially. As the train sped along the banks of this great highway, it was cu rious to observe how completely its waters were deserted, and how the traffic which aforetime it waftal from place to place was now divided and borne to its destination by a rival power with almost the velocity of the wind, and which mocks the highway it has supplanted by travelling along its very margin. Could the Duke of Bridgewater have had but the faintest foreshadowing of this mighty change when he conceived and was working out his great canal scheme, how he must have faltered in the execution of his purpose. The expectation of the directors at present we believe is, that the station at King's -cross will be erected and fit for use, and the remainder of the direct line to York be completed towards the end of next year, thereby realising one of the prime ob jects of the company—the shortening the journey from London to York by thirty miles. We referred some days ago to the fact, for which we have the best authority, that Ministers intend, , immedi ately after the re-assembling of Parliament, tointroduce . a measure for the ex ten s ion of the electoral qualiticAlon. We are now enabled to add, that not only will the contemplated measure greatly enlarge the number of voters in cities and boroughs, but that it .will makea great addition to the county constituencies. One of its leading provisions has been men tioned to us ; but it w ould be premature to promulgate it until it has formally received the sanction of the Cabinet. We may, however, mention, that should the provision in question be adopted, of which we believe that there can be little doubt, it w ill a dd near l y 300,'i00 t o th e coun ty consti tuencies of Engl an d an d W a l es . W e can f ar th er s t a t e , th a t, with the view of making the intended measures as complete and satisfactory as possible, Ministers have lately caused in quiries to be mad e i nto t h e operat i on o f t h e present electoral system in different parts of the country.—Advertiser. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The usual monthly meeting of this society took place on Monday evening, ltdr. B. Waterhouse, President, in the chair. The - Rev. Joseph Greene, Miss Stoeford, and Thomas Thompson, Esq., were elected subscribers to the society. Mr. Shepherd exhibited a specimen of noaagria cannm that was henna. phrodite. Mr. S. Stevens exhibited three cocoons of a bombyx, from Columbia, in each of which he had found two pups; he also exhibited the four new coleoptera, de scribed by Mr. Newman in the Zoologist. Mr. J. F. Stephens exhibited specimens from Scotland of dictyopterus aurora and Linea octrareella of Tengstrom ; the latter had been found by Mr. Weaver in ants' nests. Mr. Bond exhibited several rare lepidoptera, taken a t V en t nor in August. A spec imen of deilephila celerio was exhibited by the President on the part of Mr. G. Ransome. P a p ers , by Mr. Saunders, on Australian longicorus; by Mr. Hewitson, on new papili ogidm ; and by Mr. Westwood, on eyania, wets then read. IN RE BLACKIIALL. Mr. OGLE moved, in the waiter of an arbitration, for a rule to show cause why the award of the umpire should not be set a-ide. It appeared by the affidavits that a dis puted debt was referred to the arbitration of two gentle men, who could not agree, and each proposed a distinct umpire, to which the other otjected. For tha purpose, therefore, of getting over this difficulty, they hit upon the plan ef writin4 the names of the two proposed umpires on two distinct pieces of pap-r, and having put the slips into a bat, the first that was drawn out was to be the umpire. it.is in.ide of e:ectiop, however, was contended to be illegal, q,s the Courts hal laid it down as a tule that the appointment of an umpire must not be a matter • f &mum but musr, have the sanction of the will and judgment of the two arbitratirs, and hence it was insisted the award in this case was not valid. Rule granted. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE NAIRNE. To-day was appointed fur an adjourned dividend meeting in the case of this bankrupt, who formerly car ried on business as a stockbroker in Warnford-court City. The bankrupt speculated largely in shares, &c., and misappropriated some Exchequer-bills, &0., for which he was sentenced to twelve menths' imprisonment. Out of one of these cases a question arose at the last meeting, on a proof tendered by the Rev. Mr. Bunco for 2,0001., the value of some Russian Bonds, which the bankrupt had converted to his owu use. The facts were these :—Mr. Bance had given money to the bankrupt to invest in Russian Bonds, which he did, but retained them for some time by con sent ; the dividends were paid up to the time of the bankruptcy, when it was discovered that bankrupt had sold the bonds soon after ho got them. Mr. Bunco commenced a prosecution, which, however, was abandoned, as was alleged on the part of the assignees, on payment of costs, but bankrupt was convicted on an indictment preferred by a Mr. Spurgen, who had been defrauded out of Exchequer•-bills to the amount of 1,800/. Mr. Spurgeu was admitted to prove fur that sum, but an objection vs as taken to the claim by Mr. Bunce, on the ground that he had not prosecuted with effect, and therefore was not entitled to the civil remedy. On the contrary, it was contended that there was no proof of any compromise, but supposing there had been, it was not a compromise of felony but of misdemeanour. His noisome said that in such a case, if it were not a felony it ought to be made one, and he should adjourn the cave for the examination of Mr. Bunce, and it would become an inquiry whether the re was not a probable cause to suspect felony, if so, as he had not prosecuted, the proof could not be admitted; the policy of the law being to compel a person to do his duty to the public before be sought private benefit. Mr. STEELE now appe fired, and said that Mr. Bunco had unf ueunately died since the last meeting, and there fore could not be examined, and the proof was now tendered on behalf of the executors. Mr. HILLIEARY renewed his argument, and said that Mr. Steele had admitted to him that the costs had been paid, therefore Mr. Bunce could not have maintained an action against the bankrupt. The assignees had had no notice of the death of Mr. Bunce, or they would have brought bankrupt up on a habeas. His HONOUR said that one of the objects of the exa mination of Mr. Bunco was to see whether the bankrupt ought not to have been indicted for felony instead of misdemeanour, and if so, Mr. Bunco would not have been entitled to his civil remedy until he had preeecuted. He should not name any further meeting till bankrupt had undergone his sentence. The meeting was then adjourned. SECOND ARIES:—(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) JAMES AND ANOTHER V. THE ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAILWAY COMPANY. The plaintiffs in this case are Mr. James and Mr. Sawyer, who were retained as joint solicitors of the En field and Edmonton Railway Company to obtain an Act of Parliament for the usual purposes. The Act was obtained, atter which the directors disposed of their right to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The present action was brought to recover the sum of 741., which plaintiffs had expended is counsel,' fees. Mr. BAGLEY appeared for the plaintiffs, but the de fendants allowed judarneut to go by default. A verdict was therefore given for the amount claimed. AIREY, V. PARSONS AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff in this action is an underwriter, and de fendants were in p-atnership as insurance brokers. The action was bri , ught to recover 141. 6d.' for premiums on insurances. The action was originally brought against Persons alone, who admitted the debt, but he pleaded in abate me!it that he had a partner named Reynolds. A second action was then brought against both, and Reynolds ad mitted his liabilit y , but detendant pleaded t hat he was not indebted. Evidence was then adduced, proving defe ndant's ad mission, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Tills DAY.) Rose Hamilton and Jane Ingram were indicted for stealing, on the 28;h of October, from the person of James M , lrtin divers moneys , hi s proper ty. The pri soners pleaded not guilty, Mattin said he was a Chelsea pensioner, and on the 28th October he met the .prisoners near Eiton bridge, Pimlico, and atter some conversation treated them to . somegin. After he had left the public-house a policeman asked him if he had lost anything, and upon Hatching his pockets found that among other things he had loot medal of the Thames Tunnel sad a franc piece. WEDNESDAY' EVENING, NOVEMBER MAGAZINES, &c-(CONTINUED.) FRASER. We comrr en I ' o e perus 1 1 of alt re actionaries, Youn g E ng l an d e r s , Protectionists, Char fists, Soci a li s t ; , (Amin nags, et hoc gents omne, the perusal of the opening article of Fraser for this month. It is enti: led "1 he Comfortable Doctrine of Compensations," and it proves by various instances that every one of the magic changes of these eventful times, howsoever they may have overwhelmed some with sorrow and perplexity, have more than compen sated for the temporary and partial evil they have occasioned by the permanent good they have brought . :Otte, and that even the sufferers themselves are ulti mately compensated. Take, for instance, the case of the present low price of agricultural produce : "In the first vacs., there is the compensation, often overlooked but nut the less real, of a diminished price of the first necessaries of life to the producer himself, to his family and household; secondly, the farmer can procure a; a more economical rate the produce which he does not raise, but which ho requires for the foeding of :tuck; thirdly, it he have previously paid wages duly proportioned to the then price of food, he can saf-ly re duce ahem, and if a just rent, he may demand a reduc tion at least proportioned to the landlord's gain in the shape of ciwap provisions.' Farther, as cheap food re sults from large production, he must of necessity employ rather more than less labour, and so still further reduce the poor-rate already diminished by the low price of food consumed within the workhouse. The burden of county-rates is also diminished; for cheap food means a lower expenditure on the inmates of prisons, and a re duetiou in the number of commitments. All these COM pelsations, however, arse trivial when compared with the. great gam to toe nation by a diminished price of the first necessaries of life. Dues not all history teach us that cheap food means, not merely less crime and less. paup , riern, but less political excitement—in orderly com muoities fewer riots, in turbulentones fewer revolutions? Riots and revolutions are, as we all know, the common consequences of want of employment in dense town po pulations; and that want of employment is always co incident with a high price of provisions, and rapidly dis appears as the price of food falls. In our English towns, with our libarty of action and speech, dear food and scanty occupation, if they proceed beyond turbulent public meetings, show themselves in conflicts with the police; but in Paris the same causes work out into revo lutions. We are convinced that all the revolutions of France have been really due to these causes, and not to mere political theories; and just because the price of food is now very low, we do not look forward to another revolution emanating from that centre of turbulence till we again enter upon the cycle of dear food. One obvious advantage of this view of the case is, that it lowers dis turbances and revolutions from the high dignity of chil dren of the intellect and conscience, to the less flattering parentage of the appetite cheated of its due supply of food. If we are right, and more faith is really to be placed in the low price of food than in the sword of Chan garnier, the English agriculturist, in common with the rest of the world, may thank what he regards as a per sonal calamity for the peace which is so necessary an ele. ment in the prosperity of all nations, and of all the in dividuals of which they consist. " The rationale of this order of compensations is very simple. A low price of food immediately affects every consumer in the kingdom. He pays less for the loaf of bread, and the pence which he thus saves are spent in clothing, books, and other common necessaries, and in luxuries bordering upon them. The demand on the retail dealer is soon felt in the wholesale warehouse, and thence is transmitted to the great seats of manufacture. In this way the depression of the agriculturist leads in evitably to the elevation of the manufacturing interest. The two will then, for the first time, flourish in harmony, when cheap food shall be fully compensated bytincreased production. This, according to the modern school of political economy, is the destined work of free trade, with its corollaries of free labour and diminished taxation." The writer gives us a still stronger case, viz., the case of the slop system. Of this system he says Even this evil is not without its bright side. By providing cheap clothing for the masses, it has met a demand which it was of the first importance to supply, and has been instrumental, to a certain degree, in di minishing the numbers of ragged and ill-dressed people. But it has had another good result. It has brought, within much narrower limits the old system of doing business at the West-end, by means of long credits and high-prices—a system which compelled the punctual paymaster to discharge the debts of dishonest noble men and gentlemen, who were accordingly clothed at his charge, very much to their own satisfaction and his disgust. Through the competition of Messrs. Moses, Ilyam, and Nicoll, this system has happily received its death-blow, to the great relief of poor parsons, doctors, and lawyers." Very rich men, who know not the value of money, or very unprincipled men, who pay their debts by a periodical appearance in the Insolvent or the Bank ruptcy Courts, may magniloquently rail against the purchasers of cheap goods ; but the industrious man, who honestly pays his debts, hails the cheapness of provisions and of clothing as a blessing. Our friend, the Naturalist, gives us much curious infor mation concerning the habits of the turtle tribe, and intersperses his communication with much gastrono mic lore touching the cooking and feeding of the green species, the furnishers of Callipee and Calli pash ; and a New Yorker continues his sketches of American Society. We have also reviews of Captain Hervey's " Ten Years in India," of M. Romieu's work on Cmsarisin," Of Pd. Coltnache's " Life of T. 1.• leyranti,' and a very interesting paper on the Wal lacha in Transylvania THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. Yesterday being the anniversary of the gunpowder plot, the appointed services were read in the several churches, together with the Act of Parliament passed in the 3,1 James I. for the observance of the day. The royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somerset house, the Admiralty, the church of St. Martin-in the-Fields, &c., and the shipping in the river and the docks were decorated with flags. At one o'clock salutes were fired from the Tower, St. James's-rark, Woolwich, and at the several forts and garrisons throughout the kingdom. The recent unpopular proceedings of the Pope has had the effect of giving quite a new character to the —of late years—almost forgotten celebration. From an early hour yesterday morning the bye streets of the metropolis and its suburbs were rife with the effigies of " Guido Fawkes,'' while crowds of urchins i❑ all directions called upon her Mjesty's liege subjects, in sonorous tones, to Remember, remember, the fifth of November! Gunpowder tr. a'on, and plot. As the day advanced, " Guys of larger growth" presented themselves in the more frequented tho roughfares, attended by numberless idlers, who kept up a running fire of pellets against the Pope and Popery. In some cases an attendant carried a bowl of whitewash and a brush, with which ever and anon be inscribed on the walls and pavement, in rude characters, "No Popery," "N o wafer-0.045," "No Catholic humbug," and similar anti-Romanist ex pressions. The Guys were received with more than usual welcome by the populace, and the conductors of the several groups found no difficulty in levying handsome " mail" on the passengers. An impression having obtained that some demon stration on a large scale would he made in the vicinity of the Catholic cathedral in St. George's-fields, a great many persons assembled at that neighbourhood about mid-day. Beyond the occasional appearance of an itinerant " Guy," however, these parties found nothing to gratify their curiosity. Two or three householders, , probably apprehensive from the proximity of •their residences to the Romish church, that they might be considered "followers of that faith," and thus meet with rough treatment, exbibited placards, bearing loyal and anti-Romanist inscriptions. One lusty Protestant, in letters three inches deep, called upon "Gad to preserve Queen Victoria from the Pope and Popery;" another inveighed against the worship of " wafer-gods;" and a third expressed his unmitigated contempt for all "Catholic humbug." In brief, with these few exceptions, there was nothing to distin guish the district of the Romish cathedral from any other part of the metropolis. About half an hour after noon, there issued from the purlieus of Farringdon-market into Fleet-street, a "group of Guys," which—as well from their colossal size, as by the amusement and laughter they occasioned on their progress through the streets — must be fairly pronounced the pageant of the day. This group had evidently been "got up" by some zealous anti-Romanists, regardless of cost. It con sisted of about fourteen figures—animate and inani mate—presided over by a colossal Guy, about sixteen feet in height, who elevated in his chariot—a van drawn by two horses—was compelled to bow down considerably before he could be made to pass beneath Temple-bar. This pageant included an animate effigy of the new Cardinal Archbishop of Westmins ter, attired in the gaudy canonical robes of the Romish church, and wearing the red and broad brimmed hat appertaining to his office. The cardi nal was supported on the right by a waggish fellow, habited in the robes of a nun, and upon the left by a jolly fat monk, who leered impudently under his mask at the passers-by. There was also a second figure of a monk looking very lugubriously, and labelled "St. Guy—the Martyr!" An animate figure, holding a brush and a pale of whitewash, inscribed, " Holy water for the penitent !" A man in barrister's robes, aud three or four masks, completed the group. The van bore two large inscriptions, the one " Cardinal St. Impudence going to take possession of his diocese in Westminster ;" and the other " Guy Fox going to be canonised in St. George's•fields ; " and several smaller ones, such as "No Popery !" &c. On its ap pearance in Fleet-street this group attracted an im mense crowd, who greeted it with loud cheers and ' laughter. Several police officers were in attendance, and, accompanying the procession to the confines of the City, gave to it something of an official character. After passing through Temple-bar the " cardinal and the " Guy" were conveyed through the Strand and Covent-garden Market, thence back into the Strand to Charing-cross, and after passing up Regent street and down Bond-street, returned through Whitehall over Westminster-bridge to St. George's fields, where they arrived shortly after four o'clock. Although a great concourse of persons attended this procession throughout the whole route indicated, there was no attempt at disturbance of any kind during the day. The next most imposing " Guy" preambulating the streets was an equestrian effigy—also of colossal size —which confined its wanderings to the eastern dis tricts of the metropolis, and, like its western proto type, was accompanied by a very great crowd of spectators. Other " smaller fry" thronged the streets until a late hour. _ _ _ The police regulations for the prevention of fire works had the effect of confining the pyrotechnic displays to the suburban districts of the meteopolis, iu some of which very extensive bonfires and other : demonstrations took place. At seven o'clock several thousands of persons as sembled in the Cambridge -heath-road, Bsthnal-green, and the various avenues adjoining, for the purpose of witnessing the destruction by fire of the effigy of Car dinal Wiseman, with those of the eleven bishops. The piece of ground selected was the green, which was granted for the purpose by Miss Eastman, the freeholder. Oa this space a pile of several loads of - faggots, under which were some tar' barrels, Was placed. The effigy of the Cardinal was raised on a stage properly suspended in the centre of the pile, and those of the bishops were attached to poles. A splendid display of fireworks followed, a band playing the National Anthem, which was enthusiastically responded to. About dusk, notwithstanding the precept from the Lord Mayor,some thousand of persons took possession of Tower-hill, and a continuous discharge of pyro technics was kept up without the least intermission for several hours. Whilst the fireworks were being let off, a large figure, representing " His Holiness " on a donkey, was led into the ground. The animal wore a cardinal's hat, and on its tail was placed a large placard, on which was printed " This is Wiseman, which produced roars of laughter. Se veral persons, representi ng " right rev. f at h ers, " walked at the side of the animal. So great did the crowd at length get that it was found necessary to have a large body of police under Mr. Inspector Tod hunter, to preserve something like order, and guard the property of the inhabitants. At Bonner's-fields the effigy o f th e P o pe, in his full canonicals, was destroyed i n t h e prese nce of an i m mense number of persons, w h o test ifi e d their ap probation by hearty cheers, m i ng l e d w ith cries of ensue. "Down with the Pope" and a continuous discharge of fireworks. At the Surrey side of the water similar expressions of public disapprobation were evinced last night ; and d owing to the large number of fireworks .discharge case their i T t h w e a fi s re a m pp e r n eh o e f nd th ed e tp o at nd s o o n me ßr m ig i a s d ch e therefore, ordered to be in constant readiness, in services might be required. Up to ten o'clock last night, however, no accident of any importance had happened. their At Richmond the inhabitants showed .disap proval in every conceivable way of the appointment made by the Pope. The discharges of fireworks,and the destruction of the Pope's effigy, proceeded with great spirit. Blackheath-park, At Hampton Court, Kingston, places, there were Guildford, Godalming, and various otheriewfeEnrel,ght were also anti-Popery demonstrations. of Guy s , A t Exeter there was a grand procession Archbishop f in which the Popes, the Cardinal the new o Westminster, the Inquisitor-General, as PopishPuse't bishops and the Burnish priests disguised appropriate Yle clergymen, all appeared in . aunted the costumes, The priests disguised as Pusey :' ite3eeded fol lowing:— song as the procession ,proceeded:-- , " We stick firm to the loaves and fishes, And hold fast with very ge . eat care ; It is clear if we give up our liv i ngs, We cannot yet live upon air. Sing fal de lal, &c. " The world no doubt hypoc rites call us. And bid us act honest and fair, But what can we do with our wives then, uon For they cannot yet live Sing fal au% de lal, &c." lral- d The procession entered the Cathedral-yard yar about half-past eight, and moved round_ the yard. Th e intervals, for those who liked it, procession stopped at and then proceeded to kiss the great toe of the Pope, and Cardinal to the bonfire, where the Popet with all the wtre hanged on a gibbet, and burn their late daring andindignity heaped upon them, which th usurpation of impu dent, but at the same time contemptible, es. power over the British pe ople deserves. The general were then kicked bishops and the inquisitor then kicked ' into it, the kicked round the bonfire, and playing "God Save the Queen," and the p eop l e baud singing— " Frustrate their Popish tricks, Confound their politics, God save the Queen." Notwithstanding these general expre3qon3 of the popular feeling, no outrage of any kind appears to have taken place. Westmnster, on Tu es d ay next, A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's molt E ho x n e o h u e r ci a u b e l r e C P h ri a v in y b C er o , i uncil is appointed to m ee t in de the 12th inst., to settle the roll of Sheriffs for the en suing year. BENTLEY. The present is an excellent number of the Miscel lany, the papers are numerous, are all well-written, and the charm of variety has been effectively secured. The opening paper, " A Sketch of the Siege of Moot tan," by John James Cole, will be read with much interest. Mr. Cole was assistant-surgeon in the allied army—that army which was created by the genius and exertions of Major Edwardes, of whom we have an engraved portrait in illustration of the article. Mr. Cole was with Major Edwardes during the whole of the Mooltan campaign, and has, in this vivid sketch, recorded his•reminiscences of it from the rais- 1 ing of the troops by Edwardes and Courtland, to the moment when the fl sg of England waved' upon the walls of the captured city. Mr. Robert Bell's admirable novel, of " The Ladder of Gold,', is fast drawing to a conclusion ; in the present instalment we learn that Crickey Snaggs is the nt:!-• tural. son of Raggles, who had intrusted 5001. for his use to the care of Richard Rawlings, and this Ri.. chard Rawlings declares is the death-bed secret of information of Lord Charles Eton, acting on the of Bogey, had attempted to make so much. Lord Charles Eton himself has been most dangerously, if not mortally, wounded in his duel with H e nry 'Win ston, and his danger brings out the character of Lord William, his haughty uncle, in a much more amiable light ; the ice of aristocracy is thawed by grief, the proud noble discovers that he has a he ar t, an d th e l o rd becomes a human being. In this mood of mind he appreciates the quiet, unobtrusive virtues of Mar garet, and for the first time in his life treats her with kindness. The author o f " L or d B acon i n A d vers i ty " contributes a pleasant, go ss ipi ng zoo l og i ca l paper on lions, and Abraham Eld er a " scream i ng " co micality entitled " The Prince of Zooloo," which we commend to the perusal of all well-to-do tradesman who may chance to be afflicted with an emigration fever. Mr. Drummond Wolff continues his amusing sketches of Spanish life, and in the present instalment gives us an animated description of a bull-fight. The " Inedited Letters of Mrs. Piozzi" are continued, as is the amusing paper by Mr. Charles Leaman on "Trout-fishing in the United States," and the comical biography of the Louisiana " Swamp Doctor." We find also in the present number a translation of the Count de Monts livet's recently published memoir, "King Louis Philippe and his Civil List ;" but seeing the Count de Montalivet was himself the Intendant of the Civil List, and is, therefore the person of all others, next to Louis Philippe himself, the most personally interested in making out a " good case," we must confess that it would have been inure satisfactory to have had the evidence of some unbiassed person in corrobora tion of the statements of the Count de Montalivet. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 5. Her Majesty walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert • went out shooting this morning, accompanied by Lord Sey mour, and attended by Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Lord Sey mour, will join the royal dinner circle this evening. Sir George Grey arrived in town last evening from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his official residence in D o wning-street yesterday even ing, from his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. is ß c ir o E n;pleted i:L •e s le n g F ri o tp ß h p, HA S Z T G iI s - AND and at work on this line cc far as Rye. In consequence of an B E R A A S s T c E H R . extensive slip near Hastings the line will not ,be opened fur traffic for at least three weeks. It is satisfactory to be N enabled to state that the Commissioners of Railways are of R Th A e n e W lec A t Y ri — c opinion that the whole of the alterations made by the South- Eastern Company, but objected to by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company, are consistent with the public safety, and not prejudicial to the public interests, and that as to some of the alterations, they. arc calculated to improve the line. RETIRING PENSIONS or JUDGES.—Lord Denman i s t h e on ly Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Erskine the only Puisne Judge in England, now enjoying a retiring pension. Th ere is at present no judge from the common law courts in Ireland receiving a retired allowance. In Scotland the Lord President of the Court of Session and two other judges have at present retiring pensions, and there are no less than five ex.-Chancellors at this moment in the receipt of the retired allowance —viz., Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord Cottenham in England, and Sir Edward Segden and Lord Plunkett in Ireland. MADAME ANNA THILLON.—We understand that this tascinating artist will appear, in conjunction with Mr. Hudson, the celebrated Irish comedian, in a new musical and dramatic entertainment, to be given, in the course of the present month, in one of our leading concert-roolust E, 1850. AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES. THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF AGRI CULTURAL TENANCIES; with Forms and Precedents. By George Wingrove Cooke, of the Middle Temple, Barristerltt-Law,, Author of " A Treatise on Inclosures," &c., &c. . Bvo. London, 1850. Mr. Wingrove Cooke, of the Home Circuit, is one of those toiling lawyers who fill up a long vacation with a long task. When others hie away to rustling stubbles and breezy hills these laborious sons of Themia retire into their inner chamber, shut their doors about them, and, having summoned their calf-skin-bound familiars to their aid, cast—an octavo. An example, by the way, to our agricultural friends, how men in other pursuits are obliged to rely upon their own efforts, and to strive, to labour, and to couipete for business and for eminence. The result of Mr. Cooke's long vacation is a very remarkable book—remark able, not because it is a good law book with cases and statutes, and contents and index, all in good order and well put together. A man who knows his business has no great difficulty in compiling such a thing, and the production generally vouches more:for the authur's power of plodding than for his power of brain. Mr. Cooke might have perpetrated a hundred professional volumes without attracting our attention ; nor, although conveyancing is A seieneJ, which Lord Coke supposes • Began about the time of Moses, should we have cared to follow him through a labyrinth of cases and covenants. But this volume, . without intending it,. and while pur porting only to tell country attorneys how to draw 'farming leases, and landowners how to check their agents' valuations, in reality lays bare a state of law and a social evil which few persons Could suspect to exist even in a code of laws made entirely ,'y land lords. It seems that the law as between a farmer and his landlord differs from that which rules the bargains of any other classes. If a baker sets up an oven, or a brewer sets up a set of vats for the purpose of carrying on his business, the fixtures remain his own, and he can take them away when his tenancy ceases. If a farmer sets up a thrashing machine, a barn, a feeding shed, or a steam-engine, it imme diately becomes the property of the landlord, who may turn him out with half-a-year's notice, and take possession of the whole without one farthing compen sation. We only wonder that the same rule does not apply to the farmer's stocks and his household furni ture ; and indeed it might just as rationally be applied to his wife and daughters. Again, it seems that if a farmer agree with his landlord that he will spend one, two, or three thousand pounds in draining and im proving the farm (and without such agreement all the improvements might be taken possession of without compensation),if the estate is entailed the next possessor is not bound by the agreement, and the farmer may be turned out on his landlord's death without any no tice whatever. Such is the state of the law between landlords and their farmers, and in the face of this our Stattleys and Richmonds have the coolness to exhort their tenants to spend capital upon the land. " You want skill—you want enterprise. Why don't you drain ? Try subsoil ploughing—buy manurea—adopt high farming—raise double crops," shout the noble founders of Protectionist societies ; and the press re echoes the cry, and comfortable citizens wonder that farmers won't carry on their business like cotton spinners, and invest the proper amount of capital to ensure a return of profit. No wonder that such harangues fall upon dull ears. Swift is said to have preached a short charity sermon in these words:— "He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord ; my brethren, if you like the security, down with your money." The farmers do not like the security; but as they dare not say so, they silently act upon their convictions, and the land is scantily cultured, and so it will continue to be as long as landlords have the monopoly of law-making, and use their power to make such laws as these. Mr. Cooke sees the only remedy in written agreements, which shall provide the compensations that the law desires. On this sub ject he says, in his preface— " Written contracts, whether in form of agreements or leases, are grown into more general, but still not into very general, use throughout tee kingdom. The ordi nary class of farmer—with not too much capital, no exuberant enterprise, and little eonfidende in new sys ' - tems but with considerable shrewdness and gr e at t a l en t for b argaining—prefers the elasticity of a parol contract. Reductions of rent, allowances for improvements, and the lax culture obligations of the custom of the country, are all opportunities for constant haggling, and, unless the agent be a very shrewd, hard man, for constant petty victories. No wonder that a simple verbal tenancy is preferred by this class, to security for improvements they never intend to make, sad covenants for good husbandry precisely defined. "Gradually; however, cunning must give place to wis dom; and this class of farmers must surrender to stran gers, or must be succeeded by sons who have learned the necessity of an exact demarcation of their rights and obligations. Little advantages gained, small reductions, occasional allowances, are as nothing when compared with the vast yearly difference of produce raised from the same land, by a farmer who drains and highly manures and a farmer who does not. Yet he must be tso improvident a man to be a good farmer, who should invest in the land capital sufficient for high cultivation, without some security that a change in the ownership of the estate (whatever well-fJunded confidence he may have in the present landlord) may not at any mom,nt bring a novice to give up farm, improvements, and capital, and leave it all, uncompensated, to a stranp-r. If the modern system of husbandry is to progress until it be comes universal, prect,e written contracts must extend over the land with ant qual pace. It will b conceded that a species of contras , , which thus bids fair to con trol the management of all tbo land of England, deserves more especial consideration than it could receive in those general works whereof it formed bat a very subordinate subdivision." Mr. Cooke has collecte.l all the precedents of agree ments that have been adopted by landlords who are ,inclined to deal jistli? with their tenantry, and we are not surprised to find that these - are'the men who are least heard of as Protectionist spouters. Ationg those who are the advocates of tenant right, and who " —know what's right—not only so, But also practise what they know," are Lord Yarborough and Earl de Grey, the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Tollernache of Cheshire, Mr. Par kinson of Ley Fields, Mr. Woollett 'Wilmot, Mr. Bartholomew of Wragby, Mr. Badcock of Launces ton, and many other eminent liberal landlords and agriculturists, whose different schemes of tenant right allowances are all set forth in the book. These landowners are inclined to consult their own interest and their tenants by doing common honesty, but there are numbers upon whom mere ex ample will be thrown away. When we open this book we wonder that it never was written before; and when we find that no such book existed before we cease to wonder that farming leases are on all hands admitted to be expensive sheep skins, filled with absurd stipu lations impossible to reduce to practice. Mr. Cooke has now armed the country attorney with a full knowledge of all the mysteries of corn-rents, crop ping, and manuring, and the land agent with all the legal knowledge necessary to draw a farming agree • went. lie has explained in his preface the peculiar facilities he has enjoyed for combining the two sciences of law and agriculture, and obvious as was the neces sity of such a book to meet what the Protectionists call the agricultural crisis, there was probably no other man than himself, in either Trofession, who could have written it. We hope it may lead not only to the professional reputation and profit which the author no dotibt very fairly had in view, but also to a revision of the whole state of the law upon this 'subject, and a little justice to the agricultural tenant. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. . TO THE , EDITOR OF.TH ISUAV. trust to Your truthfulness to insert this answer to' your attack upo❑ the prebendaries of St. Paul's. 1. The prebendaries are not members of the Chapter. 2. They have not the slightest authority in the Cathe dral. 3. Alt of us who were appointed since the Ecclesiasti cal Rt firm Act derive no revenue from the Cathedral estates. Our appointments are entirely honorary, and although we. are happy to receive this mark of distinc tion from our Bishop, we have no ambition of the addi tional honorary title of " Twopenny Showmen of St. Paul's." ,Lrt the blame of so odious an act rest with those to whom it attaches, the Dean and fur Canons, who have the whole and sole control of the Cathedral. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A PREBENDARY. P.S. I enclose my name fot your satisfaction, not for publication. • NEW PIER AT' RYDE.—An earnest movement is being made for the erection of a noble pier, worthy of Ryde. Surveys and estimates have been made, and a plan is in course of execution. It is proposed. to. have it of galvanised iron, about three times the width of the present one, with head in proportion, and to be furnished with a tram-road and carriages fur the accommodation of passengers. It will run from the Dover a little to the east of Rvde, where good approaches can be secured easily, the ground being yet un occupied. There is no want of capital to carry it through the opposition anticipated from the proprietors of the present old pier, whose want of spirit and liberality in forwarding the improvements proposed last year, have induced the present movement; and those who would have been the last to re move the traffic from its present site, are forward now to sup port the measure, from a conviction that, like the New bteam Company, it is the only way left to keep pace with the re quirements of the day. _ _ AN ADVENTURE AT WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.- A youth at I):irham, while visiting Wombwell's menagerie, laid his band upon the paw of an African lion, which was protruded beneath the bars, a familiarity which the brute resented in a fearful manner. With the quickness of light ning the animal laid hold of the unhappy intruder by the hand, arid drawing,bitn close against the bars of the cage, with his other paw he fastened upon his head. The cries of the lad instantly attracted the attention of the keeper, who flew to the spot, and after severely beating the infuriated brute upon the paws, compelled him to relinquish his hold. The whole proceeding was the work of a moment, but the unfortunate lad retains traces of his fearful rencontre, which he will bear with him to the grave. His head and both his hands are lacerated in a terrible manner, and in addition to which he has received several severe scratches on the throat and neck. .The tumult occasioned in the Menagerie by this incident is indescribable.—Durham Ad vertiser. RAILWAY lINTTELLIGENCE. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCIIESTER. An extraordinary gen-.ral meeting of the -share holders of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the London and south-Western Railway Com pany's offices, York-road, for the purpose of consider ing the existing relaticins between the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Comps ny, and the London and South- Western company, ancl of taking such steps with re ference thereto as show. Id appeer to the meeting to he expedient; and for othe,7 special purposes. Mr. Wool mer in the chair. After a few preliminary remarks, the Chairman said that the following rei 'ort had been drawn up that morning by the board of directors, to be submitted to the consideration of the rmeeting:— “ In corifor mity with the wishes c xpressed by the pro prietors preaent.oa the 27. h of August last, this special general.mee:ing has been culled for the purpose, as stated by the notice, of conwidering the existing relations between this company and the London and SoLth- Western IZailmay Company, end of taking such eteps with reference thereto as sl aii apFelr expedient. " The directorssokoorved that, at the recent meeting of the London and South-Western Company, powers were giveu to, the directors of that company to make such arrangements in re.ipz.et of this undertaking as should appear fitting and just ;.and the (Erectors learn that the London and, Sou h-Western board have, iu order to carry out this obje(4, appoint e d a committee to meet a committee of this comp an y. T h i s course ap pears to the, board likely to lead to a sati , f4ctory result, and they. therefore recommend that the proprietors should appoint such a committee from their own body, includingsuch of the directors as are not nominees of the Lonuon and South-Western Railway, Company. And that the committee be authorised to confer with the committee appointed by .the London and South- Western Company's board; acd either report their re commendations to a future meeting of this proprietary, or proceed without such a report to (110 rr y them out as may seem best. The definition' and extent 'of •such powers . the board would leave in the hands of the meeting, and they have deemed it right to direct that the proper Gazette and newspaper notices should be given in the present month of an ap plication to Parliament for a dissolution of the company, and for enabling the legal completion'ef such arrange ments,between the two companies as may be found expedient. These notices it may be unnecessary to follow up by the introduction of any Bill into Parlia ment, but the board are of opinion that the time for publishing notices should not be allowed to pass with out the company being placed in a position to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session if necessary, and have given directions accordingly." The CuAramspir then moved that the above report should be received. Mr. Pens°Ns seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to questions, informed the meeting that, in the event of their adopting the recommendation of the directors, it would be for the committee nominated to ascertain at whose expense a Bill such as that alluded to should be brought into Parliament. There were only two members of their board, so far as he knew, who were not nominees of the London and South- Western Company. The proportion of shares held by the General Com pany and by the London and South-Western Com pany respectively, was as to I, the exact number being—General Company, 21,000 ; London and South-Western Company, 35,000. It was then moved by Mr. WILLIAMS, seconded by Mr. J. DRAY, and, after some conversation, carried, " That a committee should be appointed, consisting of five shareholders, namely, Messrs. Woolmer, Par sons, Edwards, Boyd, and Day, three to form a quorum, though the concurrence of four members should be necessary to any definite arrangement that might be entered into ; and that this committee should be empowered to negotiate with the directors of the London and South-Western Railway Company relative to the existing relations between the company and the London and South-Western Company, and to conclude such arrangements as they may consider for the interests of the company; and that such com mittee be empowered to take any steps that may be necessary to carry such arrangements into effect." Mr. CHAMIN assured the meeting that in all that regarded the London and South-Western IN! way Company the committee would be met in the most friendly and liberal manner, and he had every reason to believe that the conference would be attended with the most satisfactory results. The matter would be discussed freely, honourably, and impartially. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. DUNGARVAN ELECTION. Mr. John Francis Maguire, of the Cork Examiner, is about to redeem his pledge, and has already issued his address to the electors of Dungarvan. It is a long and ably drawn up document, and such as leaves no room for doubt as to the political principles of the candidate. He is, of course, a Repealer, and anti- Churchman, and an advocate of tenant-right. Touching the question of protection, Mr. Maguire observes— Believing, in my inmost soul, that there cannot be a wilder delusion than Oa; which supposes a restora tion to a protec ing duty on fireign cern, I shall net dwell on that subjec, sire only to say this much, that even ae; e protection possible of attainment, which I am thoroughly convinced it is not,—se believe the Manufacturing and trading commutitjes of Englsnd would rise in rebellion rattler than co! sent to reln,quish tle a Ivatitsge of a free trade in the staple article of lite,—l should not seek fd- it, and for two reasons; in the first place, because I hold it to be im politic and inhuman to impose a tax on the food of the poor, and, in the second, because any notion of a re turn to protection could only lead to a vigorous re newal of the worst form of rack-renting, and prevent that equitable settletneut of the land question which is so essenti.l to tee welfare of every class and interest in this country." ebtrO *4Dttion EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS), THE STEEPLECHASES. The Surrey Hunt Stceplechmse. Trust-me-not ... Lsmiquenet Whitley ... 11. ... 2 ••• 3 ••• ••• ••• ••• The Autumn Steeplechase. Spring Buck ... British Yeoman •• • 1 ... 2 ... 3 G ulnara Five ran. No race for the Aristocratic Stakes. MR. HENRY lIALLAm.—We have received with great regret intelligence of the death of Mr. Henry Hallam, only surviving son of the eminent historian of the " Middle Ages." This melancholy event took place at Sienna on the return of Mr. Hallam and his family from a short visit to Rome. It will be remembered by the large class of friends and admirers to whom Mi. Hallam is justly endeared that a similar misfortune, almost identical in some of its circum stances, bereaved him several years ago of an eldest son, whose genius and whose virtues had singularly endeared him to all Ms contemporaries. So sudden and so painful an affliction has seldom fallen twice upon the same family; and it is increased by the premature close of another the rich in every promise of personal excellence and professional dis tinction. THE MURDER IN JERSET.—The following are the terms of the verdict of the jury which sat to inquire into the means whereby Mrs. Cr.rifon cause by her death :—"That the said Mary M'llonald, wife of Edward Carlton, or Carle ton, died of the consequences of a wound inflicted by the said Carlton, or Carleton, on his said wife, with a knife or other instrument." On Saturday Carlton was brought before the Jersey Royal Court to plead to an indictment framed against him by the Crown officers for wiful murder. He, through his advocate, entered a plea of "Not Guilty," and with reserva tion of the point that the indictment was not in accordance with the verdict. Carlton seemed quite at his ease before the Court, betraying no signs whatever of anxiety or fear. SOUTH WALES IRON WORKS.—lncreased activity is apparent in portions of the great mineral field in Soutu Wales, particularly in the neighbourhood of Brldgend and Maesteg. It is currently reported that the Maesteg Iron Works, which have been closed during the last four years, will very shortly be reopened under extremely favourable circamatances. At the Garth works an increased nttmber of men have been employed, and in the underground works greater activity is visible. Surreys have been undertaken preparatory to the formation of new tramways, the .opening of, fresh levels, and extension of air and ventilating pits. The Lyhvi works are likewise to be enlarged by the addition of a new mill to the fikishing department.— Carmarthen Journal. AMERICAN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—OUT engineers have not yet thought fit to give the American system of carriages a trial, although they appear not unworthy of it. For our own part, we are induced to think that it would be a great convenience to be able to stand upright in a carriage when tired of sitting—that we would rather take a cup of coffee or a chop on the way, than be compelled to leave a half-tasted meal at Swindle'em station (where V - e have paid at a rate that justifies the present occupant giving 20,0001. for the good w:l1), or else have to stop at Birmingham an hour, when we don't want to stop at all—that a little artifi cial warmth during winter would not be unacceptable in this climate - and that, finally, alter enduring all this and much mere, it would be a more stenible plan to take our tickets toward the latter end of the journey than to keen us wait ing sonic ten minutes outside the station while that enliven ing ceremony is being performed. The complaint of a tra veller that the draught is unpleasant in a long undivided carriage would apparently be met by giving each double seat a blind, which might be drawn at pleasure, but we do not think there is much weight in this objection, or the Ameri cans, who provide ice water in summer, and a place of con venience for the comfort of their passengers, would not tole rate such an arrangement.—Artizan. MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN OY NEEDLEWORK.—Oge of the most most ingenious and wonderful artistic productions of the kind which we have ever seen has this week been laid before us by a journeyman tailor, residing in Lancaster, who intends exhibiting it in the "crystal palacelin ce l pt Bs o l n The name of the tailor is Brayshaw, and his work consist s o f a counterpane, on which with the needle he bas"wrought a great variety of artistic designs—designs which, ex close inspection, could not be attributed to anything but Vie [pencil of a painter. The colours are beautifully varied; ald contrasted, and consist of pieces of cloth so nit pond &I t o itli9ttli groups and figures,—Carlisle Journal, ...------ 1. ;8 5 9 89