The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

'@4:~ PAItittNWELL.-(T FITS DAY.) 3r-o°lin Bushell, henry James, Henry Smith, and Frederick pi t cr is°n, paupers in St. Pancras workhouse, were charged alert burglary in that establishment, and six other paupers, that b °3rai were charged with receiving the stolen property. aPpeared from the evidence of a pauper, James Dawson, h ci the prisoners were overheard whilst planning the scheme t 2.1 % to break into the school-room, He did not, however, i,sormation until the burglary bad been effected. The iT,v:_i urstmennoned commenced operations by cutting two ertelstireoutthof the oakum-room door ; they then made an the the rough a brick wall, which enabled them to get school-room, where they broke open and rifled ~.e. boxes of the pauper pupils. They took their plunder ti le; to the oakutn-room, where they divided the property b e d eg,theroselres and six others, and then quietly went to co ,: on the following morning, the schoolmaster dis ot.,!red the robbery, and sent for the police, who found most ~,!?eearticles concealed beneath their beds. t . in. MAGLSTRATE asked Dawson Ni by he had not given in lunation of what he heard to the authorities of the work .iouse ? D d ao er b awson replied that he would consider his life in The 3' such a step. Prisoners vehemently protested that what Dawson said wks untrue. They were remanded. ' T • E GERMAN REFORMATION. R TAE GERMAN NOV 3.—We learn from Baden that "ge' reception here Nov. 'ould have been more cordial had blar'et,t,l', Government taken such effectual measures for sup 'rig every demonstration. Our correspondent adds, "It rnostowever, undeniable that those among us who are the the RtP°rolighly persuaded of the necessity of a reform in fu t s , n mall Catholic Church are decidedly opposed to his re e•hiehntl,he direction it has now in many places taken, and s eitt ey regar morelounded on unchristian principles; it 31 therefore, than probable, that Catholic reform n o wu ti n i g ‘ as will proceed in a distinct and self - chosen course. of w e e , Trgy and laity are deeply embued with the principles hostite„nberg, who, we have reason to know, is avowedly In t° the direction followed by Ronge's adherents." two nfirmation of these views ,1 may state, that the clergy of er,,,e,ilaters in this duchy have ' just laid their wishes re- Irge."°r, ecclesiastical reform before the Archiepiscopal Coi tion „ the chapter of Geissengen proposes—first, the educa the 7; Y,°ling theologians i n th e pr i nc i p l es o f W essen b erg, to t ex maion of sch o l as ti c di v i n i ty ; secon dl y, t h e rev i va l of en 4; third, the abrogation of the laws enforcing priestly and fourth, the universal use of the German lan ut iefl ut public worship. Th e H e id e lb erg c h a pt er dwells 4 ' 4 7 On the importance of a return to the ancient practice ten re p!ar o b servance of synods, trusting, no doubt, to ; originating propositi ons f or a more th oroug h re f orm . g on r la nelv (22d O c t o b er ), a f ter a s h or t tour in our d uc h y, direct Daftlm. Dowiat left him at Constance to return t b een to zic. The effect of their tour has Catholic con and formation in several places of German anr o Tas, from some of which Rouge received addresses truesrnarks of attachment or respect, while tn tither e on hostile and threatening symptoms of popular indigna • able Faartifested themselves. This was particularly observ- Wirt In sa me Roman Catholic districts of the kingdom . of Ellwangen especially distinguished itself by 4ioex,,hibition of an anti-reform spirit, among others, by W as bup a tart on which a full-length portrait of Rouge 51111Puaiiited fort he village youths to practise their shooting (ferny:al. The police, gowever, soon removed . the offensive les e atration, lest a collision of sentiment might produce one etellectual in its consequences. .sv AR „ leee t 'set OCT. 22.-..1t having been notified to Govern- Pri•ee4'l l . at an individual named F-- busied . ' himself in of \\•,t'll for the new Catholic sect in the nTg o food eeie e ., l laledel and Baireuth, the local authorities h . a ur ve a r c e_- prattollreCtiOnS to warn him against persevering in . s h onc e ;`!"; and should he attempt to do so, .to . place him at h ave teclose arrest. It is rumoured that similar attempts have a k a niade in various other places, though . speedily 11,ti,,,:''Yhe watchful interference of the police. . e ac 24 We are credibly informed that differ , s. , • • lerk4"nen have for some time existed between our Go tllissio,int' and the Archiepiscopal See, have occasioned a ret keti ° Rome for the purpose of settling some questions whi e h ",F an alleged infraction of earlier agreemen !, of 'Need Government is, however, wholly unconscious. aissal e ' llt ` B 4 e conduct pursued by . Baden towards the Catholic a NU. gives, one should think, sufficient guarantee (were 'er k in l e Party ever satisfied), for its reluctance to invade,. '444 aPPearance, the privileges of the Roman Catholic Th e („ arid Zeitung, of. October 25, states that Rouge Peet fo'wLit, desirous of evincing their high esteem and re t r We ssenberg's personal character, had expressed • \vat 62.PaY him. a visit, to which a friendly consenting reply t i O 4 ' - at . : 4 ** Yet Wessenberg, foreseeing that the conversa 'ach an interview would either turn, or be supposed D i ann the questions of the day, express . ed, a . wish Present at ! a i a I cneuze and Sub-Dean Kotz might likewise be t e ottilt er "Y which all false rumours would effectually be ' Qr tuil -act ed. This very natural desire, however, wa . s un tO`elY the occasion of the visit being altogether omitted ; deree a verY limited period of Ronge's stay in Constance re.n 'de% ~,Previous arrangement with the two reverend w . it.- .."084;1"40 impossible. Hence the unfounded, though in visit fro spread, report, that Wessenberg had declined a Etßden the reformers. fo ER ' E tA OCT. 25.—A Christian Catholic church has to ui g llll,,ed Dinsberg, and purchased the chapel belong /P',rshin'a former St. Elizabeth Convent for their public ,siet,; tx • . q a °c'r 27 —A statement appeared recently in . a il e a n d lSl ta rg d h aa ti pir, that " w a deputation cf the Catholic dissi ed ith an audience by the King, who ~„b ' lonl e i t r al ed the n :that two conveniently-situated houss ' ls eetrg to his , Ma'esty, were at their service to hold their t t , 4 " a v tig i S , in ." We t have authority for contradicting . the "" an e ',„ - ,,,ac) far as the Catholic dissidents were not admitted th C`"ence; but the King had spontaneously suggestionprevious th e e l , r equest reaching him, conceded, at the g 'ken °t ' d High President, the houses in question fur their s a> et ~t 4ea lenti d' l :,„ Ocr. 25. Our cathedral dean, Ritter, is at this '4lier nome, whence he is expected to return as Che l'arnee,.9)eron d'Or. Dr. Thenier has already beer! sum. : ' O 4 ll , `° answer for Isis conduct before the ecclesiastic.!l caticZaind will most p p robably experience the excommuni- Vietr"llinders so soon as the Prince Bishop returns from i t4 alli lelr '2s.—lt is well known that, of all the Pro • 411.1110(1 F°llgregations which have in modern times beee golst itornan Catholic Bavaria, only one, that .of In thn adt s possessas attained, after years of persevering effort, to eherd;on of a church and clergyman of their own.. The l 'aado es in Newburg (on the Danube), Passau, Eichstadt, 0114 ,1 1.1 t, e. n • , are still in the unhappy condition of spiritual_ wor e hr , linable to support a minister or to provide places of f l orq of the humblest description. We are, however, _ gig : lai ld God rant it may prove true, that it is intended rnineut, to g make such arrangements as that this cry tlil shall speedily be remedied. le.t's'e following has appeared in the Ulmport . :—" 0ct..20, 00 114; 1 , 1 Julius Chownitz has seen fit, in Ins publication, the R econciliation, to make an attack on my honour, ittb, -" a s found its ; into all the ultra-montane papers. , 1 8t t ai I have wa- hitherto vse . lf to enter the t ' o 4 I those who employ their pens in bringing ' accuse . - hee,agaiest Ouch as they are pleased to term creed , i nts , I must still entreat the respected public so lon t g P t e i nd its judgment, until I can furnish, in a separate justification from the false charges which ret - , te c n h eaped uon me—my time being at this moment 1 ` ) ad•tu en grossed p with higher and weightier occupations I . 1. it of doing so with the precision and extent which f „ (oigned) Wuusur.E, German Catholic . preacher." . 7 11 0 °cr. 2 9.—The Dutsche Algemeine Zettunggtres.the ..,011101g remarkable declaration from Professor Henstenberg Za tie d a defender in the Prussian monarch whe n attactice ,lbe th address of the Berlin magistracy), in hi! trea is Schleurmacher School :—" If, by a striving after Seleh; 'leant an attempt to use the press as an engine for up urn,, personal and private influence, the editor of this th e ; Me Lutheran Church Magazine) can safely appeal to a b: user ,s t hemselves to produce a single fact by which it iha'4s4ostantiated. He remains precisely in the same Mich ch h e assumed seventeen years ago, and hopes thi s ) ects to reina* s to the end of life. His only joy in h t ,otte: m ll is eearchii i i i g l ' o nto the Scriptures, and he blesses the of happiest in which he can sit and meditate on the 2 one he have, indeed, won any influence over the . minds Ll'iritn el P ° rlion of his countrymen, it has been gained b y `'ill'n weapons and those alone, and few, perhaps, would s ote ec ;,, - g lo purchase thii small gain at the price of a degree arnpli'Y and abuse of which the present day furnishes no e, but with which he is abundantly served." NianieT Our. - ttlet,t%the German 29 It was notitied by our authori- Cati7l'c preacher, Mr. Wurmle, from . 1 111 i ta . k ill in ed 'ately n on his arrival ai here, that he should desist Butsw b"g ny part all such religious performances Nfo i r 50 Y relation to social life, as for . instance, bap : ed marriages, which latter two must in future be pe a r t rt4o,t7 E vangelical divines. Now, it so happens th 3 , - art. "se theseintancee exist just now, and that in the . on . e, B:6ge• vanielical preacher refuses to solemnise f„` 4 3'1 1 ,4 Ronge has been permitted to baptise . during his of ' S M PeOlae are at a loss to account for its being now re cree7l3: other_ German Catholic divine. A great many Per e Wan Catholics set out . yesterday . for Esslingen, ptio"obge will perform Divine service, and where his Ta kit was very warm and cordial. e t 4 to t res se L B ` ) e "J, Our. 26.—Our German . . Catholic community ti t eT Y.day- Religious instruction has already corns h ° , 0 0 4— gwon to those who are preparing for confirma th: er e Pto this time, their number amounts . to tw at mere alb besides a ease of the community has made it requisite C etiti apq uted. Committee offiv members, some elders be Of it nulls church i:s ek hymn and and in the German preparing, ptan a days the first part are to 1 1! ) 1 arilear inwill contain those hymns which ebantPd at the' morning and evening service for the t o o tl ,, (l t ,4l .tel b e o f a r . lie year. Such a book . is a great desideratum, Ivegati ous e acceptable offering to all German Catholic t a. visit - Parson Breidenbach will shortly favour us b iesfi e and perform Divine service to the German lie •AN T.:eagregatiOnS in our neighbourhood. the c°41 311 27._. the Committee of the German Catho- G t mllar at Slarienbugh makes it publicly known that andtilci err oan e ath . 4 titit• OLC preacher, M. Rudolph, who till now was that It, arrived on the 13th of this month at Breslau, N•Ject e will probably perform divine service there. The ipan Cathor 1 4 " 1 4 8 111 t t l ' o ' s Th e i s public announ a cement is to refute the report -ll o .P ° st at f ia le t :_broad of M. Rudolph, who has relinquished lc, having returned into the bosom of the Church, from which he had separated. bit beet formed OCT. 29.—A German Catholic congregation _has she rnled.at Friburg, which is composed of the •"f six . • h lst cr „ neighbouring villages, and which styles itself a k,terrnaa Catholic community of that formed at te tt ` • 10t: 1 .4 . !5r, o c , t , -41 At t o 30.—Several persons at Koln, among whom It is the tt,ofehe putori:seeo-feesittebrail and seval w officers, have met principal e townin e German C tholic community of the Rhenish provinces. I\e t °74T° U ltoP.—With one exception, the.ac thd, .of the eo thre those day front the provinces do not differ materiolly tj4 t :e 1 . 3 difi ll e Q r reth e fOre. receive& The single case in which ire, is a statement by . the Agricultural So ,_unty of Cork, that the disease has not reduced ne ce 14,7 diet country below the average amount; _ and ho e buy, h 'a a sizfficient quantity" in that quarter. The atete e we ver, of the observance of the greatest care . in It 'NI, Pot dry, as the best means of preserving it, is ti k ,e, e , r a ,.me Planting potatees immediately is recommended. e ver c„ disease does not prevent the potato from o frhdier fre e r at The late rains have caused great anxiety reetlr th r :* lie Government Comissioners have issued TO to Zr a te . It recommends "autumn lantin," and t , ti e 9 in which it has been successfully adopted. t 140 ilriutsb?ners agree with those who believe " parasi l b "IP a n dmlar in their nature to those which produce 46 / 4 . dry rot to be the real cause of the malady."- - I'dot. ce ;T oll e l , t on T o . '" On Thursday last, at a meeting of the to P p th,l ll Council, it was unanimously resolved to port hith "(1" and York Railway before the House of ta i. or the „rto that preject has had the most strenuous sup tbe 4ch a _ g ii.ostou corporation. It appears that the cause of ,the e , b e is an extensive deviation from the plan originally tt„,4:4tited sit e Mr. Cubitt, and a eed to bv the corporation, for the ,iplping stati gr ou, whicli, how . ever, has od n io o n w s *.-.otvcalsaterf GaPzeattnes' ne t and instead of being Foram oston, has been fixed in the Skirbeck guar- ...,..44- 1 Y.) o motion to t d thiebtriorder a l inter' the lel. e , 1 w , 3 to d: 5 , 1 ana serwti, and .45.) n la a pplio l r ONO rd ' lutetided t tea ! an wer o s fort v ' be a t p i e!, 05 [ 'a t t o accrue uld 'at it ..:pt , that e , e with se° titled t° Id anl c ,. bt ss ibilit,' 0 juAe ) 0.) ND•) on ill t j u ne.li. l . o o 5 Of IWO S il riff ;TeSC A 'i9t o t 0 Pei DO ''elf A" v tf the no Lit:tit/OP. e d e ' s led tli 0 Otelid to dist:: ig the ,d bond's fit) irtiPg E a st tot A dopt° al i ti , a ny . I s o, d Cook Co 01 , ) ,0 1 he aided !re said ";° 5 ' 4 th° l hsv e Deit t ef t rac nar ket , c / i s trat t ° l oo tice °1 ILsthat IL ch cifci 5 118 tha t A ,o t ;tate—poty *: in.; ac•Y i d f r it al w s i e bat k oof, tter tbe: • tha ° 51 0 vsiti°l3 tb° sea YYtii° na tiO iSd ireC 0 0° 001 1 j 5 DS ldge oa corli e rt bel for i d ci k i , lel,ooll lA' ) ie 3 Prore liere tef "lotic e. fro': ) 1.:1 11 '1 Vivi s " l 11 0 frogi. fr v .i , oddfr •' of 9`'4 ?n de o , : r t 3eCiveS:2ol4 Dit l ' ofi e r 0 1 3° : 1 1, pli 1 ; 0 4 is ree d / ,jOOO tbe td l ot a t lea, „, coi,P, a s . 0 00- I , ' ii• t ve-,„0 v it v. ec be 6 or° e Oil° ab °" TOE SUN, LONDON, TnrirgroAv EVEN). PRESEN T TO HER MAJEST Y AND PRINOE ALBERT.-BEAUTIFUL SPE CIMEN OF BIRMINGHAM MANUFACTURE. We were this morning politely invites by Mr. Thomas Lane, of Great Hampton-street, Birmingham, to call at Radley's Hotel, for the purpose of examining some speci mens of his new manufacture of pearl enamelled on glass, which he is about to present, by permission, to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The present to her Majesty consists of a pair of elegant screens, on which are beautifully painted, on a ground of pre white, the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle. A' pearl dove is descending with the olive-branch, over which is the imperial crown. Beneath the emblems of the United Kingdom appear St. George and the Dragon, surrounded by illuminated foliage. The present to Prince Albert consists of a magnificent chess-board of glass, ena melled with pearl. The squares of this chess- board are formed of quatrefoilsj blazoned in the centre, and on the principal lines with the lien and unicorn heads, in pearl and gold alternately, the remaining squares having the lion and unicorn rampant alternately in pearl and gold. In the spaces formed by the quatrefoils appear the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle, enamelled in mother of-pearl upon an azure ground. On the extreme boundaries of the square appears the Queen, enamelled in pearl, on a scarlet ground; and the border consists of a series of dol phins, in Mother-of-pearl, enamelled on a sea-green ground. The table is set in a most elaborately decorated frame of papier mache; and here the immense superiority of the new invention is at once apparent. The papier macl.e frame is perhaps one of the most superbly decorated speci .mens of the species of manufacture ever exhibited, but it looks positively dull in comparison with the brilliant effect produced by the patent enamelled pearl on glass. We con sider this invention of Mr. Lane's as one of the most import ant improvements in decorative art that has ever been pre sented to the public. It is superior in many respects to en caustic painting and fresco, inasmuch as it is more brilliant and more durable, for the colours are absolutely unfading, and the glass basis is so strengthened by the process of inlaying with pearl, which acts as a cement to the glass, that should the glass by some accident get cracked the inlaying holds it together. We understand that a beautiful moon light scene by Muller has bean copied in the pearl and glass enamel, the effect of which is most brilliant. Windows of painted glass might be copied in the pearl and glass enamel with the most magnificent effect; and as a decoration for interiors we think that it only requires to be known to be most extensively employed. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The recent decision, or, rather, indecision of the Cabinet, is as inexplicable as it is unfortunate. No one pre , tends to say that things can remain as they are. Sooner or later a suspension of the duties on imported grain must take place. For this every man who has attended to the state of Ireland and Scotland is prepared; and so evident is this, that most people are astonished at the procrastination which Ministers have interposed between popular expectation and an inevitable necessity. - The reasons advanced to defend their inactivity neither explain nor justify it. It remains in explicable and inexcusable. Surely within the last fortnight no means of inquiry into the state of the harvest have been witheld from them. They know by this time that there is a deficiency of good corn in England, a dearth of potatoes in Ireland, a scarcity impending over Scotland. No further in quiry can add to their present information. No further delay can change the aspect of affairs, or diminish the final necessity for exertion. And yet they stand with their hands folded, inert and expectant, bidding men take heart, because as yet there is no famine in the land! The consequences of such a policy, are as dangerous as its selection is unaccountably foolhardy. Whatever is likely to be the extent of the priva tion which a scarcity of food may impose upon indivi duals during the ensuing year, whatever its duration may be, .whether for one month or two months, or more, it is the duty of a Minister to seek every method for abbreviating its length and mitigating its rigours. The Minister who, fore knowing the approach of such a calamity, forbears to pro vide against it, or masks his indecision under the guise of deliberation, is virtually adding to the intensity of the evil which is about to burst upon the country. If there were a probability of our being always able to purchase food from abroad at the same rate as we have lately procured it, adelay of a few weeks would be of little consequence; it would not signify whether we laid in our stock in November or in January, provided the quantity imported kept pace with our own deficiency at home. But there exists no such probabi lity in the present case. Already some of the continental Governments are taking precautions which evince a dread of the same scarcity that threatens ourselves; and it was only the other day that we quoted the sentiments of no inconsi derable portion among our French neighbours—sentiments which, if followed up in practice, would effectually preclude any relief being extended to us, by the only country in Europe now capable of affording it with ease. If such be the case now, what will it be in a few weeks, not to say months, hence? What may be our facilities for buying after the next Cabinet Council? The paternal Governments of the Northern States are no less anxious than the constitu tional Ministries of France and Belgium to secure to their subjects a cheap supply of food. Nor is it unlikely that all the European Governments, absolute and constitutional, will unite to prevent what they will call the ill-timed and unna tural rapacity of British gold and British hunger from raising their markets and starving their people. It is all very well to say that where there is a demand there will - also be a supply; that if money is offered in exchange for corn, corn will be given for money; that the same laws govern the market of food and every other market ; and that it is only fair that he who bids the most should buy the most. But foreign Governments are on great emergencies very well disposed to contravene the ordinary laws of commercial in tercourse, and by no means indisposed to check the influence of British gold. The foreign dealer may be anxious to sup ply our demands ; but if his negotiations are thwarted by his Government, he will find it no easy matter to profit by our offers, and he will also find the arm of the Ex ecutive supported by the popular voice. It is easy, at all times and in all countries, to raise a clamour against the dealers in the staple article of food. It is only within a few years that our statute-look has been purged of certain pro visions conceived in a spirit of the most narrow-minded, but once the most widely-extended, jealousy against this class of men ; but this feeling still exists, and is capable of being fanned into a flame amongst an ignorant populace, and in seasons of unusual dearth. How great a facility would be given to such attempts when directed against the relief of English wants, or the operations of English money, will easily suggest itself to all who are aware of the envy with ' which the greatness of this country is regarded abroad, and of the cordial wishes often expressed for its humiliation. Nor could a more desirable opportunity ever present itself to the malignity of professed foes or jealous friends than that of England seeking for her people in the granaries of Europe the food which she had for so many years obstinately rejected, and being herself in turn sent away empty. But to such a strait we may be driven by the tardiness of a Minister who is too wary not to know that something must be done, but too timid to set about doing it at once. CHRONICLE.—We have not entered into the personal controversies which have been raging for some weeks between the Times and what it calls the Stag Journals. But we must say of both it and its competitors, that we have perused what has been written without observing the slightest suggestion of any practical amendment in the law, or in the Parlia mentary method of dealing with the railway question. From the Government it is vain to look for anything.appropriate or seasonable. The Peel system here, as elsewhere, is to be " too late." The Board of Trade was a failure, not so much from its own blunders, as from the coldness of its supporters. Lord Dalhousie bad the misfortune of being connected with colleagues who, on a brisk attack, threw each other overboard. But what does the Times suggest for the future ? It mag nifies existing evils no doubt ; but we look in vain for a single idea which will illuminate Sir George Clerk. or alleviate the labours of Mr. Esteourt. There is much good denunciation of stags and staggers-, but not a particle of suggested amendment—nothing that can elucidate or dispense with standing orders—nothing that can shorten or simplify the labours of committees—not an idea on which Lord Granville Somerset can found a crotchet, or on which Mr. Green can introduce a ray of light into the commission chaos of the railway system. Nor are the Stag Journals, as they are called, a whit more communicative. They burn, no doubt, with a strong desire to allay what they call panic, and to disprove the depreciatory sentiments which are run ning about the town on our modern railway legislation ; but from neither one nor the other is there the smallest twinkling of light amid darkness visible, or the least approximation to a conjecture how the Parliamentary system can be made to work under existing circumstances. The truth is, the sub ject is one on which declamation is most easy, but improve ments quite the contrary. It is easy to declaim against standing orders—against counsel, attorneys, engineers, and committees. It is still easier to take the tone of the Minis terial press, and to imitate the carelessness of Olympian Jove on so immaterial a point of policy. What, call a Cabinet to arbitrate on railways! Is the Duke of Wellington amenable to gradients? or the Lord Marquis of Tamboff to Mr. Huftscn ? What signifies the labour of pri vate Members, if her Majesty's Ministers can have their ease in Downing-strevt ? But this language is not that of com mon sense, and so everybody feels. By right or wrong, the railway system is now a fait accompli, and of the most sur passing magnitude. All of a sudden every city, every mzrket town, and almost every village is for the means of simulta neous locomotion. It is not a light matter, for it involves some hundreds of millions. We are not philosophers enough to make distinctions; but in our simple apprehension, if we spend all our surplus money one way, there must arise a scarcity in others. We cannot eat our cake and have our cake. We cannot spend a hundred millions on any single object one year, without a sort of scarcity the next. Nor will it be so easy to prevent a deluge of new Bills, notwithstand ing the existing discount, as many persons suppose. There is much, no doubt, derivable from the close of the Stag season. It recreates the rural eye to see a newspaper at last without long lists of names and nothing else. We congratulate ourselves on having ar rived at a close of the system of Parliamentary pluralities ; but, in spite of this, the deposits have been paid in many cases where there was no reason either for the scheme or for the premium ; and we may depend upon it the attorney and engineer, and perhaps a quorum of the executive, will take good care that the unfortunate shareholders see no return of their lost moneys without a further diminution. They must prepare themselves for the usual consumption of lively turtle and sparkling champagne; for vigorous exertions, till the season of white bait and green peas—for tribute to divers agents, divers witnesses, divers engineers—for still large: and more useless contributions on account of the attendance or non-attendance of learned lawyers—and last, not least, for an enormous and unnecessary and profligate expenditure in contesting to the utmost in both Houses of Parliament for points that a little common sense might settle. The deposits, we affirm, in a great many cases, are already-paid ; and whereso ever deposits are forthcoming, who ever heard of any uncon sumed ? The sacred duty of expenditure must be fulfilled. The solicitor owes it to his family to save the point of ho nour, and to have the preamble proved. The engineer cannot meet his rival in the provinces without carrying the new Rail way "Act" in his writing-case. The committee are nervous about returning without a Bill ; accordingly they take their chance of getting one in Westminster, in the certain confi dence, at any , rate, of having a sufficient one in Covent- garden. The panic, therefore, comes too late for bubbles without end. There is the Peel family of " direct lines." There are junc tions without number, and without necessity. For our own parts, we are getting so immersed in prejudice, that we almost call upon the House of Commons to throw out every Bill which contains the names of Members of their honourable House without adequate local justifica tion, or where any of the illustrious band of pluralists and - absentees, who shall be nameless, figure in their firmament.. The truth is, money enough for this single head of expenditure was .voted or authorised last year. If Sir R. Peel would have the courage to take the remanets, and nothing else, in 1846, with a few Bills for Ireland, the over-- gambling would soon be discontinued, and the railway system would resume good order. But if Parliament, in the anarchy of accident, proceed next spring, as it did last year, in pass ing railroads without reference to the amount of expenditure required, do not let us wonder Wale gale becomes a hurricane, and the effects become as disastrous as those of 1825. The country will be involved in another voluntary evil, not from providences or misfortune, or foreign war, but, as in the case of tb sliding-scale, from the financial insagacity of the Govern ent. HER - D.—lt is an old observation, and an observation e lis too faithfu ly verified by experience, that mankind are by far more sensible to even trifling injuries than to the greatest benefits.: War is, however, no trifling injury to a nation ; on the other hand, even where its results are fortu nate, it is a greater calamity than any other with which a people can be visited—except a war which proves unsuc cessful ; either way war generally is the most terrible of national afflictions. In proportion as war is an evil, peace must be a blessing ; but loud as would be the voice of just comphiint against an unnecessary war, how little do we hear of the gratitude due for the enjoyment of uninterrupted and solid peace. Four years of such peace Europe has enjoyed, contrary to expectation, and almost beyond hope ; and we proceed to show, by the testimony of a witness above excep tion, that at present the prospect - of long-continued peace is daily growing more and more certain. . Five years ago M. Thiers, in France, and Lord Palmerston, in England, appeared to have taxed their ingenuity to provide a cause of quarrel between the two great nations upon whose good understanding the peace of the world absolutely depends. The firebrand Ministers were dismissed by the wisdom of the King hi one country, and by the wisdom of the Parliament in the other; lilt neither did the ill effects of their incendiary practices in office, nor their own efforts to augment the flame that they had kindled, terminate with their official existence. M. Thiess laboured apidously, and, for a time, too successfully, to keep alive the anti-English feeling by his labour, in the Chamber and in the tress; and Lord Palmerston, no less industriously, toiled in his own sizhere as Member of Parliament and newspaper writer, to excite among his countrymen a jealousy of France. If, though aided by the volunteer insolence of the Times, his Lordship failed, it was because he had to deal with a people more thoughtful and more experienced in the exorcise of political judgment than our too mercurial, though high-spirited, neighbours at the other side of the Manche. Even the sterlinggood sense of Englishmen, never theless, would scarcely have proved sufficient for the preservation of peace (for England was but one of two parties), were it not that, happily for mankind, the Govern ment of each country was placed in the hands of men as desirous of peace, because they knew the real interests of their respective nations, as their incompetent predecessors had evidently been desirous of war. M. Guizot in the one country, and Sir Robert Peel in the other, present a concur rence of wise and able and resolute statesmen, determined to cultivate peace between two great and proud neighbouring nations, such as is rare in history ; if, indeed, there is any example, in the case of two such nations, of a struggle to avoid war, without a compromise of national honour, like that through which the illustrious statesmen named have at length (we think we may now say it) triumphantly passed. Our witness is the Morning Chronicle, so long the vehicle of, as it is believed, Lord Palmerston's incendiary articles. All honour, and, from mankind universally, all gratitude, are due to M. Guizot, his colleagues, and their great and good master. We would not rob their glo rious wreath of a single flower to decorate the brows of our native benefactors. The French King, M. Guizot, and his colleagues, have had tremendous difficulties against which to contend, and th 4 have nobly conquered; but it cannot de tract from their merit to say that our own Ministers have bad their difficulties too in supporting the French guardians of peace; and that, as regards this objeci, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen have not been reposing upon roses. We should till our paper were we to attempt recapitulating all the influences employed at this side of the water to ren der the continuance of peace with France impossible. Our readers cannot have forgotten Lord Palmerston's inflammatory speeches in Parliament, or the daily invectives poured upon Lord Aberdeen, for not counteracting France, in Ota heite, in Morocco, in Spain, in Italy, in the Levant,—still less can they forget the vile libels upon the courage of Frenchmen and the modesty of Frenchwomen conveyed in the odious Tangiers and Otaheite letters in the Times.l-lad our Govern ment yielded in even the slightest degree to any one of the suggestions of Lord Palmerston or the Iforning Chronicle, or had it adopted, however distantly, the tone of the Times, a war had been inevitable. By seconding the French King and the French Ministry, Sit Robert Peel and Lord Aber deen have obtained four years' peace, and destioyed the anti- English feeling in France; and if this were their only minis terial achievement, it is an achievement sufficient to reflect honour upon a long public life. POST.—A Ministerial Contemporary " believes' he " may state with certainty that Sir Robert Peel has bestowed the deanery of Westminster upon Dr. Buckland, the well-known Professor of Geology." Nothing more likely. It is just such an appointment as we should have anticipated at the hands of Sir Robert Peel. His conduct in such matters revives in our mind the recollection of a vaudeville, that ran its race on the stage of the Theatre de Varietes at Paris, a few years back, in which one character was, by the author, called on to exclaim, "he will die," another, "he will not die," but the third, preserving the peace between them, whilst sati rising the then existing Administration, asserted "he will do neither one nor the other, but keep the juste milieu." We fancy Sir Robert Pe e l finds the Church as much a difficulty as he does even Ireland itself. There is the High Church party, and there is the Low Church party, and unwilling to compromise himself with either, .9 it R. Peel resorts—as is proper to an expediency Minister—to an expedient. He pursues the juste milieu, and bestows his patronage upon one, inno • cent, as far as the world knows, of adhesion to any distinct Church principles at, all. In his gift is the Deanery of Westminster. It has to be filled up; and, terrified at the prospect of offending anybody, he leaves alone theologians, and smiles approval upon a well-known professor of geo logy." It is recorded in Elizabethan history, that a graceful dancer once danced himself up to the Woolsack. Sir Chris topher Hatton, in short, reached the Seals, per saltum. We take it that, in our times, so long as the Cabinet holds to gether, the, beet speculation will be the speculation geolo • gical. One successful in this line will find in a canon's stall his Primary; in a deanery—say Westminster—his Secon dary; whilst his Tertiary can be no other than a bishop's mitre, peerage, palace, and patronage. Piron in such a race would clearly have no chance— . . . . " Pauvre Piron, qui ne fut rien Pas mems:Aeademielen." The dignity of an F.R.S. will be as available for the Episco pal bench as it seems to be for the direction of a railway. Some three hundred years ago greedy courtiers were hired by a profligate King, and their wages paid out of the plunder of the Church. But staid Ministers are wiser than wicked kings; they manage things better by far. They want to reward good men of science, and they reward them in a de cent fashion, although still at the expense of the Church. There is a difference, and even a distinction, but sufficient of an analogy, to suggest grave reflections ; for example, such a one as this—What has the Church to do with geology, or any other science, that she should pay fur it? Assume the principle to be a good one, and then let it be fairly worked out. Here we are suffering from the apprehension of a famine, and all through a disease that bas taken hold of our potatoes. Now, why should not Sir Robert Peel at once advertise in the public prints that he is willing to confer the mitre that shall next become vacant upon the cunning man who shall detect the cause, the preventa'ive, and - the remedy of this awful evil? The Fine Arts Com missioners advertise for genius—why, at the same rate, should not usefulness be advertised for by the Minister? An Emperor once offered a reward for the discovery of a new pleasure. Let Sir Robert say at once that a Deanery awaits the acceptance of the inventor of a new manure. Often has it been asserted, that be who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a true benefactor to his spe cles. Cesar, we have been told, did to Italy more good, when he introduced to her soil the chestnut-tree from Sardis, than ever he did by his victories; and shall Canterbury or York be denied to the wisdom that may enable us to treble our harvests, and make our barren hill-tops blossom like the rose ? Some years ago the Whigs proposed to educate the Irish people, and, to do so at the least possible cost, they were anxi ous to take for the purpose the property of the Irish Church. Now, it was a merry notion this--aye, and a clever notion— taking money out of Paul's pocket to buy a primer for Peter. The Whigs called it " appropriation,' but Sir Robert— harsh Sir Robert—called it " robbery," and protested he would not do the same thing. Nor has he—consistent Sir Robert. He has only paid for geological investigations out of the revenues of Westminster Abbey. If" Dr. Buckland, the well-known professor of geology," is to be the new Dean of Westminster, he being unknown to theological students, except as the author of a work to which theologians have raised certain objections, and with more or :less reason, we are puzzled somewhat in respect to another appointment that has been made in our sister island—made, we add, by the same sagacious Minister. Dr. Kirwan has been apointed head of the new Galway College, " in consideration," so runs the official letter to him, "of your connexion with the county of Galway as a minister of the Roman Catholic reli gion in one of its most important parishui." The Roman Catholicism of Dr. Kirwan elevates him to the presidency of an institution pro!essedly scientific—for' religion is divorced from its consideration. Dr. Buckland owes his eminence, if to anything except the Premier's personal regard, simply to his distinction as a man of science. FURTHER. EX'T'ENSIVE SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS OF NITRE. No circumstance has for some time past created greater interest in the trading and mercantile circles than the recent seizures by a most indefatigable officer of the Customs of an immense stock of contraband spirits of nitre,. the pro duce of the illicit distillery in the Globe-road, Stepney, sonic particulars of which appeared in the Morning Herald of Mon day last. Since that time the same officer has been actively engaged in pursuing his search, with a view still further to carry out the important information be received at the time of his capture of the distillery, and, if possible, to recover the whole of the immense stock of spirits that had been removed. As was alluded to in a former notice of these organised and illegal transactions, the goods were deposited at a carrier's wharf in the City-road, and from thence delivered to their destination. From orders given at this place, it was ascer tained- that a large stock of the same description of spirits had lately been sent by the canal boats to Birmingham, the order for their dispatah being given by Bailey himself. The officers lost no time in communicating this fact to the officers of Excise in Birmingham, with the most ample information as to the peculiar marks by which the illegal article might be immediately identi fied. The Birmingham officers, acting on the information they had received, proceeded to the premises of Phillip Harris, a chemist, and it appeared so accurate was the in struction of their informant that they found no difficulty whatever in at once discovering the object of their search, and pronounced the stock of spirits as being part and parcel of the goods manufactured at the illicit distillery in the Globe-road, and, as above stated, sent down by the carriers to Birtningham. The quantity seized on this occasion amounts to between 1,500 and 1.600 lbs., the duty upon which, if legally charged, would be 2s. 2d. per lb. It was understood that the purchase had been made at a much lower sum than it could possibly have been manufactured for had the transactions keen legal and regular. The Birmingham officers of Excise took possession of the spirits, and transmitted information to the chief officers of the Board of Excise in London, of the seizure. It will be for her Majesty's Commissioners to determine whetha it shall be brought to London ' • but it is generally believed that it will be coaemned, and disposed of in Birmingham. Several of the respectable chemists in town and country have lately refused to purchase the article, as from the price it was offered at, they were perfectly satisfied that it could not have been legally manufactured at any such sum, or ob tained by fair and honourable means. In consequence of the refusal of several owners of wharfs on the banks of the river, to give information to the officers as to the reception of the illegal articles, and almost a resistance to allow a search of their premises, proceedings have already been taken against them for penalties to the amount of the bonds given by them. To show the extent of the traffic that has been carried on, it will only be necessary to state that the illicit trade has been carried on for a period of ten months, and the average produce of spirits from the distillery amounted to 400 gallons per week, and each gallon was liable to a duty of 7s. Iod. No less than 300 tons of coals, it has been ascertained, were consumed in their trade in the space of three months. It appears that considerable expense has been incurred by the officer ' and no pains spared in bracing this article during a period of four months, which great public ser% ice, there is little doubt, wilt be amply rewarded.--Herald. THE MAMMOTH HORSE. We this day visited the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose of seeing the Mammoth Horse, " General Washing ton," the property of Mr. Carter, the Lion King, who is ex hibiting him for a short time previous to taking him acress the Atlantic. The " Mammoth Horse" is unquestionably the largest. horse in the world; he stands twenty hands high, and weighs twenty-five hundred weight. He is of the dray horse breed, his colour is jet black, he is stout. and well-pro portioned ; few horses can show such good points as " General Washington," and his shape is matchlesss ; in fact he is a perfect model of proportion. He is exceedingly docile and good tempered; and most certainly, as regards size and shape, he is the most remarkable animal ever seen. In the same room with him is another horse, a perfect contrast, as exquisitely modelled, as beautifully proportioned, as "General Washing ton." " General Tom Thumb," for such is the name of the Mammoth's companion, is one of the most diminutive of his species—the smallest of Shetland ponies, but, like all little creatures, he makes up in fussiness what he wants in power, and is most amusingly fidgetty. LITERATURE. GITHA OF THE FOREST. By the Author of I"Rodenhurst." 3 Vols. _ _ In this utilitarian age, when everything assumes a practical character, when the very fictions are full of politics, or pictures of real life, a novel of this kind is indeed a novelty. It is a tale of " auld lang sync," a history of the Saxon kings. We constantly hear praises of the " good old times," but, certes, if this picture be correct, they were hardly so good as the present. The constant struggles between the Saxons and the Danes form the groundwork of the story, and the hundred perils and escapes of " Githa of the Forest" are worthy of the old days of knight•errantry—now imprisoned by her own countrymen, now about to be sacrificed on the altars of Odin—carried captive to Denmark—saved, and recaptured. Never did hapless damsel suffer more truly in •• hairbreadth perils, escapes, and snares ;" " none but herself could be her parallel." These extravagant adventures give an air of improbability to the tale, but perhaps, on that very account render it more interesting to the lovers of romance, and for these it was evidently written. Many of the skirmishes between the Saxons and Danes are described with vigour, and the character of the Northmen is admirably pour trayed ; they are represented as fierce and im placable invaders, men of stern, unpitying tempers, yet the slaves of superstition; willing to surrender their victims at the command of the seers, or ready to shed their own blood as a sacrifice on the altar of the terrible Odin. One of their strongest passions was the untiring thirst for vengeance, and showing no pity fur a fallen foe ; yet, amid all this ignorance and eruelty,we find instances of generosity that would do honour to Christians. Such characters and such scenes are well suited for a romantic tale; but the earlier portions of this work are deficient in force from the constant repetition of similar scenes, and the numerous trifling incidents without apparent aim or object; the chief interest is reserved for the denoue ment, and the last volume is by far the best of the three. We conclude this fanciful and romantic tale with a feeling of thanksgiving to fortune, which has placed us in the 19th, not the 9th, century, when the peaceful encounters of Whigs and Tories form a pleasing contrast to the fierce struggles of Danes and Saxons, and when the heart's blood shed in the temple of Odin is exchanged for the sacrifice of principles on the altars of expediency. Tux HAGUE, Nov. 11.—It is said that her Royal High ness Princess Albert of Prussia is prevented, by indisposition, from her intended visit to the Hague. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—On Monday evening, about five o'clock, the convicts employed in the Woolwich Dockyard during) the day were mustered, as usual, on their return to the Warrior hulk, where they are kept during the night, and found to be all present. On their return to their night quarters, several of the convicts are engaged in bringing down the hammocks from a place constructed on the side of the deck for stowing them during the day-time, and while engaged on that work, which generally occupied from half an hour to three quarters of an hour each evening, one of the con victs took the opportunity, apparently for many suc cessive days, of boring through the plank at the stern of the vessel. and in a very dark corner, and each day filed up the holes he had made with putty, blackening it over, to prevent suspicion. his plans appear to have been admirably effected ; and he was enabled on Monday evening to elude the vigilance of the officers, and effect his escape, by tying the ropes of two hammocks together, and lowering himself at least a depth of 30 feet into the mud of the river, where he left all his clothes, with the exception of his shirt and shoes. The name of the convict is Samuel Bridges, aged 24 years ; he was born at Bromyard, in Here fordshire, and was found guilty at the Worcester assizes, on thg 15th of July, 1843, of stealing an ass, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. He was a basket-maker, stout made, with dark hair and grey eyes, and is five feet three inches in height. It is suspected he must have had accom plices to assist him in his escape, as he often spoke to his fellow- convicts of going to America in the event of being liberated. His footsteps were traced round the east end of the dockyard, but there all traces of him were lost. BODY OF A FEMALE FOUND DROWNED.—Yester day forenoon the body of a woman, who appeared to be about forty-four years of age, was found in Sir George Duckett's Canal, a branch of the Regent's Canal, at Old Ford, near Bow. The deceased, who is supposed to have been only a few hours in the water, is under five feet high, of fair complexion, with hazel eyes and dark hair, and had an old wedding rirg on her finger, rings in her ears, and a thimble in her pocket. Her dress was a dark Merino cloak, over a lilac gown, arid an old straw bonnet, trimmed with black velvet. The body was taken to the sign of the Three Colts to await the inquest. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN Malts.—Yesterday the following notice, relative to the days appointed for the dispatch of the next foreign mails, and the veseels by which they e ill be conveyed, was posted at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" The Great Liverpool for the mails of the 20th instant, by which the next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, &c., rid Southampton, will be dispatched on the lir ottr morning of that day. Penirs; 1 Mails: The Madrid for the mails of the morning': . se 17th instant, for Lisbon, Spain, Madeira, Gibraltar, ;go, Cadiz, Oporto, &c. West Indies: The Teviot for the mails of the morning of the 17th instant, for the British and Foreign Colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras and Havannah), and for Ber muda and San Juan de Nicaragua. The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, vid Marseilles, will be dispatched from thence on the evening of the 24th instant. America : The Cambrian will &ill from Liverpool with the mails of the evening of the 18th instant. TROTTING MATCH FOE 201.—Yesterday the match between Mr. Hill's brown horse, and Mr. Wardle's black horse, to trot two miles in harness for 101. a-side, came off at Wandsworth Common. The usual trotting conditions were complied with. Both horses went away at a good pace, and turned the first mile, nearly together, in 3 minutes and 32 seconds. They then made for the winning-post, the black horse going ahead, closely followed by his opponent, till within 250 yards of home, when the brown horse broke out to a gallop, and Mr. Wardle's horse went in an easy winner, accomplishing the two miles in seven minutes and a quarter. SUDDEN DEATH OF J. PEEL, ESQ.—We regret to have to record the death of this gentleman, which took place at the Abbey, Burton-upon-Trent, on Tues day morning. Mr. Peel was in good health up to the period of his death. In the morning he was taking lunch about eleven o'clock, and was observed suddenly to drop, and closing his eyes he almost instantly expired. Mr. Peel was formerly partner in the extensive cotton manufactory at Burton-upon-Trent, and wes universally respected by all classes in the neighbour hood.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. BIRTH IN A CAB.—Yesterday morning, Mrs. Elisa beth Mendurat, a married lady, residing in Church-street, Portman-market, entered one - of the Paddington omnibuses, accompanied by her sister, for the purpose of proceeding into the City. On arriving at the end of Oxford-street and Tottenhqm-court-road, the lady was suddenly taken ill, and she and her sister alighted from the omnibus, and procured a street cab, directing the driver to proceed back as quickly as possible, which he did ; but before they arrived, the lady had given birth to a male infant. She was carried to her bedroom with the infant, and medical as.sistance waspromptly rendered. • . ,% AN AMERICVN WELL.—A pra'tical and scientific •gentleman offers for 30,000 dollars to sink an Artesian well in Boston to the depth of 1,700 feet, by which it is estimated tkat more than, a million of gallons of the very best water he thrown into the city every day, and to a height oj at lestst ICO fexit above the surface of the earth. An effort is alout to bd made to raise the money by subscription.— Aazerican paper. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A report, entitled " Seizure of 2,0001. worth of illicit spirits of nitre," having appeared in your widely-circulated journal of the llth inst., has been brought under our notice by our clients, Messrs. C. Foot and Co., who have for the last twenty years carried on business as acetous acid and chemical manufacturers at Battersea, and as such report (if allowed to go abroad uncontradicted and unexplained) is calculated seriously to prejudice them in their business, we have to request that you will, without delay, insert this letter. The report, after stating the seizure upon the premises of Messrs. Foot and Co. of 19 carboys of spirits of nitre (in which we beg to observe that the officer, Davis, on his making the seizure, was afforded every facility even to the use of carts and horses, for the removal of the goods in question), proceeds as follows : " In addition to the seizure made by Mr. Davis on the premises of Foote and Co., the Board of Excise have (riven further directions to seize the whole stock of spirits on their premises, as, from documents in the officer's possession, these parties, it appeared, have been the principal dealers, although they only professed to carry on the business of vinegar mer chants." Messrs. C. Foot and Co , as the successors of the late "Dr. Bollmann, have for above twenty years carried on business as aceteus acid and general chemical manufacturers, which was well known to the officers of Excise, they having been, as such manufacturers, subject to their survey, and, therefore, it is untrue that Messrs. Foot and Co. only profess to carry on the business of vinegar merchants. With reference to the statement "that the Board of Ex cise had given directions to seiza the whole stock of spirits on the premises of Messrs. Foot and C 0.," we beg to state that no other seizure has been made than the carboys above-men tioned, and that Messrs. C. Foot and Co. have never dealt in any spirits subject to any excise laws. In conclusion, we beg to state that the carboys were re ceived from Messrs. Bayley and Co. in the regular and open way of business, the facts relating to which were, immediately after the seizure, and without disguise, laid before the Com missioners of Excise.—We remain, Sir, your obedient servants, BULL and UNDERWOOD. 25, Ely-place, Nov. 12, 1845. ",THE WORLD OF WONDERS," EDITED BY:ALBANY POYNTZ.—This new work is, we hear, the production of one of our most celebrated female novelists. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. PROCTERr—WC regret to record the decease of the Rev. Joseph Procter, D.D., Master of St. Catherine's Hall, in this University, which sad event took place at a quarter past six o'clock. on Mon day evening, at the Lodge. Dr. Procter graduated in the year 1788, when he was third Wrangler and second Smith's Prizeman. He was shortly afterwards elected to a fellow ship, and in the year 1799 succeeded Dr. Lowther Yates in the Mastership of his College. Dr. Procter was ex officio a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, M.A. 1786, B.D. 1799, D.D. (by royal, mandate) 1801.—Cambridge Advertiser. G, NOVEMBER is MURDER. AND MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Franklin Tucker, Julian Cordovialio (an Italian), William Burton, David Johnson, William Beresford, William Dunn, Thomas Gair, John Allison, Thomas Lee, Andrew Nelson, Barry Yelverton (said to be grandson to the celebrated Lord Avonmore), Stephen Cone, Richard French, Peter Curtis, James Blandon (a German), and Robert Thompson, 16 of the crew of the Tory, belonging to Mr. Duncan Gibb, of Liver pool, were brought to the Thames Police-office, and placed, oome in the dock and others in front of it, charged with murder and piracy on board the above-named ship, on the high seas, within the jurisdictien of the Admiralty of England. The case, front the various rumours which got afloat, ex cited a feeling of intense curiosity. The Court was crowded at an early hour, and the terrible details contained in the various statements were listened to with deep interest. Mr. Clarkson with Mr. Hawley, clerk to Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, conducted the prosecution. From the length of the inquiry, which lasted from one until half-past five o'clock, we are necessarily compelled to condense the details, but shall endeavour to preserve the substance. The prisoner Gair, the right side of whose face appeared to be dreadfully injured, and who had his head bound up, was accommodated with a chair; and several others of the pri soners, who looked miserable, were more or less wounded in various parts of their bodies. Mr. Clarkson said that, besides the heavy charge of con spiring to seize the ship and kill the captain, he feared it would be his painful duty to charge some of the prisoners with the murder of a nian named Mars ; but he would for the present confine himself to the charge of piracy. George Johnstone, the master of the Tory, who gave his evidence in a very confused manner, which Mr. Clarksson attributed to the state of excitement in which he had been kept by the inatineers during the voyage, stated that during the months of October and September the Tory, a free trader, of 608 tons burden, was on her way from Hong- Kong to England: There was no difficulty until the vessel was off Ascension Island, when the crew entered into a con spiracy, in which they were joined by William Rambert and William Mars, the first and second mates. The plot was dis covered, and Rambert, apprehending the consequences, jumped overboard on the 24th of September, which circum stance was recorded by one of the apprentices in the log. Subsequently the lad Yelverton told witness that the men intended to take his life, and that they had sharpened their knives for that purpose. He was also told by the prisoner French that the men intended to take his life, and that the first mate and Mars had dragged the men out of their berths in the forecastle to come and kill him. Before the mate jumped overboard French and the carpenter found all the men aft, armed with bolts and bars, in a mutinous state, and rushing towards the cabin. All the men were there except Lee, Reason (who is since dead), and Cone. These three were in irons. They rushed forward with bolts and bars, and witness, with two men, namely, Johnson and Thompson, who were armed with guns and bayonets, were in the com panion. He asked the men what they came to kill him for, and challenged them to say he ever treated them with un kindness. When the first mate jumped overboard he sung out three times, and witness put the helm down to save him, but the crew said it was of no use. The vessel and cargo were worth 80,0001. The men afterwards went to their duty for 25 days, until they made the island of Fayal, when they again exhibited a mutinous disposition. He went ashore, where he saw the British consul; and on his return French told him that Mars, who is since dead, and who had been acting as chief officer, and had a private conference with the crew, and that they refused to obey him (French), who was boat swain at the time. Witness lectured the men, and sent for Mars to his cabin, who as soon as he entered seized him by the throat, and tore a piece out of his hand, the mark of which still remained. Witness seized a cutlass which was at hand, and struck him with the hilt of it, subsequently ordering him into irons. French then, in the presence of Mars, accused that person of fomenting a mutiny, which Mars admitted. After that, as well as could be collected from the very con fused statement of the captain, the crew appeared to have been quiet until reaching the Channel, when they again broke out into mutiny. At ten minutes past twelve o'clock, whilst French had the watch, a boy named Slack gave witness the alarm. He ran on deck, and called to the carpenter for his cutlass, when he saw French and Dunn, the cook, securing Cone and Gair. Mr. Broderip—Have you reason to think that they intended to take your life, and possess themselves of the ship? Wit ness—Yes, they all admitted that they intended to take it to America. Mars was killed by the men on board, and the witness was not present at his death. lie had no doubt he was strangled. It was said he was strangled by Cocdoviallo, Burton, and Yelverton, after he was put in irons. Witness heard some of the men say they murdered him. Gair was wounded in the face when they were off Plymouth, after a pilot had been taken on board. The crew then made another attempt to possess themselves of the ship, and rushed down to the cabin. French sung out " Mutiny;" the light was put out, and witness received a wound, he believed from a bayonet, in the calf of the leg, and another, as if from a knife, above the jugular. One of the boys, or French, fired a pistol, which was only charged with powder, in the ',Wee, and that inflicted the injury on Gair. Mr. Broderip—From all you say of French he seems to have assisted you. Why then is he charged? Witness—l don't understand. I thought so. He told the people in the cutter when we came to Deal that he fired the pistol. Besides, he pilfered some articles on board and told the people it was the captain did it. Broderip—Why, you say he was the first to call out mutiny? Witness—l think he and the cook were at the foundation of it all. The men from the revenue cutter were placed in guard overthe crew, and other hands were procured to navigate the vessel. _ . . Mr. Clarkson said his object was merely to give an outline of the case, as he was not as yet in a position to arrange the evidence properly. Mr. Broderip asked, whether the captain, after the state ment he had made, intended to charge all the men with piracy ?—The Captain, in a cratfused manner, said he would exempt Cordoviallo, who,, he believed, had been forced to join, under threats of death. Neither was there much evi dence as to Burton. Cordoviallo was then removed from the dock as regarded the charge of mutiny, but, as the captain's statement impli cated him in the death of Mars, Inspector Evans was directed to look to him. Mr Clarkson again apologised for the confusion of the captain, who eontbunded deaths and dates, saying that he was still labouring from the effects of the high excitement under which he had necessarily been labouring. Alexander Sinclair, the carpenter, swore that, in his belief, a mutiny had been attempted, and that it was the intention of the crew to possess themselves of the ship. There was an attempt to take the vessel off' Ascension Island, but he was not awai eof the one off Plymouth. The captain complained of having been wounded. Witness could not charge all the prisoners with mutiny. He could only speak of Peter Curtis, who had a marlin-spike in his hand when off Ascension Island. This witness was equally confused with the captain in his manner of giving evidence. Mr. Clarkson begged for a remand, and pleaded the short ness of time for the imperfect manner in which the ease had beel brought before the Court. Mr. Broderip admitted that there was no time to look over the evidence, but sufficient had transpired to warrant a remand. It was pretty clear the vessel had been in a state of mutiny,. and human life had been sacrificed. The cap tain had endured so much anxiety that he appeared, so to speak, not as yet to have brought himself and his senses together, and it was very hard to follow the thread of his story ; but before remanding the men they should first be heard. The prisoners Burton, Dunn, Lee, Gair, Yelverton, and Cone, made very long statements of a most appalling nature, describing scenes of bloodshed and cruelty almost unpa ralleled. Tucker merely denied the charge, and appealed to that Power which knows the secrets of all hearts to vouch his in nocence. Dunn said that the statements in the log were almost all false, and every row that took place commenced with the captain, who was in a constant state of intoxication, as two female passengers could prove. Lee said they had been on short allowance of water, until they fell in with the French ship. After that the captain or dered all the larboard watch aft, after having been drinking with the mate all day. They came from their berths without waiting to put on their clothes, and found the captain with a sword, and the two mates, Rambert and Mars, with bayonets. The captain said, "You rascals, you have sharpened your knives to take my life," and he began to cut with the sword at him (Lee), Cone, and a man named Reason, who was after • wards killed. He ordered the carpenters to put the three of them in Irons, and whilst they were fettered, he came every two or three hours and cut away at them. This was on the 2.3 d of September. On the 25th, whilst yet in irons, the cap tain got the shackles of the best bower anchors, and put them round their neck. He then sent him (Lee) and Reason, still in irons, to the main-top, and Cone to the mizen, where they were lashed down. About 4 o'clock on the morning of the 26th the captain was cutting away at the chief mate, who ran aft and jumped over the larboard quarter. They shook the ship a little out in the wind, and then kept her in her course. Gair's statement was a most extraordinary one. He said the captain sent for him when he was in irons in the lower forecastle, and ordered him on his knees, say ing he would have his life. The captain then cut at him about the head and body, inflicting various wounds with the cutlass, and then ordered Prench to load the pistol and fire on him, threatening if it was not done as quickly as possible he would take French's life. To save his own life French fired in his (Gair's) face several times with the pistol. After cutting at him some time he was allowed to go up, on the carpenter calling out to pump the ship. He (Gair) was then called down again and subjected to the same treatment, after which he was again put in irons almost in a state of insensibility. Yelverton, whose statement in various passages thrilled the whole Court with horror by the terrible details, went at length through the whole matter. We will give the sub stance of what he said, and the fearfully revolting circum stances which he stated, in the first person I deny that I ever told the captain that the men sharpened their knives. I'll tell the truth, but I can't speak as to dates. I told him Reason said to Cine, that when the ship reached Ascension Island lie would put out a blue shirt on the fore yard, so as that some of her Majesty's men would come on tnard and see how they were treated. The captain abused the mate (Rambert) on his return from the French vessel for injuring the boat. The mate said, 'ByG— if I had not a wife and family, I'd jump overboard.' After that the captain and the mate were drinking in the cabin all the afternoon, and the captain said several times to the mate, By I'll kill you.' The captain about eight o'clock at night asked me if I was afraid of the mate, and I said no ; some of the other apprentices said they did fear for their lives, but I told the captain to give the ny.te another trial, The captain then pardoned him, and giving him a loaded pistol, told him to f o tt , ,e him upon the deck. The captain then asked the crew it- knew of an intention to take his life, which they de nied. Reason (who has since died), Cone, and Lee were then in irons. The captain threatened if they did not tell what they knew he would take their lives. I think Curtis and Burton ' said that Mars hauled them out of their berths to secure the captain. On that the captain had Mars put in irons, and went down every half hour, and cut an inch off of him.— (Frightful sensation.) Mr. Broderip (with great emotion)—Do you mean what you say? Do you mind what you say? You are on your oath. Yelverton—Yes, he said that was what hewould do to him. Mr. Broderip—But you say he did it. That he cut an inch off of him every half hour. Yelverton—l can't be exact as to an inch, but he said that he would cut him so. Mr. Broderip—But you did not see him ? Yelverton—Yes, I saw one piece cut oft' about the size ?f my hand. It was cut off of the man's head, and all the hair was on it. This reply, which was made with great apparent sincerity and simplicity, made the whole Court shudder. Yelverton—The captain then took Mars to the inner cabin, which was his bed - room , tak in g with him a strand and a heaver. I don't know what was done there, but we h ear d Mars sing out as if lie was choking. He brought hi m b ac k again in the presence of Julian and the other boys, and set him against the cabin door, whilst he himself sat on the lockerhead,'and whilst there kept pitching the cutlass at him, sometimes sticking it in his head, and sometimes in his breast.—(Sensation.) The next morning the captain said to me and Spence, " You boys must spend all your time writ ing, for this is a serious job." The captain said to French and thyself; 4, Now, bon we'll convict all thus know, as prisoners, and if you mind your eyes you'll get all clear of this. These fellows, when they are made prisoners, will not be allowed to speak for themselves any more than to say guilty,' or not guilty.' Be you my witnesses and we'll get clear of this." We said we would, and he was contriving how to get them all implicated. He then told the cook to send the crew aft, and when they came he said, " What do you want here? Mutiny ! mutiny ! Fire away Mr. French," and then they snapped off the pistols. There was no charge against me in the log before the officers came on board at Deal out 9f the cutter. When they questioned me I told the truth, and that is the reason I am here. This statement, which excited the liveliest and at the same time the most painful interest, rivetted the attention of the whole Court so deeply that but for some shuddering exclamations, one might almost bear a feather fall. Cone said the captain accused him of intending to take his life, and gave him a blow of a cutlass on the head, of which he still bore the marks. He was then put in irons, and the captain took several spells of the cutlass at him. This was on the night of the 24th of September. He (Cone) was all day, all night, and all the next day in irons on the main hatches. He was then hoisted up to the mizentop, and two others to the .maintop, when the shackles were put round their necks. In the night the chid' officer 'lambert came up to the mizentop all over blood, and showed where his head had been cut open in several places. He went down again, and in an hour after the captain came to the mizentop and commenced beating and stabbing at him (Cone) with ins cutlass. The marks of the wounds were still visible on his head, body, and hands. The captain told him to make his peace with Ids Maker as quickly as he coulil, for he'd take his life befaie twelve hours elapsed. After that he beat him again with the cutlass, and then went down. The pain and loss of blood rendered him (Cone) for some time insensible, for he did not know how long. When he recovered, about four o'clock in the morning, he saw the captain with the sabre puriuing the chief mate, who jumped over the larboard quarter into the sea. The ship lathed to a little, but no sail was taken off her. He (Cone) was subsequently unfettered; his wounds were dressed, and, for about 31 days there was quietness iin'board, The other prisoners reserved their defence. Sinclair, the carpenter, was then recalled, and closely questioned by Mr. Broderip, but his manner was as confused and hesitating as possible. He said he had seen the captain drunk, but could not undertake to say whether he was given to the praCti - ce. His manner was frequently excited, but witness could not say whether It was from drink or the con duct of the crew. Witness did not feel himself competent to say whether or not he thought the captain was in his right mind. Mr. Broderip—You have beard the defence set up by these men; what do you say to it ?—I can't tell. Mr. Br,derip—When did the man Reason die ?—Soon after we left the Eastein Islands. Mr. Broderip—When did you last see him alive ?—I saw him go down to the cabin, and in an hour afterwards I un • derstood he was dead. The fate of this man, who is supposed to have died by poisor, eems veiled in mystery, which the evidence of yes terday did not in any degree tend to clear up, nor was any statement made, except those by the prisoners, which could at all afford anything like a clear outline of the transaction. It was clear a terrible tragedy had been enacted ; but the Court was almost as well informed at the close as at the opening of the proceedings. The carpenter, in his further examination, said he never noticed the captain to be excited until after the vessel had passed Ascension Island. He admitted, but with some re luctance, that be saw the captain strike the man with the cutlass. He saw him strike Reason with it in several parts of the body, but could not say whether he inflicted more than one wound. There was a great deal of blood about Reason's neck. Mr. Broderip, addressing Mr. Clarkson, said he thought the Learned Gentleman would agree in thinking with hint that the present was a most extraordinary case After the long investigation which it had undergone it was still in volved in the deepest mystery, and a question was raised, whether the conduct of the captain was the consequence of excitement caused by the mutiny, or whether by habitual in toxication he had himself brought the crew into the state ix which they had been ? It had been sworn (which would make primafacie in favour of the first assumption) that the excitement of the captain did not exhibit itself until after the vessel had passed Ascension Island ; but it was also evident that there was something in the defence which de served consideration. The case certainly called for a re mand ; but Inspector Evans should take care that the captain wss forthcoming. Mr. Clarkson could not deny that the circumstances elicited during the inquiry well warranted his Worship's remarks. Mr. Broderip directed that the wounded man Gair should be particularly recommended to the attention of the surgeon. He also directed that the men who had complained of being wounded should be examined, and that it should likewise be seen whether the captain bad marks of the wounds which he had stated himself to have received in the calf of the leg and over the jugular. The prisoners were about to be remanded, when a woman, who sat behind the solicitor's table watching the proceedings with intense interest, and half sobbing as some of the bloodiest scenes were recounted, rose and stated that she had been a passenger on board the Tory, and was ready to confirm the statement of Yelverton. _ _ _ • Mr. Broderip, however, declined to hear her evidence at that stage of the proceedings. Mr. Clarkson said he was preparod for this from certain notions of parties whom he saw in the Court. He would not suppress any evidence, and he would say, on the part of the owners, that their only object was to elicit the truth, and to court the fullest investigation. The prisoners were then remanded until Wednesday next. FRACAS IN THE MUSICAL WORLD. BRlGln'ON.—Theparmony of Jullien's Concert on 'Friday night was diversified by a little fracas which took place in the ante- room at the close of the first act. It seems that a party, consisting of two ladies and three gentlemen, pro fessors and amateurs en musique, took possession of seats which had been reserved for Lady Jane Peel and the Misses Craven, and in the teeth of all remonstrances refused to va cate them on the ladies presenting themselves. At the close of the first act, one of the intruders—for so the parties must be considered, if the account we have heard be correct—who happens to be a professional himself, encountered Mr. MeCarroll (the master of the entertainment) in the ante room, and some irritating and not very complimentary lan guage was bandied. The professor of music in question thereupon struck Mr. McCarron in the face, piano • and Mr. McCarron, who was by this small application of the pitch. fork instantly brought up to concert-pitch, returned the compliment, but so forte that his antagonist's eye, as we are told, more resembles the black than the white keys of the fashionable musical instrument. At this stage of the affair, we hear that the professor's male companions rushed to his aid with their sticks. Fortunately for their reputation, however, Monsieur Michau was standing by, and Monsieur has lived long enough amongst us to have imbibed those ad mirable and manly feelings of an Englishman, which long residence abroad may hav:-. deadened in some originally- English breasts. Seeing r. hat was threatened, Monsieur Michau valiantly stepped into the inNee, and removing the spectacles from his nose, he declared that as three to one was unmanly odds, he must at least join the unit, to make the fight more even, if it were persevered in. The gallant con duct of the Frenchman, and the sly reproach it conveyed, put an end to the fracas, which has since, however, been the theme of remark in many circles. In those of a mixed musi cal and pugilistic character, it is unequivocally declared that the first assailant in the case must be scored down as a flat, for not striking forte, if he struck at all.—Brighton Guardian. ASTLEY'S • ROYAL AMPIII- THEATRE The enterprising manager of this popular theatre has brought out a novelty likely to suit the taste of its patrons, and to maintain the reputation of the place. Bulwer's novel, "The Last of the Barons," is the story pitched upon by the dramatist, who has found a good basis therein for the pur poses both of man and horse. We are unable to describe the incidents which are put iuto action, for there being "four epochs and twenty-five tableaux," their name is Legion. We must be content to say that there is a profusion of startling etfects—that there are savage combats and interminable processions—that the scenery is painted in the brightest colours—that the dresses are gorgeous and the music enliven iog—that the actors are industrious, and the quadrupeds tractable. There is an abundance of glittering spectacle for those who yearn to have the eye tickled with tinsel; the dialogue is tilled with refreshing sentiments of chivalry and ht roism ; and the speakers commit divers echoing wonders with the throat. We commend the new burletta, therefore, virginibus puerisque, for by them will it be received with the warmest hand of welcome. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT PAGNELL. Acceptances for the Newport Paguell Free Handicap Hurdle Race. Mr. Austin's Little Johnny, aged. 12A 21b—Mr. Lincoln's Mayflower, aged, 12st—Mr. Mynto'n's Veluti, 5 yrs, list 121 b —Mr. Clifton's Pedler, aged, Ilst 10Ib—Mr. Powell's Dela mere, 5 yrs, llst 71b—Mr. Hankins's Captain Brown, aged, 11:t 71b—Mr. Harris's Treaty, aged, list 71b—Mr. Tollitt's Dick Turpin, llst 71b--.Mr. Bryan's Barnaby Budge, 5 yrs, I Ist 71b—Sir Chas. Cockerill's President, aged, Ilst 61b— Mr. E. 11. Clark's Sir Edward, 6 yrs, llst 41b—Mr. Smith's Victoria, aged, list 41b—Mr. Clifton's Pull' and Dart, aged, 11st 41h—Mr. Whittington's Ascot, aged, list 31b—Mr. Raworth's Donna Anna, 5 yrs, list 31b—Lord Glatnis's Bel shazzar, lOst 121b—Mr. Smith's Saltfish, aged, lOst 121b—Mr. Arnold's Alice, 4 yrs, lOst 71b—Mr. King's Artful Dodger, 6 yrs, lOst 41b—Mr. A. Webster's Judea, 5 yrs, lOst 41b. MR. CHORLEY'S NEw WORK.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published, "Pomfret ; or, Public Opinion and Private Judgment," by 11. F. Chorley, Esq., in 3 vols. post Bvo., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following popular new works of fiction ;-2. Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebellion, by J. T. Hewlett, M.A., 3 vols.-3. The Attrac tive Man, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-4. Love, a Tale of Venice, by Horace Smith, Esq., author of " Bramblety e House," &c., 3 vols.-5. The Story of a Royal Favourite, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.— 6. The Master Passion, and other Tales, by T. C. Grattan, Esq., author of" The Heiress of Bruges," &c., 3 vols.-7. The White Slave and the Russian Prince, by the author of " Revelations of Russia , " 3 vols.—and 8. Count Konigsmark, an Historical Romance, b y Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N., 3 vols. the coroner OF A REMARKABLE CHARACTER. -011 Wednesday an inquiry was held beforeW.R ll Carter,usseEs.q;: tre, coroner for Surrey, at the Ra ven and Sun, Bermondsey, as to the death of a woman unknown, aged about 70, who was generally supposed to have passed her earlier life as a sailor. The following marks were on her person. On the right arm W. B.; with two hearts under in blue ink, and on the left a large anchor, with a sailor sup- ' porting it on each side. She had on a light-coloured gown, two dark stuff petticoats, a red plaid worsted shawl, an old c hip bonnet, low shoes, and black stockings. It appears that as police•constable Eady, 16 C, was on duty in Prospect place, Bermondsey, on Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, he observed the deceased sitting on some stone. steps, and she said she was tired, and complained of shortness of breath; she had, she said, to go to Greenwich, and she hoped a little rest would enable her to do it. The policeman went his round, but subsequently found her in Jamaica- row, a little lower down, and she then appeared in a dying state. A stretcher was sent for, but she was dead before its arrival, and was conveyed to the Rotherhithe station-house. In the pockets of the deceased was found a small bottle, labelled " laudanum, poison." Verdict, " Natural death." The body lies at Bermondsey workhouse to be identified. SERIOUS ROBBERY.—Yesterday inforniation was circulated throughout the metropolitan police district, that on Tuesday, Mr. Richard Wetherby Stone, of Dartford, ' Kent, was robbed between London-bridge and the Greenwich Railway terminus, of four 101. Bank of England notes, 301. in gold, some silver, and a cheque for 901. drawn by "J. Cooper," upon Messrs. Deacon and Co., bankers, in Birchin lane. Payment of the notes and of the cheque was stopped soon after the discovery of the loss. THE STRIKE OF THE PARIS PLAYING CARD MAKERS.—The workmen in this branch of industry have re turned to work, after succeeding in getting a trifling rise en the wages paid before the strike. They have been out some weeks.—Paris Paper, COURT 'CIRCULA t. WINDSOR .WIiDNISDAT. The Queen, Prince Albert, their royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus, and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, promenaded in the vicinity of the Castle precincts this morning. On the return of the illustrious party his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke Ferdinand, and the Augustus and Leopold, with Count de Ja r n a e, l e ft the Castle on a shooting excursion, attended by Lieut.-Colonel WyMe on horseback. The royal sporting party returned at two o'clock. Princes P • The rime of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed airings on_ponies this morning, and for walking exercise. JAT Majesty and her Royal Highness the Princess Augus tus of Saxe Cobourg rode out at noon in a pony phaeton, folloWed in a landau by the Hon. Misses Stanley and Daw son and Madame Angelet. Lord Charles Wellesley attended on horseback. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took his departure from the Castle after luncheon, attended by Baron Knesebeck. The Count and Countess de Jarnac, and the Earl of Aber deen, also left the Castle to-day. In the afternoon the Queen, and the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, left the Castle for a drive in a pony landau and four, followed by his Royal Itighness Prince Albert and Prince Leopold in a phaeton, Prince Albert driving. Lord Charles Wellesley and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde attended on horseback. liar Royal Hi g hness of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, paid a visit to her Majesty and her illusrions guests at the Castle this afternoon. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing in the afternoon. Their Excellencies the Count and Countess Dietrichstein, and the Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward), arrived at the Castle to-day. on a visit to her 3lajesty. Her Royal Highness the Ductless of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness tie Speth, and Mr. George E. and the honourable Mrs. Anson, will join the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at tended in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Catubt idge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, returned to Cambridge House yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Ecelesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Lon don, Bath and Wells, Ely, and Rochester, and the Dean of Westminster. The Earl of Lonsdale had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The nomination of Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin) in the Exchequer Chamber, before the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Their Lordships assembled at two o'clock, and shortly af terwards entered the Court. The Privy Counsellors and Judges present were the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer (wearing his gold robe of office); Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Lincoln Chief Com Missioner of Woods and Forests ; Lord Denman Lord Chief Juitice of the Queen's Bench; Sir N. Tindal, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; Mr. Baron Parke; Mr, Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Alderson Sir James Graham officiated for the Lord President of the Council. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council ill Waiting. The Sheriffs for till English counties having been norni • nated, three gentlemen k ing placed on the roll for each county ; the Sheriffs - for the Weish counties were afterwards nominated, and their Lordships then broke up. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The King presided to-day in a Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, the 18th of November, at one in the after noon, 40 bonds of the loan of 14 millions, to be repaid on the Ist of Januaky, 1846, will be drawn by lot at the Town-hall. M. .Dumortier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Academy of Science, has just presented to that learned body a paper on the disease in potatoes. According to M. Du mortier the disease is not to be attributed either to microsco pical insects or to paiasitical fungi, or to the degenerating of the plant. The origin of the disease, he says, is that which commonly attacks fruit trees, especially peach trees, and it is here called Lucloque. The experiments made on an extensive scale at the Royal Int,titution of Grignon prove that potatoes of the crops which have been affected by the disease have no bad effects on the health. In fact, they have been used for food at Grignon for this month past without any injury to those who have taken them. The winter appears likely to be rather early this year in the north. On the 2d of November, in the evening, the first suow fell at Konigsburg ; on the following morning more snow fell, and in the evening there was a sharp frost. .AISTIVERP, Nov. 10.—The Observer and some Other journals have stated as certain that the negotiations which have been carried on since the beginning of October between the Governments of France and Belgiutn for the renewal of the Convention of July 16, 1842, had not led to any result, and were broken off. • THE HAGUE, Nov. 9.—The Second Chamber, in its sittings of Saturday, the Bth, discussed the project of law for paying off of part of the public debt in 1845. The law was agreed to by a majority of 38 to 1. On Friday his Majesty, accompanied by his sons, was pleased to inspect the great steam-engine for draining the Lake of Haarlem. The President, and two members of the Commission for directing and superintending the operation, had the honour of receiving and attending his MRjesty. This steam-engine acts in a perfectly satisfactory manner. With its eleven pumps it brings up, with five or six strokes of the piston, 360 cubic ells of water in a minute. While the King was there the pumps gave seven strokes per mi nute. The engine perfectly answers the expectation that was formed of it. The King and the Princes expressed their entire satisfaction ; and the numerous spectators attracted to the spot by the signal-flags were much gratified by the scene. The Council of Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg has prohibited the exportation of potatoes by the western frontier of the Grand Duchy, front and including the Custom-house at Saegemuhl, to the Prussian territory. The Courier of Luxembourg observes on this dtcree, " Though the situation of our country, with reApect to subsistence, is not such as' to occasion any alarm for the future, it is neverthe less certain that the prohibition to export potatoes was on the part of the frontier above. It will at least have the effect of putting an end to the proceedings of speculators who, by bringing up enormous quantities to send abroad, would have occasioned a greater rise in the price, than even at a time when the produce had been more abundant." The Stoats Courant of the 10th announces the presentation of a project of law to the second chamber, notifying the 9th chap. (A) of the budget of the expenditure for 1845. DUTCH FUNDS.—Axmanlx, Nov. 10. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent ..... 594 604 Aitto, 3 per Ceti.. • .......... 72% 736 Ditto. 4 per Cent.• • • ............... 95% 96% Amor., s .nuc, 4',.; per Cent.. ..... •• . 99% 100 Ditto, 3 per • • Commere'. ! Company - , Cent • • 157% 15814 EAU India Loan, 4 per Geo:— • ... • . 95% 9S Exellangeo.i London, at se e ia Two m0nih0.•..... • On Handmri;ll, •. • • 36 • • Two months... • . .. On Paris ...... • • 57 12.5 Two months. •••••• • • • • . • 56 87 —Dutch Pape r s. Nov. 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. B,_ L •lls. Money. St. Schuld Sch.. 3!‘ per Cent .. Pruss.Litglish ~ S3O, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 moot • • 6 24!a 6 23% —Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 9. AUSTWAN FENDS.—YIENNA, Nov. 5 5 per Cent. 111 Ni 4 per Cent. ditto.. .. 3 per Cent. • • 76 Loan, 1834 ..... .................. 160 1 7 4 Ditto, 1839 ..... Bank Shares ...... Esterhazy's Loan •.••• • •• RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 197 Gloggnitz • • •••.•• • • • • • .............. 135 Vienna—Milan • • ••.•• • • • • ............ 118 Leghorn • • • • •••• • • • • Pesth . • ...... ..............., 108 1 % Grosetto • • Pestoja ••• • .. •••••••••• —Allgemelne &Rung, Nov. 8. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSIELS, Noy. 1 i. Actual Debt, per Cent • • .. • Itotbschild's Loan, Five per Cent .... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • Ditto Three per Cent. •• • • • • • ..• Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840.. • ..... .......... • • looq Ditto,ditto,lB42...• ...... .•• 101 Y, Ditto, 1844... • • • •.• • • • Ditto, 1836..........................961 Ditto, 1838 Ditto of the City, 1832 ........ • • • • •• • • Ditto, 1843 •••• • •• .. Bank ofilelgium.... . —Brussels Papers, Nov. 11. ... /004 ..... 770 THE LATE ELOPEMENT. -- It is stated iri the Edinburgh .Advertiser, that Captain and the Lady , Adela night. Ibbetson arrived at the Royal Hotel , Edinbur g h, on F riday tCabinethe cours e f i n a i s f t e ez s dayse, a a: s e , w expected h t ,3 o . Croeutnueran will o t b o e wT h n e h l i d en for the purpose of considerin g t o what day Parlia ment shall be prorogu ed from the 27th, to which time it now stands adjourned. His Excellency Count St. Aulaire is expected at M anc h es te r House early in the ensuing we e k, from expe cted DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OP COLCHICUM.— Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the One Tun, Great Saffron-hill, on the body of John Martin Dogherty, age d 43, a licensed hawker. Elizabeth, the wife of deceased, io u s s da Saturdayy morni ng by wee k, A l r. t s e a n i said e t d h that from he n died te prev io us NT, haN Gibson, -ing been surgeon, tended of Holborn7hill. He was subject to rheumatic gut, and used aojt, g to doctor himself an d take wine of colchicum for out his disease. His last and fat a l ill ness, b ot h h e an d s h e attr ib ute d to an ' overdose of that medicine administered by himself. He used to take a pennyworth of it, and on the Saturday men tioned sent for that amount to Mr. Bartlett's, of 24, flatton garden. A girl went for the medicine, and a boy served her, giving her for a penny nearly -*a wine-glass full. Deceased drank half of it in water, and was directly seized with vomiting which continued till his death. Mr. Gibson, surgeon, said that when he attended deceased, on Saturday week, he found him vomiting, and was told that he had beeen ill for a fortnight previously. De ceased attributed the vomiting to the large quantity of colchicum "he had recently taken. Witness tried to allay the irritation of the stomach, but could not do so, and was of opinion that death was caused by exhaustion, produced by colchicum acting on a debilitated constitution. Mr. Bartlett, general practitimer, of Hatton-ga,den, and I,:s boy, who sold the medicine, were son, for. aged about fourtef-n, was sworn, and eaki tli t 11: , Nre , s George Elkington, and that he was Mr. Llarrlcte. s. errand boy, and had been in his service sin ce January last.. He was in Latin.i ntli e habit Heknew thatof selling colchicum medicines. was a poisonicl He d not know if taken in an overdose. The bottle was labelled " Yi n. S. Colch," which meant colchicum wine, though it was spelled wrong, for the s hould have been a w.—(Laughter.) Whoever wrote must have been a cockney.—(Continued laughter.) He could not tell what the sin the label meant. The reason lie sold so much colchicum for a penny (he sold. at least sixpenny worth) was, that the little girl who came: for it asked for a little drop more, and he gave it to her.— (Laughter.) Mr. Bartlett said that the boy had orders to sell only such simple things as salts, magnesia, and rhubarb. The Coroner said it was a very dangerous practice to'allow him to sell drugs at all, and considered that both Mr. Bartlett and deceased were more to blame than the lad—the latter for prescribing for himself, and the former for permitting am ignorant boy to sell medicines at all. He hoped that - the present inquiry would act as a warning to chemists and self doctors. Verdict, "Death from exhaustion, produced by colchicum taken by deceased medicinally." - 711R1 _y.~-_ vel 0