The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-28 00:00:00

QttE,,'l, m,,,..J , 0rdc A 8 ,. BENcii.—crins DA N .1 wog d 'hem.tekin g hi s seat on t h e b enc h t hi s e ilee',, lieisiegelnt W rexlll9 sail he was desirous of ex lirdah,lhatter %birth had pet erde t trouseired be fore en. 'P at the sittinge ' ef tee . ) Centr al C , r_imitTl k tion i a " be took - tt 4to ,taieithis course as he was ex,• cm( tY 14 t I t c'ecTai ° 1 1 to( w(ell with a'! the Learned Judges. On q.ktae ob which he referred Le regretted to say •e l : 4 ll Pera i s n e n r o l n al " , were made cor:emit g himself i,i,f It I, _ 'anent with the facts as they realty tse 4 ° the , h ad been s'ated that he had sent back his t 4° b he who bad instructed him the nie, , et e i , etre,' ,„, te e 'lit 4 , " 4 , 0 on, Where; s the truth was that ho te)',. 411 4 the tria ls es two o'clock on Tuesdey atter ii.merein was not Exe.d until Thursday ()tester k r il. ring Merl, -Axe s , ‘lte k : eab eee sai d , as the Learnt d Sergeant had (li t th e ei statement he thought it right to advert Ili s",, j4 t 4 o t a) re n u b m eu sl t : i ch- A , brirf was d , elivered to him e t ,. e. ged is even 0 elock on Is ednesday, while t i ,,,lotr tre ,, a case at Weetenincter Ile then said kii;4lerit;i'll`,,ta, Court, would - ent:ble him . to attend at t he r 'epertire e „,",,L %Jour, and the attorney then left fo r 4 41 5 4 tt h.. u 1 ,EiPpoin ling a consultetton with Mr. tot.,°t the m ° °clock that day. Ilowever, ho heard no tt: i tolie te ,*tten and he sent his clerk in the evening lki t 4 'iy kros : 2 oftce with his brief. In this way the 44 4 7 e ta eipiji e li ,e also sent his clerk to the o; . d 4 1 ' be ,' t ue matter; hut he could assure his ,I, , t ,l 4 0 %t l a ' hot the least idea that the trial was 'e t ,' eee e : ea r.lY a period. 4.. tti khi e t, ELL said he acted entirely upon the affi . - 11,eelee, WE LL presented to the Court, and the senti -141;n1y to r - ,1 tt eßpres•,ed he still entertained, and k t ei tti . epeat 1, affidavits i t appeared fe is e let eic ,„ rore these e;ttife r ,he!e ' - t " ri w ed as preferred for perjury, aid was ,' te. 'teem 0 at the last sessions of the 0,,, tithe_ , ourt, but was postponed by arrange ,(l',Zti, th e T u r tl e , eenst sessions, and fixed for the fire h l , l . ge kl a t Par ophe g r attended. That was Wednesday. il 'ittt otil Qat dt ) had the honour to be the senior arts. try th y , and it was, therefore, his duty to 14tio ow e ease by read i ng the depos i t i ons; b ut e'tlei 4.4 se e tis r im& to him to allow the trial to ;es t ' t l i l l ee te " t s tl e r tllllr.Sergeant Wilkins, who had been t . d Cabe %tie eci his brief at so late a period as to tieieoft.aN, nor instructing another counsel. He ,Ill it ,Jsei e l) the e „ "th '''ed L e 4 hould b . ' pressed his regret that the n 1 ,•-te t i r y et h e interrupted by an applicatie " e !te ei t° try . e Ultimately acceded. He was again ; ? 0 ,,,,ef * et c th e prisoners yesterday morning—the ke'ate ß l he i tie ` ,in attendance from different tillei,"""bet "'Porn, and the prisoners had ~ l ee) ; "hee,c , there was another applicati on . ' l ke ll hae n b t; It appeared that a barrister with l e ,tel l ''ete, bee It retained in the place of Mr. Ser lel 44 b,' a nd had accepted brief, and that a ,k,,t4t4ttheetoeta take , h out to ena a ble him ' to plead 1 1! 4 t i. t ee l kes 4! °tit he had returned the brief under Iticele la leel, ! b el l, Made it impossible to instruct )4INI and be presumed innocence might have iii hod, but ,oPportunity of being vindicated, ho 044 wo a,„° then took occasion to express a 1/ tli . .kbilit e ugi ,,reeeat, that for the credit, honour, N , 4 14t,„J k o= the bar, such applications might liZlte e 4 hal f u, rtecessary. If a barrister accepted S I N ttt e , e c . a prisoner accused of a charge of N 4 Ve r ,' 1•1,• It.w as his duty to be in punctual a.t eLtii,4 of In convenience which arose in kil l ' le'atte e n eglsctine this duty in the Nte . : 4 ol 4'4;114.2 clearly - apparent. . Mr. Baron I , e te kn , th et a 1 . ° 13 , and in this opinion he en o IX - Pt l e 'meY had not power to allow the pri el,:"4o rtes 'l on bail till they took their trial, and to,,ltetn 10 took place in regard to the gentle 014ellee d efeed them wag, the prisoners' c0n y114,15441 lad night. wag, he most sincerely 4 4 ih 4 hab Y could have a greater regard than IN eh ar ii erf in . Iv, • To it he owed everything; but oc e,ey tolse 4aPosition he did, and being at the heed ;,tortekl4ll,:irtieinis.tration of the country, be felt it 4, \t Idi we vert upon the conduct of the counsel I t "Pe a they a " .. e ti e h e 4 ,, Ppeared to have . acted impro -111 ble ntl e t oele ti :; ,reason to complain on such oc -114:4:4;)ith i n: w zi t a b u ni t look 0 b withdprwitoohn proles haad long kli l ltl i t etei t t e h t c ' h esttraatinoneor; an d English people. ler,,N n rtfl e j a e har, men of the highest talent and k V", 1,, the m P e' great creeit upon the profession, ,'ttLtit?tittttrtn•°ll,ession would long continue to enjoy )14 1 . 4 et • ate tliet e e l e l 'Xixa trusted his Lordship would 0 1 1e,,, , ft 8 hr?se that he complained of the course s:"Peet oservations he made. He merely , lembte a reistak e Nte t el-t.e.i ~ 0 , and to state the truth. _ %, N t c , t think the matter ought to end . 414 4 ll l l ,lveb e t4hl hg but kindness for both the b , L 44 we e hanles were mentioned, and I . mo te li t '',lre t at I deemed to be my duty as a b, IN ghat , ~4 Of th ereee a Feed and the Court proceeded I li ke , ---................L 22ea p e - ea° ' ' the r. „ ' 4 se ". i. 4,, C o — I-J itT (THIS DAY.) . --, Or4ti.,,ti;et!Joh44.l) COURT. \l't."t, I l ltv ' a nds who was tried yesterday A b - hot h ' ht4„ 1 41 4 4k r eing able to agree, were . locked n kiee'Qs Baron „koe ti i ti ' Parke taking his seat . on '44/4 e r:epo s , _Fe the jury wet . ? brought in " 4, t,t 4 el oorty tt . % id `-jetnaking an apicat t i o on a . gree, and i e"t ett ,_llF, 4 oe od u . , , Y were unable discharge them. , t t t : t ,f, ti ' t a, 44 4:k ilt eou 'el ci e Cour t t wou permit that; they must "41. / te l : e il lti e re4 e jtvour to come to some decision. t,,;, t iteeh tt m if his Lordship would allow them 111,,,f041)4 went, as they were very much ex ile tiete tit ke t . \l s4 rll .4 'et. said he had no power to make an tlil W 4 ht 4 laid ,st t to eh ltlee, w thost of the jury were family men, „0 4 ,tlll ti i :. his L o r d would be alarmed at their ab- N t iee l t te n ,s t i r dihip allow them to write home 'I Y II l' 156 of the disagreeable position ti th e ee it • . t r Y & ill iglit : li d he could not allow them to iN about 4 re i iild Messengers to their homes. LA, a s e , hal f e ' - ' a second time, and after an e'cleli l dtet al l heur they returned into court etc p a . Altk t ° I Guilty 0 lltt7,,bitik said he consult Lord Camp ,'"?!.2l' 4, :br e n n ,, t 'l'ee, ro us t anti his Lordship directed 'O, te 4. - "ga t up for judgment to-morrow ,' 4 t, 4 PeiZ il lell. kylf ith la t ent u lB t e and James Douglas payment tt' t er n receipts for the p Ikl f elk % to defraud. The prisoners pleaded i i t t h i te;, ll ,,h , e , IVl' - ‘'11 . (1 -(I seC tIt :i ' D m was Mr. Ballantine, ap % l'it -e n "c'rl; and Mr. Montagu Chambers, k )Oe 0' defer Mr. Bodk . defended Mellish; ry Ida re ef N ed „ in, , 44 a ver Douglas. els att th e y Complicated nature, and likely it whole of the day. I ,OEl', b Lt, ------- ----,, e, -r ek :;' - ' 4 X SESSIONS. )h t ''t '' l't (ia s DAy ) th hit t asze tt D te . Il k 4 ) N ' s 'd % , eputy Assistant-Judge.) O i l 4 04 N ee e at Clerkenwell, to hear appeals, Wtai alla go tt en l'4° oil the paper. ta kt 4 t. 4v v . C o m p any %,,o ,4 t it) p our estern leedway h e Ole 0. The of Staines parish, of the pt i rl, r el eh, . ttt sh ags 6 5 so„ -eating was postponed. te tta s p?' tdeard Ramsay against a con t 4 r . d Yciter F, h - vit t . .tliq ui s q., police magistrate, tl I httil e put "lily obtaining money, under ) 1 -1, ew poses was ust °nod INCNI •ST ' P P • ip 4 k i , itti, r .„ 'o l 4. l tt t "ellb ''''' 1.--(THIS DAY.) 0,,,, , er oer e'11,,6' tx, ch„",, • 0 . native of Sqxony, about 40 , ti t'i o . 4 4 t t re„ ,r 1 before Mr. Jardine with at- NOt oi c er tt ' t !ltre et, ?' freni Mr. Joseph Ullman, ' f I ' i s l te:ete oe l hal ob a r t ° hhaonger, by letters, threaten " e'tl e , Ye e ; etat ed a ageinst him. INllee la % AA, that he bad frequently, durir g y k , lt, „e, en gat to Vt i vre WI 4 etTh „ Y the prisoner, who is ~ h„. 4, ~,k, th e ' and has been in distressed mr ":"l,tteei4mt (ete...rprisoner had become too im- IN' tit ter 1 44 ee. `;','lmart) resisted his applications lekte Iv tli 4 1. ° 11 :i t h'h the 20th of this month he re 'S) e, 4, k e h ° Prise -• in the German lan -1 th l ‘ t ie "a pl ayc put 4 40 nth -r magistrate's_hand a I: t tt ll r ti t ti rs a th t h e ltas elf- A e lrJarciine compared 4 t,t eta l f a °ei: l a ca'r e - :, "Rhea!, ' and the prosecutor 4 kl'il N. i, which the prisoner admitted. ;k c 'hee ° al ci thr e t 4,41,, ivo t , i. Lo . ats of such a nature, that the t le i lt tef a ti 04 4 aeo n ; t'ead aloud the contents) said ii Se vvee t hin e dlY ba transported if he should . k ttl ,4l l a he t - -- b i t e - er a b h arge. The - offence he had t ai Oh ne 1 04 1 , 1 4 _ 4 a ete •r e grave one. He inqu i red . Ili t 'tt th ( 'e r, tr, 411 ' 4 _ , towards other persons en li t 'ep 4 el 4, pri a ttl an t r , d u Mr. Ullman answere d 1 leNete e la lif e 4) her h to e stnau, named Heineker, told i l tt it 4,1 1 '1 4. : a 9 ( C a. , ''l)oken very ill of him an V I , l i e re Prt me ' this was done without any e i' 4e4 N ai uer .. had offered to withdraw the e t e it 'tope "I him (the prosecutor) on re ,‘, kli atit ~4 ' 1 4 hi I,l94:ltlr,i4hltt°lese-t:l34:sofeja,ce said that be had assisted t „,lle e„° R e , reli ee „mit of the hands of the police a 0' t's," lb At de st -, e u both him and his wife when e t,„ lh. e pro_ nution in this country. The in 11c141e'l I N " c uter . OW tt Nt, it 0 1 hi induced him to make public lt N e l lti °I• said 41 . I,ilp i °q,, l 4l, l l , b i 0 oth er t hit the story about the police at feeve; e 4 iteu a atioe, ettrges implied in the letters, ";" 1 ::% - mte, 11 ,1" sit i• It W, Walso untrue that be had k ',lt l l , l tlp ot ' sa id it was relieved by the prisoner. X h 6. he h if . 1 ~i_v Quid be no excuse for the pri .ootirad Si! lin stated were true. He would I li, l itAs' I/C ti Ot dew Ij l , th -er ii e aftle ___ 1:1 a very severe punishment l i t, 7 , %wer e i.,_,would be remanded . tor a . week . , 00 5 ire ee seenrematrueted to make minute 'mini 1, a 041 ,1 4 4 1 1 ; , ?areer in London, especially with \ltllt tk t t' De teoe he had attempted similar eater t.l'tNl) ''%•........ u ... , NY he A It. sang Kt 4,1 ~i1e...:. li,, 4.GisTRATEs AND THE CORONER. , ttc, i , v, Iv 4qi ov , St, , .. , an Inquest at tt ''''t" 'et held the Green Man, teN t lle e , ~,e ag t e s uae e, on view of the body of k t t liol, or, \, t eatt i te , 0, cabinet-maker, No. 12 i, Cur k,,i to cite suddenly. The evi ‘ de w n i e t h e ki,l'4l,(ll,ty )11) 0 14 e 1 (1 1, way gluingthaelodieic,elsotadtlwerhsotownere -street l li t i l t r i t t t ' l te n be e :'wh er ° : Pain at his chest. He went into ih tt efe m . 4 ase e, he sat down and almost immediately q t .- l ee r " a S in good h' \I ee t tare "e f lee ''• th e e . . ealth. Mr. Mather, sari \iN , it 0; gil 41 ,u'vlsloh, said that he was cane( , Yte' 1 0e t ied of di a dying state. He was of opinion 4 ,4 i . ii i r e !let, :Nam a l eas e of the heart. Coroner—Could , t re? libel Ih q fto the cause of death? Blr. Blather ti,':te i t tle- , Tai rt th et t;:kuttiaPireviously attended him. Coroner Vtie 4 ' ri vili ° l l4 ) w ho will ease ray fees will be disallowed t t N t. t 4. N. tit nip st u n . _,say„ , t, hat the inquiry was there 41114 ; ii i t z .:niat e of ti( ;! a u t Z• alnlaVaw requires . th at e 1 gentleman AzNk,,,, but 'diiill jeqUited to hold an m ' ij q c u a est for that Itiiitttpti) I ~,,,,Q4' gentitineu and a t n h m other witnesses Itti&rate it fe.%". deprived of mine. e ln two similar Nos ar k were disallowed by the magistrates. der V that ' it was most unjust. Verdict— HARRISON AINSWORTH'S NEW WORK. NERVY 1V CLIT HE .11 ) OE. IVo. I. By William Ilarrison Ainsworth. Chapman and Very accepable to his admirers will be the com mencement of this new serial story by Harrit.ou Ainsworth. Under any circumstanc,s his appearance could not but prove a source of pleasure to those novel-reach rs who have hitherto delighted in the creatures of his imagination—more peculiarly must this be the case now that his advent startles us like a resuscitation. Everyone at all negnainted with the current literature is well aware that during several years past our author has abstained from all labours of the pen; saving such as were absolutely requisite in the revision of his collected writings and in the editing of two very popular periodicals. Since the completion of the " Lancashire Witches," indeed, we lime looked in vain for any further evidence of those powers as a romencist which had rapidly built up Mr. Ainsworth's reputation. Those, therefore, who had hitherto accustomed themselves to the in tellectual excitement produced by his enthralling volumes of adventure, were compelled to content themselves with a re-perusal of what had already be come familiar, allowing themselves to revert, as the humour prompted them, to the hair-breadth escapes of " Jack Sheppard," to the breathless chase of the high wayman in " Rookwood," to the extraordinary achievements recounted in the history of " Crichton," to the records of a past century, comprised in the tale of " The Miser's Daughter," or to those curious narratives, part historical, part fanciful, part topographical, which repeopled with beings sum moned from the grave the ancient fabrics of " st. James's," of " St. Paul's , " of " Windsor Castle," and of " The Tower of London." After his protracted silence, however, we have the satisfaction of again listening to the voice of the romancer. " Mervyn Clitheroe," as far as we can possibly judge from a first number, gives promise of affording the admirers of Harrison Ainsworth ample store of entertainment. It is unlike anything he has ever before produced, and this, not merely in the manner of its publication, but in the very style in which it is penned throughout. Like several of his distinguished contemporaries, our author has resolved to show the world of novel readers how far he can succeed in the recounting of an imaginary autobiographer. As Charles Dickens has done in " Copperfield," and Bulwer Lytton in the " Caxtons " and Makepeace Thackeray in " Pen dennis," 'Harrison Ainsworth is now doing in " Clitheroe." He is writing a fiction as if he were himself the hero of the narrative ; and he is carrying out his intentions already in a way eminently calcu lated to yield amusement. Four chapters alone, have tis yet, of course, made their appearance, but these are given in a strain so peculiarly lively and agree able that we doubt not but that the majority will eagerly watch for the continuation of these same " Adventures." Already we have followed the hero to three several localities as different from each other in all respects as can well be ima gined. There is the residence, for example, of Mrs. Mervyn—(“ Mrs. Mervyn," says our author face tiously, " for though a spinster she had taken brevet rank") —bight the Anchorite's. Then there is the Free Grammar School of Cottonborough—a by the way, with "so many windows that it looked like a lantern"—where we are introduced to a variety of characters, such as poor Simpson and good Dr. Lonsdale, or as John Brideoake and the Rev. Abel Cane. Then again the third of these localities, the farm at Marston called Nethercrofts , where the famous cheeses were made by a tippling old blade of a great uncle, by name John Mobber ley. The evil genius of Mervyn has even in the first number made his appearance in the person of Aialpas Sale, the Etonian. Not the least hu morous amongst the miscellaneous personages in troduced, moreover, is John Leigh, the hero of Bunker's Hill. As a token of Mr. Ainsworth's newly developed powers as a humorist, we must transfer to our columns the fallowing delightful passage—a passage replete with a rollicking fun almost amount ing to the farsical. John, you must know, reader, was the keeper of the cake shop frequented by the schoolboys of Cottonborough : " Some hal!'-dozen of us were comfortably seated on John's counter, munching away at a pound of maca roons before us, when we perceived Cane issuing from the gate, evidently marching in the direction of the shop. In an instant we all di:isappeared ; some of us diving under the counter, and others hiding where they could. Shortly after, when Cane entered, no one was to be seen except John, close beside whose bulky legs I and two others were lying perdus. " thought some of the boys were here, John ?' said Alr. Cane, sharply, and glancing round the place. "' I see none on 'em, sir,' replied John, in a some what burley tone. • That's not a direct answer, John,' rejoined the pedagogue, peremptorily. There are six of my boys out of school—Latham, Hilton, Frog, Simpson, Hyde, and Clitheroe. Has any one of them, or, have all, beers here ?' "' never answers no questions about the youg gen tlemen as frequents my shop,' said John, doggedly. " Then I conclude they have been here,' observed Mr. Cane. " Upon this, we pinched John's fat legs rather se verely, tor we thought ho might have done something better than this to get us out of the scrape. The pain made him roar cut lustily. " What's the matter, John?' asked Mr. Crane, who was going out of the shop. " ' A sudden seizure, sir, that's all,' returned John ; but you intist'nt go for to imagine, from he anything I've said, that the young gentleman has been re, sir. It's my rule never to speak about 'em, and I should have given you the same answer whether or no.' " Equivocation, yon fancy, is not falsehood, I see, John ; nut give me leave to observe that your standard of morality is randier low. I shall draw my own con clusions,' said Mr. Cane, turning away, and muttering to himself. am sure they have been here.' " Upon which we pinched John's gre at calves again, and the veteran angrily ejaculated, " Come, I shan't stand this any longer •a " Ha! What's that? Did I hear a right?' de manded Mr. Cane, stopping short. The man has been drinking,' he muttered. quiet, I say, or IT bundle you out o' th' shop, roared John. " You'll do WHAT?' almost screamed Mr. Cane, coming up to him, with a countenance full of fury, and twirling his watch-chain as if he would fling it at John's head. Did you address those dierespectlul—those im pertinent observations to mc, man ?' " We were so delighted at this mistake, that we nearly betrayed ourselves, and with difficulty stifled our laug tin r, They warn't addressed to you, sir,' returned John. " Then to whom were they addressed?' pursued Mr. Cane. You affirm no one else is hero. I see no one. ,John--John, I am afraid you are fuddled.' " Fuddled—l fuddled. I'd have you to know, Mr. Cane, that I never touches a drop in the morning; and the young gentlenvn will bear witness to my sobriety.' " What young gentlemen?' deruanded Cane. " Here we slightly admonished John again. " The young rascals, 1 mean,' he roared, stamping with rage and pain. I wish they were all at the devil —and you at their back,' he added, to Mr. Cane, for getting himself in the blindness of his wrath. "'lt is evident y ou are not yourself, John, said the preceptor; that is the only excuse I can make for you. At sortie more fitting moment I shall endeavour to rea son you out of the t•intul and pernicious course you aro pursuing. Drink in the morning. Faugh! John.' " Wits this be departed, muttering to himself, and was scarcely out of hearing than we jumped up, and saluted John with a roar of laughter, worthy of Homer's heroes. But the hero of Bunker's Hill did not join in the Ho• men(' merriment." The incident on the ice is cleverly told, and brings the number to a most interesting conclusion. ",Phiz" has added an attraction to the first instalment of "Mervyn Clitheroe" by accompanying its initial chapters with two very droll illustrations. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Lambton, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, gave a Shaksperian reading at this theatre last evening, for the benefit of the Medical Benevo lent College. The play chosen ',was Othello, and never have we heard any amateur read Shakspere nearly so well. Mr. Lambton's conception of each character was just, and it was well carried out. His voice is flexible and of good quality, and his manner very agreeable. Should Mr. Lambton adopt the giving of Shaksperian readings as a profession we have little doubt of his success. CIRR . Her M.jPsty an d his Royal Highness Prince OS CULA BORNE, Nov. 27 . Al bert walked y es t er d ay i n the Park. a t Osborne. The younger branches of the Royal Family also took their usual walks in the grounds. _ _ Mo: Most The Judicial Committee of her esty Honourable Pri vy C ounc il s at yesterday at the Council Chamber. Th e L or d s present were —Lord Cran worth, Sir J. Kni g ht Bruce, the Judg e of the Prerogative Court, an d Si r Ed war d Ryan. An appe al, " Wilkinson v. Wilson" he Buono arte), was con eluded, and judgment giv p en. The appeal, "Lunt v. Burnett" (the Panchon) was part h ea rd. (t Dispatches were received at the Colonial-cflice yes terday from the Governors of the West India Islgiu&, and also from the Governor of South Australia. -R o al THE Due uESd OF GLOUCESTER.--Her - y Highness the Duchess of Gloucester returned to town on Wednesday from the Bedford hotel, Brighton, where her Royal Highness has been sfjourniug during the past month. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who came to Brighton on Tuesday last, on a visit to his august relative, returned to London with her Royal Highness, and accompa nied the illustrious Princess to Gloucester House. DETENTION OF TtiE CITY or PITTSBURG LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. —This new screw steamship, the wiling of which we announced yesterday, has been coin . pellen to remain in port for two days, in consequence of being overladen. Upon quitting dock, at the moment of her intended departure yesterday, it was found that she had considerably more cargo on board than her tonnage would justify. Men were immediately set to work reduce the freight by nearly five feet measurement. She is expected . tQ bail t9-11191Wif. TI-1E SUN, LO N DON, AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The American packet Franklin arrived off Cowes at nine o'clock this evening, on her way to Havre; she left New York on the 15th instant, at noon. Amongst her cr!" , o is specie to the value of 105,0 0 0 dolls. for England, and 500,000 for Havre. The Ativ;rican papers are filled with the reports of the reception of Kossuth in England. Captain Long, of the Mississippi, has published a letter from Kos suth himself showing the kind feeling existing be tween them. Mr. Fillmore's claims to the Presidency are not likely to be pressed. Mr. Webster has received a communication from Kossuth referring to the celebrated letter of Hulse mann, the Austrian Minister. Judge Starkey has been ordered to Havannah to demand the trial or release of Mr. Thrasher. In a telegraphic message from Washington, dated November 13, it was stated that the President had sanctioned Mr. Webster's refusal to accede to the Spanish demands. The telegraph also announces that Mr. Webster would shortly resign. According to further returns of the New York Election, the Whigs have a majority of two in the Assembly. Mr. Toombes has been elected for •Georgia. In his speech he stated that the constitutional union party will adhere to its present isolated independent organization and name. An awful steam-boiler explosion had taken place at Buffalo. An extensive gfailure bad occurred at New Orleans, where Peter Cowry, jun., had stopped payment ; his assets are stated at above one million dollars, and his liabilities at about eight hundred thousand dollars. A large and enthusiaatic meeting had taken place at Boston to choose delegates to the State Conven tion, and to nominate Daniel Webster for President. The Radical democrats at Utica are about to start a daily paper to oppose General Cass for the Presi dency. A heavy freshet has occurred in St. John River, New Brunswick. At Frederiekton the water rose suddenly fifteen feet, and did great damage. Mr. Johnson, a Protectionist candidate, has been elected to the Assembly from St. John. From Mexico we learn that the Mexican Govern rnent are concentrating their forces at Montmerey. Uraga, with 5,000 men, is to march to the seat of war to suppress the revolution. Destructive fires have taken place at Baltimore and Troy. With respects to the Massachusets Legislature, the Whig majority is reduced to 19, and there are above 100 representatives yet to be chosen. The Money-market at New York on the 14th P.M., opened firmly, but closed heavily ; the amount of specie to go out in the next week, which it was supposed would amount to two millions, had a re.. strictive effect. The Cotton-market was Rithout change, and the sales were 1,000 bales. In flour there wa s a fair business doing, particularly in Western and State flour. The exchange on London was 1108 to 1104. At New Orleans, Nov. 11, Cotton was animated ; sales 7,000 bales, at full prices, strict middling, 71c. THE ARCTIC SEARCH. Amongst the many instances of generosity and self •devotion wLich the recent annals of Arctic en terprise have afforded, there is none more striking than one which has lately come to our knowledge, and which we trust will very soon attract public attention. Captain Beatson, of the mercantile marine—a gentleman who, for a series of years, has, in com mand of his own ships, visited every quarter of the globe, - . and experienced every vicissitude with which an adventurous career is usually rife—has for the last two years, or ever since the unsuccessful expe dition of Sir James Ross in search of Franklin, de voted his attention to the fate of the missing Arctic ships, and to the causes of the failures which have hitherto attended all the efforts made by the Govern ment for their rescue. Persuaded that no pursuit of the missing expedi tion can lead to any successful issue which is not car ried on far beyond the limits which can be attained by a single wintering in the ice—that the search, viewing the lapse of years, has not yet been made in the right direction—and that the 'timing ships should now be met as well as followed, and that in a much higher latitude than has yet been attempted—Captain Beatson proposes to take a screw steam-ship up Beh ring Strait, and to press with it westward and north ward so as to turn the, barrier of ice and islands which is supposed to extend from that meridian eastward towards Melville Island. And, having gained the open water which he believes to lie behind this barrier, be intends to work his way eastward, year by year if necessary, in a high latitude, towards the northern entrance of 'Wellington Strait—thus eventually meet ing, it is to be presumed, the expedition which will doubtless be sent by the Government up that channel next spring, for the purpose cf following in the .track of Franklin. Captain Beatson, with a purpose of heroic con stancy worthy of the cause, contemplates devoting no less than five years, if needed, to this daring enter prise ; but he has the strongest confidence that within that period he will fall in with the long-lost navi gators, or be able to solve the intolerable mystery of their fate. He devotes to this arduous undertaking, not only his unpaid personal services, both in the equipment and conduct of the ex pedition, but even the profits he has made by the produce f his own talents and industry —amounting to a sum which, if quite insufficient to launch the expedition, is yet all he can command. We understand that he is the in ventor of several ingenious nautical instruments (es pecially an altimeter for measuring distances in fog) which are well known and appreciated, especially in Russia, where they have procured him several in terviews with the Emperor, and are exten sively employed in the Imperial Navy. He took out patents for these inventions, and it is by the sale of these that be has been enabled to lay the foundation of the fund required for his expedition. He must look to his country for the rest, and, supported as he is by some of the most influential and respectable bankers and merchants of the City, we cannot fear that his appeal to the sym pathy and liberality of all who have hearts to feel, and money, be it much or little, to spare, will be made in vain. Gladly, indeed, would we see Mr. Beatson's sacri fices rendered unnecessary, and the field of search he contemplates occupied by her Majesty's ships, under the command of some of those brave young officers who have lately tasted of Arctic adventure and toil in another quarter, and who are doubtless ready for fresh and more enduring labours. And though as yet the Admiralty have made no sign, and impene trable mystery still shrouds the report of the Artie Committee, we do not despair. That an expedition .will be sent up Wellington Strait in the spring, to follow in the trail of Franklin, and that this will be done vigorously and perseveringly year after year, if need be, till he is tracked to his last position, we cannot doubt—the country demands it ; but this dis covery would in all probability be greatly accelerated if the pursuit were commenced at both ends. If good ships were few in number, and brave men scarce, we should have no hesitation in sending all our expeditions up the Wellington Channel in prefer ence to any other. But it must be remembered that at the other end of the passage which Franklin was sent to seek, lay the goal of that gallant veteran's ambition, which he would steadily strive to reach, for no man had a more exalted pease of duty; that Beh ring Strait, therefore, was his looked-for exit—that he would press toward it accordingly—and that he may have so pressed on till retreat became impossible. The enterprise in which Lieutenant Pim is embarked is based on this supposition ; nay, it presumes not only that Franklin attained the desired western longi tude, but that he has been carried beyond it. And we presume it is on the same supposition — namely, the arrival of the discovery ships or their crews at the end of their navigation—that the Ad miralty, year after year, maintained a depot ship in Behring Strait, securely harboured there, in order to welcome and refresh the way worn, but, as we would still hope, triumphant navigators. The course Mr. Beatson proposes to take is wholly new ground, for Captains Collinson and M'Clure are pursuing their course towards Melville Island in a lower latitude, divided probably by the barrier of ice and land, broken or unbroken, which has been already alluded to, from the northern sea. And even if they should succeed in reaching in their ships the position aimed at—which we do not expect—or of pushing on a travelling party towards it, which shall hit the identical spot where Lieutenant M'Clintock left his farthest record—they will still find no notice of that great discovery of Penny, which leaves us no doubt that Franklin pursued his course to the west in a far higher latitude. We confidently hope that the Admiralty will give a helping hand to an expedition thus possessing so many claims to our sympathy and support, and that they will not witness the generous efforts of a private individual, struggling against difficulties of every description with indifference. There cannot be one ship too many iu the new and untried region lying between Wellington and Behring Straits. The dig-. tribution of land and water in those northern latitudes is wholly unknown to us. We cannot tell in which channel, among many, perhaps, Franklin and his companions may be shut up—on what coast or what island, a midst a group or chain, or lying alone upon the waters, they may be supporting existence. There is work enough for all. Nor, much as we deplore the sacrifices which Captain Beatson is making, would we check that gallant man's efforts, even were there a fleet of the Queen's ships end a flotilla of boats en gaged in the same exploration. He has a right to his vocation and such noble instincts as his, sustained EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1851. FRIDAY by a steadfast frith in the guiding grid protecting hand of Providence, are the elements of success. INCORPORATION OF KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL. We may remark that, since the late discoveries, the Arctic question has become as interesting to the geographer as to the philanthropist. It has become, apart from politics, domestic and foreign, one of the most interesting questions of the day ; and it fixes, in a remarkable manlier, both on this geographical ac count and by its hold on all human sympathies, the attention of other countries, which look to its solution with an anxiety scarcely inferior to our own. A general quarterly court o f th e gov er n ors o f thi s institution was held yesterday, at the hospital, the Rev. Dr. Jelt; Principal of King's College, presiding. Mr. E. CLARKE, tho secretary, read the following. report of the state of the hospital, from which it ap peared that the total number of in-patients since the opening were 13,967 ; ditto of out-patients, 185 469 making together 199,436. The committee congratu lated the governors on the fact of the institution hav ing, since the last meeting, become more intimately connected with King's College, by the Act of incors poration which received the royal assent on the 7th of August. The Act bestowed on the hospital many privileges which it did not previously enjoy. The insti tution having now become a corporate body, it would be necessary that many of their bye-laws and regu lations should be altered, eo as to render them appli cable to its corporate character. This was provided for by the 36th and 37th clauses of the new Act. Notwithstanding the present depressed state of the resources of the institution, the committee felt confi dent that its merits would, ere long, be more fully appreciated, and that it would receive that liberal support it so well deserved. The committee urged on the governors the necessity of en earnest coope ration in their endeavours to augment the annual resources of the hospital, which were very inadequate to the increasing demands made upon it. At present, there were no funds in hand for the payMent of the last quarter's accounts, amounting to 9861. The building and endowment fund committee bad con tinued their labours, but of late accessions to the building fund had come in slowly. Great progress, however, had been made with the plans for the new building, which ware now ready for the inspection of the governors. The committee had to express their thanks for many liberal donations made to the hospital. On the motion of Mr. DENISON, seconded by Sir WALTER RIDDELL, the report was received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN then stated that, as a corporation, they were bound to have a common seal. Drawings had been procured, and would be exhibited to the governors. They were handed round ; and one furnished by Mr. Wyon, engraver to the Queen, was selected. It represents the arms of the hospital, with the caducus, and the inscription round the edge, " The seal of the president, vice- presidents, and governors of King's College Hospital, incorporated 1851." The committee of management was authorised to cause a seal to be prepared from this design, with such alterations in the details as they might think fit. Donations were announced of 1001. from the Rev. T. H. Fiske, who, it is stated, had previously con tributed 1,8001. to the funds of the institution, and thirty guineas from " an old pupil of King's College." On the motion of Mr. Sergeant STORKS, seconded by Mr. SMITH, the thanks of the court were voted for these donations; and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. It is with no little satisfaction that we have seen our own feelings reflected and demonstrated by our countrymen in other lands. Of this a brilliant proof has lately been exhibited by the British residents at New York, in the dinner they gave, and the honours they then bestowed on, the officers of the American Arctic expedition and on the generous and patriotic American citizen to whom that expedition owed its existence. The sentiments delivered on that occa sion, and particularly that which embodied the heart and spirit of. every one presene—" May the rescue of Sir John Franklin and his companions never be aban doncl until his fate shall have been positively ascer tained''—were worthy of the two great and kindred nations which have joined heart and hand in the work. May England's voice reecho this cry with a firmness and energy not to be mistaken or withstood. — Chronicle. MERITORIOUS SERVICES REWARDED. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was held at the offices, 20, John-street, Adelphi, Mr. Thomas Wil son, late M.P. for London, in the chair, supported by Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert R.N., 1C.C.8 ; Mr. George Palmer, late M.P. for South Essex ; Colonel Colquhoue, F.R.S. ; Captain Washington, RN., F.R.S.; Captain George Davis, It N.; Captain Jerning ham, R.N., Portsmouth ; Captain S. Ellerby, Elder Brother of the Trinity House; Captai❑ Lambert Perrot . , and Captain Preston. Captain Washington read an in teresting report on the state of the life-boats and life-pre serving apparatus in the Isle of Anglesea, suggesting that several of these boats, from age and other CtillBC°, should be replaced as soon as the funds of the institution allowed it. It was resolved that the life-boat station at Comlyn should be forthwith replaced ; after which it was unanimously resolved that, in appreciation of the gal lant and meritorious services of the coxswains of the Liverpool life-boats in having been instrumental in saving lives from shipwreck on the numerous occasions hereinafter mentioned, they be respectively presented with the medal of the institution:-1. Geo. Davies, cox swain of the Hoy lake life-boat, who, during the last 11 years, has gone out 59 times. 2. Robert Beck, coxswain of the Point of Ayr life-boat, who has gone out 60 times. 3. The coxswain of the Formby life-boat, who hiss gone out 70 times. 4. Peter Cropper, coxswain of the Liverpool life-boat, who has gone out 96 times. 5. Thomas Evans, coxswain of the Magazines life-boat, who has gone out 106 times. A singular mark of honour and appreciation was conferred on Samuel Moody, cox swain of the life-boat of the institution stationed at Skegness, Lincolnshire, who has personally assisted at the saving of 53 lives. These men also re..eive locally a pecuniary reward for their services. It was stated that the Liverpool life-boats had assisted, during the last ten years ending in March last, 269 vessels wrecked or distressed, and have saved 1,128 human lives, so that presenting the coxswains of these boats with the medal of this old and valuable in stitution is a well-merited and graceful recognition of services devoted to the noblest of causes. On the re presentation of the Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, a number of poor men, living at Spain, near Skibbereen, County Cork, were rewarded with 4/. for having, by means of a raft formed of oars and boards, saved the lives of ten persons who had been wrecked from a boat on a rock near Cape Clear. After 201. had been voted• in aid of the Aldborough Life-boat Este bli,hment, and 71. for repairing the boat of that place, Captain Ellice, R.N., comptroller-general of the Coast Guard ; Captain M'Hardy, R.N., and Captain G. A. Halstead, R.N., were elected members of the committee, in the room of Captain Sparshott, R.N., and Mr. John Deacon, deceased. ROYAL ARTILLERY. GENERAL ORDER. Deputy-Adjutant-General's-office. Woolwich, Nov. 27. _ _ Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to approve of the following promotion in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, via : Second-Lieutenant Charles John Dowse to be First- Lieutenant vice Place, retired. Dated, Nov. 11. H. I). Ross, Deputy-Adjutant-General. POOR RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. pe;trsing iheChelieniiam Journal of Mon day, the 17th inst., I found it to contain a copy of a letter addressed to you from the overseers of the poor of the parish of Tewkesbury, on the subject of the proceedings taken by them against Richard Kirg Fletcher, for the recovery of a poors-rate due by bim to the parish, amounting to Bs. 6d. I feel myself constrained, being an old inhabitant of the borough, as well as a rate payer, to condemn, in the highest degree, such proceed. ings as being unjust towards the rate-payers in throwing away no less a sum then 111. 16s. for the sake of re covering the paltry, insignificant one of Bs. 6d., which several individuals would have paid rather than have allowed such an unnecessary expenditnre and wanton waste of money ; but this they were prevented from doing, the whole affair being kept a profound secret, on purpose, as it would seem, tor the mere sake of what is termed "making an example:' The poor fellow now incarcerated in the Tewkesbury gaol for such non-pay ment has paid parochial rates for the last nine years, and his family before him for near a century. Ile has been carrying on the business of a whitesmith in Tewkes bury, but failed twice, and a sale wider a distress for rent was the result. Shortly after this, to add to his misfortunes, he buried a child. In June last he sold a sow and pigs for 4/. 10s., two days after which he left Tewkesbury, but previous to so doing be paid debts, amounting to nearly 201., leaving himself only a few shillings to take him to London, expecting upon his arrival there to enter immediately into the employ of Mr. C. White, harness manufacturer, of Liver pool-street, instead of which a week and up wards elapsed, during which time, and in a strange place, without money or work, destitute of a place where to take his wife, himself, or family, his situation, as may be supposed, must have been most pitiable. Taking all this into consideration, and even supposing his circumstances to have been quite the op posite to what they really were, I am sure no man with common sense will attempt to justify an act so unjust towards the rate-payers. It Is indeed an act which prcclaims aloud the absolute necessity of the rate payers instituting a rigidlinquiry into how and in what manner the • money has be e n ex p en d e d. Should the se remarks he the means of raisi ng u p a more able champion in the cause of justi ce , an d aga inst aggres sion, than myself, my desires will b e f u lfill e d. Craving au insertion of this i n y our va l ua ble columns, I will conclude by urging on the overseers to be care ' ful lest they confirm the trite apophthegm of being "penny wise and pound foolish."—l am, Sir, &c., A RATEPAYER. _ Tewkesbury, Nov. 21, 1851. __- [All further communications on this subject must be paid for as advertisements; —[ED. SUN.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA rTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. _ . The only bets kid yesterday were 3,000 to 45 agst Goldlinder, 1,000 to 15 agst Knook Knoll, and 1,000 to 10 agEt Cockcrow, for the Chester Cup; 1,000 to 40 agst ‘Vornersley for the next Derby, and 3,000 to 90 agst Vanderdecken for the Derby 1853. _ THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—To prevent mis takes, we are requested to state that in naming horses for this race they must be described according to their ages at present, and not what they may be on the Ist of January. The dotry closes on Monday. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. Captain W. H. Smyth, V.P ., was in the chair last night. No regular paper (upon any particular topic) WEN read; but the exhibitions, accompanied by ex planatory remarks, were of unusual interest. The donations to the library were also continued in the shape of several handsome and valuable works. Mr. I3otfield sent some objects of great curiosity and un questionable antiquity, namely, nine amber beads, belonging to a period anterior even to the Roman occupation of our island, which must have been worn as ornaments by a Celtic chief, and which were found six feet below the ground in Shropshire, under a basaltic formation. Mr. Wylie transmitted some additional Anglo-Saxon relics discovered near Fair ford, Gloucestershire. Mr. Ouvry presented the museum of the society with an ancient impression of the corporate seal of the Monastery of Bury St. Ed raund's, in a more perfect state than that of the reign of Henry VIII., preserved in the Bricism Museum ; it was accompanied by a letter from Mr. R. Sims, of the British Museum, admitting and explaining its value, as of anterior date to the only known spe cimen. Sir George Musgrave favoured the members with the inspection of a very early matrix, in hone-stone, for casting alphabets for the instruc tion of children ; he presented imitative blocks of it to the Museum. Lord Londesborough wrote a letter to the Secretary, Sir Henry Ellis, con taining an account, by Mr. It. Smith, of the dis covery of a Roman bridge on his Lordship's estate near Tadcaster ; this account was illustrated by draw ings, and led to an interesting discussion between Lord L on d esborough, the Rev. Mr. Hunter, Mr. Smith, an d M r. Wright, the lor supposed upon real and others, on the subject, includi ng some remarks Roman re ma i ns at Godmadam (anciently Godmound ham), in the same vicinity. Mr. Smith was of opi nion, as far as be had been able to examine, that those usguhbsdeiqduneontt profess t o the titmo havee of B oh ed ta e i . ned L a o n rd y p L e o r n s d on es a - 1 b " o . e r o n informati on on t h e subject, an d - the Rev. Mr. Hunter evidently clung to the notion that the walls, especially near the chur c h, were of the • e Roman period. The Vice-President hoped that the quest'w ou ld ion soonbe set at rest by f ur th er and more minute inves tigation. ST- ALBANS COUNTY COURT, AND THE LATE ELECTION. ST. ALBANS, Tr unspay.—More than usual in terest wa.. manifested in the proceedings before the judge of our County Court, Mr. Roe, to-day, in con quence of its being understood that some cases would cou.e on for hearing, arising out of the recent elec tion, and involving souse novelty. The court was accordingly very much crowded. The case of " Bradshaw v. Edwards" was en action brought by the widow of Mr. Joe Bradshaw, a tailor, for f urn i s hi ng the defendant and family with broadcloth, coats, and trousers. Mr. Gresham appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Day for the defendant. The defendant Edwards admitted that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict for the full amount of the debt, 311. 10s., but pleaded a set off of 391 10s., consisting of a claim against the de ceased bankrupt's estate, for getting him through the Court of Bankruptcy in 1845, when Edwards, who, amongst other things, pursued the calling of a local accountant, was resorted to for the purpose purgatorial. The jury, consisting of six, having been sworn, Edwards was put into the witness-box and exa mined. Deposed to having prepared the deceased Joe Bradshaw's balance-sheet, for which he was by agreement to receive 101., together with all other incidental expenses out of pocket connected with the proceedings before the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street. Cross-examined by Mr. Gresham--Have you any occupation at present ? Witness—l am a farmer. Have you been any other occupation besides that of a farmer ?—Yes, I hare been an accountant and manager of the St. Albans Bank for five-and-twenty years. Is there anything else you wish to tell us ? —(Laughter.)—No. There appears in the bank rupt's balance. sheet to be 121. paid for a pony, which the Court adjudged to have been improperly removed from the bankrupt's estate. Now, how did you get that money to pay into court, and where did it come from P—lt came out of my own pocket. From what peculiar resources P—lt is impossible for me to say. Had you, thew, considerable funds at your command P—l had the farm which I now hold, well stocked. Then 12/. was no object to you P—No. Nor 501. ?—No. Nor 1001. ?—No. Nor 2001. ?—No. Nor 300/ ?—No.---(Laughter.) Mr. Blagg, town-clerk, was next examined—Did you ever receive 121. from Mrs. Bradshaw, to give to Edwards to pay for the pony ?—No. Was employed to obtain the bankrupt's final certificate, and the charge was three guineas for doing so and going to London, but had not yet been paid. Prior to this Edwards had himself been a bankrupt, and witness was con cerned for him in the bankruptcy. He had not been paid. Has any creditor under Edwards's estate been paid P—l cannot say. Edwards here rose, and addressi ng th e J u d ge, sa id —I beg to say that have paid four-fifths of my cre ditors in full. Mr. Gresham—Have you paid Mr. Coppock ? (Laughter.)—Yes, I have. Mr. Gresham—l merely wanted to show that at the time Mr. Edwards said he paid this 121. on be half of the bankrupt he had not a pound to help him self with. Now, Mr. Blagg, you represented Brad shaw on that occasion as his attorney ?—Yes. Mr. Gresham—l believe Mr. Edwards himself has occasionally practised as an attorney ?—I do not know. JUDGE—No man can practise without credentials. Mr. Gresham—Yes, a man may practise and may be indicted for it, and Edwards has done it. Witnesses were called to prove that Edwards un dertook for 101., exclusive of any further sum, to get the bankrupt through, and Mr. J. Knowles, account ant, of Basingball-street, said he had looked through the balance-sheet as made out for the court by Ed wards, and was astonished to find that the bankrupt ever passed. The account as made out made the bankrupt spend more money than he ever received.— (Laughter.) It was merely a copying out of the debtor and creditor items from the bankrupt's books, and displayed no ability whatever. Had seen thousands of balance-sheets. 101. was far more than enough for it, and a clerk of any ordi nary capacity would have been dismissed for doing it. Whenever there was a special agree ment an accountant had no more extra expenses, although if he came from a distance he thought he should stipulate for them. A Mr. Ivory, brother to the plaintiff, having deposed that he gave her the 121. in question, and that Mr. Blagg told him his sister had paid the money to him, Mr. Day referring to the proceedings produced, as filed with the Court of Bankruptcy, showed the entry of an item to the effect " 121. for pony paid by Edwards." Mrs. Bradshaw, examined, alleged that Edwards undertook to get her hushand " through" for 101, and that he had never asked her or applied for payment of the 121. for the pony. 2VETV OPERA BY DUP REZ One of the most int eres ti ng events in h . world has been the pr o d uc ti on o f an opera musical aa tßrus sels, last week, composed by D uprez, the celebrated ex-tenor of the French Op era . I t i s called L , Ab de la illaladetta, and is in three ac t s . T he Thea"netr de la Alonnaie, the house chos en f or the production e of the new work, was crowded by a n umerous and brilliant auditory. The scene of th e o p era i s laid in the Pyrennees, at the foot of a mount a i n called the Maladetta, near a bottomless abyss, int o which a young girl who has been adopted by Stephano, a mountaineer, throws herself, the victim of seduction, after giving birth to a female child. A young citizen, afterwards discovered to be the son of a marquis, the seducer of the mother, becomes enamoured of the daughter Joanna, and nearly falls a sacrifice to the rage of Stephano, when his history is discovered. It is then known that the lover ts been simply adopted by the marquis, and thereforeii not his son. Joanna is carried off by Leonce, her lover, t o hi s c h ateau, where a f a l se marriage is about to take pl ace , w hi ch i s prevente d b y t h e arrivik of Stephano, who leads Joanna back to her home. In the third act Joanna, wbo has lost her reason, is about to pl unge h erself into the abyss wh i ch re ceived the body of ber mother, when she is prevented by Stephano, who, being satisfied of the fact, con vinces Joanna that the lover is sincere in his vows, and gives his consent to the union, which afterwards takes place. Joanna, it is need less to say, recovers her reason. The principal character, Joanna, was performed and sung by the daughter of the com poser, Maddle. Caroline Duprez, in the most brilliant manner. At the end of the second act Duprez ap peared on the stage, in answer to the demands of the audience, led on by his daughter, and surrounded by the other performers engaged in the opera. THE Moscow RAILWAT.—The advices from St. Petersburgh state that this railway was opened on the 13th inst. to the public. The first train with passengers started at eleven o'clock in the morning, and a train was hence forth to leave daily from St. Petersburgh and Moscow re spectively. The fares were—First class, 19 silver roubles (about 31.); second class, 13 silver roubles (21. Is. 6d.) ; and third class, 7 silver roubles (1/. 25.) The time occupied was to be 18 hours, and passengers were limited to one pood (361 b.) weight of luggage, for which they were to pay 80 copecs (about 2s. 6d.) The trains for goods wore to com mence running ou the 27th, and the charges would be for grain and flour about 245. per ton; hemp, flax, Esc., about 32s per ton ; and other articles about 48s. per ton. Bulky goods would be taken by measurement, and separate wag gons holding about 500 poods were to be let at 121. 12s. These trains would occupy 48 hours. GIGANTIC ENGINEERING OPERATION.—One of the most gigantic operations ever effected took place a few days ago near Welschmetz, in the Italian Tyrol. A quantity ie stone being required for the construction of viaducts and bridges, for a railway, it was resolved to use a huge rock 360 feet high and 85 wide, which rose like a wall. In two places only was this rock connected with the chain of Alps. First of v.ll it was entirely separated from the mountain (a very difficult operation, which occupied 800 workmen for some time); then seven or eight large openings were effected at the base, so that the immense mass was supported on columns; and then trains of gunpowder were placed in each opening. Everything having been prepared, fire was set to the trains. In eleven minutes a frightful explosion tale place, and the mass came down. The fall shock the earth for a distance of nearly two leagues, and the pieces of rock spread over nearly ten acres.— Galignani. It appears that a sum equal to 640,0001. was voted by the French Assembly for continuing the works of the Paris and Lyons Railway, and that it is to be obtained by an extension of the floating debt, which is already considered dangerously large. The Finance Minister, however, asserted that the qiroceeding might be adopted with perfect safety, and as it was admitted that in the present state of public credit it would be inexpedient to attempt the negotiation uf a loan of 2,000,0001, which had been contemplated, it seems to have been the only course open. The greatest portion is to be expended on the section between Chalons and Macon. The discussion with regard to the alleged proposals of an English company for the ultimate completion of the under taking is to be deferred until after the adoption of the esti mates of 1852. The Union Bank of London, in conjunction with ' the banking-house of Duncan, Sherman, and Co., of New York, have arranged to introduce for travellers in America the system of letters of credit or circular notes, which has hitherto been limited to Europe. Their list embraces almost every place of importance in the United States and Canada, and a person provided with one of the letters could therefore obtain (at the current rate of exchange between New York and London) the whole or any part of its amount in any of the districts through which be might be passing. The advan tage of the system to individuale by saving the tick of car rying notes or gold is obvieus, while its tendency to econo mise the currency in both countries is a public lienefi a and these circumstances, which have led to its rapid extension on the continent, will doubtless soon cause it to become general in our intercourse with the other side of the Atlantic. A committee, consisting of members of the Whole sale Drapers' and Grocers' Association, have lately issued a report on the defects of the existing bankruptcy law of Scot land, and the serious inconveniences which arise from two separate systems being simultaneously in operation in Great Britatn, where the trading and commercial interests of the people are identical. The committee contend that from its not giving an early control over the assets, and the conse quent jobbing for trusteeships, from the exorbitant com mission granted to trustees, the delay of eight months al lowed for a first dividend, the anomalous power of the trustee, the want of public examinations, and other causes, the Scotch system is about the worst that could be tolerated. They urge, therefore, upon the commercial and mercantile interests of Scotland the propriety of initiating measures with the view to the assimilation and improvement of the bank rupt laws of both countries; and, although they do not con sider the English code to be absolutely perfect, they strongly recommend an adoption of all its most important features. At Tunbridge Wells, on Sunday, a woman named Beale, aged 50, was accidently choked while eating a bis cuit, and died before surgical sTRr A. _ help l c L o l uldb y e persotceurrdeady there procured. ROYAL was BANKwdoTerAoLedmeeting e OF Au of parties co ncerne d i n th winding up l of this association b e f ore Master Richards, when Mr. Selwyn,on the part of Mrs. Galloway, claimed to have the sum of 2,1101. admitted as a debt against the estate, his client being the holder of two debentures of the Royal Bank oofeach. 1846 h ..A h The for A h u i s t e t r r a s l s i t a fr o o f m l,o t o h o e /. year mherthoefcla witnesses were examined to p rove t h e various facts connected with the purchase of the debentures by Mrs. Galloway, and with a view of asce r t a i n i ng whether the vendors bad acted as agents of the bank upon this occasion. The s e examinations occu pied several h ours, an d ultimately the arguments in the case were adjourned. CHILD MURDER AT STOCKWELL _Yesterday, Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Black H orse I n n, Brixton-hill, on th e b o dy of a female child found much die figured 1 murder against unanimously agreed to a verdict a •' Wilful u figured in a garden at Stockwell-common w hen the jury some person or persons unknown." of this company held a meeting at the London On Weunesday the shareholders Tavern, for the purpose of autho rising the directors ofloa fo n r t t h h e e su l m oan of ,a 6 , 6 a8 ,000 ca 1 .t ...., purposes of the company. DREADFUL DEATH. OF A LADY.—Last evening Mr. • After a short discussion the resolution Baker held an inquest on the body of Catherine Llewellyn, vied unanimously. a widow lady aped 92. Deceased was the widow of John for extension ofsvortoksraaisnedboytwheary Llewellyn, an E as t I n di a merchant, who bad died many L IA BILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANlES. — Yesterday years ago. The deceased lined at the Oldham County Court , Mr. J. Duncuft, M.P.,_ sued at 15, York-place, Kings" land-road. Sh e was o f N ery eccentric h a bit s , an d although the Lancashire and Y o rkshire Railwa y Company for the sum Els e the amount of expenses incurred by hi m i n reac hi ng possessed of very considerable property was very penurious, his destination in consequence of the delay for a quarter of and would not allow any one to wait upon her. On Tuesday:3, an hour of the train in which he was travelling. Counsel the 18th inst , about s rea , n ier for the company contended that the delay was unavoidable, were heard * from her seven o'clock in the eveninp withwhich she' being occasioned, , r by h a certain derangement of the machinery e e i r room, h and she was a r ei e n t, m of e t n he ha e d n u gi e t t ie,. e t t o di t se e ov e e ti r t e ir t e prevention of which scientific clothes on fire. A wrapped round the n dgecenrerdraannredxgi discovered a a remedy ; but the judge, never but not before she was severe] burnt. t o n m t g a r u . i c sk o p d ope th r, e su fl r theless, decreed fur the full ne,unt claimed, with costs. Dalston, stated that on the da y in question lie was called to The Marquis of Clanricarde has under considers attend deer aced and found that her shoulder, neck, chest, I and arms wore dreadfully burnt; the usual remedies were w 2s e t r h e tion the project of a (ley mail front Limerick to Galway. A PERILOUS RAILWAY RIDE.—On Sunday even applied, and by the aid of stimulants she lived until t she ing, a young farmer, who reacted the Chelmsford inst. Front the nature of the injuries he was astonished d station just as the nine o clock train was start ng resolving not to be had survived so long. She could not give any account of the , • accident, and answered incoherently. He had been in the i sht and hearin , pursued the train, jumped upon the buffer of then left behind 1 ' - habit of attendingand although her sp, . a " last carria re and having placing himself out here ! succeeded in _his were somewhat impaired, sh? enjoyed good health and spirits ; The jury returned a verdict i habits were very eccentric. side on the iron bar, in this perilous position started on , trip. The telegraph ' gave warning of "Accidental death." I kind of passenger that might be expected, and he was then THE LADIES' MAN.—It may be of importance to taken down from his erch unharmed. Proceedings are the ladies to know that N. P. Willis, who edits the Home likely to be taken . P t him for the dangerous freak.--. at Ingatestone of the _ against Journal for the especial benefit of the " upper ten thousand" Essex Herald. of New York city, is of opinion that there is no more barns LAWY ER 'S FEE.--Dani 9l Webster in improving the complexion by assisting nature in the die- ' AN AMERICAN at Boston,...Nta tributiou of white and red, than there is in m lt . a in up a ~ d dollars for his argu fascinating figure which at night hangs over the back a a is said to have received five thousand Qtair! YiliAt a iggribly luau 1-21oiton, Ike. meat of the great Indian rubber ease, i York Tribune. _ DI:. Gresham then addressed the jury, and said the debt had accrued from the clothing of Edwards and his family by Mrs. Bradshaw's deceased husband, and Edwards when applied to for it, with that im plied sort of power which those who knew him best could most appreciate, said "If you trouble me, I'll trouble you, if you ask me for payment of the clothes, make out a bill that shall swamp you." He (Mr. Gresham) now put in a letter to chow that at the time Edwards alleged he had paid the 121. he wrote a letter to the bankrupt, arking him to give Hayward (one of the witnesses who absconded to Boulogne) it., as it would be useful to meet his (Edwards's) harvest expenses. Were the jury, be would ask, to take Edwards's evidence which, on another and more serious occasion, had been rejected, unless confirmed by somebody else ? Edwards, rising, exclaimed energetically—lt never has, sir. —(Noise, and cries of " Order.") JUDGE—I cannotadopt Mr. Gresham's assertion in this matter; and shall, as 1 hope the jury will, dis miss it from my mind. Mr. Day, on behalf of his client, deprecated the feeling that had been imported into the consideration of this subject. At about seven o'clock the jury retired, and on their return found a verdict for the plaintiff; and also that the defendant, by way of set-off, was entitled to the 101. for preparing the balance-sheet and expenses, and the 12/. for the pony. LOSS OF THE UNICORN EMIGRANT Still? The Liverpool Courier contains the following ex tract from the journal of the master of the Boston packet-ship Daniel Webster :—" Sunday, Nov. 9, long. 42, let. 55, brisk breeze from the northward, discovered a wreck on our lee bow. Immediately bore up for her, an found her to be the British ship Unicorn, Captain Gray, from Liverpool, October 16, for St. Julie's, New Brunswick, with about 300 passengers, a part of whom were on board the brig Harriet, of Portland, from Bordeaux for New York, then liing-to near the wreck. As soon as we could bring our ship in work ing order, laid by and took off all the passengers, and as many from the brig as chose to come. The ship was dismaeted on the morning of the 7th, since which the passengers have suffered much from ex posure. All day yesterday they were without nourithment, and the decks were so encumbered by falling spars and rigging, it was difficult for them to move about in safety. When we reached the ship the passengers were being thrown into the boat alongside in the most inhuman manner, some falling into the water and some on the rail of the boat, all more or less bruised. They are all in the most destitute state, having saved nothing but the rags they stood in. The captain and crew were offered a passage back to Liverpool, but they preferred going to New York in the brig. Left the ship about four P.m., with nothing but the fore mast tottering over the side. She seemed to be rapidly settling in the water. As soon as we got under weigh, we made every arrangement to make the passengers comfortable, by cutting up sails, giving them beclqing, &c., from the cabin, and providing them with water and food. We find that we have 175 more to take care of than we made calculations for when we left, consequently have put all hands, fore and aft, on an allowance of water. After writing the above had light breezes till the 16th, when we experienced a heavy gale from the southward, which carried away our maintopsail, since which we have had moderate southerly winds. Only one passenger h as di e d through the injuries received by being thrown into the boat; but several have had their limb s b ro k en, and are under our surgeon's charge. Most of the /passengers were put on board by their Irish landlords, and are in a most wretched s t a t e o f poverty. We hope they may be provided for at the earliest op o r tunity, and would tha n k y ou t o ca ll the attentionp of the public to their destitute condition." THE SISTERHOOD OF MERCY AT BERMONDSEY. Yesterday Miss Watkins and Miss Hutton, both respectably connected, and neither of them much above twenty years of age, publicly assumed the white veil, and were received into the Sisterbocd of the Order of Mercy at the Roman Catholic Church, Parker's-row, Bermondsey. The clergymen who officiated on the occasion were the Rev. Dr Grant and the three ministers of the chapel—the Rev. Messrs. Collinridge, Bowman, and Ainsworth. Shortly after twelve o'clock the whole sisterhood of the adjacent convent, to the number of twenty-six, each of them dressed in the habit of their order, and bearing a lighted candle, entered the church in procession, fol lowed by Miss Ellis, the superioress, and her as sistants, and the two postulants. They were dressed precisely alike, in white, of rich materials, and with each a wreath of white flowers and evergreens circling her head. Arriving before the altar each made her genuflection, and then the whole sister• hood arranged themselves within the rails, the pos tulants kneeling, and the choir chanting " Gloriosa Virginuru." This done, the Rev. Dr. Grant invoked the prayers of the Virgin in behalf of the postulants. He then presented each of them with a lighted candle, " es a corporal emblem of inward light." The reverend gentleman afterwards ad dressed a few words of encouragement and consola tion to them. The superioress and ber assistant then conducted the postulants towards the celebrant, kneeling before whom they were interrogated by him whether they had been induced by their own free will to enter the order, and whether it was " their firm intention to persevere in religion to the end of their lives ?" Having answered these questions sa tisfactorily they retired with the superioress to put off " their secular dress." They returned after a short interval, wearing the sombre habit of the order, which they had exchanged for the kind of bridal attire in which they first appeared. The superioress the❑ pro ceeded to gird them severally with the cincture ; after which the celebrant, holding a white veil over the head of each, requested her acceptance of it as " the emblem of purity." They were subsequently habited with " the cloak of the Church," and retiring back a few steps from the altar, each of the two novices sang, " My heart bath uttered a good word ; I speak my works to the King. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my Lord Jesus Christ, whom I have seen, loved, and believed, and towards whom my heart inclineth." The ceremony concluded by the novices, one atter the other, embracing the superioress and each member of the sisterhood. They then left the church in the order in which they entered, the sler hood at one door and the clergy at another. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. The peaceful county of Hereford has been dis turbed to an unwonted degree during the past three or four weeks by acts of violence committed within its boundaries. First, there was the outrageous at tack upon the police- officers of Leominster on their apprehending the:two men, Moss and Rock, charged with various burglaries in different parts of the country; then followed the burglary, with violence, at Weston Beggard, within a short distance of Here ford, and we have now to report a case of highway , robbery under rather unusual circumstances, the al leged robber having been taken before the Hereford magistrates on Wednesday last, and remanded for further examination. It appears that on Saturday night last Mr. William Lloyd, of Bishop, a few miles from Hereford, a farmer of some repute in the county, was returning home in hi s g i g f rom H ere f or d market, whenjust as he left Hereford a man, named Thomas Chamberlain, a ma s o n by t ra d e , as k e d hi m t o g i ve him a ride for some distance, as he was going the same road as Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd assented, and they proceeded on their journey. Having arrived at a distance of about five miles from Hereford, and about a mile from Chamberlain's house, Mr. Lloyd descended from his gig for a -certein purpose, but in so doing he fell on the road. Chamberlain immediately jumped out of the gig, and before Mr. Lloyd could recover bunself begun kicking him in a violent manner in the side, so that Mr. Lloyd became insensible, and so remained in the road for some time. On recovering his senses he found himself alone, his horse and gig had va nished, and so had his travelling companion, and in great fear he made the best of his way home. At the time when he fell he had in his pocket a Si. note and five sovereigns, but on searching his pockets he now discovered that the 51. note was gone ; the gold had worked down into a corner of his waistcoat pocket, so that it probably escaped the notice of the supposed thief. The horse and gig were discovered in the course of the night overturned in a ditch, about a quarter of a mile from the place where the robbery was effected. In the course of Sunday the accused was apprehended in bed at his lodgings and locked up. His defence is an alibi, and he strongly denies that he was the person who rode with Mr. Lloyd from Hereford on the Saturday night. Mr. Lloyd, however, persists in the correctness of his ver sion of the story as given above, and the prisoner has • acoordingly been remanded for the present. TUE CITY ImraovEmErurs.—Yesterday morning a large number of labourers were engaged in palling down the warehouses and numerous dwellings in Little ,t. Thomas Apostle, Queen-street, Cheapside, for the further extension of the City improvements from King William-street, Lon don-bridge, to St. Paul's Churchyard. The commissioners intend to carry out the whole line ofiftirriage-way and erect modern and lofty buildings on either side. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. — Yesterday afternoon a most interesting sale took place at Messrs. Robins', Covent garden, of some of the most elegant articles, which formed a part of the Grind Exhibition in the Crystal Palace. The following are the most important :—A most elaborate and elegant sideboard, embellished by finely carved medallions of her Majesty and Prince Albert, sold for 310 guineas. This sideboard exceeded in beauty . the one made by the same artist for the King of Prussia, which cost 600 guineas in making. ,A pair of splendidly embroidered curtains display. ing 40 specimens of flowers copied from Paxton's " Magazine of Botany," and obtained the honourable mention of the jury —32/. A statuette of the Mother praying over her Child, in pure alabaster-101. An elegant table, in SO different woods - 92/. The Banner of All Nations, exhibiting the standards and flags of the different countries —U. A statuette of the Dying Gladiator-16 guineas. A beautiful fig," Faith in God," in Carrara marble —U. 7s. Blr. Dobbie's;Atmo*pheric Recorder, which indicates the thousandth part of an inch -10/. Group of Gladiators, in Serpentine marble-17/. 10s. The Grand Coronation Cha ir, in which George the Fourth sat and was anointed, before the Crown was placed on his head, July 17, 1821-71. 7s. There was great competition among the bidders present to obtain some of the vestiges of the once world's fair. MOST EXTRAORDINARYAN, o D u n g F m A T a An named OCCURRENCE 0 IN THE STRAND. —Yesterday a 3 expired in the Charing-cross Hospital, and the following particulars connected with his death were obtained from the institution. Ile was in the employ of Mr. H. Burrow, w e i l ti k s n i t o Iv n B ti a g up stairs. In complying with the request, he fell down the whole ( s i t e a l i v n n er fr , en G l B, hi S s ttreaen,d,wahniedh on he 'l l4 'u lt e e sd h ay evi e n vening was a e G n e e n co r e R a "Geraldine little t i o l eE e f Desmond" bleeding from the head, besides being apparently in a state doubt that of suffocation. lie was carried to the Charing-cross called llos- Pa e flight r -of stairs, and was raised up in an insensible state, will lerrese t 0, ,d o fhyoe r u e i read d t i ma Editor work . vital on the other side of the Strand, when Sir. Muirledad instantly removed from his throat a large piece of beef steak, which was fixed there. lie was quite insensible, and placed in a bed in one of the wards, and upon Mr. Dalton, excited the the house surgeon attending to him, he discovered a large fracture at the base of the skull, besides other injuries over admiration of the , highest literary characters c trt true lengthe' Ei THE lover 11 highly- giftedl e ts e E. e'' —This publis hed,llaEui historic ltTha nnioired-ewi is'ts fiction Lhlelol' rofGem:‘ the right eye. lle sewed up the outward flesh, but as the mischief was on the brain, he had no hopes, and t l h o e ok p i o n o g r from the pen cf one whose writings have fellow pA T d , i fi ed RwiEthTooußtThacvionugahTaEdoaucso.lcAioussiinmopmleent. in- Irishman landed on one of the quays at Liverpool, in search eluding the poet Campbell, Professor Napier, hail as a wort powerful and origival - work.• .Eviin n f eb' id °PI . of harvest work. 'A fellow on the quay, thinking to pie of the I , :dinburgh Review and the author of • the brokep o poor ee() stranger, al ,s, ee r asked fe t h h i e m r ; c ' e ‘ h H i now? and how e P w at d , e h t a h e e e po y: a m . ltihoeuse. reader' look kh forwardtestim o testimonials certainty,in lNliss ' B a r i a te (2 rme'smfa ordinarytu re, toes eat now ?" The Irish lad, who happened to have a shi- degree of gratification during the winters'to no evening in the lelagh in his hand, answered, "Oh I they eat very w e ll, perusal of the thrilling events narrated in•"l'fie Death jewel, would you like to taste the stalk ?". An 4 knocliit , g Flag," which we are sure the public voice will unanimously down the inquirer , evully walliva off. _ . YOUNG- NERO'S LAST! The Emperor of Austria was known to be an enemy of progress, but until he sent the police, the other day, to regulate the money market, few could have imagined the lengths be was prepared to go in opposition to 'Change. By this reanceavre ho has driven the Bears out of his kingdom bodily, as if they were actual qua drupeds; a proceeding which, however, ho might have , improved upon by setting a price upon their beads. Some may be surprised to find this monarch displaying such hostility to the Bears, considering the obligations he is under to ono of the family. But the Bear that lowers the money market, and the Bear that tramples down liberty, are two different animals; and his Majesty knows the difference between Bear and Bear, it not between man and brute. In attacking the Bears by physical force, the Em peror has shown a measure of wisdom for which he is not likely to get much credit, as it is little calculated to inspire confidence iu the stability of his throne, or in deed of his senses. With a view to show that he can control the exchanges by violence, he will next, perhaps, be sending policemen to regulate the weathercock, or to repeat Canute's experiment upon t'e tide. Canute though, or anybody connected with England, niav be , out of his good books just now; as, after the reception this country has given to Kessuth, he doubtless hates a Bull as much as ho doe 3 3 Beer.--I'imeh. e• ,1 0 , I va c~ b 8 ~Y