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HUNGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. lINRIVA.LLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTioN. ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—SOIREBB LASSAIGNE Elv, .e'ls. ing (Saturday excepted), at Eight o'clock. Admis s ion is., and 4s THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. " SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," by M. and Madame Langlois, of Paris, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Djalma, with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, &c., slou Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. every Evening, at Seven o'clok. Admis. 'DIORAMA.—Every Day, from Twelve to Throe. Prices of Ad- Mission Is. 6d., Is., and 6d. BAZAARS and MUSICAL PROMENADE —Admission J. Open dally from Ten A.m. to Ten roht. MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MAUNETOSCOPE. Dr. Leger's Philosophical a , d Rap Saturday Experimental Lectures every Evening, at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s. ~........, •••• .............._..-____.__,___._.----------- .„. , „ THEA TRE R OYAL, ....MARICET. , Ar. h. `?-'ebsur. solo Less °a and M anager, Olu BromptOn. TEIS EVENING, ' Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. I ;anpertMurray ; M. Marquis de la Seigiiere, ISIT• ; Bernard, Mr. Bowe; Baroness de Destournelles, mr . B. Webste 'Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. Vaubert, Mrs. StirlAng ; After which a new Farce, entitled THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Buck- Mr. Bonnycastle , Witham. with —AN AL,IIIMING SACRIFICE. T o conclude k , A 1 lICA Or V 2 AL, 4.1.1 the ltr.:tion of hi r. B. Webster. The Pop Comedian, Mr. Wright, having recovered from his In ular disposition, will appear This Evening. eno rmous success cf the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. Cfilb EV EN EN G, Will be performed the comic Drama, entitled THE FOREST ROSE! and the Y.A.NICEE PLOUGHBOY. Jonathan Ploughboy, Mr. J. Si:shee • Bellamy, Mr. Worrell; Harriet Miller, Miss Col lira; Sally Forest, Miss E. Chaplin. be followed by the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colenel Hardy, Mr. Emery; Paw Pry, Bar. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Mr. Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin. Alter which, a new and laughable Piece de Circonstance, entitled BLAAMERimm ; or, The Follies of a Day. Mr. Ag, icola Green, Mr. ney ; Mr. Flighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John trey, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia Lu orals Green, Miss Woolgar. 40Y AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managemontal Mr. C. Kean. Tills EVEtiIHLI Shakesoere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Bartley, Keeley A. Wigan, Mea dow'', Addison. Harley, J. Vining, C. Kean ; Mesdames Winstanley, Keeley, and C. Kean. After which, a new and original Comedy, i n two acts , entitled TENDER PRECAUTIONS; or, the Romance of Moznage, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, and Mr. and Mrs. Wigan will appear. frr, vats Boxes, Br.c., to be nad of all thee 800 ksllers, ana ka Mr. aitisingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxfird- , dro.t. from Eleven till Five Rolf AL OLYMF f VF i,essee and Manager, Mr. . Ferran. THIs EVEN Dna. Will be performed LUCILLE; or, The Story of a Heart. St. C) r, Mr. H. Farren ; Vernet, Mr. Diddear ; Izak, Mr. Shalders ; •N'on Metz, Mr. Cooke ; Lucille, Miss. L. Howard ; Julie, Miss After which, FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. Wth PLOTS FOR PETTICOATS. Frank Finish, Mr. Hoskins. To conclude with Tim LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN, su p_ . sorted Itlvssys. H. Farren, earren, Bender, Nort o n, Mesdames Yieldlnz an J. Adanis.- eI.AICUOUr•it; AND .7. 4 l'itAND • • _Mr. W. It CM'F.EAND, i Tie Warmest Theatre' in London. . Ano:her - Yeti Farce. on , r':si NU, i • Spill be performed Sr PSON AND CO. Alter which, BREAKFAST FUR. TWO. With S fIIOLLERS AI)N ".11i.a.1.6 EMS. to be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, Ruiner, Misses Marshall anti Maskell. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE FIFTH O. NOVEM BE i!, by Messrs. Tilbury, Ito.jers, Hudspeth, Misses Saunders and Maskell. prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4 t ; ziomes (:.rat circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. lxvors to be opened at Hall-past Six., and the perionnanc , to Commence at Seven precisely. se , iond price will be taken to the Boxes only at Sine o'clock —first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea ants Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPIirriIEA.ME. Under :he Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Prep iztor and Miow,,ger, Mr. W. Batty. lifr. Batty begs eave to inform his pa'rons and the public that he has entered into Engagements for Nine Nights' Representations with the principal Artists late of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, they having returned from Dublin, en route to Paris, Mesdames Caroline, Duburg, Mo a. Loisset, Young Baptist Loisset, and Dubrey, with the whole of their Stud of Menage Horses, will appear THIS EVENING. The most successful and popular Theatre in London Azael still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. TIIIS EVEN IN 0, Will be produced new grand Spectacle, from the pen of E. Fitzball, Esq., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, in which will be introduced the same highly-trained Horses and Camels that appeared in the Opera at her Majesty's Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whole of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever itnessed within the walls of a theatre, assisted with magnificent scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour of appearing every evening until further notice. With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British !dale and Female Artists of superior talent. Wickets to be bad at the Eox-o/lice from Eleven till Four daily. ,tags Manager, Mr. T. Thompson, PORTRAITS OF SOULT AND WELLINGTON, WITII MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILIBS OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOEILT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE ONE SHILLING. rtti AT ~ 4•N I,MA*, Tara DAT —Morning 22 min. after 3 I Evening 42 min after 3 rO-MOsatow—Morning 2 vain. alter 4 I Evening 24 min atter 4 THE W.EATHER.—Sos Onnos, DECEMBER 11. 'rIiItitNEOMETXR, H THE SuA.D.e. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 38—towel; this morning and daring the night. 45 —this day, at neon. BAROMISTItTi, 30 53. WEID S.W.—light breeze and fine weather. DAILY WEATEIER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations ete arranged hi order cf latitude. PIANIOUTH—Wind S., strong breeze— overcast. fit:tuterorr—Viind S., gentle breeze—overcast ilatiTlNG%—Wind S. %V., gentle breeze—overcast. Souni.e mFrots— Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKKSTONE —Wind S. W., gentle breeze--overcast. TetTnalDOn—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREEN w ICH—Wind S S.W., strong breeze— overcast. Sraeor:, —Wind S. W., hard wind—overcast. SWINPON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. ewe ell KTER.— Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. f l ,.. t. ler.inGE—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. I .;tm ,, e-rn—lii te l S. W , i , ent le breeze—overcast. , EA —Wind 5., bald wind rain. 'ilart S., s nng breeze - rain. Art ocic—Wiud N. W.. gentle breeze—overcast. The returns trom the followin , places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : LLlKnica—W ind strong breeze—partially cloudy. Blutt.l:l4:mr.t ind S.W. bard wind—overcast. k °MAC—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—.send, rain. Axe,t , TK R—IN ind S., gentle breeze overcast. ilfrj y Wind S., gentle breeze --overcast. DA ttl-IN cao N—Wind S. S E., gentle breeze - overcast ms ' s be attended to links& authen- TO COIMESPONDENTs No coranuninatioa Can tkatod by the name • - ;nd address of the writer. qtf un s e.lnnot be returned. ilejPete;ii c,)mintinie ~~~~ -~ •* -V'' S. I% "i 2 cF., „ `..,"1:.1 • ;✓ i;.rt. eNtipvo-11 o*Atvll.3 5 LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1851 The sanguin2ry and atrocious outrage recently penetrated in and whichnthevieioi has of Caatleblayney in the Monaghan, county led to the death of a kind-hedrted, hemane, and estima i ble gentleman, b i g prcduced great exciz ement diem district where the fearful not erimenhYaidnbleheenlincomme-- mitted, but throughout the entire c oun t on ry ce . commonlt be longed to a pecu liar class of outrages, enough in Ireland, but whi ch had become compara tively rare bince the Exodus had set in, and the anxiety to obtain o r retain p ossessi on of land had been superseded by the desire to ob tain a new home on the other side of th e Atlantic. Where so many farms had been abandoned, and were now lying uncultivated and un occupied, it could not be supposed that there would be any temptation to the commission of agrarian offences. Exceptional cases will, however, some times occur, where the old leaven is still at work, and the machinery of crime, although rusted, may again be put into opera,ion. The bloodthirsty murder of Mr. Thomas DOUGLAS BATESON was unquestion ably one of this class. Every circumstance of the case indicates its nefarious origin too clearly to leave the slightest doubt as to the nature of the trans action. The time and place, and manner of its com mission, all lead to the same conclusion. The hour, two o'clock in the afternoon, the locality within a few hundred yards of three different houses—one of them the residence of the clergyman of the parish, and also within about half a mile of a considerable town, and the fearful mode in which the murderers achieved their infamous object, alike show the deli berate and cold-blooded determination of the assassins and their confident reliance on the support and as sistance, or at least on the non-interference, of the neighbouring peasantry. To those unacquainted with the character of the Irish people they would give the t . offence almost a character of nationality, as if the entire locality was implicated and every inhabitant , more or less involved in the transaction. It is to be regretted, too, that the victim was a gentleman of the most active benevolence, one who had exerted himself to the utmost to promote the wel fare and happiness of every person with whom he was in any degree connected. Had a person of different character been sacrificed, although it could not have justified or even extenuated the brutality exhibited, it would have occasioned less astonishment. If any person carried with him a passport which should have conveyed him safely through the most disturbed districts, and the most outrageous and riotous mobs, it was the gentleman who has been so cruelly massacred. As agent over the extensive estates of Lord TEMPLETON he had exhibited an active benevo lence deserving of the highest eulogium. None ap plied for assistance in vain ; every claim was promptly investigated, and, if well-founded, liberally and freely liquidated. But it was not merely to individual cases of hardship that he afforded willing aid. Every tenant on the estate was treated es a friend—his interests were vigilantly guarded. Not only did he procure a return of 15 per cent. to every man paying his rent, but he caused the entire county-cess to be paid with out any charge to the occupier. But these were not all. To the cottiers he gave constant employment, and every man able and willing to work was sure of obtaining remunerative occupation, suffi cient, if he thought proper, to enable him to psy his rent by his labour. Mr. BATESON was, in fact, justly regarded as a model agent, and few have been more sincerely deplored than him, who was regarded as a friend by even the humblest tenant on the Templeton estates. But, notwithstanding these many favourable cir cumstances, Mr. BATESON bad offended against the agrarian code that once prevailed, and thus drawn upon himself the vengeance of the midnight legisla tors. Although kind to the occupants, he was faith- ful to his principal—although making every allow ance to well-disposed parties, he was not by any means inclined to yield to the unwarranted and unjustifiable demands of ill-conditioned parties, er to surrender Lord TEMPLETON'S property into the hands of idle and reckless scoundrels. Those willing to exert them selves received every possible aid, hut persons of a different character were set at defiduce. Various ejectments had been served, and it was unr'.er stood that a portion of the property was to be cleared of those who would not liquidate their rents either in money or labour. This offeace (!) demanded the notice of the secret tribunal, and notwithstanding his many estimable qualities Mr. BATESON was con demned to death, and the warrant for his execution given to the ruthless assassins who were willing to undertake any outrage, however desperate, on the order of the committee. We have seen how the fatal edict has been carried into operation, how brutally the bloodthirsty order has been complied with ; we can now only hope that the infamous agents may be detected, and that the whole machinery may be dis covered. The Irish people may be well assured that the welfare and prosperity of their country depends on such a result, ar.d that so long as it is possible (even for their unceasing calumniators) to assert that the inhabitants of the locality are in any degree impli cated in the transaction, even by a merely tacit connivance, or by not exerting themselves to give the fullest information to the officers of justice, and en deavouring to the utmost extent of their ability to render the assassins amenable to the offended laws, they cannot hope for prosperity. Capitalists will not make investments where there is not ample security for life and property ; and it is the want of capital, which, but for events such as those above alluded to, would freely flow in, that has reduced the sister king dom to its present melancholy condition. " The Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law" is steaiily and energetically proceeding in the course it had marked out for itself. Although it has been many years in existence, although it has not only directed the public attention to raany glaring grievances, but also pointed out suitable remedies, which if adopted would remove the evils, it still finds subjects of the deepest interest on which to bestow i:s useful and valuable labours. There has been no lack of abuses. There is n o person who has ever engaged in legal proceed ings who could not, from his own personal expe rience, point out some matter in which be had sustained serious injury, and respecting which some ....melioration was urgently required. But, unfortu nately, the results of individual experience cannot be brought prominently forward. We may occasionally hear of isolated cases, where Chancery prisomrs had been incarcerated some score of years, or where persons with well-founded claim: to extensive estates or considerable personal propert3 bad perished for want of the common necessaries of life, victim; to the " hope deferred, that maketh the heart sick." These may excite a temporary sensa tion which would speedily subside, and all the cir cumstances be involved in oblivion, but for the bene ficial exertions of the association. The interesting and important question of the ex isting relations between the bar, the at torney, and the client, formed the chief topic of discussion at the general meeting held at the offices of the so-Aety on Monday last. The report of the special committee appointed at tile last general meeting, on the 10th of November, was read, and received with the most perfect unanimity. The gentlemen selected had exhibited the greatest research and judgment, and spared no pains in the efficient discharge of the duly which they had under. taken. They entered into the history of the profes sion, which they traced back to the very foundations. They also pointed out the origin of the so-called "etiquette," which prevents the public from obtaining the advice and assistance of barristers, save through the intervention and agency of attorneys, a rule of which they most strenuously advocated the discon tinuance. The report showed that the bar bad for many ages been identified with the inns of court—that it wl,s, in fact, as old as the common law itself, and that its members Ead the exclusive privilege of practising as advocates, pleaders, or counsel in the secular . courts, and of exercising the profes wie of " law.) ere " as distinguished from officerscets of the c ou rt s an d o ffi cers o f j us ti ce . ~ A i I .Y Persona who had not attained the degree of bar rister were "Pre o ss r ly b p f rohibited from practising in the a su ny per p i e o r r s c o o n u s r n ts o , t of that e d .. th r e e j e u r d e g n e d s eri o .n f g e a s n s y ize,and assist ance to litigants, were 4 u a b ti j i r k. g e g ted t o h stringent punhh to a c atnp e r stilly and witnhhe m efteloir a er, i mc n die:s fact that 8 111E,nt under the lawa 1%,1 tenance. These statutes although seldom resorted to--- r : to have been forgotten by some e e protection soci-ties now in operation, „ i the event of any prosecution, may involve the mem bers in very unexpected and unpleasant cons(cinenees. In the olden time the bar took a prominer,t part in every proceedirg ; nothing could be done without their assistance ; and, as the report truly states, " their aid, sanction, and advice were rendered almost indispensable" to every suitor. There was, however, no fixed payment for their services ; they should be o remunerated t by a present or honorarium, and , wi th the exception physicians, who were placed in an al most similar position, they were perhaps the only persons who could recover no demand for work and labour, however valuable. The other branch of the legal profession—the al THE SUN, LONDON, PARIS. torneys—sprung into existence at a later date. They were not recognised by the common law, under which every party to a suit should appear in person. By the statute of Westminster 2, cap. 10, attorneys, duly admitted, were allowed to appear "to prosecute or defend any action, in the absence of the parties to the suit." It was, however, only in " the absence" of the parties that this privilege was con ceded, and it was expressly recognized that these parties might act fur themselves whenever they thought proper so to do, without the interference of any intermediate person. Indeed, the retainer or consultation through an attorney constituted the exception to the rule. The sergeants and "utter" barristers regularly attended at the "purvise," or in other words, their respective pillars at St. Paul's, where those requiring legal ad vice hastened to receive it from the fountain head, there being no bills incurred of unknown magni tude, the full and fair remuneration being satisfied in the first instance—a principle to which, we believe, many suitors at the present day would give in a willing assent. In these cases the honorarium was paid, and the advice obtained, without the assistance of either attorney or clerk, and it has recently been decided in the case of "Bennett v. Hall," that there is no absolute necessity for such intervention ; there is, in fact, nothing but the feelings of the individual members of the bar to secure the other branch of the profession a continuance of the practical monopoly which they have attained. As an illustration of what may be done by the bar, the committee refer to the well-known case of Lord BuounuAsz, who, when a leading member of the northern circuit, was threatened with a total loss of his professional practice in consequence of a resolution of the attorneys, who were opposed to the legal reforms of which he was the strenuous and indefatigable advocate. HENRY BROUGHAM, however, defeated the combination by publishing his intention of dispensing with their ser vices, and of affording his counsel and advocacy to such lay clients as should seek his aid. In that reso lution he was generously supported by the members of the Northern Circuit, who, with a view to relax any contrary rule of etiquette, directed the records of their circuit to be searched, when no trace of any such rule was found to exist. It was not every man who could venture on a course so decided, who could so boldly " take the bull by the horns," but Hs NWT BROUGHAM did so in 1824, and vtith the most unequivocal success. His brethren sustained him in the struggle, and we ven ture to assert that the northern bar, second to none in England or in the world, will still support even its humblest member, who stands forward in support of the rights and privileges of the profession. The committee, before completing their report, strongly recommended that the present too general practice, which prevents the public obtaining the ad• vice and assistance of counsel, except through the compulsory intervention of an attorney, should be discontinued ; and that so much of the 9th and 10.11 Victoria, cap. 95, stc. 91, as has been considered to prevent a barrister from advocating the causes of suitors in the C,,unty Courts, unless instructed by an attorney, should he repealed ; that an attorney, desirous of being celled to the bar, should, if iu other respects a fit person, be admissible into an inn of court for such purpose without previously removing his name from the roll of attorneys, and should be permitted to keep his terms and perform his exercises as a student-at-law, without ceasing to practise as an attorney, but should be required to dis continue such practice and remove his name from the rolls at some period not longer than six months be fore his call to the bar. That attorneys should not be permitted to act as advocates in the superior courts. That counsel should be responsible for crassa negligentia and for breach of contract or of confidence, and be liable under the sum mary jurisdiction of the court either to refund their fees or to make such other reparation as the court should think fit. Lastly, that the legal university composed of Sergeant's Inn and of the inns of court should be revised, with a senate consisting of an upper and lower house, the former elected by the sergeants and benchers, the tatter by the utter barristers, such senate to have jurisdiction in all cases concerning the discipline and conduct of the bar, and to appoint a board of examiners to superintend the public exami • nation of all candidates for admission to the degree of barrister•at-law. Time and space alike prevent us from entering into a close consideration of these valuable suggestions this day.; we shall, however, refer thereto on an early occasion. When the Right Reverend PAUL CULLEN bellowed wrathfully against Freemasonry in Ireland, we ex pressed a belief that no very perceptible results would follow from the blind obedience of " the Brethren" of his creed to his tyrannous and absurd manifesto. What, after all, is the result ? Namely, this, that up to the last meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, not a single Roman Catholic member had withdrawn, while, we learn from the provincial journals, that many Roman Catholics have recently joined the order. The Limerick Chronicle says, " Upwards of 300 gentlemen of Ireland have joined the Masonic body since the denouncement by Dr. CULLEN?' To which the Car/ow Sentinel adds, " Our Limerick con• temporary should add, that very many of those who joined are Roman Catholics, connected with the Irish oar, with the banks, country gentlemen,and solicitors. So much for Dr. CULLEN's excommunication, in the 19th dentury, of the Freemason order." We congratulate the " Free and Accepted" on thus properly upholding the dignity of their useful and time. honoured order. It has stood several rude shocks uninjured, and Dr. CULLEN may depend upon it that he can no more succeed in crushing Free masonry by his big words than he can in pr ov i ng that the solar orb has a diameter of six feet, as hi, Italian protege gravely asserted. He may as well give up the-crusade ut once, for we can confidently assure him, on the part of the Masonic fraternity, that he will not in the very slightest degree reap profit or pleasure thereby. LATEST NEWS FROM (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) (From the Herald.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST SI; P.M. M. Theirs has been sent cff from Paris under an escort of gendarmerie. It is said that he has been cent to the frontiers of Germany. It has alio been reported that M. Leon Faucher has been sent off, but this is not the case. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) (From the Chronicle.). PARIS, THURSDAY; NINE, A M. The departments of the Gerd, Var, and Lot-e ' Garonne are declared to be in a state of siege. Paris is tranquil. REPRESENTATION OF GIUSENWICII.—..We understand that a gentleman of the highest mercantile standing in the City, and of Liberal principles, has, as a mem ber of the Merchants' Committee for the Reform of the Customs, been solicited to offer himself as a can- didate for the representation of Greenwich, and that he has intimated his intention of complying with the request. The promises of support already tendered to him, we learn, are so numerous, that his success is undoubted. HUNGARIAN AND POLISH CONCERT, AT THE HA NOVER-SQUARE ROOMS, ON. TUESDAY NEXT, THE lent INST. —Miss Kate Hickson having generously volunteered to give f a and sd of ayn t e h it e t Li i t n er a a i r d y of the Asso ciation of the Friends of Poland, under the patronage of Lord n n g garian concert committee on Tuesday un g d r s an o d f thee evening Dudley Stuart, M.P., has by her own exertions secured the support of many distinguished artistes now in the metropolis. Miss Louisa Pine, Miss Pine, Mrs. W. Weiss, Miss A lain, Miss Poole, Mdlle. Coulon, Mr. Wrighton, Mr. Swift, Herr Stoffregen, Mr. W. Weiss, Mr. Orosz, Mr. Remenyi, Signor Piatti, Mr. It. Blagrove, and Mr. Charles Salzman, appre iutsheel n f ks it for I p rt o e h wi er rf me l u ib l eefreodf attraction the narte tiutgs to e proceeds sr elatin g th e no bl e i ntent i ons of Miss Kate Hickson, promised !heir grat u it ous serv i ces on this occcasion. The concert in the , oc w e i etdhlovers 8 o et fo unfortunate r i c t u , iaant appro priatedand efate a strong By mp at h y is felt in this country, we trust that the public will f u ll y co-operate in so benevolent an object. A Parliamentary contPst is likely toensue be tween the Taff Vale a n d the V , le of Neath, respecting which of these companies shall f orm a b ranch line ' into the rich and fertile field of the Cwmdare Valley. Both . companies have deposited the requisite notices. Tile Prince de Joinville, the Duke d'Aurnale, and the Count de Paris, are at Esher, and not, as reported, gone to the continent. - . 4 11 4 .3. . PRO'""se- THURSDAY EVENING, THE FRENCH REPUBIAQ. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. One of them, the Pays, publishes a leading article, the first which has appeared in an independent journal since the 2d December, for the Patrie and the Con stitutionnel are avowedly the organs the Ely:‘?. The Pays is the property of M. LAMARTINE, and as the article ii . signed by M. DE LA GUERRONIERE, the chief editor, it may be taken as the expression of the opi nion of M. LAMARTINE on late events : " The civil war has been put down. After so many emotions and surprises, the country returns to calm, to reflection, to the habits and wants of social life, to the attentive observation of the events which Ave just teen accomplished, and to the impartial examina tion of the causes which led to these events, and of the results which are to follow them. It is the hour to resume our pen. When a great country like France has the liberty to think, a journal like ours, independent, honest, and moderate,is bound to speak. We were bound at first to be silent, as every person has comprehended. Our silence was neither an abdication nor a desertion. It was imposed on us at that solemn hour, not only by the state of siege, which did not allow us to speak, but also by the trouble of our mind, which did not permit us to regard with coolness a situation which we had neither foreseen nor called for. At present we raise our voice neither to approve nor to protest. We feel that all discussion is impossible, not only because the Government would not permit it, but because our own conscience would prevent us. Why, in fact, should we discuss? To raise the cry of vengeance of the vanquished ? No, all vengeance would be odious and impious, for it could only lead to the shedding of blood. To raise the cry of triumph of the conquerors? No, for we are not conquerors. What we every day asked for was, that France should be saved from the crisis which awaited her in 1852. What prayers did we not address to the various parties! But all was in vain, for passion stifled reason. The Assembly clung with obstinacy to the fatal law of May 31, and that body has ceased to exist. God fot bid that we should insult it; if we are not among the courtiers of the victors, we are still less amongst the insulters of the vanquished. But we must be permitted to say, that the Assembly perished pre cisely from two causes, the disastrous effects of which we had in vain attempted to paralyse; the law of May 31 destroyed the majority, and socialism destroyed the mi nority. Between the law of May 31 and socialism, there were the Republic and Universal Suffrage, and it is precisely these two words which were in voiced by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to dissolve the Assembly, and thus to destroy the Constitu tion. We were marching forward to catastrophes amidst those two currents of passions ambitions, rats cours, aid hatreds, the bellowing of which scarcely per mitted some independent voices to make the cry of alarm heard which France was raising. If these voices had been heard, if the law of May 31 had been repealed, if the revision of the Constitution had been accepted by the minority, if all the parties had consented to do - what L •uis Napoleon Bonaparte has just done himself, that is to allow the people to decide, we are convinced that what has happened would never have occurred. But this is not the hour to complain, and still less to accuse. We accuse no one, for were we to commence, we should be obliged, perhaps, to accuse every one. .The present situation is not our work. We have not desired it, but we take it as it is, and, with the de• sire; as political men, to fulfill all the duties which ii imposes. It would, no doubt, stilt better our into• rests and our sentiments to persevere in our re solution, to foil our arms, to weep over many things which we loved, and which now do not exist. But it better suits cur patriotism to resume our task, to aid good intentions, to encourage toleration, and to speak as °fun as we can without betraying our convictions and aggravating the perils of the situation. The Assembly is dissolved, and the constitution has disappsarcd. 13ut :h re remain two great things, the Republic and univer sal suffrage. Tt,e7e remains, also, what we desire to prt s,rve anti &lend above all things—namely, France. As long as she remains we shall not consider ourselves at, hb=•rtv to %I rap ourselves up in sorrow for our di:sp pointed flopes, and regret them eternally. Ne; there can be no eternal ruins for us but those of our country --when we shall behold it fall to pieces at our feet, let uc fall also, and then believe in God alone. Until then we will believe that God is just, and France great." M. TRIERS was sent off last evening under escort to the frontier at Strasbourg. His police attendants are not to lose sight of their prisoner until he shall have crossed the German frontier. It is said that he is wretchedly ill, and that, had he been detained longer in the prison of Maza, his life would have been in danger. The Prefect of the Seine has issued a notice declaring that, in execution of the decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, instituting a commission for ascertaining the damage sustained by innocent persons in the affairs of the 3d, 4th, and sth December, claims must be sent to him on or before the 18th of the present month. The Constitutionnel states that in the civil hospitals the number of wounded has never exceeded 138, including the soldiers who have since been removed to the military hospitals ; at present it is only 79, of whom 10 are soldiers. The greatest number are at the Hotel Dieu and the Hospital Saint Louis. The Moniteur contains a decree from the PRESI DENT of the Republic, and countersigned by M. Rounna, the Minister of Justice, specifying the course to be pursued with respect to cases in dispute which had been submitted to the late Council of State. As several decisions of the section du conten tieux have remained inoperative, from not having been read in public audience, and as it is important that the parties interested should not lose the benefit of such decisions, the decree declares that such decisions shall have full effect, notwithstanding the informality just mentioned. The decree also orders that such disputed cases as it be b roug ht b e f ore th e Coun cil of State, had t continued to exist, are-to be still received, and en-registered at the secretary's office of the former section du contentieax. The Moniteur, after publishing the text of the Lyons to Avignon Railway Bill, adopted d'urgence by the Legislative Assembly on December 1, gives a decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and countersigned by M. MAGNE, the Minister of Public Works, relative to one point of that measure. It declares that, 83 the terms of Art. 6 of that law, which orders "the goods' station of La Guillotiere to b e p l ace d within the fortifications of Lyons," clash forcibly with the system proposed by the Committee and approved of by the . Assembly, namely, that " the goods' station of La Guillotiere is to he placed on the principal line, .which runs in every part outside the of tAh ceAßet:el Ipe)dmpte,aci fortitkations, it is decided that the text of the said Art. 6 is to he mo dified . in, the following manner : "The definitive situation of the said goods' station, whether inside or ne . ar . the fortifications, shall be de termined by the . Minister of Public Works, after a preliminary inquiry, and on the recommendation of the mixed Committee of Public Works." The Minister of the Interior has addressed the following report to the PRESIDENT of the Republic : "Paris, December 9. ~ Monsieur le President—Armed bands have scoured the departscent of the Basses-Alpes, and called on the pulatioc to revolt. Acts of open violence have been P ° committed, and the scantily of property and persons has b een gravely compromised. Government has taken measures to rende r . the attempts of the seditious of no avail; but treanwhile, the situation which I allude to constitutes the state of imminent peril provided for by the law of Aug. 9, IM9, and calls for prompt and vigorous measures. In consequence, I have the honour to you a decree having fcr object to place submitting to of the Basses-Alper in a state of siege. A. DE MORNY, Minister of the Interior." 84rL r l ee of the PRESIDENT of the Republic follows, in conformity with the conclusions of the report. Private accounts from the south of France repre sent these disturbances as of a very serious character. In the department of Var a Provisional Government the roads are overrun with ahrsisnebdeenmeeint.ablitlawdeheand departments of the High and Low Alps they number at least 10,000 men, and several towns are in their possession. Fears are en tei tsined that the insurgents may establish a guerilla warfare in these mountainous districts. Gal:gunnies Messenger publishes the following account of the dis turbances : Disturbances have taken place in the department of the Avey son. Int:•iligence reached Rod z on the 4th that a bawl of armed mon were about to march on the town from Villelmache. They arrived about the middle of the day, nominated a demagogic commission, and aent delegates to summon the General commanding the department to recognise it as the authority of the department. But the delegates were arrested, and troops were sent to the town. On their arrival, the insurgents dispersed; ten of them were, how ever, [arrested. Subsequently, a number of them, forming themselves into a band, marched:on Villefranche and attempted to seize on the Hotel de Ville, but they were repulsed. Another band proceeded to Minnie, where it captured the Hotel de Ville and a quantity of muskets of the National Guard; but the brigades of gen darmerie in the district having been hastily assembled, they dispersed. At Itegnae, a band attempted to force the Mayor to give them the arms of the national guard, but by the assistance of some friends of order he suc ceeded in putting them to flight. Since these affairs, the department has not been disturbed, and the immense majority of the inhabitants are in favour of the cause of order. " The district comprised between Clammy, depart ment of the Nievre, and Coulanges-sur•-Yonne, de partment of the Yonne, has been the theatre of grave disturbances. In every commune bands attempted 'to possess themselves of the Mairies, in order to seize the arms of the national guard. In resisting ono of these bands, a gentleman named Pousseaux was kilh d. One p , rasa of these insurgents proceeded to Clamerey, w here they committed excesses which have been already stattd; another marched on Coulamges-sur-Yonne, but the inhabitants resisted, and for three days prevented the insurgents from forcing their way into the town. A great number of small communes were, however, dis armed and sacked. The tocsin was sounded. At last expresses succeeded in reaching Auxerre, and vigorous measures were immediately taken. Sem , engagements subsequently took place between the brigands and the military, and the, former were everywhere defeated. On both s:des there were killed and wounded. The last ac counts from Auxerre re presented that the rioters were everywhere routed, except at La Puisaye, but that mil - tary forces were being sent against them there. " The following additional particulars had been ro ceived respecting the riots at F eziers:—On the 4th, hands, composed of all the ill-disposed men in the neigh bourhood, began to prowl through the country, carrying fl:egs, precede' by a drum. About the middle of the day the insurgents, who had increased in number to - nearly 2,000, marched on Beziers. They entered it early in the morning of the sth, and immediately proceeded towards the Sub Prefecture. Before reaching it they halted, and sent three of their body to demand that the Sab-Prefect should resign the place and his authority into their hand!. The Sub-Prefect arrested these three anarchists, and, accompanied by the Mayor and an examining ma gistrate, advanced at the head of one hundred soldiers to meet the insurgents. The band still continued its pro gress towards the Hotel de 'Ville. On meeting it the Sub-Prefect made the three summonses to disperse, but the rioters, instead of dispersing, continued their march. A shot fired by one of them struck a soldier. The troops returned the fire, and threw the insurgents into confusion; they did not, however, take to flight, but got into the door-ways and other places for shelter. The struggle lasted for an hour. Two soldiers were killed, and four seriously wounded. Eight or ten of the rioters were killed. Same minutes before the insurgents attacked the troops, one of them fired at and killed M. Bernard Maury, of Nissan, a man generally esteemed, who was walking towards the college to fetch his son. The murderer, before firing, exclaimed, " En voila un proprie taire." " In the department of the Aude, the ex-Mayor of Chalabre, a man named Beaard, dismissed several months ago, on receiving news of the events at Paris, assembled a band of demagogues, and drove out the municipal administration, installing himself as Mayor 'in the name of the people.' The sub-Prefect of Limoux, no sooner received information of these pro ceedings than he marched on Calabre at the head of a detachment of 50 men. On hearing of his approach, Bezard and some of his adherents took to flight. One of them was, however, captured, and in spite of an at tempt to release him, lodged in gaol. The municipal authorities were re-established in their functions. " Among the places disturbed by the socialists was the town of Forcalquier, in the Basses Alpes. M. Pau!- mier, substitute of the Procureur of the Republic, and Mr. Paillard, sub-Prefect, were attacked by a furious crowd, wounded, and made prisoners. They, however, succeeded in escaping; and the insurgents, as if terri fled at what they had done, abandoned the theatre of their excesses. The official papers publish a dispatch from Admiral DDBOURDIEU, dated Tangier, the 29th of November, announcing the termination of the dispute with Mo rocco. The PRESIDENT of the Republic visited the wounded soldiers in the hospitals on Tuesday. The following is the letter in which M. DE Gou- LARD notified to the PRESIDENT his refusal to become a member of the " consultative commission":-- '• Paris, Dec. 4. _ _ "Monsieur le President,—At the same instant that I left the prison of Mszas, I learned that my name figures upon the list called by )ou to form a consultative com mission. I have the honour to inform you that I posi tively refuse the mission you would confide to me. honour and my conscience forbid me to accept it. " Agi é z, Mons. la President, etc , 'WE GODDARD." The soirée at the Elys6e on Monday was more numerous and brilliant than any that has taken place for many months. It is estimated that between 2 000 and 3,000 persons were present. Among them were his Excellency the Marquis of NORMANBY, the POPE'S Nuncio, the Ministers of Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Naples, &c., the Cabinet Ministers, and a considerable num ber of ex-representatives, and'nearly 100 generals. The banquet intended to have been given on the 10th December, at the Hotel de Ville, has been post poned. - The Poi Bretonne, published at St. Brkuc, in the Cotes-du-Nord, contains an emphatic protest against the usurpation of December the 21, and adhesion to the resolution signed by the representatives in the mayory of the 1011 arrondissement. This protest was moved in the Council-General of the Cotes d'Or, and signed by sixteen members. What is still more important, the regiment of artillery quartered at St. Brieuc had given votes against the PRESIDENT. The municipal councils of Launion, Tteguier, and other towns in the same department, had also voted resolu tions condemning the acts of the 2d December. The Morning Chronicle of this morning publishes the following in its Parisian correspondence : "One of the most frightful episodes of the insurrec tion was that which took place on Thursday last on the Boulevards. At half-past three in the afternoon of that day, the troops extending along the Boulevard des Italicise, the Boulevard Montmartre, and the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, were drawn up the whole way across the street, so as to touch the trottior at each side. The foot-pavements were crowded with spectators, and in the balconies of the houses of each side were to be seen hundreds of ladies and gentlemen. There was not a barricade within a considerable distance, and certainly not within sight. Things in this position when, all of a sudden, a running fire was opened on the people on the foot-pavements and at the windows. Fortunately, it was not by platoons, but by a running fire, so that a considerable number had time to escape, but still the carnage was dreadful. To one house at the corner of the Rue Bergere there were carried no less thirty-five dead bodies, besides those carried elsewhere; and it may truly be stated that among this mass of victims there was not a single insurgent. " The excuse given by the Government papers for this wanton act was that shots had been fired on the troops from two or three different houses, which were named the Caf6 de Balcon, the Case Tortoni, the Café de Paris, the Hotel de Castille, and Dusautoy's (a tailor) in the Boulevard des Italiens. It appears however, that this was entirely a mistake. Both the Constitutionnel and Pattie now admit that they were mistaken. The Patric says:—' It is by an error that we have announced that a shot wai. fired from the Caf6 de Paris, and that that house was ransacked by the troops. We hasten to rectify that error. Nothing of the kind happened at the Café de Paris. A similar complaint hai been made to us by the Maison Doi6e and the Card Tortoni. We hasten to do justice to them. The cafe of the Grand Balcon was also mentioned as a point on which the troops were fired from. Nothing of the kind took place in that house. It was by an error, which, under the circumstances, was excusable, that the workshops of M. Dusautoy were searched by the troops. The sentiments of M. Du sautoy, as a man of order, are well known. Ho had closed his shop, but retained his workmen. The error was acknowledged a few minutes afterwards.' " But if all this be true, why did this destruction of life take place ? Why were the peaceable persons in the streets or at the windows fired at ? If it be true, were as is reported, that the order given to the troops was Spare nothing, but especially the balcons and the hlaclicoats,' the massacre on the Boulevards will be h , qaded down as one of the most wanton acts of cruelty ever committed. The battalion of the 17th Regiment of the Line, in garrison at Pcrigueux, has voted for the continuation of the powers of the President of the Republic. Out of 822 soldiers 801 haw voted lor, and 21 against. There was a large quantity of money stock offered for sale at the Bourse, and the prices declined. The Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 50c, and fell to 96f . at which they closed for the end of the month.; the Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 40c ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 9271. 50c.; Rouen, 591 f. 25c.; Havre, 221 f. 250.; Great Northern, 475 f.; Avignon, 203 f. 750.; Vierzon, 443 E 75c ; Bask, 157 f. 500. ; Bordeaux, 3801. ; Paris and Strasburg, 372 f. 50c.; Tours rid Nantes, 2601.; Amiens to Boulogne, 258 f. 75e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 10 - Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 1 / 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 3—Luxembourg, 3—Northern of France, 14 5 /,—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 1 / 8 — Paris and Rouen, 23 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg,l2%—Sambre and Meuse, 3 1 A—Tours and Nantes, GM. DECEMBER 11, - 1851. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. A Madrid letter of the sth says :—" The Chamber of Deputies held a sitting to-day. At the opening M. BRAVO MURILLO read a telegraphic dispatch from Paris, dated the 2d, announcing the dissolution of the French Chamber, &c., which was listened to with the deepest attention. The President of the Council assured the Chamber that whatever events might take place in France, there was nothing to threaten either the throne, the national institutions, or public order in Spain. He then left the Chamber followed by a number of Daputies, and very animated conversa tions were afterwards carried on in the lobbies of the House." The Epoca bas been condemned to a fine of 30,000 reals for the publication of subversive articles. MADRID BOLSA., DEC. s.—The Three per Cents were done at 36i for time; the Five per Cents., at lq; and the Debt without Interest, at 51. PORTUGAL. From Lisbon we learn that the Government have capitalised the floating debt of unpaid dividends and paid allowances due to the servants of the state. The Cortes will meet on the 15th inst. Discount of Lis bon bank notes has risen to 71 per cent. GERMAN Y. The Cologne Gazette of the 9th announces the arrest at Delitich of Dr. FIEBIGErt, on a charge of attempting to excite an insurrection against the Prus sian Government. He i only recently quitted the for tress of Magdeburg, after an imprisonment of months, in which he had been condemned for se dition. A letter from Radstadt of the sth says :—" The news of the events at Paris produced a very great sensation here. The telegraph was at work during the whole day. At five in the evening the gates of the fortress were closed, and patrols of cavalry were on duty on the outside." The Vienna journals of the 7th contain long arti cles on the recent events in France. They are gene rally favourable to LOUIS NAPOLEON. The Austrian Lloyds, which is one of the most influential organs of the mercantile party, says it is sure that the acts of Louts NAPOLEON will be ratified by at least two thirds of the French nation. The eo!ogne Gazette, under date of Carlsruhe, Gth, states wet the Ministry had intended to convoke the States for the 9th, but that the news of the events in Paris, which had produced extraordi nary sensation, had induced a change in that resolu tion. They are now convoked for the 12th. The King of SAXONY opened the States of his kingdom in person on the 6:11. The most important part of his speech was that is which he stated that he had received with pleasure the proposition of the Prussian Government relative to the Zollverein with a view ultimately to a customs union of all the Gorman states. ITALY. In its sitting of the 6th, the Chamber of Deputies at Turin commenced the discussion of the budget of the navy department for 1852. Signor AVIGDOR having insisted upon the necessity of placing the navy under a better footing, Count CAvoua, the Minister of Commerce, observed in reply, that he thought it impossible to give a better organization to the navy, unless it were transferred to La Spezzia, for as long as it remained at Genoa it would be in vain to at tempt to increase it, the size of that port being in sufficient. BRAZILS.—RIVER PLATE.—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 8 A.M. The Teviot has just arrived here. • Her dates are— Buenos Ayres, Nov. 3d; Monte Video, 6th; Rio de Janeiro, 14th; Bahia, 18th; Pernambuco, 21st; St. Vincent's, 29th ; Teneriffe, Dec. 3d ; Madeira, sth ; Lisbon, 7th; Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 4th. The Cape steamer Propontis left St. Vincent for Plymouth on the 28th. From Monte Video and Buenos Ayres we learn that Uruguay is completely emancipated from the control of Rosas. Oribe's army is disbanded ; bis officers have retired to Buenos Ayres; Oribe has retired to private life. Urquiza had left the Monte Videan territory with part of his troops on board Brazilian transports for Entre Rios, from whence he has to march into Buenos Ayres. The Brazilian army remained in Uruguay, to sup port the actual Government. In Buenos Ayres a bold declaration of anti-resista opinions had been made. Some attribute this to confidence felt by Rosas against Urquiza. Others believe that Rosas dreads putting matters to extremities. From Rio we learn that up to the 14th ult. there had been no change in the Cabinet. It was expected that Mi nisters would resign as soon as their measures in the River Plate had produced some definite result. From the Cape we learn that the intelligence brought by the last post fron - s the frontier is en couraging. General Somerset had inflicted on the Kafirs in the Waterkloof a succession of defeats, attended with heavy losses to them. The 60th Rifles had made their appearance in the field, and their weapons had told with great effect. It was supposed that Macomo would not be able to hold out much longer. The Kafirs were still in great force in the Fish River Bush and in the Amatola. It is feared, however, that any opening prospects of success would lead to a wider extension of the war, and which may before long spread eastward beyond the Kei, and northward beyond the Orange River. Much satisfaction was felt on the arrival of the promised ordinances, comprising the framework of a sufficiently liberal form of government. There is an energetic movement in the country districts in favour of the immediate establishment of their constitution. This movement is considered most important. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. On Wednesday the 10th instant, being the eighty third anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the academicians was held at their apartments in Trefalgar•square, when the following distribution promiums took place, viz.:— To Mr. William S. Burton—For the best histories painting, the gold medal and a discern's() of the Presideir Ww3. To Mr. Chaff les Summers—For the best group in his torical sculpture, the gold medal and a discourse of the President West. To Mr. John Robinson—For tho best architcctural doEign, the gold medal and a discourse of the President West. To Mr. Francis Clark--For the best drawing from the life in the life school, the silver medal. To Mr. John Bagnold Burgess—For the best drawing from the life, the silver medal and the lectures of the Professors Fuseli, Howard, and Flagman. To Mr. George Edward Tuson—For the next best drawing from the life, the silver medal. To Mr. James Luntley—For the next best drawing from the life, the silver medal. To Mr. Charles Summers—Fur the best model from the life, the silver medal and the lectures of the Profes sors Fuseli, Howard, and Flagman. To Mr. Thomas Christopher—For the best drawings of the tower and spire of Bow Church, Cheapside, the silver medal and tho lectures of the Professors Fuseli, Howard, and Flaxman. To Mr. James Rowley—For the next best drawings of the tower and Spiro of Bow Church, Cheapsido, the silver medal. To Mr. Henry Saxon Snell—For the next best draw ings of the tower and spire of Bow Church, Chespside, the silver medal. To Mr. Gerge Edward Tuson—For the best copy made in the School of Painting, the silver medal and the lectures of the Professors Fuseli and Howard. To Mr. William Cooper—For the nest best copy made in the School of Painting, the silver medal. To Mr. William Oliver Williams—For the best draw ings from the antique, the silver medal and the lectures of the Professors Fuseli and Howard. To Mr. Douglas Yeoman Blakiston—For the nexl best drawings from the antique, the silver medal. To Mr. George Herbert Bacon—For the next bes drawings from the antique, the silver medal. Which was concluded with an address from the Pre sident to the students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to ap point officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Charles Lock Estlake was unanimously reelected President. Council.—New List—Thomas Creswick, Richard Red grave, Francis Grant, and Charles Robert Leslie, Esqs. Old List—Philip Hardwick, David Roberts, Charles Barry, and Clarkson Stanfield, E,qs. Visitors in the Life Aoademy.—New List—Charles West Cope, William Dyce, Solomon Alexander Hart, Patrick M'Dowell, and Richard Redgrave, Esqs. Old List—William Mulready, Daniel Maclise, Charles Robert Leslie, and Thomas Webster, Eels. Visitors in the School of Painting.—New List— George Jones, Charles Landseer, Wiliiam Mulready, and Clark son Stanfield, E4qs. Old List—Charles Robert Leslie, John Rogers Her bert, Solomon Alexander Hart, Daniel Maclise, and William Frederick Witherington, Esqs. Auditors re-elected—William Mulready, Esq., Sir Richard Westmacott, end Charles Barry, Esq. ACCIDENT AT THE TEST OF ONE OF THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S PRIZE LIFE BOATS.— Tuesday Was the appointed . day for a s p ec i a l tr i a l of one of M r. J ames Beeching's life-boats at Liverpool. At noon she was launched from the Waterloo pier, and by the aid of a crane and a rope coiled round her, turned completely bottom up wards, when, with an almost imperceptible rapidity, she righted in what may be termed a " half waterlogged " posi tion. The boat was then manned, and rowed lightly and well; but, as a last test, the crew got on the "starboard gun wale," sinking her to near the water's edge. Some half dozen. more men (so me o f t h em part i ally i ntox i cated) then Jumped on board, and, overpowering the boat, which was only 28 feet long, capsized her, throwing the whole number, 16 persons, into the water. The boat would have immedi at, ly righted had they not clung to her gunwale, but the men hanging with their weight below her, kept her for some five minutes bottom upwards. All were fortunately saved— one somewhat strangely; he had stuck to the boat, and she capsized over him ; when, ho w e ver , s h e wa s re lie ve d of the weight hanging to her sides, and from her principle of con struction sat on an even keel. the crowd was astonished to find him all safe, and not wet beyond the middle. He shook his shoulders, and declared that he dared go anywhere in her. THE VICTORIA FUND.—Her Majesty the Queen has most kiadly signified her intention of founding a new charity for the relief of the poor patients who have been liberated from the county of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch ; and it is to be carried on in a similar manner to the Royal Adelaide Fund at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. Her Majesty has already forwarded 1001. for the promotion of the charity. SHOCKING CASE OF BARBARITY.—BURNING THE BODY OF A CMLD.—One of the most atrocious acts of cruelty by a mother to her child that we ever heard of, has within the last few days been perpetrated at Arncliffe, a small village situate about twelve miles from Settle, and the same distance from Skipton. A single woman, of the name of Mary Hodgson, supposed to be aged about thirty, has been living with an old man, named Richard Jaques, a widower, between seventy and eighty years of age, at Apicliffe. She has had an illegitimate child, whether born alive or not is not known ; but its body she destroyed in the most inhu man way, by burning it in the kitchen fire. Her neighbours noticed the fire as being unusually large, and, coming i n , found her and the old man sitting and blowing it with the bellows. A Mr. Robinson, surgeon, went in with the con stable (suspicion being excited) and found the infant's charred body among the coals. — Manchester Esaminer. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. — Yesterday the whit e chapel,Spitalfields, and Black bakers at the East end, friars-road, the New-cut, Marsh-gate, Westminster, the Seven Dials, &c.,Drury-lane, Holborn, &c., fell the price of the 41b. loaf one halfpenny, and now charge Id. (even money), in some parts only aid. per loaf, weighed on delivery. The best bread at the full-price bakers' throughout the metropolis is 7d. ' • some of the first - rate shops at the West-end, Strand, and the City, however, still charge 70. The average pri ce of bread during the present winter will not exceed sd. for good family bread, and best 6d. to 61d., or at most 7d. per loaf. There is an excellent stock of flour and wheat in the metropolis, both British and foreign. LINERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The U n i te d S tates mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sailed to-day for New York with the usual mails. Th e screw steam - s hi p l Captain Wylie, s a il e d at noon f or Phila delphiaarg:est cargo of B r i t i s h manufactured goods Cit v of withG l Glasgow, g theow ever shipped from this port by a steamer, the value being upwards of 100,0001. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. J. M. Morton, the eminent dramatic writer, has been appointed by Mr. Bunn to the important office of stage manager—and a more popular selection could not possibly be made. Fazio is to be the opening piece. CoLossEum.—The Panorama of Paris is exciting much interest at this time, as all the localities of the late events can be distinctly traced ie that celebrated picture. THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Dr. Kane, the scientific and able senior surgeon of the American Arctic Expedition, .has been requested to deliver lectures on this subject, at the Smythsonian Institution, Washington. THE FARM ERS. — Notwithstanding all the cry about farmers, whose pockets are so little touched as theirs in point of taxation, poor-rates, and turnpike tolls ? For years they have been favoured in all these respects, a "great fact" not to be denied. ~ D AY) o C: h a: h ee l : v IC E-CHANCEE Y.—(THIS DA cT , IN RE VISCOUNT MIDDLETON'S ESTATE A .ace. Mr. SELWYN . made an application to his LiOBOUr V;00 had d r lilinders,ley, for the transfer of a largemtee, ebwhic he e n e n ap ; passed, oaisnnt eo dw for ui ntnhd court, or purpose thlamtohney trustees had b accrued p u r p o o p n o s s e e d v e t r o a i p a s u al sffan • to the nun Brous suits which were then pendisFich tb • here was a bond debt fr 3,000 L, I n b c Oil yo • With i ,be Isle some estates ac cl . the • coring to the directions of been Pod, Parliament, the the money for which had how . jog the rh t , peo t to . ae tcohtf epouft offing crow g i.nit 0.0 tb lee on d: trustees anticipated that that vrould v.r od e sum to within a l,OOOl. of the amount required. torpor werenu w mber of costs which, as he stated cordedo.d_oi sion, occasion,he ere to be paid by 0 rm " on t e h y e , isle: e . s t I : et ovf. the trustees. it o l stated that similar orders to that 0 0 " r for had been granted on former occasions• tea t he His HONOUR, •r after some conversa tion, gran plication as prayed.] QUEEN'S -----------7------BENcH.—croi.-s P AIr4 This was an action n O o G id by the ,re of a bill -discounter, discounter, to recover 8231. 185. 2de the 040, to duo - ion two promissory notes, dated in Apt-,„„ cog fEaß9ssnym.jipsAißt,Bbi:o. ug - . .' d .h. bwialged°.ir whichalleging the defendant had pleaded several P',7;1010, that the Statute of Limitations.barred t',7 o o tos and was another stating that the consideration for. 7 08 P illegal, inasmuch as they were given I° o f the tei testator to abst •am from opposing the !Asko') defendant in 1840. The note ha • Mr. c • ving been put in evidence, fo r the cr. CHAMBERS Q.C., addressed the joy w..if 1 r fence, and afterwards called the daendant bi°7 o ' for de me p r osed to the facts of the case. Ile ma h e , ot eSte r sive ly la a h gentleman of property, and possesset! as 0 jig landed estate in Devonshire, but pre r ropeet til i year 1840 large esinwere botraP he entered into a den,which proved a failure, and he becanie 0 j is Of for 37,0001., upon which he had paid onlY 2u : o liter h and in The plaintiff's testator was one of bid e' ite , pis P s ° ss order to induce him to abstain from 0P,.. 1 b0 0, 2 certificate he gave him the notes in questiou, v o l e , c os' afterwards advised that the validity of the° therefore e rVo not be ati d he fused sustained in a court of law, to take them up when they becarn e " li d sift spring t of 1840. Thereupon the testator issUfetbe 007 , butand he e e defendant succeeded in keeping at o f t he Pf; was not served until the beginoing - t he OP' sent was year. Meanwhile the testator died, but olir renewed by the wido w, d le:AO and the 0 4 °I mately served in his own attorney's office. „of ~t It vl as contended fer the plaina that tbef.!tios:, the t writ ls di s p d ose- altogether of the Statute of 1.4110 g tlitre but ..0 • allegation was met by the defendant top 0 For several years, and while the writs were fa ed itsli s to be found at Leamington, where he w ileci plai t ' world; bu t t " 0 P il instead member of the fashionab l e . Af by 010 0, of sendin there contented bit e making inquiries for the defendant at the A. 04 PS of h' h w ic he was a member. e t Lel° h The proprietor of the Assembly 110000..-A a Istlg - teo stating that as the defendant was not 1 °, 0 " esielol f business fee quenting his balls and r outes " 0 or protessi in, he was put do ° 115 ~..eeig property. Ahe OP:, of Lord CAMPBELL wished to ' f Ivu" - f° d 1-11 0 4 be in or ban 0 went to the jury, whether or no the 9 b l eo t o w ale l ion Vic., cap. 186, sections 202 and 205, nest null and v • old all agreements for foregoing (3 " e. A(1 natri o ,ii any proceedings • Mr. in bankruptcy vras retresr- coots r. CHAMBERS, Q.C., for the defendslity that it was. e But, on the other hand, W ho ePP eari Mr. JAMES, Q Cand M Wiagsf vi " ill ° the plaintiff, insisted C. 1.. rfe 1 t de that it was not. 0 r Ultimately his LORDSHIP deterißinet'hive • left if° point The Learned the consideration of the Court 0";od ~,i0 r Learned JUDGE then summed up' ~,n9idef,"4 10 questions to the jury —first, what was the '''- isso t be the the 1"3S; and, secondly, were the Write ro did first instance for f bei n g se 1 113 the purpose o Oil 1 event of the defendant bein ' d tbs l- 0 11 " g toil° • wa s Le , The jury f ound that the consideration sot a le it fof by the defendant,and that plainf eare the • I with a bona 'hells Ede intention, and made dl LA sly the &tenth:tit. to ti e ir ye die t t The COURT accordi I directed 6 •- r d for - 1/6 ag yan tared for the plaintiff on the last issue, fondant on the first. ----- 3) it. V EXCHEQUER.—(T HIS ti illegal imprisonment. PßlCE V. 11111'514' Ag f°r '''' .i Oleg This was an action to recover clainag'" ot` T M h r e . R pl o a b in iu ti s ff o cdp J uer a esf mi dnd s yta for i t lao h y nh e c eh n d i wanee appeared raagesr o n e •cr a :diesoajsenfegotuuf.nreenlna f oe o cnny r eymeo. the zaf teel,: p si: ri l itev e i e i tr e ;bi t ea l aili l os ryouiwohpfi fee 8: 0,o:15o:if : hi I: f sob il: monger in Cornwall-road, Lambeth, anon it if o to y about twelve months in the defendant ororere i al d r the 29th October, 1851, he was dismis s e" fr: it 1111 0 110 F ,4 in the middle of his work. The defendee;olohletsvp entertained . some suspicion that he hi ! by hti o - 11 11 ,,6 i '' missing property from the factory' a", - to tho ,h . FAO !AT policemen in pl a in clothes Wea"iettlrteo 0 1 : 0 , !fang ing ten days afterwards, as early as se e ,ootro u , i o JILO' ing, and requested that they might he:wait/0d vtti a_search. The plaintiff gave them ev er f t ools , " o ber ' f fw_ e h ans e d y al ah p ure o gp s ep s d e el a s hhi s nt i ii o ratl i n fftw o h t tieot a hel q t bauhgae niBstiti.trtsaysttiecosiiitrititiegill.:o,3tit, 00b:rwat convoyed on t ct o k o ee k hd t cis_ctotuhiora Was etieusTi I ,Tagfteniairdh.hifi a rsnleeees. m ceefiglaedtipc o tyunti n i g the articles seized, hearing the evidence, adjourned the "- bedf.aeg conveyd amn a i y dT s he . eeee T fidLe h ewe e adirt p nht l eh a od i e n trh t ec i e ff rd up w rr a :i ess prisoners b a r fes b unable t gi o lthi:t o :s h . sin act, il e x, gs i g ° lli :0 1 : : 1 001 .: : ; r0orte e 000 , 1 11: u li p be t r h a e te c el ha o r n g b e a w il a . s still O n I he pressed,P injured, jeoeurgeh and he was Onuol'ts"theorshgbthittesr:h-afri° Pu il i P l°/ f e e' cr 0 0 fof . 0 . accusation the prisoner's charstete H a , 010,..0 felo h n e y. up to the present time, employers he A ly aP" if gaging a man who h a d h rg e " o °ll' • been o a firm with sto . i bo ~ 1 , h . ad been unraibs°lnetrcbi etlbilllec:l The plaintiff was then put into th e Op st l e tti b a t o , Rou l ep fl ot l e i l i ih s 1 001 1 :1 „.0 1 .. . : 1 11 BARONREooedaoosniln.arentfEiiixetNotFtii.hnannstde:o s aid, as the afterwards to adduce hwNibmenouasheui stga u al tidh l trhld d hete aaehe b nvpt additional el crossee cross-exam mfri i hno rn opfsuieem p tsi xllf r. r det tel u onioxvi d :Pai e ii to b it i i 0.08: 1 1 :_eeos o li ;13.,et t a i P to e. ob0:10::: 4. j :0,,ti.:000.:: ;t, tilt ip ins , 1,110:0; a sri o, h an is d o p w o n si p ti i v .o e p lLs ty w . ore that the har ettter 1 tc° 6 "l.°l' l ip ~,0 , , Mr. E dp . eloa ; o a d t r Es said he was not IA 0 " de -4 r .:. e° ll 2er niii il i port the plea of justification, and cire,ll7: „gageVieoloo c ew u ig m ioe s ee t d a rn nees, consent to a verdict for l' utr ieth ci I t # proceeded n e t a s e g o r m a . i ° e aps o rgto f rtpeh i eater: plaintnb afulo tl a li e 6f fr f e :i c nsf cihvie°illl3:l3 a ci v i 91 l b 1111111edifi 151 iir°llll-111.:° he left this court entirely clear froai a" A verdict was then agreed to for l' ,) 1514 9A i 4 bet f t) SHERIFFS' COURT-4, tfacle„reveg,it' (Before Mr. W. BuneuELL, Der y itir 4 i ) fr t - or FALSE IMPRISONMENT.---JAOIS ti ; gel' ' a l r 0 0) pr a' o h n is m t e v n a t s . an T ihneq defendantui toassiz do n odg - B , i ffere o f; 0 anLditehueteloamnitua Jarvis a d r e v fe is nd . hll gb by default. The plaintiff is an officer in the " b sl a Ig , i re ri g e° o loll.r 11 04 shire. V il e Mr. PRENTrs stated the case. ~,,N oare ill ,f e sfi ll ". :0 0 0 0 01 that on the 25th of June last ho wes b r et o el) ' Li e ° of l '-. '° Wilson, who was his-mother-in Jai", t i a ie- w ye, or Wilson, had resided th:etnrhetelusPpitatoierithi; to e : t i e ci ti l :::: #3 s: : , A O Wilson had taken his passage a n t ,_" 0 0 , t 1 T hi r itra friends two days before - to eisha„r7rt ape 'ilcboLissil persons called; they He e er w e a Mr- by °u °IjAli0010;, sowwHEW:ffirhea. writ t s t e tt 0 ,.i r ant who o skae f ye t sd h uiw i sif r tao:t t sherif f.meuede Mr. Wilson, t r e o a t h t e o t s ): :::: : n hdi l e t I : u pe : l : s_ F g i o . odoi 1, toyn 11i : 1 1 0 ; : n 0 ii_ i S t „l:- i, w v : id o , ntiehmeasmtehdiatvly wand Wit i a tt es r s Wils!" . to v, t tt l i a retired into t w a h was not bu t ba o°` ° eci b' there,make a Lo ad A par our, , __. ~ 0 dr. 4 0 0 ,,i requested e ai. e s t t h i e lt m r. not ivani ids t e o ,l:roz et o r n d , s : ; thpnLa:lloo:llsi Witness said," lam not Dlr. v , ' .d t 0 tto r ep, sal Pr to go out of the house. The officer gr. fijoh f, not go without him, and appealed So , id 0 ~,to e whether he (plaintiff) was Wilsoll, -rwitligoliet°iVA ing in the affirmative, the officer , sal a d it o o 0 0 pi Witness sent for the boots and 0 0113 r ' O 4 h oe ate street to explain. They walked, k ,„ E i 1 0 00, Este], which is also Richards's ie e se ttO c a tip it 0' officer, several times, urged witness to o 10 cl is 005 'ttil, but he would not, and ho writhethefficertie 0001‘; next morning witness show c ii , 0 0 '0 oili li o# neck-tie, ;on which was marked sai d h e lo tti' e o rpo i number of his regiment. Richards ~s t li d/ 0 • to doubt, but he could not set vvito r d 7. o rt, ' s i lo 0 ° v was acting under the orders of Mr. I ve oil 0 0 , a tyr e ig 0 1 set at liberty between elevens O r ' th e li of the 27th. thr 4 th aoa Cross-examined—Was positive woe' tt ho 00/ name was not on the stock. Did: r , Vi r l s° ne s vidlil was coaling round to Spithead. _, O 0 0 , of i left the day before, but all his logg% 0 0 S , 00 4 04 away, and some still remained at t he wePrier Pa whe n tb ° rl' itir' know that he was in custody k oovr ..00e .1..1 would have resisted. He did not 1 hove b s o, c ol; was a lock-up house, or he would oj eot for o • 1 02 went out merely to exPla iu ' ag sent I gi'.. • fr • O to Mrs. Wilson's, and it w -- ,,tber p o t,,„itae• - 0 1 ,0 bag, with the name of a" t i e , or Din o f 9 Hart said it would be better 0 set a e, to o f oo t f i l lose his commission and passag e : I ' 3 w of se ttleseid, Ai, any offer to settle, but with a vio, ed it of il if s 0 Wilson asked bow Mr. Hart 1 % 4 % 0 00101 g ot a i r e not offer half the debt down said ' no s st WO t old eighteen months. Witness dias not gr. _ .O O, ij IL I name, but merely said that e i v i l artte s oss h il i r s ii ics r,?;: li fio r , ) ciTunetsirtesddahyi,mthneo2t6ttobiehlel itioaldrt.R he wished to keep him off the ae: bot o tbe,`, o ei to that was certainly his idea, and i t , t hat it T oo g 01, 0 /0,1 1 be istued. Did not tell the offie e het e as r , Vil e l el SECllletiCo about his being keP t „ t t hat if 1r, 1 4 t el away ou Saturday. Did not sai tto WI . „, 0 0.0 ~.0 no d join not arrested he would undertaa oy 1 r T he hl o o 0 iutgclieny"wthoeuladhelerti if; ibmutgsoaidtheoun By • kt At .1 1, 1 44 1r 1 A t 14 ft ‘ l iY h % 4 4 1 ta 4 , 3% `gtiat 2 i, t ry