The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

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This concluded the case for the p . rosectiti:m. Mr. linin..ayrixte addressed the jury fur the prisoner in an eaborate speech, contending that there was no evidence to show that the prisoner had be :n actuated by guilty inten tions, or had anything whatever to do with the robbery of tl.e property in question. Ile contended the prisoner had Leen most unfaialy treated by the, Great Western Company, as repre sente d by Mr. Nash, who bad done everything in his power to get no a case against him, by extorting admissions from him during several conversations, on the 'understanding that they should be private, but which were now brought publicly forward against thUprisoner. It was an un-English and illegal attempt to crush a man who had placed himself within their power. The evidence only showed he had acted as tile agent of Garratt, but no guilty intention had been proved. - Whatever shuffling Maynard had shown, alight naturally have proceeded from a desire to act in the best manner for the interest of his client, with oat any relation as to the articles having been stolen. That he coati not have any intention of appropriating the property to his own use way shown 13y the fact, that not the least tl,lls se e p , i G d s en ss ce in vi n - , as adduced to prove the property was ever that he did anything but act as agent ra party, who stated that he had found a certain article " 1 111 ' 11 wished t h e prisoner to negotiate its return for a certa i n iltn(znt of n ‘ l° ae.Y. He fulfilled his agency, and nothing t d h e e n y c kit the ma tt er i n the hands if the jury, hoping old co nsider the whole question, and upon the evi before them decide whether or no the prisoner know diel was a party to felonious transaction, and give a ver aceordinei to e ie nutely, ins on Th c ontu SERGEANT summed up the evidence very onskier, was tructing htte jury that the real point they had did he prisoner Maynard receive the properly into his ' possession i with the knowledge that it was stolen. a : r i lle jurn after a sh or t con s u ltation, returned a verdict of e s i o 3 . of r ece i v i ng the goods - in question with the know ,e of th e i r b eing stolen. ~ clerk of the Court then put in previous convictions of 29th against the prisoner, one being that of bigamy on the zuth of May, in the 56th y-ear of his late Majesty Geo. and another in 1816, under the name of Charles Gregory, of ste aling property of the value of 355. from his master. The COMMON SERGEANT, addressing the prisoner Garrett, 4 alLi—You h ave b een convicted upon your own adm i ss i on o f a serious felony. The rule, and I hold it to be a right one, to protect public companies and the public from the commission (1 such offen ces i s t h at to wh i ch you have p l ea d e d gu ilty. The sentence upon you is, that you be transported for the term of se-:en years. „"l the CONIIION SLMGEANT was then proceeding to address Prisoner Maynard,. when the latter said he.wished to a • few observations to correct a misrepresentation .th 4 "ad gone abroad respecting him. He had been charged kilowing that the property was stolen. Such - was not the fact. It was also stated that he knew of other parties `ho had been concerned in stealing.property from the Great Western Company. This he denied. He never had had a tra nsaction with any party but the one, and he was not aware hen of any felony being committed. Had he known the Parties referred to, on public grounds lie would, have given them up. The COMMON SaRGEANT—The jury have come to a dif ferent conclusion to that what you have stated. And I have .0 doubt in my mind that you had a full knowledge at the 'Pile that the preperty which you was negotiating was stolen from the various railways. The sentence of the Court upon o" is, that y ou b e transporte d b eyon d th e seas f or th e t er m f fourteen years Shortly after the removal of Maynard from the bar, the prisoner G arrott was ordered to be brought up again on the other indictme n t s to w hi ch h e h a d p l ea d e d G u il ty. a , SERGEANT (to the prisoner)—There are six cases I.triltaeinntsittyie. , to which you have pl e aded guilty. It is not my pass any farther sentence upon you except in ease of the robbery of Mr. Winter. The sentence is, a therefore, that you b e t ransporte d f or th e term of seven years, gvc.crnmence at the conclusion cf your former sentence of -rs—making in all a term of fourteen years. prisoner made no remark, but bowed to the Court, and retired from the dock. the the progress of the case the following confession of Prisoner Garrett, was produced : " Prison of Newgate, Oct. 31, 1845. Th , " . s l ei f f eel it to be useless to make any attempt to defend atg°ainstagainst these caies and I desire to plead Guilty, al-. stance 11 g . 1 I did h e l uggage pro-duced not myself take some t)f t . D. e, but they came to me afterwards (for in for s o • D aniels' on the Great Western I did not have as . r t ine periol after the time it i 3 stated they were lost, imitnbltiaeituatttli.oeex.plained to Mr. Nash). I regret that I was, in the leebriation tempted to embark in so dishonest a traf and le first temptation having succeeded I could only go on, forto the 1V of drinkin do I attribute my rst step, to a 3 Only when elevated with liquor that I waft tempted . c eddle in th ese matters. But I beg to appea l to t h ose nlnoblemen and gentl emen w ith whom I for years lived, !n.ll. some of w h om are on the Bench and in the Court, as to my general c h aracter as to a servant. Some of their testi 'els are in the possession of Mr. Nash, who I believe has ase left Tained that I b ore t h e hi g h est c h aracter . Notwithstanding the extent of these matters, I am withont a shilling; my thoughtless and careless habits, I _3 ( r ) lore of dress and drink have brought me to this, and those that have led me into it from an industrious course of Ir . have the reflection of doing so, and then leaving me without even contributing one shilling to defend one '6,:ehees:alPl:l - e a x n p d er l i i c lo n e c r e a t l i; treatment (even to foolishness), and I leave them with that re retipn 011 themselves, and on the insincerity of human na- V i l . in the hour of need and peril t 4 which they contributed. l i , (1 I fellowed the advice and example of my toilpresen wife, shall a n 3 o ,s w fe b e e l a respectable member of society, er I great respect (though 1 have deeply injured na_ae who is an i nnocent suffer); and to the Governor of N ew• d f oisr t et ,_ he a i n r cl . Mr.;nd id Nash, cons and my attorney I tender my thanks eration toher and my feelings in the parge of th e i r d uty to the public, and to the Companies whoni M r . Nash represents. " D. GARIZATT." AEW COURT. (Before Commissioner BULLOCK.) Lee was indicted for stealing 10s. in money, and ( 7 ;r i ti L ar . s s na li : r o a f ti or receiving part of it, the property of Mr. — 3 ' t * M arrs, Stoke Newington.' on th e ' 0 3 - , was in Church-street, Stoke . Newington, std'ato Oct.,. and about two o'clock in the afternoon sta ee cam e out of Mr. Gray's shop, run up. to two boys Brow.ding about seven doors off, when all of them ran together. n Cs s . one of the two boys, Inglis, the other, was discharged °Y the magistrate. I went in and called Mr. Gray and a sked whether he had lost anything. Gray immediately went after the boys. W. Gray, keeps a shop in Stoke Newington. Brown came Into his .shop and asked if Simmons, a shoemaker, lived there ; a little girl was in the shop at the same time, and both went out together. The money was then quite safe in the till. I had been in an adjoining parlour about five minutes 9 1 .", 1 Y when the witness Baxter came in and asked whether "ad lost anything. I saw the till was half drawn out and ! al Pt3', in consequence of which I ran out and saw Lee going t ip to two boys, then about seven doors off, and all when le Y saw me ran away togstber. I pursaed them, and on t ti h o e _w . o)•* got up into a phaeton running in the same direc i. " , but soon after Brown threw away some money and i ',, t 'Ped off the phaeton and pursued him on foot A police- Tohenauht Brown about a quarter of a mile from my shop. co o Barnett, constable, apprehended Brown. Vi hen l et, the pri soner sa id " I' m d one ." " S«„ rs lasi was in his garden, where he heard cries of tint him !" and came out to the pavement. Saw no one, th e up money, one half-crown and some shillings, to t laic‘'` o ount of ab ou t O s . I s no t s ure whether there was more '1 h e n e half-crown. WIN). prisoners, throughout the trial, manifested the utmost n „ Their respective ages are 1G and 17. uri sono`a °ll victed, they were sentenced_to six months' 'a g Jol o , et and hard labour. to o k Zswell was indicted. for feloniously taking and . sell- C. ti" u eoches lathes, &c., the property of Charles Race. te srae ee had. been a pewterer for 45 years, at 43, Roebuck !et tbe e 'h pa ver-road, but having retired from business, had ‘lst a ' c ' t ise at Roebuck-terrace to the prisoner in March hack 'i l re nt of 451. There is a detached building at the se elltos f ae, Ward, not let to the prisoner , in which the pro the • had left a great deal of property. This property was, wi shei s , t , " it, suited to the business of a pewterer, which he Ragea i n — sell or to let out with the back premises to one en to th e the business. Said nothing of the articles at all ci ty t Prisoner. Gave him no control over them, no autho -°,Bllow them to any one whatever, but should any per hirorta'atdog to purchase them call, the prisoner was to send hoe s : ' l le. Made some remarks about the articles in the out- Paid some two or three months after. No rent was secretly to Michaelmas, the time at which the prisoner e LiY left the house. rcs ,.l - examined—l believe there was no written agree they.,""tween us. The premises in question are across the . afte r d , detached. I had the key first; prisoner had it k ee r• did not allow him to use these goods. He was to als4 t hem for my US4 and take care that no one took them le Her e the pris oner ' s counse l, Mr. HUDDLE/31'0N, entered a gal * • t o objection, to the effect that Mr. Rice had said enough ret' r "v'e delivery of the goods, and, if so, that unless felo sh;ais intention could be proved at the time of the getting of si sle Y , it did not amount to a felony. . 1 ,• BALDWIN, for the prosecuticn, replied, and Rh ot il e , , Learned C OMMISSIONER ov erruled that the question Ne e lei wi go to the j ur y. Mea :title the evidence was pro to . ir Rice cro ss - exam i ne d—P r i sone r asked the key about a • itirtaiglit after, that lie might put some crates in, and I gave lt• I got the key afterwards. Nothing was said about Were not except about some articles in a box, which I Gad I.ohet to be disturbed. ris as the property put under his protection ?—Yes. I,°''t,r Your-use ?—Never to sell them. the Sour use ?—I never said so. I asked for days after, but then I s it was thethelor of the b a ck premises ; all the things were re' I am not sure if I to. ,k the key out or left it in t4 e d° ". The key passed backwards and forwards two or th e re t imes between me and the prisoner. Prisoner got fo sil e Y,to move_ what he had got in out. I did not ask him articles'e KeY after that. I considered the things 'safe. The 1e were suited to a pewterer. Cresswell is a beer-sh o o e t i er. Prisoner had put several fittings in the shop at his assen t ex Peose, and several squares of glass under the agree teheat he should receive ls. per square for the new squares, a ,0 11,1 O to take the old. I know Mr. Barnett, but not before affair, nor Mr. Church . or Basely. I have seen both two th. 11 6 ; 1. days before this. I have not told Barnett that I had aut horiseil the prisoner to sell the things. I had not called 01,p.r i soner about th e 2d o f M a y. geoudist?_...pr‘Tisoan. er not say he could get 121. 12s. for the " 14 1 not the prisone r grain some doors and shutters at hi aexpense?—No ; I painted all before be came in. ge r(' prisoner not say he might sell the goods for 12/. 125., 1:) . 1 1 11 f in mon e y an d h a l f i n coppers P — N o . lie say anything o f co pp ers ?—He at onetime said he had c 0 Did to sell, and asked whether I cou ld get t h em so ld for tl, ll ; and he sent me one of the coppers, to show to a gen mae known to me. S .me things which had been brought ba;k to the house, by Mr. Hutson, I allowed the prisoner to but these are not the indictment. 1 did not tell 31r. a iiett that I allowed e him to sell these things, and I would allowa hiin two or three pounds for selling them. I knew that -)0 Nett had baught the things, and traced them there; said 6 liiretliing of them, but not what has now been asked. i ta l ,•;3' prose utor's CouNsEL—I did not say to Barnett that I siven prisoner any control whatever over the things. - siiti •L t ii• Beni:At was put into the witness-box—l am a . copper t in tl • I purchased the goods mentioned in the indictment Month of May last. I went to the premises in Dover so," to see th em. Prisoner said he had purc h ase d t h em f ur Zaid asked me 21/ . f or t h em. I re f use d t hi s sum , but ulti •eiv gave him 12/. Its. 1 purchased them all at one time. 1,, Rice called o n me a b ou t the goods. At that time Mr. said the pri soner m i g h t se ll t h e goois, and get 21. or 31. "aa,t doing so. I ment i one d t hi s to M r. Ri ce a b ou t a week g° l , when b e f ore the grand j ury. Mr. Rice repl i ed i t i s filse. ') a h Juryman —I do not recollect the former part of the w av ersation. Mr. Rice after this sent a policeman .to say he .i.v?old take it as a f avour if I would not mention this, as he ts hea to prosecute the prisoner. Church and Basely are in „s •"Y employ 1 • 31 (1 • t ey , hear this?—Yes. ~.r ° l ll Rice him se lf?—N o ; I said it publicly in my own shop. g Et i?,,?ss - examined by M r . BALLANTINE—The prisoner never he had been authorised to sell the things. The words of \, T 11 " I told him to eel the thiega that he might geC one or two pounds for himself. Why did you not say this before the magistrate?—l was rot before the magis trate. Did you never state this till now ?—I do not know that I said it before. I made deposition before the clerk— was sworn, and the-deposition was read over, but the magis trate was not present when I signed the deposition. Rice sail nothing about fixtures. Ge.erge Dalton is a servant to the prosecutor. I was sent to pack up some tools in the Lack shop, and did so, but had no co veleation with the prisoner. Cross-examined—The door was not locked. I recollect nothing eleput. the prisoner's going into the house. John Pureer, a constable, apprehended the prisoner, who ste'd the prosecutor had no claim upon Lim. Cross-examined by defendant's Counsel—That he bad no claim on him except the rent ?—No ; said nothing about the rent. ' I never carried any message between Rice and Barnett. did not request Barnett not to tell that Rice had said so-and so. (Barnett here identified the witness as the same that hrought the message from Rice.) Witness—l never did carry such a message. I did go to Barnet is on Thursday week. did not say this before because I forgot. I went to tell him to be at the * Court next morning, and said nothing at nil about not telling this or that. Mr. Rice never gave me a message to take to Barnett. Never got any instrue!ions to that effect from Mr. Rice. Mr. Rice, in the witness-box—l did not Bend any message to Mr. Barrett.' The prisoner's counsel had now addressed the jury, and the Learned Commissioner sent the point to the jury, whether the prisoner had obtained possession of the key with a felonious intent, for failing that, it was not a case for a Criminal Court. The jury had found the prisoner guilty, when the • defendant's counsel interfered with the recording ' of the sentence, and informed his Lordship and the jury that very important evidence, of the existence of which he had no instructions, had just come to his knowledge, and requested it might yet be allowed to go before the jury. This was granted. John Dove was called in to the witness-box—l live at 44, Lant-street, Borough. I called at Cresswell's house one morning in the month of May. Rice, with his foot man, drove up in a gig. • Mr. Rice came into the bar, and said to Creswell—" Have you s, , id these things yet ?" Prisoner said, "No , not yet." " I wish you would." Prisoner---"I had an offer for them yes terday. I could have got half in money and half-in goods." Rice—" What goods?" Prisoner—" Coppers." Rice—" I wish you could sell them, do your best; good morning." Witness—l think the amount cf the offer was 121. 12s. Om being cross-examined, the witness added one or two words to his former statement; he identified Mr. Rice as the person. Mr. Rice was again called, and placed in the witness• box and sworn—He had a gig, but had not used it. in the month cf Mny ; but on being cross- examined he hesitated on this point, and his servant when called could not help him. Rice positively denied having said anything cf the kind to Cresswell, and had never seen the witness before. The case again went to the jury, but in a different view. The question they now had to try was whether the prisoner had had permission to sell the goods. which was decided in the negative, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. The falowing are the days fixed by the Judges for the terms of the Court during the ensuing Mayoralty:— December 15; January 8; February 2; March 30 ; May 4; June 15; July 6; August 7 ; September 21 vOztober 26. MARLBII.6':STREET--(T HIS DAY). James Noon, a sturdy ruffianly-looking young fellow, vas charged with feloniously assaulting, in Oxford-street, Mr. Desire Savolle, of No. 3, Winsley-street, Oxford-market, and stealing from his person a gold watch and appendages. It appeared that between three and four o'clock yesterday morning the prosecutor was walking arm-in-arm with the w;fe of an acquaintance of his, whom he was seeing home, when at the corner of Chapel-street, Soho, the prisoner sud denly came up in front of him, and pointing to the female, said apparently in a great rage, " What are you doing with my wife at this late hour?" At the same instant he made a violent snatch at the prosecutor's guard chain, and tore his watch from his waistcoat pocket, and directly set off run ning. The prosecutor followed, 'calling " Stop thief !" and Alfred Mitchell, 25 C, having joined in the pursuit, saw the prisoner as he turned ioto Newman-street drop something down the area of Mr. liolderness, No. 1, pianoforte manu facturer. Just at that time the p• osecutor came up with the prisoner, and pushing him down held him until he was secured by the police. The constable afterwards found the watch very much smashed in the area. Mr. MALTBY asked if the prisoner was known ?—The police present said he was not to them. Mr. MALTBY asked him what he had to say in answer to the charge P—The prisoner said the watch was handed to him by the female the prosecutor was with, who told him to make Off with it. No attention was of course paid to such a defence, and the prisoner was ordered to be committed for trial. THE DEPARTURE OF THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA AND WFST L'rnlA MAILS. —SOUTITAAIPTON, Nov. 2.—The Clyde, Royal West India mail-packet, Captain Symonds, left the river this day, at two o'clock, for the West Indies, taking out the Mexican and other mails for the West India islands. She has also 700 bottles of quicksilver, and a full complement ' of packages, and 107 passengers. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, leaves to-morrow for Constantinople, &c„ taking out the East India and China mails to Malta, from which place they will be forwarded to Alexandria by the Company's ship Iberia. The Duke of Cornwall takes out a very full cargo of bale goods, and is quite full of passengers. A very fine new steamer, be longing to the Oriental Company, to be named the Madrid, will arrive here in a few days, and take the place of the Queen, at present running between Gibraltar and this port. The Madrid will carry out the Peninsular mails of the 17th instant. MURDER IN AMERICA.--DELHI, OCT. 11.—This mor:.ing the Court passed sentence on all the prisoners ar raigned for the murder of Steele. Only two trials have been held—those of O'Conner and Van Steenburgh—all the rest have pleaded guilty to the charges. John Van Stecnburgh was first called. When asked what he had to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed, he said, " I am innocent of the crime, and think it hard to suffer for a crime I never committed." Judge Parker then, in a very impres sive manner, sentenced him to be hung on Saturday, 29th of November next. Edward O'Conner was next called. He was asked what he had to say why sentence should not be passed on him ; he only replied that he was innocent. He was then sentenced to be hung at the same time with Van Steenburgh. The remainder of the sentences were as fol lows :—Daniel W. Squires, for manslaughter in the first degree, state prison for life. Moses Earll, the same as Squires. Daniel Northrup, the same. The following pleaded Guilty to manslawriiter in the second degree, and were sentenced as follows :—John Phenix, state prison, seven years ; Isaac L. Burhans, state prison, seven years ; John Birch, state prison, seven years ; Calvin Madison, state prison, ten years; William Reside, state prison, seven years; John Latham, state prison, seven years ; William Brisbane, state prison, seven years ; Charles T. M. Canber, robbery, second degree, state prison, seven years; William Josselyn, manslaughter, fourth degree, state prison, two years; Robert Scott, conspiracy, fined 500 dollars; John Davis, conspiracy, fined 100 dollars. Judg ment suspended on the following persons :—Darius Travis, Henry Kettle, 0. Munsen, Barber Stafford, Henry L. Rus sell, P. Northrup, James Wilson, jun., Smith Sandford, Alonzo Sandford.—New York Paper. THE LATE EXPLOSION IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL. —We are happy to state that provision has been made by the Board of_ Ordnance for the widows and orphans of the unfortunate men who perished by the late explosion in the Royal Laboratory department of • the Royal Arsenal. Mr. Crake, the foreman, left one unmarried daughter, who is to receive an annuity of 251. per annum. The widows of H. Butters, sen., and H. Butters, jun., are each to receive a pension of 14s. a week. The widow of Burbage is to receive a pension of 9s. a week. The orphan boy of Michael Purtill has already been entered in the storekeeper's department at 6s. a week, his presence not being required till he has attained the age of fourteen years. The parents of the two boys, Leonard and Hindley, are each to receive a gratuity of W.,- and the whole of the expenses connected with the funeral will be paid by the Board. The annuities and pensions are to commence from the time of the accident. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICM, NOY. srFcrrox of THE ENROLLED PENSIONERS. —The enrolled pensioners of the Woolwich division of the London dis trict assembled this morning in the west square of the Royal Artillery barracks, under the command of Captain J. Forbes, the staff officer of pensioners for the Woolwich district, for the purpose of being inspected by the on. Lord Blooinfield, G.C.B. and - commandan of the garrison. At a quarter before one o'clock they were marched to the barrack field, where they took up their posi tion, and formed a line fronting the Royal Artillery bar racks. His Lordship arrived. in his carriage, at half-past one, and on alighting was received by the aged veterans with arms presented. Many distinguished officers were present. The commandant, accompanied by Major Arm strong and Captain Forbes, proceeded to inspect the troops very minutely. First, the line broke into open columns of divisions, right in front, and then marched past his Lord ship in slow and quick time. They then re-formed into line, went through the manual and platoon exercise, fired two rounds each, by divisions, and various other evolutions, at the conclusion of which his Lordship advanced towards them, when they formed three sides of a square. His Lordship then addressed Captain Forbes, and said that he scarcely knew how to address him in language sufficiently strong. He wss delighted at all he had that day witnessed. The marcLings and movements were conducted with the greatest • regularity, and the firing was regular. He should be happy at all times to atteii to anything that he (Captain Forbes) might suggest for the benefit of the pensioners, or to forward their interest Then, addressing the pensioners, his Lordship said,;" My o:d heroes, I am proud to see you this dry; it reminds me of old times, to see the old veterans become young again. I wish I could become young again myself. You have this day shown a pattern, and an example I hope the young men will follow." H is Lordship then granted permissi . in for the band to accompany the pensioners through the town, and the aged veterans then perambulated the principal streets cf the town amidst the mingled laughter and cheers of the townspeople, to whom by far the larger number of them are persanally known. They then returned to the West-square, and were dismissed at half-past three o'clock. Their arms and accoutrements are to be returned with their clothing into store on Monday, the drills and exercises being for the present season at an end. A OLDIER SUOT.—Yesterd9.3, afternoon a serious accident occurred to a man named William White, aged forty-five, residirg in Collingwood-street, Chelsea, late a sergeant in the 96th Regiment of Foot. Whilst taking a walk along the Clapham-road he observed a lad behind some palings which faced the road, with a pistol, firing at a mark. When he arrived opposite the spot the pistol was discharged, and at the same moment he felt himself struck on the left leg, and he found blood oozing through his stock ing. A policeman, who heard the report, came up, and it was found that be had been wounded by a very small ball. He was placed in a cab and conve3 ed to Guy's Hospital, when it was found that the shot had passed nearly through the calf of the leg, and lodged within an inch of the surface on the opposite side. Mr. Finch, the house-surgeon, at once extracted it, which proved to be a swan shot of the largest sort, nearly of the size of a pistol bullet, The boy was im mediately taken into custody. A NEW RAILWAY WHISTLE.—BROMEGROVE, FRI DAY EVENING.—Within the last few days several trials of an apparatus for communicating a signal from the guard to the engine- driver, has been made at the station in this place on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, under the superintend ence of Mr. 111‘Connell, the locomotive superintendent of the above lice. The train, which is an experimental one of eight carriages, was fitted with small air-tight tubes , wh ich coin inunica:ed with a'very powerful whistle attached to one cor ner of the engine-handle, and by a very simple arrangement the guard was able to give a signal instantly, and, if neces sary, vary it so as to be perfectly understood by the engine driver. 'the experiment was completely successful, and the plan appears to be the most useful and simple for effecting the important object in view which has yet appeared. Mr. Ban field, organ builder, of Birmingham, is the inventor of this very useful arrangvinunt, and his intention to patent it pre vents us from going further into the plan. THE NORTHERN PROVINCIAL COLLEGE.—WO are enabled to state, on unquestionable authority, that the Go vernment Commissioners have reported in favour of Belfast, as the site of the new northern colle,;e.--Northern Whig. StTN, LONDON. MONDAY ,t.ZINES-(COIS TIN UED), AI.\SWOR?H'S MAGAZINE. The romance of " Cmsar Borgia" is continued in this number Witt' great spirit. Nut only the interest, but the managt matt of the narrative, and the style of the composition, manifest a decided improvement. The only drawback on the story continues to ue, that in pro portion to the degree of fidelity with which the author follows the track of authentic histroy, his narrative dis gusts, owing to the unmitigated and almost supernaturril • wickedness and bretality or Borgia. " Chaldea," by W. F. Ainsworth, E , q„ is a charming paper, a spirited Oriental tableaux, embodying all Vie various and glowing features' that compose the landseapei of the more picturesque countries of the East. Palm forests and antique tombs, ruined palaces, pyramids, and towers, pass in review before the reader, under a mcst able and artistic arrange ment. The •" Legend of Le Petit Saint Albert" is a spirited imitation of the lamented Ingoldsby. " Schwarz kopf the Poacher ; a tale of Bavarian Forest Life," is also a clever affair, the very mint in which to coin a melo. drama. " The Mournful Tourn •Iment," from the German of Uhland, is an exceediagly graceful translation, show• ing a . considerable mastery over the " When tongue." " The Gambling Booths at Baden," is a sketch too admira ble to admit of being transcribed by extract, for its unity, like its moral, is excellent. No. 1 of " The Life and Writings of Nimrod," is the commencement of what ap pears to be likely to prove a spirited set of reminiscences. Here is an allusion to a true sportsman, a gentleman with whom we ourselves had in cur younger days the pleasure of some intimacy and neighbourship. Men and Dogs are both capital portraits—more like they could be. Alas! Mr. Meager was the last of an excellent race of really fine—that is, manly, shrewd, and generous " old English gentle men." We can hear him speak again in some of the following passages:— " His tour in this number (December, 1823), comprises his visit to the Sanderstead and Mr. Meager's harriers, both_ then in the neighbourhosd of that metropolitan Melton, Croydon. The former were what are called blue mottled, or ticked hounds, long-eared, slow,. and musical, a breed that has become almost extinct, owing to the increased desire fir pace. " Mr. Meager's bounds were true barriers; and the cha racter of the worthy master—now, like blue mottled battlers, almost extinct—is well described by Nimrod. 'There is another pack of harriers kept within a mile of this town (Croydon),' says he, `which an aatnirer of hare hunting would ride a long way to see. They are kept at the sole expense of their owner, Mr. Meager, who has had them for twenty years, and turns them out in very good. style. He hunts them himself, but is assisted by a whipper- in, who knows his business well ; but, if I may hazard a pun on the occasion, there is nothing meagre about them—hounds, horses, and men appearing to be all well fed, and well up to the mark. " ' Mr. Meager is an excellent farmer as well as an excel lent sportsman, and is said to be the best judge of a sheep and a harrier anywhere in these parts, paying equal atten tion to the breeding of each. Although in possession of very considerable landed property, he classes himself with the yeo manry of the county. This was the man, however, whom a monarch envied, as enjoying life without being a slave to its formalities, and who is often happier than his more wealthy neighbour, who leaves nature behind him when he dismounts from his horse, and.has his part to act for the rest of the day. The former calls for his slippers and his dinner as soon as he comes home, and if (which is rare) no one partakes of his hospitality for the evening, he can snore in his chair, whilst his daughter plays "Those Evening Bells," or some other of Moore's melodies on her piano. He retires to rest at an early hour, and is called by the crowing of the cock fresh for the occupations of the coining day.' " From so unsophisticated a character, one would naturally expect a corresponding establishment, and Nimrod says, there was no affectation of the fox hound (that curse of modern harriers) in Mr. Meager's pack ; his harriers, like his sheep, being of pure blood, and exactly what they should be VII of power, fast enough to kill any hare, and in beautiful condition. " Mr. Meager,' continues Nimrod, is a great farmer, and having a good eye to business as well as to hounds, never loses an opportunity of transacting to advantage. Being one day in the act of capping a favourite hound to a very ticklish scent in a road, and anxious to recover his hare, a man stood by him who had some manure to sell, when the. following interlude took place : " Yo-doit, Nancy! Have you sold that dung?' " No, Sir,' said John. " Yo-doit, Nancy,' good bitch ! What do you ask a load? "'Three shillings, Sir.' " Nancy ; have at her, good bitch ! 11l give you half-a-crown.' " 'Can't take it, Sir.' " Go and be d-- then! Yo-doit, Nancy, good bitch ! She's got it, by God! Hark to, Nancy, hark " A similar sketch of this celebrated gentleman is given by an amusing writer (Wildrake) in a recent number of the New Sporting Magazine. " 'Few originals in the hunting world,'isays he, have sur passed this won by old man ; and no one who ever saw him in the kennel or the field will forget his love for his hounds, or his hatred of a hunting parson. His tura-out Seas unique, with his old green coat, and broad-brimmed hat, and his whipper-in, such an exact copy of himself in dress and gene ral appearance, that you could never distinguish them from one another, excepting by the large mother-o'-pearl button which the commanding officer wore by way of epaulette on his left shoulder. His voice was very deep and gruff, and if, in beating for a bare, his eye glanced on a jolly red phiz and black coat on the same horse, his "dog language" was broken into parentheses by his denunciatii us of the sporting clergy somewhat after this fashion:— " 'Ye!) ! dogs yep ! gentle, Rant ipole !—there's a parson— mind there!—have a care, Bluebell !—I hate a hunting parson !—yooi ! yooi !—what business has a parson out hunt ing ?—yooi dolt, Rarity, good bitch !—why don't he stay in his parish ?—have a care, Gadabout ! —and take care of the sick—steady, dogs—steady—or marry somebody—yooi over, Active!—or bury somebody—Hark to, Challenger !—hark ! forward away!—wish I could ride over him—d— me, how I hate a hunting parson " Te," Searchers of the Sewers; a Tale of Modern Lon don Undergreund," is an ex cellent example of the profound sympathy which the most homely materials, in hands as accomplished as Mr. Charlton Carew's, may be made to excite. " Minstrel Life in the Thirteenth Century " pr,sents a poetical picture of the social life of the Middle Ages in Europe. " The Paradise of Mahotnmef is one of those disquisitions on subjects falsely assumed to lie exhausted, to which Mr. Dudley Costello on all occasions. brinp,s the lights of very extensive end curious learning, great sagacity, and above all, a graceful and easy style, which always secures for him the attainment of that paramount objict with all writers—the being read. Another chapter of "Ehrenstein," by Mr. James, com pletes this power number of Ainswo7 t'es Magazine. JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE. • We have but one chapter of the " history of St. Giles and St. James" in the present Number of Douglas Jerrold, and in that the story makes but little progress; the admirable sarcastic philanthropy of Capstick, and milk-of-human-kindness philanthropy of Bright Jem, as developed in their before, at, and after-breakfast conver sations, more than make up for the absence of incident. The following passage might have been written by Sterne in his happiest mood : " There's no whet to the appetite,' said Capstick, like early dew. Nothing for the stomach like grass and field flowers, taken with a fasting eye at five in the morning. 'Twas Adam's own salad, and that's why he lived to nine hundred and thirty.' " Think you,' said the visitor, chipping an egg-shell, ' think you that Adam, before the fall, ate eggs?' " I can't say,' said Capstick; but recollecting the things [ have read, the question would make a very pretty book. 'Cis a pity the matter wasn't stirred two or three hundred years ago. How many thousand throats might have been cut upon it ! How many men and women roasted like live Tsters ! For the wisdom of humanity, 'tis a great miss. [low popes might have thundered about it! What Te Deums have been chanted; what maledictions—and all with he melted-butter voice of a Christian pronounced ! The syorld has had a great loss—a very great loss.' And Capstick sighed. " I can hardly see that,' said It seems to me that this blessed world will never want something to quarrel about, so long as there's two straws upon it.' Why, there have been the Battles of the Straws,' ob served Capstick, although for certain purposes they've been called after other names." The " Englishman in Prussia," in a review of a curious and courageous book recently published, entitled, Prussia Unmasked," gives us some curious revelations .)f the double-dealing, hypocritical, and spy-encouraging oeaureaucracy of Prussia. The " Price of a Garter and `he Price of a Life" is an indignant and spirited comment upon two items of expenditure recorded in the recently eiblished Parliamentary documents—the one an item of 4391. 3s. 4d., fees to the officers of the Order of the ; arter on the installation of Louis Philippe; the other, tn item of 531., paid to the crews of five boats for saving :he lives of the crew of the Shepherdess, on the Goodwin sands. Well may the writer exclaim— " And now, English reader, do you not feel inclined, as we did, to start with indignant astonishment from your seat— to fling away, as a filthy thing, this Pailiamentary-sanc ioned document—to protest with every energy of your soul against the system which sanctions such moral monstrosities, which rates so high the consequences of an unmerited bauble, and which pas=es almost with, so to speak, a monetary sneer —a pounds-shillings-and-pence scoff—over an exploit in ,vhich precious human life was adventured—by which pre cious human life was saved?" There is an admirable paper on the " Decline of the Drama" in the present number, and a bitingly severe, because truthful article, on the " Egotism of the Aristo cracy," who, as the writer justly observes — "Are very excellent masters of the art of puffing. Few advertising tradesmen know better how the paragraph is to be turned. It is often amusing enough to compare the an nouncements of the peer and the shopkeeper; the great dif ference being that the latter puffs his wares—the former, himself. In the next column to the alarming sacrifice' of the tradesman we find the still more alarming sacrifice of the peer. " We understand that Lord Thomas Noddy has, with his usual generosity, returned 25 per cent. of the rents of his numerous tenantry, Would that his Lordship's example were generally followed I' " Now, a great many innocent souls read this and similar advertisements of landlord generosity without the slightest idea that the returned 25 per cent. means the 25 per cent. which it was found utterly impracticable to screw ont of an impoverished, rack-rented tenantry. The tremendous sacri fice' of Lord Tom Noddy and Lord Tom Noddy's tailor mean precisely the same thing. But anything for an opportunity of pushing themselves before the public, vaunting their generosity as tailors and lords !" The History for Young England" is continued; but so is not, we are sorry to say, the "Hedgehog Corres pondence." We miss the witty, sarcastic cabman, and crust that nex t month Juniper Hedgehog will be again ,on his stand. GEORGE CRUIK,SHAA'K'S TABLE-BOOK. hallway Calls," and Mr. John Bull as " in The Bottle Imp, holding up for sale the imp " scrip" in a bottb , , the stopper of which is a stag, are two admi rable illustrations of the present number of the Tableßook. " The Legend of the Rhine" is continua with admirable spirit, and is to be concluded in the next number. The " Hint to Projectors," suggesting the forma tion of an " Every-body-his•own-Balloon-Navigation- Company," fur supplying all the world with balloon jackets, is a good quiz on the bubble mania, and is very quaintly illustrated. We commend the " Old English Gentleman in a New Light" to the consideration of "Young England." Th e writer takes the old English gentleman as he appeared in the costume of the days of Queen Elizabeth, and, after reminding the reader that there were nu umbrellas in thwe days, he thus proceeds— " inagine, then, the Old English Gentleman as be must have appeared after having been first involved in a cloud of dust and then caught in a shower of rain. The Old English Arch was defended by a dripstone; but the Old English Gentleman had no such protection. Conceive the state of his chaussure when, with his yellow befits on, he encountered a p<•ddle, or fancy him splashed up to the ears by a passing waggon. There wasno cab for him to call, or even hackney coach to rush into, when overtaken by the wet, and his only resource could have been to draw up under an arch-way. Even that he could not have dune when he had an appoint meet to keep; and what, we would ask, must have been his plight after a run through a regular soaker?' Some idea of it might be formed by taking an unhappy peacock in the moulting season, and Fining him under a pump. A spectacle more pitiably draggletailed than the Old English Gentleman under these circumstances it is impossible to imagine: and, to add to his discomfort, his boots must have got full of water, by reason of their bucket-like tops, which seem to have been expressly constructed to collect the rain. We omitted to mention that his hat, or beaver, generally of some bright colour, was by no means washable, or all the better for a shower. Nor was the feather in it more calculated to be im proved by a thorough drenching. " In the time of Elizabeth. no less than in this, there was such a thing as smoke; and then coal, as regularly as in the - se days, evolved sulphurous acid during combustion ; and ,• such gabs were just as prone as they are at present to tarnish silver. Consequently the silver lace of the Elizabethan doublet, after a few days' wear Must have assumed the tint of a neglected egg-spoon." • The illustration of the 01.1 English Gentleman in a shower is very rich. This is a very amusing number of the Table-Book. We have not received libeliwood's Magazine for this month. - INDIA. NOTIFICATION. CALCUTTA, Sarr. 20.—The Right Hon. the Governor- ' General of India, in Council assembled, has been pleased to make the following arrangements and appointments in con sequence .of the Governor-General's approaching departure for the upper provinces. Mr. F. Currie, Secretary in the Foreign Department, to be in charge of all the civil departments with the Go vernor-General. ' Lieut.-Colonel J. Stuart will accompany the Governor- General in his capacity of secretary in the military de partment. Lieut.-Colonel R. - Benson ditto, as a member of the mili tary board. Mr. W. Edwards, under secretary in the foreign depart ment, ditto, as under secretary in all the civil departments. Captain W. Hore will officiate as deputy secretary in the military department with the Governor-General. Mr. G. A. Bushby, secretary in the home department, will officiate as secretary also in the &reign department at the presidency. Mr. J. A. Dor;n, secretary in the financial department, will remain at the presidency. Mr. P. Melvin, under secretary in the home and financial del artment, will officiate as under secretary also in the foreign departments, at the presidency. Major W. M. N. Sturt, cfficiating deputy secretary, will officiate as secretary to the Government of India in the mili tary department at the presidency. Captain R. Wylie, acting first assistant secretary to Go vernment, military department, will officiate as deputy secretary to the residency. Fort William, Home Department (Legislative), September 20. The following Act is brought up before the Legislative Council this day. The Governor-General of India, in Council, being desirous that no time should be lost in passing the Act, resolved, that the rule requiring that no draft of a law shall be ordered to be published till at least one week shall have elapsed from the dory on which it was first laid before the Council of India in its legislative department, and that the rules requiring that all Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council shall be brought up for second reading in two months, or in 'three months from the date of the first reading, be suspended in respect to the following proposed Act, and that it be at one passed into law : Act No. XXII. of 1845. An Act for Providing — flXerCisCOf certain Powers by the Governor-General during his absence from the Council of India. 1. Whereas it is expedient that the Governor-General should visit the north-western provinces and other parts of India, unaccompanied by any member of. the Council of India, it is enacted that, during the absence of the Governor- General from the Council of India, it shall be lawful for the Governor-General alone to exercise all the powers which may be exercised by the Governor- General in Council, except such powers as may by a resolution of the Governor-General in Council be exercised by the President in Council during the absence of the Governor-General, and except the power of making laws and regulations. 2. And it is further enacted, that this Act shall commence from the day.on which it shall be notified by an order pub lished in the official Gazette, that the Governor-General has quitted Calcutta for the purpose of so proceeding as aforesaid. G. A. BUSLIBY, Secretary to the Government of India. TIM NEW OVERLAND ROUTE. (From the Bombay lames.) We perceive that the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company are making active endeavours to secure the patron age of Indian passengers who come out, and go home, by the Overland route Should Lieut.. Waghorn succeed in proving the superiority, in point of time, of the journey via Trieste, there can be little doubt that the majority of the passengers will hereafter proceed through Germany, instead of direct to Southampton, or by way of France. The vessels of the Austrian Lloyd's Company, it appears, have health officers on board, and on arrival with clean bills the passen gers only have to perform about twenty-four hours' quaran tine on board of the same packet. The passage money from Alexandria to Trieste for first-class accommodation is 120 Austrian florins—the florin being worth 2s. ld.—wlule an additional charge of five florins is made for bed. We extract the following description of the different routes from Trieste from the Company's last fare bill RO IITES FROM TniEsTE —This handsome commercial city baiug in a central position , truveliers for Great Britain may choose any of the various picturesque and highly interesting routes hi that direction with little difference as to time or expense, giving themselves an easy opportunity of visiting in their way several of the most beautiful and im portant portions of Europe, including the celebrated German baths and mineral springs. It is impossible, in a limited space, to particularise the lines that may be selected; but, among the prominent points, more or less within them, may be cited the following—namely, Venice, Lom bardy, biilan, Switzerland, Lyons, Paris, the Tyrol, Inspruck, Munich, Frankfort, the Rhine, Cologne, Brussels, Saltsburg, Vienna, &e. A reference to a good map or the guide books will convince any one of the advantages which Trieste offers, especially as there are not only from that place commodious public conveyances daily fur every direction, but also rail roads in several parts of the different lines (which, by the e, are constantly increasing), besides steam navigation on the Rhine, &c. And considering the facilities now conceded by the Austrian Government, in regard to quarantine, it is presumed that the journey from Alexandria to any point of the eastern coast of England, via Trieste, may be effected in at least as short a time as by any other channel, with this advantage—of its offering a great diminution of sea voyage. From Alexandria to Trieste, via Syra, the passage occupies 9 to 10 days, the number of hours steaming being 145 to 165. The rest of the time is occupied in coaling and other neces sary operations at Syra and Corfu, which, however, is no loss to the traveller, as the whole time is reckoned as part of the quarantine. The route through Germany or northern Italy is further recommended as one of economy. —Bombay Times. NEW RAILWAY SCHEMES. The London Gazette of Saturday contains notices that application will be made to Parliament, in the ensuing ses sion, for leave to introduce Bills to authorise the construc tion of the following railways : FIRST APPLICATIONS. Aylesbury Branch—to authorise a sale to the London and Birmingham. Blackburn and Preston—to amend and enlarge. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Junction. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Amendment. Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction. Lancaster and Carlisle Extension—London and Birmingham —Dunstable Branch Extension. London and Birmingham—Northarnpten and Birmingham and Gloucester Junction. London and Birmingham—Rugby and Syston and Peter borough Branch of the Midland. London and Birmingham —Wolverhampton and Bedford Junction. London and Ely Extension. London, Hounslow, and Western. Mitcham and South-Western. Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric. SECOND APPLICATIONS. Direct London and Portsmouth. London and York. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction. Cann.m . r COUNClL.—Surnmenset.were issued yes. terday by Sir James Graham for a Cabinet Council this after. noon. The several members of the Cabinet in town wil assemble at Sir Robert Peel's, owing to the Right Hon. Ba ronet's continued illness arising from gout. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are expected to leave Gordon Castle at the close of the month for Good wood Park for the winter. The Earl and Countess of March are staying on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Cox, at their villa at Hillingdon. The Duke Torlonia has arrived at Mivart's Hotel from a visit to Chatsworth, and a tour in the midland counties. The Marquis of 'Waterford, who has been at New market during the last week, arrived at Mivart's on Satur day. The Countess of Carlisle and Viscount Morpeth arrived in town on Friday last, from Castle Howard, the Earl of Carlisle's seat in Yorkshire. The Countess has been brought to town by the alarming illness of her brother, the Earl of Granville. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF GRANVILLE.— We regret to state the Earl of Granville continues in a very precarious condition. On Friday evening the Noble Earl was taken suddenly worse, and in addition to his Lordship's medical attendant, constantly with the Earl at Roehampton, three physicians were s ummoned from the metropolis, for consultation. The Duke of Devonshire, Viscount Leveson, and the other members of the family assembled at gain that on Saturday morning, but we are gratified to learn that his Lordship had experienced a favourable night, and was considered better. Ou Sunday the accounts were more fa. vourable. Count D'Orsay left Kensington Gore on Wednes day last, for Paris. The Noble Count does not intend to be absent beyond a month. HANDSOME DONATION.—The building committee of the new Hcspital .for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, now in progress at Bromplon, have just received among other donations, the sum of 100 guineas, under the signature of " A Pharisee," on behalf of the building of the new hospital. FATAL RAILWAY AcclDENTs.—About five o'clock on Friday morning, a melancholy accident occurred at the Kilwinning station of the Ayrshire Railway, whereby, we regret to add, a porter, named Henry Murray, lost his life. The deceased. who had been assisting in pushing forward two trucks, to attach them to the luggage train from Ayr, in cautiously attempted to do so when they were still in motion, whereby he was so severely bruised that he died about one o'clock P.M. He was a sober, industrious man, and has left a widow and small family.—About two o'clock on the same day, a boy named Morrison, belonging to Irvine, had, with out the knowledge of the servants of the company, and con trary to their rules, got upon a lug4age truck, from whence he was removed by oue of the porters; but having again climbed up unperceived by the servants, who were pushing forward the truck with their heads down at the time, fell between the trucks, and was killed on the spot.—Ayr Observer. VENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1845 MUNICI PAL ELL - qt. THINS. LICHFIELD. NORTH WARD. The Tories have again defeated the Whigs, by increased majorities, at our Town-Council election to-day. 't he follow ing are the numbers : CONSERVATIVES. Johnson._ RADICALS. 2011 Whitaker Smith, (J.) ...,.... 201 Bi rc h I Purden SOUTH WARD. CONSERVATIVES. RADICALS Ready l3B Rowley Smith, (W.)/ _ 138 Gorton ..... .. 100 Butcher DURHAM. NORTH WARD. Wm. Davidson. L., (re-elected) .John Hancock, T., (re-elected) Wni. Winter, L 142 ST. NICHOLAS WARD. Wm. Henderson, T., (elected) 127 Mark Story, L , (re-elected) Nicholas Oliver. L. James Robson, T. SOUTH WARD. John H. Foster (T.) was re-elected, and Richard Thompson (T.) was elected in the room ( . 4' R. H. Allan, Esq. (L.) with out opposition. ➢lr. Allan - retired in consequence of having left the neighbourhood. The South and North Wards were both severely contested. Winter, Henderson, Robson, and Thompson were new can didates for municipal honours. Henderson has Ousted Oliver. BIRMINGITA3I. SATURDAY NIGHT.—The elections to-day have terminated in the defeat of moat of the Liberal candidates. Sixteen councillors retired, and of those newly elected eight are Tories, seven Whigs, and one Radical. The election has not, however, turned on politics, but on a question involving a matter connected with the government of the borough, and the majority of our councillors are in favour of " amalgama tion," as it has been phrased; there is, however, still a con siderable majority of Liberals in the Corpora ion. All the elections passed off quietly. DERBY. SATURDAY EVENING. —ll;eWunicipal elections for this borough tcok place to-day. but they excited very little inte rest, there being no opposition except in Bridge Ward, where the two Liberal candidates were returned by a large majo rity. The town-council now consists of 22 Liberals, and two Tory councillors, besides 12 Liberal aldermen. LEICESTER. SATURDAY.—The elections here to-day have been nearly all one way, there being in the seven wards 12 Liberals and 2 Tories returned. In East-market Ward only a contest took place, Mr. Thomas Burgess and Mr. John 'Allen being the Liberal candidates, and Mr. Jeremiah Briggs the Tory. Tha latter was thrown out by a majority of 40 votes, the num bers being for Burgess 130, Allen 121, and Briggs 81. Two Tories were returned without opposition for St. Martin's d, and fur each of the other six wards two Whigs were returned also without opposition. LINCOLN. SATURDAY.—Three years ago the corporation of Lincoln was exclusively Whig4Zadical, but during the past year the numbers have stood—Radicals, 11 ; Whigs, 7 ; Conserva tives, 6 ; of these the retiring councillors were—Radicals, 3; Whig, 1; Conservatives, 2. The result of this day's election Las been the return cf all six Conservatives; in two of the wards there was no contest, and in the third the majority was nearly 100. The relative strength of the par ties is now 10 Conservatives, 8 Radicals, and 6 Whigs. The latter most frequently vote with the Conservatives, and it is expected that a Whig mayor will be chosen without opposi tion ; but should the Radicals start a candidate, the majority of the Whigs will join the Conservatives, and a Conservative mayor will be elected. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CamnatodE, Nov. I.—At a congregation just held, the following degrees were conferred : Bachelor of Divinity—The Rev. James Hildyar*l, Trinity College. • 'Master of Arts-lenry Cope Caulfcild, Trinity College ; Theophilus William Lane, Trinity College ; Augustus Wil liam Cole,- St. John's . College ; John Nottingham Fowle, Magdalene College ; and Wiriam Harker, St. Catharine's Hall. Ad Etmdem —Jacob Fussell, KA., Queen's College, Oxford. At the same congregation, the following► grace passed the Senate : To allow Mr. Frere, of Downing College, to resume his regency." The Jacksonian Professor's lectures on Mechanism, Statics, and Dynamics,_comMence on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at one o'clock, at the room in the Botanical Garden, to be continued on Tuesday,, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during term. TRINITY COLLEGE. TICORWALDSEN'S S'iiloE BYTION.—This beautiful work of art was placed in its permanent position, at the upper end of the college library, last week. STATUE OF BACON.—The reverend master has just pre sented the college with a very tine statue of the immortal Chancellor, by WeekPs, which has been placed in the Ante Chapel, near the screen, and almost under the base if Words worth. The philosopher is represented in his chair, in a gently reclining position. TILE CHURCII. The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Edmund Mortlock, B. 1)., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Moulton, Suffolk. The Ho , . William Osbotu Jenkyn, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the curacy of Wootton, Beds. The Rev. Favill John Hopkins, 8.A., of Sidney College, to the curacy of Woolley, Hunts. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. The dispute between these two great bodies will, in all probability, soon occupy the attention of the courts of law. The immediate subject of dispute may appear of but trifling imeort. It has, however, led to questions of the greatest consequence. It appears that from time immemorial Christ's Hospital, as well as all the other hospitals, have been in the habit of making a yearly return to the Lord Mayor of the names of all the governors, and in this - list the Lord Mayor stood at the head, in conformity with an ordinance passed - on the first foundation of the hospitals, which declared that the president of each hospital was next in authority to the Lord Mayor. In these annual lists the names of the presidents and treasurers stood next, and then the names of the alder men, who are ex-officio governors, and after them the names of the benefaction governors followed, arranged sometimes alphabetically, and sometimes according to their rank. An uneasy feeling between the active governors of Christ's Hospital and the Corporation has been growing for the last few years, and in some of the lists of late years it has been observed that the names of the presidents and treasurers were placed before that of the Lord Mayor. 'As it was considered that this might be rather the result of acci dent than of any desire to offer an affront to the Lord Mayor, it was passed over without observation; but when upon the occasion of the Queen visit to Christ's Hospital, the gover nors thought fit to depose the present Lord Mayor from his civic station, and to place the president and: treasurer before him in the royal presence, it was thought by the Corporation high time to claim for the Lord Mayor the precedence to which, as well from immemorial custom as from the ancient ordinance, they consider his Lordship entitled. This led to a correspondence between the authorities of the two bodies, in which the right of precedence was claimed by the Cor poration on behalf of the Lord Mayor, and br Christ's Hospital the right was as strenuously denied. They pro fessed great respect for the Lord Mayor, as such, but de nied that he had any rights in the hospital except as one of the ex officio governore, who were all upon an equality with the benefaction governors. The glove of defiance having been thus thrown down, the Corporation were not slow to take it up, and a General Court of all the hospitals was called by the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of receiving lists of governors, arranged according to the ancient form. The other royal hospitals, namely, Betblem and Bride• well, St. Thomas's and St. Bartholomew's, all complied with the requisition, and sent amended lists, although they did not appear at the Court. Christ's Hospital refused to alter their list, or to admit the Lord Mayor into the Hospital to hold the General Court in the accustomed place. His Lord ship and several of the Corporation governors beleaguered the treasurer and president in their strong hold. Finding the gates closed, the civic Marshal, with his baton in hand, summoned the •fortress to surrender, and the deputy town clerk read, in front of the gates, his Lordship's proclamation to the same effect. This was answered by Mr. Trollope, the herald, from within, to the effect that the Lord Mayor, as a governor, was welcome to adneLsion to any part ef the builds ing except the great hall, where the general courts were usually held ; but none but governors could be ad mitted, and they would 'not be allowed to enter the hall for the purpose of holding the Court. Thus foiled in their attempt peacefully to bold a general Court in the manner prescribed by the ancient wages of the hospital, the Lord Mayor and his suite adjourned to Guildhall, and, it was understood, it was then and there resolved to call a Court at Guildhall, the ordinances of the hospital declaring that the general courts shall be held at Christ's Hospital or elsewhere. At the subsequent meeting at Guildhall it was determined to report the proceedings to the Common Coun cif, and that Court unanimously resolved to uphold the Lord Mayor in the assertion of his right of precedence over the presidents of all the hospitals, and his equally undoubted privilege of calling general courts when and where he p leases, at which be presides, for the purpose of confirming the no mination of governors and doing many other acts which by ancient custom can only be done at these courts. The Lord Mayor eonsulted with the town clerk and other law officers of the Corporation. The original charter and the ancient ordinances of the hospital were carefully examined, and it appeared to the law advisers of the Court, not only that the Lord Mayor was fully justified in the course he had taken, but that, in .point of fact, in consequence of the contumacy of Christ's Hospital in refusing to furnish for confirmation a corrected list of the benefaction governors their appoint ment had become ipso facto void, and that except the Cor poration' governors, there were no legal governors qualified to make a qualified Court. Founded upon this view of the case, Alderman Wood has given the following notice of motion, to be made at the next Court t---" That no governor of Christ's Hospital, not being an Alderman, or elected governor of the Common Council, bt• recognised by this C ourt, nor any act of such governor he recognised, until he shall be duly entered in a proper list cc governors, and be duly confirmed." " That the hospital seal be not affixed to any deed or document of Christ's Hospital until proper evidence (certified by the Chamberlain to this Court) be given that the same has been duly examined, proved, and signed." " That the Aldermen of this City be requested not to sign any deed or document fur the hospital seal until they have been satisfied that it has been duly ordered and sanctioned at a legally-constituted Court for such hospital." If Alderman Woods motion is carried, it is not imagined that the Corporation will do more than refuse to seal one, and force Christ's Hospital to put the question in a proper shape for trial in the courts of law. The hospital may then move for a mandamus to compel the Corporation to affix the seal, and the whole ques tion may be then put in issue. " What a great flame a little fire kindleth.' If the hospital had but allowed its lists to be made out in the usual form, giving the Lord Mayor the precedence he has always hitherto hail, the ma nagement of the hospitals might have been continued in the hands of the benefaction governors, as has long been the case. This inquiry has, however, led to the discovery that the paramount rights of the Corporation to enforce the ob servance of all the ancient customs, not specially abrogated by the Act of Parliament, which was pawed in the year 1789, for the purpose of composing former differences, are still in existence, and that the confirmation of the nomina tion of benefaction governors is still vested in the Lcrd Mayor and Aldermen. It is also contended by Alderman Wood and the other lawyers that no valid Act can be per- . formed at either hospital without the presence of the Lord Mayor, a majority of the Aldermen, and a majority of the other Corporation governors, to snake a Court. The Act of Parliament says that the benefaction governors, together with the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, and the other Corporation governors, are to have the management of the affairs of the hospital. By this enactment the corporate governors are constituted integral parts of the whole body ; and by a well-known role of legal construction of charters and other documents, 'in which this mode of nominating a corporation prevails, it is necessary that at every court where corporate business can be legally transacted each of the defi nite classes should be represented by a majority of their body APPREHENDED FAMINE IN IRELAND—SUG GESTION FOR ITS RELIEF. (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail.) You; were kind enough to recommend to the public my suggestion of putting horses on the shortest possible allow ance of oats. Could not this be done with our cavalry. We, are not likely to have war. t will be ten months before next 3-ear's oats can make its appearance in the market, and every horse, in her Majesty's service consumes 101bs. of oats per day. This, in a time of dearth, would support fire men daily; and this additional supply alone would be of great consequence to a starving population. Besides, though Government may raise money, it cannot raise oats. I would that the importance of economy in this, which may yet be the only, food for the poor, were duly impressed, on our noble-minded and truly generous brethren at the other side of the channel. Let every man who feeds' a horse on oats remember that in case of famine, and the consequent destruction of human life, his horse will have been eating daily what would have served six human beings from perishing. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A LIVERPOOL MEB CHANT.—On Saturday information was circulated through out the divisions of the metropolitan and City police, that Mr. Lyon, an extensive merchant in Liverpool, in the Smyrna and American trade, had absconded from that city, having committed forgeries to a very large amount. Mr. Lyon is believed to have quitted Liverpool about Monday or Tuesday last, but he was not missed till Thursday. It is supposed that he is in London, and that he intends to quit the country. He is described as about five ten inches high, sallow complexion, black bushy hair and whiskers, rather prominent nose, dark eyes, thin face, pro minent teeth, thin figure, and very uprig ht ; dresses gene- • rally in a b lack frock coat, figured silk waistcoat, light trowsers, and black hat, Wellington boots, and black stock, and wears a large shirt pin, and several rings on his fingers—is fond of smoking, and is well known in the sport ing world. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.---LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY NMI-U.—About half-past seven o'clock this evening a dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the shop of Mr. Jones, ironmonger, Dale-street. The whole front of the shop was blown to atoms,, and we regret to say several per sons have been severely injured, among whom are Mr. Jones and his shop-boy. How the accident occurred we have not yet been able to learn, nor can a proper estimate be formed of the damage sustained, or the injury inflicted upon those per sons who have suffered by this unfortunate occurrence. WINDSOR ELECTION.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVEN iNG.—The nomination is not now expected to take place until after the 10th instant, on which day the present mayor, Thomas Clarke. Esq., will go out of office. The canvass, which has now been going on ever since the 16th of October, is therefore likely to be prolonged for upwards of another week. The greatest interest is excited amongst all classes of the inhabitants, non-electors as well as those whose names are on the register, as to the result of the contest. At the election for town-councillors (three for each of the two wards into which the borough is divided) , which to ok I place yesterday, the whole of the retiring members were re elected without opposition. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This distinguished states man, accompanied by his laey, arrived at Douglas's Hotel on Saturday, where they still remain. It will be seen that on Thursday the Town Council unanimously resolved to confer on his Lordship the freedom the city. The presentation is to take place at one o'clock on Monday. 'With the view of allowing the presence of a larger body of citizens than could be accommodated in the Council Chamber, application was made for the use of the Parliament House on the occasion; but the attempt has not been successful, and no other place has yet been fixed on.—SCotsmatr. LIVERPOOL. The annual election for sixteen councillors in the town council of this borough was held on Saturday last. It was unusually quiet. Of those retiring fourteen were Conserva tives and two Reformers. In lieu of these, seven Conserve ... tives and three Reformers were returned without opposition. Six were contested ; at the close of the poll two Conservatives and three Reformers were returned, leaving one of the wards, Rodney-street, undecided, as the numbers for each candidate were alike, namely, 275. The result of these elections is a gain of three votes to the Liberal party in the town-council. NOTTINGHAM. SATURDAY.—Up to the present week little was known or done relative to the municipal elections which have taken place to-day in this borough, and yet matters have been so contrived as to have a contest in every ward. Last year thousands of pounds were expended in treating, bribery, and election hand-bills ; this year very few pounds, and yet some few have found their way into the pockets of the electors. On Tuesday ten out of the fourteen retiring members issued their addreFse, offering themselves again as candidates in the same wards for which they had pre viously sat, but on Wednesday and Thursday various changes were announced, owing, as it was reported, to several railway projectors having concocted a scheme to get into the council certain parties, large shareholder:, with a view of obtaining votes from the Corporation in particular lines of railway about to be taken to Par liament. How far this is correct is not yet known; but certain it is that a general excitement prevailed en the subject throughout every district in the town. There is little doubt, had the candidates stood for the wards they had been so long members for, that very little opposition would have arisen, as the heavy - expenses of the last and previous years had cooled the feelinge of the defeated parties. Chopping and changing, however, to make way for new can didates who were known to be the friends of the parties alluded to, raised a general opposition, and on Saturday morn ing it was found arrangements had been made for contesting every ward. The elections went on in some wards with great spirit, and in all the poll was kept open till four o'clock, at which hour there were ten Liberals and four Tories re turned. Notwithstanding the opposition, the railway party, both Whig and Tory, succeeded in getting their candidates elected. The council now consists of 14 Whig aldermen, 20 Tory, and 22 Whig councillors. PORTSMOUTH. The election of town councillors, in the room of those who go out by rotation, took place to-day. The following was the result :—St. Thomas's Ward : The business in this ward was very quickly settled. At half-past ten Mr. Child had polled 14, Mr. Hoskins 12, and Mr. A. Heather 10. No other voter presenting himself for art hour, the poll was closed, and the election declared to have fallen on the gentlemen named. St. George's Ward : Messrs. Ellis and Smithery re• elected. Sr. John's Ward : Mr. G. Pratt 208, Mr. E. Gain 177, elected. St. Paul's Ward: This ward was strongly contested; the following gentlemen were elected—Mr. Marks 391, Mr. Hearn 387, Mr. Palmer 381. All Saints' Ward : This ward was also strongly contested, and the battle won by Messrs. Sheppard, Oalsworthy, and Smith. St. Mary's NV DA: Mr. Goldsmith was re-elected.—Hampshire Telegraph. ACCIDENT on the GREAT NORTH - - OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—An accident occurred to the mail train this morning on the Great North of Eng- . land Railway, which, though of an alarming character, was fortunately unattengd with serious results to the passen gers. The mail train from the south, due at Darlington at 20 minutes past seven o'clock, was upwards of an hour and a half behind its time in arriving at that station, which it left shortly before nine o'clock, and then consisted of the engine and tender, a luggage van, two second-class car two first-class carriages, Post of ce,and one or two carriages be hind that. When between four and five miles north of Darling ton, the engine got off the line, and, crossing the up line, went over the edge of an embankment between seven and eight .feet in height. The wheels, however, sinking into the soft earth, prevented it from reaching the bottom, and in the meantime the engine man, who maintained his position, turned;off the steam. The tender was dragged across the up line, the rails of which were displaced, and the two second-class carriages were thrown together upon their ends, in an upright position on the line. The coapling chain between these and the rest of the train !woke, and the other carriages maintained their proper position, though most of them were thrown off the rail. Fortunately, none of the passengers sustained any serious injury, which is probably owing to the slow rate at which the train was tra velling, it not going at more than fifteen miles an hour. The second-class carriages and tender were much broken. A messenger was sent back to Darlington for assistance, before the arrival of which, the express train from Newcastle was seen approaching, and intimation of danger having been conveyed by signal it was stopped before reaching the scene of the accident. In order to prevent delay the mail-bags and passengers were transferred to the express train, andthe pas sengers in that train having alighted, it returned to Newcastle, and reached the Gateshead station at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. A special engine from Darlington having arrived, took up the carriages with the passengers by the express train, and in the meantime workmen were employed in clearing the line and relaying the rails, which was effected in a few hours, but the engine still remains on the embankment. The spokes of one of the wheels are broken, and the outside connecting-rod is much bent, but otherwise the engine does' not appear to have sustained much damage. The 'accident is supposed to have arisen from the sleepers not having been sufficiently packed, it having occurred on a part of the line which had been undergoing repair. Atrain which left Darlin ' O.- ton at half-past eight had,passed:over the place7safely not half an hour before the accident occurred. Had the mail train kept. its lime it would:have gone first over the line, but being behind time the other train was dispatched from Darlington before it. The rails are so muchtwisted and broken that it is impossible to tell from an inspection of the place whether the engine had gone off the line at a joint or in the middle of the bar, from the sinking of the sleeper, though it is probable the bar would give way at the joint,. and so leave an opening which the flange of the wheel had passed through. The passengers speak favourably of the exertions of the company's servants in charge of the train, to whom not the slightest blame is attributed. LORD HARDWICKE ON THE POTATO DISEASE. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) The Lord-Lieutenant has thought it his duty to issue an address to the labourers of the county and isle upon the subject of the potato disease. Coming from such a quarter, and upon a subject of such vital interest, we cannot give the Noble Lord's address too prominent a position in our columns. TO THE LABOURERS OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE ISLE OF ELY. Fellow-countrymen —A sense of duty induces me to address you on the subject of the potato. It is not necessary on this occasion to state the nature or cause of the decay of that most important article of food. I wish to induce you to look forward to the conse quence of neglecting the endeavour to stop the progress of the evil. If you do neglect to do so, all will be lost ! From all I can learn moisture is the food on which the decay increases, and dryness the medicine to be used f,r the cure. Therefore, do not pit the potatoes in the usual way ; but, after most carefully picking them, and separating the bad from the good, place the good under a roof (if you have space), placed in layers, and not more than four potatoes deep, so that they may keep effectually dry. Where you have not house room, expose them to the sun and air during dry weather on the surface of the ground, and then pile them in small conical heaps on the surface, thatching them over with straw, and cutting a deep trench round about them, with a good drain from the trench to carry off the water. Pick the best potatoes for seed next year, and take them into the cottage, keeping them quite dry, and let no price induce you to part kith them ; for next year seed will not be procurable ! I also advise that at present you do not sell, for T feel sure that at no very distant period the price of the potato will be unprecedented. I further advise all who have pitted potatoes at once to open the pits, and pick the potatoes over again. I am, fellow countrymen, ever your faithful servant, Windsor Castle, Oct. 28, 1845. HARDWICKE. COMMISSION OF LUNIiCY: A commission of lunacy was opened on Saturday, at Court-house in 11'e:1h:10a-square, St. (surge's-in-the-1:::at before E. Winslow, Eaq., master in luracy ' and 16 FIN (.1:A jurors, chiefly magistrates of the county, of whom Ororge Tindall, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of mind of 3.1i , s Sarah Carey, a maiden lady of the advanced age of 83, described in the commission as of " Ne. 8, Cannen street, St. George's, Middlesex, spinster." The eommi , siee, w hich was unopposed, was taken out by the next of hie, being S. J. B. Sumter, al., of !lend( n ; * Mrs; Page, wife f a City merchant; and a Mrs. Verrall. of Brinley, the neebew and nieces of the lady, who is possessed of funded property to the amount of about 15,000/., and nonce prorem ty, thnth nearly 5,0001. more. Mr. Warren and Mr. Willes appeared in suppett of the commission. Mr. Warren, in a speech of great length , opened the ca-e. He said Miss Carey was a maiden lady, upwards of 83 veers of age, and had resided in Cannon-street-road for the last 10 years, chiefly by herself, tallith would in some ileg ra account for the development of her insanity. She had con— siderable property, and as it was believed that large sums Were concealed in the house, that circumstance and her sin gular mode of life had attracted much attention. She lived in the most desolate condition, cloeeiy shut up, and the windew barricaded, many of av Nell were broken bv mischievous heys, &c. She was attended by a female named Hammond. It I. ad been found neces,ary for the police to keep a vigilant wry ch for her protectien ' as whenever she was seen, boys would assemble round the house and call out " You old witch of Cannon-street, come out." Several attempts ha•l been made to break in. About three years since her delusions began, when her mind appeared to have quite given way. She cot,- eiders she has no ineney, and buys neither victuals nor elm he, in fact, she lived like a wild animal, and was in a most her i bly loathsome condition, insensible to the calls of nature, end altogether of most disgustingly filthy habits. Iler hoe;-e might indeed be compared to a pig.tye. She kept her fie d till nearly rotten before she ate it, and was in the habit e f hiding food and other articles. A dead cat, nearly putrid, thrown into her area in August, she fancied was a rabbit, met said she would have it cooked. One delusion was that tite French had landed and tat en England, and were marching down the street. She imagined some men were enamoured of her, and had eat at her window for six hours with an old cloth round her Lead for a turban. She fancied that a pub lican in the neighbourhood had murdered his Idle, buried her in the house, and afterwards married a beautiful girl, whore lie had served in the same way ; also, that other people lad been murdered in Hatcliff-highway, whose bodies were to ha brought and laid out in her house. She mistook the seas( ne, fancying snow was on the ground in June, and that morning 'was evening, &c. -She would pick up pieces of glass and dirt in front of her house, and hoard them up. She did not use either knife, fork, or spoon to her food, but tore it with her hands, and ate like a wild beast. She had a notion that a gentleman had offered her 4,000/. to marry hint. She did not appear to know what property. she had. As safety was the object of the commission, which but from motives of de licacy would have been issued long before, if the facts he lied detailed were proved in evidence, the jury, he would submit, could come to no other conclusion than that the poor creature was of unsound mind, and would have the satisfaction of knowing that they had been instrumental in shielding her person and property from it-jury Elizabeth Hammond, the attendant, Dr. A. J. Sutherland, Mr. Qnekett, surgeon, and other witnesses, gave evidence bearing out the statements of the Learned Counsel, adding that she had not clothes even necessary to cover her, and these -were literally falling off. She objected to dress, and would not wash herself for fear of wasting soap. She hail not changed her under linen twice in twelve months, and her hair has not had a comb passed through it for years, and it was a perfect must. She occasionally kept her bed for three or four days without taking a morsd of food, and during that time ro one bad been allowed in her house. The jury expressed a desire to go to Miss Carey's house, but on their arrival with the Learned Master, a&c., could not at first gain admission at the street door. This object was at length effected by means of ladders being placed at the back of the house, and sonic men entering by a back window and opening the door. A mob of at least one thousand persons had by this time assembled in front of the house. So great was the effluvia' emitted, that the windows we, directed to be all thrown open for ventilation for some time before the jury, &c., could be induced to enter. On proceeding up stairs, her bedroom was found to be faea tened, which she did not attempt to open, notwithstanding loud and repeated knockings. The door was at length forcer!, and she was found by her bedside in the most wretched state. The room and furniture were most filthy, particularly tLe bedding, See„" which was very ragged, and her flesh literally bearimed with dirt. The jury appeared satisfied, certainly glad to escape front the wretched place, and on their return to the Court-house found a verdict—" That Sarah Carey was of unseund mind, and had been so from Ist October, lki." The jury expressed a desire that immediate steps shou'd be taken to protect the poor creature, which it was intimated would be promptly earned into effect. THE CORN CROPS OF EUROPE. We extract from the Gazette d'Augsburg the following article on the crops of 1815 in Eur Ope : " Accorriing to the custom we have adopted, we shall divide our account of the results c.f the last crop into tm parts—one referring to the east, and the other to the west of Europe. For several years past the east threatened us with sterility ; it first of all began in Russia, spread over Poland and Prussia, and appeared even this year likely to diffuse itself in the cast of Germany. Experience has ge nerally proved that in the boreal latitude the rainy years are more sterile than the dry ones. This fact has again been confirmed during the last years. It was humidity that diminished the crops a few years ago in Russia, and which produced the like Oka in Poland, Gallicis, and Lipp r Silesia in the course of last year. In Germany the humi dity has not produced any unfavourable censequences, but in certain districts, there are others, on ~.the contrary, which have suffered from want of rain. The results of the crops are, in the mean time, far from being satisfactory, awl, from the calculations whi7h have been made, will nut suffice the public cons= pt ion. " It is far from our intention to represent the situation ef things in more dreary cttleurs that; belongs to it; but we do not wish, and we ought not, to exaggerate the advantages of it, desirous as we arc of attaining our present object, which is to furnish an exact appreciation of actual circum stances. We shall separately Lame the different couturier, and indicate the supplies they stand in need or can dispose of. "Russia will have sufficient corn for the whole empire, without purchasing any foreign corn. Its Governments are in a position to assist mutually each other, but it is very doubtful whether they can send much corn abroad. " The crops of Poland arc nut sufficient fur its general consumption; and, unless it has been previously supplied, will suffer front a scarcity, or be obliged to receive corn front abroad. But whom can one have recourse to when one's neighbours have only had themselves but middling crops, and have not wherewith to supply the deficiency? Money a!so is i carte in Poland, and important sums cannot be sent abroad to purchase corn. "The kingdom of Prussia has greatly suffered last year and this from inundations, which have ravaged precisely its most fertile countries; and want, which is generally felt there, is on the paint of transforming itself into actual famine. "The news from Pomerania agrees in stating that the re sults of the last crops are very mediocre. "In the Grand Duchy of Posen only a middling crop has been obtained, and anterior provisions can alouc prevent a scarcity. The author does not remember having heard such numerous and general complaints, unless it be in the years 1804 and 1817. God grant that the unfortunate events of that epoch be not again reproduced! There are in this pro vince whole countries where the usual corn-sellers will be obliged themselves to make purchases the next spring. The situation of Gallacia is still worse. The price of rye rose 60 per cent. immediately after the crops; it is still on the rise. _ _ " In Hungary, which is usually so productive, the Govern ment has been obliged to lay in large stores of corn to prevent a famine. The hope entertained of having good crops has been still more cruelly disappointed than in 1 " In Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, the results of this year's crop are below those of the averge ones, and must scarcely suffice for the general consumption. " if we consider the west of Germany, we find, first of all, that the crops in Saxony have not preCisely failed, although they are very far from being abundant. The same may be said of the provinces of I3randenburgh, and of Mag deburg. " gyaria, like other :countries, has suffered greatly this year from hail-storms and water-spouts; the results of the crops have in consequence been diminished, as likewise by the state of the atmosphere, which has shown itself but little favourable to the cultivation of corn. I'Vurtemburg, the country of Baden, Westphalia, and the Rhenish provinces, have been better treated ; but thd disease which has ravaged the potato crop will be severely felt. Nevertheless, the potato crop has been fre ,, oranz , good throughout Western Germany ; ;t viii supply many defi ciencies in the crops of other places, although they are not so much grown as in other parts of Germany. " Belgium and Holland have had but bad crops; end the news from France sufficiently proves that this year has not been a productive one. - - " Spain occupies but an inferior rank among corn-growing countries; still reports from this country do not mention that the crops have been deficient. " England, where the states of the European continent generally find a market for their surplus corn, appears to day to be reassured on the wants of its juteinal consump tion, or at least the alarming n ews which arrived from that country has been succeeded by much more favourable in telligence. Those who count upon corn supplies from the Baltic and provinces of the North Sea will be greatly de. ceived ; the prices of these productions will first of all be very high, and in the second place the quantities that can be supplied very small. A great quantity of wheat has this year b e en struck by blight: and this disease, which hai spread throughout Germany, Poland, and Hungary, has de teriorated the quality of the corn as well as diminished the quantity. Further, it cannot now be accurately known whether at a later period England will not be reduced to supply - itself from abroad, for it is well known that it is only in case of an abundant crop that enough corn will Le grown for the country. In the contrary case, she will look to supplies from America, or from the countries bordering cn the Black Sea. " In Scandinavia, that is to say Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the crops have nut been satisfactory. Ina few words, then, it may be said that for many years past there has not been so unfavourable a year as the present one; and if it be added that last year only furnished but indifferent crops in comparison with the preceding ones , _ this circum stance ought to give rise to measures being taken to prevent the danger which threatens us." PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE SANATORIUM. — The amateur performance, at Miss Kelly's Theatre, of Ever !I Man in his Humour ' and A Good. Night's Rest, by Mr. G. A. a Beckett, Mr. Dudley Costello, Mr. Charles Dickens and Brothers, Mr. Evans, Mr. Forster, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. Leech, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. 'Mayhew, Mr. Stanfield, and Mr. Frank Stone, which so delighted an audience composed, perhaps, of a greater number of intel lectual and accomplished persons than ever before assembled on a similar occasion, is to be repeated, with the a dditional assistance of Mr. George Cattermole, on the 15th inst., at the St. James's Theatre, in aid of the Building Fund of the Sanatorium—an Institution in which the distinguished men engaged in the performance have always taken the deepest interest, both from a full conviction of the excellence of its principle, and because it is designe d fur lar g e classes of per sons in whose suffering they naturally feel a strong sympa thy. Their purpose has been responded to in a spirit cordial, like their own, by all who are Acquainted with the nature of figernisfie to at b io e n st a r t ie the t 1,. the Institution, and by none more al &fitly than its Presid e nt, expressedjile Iperformance loirigmha pnosptectAolibebreti,ngwphtoesta elnst. private, as on the former occasion, and the following ladies, noblemen, and gentlemen have already consented to form a special committee for issuing invitation cards. namely:—The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Duke of Devonshire, Count D'Orsay , Lady Duff Gordon, Lord and Lady Robeit Grosvenor, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Bight Hon. S. Lushington, Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Lord and Lady Nugent, the Earl and Countess of Radnor, Lord and Lady Shelburne, Lord Dudley Stuart, • Dr. Southwood Smith, &c. All acceptances are to be sent on or before Monday, the 10th of November, to Dr. Southwood Smith, 38, Finsbury-square, when a ticket of admission wi it be returned. ~. :, - ii A :'~;, .o~:,, "3 I: Yi =.~a -- -1 .'~ , ~ J ~'J