The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

141;-.7-..---------- ' 41 1 S j ' i btfs, New Brunswick; Sunda , sky , , n N ha c h w ; C H ,,s ; Erutu4, New °deans; Georia, I 'll'"' r° r , '. John's, New Brunswick; An b nn7 . 41:.,h; Catheritie Quebec. Sld. John 11.1 . atni ~N,-,n.. Maaks, rial. Vett',.,lllehard Cobden,' tombay ; Mara, Africa; 16 ' 1 2 Olietil'ruzf Merlin, New Orleans; James Carson, New_ Our sl,utla Price Mobile; E. C. Scranton, N . Y•kok,le,tieu4tkback, Ca'llana, Callao ; Elizabeth Sneer, 4 - ----- 4-- --ca -IN Ews,_(THIS DAY.) Co kv t b4-41,EX CHANGE,—(FRIDAYO ., 14h 11 ? h ue res t k the arrivals of Englisn t 114 i'll to' 11rPtia;reknet c w o e a e r wise have bcen some wha , k ° 1 1; fnere.l3P they having 6 exceeded 2,300 quarters, t?1:(1,.,r°41,. E+;ex, s w rid in middling condition, Fres 04 1 ,' "Y land carriage the supply "as sin : s ll . F 'l/ r of I limited. ,tit o t , . 2irupl.s of both red and white hence il l ntit i kt lndi of wheat of home produce the emand ()T I P& ' p l. h4fteive yet Monday's prices were well d sup -I 2a,,--t 4 forwi;rd delivery next to nothing was doing. ,v qaarters of Foreign Wheat kl f i. Go o d , e and quite k t - , 4 1 .--. neavy samples were scarc ~ ~. have been . ii,l4:ll4l„lhe middling and inferior kinch co . na- RN eittie business was transac.ed. Floating Dutch ac ihk, ii . ° ` Puligh Odessa sold for lili 4, 1 32 i 6d Per quarter, all charges included. iil it 4 l til v i , t i r i th ru E p.p nil ie li d s . ll and fer:ign Barley we were chm m se a a n s d o e n c i Fine malting parcels I tt S t o ete les. , but grinding and distilling iness was tli ct a Pliterlase. In Malt very little bus We s?rts were ,ittve:yultiTieo_t factors were firm in their demands. . ~, t r„ ) „,, w sale for Oats, the arrivals of whipn .411,... e,Prcially from Ireland; Peas, and ii:liii conrrParcels were 61 cheaper. .I and in some m ild% 11 d ull; but Flour WAS quit e e as , dear as on ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. .....„................... ........._ eat. Barley. ,N . --____ _.......—_____ —,—rs. lii , ..... Qrs. Q rs . Qrs. 'l 7 , 1ht;...... 2 .340 4,640 1,•240 060 \ ...,.. 10,060 1,680 mks 1 9,330 2 2,920 ble Malt Oats. Flour. Sacks 990 200 I 2,620 ttti, i 81b IXTEL FIELD. kli IN 1,4 Beasts fresh up to-day, were season kiki ijftrefotii: an oo ShOrt-horns, from Lincolnshire, 6: soots, i t Devons, from the Western counties, 1711: 411 by ~) 1 r () In Scotland. Tho attendance of 1 10 ili a -° Means extensive, whilst the Beef trade i%lit,)tptipelydecifetibvoe.,t,hat Monday's quotations. Although - ,-P oglish and foreign Sheep was /P lk t : ll 4 l , 4l4 eLl for that description of stock was llt / t l °4 ll3 c3ilav e nu decline to notice in value. The lobl4li(hr salerns realized 43. 41. per 8 lbs, W . e . had a i t m i : ,g at 8t 1 or Ca lves, the number of which were I ttle,"asti,,; Week's currency. In Pigs, next to " 1 44 C`ng• Mulch Cows were very dull in sale, S l , lt ° 18 1 each, including the small calf. k 47„ L 4. P er Sibs, to sink the offal. 9110 4 .„,. ~ d• to 8. el. s. d. to s.d Ilif: 4 1 .• • 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep ...• 210 3 0 iSit4 C4B il.: : 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 1kitkik7414,,... 3 3 1 6 C3arse-woo w lle e dg e t r to3 4 10 4 0 \ II ttitl ill o v ll. , 2 8 : 4 0 to l ut e to n ' tt of h i e wool° 0 0 0 ic '. l ..:* l : 0 20 80 .IS'mar:lel Hogs r; .:: : : 6 : 1 t l' 4 . TOTS .B ° 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 ail 1 STJPPLY AT MARKET. !,,, Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. i' l li., 2,20 94 I 280 ~4 . I ..., SCOTCH. k, ...Deep. 1 Calves. 1 Pies 1 11 ' rei miazi SUPPLY. b tklo, I heep. • .44 - 860' . I Calves. 40 4`144111, Alfa LEADENII.6.X.X. -ern aad was inactive, on the following at p er Vtl4mler.. to • d. gwne by the Carcase. a. d. to 8. \ /I lk " "" 2 s. d* 2 6 2 10 111 ,ar t ,;''' 2 4 2 2 Mutton, inferior •• 0 3 6 g --- 3 310 • 3 6 middling 10 --- prime •• •• 3 Alt •• 2 4 24 3 6 0 , 4 01 t a 8 5ma11...... .. 2 8 310 t t ol o Z. ther.-7'Cla EILOP 114C2i/LIELET. 11 , 111 , 1 1b ri i la st 11 less activity in the demand for all rtla are held eek's prices are well supported. kV °° rap a , et full quotations. The show of 0 4 6/ 83rbaturelY small. New Sussex Pockets, N 1 ot ) g rew Kent 6 . 18 to 81; Golding, Mid 11 03 w to ` t 3 ° ). ‘ 1 . 21 ; gent, 4l 15s to 5/ 8s; 135 per cwt. Vra The m 9_ 41 Z0N1.A.3‘. ‘ ;‘ , 1 1 14 11 0 *gall f or-at'iet has been firmer for the hest 1 4 1 ha l , b the inferior descriptions. British )tli o t ott,,ls r :ers steady. Barbadoes, by auction, 35 5, for low and mid yellow 30s to tet,fecba Do ' 3 34 61 to 36s for ord and mid grainy „"as taken in at 31s for low yellow, d 3 1 e° 44:21:_ter mid yellow. Demerara crystal- to 3 33 % 4 0 yellow, 34s to 36s for . low .11110-6asa sot own, being 6d decline on thefine 1 1,141. . 0 1d at 433 to 48s for low to kleurebtt'Sal Sep t 0 4 (4 Mauritius, privately, have . a l a - 641, II *patted extent, at barely previous : 1 100 li k lY e ZIY all sold that was offered by 6io l ,, l Yer s ' - ' 1) bags, at a slight advan goocj b geod and fine grainy yellow at . Ititt43'rea at 3 r owli at 30s to 303 6d, low and mid to 3 78 4 s 64 to 365, good to fine Mauritius k. hl l4(.q t h i lory ti and low ditto at 285 to 29s 6d, N dl t oiso b 2d to 288. Madras declined 6d ,FoQto 25 ' l ng 218 6d to 23s 6d and ord to good oY whi t s 6 tl t_ 4l. itnci 29Penang realised 33s to 34s for t4 l„ to 4 a . '4e11„ 364 for good yellow. lllp m , 6 a rn w Ila vannah washed has been sold at t kd 12 0 n4id tact t°mid and good, at 34 d s t t 0 0 3 3 5 5 3 8 . ta ats was taken in at 34s 6 a, ra w a 5 taken in at 27s to 28s 64 for °, and IPr fr t at 32s 6d for cloyed brown. 4 sey t "° to good dark was taken in at 28s l a ra i a kt4 ° Mid Yellow 333 6d, and r , at 30s 6 to . 13 0 roc grocery at 34s to 35s per cwt. itt,, 4l ltted ',nd has rather increased, and the Nei the 64 ,"'ative Ceylon has been sold by iip,9ei? o 42,1 °93 for low ord, and 40 for good ord, 4 , 41 has ,48 been asked for the latter. Plan -411 4t s t o tt 3 ° i been dearer, good . to fine has pe a , cts to' low mid and mid at 47s to 578, 0, 4 1 . 1„ t er,46s, triage at 32s 64 to 435 . and k or at 5 03 to 64 OtA b ertt. goOd a Jamaics has realised 6 10 t e• slu fine ord, tsud Cuba 558 to 61 \ t !or I °l. nue arlo marks of Ceylon were taken t. 6 1t1 o j4 44d Mal no partly found buyers at 38s sad goe ord. Madras ord sound was 1, ,, 44 tad 'la a rt - , -. (sogalore good ord at 435. k!'li r , am has slightly tended downwards. t i , l t t sitt l ; l .s Ita t i : I ." grey has been taken in at 343 to •••4 11 at 3T i d red at 40s to 455. Grenada has ii! ow he d t _s 64 to 36s 6d for mid to good. Qk (Intl mid has been brisk, at fuller rates. 41, 1 1 NMr tt , " white 9i 6cl to 10s, and good lOs to t low raid - i t 11 4 E4 - pinky 8s per cwt. k id 0 sl d 0 has declined, mid even has been hip kid to I • White bPepper has been in good re %al to t 4 Penang at 611 to Bid per , lb. : 11 2(1 to 8 „ bo erl quiet. Nutmegs are lower, I N r `e 2s , 3(1, and dow is 8d to 23. Mace i 4 14 'or mid. ''s; tti/ Wt t ll s(dsl n g /11 ord 1211 to 93. per cent. refrac- IN %1% k tit 24a to 255. 1 %0 to ; '''sliertriuda has realised is ld, and " 4 .; 13 4 Per lb, P earl Sago 163 to 163 6d for I .lll er ( N o f e aas been a slight reduction in prices, h hss.been i nac ti ve , b u t h o lders have qu i e T: is 363 94 to 37s per cent. for old on I" 4 —T h th -art e market has been well supplied 1 1, 0 41, rat a r of Oranaes have been received from I,o!‘tiLit to4lfs,kths 4e-ceira, Faye St. Übes, and Oporto: h s 4° 'ea have been landed in bad condition, sio .avy gales experienced th re, which pre t '34 t. ) f the y , t 4 1 , 4, essels. Two ca e rgoe . s St. 0 4 i 5 4 t jabli o ' lOOl one from Fayal, sold keelingby. t4p tl - " 1 t ale, reali ze d pr i ces proportiona te to op 41414`itY• Lemons are scarce, but large t 'f "Pected N tof all kinds, with the •• U s az ii, are in demand. t'l o e tia 9 — I I---(THIS DAY.) a do actcoiSTOIIAN V. HonwooD• , 1 1 , 1 k4 11 4 1 4 . 1 . a eliv i l ered recover the sum of 80/. for ldr o r 1 1 11 % d r , 415 c 1 Mr. Cowling appeared for the plain j s d er ez iwood and Mr. Power conducted the ' 4kt. " I ce. • , Ey • k li ( "ft t t g• Q,'. 10 his opening address, said the plain t„,rtatian and I' thbone were extensive Wiglnore-str n at , h . a Ceti,Ca v en dish-square and the galnst Mr. lierwoed, a solicitor, SNP bur wife, .th it • previous to her marriage. for the cost of goods suls kil o p .o The plain la! B'l4 -tai 8 Clo thing, and in 1846 a lady came to otori,ured a considerable quantity of goods Po for her weddir outfit. She gave the lt:p'qoAtis i t. "eil, and said she lived in Stockwell- Vile; /° Qad - ,Ossd• This lady, he should prove, was h- of "uo present defendant. She was the to v oitil otie tradesman of large property, a Mr. Yitjl4l:4ll(leeshtiti,:ed Chronometer maker, in Cornhill,. tt r '': t r ee f ort u 1 1 842, she came into possession of_a . b„ 11 , 110 . The goods were supplied accord - i t la.On eo applicatioa f being made shortly to l t,' l , l t4 ki bat' la tt o t fr u s n c o c t ec h d o ed ou i n n dand it was only ' discovering that 41 9 I.o lo t a l , a M Mr. i l iorwood. This gentleman, to Pay the debt, and his defence :ad' G at , action was, that Miss French th arid under ago at the time 1111 44 14 0 % 0 t tlia';rt.tho goods. To this the plaintiffs '&4 4 1 0 la li te leles supplied were necessary to her ttioNty The defendant denied that they were, y lot was (11(1 have to determine whether a wed t (is d 'a oh o Part of the necessary requirements of a I s h l,Ors: t 4 gc. ti t t t ° be msrried. If the law allowed a a„' ° r earry, it would hardly be so absurd wbr, n roaking a contr ac t f or th e p urc hase of ,ei dt e w ere needed at suc h an i m p or tant of 11, 1,2 11 th t _b Eu Oven in proof of the above facts. (114.40thlia d.teeased Mr. French was put in hq P N " 1 s. 0 0O) " aPpeared that hi 3 property, which t , c i (4 wt. a was left in eqaal sha,es to his four t„,,t ot tia tN "mi Mrs. Llorwooa was one. 16 cl ' ef lv en l l), in the cours'e of his ' address on the L a tt kl 4 fa t b i _ zit said Mr. llorwood had never re gi) of the fortune left to his wife, and ttp,14.4.1:4Vr preseat action, because he considered 07 . t ; e l! nor in etm.rnon honour or honesty t ' T d o pan e ta. the debt. There could be 110 ( 44 4 Ota f :t 1 Married to lady, he took with her a s , e also the debts she owed. a (L a Artuar -Yes s 'Les, he takes her for better or kh i titt 4 tl iwoo • J 4 4 2 be said the other advantages were for 44Vb,... debts :the worse.—(Lauahter.) "t the time the—debt We incurred, bul I gs. THE SUN, only just left scho3l, and was about nineteen years of age. She was then living with her brother, Mr. John Fror.ch, and when 6ho ordered the goods she told the plaintiff that her brother would pay for them, and the conduct of the plain ff dearly showed that they bad treated him as the only person responsible for the debt. Mr. John French subsequently got into difficulties, and went abroad, where he died, and the plaintiff not being able to proceed against him, bad endeavoured to fix Mr. Her wood with the debt. Miss French's linen was all marked "A. E. Horwood," and the plaintiffs must, therefore, have been well aware of the name of her in tended husband, and it was somewhat Extraordinary that though Mr. Horwood's address could easily be found in the Law List, no application was made to him for the money until 1850, a period of more than three years after the goods were purchased. Mrs. Horwood was then called, and she said she dis tinctly told the shopwoman to send the bills t her brother, who would pay the amount. He had mad o e her a present of the outfit. Mr. Horwood said neither he nor any one of Mr. French's family had received any share of the deceased's property, in CODSE wience of a Chancery suit having been instituted. The estate was nearly swallowed up with trade debts, which were very large, but there was a pros pect of some portion of the property being divided. He did not hear of the plaintiff's claim until Sept. 1849. Mr. HUNFREY replied. The CHIEF BARON having summed up the evidence, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 801., the amount claimed. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Harriet Stone, agesf 19, was charged before Mr. Henry with attempting to pass bad money, at a hosier's house yesttriay. When she was taken into custody she stated that she was servant to Mr. Winter (Spring), of the Cas tle Tavern, Holborn. Inquiry was made of her master, when it appeared that she was in Mr. Winter's service, and had in the morning obtained leave to go out; but that in her absence, iu consequence of some suspicions, her master caused her room to be examined, and found concealed some articles which had been long missing. Other servants had occasionally been suspected from time to time, whilst the prisoner was in the service, of stealing numerous articles, such as a silver fish knife. silver spoons and forks, umbrellas and great coats be longing to gentlemen who were stopping at the house. There was now reason to suppose that some of these goods could be traced to the prisoner if time were given to the constables. She was accordingly remanded for a week. A young man named George Wave this morning gave himself into custody to police-constable Patrick Mal here, at the station-house in Bow-street, confessing that he had robbed his master, M. Vittorio Nastaglio, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of sundry sums of money re ceived on his account, and amounting to upwards of thirty pounds. He was remanded to Tuesday next. LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH. The following, anecdotes of Louis the Eighteenth, when at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, with the French Royal Family, during their exile in England, are from the Gentleman's Magazine : " Here King Louis the Eighteenth led so retired a life that little was known of him beyond the limits of the mansion. Whenever he met any person in the grounds he always returned their salute by taking off his hat, and he would often hold a light conversation in tolerably good English; and to one gentleman he pointed out with much pleaszntry that each side of the great doorway of Hart well House bore a Fleur-de-lis in the old carving, as if in anticipation of his coming.' The style in which he lived was unostentatious, and very suitable to the rank he held of ' Count.' " His Majesty's family and suite, about twenty-five in number, generally dined together in the large dining room, and once in about three weeks the inhabitants of the adjacent parts were allowed to walk round the table during the repast, entering at one door, and returning by another, in conformity with the custom of the old French Court. The regular drawing-room being occupied by the Prince and Princess de Conde on their visits, the library was used as its sub stitute, with the King's sofa raised on a little dais or eminence; and here ho used to hold small levees and see company. But his Majesty's own rooms were the study and the adjoining strong closet next the portico of the southern front. " When Louis was troubled with the gout mass was celebrated in the dining-room, the altar' being placed at the east end, and here occurred one of the gravest incidents of his eventful life. " On Lady- day, 25th March, 1814, the Royal Family were at prayers, and Madame Govet, an English lady, married to one of, the Royal suite, was seated near the middle window, which commands a view of the road leading to the lodge, on a sudden she perceived two post-chaises, each drawn by four horses, rapidly ap proaching the house, with white flags displayed, a sight which provoked an exclamation from her in spite of the general solemnity of the room. The carriages contained certain deputies from Bordeaux, who brought intelligence that the Due d'Angouleme had entered that city with Marshal Beresford's division of the British army, which had been received with enthusiasm, that the white cockade was displayed, and that Louis the Eighteenth was proclaimed. Hardly was this excitement occasioned by the most joyous tidings moderated ere Captain Slaughter, K.H., of the Royal Navy, conducted in person to his Majesty ano;ber party of deputies, whom he received off Dunkirk, on board tbe Archer sloop of war, he commanded, and charged to solicit the exile to return and take possession of his throne and kingdom. These gentlemen were ushered into the library, and the King there signed the celebrated docu ment, said to have been suggested by the supple Talley rand, stating that be accepted and would observe the constitution of France. The Rev. Mr. King, who happened to be pre sent at the ceremony, preserved the t which the signature w as written, and has since p laced it among the memorabilia in Dr. Lee's Museum, where it now remains." THE SHOE-BLACK BRIGADE. This brigade, which was established previous to the opening of the Exhibition, not upon a war footing, but for the purpose of cleaning the boots and shoes of the many parties who might visit us during the stirring sea son of the Exhibition, has now been connderably cur tailed in numbers. In the months of April last, when first established, it consisted of 63 boys, provided by the promoters of the Ragged School Union. The i num ber, however, has now been reduced to 30, and t may be satisfactory to know, that the ea rnings of these boys, for blacking shoes, from the m onth of April to the close of the Exhibition, amounted to nearly 6 er 00/. Several of of them earned as much as 6 s. and 79 . p day. One them saved as much as paid for his outfit to enable him to emigrate. It is the intention of the committee of the union to set agoing another gang of boys, under their c are, to be called " Mercury Boys," whose business, in plain terms, will be to run messages for such as may em ploy them. They also intend to employ another set, called a " Brass Band" ( n ot t he Po p e ' s ) , for the purpose of cleaning door knockers and brass plates. These are all legitimate callings, and it must be gratifying to see so many boys, who otherwise would be prowling abo ut the streets as thieves and vagabonds, earning an honest living by following them out. LEADER ON THE LAST FRENCH REVOLUTION. -- Louis Napoleon is a schoolmaster, who, finding that Young France has got his sum all wrong, has made him rub it clean out and begin it over again.—Punch. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND. —Yesterday a general court of the governors of this institution was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate hill, the Rev. J. Evans in the chair. The report stated that since the opening of the institution in December, 1799, it had anse ered the most sanguine expectations of its promoters, both in the encou ragement it had received from the public and in the results which had been produced. Upwards of 450 persons had been returned to their families able in most instances to earn a livelihood, or at least some considerable portion of it. The number of pupils had gradually increased from 15 males to upwards of 150 of both sexes. The receipts fur the past six months had amounted to 3,4271. Some routine business having been transacted the meeting separated. SINGULAR BEETLES.--The forests of oaks in the district of Montona, near Trieste, have of late been infested smallextremely small beetle, which pierces an infinity of holes in trees to the very centre, andends rs them unfit for any other use than that of fuel. The damage already done is estimated at several million florins, and it is not known how it can be,checked.— French Paper. A LOVE SONG.—l've seen ber out a walking, in her habit de la rue; and it aint no use a talking, she's pumpkins and a few. She glides along in beauty, like a duck up aon lake. 0, I'd be all love and duty, if I only was h drake.—. New York Express. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. -- Yesterday morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, as a respectably-dressed woman was crossing Ludgate-hill, near the end of Farringdon street, she was knocked down by the polo of a Bayswater omnibus, the wheel passing over her and covering the pave ment with blood. She was immediately conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in an apparently dying state. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT DARTFORD. — Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, resumed at the Dartford Union the adjourned inquest on the bodies of Christopher Hoggart, William Harrison, Thomas Nash, Joseph Loft, James Gold smith, Sarah Goodeve, and Ann Brown, the seven unfortunate persons who lost their lives by an explosion, which occurr ed on Tuesday week, in the premises of M r. E. Callow, a blast- Mg rocket-manufacturer, of Joyce's-green. The investiga tion lasted upwards of six hours. After a len g thened con sultation, the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased Met their lives from an accidental explosion of blasting powder in the premises of Mr. E. Callow ;" and added, " that they were unanimously of op i n ion that gross careless ness had been displayed on the part of Mr. E. Callow in suffering blasting cartridges to be manufactured in a building quite unfitted for the purpose, having imperfect floors of wood and gravel, and suffering the employed to work in nailed boots and shoes, and in not having any defined rules or re gulations, either written or printed, for the guidance or pro tection of the parties employed in the premises." The Co roner said he perfectly concurred in the verdict of the jury. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON RAIL WAY. —A special meeting of the above company was held yesterday morning, at the Exchangev Hall, Nottingham. There was a good attendance of shareholders present. The chair was occupied by rilr. Norton, of Elton. Mr. Gough read the terms proposed by the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies for a working agreement and ultimate lease, which have already been published. The chairman moved "That the arrangements provisionally entered into between the London and North-Western and Midland Companies, mentioned in the circular issued to each of the proprietors, be confirmed." Mr. Nicholson objected to the terms, and moved an amendment to the effect " That this meeting considering the terms offered inadequate, the same be declined, and that a committee be formed to con sider the subject proposed, and to co-operate with the di rectors." Mr. Bishop trusted the meeting would support the chairman.—( Hear, hear.) After some considerable discus sion, the chairman put the former part of the amendment, negativing the adoption of the terms proposed, when it was almost unanimously carried. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separaod. - • LONDON, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stx,—As the subjoined notes concern the public, I beg to hand you copies of them, and I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. A. .NICHOLAY. Oxford-street, Dec. 8, 1851. (Copy.) London, Dec. 4, 1851. J. A. Nicholay, Esq., Chairman of the Deputa tions from the Metropolitan Parishes, &c., &c. Sir,—As I know you take an interest in the Com missioners of Sewers, I beg to acquaint you that an Arbitration will be held at the Law Institution, Chan cery-lane, to-morrow morning at half-past ten o'clock, to asses the amount of compensation due to the United Service Institution, for the damages they have suffered from the formation of the Victoria , street sewer. The Court is a public one, and the Arbitrators are Messrs. Smirke, Powell, and Pownall. Yours ever, ANONYMOUS. (Copy.) December 5, 1851. To J. A. Nicholay, Esq., &c., &c. My dear Sir, —According to your desire I went this morning with " Anonymous" in my pocket to the Law Institution, to hear the statements made on be half the Trustees of the United Service Institution (Sir J. Cockburn, the Duke of Northumberland, &c.) to the Arbitrators for compensation for the damages done to the Museum in Scotland-yard, by the new fangled under-tunnelling Government Centralised Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. The statements made by counsel for the trustees, as well as the reports of Woods and Forests' surveyor, architects, &c., confirm all that the Mary lebone Ves try stated in May last to Parliament. The damage to the buildings under-tunnelled is as great, if not greater, than Lord Seymour stated publicly, and for which the ratepayers will, of course, be further sur charged ! To all appearance the money of the " district rate payers" has been wasted by these " centralised" Com missioners in constructing a defective sewer, and un dermining fatally the buildings adjacent thereto in a questionable manner, whereby the proprietors are forced into expensive arbitration, alias law, for the re quisite repairs, or reconstruction of their property, at the expense of the " district rate-payers ?" As this is a case on which the "district rate-payers" should be fully informed, I regretted not seeing any reporters for the press there, unless two short-hand writers officiated for the double purposes of taking notes and reporting also. An appointment in the City at noon prevented me hearing the whole case for the plaintiffs, or the result, which, as honorary secretary of the deputation, I should otherwise have given you; but I trust the press will obtain and publish the whole affair for the public information. If the " dilittanti" Commissioners are permitted to under-tunnel the Strand, Fleet-street, Cheapside, &c., they will undermine or tumble down the adja cent buildings, as they have the United Service Insti tution and those at Percy Wharf From the Mu seum a Mr. Shaw was warned, and for personal safety removed to avoid impending danger. The buildings destroyed by the under-tunnelling operations at Percy Wharf are partly reconstructed. Those belonging to the Duke have been re•edified at his Grace's cost or the " district rate-payers." I beg to return " Anonymous" to you, and remain, my dear Sir, yours very truly, RICHARD DOVER. EXETER HALL—THURSDAY CONCERTS. A series of Thursday concerts, modelled upon the general plan of the Wednesday concerts of last year, has been commenced at Exeter-hall. The perform ance last night was conducted by Mr. T. H. Severn, who has assembled a very fair madrigal and general chorus, comprising, indeed, the elite of the choral performers of both the great Operas. Their execu tion of the opening madrigal, "Flora gave me fairest flowers"—one of Wilbye's happiest inspirations—was excellent, full of feeling, and the light and shade de ligctfully given. The other madrigals were Wilbye's " Sweet honey•sucking bees," and the ever fresh " Down in a flowery vale." Besides these, however, a hunting song by Mendelsshon, oddly enough written in the minor key, and which has much of the madrigal character, was per formed ,with delicacy and spirit. Among the soloists were Miss Pyne, who was in full voice, and loudly encored in Wallace's " Scenes that are brightest ;" Miss Dolby, who sang a quaintly pretty couple of " Nile ballads," arranged by Mr.Rimbauld ; and Miss:Binckes, who gave the "In questo sem- P lice " with the famous joddliug passage , w ith s p irit and in a musician-like manner. Mr. Whitehouse, a gentleman with a firm round bass voice, gave efficient assistance in the concerted music. Mr. Swift, a pupil of the Royal Academy, and whose fine even tenor voice is well known to all the frequenters of the Academy concerts, made a very favourable impres• sion in Mendelssohn's graceful song, "By Celia's arbour." The well-known glees, "Ye spotted snakes," and " When wearied wretches," were care fully and effectively given by Miss L. Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Swift, and alto gether the entertainment appeared to give the since rest delight to a numerous auditory, who were most lavish in their encores. WHITTINGTON CLUB. MRS. SINCLAIR'S EVENING WITH THE SCOTTISH BARDS. Last night anentertainment of that sort rendered so popular by the late Mr. Wilson was given in the hall of the above-mentioned institution by Mrs. Sinclair, a lady well known in the musical world as a fine singer of Scottish music. Among the host who are endea vouring to follow in his footsteps, she alone seems destined to fill up the blank caused by his premature death. She brings to her assistance a great deal of research and much musical ability, and consequently her entertainment is what it ought to be—in every respect agreeable, amusing, and interesting. Her se lection of songs last night was excellent, and the musician-like mannner in which they were given Equally so. " The Lea Rig" was capitally sung, and " Up in the Morning Early" was encored with accla mation. The songs, however, were not the only agreeable part of the soiree, the pleasant, light running commentary, or descriptive lecture, being replete with agreeable anecdotes and interesting matter. Nor must Miss Sinclair's pianoforte performance be passed unnoticed, the judicious manner in which she ac• co mpanied her mot her showing great good taste, whilst her solo (a fantasia on airs from Don Pasquale) was brilliantly executed, and proved her to be an ac complished pianiste. The room was quite full, and the audience were frequent in their delieve, monstrati intends ons of satisfaction. Mrs. Sinclair, we be making a provincial tour, and it is almost a work of supererogation to wish her that which she is sure to obtain—success in her undertaking. THEATRE ROYAL EDINBURGH. Unquestionably the greatest performer whom Mr. Lloyd has yet introduced to our boards, or, to speak wider, who has appeared in Edinburgh for some time (we may safely say since Mr. Macready's farewell) is Mr. Davenport, the A me rican tragedian. Of s t ra ngers—of American celebrities perhaps more es pecially—the Edinburgh public is proverbially chary. Whatever amount of fame may have been achieved elsewhere forms but a slight introduction to the critical tastes of our audiences. But Mr. Davenport needed no herald to sound his praise. In person, judgment, voice, ges ture—everything that constitutes the great actor — he brought his own recommendations with him, and at once achieved a decided triumph. Avoiding minute criticism, we may say generally that his performances of the Stranger and Othello were characterised by good taste and simplicity, with an absence of all affectation and straining atter effect. He excels in the rarest quality on the stage, xaturalness, and both in level passages and in sounding the higher notes of tra gedy he rarely if ever outrages the "modesty of nature." One scene is made harmonious with another, and a com plete char peter is thus presented to the critical spectator, which, if not coming up to the highest ideal of per fection, falls at least little short of it, and displays a power of conception and execution which very few of the many aspirants to interpret properly our best dramatists ever attain to. Those, therefore, who wish to enjoy an intelligent hour with Sbakspere will rarely find a better opportunity than is now pre sented by Mr. Davenport's appearance here. Judg ing from his noble performance of Othello, we make bold to say that of the °' mighty master's" creations there is hardly on the stage at present a more fitting exponent.—Edinburgh paper. A MOST UNWELCOME " KISS."--A rustic, staring at the group of the Amazon, and noticing upon the pedestal the nat-ne of the artist—A Kiss—exclaimed, as he saw the tiger's huge paws round the horse's neck, in its terrible em brace, " Well, I know 1 shouldn't like such a kiss as that." SERIOUS FIRES IN DEVONSHIRE.—A Wesleyan meeting-house and two cottages adjoining were destroyed by fire, at Kingskerswell, on Thursday; and on Sunday, three dwelling-houses, situated in Park-street, Cn diton, were totally destroyed, and others more or less injured, by fire. - - - - - HERRING FISHING.—We are glad to learn that the Newhaven fishermen have been fully occupied during the last week. The herrings are not large, but of fine quality, and have been found in great abundance a mile or two off Burntisland and Aberdour. Caledonian Mercury. CHILD MURDER AT DERTIY.—Au inquest has been held on the body of the child found in the canal, at Derby, yesterday week, and a verdict returned of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. Two women who were apprehended on suspicion have been liberated, and no clue at present exists to the perpetrator of the re volting crime. EVENING, DECEMBER 12 ) 1851. FRIDAY LITER ATURE. GOLDEN DI?EAM S AND WAKING RE- ALITIES. By William Shaw. PAST AND FUTUIS:E EMIGRATION. 7HE SIX COLOZdES OF NEW ZEA- LAND. By Williaan Fox. The first of these works is the adventures of a gold seeker in California and the Pacific Islands. The author was in Adelaide . when he first heard the news of the new El Dorado, for which he immediately started ; he found the re ality, however, by no means consistent with his golden dreams; and certainly the volume before us affords no inducement even to the most adventurous to try their fortunes in California. The administration of justice seems particularly faulty, as a murder is passed over almost unheeded. The work is interesting from its details of what life really is in that country. " Past and Future Emigration" suggests many im provements in the arrangement of the Cape Settle ments, and precautions against the Kafirs. It is edited by the authoress of " Five Years in Kafir land," which is alone a recommendation. "The Six Colonies of New Zealand" contains three chapters. The first a general description of the islands ; the second on the natives; and the third on the government. It is interesting and explicit, and is supplied with a large and commodious map. CHAMBERS' PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE Vols.. X. and XI. These volumes contain their usual variety of sub jects for all readers. Among them may be noticed " The Childhood of Experimental Philosophy," "Troubadours and Trouveres," and " Harriette ; or the Rash Reply," an interesting tale. There is also an article on Thomas Moore, though the author scarcely renders justice to the poet. PITCAIRN'S ISLAND and the ISLANDERS. By Walter Brodie. In the month of March, 1850, the author of this work happened to be left on Pitcairn's Island. Four of bis fellow-passengers were placed in the same con• dition, and the hospitality of the islanders and their attention to the travellers was so grea,t that the author feels bound to make public this account of their community, the materials for which he collected when at the island. The volume contains " A true copy of the Pitcairn's Island Register, from 1790 to 1850," and the reports to the Admiralty of several commanders of ber Majesty's ships who have visited it.' The author represents it as a virtuous and well conducted community, and considers that it may be safely affirmed that they are free from the vices of civilization, while their moral goodness is worthy of our example. KAMENSKI'S AGE OF PETER THE GREAT; with Notes a and Preface. By T. van Golovin. This work contains sketches of the chief Russians of the time of Peter the Great. They are well written, and contain much information connected with the period of the reign of that monarch. NAVAL INT) 3LLIGE:IICE. We stated on Wednesda:r that it was the intention of the Admiralty to form bra:ateb establishment for gunnery instruction at De vo;port. We may now state that the charge of this dervice has been entrusted to one of the best office--S in the service, Captain Hewlett, who was Pr`dmoted from the Excellent. That officer has been, appointed to the Hotspur fri gate; and with a so,all staff and complement from the parent ship will at once commence duty. It is to be hoped, however, ere long an efficient sea-going screw ship will be appropriated to this important and valu able service., Lieuter.ant T. P. Bar: o w (1825) has been appointed to take charge of the Edward transport. Lietlienant the tlon. P. Curzon (1843) has been appointed to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED VETERAN.—The n'Avy will regret to hear that one of the oldest and tnost distinguished veteran seamen of the war—one of the finest, best, and most skilful boatswains that ever occupied that position in the royal service—the man who, under compulsion, hoisted the red flag at the breaking out of the general mutiny at Spithead, and the gallant young seaman who, when the Ad miral's flag was shot away on board the Royal George, in the battle of the "glorious first of June," recovered the lost colours and nailed them to the stump of the broken mast—" William Burke," the man who was presented to his late Majesty, when Lord High Admiral, as the " first practical seaman in the world"—this veteran, who was in the active service of the Crown for more than sixty years, who was respected by every one who knew him, from the flag officer to the cabin boy, and who retired some years since as boatswain of Devonport Dockyard, died on Wednesday last at his residence, Caroline-place, Stonehouse, in the 83d year of his age. Rear-Admiral Reynolds. C. 8., in the Southamp ton, 50, Captain Corry, having been relieved at Monte Video, by Rear-Admiral Henderson, C. 8., in the Centaur, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Cannon, has returned to Rio, and was to leave that place for Eng land, Nov. 18. Lord F. Russell, in the Tweed,lB, was also at Rio, and was to leave for England on the 16th. Havannah, 19, Captain Erskine, and Fly, 14, Com mander Oliver, are being fast dismantled at Devon port. The former will be paid off on Friday next, the latter to-morrow. The officers and crew of the Acheron steamer, who came to England in the Ha vannah and Fly, were paid off on Wednesay. Saracen old brig at Devonport is ordered to be fitted for surveying service. Messrs. Ed ward Lamb, John Trego, and Charles John, having served the required probationary terms, have been confirmed as supernumerary boatswains of the St. George, 120, at Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Viscount Palmerston, accompanied by a party of gentlemen of the corps diplomatique, arrived at Gosport this morning by the South-Western Railway, and were conducted by Mr. R. Willoughby Stevens, the company's superinten dent, into the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard in the railway carriages. They were received on alight ing by Mr. Davis, the master attendant, who con ducted them over the harbour to the new stairs of this dockyard, where they were received by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Commander-in-Chief, attended by Flag-Lieutenant Pasley. The Admiral escorted the party to the King's stairs, where he em barked them in his galley, and put them on board her Majesty's yacht Fairy, which conveyed them to Osborne, to an audience with the Queen, and after wards returned with them to this port, and disem barked them at the Clarence-yard at 3 30 P.M., whence they departed for London. The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, has been undocked to-day, and hauled alongside the jetty to fit out. She sent up her topmasts to-day. The Rapid, 8, Commodore Blane, sailed from Spithead to-day for the East Indies. BANK OF ENGLAND. (Prom the Newcastle Journal.) The monetary affairs of the country have been threatened with some disturbance of late, and they have, indeed, had to encounter it not from one cause naflotnhee, Bbuatnkfrnomf more. A few days ago, the Directors during the advance money on stock, E sh n u g t l t a in n g d ao d fa eelared their readiness to re duced rate of two andpayha of the dividends thebnid other boaks lar approvedthe arrange ment securi ties, of the metropolis at this meas ng per cent. s' Great was the consternation excited among half per on consols, at the prospect before them of per-centa The Quaker mo ney lenders " groaned in spirit," as the discountbroker as did the Jews, Or , gensdgrowing " small by degrees and beautifully less," street, where business might be done on in attracted to the great paper mart a ' retiringantetrl terms s equall y clients, u ally abuann and no nTor doubt o a usdbritee promul gated le most cheap a with s re those galat i nwgh theic ha r e s o outfitting, useful establishment o t f ra M de es a s n rs d . M eh o n s a e p s ne a s n a d a u th se e Sons, in order of the day, the alpha and omega of the re in which we li ve , an d t h at the free -trading, timesthe g somewhat degenerat e B an k o f England shou'ld be prepared to emulate the economy of Messrs. Moses and Sens, is by no means surprising. That there is ability of the first order in the councils of the Bank of England is not to be denied. We name no names. There can be no necessity for doing so, but we have it in our memories on the testimony of a Minister of the Crown—a Minister of the Whig clique, of course —that some five-sixths of the board of directors were ascertained to be in favour of the repeal of the corn duties, when that great question was mooted. They became so, we believe, not as the result of any con viction of their own, but because other people were. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, that was, is a rich man and an influential. These City influentials, by the way, are most pretentious personages. We could name several of them who are too—much too—re spectable for the society of the plain jog-trotting por tion of the community. They appear often, as we perceive by the Court Circular, before the Minister in the character of deputations, and it goes forth to the wondering world that they have had, at Down ing -street, an interview with the Right Hon. Lord This, or Mr. Secretary That. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, whose pedigree is now graced with a title, may not have been one of those pragmatical gentles men. We do not remember that he ever was, nor shall we dwell upon the point further than to say, in candour, that we have not any imputation of the kind to allege against bim. He became, as we judge, the Lord of Overstone by dint of his amiable politices and his disingenuous support of that pink of a City candidate, Lord John Russell, who, under auspices so all-predominant, found himself what he has the felicity of being, namely, M.P. for the City of Lon don. Well, we have called Lord Overstone an " influential," and so he has been. He was, and perhaps is, despite the greatness that has been thrust upon him, a constant attendant at the general meet ings of the Bank of England, nor have we to charge our conscience with the delinquency of having for a moment forgotten the deference that was ever paid by the directors to the suggestions of the noble banker, Lord Overstone. Would that he had in his communication with the Minister, when proffered admission to the peerage of Great Britain, suffered himself to be dubbed the Lord of Lothbury, because this would have been in accordance with the great deeds of the individual. He has not, like Jervis, dis tinguished himself at sea, or like Wellesley in the field. Those illustrious men, the Earl St. Vincent and the Prince of Waterloo, did so acquire distinction each for himself in one element or the other, and their titles are appropriate, but why, we ask, why should the most worthy patronymic of the Noble Lord be ob scured by a dignity not of accordance with his merits in another shape of usefulness ? Mr. Jones Loyd knew well the meaning•of a bill of exchange when he saw one, and equally well did he know what use to make of it. He was a master of his craft, and Lothbury ought to have been honoured by an identi fication with his performances in the moneyed world. Loyd and Lothbury are, or ought to be, synonymous terms, and we, th ere f ore , comp l a i n of the robbery committed on the latter in favour of the village of Overstone in Northamptonshire, of which one knows little and cares to know less. What we have said of Lord Overstone's choice of title may, however, be supposed to have nothing to do with the measures of the Bank. This is not the fact. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd was pr. eat in his day both as a banker and a Liberal. He wrote a number of specious treatises on the banking and monetary system, and did much, in our opinion, to destroy the power of the National Bank—the Bank of England. He was ever going upon the widely-spread fallacy of cheapness—that crotchetty dogma which has brought England to the humiliating condition of having to come down on her knees and implore the co-operation of other countries in the consummation of the proposed blessing. Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd was never particularly happy in the capacity of a pamphleteer. We could never sub scribe to his doctrines as the result of nice thought and anxious calculation. Neither could we ever see that there was anything in the position and practice of a private banker that should entitle him to foist his opinions upon a body of persons placed at the head of the Bank of England, between which and the private bankers a clashing of interests must con tinually exist. The recommendations of Baron Over stone may have been most conscientious—most plau sible. This we readily concede. We concede also the claims presented by the incident, that his Lordship was the proposer on the hustings of Lord John Rus sell, but still we are not compelled to admire the choice he has made of a title, nor his acceptance of any title at all. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus. We totally ignore the claim to a title wen preferred on the score of political partiz anship or enormous wealth, for assuredly there can be nothing to be found in Mr. Lloyd's pamphlets worthy of a coronet. The Bank directors are, as we have intimated, not all of them endowed with the sagacity of Solomon. This, how ever, they do know in common with the rest of mankind. They know that some value attaches to the support of a very great man. At thebiddianfgthoef Mr. Loyd and his school, the banking system country was wholly changed, and the national bank bas in consequence no more command over the affairs of the country than a private bank, otherwise than that she has the advantage of the ancient and well appreciated prestige belonging to the foundation, as well as an unlimited command of capital. Thus the reduction of interest by the directors in their charge fur discounts tells upon the profits of the smaller establishments, and had it not been for poli tical causes, having a neutralizing influence, money would by this time have been a drug in the London market. At the very moment the expectation of such an occurrence was formed advices were obtained from the French shores of the event we have long auticipated—the severance of Louis Napoleon and the more potential sod other military leaders of the National Assembly. An immense speculation had set in upon the public in the concoction of mining and other companies, but the Bank of England, with its Overstone school, and the whole corps of miners and financiers, have been suddenly brought to their proper bearings. Our national stocks have fallen upwards of two per cent. ' • dealing in shares has bean paralyzed, and though the Bank has in gold and silver coin and ingots more than 16,000,0001., yet money is now more judiciously invested than was the case a week ago. Our domestic funds have, as we have said, sustained a severe shock, as well as our railway properties, but Louis Napoleon's appeal to the people of France has had a magic effect, and prices are by no means so depressed as they were at one moment, either at the Paris Bourse or in London. The moment is pregnant with change for good or for evil, and we must await the issue. Meanwhile we would suggest that forty shilling discounts are no more compatible with the national prosperity than a three-and- six penny bat on the head, or a scaramouch jacket on the back, of a reduced gentleman. TUE WOODTRORPE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.7On Wednesday last the inquest on the bodies of William Ramsden, Samuel Bacon, and Charles Stone, the three men whose deaths were occasioned by the explosion at this col liery on the previous Saturday, was held at the Bull I nn , Inake. It appeared from the evidence that the management of the pit had been entrusted to a person who had very little practical knowledge, and that little attention had been paid to complaints made to him respecting fire damp. The evi dence of Mr. C. Morton, Government Inspector, showed that as regarded ventilation, there had not been a sufficient amount of intelligence brought to bear upon it, and the wit ness said he was sorry to be obliged to add that the bottom or underground steward, Oldfield, was not sufficiently well acquainted with either the theory or practical details of ven tilation to enable him to conduct works in a fiery seam with safety to those employed the re i n . T he jury, after consulting for some time, concurred in the f o ll ow i ng verdict Man slaughter against Joseph Oldfield," the underground steward ; and, moreover, expressed it to be their opinion that Mr. John Rhodes, the lessee of the colliery, ought to have employed a more efficient and intelligent person. Oldfield was imm e di ate l y committed to prison for trial at the assizes. _ o l\ n iußD Wednesday ß° TjS LT UPON A LADY AT DULW ICIT. e g v r e e n a i t n e s g t , r a e t s five a bonoyc,k , r e a s s i d A in i g rs in iii p tc u h l_ - cock, a lady o f the ASSAULT wich, was on h er return f rom Noprwood, she was stopped by two ruffians in the High Norwood-road, close by Croxted lane, and was instantly felled to the groun d b y a blow u p on the head with some sharp instrument, which penetrated to the skull, and was otherwise most desperately ill-used. She succeeded, however, in catching a hold of one of her assailants, and was imploring his mercy and protection, v. hen it is sup posed that the sound of an approaching cart iage alarmed the villains, who leaped the hedge, and made off across the fields. The unfortunate lady's cries at length brought assis tance, and she was then conveyed into one of the adjacent houses. Medical aid was as soon as possible procured from Dulwich, when she was found to have been frightfully in jured, the whale of the upper part of her person being saturated with blood. She was subsequently taken to her own residence, where she lies in a state of great suffering , from the injuries she has sustained. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, DEC. 11.--W0 under stand that it is in contemplation to invite the lion. J. E. Walker, late Secretary to the United States' Treasury, to a paha dinner iu Southampton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER Cur. 1,750 to 50 and 1,000 to 25 eget Black Doctor ; 1,000 , to 25 agst Kno lc Knoll; 3,000 to 45 agst Nancy ; 2m o to 35 agst Koh-i-ncor; 2,000 to 30 each agst Merry Bird, Pitsford, and Mr. Worthington's Birdcateher filly, all taken; nothing else named. DERBY. 400 to 50 agst Hobbie Noble—tiken and afterwards offered WESTBURY STEEPLECHASES. Acceptances for the Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 50 added. Thurgarton, 114 71b—Baptiste, Ilst lib—The Ge neral, 11. t 11b—Forest Lad, lOst 121b—Hinton, lOst 31b—Venice, 103t—Flirt, last—Este Kearney, lOst— Everton, 100—Fifteen Pounds no Object, 103t—Roe buck (late Bobby), 9st. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Stanton Park; Wed., b Coal-pit Heath; Sat., Yalton Kennel. i Craven bds., Mon., Tottenham Park; Wed., Knights bridge; Fri., Aldbourne Chase; Sat., Shaw Place— 101. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Clatford Oakcuts ; Tues., New Mill; Wed., Wherw ell Wood ; Th u r s ., C om b e Wood; Fri., Brigmiston; Sat., Clarendon Park-11. Bath s tag hds., Tues., Melksham-11i; Fri., West bury-1211.Badsworth hd s ., Tees., Hampole Inn; There., Fry atone Hall-10i; Sat., Mr. Lumlev's hds Mo, Sparkin Hall ed.. Cant ley ; Fri G , ' Brayton Brampton Ball Head-10. —loi. Brainhana Moor hds. Mon., Mon" Stutton Mill; Wed., ~ ringley o ' n the Hill; Sa ,Stain on Village Thurs., Lu t. - Raiford hd ; Fri., Belby Gr ange; . Sat., Parlington-10i. . Mon., Village; Lord Henry Bentinck s 4 - 0 n; Sat., W 1 by.-10i. Lord Yarborough's t i a es - F bv Wood; Wed., R ds., Mon., ell d Usselby House; Fri , ' Scarliffs Tues., Ketnam; .re Hill-11. Kettlethorpe; Wed., Pan s" Mon., Fri., Newbold Common; r; Thurs. , Stapleford Moor; BM.r.VF. a h rg ar u: s a ., rs T on u ' e s s. , Na b s ..t . ., Rackthorne-11. Mr. M. Ingram's lids., '°/). Rolleston Hall; Thurs., d h_. Braeston; Tees., Snelaton; Sat., Blithfield-14 hds., Mon., Shortwood; Tees., Nether Cerne. Green Man Inn-11 C ourt, Marnhall; Fri., CAPE 01 GOinbotdhieese: colon yis posted as- By the arri va l o f th e T eviot, we have () —l3 Et 0 p ig advises from o h , os d t i i v l i e d li ed afi in r t s o w tw ith o the Cape to the 4th N ovem b er. tim T a h te e d m a a t s 6 s ,o o o f in the Fish River B us h , a b out 30 mileognf Graham's Town, and th e ot h er i n the Wat e i l ,;„ o f about 50 miles N.W. of th a t town. The enemy in the Fish River Bush were watched on the weal by Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, who, with a force of 500 men covered Graham's Town; on the south by Major Wilmot, with a small detachment at Fort Peddie ; a n d on the east by patrolling parties from King William' s Town. Several skirmishes have taken place, in which the enemy have invariably been repulsed, but no im portant success gained except in one instance, when a body of 800 attempted to carry off several thousand cattle and sheep from the vieinity of Fort Brown. Major Horne sallied out with 220 men, routed the plunderers, killing 10, and wounding many more. He recaptured nearly all the spoil, without any serious casualties among his troops. On the 12th of October, Major-General Somerset marched towards the stronghold of the Chia Maco mo, in the fastnesses of the Waterkloof, with a force of 3,000 men, composed of the regular troops of the 21, 6th, 12th, 74th, and 91st Regiments, Royal Ar tillery, Cape Mounted Rifles, Mounted Volunteers, and Fingoe Levies. On the 14th and 16th October the Waterkloof was penetrated in different directions by two brigades der Lieut.-Colonels Michell and Fordyce. All tie counts agree in describing the operations of the troops as being conducted in a most masterly manner ; the result was—after several hours hard fighting on both days—the enemy were completely driven out, and their camp destroyed. The fugitives took refuge in the valleys of the Blinkwater and Fuller's Hoek, where they ware attacked on the 23d Oct., and after some sharp fighting, routed and dispersed. The de tached bands still cling to the fastnesses about the Irornme Heights, and preparations were making for another movement against them on the 25th Oct. The loss of our troops is reported at 6 killed and 26 wounded, amongst whom Lieutenant Norris, 6th Regiment, was killed; Captain Addison, 2d, and En sign Ricketts, 91st Regiments, wounded. That of the Kafirs has been rated from 400 to 500 killed. • During the last month the district of Albany has been preserved in a great measure from the marauding in cursions of the enemy, through the protection afforded by the detachments under Lieuntenant-Colonel Eyre, and Majors Wilmot and Horne ; but the other fron tier districts were suffering severely from heavy losses. On the 16th of September a body of 2,000 Tamboo- Ides made a descent upon Upper Victoria and Crad dock, sweeping off several thousand sheep, and a large number of cattle ; they have also recommenced their incurs ions into the district of Albert, and car ried off some hundreds of cattle. Several colonists have been kilkciby them in these attacks. The last reinforcements thatarrived in this colony, viz., the 60th Rifles (2d battalion) and the 12th Lan cers, have reached head quarters. The Rifles have taken the field, for the first time, under Alajor•Ge neral Somerset, and astonished the Kafirs by their ac curacy of aim and the distance from which they fired. BRUTAL OUTRAGE AT PERSHORE. We have this week to record one of the most shocking cases of ruffianism which can disgrace a civilised country, the perpetrators of which, however, we are glad to state, are in a fair way to meet that heavy punishment which their crimes deserve. On the evening of Saturday week a carter of Mr. Francis Woodward's, named William Cook, came into Pershore with his sweetheart, a girl named Harriet Williams, from Bricklehampton. Having finished their marketings, they took some steaks into the " Quiet Woman" public-house to be cooked, and sat down to supper. They left between twelve and one o'clock, and a party of boatmen, who had seen them in the house, closely followed them out. They had got about half a mile out of the town, to the bottom of Wick-bill, when one of these fellows came up to them, and after walking by their side about twenty yards, knocked the man down. On the instant four other: rushed out of the hedge upon them, and three of them commenced beating the man about the head in a most brutal manner, till he was perfectly senseless. The other two meanwhile assailed the girl, and in spite of her screams and outcries, one of them violated her, and the other was making an attempt to repeat the outrage when they fancied they heard persons coming up the road, and made off. A. young wan who had been walking with the couple, but had run away as soon as he saw Cook knocked down, presently brought assistance, and the poor girl, who was iu a dreadful state, was assisted borne. The man, when he recovered himself, found that 43. had been taken from his pocket, but a half-soverign was left safe. The police were soon in search, and Superintendent Harris got some information which satisfied him who the men were. On the following Tuesday morning he dispatched police-constable Aston to Oldbury, to look after one of the ruffians at his brother's house there, but he was not able to meet with him; however, on his return, be saw the party he was looking after at Smethwick, and apprehended two boatmen, Francis Compton and Jack Sheppard, on the canal. On Friday last, Superintndent Harris came to Worces nia t u e geb r eman aa ebn d oßa wrt a a p ean p rtt r e : ab h inrr e don. brought gG e u d hectos t ru,wBgpoemoiGti beforel h r. e o r y e b s o , a a t - 6 J. Y t m h e e o n y' u w n m e a r m o e n e l d d o u a y ß d i t e Bedford and P. W oo d war d, E sqrs., at the magis trates' office in this town, when the investigation of the case lasted more th an f our hours. Besides the abovementioned four men, who are all of Pershore, John Hunt, of Wyre Piddle, was included in the cha T rge' The prisoners, with the exception was discharged from custody, wereof Hunt, who fully committed for trial a t the next assizes at Worcester —Doha Sheppard for a r a p e on the person of Mary Ann Harris Williams ; F ranc i s Compton f or as sault with intent, Bce. ; for aiding, assisting, and abetting the prisoners r e o d ve w s, itb als a o Compton and Sheppard. and Reuben Brant and George Groves stood T h e f p u r r i t s h o e n r e r c s n C tn o m m i pttteodn, for Brant, trial, gross and unprovoked assault upon the witness ancdharGii the next assizes, and the whole o bound over to appear against Wil liam Cook. Superintendent Harris . was then bound the prisoners at the assizes. ' office to the police-station, a rescue was at. Oates On the prisoners being removed . from the magis trates' tem pted by the father o f t he p risoner Groves. He was assisted by two other men , named Collins and Woods. The police, however , led on in a most determin e d man ner by Superintendent Harris, succeeded in lock ing menthe prisoners,fowubrobadattempted the r escue , name l y , and also in captur i ng two o Thomas Groves, a tall, powerful man, who made a determined resistance, and a m an na d Collins, f the u' me from Evesham, who were both locked up. Woods got clear off.— Worcester Chronicle. DEATH OF T HE REV. W. GARDNER BRADLEY.- - Our obituary of this week records the death of the Rev- William Gardner Bradley, B.A , of Brasenose College, Ox the :_;. 2d year of his age. ford, and rector of St. i\lary Ca) on, after a short illness, ua in minister of the Gospel has been cut off in the . prime e the En l and in the zenith of his usefulness. As a priest of . . evangelical in his teaching. He lived among glish Church he was sound in his views, and a nsample of the This eminently faithful and z o e f ! life faith which he professed and the doctrines . lie was characteristic of humility manners. His heart and hand were trouble of the sorrowing, and relieve tressed. ills body rests inhis.P memory will ever be reveredan and by all who had the his many virtues and his Rev. W. was the eldest on of the and Rector of Nether, W , ....St. Christopher Graette. ift he taught. spirit and mildness of of 'v - e i r open to soothe the the wants of the die his floli. &o wl] c _ arish churchyard. Big dcherishedby his parishioners, pleasure of his acquaintance, for unostentatious benevolence. He IN Bradley, M.A., Rural D ean . hitacro in the county of Warw i ck, JACOB ABBOTT'S HISTORIES. These interesting histories are intended for the young. They are those of two of the most unfortu nate sovereigns of modern times, Mary Queen of Scots and Charles the First. They are impartially written and concise, and promise, when the set is completed, to form a most useful class of volumes, which are much required for the young. THE FOUNDLING; or, The School of L. This is one of those simple tales from the German that are so attactive to all. It is intended for children, but will doubtless prove equally interesting to many others. THE FORESTER . _By J. Brown, Forester. Blackwood. This is the second edition of a work intended to describe everything relating to the planting, rearing, and general management of forest trees, with an im proved process for transplantation of trees of large size. The success it has already met with proves its ability and usefulness, and its appearance in its pre sent state, enlarged and improved, must be very gratifying to all interested in arboriculture. TWENTY FEARS of a TRAVELLER'S LIFE. By J. Stare. Jarrold, St. Paul's Churchyard. This is a commercial traveller's account of the many towns and cities which he has passed through during twenty years. They are all in Engla`nd, and prove a contrast to the numerous foreign travels and adventures which are continually appearing. THE EYE OF THE DELUGE. By the Hon. and Rev. Villiers Stuart. Shoberl. This book describes the world before the deluge, and the author brings forward many arguments which go far to prove that the antediluvians were much more civilized than is at all supposed. The city which Cain founded would have been sixteen centuries in existence at the time of the deluge, and it was inhabited by men whose lives extended over ages. FRANCIA; a Tale of the Revolution of Para guay. By E. Shepard. This is a tale of the revolution of Paraguay in the time of the celebrated Dictator. It is a tragic tale, with which romance is skilfully interwoven. It is needless to say that the revolution was a failure, and on the last page we read that Francia died a natural death in the 86th year of his age. JASPER LYLE; a Tale of Kafirland. By Mrs. Ward. G. Routledge. Kafirland has lately engrossed a large share of pub lic attention, hence it is to be presumed that many will regard with peculiar interest a book which describes with force and vigour that interesting and almost unknown land. Elea nor ' s s t or y at the end is very entertaining. The variety of scene and man ners, the strange mixture of court life and desert skirmishes, seems to bring the reader into a different world, and introduce him to an undisco'ered race. AUTUMN EVENING VERSES. By John Steb _.. Ling. Piper, Paternoster-row. This little book possesses greater merit than many of its contemporaries. " A City's Parks" is very well conceived, and the " Brid ge upon th e Running Stream" contains many original ideas and interesting meditations. PHILOSOPHY IN THE FENS; a Talk on the Tunes. It is not easy to understand the purport of this work, unless intended for a sweeping censure on all the customs of the present day. The style is humour ous, and may entertain those who can be pleased by anything attempting the satirical and ludicrous. COURT CIRCULAR. OSI3ORNE, THURSDAY. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty yesterday morning, and left Oe.- borne at ten o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, to embark in the royal yacht Fairy for Southampton. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. Sir James Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Secretary George y to inspect the new Grey, accompanied by Colonel et Jebb,ary Sirle left town yesterday convict priFon at Dartmoor. Lord and Lady John Russell left Pembroke Lodge, e Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Ab bey, Bedfordshire. Mr. Currie, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Seymour T remen h eere h a d also an interview with his Lordship at the Colonial office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday. Present —The Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Sir Ed ward Ryan. An appeal was heard from Bengal, " Douglass v. the Collector of Benares." SAVILLE HOUSE. -- Poses Plastique s have been revived at the above place of amusement. The troupe is a German one, and under the direction of Professor Krosso. The various groupings, mostly from the ancient masters, are very beautifully arranged. In the course of the evening the Professor gives what he calls the " Samsonian Revels," in troducing a number of 56-lb. weights, throwing them in the air, catching them on his arms, &c., Scc. One feat seems almost incredible, that of placing two men on a table, and having it lifted level with his mouth ho grasps the edge with his jaws, and keeps it in that position several seconds; the stress on his teeth must be tremendous, having the entire weight of the two persons on them. Altogether this is a very agreeable entertainment, and well worthy the attention of those who seek novelty. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—On Friday morning, the 21st ult., about four o'clock, the wind blowing from the south-west, a wild duck, coming from the same quarter, flew with such force against one of the panes of glass in the revolving light of Flamborough Lighthouse, as to break the glass, by which it killed itself, and all the lights were ex tinguished for about an hour. The glass was 30 inches by 24 inches, and a quarter of an inch thick, and not a piece remained whole the size of a man's hand. This circum stance may be termed a singular one, for although it is very common for birds to fly against the glass when the lights are in (and by so doing hundreds of them have killed them selves), yet the fact of a bird breaking one of these strong squares of glass is quite new. Owing to the birds killing themselves against the glass of the lighthouse, several rare specimens have been furnished to the ornithologists, which otherwise, very probably, could not have been easily ob taieed.—.North British Mail. DEATH OF JOHN WILSON, is with feA tngs of deep regret that we announce the death of J. Wilson, Esq . , judge of the county courts for Glamorgan, Brecon, and Radnorshire. The melancholy event took place on Monday evening last at the learned judge's residence, near Carmar then. This announcement will, we know, be received by the legal profession within Mr. Wilson's jurisdiction, as well as by all who had the pleasure of knowing him in the rela tions of social life, with only one feeling—that of deep sor row for the loss of a sound layger, an upright judge, and a kind-hearted mole—Swarm Herald, APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicu, DEC. 11.—Lieutenant Charles G. Fegen (1845), to study steam at the factory at Wool wich Dockyard. Boatswain William Inglis to the London, 90, at Sheerness. Commodore Henry Eden having obtained six weeks' leave cf absence, Captain the Hon. Montague Stop ford has arrived here from Sheerness, to be acting superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard during the absence of Commodore Eden. Captain Erasmus Ommaney, recently in command of the Assistance, one of the ships of the last Arctic expedition, having been appointed Deputy-Controller of the Coast Guard, it is expected Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., will be appointed additional to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, for packet service at Southampton, in the room of Captain Armor L. Corry, on the promotion of the latter gallant officer to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., will leave the position he now holds at Whit e h a ll, as First Naval Lord at the Admiralty, in about six weeks from the present time, and will then hoist his flag on the Bri tannia, 120, and proceed to relieve Admiral Sir Wil- Liam Parker in the command of the Mediterranean station. Rear-Admiral F. M. Berkeley, C. 8., the present Second Naval Lord, is expected to be First Naval Lord, and Rear-Admiral Houston Ste wart, C. 8., one of the present Lords of the Admiralty, has addressed the electors of the borough of Greenwich, Woolwich, and Deptford, with the view of being elected their representative in the room of Rear-Ad miral Dundas, who will vacate his seat on leaving for the Mediterranean. Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart is well known and greatly respected in this borough, having, when Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, some years ago, secured many influential friends in the constituency by his excellent disposition and kind manner to all parties in this locality. The Tartarus steam-vessel was navigated to Leith in the latter part of the last and the beginning of the present week, where she is to be stationed, and em ployed in the protection of the fisheries on the north coast of Scotland. Mr. Stuart, the Government pilot, proceeded from Woolwich to Leith in her, and he de scribes the whirlwind and gale he encountered in her when off St. Abb's-head as more severe than any he had ever experienced during his long professional service. The Defence, formerly a 72-gun ship, but now con verted into a convict-hulk, was taken down the river to-day, from opposite the dockyard, to her permanent moorings opposite the R o y a l A rsena l , to conta i n t h e convicts employed during the day in that department of her Majesty's service. The Amazon West India Royal mail steam-packet started shortly after 12 o'clock to-day on a further trial down the river, having on board Mr. Hughes, assistant to the chief engineer at Somerset- house, and Mr. Mills, chief engineer to the company, but after proceeding about five miles below Gravesend the fog became so thick that it was considered advisable to drop her anchor and bring her up in good anchorage ground. The trial of her speed between the Nore and Mouse lights is, consequently, deferred until Saturday, when sh e w ill be tried if the weather is free of fog, and she will afterwards proceed on the after noon of that day for Southampton. The vessel has been surveyed and considered capable of carrying 14 32-pounders and two 10-inch pivot guns, the latter of 85 cwt. each, on her main deck. Her coal boxes are constructed to carry 1,000 tons of coals, or up wards of 16} days' consumption at the rate of 2i tons per hour for her 26 furnaces. She is fitted with Captain Sir Snow Harris's lightning conductors, and in case of need can accommodate 360 troops below, allowing each man twelve superficial feet. Altogether the vessel is a great credit to the company, and when the five already ordered are completed, and one or two more, Captain Chappell says, are contemplated, this wealthy company will possess a splendid fleet, available for commercial purposes in the time of peace, and for the service of the country on any sudden emergency of war. SMITIIFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Though on the first two days of the great Christmas Cattle Show there was no deficiency of visitors as com pared with the corresponding days of previous years, yet during the whole of yesterday the crowd in attend ance at the show in Baker-street was so dense as to pre clude anything like a satisfactory view of the stock. The visitors, too, were of a different class from those in the early part of the week. Though there was still a considerable attendance of farmers and others whose whose occupations are more or less connected with the cultivation of the soil, the butchers and dealers had to a great extent disappeared, but their absence was agree ably compensated for by the presence of a number of ladies, chicfly from the rural districts. With the ex ception of a few of the least promising of the cattle, and some half dozen pens of Leicestershire sheep, the whole of the animals have been sold, and there is every probability that no part of the stock brought to the exhibition for sale will have to seek another market. The interest of the visitors yesterday was principally con centrated on the articles exhibited in the implement gallery, including American reaping machines, portable steam-engines, grinding mills, thrashing machines, ploughs, and every other mechanical contrivance of modern date for the improved cultivation of the soil. Tho Duke of Wellington and General Wemyss were among the more distinguished of the visitors, and both of them appeared to take an especial interest iu the stalls devoted to the display of field produce. THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—We learn from a source which has never misled us, that the Prince de Joinville, though at Esher now, did, after all, according to the statement in the Times, ac tually proceeded to Lille, with the view of getting up a de monstration in favour of himself, provided he received the slighest encouragement. The fact that the Ti mes announced this piece of information exclusively, affords collateral con firmation of what we said yesterday respect i ng that journal being in the service of . the Orleans f am il y. On reaching Lille, the Prince de Joinville found that there was not the shadow of a chance for him, even in that disaffected town, and, therefore he hurried back to England per the next train, in the hope that the fact of his having contemplated an expedition against Louis Napoleon would not transpire. —Advertiser. 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