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ands, Cal runa kiwi; 'OA on 10 004 14 9 " [pa one, swat ~ re' it, ill 8' Jed , qi: ts°P,d"nstairs below until Sir Gregory went up . stairs 1 14(1% ?1 ',, Ir • Nlaberiey. He was hnproved in mind in bs s i ' "'tore 1840 Le was not so well. I found him . p . n ess like; his conversation was rational, and he aP I'B4o psrf,cily to understand business. In August 12 6 dirl not appear quite Si) well iii bodily health. _ 11.8 ,1 Sir P. KFLLY—From :8 9 3 down to the time of a i r li „ - 'sth I never knee? Sir Gieg ory to execute any in .`inte,t, eace t his in- Jr e • will. li a e tl enry Herbert &Althea. called and examined by li a rL4 encle—l am a phy.,ician, and have been in prae -I:o:aamb°,," forty Years. During that time I have .seena G , - " Il Y insane persons It was my duty to triaa g , c 7 Paße Turner. 1 was called in to give my t opic eela, On him in the latter end of 1840. I . was again ir 11, - I VO to see Lim in 1841. I fo4W him with the 1 • twsh.entd: that r v t ,r o a n s . i 0 I 18 a 4 •a o s . ca l ll t e l d lB in 4 I to ., s w ee as h e im alle a d nd in t t o o g s iv ee e s al °Pin ion about his case—l mean an ordinary opinion Ise h e ! he might be relieved from restraint. When .n l . Rel ar : l4l ils 1840 I considered his was rather a si 1 , • `; ll Se, because, though insane in conduct, his con stielcill'on was not such as to infer insanity. He ha_d. Pa" ,iiioarities in dress, dirty habits, and a dispo ie a:44s t' to heard articles ef no value. . Ho d di m - N 7 rationally In 1841 I examine , hi 'call e d convex...3a . tions with him. Mr. Macerley 44 of P a in to see Sir Gregory in the latter g th — anuary, 1841. I saw him on that occasion to n - N e it er With Dr. Warburton. Dr. Warburton was an Si r ' ll t Physician, especially in cases of insanity i t o 44 liegury twice before Dr. cameWarburton, h an e d oecasichs es4e.e_Pirlion on the sul - eot. e to a '"d rationally. We thought li it a o -o n ul t d tr ) e expedient tlaiintlve restraint to see how he conducted hiras . ele A . 1)1. 43 1 1. 4 , 1 e :( think he could understand a will, and to ex , i 'l bis u a l : i 'ishes in a rational manner to the disposa l Vatv erL e r'ertY• I don't tlunk I saw him again in 184 . 4e, Vats a short time betel.° his death; that was after . le litie l e t e rfined to his bedroom. He then had had epi- Or o , twic e j a i Aamined by Sir F. KELLY—I saw Sir Gregor f' t oluar t he early part of 1841. I do not say he awes o , 11 , 4 nr ra4lll on either of those occasions. I o _ the ! "'Pared to recommend a supersecleas. periods, er i t , et Threission at either of those perrod and , 411 (1 have been my duty to do so. I then , held, rer. „ C hats?, h old, a commission to report the state of el am ''fled „I lunatic patient to the Lord Chancellor. !he 1 0 : qisitor of Lunatics." It is my duty to report to aces ,!.T Chancellor the state of each lunatic. I have Ore ? „ .411 er of lunatics since 1834. I first saw Sir ie";:l about 1835 but it might have been earlier. I b b e f(lre l t . %ineially once a year ; the last time not long Il a, a ry '''eath. From 1835 to 1836, when I first saw e ' e r Wag anti the time of his death, I cannot say there ,11,4Dese;,')IPeriod when I would have recommended t a 'eztia"c i st of theme commission. I would never be an a - s liti , b jeet:; ill eas to l the will of any person who was the i li a Si. ; ,a c ommission of lunacy. I probably conversed ' B4l s - ir lre gery about half an hour, when I saw him in gre i st u d 'i , leient to satisfy my own mind. Sir Gregory 1 illi d it e 'al of annoyance from the presence of a keeper. That was 11 reap.l.4l P ro posed to remove that keeper. r. Istio a - f aint to which I referred. The second conve n. New"' 'a about the same duration. I think our co elepi„ .4 t turned very much on schemes fur his future kat! to up arid occupation. I only recollect the ge l') a nr llaor of the conversation. The object was L 'lli i n - : out how he would conduct himself, . 4 ' (be -I.l\i tY having always shown itself rather from Wits 110 - ; 41 :1 than his conversation. I think the restraint ktetaZze ns oved until after the second meeting, the two * Eta tO B being v ery near toget h er . I t hi n k t h e k ee p er %shell removed. I was informed of his subsequent . k i84 2. 4 )" 1 , 41 Y next official visit in the beginning of - 411 e - wfished to see whether he conducted himself as akpi e this after the restraint was removed; for ex- Nes ad tci p e if he would retrain from getting drunk and I n t a: ll N' his mo ney . I was no t i n t orme d o f hi s h a y- J'ai 7 „ * ''tnek on th e even i ng o f t h e 1 4 t h J une in t h e m ore .- mt a the restraint was removed. I heard nothing cit uillt 11 / 1 8 him for a lung while. If he had got t era, ° ,, l ' the very first occasion after the restraint was ettli e i E.4 l I should have recommended a keeper to be re llettra Of ; these cir cumstances o f gett i ng d run k I never sb 4 t3° r cl ite th t thn until 1 heard of them in court. I have under getting d run k on s t rong li quors w as th e tir laka L°liB tie of Sir Gregory's case. The indulgence ,t_ in o t eoi ar , all agerevnte his disease of insanity. i is n Illtea i - „° 1 (recurrence for an insanity of 16 or 17 years' ali.si o "g to be cured; such things do occur. The eons tey , 11 las issued in 1823. I never could detect from tisiii49o4(!ralitions with him that he laboured under any fa ctio n La n a ' , I would hardly call the circumstance of . a 4 etio n - '-''''ng his hand to another from the dread of hi % 0;'14 delusion. He used to drop tallow intentionally 1 4ro e b ide of the stairs on going up to his 114 (1 ? l c and on going down on the other. He *bl a b' On an extraordinary hoard of old clothes, den "no would have scarcely picked up on a t , Ahili rr 4e ti. " .-te used to cut holes in the sheets. These I:itiit.e,r.7 room, of his insanity. He kept a great e p ,. an a is b e 4 , which he used for the purposes r lt eti .,• cat net. • rhere. was also another habit of his, col pi raugekad heaping up scraps of paper as if they were 1 ' 1 %4 ill irePortance. The occurrence of epileptic fits As f 1 . 4 e' , 4 to the inference that insanity was continuing. denote ILN the epileptic fits denoted anything they might 116 tiaK* "311a0 Organic change of the brain. Epil as . sy " v0 1 1a ra ::!- 41.° ae trom a change of structure in the brain, 4 re. E • %at ilt _ ria 5 trona no such perceptible change of stale binsanity ta r^ a' e Ptic fits would be very likely to aggravate 4 04 ar alY - Si3 - ' .er k e there bad been a predisposition that way. th e h i w , eieh is the result of a temporary pressure orde r. ; r ain, would be likely to aggravate his di thela„, am aware that Sir Gregory's affairs were in kbo ti C h u i agernent of a committee. I never heard a word hi -.5 having made a will whilst I was in attendance . on 41 * Ur tc It _, • Ms berly never consulted mu as to his competence t tui ; i it r e a will. I heard the tmwillcopyre a d in court yesterday, of it about a week op de • .Staberley also se b e , "I(cl:treys ago. Ile sent i it n me (Allis own accord. I never tor u r s d I th e wi . l ni l a e t a a rl l y until n N• i 1842, when I found him de ed IL St i 4 li v s l ( l,l pileptic fits. I think that was my annual v l „ 4l t. I Was with him some twenty minutes, long enough "see that he was not competent to be restored to his t i.iii rights, and that he was kindly treated. lie-examined by Mr. PEACOC K —I saw no Elul :4h, tt of paralysis about him when I saw him ;' . ll l a view toi ascertaining whether the li ,"trtiiiik might be removed. When I saw him in ` 1 , 41 :1 think he was capable of understanding the R "tare of a will. He seemed to be capable of under -hlnding and knowing the different members of his fa -hIIY. .There was no noticeable defect in his memory vt-e-11 I• in 41 It is a general rule with me hi ' saw him lB • under commission el' to attest the will of any person a (41 alar te i . m m ' i Lord CAMPBELL—Supposing there had been no n . 17: l 4oon of lunacy against him in 1841, and if he Just been called in in an ordinary way to see him, .I ttll l lllll not hay then thought it right . to witness his I,eieedwith the history of his case of which I was p sa4.l,iewhael Rook etilled, and examined by RICHARDS qr erin as :,,,ono of the attendants or keepers M on r. the late Sir 46 ' r LY C4ge Turner. I was appointed such keeper in kiliVaerrioer, 1823. I attended him in that capacity till Ita lll4 rY, 1 841. During that period I was constantly .t hirbittlendance upon him. I walked and drove out with et ' '''td -slept in his room. I was also daily in the The arcing with him, and of knowing all that he did. 1 2 . 1. 3. & re : t i .." l ,. why I left him in February, 1841, was that 4111,, "Lucy and Warburton thought him sufficiently elk al : RO about by himself. I returned to attend u h p a r t 4 3., alo e -- a t ' i t i Nevember, in the same year. I first went k tleiet" ,"), his room of a night, and left in the day- This de then Lad fits occasionally of a night, a aa z ftleti fle a e --- te --• , perhaps, about six months. I theta be -4114e attend him were constantly, because the fits_ b a e- a l'ell I - la s h °r e frequent. I then attended him by inday 't h,1 4- "Y night. I was now merely with him case oc e ic.- a fit iti the streets. After I lett him on the fi ehl. be n h l , L ady L ady Turner sent for me to return.. I rem. . a t ae e,i,,,-,-elugattseked with a carbuncle in his back h !aeisa - „I Part of 1840. That rather impaired his bodily gal a t 'or the time being. After the carbuncle had let e t t'ul:ilatthl.laellned more collected, and used to care Teri a4a". f hl mod He also left off some of his pecu tar eat ei °I; inst ancy, he used to rub his face with brown Ca r ' alter h e 144 tairt or 1840. Ile it, and he left that off about the He then remarked that he could , i ,t.li a ;'." . those habits off when he thought proper. _He e ' l e hj a not then soparticular in opening &ors, as h ell ' with h" h d ha d; and he was not so averse 118 1 .eitip h- la. na-e a h h a d been. When 1 eit C 13 Metcal man as e at ; te a • t e tit e ' in 1841, he had entirely left off those •-;, 'II): ,have spoken of. When I came back t ° l l - , ' lh l e - s e 1 8 N . ovember I did not find that any ti,_ t h retard bits had returned. I never knew : e ll qui te so long as I knew him. I considered him - e e l" .l s t t e a . pti . bleof transacting any business, and h o d P eti 4et veryw er umbl and rationally. His behaviour an 111 51` ' 2 ' y proper in the year 1840, andupiitoe °I l e " YI I : 341 . He had an extraordinary manner. t i r e ,. lj ect e lli - money prudently and to . the best advan '',lt d - was in the habit of purchasing books whehl l a b e a ti t with It Otigh t sotteti him ; he was fond of old books, whic h a and sometimes at stalls. tti k :: l 7, hooks be i ta el e e s ct a e t d cam% to a little more money took " had, h e would select another and less costly l 'aelne i a , a a il d Rt t the bookseller to take off something. I ".memb er so e r his brother Sir Edward Turner calling to see Gregory" tirtle about 1839 or 1840. I know Sir . ;',rotc e ? 41 formerly had an objection to see his be' 1 18 -- On this occasion I asked Sir Gregory would see his brother; he said " Yes," and 11 °Ite t r' e ! and received him very cordially. He ~,1 1, i ial hie brother to come and see him again. I went I .. ,'lrni,, l . ra tts t. 4) Mr. Maberley'a office and met Sir Edward "'s b' thin" I was riot present when Sir Gregory raw h i i:other with Mr. Maberley. When I was with him 1 th 11 4 1?,!nd 1 841, and when I came back to him in 1842 memo; " was capable of doing a rational act requiring t i dl : „ Y ;:i n denaent, and reflection. Mr. and Mrs. Fryer :'`.atta:P l32l lY always treated him as a sensible person. +rep - Ns the end of his life I observed his health was . 41 4 1 t rati il a consequence of the fits. I observed that was er the latter end of 1842. • ,l'et. °62. exunained by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Sir i l,ori a ° : ) ' l ived in a house in the Alpha road belonging to ate. ,Z!,; and I took in lunatic patients in a house oppo 'il:lat „, a v h en Holmes left the house about 1840 I took it. e l nas t „ - as before Lady Turner came. I continued A sn ' r of the hcuso until I left in 1841. I, ht e "),PPlied the necessaries for the house, for !•,, i of received a sum of money. Lady Turner .1 idi - th r , ‘ Tee the man,iti ent of the house until I left. t efvl4l l i ,th,,, /),-Il s eftvip douse lip to this time-I . have f 1 t':g:• / !'''` l tY"o dir,titgit;tievreek 'in , consideeatiun o 'I mean • to • oar lwas 1 a i '1.* 611.6 'Nll ' ' 'fri t el' • 1842' • •;I :was i t . e k 4 t - i i i.lwratiiariCAloi 'Februaras - c:: ,..- 4e. 9,A it , ,t i tijx P.- tile iritif itia l t; for the itrurpers.e lib t (il If t t e ltt p iiceogohdainutic, in cab, ? .: .... H d . 6 , t ii Int ho4aciapiin t ßif, , ,,ii g ned by s:lttnessr , i e. ? to fil e 'iai id t . • / ,h ii % glil4p d a difipti4,.. a to x p i t , is t g h i4 , r s e h t u a n i a l d e , ti b .t.a eit t e. „ ,. (1 i ij ' Aia A em e 6 Si? ip• ory 1 . I A. 4 1. 1 - 4 f ; 3 !1e1,.. It•lhretti*l adilieteer tam lv, . A. - , e'oll 21t,cifoitv, f ti f i r mio; I have not a distinct e--°4 ' thitW I -di'd.i(ot wake that affidavit fir the purpose of getting the salary allowed. I dorA ro member just now for what purpose I rnade it. After I left in 1841 I have, on some occi:%bions, watched Sir Gregory. I did not do so oti the evening of the day o❑ which he first went out. (The cast, was procf..eding when our re:::ort left.) CRIMINAL COURT-(IRIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) A lad, named John Clark, who had been convicted of stealing: two shirts and other goods, the property of Alfred Gila was sentenced to be transported for seven years. Two young men, named Cooper and Ellis, who had been convicted of larceny, were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Court, at its rising. adjourned to the 16th inst. IVIARLBR.O'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) TWO VERY RESPECTABLE MEN ? Edward Clark and James Clark, two notorious thieves, were placed be fore Mr. BiLgbana, charged with being found loitering about Jormyn.trcet under circumstances of a suspicious nature. It appeared from the evideuce of J:aipta and Gunimer, two active otli eery of the C division, that about six o'clock this morning they were on duty in Jermyn-strett in plait, clothes, when their attention was called to the prisoners and another, man, not in cuaudy, who were lurking about in a very suspicious manlier near u silversmith's shop. The constables watched them for a few minutes, when the prisoner James Clark left his companion end crossed over to the opposite of the street, and examined the door of a poblic-hDuse. He then came back to the other two, and they all ~tree walked owards Regent's-circus fol lowed by the constables. Directly the prisoners and the other man caught sight of the constables they attempted to run elf, but the two Clarks were immediately collared by Jeapes and Gummer, and the other effected his escape. The constables conveyed the former prisoners to the station, arid on the way there James Clark threw away the two skeleton keys produced, which were picked up by another constable. At the station the prisoners were searched, and on James Clark was found a dark lantern, two large black bags, and a box of loci ter matches. the keys were so contrived that they would pick almost any street-door lock. The prisoners, in answer to the charge, said they were two respectablle men, and the reason they were in Jermyn-street at that early hour of the morning was, that they had promised to meet a friend there and accom pany him to re.atket. The bags found upon them were for the purpose of putting their goods in, and the lan• tern they carried to show them light. As to the keys, they knew not Bing at all about them. In reply to Mr. BusoHaar—Jeapes :tied the bags were about a yard wide and two yards iu depth, and were such as were commonly used by thieves and burglars. John Story, 414, City Police, said the prisoners be longed to a notorious gang of thieves and housebreakers, and had been in custody several times. Mr. BINGIi AM remanded the prisoner for a week. A DRUNK: gN COUNT.—Charles Count de heist was charged with !wing drunk and refusing to pay his cab fare. - _ _ . _ The noble defendant, last night, while in a state of wine, got into u cab, end after having been driven about for some time, got out, and refused to pay 45., the amount of the cabman's fare. The cabman, who was deter mined not to be bilked, drove the Count to the station. The Count, who now expressed his willingness to pay the cabman, was fined five shillings for being drunk. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Shakspere's Richard IL was revived here last evening for the purpose of enabling Mr. Macready to appear in the character of the King. This is the first time Iljr. Macready has ever appeared in this character belbre a metropolitan audience, a circum stance at w hich we are somewhat surprised, as we know that in the provinces the character of Richard 11. is one of his favourite characters, and is, moreover, one admirably suited to his peculiar powers ; it abounds in contrasts, an d affords abundant opportunity for the exhibition of fiery energy alternating with the heart rending path' is of despair, in the delineation of which Mr. Macreacly is unapproachable, and which last night completely electrified the audience. In the earlier scenes, the character of the King was deli neated by Mx. Macready with nice discrimination— he was the reckless rather than the profligate king ; even in his scenes with old Gaunt it was evident that he was not altogethur with out good feeling, and that however his heart might have been corrupted with pleasure, he was not absolutely heartless. The great scene in the third act, in which !the sudden revulsion from the pomp and pride, and self-will and self-reliance of a king, to the abject despair of an utterly ruined man, over whelmed, and crushed beneath the weight of his too great calan thy, was magnificently given—full of towering passion in the earlier portion, and most touchingly pathetic in the latter ; it was a perfect gem. In all the subsequent scenes Mr. Macready was true to nature and true to Shaks• pere; finely did he dash the despairing submission and humility, which is the groundwork of the character, with flashes o f ungovernable fury, with dashes of bitter sarcasm, and with the peevish complaining of agonised suffering, as he is alternately moved to race by the insolence of the nobles, chafed by tine brutality of Shrewsbury, or annoyed by tlie, petty indignities to which he is sub jected; and in :the last scene in which the o'erwrought brain of the c xptive is struggling on the verge of madness, the ate ting of Mr. Macready was exquisitely pathetic and true to nature ; the despairing tone and manner in wltlich he gave "I'll hammer it out," as he strove to collect and retain those thoughts which but for such im effort would have escaped him, was heartrending. Altogether the Richard 11. of Mr. Ma cready is fine, very fine, and ranks among the very first of his Shakesperian impersonations. The Bo lingbroke of Mr. Davenport was admirable ; he has studied the character attentively, and has exactly conceived the Shakesperian idea of it, hiding his worst of thoughts beneath the best of words. Mr. Davenport gave the part of Bolingbroke with an oily suavity of manner and expression, a mock humility hiding an overtowering ambition, which showed that he had carefully studied and thoroughly understood the character which be delineated so admirably. The other characters were all well sustained, and at the conclusion Ur. Macready was called on. The house was crowded., OLYMPIC THEATRE• A. new farce, in one act, written by H. T. Craven, Esq., with the title of Mind Your Stops, was pro duced last night, for the first time, at this theatre. The interest connected with the farce is made to centre in Mr. Compton, who, with his usual ability, in the characlE r of Badenou, a hair-dresser of Baden, afforded considerable amusement by the arrogant and exaggerated airs which he assumed upon being in formed that lie was the fortunate holder of " No. 66 " ticket in a lottery. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A judicious " revival" of good pieces which once had their " run" and then have been tided over by the flood of noveltie , , is a sign of tact and discrimina tion in a management. Mr. Torn Taylor's Parents and Guardians, a farce which obtained a deserved success when first played, has been reproduced at this theatre, where some of the original performers find themselves re-united. Our readers who saw this little mélange of fun and sentiment when it was first brought out will scarcely require to be re minded of the humours of the boarding-schoo. of mischievous gamins, so prettily personified by as many young ladies, with Mrs. Keeley as their leader in every frolic, and Keeley him self as the butt and scapegoat of their offences— of the vulgar schoolmaster and his fog the French emigre, who, in the midst of his troubles and indig nities, is rewarded by finding his lost daughter and recovering his confiscated estates. The present ren dering of the farce fully justifies its reproduction. The fairer members of the troop look remarkably piquant, and are provokingly mechant in their boyish attire. Mrs. Keeley's personification of the " Little Pickle" of the school is one of her most apt and and well-wrought studies from the real life of Young England ; and Keeley out-Keeley-ed himself as the stolid, " soft," spooney scapegoat, put upon and laughed at by everybody in the little republic. Mr. Alfred Wigan's French emigre, like all his French impersonations, is highly finished and correctly coloured ; and Mrs. Wigan, as his daughter, plays with a charming naiveté and touching pathos. The farce was very successful, and is likely to add to the attractions of this theatre, where the run of the last new play —The Templar—still continues. CURIOUS AND 'DANGEROUS FREAK • Or. AN OK.-- Yesterday'morning an ox, driven with others from Smith field, suddenly entered the passage of a hOuse, No. 1, in a court opposite the east end of St. Sepulchre's Church, and making its way towards the kitchen stairs they suddenly gave way, the animal rolling into an outer kitchen, in the room adjoining to which Mrs. Harbottle, the occupant, was sitting at the time, and two children, also, were in a closet, against the door of which the ox was lying. The screams of the children soon brought several persons to their assistance, by whom they and Mrs. .Harbottle were speedilyrescued. Every effort was then made to remove the ox. A bricklayer being sent for, be advised the only means by which the ox could be extricated was by 'taking up the ironwork of the area, taking up the stonework in the court, and excavating for se veral feet across the court. A number of men were ac cordingly set to work, and ultimately by means of planks and pulleys, they succeeded in getting the animal up. THE LATE MURDER Or JAEL DENNY.—Thomas Drory, now in gaol on the charge of murdering Jael Denny, retains as much cheerful composure as ever, and still asserts bis innocence. ao ril S- E OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM: — ,The lovers of olikilAttartvis:pi ay will to-morroW lirglikesday) have oppor. witness some intere :1-*ge.oPqations by the rrk ttiairOdiiieohnir t es! c a m . rittiegre4 faffifitt.idiAtaidenhitti l S llote p llll .46b01 s linanStlierettait a Web WetEteliTitibril the metropolislbed l it ehi n s , l sped' tationg4 ' dertoclVevobldi pßsrritp►ent •• IMWitigt 4 iffist. 1 1 3 a 1 14 et$ eNUATs 4 , 64 l cYbitOrtgAk igif "FrE44.4ogd G6 l4 aid l is 10 : W M 0' ) Mr ecistranageerilasiw.titho hcoleaveT.;.latpte:sir:::!, a); - GraCe r• On grip W. 40. adVarty from' r 2 - " • • ---ar LITERATURE. THE MAGISTERIAL SYNOPSIS. ByGeorge C. Oke. Third Edition. The rapid disposal of the two former editions, of January and December, 1848, of this ex cellent work, has necessitated a reissue, which has just been published by the Messrs. But terworth. Together with a valuable prefixed In troduction, treating of the Nature of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions—their Jurisdic tion as to Locality, Interest, &c.—their Protection from Vexatious Actions—the Constitution and Management of Benches of Magistrates—and the Office of Clerk to the Justices, and his Fees—and an amplified index, there are now added all the cases decided upon Sir John Jervis's Acts,ll and 12 Viet., c. 42, 43. No production has ever been more favour ably received by the magistracy and their clerks, as it affords succinctly and at a glance the legal require ments of the numerous enactments respecting each offence punishable summarily, and, be it remembered, the number of offences subject to the summary juris diction of justices of the peace is now about 2,000. Nor is this all, for of the three parts into which the volume is divided, whilst the first part relates to Summary Convictions, the second treats of Indictable Offences, and the third of Spacial and Petty Sessions matters. The present work, and " The Magisterial Formalist," by the same author, which affords a com plete collection of the Forms and Precedents adapted to the practice, as consolidated by Sir John Jervis's Acts, should lie at the elbow of every justice's clerk throughout the kingdom. SERMONS, preached in St. John's Church, Clap ham-rise, in October, 1850. By the Rev. Robert Bickersteth, M.A. At a time when the discomfiture of English Pro testantism is aimed at alike by Papal aggression and Tractarian treachery, it is the duty of every en lightened adherent of the principles of the glorious Reformation to render himself compe tent to give good reason for the faith that is in him. To all such we can safely recom mend the " Four Sermons on Justification and the Rule of Faith,'' preached in October last, by the amiable incumbent cf St. John's; and likewise one " On Papal Aggression," delivered by him on the evening of the 14th ult. The latter, published sepa rately, is eminently worthy of perusal. Free from all bigotry or unreasoning abuse of Popery, the ar guments of the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth are calm, dis passionate, and searching, based on Bible truth, and conveyed with clearness, strength, and simplicity. The manner in which the preacher adverts to Trac tarianism, which he characterised as " a system par taking of most of the corruptions, with none of the honesty of Romanism," is singularly felicitous. Were all the Anglican priesthood imbued with the sound Christian principles of Mr. Bickersteth, we should have as little to apprehend from the " mummeries of superstition" within the bulwarks of Protestant Eng land as from the brutum fulmen of the Vatican. COURT CIRCULAR. ►'VINDSOR, DEC. 2. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Duke de Nemours and the Duke d'Au male, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince, and will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. Lord and Lady Seymour, and the Hon. Miss Seymour, are also ex pected. Her Majesty's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St. Jatnes's, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore. Her Royal Highness dined in the evening with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. Mr. 5. Gordon and Dr. Shier bad an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday , at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dam pier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. Y. Stanley (Secretary). Lord Foley had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Bishop of Norwich had also en interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday at the Home-office. The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Rev. Dr. Ryerson had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Leslie Foster had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial-office from the Governors of the North Ame rican Colonies. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood arrived in town last evening, from Hickletou Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, and Lady Harriet Anson, have arrived on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Melton. INTERESTING DISCOVERX NEAR ALNWICR..—A few days ago, as come countrymen were ploughing a field at Hawkhill, the ploughshare struck upon a largo flat stone, which, on being removed, turned out to be the covering of a rude stone coffin, formed by unhewn slabs of stone set on end. An urn was found within embedded in the soil, which had penetrated into the original cavity in the lapse of centuries. Five coffins have been laid open, in one of which another urn of smaller dimensions and rude construction was found. In the coffins where the urns were found there were no bones; but the others were filled with bones mixed with soil. The largest coffin measures about five feet six inches in length, three feet in breadth, and three feet and a half in depth. The bottom was flagged, and the top covered with a huge flat stone nearly six feet square which seems to have been brought from the seashore. The smallest coffin is not more than 18 inches by 12. They are of various sizes and laid in no uniform direction. The urns are made of baked clay; the larger one seemingly traced by a " nerling" tool, and the other rudely herringboned with a sort of chisel. His Grace the Duke of Northumber land and Sir Gardener Wilkinson (who has been on a visit to his Grace at Alnwick-castle) examined the place a day or two ago, as well as several other individuals. Mr. Crisp, the able and hospitable gentleman on whose farm these in teresting relics of ancient times have been discovered, has afforded every facility for inspecting them, and spared no trouble to gratify the intelligent curiosity of his neighbours and others. They are placed on the highest part of a ridge of land called the Shell Laws, immediately in front of the Lesbury station of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way, and a few yards from it. An urn, similar in appearance to those mentioned above, was lately found when making the excavations for the Aln wick branch, and a dart head, which some have imagined to be a sti/us ; but this can scarcely be, as the stiles was an instrument resembling a pencil in size and shape, one end being sharpened to a point and the other flat and circular. BURNING OF THE POPE AND HIS TWELVE BISHOPS IN EFFIGY.—SUNDRIDGE, KENT.—This small but loyal vil lage, whose attachment to the Church of England in all its simplicity and purity of worship is so well known, and is also so well maint ained b y th eir respected rector, the Rev. H. Lind , ay, adopted a very warm manner of welcoming the newly-appointed Popish bishops. On Friday, the 29th of November, a cortege, consisting of the effigies of the Pope, six feet high, together with Cardinal Wiseman and his twelve bishops, all dressed appropriately, was conducted in procession, followed by nearly 1,100 persons, through the village, each window of which was illumina.ed in honour of the occasion. Several flags, with suitable mottoes, were car ried along. and a beautiful transparency, having on one side " No Popery," on the reverse " No Puseyism," and another side a Romish altar, with candles and incense burning, and on a fourth was depicted as ancient monastery. After having perambulated the village several times the procession finally halted, where a stage was erected in the street surrounded by faggots. When the whole of these personages were arranged on the platform, Dr. Wiseman being in front, the fire was kindled, and soon commenced with the cardinal, taking hold of the others by turns until the whole were in one blaze, which illuminated the country round. Fireworks, crackers, guns firing, and the church bells ringing all the time, com pleted the animation of a spectacle that will convey a useful lesson to the Cardinal, who has declared that he governs Kent, and will continue to govern it ! A similar exhibition is in preparation at the adjacent village of Brasted, and a magnificent display of the same kind came off at Sevenoaks last week. So much for the men of Kent. THE FISTULA INFlRMARY.—Yesterday a deputa tion from the governors of the Fistula Infirmary, consisting of Mr. John Al asterman, M.P., Mr. Frederick Salmon, and the secretary to that great institution, waited upon the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, to re quest that his Lordship would accept the office of president. His Lordship, after having spoken in terms of high praise of the important benefits rendered to society by the institution, most gladly consented to take the chair, and at the same time determined that the anniversary should take place in the last week in April, when he expressed his hope and belief that the manifestation would be in proportion to the vast additional relief afforded during the last year to sufferers of all classes. The deputation also communicated to his Lordship the fact that the society had purchased a plot of ground belonging to the Dyers' Company, in the City-road, for the site of a projected new infirmary, for the sum of 4,7501. DINNER TO CHARLES COWAN, EEQ, M.P.—We understand that it is proposed by gentlemen interested in the repeal of the paper duties to invite Mr. Cowan to dinner on the 4th proximo, and that Mr. Robert Chambers will occupy the chair. Considering the trouble which Mr. Cowan has taken to have these " taxes on knowledge "—for such they are—modified or removed, such an acknowledg ment of his services is at once graceful and proper.—Edin burgh Netts. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF TILE CHEST, BROMPTON.-- The committee of management _ having decided upen - the election of a resident medical officer for this extensive insti tu ti on . the choice devolved npon Mr. Edwards, the late.sup er i n t en d e nt of the Tower Hamlets Dis pausal yovho was on F r id a y e l e cted to the office. PALACE OF WE STMINSTE O . —The new House of Commons, on which so ,rouch of ,the public,money has from time to time beeit-.expended, 13 now again, after repeated attempts to finishit,- in - a- complete state of delapidation, although numberi° of iVtirkrnett are endeavouring to' get the House into soine - sliape 'pfetious to the assembling of Parliament. _ • _ _ N. GUIZOT. The Journal des Dams of Saturday devotes the greater portion of its first page to the prefaces of M. Guizot to his historical works entitlad "Washington" and " Monk." In both of these prefaces M. Guizot alludes pointedly to the actual position of affairs in France. WASHINGTON. (PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.) " It was under the Monarchy, almost in the midst of the councils of King Louis Philippe, that I rendered homege to Washington', to the foundation of a great Republic by a great man. In republishing it to-day, a feeliog of profound sadness comes or-..r me. " The more I behold, the more do I remain convinced that the Republic, a noble form of government - , is the most difficult and most dangerous of governments. " It is a form of government which demands from ProvidePce the most rare cud favourable circumstances, and from society itself the greatest ha.riauny, wisdom, and virtue. " And even then it expoees society to many risks, and. chances numerous. " The United States were a new society, whicb had not suffered stormy' and divers transformations, which did not bear the yoke of a long past, which had nothing to de• stroy when it had a government to create. " That young society was not surrounded by rivals, scarcely by Lt. ighbours. Immensity cf free space yr:is spread beo!e it, open to the wants and to the passions of wan. " For a lung time in its internal affairs it had pos sessed and practised the Republican form of government. It only knew Monarchy by name, beyond the ocean, as a respected denomination, rather than a necessary and ex tant pose;. " When it commenced a struggle against that power, it was to resist iniquitous pr-tensions, to defend its rights, legal rights of old standing. "The citizens of that society, rich and poor, enlight ened or ignorant, were nearly unanimous in favour of a Republican form of government. " They were Christians in heart as well as in name. At the moment they broke with their king, they lived in humility before God, the King of kings. "It was tbus that the Republic of the United States was founded. " And in despite of so many advantages, if it had been placed in our hemisphere instead of its own, compressed between the great states of Europe, instead of expanding itself freely like its risers in its forests and in its plains, the doubt is warranted whether it could have been founded, and could live peaceful and glorious as it has lived. " To-day France is undergoing the unexpected experi ment, with a Constitution which would cause disorder in the best regulated society, of that form of government which America selected from her free choice, according to her natural inclinations, adapted to the unexampled situation accorded to her from onh,gh. " Will the Republic of 1848 attain the destinies of the Republic of Washington? This is the question which is now being discussed. _ _ _ " The Republic has been given a fair trial. Notwith standing its origin, men of every shade of opinion en trenched themselves behind it as behind a rampart for their common defence, and for the defence of society in general against its mortal enemies. The Republic exists in the nsme and in the interests of that order which it has destroyed. It had no right to expect such good luck. Will it turn it to account? WM it know how, with perseverance, to practise a firm policy of conserva tion and reconstruction? France invokes it! It suffices not for the foundation of a Government that it daily saves society from destruction; it must deliver society from the daily fear of perishing, and open to it the pro spect of a long and peaceful exiAeuce. " I speak neither of liberty nor glory. I hope, how ever, that France will not learn to dispense with either. " GUISOT. " Au Val Richer, Oct., 1850." MONK. " THE FALL OF VIE REPUBLIC. " This was not originally written fur publication. It vms iii: historical study, the sole object of which was to ascertain for my own information the precise causes which led to the restoration of the Monarchy in England in 1660, and the character of the man who accomplished that great event. In 1837 some friends induced me to permit its insertion in the Revue Francais. It has never be-n published separately or completely. "In 1837 it was simply of historical interest; to-day it has an additional interest. " What a strange position is that of France! She is sick of r,volutions; stability is all she desires; and yet four or five questions, each of which implies a revolution, live in the winds, and are upon the lips of all. " Can the Republic be founded? "Can the Monarchy be re-established? " Whet Monarchy? The Empire or the House of Bourbon? What branch of the House of Bourbon? The elder or the junior, or both together, by mutual agreement? "If what France desires is stability - , why d,es she moot all these questions? Let her suppress them, and be satisfied with what is. If she has no faith in the stability of the existing state of things, why does she not wake a choice between the questions that are mooted? "Is it perchance that these questions admit neither of suppression nor solution? "Of all conditions this would be the worst, for we should then be condemned to immovability with anxiety, without faith either in the present or in the future. " I cannot believe, I really do not believe, that such is the state of my country. " There is little resemblance between France of 1850 and England of 1660, and I have no intention of holding up one as an example to the other, though I have been at times accused of a wish to do so. Franco has her own destinies and good genius; let her adhere to them with confidence. " But there is something which rises above all the diversities of destiny and guardianship something which is always and everywhere equally necessary: it is a political spirit—that is to say, common sense, which in politics as elsewhere, for nations as for individuals, alone ensures success, final and durable success. " A twofold common sense contributed to the restora tion of the Monarchy in England i❑ 1660; the common sense of a man, and the common sense of the country, or, to speak more precisely, of the monarchists of the country. " In two hundred years ago, it was also said that Monarchy had vanished for ever, and that the Re public alone was possible. Monk recognised the falsity of the assertion. H e h a d faith in the Monarchy w hil st the Republic was in p ower, when every one aroun d hi m, honestly or hypocriti ca ll y, spoke of nothing but the Re public. And when, on t h e d eath of Cromwell an d t h e f a ll of his son Richard, the question of preference between the two forms of government was put, Monk decided for the Monarchy. " The merit of th a t d ecree had been conteste d to hi m; and Monk, in advan c i ng towards the ob j ect h e h ad i n view, had resort to so much double-dealing that preju diced or superficial observers may have doubted of a firm se s and resolute plan. But a careful study of events an d do cuments pou ne t v h e e r subject. M ( ln e k n s ta n reso lutiont was taken fro m t h e very first; and whatever he may have dip donel al or l doubtaid he from his purpose. His mind was made up and his plans fixed when all around him doubted and hesitated. It was his first act of political common sense. " Monk, though decided, was patient. To insure suc cess he waited. A warrior and wielding an army, he firmly and resolutely determined not to renew the dis astrous scenes of civil war. H e saw that to restore the Monarchy on a firm basis it should be done peacefully. neturally, as a national necessity, the last harbour of refuge of the country. In the teeth of ill-concealed im patience and distrust, he was calm, collected, awaiting the moment fur the era to take plsce, as it were , of its own accord. And wh en the act was accomplished, Monk desired that victor sine sanguine should be in scribed upon the rolls that chronicled his fortune cud his glory. " The Monarchists also showed their common sense. Their position was more simple than it is at the present moment with us. They did net hesitate between two or three monaichies. They only wished for one, and that one the same. But their ranks were not the less divided. S >me had made the Revolution, others had combated it. The y had fought fiercely against each other, either for or against the King whose son they wished to restore. Different passions, interests, and ideas divided them. They adjourned their dissensions. 'Tetil the day of success they reduced their ideas, their passions, and their interests to the one idea that pervaded them all. They subjected what they would have preferred to that which they wished fur in common. This is .the key to the community of action of the factious. "The English Royalists went a step further. In the pursuit of their object they placed their confidence in a man whom they mistrusted, whom they had a right to mistrust. Monk had served the King, the Revolution, the Republic, Cromwell, the Parliament. His actions impenetrable were enveloped in • t r eble mystery. His acts often belied his words. He told the most barefaced false hoods with a confidence that startled his most faithful followers. The Monarchists did not know what to make of him, and wavered between hope and fear. Neither their doubts nor their fears, nor the impenetrable con duct of Monk, made the Royalists deviate from their fine of c o ndu c t, Monk was the ma n they wanted, and whom th e i r very position imposed upon them. Alto gether, they had more reason to hope in him than to mistrust him. It was another necessity imposed upon them. They were aware of it, and accepted it. They did not give themselves up to him hands and feet bound ; but they cautiously seconded his views, enticing him without compromising him. They listened to his counsel, vigilant but quiet behind him, as the leader of their choice; for a leader is necessary to carry out such plans; and the only leader is ho who is allowed to have his own way and is supported in it. " The success responded to the prudent conduct of the Monarchists and of their leader. " Nations, parties, or individuals, men deceive them selves in two different but equally fatal respects—the great circumstances of their destinies. At times unde cided and discouraged, they give way to despondency, remain passive and powerless spectators, and abandon themselves fully to what, in their faith or their fully, they call Providence, fatality, or chance. At other times, confident and hot-headed, they follow the bent of their imaginations and of their desires, believing that nothing can resist them or prevent them from succeeding as they hope and expect. Both errors are neither tolerated nor left unpunished by God. He wishes man to have a hand in the mana g ement of his own affairs, to share the labour and the risk. Nor will he allow men to flatter themselves that they cau bend events to suit their whims or their interests. Those who do nothing to help themselves, , but trust to Providence to deliver them from their troubles, are left unaided. Those whose. presumption bids them attempt the 'Accomplishment ( f all they desire, ; meet with obstacles and checks which make them aware that there are other interests at work to be respected and considered. • A sound policy consists in recognising these natural necessiets at the oilset, which, if neglected, become Divice chastisements, aEtt in adopting a lice of conduct suitable to th,2m. " I do not wish to say a word respecting the revclu tion of February. It is not for me to speak of it ta day. But I cannot fancy, no Frenchman can resign himself to belie.vt! that this is the denouement of the glo rious history of Franco. France has a reckless desire of launching forth, no matter at what price or what risk, into immense or unheard-of experiments. One might fancy that it regai-ded itself es the grand laboratory of the civilization of the world. But it it is eager in he zarding itself, it is equally prompt in thinking better of it, and retracing its steps when it perceives that it has struck into a wrong path and is stutribliag It has stopped already at the shade of a great name. But a salutary bait is nut safety. It is not enough for France not to roll down the chasm—the chasm must be closed and France raise herself up. Washington or Monk, one of the two is necessary to raise her op. ,‘ Which of the two will Providence grant us ? " I should like to throw upon the event, which is the object of this atudy, every ray of light likely to en lighten it, and to eniightan us by that light. I pubDsh, as an appendix to may narrative, seventy-one dispatchea, or fragments of dispatches, addressed, 1659 and 1660, to Cardinal Mazarin and to M. de Brienne, by M. de Bordeaux, then Ambassador of France at London. '.!'nose documents are taken from the archives of the Foreign-office. It is curious to observe what informa tion the representative of Louis XIV. to Cromwell cal. 'acted day by day, and what influence he sought to ex ercise on the conduct of Monk towards the restoration of the Stuarts. "I also publish a letter addressed by Richard Crom well to Monk fifteen days before the restoration of Charles That," he says "when Parliament meets you will use your influence in my favour, that I may not be under the weight of debt 9, which neither God nor my c-mmeience, lam sure, can regard as mine. . . . . For I have that confidence in you, that if I may deem myself unworthy of great things, you will not esteem me worthy of utter ruin.' " What a singular mixture of modesty, almost hum ble, and of a recollection of past greatness GIIIZOT. "Au Val Richer, October, 1850." MR. HUDSON AND THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The recent proceedings in bankruptcy against Mr. John Henry Doyle having been carried to a superior court, without any opportunity being afforded me, although summoned by him as a witness, of refuting upon oath the charges which, without reference to any question from his solicitor or the Court, he volunteered, under evident feelings of irritation and resentment, as he was about to leave the witness-box. I trust you w ill allow me to find in the columns of the Times that means of vindicating myself which &court of justice has denied. I pass over that portion of the evidence which merely affects me personally, as I believe that among my ac quaintances of the London press (with which I have been honourably connected for 15 years), as well as among my private friends, my character stands too high to suffer in their estimation by any imputation which that evi dence may convey. But as you, Sir, led by another portion of Mr. Doyle's testimony, have felt it to be your duty to censure the venality which that testimony, it true. would go far to establish, and as the " purity of the British press" has been thus assailed through me, a higher feeling even than anxiety fur my personal honour compels me to ad dress you. With reference, then, to the charge of corruption on which your observations have be. n founded, I beg to state most solemnly and unequivocally, that, directly cr indirectly, I have never sought for, accepted, offered, nor been offered, any remuneration, reward, or favour of any kind whatsoever for the insertion of any article, pst or prospectively, in the columns of the Weely Chronicle, having reference to Mr. George Hudson, M.P. To Mr. Hudson I have never spoken in my life; with Mr. Hud son I have never, either directly or indirectly, in any shape or mariner, communicated; and iu no way, medi ately or immediately, has Mr. Hudson, or any person representing or professing to represent him, at any time, to my knowledge, since I became proprietor of the Weehly Chronicle, trade any suggestion, or held out any promise, to iotiueuce the insertion of any article in that paper. It may be, when the truth is known. that the world will one day think that the origin of the indignation ma nifested against Mr. Hudson, is net anything he. or any one on his behalf has done, or attempted to do—but rather what he has not done, and what a gentleman, aupposed to have influence with him, indignantly refused to do ou bis behalf. That gentleman during the last two mouths has, to my knowledge, been frequently menaced with teis charge of corruption—At length publicly made, but sines privately withdrawn. I may observe, too, that that gentleman wes summoned as a witness in the dis puted adjudication of Mr. Doyle's batikruptey, for no motive that I can imagine, but one, and that I dare not, express. The moment his name was associated with the charge of corruption, he rose from his seat among the bar, and said emphatically, " It is false, and the witness knows it; and was only invented from saying more by the in terposition of Mr. Commissioner Foublanque. . I will coneludo by observing that I have taken legal steps to dissolve the partnership between me and a gen- tleman who, having no reason to impute to me an at tempt to corrupt the Weekly Chronicle, had every reason to know and believe the contrary. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant, ROBERT W. RUSSELL. 19, Northumberland-street, Strand, Dec. 2. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY., BART., M.P. Sir,—lt is now about twelve years ago since I visited, in the neighbourhood of St. Leonard's, a Roman Ca tholic institution of the Sisters of Mercy, and I learnt then, and subsequently, that there were several institu tions of the same kind in this country and in Ireland. From my knowledge of history, and from my acquaint ance with lunatic asylums, it struck me, at the time, that these institutions were liable to great abuse, and might be made instruments of oppression, and that they ought to be under some supervision of the civil power. Many persons have been confined in lunatic asylums for their religious:opinions, of which I have lately given you evi dence in the copies of the certificates in two cases, and there is much temptation for this iu families that pretend to any distinction, and think that their credit would bo damaged by any of their members professing highly zealous or dissenting principles, or that their interests would be injured by a relation's profuse charity, as in the lower ranks of life, I have known a young man to be confined for his theatrical propensities. The stage and the pulpit have, I have no doubt, contributed their quota of victims to the system of licensed Thuggism which has prevailed till lately with so little check in our own lunatic asylums; and it is certainly within the sphere of pro bability that young ladies may be confined by zealous Roman Catholic families for their heritical opinions, or freedom of mind, in these institutions, quite contrary to their own sense of duty and to their own inclinations. At any rate, a provident Government should guard against such abuses. I have not before addressed Go vtrnment upon the subject, because I felt the delicacy of meddling in the religious institutions of a sect which, having been so long kept under severe control and sub jection, might fancy every interference with their regu lotions, however reasonable and necessary, an additional affront and persecution, and I did not think that Govern ment would attend to me, particularly as i❑ this country it exercises so little foresight, and generally waits for the manifestation of gross abuses to correct them, in stead of endeavouring to prevent them. Now, however, that the authorities of the Church of Rome have not scrupled to outrage our feelings by their late affectation of denying the supremacy of the Clint ch in this country, I do not see that they should be treated with a consi&- ration which is rendered criminal where sound principles of government, experience, and the knowledge of human nature impose a duty upon the civil power for the pre vention of abuse, and the protection of the subject. I beg, therefore, to suggest that a short Act of Parliament should tle passed compelling the superiors of these estab lishments in her Majt,sty's dominions to have plans of their buildings, and to keep and furnish correct lista of their inmates, and that they should be placed under the supervision of the magistracy in their several districts, or of a mixed commission of Protestant and Romanist gentlemen or clergymen, who should visit them regu larly, and have power to enter, if ever they heard upon good authority that any person was detained there con trary to his will, or treated with improper rigour in them. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant. JOHN PERCEV AL. Kensington, Nov. 20. 1850. A WORD AS TO THE TIME OF SENDING IN ARTICLES FOR EXHIBITION. At present it is announced that all goods must be sent in by the Ist of March, The Exhibition opens on the Ist of May, so in cases or parcels, packed or unpacked, the goods are to be on the ground just two months be fore they are wanted for exhibition. Now, we undertake to say (that with the exception as to such machinery as may require fitting) any committee of London warehousemen or shopmen will inform the Commissioners, that ten days or a fortnight will afford ample time to arrange every article for exhibition. Ex hibitors will each arrange their own contributions, and vast as will be the extent of the Palace of Industry, and wonderful the products exhibited, it will scarce need more time for arrangement under the many hands of exhibitors, than any morning's setting out of the Lon don shops. There would, at all events, be ample time if the goods were to be sent in by the middle of April. The addi tional six weeks would be of great importance to manu facturers for the completion of their several works and fabrics; and it is quite impossible that polished steel goods, cutlery, plated ware, .and articles of high and de licate colour should remain any way upon the ground, where there is no preparation for the dry and warm stowage of packages, without tarnish, rust, and injury f rom failing. It is quite essential, therefore, in justice to exhibitors, that this strange regulation as to time should be immediately changed.—From the Expositor of November 30. The Benchers of the Middle Temple request that gentlemen desirous of becoming, candidates for the office of Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law. now vacant by the resignation of George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L., will address the Treasurer of the Middle Temple by letter, to be lett at the office'ef the gitb;•Tieasurer, MiddliTemple, on or,before ,the, l 4th Deceit her instant. • 1111t.7',;Humni , M P T AMPT ON , DEC. 2.--' ,Air. , ,Joaeph Hutne4 M.P., having arrived' in the town to-day, fdr ,the, purpose of seeingbis son off in the Royal Nail Corn pany,.!s, ship. Thames, has b een i nv it e d to a public dinner. to take'place this'evening at the ArChety Rooms, at which the iitayer war preside:* 'ln order to afford the working man an -opportunity ofbeing• present, the price of the tickets is 2s. 6d. each, and upwards a 300 hay° been disposed of. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM THE PENTONVILLE (MODEL) PRISON. A convict named George Racket, who bas attained considerable notoriety amorg,t the police in the 1119- trupolis, and who, it will be recollected, succeeded in getting out of a cell at the Marlborough-street Police court a short time since, contrived on Sunday even ing to escape from the Model Prison at Pentonville, under circumstances that at present appear most mysterious. Few felons have created more interest of late years at the London Police. courts than llacket, and probably the subjoined particulars of his career may not be deemed uninteresting. The convict is the son of a etreetkeeper inDowgate ward. HP com menced his career of crime by smuggling, and some dozen convictions are recorded against him at the Mansion-house and Thames Police. He then attached himself to a gang of marauders, and the amount of depredations they committed was enormous. Pos sessing themselves of light chaise carts and swift horses they drove about the principal streets of the metropolis, and their respectable appearance and the vehicle disarmed all suspicion. Racket was first dis covered to be connected with this sang in the latter part of 1847, when he was captured in the act of stealing a chest of tea from a shop in Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. At the ter mination of his sentence he again joined the gang. He was known to have been concerned in several burglaries which subsequently took place, more par ticularly that which was committed on the morning of the 27th of last March, on the premises of Messrs. Hardy, No. 125, New Bond-street, on which occa sion property to the amount of 3001. was stolen. Hacket was seen by a labourer who was engaged in some repairs of a house on the opposite side of the igay to enter the premises with two other persons, leaving a third in charge of a light cart. They soon returned with the plunder, and placing it in the ve hicle, drove off. A constable came up at the time, and his attention being called to the circumstance, he gave chase, but they eluded the vigilance of the officer. Some few weeks afterwards George Trew, No. 21 of the City force, met Hacket driving down Bishopsgate-street in a cart, with two other men. He stopped it and attempted to capture Hacket, who drew a life-preserver, and by a murderous attack on the officer compelled him to release his hold, and he then escaped. In the course of a few nights he was again seen in the City by another officer, named Joh❑ Storey, No. 414 of the City Police. He was accompanied by several of his gang, and had two light carts waiting at the corner of Queen-street, Upper Thames-street, and no doubt intended some robbery in the neighbourhood. The officer, after a severe struggle, managed to effect his capture, and the following day the Lord Mayor, hearing of the charge of burglary against him, directed his removal to Marlborough-street Police-court, where he under went an examination, and was remanded till the fol lowing week. Upon being again brought up he was locked up in one of the cells attached to the office, but when the time arrived for his being taken before the magistrate it was discovered that he had escaped from the cell along with another man. The authori ties instituted an inquiry, and it turned out that a turnkey had received a large sum of money to effect his liberation, and he was discharged. Nothing was heard of Thicket, until the 29th of May, when the officer Storey, who was passing over London-bridge, sale him lying at the bottom of a cart, which was also proceeding over the bridge. The officer immediately stopped the vehicle, and called upon Hacket to surrender, who jumped out of the cart ' end endeavoured to get away. The officer overtook him in Thames-street, and a desperate struggle en sued. Hacket drew a formidable life-preserver, and by beating the constable over the bead nearly mur dered him. The bystanders fortunately secured the fellow, and on being examined at the Mansion-house, he was committed to Newgate for trial for attempting to murder Storey. He was tried before Baron Alderson, found guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years' trznsportation, his Lordship allowing the officer a re ward for the courage and zeal he had displayed in arresting the convict. Whilst in Newgate he made preparations to effect an escape, but his plan being discovered, he was placed in a cell of greater security. From Newgate he was conveyed to the Model Prison at Pentonville, and after two attempts has succeeded in getting out of the gaol under circum stances that have led the authorities to suspect that some of the turnkeys have been tampered with. It appears that since his confinement in this gaol he was placed in one of the usual cells or dormi tories under the immediate surveillance of the prison officers. We cannot state what opportunities he had of ascertaining the construction of the cells, but it is certain that shortly after his incarceration he devised a scheme to release himself. By some unexplained means he managed to obtain possession of part of the blade of a knife, and with other appliances he, some week or so since, contrived to cut through three mas sive iron bars which secured the window of his cell, and it is persumed that he was on the eve of pre paring to escape when his scheme was detected. He was at once removed to another part of the gaol, where he proceeded to devise other means of accom plishing his object. On Sunday evening Hacket attended service in the chapel, commencing at half-past six o'clock and con cluding at eight. Service being finished, the usual mustering of the convicts took place, when it was found that Hacket was missing. Search was made, and on examining the walls of the prison it was ascertained that he had escaped and had got clear. At first it was a matter of great surprise how he could have got out of the chapel unobserved, having been distinctly seen in his seat, and it was only by finding the sheets of his bed, a rope, and his clothing on the parapet-wall that his mode of escape was detected. It appears that by some means he managed to wrest off the spring of the door of his cell, which he formed into a " jemmy," and con templating some hazardous task, he concealed about him a weight and the sheets and rope of his bed, which he must have wrapped round his body under his clothes. As soon as he was conducted to his seat he must have slipped down off his seat on to the floor ing, and by the " jemmy" and weight forced out the boarding. Having got under the gallery be met a serious obstacle in the shape of a zinc ventilator, but this soon gave way, thus enabling him to descend to a small closet beneath. A window with trifling pro tection afforded him access to the parapet wall some few feet below. Gaining it, be proceeded along it to one of the main walls, fifty or sixty feet long, com municating to the Governor's house, on the north side of the prison. Reaching the end be by some means must have got on to the roof of the house, a height of more than six feet from the wall. Having obtained this point all obstacles were apparently at an end. He divested himself of the prison clothing, save his trousers and blue shirt, and with the " jemmy," rope, sheets, &c., left them on the roof, and by sliding down one of the gable-end walls got clear of the gaol. The moment his escape was discovered, the Go vernor dispatched officers to the different police sta tions with a full description of his person. The most vigilant search was made for him throughout yester day, bat up to a bite hour last night not the least tidings had been gleaned of his whereabout. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. The following brief enumeration includes the whole of the business transacted yesterday: WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 agar British Yeoman 6 to 1 agst Mullingar CHESTER CUP. 750 to 25 agst Rhesus, 1,000 to 20 each agst Clarissa, Cossack, Montague, and Wallflower, and 1,000 to 15 ags - t Won't-you-come-out• to. night. DERBY. 500 to 100 agst Mr. 11. Hill's Grecian—taken 800 to 100 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister 600 to 50 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt —taken 2,000 to 45 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Hill's Ipsua—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Baron Rothschild's Tearaway colt—t 1,000 to 20 apt Mr. St. G eorge's Brother to Chanticleer —taken NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING (CON. CLUDED).—SATURDAY. The All•aged Stakes. Deciding Course—l>lrd Stradbroke's Merchant bt Mr. Holmes's Mocking Bird, and won the stakes. THE CASE OF Ma. BARBER.—OH Tuesday a number of gentlemen b e l ong i ng t o th e l ega l profession in this town held a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms, to receive from Mr. Barber a statement of his case. The circum stances cf Mr. Barber's case have already been published in the newspapers. After many years' practice as a soli citor, Mr. Barber was convicted of forgery, and transported ; he afterwards received a full pardon from the Crown, cir cumstances having subsequently transpired to establish his innocence. The chair was occupied by Sir George Stephen, and among those present Were Mr. J. B. Aspinall, barrister, Mr. J. Yates, jun., Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Bretherton, Mr. Owen, Mr. Grocott, &c., &c. Mr. Barber entered into a long explanation of his case, which. was considered perfectly satisfactory to the meeting. After some remarks from Mr. Aspinall, Mr. Evans, Mr. Grocott, Mr. Bretherton, Mr, Yates, and the chairman, reso lutions were adopted expressing an opinion that Mr. Barber was entirely innocent of the offence which had been charged against him.—" That while it was not within the province of this meeting to consider the compensation to which lie is entitled for the injury he has sustained, it is the unquestionable duty . of his professional brethren to protest against the doctrine that solicitors are to b e sus pected of complicity with the offences o f th e i r c li ents , w ithout evidence of guilty knowledge, and only because they may happen to be professionally employed. And that the chairman be requested to communicate to Mr. Barber the earnest hope of this meeting that he may expe rience no further difficulty in obtaining his , certificte , for his unmerited s u ff er i ngs as may and pal redress just." hheproceedings terminated with a vote of thanks t o the chairtnan.—Licerpool M ercur y. ' be deemed , PROLIFIC PORRER:-.,& cone - spondent in Mussel burgh itilorms us that he has in his possession a sow which produced the other day at one litter twenty -two y oung ones. The same ani ma l h as had three litters sin ce January last, the total produce of which la forty-eight Piga.--.Edinbwvh [Yam CALIFORNIA, BY AN ENGLISH EMIGRANT. Ring Gold, El Dorado County, California, Sept. 20. . _ My ever dear Mother,-1 have postponed writing to you until my return to San Francisco, as I told you in my last letter to you, which I wrote from Greenwood's Vailey, dated Llay the 30th, and en closed in one to Mr. L. ; since then I wrote to Mr. D. and to aunt P. It would be folly were Ito say I had not time to write, for I live a very easy life. I cannot work hard, and the climate does not agree with me. I live in the loghouse of an American gentle men named Cresine, of Kentucky. He is good man, and I intend to stay here until be leave s , and then go with him to the United States. I came to this country to make a fortune, and would do so, but the climate is intolerable. Only fancy, not a single cloud has been in the clear blue firmament since April, no dew has fallen, the sun shines in all its brightness. Were you to feel how pleasant it is at sunrise you might say, what beautifulweather ! but after the sun is two hours' high you would feel sick and giddy to see everything parched, and feel the intense heat scorching your very blood up. Now, working in the mines under such beat is the cause of great numbers of deaths. As soon as the rainy season begins, people will die off in hun dreds and thousands from other causes, such as ex posure of all sorts, which brings on colds, fevers, ague, scurvy, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c. Although at pre sent the days are so hot, yet the nights are bitter cold ; such sudden changes bring on in me an occa sional attack of rheumatism. I am now again laid up; my left arm is swollen and in a sling, and my right hand is the only limb at liberty. When I am ill and kept awake all night with intense suf fering, then I think of home.' Last night I made up my mind to write to you. I take great care of myself, expose myself as little as possible to the sun's rays; wear flannel constantly next my skin. I live well, and work very little, and yet do not have my health at all. If I am thus subject to rheumatism in summer, what must I be in winter ? I have duly considered all this, and made up my mind to go to the United States before the rainy season commences, unless I can get en easy berth in —'s office. As to money matters, thanks to you in making me learn to paint, during my healthy days I made as much and have got as much as will take me to the States by the Isthmus of Panama, and keep me in the States for twelve months afterwards. Now, considering all circum stances—that I came here alone, alone fought my way and have got ahead, I have done pretty well. I have made by painting signs, &c., about 1 ; 500 dollars since my arrival in the country, that is about 300/. Eng lish; and had it not been for my heavy expenses through sickness, travelling, &c., I should have bad more than I have ; but at any rate, I do not intend to start to the States with less than 1001. In my pocket. I never work a whole day without mak ing 51. or 61., and sometimes more—that is, while I am well; but since last July, when the overland emigration from the States poured in its starving thousands, all kinds of wages have come down, men working for their board. lam afraid that as far as regards 'wages, this country is ruined. Miners now do not make as much as formerly. Gold there is, and plenty of it, but few make great raises, and the accounts of these few spreading to all parts of the world cause the gold fever, and 99 out of every 100 who come to this country curse the day they ever t r tea . If any of our friends intend coming, tell them to stay at home, or else, if they want to go abroad, to go to the United States. No one likes this country well enough to settle in it ; that ought to be sufficient proof that it is not fit for a white man to live in. Since this new emigration commenced, stealing, robbing, and pillaging have begun. Most likely I shall start for the United States about Christmas, and will make alongside of Bill at once. I do not intend to turn farmer, or work hard, for I can make more money in any country at this work without hard work. I think I shall like the United States better than England. I have met with better men and more staunch friends amongst the Western and Southern Americans (more particularly amongst Kentuckians) than ever I did amongst my own countrymen. However, should I not like America, I shall come and see you for a few months, and then put out for some other part of the globe. Although I have travelled 20,000 miles round the Horn, yet I still have a great desire to see other fereign countries. There are great riots through California, which the papers will exaggerate; but don't be alarmed for me, I always go armed. The Indians about here are very numerous and wicked. A man was brought past our house yesterday shot in two places ; so a party have started of in pursuit, swearing to kill every Indian they come across; for every white man killed thirty In dians get killed !—that's paying back with interest. A young English friend of mine here was attacked by an Indian the other day ; one arrow struck his horse, another missed, so he shot the Indian dead with a pistol. _ _ _ Some days have elapsed since I wrote the above. I have been very ill of rheumatism. An English lady is near here ; her husband and her came from the Salt Lake City this year, and were camped in the valley op posite our house, when, hearing there were some Eng lish in the camp, I got acquainted with them. She called on me during my late illness, and was very kind. Since my recovery a person, to whom I have lent upwards of 501., has sold out, and cut, leaving me. I am very much depressed in spirits ; this will ma terially affect my leaving this country. I have about 451. left, so I am going straight down to San Francisco to see what I can do there. Most likely I shall get away, if not I shall purchase timber, and build myself a cabin to winter in, and will open a sort of grocery store on a smale scale. Don't fear for me ; lam all right. The little capital I have I will put to a right use, and manage to get a living without exposing myself to the sun in summer, and the rain in winter. I wrote to Bill not to come out to this country, and I hope he may stay where be is ; everybody leaves here as soon as they can. If people knew the suffering of Californians they would not be so keen in coming out. They come here, and work for one-tenth less than the old Cali fornians and are themselves causing their own suffer ings. I don't pity them. When first they began to come, starving and begging, to our aoor, I never refused; always shared what I had. By this way I lost about 200 dolls. Now I have stopped all that ; it won't do. I long once more to be at home. I chink you may reckon on my being in St. Albans on Christmas-day twelvemonth, 1851, no !natter how the world goes. I have just heard of Sir Robert Peel's untimely death. I expect when I get to San Francisco to receive some letters from nonce, and newspapers. I have not seen a single English paper since I left England. I will post this at Sacramento city, 50 miles from here. San Francisco, Sept. 26. Since I wrote the above a war has taken place between two tribes of Indians. About five hundred whites were looking on ; I was one. Several were killed ; the tribe living about here won the battle, took a great may prisoners, and killed them before our eyes. I was among some the other day. One laid hold of my horse's bridle ; I put spurs to him, but the fellow would not flinch, so I shot him. The ball struck his arm, and he ran yelling away, and I. galloped off to get clear of the rest. I have seen the fellow since with his arm slung 11D. They are the (Bost treacherous beings in the world, and impudent and lazy to boot. After four days' bard travelling from the mines, I arrived here. I had to sleep out in the rain all night with only my buffalo robe on me. To-morrow lam going upon a shooting exeursion down the Bay of Pueblo de San Jose, and shall be away about five days. I often dream that lamin my little room. Oh, how happy to dream thus ! but how vexing when one awakes, instead of finding the curtains above me, to see the stars twinkling, and hear the wolves howling, &c. ! If T. M. or David bad come out with me, we should have made our fortune by this time ; but the case is now altered; California is now overcrowded; it is not the place it was when I landed. Should either Tom or David intend coming out, tell them, if they value their lives, to stay at home. A large portion of this city was burnt down again last week. It has been four times burnt since I was here before. This place is now, without exception, the largest port in the world. Wits love to father and Elijah, I remain, my dear mother, your ever affectionate son, ANOTHER BURGLARY IN SURREY.—Another daring burglary, accompanied with violence, took place on Satur day evening last, at the house of a Mr. Marshall, residing on Frenchaw Common, near Farnham. The particulars, as far as we have been able to ascertain, are as follow :—About eight o'clock on Saturday evening Mr. Marshall, who lives with his sister alone, was aroused by a loud knock at. his front door. On opening the door he found a group of seven men standing round it, and as soon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to Guildford. Mr. Marshall was in the act of stepping out to direct them, when he was soddenly knocked down, as is supposed, by a life preserver. The men immediately entered the house, when they were at once encountered by Miss Marshall, who, with great presence of mind, rushed up stairs to procure a gun which her brother always kept loaded, calling out at the same time, " I'll fire at them." The villains caught her upon the staircase, and presenting pistols at her, dragged her to the front door, where they pointed out her brother lying in an insensible state on the gronnd,and cautioned her to be quiet. They then ransacked the house of everything of a valuable character it contained, taking off, amongst property, a number of old guineas. Before leaving goon set terms for not having I n o t ht more ry e a r propertyabused Miss i iMr. Marshall remained in,. an insensible state for nearly two hours, and is still suffering severely front the injuries he sustained. The polite are in possession of a description of the men, and are actively en. gage d i n en d eavour ing to trace them. On Wednesday and Thursday last Skiddaw ap ts theM a house. hall i n peared iin its winter garb; its summit was covered with snow. -- , and k S U N, 1, 0 N I) ON, TUESDA Y EVEN IN(' DECE INI 13 _V; It 3 too.