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B h 310,.,,„ B+ shell, Henry James, Henry Smith, and Frederick tivieirtei aboburgl2.cy • . -- n , Paiirers in St. Pancras workhouse, were charged in that establishment, and six other paupers, It 3 73 ) were charged with receiving the stolen property. that atppeared from the evidence of a pauper, James Dawson, b ow ~'' Prisoners were overheard whilst planning the scheme. :__ information until the burglary had been effected. The ,Z,lirst-mentioned commenced operations by cutting two iiLperture "" 45, a out of the oakum•room door; they then made an throu.gh a brick wall, which enabled them to get I'l l to the school-room, where they broke open and rifled b a r ko bo xes of th e pauper pupils. They took their plunder qat the oakum-room, where they divided the property .ng themselves and slx others, and then quietly went . to tor OR the following morning, the schoolmaster dis cf : ed the bi r3r, and sent for the police, who found most limo at2I4GIST the articles concealed beneath their beds. RATE asked Dawson why he had not given in ,,, of what he heard to the authorities of the work -4,7 ? Dawson replied that he would consider his life in g(tr by such Ti 4 a step. , w,„ Prisoners vehemently protested that what Dawson said -. urtrue. They were remanded. Tu E L O - GERMAN REFORMATION. Ert Baxosty, 3 We learn from Baden that on o ', r Nov. r eception there would have been more cordial had I?ltpatet'shAn'd Government taken such effectual measures for sup g every demonstration. Our correspondent adds, "It mawe •up at th ver , undeniable th a t th ose among us w h o are t h e th e Is ()rou ghly persuaded o f th e necess ity o f a reformin forte man Catholic Church are decidedly opposed to his re seru,the direction it h as now i n many places taken, and 18 1 they regard as found e d on unc h ns ti an pr i nc i p l es; it cnen, therefore, more thanrobable, that Catholic reform toth g e i ns proceed in a distinct and self-chosen course. of lie rfiy and laity are deeply embued with the principles holnstils rg, Who direction followed by Ronge's adherents." ty re itl__t r iation of the se v i ews , I may state t h at t h e c l ergy o f sperrnters in thi s d uc h y have just laid their wishes re lss,t.N;;f ecclesiastical reform b e f ore th e A rc hi ep i scopa l Col °ft:4 he chapter of Geissen gen proposes—first, the educe the _ Young theologians in the principles of Wessenberg, to elusion of scholastic divinity ; secondly, the revival of ? t ire, third, th e abrogation of the laws enforcing priestly i re. r e el'i and f ourt h , the universal use of the German lan ehisl,. in public worship. Th e H e id e lb erg c h a pt er d we ll s of ; on the importance of a return to the ancient practice their re g ul ar observance o f syno d s , t rus ti ng , no d ou bt, t o Iten,2riginating propositions for a more thorough reform. J One is now (2 2 d October), after a short tour in our duchy, e rect t° Ulm• Dowiat left him at Constance to return th t 4 te e Dantzic. The effect of their tour has undoubtedly v itt .formation in several places of German Catholic con led t ,, 8, from Some of which Ronge received addresses plas em ul er marks of attachment or respect, while in other th,,, hostile and threatening symptoms of popular incligna • • sbi e inar afested themselves. This was partic u larly observ- Wirt s(nne Roman C a th o li c di s t r i c t s o f th e ki ng d om o f ei th e tintberg, Ellwange n especially distinguished itself by esttillV3ibition of an anti a•eform spirit, among others, by aas p eti u p a target on which a full-length portrait of Rouge skin n bed for the village youths to practise their shooting itsalletil?_lll;l7la.tioln I,le police, gowever, soon removed the offensive lest a collision of sentiment might produce one 1:1 .4 7, ,, e j, I anal in its consequences. m eet ti: tlA, OCT. 22.—1 t having been notified ,to Goveru prose! . at an individual named F— busied . himself in Of w,,,, 31. n% for the new Catholic sect in the neighbourhood reivar,„ st edel and Bai reu th, the l o cal authorities have re- Prisetir ure ctions to warn him against persevering in such eas e „.` e a; and s h ou ld he attempt to do so, to place him at lis se `n close arrest. It is rumoured that similar attempts rile s :.__,een made in vgrious other places, though speedily IC tr y , u by the watchful interference of the police. ek es ",, Om. 24.—We ar e cre dibly i n f orme d th a t differ rerm;,,lwnieh have f or some ti me ex i s t e d b e t ween our Go 'nt and the Ar c hi e pi sco p a l S ee , h ave occas i one d a te Rome f or th e purpose o f se ttli ng some questions hi s b spec ' 4l „g an alleged infraction of ear li er agreemen t s , o f Ne e d "t l e Government is, however, wholly unconscious. disside'pursued conduct by Baden towards the Catholic •• a ce rt ., ; gives, one should think, sufficient guaranteu (were e,,ves ' ll Party ever satisfied), for its reluctance to 'rivas, k , lis t 4 l aPPearance, the privileges of the Roman Catholic and - Rhine Zeitung, of October 25, states that Ronge a ped inwtat. desirous of evincing their high esteem and re ish tc'r W essenberg's personal claaracter, had expressed a 'vas s i ° , l' a Phirn a visit to which a friendly consenting reply e n. Yet Wessenberg, fssreseeing that the conversa t an interview won:id either turn, or be supposed lhat 4 l ) "' on the questions 'of the day, expressed a wish f l' o r rt ss i e ln s e , r e a a ;:neuze and Sub.-Dean Kotz might likewise be t l, ll4C`' by which all fal‘ s o rumours would effectually be This verj natural desire, however, was . un for th: t e'Y the occasion, of the visit being altogether omitted ; dered:erY limited reriod of Ronge's stay in Constance re.n ,,titsss,, Previous arrangement with the two reverend w.it nstrio,4,ite impassible . Hence the unfounded, though in isit r s tY spread, report, that Wessenberg had declined a 4r fonl tive, reformers. been f,, E „ R rr LD, Ocr. 25.—A Christiati Catholic church has ' "t ° trnhe.d. in Dinsberg, and purchased the chapel belong onsi;t' former St. Elizabeth Convent for their public ,:alohn p OM 27.—A statement appeared recently in a Pnts ' n 'n Paper, that " deputation of the Catholic dissi '4,_ i ti . n 4 been lismoured with an audience by the King, who , u 'ion s t vri ned them that two conveniently-situated houses lsttr:g tn• his Majesty, were at their service to hold their 0 1 5 i n." We have authority for contradicting . the 1 ,, - " art% far as the Catholic dissidents were not adnutted the' ~.`k i tellee; but the King had spontaneously, previous Lordac~buest reaching him, conceded, at the suggestion .e lli h President, the houses in question for their " n 4 104 g a ion. i '•o~ al rn t '"'At- - , OCT. 25.—Our cathedral dean, Ritter, is at this n t in. Rome whence he is expected to return as Che tos,,,rd'Eperon A'Or. Dr. Thenier has already been sum tosti' to an swer for his conduct before the ecclesiastical ati„ s itid will most probably experience the excommum l'iee-ii'-.Lnuaders so soon as the Prince Bishop returns from ;* 'eat ee ' t 'eu, Ocr. 25.—1 t is well known that, of all the Pro• fr 'ruisd con gregations which have in modern times been elst In Roman Catholic Bavaria, only one, that of In te adt, has attained, after years of persevering effort, to li t .° l , s session of a church ' and clergyman of their own. The ~t i ta4l .' , in Newburg (on the Danube), Passau, Eichstadt, t ti &ea are still in the unhappy condition . of spiritual , or s h , unable to support a minister or to provide pla _f fon, d 'i ) ef the humblest description. We are, however, in s - t ,"„! a nd God grant it may prove true, that it is intended mg epi i Illea to make such arrangements as that this cry shall speedily be remedied. 184sefi‘oillowing has app . eared in the U/mport filled,, • Julius Chownitz has seen fit, in his publication Ivisi e h ite Reconciliation, to make an attack on my honour, e has foetid its way into all the ultra-montane papers. I '4l • lists „,,l n elined as I have hitherto shown:myself to enter, the ton e '''th those who employ their pens in bringing 'accuse thanD.eaga,inst such as they are pleased to term creed -61; r s , I must still entreat the respected public so long bli t i) , e ." its judgment, until I can furnish, in a separate tooeve tOO% • ,„„ L iuY justification from the false charges which 'leaped upon me—my time being at this moen to adrn-;est engrossed with higher and weightier occupations desir e ` t ", my doing so with the precision and extent which lSigned) WURMLE, German Cathohc . preacher.: t -1414ri OCT. 29.—The Dutsche Algenteine Zettungpves be '(who Pg remarkable declaration from Professor Hengstenberg in t end a defender in the Prussian monarch . when attactll - th u e address of the Berlin magistracy), in trea loldin e Se hleurmacher School :—" If, by a striving after meant an attempt to use the press as an engine for up . - •a°llrsa ( t he ersonal and private influence, the editor of this th, accusers Lutheran Church Magazine) can safely appeal can on themselves to produce a single fact by which it Kttr substantiated. He remains precisel in the same and een which he assumed seventeen years ago,_ and hopes and :pets to remain so to the end of life. His only joy in h our a r ; t h i ss searching into the Scriptures, and he blesses the Roar happiest in which he can sit and meditate on the nzpfirointue If he have, indeed, won any influence over the IPortion of his countrymen, it has been gained by ° e Ise weapons, and those alone, and few, p . erhaps would 14 °hi e in g to purchase thip small gain at the price of a degree Ika to ,,TlY and abuse of which the present day furnishes no e , but with which he is abundantly served." 4 .kie s to rbuA rtbT, Ocr. 29.—1 t was notified by our author-- 5, • t he German Catholic preacher, Mr. Wurmle, from iint,lnediately on his arrival here, that he should desist i ' '', h iehT,"'„ u g any part in all such religious performances aria any relation to social life, as for instance, bap iertnea Marriages, which latter two must in future be per ' .." ° tb of themevangelical divines. Now, it so happens that aand lllarrinstances exist just now, and that in the . on . e, , a e ft t es the Evangelical preacher refuses to solemnise it, c 'tay h e :ir , Rouge has been permitted to baptise during his fits t , t ` l e, People are at a loss to account for its being now re our j'erY other German Catholic divine. A great many 'rue s , ikterilan Catholics set out yesterday . for Esslingen, Longe will perform Divine service, and where his •• 4 4: ntr ,was very warm and cordial. is l4tre a's ll "' 26.—Our German Catholic community , 3 eVer tj c ad t YaS • Religious instruction has already com b")etgie to those who are reparing for confirma ::gr-ta"tuiPno this time, their number amounts to twenty. el Bo' tease of the community has made it requisite , 45 ,,a4, h . 1 e , 5 _a Committee of five members, some elders b an e s i `cd• A hymn and prayer-book for the ' rm Itwip olio lurch is preparing, and in a few days the first part ar e , a . ast to b, Pear in print, and will contain those hymns which se anted at the morning and evening service for the and ‘3.rtrq of the year. Such a book . is a great desideratum, I vii ,4re gnti an acceptable offering to all German Catholic (•,"; a ~° , 4 8. Parson Breidenbach will shortly favour us ":• s tioli e ' ' s it, and perform Divine service to the Gasman l it e u ANsi c „ ° Vegations in our neighbourhood. 2 7.—The Committee of the German Catho- T at Mari en b ug h ma k es i t publicly known that a , stin g /I‘. tholic p reac h er, M . Rudolph , who now was tb.'' that h e 'r!.t, arrived on the 13th of this month at Breslau, I,4et ef probably perform divine tort_ there. The 1)4 1 ° 1 h, "IS public announcement is ;:ate the report jtoPo,t, at frl,` abroaii of M. Rudolph, who has relinquished p ar ' Catha'i.tzic, having returned hack the bosom of the ke.'6 L ," T,)te Church, from which he had separated. bit' b een C T• 29 .—A German Catholic congregation has the ants (4 . s . r nl'cl at Friburg, which is composed of the mile trs i ster nei ghbouring villages, and which styles itself e s 'aa -er mak Catholic community of that formed at •st n ' ar s , Lt . ; 0, 1 . 0 for t ;i Alt os , ' " 0 - —Several persons at Koln, among whom ne -tey-General and several law officers, have m!'„,, ise It of establig Rhin a German Catholic comrrj, in is y the principal town' of the Rhenish provinces. be f , n 3 thi 3 (la Chop,—With one exce;ition, therac th,, e r ose trom the provinces do not differ materially i e 7 a di : retofore received. The single case in which 'the of the cou n t` ,' p:Aat oe ,7 is a statement by the Agricultural So thatuntyof Cork, tlrst - the disease has not reduced rtkteensisrlittyli,erheowihi.e_tahaLcfliouctutntryt below the average amount ; and 00epizir quantity" in that quarter. The 14hvet;rilsR free] t roo t v t e t r : °f the observance of the greatest care in 4 a ,, e and hi ufY, ki the best means of preserving it, is lancing] o t ters immediately is recommended. - vesy w ureely . Th —e does not prevent the potato from ourt, (t o . Tho ". late rains have caused great an . xiety ~,ks,Orsernment Commissioners have issued ca r ePort. 01, 1 c•as fs " recommends " autumn planting," and cal ouirni„. -LI which it has been successfully adopted. slosler, agree with those who believe " sjhend .2tiar in their nature to those which produce Pil ot : tr Y rot to be the real cause of the malady."- 111;;,," 8. r0te. 5 , %)1)0;t1 t 1 ) ow n Thursday last, at a meeting of' the Lord the London °tl n, it was unanimously resolved to Pot t 5 ; hi e and York Railway before the House of' th , , of the that project has had the most strenuous sup eltn,,eiton. corporation. It appears that the cause of tk„nl)o,,ssi iby s extensive deviation from the lan originally Fl:2 sit e of the Cubitt, and agreed to by the co p rporatrn, for trnmatltsvornziztee'n'erthacl:ci,ppzefta! station,and which, however, has now is.._ of instead of being commodious Dias been fixed in the Skirbeck guar- .~ ~~ PRESEN T TO HER MAJEST Y AND PRINCE ALBERT.-BEAUTIFUL SPE CIMEN OF BIRMING lIAM MANUFACTURE. We were this morning politely invitel by Mn Thomas Lane, of Great Hampton-street, Birmingham, to call at Radley's Hotel, fur the purpose of examining some speci mens of his new manufacture of pearl enamelled on glass, which he is about to present, by permission, to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The present to her Majesty consists of a pair of elegant screens, on which .are beautifully painted, on a ground of pure white, the rose, the shamrock, and the "thistle. A pearl dove is descending with the olive-branch, over which is the imperial crown. Beneath the emblems of the United Kingdom appear St. George and the Dragon, surrounded by illuminated foliage. The present to Prince Albert consists of a magnificent chess-board of glass, ena melled with pearl. The squares of this chess-board -are formed of quatrefoils] blazoned in the centre, and on the , principal lines with the lien and unicorn heads, in pearl and gold alternately, the remaining squares having the lion and unicorn rampant alternately in pearl and gold. In the spaces formed by the quatrefoils appear the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle, enamelled in mother of-pearl upon an azure ground. On the extreme boundaries of the square appears the Queen, enamelled in pearl, on a scarlet ground ; and the border consists of a series of dol phins, in mother•of-pearl, enamelled on a sea-green ground. The table is set in a most elaborately decorhted frame of papier mache ; and here the immense superiority of the new invention is at once apparent. The papier mache frame is perhaps one of the most superbly decorated speci mens of the species of manufacture ever exhibited, but it looks positively dull in comparison with the brilliant effect produced by the patent enamelled pearl on glass. We con sider this invention of Mr. Lane's as one of the most import ant improvements in decorative art that has ever been pre sented to the public. It is superior in many respects to en caustic painting and fresco, inasmuch as it is more . brilliant and more durable, for the colours are absolutely unfading, and the glass basis is so strengthened by the process of inlaying with pearl, which acts as a cement to the glass, that should the glass by some accident get cracked the inlaying holds it together. We understand that a beautiful moon light scene by Muller has bean copied in the pearl and glass enamel, the effect of which is most brilliant. Windows of painted glass might be copied in the pearl and glass enamel with the most magnificent effect; and as a decoration for interiors we think that it only requires to be known to be most extensively employed. gPIRIt of the FRO3I THE ISIORNI*I74 OF THIS DAY. riSceht decision, or, rather, indecision of the Cabinet, is as inexplicable as it is unfortunate. No one pre tends to say that things can remain as they are. Sooner or later a suspension of the duties on imported grain must take place. For this every man; who has attended to the state of .reland and Scotland is prepared ; and so evident is this, that most people are astonished at the procrastination which Ministers have interposed between popular expectation and an inevitable necessity. The reasons advanced to defend their inactivity neither explain nor justify it. It remains in explicable and inexcusable. Surely within the last fortnight no means of inquiry into the state of the harvest have been witheld from them. They know by this time that there is a deficiency of good corn in England, dearth of potatoes in Ireland, a scarcity impending over Scotland. No further in quiry can add to their present information. No further delay can change the aspect of affairs, or diminish the final necessity for exertion. And yet they stand with their hands folded, inert and expectant, bidding men take heart, because as yet there is no famine in the land! The consequences of such a policy are as dangerous as its selection is unaccountably foolhardy. Whatever is likely to be the extent of the priva tion which a scarcity of food may impose upon indivi duals during the ensuing year, whatever its duration may be, whether for one month or two months, or more, it is the duty of a Minister to seek every method for abbreviating its length and mitigating its rigours. The Minister who, fore knowing the approach of such a calamity, forbears to pro vide against it, or masks his indecision under the guise of deliberation, is virtually adding to the intensity of the evil which is about to burst upon the country. If there were a probability of our being always able to purchase food from abroad at the same rate as we have lately procured it, a delay of a few weeks would be of little consequence; it would not signify whether we laid in our stock in November or in January, provided the quantity imported kept pace with our own deficiency at home. But there exists no such probabi lity in the present case. Already some of the continental Governments are taking precautions which evince a dread of the same scarcity that threatens ourselves; and it was only the other day that we quoted the sentiments of no inconsi derable portion among our French neighbours—sentiments which, if followed up in practice, would effectually preclude any relief being extended to us by the only country in Europe now capable of affording it with ease. If such be the case now, what will it be in a few weeks, not to say months, hence? What may be our facilities for buying after the next Cabinet Council? The paternal Governments of the Northern States are no less anxious than the constitu- tional Ministries of France and Belgium to secure to their subjects a cheap supply of food. No . ; is it unlikely that all the European Governments, absolute and constitutional, will unite to prevent what they will call the ill-timed and unna tural rapacity of British gold and British hunger from raising their markets and starving their people. It is all very well to say that where there is a demand there will also be a supply; that if money is offered in exchange for corn, corn will be given for money; that the same laws govern the market of food and every other market; and that it is only fair that he who bids the most should buy the most. But foreign Governments are on great emergencies very well disposed to contravene the ordinary laws of commercial in tercourse, and by no means indisposed to check the influence of British gold. The foreign dealer may be anxious to sup ply our demands ; but if his negotiations are thwarted by his Government, he will find it no easy matter to profit by our offers, and he will also find the arm of the Ex ecutive supported by the popular voice. It is easy, at all times and in all countries, to raise a clamour against the dealers in the staple article of food. It is only within a few years that our statute-kook has been purged of certain pro visions conceived in a spirit of the most narrow-minded, but once the most widely-extended, jealousy against this class of men; but this feeling still exists, and is capable of being fanned into a flame amongst an ignorant populace, and in seasons of unusual dearth. How great a facility would be given to such attempts when directed against the relief of English wants, or the operations of English ',money, will easily suggest itself to all who are aware of the envy with which the greatness of this country is regarded abroad, and of the cordial wishes often expressed for its humiliation. Nor could a more desirable opportunity ever present itself to the malignity of professed foes or jealous friends than that of England seeking for her people in the granaries of Europe the food which she had for so many years obstinately rejected, and being herself in turn sent away empty. But to such a strait we may be driven by the tardiness of a Minister who is too wary not to know . that something must be done, but too timid to set about doing it at once. CHRONICLE.—We have not entered into the personal controversies which have been raging for some weeks between the Times and what it calls the Stag Journals. But we must say of both it and its competitors, that we have perused what has been written without: observing the slightest suggestion of any practical amendment in the•law, or in the Parlia. mentary method of dealing with the railway question. From the Government it is vain to look for anything appropriate or seasonable. The Peel system here, as elsewhere, is to be " too late." The Board of Trade was a failure, not so much - \. a 3 it is believed, Lord Palmerston's incendiary articles. All honour, and, from mankind universally, all gratitude, are due to M. Guizot, his colleagues, and their great and good master. We would not rob their glo rious wreath of a single flower to decorate the brows of our native benefactors. The French King, M. Guizot, and his colleagues, have had tremendous difficulties against which to contend, and they have nobly conquered ; but it cannot de tract from their merit to say that our own Ministers have had their difficulties too in supporting the French guardians of peace; and that, as regards this object, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen have not been reposing upon roses; We should fill our paper were we to attempt recapitulating: all the influences employed at this side of the water to mile der the continuance of peace with France impossible. Out readers cannot have forgotten Lord Palmerston's inflammatory speeches in Parliament, or the daily invectives poured upon Lord Aberdeen, for not counteracting France, in Ota-t heite, in Morocco, in Spain, in Italy, in the Levant,—still less can they forget the vile libels upon the courage of Frenchmen and the modesty of Frenchwomen conveyed in the odious Tangiers and Otaheite letters in the Times. Had our Govern* ment yielded in even the slightest degree to any one of the suggestions of Lord Palmerston or the Morning Chronicle, or had it adopted, however distantly, the tone of the Times,' a war had been inevitable. By seconding the French King and the French Ministry, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aber deen have obtained four years' peace, and destroyed the anti- English feeling in France; and if this were their only minis terial achievement, it is an achievement sufficient to reflect honour upon a long public life. POST.—A Ministerial Contemporary " believes" he " may state with certainty that Sir Robert Peel has bestowed the deanery of Westminster upon Dr. Buckland, the well-known Professor of Geology." Nothing more likely. It is just such an appointment as we should have anticipated at the hands of Sir Robert Peel. His conduct in such matters revives in our mind the recollection of' a vaudeville, that ran its race on the stage of the Theatre de Varietes at Paris, a few years back, in which one character was, by the author, called on to exclaim, "he will die," another, " he will not die," but the third, preserving the peace between them, whilst sati rising the then existing Administration, asserted "he will do neither one nor the other, but keep the juste milieu." We fancy Sir Robert Peel finds the Church as much a difficulty as he does even Ireland itself. There is the High Church party, and there is the Low Church party, and unwilling to compromise himself with either, Sir R. Peel resorts—as is proper to an expediency Minister—to an expedient. He pursues the juste milieu, and bestows his patronage upon one, inno • cent, as far as the world knows, of adhesion to any distinct Church principles at all. In his gift is the Deanery of Westminster. It has to be filled up; and, terrified at the prospect of offending anybody, he leaves alone theologians, and smiles approval upon a " well-known professor of geo logy." It is recorded in Elizabethan history, that a graceful dancer once danced himself up to the Woolsack. Sir Chris topher Hatton, in short, reached the Seals, per saltum. We take it that, in our times, so long as the Cabinet holds to gether, the best speculation will be the speculation geolo • meal. One successful in this line will find in a canon's stall his Primary; in a deanery—say Westminster—his Secon dary ; whilst his Tertiary can be no other than a bishop's mitre, peerage, palace, and patronage. Piron in such a race would clearly have no chance— - " Pauvre Piron, gut ne fut rien Pas, meme:Aeadomicien." The dignity of an F.R.S. will be as available for the Episco pal bench as it seems to be for the direction of a railway. Some three hundred years ago greedy courtiers were hirefl by a profligate King, and their wages paid out of the plunder of the Church. But staid Ministers are wiser than wicked kings; they manage things better by far. They want to reward good men of science, and they reward them in a de cent fashion, although still at the expense of the Church, There is a difference, and Arm a distinction, but sufficient of an analogy, to suggest grave reflections ; for example, such a one as this—What has the Church to do with geology, or any other science, that she should pay for it? Assume the principle to be a good one, and then let it be fairly worked out. Here we are suffering from the apprehension of a famine, and all through a disease that has taken hold of our potatoes. Now, why should not Sir Robert Peel at once advertise in the public prints that he is willing to confer the mitre that shall next become vacant upoiA the cunning man who shall detect the cause, the preventative', and the . remedy of this awful evil? The Fine Arts Com : t missioners advertise for genius—why, at the same rate; should not usefulness be advertised for by the Minister? An Emperor once offered a reward for the discovery of a new pleasure. Let Sir Robert say at once that a Deanery awaits the acceptance of the inventor of a new manure. Often haiS it been asserted, that he who makes two:blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a true benefactor to his spe cies. Caesar, we have been told, did to Italy more good, when he introduced to her soil the chestnut-tree from Sardis, than ever he did by his victories; and shall Canterbury or York be denied to the wisdom that may enable us to treble our harvests, and make our barren hill-tops blossom like the rose ? Some years ago the Whigs proposed to educate the Irish people ' and, to do so at the least possible cost, they were anxi ous to take for the purpose the property of the Irish Church : Now, it was a merry notion this—aye, and a clever notion-f taking money out of Paul's pocket to buy a primer for Peter: The Whigs called it " appropriation,' but Sir Robert— harsh Sir Robert—called it " robbery," and protested be would not do the same thing. Nor has he—consistent Sik Robert. He has only paid for geological investigations out of the revenues of Westminster Abbey. If " Dr. Buckland„ the well-known professor of geology," is to be the new Dean of Westminster, he being unknown to theological student, except as the author of a work to which theologians have raised certain objections, and with more or :less reason, we are puzzled somewhat in respect to another appointment that has been made in our sister island—made, we add, by the same sagacious Minister. Dr. Kirwan has been appointed head of the new Galway College, " in consideration," so rune the official letter to him, "of your connexion with the county of Galway as a minister of the Roman Catholic reli- Cion in one of its most important parishes." The Roman atholicism of Dr. Kirwan elevates him to the presidency of an institution professedly scientific—for religion is divorced from its consideration. Dr. Buckland owes his eminence, if to anything except the Premier's personal regard, simply to his distinction as a man of science. FURTHER EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS OF NITRE. No circumstance has for ,some time past created greater interest in the trading and mercantile circles than the recent seizures by a most indefatigable officer of the Customs of att immense stock of contraband spirits of nitre, the pro duce of the illicit distillery in the Globe-road, Stepney, some particulars of which appeared in the Morning Herald of Mon day last. Since that time the same officer has been actively engaged in pursuing his search, with a view still further to carry out the important information he received at the time of his capture of the distillery, and, if possible, to recover the whole of the immense stock of spirits that had been removed. As was alluded to in a former notice of these organised and illegal transactions, the goods were deposited at a carrier's wharf in the City-road, and from thence delivered to their destination. From orders given at this place, it was ascer tained that a large stock of the same description of spirits had lately been sent by the canal boats to Birmingham, the order for their dispatah being given by Bailey himself. The officers lost no time in communicating this fact to the officers of Excise in Birmingham, with the most ample information as to 'the peculiar marks by which the illegal article might be immediately identi fied. The Birmingham officers, acting on the information they had received, proceeded to the premises of Phillip Harris, a chemist, and it appeared so accurate was the in struction of their informant that they found no difficulty whatever in at once discovering, the object of their search, and pronounced the stock of spirits as being part and parcel of the goods manufactured at the illicit distillery in the Globe-road, and, its above stated, sent down by the carriers to Birmingham. The quantity seized on this occasion amounts to between 1,500 and 1,600 lbs., the duty upon which, if legally charged, would be 2s. 2d. per lb. It was understood that the purchase had been n‘ade at a much lower sum than it could possibly. have been nianufactured for had the transactions keen legal and regttlat The Birmingham officers of Excise took hosseesion of the spirits, and transmitted information to the chief officers of the Board of Exclee in London, of the seizure. It will be for her Majest, o B Conitillasidtiers to determine whether it shall be brought to London ' • but it is generally believed that it will be condemned, and disposed of in Birmingham. Several of the respectable chemists in town and country have lately refused to purchase the article, as from the price it was offered at, they were perfectly satisfied that it could not have been legally manufactured at any such sum, or ob tained by fair and honourable Means. In consequence of the refusal of several owners of wharfs on the banks of the river to give information to the officers as to the reception of the illegal articles, and almost a resistance to allow a search of their premises, proceedings have already been taken against them for penalties to the amount of the bonds given by them. To show the extent of the traffic that has heed carried on, it will only be necessary to state that the illicit trade has been carried on for a period of ten months, and theaverage produce of spirits from tile distillery amounted to 400 gallons per week, and each gallon was liable to a duty of 7s. 10d. No less than 300 tons of coals, it has been ascertained, were consumed in their trade in the space of three months. It appears that considerable expense has been incurred by the officer, and no pains spared in tracing this article during a period of fbur months, which great public service, there is little doubt, will be amply rewarded.—Herald. To THE .EDITOIU OF THE SUN. Strt,--=A. report, entitled " Seizure of 2,000/. worth of illicit spirits of iiitre," having appeared in your widely-circulated journal of the 11th inst., has been brought under our notice by our clients, Messrs. C. Foot and Co., who have for the last twenty years carried on business as acetous acid and chemical Manufacturers at Battersea, and as such report (if allowed to go abroad uncontradieted and unexplained) is calculated seriously to prejudice them in their business, we haVe to request that you will, without delay, insert this letter: The report; after stating the seizure upon the premises of MeSSie. Fftot and Co. of 19 carboys of spirits of nitre (in which we, beg to observe that the officer, Davis, on his making the seizure; was afforded every facility even to the • use of carts and horses, for the removal of the goods in question), proceeds as follows !...., a In additittn to the seizure made by Mr. Davis on the PreiniSes df F(iotti and co./ the Board of Excise have g iven further directions to seize the whale stock of spirits on their iire`miseS; as, frem documents in the officer's possession, thbSe pititiesj it apteared; have been the principal dealers, although ciey only professed to caffY 911 %he businessof vinegar mer tnti:" ~ .. , MesSi4i t; Fdot and Co i ,ag the successors of the fate fib Bollmann, have for above ttft,ltt:). Mrs carried on business as acetons acid and general chemical maiiiitutturem which NtiB well kW:l*h to the o cers of Excise, they having been, s.' 'Sall disilittaEititrgt si ect to their survey, and, therefore , it if untrue that Messrs.°et and Cot only profess to carry en the buiinese or viegit perch/mu, With,reteienEe to Lie e.atglidtit " that, the hoard of Ex eise had giver' directittStli seize the whtfle steth of spirits on the Preliiliei tlf MesiirS. FOot arid, Cd.;" We beg to state that Flo bther seizure has been made thin the eirbois above-men tioned, and that Messrs. C. Foot and Co. have ile - fer dealt in tiny spirits Abject to any excise laws. In bostchoiltin i Abe be pi state that the carboys ITtle re ceived from MessfA. BityleY anted. in the regular and open ikil,' Of btisiness, the facts relating to vrhieh *ere, ittiniediately etei the.seighre; itnti vilWvit slinaises laid before flid CORI - Hil ss iß ne i s 81 E* t z 2 e ;;;. - Wii teffiaiii; sit, ye'ur ohedient servants, fitTLL and UIWFiIiWOOD. 5, Ely-place, Reif. 12, 1845. .. I AL &NY OD the production of t P'' . This new work ,k i we ear, ...ONTZ. 4 most celebrated _._. We regn , Pf 04r I .IB .11,EV. DR. PROCTER.— _._., DEATH OF T ii Tii WORLD e of the Rev. Joseph Procter, I, p which —AAA the deF,T . „. '. Hall, in this University, , to re,,_ --‘ .lic o'clock, on Mon. OF W_ D B NDER h a," EDITED EY'._ B A NY Master of St. Uatoe..— sad event took place at a q u a r ter pas. - 1: ~ ..4 In the - day evening, n-raduaw-• ing, at the Lodge. Dr. Procte. „,_. year 1788, when he was thi r d Wrangler and second biu....._ _. - ,4.1, Pr4enian. He was shortly afterwards elected to a fellow ship, and in the year 1799 'succeeded Dr.' T.;awilier 'rate r s in the Mastership of his College: Dr. Procter was c.r Oki° a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Norwich,' M.A. 1786, B.D. 1799, D.D. (by royal; mita:Wats) 1801.0—CavOridge Advertiter. . s . ~:,,.. • :..:, I T' 4 f THE SUN, LONDON TII,URSD_AY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1845. MURDER Al i) MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Franklin Tucker, Julian Cordoviallo (an Italian), William Burton, David Johnson, William Beresford, William Dunn, Thomas Gair, John Allison, Thomas Lee, Andrew Nelson, Barry Yelverton (said to be grandson to the celebrated Lord Avonmore), Stephen Cone, Richard French, Peter Curtis, James Blaedon (a German), and Robert Thompson, 16 of the crew of the Tory, belonging to Mr. Duncan Gibb, of Liver pool, were brought to the Thames Police-office, and placed, oome in the dock and others in front of it, charged with murder and piracy on board the above-named ship, on the high seas, within the jurisdictien of the Admiralty of England. The case, from the various rumours which tot afloat, ex cited a feeling of intense curiosity. The Court was crowded at an early hour, and the terrible details etlflttained in the various statements were listened to with detmterest. Mr. Clarkson with Mr. Hawley, clerk to' Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, conducted the prosecution. From the length of the inquiry, which 'lasted from one until half-past five o'clock, we are necessarily compelled to condense the details, but shall endeavour to preserve the substance. The prisoner Gair, the right side of whose face appeared to be dreadfully injured, and who had his head bound up, was accommodated with a chair; and several others of the pri soners, who looked miserable, were more or less wounded in various parts of their bodies. Mr. Clarkson said that, besides the heavy charge of con spiring to seize the ship and kill the captain, he feared it would be his painful duty to charge some of the prisoners with the murder of a man named Mars ; but he would for the present confine himself to the charge of piracy. George Johnstone, the master of the Tory, who gave his evidence in a very confused manner, which Mr. Clarksson attributed to the state of excitement in which he had been kept by the matineers during the voyage, stated that during the months of October and September the Tory, a free trader, of 608 tons burden, was on her way from Hong- Kong to England; There was no difficulty until the vessel was off Ascension Island, when the crew entered into a con spiracy, in which they were joined by William Rambert and William Mars, the first and second mates. The plot was dis covered, and Rambert, apprehending the consequences, jumped overboard on the 24th of September, which circum stance was recorded by one of the apprentices in the log. Subsequently the lad Yelverton told witness that the men intended to take his life, and that they had sharpened their knives for that purpose. He was also told by tho prisoner French that the men intended to take his life, and that the first mate and Mars had dragged the men out of their berths in the forecastle to come and kill him. Before the mate jumped overboard French and the carpenter found all the men aft, armed with bolts and bars, in a mutinous state, and rushing towards the cabin. All the men were there except Lee, Reason (who is since dead), and Cone. These three were in irons. They rushed forward :with bolts and bars, and witness, with two men, namely, Johnson and Thompson, who were armed with guns and bayonets, were in the com panion. He asked the men what they came to kill him for, and challenged them to say he ever treated them with un kindness. When the first mate jumped overboard he sung out three times, and witness put the helm down to save him, but the crew said it was of no use. The vessel and cargo were worth 80,0001. The men afterwards went to their duty for 25 days, until they made the island of Fayal, when they again exhibited a mutinous disposition. He went ashore, where he saw the British consul; and on his return French told him that Mars, who is since dead, and who had been acting as chief officer, and had a private conference with the crew, and that they refused to obey him (French), who was boat swain at the time. Witness lectured the men, and sent for Mars to his cabin, who as soon as he entered seized him by the throat, and tore a piece out of his hand, the mark of which still remained. Witness seized a cutlass which was at hand, and struck him with the hilt of it, subsequently ordering him into irons. French then, in the presence of Mars, accused that person of fomenting a mutiny, which Mars admitted. After that, as well as could be collected from the very con fused statement of the captain, the crew appeared to have been quiet until reaching the Channel, when they again broke out into mutiny. At ten minutes past twelve o'clock, whilst French had the watch, a boy named Slack gave witness the ' alarm. He ran on deck, and called to the carpenter for his ' cutlass, when he saw French and Dunn, the ; cook, securing Cone and Gain Mr. Broderip—Have you reason to think that they intended to take your life, and possess themselves of the ship? Wit ness—Yes, they all admitted that they intended to take it to America. Mars was killed by the menen board, and the witness was not present at his death." He had no doubt he was strangled. It was said he wits strangled by Cordoviallo, Burton, and Yelverton, after he *as put in irons. Witness heard some of the men say they Murdered him. Gair was wounded in the face when they were off Plymouth, after a pilot had been taken on board. The diew then made another attempt to possess themselves of the ship, and rushed down to the cabin. French sung out " Mutiny ;" the light was put out, and witness received a wound, he believed from a bayonet, in the calf of the leg, and another, as if from a knife, above the jugular. One of the boys, orFrench, fired a pistol, which was only charged with powder, in the melee, and that inflicted the injury on Gair. Mr. Broderip—From all you say of French he seems to have assisted you. Why then is he charged? Witness—l don't understand. I thought so. He told the people in the cutter when we came to Deal that he fired the pistol. Besides, he pilfered some articles on board and told the people it was the captain did it. Mr. Broderip—Why, you say he was the first to call out mutiny ? Witness—l think he and the cook were at the foundation of it all. The men from the revenue cutter were placed in guard over the crew, and other hands were procured to navigate the vessel. Mr. Clarkson said his object was merely to give an outline of the case; as he was not as yet in a position to arrange the evidence properly. Mr. Broderip asked, i whether the captain, after the state ment he had made, intended to charge all the men with piracy ?—The Captain, in a confused manner, said he would exempt Cordoviallo, who' he believed, had been forced to join, under threats of death. Neither was there much evi dence as to Burton. Cordoviallo was then removed from the dock as regarded the charge of mutiny, but, as the captain's statement impli cated him in the death of Mars, Inspector Evans was directed to look to him. Mr. Clarkson again apologised for the confusion of the captain, who confounded deaths and dates, saying that he was still labouring from the effects of the high excitement under which he had necessarily been labouring. Alexander Sinclair, the carpenter, swore that, in his belief, a mutiny had been attempted, and that it was the intention of tke crew to possess themselves of the ship. There was an attempt to take the vessel off Ascension Island, but he was not aware of the one off Plymouth. The captain complained of having been wounded. Witness could not charge all the prisoners with mutiny. He could only speak of Peter Curtis, who had a marlin-spike in his hand when off Ascension Island. This witness was equally confused with the captain in his manner of giving evidence. Mr. Clarkson begged for a remand, and pleaded the short ness of time for the imperfect manner in which the case had been brought before the Court. Mr. Broderip admitted that there was no time to look over the evidence, but sufficient had transpired to warrant a remand. It was pretty clear the vessel had been in a state of mutiny, and human life had been sacrificed. The cap tain had endured so much anxiety that he appeared, so to speak, not as yet to have brought himself and his senses together, and it was very hard to follow the thread of his story ; but before remanding the men they should first be heard. The prisoners Burton, Dunn, Lee, Gair, Yelverton, and Cone, made very long statements of a most appalling nature, describing scenes of bloodshed and cruelty almost unpa ralleled. Tucker merely denied the charge, and appealed to that Power which knows the secrets of all hearts to vouch his in nocence. Dunn said that the statements in the log were almost all false, and every row that took place commenced with the captain, who was in a constant state of intoxication, as two female passengers could prove. Lee said they had been on short allowance of water, until they fell in with the French ship. After that the captain or dered all the larboard watch aft, after having been drinking with the mate all day. They came from their berths without waiting to put on their clothes, and found the captain with a sword, and the two mates, Rambert and Mars, with bayonets. The captain said, "You rascals, you have sharpened your knives to take my life," and he began to cut with the sword at him (Lee), Cone, and a man named Reason, who was after wards killed. He ordered the carpenters to put the three of them in irons, and whilst they were fettered, he came every two or three hours and cut away at them. This was on the 23d of September. On the 25th, whilst yet in irons, the cap tain got the shackles of the best bower anchors, and put them round their neck. He then sent him (Lee) and Reason, still in irons, to the main-top, and Cone to the mizen, where they were lashed down. About 4 o'clock on the morning of the 26th the captain was cutting away at the chief mate, who tan aft and jumped over the larboard quarter. They shoo k the ship a little out in the wind, and then kept her in her course. Gair's statement was a most extraordinary one., He said the captain sent for him when he was in irons in the lower forecastle, and ordered him on his knees, saying he would have his life. The captain then cut at him about the head and body, Inflicting various wounds with tie cutlass, and then ordered French to load the pistol and fire on him, threatening if it was not done as quickly as possible he would take French's life. To save his own life French firedin his (Gair's) face several times as . .! th the pistol. After cutting at him some time he was allowed to up, pump the ship. He (Gair) on the carpenter calling out to ;7 -as then called down again and subjected to the same treatment, bft.er which he was again put in irons almost in a state of insensibilij• Rages thrilled the Yelverton, whose statement in various pas.- whole Court with horror by the terrible det.:" t 5, went a length through the whole matter. We will give _t he sub stance of what he said, and tI4 fearfully revolting cirs:un; stances which he stated, in the first person :—" I deny that ever told the captain that the men sharpened their knives. I'll tell the truth, but I can't speak as to dates. I told him Reason said to Cane, that when the ship reached Ascension Island he would put out a blue shirt on the fore yard, so as that some of her Majesty's men would come on board and see how they were treated. The captain abused the mate (Rambert) on his return from the French vessel for injuring the boat. The mate said, By G— if I had not a wife and family, I'd jump overboard.' After that the captain and the mate were drinking in the cabin all the afternoon, and the captain said several times to the mate, By I'll hill roe The captain about eight o'clock at night asked me if I was afraid of the mate, and I said no ; some of the other apprentices said they did fear for their lives, but I told the captain to give the mate another trial, The captain then oz_ upon the deck. The captain then asked the crew pardoned him, and giving him a loaded p istol, told him to follhim i—tr knew of an intention to take his life, which they de nied, Reason (who has since died), Cone, and Lee were then in irons. The captain threatened if they did not tell what they knew he would take their lives. I think Curtis and Burton said that Mars hauled them out of their berths to secure the captain. On that the captain had Mars put in irons, and went down every half hour, and cut an inch off of him. — (Frightful sensation.) Mr. Brederip (with great emotion)—Do you mean what you say ? Do you mind what you say ? You are on yo ur oath. Yelvertcn—Yes, he said t hat was what he would do to him. Mr. - 2.rnaeriP — But you say he did it. That he cut an -'t be exact as to an inch, but he said that Yelverton—l eau he would cut him so. inch o ff his: every half hour. you did 11;4 ages m ? t off about the size of Yelverton--Yea, I saw one p ied- ..bead, and all the hair my hand. It was cut off of the man . was on it. eat ararent sincerity —But h le Court shudder. and simplicity, made the w th o en took Mars to the inner cabin, Yelverton—The captain taking with him a strand and a which was his bedroom,u- what was done there, but we heard heaver. I don't know choking. He brought him back if h e w as _ • Mars sing out iss aor ence of Julian and the other boys, and set This reply, which was made with gr a sin i n i th " ' es cabin door, whilst he himself sat on the - aftitist the c suast there kept pitching the cutlass at him, • - head, and sometimes in his - the captain said to writ- and myself, " Now, boys, we'll convict all these fellows as Prisoners, and if yeti mind your eyes you'll get all clear of this. These fellows, when tiie3 f.'re made prisoners, will not be allowed to speak for themselves any more than to say guilty,' or not guilty.' Be you my witnesses and we'll get clear of this." We said we would, and he was contriving how to get them all implicated. Ile then told the cook to send the crew aft, and when they came lie said, " What do you want here? Mutiny ! mutiny ! Fire away Mr. French," and then they snapped off the pistols. There was no charge against me in the log before the officers came on board at Deal out of the cutter. When they questioned me I told the truth, and that is the reason I am here. This statement, which excited the liveliest and at the same time the most painful interest, rivetted the attention of the whole Court so deeply that but for some shuddering exclamations, one might almost hear a feather fall. Cone said the captain accused him of intending to take his life, and gave him a blow of a cutlass on the head, of which he still bore the marks. He was then put in irons, and the captain took several spells of the cutlass at him. This was on the night of the 24th of September. He (Cone) was all day, all night, and all the next day in irons on the main hatches. He was then hoisted up to the mizentop, and two others to the maintop, when the shackles were put round their necks. In the night the chief officer Rambert came up to the mizentop all over blood, and showed where his head had been cut open in several places. He went down again, and in an hour after the captain came to the mizentop and commenced beating and stabbing at him (Cone) with his cutlass. The marks of the wounds were still visible on his head, body, and hands. The captain told him to make his peace with his Maker as quickly as he could, for he'd take his life before twelve hours elapsed. After that he beat him again with the cutlass, and then went down. The pain and loss of blood rendered him (Cone) for some time insensible, for he did not know how long. When he recovered, about four o'clock in the morning, he saw the captain with the sabre pursuing the chief mate, who jumped over the larboard quarter into the sea. The ship lulled to a little, but no sail lyas taken off her. lie (Cone) was subsequently unfettered; ffis wounds were dressed, and, for about 31 days there was quietness on board, The other prisoners reserved their defence. Sinclair, the carpenter, was then recalled, and closely questioned by Mr. Broderip, but his manner was as confused and hesitating as possible. He said he had seen the captain drunk, but could not undertake to say whether he was given to the practice. His manner was frequently excited, but witness could not say whether it was from drink or the con duct of the crew. Witness did not feel himself competent to say whether or not he thought the captain was in his right mind. Mr. Broderip—You have heard the defence set up by these men ; what do you say to it ?—I can't tell. Mr. Broderip—When did the man Reason die ?—Soon after we left the Eastern Islands. Mr. Broderip—When did you last see him alive ?—I saw him go down to the cabin, and in an hour afterwards I un derstood he was dead. The fate of this man, who is supposed to have died by poison, seems veiled in mystery, which the evidence of yes terday did not in any degree tend to clear up, nor was any statement made, except those by the prisoners, which could at all afford anything like a clear outline of the transaction. It was clear a terrible tragedy had been enacted ; but the Court was almost as well informed at the close as at the opening of the proceedings. The carpenter, in his further examination, said he never noticed the captain to be excited until after the vessel had passed Ascension Island. He admitted, but with some re luctance, that he saw the captain strike the man with the cutlass. He saw him strike Reason with it in several parts of the body, but could not say whether he inflicted more than one wound. There was a great deal of blood about Reason's neck. Mr. Broderip, addressing Mr. Clarkson, said he thought the Learned Gentleman would agree in thinking with him that the present was a most extraordinary case. . After the long investigation which it had undergone it was still in volved in the deepest mystery, and a question was raised, whether the conduct of the captain was the consequence of excitement caused by the mutiny, or whether by habitual in toxication he had himself brought the crew into the state in which they had been ? It had been sworn (which would make prima facie in favour of the first assumption) that the excitement of the captain did not exhibit itself until after the vessel had passed Ascension Island ; but it was also evident that there was something in the defence which de served consideration. The case certainly called for a re mand ; but Inspector Evans should take care that the captain was forthcoming. Mr. Clarkson could not deny that the circumstances elicited during the inquiry well warranted his Worship's remarks. Mr. Broderip directed that the wounded man Gair should be particularly recommended to the attention of the surgeon. He also directed that the men who had complained of being wounded should be examined, and that it should likewise be seen whether the captain bad marks of the wounds which he had stated himself to have received in the calf of the leg and over the jugular. The prisoners were about to be remanded, when a woman, who sat behind the solicitor's table watching the proceedings with intense interest, and half sobbing as some of the bloodiest scenes were recounted, rose and stated that she had been a passenger on board the Tory, and was ready to confirm the statement of Yelverton. _ _ _ Mr. 13roderip, however, declined to hear her evidence at that stage of the proceedings. Mr. Clarkson said he was preparod for this from certain notions of parties whom he saw in the Court. He would not suppress any evidence, and he would say, on the part of the owners, that their only object was to elicit the truth, and to court the fullest investigation. The prisoners were then remanded until Wednesday next. FRACAS IN THE MUSICAL WORLD. BRlGllTON.—Thelharmony of Jullien's Concert on Friday night was diversified by a little fracas which took place in the anti room at the close of the first act. It seems that a party, consisting of two ladies and three gentlemen, pro fessors and amateurs en musique , took possession of seats which bad been reserved for Lady Jane Peel and the Misses Craven, and in the teeth of all remonstrances refused to va cate them on the ladies presenting themselves. At the close of the first act, one of the intruders—for so the parties must be considered, if the account we have heard be correct—who happens to be a professional himself, encountered Mr. McCarroll (the master of the entertainment) in the ante room, and some irritating and not very complimentary lan guage was bandied. The professor of music in question thereupon struck Mr. McCarroll in the face, piano ; and Mr. McCarroll, who was by this small application of the pitch fork instantly brought up to concert-pitch, returned the compliment, but so forte that his antagonist's eye, as we are told, more resembles the black than the white keys of the fashionable musical instrument. At this stage of the affair, we hear that the professor's male companions rushed to his aid with their sticks. Fortunately for their reputation, however, Monsieur Michau was standing by, and Monsieur has lived long enough amongst us to have imbibed those ad mirable and manly feelings of an Englishman, which long residence abroad may . have deadened in some originally- English breasts, Seeing what was threatened, Monsieur Michau valiantly stepped into the melee, and removing the spectacles from his nose, he declared that as three to one was unmanly odds, he must at least join the unit, to make the fight more even, if it were persevered in. The gallant con duct of the Frenchman, and the sly reproach it conveyed, put an end to the fracas, which has since, however, been the theme of remark in many circles. In those of a mixed musi cal and pugilistic character, it is unequivocally declared that the first assailant in the case must be scored down as a fi at, for not striking forte, if he struck at all.—Brighton Guaan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI-_ THEATRE. The enterprising manager of this popular theatre has brought out a novelty likely to suit the taste of its patrons, and to maintain the reputation of the place. Bulwer's novel, "The Last of the Barons," is the ater' pitched upon by the dramatist, who has found a good basis therein for the pur poses both of man and horse. We are unable to describe the incidents which are put into action, for there being "four epochs and twenty-five tableaux," their name is Legion. We must be content to say that there is a profusion of startling effects—that there are savage combats and interminable processions—that the scenery is painted in the brightest colours—that the dresses are gorgeous and the music enliven ing—that the actors are industrious, and the quadrupeds tractable. There is an abundance of glittering spectacle for those who yearn to have the eye tickled with tinsel; the dialogue is tilled with refreshing sentiments of chivalry and heroism ; and the speakers commit divers echoing wonders with the throat. We commend the new burletta, therefore, virginibus puerisque, for by them will it be received with the warmest hand of welcome. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT PAGNELL. THE MAMMOTH HORSE. We this day visited the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose of seeing the Mammoth Horse, " General Washing ton," the property of Mr. Carter, the Lion King, who is ex hibiting him for a short time previous to taking him acress,the Atlantic. The " Mammoth Horse" is unquestionably the largest horse in the world; he stands twenty hands high, and weighs twenty-five hundred weight. He is of the dray horse breed, his colour is jet black, he is stout and well-pro portioned ; few horses can show such good points as " General Washington," and his shape is matchlesss ; in fact he is a perfect model of proportion. He is exceedingly docile and good tempered; and most certainly, as regards size and shape, he is the most remarkable animal ever seen. In the same room with him is another horse, a perfect contrast, as exquisitely modelled, as beautifully proportioned, as "General Washing ton." " General Tom Thumb," for such is the name of the Mammoth's companion, is one of the most diminutive of his species—the smallest of Shetland ponies, but, like all little creatures, he makes up in fussiness what he wants in power, and is most amusingly fidgetty. LITERATURE. GITHA OF THE FOREST. By the Author of I" Rodenhurst." 3 Vols. . . In this utilitarian age, when everything assumes a practical character, when the very fictions are full of politics, or pictures of real life, a novel of this kind is indeed a novelty. It is a tale of " auld lang sync," a history of the Saxon kings. We constantly hear praises of the " good old times," but, certes, if this picture be correct, they were hardly so good as the present. The constant struggles between the Saxons and the Danes form the groundwork of the story, and the hundred perils and escapes of " Githa of the Forest" are worthy of the old days of knight•errantry—now imprisoned by her own countrymen, now about to be sacrificed on the altars of Odin—carried captive to Denmark—saved, and recaptured. Never did hapless damsel suffer more truly in " hairbreadth perils, escapes, and snares ;" " none but herself could be her parallel." These extravagant adventures give an air of improbability to the tale, but perhaps, on that very account render it more interesting to the lovers of romance, and for these it was evidently written. Many of the skirmishes between the Saxons and Danes are described with vigour, and the character of the Northmen is admirably pour trayed ; they are represented as fierce and im placable invaders, men of stern, unpitying tempers, yet the slaves of superstition; willing to surrender their victims at the command of the seers, or ready to shed their own blood as a sacrifice on the altar of the terrible Odin. One of their strongest passions was the untiring thirst for vengeance, and showiogno pity for a fallen foe ; yet, amid all this ignorance and cruelty,we find instances of generosity that would do honour to Christians. Such characters and such scenes are well suited for a romantic tale; but the earlier portions of this work are deficient in force from the constant repetition of similar scenes, and the numerous trifling incidents without apparent aim or object; the chief interest is reserved for the denoue ment, and the last volume is by far the best of the three. We conclude this fanciful and romantic tale with a feeling of thanksgiving to fortune, which has placed us in the .19th, not the 9tb, century, when the peaceful encounters of Whigs and Tories form a pleasing contrast to the fierce struggles of Danes and Saxons, and when the heart's blood shed in the temple of Odin is exchanged for the sacrifice of principles on the altars of expediency. THE HAGUE, Nov. 11.—It is said that her Royal High ness Princess Albert of Prussia is prevented, by indisposition, from her intended visit to the Hague. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—On Monday evening, about five o'clock, the convicts employed in the Woolwich Dockyard during] the day were mustered, as usual, on their return to the Warrior hulk, where they are kept during the night, and found to be all present. On their return to their night quarters, several of the convicts are engaged in bringing down the hammocks from a place constructed on the side of the deck for stowing them during the day-time, and while engaged on that work, which generally occupied from half an hour to three quarters of an hour each evening, one of the con victs took the opportunity, apparently for many suc cessive days, of boring through the plank at the stern of the vessel, and in a very dark corner, and each day I flied up the holes he had made with putty, blackening it over, to prevent suspicion. llis plans appear to have been admirably effected; and he was enabled on Monday evening to elude the vigilance of the officers, and effect his escape, by tying the ropes of two hammocks together, and lowering himself at least a depth of 30 feet into the mud of the I river, where he left all his clothes, with the exception of his shirt and shoes. The name of the convict is Samuel Bridges, aged 24 years; he was born at Bromyard, in Here fordshire, and was found guilty at the Worcester assizes, on the 15th of July, 1843, of stealing an ass, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. He was a basket-maker, stout made, with dark hair and grey eyes, and is five feet three inches in height. It is suspected he must have had accom plices to assist him in his escape, as he often spoke to his fellow- convicts of going to America in the event of being liberated. His footsteps were traced round the east end of the dockyard, but there all traces of him were lost. BODY OF A FEMALE FOUND DROWNED.—Yester- day forenoon the body of a woman, who appeared to be about forty-four years -of age, was found in Sir George Duckett's Canal, a branch 'Atha Regent's Canal, at Old Ford, near Bow. The deceased, who is supposed to have been only a few hours in the water, is under five feet high, of fair complexion, with hazel eyes and dark hair, and had an old wedding ring on her tower, rings in her ears, and a thimble in her pocket. Her dress was a dark Merino cloak, over a lilac gown, and an *old straw bonnet, trimmed with black velvet. The body was taken to the sign of the Three Colts to await the inquest. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAtta—Yesterday the following notice, relative to the days appointed for the dispatch of the next foreign mails, and the vessels by which they will be conveyed, was posted at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" The Great Liverpol for the mails of the 20th instant, by which the nt - 3 - E i 'hall s for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian taands, Egypt, India, &c., via Southampton, will be. dispatched on the morning of that day. Penin Mails : The Madrid for the mails of the morning 1 . lie 17th instant, for Lisbon, Spain, Madeira, Gibraltar, igo, Cadiz, Oporto, & c . We s t er Indies : The Teviot for the mails of the morning of the 17th instant, for the British and Foreign Colonies in tin, West Indies (except Honduras and Havannah), Aid for Ber muda and San Juan de N '.li icaragua. The ne mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, Inch-, and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from thence on the evening of the 24th instant. America *. The Cambrian will sail from Liverpool with the MP..,..ts o f the evening of the 18th instant. TROTTING MATS ..n TOR 201.—Yesterday the match . 's brown horse, and Mr. Waratet black between horse,to 4. 7 cro miles in harness for DX a-rill!', came off at i Wandsw ',..th Common. The usual trottin g c o nditiona *th'e c om P l' ..ed with. Both horses went away at a #4e• - .1 pace, and t u rned the first mile, nearly togethelN 1W t minutes and 32 seconds. They then made for the Winning-post, the black horse going ahead, closely Foilewed by his opponent, till within 250 yards of home, 'Alen the brown horse broke out to a gallop, and Mr. Weadle's horse went in an easy winner, accomplishing the two miles in seven minutes and a quarter. SUDDEN DEATH OF J. PEEL, ESQ.—We regret to have to record the death of this gentleman, which took place at tte Abbey, Burton-upon-Trent, on Tuesday morning. Mr. Pc,el was in good health up to the period of his death. In, the morning he was taking lunch about eleven o'clock, and was observed suddenly to drop, and closing his eyes he almost instantly expired. Mr. Peel was formerly partner ire the extensive cotton manufacto r y a t B ur t on -upon-Trent, and wes universally respected by all classes in the neighbour hood.— if r olrerhampton Chronicle. BIRTH IN A CAB.—Yesterday morning, Mrs, Eliza beth Mendurst, a married lady, residing in Church-street, Portman-market, entered one of the Paddington omnibuses, accompanied by her sister, for the purpose of proceeding into the City. On arriving at the end of Oxford-street and Tottenham-court-road, the lady was suddenly taken ill, and she and her sister alighted from the omnibus, and procured a street cab, directing the driver to proceed back as quickly as possible, which he did ; but before they arrived, the lady bad given birth to a male infant. She was carried to her bedroom with the infant, and medical assistance was promptly rendered. AN AMERICAN WELL.—A practical and scientific gentleman offers for 30,000 dollars to sink an Artesian well in Boston to the depth of 1,700 feet, by which it is estimated that more than a million of gallons of the very best water can he thrown into the city every day, and to a height of at least 100 feet above the surface of the earth. An effort is about to be made to raise the money by subscription.- American paper. Prom its own blunders, as from the coldness of its supporters. Lord Dalhousie had the misfortune of being connected with colleagues who, on a brisk attack, threw each other overboard. But what does the Times suggest for the future ? It mag nifies existing evils no doubt ; but we look in vain for a single idea which will illuminate Sir George Clerk, or alleviate the labours of Mr. Estcourt. There is much good denunciation of stags and staggery, but not a particle of suggested amendment—nothing that can elucidate or dispense with standing orders—nothing that can shorten or simplify the labours of committees—not an idea on which Lord Granville Somerset can found a crotchet, or on which Mr. Green can introduce a ray of light into the commission chaos of the railway system. Nor are the Stag Journals, as they are called, a whit more communicative. They burn, no doubt, with a strong desire to allay what they call panic, and to disprove the depreciatory sentiments which are run ning about the town on our modern railway legislation; but from neither one nor the other is there the smallest twinkling of light amid darkness visible, or the least approximation to a conjecture how the Parliamentary system can be made to work under existing circumstances. The truth is, the sub ject is one on which declamation is most easy, but improve ments quite the contrary. It is easy to declaim against standing orders—against counsel, attorneys, engineers, and committees. It is still easier to take the tone of the Minis terial press, and to imitate the carelessness of Olympian Jove on so immaterial a point of policy. What, call a Cabinet to arbitrate on railways ! Is the Duke of Wellington amenable to gradients? or the Lord Marquis of Tamboff to Mr. Hudson? What signifies the labour of pri vate Members, if her Majesty's Ministers can have their ease in Downing-street? But this language is not that of com mon sense, and so everybody feels. By right or wrong, the railway system is now a fad accompli, and of the most sur passing magnitude. All of a sudden every city, every market town, and almost every village is for the means of simulta neous locomotion. It is not a light matter, for it involves some hundreds of millions. We are not philosophers enough to make distinctions; but in our simple apprehension, if we spend all our surplus money one way, there must arise a scarcity in others. We cannot eat our cake and have our cake. We cannot spend a hundred millions on any single object one year, without a sort of scarcity the next. Nor will it be so easy to prevent a deluge of new Bills, notwithstand ing the existing discount, as many persons suppose. There is much, no doubt, derivable from the close of the Stag season. It recreates the rural eye to see a newspaper at last without long lists of names and nothing else. We congratulate ourselves on having ar rived at a close of the system of Parliamentary pluralities; but, in spite of this, the deposits have been paid in many cases where there was no reason either for the scheme or for the premium; and we may depend upon it the attorney and engineer, and perhaps a quorum of the executive, will take good care that the unfortunate shareholders see no return of their lort moneys without a further diminution. They must prepare themselves for the usual consult - 41th% of lively turtle and sparkling champagne; for vigorous exertions, till the season of white bait and green peas—for tribute to divers agents, divers witnesses, divers engineers—for still larger' and more useless contributions on account of the attendance or non-attendance of learned lawyer—and 'eat, not least, for an enormous and unnecessary and profligate expenditure in contesting to the utmost in both Houses of Parliament for points that a little common sense might settle. The deposits, we affirm, in a great many cases, are already paid; and whereso ever deposits are forthcoming, who ever heard of any nneon- Burned ? The sacred fluty of expenditure must be fulfilled. The solicitor owes it to his family to save the point of ho nour, and to have the preamble proved. The engineer cannot meet his rival in the provinces without earrying the new Rail way "Act" in his writing-case. The committee are nervous about returning without a Bill; accordingly they take their chance of getting one in Westminster, in the certain confi dence, at any rate, of having a sufficient one in Covent. garden. The panic, therefore, comes too late for bubbles without end. There is the Peel family of " direct llues. b There are junc tions without number, and withhtit necessity. For our own parts, we are getting SO immersed in prejudice, that we almost call upon the House of Commons to throw out every Bill which contains the names Of Members of their honourable House without adequate local justifica tion, or where any of the 'illustrious band of pluralists and absentees ) who shall be nameless, figure in their firmament. The truth is, money enough for this single head of expenditure was voted or authorised last year. If Sir R. Peel would have the courage to take the retnanets, and nothing else, in 1846, with a few I3ills for Ireland, the over gambling would soon be discontinued, and the railway system would resume good order. But if Parliament, in the anarchy of accident, proceed next spring, as it did last year, in pass ing railroads without reference to the amount of expenditure required, do not let us wonder if the gale becomes a hurricane, an the effects become as disastrous as these or 1825. The country will be involved In another voluntary evil, hot from providence® or misfbrtune, or foreign War, bht, its in the case of the sliding-stale ) from the financial insagacity of the Geverntnent. —lt is an old observatidni Mid On obseflltitin too faithfully verified by experiette; that mankind Are by far more sensible to eVer; trifling injtiriet than td the greatest benefits War is ; htiwevef; tifflitig injilry a nation ; on the other handl eVtn Where its results Are fortu nate, it is a greettr calamity than any tither with Which a people can be visited==lextePt 4i wa *WA Owes unsuc cessful ; either generally is the most terrible of national alliktions. In proportion ii ,war 14 an evil; peace mutt be a bleai'ag ; bnt fetid A 4 he tie yoke of just corrplaint'Againiq alj Uneeessary war, how little do we,hear .d, tl'alltude due for the enidynient of, Uninterrupted and solid peace. Peakr rits hf t+.ls7l3_ Eiirope has enjoyed, contrary . to •e* , Cttillion, and almost beyond hope ; and we pixkt'Ati to show, by the testimony pf a Witiiesi übovo keep tion, that at present the prdiApev3t W: long 7 iobtinued peace is daily growing More and more 'ears age Ili: 'ThierS, hi FrinCe; And died Palliteratonl in England; appealed ? re. raked their ingenuity to proVid* 11, of 'quarrel between the . two great hati:Ms upon whose good understanding . the Peace of the world ahgeltitely 'deeenclit. The firebrand Ministers were distaias'ed by the wisdom of the King in one country; Mid 1437 tht wisdom of the Parliament in the . t1;;;! , :r; but neither. did the ill effects of their incrAdiary practices iri office; per their own efferte tti Angdient the flanie that kindled, ternibiate with their ffi`eial. t . ltlStenee. M. thiers labohred assidouft aiid; a time, too tueeesSfullY, to keep iitive the ti res -English feeling by his labeu, in the Chai_ilber and in the Tress; and Lord PalnPrste, ho test industriously, Wiled in his own fiplitrie as Member of Parliament and ite74iiper Writer, to excite among ceiintrynien a jealousy tif Fraiice. If, though aided, by the Volufitee': inaolence of the Times,_ his Lordship failed, it Was because he h a d t o d ea l w ith a people thtOie thoughtful and more tkp'arieheed in tlia •exercir.4e of politici jtiagnicht than, oltk• tu~i mercurial, though high-spirited, lieighbtk?'', At the other side of the Manche. Even the . tirlillggood sense of Enzlishmeri. !ryer , theless, Wohltl scarcely have proved for the preterVation of peace (for England was but one of two parties), were it not that, happily for mankind, the Govern ment of each country was placed in the hands of men as desirous of peace, because they knew the real interests of their respective nations, as their incompetent predecessors had evidently been desirous of war. M. Guizot in the one country, and Sir Robert Peel in the other, present a concur rence of wise and able and resolute statesmen, determined to cultivate peace between two great and proud neighbouring nations, such as is rare in history ; if, indeed, there is any example, in the case of two such nations, of a struggle to avoid war, without a compromise of national honour, like that through which the illustrious statesmen named have at length (we think we may now say it) triumphantly Nased. Our Witness is the Morning Chronicle, 104 the Tekele 94. Acceptances for the Newport Pagnell Free Handicap Hurdle hlui ".. locker read, ana sometimes sticking it in 1113 breast.—(Sensation.) The uext Inormi, 6 me and Spence, "You boys must spend all your 1,.. ing) - 19 r this is 4 0 4 CW 4 91) ." The caPtain said tc? ~ _:._..L' .~:~._____ _• . 4 Race. Mr. Austin's Little Johnny, aged. 12st 21b—Mr. Lincoln's Mayflower, aged, 12st—Mr. Mynton's Veluti, 5 yrs, list 121 b —Mr. Clifton's Pedler, aged, 11 st 101b—Mr. Powell's Dela mere, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 71b—Mr. Ilankins's Captain Brown, aged, 1 Ist 71b—Mr. Harris's Treaty, aged, list 71b—Mr. Dick Turpin, list 71b—Mr. Bryan's Barnaby Rudge, 5 yrs, I Ist 71b—Sir Chas. Cockerill's President, aged, list 61b— Mr. E. R. Clark's Sir Edward, 6 yrs, list 41b—Mr. Smith's Victoria, aged, list 41b—Mr. Clifton's Puff and Dart, aged, list 41b—Mr. Whittington's Ascot, aged, list 31b—Mr. Raworth's Donna Anna, 5 yrs, list 31b—Lord Glamis's Bel shazzar, lOst 121b—Mr. Smith's Salttish, aged, lOst 121b—Mr. Arnold's Alice, 4 yrs, 10st 71b—Mr. King's Artful Dodger, 6 yrs, lOst 41b—Mr. A. Webster's Judex, 5 yrs, lOst 41b. MR. CHORLEY'S NEW WORK.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published, "Pomfret ; or, Public Opinion and • Private Judgment," by 11. F. Chorley, Esq., in 3 vols. post Bvo., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following popular new w , '-s of fiction :-2. Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebellio, by J. T. Hewlett, M.A., 3 vols.-3. The Attrac tive Man :, Trollops, 3 vols.-4. Love, a Tale of Venice, b b; Mrs. by H oi ze Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols. — The Story of a Royal Favourite, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. — G. Ti lt ; 'Master Passion, and other Tales , by T. C. Grattan, Esq., author " The Heiress of Bruges, &c., 3 vols.-7. The White Slave and the Russian Prince, by the author of " Revelations of Russia," 3 vols.—and 8. Count Konigsmark, an historical Romance, by Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N 2 . 3 vole. DEA TII OF A REMARKABLE CHARACTE R.--O f I n c Wednesday an inquiry was held be fore W. Call u er s , se %s? s l , I reet, coroner for Surrey, at the Rave n and Sun, about 70, who was generally supposed to k we her earlier as to the death of a womankuanykenoawsnse,dagheedr earlier life as a sailor. The following mar s ere on er tw N o s hearts ca under in - h coioured gown, sailor sup blue person. ink O aa n d th m e i rtiiglehlteaftrnai W. Ik, wiT ,pect lirgaed oanncaolri,glti worsted shawl, an old tw porting o (i ark i t stuff ffeach petticoats, e. She had red plaid chip bonnet, low shoes, and black stockings. It appears that as police-constable Eady, 16 C, was on duty in Pros place, Bermondsey, on Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, he Observed the deceased sitting on some stone steps, and she said she was tired, and complained of shortness of breath ; she had, she said, to go to Greenwich, and she hoped a little rest would enable her to do it. The policeman went his round, but subsequently found her in Jamaica-row, a little lower down, and she then appeared in a dying state. A stretcher was sent for, but she was dead before its arrival, and was conveyed to the Itotherhitbe station-house. In the pockets of the deceased was found a small bottle, labelled " laudanum, poison." Verdict, "Natural death." The body lies at Bermondsey workhouse to be identified. SERIOUS ROBBERY.—Yesterday information was circulated throughout the metropolitan police district, that on Tuesday, Mr. Richard Wetherby Stone, of Dartford, Kent, was robbed between London-bridge and the Greenwich Railway terminus, of four DI. Bank of England notes, 30/. in gold, some silver, and a cheque for 90/. drawn by "J. Cooper," upon Messrs. Deacon and Co., bankers, in Birchin lane. Payment of the notes and of the cheque was stopped soon after the discovery of the loss. THE STRIKE OF THE PARIS PLATING CARD ma Ens.—The workmen in this branch of industry have re turned to work, after succeeding in getting a trifling rise en the wages paid before the strike. They have been out some -- -s•ks....earis Paper. . ~4rl. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR WEDNESDAY. The Queen, Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses 'the Prince and Princess Augustus, and his Serene Highness; Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, promenaded in the vicinity of the Castle praincia this morning. On the return of the. illustrious party his Royal Highness, accompanied by the , Duke of Cambridge, the Duke Ferdinand, and the Pnnces• Augustus and Leopold, with Count de Jarnac, left the Castle , on a shooting excursion, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Wyld e: on horseback. The royal sporting party returned g thvos o'clock. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess. Royal', and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed airing& on ponies this morning, and for walking exercise. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Princess Augus tus of Saxe Cobourg rode out at noon in a pony phaeton,. followed in a landau by the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dsw son and Madame Angelet. Lord Charles Wellesley attend& on horseback. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took his. departure from the Castle after luncheon, attended by Baron Knesebeck. The Count and Countess de Jarnac, and the Earl of Aber deen, also left the Castle to-day. In the afternoon the Queen, and the Prince and Princes& Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, left the Castle for a drive in a pony landau and four, followed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and Prince Leopold in a phaeton, Prince Albert driving. Lord Charles Wellesley and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde attended on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, paid a visit to her Majesty and her illustrious guests at the Castle this afternoon. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princen Alice, were taken an airing in the afternoon. t Their Excellencies the Count and Countess Dietriehstein, and the Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward), arrived at the Castle to-day. on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Spetb, and Mr. George E. and the Honourable Mrs. Anson, will join the royal- cirtle at dinner. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at tended in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrifige, attended by Baron Knesebeck. returned to Cambridge Hanse yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Lon don, Bath and Wells, Ely, and Rochester, and the Dean of Westminster. The Earl of Lonsdale had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The nomination of Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin) in the Exchequer Chamber, before the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Their Lordships assembled at two o'clock, and shortly af terwards entered the Court. The Privy Counsellors and Judges present were the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer (wearing his gold robe of office); Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Lincoln Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests ; Lord Denman Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench; Sir N. Tindal, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; Mr. Baron Parke, M r , Justice Coltman Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Alderson Sir James Graham officiated for the Lord President of the Council. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Sheriffs for the English counties having been 'norni • nated, three gentlemen being placed on the roll fof each county ; the Sheriffs for the Welsh counties were afterwards nominated, and their Lordships then broke up. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS.. BRUSSELS, Nov. 10.—The King presided to-day in a Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, the 18th of November, at one in the after noon, 40 bonds of the loan of 14 millions, to be repaid on the Ist of January;lB46, will be drawn by lot at the Town-hall. M. Dumortier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Academy of Science, has just presented to that learned body a paper on the disease in potatoes. According to M. Du mortier the disease is not to be attributed either to micrdeco pical insects or to parasitical fungi, or to the degenerating off the plant. The origin of the disease, he says, is that which commonly attacks fruit trees, especially peach trees, and it is here called Lucloque. The experiments made on an extensive scale at the Royal Institution of Grignon prove that potatoes of the crops which have been affected by the disease have no bad effects on the health. In fact, they have been used for food at Grignon for this month past without any injury to those who have taken them. The winter appears likely to be rather early this year in the north. On the 2d of November, in the evening, the first snow fell at Konigsburg ; on the following morning more snow fell, and in the evening there was a sharp frost. • ANTWERP, Nov. 10.—The Observer and some other ' journals have stated as certain that the negotiations which ' have been carried on since the beginning of October between the Governments of France and Belgium for the renewal of the Convention of July 16, 1842, had not led to any result, and were broken off. THE HAGUE, Nov. 9.—The Second Chamber, in its sittings of Saturday, the Bth, discussed the project of law for pa g y r i e n e a off of part of the public debt in 1846 . The law was a to by a majority of 38 to 1. On Friday his Majesty, accompanied by his sons, was pleased to inspect the great steani-eingine for draining the Lake of Haarlem. The President, and two members of the Commission for directing and superintending the epe_ration, had the honour of receiving and attending his Majesty. This steam-engine acts in a perfectly satisfactory . manner. With its eleven pumps it brings up, with five or six strokes of the piston, 360 cubic ells of water in a minute. While the King was there the pumps gave seven strokes per rai , mite. The engine perfectly answers the expectation , that was formed of it. The King and the Princes expressed their entire satisfaction ; and the numerous spectators attracted to the spot by the signal-flags were much gratified by the scene. The Council of Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg has prohibited the exportation of potatoes by the western frontier of the Grand Duchy, from and including the Custom-house at Saegemuhl, to the Prussian territory, The Courier of Luxembourg observes on this decree, " Though the situation of our country, with respect to subsistence, is not such as to occasion any alarm for the future, it is neverthe less certain that the prohibition to export potatoes was on the part of the frontier above. It will at least have the effect of putting an end to the proceedings of speculators who , by bringing up enormous quantities to send abroad, would have occasioned a greater rise in the price, than even at a time when the produce had been more abundant." The Stuats Courant of the 10th announces the presentation of a project of law to the second chamber, notifying the 9th chap. (A) of the budget of the expenditure for 1845. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... • • ..... 691( hitt°, 3 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. .••• • • • • •••• • • 95% 96% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent • • Ditto, 3 per Cent... ••••••• • • • • • • • ' Commercial Company, 4% per Cent •• 157% 158% East India Loan, 4 per Cent..... Exchange on London, at sight •• • • ..• 12 30 ' Two months. •••• • • .• 12 20 On llamburgh, at sight •• • • 36 Two months.• •.••••• • • • • • • 35 75 On Paris .. Two months.. • • • • • • • 56 87 —Dutch Papers, Nov. 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bmiri, Nov. 8. Bills. Money. St. Scliuld Sch., 33Q per Cent • • • • • • 98% 98% Press. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent Exchange on London, 2 months. •• • •• 6 24% 6 23% —Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 5. 5 per Cent. Metalliques• • • • • • • • • • • • • . 4 per Cent. ditto...• • • • • •• • • • • ••• • • • •• • • 101 3 per Cent. ditto-- • ... •• • 76h Loan, 1834 .• • • • • • • Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • Bank Shares •• .• . Esterhazy's Loan .. • ••••••• •• • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. .. Gloggnitz ...... • . • . • • • • • • 135% Vienna—Milan .. • • • ••• • • • 118 Grosetto •• • ••..•• .• • • . I'estoja .• • —Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. S. • BELGIAN FUNDS.-13xussm, Nov. 11. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .•.•••••••••.• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.• • • Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .• • • •• • • • • ••• • • ..... • • 100% Ditto, ditto, 1842 ..... 101% Ditto, 1844. • . Ditto, 1836.. • .. 96h Ditto, 1838 . • Ditto of the City, 1832 •......•..••.••• Ditto, 1843 ..•100% Bank ofßelgium. •• • • • • •••••• ...• •• 770 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 11. THE LATE ELOPEMENT.— It is stated in the _Edinburgh Advertiser, that Captain and the Lady A . dela Ibbetson arrived at the Royal Hotel , Edinburgh, on Friday night. The Cabinet Ministers are expected to return to town in the course of a few days, when a Privy Council will be held for the purpose of considering to what day Parlia ment shall be prorogued fro m the 27th, stands adjourned. His Excellency Count St. Aulaire is' expected at Manchester House early in the ensuing week, from Paris. DEATII FROM AN OVERDOSE OF COLCHICUM.-- , Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the One Tun, Great Saffron-hill, on the body of John Martin Dogherty. aged 43, a licensed hawker. Elizabeth, the wife of deceased, said that he died on Tuesday morning week, having been at tended from the previous Saturday by M r . Gib son , s urgeon, of Holborn-hill. lie was subject to rheumatic gout, and used to i His last and fatal illness, both he and she attributed to an d oc tor himself and take wine of colchicum for his disease. Hi overdosetakofe a that medicine of t administered ,it ao d on th b o y sa h tu im rd s a e y lf. me H a e zz. dto tionc!l sent for that amount to Mr. Bartlett's, of 24, flatton erden. A girl went for the medicine, and a boy served her, Dgving hei• for a penny nearly a wine - glass full. 9ceased drank half of it in water, and was directly seized with vomiting which continued till his death. Mr. Gibson, surgeon, said that when he attended deceased, on Saturday week, he found him vomiting, and was told that he had beeen ill for a fortnight previously. De ceased attributed the vomiting to the large quantity of colchicum he had recently taken. Witness tried to allay the irritation of the stomach, but could not do so, and was of opinion that death was caused by exhaustion, produced by colchicum acting on a debilitated constitution. phis Bartlett, general practitioner, of Hatton-garden, and his boy, who sold the medicine, were sent for. The latter, aged about fourteen, was sworn, and said that his name was George Elkington, and that he was Mr. Bartlett's errand boy, and had been in his service since January last : He was in the habit of selling simple medicines. He did not, know Latin. Ile knew that colchicum was a poison ,. if taken in an overdose. The bottle was labelled `.` 1 , in. S. Colch," which meant colchicum wine, though it was spelled wrong, for the should have been a w.—(Laughter.) Whoever wrote must have been a cock . ney.—( Continued laughter.) He could not tell what the sin the label meant. at least sixpenny worth) was, that the little girl . who came The reason he sold so much colchicum foy a permy (he sold for it asked for - a little drop more, and he gave it to her.— (Laughter.) Mr. Bart l ett said that the boy had orders to sell only such simp le things as salts, magnesia, and rhubarb, The Coroner raid it was a very dangerous practice to allow him to sell drugs at all, and considered that both Mr. Bartlett and deceased were more to blame than the lad—the latter for prescribing for himself, and the former for permitting an ignorant boy to sell medicines at all. He hoped that the present inquiry would act as a warning to chemists and We doctors. Verdict, "Death from exhaustion, produced by colcluctun taken by deceased medicinally." ' - " - ^N , I;7!NWiI ~~~ _-.R--