The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-10 00:00:00

, 1 .4114 ' 1 411n m 4.4. ci,—,.,,. _ LI, use markets, 1 lo to hand for , . . ht4gllrit.sl ceLadicm. P l Y ho c imp or t s %Nero under 20 tons.o,v, ailY spe%ing, tie `demand is in a. very inactive 1) ; , t ; scias foqows York ri,,-gent (par ton, C?' to 655 ; WOl);'t,lllditto,4s3 to 6N ; Kent and Essex, 553 to ' lll7 , 53 to 5'9 • Lincoln and Cambridge 48,453 to 35 ' ' The old dri"."Gu riGP i'vrA74ltE7 : -, 005q 143 1 01,, A -otY having been declared at 1. , , -.,. . th ode,.. e talv 9 6,128/ 3; IV, sk i al a Fly, 'and, especially as the show of sampies is go h d ~e there is less ac . tivity 6 l ,, n . itiluisl'quiles are in fair request, at full prices, bu i t d ot an e ( r i Es at /,,Fnarnand very little attention. 14'w ' Weald of icen.t pciekcts 1403 to 2403 per cwt; New t 12.utt. ditto, 126 s to 1455; New Sussex ditto, 1103 4 , Yearlings ditto, 90s to 10.55. The . W 007.. "traded Sales nearlye l'l , low both by home and foreign buyers, nt , I , e 01 the parcels offered up to the present ar' l itlime— r3N-Q4'1300 bales —have been disposed of at u the ., let hulPli"s. Privately very little business is doing ter ra , .„'rs generally refuie to sell, except on higher hI ' t ils` wk' • into London were, sp a i • Ee s imports . from lit. ? ,rl3nl Tagenrog, 353 from Alexandria, 160 I.llhtirg, and about 200 from other quarters. ::::gdrtoolivthe heavY 2,261 (hi ll Tar..x,our. fo stock on hand, our market is in , a day hi,. 'sled state, and prices are again lower. fo Ntir ., .C, on the Tot is selling at 37s 3d T p o er wn ew T t ai F io e w r nrY next to nothing doing. lit aivt net cash. Rough Fat, 2s ld per sibs. ati t g, R. fay ..... t. ' l ' " 1. . C. • . rYt. a ., t • " t (r il t ; lNl 'Jtla w ' ek 1 44, 4 , 14 4 A N,7„ l l ' z ' : • 1,1„ 'w4Jazie 1 • • , ce er To _ .. . wn •••• , ~ kk , : r.. o f T 18F7. 1849. 1830. 18AL. 1848. DPI I' ; ..""i 20,291 30,228 ' 42,735 46,590 1 ;69, 8 76 4 t11,„, ''• ..., 1 448 6d 45s Od , 37s 3d 38s Odtol 87s 3d 1 1 , 1, ei ' t 3 0 'lmt, wee,. to4ss 6d to Os Od to Os Od 38s 3d to Os Cd r., 1 ' 7 1141, 4 ', Jttn e i''' 3 429 3 971 1,961 3,087 Ktte rtn ''' , 44t Nv-i:i',.•• 44,451 45 ' 926 39,295 41,316 41,586 4, -444 1inej - • 77s 3,833 199 2,207 7,554 'e tTo /vn• '•• 52,612 7 9 ,615 56,467 62,292 7 4,9 29 trv, ,x 1 ,41, 0 •• •• 483 ga 47s 6d 1 39s 6d 41s Od I 39s 6d 1 LLoNV S lIPPfIiG AT ST. PETERSBTJRGII• r; di o as C ira 1-______ 851 . 1850. 1849. 1848. 1847. 4 s h i r4 , o . g . ______ I3't 5 rkstsolt spatch ec Casks. C as k s. Casks. Casks. Casks. t 0 1 . i t h4 l) ,°4ditl;, L l l(.l . 95,835 103,252 107,762 114,134 121,287 ' 44 0 4 -4fr 6 271 13 331 7 101 11,514 5 , 696 , 4, 0 , o.s . , lath , , , to eaaft ... -_ tat 4 erv, ar •• 102,106 116,586 114,863 125,648 126,983 % sa l th e ei ds.. 2 660 3 9 69 3,856 4,881 kvlga tic, of ______ ' ' . __ - 1444 .. - 119,246 118,132 129,504 131,864 14 trpt' , • . -________ 6 t , lirt, to . "` :" ... 69,136 54 , 137 42,971 64,473 55,459 p 4 e4 h . •• • • . ..'• 14 146 16,099 17,2 . 23 18,158 14,946 Rt,'l4lol-1811,.„ 3 : 3 32 4846 3612 5,025' 4,229 L'41,,,,'•... ': " 3,925 7,504 13,272 12,412 10,428 17 1 114',, • .. ... 739 4028 5,029 4,172 6, 615 'kllt ' :•..." 1,131 3 , 157 ' 5,418 7,464 7, 906 ••••::.,..., 3 43 10026 12,666 6,868 12,9 56 --- ---- 3,455 7,568 568 8048 , c ' s be Sa s 103 ' ' 252 107,765 114,134 121,287 ri - ----'''''.••-.:- ) k,1101,, c r : spat e t. onstadt ted " an . a . 0 ,14, 4e4" .ss '• a if, to t ,r aft erw . th,.kt th e e "rd s.. so of 1, 1,4 4 .. • Fri 4fie IZ4:4Y:"*" THE S LYTJF,TtATURE OFFICIAL _DESCRIPTIVE and ILLUS TRATED CATALOGUE of the GREAT EXHIBITION. 3 Vols. Spicer and Clowes. No nobler monument could be contrived for the perpetuation of the glories of the Great Industrisl Exhibition than the one here presented to us in the form of this magnificent publication—the three volumes compiled as the official catalogue of the contents of the Crystal Palace, embellished through out with a profusion of illustrations, and issued from the establishment of Messrs. Clowes and Son, the printers, e.nd of Messrs. Spicer Brothers, the stationers appointed for the production of these remarkable works by the authority of the Royal Commission. It will he remembered by the public at large that the guides to the Exhibition, already proffered for the ,acceptance of the community, have been as diversified in character as most of them have been excellent in arrangement. Yet, meritorious as the majority were, they are now, each and all of them, re duced to utter insignificance by the appearance of the present extraordinary compilation. Every department in the Crystal Palace has been viewed separately and consecutively—the arms of the various powers and principalities being engraved at each com mencement. Every separate contribution, moreover, has been scrupulously particularised—the principal products of art and industry in the collection being pourtrayed by the pencil of the illustrator. Is there an article of furniture in any way distinguished from the mass of similar fabrications ? it is delineated. Is there a specimen of mechanism evidencing in any way an unusual amount of ingenuity ? it is de picted sectionally as well as in its general aspect from the exterior. Is there a stained window, or a carved buffet, or a costly jewel, or an exquisite statue, or a bronze casting, or a fountain, or a musical instrument, or a woven fabric, or an artificial flower, or a wax modelled 2narionette,or any other eccentric or beautiful contrivance in any one of the divisions of any one of the departments ? it is carefully represented by a woodcut, such as will convey to distant times some notion of the progress made by the children of this generation in the advancement of industry, as a means of forwarding the holy and sublime cause of civilization. Every gentleman in the United King dom possessing a library of ordinary dimensions, as well as every public institution throughout these islands, will, we doubt not, retain a copy of a work like this for preservation, as the least perishable, and at the same time as the most suggestive memento of the wonderful display in Hyde-park, the splendour and variety of which collected together from all parts of the world representatives of all the different races of Christen dom. No picture of the Crystal Palace itself can possiby present to the eye so vivid and actual a semblance of the original as that which is here given piecemeal. The general aspect of the naves and of the transept, from within and from without, under the influence, now of the sun shine and now again of the moonlight, on the occasion of the inauguration by her Most Gracious Majesty, and of its close by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the illustrious originator of the enterprise, may afford to the imagination some idea of the skill displayed by Sir Joseph Paxton, in the design, and by Sir Charles Fox, in the construction of the Crystal Palace—but, at the same moment, cannot but fail altogether in suggesting to remote times any ade quate notion of the contents of the Crystal Palace, or, in other words, literally of the Great Industrial Exhibition. This, we maintain, can only be pro perly effected by means of some such illustrated catalogue as the one here presented to the public by the Messrs. Clowes and Spicer, the joint firms entrusted with the cerrying out, in this important particular, of the intentions of the Royal Commissioners. Nobly and admirably have the houses we have here mentioned fulfilled themselves of the responsibilities devolving upon them in this mat ter, by their series of guides and other useful produc tions relating to the memorable year of the Exposition. But conspicuous as had been the merit displayed by them in these respects during the period when the Crystal Palace remained open to the general inspec tion, they have been immeasurably surpassed by the remarkable record subsequently published by them, in which the peculiarities of that unprecedented revela tion of artistic and industrial ingenuity has been mi nutely, and in every instance most correctly, accumu lated. It is understood very generally that the official publishers of these catalogues of the Exhibition have not hitherto reaped the reward which was anticipated, and to which they are unquestionably entitled—a prevalent indiflerence as to the possession of a catalogue marking the visitors to the Crystal Palace. That such should be the case during the time when that fairylike structure was "on view" cannot, we conceive, be matter for much amaze ment, when the bewildering riches of the collection are borne in popular remembrance. Now, however, that the Palace of the Exhibition is closed, we are satisfied that the demand for some such substantial mementos of the World's Wonder, as are furnished by these same descriptive and illustrated catalogues, will begin to be manifested, insomuch that the Messrs. Spicer Brothers, the stationers, and the Messrs. Clowes and Son, the printers, will have no cause whatever to complain of not having partici pated in the advantages derived by so many from the commercial activity created by the great year of the Exhibition. Let any dispassionate person turn over the pages of the wonderful three volumes now lying on our desk, and we are confident that he will admit very speedily that this one work alone would be a sufficient source of exulta tion to those who are disposed to rejoice in the pro present age in the momentous gress made by the race of civilization. Everything combines to assure us, on turning over these pages of letter-press, pro fusely interspersed with ex p lanator y embellishments, that it was not without some reason that the family of mankind have during t he course more particularly of the present century congratulated themselves on having obtained an altitude o f enli g htenment but little anticipated by the most far-seeing of our fore fathers. Nevertheless, it m ust be confessed, simul taneously that if " much has been done, yet more remains to do," in penetrating further and further still into the various departments of . human knowledge. In science , more particularly, w ondrous as our recent advances hav e been, philoso phic research has even now only passed as it were the ou ter vestibule. Humility, moreover , i s necessarily forced upon the artistic world by the remembrance that, exquisite as its modern creations have been, they have centuries and centuries ago been equalled, and in many instances immeasurably surpassed, by the sculptors and the architects of a distant past, when mankind were for the most part plunged in the dark ness of a barbarous heathendom. Witness this those divine fragments of the Elgin marbles which the poet Shelley very truthfully and happily termed " the despair of modern art," or the ruined beauties of the incomparable Parthenon : witness this the crumbling walls of the Collosseum, or the matchless figure of the Apollo Belvidere. If we have cause, therefore, for exultation in one respect while meditating on the con tents of the Crystal Palace, we have in another reason only for humility and self-depreciation.. Therefore is it that, as a wholesome lesson to mankind in general, we rejoice in the splendid fact of this Industrial Ex hibition ; and seeing that the volumes under consi deration are calculated to repeat that same lesson to many successive generations, we view with infinite satisfaction the appearance of this masterly Descrip tive cud Illustrated Catalogue. , tkell ou co S DAY.) E -" -ER.— - S. compensation in This aeti • PAGE v. osTreover ,'11143 for4ll, which was to 1 Glou 'ire,,, criminal Conversation I^ at the -ad 4 84, tiII, tried before Mr. Justice Er e d for the plaintiff, 10/. aSSIZeS h en a verdictl' tat ai 4t frges•eplaintiff's cause why 'aot . -.3°kE no applied for a rule to showground that the e,ii: alieffici not trial, on the verdict and ilk Ike%e a new ' obtained the d from the ratit es whith the plaintiff appearedwas a %tit• :144 altOgether fitbin. It aPPthe plaintiff was of the Learned Counsel that . _ at che . _ ''tta, Ngras, of age, residing the sehleeb et am I,_, , ..., years d who was he being tt the ,„.1411 'tarried the la y year 1843, by a ihatl4.9aest action in the his junior . as ktea, time hi "'zany a Widower. She ir lived e with him , a I t Years, and had former' hr rag alli r. , maker, " a d n an . 4 r4 t l ' -Ole defendant Was a brick d also reside d at the latri, tale, with a large family, and transpired trill th e t a basiae, lttr had lived very tit,h th a , ,-sat Cheltenham.__D. wife 1850, of 41tlepity to Il.ntl?•leatiff and his young n ol 7 Fe brna 'the 6 t h n ' ky irs f ' k ill; a r On the f 9 t.,'m home until was called to I,e llawingal4lr4 away rwitness who B 3tigham, tt, a , th, adult_ he only William s. ated that boy, named ‘tic,:t"ther Lf t 'i r j Wag a . ,w wife, and he Lids with k p. „ tvto h ar p 1). aintiff_ .3 . k he went into thete get some ~.ftto, ap,.,e.ts back k to the house he saw 1 4 ' , at e sti V Was sent back the kitchen ,. ... as to Ili t e "hot and on enterin g a positioa dim e 1. and ' ,o, defendant in such (-) perceiving ll° detibt th - criminality. ' a ,cl them, k i the hat, o.r their parlour; r ii he followed them i ii oi l la t..,1 retired to the h© again saw ~i'lliite,l. °441, through th e keyhole direct evidence ,' 111, "arposition - Th. , was the only as that of a . 'sip - adults, ' .L 3 • et evidence w k -taker a` 4,,,,tlttned . 1) Y. The ind i rect was a e d h e e f e endant had ett.i.;eite i.-,awser, who said he IA Su ata The and that the paying. 4a ItA ed ~ eatre, pan., without , Mts. I', 4,44 ti;'th' to Pass in Mrs'ltr b c„tins and home 1 4 41 is N at he had often seen seen . them go o vits de %Lallar, ThgallerY, and also read affidavits now the theatre, k i t th at 114. e Laarned Counsel eel-taker at t the time iiiietiltolatitit th at was everacwhas not parties operla there. r l'lla D s iritness t i e theatre dt see i ng the 0 to get rid t ' t illa 'l4l ' EA eP.°Bt ° d o yon propose t b ( ,,,. _ ~ uoN:-/fow showed tll4t ~eo.lo_svinence? affidavit, which hat ti i e l said he had another affid boy to see h theytitt 1 • 1 3 1 for the twee t r Y itapossi e rlour throng , It to h i n the Pa man named iti thait tvo taken place affidavit of a stated thttZ, lolis',_ tf e e had also the .t.,„,_., who swear an for the lain in, s!' l tip itt a b,s, jerk d him was going to swe htl i „ 41 agip, ti ,d, told that he advised him n he lain fft q t01e'...3L uis sister, whereupo but the P - i l ' ttlesoe th such advice '5 (h i , ~- %ta le ~ enOUntry than for iving that the ki t ,, say, ‘',,,P d abused him conclusion, with a tte,„`lFT ,w,,,,"Ar• Cooke stated, intradesman, rid him aelf,sq!'llp ft,"„!; highly respectable was not to from j the the tbn 4;11% Mid that his object his character diet Ira a. data t to clear , by the ver tiftfl_Pattitiah . ages, bu , dto it Ilielluy. Which now attacne Co, cause. ' gi'..._atited a rule to show Nttilk 1 411 e, -..."- - ---,e--- DAY' • 41,0 --,b mix.yoß this morning, 1.- kaYol'awas celebrated season it IPN Nthet show b' was ly fine for the As T It hry 1 , trig exceeding people into the City. beyond .1, 3' 42 tli 'IV, crowd of thoroughfares Nle.batie j''elock the leading .animated appear -1134, a .t. Nan to present a very anlm pageant was 4„ t1(1 as th s h near when the t,,hill, t k p a t ,, _ our drew . 11-yard, Ludgate hill, ties::,yal'a 61'1111_4e from Guildhall-yard, and Bing-street, were ‘ll,:q'illerte rehYar, Cheapside, nd omnibus with 4: ed to wetly choked up. Cabs a it was only 144,4 thattlilatil twelve o'clock, but te and ° R at w'leY could get along 1 ng the re-, relieved , 11 Y ut4 the n &re thickly scattered a o _ _ _ as /T he q " oapt lrionotony of the scene w light-fingered 1'4414 are of ssmo member 'Ph Y. o f the lto ail ° • There t, '9 I Ntlf • ary character. which here ,Ale a t t, WaS of the ordinary vivans and Ilqyr, lutrq,let allegorical tableaux last year, in I rk s ? lla isa latO the process ion of men_ had been number be a e fr r, th e pa Note in the as it htor to' (11'ritly 64444 t retaained the samedaught of lii' tigurcti iti'',l,(.4 ®how ime. A r tee Proce s • `ge short' after 61°4 for med in Guildhall ' readiness, the . ,tt, oek in •his d in t‘ tat ~‘:"Alltivp'„ an evert•thing beingor _are liZtittr - 1 1 ' ; f a Y the Cit'v Marshal, who a• e began to move. 0 Aatl 7 ar,-"rel, andthe processionc, ew an-street! ~N4citl,;!et,tti,-°t'A Gre eham-street, Coleman-street, N o rth and "all, des ~-,:-' .-avenient, West•strect, ',.___, L on d . o a r! . illae„,„`, ''labtiry-circus, Circus-T,1.; i Willi, e 11,4:1 4,144te ?street, P rinces -street, Ding itl ere' 01 aide-Place and so on to h„l., ili a Lord NI ' ttendants tothe ' ‘-',ltc, q‘is L a ; ayor and his civicdathroughout I,k- ?elite. rdseil) wit% much cheered kli 44 r . he sun t ' ll c f elite we crowded, and t w„ A t Forth a , ._e very much e t the she m k IV , , Pteurikll the gay barges . ~,t p d fro 1144 oatstkitlineter-bYrindrige his 'Lordship 1 re-formedn-igi on ltri,ii, le ,i'llvilliEn a second procession was t, and then. olitd,hfeh the r. n -fterneel Recorder tookPa' of people. itta Wattkf Proceeded through a dense crowd by the autiwe ha : tilld r,„„ns_,tar Hall, w 6 ere he was met •Y Exchequer, wher, ti la -''uncted - - Court of .Lordship +as alvers in into the His • .:„.• then i Pte ate t i sd , after the usual form. and after bridge,inviiis takf adt ea tt to tho other courts, to the i It iA,,t%ok Nt the banqu e ,t he returne d . time at B,ac_ e clt, tiA„arid„,„ et agai. Pie landed this ,ormed i l l th 446' 111(41;1nd the procession bein i Guildhall along Ne d w , 'llt4ltreet, %I l oft, it returned to church-Ypatred lottlkllaitle, ~.,-Laldgtll, St. Paul's being gr'.-ro. O tt t • ila k a, 'l.': king -street, his Lordship his p ttrorn tfiiii`estations of joy that had a ttended e City, 4PO4lt,Zhc) sei,,42WLE /IC EXERCISES'n„ged per ,,... -')f l'erY interesting and wel.l•_ma k wrestling, ktt.riat, wil,i,leinding fencing, . bingi.estleof ' these games,.„ tli, Ny '4:I! the Erenth modificationrece,.. g iveno 1-. illy lawnsd'i) savaie and the canne- wans"lont" sa.tut ayesth Gallery, Leicester-square, a conclusion, 141'111 arts (for the present) laudably tn preserved tr441,,1a eatabll good faith have been games of the kin 41 0h . t"-ally t,:" tuent. Until recently, n,a not the under ... tel Zen% e Seen on rat) occasions! a. par old ions were ti 1`44,,1Y itsOrlsPiees. Sparring exhibit and the capital 11,1,k,i'lli ett o to this imputation, be witnessed - to artillti aibuliof wrestling, was rarely very eas y or "thne irlieo attmf.l°.'a Public -houses of notuare, however, kl r 4-I,%'ale rszn;4lt• At Leicester-square, been nightly „ 4 4„vein, '` the and games wds of spectatving, 4), `aa na! orderly and interea . ted I'o C who, without 111! yet. t4,tayksa'illi_erous portion of socto.ty „ the "ring," _ atp lile4LaY with the brutalities r (21 of dexterity and 111,11.10), h tite ia Witnessing feats for. Th o e . et,.(l,_kaa 470 Tau to thank the managementfurthe benefit of 1p• ‘4113,i "en Saturday, which was . hment, included 4 4' a, the • of the establishment, 4 ,111, proprietor and Cornish), a tta 6, Wreatlin b rland single sticks, 14 ht„ R, and g (both Cum h o e tricks, ate or ,t,, sad ~ 41, rammer of sa_r feats of the sav ... 9 ~ ‘ll,lh bo„."Yenet, with Crowning completely crowded, t ,tlthe w`a`r"4.s, The iroom dwraawsa down nya the skilful L %clitkeatra, parertasat seshury, Gilleman-, St Of admirable aides. a , k , calls ' 4) th' 4 To - , Archaelmas Term, and I,rlcit,i' bar u\u'rhe Bait.--Tne I made on Saturda3, q,, ' -46 ! Qh "I'lle Tmple) were e Brandon, and Oe,"„ arlea Pridham .y. Woodthoro ram, Esq., 11114pple xelitii _ --I:james motto 01. I,4enfreY, Es ' ."6.9 than seven- Liver s- ta t` cl. a number each 11,st ststek isiiiraG,..4..No less ~sciheh bay, andr.sh are 01. a t ire are,daily dredging in ' a day. The n at the I.II,:NN'Y takes about a thousand for sale ..e and tro,,tPool_ Tianty, and are chiefly exported is h also active ' tlmi 4 f ive ar-ets Tee men a i iis-ery ---Nor;, Ikales Chronicle. -mprove )llEl.4)l LAn any 1 , and, I, it,i , to i1,t,,14 TnADE......we notsalehavel of goods, dc !llalcil:4l"3' f ew this week in the . general fallin off'lessen -14, to .huit 4,3 :eeption, there is at grers are wisely .ug losses 11,,,e;414U Pedt4"l4.4s of the in anufae• ate any actions n al e ,) .' -R fr o - , 'on, we do not anticipate 'nation. I‘j. altogether, h l,,11)g til u . l tne pre:eat temporary stai, .. es ~,_ Tro b "b, if 4: 4 ' frames to make fresh detig _ may re,.11. Pre s -tie with -.•ood taste some advantage "14 ilifactilas.-.2vat(ingharn thi47."l. SKI MI LITARY MEMOIR OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES 1851.NNER, C. B. By els,.a . . very remarkable work, J n ß is a is il , li o e n F m ra an se y n g E ro sl an d likely to encounte h r ec a hr singular diversity of ding to the view which the opi nion as to its merits, reader may take of the great variety of topics intro character as a book, we feel sure intro duced, though of 1 t h e re can be butopinion, viz., that it is not only hly one readable but highly interesting, were it but for the following reaso ns. Purporting to give the few well ascertained and but partially known acts of the mili tary life of a man who, though having acted a con spicuous part in a mos t eventful period, is modestly p of stirring incidents, not only and abundant narr ative placed on the second r ank of its heroes, it gives a rich in his own career, but in that of a number of brother might at first hardly seem description of scenes, which and presenting to us officers, rivals, and even opponents. Starting with the to conduce to the end sought,cted to the support of the men whose efforts are the British power, it native princes of India or with invaders, not excluding interest in the British ultimately powerfully ,diinre their wars with each other, awakens memorable events reader,: by the display of those 0 firmly established which first created, and finally t h oug h not least, for our influenc e in the East. Last, the former. We those who m it mos t co ncerns, viz., the the Memoir public and the " ' author, the style and execution of under our eyes are such as to secure to the latter every possible commendation from . only know one c l ass o f men w ho might object to the fulness and p ecu li ar i n t eres t o f the scenes recordedand in it—we me an th e a d vocates o f universal p eace ' we question if even t h ey m i g ht n ot find in itabun dance of argum en t i n f avour o f th e ir theory, an d on have to that score deem it wor th y o f a perusa l. But we deal with the book, an d w i t h t h at a l on e. Commencing , with a descripti on o f t h e state o f a ffairs in India, • previous to the intr o d uct i on o f our powe r in t h a t vast region, 1760, opening with the battle of Pa nee P ut, ,„ with the defeat of the Mahrattas, and its dreadful consequences, proce e di ng w i t h a fa i r an d impartial view of the acts of men, w h o, see ki ng th e ir fortunes in the East, had risen t o a power w hi c h it w as only given to this country ultimately to secure, it brings us to that portion of Indian history in which drawly. stances forced the hero of the present tale, and many other British adventurers, to break their connexion with the native princes, and join the service of their country. From that time to the close of these records, we need hardly say, that although sad i things oceasimilly occur (the course of warfare Oil N, herdly be expected to run smooth), the his tory of Lieutenant-Colonel James bkinmr, is, on the whole, a pa of that great and eventful drama which ended with the victorious establishment of cur arms in the East, and the consequent peace in that long disturbed and agitated region. To enter fully into the particulars of the narrative before us would lead us too far, we prefer recommending the reader to the work itself, which reflects the greatest credit on the gallant Colonel's historical biographer and friend. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 8. The Royal dinner party yesterday included ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting toiler Royal Highness, the Baroness de Spetb, the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton, Sir Charles Wood and Sir George Coupc:r. Iler Majesty's private band attended after dinner, and performed the following selections : Overture, " Lichtenstein" Lindpainter. Ottetto—Op. 20, allo. con fuoco, an dante, scherzo, presto, four violins, two violas, and two violincellos ; Messrs. Sainton, Day, E. Cbipp, Cusins, Hill, Nickel, 11. Chipp, and Pllardy Mendelsshon. Ballet music, scene et cbccur, " L'En fant Prodigue" The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and the Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise. Prince Alfred and Prince Arthur, and the Prin cesses Helena and Louisa were driven out in an open carriage. His Royal Highness- Prince Albert, accompanied by the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, went out hunting this forenoon, attended by Colonel F. 11. Seymour (Equerry in Waiting) Sir George Bowles arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party in the evening included the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Carolone Lyttelton, Sir Charles Wood, and Sir George Bowles. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the evening, and performed the Overture " Le Val D'Andorre" Selection, " Il Seraglio" Finale Ist act " Oberon" Halevy. Mozart. Weber. Scherzo" Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked in the home Park. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had breakfast with her Majesty, and afterwards attended Divine service. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty to-day, from Claremont, and partook of luncheon at the Castle. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday from the Colonial-office, to the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. THE GREAT EXHIBIT/ON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—The general dissatisfaction which the awards made by the judges of the works at the Great Exhibi tio❑ has created is not one of mere disappointment to these who have been unfairly passed over. The rules (it such they might be called) wore perfectly ridiculous, no distinction being awarded to the patentees or the inventors of the article, without they in person were the exhibitors. In some hundred cases the patentees of the inventions are passed over, and the mere sender of the article receives the reward for that which would not have been there at all, had not the brains, toil, and money of the poor inventor been expended (and in many , cases the latter to the last farthing) in perfecting a mat ter which is of public benefit. There is something so preposterous in the mere de positor receiving a reward of merit for that which his porter has only to convey there, and passing over the real producer, that it does not require comment; and it is to be hoped that some meeting may take place to repair the injustice so done, where the pitiful expense of a few medals would render justice and satisfy all. Again, what contumely has been perpe trated to parties who have seat new and useful works, and who the judges have chosen to pass over without comment; no letter seems to have been attended to where either the inventors or depositors have written to say they would respectfully attend and explain all the merits of the machine or article, which a mere pass ing or casual look could not observe, or, indeed, one-half of which these judges could not comprehend. As to cases the public papers teem with them. I sent a loom perfectly novel in its modus operandum, which wove a waterproof canvas, having a peculiar motion to produce the same, which the manufacturers of the north, who are the most experienced weavers in the world, thought impossible to accomplish. I also sent a tarpaulin, or railroad cover, several yards wide and also long, all woven by power in one piece, and strengthened in the parts where a strain was to be put upon it, flax tubes for the conveyance of water, also woven by power which was entirely new, such goods being heretofore always woven by hand, and very expensive corn and other sacks woven by power loom, which were without seams either at the sides or bottom; and many other articles. I was sent for expressly to show the principal of these matters to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and offered to do the same to the judges, but I was never apprised or could I learn what day they intended to come round. The loom was not one made to weave ordinary canvas, but for waterproof canvas, as stated, and it involvesi a principle applicable to woollen and other goods, where a clear shed cannot be produced by the ordinary loom. The loom in question was placed to be driven by an engine which proved totally useless, and after some time it was attached to another, which was overpowered by the work she even had on before. The engine would not govern herself, which is quite necessary in all en gines where weaving is required; therefore I was in the predicament that either she was overloaded and would not throw the shuttle across, or if she had the work taken off she ran away so as to endanger the lives of the visitors, by throwing the shuttle out of the race across tl:e building and breaking the loom. Hoping that justice will be done, I am, Sir, &c., J. BEALE BROWNE. Hampen, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, November 5, 1851. ROYAL ARTILLERY. GENERAL ORDER. Deputy-Adjutant-General's-office, Woolwich, Nov. 7. The Master-General of the Ordnance directs that the very gratifying letter of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the President of the Royal Commis sion for the Exhibition of 1851, in approval of the conduct of that. part of the corps of Ordnance em ployed in that service, be promulgated in general orders. The Master-General feels confident that this high testimonial, in approbation of the valuable services of those immediately employed, will be received with feelings of pride and gratitude by the whole corps of Artillery as well as that of the Engineers. H. D. Ross, Deputy-Adjutant-General . " Windsor Castle, Oct. 29. "My Lord—l have the honour, as President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to con vey to your Lordship, both in my own name and that of the Commission, our thanks for the cordial aid you lent us in allowing several of the corps of Royal Engi neers and two companies of Royal Sappers and Miners to assist the Executive Committee in the arrangement and management of the Exhibition. " Her Majesty's Commissioners consider it due to the officers of Royal Engineers and to the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners who have been thus employed, to express to your Lord ship in strong terms the sense which they entertain of the admirable conduct of the whole body while en gaged iu this novel, delicate, and responsible duty. " The officers of Engineers have, in the able assistance rendered by them, afforded another instance of the useful manner in which a military body may bo employed in civil services during a time of peace. " The Royal Commissioners being desirous of mark ing their sense of the share which the different persons employed in connexion with the Exhibition have had in bringing it to a successful issue, have requested the various civilians so employed to accept a certain sum of money in recognition of their services. We have ascertained from Colonel Reid that such a course would not be agreeable to the feelings of the Engineer officers who have similarly given their assistance, and to whom we could have wished to offer a similar token. " With regard to the non-commissioned officers and privates, it gives me much pleasure to state, that at the period of the preliminary arrangements, when the labour required was somet i mes excess i ve , th e i r exer ti ons we re always cheerfully ma d e . D ur i ng t h e course o f t h e Ex hibition they practi ca lly demonstrated the great value of their schools of instruction by the many useful plans which they drew, and by care f u ll y act i ng a l ways i n sub ordination to the ci v il p o li ce f orce, t h ey established for themselves a character for good conduct and attention to the exhibitors and visitors greatly to the credit of the corps to which they belong. " The Royal Commissioners have therefore thought fit to award a sum of 6001., to be laid out oithcr in draw ing or mathematical instruments, or in other suitable lasting memorial of their connexion with the Exhibition, for the noncommissioned officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners, to be distributed by the officers in such manner as your Lordship and tne In spector-General of Fortifications may approve; and we trust that you will give your sanction to the accept ance of these testimonials of their good conduct.—l have, &C., "ALBERT, President, Royal Commission. "Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance." 11 is said that Lord Fir;lan Iloward, who lately married Miss Talbot, is about to foow the example f a ther the POO of Norfolk, and turn ll Protegant. of his LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER lO, 1851. SPORTING NOTES. No. CLIV. SHREWSBURY AND HAMPTON MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Notwithstanding that it is not the practice with five out of six of my sporting compeers to attempt the selection of winners of steeplechases, I, however, i❑ consequence of my great success in naming the winners of these across-country races, have determined upon de voting brief epistles to this subject during the winter; and it my previous success attends me, I have no doubt that those who follow my predictions will find the balance on the winning side at the termination of the steeplechasing season in March next. Oat of the ten or eleven steeplechase's and hurdle-races I have already com mented on this season, in only one instance has my selec tion been further from the winning-post than third; and even then I stated that I should take Sir Peter Laurie from the top weights to win, only I was afraid he would not start. By referring to two or three of my latest notes, it will be found that I have not only named the winners of those aforesaid steeplechases, but also placed the firsl and second in one instance, and the first, second, and third in another—a feat unparalleled (ex cept by myself on a former occasion, for the Slough Steeplechase) in a steeplechasing prophecy. Shrewsbury Meeting has a small but fair list to attract the turfites; the principal race, the Handicap, having no less than twenty-three acceptances. This ought to be won by the Italian, were he a certain runner, but as he is not, I must go for DOUBT, expecting to see Miss Flyaway and Aaron Smith well up. The Great Shropshire Hunt Steeplechase, although having the name of the British Yeoman enrolled among the entries, will not have him among its starters. The field, I should fancy, would be composed of Columbus, Sir Peter Laurie (d), Rattrap, Peter, one of Mr. Carew's, and perhaps Maria Monk and the Young-'un. Should SIR PETER run, lat onto award the race to him; in his absence commend me to Rattrap or the Young'un, Peter in close attendance. For the Hurdle race TALLY-HO and Cogiawill be first and second. The Hampton Autumn Meeting will take place to morrow, when, notwithstanding 250 sovs. have been added by the committee, to attract good entries, the Hurdle-race closed with five acceptances, and the Steeple chase with six. I have no doubt, however, that a good attendance of the metropolitans will reward the stewards, and the sport will go off tolerably well. The Handicap Plate of 50 sovs., once round and a distance, I feel in clined to place to Mr. Carew's PRESTIGE, though the handicapper has weighted her rather stiffly—ist. The Hurdle-race will, I presume, attract all the entries, and in that case I should place DEFAULTER first, Michael Brunton second, and Combatant third. If Defaulter fail to arrive at the post it will only neces sitate the advancing Michael Brunton and Combatant respectively a step. In the hope that BEDFORD and SPRING Bvcx will contest the Hampton Steeplechase I expect a very good and close race; so near do I fancy it will be at the termination that a neck or something of that sort will be all that will divide them. Rensburgh and The General in the next two places. Tho Selling Steeplechase, I imagine, will bo won by Mr. Land, Whitley being second. To-morrow I shall make it my duty to publish my opinion and the latest news from head-quarters on the Liverpool Autumn Meeting. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Nor. 10, 1851. MURDER OFA WOMAN BYHER HUSBAND. One of the most deliberate murders that have been committed for many years past was perpetrated in the neighbourhood of Portman-square, at a late hour on Saturday night, by a man named Bear. For some years Bear, by trade a tobacco-pipe maker, has been in the habit of treating his wife (the deceased) in a most cruel manner, and on several occasions the poor woman was driven to seek magisterial protec tion. His conduct proving worse, at length it was deemed advisable by her friends that she should leave her husband and take lodgings for herself. This she frequently did, but as soon as he found her out he continued his system of persecution. At length, the poor creature having obtained work at the patent feather bonnet depot in the neighbourhood of Wig more-street, she was persuaded by two other females working in the same establishment to lodge with them at No. 33, North-street, Marylebone-lane. Hera her husband found her out, and on Saturday evening between six and seven o'clock went to the house and requested to be shown her room, but was informed that she had not yet re turned from her work. He replied that he would stop till she came home, and having sent out for a pot of half-and-half, he remained in the company of Mr. Lanning, drinking with him, and not appearing in the least degree excited, when, after the lapse of an hour, the poor woman came home, having in her hand a new cap which she had purchased as she came along. The moment she entered the passage of the house, Bear saw her, and said that is the party I want, and having been supplied with a lighted candle, he followed her upstairs into the first floor back. He had had barely sufficient time to enter the room, when a tremendous noise was heard accompanied by fearful screams. Some of the parties lodging in the house went to ascertain the cause, when they found the man carrying a large box down stairs. Not knowing what had taken place they allowed him to ascend the stairs again, and take away another box. Mrs. Lan ning, however, and another female having gone as far as the room door, they beheld the poor creature lying in a recumbent position, near the fireplace, with her head resting on a chair and blood flow ing from her face and forehead. Meanwhile the man, on gaining the end of the street, entered the Bedford Arms tavern, and having called for a glass of gin, drank the same off at a draught, but on getting again into the street he ran against Police-constable Church, 129 D, to whom he said that he had done something to his wife which he had no doubt would require his attendance at the police station. Church then perceived that the man's hands were covered with blood, and he accordingly removed him to the sta tion in Marylebone-lane. Mr. Inspector Jackson and Sergeant D 20 immediately proceeded to the house in North-street, when they beheld the lifeless body of the man's wife lying on the floor, and blood oozing from numerous stabs in the face and head. A sur geon was instantly sent for, when it was learned that the poor creature was perfectly dead. The instru ment used to perpetrate this diabolical crime was a common blacksmith's file, about six inches long, and sharpened for the fatal purpose. Upon taking him to the station-house, and whilst Mr. Inspector Jackson was booking the charge, he inquired whether his wife was dead. A policeman answered in the affirmative, when he replied, " Ah, well, I feel more happy now than I have been for a long time since." The inspector inquired his address, when he said he had no place to live in; but on further questioning him as to where he last slept, he replied that it was at a beer-shop, at the corner of Brighton and Cromer street, Brunswick-square. The inspector proceeded thither, and on entering one of the rooms ho found his son, a lad about twelve years old, fast asleep. The officer having given instructions to the landlord of the house, as to looking after the boy, he proceeded to the residence of the female's mother, who tho mo ment she beheld the officer, said she knew the object of his mission. Before he had tins° to utter a word, she said she was quite sure her daughter had been murdered by her husband, as he had often threatened to do so. REFORM OF THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS.---The mer chants and shipowers of Hull have, we are glad to perceive, joined the movement in favour of Customs reform. A meet ing of the merchants, shipowners, and others of Hull, was held last week at the Exchange Rooms of that highly important port, for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the London Merchants' Committee for Reform of the Board of Customs. The attendance was numerous and highly influential, and various instances of the capricious tyranny at present exercised by the Board of Customs were related, which clearly demonstrated the necessity of a thorough re form of that establishment. Resolutions in favour of Cus toms reform were enthusiastically carried. ENGAGEMENT WITH PIRATES • BY H. M. STEAM-SLOOP JANUS. (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.) We have been favoured with copious details of the late desperate and impudent attack upon her Ma jesty's steam-sloop Janus, Lieutenant-Commander Powell, by pi rates of the Riff Coast, off Cape Tres loorcas, on the 18th, 19th, and 20th ult., together with skecthes of the scene of action, which we regret we cannot also present to our readers : " H.M.S. Janus, Gibraltar, Oct. 24. " My dear --: I ha s t en to send you a few lines after a brush we had with the Ruffians. They took a schooner and an English brig ; destroyed both, but left enough of the schooner for us to' find out her spot. We attacked them with shot and shell, and sent them flying ; then destroyed their boats. 'We had to land in one place, and a regular fight ensued; they lost a deuce of a lot of lives, but wounded ten out of the forty who lauded with our skipper ; we, however, licked them in proper style, and destoyed their boats. The Commander (Lieutenant Powell) and Paynter (Master's Assistant) have a bullet in each thigh— that is, four bullets hit four thighs—rather odd. Ordinary Seamen—Frost, shot right through the chest, but still alive ; Ford's leg hanging by a bit of skin, is still part of his body ; boy Conly, shattered arm, rather badly, but hope to save it : the rest only severe. They (the pirates) took the liberty of sending two bullets into Mason's (ordinary setunan) head, but he appears to be all the better for it !" 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The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of acousti'z instruments for rebel of extreme deafness. 39, Albemarle .street, Piccadilly, oppo site the York Hotel. ANOTHER , ACCOUNT. "Janus, Gibraltar, Oct. 24, 1851. " Dear --: We left Gibraltar on the 17th for the Riff Coast, in search of a Spanish schooner that left Malaga for Maliah, but was taken in a calm near Cape Tres Forcas by those treacherous pirates whom you well know inhabit that part of the coast. We saw the schooner on shore about five miles from the Cape, and immediately stood in towards her, and anchored about 300 yards from the beach. The pirates were strongly posted on the hills (as you will see by the sketches) and behind rocks. We prepared for action. The commander went in shore in his gig to reconnoitre, and then returned to the ship. A very short time after wards they opened a very smart fire upon us, which we silenced in about an hour with a well-directed fire of shell, grape, and canister, Ezc. The musketry from the pirates came aboit us like hailstones, and notwithstanding all our ship's com pany on deck, we did not meet with one single casualty. Night coming on, we weighed and stood about five miles off shore until daylight, when we stood in and anchored about 600 yards from the beach to destroy their boats, which we did by shell. In the afternoon the commander in the gig, Paynter in the paddle-box boat, and Woolridge in the cutter, made for the beach, during which time they (the pirates) set fire to the schooner. Downward (acting second master) was left in charge of the ship, with three boys, Heather (clerk in charge), the Doctor (Assistant- Surgeon Alexander), both engineers, and three stew ards ; but notwithstanding her diminished crew, Janus managed to keep up a well-directed fire to cover the landing of the boats. On our boats arriving near the beach the pirates observed we had thoroughly destroyed their boats, and returned to the ship under a heavy fire of musketry, in which we had only one man slightly wounded in the shoulder. We weighed and stood out again for the night, and the next morning (the 20th), we stood in for a bay about four miles to thewestward of yesterday's position, to destroy boats. We anchored about 150 yards from the beach, and prepared for action. The Commander, Paynter, and Wooldridge, in gig, paddle-box boat, and cutter, left the ship to destroy the piratical boats. They landed, covered with a well-directed fire from Janus, and succeeded in destroying the boats, but met with a precious warm reception. The Commander led the men in a most gallant• manner, but I am sorry, very sorry, to tell you that he received two severe wounds, one ball through each thigh, but neither touched the bone. Paynter is also wounded through the thigh, and eight men are also wounded. We made the best of our way to Gibraltar, and the medical officers came on board. We sent four men to hospital, the limbs of two of whom, I fear, will undergo amputation. I enclose a sketch of the two places where the actions took place, and also a list of all wounded on our side. On our arrival here, we found news that the fellows in the bay, where our last action took place, have got five Englishmen prisoners. We went over to Tangier about it, and I think after coaling we go to Malilah, as they want to ransom them at one hundred dollars each." ANOTHER ACCOUNT. " Gibraltar, Oct. 24, 1851. " The Janus has been here as usual until a few days since, when she had a shy at the pirates near Cape Tres Forcas. It was smart work, and being in action for three days, quite knocked us up. The finishing was rather sad. Commander Joe (Mr. Paynter) and seven men severely wounded. The commander's wounds are through the thighs, and Joe's the same. The boats, with nearly all the hands were away, leaving on board only Downward, the d3ctor, and two engineers to work the foremost gun ; myself, two stokers, and a steward to knock about the after gun. We, however, kept up a beautiful shelling, and the commander expressed his surprise at the manner in which we did it. Gunnery, of course, was set aside, as none of us could be expected to know anything about it, so it was load and fire,' which turned out to be with considerable effect on the enemy, and service to the boats we wanted to cover. The amount of killed by the Janus or her boats is, of course, undiscovered. On the third day steamed for Gibraltar, having destroyed the pirates' boats, which, I suppose, will be the prelude to the entire destruc tion of the whole on that coast. The poor unfortu nate brig and schooner were burnt to the water's edge, and the piratical cut-throats had the impudence, besides, to send into Malilah to demand ransom for the Englishmen forming their crews. Commander Powell is doing well, and Paynter is in good spirits , Frost is mortally wounded ; Ford and Conly will each lose a limb. The whole affair has created great noise, and more will come of it. " The following is a complete list of officers and men wounded in the engagement : B. A. Powell, lieutenant commanding, severely wounded. Mr. Paynter, master's-assistant, severely wounded. John Ford, boatswain's-mate, severely wounded. James Frost, ordinary seaman, mortally wounded. James Conly, boy, first class, severely wounded. Gee. Ridding, ordinary seaman, severely wounded. Robt. Mason, ordinary seaman, severely wounded. Geo. Edwards, able seaman, slightly wounded. Thomas Avery, boy, first class, slightly wounded. Angus. M'Lean, marine, severely wounded. " Ford will lose his leg, and Conly his arm ; Mr. Heather was captain of the after gun, and stood a very fair chance of being put on this list." Lieutenant-Commander Powell is a lieutenant of May, 1842, and has been twice acting-commander; once in the Kingfisher, 12, for eight month., and he paid the Flying Fish off when Commander Dyke was superseded ; and he has served five years on the coast of Africa. Since he has been at Gibraltar he has received the thanks of the British merchants for as sistance rendered to the merchant shipping; as also the thanks of the French Government for saving a French brig. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TUE WALMER BARRACKS. —DEAL, FItIDAY. - - r• a.e last night considerable excitement was created in the vicinity of Wahn er by the sudden out break of a most destructive fire at th,; barracks at that place. The flames, when discovered, were found raging in the north central building, which, at present, is occupied by the staff of the 30th Regiment. No time was lost in sounding the alarm through the garrison, and spec dily the troops belong ing to the 11th and 30th depots were, on the spot, rendering the most valuable assistance. The engines from the naval yard and barracks were gotfto the scene with all expedition, but, owing to their state, they were of little service in sub duing the conflagration, which, by this time, had reached an alarming ascendancy, and threatened the destruction 'of the entire property. However, the soldiers and civilians worked with much energy, and, after several hours' exertion, the pro gress of the lire was stayed. Of the central building nothing remains but the blackened walls, the whole of the interior having been consumed. The loss .% rill prove considerable ; but we understand that a quantity of the valuable furniture was preserved. Captain Pakenhani. and Lieutenant Green are severe sufferers. NOMINATION or S u rturrs.-4Vednesday next, the 12th instant, has been appointed for nominating the list of sheriffs for 1852, in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster. The judges of the common law courts will attend for the purpose of giving in names of gentlemen for the different counties of England and Wales, three gentlemen being named for each county, and a selection afterwards made of the she riff lay her Majesty in Council. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Cat and Mutton, Cat and Mutton-fields, Hackney, on view of the body of Hannah Townsend, aged 27, a woman of colour, who was en inmate of the Female Refuge for the Destitute, Hackney. De ceased had been an inmate about a week. Last Wed nesday, about twelve o'clock in the morning, she was suddenly taken ill. Mr. Bacon, surgeon of the in stitution, was called in, who prescribed for her. She died at twelve o'clock the same day, from an effusion of serum in the brain and ventricles. Verdict—" Visi tation of God." On Saturday Mr. Baker held au inquest at the Cat and Mutton, Cat and Mutton-fields, relative to the death of Sarah Jane Reynolds, four months old, who was suffocated in bed. Deceased's father was a baker, living at No. 3, Devonshire -street. It waa supposed that the deceased had been accidentally suf focated by one of the children with whom it slept. Verdict—" Found dead." The firm in question have for some time been carry ing on their peculiar business under different styles at different places. In Glasgow they were known as " John and William Atkinson ;" in Manchester and also in Colne, the only name is that of " James Atkinson." John Atkinson, the chief actor in the business, is the uncle of James, who is a youth under age. At Comae we believe a manufacture of mousselines de laine was carried on in the name of this miner. In the peculiar business of this firm it became neces sary to have another firm to be dealing with it, and for this purpose another youth was selected, named Henry Foulds, also a minor, and the son of a small clogger, in Rochdale-road, Manchester. One of the modes practised was for John Atkinson, the uncle of 'Mules. to go round in Manchester and the neighbour hood buying goods in the name of James Atkinson, and so c on d uct i ng h i mse lf as t o l ea d the vendors to Believe that h e was J ames Atki nson . However, when the g oo d s were delivered, and payment was eaonudldw not hom even under be the made same a de manded, th en came forward the real James A t ki nson ; who, bei ng a m i nor, could neither sue nor b e sue d, bankrupt.legal protection thus obtained, were next to be disposed of ; and here the other fir m o f " Henry Foulds and Co. " comes The goods to ,o in r s into operation. We beg the reader remember that Henry Foulds i s the clo under 21. Sha m sales g ar g e er , m s sdoen, to anoth this rlad yo u W as " Henry Fould s an d C 0. ," who, it a is to t nee d less oy, gives no con s id era ti on ; and these at Liverpool, f o r Philadelphia, _goo s are shipped U " Henry F ou ld s an d Co." Theniteidntentien States, by ap pears to have b een that Foulds should fol lowthe, accompanied probably by one of the Atkin sons, so as to make sales there, and get the pro ceeds. No entries are made in James Atkinson's books of these sales ; there is nothing indeed to show that they were made, except the invoices made out to " Henry Foulds and C 0.," the " Co." being the boy Foulds 's father, a small clogger in Rochdale road. Fortunately intelligence of these transactions was obtained in time for some of the creditors to take means to stay the goods, in transitu. Mr. Edward Bennett, solicitor, was employed, and he succeeded in recovering for the creditors about 2,0001. worth of goods, most of which, we believe, were actually shipped in the name of Henry Foulds and Co. Other goods had been shipped in the name of John Whit taker ; and others in the names of Pierce Brothers, York-street, Manchester; but through the admirable manner in which Mr. Whittaker, a cotton spinner in Islanchester, has acted, there is every reason to be lieve that the proceeds will go to the creditors whose accounts may not be covered. It is due to Mr. Whit taker to state that he has given every assistance to those who have been defrauded, and that his informa tion has enabled some of the creditors to recover their own. It seems that before the business transactions of the firm were blown, James Atkinson went to Mr. Whittaker and proposed that he should join in an arrangement, the object of which was to defraud the creditors. Mr. Whittaker consented, with a view to obtain a better insight into the matter, and having got this information, h e revea l e d i t to the creditors. After Stone had been brought up at the Borough Court on Thursday last, charged by the firm with felonious removal of goods from James Atkinson's warehouse in Faulkner-street, and discharged, the malicious charge againt him being dismissed—we un derstand James Atkinson and Henry Foulds, jun., entered the warehouse before daylight on Friday morning, and removed the counters, a clock, and, in short, every vestige of property remaining. These things were fortunately traced to an unoccupied room iu Brazennose-street, the owner of which has had legal notice not to return them to the parties, but to retain possession of them, on behalf of the creditors. It is due to Stone to explain his position in this affair. He appears to have acted honestly through out, and in good faith to the creditors, who would otherwise have been defrauded of their goods. It seems that Foulds removed a great quantity of goods from the warehouse to the house of Stone (which is just behind the warehouse), in order to prevent the creditors from discovering and seizing their goods; and Stone on seeing this gave information to the creditors, who, being thus apprised of their position, seized their own goods, wherever they could find them. Sonic of the creditors, however, are not yet covered. We learn, however, that from the prompt steps that have been taken, and the success that has attended them, there will, no doubt, be a good dividend. On finding that the creditors were recovering their own property from the house of Stone, James Atkinson obtained a warrant against him, charging him with felonious removal of the goods. To return to the members of the firm. William Atkinson, of Glasgow, we are informed, has failed four or five times ; John Atkinson, two or three times. The firm were very " general dealers," having purchased in Glasgow a quantity of ships' anchors, sails, flags, &c. ; as also large quantities of string and twine. One parcel was bought for 201., and imme diately sold again for 131. Indeed, John is said to have boasted that his nephew, " Jem, could go into the Scotch market and buy anything from a needle to an anchor." Ile also boasted of the dexterity with which this youngster " had done the Scotchmen and some of the knowing ones in Manchester." These business transactions, however, must now be regarded as closed. John Atkinson was arrested in Liverpool about three weeks ago, when it was sup posed he was about to follow some goods which had then been sent to the United States. He obtained his portion of the debt d u e, and remainder in a short tim e . liberation promising on p paying ng pay 5 the remainder a Ile was not long at large, but was apprehended in Manchester yesterday week, on what is called a " fugie (fugitive) warrant," on a charge of forgery. He was conveyed to Glasgow by Inspector M`Mullen, and has since been committed there, to take his trial on the charge of forgery. On Saturday last Mr. M'Kie, the superintendent of the Glasgow police, arrived in Manchester with a warrant to apprehend James Atkinson, the nephew. Mr. M'Kie succeeded in apprehending James Atkin son at Burnley, on Sunday evening, and he was on Monday conveyed in his custody to Glasgow. The charge against him is, obtaining goods in that city by fraud, and under false pretences. We believe that warrants are also out against Henry Foulds, jun., who is out of the way, and a man named Adams, who acted as putter-out for James Atkinson, at Colne.—Man chester G?wrdian. tian,has bceoeln lecOtorr F o l f C C lA u L stom A s r a r t O D I N o u 1:1 1 a r in s. situation of collector appointed to the le Baldwin,of following promotions have taken place in consequence:— Mr. Wearne, collector at Penzance, to be collector at Douglas. Mr. Beresford, collector at Newport, to b e co l - lector at Penzance. Mr. Lee, collector at Boston, to be collector at Newport. Mr. Strike, comptroller at Rochester, to be collector at Boston. Mr. Thomas, collector at Car digan, to be comptroller at Rochester. Mr. Edwards, principal coast officer at Pwllhelp, to be collector at Cardigan. Mr. Atkey, principal coast officer at Ryde, Isle of Wight, to be principal coast officer at Pwllhelp ; and the situation at Ilyde, held by Mr. Atkey, has been abolished, and the duty will in future be performed by the Coast Guard there. Alexander Barclay, Esq., is appointed receiver-general of Jamaica. Captain Frome, of the Royal Engineers, is ap pointed collector of Customs in Trinidad.—Sund a y Paper. ANIMAL lIAGNETISM.--M. Lassaigne's soirees, or experiments in the above science, continue to attract the most fashionable audiences to the elegantly fitted up theatre, at Hungerford-hall, Strand, where long and cheering plaudits nightly respond to the very wonderful achievements of the above -named gentleman, and his el ere, Mdlle. ricade,li e ce Bernard, who thinks, sleeps, and acts in the magn s e.ri_c_%,p e with the greatest precision, and at the silent ss , , _r ac ur ity operator. The audience are allowed every possible °le ' acting of M. Las ot testing the fair and upright way d those engage all those who have not yet v.- to go and spend an interest ingin- tellectual and extraordinary experiments.e and auk. Prudence saigne, who seems to be a perfect matereosofsfethe science. We soiree with U. Las.saign Bernard. fill the ofpic© of Lord Pro vost to 7. —The election of a gentleman„ c ant by the retirement of Sir years, vost for the next three . took lac this day. The only point on James Anderson, tec i l i was the means and substance, or which a division ox t i he rental mode of rating for the support ELECTION OF LORD PROVOST.—GLASGOW, Nov. income-tax re—" • which has agitated the citizens most the last two or three years, and produced bitterly during_ civic rebellion. M. Robert Stewart was so mething like a d as the rental, and Mr. Archibald M‘Lellan as the propose 'e o ,candidate. The council then went to the vote, iNc°lll -ta for Mr. Stewart and 17 voted for Mr. M‘Lel when 29 voted question I f the M p r o . o Stewart art was accordingly declared Lord Provost of (Glasgow ln. for the ensuing three years. DEATH OF A CRILD. - ..0n Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. J. W. Payne, on the body of George Quinless, aged two years. It appeared that a pl.ink fell from the premises of Messrs. Heathfield and Badger, experimental chemists, Princes-square, Fins bury, which struck the head of the child and fractured his skull. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." On Saturday afternoon Mr. NV. Carter, the coro ner, held an inquest at the King William tavern, Dorset-street, Clapham-road, on view of the body of Mary Wilsden, aged 74, who died under very extra ordinary circumstlnces. On Wednesday last the landlady where the deceased lodged found her in bed s.e insensible, and subsequently it was ascertained roomh was dead, as she bad not been able to leave f herr inking from the previous Sunday, by reason sprits and other liquors to an alarming extent. elirium, arising Ver dict, " That the deceased died from kits." from excessive drinking of ardent j. sp v. W. Payne held an On Saturday afternoon Mr. J. on the body of inquest at St. Thomas's subj,ct to delirium tre. , , n r z e e d ) quite naked, and in tho Joseph Pell, aged 37 years zs r .. ° T o h n e d s ec u e n a d s a e y d had been previous he was of discovered frightful lacerated wound of d a t ' hewindow. lie was pulled on the face and hands a b c a t :,k o , f b g u e t tt h ii e l Verdict, "That the deceased died of which be died. . . g re ° c ll e t ive ties received accidentally the m l egc,eratnadi certain m variouslacerations ortal lni.u,, , during an attack of delirium. ARRIVAL 01' THE SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We are happy to announce the arrival at Plymouth, on Saturday inorning, at 5 A.m., of the Sir Ilobert Peel, screw-steamer, of whose safety some apprehensions were entertained. A QUERY.—Somebody asks, what is more sok harrowing than pegs in one's boots? - - - -- • A LUCKY LEAP.—As George Hodge, a decent old man, who plies as a scullerinan across the river Tyne at bbiel&, was pulling across the water on Thursday-, a noble salmon jumped into his boat, and vas captured.—Berwich IVetrdcr. A PROLIFIC Mozam—The wife of a small farmer, near Clonmel, named John llorret, was safely delivered cf three sons at a birth a few days ago, and both mother and infants are well. THE STAMP DUTIES CONTINUATION ACT.—An Act was passed in the late session (14th and 15th of Vic toria, chap. 18) to continue the stamp duties in Great Britain and Ireland from the 10th of October last for one year. The other Acts passed on stamp duties are to continue until octc' box. next. There was a fall of snow at Granthana on Monday light, which took the inhabitants by surprise; indeed, some people go so thr as to say that more allow fell the n than dur ing the wll9lO vY last winter. ~~~~~~t~ ~.~~~'; A FIRM OF " GENERAL TRADEI On Saturday last, under the,head " Singular of Robbery by u Servant," we published a repligillikkj case heard at the Borough Court, in which a ware houseman and porter named St one , was charged b y his employers, with felony, i n remov i ng goods from the warehouse to his own house (close behind the warehouse) in their absence. This charge, which would seem to have been wholly groundless, was pre ferred by the firm in question, because Stone had given information to the creditors of the firm of frau dulent removals of goods. The case altogether deve lops a system carried on by this firm :of ge nera l dealers for the purpose of obtaining goods, which merits exposure, and the publication of which may serve as a caution in future. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TIIE LATE MAJOR Joula:2lh; remains of thin gallant and much-lamentec officer will be interred with military honours at the burial.ground of St. George's, Stonehouse, to-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.-- The Birkenhead iron steam-transport, Master-Comander Salmond, having been repaired and refitted, went out of Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday morning. She went down Stokes Bay, and having tested that her machines and engines were all right, retur ne d into harbour, where she remains all ready for s erv i ce . The Hecate steam sloop, Commander G. Hand, is all ready for service in Port smou th Harbour. DEVONI'ORT, SATSATURDAY.-Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, Naval Ccmniander-in-Chief at this port, struck his flag at sum e t on Thursday evening, having obtained seven days' leave of absence. ROYAL MamsEs.—First Lieutenant Onslow has joined the Portsmouth division for embarkation. Lieutenant and Adjutant Harrison hes obtained leave of absence till the 30thinst., Lieutenant Thomas until the 27th, and Lieuterant Gould until the 2d December. Captain Clav,ll, now on leave, one month's further extension ' furlough. Six privates, found unserviceable at the medical inspection held yesterday at the Royal Naval Hospital, have been in valided accordingly. The Nautilus, Lieutenant J. B. Dolling, returned on Friday from a week's crai se in the Channel. Her Majesty's steam-slip Rosamond, Captain Campbell, is forwarding wits all dispatch, and will probably be ready by the 20th instant to sail for the West Indies. The frigate Spartan is ordered to be commissioned by Captain Peel, son of the lab ex-Premier. The steam-vessel Avon, ha v i n g been repaired, is placed at her moorings. The Confiance steam-vessel arrived on Thursday with a detachment of the 77th Regiment from Pen dennis Castle, relieved by a detachment of the 19th, conveyed there by the Confiance from this garrison. An order has been issued to prevent food of any kind from being carried into the Dockyard, Devon port. The artisans have been for many years in the habit of eating their dinners within the walls, and the present order will no doubt prove seriously incon venient to those residing at a distance. His Imperial Majesty's steam-ship Danube, Cap tain Paul, arrived here from London on Thursday, for a supply of fuel, bound to Odessa. ADMIRALTY PROSECUTION.—On Saturday, Nov. 8, Commodore Michael Seymour, the superintendent of the dockyard (and during the absence of the admiral, Sir John Ommanney, the commander-in chief), sat in the dockyard as a magistrate, to consider complaints brought against seven masters of barges, charged with discharging mud within the limits of the harbour, against the laws. The charge having been proved, the parties were prosecuted by Messrs. Eastlake, the Admiralty solicitors for the port, when Passmore, who had appeared upon a similar charge before, was fined 51. ; five of the others were fined '2l. each, and one who appeared to have been less guilty was fined 1/. PROMOTIONS. Lieut. Powell, of the Janus, has been promoted to the rank of commander. B. P. Heather, to be purser. APPOINTMENTS. Commander J. Ormsby Johnson has been appointed mail agent on board one of the Cape screw -steamers, and will proceed in the Hellespont on the 15th inst. Assistant Surgeon—Charles D. Nettleton, to the Impregnable. Acting Assistant Surgeon—Charles E. Playfair, to the Hecate. Assistant Engineer—Jas. Stuart, to the Rosamond. Gunners—John Lowen, to the Rapid; John Wed dell, to the Rosamond. INSTRUCTION OF OFFICERS IN STEAM MACHINERY. The subjoined circularhas been issued by com mand of the Lords of the Admiralty : " Admiralty, Oct. 30, 1851. "My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct that all subordinate officers (except clerks), serving on board her ➢iajesty's ships having steam power, bo instructed by the senior engineer on board in the knowledge of the component parts of the en gine and boilers, and the practical working of the ma chinery, as it is their Lordships' iutentior, at some future period, to institute an examination on the above subjects when officers come forward to pass their final examina tion for rank. But should any officer who is now serving wish to be examined as to his knowledge of the above subjects when passing his final examination, he is to sub mit his wish to his captain, for the information of the commander-in-chief or senior officer; sad if found to possess a competent knowledge thereof, the same is to be certified on his passing certificate for notation in the Admiralty office, " Commanders-in-chief are, in such eases, to give the requisite orders for the examination, and to nominate a senior engineer officer to attend on the day of examina tion, should the passing captains require his services. " By command of their Lordships, JOHN PARKER. " To all commanders-in-chief, captains, com manders, and commanding officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels." PRESERVED MEATS. The following circular has been issued : " Admiralty, Oct. 31, ISSI. " The attention of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having been drawn to the frequent and heavy condemnations that have occurred on board her Ma jesty's ships, in consequence of the bad quality of the preserved meats supplied under the contracts of Mr. Goldner— _ " Their Lordships are pleased to direct that no 1p further issues of Goldner's pr eserve d meats shall be made to the crows of her A jesty's ships, e i t her at home or abroad; but that such may be on boar d the ships at home shall be immedi a t e l y returne d int.) store, and that the whole of such quantities as may remain in store, and on board her Maj es t y ' s s hips abroad at the time of the receipt of this circ u l ar , s hall be returned to England free of expense by any o f h e r Majesty's ships, lr as opportunities shall offer, in order that the same may be surveyed by the proper officers who may be appointed for the purpose, and disposed of in such manner as their Lordships may direct; but a n y can i s t e rs which may b. - e found to emit offensive efflu v i um f rom th e &compost tion of the meat, or app ear to b e unfit to be sent to England, aro to be destroyed ; care b e ing taken in all such cases that a survey be h e ld prev iously thereto , at which a meaical officer is to be p rese nt; and the name on the canister, its weight, an d an y other particulars are to be stated in the report of survey. " By command of their Lordships, PARKER. "To all commanders-in-chief, captains, com manders, and commanding officers o f her Ma jesty's ships and vessels." IRELAND. TnE CHI EF ACTION AG AINS s e c ltETAßT . —The case of James Birch, proprietor of tha World news paper, v. Sir William Somerville, Bart., adjourned from Monday last, came before the Court of Queen's Bench this day. An action has been brought by the plaintiff for 7,0001., claimed as a balance due " for work, labour, and service rendered by plaintiff in sup port of the existing Administration, at the instance and request of the defendant, from the 16th of July, 1848, to the 16th of January, 1851," including a charge of 300/. for copies of the World, supplied and distributed, as alleged in the declaration. The de fendant required that such a bill of particulars should be furnished as would enable him to proceed with his defence ; and the question was fixed for final decision this day, when the Lord Chief Justice and Judges Crampton and Moore took their seats on the bench. We subjoin a brief report of the argument, which terminated in the granting of the application made by Sir William Somerville, and the staying of all fur ther proceedings in the action. Mr. John Perrin renewed his application on the part of the defendant, to the effect, that a bill of particulars should be furnished by the plaintiff, in order that the defendant might be made acquainted with the species of demand made upon him. Mr. WHITESIDE, (2.C., and Mr. MiDortouGH, Q.C., severally contended that a bill of particulars had been furnished, and that, in compliance with the order of the Court, an amended bill had been furnished on the day after the application on the pert of the defendant had been made. Those Learned Gentlemen cited a great many authorities and cases to sustain their vie w, after which The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered judgment to the effect that, on a former day, an application had been made by the defendant demanding to be furnished with a bill of particulars, but, in consequence of BOMO informality in his affidavit, the Court refused the motion with costs, giving him, at the same time, an opportunity to amend his application, 'n conformity with the Act of Parliament, in order that the motion should come properly before the Court. In the first instance, the Court was of opinion that the bill of particulars furnished was per fectly illusory. An amended bill had been since furnished, which in no essential respect differed from the first, and Mr. Justice Moore, who was not present in the first instance, quite agreed with the members of the bench who then Presided, that the original and amended bills were perfectly illusory. The Court, therefore, were of opinion that tho application of the defendant should be allowed. Mr. PERRIN—And all further proceedings stayed. CHIEF JUSTICE----Ye 3. RESIGNATION OF MR, COMMISSIONER CURRAN,— Soon atter the opening of the next year, Mr. W. IL Curran, Q C., for many sears one of tbe Commis sioners of the Insolvent 'Miters Court in Ireland, is to retire, according to the arrangement for superan nuation made in the new Act for the regulation of that court. After that time Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., will be the sole Commissioner. All the circuit business heretofore discharged by tie Insolvent Debtors Com missioners has been transfared to the assistant bar risters at quarter sessions and the duties of the Commissioners are confinel to the Central Court in Dublin. 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