The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-28 00:00:00

_ Business duo to_dly I N Ti ji ' WS' , C LOG g• ti , 4 were er e "ce 0 f 0 , A wl sd. Sab i° a t sd. S r i u c t e a : i h; d. 01. P i 1 g° c ' d 1311 A, were 134 pd th 6 ~ •n an„ iper• ace tote ge' •oad 'rc e irr. b deo 13030' " hA y 13°D)- ,ed DP to Ibis 10 5 ' c os • 3, 43 ; • 7, 95 ; • s'2 s ° • 18, 9 1 • 5, 94- • 3, 97 ! • 6, 37 ' • diog l Y 00 4 e d for toss c 7d l ois w e , ere lo ; r epps sole The • , ;toc l4 d oo 6 . 5 ; 1) C S ES. lO C 1 1 36 7 6 , / 991 . 0 01 ;4 66's t ot' a) Sir r (° ,vbi cii go lette t i Lei t he ef t. fro - 1. 0.„ f 4 P 3c :' ibe " , 01 0 0 0 egle 1 , 0 00, 4 be na • f e t co ot ; to u DI, a or t 'e $ e pe e lorder bSrl er; e of L LOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 0 8.—Wied at noon N., light bre4 z 1 and hoe elver weather slight frost. a & AFIELD, CLARE, NOV. 23.—The Successor, of Sua e!rioe, struck on a ree f ae. Mutton Island, end went to r" , i; tho badies of the roaster and four men Lave betu washed ashore. ..I::;,,,sc'telketg;osaLenyie:Tionert: Nov. 25.—The Alfred drove on 4horo at Nov. 25.—A large English schooner, deeply ", with pained ports, was seen lying to, with fore 21st Nov., in at. 47, long. 9. NEW Ross, Nov. 24.—The Neutral (? Venture) brit}, °f Sund er l and, wss f a ll en i n w i t h 2d N ov ., in let. 45, 1 ) °n .,,g. 47 , waterlogged. distnasted, and abandoned. eetI NGARVON, Nov. 23.—The Bathurst, on shore in 'Re Poole has been got off, and come in to repair slight darazg e . SILIREDAM, Nov. 25.—A small French vessel is en Clore between Worthing aid Littlehampton. YArterouTer, Nov. 27.—The schooner Emerald parted fr om her anchors ha the gals of the 24th, and drove in the k :Ce j a y E a : ) 1 I i n : 2 5 i R . — F. piece of timber, matked " Fre of Falmouth," and a good deal of wretk 42 . , ,been picked up at Dunmore H, ad. LoDUNFANACIIY, Nov. 24.—The Thomas and Mary, of ndonderr from Glasgow,: is discharging her cargo, tftrtially damaged, having been on shore in Downing's ay. Sho lt Etcan, Nov. 27.—The Aladin schooner got en Or e en the North Elk last night, and remains sunk; area reported to be saved. T h IV ELLs, Nov. 27.—1 t is blowing a gale from N.E.— 0 e Mar ore y, of and for this port from the northward, wore U sh to the westward, and it is feared will receive t, re at damage; the life-boat has put out to rescue the 4 ". A schooner is reported to be on shore at Burnham. Wisp; Nov. 13.—The Munro, of Leith, St. Peters ' pro r gb l to Elsinore, run on Fshludd Reef during a gale last., and is not expected off; cargo and stores will Pkb ebq be sated; crew landed. W l'ea oN Forme Nov. 18.—The Isabella Harley see ° . °l le*, Wismar to Harwich, on shore on Lylt 11 th 4 34 , has become a wreck; part of materials saved, the tieleaiuder and the cargo, in a damaged state, expected b e be sav e d. T he M . Graves, of Hartlepool, Stettin to "on, which was on shore on Lylt 9th inst., has also eerne a wreck. t o l j e evoeT, Nov. 26.—The Dordrecht steamer, Dort ep London, has put back leaky and with damage to her Gg i ne, having been on shore near the Kwader Lock, eereelsland. ", 1, , Nov. 27.—A gale from N.N.E.—Arrd. John j eleguet, Madr a s ; Victoria, Trinidad; Faside, St. John's, 1, 1 7 Brunswick; Mountaineer, Quebec, for Whitby. -e Laileh Rookh, London to San Francisco, put back 10°;,"ae Downs t his afternoon in tow of a steamer, with it' of mainmast, &c., and leaky, will proceed to the h n iv er to rep a i r . I t is bl ow i ng a gale from N.N.E. with e' av Y squalls. Arid. Lady Bute, Calcutta; Koop, Ab"e l , Batavia for Rotterdam ; Courieron Henamts, len for Valparaiso. Arrd. from the River and aid. T e - g' Sydney, New South Wales; Derwent, Hobart a f e; Palm, Madras; Harrison, Chitton, Pernambuco; i' L ee Pink, Trinidad ; Contractor, Barbadoes. Sld. L e 7 lan der, Calcutta ; Jermy, Mauritius ; Isabella, 4th, Cape of Good Hope; Sir Charles Forbes, Ascen -4"; Valparais, Valparaiso; Royal William, Buenos el t ee; Valiant, Demerara; Electra, Grenada ; Point, 7 r gae lea; Yorktown, New York; Heber, Mogadore. ti'IVERPOOL, Nov. 27.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. India, °alb ae C Io um eana, New Orleans; Commodore, ac;e t. c e; T A ri :ghan, Quebec; Progress, ditto; Coaxer, n gapore ; Essex, Icnaboe. Sid. Henry Nesmitb, Bal- San Francisco; William Parker, Val i-kilo; Ariel, Pernambuco; Esperance, Hayti; Caro -1.1P3 elf smith, New Orleans; Agnes, Apalachicola; Bona Savannah; Commerce, Charleston; J. H. Glidden. oTladelphia; Enterprise, New York; Levant, ditto, Nee Brunswick, Caraaner. The ship Montezuma, of St. John's. Brunswick, was spoken 21st inst, let. 49 N., long, with loss of rudder, and making for Queenstown. e S o tnTeepooe, Nov.- 27.—The Steerswell, of and for ae, from Bangor, in entering the Tees last night, ereew i on the , Nortu Gore Sand, and has become a wreck; 0 1VII ITI 3 Y, Nov. 24.—The Norwich Merchant, of Yar uth,, came on shore last night, abandoned, and a total 8 0 - e I LLY, Nov. 25.—Oranges Lave been observed lie:efrao a n b l ou N t .E ou .— r r Th oa e dstead this morning. PR 6 ACOMBE, Nov. 27.—Two P.M., blowing strong As s quarter-deck of a small vessel brought in here to-day by one of the harbour gigs. l4 Neranoex Nov. 27.—A boat and vessel's rud ies r h ave been washed ashore near Bury Holm', Bury; i; a boat at Briton Ferry. iv: I PULL Nov. 27.—Two pianofortes have been Y e tt on shore on Llanhaiarn Beach, with a quantity, reek timb er . L ° Roane Nov. 27.—The William and Ann, from sp t r a i b .eh to Hui!, was assisted in here with loss of bow- L oi p e Mainhoom, &c. The Britannia, of Louth, fur b eei rn, has been assisted in, with loss of canvas, having M at. .,T tow when in shoal water off Tinterton. The tr eee ll . e a, of Lynn, was assisted into the roads this disme.stei, having been in tow off Flaniborough a t „_ • a nd 67, 14 , Nov. 27.—The Margaret Cunningham, of kale, - e 'uis port (coal-laden), went on shun, on the thip e ,,,"ear Walton-on-the-Naze, 24th Nov., has un earr`u r udder and received other damage ; crew saved. ree t ,,g e has been sent to lighten her, when it is ex she will be got off. G-1 4 , 4a1:0 P, Nov. 25.—The Circassian barque,. of As - b n w, drove athwart hawse a ussian baique, doing iderable damage, and she hasp nce been in contact • l ei th a forei gn brig. al ' l3 LersesTert., Nov. 26.—The Margaret Cunningham eeP, Allwright, of and for Maldon, from Blyth, drove ' :, (411 her anchor in the Wallett, 24th Nove.and ginger Osyth beach, but is expected off, after discha. MARKET . . NEWS. 'THIS DAY.) NEWG.ILTM AN xasamMloll"3" These markets were firm to-day, a t very to P rices ' beef from 2s 2d to 3s Gd; Mutton, 2 s 6d to 3s 10d the ; - Vett), 3s to 3 4 10d ; Pork, to 4s od per Sibs by eareas... EA'S if/Lanza. BXIIIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8 s t 0 31 16s ; Clover , 41 Cas to 41 4a ; and Straw, 11 Is to Ii 7s per lotd. oun 1 , 1 3 y tolerably good, and trade firm. UMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 2/ 105 to 31 17s ; A Ter, 3/ Oa to 410 a; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per load. i; 11 average supply, and a steady demand. lII TECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 16s; I r ter, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 1/ Is to 117 s per load. , steady, at our quotations. , 00 MEAT AILAICEETS. I: i n 43. UTIIALL, Nov. 27.—Primo Beasts and Sheep were .z..4.... 4i r,r , 'quest, at fall prices. In other kinds of stook a ` s •Y tittle was doing. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, a 2, 1 to 4a 2d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 1181 Per Blbs to sink the offals. 54, A "ronn, Nov. 27. Our market was , tolerab l y .t --4 u,,y at f u l: y l ast wee k'S quo t a ti on s. Beef from 3s to .4,yklutton, 3s 2d t o 4 s 4d ; Veal. 3s' 2d to 3s 8d; Pork, '144 4 34-8 ,4 1 per Sibs. Suckling Calves 183 to 265; and t 'o.cl Store Pigs, 17s to 23s each. Malt Nov. 26.—We had a fair demand to-day, at :to 4 a v, r "'es: Beef, from 3s 2A to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4 d 41 ; Pork, 33 2d to 35 8d per. Blbs. CORN AVERAGES. „, ,r ap..Nz, tf le •--.AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN fl a ,-,,,_7 l tek ended Nov. 21. 1850, made up from the Returns of the De,,Vetors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales • lanperialQuarter• TRICE I wnwr. I ! IBARLET. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. • 39s lld 24s Id 178 3d 29s Gd 28s 9d 1298 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. '.B 5 ,, I BARLEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. t QUA is Od Is, Od Is Od Is Od Is Od . rli tat -N ITITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. 55,088 ; Barley 92,257 ; Oats, 24,251 ; Rye, 28; Beans, 4,e56; I'eas; 2,159 quarters. (ST i i EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) 41 gi in Banco, before Justices PATTESON, COLE. RIDGE, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) 4e, w e uour: was occupied throughout the morning in , t 2ag the f urt h er arguments i n Doe dem. Armistead aq ta " North Staffordshire Railway . Company, which tit p Part-h ear d yester d a y, b u t which involved no feature tio ti tib lio interest to justify a detailed report, the ques -144d.1it issus having only reference to a few roods of (S i I EXCfrEQUER.—(T HIS DAY.). -1 16 at Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) SQUIRE V. PREW. • tit • Watson and Mr. Prentice appeared for the plain (it '4 411 1t 1 Mr• Crowder conducted the defendant's case. Sed Pleintiff is a pianoforte-maker in High Holborn, fp r brought the present action to recover damages lhe-flar"sault and trespass alleged to be committed by ttildendant, who i s the well-known advertising tailor, ap pa ^uo keeps a shop adjoining that of the plaintiff. It i s . the*. the *miff had no use for a portion of pan the -- frcnt, and h o agreed to lot the defendant have them the „ t r ' f it; but some difference of opinion arose between tts e ' ~" ter the agreement was completes, as to whom the °f the story-post which divided the premises had 14 °4 f ° l t eeded,and the plaintiff by way, of testing his right, ehoh— cued to put np a hell to communicate with his wells. (.1e s :" . nd while in the act of doing so he found it nee 1ve...447 to push aside some of the "dummies" which Pr o ': P,lttecd by the defendant outside his door. This eitli, e , l e u,ing excited the wrath of the defendant, who " the plaintiff a vagabond, and then struck him a Alai Eat bt fAv* on the face. The trespass Which was corn sok,„'',4 of consist e d i n t h e d e f en d an t h av i ng o b s t ruc ted . fr ot - t ~ f ghte, and t a k en a wa y a part of the boarding in Tl the plaintiff's shop. it CnIEF BARON, in summing up, told the jury that th, r e "? quite clear, by the terms of the conveyance, that Pim ewe Tilt to mu the disputed story-post remained in the Th • e Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 10 RIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. hider-Sheriff BURCHELL.) ,01...f,0r the ° . Al '. Thi s . AND ANOTELER V. WILSON. ,Of si "119 an action on a guarantee to reeDver h the au_ni Payment' of an overdue bill of eic2 abge for 3 tl • i h '"" of which only.Eadcen. pcid. was givo . n for tic . , ''' t 147 .41nta% re- boing no 4 t;4Cee a verdict . t t , 4 ( ,. z..- 4 , ) - ....1 . 0 Sal nin3iv —.FA:Kama 4:, I.l_ L ,lt ''(Jl 4 Ais - te a 1 6 . 3 11 %Al t im. *We' to rceover 5L for 1)4 'Ti` r tierqlsia , B f t i lercst and likely to lint . 4,,* 51 1 e i „ El• hrt l .A.i , lt N 4l, .4w -' na .titieki .•••-tii ,, ii2 ~, ~i , '' . ' ' 4 '. c , . , ' 'l %frit t vi to 7 ' • Liii .141 Stf 4 ' ''• ' '' • - 'f'4s' 31° 7 /( l L' ' OOURT—CfLiIS 1)IliN.) : ,'it 3, 9 , flop 1)51; ~ ~ , OhD COURT. . ti 1.1,' 114 41 , ' " ci4 ' 2 .011.73EgY.—A resprctably attired young 3 ,, i lia e l ? lla triad ..John Edit', ird " Cunningham, a•g ed . thirty, n 5..q., 4 Al' A i t i i l l4 it% - a clerk, nw indicted forimbezzling aud, 44141)11`,:at I, •titr, cmtaining money, value la 7 . !. -2l the property ot the Postmaster-Genoral _ SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY THE Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prose cution ; and Mr. Purcell appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Ceearesee having stated the cane, proceeded to call the followieg evidence : Mathew reek, a police-officer, attached to the Pov.t. °flee, stated that the prisoner Lai been a clerk in the . Inland Department, and it was part of his duty to sort letters. On the morning of the 14th of November wit ness received instructions to piece himself in such a position as to command a view of the prisoner. without the prisoner seeing him. The prisoner had previously broil suspected ef stealing letters. He obeyed his in structions, and about seven o'clock, on the morning al ready, mentioned, he watched the prisoner sorting in the dreat Wettern Division. Ile eva•ched him till be tween eight and nine o'clock, when he saw the prisoner tumble with a number of letters, as though he were crumpling one up, and then retire fenn the sorting room. As the prisoner left the room witness observed that he had some letters in his right hand, but the other . band was shut, end suspecting that it held a money lettet, which. the prisoner wished to purloin , he immediately disclosed his slit -picions to Mr. Bourne, the superintendent of the departmeet. That gentleman directed witness to come him, and they both wrnt in search of the prisoner, whom they found in Mr. Buckingham'e office, but Mr. Buekinghsm was not there. Mr. Bourne said to him, " Cunningham, you are suspected of stealing a letter— ' you must let the officer search you." The prisoner re luctantly contented to this, but nothing was found upon hies. A bundle of letters, however, was lying near to the prisoner, and witness said to Mr. Bourne, " You will find a money letter under them." Mr. Bourne ac cordingly took up the letters, and at the bottom was one crumpled up, with the seal unbroken. Mr. Bourne then directed witness to take the prisoner into custody. At the police-court the letter, which was addressed to Mrs. Williker, 23, Charlotte-terrace, Morristown, Devonpert, Devon," and contained a chilling, a sixpence, and a pawnbroker's duplicate. John Forbes, another constable attached to the Post office, saw the prisoner come out of the Great Western division office. The prisoner had one letter in his right hand, and one or two between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, but the other three fingers were pressed down upon the palm of the hand crushing a piece of paper, which looked like a crumpled letter. Witness watched the prisoner into the " tick" room, and kept his .eye upon him till Mr. Bourne came down. Mr. Henry Bourne, one of the presidents of the General Yost-effiee, stated that the prisoner was a clerk in his department, and had been in the -service since 1849. On the 14th of November, in consequence of a communication from the previous witness, he went down into the " Tick" room, where he saw the prisoner talking to one of the clerks. He waited till he came out, when witness observed that he had a letter in his right hand, and others in his left. The prisoner said he had been to ascertain if the letter he held in his right hand was re gistered; but witness, taking no notice of this remark, requested the prisoner to follow him. They retired to Mr. Buckingham's room, where witness took the letters from the prisoner's left band, and placing them on a table, he said to the prisoner, " I suspect you have a letter secreted about you somewhere." The prisoner protested that he had not, and allowed Peak to search him. Nothing, however, was found upon him; but Peak said he was positive the prisoner had a crumpled letter in his left hand, and asked witness to examine the let ters on the table. He did so, and at the bottom of about fourteen letters the letter in' question was discovered. It was slightly crumpled, and had the appearance of having been doubled in three. _ Crois-examined by Mr. PARNELL —lt was the priso• sorter's duty to ascertain if the letter was n.gistered, but Le should have come to witness, and not have gone to the " Tick" room, though the information could be ob tained there. _ _ A William Lugsdale, the " Tick" clerk, stated that, on the morning of the 14th of November, the prisoner came to him and asked if a letter be held in his right hand Ras entered in the Dover bill? lie did not notice any letters in the prisoner'3 left hand, aor did the pri soner appear to be at all confused. Clus's•ek:unided—There was nothing strange, or un usual, or peculiar," in the prisoner's asking stich 'a question. Mr. Robert Walker, a master in the Royal Navy, identified the letter as one which he had posted at South sea. on the 13th instant. This was the case for the prosecution. PARNELL addressed the ju!y, and insist, d that, at _ the most; the evidence only made out a case of.sospi then, and the jury would not be justified in convicting the prisoner of the charge imputed to him. The Learned JUDGE having summed up with his aes customed clearness and precision, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was again indicted for stealing another letter, containing a shilling, the property of the Post master General. He pleaded not guilty. M. CLARKSON, having stated the case to the jury, called the following witnesses: — John Forbes, a messenger in the Inland Department, stated that on the morning of the 13th, about half-past tight o'clock, he saw the prisoner sorting letters in the Great Western office. He watched him and eventually he observed him crumple up a letter in his left hand. Shortly afterward} the prisoner retired to a water closet, and witness followed him. Witness took up a position in the adjoining water-closet, where he could see the prisoner through a side-grating without being seen hins:elf. He saw the prisoner sit clown on the seat of the water-closet, and then open a letter with a red seal. He could perceive that the letter was dated from Rochester, and commenced "My dear father." It con tained something which the prisoner took out and placed in his pocket. The prisoner afterwards seemed to read the letter, and then tear it into four parts , dropping the pieces with he envelope down the pan of the closet. Witness then gave an alarm to another officer, who closed a plumber to open the pipe of the closet and get possession of the fragments of the letter. Ile watched the prisoner back to the sorting-office, having previously taken care to lock up the closet, which was a sett-acting one, and a few minutes afterwards the pieces of the letter, which he now produced, were brought to him by the plumber. Cross examined by Mr. PARNELL on behalf of the prisoner —Witness gave information of what had passed to the superintendent of the department immediately; but it was not till the following day that the prisoner was arrested. He watched the prisoner through a grating which was put up partly for the purpose of let ting air into the closet and of enabling the Post-office authorities to keep a watch on all suspected persons en gaged in the service. John Russell, another constable, employed at the Post-office, corroborated the testimony of the last wit ness. He, with his brother constable, watched the pri soner through a grating placed between the two water closets. The prisoner was in the one, and witness with Forbes was in the other. Cross-exsmined—The prisoner was not searched when he came out of the closet. William Blackburn, the plumber, stated that in ac cordance with directions which he received from the last witness, he opened the pipe attached to the water closet, and amongst the deposit be found the envelope and pieces of paper which had already been produced. Frederick James Fry, of Rochester, deposed that the fragments of paper produced made up a letter which he wrote to his father at Axminster, on the 12th of the present month. That letter he placed .in the envelepe produced kith ls., and posted it on the 12th at Roches ter. Had sealed it with red wax. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PARNEW. having addressed the jury for the de fence, The. Learned JUDGE summed up the whole of the evidence, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COURT, deferred pasing sentence till to-morrow. BURGLARY.— George Douse, aged 17, described as i potman, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing ti3iee bogs, :38u shillings, 14 holt-croWns, 121 sixpences, and other moneys, the property of George Seatons in his dwelling-house, and afterwards bur gloriously breaking out of the same dwelling-house. Mr. CLARKSON informed the Court that the burglary was committed in the Chalk Farm Tavern, but there was a second indictment charging the prisoner with cutting, stabbing, and wounding Wilds= Godson, the constable, who arrested the prisoner, to prevent his lawful appres hension. _ _ . The COURT intimated a wish to examine the con stable and the medical witness ou the subject of the se cond charge. It app ,, sred from the evidence that the prisoner stabbed the constable in the temple with a knife, inflicting a serious wound, of about two inches in length. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. THE BURGLARY It THE REGENT'S•PARK.—This case was fixed for Saturday. PERJUP.Y.—On the application of Mr. Ballantine the trial of Mr. William Sobieski Kildahl, a proctor of D u blin, who stands charged with perjury at the instance of the Baron Von Steink, was put off on the ground that the Baroness, who was a material and necessary witness, had teen suddenly taken ill, and was unable to attend the court. IVEIV COURT. Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderma❑ LAWRENCE.) STEALING IN THE LONDON D',CIIS. Alfred Turnbull, 19, described in the calendar as a wa t e rmati,was convicted of stealing 221bs. of bees' wax and 19 oz. of pepper, the, property of the London Dock Company,' and was sentenced to bo imprisoned in the House of Onrrection and kept to hard labour for six months. Ann W e 11,,, a notorious nymph of the pave, who was convicted yesterday of stealing a purls a n d sixteen half•crowns, - the property of James Holland, from h is person, was this morning brought up to receive sentence, the Recorder having yes terday postponed passing it on account of the prisoner having stoutly denied that she had been before convicted, although she was charged with having been so in the indictment. On the'prisoner being placed at the bar, no less than four persons connected with the House of Correction at Brixton stated that the prisoner had been confined in that gaol no less than four times since 1845. The REconnEn, after strongly admonishing the pri soner upon her guilt, and the crime of adding to it by falsehood, sentenced her ,to seven years' transportation, telling her at'the . saine time that she would certainly leave the country, , • • - ~` DAY.) 14holson4 ohnos.Gareluner,J , 4 charged wish -viole n tly iiss uu llih., George M. Titon, a tzterchant'a ,t,;lerk,.under?th e fo2o - wing curious circum ttannes:--. Inc rc t , wag The pro:,ecutc , r saitl he went to Jalli. zi's'conurt 14. st night, and aftt - r the petfortna,,ce *as e nnelade . d, h" to paired, with this frienclii: - to the, C r :ya e to the Strand, for the purpose of having `some' refrephinente• ,lle { remained there until ono 'o'clock this morning, "h" he took Out a • silver reboil-eilso`auci wrote his address, which he gave to a friend. He placed the pencil-case in his left-hand coat pocket, and at that time one of the prisoner'; friends sat next to him. Directly afterwards he missed his pencil-case, and he communicated his su•- pimoris to the proprietor of the house, that the prisoner's friend had been sitting next to him at the time he lost hip pencil-case. He was instantly surrounded by the prisoner and several of his friends. The prisoner said, " You accuse my friend of stealing the pencil-case!" and immediately struck him a violent blow upon the face. which was afterwards swollen. On reaching Maiden lane the prisoner again attempted to strike him, but was prevented by the interference of the constable, who took him into custody. The prisoner admitted that he struck the complainant, and it was under circumstances of great provocation. He accusal his friend of robbery, and he certainly did strike him. - Mr. HALL said if the prisoner wished to act the part of Don Quixote in protecting all his friends he must put up with the consequence. He thour:ht the complainant had behaved very mildly in acquainting the proprietor of the house of his loss and his suspicions, whether they were true or nut. The prisoner had no right to ahsanit him in that outrageous manner. He finel the prisoner the full penalty or 51, or one month's imprisonment. The fine was immediately paid. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR. Nov. 27. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airings. His Excellency the General Radowitz, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle to-day will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of pent, his Excellency the General Radowitz, the Right Hon. Henry Lsbouchere, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Lord Elphinstone has relieved the Earl of Morley in his duty as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Major- General Sir Frederick Stovin has relieved Lieut.-Colonel lion. A. N. Hood in his duty, as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The band of the Coldstream Guards performed the following pieces yesterday (Tuesday) during dinner : Overture—" La Val d'Andorre" Halevy. Hibernian Quadrilles ... Jullien. Duo—(Les Huguenots) Waltz—" Rose de Mai" Chant des Croates Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and played the following selection : Overture," La Gaieti" Ottetto (Op. 20) Allegro con fuoco, Andante, Scherzo Allegro leggierrissimo, Presto, Four violins, two violas, two violoncellos, Messrs. Sainton, Day, Cbipp, Cusins, Hill, Nickel, H. Chipp, and P. hardy. March—" Le Propbete," 1. Meyerbeer. 'he Earl of Chichester had au interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. J. C. Byrne had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday, from a vitit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Marcus Hill had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Sir Edward Buxton, Batt., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yes terday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH. LANCASHIRE STEEPLECHASES, &c. WEDNESDAY. The Free Handicap Hurdle Sweepstakes of 7 sous. each, 5 ft, and 30 added. Two muftis, over six hurdles. Subs.) Mr. 13,nsoL's Little Queen, 4 yrs, list 81b...(Frisby) 1 Mr. Peace na Redstrtak, aged, Ilst 1113 2 Mr. Pattison's Gracv, 5 yri, list 5113 Mr. Molouy's Gold bust, aged, lOst 12ib ...(Fowler) 4 Won by half a neck. _ Match, 50 sovs., h ft. T. Y. C. Captain Scott's Administrator, 93t 21b (A. Clark) 1 Mr. Gaman's Maid Marian, 5 yrs, B.t 91b (Owner) 2 The Newton Scramble of 3 sovs. each and 20 added, the second to save his stake; two yra old, Bst 21b; three yrs, 9:4 121 b; four yrs, 10st 121 b; five yrs, list 41b; six yrs and aged, 1 Ist 61b; maidens allowed 51b, &c. Half a mile. (6 Suns.) Mr. Smith'sg., lms, 3 yrs (to be sold for 301) (Livesey) 1 Mr. Lloyd's osey, 3 yrs (200 (Fowler) 2 Mr. Martin's bf by Accident, 2 yrs (300... (Cowup) 3 Areherest., Maid of Kent, and Repulse also ran.— Won by a length. _ _ • The South Lancashire Grand Steeple Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added; the second to receive 20 sous., and the winner to pay 20 soya, towards expenses. About three miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Tiernan's Isaac, aged, Ilst 101 b (Mr. Sharkey) 1 Mr. Connor's The Oaks, 5 yrs, lOstfillb (Mr. Maloney) 2 Mr. Peace's Nelly Brown, 6 yrs,- 9st llb (Livesey) 3 Mr. Williamson's Shinrone, aged, llst 31b (A. Clark) 0 Mr. Vevera's Volatile, 5 yrs, lOst 91b ......(Darling) 0 Mr. Hendersou's Hezard, aged, 9st 81b (Fowler) 0 Won by two lengths. The Selling Plate of 301., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each; for three yrs old, Bst 81b; four yrs, 9st 81b; five yrs, lOst 21b; six yrs and aged, lOst 51b; mares and geldings allowed 21b; and maidens having started twice allowed 71b; winners extra. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Peace's Latitat, 5 yrs (201.) (Livesey) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Doyle's Accident, 6 yrs (501.) Mr. Little's Kill or Cure, 3 yrs (301) 1 0 3 3 Captain Scott's Administrator, 6 yrs (801 ) 2 2 dr Mr. Ilepple's Cynthia, 4 yrs (201) Mr. Whiifield'sVauxhall - Ruek, 6 - yrs ( 200 0 0 dr NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Puppy Stakes. First Ties—Triste bt liarum-Scarum, Memory bt Factotum, Viardot bt Gallantry, Cobra bt Dunkeld, Tro.zig bt Dora, Dot bt Bertha. • The All-aged Stakes. First Ties—Mammon bt - Magician, Mocking Bird bt Mercury, Verity bt Donald, Merchant bt Midas, Bees wing bt Asp. The Exning Stakes; for aged dogs. Buckworth's Barbara bt Mr. R. Bagge's Townsman. Mr. Fyson's Forerunner bt Mr. Holmes's Mystery. Mr. Dobede's Diamond bt Mr. Finch's Crenoline. Mr. Gillett net Fiorette bt Mr. Hill's Mary. The Chippenbara Puppy Stakes. Mr. Fyson's Fanny bt Mr. Holmes's Melancholy. Mr. Dobede's Dart bt Mr. R. Bagge's Tcridapamei boninos. Mr. King's Regard bt Mr. Vipan's Victory. Mr. Brook's Bran bt Mr. Hill's itiodel Lady. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. The following are the present fixtures as nearly as we can make out:— MARCH. Doncaster Spring " I Northampton . ... 26 Warwick Spring . 13 Croxton Park Catteriek Bridge .. . 3 Epsom Spring 4 Newmarket Craven 7 The Hoo l2 Newmkt. Second Spring 6 Shrewsbury 8 Bath l5 Malton l5 Newmark. First Spring 21 A bt:rgavenny 24 Chester Y. Plymouth Spring Epsom E. Newton Stockbridge Winchester 2O Newcastle Nottinghtna 16 Goodwood Ascot flumpton ll Manchester ll Bibury Newma►ket Carlisle ........ 1 Worcester Liverpool . 9 UST. Ripon . 4 revives l3 or 14 Brighton 6 York Wolverhampton ..... 11 Egharn 27 SEPTEMBER. Warwick Doncaster Sandbach OCTOBER. Monmouth Chester 9 Wr..aboak MEDICAL CHARITIES, &C., IRELAND.—It appears from an abstract of a return moved for by Colonel Dunne, relative to medical establishments under the poor-law in Ireland, union workhouses included, and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed no the 15th August last, that the averaw 6 e number of hospital patients for each week in the year ended the 25th March, 1850, was 34,714; total number admitted during the year, 468,028. Payments to medical attendants, 23,9471. 3s. 3d.; nurses and other per sons, 8,9291. 15s. Ild. ; other expenses, 144,1621. 12s. 7id.; total expeuditure, 1;7,039/. lls. LITIGATION CON NECTED WITH SCOTTISH RAILWAYS. —The litigations at present pending relative to railway pro perty in Scotland are complicated and truly alarming. Ist. The Scottish Central Company are suing the London and North-Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Caledonian Com panies, for breach of wot king agreement, endeavouring, by art estments of the property of the two former companies, to balm them within the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. 2d. The Caledonian Company are suing the Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Company for restitution of advances. 3d. The Barrhead Company are suing the Caledonian Company for implement of lease. 4th. Some half-dozen of actions, at the instance of groups of Clydesdale Junction shareholders against the Caledonian Company, ate pending. sth. Ditto, ditto, Wishaw shareholders against' the Caledonian Com party; Besides the above, numbers of actions are in the course of being raked by companies against each other. Liti gations are v.lso,going awnst the old Caledonian board, at the instance of the Diunbartonshire and Ardrossan Com panies.— North British Mail. .KLEXANDRE • Du'sfas, Tf3E FRENCH DR AIIATL,T.—, Several actors of the Theatre IliStorique yesterday applied to the Tribunal of Commerce to declare Alexandre Dimas banitruptor ;I They ' grounded their Applicat oir the fact, that he •avaS persotaity interested in the management ;,f the theatre, which, bad ,stupped payment. The matter was placed in deliberation.— Galignani's Messenger. EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1850. CASE BETWEEN THE CHURCH OF. ENGLAND AND THE PUSEYITES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts, — The way in which the public has responded to the letter of Lord John Russell, encourages any endeavour to confirm and support that remarkable document. No part of it evinces more of the decision and ac curacy which designate a leader of men, than that which refers the actual outbreak to the invitations held out by professed members of the Anglican Church. A step towards getting a bird's eye view of the case, will be to review the circumstances under which the Anglican Church took its rise ; and if your readers will be patient, the preliminary matter shall be run through as rapidly as possible. The Founder of Christianity and his contemporary followers, promulgated a religion very slightly cere monial, and directed almost entirely to the effects upon the life and conversation of its receivers. The principles were embodied in" documents either at the time or soon after; and the documents have re mained, with lithe or no dispute upon the text, to the present hour. But no provision was made against the tendency to deterioration which attaches to all in which human creatures are concerned. The Founder himself re corded a doubt whether at a future coming he should " find faith upo❑ the earth ;" and the most active of his apostles avowed a distinct prospect of a "man of sin," "sitting" not in partibus infidelium but "in the temple of God," and a " mystery of iniquity" of which he felt and saw the roots and beginnings, for it "cloth already wor.k." The apostles had their quer- j rels and disputes like other men ; and it so happened, that on the most signal of these occasions (Galat. ii. 11), the very one for whose supposed successor is claimed the power of the keys, was put down and overruled by a comparative neophyte, who had never seen the Founder upon earth. orall clear things the clearest, is that if anybody was infallible nobody knew it then, and that so far from security being pro- ' vided against the developement of error, its progress and actual commencement were announced, in the strongest terms, by those who had best right to know. And as well these forebodings were ful filled. Of all theories of spiritual power the most convenient, is first to claim infallibility, and then back it by declaring all reformers to be schismatics, and consequently orthodoxy identical with the conglomeration of !abuse. Political power soon . ' added its temptations; and the end was that nothing was too puerile or too atrocious, to find its representation in the creed and practice of what called itself the,Church. During all this there was no want of protesters against the procesi; but these were to be put down with fire and sword, by the token that they did protest. Paulicians, Albigenses, Waldenses, Lollards, kept up an unbroken fire of remonstrance and heresy. Often locally suppressed, the resistance was always there ; and when the re vival of learning turned the balance in favOur of recurrence to the original authorities, the conflagra tion burst out in all the most energetic portions of European society. England was not behind ; and the practical genius of Englishmen conceived, what after all was the great and useful idea, of taking the property of the corrupt hierarchy, and out of it constructing a physical bul wark in defence of what they deemed more sound. This might not keep pace with all the romance of reform ; but though unromantic it was effective, and the proof is that at this hour the enemy is running his head against the sane walls. Here thin were the elements out of which the new hierarchy was to be formed. Men of all shades of opposition to the general foe, and every gradation of enlightenment upon the reasons, were to be com bined into "something like a whole. It was as clear that some must be kept below what they individually would have aimed at, as that some must be carried further. Everything was by necessity, within limits, a compromise; and — to insist that either the best informed or the worst should have everything their own way, must have been ruin to the Whole. From temperament, habit, or accident, one man had a lurking leaning towards one piece of silliness and another to another ' • so that instead of its being strange that traces of the old follies should be found, the only wonder is there were no more. And whatever their number in detail, they formed no connected whole, and were incompetent to conceal the existence 'of one grand current directed against that species of falsifi cation of documents, which consists in burying them beneath a mass of interested additions under the title of developements. As opposed to this, the fanpies of individuals were of little snore ultimate account, than the differences of stature and complexion in the con stitution of an army. True it was, that the new army of the faith did not thenceforth do everything a cultivated intelligence might have desired. In bad times it was fond of leaguing with political tyranny. But even then, it was keeping out a worse ' • and when the crisis came, it sided with the right. If it did not exert itself till threatened in it 3 own existence by the ancient enemy, this amounts to proof that it existed to the purpose of the founders. 'The Seven Bishops might not be everything an ardent imagination could devisee; and their predecessors and successors may come under the same category. But the Seven Bishops and the mass they represented, drove civil and religious despotism from the realm of England; and it re mains to be seen whether the old bulwark has not some virtue left. What were the precise causes of the tendenciis dis played among the Anglican clergy in the exact Middle of the nineteenth century, it may not be easy to define. Something may perhaps be referred to the long peace, which as it has trebled the number of students in the universities, m us t h ave created an increased I pressure in the Church, of men anxious to make something amusing, in a vocation which never very deeply engaged their minds and interests. Something, ton, to the love of novelty which makes the silliest things come round again with the appearance of a charm ; and more than all, to the same motives which operated, unconsciously it may be, in all ages, the desire to magnify the office of the priest, by Making him the dispenser of something like a chemical pro- ' cess of salvation. If the entrance to heaven can be reduced to the application of an oil, a fluid, or an ali ment, how great must be the dignity of those who can appoint themselves the agents. At all events the mania came; and bishops and curates were alike affected by its influence. The h i c h individual of the Reformed ef grand resource, was to f asten upon the in fi rm passages wowremaekdnecsshens Church, i adi n ntr h od os u t c il e i d ty in to tn t t h h e e ritual manifest current of •its general views. Some feeble reformer, amidst the clash and thunder of resistance to Transubstantiatio n , h a d contr i ve d to gratify his own I halting scruples, by procuring the insertion of the words, half figure and half mystification, " which are verily and indeed taken and received. Here, then, was an open door for emulous curates to distinguish themselves by copyi ng Laud's "mops and mimes" before the symbols. Another of the Anglican Fathers, inly shocked at the paucity of Sacraments be saw impending, had conceived the bright idea that if Mar riage was not to be a Sacrament, something might be done by tacking it t o a S ac rament, and so o w r t h u i n e i h t y ob tained the addition i n th e ruhr o i p c p asftateters union at the ti me o so f n t s he s ir ho n u la ld rria r g e e c , ei o v r e atthethee o fi ni rs in t it to be " conveni en t" that new-married Per wards. Ground sufficient for an upstart of the new apostacy, to frame a kind of House that Jack built," and refuse to marry a couple where the man could not be proved to have been confirmed, confir mation being somewhere stated as a Preliminary to the ceremony hinted at as "convenient " in the ru b r i c . The old power of Absolution had manifestly been the subject of regrets; and these bad been got over in the most prominent place, by one of the most re• markabie specimens of theological evasion the world has witnessed. The ancient priesthood claimed the power of granting or withholding absolution upon ' particular confession, with the same plenitude of power that a chemist adds or withholds the mixture which from two fluids is to produce a salt. The genius of the Anglican Church devised the making a general confession by the congregation that they were miserable offenders, and then announcing on the part- of the priest, that power is given to God's ministers to declare the absolution and remission of their sins "to his people, being penitent." In which the fraud is not in attempting to put off for true anything which is not, but in at tempting to put off one thing which is true, as being the same with another which is not. The Church, or some individual in it haunted with the ancient scru ples, wanted to preserve the utmost possible of the ancient claim ; and most awkwardly it was performed. But this was not the worst. In an adjunct to the Communion Service, " the benefit' of absolution" was allowed to creep in without an attempt at palliation ; and in the Service for the Visitation of the Sick the power of the Church to absolve sinners, and of the in dividual priest to absolve the individual applicant, are expressed in terms which might satisfy Pius the Ninth at the present moment; and addition is made of something closely bordering on an invitation to auri cular confession, though room for evasion is provided by limiting it to cases where the sufferer shall " feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter." Still these were more of the nature of slips, or of submission to strong tempta tion, than anything else. No man doubts or has doubted, that the broad general creed of the Anglican Church on the remission o f s i ns , is the ,suie'-'aS that of the Protestant Churches in 'that the rest is " leather and *tub e - lie." But i:11 these made grand cpp9r. tunitit •fiVi i :the , modern etiostisy: It wr,s high phmotion Alfas ifioilidge curate to be troublin g the beds Of the sick with demands for auricular confession, am! as grAtifying to 'hith'fii to any ot'the ascetics of the olden time, to he deemed the conduit through " which the mercy of Heaven was conveyed into the parish, Bishops too had their temptations, as well as cu rates ; and there was one mystificaron of cariy origin, which particularly attracted their patronage. The great strbggle of Protestantism had been on the second of the two rites to which it conceded the name of Sacraments. But there :ices another on which it was po:isible to play the traitor, and the game ws.s played accordingly. The Founder of ' Christianity had appointed an iniiiatory riteof simple form, and had declared that those who believed in his mission, and in evidence of itsubrnitted to the rite, should be partakers in the benefits he came to bring ; and those who did not believe (not a word about the de claratory rite) should not. Nothing could be simpler, or more remote from - anything like a priestly coajura tion. The proffer was to such as were addressed, being evidently voluntary mgents and capable of un derstanding. But an unexpected compiicaiion soon arose. The early Ch r i s ti ans , partly from feel ings easily accounted for, and partly perhaps from the progress of the superstitious notions which after times were doomed to see increased, introduced the custom of baptising their new-born infants. By this they " made the giants first, and then they kill'd them." Of what use could baptism be to an uncon scious infant ? The intellect of the time saw but one way of escaping the difficulty ; and that was, to suppose that baptism was a conjuration, —a ceremony not dependent for its efficacy on the effect on tl - e mind of the recipient, but possessing another effect not dependent on the reci pient's having a mind at all ; in short, a superhuman process, with which were to be connected the opera tions of an unseen world, as in a cognate case the Dtemon was obliged to avoid places sprinkled with a certain water and a certain brush. It was the same ! gross material silliness as had so sorely perplexed Christendom in the interpretation of the other Sacra ment. Words descriptive of a type and a ceremony, I were to be interpreted in a mechanical sense for the sake of getting up a sacerdotal miracle. And - this was the pet of our Bishops. When the clergy under their charge went further than they liked the matter of other follies, they declare they had no authority to interfere. When an Anglican clergyman let fall words which looked like non-acquiescence in the pet I folly of the episcopal bench, then they could find power to prosecute and to annoy, and it was as much 1 as the secular arm could do to rescue him from their I gripe. _ _ On other points they showed an equal determina tion to shock the vulgar good sense of the Protestant mind. If they combated the pretensions of Rome to Apostolic succession, it was only to raise the plea that the real Simon was themselves. Who taught them this trumpery of an Apostolic succession at all ? Is not a Methodist class-leader a successor of the Apostles, if he demeans himself as the Apostles declare an overseer ought, and teaches with a sincere mind the Apostles' doctrine ? The Anglican Reformers, in their anxiety to make as little change as possible, may have inserted doubtful words about a " Catholic Church," which they would probably have inter preted to mean everybody who in any age or class was ever a good Christian; but they never advisedly went into the quackery, of claiming to be the " one true " by virtue of an unbroken succession of touches for the Soul's Evil. Our modern Bishops were the frogs that thus tried to puff themselves into the ex ; and they must take the consequences. Among the Bishops too w( re the supporters of the attempt, in opposition to the clear direction of what is emphatically called the Apostle of the Gentiles, to re-introduce the obligation of the Jewish law on the subject of the Sabbath ; an obligation the Anglican Church had distinctly refused to recegnize in its com. , mentary on the Jewish Commandments in its Cate chism. They would have cal!ed for the restoration of Circumcision, if it had held out equal prospects of spiritual domination, and had been less personally unpleasant. They carried their attempt so far, that the Government and people united to put it down. A hierarchy which had been discovered and put down in the attempt to maintain a glaring falsehood, could not fail to have.lost ground in the estimation of the Eu peen public. Under all these circumstances, who em wonder that the restored puppet of the French army at Rome was up and doing? Whether it was politic to com bine it with so much of insult as in ways direct and indirect has attended, is what time must show. It is with two hundred thousand Austrians in its train, and Russian reserves not specified, that " the compact solid globe" is shown to us by the English Ca tholics as " rolling forward in happy ruled order." We have heard such words before ; but did not expect to find the Holy Alliance so soon brought to our own doors. None of this would have happened if Mazzini and Garibaldi had held their ground ; no wonder, therefore, that the same agents of British breed who were in Don Carlos' camp in Spain, were found at the table of the French General. France in her turn will probably be waked some morn ing with the armies of the coalition on the frontier, "giving encouragement to the well-disposed within," and playing over again the game of which Frenchmen set the monstrous example at the gates of Rome; which if it happens, let none pity, but all rejoice at seeing the wave so spend itself, and calculate upon the future. But foreign politics will take care of themselves, as they always do. The more immediate business is with things at home. And here the first point which impresses itself, is that, without denying the full efficacy of the maxim that nobody must be oppressed, there is an end of everything that depended upon confidence in any altered feeling in the Catholics as a whole. They are at the direction of a foreign potentate, who if he tells them to repeat the attempt of Guide Fawkes must be obeyed, unless by the sceptical portion who Anse to risk eternal damnation by refusal. In general they no more dare decline, than a Popish governor of' Malta dared allow British hospitality to an Italian refugee. We Protestants do not. know what a serious thing it is to expect to be damned; we have lurking notions of the possibility of escape, which make us only half :at the disposal of any ghostly threatener. But if we believed a foreign man had only to put on a triple cap and bid the devil take us, we should be as unfit to be good Bri tish citizens as the others are ; we therefore should be moderate. Still we must not be taken asleep; and we have had an escape es it is. Its n'ontrien oublie. ils n'ont rien appris, is as true as it was of those to whom it was originally applied. The hydrophobic patient hag been tried, and the first use of freedom was to snatch at the hand that helped him. There may be worthy individuals to whom the whole is matter of great regret ; but bodies must be judged by the ac tions of their officials. Does anybody, for instance, feel confident, that if circumstances had been such as to invite the French fleet in Torbay to make a point on Plymouth with the Pope's 801 l for restoring Ca tholicity in England, an average Popish governor could have been expected to do other than signalize his attachment to the Holy See, like the Governor of Malta ? There is nothing like looking things in the fece ; and if we do not, we have had fair warning. If the facts had fallen in with less favourable times, as for example when the Heir Appirent was supposed to be under the influence of a Rornish mistress or wife, there would have been new Boynes, and possibly new Blenheims. As it is, we must try to come off with less. But promptitude, not letting alone, must be the way. A single proceed ing, or promise cf proceeding, tending to throw the protection of present or future law about the supre macy of the domestic legislature, though going no further than a 40 shillings' penalty, would have settled the question, which now seems likely to be left to the strong workings of popular energy. It is pity t hat Eng land should, for six months in every year, he without the popular branch of government while Parliament is partridge-shooting ; end enemies are quite intelli gent enough to take advantage of it. There will probably be nothing done, hut as the people call for it. If there is a law, why is it not executed ? Six attor neys, duly retained, would tell us in twelve hours whether there is a law or not. If there is not a law, why is not a statement made, that something is to be done or nothing ? But the Government is not the only quarter where duties are to be discovered. What is the Evangelical portion of the Church doing,. ? that it does not in the Spanish phrase " pronounce" The Primate, and others of the Anglican leaders, have shown themselves worthy of the public confidence hitherto ; why do they not do more? But do not let them put the clergy upon controversy. The pub lic will only laugh, at dull discourses directed to prove that Martin or Jack, and not Peter, is " the real ani mal." But a Primate who would bring up the old Protestant principle in its substance and not in its phylacteries, would take his seat by the men of the olden time. The Queen's Ministers too, though they cannot unmake a Bishop, at least u ithout more trouble than it is worth, might mend the breed. Make Gorham a bishop, as a persecuted defender of Scripture and common sense would have been in the days of our fathers; and see if that does not balance a half-dozen of traitors. There are ways for everything; and when men mean it, they take them. Lastly, what a luckless time was this for making a disorderly retreat before the enemies of Secular Edu cation. If men dare not with their tongues avow an education which shall not involve the bending of the mind by some priest or other, what is to be ex pected but that the boldest shall carry the day ? Protestantism is not a series of dogmas; it is a branch of the mathematics, and holds of the same cultivated 'reason, as the belief that the earth turns upon its axis. The discovery of Euclid in the Greek gave a fillip to the Reformation; and what we want, is peop'e so educated that they shall.be able to distingutTh between a document' and its "develops. men ts. ' We avant •men' :taught iiiiiPErained in such rsoul'slabits, as shell enable thettii - tb decide for thern selves on the. truth or .3 falgehqnri -of the:mid Pro testrnt that , .",‹levelopetnents" on a rfesteinent after the decease of the jcsattor, are forgerie . s. We do not %want children to be . told' so, in formularies that make them eicl, and which the other tide can neutralize by foram- Jaries of their own. We want the introduction of those sources and means of knowledge which en ' Wed our forefathers to pick their way when all the religious teaching of the day was against them, and when the cry was, as now, to bar "godless" in struction. The Protestant public knows what "god less" instruction means, and yet it cannot tak e th e hint. L e t us conclude with the hope, that the Government, without whom nothing is done in this country, will see the accumulated interest given to the question, and th 4 the banner of "Secular Education," so strangely lowered before the enemy at the Lanca shire meeting, will be raised under its patronage. With permission, on another opportunity inquiry shall be made into the constitutional meaning of the Queen's Supremacy; which is already- involved in some of the positions taken. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 28 Nov. 1850. TO THE RIWIT IiONOURABLL LORD PAL MERSToN, M.P.. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The humble memorial of the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Corwen, in the principality of Wales, Showeth, That your memorialists are deeply sensible of the claims to the admiration and respect of all civilized na tions which the Turkish Sultan has acquired by his re fusal to violate the sacred laws of hospitality by deliver ing up to the Austrian and Russian Governments the Hungarian and .Polish refugees who had sought an asylum in his territory. That with these sentiments they venture to express their approval of the sympathy jointly evinced by the Governments of France and England with the high minded Sovereign of the Ottoman empire. But that your memorialists beg, nevertheless, to ex press their earnest hope that the refugees may be re leased without further delay from their present impri sonment, as its protraction in:an unhealthy climate, at the instigation of their enemies, is calculated to render nugatory the protection originally afforded to them by the friendly powers of Europe, and insidiously to accom plish by indirect means the cruel and vindictive designs of their implacable oppressors. That as the term of banishment was originally meant to be confined to a short space of time, and the personal safety of the refugees, as well as the maintenance of the independence of the Turkish Sultan, formed the grounds of the interposition of the Governments of England and France, the entire object of that interposition will be frustrated by the continued detention of the Hungarian and Polish exiles, under the dictation of Austria and Russia, in a country where they are daily exposed to the most imminent danger from the attacks of disease and the stratagems, of the assassin. That your memorialists beg respectfully, yet ur gently, to express their deep conviction that the honour of the British name is irrevocably involved in the protec tion and prospects of these unfortunate but illustrious men, and they venture to express their anticipations that on this, as on former occasions, your Lordship will firmly and worthily sustain the character of the British nation. REPLY. ,(C9Py.).. Foreiti-nffice, 21st Nov., 1850. Sir,—l am desired by Viscount Palmerston to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th, enclos ing a memorial signed by yourself and other inhabitants of Cowren, calling his Lordship's attention to the con tinued detention of the Hungarian refugees in Turkey, and I am to request that you will state to the memo rialist, that her Ali•jesty's Government will not tail to bear in mind the generous and humane wishes which - are expressed in the memorial. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, STANLEY OF ALDERLEY. W. B. Williamg, Esq. DEATH OF LORD NUGENT, M.P. FOR AYLESBURY. The Right Hon. George Grenville Baron Nugent, of Carlanstown, in the county of Westmeath, whose death we announced in our paper of yesterday, was second %nri of the first Marquis of Buckingham, by the only daughter and heir of Robert Earl Nugent, who was created a baroness ie her oen right in 1800, with the special remainder to her second son, the late peer. He was born in December, 1789, succeeded to the title in March, 1812, and married, 1813. Anne Lucy, second daughter of the late Major-General Hon. Vera Poulett, and niece of Earl Poulett. Her Ladyship died in 1848, leaving no issue. Lord Nugent will be remembered as having taken an active part in favour of Queen Caroline, and as the author of " Lands Classical and Sacred," and other works. In politics he was ever a Whig-Radical. He represented Aylesbury from 1812 to 1832. In the latter year, he was uppointed Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and remained there until 1835, when he returned to England with the usual decoration of G.C.M.G. In 1837 he again offered himself for Aylesbury, but was defeated; and in 1839 once more contested that borough, but was again unsuccessful. In 1843, in conjunction with Mr. George Thompson, the present M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, he addressed him self to the constituency of Southampton, and sustained another defeat; but, on again appearing before the elec tors of Aylesbury, at the general election in 1847, his Lordship was elected in the room of Captain Baillie Ha milton, to represent his early friends. It has already been generally anticipated that the late Lord's successor will be a staunch Protestant Protectionist, in the person of Mr. Sergeant Byles, THE EXPOSITOR. No. IT A splendid engraving of the interior perspective of the Crystal Palace invests the new number of the Expositor with more than usual interest. The spec tator is supposed to be looking towards Kensington Gardens, the view being sketched from near the transept. A better or more vivid idea could scarcely be conveyed of this stupendous undertaking. Among the minor embellishments are some singular and in teresting woodcuts of a very novel invention—namely, of some ornamented bricks, and other architectural decorations, patented by Messrs. Bowers, Challinors, and Wooliscroft, Tunstall, Staffordshire Potteries. The following description of these contrivances, as beautiful as they are unquestionably new, will be read, we doubt not, with curiosity These ornamented bricks and decorations, which we are glad to notice as an improvement of no small pro mise, following so speedily upon the abolition of the ex cise of bricks, are made from a mixture of clay and other ingredients, calculated to vitrify with the clay, pre cisely in the manner described in the very fully illustrated account of the Birmingham brick manufacture given in our second number, with, however, more careful selec !ion, grinding, and combination of the clay, and other ingredients, and the use of the hydraulic-press in the process of the moulding, by which all air and moisture are so completely forced out as entirely to obviate the necessity of exposing, as described, in our former article, the moulded material to the process of slow drying before they can with safety be biked. There hydraulic pressed bricks and clay decorations come from the mould ready for the kiln, and are baked in the usual manner, when, from the nature of the ingredients, they assume a vitre ous character, lose all absorbent properties, and become impervious to damp and rain, and can be painted and grained with the utmost facility, so as to imitate any kind of oak, rose, satin, or ether woods, or sculptures in stone, or be gilded without injuring the brilliancy of the gold leaf. They may supply the place of wood carving in architectural decoration, and, from their fire-proof na ture, add to the safety of the buildings; besides being about the tenth of the cost of wood carving. Meshy places now left bare from the expense of such decoration can, by this equally excellent, if not superior material, be handsomely adorned at a trifling outlay. Wood carvings, similar to these we have witnessed in earths a ware, would cost from 70s. to 80s. per yard; whereas the prico , the patentees affix to their material is 7s. Gd. per yard. The architectural purposes to which it is fitting are all internal and cm, real decorations of churches, public buildings, mansions, houses, and shops; comprising cornices, mouldings, skirting boards, finger plates for doors; to nott!ch in design any style of archi tecture, or the taste of any private individual; and orna mental bricks suited fcr arches as well as for facings of piiaeters. In complying with the new Act of Parliament, with regard to the joining of shop fronts, which requires that a distance of nine inches on each side must be left between every shop front, consisting of a party wall, proof against fire, by erecting a pilaster of these orna mental bricks, not only will a space of nine inches be gained, a thoroughly fireproof division be erected, but a graceful appearance, adding to the attractiveness of the marts of commerce. " The centrepiece ornament for a ceiling, intended for the great Exhibition,. from th e nature of the material, displays a freedom and grace rarely accomplished to similar works, with a s h arpness of outline that shows its capability for minute productions. It is equally appli cable for picture-frames, upholsterers' fittings, bed and window cornices, and all othk r purposes in which mould ings and wood-carving are used. The ornaments can be fixed by means of screws or liquid cement iu any place where required. From the varied capabilities, fireproof nature, imperishability from exposure to the weather, beauty, and price, there is little doubt they will rapidly come into general use. The inventor is Mr. J. H. Bad deley, of Shelton, Staffordshire." Besides these illustrations, the paper contains some attractive details respecting the building in Hyde park, and a capital sketch of the navigable balloon recently exhibited in Paris at the Hippodrome. FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.Captain Forsyth, R. N., has addressed the following letter to the Gutta Percha Com pany, Wharf-road, City-road, London :—" 14, Stratford place Camden...square, Camden-town, November 18th, 1850. Gentlemen,--It gives me much satisfaction in being able to bear testimony to the value of Gutta Perch* in constructing Boats. The Gutta Percha Boat presented to Lady Franklin by Messrs. Serle and Co., for the use of the Expedition under my command to the Arctic Regions, proved an invaluable ac quisition to the Expedition. Whilst the other Boats con structed of wood suffered much by the cutting of the young ice, the Gutta Percha Boat was not in the least damaged, and returned to England in almost as good condition as when she left, although she underwent all the rough work of the voyage.—l remain, Gentlemen, your obedient 'servant, CHARLES C. FORSYTH, Commander, R.N." RUMOURED DAMAGE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 7— It was rumoured throughout London, in the course of Ilea day, that the storm of Sunday had done serious damage to the works in Hyde Park,' and the damage was estimated at ,sums varying from 1,000/. to 400/. The fact is, however, that, with the exception: of a few unfastened planks which were blown down from a scaffold, and the destruction of about telt square fast of glass (which, from not having been pro perly secured an Saturday night, was in anything but a fit state to meet t.. 0 violent a storm), the works have in no re-. specrehared. We are happy in thus being hble to contradict rumour, the future propagation of which might operate to the prejudice of the interests of the exhibition. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN IN ESSEX. William Wood, a young determined-looking fel low, who has often been in custody for poaching and other offences, was yesterday brought before Mr. D. Ede and Mr. Spitty, county magistrates, sitting in petty sessions, at the Town-hall, Billericay, Essex, for examination on a charge of having made a desperate attempt to murder Robert Bambrough, an officer in the Essex constabulary, by violently maltreating him and, when insensible, dragging him into a pond, and leaving him for dead. It mayibe necessary tO mention that in the course of last week the prisoner was found poaching on the estate of Lord Petre, in this neigh bourhood. After much difficulty he was captured by the keepers, the gun which he had with bite being broken in the scuffle. Two pheasants were found in his pockets, and on being examined hefore the magis trates he was committed to the county gaol at Chelms ford. On Thursday morning the injured officer was conveying him along the road to Brentwood, prior to his removal to ChelmAtord, and on nearing a pond by the wayside he suddenly turned round upon the officer, who from kindness had only fastened the handcuffs to one wrist of the prisoner, the constable having hold of the other end. Succeeding in throwing the officer down, and hitting him with the end of the handcuffs, and jumping upon hi m , h e d ragge d bi m into a pond and made off. As quickly as possible Mr. Coulson, the superintendent of the district, had a full description of the ruffian circulated. He was shortly traced along the road to Tilbury Fort, where he was found to have crossed the Thames to Gravesend, some gentlemen from motives of charity having given him 3d. for the ferry. Mr. Coulson, considering that he would be making the best of his way to Chatham to enlist, two expert officers were sent in that direction, and, on their arrival in Chatham, they found the pri soner in custody. He was in a beer-shop in the Military-road, when the landlord, singularly enough, read a paragraph in one of the London papers relating to the affair, and thinking that the description of the escaped assailant corre sponded with that of his guest, the police were called in, and the prisoner arrested. On the officers of the Essex constabulary reaching the town, they duly identified him and removed him to Billericay. The prisoner, securely ironed, was brou g ht over f rom Brent wood aol yesterday morning by Mr. Coulson, the superintendent, for examination. The wounded officer being totally unable to leave his bed, the magistrates arranged to take his deposition at his cottage, the pri soner being present. Bamborough, in his evidence, gave all the particulars of the assault up to the time when he was rendered insensible. The prisoner after striking him with great ferocity, dragged him into the pond and threatened to drown him, pressing his knees upon his throat, and filling his mouth and nos trils with mud. A little girl, named Hatch, partly corroborated the evidence of the officer, and one or two per sons living in the neighbourhood spoke to finding him in the pond in a state of insensibility, and dreadfully injured by the blows he had received. The prisoner was ultimately committed to the county gaol. NEW REMLUY for SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS. It has been remarked that many of the happiest discoveries in science have been the result of mere ac cident ; and although to a certain extent this may be true, yet we shall find, on examination, that we are less indebted i to the accident itself than to the mind by vc hich it was perceived. In other words, there are persons who possess the peculiar faculty of seeing things through a medium of their own. They are original thinkers, who view the most ordinary sub jects under new aspects, and enjoy a quickness of per ception which enables them to seize hold of the prin ciple which binds facts together, and is the great secret of their mutual dependency. The appearance and relative position of the fixed stars were known to the Chaldean shepherds before the genius of Coper nicus and Newton revealed the laws which appear to govern the order and harmony of the universe. The anatomical facts connected with the valvular structure of the veins and heart indicating the ne cessary current of the circulation and the motion of the blood itself, were known to Eustachius, Servetus, and Fabricius, long before Harvey pointed out the physiological principles which govern the cir culation. In chemistry, too, it is the same. The alchemists themselves were well acquainted with the existence and properties of a vast variety of substances, the analysis of which only yielded to the superior abilities of those original thinkers who, like Black, Cavendish, Sir Humphrey Davy, &c., observed phe nomena for themselves, moving in no fictitious atmos phere and bowing to no preconceived immaculate authority. Such men live in a world of their own; they see not with the eyes of ordinary observers. They perceive, with intuitive quickness, objects in new relations ; and suggestions spring up in th e ir minds, like the imag er y w hi c h rises up creatively in the imagination of the poet. Such philosophers make, not one discovery, but many discoveries. One new principle of science found out affords a clue to the solution of a whole' series of mysteries. The thread of the labyrinth once gained, its intricacies are then easily explored. When Sir Humphrey Davy, by the aid of a powerful voltaic battery, decomposed one earth and pointed out its metallic basis united with oxygen, it was easy enough to extend the experimen tal inquiry to other earths, and decompose in succes sion potash, soda, magnesia, &c. So also is vegetable chemistry. The discovery of Veratria by Dr. Turn bull suggested to his mind the discovery of Aconitine ; therefore we ought not to be surprised that in this instance also one original thinker, in following out his own peculiar modes of thought, has the good for tune to discover many things which were not before " dreamed of in our philosophy." We make these remarks in justice to Dr. Turnbull, who now appears before us as the inventor of a new remedy for short-sightedness, an imperfect condition of vision which is one of the " class diseases" of civi lized society. We have all of us probably noticed that short-sighted people ver y o f ten part i a ll y c l ose their eyelids, in order to make distant objects more clearly perceptible. The doctor, in making this observation, began to reflect on the physiology of the case; and as the iris, in such instances, is more or less unusually dilated, it occurred to him that any medicinal agent that would act upon the iris so as to cause it to contract would correct the defect. He also naturally enough reflected, that as the cause of short-sighted tress de pends on the convexity of the cornea, as well as on the convexity of the lens, the effect of contraoting the iris would be to extend the axis of vision, thereby di minishing apparently the convexity of the cornea; the effect of which must he to make the rays of light pass in a direct line through an approaching plane, and thus bring distant objects within its range. The truth of this theory was established by the result. The doctor found that the tincture of ginger and the tinc ture of pepper, made of a certain strength, and rubbed over the forehead according to his directions, produced contraction of the iris; and after this had been ap plied, and the plan of treatment he prescribes perse vered in, short-sighted persons have completely over come the imperfection, and been enabled to lay per manently aside their concave glasses. The value of this discovery is greatly enhanced by its simplicity, and it certainly deserve s a f a ir t r i a l by th e p ro fession. —Literary Gazette. PROTESTANTISM IN THE UNITED STATES.—The subjoined statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States will doubtless prove interesting to our religious readers. It will be remembered that this church, allowing for difference of country an.l institutions, i 3 affini. live with the Church of England. Of this Church there are in the United States—Dioceses, 29 ; bishcps, 32 ; priests and deacons, 1,557 ; whole number of clergy in the United States, 1,589. Baptisms—adults, 2,698; infants, 1,51 B; total, 4,214. Confirmed, 7,161; communicants, 87,794. The num ber of clergy is as follows in the several diocesets:—New - fork, 256 ; Pennsylvania, 144 ; Maryland, 128 ; 114; Western New York, 113; Connecticut, 107 ; Massa chusetts, 80; South Carolina, 71 ; Ohio. 70; New Jersey, 59; North Carolina, 39; Michigan, 34 ; Illinois, 30; Georgia, 28 ; Kentucky, 28 ; Louisiana, 25 ; Rhode Island, 24 ; Ala bama, 23; Wisconsin, 23; Indiana, 21; Tennessee, 21; Vermont, 21 ; Mississippi, 17 ; Delaware, 16; Missour. , 15; Maine, 13; Florida, 8 ; Sew Hampshire, 8; Texas, 8; lowa, ; Arkansas, 4; Minesota, 3. DEATH OF Mas. GORE BELL MARTIN.—The American journals announce the demise of this lady. which took place in New York shortly after landing from a voyage across the Atlantic. Mrs. Martin had been prematurely confined at sea, and from that moment gradually sunk. Mrs. Bell Martin was the daughter of the late Mr. Martin, M.P. for the county of Galway, the proprietor of the exten sive estates of Connemara. Y ln 1847 she married Mr. Gore Bell, the nephew maternally of the late Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P. The decased lady was the author of several valuable literary productions, and had proceeded to American on A literary tour. ASSASSINATION OF AN ARAB BEAUTY.—In Arab girl, named Majauba, well known at Algiers for her beauty, has just been assassinated at her residence in that place. This girl, who was known to be always dressed with a cer tain quantity of jewellery about her, was sitting alone, smoking on her divan, when an Arab, named Sliman-Boug doud, suddenly enteli t d, and stabbed her in several places with a poignard. At the same time he commenced tearing her ear-rings from her ears, and her necklace from her bosom. The cries of the young woman gave the alarm, and just as the murderer was leaving the house with the jewels in his hand, he was met by persons who had beard the out cry, and who arrested him. He has been lodged in prison to take his trial. The poor girl expired shonly after, and her body was found stabbed in thirty-three places.—French Paper. THR GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY AND THE DANISH GOVERNMENT. The British Government having, as we lately stated, placed 40,000 Ordnance blankets at the disposal of the Danish Minister for the use of the army in Schleswig. the General Steam Packet Company have de livered them free of charge to the Danish authorities at Ton ningen. For this act of sympathy for the Danish nation, the Count Reventlow, the Ambassador of Denmark, has, in a very handsome letter, conveyed to the secretary of the com pany his warm acknowledgments. 3. ULSTER CANAL AND RAILWAY.—A will be applied for in the next Session of Parliament to make a rait way, at Armagh, to the Ulster canal at the town of Caledota. Mr. Dargan, Who is 110111 almost - the sole proprietor of the canal, is the iirahiotei of th'erailway, and the works . will be prosecuted at his Awn expense. The - distance is aboUt Seven statute miles. ____... 1 9r ; 3 W i ll Alle th.' obi,' oeeo' iga r cop Abet rah " Kt°a er' 7 3i l r;