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------ nes+ d on. 0- 01 ' ,----- A. 1--:_____ . r n ,, P r a aell „ . colat ned Rose, Charl,,tou; Victor, Balti- C t . : ; „""u , '", Nrw Y. rk; Panegc;n, Boston; Marine, 4 - , 4 ..,; rie, ri t , ,, 5 e, t• J.ihn', New Brun,wick; Spy, Morocco. sel of about 150 tons, painted black, was Ptsted ntfe 21 Nov., iti lat. 45, long. 45 ; and the Va. from ‘Vat-rford to Newfoundland. on the bat t „ I'l° ; v " i n hr. 49, long. 28, with nothing standing tme—aalwast sod bow.prit, but not requo log t 47 l b ; hirer hY the Conwitution, Briton. arrived herc. r bl ' i er "diet also f , a in with the V. nmute or \ ear b ur u e, do 01 Suliaerland, diFrnast, d, waterlogged, and a a - uuned, on the Is; No ' l . 44, long. 49. Wi„uvlt. r"Ni Nov. Honduras; 4 1: : "E" ' d'7 y" i l n 2.t:Wiid calm.—Arrd. Nile, Et 0 CC lali Mary Matth(-we, Hatfield, t lli '.' `'" 44 ' . ti C '' 1. Off port. Esseclu", _..t e hi ' 3, onst:,n mop , rid, Cal4to, and sailed tor Aberdeen; •Borcas, Mau 9, for the elych,. Ar li t d al.33l K%TH, Nov. 13.—Word N. to N.N.W . ..-: ~, for m'nezill Congress, Williams, London, ctri . d milieu job4sNn nae4W y,k. Si.: Lo - d Dunes!), South Seas, Sara ' 13at avin1 Cornorn, Al, xau.iria. li. ____,......__ ' TI A RX E T NE NV s_T 11 1 S D A Y.) Th t 24 4 17IC IXTE A.ND LEADEN2lll l: l:3 l. C i . alowing torit, ; u thjltetsluau 3 81 7 4 e 0 from 2, " ) ,1 ‘o 3 w s - 67 - 1 3 ; .' 11 1u ution, 2 , 61 to l ' 1 the a„ e ' l 4 : ' 1; I ' '' to 3* 101; Pork, 23. to 43 2d per Sibs, AlLrril C. IVA lit3C MI.'S . 31 - 1'411 ' 14 - - IYlearto w flay .2/Wsto 3/ ll3i; Clove . r. 411 0 1 : to 41 4i ; and straw, li 2, !,; I , 7s per load. U4 derate Su pply, and a steady trade. ctn. 44404,1,44 Meadow 110 4 ' 21 lOs to 41 Os i ; Sup 7' 31 o. i to 4 /0s; Itrid Straw, 1) 2s to 1: 93 per hitt( . 4'7 t'LrAly 0(41 arid trade firm. Clov, l4 ,, l'r a , r l !AEL. 'Meadow Ilay. 21 lOs to 31 18s; Trad e ' " 4 to 4141; ~nd Straw, 1/ 2i to 1185 per load. att adY, at t Il ; u pr,cs. SO , r,„ inr..a.T ZYIELIMMTS. rnedeur47o-11., Nov. 13.—Our market to-day was but iroltea r ', I ,_ ' 4 l 2, Diti-d with each kind of fBt stock, iu which n -:./' uusiness Was transacted, at lull price:. Bee t f t : 81 813 t '' 4s; Mutton, 3s 41 to 4s 2d; Veal,3s 1 104: 1c,3 s 4d to 34 8.1 per Sibs. . %led firm,"RD, Nov. 13. Generally speaking, the trade t o 4s. ukt an advance of 2d pt.' . 81tis. Beef, trom B 3 l ; Pork Z ut ton, 35 2d to 48 2d ; Veal. 3s 2d to 3s 19s to 25 4. " 2d t o 3s 81 per slbF. Suckling Calves, 193 Ltv; 44 Quarter old Store Pigs, 17s to 22s each. 11 4;4 .E :' Nov. 1 2.—The general trade ruled firm, at 3, 44 t I. -at"4Beef f o 38 4i to 45 1; Mutton, : b '43 41. v• ' r Pork, 3s 2t034 6d 4-et 8% 4 , v e al, 3s 4d to 3s Si; 1, 0 , at x ,,, RA CORN AVERAGES .' t htiv 4 -... A VERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN' 4 Peet eet ended , Per 1 We in the diff e rs •7. 1850, Townsupfro i m n E tte e ß .n et d u a ru nd s o w, f ,ai tli t e s Itlpeti.,utCltiesand iltr. , aiQuAarter. LIE , I 4 ,.. 5 T . : I BAELEY. OATS. od I , Tx . 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 1 26s 7d 1 29s Od 129, I d R t . • ~ 12 4d 1 17s 1 ` 4 T. I DUTIES ON FOREIGN COIN. l Od 41 eLny • OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. OtTAXT D , I ' 4 04 is Od Is Od is 04 Is Od 44t, SO . 2R I S OP GRAM SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. 11 -1 11 U,, 64,944 ; Oats, 16,437 ; Rye, 3 7; Beans , 4,893. Peas, 1,551 quarters. ........_ /ZiCRAN CEIty.—(THIS Y. le Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, DA rt„°t'd heard appeal motions, to-day. ~esstty Lincoln's ) Oi r p . ~.' ?'• THE EAST ANGLIAN RAILWA t Ir o- C d o a M y 0111.4te AELLY resumed his arguments . COMPANY. 0111, this Cha t) ',1.4 aPPtal motion from the decision of th e th p e la V in ic ti e e . 04 bsek'llOr linight Bruce, on a bill filed tiy ' our Vice p4 of himself and other bondholders of ' t' e coin- POs e ,Ct Speared that upon application for that to _ .s rah , 44h Court appointed a receiver of thel a l 8 _ 1 : - Ple -.'" of the company; a few days afterwards . . i toteepettantract creditor obtained tth o e f ti le lis Y ' tl°d proceeded to sei a ze jel t dg the working a lstockns ro -41101:it; l a pplication was . made to the tay e eerli e 8 J u n ne Mast for an iojunotion to s who these p pro 1p i ti,., l )4" orm - hit the Sheriff t o i f h t N o o o r e t h o i l t k ig , Arty vested - levy Int' a contempt of c•-•ur letotiori in its receiver. His Honour . dis t i h n e is i e r d ese th h e: su, With eq,t, and from that dtcisi - on `'' t t was b r ' Of arp °ugt ' °- 4 4 ri -tie:lents occupied his Lordship u s p L t o o rd t s h h e ip t r i o m se e tit th is ' l l'i at lillf-past one o'clock. tasht. earli hour to attend the proro li g i ation of Parlis- N-LS' ---T HIS DAY.) The 1 C OURY—t est e of .I..aster of the &ills heard motions t.eday,.but no e Itler iai '`"Y interest came before his Lordship during the lig, Vic .L , f -' l4 'L' , se " AR CERY .-Cr tt,....e,0re the v,e -,' ..ti cellor KNIGHT BRECE.) .. .h. HIS DAY.) tete,. 11°'intir tt k .4b .d.) out nothing of . l I• to the Jo motions to f . ,eu Public cam e b -fur, him during the morning. Ill s ty \ "'lore the Vice-Charmellor ROLFE.) Ittld „Zurlcut b aring disposed of" Wilson V. Moore," Whiell qatte Cartoichiel," possessed any interest. QU heard na.ttons, none of s. . t EN'S , B E H . (T HIS DAY . .) ,, k 11114' i 4 0 13a4 -0, b, / N C Lord CAMPBELL. and Justin C -LERIDGE, V;IITMAN aim ERLE.) TIIP. r TUX Qt , - ',ATE QUEEN ADELAIDE. DADIUS. , EE44:Z,11!: L ORDS coMMISSI , NERS OF HER NA -Kr. W i , • 8 T REASURY.-3IAN city NA 11i he Eau , the tecot cr . '11111:3r1 d of the s for a rule to eltu ri eau ti liry to apply to their Lordships of Load, n, L llrds 0 0 .6 "I a mandamus should ,,, i lo P r t ea i s s u su ry e , to eo t m he . itttlidi iThnissinners of her Majesty V ti l them to pay to late4lll, thp ' of her - sole surviving trustee of the, At . ll , nry Lord Brotwhatn arid jom in ture tae 44.):8ty Qle, , n Adelaide, the arrears of respect of ,00,0„6.,•er ,octint4 December , 1819, aplication on behalf her annuity of .1 7 11 L it 0: er ,:: ti P; o r ti an t3 n a u ili tn , . wTomwa,idse thisw which autho .4td C 411,, ti in an Act " t. ti ,• 1 . the Fourth to Parliament,esole surviving ..1 8 t Bing Ty il . nu ,ia th in Net k • °l le Majesty also in the deed of jttigr„, tuts jointure, and named . t H e 44 0 p, " Whieli followed that Act of Pa tors made it with the entire concurrence of male with tae , t ' i t. her late Dtlejesty, and itwas question rllam th e e n (..xecu littel4 tilhew of raising the importan t portion, 4 the rto !l' title to the whole, or at Icast a ,f.her death. tleot,'' hllnUity accruing at %ti n t he first acts of the late King William time Parliament to t eeo tri „t° Ile throne was a teessage ' IV. on ken, ' I 'M to the consideration of the t‘ b . iuse of Corn dettth i 4 Proylson fur her late Mest in case of his , tl ,ta e „ ft , n d 00 ii=at occasion the Commons 'ult ci; '!"ta the Crown by assenting at once answered the make e 14a4s.d.?Z'sion• The consequence w:+s that Parliament e l lee s t. t i - th e Act The and 2d William IV., c. 11, . bPs consid • Ai Ps' he "'now about to britt under theiarnLord carlis__ eration turned principally upon that Act of t orr at. the proper ttiLti_ CAMPBELL asked if this Court was Parliament? 4 6 L eal to put h construction on the Act of was e ht u t lr ,, d ., n ,o t, pihion svh,,ther her late Majesty was or e yrs now de el„,,_:::tt.ied to tl-:e sUln that r,pres -"tau. was that taLl,d, but at present the difficulty with hur2 Queen's I,tith was not the h Vitillavit tor a, ma t o the Court of .. ' amui to . it ttslij o that that a he trusted he should.eo, making the to 'he R Ecortn En .r1 ( , ) 1 ), r mode of ratsiugth 6 i a s ti q s u y e4 t , h w e n tr . PPli e . lo t k '1". This ,„ 6as the only mod I application as merely an ehlitiratta„ndartus to certain official prsons, who v. l e i r , e m n eti ot t to o f !•cortsed but requir dby an Act of Par .r il etati lti t il l a Pirticular eiayt with a fund placed in Viet ., 141 f 4 o 3 Y the Crown, and of which they were the truss I, t iir4ri its in a part.cular manner. _l . h thlt 2-I Williaro IV' . 1 l after recommending 14 . ''' 44C1 ' ." cap. ' made for her 'ale t th tt , . et.tv provision should be .4110 .1 lti ti retie lo even t of the King's death, m a de It t:i t s L I a t te ' 4 ! i C ' e k i gi, b y or litters patent, iu to give aid grant the rsous standing in f tr.llo:(l.oll_ol4ei°fwthruiceteet.sotoht7,ra'4n annuity or yearly sum . o . nee and take effrey h m , lat e i4elY tro, u ati rl d 11 ' 1 9 3 the h a ajest Y , and th inlwe during qtCfc:ii ie e t l t y: c a o f h P t • i r ti a ih e e t o d r ec a e h a d se direet(rhl lit e of h er ! h l "mt •,, t) . • and the annuity ','."-_ (14r ltrl t° b e Paid o t 41 f . the al Cons ' olidated Ford in fou r of J ut y p ay,,u, U 0 Ittld L e , th e ~ uts in each year, namely, December, f tkleaorts"Cith ~f S:ptember, the 30th of ~.-et4iee .of Mr..h. It was also to have ou the 3 AI the pre '''''gehshtlidt;°' ttit Y : l " : t to a . b •Y 3 .. ( a )t h h i l' e r o c u h t arg c e l that t - hi - the re ceip t dated P on a" PI be paid at the of tttsit rc .ee t) :p .h t e vv r a t i a.:le ri s d .ty ' ' 8 and l' xe, h t quer s reo ; f , a r nd o t e h auditore pa)m en, .0 f th ' 41 (1 Lin n • 0 Issue d. beztu . in her , Etj. ' A here ~.. - rovision seating tae Act ,1,44 Y, according to the directions set forth in t y , tty . fur h,,. w as another p ch, 4 41 1b8,'„„ , i I Marlborough Housef Auditor of the Ex 7 and Bushy park. 041,:ltiq a,.;t,"Bll3lotiAct the office o tt ) e i of the tailed, and by that Act the powers a e Auditor of the Exchequer w eh, eiv um 'I , ber Th at called the Comptroller of _the e E . ): r : traesf e r and re d ••hy e • -that was done by the 4th of Wm. IV., • I L kad,, came the lou seeunder which this application e s w uf the it4IIII %Ilich called on the Lords Ct,mtnissiui tity,,,,easUry, i n . fu.. '''it of _ all cases, to issue debentures for r the ,", th, re grants from the Consolidated Fund ; there -6414, 6 414 , r e % . °94 a specific provision in the Act Outolipturing that, in all cases of grants ant 141thur• sled Fund, or specific d be the of Phafrltihae grants ma...e .., is. tiot,erity ,L. ~. of Perlis eif the Lords Comm s 14 0 4 °. the Treas ury ln 1 ' 1 uld issue debenture firs ~,, s 0 t o l hoer 01:4Y1Bent, without any order or .e in_te_rf_e . re h n h c w e , Put the'''ve. His (the Reccrder's) 011-ul.,"' ' 0 (1 w , raachinery in motion. The Crown had nothing . .., °1 A u Oh and the fund; it was in the disposition 1: 1 , 4 e 1'- ‘ ," 4 . e tt ::°l, rind not in the han i ds . of the Crown at all. j e 1 be, ti is miny cases on record 11 . 1w . hich a mandamus 'Ye turd" sn ail to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma { feasury e' 4 th 113 EL NT where a statutable duty r,, wrl ~, 1,---...0 doubt. °art ~.1 . 1 1 the ta, Ttl t! 1 Ict.rtere %V m there ins a . n o other remedy, this , toad doubt s , my Lord. . .9-si VA%PIiELL--The are officers appointed by the do l' i l: t i ll ,re to do a Particular act, and that they mustw were t'Peci "lileelkbErt said the duties of those officers b ut eallt, d . They not on ly empowered, Q . ,_ ehurd. were Vq4 u!1).11*- to do that which the Act was tittleriiTttlibkr case in this Court, where a mandamus Of h ,'mbY their Lordshi s to the Lords Commissioners__ ,.he ik 51 : 1 11 45.i"d Tie ~ur y P to pay ov,•r to a Mr. Im it he nt. ; tord-r,leon-y that had - been voted by ril ' ililiwe had all tht.i;.''"lPßEL--And which they admitted they The. 1.1141118 for that stecific purpose. th° l' 'lv yd it so; but they only a a dm L i o t r te d d s ' l rttrni 4 "it in their hands fur that purpose- as re 11°rhei4clera of the Treasury. Ttiat case Alp in 4 Adolphus w n d Eii i , Rage 286. ItilcleatoLEßlDGE _net e w 14 1, T:, i tlk 1 Z lab C - T' - as no return to m t a n d a e t ;?, M . —tik,,,,c;"73'ci-The was a further attempt ;IJpro,; —.41. hint.eif _Ther e Treasury rirseeriation of that f -. money, and the Court . ,‘„, I m o e..v..k. d t r l e ie . tet hat, th, eornrei them.suitnieowas oiling viat ~,s , -. t o . r t r,, t t thY Uriamienes consent, th,-. Lords (-3"tulTkelojic elfreetioaerooftreated as person, n ot ing uneer the I. I .otd c 41.4 Act of Parliament. I N 14 trtl44••--There is no doubt th e y tnad per- I R': lt1:411 The Logislatilli Cute on them. The IZECORDER—PerEcns having sxlsries charge3hle on the Consolidated Fund were entitied, he contended, to those vaLries wholly im-yry.ctive of the Crown. Lord CADIPBELL—I apprehend the Crown has no dis cretion, and it has to control. The RECORDER—ExactIy so. Now, that Act having I passed, his late Majesty tiliam IV. died on the 20th June, 1837. The Act of Parliament enabling his Ma jesty to grant a jointure, as well as the deed of jointure itself, direct, d the pa) meat of the annuity to be made on four particular days in the year, one of which was the 30th of June. On the 30th e t June—his Majesty hav ing died on the 20th of June—the whole quarter's in come was paid to her lato Majesty. That was resisted at the time, and though it did not appear strictly on the affidavit*', he (the Recorder) believed one of their Lord ships was consulted at that time; and it was not only the OPiiii , A) of your Lordship that the same should be pain; but also ha (the li,coidet) was bound to admit, that if ever the cpu-slion arose again it would be hostile to the view he (Lhe Recorder) was now advocattng. Lord CAMPBELL—Au opinion, Mr. Recorder, I gave when I was Attorney-G-beral I should consider ot no restraint on me now. That °pillion will not weigh a feether in Si ) e qaat ter, nor will it be any obstacle in the treatment of this ecie by me. 1 have no dlfficulty in saying the point is quite sufficiently doubtful to be fit for cowelerstion by tile proper tritium!. My doubt is Low tthe.l er this be the proper tribunal for deciding it. The REC,RDER re,,,m•d—The late Queen Adelaide was in the receipt of the income granted to her by Par liament up to the 30th e f Septembet• last. How her Ma jesty :pent, that income it was net fee him to say; b ut he might observe that that income was amply suffi cient for the maintenance of the elignOy of the Crown, and her Majesty did maintain that ti gnity in a manner which reflected credit on her. Her munificent charities— Lord CAMPBELL (interrupting)—With all respect fur the memory of th, t meat pious, excellert, and virtuous woman, I may say we shelvd have no ciifficully in grants int; this application if the question were how she ex pended her income. The RECORDER bad only meant to advert to that sub ject ',Lenient ally. On the 2d ot December Queen Ade laide died. There was, therefore, a period between the 30th cf Septembr and the 2d of December, during ' which her Mojesty lived and the terms of the Act ot Parliament coutinut d; and it was for that portion, at all events, if not for the whole quarter, that this application was now made by the sole surviving trustee, on behalf of her executors. At all events, if the whole or any part was due, the time had arrived for payment being made. In June last, afer some pre liminary application to the Treasury, a formal applica tion was made by Lord Brougham to the Treasury, re citing the Act of Parliamen , , and pointing out the grounds on which the claim was made. That was further backed by a letter from the chief executor of her late Majesty. In answer to that application, Mr. Hayter, the Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter, dated June 12. 1850, informed Lord Brougham that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury thought that no sum of money had accrued due, in respect of her late Majesty's annuity, since the 30th of September, 1849, and that they bad no authority to issue any such war- - rant for payment of any bum of money beyond that pe riod, as was requested by his Lordship. Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule to show cause, Mr. Recot der. The RECFRDER said he wished the rule to be in this form:—A rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, commanding the m to issue such warrants and give such directions as b ) law they were required, for th:a payment to Henry Lord Brougham and Vsux of the arrears in respect of the quarter ending 30th December, 1849, of an annuity of 100 : 000t, charged and payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain arid I:el to the late Queen Adelaide, under and by virtue of the lit and 2d W in. IV., c. 11. The COURT assented, and a rule to show cause was grants(' accordingly. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittink:s 111 Banco,) THWAITES V NASH. This case was tried in Miodiesex at the last sittings in tom. before Mr. Justice Ctesawsll, when a verdict was found ter the plaintiff, damages 2001. Mr. PRENTICE now moved fur a new trial, on the ground of sutpri , e, and also that the tiamages were ex cessive. The action was brought on two promissory notes for 1401. and 30/.. which Lett been given by the d fei,dant in payment fur certain work and labour done by the plaintiff as attorney. The defendant, in his pleas, -et up a contemporaneous agreement in writing, to the effect that the mites in question should not to paid until certain moneys had been recovered by him from the Great Western Railway Company. It will ne recollected that in 1845 a great number of rob beries to-k place en the Great Wr stern and other rail ways, and that Mr. Nash was employed by Mr Charlss Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Company, to trace out tha persons who committed these extensive depredations, and who, it wculd stem, were in the habit et returning the stolen parcels on receiving a premise of reward from their owners. lie succeeded in bringing to justice two parsons, named Garrett and Maynard, who were convicted at the Old Bailey; he also gave two others, Wareham and his wite, into custody on a similar charge, but they were dismissed, and afterwards they irmi uied two actions fur false imprisonment against Mr. Nash. These actions we-re tried and a verdict of a larthing damages returned. Mr. Thwaites, who was a solicitor and friend of Mr. Nash, agreed to defend the ci ion, and it way for the rt coy , ry of the costs so incurred that the prurient action had 1),,n instituted. Mr. Russell had giv. n Mr. Nash a verbal indemnity against all the expenses he might to put to on beha fof the company, and they were taxed at 1 0001. Mr. Nash, in the mean time, became a hatikrup , , and his assignees sued Mr. Russell for the sum, and at the trial a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiffs, the amaunt of costs being referred to a gentl. man at the bar, who awarded only 4501.. the exact amount of expenses actually 'Pearled. While this reference was being beard, Mr. Nash sent the two promissory notes to Mr. Thwaites, accompanied by a letter saying that he gas not to expect payment for them until be obtained his,costs from the Great Western Company, or at least for a long time; and Mr. Thwaites appeared to have consented to those terms. Mr. Prentice now contended, in support of his present application, that as the letter aas written and delivered at the same time as the pro missory n , tes, it was to be considered us a contempora neous agreemeat, and that Mr. Thwaites was, therefore, not entitled to sue on the notes, as Mr. Nash had not received the full amount of his claim from the company. The CHIEF JUSTICE—I don't think we can put such a construction ou the letter, as Mr. Nash says, in the event of his not obtaining his costs from the company, the plaintiff was not to expect payment, " at least for a 10-g time." It a man sends a promisaary note for 100/. to a creditor at six months' date, together with a letter saying the times are bad, and that he will not be able to pay until the lapse of nine months, can it be said that the letter must be taken as pact of the terms and condi tions in the nett- ? Mi. PRENTICE—I apprehend that in such a case as the present it would, it the party did not dissent from the terms in the letter. The Learned Counsel also moved on the ground of surprise at the trial, and of ex cessive damages. The COURT promised to consult Mr. Justice Cresawell before they gave judgment. BAIL COUltf.—(faiS DAY.) (Sitinigs in 'Lilco, t,e , ore Mr. Justice PATTE.ON.) MORRIS V. SUTTON. satisfiel of his having been guilty of one or more of five sin-cified offence ,4, one of which was the concealing of property, or doing any other act with the view of dimi nishing the dividend to be paid under his estate, or giv ing any particular creditor an advantage over another. Now, the aejudicator in this case suspended the bank rupt's certificate for concealing property atter his first examination, and it was contended that the adjudication was bad because it did not impute any intent to the bankrupt, as the Act of Parliament required. The Bank ruptcy Act provided that the certificate of debt shiuld be granted " when" the bankrupt's certi ficate had been disallowed, and the Learned Ccunsel contended that the granting was either a judicial or a ministerial act. It the former a notice ought to have been given to the bankrupt, which had not been done here, that the certificate would be applied for, but if the latter none would be necessary, while the word " when" would seem to imply that the certificate of debt must be denaanoed at the bankrupt's certificate meeting. Mr. Justice PATTESGN could not take that view of die Act. Mr. H. Mu, said then he would confine himself to the objection t, the cortificltrt of aejndicittion. His Lord ship would we, thJt if it Mere held to be good in law, it w.uld lead to great inju,tice, inasmuch as a bsnkrupt might unconscinusly keep back property without any such intent us that specified in the pct, end the Cam tnissioner, viewing it in the light of a concealment, might unfairly withhold his certificate. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You may take a rills in the alternative.—Rule nisi accordingly. BULLOCK V. BENT AIM Mr. Justice PATTESON g'&ve judgment in this case. This w‘is a rule to show cause why an order of Mr. Baron Platt, to hold the defendant to bail in 3001 should not t e reset' ded, and why ►he defendant. shy ull not be discharged from cestody. In dealing with the first part of the rule, his Lordship said it was his province to act only as a court or appeal, and he therefore could not travel out of the affidavits upon which the order was ori entally made, though in dealing with the second part he could ch al with the circumstances sworn to subsequently to tie arrest of the defendant. The first objection, then, taken to the affidavit upon which the order was made was, that the plaintiff did not swear that he believed that he had sustained damage to any specified amount. Now, though it was desirable that this should always he done, it was not indispensably necessary, since a►l that the Act of Parliament required was, that the judge should ba satisfied that the affidavit disclosed a case of action for damages beyond 201., and it was for the Court to decide now whether or no the affidavit carried that information upon the face of it. Now the plaintiff was sure that his wife was stolen from his protection two years ago, and during the time that had since expired he had expended 6001. in searching for her, and that. recently be had discovered her living under the protection„,and-irr adultery, with the defendant. Whether that was true was not the question; it was whether it disclosed a good case of action for damages beyond 201. that had to be decided. The plaintiff wont on to depose that he afterwards ascertained that the de ftnchint's name was not lientwick, and going to the de -fendant's residence to ascertain what his real name was, the defendant came out to him, with a cigar in his mouth, and said, " What the devil do you want here?" and on the plaintiff replying, that all he wanted was civility and his name, the defendant declared that if he pelted him with any law or commenced any action against him, he would leave the country and carry the wife with him. This the Learned Judge considered disclosed sufficient cause of action, and justified the making - of the order, and overruling some other minor objections which had been raised to the effidasit, he directed the first part of the rule to be dis missed. lie went next into the question.of discharging the prisoner from custody, and in dealing with this part of the matter, what he had to decide was, whether the affidavits of the defendant stated sufficient grounds to satisfy the Court that he neither intended now, nor did be ever, contemplate quitting the country to avoid the consequences of his coaduct ; and, after going carefully through the whole of the ewe, his Lordship said he had arrived at the conclusion that the defendant would be t ff across the water at once if he were to let him out of prison. The rule must therefore be dismissed. Rule discharged accordingly. SHERIFFs' COURT —q THIS DAY.) (B,fure Mr. Undvr.Sheriff BURCHELL.) HOWE V. DEWY. This was an action to recover the sum of 21.; the balance of a joint and several promissory note for 51. 45., of which defendant was alleged to be the maker. Defendant pleaded that he did not make the note; but a witness was called who proved the signature. This was another of those cases in which money was borrowed payable by weekly instalments, nigh a condi- tion that an action might be brought in default of either of the pa) Enents. 1" T. THOMAS said the plaintiff only sought' to recover 21., and a verdict was given for that sum. Mr. Lusa move , fir a rule to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue in this case, directed to the Judge of the County Court of Stafford, hulaen at Henley, ri qutrirg him to stop sll further proceedings iu the cause. pair t way ism". d on the 24th of Oc tober, and the cause of action was tort, for ne g lecting t o repair a , ence, whereby' the plaintiff horse stra)ed an. , was kill. d, to the plain•iff's damage of 101. The sum mons was served and the cause of action decided out of the jurisdiction of tne court, while the defendant neither minted we csrried on business within the jurisdiction. Ile defendant was an • x , .ensive coal owner and the proprietor of colderies, and also a partner in a large carrying establishment. one of whose offices happened to be within the jurisdiction of the Court. Now the 60th section of the County Courts Act provided that the summons should issue in any district iu which the defendant should dwell or carry on buss-- DVSs at the time the action was brought, and the clues.. tion which arose here was, whether the defendant, being the preprielir of a colliery, and being a partner, having a branch office wi.hi n th e ju r isdicti o n of th e Court, brought him within the meaning of the Act of Parlia ment. In the case of " Reif v. Learmar," reported in the 19th volume of the Luw Journal, page 10, it wit* laid down Oat where a delenae - nt beta the office of deputy. sealer of the Court of Chancery, and fol lowed the Lord Chancellor to Weattoinster, Lincoln's Inn, and the Ifouie of Parliament; he had no fixed and settled place of busiuuss Ito as . to enable ban to enc.- r a suggestion on the record to deprive the platntiff of his costs. Acain, the case of " Buckley v. Hair," 19. Law Journal (Exchequer), page 151, that decision was affirmedsed • it was also held inatss clerk who went daily t o a place of business in the city . of London, could not b e considered as carrying On huluers in London within the meaning of the Act. What the Act required was that the defendant should be sued in tf e jurisdiction where he had some fixed residence. or place of business, and where he was always to b e found ; otherwir &night be said that the partners in M essrs. Pickferd s firm could be sued in any court, because they happened to have offices, or receiving-houses, in all England. Mr. Justice PATTESo N asked if the motion could not have been made at chatsibers? Mr. LUSH believed it could. Mr. Justice PATrEsett—There the summons for the prohibition is issued, as a mutter of course, without any affidavit, or the judge knuwing anything of the facts; and upon an affillavit of service, in the event of any one appearing against it, the prohibition is issued. Mr. Lust' understood that it had ben so ruled, but that could not have been the intention of t he Le g is lature. LITERATURE. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOT LAND. Vol. L. By Agnes Strickland. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a ru'e. Rule uisi accur(iligl). IN RE COWGIL. Fortunately for us, our listtTrical students, those who e neetlaeinit are sish: elatsi otn, Strickland itie e eri ri mostafiitaens c c ti amongst odim raaincited oestqualifiednnengcetconspicuous success isrh oy.t,enostttithi h. eee b anci t y ucrmeni 000trauohnuummseafirs most national annals Encouraged eaattertindo intellectual pnoonefna tr ticosftoeoh rnpbebiryyeowa industrious.vt performance, el c creea q eetirbha.r : olate i surbm r i s e erii s b l t ieytrya the raYn brilliant he has now undertaken to write a sequel to her " Lives of the Queens of England," a sequel no less important in its character than biographi es o f t h e f ema l e sove reigns of the sister kingdom, " Lives of the Queens of Scotland." Added to the memorials of which royal personages, there will be comprised in the pre. sent work the personal histories of such English Princesses as were in any particular manner con nected with the royal succession of Great Britain. Bearing in mind the promise, very explicitly given by our authoress in her biography of Elizabeth Tudor, to the effect that she would ultimately publish a companion picture of the career of Mary Stuart, her unfortunate contemporary, the reader of the previous effusion can have felt no surprise whatever at the appearance of the series here commenced. Miss Strickland has in it ad ventured upon a scheme which must in the end more than fulfil her original engagement. With out restricting herself to the narrative of one solitary reign, however memorable, she will in this remark able production dissipate the obscurities surrounding the records of female royalty in Scotland, and remove much of the ignorance and many of the false impres sions prevalent even among the educated classes of her countrymen in reference to the remoter annals of Caledonia. By a judicious arrangement, however, the biographer will not extend her examination so far back as to recount the vicissitudes of those almost forgotten individuals who, by their exceeding dis tance in history from ourselves, are in a great mea sure removed from the reach of our sympathies. It required the consummate and all but inspired genius of Shakspere to create a soul under the ribs of death, so as to excite our interest in behalf of that almost fabulous monster the bloodstained usuper of the crown of Duncan. Aware of the enormous difficulties in the way of those who would attempt to compete on their own ground with the earlier chroniclers, our authoress—guided at once by her intelligence and her experience—has restricted herself within some what reasonable limits, chronologically speaking, dat ing no farther back than the 29th of November, 1489, the day of the birth, in the palace at Westminster, of Margaret the Princess Royal of England (daughter of Henry VII. and his consort Elizabeth of York), afterwards united in marriage to King James IV. of Scotland. A more appropriate opening to any such series of royal biographies could scarcely by any possibility have been selected. In Margaret became concentrated, as it were, the whole of the illustrious dynasties of Great Britain, of England and of Scot land, of the Anglo-Saxon kings and of the Norman conqueror, of the Bruce and of the Stuart, of the Tudor and of the Plantagenet. Through her union with James IV. her decendants combined in their veins the blood of all those lordly and puissant races, blending them together, to use Miss Strick lana's own expression, "in one rich stream." In the history, therefore, of this august princess the biographer finds, as it were, a brilliant prelude to the romantic narrative of the sufferings endured by her granddaughter the beautiful but unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. The record opens with a subdued but arresting elo quence, like the sound of trumpets ushering in some royal pageantry with a noise of mingled solemnity and preparation. This may be discovered in the de scriptive passages immediately following the record of the birth of the Princess Royal, and her baptism in St. Margaret's, 'Westminster. The charm arising out of this sense of coming marvels colours more or less agreeably the account given of her childhood and educatkon,, animated as that account is by such incidents as her dancing at her brother Arthur's bridal, and her own betrothal to James IV. in the palace at Richmond. Before transforming her from a Princess Royal of England, into a Queen- Consort of Scotland, Miss Strickland takes occasion to sketch very rapidly the previous life and character of the husband of Margaret. We are consequently, in a measure, prepared for the changes awaiting her in her new position long before she has journeyed northward with her recently widowed father, Henry VII. From the moment of her separation from Henry, at his mother's castle of Colleweston, we per ceive a visible alteration in the very manner of the bio graphy. By that time the authoress appears to have groan simultaneously into a familiarity with her subject and an enthusiasm in its celebration. Our interest deepens as we proceed, and as we proceed the annals become more fraught with excitement. Mar garet has scarcely left the paternal court, when her attention bacomes occupied by the magnificence of her progress towards the Scotti'h borders. Her grand entrance into York proves only the prelude to her triumphal recerit,n at Durham, at Newcastle, at Alnwick, and at Berwick; throughout all which pro cecdinks we are enabled, by the genius of Miss Srickland, to form an intimate acquaintance with the mode of life and personal deportment of the western Lalla Rookh, travelling in state to the scene ofher regal marriage. All that is wanted to complete the fantastic resemblance is the discovery of James IV. in the disguise of a minstrel, and the dis covery, also in her chamberlain, of a senile wag like Fadladeen. As it is, we are not admitted by the poet to a more complete knowledge of the domestic life of the oriental princess than we are here by the biogra pher to that of the Princess Margaret. Now we are present in imagination at her remarkable interview with the Earl of Northumberland ; now we are be side her when she brings down a fat buck with a shot from her crossbow, or when, at her approach to the pavilion at Lammermuir, the bride-queen is pre ceded by a brilliant retinue, some of her attendants having silver bells, and others golden bells fastened to their liveries, the which little campanes, saith the leaps and le a when sure they Arrivedeirt nh de am h a la e r r g in ar u Castle, she sleep s s i g n hno t gr h ti e li I P a a bf v toe i r l rd i w o e n ra rcd o h f s i:Rraelearcycrhe idefiles aastt beforeL d " g m a a m d b e ad a es sw at e t e h t ei c r h g im oo in d g p y Haddington, and rhet, shefor i t s h we e fi lc r o st me n d ig b h y t :th i e n nu S n co s t o l f and. The seco n d on proceeding to Dalkeith Castle, is received there in state by Lady Morton. The opening chapter closes at this point in the midst of all the bustle which may be suppost-cl to have been prevalent when the King's approach was unexpectedly announced. Right pleasant are the descriptions which follow in the sub sequent pages of the same biography. Never has Miss Strickland given a more vivid or more exqui .4ite portraiture. The first meeting between James IV. and Margaret is depicted in a manner to the very iast degree beautiful. We know only one similar in cident surpassing it in attractiveness—the first meet ing between Marie Louise and the Emperor Napoleon. James IV. appears before us as the very beau ideal of a handsome and chivalric Prince. His bride recog nises in him a right royal presence, notwithstanding that he is simply garbed in the velvet jacket of a huntsman. His hawking lure is thrown over his shoulder, and his complexion is glowing at the mo ment from the manly exertion in which he had been engaged. "He was the handsomest sovereign in Eu rope," says Agnes Strickland, " the black eyes and hair of his elegant father James 111. being softened in his resemblance to the blonde beauty of his Danish mother." The portraiture accords with that which Walter Scott bad already pencilled of the same attrac tive personage. " Fur har3l was his eagle eye, And auburn of the dankest dye His short curled beard and hair; Light was his footstep in the dance, And firm his stirrup in the lists; And oh, ho had that merry glance Which seldom lady's heart resists." Such was the accomplishment of James IV. as an equestrian, that Miss Strickland thinks his very noble feat of horsemanship before his young Queen at Dalkeith—when, according to the Somer set Herald, " James of Scotland did leap on his horse without putting his foot in stirrup; and the said steed was a right fair courser; and forward the King spurred, let follow who might "—mast have sug g- sted the celebrated description of the mounting of Harry, Prince of Wales, in Shakspere. Every minute occurrence is introduced by the biographer in such a manner, that with the mere perusal of it we are trans ported back four hundred years to the time of their transaction—whether it be the mention of the Queen weeping for her white palfreys burnt to death in the midnight fire at Dalkeith, one of the steeds being " much beloved by her ;" or the account of the king playing on the lute and the clavichords. From the vividness, and, as we can conceive, the verisimilitude of the descriptions, it is evident to us that besides an aptitude fur erudition, Miss Strickland is gifted with a clear and objective imagination. She realizes the genius of an age or of a country be iamcheisn:nd Margaret,intr od uction to forms an their e n. be fore adventuring upon the labours of their chronicler. Her brief but charm i ng rec o rd of the courtship at Ne t ran ce into the straits of Edinbur g h, th e b r id e sea t e d on the pillion of the bridegroom. After this gorgeous appropriate w batt l e between aid bewitching James entrance into the Scottish capital comes the marriage in the Palace of Holyrood and the epithalamium. The nuptials are described like all the rest, most char mingly, the biographer echoing as frequently as pos sible the voice of the quaint old Somerset Herald. As, were it is said, for example, of that august alliance—it " was performed by the Archbishop of Glasgow and the Archbishop of York in presence of all ; and they read the bulls of their Holy Fa. her the Pope. consenting thereto ;" and " the trumpets then blew up for joy, and the King bare-beaded, bolding bis Queen i by the right hand, passed through the said com- Mr. H. BILL moved fora rule nisi calling upon the k e assignees of t h is b an k rupt, who i s a pr i so ner to Yoi Castle, to show cane why the writ of ca. se. upon which he was arrested should nut be set aside, and the prisoner discha'ged cut of custody. The orisorter's ease was ad judicated in the district Court if Bat,kruptcy, and the Commissioner of th‘k court L av i ng It f use d hi s c e rtificate, he was tine-toed at ti,e su it o f hi s ass i gnees, w h o h a d ob tain, d the c.rtificate of d. -h t prescribed by the Bank rup,cy Cuus,•lid al i on Act, which h as a ll t h e f orce of a jud.:tnent, and. ,, rttitles the officer of this court to issue a capiss ad satiataciendurn. The defect ccmplaiLleti of in this ca,e related to the adjud.estion ut the Commissioner at the certificate meeting. The Act of Parlia mentin the 256th Lectioli gave the Commi ss ioner pyre/ Co refuse the irankiupt ceitific*te, on his befog THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1850. party to the high altar." Of the much talked- of poem of " The Thistle and the Rose," writ ten in celebration of the nuptials by Dunbar, we cannot say much from the specimen given by Miss Strickland. Better immeasureably is the song per formed before James and Margaret as an epithalamium on the day of their marriage, both the words and music of which are happily still extant, affording us, as the authoress justly observes, "great curiosities, as testimonials of the state of literature and the arts at the era of 1503." Here are the verses, to our think ing, in some parts exquisite in spite of their fantastic and antique quintness : " 0 fair, fairest of every fair, Princes most pkasant and preclare, The loveliest that on-live tt,ere been, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Young tender plant of pulchritude Descet.ded tf imperial blood, Fresh flagrant th.wer of fairhood sheen Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Sw, et lovely imp of beauty clear, Most migk tg monarch's daughter dear, Born of a princess most kiererie, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen! " Welcome the rose both red and white, We-'come thejlower of our delight, Our sprite rejoicing from the spleen, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen !" For this sweet fl ewer of poetry, blossomed three hun dred and forty-seven years ago, we are gratewl to the research of the biographer. Shaking the dust of an tiquity out of it, she has found it still fragrant and blooming. It has about it somewhat of the air of Sir John Suckling. The reduplication in the first verse is charming, and so also the diction in the two first lines of the second. How delicious the alliteration in the line we have italicised in the third, and the dainty epithets with which the last is brought to a conclusion ! But enough of the marriage and its accompaniments. Misfortunes soon rise up to chequer the happiness of Margaret. In depicting these misfortunes her historian betrays consummate ability. She tells us how death deals his blows plentifully around the otherwise fortunate wife of James IV. of Scotland, striking down in succession her brother Arthur Prince of Wales, her father Henry VII., her grandmother, her own first born son and her eldest daughter, and afterwards another son, whose premature demise was however happily followed on the 11th of April, 1512, by the birth of a third son, who survived to reign in the end by the title of King James V. Besides the miseries arising out of these calamities came the ultimate wretchedness caused i❑ the mind of Margaret by the war between her husband and her brother, between James IV. and Henry VIII., between England and Scotland. Even this sorrow, however, became ultimately of no account in the mind of the luckless Queen, when she found herself widowed by the death of her heroic spouse on the fatal field of Hodden. The rest of this remarkable and enthralling biography par takes of a more decidedly political character, although it still continues to be adorned with private anecdotes and other domestic memorabilia. The difficulties en counterd by Margaret as Queen Regent of Scotland, her visit to Henry VIII., her intercourse with Car dinal Wolsey, her reception by Katharine, of Arragon, her second marriage with the Earl of Argus, her de position from power in favour of the Regent, John Duke of Albany, her quarrels now with Angus, now with Albany, her illegal divorce, and her ultimate dissolution—are all recounted by Miss Strickland in a manner worthy of the biographer of Elizabeth. Equally admirable in their way also are the lives of her two successors, the first and second wife of her son, James V.—Magdalene of France and Mary of Lorraine. Our authoress has never been more suc cessful than in the contrasting of their characters. In every chapter of the present ♦olume she has pre pared the way most brilliantly and effectively for what will be the principal feature in this series of royal biographies—the memorial of Mary, the rival of Eliza beth. As a fascinating effusion of eloquence and eru dition we welcome the volume before us cordially, but more cordially still as the commencement of a work calculated largely to enrich our historic lite rature. ILLUSTRATED DITTIES OF THE OLDEN TI,IIE. If we say that this volume is as graceful in its exe cution as the homely ditties which it celebrates are popular, what higher praise can we bestow ? For those " Ditties" are the dear old rhymes that are " household words" to as all, that are breathed as a lullaby over the royal cradle, and are familiar words in every nook and alley, in village and town throughout the length and breadth of the land. Critics may cavil at their strange rhymes and uneven metre, and may find some difficulty in accuenting for their universal power of fascination, but, indefinable though it be, that fascination is inseparable from these old ditties which call up the dear delights of childhood, and awaken the silent tones of loving lips. Cowper would not enter on his list of friends the man who would set foot upon a worm, and we must confess that we should feel little sympathy for the wiseacre who would be ashamed of owning a predilection for the nursery rhymes. Few such there are, and few conse quently will do othervsise than greet with a loving admiration this most charming book, which combines the rival attractions of art and nature, appealing t:s. the eye and to the taste as effectually by means of its admirable engravings as it does to the heart by its well-known rhymes. With all the luxurious accompaniments of paper as thick as vel lum, and large clear type, and fanciful adornments, we recognise our homely friends of other days— " Ding, dung, bell, Yus•y's in the well." " Hush-a-by, baby," " Sing a sorg of sixpence," &c., &c., and above, and beside, and below the letter-press (in the old rnissal fashion) are most beautiful and graceful illustrations. Tne felicity with which the various subjects htve been treated is only equalled by the exquisite grace of design and delicacy of finish visible in every page. The drawings are from the pencil of a lady, and were originally designed for the. amusement of her little daughter; that amusement has now been placed within the reach of a larger circle of children, and not of children only, for this most elegant work is equally well fitted for the drawing-room, the study, or the nursery. Let it not be said that the drawings are too good for the theme, that " anything would do" for a child's picture-book. Such an error is a very common and a very grievous one. It is especially essen tial that a youthful mind and an unformed taste should become early habituated with what is beautiful and pure. First impressions are most momentous, and a wise parent will consider a few extra shillings well bestowed in order that " the children's picture-book" may elevate their taste, %%hile it delights their fancy. To such these "Illustrated Ditties" will be a wel come boon, and to all who love the reminiscences of childhood, and to all who admire artistic talent, we cordially commend it. It is impossible to transfer a picture to our columns, or a specimen of one page would be a sufficient corroboration for all we have said. GEN EVIEVE. By Alphonse de Lamartine. A graceful translation of this very charming story hai just been contributed by A. R. Scoble to Mr. Bohn's cheap and popular library. Originally pub lished in . fuielleton of the Constitutionnel, and since then reprinted in a separate form and distributed largely among the French population, "Genevieve" ha+ enhanced among the masses the celebrity of its illustrious author, already renowned in so many de partments (f literature, as an historian, a poet, a publicist, a dramatist, a writer of travels, essays, and romances. Gladly, therefore, may we welcome "Genevieve" amongst to, now that the volume has, with the assistance of Mr. Scoble, been accurately translated into our vernacular language, and now that, through the instrumentality of Mr. Bohn'a well-known enterprise, it has been offered t o th e purc h aser at a price so comparatively insignificant. In penning his last fiction M. de Lamartine had in view the reali zation of a long-cherished d e t erm i nat i on, an d one which may not improbably revolutionize the whole system of popular literature. He wished to inau guratea style of compos i t i on such as would prove attractive to the vast bulk of the community ; writing books not fur the perusal of the educated, but for that of the uneducated ; addressing himself, not to the well-to-do man of leisure and of letters, but to the working classes generally, to the lowest order of tradesmen, to the poorest sections of the multitude; to the peasant, the mechanic, and the domestic ser vant ; to the inhabitants of the cottage and the dwellers in the kitchen. For the first notion of this project he acknowledges himself indebted to the person to whom "Genevieve " is inscribed, namely, "To Mademoiselle Heine Garde, dress maker, and formerly a domestic servant at Aix, in Provence." Those who may feel surprise at the peculiarity of this dedication will find their curiosity satisfied by the account given by M. de Lamartine himself in his " Preface," an account detailing the circumstances of the visit paid in 1846 to the poet statesman by the poor sempstress of Provence, at the time when the former was sojourning in the vici nity of Marseilles, writing his famous Histoire des Girondins. Of the literary occupation last men tioned it is very finely and characteristically said by M. de Lamartine, " I was writing the history of one revolution, totally unconscious that another revolu tion was already looking over my shoulder to seize my pages almost before I had done writing them, and to place anotber drama of France, not under my pen, but within my band." Engaged thus profitably for his own fame and for the service of his country, the historian was one day Surpri s ed by the visit of Reine Garde, who had com e a ll t h e wa y f r om Aix to Marseilles on pur pose to see a man of such great and pee celebrity. Lamartine himself gives um, in the preface to Ge nevieve," a graphic description of their conversation JONES V. BELL. This was also an action on • a bill of exchange for 61. Is. V., and a verdict was given for the amount, Drfetidati 06 ATTORNEY applied to the Under-Sheriff to retain the writ fur oile ddy, in order that he might apply to the Court above to enter a suggestion to de prive the plainnif of costs. The Learned UNDER SHERIFF said he had no power by the Act of Parliament to du so, but he would if any authority could be 8 boa D. The ATTORNEY said he could not, but it was the prbctice. The UNDER•SMERIFF said it was not a practice, and an application could be made to the Court, above even to-day. The ATTORNEY said that the objet was to prevent the plaintiff tram taxing costs, and putting defendant to further co ~ •a and inconvenience. The UNDER SUERIFF again said he could not in terfere. The other cases were on bills, and unde'ended. MARLBRV-STREET.- 7 (THIS DAY.) GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.— Mr. Horner Boyd, 1 - 14tchett's Hotel, and Mr. Denhis Connor, No. 1, Cecil street, Strand, were placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being drunk and ringing the bells of se veral houses in Marylebone-street. Pearsk,n, C 73, stated that this morning about five o'clock he was on duty in Marylebone-street, Regent street. when he saw five gentlemen, amongst whom were the defendants, coming up the street towards him. The defendants all at once h ft their companions, and went up to Nos. 8 and 9 i❑ the street, and tang violently at the door-bells. They then proceeded farther on and knocked at the doors of two more houses. They were about proceeding to another house when witness went up and to k into custody. lei reply to the charge, the defendants said they had taken to t much wine or they would not have acted in the foolish way they had done. Mr. HARDWICK said they had behaved themselves very foolishly. It might be sport to them but not to the in. habitants of the street, to be awoke from their sleep at that early hour i❑ the morning. He should fine them 40s. each for the offence. The money was immediately paid. CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING.- Harr ietVellum, whoa) real name is French, was brought up for re-examination, chArged with stealing fourteen silk handkerchiefs from a draper's shop in Tottenham-court-road. The particulars of the former examination appeared in this journal at some length on Friday last. the prosecutrix now stated that she had no desire to press the charc,e any further, and trusted that the week's imprisonment she had already undergone would prove a warning to her for the future. The constable informed the magisirate that he had not found an owner fur the two fur victorines which were fuund up. ii her. Mr. HARDWICK. said the prisoner had evidently got acyaint , d with some evil companions, who, if she per• ais ed in associating with, would speedily lead her to lian.portation. She ought to be extremely grateful to the pr..ecutrix for her leniency in not pre,sing for a committal. lie should, however, keep her (she pri soner) a few do's longer in prison, and remand her for 4 week, in order that she might receive pr..per tuition from 'he chaplain of the prlsou. At the expiration of that term he should, discharge her. SPORTING IN TEL LI GENCE. LIVERPOOL AU'l UNIN MEETING— WEDNESDAY. The Aintree Sweepstakes of 5 Boys. each; once round and a dis. (4 Subs ) Mr. Smith na Master Downes, aged, 6sl 41h, walked over. The Scramble Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. Half a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr Shepherd's Cripple Kate, fist llb (201) (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 2 yrs, 6st, llb (201.) Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs, 9st 81b (201.) r.• Robe? ts's Miss Lottery, 3 yrs, Bst 21u (200.-- 4 5 to 4 agst Cripple Kate, and 5 to 2 each agst Cauli flower and Coquette. Wen by a length. The Grand Autumn Steeplechase Flee Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added; the winner to pay 20 Boys. towards expenses, anit.the second to save his stake. About three miles. (14 Subs.) Mr. Station:l's St. Helier, 5 yrs, list (Bradley) 1 Mr. Wainwright's Young Dutchman, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ... 2 The following also started, but wet e eot placed :—Mr. Land's The General, aged, lOst Bib (owner); Mr. M`Caw•na Subduer, agrd, llst (Powell); and Mr. Cart. wright's Thurgarton, aged, 10st 12Ib (Oliver). Betting-6 to 4 agst St. Helier, sto 2 each agst The General and. Thurgarton, and 4 to 1 eget Young Dutch man. St. Helier made nearly all the running, but re fused two of his fences, and won a severe race from the distance by half a length only. Bun in 8 ruin. 2 secs. The race was claimed by the owner of Young Dutch man, in consequence of the rider of Subduer (who re fused the first time and was out of the race) joining it again when the other horses were coming home, and, as was allegt:d by the Young Dutchman jockey, crossing him. 'lire matter was referred to the steward, who, after re-examination of the jockeys and some delibera tien, decided that he saw no reason •to disqualify St. Helier. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Halt a mile. (9 Subs ) Mr. Copeland's Aldgate, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Charlton) 1 Mr. Mangan's P.rtia, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Keegan) 2 Mr. Shephard's Cripple Kate, 2 yrs, 4st (Hughes) 3 The following ali.o started, but were not paced : Mr. Smith na Master Dowues, aged, Bst 121 b (Fowler); Mr. Edwards's Maid Marian, 5 yrs, Bst (Whitehouse); Mr. J. Hamp's 13acton, 3 yrs, 6sL 81b (Cresswell); Mr. Griffiths's Cedar, 3 yrs, 6 st (Nicholls); and Mr. Rub son's Laura, 3 yrs, sft 101 b (Alderoft). Won easy by a length. A NEW LINE or PACKETS BETWEEN PENANG, SINGAPOR. AND HONG-KONG.—We learn from Southamp ton that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Dacha is being prepared for service on a distant station, and that she will start for China in the course of a few days to relieve the Lady Mary V 1 nod on the hoe between Hong- Kong and Shanghae, Oa her arrival out the latter vessel will proceed to Calcutta, for the purpose of opening a new lints between that port, Penang, Singapore, and Hong-Kong. COPYING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL Mr. F. C. Bake weli Las inverved a vet y ingenious de scription of te;egrapb, which bids fsir to rival, if not excel, the discoveries of Soemtnering, Davy, Morse, and Bain, and give increased facilities and cheapness to this marvellous method of communication. Not content with the mere transmission of messages, Mr. Bakewell pro poses b; his telegraph to secure a fac simile of the hand writing in which it is convey, d, and this he secures in the following manmr:—The original communication is inscribed on a piece of tin foil with varnish, and this tin toil is placed round a cylinder which is made to revolve by a weight. A point connected with the voltaic bat tery presses on it as it turns, but the current of electri city is discontinued as soon as it touches the writing in varnish on the tin foil. On the cylinder of the receiving instrument, which is also set in motion by a weight, a piece of paper satu rated with muriatic acid and prussiat of potess is also placed. Upon tnis a point with a steel wire presses, the current of electricity passing through ellich and acting on the muriatic acid, turns the paper blue, except where the writing in varnish has interrupted the current. These spaces are lett of the original colour, and form as nearly as in,ssible afac simile of the writing on the tin roil. The points retie red to being attached to nuts on line screws traverse regularly the inscription, and seven revolutious of the cylinder, each of which occupy about two seconds of time, are sufficient to indicate each line. The machine may Is, constructed as to diwird.h or nssg nity the characters of the original communication, and Mr. Bakewell says it can be applod to printed matter with even greater facility than to what is written. The chief difficulty with which he has had to contend lay in making the revolutions of the two cylinders correspond exactly, and this he has endeavoured to overcome by means of an electro-magnetic regulator, which ects upon the receiving instrument shd checks its motion so as to keep pace with the other. The machine is still in an expe rimental state, and evidently short of perfection; but sufficient success has been secured to render the practical result aimed at almost certain, and it is impossible to witness the delicacy and ing. nuity of the process without feelings of surprise and delight. It brought into actual operation this discovery will be available with the pre sent wires and voltaic battery, so that should it be adopted in preference to the present system nu great additional expense will be incurred. The telegraph now in use in this country has, as our readers are aware, been of late strongly reflected on, and certainly in prac tice seems open to some grave objections. Whether Mr. Bakewell's plan be that which ought to supersede it may be questioned, in the still obviously imi_erfect state of his invention; but any discovery which enlarges the sphere of our resources in this department must be hailed as a valuable acquisition; and the peculiar feature of this invention, that by which it transmits not only the ipsissirna verba, but a correct copy, so that a man can identify his own signature, certainly brings the whole system one step nearer to that perfection at the attain ment of which man is always ineffectually striving. MONEY MARKET —The premium on gold at P ar i s is 5 per mille, wh ic h, a t the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard - gold, gives an ex change of 25.27; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.221, it fallows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4•29 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.71; and the ex change at llamburgh on London at abort being 13.61, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in Ham_ burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 day a' sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 1.17 per ce;.t. in favour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Modesty doubles the beauties which are seen, and gives credit and esteem to all that are concealed. —Eli za cook's Journal. The Colonelcy of the 15th Foot has become va cant by the death of General Sir Phineas Rita], which took place in Paris. LORD COCRBURN.—The health of this eminent and learned judge has so far recovered that he is able to resume his official duties. He was present on Monday at a special sitting of the second division of the . ceurt, together with Lords Cunninghame, Fullarton, Med Win, Mackenzie, and Moncrieff, the Lord Justice Clerk presiding. in the case of" Peter Ferrie v. George Ferrie." in which counsel were heard during the whole day.— North British Mail. LEDBURT. —SERIOUS FIRS AT SNIG'S END.---OD Sunday night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a serious fire broke out upon the farm of Mr. Knight, farmer, of Upleadon, situate at Little Snig's End. Information was promptly conveyed to Gloucester, and two fire-engines were dispatched to the spot, lout the fire was not got under until a great amount of property was destroyed, namely, fifteen ricks, two stables, and two cowsheds. The estimated value of the property destroyed is 1,00/., and Mr. Knight is said to be insures at but 4614. Mr. Keily, deputy chief constable, and Superintendent Seys wtre in attendance all night, and rendered efficient assistance. It is conjectured that the fire originated from some burning material having been dropped by tramps, who had taken shelter in one of the barns. SYDENHAM.—A meeting was held at Sydenham, in Kent, on Tuesday evening, at the Episcopal Chapel, the R.:v. Charles M.A., the minister (and rector of St. James's, Duke's-place), in the chair, to petition her Majesty, and address the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the recent in- trusion of the authority of the Bishop Li Borne into these realms. The Rev. Chairman addressed the meeting at some length on the evils inflicted by Bomanism on nations and churches. The resolutions, which were moved seconded, and supported by Messrs. Wright, S. Pegg, Nosworthy, C. Gregory, Vinderhide, Harding, and Chaplin, were carried by acclamation ; and at the close of the meeting the petition and adercss were unanimously signed. Mr. Charles Norris Wilde, of the firm of Wilde, Rees, and Co., in College-hill, a nephew of the Lord Chan cellor, and we believe his son-in law also, has been appointed to the office of Secretary of Lunatics, vacant by the death of Mr. Cartlidge. The Secretarvship in Lunacy is worth about 8001. a year, but its posse,sor holds his place at the pleasure of the Chancellor, and is removable by his suc cessor.—Morning Paper. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—O.I Sunday last a covey of partridges alighted in the boats, and off the beach at Newhaven. Ag od many were secured, but no clue has been ascertained as to where they came from.—Edinburgh Evening Post. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY IN ONE FAMILY. — Mrs. Mary Owen died in the union workhouse, at Cocker mouth, at the great age of 99 years and 7 months. The de scendants of the deceased are 10 children, the eldest in her 79th year ; 55 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren, making a total of 142, all living ! Her remains were interred at Brigham on Friday, and were followed to their final home by four generations—children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild ! Her eldest grandchild has attained. the goodly age of 50 years, and her eldest great grandchild 27. The deceased has a sister in her 93d year, residing at Great Clifton. The Bishop of Winchester has appointed his son, the Rev. George Sumner, to the living of Old Arlesford; and t h e R e v. Yigou to the living of New Arlesford; both vacant by the resignation of the Rev. the Earl of Guildford. His Lordship has not as yet filled up the living of Medated, vacant from the same cause. DETENTION OF THE SOUTH WALES MAILS.— Numeruus are the complaints from all portions of thesoutilern part of the principality relative to the irregular receipt f correspondence since the route of the mails has been altered from Gloucester to Bristol, thence across the Old Passage. In rough weather the crossing of the Severn is a service of difficulty and delay, more especially in the winter time, when nothing like certainty can be calculated on by the prevent route. The fault dues not lie either with the Great Western or South Wales line of railway ; for in the event of a deten sent on per a special engine, at the cost of the comcianY, tion on the former line, the South W a les letters would be and the managers on the South Wales Railway h ave done all in their power to remedy the evil. Th e saving in expense gained by the new arrangement does not amount to above a few hundreds, and in order to effect thisthe Post-office autho rities run the risk of losing a larger sum in the express trans mission of the bags. THE DIAMOND STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. —The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Gravesend and Milton Diamond Steam-pa c k et Company was held on Monday at the New Falcon I nn , G ra vesend, for the electi on of directors and other annu a l b us i ne ss. H. Warren , Esq., occupied the chair. The receipts for the past year, for pas sage-money, freightage, &c. amounted to 17,51'2/. 9s. Id., and the usual disbursements of the company to 16,073/ ss. in addition to which, however, there were extraordinary ex penses, in which the sum of 9411. 18s. Bd. for a law-suit was included. Notwithstanding this, however, the directors re commended that a dividend of 21 per cent. should be paid. name James ET. On Saturday was agreed to, and Mr. Birchen was re-elected a paid director at a salary of 2001. per annum. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. NE a WM e cpalnay with his wife, wasst as a man by the the mA ofKßetts,in company leaving the fair to return to Snailwell, about seven o'clock in the evening, they had not proceeded further than the Crown Inn, Hi g h- street , Newmarket, when some unknown hand dealt the man a blow, and immediately disappeared the man Betts was taken to Mr. Fyson's surgery, but died in a few minutes. Betts is 24 .years of age, and has left a wife and two children. No one is suspected of the offence, and all is mystery.—lpswich Kxpress. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY I N KENTucEY*—In Fleming county, Kentucky, William Ringo, had an altercation wit Mr. who married his sister, whom he killed on the spot by a single shot from a revolver. Ringo's mother ran up to expostulate, when the inhuman monster fired two shots into her body, from which she died next day. his the wife of the murdered man, the n r an u p , when the fiend shot her through the thigh. She is likely to recover. He then made off, but was pursued by the neighbours, who f and him at the house of another neighbour. On seeing the company advancing, he entered the house. He was sum moned to come out and surrender, but he refused, and while attempting to draw a pistol Was shot through the abdomen by one of the party. lie then shot at another of the party, wounding him slightly in the shoulder, who thereupon fired back, killing the monster instantly. The parties surrendered themselves to the law authorities, were examined, and ac quitted. —Maysville Eagle. EIGHTY PIGS DROWNED. —An accident of a serious nature occurred at Invergordon last evening to one of the boats engaged in stripping stock on board the Duke of Sutherland steamer. A boat with upwards of 100 pigs left the pier, the sea running very high at the time, and after having arrived alongside the steamer, seven or eight of the pigs were shipped, when a heavy sea swamped the boat, and washed out all the remaining pigs, upwards of 80 of which were drowned. The crew of the boat had a narrow escape and but for the active and prompt assistance of the men on board the steamer, might also have met with a watery grave, as the boat capsized shortly after it filled.— Aberdeen Herald. The young not only appear to be, but really are, most beautiful in the presence of those they love.—Eli za Cook's Journal. PAUPERISM.—We observe from the published financial statement of the guardians of the Taunton Union, made up to September last, that the cost of the maintenanec of the in-door paupers of the Union is 3691. I Bs. 4d. less than in the corresponding half-year of 1849, and that the support of out-door paupers has also diminished 305/. 711.52 d. * t w o the same period.— Somerset County Gazette. with each other and with Madame de Lamartine. I Finding that the poor dressmaker had herself written verses, the bard of " Jocelyn " induces her to submit to him some of her poetic manuscripts. In recount ing this circumstance the author deliberately avows to the world that he has " given up writing poetry." Happily, however, if his voice no longer sings to us in versification, his hand is still industrious in pen ning prose stories which appeal at once to the heart and the imagination. Aware, from what he had already seen and heard, that Reine Garde had abilities unmarred by imitation (which by the way, he terms rather happily " that Mephisto pheles of prematurely,budding genius"), and allured, moreover, by her possession of that "gift of gifts, the gift of a tearful voice,'" he prolongs his argument with the dressmaker, and out of it springs the notion of writing a literature, or, at any rate, inaugurating a literature for the people as above indicated. Hence comes " Genevieve." in it the novelist has recounted, in simple and touching strains, " the history of a ser vant girl," and what renders the narrative more than ever attractive is the circumstance that Genevieve is no other than an old favourite, that being the real name of Martha, the good servant of the priest Jocelyn ! Martha, or as we must now call her, Genevieve recounts her own story to M. de Lamartine when he is seated in the kitchen of the old vicarage house at Valneige, one evening shortly after the death of his inestimable friend the Abbe D— (Jocelyn); and now, after many years have elapsed, Lam:smile calls the touching story of her life to mind, and tells it exquisitely from his youthful recollections. The narrative itself, like its subject, is of the simplest character, as homespun as the russet garb of a peasant. The incidents are few and, for the most part, unromantic. Yet in spite of all the tale cannot be read without emotion, and its interest in many parts becomes absolutely enthralling. The childhood of poor little Genevieve, when she attends on her bed-ridden mother, the lines bleacher; the death of her mother, and afterwards of her father, the glazier ; the love passages with Cyprien ; the growth of Genevieve's sister, JoHtte ; the sp pearance and disaprearar ce of Septime, the quarter master ; the wanderings, and ultimately the arrival, of Genevieve in toe cibie of Cyprien,—all these things are described with a minute and vivid parti cularity. Afterwards, in the " Episode," we watch the incidents, which lead at length to the discovery of Josette's little child, Bastien, with an interest that is only appeased when we close the book, leaving - him under the pear-tree, still tended by his adopted parents Jean and Luce, and watched tenderly by his aunt, the long-suffering and amiable Genevieve. Altogether the volume is a simple but beautiful effusion, worthy of realising the hope of its illustrious author, the hope of leading the way to the produc tion of wholesome and really popular literature. TFIE COMIC ALMA NACKforlEsSl. By George Cruikshank. Rigdum Funnidos having long resigned bis magio sceptre to the hands of the facetious Henry Mayhew, we still find that modern Master of the Revels pre siding over the vagaries of our eccentric annual— " The quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles" of the Comic Almanack. George Cruikehank, the droll and inexhaustible, figures, of course, as the principal caricaturist, and H. G. Hine, the quaintest and oddest of his disciples, contributes a swarm of those little black Scaramouches which are the funniest emana tions of Impland. The piece de resistance is, as usual, the frontispiece, from the hand of Crulkshank, representing this year the " Probable Effects of Over- Female Emigratio❑ ; or, Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands, in consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia !" Although there is a fund of the most grotesque humour in almost every line of the etching, we turn from it after a hurried glance with some satisfaction—seeing that it presents to us nothing more agreeable than one mass o f ugliness. Some of the subsequent illus trations from the same pencil are infinitely preferable, and, to our mind, more unques tionably laughable. Instance this the sketch given in one part of the " Fellows of the Zoological So ciety," with two jolly old curmudgeons of Hippopo tami, a couple of very beau-like lions, monkeys equipped as " miniature specimens of humanity," and (most preposterous of all) a pelican meditating, with a hat on its head—all drawn as Cruik,hank could alone draw them. " Taking the Census" appears to us a rather extravagant absurdity, the humour of which we can nowhere perceive. One of the best pictorial contributions is that of " The Sick British Lion and the French Quack Monkey." It affords a capital opportunity fora sarcasm at the expense of M. Ledru Rollin and his very ridiculous book about the Decadence d' Angleterre. " Modern Ballooning" excellently well lashes that monstrous folly begun by M. Poitevin. The aeronaut is repre sented as a donkey soaring up on the hack of a horse. Two most elaborate drawings by Cruik shank portray, one an Alarming Sacrifice" at a linendraper's," and another the uncomfortable results of " Over-population." As the oddest possible spe cimen to be selected from the literary cotnicalities of the " Alrnanack," we present to our readers the fol lowing INVITATION TO THE ZOoLfiGICAL GARDENS. (By n Gentleman with n S tght Impetiiinent in hi., Speech.) I have found out a gig-gig-gift for my fuf-fuf—fair, I have found yv here the rattle-snakes but , -bub—breed. Won't you c-c-c-c..me, and I'll show you the Lub-bub— L ar, And the lions and tit-tit—tigers at fuf-fu:-fuf—feed. I know where the c-o-c•co—enekatoo's song Makes muul-mutn-mum—tneludy through the sweet vale; Where the m—monkeys gig-gig—grin ali the day long, Or gracefully swing by the tit-tit-tit-tit—tail. You shall pip-pip—play, dear, some did-did—delicate joke, With the hub-hub—bear on the tit-tit—top of his pip pip-pip—p de; But observe, 'tis for-fur for—bidden to pip-pip—poke At the bub-nub—bear with your pip-pip—pink pip pip- pip-pip—parabol. You shall see the huge elephant pip-pip-pip—play; You shall gig-gig-gaze on the stet-tit—ately racoon, And the❑ did-did—dear together we'll stray, To the cage ot the bub-bub—blue fuf•fut-fac'd beb-bab bab—toon. You wish'd (I r-r-r—remember it well, And I 1-1-1 lov'd you the m•m-more for the wish) To wituees the bub-bub•bub—neautitul •ican swallow the 1-I•live 1-1-1-little tuf-tut—fiah. Then c•c-oome, dicklid•dearest, n-n-n-never eay " nun nuti-nun-tiutt—nny ;" I'll tit-tit-treat you, my l,;ve,to a" bub-bub-bub—buss," 'Ti* but thrup pip-pip-pip—pence a pip-pip—piece all the Ray, To see the hip-pip-pip—(l beg your pardon) To see the hip•pip-pip-pip—ahem;) The hip-pip-pp pip—pop-pop-pop-pop—(I mean) The hip-po-po-po—(dear me, love, you know) The hippo-pot-pot-pot—Cpon my word I'm quite ashamed of m) self.) The hip-pip-pop—the hip-po- pot. To see the Hippoc—potamus. The last line of the last verse is surely the extension of a ludicrous conceit to the uttermost stretch of the ri,liculous. kline's sketch of the dromedary we take to be as clever as it is laughable. " Britannia Pawn ing her Trident" is also capital. Such are the prin cipal merits of the new issue of the Comic Almanack. FINE Alt'l S. THE ART JOURNAL. An important article opens the number of the Art Journal for November, the intelligent and enterpris ing editor having just adventured upon a continental tour for purposes connected with his publication and with next year's Industrial Exhibition : and in this introductory paper he recounts to us very pleasantly the first results of hij own personal observations. The gist of the whole editorial contribution is to explain the preparations already making in Germany for the proposed, or we should rather say, approaching Exhi bition. His remarks, we doubt not, will be perused with a very general interest, and will go far to con firm the majority in their well-founded confidence in the happy issue of the whole enterprise. Prominent among the illustrations to the periodical under notice, are a fine copy by Sharpe, from the original painting of Sir David Wilkie's " Peep o'Day Boy's Cabin," and a charming plate taken by Carter from R. Wil son's picture of " Hadrian's Villa," both in the Ver non Gallery. Added to these is a very exquisite bust of Mademoiselle J-nny Lind, copied by Itoffe, from the original by Durham. A woodcut iikeness of George Harvey, and another of W. J. Muller, are likewise given, accompanied by biographical notices of those distinguished artists. For November, among the 'Passages from the Poets," Goldsmith suggests one subject, and Milton the other—one sketch repre senting a passage from " L'Allegro," and the other a fragment from the " Traveller." A profusion of other embellishments and literary contributions add to the attractions of -the current number of the Art Journal, which is excellent. KNIGHT'S PICTO1?1.-IL SLIAKSPERE. Parts I. and 11 An admirable reprint from the bulkier edition, edited by Mr. Charles Knight, has just been com menced—giving to the subscribers in each separate part a clear, complete, and beautiful copy of one or other of the incomparable dramas of Shaks pere. Typographical►y in every respect the specimens before us are exquisite—the type being clear, and not, as is too frequently the case, split into double columns, after the manner imrnernori4lly employed in printing the Bible. In stead of this the lines go clear across the page, and being composed in large and sharply-defined type, the reading of the text is more than ever a luxury. A few illustrative embellishments are given in the supplementary notes, and with introductory remarks, and a fanciful frontispiece to each comedy or tragedy, the edition comes before us in an admirable manner. Part 11. contains the whole of the Comedy of Errors. 6 5% Of ib° ;,h jOg le , tO g o bo . r e t : Ofl Cl°r be d"l' sl' 11#1‘ 0/1