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IX, tOp ki, very fuu !Noah, from Wi9 ; r being ° I , Part of be Par ni ech fined i s on Bk °re k s of i ne ' D o °l]: ' ca ber 11 ; era' lesse 8 - S" 2 o s ock „, her st e ,..„ fr 91w — w reck. ird 14th o 10 iter at o p , b o ° An Caen Swro to ) ®apes ea .. bas 1 1 Li ' atteo I!" !RO ° ) $36"1 to gilbo ' a 1 9 t Nov rboli r ' l b. a 0 1130, of L d i s o for we b d we° f"11 1 tgbe" h ' f rA vi o Bloog9l 18 50 ! d r ' 1,017 A „,011 IV 00 0 1 l e A la l o w 0 ',RIP' cloreP er I"`" 31 1 er l oad ' 31 16,1 er I""'" ----- ‘ii: + °t ! , supposing they did not exceed 8001, —(The iota is of t* propo,:e . o %Nero •esjji' client, however, could not in ri under the process of this Court, t d °lle of Cie tams of the proposed arrarge -641, was that the bAr.kruptcy should be annulled; he wag, ow ever, willing an d anx i ous to d o w h a t he legdly could, but the difficulty P U rehaser would not advance the money until the bank tilMY was annulled, and on the other hand the crocli oars —.gut not feel content to give up their rights with- In the undeniable equivalent of twenty shillings in the 10)°413d' lie (Mr. Lawrence) was fully satisfied in his r ia mind thlt the offer to purchase was bona fide. the a desultory conversation it was arranged that th evidence of Mr. E. Russell, the petitioning creditor, 6, 941 d be taken in private, to prevent the accounts . fir ' Russell gone into in Court, his Honour observing that r•Rus sdi had no locus standi on the bill alone uncou seted w i th the accounts. The evidence would there fore be taken to prevent the necessity of Mr. Russfill 1:lwho r es i de, in Dublin) remaining in town, but on the 11de vatandi ng that he must attend to be examined viva should the negotiation go off. The ens:: was adjourned accordingly. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. PE LT (11, fore the RECORDER h an „ u ßY.—Thomas Walters, a painter and paper zo,scr, was i n di cted f or per j ury. The de!endaut pleaded W I • kr 12 . . *Jason appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. ;' o nen fur the defence. C. la ra t c !itne ago the defendant brought an action in the so. 7 Court against a publican named Briget, to re „ •ee a , thip ' u ta of money under 201. To that plaint Mr. Wet pleaded a set-off for money lent and a beer score, thy I: e the trial defendant made oath that he never had thi)l a i e r i e l efegrerde erred. er or money from the prosecutor, and it was for false swearing that the present indictment as st c ase broke down in the opening, and the defen owas discharged. Ok a ri IiG ERY.—A middle-aged, respectably. attired man, ektr e „.; J ohn Bennett, pleaded guilty to an indictment str i ,g him with forgery and larceny. fOtruik)ALLA.NTINE, on the part of the prosecution, in to to the Court that the prisoner had been secretary botitchOdd Follows' Benefit Society, held in the neigh th °NI cf the Vauxhall-road. The forgery consisted order Prisoner having ineerted a name in a Post•office to t i et ' to obtain 1/. 25., which had been remitted to the the lti 7 , , %nd the larceny in purloining some portion of kelp t ,, 4 ' of the society entrusted to his care. The Zee, B 4 . believing. that he had a large family, who must Itozi o ' n ' tr il.7 suffer severely for his misconduct, were 4 14 4 ; 3 to extend to him as much mercy as was con- Si p - , w ith the ends ofjustice. the t e . ' l4 llXsoN, who appeared for the prisoner, told had b„ tt Ned Recorder that up to this time the prisoner b ees me an excellent character. He bad unfortunately q ui aStray by some people who were in the habit to e o ti d'og the society's house, and having induced him tobb e e c i °l4 Pany them to Hampton-court Races, they Th e ' f i li al of the money in que s tion. heeive., ? C ORDER asked what salary the prisoner had 4 3 *ere ;A LLAXTINE replied 41. a year; but his duties 11, 13 t 4.1 .Y nominal. ' 0 pro RE CORDER said it was imperative upon the Court o f th,, ec t these b ene fit soc i et i es aga i ns t th e d e p re d at i on 1 4 0 t - 1 1 1 ` 'lnners, an d h e mus t th ere f ore ta k e ti me t o l oo k The merits o f t hi s case . Prisoner was accordingly put back. _ . IV D c. , . I s , ' •ka TIIIINSTER.—(THIS DAY) con s , - „ a k e , Eaaard, division, 1, was charged by his father, a DI 1 „:"`" ot the B with having rchbed his ern- Ul u " ' the Me Cubitt, of Pimlico, of a large quan y of ... ssrs. ~ .ls. 14 theehirether stated that the prisoner resided with him his lie had a cupboard where he kept his , h ais us l ; and owing to his 11. , eping it locked it aroused 11 : I.:" i ?ds, but he was unable to find the key. On roa r o a n - 1 last the place was broken open and the , ton s attt t h - :" Were found. He took them to Messrs. (Abut, fr om );:Y r efused to pros ecu t e . Th e p r ison e r a b s cond e d * " hsol,`Be W h ome, and was no t h ear d o f un t i l y es t e rd a y, al; as apprehended on another charge. t 50),°348 Knowlson, a carpenter, said he could identify - c.iar e 1, and other articles his property. about 4 4 .l t al ' s wer to the Magistrate, the father stated that t , w ci years back he was obliged to send his son to T h w , ng to his bad habits. ° Prisoner was committed for trial. t 11 11ti mt 11LE TEMPLE.—Last Thursday evening . . the g , t tle at: us age of a Sergeant's taking leave of the Societ of ''''ciet ladle Temple took place in the antient Hall of that . With n Y m • The Treasurer and Borchers having in procession, e f th-"er Members of the Seciety, arrived at the upper end hi Rail, Ai r . i iii ti `' se l to , Robert Miller,_ the newly-made Sergeant, the i'reasurer her Majesty's writ to take upon 41 lan.k tl 'e state and degree of Sergeant- at-law, which writ ri t: ol:erel .e d. u .ir e eet a n i u r e i n a g d by the sub-Treasurer, the Treasure! thebree leagth,"ressed the Learned Sergeant at som? Fonstidlieer:l l ean t , 44d, presenting him with a purse containing fee (in crown pieces), the Learned Sergeant a lt o f r oth r i e n d i.s a V ery eloquent and appropriate speech, and h wts escorted by the Treasurer, the rest of the Benc er., took leayelltenabers, to the Hall porch, where the Sergeant T HE . i g I lle sted t " MASTER. IN CHANCERY.—We are re -0 state t that the Mr Humphrey, Q.C., who has just r yes t s ,,` ° „ th vacant Mastership in the Court of Chan /411, n - ', l nner of the Chancery bar, and not the Mr. l'ls g '''• of the common law bar. 'TY. u r °RI) RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW ITNlVER tethes;- e have it on authority that Mr. Macaulay is alto tidi, indisposed to accept the invidious office, either oftde tte is g against Sheriff Alison or again: Lord P:dm no e m rs in o a n : tiloil"as, therefore, decided not to come _ p l :v ir n . . Th Colonel Muir, asivebeonsequently rests in Colonel . M 1 14 4 , er, at the present time, is sojourning . in Italy; he re tlow,-, "Y the end of the month ; there is riot . the slightest It ''' that his vote will be given to the historian of Europe. tl a i. * , ll l be so me t i me before the formal nom i n ation is made; Pf7tlnforrnation is not generally known ev en within the walls 114 n University, but we have it from a source on which we ap always placed the mos t i mplicit reliance.- Glasgow Qtl . TA th e -.E WHALING TRADE.--The first whale ship of 4 4 Ileason, the Chandler, arrived at Honolulu on the 10th of tspst from the Polar regions, .reporting a very successful titS' e among the whalers cruising in the north. Several th ks e r vessels had arrived, and a large fleet was expected in " and the following month. 1444ttPA:r WITH POACHERS IN THE GREAT PARK.- -- A f,oy a i l ' i ght, abo u t a quarter to twelve o'clock, as one of t irk e garnekeep ers , named Foster, with his helper, named dish ‘, W as out i n th e G reat - par k , near Cranbourn L o d ge, The Wer e attacked and overpowered by a party of poachers. tallog°of Foster was wrenched fr o m hi m , h e was mos t bru -4,,f ue 14tten about the head with the barrel of the piece, and me rely ' , es at his residence, High-standing-hill, suffering from concussion of the brain.- Windsor Express. ?ttch ti ZY and cunning are the two apprentices of dis "r4,l4;:zh,c(„„leirsizk2a6iltl6:boukl,snjeoituhrenralof them ever learn their master's the : were c,,urrencto A tiv e tN NT LIN D New York Jenny Lind had C with undiminished success Ru• that neert she was on the eve of leaving for ii,ji,:tn; an ultiMately for California. 1 - ,, e P t - h ilN °r LORD TORRINGTON FROM CEYLON.— t""ved ;',lll,6ular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon rtios -o",oathans t yesterday afternoon with the heavy 'Pon w a s - 718 Indian mail. ail. Among the passengers by the 1 4 k r . /,4"041 Torrington, late Governor of Ceylon. ettti om , Is raeli is writing the life of Lord George 14a8 t (Fib 11 ,e has undertaken this literary task at the re ft ° ' , Juke of Portland. sh v4 es l ?i Sul 'aßiost• -Six years ago there were but 0: e t tw o ' s °I any kind on Lake Superior, and . not . more than t e, t a the Saultwhite families could be found within 400 miles 'AIN, to La Pointe. Now there are three se pro li b a t h trs t. „ (1 ,,,e1z or seven sail vessels. Four lighthouses have 4talltes-". by the Government, and several thousand in `V- ere scattered along the coast. ) ,. I t, i itht st. , ' I IIOP ~,- `-' s ' A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER, Nov. 5 .. y ...... 1-'ll '11 - RE 111 1.:RDEB.ER. -NOTTINGHAM, NON, 2b klr °ll' it b e Ati ln i 'r Was yesterday manifested by the inhabitants of roe tog aid and and the surrounding districts,in consequence of fit heads e known that the wife of a highly respectable i sc a ti s tedil_ede of the western hers suburb of the town had , 1N 'as Q .' Youngest child and cut ow . n throat. The hs 44l oll,, eer tained directly after the horrible occurrence, 4 tr t ,Z bo os :- Mr. William Chambers, lace manufacturer, Nir's It s di e and business premises are situated in Orchard- t o e for , r arose at halt-past. five o'clock,as usua ,o p '3' 1 tee o cc upations 4 4; eavi n , ~ of the day, and proceeded to the fac iklpsrlqh,,6 ; o as wife and a female child four years old in bed, as; 4 er n ' t 'laughter Mary Ann, 17 years of age, asleep e in d V_ dl , and - 1 , 4 '.. At teenty minutes befote seven he return 4:; qt gad occasion to go down into the cellar,when he f an- Its l e a °-aer ved something on the ground unusually w b h t ite t . te ' 4 / h t ., lia t. 10,tairs to fetch a lighted c . andle, to ascertain w a . i hl ' , I b• -,4 attracted his attention, when he was horrified Slid 14 Wit • 4 101,"11,/ i von her night dress, weltering . in her own hi B t c I to !ler throat cut from ear to ear. Seein . g that she lool z 2° chil l ,grls of life, he ran up-stairs to ascertain whether e a nd ~.",' at I,' lr ati were safe. Going first to his own room h 4 44 ;n en ~,-18 infant, Eliza, which he fancied to be asleep, la, gater"rdeeeded to the bed-r om occupied by his eldest Itt r ?,... ut;: t h zl d having aroused her they returned to the h child_ It 'Ile?•-"rnore closel inspecting it they observed a and (411.111 the y a garter tied tightly round its neck, and taking lii,puelber;" discovered it to be warm, but dead. Mrs. to - t i e ] , tie r. w la 4 2 years old, her husband being some 1: , , years 4414 Pe; ~4 is difficult to account for the causes which led elate vrae.u•siti.. ~, on of these dreadful crimes. The elder de- Dfesl boss):' an exceedingly nervous temperament, readily d as h Atin b as bounds or unduly depressed. Latterly her e 'foal • as b ..,, ,io been ,i 4„. co,_ more severe and longer continued than dsi'lshio;"aequence of her husband's business not being so tlie 4e, and " fo rmerly ; yet she had every comfort she . could th ett ,,,, there yeas no reasonable ground for anticipating I I W ''' 11l trag e d y. Of ~ h at • "1 4 ' tiew sr , ft re You engaged in ?" said the head printer Yo u taorizioapeascdpeerntettablishment to one of the compositors. "Stop," said the interrogator, " I want i i .ks . i e id a murder." I)7e /d, w all ies Gordon Bennett, of the New York b e ~clitid." Punished in the streets of New York on the Bth, ( latt iihid,ae for an official post, whose private character 4 411 uailtd with wanton severity. aNdi IS TI . GAn R . -We understand that q t ,,,,,-n g „,„_, . -L AT R EADI NG . --WC . tll l- .4i °ll3% qu ' 18 so full that the visiting just i ces have issued to tn °4 4h oa r the clerks of the several petty sessional divisions be I,..ltlitted t°he coanty that all prisoners for trial are to 41 . A Wag - lon gaol. -Berhs Chronzcle. 11 ' e * 1 a oil er ),ellinall, Cole Aspinall, son of the Rev. James 1 ., ‘ tit 4,1_ recto of Althorpe Lincolnshire, was on Saturday ''''s of Oitted (Member of 'the Middle Temp's, for the par tis aZe.Pingms for the bar.-Liverpool Albion. tiotikillseetsl°, J ava, called the j.culator, catches flies kg d t ° l B4 B i'', squirting from its mouth some water, and.se,l trwil 4 i r. aim at the distance of five or six feet, brin -4,4 It. w is Y With a single drop. li d t hat t ir" AND D. CUMMING.-We under- Dr-el fm,.... ese two distinguished polemics met yesterday, wa Iv ci k „ is r7 tiro at the house of the f rmer. agreeably 1 1.) ' e ri tf raNtement in ret, rence to the h.rm 01 oath about i r, 4 , I .tr,, I, th tl4,,,ains been a differenc e of statement between them. , : t 1 ° Pic",• 'night t 'vas accompanied by two friends, in uraert that a il „lon „,_ ereafter be referred to, should any diversity o `° Ish'ur hetw at p a „,,,, een the Popish and Protestant champions -- ' ,l oh the occasion. THE SUN,. LONDON, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Cape papers have arrivf.:d of the 2d ult. inclusive. I The proposed constitution for the colony was the nil engrossing topic of interest. Too following extrac:s from the local journals contain all that it is necessary to give upon this suhject (From the South AfiicunCommercial Advertiser. Sept. 28.) His Excellency the Governor has reqm-sted the five official and two remaining unofficial members of the Legislative Council to assemble as a board of commis sioners, to consider and report to him upon the pro posed constitution for the colony; and - the four popu larly elected or popularly-proposed members who have resigned their seats in the Council have, at the re quest of the Board of Commissioners of the Munici pality of Cape Town, and they trust in accordance with the wishes of their late constituents throughout the colony, undertaken the same task. Both schemes, when completed in their main provisions, will be submitted to the inhabitants, whose privilege and duty it will be to express their opinions upon them, in peti tions to her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament, with the least possible delay, that a speedy and happy termination may be put to the present painful agitation which afflicts society throughout the whole of this settle ment, and which, if continued much longer, may pro duce very great calamities. (From the same of Oct. 2.) So far as public opinion has been expressed, there seems to be perfect unanimity on the following points:- 1. That the future government of the colony shall be entrusted to a governor, a legislative council, end an assembly elected by the inhabitants, which shall be called the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. 2. That the Parliament shall possess all the legislative powers which embrace all the internal affairs and domes tic policy of the colony. 3. That the Queen, acting immediately in her own person or capacity as Sovereign, or i❑ the person of her representative the Governor, and the two Houses of Parliament. shall be supreme within the colony, as the Queen and the two Houses of the Imperial Parliament are supreme in Great Britain. On this simple but solid foundation the five gentlemen who were nominated Members of the Legislative Council by the municipalities and road boards, i❑ the name of the inhabitants, in the spirit and understood meaning end intention of the Government Minute of the nth of May last, have framed a scheme, or instrument of government, in sixteen articles, which, in their opinion, will secure to the people of this settlement all the rights, privileges, and advantages of self-government. This scheme has been approved and adopted by the Commissioners of the Municipality of Cape Town, and will this day be submitted to the bouseho!ddis assembled in the Town House. It hss also been lorw4ided to the municipal and road boards throughout the colony for their consideration and decision. EXHIBITION OF 1851. COPY OF A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Nov. 8, 1850. My Lord and Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned, having regard to the great urgency which exists for the establ►shment of publ►c water-closets and urinals in the metropolis—an urgency likely to be much increased by the visits of numerous foreigners, who are accustomed to the use of such conveniences in their own capitals— beg leave to request your attention to the following clause in the Metropolitan Sewers Act (11 and 12 Viet., c. 112) : " And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to provide and maintain water-closets, privies, and like conveniences, in situations where they shall deem such accommodation to be required, and to defray the expense thereof, and any damage occasioned to any person by the erection thereof; and the expense for keeping the same in good order, out cf the district sewers ra.e." And we should be much obliged if you will inform us whether you propose to provide these important con veniences, having reference to the great influx of fo reigners to be expected next year, before the opening of the Exhibition in May. I❑ case you have not considered the subject in this aspect, we trust you will do so at your convenience. We have the honour to be, my Lord and Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servants. [Here follow the signatures.] WINDING UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. DIRECT EAST AND WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY.—OR Saturday a meeting was held before his Honour Master Farrer, respecting the claim of Sir John Rennie against this company for engineering, amounting to 2,600/. Messrs. Freshfield appeared in support of the claim, and Messrs. Galsworthy for Mr. Jay, the official manager. 'The surveys were from Kidderminster to Hereford. His Honour deferred going into consideration of the claim until the books and papers were in the possession of the official manager, and until the list of contributories were settled. It was stated that there is a sum of 10,7001. out of the 19,0001. received as deposits, for which the director, will be called on to account. MERIONETHSHIRE SLATE CODlPANY.—Yesterday the proceeuings fur the settlement of the affairs of this com pany, which was established in 1846, for obtaining stone and slate from quarries in Merionethshire, were opened before his Honour Sir W. Horne. The list of cor.tribu- . tones was brought in by Mr. Ernest, the official mana ger, and Messrs. Goodwin and Partridge, solicitors, but his Honour declined going into the question of the liabi lity of those on the list until Mr. Condell, solicitor to the company, and who is understood to have the books and papers, is examined. A summons was issued for Mr. Condea's attendance at the next meeting. BRITISH AND AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY.—Yesterday, butore his Honour Sir U. Rose, three gentlemen were proposed to act as official managers to this undertaking—Messrs. Button, Sandeman, and Cidetuan. His Honour appointed Mr. Hutton, official assignee, of Moorgate-street. BRITISH AND FOREIGN GAS LIMIT AND METER COMPANY.—Yesterday the proposals fur appointment of official manager to this company came in before his Honour, Master Dowdeswell (v. ho will continue to offi ciate until his successor is formally appointed). The company was established in 1846, in Gresham-street, tor carrying out improvements in gas lighting and gas met'rs, and continued up to 1848; and in April last, at a meeting of the shareholders, it was resolved to bring it under the Winding-up Act. Ab ou t 650 s h a res out of 1,000 of 251 . each were taken, and a deposit of IL is. paid on them. The debts, which were compromised by payments on the part of the directors, amounted to 6001. Messrs. Goodchap, Ernest, Hutton, Sandeman, Norris, and others were proposed as official managers, but no appointment was then made. THE LIGHTING OF PRIMROSE HILL PARK.—The North London Anti Enclosure Society having undertaken the above task, as a sanitary improvement, the secretary of the society applied to the Board of Health for their co operation ; the following reply, however, is another proof that until the board isallowed more power than it really has at present, it will continue anything but a Board of Health : " Sir—l am directed by the General Board of Health to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst , with reference to the lighting of the new footway through Prim rose-hill Park, and to inform you that the board have no power of interference in the matter. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. TAYLOR, Assistant Secretary. —Mr. H. D. Grif fiths." The VACANT COLONELCIES.—The latest quotation (last night) gives the following.—Lient.-General Sir A. Pilkington to be transferred fr m the 82d to the - 40th Foot. Major-General Sir H. Watson from the 63d to the 15th Foot. Major-General Thomas Kenah, C. 8., to have the 63d. Major-General F. M. Williams to be colonel of the 82d, and Major-General Sir James Reynett the 48th... United Service Gazette. THE YEAR 1851 AT TUE MANSION •HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have already expressed their intention t.• give, during the Great Exhibition in the ensuing year, in addition to the usual civic entertainments at the Mansion-house, several public evening receptions, to which will he invited not only the remarkable men of our own country, but all foreigners of distinction who may then be in London. It is considered by those who have looked over the Mansion-house, for the purpose of ascertaining the adap, ation of the building to that hospitable intention, that there is no residence in the metropolis so admirably calcu lated to supply the necessary accommodation. The liberal project of the Chief Magistrate and the Lady Mayoress will, in the opinion of their fellow-citizens, not only give a new feature to civic hospitality, but will accomplish the desirable object of introducing to each other persons of eminence of all nations who rni.:,ht otherwise remain without the advan tage of such knowledge. The opening of the Mansion-house for so elegant and generous a purpose will redound to the credit of the mayorality, and will, no doubt, be duly appre ciated by the English community, as well as by those dis tinguished foreigners for whom the r , ceptions are, perhaps, more immediately intended with the view of giving them a hearty welcome to our shores, and holding out to them the right hand of fellowship, conviviality, and peace. WINTER ASOZES FOR YORK AND LANCASTER.— Yesterday a Special Commission was issued for a Winter As size of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery fo the aunties of York and Lancaster. The judges ap pointed to proceed thereunder and hold such assize are Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Martin for the city and county of York, who have appointed Tuesday, the 10th day of December next, for opening the Commisiou for that county at the Castle, at York, and the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Al derson and Mr. Justice Coleridge for the county of Lancaster, who have appointed Saturday, the 7th day of December next, as the day for opening the Commission for that county at Liverpool. The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces for the past week show general steadiness, although the mar kets are still affected by the unsettled state of affairs in Germany. Prom the present indication of the foreign ex changes, a general impression is entertained that the Bank of England advances during the shutting of the transfer-books this quarter will not take a lower p i e n r t c e e r n et i t n ha e n xe t e w a o s . and a half per cent., which will aee a be t a half of their recent rates on similar occasions. _ _ HEALTH OF V THE LORD ADVOCATE —The Lord Advocate is still, we are happy to state, progressing favour ably, though his ecove , yis slow. His Lordship was visited by Lord De Mauley on Thursday.—Edinburgli Courant. PAPISTS AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—Not long since some Romigh enthusiasts went in a body to Westminster Abbey on " St. Edward's" Day, and wished to proceed from his tomb to pray to th a t of Queen Mary, but were deterred by finding that she and Elizabeth repose in the same vault. ANTI-TODACCoN ALIANS.—The belithall of Spittal proclaimed through the streets of that village on Saturday last that the men o f th a t t own h a d, i n conse quence of the . rise the price of Tobacco, resolved to abstain from its use for one moutb._Berwick Advertiser. SUlClDE.—Yesterday an ir coest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the King's Arms, Rawstone-street, Goswell road, on the bot.y of a labourer named Brown. From the evidence it appeared that the wife of deceased, on Friday test, went out ts usual o work, leaving her husband at home, and oi, her return she found the deceased hanging by the neck to the bedpost. Leceased had been dependent on his wife's earnings for some time. Verdict—" Died from strangulation while in an unsound state of mind." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. NATIONAL CONCERTS. Sphor's new ekscriptive symphony, entitled The Seasons, was performed for the first time in this country at the National Colcrts last evening, and by the production of this truly classical work the directors of these concerts have proved that they are in earnest in their endeavours to improve the musical taste of the Englih public, by placing it within the power of all classes to hear the best music of the best masters, performed in the best and most efficient manner. This symphony may be regarded as one of the great works of Sphor, and is perhaps the most perfect specimen of descriptive music that we have had since the decease of Beethoven. The first part describes the departure of Winter, which it does by waning passages of gloom and austerity, artfully preparing the ear for the second movement which undertakes to demonstrate Spring, in which the light and jocund sentiment of nature is depicted with characteristic grace and elegance. The blithe some spirit of this period of the year is happily painted by the obligati allotted to the wind instruments, the management of which eiempliflies the dramatic in telligence of Spohr in its best colours. The Autumn section, in the minor key, is mysterious and ominous, and the modulations are picturesque and effective, the entire movement being studded with images, which repetition, no doubt, would invest with increased beauty. The fourth part returns to Winter, which opens, ala chasse, with frankness and spirit, leading to a melodious theme, which is treated with discursive vivacity by the stringed instruments, and closing with a bold and energetic climax. The execution of this symphony, by the orchestra, was worthy of the mag nificent work itself, and of the high reputation of the performers. It was conducted by Mr. Balfe, with a nice appreciation of the beauties of his author, giving due effect to its lights and shadows, and, at the same time, with such precision that the whole orchestra " went " like one vast instrument. The audience were very attentive during the performance, and at the close the applause was most enthusiastic. The Berlin Choristers have received from the King o Prussia an additional conge for a week ; they ap peered last night, and were as delightful as ever. Theirs is the very perfection of part singing. MARYLEBONE THEA TRE. This theatre, which was opened last week under the management of Mr. Joseph Stammers, the former director of the London Wednesday Concerts at Exeter Hall, is progressing prosperously. Mr. Stammers has taken the theatre for the purpose of devoting it to the representation of the legitimate drama and of English opera. In consequence of the engagement of Mrs. Nisbett and Mr. and Miss Mordaunt, Thalia is at present the goddess of the ascendant at the Marylebone, and sterling comedies have, during the course of the last week, been represented to crowded houses. Last evening Bourcicault's first and best comedy, London Assurance , was performed here, in which Mrs. Nisbett appeared in her original character of Lady Gay Spanker, and never have we seen this fascinating actress perform the character better; she was full of vivacity and sparkle, and her ringing silvery laugh told with immense effect. Miss Mordaunt made a most graceful and ladylike Grace Harkaway ; indeed we know of no lady on the stage at present who could perform the cha racter better than Miss Mordaunt. Mr. Mor daunt rattled through Dazzle in excellent style. The other characters were ably supported by the re gular members of the company, among whom are Mr. W. H. Angell, Mr. R. Romer, and Mr. John Herbert. The performances concluded with Buck stone's interesting melodrama, A Dream at Sea, in which Mrs. Nisbett sustained the character of Biddy Nu tts. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. We have had occasion several times lately to com pliment the gentlemen forming the management of the Polytechnic Institution, for their taste and discri mination in securing the services o f M r . G eorge Barker, the eminent vocalist. That gentleman, as our readers are no doubt aware, has for a few months back been delivering a lecture on the ballad mthic of England, and in which he sings some of his own beautiful ballads by way of illustration. Last night, however, he for the first time gave an entirely different lecture on the same subject, even more pleasing and interesting than the former, and instead of his own compositions in illustration, we were favoured with some beautiful "Lays of the Foresters; or Songs of Robin Hood." It is not to be expected that the lecturer could give a biography of the bold outlaw in the short space of half an hour (that is about the time the lecture takes in delivery), nor is it at all necessary that he shoilld, for who is unacquainted with the romantic history of the forester and his equally celebrated chaplain, Friar Tuck, the stalwart priest, who could bring down a fat buck with a cloth-yard shaft with as much ease as he could re peat his paternosters. Mr. Barker merely touches on the more prominent events is the lives of these two worthies, and sings some appropriate ballad to illus• trate each. The song in which the brawny friar is described is as amusing and droll as the other, which Robin Hood is supposed to have sung to Richard Cesar de Lion, when that King questioned him as to his parent age, is plaintive and beautiful. The former song received a unanimous encore, and indeed the whole lecture was well received by a crowded audience, who frequently Interrupted the lecturer with hearty rounds of ap plause. This pleasing entertainment will tend to raise the Polytechnic even higher in public estimation than it bas hitherto stood, and Mr. Barker will become, as he deserves to be, a general favourite. It is pleasing to see the number of people who, evening after even ing, visit this most admirable institution, in which instruction and amusement are made to go hand-in band, and we must say that the management deserve well of the public for the excellent manner in which they cater for their entertainment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The betting turned chiefly on the Chester Cup, fcr which Langton, Brother to Dough, Clarissa, and Wall flower, were in considerable force, the investments in almost every instance being at 1,000 to 20. The Derby transactions were in small sums, and at the old prices:— NEWTON (SOUTH LANCASHIRE) STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 2 agst Volatile 7 to 2 agst Hazard 5 to 1 agst Young Dutchman CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mr. W ilkin's Langton—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Milltown's Brother to Dough—t 50 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Montague—taken 50 to 1 agat Mr. Greville's Clarissa—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Treen'a Rhesus—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chflen's Wallflower—taken 1.000 ro 15 agst Mr. Pilling's Lady EJen—taken 1.000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Garforth—taken 1.000 to 15 agst Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Peck's Melody—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Sir Richard—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr Foster's Musician—taken 1,000 to 10 agat Mr. Fuller's The Swindler—taken DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt —taken 20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Lamartive—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bigot's Faugh•a-ballagh colt—t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Hill's Ipsus—taken SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.—A draft from John Day's string was put up for sale yesterday, consisting of Mag- Chatterer, Oster- The two first were ( e 3 t , cpaanst rJohndand of PeepL e )d, u'- d,yearlings; Boy. sold at extremely low prices, Chatterer for 40 guineas, and Osterley for 80 guineas; the "cracks" were bought in. Lady Evelyn, the property of the King of Holland, was also bought in. COURAGE OF THE MOCKING BlRD.—During the time of incubation neither the cat, dog, animal, or man, can approach the nest without being attacked. The cats, in particular, are persecuted whenever they make their appearance, until obliged to retreat. But his whole vengeance is more particularly directed against that mortal enemy of his eggs and young, the black snake. Whenever the in sidious approaches of the reptile are discovered, the male darts upon it with the rapidity of an arrow, dexterously eluding its bite, and striking it violently and incessantly about the head, where it is very vulnerable. The snake soon becomes sensible of its danger, and seeks to escape, but the intrepid defender of its young redoubles its exer tions, and unless his antagonist be of great magnitude, often succeeds in destroying him. All his pretended powers of fascination avail him nothing against the vengeance of this noble bird. As the snake's strength begins to flag the mocking bird seizes it and lifts it up partly from the ground, beating it with its wings; and when the business is com pleted he returns to the nest of his young, mounts the sum mit of the bush, and pours forth a torrent of song in token of victory. THE " SCRIP" SYSTEM OF THE SCOTTISH IRON TRADI.—We understand that much attention has been at tracted of late to the injurious effects of the " scrip" system of buying and selling in the Glasgow iron trade— a system by which a slip of paper represents iron which is yet in the bowels of the earth, and by the fictitious operation of which the trade 'n the metal, which already exists in stock, has been seriously damaged. We are assured that there is no more need for scrip in the iron trade than in the cotton, sugar, or any other trade; but it has crept in till now the shadow is found to injure the substance. A meeting of the leading parties was held in Glasgow last week, preparatory to a gener a l meet i ng to b e h e ld on F r id a y first, with the view of adopting measures to su b st i tute sa ti s f ac t or y do c uments for the delivery of pig iron, in lieu of the scrip now in circula tion. It is expected that deputations from London and Li verpool will be present.— Glasgow Herald. ELoPEMENT.--On Monday morning last an appli cation was made to the Rev. Yate Fosbrooke, vicar of St. bridge (a collegian t b o y t a b e y o q u a n e g s t l i a e d a y s ; a b s k u t e d a s b Ives, by a gentle man w h o h a d prev i ous ly ar r ived f rom Cam ), at the Golden Lion Hotel , accompanied I i eesv. s w er ti o rr v e e g ry a t eu, the n s ti f p a a c r t t o i r e y s , y his th re e p Rev. took their departure, note little chagrined, for a neighbouring village. Shortly after, we understand, they were warmly pursued, but have not heard if they were overtaken.— Cam bridge independent Press. QUIVT IN HARNEss.—At Newcastle-Emlyn fair, hst Keck, Mr. La,cell.s, a barrister. purchased a mare on the assurar,ce aid warranty of the dealer tnat she wa- quiet in harness. Next day he tried her in his dog cart, when the animal lay on the ground as "quiet as a lamb." Nothing could induce her to move ; she was literally " quiet in her nese—North Wales Chronicle. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1850. MR. HUDSON, M.P. (From the Standard of last night.) The conduct of the Times has placed us under the palfal neceisity of craving the attention of our reader: , to a matter affecting deeply the character of this j ,, urnal, in common with the whole of the Pro tectionist press. We feel, however, that our title to confidence, and, as a necessary consequence, our use fulness, are altogether dependant upon our reputa tion for personal honesty —a reputation which we are proud to believe we have hitherto maintained. The intrusion, however, shall be brief. The Times this morning has a column-long article founded upon a late transaction in the Bankruptcy Court, the purpose of which article will be seen in the following extract : " Hitherto we have not thought it necessary to return to the subject of Mr. George Hudson's character, al though we have not been without abundant provocation thereto. His own evidence in the libel case tried last ass-zes at York, even supposing it to be true in every particular, proves nothing but the coolness with which a teen may come to rega+ d the most questionable transac tions. When that evidence was worked into a pamphlet and busily promulgated as the spontaneous effusions of some disinterested bystander, actuated by the purest sense of justice, the cheat was too transparent to require any notice, and the verdict of the public having long been pronounced on the reign of the deposed Railway King, we spared our readers the trouble of a fresh examination. We will confess, how ever, that our equanimity was somewhat disturbed when we found the Protectionist organs taking up their old friend, and labouring to re-instate George Hudson in his forfeited throne. c • • But it may be asked, was not the honour of the press implicated in the attempt of some of its members to whitewash this old offender? Might it not be too readily surmised that this successful culprit, who, after disgorging immense por tions of his spoil under the threats of legal proceedings, has come out of the scuffle, it is said, with- 200,0001. in his pocket, might have used some very weighty arguments with his amiable apologists? We answer that we had no right to suspect anything of the kind." We, the Standard, might we hope rest our defence against this insinuated charge of bribery upon the consistent course of this journal, since the appear ance of its first number. We might even ad duce the written testimony to the " noble disin terestedness" with which this journal has been con ducted, of men against whom we have found it necessary to make war because they deserted the principles which attached us to them. The words " noble disinterestedness" may seem exaggerated, but they are the words of the late Sir Robert Peel, and when accused of a base corruption we have a right to quote them. We appeal to every member of the Peel party, that party which we long supperted, and which afterwards we pursued with more acrimony than we ever exercised towards any other party, whether Sir Robert Peel did not, from first to last, hold the same opinion of the Standard, and whether their own ex perience does not justify that opinion ? We release them from all obligations of secrecy. If it is a mis fortune, as no doubt a great misfortune it is, to be compelled to become the enemies of those who were our friends, the misfortune carries with it this conso lation, that we can, when unjustly accused, appeal to witnesses above all exception. We might, we hope, rest our defence upon this testimony, and upon what the public knows of our consistency, which must ever repel suspicion of a corrupt habit; but no man ought ever to offer less than the best defence in a case affecting his honour, and the best defence in our present case is the utter absence of a shadow of ground for suspicion. We, therefore, come at once to the pretended ground of charge. In the Bankruptcy Court, en Tuesday, came on the case of a gentleman named John Henry Doyle, printer, publisher, and part proprietor of the Weekly Chronicle newspaper. Mr Fonblanque was the pre siding Commissioner, and the following, taken from the Times' own report, is all that transpired upon the occasion which it can be necessary to print for the elucidation of the truth : " William Henry Foote, of Freeling•street, Islington, was called upon to prove the trading. In his deposition he alleged that he knew J. H. Doyle had, since July, 1849, exercised the trade, &c., of printer, publisher, and proprietor of the Weekly Chronicle, and that he bought paper and articles of intelligence, which articles the said J. H. Doyle worked into articles of news, caused the same to be printed weekly, and sold for a profit;' that in November last Doyle and Russell procured to be printed an article, entitled The Lessons of the Gal- Jews,' for which they paid the printer 2s. 6d. or 35., and charged to Charles Gilpin, of Bishopsgate-street, 7s: 6d.; that Doyle and Russell printed about 1,500 of a sewage manure plan, for the printing of which, on two pages cf the said paper, for one Richard Dover they charged to the said l)over 361., although they paid less than 101. for the printing of the same ;' also 'a letter to the Editor,' for which 21. 12s. 6d. was paid, and that the party took 1,500 newspapers at sd. each, &c. The witness now deposed to further acts of trading as well as to the above. " Mr. Lawrance, in cross-examination, asked the wit ness how much the Weekly Chronicle was to have been paid for whitewashing' Mr. George Hudson ? " The Commissioner said the question was irrelevent. "It appeared that the newspaper had been the pro• perty of Sir Henry Ward, and that a Mr. Winter was the registered proprietor, as trustee for Sir Henry, up to its purchase by Doyle, Russell, &c. "In reply to Mr. Lawrance, the witness said, the paper had been, up to July, 1849, 6 in the service of Sir H. Ward.' " Mr. Lawrence asked what he meant by ' service ?' at full length ?—(A l aug h.) Did it mean that the Chroni c l e wou ld report hi s speec h es " Witness made no reply, but proceeded to state that a Mr. Dillon was connected with Doyle and Russell; and though he did not look upon him as a proprietor, he was authorised to trans ac t b us i ness. Doyle was the editor, and Russell assisted in the editorial department. • . • " Mr. Doyle s a id, th e second bill was one of the hills upon which the petitioning creditor founded his debt. Out of the second bill arose the bill which formed part of the claim of the petitioning creditor for 801. 15s. Id. The third bill was dishonoured." Mr. Doyle then went into a detailed account of the bill transactions, and proceeded— " Robert W. Russell pledged his honour to witness that the bill had been drawn in his private capacity, and not is the name of the firm. Believed the name of the firm had begin forged to that bill; and had so sworn at the police court. The reason of the quarrel between himself and Russell was because he as editor refused to allow the Weekly Chronicle to be corrupted by inserting a defence of Mr. George Hudson, written by his son-in law, Mr. Seymour. Firmly believed he would not now be in the Bankruptcy Court if it were not fur his refusal to insert that defence, and to be corrupted. Would not consent to the Weekly Chronicle being made the tool of Mr. George Hudson. .. M r . H. W. Russell wished to b 3 examined to con tradict the evidence of last Witness, but was not call e d." We have no wish to add t o the pain of Mr. Doyle's uncomfortable position, but justice to Mr. Hudson and to ourselves, in comtnon with the whole Conser vative press—let us add the sacred duty of doing jus tice upon the slanderer in the Times—requires us to point to the absurd confusion and want of consequence , in the foregoing evidence. W ihat had Mr. Doy e s refusal to insert a defence o f M r. Hudson to iinwith his own bill transactions ? W as it in r esentment a f k o e r that refusal a bill was, as h e says, forged ? allow great allowance for a rui ne d and perhaps ill-usedan lNm and certainly an angry m an, b ut we must not ourselves and other parti es as innocent as ourselves .to suffer by the dirt thro wn i n h i s rage who he supposes have i n j ure d h i m, an d lu even Mr.nst those g a Doyle's evidence, such a s it i s, does no t support the vile imputation of the Ti mes upon t h e most able and the most resp ecta bl e, b ecause most refused honour consis- tentl portion of the publi c press. M r . D to insert a defence of M r . H u d son ; to whom was his to insert Russell. Mr. Russell might have wished t though Mr. refusal directed ? Plainly, from the evidence, to Mr. the article for many reasons not corrupt, case there Doyle suspected a corrupt motive; inf money by Mr. is no shadow of proof of any offer been an y such proof Hudson or Mr. Seymour, or any Hudson's behalf. If there had temper e to withhold Mr. Doyle was certainly not in a the matter rests. it on Tuesday last. Here, then, n o f a wish to get Mr. Doyle suspects Mr. Russell o f b other person on Mr. i written by Mr. money for the insertion of an ts no imputation upon Seymour; but this surely casts Seymour, though it either Mr. Hudson or Even supposing Mr. h A n t r :A be l s r. Doyle had of his this affair reflect reveals the ill opinion t partner. And next, how ? d did not Doyle to have asserted, what indirect offer of a bribe had assert, that a direct or u,s behalf, the Weekly been made on Mr. Hudson's 0 f " the Protectionist Chronicle is not a he certainly if Mr. Hudson, a party of the Times itself; and enoughoffer a foolish to zealous Protectionist, has u ht it politic to bribe an press." It is, on the other hand, a journal of the a bribe, he might have thought in that portion of the enemy, particularly necessary to attempt to could scarcely think it already bound to him by pur chase the service of those of political friendship, and who we press most accessiblentnoecorrupt influence, while he the strongest ties will furth e r sa y would be much more like to b e the insult of a corrupt alien a t e d th an a tt ac hed by offer. _ For ourselves, we have but to remind our readers of the p ar t we h av e acted in Mr. Hudson's matters. We had neither qua rrel with that gentl eman for railroad advertisements withheld, such as the Times has had, or envy of his success, such as aetuat-s th e Stock Exchange patron of that journal Of the truth or falsehood o . f the charges ma d e against him we had no means of judging, and with out such means we would not offer an opinion; but we would not join in a cry against the friend of Lord George Bentinck. Mr. Hudson, however, took the earliest opportunity of vindicating his honour, and he did vindicate it triumphantly , demonstrating to every just man in the empire . that the rflood of o bi ( quy whi. h had overw h e lmed him, so long was one great tide of enorm ous lying. Reserve in doing justice to an ally or an adversary, as the Times ought to know, is no part of our character, and we were no less prompt in rendering justice to Mr. Hudson that he had been the personal friend of the man whom we honoured ab•)ve all other statesmen, need we repeat the rams Ci our lamented leader Lord George Bentinck ?—aud that he was himself a zealous member of the Coun try party—the discharge of the debt of justice, always with us a peremptory duty, was, we own it, in this case " a labour of love." We have said that the Times ought to know that we allow of no reserve in the discharge of the debts of justice, and we would remind it of its own grateful acknowledgment of this disposition 3n our part, when some years ago it (then fiercely opposed to us in politics) was the object of charges of wholesale bribery, distinctly alleged by a foreign Marquis —charges which derived a colour of probability from the versatile conduct .of the accused journal. The Times succeeded in repelling the im putations cast upon it, and we were the first to call for a verdict of acquittal, for which our contemporary thanked us in terms that we leave to be repeated by itself; and yet the Times now says of the Protectionist press— " It is very true that the journals we refer to are pain fully and ridiculously familiar with the idea of bribery. We never take them up without finding them charging somebody with corruption. We believe that they have accused every statesman in his turn, every journal, every public man, and every known writer, out of their own little clique, of taking bribes in hard cash." 1 1 (From the Morning Post.) I The base and malignant insinuations against the Protectionist press which the Times, yesterday, added to its black list of libel—insinuations so groundless and so utterly devoid of the shadow of probability that they cannot fail to recommend themselves to the . disgust and indignation of every honourable mind— should have passed without our notice, had not our able and excellent contemporary, the Standard, deemed it worth while to visit the miserable effort with his just rebuke, and so made it in some sort imperative upon us to express our cordial concurrence in all that he has advanced. The case attempted to be made out iby the Times is that, because the proprietor of a weekly journal, while under examination before the I Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday last, is reported to have ,said that he refused to receive a bribe for the inser tion of an article in defence of Mr. Hudson—there fore, all the Protectionist papers which treated of the vindication of that gentleman, as presented in the evidence given on the occasion of the recent trial at York, were bribed. So inconsequent an inference, and one, at the same time time, involving so serious a charge, was surely never before brought forward to insult the judgment of the public. An accusation so grave, and so utterly unsupported, is calculated to bring dis grace on him only who makes it. We feel some hu miliation, even, in being called upon to give the lie to a slander so foul. Yet in terms not less plain and peremptory do we wish to be understood as spea king. For the character of ourselves, and of the Protec tionist press, we have thought it needful to say thus much—more we feel that it would be unbecoming our position and inconsistent with our honour to add. SUPPRESSION Oh' DESTITUTION IN THE METROPOLIS. The success which has attended the operations of the well-known institution for the poor in Leicester square has been so remarkable as to induce the com mittee of that excellent charity to draw up a plan for the general suppression of mendicancy throughout the metropolis, by means of establishing an adequate number of similar asylums in various districts of London. When it is stated that 476,118 poor persons have partaken of warm, nourishing meals, and that 16,964 have been provided with suppers, clean com fortable beds, and breakfasts, at the Leicester-square Hospice since its opening in 1847, it will not be diffi cult vs: form some idea of the vast service that might be rendered to the cause of suffering humanity by the general diffusion of similar institutions throughout this great city. It is in the contemplation of the committee that one hundred hospices, more or less, shall be established in London, and that, as in the case of the parent house, each shall possess the four following departments, that is to say, first, a soup kitchen ; secondly, an asylum with from fifteen to twenty beds ; thirdly, a free registry for pro curing situations and work for servants and labourers ; and, fourthly, a lavatory to which the poor of both sexes are to have unimpeded access. At the soup kitchen, all persons needing food, whether belonging to the resident or migratory poor, are to be relieved, be their offences what they may—a wise and humane regulation, which is not only in accord ance with the precept of our Saviour, who tells us " we must do good to the unthankful and the evil," but also in strict conformity with the investigations of physiologists, who have ascertained beyond all con troversy that the anguish of a starving stomach is not the less poignant from its proximity to a heart which is no longer the abode of virtue. The kitchen is to be supplied by contributions, not of .money but of food, from householders, who, in addition to broken victuals, would be invited to give food to the value of from 2d. to 3d. weekly, a provision which would be ample for all requirements. The experience of the original institution, upon whose plan it is proposed to model all these branch establishments, proves that by these means, and especially with the aid of contribu tions from clubs, hotels, taverns, cook-shops, &c., good substantial meals might be provided at an ex pense not exceeding one penny a meal ! It will be part of the system that all the ragged schools in the metropolis shall be supplied gratuitously from these kitchens. The second department of the establishment, the asylum, is to be considered as a certain place of refuge for the wayfarer, the vagrant, the houseless, and the desti tute, and, in fact, for all the members of that wretched class of Stoics, who at present shiver all night long under the porches of public buildings, or are compelled to purchase the miserable shelter of a prison at the ex pense of some transgression of the police regulations. It is computed that the average cost of the asylum will not exceed one penny per night each bed. In the free registry department, it is proposed that regu lar record shall be kept of the names, characters, and qualifications of servants and labourers of all descrip tions and sexes who are in need of employment. The importance of this branch of the establishment may be estimated when it is remembered that, of the 170,000 domestics in the metropolis, no less than 10,000 are, on the average, always out of situations. The sufferings and temptations to which they are exposed while thus circumstanced must be inconceivably great. The advantages to be derived to the poor from the fourth branch of the establishment—the free lavatory—in promoting cleanliness, decency, regularity, and their concomi tant blessing, health, are so obvious as to render com ment unnecessary. The committee calculate that the whole annual expense for each hospice ought not to exceed 2001. It is proposed to give to the clergy of the district and committee of each asylum 1001., and it is confidently expected from past experience that the householders and tradespeople will cheerfully make contributions of articles of furniture, such as bedding, bedsteads, sheeting, towels, and other neces*- sary requirements. With this contribution there is every just ground for concluding that abundant means will be furnished to render each district asylum complete and efficient for its destined purposes. We will not suppose that the English public, to whose honour it is to be recorded that it needs but a clear indication of the direction in which their charity may be most adviintageously extended to bring their be nevolence into active play, will be slow in giving to the philanthropic project here briefly sketched such support as will ensure that it shall be speedily conducted to a prosperous issue. Be it re membered that the success of such an institution will have a threefold operation—firstly, on the poor, whose sufferings it will most materially alleviate ; secondly, on the taxpayers of the metropolis, to whom an immense saving will be effected in the matter of police and union rates; and, thirdly, on the commu nity at large, to whom the moral benefit will be in calculable of rescuing thousands upon thousands of our fellow-creatures from those dreadful temptations which continually beset the poor man's path, making poverty an evil yet more frightful in its spiritual than in its corporeal consequences. Political economists will tell us that the claims of the poor are satisfied when we give them the workhouse pittance, that frigid bounty to which, no doubt, we are indebted for the sarcastic allegory " Cold as charity ;" but the multitudinous institutions which have been founded in this country for the unfortunate and the destitute prove more potently than any words how distasteful is such a philosophy to the hearts of Englishmen. Alas ! it is a philosophy which has its root, not in that mercy which falleth like the gentle dews, but in that selfishness which " Hardens all within, And petrifies the feeling." They who, when they saw the Israelite fainting with fatigue, and covered with wounds, walked on " the other side," were the political economists of that day. Had it been the intention of the Divine Founder of Christianity that we should acquit ourselves at once and for ever of our duty to the poor by the sim ple payment of a small annual tax, he never surely would have ordained that " the poor we shall have always the swithus No, the permanence of the ex i gency proves perpetuity of the duty, and wisely has that God whose mercy is above all his works, provided for the perennial existence of benevolence in our bosoms, by ordering that, from the cradle to the grave, there never shall be wanting to us occasions for the exer cise of that heavenly attribute. We observe, with unaffected satisfaction, that this project, for which we now invoke the favour of the humane, has already received the sanction of some of the most illustrious names in the country, and that amongst its most ardent friends is his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, who was himself the chairman of the committee with whom the idea ori ginated. AMERICAN MODE OF SETTLING A DIFFICULTY. — A young and beautiful damsel, near Frankfort, Kentucky, h a ving two lovers, and not knowing which to prefer, settled the matter by marryipg one And eloping with the other. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND EIS CLERGY. The following corre , pondence has taken place " London, Nov. 20, 1850. " Dly Lord,—We, the undersigned clergy of your Lordship's diocese, have seen with pain the pubtka don of a letter as from your Lordship, a copy of which we inclose, that you may judge of its correctness. " From the extreme brevity of that letter, we are led to think that it never was intended to meet the public eye. But as it has been published, and is placing your Lordship in a painful position, and agi , • tating the minds of many, we feel it our duty re- . spectfully to draw your attention to it. " Your Lordship is aware that the very practices condemned by you in your recent charge have been introduced into the Church as practices warranted by the Uhurch. " In the letter to which Re refer your Lordship appears to admit that some sort of auricular confes sion' is taught by the Church. " We believe that this apparent admission of the practice by the use of the word auricular confession' (a word exclusively applied to the Romish practice), will be immediately taken by the Romanizing party as an implied approval of those very practices which your Lordship meant to disapprove. " We believe that thus the censure given in your charge will be practically nullified. And further, we fear that you might be cited in future as an authority i❑ favour of the practices which you condemn. " Sincerely anxious that you should not occupy a position so painful, we respectfully request that you will state more fully and at length your original views as you briefly stated them in your charge, that the minds of many attached members of our Church may be relieved, and an occasion removed for those who desire it in continuing practices withi❑ the Church entirely forbidden by it. For, as your Lordship is well aware, the only mention made in all the standards of our Church of auricular confession' is in the 110. mily of Repentance, where it is unreservedly and utterly condemned. " Trusting that your Lordship will believe that nothing but a sense of duty to yourself and anxiety to prevent other applications of a very different cha racter has influenced us in thus writing, " We beg to subscribe ourselves, " Your faithful servants, " 6 W. WELDON CIIA3IPNETS, " 6 H. MONTAGU 'VILLIERS, " EDWARD AURIOL." ‘• Fulham, Nov. 22, 1850. "Rev. and dear Brethren,—l thank you for having called my attention to what you consider to be an ambiguous expression in my answer to a letter which I received from the Rev. T. Bolton, which answer has been published without my permission. What I in tended to say was, that by the words auricular con fession' I supposed that every one would understand me to mean the Roman practice of confession, and not that kind of confession which is recognized as useful and salutary by our own Church. I meant to distin guish between that upon which the Church of Rome insists as an indispensable duty, necessary to the for giveness of sins, and that which the Church of Eng lar.d permits as being in certain cases profitable. " The former kind of confession is condemned in the Homily of Repentance under the name of auricu lar confession. The latter kind is thus spoken of in the same homily Ido not say but that if any do find themselves troubled in conscience they may re pair to their learned curate or pastor, or to some other Godly-learned man, and show the trouble and doubt of their conscience to them, that they may receive at their hand the comfortable salve of God'g word ; but it is against the true Christian liberty that any man should be bound to the membering of his sins, as it bath been used heretofore in the time of blindness and ignorance.' "The difference between the two churches is clearly stated by Archbishop Sharpe, one of the ablest opponents of Popery in the time of King James 11. The Papists,' he says, do very unjustly tra duce and calumniate the Reformation, when they say that the Protestants are against private confes sion. There is no such thing. There is no Protes tant church but gives it that due esteem and regard that it ought to have. All that they have done is to regulate it; to set it upon. its true basis and founda tion, which is done, not by requiring private confession as a thing necessary, but exhorting men to it us a thing highly convenient in teeny cases. in all those in stances where it can be useful or serve any good purpose it is both commended and seriously advised; that is to say, where a sinner either needs direction and assistance for the overcoming some sin that he labours under, or where he is so overwhelmed with the burden of his sins that he needs the help of some skiltul person to explain to him the terms of the Gospel ; to convince him from the Holy Scriptures that his repentance (as far as a judgment can be made of it) is true and sincere, and will be accepted by God ; and, lastly, upon the full examination of his state, and his judgment thereupon, to give him the absolution of the Church. In all these cases no Pro testant who understands his religion is against private confession ; on the contrary, all the best writers of the Protestants, nay, all the public confessions of the Protestants which give an account of their faith, are mightily for it, and do seriously recommend it.' (Sermons, vol. 5, p. 122.) "He proceeds to quote a passage from Calvin's Institutes' (111. IV., 12), in which private confession is strongly recommended, and adds—' Thus far Mr. Calvin, and in the same place, where he (loth thus re commend private confession, doth he also speak of the benefits of private absolution, in order to the easing and comforting afflicted consciences. And this sense of his is the general sense of the Protestants abroad,' and this, I think, may be justified to all the world.' `But the Popish doctrine in the matter is quite of another strain, and serves to quite a different purpose.' By confession they mean, not confession to God, nor confession to our neighbour in case of injuries, nor confession to the Church in case of public notorious sin, but private confession to a priest, which is that they call auricular confession, because it is whispered into his ear. This is that confession they make a necessary part of repentance, and without which (supposing we have opportunity) sin is not forgiven.' "He then quotes the decree of the Council of Trent, which enjoins the private confession to the priest of all mortal sins, even the most secret, though they be only in thought or desire, and all the cir cumstances of them that may change the nature of sin ; and declares those accursed who say that such confession is not by Divine law necessary for the obtaining of forgiveness; and he justly observes that as this confession is managed in the Church of Rome, it is so far from being a check or a bridle upon a man to have a care of committing the same sins again that he hath thus confessed, that, on the con trary, it gives a great encouragement to sinners to continue in their sins.' He concludes—' Let all of us, therefore, when we find ourselves burdened with the weight of our sins, apply to God, and unburden ourselves of them by confession to Him. If we need either advice, or assistance, or direction, or comfort, we may call in the assistance of pious and discreet ministers ; nay, we ought in prudence to do so, and we are wanting to ourselves if we do not. But still, the confession that is necessary to the obtaining our pardon must ever be understood of confession to God. Whosoever humbly and sorrowfully confesses his sins to Him, and endeavours to forsake them, such a man shall find pardon, whether he confess to men or no.' This is the true Protestant doctrine, and let us all adhere to it and practise it. " It seems to me that the Church of England does not encourage frequent or periodical private confes sion, the danger cf abusing which is so obvious as not to require pointing out ; but that she does not forbid her members to have recourse to private confession on what may be termed great spiritual emergencies ; that cases where such confession is proper are excep tional cases ; that it is an indulgence to human weak ness rather than a duty, and th a t men are not to be exhorted, or even invited to perform it, except in the specific instances for which provision is made in the offices of the Church. " I think that such confession should be wholly and in all its parts voluntary and spontaneous, and that the minister to whom it i s made should forbear from those particular inquiri es w hi c h lead to the abominations of the Romish confessional. So guarded, I do not think that private confession ought to be entirely condemned. Our Church,' says fuller (in his Moderation of the Church of Eng land') 'doth de c l are t h e necessity of such a confes sion a s is useful to th e p urposes o f true repentance— thatis, when confession to the minister of God may be useful for spiritual advice, and for the quieting of any one's conscience, in order to a good life, or a happy death, and particularly in order to the fruitful receiving of the Holy Communion.' " Dr. Hey thinks that the real purpose of our Church in quitting the laws of auricular confessi on , and at the same time recommending some confidential intercourse between a minister and those troubled in conscience, was probably to throw off a yoke hard to be borne, to give liberty where the sensible and deli cate mind most longs for it, to substitute affectionate exhortation in the room of penal laws and mechanical observances, and thereby prevent hypocrisy and eva sion, without dissolving th e p astoral connexion and relation, or weakening the mutual confidence and mutual kindness between minister and people.' The ordinary language of our Church is confess yourself to Almighty God ;' and it is found even in our first exhortation to the communion ; but when the mind is tormented with scruples, or debilitated by sickness, advice is wanted, and t h e weak should be moved' to get over their reserve and solicit spiritual comfort or counsel.' He might have added, in the words of the Church, the ben e fi t o f absolution' that benefit being, I apprehend, the comfort which the penitent derives from being assured by one who is commissioned to assure him, upon the authority of God's word, , that if he is truly penitent his sins are for given by Him who alone can forgive sin ; and who prays for him, as one of God's ministers, that He may hive mercy upon him, and pardon end deliver him from all his sins. I do not think that a clergyman to whom confession is made ought to employ any more positive form of absolution, exce.pt in the single case of a sick person,for which a special form is pre scribed. " I may remark that the 113th canon, which speaks of the case where a man ' confesses his secret and hidden sin for the unburdening of his conscience, and to receive spiritual consolation and case of mind from him,' most probably refers to the cases provided for in the offices for the holy communion and for the visitation of the sick. " I need hardly add that private confession, even as allowed by our Reformed Church, requires the greatest discretion and carefulness on the part of those clergymen who encourage or permit it, to prevent its assuming the character of ' auricular confession.' "I remain, rev. and (I,:ar brethren, " Your faithful friend and servant in Christ, " C. J. LONDON. " P.S. I have no objection to the publication of this letter. ." The Rev. Messrs. Champneys, Villiers and Auriol." THE ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of a morning contemporary : Sir,—l have to request that you will insert the letter which has been addressed to me by a distin guished Roman Catholic Peer—Lord Beaumont, s correct copy of which I now inclose. It unfortunately did not reach me till after the late county meeting at York, but having his permis sion to make any use of his letter I consider it far too valuable an exposition of opinion not to be laid before the public. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ZETLAND. Upleatham, Gisbro', Yorkshire, Nov. 24. (Copy.) • "Dublin, Nov. 20, 1850. "My dear Lord Zetland,—l perceive that the newspapers have announced the intention of the High Sheriff to call a public meeting to consider the propriety of addressing the Crown, on the subject of the late insult offered to this country by the Court of Rome; and I learn from the same sources of infor mation that the step on the part of the High Sheriff has been taken in consequence of a requisition signed by nearly all the resident peers in Yorkshire. It is a matter not only of no surprise, but of no regret to wt that such a proceeding should be adopted by the country, for the acts in question are of quite as much political and social importance as of religious and sectarian character. The Pope, by his ill advised measures, has placed the Rom an Catholics in this country in a position where they must either break with Rome, or violate their allegiance to the Constitution of these realms : they must either con sider the Papal bull as null and void, or assert the right of a foreign prince to create by his sovereign authority English titles and to erect English bishop rics. To send a bishop to Beverley for the spiritual direction of the Roman Catholic Clergy in Yorkshire, and to create a see or Beverley, are two very different things—the one is allowed by the tolerant laws of the country ; the other requires territorial dominion and sovereign power within the country. If you deny that this country is a fief of Rome, and that the Pon tiff has any dominion over it, you deny his power to create a territorial see, and you condemn the late bull as sound and fury signifying nothing.' If, on the contrary, you admit his power to raise Westminster into an archbishopric and Beverley into a bishopric, you make over to the Pope a power which, according to the Constitution, rests solely with the Queen and her Parliament, and thereby infringe the prerogative of the one and interfere with the authority of the other. It is impossible to act up to the spirit of the British Constitution, and at the same time to acknow ledge the jurisdiction of the Pope in local matters Such is the dilemma in which the lately published Bull places the English Roman Catholic. lam not, however, sufficiently acquainted with their views on the subject, or their intentions respecting it, to give any opinion as to the effect this newly assumed au thority of Rome will have upon their conduct; but I am inclined to believe that the Tablet and L'Univers newspapers speak the sentiments of the zealous portions of the Roman Catholic community, and that they are the real, if not the avowed, organs of the priesthood. The Church of Rome admits of no moderate party among the laity; moderation in respect to her ordi nances is lukewarmness, and the lukewarm she inva riably spues out of her mouth. You must be with her against all opponents, or you are not of her; and, therefore, when Rome adopts a measure such as the present, it places the laity in the awkward dilemma I have alluded to. Believing, therefore, that the late bold and clearly expressed edict of the Court of Rome cannot be received or accepted by English Roman Catholics without a violation of their duties as citi zens, I need not add that I consider the line of con duct now adopted by Lord John Russell as that of a true friend of the British Constitution. "Believe me, my dear Lordietiand, yours very ,ruly, " BEAUMONT. '' To the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 25. The Queen, with ber Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove out this morning in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, attending on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, attended by the Earl of Morley, Lieut.- Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. The Duke of Wellington, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and Sir George and Lady Grey, are ex pected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Right lion. Sir George and Lady Grey, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Mr. James Proudfoot, of Craigieburn ; Mr. B. Schwikkard, of Port Natal; and Mr. J. J. More wood, had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colo nial-office, yesterday. The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., and the Mayor of Hull, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Capt. Huish, of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders of the Greet Western Railway Company, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday at the Board of Trade, Earl Granville in the chair. The Commissioners, &c., of the parish of St. James, consisting of Mr. George Garrett (chairman), Lord de Mauley, Mr. H. Eddell, Mr. Henry Bidgood, Mr. J. Woollums, Mr. Frederick Sasse, Mr. Thomas Tritton, and Mr. John W. Gabriel, had an interview with Lord Seymour yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of *Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. , Mr. Fox had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Brocket Hall, Herts, the seat of Viscount Melbourne. Dispatches from the Governors of the North Ame rican colonies, and also from the Governors of New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land, were received yes terday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. THE NEW NOVEL, " LOVE AND AMBITION," by the Author of " Rockingham," in 3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the Libraries. Alto now ready :-2. Nathalie, by Julia Kavanagh, author of " Women in France," &c. 3. Lettice Arnold, by the author of " Emilia Wyndham." 4. Lamia ; a Confession. 5. Light and Darkness; or Mysteries of Life, by Mrs. Crowe. 6. Singleton Fontenoy, by James Hannay, Esq., late R.N.. 7. Our County, by John Mills, Esq., author of " The Old English Gentleman," Ste. 8. Petticoat Government, by Mrs. Trollope. 9. Claude, by Miss Molesworth. PACKET STATION.—The following report has been prepared by the Limerick Packet Station Committee, and forwarded to the Commissioners :-Ist. That a Transatlantic packet station, established on the western coast of Ireland, would contribute materially to advance the general interests of the empire at large. 2d. That the Shannon presents the natural position for effectually accomplishing this grand na tional project, as this noble river combines advantages and capabilities, superior to any other port that can be selected, while it requires less artificial or extraneous aid, and involves but a moderate expenditure to render the harbour secure and complete for all the purposes of navigation. 3d. That the necessary result of this choice would be the creation of a central emporium for the objects of trade and commerce, es sentially promoting the prosperity of Ireland, and causing it"vast interne' resources to bee me generally known and appreciated by the facilities afforded as a transit country for all Europe to the western world. EARL FITZWILLIAM AND BIS TENANTRY.—At th half-yearly rent-days at Wentworth House, last week, Earl Fitzwilliam informed his West Riding tenantry, that when their farms were valued years ago, the rent was fixed at a higher rate than he should have fxed it had he made the valuation ; and although the price of corn in one or two sub sequent years might seem to justify that rate, yet he saw that, under existing circumstances, the farm would not now bear their present rental, and he therefore declared hie intention of ordering a reduction to be made from the Whit• suntide rent, an announcement, we need scarcely say, which has been welcomed by his Lordship', nutac rout tenants, — Leeds intelligencer. :r.) 0 0 iro I Vl' , de of r 0 e th B efe°: 5 01 loi°' DR'