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1-toward, Sl:anghai; Beethoven, Throwetb, Mad , us; 4 7 i .arY Queen of Scots, Wilcox, Buenos Ayres, sailed 12th Sld. Hume, Jarvis, Malaga; Cornelia, S ld. Hume , Oil' 1 teenier; Os por" b l ahi 8 fltler • Put back- James Dunlop, Georgeson,for `ll', w ith pump s cheked, loss of bulwarks, &c., ar,d quant tY of water in th e h o ld. A large ship, painted abrlacouko,dsebr, iteh arid str ea k, and with thirteen wreckers "as seen a s h ore on t h e O range Keys, Be-- t unas, ICth October. •OF DUNGENESS, fur tiratu—iZcgEhs.EsEsbe. Nov.n 8 .—Wilhelmine, Rio Janeiro, f or swans y rx.r, Adamson , St. Petersburgh, OF F p' a ttarvuia, for 01101;1,111i D, Nov. 10.—Qyayger, New Hertotsen, St. Andrew's, New ,11"lch; laloug, homeward bound. Victoria, Cuba. C sAN sEk, Nov. 9 —SU Pascoe, Grenfell, Cuts; Sir I.l2ert pe l t Culistantinople. for 1"21 " 1 °ItY, UcT. 21.—Acrd. J o h n Callum, Swansea, ,Coperiharten, fo ur o f t h e crew re f us i ng to proceed. Quebec N ' Nov. 9.—A rr d. H e l en Douglas, DAM", tuertv,,Ni.v. 11 .—Laurinn, Hopkins , New York. i n h"wEsTorr, Nov. 11. The Bordir Chieftain has put head,e I "lity, baring lost bOfesprit, knightheads, figure .eentNater, fore -decks started, and • with other con "r\grabe amage, by being in con•act with a large light ,(iir the Kent, about ten P M. yesterday. ,lIITSTAIILE, Nov. 10. The Liffey schooner, from camL°ae was on shore on the Girdler yesterday, but - d„e "'again without assistance, and proceeded. tu„,O v Es, Nov. 10.—A buoy, quartered red and white, - 0 4e4 Sw "h," ha; been picked up at Atherfield. L°lrc "Eß, Nov. 12.—The wreck of a vessel, ap taii:setly of large tonnage, was fallen in with about seven arc /(I Lundy bland, by the Petrel, tYed here from Wexford. ---r MARKET- WS.—('HIS DAY.) MIT .£4.:81r ItLAMILAOrn. 3l 03 ttoo 14era,b i yg n.—lao od ea , d ow Hay, 21 8s to 31 163; Clover, 43 ; and Straw, I/ Is to 11 8s per load. and trade dull. „ 0 3 ,. "3, ,, }0-414113 .-IVieadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 17s ; A 0 3 to 412 5; an d S traw, 1 / 2 s to 118 s per l oa d. w ia _averp„p e "urPly, and a sluggish demand. Clov Er — Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 143. Tratle'., 4 31 ' 414°1 to 4/ 4s; and Straw, ll is to 11 8s per loud. at late rater. Sim COLONXAL. and the" . 13 h ruts_ Plantation is in moderate demand, Pric es , axles do not exceed 300 hhds, without 4 change in d fret,h,, 400 bags B enga l an d 560 b ags M a d ras so Pll4 t P r vious rat es , t h e f ormer at 44 3 t o 45 s 6,1 for 331 fu r and Whiteat 48s, and the latter at 31s 6d to tor b 0 b ro wn, and 36s for yellow. Privately t 42 5. °Jes yellow Havannah have br en sold a Ittlt we - " h e quantity o f British Plantation landed , a. the E a st a nd W es t India Docks aer was 7 0 d Q hhds 42 tierces and 134 barrels. There aid 4 1Rheu for home consumption 1,529 hhds 110 tierces Tile stock in the same places is 12,259 ,; C :' 4 tit roes and 2,699 brie. 4----Tbe market is firm, and about is dearer riant at i i ' daY Week. At auction 220 casks and 350 bags 16 1 3:12,t . h o (el n: sic.,,h ey s !oa found buyers at 58s to 6&, as cid also "1 I A a' we of 3,400 bags Costa Rica, at 51s to 58 s, 425. bales and bags Mysore at 51s 6d to at th e .4 Aative Ceylon the business has been limited Rus.(ztrette previous currency. and tirl'--The quantity lauded last week at the East f or b n : s t India Docks was 110 puns. There were taken „..„-"° cons umption 318 puns 19 hhds, and exported 16, 4 ' 3 " . rs 129 lihds The stock in the same places is itl.,P e ur ls 1 ,215 h . lide. wav slightly, in active rqquest, F i cv 3 ' 34v° given Vi et R E is more Equired for, and rather higi.er e„% tre Paid. TE4`".---This article has an upward tendency. 1 ° 0 (1 4, The mat ket bas bean firmer, and tbera l is a 3 ld Per and for black and green. Ord Congon s at r r , Per ' 41 4. • and 7 , " 1 . - -P.Y.C. i s 38s to 38s 3 d per cwt on t h e spo t, oriti at 415. The O IAN CERY.—(THIS DAY.) Int, t °l'd Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's 0 du ,the e erie Yi aria was occupied the whole morning with 4 40 v '''r a/gutn,uts in the part-heard appeal of Stale le a • Wllltt, which has already occupied several days rgulnent. Ph?.. 141.48 ' COURT . % --(THIS DAY.) W e ,titer arguments in the part-heard case of the Roll er ". me occupied his Lordship the Master of ells the whole da Vjer,, ~ y. '4-t -j-lAN CERY.—c THIS DAY.) eerruea,fore the 'Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) 11NEY "I. 4 RAL v. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL, tii_ .... 'WAY COMPANY—JUDGMENT. in this case, 1,44 lionour this morning gave judgment . 0 u on noalint, was argued before him a few days smc fez ' a ae questration against the defendants p ,fo o r f wni e er g". l breach of contract. The act complained Crab -lane On a level a lane near Bigele d , called Rrant e e i . e e ' s " t 'Lb Which the injunction whic s h wa ha e d been Da ling the ar ,, r nEd the company from_ interfering. si o of the "%pai l 0 4 ent it was seeted that the q 1 0 d er the .g 4v e l liberty to cross the road on s a l level was Ilia Honourmsldetation of the Railway Commissioners. di,at ter _ . . reeled t h o going into the facts cf the case, shortly skeni, ! se questration to issue. I ew Oration granted. oUr then proceeded to hear causes. (Bef The e • , ore the Vice-Chancellor ROLFE.) e aurt e rt- oeard case cf Rogers v. Hale occupied ""° whole morning. the 44,ttti. t EN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) 1 • ti g s to Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL and justices C°LERIDGE, WIGHTMAN E , and ERLE.) O Q , BUSINESS OF TH . COURT. niti tn " °E bing into court this , morning, r h n o i l n d g , SittingsL o r d C i e n tiler ated that the Court wenl November 27; Thursday, lIBPLECLOL, te ll , l : e rtn, ou Wednesday, following days ; No and w er 2 , 8 ; Deco:mart. 3, and . the four le g 'And then procee 1 to dispose cf . the country new cich ea les, and any o:her causes which might be spe " aPPointed for argument. TM_ DANIEL, CLERK, P. MORTOI%, r CL m E o R n K e . y had and receive was an action of assumesit, f weateu, and an account stated, to which the defendant l' i a t e ld ton aesumpsit, and was tried before Mr. Baron j ar at at the last atsiz 39 for the county of N0rf01k.25., sub e . Jet ,have a verdict for the plaintiff, damages case. D it 'C' the opinion of this Court, on a special c_ _ parishPpeared that the plaintiff is the incumbent of a k w celled West Somerton, in the diocese of .F leh ' of which the defedant terte• Bishop S lthe Hate Bishop i eces e oP and ey, of that is the ltcens . ed . 4; 14 , revoked the licence given to the wdaes e°4 tit 4 BiShop Bathurst, as far as the salary_ 501. ear at'illled, allowing him a stipend of 801 instead of sele r ,, n uah The plaintiff having failed in the Raying the Ilisli e ",' the defeneant addressed a complaint to in. tiff earll.'who thereupon issued a sunimons to the hop). Th e e-a„'ll neon him to appear before him (the BL s , op ttecidetiedl44°ng been e into and argued, the Bi h paid hone ought to be t() the d 'it e th e Money was due, and . the vht . .entla tit in "tap] •111"''• The plaintiff having made default a 1 and then issued his monition to seq ue ! t ' a g with n r , ; the terms of the monition, thereupon de feßdan rftrti---,.4ued against him, under which the d e thet -ei.'elved certain money for first fruits, which i. stilee „ eir, 0, - et-matter of the present action. ‘eNtrt, n ar t e att lY, Q.O this morning submitted to the Was „oi°,7eo part of the " plaintiff, that the sequestration . 114 en"" t aaretteh as the Bishop had done what it was "f th iliPete llt for hien to do, seeing that the incumbent ile a - re 6 tie Pati sb of West Somerton was not legally ‘ feet. -"rut, t hough he was so in point _ t e ) s t *as '3 aPPeared that the curacy of Conmh the Perpe,-„"e??Porated by Bishop Bathurst with . itlt ,t,,,Zat euracy of West Somerton. That Bishop. ,t,,, bad trequentl made unions of that kind in i lep or l e ese of NorWich, and hence it became of great ',Niel:" to have the question decided whether he wars eas rto to do so or not. In point of law . the plaintiff Paph ti t noreresident, inasmuch . as he end duty W eat 3f e°orabe? which had been incorporated with e tohleilpaertou, of which the defendant was eurat.ete. theH two b u M that the Bishop had power to tun the eo„eaeliets so as to make them one, with o, the C ae4 t of the patron, and in some cases tot b e a , r ,- la this case he submitted it was With `'oled that those conditions bad been complied n. trar;.ll34,,lrouch as nothing bad been shown to thetci ( , ) l ll e i, 411,, Power to grant dispensations for pluralities Pe legate, -ga had et ly been - held in ancient times .by the an t i the bY the Archbishop of Canterbury es his tana. , l'e e 11 5 'hoP had no power to grant such dispensations. tief,,ati ol.lee ron-Gusienee, who appeared the Peeish:abt, coutended that the practice of u: o nitin o g . l ierek h jo this manner in the dinee li come ' 1e ell 4, .t3tt‘t have grown up and e xer e i u ,„, ‘o. that diocese, l in inasmuch as it was become iff, w ' In" any other. Mr. Daniel, the p a _ W en ga certainly not resident at the perpetual curacy of )liabon °Perkin, and, finding him not resident there. thc to2od Vi o 1 what he was empowered to do by the ht and the . e ,' 1 06, by making certain provisions relative 'elleri\""tY of the defendant. He (the Soliettor tieris -.4.) contended that the statute against dispenss %he Caned'tao2fe the authority of the Pope to the Arch itthi!of rin certa3n eases ; and the qu : s s tha' whether, in point of law, the transaction tw o t e ase could be considesed a union between the h e 4riehes ; in questien. From the instrument itself, ueton n'itted that the Bishop never contemplated the of N O the two parishes, except during the incumbency teach thine, as a Wi th the to whom the instrument was addressed. ktieh It tes Peot to the question of whether there could be temporary union of parishes, he con- Con4lothat there could not. A had been said by the 11 41 8 11 1 for the Plaintiff that the consent of the patron (4 „ e'll obtained in this case, but the onus Th T _ i nc• that ' lay upon his Learned Friend. the 1 pr4l'llvd Counsel on the other side . had t many ancient authorities in support of his view of gre e ; lB6 , , but before the Reformation, when so many could 1 1 ) 1 " "es had crept into the Church, :authorities (th e s ;'. Produced to establish almost enything. e the e elicitor-General) submitted that the judgment of 1 4r °urt s hould be for the defendant.. a 1 ,1 00 ALLEY repli e d, an d tho PodPnELL said the Court would look intothe dpneigier.."te3 beari ng on the question before giving th cirre efqx r PLEAS.—Cr HIS DAY.) tr, t (Sittingl in Banco.) RESPONDENT. APPELLANT. HUTCE;INSON't t h e Re vl3n 3 t v. ' 4 ( in appeal from the decision o f krg arrister for the eastern is of Surrey. _. er. " 1 " aPpaarcd for Elie appellant, and Mr. ru ylea for tho res ondexit. Pta ret r the statement o P f the Revising Barrister it up- I.ee, the appellvit, was registered in s SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, LYCEUM THEATRE. An adaptation of the comic opera Le Chaperon Blanc was produced here last evening, under the title of the White hoods, and, although it is from the pen of Mr. P a Ich6, wa•i magnificently pat on the stage, and had the advantage of the inimitable acting uf 2.1 r. Charles Mathews, in a character analogous to the Simon Knippinclipper of Liston in Thirteen to the Dozen, yet it achieved only a partial success, al thoneh, if judiciously curtailed, we think it might yet become a favourite. Tne scene is lain in isruges in the troublous days of the Van Arte veldes. and the White Hood, from which it takes its name, is the emblem of those " White-hoods" who, accoroing to Froissart, completely revolutionized Flanders. Thus runs the plot :—Louis de Maele, Count of Flanders (Mr. George J. Vining), who, at the moment the piece opens, is threatened with an insurrection of the citizens of Ghent, conceives a passion for Marguerite (Miss Fanny Baker), the daughter of Jan Vanbloos (deacon of the druggists of Ghent), and lays a plot for decoying her to h;s palace, where he expects to attain the fruition of his wishes. In the mean time, Gilbert de Grossenhayne (Mr. H. Horn castle) his pretended friend, who also has a design upon Marguerite, is in league with the White-hoods, or insurrectionist party, and at the same moment me ditates the destruction of the Count in his palace, and the capture of the fair one. This last scheme is frus trated by Peter Pestlework (Mr. Charles Mathews), an apprentice to the druggist, who has assumed the badge of the white-hood without knowing its signi ficance, and who, at the moment the Count's life is threatened by the insurrectionists, is instrumental in saving him. In acknowledgement of this good service, the Countrenounces his own suit, and bestows the hand of Marguerite upon PeterPestlework,her accepted !over. The piece was admirably acted. Mr. Basil Baker, who made his first appearance here last night, is an excellent representative of testy ;old men ; and :his daughter, Miss Fanny Baker, is full of animation and vivacity, and makes an admirable soubrette. A novel scenic effect, and beautiful as it is novel, was intro duced in the first scene. The scene is the interior of the druggist's shop in the early morning ; the shut ters are shut, and the shop is in darkness ; but as they are removed the light streams . in, and the whole shop becomes illuminated. This beautiful effect was loudly applauded. A grand fairy spectacle called the Romance of the Rose, was also produced last evening, and was most triumphantly successful ; the plot is very slight. A misanthropic Count (Mr. Clifford) is encouraged in his peculiarity by a malig nant spirit, named the King of the Thorns (Miss Julia St. George), who attends him as the Chevalier Le Sombre. The evil influence is counteracted by the Queen of the Roses (Miss Kenworthy), who corrects the Count whenever be vents his ill humour on his servant Hans (Mr. Suter), and by showing him a series of tableaux convinces him that the world is beautiful after all. These tableaux, for the sake of which the piece is evidently produced, consist of ele gant groups, arranged with great regard to pictu resque effect, and heightened by the beauty of the young ladies composing them. Each of them is an allegorical representation of one of the four Rosicru cian elements, and the principle of a revolving hori zontal circle, familiar to the studio of the sculptor and the audience of poses plastiques, is applied, so that the group may be visible on every side. The groupings, which are designed by Mr. Beverly, are the most beautiful and graceful that can be imagined, and were applauded enthusiastically. Miss Julia St. 'George was deservedly encored in every pretty song, compost d expressly for her by Mr. Tully ; and a like compliment was paid to Herr Pigall, a German bass singer, who made his first appearance here, and in the character of a goatherd sang a song, in which he sustains a shake on a high falsetto note in a most re markable manner. Miss Rosins Wright and the ladies of the corps de ballet appeared in an exquisitely graceful pas, entitled the Revel of the Flowers. The dancing of Miss Rosina Wright was the very perfec tion of elegance and grace. The piece was applauded throughout, and at the conclusion the cheers were enthusiastic. The house was very well attended. NEW STRAND THEATRE. Last night the favourite interlude of the Rival Pages was revived at this house for the purpose of introducing to the London public a young lady in the character of Victor. This part was one of those in which the late Mrs. Honey was celebrated. The debutante, a Miss Caroline Pearse, who we understand is a great favourite in the page line in the provinces, and especially in the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, where she has lately been performing with much suc cess, possesses the recommendation of a handsome countenance and good figure, with a pair of legs that may almost rival the celebrity of Madame Vestris herself. She played the part with much spirit and naivete, and bullied and blustered her rival as com pletely as any impudent boy of sixteen need do. She was well received and loudly applauded by the audience, and will no doubt become a favourite in town as well as the country. LITERATURE. NEV NOVELS. SINGLE7'ON FONTENOY, R.N. By James Hannay 3 Vols. THE L UTTR ELS. By Folkestone Williams. 3 Vols. CLAUDE. By Mary Molesworth. 2 Vois. THE DOUBLE OATH. By the Baroness de Calabrella 3 Vols. LIGHT AND DARKNESS. By Mrs. Crowe. 3 Vo THE ABDUCTION. By the Baroness Pro(h tzka, 3 Vols. LETTIOE ARNOLD. By the Authoress of " Emilia Wyndham." 2 Vols. HEARTS 1N MORTMAIN, and CORNELIA. 1 Vol. There is a season for all thiegs, but for novels there is apparently always a season. Every mouth and every week of the vacatiln presents the reading public with some new fiction, complete in three volumes, or with some additional chapters of those published in a serial form. Rarely have the lovers of light literature been more bouutifully provided than at the present moment, now when Dickens has given us the concluding chap' ers of one of the most de lightful of even his delightful works, and now, when Bulwer is unfolding the opening passages of that " novel" which promises to be the worthy companion of the " Caxtons. ' Thackeray's graphic pencil is still busied with the foibles and follies of our modern "Vanity Fair," and " Currer Bell," we doubt not, is keeping a shrewd watch on the deeds and misdeeds of her contemporaries, and preparing some new matter of astonishment and delight for her admirers. It is hardly necessary to enumerate all the names con spicuous in the varied and attractive list of novel writers who are now enriching us with the fruits of their genius and their industry—a list from which we still miss with regret the brilliant author of " Co ningsby," than whom we could better spare many others. The indefatigable James still plies his much used pen. Mrs. Trollope and Mrs. Gore are unex hausted ; and Mrs. Marsh, the charming authoress of " Emilia Wyndham," is even now adding another to her truthful records of woman's life and her exquisite delineations of womanly character. Miss Jewry, the able writer of the Forest and the Fortress ;" the earnest and deep-thinking author of " Silwood ;" Lady Ponsonby, the admirable expositor of the' " Discipline of Life ;" the talented biographer of " Anne Dysart;" the eloquent writer of " Mary Barton"--a work une quailed of its class—and many other of our young authors and authoresses, hold out fair promise for the future to the novel-read ing world. Bearing in mind these and, other novels, and novel-writers, not here mentioned, we are disposed to examine with especial scrutiny, and perhaps with excessive severity, the new fictions which are from time to time presented to us. Differing, as the various productions of different writers necessarily must in style, and sentiment, and subject, there is one mea sure, nevertheless, by which we are disposed to test the merits of every fictitious tale, namely, in the truth fulness of its representation of life. While we must con fess we have little sympathy fora novel which is writ ten with some avowed and apparent object, we regard with especial predilection those fictions which simply, but faithfully hold the mirror up to nature, and without parade "or ostentation, without exhibiting the grave countenance of the monitor, or wielding the ferule of the schoolmaster, gently and lovingly show us what we are aed what we should be—doing good by stealth, charming instead of chastising the wayward and undisciplined heart. Such novels there are. Such gentle lessons we have learned by the death bed of Dora, or in the humble boat-house on the Yar mouth sands. Such gentle lessons we have learned, when we followed the despairing Roland Dc Caxton in his melencboly pursuit of his profligate son, or when we listened to the words of simple wisdom falling from his brother's lips. Such novels there are. Why are there not more of them ? History is filled with a pompous chronicle of events, the causes of which she can seldom unravel, for those causes are often too in tricate or too minute to be perceptible to the most searching scrutiny. A spark produces a conflagra tion, and a word may sometimes occasion conse quences as important. A something light as air—alook— A word unkind or wrongly taken"— here it is that we hold the services of the novel may make or mar the lisppiness - Of a lifetime. And writer to be invaluable. By his faithful portraiture of human life and human character, by showing us not " faultless monsters," but men and women like those actually around us, he may, if gifted with sufficient powers of penetration, reveal to us the secret but effectual agency of trifles, and make us know by . example how momentous are the consequences of those words and actions which we are too apt to dis regard as insignificant. The influences of indivi dual character upon society are incalculable, and equally incalculable and important are the influences which mould that character for good andevil—itifluences as imparceptibleas the air we breathe, but more potent than the lessons conned in cbildhocd, or the homi lies pondered over in riper years. . Many persons ob ject to "novel-reading," because it unfits those who indulge in it for the realities of life, bat when novel writing is what it should be novel-reading produces an opposite effect. So far from making life appear tame and insipid, it points out to us its real grandeur and importance. So far from inclining us to fold our hands in inaction, it impels us" so to act that each to morrow find us further than to-day." As the teachers of such practical truths, we hold the position of novel writers to be most honourable, and knowing them to possess such a capacity for good, we are apt to regard their compositions with a curious scrutiny. Sot that we desire to see novels filled with sermons, on the contrary, some of the very best hardly contain one word of advice or admonition. It is by their faithful pictures of the human heart, as it is, good, bad, and indifferent, that they at the same time charm and instruct their readers. How many mean, un worthy actions that do not absolutely in fringe the moral co d e t h e b est of us are prone t o coin rnit,until, in considering some imaginary character in the selfishness of a Chuzzlewit, or the irresolution of a Waverlev, a voice s eems t o w hi s p e r, Mutato nornine de to Akio narratur. Therefore, we say again, the one most essential characteristic of the fiction-writer is Truth. No matter whether his heroes be virtuous or villainous provided they be life like—the moral of th e i r hi stor i es will then be o b v i ous and require no expl anatory key. Such considera tions are naturally tuggested by th e var i e ty o f of Vendean loyalty, now Fenimore Cooper " novels " which have recent l y claimed our attent i on. Now Mr. Trollope di rec t s our thoughts to the heroic struggles excites our interest by a t a l e o f A mer i can jurispru dence, now A hen Lock e rev i ves anew t h e d i ffi cu lti es and the delusions of Chartism ; then Mrs. Cro4se mys tifies and appals us with another revelation of horrors. Novels as various in cha racter as t h e co l o urs of their binding (for the old-fashioned uniform is disappear ing) are before us. Among the most attractive of these miscellaneous fictions is the first novel (we have seen) of a promising writer. Singleton Fontenoy, By James Hannay . 3 Vols. From the initials a p pen d ed to hi s na me it will be observed that " Sin g l e t on F ontenov " forms part of the royal navy, and the novel which bears his name is, to a certain extent, a sea-story, but to a certain extent only. Land and water, politics and naval matters, the rpost serious and the lightest topics, are touched upon with an equally skilful hand, and ren • dered equally attractive. " singleton Fontenoy " is, in truth, a m o st fascinating work— without possessin g any very d ee p interest, it lures the reader on f rom p ag e to page , from subject never wearying, to subject, and continual l y affording amusement or sugg es ti ng thought. In the first volume we find the young Singleto n a t home in 'a country house, with an unsociable f athe r. In his neighbourhood resides the family of t he L epels. The eldest son, Frederick Lzpait J ust returned fr om college, wears spectacles to increase his apparent age, frequents Chartist meetings, and aspires to fill a pro reinent political position. The character of this clever but insincere schem‘r is happily drawn, and is pro bably not without its counterpart. From politics we turn to school, after a stormy expulsion from which young si n gleton is sent to sea. Mr. H anna y' s nava l experience is visible in his sketches of the various commanders and companions with whom Singleton's sea- life ma k es hi m acquainted. In this part of the narrative occurs a most affecting episode, which better than a hundred argu ments exposes the horrors of the unmanly punish ment still retained for the sake of " discipline." One of the sailors of Singleton's ship is flogged, and the revolting scene is shortly afterwards followed by a sea funeral—that of the very man who had been punished (his death being the consequence of an accident quite irrespective of the punishment). Officers and sailors stand bareheaded rouhd the corpse ; the utmost solem nity prevails; every possible respect is testified to wards the corpse or him who, when alive, was treated as some soulless brute—" Death had vindicated the sanctify of man." This beautiful 'sentence sums up the impressive lesson so forcibly set forth by these contrasting scenes. Now in England, now in the sunny south, now serious end thoughtful, now rash and reckless, Singleton pursues his varied career throughout three delightful volumes, and at last we part from him with regret. Many beautiful thoughts . we might transcrthe from the pages of this work —one or two will, however, serve as an ensample of the rest. Speaking of the ii)fidel reasoning of the so-called phi losopher, how truthful is the sentence--" Philoso phical dreams are very well in the study, carry them to your loved one's grave and see how they will console you there." Again, with equal felicity, it is said of those good impulses which occasionally influence us, ' they In3y be "vibrations of the heart under the touch of the finger of God." Among some sensible remarks on oratory, we read "Ike orator 4 the poet of the practical; be has to bring a great imagi , nation and a deep heart to deal with the business of his day, and by making what is neemary glorious, and elevating duty into something divine, he should be able to touch the heart of the multitude abroad as religion or poetry touches it at home." For Carlyle and Emerson, and eotne others, Mr. Ilanmly evinces a great enthusiasm. After quoting:a sentence from the latter, he observes, in a foot -note, that he has com mitted an anachronism, but adds, " I would risk a wore.e fault to introduce a line of Emerson's." Agaio of " Pendennis," he observes that it unites " the geol sense of a homily with the easy charm of a novel." These generous remaila are the more de lightful, bi , cause, as Singleton observes, " the error of our time is not that of admiring too much." Cordially do we commend " Singleton Fontenoy," because, with some artistic faults, apparently the reEults of hasty composition, it will delight those who peruse it, and some of its suggestions will linger lovingly in their remembrance. The Lidtrels; or, the Two Marriages. By Folkes- stone 3 Yo/s. The author of " Shakspere and Ins Friends" and "Maids of Honour," two very dissimilar but most delightful works, has not added to his celebrity by his recent production. Clever sketches and abundant evidences of talent are to be met with in " The Luttrels," but the main incidents of the tale are so re volting that we can pronounce no commendation upon the work. The unnatural incidents which so often shock our tastes in foreign romances have rarely ex ceeded in unnaturalness the mystery of " The Lut trels." The " Two Marriages," which give the second title to the book, are the real and pretended unions of one heroine to two individuals bearing the close relation of father and son. Until nearly the close of the tale the reader is ignorant as to which is the real husband of Lucy ; and the hero of the tale (young Luttrel) encounters in his wanderings a namesake, the son of Lucy, whom he believes to be his brother, but who ultimately proves to be his son. With such incidents for his theme, Mr. Williams must forgive us if, in spite of a pleasant recollection of his former works, and, not withstanding the talents visible in this one, we dismiss " The Luttrels" front our consideration NI ith senti ments.of exceeding dissatisfaction. Claude; or, the Double Sacrifice. By Mary Moles- respect of freehold land of the qnnual value of 51, and was in pmsession of the estate. The property was mortgaged to secure the repayment of 1001. lent to the respondent, but the mortgage dial nor extend to the payment of iiite.est on the loge. Ihe mortgage recited that the loan had been obtained some time previously, but that all interest on the turn tied been paid up to the date of the deed. It was contended that the land was not of the yearly value of 40s. clear of n il charges and after payment of interest on t'.e loan. The respondent, on the other hand, contended that the in terest was not chargeable on the estate, which had only teen mortgaged as security for the principal, and that be had sufficient int, , rest in it to entitle him to a vote. The R-vi,ier..; Barrister held that there was no charge on the land operating in abo lition of the annual value to the respondent, so as to affect his right to be regi:tered, arid as the mortgagee had not taken possession of the estate, he was entitled to have his name on the register. Against that decision the present appeal was instituted. Mr. CORNER contended, en behalf of the appellant, that the decision of the Revising Barrister ought to le» reversed, and referred to the cute of Coreland v. Bart lett in support of his preposition. The opinion of the Court in that case was that a member of a building so ciety, who purchased a garden and cottage, and mort gaged them to the society as security for the pay ment of the principal advanced to him and interest, was not entitled to a vote, though he had possession of the property. and had never failed to pay his regular instalments during the time he had been in occupation. The circumstances in that appeal were almost entirely similar to those in the present case. with the exception that the mortgage did not extend to the pay meat of interest. Mr. Sergeant BYLES submitted that the decision of the Revising Barrister was quite correct. The COURT was of opinion that the respondent bad not a freehold estate worth 403. a year clear of all de ductions and charges, and consequently that his name ought to be expunged from the register. The Revising Barrister's decision was therefore re versed. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) The grand jury fur the term were sworn in and ad dressed by the Learned JUDGE this morning. His Lordship told them that it was customary to swear in two grand juries every term, but at present be was not aware of there being anything at all for them to do, tar r was it likely that there would be, as it was usual to pre fer common indictments in the Central Crimital Court, and only cases of misdemeanour for keeping disorderly houses, perjury, assaults, end conspira-y, were brought into this court. Up to that hour, however, note had been preferred, nor was it likely that any would be, at least he hoped not, and their duties would therefore be merely of a formal character. The grand jury then retired. HILL V. PARTRIDGE. Mr. DOWDESWELL moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the peremptory undertaking to procfed to trial should not he enlarged. The Learned Gentleman moved on an affidavit declaring the faot that he was unable to find a material witness, whose evidence was indispensably necessary for establishing his eaim. The name of the witness was John Thomas. He .was a miner, working in the Oak Farm Mines, near Dudley, but the plaintiff was ignorant of his nick name, by which he was known amongst his own fraternity. Miners, the affidavits stated, were only known to each other by these sobriquets, and until the plaintiff discovered John Thomas's fictitious cognomen it would be impossible to find him out.—Application granted. - BANKRUPTCY,-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvAas.) IN RE CAPTAIN WARNER. In this case bail was tendered on behalf cf Captain Warner, and Mr. Donaldson, of FinstAary, was accepted in the sum of 5001, and Mr. Bliss, accountant cf Moor gate•street, was appointed by the Commissioner to make up the accounts. The other cases were audit and dividend meetings pro forma. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) J. Leonard and W. Daniels (young men) were charged before Mr. Jardine, with cheating with a false instru ment of gaming (capped coin), and also with hocussing and robbery. It appeared that last night the prisoners were together drinking in the Shades, at C) ring-cross, and com menced tossing. They continued to toss, and persuaded a man present, named Wilsey, a gentleman's servant, to join in the gambling. From small sums the stakes ran up to 51., and ultimately the servant was induced tostake his watch. Ho lost, but the waiter of the Shades hap pening to come in, and observe for the first time some thing of what was going on, went for a policeman and gave them into custody, the capped coin with which they had been tossing being secured. Upon searching them another watch was found upon them. Another charge Of a more serious nature was brought against them by a young man named William Gould, who stated that he accidentally fell into company with the prisoners in the Strand, and accompanied them to a public-house near Whitehall, called the ,Duke of Wel lington. There the two prisoners commenced tossing, first for drink, and then for shillings. On one of the prisoners going out of the room, the other showed Gould the capped piece, which was so contrived as to enable the person using it to turn " heads" or " tails" at will, according to the call of his opponent; and this prisoner advised the witness to join him against his ab sent companion, to. win his watch and money from him. Fur this purpose, Gould was to stake his watch against Leonard's, and he accordingly pulled out his watch, but on reflection put it back again. In reply to Mr. JARDINE, Gould said that he had seen the false piece before he pulled out his watch, but ho finally refused to have anything to do with them. From that place they went, in company with a fourth person, into Spring gardens, and there the prisoners again began to toss in an open place near the park. Here witness sank on the ground insensible, and, upon coming to his senses, dis covered that the prisoners and his.watch were gone. One of the watches found on the prisoner was his. He had no doubt they had drugged his drink at the public-house. The police-officers found upon the prisoners an I 0 U, which Gould acknowledged he had signed in the name of " Thomas Jones," for 51., and the prisoners alleged that the watch was given them in discharge of it. The MAGISTRATE remanded the prisoners till Tues day next. MEXICO. A "norther" off Tampico prevented the Clyde bringing any mail from Mexico to Saint Thomas ; and our Gulf correspondent says :—" During the seasons of the norths Tampico bar is not passable for days together, and the authorities there know this , but will not take advantage of sending a mail eff when the weather is fine, that they may keep the padket to her full time ; and the new arrangements of the mail steamers will not allow them to remain an hour after their time of departure ; and unless the consul or postmaster take advantage of the weather England will frequently be without mails from that place between the months of October and March." The news from Jamaica has been anticipated. It appears, however, that 28 had llitd from cholera at Port Royal. This fearful malady had caused great anxiety amongst the inhabitants. The ships of war Indefatigable and Bermui have sent 150 men to the hospital with fever caught at Grey Town. GREY TOWN, MOSQUITA, OCT. 3.—Reports are in circulation that the Nicaraguans were to make an attempt to recover Grey Town, and as large numbers of Mexicans were constantly on the passage up the river en route to and from California, they have thought to encourage the. Nicaraguans. As they are not allowed to squat or build huts as at Chagres, the Americans are much annoyed at this. The American steamers intended to move on Lake Nicaragua have both grounded in the river, and it is doubtful if they will reach the lake. Steamers that are intended for this purpose should not exceed eighty feet long. The West India papers generally concur in repre senting the weather to have been extremely wet, the preva lence of rain in some localities occasioning damage to pro perty. On the average agricultural pursuits were being fol lowed out with success, and the prospects of the next crop were somewhat encouraging. Sickness was complained of at Barbadoes and St. Lucia, as resulting from the state of the weather, since, notwithstanding the frequency of showers, the heat continued extremely oppressive. The outbreak of cholera at Jamaica had been officially announced, but it was hoped that by due exertions its ravages would be checked. In Trinidad attention had been turned to the cultivation of cotton—au experiment that appeared likely to be attended with success. Emigration to the gold districts in Yuruary would, it was apprehended, be impeded by the measures which had been taken at the instance of the Venezuelan authorities to compel all parties seeking that district to ren der a lull and sufficient account of their characters and pre tensions before they would be permitted to pass into it. Busi ness was dull in the chief of the West India Islands. THE POEISI4 BALE.—Yesterday the Polish Com mittee assembled at the Guildhall, for the purpose of making additional arrangements to carry into effect the ball, which is fixed for Thursday next, the 14th inst. Mr. Bunning, the City architect, was, it was stated, occupied in rendering the Guildhall still more magnificent, as regards the Italian con servatories and drawing-rooms, than at previous balls • and Mr. Carew, Mr. Marshal l, and Mr. Weeks have, upon the ap plication of Lord Dudley Stuart, consented to leave their exquisite specimens of statuary in the hall until the day atter the entertainment shall have terminated. The commit tee decided that the floor of the Guildhall should be chalked in so slight and careful a manner as to obviate any complaint from the ladies on account of their dresses. The most sober flower will often blossom from the bud that has danced the most lightly:in the sunbeam.— Eliza Cook's Journal. THE RECENT Loss or FOUR LIVES ON TLIE RIVER. - Yesterday Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for South Essex, resumed an inquiry at the Bell and Anchor Inn, Plaistow, respecting the death of William John Luck , aged 25, who with three others was drowned, by a boat in which they were coming in collision with the Duke of Cambridge (Cork) steamer, on the morning of the 17th ult. The evidence ad duced was of a very contradictory character, one class of wit nesses affirming that the accident would not have happened if there had been a proper look-cut on board the steamer, while theed e r ot c y h k e l r es e s i l de , wereand a os if of opinion that the boat was managed destroying themselves. After t h h a e l f l ... ll a e n n . h i n o ulrlsr consideration the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against William John Coe," the pilot who had charge of the Duke of Cam brid g e at the time of the accide n t. - FOEILEsTONE,'Nov. 11.—On Saturday and Sunday L 53 persons crossed the Channel from Boulogne to Folkestone iu the South-Eastern and Continental Company's ;team ships, and 53 from Folkestone to Boulogne. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. A magnificent new grand hippodramatic spectacle, entitled the Enchanted Palfrey; or the Warrior of the Crescent, was produced here last evening, with that triumphant success which bas hitherto attended all the productions of Mr. Batty's management. The scene is laid in Persia, and we find that the War rior of the Crescent, Mitzi, was in early life a peasant; but having entered the service of the Shah of Persia as a soldier, he rose by degrees, and became at last general of his forces. Raised to high rank, he did not, however, forget an humble maiden in his native village, to whom he had been, when in lower circumstances, betrothed. But, when brought to the city of the Shah, and seen by him, he became enamoured of her, and from that moment he determined on the ruin of the brave warrior, who was declared a rebel, but continued, in the disguise of a Bedouin Arab, to enter the city and palace of the Persian Sovereign, and succeeded, through the in , . strumentality of his famous palfrey, in carrying off the lady. It is unnecessary to repeat the , many dangers they escaped by means of the, same agency, or with what uncommon dexterity the horse performed the part assigned him ; it is enough to observe that fortune on this occasion co incided with the old proverb, by favouring the brave, fur the Warrior of the Crescent attacks the Shah in his fortress, and deprives him at once of his li fe and kingdom. The storming of the fortress at the con clusion was admirably managed, and elicited thunders of applause. The scenery was magnificent, and the costumes gorgeous. The Enchanted Palfrey will no doubt have a long run. 1 412 f" 4.tik4 0 1 " bt t NI; 4 .30 - 4) f4orosptV t 16.4 b , LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Hurdle Sweepstakes. The Little Queen ••• Redstreak ..• ••• .•• ••• Young Dutchman ••• ••• The Si.fLon ITa.udicap. The Spot , ..• .•• ••• Becton ... ••• ••• ••• Ada Mary ••• ••• Seven ran. THE LATE SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT HAYDOCK.—The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the ten persons who lost their lives by the accident at a colliery at Haydock, on Thursday last, was resumed on Monday before John Hayes, Esq., the district coroner. J. Tremenhere, Esq , was present as an inspector for the Government, under the provisions of the recent Act of Parliament, and a number of witnesses having been examined, the jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death." By direction of the coroner Mr. Evans, the proprietor of the mine, was sent for. On his arrival the coroner informed him of the suggestion made by Mr. Tremenhere, and urged upon him the necessity of carry ing out those suggestions, for the purpose of insuring in creased protection to the lives of the men employed in the mine. He also considered that a code of rules should be drawn up for the general management of the mine, similar to those in force at other collieries in the neighbourhood. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—The eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Croker, of Maryville, a fine youth in his 16th year, met with a deplorable accident, on Wednesday evening last, by the incautious use of gunpowder, a long train of which he was laying on the kitchen floor'from a shooting flask, while a servant man, at his desire, ignited the powder at one end, when the train blazed up, and the running flame caught the young gentleman in a moment, with the flask in his hands, which burst asunder with a terrible shock, tear ing a thumb from.each hand of the unfortunate victim, who fell stupified with horror and pain. The consternation of Mr. Croker's family was indescribable under this terrible disaster. One thumb was found in a rEcess in the kitchen. Dr. John Wilkinson was directly sent for, and removed the other thumb, which was connected with the hand merely by the skin ligament. He dressed the wounds, and the e Leith.co record the He demise entered officer,tthheisservicein lB3e who( o d . a The fe deceased w days since a a s t one of the officers who served at the capture of Flushing, in 1809. He al so took part in the campaign on the frontier of Niagara, in 181:3 and 1814. SHOCKING SITICIDE.—About 12 o'clock last night a young woman precipitated herself from the first recess on the Surrey • side of Blackfriars-bridge, and, striking with great violence against one of the buttresses, dashed iu her skull and rebounded upon the causeway. The sound of her fill attracted the notice of two constables, who ran down and raised her, but after groaning heavily once or twice she expired, and was conveyed to Christchurch dead-house. She was apparently about 2G years of age, short in stature, fair complexion, light brown hair, teeth much decayed, and had on a brown cotton dress with white stripes, slate _coloured shawl with red stripes, and a straw bonnet with brown ribamls.: 17 - 1 le NOVEMBER 12, 1850. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. The " Character and Career of Ca sar," as set forth in Mr. Merivale's "Roman Empire," is the subject of a severe censure on the part of the Eclectic reviewer. Wordsworth's "Prelude," on the other hand, gives occasion for a genial eulogium on the departed Poet' Laureate. Without fully concurring in the reviewer's estimate of the author of " the Prelude," we have been struck with the justice of some of his observe ions, as, for instance, where he says, "every great poet passes through a fourfold state in regard to the world. First, his peculiar qualities are ignored; secondly, they are acknowledged ; thirdly, they are appreciated ; and fourthly, they are canonized. Wordsworth has only as yet reached the second stage. Ills merits are gene rally acknowledged, but generally appreciated they are not, nor are they soon likely to be.' SHARPE' S .V DO N MAGAZINE. Sharpe's may now rank with the most interesting of the monthly periodicals. In the November number we find "A Sea-side Sketch," by Agnes Strickland, which possesses a very mournful interest. "Lewis Arundel " continues with unabated spirit. The maxims of La Rochefoucauld, as recently published by Messrs. Longman, are the subject of an interesting criticism, and in addition to a variety of other attractive articles is a beautiful plea for " Me mory," by E. E. M. K., founded upon that touching aspiration u hich occurs in " The Haunted Man," " Lord keep my memory green." As a specimen of its eloquence of style and tenderness of thought, we quote the concluding passages of this delightful article, evidently written from the heart, and as such appeal ing to the hearts of those who read it : •'' , Lord, keep my memory green!' echoes instinctively in the heart of the wondering child, as it looks upon the leafless boughs of winter, and seeks in vain for the wild flowers striped and golden,' it was wont to gather in the merry hours of summer. It remembers them, the blue violets—those deep eyes of the young spring first gezing upon us so slyly—the cowslips of sunny May; and Hope weaves a garland afresh—a garland cf promise that they shall leaf and blossom again, when warm days, and cloudleas skies, and fertilizing dews return. Lord, keep my memory green!' trembles on the wan lips of the weeping mourner, whether it be over the dead or the dying those agonising drops be distilled. It wells up there from the stricken yet disciplined heart in the half audible appeal for strength addressed to those ears which are never closed against us. ' Teach me to remember that Thou bast promised succour to all who call upon Thee in the day of tribulation—that this is not our true country, that here life is made up of meetings and partings, and that it is only hereafter we may anticipate the bliss of an inseparable companionship."frue, me mory is potent to stir the storm of natural regrets, to rend the heart with the thought of present desolation, to convulse the lip when its cry of endearment comes back unanswered, to thicken the breath with a sense of suffo cation at the threshold of that chamber ( whose closed door— " So often on its hinge before," bespeaks the stillness of the sleep within, to flood the eye with ungovernable tears by recalling the bloom, the life, the love, the beauty, that so lately animated that shrine of dust, and have now left it ripening fer decay. True, it is potent to awaken thus the fierce tides of mental anguish, to prostrate our moral courage, to over cone for the time being even cur physical p ,were; but how sovereign is the antidote it at the same time affords! huw specific the Latin of its spiritual consolation! " ' Memory is my solace,' sigh the separated in life. They who are the victims of an untoward fate; knit to gether by the bonds of affection, yet divided by an ocean of adverse circumstances to think of the absent, to keep them shrined in the sanctuary of the mind, to call back the tones, the smiles, the words of endearment, the winning gentleness, the frank pleasantries, the laugh, the glance of sweet surprise, the warm fervent pressure of the hand, are surely privileges too dearly prised to be relinquished without reluctance by the t xiled from home: we say home,btcause of the accepted creed that— 'Tis home whereer the heart is." " Memory is that sunshine we tee beaming so oft in the face of venerable age. Ile is thinking of his youth!' we s ay, when the smile of happy abstraction, like a breath of summer, melts into touching softness of ex pression the time-worn lineaments of the hoary dreamer. He is back with his early childhood, when the world seemed all so good and beautiful, and men just what their Maker first designed them to be, only a little lower than the angels;' back with his haply school-days, when application and ability were first coined into the gold of knowledge; back with the merry troop who went bounding out to play ;' back with his dawning manhood, which still is youth, when passion, kindled at the shrine of beauty, offered up its first, its purest sacrifice, an unsullied and devoted heart. He thinks, he ponders on all this, and if a cloud of regret arise, it is but mo mentary, for though the nerveless arm, the failing eye, over which the film of age is gathering fast, the silvered locks, the faltering step, are all solemn evidences that the winter of life has set in for him, memory is at hand with her antidote; at hand with the balm of consolation. She tells him that these are but incrustations wrought by time on the surface, which eat not their way within; the soul of man being impervious to all blighting in fluences•, its dower being that of perpitual youth. Memosy is the guardian angei e 4 vew of the wicked. How often does it step in between the intention and the guilty deed, (toying the murderous hand, whispering admonitions long forgotten, stirring the callous heart to a sense of good, softening, subduing, winning it! Truly may we repeat, it is their guardian angel, though it is doubtless these who would chunour for its destruction, who would exclaim,' Away with it—away with: it; it is the bate, the curse of my life!' if t - laPre be really any existing wheso graceless tuagaes could dare thus to execrate aught sq Jeered, we cry, Fame ere thou op,iidemn,' and opening for them afresh the book of the creation, bid them behold boy when God made man in the paradise of Eden, and en dowed him with' will, memory, and understanding,' Re saw 04 it wo goQte A sturdy Welshman is on his way to town with a glass tube full of earwigs, spiders, &c., to place it in the ti,ltt.93 house in the park as the insect "Happy Family." ~. ~....„..,,,.......,_ .... z ......11 NAVAL INTELLftOENCri --- - - :_- N - N ~ --c COURT OF INQUIRY ON COIN 1e0.00,A1 1. .1 - 74.nsiAn4 - 1 1 \. 0 —ln consequence of certain r pfesentaiintitim*'„in the Admiralty by Mr. l‘ry mote 41?inley.1 he Mite'4 4 ( retary to Commodore Plumridg.zovhed iyittuill.,4 l Indies, their Lprdships orderekhigeuit' 44-441 4 1 19`3"y composed of the Corumacder-in CPer calt.`Pi Mtn, Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G.C.11., Cap'. Sir Tti 1, s Maitland, C. 8., of the flag-ship, anti Captain Hope Johnstone, of the Albion, 90, to investigate the charges against Commodore Plutnridge, before paying off the Cambrian, 40. The committe3 commenced their inquiry at the commodore superintendent's cffioe ;n the do. kyard at 10.30 A.M. on Saturda\ , and con tinued until 4 I'.M., when they adjourned until 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The persons fxemined were Commander Morris, Lieut. Lloyd, Mr. T. C. Pollen, the master ; Mr. Beal, the paymaster ; and the ships joiner, all of the Cambrian; and the surgson, Mr. C. R. Brien ; the naval instructor, Mr. Speed ; and several of the seamen were to have been examined yesterday. The inquiry was strictly secret, and the witnesses were forbieden to make any - thing pubiic. It is known, however, that Commodore Plutaridge and Mr. Hanley were the closest friends for about eighteen months, when, upon some dif ferences arising between them in the East Indies, the Commodore discharged his secretary oi' the station, and left him to find his way home. Upon these dif- ferences the ex -secretary has brought charges against the Commodore ; but it is likely that the result of the court of inquiry will prevent a court-martial. Commodore Lord John Hay, C. 8., returned from leave on Saturday evening, and re-hcisted his flag on board the St. George, 120, at nine A.M. on Sunday morning, and has resumed his duties as superintendent of the dockyard. There is no truth in the report that Captain Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, will be appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Price as superin tendent of Sheerness Dockyard. It is more likely that it will be offered to a senior captain nearer Sir Charles Hotham's seniority than that of Captain Milne. Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart (1842), who his come here from New Zealand in the It tttlesnuke, it is generally stated, is to commission the Calliope, 26, at Devonport, to relieve the Hhvannah, 19, Captain Erskine, as senior officer of the New Zealand. division. Captain Stewart is son-in-law of the Governor of New Zealand, Sir Charles Fitzroy. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CRC/M.—Miss Bur dett Coutts has presented the munificent sum of 1001, the moiety of which she has appropriated to the pur chase of two debentures, qualifying her to nominate pupils to the institution. Commander A. P. E. Wilmot has not yet commis sioned the Britomart. Their Lordships dirt tions are waited at Ilevonport before the delivery otf the com missions and appointments to the officers of the Brito mart. In consequence of her defective state she has been docked. Lieut. Gardiner, commanding the Oberon, steam vessel, in the Mediterranean, has at lengat been re lieved, it is said, at his own request, in the: command of that vessel, by Lieut. R. B. Harvey, Yeutterly of the Bellerophon. Fisgard, commodor e 's flag-ship at Woolwich, will be paid off and re-commissioned. The Antelope, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Cont.. mander Smyth, went on shore at Fiume Point, in the Dardanelles, on the night of the 15th ult., while in the prosecution of her voyage from Samos for Con stantinople, but was got off through tht assistance of ()Le of the Austrian steamers, arid, we understand, has not sustained any material damage. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Gifford, was to have sailed Nov. 1 for Mahon, with the inailt brought thither by the Medusa, but was detainee, by th e he av y westerly gale now blowing. North Star, 26, is ordered from Slbeemess to be laid up in ordinary at Chatham. Spy, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander G. Wes tern' is ordered to be paid off at Chatham. Duck, lighter, Savage, master, left Der - onport on Saturday with stores for Portsmouth and the River yards. CHATHAM DOCnYARD.—The Admiralty ha% a granted the widow of the late Richard Grandy, master of th. Fortitude, convict depot, a pension of 251. per annum. PIA MOUTH, Nov. 9.—Her Majesty's frigate Port land, flag of Rear-Admiral Moresby, sailed for Val paraiso on Friday with a light breeze from the west ward. The crew of the stearn-vevel Geyser were paid wages yesterday, and she sailed to-day with the mail for Brazil. Tne Seagull packet brig sailed this afternoon for Falmouth to take the December mail to South Ame , rica; she will be the last Government vessel employed on this duty. _ The frigate Cambrian wag unmasted yesterday ; her crew will be paid off on Tuesday. The crew of her Majesty's ship Albion are to be augmented to a full complement of 820 men. The Wasp steam-vessel, which arrived on Wed nesday, had a long passage of 10 days from Wool wich, during which she experienced very heavy weather. At one time it was feared that the masts would roll out of her; she took shelter at Teign mouth on Tuesday night. The steam-vessel Greenock left the harbour at G A.M. on Thuisday, and having made a trial trip round the Eddystone returned at 1 P.M. The surveying-brig Pandora, having been repaired and ordered for commission, was taken out of dock to-day, and masted. The Calliope and Britomart were placed in dock to-day preparatory to being commissioned. The Nautilus, apprentices' brig, came in from the Sound yesterday, and is moored under the Obelisk at Mount Edgecumbe for the winter. The new dock and basin now in progress at the Devonport Dockyard are ordered to be completed on the plan of Mr. W. Edye, the master shipwright. Mr. David Derry was this day elected mayor of Plymouth, and Mr. M. Jeffry mayor of Devonport, for the ensuing year. This afternoon, about three o'clock—tide low--the copper:bottomed schooner Enriquito, Captain Tono, discharging at the Millbay pier, suddenly fell over on her beam ends. She is from Ilavannah, with 773 cases of sugar for Messrs. Bryant, Brunel], and Co. Thu last six cases, about a ton, were in the slings half way up the hold, when, there being no mast head teakle fastened ashore, and no ballast abroad, she parted her warps, stem and stern, and fell over. One of her seamen, on the topgallant yard, was jerked to the topsail yard, fell with his back on the main yard, and then rebounded ou the pier ; his arm was broken, and be received other injuries, and was conveyed im mediately to the Devon and. Cornwall Hospital. The mate jumped overboard, the crew got on her side, and the Custom-house officer (Axworthv) being to lee ward had a narrow escape, and has lost his couimis sion paper, books, &c. By the rebound of the slings a labourer on the pier had his head cut open and shoulder injured. Nov. 10. —An ineffectual effort Wes :nada last night to raise the schooner, by attaching the chains of three cranes to her masts. Subsequently, under the authority of Mr. T. W. Fox, juu., two lumps were obtained from the dockyard, and being cradled be tween them, the Euriquito was towed by the Pt-at-Aix steamer into shallow water. On the fall the tide it is intended to pump her out and tighten her. She belongs to the master and M. Maraus of Dania, and is uninsured. CHATHAM, Nov. ] I.—The Spy, 3-gun brigantine, Lieutenant and Commander George Western, from the coast of Africa, was this day towed up the Med way to this port from Sheerness by the Adder steam. vessel. The Spy arrived at Sheerness yesterday, and will be paid oft as soon as she has returned her stores to this dockyard and dismantled. The Royal standards were hoisted on Saturday last at the several forts of this garrison, at the Dockyara of the Ordnance, in celebration of the Prince of Wales' birthday. DUBLIN THEATRICALS.—MiSB Catherine Hayes has been performing, with great eclat, a series of Italian operas, comprising Lucrezia Borgia, Linda di Chamouni, Norma, La Sonnambula, and Lucia. She has been supported by Signor Bordas and Madame Macfarren, who has appeared for the first time in Ireland, and has played with decided suc cess the characters of Orsini, Pierotto, , and Adalgisa, altering the last into a contralto. The unanimous judgment of Westminster•hall places Lord Campbell among the most efficient judges who have occupied the exalted position of Chief Justice of Eng land. His accurate and extensive knowledge of law—his fa miliarity with the practibe of his court—his intimate ac quaintance with the habits, manners, and customs of the various classes of society appealing to the tribunal over which he presides- his firmness, suavity, and well-regulated temper—all combine to form a judge who commands the. re spect and wins the obedience and regard of all the profes sional men practising before him, and who also makes the suitors feel that even-harded justice has been administered to them by one thorouhly conversant with the science and the practice of the law. - Times. During the past week the weather has been bois terous and wet. Shortly after midnight, yesterday week, a brisk gale set in from the westward, continued almost through the entire week, and subsided only on Saturday. On Monday a slight sprinkling of snow was also experienced, but subsequently no other signs of winter were observable, save cold, sharp breezes and cloudy skie3. Yesterday was tolerably fine and clear.—Liverpool Albion.• EXTENSIVE FIRE.—At a few minutes before two o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, the neighbourhood of Great Russell-street, Bermondsey, was thrown into great confusion, through a fire breaking out in a range of premises belonging to Mr. Harredine, a rag merchant, in Butler's-walk, Ber mondsey-street, which extended into Blue Anchor-place, the whole being of great magnitude, and which was adjoined by the premises belonging to Mr. Mart-all, a straw-mercharit, the national schools, and several other erections used for ' priv ate a n d manufacturing' purposes. Numerous en g i nes o f tke London Brigade and West of England Company sp ee dil y ar rived, and plenty of water having been procured, the whole force was brought to bear upon the contlagratieu. but it was nearly three o'clock before the mastery over the tire could b* obtained. Pt. RNA MBUCO.--441VERPOOL, NOY. I.—By arrival from PeAmakabuco we have advices from that port, to the sth 14t, Exchange 28 to 2b. worth. 2 Vols. It is far more agreeable to commend than to censure, and " Claude" affords us ample opportunities for com mendation. Let us, however, before beginning that grateful task, hint to the fair authoress that a woman's pen, no matter how ably it may touch upon the most important topics, should always preserve a peculiar grace and softness of expression. While " Claude" abounds with beautiful thoughts, there are occasionally to be met with sentences, sometimes put into the mouth of Ada, its heroine, which we are in clined to think deficient in feminine delicacy. These blemishes are only trivial ones, but we particularise them because the authoress evinces such a capacity of feeling and such a power of expression, as in duce us to number her among our writers of fairest promise. " Claude" may be divided into two parts—the one, gay and sparkling, fascinates from its vivacity of style and variety of scene, while the other is rendered yet more fascinating from its genuine pathos and enthralling interest. In the com mencement of the tale the beautiful, clever, and wealthy Ada Franscillon is wooed by many suitors, hut persuaded by none, and, in her conversations with an anxious aunt, the fair lady evinces a wise conviction that a single life is an infinitely happier - lot than a marriage of convenaiwe, or ambition. In this part of the narrative occur many shrewd obser vations and much brilliant writing. Ultimately, Claude makes his appearance, and after some of those difficulties which proverbially impede the course of true love, is betrothed to Ada, and now commences the mournful but most beautiful portion of the narrative. The young officer (he is in the army abroad) is about to return to claim his bride, when he receives a wound which threatens to prove mortal. He comes home in the daily expectation of death. The womanly character of the gay and bril • liant Ada now becomes apparent. There are passages towards the close of the simple narrative (the first volume of which abounded with matter of amuse ment) which it is hardly possible to peruse without tears. We shall not say how the " Double Sacrifice" is terminated, but we commend " Claude" to the at tention of all who can sympathise with a truthful picture of human hearts agitated by the most sub lime emotions. The Double Oath. By the Barmatess de Calabrella. - 3 Vols. The principal incident of this novel somewhat re minds us of the main feature of Miss Edgeworth'a " Helen." Like Heleta, the virtuous hut too easily guided heroine of the " Double Oath" is exposed to unjust suspicions from which;he cannot clear her self without inculpating a married friend. The cha racters of the two ladies chosen by the Baroness Cala brella as the heroines of her romance are totally dissimi lar, but their different portraits are sketched with a skil ful hand. The one is favoured by fortune and the other, jealous of her companions's superior lot, devotes her very considerable abilities to her own aggrandisement. To effect this end she scruples not to sacrifice the dearest feelings of her own heart, and, consequently, even though for a time successful in her schemes, she reaps nothing but misery. The climax of the tale is horrible and somewhat overdrawn, but the moral is good, and some of the characters introduced are very attractive. Of these is the charming Lady Horton, who, possessed of most refined tastes and mistress of various accomplishments, finds on her marriage that her husband, notwithstanding their mutual attachment, has no sympathy with her pur suits and is devoted to agricultural cares and sporting pleasures. The secresy with which the fair Julia conceals her disappointment, the amiability with which she adapts herself to her husband's views, and the dexterity with which she wins him to more intellectual occupations, is cleverly described, and conveys an instructive lesson. Light and Darkness. By Mrs. Crowe. 3 Vols. The title of this novel, and the name of its authoress, sufficiently indicate its nature, and pro - raises a rich treat to the lovers of the supernatural, but not the lovers of the supernatural only will be gratified by these three volumes. They dontilin tales of different lengths, some of which have already ap peared in print, of very. various characters, reflect ing the lights as well as the shadows of life. The " Two Miss Smiths," for example, is a sprightly and humorous sketch ; and " The Bride's Journey," on the other hand, possesses a ghastly f asc i nat i on . O ne of the best stories, " The Money Seekers," contains as much matter of interest as a three\ volumed novel or a five-act play. Some of the situations are capital, and the denouement, though of a tragic nature, is most felicitous. The Abduction. A Tale of Mesmerism. By the Baroness Prochazka. 3 Vols. Less "light" and " darkness" of a yet deeper hue characterise this mysterious tale. The lovers of ro mantic horrors, wh o mourn f or th e o b so l ete produc tions of the Minerva press, and the mysteries of Mrs. Radcliffe and Horace Walpole, will greet the Baroness Prochazka with a hearty welcome. Her work is a felicitous specimen of its iclass, a class for which we entertain little sympathy. Is abounds with murders, and mysteries, and dark prophecies, and birds of ill omen, &c. The third volume is of a less horrible character, and it is very skilfully invested with considerable interest. The young daughter of the unhappy hero and heroine of the first volume is the subject of the "abduction," she has been spirited away. After much difficulty her father recovers her (as he supposes), but the reader is bewildered by doubts as . to her actual identity. A mesmeric doctor .and his clair royante patient throw some light upon the mysteries by their revelations. Evincing considerable ability, and abounding in horrors, this tale will in all proba bility find admirers. Lettice Arnold. By the Authoress of "Emilia Wynd- ham." 2 Vols. Totally dissimilar in style and subject to the last-mentioned tale of terror is this delight ful book. The perusal of anything by Mrs. Marsh is, to use an old metaphor, rs-frcshing as a ramble in the green fields in spring. This delightful peculiarity, which pervades all her writings, is in none more apparent than. in " Lettice Arnold." Lettice herself is a generous•hearted, cheerful-spirited creature, somewhat resembling in character " the dearest girl in the world," below(' by Thomas Traddles. Catherine Welwyn also appears like a sunbeam upon the scene. Contrasted with these is Myra, spoiled aed selfish, miser a bl e in herself and i n flicting misery on all about her. In the course of the story some glimpses are thrown upon the condi tion of the over-tasked dressmakers, and the benevolent Mrs. Fisher holds up a bright example to the mistresses of large establishments. Every two hours her hard-working stitchers are allowed a few minutes to stretch their weary limbs —w e a r y w i t h in action; and the increased industry constquent upon these pauses is found to more than compensate for the trifling . loss of time. We shall not attempt to give any inkling of the story of "Lettice Arnold," seeing that the charm of Mrs. Marsh's charming tales consists more in their characters than in their incidents, in their style than in their theme. Heartily commending the two volumes to all who love natural pictures, we quote the fbllowing too little heeded truth for the benefit of those who may not miet with " Lettice." Politeness, we are reminded, is " A charming thing ip.,itself, and when exercised in the dem,stic relations smooths and sweetens the current of life to an incalculable degree. It enhances the value of• a r eally gentle'and kind upper; it solti.ns down the asperities Of a harsh and rugged one; and to an extent, of which many worth A ople who mistake politeness for insincerity, and . •"'lt blunt roughnc:s of dunes nour a warrant for the honesty and truth or their affze tions, seem to be little aware." Hearts in Mortmain, and Cornelia. 1 Vol Instead of spinning out one little story into three volumes, the author of this work has given us two delightful novelettes, in one book. " Cornelia" abounds in incident and matter of interest, but " Hearts in Mortmain" is, to our thinking, its su pprior. 'Both tales display considerable ability, but the first overflows with pathos. It is simple, even to naturalness. Its curious title, " Hearts in Mort main," is occasioned by the incident on which the whole story is founded. A dying father demands from his daughter a solemn promise that she will never marry a cousin and companion, with whom she has been familiar from childhood. The promise is willingly made and faithfully kept, although soon afterwards poor Ethel has cause to re pent her ready vow. The different conduct of the two sufferers, the reigned, self-sacrificing Ethel, and the passionate, undisciplined Edward, is most force fully portrayed. The passionate wrestling of a re bellious heart, and the calm serenity of a self-con quering spirit, are most naturally and powerfully depicted. One lesson is learned from the tears and anguish of these sufferers—the virtue and the efficacy of truthfulness. Ethel, acting for the best, preserves a fatal secrecy on most momentous matters, and with a cruel kindness adds to the sorrows she is anxious to diminish. As showing the ill effects of such a mistaken course "Hearts in Mort main" is worthy of perusal, independently of. the attractive nature of its exquisite and natural delinea tion of human feeling. " Alton Locke," and some other novels, still remain to be considered. We must defer them until another opportunity—those already enumerated, however, affJrd a fair specimen in num ber and variety of the novels of the last few weeks, most of them possessing considerable attractions, but few conspicuous for any transcendent merit. HISTORIC SCENES AND POETIC FAN- CIES. By Agnes Strickland. " This volume," writes the authoress in her pre face, " contains my earliest literary productions, written when the vivid feelings and perceptions of a young heart and ardent imagination found their natu ral language in poetry." As such, as containing the early writings of the authoress of " The Queens of England," this volume possesses peculiar interest. In its general features, and more especially in the choice of the various subjects, we easily recognise indications of the tastes and habits of thought of the future his. torical biographer. Tnose romantic incidents, rendered more romantic and more interesting from their truth fulness, which abound in every history, are favourite subjects of contemplation to Miss Strickland, and' many of her " poetic fancies" are suggested by " his toric scenes.", " Queen Mary's Welcome," " The Escape of Mary Beatrice and her Babe," " The Part ing of Louis XVI. and his Family," " Sultan Atnurath's Dream," "The Earthquake of Callao," and many other attractive themes are celebrated in verse and illustrated by a prose description. The prose account of " The Sifter Cities of the Thames"— London and Westminster, is full of most valuable and interesting information regarding the early history of the metropolis. In addition to the historical poems, the poetic fancies comprise subjects of all kinds and characters, many of them very grace fully and exquisitely portrayed. Among the best are pieces descriptive of the varying seasons of the year, flowers, and other themes connected with the beauties of nature. "The Seven Ages of Woman," in allusion of course to Shakspere's " Seven Ages of Man," is gracefully written, and abounds with beautiful and womanly thoughts. The seven ages are those of the infant, the girl, the maiden, the wire, the mother, the widow, and the old lady " Night in the Metropolis" and " Morning in the Metropolis" are the subjects of two beautiful poems. Of a different character are the musical lines on "The Birth of Spring" and " The Death of Summer." Dissimilar in their subjects and in their styles, the various poems and prose pieces here collected form a very attractive volume, likely to be perused with pleasure by the numerous admirers of the accom plished authoress. To add to these attractions, it is graced with a portrait of Miss Strickland. S7' ,r ..-"' ....--' doe .....1 . . GO" 6 2 151, as f°l' Dr de• bd tb o 11 i°l