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tits t o e :: - ----................_ UtiP lit hings she had done in America. The Cap to 4141 he era% gave about 300/. ;.i. :sie:-. Sile -, l , ss to h,rem, cuiitiiiicu When she can.:; to ' 2 - .-rbi_;ri44ll. I _ . 4 ber wk_ __ ~ out .. 1 44 tho mar® liryer was first called in. I did tell but 1 d e ..:vas lame. The Ceptahi fan she . v.as o l t are are , 1 ' but. Bryer applied a sweating filistei.- s, ° " were a ,foot, and It remained on a few days. 11cr p ,l' for e c i , t o a t " l loir, and p. ultieu applied. It w ! : ' s the , I:' e ltota, ,_ She, however, V," OA not a week witnou i r leg while 4 oe Mare was not Juno, but she had reppct itt tios d g u ing to Tewkbury. lam now in the r• Ma - te lit 'sztta i i c ao- l eY, of Scarborough. unit 43:nett,,ed-r-i-dThe sweating blister did not interfere b i k_ th b . er tr . 'V, L fl kn ' ll g at all. ge, the veterinary surgeon, examined 11 1 12 relid (I . , IIO NE—I reside at Northlcach, but I for 'Tie' "' al Cheltenham. I remember Captain Oth 4 %ar e b e ; li aultry 10 •ng put under my charge en the 15th t h n i t l. Sh' e ' 47 . I but seen her previously several 6 1% i n 4PPeared to me to be a wonderful mare. mein j 'el,' good condition when she was brought 1,, 4 11, 5114 1 :11:111 .Y, 1847. She appeared to be a coed, %il l& She "tlth ereatare, and was in my opinion e -41 the pas w as put into my care for the winter, and hti l l,, l l I totUteaddehr my care I exercised end rode her 1,„ *r oe „, er occasionally, and I found her a t iati ke. .:_tier bringing her eh I), n out of the stable for the h..ile 4 It lamene s wen: oil after she got into iNti t ,', l _ ll . d lt did not interfere with her exercise. She 41"1: n w i lth ite until April, 1847, when she we.s sent Nth„l'. She was then perfectly rioutid, and I never p,:2 I n to"allghtest lameness with the exception of that qt4i tz . 1 Pillion she had never suffered from the i i. toj et, t`litaesse. In my judgment, from the style o "With e °e mare could cl,, from 14 to 16 miles an Ktois., z 4 e, but I never put her to her utmost speed. 1 41 4 % the lialitl ed by Mr. JAMES—Rest will sometimes , 0 2 . whet .Pervicular disease from being seen, part:cu- , Ille N t d ilit llt 11 11 1 4 an incipient state,but after a speed of k, lit e ece 1 8 miles within the hour the disease . I Ne Oske its appearance, if it really exited. ~l1) : 1 1 , No rth! 3 3' examined by Mr. HUDDLESTONE n.. 1 'ttsh, kid f it eel l , ill Gloucestershire. lam an in ln fi l s h t,lB.lB,trjler, and I train my ownh t o o rs m os e . , and V,, 1 ret ta i n i nro vi s it rs , Pidgeon was brought i tt tte idl h e iv e rid With h b er ea f e ever since. When She sihseincafomael ~t iLh it tl le l st i lt e P e P t e h e e r e r d t (c ) j um i y t e ;OM, hu Y t . as I did not want farm. In the spring I used l q . 44 iti e s rv ainl Y I never rode a faster. She was an ~.oto,,SheVl a ro, but I never put her to her full mc1x,,,,, - i •' ol v in the straw. ito h e ,. ned by Mr. JAMES—I used her as a hack, NiN Piti t i , :ttly and every where. I N , i le d b i le veterinary surgeon of Oxford-street, 'a, 1 :Ire ii„,r.r. Ii tiDDLESTONE—I remember having 44 4 ter 0" illy care, the property of Mr. Alleye, 4 / 1 1111 dleh tl _ e w her name. She came to me in Juno, Ih lt t p: 4l deri ti " e ° °a the 26th May, 1848. She was at II° „, fe t liks, g it. t he winter. When she first came to me A a i'. 'me lameness arising from an injury in L liti l l i the 4 ; el et, but she certainly was not suffering It4ll):,,diteZti.nlar disease. In many cases the Ler -4 it, b;,l2rable but the mare was not suffer -4(0 by 1: from iafla ' mmation of the fetlock joint, , i tc, t eli n, - t t raill. I did not know that she had 1 11 10;:tatti:,, e rougham in the spring of 1847, ZW ' far e .T' by Mr. JAMES—The lameness was tttfee t i p 'eß, but she afterwards recovered tnd be kit3/44 besiffBellad. There was nothing the matter It iL t e4 orel e g. 1; c1 s1 1 -7 „,t411:„ t atilined by Mr. lIIIDDLESTONE—I was Oti''s he bar s service in the year 1847, but I am eM I I/ 4 18,47 e4 111is of Douro. I left Mr. Alleyne 1 4 lsipt *eh , 1 had the care of the mare Pidgeon 'lll7lbY IDs:t ' l n° Mr. Alleyne's service. She was h ti i 4 d, ti wti a ter'S brougham, and I sometimes drove ), tt k l, t0tk14,4-Pril, 1847, and she was then perfectly kij 111 4 , ner to Mr. Field's myself, with whom lillin_ea fill th li L lsk t ; e ace miti e spring of 1848. Previously she 11, 1 r, 1 .. Aetit lame ° but one da I thew dri . ving her and Ottoleld , „ . , when Captain sent her ( 4 1 . 41, all ' u lupli the time I had . her until then o ood wrk daily. I travelled N,ltet:lt races withthe Captain and Mr. Ken ktl,l4 the elll her the with the Captain and Mr. Ken • the mar corning back from Mr. 1 0 te . °11(1 : I te li e Pt f ill g of 1848, e she was perfectly sound ~45 ; I : Itt t, i ' l li : tipt i r t ic n t . Iscleness. She was put into regular q i4 :4 . that .tven in the brougham. She remained ti h e , t . s e ,,, Year until she went to Mr. Day's. I tis kt ;to th - e ' e f\ clY with , the mare from the Judge's 1 40% . I ho use `toeen s Bench. Mr. Kennedy made , " et h • . 1 0k 1 1 , ft after his hiding -place during the time the l ‘b7 4 te rr h unt and I have heard him say the i ll' ip !l th e tj ext raordinary mare and she belonged tit io It itli s , :lain, ILJ 4 II , the „., not cross-examined. bisd °l4 ,7,1 for the defence. 1 4 411 e4C 1 (I. 4 11 1 7: It il ~,,'.l . summed up the whole case with N„ . eotltarionteness. His Lordship said the in. l ti st k44 lJ'A lle d two counts, one charging Holier 'iti th /,a6oreY With conspiring to defraud the pro- Il titio‘ t b e d,, ; and bY representing that the mare was \ I, ktittt'ttg . the other charging Holder Alleyne, jkii,Z6 e tti legil ac t i o ll iAlleynew . ith the same offenca, but ItOti * 0 04 4 h Under which the fraud . was corn liNs tit a,,,,, arged them with representing that the , 1 ,, 04 to a k'ltll ll 444 -'m t 6 ! ru t the match at a time when she Zi ttio sh: th to 0,1;Z c ondition, and to this fact the jury a tuc.ir principal attention, and ,11 h e el . „_ -to I \ 4l( lik e e tis t o " r e . , the evidence proved it to w their d sa - hole of itipd u then read over 1 had not concluded when we went to ---,1% 1 01 4 4 /3 11 ttti: 4 II -4 ws - --- gib _ 04 BENCH.— dt I llt ' I%I CH.—(II - 1 IS DAY.) t 4 l ' } a (.‘ ,N i , I ' 4 °"-tiTION OF KENNEDY V ALLEYNE t `Se ' btr, 4 " OTIIERS N k Sit t : l °4 n;,DANTS FOUND . GUILTY. i t . i lic a 4 al Lora CAMPBELL'S charge, a bill ltili.m4tte, tendered by Sir F. Thesiger on behalf j tkl u t tli t ip w:toil.did not transpire which part of of 5 4 ti „,. Jected to. li li b, ~ ire a ot C. ho ur ", and after an absence of about a ,k, 4, 11 , ki k) , t hey returned into court with a •' q tta 4E14 4 'ttt, 41 4 4; e ttt. all the defendants upon the N ill4 P L 4Ye d th -41Z a wd tt th e immediate judgment of the I t i % it the prosecutor was acsious to t eae h9 a 411. - Alleyn e to mercy. 'i i il lt L'iltit, BEN , 11 4 0 , 4 ~--4, b e ,__ TENcE. ,it, it ed "Quld ' B 7e passing sentence said it was N t hieh t l e i a l ettf ` a :ta that the bill of exctions kl l4 l 4d iti Z beetEltdaibieen admitted i t a t z: ffi in l e a v v i i c l e f n o c r e postponing T no d e. Isttiltbh e te ,,cl ke j,"ad guilty upon evi . dence of a Nde et er t h e i - 1,. and he therefore fully con- I t td t ree i lit ti revlarh the jury had . arrived at. iktli ,se tur evee ~,:lred themselves liable to be &t tip,t4 td t i e ' l l o a f je F euol o: st i al : zitn r o s es but, although the case aggravated nature, yet, 1111 11t ,: q P O i tit Mae,. lit was not necessary kp a llte, ti • km, , the law should be pushed to 1 ; \ q ch er tra nut qowever, the Court must mark k 1 1,4311e :fore t ,_ l °cs by passing a severe scn y 11• 4 11 : tr wAs, th a il_s? e ntence .of the Court h upon \ ltk on forimthperitseornmedofintwt o e y M ea i rs. l I ntk . p tilll, ~orriisetir 1 01 I, n li npria Should reduce the sentence to / 1\ 4144 la k ittl i ti Vtk i kti o ‘ s u d ak 9 in lllllll t in the Middlesex it lo otto. to tnti g into consideration the strong Ili t '411,1114i? 411,:,3 7 . _ which had been made on be dtr:l, a %le t t i lYnet the sentence upon him was , e „ 0 „., the Middlesex House of Cor e t, Bete months. pl k lh ---,_ _..... ! .....!1 ,.. 1en tt2 l ten into custody. 1 ti k .1 1:t . t, ------- k t 44 C1 h SE X SESSIONS. ip Ni -46 e, (Tu ts NOt o hi tt . I ,t lad ) was DAY.) si N t i p t'st lte.. l 7lb B., indicted for stealing a piece 64,,,,e1t, ;, t ', l teep e `,,li Property of George Dean. :th: l tlqi‘ . ',o4 o :, l est lein : cook-shop and eating-house .t, t i t 'Y kt " e a di, h ,"er, and the meat charged to , i i ,„ oe _ it,d than the sh-p window. ''i 04 " t 04 •itv, .f r , 41 4 th : 311 Wednesday night last ho o N ei tt s't the 0 Deo. S t l4 l. l !o ke o :l4, e lt t it t o sw d o P re fendant, called a young man Nik,, ts h l ce el z h et that he saw the meat stolen, I bl i kil litt 9 3 b yq'aie ee a boy named Orr. '‘l i NI f 1 0a s ,,e es ,,:L that this witms; and others k,,, e ,,rate i tie "itiled from the police-court on ,C t ill t " ti ll't a Z ci f heg itißoaer, and were prevented by 14, 4 0 14 of s o% give evidence 011: 11 i, t ' 4 11 5 .1 t he N e t e t the jurors ' expressed their Vh i leem ' _an s conduct, b t ono he u of t "tf • ilt° the witness -box and denied the k kt * itn 'l\, l t‘k % it efte e 1 ' t the 'l'ob ithh, e b o y ~rorated Newman'e evidence as g e l', h `-' r, and not the prisoner, stole `g t , tei n A, Pti,,,g d e li, ktt 4., urated fora few minutes, Ac tkkt, tll l.,_..______ ' Yo h 4 ' ------- 6 1 k i , l' 'Slt - p l i l y' tt‘,! ~,° ti04„.,...E r—( THIS DAY.) 0 f ,.. 1 / 4i 4 1 05 br„ - :• -- . 1 0sepl t T Tn, a lad, 18 N,1 0 70 Lly i'°, o os - "ght before ldr e . vi t t i a ard wick. in i i Vl), k ° , l l ., :;.!' th e pet . the officers belonging to the O t t ‘t " t citi il 'hole es rievention of Cruelty to Animals, qi t , k ti t,t'ti tt a h ors : the, secretary, charged with k,t, i 3Ot i tte ilt this with the butt end of his whip. iit t k ill i ii3 4 ::, r ip l °o 6 -pl i : ce, mwohr e ning . , about half past ten, n his attention was called 1,, ~, 4 ' 4 4 ',, e, b;., w es driving a horse, attached to an '4 -11111 ` tr it e leh w: him (prisoner) deliberately i liti t ,p rd te e t l i ! e , itfo and with a , s . f i a i st as its b miser d eble f \it ) ttki44 4bouet Pier animall‘ls withth the greatuttenforcoe 11, '1,4 4 ~ Wit t , --a head and other parts i t. ., t e n •tr an ,.. -vBBB we t Sh it IN Vtol,, N I "Strat ed 1 . 1 up to the pri• 44 ll i i 14 4 ' hi ta I t lri3 "er almwsletdh him upon his p e o etee er e be d him in the foulest 'Nth 't of L . 4 0 w „,, i and to go and hang him- V I o s t : ki s 4 4 haekTf he by threatening to lay ko ti, iti t t 4 °ller co • dared to interfere with 4 _ e _ latilalled h• ip t l :tt,yr d !nu 0, 11 ( , 44, Ned ghee hi m in charge. 0 14 1 4 1 4 ite h 4 te rn charge, and said the horse i ck Itl : 4,111),11 : 1 4 1 4111 11 k a a Igt,eiliteit, temper a eiv a ph di sp, oil g ; not h go ' at all unless % Va t Le s .entle wi , had done more than t,. )4 'km Plrit ef uPPIng, he had cruelly -A . 44 him ofr W antonness, as had been A it . unn 10s. and . For that offence he (Mr. k th, ip .on In default committed him ll kt7,l l4 tet N t he' ti,„ ° f th lq , , , ii i th m k a llt or e , ;Ma. has, with the aobation 44 iik, les at pointed James ArchibaldMurray , 44 o6 _ l e t h eth e Ron, to. 9 the office of Clerk of -- '%ll4ed C ourt of Chancery, in the room of THE SUN, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS DEATH OF :iiAI:SHAL SOULT. IIES.—The veults oi the Evelides ail' oeen once mote for a Merdeal of Ntlp , iieen, rind thy__ , flit of gi gaGtie rZee sow at lenetn to be cougueel to his tomb. Oa Wednesday lest Jeen-de-Dieu Soul!, Duke of Dal matte and Meishal Geserel of France, expired peace telly in the very beems of his nativity, aft r a lin; with scareely a parallel for eventfulness nod danger. I, was in 1769, in the year which gave birth to Wellington rind Napoleon, that this famous soldier of fortune first saw the light, at St. Aurans, in the department of Tarn. So obscure was the descent of one destined to figure amongst the highest dignitaries of his country Putt little has ever been said of his parentage or extraction. His military instincts appear to have been developed even before that extraordinary stimulus which such prepossessions re ceived from Republican enthusiasm, for his first like his last service was under a Bourbon King At the age of fifteen he entered the Royal Rt giment of Artillery, from which corps he was speedily transferred, with a lieute nant's commission, to a battalion of Grenadiers. Less advanced, however, than others in years and experience C ben the convulsions of France opened to ambition and valeur all the prizes of the world, he was still learning activity from Hoche and patience from Jour dan, while his future colleagues were gather ing more brilliant honours on the banks of the Po. At Fleurus he was }et only a Colonel, hut even in that capacity he found opportunity for exercising such seasonable discretion that his military reputation was established on the field. In those days treeess followed distinction with almost electrical ra pidity. To be noticed in action was to be placed at once en the path to honour and renown. Colonel Soult be came a General of Brigade in 1794, and within four }ears from that time was intrusted with the command of a division. His career now lay under the eyes of a man whose glance fee such discernment was magical, and whose judgment was seldom biassed by prejudice or ieeling. Napoleon detected in an instant the talents of the rising General, and from this moment the name of Souk is rarely absent from the history of Europe. He fought in every war, almost in every field, if not with invariable fortune at any rate with unchangeable He is included in every list of honours and in every ca talogue of Imperial creations. Though not personally a favourite of the Emperor's, he was among the first of the Generals selected for the dignity of Marshal, and the first of the Marshals advanced to the distinction of Peers. It is almost half a century since ho received his baton of command, and nearly as long since he first as sumed the coronet of a Duke. Even the honours of our own veteran champion are actually of a more recent date. It we may trust the narratives of garrulous and often contradictory biographers, the Emperor ex pressed in his later days a somewhat disparaging estimate of Soult's military capacity; but if we form our opinion from historical facts, it will be difficult to admit such a conclusion. Taking one campaign with another, there was no Marshal of the Empire whose reputation was so repeatedly and so practically confessed by the commands with which he was invested. It was Soult who disciplined that immense but manageable mass which was held in hand on the heights of Boulogne to bo launched against the cliffs of Kent, and when the in vasion of Britain was commuted for the conquest of Austria it was Sault who led the main column of the grand army, arid who on the field of Austerlitz was charged with the execution of that mighty matQuvre which decided the fate of the campaign. It was Soult who secured the semblance of victory at Eylau, and whose judgment was permitted to influence the wavering resolution of Napoleon. When the terrible disaster of Moscow had to be repaired by the strategic achieve ments of Lutzen and Be.utzen it was Soult who was summoned from Castile to the Em peror's side ; and when the rout of Vittoria had cleared the Peninsula of invaders it was he who was detached again from the plains of Leipsic for the protection of uncovered France. There were other Marshals for whom Napoleon had a greater liking, but whenever the crisis required a sure right arm or an in dependent head the first appeal was to Soult. He is always found in command of the choicest corps, the strongest column, or the most important post. Less in tuitively scientific, perhaps, than Nay or Sachet, with out the fiery dash of Latinos, the reckless impetuosity of Murat, or the extraordinary tenacity of Massena, he nevertheless united in himself the various qualities of an independent commander in a greater degree than any of his colleagues. His were the fewest mistakes, though not the fewest failures, for it was his fortune to be selected as the peculiar antagonist of that General before whom even the star of his Imperial master was to set. That through a great part of his career he was unsuccess ful is no more than saying that he had Englishmen for his adversaries and Wellington for his opponent. Yet he, fought a good fight. If he was surprised at Oporto none could have retreated with more admirable skill; if he was driven from the Pyrenneee, none could have defended those passes with more redoubtable courage. With the coolness and vigilance which never forsook him, and which were perhaps his most characteristic qualities, he disputed every inch of French ground against his advancing enemy, and closed the Peninsular war under the walls of Toulouse with an action which his countrymen are fain to accept as a victory. Like our own great General ho survived to carry into new scenes and capacities the renown and experience of his professional liee. Attached by predilection and habit to the Imperial cause, which he had boldly reasserted at Waterloo, it was not until 1821 that he was confirmed by the restored dynasty in his military and social honours. At the revolutionary crisis of 1831) his Republican in stints or his professional ambition survived its such vigour that ?eL Louis Blanc ventures en some mysterious hints respecting the capacity to which he might possibly have been called under the projected institutions. Either his strength, however, or his fortune failed him, for he contentedly accepted a seat in the councils of the Constitutional Monarchy, though his political genius was not of a cast to acquire more than nominal ascend ancy in such Caifinets as those of Louis Philippe. The last catastrophe of all found him past his time. Three revolutions aro too much for even French vitality, and it mattered little to the veteran whether the Constitution to which his last allegiance was asked was the twenty-ninth or the thirtieth of the series. With the single exception of Bernadotte, he may be described, perhaps, as the most fortunate of all Napoleon's mar shals. lie never, it is true, became either a King or a Prince; but if he lost the prize, he escaped the penalty, and survived to enjoy exalted rank, ample income, and remarkable consideration to the close of a long period of years. There was a moment, as is credibly related, when his brain, like those of others, was turned by the vision of regal titles, and the soldier who could not hold Oporto against a British division had been contem plating at that very moment the assumption of the crown of " Lusitania." But these reveries were soon blown to winds, and from that time Soult concentrated his energies with unswerving fidelity on the work be fore him. That he was a cruel as well as a formidable enemy Spanish history but too loudly testifies, and those who once belaboured an obnoxious General in our streets might have been reminded that a few years before they had cheered to the very echo a commander the least of whose deeds of bloodshed surpassed in merciless rigour all that was ever reported from Hungary. There was some excuse, perhaps, to be found in the pe culiarities of a guerilla campaign; but if what Soult did can be justified, it is clear that everything is permissible in war. Except, however, under the influence of poli tical agitation, Englishmen are not apt to exercise such a practical censure on the military tactics of foreigners, and when the old antagonist of Wellington actually ap peared in Piccadilly as the representative of France at the coronation of an English Queen, ho was received with a fervour of welcome which none other of our titled visitors was permitted to share. This is one of the ad vantages of protracted life. Warren Hastings survived to be saluted by the Parliament before which he had been for nine years impeached ; Lord Dundonaid out lived calumny, and now wears his honours without a blemish; and Soult, the scourge of Castile and the ex• terminator of defenceless peasantry, will only bo re membered at present as the skilful and chivalrous anta gonist of England, the glorious relic of a grand generation, and the oldest hero of a nation of soldiers. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT. DAILY NEWS. —Although the judgment delivered yesterday morning in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of the Queen against Bradbur y and ano ther , was e , iven by a majority of three to one in favour of the de fendants; and although Dickens's Household Narrative of Current Events has thereby escaped the screw pres sure of the Stamp - office , yet the broad questions in volved, and thus nominally affirmed, are really left in uncertainty. Of the four judges of which the court was composed two averred that a proper construction of the Acts of Parliament relating to newspapers admitted of considerable doubt; Mr. Baron Platt declared that the dicta of the Inland Revenue while Board regarding the law was " utterly pr.eposterous; considered that judg ment oughtwe Mr. Baron Parke to go in their favour. Two of the judges, therefore—the Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Martin—accused t he statutes of incertitude; while the other two proved the accusation by the opinion of the one flatly contradicting that of the other. The decision of the three judges, untaxed, in w h h is ic o w hanlloa Mr. Dickens to com municatepleasant manner, the news of each cur ren t month to his reader s at interval greater than twenty-six days between eac h publication, invites no comment from us; because we agree with it. The de cision, however, of the dissentient judge must not be so passed over. His main argument in reference to the point at issue —nam e l y , w h et h er a paper issued at greater in tervals than 26 d ays b etween each publication, like the Household Narrative, is or is not in law a stampable ,. paper—was, fi rs tl y , t h at, as t h e 60th of Geo. In., cap. 34, in which such papers are so specified, was Passed, to extend the newsp a p er stamp d ut i es ov er a greater surface than previously, eo limitation of its operation whatever could be contemplated by the allusion to periodicals published at intervals exceeding 26 days. Secondly, that if the Legislature had intended to exempt such papers, it would have excepted them in express and in dubitable terms. This inferential mode of construing Acts of Parliament can seldom be relied on; and was never so much at fault as when employed by the Learned Mr. Baron Parke. The history of the clause he referred to, and of the schedule to the latest Newspaper Stamp Act, prove at once that Learned Judge's misapprehension. It happeeed in the year 1819, when the former Act was passed, that a welt•known weekly publication, known vulgarly as the " Gridiron," but really entitled Cobbett's Register, was in the height of its bold and abusive career. At that time the legal definition of a newspaper was simply a paper containing "reports of public news, in telligence, and occurrences to be dispersed or made public ;" and manifestly a paper like Cobbett's, which merely commented upon passing events, could not be brought within the Stump Act. Hence the 60th of George 111., cap. 34, was paned to include prints putting forth " remarks and observations" on public n: ws, intelligence, and occurrences in the number of the taxed. Had no restriction been provided, many i re spectable and harmless monthly publications then ex- LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 0 5 1861. isting—such as the Gentleman's Magazine, Hansard's Debates, and several oth:rfs—which printed either news or observations on newt., or both, would have teen, against the wish of the thr , n Government, saddlonl with the stany. In order therefore to exempt there, a CIAUFO was inserted ,-xcu,ing such periodic),ls (then being sewed at int-rests of 26 days) from tho payment of stamp duty. Ther,fore, for once, and contrary to Mr. Boron Parker's opinion, tho Legislature actually said what it meant. By this clause it also took the Annual Register, the Quarterly Peview, nod other such works out of the F,tatute, by defining a limit (26 days) within which a journal containing news must bo pub lished to be taxed as a newspaper. As the Chief Baron aptly remarked, that statute pointed out what was to be considered as a chronicle or history, and what a newspaper. Nothing, therefore, can be clearer than that, although the Government wished to extend the operation of the Stamp Act over certain obnoxious weekly periodicals, it purposely exempted the innocuous monthly publications. Mr. Baron Parke's second point as sumed that all Acts of Parliament are framed with a rigid regard to grammatical accuracy and distinct meaning. If the Legislature, he in effect argued, had intended to exempt such publications as the Household Narrative, it would have stated so much without ambiguity. Such is the Learned Baron's faith in the lucidity of the wording of the statutes! This faith would, however, have been considerably shaken, if ho had traced to its origin the schedule of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 76, upon which the whole dispute arises; professing, as it does, to define a newspaper liable to stamp duty. A comparison of it with the schedules of the other Acts will show that it is a mere collection of each of the latter transplanted bodily, verbatim et literatim, without any attempt at bar mony or assimilation. Hence, to construe it literally and to make sense of it is impossible. It first declares that all newspapers having certain characteristics are liable to be stamped; and, in a succeeding clause, sets forth that not only all, but some more than all, are so liable; that is to say, those which are published at less ietervals than twenty-six days. Yet Mr. Baron Parke affirms that the law is quite clear upon the whole matter, for the curious reason that the law is most ambiguously expressed ; for if the Legislature had meant so-and so, it would have expressed itself that "clearly." This application of the reductio ad absurdum is uncommonly original. If the framers of Acts of Par liament referred to, had expressed themselves " clearly," the dispute his Lordship was called upon to judge in would not have arisen. If any faith could be placed in the consistent practice of the omnipotent Board of Inland Revenue, the proprietors of such publications as that under discussion need no longer dread the terrors of the Stamp-office; but those who have felt them will be a little disgusted to find that they have been victimised in error, and that there is no hope of redress. The conso lation of having suffered, martyrwise, for being in the right is no greater to editors than to other people. It will not rehabilitate them; it will not bring to life their strangled offspring, nor restore to them their beloved subscribers. Why, they will ask, were we selected as the victims of your wrath? We, who not having the means to contend with you, were obliged to snincribe to your arbitrary fiat? Why have you for years allowed unstamped monthly publications to flourish in many parts of Scotland unmolested? What compensation will you give us for the losses you have inflicted on us by your erroneous proceedings? The answer when the Crown is appealed to in this fashion is—" None." A SPLIT IN TILE MINISTCLY. Ilay.! we a Mini,,try, o: have we not? Rumour, and inlffe than rumour, says that grave dissentlinent has :Trani; up between different persons and fractions of the Cabinet, and that an old wound, which had Lour consi dered for a lo:;g time lie I!_d, has opened afresh. WI, at canibri: Ore cauio of this 3. - _ - ;rene:;s and schisT.? I 3 it that our rulers Olisvgn - N! on the ',grave snbject of electoral re form? We'beliove that they ore net by any means too unanimous. Bat reform is too trifling a matter io break no a Cabinet. Is there uny elifference about peace or war? Such things are net within the remotest pro bability. liave any of Earl Grey's colleagues become restive or dLcmtented, at the prospect of bearing the odium of his Lordship's policy at the Cape, and of the campaign of his nominee commander in that colony? Wo believe not: his colleagues were prepared to take their share of Lord Grey's blunders and unpopularity. Have the remote consequences of Lord John's Durham letter stirred any of his colleagues to rebel at the eleventh hour, and induced them to sacrifice him to the Pope and Dr. Cullen? Not even that. Is one fraction of the Cabinet for offering a share of office to the politi cians of Lancashire, and loth the other fraction prefer the quondam colleagues of Sir Robert Peel? Neither is this the mountain of difference that has arisen. That difference is a mere stumbling block; a pre cipitate and imprudent word which Lord Pal merston is accused of having employed in answering an address from some parochial deputation. The suburban liberals came to congratulate the Foreign Se cretary for having aided in the liberation of Kossuth, and they mingled with their congratulations some dis obliging expressions for the potentates, who showed such a force anxiety to hang Kossuth, and who did hang and shoot his companion. Lord Palmerston received the address politely; perhaps somewhat jocularly, objected to some of its expressions, but on the whole showed his own breast, however ministerial, as participating in that universal sentiment of sympathy for, the constitution and liberal cause in Hungary, which has stirred, and which still stirs, nine-tenths of Englishmen. Lord Palmerston's sentiments were pretty well known before; but his expression of th em i s , i t seems , a high offence. The Carlton Club have made it the foundation of an impeachment; of which, for the last ten days, they havo been framing the articles. Those good Tories have found a very fit attorney-general to plead their cause in Baron Brunnow, the Russian ambassador. And he has addressed his formal accusation to her Majesty, both in Court and in Council. Had Baron Btuanow, the Carlton, and the Times, stood the unsupported trio of accusers in this matter, then should we have little doubt of the decision, and, after all, see little gravity in the accusation. But the absolutist trio have, by good luck, found an efficient support in Earl Grey. His hereditary and long-seated jealousy of Lard Palmerston has been aroused to a flame; so, at least, it is pretended, by the fact of his colleague having paid an imprudent compliment to the Hunga rian. And his Lordship, to tell a plain story, refuses to sit any longer in the same Cabinet with the Foreign Se cretary. • Once more, therefore, is the Prime Minister put in the painful alternative of siding with one of his col leagues against the other. Earl Grey, a member of the Cabinet and of the Liberal party, is entitled to the highest consideration. He has done good service, and has been often stanch on vital points when his opponents failed. It is possible, too, that on certain questions of conduct in foreign policy, Earl Grey may nave taken the right view, and Lord Palmerston the wrong. But at the present juncture to break up a Cabinet, and a B,2form Cabinet, on account of an imprudent word—and a Cabinet, too, of which the members have had to par don each other many imprudences, Lord Grey's own letters to his colonial subordinate being amongst the number— will be considered as an act of unreasonable petulance. Besides, it will infallibly be said that his Lordship was actuated in no small degree by those motives which drove Mr. Hawes from office. A lowering Parliamen tary storm hangs over the Government on account of the policy and consequent expenditure at the Cape; and it will be said, that wnilst Mr. Frederick Peel has shown a courage disproportionate with his years in undertak ing to do battle for Earl Grey, the Earl himself has con sidered discretion to be the better part of valour, and re peats the only way "to live to fight another day." As may well be supposed, we take no very great in terest iu this personal quarrel, nor in the maintenance of this statesman or that in office. We feel pretty well assured that no one, in the Cabinet or out of it, meditates a war with Russia or with Austria. But a statesman or even a Minister telling those potentates in directly a bit of English mind, we really see no harm in. If we do not want to attack, neither do we want to curry favour with these potentates. And if England should not play the bully, neither should it, after the fashion and the recommendation of the Times, enact the sneak. What we want is peace; but peace won by upright ness and not meanness. , With peace we want economy and reform. All Ministers will give us peace; they are all bound over to keep it. But what Ministry will give us most economy and most reform? These are the points on which we should like to hear how statesmen think, and how they differ. If Lord Grey finds Lord Palmerston not liberal enough or too liberal on this point, we should like to hear it. We could understand a liberal statesman breaking up a Cabinet in such a cause. But to get up a quarrel because a colleague has made else of an imprudently liberal word; or, made a speech which does not harmonise with the etiquette of a Court—this is child's play, not man's play. Schoolboys would deserve to be flogged for falling out about such things. And for our part, we feel strongly inclined to use the birch.—Daily News. COLIRCE RO.BBERIPS at CAMBRIDGE. The cerelessness undergredaetes, and, indeed, of members of the Univereey genes in leaving their rooms open, or as it i s termed within the precincts, with the doors " unsported," is proverbial, such carelessness being no doubt engendered by the security enjoyed, neeertheless, owing to the constant super vision exercised by the porter and ether college servants. The opportu nities of robbery thus afforded, however, have just been made available by a young man of respectable con nexiuns, whose a . pprehen,ion and examination upon the charges detailed below created great excitement, both in the University and town, as it was known that suspicion had previously attached to a young man now proved to have been utterly guiltless. The prisoner, whose name is Henry Pad wick Butler, is, it will be seen, of the medical profession, and about twenty years of age. His friends reside at Newington, and his deceased lather was a captain in the Royal Navy; he was about to enter upon a situation at one of the metropolitan hospitals, and had accepted a temporary situation with Mr. Peck previous to doing so. It was on passing through Cambridge on his way to that gentle man's house at Newmarket, that ho committed the of fences with which ho is now charged. He was examined at the Town-hall in Cambridge on Monday (yesterday), before the mayor (Mr. Elliot Smith) and a bench of ma gistrates. Mr. Garret, solicitor, appeared for the pri soner, who, towards the close of the examination, leaned his head upon his hands and wept bitterly. The first charge was that of robbing. William Elliott, an undergraduate of Magdalen Col lege, said—l have roo ms i n M og d a l en . O n th e night of Saturday, the 22d of November, I missed a small dressing-case containing a pair of raz - rs, a strop, a small boothook, and a scent bottle. I also missed a gold pin and a prayer-book. I gave information to the police, and on Saturday last I went with the superinten dent to Newmarket. We went to the house of a Mr. Peck, a surgeon, and found the prisoner there, officiat ing as Mr. Peek's assistant. The prisoner at that time was wearing my pin. The superintendent said to me in prisoner's hearing, "Is that your pin?" I said " Yes;" and the prisoner replied that he had had the pin for years. I afterwards went into the bedroom of the pri soner with Mr. Peck. A search was made ire the drawers and boxes of the prisoner, and all the property I had lost was found there. My dressing-case was on the table. The superintendent and the prisoner were in the bedroom when I got upstairs. My prayer book has had the flyleaf, on which my name was written, torn out. The prisoner was quite a stranger to me, but I noticed him in chapel at college on Sunday, the 23d. He was with Mr. Stratton, a member of our college. Mr. Stratton " keeps" (lodges) on the same staircase with me, and frequently visits ma in my rooms. The stolen articles were produced and identified by the witness. Superintendent Jaggard, of the Cambridge police, stated that on going to Newmarket he went straight into Mr. Peck's surgery and found the prisoner there. Told him he had a warrant against him for stealing the dress ing-case; upon which prisoner replied, "Oh, se's up stairs. I are sure I did not steal it; 1 bought it of a boy just as I came out of the college." I (said the wit ness) took hold of the pin in his scarf, and said, " What pin is this?" and he replied, "It is mine. I have had it for years. It was given to me." I told him I mast search his bedroom, and he pointed it out to me. I found the dressing-case standing on the top of a chest, and the prayer-book in one of the drawers. On Mr. Elliott identifying the prayer-book, prisoner said, " That, too, was in the case when I bought it." John Young Stratton said,—l have rooms in Magda len College, on the second floor, on tho same staircase as Mr. Elliott, whose rooms are below mine. The pri soner was visiting me; he arrived on Friday, November 21. He slept at the Red Lion, but was with me during most of Saturday and Sunday. I did not introduce him to Mr. Elliott's rooms, though I might have gone in to them myself during the time he was with me. The prisoner, upon the usual caution being read, re pled, " I reserve my defence," and, the case being com pleted, he was fully committed to the sessions. A second case was then taken, in which the Rev. Vin cent Raven, Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, was the prosecutor. Being sworn, Mr. Raven said—l have rooms on the first floor on the same staircase as Mr. Stratton. I missed a gold watch about eleven o'clock on Sunday night (Nov. _23). The watch had been in a drawer in my bedroom. I wound it up and put it in the drawer on Saturday night. That (the watch produced) is it. I saw the prisoner in chapel on Sunday evening, bat I had no acquaintance with him. William Henry Young, watchmaker, of Jesus- lane, deposed—l saw the prisoner on Monday last, the 24th of November. He came to my shop between twelve and two o'clock on that day, and asked me if I bought or exchanged watches? I said, " Yes," and he produced this one (Mr. Raven's). He said he would sell or ex change it, and eventually I gave him two gold rings and a set of studs, value 3/. 45., for it. I valued the watch at 3/. The prisoner again reserved his defence, and was com mitted on this charge likewise. The following charge was then gone into.— Thomas Bentley Brown said, I am an undergraduate of Emmanuel College, and have rooms on the first floor of the first staircase in the new buildings of Emmanuel. I saw the prisoner on the evening of Friday, the 21st of November. I was just entering the college gates at the time. He was quite a stranger to me. He accosted me, and asked me if I could ten him where he could get a sight of the list of the university ? I replied that I did not know where he could get one in the town, but if he would come to my rooms 1 would show him one. I took him to my rooms, and left him there while I went to another man's rooms to borrow a calendar, with which I returned. He had told me beforehand that he knew a gentleman named Stratton, but did not know what college he was of. We had some conversation, and I asked him if he would take any refreshment? He re plied he had just come down from London, and did not 'mind if he did, and I brought out some wine.— (Laughter.) He then asked me to accompany him to Magdalen, and I did so, and left him there. I missed my watch on Sunday, between one and two o'clock. I had seen it safe on Friday. It was an old double faced gold watch, and had been deposited on the chimney piece in the keeping-room. It was out of order, and not in use. This (the watch produced) is the same. Robert Cole, pawnbroker, of Bridge-street, said—l have seen the prisoner three times before. On the morning of Saturday, the 22d of November, he pledged this watch (Mr. Brown's) with me. He pledged it in the name of Mr. Brown, of Emmanuel College.— (Laughter.) ' I lent him 24 10s. on the watch. Mr. Elliott's dressing-case and prayer-book were pledged with me by the prisoner, in the name of Brown, about 7 o'clock on the evening of the 22d of November, and re deemed by him on the 24th. This was the whole of the evidence offered, and the prisoner was fully committed on this, the third charge, also. There was a fourth charge, of stealing three studs set in gold, two razors, a gold pin, and two gold wrist studs from the rooms of Mr. Raymond, of Magdalen; and it is understood that an indictment will be preferred upon it at the sessions. Bail was not applied for on be half of the prisoner, and he was removed to the Borough Gaol to await his trial. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE NEW FLAO•SIIIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.— Orders have been received at Portsmouth to the effect that the Britannia, 120, is to be appropriated as the new flag-ship for the Mediterranean, and not the Waterloo, 120, at Sheerness. In addition to the Britannia having been commanded by Admiral Dundas at one time, she is further advanced than the Waterloo, and can be made ready for sea in a very short time. Captain Goldsmith, Commander J. B. Dickson, and other officers have been already appointed to the Britannia, and men will at once be entered for that ship. It is understood, we believe, that the Neptune, 120, will be substituted as the ordinary guard-ship at Ports mouth; and in order that each of the principal home ports may have a sea-going three-decker as one of the flag-ships, the Waterloo, when ready, will take the flag of the commander-in•chief at Sheerness for the London, 92, to which ship Captain the lion. N. Stopford and the officers and men of the Waterloo will most likely be transferred. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—The steam-ship Magicienne, now lying in Barn Pool, will shortly go into the Chan nel to try her engines, after which she will be put in commission. The brig Fly, from the New Zealand station, will be paid off at this port on arrival home; and the Havan nah, Captain Erskine, from Sydney and Rio Janeiro, will also be paid off here, should she call first at Ply mouth. The Rosamond steam•sloop, Commander Campbell, sailed on Friday for the West Indies, touching at Lis bon, with supernumeraries for the Hecate. The clipper yacht America sailed on Thursday for the Mediterranean. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 45 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder—taken and afterwards offered ,000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Ringleader—taken L,OOO to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer—t ,000 to 15 agat Mr. Mangan's Russborough—taken ~000 to 15 agst Mr. Phillips's Le Juif—taken freely ~000 to 10 agat Mr. Meiklam's Italian—taken DERBY. 750 to 50 agst Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps—t 500 to J 5 agat Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson —taken 500 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed—t ~750 to 50 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—taken 1,250 to 25 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Maidstone—taken ,250 to 25 agat Mr. Cuthbert's Kingfisher—taken SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Nov. 29, 1851 ... £10,238 8 0 Ditto, Nov. 30, 1856 ... ... 9,356 5 4 Increase in 1851 ... £BB2 8 London Terminus, Dec. 1, 1851. THE COLLISION ON TUE SOUTII COAST RAILWAY..-- James Martin, the stoker, who was so seriously injured at the collision of a passenger and goods trains on the South Coast Railway, near Arundel, on Thursday night, died from his wounds at Chichester late on Sunday evening. The en gine driver, James Pemberton, who attempted suicide imme diately after the collision, is considered now to be out of danger, but he has several tunes expresso(' his determination to destroy himself should " his mate," the stoker, i as he terms him, not recover. The fact of Martin's deathit s en deavoured to keep a secret from him, but when it beeom es known to him, i t i s feared he will make another attempt at suicide as he threatens. MEMOIR OF MR. SAPID [The following blograilical notice, prowls:A by ourselves in yesa4day's impression, is ttathifervA to our columns from the pages of artkrry's Bram:dic Bic g r aPhil) No. XV.] :lost in thy scrag, and blest in every gmee That wins tho friend, or that Lnchants the fa 7 - SEIT..;NSTONE. " marvellously proTer gentleman, nor wild—rather sad than mer r y, Lll.l yet not E 133 enough not over young, to damp our joys —most pleased when ileasing, and happy in too happiness of others." ~ B 1 c upwards of a quarter of a century Braham has held un di sputed sway in the vocal world. .Hill, Phillips, Horn, C oo k , and numberless aspirants, have never approached a r i va l ry; and even Sinclair and Incledon ha ve b een confessedly his inferiors. man's voice," s a y s Q u i n, "can't p la r s a t for ei e7r, and is often the wor se f or t hi rty years' ct a reflection o f thi s nature induced the c s ; b —perhaps u Subj ec t of the present memoir to resign his quiet department of a concert singer, to involve himself in the turmoils of a theatre. Of Mr. Sapio we know little ; and as it is not our custom to state, as facts, those morsels of information that we extract from casual inquiry, our biograph y may prove meagre ; b u t w h a t we do state,` - our read ers ~ may rely upon. Had it rested with ourselves, we should have as suredly delayed the memoir of this gentleman till a more frequent exercise of his powers bad enabled us to have formed a more correct estimate of his talent; end until longer continuance iu the dramatic world had given us greater facilities of acquiring informa tion respecting him. Mr. Sapio, who is a descendant of an Italian family, of great respectability, was born in London, in the year 1792 ; his family are musical, and inherit the genius of their country in that particular; our hero's early habits made him a musician, and it became to him rather as a language that he intuitively studied than as a science that he painfully pursued. The children of musicians usually possess what is termed " good ears," a thing which is not supposed to be an heir loom from nature, but an acquirement from the continual hearing of musical sounds, when the ear is yet in embryo, and when we imbibe without percep tion—the acquisition of the grounds of music thus become as easy as the acquirement of language, and we every day add to the stock of our information without perceiving our gradual improvement. Music was, however, not the only study to which the infant mind of our hero was directed ; he received a good education, and became master of the French and Italian languages, which he speaks with the same fluentcy asithat of his mother country. Mr. Sapio and Madame Vestris are the only two English performers that can support a line of cha racters in the Parisian, Roman, and London theatres: a thing, lightly as some persons think of the acquire ment of languages, highly creditable to the industry of these individuals. The lady .we have named has sustained the station of prima donna, we believ e , both in Italy and France ; and M r . S ap i o h as h ad an offer to fill the male department in both of those countries. The Italian Opera House in London has also long wished for our hero's services, and Mr. Benelli and Mr. Sapio, we are informed, were in actual treaty. Mr. Sapio was long known as a concert singer, and in that capacity few performers ever obtained greater estimation ; but the concert-room does not represent the public, and the fiat of the one often differs widely from that of the other. The concert is, generally speaking, confined to the opulent; and the retired butcher, whose profits have rendered him prodigal, may be seen in silent misery with his amiable con sort, who goes thither because it is genteel, when the real connoisseur is frequently from poverty obliged to absent himself—indeed, the price of admission is a serious evil. Persons of rank and taste may consider half a guinea or a guinea as little for a musical treat, and persons of riches and no taste may consider that sum well expended for the pleasure of a seat with their superiors —the consequences may be easily fore seen. The concert-room becomes no just criterion of the merits of a singer, because the majority of its visi tors are not persons capable of judging : it is the only entertainment where the rich vulgar can absolutely intermingle with the patricians : the palisade of a private box keeps her Grace from contamination in the theatre, whilst Mrs. Greasy of Leadenhall market may have a place actually beside her in the concert room. When we say this, we do not mean to infer that the praises bestowed upon Mr. Sapio, as a concert singer, were unmerited ; but we are gene ralising the subject, and denying that a name in that capacity is any general warrantry of merit. The public have, for two or three years, had an op • portunity of judging of Mr. Sapio's capabilities at the Oratorios, where he impressed us with a high opinion of his science and his taste - and where, in the more solemn and affecti ng p ar t s of sacred melody we always held him superior to Braham, who shines more where animation is requisite. Mr. Sapio's friends have long urged him to attempt the stage, and he strenuously resisted their wishes, from a fear of his incapacity as an actor. When he beheld Braham and Sinclair, we should suppose he could fear little rivalry in that particular; but, it appears, Mr. Sapio's good sense would not suffer him to be content with barely arriving at their cold insipidity of enuncia tion. A correspondent informs us that Mr. Smart (a professor of elocution of learning and eminence) be came our hero's preceptor; we do not vouch foe the fact, but if so, it is by no means discreditable to Mr. Sapio: ho has bad few opportunities of acquiring elocutionary power, and he was right not to present himself before the public until he had acquired a delivery that was at least inoffensive, and a mode of action calculated to impress and not disgust. In 1824, Mr. Sapio started to the north, and com menced his dramatic career in Edinburgh, where ho ob tained many friends and admirers; and after this neces sary precursory step, he concluded an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre, at (saith the Green-room) twenty guineas per night, and made his first appearance in the Seraskier, in the Siege of Belgrade, on the Ist of De cember in that year. Dramatic interest had not been so much excited by the first appearance of any singer (save Miss Wilson) as on that occasion; a crowded house showed the state of public anticipation* and an enthu siastic reception its estimation of his vocal powers. The ease with which Mr. Sapio entered upon the dra matic part of his task certainly surprised us: since that period he has performed Henry Bertram in Guy Man nering, Prince Orlando in The Cabinet, and the Dey (Fall of Algiers). Since which, wo are informed, that mass of— (let our readers fill up the chasm) Elliston, has thought fit to bicker with, and shelve our hero. The Vauxhall proprietors, who are determined this y- jeer to out-do all their former out-doings, have offered immense terms to Mr. Sapio, but with a prudent regard for his own fame, he has declined their proffers. 6o much for the career of our hero in the metropolis, and we now turn to a consideration of those talents by which he has acquired the patronage of the public. Mr. Sapio is a singer by acquirement rather than by nature; his voice is neither extensive nor strong, nor is its tone naturally good. It has neither the flexibility or sweetness of Sinclair's, nor is it managed with as much skill as Braham's; yet it is indubitably much superior to Braham's (now) in tone, and directed by more science and attention, than ever fell to the share of the Scotch vocalist. The principal error of Mr. Sapio appears to be, a love for the bravura. We know that in Henry Bertram he rested his hopes entirely on the introduced song of " Scots wa hae wi Wallace bled," and anticipated little from the ballad; when, in fact, he succeeded eminently in the latter, whilst in the former his failure was dread ful; his voice actually broke up, in the attempt to be energetic. When will singers learn that noise is not emphasis? His song of " The Roso and the Lily," in The Sorashier, is, in parts, extremely beautiful ; so is his execution of the Italian air, "My heart with love is beating." fits trumpet-song was by no means a happy effort; he wants physical power for such an attempt. In Orlando we admired the quiet unobtrusive beauty of his style of singing " The Beautiful Maid," and the impressive acting of his duet with Miss Stephens; we cannot extend the same praise to that with Horn, which became discordant from the singer's forcing his natural voice beyond its limit, instead of resorting to his falsetto. The polacca was a happier effort than we had antici pated, but injured by a redundancy of action; and here we must remark, that on the second and third repetition of this song he used exactly the same actions to the dif ferent passages • a poverty of invention unpardon a bl e in an actor, whilst the repetition of the same cadences were as derogatory to his talents as a singer. Whilst naming what Mr. Sapio cannot do, in the energetic parts of opera, it is but fair we should particularise his duet with Horn, in The Dey of Algiers (we have forgotten the name of it), it was a fine, bold, animated effort, and the merit of Sapio's singing may be imagined, when we say it roused the torpid Mr. Horn into effort. Our hero's execution of " Yes, 'tis decreed," in that miserable pro duction, is also excellent ; nor did he fail to sustain h . fame in a duet of considerable difficulty,sultsyt, ex traordinary musical ph enomenon, m is Mr. Sapio's voic e i s a tenor of ordinary compass • his n fa r l i s s e e tt f o ro i m s n o o u t r apeculiarly pleasing to ua; but this ua blend with the natura l one; his shake is evidenetel de ficient; it is n e ith er steady, nor brilliant. We will allow him him all the dra w b ac k s t h at novelty of situation are likely to have throw n upon his assumption; but, we must re mark, what w e h ave already said of Pearman, that Mr. Sapio wanted nat ura l qualifications to render him a Stephens. thns that great singer —he had a good one. His graces are ge nerally effective, and always introduced with a proper attention to the literary, as well as the musical construo tion of his Songs. (ifwe may e h y e is, be As an acto r M r. S ap i o has muc h to un l e arn: ho is too abundant i n hi s act i on, and too foreign allowed th e t erm ), i n his ge neral deportment:ethe day however, far beyond most of the singers of an ornament al ready, and a little attention will render which fsthe f a Mr. ult of the French school, and this undathe to the stage, in this particular. .liedmendoef Sapio seems to have studied fro m . His deliver y is em phatic and pleasing; but ho should r member that con tinual emphasis is destructive of, rather than conducive to, effect. Mr. Sapio is about 5 feet 8 inches in height; of a dark complexion, dark hair and e 3 es; his features are e xpressive, his figure slight and symmetrical, and his whole appearance prepoisessing. BISHOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE.—Sir E. N. But ton, Bart., M.P., has given the sum cif 2501. towards the establishment of the proposed new bishopric of Sierra Leone. ALLEGED MURDERS. At the Thames I (.!ico-court ye:.terda=•. Mur phy, 26, a coui.er. rosiding at 39, MiChliogrove-Street, George in the East, and Itii.ey Ann, l,is wife, also 26 years of age, were ch-,i,rged on suspicion of having the death of their two children—B r id get, caused ogee l . tl i Zo years and a half, and Willi tan , age d twt ire mouths—within the last two days. sergeant Kelly, 2 11, stated that, from information re ceived, be, accomp,)nied by Wigley, 141 11, went last night to 39, Middle Grove-street, and in the first floor front room found two children dead in bed. Ile waited acme time till the female prisocer came. The male pri soner came soon after, and he asked them if they lived there, and if the children were theirs; to which they replied in the affirmative. He then told them be should take them into custody for causing their death. They both answered, "I did not murder them." Dr. Tripe had examined the children, and gave witness a certificate to the effect that Bridget, the eldest, was in an emaciated condition, had evidently been much neglected, and was bruised on the lower part of the left thigh; the youngest was in a very good condition, and they had both evi dently died suddenly. There was a bed in the room i')close. The children looked as if they h a d b'!3ed up .qlnegiceted. Murphy—l was quite stunned when the officer came to me. Mr. YARDLEY—I must cau'ion you that any state ment you may make will be taken down, and may be given against you at your trial. Do you wish to ask any questions? Murphy—No. Amelia Walsh stated that she was a married woman, o a t r ' id ledg resided at 39, Middle Grove - street. Last Wednes dey week the fereale prisoner came to her house in search said yes, ess agreed t y o take one Vtb'aibtnyeossnla;.kewd itn it she had an children them . She said yes, one b a by only. W itness agreed to take them a. ledgers, and they began to move in the following day. They came into the house on Saturday, bringing the baby, which witness remarked was a fine healthy one, in which remark the female prisoner a Monday w i tness saw a fine lookinggirlc(l ,fi n v ie e sc y e e d a . rs old, On with the female prisoner, and asked whose was she. The prisoner r e pli e d that it was hers. Witness said, " You told me you had only one baby ; " to which the prisoner said she did not look upon that one as anything, because she was so qu i et. Witness turned to the hild and said, " Your mother does not seem to own you, my dear." On Tuesday the quite drunk. The baby was now dead lay with its head on a round a ii l i e be p d risoner came home ,and the little girl its feet on the bed. Witness took the h f;:z i o b t y basket, and arms, and it was nearly speechless. There up in her _ere were three A,,f d ivero th so e m p e ris l o it n tl e e t children altogether, and witness whether the third one was hers? pause she said it was. Witness said ,it can't be yours, it must belong to one of your comp a n ions." prisoner rerlied, " No, I am the raotherofthec Teeh.'e' On taking the children down stairs they appe a re d Wig ravenous. Their father ca me h ome t i psy also. told him that the children were mere skeletons a e n s d s must be starved. He answered, " Th ey used to fine as any children in Grove-street;" to which she re as marked that they must be very much altered, and told him to go up and put his wife to bed; instead of putting her to bed he struck her, and she screamed out. Wit ness ran up and found that he had grasped his wife by the throat. She pacified them, and took the children up. The children began to cry on being taken into the room. The female prisoner told her nothing about the child being ill till Wednesday, when she said that it was cutting its teeth, and that she had been to Dr. Tripe, who said nothing was the matter with it. She brought home a phial of medicine and a powder. There was another female with her. Witness advised her to put them in a warm bath, but did not know whe ther she followed that advice. Witness had given them notice to quit on Tuesday. On Wednesday she begged the female to quit that night, but she said she could not, as the baby was ill; but the mentioned nothing of the little girl Bridget. They had always a lot of low com pany with them. On Friday witness begged them to keep the door shut. They said they could not, as their friends were coming in and out. Witness again told them that she wished them to leave, on which the female pri soner said, " You must be an unfeeling woman, when my two children are dead." Witness went into their room, and found what she stated to be true. She then naked, " Why did you not call me, as they were dying?" to which the prisoner made no reply. Witness examined the child Bridget, and on looking at its leg she found that the blood had set in the right thigh. She asked the male prisoner what it was, and he said it was the death blow. It looked as if the child had had a severe blow. The baby was a sick and ailing child. The prisoners, who seemed totally unconcerned, and naked the witnesses no questions, were remanded till Wednesday. ST. ALBA2V'S BRIBERY COMMISSION. ST. ALBAN'S, MONDAT.—To-day the commissioners, Messrs. Slade, Forsyth, and Phinn, r e - assem bl e d i n the Town-hall, at ten o'clock, with a view to closing the in quiry. - D letter was read from Mr. Wilke. one of the former candidates, stating bis inability from indisposition to attend on the Commissioners. The Hon. Mr. Craven, who was an unsuccessful can didate in 1847, and Mr. Repton, the present Conserva tive sitting Member for the borough, were examined, and both admitted they believed that at their respective elections, though not personally cognisant of it at the time, bribery, on a scale similar to that practised at the last election, had been committed. The Hon. Mr. Craven said he had a suspicion, because having at the time advanced from 6001. to 1,0001. for the purpose of carrying out his election, of that amount 3001. was nos duly accounted for. Mr. Repton said he suspected that improper expenses had been incurred for his election; but he did not know precisely the way in which the transaotiona were carried on; nor was he aware that Edwards had lent Blagg 5001. to conduct his (Mr. Repton's) election until he read a statement to that effect in the newspapers a short time ago. He was never asked to repay the 5001. so alleged to be lent because he said he would not give any large sums of money for election purposes any more. He admitted that at the election in 1841, when Lord Listowel and Mr. Muskett were his opponents, a de mand was made upon him after the election for between 2,000/. and 3,0001., and this was paid by members of his family; and the exorbitant nature of this demand had induced him not to have anything to do with such de mands in future. The matter was transacted between his friends and Edwards and Blagg, to the latter of whom he personally advanced 4701. for what he supposed to be the expenses of conducting the election. The rest of the proceedings in the examination con sisted of those individual voters who bad received bribes, and who were not forthcoming at the last election. The inquiry stands further adjourned, for any sup plemental or subsidiary purpose, to 25th January next. SOUTHAMPTON NEW DOCRS.--A disatrous acci dent occurred on Saturday evening which must delay the opening of this splendid new dock fur some time longer. It was intended that on Thursday next this dock, the area of which is upwards of ten acres, should be opened with groat ceremony. It has been gradually filled with water during the past week; and on Saturday Mr. Giles, the engineer, was superintending the removal of the dam which separates the outer dock, or tidal basin, from the new close dock. The timbers from the upper portion of this dam had been re moved, and it was intended that the lower portion should be forced up by the water. The gates, which are constructed of solid baulks of timber, appeared very massive, and suffi ciently strong to sustain any pressure that might be put on them. Unfortunately, however, for the credit o f M r. Gil es (the engineer w h o cons t ructe d the docks), as well as for the pockets of the Dock Company, the hinges on which they hung were too slight, and the gates were forced up—one of them now lies floating on the surface of the inner dock. The copper bolts of the hinges were too small, and quite inade quate to sustain such massive work; the consequence was, as might have b een aut i c i pated, they snappe d s h or t )flf . . It is supposed this unf or t unate acc id en t w ill oc casion a dela , of at least two month s b e f ore th e d o ck can be opened, as wel la as an expense of some thousands to the company, Two coffer dams water mustmust b no e w pu b m e p s e u d nk ou o t benbfootrhe they side can b of the r gates, ep l replaced, ead, and nelthe the dock opened. ROYAL SOCIETY, Dec. I.—The anniversary meet ing was held this day, the > Earl of Rosse, president, in the chair. His Lordship delivered his annual address, after which the Copley medal was presented to Professor Owen for his important discoveries in comparative anatomy and pahnontology, published in the " Philosophical Transactions ;' one of the royal medals to th e E ar l o f Rosse for his observa tions on the nebulae and the second royal medal to Mr. G. Newport for his paper on the impregnation of the ovum. ogKfle.iite.Fmfeinr M.A.t h e wereenTsreueliaensegut elected;—president—The r oibi:pree a . ri ir n esgseu d snoati fmed t h neut e anheut t el.... . t o 1 I T T e i x The society then proceeded to the election of council and noblemeng tarl o f n Rosse,d Thomas eutiaerri Bell.em s -eC council—Mr. e Hunterl Secretary.l a o c i e i l— Christie,m Captainr.William Edward vv. i. S auA a m.. - , b a s n i m n d e y ' l li t 1 b 1 1 r , .. ' 11 4- T , h N o . S re e Bowman; Mr. Benjamin Collins Brodie; Mr. Chas. Brooke; the Rev. Prof essor C hallis, M.A. ; William Clark, M.D.; Charles Gil es Bridl e Daubeny, M.D. ; Sir P. de Malt as Gre Y Egerton, Bart. ; th e V ery Rev. the Dean of Ely; Mr' J . T 4 Y . Gassiot ; M ars h a ll Hall, M.D. ; Sir John irederict Herschel, Bart; Professor \V. H a ll ows Miller, M.A... ieu. Mr. tulant-Colon e l P ort l ock, It.E. • Mr. Ed wa rd D01 ,. e i William Spence; Nathaniel Wallich, The mercantile accounts from mitigation had occurred in the coerciveon the exchange. At Government regarding the dealings hadheen attempted calculated the same time mothinng or measures to gi veer cer tainty inspire confidence be adopted by the ,-- scheme means to . to the manufacturing interests, in stead direct . . were still affording a Viennese capitalists, viere altogether stead of to the ' ding to the telegraphic quotations, it taintv to the proceod.ninagsjilkoftfo doubtful, and, according of he r exchange upon London, which, Ull• the carrying lin i c eso merchants.o t the The of the police, had nominally declined to der the influence . ' risen. to 12.38, showing an unfavourable le 23 has again -. ' of 2i per cent. The new tariff just prepared and i rea b c i t b iT ed, although not formally published,. occupied atten. e i x on. The duties on most articles are said to be raised con appears that the rate tsiderably; glass, however, is an exception, in deference to the Bohemian manufacturers, who feared that any rise on - that article might provoke retaliation on their own peculiar productions. On iron, candles, furs, liquors, paperhangings, .cards, confectionery, chocolate, and edibles of all kinds, the charge is increased about a third, and upon caoutchouc and articles made front that substance it is doubled. This tariff I f is to last till the end of October, 1454, and most of its pro visions are in accordance with the suggestions of the Case toms' Congress, held in the early part of the year, and which was composed of persons representing the various protected manufactures of the empire. JUBILEE OF TUE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH . IN LONDON.— On Sundev morning the jubilee of the establish ment of the German Lutheran Church in London wssc,lrst br,fted at the church in the precinct of the Savo y , the 11 :,._rt 'ars ago by the present minister, the Rev. Dr. Tie e building on the occasion was very Steinkopff. beautifully ornamented congregation was very ' e lerman mission in London having been establish e d, there 50 wit, 'i laurels, evergreens, &c.- r . Prussian Minister, &c. were the Duchess of Orleans. the e Rev. an s t melon was preached. by was addressed li !Ina, erous, and amongst other th i s ' aft e x w. 'rich the congregationns the chte, eeli by the Reyerenvr. Wallbauw, . principal \ lir. Kuper, and _ cao co,, roman churches in j, a Dr. SteinkoptT; addressed on the state of brici;gtlished persons present w Dr. Cappell, Dr. Tiarks, Dr Schaull, the miniaera of lb SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. Tho patron Saint-day of Scotland falling due this year on Sunday, the annual festival, in connexion with the above institution took place on Monday, at the Landon Tavern, under the Presidency of the Right lion. the Lord Mayor—himself a descendant of Caledonia—sup ported by the Sheriffs, some of the Aldermen, and many of the City Corporation. Tt.e friends and subscribers of the Hospital attended in great numbers, a large number being dressed in Highland costume, naval or military uniform. The directors and officers of this institution evince their deep interest in its prosperity, by securing generally the most distinguished personages for its pre sidents on similar occasions. These three years, succes sively, they have had--first, Sir James Duke, when Lord Mayor; next they secured Mr. Stuart Wortley, on his appointment toLthe Recordership ; and now they were again under the leadership o f the Frst Magistrate. This was the one hundred and eighty-sixth St. Andrew's fes tival held in connexion with the institution, which no less speaks for the excellenc e of its objects than for its management, proving that both are worthy of support, and that both have been proved by the test of time. The society's benevolence and charity have been represented by us on former occasions, and we now only repeat that it continues to relieve distress and alleviate suffering as actively as ever. The only difference with yesterday's dinner from the former ones, was the presence of the aged recipients of the society's charity in an ante-room, if possible to express their gratitude to their more fortu nate countrymen, their supporters. Tho large room in which the dinner teak place was appropriately decorated with national flags and other emblems, but prominent among them all was the be spangled banner of America. Mr. Angus Mackay, her Majesty's piper, was Present, with t h e b an d o f th e Cale douian School, who pl aye d alternately pibrochs and marches, with other martial airs. The Lord Mayor seemed to express more i n t erest i n the sight of the f i ne little boys composing thi s b and, than anything sented itself all the eveni ng . After ample justice h a d b een done to the loyal part of the toasts, in which Prin ce Alb ert was recognised in his character of a Scotch lai r d, t h e Chairman adverted to that pre the presence of the Hon. Mr. Walker, formerly Secre tary to the Treasury of the United States, and con cluded by proposing "Prosperity to the Union." The toast was most cordially received. Mr. WALKER, in responding, thanked the Chairman for associating his name with the honour paid to his country. Looking at the flag of this country, which floated in friendly greeting with the stars and stripes of hie beloved country, he indulged the hope that the twe flags would never wave otherwise than in friendly alli ance.—(Loud cheers.) The sons of Scotland had ever occupied a foremost position in the United States; and in the Mexican war, as well as in commerce, the descendants of Scotchmen had won the highest honours. Nothing else was to be expected from the countrymen of Wallace and Bruce. In every country they were distinguished as lawyers, as patriots, as poets, as no velists, as divines; and though an old man, s‘ith the frosts of many winters on his head, he must be per mitted to add, in their own presenee, his homage to the Scottish lasses.—(lmmense applause.) gi s grand father was born in Scotland; his mother's name was Duncan, and he had a son who had the same appella tion, while his earliest recollections wore connected with the history of Scotland. There were but few families in America in which the children were not taught the songs of Scotland; and he was sure America would endorse his declaration, that the great staples of the Scotch character were courage, intellect, integrity, and religion.—(Loud cheers.) The toast, " The Army and Navy" was responded to by Major Adair. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the In stitution," expressed his deep conviction, that in support ing the Scottish Hospital, Scotchmen would do th e ir r o e f c t e h i v e ed, i nstitution. a s were best to promote the interests of their ' country. H e was glad to find that during the past year the institution had expended 2,1401. in alleviating human sorrow ; and he hoped the donations that evening would evin ce at least e d d n i with n Society," rrl also the following:—" Mr. Keith," as having presented to the institution the royal banner above Hepburn;referred to; anTuhneditmoainstiswhaeds most t est e Sheriffs;" " Mr. Peabody; as con nected th e United enthusiastically in t he success States and with commerce; " The president, Mr. Hepburn, in a speech responded to by the "The Lord Mayor," proposed by -Mr . ' full of national enthusiasm; an d "T he Secretary, Major Adair." The subscriptions during the evening exceeded 3501. Mr. Farquharson Smith and Mr. Genge were the vocal ists of the evening, and sung some pleasing duets and of remark that among the sub glees. It was worthy three sons (David Dean ) announced his scribers one gent The evening was sons as life subscribers to the chari ty . finished by the party retiring to partake of coffee, and a dance with the ladies. THE KAFIR WAR. —Yesterday afternoon a public meeting, convened by the mayor, was held in the Court house at Leed s , f or the purpose of memorialising the Govern. ment of Lord John Russell to take steps for putting an end to the destructive war now raging in South Africa. The meeting was held in the lesser court-room, which was well filled. The mayor presided. A memorial and all the reso lutions were carried unanimously. Mr. Robert Jowitt, tne Rev. T. Wick s t ea d, an d o th er l e ading members of th e Peace Society, were in attendance. THE IVEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The arrangements for the compulsory prepayment, by stamps, of the postage on all inland letters posted in the provinces have now been in operation ono month, and no serious difficulty appears to have arisen to prevent their continuance, or their ulti mate extension to the metropolis. The prepayment of postage on inland letters by stamps in the provinces, will most materially diminish the expense and labour of keeping the post-office accounts, and will doubtless be preliminary to the prepayment by such means of all kinds of letters in all parts of the kingdom. As a matter of course the diminution of labour by the new arrangements, as far ac keeping the post-office accounts is concerned, has been counterbelanced in some degree by the additional labour thrown upon the provincial post-offices by the increased sale of postage stamps, especially as a large portion of the public, whose correspondence is not extensive, cannot be in duced to purchase more than single postage stamps at one time, and an important question has arisen whe ther the post-office labour arising from the increased sale of stamps could be by any means reduced. The commission allowed to post• office keepers, and sub-dis tributors of stamps, on the sale of postage stamps, is about one per cent. Licensed venders of stamps, who are supplied by the sub-distributors, refuse, generally speaking, to sell postage stamps, because they are al lowed no commission on them. Almost the whole of the labour arising from the sale of postage stamps is thrown, at the present time, on the Post-office depart ment, because there is scarcely any other place where they can be obtained, and perhaps it is as economical to let the burden rest on the Post-office, as to allow a remueerative commission to the licensed stamp ven ders. But there are a very large number of persons i❑ the country who would voluntarily undertake the sale of postage stamps, without any remuneration, if permitted by the Stamp-office to do so. Thus, for in stance, almost all hotel keepers would willingly sell postage stamps to their customers. At the present time they do not dare sell half• a-dozen stamps to a com mercial traveller stopping and writing letters at hotels, for fear of penalties to which they would be liable as unlicensed stamp venders. A large number of petty shopkeepers would also gladly sell postage stamps without any commission, for the sake of drawing cus tomers. It must be remembered that there is no fee charged for a license to sell stamps, so that a licensed stamp vender is subjected to no expense, and hotel and shopkeepers are generally under the supervision of the Inland Revenue officers, who could effectually prevent forged postage stamps from being circulated. By allow ing certain classes of persons throughout the country to vend postage stamps, great accommodation would be afforded to the public, and diminish most mate rially the expense and labour of the Post-office depart ment. THE CASE OF M. D'EQUEVILLEY. A L'EDITEUR DU SUN. MONSIEUR,—On me communique a l'instant to nnmero do votre journal du 25 courant. J'y trouve mon nom acco:6 a celui do M. de Cassagnac I, propos d' un article provocateur signs de lui, et publie dans le Constitutionnel du 22. Si j'ai 6t6 condamn6 a la suite du malheureux duel cu succomba M. Dujarrier centre le beau-fiere de M. Cassagnac, depuis justice m'a 6 6 rendue ; j'ai 6:6 acquitte par tousles hotnmes de cosar, et mis en liberte par ordre des delezu6s du PEOPLE—de tousles souve rains, k plus juste et le plus nognanime—dont la grando et puissante voix se fesait entendre le 24 Fey rier, 1848. Je dois 1 sues amis, a l'arm6e Espagnole a la quelle je n'ai pas cesse d'appartenir, de protester contra uno accusation qua vous n'auriez pas renouvel:6s contra moi, si vous aviez pris la poine do lire les documents authentiques qua contient le volume quo je vous envoie, et dont les journaux Espagnols, Frarcais, Allemands, et quelques Anglais out e6ja rendu compte. Veuillez recevoir, Monsieur 1' Editeur, I'assurance mes sentiments fraternels VT. et distingu6i. D'EQ UEVILLEY. 1, Welbeck-street, Cavendish square, November 29, 1851. [The work referred to in the above letter contains a memorial addressed to the representatives of the French people by M. d'Equevilley, impugning the evidence given on his trial, and protesting against the conduct of the Judge who presided; copies of several official family documents proving his right to assume the title of Vicomte d'Equevilley; numerous testimonials from generals and officers in the Spanish service (among them are testimonials from Generals Prim, Serrano, Lopez, Ortega, Orea and others), with whom he had served against the Carlists from the time of the battle of Mendigorria up to the end of the war; and an account of the liberation of himself and M. de Beauvallon after the revolution of 1848 by MM. Caussidiere and Sobrier, who were at that time placed at the head of the police by the Provisional Government. The petition for the libera tion was signed by all the officers, sub-officers, and men of the 7th legion of the Parisian National Guard, and by M. Crtnere, the director of the prison in which they were detained.—En. Sun] THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—Mr. Pollock, the newly appointed Judge of the County Court, took his seat on the bench this morning, at ten o'clock precisely. The court was very crowded, and the new judge was most respectfully received. Immediately on his taking his seat the ordinary business of the Court was proceeded with. This caused some disappointment, as several per sons had assembled under the idea that Mr. Ramshay would present himself, and that there would be " a scene in court." No allusion was made to the former Judge, and Mr. Pollock commenced his duties, seem ingly as much at home as if he had been County Court Judge for a much longer period. The following letter, 'addressed to "W. Statham, Esq., County Court, Liverpool," was received by that gentleman, through the post, yesterday morning : " Temple, Saturday, Nov. 29,. "Sir,—l hereby adjourn the County Court until Monday, December 29th, 1851. You will also adjourn it to the same day fo r th e w h o le business now standing undisposed of.—" I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " WM. RAMSHAY, " Judge of the County Court of Lancashire, holden at Liverpool. " To W. Statham, Eq., the Clerk of the County Court of Liverpool." This letter was not read in court, nor, so far as wo could see, was any notice taken of it. It has been resolved in the French Assembly that the concession for the proposed railway between Lyons and Avignon shall be offered to public competition. A disposition, how ever, is still intimated to withhold a return of the caution moneys advanced by the parties to whom the original con cession was granted, and which was abandoned in 1847, with the avowed concurrence of the Government. Under these circumstances, notwithstanding the assertion that a party of English capitalists have been negotiating to undertake the work, there can be no prospect whatever that it will find any support among the mercantile body in Louden, Belgium, and Spain, in the case of concessions which were rendered valueless by the commercial crisis of the period, both de clined to pursue the course which is now adopted by France, and an unfavourable contrast of this kind must greatly aug ment the indisposition with which, from other considerations, all persons at the present moment must regard the contem plated enterprise. AIODERATORSIIIP OF TBR GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FILE' elltillell.—The Witness states that Dr. Ma kellar is to be proposed for the Moderator's chair at the next Assembly. 1 ri