The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

r' sine„ Joni to-dsY• [Lists.] ` fs. OCI C * ~,v wer ere Eil w , u t to SP" :t s d' di° i reg ardi f Irsw al° d siis, to be 1 roe • 3 o il 11 of hied Foreig At 65. ics /lere / MARKET 'P THIS CORN EXCHANGE-IVIOND xV. Most o 1 the. I.rovi,cl,l mark .is. f , cid Were with when ,ns-, a limited basin, as was tiaiiS wed, There was a. fair d f•ir B sily #nalting samples, Malt, and Dits ; ho: all 0.h, , t. grain, , ts wit as Flour, comtriand,d very Intl, -o , i France, large quantities c.f . Fl ur continue to change hod, account ; et, o , ving large ,applies of Wheat• coining torw,rd, wita y vipportki Tne tfv:ga , io , , in the 13-.l'io It flow rapidly clusoig, hut large qudni,ties of V. heat are on pss.ago from to, lilaek Sea lit) to 4,ur market, last we-k, th,• receipts of ho,r.e grown produce wore small. Ft , in abr..;,d we it•cere.n 6,779 qu , irrers of wheat, 1,220 balky, 5.482 273 n b eau`:, 1,913 peas, 260 ta, es, 2 257 limo d. 312 86 sundry s4eds, 5,138 sacks lnit :3,700 ritirr. Is cf Fresh up to this morning's edstrk,t the arrivals lish Win-at coa, , wise were on a very ruoclera.c teak and of middling quality. By land carri,ge and sample the receipts were comparatively t. Notwith,t,rof,ng hat i.he ihs)w ~f all kinds Wheo,of home produce was far frozn-grorl the dcm h , r that grain, owing to the thin attendance of b,tli to,n anti country millers and the heavy pressure of foreign Flour for sale, :ul,d v,ry blective, at prices blrely f-qual to those of tamed on this d"Y s4-_-'linight, and at which a total clearance was icith diffieuly effected. Several offers corn(' to band from tI e east coast to ship wheats at a to iflo It'ss tran-y ; bit tne amount of business doing fur for &livery was trilling. With fore'gn Wheat, especially fresh arrivals, we were scantily supplied ; yet the show far r xce(,ded th e wants of the buyers. Really flee parcels changed hands 16 3w1y, at last week's currencies, Damp and inferior kinds commanded scarcely any attention, yet we cannot call them cheap( r. The total supply of Barley was on the decrease. Se lected samples for malting purposes were held firmly at full quotations. In grinding and distilling sorts, very littl e was doing on somewhat easier terms. Malt, the Il uPPly of which, ready for delivery, was small, sold steadily, at full prices. The supplies of Oats being on the decrease the Oat trade ruled firm, at an almost general improvement in "slue of fid per quarter. In Beans very little was doing, at late rates. White Peas were very dull, but grey and maple were "id at full quotations. f No change took place in °reign arid inferior country CURRENCY PER IMP; Wh aEtt—Essex & Kent, Red, New.... 38s to 44s Ditto,White, New 40s 50s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 36s 42s ultto, White•••••• 38s 44s Irish, Red ••••• • .. —5 —8 s fie Dltto,White••.•.. ............ 26s 27s New........;..... 28s 293 lirl eY—Grinding. •• .. 20s 23s Maltin g ......... 26s 28s Chevalier •... • 29s Els 'k e lt—Suffolk and Nor -43s 48s Brown... ...... 40s 42s I tinEstonandWare 47s 51s SE: Canary Seed is very du. quarter lower. All other Sc t il t late rates . C a k es a l most n rn l P,White,per bush. Its to 12s Red sad Green.... lOs lie thitard, Brown, new 8s 105 , r White, new •.•...6sod 7sod k eg, New winter .• 5s Od 5s 6d c Old „ ..4s Od 5s Od it a aarY, per quarter.. 46s Ms c ee grass.. • • ... 24s 30e Lover, RedEnt„. (cwt.) 32s 48a White 323 48s Foreign Red.. •• .. 30s 443 Tref°ll •• • • White.... 28s 46s • • • . yes 22s the top price of Flour; but marks were somewhat lower. 'ERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier...... 529 to 55s Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 18s Potato Youghal and Cork, Black . •••• • . 15s 17s Cork, White ... 15s 18s Scotch, Feed • • 19s 23s Beans—Tick . . 24s 29s Pigeons .. . 27s 338 Peas—Grey .. ••• •• • 253 29s Maple White... .• •• -. 24s 21s Boilers ......... 27. 30s Flour—Town-made..• 35s 40s Suffolk •• •• 29, 33s Stookto &Norfolk 29s 34s EDS. LI in sale, and fully 3i per , eds hare moved oft' heavily, nominal. Carraway ...... ••• • .. 29s P3s Coriander ........ •• • • 19* 21s Ilempseed, per quarter 34s 355 Linseed, Eng. 'owing.. 54s 56 Crushing ...... • . 40s 43. Baltic .......... 38s 44- Odessa ...• •• • . 42s 46 , Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— English ::.. 81 5s 91 9• Foreign, per ton 6 , 53 71 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 58 41 15 Rapeseed,New, prlst 25/ Os 271,'s SIVZITH. Although our market uffvr P a nut IIELD little inducement to pie for e i gn b ree d ers an d graziers, t h e imports of Sock oui abroad into London, since Monday last, have been lar ge for the time of year, The total arrival has %Mounted to 5,703 head, against 4,511 ditto at , he cor teaPonding period in 1849, 3,155 dttto in 1848 ; an d 4 . 9 13 ditto in 1847. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TILE PAST WEER. vatend. ' r ° lll Beasts . Sbeep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 144 11 ... - r ti lePpe 6 ... 33 n a i gQn ... 724 ... 371 uurgh . 5 51 ... -.0 — Ant arlin gen : 5 1 652 3.. 62 werp ~ 50 ... 2 , 3 Uotterdam . 629 ... 1,451 ... 335 ... /6 Total ..,,,,1,433 .. 3,675 ... 399 ... 196 Len'Y about 300 hea d o f B easts , Sh eep , C a l ves . an d P igs , oto bee n l anded at the nort h ern outports . Th e yearly u3parison of the weekly imports is as under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1 849 .. 218 ... 27 1 843- ....... 625 ... 2,4 2 ... 9i ... 2 1 . 1. -847 ........ 358 1,584 71 ei na r t be foregoing, it will be perceived that the prin. increase in the arrivals during the week has been are re sult of the struggle in Schleswig - Holstein , but we j - n e o n °w anticipating n ra pid falling off in the imports of to Beasts, at least two - thirds of which have come tro t ,,T this year in very interior condition. Letters ch lis - 4 ,;i n t,ia state that really good Oxen may he pur rS/ , n the neighbourhood of Vigo at 31 lOs to th e ' 4 ,ea. but the heavy expense of freight and o wi ... lo tv prices. realised here forbid all speculation ug to the prevailing dense fogs several (I the Dutch ste atner land laden with cattle, and which o , ,ght to have 'I'M their cargoes early this morning, were not re- Ported at the usual hour. hence the numbers of foreign stock on offer here to-day were smaller than for some Li llie past. With home-ted 13 , ,asts we were again exten. sively supplied. With the exception of about 500 fit for Chrb.tmas consumption, the general quality of this kind of stock was very inferior. Notwithstanding that th. attendance of both town and country buyers was o n the increase the Beef trade was in a very depressed state. However, the primest Scots, &e., sold at prices about equal to those of Monday last, but most other breeds were somewhat easier, and a total clearance was not effected. From the northern grazing districts we re ceived about 3,500 Shorthorns; from other parts of England 500 Herefords, Hunts, Devens, &c. ; and from Scotland 212 horned and polled Scots. The s uPPly of Sheep being somewhat on the iecre se, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, hut we have ; 1 , 0 decli ne to not i ce i n t h e quotatio n s. Th e pr i mest o ld "owns were selling at from 4s to 4s 2d per Blbs. The q u ality of th e Sh e ep was de c id e dly good. Cakes, the iltunb.-r of which was small, moved off heavily at Fri - "Y's decline in value of 2,1 per Blbs. The Pork trade ijilecl e xceedingly heavy, and large Hogs were again the u rn in favour ot the butchers. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. bum ) , s. d. to s. to B. d. Eit tonci ' .carts 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep , .• .. 210 3 2 Prim e i g t utlity 2 8 210 Second qua'. Sheep 3 4 3 6 rtilte ig ftrge OUR. • 3 0 3 6 C)arse-woolledditto3 8 310 n tn c46l l • 3 8 310 , outhtlown Wether 4 0 4 2 iei,,Lle car ol , 2 -3 0 Dittoeutofthowool 0 0 0 0 meekii t 7A,„ ditto Zata l b s " Yes lB 0 24 0 Small Po o r lt es igs .• • .. . 1 3 0 8 622 4 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 Quarter TOTAL SOPPLY AT MARKET Sheep. Calves. I PIP 1 25,210 I 178 329 he w FOREIGN SUPPLY. 957 Sheep., Calves. NE's. I 2,090 136 Ulu ""' GATE AND LMADENDAL36. ' n g th ► e past. week upwards of 22,000 carcases of Iran i k ehi efl.l Pigs from the west of England, and Sheep t u" midland counties, have arrived for these mar -1,‘"8. Th • • e supplies offering killed in the metropolis tiq uit ",„"en on an equally extensive scale, the general *am ," u 4 s ruled h eav y, and prices have had a down especially those of Veal and infer or 1 0 h imu CroM Hamburgh 10 packages of Beef have come ftewita, = 4,867 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. O. d. to s. tai lli d e o rl "••• 2 2 2 4 i lititton,loferior .. 2 4 210 •• 2 6 2 8 ----. middling •• 3 0 3 4 • 2 10prime .... 3 6 3 1 0 a 2 3 4 ! P0rk,1arge........ 2 6 3 6 ***** •• 2 6 3 8! 5ma11........ 3 8 4 2 F or a l l 11 BOROUGH SOP MARIE ET. iad 1 . 1 0 , 7 bops the demand is exe , edingly beavy, few. t . B orne instances prices are almost nominal. Very ;, eftr lings or old Hops on offer. Factors' prices, Viz., 014;t„lboney—New East Kent pockets, 80 to 140 s ; ditt o, " s aid of Kest ditto, 63s to 84s; New Mid Kent 1. 41 1 1, 652 to 130 s; N ew S uss ex ditto, 54s to 755; New Gh ats, 903 to 145 s per cwt. TALLOW. 4 %t t , n r , the past week the delivery of Tallow bad some -me --'eased, it having amounted to 2,502 casks; but Aort did not exceed 521 casks. On the whole, the ItUppo-7,0-day is steady, and previous ra:cs are well is 2 t ltea7. in every instance. P.Y.C. on the spot • - Ice 0 1i 7, 4 78 3d to 37s 6d per curt. being a rise of 3d eii.te,i:neeti,resik,:gst.report. Town Tallow is 37d to 37s 3d per u h r ; g ßough Fat; 2s Id per Blbs, Letters from h bring very firm prict's for next year. l'--------2. !lL Bhi Ptsents will ' , e foul d below. " ----- ---I& ll lotnents will 13;lotti d below. a t,, 1846. 1847. 1848. i 1849. 1850. I, ( thi d.. .: 4 4 f 1 --.' •• •• •• 22,771 11.662 32,507 48,715 56,521 Doh,. °- .• C. .. I 488 Od 463 Oct 448 6d 383 8d to 37s 3d bitt,, ve r3 , l4,,t -ttoOsOdtoOsod to Os Od 39s Od to 3 . 73 Gd 0 4,7 01.0 10 .. i . ,Week .. 3,200 2,485 2,144 2,950 2,5 2 toti; . :kl3l, 3t u ne I• •.. 49.025 51,506 i 55,061 50,19 . 7 49,484 1,.., Na t j,:k • 439 41 i 1,041 7,138 ~... 'lSt or z ' OB 1 ... 64,203 55,069 80,035 73,439 80,461 °WI ' •• •.• 518 Od 493 6d I 468 6d 418 Od 39s 6d • e(*TCLUBING STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT '''.................. ST. PETERSBURGH. 1850. 1849. 1848. 1847. 1846. Tit ow lror g r , (1181 4 tthed Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. , ust 'onStadt ll itil i 30 •0.9.... .O -- - - - To 814 4 2 loading and - 1 78.,,...... -- - - tlio; ° Med off I.; om • ~ o s. .. i v. ..........-.. t4ikl itt all h e i r Vard. ;:: = - - ..... - t h e h.... t , "" CIOSe of . -svigatlon,... 119,216 118,169 120,`04 131,861 113,223 ,I•oki n ▪ verpt;'• ••• • • • 64, 13; 50 , 139 70, 617 60,520 55,508 ot8t", - -.'"` ••• • •• 16326 I'B9o 14748 15,182 14,402 n , -....• ... ••• P . ' 9 ` 1: 4 4 th,, . .. • • 5,612 4,214 5,6 .. 48 4,451 . 3,787 . -, 81 4 , ti ...mtports 8,968 13,545 14,133 10,916 13,*69 I'eon ." •••• • • • 3 947 49 , G 4,110 6,483 6,767 I ,er: a " •• . ..... 4 , 366 5,849 ' 9,767 9,837 7•54,; ` 1. 411: 37 •••• • • • . 12,216 14580 9,161 14,776 8,598 ..“ '• •• •• 3,675 7,341 1:23 8,978 '1,741 1119,246 118,359 1.9,504 131,473 113,056 .._ 1118,359 I. Tile OOL• ti, public sales of Colonial Wool were brought to a A ka ,°4 Saturday at!ei nOOll. The totol quan:ity offe , r i e o rl . N ee : 8,624 bales -24.925 bring from our oiatai4 e( ce la th e Nearly the whole chanwd hailditt a ti ki,o l 7 . ll he ittatti:lll.,taiiuna 0ffi6413 Id t. , A5 1 ,P10 13 . 1 n 14 'l g t a g, ',,,,k,,-, take alay_ciiiiiviwt.uid , . m , 3 An - , ^ Prii:loVrti - iiiiii 7 , T - don W ,1 1 4-3 P3ifti ' t V I I . - % ,ttkori in ,.... gu t je.,lgAiii, ok-m k.A,,PIT. filb.lln -5411- btql l 3 - 0 , " 1 - '• ( iii .x2 . , 44, 4 ..21,4 ve r. a .. 07 4 44 ,Ipli, - £9 bZtlf. 4 .l k crie.l,.,) Jte, - d4tri. By priv,te COIVIact very little is doing, 3ei prices are on the titival;e-. the same to Smith, whose legs were in consequence in a ud state. Witness saw Smith's legs, which.appeared as if :hey bad been scathed by gunpowder. Witness gave evidence to that effect on the trial. The whole of the prosecutor's witnesses were examined. Smith was called on for his defence, when he stated that he acted under cemeulsien. His witnesses were then heard ; gr, at cumber of them were- called to speck to his pres• pests si.d cot:flexions in England, and to his previtius good character. The Juegti was Mr. Baron Garrow. He summed up the case to the jury; and stated in doing so, ibis it was quite clear that. Smith was acting under compulsion, and he particularly directed the at tention of the jury to the evidt lice of Capt. Ileern of the trig Industry. Captain Smith was instantly acquitted after the Judge's summing up. Witness remembered a son o• the awner of the Z-phyr, captured by the pirates with eantib, vas examined fer the defence, and he narated the circumstances of the piracy of the vessel, and the cap ture of Smith on his veyege home from Kingston, and stated that Smith was forcibly glen away ft cm the Z- phyr on board the pirates' vessel. Captain Smith had ft England about eighteen maths before the trial, as trhitt of a vessel called the llarringron, trading to the ‘;'t-;r Itit:ieb. Ile was returning home as chief - mate of e Z , pe)r when he was captured, Captain Lumsden being the- captain. Witness remembered the trial of 1829. Captain Smith was then present at the trial for tea: capture of the Prevoyant. which lasted about an hour. The case aas tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal. When Captain Smith sailed he had 3001. or 400/. in the funds; and aloe he was captured he was re turning home to be married, and he was married very s on afterwards. Cress-. x:rinined by Mr. Sergeant SMEE—I am a cousin of Captain bmith'r. lam now to practice as a surgeon. I practised twenty yr ars in the Old Kent-road. I ri,d a farm at one time near Windsor. I have been occasionally engaged in bill transactions About 15 years ago Captain Smith was in the habit of ditcounting bills for me and other parties, to the extent of 200/. or 300/. at a time. After 1829 Captain Smith went to sea again, and returned to stay on land about 1834. He has not to my knowledge carried on auy busi ness. I have had no communication with him since that time. I was charged by Smith and a person named Shields for forging the acceptance to a bill of exchange, and the grand jury ignored the indictment. I indicted Shields and Smith afterwards for a conspiracy to charge me with forgery; but it fell to the ground. I was not guilty of forgery; there was 110 foundation for the charge at all. I will swear Smith has not lent me money since the trial for the conspiracy. At the trial in 1823 Smith admitted in his cross-examination that both he and his men assisted in rowing the pirates' boat, and that he personally assisted in loading the guns. The skin was off Smith's legs when he returned, and apparently that had been done with gunpowder. The surgeon of the prison, who was examined at the trial, gave it as his opi nion that the sores on Smith's legs had been occasioned by gunpowder. Mr. Gurney, senior, the short-hand writer, produced a transcript of his notes of the trial in 1829, for the piracy of the ship Prevoyant. The trial terminated by the jury stopping the case. Mr. Berkeley, a watch and chronometer maker, in the Commercial-read, said he knew Captain Smith in 1823, and was present at the trial at the Admiralty &s -siolis in that year. Had beard the evidence given to day by Mr. Bost, which was substantially correct. Cross examined by Mr. Sergeant SHER—Only knew Captain Smith in the way of his (witness's) business. Mr. John Batheroyd—ln 1823 I was a hatter. Cap tain Smith lodged with me six or seven years before he sailed to the West Indies.• I was present at the trial in 1823. I have heard the evidence given by Mr. Bost to day. I remember Mr. Cook, the defendant, being exa mined at the trial. He was captain of the Industry. Cook said that the captain of the pirates was such a ierocious man that he did not dare to intercede with him. The Judge in aumming up SAO "It is in this case, lik e ail others; where the mind and the band don't go to gether there cannot be any guilt; and the prisoner can not be found guilty." I remember Captain Smith re turning to England; he was an a very destitute condi tion. I took him a suit of clothes on board and many other necessaries. Mr. Wm. Cragg—l was in China in 1836 and 1837. I saw the plaintiff there. He had then the command of a vessel called the Mary Ann, which traded from London to China. Mr. James Holmes—l am a warehouseman in Regent street. I know the plaintiff very well; I have known him for six or seven years. He has resided in Camden villas during that time. I have always supposed he was living in a respectable manner, on his means, and moving in very good society. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—I don't know that Captain Smith is now a bill-discounter. I never heard of his having been tried for an assault upon an attorney's clerk. This was the plaintiff's ease. L. THE LATE DREADFUL MURDERS AT LANGRURNE. ect.rl) SPITALPIELDS, F. to: liwe f year ve , y — int.7l7,(l7l77to .7 sTrior, ign P 8 t. 4 vr, route )14[41 51; . C- I , stz—the rtatious into I,,ndob ha‘itqr, been only 159 tons tram Hooch. and 30 han§yers *r! m Itotterdarn. The e ,, nrihued faihng , ff in the a , rivals Itom Farce and e!..eivl - 1,- re, has g of v COLfidt rto rt. hou,e-growt,! - F. al ;:ou2h 'hey ntr;ve torwatO , d shout 3 BCO tsea. Nor. wltilSts , :dillt that. the rid is oy no to o bti , k.inees are from 5s t 10, higher that; on this day ~e'ntoght. Prest-tit race') as .1 A good deal cf excitement has prevailed during the past week in the neighbourhood of Carmar then, in consequence of its having been currently rumoured that Elizabeth Gibbs, who was recently committed upon a charge of murdericg, by poison, her mistress, the lady of T. 13. Severne, Dq., of Brixton, and a tellow-servant, named Rebecca Uphill, had made a full confession of her guilt. In conse quence of this rumour, and of some official commu nications m a d e to them, the mogistrees deemed it to be their duty to commence an it quiry into all ' the circumstances of the murder, so as to hind over all the necessary witnesses ; and three days were devoted to this purpose, during which some facts, not disclosed before the coroner, were elicited. Among the new witnesses examined was a girl named Mary Jones, who had lived in the service of the Governor of Carmarthen gaol. She deposed that she remembered the prisoner Elizabeth Gibbs being brought into the gaol. One day in conversation she told witness that her master directed her to go up to her mistress, and when she went to her, her mis tress said to her, " 0, Betsy, why have you given me something ? I wish I had nut taken it now." She also told her on one occasion, that Peggy brought her the arsenic, and that when she asked her where she got it from, she replied from a chemist's shop in Langharne•street; she went from the house to get it. On another occasion she s a id t o w i tness, " I could riot sleep, night or day, till this was done to my mistress, or my fellow -servants." She also said that she had seen lights passing her window, and that it was the devil who told her to do it, and who kept her from sleeping. On another occasion the prisoner told witness, that one Sunday morning she bad to give her master some camomile tea, and that she put some arsenic into it. Per 'lon. Yorksh. Regents. to 100; Scotch Regent , — SOs to Wisbcach & Cam bridge Foreign .. Lire°lit. —s to -- Kent Shawl 7os to 75j Per Ton. Essex Shaws 70s to 7:5s Kent Regents.... 70s to 8.5 s lis,ex 7rPs to , ris Middling Ware... 40s to 43s Kentish Et,tl Kid. 70s to 7! . s Cambridge ditto COs to 75s ':.'ha s QUEEN'S BEN C (SLl.tiTs at Nisi Priui, It_('r IS DA Y.) ,t Wu,!rn:n,t-u, tyior, Lord CA BI P BFLL and a Spi 661 Jury) SMITH V. COOK.—LIBEL. This was an Ection to rt , e,ver conup,i.hatiun for a libel in ebtrgittg• !he plaktitT havil.g been guiliy of pi racy. 'Tie defendant pleaded nu guilty, iu:d a jl.,bi6- ef:tion. Mr. E. Jamee, Q.C., Mr. Lut,h, and another learne( gentleman were counsel for the plaintiff; and tte dh fondant was reprtsvnted by Mr. &rrgeant Shoe and Mr, • Parry. The alleged libel on which the action was brought was a letter which appealed in the 1 imes on tilt 20 , h June, 1850, in the shape of a setter sign( d by the de fendant. This letter bad reference to certain i•tatementk which had been made by the plaint if at a mee,b,g of the Peace Society at the London Tavern in the summer of this year un the subject of the then late destruction of pirates at Borneo, at which meeting, it will be remem• bered, Mr. Cobden, M.P., was present, and took a con spicuous part in the proceedings. The 1, tier charted as libellous was as follows: " THE CHARGE OF PIRACY AGAINST CAPA'AIN AARON SMITH. "TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. The prisoner, who was present during the investi gation, contradicted the truth of the girl Jones's testimony, and said there were other witnesses in the gaol, who could, if they would, prove what the truth was. The Magistrates said they considered the evidence against her sufficient to send her for trial, and they lodged a commitment against her. " Sir,—On my return to town, after an absence of some weeks in Scotland, my attention has been drawn to a number of letters published in the 7 itnes relative to Captain Aaron Smitb, but more especially to one that appeared in your columns of the Ist inst., from a Mr. E. Garbutt to Mr. Cobden, M.P. In this letter, the writer, after defending his friend, goes on to state that Captain Cook, on the first trial, was a witness for the prosecution, and on that occasion gave the whole state ment of his own capture from the Industry. Further on he says—' Captain Smith afterwards published a nar rative of the capture of these ships, in which he clearly shows that what Captain Cook had stated was untrue, and the latter party has never had the manliness to answer it, or i❑ any way to defend himself.' "Now, sir, as statements such as these, when given to the world through the medium of your columns, are calculated to affect injuriously my character for probity, I must, therefore, beg the favour of 3 our obliging me so tar es to insert the following brief narrative of facts, with a few obsta vatioLs which 1 have to offer theron, in your widely-extended and influential journal:— " On Wednesaay, August 7, 1822, when in command of the brie. Industry, on a voyage from Jamaica to the island of St. Thomas, I was, alter a six hours' chase, boarded and taken possession of by a boat from a pica tical schooner Liar the island of Cuba, which boat was commanded by an Englishman named Aaron Smith, whom I rannecuately recognised by his voice, though his lace wss blackened. This men, the moment that he set his loot on b ard, gave directions thst a sentry should be placed on each hatchway, and that no one should be permitted to pass up or down. All orders which be subsequently gave were strictly attended to by the pirate crew. He commenced to bully and black guard myself, even before he came out of the boat, for not heaving to when he first fired. Somewhat irritated at this, I asked him also he was that I should obey him? His reply was, You will soon find who I am.' I then called him by name, but he denied his name, and said he had never seen me. Shot fly aftt r this I was ordered by the said Smith to take my ship's papers and crew, and to accompany him on board the piratical vessel, then a short distance off, and in chase of the brig Vic toria, afterwards captured also. In passing between the two vessels we were, as near as I can remember, about twenty minutes in the boa!, with no other or the pirate cre a but himself with us, and we were at such a ifis' THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY IN AID OF THE SOUTHWARK FUND.—Yesterday morning his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon in the parish church of Streatham, in aid of the Southwark Fund. The text was taken from John xii. 32 :—"And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me. The Archbishop, in enforcing the duty of liberality on the cong;egation, strengthened his appeal by adverting to the recent attempt of the Pope to regain his ancient supremacy over this country. "Our ad versaries," said his Grace, " had lately shown a bold front in assuming a jurisdiction to which they had no claim. They had usurped the right of assigning certain districts of England to their priests, where they might practise a super stitious worship,am inculcate doctrines which had no warranty of Scripture. They were the children of darkness, but they were wiser in their generation than the children of light, who neglected to empley those means by which alone their (the Romanists') designs might be counteracted. In the faith of the Romish Church, which was now again attempt ing to supplant our true religion, there was much that found but a too-ready acceptance in the human heart, not to speak of a form of worship which was addressed to the out ward senses, designed to catch the eye and captivate the ear. We know how effectively many of their practices had mis led mankind in past ages. It was very alluring to be told that a man of like passions with ourselves had the power to forgive sins—that when a true confession is made to him with a profession of repentance, absolution is procured, and the sinner departs in peace. Such a doctrine was not un likely to gain success among a population, many of whom were as uninstructed in the knowledge of God as the natives of a heathen land. Such were the effects of human weak ness on the one hand, and of Romish plausibility on the other, that many who had known the Scriptures from their youth had been ensnared by the pernicious tenets of Ro manistr. What then might be expected from those who were as ignorant of their spiritbal condition as heathens He trusted, in conclusion, that Christian benevolence would be largely displayed to provide religious instruction for a district in which there was one clergyman to 1,000 persons. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are entertaining company at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. The youthful Marquis of Lothian, we h-ar, has succeeded to the bulk of the fortune and estates in Norfolk of the late Dowager Lady Suffield. FESTIVITIES AT WOBURN ABBEY.—Th e Duke and Duchess of Bedford are surrounded by a numerous and dis tinguished circle of friends at their princely seat in Beklford shire. Among the visitors are tke Marquis of Northampton, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Earl of Stratford, he Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl Fitzwilliam and .adies Fitzwilliam (3), the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess of Kerry and the Hon. C. Gore, Lord de Manley, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Sidney Osborne, Viscount and Viscountess Enfield, Mr. and Mrs. Morier and the Misses Morier, Mr. and Miss Dawson Darner, &c. The Countess (Dowager) of Sefton and Ladies illolyneux, the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,and Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington are among the recent departures from the abbey. BURSTING OF A PORTER VAT.—On Thursday morning one of the large vats of Messrs. Beamish and Craw ford's brewery bust with a loud crash, throwing down a large portion of the adjacent wall The porter which it con tained rushed in a torrent through the vat room, and thence escaped to the river, with whose waters it rning!ed. The vat is said to have contained 500 hogsheads, and the damage done is estimated at nearly 2,0001. Cork Examiner ARREST OF THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF MR. NORTH, J.P. -A man named Walsh, the alleged murderer of Mr. North, some few week- since, and who had absconded from that period, was arrested by the Wolf-hill police near Timahoe, Queen's it ounty, on the morning of Wednesday last, after a sharp chase. The prisoner was transmitted to Maryborough gaol, preparatory to his removal to the county in which the murder was committed.—Carlow Sentinel tance from both vessels, that it was impossible e t a conversation could be overheard from either. Then, I think was the time when he should have opened his mind, if he had been acting under compul sion, as he afterwards stated in his detente; but he never uttered a word on the subject. I steered the boat and Smith sat beside me. On my remarking to him how otter his schooner had changed her colours since' first , aw her in the morning, and asking for an explanation, he said his vessel was a patriot Kaanof-war, under the Cart hagenian flag, but that all coloters were lawful in time of war. Not liking such questions, I suppose, he moved from me to the bow cf the boat. When we got alongside the schooner I observed the deck crowded with armed men of the most ferocious aspect, sharpening their long knives and looking at us as if they were im patiently waiting to cut our throats. On my stepping on board, a brute (whom I afterwards found to be the chief) made an immediate attack on me with a drawn sword. I parried hi blow with the tin-box containing the ship'', papers, till I 'disarmed him. During the scuffle received several wounds, not very serious. I was then put down the hold and kept in confinement; then com menced a series of cruelties, the bare recital of which, even at the distance of twenty-eight years, makes my blood run cold. Amongst other arts practised to make me confess to the possession of property which 1 had not in reality, I was tied to the windlass of my own vessel, and after witness ing the loading of three mpskete, my eyes were bandaged, and the pieces discharged close to my head, which left me in doubt for a moment whether I was dead p er aliv e ; suffice it to say, that utter suffering a great deal m ore than I can relate here, I was suffered to de art My vessel, en d th e capta i n an d crew o f t h e Victoria with , after being plundered ofelothes, stores, &c. full dn o d c a d l e l t thatailed o s c t c a u t r e r m e e d n t t o o f m t y h s e e c l f a , p t. i r l e b o e f f t o h u o n s d e ves " se A ls to the evidence given by trate, at the Thames Poricee, before the u t g he us s t i , tt l i nBg23,newaghiesn smith was committed to Newgate. He was tried at the Admiralty Session, held in December following, and ac quitted on the first count of the indictment, namely, for piratically running away with the Victoria; and as the Counsel for the Crown (for reasons best known to him self) abandoned the second count without calling a sinele witness, he was acquitted on that also; so that I had not an opportunity of saying one word relative to the capture ti the Industry, or the brutal and cruel treat-• meat which I had experienced. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY,) Belore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) MARSH V. CRATE. This was an action in forma pauperis brought by the plah.tiff, who is a cowkeeper and grazier at Edgeware, to recover the aura of 451. for money lent, and other ex penes incurred on behalf of the defendant. The platn tiff conducted his own case, and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., appeared for the defence. It appeared that the parties had been for some time i❑ partnership with each other in the management of a grass farm, and the defendant, though admitting the account, contended that it was incurred on behalf of the partnership. The whole of the items were for dinners and drink paid for by the plaintiff for the defendant, or money lent at differ ent periods. The defendant also pleaded a set off in the shape of a cross account. r rne LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the jury to say whether such items us these could be said to enter into a pal tnership account. The jury returned a verdict for the plsintifffor 301. 10s. COUNTY OF LIMERICK ELECTION.—The nomina tion takes place on Tuesday next. The Nation of Saturday states that " the canvass of the League has been everywhere successful ;" but observes that "the landlord i,fluence is gradually rallying to Dickson's tally-rooms." The struggle will be between Captain Dickson and Mr. Michael Ryan, the tenant-leaguer; and if Mr. Gould do not resign, Captain Dickson is likely to be the sitting member. AN AMERICAN EDITOR'S FIRST CHILD.—The New Englander gives a rhapsody proceeding from a western editor, on the birth of his first child—" I am this day multi plied by two—l am a duplicate—l am number one of an in definite series, and there is my continuation ! And you observe, it is not a block, nor a block-head, nor a painting, nor a bust, nor a fragment of apything, however beautiful, but a combination of all the arts and sciences in one—paint ing, sculpture, music (hear him cry!), mineralogy, chemis try, mechanics (see him kick !), geography, and the use of the globes (see him nurse !). And withal, he is a perpetual motion—a time- , piece that will never run down! And who wound him up ?' OLYMPIC THEATRE. —Among the recent visitors to this attractive theatre were the following : The Duke of Somerset and party, Earl of Durham and party, Earl Fitz hardinge, Earl of llardwicke, Eirl Stanhope, Marquis of Clanricarde and party, Lord Garuner, Lord Exmouth, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Louthberry. Lord Chesterfield, Lord Seaham, Lady Talbot and party, Lady Conroy, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Sir Wm. Anstruther, &c. • THE COURT.—The first of the proposed dramatic entertainments to be given this winter at Windsor Castle by her Majesty, is appointed to take place on Thursday next. A seltct party of about 100 distinguished personages have, by her Majesty's command, been invited by the Lord Cham berlain, and several of the Cabinet Ministers are among the number invited. IVIARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A BROTHEL.—Elizabeth Coe, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Richard Rouselle, a French gentleman residing in Albe marle-street, a bill of exchange for 2,100 f., and a guld pencil-case, at a house of ill-fame in Sheppard-street, Oxford- street. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S ROMANCES. Vol. XIL—AURIOL. For wiling away a winter's evening, about the fes tive time of Christmas, commend us to this little volume from the pen of Harrison Ainsworth ! As the twelfth instalment of his republished and collected writings it will be found a delightful pendant to his more well known productions. " Auriol" we re member on it appearance as a magazine story, espe cially that famous conceit about the " enchanted chairs," which at the time fixed itself indelibly on our imagination. The narrative is interesting, if for no other reason, as a study from the literary portfolio of the novelist—revealing to us the power,and facility with which he can dash in those broad touches of light and bhade which, make up the chiaroscuro of his re markable compositions. The perusal of " Auriol," in this respect, is, to our thinking, invested with some what the same pleasurable feelings with which we might take up an outline sketch in crayons from the hand of Salvator Rosa. It betrays the play and vigour of our author's mind in the creation of a ro mance. The materials—previously employed by Godwin in his "St. Leon," and subsequently by Bulwer Lytton in his " Zdnoni"—are admirably selected, and as admirably grouped together. They consist of a prologue, a first and second book, and au intermean—with such headings to the chap ters as " The Elixir of Life," "The Hand and the Cloak," "Tne Dog-fancier," " The Statue at Charing. cro , s," and " The Tomb of the Rosicrucian." After the abrupt conclusion of " Auriol " we have two of the minor sketches, from the same master hand, one entitled "The ad London Merchant," and "A Night's Adventure in Rowe." Besides these there must assuredly be other andearlier effusions of a similar character, not yet exhumed from the obscurity of forgotten magazines—sketches we should gladly see reproduced in just such another volume, and the reprint!ng of which, we are satisfied, would be far from proving detrimental to Mr. Ains worth's reputation. Let us see these before the issue of the concluding volume, containing the tale of Pendel Forest, called " The Lancashire Witches." The prosecutor deposed that he had lately arrived from Paris, and that about ten o'clock on Saturday night he met the prisoner and another woman in Oxford street, and was induced to accompany them to a house in Sheppard-street, and on entering a room he gave the prisoner 145., and proceeded to retire to rest. While he was sitting on the sofa the prisoner demanded 10s. more, and on his refusing to comply with her request, she ran out of the room, followed by the other woman. Witness, as soon as ho had attired him self, felt in his great-coat pocket, and missed bis pocket book containing a bill of exchange for 2,100 francs, and a gold pencil case. kle immediately alarmed the house, and went in pursuit of the prisoner, but not succeeding in finding her, he gave information to a constable. King, 39 C, said he was on duty in Oxford-street on Sunday morning, about two o'clock, when the prosecutor came up and informed him that he had been robbed in a house in Sheppard -street. Witness went with him to the house in question, and searched the room in which the prosecutor said he had been, but could not find any portion of the property. From the people of the house ne T g h o e t s e o s n c description n io n defence, o ltlie prisoner, and apprehended her said d rl last night . as she was about entering the house. sheby the did namenot steal ef the pocket-book, it w as t h e o th er Levy, as she saw her (Levy) with some papers and a gold pencil.case in her hand wh en s h e l e f t t h e room . The prisoner was remand e d, an d a war rant was granted for the apprehension of Levy. " So far from regretting this (to me, and, as I h ave reason to know also to the prisoner) unexpected termi nation of the trial, and though I did not acquiesce in the verdict, yet I can truly say that no one in court, not excepting the unfortunate man at the bar, rejoiced more than I did it it, as I was thereby relieved (tom a painful recital of facts which I then believed and still believe would have been fatal to the prisoner. " It will have been observed that the prisoner rested his dt fence upon having been compelled to act as he did by the pirates. On this I could remark, that if he was acting under compulsion during the time he was in my company ( judging from the zeal and spirit in which he performed the part assigned to him), he acted so admi rably that, for my life, up to this hour, I have never been able to divest myself of the idea that he was a real pirate and no mistake. And yet, sir, I am not sub ject to nervous delusions, nor do I know the meaning of the word except by the name. " It is quite true, as Mr. Garbett states, that shortly after his trial the captain published a book containing sundry grievous charges against himself, and had they not been reiterated by the ?ones, they might have re mained unanswered till doomsday. But I promise if the captain will only favour the world with a second edition Of his most wonderful work, that I shall amply atone for all past sins of omission by reviewing his book, and proving it to be a tissue of falsehoods interlarded with a few unavoidable facts. I new, sir, leave the matter in your bands, merely ob serving that., in publishing this document, I am actuated by no vindictive or personal motives, my only object is to defend myself from a wanton end, as I think, a most injudicious attack. " I wish it also to be most distinctly understood that I am in no way connected with the Peace Society, nor do I coincide in the views and opinions held by it as respects the late destruction of pirates near Borneo. On the con trary, I hold that as pirates are the common enemies of mankind, so it is duty of every man to root out, destroy, or bring them to justice wherever they can be found, no matter whether in the Eastern Ocean or Gulf of Florida. " Apologizing for the length of this letter, I am. Sir, your obedient servant, " W. Come. _" Scottish Equitable-office, Cl A, Moorgate street, June 15." Mr. E. James having stated the plaintiff's case, called the following ssitnesses to suport it:— Mr. Delete, the solicitor to the Times, produced a let ter turn the Times office, of the date of the 15th June, 1850, and also a letter dated the 18th June, 1850. Mr. John Burton, a clerk in the London and Joint Stock Bank, proved that Mr. Wm. Cook, the defendant, has an account at their bank. He is a private gentle man. Had &ten seen the defendant's handwriting. (Shown the letter dated the 15th June, 1850.) That we t s the defendant's handwriting. (Shown also the letter dated the 18th June.) That was also in his handwriting. Mr. David Bost, a surgeon, residing at Hartford bridge, Hurneshire, said ho was a connexion of the - plaintiff's. Knew Ceptein Smith in 1823. Remembered his arrival in England about the middle of that year. He was brought home in custody on board a frigate. He wes in the greattst distress, and had no clothes or money. Remembered bls trial at the Admiralty Sessions iu that year on a charge of a piracy, in piratically boarding the brigs Industry end Victoria. Saw the de fendant there as a witnies. He gave evidence for the prey( cutien. Witness heard that evidence. Captain Cook was at qui, ted. Remembered his cross-examination. He "mi . ted on one occasion that the captain of the pirates pointed a pi s t o l at h i m, and he believed be should have been shot had not Smith pushed his (the captain's) arm on orje bid*. He elso wait d that he and his men assist. d iii rowing the pirate's vessel to cheee and take the ship Victoria; .and that if,,tbey had not done so, the pi ates would hav e - jut t e: areate death in it , e litqt 163 ii4er 'IT 7 ' himst If assisted fellia4e '• 4 41' and pet them, to g ginia of rates;in .ru u . i a, and retu placed t i y ui air t f t) t h l i t in yt t e .p . ; , : t i t fi al.; d :t: i rte , e on hong b . I >Ll4/1-Y Ifo/41(1 it!, 116 mtitt4(o.l,Ac t i: 3 to RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society for the show of stock was held at Oakhain on Wednesday. first prize in the all E ng l and class for s heep and oxen. About 80 gentlemen afterw ar d a sat down to dinner, Mr. Talbot Clifton presiding. The Marquis of Exeter took the On Saturday Lord Chief Justice Campbell enter tained at dinner a party of her Majesty's Counsel, compris ing Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., Mr. Chilton, Q.C., Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., Mr. Keating, Q.C., Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Watson, Q.C. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner on Saturday, at Carlton-gardens, the Russian Mi nister, Baron Brunow; the Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer; Baron Batheman ; the Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess of Somerset, Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady Truro, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Lady Palmerston received a large party in the evening, comprising most of the leading members of the corps diplomatique and many fashionables. His Excellency the French Ambassador, his Excellency General Radowitz, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Baron Koller, the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, &c., were among the visitors. DISCOVERY OF COAL NEAR CLIELTENHAM.—A covert' has just been made which is likely to be of immense importance. to the town of Cheltenham and neighbourhood. Last week some men were sinking for water at Hatherly, on one of the estate s recently purchased of the Rev. Dr. Roy by Mr. Thomas Pickernell when they came upon appear ances which gave evident indications of the existence of coal. An engineer was called in, who examined the strata, anti, his report being s THE R OMISH A RcumsHop 01 DU B LI N .—Th e tatement which ap pears in the da il y _highly f avourable, arran gements are now being made for s i n ki ng a shaft. papers to the effect that the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Arch bishop of Dublin, had been a ca rdinal for some years, is wholly incorrect. I\l6 such appointment could take place privately, nor without the fiat of a convocation of cardinals. It is understood, however that the archbishop could have had the distinction conferred on hiin some years ego had he chosen to accept it. We have good ground for believing that the Portu guese Government contemplates the raising of a loan to the extent of about two millions sterling, bearing an interest of three per cent., to be guaranteed upon tho sinking fund, which at present yields 400 contos of reis per annum, a conto being equivalent to 250/. sterling. The sinking fund, there fore, producing an annual amount of 100.0001., and the inte rest on the proposed loan taking from this a sum of 60,0001., it seems highly probable, according to arithmetic as under stood in England, that only 40,0001. will remain annually applicable to the gradual absorption of the already existing public debt of I'ortugal. If we be correct in this little cal culation, we cannot persuade our elves that English capi talists will easily overlook the facts from which we have drawn our inference. In our country, at least, a proceeding similar to the one contemplated by the Portuguese Govern ment would not be held likely to fortify the national credit, or to add to the security of the national creditor. Post. DISMISSAL OF THE SECRETARY BY THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS or ST. MARYLERoNE.— On Friday a very large meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone took place at the board-room of the workhouse. for the purpose of considering a motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Macbie, " That the board, at their next meeting, do proceed to act upon the resolution passed unanimously on the 22d ult., and confirmed this day, that the office of secretary to this board be declared vacant." Sir James Hamilton moved, out of delicacy to the feelings of the secretary, that he be permitted the option of retiring, if he thought proper, during this discussion. Mr. Thorne said he would rather remain. Mr. Mechie then brought forward his motion for the dismissal of the secretary, stating his reasons. He was in hopes that the secretary would have saved him (3lr. Mechie) the trouble, and the board the pain, of hearing him, by going out of office volun tarily, sad he would have advised him to have resigned kis office. Mr. Powell seconded the resolution. Mr. Thompson said, under all the circumstances, it was impossible that the conduct of the secretary, notwithstanding his length of service, could be justified. Sir James Hamilton said, how ever much he deeply regretted and sympathised with Mr. Thorne in his present position, he must confess there were some parts of his conduct which deserved censure; and when he (Sir J. Hamilton) remembered his past services, he more deeply regretted that he was compelled to acquiesce in that censure. After Mr. Thome had been heard in defence, in the course of which he said his services of seventeen years had been referred to, and till this unfortunate occurrence he hau never had even the whisper of an accusation against him; but the proceedings of the board put him in mind of the complaint of the poor boy— " Twice I did right, and was told of it never; Once I did wrong, and was told of it ever." The question was then put, and on a show of hands there appeared--for the motion, 13; against it, 8; majority for the dismissal of the secretary from his office, 5. EARL SPENCER. AND THE PRICES OF .AGRICUL TURA', PRODUCE. - We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter . addressed by Lord Sp encer to M r. Beasley, in reference to his Lordship's recent communication to his tenantry : " Althorp, Dec. 5. " My dear Sir,—The letter I wrote to you on the subject of rents, not intended for publication, has found its way into some of the London and some of the country newspapers, and I understand that an expression in it has been considered to convey an opinion which I certainly did not intend it should —namely, that my expectation is that prices of agricultural produce will be lower than they now are.' What I meant to say was, that I was inclined to believe prices would be lower than they had been before the alteration of the law. I believe prices will be higher than they are now. For a con siderable time I have stated that belief, and you know I have acted upon it on my own farm. " I am, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, " SPENCEE. THE GAME-LAWS.—The poachers connected in the Scarcliffe-park affair were committed to Derby gaol, on Sas turday last, for trial at the March assizes. In this affair there is another plain illustration of the evil effects of game preserving and the severity of the game-laws. The exces sive preserving is a strong temptation to poach, and the se verity of the law for night poaching prompts both poachers and keepers to severe conflicts. In this Scarcliffe affair the head keeper (who is recovering from the attack upon him ) was nearly killed by one of the poachers; one of the poachers was shot and died in three hours afterwards; and it came out before the magistrates last Saturday, that the principal keeper would have been shot by a poacher had not another poacher interposed. Consequences ~ u ch as these ate almost weekly happening; families are thereby rendered miserable, a heavy charge i thrown upon the county purse (and often upon parishes), ana all for what?— the propensity of many of the aristocracy for exce.esive game preserving. In no county is that propensity more displayed than in the " Dukery" small county of Nottingham. tia EcursEs IN 1851.—There will belEur eclipses in the forthcoming year, the most prominent of which will be a great and visible eclipse of the sun. The first is a partial and visible eclipse of the moon on Friday, January 17, commencing at 40 minutes past three in the afternoon, and terminating exactly at six o'clock; nearly one-half of the moon will be obscured. The second is an annular eclipse of the sun on Saturday, Feb. 1, visible to us. The third is a partial and invisible eclipse of the moon on Sunday, the 13th of July, and the fourth is the great eclipse of the sun on Monday, the 28th of July ; t h e greates t solar eclipse we shall have in England until .. Mayen 1858. It 'l:Bgins' 2h. 18a 3m, • . . • • • fir* • T#E. LAST • PirE.—" Will the Thatcher," who was seen proceeding Trom Bonvilstone, with a lighted pipe, in his montln'on Thursday alight last, was found next morning burnt to death by.. the roadside, , supposed to have resulted from placing his lighted pipe in his pocket, and his clothes igniting, while he slept by the hedge.--Monmouth " Mr. John Beasley, Chapel Brampton." Northampton Mercury. LEEDS AlscliANlCs l INSTITUTION AND LITERARY SOCISITY. The recent discovery by Dr. Faraday that all bodies are influenced by the magnetic law, formed the subject of a highly scientific lecture on Wednesday week, by W. Sykes Ward, Esq. It had been formerly supposed that iron, and a few substances besides, were exclusively the objects and conveyors of magnetic force, but Dr. Faraday, in investiga ting some of the more subtle properties of light in connexion with electro-magnetism, was led incidentally to suppose the existence of the universitality of magnetic action He found that a large number of bodies were repelled by both poles of the magnet, and further discovery showed that the mere aggregation of particles would serve to render a body mag netic or diamagnetit. These curious phenomena were very ingeniously txhibited on a screen by the aid of the hydro oxygen light, and among other things a piece of fresh meat was shown to be subject to the magnetic current, and no doubt a man would be invotuntarily turned about if sus t ended between the poles of a very powerul magnet. Mr. Huggon moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Sykes Ward for his excellent lecture, which was heartily responded to. , —Leeds .21Jercury. ~ . • • ESSION TO. ROMt► %......The Rev.' ' *3*.' M.A:, of 13rasenose College, , Oxford, and Chaplain 'to the . dAtird , fligli :Commissioner rof the lohian Islands; 'Was received into' the. Catholic. Church. at Rome :on the 23d of November last. This gentleman was fortriVrly warden of the fiouse - cf Charity in Rose-street, Soho. REDUCTION OF RENT.—The governors of Bethleak Hospital have estates in Lincolnshire producing a rental of 6,0001. a year, and (with Lord Yarborough and other land lords) they have returned to the tenants 15 per cent. upon the last half-year's rent, on account of the depression in the price of agricultural produce. A very sudden death occurred at, Caine yesteray morning. Mr. James Bewley, of the Marsh, reti re d :to b ed ti .01:1, Tuesday •night in , his .nsual health; and wli n Mrs:. --BQwleY:rase in tiny morning she observ'ed no Change' in' him., The servant-girl turving occasion to go, upstairs, heard him rroaning Medical aid was promptiy aelit, for,. but before Cartwright had'irlived, he had ceased to breathe. Toe deceased was seventy-five years of age. Wiltshire Independent, 1011i:a TM?. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DEC MEET 9, 1850. MAGAZINES, &c.—t CON TIN UED.) NEW MONTHLY. Under the exprieaced editorship of Mr. Harrison Ainsworth the veteran New Monthly still continues to flouri,,h es it hes continued to do, more or less, during ninety volumes. Its second title, that of " Humorist," is sustained not ineffectively from num. her to number by two of its oldest contributors, Mr. Jolly Green and Mr. Soapy Sponge, one in his " Sporting Tour" (by this time, we should conjecture, drawing towards its conclusion), and the other this month in a bizarre and ludicrous "Account of the late Papal Aggression " Foremost, however, among the articles adorning the pages of the New Monthly for December, foremost at once in point of position, importance, and interest is the first contribution, containing the five Brat chapters of a "Memoir of the late Sir Robert Peel—by the Dean of York." This most attractive memorial will be found fraught throughout with new information as to the life and character of the great statesman, information such as justifies yet more the popular admiration for his genius and integrity. Hia dauntless courage is illus trated by the following anecdote : " I went with him and his father (says the Dean) to !oil at a❑ estate in Herefordshire, called Hampton Court, which Sir Hobert thought of purchasing. We slept at the inn in Leominster. It was full of company, and only two bedrooms could be obtained. Young Peel was obliged to sleep on a seta-bed, in a kind of cupboard attached to the principal room. Soon after he got to sleep be was awakened by a light, and saw a man stand ing by his couch with a drawn sword. The man being questioned, bid him not to be alarmed, for that he would not hurt him, but that a freemason's meeting was being held i❑ the next room, and that he was placed there to prevent any intruders from breaking in upon their ce remonies. Mr. Peel turned round and went instantly to sleep again. I asked him if he bad not been frightened? He said, No—that he was surprised at first, but did not suppose the man would do him any harm.' " Oo inquiry from the waiter in the morning, we learnt that the armed man had remained three hours in the room where the tearless youth was soundly and eilmly sleeping." Of his imperturbable self-possession the Very Rev. Biographer observes,— " I never knew him to be in the least excited by any thing but once, and that was at the death of Mr. Per cival. He (Mr. Peel) had assisted to secure the mur derer; he had supported the head of his dying friend, whom he greatly admired and loved; and when he came out of the House of Commons his face was certainly flushed, and some emotion shown; but less than would probably have been shown by any other person under such powerful excitement." His quarrel with O'Connell, his course of action in regard to the Catholic Question, and his refusal to join the Canning Administration, are all referred to, and new light is thrown upon each topic by private letters hitherto unpublished. From what we have here remarked it must be evident that the "Me moir" is both a valuable and attractive feature in the magazine. Besides the articles already particularised, the New Monthly for December contains an histo rical narrative of "The Revolt of Naples i❑ 1647," an amusing fragment about the appearance of " A Frenchman in Cairo," a continuation of Nicholas Michell's'novel of " Hester Somerset" and another instalment of "Paul Masterton's dventures." Added to these, we have, as poetical contributions, a ballad called "The Dying Bridegroom," by William Charles Kent, and a song of the month for December, by J. E. Carpenter. The number is brought to a conclusion by a more than usually lengthened notice of current literature. COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE. The recent work of Sir Francis Head on the de fenceless state of Great Britain is, as might have been expected, largely commented on in this number of the United Service, and as warmly commended. We have the first of a series of " Random Recollec tions of a State of Griffinage in India," which pro mise well ; we would, however, advise the author to eschew all classical quotations for the future, his ram avt do not betoken any very intimate acquaint ance with the language of ancient Rome. " Lady Sale and Lady .Harriet Acland" is the title of a paper giving a very interesting narrative of the heroic conduct of Lady Sale during the retreat from Caubul, and of the equally heroic conduct of Lady Harriet Acland, who, during the American war of Indepen dence, shar..d with her husband, Colonel Acland, all the privations and dangers of General Burgoyne'a cam paign. When her husband was taken prisoner danger ously wounded in the action at Stillwater, she at once embarked in open boat and proceeded during the night down the river to the enemy's camp to request permission to attend upon him. She was ac companied by a clergyman, Mr. Brudenell, by a female servant, and by her husband's valet. The American sentinels stopped the boat, and threatened to fire into it if it stirred before daylight, and Lady Harriet was detained the whole night on the water. In the morning she was permitted to land and join her husband in his captivity, and was treated by the American General Gates with every respect, humanity, and kindness. The whole story will be found nar rated i❑ General Burgoyne's history of his disastrous campaign, and every admirer of female heroism will feel obliged to the editor of the United Service for having again directed public attention to it. We have in this number a minute account of the action at Ramnuggher, preceded by a review of the circum stances which led to the second Seikh war, in whicb the errors of those in authority in the Punjaub are unsparingly exposed. There are several other excel lent professional papers in this number. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 7. The Qucen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Vales drove out in a pony phaeton this morning. Colonel Eouverie was in attendance on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Sir Frederick Stovin. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. The Royal dinner circle at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Mr. Birch. The Queen's private band attended after dinner in the Castle, and performed the following selections :--- Overture, " Les Chaperons BlanCs" . . Auber. Selection, " La Part du Diable" Auber. Romance, " Guido et Ge:,evra" Halevy. Andante, Minuetto, Trio, and Finale Mendelssohn. DEC. 8. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Her Alsjesty and Ms Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wclksley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also al ;ended the service. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth, left her residence, Clarence House, Si. James's, at half-past one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for Kew, abd visited their R o y a l H ig h nesses t h e D uchess of Cam bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mack lenburgh Strelitz. Her Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to Froglnore. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official real lance in Downing-street. Mr. Case and Mr. Townsend, from Birkenhead, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The Right Hon. R. L. Sheil had an interview on Saturday with Lord John Russell. Mr. liindrnarsh (of the Temple), and Mr. Macrory (of Duncairn, Belfast), a deputation from the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company, had an interview with the Curcmitoioners of Railways on Saturday, at their office in the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, consisting of Viscount Ebri ng t on , M r . Lewes, and Mr. Woolrych, had an interview with Sir George Grey at the Home-office on Saturday. Viscount Ebrington had au interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Sir Alexander Spearman had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. THE DYING BRIDEGROOM. (From au- New Mcnthy Magazine) BY WILLIAM CHARLES KENT, AUTHOR OF "ALETHEIA." The lattice trembled open, And cool the summer air, Thro' the woodbine wafting sweetness, Stirred the dying student's hair, And on evening's purple silence streamed, His voice breathed like a prayer: " Come nearer, Alice, nearer; Lay your hand upon my brow: I am free from suffering, dearest, And my thoughts are calmer now, And I love to feel you clinging, Like the blossom to the bough. " Let me clasp your blessed fingers— There—l press them to my lips: They are thin with all this watching How Time's sand too glibly slips: Mine were warmer when my fancies Felt the fever's dire eslipse! " Nay, shudder not so wildly; It is past—that gloomy strife ! All my mind's delirium vanished With this ebbing out of life: I'm a very child in weakness now, My gentle-hearted wife "Draw your arm around my shoulders—so Andtlet me lay my head, Weary —weary, love, but loving,: On your breast—my sweetest bed; And perhaps sometimes you'll fancy me Still here when I am dead. " Shall you find it very lonely, When the twilight drawing 'round, You will watch my empty corner On our hearth's beloved ground; And you pause to hear—alas! in vain— My tongue's familiar sound? " Oh, weep not, Alice, weep not! I cannot bear those there; I would staunch them with my kisses, And dispel your better fears, With our memories of bygone hours, And hopes of happy years. " How sweet the breezy vesper Spreads abroad its faint perfumes, Fanning thro' the open window Where the honeysuckle blooms: Think you, Alice, there are blossoms Such as thot.e among the tombs? "Nay, do not shut the lattice, Fur the mild air sheds a balm O'er my temples. 'Tis not chilling; Anti the eve is bushed and calm, And its fitful murmur rises With the sadness of a psalm. " Hark! the village bells are chiming— Do you hear them down the dale? They were joyful once, beloved, When they told our wedding tale; But their merry sounds ring harshly now, With tones of no avail. " To me their plaintive music, As they vibrate to and fro In the ivied belfry aninging, When the winds of evening blow, Seems like the solemn dirges sung O'er friends gone years ago. " Yet think not idlo sorrows Such as these I now can feel; No, my heart's adored treasure! Other gri, fa around me steal, Thoughts of agonised affection, Broken words but half reveal. " I am thinking, 0 my fairest! Of those days almo.t divine, When to these poor arms that beauty You were willing to resign, When our virgin faith you plighted, And I found you—Alice—mine. " Mine, unworthy in my weakness; Mine, though humbly, I could own Not a rood of lair possessions Where the leaves ,f God are grown: Mine, though pool est and obseurtst— MMe, my Alice, mime alone! " Brief and Odell are the moments That have vanished s;nce that morn When hither to our cottage From ihe bridal you w-re borne; Scarce, since then, three moons have jpei e I Mtiky greenness in the corn. " It has pleased the Gi:d who made us, In Ilia wisdom to afford But few glimpses of that rapture That we dreamt of and aoor.d, When you chose me from all others For yi:ur proud though lowly lord. " Yet, with all my pangs of anguish, While I see you by my sine, Looking down with tender patience On the love by death denied, I am filled with glad emotions, 0 my glory! O my bride! " All the fame I yearned to vanquish, This frail mind no more oan seek. Clasp me nearer to thy bosom— Let me kiss thy pallid cheek. Oh, my Alice, grief is stronger, Though my tailing voice be weak. " But the chalice of my sorrow. God is filling to the brim. Kiss my forehead, Alice, quickly, For my eyes are growing dim; Kiss my lips, love—clos e r, closer. Oh, my sense s f a i n t and swim!" She is bending o'er him fondly, Shedding fast the briny rain; On h;s heart her palm she presses, And—like madness in her brain—• Feels, oh God! it beats no longer, Knows it ne'er can throb again. , CAMBRIDGE.—The fines imposed by the borough magistrates on the Proctor (the Rev. John Fenwick, M.A.), and his two attendants, Boning and Robinson, for an assault upon Miss Thompson, at the hearing on Tuesday last, were paid on Saturday. The matter had remained in abeyance till that day, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Hyde (the Rev. Proctor's legal adviser) from Cambridge. The Rev. Gentleman declined to pay the money until the form of cap ture was gone through, in order to afford ground for an ac tion for false imprisonment, which it is alleged is to be pro secuted on the part of the University against the borough magistrates. Mr. Frinwick was according formally appre hended by the superintendent of police, with whom an ar• rangement bad been made for the purpose, in a room i n M r. Ilyt:e's office, and he would in due course have been con. veyed to the borough gaol if the line and costs had not been discharged. A cheque tor tha amount was handed over, and the Rev. Gentleman was released. The same form was then gone through, but in another room, with his subordinates, ot• ".bulldogs," and the matter was concluded. The Town Council will, of course, support the magistrates, and so "a very pretty quarrel" may be expected. ---- - MONUMENT TO LORD d EFFERY.—The committee of .subscribers to the monument to the memory of . the late Lord Jeffrey met on Friday to . decide whetberthe mernoriaL should be a work of 'sculpture or of, arc hitecture.. The 40 6 " [lion wan in f avour o f scu l pture. A anti-committee was accordingly, appointed to take measures forprocuring a statute of the late lamented judge and critic.. The subscrip tions in the h an d s o f the committee amount to 2,2001., a sum which, statute, and to l eave enoug h b es id es for the erection of a it is hoped, will su ffi ce to defray the cost of the alight monument over th e grave in the Dean Cemetery. The I statute will probably be placed in the Outer Parlistuent 11911lee-217oritiliritish COURT-MARTIAL ON AN OFFICER OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT. ' A general, court-martial assembled on Tuesday at the Cavalry Barracks, Exeter, to try Lieut. Arthur Vaughan Donnithorne Harris, 4th King's Own Regiment, on the following charge of unofficerlike and insubordinate con duct, to the prejudice of good order and discipline, in the following instances:— First Instance —For having on or about the 19th of November, 1850, be bring at that tine on duty as re• gimental detachment orderly cfficer, 4th King's Own Regiment, stationed in the citadel of Plymouth, ex hibited, or caused to be exhibited, at the window of his barrack-room, and in the same, within the above-men tioned fortress, a placard of a highly insulting tendency towards his superior officer, Captain John Josiah Hort, of the 4th King's Own Regiment, to wit:—" I hereby proclaim Captain Hort, of the 4th King's Own Regiment, to be a liar and a coward—Signed, Christopher Arthur Harris;" or words to the like effect. Second Instance —In having, on or about the 19th of November, 1850, spoken to a non-commissioned officer, Reg. No. 1,302, Corporal John Mcßride, 4th King's Own Regiment. in words to the following effect :—That Captain John Josiah Hort, of the 4th King's Own Re giment, was a scoundrel and a bully, and had behaved so to him; that he could nut and would not fight--"I could make a drummer-boy beat him," or words to that Effect —he, the said Captain John Josiah Hort, being his (Lieutenant Harzis'b) superior officer. The court having been opened with the usual forma lities, and the members duly sworn, Lieut. Harris pleaded not guilty to tle chaige. Lient.-Col. Gold, of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment, appeared as prose cutor ; the prisoner was professionally assisted by Mr. J. 13,:er. Ensign P. N. Beeton, saw the placard in Lieut. Harris's room, and he described it as printed in large letters on yellow paper. The question as to what was on the placard was objected to by the accused, on the ground that it ought to bo produced, and the , court was cleared. (It may be stated here, once for all, that ob jection to a question was followed invariably by clear ing the court, and was of very frequent occurrence.) On re-opening, the President over-ruled the objection, end the witness said from recollection he thought the words were—" I hereby proclaim Captain Hort to be a liar, and a coward, signed Christopher Arthur Harris." Witness said he thought it was currying things too far. The placard was stuck against the wall, at the upper end of Lieut. Harris's room, and was conspicuous to all en tering it. A question by the accused, whether similar placards had not been posted over the three towns of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehous e , was o bj ected to, and not permitt e d t o be put. At tour o'clock the court rose. The trial was continued on Wednesday and Thursday, when witnesses were examined to prove the case against the accused; but they were ordered not to answer ques tions put ter the purpose of bringing before the court the circumstances out of which the quarrel between Captain Hort and Lieutenant Harris muse. After the case for the prosecution had been closed, Mr. Beer was permitted to read a written defence, ex pressing Lieutenant Harris's regret for what had oc curred, but ascribing it entirely to the treatment he had received from Captain Hort, whilst at Drake's Island. That treatment consisted of many trifling things, and many of a more serious nature, but he refrained from going into them, as all the other officers who bad been implicated in it had apologised to him. He expressed his regret also that he had not left the quarrel in the hands of hie father, instead of rushing into it himself. Several officers eave Lieutenant Harris a good cha racter; and the defence being concluded, the court rose. The sentence will not be known till confirmed at head quarters. A correspondent says— " The history of the circumstances leading to this un pleasant branch was not permitted to transpire through the defendant's witnesses, but rumour ascribes it to Lieutenant's Harris having been made the butt of the mess, with the sanction of Captain Hort, and subjected to the most disagreeable system of practical joking; wine being poured over his shirt and rum and water down his back, and himself thrown into the water whilst the regi ment was at Drake's Island. His father, to whom he complained, sent a challenge to Captain Hort; but that officer wrote denying any cognisance of the treatment complained of, and refused a meeting, whereupon Chris topher Arthur Harris, the father, posted bim as a liar and coward, in the manner disclosed, which has brought the son into a position which may cost him his com mission." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. PAPAL AGGRESSION. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. t 7.—Members of the University who purpose attending at the presentation of the address lately voted to her Majesty on this subject, are re quested to meet the Vice-Chancellor on Tuesday, the loth instant, at the White Hart Hotel in Windsor, in their proper academical dress. The hour fixed by her Majesty for receiving the address is a quarter-past twelve o'clock. The following order of precedency is to be strictly observed by all members of the University who join in the procession to Windsor Castle:--- The Bedells. The Vice-Chancellor, accompanied by the Registrary. i p The High Steward. The Commissary. Noblemen. Privy Councillors. Heeds of Colleges. M mbers of the Caput. Public Orator. Proctors. Doctors in Divinity. Duct.rs in Civil Law. D , ctors in Medicine. Assesor to the Vice-Chancellor. Professors. Scrutators. Taxors. Librarian. Bachelors of Divinity. Masters of Arts, Non Regents. Masters of Arts, Regents. Bachelors of Law. Bachelors of Medicine. Bachelors of Arts. THE CHURCH. The undermentioned preterrnenta and appointments of gentlemen connected with this University have recently taken plbce: TRINITY COLLEGE.—The Rev. W. T. Blathwayte, 8.A., appointed curate cf Fiaherton•de-la-Mere Writs. rho Rev. E. R Frat,ki-, 8.A., ro the rectory of Down ham blarke . , Norfolk. 'lhe Rev. Alexander Ronald Grant, M.A.. to the vicarage of Belion Bunrpstead, Essex. The Rev. W. Esdaile Richardson, 8.A., licensed to All Semis' curacy, Northamptonshire. The Rev. John Montague Valpy, 8.A., to Crossthwaite curacy, Keswick, Cumberland. PETER'S COLLEGE.—The Rev. John Townsbend ntlett, &LA., to the aun-d-anery and of first minor a,.(inry in Sr. Paul's Ca,badrdl. T. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—The R.- v. G. G. Holmes, M.A., to West..,,b by-Welland curacy., Nuithatuptoe.hite. The Rev. Charles 1V atkinm Le* Is, 8.A., to Lilbourne and Claycotou curacy, Isivrtbstbptobbhirc. The Rev. Y. P. Smith, 8.A., to Kingtt:rndale perpetual curacy, Derby shire. QUEENS COLLEGE.--The Rev. James Be:Cht110, 8.A., to cur ,c). Northurev (mist:ire. The Rev. Alfred Augu4tusLungbur.lt, to Mitch Brampton curtsey, North atnoto!,shire. k3IMANUEL COLLEGE.—TheRMv. Edward Gillott v M.A., Lo 13ru.ufip.o Georg curacy, ::.ufloik. POST- OFFICE .N °TICE. - GENERAL POST-oFFICE, DEC., 1850.-011 and atter the 15th inst. mails will be made up monthly for the Gape of Good Hope, to be cony« yeti from Plymouth by the packets ot the Gentral Screw Steam Ship ping (.;ompany, under contract with her Majesty's Govern ment All letters and newspapers addressed to the Cape of Good Hope, as well as those fur Sierra Leone, which have hitherto be sent, as a general ruse, by one of her Majesty's ships dispatched at the beginning of each month to the West Coast of Africa, will be forwarded on and from the 15th inst. by the contract packets front Plymouth, unless speci ally addressed to be otherwise sent. Letters and newspapers fur the Cape de Verd Islands will also be forwarded by these packets, as well as by the new line of Brazil packets, about to commence running neat month, according as such corres pondence may be posted in time for either line of packets. The mails to be conveyed by the General Screw Steam-ships will be mane up in London on the evening of the 14th of e4ch month, aid in Plymouth on the morning of the 15th. Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to send their letters for Plymouth by cross post will of course for ward the correspondence intended for these mails in the same manner. The postage chargeable on letters and news papers, which must in each case be paid in advance, will be as follows, viz.:— Letters not exceeding mince in weight. Newspaper!. s d. Cape of Good Hope ... 1 0 ... free Sierra Leone ... 1 0 ... free Cape de Verds ... 110 ... 2d. DERBYSHIRE, STAF FORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER.. SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. —The ordinary half-yearly meet ing of this company w..,s held on Saturday, at the offices in Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Mr. R. G. Alston in the chair. A report was presented from the directors, which stated at some length the result of certain legal proceedings. These proceedings it was stated, would, in the course of a few weeks, place the shareholders in a condition to consider their ulterior measures; and it was, therefore, suggested that the meeting should be adjourned to an early day in March. The report added that Mr. Wintour Harris had been ap pointed secretary in the place of Dr. Mackenzie, resigned; and, in conclusion, the directors expressed a confident hope that the difficulties they had to contend with, when they took office in December, 1847, were rapidly approaching their termination, and that the time was not distant when mea sures of permanent benefit to the shareholders might be devised and carried out. lu accordance with the suggestion in the report, the meeting was adjourned to the 7th of March. INTENDED .ERFCTI ,, N IN LFICYSTEII-SQUARE.-1113 protracted litigation between the Tulk family and the repre sentatives of the late Mr. Moxhav as to the title to the area of Leicester-square, and the light to build thereon, has just been brought to a satisfactory termination. The open c s c space w who l n i n o n b d e s l t e o t e fo r r e t c h t w a • thhugteo globe l , V3 s • h l d, ow o i g C h u a p r o i a n ga ulinldoiunngtai‘ini b riv een,iiyit composed, of the k o n f o g w l n ass w:o a r i l i d d . The e hrg a e e b e o x : et e ear s lie e ) % at -e ih n be ty feet in height. The globe will be hollow, ea x n t d er t i l o i . the s pectator will view the different countries from the ILLNTSS OF THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—The Bishop 'of Oxford arrived at the Palace, Fulham, on Saturday, o n a visit to the Bishop of London, with the intention of preaching at Lambeth Old Church yesterday morning, on behalf of the Sduth'wark fund fur building churches and schools (in that deanery), .The Bishop was suffering from a cough and vio lent ir ritation of the windpipe on Saturday; but it was hoped by nursing and-a night's rest his Lordship would have been relieved; but on Sunday morning he was much worse and quite incapable of exertion. The sermon at Lambeth Church was preached by the senior curate, the Rev. J. Cav Browne. The church waa crowded, and a veiw lectiou made. boor t h Sou a 00r 64 P 61 P 61 P gr ea ° Oh P ri 00