The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-27 00:00:00

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Lict ... g 4 t LC t to have the costs out of the c.:.1 Q. CRI MINAL COU.RT.—(THIS DAY.) Thoere..t.r. roar o9 ..A_ (Bet 11 : OLD CoUR7'. LDERSON end Mr. Baron MARTIN.) A n n' a r tn lN e . s ) s tf2l i'..oud editi on o f t h e ca l en d ar contains the firat sditiliar3"er'r being 21 more than appeared in the ATTE- 4 ,0 13 ' Zthen' TO PROCURE ABORTION.-ji.h I A • Qr° 3 l a respectably-attired middle-aced man, " Ib e d indi e , 3 a surgeon, surrendered to take his trial on a l n . elite ranat4(e)rnttiremharging him with having attempted to P r ' ebiLtlei_er.ralo'ne it; c 9, Th prisoner had been rernandA from and as the prosecutrix did not appear, re occasions or to-day, he was again put 11 1 1 ;t e on the understanding that he would be discharged e seßsionProsecutrix did not turn up before the close of the R A T M URDER .-Th e tr i a l c f Mi ss Kittson, her cin zrge d w i th h av i ng attempte d to m urder 'ma 4 r, a s , tddler iu the City, was fixed for Friday. Xild - ', Ja llY.This case, in which Mr. Sobieske It u " , proctor in In land, it charged with p:rjury, Postponed till to-morrow. kb ". -- iirchibald Louden agrd 20, described as a to t , a ° u si r i b rz r u e n r , , f David Cooper, aged 19, also described were indicted for feloniously setting fire Spa' -el t of straw, the property of William Doubleday ti tiothtr die ' :f" A RKSON staled the casts for the prosecution, Th - '" w aids called ebortotise:atisa w r . vey, who deposed that he was a police :"'"'e. On the cv fling of the sth of this month he hi_ 111 the Village of Langton, and about eight o'clock g o as called to a fire which broke out in a the .u ' l d near II , unslow belonging to Mr. Doubleday, • Prosee ' the spot he found that Itror. hastening to N em ' t ick was on fire, and he, with Sergeant Scott, re:d igest a fte information which induced them to go and the Prisoners, who lived in Langton. The . s a oti whic - the.. _ y ds wore corresponded with the footmarks in the d „,breadirre the fire occurred, not only in length an Ther e bat in the size and impression of the nail marks. Ilho lit ", (1 , 0 been a bonfire in the field the same night,. e car, i ; u ° Yards from the rick, but the wind blew in a C ro Y direction to the straw stack. k th e P 3B 3 . "aruined by Mr. BALLANTINE (who &fended • fi r r i ; °4 er)-He measured the distance between the •us b e and the straw-Mack with a thirty-yard tape. l'flie ttt ' i ?erl there were a good many people in the field ° parbon fire was lighted, and he saw the pri to th e `",eagst them. He saw the prisoners come up ror ee i ",eit after it was in flames, and they appeared to after th r 'ta the direction of their own houses. It was w ith - 1, 4 he arrested them and compared their shoes Le foot prints in the field. ii tecl ttrY A nn Gowls, examined by Mr. CLARKSON-She of Or to Mr. Doubleday's field, and on the even the err t he sth she saw the prisoners loitering about eltb es ti , t? tick or going towards it. There was no fire h air' ock then. - When she saw them it was about Pitit R kuu - "en, and she was going in the direction of 4 , lt ee li ti B o -w ' but the prisoners were coming from the me hack Langton and going towards the stack. When 4414 - ,7 6 hack from Hounslow to the field she saw them / Pets - h ea r to the stack going towards Hounslow. They ( ~t) fir e -b ea r fifty yards from the stack then. There was " 1 l ) -413 , but a few minutes afterwards she came out toe,p' 'oubleday's (her master's) yard, and saw the pa !j . e° , 4l jug from the rick and going in the direction ` 4 iiill a t„'''' ) ". About ten minutes after eight, or forty sae h -3 after she had last seen the prisoners, the fire urnieg furiousl hop cfilra''xiiniried by Mr. BALLANTINE-She SAW the t r ick, '''` l3 at she did not know how far it was from the 0 4,6 r She had been told it was about 253 yards. The Ser: , ' " OS was lighted about eight o'clock. S iyt :,'Etat Scottie corroborated the evidence of the h e ' e b. -tn "a• He had measured the distance between Fireworksrl--d the, bonfire. It was only about 100 yards. ]ai r , were were fired off all round the rick. • 4 ee' s 7, 44r °n ALDERSON thought the evidence destroyed "war"wrt i e t- , No malice was attributed to the prisoner, and ', : tote evident the fire was the result of the foolery he ooofi re. k r j, lll r:i were of his Lordship's opinion. °at ,rarott ALDERSON was sorry the poor men at the reepi ci t i o been so lent , detained in custody, but they thei r ' e llte the bar without the slightest stain upon ,b,oeharacters. prisoners were then discharged. as"'"t - Tv q ,,„, ". TO rRCCURE ABORTION.-Mr. Edwards, o , 4 l ) pe tu g e °', was again placed at the bar, and no one d avit t t h r 'g to prosecute he was allowed to make an a - oUt o f a !" be had use d no means t o ge t th e prosecutrix t illitter he Way, and the jury returned a verdict of Ao -Iki. p %0;d th 4lll tYs who appeared for Mr. Edwards, in e Court that the prosecution was originally top, " a ll by the Medical Protection Society, which was -elut let, thesecretary having absconded. Mr. . 0 am.. .as av o i 4 d ‘' advised by the officers . of that society Sting 0 , the consequences of this pros( cation by l w a ba n e country, but being conscious of t h i i n s t i ue 2 , e ee t', eer he indignantly refused even to enter a ; 11 th u ' io 7: { !" ) a, and medical men of the highest standing ;;° his% - 8 - ' s sion were in attendance to bear testimony e r ee tubility and hitherto unimpeachable repute -1 11 e ch lireecl. Gul l then ordered Mr. Edwards to be dis• NEW_ COURT. jan e , (Before the RECORDR.) f Of _ ou,d was indicted for stealin t r, ro the house ptiraarY 13a11, lodging-house keeper, sun f d W ry m oolwich, two of of trowsers, two waistcoats . and other pieces t l , 4 o arlog apparel, together with 308. in money. ti ti :!..al the evidence it appeared that on the day in s nr ,:ion the prisoner . came to the house of Mrs. Ball and ,0):,,,ed a b k ed-ro _ ay w t hich she occupied that night. o'cloe next d not having come down tat te rs, • Ball went up to awake her, and found her sitting tthe room fully dressed. She said she was unable to 3 1 for the room, and it was arranged that she should k „te a bundle which she had with her while she wert 1 14 fetched the money. After she had been absent some Mrs.t me D a p parelD belonging to herself, which had e " Wearing a Previo us ly pl ace d in • a set of drawers in the room 11 l eh th e p r i soner h a d occu pied. On examining the Itir We" It was found that their locks had been forced. Ihntrestion was given to the police, and the prisoner t o t a PPrehend e d. O n b e i ng sea r c h e d a shift and petti tits t b et unglng to the prose cutrix were found on her, " shift ben folded up as a bundleg. meiary returned a verdict of Guilty. intenee deferred. tt e lY ri LAßY. H enr y Winkletop, John Webb, and John bt u ye 3 we re indicted for a burglary i n the 11 , 04 h ef a Per son name d Wilki e, i n Spring-place, Wands riead, and stealing therefrom property to the it of between 31. and 41. 41(41 aPPeared that on the night of the 2d of the da present varey ot th the p r osecutor ' s house was entered, and away.it pliProlaPerty, sheets and other things, were taken threet Pert morning of the 3d the discovered the :Wande- Ws--esoners sitting on a heap of sand in the got h -t9491 t and directly they saw the police they 41 :1d ran away, a policeman in plain t °o tuelothe6,ilniloWing; them, but could not overtaked them. which n et It' ne took to thc station house, but rep acedg th e tii m t ' 6 ePing watch. Between eight and nine °c', clt andV e „ Prisoner s came to t h e san d-b an k, when Webb P e tty tioeumP anied by Winkletop, took off the pro were then followed by the police, and Pos,, a a .itirlaately i n t o custo d y w i t h th e p ro p e rty in their Th e ". Pr"leeutor identified the property, found on the i.S as Ills 13 0 e'u sai d he . had found the property in the sand 11 t til h (ll t4 th er two p r i soners d en i e d any knowledge of c'tti v %FY, and sa id t h ey h a d b een ca sually passing The ya,iter Webb had found the property. The ,cteoRDER ummed up, and, t° 4 J ury found Webb and Wells Guilty of the t a ,tid Winkletop with receiving the proper t- e oth W ing it to isk, stolen, and also with harbouring I ,i' two prisoners. 141 Prit .4te oaDEß sentenced Webb to eighteen months' It 'Pria °lll3 "ot Ilnd hard labour; Wells to twelve months' sx 111 %t1 - I ° ,! lr4 ot and hard labour, and Winkletop to " imprisonment and hard labour. 4p pt IVI - b re4 TION FOR A WRIT OF PRzEII , I . U. ti At AGAINST LORD J. RUSSEL' e t i l c ye.terday Nir.Benjawin ilis, som b °dui % c accretary to the Society . fur Bettering the re th °I t he Agricultural Labouring Poor, attended t° } ll°*l g ' % 44t hafY aiderman of this court to , make k the -lelbsnr-i"Rula; lication:—He wished to t ee" it 44 , °41 John ' Russell, as a Minister, who n had ei 4 vir e , g ed by the nation at large for abandoning P , ce, 7 ,,,,• t ights of the people, and for being . guilty any of one /v i illo u " t re ' could be proceeded against . by_ 1 ° 4 , 4 Y, tb c, rfeviously. obtaining the sarttou er, ) ,„ "ace being especially against p t o h t e rights he-r a o - f Sir t i c% a "" Llu r i e said he could not make the justice he vc,; l L ehi cie for th e ag i ta ti on o f p o liti ca l subjects. 4 er •stti tied to b e saii,.fied upon a point of political st eel ,` )11 3 a police -court was not the proper place to k utto ry : wills said that similar questions had been answered h er ; ccu. the bench, and he simply wanted to know tit and how the proceedings for obtaining the • (4 Pr • initiated? Sir eclat/etre should be tlaeb r Laurie said he should not venture to answer I , ll ct. a bl i , e 'tion; but if his legal adviser at his elbow ot to volunteer any legal advice upon the met % 4, ern 4 L i:t ight do ao; but as long as he (Sir Peter) teas tive:f""ch, no answer to such an inquiry should be Th from it. f ill 5 e c hi ef clerk r ema i ne d perfc-ctly silent, and Mr folded up his papers and left the court. TR 1 1°4rj 4 ; "nOUS FXPLoSION OF GAS .— At an early 4 'llnit's mornin g the - inhabitants in Pall • mall had their b,roken 10 a rather alarming and extraordinary r" v ll: ::w_h r er ' .: - :,_ l 3; l . g so u m p e unexplained cause the gas in one of the .e Port, t le " run along Pall• mall blew up with a tremendous the street, and spreading confusion in Jtlrtesd'i ect ion. Great dame has been done to several Join t the Street the premises occupied by the Lonucn li ilZ (l2 havi k n n k , and ' others in that immediate neighbour s l,, 8 car . ceiy one whole pane of glass in their win b'Peiu tcue baukirw-house seemed to have if its most -44 13Q: 811 Gek, an nit looks this morning as if its windows iPerseveringl lted with ston,:s all night. The tiot the accident at Pe a mystery. It ILA a th s r i o t v7trilsaesa;tainine-.4 NvhePtrheysernatnryemonaeinhsas h en injured, but, ng ed witil the morning, and before the street became lon of Pedestrians it is to be hoped that the demo- Clci t .the windows . °lliel ec i. is all the damage worthy of being THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, MO. IRELAND. Duenerfee, Tr,rEsDA v.—The result of the municipal elections yesteiefs, does (fit dit to the geud sense, and judge ent of the citizens, for Percy did t'eey return their represenieeives in the corpration a body of men the great reejerity of whom were more likely to do them credit in point of reepectability of character and conduct, or good service in the business me ntigernent of their municipal affairs, novv become very impel - tent from the large revenue that will be annually at their disposal. Indeed no corporation in the em pire could put forth to represent it men of more intel ligence, worth, wealth, and general respectability, as distillers, brewers, merchants, and general traders, than are now fur the most part returned by the citizens of Dublin. It is only necessary to mention that amongst them are the names of Roe, Grump, SWk etman Crosethwaite, Codd, Hudson Hutton, Fineson, Classon, Campbell, Kelly, Gresham, Yance, Worthington, Kina han, Butler, and many others of sufficient number to insure a majority that will save the character of the city from the disgrace of any repot lion of such scenes as the past bear has es bibited to the world, and ifs funds from being jobbed for individual or party purposes. Nothing can show more emphatically the evanescent character of public favour than the fate of Mr. Maurice O'Connell at this election. This gentleman, in every way worthy of being re turned for any ward in the city, and vi.hot,e father, it may be said, at Ofiw time held the Parliamentary representation of Dublin in his pocket, stands now a defeated candidate for one of the wards which he had publicly, by his address, canvassed fir the suffrages of the electors. Mr. Rey nold:, has had rather a narrow escape. It was said that he was:sure of being returned for three or four wards, but only in one does his name appear at all, and there he is only returned by a majority of tiro over the lowest of the four e uecessfulcaedidates; thatis, each ward returning four, he is third upon the poll by two. Another striking instance of fleeting popularity is the rejection of the aged alderman, and very worthy man, Mr. M`Loughlin, the most devoted friend to the last of the late Mr. O'Con nell. This gentleman had only twenty votes in the ward for which Mr. Reynolds has been returned, the lowest successful candidate having polled 195. The weather has been again very tempestuous in the last two days, but still the temperature has all through the month continued of an unusual and almost unprece dented mildness. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, counsel stated that, in the caso of Colonel Van deleur against Captain Kennedy, which, on the sug gestion of the Court, stood over for au amicable ar rangement, no such arrangement had been come to, and counsel were prepared to go on with the case, but the Court said that there was noLtime now to hear it, and the case must stand over till next term. Mr. Dooley, late paymaster of constabulary, who was tried and acquitted a few days ago on a charge of em bezzlement, but has since been detained in custody under a Crown extent for 8004 was yesterday liberated on bail. Monday next is the day appointed for the new muni cipal representatives to assemble and elect a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year 1851, and Mr. John Rey nolds has already announced himself as a candidate for the office, despite the hundred and one actions pending against him, and confidently refers, as his claim to the elevation, to his conduct i❑ his past mayoralty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.t CHESTER CUP.-50 to 1 agst Rhesus (taken freely)- 50 to 1 agst Langton (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Brother to Dough (taken). Nothing else backed; but 53 to 1 each was offered about Cossack and Clarissa, and 1,000 to 15 apt any other. DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Grecian-8 to 1 egst Prime Mi nister-13 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt-20 to 1 agst Latnartine-25 to 1 agst Newminster (taken) -25 to 1 agst Storm-33 to 1 agst Faugh-a-bsllagh colt (taken). NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET- ING.—TUESDAY. The Puppy Stakes. Sir St. George Gore's Cobra bt Mr. Gurney's Aspasia. Mr R. Bagge's Trotzig bt Mr. Etwall's Lobster. Mr. Vipan's Viardot bt Sir W. B. Smyth's Strongbow. Mr. Rogers's Harum-Scarum bt Mr. Fyson's Fanny Fickle. Mr. Dobede's Dora bt Sir St. G. Gore's Lion Heart. Mr. Holmes's Memory (late Remnant) bt Mr. King's Royalist. Mr. Buckworth's Bertha bt Lord Stradbroke's Miser. Mr. R. Bagge's Triste bt Sir W. B. Smyth's Saddle. Mr. Gillet's Gallantry bt Mr. Hill's Medea (late Una). Mr. Fysou's Factotum bt Mr. Parkinson's Susan. Mr. Dobede's Dot bt Mr. Hill's Model Lady. Mr. Dobcdc's Dunkeld bt Mr. Holmes's Memorandum (late Dart). The Ali-Aged Stakes. Mr. Holmes's Mocking Bird bt Mr. Dobede's Diamond. Mr. Holmes's Midas (late Sylvan) bt Mr. Moody's Field Marshal. Mr. Buckwcrth's Beeswing bt Mr. Etwall's Ebb. Mr. Vipan's Verity bt Mr. Dobede's Desperate. Mr.Gurney's Asp bt Mr. Gillett's Go-along (late Faithful). Mr. Hill's Mercury bl Sir St. George Gore's Caradoc. Sir St. G. Gore's Magician bt Mr. Vipan's Mr. Dobede's Donald bt Mr. Hill's Mary. Lord Stradbroke's. Merchant bt Mr. Brook's Black Eagle. Captain Atchdali's - bt Mr. Fyson's Forerunner. FURTHER DISCOVERIES AT CIRENCESTER.—Fresh remains of the ancient inhabitants of the Roman Corinium are daily being brought to light by the workmen employed in digging the foundations of houses, &c., in various parts of the town. A large quantity of very curious pottery has been found, chiefly of the pseudo- Samian description, together with many interesting articles in bronze, glass beads, coins, &c. A considerable portion of the wall of the ancient town has also been exposed to view. The pottery is, as usual, chiefly fragmentary, but it sufficiently shows the treasures that might be obtained by a well-directed search. Excava tions on a large scale are contemplated, and will be under taken in the course of the ensuing spring. ARCHIDIACONAL VISITATION. —On Tuesday morn ing last the Rev. Dr. Staunton delivered an address to the churchwardens of the different churches in this town, at St. Peter's Church, in which, among other important topic, the Rev. Speaker gave decided instructions that no fresh vaults were to be constructed within the walls of the churches, and no old ones re-opened without express permission from the Archidiaconal officer. This discontinuance of intramural interments is a concession to the sanitary spirit of the day of no slight nature.—Nottingham Review. THE BRAZILIAN SLAVE TRADE.—(Extract from the Journal do Commercio, Oct. B.)—The Brazilian war steamer Urania entered yesterday from a cruise, bringing on board 208 African slaves and the crew of the brig Rolha, all captured at Macabe. On the same day the celebrated slave merchant Joaquim Pinto da Fonseca bad been arrested and placed in close confinement, it being discovered that he was the owner of the brig Rolha, captured by the Brazilian war steamer Urania. There had been another capture by a Bra zilian steamer of war, off St. Catherine's, of a brig, with 120 slaves on board. A paroquet belonging to a lady, resident at New Brighton, has laid twenty-nine eggs within the last few months. _ _ LORD B E AUMONT . .—It is very gen era lly rumoure d that this Noble Lord i s to be speedily appointed Governor of Malta. Perhaps this may account in some measure for the tone and spirit of his letter to Lord Zetland, in which a Papist figures as adopting the;extraordinary course of approv ing and encouraging a No-Popery cry.— Chronick. Heml-Constable Crowley and Constable Genie left for Dublin to-day, in consequence of a letter received from a gentleman in Dublin claiming the large sum of money found last week on two members of the i swell mob. The applicant stated that his pocket was cut off n a railway car r i ag e, and the money taken, amongst which were some five d o ll ar pieces found corres ponding with those in the possession of the pri soners, and a 201. note which corresponded with a note found with the same persons.— Cork Examiner. He who can smile at the misfortune of being robbed wins something from the thief. Eliza Cook's Journal ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The Electric Telegraph Company are progressing rapidly with their work towards Brighton. A great portion of the wire is up, and coils of wire are brought down to within a short distance of Brigh ton ready for fixing. Workmen have recently been em ployed in preparing the hoards for the wires in Clayton tunnel. It is the intention of the company, with the sanction of the Town Commissioners, to carry the telegraph into the town. Would not the Townhall be an excellent place for the terminal dial ? OXPoRD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.—During the last fortnight the extraordinary rise in the shares of this company has been exceedingly rapid, and the influencing causes has been concealed from the pub lic. Indeed, the general opinion appears to be that, if the rise had any foundation, the arrangements, whatever they might be, which were likely to benefit the undertaking, have been carefully kept back for same purpose or other. It is now stated ou very good authority that the parties who were referred to in the paragraph, which originally appeared in the Worcester Herald, as having undertaken to carry out the line in its integrity, are no other than Mr. Peto and Mr. Treadw•ell. N low BRUNSWICK.—A great fire broke out in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on November 11. Upwards of one-half of the city was burnt, including a large portion of the best buildings and places of business, and the spacious Wesleyan church and parsonage. The fire broke out in a barn near this church. The Catholic chapel was on fire„but saved. The insurances were considerable. vM COUNTY COURTS.--A further return relating to the business of the . County Courts has been published. Th e information it furnishes bears on the employment of deputy judges and the fe es of clerks and hi g h bailiffs. During ale year 1849 the to t al of the number of the da y s on which each fudge sat in person is 7,008, and that of the nnmber of days when the sitting was by deputy 557, the remuneration for the services of such deputie3 amounting to 969/. 13s. 2d. The gross amount of fees received by . the clerks during the same period was 70,370/., and their disbursements 34,257/. The fees of the high bailiffs amounted to 52,274/., and the a mount disbursed for the remuneration of assistants, &c., 29,8561. BRITANNIA -BRIDGE.—BANGOR, Nov. 24.—The sale of materials at the Britannia-bridge was concluded on Saturday, the weather having been favourable throughout There was a good attendance of mine owners and others, and high prices were realised. The proceeds of the sale of ma terials have been estimated at about 12,000/. The only arti cles unsold are the two large iron pontoons and some large capstans used at the floatings The hydraulic presses have been purchased by their makers, the Bank-quay Foundry Company, Warrington, for the purpose o f dis p la y at the forth coming Exhibition of 1851. At a certain age, if our borne contains no children' it will probably be full of follies and vices.—Eliza Cook's Journal. LUNAR RAINBOWS.—Lunar rainbows have been remarkably frequent of late, and, on two cccasions within the last few weeks. double bows have been seen spanning across the sky, pale, b u t remar k a bl y per f ec t and distinct The last occasion was on Sunday night, the 17th instant, when a double lunar bow was observed stretching from west to north-east. It was first seen five minutes before six o'clock, and lasted exactly half-an-hour. It was a perfect double arch, and both bows presented a variety of colours. The phenomenon was remarkably beautiful.— lnverness Courier. HAYMARKET THEATH E. Last evening O'Kee•re's comedy, the Young Quaker, was presented at this theatre. This revival is quite in character with the discrimination and judgment which have been displayed by the management in selecting pieces for the aniusemeet of the peblic. It poesesses much of the racy and broad humour which distinguish many of the dramatic produc tions of the author. Quakerism is not now pro bably so prominent as when O'Keefe wrote for the stage, and though the peculiarities of the sect are present:- d in a ridiculous light, there is no ill nature displayed in the development of the characters. Young Sadboy (Mr. B. Webster) is indeed led away by the fascinations of the metropolis, and the com panionship of Captain Ambush (Mr. rarselle) from the grave and sedate habits of the society to which he belongs ; but this is but an illustration of weakness incidental to y outh and inexperience ; besides, he pos sesses a good and manly heart, and retraces his steps with grace and propriety. Mr. Webster was most successful in delineating the errant freaks of the Young Quaker, and in a most ludicrous manner blended the quaint phraseology of the part with the profane dialogue of sparks of fashion. Mr. Buckstone performed the part of Clod, the servant of Old Chronicle (Mr. Lambert), with infinite humour and address, and as usual, elicited great mirth. Nothing could be more ad mirable than hia impersonation of a bumpkin in livery, and the facetious good humour with which he exhibited the penury of his master, with whom he did not "live," but "starve." Mr. Charles Selby was an excellent representative of Shadrach, the Jew, and Mr. Henry Bedford, as Spatterdash, was lively and piquant. The character of Ara minta is one of no ordinary difficulty, for in ad dition to the ordinary requisites to enact a lady of fashion, with a large fortune at her command, and the independence of will and spirit which such an advantage imparts to a young lady who chooses a husband for herself, there are several songs allotted to the part which require considerable vocal ability to give them effect, particularly as some are given as lively musical snatches, and all sung without an ac companiment. Miss P. Horton had this part assigned her in the present cast, which she sustained with great ability. The lively spirit with which she in troduced her musical responses was admirable and effective. She gave the sang " Then farewell, my rover, dear; Thy loss I e'er shall mourn." with much feeling and expression. Mrs. Fitz william did Pink, which she represented in her usual facetious and happy style. The play was admirably put upon the stage, perfectly wall acted throughout, and was much applauded. The theatre was crowded with a most respectable company. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. Marston's admirable play of Philip of France and Marie de Miranie continues to attract crowded and enthusiastic audiences, who fully appreciate and enjoy the exquisite poetry and the equally exqui site acting presented to them. Monday night, after the performance of My Wife's Daughter, for the first time as a second piece, the entertainments concluded by a new ballet divertissement, which brought into play the whole of the resources and the taste of the esta blishment of this department. The story in such cases is so evidently the mere string on which to thread the various dances, that we need only say it turns upon incidents familiar to all ballet lovers, and introduces Madame Louise and .Madlle. Adele in several pas de deux, &c., greatly to the delight and satisfaction of their numerous admirers. Madlle. Adele is truly a graceful dancer, and the management deserves the utmost credit for the care and liberality they bestow on the getting up of these brilliant spec tacles. The scenery and decorations were excellent, the music light and buoyant, and the ballet quite successful. MADAME ANNA THILLON AND MR. HUDSON'S NEW MUSICAL ENTER TAINMENT AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. A most agreeable variety of the " At Home " species of entertainment was produced at Willis's Rooms last evening, the great novelty of which con sisted in the performance being a duologue, if one may be allowed the expression, instead of a mono logue ; the performance, moreover, took place on a stage elevated at the end of the room, with a door in the centre, and thus while the stage was never left vacant, much greater facilities were afforded for the display of costume than under the old regime of table talk. The performers on this occasion were Madame Anna Thillon and Mr. Hudson, and seldom have we passed a pleasanter soirée than we passed with them at Mrs. Colonel Fitzsmythe's bal costume, last evening. Mr. Hudson, as Mr. Jeremy Jenks, opens the ball, and sings an Irish ballad, " Norah Dear," developeth a new collection of conundrums, and introduceth an eccentric Irish gentleman, Mr. Banagher O'Sbocknessey, a " cawntinental" pilgrim. We are then introduced to the fascinating and lovely Anna Thillon, who, as Mademoiselle Nina Fluri, a prima donna at a musical soiree, sans the grand aria from The Crown Diamonds ; the aria in which she made her debit in England, awl by her delicious render ing:of which she created afurore which until then had never been equalled. She was in excellent voice, and rendered the sparkling music of Auber delightfully. She then appeared as Miss Euphemia Bas Bleu, a "gifted" young lady, who mastered Hebrew in a day and a night by curling her hair with the gram mar. In this character she sings a song, " The Modern Plato," with great humour and archness. Mr. Hudson now takes up the ball, and details in a song ,with a moral to it the adventures of "Lazy Loony ;" and then we have Madame Thillon admi rably made up as Lady Darville, a fine old English lady, who sings a romance, "Youth in ;Wrinkles," albeit there were no wrinkles there, for we never saw her look more lovely. The bal costume concludes with Mr. Hudson's Lord Fitzsappy, a youth from the west, who details the affecting history of a pet puppy dog, who was dwound in Il Lago Maggiore. 'rhe second part is entitled Coming Events, and is a piece de circonstance, apropos to the Great Exhibition. Mr. Hudson personates Rackstraw, a genius in "a fix ;" he is, however, cheered by the arrival of the Genius of Industry, who cheers his spirits by singing to him a charming ballad, " The Flight of the Fairies," at the conclusion of which she takes her flight, and leaves Rackstraw to compile "The News of the World," which he does in an admirable buffo song, of which a second edition was at once called for. He now receives a visitor from Asia, So-sli, a Pagoda Belle, who sings with great archness a very smart satirical song, entitled, " Can this Country be your Own ? " He is then suc cessively vi'ited by Zeynab, the Lily of the Nile from Africa, by the " Star of the New World," a fair composite creature, half Dutch, half Spanish, half Yankee, and the rest Mohican ; and lastly, by a " Visitor from Europe Melanie, A Boulonaise." Each of these characters is sustained with infinite spirit by Madame Anna Thillon; in each she introduces a de licious melody, which she sings in those char, silvery, enchanting tones, which are so peculiarly her own, and in each her costume is most elegant, rich, and becoming. Never have we seen the charming Anna Thillon look so fascinating as last evening. The ap plause was enthusiastic throughout, and at the con clusion both artistes were called on. The room was crowded. CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 26. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise Ln the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Royal dinner party at the Castle to-day will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during dinner. Her 'Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended in the Castle on Monday during dinner, and, under the direction of Mr. Tutton, performed the fol lowing pieces : Overture, "Egmont" Waltz, "Die Hietern" Selection, " Le Favorite" Donizetti. Quadrille, " Chevalresque" Galop, " Themse Tunnel" The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following pieces : Overture .... • l. Thomas. Selection, "Le Songe d'un Nuit d Ete, Chorus, "*„Das Nachttager" Kreutzer. Mr. M'Gregor, Mr. M'Chlery, and Mr. W. R. Sandbach, bad an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had en interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Francis Baring returned to his residence in the Admiralty yesterday. Sir James Hogg had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial.office from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Malta, and Gibraltar; and also from the Lord High Commis s ioner cf the lonian Islands. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial• office for the Governor of Gibraltar. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A PEA.—A youth, the son of Mr. Richard Bolton, o f Great Horton, - Yorkshire, was playing a few days since with a juvenile companion, who was pretending to place a pea in his ear and to make it come out of his mouth. Bolton, believing the feat to have been really pe, formed, was induced to make the attempt himself, and thrust the pea so far into his ear that it could not be got out. In a vain endeavour to extract it made by a medical man, it was sent further in, and the poor boy died four days afterwards from the effects. THE PREVENTItiN OF CRIME. LETTER VI, TO HIE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BAILT., M P., &c. - Sir —Tne first time the Wakefield system of colo nization was brought under my attention I observed, that if the public approve of this plan lEsop has written in vain one of his best fable:, tbr it would not be possible to give a more striking instance of the folly of those who killed the goose for the sake of the golden eggs ; and on mentioning this opinion to one of the most sagacious of the directors in the blew Zealand Company, be was so struck with its truth that he requested me to write to him upon the sub ject. Other avocations, however, interfered, and I lost sight of the subject. Every p9rson who has given attention to the sub ject of emigration is aware that the great majority of those who emigrate with the view of settling as agri culturists (and these are the most valuable of emi grants) is the want of capital. This is the difficulty, and yet all the emigration companies, acting upon the Wakefield system, increase this difficulty, and thereby either prevent the intending emigrant from starting, or so cripple his resources that he is comparatively unable to benefit either himself or the colony ; for before the settler can enter on the land he is obliged to pay one pound per acre. True, they say to him, we will spend the money in the best manner for your benefit, but pay your pound an acre. The would• be settler replies, I have a large family, whom I shall have to support for some time before I can expect sufficient crop for the land; many imple ments to buy ; our passage to pay for ; and my whole capital is 500/. My family and myself require 200 acres at least, and if I have to pay you 2001. I fear the remainder will not be sufficient to give me a fair start. The only rejoinder is, the rule is inflexible, you must pay one pound per acre; and yet legislators affect surprise that the middle class do not emigrate. What would be thought of the sagacity of a land lord in this country who, having ,a farm to let, and being applied to by a tenant of only sufficient capital to cultivate the land, was to require that he should lay out 5001. or 1,0001. of that capital in erecting buildings; would not the reply, "If I were to agree to this I should not have sufficient capital to cultivate your land with advantage," be conclusive, and yet is not this precisely the same as requiring a settler to pay for his land ? But the plan which I would propose entirely ob viates this absurdity. If the would-be settler, with a capital of 5001., requires 200 acres, instead of fleecing him of the 2001., I would only require him to deposite it previous to his having a provisional title, and upon arrival in the colony he should be able to draw every shilling he required for his farming purposes. Nay, I would go further. Suppose him to be unable to pay the 200/., and he was known by his relatives and friends to be an honest and indus trious man, sure to do well if he had a fair start, I would take their security that the 2001. should be re paid within ten years. With such a system as this, the lots all ready for occupation, and a few acres in crop, can any reason able doubt be entertained that the settlers would be very numerous ? And I would permit no man to purchase land except those of good character in their respective neighbourhoods ; and, beyond this, I would introduce a part of the feudal principle, but in stead of the land being forfeited on non-compliance with some folly, it should be absolutely forfeited if the owner were convicted of crime. Like the adoption of wise measures both in public and private life, numerous advantages would neces sarily occur ; and, however useful they might be, they should never be suffered to interfere, either directly or indirectly, with the sole end of the proposal, which is to provide the very best possible place for reformed convicts, effectually guarding, as far as human nature will permit, against exposing them to temptation. The consequential advantages which would arise from the adoption of the plan are 1. It would prevent the evils necessarily arising from a colony founded by a convict population. 2. It would not cost the country a shilling ; the sale of the land would far more than repay every outlay. But then there is the ever ready objection, " Oh, it would be impossible to carry out the plan." My reply is, adopt the same wise conduct which you have carried out with respect to prisons ; give Colonel Jebb a carte blanche, without any interference from go vernors, or comptrollers, or officials of any descrip tion ; let him be responsible only to yourself and to Parliament, and so fer from being difficult, its prac tical execution would be most easy. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your very obedient and faithful servant, RIGBY WA SON. London, Nov. 22. REFORM AS IT IS NOT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The favourite " argument " with the oppo nents of reform appears to be a reference to the ex travagant schemes ascribed to the ultra-democratic party on the continent. The unsettled state of France is perpetually instanced with the endeavour to delude Englishmen into the belief that such will inevitably be the condition of this country unless a retrograde rather than a forward movement is made by the Legislature. Avoiding, for the occasion, all reference to the monarchical factions which have for so many years disturbed France—the antagonistic de signs of Bonapartists, Legitimatists, and Orleanists— they unhesitatingly lay the whole blame of the agi tations which exist in that country upon men whose crime consists in their believing a republican to be more consistent with liberty than a monarchical go vernment. How few like Lamartine could have governed the revolutionary spirit which had been provoked by the obstinacy of his predecessors, and which he knew so well at once how to humour and restrain ! And yet all the plots, real, fancied, and invented, with which France is said to be undermined, and the wild speeches at Socialist banquets, which probably owe not a little of their inspiration to the auxiliaries of a feast, are unscrupulously declared to arise from the political part taken by him in 1848. English reformers are treated with equal fairness. There is the same insidious attempt to confound re form and progress with rapine and rebellion. To as sert that constituencies of only two or three hundred electors are not entitled to an equal representation with those of twenty or thirty thounond, is to be all of a piece with the " determined Chartist," who designed ro set fire to the dresses o f a score or two o f l ad i es i n Kensington-gardens by way of an on t o -d e -fe. Such is the chief opposition which is offered by the opponents of reform, with the view, es they ere pleased to say, of maintaining " our glorious consti tution" unimpaired. But, like the very best machi nery, this constitution of ours, wi se as it is in prin ciple, is yet susceptible of improvement, and in need of continual repair. Reform t o b e o f a vail must be a cons tant work. As the p opu l at i on o f so me places in• crease s, whilst that of oth ers d ecreases i n proportion, so the representation must be re-adjusted, or it ceases to be representation at all; laws should be modified when the circumstances under which they were framed are changed, and fresh claims upon the n ation arise to supersed e ot h ers w hi c h have had the: day. Unless such changes are e ff ec ted, the constitu tion loses in substance wh a t it re t a i n s only in form. In this respect our opponents profess to think differ ently. They could not v enera t e it we re it simply old; they must have it decr e pid also. They cling to it, it is true, but only as the ivy to a tree, with a sem blance of protection, though in truth exhausting its vitality and speeding its decay. We wish to see it healthy and vigorous, and cleared of the corruptions to which they are attached. But this, it is to be feared, would be to strip it of too much that is glo rious. They are perfectly satisfied with it as t it li exists li so they connect reform with anarchy b " is the " Shut word, " our glorious constitution , . , cave of spoils Sesame," by which they close the improvement innovation •; and their favourite ysy wnagtcah against all intruders. of those_ who have And this is the policy not o nl y but but of others who been always opposed to r the na tionhen the voice of have supported it at a time w wish to see reforms effected with tr greaer care and earnestness, and, it may be, greater an_honesty than they was too loud to be slighted or mistaken. t We tutes our criminality. have as yet been compelled .to di d ott l m i d s, this co far far not to oso far is to shalt thou go, and no further; g be a simpleton, to go farther isrebellion at the very least. :If the present reactionary. struggle in Europe ht . the • emns middle class should succeed, either by frig into passiveness through the misinterpretation . de scribed, or by direct military oppression, the aspira tions of liberty may be repressed, but they cannot be policy, and that of our own is not deficient in warnings illustration. found When Charles Thor ~ e o x f ttihneg udanger . of rs Historyue such a country affords an apt ,the people in the unsettled state which is the inevitable conse quence of sudden changes in forms of government; the Second ascended the throne, he and he availed himself of this to rule with a despotism to which the people were too divided an in fancied d harassed to offer an effectual oppo sition. James, se curity, chose to follo w the example of his brother rather than take wa rnin g b y that of his father ; and through his attempt further to subdue th e p eo pl e by the introduction of the spiritual slavery o f R ome , still he suffered in his signal downfal and disgra ce f or th e upon ao them, profit by the or their faults both of himse lf and his p redecessor. And so assuredly g fa er ll ne u ss p exigencies of the prese nt are so rash as to forget the lessons of the past.—l am , Sir, &c., posterity, who re tribution t h eir e a A RADICAL. Nov. 22, 1850 The Leeds intelligeneer states teat the Hon. John Stapleton, brother of Lord Beaumont, has left the Church of Dome. • LITERATURE. HAND-BOOK TO HARROW ON THE-HILL. Edited by Thomas Smith. Mr. Thomas Smith is entitled to the thanks of the excursionist for having supplied a crying want by the publication of this exe.dlently got up and ad mirably arranged hand-book. It is scarcely credib.e that until the appearance of this little volume there was no distinct publication devoted to the history of Harrow, without exception the most classical ground in the neighbourhood of London, and worthy of a visit not alone for its intimate connexion with the early history of Parr, and Sir William Jones, and Byron, and Peel, and of a host of other illustrious Englishmen, but for its beautiful scenery, the most varied and the most thoroughly English in the king dom. The present little work is admirably arranged, is written in a clear and unpretentious stylP, is illus trated with several wood engravings from original drawings by Mr. F. Skill, and is elegantly got up. It is just what a hand-book should be. PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1851. Punch's Pocket-book still keeps up its character, and this for the year 1851 is quite equal to any of i-s predecessors in quaint conceits, and in fun and pun, pictorial and written ; the frontispiece shows us the interior of a preparatory school for young ladies as it ought to he; the school is located in the kitchen, and the great Soyer is officiating as professor, and instructing the young ladies in the mysteries of the gastronomic art. Another admirable illustration is the portrait of Punch, reclining a l'Ariadne on the British lion. The lackadaisical look of Mr. Punch is exquisitely droll. The other illustrations are all equally excellent, and the letter-press is admirable. " Macbetto, a Serious Opera, in three acts," is an excellent skit on Scribe's libretto of La Tempesta; and " What I heard about myself at the Exhibition by the Original of the Portrait of a Gentleman" is a smart satire on the vanity of those who delight to see the representa tion of their own unmeaning features on canvass. Punch need not dread the competition of 1851, his articles are all of first-rate quality—unsurpassed and unsurpassable. WILSONS' DIARY, 1851. The utilitarian diaries published by Messrs. Wilson and Sons contain a great amount of useful informa tion ; they are well arranged and neatly got up. BLACK'S IRON HIGHWAY. No 11. The present number of this most useful publication constitutes a complete road-book and descriptive and topographical guide for the traveller by railway from London to Edinburgh, thus constituting a complete guide to the London and North-Western, the Mid land, the York, the Newcastle and Berwick, and the North British lines of railway. MISS LAURA ADDISON. The following particulars relative to this young lady's performances at the Prince's Theatre Royal, Glasgow, are gleaned rrom the local journals : " After an absence of four or five years from the Glas gow stage, Miss Addison re-appeared at the above theatre last Wednesday evening in a play called Love's Sacrifice; or, the Rival Merchants, from the pen of Mr. G. W. Lovell, one of the most successful of our modern drama tists. This heart-touching domestic narrative was re markably well developed in all its leading parts, and, so far as Miss Addison is individually concerned, her de lineation of the merchant's daughter, Margaret Aylmer, was an extremely beautiful piece of acting, carefully' studied, natural, and in the highest degree effective. It seemed to appeal powerfully to the feelings of the au dience, who listened throughout with that hushed atten tion which denotes an absorbing interest in the business of the scene. But the part itself, though an interesting one, is insufficient as a test of Miss Addison's tragic powers. It is not a character where nice mental discrimi nation comes into play. Any actress of ordinary intelli Renee and education might play it very respectably. For this reason we preferconfining the few remarks we have to make regarding Miss Addison's capabilities to her Juliet and Lady Macbeth, which she represented on Thursday and Saturday respectively, not that we think either the one or the other a faultless performance, but they are so completely antagonistic in their spirit and character, and require so different a kind of executive power for their fnll and proper development, that the actress who has been even partially successful in the embudiment of both may be said to have won her right to a niche in the dramatic temple. That Miss Addison has been a dili gent and attentive student of Shakespere, her perfect familiarity with and scholar-like delivery of his text sufficiently indicates; but she has a great'r merit still, which lies in the forcible and strikingly original manner in which she interprets that text to her audience. She is no copyist. She has not taken up the plays of Shakespere for the mere purpose of learning, parrot like, particular passages, and then saying to herself, How does Miss Faucit read this? or Mrs. Kean that? but with the confidence inspired by careful and unre mitting study, and, at all times relying upon her own judgment, instead of idly following that of ctbers, she seeks to discover what is hidden or obscure in the lan guage of' the poet, and delivers it accordingly. This is the true secret of her success. She seems to have com pletely thrown aside what may be termed the tradi tional c points' in both these parts, and boldly aimed at a new reading. The result is, that Miss Addison has given us, in both instances, if not a perfect picture, re plete with all the poet's beautiful inspirations, which, indeed, we never could expect, at least one that has the charm of perfect novelty, with an Etty-like boldness of colouring, which must command the undivided admira tion alike of the critic and the public at large. Having said thus much, we have left ourselves little room to dwell upon particular paisages. Her Juliet does not, we frankly confess, come up to our ideal of that exqui site creation. It is a gem—an undoubted gem—hut it wants polishing. It has many and distinguishing beau ties, but it has blemishes also, that arise, not se much, from a lack of intellectual application on the pat of the performer, a's hom a careless indifference to the graces of style. This must be overcome, and when 'it is, her Juliet might take rank, as a true and perfectly ori ginal conceptior, with the best the stage has ever seen. Lady Macbeth, we believe, is considered to be Miss Ad dison's most successful Shaksperian essay.' It is cer tainly an extraordinary I3rformance for one so young, and rivets the attention of the spectator with a fearful kind of horror. Her energy and passion are immense; and the guilty ambition, before which every moral bar rier must give way, is powerfully and truthfully ex presesd. Not a few of the faults which mar the beauty of her Juliet, constitute in Lady Macbeth its greatest ex cellence. ..j...i xi d et h i e c e i d i LI g 1 y .._.._. ews with Juliet. W e i nt:ry i " These two tragedies were exceedingly well put upon the stage, and creditably enacted. Mr. Morgan made an excellent Romto, and looked the yt wig lover to admira tion. Fisher played Mercutio w ith much spirit. The g hastly smile with which he gave utterance t 3 his dying pun was excellent. Mr. Silver's Friar was a L ensibl e an d per:ormance. Mrs. Bland played the N urse happy In her a ou g s ood des of tame and dt.arimination, and wa s must pay Mr. Glover the compliment of saying that we never saw him to greater utvantage than on Saturday night in Macbeth. He t.- emcd to be thoro ug hly i m b ue d with the spirit of the scene, and acted with taste and vigour. The dagger soliloquy was remarkably well given. The other principal parts were creditably well filled. " Last night Miss Addison played Julia, in Knowles's Hunchback, and this evening shi, appears in the Conde's Wife, a play written by Mr. Thomas Smibert, a w ntle mum long and honourably connected with the Edinburgh press. The Conde's Wife was first represented at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, in 1843, where it met with considerable success, Hr. Glover sustaining the principal male character." Miss Laura Addison appeared last Wednesday night in Mr. Lovell's beautiful play, entitled Love's Sacrifice. There have baen many opinions given birth to withre gard to the talents of this young actress; her rise was rapid as it was great, and created some excitement in the dramatic world. We throw all these opinions aside in the present instance, and judge only from actual ex perience, and have not the slightest hesitation in affirm ing that, unequal though it was, a finer performafica than Miss Addison's lest night has seldom been witnessed within the walls of any theatre, and the applause through out was enthusiastic beyond description. DEATHS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHlLDREN.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, jun., held an inquest in the board-room of the Court Housa of the liberty of Norton Folgate, White Lion-street, Noii;on Folgate, on view of the body of Alexan der Allen, about six weeks old. It appeared that the dc• ceascd's mother was waitress at a tavern in the City, where an intimacy took place between her and a gentleman who frequented the house, the result of which was, on the Bth of October last, the birth of the deceased, at the above house, in which lived a female named Mary Faulkner, who acted as midwife. The deceased child wrs brought up by hand. For the first fortnight it had only bread and water. It afterwards had bread rod mirk, bat the diet did not agree with it, mad it died on Thursday last. It was stated by the midwife that the mother' did not intend to suckle her child; but that if she did, sire would have been unable, from the state of her breast. Mr. Hart, sur geon to the union, said he will called upon to attend a person at a house in Upper Blossom-street, w h e n he recidentnlly saw the deceased, who wrs extremely emaciated. He gave an order for the mother t 3 receive a supply of arrowroot, milk, &c , from the workhoira. He f. - ^.w the child eght days before its death, when he bad no hones of it. Bevis, a summoning officer, said that this was the third inquest taken on illegitimate children who bad died at the same house. A juror remarked that the circumstances of the death in this case were precisely similar to another case whe..; he was also a juror. The fore.nan observed it was a subject of no toriety for nme yearn pas', that young woman had'gone to that horse enceinte, and that in a short time after the neigh bours have seen infants' coffins brought out. The deceased had been removed from the house in a coffin, to another house, which raised some suspicion, and which led to the present inquiry. Verdict, " That the deceased died from the want of proper nourishment suitable to its tender age." The verdict was agreed to after a long consultation among the jury. THE FRENCH TURF.—The French Government, with the view of further improving the breed of horses in France, are making large purchases of animals of the pure blood of this country. The Empror, formerly the property of the Earl of Albemarle, and NN:nrer of the first Emperor's Plate at Aseat, has lseen bought et the instance of the French authoi:ties fol. a large sum. Nunnykirk, formerly a favourite for the Derby, and the second far the St. Leger to the Flying Dutchmcn, has also been bought within the last week. This horse is by Touchstone, his dam being Mr. Ord's celebrated mare Beeswing. The Earl of Shaftesbury, it is understood, intends resigning the Chairmanship of the House of Lords next ses sion• Lord Redesdale has intimated his consent to succeed the Noble Lad. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. I WORTHING, Nov. 26.—A daplera We catastrophe has plunged the fishing population of this town into the deepest ciLtress. Last night the wind blew a par feet hurricane from S. and S.W., and at daylight this morning a large dismasted barque, since ascer tained to be the Laths Rookh East Indisman, home ward bound, with a valuable cargo, was descried at anchor about two miles from the shore, riding heavily, with two anthers ahead, and signals of distress flying. A gallant crew of eleven men, the most experienced fishermen of the town, nobly volunteered to put off to her assistance, and, although the sea was running mountains high at the time, by eight o'clock A.M. they were fairly afloat, dashing through the breakers of this most dangerous coast. Their progress towards the barque was watched with intense interest from the shore, and their praiseworthy object seemed on the point of being accomplished, when a sea struck their boat, and in an instant s he disappeared, involving all hands on board in a watery grave. Their names are, James Newman—wife and nine children; Henry Newman (brother of the above)—wife and seven children ; James Newman the younger (son of the first named) —v, ife; johii Newno ; Stephen Edwards—wife and six children ; James Edwards (his brother)—wife and two children ; Wm. Hoskius— wife and child ; Wm. Wicks—wife ' • H. Slaughter ; J. Bellwell— w if e a nd six children ; H. Bacon—wife and six children. About noon, a second effort was made with a larger and decked boat, manned with up wards of 20 stout hands, to reach the distressed ship, and ascertain with certainty, from those on board, the fate of the first boat's crew. 'With much diffi culty the barque was reached and 15 of these hands put on board her, and the remainder returned on shore with the heartrending intelligence that the former boat's crew had all perished. When a little to windward of the barque she was distinctly seen to be struck, and the unfortunate crew, struggling with the waves and vainly clinging to their frail water logged boat, floated by without the barque's crew being able to render them the least assistance. The return of the second boat's crew, was waited for with in tense interest, almost the entire population of the town being by this time assembled on the beach, hoping, against hope, that some of the brave boatmen might have been saved; and when the sad truth was told in the downcast looks and mournful shrugs of the weather-beaten seamen, sorrow and despair over whelmed a large portion of the bystanders—wives lamenting husbands, children bereaved of parents, — relatives, messmates, and friends were seen wring ing their hands and weeping in agonizing dis tress. One poor woman, whose husband was amongst the sufferers, was carried away insensible, and few hearts could refrain from shedding a tear of sympathy at the grief and misery around them. The Newmans (four iu number—a father, brother, and two sons) were considered patterns of industry and skill in their hazardous calling, and were universally respected by their mates and craftsmen ; and, as the entire crew will leave behind them nearly 40 children unprovided for, some idea may be formed from that fact alone of the extent of the calamity, and the gloom which the sad affair has cast over the town., It is reported that an effort will be made as soon as the weather moderates to take the Lalla Rookh into Newhaven. Very little intelligence was brought ashore by the boat's crew of her condition, or whether she had passengers on board or not—probably not, or they would most likely have landed; nor do we know how she came by her disaster. A report prevailed that her mainmast went by the board and killed several of her crew in falling, but this report was un authenticated. She rides easily now, aed the gale has moderated : should it increase, and her anchors part, she will probably come ashore between here and Shoreham. A large vessel, it is said, has gone down with all hands oil' Shoreham, and several wrecks are reported to the westward, and it is certain that Sunday's gale will furnish an awful list of disasters. ALLEGED MURDER UPON THE HIGH SEAS. William Gray, captain of the barque Defender, of Newcastle, was brought to Exeter on Wednesday last, having been apprehended at Stockton-upon-Tees, at which port his ship had just arrived from a voyage, on a warrant charging him with the wilful murder of a boy named William Vinson, aged 14, in the month of November, 1848. The case was investigated on that and the following day at the castle of Exeter, before the Hon. W. W. Addington, Mr. W. Miles, and the Rev. Arthur Atherley, magistrates for the county of Devon, and has excited much indignation. The de fender, it appears, sailed in September, 1848, on a voyage to Quebec and back again, going out in bal last and bringing home timber, and it was during the voyage home that the boy died from the ill treatment as alleged, of the captain. From the depositions it appears that on one occasion the deceased was ordered to clean down the cabin, and for neglecting to do so was " rope's-ended. On another occa sion, when the ship lay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, he was ordered to go aloft and loosen the foot of the mizans, but because he did not ascend the rigging with sufficient lightness of step he was called back and directed by the captain to strip naked, and then go aloft in that state—the weather being piercingly cold, all the crew warmly clad, with their pea-jackets and mittens even on their hands. On his coming down, deceased was ordered by the prisoner to go round the vessel six times in the same unpro tected condition. Whether he contracted a violent cold or not does not appear, but his health from that time was observed to decline. On another occasion, while suffering from bowel complaint, he was sent upon deck, scrubbed, and buckets of cold water thrown on his shivering body. Under such treat ment the boy gradually sank, and he died in the arms of the carpenter, who held him in a gale of wind because of his weakness and debility. An entry was made in the log that he had been jammed between spars. The magistrates, after a very lengthened sitting, determined on committing the prisoner for trial at the next Devon Assizes on a charge of man slaughter, and refused bail. We understand that application will be made to the judge at chambers, the owners of the Defender being ready to enter into sureties for the accused, who has enjoyed their con fidence now for nine years, during which he has corn , manned that vessel. THE MURDER AND SUICIDE NEAR NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY. —An inquest upon the body of Charlotte Chambers, who committed suicide yesterday morn ing after strangling her little daughter, was this day held at the Peacock, Radford, before Mr. Coroner Swann. The inquiry as to the death of the child was also pursued at the same time and place. William Chambers, the husband of the deceased woman, and father of the child was examined, but his statement contained little in addition to what ap peared in The Sun of yesterday. On Sunday his wife ap peared gloomy, but be attributed it to the weather, which was wet and disagreeable. At five o'clock on Monday morn ing, when he got up, she was awake, and as " cheerful as ever she was in her life." On returning from his workshop, about seven o'clock, he found his wife lying in the cellar with her throat cut, and a razor on her stomach, and his daugh ter, three years old, was afterwards found strangled in her bed, something like a garter being tied very tightly round her neck. He had no doubt that his wife strangled the child. She had sometimes threatened to do so when anything per plexed her, but he never thought she meant anything by it. She often complained of being " light-headed." Similar evidence was taken from other witnesses, and the jury re turned a verdict to the effect " that the deceased Eliza Chambers, was wilfully strangled by her mother; and that the latter afterwards destroyed herself by cutting her own throat, being at that time in an unsound state of mind." THE RIOT AND MURDER AT LEEDS.—The parti culars of a riot by a number of Irishmen, in Leeds, on the night of the 16th inst., in the course of which a beerhouse was robbed of 191., and a working man named James Rhodes was killed y being struck on the head by a brick, which was thrown at him by one of the rioters, were given a few days ago. Several Irishmen and one woman were apprehended for the riot and the other offences connected with it, and the examination of the prisoners has occupied the at tention of the Leeds borough magistrates for several days. Two of the ringleaders, Edward Hogan and ;John Cane, are still at large, but for their apprehension a reward of 4 01. has been offered , Yesterday (Tuesday) the justices committed four of the prisoners for trial at the ensuing assizes at York, namely, James Cratty and William Higgins, charged with the murder of James Rhodes, and William Haley and Michael Cantwell for riot and assault. The former two are also committed for riot and assault. A woman named Mary Rooke stands remanded until Saturday, it having been sworn by some of the witnesses that she took an active part in breaking windows during the riot; and, for a like reason, a man named William Fallon is remanded until that day. A FRENCH TRAGEDY.—Great sensation has been caused in the department of the Charente by the arrest last week of the Countess du s— and of the cure of the com mune of St. Germain, on the charge of having poisoned the servant of the latter, in order to prevent her from revealing the aiulterous connexion which subsisted between them. The body of the servant, which the cure had caused to be buried with great haste, has been dug up, and poison discovered in it. When the Count du S , a highly honourable heard of the horrible accusation against his wife, he proposed b her that they should both commit suicide, and should make their child, aged eight, die with them. The Countess consented. A pan of charcoal was lighted, and the three listened themselves in a close room. When, however, the' father saw his can struggling in the agonies of death, his courage failed him, and he broke the window for air. Medical assistance having been promptly afforded, all three recovered. The Counters and her clerical paramour were lodged in the gaol of Angouleme to await their trial for the alleged murder. —Golignani,s Messenger. N ATHALIE, A TALE. BY JULIA KAVANAGH.— There has been no fiction since " Jane Eyre" likely to excite so much interest and attention as this powerful story. "Nathalie (says the John Bull) is one of the most fas cinating creatures that ever graced a tale of romance. From the moment when the warm-hearted but proud girl prepares to throw herself, with no other fortune than that pretty face in which she has already been taught to recog nise the source of sorrow and tribulation, upon the world's cold chances, to the moment at which she wins back the deep affection of a heart whose coldness she had melted, and whose pride she had humbled, the reader follows the varying phases of her destiny and of her inner feelings, with the most intense sympathy. The author has produced a tale of un tiring interest, full of deep touches of human nature, ex hibiting all that self-sacrificing devotion and all that sensi tive waywardness, the combination of which constitutes one of the most powerful charms, as well as one of the greatest riddles, of the female character. We have no hesitation in predicting for this delightful tale a lasting popularity." General Von Rsdowitz has arrived at Fenton's Notel lime Berlin. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF IRIS DAT. ADVERTISER.—The Pope hes fallen into a grand error. He has committed a gigantic mistake. Hs has acted in ignorance of the state of public feel ing in England. Dr. Wiseman has deceived him. Or course, the Cardinal has not done so intentionally. tie has been deceived himself. The seceders from, and Puseyites in, the Church have misled him. Dr. Newman on the one band, and Dr. Pusey on the other, have led him astray. They persuaded Dr. Wiseman, , and the latter convinced the Pope, that England was ready to receive, with open arms, him self and the Papacy . ) Not doubting the accuracy of the representations made to him, the Pope determined on a course of audacious aggression on the supre macy of England's Queen, and on the rights of con science, in the case or her subjects. The result is be ' fore the world. It is patent to all. Christendom be holds it. Christendom is amazed and astounded at the grehtt moral- - spectacle which England at this moment presents. The Protestantism of her people, which had been slumbering, has been aroused ; the attachment to the cause et civil liberty, and of the freedom of conscience, which bed been in abeyance, has been called into vigorous exercise. Never, in the history of the world, did a nation present so noble a spectacle as that which the world is called to witness in the present aspect and attitude of our own people. The great difficulty with which we had to con tend, in the outset of this contest, was in convincing those who had never identified themselves with any denomination of Christians, that this was not a purely religious question. The abettors of the Pope, very adroitly, sought to represent it as a question which had nothing to do with politics, or with the civil rights of her Majesty's subjects. / That ingenious device will no longer succeed. The delusion is dispelled. Men have now been led to regard the matter in its proper light. They are se tistied that this is not merely a question between Po pery and Protestantism. They know it is a question between the most oppressive tyranny and constitu tional liberty—between the most debasing mental slavery and the most ennobling freedom. It is a question as to whether we are henceforth to live under the Constitution which, from our infancy, we have been taught to regard as the great palladium of our liberties, or whether we are to regulate our con duct by the will and pleasure of the Roman Pontiff, the creature of the Jesuits, the man who escaped the vengeance of his own subjects, by disguising himself with the powdered wig and lacquey dress of one of his own flunkies. Englishmen are called to decide whether they prefer the Constitution of their own country, or the decrees of the Roman Pontiff—the supremacy of Queen Victoria, or the supremacy of the Pope. They have, we repeat, been brought to see the matter in its true light. It is impossible to over estimate the importance of this fact. So long as we had to labour to convince our countrymen that not merely the Protestantism, but the civil liberties of the country were in peril, we felt that matters were not in so satisfactory a state as they ought to be. We knew that a large mass of our countrymen did not, in any way, identify themselves with any re ligious denomination, or with any class of religious principles, and, therefore, we were conscious of the disadvantages with which we had to con tend, in our endeavours to bring the great bulk of the community to a sense of the importance of the crisis. With these disadvantages we have to contend no longer. Englishmen, without reference to the re ligious bearings of the present stuggle, are duly alive to its importance, as a question affecting their civil rights. If the Pope be less political in other countries than his own, than he used to be, it is not that his principles or feelings are less political, but because he has been shorn of his political strength. He is no longer the man he once was. Pius the Ninth may be the same in spirit and purpose as Hildebrand, but he has not the power which the latter possessed of acting as he thought fit. There is one infallible test by which we may as certain what Popery would be in this country, were it to acquire a dominancy among us. It would be in England precisely what it is elsewhere, wherever there is nothing to prevent its full deve lopment. Now what is the Pope, at this moment, in Rome ? Is he cot a political tyrant, as well as the head of the Papal Church ? Are not his subjects the veriest slaves ? Is it not notorious that they live under as grinding a despotism as the serfs of Russia ? Unable to bear their galling chains any longer, they overthrew his dominion in 1848, and raised a Republic on its ruins. And but for the intervention of French bayonets, he would still have been the miserable and obscure exile of Gaeta, and republicanism the form of government in Rome. French arms restored him to his capital, and French arms alone keep him there. There is not a greater despot at this hour in Christendom than the present Roman Pontiff. And if he had his own way—if be could only acquire an ascendancy in England, we, should be as much his slaves as his own subjects now are. Latitudes make no difference in the nature or spirit of Popery. It is the same in all countries and in all clinics. Wherever we wit ness any difference in its developments, it is not be cause there is any difference in its spirit, but because accidental circumstances restrain it from showing itself as it really is. What Popery is in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, it would be, were it in possession of the reins of government, in Gr;-at Britain. That the Romish Church, as personified in tho Pon tiff, is the same now as she ever was in her poli tical assumptions and despotic disposition, was clearly proved in our paper of yesterday, in the extract which the Rev. Dr. Cirlisle, in his letter, gave from a bull of the predecessor of the present Pope. The docu ment is a very remarkable one. It is one about which there can be no mistake. The bull from which Dr. Carlisle quoted was issued in 1833,—n0 very distant date. Its object was to overthrow the then Liberal Government of Portugal under Don Pedro, and to restore the - tyrannical Don Miguel. The language of the bull is so explicit and so expressive, that the friends of civil and religious libertry in this country cannot attach too much importance to it. After enumerating various acts of the Liberal Go vernrnent of Portugal, the Pope says,— For this reason, venerable brethren, we expressly proclaim, that we absolutely reprobate all the decrees issued by the aforesaid Government of Lisbon, to the great detriment of the Church, of its holy ministers, of the ecclesiastical law, and Holy See prerogatives ; we, therefore, declare them to be null and of no effect, and express our most serious complaints against the audacious measures we have referred to; we de Clare, that in exercising the duties of our office, and with God's help, we will oppose ourselves as a wall for the house of Israel, and show ourselves for the combat in the day of the Lord, as the interests of re ligion and the gravity of circumstances may require." Will any abettor of Popery, any champion of the Romish Church, venture to tell us that Popery has changed its character ? Why, so far as the attributes of audacity and despotism are concerned, the lan guage we have quoted might have been penned by Hildebrand himself. Only imagine the present Pontiff of Rome issuing his bull, and saying, " We expressly proclaim, that we absolutely reprobate all the decrees issued by the aforesaid Government of England,"—let them imagine this, and our readers will have a correct idea of what we would, one and all, realise were Popery to come off victorious in the present contest. POST.—The meeting which was held on Monday, at Sevenoaks, has proved one of the most important of the many assemblages which have been called to gether to deliberate on the subject of the Papal ag gressions. The public is deeply interested in ascer taining the views which are entertained on this momentous question by the leaders of political parties. The Prime Minister, "putting on manly readiness,' has not paused to express the sentiments with which he regards the presumption of the Romish See. Mr. Herries has taken occasion, at the meeting to which we have referred, to announce the course which he intends to pursue. In a manner which well becomes the character of a British statesman, the Right Hon. Gentleman em braces the question in the fulness of its magnitude. He does not descend to the meanness of party strife, but shows that this is a matter in which the members of all parties are equally interested. The distinguished leader of the Opposition hesitates not to give due credit to the declarations of the Minister, and to counsel his friends to yield him, en this point, their united support. This is conduct which recalls to us the best days of our Parliamentary history, when the Opposition was wont to make a distinction be tween what was deemed right and wrong on the part of the Government. We cannot to-day enter at any length into the considerations which arise out of this salutary fact, but we shall return to the subject on an early occasion. Ibyotha of r e p j d u r n t e in l a a s zo t t o h another showe ol u c m a u n s e th y th a e c ru ri l m e i o n b a t al li n f e o d rm o n a ti THE COUNT BAPTISTE METAXA.—It will be seen the wh on should not be tiled against an attorney named Stevens, for the publication of a libel on Count Baptiste Metaxa, has been discharged on Mr. Stevens coming forward and admitting the unfounded nature of his assertions and paying the costs. Although we cannot but rejoice at the termination of the suit, we must regret that the person who takes upon himself to stigmatise (and that anonymously) as an adventurer and impostor, a gentleman and a foreigner—whose fair fame the breath of calumny never touched before—should be dealt with so leniently, and escape thus easily the bands of justice. Had the Count Metaxa been a total stranger in this country, without any credentials, or any proofs of the genuine cha racter of his title, the effect of such an assertion would have been most damaging. As it is the feelings of himself and family have been most pained, and the indignation of his friends in Cheltenham—in which lie has now resided a great many years—and tilsewhere has been greatly aroused.— Ch e ltenham, Journal. - - FOREIGN REFINED SUGAR.—The vessel Seeker, from Amsterdam, ha 3 brought 19,380 loaves of sugar; the vessel Alida, also arrived from Amsterdam, has brought the large number of 33,640 loaves; and the vessel Neptnnui, which has simultaneously arrived from the Dutch capital, has brought 21,000 loaves, comprising the =tire cargo of re fund sugar the manufacture of Holland.;