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Bristul anti Exeter Railway, where it was ruled that the allegation that the capital of 100,004. had not been whay sul;scribcd for must CU= from the dor: nciLnt; hut then that Casa wzs Pyn Lotion of ej, ctrmnt to to cover land. nod the private Act of Parhawent distinctly provided that the company should not hold lands until the full capital had been subcriled for and half of it pi:id up. Mr. Pawl's not aware of this case. CHIUSTMAS BOOKS. ---- cs► - Mr. Justice EnLE—Yua take a rule to silos? cause. Rule nisi accordingly. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TALFounp.) Tho trial of Lewis Joel, aged 25, a jeweller, was re sumed this morning, on an indictment charging him with feloniously uttering, by false pretences, a forged bill of exchange for 1,000/., with intent to defraud Joh n Marcus Clements. At six o'clock yesterday evening, when the Court rose, the case for the prosecution had not closer!, and it was continued this morning. Mr. John Thomas Campbell was called as a witness for the prosecution. He said I am a solicitor. The bill alleged to be a forgery has been in my possession, and was produced by me before the magistrates. I brought an action upon it against Mr. Clements, after Mr. Clements said it was a forgery. I was at Croydon on the trial. The bill at that time we believed to be in Possession of the prisoner. The action was brought by a person named Forrest, a gentleman connected with the London and Dublin Bank. The action was brought against Mr. Clements to recover a large debt, the bill in question being Fart of that debt. The action was brought at the instance of the London and Dublin Bank. Forrest has now left the country; he has emigrated. By Mr. CHAMBERS—I am a member of the firm of Davis, Son, and Campbell. I have teen admittei an attorney for four or five years. The action I hoe re fortel to as teing brought against Mr. Clements was to reenter a large de'A. The day the trial was to come en at Croydon the prisoner, through his attorney, stated he wished to arrange the action. We had afterwards au ime , vie 4' with ail el and his solicitor at our office, when I told &el, that Mr. Pulman had said there was no such bill in existence, and if the-c %sere it was a forgery. I did not ree !he bill in the hands of our firm until the 231 Se2leinher. Mr. Pulman was subpoenaed as a wit ess by our firm. I made inquir:es, and afterwards went on with the action. I saw Mr. Clements write twice at our office, Looking at the signature on the bill purport ing to he Mr. Clements' name, I telieve it to he in the handwriting of Mr. Clerneate. I bad no interest in this matter I eyond acting as the solicitor of the London and bublin Bank. By Mr. CLARKSON—The . e aprears to be the name of "Fore a" partly eriv . el upon the bill. Reed, a clerk of ours, mace a copy of the bill. Mr. Clements signel his name twice at our office on the occasion re'errei to in 32 1 Y cross-examination. That was to a duplicate memo randum, and not for the purpose of obtaining a stecimen of hie handwriting. Mr. Pulman stated the bill was a forgery befoi e it came into our hands, and when we got it I made inquiries about it. Henry James Reed, clerk to the prreeding witness, proved that he received the bill for 1,0001. in question 'from Chignell, a messenger in his employer s ' o ffice on . the 10 t h S eptem b er; an d ma d e a copy - of - it. (Looks' at the bill.) Could not tell precisely whether the indorse ments were visible or not cn the bill when he made Isis Copy o; the bill. Henry Chignell, messenger in the office of Davis, Son, and Campbell, do posed that in August or Septem hu ber the prieoner celled et his employer sbill' office, and said 'wanted to leave a memorandum, or of exchange. The prieoner did leave a paper, which witness gave so the pre ceding witness, Reed. The paper the prisoner left might be the bill now in question. The bill in question was put in and read. It bore date the Sth August, 1847, and purported to be drawn by Lewis Joel, the prisoner, upon E. J. M. Clements, the prosecutor, a Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons, for 1 ,0001., payable two months atter date. It ism in dorsed by the prisoner, and by one Mr. Forrest, the lat ter name being partly erased. -Mr. Campbell was recalled, and proved that on ore occasion, when he saw the prisoner at his (Mr. Camp bell's) office with his attorney, the prisoner did not deny that the bill in question was the one which he gave to Chignell; that it was a genuine bill, and that be would Prove it. them. The denouement is very dramatic : "The hall was filled with servants, among whom were Nisbett and Antoine; the former with red eyes, nose, and cheeks, boiling with indignation ; the latter, in a state of irrepressible glee, for in every stroke aimed at his mistress, he saw an acceleration of the denouement he panted for. When the dining-room door was opened, the general excitement overcame conventional forms, and ono and all made thiir way in. All eyes turned on Margaret, who as she passed through the door, seemed to leave behiad her every sensation of languor and de pression. She - withdrew her hand from Nelson's arm, arid advanced towards the table, her stately figure erect, and her downcast eyes gleaming with light. Mr. Craw ford, seated in his chair of judgment at the head of the table, looked at her over his spectacles, and hemmed two or three times. am grieved, young lsdy,' he began, to have so unpleasant a duty to parform, but I under stand you appealed to me, and I need not say you than have the fairest treatment, and every indulgence we can allow you.' " Margaret bowed, and stole one look at Miss Marlin under her eyelashes, to prepare that lady for what was to follow. " Theodosia now stated her case, and related what our readers already know— her previous suspicions, the steps she had deemed it right for all their sakes to take, and the manner in which she had convicted her in the act; addir g a few remarks on the terror Margaret exhibited on her arrest. At this Miss Armadale looked at her, and again with that cold dark smile that had perplexed her before. She turned to 11 , 2 r associates, and Shipton and Katy bore witness, each in her on n peculiar style, and a groan ran through the audience. Mrs. Crawford looked at Mis 3 Martin with uplifted hands, and mur mured,' \Vhat will the world come to?' Is this all true, Miss Esther?' said Mr. Crawford. There was a pause. " < Very nearly true, sir,' said Margaret. " Very nearly? were the circumstances as they have been stated?' Mr. James Gordon Murdock, a partner in the banking firm of Murdock, Buuverie, and Co., was called and said - -I was ore of Mr. Clements' guardians, and ha, o had many Opportunities of knowing his handwriting. 1.400 ks at the acec i itanee on tie biil.) I do not Lelie:e it to he the hand wr i t i ng o f M r. C l eme.its . I fi rst saw t h e bill in November last, when it was shown to me by Mr. Camp bell. Be'ole August last, whea the trial took place at Croydon, I had never heard of Mr. Clements having ac cepted a bill for 1,0001. By Mr. I 3 ALLANTINE—I am in the habit of occa sionally cashing bills over the counter of our banking. house, and hare sometimes cashed bills of Mr. Clements. If the bill in question fur 1,0001. had been presented at the bank of our firm for payment, I should not have cashed it, both on account of the largeness of the amount, and from a doubt of the genuineness of the signature, I remember saying to Mr. Campbell that the signature to the bill was not like the handwriting of Mr. Clements. Mr. Clements was recalled, and in answer to a ques • !m a by the Judge, said the signature of the bill was In the, handwriting of the prisoner, and that he (Mr. Clements) had never signed his name to a blank ac ceptance for 1,0001, in his IFe. "'his was the case for the prosecution. of the M. CHAMBERS then addressed the jury on behalf ""ce prisoner. He said this was one of the most ex traordinary cases that it had ever fallen to his lot to be co ncerned in. I n or di na ry cases of this kind a man in poor cir cumstances, w h o h a d no pecun i ar y d ea l ings with other instrument suddenly presented a forg xi bill of exchange or ‘?..ler instrument to get the money of that party. But never 14 his (Mr. Chambers) life had he met with a case of the present kind. With an honest and true debt, as he 'would show by the very statement of the prosecutor aif, to the amount of beyond the 1,0001.—t 0 th e anlount of somewhere about I,7ool.—actually existing, a nd duo from the prosecutor to the prisoner, and with no defenc e but a dishonourable one, that of his being funder age when the debt was contracted, the prosecutor a d sought to f asten upon t h e pr i soner a charge of ctgery. when Learn e d C ounse l was con ti nu i ng hi s address "uen our report left.) " ' Yes, sir—the circumstances certainly were.' " Ani this cheque,' said the judge gravely, consider whet you are saying—did you fill it up, and subscribe it Margaret Armadale?' " I did, sir.' '•' With the intention of getting it passed?' " Yes, sir.' "Everybody looked aghast : Theodesia glanced tri umphant►y at Nelson, who bit his lip: Katy muttered, Oh then she's a natural innocent, to go confissing like that!' "'Attendee un pen,' said Antoine. "' Silence there!' cried Mr. Crawford, hastily. His face was purple with agitation, and with some difficulty he addressed himself again to Margaret. " This is very dreadful, young lady, but lam glad, if you are guilty, that you do not deny it. It makes one hope you are young in fraud, and I trust this may be the first and last time each a thing may occur. And now the best thing you can do, to induce Miss Armadale to forgive you, will be to confess without reserve the mo tives that led to this gross act of—l must give it its right name.—felony. Let me advise you as a friend, to speak the truth, without seservation and without fear.' " I will, sir,' said Margaret, in the acme calm, dignified tone in which she had first spoken, it is now time !hat the whole truth should be heard. The zeal of these ladies has only hastened by a day or two the con fession I had purposed to make. I did read those letters —I did open that writing case—l did write that cheque,. —for the lett( rs, and the writing case, and the cheque book are mine—and / am Margaret Armadale I' " If an electric battery had been discharged into the assembly, it could not have preduced a wore instan• taneous shock. Her look—her voice—her erect and stately bearing—the calm acquiescence of her compa eion—all carried complete conviction to every bosom that she spoke the truth: but what was the effect of such a conviction it would be difficult to describe. Before any one had found breath to do mere than gasp, Margaret addressed her bewildered hostess, Yes, Mrs. Crawford! it is I whom you invited to your house, and who have presumed upon your goodness by entering it in disguise. I dare hardly hope you will pardon me, for I feel I do not deserve it: the only palliation I can offer for my conduct is the forlorn position in which I am placed. It is so precicus to be loved for your own sake: su bitter to see your posseesions - preferred! I have been a spoiled child all my life, and having been in the habit o induig ing every whim, I did not hesitate in this, my earnest wish to know you without being known. lam sensible new of my fault: I had no right to wrong your hospi tality: and if you turn me now from yuir door in dis grace, I can but say, I have my desert. Still, when I tell you that during this period of disguise, I have learned more than in my whole life of pi osperity, that scenes, and duties, and characters have even laid before me, which otherwise might have been ever concealed: that it has been the turning point in my moral existence, and that to my dying day I may have occasion to bless the events that led me to your fireside, I venture to hope you and Mr. Crawford will not refuse the forgivenese which I most sincerely ask for the sake of your„old friend.' RAILIF RAILWAY RETURNS AY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail _ u)s)8 for the p as t wee k— that i s to say, up to t h e d ate to which the vePek in ctive returns are made, together with the receipts of the same the precious year . 9 . W ee k F g Last 8 c••• 5,1 . elidi ng NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F. , 0 4 t'S an C.) 2, .." - s-........ --- ------ ke . & X x Jett.r 613 417 6 Amiens and Ponlogne . ........ •. -• • 1,154 1,080 5 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 415 396 6 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 788 706 o Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroc, and W. Y. 436 304 „ 6 Bristol and Exeter ...... ••••••• • • • • • 2 , 1 i 79 - -2 cwed0nian............. .••••••••••• 5 , 632 3,500 " Chester and Holyhead ..... .... ~.... 1,152 1,047 . Dublin and Drogheda• ••• • • ••••• • • • • 600 668 ! Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 668 654 ' Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • .. 1,696 ' 1,01%5 6. East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • " • • • ' • • 710 677 ". Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • • •• •• • • • • 3,012 3.401 .• ' Edinburgh and Perth ••• • • • ...... 2,519 1,939 6 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,649, 11,478 - East Lancashire •• • • ...... ••••• • • • • • - 1 0313 6 Eastern Union. 1,012 5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 3,549 2,417 ~.. Glasgow and Greenock ......... .... 1,157 810 '", Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • • • • • 2,536 - 6 " Great Southern and Western •••• • • •• 3,510 2,888 ,9 Great 'Western, &c •• • • Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • • • • • 10,715 10,415 "" Lancaster and Carlisle - .... - ...... 2,882 2, 1 67 30 Leeds and Thirsk ••• • • • ...... ••• ' ' • 614 _ lg L iverpool, Crosby, and Southport• ••• 75 71 6 Lo ndonderry and Enniskillen• •••• . • • 113 139 London and North Western, &c. ..... 37,620 34,610 6 London and Blac!kwall.. •••••• • • • • • • 547 510 6 London and Brighton .•••••••• • • • • • • 6,954 6,616 Loudon and South Western .••.. • . -• 7,428 7,440 , 6 6 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,574 2,485 ..- ~ ualdland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • • 16,892 18,311 • ' ° Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • 908 - 6_ Monklands ............. ••••• • " " ' • 510 567 .I;orth British .•-••••• • • • • • • • '..• .• • • 3,322 2,481 5 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• - •• • • - .. 5,067 4,490 Rouen and Havre .. • ... ••••• . - - - 2,066 1,767 0 o . , ocottish Central .............. • • ... • 1,079 b 97 ?, Sco ttish' Midland •••• • • " " .. - • .. 337 259 '6 S hrewshury and Chester • • ...... • • Sl4o l 3 shlre Union -•••••••• •• • • •• .. 1 , 401 1 , 284 , •• 3711 -- ~„ So uth Eastern and Branches •••• • • • • 11,592 7,405 " o u .. • • • • - . •• • • - • • • • .... 1, 243 1,450 • T arr Vale • •... - • 6 Ulster .• • ••• ••• :: ••• •• •••• 30 Waterford and Limerick- •.•••• • • •• - 266 • 6 . Whitehaven Junction ...............180 170 n Y ork and Ne wcas tl e .•••• • • • • • 12,563 11,139 tork and North Midland. ... ..... .. 5,314 6,702 " Mortified hcartstrieken, overwhelmed with amaze mnit and vexation, poor Mrs. Craw ford locked in her face, and attempted to make some rcply, but the words died on her lips, while a crowd of intolerable thoughts rushed through her brain. True to her maternal sym• pathies, the first of these was Ferdinand: she dared not turn her eyes to him: she could not, in fact, face any body—she had never felt quite so annoyed in all her life, and after a brief struggle for composure, her morti fication overcame her self-command, and throwing her self into a chair, she burst into tears. Mr. Crawford, petrified at first, now sprung up from his seat and seiz ing Margaret by both hands, assured her of his hearty forgiveness by us hearty a kiss. . " Ferdinand waited to hear no more; he struck bis forehead with both hands, rushed out of the room, half beside himself with fury, and coming violently into con tact with somebody in the ball, nearly knocked him over. It was Alfred, deadly pale, and covered with blood. He clung to his brother's arm. What has been going on! she is innocent! tell me she is innocent!' " Innocent?' cried the exasperated fortune-hunter innocent? a vile—beggarly impostor!' "Alfred let go his arm, and staggered to the parlour, where at the sight of his ghastly appearance, every one uttered a cry of alarm. Ho rushed to the centre of the group, and seizing his mother's arm, robbed convulsively for breath. . " Alfred I dear Alfred! comrose yourself T said Mrs. Crawford soothingly, it is all"--He laid his hand on her mouth, and by a violent effort, regained his voice. `Not a word, mother! not a word!—you have been pre judiced: you are all blinded—you cannot see goodness without gold, or beauty without ornaments—you are blind—deaf—stony of heart—or you would love her as I do!' _ . . • I RO TA , Ca t i n - 7 ARTILLERY. WOOLWICIT, JAN. 11.— °a P al li ,, - , tv iDg's company, the 12th battalion, proceeds br -- ""'/Y next the 14th inst., to Weedon and Peat -4t.°61/ee;to relieve Captain thys company, Bth battalion, t o h e gintion.;, Captain Hill' s being ordered to . return vice,eadr;clmirters to remain in readiness for foreign ser beet 1,-,aptain Townsend's company, 12th battalion, has Tr ie .P i l4 e , d under orders to leave the garrison on Atc,;(-aY Morning, the 15th inst., for Dover, to relieve rho Mee's company, Bth battalion, at that station, and t 41.0 latter will return to head-quarters, preparatory to ri„ c :f ee ding on foreign service. The whole of the mar t: cwt Miners i n the garrison here are receiving each cf . coals par week, and the' same quantity will be e enti Pence Titled to be given to each for six weeks. The ex- Zof the coals is defrayed from the regimental funds t i b teted by the cfli'cers. The whole of the troops off rn 4 a'sembled yesterday on the guard mounting parade in to 4 ‘ 1 3 7 marching order, for the purpose of marching eauS the c ountry for e xerc i se , b u t a c h ange i n th e weat h er thprn to return to barracks, to 11. t DARIaG POBBFRY or 2,0001—1 n referenee it can n e daring robbery- mentioned . in 71 . te Sun yesterday, true _ , nue, be stated that the police discovered that the Yeat, nad b een Inrrowed of a person in Tower-street. ku o e a r d, l _ l 3' morning, at an early hour, the iron safe ova: co ot "c-ken open on Kennington common, and the the !Ina taken away, but no trace has been obtained cf truck. Information was given to Mr. Webb, who idsntiiied the h THE ox. rtt,s, TRAITOR GEORGET.—The following part-tid ppear s in Gulignani's Messenger of yesterday:-- e i.ltivv fhe Aust4 G eneral Hem zi, who was killed (1 1 4 1 _/ 11 ., Liege of Buds, f which fortress be was a e cora man tlj .Its published sone rzemoirs, from which it arrears (3(),',_!ne G'ereral was in vet!: et communication with cet-i/geY, !aid that Buda only held out to give General 14, 1 , h ,a etext f)r besieging it, and su de.tr , ,y the Lernbiriski, which was to.,,march on Vienna, and cause inAurectivii in the hereditary states. " His manner was so vehement, his voice so heart rending, no one could find a tongue to interrupt him; and if they had attempted it, he would not have) listened. " I ought not to speak like this, I know: reverence for her modesty ought to seal my tongue; I meant—l resolved that it should be sealed, until I found a fitter time and place: but ycu have driven me to desperation: and now I declare before you all, if deceived by the evi dence of enemies, who have laid, I know it, this for 11,,r feet, you drive her from your society, and cast her from your frienthidp, you cast away a eon too! Her lot shall be mine: her path shall he mine! I will will slave for her maintenance—l will plead before earth and heaven her intcgliiy: till at length day may come when she may at last confes, there is a I;w:rt that can lov e ner; in spite of poverty—and iu s.p:te of shame!' Ile turned to Margaret, who covered her face with her hands. ." Yes, Esthe r—l love YOU !--I loved you from the first moment we MCA, when you were left neglected Ether's hospit a bl e hall! I among the servants in my loved you more and more as the days went on;—your Lee haunted my dreams-3 our voice was my BWtttest music: I saw you hearing insult with patience, and neglect a ith good humour: helping t h e hioldi ,,, ;s, striving m eVGry sLape to be coMf6riing the orphan, dispenser of blessin g to others, at the time that yo u r Intl your prospect dim own cup was full of bitterness, THE SUN, FRIENDS AND FORTUNE : a Moral Tale. By A. H. Drury. We class this volume us a Christmas book, because the incidents which it relates are supposed to have occurred during some Cllriitinas holidays; and also becau=e it contains a very bt=autiful " Song of Christ mas;" but otherwise the story itself is so full of in terest, and the manner of the narrative is so exceed ingly attractive, that " Friends and Fortune," like the originals of its title, will be welcome to many all the year round. Few three-volumed novels are more interesting than this " Moral Tale." It relates some very morne.nteus possages in the life of one Margaret Armadsle, a young heiress, very beautiful, very accomplished, and a little self-wince). The high spirit of the somewhat haughty damsel is, however, tempers dby a gentle and loving heart. At the open ing of the tale the young heiress, who is an orphan, and having attained her majority is her own mistress, has just arrived in England after a long sojourn on the Continent. She is accompanied by an elderly cornpanicn, Miss Martin. Margret, accustomed to continual adulation, which she justly attributes, in part at least, to her great wealth, begins to wish to be loved for her own sake. She wishes to prove if friends and fortune are indeed inseparable. Having received an invitation to pass Christmas time with the family of the Crawfords, old friends of her father's, the capricious heiress resolves upon changing places with Miss Martin, and visiting the unknown family, not as the rich Miss Armadale, but as Miss Armadale's poor attendant. Such is the foundation of the tale, and the manner in which it is carried out is marvellously ex. cellent. Mrs. Crawford pays due court to the supposed heiress ; the eldest son, a vain fop, makes love to her, while all the family, excepting two younger sons, treat their humble companion with neglect. It is a hard but a useful lesson for Margaret. Her pride is humbled by continued slights and petty persecutions ; while, at the same time, her heart is softened by a close acquaintance with the hitherto unknown troubles of the poor. The benevolent rector and his charming daughter Mary are beauti fully drawn characters. Alfred Crawford, a shy, sensitive pout, is also sketched with a graceful and accurate hand. Theodosia Crawford, a vain and very malicious young lady, jealous of the superior attractions of the poor Either (Margaret's feigned name), seeks on every occasion to annoy her. At last Either is discovered signing a cheque with the name of " Margaret Armadale." What a triumph for Theodosia ! The heads of the family are out, and so the supposed criminal is locked up, awaiting their return, while Alfred rushes off on horseback to hasten LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, ever y incident is accompanied with a black-figure illutttratic n) COURTSHIP. A CITAILADE IN THREE ACTS. ACT. I. COURT DRAMATIS PERSONA. Lord Chief-Justice. Counsel. Prisoner (a Sail. r). Eight Ladies (his Wives). Jurymen. Policemen. Spectators, &c. Time—Before supper-time. Scene—A Court of Justice. At back of drawing room the Lord Chief-Justice's easy-chair, and ottoman for Counsel. To the right, sofa for Jurymen. To the left, fire-screen for Prisoner's dock. Flourish of splendidly - -imitated trumpets. Enter pro- . cession in following order:—The Usher, holding the carpet broom of office; his Honour, robed in gorgeous dressing-gown, and wearing a magnificent wig of ermine victorine; the Counsel, carrying carpet-bags, holding briefs of music, and properly wigged with night-caps; the wretched Sailor, who stands charged V% ith the dread ful crime of polygamy, in the close custody of the Jailor, bearing the street-door key of office, and endea vouring to restrain his Prisoner from dancing the horn- As soon as prisoner is safely secured behind fire-screen he again breaks out in a hornpipe, when Enter the eight Plaintiffs (ladies whom the inconstant Prisoner has respectively married in the several ports he has visited). They are natives of •arious countries, and dressed in their different national costumes. At sight of the vile Sailor they are deeply moved, and intimate a strong desire to get at him. Enter Jurymen, who are immediately packed into the sofa. Counsel for prosecution, in the most electrifying dumb-show, proves, by pointing and frowning at Pri soner, who is still dancing, what a villain the man is. He shows the validity of each marriage by putting an ialeginary ring on his third finger; and having referred to the case of " Lachi darem—in Re Dun Giovanni," Italian Duets, Vol. 11., demands, by a thump on the ottoman, that the scoundrel should bo punished with the utmost rigour of the law. Judge, putting on the black hat, proceeds to pass sen tence of death on the wretched prisoner, who evinces the utmost callousness by doing the split in the horn pipe. The Wives no sooner hear their joint Husband's doom than thi affectionate rush is made towards him, which the wretched man perceiving, he seeks safety in flight. AIT -SHIP. DRAMATIS PERSONA, Captain. Sailors. Passengers. Sce. Scene—The deck of that fast-sailing craft the Fron Drawing-room. Enter Captain, with noble cocked-hat, made out of yesterday's Times, and lr:ir brushes for epaulettes. He shouts through a set of quadrilles, when Enter several tight lads, who proceed to the music stool to heave at the capstan and weigh the imaginary anchor; whilst others pulleyoi at the larboard bell-rope to let out gallant maintop ceiling. Two more brave boys take the wheel, and, by means of the arm-chair, steer the room beautifully. Passengers on after-ottoman now begin, by wild gesti culations—the turning up of eyes, and the sudden ap plication of handkerchiefs—to intimate that they have passed the Nore Light; whilst others, leaning over the backs of their chairs, implore their neighbours, in the mo.t affecting pantomime, to throw them overboard. Enter Steward with basins, at which the passengers make a simultaneous rush. He also enables several poor creatures—who are walking about in the most extraor dinary manner, and rolling from side to side of drawing room—to reach their berths. Presently a fearful storm is supposed to arise. Ti e Passengers, bindiuglife•preservers of comforters round their waists, jump hurriedly from their berths, and springing over the sides of the ship, strike out for the door, where mod omnes. ACT 111. COURTSHIP. DRAILATIS PEREON.E. Old Father. His Daughter. Her Lora.. Retainers. Lawyer. &c. &c. Scene—Apartment in Mansion of Old Father. Enter Daughter, who shows, by pressing her side and swinging about, that she is deeply in love. She com mences laying a table for two, and, having set down a lovely round of cold bandbox, she again expresses her fondest devotion for one of the knives and forks. Sweet plaintive sounds of a splendidly-executed whistle are heard without. She claps her hands, and Enter Lover in full uniform of the new police, richly silvered with chalk. He glances anxiously at the cold round of bandbox, and then gives vent to the wildest movements of joy. They advance to table, and feast commences. Just as he has helped himself to the lid, a loud and con tinued knocking is beard without. They become agi tated; and Lover, endeavouring to avoid an angry parent's just wrath, seizes some bread, and plunges be neath table. Enter Old Father, suffering acutely from an attack of suppositious gout, aad forced to use brooms whilst walking. He expressos his surprise at banqufia, but is p'ested wl.en he learns it was intended for him. Lover, growing tired of oadeavours to snatch some meat off his anger,' plate. Old Father alarmed on seeing the mysterious hand, and, jumping from his chair, drags Lover from under the table. Grand exposure. He is about to curse the villain, when Enter Lay.) er with placard, announcing that the scoundrel has just come into a coroLetcy and 2,000,0001. lie crowns him with u ducal meat cover. Old Father relents, and blesses his children. Retainers and maid of all work rush in, and arrange themselves into a grand tab!e The little volume contains no less than twenty-six similar definitions profusely embellished with pictorial examples. It may affbrd amusement to turn over its pages even when it fails in fulfilling its avowed ob• ject—" to make a long evening short." JUVENILE CALENDAR AND ZODIAC OF FLOWERS, By Mrs. J. K. Hervey. With twelve Illustration s by Richard Doyle. Never has the graceful pencil of Doyle been more gracefully employed than in sketching the charming illustrations of this charming book. Every month is illustrated by a fanciful picture and a fanciful tale. Tnat for January is called " The Child's Dream of the Snowdrop," and t h e picture represents a sleeping child holding a snowdrop in its folded hands, while a graceful group of fairies gather round. February The Crocuses ; or the Child's Footprints "—is accompanied with a natural sketch of a child throwing crumbs to a robin. March—" Titania and the Violets"—gives beauties of spring, and the elfin sprites of graceful glimpse of the floral fairy-land. And so on through all the months of the year. in addition to the graceful pictures of Doyle, and the fanciful' stories of Mrs. Hervey, there is appended to every month an interesting chapter on the " insect world," or on the hybernating ani mals. Many little readers will find these recreations in natural history even more attractive than, the stories. Also for every month is given a calendar of important days, memorable customs, and old sayings. That fur January i 6— . " As the days lengthen So does the cold strengthen." For February— "lf Candlemas be fair and clear There'll be two winters in the year;" and so on. In addition to this is a list of the birds, and insects, and flowers chiefly peculiar to each month. Thus J anuary —Flowers : S now d ro p, Christ mas Rose, Ch angea b le-flowered H y d rangea , Wi n t er Aconite, Round-h ea d e d C yc l a men, White-leaved Coltsfoot. The little volume is thus rendered as ust ful as it is attractive. • THE POOR ARTIST; or, Seven Eye-sights and One O b ject. " Science is fable," is the very appropriate motto of this delightful little book. It is seemingly but the simple narration of the fortunes of a poor artist, but it really possesses much scientific interest. The poor artist at the opening of the volume is dmirous, like many others, of acquiring fame and fortune. Hitherto he has worked for a painter, whose pictures (some of them wholly the work of the poor artist) always sold for good prices. He soon !learns the value of " a name." No one will purchase the works of an unknown hand. The poor artist paints a green house for an old lady, and falls in love with the grand daughter, the beautiful Aurelia. With redoubled anxiety he pursues his work, and falling asleep in a wood dreams a strange dream, or meets with a re markable adventure, we cannot say which. A humming bee comes to him, and declares she has that morning witnessed an extraordinary " object," and would like the artist to draw a picture of it after her description. She describes and he draws ; when the task is done up comes an ant with a similar tale, he has seen an " object" very different from that seen by the bee. The artist draws the second picture. Successively comes a fish, a bird, a spider, and a cat, each has seen an object. At last it is discovered that these six objects so differently described are all the same ! The artist at last sees it, and his human eye-sight discovers a sovereign. The idea is inge nious, and most ingeniously worked out. The dif ferent powers of vision of the various observers led them each to form a different idea of it. The for tunes of the poor artist, however, illustrate a differ ence as in a scientific point of view. The artist exhibits a picture, and e of sight in a moral as well ovcrhears the various criticisms of a body of ob servers, all scrutinizing the same " object," but each interpreting it a different way. Of the personal ad ventures of the artist, of the bribes offered by Aure ha's aunt, and the violent conduct of her determined uncle, we shall say nothing, contenting ourselves wi th recommending the " Poor Artist" on scientific and moral grounds, independent of the agreeable fiction which serves to convey them pleasa n tly to t h e rea d er. The volume is dedicated to Professor Owen. TALES AND SKETCHES FOR FIRE-SIDE RENDING. By Charles Fleet. A delightful volume of miscellaneous reading for an idle pour---an hour which will be anything but useles3 if employed in the perusal of these sketches. Some of the articles are of an amu4r.g or interesting character ; such as " The New G.:_iveaness," " Grandfather's First Marriage," "'file Wife's Amid bitio::," &c., and others are suggestive of profitable thoughts. " Single houses and Married Couples" .L 7 a valuable exposition of the blessings of home. " Undeveloped Greatness" is full of truthful wisdom. Alluding to people who are always complaining of what they might have been and. might have done had circumstances been ntherwise, but now " it is too late," it is justly remarked "True, it is too late— and for peopl e w h o complain in this tone it always was too late or too early. The time is never come, or it is past. The present is never in their power ; as it must be in the ppwer of those who doom them selves to greatness- r -it is never a time of trial, cf effort, ef painful struggle, of continual striving and (king. They do,not know such a present as this, and therefore it is that when they look upon the fact it is a blank to them." " The Ilappy Family" con tains a moral frequently verified in daily This volume will be a welcome guest by the Christmas fireside. THE ILLUSTRATED YEAR-BOOK of WONDERS,' EVENTS, and DISCOVE RIES. 4 The inhabitants of; n Auburn (before it became the Deserted Village of immortal memory) used to regard their learned schoolmaster with surprise and admi ration, • " And more the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew." Similar must be the feelings of all who examine this most attractive little volume. In little more than three hundred pages of narrative (not condensed to a mere summary, but replete with interest and infor mation), we find ourselves now delving for " gold in California," now watching the progress of the patient teachers of " ragged schools," then hurried across the Menai Straits in the " Britannia Tubular Bridge, " and thence making a steam excursion from Southampton, and threading the mazes of the city of a thousand mi narets. A change comes over the spirit of the dream —from the gaiety and glitter of romantic Stamboul, we are precipitated into " the bovs els of the harmless earth," and witness the horrible spectacle of " a coal mine on fire." Rushing from one extreme to the ether, we 'escape the flames only to encounter the perils of an expedition where " Winter barricades the realms of frost." Quitting the "Franklin Expedition," we turn cour tier, and accompany the " Queen in the Royal Visit to Ireland." Then, after pondering over the vicissitudes' of the " Conquest of the Punjaub," we follow Mr. Layard in an investigation of the marvellous sculptures of Nineveh. Repeating the lines of Campbell, we watch the departing emigrants, and then curious to learn their fortunes, we track them to their homes beyond the sea, returning thence we contemplate the " French Expedition to Rome," and finally the •olume closes, and we find ourselves enriched with much delightful knowledge, and grati fied by the very interesting manner in which that knowledge has been revealed to us. This first "Year Book of Events, Wonders, and Discoveries," is not likely to be the last! Judging from this specimen it promises to become a valuable addition to the youth ful library, nor is it without attraction for children of larger growth. It is elegant in its appearance, and is adorned with many illustrations. THE FAMILY FRIEND. The title of this book is anythipg but a misnomer. Every family into which it enters will hail it as a friend. Its pages abound in matter of amuse ment for the circle round the fireside. Here we have conundrums which would perplex 2Edipus himself. Here we have patterns for work which Penelope might have envied. Now we are instructed by some piece of information, and now entertained by some ridiculous absurdity. " Treasures " and " Trifles" alternately fill the pages, while the hints for wives and advice contained in the " Housewife's Friend," are full of practical usefulness. Young and old may obtain mirth and wisdom from the pages of " The Family Friend." Among the amusing "'Trifles" is the following, which we do not remember to have seen before : " A boy, selling newspapers at th e ra il way - stat i on at Ely, was calling out one Saturday evening,—' To-day's Times, gentlemen,' upon which a passenger, attempting a witticism, cried out,' What's the use of to-day's Times? I'll give you a shilling for to-morrow's 1' and the boy im mediately handed him the Sunday when the passenger refused to give hint ruure than sixpence, but his fellow-ire...11,i. made him keep his word, and give t ho .b...p.wittcd lad a shilling for a sixpenny paper!" DIAMOND DUST. (From Etiza Cook's Journal.) He who teaches religion without exemplifying it loses the advantage of its best argument No zunimtr but it has a winter; he never reaped com fort in his adversity, that sowed it not in his prosperity. Replies aro not always answers. It is happy to hate so much merit, that our birth is the least thing respected in us. Ride not post for your marriage; if you do, ycu may, in the period of your journey, take sorrow for your inn, and make repentance your host. An honest man is believed without an oath, for his reputation swears for him. It is the great art and philosophy of life to make the best of the present, whether it be good or bad. Idlenrss wastes a man as insensibly as industry ha proves him, SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Last evening, Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul, was given by this Society at Exeter-hall, to a very tall audience. The high character attained by the performances of the Sacred Harmonic Society, more especially since the musical arrangements have been under the direction of Mr. Costa, was a sufficient guarantee that this great work would be rendered in all its fullness and integrity. Indeed it is scarcely too complimentary to say, that the public frequent ing these oratorios do not attend so much in a critical spirit, as in the full faith that all that enormous vocal, instrumental, and choral resources, under the most efficient control, can contribute towards the realization of the conceptions of the most illustrious composers of sacred music will here be insured. The doubts at one time enter tained of the capacity of Mr. Costa to give the ge nuine rendering of Handel's oratorios, were speedily dissipated, except with a comparatively few; no such doubts could have arisen with respect to the in terpretation of Mendelssh©n under the same auspices. This performance of the St. Paul is in all respects equal to the magnificent rendering of Elijah, already so often given here under the direction of Mr. Costa. Higher praise it would be impossible to accord. The addition of Miss Catherine Hayes and Herr Formes to the solo singers provided a special attraction on this occasion. We are happy to see Miss Hayes now taking her proper position in the metropolis among executants of sacred music. Those who heard her at Liverpool, and especially at the last Birming ham festival, were much struck by the purity and fervour of her style. Her performance lest night, though her opportunities were not great, fully confirmed the high opinion then formed. Miss II ayes invariably impresses in proportion to the attention with which she is listened to, her execu tion being full of fine and delicate touches of expres sion, not always found, in vocalists of more dash and pretension. Her solos were all given with a fine and true appreciation of the demands of the text, and there could be no doubt of her having produced a most fa vourable effect, which the rule against encores scarcely withheld the audience from testifying. Herr Formes had also proved, at Liverpool, although he then sang under great disadvantages, that he was capable of fill ing effectively the post of bass in these oratorios. Since his ,first essay in this line, he has evidently studied much the peculiar character of vocalization re quired for sacred music. His style is more subdued and better toned; and there are not those violent con trasts and transitions which marked his earlier efforts. His aria, " 0 God ! have mercy upon me," was ren dered with fine feeling and pathos, with the full devo tional tenderness of an abased spirit craving for mercy. The 'passage " And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, Lord !" was a triumph of expression. The same praise applies more or less to his other solos ; and this artist may be pronounced now fairly and firmly to have seized a position of great difficulty, in which he will prove a permanent strength to the oratorio. The other vocal pieces were given by Miss Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Mr. A. Novello, and Mr. Smythson. Mr. Lockey improves in mellowness of tone, and force yet purity of style, at every new effort in pub lic as a singer of sacred music The instrumental execution of the oratorio was given with the full power and precision for which this orchestra is now proverbial ; and the choruses were also given with the same perfection, completeness, and attention to light and shade, which have already earned for the chorus here their high reputation. Among the most effective were " Stone him to death," " Happy and blest," and " Rise up ! arise ! shine !" GRAY'S INN.—A notice has been issued by the Benchers of this society that there will bo a voluntary examination fur honours on the Laws of Real Property in Gray's lon Hall, in Trinity Term, namely, on Thursday and Friday, the 23d end 24th of May, com mencing at ten A.M. on each day. The names of the successful candidates will be published in a list, while those who do not go for honours, or who do not succeed, will not be placed on the list. The gentleman Tv ho at tains the lint place on the list will, on the recommenda tion of the Examiners, receive the Lecturer's Prize, con sisting of a set of the Reports of Vesey, jun., in twenty volumes. CAMBRIDGE, JAN• 1.--ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN,- The Vice. Chancellor has this day announced that the address of condolence to her Majesty the Queen, on the death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, was presented on Wednesday last ' the 9th inst., by his Royal Highness the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor, and that the same was most graciously received by her Majesty. with poverty! Let them say, prove, swear, what they wili! I believe you feem my soul to be innocent, and if life and strength sere grant:a me, I will caake your in -I.IOCLICO plain! 04 forgive all I have said: forgive my abruptness, madness, inconsideration: I am well nigh mad, I know—but there is no madness in my love, what ever there may be in my words!' "' There is plenty in them, sir!' now bra ke in his father, who had been rubbing his hands nervously during all this sceee- 1 mad?' yes, to be sure you are! stark mad—that you go on raving there, and won't hear any one speak. Do you know, sir, who and what this young lady is, you have been addressing so passion ately?' " Yes, sir, Ido know—and whatever'— " Hold your tongue, sir, will you? you know nothing at all about it. Why, boy, who should it be but Miss Armadale herself; the real Miss Armadale, who, to play us an unfair trick, passed off her friend as herself, and came among us as the poor Esthe r!' "For an instant Alfred grew paler than before: then the colour rushed to his temples: he made a vain at tempt to speak; turned to leave the room, and fell sense less to the ground. " Margaret's woman nature could not stand this: pride, reserve and prudence would not suffer her to speak: but she sprung to his assistance before even his mother could reach him, and thick and fast fell her tears upon his face. The world might wonder—friends might disapprove—relations might mt.ke themselves disagreeable: it mattared little now, for her high heart was won !" The interest is well sustained throughout the volume, and the lights and shadows of the various characters contrast admirably with each other. The love-story of the gentle Mary and Nelson Crawford is second in interest only to the fortunes of Margaret. Beyond these attractive features, the tone of the whole book is of a pure and elevating character—it is a volume that wise friends would gladly put in the hands of youth, for it pourtrays religion and virtue in their appropriately attractive colours. " The Ssng of Christmas" is an improvisation of the poet Alfred. Its tone is most eloquent, and its teaching full of beauty : " Children of the earth—young and old—listen to the song of Christmas! " 'I am come among you again; with my fresh keen blest, and my holly-bough, and the snow crackling beneath my feet, and the hoar-frost dripping from my hair:—and I see around Inc again the sight I love to see—the bounding step, and the merry laugh, and the warm-pressing hand—and the lip that quivers with remembered blessing: and the heart that glows with good deeds done, kept there for God alone. I see the blazing log, and the plentiful board, and the throng of friendly faces: I hear my name echoed as a watchword of rejoicing, and I feel that lam loved as ever. And is this all? "' Children of the earth—revellers at the feast— listen to the song of Christmas! "' Was it only for this that Icame among you first? —only to crown your bansluets with jubilee? Was it that tie yule log might burn, and the wassail-bowlmight foam, and the table be crowned with plenty—that they who feasted all the year round should feast still higher today? Is there nothing nobler in my cheering voice —nothing holier in my song of joy—than the mirth that blazes for an- hour ' or the' dissipation that w ill weary you to-morrow? Children of the earth--triflers ,vith reality—listen to the song of Christmas! " When I came among you first, ye were a sorrowing race:—the winter came and went again, but brought no blessing with it—the sun looked down upon you with pity, but kindled you not to praise —ye had no Saviour —ye knew no God! I broke this chain of darkness—l let in this glorious light—l said to the Eastern shep herds, Rejoice!—to the wise men, Your King is waiting! I brought on the wings of my glorious message the blessings of the Father of spirits, and shed them like dew upon your path, that ye might be glad in the joy of your salvation. I shed peace on your consciences— comfort in your tribulations—light on the way wherein ye should walk—hope on the bed wherein ye must die— all this I did—yea, and greater than this, when I told you your Saviour was born! "'Children of the earth—ransomed of the Cross! listen to the song of Christmas I " The wilderness and the solitary place are glad be cause of me; the desert has rejoiced, and blossomed as the rose:—fruit has sprung up in the waste places of the earth, and well-springs from the rock and stone! There has gone forth a voice like an angel's trump, from which sorrow and mourning flee away, and every note of its thrilling melody repeats the Redeemer's name! Well then may ye rejoice, for whom that name was given; fill up your cup with gladness —pour forth your voices in song—the utmost ye can give will fall short of the due amount, of the gratitude and praise He has deserved at your hands. Be glad, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God—he has crowned the year with goodness—He has glorified the earth with deliverance: if ye should rejoice in the Lord chatty, above all should ye do so now; only take heed that y e rfjoice aright—that Christmas drown not the name of Christ: that in the joy of the Saviour's birth, y 4 neglect not His great salvation! " Children of the earth, probatiorers for eternity: li;Jtea to the song of Christmas! " ' Shall the children of a. e bride•chamber feast, only when the Bridegroom is not with them? shall the sons of the heavenly inheritance shrink from their natiNe air? Shall the Prince's birthday he kept as an universal jubilee, and the Prince Hiuntelf I.lu bani3Led frou:k the ladne3s his birth has given? Will ye fill the bowl with merriment, and heap the board with hospitality, a.;,d in your eager gathering of the earthly blessings, .he fallen leave; of the Tree of Life, given' indee&l , lor he healing of the nations, but not sufficient for their immortal sustenance,—pass offer the fruit of holiness and grace, as though no tears had Lean shed, no blood been poured, to cpench the flaming sword of the Cherubim? " Children of the earth, exiles from Eden's bowers, listen to the song of Christmas! "'ls it such a feast that I have chosen: a day for a man to forget his soul? is it to choke up his gratitude with self-indulgence, and to shackle his religion with worldly bonds? - Wilt thou call this a feast, and an ac ceptable day unto the Lord? Is not this the feast that I have chosen—to break off the yoke of sin; to crush the head of evil habits; to lay up comfort against the evil hour, and gather blessing and gladness that fade not away? To give with both hands literally; to love with the whole heart fervently; to press onward, onward still, in the pathway of joyful obedience, bringing heart and soul and strength and intellect as offerings to the Bridegroom's table; and drinking here on earth of the cup of felicity, that shall crow the marriage supper of tho Lamb? . . . . . . . . "‘ Children . of tie earth, wild olives of the Gentile : listen to the song of Christmas! "' Yes, there are hearts that love Thin, and find their joy in His favour: a joy wherewith no stranger inter medleth, and which no stranger can understand. Who are they that wake the Nativity morning with the loudest and sweetest carols: that fill the Lord's courts with Learning faces, and bring the brightest smile and the happiest laugh for the meting of affection at home? Who but they to whom my animal return is a pledge of their purchased security, and who feel as each ycar glides away b_neath my Wing, that they are only so much nearer to heaven? Who but they that go from house to house, where the poor man is too desols.te to smile; lighting up the empty hearth and covering the starving board, and giving the naked clothing, and finding the destitute a home: that every suffi ring member of the great redeemed family may be glad on the birthday of their Brother? YO, to you I turn, ye sowers and reapers of mercy : your mirth shall not turn to,heavimss, nor your sacrifice be counted a mockery; for the joy - el the Lord is your shield and . . strength, and the Gu - d of the poor man i; a guest at your feast 7 of love! " Children of the earth, laizs of it mortzlity: listen :o the song of Christman' " AC TING CHARADES. By the Brothers Mayhew. It is difficult with pen and ink to describe these " Acting Charades ; or Deeds not Words." The manner in which the " deeds are set forth by the pencil of Mr. Hine, requires to be seen, rather than to be described. As an explanation of "Charades in Action," we quote from the introduction : " The French have made themselves singularly famous by their 'petits jeer' as they call them. Their inability to sit still tor more than halt an hour has forced them to invent a long list of amusing excuses for locomotion. They have their Pigeon Vole,' and Main Chaude' or ' Berlina tic and Chiguette,' and a thousand other receipts for making a long evening short. But the most celebrated of all these petits jeux ar e their Charades en Action.' Pigeon Vole, and all the rest, have given way to these Acting Charades. No birth-day is allowed to pass without playing at them. The young and the old both delight in the game; and invariably choose it. The old people lay aside their dignity with a look of jovial martyrdom, and laugh more than any one else; whilst—as if to apologise for their apparently unbecoming levity—they tell you 'they do like to see young people enjoying themselves.' " Some persons have even acquired a kind of reputa tion as Charade actors, and are in such request that in vitations shower down from all quarters; and if they can only be engaged, it is looked upon as a kind of cer tificate that the party is sure to be a good one. "Lately, the game has been introduced into the draw ing -rooms of a few mirth-loving .Englishmen. Its suc cess has been tremendous. Cards have been discarded; and bind-man's-buff, forfeits, and hunting the ring been utterly abandoned. On Christmas-day, it has been looked forward to, and entered into with as much energy as the sainted plum-pudding itself. We have seen it played among literary circles with unbounded mirth. We have seen philosophers and poets either acting their parts with all the enthusiasm of school-boys, or puzzling their brains to find out `how they could dress as Henry VIII., with only a great coat and gibus.' " This game is, as its name expresses it, a Charade o fe n r e re f e;s o u o p t the enactspa r t t y l ; e c h c o h a a s e r a ' d t e h e t i r h e s i c, d t e k s apnlda,y s whilst acted instead of spok en . Th e two most ce l e b rate d per er t . p the art of audi,nue. A word is then fixed upon by the corps drantatigue; and 'my first, my second, and my whole' is gone through as puzzlingly as possible in dumb show, each division making a separate and entire act. At the conclusion of the drama, the guessing begins on the part of the audience. If they are successful, they in their turn perform: it' not, they still remain as audience. " The grcat, rule to be observed in acting charade, is— silence. Nothing more than an exclamation is allowed. All the rest must be done in the purest pontominie. " If in the walking out of the plot there should be come sentenc. that it is impossible to express iu dumb show, end yet rnuaL be made clear to the audience, then, placards may be used. As hamlet says, they must speak by the ecrd.'" And as a specimen of the style of these " Charades," let us give the first (very imperfectly, however, as J ANITARY 12, 1850. THE DIGNITY OF LITERATURE. TO THE rni'rort OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—la a leading article of' your journal of Teursde3-, tl c 3.1 instant, you commented upon lite rary pen,ione and the status of literary men in this country, and illustrated your argument by extracts from the story of " Pendeneis," at present in course of publication. You have received my writings with so much kindness, that, if you have occasion to dis approve of them or the author, I can't question your right to blame me, or doubt for a moment the friend liness and honesty of my critic ; and however I might dispute the justice of your verdict in my case, I had proposed to submit to it in silence, being indeed very quiet in my conscience with regard to the charge made against me. Bat another newspaper of high character and re pute takes occasion to question the principles ad vocated in your article of Thursday ; arguing in favour of pensions for literary persons, as you ar gued against them ; and the only point upon which the Examiner and the Chronicle appear to agree un luckily regards myself, who am offered up to general reprehension in two leading articles by the two writers : by the latter, for " fostering a baneful pre judice" against literary men ; by the former, for " stooping to flatter" this prejudice in the public mind, and condescending to caricature (as is too often my habit) my literary fellow-labourers, in order to pay court to the non-literary'class." The charges of the Examiner against a man who has never, to his knowledge, been ashamed of his profession, or (except for its dulness) of any single line from his pen —grave as they are, are, I hope, not proven. "To stoop to flatter" any class is a novel accusation brought against my writings; and as for my scheme "to pay court to the non-literary class by disparaging my literary fellow-labourers," it is a design which would exhibit a degree not only of baseness but of folly upon my part, of which, I trust, I am not capable. The editor of the Examiner may, perhaps, occasionally write, like other authors, in a hurry, and not be aware of the conclusions to which some of his sentences may lead. If I stoop to flatter anybody's prejudice for some interested motives of my own, I am no more nor less than a rogue and a cheat ; which deductions from the Ex aminer's premises I will not stoop to contradict, be cause the premises themselves are simply absurd. I deny that the considerable body of our country men described by the Examiner " as the non-literary class" has the least gratification in witnessing the degradation or disparagement of literary men. Why accuse "the non-literary class" of being so un grateful? If the writings of an author give a reader pleasure or profit, surely the latter will have a fa vourable opinion of the person who so benefits him. What intelligent man, of what political views, would not receive with respect and welcome that writer of the Examiner of whom your paper once said that "he made all England laugh and think ?" Who would deny to that brilliant wit, that polished satirist, his just tribute of respect and admiration ? Doei any man who has written a book worth reading—any poet, historian, novelist, man of science—lose reputation by his character for genius or for learning ? Does he not, on the contrary, get friends, sympathy, ap plause—money, perhaps ?—all good and pleasant things in themselves, and not ungenerously awarded as they are honestly won. That generous faith in men of letters, that kindly regard in which the whole reading nation holds them, appear to me to be so clearly shown in our country every day, that to question them would be absurd as, permit me to say for my part, it would be ungrateful. What is it that fills mechanics' institutes in the great prnincial towns when literary men are invited to attend their festivals ? Has not every literary men of mark his friends and his circle, his hundreds or his tens of thousands of readers ? And has not every one had from these constant and affecting testimonials of the esteem in which they hold him? It is of course one writer's lot, from the nature of his subject or of his genius, to command the sym pathies or awaken the curiosity of many more readers than shall chose to listen to another author ; but surely all get their bearing. The literary profession is not held in disrepute ; nobody wants to disparage it; no man loses his social rank, whatever it may be, by practising it. On the con trary : the pen gives a place in the wool men who had none before—a fair pipe. fair l y achieved by their genius; as any , : tbor d eg ree of eminence is by or merit. Literary men need not, as ;e ti gems othe other 01.;a me, be in the least querulous about their position any more, or want the pity of anybody. The money-prizes which the chief among them get are not so high as those which fall to men of other callings—to bishops, or to judges, or to opera singers and actors ; nor have they received stars and garters as yet, or peerages and governorships of islands, such as fall to the lot of military officers. The rewards of the profession are not to be measured by the money standard ; for one man spends a life of learning and labour on a book which does not pay the printer's bill; and another gets a little fortune by a few light volumes. But, putting the money out of the question, I believe that the social estimation of the man of letters is as good as it deserves to be, and as good as that of any other professional man. With respect to the question in debate between you and the Examiner, as to the propriety of public re wards and honours for literary men, I don't see why men of letters should not very cheerfully coincide with Mr. Examiner in accepting all the honours, places, and prizes which they can get. The amount of such as will be awarded to them will not, we may be pretty sure, impoverish the country much ; and if it is the custom of the State to reward, by money, or titles of honour, or stars and garters of any sort, indi viduals who do the country service, and it individuals are gratified by having sir, or my lord, appended to their names, or stars and ribbons hooked on to their coats and waistcoats, as men most undoubtedly are, and as their wives, families and relations are, there can be no reson why men of letters should not have the chance, as well as men of the robe or the sword ; or why, if honour and money are good for one profession, they should not be good for another. No man in other callings thinks himself degraded by receiving a reward from his Go vernment; nor surely need the literary man be more squeamish about pensions, and ribbons, and titles, than the ambassador, or general, or judge. Every European State but ours rewards its men of letters; the American Government gives them their full share of its small patronage; and if Americans, why not Englishmen ? IF Pitt Crawley is disappointed at not getting a ribbon on retiring from his diplomatic post at Pumpernickel; if General O'Dowd is pleased to he called Sir Hector O'Dowd, K.C.8., and his wife at being denominated my Lady O'Dowd : are literary men to be the only persons exempt from vanity, and is it to be a sin in them to covet honour ? And now, with regard to the charge against myself of fostering baneful prejudices against our calling—to which I no more plead guilty than I should think Fielding would have done if he had been accused of a design to bring the Church into contempt by describing Parson Trulliber—permit me to say, that before you deliver sentence it would be as well if you had waited to hear the whole of the argument. Who knows what is coming in the future numbers of the work which has incurred your dis pleasure and the Examiner's, and whether you,, in accusing me of prejudice, and the Examiner . (alas!) of swindling and flattering the public, have not been premature ? Time and the hour may solve this mystery, for which the candid reader is referred "to our next." That I have a prejudice against running into debt, and drunkenness, and disorderly life, and against quackery and falsehood in my profession, I own ; and that I like to have a laugh at those pretenders in it wbo write confidential news about fashion and poli tics for provincial gobemouches; but I am not aware of feeling any malice in describing this weakness, or of doing anything wrong in exposing the former vices. Have they never existed amongst literary men ? Have their talents never been urged as a plea for improvidence, and their very faults add uce d as a consequence of their genius? The only moral that I, as a writer, wished to hint in the descriptions against which you protest, was, that it was the duty of a literary man, as well as any other, to practise regularity and sobriety, to love his family and to pay his tradesmen. Nor is the picture I have drawn " a caricature which I condescend to," any more than it is a wilful and insidious design on my part to flatter " the non- literary class." If it be a caricature, it is the result of a natural perversity of vision, not of an artful desire to Mis lead ; but my attempt was to tell the truth, and I meant to tell it not unkindly. I have seen the book seller whom Bludyer robbed of his books: I hawe . carried money, and from a noble brother . ma n n- a o n f . letters, to some one not unlike Shandon prison, have watched the beautiful devotion of b things is not to be in that dreary place. Why are these do, that strange and awful . stru described, it they illustrate, as th e g y g e pp o e,a f r gtoood and . hearts and in the w v r o ° rl n d g ? w l h t e t h n may k b e e s tit i t a t c l e our N i V n OTk out my moral ill, or it ma y be possibly that the critic of the Examiner fails in apprehension. My efforts as an artist come 14erfectly within his province as a censor ; but when u se Examiner says of a gsntleman that he is " stoop ing to flatter a public prejudice," which public pre judice does not exist, I submit that he makes a charge which is as absurd as it is unjust; and am thankful that it repels itself. And, instead of accusing the public of persecuting and disparaging us as a class, it seems to me that men of letters had best silently assume that they are as good as any other gentlemen; nor raise piteous controversies upon a question which all people of sense must take to he settled. If I sit at your table, I suppose that I am my neighbour's equ al, as that he is mine. -If I begin straightway with a protest of " Sir, I am a literary man, 'but I would have you to know I am as good as you," which of us is it that questions the dignity of th° literary profession —my neighbour who would like to eat his soup in quiet, or the man of letters who commences the argument ? And I hope that a comic writer, because he describes one author as improvident, and another as a parasite, may not only be guiltless of a desire to vilify his profession, but may really have its honour at heart. If there are no spendthrifts or parasites among us, the satire becomes un j ust; b ut i f such exist, or have existed, they are as good subjects for comedy as men of other callings. I never heard that the Bar felt itself aggrieved, b ecause P unch chose to describe Mr. Dunup s notori ous state of insolvency, or that the picture of Sti gg i ns, in " Pickwick," was i nten d e d as aninsult to 4111 Dissent ers ; or t h at a ll the attorneys in the empire were i n di gnant at the famous history of the firm of Gammon, an d S nap ;" are we to be passed over . bec ause we are faultless, or because we cannot afford to be laughed at ? And if every character in a story is to represent a class, not an in dividual—if every bad figur e is to have its obliged contrast of a good one, and a balance of vice and virtue is to be struck— novels, I think, would become impossible, as they would be intolerably stupid and unnatural ; and there would he a lamentable end of writers and readers of such com pos i t i ons.—Eelieve me, Sir, to be your very faithful servant, Reform Club, Jan. fd. W. M. MA CIiBBA SPORTING IN TELLI GENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRID AY . Very little business on racing or vee P i echtising, or tt.• grand billiard match. which Rol arts won. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-300 to 12 agat Black Eagle (t). Ch ESTER Cur.—Not a bet laid. Offers to take 35 to 1 about Peep•o'•day Boy, and 40 to 1 about Lady Evelyn Di nsr.-500 to 5 agst Black Susan colt, and 500 to 5 agst Crossbow. STATE OF THE STREETS AT THE EAST END. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Perhaps you would favour the inhabitants at this part of the " modern Babel" by calling the atten tion of the proper authorities to the disgracefully dirty condition in which the streets are allowed to remain for days together after rain or a thaw. The majority of the streets here are generally in a most filthy state, It would, however, occupy too much of your valuable space to enumerate such streets; suffice it, then, to say that the principal thoroughfare from the Mile end-road to the Commercial-road during the season mentioned is - absolutely shoe-deep in mud ; and I can assure you, Mr. Editor, the ladies in this part are not a little inconvenienced and annoyed thereby. The complaints on the subject are loud and numerous, but the cause still exists. The opinions as to whose duty it is to cleanse the streets are various. Some say the Commercial-read trustees are to blame, others the surveyors, and a third class that the parochial authorities should do it. If the scavengers are inter rogated on the matter, their reply is,lthat . it. comes not within their contract. It is easy enough 'to believe this, inasmuch as whe n th e authorities condescend to employ a few road-scrapers or sweepers, the mud and dirt are swept on one side of the street, where it remains for a length of time before being taken away. Sir, lam convinced that nothing short of the power of the press will ever awake the slumbering authorities here to a sense of duty, and therefore I hope you will kindly find room in your paper for the il*ertion of this brief note.—l am, Sir, Ar.,l Stepney, Jan. 9, 1850. AN OBSERVER. ELIZA CIIESTNEY.-It gives us great pleasure to be enabled to state that this intrepid young woman, who is now residing at Wymonclham, where she is carrying on the business of a milliner and cressmaker, is now so far recovered as to be able to walk up and down stairs, without the assistance of either a crutch or stick. It must be gratifying to those who have taken such deep interest in this young woman, to learn that the poor sufferer is at length restored to the use of her limbs.— IVerfolk News. , ary, THE FISTULA' INFlRMAltY.—Yesterclay a J 'I'“ 1 1 - IC M fi a r S ti :terlEati, 3 in c t fb o . ll ps r f erhe tress,,... su t ,e o Rev. Dr. Vivian, the chairman of . g tg re u it a t ro c . lia , ri , tL i ?f ai t i h g e . ( 7 t .`" m l__" 4 r. one ah, :uatinittee; ' Mr. Potter, judge of the Secondaries' Court; and Mr. Salmon, the surgeon of the establish ment, waited on the Lord Mayor upon the affairs of the charity, and his Lordship fixed the middle of May for the celebration of the festivsl, and pledged himself to do all in his power to carry into full effect the benevolent objects of the institution. ST. MART, NEWINGTON.—A, vestry was held yes terday evening in the United National School-room for several important purposes, among which were the con sideration of co-operating with the Auti-Cholera and Dwellings-Improvement Committee of Lambeth, the question of erecting baths and washhouses, and other sanitary measures necessary to preserve the public health, The chairman, Mr. Churchwarden Boyson, road a requisition which had been signed by upwards of 50 ratepayers, requesting the co-operation of the clergy, churchwardens, and other parochial authorities of St. Mary, in forming a committee for general sanitary mea sures, A long and keen discussion arose on this subject, in the course of which it was insisted with referunce to baths and washhouses especially, that the parish did not require anything of the kind, and that the burden of the poor -rates was already too heavy to permit of such a proposition being entertained. Mr. Charles Cochrane represented that the establishment of baths and wash houses would be a remunerative undertaking, and stated that in two instances where they had been erected they had yielded a large profit. Finally, an amendment on the original mo'ion for a committee was carried, to the effect that the notice of meeting required by Act of Par liament in such cases should be complied with. The subject of the water supply was then taken into consi deration, and it was resolved unanimously that the vestry should co operate with the Parochial Water Supply As sociation ou the subject. The proceedings then termi nated. THE BRITANNIA-BRIDGE.—We learn from the Menni that there is at length a complete roadway over the Straits, the &cond great tube having been safely raised to its 100 feet elevation, and forming, by its junc tion with the other tubes, a continuous rigid wrought iron highway, 18.401 feet long and between .5,000 and 6,000 tons in weight. The workmen are now engaged, day and night, in completing the junctions and adjubt manta. The greater portion of the permanent way and rails for the trains is laid. The grand approaches to the bridge at either end, where the colossal lions rest, are finished, including the continuaticn of the line of rail to the stations on each side at Bangor and Llanfair, and every exertion is being made, to have the line complete by the end of February, for the first trial trains to go through. THE LATE CHAPLAIN OF AYLESBURY GAOL.— JOHN TAWELL'S CONFESSION.—It Will, probably, be within the re collection of our readers that the Rev. Mr. Cox, the late chaplain of the county gaol at Aylesbury, was compelled to retire from the chaplaincy in conse quence of his refusing to divulge to the magistrates the nature of the confession of John Tawell (the murderer of Eliza Hart, at Salt-hill), after repeated motions, to the effect that he should confide the confession to the county magistrates, had been unanimously adopted at three or four quarter sessions subsequently to Tawell's execution. At the Epiphany Sessions, just held, Mr. Cox memorialised the magistrates, praying that an an nuity might be greeted him until he obtained some cle rical preferment, and strongly urging that his " inadver teree,' as regards his pertinacity in refusing to accede to the wishes of the county bench, might not have a preju dicial effect. The memorial was accompanied by a medi cal certificate, setting forth that Mr. Cox's health had been seriously affected by the nature of the duties connected with his late appointment. It appeared, from the act of Parliament relating to the power of the magistrates to grant pensions to their superanuated officials, that they could grant an allowance not exceeding two-thirds of the salary previously enjoyed by the memorialist. A motion to the effect that the prayer of Mr. Cox should be taken into consideration was then proposed by Mr. Barker, and seconded by Dr. Lee, the latter gentleman observing that, although he did not consider that Mr. Cox had performed his duty in the case of John Tawell's confession, he thought the matter ought to be enter tained, the memorialist being, in his (Dr. Lee's) opinion. a modest, learned, arid quiet man. The motion having been strongly opposed by Mr. Carrington (who main tained that the real oause of Mr. Coxs compulsory re tirement from the chaplaincy was quite different from that alleged in the memo r i a l, an d expressing his astonish ment by the o nly hands held that such a motion as that before t h t h e e eh be a n ir c m h a s n hould have been introduced), it was put (Sir T. D. Aubrey, Bart.), and negatived, f B ROTHE R EDITOR. -- James up in its favour being two—those of the mover and seconder. DEATH OP A o f a ge. The immediate cause of death was ( e nes ay,. was about edi t t h o i r s a m nd e p rn ro ie p g ri . eto vv r o d f . the Inverness Advertiser, but the disease seedy:: hereyears rhs of the heart, deceased laboured under a ' complication of physical weakness and malformation, that rendered his activity of mind a remarkable instance of energy. Mr. If.`Cosh had only recently established a newspaper here, but he was long connected with the press in Dundee. He was a aealous member of the Free Church, and at the time of the disruption wrote a pamph let on the clergy, entitled " The Chaff and the Wheat." —.lnverness Courier. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the North Ame rican Provinces. CHESTER AND lIOLTIIIEAOD:_IiCA.ILaInI Main—Traffic L ifnoer the week ended Jan. 6, 85 1,015/. 2s. id. ; Mold, 661. Ss. lid. ; steam-boats 70/., 10s. 6d.—Total, 1,1521. Is. 6d. , . . LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN ItArLwAy.— The extension of this line from Strabane to Omagh has been actually commenced at the Strabane terminus. The extension from the terminus here to the bridge is pro ceeding with great vigour and rapidity.--Londonderry Journal. LAW APPOINTMENT..—AVe understand that last week Mr. James Martin, clerk to the Lcrd Advocate, received the appointment of depute clerk of session, in room of Sir James Wemyss, Bart., lately deceaEed.— Edinburgh Courant. On Monday last, as a woman who subsisted by .begging was procceding from Upton to Gloucester, she was seized with the pains of labour, and delivered of a male child in the public road. Assistance was pre sently procured, and the woman and child were, after some delay, remov^d to au inn, but the child diod from want of attention and exposure to the cold.