The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

A t°P down stairs below until Sir Gregorywent up stairs :849 ; h t?ore t 3 sec' 3i r• M6hsrlte • Ile :leis improved in mind at+ 180 he teas not so well. I feund hire oleness !ale; s err:versa:ion v.as rational, and he -I'- 1842Psel perf,c:le to ne lerstand busters... Ie August he did not appear quite so well in b-dily h9slth. hit ßY Sir P. KersaY—Fram 1823 eown to the time of . thath I never knew Sir Gregory to execute any eitumest except his ill. br ta Ss r, i, eury Herbert Senthey called and examined by fie; abt o A lt?t e. ,) K TI a ' n:l a Phv'cian' nod havelbh"anve E ' a ineaer!ac go,_, man , . a p.srs. - airing, ihat time G. u 3 Insane persons. It ;yes my duty . to yi.,,ic o S , T . aegory p age t ea „ Turner. I was called in te give my in n IVled"Nu hint in the latter end of 1840. Iw" y g cc in to see him in 1841. I saw him with the late ve to ViTarburton. I eas called in to see him and to give ° P i nion about his case —I mean an ordinary . opinion osce ad t hat was in 1840. In 1841 I was called in n ... whether h e • sa w k . might be relieved from restraint. Wise .1_ eate r ul th in 1810 I considered his was rathe i r s a e s o i n n . leiliStiiitirietitees, bicticause, though insane in conduct, h.. re. 'saeton was net such as to infer inanity. He had . dress, . dirty habits, and a dispo- He difi coursed 0 hoard articles of no value. rationally• In 1841 I asd a d .• , examined him e"lcalled bad conversations si with G h e i , m o . ry l, i l n r tiMieab latter ofJaeuhy l tB 4l 'ee l -- s - a r w hi r m%ii that occasion to- Wier withal r'. We . rhur ton. Dr. Warburton was an Sit G ee Physici2.n, espccially in cases of insanity. %%we to _Gregory twice before Dr. Warburton, and I c e5 e 4 .. 4 ( V i nton en the subject. Ile on those occasions te:eraed rationally. We thought it would be . expedient tlitinre rationally. W e see how be conducted himself. ex of pr ar t !tae I think he could understand a will, and of aL ill a wishes in a rational manner as to the disposal in 1841. I sea,l,l3Perty. I don't think Isa w hi h m . g ils wa _ t e t li on ta short time before hisdea t t hen a t h h a a a l t d h w h •a a s d a e f p te i r . lep t j e ' fits. fined to his bedroom. He r os , htle o i•exarnined by Sir F. KELLY—I saw Sir. he r w e a g e ory , loom II the early part of 1841. Ido not ?ay h I waso aot „ in tact oa either of those occasions. 0 _ th e . FrePared to recommend a supersedeas 1 or i t w votataission at either of thos l e periods, the held, or 1 , 0 1. 111 ,t 1 have been my duty to do so. ebtle ee : a i old, a commission to report the state of every I am con ed „ t ,anatic patieet to the Lord Chancellor. the Lo L i 'itor of Lunatics." It is my duty to . repo . r a t r t e o beep 1„;'; übaticellor the state of each lunatic. l w h _ r GPe ter7 t°r of lunatics since 1834. I first sa Si l taw le e ; about 1 835, but it might have been earlier. befor e 1 ,7 nffieially once a year ; the last time not long aw 114 4, 'la de at h . From 1835 to 1836, when I first s Ne w t/ I :PI the time of his death, I cannot say there st lPers ed a the when I would have recommended a t ettie e e a, 3 of the; commission. I would never be an at itibiet; Wi thtss to the will of any person who as the lkit h Sie ° e‘ r4 "%mission of lunacy.. I probably ecra w verse .n d 18 4 a ; 'l.ogory about half an hour, when I saw him fe a t 1 greitticifficient to satisfy my own mind. Sir Gre a g k or e y eper l : 1 , 4 it w : a l of annoyance from the presence of the reaCs. Proposed to remove that keeer. That was 1%44 !aunt to which I referred. second conver- Thesecond our con veekatiwaa about the same duration. I think et aSlu Qn turned very much on schemes for his . e futu_r e e . to tal lle Ylaeot and occupation. I only recollect tn wasg 6 tenor of the convrrsation. The object his i ll e il ant bow he would conduct himself,_ro As oo,„laility having always shown itself rather t from te a naamet than his conversation. I think . tbe restraint two bet: retnoveci until after the second meeting, 4 11 1 88 be ing very near together. I think the t keeper eo ltdu en removed. I was informed of his subsequent 184 2 et P a ,nly next official visit in beginning tap e ~.* w ished to Eee whether he conducted himself e a - s %pi e .."411 after the restraint was removed; fur and m rld i,o e ea ' if he would retrain from getting drunk_ y_ It t g ot 13 g his money. I was not informed of his h Y''sr I cil aak on the evening of the 14th June in . t a he 01 % 1111 , 0 n the restraint was removed. I heard nothing rirt ik .4°Ut blur for a long while. If he had w g a o s t, fete ava ,na the very first occasion after the restraint he re !itllea'anl should have recommended a keeper to seem' ,4:hese chscurnstances of getting drunk I never ner. driltite: totheLt:i4atililltc.'ioltsheSit. heard nr Gregory'sdg cf drunk them o i ali case.c strong°urir: he liquors li adhaveal indulgence was e u l,sc the (l en in 4 N: °4ll aggravr.t9 fors disease of imanity. I Na t i; -(•n neourrence for an insanity of 16 or 17 t ears' Teeycorn fillac'ne tO be cured; such things do occur. 1 4 e °ll was issued in 1823. I never could detect from del °tlveraatiou., with him that ho laboured under any N un i t°4o rep' , I would hardly call the circumstanceofa it atin v ' il itig his hand to another from the dread . of lin ch ', ti a delusion. lie used to drop tallow intentionally bee n ° lido of the stairs on going up to hisl ee°lll , , and on in down on the, other. _Ho thica l ` ln an extraordinary hoard of old clothes, dta thi obe would have scarcely picked up These 44110 ;Were th e ll lie ustd to cut holes in the sheets. T la l)an 44 11413 b ed roo f s of his insanity. He kept a great 0 _ a hter 0-roona, which he used for the purposes f !Nit:closet. There was also another habit of his, ceorle q kugehati.d heaping up scraps of paper as if they w _ h eld 1 insportunce. The occurrence of epileptic fits ( If elid ta the inference that insanity was c_ontin m u , in . g : s eto t aa the epil e ptic fits denoted anything they mi g h t INtletitos"" esganic change of the brain E ! 44 d 0 ",nreee !rola a change of structure in the brain, a rte a • tt i P ; l , lll " from no ouch perceptible change of struc inssoit ii `q t ie tits would be very optlaiwhee likely to aggravate there bad been a predisposition tha ore th - e -- 1 7, Which ; i 6 the result of a temporary ess dis. ' A ' n, would b t , er, I lilt , ly to aggravate his . : le al re, am' awar e that e Sir Gregory's affairs were in ,lasetlib.7'2oMent of a committee. I never heard a word sn il ito. ee l ' ha ving made a will whilst I was in attendance c it) 1a5i; 4 0 .1% 111.litrly never consulted me as to his competence t ad m ,3 WIII. I heard the will read in court yesterday, is 4 l ' ea t r e - i r c i: a3 t a it a b g er a l . ey fia, l so rent me a copy of it about a week _o e fhia,avvn accord. I never sent it me trir,. 4 ni the will at all u . n o ti l l f r the death of Sir Gree 842, when I found him da Iti k 4_, I sa w him t arlY e ia i ln by his epileptic fits. I think that was my annual h to, I was with him some twentymin ,, utes, long enough wif e restored that b e was not competent to be e rigts,. an d d that h he was kindly treated. Mr. PEACOCK—I saw no 811 RP" I,lo,ktieoxfam i paralysisahem. him when I saw him 1( 1 1 .. a view I to ascertaining whether the . rien -1 i4171t might be removed. When I saw him O ki I think .he was capable of understanding the II re of a will. Ile seemed to be capable of under miltss_ ~rug and knowing the different members of his la whi' There was to noticeable defect in his memory rev II I saes him in 1841. It is a general rule with me tfl 4 to attest the will of any person under a commission B oilsol,. t ool) ! Lord CAMPBELL—Supposing . there had been no I in 1841, and it be td!4it=sioil of lunacy against trdirarY way to see him, I 1 14 1 ; 13 t been called in in on it l' ill 41 not have thew thought _, right to witness his ka o ,, the " v ith history of his cast. of which I was poi,- kia` i RICHARDS 1 ;heel Rook called, and examined by ~Qtet " 4 B one of tte• attendants or keepers Mr. the late sir on e uch keeper in 'l a tip; a q' Page Turner. Iwas appointed in that capacity till ceS,''ber, 1823. I attende4him I was c, nstantly '4 4t tl 'rY, 1841. During that period,,dand drove out with hltb_ te ndan ce upon hire. I walks . also daily in the habit or , keel slept in his room. I w 'll t e e ')" ° l3 g with him, and of k as nowing b e t a. 1. 8 "1 „` ) , V1 why I left tile., in February, 1841, h a11t6 a was a h s e that did. y w tllte ""tn e . 3' tind Warburton thought h itti .s., go about . y b hine,elf. I returned t im oettend upon tiIC) sleep 11t November, in the same year. I first . went h back . me, in his room of a night, Ile ne isle then had fits occasionally of left lh a t g ni d g a h y t, hllt,'"ntitMed, perhaps, about six months. I then be- Ne e ,' attend him more constantly, because the_ fits b a e- s Ittta b ee frequent I then attended him by ind yin 4 4 a - ri 3 14 tlighi. I . was now merely with him L / L'oti t C o 3 fit in the streets. After I left him on l th e e in e fi m rs! 't his -t' Lady Turner sent for me to taut). . th 1 ' ).. ,_ ~ . h a n s alii..sing attacked with a cerhuncle in his r baeltin blurb I .Y Part of 1840. Thet rather impaired his bodily ohm h q °I. t he time being. After the carbuncle had left -. `Kut - le 'tiled - collectei, and used to care more b , • nui tits 1, 1, 04 . fa ..yna.ore He also left off some . of his peculiai Ater - ttlatanee he used to rub his face with brown the Npi 4 ftei i t ' , 1, Y p an 0 washed it, and he left that off about _ 61 4v e ell i nt 1 840 He then remarked that he could Ile 7 4 ( 1 4 ! ,-- 8 1 ; a li t , ,, habits off when h . e thought proper. to , °es t), w .t.ner so particular in opening doors, as be II No. t, with los naked hand ; and he was not so averse bab e etiVs.medical man as he . had been. When tO lt ;! I ' a t ° 1 841, he had entirely I 1( ft off those haeh "ito -" lt ve seoken of When t il l! t hos e In November I did not find that any the re retetliittohi,ts bud returned . . I never knew toe ae l laile e a ,. 1 , 0 ,ng as I keew . business, and he too d r 'ed s e ru s le of transacting him any l considered him liat net we. i ' l nlY and rationally. .aru e `e Ver b tk, _,rY, 18 41. a Proper inavainodurnpan_tdoa the year His 8 h 4 ' O h , tajtVlued his rn Ile had an extrao d rd to in t ary e manner. H l 'i ik s ti a was . °I4 Y prudently an books when I ,gtois:' ou t wi t h ln tha habit of purcbas ionF h best advaa d books, which q tOght . Bo ,,,hino ; he was fond of til e ',book `uetnines at shops and sometimes at stalls. e money ho s t he Rat 0e selected. came to a little mor l'e'i ilea. 00 would select another and less costly Irlrah R't the hobk 11 to take off something. I ,ItS N' . his / 3 .1, !"r se a lob le . ro, er Sir Edward Turner calling to sec 1 40 14 4 y h tun e ~ about 1839 or 1840. I kow his if h t her, Itg formerly had an objection to n e ee r 0 3 Iv 'in thin occasion I a:ked Sir Gregory ti4it 84:111(1 s op his brother; he said " Yes, " and ed' id bi i s iknd received him very cordially. He 1, - to h i -4 `pother to com e and see him again. I went la tl , i 'sr tti th t° kr. Maberley'a office and met Sir Edward 1 41' 40 th: 4 . I was not present when Sir Gregory him I th ' B 4e, :atawith Mr. Mabarley. When I was with t ile m e, ll lt h" 1841 , anti e hen I came back to him in . 18 . 42 kr:4l,y ('; ''''ks capable of doing a rational act requiring : t se llil i4t l ;i gnlen t. arid reflection. Mr. and Mrs. Fryer ito ' 4 rd a - .7"Y always treated h im al a sensible person, 4:1,9°11i; r ts t ii h d e i'lrina t"etleTisde.nridt'uff ( li c i s s , 4f l 2 if .t e he l ti („ t b s. served his health was I observed that was .lolß o l . 3: e ti * ,,r d I . ll€ d by the SOLICITOR-GRNERA.L—S t ir li t , ttlck. and In a hone, in the Alpha road. h,,ua, (pp°. That W e nd I rt e k in lunatic to e t t 1,,,,;"1 Filmes lett the lu i ,u a s t t i , u a n h " ou n t ia lB b 4 e o lo : g to m ok g it o . / tier before Lady Turner came. I contieued of ioh.ttipp li the heuse until I left house, in nte 1841. 10 r tli,'qi /" 1 the nt.caries for the , 4 to • Lady Turner , I , so t f L eived a sum o f money. te e ti a. th:Z i e thF. rnanagt.ment of the house until I left. time I have toga the I left the house up to this . • o f ti i Y g it B ''' l34. Y of a guinea a week in consideration kb tarvieme ea e a ! . ' I mean t° `i- say. 4 . 4,t tirßmi,„ ~, r Grverp . , . IOF, ,41. was, 14_ !aptbii-nli bittiati,th .iii F ie l )r p i l4,? n• " c it 6,,1CR u,:mR-fifw.iif6iibvt9, Rippfoif.94, t't ti ll i ./ rifflii i iitt litic Tfri ti li r pd ~ ici 14,„ 4( 0 . ki t .,, 4 . 0 •, t . yroir,gf.,, _ iNv-qh.he .. ye , 4'4,, yell Apt ,pf' 4 re'loo , , b tA;e:: I tect I \ 4 I' i iii,,oklieris th e Nl,;,,, okiug -,,P3?.. — ' ll 4l '' ltilit t ai liar" pirro %,r4saia•• - I was FX -, leap retoL, revoll 1., 1 21 ,P° ;Fi -- ""'O t 1; distinct v4101104.710*.tt,A49 es—,thievo..ll affidavit RI mu. tdid not . 1440 that a 1 THE SUN, LONDON, the Firpose of getting the salary allowed. I don't ro meior,er just row what purpose I male it. After I loft in 1841 I hav,', on some ocesAons, ei , tched Sir Grt g , ry. I did not do so on the evening of the day od whicu first went out., (The caie 1 , ; proer.Q7l:]g , xl. -n our report left.) CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY OLD COUR'''. (ilp!ore hE REc3nDnn ) A lad, named .lolza Clark, who had been convicted of s.lealina two shirts and other goods, the property of Allred Gill, was sentenced to be transported for seven ycsrs. Two young men, named Cooper and Ellis, who had been convicicit of larceny, were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonwent, with hard labour. The Coutt, at its rising, adjourned to the 16th inst. MARLBR4Y-STREET.—(THISDAI.) Two VERY RESPECTABLE MEN? — Edward Clark and Juings Clark, two notorious thieves, were placed be fore Mr. Bingham, charg,d with being found loitering about Jermyn street under circumstances of a suspicious nature. It appear, d from the evidence of Jeapes and Gummer, two active officers of the C division, that about six o'clock this morning they were on duty in Jerrnyn-street in plai❑ clothes, when their attention was called to the prisoners and another, man, not in custody, who were lurking about in a very suspicious manner near a silversmith's shop. The constables watched them for a few minutes, when the prisoner James Clark left his c mpanien and crossed over to the opposite of the street, and examined the door of a public house. He then came back to the other two, and they all three walked towards Regent's-circus fol lowed by the constables. Directly the prisoners and the other man caught sight of the constables they attempted to run eff, but the two Clarks were immediately collared by Jeapes and Gummer, and the other effected his escape. The constables conveyed the former prisoners to the station, and on the way there James Clark threw away the two skeleton keys produced, which were picked up by another constable. At the station the prisoners were searched, and on James Clark was found a dark lantern, two large black bags, and a box of inci ter matches. The keys were so contrived that they would pick'alraost any street-door lock. The prisoners, i❑ answer to the charge, said they were two respectable men, and the reason they were in Jerilyn-street at that early hour of the morning was, that they had promised to meet a friend there and accom pany him to market. The bags found upon them were for the purpose of putting their goods in, and the lan tern they carried to show them light. As to the keys, they knew nothing at all about them. In reply to Mr. BINGIIAM—Jeapes sad tte bags were about a yard wide and two yards in depth, and were such as were commonly used by thieves and burglars. John Story. 414, City Police, said the prisoners be longed to a notorious gang of thieves and housebreakers, and had been in custody several times. Mr. BINGHAM remanded the prisoner for a week. A DRUNKEN CoUNT.—Charles Count de Weist was charged with being drunk and refusing to pay his cab fare. The noble defendant, last night, while in a state o wine, got into a cab, and after having been driven about tor some time, got our, and refused to pay 45., the amount of the cabman's fare. The cabman, who was deter• wined not to be bilked, drove the Count to the station. The Count, who now expressed his willingness to pay the cabman, was fined five shillings for being drunk. HAY3IARKEI"THEATRE. Shakspere's Richard 11. was revived here last evening for the purpose of enabling Mr. Macready to appear in the character of the King. This is the first time Mr. Macready has ever appeared in this character before a metropolitan audience, a circum stance at which we are somewhat surprised, as we know that in the provinces the character of Richard If. is one of his favourite characters, and is, moreover, one admirably suited to his peculiar powers; it abounds in contrasts, and affords abundant opportunity for the exhibition of fiery energy alternating with the heart rending pathos of despair, in the delineation of which Mr. Macready is unapproachable, and which last night completely electrified the audience. In the earlier scenes, the character of the King was deli neated by Mr. Macready with nice discrimination— he was the reckless rather than the profligate king ; even in his scenes with old Gaunt it was evident that he was not altogether with out good feeling, and that however his heart might have been corrupted with pleasure, he was not absolutely heartless. The great scene in the third act, in which the sudden revulsion from the pomp and pride, and self-will and self-reliance of a king, to the abject despair of an utterly ruined man, over whelmed, and crushed beneath the weight of his too great calamity, was magnificently given—full of towering passion in the earlier portion, and most touchingly pathetic in the latter ; it was a perfect gem. In all the subsequent scenes Mr. Macready was true to nature and true to Shaks. pere ; finely did he dash the despairing submission and humility, which is the groundwork of the character, with flashes of ungovernable fury, with dashes of bitter sarcasm, and with the peevish complaining of agonised suffering, as he is alternately moved to rage by the insolence of the nobles, chafed by the brutality of Shrewsbury, or annoyed by the petty indignities to which he is sub jected ; and in the last scene in which the o'erwrought brain of the captive is struggling on the verge of madness, the acting of Mr. Macready was exquisitely pathetic and true to nature ; the despairing tone and manner iu which he gave "I'll hammer it out," as he strove to collect and retain those thoughts which but for such an effort would have escaped him, was heartrending. Altogether the Richly 11. of Mr. Ma cready fine, very fine, and ranks among the very first of his Shakesperian impersonations. The Bo lingbroke of Mr. Davenport was admirable; he has studied the character attentively, and has exactly conceived the Shakesperian idea of it, hiding his worst of thoughts beneath the best of words. Mr. Davenport gave the part of Bolingbroke with an oily suavity of manner and expression, a mock humility hiding an overtowering ambition, which showed that he had carefully studied and thoroughly understood the character which he delineated so admirably. The other characters were all well sustained, Red at the conclusion Mr. Macready was called on. The house was crowded. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new farce, in one act, written by If. T. Craven, E,q., with the title of Mind Your ~tops, was pro duced last night, for the first time, at this theatre. Tne interest connected with the farce is made to centre in Mr. Compton, who, with his usual ability, in the character of Liadenou, a hair-dresser of Baden, afforded considerable amusement by the arrogant and exaggerated airs which he assumed upon being in formed that he was the fortunate holder of " No, 66 " ticket in a lottery. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A judicious " revival" of good pieces which once had their " run" end then have been tided Over by the flood of novelties, is a sign of tact and discrimina tion in a management. Mr. Tom Taylor's Parents and Guardians, a farce which obtained a deserved success when first played, has been reproduced at this theatre, where some of the original performers find themselves re-united. Our readers who saw this little mélange of fun and sentiment when it was first brought out will scarcely require to be re minded of the humours of the boarding-schood of mischievous gamins, so prettily personified by as many young ladies, with M rs . K ee ley as their leader in every frolic, and Keeley him self as the butt and scapegoat of their offences — of the vulgar schoolmaster and hi s fa g the French emigre, a ho, in the midst of his troubles and indig nities, is rewarded by finding his lost daughter and recovering his confiscated estates. The present ren dering of the farce fully justifies its reproduction. The fairer members of the troop look remarkably piquant, and are provokingly mechant in their boyish attire. Mrs. Keeley's personification of the "Little Pi c kle" of the school is one of her most apt and and well-wrought studies from the real life of Young England ; and Keeley out-Keeley-ed himself as the stolid, "soft," spooney scapegoat, put upon and laughed at by everybody in the little republic. Mr. Alfred Wigan's French emigre, like all his French impersonations, is highly finished and correc tly coloured; and Mrs. Wigan, as his daughter, plays with a charming naivete and touching pathos. The farce was very successful, and is likely to add to the attractions of this theatre, where the run of the last new play—The Templar —still continues. , - CURIOUS AND DANGEROUS FREAK OF AN Ox.— Yesterday morning an ox, driven with others from Smith field, suddenly entered the passage of a house, No. 1, in a court opposite the east end of St. Sepulchre's Church, and making its way towards the kitchen stairs they suddenly gave way, the animal rolling into an outer kitchen, in the roam adjoining to which Mrs. Harbottle, the occupant, was sitting at the time and two children, also, were in a closet, against the door Of which the ox was lying. The screams of the children soon brought several persons to their assistance, by whom they and Mrs. Harbottle wtre speedily rescued. Every effort was then made to remove the ox. A bricklayer being sent for, he advised the only means by which the ox could be extricated was by taking up the ironwork of the area, taking up the stonework in the court, and excavating for se veral feet across the court. A number of men were ac cordingly set to work, and ultimately by means of planks and pulleys, they succeeded in getting the animal up. THE LATE MURDER OF JAEL DENNY —Thomas Drury, now in gaol on the charge of murdering Jael Denny, retains as much cheerful composure as ever, and still asserts his innocence: SII-GE OPERATIONS AT CIIATRAM.—The lovers of militarytuny t of witnessing some i nterest i ng display will t c - morrow (Wednesday) have an oppor .. garrison, at Chatham, eon • • of ~ the exploding fbermeflakiiigdogtre,sst,,,,aciimd demstletrt ' lB .ting 'Ale 'del t 01, iliiutolaroliSi .4;4 ei ' lbli e m :1 0 11 4 -m a . tian and . destruction of von- ,' siege operations by b m y in t es he , thrp evulut tonsil 1 Persons 'MM./ 316 - ieull to bpi . ( I (9 4 efe i .P.llll4"Pea akttla-spertaelitiw,iiit, ,inKi.Nert ... .i' ~ IMQ , DreligniAls4iitilintPS. i ltis .obathitui ' ii . 4, • e gm ..` rworTiifikfililz,isTcoppg. „,„, 11 .,„ri, tathi N .fge lt d.ol be ak . % ili g al i D. - - 113,, (*Oahe str i atgromsA v i eto cmwod;ie _leo fi,tina lin 30 . ef Inielinl'ori,ViirVie , tio r io n A n ti . 4' 'MQ,AdtiFIisCA 'CI , ar l tia g itlir lingfielliand party Qn AV. e. - 4 4 .Vr oichirtfier. LITERATURE. 1 THE iIIAGISTERIAL S OPSIS. ByGeorgel C. Oke. Third Edition. The rapid disposal of the two former editions, of Janwry and December, 1848, of this ex cellent work, has necessitated a re•i,sue, v hich has just been published by the Me.,.i•rs. But terworth. Tigether with a valuable prefixed In trod irc•i:on, treating of the Nature of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Se,sions—their Jurisdic tion as to Locality, Interest, &2.—their Protection from Vs xatious Actions—the Constitution and Management of Benches of Magistrates—and the Office of Clerk to the Justices, and his Fees—and an amplified Index, there are now added all the cases decided upon Sir John Jervis's Acts,ll and 12 Viet., c. 42, 43. No production has ever been more favour ably received by the magistracy and their clerks, as it affords succinctly and at a glance the legal require ments of the numerous en2ctrisents respecting each offence Punishable summarily, and, be it remembered, the number of offences subject to the summary juris diction of justices of the peace is now about 2 ; 000. Nor is this all, for of the three parts into which the volume is divided, whilst the first part relates to Summary Convictions, the second treats of Indictable Offences., and the third of Spacial and Petty Sessions matters. The present work, and " The Magisterial Formalist," by the same author, which affords a com plete collection of the Forms and Precedents adapted to the practice, as consolidated by Sir John Jervis's Acts, should lie at the elbow of every justice's clerk throughout the kingdom. SERMONS, preached in St. John's Church, Clap ham-rise, in October, 1850. By the Rev. Robert Bickersteth, ALA. At a time when the discomfiture of English Pro testantism is aimed at alike by Papal aggression and Tractarian treachery, it is the duty of every en lightened adherent of the principles of the glorious Reformation to render himself compe tent to give good reason for the faith that is in him. To all such we can safely recom mend the " Four Sermons on Justification and the Rule of Faith," preached in October last, by the amiable incumbent of St. John's; and likewise one " On Papal Aggression," delivered by him on the evening of the 14th ult. The latter, published sepa rately, is eminently worthy of perusal. Free from all bigotry or unreasoning abuse of Popery, the ar guments of the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth are calm, dis paesionate, and searching, based on Bible truth, and conveyed with clearness, strength, and simplicity. The manner in which the preacher adverts to True tarisnism, which he characterised as " a system par taking of most of the corruptions, with none of the honesty of Romanism," is singularly felicitous. Were all the Anglican priesthood imbued with the sound Christian principles of Mr. Bickersteth, we should have as little to apprehend from the " mummeries of superstition" within the bulwarks of Protestant Eng land as from the brutum fulmen of the Vatican. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 2. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise, His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Duke de Nemours and the Duke d'Au male, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. Vi: count and Viscountess Palmerston are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince, and will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. Lord and Lady Seymour, and the Hon. Miss Seymour, are also ex pected. Her Majesty's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Frogint.re. Her Royal Highness dined in the evening with her Royai Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. Mr. J. Gordon and Dr. Shier had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday , at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dam pier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary). Lord Foley had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Bishop of Norwich had also an interview with the Right lion. Baronet yesterday at the Home-office. The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Rev. Dr. Ryerson had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Leslie Foster had also in interview with his Lordship yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Co ionial-office from the Governors of the North Ame rican Colonies. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood arrived in town last evening, from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, and Lady Harriet Anson, have arrived , on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Melton. INTERESTING DISCOVERY NEAR ALNwicx.—A few days ago, as come countrymen were ploughing a field at Hawkbill, the ploughshare struck upon a large flat stone, which, on being removed, turned out to be the covering of a rude stone coffin, formed by unhewn slabs of stone set on end. An urn was found wi,hin embedded in the soil, which had penetrated into the original cavity in the lapse of centuries. Five coffins have been laid open, in one of which another urn of smaller dimensions and rude construction was found. In the coffins where the urns were found there were no bones; but the others were filled with bones mixed with soil. The largest coffin measures about five feet six inches in length, three feet in breadth, and three feet and a half in depth. The bottom was flagged, and the top covered with a huge flat stone nearly six feet square which seems to have been brought from the seashore. The smallest coffin is not more than 18 inches by 12. They are of various sizes and laid in no uniform direction. The urns are made of baked clay; the larger one seemingly traced by a " nerling" tool, and the other rudely berringboned with a sort of chisel. His Grace the Duke of Northumber land and Sir Gardener Wilkinson (who has been on a visit to his Grace at Alnwick-castle) examined the place a day or two ago, as well as several other individuals. Mr. Crisp, the able and hospitable gentlema❑ on whose farm these in teresting relics of ancient times have been discovered, has afforded every facility for inspecting them, and spared no trouble to gratify the intelligent curiosity of his neighbours and others. They are placed on the highest part of a ridge of land called the Shell Laws, immediately in front of the Lesbury station of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way, and a fee yards from it. An urn, similar in appearance to those mentioned above, was lately found when making the excavations for the Alnwick branch, and a dart head, which some have imagined to be a stilus; but this can scarcely be, as the sti/us was an instrument resembling a pencil in size and shape, one end being sharpened to a point and the other fiat and circular. BURNING OF THE POPE AND HIS TWELVE BISHOPS IN EFFIGY.—SUNDIUDGE, KENT.—This small but loyal vil lage, whose attachment to the Church of England in all its simplicity and purity of worship is so well known, and is also so well maintain ed b y their res p ected rector, he Rev. H. Lindsay, adopted a verywarm manner of welcoming th e newly-appointed Popish bishops. On Friday, the 29th of November, a cortege, consisting of the effigies of the Pope, six feet high, together with Cardinal Wiseman and his twelve bishop, all dressed appropriately, was conducted in procession, followed by nearly 1,000 persons, through the village, each window of which was illumina.ed in honour of the occasion. Several flags, with suitable mottoes, were car ried along, and a beautiful transparency, having on one side "No Popery," on the reverse " No Puseyism," and another side a Romish altar, with candles and incense burning, and on a fourth was depicted an ancient monastery. After having perambulated the village several times the procession finally halted, where a stage was erected in the street surrounded by faggots. When the whole of these personages were arranged on the platform, Dr. Wiseman being in front, the fire was kindled, and soon commenced with the cardinal, taking hold of the others ty turns until the whole were in one blaze, which illuminated the country round. Fireworks, crackers, guns firing, and the church bells ringing all the time, com pleted the animation of a spectacle that will convey a useful lesson to the Cardinal, who has declared that he governs Kent, and will continue to govern itl A similar exhibition is in preparation at the adjacent village of Brasted, and a magnificent display of the same kind came off at Sevenoaks last week. So much for the men of Kent. _ TIIE FISTULA INFIRMAILY. — Yesterday a deputa tion from the governors of the Fistula infirmary, consisting of Mr.• John Masterman, M.P., Mr. Frederick Salmon, and the secretary to that great institution, waited upon the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, to re quest that his Lordship would accept the office of president. His Lordship, after having spoken in terms of high praise of the important benefits rendered to society by the institution, most gladly consented to take the chair, and at the same time determined that the anniversary should take place in the last week in April, when he expressed his hope and belief that the manifestation w'ould be in proportion to the vast additional relief afforded during the last year to sufferers of all classes. The deputation also communicated to his Lordship the fact that the society had purchased a plot of ground nelonging to the Dyers' Company, in the City-road, for the site of a projected new infirmary, for the sum of 4,75'd/. DINNER TO CHARLES COWAN, ESQ, M.P.—We understand that it is proposed by gentlemen interested in the repeal of the paper duties to invite Mr. Cowan to dinner on the 9th proximo, and that Mr. Robert Chambers will oc,.upy the chair. Considering the trouble which Mr. Cowan bas taken to have these •. taxes on knowledge "—for such they are—modified or removed, such an acknowledg ment of his services is at once graceful and proper.—Edin burgh Nat s. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE' CHEST, BRO3IPTON.— The committee of management 13-avingideciden upon the electi on o f a resident medical officer -doltithia44tensive institution, ,{he choice devolved upon Mr. atidAratds4be late superintendent of the'Towet IlamistSpis ppoptilmvtlio was on Friday elcq(d, to t 44 ofrifle• !oeBIVIJAIE OF WESTMINSIrEkt74IIO S iioV ' 110 ;Ige or .c t iccnif3on9i on 'which so much.' the pOlic ttpney ling tionsioAupe been expended, 41. E n - Ovi i4gain ;after iepeeted 1 e ggempts o Snish it, in a complete' state Of dolapidation, t . .i t6 Dmigti numbe rs of workmen . -ars ..endeag . oarinc . o set : 1 I' I sous into some s h a p e prev i ews to the alemb!ing of rgliitalent. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1850. N. GUIZOT. The Journal des Debars of Saturday devotes the greater portioo of its 11/%4 page to the prefaces of M. Guizot to his historical works entitled " Washington" and " Monk." In both of these prefaces M. Guizot alludes pointedly to the actual position of affairs in France. WASHING VON. (I ) 2IEFI:CE TO THE NEW EDITION.) "It was under the Monarchy, almost in the midst 0, the councils of King Louis Philippe, that I rendered homage to Washington, to the foundation of a great Republic by a great man. In republishing it to-day, a feeling of profound sadness comes over me. " The more I behold, the more do I remai❑ convinced that the Republic, a noble form cf government, is the most difficult and most dangerous of governments. "It is a form of government which demands from Providence the most rare and favourable circumstances, and from society itself the greatest harmony, wisdom, and virtue. " And even then it exposes society to many risks, and chances numerous. " The United States were anew society, which bad not suffered stormy and divers transformations, which did not bear the yoke of a long past, which had nothing to de stroy when it had a government to create. " That young society was not surrounded by rivals, scarcely by neighbours. Immensity of free space was spread before it, open to the wants and to the passions of man. " For a long time in its internal affairs it bad pos sessed and practised the Republican form of government. It only knew Monarchy by name, beyond the ocean, as a respected denomination, rather than a necessary and ex tant power. " i 7 hen it commenced a struggle against thmt power, it was to resist iniquitous pretensions, to defend its rights, legal rights of old standing. " The citizens of that society, rich and poor, enlight ened or ignorant, were nearly unanimous in favour of a Republican form of government. " They were Christians in heart as well as in name. At the moment they broke with their king, they lived in humility before God, the King of kings. "It was thus that the Republic of the United States was founded, " And in despite of so many advantages, if it had been placed in our hemisphere instead of its own, compressed between the great states of Europe, instead of expanding itself freely like its rivers in its forests and in its plains, the doubt is warranted whether it could have been founded, and could Eve paceful and glorious as it has lived. " To-day France is undergoing the unexpected experi ment, with a Constitution which would cause disorder in the best regulated society, of that form of government which America selected from her free choice, according to her natural inclinations, adapted to the unexampled situation accorded to her from on high. `• Will the Republic of 1848 attain the destinies of the Republic of Washington? This is the question which is now being discussed. " The Republic has been given a fair trial. Notwith standing its origin, men of every shade of opinion en trenched themselves behind it as behind a rampait for their common defence, and for the defence of society in general against its mortal enemies. The Republic exists in the nsme and in the interests of that order which it has destroyed. It had no right to expect such good luck. Will it turn it to account? Will it know how, with perseverance, to practise a firm policy of conserva tion and reconstruction? France invokes it! It suffices not for the foundation of a Government that it daily saves society from destruction; it must deliver society from the daily fear of perishing, and open to it the pro spect of a long and peaceful existence. " I speak netther of liberty nor glory. I hope, how ever, that France will not learn to dispense with either. " GIJIZoT. "Au Val Richer, Oct., 1850." MONK. " THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. "This was not originally written fur publication. It was an historical study, the sole object of which was to ascertain for my own information the precise causes which led to the restoration of the Monarchy in England in 1660, and the character of the man who accomplished that great event. In 1837 some friends induced me to permit its insertion in the Revue Francais. It has never to-ti published separately or completely. "In 1837 it was simply of historical interest; to-day it has an additional interest. " What a strange position is that of France! She is sick of revolutions; stability is all she desires; and yet four or five questions, each of which implies a revolution, live in the minds, and are upon the lips of all. " Can the Republic be founded? " Can the Monarchy be re-established? " What Monarchy? The Empire or tho House of Bourbon? " What branch of the House of Bourbon? The elder or the junior, or both together, by mutual agreement? "If what France desires is stability, why does she moot all these questions? Lot her suppress them, and be satisfied with what is. If she has no faith in the stability of the existing state of things, why does she not make a choice between the questions that are mooted? "Is it perchance that these questions admit neither of suppression nor solution? " Of all conditions this would be the worst, for we should then be condemned to immovability with anxiety, without faith either in the present or in the future. "I cannot believe, I really do not believe, that such is the ststs of my country. " There is little resemblance between France of 1850 and England of 1660, and I have no intention of holding up one as an example to the other, though I have been at times accused of a wish to do so. France has her own destinies and good genius; let her adhere to them with confidence. " But there is something which rises above all the diversities of destiny and guardianship something which is always and everywhere equally necessary . : it is a political spirit—that is to say, cunmou sense, which in politics as elsewhere, for nations as for individuals, alone ensures success, final and durable success. " A twofold common sense contributed to the restore- tionjf the Monarchy in Englind in 1660; the common sense of a man, and the common sense of the country, or, to speak more precisely, of the monarchists of the country. "In England, two hundred y ears ago, i t was a l so sa id that Monarchy had vanished for ever, and that the Re public alone was possible. Monk recognised the falsity of the assertion. lie had faith in the Monarchy whilst the Republic was in power, when every one around him, honestly or hypocritically, spoke of nothing but the Re public. And when, on the death of Cromwell and the fall of his son Richard, the question of preference between the two forms of government was put, Monk decided for the Monarchy. an The)erh superficial s e pdp r ei oe l arn t l ne o acs d h ao a oe: t uuesbii d ednt e rg e vul r lepte e roo e s been wunm h set a ravhd d :e,srhs uatstvt:" jee eecrdcovotn.e: objectt s oe t od e nnh d ekoe , t fis o hna ras h fietdi instant view, had resort to so much double-dealing that preju ll or d a c d y e d M have( and resolute Flan. But a careful study of events and do cumentslution was taken from the very first; and whatever he m from his purpose. His mind was made up and his plans fixed when all around him doubted and hesitated. It was his first act of political common sense. " Monk, though decided, was patient. To insure suc cess he waited. A warrior and wielding an army, he firmly and resolutely determined not to renew the dis astrous scenes of civil a ar. He saw that to restore the Monarchy cn a firm basis it should be done peacefully. naturally, as a national necessity, the last harbour of refuge of the country. In the teeth of ill-concealed im patience and distrust, he was calm, collected, awaiting the moment for the era to take place, as it were, of its own accord. And when the act was accomplished, Monk desired that victor sine sanguine should be in scribed upon the rolls that chronicled his fortune and his glory. " The Monarchists also showed their common sense. Their position was more simpl e t h an i t i s at the present moment with us. They did wit h es i tate betw een three monarchies. They o n ly w i shed f or one, an one the same. But their r an k s were not t h e l e ss divided. Some had made the Revol u ti on , others b a d c ombated it. They had fought fierc e ly aga i nst each other , either for or against the King wh ose son they w i s h e d t d wo th o a r t Different passions, int e r ests , and i deas d ivined They adjourned th t i r di ssens i ons. U nt il the day of success they reduced th e i r id eas, the i r pass ions, and their to restore. th em. interests to the one idea that pervaded them all. They subjected what they would have preferred to that which they wished for in common. This is the key to the community of action of the factious. "The English Royalists went a step further. In the pursuit of their obj ec t th ey p l ace d their confidence in a t m a a m n ist w ra h s o t m . theyjueak had mistrusted, served were enveloped i n i m p ene t ra ble mystery. His acts often the Republi c , C romwe ll, t h e Parliament. His actions t w h h e o K m i they ng, th the R a d e r s al a r t i i g e h a t , belied his words. lie told the most barefaced false hoods with a confidence that startled his most faithful followers. The Monarchists did not know what to make of him, and wavered between hope and fear. Neither their doubts nor their fears, nor the impenetrable con duct of Monk, made the Royalists deviate from their fine of conduct, Monk was the ma n the y wanted, and whom their very position imposed u p on them. Alto gether, they had m or e reason to hope in him than to mistrust him. It was another necessity imposed upon them. Th ey were aware o f it, and accepted it. They did not give themselves up to him hands and feet bound ; but they cautiously seconded his views, enticing him without compromising him. They listened to his counsel, vigilant but quiet behind him, as the leader of their choice; for a loader is necessary to carry out su c h plans; and the only leader is he who is allowed to have his own way and is supported in it. " The success responded to the prudent conduct of the Monarchists and of their leader. " Nations, parties, or individuals, men deceive them selves in t wo diff erent b u t equally fatal respects--the great circumstances of their destinies. At times unde cided and discouraged, they give way to despondency, remain [missive and powerless spectators, and al audou themselves fully to what, in theirfaith or their folly, they call Providence, fatality, or chalice. At other times, confident and hot-headed, they follow the bent of their imaginations and of their desires, believing that nothing can resist them or prevent them from succeeding as they hope and expect. Roth errors are neither tolerated nor left unpunished by God. lie wishes man to have a hand in the management of his own affairs, to share the labour and the risk ° . Nur will he allow men to flatter themselves ,that they can *bend t , vsnts to suit . their whim s or th e i r interests. Tho se w h o d o no thing to help ibecnsoves, but trust to' Providence to delitkii:thete from th'.ir troubles, tfra left unaided. Those whose piesurtiption bids them ,uttempt thti 'aCnOnsplishment of all 'tlsey desire, meet' with obstsclis and cheeks which make them aware that there are other interests at work to be respected stud considered. A sound policy cootie to in recognising EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM THE PENTONVILLE (MODEL) PRISON. A convict named George Hacket, who has attained considerable notoriety amongst the police in the me tropolis, and who, it will be recollected, succeeded i❑ getting out of a cell at the Marlborough -street Police court a short time since, contrived on Sunday even ing to escape from the Model Prison at Pentonville, under circumstances that at present appear most mysterious. Few felons have created more interest of late years at the London Police• courts than Hacket, and probably the subjoined particulars of his career may not be deemed uninteresting. The convict is the son of a streetkeeper in Dowgete ward. He com menced his career of crime by smuggling, and some dczen convictions are recorded against him at the Mansion-house and Thames Police. He then attached himself to a gang of marauders, and the amount of depredations they committed was enormous. Pos sessing themselves of light chaise carts and swift horses they drove about the principal streets of the metropolis, and their respectable appearance and the vehicle disarmed all suspicion. Hacket was first dis covered to be connected with this gang in the latter part of 1847, when he was captured in the act of stealing a chest of tea from a shop in Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. At the ter mination of his sentence he again joined the gang. He was known to have been concerned in several burglaries which subsequently took place, more par ticularly that which was committed on the morning of the 27th of last March, on the premises of Messrs. Hardy, No. 125, New Bond-street, on which occa sion property to the amount of 3001. was stolen. 'Jacket was seen by a labourer who was engaged in some repairs of a house on the opposite side of the way to enter the premises with two other persons, leaving a third in charge of a light cart. They soon returned with the plunder, and placing it in the ve hicle, drove cff. A constable came up at the time, and his attention being called to the circumstance, he gave chase, but they eluded the vigilance of the officer. Some few weeks afterwards George Trew, No. 21 of the City force, met Hacket driving down Bishopsgate-street in a cart, with two other men. He stopped it and attempted to capture Hacket, who drew a life-preserver, and by a murderous attack on the officer compelled him to release his hold, and he then escaped. In the course of a few nights he was again seen in the City by another officer,, named John Storey, No. 414 of the City Police. He was accompanied by several of his gang, and had two light carts waiting at the corner of Queen-street, Upper Thames-street, and no doubt intended some robbery in the neighbourhood. The officer, after a severe struggle, managed to effect his capture, and the fallowing day the Lord Mayor, hearing of the charge of burglary against him, directed his removal to Marlborough-street Police-court, where he under went an examination, and was remanded till the fol lowing week. Upon being again brought up he was locked up in one of the cells attached to the office, but when the time arrived for his being taken before the magistrate it was discovered' that he had escaped from the cell along with another man. The authori ties instituted an inquiry, and it turned out that a turnkey had received a large sum of money to effect his liberation, and he was discharged. Nothing was heard of Hacket, until the 29th of May, when the officer Storey, who was passing over London-bridge, saw him lying at the bottom of a cart, which was also proceeding over the bridge. The officer immediately stopped the vehicle, and called upon Hacket to surrender, who jumped out of the cart and endeavoured to get away. The officer overtook him in Thames-street, and a desperate struggle en sued. Hacket drew a formidable life-preserver, and by beating the constable over the head nearly mur dered him. The bystanders fortunately secured the fellow, and on being examined at the Mansion-house, he was committed to Newgate for trial for attempting to murder Storey. He was tried before Baron Alderson, found guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation, his Lordship allowing the officer a re ward for the courage and zeal he had displayed in arresting the convict. Whilst in Newgate be made preparations to effect an escape, but his plan being discovered, ho was placed in a cell of greater security. From : Newgate he was conveyed to the Model Prison at Pentonville, and after two attempts has succeeded in getting out of the gaol under circum stances that have led the authorities to suspect that some of the turnkeys have been tampered with. It appears that since his confinement in this poi he was placed in one of the usual cells or dormi tories under the immediate surveillance of the prison officers. We cannot state what opportunities he had of a scertaining the construction of the cells, but it is certain that shortly after his incarceration he devised a scheme to release himself. By some unexplained means he managed to obtain possession of part of the blade of a knife, and with other appliances he, some week or so since, contrived to cut through three mas sive iron bars which secured the window of his cell, and it is persumed that he was on the eve of pre paring to escape when his scheme was detected. He was at once removed to another part of the gaol, where he proceeded to devise other means of accom plishing his object. On Sunday evening Hacket attended service in the chapel, commencing at half-past six o'clock and con cluding at eight. Service being finished, the usual mustering of the con"icts took place, when it was found that Hacket was missing. Search was made, and on examining the walls of the prison it was ascertained that he had escaped and had got clear. At first it was a matter of great surprise how he could have got out of the chapel unobserved, having been distinctly seen in his seat, and it was only by finding the sheets of his bed, a rope, and his clothing on the parapet-wall that his mode of escape was detected. It appears that by some means he managed to wrest off the spring of the door of his cell, which he formed into a " jemmy," and con templating some hazardous task, he concealed about him a weight and the sheets and rope of his bed, which he must have wrapped round his body under his clothes. As soon as be was conducted to his seat he must have slipped down off his seat on to the floor ing, and by the " jemmy" and weight forced out the boarding. Having got under the gallery he met a serious obstacle in the shape of a zinc ventilator, but this soon gave way, thus enabling him to descend to a small closet beneath. A window with trifling pro tection afforded him access to the parapet wall some few feet below. Gaining it, he proceeded along it to one of the main walls, fifty or sixty feet long, com municating to the Governor's house, on the north side of the prison. Reaching the end be by some means must have got on to the roof of the house, a height of more than six feet from the wall. Having obtained this point all obstacles were apparently at an end. He divested himself of the prison clothing, save his trousers and blue shirt, and with the " jemmy," rope, sheets, &c., left them on the roof, and by sliding down one of the gable-end walls got clear of the gaol. The moment his escape was discovered, the Go vernor dispatched officers to the different police sta tions with a full description of his person. The most vigilant search was made for him throughout yester day, but up to a late hour last night not the least tidings had been gleaned of his whereabout. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T A TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. The following brief enumeration includes the whole of the business transacted yeste►day:— WORCESTER sTeepnEcriasE. 4 to 1 aget British Yeoman 6 to 1 agst Mullingar CHESTER CUP. 750 to 25 agst Rhesus, 1,000 to 20 each agst Clarissa, Cossack, Montague, and Wallflower, and 1,000 to 15 aget Won't-you-come-out•to night. DERBY. 500 to 100 aget Mr. H. Hill's Grecian—taken 800 to 100 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister 600 to 50 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph 0)11 —taken 2,000 to 45 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken 1,000 to 20 aget Mr. Hill': Ipsus—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Baron Rothschild's Tearaway colt—t 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. St.Georgo'e Brother to Chanticleer —taken NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING (CON CLUDED).-SATURDAY. The All aged Stakes. Deciding Course—Lord Stradbroke's Merchant bt Mr. Holmes's Mocking Bird, and won the stakes. THE CASE OF MR. BARBER.--011 Tuesday a number of gentlemen belonging to the legal profession in this town held a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms, to receive from Mr. Barber a statement of his case. The circum stances cf Mr. Barber's case have already been published in the newspapers. After many years' practice as a soli citor, Mr. Barber was convicted of forgery, and transported; he afterwards received a full pardon from the Crown, cir cumstances having subsequently transpired to establish his innocence. The chair was occupied by Sir George Stephen, and among those present [were Mr. J. B. Aspinall, barrister, Mr. J. Yates, jun., Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Bretherten, Mr. Owen, Mr. Grocott, &c., &c. Mr. Barber entered into a long explanation of his case, which. was considered perfectly satisfactory to the meeting. After some remarks from Mr. Aspinall, Mr. Evans, Mr. Grocott, Mr. Bretherton, Mr, Yates, and the chairman, resolutions were adopted expressing an opinion that - far. Barber was entirely innocent of the offence which had been charged against him.—" That while it was not the province of this meeting to consider the compensation to which he is entitled for the injury ho has sustained, it is the unquestionable duty of his professional brethren to protest against the doctrine that solicitors are to be ens pected of complicity \with the offences of their clients, without evidence of guilty knowledge, and only because tley may happen to be professionally emplo3 ed. And that the chairman be requested to communicate to Mr. Barber .the earnest hope of this meeting that,he may expe rience no further llitiCUlty n gcertitic",and such redress fur hi Unmerited sufferings as 'may be deemed . just." he proceedings terminated With a vote of thanks to the chairinan.—Livcrpooklitcrcur PROLIFIC Pottaill.--A. correspondeOt, iA Mussel burgh informs us that he has in his possession a sow vehich produced the other day at onelitter twenty-two-uary last, the The same animal l ls Masse n u 9 etr: total produce of yiiiiaschh4dic,trlstrye.eoliistbte;rpgion,c__ezacin young6rh these natural necessities at the onset, which, if neglected„ become Divine chastisements, and in adopting a line of conduct suitable to them. " I do not wish to say a word respecting the revolu tion of February. It is not for me to speak of it to day. But I cannot fancy, no Frenchman can resign himself to beli--ve that this is the denouement of the glo rious history of France. France has a reckless desire of launching forth, no matter at what price or what risk, into immense or uuhiard-of experiments. One might fancy that it regarded itself as the grand laboratory of the civiliz ition of the world. But it it is eager in ha zading itself, it is equally prompt in thinking better of it, and retracing its steps when it perceives that it has struck into a wrong path and is stumbling. It has stopped already at the shade of a great name. But a salutary halt is not safety. It is not enough for France not to roll down the chasm—the chasm must be closed and France raise herself up. Washington or Monk, one of the two is necessary to raise her up. " Which of the two will Providence grant us ? " I should like to throw upon the event, which is the object of this study, every ray of light likely to en lighten it, and to enlighten us by that light. I publish, as an appendix to my narrative, seventy-one dispatches, or fragments of dispatches, addressed, 1659 and 1660, to Cardinal Mazarin and to M. de Brienne, by M. de Bordeaux, then Ambassador of France at London. Those documents are taken from the archives of the Foreign-office. It is curious to observe what informa tion the representative of Louis XIV. to Cromwell col lected day by day, and what influence he sought to ex ercise on the conduct of Monk towards the restoration of the Stuarts. " I also publish a letter addressed by Richard Crom well to Monk fifteen days before the restoration of Charles 11. :—"lbat," he says "when Parliament meets you will use your influence in my favour, that I may not be under the weight of debt!, which neither God nor my c3nscience, lam sure, can regard as mine. . . . . For I have that confidence in you, that if I may deem myself unworthy of great things, you will not esteem me worthy of utter ruin.' " What a singular mixture of modesty, almost hum ble, and of a recollection of pan greatness ! GIIIZOT. "Au Val Richer, October, 1850." MR. HUDSON AND THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIDIES. Sir,—The recent proceedings in bankruptcy against Mr. John Henry Doyle having been carried to a superior court, without any opportunity being afforded me, although summoned by him as a witness, of refuting upon oath the charges which, without reference to any question from his solicitor or the Court, he volunteered, under evident feelings of irritation and resentment, as he was about to leave the witness-box, I trust you w ill allow me to find in the columns of the Times that means of vindicating myself which a court of justice has denied. I ptss over that portion of the evidence which merely affects me personally, as I belie;e that among my ac quaintances of the London press (with which I have been honourablyconnected for 15 years), as well as among my private friends, my character stands too high to suffer in their estimation by any imputation which that evi dence may convey. But as you, Sir, led by another portion of Mr. Doyle's testimony, have felt it to be your duty to censure the venality which that testimony, if true, would go far to establish, and as the " purity of the British press" has been thus assailed through me, a higher feeling even than anxiety fur my personal honour compels me to ad dress you. With reference, then, to the charge of corruption on which your observations belie been founded, I beg to state most solemnly and unequivocally, that, directly or indirectly, I have never sought for, accepted, offered, nor been offere,t, any remuneration, reward, or favour of any kind whatsoever for the insertion of any article, past or prospectively, in the columns of the Weekly Chronicle, having reference to Mr. George Hudson, M.Y. To Mr. Hudson I have never spoken in my life; with Mr. Hud son I have never, tither directly or indirectly, in any shape or manner, communicated; and in no way, medi ately lor immediately, has Mr. Hudson, or any person representing or professing to represent him, at any time, to my knowledge, since I became proprietor of the Weekly Chronicle, trade any suggestion, or held out any promise, to influence the insertion of any article in that paper. - It may be, when the truth is known, that the world will one day think that the origin of the indignation ma nifested against Mr. Hudson, is not anything ho, or any one on his behalf has done, or' attempted to do—but rather what ho has not done, and what a gentleman, supposed to have influence with him, indignantly refused to do on his behalf. That gentleman during the last two months has, to my knowledge, been frequently menac-d with this charge of corruption—at length publicly made, nut since privately withdrawn. I may observe, too, that that gentleman was summoned as a witness in the dis puted adjudication of Mr. Doyle's bankruptcy, for no motive that I can imagine, but one, and that I dare not express. The moment his name was associated with the charge of corruption, he rose from his seat among the bar, and wall emphatically, " It is false, and the witness knows it;" nd was only prevented from saying more by the in terpogttion of Mr. Commissioner Foublanque. I will conclude by observing that I have taken legal steps to dissolve the partnership between me and a gen tleman who, having no reason to impute to me an at tempt to corrupt the Weekly Chronicle, had every reason to know and believe the contrary. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant, ROBERT W. RUSSELL. 19, Northumberland -street, Strand, Dec. 2. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M.P. Sir,—lt is now about twelve years ago since I visited, in the neighbourhood of St. Leonard's, a Roman Ca tholic institution of the Sisters of Mercy, and I learnt then, and subsequently, that there were several institu tions of the same kind in this country and in Ireland. From my knowledge of history, and from my acquaint ance with lunatic asylums, it struck me, at the time, that these institutions were liable to great abuse, and might be made instruments of oppression, and that they ought to be under some supervision of the civil power. Many persons have been confined in lunatic as) lams for their religious:opinions, of which I have lately given you evi dence in the copies of the certificates in two cases, and there is much temptation for this in families that pretend to any distinction, and think that their credit would be damaged by any of their members professing highly zealous or dissenting principles, or that their interests would be injured by a relation's profuse charity, as in the lower ranks of life, I have known a young man to be confined for his theatrical propensities. The stage and the pulpit have, I have no doubt, contributed their quota of victims to the system of licensed Thuggism which has prevailed till lately with so little check in our own lunatic) asylums; and it is certainly within the sphere of pro hebility that young ladies may be confined by zealous Roman Catholic families for their heritical opinions, or freedom of mind, in these institutions, quite contrary to their own sense of duty and to their own inclinations. provident Government should guard b a uses. I have not before addressed Ge nt upon the subject, because I felt the delicacy of meddling to thtsor3t: lsfraresori ac t lai ttuunoe h teigt I pi druni u e tceeehi rodgytsn r etfi eeootgemy, foresight, experience,egemi of rendered supremacy eeal feelings yt o tecro, psnhy e u rtsrdoluil religious iamfdni nvali particularlyat t Church institutions hdtndben s sueheari ettaridu i lbhcfentt. treated ry( uownsh,erdchrteovehhektuiaetmthe generallynet ) :troi n erctee. oehfeiae s hdcwriscso o wßnilNowl ori f nekainoturdiitot c a tinntthteg whetrhhdheeostt:aaeihlswptosct have andcr_ he t aciaoio, eri nho)wvowtunmcuusevnhesi regu lations, country, nud, Govern ment fel affectation arnnoybeothr, country however reasonable and necessary, an additional s conside ration naahvA ach t ht e f f r g , t d( are tr c ea trdrgiaauvonttootediiiptnnnoannmntli sub jection,tyehorewt.'yf( et exercises b ee n pshmightenrustgauthorities manifestationwhich i h h t t ,o P te s e h a lh o aa ' t s nature, impose a duty upon the civil power for the pre vention of abuse, and the protection of the subject. I beg, therefore, to suggest that a short Act of' Parliament should be passed compelling the superiors of these estab lishments in her Majesty's dominions to have plans of their buildings, and to keep and furnish correct lists of their inmates, and that they should be placed under the supervision of the magistracy in their several districts, or of a mixed commission of Protestant and Romanist gentlemen or clergymen, who should visit them regu larly, and have power to enter, if ever they heard upon good authority that any person was detained there con trary to his will, or treated with improper rigour in them. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obediont humble servant. JOIIN PERCEVAL. Kensington, Nov. 20, 1850. A WORD AS TO THE TIME OF SENDING IN ARTICLES FOR EXHIBITION. At present it is announced that all goods must be sent in by the Ist of March, The Exhibition opens on the Ist of May, so in cases or parcels, packed or unpacked, the goods are to be on the ground just two mouths be fore they are wanted for exhibition. Now, we undertake to say (that with the exception as to such machinery as may require fitting) any committee of London warehousemen or shopmen will inform the Commissioners, that ten days or a fortnight will afford ample time to arrange every article for exhibition. Ex hibitors will each arrange their own contributions, and vast as will be the extent of the Palace of Industry, and wonderful the products exhibited, it will scarce need more time for arrangement under the many hands of exhibitors, than any morning's setting out of the Lon don shops. There would, at all events, be ample time if the goods were to be sent in by the middle of April. The addi- tional six weeks would be of great importance to manu facturers for the complt tion of their several works and fulnies; and it is quite impossible that polished steel goods, cutlery, plated ware, and articles of high and de licate colour should remainin any way upon the ground, where there is no preparation for the dry and warm stowage ef packages, without tarnish, rust, and injury from fading. It is quite essential, therefore, in justice to exhibitors, that this strange regulation as to time should be immediately changed.—From the Lxpositor of November 30. The Benchers of the Middle Temple request that gentlemen desirous of becoming candidates for the office of Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law, now vacant by the resignation of George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L., will address the Treasurer of the Middle Temple by letter, to be left at the (Bee of the Sub-Treasurer, Middle Temple, on or before the 14th ,:.•. lump% I, • •-,-,-oIITIIAMPTOI4I,-., DEC, ,11,1 T. Joseph linne, ig.l having arrived in the town today, for tihe,purpost et'S'eeinq-his son Or in the Royal Mail Com pany,*ship `Thames, has been invited to a public dinner. to take place this evening at. the Archery Rooms; at which the mayor will preside. In order to afford the working man an opportunity of being present, the price of the tickets is 2s• Gd. eacb, and upwards 9f 300 bate beers dispoect of, CALIFORNIA, BY AN ENGLISH E MIGRANT. Ring Gold, El Dorado County, California, Sept. 20. My ever dear Mother,—l have postponed writing to you until my return to San Francisco, as I told you in my last letter to you, which I wrote from Greenwood's Valley, dated May the 30th, and en closed in one to Mr. L. ; since then I wrote to Mr. D. and to aunt P. It would be folly were Ito say I had not time to write, for I live a very easy life. I cannot work bard, and the climate does not agree with me. I live in the loghouse of an American gentle man named Creaine, of Kentucky. He is a good man, and I intend to stay here until he leaves, and then go with him to the United States. I came to this country to make a fortune, and would do so, but the climate is intolerable. Only fancy, not a single cloud has been in the clear blue firmament since April, no dew has fallen, the sun shines in all its brightness. Were you to feel how pleasant it is at sunrise, you might say, what beautifulweather ! but after the sun is two hours' high you would feel sick and giddy to see everything parched, and feel the intense heat scorching your very blood up. Now, working in the mines under such beat is the cause of great numbers of deaths. As soon as the rainy season begins, people will die off in hun dreds and thousands from other causes, such as ex posure of all sorts, which brings on colds, fevers, ague, scurvy, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c. Although at pre sent the days are so hot, yet the nights are bitter cold; such sudden changes bring on in me an occa sional attack of rheumatism. I am now again laid up; my left arm is swollen and in a sling, and my right hand is the only limb at liberty. When I am ill and kept awake all night with intense suf fering, then I think of home.' Last night I made up my mind to write to you. I take great care of myself, expose myself as little as possible to the sun's rays; wear flannel constantly next my skin. I live well, and work very little, and yet do not have my health at all. If lam thus subject to rheumatism in summer, what must I be in winter? I have duly considered all this, and made up my mind to go to the United States before the rainy season commences, unless I can get an easy berth in —'s office. As to money matters, thanks to you in making me learn to paint, during my healthy days I made as much and have got as much as will take me to the States by the Isthmus of Panama, and keep me in the States for twelve months afterwards. Now, considering all circum stances—that I came here alone; alone fought my way and have got ahead, I have done pretty well. I have made by painting signs, &c., about 1,500 dollars since my arrival in the country, that is about 3001. Eng lish ; and had it not been for my heavy expenses through sickness, travelling, &c., I should have had more than I have ; but at any rate, I do not intend to start to the States with less than 1001. In my. pocket. I never work a whole day without mak ing 51. or 6/., and sometimes more—that is, while I am well; but since last July, when the overland emigration from the States poured in its starving thousands, all kinds of wages have come down, men working for their board. lam afraid that as far as regards 'wages, this country is ruined. Miners now do not make as much as formerly. Gold there is, and plenty of it, but few make great raises, and the accounts of these few spreading to all parts of the world cause the gold fever, and 99 out of every 100 who come to this country curse the day they ever started. If any of our friends intend coming, tell them to stay at home, or else, if they want to go abroad, to go to the United States. No one likes this country well enough to settle in it; that ought to be sufficient proof that it is not fit for a white man to live in. Since this new emigration commenced, stealing, robbing, and pillaging have begun. Most likely I shall start for the United States about Christmas, and will make alongside of Bill at once. I do not intend to turn farmer, or work hard, for I can make more money in any country at this work without hard work. I think I shall like the United States better than England. I have met with better men and more staunch friends amongst the Western and Southern Americans (more particularly amongst Kentuckians) than ever I did amongst my own countrymen. However, should I not like America, I shall come and see you for a few months, and then put out for some other part of the globe. Although I have travelled 20,000 miles round the Horn, yet I still have a great desire to see other foreign countries. There are great riots through California, which the papers will exaggerate; but don't be alarmed for me, I always go armed. The Indians about here are very numerous and wicked. A man was brought past our house yesterday shot in two places ; so a party have started of in pursuit, swearing to kill every Indian they come across; for every white man killed thirty In dians get killed !—that's paying back with interest. A young English friend of mine bare was attacked by an Indian the other day ; one arrow struck his horse, another missed, so be shot the Indian dead with a pistol. Some days have elapsed since I wrote the above. I have been very ill of rheumatism. An English lady is near here - her husband a nd h er came f rom t h e Salt Lake City this year, and were camped in the valley op posite our house, when, hearing there were some Eng lish in the camp, I got acquainted with them. She called on me during my late illness, and was very kind. Since my recovery a person, to whom I have lent upwards of 501., has sold out, and cut, leaving me. I . am very much depressed in spirits ; this will ma.. terially affect my leaving this country. I have about 451. left, so I am going straight down to San Francisco to see what I can do there. Most likely I shall get away, if not I shall purchase timber, and build myself a cabin to winter in, and will open a ; sort of grocery store on a smale scale. Don't fear for me ; lam all right. The little capital I have I will put to a right use, and manage to get a living without exposing myself to the sun in summer, and the rain in winter. I wrote to Bill not td come out to this country, and I hope he may stay where be is ; everybody leaves here as soon as they can. If people knew the suffering of Californians they would not be so keen in coming out. They come here, and work for one-tenth less than the old Cali fornians and are themselves causing their own suffer ings. I don't pity them. When first they began to come, starving and begging, to our door, I never refused; always shared wbat I had. By this way I lost about 200 dolls. Now I have stopped all that ; it won't do. I long once more to be at home. 1 think you may reckon on my being in St. Albans on Christmas-day twelvemonth, 1851, no !natter how the world goes. I have just heard of Sir Robert Peel's untimely death. I expect when I get to San Francisco to receive some letters from noune, and newspapers. I have not seen a single English paper since I left England. I will post this At Sacramento city, 50 miles from here. San Francisco, Sept. 26. Since I wrote the above a war has taken place between two tribes of Indians. About five hundred whites were looking on; I was one. Several were killed ; the tribe living about here won the uattle, took a great may prisoners, and killed them before our eyes. I was among some the other day. One laid hold of my horse's bridle; I put spurs to nim, but the fellow would not flinch, so I shot him. The ball struck his arm, and he ran yellin g awa y, an d I galloped oil to get c lear of the rest. I have seen the fellow since with his arm slung UD. They are the !Float treacherous beings in the world, and impudent and lazy to boot. Aftei four days' hard travelling from the mines, I arrived here. I had to sleep out in the rain all night with only my buffalo robe on me. To-morrow lam going upon a shootirg excursion down the Bay of Pueblo de San Jose, and shall be away about five days. Ti often dream that lamin my little room. 06, now happy to dream thus ! but how vexing when one awakes, instead of finding the curtains above me, to see the stars twinkling, and hear the wolves nowling, &e. ! If T. M. or David had come out with me, we should have made our fortune by this time ; but the case is now altered; California is now overcrowded; it is not the place it was when I landed. Should either Tom or David intend coming out, tell them, if they value their lives, to stay at home. A large portion of this city was burnt down again last week. It has been four times burnt since I was here before. This place is now, without exception, the largest port in the world. With love to father and Elijah, I remain, my dear mother, your ever affectionate son, BURGLARY S URR EY.--An o th er A.ROTHRB. GLARY IN dar ing burglary, accompanied with violence, took place on Satur day evening last, at the house of a Mr. Marshall, residing as we ho l e ft s l v so e icskt ebeenron alone,saa Saturday r Id t voaays eveningar oascertain,use aroused I%.b a ly r r. . e a Frenchaw Common, near Farnham. The particulars, ns far on with h t Marshall,Bs loud follow ko knock k at lives : —Abouthis eig front dour. On opening the door he found a group of seven men standing round it, and as soon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to Guildford. Mr. Marshall was in the act of stepping out to direct them, when he was s: ddeniy knocked down, as is suppoeed, by a life preserver. The men immediately entered the house, when they were at once encountered by Miss Marshall, who, with great presence of mind, rushed up stalls to procure a gun which her brother always kept loaded, catling out at the same time, " I'll fire at them." The villains caught her upon the staircase, and presenting pistols at her, dragged her to the front door, where they pointed out her brother lying man insensible state on the ground,and cautioned her to be quiet. They then ransacked the house of everything of a valuable character it contained, taking off, amongst other property, a number of old guineas. Before leaving they abuse d bliss Marshall in good set terms for not having more property in the house. Air. Marshall remained in an iusensible state for nearly two hours, and is still suffering severely from the injuries he sustained. The police are in possession of a description of the' men, and are actively en gaged in endeavouring to trace them. On Wednesday and Thursday last Skiddaw ap peered in its winter garb; its summit was covered with gh9w. .... and or'