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she stated that the children were ill, and that she Wag f SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) sitting up with them ; and that some time after he I (Before Mr. Commissioner EuLLocit.) "+;(0, that] FER'F`tF.YI , II, V. 'MAMIE. famimppr. pa". • : :,! one in the morning, when, at the request of the plaintiff's wife, the defendant was assisted over the garden wall, by the servant, to his own h2use, after Mrs. Gadsby had directed her to see whether h•r father was looking. The letter was then read. It was dated " New North-road;" and commenced " My dearest Madam ;" and concluded "Yours affec tionately, Edward.—Good bye ; God bless you." It said that the New North-road was very lonely now, that he wondered what she was doing, and reg►retted that he could not write to her as it was likely her husband was with her. A painter named Drane, was afterwards subpoenaed to speak to the defendants hand-writing. Ile had stated to the plaintiffs attor ney that he was acquainted with it, and had put into his hands two letters which he had received from him, and on comparing them with the letter in ques tion, the attorney conceived them to be written by the same person ; but the attorney was seriously to blame for not having submitted this letter to the witness ; and when he was called into the box he stated that he did not think it was his hand writing. The case for the plaintiff was a strong one : but it appeared to him that the Learned Judge threw cold water upon his case.—(Laughter.) Looking at the Daguerreotype with a calm judicial eye and not with the admiration of the plaintiff's wife, he perhaps, con sidered that the circumstance was not an important feature in the case. Mr. Justice WrGrermasr said it struck him that the great defect in the plaintiff's case was a want of can dour on the part of some of the witnesses for the plaintiff in not stating all they knew. The monthly nurse if you recollect. Sir F. THESIGER—We were obliged to call the monthly nurse of course, but she was a very unfa ►ourable witness. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—A very unfavourable Witness. Lord DENMAN—But not unfavourably disposed. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said the two discharged servants expressed strong opinions. Davidson omitted one important fact, namely, that when the defendant visited the plaintiff's wife after her confinement, that her mother was present, and that the defendant's own Wife introduced him into the chamber. Sir P. THESIGHE said he had evidence, on affidavit, with respect to the conduct of Drane before he went into the box and after, that before he was in close and familiar conversation with the defendant and Mr. Roberts, his partner, and after leaving the Court that he joined them, talked and laughed, and accompanied them into a public-house in the neighbourhood. The result of the trial was most unfortunate to the plain tiff, for if his wife was guilty of adultery, as he be. lieved her to be, he was compelled to support her, and if he carried his cause into the Consistorial Court he could get no remedy. The defendant was now in prison. Lord DENMAN — Iie might set it up as a defence to any action which might be brought against him with respect to goods supplied to h's wife. Upon all you have stated, 1 think the plaintiff . is entitled to a rule for a new trial, but it must not be put in the paper. The case will, therefore, come on at the discretion of the Court. nr) t. r m . pear, and an application was made by Mr. Isherwood, an attorney, for costs oe his attendance on behalf of the defendant, who was also present. The Learned JUDGE, on referring to the new Act, said Mr. Isherwood had no locus standi, unless he paid into court the amount of the fees already paid by plaintiff. He might then be heard, and the cause would be struck out, the defendant being allowed the costs of the day, ani for the attendance of his attorney. _ _ _ Mr. isherwo3d said he had a good defence on the merits, arid would pay the costs to abide the event. The cause was then struck out. In another case the Learned Judge held that costs of attendance, &c., could not be allowed where de fendants admitted the debt, unless they had refused to du so, and SO rendered the attendance of attorneys and witnesses necessary. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) John Bentley, a man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing 271., the moneys of his employer. Mr. Samuel Pratt stated that he was an uphol sterer, and carried on business at No. 49, New Bond street. The prisoner was in his employ as ware houseman up to the 21st of last month, cn which day witness gave him the sum of 271., and directed him to proceed to Windsor, and pay for some property which he had purchased. The prisoner went to Windsor for that purpose, but did not return, as he ought to have done. Witness subsequently gave information to the police, but nothing was seen of the prisoner till last night, when he was taken into cus to3y. Witness wished for a reman d, as, on searc hi ng the prisoner's lodgings, he had found a number of duplicates relating to property he believed belonged to him. The prisoner admitted he got tipsy, and lost a por tion of the money, and spent the rest. Mr. HARDWICKE directed the depositions to be Wien in this case, and remanded him fora week for farther evidence. [The attention of the authoritiel is called to the very uncomfortable position in which the reporters are placed at this court. The reporters' box is situated directly opposite to the entrance to the court, in disagreeable proximity to the prisoners' dock, ex posed to all the filth and vermin, which frequently are seen crawling on the railings thereof. This is not the only annoyance ; there is a door, directly over the entrance door, which when open, as it almost always is, admits such a current of cold air, which, falling direct on the unfortunate reporter's head, renders him extremely liable to catch colds in the head and eyes of the worst description. The cold at times is so intense as to incapacitate the reporter from writing. It is sin cerely hoped that some remedy will be speedily applied that will render the condition of the repre sentatives of the press more comfortable.] THAMES.-(T UIIS DAY.) - Wm. Kerr , a powerfully-built sailor, was charged with feloniously wounding Lawrence Henderson, his shipmate, by stabbing him in the thigh. It appeared that both parties belonged to the Prince of Wales, a collier, now lying off Blackw all ; and yesterday evening the prosecutor was sent in one of the ship's boats to the Black wall pier, to fetch off the prisoner, who had been ashore that day on liberty. As they were rowing to the ship, the prisoner seemed in a very quarrelsome humour, and they had no sooner reached the deck than the prisoner, without any cause assigned, challenged the prosecutor to fight. This he declined, and pushed Kerr away, when the latter drew hi 3 clasp-knife from his pocket, and, with a savage oath, stabbed Anderson with it in the left thigh. He was sober at the time. Police-constable K 329, who apprehended the prisoner, produced the knife, a formidable-looking weapon. _ . In his defence the prisoner, in a surly manner, said that the prosecutor struck him in the face first, and made his nose bleed, adding " and then I did that?' This was denied, and the police-constable said, when he took the prisoner into custody, there were no marks of blood o:s his face. Mr. BALLANTINE, after commenting on the brutal, cowardly, and assasin-like nature of the attack, committed him to Newgate to take his trial for the felonious stabbing. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) William Brown, described .as a plumber, and John Somerville, an engraver, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with creating a disturbance in the pit of Sadlers Wells Theatre. William Reynolds stated, that he was constable at the Sadlers Wells Theatre, and about eight o'clock yesterday evening, was called into the pit to quell a disturbance, when he saw the two prisoners, who were both drunk, standing up on one of the seats, and shouting and making such a noise as to prevent the audience from hearing the performance. He suc ceeded after considerable difficulty in removing them, when they again forced their way into the theatre, and at length he was compelled to give them into the custody of a policeman. The prisoners expressed their regret for their mis conduct ; and Reynolds said he knew them to be most respectable tradesmen, and the proprietors of the theatre, in consideration of the apology they made this morning, were unwilling to press severely upon them. Mr. TYRWHITT said it must be evident that, for the enjoyment and accommodation of all the audience, order must be kept in such places, and if the pro prietors had pressed for a heavy penalty, undoubt edly he should have inflicted it. In consideration of the recommendation of the constable, he should dis charge the prisoners with a caution. WORSHIP -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William North, a marine-store dealer, in High street, Hoxton Old Town, and who, a few days since, was fined fifty shillings for receiving in pledge, with out a license, various articles belonging to individuals in his neighbourhood, applied this morning to know what he had best do with the pledges he still held. He had, he said, given notice to the owners thereof, but not one of the articles had as yet been redeemed; and he asked the magistrate whether or not he could sell the articles, handing over to the parties belonging to them the surplus money, if any. Mr. ARNOLD—If you do, you will do it at your peril. You have already suffered the penalty of transgressing the law. You have, strictly speaking, no lien whatever upon the articles you have received as pledges. ilolland, one of the officers of the court, inti mated that the applicant had nearly 100 pledges of various descriptions in his house. Mr. ARNOLD advised the applicant to make the best arrangement he could with the individuals with whom he had been carrying on his illegal traffic. The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew. AQUATICS. CLASPER AND MADDISON. The scullers' match between these two men was brought to a conclusion on the Tyne on Tuesday fore noon. Precisely at six minutes to twelve the men started themselves from the piles of the intended high level bridge, and at twenty-three minutes and a half past twelve Maddison passed under the suspension bridge at Scotswood. Clasper was beaten by fifty seconds. The race from the first was scarcely in doubt. Maddison gradually drew ahead, and when he got opposite to the steam-boat engaged by his party, a deafening cheer with which he was greeted seemed to add increased vigour to his arms, and a few determined strokes placed him com pletely clear of his opponent. Clasper pulled gamely and gallantly throughout, but was evidently over matched. With youth, health, strength, and the ad mirable tuition of Newell on the side of Maddison, no great wonder that " Harry" had to cry " enough." The betting on the event, afterit became known on Mon day that the men had to pull over again, was heavy in the extreme. Clasper's umpire stopped the race prematurely, claiming a foul, without appeal to the referee. The backers of Maddison were full of confidence, and were prepared to go to any amount in favour of their man. There was again, on Tuesday, a large attendance of spectators ; the steam-boats were cr ow d e d ; an d the railway t ra i ns of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Compa n y, on each side of the river, had a full comple mentTh eofumires w passengers. re—M r John Ayre, f or M a ddi son; Mr. V a ll ens, for Clasper. Mr. Jonathan Robson artsetdd aoynwtahselalecond day r. Robert la)os ug r , h 4 t . e 3 r ,. ee; the referee on kNEN — ZEALAND. C. r A d ' ( A 36p i ARRIVAL Ia twinpV A L C i ' G - - h o a 1117 Her,v e a n le s s t p yi t s h shipeaii yester day Castor evening, from Newn tlealand. oaTsmoTyrn, Nov. 3 . middle of July, leavVB), iere—the She e a il q i quitted e d (2 t 6 h ) e , and IniLixible steamer. Dwdalus (20), Dido Constant skirmishes were and all tsbe armed. station by natives and British troops ifiolain, dispatches ere four Horn, boats going on shore were compelled The Castor was relieved on the East P In d di ign:lllo,ein,itatbnoetween the the Melampus (42). The Castor broumhat from Governor Grey. She came round Ca and touched at Rio Janeiro. She was there Satellite, days to get water and provisions, and left on the 9th September. her Majesty's ship Eagle (50), was at Rio. The Castor saw her Majesty's sloop at sea, near the Western Islands, bound for England. Having been in commission four and a half years, the Castor has been sent to Chatham, to be paid off. She brought a few invalids from the New Zealand squadron. - - - . Mr. Merivale has been appointed Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the room of Mr. Stephen. whose retirement was aimoonc(d a few days since. Mr. Merivale is said to be an able lawyer, and, as the author of "Lectures on Colonization," is favour ably known to the public. BELL V. LORD INGESTRE. In this case, which arose out of bill transactions be tween the defendant and the Newcastle Joint-stock anking Company, and related to bills drawn for " ,0 00/, and upwards, Mr. MARTIN obtained a rule for a new trial. EXCEIEQUER—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT and Common Juries.) PEPENMEYER v. ADCOCKS. el ,This was an action brought by a solicitor to recover ‘"eftraount of his bill of costs. The case occupied the attention of the Court during th e whole day, and was not concluded when the k'ourt rose. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) lIIIGGINS V. BAILEY. /I r. Sergeant BYLES applied for a rule to show why there should not be a new trial in this case r En the groun d o f m i s direction. This was an action ier a malicious prosecution and was tried before Mr. B a ron Alderson, at the last assizes for Norfolk, when ,e Plaintiff was nonsuited. The defendant was a f armer in the neighbourhood of Norwich, and the Pla intiff carried on the business of a small carrier. ‘ 4l the 14th of December, the defendant's] barn I Zas broken open and entered by four men, about Eleven o'clock at night. The defendant, and a young le an who was living with him, on going to bed, heard Z e 2is ‘ e, and the latter, having armed himself with a gun tl went out together in the farmyard. ' ey there saw three men running across the yard „ n , a directi on from the barn towards the gate, „ - ,: 441 the young man fired and wounded one, d Brown, who was afterwards deprived of his O u t. Brown was taken to Norwich Hospital, where made certain statements with regard to his accom- Vees who were afterwards convicted. In February, 1 :, 4 _, 7 ) defend an t me t the plaintiff Huggins, and he gir he could swear that he was one of the men who • etnpted to commit a robbery. He was accord °`Y apprehended and brought before a magistrate, itn,, f e ;committed upon the statement made by the de o nu ant on oath. It appeared then that the defendant th b eing examined as a witness at the trial of one of u e „ t een, admitted that he knew on the day after i t ggins had been committed, that he was not one r p t he ll; but he did not take any steps to stay the yi es ecution. A true bill was found against t hen and he was brought up for trial, t the counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Evans, v at ee stated that there was no case, and he the ,- T s eharged. These being the facts of the case, L earned Judge at the trial of the action for bee: a ges said the plaintiff ought to be nonsuited, s ane -I lse the defendant having entered into recogni althoe,! ,to prosecute Huggins, was bound to do so, aodWgn he might have some doubt as to his guilt, th e ) .,"rat the action could not be maintained unless L e g la ilitiff could undertake to prove malice. The Was Cod .Judge observed also, that if the defendant d 0 n a,need of the innocence of Huggins, he could th ere ""ung more than appear at the sessions, and say auto n i, w e a i s no case against him. Mr. Sergeant Byles rni sta Ce t u that when the defendant discovered his th e Proe he ought at once to have communicated it to and 6 e ! Parties, and put an end to the prosecution, pp ear — ,". the case of Tubois v. Keats, in which it wu e lthe charge had been made maliciously, and alisan e he ld by the Court, that being under recog on til e s was no defence for going on with the charge, tai ned e ground that the recognisance haul been ob i) Ma liciously. —Rule granted. ELI/ Ear OF A SOLICITOR'S BILL.—PLANDY V. This DUBOURG. to to the Oxford, Was an action brought by tbe plaintiff, solidi bri Gil, , un. Theme, High Wickham, and Ux tn 6 against the d f ndant a J unction Railway, Iternber f • co mmi ttee of that company. 0 t h e managing Was tried at Guildhall, before Chief Justice Wilde, t ne last sittin and a verdict found for the plain tiff f gs, . or the amount of 200/., the amount of his bill atom ]. 0 rist the Mr AL company. tah . • CHAMBERS now moved for a rule to show . "' e why the v er di c t s h ou ld not b e set aside on the g!ound that there was no sufficient delivery of the aziPlaintiff's bill at the defendant ' s place of business one onth before the action was brought, as required by the statute, and also on the ground that the bill was 1,11? t addressed to the defendant, but to the pro isional committee. It appeared that the first meeting of the company was held at Carlton ha.9hanibers, Regent-street; after that at 43, legate-street. In December, 1845, no deposits having been received, it ceased to be a company ; and it was proved in evidence at the trial that the defendant had ceased to have anything to do with it after January, 1846. At the trial the plaintiff's clerk stated that in September, 1 846, he d e li vered the bill to a clerk in the office of the company, at 43, Moor gate-street. The bill and the envelope in which it was enclosed were produced at the trial, and both of them were directed t o the company, as a body. The Learned Counsel contended first, that the defendant defendant having ceased to be connected with the company in January, 1846, the pl ace where the bill was d e li v ered in September, ,, 1846, was not the def en d an t's "office of business, as required by the Act ; an d, 2dly, that the bill ought to have vhom the action con tained the name of the person against N was brought. The COURT entertained some doubt as to the second Point, b ut w i t h resp3ct t o t h e fi rs t, th e y granted a rule. BANKRUPTCY.—(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GouLuuaN.) IN RE D. E. COLUMBINE. To-day was appointed for the last examindfon of this bankrupt, but Mr. CooxE, who appeared for the bankrupt, put In an order made by Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. 'Mee, by which the meeting was adjourned until after the hearing a petition in the suit. The Learned Counsel wished to state, for the information of the creditors, that very elaborate and voluminous ac counts of the bankrupt's affairs had been filed since t he last meeting, and which wo u ld no d ou b t b e satis factory, f or they were as minute as could possibly be. The official assignee said they wer e on l y filed yes ay, tis Mr• BAGL7,Y, who appeared for the assignees, said 3" had not had ti me t o ascer t a i n th e c h aracter and n ature of th© accounts, and an adjournment must taken place. It was now only a question of time. The cue was then adjourned till January 4th. 0 PEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1847. THE SPORTING RE VIE W A beautifully engraved portrait of Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith—the Hero of Aliwal—co• pied from a full length photograph, is the frontispiece to the number for November. The companion plate is a portrait of " Aliwal," the w ar -h orse o f t hi s distinguished captain. Castor, Craven, a n d Haw thorn j , " w jocose are seam i gossipping as ever; an d glad to see, re- app ears thi s Barry are iije o a v s er month among the contributors in a spirit as sagaci ous and good humoured as heretofore. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Mr. Charles Ellerman, who has recenty done yeo man's service in the cause of Sanitary Reform, by his writings on the disinfecting fluid, pursues his " Reminiscences of Cuba," and in doing so evinces his usual intelligence. Mr. Shreeve terminates his interesting chapters on the "History of Sierra Leone" —the White Man's Grave. Dr. Verteuil gives a graphic sketch of the " Island of Trinidad," and be sides these there are several very able papers in the Colonial for November. CIIAII BERS'S EDEV73URGII JOURNAL. Among the contributors to Chambers during the past (L•tober, we observe Mrs S. C. hall, the female Carleton of Brompton, and Leitch Ritchie, the beau ideat of a writer for an annual or a kecipsake. The poetry and prose crowded into the double columns of the Edinburgh Journal are, as ever, not only de lightful to read, but worthy to be preserved. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. The improvement visible in the illustrations of this weekly and monthly periodical is really so remarkable as to demand a word of particular commendation. For instance, there is a capital little sketch from a drawing by Kenny Meadows, "Which is the Tallest?" In the number immediately afterwards there is a graceful and characteristic woodcut, pencilled by IL K. Browne, the inimitable " Phiz," entitled " The Soldier's Return." " Morning," by G. Dodgson ; " An Irish Cabin," by F. W. Topham; and the " Disappointment," by Alexander Johnston, n clever om ri i like wood manner.bythe skilful by , These hands embellishments ) (f G. a are et r i e : g THE DELUGE. " A prophet always, in my ministry- holy, On the future I dare to interrogate God: The princes of earth to chastise for their folly, Th' old world shall be swept by an o'erpowering flood. Already upon them, the tide growls, and lashes Its limits: Look, masters, it comes, wild and free!' I say to them ' Look;' but they answer Thou dreamest:' Poor kings! they shall all be engulfed in the sea! " What for thee, 0 my God, these good kings, have they done? So many there are, with whose laws we are blessed! 'Tis the people their rights have forgot; and we groan 'Neath the weight of our down-crushing burdens op pressed. But the waves speed their march, irresistibly willed, Against these chiefs, once so well pampered: ah me ! An ark for themselves they're too witless to build— So poor kings, they shall all b 3 engulfed in the sea! " Who speaks to tile waves? A despot of Afric, A black son of ham, a wild barefooted king— `Down!' cries he, ' base waves, to my fetish antique Yield ever, and double the sweet gold ye bring.' And this excellent king, his dear lucre a-taking From Christian sea-rovers and traders in blood,- Sells his subjects, to slave it, our sugar a-making— Poor kings, they shall all be engulfed in the flood! "' Come here!' cries a sultan of Asia, ' I will it! Wives, viziers, and eunuchs, up! start into motion! Throw up your pale corses around me, to still it, Or bank in the waves of this turbelent ocean.' And then, in his harem all perfumed, from out Which already his terrified guards seek to flee, He smokes coolly, yawns, and makes heads fly about— Poor kings, they shall all be engulfed in the sea! "In our Europe from which this great deluge outflows, United in vain, to lend each other aid; 0 God, be our judge!' all have cried in their woes: Swim, swim on always,' in reply God hath said; Those dread powers already the deluge nigh drowns, Their proud thrones fall in dust 'neath the hands of the free, And money is coined with the gold of their crowns'— Poor kings, they shall all be engulfed in the sea! " This ocean, oh prophet, what is it?' ye say: 'Tis us, Peoples, unbound from the fetters of hunger; 'Tis us, more instructed, and clearing away That vain crowd of monarchies, useful no longer; Our on-moving billows so long led astray, God makes pass o'er these sons of the stubborn knee; Now the sun shineth forth, and the storm calms away— Poor kings, they are all in the depths of the sea!" The translation is but of indifferent merit ; yet we are thankful to Lacigogne for having afforded even this version to the English public of the last and not the least stirring of the songs of Beranger. 1101VITT '8 JOURNAL. A capital and characteristic likeness of George Thompson, the eloquent Member for the Tower Ham lets, is the best feature in this number of Howite s Journal. It is accompanied by a memoir written in a strain of merited eulogiutn. Dr. Bowring adorns the pages of the journal with some clever translations of Hungarian songs ; and Frederick Rowton com mences a series of arguments upon the Punishment of Death. THE BELLE ASSEZIBLEE. Lady Smith, the wife of the hero of Aliwal, is re presented in the frontispiece to the Belle Assemblee for November, by the pencil of Stewart and the graver of Hunt. Anna Savage has some musical verse to the wife of Sir Harry Smith. The literary contents of the number are varied and clever, though occasionally too frivolous. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal High ness was accompanied by the Marquis of Exeter, and Sir Charles Wood, and was attended by Lord Camoys, ' and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Lord Camoys has arrived at the Castle, and has succeeded the Earl of Morley as the Lord in Wait ing to the Queen. Colonel Berkeley Drummond has also arrived, and has succeeded Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Dal housie, Lord and Lady Beauvale, the Right Hon. Sir iCharles and Lady Mary Wood, Sir George Couper, Major-General W. H. Scott, and Lieutenant- Colonel Smith (commanding Royal Horse Guards). Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, paid visits of congratulation to her Royal Highness on the auspicious return of her natal day. The Princess Sophia is recovering from her recent illness, and has taken airings in a carriage. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at her residence at Kew, yesterday afternoon, from the Continent. Her Royal Highness travelled from Dover by the South-Eastern Railway. Baron Knesebeck attended the Royal Duchess from Calais. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at twelve o'clock yesterday, from Frogmore House, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness left town soon after two o'clock in the afternoon, on her return to Frogmore House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turned to town yesterday morning from honouring the Duke of Rutland with a visit, at his residence near Newmarket. His Royal Highness proceeded to Kew in the afternoon. Dr. Lushington had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Mr. John Rornilly had also an in terview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home office. The Right Ron. Edward Strutt (Chief Commis sioner of Railways) arrived in town on Tuesday night. Mr. John Frederick Stanford, Chairman of the Committee on the subject of mendicancy, accompanied the deputation from Marylebone to Sir George Grey, on Tuesday. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North Ame rican Provinces. • THE SAVINGS' BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is scarcely generally known that the savings' banks have tended materially to embarrass the Government in the present monetary pressure, and amongst the difficulties of the times must be no ticed the heavy calls made upon the savings' banks by the various classes of depositors, including not only those who have been obliged, from the recent high price of provisions, to withdraw their little balances for present support, but the number of per sons, whose operations have been most heavy in num ber and amount, are those who have taken advantage of the low rate of the funds, now yielding about 4 per cent., and purchased stock, rather than keep their money in a savings' bank, producing them less than 3 per cent.: indeed, recent events have demonstrated how alive the depositors are to the " rate of interest allowed them. The loss at which Government must now be selling the savings' bank stock, to meet their demands, will doubtless bring about a remodelling of the Act under which those institutions exist, and of the system, opposed to the recklessness and extrava gance with which of late they have in many instances been notoriously mismanaged. I forbear to offer other observations, as the whole subject will, I am informed, be thoroughly investigated by the new Par liament.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, London, Nov. 3, 1847, ALPHA. M. W. Wicsrugukt.—A meeting of the Committee for the purpose of carrying into effectual operation the. intentions of the friends of William Wickham, Esq., was held yesterday evening, at the City of London Me chanics' Institute. The following resolution, passed at Ire prior meeting, will fully explain the intentions of the. committee, viz., "That considering the services rendered by Mr. Wickham to the cause of free trade, and that his growing infirmities prevent him procuring suitable em ployment, he is deserving the consideration of all the friends to the e.3use, and that endeavours be made by subscription to procure a sufficient sum to purchase an annuity for him. Mr. T. E. liavvlDAt having been called , to the chair, some subscriptions were acknowledged, and a number of members added to the committee. Some pecuniary matters next came under discussion, which having been disposed of, Mr. S. A. Lyon said, from cir cumstances which he was acqua i nted, he theugh; with he could safely state, that they would receive the port of the pri nc ip a l mem b ers of the late Anti-Corn-la League, and the grea t b o d y of its suppo r t ers. Aft some other matters had been disposed of, the oommitt F adjourned for a fortnight, Dalziel. The letter-press is in a great measure worthy of the illustrations. THE PROPLR'S JOURNAL The engraved portrait. of Lieutenant Holman, the Blind Traveller, copied from the painting by J. P. Knight, R. a., displayed in this year's Exhibition of the Roy a l A ca d emy, i s the most interesting woodcut rin the number for Nov em b er . Th e s k etch b y IL G. Hine, of " Sweep! Ho !" is the most comical that has yet appeared in the People's Journal. Lord Nugent continues his intelligent essays upon " Crime and its Treatment." Miss Martineau pursues her disquisi tions on " Household Education" and her descriptions of the "Holy Lands." Other contributors, such as Mrs. Loudon and the editor, Mr. John Saunders, add to the attractions of the letter-press. From the poetical contents we must transcribe one song— though it is one of sixty-four verses—for it is the last song of a great poet, Pierre &an De B...ranger. The bard of France, like the bards of old, is a prophet, and he has in a hale old age—being in his sixty-eighth year broken silence in these six • Sibylline stanzas. It is not difficult to see that the retrograde policy of Louis Philippe has elicited this warning voice from the Poet of France, of Liberty, and of Napoleon. - 4 f irt let - " t c 5 4ir p 6, 4- 46 clizil-s-W"-; klf 4:4 4. 4, QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) SEDUCTION.--DINGLE V. BAKER. This was an action brought by a father to receive compensation for the loss he had sustained by the withdrawal of the services of his daughter. The case was tried at Devon during the last assizes, be fore the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the verdict went for the defendant, on the ruling of the Learned Judge that, as the daughter had left the residence of her father, who was the keeper of a toll-gate, and placed herself under the protection of the defendant of her free will, that an action would not lie. Mr. Sergeant KINGLazs applied for a rule to set the verdict aside or for a new trial, and urged in support various points of law. He said that the case was of the utmost importance, and as the decision of the Judge caused great public excitement, and came upon him by surprise, 'he trusted the Court would accede to his application. Lord DENMAN said he considered the Learned Counsel entitled to a rule. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WITIIAM V. LYNCH:. Sir FITZROY KELLY moved to rescind an order of Mr. Baron Platt, of the 16th ofFuly last, charging the suitors' fund in the Bank of England with the pay ment; of aju lgment debt of 4,0071. 175., recovered in the above action. rine defendant was a superanu ated Master of the Court of Chancery, and entitled in that capacity to a pension of 1,5001. per annum, payable under the provisions of various Acts c.f Par liament, out of sums deposited in the Bank of Eng land, in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. Mr. Baron Platt made the order, charging the fund and the interest thereupon, with the payment of this debt ; and the plaintiff had sub. sequently commenced an action against the Bank of England. The Learned Counsel also moved, as a substantive, part of the above motion, to stay proceedings, inas much as the action was commenced in direct violation of an Act of Parliament, 1 and 2 Vic., which provided that no action could be commenced on aoy such order until after the expiration ofsix calendar months from the date of the order. Mr. Baron Ai.nensoN said that he did not think that any action could lie, as the' order amounted to a Charge to be enforced in equity.—Rule granted. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) THE LATE GAMBLING TuANsAcTroil.—The three men, Ralph, Brewer, and Barr, who were remanded to this day on the charge of defrauding Mr. Carey of 1,4001., and :upwards, were again brought before Mr. Henry to-day. The evidence of Lewis and that of Mr. Carey were repeated at great length, and a remand having been applied for.by Mr. Ballantyne (for the prosecu tion), was granted by Mr. Henry. This day week was fixed for the further hearing of the case. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Exning Field.—First Ties for the Derby. Milo beat Guy I Bute beat Feat Epiph. Dorou beat Viceroy The Cup.—First Ties. Wildairbeatßhadamanthus I Whittirgton beat Orleans Girl of Kent beat Fi garo I Fancy Boy beat Mainmast. The Oaks.—First Ties. Bridemaid beat Ornament ; I Daphne beat Minima Giddy Polly beat Fideli a Dot ran a bye. The Port.--First Ties. Mee beat Veluria I Great Western beat Dolly. Bachelor beat Fatima The Rutland Stakes. Mr. Buckworth's Baksheesh beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Wyredale. Mr. Dobede's Daisy beat Mr. Gillett's Gustavus Mr. Vipan's Vitula beat Mr. Dobede's Dania Not run out. TARPORLEY HUNT RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Tarporley Hunt Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Twice round. (15 Subs.) Lord De Tabley nd The Princess, aged ... walked over The Forest Stakes of 5 soya. each. Two miles. (16 Subs.) Lord De Tabley nd The Princess, aged ... walked over The Farmer's Cup, with 15 sous. added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Bird's The Fox, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Warburton's Passa ma Quaddy, 4 yrs, and Mr. Okell's b g, 4 yrs. MARINE GLER.—WoorAncir, Nov. 3.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty issued instructions, in January, 1843, to the Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard, to have the mainmast of the Curacoa, 24 guns, then fitting at that port, joined with marine glue, to test its capabilities for that purpose. The mast was accordingly made of several pieces of timber joined to gether, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Jeffrey, when completed measured 28 inches in diameter, and 66 feet in length, and when put up, with the top mast, 90 feet 10 inches. The Curacoa was soon after commissioned by Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart , and proceeded to the South American station; and, on serving the usual period, was ordered home, and recently paid off at Sheerness. The vessel having been dismasted, their Lordships ordered that the mast should be opened, as is usual after four years' service, to ascertain its pre sent condition. The master shipwright, Mr. Isaac Watts, at Sheerness Dockyard, in compliance with their Lord ships' order, set eight men to work yesterday with sledge-hear/31E rs and wedges to separate the timbers, but their whole, united efforts at one time failed to separate the joints., and only split the solid timber into large pieces. The foremast, which was joined in, the upper part in the usual manner adopted at the dockyards, was found to• be very rotten, the parts where the wet had entered rued been retained being equally yielding to the pressure of the hand as a piece of sponge, and is other places w here dry crumbled into powder on being pressed. Both ma ste being in the same vessel, and exposed to the same we ether and climates, afford a correct comparison, and piee ee. of each have been sent to the Admiralty for their Lordships' inspection. THE QUEEN IN A MESS.--Loyalty will indeed take alarm at the heading of this paragraph. Let us, there fore, allsey all apprehensions at once, by saying that it is her most gracious Majesty's statue in the Royal Ex change-- -not her most gracious Majesty herself—that we are s lluding to. It is true enough that things have been log ,king very black in the City, and the statue of the Qae en is looking as black as everything else, for want of a little friendly whitewashing. On the last visit we paid to our broker, to make a purchase in order to inspire. confidence, we were almost disheartened by the dinginess of the aspect of royalty. We are convinced that e't cry truly British heart would lend a hand and a scrablA ng brush to restore her Majesty's representative in the 'City to her original look or cheerful brightness. The a; plication of one of those rasping instruments used for re° ovating statuary would have its effect ; and if, in these '.times, Punch can be of any use in helping his most graci of Sovereign well through her scrape, he will feel the u most delight in doing so.—Puncli. Co l onel Sir Henry George Macleod, IC•ll l, !t i e s Govt a -nor of the Island of Trinidad, 20th coon h •yr seat, Bishopsgete, near Cher l ts , cy, who theodnied a t n o to f of Au gust, has left personalty in England 14,00411., and made his will in London,. en a the 29th t n h g June , lest, in his own handwriting, leaving to his relic, who is his sole executrix, her demise the same to be a life interest in the whole an of his property, d a ly divided between his three sisters and for their dawd tters. The property h e received with his lady on marts .age he gives her an absolute control over. B C DIX AND Berme. MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.— Mrs. Kightley, who died at Hampstead on the 24th of Sept.( enber last, has bequeathed, upon the decease of her niec e (with the exception of about 3001. left in legacies), the r hole of her property, personal and funded, to the undo r-mentioned societies in the following proportions: —Ol te-third to the Bible Translation Society, and the twoe thirds to the Baptist Missionary Society, one moiety of w hick is to be applied in aid of the society's mission in a e East Indies, and the other to the mission in Africa. The trustees are, Mr. T. Croft, Mr. S. Gale, and the Rev, Joseph Angus, the secretary to the Baptist Mis sion ary Society. The personal property administered to witl sin the province of Canterbury amounted to nearly 3,01 )01. OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 3.—The Regius Pro fc 9 ior of Divinity (Dr. Hampden) will commence his blic course of lectures in this term on Thursday, N. avember 18, at twelve o'clock. This course is in to' ided for students in divinity who have passed their • amination for the degrees of 8.A., and those gentle rot m who desire to attend it are requested to cell on th e professor on Tuesday the 16th, or Wednesday ie 17th instant.. The Professor of Political Economy • rill deliver two lectures in the Clarendon on Satur- I day, the 13th, and Monday the 15th instant, at three o'clock. NBATIL—It is currently reported here .that the Governor and Company cf Copper Miners arc about to discharge one thousand men from their works ut Uwmavon. The railway contractors in this neighbour hood are discharging some of their men, and intend to curtail their operations during the winter season. It is not intended to proceed during this winter with the works through Neath. The tightness of the money market is severely Nt by all classes.—Welstnan. RASCALITY or A SUB-CONTRACTOR. --Upwards of forty excavators, or. as they are commonly termed, " navvies," w h o h ad been working on the Monxton Works of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway, ap plied for admission into the union on S.ittirday last, in consequence of Mr. Edwards, one of the sub -contractors Ot the line, having made his exit and forgotten to pay `them th e i r fortnight's wa , s. The poor creatures were in the most deplorable condition, many of them having wives and families with neither money nor food. It is stated that Edwards is also very much in the books of some of the tradesmen of the town, Mr. Matcham for horse hire, 321.; Mr. Young, for grocery, 301.; Mr. ; Perkins, f or grocery, 14/ ; Mr. Stadden, for flour, leor/ai.. Mr. Bail e y, L ongpar i sh, for flour, 22/. ; and sel others. N ot hi ng h as s i nce b een heard of him. It is, uiglt previoushowever, ascerftoarintkde purpose thathe r o e f cei p v it e y d iog the th m o on m ey oo t . i . e Hampshire Advertiser. 1 MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED). Tzll7 After another fling at ille Bank Charter Act, in the present crisis, and a distinct demand of an home diate and comprehensive revision of the Currency System, Tait presents us with some additional chap ters of what is now one of its mast brilliant and most attractive features. We mean the story of " Mi . randa, a Tale of the French Revolution," conceived in the true spirit of romance, and written by Percy B. St. John. Although it is scarcely pos sible to have more than an inkling of the merits of a fiction that is as yet so little advanced, we cannot but perceive already that " Miranda" will —if only continued as it has been commenced—be the hest, as it is certainly the most ambitious, of the narratives yet penned by Mr. St. John. The epoch selected is perhaps the most striking that could be adventured upon, namely, the " thick" of the great revolution, which, like a thunder-burst, cleared the political atmosphere of France, and convulsed the whole civilized world to its foundations. The readers of Tait will look with interest for the periodical continuation of " Miranda." Sir Thomas Dick Lauder pursues his course along the Tweed and its tributaries, pointing out the most picturesque p o i n t s in the landscapes, reviving to our recollection its dif ferent historical associations, and occasionally enliven ing his remarks with snatches of song—mingling together, as a true guide should, ballad ,lore, anti quarian lore, historic lore, and the lore of one who, amidst the study of other books, has taken especial care to study well the Great Book of Nature. Thomas de:Quincey writes somewhat on " Protestant • ism," but the most brilliant and eloquent, as it is to our mind the most partial and erroneous paper in the number for November, is the Literary Portrait of Thomas Macaulay, by George Gilfillan. Those who have conned, like ourselves, the splendid but faulty volume which first g ave th e name of George Gilfillan to the world, will remember that Macaulay was therein noticed, although, as the writer himself here acknowledges, that notice " was short, hurried, and imperfect." In publishing this second literary portrait of the Paymaster of her Majesty's Forces the impassioned critic (a rather incongruous character for a reviewer !) does by no means make adequate reparation for its predecessor. The present delineation may be long and deliberate, but it is decidedly anything but per-- fect. After avowing that " the two most popular of British authors are, at present, Charles Dickens and Thomas Macaulay," Mr. Gilfillan propounds a most preposterous estimate of the former. He doubts the genius of Dickens while confessing that, with " no lore superior to that of a schoolboy," he is " ruling over us like a Fairy King," and is rejoicing in a popularity which Shakspere or hardly Scott in their lifetime enjoyed." With such a vast popularity, and such an undisputed dominion, is it possible th a t one w h o i s sustained with " no ore superior to a schoolboy's," can be without a permanent and peculiar genius ? Is it possible ? Literary charlatans may flourish, and have flourished, upon a whim or an accident, but their sway is evanescent—their doom is certain and rapid--they are the ephemerides of letters. But here is Dickens, after the lapse of a dozen years, with a wider popularity and a more undisputed dominion than ever ! According to the jealous and splenetic sneer of the Quarterly, he went up like a rocket and was to come down like a stick. Perdie ! the stick is a long while falling ! Despite his incapacity to recognise the true greatness of Dickens, our critic avows that " never was a monarch of popular literature less envied or more loved," and owns that " his sway has been that of gen tleness—..of a good, wide-minded, and kindly hearted man." As a specimen of his affection for the author of " Pickwick," " Nickleby," " Twist," " Chuzzle wit," " Dombey," and the immortal " Carol," he closes his incidental remarks upon his character and position by " wie,hing long life and prosperity to Bonnie Prince Charlie." Of Macaulay his estimate is, to our thinking, quite as false and extravagant. Thomas Macaulay, he says, " in general literature, as Dickens in fiction, is held to be facile princeps ;" and for some what the same reason he denies the right of this su premacy to the late Member for Edinburgh. If we are to believe Mr. Gilfillan, Macaulay is only an author by line and measure—his passion is always prepense--.his gracefulness, as a rhetorician,is marred by a total lack of the ars celare artem-1113 written eloquence is aff ec t a ti on —hi s ora l declamation is merely the glibness of one who speaks by rote—he is prim as an essayist—a sixth-rate poet—and no orator How many will, on mature deliberation, coincide in this opinion ? A hundred ? Fifty ? Half-a-dozen ? We doubt it. Speaking of Mmcau lay's intellect as a sanctum sanctorunz that is richly decorated, he says, " The lamps are lit in gorgeous effulgence ; the shrine is magnificently, but modestly adorned ; there is everthing to tempt a god to de scend; but the god descends not—or, if he does, it is only Maia's son, the eloquent, and not Jupiter, the thunderer." Only ! Notwithstanding its blemishes of judgment, however, this critical essay on Thomas Babington Macaulay is, in point of composition, worthy of George Gilfillan. The remainder of the contributions are miscellaneous and readable. BENTLEY. The present number of Bentley opens with an in teresting biographical sketch of ThorwaHsen, from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen, translated, at the desire of the author, by Mr. C. Beckwith. It is il lustrated with engravings by Cooke, from Horace Vernet's celebrated portrait of the great Danish sculptor. " The Fltmeur in Paris" brings his some what desultory but most amusing sketches of Pa risian life to a conclusion in this number, as does Mr. Maxwell his novel of " Brian O'Linn." Cooper continues his " Captain Spike," and seems preparing for a catastrophe. The Swash is moored alongside the wreck of the schooner, and Spike is endeavouring to weigh her, to secure the doubloons ; in the meantime the Poughskeepie, with Mulford and Rose on board, is advancing from the Dry Torturgas to wards the place where the S wash is moored. The most interesting paper in this number is the one entitled " The Marriage of Philip 11. of Spain and Mary of England," and is a Spanish account of the marriage and of the negotiations by which it was pre ceded. It consists principally of translations from the letters of Count Egmont, Simon Renard, the Spanish Ambassador, and Rui Gomez de Silva, a gossipping nobleman, who came over to England in the suite of Philip 11. Mr. Duncan continues his account of the "Niger Expedition," and Mr. Marvel his "Gallop through South Austria." Albert Smith contributes a humorous poetical epistle from an Old Country House, and Charles Whitehead gives us a paper on the " Wooden Walla of Old England," which is illustrated by a quaint engraving from Froissart, of the Expedition of the Knights of France and England to Africa in 1390. The number con cludes with three exquisite Latin translations of the nursery rhyme, " Twinkle, twinkle, little Star." The first into hexameters, the second into pentame ters, and the last into sapphics. Of these the last is the most elegant. DOMBEY AIVD SON. No. XIV. By Charles Dickens. Chapter the forty-second, being " Confidential and Accidental," recounts the installation of Rob the Grinder in the household of Mr. Carker the Mana ger, every one of whose glittering teeth seem to the imagination of that young gentleman to Ise perpe tually " finding him out, and taxing him with every fancy of his mind." Mr. Dom bey breakfasts one fine morning at Carker's, and in the course of a pom pous conversation, entrusts his agent with an insolent message to Edith. After the breakfast the great merchant and his crafty menial proceed townwards on horseback, Mr. Dombey, in his dignity, not only riding with very long stirrups and a very loose rein, but very seldom condescending to look down to see where his horse went. In consequence of which it happened that Mr. Dombey's horse, while going at a round trot, "stumbled on some loose stones, threw him, rolled over him, and lashing out with his iron-shod feet, in his struggles to get up, kicked him." He is conveyed home with divers contusions and several lesser ribs broken. Florence creeps into her father's chamber in the dead of the night, and kisses him while he is sleeping. The scene is exquisitely drawn. The terrible Mrs. Pipchin has been duly installed as housekeeper, and is described by Susan Nipper as among those Mrs. Pipchinses " who keep guard at Mr. Dombey's door like crocodiles—only make us thankful that they lay no eggs !" Susan can stand this state of things no longer, and rises next morning resolved to penetrate into the awful presence of her master, and have speech with , that gentleman alone. " I have often said I would,: she remarks, " and now I will." This she accordingly does. She reminds Mr. Dombey of her long attend ance on Miss Floy, and her consequent fitness to judge of the real character of her young mistress. " I may not be Meethosalem," she says, "hut I am not a child in arms." Mr. Dombey is aghast, and Nipper, however, her t o l eave th e r o om. The relentless however, declares her resolution to say her say out— "I may not be an Indian widow sir and I am not and I would not so become but if I once made up my mind to burn myself alive I'd do it !" She stays accordingly, and o p ens a b r i s k fire of eloquence upon • the sick gentleman on the sofa. Mr. Dombey, in a g a r t e h a e t r le than ngth nothing. onthe d,2s Miss Nipper of h paroxy sm o f rage, makes a gra3p at the bell-rope that wa s no t t h ere, and, in its absence, e pulls his hair, r claimsat t Florence, and de clares that she has long seen her wretchedness—"l may not be a peacock'," is her illustration, " but I nave my ey es ," In the Midst of this harangue, the excellent ogr ess w h o presides over the estab lishment, as housekeeper bursts into the apartment:— " Why, hoity toity!" cuffed the voice of Mrs. Pipchin, es the black. bonab2zeen garment; of that fair . Peruvian Miner swept into tho room. " What's this, indeed!" Susan favoured Mrs. Pipchin with a look she had , invented expressly for her when they first became ac quainted, and resigned the reply to Mr. Dombey. ..;" What's this!" repeated Mr. Dombey, almost foam ins,. Whnt'.3 rhia, 'cite-lem? y - e q , rhr. fire mr the head 01 tills ii,u.eehold, awl leafed to keep it in order, have reason to inquire. Do you kno.v this woman?" " I know very little good of her, Sir," croaked Mrs. Pipchin. " How dare you come here, you hussy? Go along with you!" But the inflexible Nipper, merely honouring Mrs. Pipchin with another look, remained. "Do you call it managing this establishment, Madam," said Mr. Dombey, " to leave a person like this at liberty to come and talk to me! A gentleman—in his own house—in his own room —assailed with the imper tincncies of women servants!" " Well Sir," returned Mrs. Pipchin, with vengeance in her hard grey eye, " I exceedingly deplore it; nothing can be more irre,s„,sular; nothing can b 3 more out of all bounds and reason; but I regret to say, Sir, that this young women is quite beyond control. She has been spuiled by Miss Duinb..v, and is amenable to nobody. You know you're net," said Mrs. Pipchin, sharply, and shaking her head a t S usa n Nipper. " For shame, you hussy! Go along with you!" "If you find people in my seethe,' who are not to be controlled Mrs. Pipchin," said Mr. Dombey, turning back towards the fire, " you know what to do with them, 1 presume. You know what you are here for? Take her away !" " Sir, I know what to do," retorted Mrs. Pipchin, "and of course shall do it. Susan Nipper, snapping her up particularly short, "a month's warning from this hour." " Oh indeed!" cried Susan, loftily. " Yes," returned Mrs. Pipchin, " and don't smile at me, you minx, or I'll know the reason why! Go al o n g with you this minute!" "I intend to go this minute ' , 3 ou m rely upon it," said the volubl e Ni pper. "I have been in this house waiting on my young lady a deem year and I won't stop in it one hour under notice from a person owning to the name of Pipchin trust me, Mrs. P." "A good riddance of bad rubbish!" said that wrath ful old l a dy. " G et along with you, or I'll have you carried out!" " My comfort i s, " said Susan lookin back at Mr. Dombey, "that I h ave told a piece of t back this day which ought to h ave b een told long before, and can ' t be told too often or too plain, and that no amount of , Pipchinses—l hope the number of'em mayn't be great" (here Mrs. Pipchin uttered a very sharp " Go along with you!" and Miss Nipper repeated the look) " can unsay what I have said, though they gave a whole year full of warnings beginning at ten o'clock in the forenoon and never leaving off till twelve at night and died of the exhaustion which would be a Jubilee!" With these words, Miss Nipper preceded her foe out of the room; and walking up stairs to her own apart ment in great state, to the choaking exasperation of the ireful Pipchin, sat down among her boxes and began to cry. From this soft mood she was soon aroused, with a very wholesome and refreshing effect, by the voice of Mrs. Pipchin outside the door. "Does that bold-faced slut," said the fell Pipchin, "intend to take her warning, or does she not?" Miss Nipper replied from within that the person de scribed did not inhabit that part of the house, but that her name was Pipchin, and she was to be found in the housekeeper's room. "You saucy baggage!" retorted Mrs. Pipchin, rat tling at the handle of the door. "Go along with you this minute. Pack up your things directly! How dare you talk in this way to a gentlewoman who has seen better days?" To which Miss Nipper rejoined from her castle, that she pitied the better days that had seen Mrs. Pipchin; and that for her part she considered the worst days in the year to be about that lady's mark, except that they were much too good for her. " But you needn't trouble yourself to make a noise at my door," said Susan Nipper, "nor t o contaminate the key-hole with your eye, I'm packi ng up and going you may take your affidavit. The Dowager expressed her lively satisfaction at this intelligence, and with some general opinions upon young hussies as a race, and especially upon their de• merits after being spoiled by Miss Dombey, withdrew to prepare the Nipper's wages. Susa n t h en bestirred herself to get her trunks in order, that she might take an immediate and dignified departure; sobbing heartily all the time, as she thought of Florence. Susan Nipper is soon afterwards conveyed away in a hackney-coach, escorted, at the request of Flo rence, by Mr. Toots. Previously, however, to her departure from London to her brother's at Essex, Mies Nipper is hospitably entertained at the chambers of Mr. Toots, where she is introduced to the Game Chicken, recently discomfitted in single combat with the Larkey Boy:his visage being in such a state of dilapidation as to he hardly presentable in society with comfort to the beholders :. The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having bad the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed. But it ap peared from the published records of that great contest that the Larkey Boy had had it all his own way from the beginning, and that the Chicken had been tapped, and bunged, and had received pepper, and had been made groggy, and had come up piping, and had endured a complication of similar strange inconveniences, until he had been gone into and finished. At the coach-office Mr. Toots pops his head in al the coach-window : "I say, Susan! Miss Dombey, you know—" " Yes, Sir.". "Do you think she could —you know—eh?" "I beg your pardon, Mr. Toots," said Susan, "but I don't hear yon." "Do you think she could be brought, you know-- not exactly at once, but in time —in a long time—to— to love me, you know! There!" said poor Mr. T oo t s . " Oh, dear no!" returned Susan, shaking her head. " I should say, never. Ne—ver!" Thank'ee!" said Mr. Twits. " It's of no conse quence. Go )d night. It's of no consequence, thank'ec! ' Chapter the forty-fifth tells of the interview between "The Trusty Agent" and Mrs. Dotnbey. The aim of Carker's slyness is here disclosed more palpably. DOLMAN. Not a single paper from the old contributors—from Mr. Keegan, Mr.Jerningh am, Mr. Buckingham, or the rest—is contained in th e number for November. Even the editor has lap se d i nto silence, excepting in the compilation of " C a th o li c Intelligence," where he takes occasion to commend in a few earnest words the glorious social and p o l i ti ca l reforms adventured upon by Pope Pius. An American writer, in the first article, commences a series o f " I r i s h G leanings, " and imparts to a familiar th eme something like an air of novelty, seeing that Flibernia is there regarded as i t appeared to an United States' man. " The Mixed Marriage" is rather an induction to a story than a story itself—the pith of th e narrat i ve b e i ng reserved for December. This induction, however, is smartly told, an d i n a new manner, being the conversations of the occupants of a railway carriage. " The Adventures of a Schoolboy," by a Convert, is an odd passage of autobiography, which will be pleasant reading even t h o e f N a larger u m e isg growth. But e a ded , t , h T e hbest Catho licity con tributiontocioldfrEeinnnglish Poetry." It is a graceful effusion. THE METiroPoLITAN MAGAZINE. Pleasant stories and scraps of versification are, as usual, the principal contents of the Metropolitan. Among the poetical contributors Mrs. Crawford is the most prominent, and among the tales the best are "Geraldine O'Donnell" and " The Unfounded Sus picion," The editor of the magazine embellishes its pages with a brief ,, but suggestiv e p a p er on "2Esthe tical Criticism. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. The navigation laws and the education question are again discussed, with an ability which must render the articles agreeable reading even to those who are sated with the numerous arguments penned and spoken upon both themes. The revival of Pro testantism in France, and the travels of Wilson and Tischendorti in the East will be perused with interest by the Nonconformists. MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISII E ENTERTAINMENTS (Prom the Liverpool Mercury.) THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.-1110 cele brated vocalist, Mr. Wilson, who stand s unr i v all e d as an ill us t rator of Scottish song, gave one of his entertainments at the Concert Hall, on Saturday evening last. Tte attendance on the occasion was both numerous and highly respectable. Mr. Wilson was in excellent voice, and all his efforts afforded unbounded satisfaction to the audience. His recital of Burn's popular and admirable poem of " Tam O'Shanter," was a most striking and agreeable feature in the evening's entertainments, and was greeted with loud bursts of applause. During the interval between the first and second parts, Mr. John Smith said, a most pleasing task devolved upon him; Mr. Wilson had, as they were all aware, performed his slat la and they had now a duty to perform. He expressed his gratification at seeing so large an attendance, and after mentioning the good tendency of such enter tainments, be said, in contrast to the busy world out of doors, the enjoyment they received there by those entertainments was a refreshing sunshine by which they felt relieved after the depressing business of the day. Their friend Mr. Wilson, who had delighted them so much, had given his services on that occasion in corn pliment, and in furtherance of the objects of that in stitution, having come down from London for the express purpose. They had with them one of their best end oldest friends, Mr. Rathbone, also several distinguished strangers from the colony of Prince Edward's Island, including the Hon. J. Pope, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Mr. E. Palmer, who had come there, as well as themselves, to enjoy the sunshine. Be concluded a very excellent speech by moving the thanks of the company to Mr. Wilson, for his handsome services on the present occasion, which was immediately carried by acclamation. The Hon. Mr. Pope expressed the high gratification which , had been afforded him, more particularly as he was a stranger amongst them. He was glad to see such entertainments provided for the people, as they were those means whereby individuals, as well as families, were enabled to enjoy amusement of a rational cha racter, combined with instruction. Those who at tended would, he had no doubt, go home better hus bands and better wives. He had been much struck with the moral tendency of the songs introduced, which was alike creditable to tha vocalist, and those concerned in the management of the con certs.—(Applause.) Mr. Wilson then made his appearance, and was received with three hearty rounds of applause, at the close of which Mr. J. Smith announced to him the vote of thanks which had been passed for his liberal conduct that evening, and the gratification he had at all times afforded by his vocal efforts. Mr. 'Wilson said that in reference to the gratifyi ng i n f ormation Mr. Smith had communicated to him, he begged to assure them that it afforded him the highest pleasure on all occa sions to be in that room. He often met assemblies higher in rank, but he never came before those who could better appreciate the efforts of the poet or the singer than those he was in the habit of meeting in that hall. He always looked forward to his coming there as a day of sunshine, which afforded him the high es t pleasure. He thanked them sincerely for the mark of approbation they had given him, and concluded by assuring them of his most earnest desire for the wel fare and success of their institution.— (Loud applause.) We ought not to omit mentioning the excellent ac companiments of Mr. Jolley, a young man of great talent and unassuming manners, who showed by his performance that he was not only a fine piano -forte player, but a splendid accompany ist, and that he had a just appreciation of the poetry as well as the music he was accompanying. Mr. Wilson may congratu late himself on having such a coadjutor. THE F 0 G—N - 1131 Eli OTTS ACCI DENTS AND LOSS OF LIFE. The fog which visited the metropolis on Tuesday prevailed throughout the whole of the afternoon and night upon the river, so densely that scarcely a steam-vessel ventured either up or down the Thames after it set in. Those that were unfortunate enough to be overtaken in the fog had the greatest difficulty in getting to the piers, and one of the boats, when otf the Penitentiary, ran so far on shore that the pas sengers were obliged to get out the best way they could. A very distressing accident occurred otrßay mond's-road, near Blackfriars-bridge. A lighterman named George Rogers, having brought a barge of coals up, had succeeded in making the bead of the barge fast, :when he stepped from the craft, as he imagined, into another barge, but the fog wa s so dense that he could not see before him, and instead of jumping into the barPhe went into the water. An instant alarm was raised, but the fog was so thick that he could not be perceived in the water and he was drowned. Up to four o'clock the Cody had not been recovered. At an early hour yesterday '.morning not fewer than eleven barges and other craft were found at Westminster-bridge, scarcely one of which vsssels ought to have proceeded higher up the river than London-bridge, but these in command of them were unable to tell in what part of the stream they had got until the fog cleared off. The most re markable case of the whole occurred at Battersea bridge. A lighterman, named William Clarke, in the employment of Messrs. Barraud and Wolch, the coal-merchants of Whitefriars, hail a barge contain ing seventy-nine tons of coals, which he was taking up the river to his employer's wharf. He was over takea by the fog, and was unable to ascertain where the barge was proceeding to. At last he was alarmed by the craft stiiking against some object which turned it over. He however managed to lay hold of some piles, up which he climbed as well as he was able, when he called for assistarce. After some time he saw a number of lights burning over his head. lie then for the first time found that, instead of being at Blackfriar's-bridge, he was at Battersea-bridge. The whole of the cargo of coals was thrown into the• river, and it is surprising that Clarke himself escaped from drowning. DEPREDATIONS DURING THE FOG. —Some daring robberies were committed in different quarters of the town. In Upper Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor square, the house No. 36, furnished, but at present unoccu pied, was entered by thieves and stripped of a large van full of furniture, which was carried off in the most daring manner. About eight o'clock that even ing, however, Sergeant Barker, of the H division of police, was passing through Bell-lane, Spitalfields, where he saw a van load of goods standing, under circumstances which excited his suspicion, and having waited some time without seeing any one near it but the driver, he questioned the latter, who said that some men had hired him to bring the things from Grosvenor-street to the City, but upon arrivalth ere they had led him on to Bell-lane, and then le f t him. T3i.(lietator of Cracow, isnow giving lessons Yozk the German , French, ssleosws'srlcsi, at the New e . Louis Philippe , ex Italian, and L a tint i on ,o g i u m es a . s — te E r o v f en v ing ew P y ap o e r r k . is [A no n w d .se Dictator of France and Spa.n.] INSOLVENCY JURISDICTION OF THE NEW COUNTY Connrs.—Some of the Judges of the new County Courts have heard cases under the two systems of insolvency transferred to them by the vccut Act cf Parliament. On Tuesday Mr. Esienasse, the Judge of the County of Kent, held his first Court of Insolvency at Maidstone, where four insolvents, under the old system, were heard and dLcharp,ed. It seems that a difficulty has arisen Kith respect to protections on interim orders. The several counties are divided into districts, and Courts are hold at each district about once a mouth, and, un less the proceedings are prepared when a Court is holden no protection can be given. It has, however, been sug gested that a Judge of a county might grant a protec tion at any of the districts where ho may be sitting, and it is understood the suggestion will be acted upon. Mr. Dowse, the barrister, was retained to suppart the cases before Mr. Espinasse at Maidstone on Tuesday last. . b a n he r eLr l e r o oni f_ w i a A r j r a l yr a o a l Ylemds Cole,helist:- DEATH OF LADY FBAeCES COLE.—Her Ladyship died on Monday last, at the family residence in i i ae2 o 7d i n t ,e.si i in l 7 l s n fiBi e 4ror s s. s et . GtEo JGbI L v uu.a o cnrs w 3e. , youngest . d oa.l: e ns s ndb • It cy s swe q , snot, General daughterr heb , o , no9merr:a after whout gh o a ue f s s dt J H I The S , l E B a 4 r - 1 , and sh.e Earl and Countess of l c e o a u ve n s tes a s son o E a u n n d isk t i we en, da t u h g e ht E er as; t D h l e al c m o e u s u bu t:s y s ', d M e a u j orre-y, the Hon. Gen eral and Captain L Harris, L a dy ady Catherin e B e ll, t‘g by the dein f i a s u' e o il f ie t s hi o s f Florence Balfour, and many pla y ce e d st i e n r m da o y ur a ni much-respected n ee n te r d e of Canterburychurches peremptorily reqing that i c u li z aii t e . ls ul d ts o immediately tindersuch and spirit; in such P pia ' ce o c churches and chapels, a . s ri c d ontinue the sale of wines vaull4tasStillSattYtularodtai'nir f a u n tu . r i e l : n , be let t to . r i also requesting that the any periony. ietor, . .. ' P V r l. c . ) i - 1 .t - Liverpool, which e Nv 7 i n c e : t ‘ o ‘ e.r a d s av‘ n n.i o tti t km o rtl r he- t ee, r tilt ul ' i a l ol t -13 h a e tnfi m ek i li d tor li k e of the . day of Saturday. About a folio column of the particulars here published in the Observer before six o'clock on Sundly morning. In the Observer also were given the eol.t, nts of the French journals of Saturday, with the latest Bourse prices, and the Belgian Funds. Persons chss . rotis of first-rate Political information, as well as the earliest news, are recommended to read the Observer, which is published on Sunday morning at six o'clock. Also an , dition wi h the Mamas, best adapted for the country and Lbroad, on Monday afternoon at four o'clock. made an order by which Mr. Dyce Sombre is allowed have wed to the full We un !erstAnd that the Lord Chancell or, without superseding the comm:s,ion of lunacy, has use and enjoyment of the whole of his large income, after deducting the 4, 000 /. a y ear to be paid to Mrs. S n - brc tinder her marriage settlement ; and Dyce ~ , ,U. making provision for the dichar in of incumbrancee. go Mr. Ojec Sombre is also to reside or out of t h e sjuris diction of the court, as he thinks fit. The British and North American R oya l M a il steam-ship, Acadia, Harrison, sails from Li ver p oo l t hi s day, for Halifax and Boston, with the usu al mails and a full complement of passengers. 1