The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

1 SECONDARIES' --(THIS DAY.) CLARKE V. OREATOREX. The plaintiff in this action is - a sharebroker, and the defendant is a gentleman residing in the country. The action was brought to recover the balance of an account for some shares in the Cambrian Junction Railway. The plaintiff's solicitor said that the balance claimed in the declaration was 6/. 10s., but since the action was brought he had sent up 61, and promised to pay the rest. There would, therefore, be no necessity to go into the 'natter. The SECONDARY said the same evidence was required to prove the 10s. as 10/., unless plaintiff cho-R to take nominal damages. A witness was then called. who proved that the shares Was bough t for the defendant u t 311., but had been re sold for 211. Defendant had paid some part on account. The jury gave a verdict for 10s. HART v. BOROLDY. The pl a i nt iff in this action is a wine merchant in the City, and the defendant an attorney, at Sunderland. The action was brought to recover the sum of 200/., for money lent, and 231. for goods sold. It appeared by the evidence that the defendant, having been a bankrupt, the plaintiff was induced to assist him With an acceptance for 2001. at four months' date, defendant promising to take it up, and also to deposit a policy o f insurance on his life b y way of security. The policy was forwarded, but it W ea ascertained that it had dropped for some months. Defendant also got wine to the amount of 231., and when the bill became due in November the defendant did not take it up, and it was paid by the plaintiff. The jury gave a verdict for 200/. and interest, and 231. for goods sold. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. CURIOUS CASE OF IDENTITY.—Francis Edward Col ker, a respectable-looking young man, aged nineteen, described as a "clerk,"' was charged with having stolen four bank-notes of the value of 401., and four sovereigns, from a drawer in the house of his employer, Mr. E. H. Woods, a solicitor, carrying on business at No. 12, Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane. Mr. Clarks° a and Mr. Parnell were for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Parry for the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that the prisoner had been in his service for nine years, in the capacity of a clerk, and that he received a salary of eight shillings a week. The money was deposited in a drawer, and between Friday, the 18th of December, anti Tuesday, the 22d, was abstracted. The prisoner was related to a friend of his, and he touk him into his ser vice out of kindness. On Tuesday, the 22d, the prisoner was directed to accompany his clerk, Mr. Walters, to the Judge's Chambers. He was most likely there from half-past 11 till 12 o'clock. He returned to the office at half-past 12 or 1 o'clock, very flurried. He directed him immediately to proceed to the Bankruptcy Court in a cab, which he did, in company with Mr. Walters. The drawer had been opened and the money taken, and on calling the attention of those in his service to the fact, and asking who h a d ro bb e d hi m , th e pr i soner agree d with him in supposing that a person named Morley had committed the theft, and Morley was accordingly instantly dismissed. A riche for 20/. was uhown to the witness, and he stated that the endorsement, though not the name of the prisoner, was in his handwriting. Mr. Isaac Samuels, a shopman in the service of Mr. Hyam, the extensive tailor of Gracechurch-street, de posed that between half-past eleven o'clock and half-past twelve o'clock on the 22d of December, the prisoner, ac companied by two females, purchased a coat, a waistcoat, and a pair of trousers, for which he tendered a 20/. note in payment, which he endorsed, and received 161. and some silver in change, through the hands of the cashier. He afterwards identified the prisoner at Bow• street. Cross-examined—The prisoner was not pointed out to him when he identified him. It was not so late as half past twelve o'clock when he came ; it was most likely about twelve o'clock. He was in the shop about half an hour and five minutes. Me took the clothes away with him, The RECORDER—Do you send vans about the streets with bills on them ? Witness—We have none, my Lord. Mr. PARRY—Have you a poet? Witness—We have.—(Laughter.) The REcoRDER•—Do you use the poet in more capa cities than one ? Does he cut out ?—(Roars of laughter.) Witness—l do not know ;he may for aught I know. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—He and others in the shop had a good deal of joking with the females, who were very merry, but the prisoner appeared dull. They joked with the young men in the shop, and were de cidedly females of that class with whom one might joke. —(Laughter.) He was quite positive that the prisoner was the man who came on the day in question. Mr. Levy, the cashier, proved receiving the note. He bad no recollection of the prisoner. Mr. Barker, a clerk in:the London Joint-Stock Bank, proved that the note was paid into that bank by Messrs. Mr. E A. Bushell, a clerk in the Bank of England produced the note, which had been received at the bank and cancelled. Pocock, a constable of the F division, said he took the prisoner into custody on the 31st of December. He could not find any person bearing the name endorsed on the note. He found 2s. 2, d. on the prisoner. Samuels indentified him in the Bow-street Pollee-court, without any interference by him. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PARRY, in addressing the jury on behalf of the prisoner, stated that he only received Bs. a week from the prosecutor for his services. He did not cast blame on Mr. Wood for this, but he could not help sayingthat a person receiving such a stipend and who was trusted, as the prisoner was by Mr. Woods with large sums of money, was exposed to great temptation. If he had purchased clothes, it might reasonably be presumed that he intended to wear them. Now, nothing of the kind had been shown. Then, again, the prisoner was an uninformed young man, and if the writing of youths similarly situated were placed by the side of the indorsement, there would be found great simi larity. The prisoner had not the key of the drawer in his possession, and yet it was most likely opened with a key, but from the Friday until the Tuesday Mr. Woods had not looked into it. Then two women were stated to have accompanied the person who made the purchase at 11 3 am's ; supposing the prisoner was so accompanied, it was hardly possible that he would stop there half an• hour, rush out of the shop, leaving the articles with the women, and hurry to Chaneery•lane. At least such a statement was perfectly iucensistent with the evidence of the prosecutor himself, But he should show them that he was at the Judges' Chambers at the very time. The Learned Caunsel then called the following witness to prove an alibi. Mr. Jaw, who stated he had been the managing clerk of Mr. Farrell, a solicitor, of New-street, Red Lion. square, for three years, depo se d t h at on t h e 22d of Decemberl he attended the Judges' Chambers, in Roll's gardens, to answer a summons in a case called Brown v .Applegate. The prisoner attended on the other side, and was there from a quarter past eleven till twenty minutes past twelve, when they went before the judge, where they remained a few minutes. After paying the prisoner 17s. 6d. he and the prisoner left. When be saw him at a quarter past eleven be appeared to have been waiting. The prisoner did not leave the whole time, if he had, he should have left also. He had no doubt about the prisoner. In cross-examination by Mr. PARNELL, he stated that be was the mana g i ng clerk of a Mr. Wells, of Wil mington-square, for three years before he went to Mr. Farrell. He left him when he Mr. PARRY said h e had witnesses p i b n us a i t n t e e s n s cianee to speak to the prisoner's character, but, after the testi mony h of the last witnes s , h e thought it unnecessary to call tem. Mr. I'ARNELL having replied, The the pri RECORDER summed up, and the jury acquitted sorer. be on The the Ist of sessions then February terminated. Th e next sittings will SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) Catherine Montgomery, aged 50, was indicted for stealing a sheet and a shirt from the house of Mr. Ed ward Gee, in the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, on the 4th of the month. It appeared that the prisoner entered the house of the prosecutor during his absence, when only a number of young children were present, and touk the property away, in order to provide food, as she was in a state of destitution. • She was found Guilty, but, being strongly recom mended to mercy, she was sentenced to three months' ireprrisonta en t. henry Thomas, aged 21, was indicted for stealing a watch and several other articles from the house of a person named Terry, where he was lodging. Caroline Terry, the wife of the prosecutor, stated that the prisoner had been lodging at her house for six or seven week s , and left on the 18th December last, and on Christmas day the articles were missed from a drawer in her bed- room. She swore to the articles which w ere produced. Several other witnesses identified different portions of the property stolen. Policeman 70 B, deposed that ho took the boots pro- enced off the feet of the. prisoner at Lambeth PAlice- Nina. They had been sworn to by one of the previous witnesses. Witness produced a. pocket book and three dnplicates which he had found at the prisoner's lodg,eings in Westminster. These related to articles mi:sed by the pro4.ecutor. The jury found him Guilty. Sentence deferred, to ascertain his former character. 11'm. Macdonald, aged 16, was indicted for staling threepence-halfpenny from Jones Purser, on the 4th 41 the month. The parties were both paupers in South wark Workhouse. Guilty.—Sentence, 21 days' solitary confinement, and a whipping. William Turner, alias Swain, ag . ed 19, was charged with stealing a quantity of wood from Mr. Sharp, or Lambeth, on the 10th December. Policeman P 293, stated that he had been ordered to watch the back premises of Mr. Sharp on the 19Ih of December, in company with another person. They saw the prisoner approach the paling of the grounds with a truck. He went straight to the wood-house, and re • turned repeatedly with wood, until the truck was full. When stopped, the reply he gave was that be was going with his load to a widow woman, by whom it was ordered. By subsequent inquiries, witness learnt(' that he had been selling much wood in the neighbourhood. Thomas Hallum, gardener to Mr. Sharp, identified the wood. The prisoner alleged that be had bought the wood of a person in the employment of Mr. Grimsdale, the builder. _ Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, seven years' transporta. tion. Margaret Ann Griffiths, aged 18, was charge with stealing a pair of boots, and a great number o d f other articles, the property of Samuel Briggs.: Sarah Briggs, the 'wife of the prosecutor, stated the prisoner had been helping her to remove from one lodg ing to another, and on examining her boxes she found that three of them had been opened, and that the arti cles specified in the indictment were missing. The pro perty was found in the possession of the prisoner. The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy.—She was sentenced tolsix months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Charles Montague Webb, aged 19, was indicted for stealing a purse and three shillings, the property of William Parrett, on the 10th of December last. Eliza Parrett, the daughter of the prosecutor, deposed to the prisoner's presence at her father's on the day the purse was lost. He had been in the habit of coming there as a friend, and they expected him to stop for tea, but he suddenly left, and bad never returned. The purse was mi-sed as soon as he had gone. Mrs. Parrett, the wife of the prosecutor, confirmed this evidence. The constable, who apprehended the prisoner, deposed to a partial confession made at the police court. The prisoner asserted that distress had driven him to the offence ; bat there was another indictment against him for stealing nine gowns from Mr. Gibbons, of New ington, to which he had pleaded guilty.—He was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment at Brixton, with hard labour. Per Ma. to sir.f:the offal. I%P At per stone, by the Carcase. ..... • ••• • 129 •• 16 •••••• ••• 0 ,„ ▪ 03i • 51 0 0 I ...... , ..... , '' / 0000000 140 ••• ••• .•• ••• ....... ....... •• ••••• •• • ••• ..... 1 . ..... p •• . . .. •• •• ..... ...... ~ .r / 44 fi SY /i /1 1 3Y SO IS I 0 te b" e°B 150 ...? 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The Pork trade was heavy, at late rates. Milch Cows were dull at from IG/ to 18/ each, including their small Calf. d. In ferior Beasts. ... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 o to 4 2 Second quality ditto. 3 6 . 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 P . rhile large Oxen.. 3 8 310 S out hd own Wetlic. 410 5 0 I rime Scots .. ••- • 4 0 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs ...... 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 410 Small Porkers .... 4 8 410 Suckliii; Calves .. 18 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs .. 16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 310 Lambs . ..... 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pi"' 567 2,690 102 250 . arEIATGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a very dull trade on the following terms : s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. Beef, inferior...—. 2 8 210 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 --- middling •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 3 8 4 --- prime large .. 3 4 3 6 prime .... 4 2 4 6 prime small .. 3 6 3 8 , Pork, 3 8 4 4 jeal '• ••••••• • • • • • 3 8 4 8 small Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The show of Hops here to-day was so - newhat larger than for some time past, hence the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state ; yet the quotations weie mostly supported. The following were the current rates :—Sus sox pockets 31 12s to 41 Gs ; Weald of Kent pockets, 41 to 418 s; Mid and East Kent pockets, 415 s to 61 6s. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1847. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY). David Belasco (nephew to the prize fighter of that name) was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with creating a dist urbarce at the Lyceum Theatre, and assaulting Carter, the constable of the theatre. The complainant stated that at about ten o'clock last night he was sent for to the pit, where he found the pri soner standing on a bench, and obstructing the view of several persons who were behind him. Being pulled down by some one who was standing near him, he got up again. Witness pulled him off, and he got up agai❑ a second and a third time. When witnNs was pulling him down for the third time he struck him a very vio lent blow on the eye, which caused him (witness) to stagger back against the partition at the back of the pit. Witness, with the assistance of two policemen, took him into custody. The prisoner was sober. Mr. Henry Keeley (brother to the lessee), said that he was at the back of the pit, and saw the whole trans action. He saw the prisoner pulled down three times ; he saw him giye the blow, and when he was taken into custody, followed witness to the station. The prisoner admitted that be was pulled down, but denied that he had struck the complainant. He might have pushed him. Mr. HENRY fined him 51, or in default sentenced him to imprisonment tor one month. The fine was paid. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) John Hayward, a powerful looking young fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Seeker, charged with forcing his way into the gallery of the Surrey Theatre, and assaulting John Gardener, the check-taker. Complainant, who exhibited a wound in his forehead, said that last evening, shortly after eleven o'clock, the prisoner endeavoured to force his way past the check taker's bar. Witness asked him for his check, when he pushed him aside, and forced his way into the gallery. lie endeavoured to eject him, but he found him too powerful for him, and in the scuffle the prisoner kicked him in the forehead. Finding he could not get him out of the theatre, he called in a police-constable and gave him into custody. 'Witness informed the Magistrate that the prisoner was one of a gang of young ruffians who were in the habit of creating rows outside the gallery almost every night, and it was impossible to keep them away. Prisoner exclaimed that witness assaulted him first, or he should not have pushed him down. Mr. SECKER—Had you paid for admission into the theatre ? Prisoner—No, Sir, I had not ; but I thought I should like to see the finish of the pantomime. Mr. SECKER—You had no right to force your way into the theatre without first paying for admission. I shall fine you 203. for the assault, or twenty-one days' imprisonment, and require you to find bail for your future good behaviour. In default of paying the fine the prisoner was com mitted to prison. WORSHIP STREET.-(THIS DAY Charles Cook, a potboy, in the service of Mr. David Smith, landlord, of the Brown Bear public-house, Wor ship-street, was charged with stealing divers quantities of gin. Mr. Smith deposed that he had from time to time lost a large quantity of gin. Upon inquiry of the servant girl, the latter told her mistress that it was the potboy who had been helping himself most bountifully from the large cask, by means of a knife which he contrived to place between the bung and the hole thereof. Mary Hodglcinson said she saw the prisoner, a day or two since, go to the said cask with a quart and a pint pot and fill them in the way above described. She ought to have told her mistress of it at the time but did not like to do so. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say in his defence, contented himself Kith merely saying that the last witne , s had herself drunk the gin. Mr. BINGHAM remanded thz - prisoner, to give time for further inquiry, as it was probable something else might be found out, other persons, doubtlessly, being engaged with the prisoner in this abominable system of plunder. CLE RKEN WELL.-(T HIS DAY). George Riley, an errand-boy in the service of Mr. Drewitt, a jewellsr and goldsmith, in Hatton-garden, was brought before Mr. Combo, charged with having stoltn a large quantity of rubies, pearls, and turquoises, and other precious stones, the property of Mr. William Ilazzell, a jeweller, carrying on business at No. 24, Gloucester -street, Clerkenwell. Mr. Hazz , ,ll stated that the prisoner came t , ) his place of business yesterday evening, about five o'clock, to get some work, with which the witness had been entrusted by the prisoner's master, for the purpose of finishing. It was in another room next to that in which the pri soner was, and, having gone in for it, on his return he perceived that one of the drawers in which he kept the more valuable description of stones was partly open, and a number of turquoises scattered on the ground, The prisoner appeared very much alarmed when he per ceived that the state of the drawer was observed, and said he would go away and come back again in about ten minutes. The witness, however, detained him, and, upon searching him, found in his pockets two small boxes, containing between three hundred and four hun dred of the above description of stones, which he recog nised as his property, and which had been safe in the drawer some short time before ; and also a valuable chrystal-handled gold seal, which it was subsequently discovered the prisoner had stolen the day before from ' Mr. Couch, another jeweller, residing on Clerke nwe ll• green. The prisoner at fir s t denied having stolen any thing, and said tt:e seal was his own, but acknowledged the truth when he was taken into custody by the police man. Mr. Couch said that the prisoner came to his shop the day before yeSto.day with some work from Mr. Dre%itt, and soon after his departure the seal was missed, but suspicion never rested upon him until the constable brought it to the shop this morning, as he bad been in the habit of often coming to the place en errands before. The prisoner, who said he had no defence to make to the charge, was fully committed for trial upon both charges. Ills father applied to have him liberated on bail, but . _ Mr. COMBS said, as it was evident the prisoner had availed himself of his situation, which afforded him ac cess to places where much valuable property was kept, to plunder wherever he found an opportunity, he could not think of granting the application. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR, J. M. MORGAN.—By letters received from Italy, we deeply regret to find that this gentleman has, in his progress through that penin sula, been impeded by an attack of paralysis. at Flo rence. Mr. Morgan has long been honourably known by his benevolent exertions in favour of association upon Christian principles, and his recent visitation will be a cause of earnest sorrow to the many thousands whose sympathy towards himself has been:already excited by his laborious and philanthropic exertions. DEATH OF COMMODORE DANIEL PRING.—We re gret to announce the death of Commodore Daniel Piing, of the West India, Halifax, and North American sta tions. This gallant officer died on board the receiving ship Imaum, 72, at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 29th of November last. His remains were interred in the burial-ground of the parish church of St. Andrew, at Kinpton. Comme,dore Piing served as mitishipman on board the Russell, at Copenhagen, in 1801. He was lieutenant in command of the Paz, schooner, in the second attack on Buenos Ayres, in 1807. As commander he was actively employed on the lakes in Canada, and on the death of Captain Downie he succeeded to the command of the flotilla in the attack on the American squadron at Plattsburg, where he was captured. His captain's Commission is dated September 19, 1815. He was appointed to the West India station on the 16th September, 1844. MAGAZINES, ETC.-(CONTINUED.) TAIT'S MAGAZINE. A comprehensive review is taken in Tait for January of what is called, in an expressive but hackneyed phrase, " the political hemisphere." Our opinions are altogether at variance with those of the writer, in regarding the Parliamentary labours of re formation as completed. Our legislators will have something more to do than to abolish old or impose new taxes. The system of taxation, undoubtedly, , requires the most remarkable revision, but the atten tion of the hereditary and representative senators will he engaged by questions of still greater importance. It is a gigantic fallacy to imagine, that in the abro gation of the corn-laws the Constitution is purged of its discrepancies. Even in the scanty enumeration of matters demanding the interference of the Govern ment, which is given in this article, there is, surely, ample material for the constructive sagacity of Par liament. Education is the theme of a social agitation which clamours for the interposition of our law makers. Ireland is a field sufficiently extensive to occupy the wisdom of a national Legislature. The landed interest affords scope for a thousand beneficent innovations. The currency would repay the un divided investigation of an entire session. Beyond this the sanatory condition of the people is a subject imperatively crying out for the efforts of the two Houses. Never, perhaps, was so much work definitely mapped out for the deliberations and decisions of the Lords and Commons. Nor is the multitude apathetic about the future conduct of the Members at St. Stephen's. The destruction of monopoly by the glorious mea sures of Sir Robert Peel has only whetted the appe tite of the community for further relaxations of laws which should be obsolete. Civilisation is too pro gressive to admit of any indolence on the part of an enfranchised nation like Great Britain. Men cannot tarry now in renovating the political and social state of the empire. We are in the right groove—to ad vance is a necessity, to retrograde is an impossibility. Let there be no carping, therefore, as to the convene tional habits or the arbitrary denomination of a Mi nistry. The people are the supreme tribunal in hu man legislation, as was decisively acknowledged by the acts and the speeches of the past session. 1846 proved that whenever the national will shall be mani fested beyond any gainsaying, the dictates of that will must thenceforth be obeyed by the Deliberative, and the Administrative. It appears to us that Tait does not sufficiently bear in recollection the fact that Party is not only virtually, but actually destroyed. " The strong party," the Conservative party, was scattered to the winds by the conversion of the late Prime Minister to the doctrines of Liberalism, viz., the doc trines of free trade. The Opposition party, the Whig party was almost simultaneously destroyed. It can never be forgotten that Lord John Russell, while forming his administration, actually made overtures to his predecessor for the continuance in office, under his direction, of Lord Lincoln and other members of the retiring Cabinet. The Tory party was defunct in the very conception of Conservatism. The Radical party is so mingled with the Liberal party, that it is like the solution of the problem of Sphinx to indi cate the precise point in which they have merged into each other. Even the Protectionist party lack the source of all unity in being but indefinitely sup plied with a head, insomuch, that it would be difficult to decide whether Lord Stanley, or the Duke of Richmond, or Lord George Bentinck is the actual leader of that forlorn hope, or whether Mr. Disraeli, by reason of his superior intellect, should not be corninated in the House of Commons the Gonfalonier of Proeection. Indeed, this wholesale disseverance of party- ties has not been restricted to Westminster, but has found its corresponding confusion in the councils of Conciliation Hall. It were superfluous, however, to insist further upon a matter which i 5 ostensible to the most superficial speculator in the futurity of political progress, and it were equally superfluous to do more than simply deny the assertion of Tait, that no preparation has been made in the registration courts for the approach ing general election. Preparation has been made and is making in the registration courts and else where, and, above all, the popular mind is mellowed upon all the prominent questions of the day. Candidates may in certain snug boroughs be " packed, ticketed, and forwarded for election," as the writer of the article anticipates, but among the mass of electors mongering in votes is. not so practicable now-a-days. In Manchester, for example, such candidates as Mr. Bright and Lord Lincoln a t iat d e ,adi orff:oaflps taihtryt e i i parties hustings, ns will stand before- the enfranchised citizens upon merits,nau or : e f t lei our n t ns their eetoi longer inn than nnpTeedbrxiysi existence. sit n tnhe a en l tcheci.hs. imaginaryal schpteeerer by the prestige of individual thatseveralhe sustainedadr deductions dc rather which fills us with amazement, and the falsify o those deductions arises from the shallowness of the premises. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder contributes an agreeable paper, descriptive of " A Visit to Auch Melvich." The sketching is so vivid as to render a perusal of the article almost tantamount to a visit to that little township of Sutherland. Next is a mas terly chapter upon the " Life and Correspon dence of John Foster," written in the most brilliant manner of that brilliant and subtle critic, George Gilfillan. In commenting upon the anomalies of the departed essayist the writer has plombed the depths of that dismal but confiding scepticism which blurred the faith of Foster with a gloom nearly synonymous with misanthropy and not far removed from despair. As he beautifully ex presses it, the tremendous doubts which oppress him (Foster) have forced themselves into the sphere of his soul, and hang there as if sustained by the power of some dark enchantment." Of the pas sionate devotion of the great essayist to Nature, Mr. Gilfillan speaks thus : " From man, thus too utterly bare before him, he turns away, with a deep pensive joy, to Nature, feeling . that she is true, w ere a ll e l se untrue—that s h e i s beau tiful, were all else deformed —that she stands innocent and erect, though her tenant h as f a ll en — an d, like a child in his mother's ar ms , d oes h e repose, regaining oldillusions, and recalling long- d e p ar t e d d reams o f joy. There is something to us peculiarly tender and pathetic in Foster's love of Nature. It is not so much an admi ration as it is a passionate and perpetual longing. It is not a worship, but a love. He throws his being into Nre ture. It is as if he felt his heart budding in the spring trees, his pulse heating high in the midnight t em p es t and in the ocean billow, his soul shooting up, like living fire, into Snowdon, as he gazes upon it; or we might almost imagine him the di v or c e d spirit of some lovely scene, yearning and panting after renewed communion, gazing himself away' into the bosom of Nature again, white the murmuring of streams, and the song of breezes, and the waving of pines , were singing of these strange nuptials, the soft epithalamium. He engages in mystic converse with the Creation. He seeks for mean ings in her mighty countenance, which are not always revealed to him. He asks her awful and unanswered questions. He seerr s to cry out to the river, ' What meanest thou, thou eloquent babbler, wilt thou never speak plain, wilt thou never shape me any distinct utterance, from the vague and soft tumults of thine everlasting song?'--to the rocks and mountains,' Will ye never reveal those secrets of an elder day, which are piled up in your massive walls; to your solemn hiero glyphics shall there never arrive the key?' but to add, in stern resignation, Be it so, then; retain your tre mendous silence, or utter on your inarticulate sounds; better these than the jargon, the laughter, and the blas phemies of the reptile and miscreant race of man; to you, my dumb kindred, I am nearer and dearer than to those that so speak.'" The author of "The Gallery of Literary Portraits" continues by observing that Foster goes forth in the realms of nature, and, in the agonies of his " tre mendous doubt," propounds to the mountains and the heavens " the infinite question," expecting from them in return " the infinite answer." Yet, he continues, " Though he is fond of questioning Nature, and loves her old and solemn harmonies, he is no Fine ear' to catch that subtler speech, that fairy music, that lan guage within language,' that angelic strain, which stem few purge d and prepared spirits, who can the 'bird lan guage fully tell, and that which roses say so well,' hear, or seem to hear, in the ru s tl e o f th e l eaves awa k en ed ai midnight from their dreams of God —in the great psalm of the autumn blastv—in the sweet self talk of the love-sick sunnier waves—in the blue smile of the sky—nau. in the hudi of the evening, and the stammering sparkle of the stars. To these low and silvery whispers, piercing the clash of all common /and terrific sounds, like the calm No of S . badrach Meshac, a nd Ab e d nego , h ea rd amidst the idolatrous symphonies and cymbals on the plain of Dura, Foster's ear is deaf as Byron's. He is aware of their existence, indeed; he listens to hear them, but they will not speak to him their profoundest tidings; he heals g y r aat grandeur, itne,r4 tumult, ireodr 7 1_a sa u %nv t de k e n t(l o i w ea ' s s n, d not e despairingl what ieving it is a tumut Love, bat not feeling, with Tennyson, that , od end lesslyisoonf thtaotneGs 'Every cloud that spreads above and veileth love itself is Love.'" Men have repeatedly mourned that Foster, writing so well, wrote so little. Hear what Mr. Gilfillan sass :in palliation of this apparent sluggishness " Foster's indolence has been often, but, we think, un justly, condemned. It ought rather to be deplored. Unfurnished with a regular training, yet furnished with an exquisitely sensitive taste, early damned to the mines' of hopeless professional toil, transferred thence to the drudgery of writing for bread—never gifted with a fluent language nor a rapid pen—what wonder that he found composition an ungracious task, or that he shrank from it with a growing and deepening disgust? Our surprise is that he wrote so much, and not that he wrote so little. Latterly, but for an overwhelming sense of duty, he would not have written at all. If we saw a giant, whose arms had been cut off, moving in impotent the spgethetalicilseVeeldningsuferhagmmuetnitlsa,tewdhmo i w g o h u t ld sa n t ot , w os e t e e p r at sea his desk." An article on " Ireland d an her present Necessities," by J. O'Connell, M.P., will be read more extensively than any of the other contributions ; and it deserves to be so read for three reasons, first from the distin guished position of its author among the practical patriots of Ireland ; secondly, from the eminent im portance of the subject at this moment; and thirdly, from the many rational arguments and convincing facts contained in the paper. It is to be continued in the following number. There is a very silly article by a very clever man, headed " Notes on 'Walter Savage Landon" One little sentence in it, however, is de lightfully facetious—it is worthy of Charles Lamb. The writer is speakingof an author who has penned "a vast array of works," but who has never been read by any living being. There is the pile of volumes — never opened. " That was awful," he says : " such a sleep of pages by thousands in one eternal darkness, never to be visited by light ; such a rare immunity from the vlianies of misconstruction; such a Sabbath from the impertinencies of critics 1' Otherwise the paper by Thomas De Quincey is sad trash, sad bi gotry, sad distortion of truth. A copious analytical review of the second series of "Lord Campbell's Lives of the English Lord Chancellors," and a va riety of miscellaneous contributions, complete an excellent number of this excellent publication. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part V. By Albert Smith. illustrated by Leech The present number opens with an account of the Journey: of Mr. Gudge to Liverpool, where he meets Hockey and Christopher, and where he takes the latter into his service as a page, having previously agreed with Sir Frederick to bring him up in igno rance of his origin, in consideration of the receipt of 25/. a-year. The story then returns to Dr. Aston : " He had only one thing to vex him—the Parthenon did not flourish so well as he wished. The excitement caused by its inauguration had been but a tide that floated it temporarily, and now it was in danger of gradually settling down into the mud of inutility; which as the member of an ill-regulated mind, Mr. Saunders, declared was a shame, inasmuch as he had not received half enough amusement for his subscription. He didn't want knowledge, he said, he went in for fun. " But the knowledge diffused there was of a very dreamy character —mere Brummagen ' learning ; by which, however, none could be deceived, except the pos sessors. Whatever the subjects of the lectures were (and variety was an object in the selection) there were the same vacant faces, looking with the same fishy stare into the lecturer's countenance. And the owners of the dull faces heard one night a lecture on astronomy, and next week one on mathematics, which drove all they had heard about astronomy out of their heads, just as one pellet in a pop-gun driv es ou t ano th e r. Then came some foggy subject, which, as it had no meaning at all—at least that the lecturer knew ,of--could not impart any very great deal of useful knowledge. Next others on dyeing and ealendering—unknown islands in the South Seas, and their political relations,--smoke—Japanese forest trees—and the like ; as well as pages cut from funny works and pasted in a copy- book, which were col lectively called lectures on the comic writers of the day. But the whole syllabus promised to be as useful to the members, as the cheap books in the boxes outside brokers' shops, labelled All at 3d.!' consisting chiefly of old Court Guides and odd volumes of unsuccessful novels, are to the world in general. " Yet there were many good young men who made a point of never missing a single lecture—always sitting in the same place and never smiling, except when the lec turer to enliven his subject made some small witticism—or jokelet, as Mr. Saunders called it—to enliven his subject with; which to them, for want of contrast or compari son, appeared a masterpiece of wit ; really witty lec turers not being understood, or condemned, by Mr. Bullies as trivial," childish,' or 'superficial.' Others assisted their memories by taking down incoherent pas sages in little note-books, in a handwriting which would of itself have been sufficiently unintelligible if they had ever again referred to it, n hich they didn't and never meant to do—having with it all some confused idea that the process they were undergoing improved their minds,' though not exactly knowing how it could— sitting out wearying lectures with a perseverance worthy of a better cause—applauding old truisms heard for the thousandth time, or lis:ening with eager interest to facts which had not the slightest relation to them, and never would have, whilst they forgot them immediately, of course. And at last, when they came out each even ing with their brains filled up like dust-holes with all the odds and ends, rubbish and broken pieces and chips of cheap knowledge, retreading the same path day after .lay—month after month—in the dull obstinate infatua tion that they were speeding on the road to knowledge, when they were, in Let, only blundering about amongst the dust and sweepings on its edge. " As for the library, it contained but few scientific works: and those were generally full of superseded systems or useless theories—being mostly presenta tions.' For one of the uses of the library appeared to be h —that ha , s by, ving prese w n o ti r n the g l ti s i s em books toth l)ng about e i parthenon th , their to save the trouble while they noblysacrificed the profit, of selling them for waste paper. " The few really useful books the Parthenon possessed were seldom, if ever, taken down from the shelves; while the staple stock—t he novels and romances—were so torn, worn, and dirtied with constant use, that each volume became a sort of Bottle Imp; useful only so long as the member holding it for the time could pass it on to another, and so on, until it came to the unfortunate last borrower, in whose hanels it dropped to pieces and subjected him to the penalty of destroying the property of the Parthenon—whose huge broad seal was stamped in printing ink on the centre of all the engravings, and on all the blank spaces at the ends of chapters. " There were classes, too; but those for which no extra fee was required were on the system of mutual instruction; which may be defined as that of teaching nothing without a master. The course pursued appeared to be—that a number of persons ignorant of a particular branch of literature or science assembled once a week for the purpose of instructing one another. "And yet, with all this, to hear the speeches delivered as the meetings by persons who, pretending to entertain the most profound regard for t he institution and its ob jects—(Mr. Saunders said its greatest objects' were the members, with Mr. Buflies at the head of them)—never came near it, except for the purpose of displaying their own rhetoric, one would have thought the institution a Cradle of Learning, a Nursery of Science, and a perfect Shrubbery of trees of Knowledge. But the trees were of that kind that would not bear transplanting." The Parthenon is a failure, and Dr. Aston takes back all " the curiosities " which he had presented to the temple of learning, and returns them to his own surgery, much to the annoyance of his aged house keeper, Mrs. Grittles. The Doctor is sent for to attend the wife of Luddy, who is about to add a unit to the census, and who, with her husband and Hickory, occupies a small cottage near the Salt town. " The chief occupation of a country doctor resembles that of a railway guard, whose business lies in ushering people e o , n au to d th a e ss p is la ti t u fo g rm th a e tmthea s easily as com m e n ceme nt he from it at n ay g its terminus, with the exception that he h as o a f u a away from no control over return tickets. But during this j ourne y on the line of life he can attend to them at its different s tations; try to obviate an y complaints; and, above see that the luggage they carry with them is care fully looked after, and in a safe condition." himself by assist ing Hickory s at in th getting up the amusing b a ttle of Navarino, Whilst he ie e, until his services shall be required by M rs. Ludd y, Gudge arrives with Christopher, and having ascer tained from Dr. Aston that he perfectly reco llects all the circumstances att en di ng Christopher's birth, he sets off with the chill for London. Taking advan tage of Gudge's absence, Sprouts has invited Bessy Payne and Miss Twitt s an d the Jolly Ma n to tea at Gudge's chambers. Th e J o lly a bottle of gin and some tobacco, and the mirt t getting "fast and furious " when Gudge by. o r m s s in upon the astonished company, ejects theTsf r servic: chambers, and dismisses Sprout from l into a having done which he and Christopher g et villa. This man brings with h him . 13rompton omnibus to return to Gu dge's d e is veryadmi nistration is very good), graphic (Leech's illustration, too, drollest affairs number is full of fun. The description of the and Sprouts's party is one of the tnaginable. ---------- I. THE KNIGHT OF G WYNN& No • XII By Charles Lever. Perhaps this number is the most excellent that has hitherto appeared. The description of the burning of Newgate, and the escape of Freney of the_ Harry h Lorre- quer. Then again the highwayman, is written in the most brilliant st yle comm o tion caused at Miss Fumbally's, which is capitali i llustrated y by " Phix gives us a scene that is quite extra vagant in sister of the drol lery. Miss Daly p roves a worthy inimi table Baganel. The best chapter, tbe lev however, eeoftb i n ntbenthe p rese nt number is one relating to Commander-in-Chief his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The interview between the Knight and the Duke is so cleverly detailed, that we herewith transfer it to our columns :-- ~ A co nsiderable time elapsed_ before L or d C ast l e. reag h with the K n i g ht following, had Entered the room. ... I t i s against the positive orders of his Royal High ness, my Lord,' said an aide-de-camp, barring the passage; ' none but field officers, , and in full uniform, are received by bis Royal Highness. "Lord Castlereagh w hispered something, and en deavoured to move on , but again th e other interposed, saying, ' lndeed, my Lord, I 'm deeply gr i eved at it, but I cannot—l dare not transgress my orders.' ~ The Duke, who had group, b een soddenly engaged u tuprnetdo, this momen t conversing with a perceiving that the presentations were not followed up, gn said, ' Well, gentleme n, I atia waiting; Then recoi- sing Lord Castlereag h, he .adde d, g a il y, 'Another time, my Lord, another tim e ; this morning belongs to the service, and the colour of your coat excludes you.' I ask your Royal Hi g h ness's pardon,' sa id L or d Castlereagh, in a tone of great deference, while he made the apology an excuse for advancing a step. into the room, ' I have but just left the Council, and was anxious Highness's sug gestions to inform you, that our Royal have been fully ado pted.' " ' Indeed! is that the case,' said the Du ke , • han elated look,' while he drew his Lordship into w ith of a window. The intelligence to judge rom tl t ae e l; e u c k e e s ' s s expression, must have been both importantand satisfac tory for he looked intensely eager and pleased by t . And so,' said he aloud, ' they reall have urns. mined on Egypt? Well, my Lord, yh e the best tidings I've heard for many Save brought "' And like all bearers of good dispatche a s - ' : said Lord Castlereagh, catching up the tone of the Duke, 'I refer a claim to your Royal Highness's patronag e.' P " ' If you look for Chelsea, my Lord, you are just five minutes too late. Old Sir Harry B I • ' e naour has just got it. "' I could have named as old d an per haps a not less distinguished soldier to your Royal Highnes s w ith this additional claim, a claim I must say, your ' Royal jrg h i • ness never disregards—' " 4 That he has been unfortunate with the unlucky,' said the Duke, laughing, end good-naturedly alluding to his own failure in the expedition to the Netherlands ; ' but who is your friend ?' " ' The Knight, of Gwynne ; an Irish gentleman—' " 6 One of your late supporters, eh, Castlereagh V said the Duke, laughing. lirnv came ho to be forgotten till this hour, or did you pass him a bill of gratitude, payable at nine months after dute ?' " No, my Lord Duke, he was an opponent ; he was -a man that I never could buy, when his influence and power were such_ as to make the price of his own di 3- tating. Since that day, fortune has changed with him.' " And what do you want with him, now ?' said the Duke, while his - eyes twinkled with a sly malice, 'are you imitating the man that bowed down before the statues of Hercules and Apollo at Rome, not knowing when the time of those fellows might come up again ? Is that your game ?' " Not exactly, your Royal Highness, but I really feel some scruples cf conscience, that, having assisted so many unworthy candidates to pensions and peerages, I should have done nothing for the most upright man I met in Ireland.' " ' If we could make him a Commissary-General,' said the Duke, laughing, ' the qualities you speak of would be of service just now—there never were such a set of ras cals as we have got in that department ! But come, what can we do with him ? What's his rank in the army ? where did he serve ?' " ' If I dare present him to your Royal Highness, with out a uniform,' said Lord Castlereagh, hesitatingly, 6 he could answer these queries better than I can.' " ' Oh ! by Jove ! it is too late for scruples now—in troduce him at once.' _ _ . " Lord Castlereagh waited for no more formal permis sion, but hastening to the ante-chamber,-took Darcy's hand, and led him forward. " If I don't mistake, Sir,' said the Duke, as the old man raised his head after a deep and courteous saluta tion, this is not the first time we have met—am I correct in calling you Colonel Darcy ?' The Knight bowed low in acquiescence. "' The same officer who raised the 28th Light Dra goons, known as 'Darcy's Light Horse ?" The Knight bowed once more. " A very proud officer, in command,' said the Duke, turning to Lord Castlereagh with a stern expression on his features ; ' a Colonel, who threatened a Prince of the Blood with arrest, for breach of duty.' " He had good reason, your Royal Highness, to be proud,' said the Knight, firmly ; first, to have a Prince to serve under his command ; and secondly, to have held that station and character in the service, to have ren dered so unbecoming a threat pardonable.' " And who said it was ?' replied the Duke, hastily. " ' Your Royal Highness has just done so. " How do you mean ?' " I mean, my Lord Duke,' said Darcy, with a calm and unmoved look, that your Royal Highness would never have recurred to the theme to one humbled as I am, if you had not forgiven it.' " As freely, as I trust, you forgive me, Colonel Darcy,' said the Duke, grasping his hand and shaking it with warmth. ' Now, for my part, what can I do for you? what do you wish ?' "‘ I can scarcely ask your Royal Highness, I find that some kit,d friend has already applied in my behalf—l could not have presumed, old and useless as I am, to pre fer a claim myself.' "' There's your own regiment vacant,' said the Duke, musing. 'No, by Jove ! I remember Lord Nctherby asking me for it the other day, for some relative of his own—Taylor, is the Colonelcy of the 28th promised ?' " Your Royal Highness signed it yesterday.' " I feared as much; who is it? perhaps he'd ex change.' " Colonel Maurice Darcy, your Highness, unattached.. " What, have I been doing good by stealth? Is this really so!' "' If it be, your Royal Highness,' said Darcy, smiling, I can assure you that the officer promoted will not ex change.' " The depot is at Gosport, your Royal Highness,' said Taylor, iu reply to a question from the Duke. " Well, statio❑ it in Ireland; Colonel Darcy may prefer it,' said the Duke; for, as the regiment forms part of the expedition to Egypt, the depot need not be moved for some time to come.' " Your Royal highness can increase the favour, by only one concession, dare I ask it? To permit me to take the command on service.' " The Duke gazed with astonishment at the old man, and gradually his expression became one of deep interest, as he said, " Colonel Darcy could claim as a right what I feel so proud to accord him as a favour. Make a note of that, Taylor,' said the Duke, raising his voice so as to be heard through the room, 'Colonel Darcy to take tho command on service at his own special request. Yes, gentlemen,' added he, louder, these are times when the exigencies of the service demand alike the energy of youth, and the experience of age; it is, indeed, a happy conjuncture that finds them united. My Lord Castle reagh and Colonel Darcy, are you disengaged for Wed nesday?' " They both bowed respectfully. Then on Wednesday I'll have some of your brother officers to meet you, Colonel. Now, Taylor, let us get through our list.' "So saying, the Duke bowed graciously, and Lord ' Castlereagh and the Knight retired, each too full of pleasure to utter a word as as he went." If the serial be conducted to its conclusion with un flagging ability, " The Knight of Gwynne" will be the most admirable among the many admirable fictions of Mr. Lever. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. This is an admirable sixpenny worth of fun. The illustrations by Phiz, Meadows, Hine, Thomas, &c., are capital ! and as the engineers for the amalgama tion of the broad gauge of Fancy with the narrow gauge of Fact into the Grand General Amusement Junction, Albert Smith and Angus Reach beat the Brunels and the Stephensons hollow. To the Man in the Moon is due the credit of having given to the world— " THE VERY WORST RIDDLE EVER MADE. " Why was Queen Elizabeth a greater person than Shakspere? " Because Shakspere was a wonder (one der), but Queen Elizabeth was a Tudor (two der). " N.B. You are humbly requested to suppress your indignation." Verily the Man in the Moon is greater than either ; for if Shakspeare was a won-der, he, as the receiver of this atrocity, is, as far as word pressing is con cerned, at the very least .a ten-der. Here is some thing else in the punning style not quite so bad There is a Quaker gentleman residing at Clapham, who is so averse to capital punishment, that he cannot be persuaded to wear suspenders to his inexpressiblea." And here is an article which, although it appears in the guise of a jest, bath matter in it, and goes to the root of abuses legal and social. It is to make use of the Carlyle slang " most suggestive" : " 4 TUE BOGY COMMISSION. " On a recent trial, at the Central Criminal Court, a very pretty little girl, aged apparently about eleven, was put into the witness-box. The offence with which the prisoner was charged was grave, and the credibility of the witnesses was of great importance. The judge wished to ascertain whether the little lady ' understood the nature of an oath.' So the following dialogue passed between him in the horsehair wig, and her in the shining ringlets:— " My dear, do you say your prayers?' " ' Yes, sir, erery morning and every night.' " Suppose you tell a story, what will become of you?' " Old Bogy will have me, sir.' " Let her be sworn,' said the judge; and sworn she was; and, thanks to her evidence, a very ill-looking gentleman is at this moment wheeling a barrow in Nor folk Island. But her answers set the judge thinking, and the result has been a commission to inquire into the Bogy Religion, as held by the childish mind. A few extracts from the replies of the witnesses examined by the commission may be interesting to mothers in general, who may not be aware how widely the faith in 13;)gy is spread, or how earnestly it is enforced by missionaries in the disguise of nurzery• maids. " Emily Rudd examined—ls eight years old. has heard of Bogy. Never saw him, and hopes she never shall. Was told all about him by Jane, the maid, that let in the man that stole the plate. Jane used to tell her of him every night. Jane used always to threaten her with Bogy when she could not go to sleep. Jane said Bogy had red-hot claws, and scratched all the flesh off little girls who did not go to sleep, or told tales to their papas or mammas. Believes Bogy sits in the coal cellar, to be ready when he is wanted. Once heard him roaring on the stairs, and then she had a fit. " Charles Twits examined—Was five last birthday. Has heard of Bogy, but does not care for the Bogy in his papa's house half so much as he does for Bogy at grandmamma's, he don't. That is a dreadful Bogy, grandmamma's is. Never saw him, but saw the grating of the window, down in the well, where he is. Thought he saw•his horns come out one day when he threw a stone down the well. Never threvr any more stones, and is afraid to walk in the garden. Don't want to talk about it. Margaret Macdowell examined—Thinks she is six. Has heard of Bogy, but has not been naughty for a long time, and don't 'know why she is spoken to about him. If she is to speak about him, begs she may be taken up and nursed. (The rest of this witness's answer was given en whispers.) Bogy is a great, horrid, naked, black man, who is chained in the cellar, to chop up little children into sausages. Believes a little cousin of hers was chopped up for telling a fib. " Katherine Earnshaw examined—ls seven. There was a Bogy in the barn when she was with her aunt in Yorkshire. One night, when she had pinched the ser vant, she was taken into the dark barn for Bogy to see her. Screamed dreadfally, but they made belt°. They took her to the end of the barn, and called Bogy, and in a moment she saw two dreadful eyes, all fire, looking at her, and two great wings stretched out. Bogy began to hiss at her, and Sarah said that in another minute he would have torn her all to pieces, only she was taken away. Her aunt, when she heard of it, laughed, and told her it was only the owl, but Sarah said, upstairs, that it was a dreadful Bogy, and that he would certainly have her aunt for laughing. She cried dreadfully when they put her to bed, and wouldn't g o a g ain to her aunt's, not for all the world. Mary Jane Howard, examined—ls seven and three quarters. There is no Bogy in her mamma's house; but Ann, the nurse, took her into the churchyard once, and made her look into the vaults under the church. Look ing through the window, she saw thousands of coffins, and something else, too dreadful to tell. If she must tell, it was a dead person who had been drowned. Could not bear to look at the face, but Ann told her there was a Bogy, with flaming eyes, walking about the vaults, and that he would fetch her and tie her to the dead person, if she told about Ann leaving her and going and walking with the soldier. Never did tell. Never liked to go to church after she was shown that sight. llrr mamma never frightened her, she is too kind." The Man in the Moon is one of the most pleasant companions for the fireside, or for a railway trip, that has ever tendered his services to a laughter-loving public. THE PATRICIAN. In the present number of the Patrician we have the commencement of a series of articles on " the deaths of the Sovereigns of England," and the deaths and burial places of the English monarchs, from William the Conquerer to Henry 111. are described. It is not often that we find a political article in the Patrician, in the present number, however, there is a short but ably written paper on the " Constitutional value of the British Aristocracy," in which the aris tocracy of Britain is compared with the asistocracies of the various continental nations, and with the aristo cracy of the United States ; for, notwithstanding all Brother Jonathan's democratic boastings, he has an aristocracy, and one, that of all aristocracies, is the least entitled to respect—the aristocracy of the money bags. A resume of the " Trial of Capt. Donellan for the murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton is "the curious trial" given this month, and it would certainly have been better that the trial should have been given at greater length. Not one word appears about Donel lan's experiments in distilling laurel water (the basis of which is prussic acid), and which is the poison supposed to have been used on this occasion ; and many points alluded to in the summing up of the judge, which is given pretty fully, are not given at all in the evidence. The idea of giving a series of " curious trials connected with the aristocracy " is excellent, but the evidence should in all cases be given at length, so that the reader may be enabled to review the decision of the jury. From the.„'!;Frag ments of Family History " we extract the *Mowing account of the Fulteney Guinea : " Pulteney, the great leader of the Opposition, after wards Earl of Bath, having, in one of his speeches, made a Latin quotation, was corrected by Sir Robert Walpole, who offered to wager a guinea on the inaccu racy of the lines. The bet was accepted, the classic referred to, and Pulteney being found to be right, the Minister threw the guinea across the table, which Pul teney, as he took it up, called the House to witness, was the first guinea of the public money he had ever put into his pocket. The very coin thus lost and won is still preserved, as the Pulteney guinea,' in the British Museum." THE BANKERS'. MAGAZINE. The present number opens with a very elaborate article on Sir Robert Peel's currency principle, as tested by the experience of 1845, which may be considered as a continuation of the series of articles on Mr. Tooke's theory of the currency which have appeared in this magazine. We have , more over, biographical sketches of the late Mr. Alsager and of the late Mr. P. M. Stewart, in addition to the usual banking intelligence of the month. UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The article of the greatest permanent value in the present number of the United Service is the conti nuation of the " History of the Seikhs and the Pun jaub." We hope that when the publication of this history in the magazine shall be concluded, the pro prietors will re-publish it in a separate form. It is by far the best work on the Punjaub that has yet appeared. We have also in this number a well written history of Texas up to the period of the battle of San Jacinto in 1836, which is likewise an article of permanent value. In the way of fiction we have the commencement of the " Confessions of a Pirate," which reads like one of Eugene Sue's earlier novels, and the continuation of " Guard-room Sto ries." There is also an admirable review of " Thiers' Consulate and Empire," and several other excellent articles. This is an admirable number of the United Service. PROPOSED EM I.LOYMENT OF CONVICTS IN THE SUGAR-GROWING COLONIES. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Craig's-court, Charing-cross, London, Dec. 27, 1546. Sin,—The evils undtr which the colonists of Van Diemen's Land suffer, through convicts being sent there, and the hopeless state of debasement of the convicts themselves, are by far too serious to be allowed to remain without considerable exertion being made to remedy them. It is an accepted opinion that the chief preven tion of crime is regular occupation ; and although it is reported that Government are about to adopt some measures to create a demand for the labour of the con victs, it also appears to me that such is not absolutely required. During the last Parliament my attention was drawn to several subjects then under discussion ; and it oc• curred to me much good might be accomplished if convict labour was, in future, transferred to our sugar growing colonies in the West Indies. After having, maturely considered this question, in its different bear ings, I ventured to address Earl Grey thereon ; and I now beg to forward you a copy of my letter to his Lord ship, as also the reply with which I have been honoured. You will perceive my proposal embraces five objects, viz.:- Ist. To supply labour to our sugar-growing colonies in the West Indies. 2d. To extend education in those colonies, not only to the convicts, but generally. 3d. That whilst the convict is undergoing hit sen tence, and made to labour haul, he shall be encouraged by kind treatment—such as diminished labour, improved food, and classification—to conduct himself weld, and thereby become a changed man ; and also, at the expi ration of his period of servitude (which, by exemplary conduct might be considerably reduced), he would be come entitled to a share in the accumulated fund, set aside out of his own earnings, which would be of suffi cient amount to enable him, for the future, to gain an honest livelihood. 4th. To relieve the colonists of Van Diemen's Land from the burden of the convicts. sth. To diminish very considerably the expenditure of the country, by saving the cost of transport to, and the support of the convicts in, the colony of Van Diemen's Land, which now amounts to from 200,0001. to 300,0001. per annum. The Government are pledged to assist the planters in finding labourers, to extend education, and to improve the condition of those who may have fallen under the penalties of the law. For the purpose of more fully developing my pro position, I have, at considerable labour, compiled tables, and other statements, which, if called for, I intended to have laid before the Government. These I am now about to submit to the West India Committee ; and I also intend to make an appeal on the subject to various noblemen and others, eminent for their unwearied ex ertions for the moral improvement of the condition of their less fortunate fellow-creatures. It may be proper for me to add, that whilst the planters would be saved the immense expense of the transit of Coolies to and from the several colonies (301. each for from two to three years' service, in addition to their wages, &c.), my plan would not interfere with the current rate of wages in the colonies, as I propose that of the convicts shall be the same as the free labourer ; the only difference being, that the wages of the former shall be appropriated by the Government, and that, too, almost wholly for their benefit. I also have good reason to believe, that unless the planters signify it to be their desire, no steps will be taken by the Government on this important question. You are at full liberty to make what use you please of these papers ; and should 3ou desire it, I shall have much pleasure in placing in your hands the details of [ny proposition. I am, Sir, your mast obedient servant, JAMES WINDOW. Craig's -court, London, 13th October, 1846. My Lord,—l trust that the great importance of the subject of the supply of labour to the Nest Indian Colonies may justify me in submitting to your Lord ship's attention the following propositions, which, if carried out, would, I conceive, not only most materially benefit the West India interest, but would facilitate the prosecution of other objects which her Majesty's Government are believed to have in contemplation. It has been admitted by Lord Stanley, and confirmed by other high authorities, that although the greatest care must be taken in the procurement of labourers from the coast of Africa, the Colonist must be afforded increased facilities in this respect without delay. It appears to me, that by the application of convict labour, under well considered regulations, the object in view might most effectually and promptly be aided ; and the sole question I humbly conceive the Government will have to decide is, whether such great numbers of disso lute persons (whilst undergoing punishment) may be safely allowed to go comparatively free. That the whites are qualified to labour under a tro pical sun has already been proved by the employment, by Government, of convicts at the Bermudas. The security of the persons and the property of residents, as also the safe custody of the convicts, would be amply guaranteed by the present existing local police (aided by the military), which I understand was much increased and improved at the time of the emancipation of the slaves. In the first instance, the number of convicts in each colony would bo inconsiderable—only increasing gra. dually; and care would have to be taken that the num ber proportion of convicts supplied should be in to t h e number of troops and police 'employed in each _colony. Were it necessary to prove further the efficacyof white labour, reference could be had to a communication_from the late Sir Herbert Taylo r, addressed to the Colonial Office ''during the reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, by which it will be found that a planter of some importance, resident in the island of St. Christopher's, employed white labour there three years prior to the Emancipation Act. _ In this instance, whilst the work by those free labour ers was found to be far more effective than that of the black population, by a wise precaution pursued in appor tioning the hours of labour, the casualties by sickness and death were by no means great. I may also acquaint your Lordship that, in the yeae 1835, a company was projected for the employment of white labour in Jamaica; and although, from some cause, it was not carried out, the inclosed advertisement, which appeared in the newspapers of that period, will show you the names of influential persons, being large proprietors of West India estates, who had agreed to lend their sancti on , an d a d vance their capital, by taking an active part in its affairs. Among other benefits and profits calculated upon by them, I am assured that white labour over blacks was considered as 35 to 48 in favour of tke former. I would beg to suggest the appointment of variou officers (perhaps half pay officers) to the several colonies, to superintend the arrival of the convicts, their allot ment to proprietors of estates, &c. These Aims should. I humbly conceive, be the medium of adjusting all differences between the em ployers and the convicts. To guarantee a fair adminis tratioti of their duties, rewards, and punishments, they should be perfectly free from all Other local control, except that of the Governor e,f the colony ; and even then, except in cases of emergency, they should act solely under instructions from the Colonial-office. On receiving their appointment, they should declare that they had no interest in the colony to which they were to proceed. The planters who hire the convicts should enter into written engagements to pay the current rate of wages— to house, feed, and clothe the convicts, and be respon sible, under some fixed penalty, for their safe custody. Your Lordship will thus perceive that I do not pro pose to interfere with free labour. With regard to the appropriation of the wages of convicts, I would suggest as follows :—That the first year's produce should go in repayment to Government, for the expense of passage, &c., to the colony. That the salaries of the officers should be paid from the earnings of future years, and the balance be divided into three equal parts, viz.:- Ist. To form sick and disabled funds. 2d. To form a general education fund for the colony in which the labour is given. 3d. The balance, not less than one-third, to be paid over to an officer of Government, to be invested in the Savings' Bank, at compound interest, for the benefit of the convict, on the termination of his sentence, or, in case of his death, to his legal representative. There would have to be a variety of arrangements for the safe custody of the convicts, their treatment, hours of labour; and also for the nature and amount of re wards and punishments for good or bad conduct, and their education—which latter must be enforced on all convicts. To act as a stimulant to ind us t ry an d goo d con d uc t, it would be advisable to adopt a generous mode of treat ment of the convict; and where the Government have lands, in addition to the share of earnings of the con victs, it might be further desirable to give them small allotments at the term of their punishment. This might also be curtailed, and, during their servitude, for good conduct, the hours of labour might be reduced, and they might be supplied with a better quality of food. Besides the very large, immediate, gradual, and con tinual supply of labour to the colonies, the progressive improvement of the convicts, through the education they would receive, and means that would be afforded them of obtaining an honest livelihood at the e4iration of their sentence (which, being residents, would be some counterpoise to the black population), and the providing a general fund for educational purposes in those parts of her Majesty's dominions, there would accrue an immense saving, equal I believe, to upwards of 200,0001. per annum, in the transmission of convicts and their sub sistence in Van Diemen's Land; and the Government would have it in their p ,wer to relieve, hereafter, the colonists there, who have been loudly complaining of the miseries attendant upon its being generally used as a penal settlement. Should it be determined to carry the plan I now beg to offer into full operation, the funds derivable therefrom would, in a few years, amount to 100,0001. per annum: to prove which I have made some calculations. These, and other details, I shall be happy to lay before your Lordship.—l have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) JAMES WINDOW. To the Right Ron. Earl Grey, &c., &c. Craig':•court, London, October 21, 1846. My Lord,—Referring to the letter I did myself the hcnour of addressing to your Lordship on the 13th inst., suggesting the expediency of convict lab, , ur being in future supplied to the sugar-growing colonies in tlie West Indies, a fact pregnant with importance relating thereto has since come to my knowledge fully corrobo rating the statement relative to the employment of white labour in St. Kitt's. I refer to the fact of a vast number of English labourers having been employed in the forma don of the Jamaica railways, amongst whom very few casualties have arisen. This can be easily verified, and might assist your Lordship's judgment when deliberating on the whole question. lam quite aware many p:iilanthropists would object to convicts being sent out to a tropical climate, on the plea of injury to their constiiicions; which, however, fuund to be futile, from the communication I now take tte liberty of making to your Lordship. I have the honour tote,&c., (Signed) JAMES WINDOW. To the Hight Honourable Earl Grey, &c., &c. Colonial-office, 291) Oct., IS4G, Sir,—l am directed by Earl Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your communications of the 13th and 21st inst., recommending the employment of convict labour in the West Indies. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) To James Window, Esq. B. HAWES. TO THEiEDI7'OR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am very - anxious to correct a mistake in your report from the Croydon Petty Sessions of Saturday last, which appeared in your paper of Monday, the 4th. The mistake I complain of is the following passage:— " It may be necessary to explain that Mr. Oldfield was one of the executors of the late Mr. Cobbett." I beg to say that Jcsse Oldfield was my father's shopman, but is not an executor of his will.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. COBBETT. Queen's Prison, 7th Jan., 1847. [We have omitted the latter portion of Mr. Cobbett's letter, and likewise the postscript. If Mr. Cobbett will re-peruse what he has written, he will, as a lawyer, at once perceive our reason.—ED. Sun.] THE CHOLERA IN THE EAST. TREBISONDE, DEC. 7, 1846.—The cholera is pursuing its march towards Europe. We have received accounts from Tabriz to the 24th of November, by which we learn that the scourge had ceased in that city. During eight days no case had been declared. The disease had carried its ravages to Choi, Makou, and l3ajasid. This last city, of which the population had been several times decimated by the plague, is situated on the Turkish ter ritory, adjoining the Persian and Russian frontiers, to the south of Mount Ararat. Thus the cholera is ap proaching the Black Sea by the road taken by the caravans, whilst it ascends, in another direction, the banks of the Euphrates and the Tigris, shaping its course towards Syria. Europe, therefore, is menaced on two sides. Notwithstanding the intense cold which prevails in Aserbeidjan, and on the table lands of Turkish Armenia, the scourge has extended thither. Neither the elevation of a town nor the cold appears to destroy the terrible epidemic. An English physician who has long resided in Persia states in a letter to me that no town in that country, with a population exceeding ten thousand souls, has been spared by the cholera, with the exception of those of Salinas and Urmia, which are situated on the Turkish frontier. When spreading from Mesched, where the disease first broke out, towards the west and south, it sppsared to have passed over several vast districts, leav ing behind it several populous towns, but at a later period the malady always returned, and desolated the localities which it bad hitherto spared. The population of Tabriz, which counted 125,000 souls, is now reduced to 100,000. More than 15,000 perished, and all the foreign merchants have quitted. it. Our letters from Tabriz further state that a deputation from the Nestorians of Djulamerk, with the Bishop Marlin at their head, had arrived at Urruia, on their way to Teheran to implore the protection of the Shah of Persia. The entire population of Djulamerk, which fled from the swords of the liurtle, have abandoned the furkish territory, and settled in the fertile plain of LTrmia, in the midst of a colony of the same religion. More than three hundred families have already arrived there, and have experienced the greatest hospitality from the American missionaries, particularly Mr. Per kins, who is much beloved by the Nestorians. Those Christian mountaineers prefer the oppression, at least systematic, of the. Persian Sirdars to the anarchy and pillage which prev.ils in K, - .rdist•in. The Paella of Mossoul has himself deciatk d that he found it impos ,ilde to protect them against the sanguinary excesses of he Kurds. FAILURE OF AN Ex-M.P.—Mr. Andrew White, who a few years ago was Member of Parliament for Sunderland, has suspended payment, and his furniture and effects at his re.idynce, at Frederick Ludgo, in Sun derlend, and Tunstall Lodge, iu ar that town, are now in c , urse of sale by auction, under a deed of mortgage. Mr. White is the principal partner in \Vhitwell and Croxdale collieries, and held a large amount of shipping property et Sunderland, where he wes considered toler ably wealthy. In 1835, he allowed himself to be drawn greatly into the political agitations of the " Liberals," and was a chief actor in setting up the municipal corpo ration in Sunderland, which was afterwards legalised by the Corporation Amendment Act. At the general elec tion in 1837, he became a candidate for the borough of Sunderland, and only succeeded in the object of his ambition by a few votes over the second " Liberal can didate. Mr. White declined in popular favour during the Parliament for which he sat, and . he retired from the honours of the senate at t he dissolution of 1841. He bas interfered very little in public affairs , and gradually re political agitation. lie is a magistrate for cthept outborough of of Sunderland, and a deputy-lieutenant and a magistrate for the county of Durham. Th e bank ruptcy of his brother and partner, Richard White, took place two or three weeks ago. s w e e w h ra a l d ex th p e er p im lea en su ts re vi o i f th w t i h tn e e se ss GUN COTTON, Tow, AND SAWDUST.—On Wed nesdayLa:iyw c a li f t eQuarr yrnoon explo sive compounds, tEe result of which, ingat, we think, fully warrants the opinion that, as agents for blasting pur poses, they are likely, in a great measure, soon to supersede common gunpowder. The first experiment rifts on an immense mass of granite, into which a two inch bore had been made. The rock was charged with about 22 ounces of gun cotton, as prepared by Mr. Campb.ll, druggist, Argyle-street, and on being fired the result was mc,st surprising, nearly 70 tons of the metal being brought down by the shock. To have effected a similar result with gunpowder, we are in timmed, would have regain d 181bs. or 201bs. weight. The superiority of this preparation for blasting was tar-. thee illustrated in the smoothness of the faces of the pieces of rock which had been separated. A smaller quantity of the gun tow was next tried upon a square piece of stone, about one ten weight. The bore which was a little one, was made in the centre of the metal, and the effect of the blast was so equal as to divide the tone into four parts, all of which were as smooth on the ,arface which : had been operated upon as if wrought with the chisel. Mr. Campbell superintended the expe riments, and the effects were such as even to surprise the workmen connected with the quari7.—Glasgow Chroniole. - 16 1 4 -. 51 -- 15 P