The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

VEN ING EDITION. • SPLENDID STAG HUNT. CAPTURE OF THE STAG IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. WATCHET, OCT. 17, 1840.—This peaceful village presented a most unusual scene of btistle and animation yesterday evening, by the entrance of nearly 200 horse men, dashing through the town at full speed. The " Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds" met in the morning, by appointment, at Cotherstone Park, the seat of T. Esdale, Esq., where a numerous field ct" sportsmen. from all parts of Devon and Somerset (about 400 horsemen) assembled, amongst whom were Colonel Tynte, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Hon. N. Feilowes, Messrs. Luttrell, Colonel Luttrell, Messrs. Esdale, Captains Maher, Harvey, Beadon, Bernard, Messrs. Collins, Butt, Gillam, Poole, Gillet, Coles, the Rev. S. Smith, and several masters of packs, &c. &c. On the tufters being thrown in to Bagbro' Plan tations, no less than ten or twelve forresters were roused, most of them hinds ; one splendid stag was seen to break over Cockereoombe, upon which the hounds were laid ; they rattled through extensive co vers, descending into the open country for several miles ; he turned towards the Bristol Channel, into which, at Tincyford, he plunged in gallant style, the hounds close upon Ftim. For some time he was visible from the shore, steering straight for the Steep Holmes ; but a breeze having sprung up at the turn of the tide, it being low water and a heavy swell, he was lost sight of. In the course of half an hour, most of the horsemen had arrived at tho beach, and various were the conjectures as to the fate of the stag, when a boat was seen to put off from Watchet ; the two leading horsemen, Captain Maher and Mr. Bull, rode along the beach to this place, about two miles, and launched a boat from a collier, ran her for nearly half a mile over the beach to the water, and with three men put off in her, and after pulling for nearly two hours, sometimes seen at the top of the water, and again lost in the trough of the sea, the object of pursuit was tallyed about two miles from the shore. On discovering his pursuers giving chase, be, for a short time, kept a head, but was at length captured, by having a running noose fixed over his antlers. For some time he made a desperate effort to get free, and would have drowned himself, but being hauled up close to the stern of the boat, and his head kept above water, was towed into Watchet, where he was bled, and received every attention. He was this morning conveyed in a cart back, to be turned out amongst his kindred, to whom he will, no doubt, give an interesting account of his adventures by field and flood. This splendid stag is upwards of five years old ; he was, by Captain Maher, christened in the market-place " Prince Albert," upon which the crowd gave three cheers for the Queen and Prince Albert.—Sherbourne Journal. Woodcocks have made their appearance rather earlier than usual, and several have been killed in this neighbourhood. A remarkably fine bird was shot on Tues d ty, in Paradise Copse, the property of Sir T. D. Ac!and. -Plymouth Journal. - SUSPECTED CASES OF POISONING CHILDREN TO OBTAIN THEIR BURIAL MONETSOITIC sensation has been caused in Stockport in consequence. of a report having been spread that one or two children had been poisoned by their parents in order to obtain the burial fees allowed by a Sick and Burial Society, of which the parents were members. An inquest has been held, which was adjourned order that the body of one of the children might be dis• interred, and an examination made to ascertain whether or not it had been poisoned. The inquest was accordingly adjourned till Tuesday, the 27th instant, and Robert and Ann Sandys were taken into custody charged with the horrid offence of poisoning their children. The general opinion is, that the children had been poisoned merely to obtain the funeral money. MR. CLOWES' ESTABLISHMENT.—And .in thus sketching Mr. Clowes himself, let me say a few words respecting the extent of his printing premises. The statement of the simple fact, that the average number of hands constantly employed in his establishment is nearly 350, must of itself convince the reader that it is one of un common magnitude. But, perhaps, the general reader will be able to form some definite ideas on the subject, when we mention that from twenty to thirty large works arc usually in the act of being printed by Mr. Clowes at one time. The average size of the works, and the extent of the impression, will be inferred from the fact, that the astounding quantity of 1,500 reams of demy, royal, and post paper, each ream consisting of 500 sheets, is printed weekly at the Stamford-street establishment. Were the paper thus printed made up into books, it would make about sixty post-octavo volumes, allowing upwards of 300 pages to each. Let any one, then, only imagine in his own mind what must be the extent and what the capabilities of an establishment which can thus issue into the world every week no fewer than sixty volumes, or ten such volumes every day. The stock of paper kept constantly on hand by Mr. Clowes is, on an average, from 6,500 to 7,000 reams. The sum he pays for ink alone, in the course of a year, varies from 1,400/. to 1,6001. The cost of the paper he consumes in the same period is estimated, in round numbers, at 100,0001. —Portraits of Public Characters, by the Author of " Random Recollections." MANCHESTER POLIC E.--The election of eighty Commissioners of Police, in place of the eighty going out of office by rotation, on the fourth Friday of the present month, commenced at the Town Hall, on Monday morning last. The meat active exertions had been made on both aides to obtain a good muster of voters in each district ; and in one instance we heard of a coach having been dis patched by the Tories, at a very early hour in the morning, to Radcliffe, to bring up three gentlemen (relatives) re siding there, to poll in one of the districts. There was " no mistake" as to the nature of the contest, which was in reality a question of Corporation and anti-Corporation, so far as regarded the feelings and wishes of the voters. So much was this the case, that every where the char tists and Radicals (so called) were seen voting for the lists of their Tcry allies, and the cry of "anti-corporator;" was repeatedly raised, in marshalling their forces. The large room was separated into three apartments by tem porary partitions ; and at the entrances or approaches to all the five rooms, persons were stationed who suffered no one to enter until they bad carefully examined the church wardens' list to sec if his name was therein. From our report of the election for five out of eight of the districts, it will be seen that the Reformers have gained the election. —lllanchesttr Guar( ins. HERT s REGISTRATION.—The total gain of - the Reform interest on the recent registration is to which 113, gained on the last, will Make 214 in the te o years' registration. We heartily wish that every county, city, and borough, may make a report so gratifying to our readers, and to the cause to which we have always given our best aid. GOOD FORTUNE.—A remarkable instance of good fortune has lately happened to a Mrs. Phelp, aged aeout eighty years, who has been dependent on parochial relief and private bounty. She has just become unex pectedly possessed of property to the amount of many thousand pounds, in consequence of the death of a rela tive, from whom she never had any expectations. The old lady, alteough extremely infirm in health, is in perfect possession of ail her mental faculties; and the use to which she has applied a portion of her newly acquired pro perty, proves that she is quite deserving of her good for tune. Her first act was to call upon the parish authori tes for an account of tl e disbursements on her behalf, from the time she first became chargeable; and on receipt of the account, she gave directions far the immediate pay ment of the full amount. On Michaelmas day last she assembled her poor relations, who, with their children, numbered 97 individuals, and distributed among them nearly 5001. She thus affords an example worthy of ge neral imitation, and another proof that sterling generosity and worth are not confined to any station in life.—Corn wall Advertiser. FRENCH COACHING.—A 2 for a French road coachman, there is no such thing in Louis Philippe's do minions, either in appeararce or practice ; but the follow ing is a faithful portrait of the person and performance of a young man who drove a coach from Boulogne to Calais, in opposition to another in which I chanced to be a passenger. He wore a blue smock. frock after the fashion of the country, but stockings oa his legs and gloves on his hands were consi dered non-necessaries. His whip was also after the manner of his country—a rude stick with a thong like Homer's bow-strings cut out of a bull's hide, and fastened to the stick by a long lead ern keeper. But all this is nothing compared with his " performance." Although the day was excessively hit be suffered his leaders to ran close up to the bind boot of the coach that had the lead, thus depriving the poor animals of the advantage of what little breeze there was. But what, even in the hands of an e.iport coachman, would have been the situation of his team on this very hilly road—l might add of his passengers— bad one of the wheel horses of the coach in advance of him fallen, and thus suddenly l stopped it Why, one or b . Jth of h i:; leaders mightl have een killed. And what bores were going, with their noses touching the other coach? The fact was , the fellow had a young w oman be side him on th e b ox, to, whom he was making the agree able; and as no Frencan can talk without the a c ti on way of more of his hands, bystrongly enforcing his argu ment, perhaps avow i ng love, e would every no w an d than place the rei ns un d er him and sit upon the m , an d t hi s w hil e d escen di ng rather steep be ha I a three-legged hors hiltc, and notwithst an di ng at wheel, no and bearing rein s , only oee pair of band reins to four horses, one dread_ f u l,y broken-kneed leader as we l l ! Nimrod" 211 the New Monthly. B RUSS ELS, OCT. 21 .—The average p r i ce o f Woeat last wet k was 211.. 12e i, ., and that of Rye 121. 45e. per hectolitre. Exportation therefore is still prohibi:ed ; the importation of Wheat, duty y l fOroeoe, k”d that of Rye, r t a o ra p ni a e ss s. a \ fe V w e King2loud. liable to a duty of 21f. 30c. per hear that the Queen intends to go days with the royal family . of F to King of Count Gustavue de Launcy is appointed by at th t e . ' go to the Hague to el.:liver to the new g the Nether lands his 3lieesty's answer to the notification of his acces sionßaron Van Zuylen Van g,2rashnocrellSyg to the throne, brought by Nyeveld. M Dronet, Secretary ta the Belgian Lega tion at London, has arrived at Brussels express, with dispatches from our Ambassador, and it is said from the Queen of England from King Leo p old. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LI FE.—The marriage o f Sir Frederick Johnstone, Bart., t o the Lady Louisa el ajen, will be solemnized by special licence, at the Earl of -raven's mansion, in Charles-stre . et, Berkeley-Square, on Sefton, • sof Craven, Satu laY next. The noble female Easton, Pitzro Goraea,., el y, Berkeley, Eseourt, Buck le y , Granfell, VoilortiabieAtB will be present at the ceremony. The and Scotland, posscssesvery largeestates in England Nrliametrasy i i i t t 'alos e in America, and has considerable Jckn Johnstone "net . He is grandson to the late Lord King of Hanover t: dy Pulteney. His Majesty the ceremony will be i 3 trustee and guardian. The Rector of Hartshor i permed by the Rev. Henry Buckley, ,ei n 4 Derbyshire, and Rural Dean of that district. - - THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. p ost Bro., 1 THE HISTOR Y OF A FLI R T. JJLL Related by HERSELF. ‘• A capital n ovel." --Weekly Chronicle. " An admirable novel."—Dispatch. " Among the best novels of its kind for many years given to the world by the English press. Easy in manner, sound in moral, and various in its display of common place and uncom mon character, the lively Louisa Vansittart's chronicle of her misdeeds thoroughly succeeds in enchaining attention, and makes up a healthy, wholesome, agreeable book. We heartily recommend it, as a genuine, useful, and interesting antidote to the long evenings of the coming winter."—Athenaeum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, G , eat Marlborough-street. MR. GRANT'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in two vols. post Bvo., handsomely bound. PORTRAITS of PUBLIC CHARAC TERSI ; or, PERSONAL SKETCHES of the MOST EMINENT MEN of the DAY. By the Author of " Random Recollections," " The Great Metropolis," &c. CONTENTS: — Royal andlllustrious Personages Artists and Actors Members of the House of Peers'Reverend Gentlemen Members of the Commons Eminent Authors, Publishers, Fashionable Individuals &c. Judicial Characters Distinguished Philanthropists Civic Functionaries Miscellaneous Characters. Old Bailey Barristers Saunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. PROMENADES INDIENNES. CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN IN DIAN MUSEUM, EGYPTIAN HALL, PIC CADILLY. This immense and curious Collection is Now Open during the Day, and brilliantly illuminated with gas in the Evening. On each evening, from Half-past Eight to Ten, there will be a splendid display of Indian Costumes, W e apons, &c., on living figures , promenading through the Rooms, with war-whoops, yells, sig nals, &c., and fully explained in a Lecture delivered by Mr. Catlin Admission One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, OCT. 23. Will be presented Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; lenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones. To eonclude with Auber's Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. _ _ . The Marquis San Carlo (Fra Diavolo), Mr. W. Harrison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. T. Bishop; Lorenzo, Mr. Binge ; Lady Alleash, Miss A. Taylor ; Zerlina, Miss Rainforth. To-morrow, the Spanish Curate, with Two in the :lorning, and the Greek Boy. On Monday, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with Fri :)iavolo. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First an, -;econd Circles, as. ; Second Price, .2.5. 6d. ; Pit, 35. ; Secon Price, b.,- Gallery, ls. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to vrnmence at Seveq o'Clock. Tklkets and place 3 for the Boxc to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at %Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season ickets may oe had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. THIS EVENING, OCT. 23, The performances will commence with a Sketch from Morton's SCHOOL OF REFORM. Lord Avondale, Mr. Baker; Tyke, Mr. Butler. After which a Burletta entitled THE CASTLE OF LIMBURG. Delaval, Mr. Balls ; Clara, Miss M. Glover. To be followed by the New Mythological Musical Drama, VENUS A VESTAL. Apollo, Miss M. Glover; Venus, Miss J. Alordaunt ; Aga peta, Mrs. 11. Beverley. After which will be rereatei a New Piece, entitled the WRITINGS OF MYGRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. Lady Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordaunt. The whole to conclude with a New Burletta, named RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones, Mr. Samuel Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. Garrick. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, ls. 6d ; Pit, le. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Dlons. MUSARD PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, OCT. 23. PART FIRST. Overture—Le Muette de Portiei—Auber. Quadrille—lrlandais—Musard. Overture—Le Dame Blanche—Boildieu. Quadrille—Lucrezia Borgia (fifth time)—Musard. First Grand Fantasia from Meyerbeer's Opera Les Huguenots—. Oboe Solo, Mons. Barret—Cornet a Pistons, Her Koenig. Romance from Halevy's Opera, " Guido et Ginevra,";,Cornet a Pistons Solo, Herr Koenig, arranged by Musard. Overture—Der Freischutz—C. M. Von Weber. PART SECOND. Overture—Guillaume Tell—Rossini. Cent Suisse—Quadrille, M S.—Solo, Cornet a Pistons, Herr K oen ig —Solo, Trombone, Mons. Dantonet—Musard. kantasia Violoncello—Mons. Pilet. Quatre Heures—Quadrille, with Variations for the Flageolet, by Mons. collinet—Musard. Valses—Brussler Spitzen—Strauss. Gail —Le Ts the Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. Doors open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at Eight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, No. 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices, 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d. Boxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on application to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten 111 Four o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whole of the evening, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. THIS EVENING, OCT. 23.—PROGRAMME. Overtures—Ruler (f the Spirits, Prometheus, Siege of Ro- chells. A Grand Fantasio from Mecerbeer's Opera, Les Huguenots. Quadrilles—Torquato TassO, La Triomphale, La Fille du Re• giment. Waltzes—Mille Fleur, Rosenblatter, Erimerung au Pisth. Duett, Ccrnet a Pistons—Mr. M'Farlanc and Mr. Keightly. Solo on the Flute, Mr. Carte. SATURDAY—SoIo on the Oboe, Mr. Malsch. Admission—Promenade, le. ; Boxes, 2s. Private Boxes, U. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant success, confirmed by houses overflowing in every part has crowned the production of the Wreck of the Royal George ; the novel Induction has met with the approval of admiring thousands, and Brunning's magnificent Diorama has been pronounced to be without equal. Last week of Ainsworth's Original Jack Sheppard. THIS EVENING, OCT. 23, Will be acted the New Nautical Drama, entitled THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. - . Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and Scenic Induction, repre• enting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca. amity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. T o c onclude with JACK SHEPPARD. Realizing all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivans. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. This highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk. The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the number, variety, and beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa cious and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arranged with the nearest possible assimilation to the natural habits of the animals. The most important additions recently received are the rare and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred Ibis, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of Cossowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine ment), &c. Tho splendid collection of Carniv . ora are fed at Four o'Clock, at which time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular powers of these forest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad vantage. Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Charity" ought to try. Readers cannot well under stand comments on a letter which they have not seen. -- • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Mrt /9 minutes alter a I Evening 22 minutes after I. the I'ublieation of the Evening Edition of 'lns SUN com menced at 20 minutes after Three. A ' gln -- -. 101 , 4.. _____ LONDON: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1840. We remember no instance hi which there was such a cordial unanimity on any topic of public in terest as on the result of the Court-martial on Cap_ tain REYNOLDS. Denunciations from all quar ters are loud against the finding of the Court, and their insolent animadversion on the evidence of some of the witnesses ; and what adds to the ge neral excitement, is the unfortunate circum stance of her MAJESTY having been ad vised to confirm such a severe sentence. the Hopes wer e enterta i ned that, consider i ng t h e into lerable p ro vocation,general character of the ac cuser, and the high testimony given by old officers to the gentlemanly and i officer-like conduct of Captain REYNOLD S ,' that his case would have net with a more favourable , consideration, at least in a quarter that ought to be uni n fl uence d e i t h er b y Lord HILL or Lord F ITZROY SOMERSL r. But the public have been grievously disappointeJ. The highest penalty has been infli cte d , and the victim of these strange proceedings must now look o the public, and the representatives of the p u bli c I , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1840. in Parliament, for redress. The Horse Guards, though fortified by the Mutiny Bill, and all the articles of war, will find these of little avail against the voice of a whole nation. Subscriptions will be raised on behalf of the sufferer ; meetings will be held, and the subject will ultimately be forced on the attention of the Legislature, in a way that will redound little to the credit of Lord HILL, or his protegee, Lord CARDIGAN. Out of evil cometh good. The whole system at the Horse Guards must undergo a scrutiny to which it has not been subjected since the days of the Duke of YORK, and means be provided for protecting brave and high-spirited• men from treat ment that the lowest menial would resent. A Correspondent, whose approbation of the per vading tone of the Foreign policy of The Sun is very gratifying to us, thinks that there is some in consistency in advocating a peace with France, and ridiculing the mission of Mr. CHARLES ATTWOOD aid his friends to Paris, seeing that their great object is likewise to maintain the amicable relations between the two countries, for which we are so zealously contending. Our Correspondent has fallen into a mistake against which we thought it unnecessary to guard the least attentive of our readers. By turning back to the few allusions we made to the ATTWOOD Mis sion, he will find that we did not find fault with it because its object was pacific—an object of which we could not but approve to that precise extent—but because it had the folly and the abject meanness to attempt to realize that object by the impeachmetit of the official conduct of her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary of State, not before the august and legi timate bar of public opinion in Great Britain, but before a foreign, and, as its members had reason to believe, a hostile tribunal. Not that we would by any means, or under any circum stances, have countenanced such an impeachment if made in England. Lord PALNIERSTON, while in office, can incur no official responsibility apart from his colleagues in the Cabinet. His error or guilt is the guilt or error of the entire Mi nistry. All his measures, before being exe cuted, must be sanctioned by his colleagues in Council, and, so approved of, are not more his than theirs. Neither the laws nor the con stitutional usages of England make anv distinc- tion between the acts of a Minister and the acts of a Cabinet, nor would it be rational or equi table that they should attempt anything of the kind. These considerations would prevent us from ap proving of any step taken by the ATTWOOD mis sion, even if we were opposed to the general policy of Lord PALMERSTON. But this we need hardly inform our Correspondent, is by no means the case, however much we may take the lead of our Ministerial Contemporaries in ardently de siring peace with France. Lord PALMER STON'S policy, from the date of his Lord ship's appointment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has obtained, with the rare exception of two measures, our unqualified and heartily ex pressed approbation. The first refers to the slow execution of the conditions of the Quadruple Treaty for the pacification of the Peninsula ; the se cond to the too sudden adoption of the Qua druple Treaty for tranquilizing the East. With the object of the Treaty of London we quarrel not ; neither do we complain of the way in which it is proposed to execute it ; but we contend that no definite step ought to have been taken unknown to France, and above all, that nothing should have been done which could by any possibility spread the horrors of war over the now fair and smiling face of Eu rope. Where the peaCe of the world is at stake, the profoundest statesmanship, consists in the cal culation of, and the making provision for, conse- quences. Moreover, although we think that Lord PAL MERSTON was too precipitate in signing the treaty of London,—seeing that M. TRIERS ex pressly denies being aware of its existence until it was actually signed—we have sufficient confidence in his Lordship's statesmanship and patriotism,:to feel no inclination to witness the usurpation of his ministerial functions by Messrs URQUHART, A TT WOOD, and. C ARGILL. These gentlemen may be influenced, for aught we know or care, by the best intentions in the world, but we feel no disposition whatever to constitute them guardians of our hon our or our safety. In carrying an impeachment of Lord PALMERSTON before M. ODILLON BARROT, Mr. CHARLES ATTWOOD placed him self in a situation to hear reproaches cast upon the proud land of his birth, which no true-hearted Eng lishman could have listened to without a breast bursting with indignation. While, therefore, we desire peace as much as Mr. ATTWOOD, we must be allowed to decline the honour of a fraternization with a mission which has so ill supported the national dignity in Paris. In offering the olive branch to France, we court no rebuffs, providing that we should not want spirit to resent them ; consequently it is impossible that we could accept a pacific co-adjutorship with Mr. ATTWJOD and his friends. Is our Correspondent satisfied? Two London Contemporaries who pretend to great knowledge of the state of parties in Scotland have for the last ten days been using every exertion to fix Dr. CHALMERS in the Divinity Chair of Glasgow ; and one of them closes a long article this morni►ig with this triumphant boast :—" Thus the last rotten plank upon which the Doctor's op ponents have ventured to place their feet is hope lessly broken beneath them. What will they d o next ?" Unfortunately the Rev. Doctor ventured on the rotten plank which the Times and the Globe prepared for him, and it has " hopelessly broken beneath him." Dr. HILL, son of Principal HILL (so long the ornament of the Church of Scotland, and the most eloquent of modern preachers) was elected on Wednesday without opposition, and, it would appear, even without the slightest allusion to the champion of the Non - IntrusioniEts. The following laconic account of the affair is thus given in a Glasgow paper of Wednesday:—"This day having been ap pointed for the election of a Professor of Theology in this College, in room of the late Rev. Dr. M'GILL, Dr. JEFFRAY moved that the Rev. Dr. ALEXANDER HILL, Minister of Dailly, should be appointed to that office, which motion was seconded by Dr. MEIKLEHAM, and, no other candidate having been proposed, Dr. HILL was declared to be duly elected." The electors were threatened with the castigation of the Uni versity Commission if they rejected Dr. cum,- MEB s, and, like men of spirit, they have despised the threat, as we confidently anticipated, and una nimously elected his opponent. There is no political news of any importance in the French journals of Wednesday. What gossip they contain in the way of general news, and their remarks upon the abdication of the QUEEN RE ' GENT of Spain, will be found under their respec tive titles in another part of The Sun. A telegra phic despatch in the Moniteur states that Queen CHRISTINA, after landing at Port Vendres, went towards Marseilles by Perpignan and Montpellier. W e fi n d no new fact respecting the Eastern question in Wed►►esday's Journals. An occasional correspondent of a Morning Contemporary states positively that on Tuesday night a confidential agent was sent off by M. THIERS to St. Peters burgh with instructions to the French Ambassador at that Court to do all in his power to effect a friendly alliance between the French and Russian Governments. The writer adds, that to detach Russia from England the French Ambassador is authorized to offer Russia very important advan tages, principally commercial. This statement is by no means improbable. To detach Russia from the other Powers has long occupied the serious thoughts of the President of the Council. But how is this to be done under existing circumstances ? The adoption by Russia of the policy of France in the East was an e as y matter in 1839, but in 1840 it is an impossibili t y. France gathers strength, e w arfeeling desire. Thi s i n a great measure is by no means subsiding although a sahste as peacetll could party in w is owing to the vast military preparations which are everywhere on foot, and which serve to fix public attention upon the ever-exciting question of war. The Constitutionnel contradicts the reported in tention of proroguing the Chambers till the 15th of November, and invokes for Ministers the support of the Deputies. Before we know exactly n hat line of policy M. TRIERS proposes to recommend to the Chambers, we cannot say what support the Cabinet is entitled to claim. M. THIERS has pledged the Government to nothing but to uphold MEHEMET ALI in Egypt, and to that extent it is indifferent to us what support he obtains. The following curious paragraph is from the Quotidienne, a Royalist journal. If true, the Cabinet has nothing to fear from the meeting of Parliament " Before the signature of the Treaty of the 15th July, the Plenipotentiaries of the Northern Courts asked Lord Palmerston if, in case the Whig Ministry were overthrown, would the Tories adopt its politics in re gard to the affairs of the East ? Lord Palmerston ab stained from replying. We now learn that several Peers of England, delegates from the Carlton Club, have verbally given the answer to Prince Metternich, at Marienbad, in presence of the English Ambassador and the Ministers of Russia and Prussia, at the Court of Vienna. They engaged, in the name of the Tories, to continue the politics of the actual Ministry, and to en sure the execution of the Treaty." A letter from Naples, of October 6, contains the following passage : " We are able to affirm positively that the little Ita lian Princes have formed a league with Austria for the defence of their dominions, in case of war, and for the suppression of any troubles that may take place. Notes have been sent to the representatives of these several States at Naples, instructing them to use their utmost efforts to induce the King to enter into this confederation. " But Ferdinand has answered that he knew what he ought to do to defend his kingdom, and that he thought it strange that the other Sovereigns should in terfere in what did not at all concern them. All the diplomatic body i s i n a b us tle at language which it was far from expecti ng ; and it seems certain, that, notwith standing the arbitration of France, with which the King had no great reason to be pleased, he is nevertheless favourable to France ; and that his Majesty cannot en dure England,] against which he has great grounds of complaint ; and that he will not hear of Austria, which so basely abandoned him in h;s differences with Great Britain, when it might have acted a very dif ferent par t. —L'Univers. A letter from Toulon, of the 17th, informs us that the Ocean, the Morengo, and the Trident, ships of the line, have returned from that port, coming from the Hieres island.—L e Commerce. BO UR SE.—.PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OM 21. first Hi g hest Lowest bast Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents l O6 30 ... 106 60 100 20 ... 106 60 4% per Cents 9B ... 98 ... 97 75 97 97 4 per Cent 5.. . ....,,, 91 50 91 ... 91 50 91 50 3 per Cent 5.....„„.„ 72 75 „72 80 ... 72 45 72 50 Rank of trance ........ 2850 ...2550 2440 „. 2840 Lattitte Bank 1,0001. .. 1000 —lOOO 1000 _l6OO 5,(100f. Sk 5030 5030 ..54 30 Belgian BankBlo 810 805 805 5 per Cents 95% 95% ... 95% ... 95% Spanish Active 21% ... 22 21% ... '2 2 Passive 5 5 5 5 Neapolitan t'9 99 25 99 99 25 Roman 9B ... 98 ... 98 ... 98 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8...........„, 350 ... 350 350 L.B. ..... 265 ... 50 262 50 ... Orleans . 452 50 4t2 50 ... 452 50 ... Strasburg to Bate ... 340 245 ... 340 ... We have received Madrid papers of the 14th inst. The news of the abdication of the Regent had just reached the capital, where all continued tranquil. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF MEATH—DUBLIN, OCT. 21.—The Right Rev. Dr. Alexander, Bishop of Meath, expired this morning after a protracted illness. His Lordship, who was a relative of the Earl of Cale don, had been consecrated Bishop of Clonfert in 1801, was translated to Down and Connor in 1804, and to the see of Meath in 1823. It is stated that the deceased Prelate was possessed of consid era bl e wea lth. It i s ru moured—but as yet it is mere report—that Dr. Sadleir, Provost of the University of Dublin, is to obtain the vacant see. LORD LIEUTENANT OF LONDONDERRY.—The Dub. liar Gazette of last night contains the official notification of the appointment of Sir R o b ert A. F erguson , M.P., as Lieutenant of the city and county of Londonderry, in the room of the late Lord Garvagh. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-.(THIS DAY.) LONDON, • OCT 23.—Wind, this day at noon, light weste g r A l L, y aoirsc,Landfine 22.—Windwe N. W.—Arrived the Ann weather. D Burgess, from Tobago ; N apo l eon, New Orleans ; Jersey Tar, Stratford, Africa. S a il e d t h e Rose, Stewart, for Sydney, with the outward bound. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 22.---Wind N.—Arrived the Sarah, late Adolphus, Honduras ; Mary, Draper, do. Bermuda, Tynes, Barbadoes; Lehigh, Plumber, New Orleans and New York ; Virginia, Barton, Philadelphia; Rochester, New York ; Henry Bliss, Quebec ; Monro Monro, Girgenti; Promplidao, Lias, Lisbon. Sailed the Char lotte, Graham, Boston. Put back, the Blundell, for Trinidad, and Thestes, for Antigua. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Ar. rived the Gladiator, Britton, from New York. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 20.--Arrived the George Sutton, Archer, from Labrador; Somerset, Cleft, Teneriffe. SCILLY, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Hesperian, Hooper, 'ram Malaga. Off port the Donna Maria, Surinam. BRISTOL, OCT. 22.—Arrived the Lotus, Hammond, from Quebec ; Andrew Shand, Rutland, ditto ; Lady Rowley, Wright, Denia ; Elizabeth Ann, Bryant, Malaga. Sailed the Robin Hood, Proctor, for Boston ; Pomona, Smith, Trinidad. CREEK, OCT. 22.—Arrived Tantivy, Butcher,Vostizza. TORBAY, OCT. 21.—Arrived off, the Marmion, Harri son, from Quebec. __ GLOUCESTER, OCT. 21.—Arrived the Ringdove, Firth, Quebec. NEWPORT, OCT. 21.—Arrived the Harmony, Tendell, from Quebec. SWANSEA, OCT. 21.—Arrived the Wellington, Gal braith, from Cuba. LANCASTER, OCT. 21.—Arrived the Hellsboro, Lamb, from Dalhousie. KINGST OWN , OCT. V.—Arrived the Vestal, Graham, from Dem erara . • CORK, OCT. 20.—Arrived the Troubadour, Hubert, trom St. John's New Brunswick; Springflower, Symons, Richebucto. ' SUNDERLAND, e OCT. 21. —Arrived the True Briton, Foster, from Qu ebec. KINSALE, OCT. 21.—Arrived the Edward, Bissett, from Porto Plata. RAMSGATE, Ocr. 22 . --The Smith , Hughes , from Cork to London, has been assisted into the har b our leak y , and with stern stove, having b ee n in contact with a vessel yes terday o ff t h e North Foreland, and must discharge part of her cargo to repair. --- MUTINY, AND DEATH OF ONE OF THE the crew had been MUTINEERS. The following is an extract of . a letter received at Lloyd's, from the agent at Cork, dated Oct. 20, 1840: '' One of the crew of the barque Troubadour, Herbert, arrived here from St. John's, New Brunswick, was shot by the master on Thur d last. It appears that part of that i n a state of mutiny, and upon that day, having m ade the land, a seaman went previously sa aft, armed with a billet of wood, and stood over the com panion, daring the master to co nic on deck. The latter warned hi m o f t h e consequence s, and repeatedly requested him to go forward, or he should be obliged to fire at him, and upon the man's refu • t g do so, he fired, and killed him upon the spot, the ball through his body. An inquest will be held to-day, the master having surren dered himself up to the authorities. V of I -- -f .11 i ESSELS SPOIL EN w The i l nst, off Cape ITII.--- 9, by the ' from Quebec, 18th lonAntelope, inst., ht. 50, • Apslett a • Woodhouse, of Hull, I st Economy, .. ipswich arrived off Falmouth. Marseilles, 10th, lat 43, 1 12, by the Indus, Walker, arrived at Faltntuth.' C on. C dee aroP ' bell Clyde to Port Adelaide, 30th June, 12. 1 38 ' S , lon. -8 E., by the Ma- Adelaide, arrived at Calcutta. . Trafalar and John Weavil, Swansea to ___........ CIRCASSIAN HosPITALI T y.—What, for ex highest to the lowest, is attached - t—,.....-- --- a guest-house, where ample, can appear more romantic and improbable than the ever the respect he may fact that to every residence in the Caucasus, from the strangers (that is, Circassians or Turks) are received and entertained in the most liberal manner for nothing, and that the host, whatever vbe his condition, and house, attend upon them in person, and wait their per mission to be seated himself ?—Longworth's Year among Me Circassians 3 otherwise claim, mus . t, in his . own THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) I CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of nearly all descriptions of Corn have been moderate. The buyers in general appear in- disposed to purchase, and in consequence, very little bu siness was transacted, and prices of every article remained as on Monday. The Flour trade as last reported. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This market was chiefly supplied with the cattle which remained unsold at Monday's market. Good meat was scarce, and sold readily at an advance of 2d. per stone. The middling quality of Beef and Mutton was very dull of sale ; but coarse Mutton was 6d. dearer. Veal realised 4d. higher. Pork declined 2d. Beef, 33. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to 5s 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Beasts, 518; Steep, 3,800; Calves, 176; Pigs, 573. Hay, 41. ss. to Si. s s. ; Clover, 41. 15s. to 6 1. 6s. ; Straw, 365. to 425. COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were unimportant, and by private treaty there was little done. Prices, however, were firm for nearly all articles. The imports keep small. TEA MARKET. _ The operations were on a small scale in Free Trade, but prices were firm for both Twankay and Congou. Com pany's Congou dull of sae at 2s. Ad. cash. TALLOW MARIET. A fair business was done in P.Y. C. on the spot at 525. 3d., but for arrival there was little done. Sellers for the spring at 525. 9d. per cwt. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, OCT. 22.—There has been a fair business done in Cotton, at prices a shade higher than yesterday. The sales amount to about 3,500 bags. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST.--Eastern Counties, OA - ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 28 ; Grand Junction, 207 ; Quarter Shares, 522 ; London and Birmingham, 153 ; South Western, 49} a ; Midland half-shares, 732. The Market continues steadily to decline, at the same time comparatively little business is doing. The following is from the Journal of Antwerp of yes terday's date BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, OCT. 20.—The Nitioaal Funds in general have been sought after for the inte rior, and the prices have improved. The Integrales have been 48-h- to 48 11-16, and closed at 48 7-16 to 1. The Actions of the Society of Commerce have im proved 21 per cent., owing to the speech from the Throne being considered favourable, as well as the pacific note of Th;ers. Ardoin's Spanish lowered per cent. Louis Philippe's speech at the opening of the Chambers, which will take place in a few days, will be anxiously looked for by the speculators, and until it is received we do not expect that any important operations will take place. We may expect to hear of the arrival of the Great Western steamer at Bristol by to-morrow or next day ; she,will bring ten day's later intelligence from the United States. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 871, for the Ac count opened this morning at 87, 1 1 sellers, Money 87 1 1 since which they may be quoted at 87i 1, with very little doing to the present time. We have no arrivals this morning of any importance. Exchequer Bills, par, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 160 162 ; India Stock, 242 244. _ . In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, rather im proved, left off 211, at present may be quoted 211 1 ; Deferred, 10i ; Passive, 5* ; Portuguese left off 321, improved to 321 ; Three per Cents., 21* ; Colombian, 211 221 ; Mexican Five per Cents., New, 261 1 ; Brazilian, 73 74 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., left off 481 491, improved to 4911- ; Five per Cents., 9414. SHARES.—Great Western Railway, 10* 11* prem. ; London and Brighton, 131 121 dis.; Blackwell, 5 4* dis. ; Birmingham, 64 66 prem. ; Southampton, 49*- 50* per share ; Croydon, 101 1 per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 15 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 9O 156 South Eastern and Dover 2B - to 9i 8 HALF-PAST ONE. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the sth of August, from which we extract the following : " PORT NATAL.-By the Mazeppa, which arrived on Saturday from Port Natal, up to the 22d June, we feel the most unbounded satisfaction in having it in our power to say that the affairs of the emigrants are in every respect proceeding most prosperously. The report of Dingaan's having fallen by the sword of the people of Sapoesa is confirmed. and Nonkloes, the chief Captain of the present Zoolus Hieg, had attended the last Volks meeting in order to renew a treaty of alliance. Thus have the emigrants overcome their most formidable enemy, and succeeded in establishing peace upon what is likely to prove a lasting basis. All the other Caffre tribes have also evinced the greatest respect for the farmers."_ Graham Town papers to the 21st July have also been received. It is with much pleasure we copy the following from the Cape Government Gazette of the 10th July : " Colonial-office, Cape Town, July 7. " Sir,—An opinion being understood to prevail, pretty generally, in the country that small pox still pre vails to such an extent in and about Cape Town, as to render unsafe for the farmers to bring their produce to market, I am directed by his Excellency the Governor to request the opinion of the Medical Committee whe ther there is any ground for such apprehensions. By the return this morning it appears that there are only ten cases in the lines hospital, and none remaining in the ehavennes." The above was answered by the Medical Committee as follows :—" The small-pox has entirely ceased in Cape Town, and the farmers may now safely again bring their produce to market." We have just received the papers by the Hamburgh Mail of the 20th inst. Exchange upon London 13 li, same as last post ; Gold 427, also no difference ; Metalliques 102 ; Bank Actions 1,595. - Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 871 for the Account, with a buoyant market, are not so good at present, and may be quoted at 87i, for Money 874, have been 874 ; Exchequer Bills, par, 2 prem.; Indian Bon's, 10 13 discount ; Bank Stock 1601 161 - ; India Stock, 244 243. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 214 ; Pas sive, 5i ; Portuguese, 3211 ; Columbian, 22 ; Mexican, 26 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 491 ; Five per Cents., 941. In Shares some business has been done :—Great Western, 78 ; London and Brighton, ; Black well, 5S London and Birmingham, 156 ; South Eastern and Dover, 8,- 1 1 94 81. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red B6i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 84 Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent Red........ 94 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent ... 96i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 2pm New 5 per Cent ... , Ditto 500/ 2pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 2pm Jan. 1860. l2 13-16 Bank Stock for Acct ...162 Oct. 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct ... Jan . 1860......... Consols for Acct 671 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 323 Brazilian Bowls ... .. .. 734 Prussian, 5 per cent.... Russian, 5 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic Spanish. 5 per cent 2l, Ditto, Deferred ... French, 5 per cent...lo3f. --c. Exchange .. French, 3 per cent 73f. 50c, Dutch, 24 per cent 49 Ditto, 5 per cent..... 94 SNARES. Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton Railway 27 London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... 156 London and South Western Railway ... soi Manchester and Leeds Railway " 77 South Eastern and Dover.. ...... •• •• 8/1 BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent cent Greek, 1825, 5 percent — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct _ The abortive termination of the municipal revi nion will, it is to be hoped, prove a salutary lesson to both parties. The consequence of the wholesale system of vexa tious and unmeaning objections resorted to by Radicals and Conservatives is, that the whole of the labour of the past year, and the large sums of money expended, have been thrown away. The election must be taken upon the old registry. If this should lead to the abandonment of a practice fraught with unmitigated annoyance, and which can only tend to keep up excitement and rancorous animo sity, it will be a great public benefit. Looking at the matter simply with reference to party interests, we have no reason to he dissatisfied with the turn which events have taken. We believe the old list is quite as favourable to the Conservatives as the new one would have been. At the same time we exhort our friends to spare no exertions, and to abate none of their vigilance, while any advantage is to be secured. The Radicals have everythieg at stake, and their efforts will be proportionately desperate and un scrupulous.—Liverpool Courier. The return of Sir 13. Lethbridge, Bart., and his family to Sandhill Park, from the Continent, last week, was greeted by the worthy Baronet's neighbours at Bishop's Lydeard, and by his surrounding tenantry, with the utmost demonstrations of joyfulness. Spontaneous exhibitions of gratitude and respect like these must be peculiarly gratifying to the heart of a kind landlord and generous neighbour, in both of which capacities Sir Tho mas has long and admirably excelled. — Taunton Courier. SHEERNESS, OCT. 22.—1 t now appears that Ad miral Bouverie is daily expected here from Portsmouth, and will hoist his flag on board the Camperdown, for the pur pose of presiding at the Court-martial on Henty. The Admiralty have been a week in possession of all the evi dence which had been collected by Sir John Hill on the su'.:ject. It has been supposed that some delay must have occurred from the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient num ber of offices to form a Court; but there are five or six who may speedily be brought together, and are now daily expected, (Before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET and Mr. Justice 1 EasKINE.) EXTENSIVE POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES. -- IVilligni Rodgcrson, who had tormei ly been a letter-earner in the General Post-office, was char4ed upon several in dictments with stealing various letters, containing money and other articles. On being placed at the bar and arraigned, the pri soner pleaded Guilty. The prisoner received a good character from several witnesses„ In passing sentence on him, Mr. Justice BOSANQUET Said that of late Post-office robberies had become of such frequent occurrence, and infteted such a serious injury upon the public, that he felt he should not be dischmging his duty if he did not sentence the prisoner to the extreme pennity of the law. The sentence of the Court upon him was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. The prisoner, on hearing his sentence, clasped his hands together in agony, and couvukivel) exclaimed— " Oh, my wife ! my children ! my children!" The Solicitor-General appeared for the Crown. and Mr. C arkson for the prisoner. CHARGE OF FORGERY. —WiIIiam Dudley, a respect able looking young man, was charted with feloniously forging and uttering an order for 4/. 10s., with intent to del, and William Masterman and others. There was another count in the indictment charging him with forging and uttering %sith intent to ddraud Thomas Patten. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was at the time the transaction took place in the employ of Mr. Thomas Patten, an iroofounder, carrying on busi- IIC,S in the Dover.road, to whom Sir Howard Elphin stone was indebted in the sum of 4/. 10s. This sum Sir Howard Elphinstone's agent had paid into the Hast ings Bank, with directions that the same should be re mitted to Masterman's Bank, to be paid by Masterman to Mr. Patten or his order. Two clerks from Mas•er terman's Bank proved that the money was received from the Hastings Bank, and that one of them drew up a check for the payment of the same to Thomas Patten, that a person called aad took the check for 4/. 10s., which was produced, and afterwards brought it back, signed Thomas Patten, and received the money. Neither of them could swear that the prisoner was the man. Mr. Patten proved that he had never received the money, nor had he ever authorised the prisoner to receive it. The signature, Thomas Patten was not in his handwriting but was in the hand writing of the prisoner—in his ordinary hand-writing. Mr. BALLANTINE, for the prisoner, said that the whole case rested on the unsupported testimony of Mr. Patten, as to the prisoner's hand-writing, and he would pu; it to the Jury whether it was probable that a man committing a forgery, by signing another person's name, would do so in his own ordinary hand-writing? Two witnesses were called, in whose employ the prisoner had formerly been, both of whom gave him an excellent character ; and one of whom, who had been in the habit of frequently seeing the prisoner write, said that he did not believe the signature to the check to be in the hand-writing of the prisoner. Mr. Justice ERSKINE summed up, and the Jury, without leaving the box, found the prisoner Not Guilty, CHARGE OF PIRACY.—David Smith, Mathew Con nor, John White, James M'Van, John M'Carty, William Kelley, and James Percy, all of them sailors, were placed at the bar, charged with feloniously depriving David Urquhart of the charge and command of the ship Andromeda, he being the master of the said ship, and feloniously taking charge and command of the said ship against the consent of the said David Urquhart. Mr. PHILLIPS conducted the prosecution, and Mr. PRENDERGAST appeared for the defence. Mr. PHILLIPS, after a short conversation with Mr. Prendergast, said that he felt convinced that the prisoners had no intention of stealing the ship in what they had done, and that perhaps they might have been influenced by an idea that their lives were in danger. It appeared that their intention had been to force the captain to put into some nearer port, either Cork or Waterford, instead of proceeding to the port of his destination. The ship, however, had arrived there perfectly safe, so that their fears were groundless. This prosecution had not been instituted from any vindictive motives, but merely with a view of showing persons in the prisoners situation of life that a proper subordination must be kept up in the merchant service, and that they were not authorised under any circumstances in disobeying the commands of theircaptain, in attempting to deprive him of the command of the ship. Under all the circumstances, if the prisoners would consent to plead guilty, the prosecutors would recom mend them to the merciful consideration of the Court, as they did not wish to press for punishment upon them. After a short conversation between Mr. Phillips, Mr. Prendergast, and the prosecutor; Captain Urquhart, Mr. rHILLIPS said that it bad been represented to him that the fact of a conviction for felony being recorded against these prisoners, might be attended with serious consequences:to their after life, the Captain had very kindly consented to withdraw the prosecution, with the consent of the Court, if the pri soners apologised for their conduct, and expressed their contrition. Mr. PRENDERGAST was about to address the Court, when Mr. Justice BOSANQUET said he thought that each of the prisoners ought personally to make the acknow ledgment required. It was, however, ultimately arranged that Mr. Pren dergast should make the required acknowledgment, and that each of• the prisoners should then personally ex press his assent to what had been said on his behalf by the Learned Counsel. Mr. PRENDERGAST then said—The prisoners are fully sensible of the great kindness which has been shown them, and they are also sensible that in doing what they did they have acted illegally, and in justice to them I may be permitted to say that they have all of them expressed such sentiments before. On their behalf I have to express their sense of the Captain's kindness, and I trust the captain will do them the justice to say that they did not use any personal violence to him, nor did they make use of any threats of violence towards him at any time. Mr. PHILLIPS—Oh ! certainly they did not. Mr. PRENDERGAST—I have, on their behalf, to apo logize to the Captain for their conduct, to express their deep regret for the detention to which he was subjected, and their humble thanks to him and to the Court for the leniency with which they have been treated. The prisoners having been asked seriatim if they as sented to what had been said by the Learned Counsel in their behalf, and each having answered in the affirmative, Mr. Justice BOSANQUET said that it had been very justly observed by the Learned Counsel for the prose cution, that it was indispensable for the safety of ship owners that subordination should be properly preserved on, board ships in the merchant service, and that the commands of the master should be implicitly obeyed. It was the only way to ensure the safety of the ship, and the lives of those on board, that one man, and one man only, should have the command, and that his orders should be implicitly obeyed. The prosecutors had been perfectly right in preferring this complaint, and he was glad the prisoners had expressed contrition for their conduct. The captain had behaved with the greatest kindness and moderation to them, in not press. ing the case; and he hoped that what had occurred would operate as a lesson to them and to others in their situation. The indictment was then read, and no evidence having been offered in support of it, a verdict of Not Guilty was returned, and the prisoners having bowed to the Court, were discharged. We understand that the Andromeda was a ship trad ing from Halifax to Dundee, and that the prisoners, who formed the crew, not thinking the ship seaworthy, wished to force the captain to put into Cork or Water ford, instead of prosecuting his voyage to Dundee. .NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Joseph Wilde was charged with stealing one basket four shirts, and other linen, value 17s. the property of Richard Wridge. The case was clearly proved against him, and the Jury found him Guilty. There were five other charges against him, upon one of which he was again tried and convicted, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) A middle-aged respectably-dressed female, who gave her name Elizabeth Wood, was placed at the bar, charged with pawning certain articles the property of William Wood, King-street. Mr. LONG—What do you know about the prisoner ? How could she get at your clothes? Prosecutor (re luctantU—She has been at my house, and I must ad mit she has been living with ine as my wife ; but I never authorised her to pawn my clothes. I charge her with robbery, and will prosecute her with the ut most rigour the laws allows. Mr. LONG—Oh, nonsense about robbery. A wife cannot he prosecuted for robbery by her husband, and as you have chosen to place this woman in the situation of your wife, you must abide the circumstances. I shall discharge the prisoner. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.--Experience shows that the principal danger of passengers by railway trains II" in the carriages at the extremities. The front car riage, however, has this degree of security, that before it Can come in contact with any obstacle the engine and tbc tender must be demolished or knocked out of the way. But no such protection is a given to the end carriage, in case of an attack in the rear, from snifter train coming UP. It is suggested , therefore, that a bulwark of some sort, or at least an empty carriage should always bring up the rear of the train. Paganini, the Quoti dienne states, has be queathed his eight violins to eight of the most eminent performers on that instrument —namely, Messrs, de Be riot, Ernst, Lipinski, Mayseder, Molique, Ole Bull, Spar, and Vieux -Tempe. EVEN ll\ .2r I 1 14`D 111 0 - C 1 • LITERATURE. REV EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXLV. Longman, London, 1840. In the spirited and eloq uent notice of " Rankes History of the Popes" —a skilful work, wan t hink ch has' of late attracted cons iderable attention --w w e recognise the pen of the Secretary -at-War. The article is by far the best in the present Num ber ; and takes a rapid, bird's-eye view of the various revolutions that have occurred in the Papacy for the last tight hundred years and or wa rtls. Regaided merely as a hasty summary n of events —for it is manifestly i ntended to be nothig, more—it is one of the cmpletest we know of ;is eminently suggestive in its character ; and is re commended by a style, nervous and flowirig' thickly b e strewed, but not encumbered, with the licit li g ht s of imagery—and full of piSqua effects. The conclusi on to which the Reviewer.' conies, after bliefly enum eratin g the causes w.hicl) from t i me to time have contributed to accelerate or retard the progress of the Papal Po wer, is .th° that Power, so far from hen). a mere an tique' life declining influence—is, is, in Catholic C hurch, rtalitv, fu ll of and youthful v;gour. " The he boldly assures us , o u "is still sending .forth s to the furthest ends of the earth missionaries astio zealous as those who landed in Kent with A and still confronting hostile k in g s with the sae number s p i rit with which she confronted Atila. Tile of her children is greater than in any former age:. The m embers of her communion are certainly n?; fewer than a hundred and fifty millions ; and It vil. be difficult to show that all the other Chriat',r seets united amount to a hundred and twentY,' 'T at lions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates She saw the commencement of all the the term of her long dominion is approachng. [l,l of all the ecclesiastical establishments that noW ex' s . in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to sec the end of them a ll." Th ese • re o : !narks are just, but with a reservation. Catholici.kst is, we really believe, on the increase; but not readtil strict, uncompromising Catholicism vvhich we is where it ~ of in the history of the Middle Ages, constantly thrusting itself into the fore-grotionoel.. holding Europe in fee under a Gregory and an in. ,- cent, and embroiling her in incessant litigatic° ' f $ government, and that fire-and-faggot Catholicism, as, for wee t ° er ; better term, we may call it, is extinct fore 1 0 0 and a milder and more enlightened form has sot ceeded, better suited to the character of the ag e . ° an which it still aspires, and not vainly, to exercise .... i influence. The Reviewer's comments on th e P:, icy of the Church of Rome, as r e g ard 'stet thusiasts, whom she shrewdly causes to rain to i her purposes, instead of driving the rn i , gra inquiringier fold, as Protestantism does, show an to' o f thought, and quick at getting to the mind, habituated to the exerelse_f root u__ s _ inferenc t:St question. One or two of his historical , h , owever, are, we think, not altogether waitratilana Frederick the Second," he says " the Germanab'es• most c accomplished of the long' line of so f Caesars, had in vain exhausted all the resources mlitary and political skill in the attempt encroach'de the rights of the civil power against the .est. ments of the Church. The vengeance of th e P rl o o. _ hood i had pursued his house to the third genereilie; 1V anfred had perished on the field of h at rs , Conradin on the scaffold." True, but the dire eti t P t l l o telling cause of their death, was not so much 4, " vengeance of the priesthood,"as the o holes u e, made to the usurper of their kingdom ---C Anjou, who, though certainly an ally o f the F ° Pb e was h far too bold and unscrupulous amore so ldier s° . o ili the tool ; and regarded his victims-4 es P tel as young . Conradin—in no other light than rebels against his Sicilian sovereignty- W e A citi r of the Reviewer's account of the celebrated f00n , .. e- o f the Order of Jesuits, which is as lustrous a bit o f pposition to A colouring, as Gibbon's sketch of the rise °' - tribune Rienzi : In the convent of the Thetrines at V o° ' big : od er the eye of Caraffa, a Spanish gentleman took. up id abode, tended the poor in the hospitals, went A b° :llie into to the streets, mounted on stones, and, rags, starved himself almost to death, and often big bst jargon invite the passers-by, began to , preach in a butlax,staown td e h r i e tsh cir among. movements th e most te of mingled Castilian and Tuscan. The,rneri; enthusiastic neophyte their discipline ,eeryold naturally passionate and imaginative, had passe d --- . l.° e A a training which had g iven toall its uliarin-• god morbid intensity and energy. In his pee . ~, 10 early life ii ; , rb , been the very prototype of the hero of Cervante.v.s,roto, single study of the young romance ; and dream of princesses his existence He had chosen a rescued Dulcinea' s — ta t t h io e n se , are his own words no ' ins at her chid turbans Hidalgo had been chi f i x , had been one gorgeld u ed. and infidels o n e se baq bCaotunotneess,ofnefamr 0 gi bs; and he flattered himself with the hope ° f ..o• feet the keys . of Moorish castles and the toe, bigwrimgiiloloi' 11 :t h -' 1: :::: of Asiatic kings. In the m idst Of f a re visions of martial glory and prosperous love, ,a,, se e - otY wo wound stretched him on a bed of sickness. PiA b - , s in n ripple for life. The palm of strength stitution was shattered, and he was doomed ° A i kill , g race, ,„" 0 141 no longer exercises, was no longer for him. P e - 0 . to longer hope to strike down gigantic soldsasr , 0 1 find favour in the sight of beautiful women. with vision bis then arose in his mind, and mingled I tself "got mustold delusions in a manner which, to most E ats bo o close seem singular ; but which those vvbo knoW, r , ip Ssin, was the union between religion and chiveildioill be at no loss to understand. He 'l o t the be a ' will ldier—he would still be a knight - errant' the soldier and knight-errant of the spouse of Chrie t ' the H e w ould b e IP would smite the Great Red Dragon• champion of the Woman clothed with the SAT, be would break the charm und •which fahe pronh e d bite the souls of men in bondage . ei His restless spirit le se , to the Syrian deserts, and to the cba el of I.ittlst pulchre. Thence be' wandered backP to the 'e r a t he west, and astonished the convents of SPaierre sole schools of France by his penances and vigils! 1.;",-,,,srieg, l ively imagination which had been employed in Pr," o res' he tumult of unreal battles, and the c harms o sge ls. queens, now peopled his solitude with saints and a • 0 0 The H o ly Vir g in descended to the with b'e' v eti saw the Saviour face to face with the eye of flesh' t tr i a l those mysteries of religion which are the bar d° j t is of faith, were in his case al able to sight' tbe palpable w ile, that, beaks difficult to relate without a sacrifi ce o f th e mass, he saw iransubstantiatioa of on the s A t e P oe pt place ; and that, as he stood praying St. Dominic, he saw the Trinity in UnltY, celebrateaed boreprot Protestant n s t a m m o e aloud with joy and wonder. Such the et oo, Ignatius Loyola, who in the great Catholic ree oa t move Went. which ' t° The g reat charm of the above descr i p t i on sir o f say nothing of its picturesque effect---is the not heart-felt earnestness that pervades it. • 1 teo $5 mere declamatory parade, but seems w r t % t ask' Luther bore it) the though the Reviewers whole soul were In h is is Every phase of the enthusiast Loyola's eha.rcal l i g ht. set before us in the boldest and most v i a nd w oe Flow different is Robertson's sketch of tueroble remarkable individual—one of the most re ll i lli vi wel l that modern Europe has known I A ° de pth , rounded sentences, without either bteadt ° r fifth are all that the historian of Charles the bra va deems it necessary to bestow on the c e e a huovi founder of the Jesuits —an Order, which tilstience fast declining, has exercised a greater N o r, over the destinies of the world, than eve r t coe d leon, in his most sanguine moments, ever. critic's ac' 01 1 of I " Democracy in America" is ail criti.eboro. De Tocqueville's well-known work' is d . a doe terized by a subtle tone of thinking, ae „ re are the conclusion that all the nations of Ecri'oon of tending I I s.ow_y but surely to a democratic uo i e , On Government. The article is, on the "'"chable, ably reasoned one, and its spirit unille°drawni but some of the speculations are too i' lle ; w ight We strive to grasp them, but in vain---w,. to ol just as well attempt to clutch the tolstit'sf the • d A '' gossamer that floats in the " . morning win • p u lpit Review entitled " The British I , late —suggested by the p ublication of t e eile nt Mr. Hare's Sermons—there are several e" c We re marks en the subject of cleric al eloquen ce ' this have been struck with teal truth and force of .t in passage :—" Who that has arrived at m atur t low intellect, taste, and feeling, does not recoliee-upoo hard it was in early life to ut the extinguisher 'ect on ; }are t ° rei a finea metaphor or dazzling ex • expression tinsel ,however worthless, if it did but g oc t e t' epithets, however superfluous, if they but s°l ; and grand ? How hard it was to forget one's-sel lest, to become sincerely intent upon the best, .si ttl Post stroll, gest, briefest mode of communicating, 1 we deemed important to the minds of others I re _ ;st is indeed very difficult fir a young writer to with the temptation of embro daring his sentences , d 0 ceea e trope and metaphor; and he who has sucibitej betimes in overcoming this difficulty, has ex it • beS C a p ow er 'of self-restraint which will stand his . • o ficitY friend through life. Ease, clearness, and nil olg constitute, we conceive, thestaple of a soallo v , w ho fish style ; arid these are not to be attaineu---- trail"' t h e e on oh ever the superficial may fancy to without the exercise of much thousht efltliil