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I' .t.'.l" V ..;-; r.w., 4 ....A.. IXR. WARREN'S NEW WORK. NOW AND THEN. By Samuel Warren. Among the writers of fiction there are so;re whose imaginations are as prolific as their language is voluble. Stories pour from their portfolios with a rapidity that has in it something of the marvellous. They write a Christmas book while you are eating your breakfast ; and a romance in three volumes octavo while you are taking your constitutional walk before dinner. They are as miraculous in supplying copy to the printer, page after page, chapter after chapter, book after book, :as Theodon used to be in conjuring herbs, flowers, rabbits, fowls, gloves, and jewellery out of a gentleman's hat. They are as in exhaustible as the purse of Fortunatus; they could with their own pens compose a circulating library ; they might, at a pinch, undertake to tell a succession of tales as prolonged as those which the Vizier's daughter related to the Sultan during One Thousand and One Nights. England has a novelist like this— Prance has a novelist like this : George Prince Regent James is the one ; the other is Alexandre Dumas, the Marquis de Pailleterie. Men who write so much necessarily write a great deal that is frivo lous : upon the same principle that men who are given much to talking are pretty sure to talk a great deal of nonsense. The consolation is, however, that this class, like every other, has its anti thesis. There are those who have acquired celebrity by penning only a single work. Such an one was Beckford, the Epicurean, whose solitary volume— " Vathek "—(originally composed by him in the French tongue)—has been called by Mr. Weber a " sublime tale," and has induced Lord Byron to re mark, that not only must "Rasselas" " bow before it," but that "for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far sur passes all European imitations. Boswell, again, wrote only one biography—but such a biography I —the perfection of that kind of literature !—a book which, in spite of the reviewer's contempt for the author as the most egregious toadeater on record, has compelled even Mr. Macaulay to express his gratitude, and that, too, with all the emphasis of con scientious criticism. Gresset, if we mistake not, is in like manner known only by his " Parrot"—a conceit of inimitable drollery, and of exquisite originality. Mr. Warren, however, is neither a mere manufac turer of volumes like Dumas or James, nor an author of one isolated and attenuated effusion, like Gresset or Beckford. His int e ll ec t h as as littl e affinity for the shrub which throws out fresh blossoms every hour, as it has for the American aloe—blooming but once in a hundred years. He has not frittered his genius away with the prodigality of a feuilltonist, nor has he stul tified the auguries of his youth by the barrenness of his invention. Whatever he has written, he has written well. Without in any manner deteriorating his reputation as a lawyer, he has acquired for him self a very wide fame in the world of imaginative composition. He has burnt the lamp of research in the labours of a very learned profession ; he has ob tained no little distinction in the discharge of his duties as a barrister of the Inner Temple; he has ren dered himself more than noticeable as a student in jurisprudence, and has become a legal authority of no inconsiderable eminence. And yet, with all this, be has found leisure to distinguish himself in a re markable manner among his literary contemporaries. There are noble examples to be found in the career of our author, as well as noble precepts in his writings. As far as it is comprehensible through his public achievements, both as a legal writer and as a writer of fiction, his life constitutes a fine illustra tion to the preface of Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Lucretia"—that superb preface which inculcates the great truth that labour is happiness. Mr. Warren has evidently cultivated his abilities in literature out of a pure and spontaneous love for it. He has nar rated the imaginary vicissitudes and struggles of imaginary persons, not so much because of his ambition to figure in capital letters upon a title-page, as from a pleasure in embodying his own reveries and disseminating those loftier sentiments of morality which are felt by him to be the presiding principles of existence. This is sufficiently manifest in his two celebrated works, " The Diary of a Late Physician" and " Ten Thousand a Year. " In the former how many bewitching lessons of virtue are contained ! and how attractive the manner in which those lessons are imparted! Who can ever lose a recollection of that most touching, because most natural, portraiture of womanly fortitude given in the story of " The Cancer ?" Who, again, can ever forget the long suffering, and the resignation, and the longanimity, an' the moral valour of Charles Aubrey, the hero of " Ten Thousand a Year ?" It is in this com bination of purpose and interest that the true merit of Mr. Warren's fictions, to our think ing, consists. They have all the dignity of homilies, and all the fascinations of romance. Without ever venturing into the labyrinth of po lemics, or presuming to meddle with the holier doc trines of theology, Mr. Warren, nevertheless, infuses more religion inioa single chapter than the contro versial novelists could do into a score of volumes. Beyond this, Mr. Warren unites in himself many of the rarest qualifications of his art. He has a keen perception of the ludicrous; witness his delineations of Tittlebat Titmouse and the Tagrags. He has an extraordinary and, in many respects, unequalled skill in the complication and unravelment of a plot, as is shown in the different schemes undertaken for the acquisition of Yatton. He has a singular capa city for sketching scenery—for literally painting it in language—as may be seen in his description of that same estate, the prize of Titmouse and the pro perty of Aubrey, "dear old Yatton." In the delinea tions of character, moreover, Mr. Warren has a mar vellous ability. Co s ily Gammon is as complete, as substantial, as consistent, as minutely drawn, and as actual in identity as the Sir - William Bran don of Sir Bulger Lytton, or as the Seth Pecksniff of Mr. Dickens. In addition to these numerous advantages, the two former productions of our author display with peculiar vividness both the excellences and the blemishes of his style and man ner. They evidence at once his rigidity, or rather his formality, in grammatical construction, and the strength and purity of his good old Saxon diction—a diction which, in character, seems, as Lord Morpeth said recently of the character of Caxton, to be " racy of the soil of the wolds of Kent." In manner, how- ever, Mr. Warren has not merely proved himself to be capable of appreciating the grotesque and hu morous, he has evinced the utmost grace and refine ment of fancy (witness his Kate Aubrey, " beautiful bate Aubrey"), the most powerful and passionate con ception of the horrible (witness his appalling tale of the "Man about Town"), and the subtlest knowledge of the sensibilities of the heart, even when on the verge of death and in the agonies of despair (witness the little incident which precedes the Fuicide of Gammon, when the cat rubs against his boot). That Mr. Warren's writings are anything but devoid of pathos will be admitted by all those who have read and wept over his most simple and most touching story of "Consumption," or who have even perused nothing of his beyond the paper entitled " A Slight Cold." That his heart can beat with emotions of ten- derness, is certain, from his narrative of " The Mother and Son," and from that exquisite apostrophe in the moonlight at Yatton, closing with the words— " Sleep on, sweet Kate, sleep on, dreaming not of dark days before thee, oh, that thou could sleep on till the brightness returned !" If this sympathy for What is most gentle arid affectionate in humanity Were betrayed by nothing else in Mr. Warren's books it would be by the beautiful dedications of " Ten Thousand a Year," and of the work just published " Now and Then"—to his children. There is some thing attractive in the simplicity of the arrangements of the volume now lying before us for consideration —a single volume, without preface, without any in troductory notice, without any table of contents whatever, divided into nine chapters, and yet extending over 527 pages ! The title-page is I itself an evidence of this almost punctilious " Now AND THEN—Through a glass da.”hly." Without reading the book through, the tnettning of this is enigmatical. But when read through, the sense of those few words becomes trans- p• Ix e ni, and the very sound of them beautiful. " Now w 2 ID ThEN—Through a glass darkly." And the int erest of the work—beginning with the beginning, arid only ending with " the end "—originates in a cir con istance as simple as the title-page. Adam Ayl iffe, the younger, a day-labourer in the village of rerstoke, is seized under circumstances of extra ordinary suspicion, having been observed near the 11 1 urilered body of Lord Alkmond in the wood of Alilverstoke Castle, and chased to his cottage, where he is captured with a bloody stick in his possession, nd one of his sleeves bedabbled with gore. He is tt ied, convicted, and sentenced to death for the wilful under of the nob!eraan, and the i,iterest of the story I t ti.ses from the consciousness on t he mind of the r ider that Ayliffe is altogether innocent of the crime ,ktcl r nlatited to him, although the facts are so black ist him as to justify the verdict of ;I'e j ury and the concurrence of the Lord Chief Jas e in the correctness of that verdict. The at woti on is rivetted to the narrative from an lt wfu 1 uncertainty as to the fate of Adam Ayliffe, and from a supreme solicitude for something or other transpire which shall demonstrate beyond all doubt guilt or innocence. In effect, the idea of the plot merely the extension and elaboration of that cons- Prised in a contribution written by the author three t 'r four years ago in Blackwood's Magazine, and en itled, ti Who was the Murderer ?" It is a notion, lowever, so admirably calculated to display the pecu far abilities of Mr. Warren—his ingenuity and sa glleity as a lawyer, and his dramatic powers as a Lo velist—that we are scarcely surprised to find him a ~'coed time employing the same materials and the . B ' l4l e machinery, though, this time, be it observed, in ttoore daring manner, and with a loftier intention. :ft all times we are indisposed to mar the effect of a tt tcn'y by giving a dry epitome of its incidents and " el ' e bY dissipating its iniluen'ce over the imaginati on of the reader ; but we are especially disinclined to dissect the plan of a work like the present—seeing that the original will, to a dead certainty, be perused by thousands, and that a single fact divulged, and a single syllable prematurely uttered, would destroy the mystery of the tale—and the mystery of a tale is the talisman of its attaction. If " Now and Then" his no other merit whatever, it has the merit of en thralling interest, an interest that is supreme, that is present throughout, that inflames the attention, and renders it breathless with curiosity. This is, in truth, the paramount characteristic of the volume, and by , giving a naked analysis of the story we should con sequently be forestalling its revelations. What we shall say, therefore, in reference to some of the occur rences recounted in the work will be less in allusion to the plot than to the moral, and the characters. The inci dents are described as having taken place " some where about a hundred years ago," in a village called Milverstoke, situated in one of the seacoast counties of England. The history opens with a picture of the cottage of the Ayliffes and a portrait of old Adam Ayliffe, the father of the convict. This description is, to our mind, one of the most gracefully-written portions of the book, it is a noble sketch of a Saxon yeoman and his dwelling-house—suggested in general tone, we fancy, by a somewhat similar delineation in the " Doctor" of Southey. Adam Ayliffe is, how ever, peculiarly and distinctly, the creation of Mr. 'Warren : and it is a creation of which he may, in some measure, be proud. He is depicted as— " A reduced yeoman well stricken in years, being, at the time now spoken of, not far from his sixty-eighth year. The crown of his head was bald, and very finely formed ; and the little hair that he had left was of a silvery colour, verging on white. His countenance and figure were very striking to an observant beholder, who would have said at once, ' That man is a firm and up right character, and has seen trouble'—all which was, indeed, distinctly written in his open Saxon features. His eye was of a clear blue, and steadfast in its gaze ; and when he spoke it was with a certain quaintness, which seemed in keeping with his simple and stern character. All who had ever known Ayliffe, enter tained for him a deep respect. He was of a very inde pendent spirit, somewhat taciturn, and of a retiring, contemplative humour. His life was utterly blameless, regulated throughout by the purifying and elevating in fluence of Christianity. Such is the first outline of this noble and admirable creation. Adam becomes in the end, however, rather too austere to be very bewitching. His reverence for the Holy Book is grandly conceived, but we do think that when the author depicts him with it on every occasion, bundling it under his arm, sitting down with it on a milestone, and so forth, it is carrying the idea rather to an extravagance. Adam Ayliffe, the son—who is thought afterwards to be the murderer— is first introduced to us as a handsome young fellow whom everybody liked : "he had a laugh and a good word for all whom he met, would do anything to oblige anybody, and seemed not to know there was such a thing in the world to be looked after as—self." Adam the younger marries Sarah, and by her has a little crippled child.. The fortunes of these constitute the theme of the volume. Of the other characters the foremost by rank is the Earl of Milverstoke, a proud and overbearing Peer, with " a heart in the right place," but walled round with ice. Lord Alk mond—a favourite name with Mr. Warren, for it is with Lord Alkmond that Charles Aubrey is invited to spend the Christmas—(see " Ten Thousand a Year," 1. 224.)—is the son of Lord Milverstoke, and is the victim found murdered in the wood adjoining his father's castle. Briefly as he remains before the reader, his disposition and appearance are vividly im pressed upon the memory, from that faculty which our author possesses in such a remarkable degree— the faculty of dashing off a character with a few master-touches. Mr. Oxley, the Earl's local agent, proves to be one of the villains of the narrative, and tends considerably towards enhancing the igno minious treatment of the young yeoman. Lady Emily Amaranthe, the sister of Lord Alkmond, and after wards the Duchess of Waverdale, is a lovely conception, a companion picture to that of Kate Aubrey. As an evidence of the dra matic energy of the dialogue and as a splendid development of the natures of Lady Emily Amaranthe and the Earl of Milverstoke, we will transcribe the close of a stormy scene between them, having refer ence to the guilt or innocence of Adam Ayliffe. After the father and daughter have been conversing in broken sentences, the one pleading and the other ex pressing wrath at her supplications, the Earl thus proceeds : " Does it not occur to you as possible that you are meddling? meddling with matters beyond your pro vince? Is it fitting, girl, he continued, unable to resist an instantaneous but most bitter emphasis on the word, that you should be here, talking to me at all, for one moment even, on a matter which I have never thought of naming to you—a child?' " I am a child, papa; but I am your child, and your only one; and love you more than the whole world." " Obey me, then, as a proof of that love: retire to your chamber, and there wonder at what you have ven tured—presumed this morning to do.' "Lady Emily felt the glance of his eye upon her, as thom.h it had lightened ; but she quailed not. " My dear, my only parent, I implore you to send me not away ; let me—' " I cannot be disobeyed ; I am not in the habit of being disobeyed by any one ; it is very sad that I should see the att e mpt fi rst ma d e b y a c hild . " 'Oh, papa, forgive me! forgive me!' "She arose, and, approaching him hastily, as she ob served him about to advance, sunk on one knee before him, clasping her hands together. Oh, hear me, but for a moment. Never knelt I before but to God, yet kneel I now to my father. Oh, have mercy ! Nay, be JUST " Why, Emily, verily I fear that long confinement and want of exercise, and change, and air, are preying upon your mind ; you are not speaking rationally. Rise, child, and do not pursue this folly—or I may th►nk you mad.' He disengaged her hands gently from his knees, which they had the moment before clasped, and raised her from her kneeling posture, she weeping bitterly. " I am not mad, papa, nor is my sister; but we fear lest God's anger should fall upon you ; nay, upon us all, if you will not listen to the voice of compassion.' "‘ Be seated, Emily,' said the Earl. 'Excited as you are at present,' he continued, with rapidly increasing sternness of manner, no words of mine will be able to satisfy you of the grievous impropriety, nay, the cruel absurdity of all this proceeding. You talk to me like a parrot, about mercy, and compassion, and God's anger, and so forth, as though you understood what you were saying, and I understood not what I am doing, what I ought to do, and what I have done. Child, you forget yourself, me, and your duty to me. How dared you to profane yonder Testament, and insult your father, by Placing it before him as you did this morning? Did you do so ?' " I did,' she answered, weeping. "' You presumptuous girl ! forgetful of the fifth com mandment ! ' "' Oh, say not so !—say not so ! I love, I reverence you—and I FEAR you, now ! ' said Lady Emily, gazing at him with ;tears running down her cheeks ; her dark hair partially deranged ; her hands clasped in a suppli catory manaer. I prayed to God, first, that I might not be doing wrong ; that you might not be angry with me ; that if angry, you might forgive me ! ' " • Angry with you ? Have I not cause ? Never dared daughter do such thing to father before ? You presume to rebuke and threaten me —me —with the vengeance of Heaven, if I yield not to your sickly, dreaming, drivelling sentimentality. Silence!' he exclaimed, perceiving her about to speak earnestly; I have not had my eves closed, I tell you now, fur days past—l have observed your changed manner-3;ou have been deliberating long beforehand how to perpetrate this undutifulness! As thuugh my heart had not been already struck as with a Vain& rbolt from Heaven —you, forsooth, you bile, unthinking child! must strive to stab it—to wound mv! to insult me! This is not your own doing; you dared not have thought of it! you are the silly tool of others. Silence! hear me, undutiful "' Paps, I cannot hear you say all this, in which you are so wrong. No tool am lof anybody ! Twice have you said this thing!' Her figure, the Earl perceived, in voluntarily becoming erect as she spoke, and her e) fixed with steadfast brightness upon his. Had he been sufficiently calm and observant he might have seen in his daughter at that moment a faint reflection of his ow❑ lofty spirit—intolerant of injustice. And even you, papa, have no right whatever thus to talk to me. If I have done wrong, chide me becomingly; but all that you have said to me only hurts me, and stings me, and I cannot submit to it—' "'Lady Emily, to your chamber!' said the Earl, with a stately air, rising; so did his daughter. " My Lord!' she exclaimed magnificently; her tall figure drawn up to its full height, and her lustrous eyes fixed unwavering upon his own. " Neither spoke for a moment; and the Earl began, he knew not why, to feel great inward agitation, as he gazed at the erect figure of his silent and indignant daughter. My child,' said he, at length, faintly, with a quivering lip; and extending his arms, he moved a step towards her; on which she sprang forward into his arms, throwing her o wn a b out his neck, and kissing his cheek passionately. His strong will for once had tailed him; his full eyes overflowed, and a tear fell on his daughter's forehead. She wept bitterly; for a while he spoke not; but gently led her to a couch, and sat down beside her. " Oh, papa, papa!' she murmured, ' how I love you!' " For a moment he answered not , strug,din,* and with partial success, to overcome the violence h of his emotions. Then he spoke in a low deep tone--- "' The voices of the dead are sounding in my ears, Emily! the tranquil dead! 'Tis said, my Emily'--he paused for some moments, and his agitation was pro digious—' that stern was I to your sweet mother.' " Oh, dear, dearest, best beloved by daughter, never!' she cried vehernently,struggling to escape from his grasp, for he held her rigidly - while gazing at her with agonized eyes. "'And I now fearfully feel—l fear—that stern 1 was, as stern I have this day been to you. Forgive me, ye weak and blessed dead'—his quivering lips were closed for a moment, as were his eyes. Oh, Emily! she is looking at me through your eyes. Oh, how like!' he remarked, as if speaking to himself. Lady Emily covered her eyes, and buried her head in his bosom. Do you, my Emily, forgive me ?' " Oh, papa? no, no; what have Ito forgive? Every thing have I to love! my own, sweet papa! Much I fear that I may have done what a daughter ought not to have t..10w now: WZDN.SIBI).kY done! I have grieved and wounded a father that ten derly loved me.' _ _ "." Av, my child, I do;' he whispered tremulously, gently drawing her slender form nearer his heart. Emily,' said he, after awhile, go get me that Testa. ment which you placed before me; oh, go, dear child!' She still hung her head, and made no motion of going. Go get it me; bring it to me!' " She rose, without a word, and brought it to him; and while he silently read the verse to which she had directed his attention, she sat beside him, her hands clasped together, and her eyes timidly fixed on the ground. It was in love, and not presumption, my Emily, that you laid these awful w o rd s b e f ore me.' 1: - Indeed, my papa, it was,' said she, bursting into tears. " He appeared about to speak to her, when words evidently failed him suddenly. At length—' And when that sweet soul'—he paused—' this morning whispered in my ear, did she know of this that you had done?' Lady Emily could not speak. She bowed her head in acquiescence, and sobbed convulsively. Her father was fearfully agitated. "' Wretch that lam ! I am not worthy of either of you !' Le ly Emily flung her arms round him fondly, and kissed him. lam yielding to great weakness, my love,' said he, after a while, with somewhat more of com posue, yet never shall I—never can I—forget this morning ; I have long felt, and feared, that I was not made to be loved : I have seen it written in people's laces. Yet can I love !' "' I know you can ! I know you do, my own dear papa ! Do you nut believe that I love you that Agnes loves you ?' " do, my Emily—l do ! Yet till this moment have I felt alone in life, In this vast pile, to me how gloomy and desolate ! with these woods, so horrible, around me, I have been alone—utterly alone ! And yet were you with me—you, my only daughter—who, I suppose, dares not tell me how much you loved me !' " Oh, do not say so, papa ! I know your grief and suffering. They were too sacred to be touched—l wept for you, but in my own chamber I' " You stand beside me as an angel, Emily I' said the Earl fondly, as you have ever been ; yet I now feel as though my eyes had not really seen and known you !' " They were slowly walking to and fro, the Earl af fectionately supporting her tall slim figure ; and as he gazed at her, though her eyes were heavy with weeping, and her features partly concealed beneath her dark dishevelled tresses he beheld in them a beauty which he had never fully seen before, and which no one knew him familiarly enough even to have remarked to him. "' Papa,',, said she at length, evidently with timorous reluctance in her manner, • shall I offend you if '— She paused and glanced at him apprehensively. " • No, Emily, sweet love ! you will net ; you cannot now offend me,' said he, sighing deeply, and speaking very gravely, but affectionately ; I know what is in your gentle heart—your earliest words this morning are still ringing in my ears. Can you believe and trust in me now, my dear Emily ?' " Indeed, indeed, papa, I can !' " As you love me love, then, do not at present speak to me on this dreadful affair. I know all you would say, but—you do not, you cannot—you ought not to know as much of this matter as I do. Remembering tile solemn and fearful passage of Holy Writ which y(ai have showed me, Emily, I declare to you I believe in my conscience, that there is no shadow of doubt about t guilt of Aliffe ! So said the judge, an able and merciful judge ; so said the jury ;so said the whole world ! I could tell you of expressions of dreadful malice on his part against me and my family ; but why ? why, iny love, should I distress you, or harass myself ? ' " Lady Emily was going to speak—but he added— " Suppose, before he suffer the sentence of the Is ,w, he were to acknowledge that he did this awful de, :d, what thee, Emily ? ' " What mean you, dear papa ? ' said ske, faint ly, should his life be even then spared ?—or should he die ? ' " Oh ! papa ! ' she murmured, after a pause, sighing heavily ; but,' she added, • suppose he should not c( )n -fess it, but die, saying that he is innocent, and it shoe tld be found so afterwards, would that not be awful, dearest papa ? ' " My dear Emily, unfortunately, few criminals sui rer their just sentence, without falsely protesting innocence ; were we to believe them, against all proof positive of guilt, how could law or justice be administered ? ' " But, forgive a word more, papa—suppose he shoo ld really die innocent ? ' My dear girl, that is, I own, a very shocking an p position ; but you may speak of this again to me. I hear the sound of footsteps coming along the corridor.;'" Even when separated from the context this scene is singularly affecting, and is worthy of the hand that penned the pathetic passages contained in the "Die ry of a Late Physician." Among the other perion4 ;es of the story, good, honest, simple-minded, generot is hearted Captain Lutteridge must not be forgotten , ; but the Prince of all the characters in the work is Parson Hylton—the Rev. Henry Hylton, Vicar of Milverstoke. lie is a second Parson Yorick in gen tleness, and a second Parson Adams in goodness, without the simplicity of the one or the eccentricities of the other. His nobility of spirit is divulged, per haps, the most brightly in his interview with the Lord Chief Justice—an interview admirably re counted. Of the more comical portions of the fiction, the conversation between the villagers in the parlour of the Blind Hound is the drollest. Incidentally the writer throws out a sly sentence—an inuendo ofhumour --a covert hint of fun. As, for example, when one of the passengers remarks that Mr. Hylton has been sleeping on the coach-top, " Ay, I reckon you have, indeed, quoth the coachman, with a respectful laugh, fir he of course saw that Mr. Hylton was a clergy man, and was, besides, himself at that place surren— dering the reins to his successor, and had gratuitir:s in view !" In the same manner of indieect face tiousness, he observes on one occasion, when Captt .in Lutteridge is riding along in great doubt and tiesilca tion—" The Captain walked his horse very slowly indeed—slower and slower, and at length faiY;ly stand still for some minut?s, as did also his meche nical fol lower (a soldier), who would have stoa t so for a fortnight, or any longer given period, as a matter of course, without inward questioning or sur prise, if so had done, or ordered, his commanding o' fficer." In point of composition, " Now and Then" is written in the pure idiom of our Saxon forefather s ; but the habit which Mr. Warren has acquired o e reversing the position of the verb and the nominati: ye case im parts to several portions of the fiction am ,air of for mality and precision as quaint as the man nerisms of old Adam Ayliffe himself. Otherwise tl re book is eminently worthy (both in plot and purpose) of the genius of Mr. Warren : it will be range d henceforth on the same book-shelf with the "Dial-, f of a Late Physician" and "'Ten Thousand a Year although of a nature and a class altogether differen DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOHO:A fife, attended with considerable damage, broke out at fiv a o'clock last evening upon the extensive premises situat a at No. 17, Phcenix-street, Crown-street, Soho. The 'flames were first noticed in the first-floor, in which a nt trober of new carts, caravans, and chaises were deposited . The stock was of such an inflammable character, thi it before as sistance could be obtained the flames were i )(airing forth from the window so fiercely, as to threa to in with de struction the entire building. Engines of the London Brigade, with the West of England en ne, quickly attended, and the firemen by great pers rverance suc ceeded in confining the flames almost excl , rstively to the premisesoccupiedlt of e Mr. s by E nlgild F i a n n gwe l i l r . e 0 %1 re. . . e h. ingw el l was insured in n the v CHINESE " COURT CIRCULAR."—Such exact ac counts of the Emperor's doings were seldo aft before pub lished in the Pekin Gazette. His attic sas are daily recorded with extraordinary minuteness, i even the gates he passes, the excursions he taken within the precincts of the:palace, and the individuals cunstitut file , g the Coun cil of State, with whom he is in the habit of associating. They are not always the same persons,, be t noblemen and high officers nominated for the occasion. The copious rains having suddenly ceased, the Eli peror fasted a whole night in the palace expressly des t tired for this purpose, then began to pray most fervent]: to the azure lleavr-n, and after having burnt some oft he large Thi hetean incense sq , ks, it commenced to I 'tin, and con tilaied for a considerable time, so that thi .ee inches fell. T„ukwan g repaired also on a previous d sy to a temple dedicated to the God of Thunder, and th ere performed the same rites, much to the delight of the Court. The Empress Dowager seems to stand in high 'favour, for her adopted son frequently goes to her palte,!, and receives tokens of her benign regard.—Chinn Maid ', Oct. 14. CASE OF MURDER.-.--We regret to 2 learn, that the vicinity of Airdrie has been, within the last few days, the scene of a cold-blooded murder. Or , Sunday last a miner, named M'Bride, residing in N orth Stanrigg, about three miles from Airdrie, was vie lently assaulted by another miner, an Irishman, of the nu me of M'Lusky, who stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife, or some other sharp instrument, so severely th a, t death was the consequence. M'Lusky, after the tr, tgic occurrence, immediately absconded, and h as not s i ar2e b een heard of , though information has been sent b y the Procurator- Fiscal to all the surrounding districts. HORRIDLE .MURDER.—ME. Copt aman, jun., son of Mr. Copeman, farmer, of Blyboror Jgh, was found on Sunday morning, about nine o' c l oc k. on ;be road leading from Kirton to Blyborough, quite dead. mis throat was cut, and the body was otherwise Dreadfully mangled ; a niece of flesh was knocked or cr i t off his face, and was lying on the ground near the taody. The young man had a dog with him, which hate 'also been very much cut and bruised, but it was not qilit e killed. Mr. Copeman left the Red Lion Inn, Kirtorr, about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, to go home tc Blyborough, and it ap pears that be had not gone fa r before he met with his sapolice are on are look-out, and it is to be hoped The ped s thatthey will se,on, succeed in capturing the perpetrators of this awfr . ,l mutt l ee. FIRE IN HOUNSDIT CH , ANE ROBBERY.—Last even ing, about four o'clock, a fir( - of rather an alarming nature broke out Upon the pre 'raises in the occupation of Messrs. Abrahams and Dar izezer, Birmingham land Sheffield dealers, carrying on business at No. 105, Hounsditch. It was caused by the cock of the main tt g At hau a iser s pipe nnspeiodtr loegntteh comingnaiatcstes otsome olme.f o was flames gaaoemvr teeni t w sngwgwha e h otrl i ih l ehg s ea t he fi ci t erit i n o nnen e the his ha n workmen o a r t k tn the en time. i es t, had e th d h , it aedh sot s s uo • sl a ee s n, aausncbdeoerxr u g t e o L from behind the counter containing trinkets and other property of the value of 4001. MR. WARRENNE, THE MEDICAL 1 tACTITIONER.— This new work, by t h e auth or of " Coils tance D ' Oyleyi " " Margaret Cape!," & c., wit 1, we ar e r cqu e sted to inform the public, be pu bli shed ore„. the 24th i ns , Cant, in 3 cols. post Bvo. BV.PNING, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Zw;:trt, Zbitton MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1547. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 629 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 131 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 178 Diseases of tho Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• 657 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 52 Diseases of the St omac h, Li ver, an d o th er Organs of Digestion... • Diseases of the Kidney a, &c. . Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. . Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. - Old Age, or Natural Decay ... 110 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 38 Causes not specified * - 9 ... 18 ... 14 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 1,946 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumernied, Deaths, 1842-6. in the 1841. Five Alituiams. Week, West Districts... 301,3 9 6 . . 146 ... 273 North Districts.. 376,396 ... IS4 ... 415 Di,tricts 174,759 ... 196 ... 314 East Districts 393,247 232 371 South Districts.. 502,483 ... 288 ... 573 T0ta15........ 1,948,211 ... 1,046 ... 1,946 MalP3 ... ... ... ... ... 980 Females ... ... ... ... ... 966 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total -.1,319 EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARbN and Special Juries.) HERRING V. HUDSON AND OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover compensa tion in damages for an assault, committed by the defendant and nine others upon the plaintiff. Mr. Chambers appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wat son for the defendants. The case came before the court yesterday, and was resumed this morning. It appeared that the defendant (Captain Hudson) was one of the keeper's of the Queen's Prison, the other defendants were also officers of the prison, in which the plaintiff was confined. The plaintiff's presence being necessary at the Sessions'- house, Newington, and also at the Arches' Court, on the Bth of December in the last year writs of habeas corpus were obtained ordering the keeper to bring the prisoner to the above places ; both the writs were returnable on the same day, and the defendant refused to attend the Arches' Court, preferring to go to the Sessions-house, Newington. The defendant, upon his so refusing, sent for a cab, and with the as sistance of the other defendants, placed the plaintiff in it, notwithstanding his resistance, and caused him to be driven to the Arches' Court, one of the de fendants riding on the box of the cab, some of the other defendants accompanying the prisoner inside. The plaintiff now brought his action to recover compensation for the violence used towards him, alleging that the defendant assaulted him, and used unnecessary violence towards him. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, went with great minuteness through the whole of the evidence, which was very voluminous. He did not think that the subordinate officers ought to be included in any verdict which might be returned, they were merely acting under the orders of their superior officer. With re spect to Capt. Hudson, and Mr. Eveson, one of the other defendants, it would be for the jury to consider whether they had exceeded their proper duty, or used any unnecessary violence, and whether the two writs of habeas corpus were issued in a bona fide manner, or whether they were issued in consequence of any collusion on the part of the plaintiff with other parties, for the purpose of placing embarrassments in the way of the defendant. The jury retired, and after a considerable absence returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 40s. against Capt. Hudson, acquitting the other defendant. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(TIIIS DAY.) At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of railway shares, although prices are rather lower, yet there was a good demand for shares. We subjoin a few of the quota tions : Leicester &Bedford,Exchange Certificate £0 12 6 North Staffordshire Eastern Counties ..... Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham... 3 17 6 Leeds and Thirsk l9 0 0 North British, Quarters Eastern Counties. York Extension 7 14 0 Caledonian, Halves South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 0 12 6 London and Blackwall, No. 1 BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Joseph Ally, who, on the Bth instant, appeared to answer a summons taken out by the Post-office authorities, for the purpose of recovering the sum of 11. 14s. Bd. for postage of returned letters, purporting to come from him, and who then obtained a postpone ment until this day, again attended before Mr. Henry this morning. He said that he had, on the six days following the hearing of the case at this court, employed a person to examine the letters at the dead-letter office, and that this person had on each day called at the Post office for the purpose, hut had not been allowed to see the letters. He (Ady) had written to Mr. Pea cock on the subject, and had offered " any money " for copies of the addresses on the letters, but Mr. Peacock had replied that he must call himself, and he would be allowed to see them. This he had not been this statement. able to do. He would ca ll M r. P eacoc k t o prove Mr. HENRY observed that it was very unusual to call the solicitor for the prosecution as a witness. Mr. Peacock proposed to read the correspondence between himself and Mr. Ady, which, no doubt, w ould answer the purpo se . This being assented to, Mr. Peacock read several letters. I n one o f th ese Ady said he had sent an agent to the P ost - o ffi ce , w h o had k not been allowed t o see the l etters i n the dead letter office, and offered " any money" for a list of the addresses. Mr. Peacock's answer to that letter was, that he had made inquiries and had ascertained that no one had applied to see the letters at the dead-letter office, and further, that if Mr. Ady would call or send there, he or his agent might see the letters and copy them, or any part of them. Mr. HENRY asked the defendant if he would call the agent he spoke of as a wit ne ss? Ady — No, Sir ; he is not here. I tho ug h t i t unnecessary to b r i ng hi m . The defendant th en proceeded to ra i se severa l objections to the juri s di ct i on of the C our t, an d t o the form of the summons, all which Mr. Henry over ruled. He then said that there was no sufficient evidence that the letters came from him. Mr. HENRY—It is quite sufficient that they pur port to come from you. The onus of proving that they do not rests on you. The defendant hoped the Magistrate would give him more time, as he wished to call the persons to whom the letters were directed, some of whom lived a hundred miles apart. Mr. HENRY said, the defendant had had quite suffi cient time already. There was nothing in any of the objections raised that cou l d at all influence his so decision,m soughtand h to e b must e r e o o, r i d v e o r r e t , l l l the defendant l4s .8d . t ) o , costs of the summons. If he did not pay it a distress would be issued against his good s . Ady—But as I am a very poo r man I L ope your worship will give me time to pay it. pay anyd the th e Mr. HENRY—Certainly not. The defendant then paid the fine and was about to leave the court, taking the letters with him, when Mr. Peacock observed that since the summons had been taken out no less than 1,476 letters, the postage on which amounted to t we lve pounds, • purporting to come fr o m him, had passed through t h e Post-o ffi ce, and had been returned. Ady—l'll call upon you, Sir. court. The defendant then left the THIS DAY.) S j o o l u i 7 R , E R E L E A b (Ie man who was THE R u ATTEMPTED MURDER I 1:1A H R T 13. ALLEGEDLE . B r 1 R K O L brought up on Monday last, charged with bb ro ery and attempted murder, was again placed at the bar for re-examination. Mr. Wolfe, who appeared for the defendant, re quested Mr. Bishop, who is acting as chief clerk, to read over the evidence of the last examination (the particulars of which ha ve a lready appe are d i n t hi s journal). This having been done, Mr. Wolfe pro ceeded to cross-examine the prosecutor at some length, and elicited such a string of prevarication and im probabilities, that he submitted to the magistrate that he (the prosecutor) was not entitled to belief. A number of highly respectable tradesmen, several of whom had known the defendant for more than twelve years, came forward and spoke very highly as to his character and respectability. Mr. Ittunwicx commented at some length upon the evidence adduced, alluding to the improbabilities of the boy's statement, which, he observed, was one tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. He highly commended Inspector Squire and Sergeant Gray for the manner in which they had got up the case. He should discharge the defendant, who would leave the court without the slightest stain upon his character. Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday on a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday, for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. :a _ Mit nEcrm t From the London New Frice Current of Dec. 21.) SUCAR.—To-day the market exhibited a firmer ap pearance for raw Sugar, and there was a less quantity on offer. There was more inclination manifested to operate, and in some cases merchants were enabled to obtain better prices. In West India Muscovado sales to a fair extent were concluded, both for the scale and the pan, whilst the rates paid are equal to those of Friday and in some cases rather above. The quan tity sold amounted to 450 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 152 hhds Barbadoes, which went at the former value—very fine yellow 46s 6d, fine 41s 6d to 445, good 39s 6d to 40s 6d, middling 385 to 395, and low 36s 6d to 37s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Since oar last report holders of Foreign Sugar have not been so willing to realize, and there is a falling off in the supply at market. Prices have suf fered no further depression; the market, however, has been in an inactive state; from exporters the demand hav ing been limited for all sorts, whilst our refiners working under bond have been purchasers to a moderate extent only, although there are many orders on hand for loaves and crushed sugar; the grocers have been cautious in their proceedings. By private contract the principal sales are 600 chests of Bahia. REFINED.—To-day refined goods were :much sought after for home consumption, but few parcels to be ob. tained, standard lumps realised 539 Gd to 545., and brown grocery 52s 6d to 53s per cwt. The market is firm for bonded crushed Sugar, and a good demand exists at 30s to 31s for first sort. For Loaves the demand is exten sive, and prices tend upwards. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon was dealt in with caution, end of 798 bags 10 casks at auction, a small part only found buyers, at rather lower rates; fine bold eolory went at 70s, good 56s to 58s, middling 48s to 545, fine fine ordinary 43s 6d to 445, fine ordinary 38s, good ordinary 365, ordinary 345, damaged 14$ 6d to 43s 6d. The market is in an inactive state for native, and 681 bags went at 333 6d for good ordinary, and at 28s 6d to 32s for damaged, which are rather lower rates ; 91 bags of Mauritius sold at 27s for good ordinary yellowish heated, and at 25s 6d for damaged, being moderate prices. TEA —A more favourable opinion is entertained to wards Congou, and during the last few days purchases to a fair extent have been made; prices, however, do not improve, as the market is 3et plentifully supplied, and holders showing a desire to sell. The purchases made in Souchong are tri fling, although low and middling can be obtained at 8d to is, and good to fine is 2d to 2s. Pouchong is neglected, and can be obtained at 3d to Bd, according to quality. There is not the least improvement in the value of green, as there is an abundant supply. The operations are upon a more extended scale. SAGO.—To-day at public sale 135 boxes of Pearl Sago sold at lower rates, and went at 17s to 18s 6d for tine small white pearl. RICE.—To- day there was little passing privately in East India Rice, and 2,582 bags of Bombay at auction sold at a reduction on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt — fine white went at 12s to 12s 6d, low and middling dusty, small 9s to 10s, good greyish white large pearl, but rather broken 9s 6d to 10s, middling ditto 9s to 9s 6d, and damaged Ss to Os per cwt. SPICES —To-day Pimento was only in limited demand, and t 29 bags at auction sold at a decline of per lb— good went at 4d to 40, good mid 34d, mid 3id to 31d, low ord 3d, good ord 31d, and damaged 3d to 31d; 3 cases Cinnamon sold at is 5d for Madras, and is 7d to Is 9d for damaged Bombay ; 14 cases 2 bags of Penang Nut megs sold at full rates. COCOA.—For West India former rates are required ; the sales made privately are, however, t• a small extent only, red at 40s to 495, and grey at 37s to 445. 127 bags of Bahia at auction sold at 36s for fine bright red, which is cheaper. Six bags of Caracca went at the high rate of 60s 6d for bold dark grey. SPIRITS.—To-day few purchases were made in any kind of Rum, and sellers offered to accept rather lower rates. We quote proof Leewards at is 6id to is 7d, East India is 5d to is 6d, Jamaica 30 to 36 per cent over proof 3s 4d to 3s Bd, good and fine 3s 9d to 4s 6d per gallon. _ _ FRUIT.—To• day at public sale 126 pkgs of damaged Patras Currants were nearly all taken in at 38s to 395; 41 do. of Zante 39s to 40s; 72 do. of Old Patras 32s to 335, and 119 do. of Zante at 32s to 33s per cwt. SALTPETRE. —To day Rough met with little attention privately, and 432 bags Calcutta at auction sold at 31s 6d to 32s for good strong grey, 4d per cent. refraction, being rather lower rates. T&LLow.—There is no further advance to notice in the value of Russian, although the arrivals continue small, and the demand on the spot having been active from both the town and country trade. On the part of merchants there is firmness, and they are obtaining 46s 6d to 47s for P. Y. Candle. For delivery in the spring months a good business has been concluded at 45s 6d. Home made sells readily at 47s to 48s nett cash; the supply will be more plentiful ere long. For other kinds of Tallow prices have slightly given way, as the quantity brought to market was large, the demand, however, has been good. OlLS.—There is more firmness on the part of holders of common Fish Oils, and the market has been less freely supplied, buyers also have operated with more freedom. and a rise in the value of all sorts is apparent. Seal met with a good sale. Cod has been in excellent request at 251 to 251 10s, and at which there are not generally sellers. Southern of all descriptions is wanted, the supply is however small. Sperm has declined in value, as an increased quantity has been brought to market, but a good demand pr.!vailed, and 120 tuns at public sale were all sold. The home trade are the chief buyers of Fish Oils ; only small parcels have arrived since our last report. Cocoa Nut is little re quired, and prices are on the decline, although the sup ply continues to be small. In Olive several purchases have been made, holders however are still willing sellers, although the stock does not increase. Lard Oil sells slowly at 48s to 58s. f MURDER AT CASTLE TO WN, I NEAR HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE. A shocking murder W.'S committed on Saturday evening, upon a labouring man named James Duck worth of this place, originating, it is believed, from revengeful feelings. It was committed upon the car riage -drive leading from a newly-erected hall, be longing to Mr. Richard Kay, cotton manufacturer, near Castletown. Duckworth was in the habit of sleeping at the hall. On Saturday evening, a few minutes after eight o'clock, as John Kay, a groom, who lives close to the entrance gates, was coming down from the hall to go home for the night, and was about one hundred and eighty yards from the gate, he distinctly heard four blows struck in the direction lead ing to them. Imagining that a cow had got upon the lawn, and that some person was beating down the turf, with the view of obliterating the traces of her hoofs, he determined to take the trespasser, if he could catch him, up to the house, and ran towards the spot from whence the sounds proceeded for that purpose. It had been raining a great deal during the day and evening, and though not a fine night, the moon shone a little, and he had not got far before he perceived something lying on the ground in the middle of the carriage- way. He hastened to it, and the moment that he reached it heard the gate close with a " bang," but neither heard nor saw any one. He found Duckworth lying on the Nr , ,und, with his face (low n wtads, and in a pool of blood. He lifted up his head, but it fell again to the ground, as if lifeless. He ran home, told his father and brother, who were there, and also a next door neighbour, named John Leach, what he bad seen, and then hastened to the hall to tell Mr. Kay. Meantime, a wheel barrow was procured, and the man taken to the Dog and Partridge public-house. This public-house is very little more than a hundred yards from where the body was found ; in fact, there intervenes between it and the gates a row of four houses and a large barn. A new landlord, named Thomas Fenton, had entered upon it that day, and this event caused it to be very full of company in the evening; so many as forty, we are told, being there at one time. Amongst the company was Duckworth, a man named James Tet ler, a spademan, who was discharged from the hall four or five weeks since, another named Benjamin Garnett, who worked there twelve months since, and a third named George Wolstenholme, who was at work there till Monday, when he was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. From what we have been at present able to learn, it appears that they had been there a considerable time; ever since dusk, when Duckworth said he must go home. Wolstenholme induced him to stay a little longer, and, it is said, went out himself. Duckworth, at length went out, and was immediatly followed by Tetler (it is not positively ascertained whether Gar nett went out at the time or not), who returned in a very short space of time ; and on his return made use of a very remarkable expression to a man named John Scott, who is also employed by Mr. Kay as fore man of the spademen—namely, " I'll gan you sum mat, he'll not goo up yon to-neet." Almost imme diately afterwards the intelligence was brought of the finding of the body, which was brought into the house; all the company except Tetler, Garnett, and IVolstenholme, were anxious to see the body, and saw it ; and the two latter eventually " swore that they would see it, and did accordingly, but Tetler did not see it, though he betrayed very great anxiety about the man, and frequently asked how he was going on. Mr. Pickford, surgeon, was sent for and attended Duckworth, who was quite insensible and never rallied even so much as to open his eyes, but died about eight o'clock on Sunday morning. A police officer was sent for, and on examining the spot where the body was found, several foot marks were found, as were also two pieces of oak about four inches thick, which had formed a cart leg used for propping up the shaft. It had originally been rather more than four feet long ; the shorter piece, about seven inches in length, was found just opposite the spot where the body was found, sticking in a perpendicular position in the soft soil to the left of the body, as if being broken by a violent blow, it had risen a considerable height, and fallen in the position in which it was found. The other and longer piece was also found nearly close to it, but it had evidently been flung carelessly up the brow of the lawn, which outside forms a kind of sloping terrace, and had rolled down again. This cart-leg, it is positively ascertained, had been taken from a cart which stood in the yard of the public-house, and which having been the pro perty of Mr. James Beswick, the outgoing landlord, had been valued to the present one. We should have stated that when Duckworth was found his hands were in his trousers pockets, so that there is no doubt that he was felled to the ground by a sudden and violent blow, and that it was followed up by others, which occasioned the noise heard by Kay the groom, who it appears was on the spot, but just too late to save the poor fellow's life. The murderer or murderers must have been close at Duckworth's heels after he had entered the gates, and were enabled to approach him without noise by means of the grass border on the sides of the road, escaping back again under cover of the raised lawn, for had they run down the carriage way Kay must have heard them, and if they had gone down the opposite side of the lawn he must have seen them. In the meantime, and before the police-officer came, Tetler and Garnett had left the public-house and gone to the Farewell Inn, at Castleton Moor, where they were found about ten minutes past twelve, by Ser geant Pridden and another officer, who, after exa mining their shoes, and seeing that the nails and make of Tetler's corresponded with those near the body, took them both to the police-station at Hey wood, and, in consequence of further information, the same officer apprehended Wolstenholtne at the place where the murder was committed. On Monday an examination of the prisoners took place at the police station, Heywood. They were remanded till Wed nesday. The inquest on the body will be held at eleven o'clock to-day. The deceased, James Duck worth, has left a wife and five or six children. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bert, with the Royal Family, arrived from Osborne at the Castle at twenty-five minutes before three o'clock this afternoon. Her Majesty and the Prince were attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Kerr, Maid of Honour in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness, and Major-General Bowles, Master of the Household. The august party was escorted by a party of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. The Queen and Prince Albert were received at the grand entrance to the Castle by Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting, and Captain Hon. A. N. Hood. The Royal Commission for inquiring into the Mer chant Seamen's Fund held a meeting at the Board of Trade, yesterday. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellenborough, Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, Sir William Clay, M.P., and Mr. Enderby. The Board sat three hours and a half. The Right Hon. the Speaker cf the House of Commons had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Grace had also an interview, yesterday, with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Henry Vere Huntley ,had an interview with Earl Grey on Monday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Committee of the Anti- Interment in Towns Association, composed of C. Lushington, Esq., M.P., Scott Alison, Esq., M.D., A. Barnett, Esq., M.D., J. Rogers, Esq., M.R.C.S., Joseph Child, Esq., churchwarden of St. Ann's, Mr. Joseph George, overseer of St. Ann's, and Mr. Hal lett, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yester day, at the Office of the Woods and Forests. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAy. THE DERBY.-12 to 1 agst Surplice (taken to 100 -18 to 1 agst Springy Jack (taken to 401.). CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 15 &gat Jock o'Sot. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1848. TUESDAY. Nominations for the Newmarket Handicap of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, aid only 5 ft if declared on the 24th of January, with 200 added. Clermont Course. Reflection, 3 yrs—Projectile, 4 yrs—Vampyre, 4 yrs —Prussic Acid, 5 yrs—Palma, 4 yrs—Paladin, 3 yrs— Marietta, 5 yrs—Ennui, 5 yrs—War Eagle, 4 yrs—Mar pessus, 4 yrs—Crozier, 4 yrs—Queen Mary, 4 yrs—Miss Sarah, 6 yrs—Miss Whip filly, 4 yrs—Minto, 3 yrs—Sir Peter. Laurie, 4 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs— Clementina, 4 yrs—Antler, aged—Clarendon, 4 yrs— Reminiscence, 4 yrs—The Widow, aged—Magnet, 4 yrs —Vesta, 4 yrs—Pillage, 4 yrs—Bacchanalian, 3 yrs— Cracow, 3 yrs—Administrator, 4 yrs—Prior of St. Mar garet's, 5 yrs—Miss Barns, aged—The Conjuror, 5 yrs —lonia, 4 yrs—The Liberator, 4 yrs—Chemisette, 4 yrs—Sylvan, 3 yrs—Milliner, 5 yrs—Mathematician, 4 yrs—Rainbow, 3 yrs—Clermont, 4 yrs—Clumsy, 6 yrs —Kimblesworth, 4 yrs—Fergus, 4 yrs—Bingham, 4 yrs —Christopher, 4 yrs—Dulcet, 6 yrs—Deriades, 4 yrs— Practice, 3 yrs—King of Morren, 4 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs—Sam Hood, 3 yis--Walengate-bar Without, 4 yrs —Trouncer, 4 yrs—Epirote, 4 yrs—Lady Lift, 4 yrs•— Montpensier, 4 yrs—Pantomime, 4 yrs—Pottinger, 4 yrs—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs—Widred, 5 yrs—Pic Nic, 6 yrs—Sir Martin, 4 yrs—Tarella, 4 yrs—Duc-an-Durras, 6 yrs—Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Mendicant, 5 yrs—Miss Margrave, 3 yrs—Saddle, 4 yrs—Sagacity, 4 yrs—Lady Lurewell, 4 yrs—Sutlej, 6 yrs—Embrace, 3 yrs—Alboni, 4 yrs—Millwood, 4 yrs—Passionate, 4 yrs—The Ques tionable, 4 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—Mogador, 4 yrs—Doc trine, 4 yrs—Black Doe, 3 yrs—Duplicity, 3 yrs— Taffrail, 3 yrs—Tufthunter, 4 yrs—Watchdog, 4 yrs— Prospect. 5 yrs—St. Antonia di Padua, 3 yrs—Remem brance, 3 yrs—The Prince, 3 yrs—West India Planter, 4 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—St. Demetri, 5 yrs—Hydrangea, 5 yrs—Cosachia, 4 yrs—Circassian Maid, 4 yrs—Rufus, 5 yrs—Rattrap, 5 yrs. THE BOSJESMANS, OR BUSH PEOPLE IN DUBLIN. —These very singular specimens of the human race— the African gypsy as they may be termed, whom we had so frequently occasion to notice, whilst in the metropolis, are now drawing crowded audiences of the scientific and curious of Dublin. Without doubt they are the most extraordinary of human beings that ever visited a civi lized country. EA D YERTISEMENT.3—CARRIAGE FREH—Families residing in the country ars supplied with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wholesale price, in quantities not less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any part of England. Orders must be accompanied by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and approval of the goods. A list of prices and samples free, on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Bueklersbury, Cheareide. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a commission of lunacy wes opened at the Swan Hotel, Walham-green, to inquire into the state of mind of Charles Richard Harrison, Esq., an inmate of Dr. Philp's establishment, Kensington House. Mr. Alexander with Mr. Bloxam attended as coun sel for the commission • T. W. Giffard to w a t c h th e proceedings on behalf of the alleged lunatic. Mr. ALEXANDER stated that Mr. Charles Richard Harrison was the son of a merchant, and was forty two years of age. Upon the death of his father he came into considerable property, and married his cousin. He was brought up as a timber-merchant, but instead of following up that vocation he became extravagant and gave himself up to farming pursuits and field sports ; he took two farms at Guildford, in Surrey, of 1,000 acres, and kept up his sporting stud at Hockton, Hull, and got a notion in :his head that all his property could be disposed of to the Hull Dock Company. In the autumn of 1845 he became exceedingly wild ; he was placed in Moorcroft House Asylum, near Uxbridge, kept by Mr. Stilwell, and there he threatened the life of Mr. Taylor, a surgeon, and having been foiled in his object, he became morose and sullen, and it was necessary to administer food by the means of the stomach pump. In May, 1846, he effected his escape from Moorcroft House, and visited Guild ford, where Mr. Taylor, the surgeon, resided. He was again placed under the protection of friends, and continued in Osborne Wick House, in Yorkshire, which was kept by a member •f the Society of Friends. On the sth of February, 1847, he again made his escape, and was discovered at Leeds, armed with a brace of loaded pistols. By stratagem he was prevented from doing any mischief, and his person having been secured, he was removed to Dr. Philp's establishment, Kensington House, where he had be come more composed, and it was to be hoped, for the sake of the unhappy gentleman himself, that the in fluence Dr. Philp exercised over him would continue. Dr. Philp, physician of St. Luke's Hospital, and superintendent of Kensington House Asylum, stated Mr. Harrison was a suicidal patient, and that he frequently spoke of the Emperor of Russia, and talked of seeing angels and visions, and was decidedly of unsound mind. Sir Alexander Morrison having given similar tes timony, the unfortunate gentleman was introduced into the room. He is a flee man, and of military air, and wears a full moustache. The jury found Mr. Harrison insane from the 11th of January, 1846. The unfortunate gentleman's property was stated to be about 12,0001. HE MURRAIN AMONG CATTLE. - - At the monthly meeting of the Highland and Ag ricultural Society of Scotland, held at Edinburgh, on Wednesday last, the secretary read a communica tion from the Board of Trade to the effect, that the Epizootie, which was thought to he disappeari ng , had broken out with greater violence than ev er among the horned cattle of Wallachia, and that three fourths of those which had been spared from last year's visitation were filling victims to it. The secretary said, that though the communication just dreisatdanhtadcoruenfetrreyn,ctehetoditrheectosrtasteeoonfeei the epidemic it tobe theirina duty to submit to the public all information conveyed to them on so important a subject, in regard to which Professor Dick, who was present, h a d p rom i se d t o give to the meeting the results of his experience. Professor Dick then m rose and made the following statement, which give as of great interest to the publi c at re present: —Professor Dick stated that Pleuro-Pneumonia was still prevailing with great vio lence, and varied with the weather. It existed at pre sent to great extent in East Lothian, as well as in Aber deenshire and throughout the north. He was informed yesterday by one of his pupils, who is in practice at May b: le, in Ayrshire, that there lo's only been occasionally a solitary- case for fifteen miles round, during the last twelve months. He consi dered its origin and propagation to be atmospherical, and attributable to influences to which man and the loyver animals were equally exposed; in illu;tration of which the Professor referred to the existing epi demic in the form of influenza, under which he him self was evidently h.bouring, and in consequence of which the public schools have been partially closed. The disease consisted of active inflammation in the lungs, and in the pleura which covers them and lines the chest. It was attended with great danger, particularly when the pleura was principally affected; and such cases generally were fatal, unless the proper remedy was immediately applied ; because when that membrane is attacked by inflammation, being what is called a serous membrane, it very rapidly proceeds to pour out serum and lymph be tween the lungs and ribs ; the chest fills with water, and the animal sinks and dies rapidly. Man, and all the domesticated animals, are liable to the disease, although they may not he equally affected at the same time. Horses, as well as dogs, during the pre sent Epizootie, have been less affected than cattle. The disease is not, generally speaking, so fatal in horses as in cattle, because horses, being under con tinual notice, were better attended to; the symp toms were at once noticed, and they were seldom l.).st. The same would be the case with cattle if properly ]coked after; but too little attention is paid by the breeders and rearers of cattle to the health and comfort of their stocks and the symptoms of their diseases ; they, at the same time, are not so much under the immediate observation of their owners, and the symptons are not so distinctly marked as in the horse. Irdeed, the early symptoms very readily escape notice, because they are obscure. To illustrate the treatment required, the Professor referred to a case in Lanarkshire where he had been called on for advice ;—his instructions to the smith or farrier on the property were, that ho should bleed whenever he observed any cough or alteration on the milk or feeding, clean out the bowels by laxative medicine —say llb. of Epsom salts, nitre, tar tarate of antimony i n l arge an d repeated doses ; repetition of the bleeding ; blistering the sides, and even firing, if necessary. After the inflammatory action has been subdued, tonics should be adminis tered. By following this course the smith has ac quired a local celebrity. It was sufficiently simple if adopted at an early stage of the disease ; but if it bas made a certain progress, no reasonable hope of success can be entertained. 690 629 THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. HAMPDEN. The following protest refers to a memorial which will be found below: We the undersigned clergy, resident within the archdeaconry of Coventry, having observed with pain that a petiti m is about to be presented to her Ma jesty from certain of our brother clergyman of this arch deaconry against the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the bishopric of Hereford, desire to record our pro test against such petition as alike unjust to Dr. Hampden, interfering necessarily with her Majesty's selection, and likely to prove highly prejudicial to the best interests of the Church of England. Josiah Allport, M.A., perpetual curate of St. James's, Birmingham. C. T. Arnold, M.A., assistant master of Rugby Schoool. J. Casebow Barrett, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary's, Birmingham. H. J. Buckoll, M.A., assistant master of Rugby School. Carew Thomas Elers, vicar of Bickenhill. Congreve, M.A, assistant master of Rugby School, and fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. G. E. L. Cotton, M.A., assistant master of Rugby School, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cam bridge. Sydney Gedge, M.A., second master of King Ed ward's School, Birmingham. William Gover, M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's, Bir mingham. Joshua Greavcs, M.A., incumbent of St. Peter's, Bir mingham. A. William Gregory, vicar of Corley. henry Hake, vicar of Chilvers Coton. 11. Ilighton, M.A., assistant master of Rugby School, and late fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. J. S. Hodgson, rector of Brinklow. Arthur R. Kenney, rector of Bourton-on-Dunsmore. James M. Knott, vicar of Prior's Hardwick. W. Duncan Long, M.A., incumbent of St. Bartholo mew's, Birmingham. John C. Miller, M.A., rector of St. Martin's, Birming ham. Edward Miller, vicar of Radway. J. Moultrie, M.A., rector of Rugby. Thomas Page, M.A., incumbent of St. Matthew's, Rugby. W. G. Parker, vicar of Bulkington. 13. Richings, vicar of Mancetter. John Henry Smith, perpetual curate of Milverton. R. Strong, curate of Monk's Kirby. A. C. Tait, D.O L., head-master of Rugby School, and late fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Richard Tawne v, vicar of Willoughby. W. Wakefield, M.A., vicar of Curd worth. Joshua G. Watson, vicar of St. Nicholas', Warwick. Isaac D. Winslow, vicar of Napton-on-the-Hill. J. Congreve, curate of Harborough Magna. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORI, JOHN RUSSELL. We, the undersigned clergy exercising duties within the county of Bedford, beg leave to submit our opinion to your Lordship in the following particu lars : 1. That we have no share in those feelings of alarm attributed to the clergy, through the activity of a portion of them, upon the subject of Dr. Hampden's elevation to the episcopal bench. 2. That we have throughout this agitation of so grave a question looked for the affirmation and proof of some sufficient reason ; some unquestionable state ment of erroneous doctrine supported by Dr. Hamp den ; some palpable evidence of unsoundness in the faith. But none such have we found ; no proof or evidence of any " strange doctrine con trary to God's word," as• held or favoured by Dr. Hampden. 3. On the contrary, we have seen charges advanced upon the faith either of extracts from his works, or of general statements of their constructive meaning, which an examination of the original writings shows to be entirely unfounded : such extracts, by their garbled form in some instances, by false connexions in others, quite revers ing the true meaning of the passages. And we have reason to think that many of the clergy have received their impression o f Dr. H am pd en ' s d oc trinal views from these untrustworthy sources. 4. That having seen these modes of impugning Dr. Hampden's orthodoxy so largely adopted, and having seen no one proof of unsound faith extracted from any of his writings, we hold ourselves at liberty to conclude (even those among us who have not made a thorough search through all his works) that none such are to be found. 5. That we have indeed read sermons by Dr. Hampden upon the most vital and influential doc trines of the Christian religion, which we regard not only as admi ra bl e expositions f the truth upon those points, but sufficient also to satisfy our minds that the faith of their author and his view of Christian doc• trine is worthy of all approbation. 6. That consequently, the only objection to the elevation of Dr. Hampden stands upon the authority of the vote of censure passed upon him by the Uni versity of Oxford in convocation, in the year 1836. And that we do not, in the present day, regard that vote as of so much weight as properly to stand in the way of Dr. Hampden's elevation, for reasons which we think it unnecessary to mention. 7. That 1)r. Hampden has since the time of his condemnation received a direct expression of confi dence, in the very article of previous censure, from the legitimate heads and governors of the university; whose age, and station, and responsibility, rnaturer judgment entitles their act, inalldnodyurrersepovpoieinnwsiioibnnli to more weight of consideration, as representing th e i s n e n B s . e greatoTf t That t part university, und erofs ue ht youngerh a circumstances, the act a n d o f persons the theological history of Oxford during the period that has intervened since the occurrence above alluded dto we consider the app o i ntment to an episcopal station one holding and stating the great doctrines of Chris tianitydf aavtoeudr a i b n l e thatt Hereford,o t v h ee i ca n .l t tl e ho r i f t , s t rength, and simplicity exh i i l b e ite fo d il i o n w D in r g . is an H ampd en' ssermons, a circumstance the Church. morning. wili takeextractThfreomconagepraivraritveedletttheirs, Yesterday, place,The el ect ion is fixed for the 28th, when it by a large majority of the Chapter. 16th, a General Chapter met, in con sequence of the Dean having summoned them, to lay before them the various communi cations he had received as to Dr. Hampden, and also to consent to sign a petition to the Crown which be had prepared against Dr. Hampden's appointment. This was rejected by a majority of 7 to 3, and I know three or four of the prebendaries who were absent, and would have swelled the majority had they been present." FOREIGN FUNDS. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BstrasEEs, DEc. 90. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent „ Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, FourparCent .... Ditto Three per Cent..... ... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,ditto,lB4o • •• • • •••••• • • • • • 91' Ditt0,ditt0,1842.............. Ditto, 1844............... Ditto, 1836............. • : • • •• • • Ditto, 1838 ................... ; Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 • T s t Bank of Belgium •• •• .• •• • • • russels Papers, Dec. 20. •• •• .• 1014 a •• •• •••• ••• 91.%