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LITERATI .ARE. -- - make any recompense, or to pay any fine, the magis trate might imp ose upon him. Mr. HAanwrocKE said he had a great mind to send him to prison at once, but as the officer had stated that he thought the kick was not intentionally given, he (Mr. Hardwicke) should fine him 51., or in default to be imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction. Henry Holmes was brought before Mr. Hardwicke, charged with stealing 261bs. weight of lead piping, he property of John White, 33, Warren-street, Fitz -1a)31-square. The prosecutor said, about seven o'clock this morn ing he was standing at his street door, when he saw the prisoner come out of a side door in Warren inews with the lead produced in his possession. Suspecting something wrong, he we nt into his °lielc yard, and on looking into the washhouse he discovered that all the lead piping had been Cut off. He then went in pursuit of the Prisoner, and caught him in Fitzroy - sq uare. He taxed him with stealing the piping from his yard. The prisoner admitted doing so, and begged him to let hull go, as he was a plumber, and would join the lead On again. A. constable then came up , and took the prisoner to the station. The prisoner, who admitted stealing the lead, was Committed for trial. Thomas Johnson was charged with assaulting Mr. Robert Wood Dawson, of 109, Great Titchfield , street. Complainant was coming out of the County Court is Berners-street when he met the defendant by the door. They had some words about a debt, and corn- Plainant called defendant a liar. The defendant then struck the complainant in the eye and knocked him down, and attempted to strike him with his umbrella. Complainant then gave him in charge. dward Tweedy corroborated the evidence of com plainant. ' The defendant said complainant was the first ag gressor, and called James Moss, who proved hearing complainant abuse defendant in gross terms, and provoked him to strike him. Mr. H A nnwicaE said he should discharge defendant, as complainant had given great provocation before be Was struck. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.--The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. His Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer is expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the Queen. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lans downe, and the Rev. James Prince Lee, Bishop (elect) of Manchester, are also expected this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, enjoyed walking and pony exercise this morn ing, on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include his Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, and the Rev. James Prince Lee. The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. i lk Cabinet Council was held at half-past two clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, ,the Lord Cha nce llor, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan -I,lcarde, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours. te The deputation from Glasgow, which had an in rilew with Lord John Russell on Tuesday, pre sented a petition, praying for the discontinuance of th e Bank Bill of 1844-5. The deputation consisted of the L or d P rovos t o f Gla s gow, Mr. Hastie, M.P., . Lurnsden, ex-Lord Provost, Mr. Henry Dunlop, 4thid Mr. Kinnear, and were introduced by Mr. 41 Gregor, M.P. for Glasgow. kr. G. B. Mathew had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Anglesey had an interview with - 1 -40 ... r . d John R us sell yesterday, at his official residence in T het o : n Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has arrived in z J 3 , ispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo lat Office W , from the Governors of New South ales s , °ll th Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, the .Mauri ti - u ll s, Malta and Gibraltar, and also from the Lord --ugh Commissioner of the lonian Islands. TKE QUEEN DO WAGER AT LISBON. T he Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship m 'erla reach e d Southampton yesterday, after a pas el of eight days from Gibraltar, seven days from C adiz, five d a y s f ro m Lisbon, four days from Oporto, nd three days from Vigo. 'll ' l Howe, having her Majesty the Queen °wage r on board, was towed into the Tagus early rib the forenoo n o f the 22d by the steam frigate Ter ttiul; which the Admiral had dispatched for that e r P°se• The Howe anchored nearly opposite the astle of Belem, the English squadron being moored aro und her. der Majesty's arrival was greeted by the loyal demonstrations usual on such occasions ; the ships r,.., 0f the squadron, as well as a double-banked French fi ver, and the Portuguese vessels of war in the - Lver, were all decked out with flags. About three o'clock in the afternoon his Majesty ,the King-Consort of Portugal embarked in hi s s t a t e barge at the Arsenal, and proceeded down the river to oisit her Majesty. Nothing could be more animating or striking than the appearance of the Tagus as the teTal barge proceeded towards the Howe • the vessels, ts she p asse d i n h er rap id course d own the river, had their yards manned and fired salutes. After staying Do wager time on board the Howe, her Majesty the Queen la 'tager accompanied her royal visitor on shore, en 4 ulag a Belem Palace, and proceeding to the Ne rvesss.id.ades, where Queen Donna Maria is at present t oo l i ng'i and where it was understood the Queen th e - v a i ,g7 would remain to dinner. The manning of i a ; s - t r : 43 and the royal salutes were repeated as their " eles left the ship. ti 1 : 1) S°R, WEDNESDAY EVENING. — The usua , tend. f the b an d s o f t h e reg iments in garrison here at in pleainthe parterre on Sunday afternoon, having ex °ll Sunday se'nnight, the Queen has signified her s are th a t b oth bands shall cont i nue th e i r a ttendance ash -TerY Sunday a f ternoon, f rom t wo t o f o ur o'clock, so long wc er -- "Jesty remains at the Castle, and whenever the Triiher will per m it. The Duke of Devonshire has closed his visit to the t.arn u i, and Marchioness of Londonderry, at Wynyard Cleveland gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of , at Itaby Castle. A His Excellency Sir Stratford Canning, the British nabassador at Constantinople, accompanied by Lady Ca • nm ng and family, will leave on Monday or Tuesday net for Turkey to resume his diplomatic duties. " T R or D. ALEXANDER WATT.—We regret 1,0 annou nce the d eat h o f D r. Al exan d er Watt, city tatist took and w ar d en of the High Churchyard, which event 1 p la ce on the m orn i ng o f S atur d ay l ast , from par?, 3 ' is- Dr. W att was a man amiable and respected in private life, and able as a public officer. The mortality tables for Glasgow, prepared annually by the lamented doctor, were documents of great interest and importance, and bore satisfactory evidence of his ability and re search. Ile also contributed, from time to time, some valuable papers to the statistical sections of the British Assoc iatioa.—Glasgew Courier. rosT AL REFORM.—The great success of our im proved postal system is producing its effects upon the Continent ; and we have little doubt that in the course of a few years every civilised country will find it expe dient to follow the example which has been set them by Great Britain for the management of their postal opera tions. We shall probably see something like our universal penny postage all over the world, including even the com munication with India and America. We observe fro m the German papers that a scheme of general postal reform is now being submitted to the authorities for considera tion, and the plan included some improvements which Might advantageously be adopted here. For instance, the junction of railways is to be taken advantage of for facilitating the transmission of letters on all occasions, and the public convenience is to be the paramount object of the alterations. Our method of optional pre payment is to be made a leading feature in the plan, and it is evident that the English system will be followed as closely as possible. It must be a matter of sincere congratulation to those who so warmly advocated the " penny postage " schenle, when it was considered quite chimerical and visionary, to find their expec tations so completely verified to the letter,. and to see foreign Governments, who have improvement, their faces against every kind of commercial amongst the first to admit the practical usefulness of the plan, an d to extend the sphere of its operations a . ago, at A sad accident occurred, few days Pagney, i n th e J ur a. A farmer, named Crognet, was out shooting whith his son, when the fowling - piece of the fo rmer went off suddenly, and killed the young man en the spot. GASTRONOMIC DELICACIES.—T-11 the Tyrol, and Particularly at Voralberg, a regular business ofbreed ing snails for sale is carried on. They are placed large pieces of ground, bare of shrubs and trees, and covered with grass, where they are fed with cabbage leaves. In winter they are covered with moss to proteFt them from the cold. The flesh is most delicate in autumn. They are sold on the spot at the rate of about 24 to 3 florins the thousand. PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING AT LIVERPOOL ON Tun MONEY Catsts —The public meeting, for which a requisition to the Mayor has been in course of signa ture, on the subject of the commercial distress, has been relinquished, in consequence of the intelligence received this morning from London. Manchester u4rdian. curious marriage took place last, uevii: at Voiteur, in the Jura. A blind man, more than sixty years of age, was united to a blind woman also turned 'bay, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY MORNING,. LATEST BETTING. THE NURSERY. 3 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Impertinence colt. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Goddard's Vanessa. B to 1 agst Colonel Peel's The Architect. 9 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot (Hecuba, Tippet, and Sword Player). D to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Paladin. 0 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Cracow. D to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Duplicity. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Fowles's Ribaldry. The field agst seven. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone. 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault. 40 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher. Match, 200, h ft R.M., Bst 71b each. Lord Glasgow's f out of Miss Whip, received forfeit from Mr, Payne's Pavilion. Match, 300, h ft. T.M.M. Mr. G. 11. Moore's Wolfdog, B st 121 b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Payne's Clementina, 6st 51b. 7t04 on Clementina. Won by a neck. Run in 3 min. 35 sees. Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Barnes's Blackeock, 7 st 101 b (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Villiers, Bst 71b. 6 to 5 on Blackeock, who cantered in by himself; Villiers, on the flag being dropped, having pressed upon Blackeock, and crossing before him, ran towards the ditch, the starter having no power to raise his flag again, the start, of course, was valid. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four yrs, Bst 21b ; five yrs, and upwards, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. (8 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 5 yrs Mr. H. T. Worley's Headsman, 4 yrs Duke of Rutland's Bella Donna, 3 yrs• The following also rant—Mr. Barton's Hector, 5 yrs —Mr. Crockford's Terrier, 4 yrs—and Mr. Newton's Redwing, 3 yrs. Even on Winchester-3 to 1 agst Redwing—and 4to 1 agst Bella Donna. After they had run about 200 yards Bella Donna took the lead, and, with the favourite, Hector and Headsman in close waiting, carried the run ning till half-way up the cords, where Winchester re sumed his lead, and won easily by a length; Headsman beating Bella Donna by a neck; Hector a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's c by Don John, out of Impertinence, 7st 51b. (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Eothen, Bst 71b, (F. Butler). 6t04 on Impertinence colt. Won by a head. Run in 1 min. 18 secs. Sweepstakes of 50,sovs each, h ft, for two yrs old; colts. Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b.; not engaged in the July, Chesterfield, Rutland, Clearwell, or Pren d-?rgast Stakes. Winners of 200/., &c., 51b. extra. D.M. (9 Subs.) Mr. Greig sc by The Earl of Richmond (Nat) 1 Mr. Osbaldestone's Buckstone Lord Exeter's Hecuba ••! ...(Nat) 1 Lord Orford's cby The Colonel ... ... 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Buckstone-3 to 1 agst The Earl of Richmond colt (taken)—and 3 to 1 agst Hecuba. Lord Orford's colt made the running until half up the cords, where The Earl of Richmond colt and Buckstone passed him, and the former, taking up the running, ran home a clever winner by a length. The others were close up. Run in 1 min. 57 sees. Match. 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Duplicity, Bst 71b (Nat), and Colonel Anson's Contessa, Bst 101 b (F. Butler), ran a dead heat. . _ Even batting. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. Plate of 501. ; for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three yrs, Bst 10Ib. The winner to be sold for 350/., if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. Lord Chesterfield's cby Charles XII., 2 yrs (Sharp) 1 Mr. W. S. Stanley's St. Ann, 2 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Mostyn's Gabbier, 3 yrs ... ... 3 Mr. Waller's Pottinger, 3 yrs... . . ... 4 Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid, 3 yrs '•• ... 5 Betting-4 to 1 apt Charles XII. colt. Gabbler made the running, waited on by the Charles XII. colt and Circassian Maid, Pottinger also lying up ; near the cords the Charles XII. colt took the lead from Gabbier, kept it, and won by a length, St. Ann, who came half way up the ropes, beating Gabbier by half a length. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Handicap Plate of 501. for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Sir J. Hawley's Millwood:33ls, 6st 121 b (J. Prince) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, 3 yrs, 7st ... 2 Mr. J. Day's Milliner, 4 yrs, 7st 61b The following were not placed: — Duke of Rutland's Paulton, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; Colonel Anson's Bingham, 3 yrs, Bst; Mr. Drewett's Pimento, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b; 'AIL Payne's Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs, 7st 91b; Mr. St. Aubyn's Julia, 4 yrs, 7st 71b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Millwood; 3to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham; 4 to 1 agst Lady Lurewell; 5 to 1 agst Paulton. Lady Lurewell and Millwood made the run ning alternately to the cords, where the latter took a decided lead, and won cleverly by a length; half a length between the second and third; and only a neck between Milliner and Pimento. Run in 2 min. 15 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 SOTS. each, 10 ft, if de clared, for three yrs old. Last mile and a dis. of B.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, Bst 21b., and Sir J. llawley's Millwood, 3 yrs, 7st 81b., divided the forfeit. LATEST BETTING ON THE NURSERY STAKES. 4 to 1 agst The Architect (t) 4 to 1 agst Vanessa 7 to 1 agst Impertinence colt (t) _ . NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TEN O'CLOCK. BETTING ON THE NURSERY STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Architect (t), 4 to 1 agst Vanessa (Pa pilio filly), 7 to 1 agst the Impertinence colt. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Handicap Plate, D. I. Sheraton, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Hydrangea, 4 yrs, Bst 71b— Clermont, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Administrator, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Rosin the Beau. 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Cosachia, 3 yrs, ist 61b—Columbus, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Bingham, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Vanity, 3 yrs, 7st 11b. Two yr olds Sweepstakes ; last half of Ab. M. ; winner to be sold for 401. _ Motacilla f, by Erymus, out of Peeress—Awkward— gr fby Don John, out of Prizeflower's dam—and Miss Margrave. Handicap for Three yrs old, &c. T. Y. C. African, aged, 9st ilb—ldas, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Bow string, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—Christopher, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—Cir cassian Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Dromedary, 3 yrs, 7st 71b -Vert-Vert, 3 yrs, 7st llb—Moodkee, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b. Handicap for two years old ; D.M. C by Charles IIL, out of Dean Swift's dam, St. Ann, Bst 51b—St. Antoni di Padua, Bst 51b—c by Don John, out of Game Lass, Bst 31b—f by Erymus, out of Peeress, 7st 51b —Practice 7st 41b—c by Scroggins, out,, of Gill, 7st—Little Red Riding Hood, 7st. Sweepstakes for three years old, &c.; A.F.; winner to be sold for 2501. Crim Con, 4 yrs—Old Port, 3 yrs—Sagebity, 3 yrs— St. Demetri, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes for two years old; T.Y.C.; winner to be sold for 150/. The Spaniard—Lady Frances—Lady Mary. Prospect Stakes, D.I. Blind Hookey, aged (to be sold for 501.—Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs (500 —Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs (501.)—John Harris, 5 yrs (500 Sweepstakes for two and threo years old; T.Y.C. ; win- ner to be sold for 801. Jealousy, 2 yrs—May, 2 yrs—Pet of the Fancy, 2 yrs—Cardinals' Niece, 3 yrs—Moodkee, 3 yrs—f by Giovanni, out of Silestria, 2 yrs. NEW MATCHES. FRIDAY.— WEIMAR agst Kimbleworth, Bst 71b each. A.F.; 100. SATITRDAY. — TareIIa, Bst 71b, agst Miss Whip filly, 7st 121 b. DJ.; 100. Discontent agst Watchdog, Bst each. T.Y.C.; 100, h ft. Vanessa, Bst 71b, agst f by Hetman Platoff, darn by Actaeon, 7st 51b. First half of Ab. M.; 100, h ft. MONDAY AFTER THE HOUGHTON MEETING.—Wa nota, Bst 71b, agst Watchdog, Bst 31b. D.M.; 100, h ft. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sits,—Out of forty-four nominations for the Nursery Stakes, nineteen have accepted, and about a dozen may be expected to start. Blaze, who figures at the head of the list, having 9st 21b to carry, of course completely disposes of his chance; Ribaldry, Bst 51b, Cupid, Bst 51b, Paladin, Bst 31b, and Cracow, Bst llb, have not the ghost of a chance. Dis taffina, Bst, being a very fine mare, in capital condition, will be certain to run forward. The filly by Don John, dam by Colwick, Bst, Whipper Snapper, 7st 121 b, and Sir Oliver, 7st 111 b, will, in all probability, not start ; should they do so, cannot win. Reflection, ist 111 b, must not be lost sight of ; her winning is not a forlorn hope. Hecuba, 7st 91b, Duplicity, 7st 51b, Egremont, ist 41b, Vanessa, 7st 41b, Impertinence colt, 7st 31b, and Second Placer, Gat 91b, will help to form the ruck. ; Now, after hastily running through the list, I am of opinion that the front rank will be composed of Dis taffina, Reflection, Tippet, The Architect, and Contessa; and to one of the last three I look for the winner. Probably they may find their way home thus : Architect ••• Contessa... ••• ••• . 2 Tippet ... ••• 3 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Newmarket, Wednesday morning. . which appears in THE "-- ------------- COAL •HOLE" T perceive that the pro AVERN.—From an advertise ment,,,lrtai.nly r. another part Of our paper, we far-famed, house—and ietor of this long-established, and wherein to one of the most agreable reurions in London two of an evening—has Opened pass away an hour or for the winter season. Th his spacious singing-room music have always been a source e re vocal and instrumental the lovers of melody ; and s c o of great attraction to having been made by the spirited proprietor, new - engagements the recent arrangement of the roo p m r , or t r s i e e l t f o r, as . well a s a rich treat may be looked forward to every evening , during the en suing season. DEATH OF ANOTHER CATCHPENNY. —Another threepenny newspaper, the Tenby Chronicle, has become defunct, after an existence of a few months only a t th at price, although it was in being some time previously. This is the second low-priced or gratuitous paper that has expired within no very long time,--SherhorDe JOiltital. it is intended, we learn, to supersede all the sail ing tenders by the appointment of stearners.—Portsea Advertiser. PAULINE SEWARD. Tale of Real Life 2 Vols. By John I 1. B ryant . An American story and a religious novel is " Pauline Seward." It is of t hat class of fictitious compositions of which " Fal..t spec i rthrns —" Father her Clement " an d Clement"" Ge ra Geraldine" a " are rta suchtes il as an enunciation of the Re ,man Catholics.- Without here considering the suitableness of theol dis quisitions as adornmentrf of romance, we ma :y 'observe, 1-enders his imagination 'Jae vehicle o opinions relieves himself f tom a very that fh a ia novelist religious who serious responsibility by advancing his mrguments without either ostentation or partiality, and pro p4,tiates the favour of all readers by avoidir ig.every ap- yearance of acerbity. In these respects Mr. Bryant is in no manner culpable. While he evine .:es a very large proportion of earnestness, he remai' as passion.- less before the seductions of fanaticism. His heart warm; his intellect is apparently convinced ; his fancy is vivid; his hope is unbounded; his faith is supreme; and his charity is universal. Those 'who are sated with the delineations of Engl;Lsb scener7 and. manners will turn with an indescribal ri.e relish to the ,1 pages of "Pauline Seward," in whit h a n.ew and almost untrodden field is explored ; or those pages are replete with portraitures of d kmerican life, American characters, and American society. The greatest novelist among the citizens of the United States, and one who has a higher title 'to our consi deration as the historian of the Atrietican navy—. Fenimore Cooper—has left a considar aßle track to the future writers of fiction, sot keg that his attention has been principally confined to the description of the habits a act disposition of his countrymen on seaboard. In tl fis department of Transatlantic literature, a new comp( !t' itor for popu larity has recently appeared in the per Non of Herm an Melville. But hitherto the depictors of the social condition of the inhabitants of the T k , orth American continent have chiefly restricted the =selves to that style of caricature and exaggeration which has been rendered agreeable to Europeans thy the wit and shrewdness of Judge Haliburton.. Mr. Bryant has altogether avoided the face ti ous s l ang of Sam Slick and his copyists. The has evidently ambitioned to write in the grr rceful and facil e manner of Oliver Goldsmith, o e of him whom Charles Dickens once happily f,ern aed " the half brother of the author of the V icar of Wakefield," Washington Irving. For this, as - well as for the avoidance of anything like sectaria n bigotry, Mr. Bryant demands our especial commendation. "Pau line Seward" may be designated, therefore, with perfect accuracy, a simple story of real life, by an intelligent and generous-minded American. The fortunes of Pauline Seward the heroine, of Calvin Seward her father, of the orphan Marie, of Eugene Neville, of Mr. Erelard, of Fe,th e r Casali, of Clara Stephens, and the other persous who take part in the plot, and the dialogues will afford much entertainment to all who may- be merely de sirous to wile away a wearisome ever ling. To those who are curious upon ethical themes, the purpose of , the book will present a loftier at traction. The style in which the work is s' rritten is easy and unaffected, with occasional' i y a display of forcefulness in language which will appear excel lent even under the scrutiny of a f Astidious rhet or i c i an . Without injuring the narrat= i ve by giving a cold synopsis of its plan and construction, we may premise that the arrangement and purpose of the work is somewhat similar to that of Thomas Moore's cele brated " Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion." No prose writer of America has yet, to our knowledge, penned a more graceful or more unaffected tale than this of " Pauline Seward." BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY.--Lantartine's .History of the Girondists. Vols. I. and H. Trans lated by H. T. Rycle.—Machiavelli's -,dis: tory o f Flo rence, Prince, and other Works. One Volume.— Schlegel's Lectures on the Philo',ophil of Life and theby A Philosophy . oso w p . hy m off or L ris a o n n guage. One volume. Translated - This admirable and most commendable series is l'aiout any diminution, but c w o i n th tin a ued p , or n oo o p t ti m ol e o re i l o y er w , ease both in value and im mlected for republicati on are remitee character th an hereto opforta a im portance. more l'he wor ks rec hereto fore, and the compactness of the volumes, the clearness and beauty of the type, and the remarkable cheapness of the price, are in consequence the more to be appreciated. Of the magnificent history, by Alphonse de Lamartine— " The History of the Girondists"—a work of superb eloquence, of perpetual beauty, and of impassioned declamation, we shall say nothing until the present translatiou is brought to a close. Our opinion as to its merits must be reserved for separate consideration on its completion, for this extraordinary work—one of the most striking productions of the century—a work which will attest to posterity that its author was at once a Great Poet and a Great Historian— requires more than a merely casual reference ; the genius of its illustrious writer demands more than a hurried and superficial criticism. We must here observe, however, that the English version by Mr. 11. T. Ryde—saving an occasional looseness of dic tion, such as the extent of the undertaking renders excusable—is throughout as faithful as it is condensed and vigorous. The translation will be completed by another (the third) volume; the first being embel lished by a portrait of the Destroyer of the Girondists Robespierre, and the second by one of Madame Roland, the Inspiration of those im mortal republicans. For the cheap and popular reprint of the writings of INiccolo Machia volli the public must esteem itself indebted to the enter prise of the publisher. The volume, illustrated by a likeness of this remakable theorist, com prises his luminous narrative of the history of Florence, and his ever-memorable and ever to-be-abhorred treatise " The Prince," accompanied by several passages from his political correspondence under the form of an appendix. Celebrated as the treatise Principe has become, through the odium ex cited against it by its accursed arguments, there are very many among the intelligent and educated por tions of the population who have hitherto been prevented from judging of its atrocity them selves in consequence of the scarcity of its copies. Its publication in the present serial will, therefore, be considered as a boon, and will enable the million to estimate the correctness of that judgment which has heretofore designated the production as a flagrant embodiment of the most ruthless and fiend-like depravity. Of the philosophi cal lectures of the great Schlegel upon the mysteries of life and the eccentricities of language, it were superfluous to say more than that they are here printed with singular neatness, and at a cost which renders them accessible to the multitude. By per sisting in this sagacity of selection, .Mr. Bohn will render his new adventure, as a publisher, both pro sperous and honourable. SUMMER EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF KENT. Almost every one knows the value of an agreeable and intelligent companion in a long journey or a rambling excursion, and almost every one who has wandered through a museum or a picture gallery can appreciate the services of a catalogue. The little volume now before us comprises some of the advan tages both of the companion and the catalogue. Like the latter, it gives us a full and parti cular account of every important object that we may meet with in our wanderings ; and like the former, it renders those wanderings agreeable by a constant accompaniment of entertaining remarks and appropriate anecdotes. The county of Kent, " from regal-towered Thame to Medway smooth," is the scene of the "excur sions" in this volume, the beginning of a series of " Excursions round London," which, judging from this first number, is likely to be a useful and interesting work. Among the places here described are Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Chatham, Rochester, and others, and they are not merely glanced over or cursorily described, but every object of note is pointed out, and much useful infor mation introduced ; for example, in the account of Greenwich Hospital, most of the paintings in the hall are particularised, and the numbers given so as almost to obviate the necessity of any other catalogue. Again, in speaking of the dockyard of Chatham, the process of ship-building is described—and illustrated by a diagram. Innumerable anecdotes, poetical, historical, and miscellaneous, are scattered through the volume, and constitute its not least amusing feature. These anecdotes and episodes, although many may be already well known, have a twofold advantage in being thus, as it were, related on the spot, or at least introduced in the description of the localities to which they refer, as they are thus ren dered more comprehensible and interesting for the time and by the force of the association, they become better impressed upon the memory. Poetical quotations of various lengths are to be met with on hlmost every other page. The author, anxious to add to the attraction of his book, has seized every available opportunity of introducing all interesting matters having reference to his theme. For instance, in speaking of the Temple Garden , he interpolates a scene from " Henry V 1.," in which Shakspere makes that garden the spot where the rival emblems of York and Lancaster—the red and white roses— were first adopted as such. The iron works at Woolwich and Chatham also give occasion for the introduction of Dibdin's song of " The An chor- smiths," and Bulwer's translation of Schiller's " Forging of the Anchor." Among the hundred and forty wood engravings which illustrate this volume, and some of which are very beautiful ones, are a panoramic view of the river from London bridge to Greenwich, Rochester-bridge and Castle, l' , V t o )1 N 5 iPh Dockyard, Gravesend Pier, Ingress 1 y, and almost every place of historical im portance or pi c t uresque e lect that a traveller might meet with in his excursion. One of the most interesting is a view from Greenwich THURSDAY EVENING-, OCTO►EER 2B, 1847. Hill two hundred years ago, contrasted with another taken recently. The change is very perceptible ; in the one view only a few shrubs or trees are to be seen in the park, and the background presents a wide expanse of land and water; in the other, a noble avenue of trees adorns the hill, and a whole city has sprung up along the banks of the Thames, St. Paul's crowning the far distance. If the succeeding volumes of this series equal this first one, the " Lon don Excursions" will form a most agreeable and useful work, calculated by its information to increase the pleasure of anv country trip among those bent on such excursions, and at the same time to convey an accurate idea of surrounding scenes to others who, less fortunate, cannot examine them for themselves.. BURNS' CABINET LIBRARY FOR THE Y 0 UNG.-7 he Book of Poetry—The Book of Fable and Allegory—Stories from Herodutus—Tales for the Young, by Christian Andersen. If the children of the present day are not wter or happier than their ancestors, it is certair.,y not the fault of either authors or publishers. While the former exert all their powers to rendr:x works of in struction pleasant, and works ti amusement profit able, the latter tax their inge:aulky to produce these works in the most attract; (e style at the lowest pos sible price. Of thcse, numerous productions, various though they be, few can compare with the " Cabinet Library," of M r. B urns. If the remaining volumes of the series equa l the four which we have seen, t h e " Cabinet Library" will prove a most valuable acquisi tion to juvenile literature. The four first volumes con sist in `c" 'The Book of Poetry," a j udicious selection from the test English poets, containing, besides the:ordinary well-known pieces, many less popular but not less deserving, includi ng also quotations f rom recen t authors, among oth ers M r. Macau l ay; "The Book of Fable an d All egory, " of which the name gives a sufficient explicati on ; " S tories from H ero d o t us , ' by Moberly—a p er f ect romance of history i n w hi c h truth and ficti on are so inextricably interwoven that it is impos s ibl e t o d ec i de which is the "stranger;" and last, but not least, " Tales for the Young," by Hans Christian Andersen—to our thinking, the most delightful of all juvenile writers. Many of the fanciful tales in this little volume are very beautiful, one in particular, which, under the guise of fable, describes very forcibly the trials of a superior mind when misunderstood and denied sympathy. These little volu mes , t h us i nteresting in their conten t s, are very attractive i n appearance, number w ou ld d ou b t l ess be an accepta bl e presen t f or a youthful reader. and any separate DUTCH AND BELGIAN MAIL. THE DUTCH EAST INDlES.—Accounts from Maros, a district in the north of Macassar, gives an exceed ingly interesting account of the aged Governor and Chieftain, Makka Daeng Maleewa, who had filled the office of governor for sixty-six years. A splendid piece of plate was publicly presented to him in the name of the Government, bearing the royal arms, and an appropriate inscription. The Governor of Celebes, who was charged by the Netherlands Government to present the plate, expresse d t h e hi gh sense enterta i ned by his Government of the manner in which he had discharged his office in peace as well as in war. The venerable octogenarian chief knelt down and kissed the hand of th e G overnor o f Celebes, who had re mitted to him this high mark of the esteem of the Netherlands Government, and charged his sons and g,ran(hons to serve th a t G overnment , which would P..iways protect. them. The scene was very affecting, and many of the chiefs and delegates present were in tears. The demonstrations of respect and honour were publicly manifested by the community at large. BATAVIA, AUG. 17. On the 13th, about four o'clock, the Batavian steamer the Batavia, coming from Singapore, brought the letters which had come by the land mail, which left Europe at the end of July. The mail which was destined for Europe, and which left Batavia on the 2(ith of June, was delayed in consequence of bad weather in the Gulf of Bengal, which prevented its accomplishing the voyage to Ceylon in time, and on its arrival, the English steamer, which takes the mail to Suez, was already gone, so that the latter had to remain at Suez till the next departure. The last steamer, which left us on the 22d July, was boarded by pirates; accordingly a Dutch man-of-war, and several vessels stationed in the river of Riouw, went towards the Tole of Gallat, and gave chase to the pirates; they were, however, unsuccessful, and the Batavia returned to Singapore on the 4th of August, and left it on the 9th with the mail, and arrived at Batavia on the 13th of this month. BORNEO, AUG. 20.—The British steamer Nemesis arrived at Laboan on the 18th of July, to replace the English brig-of-war the Columbine, which is to re turn to Singapore, in the hope that the men and officers will recruit their health, which has suffered much from their stay in the isle of Laboan. The Nemesis will not be stationed here long, but will cruise in the vicinity to keep a look-out for pirates. The commercial relations being now established with Borneo, it may be necessary to know that the Sultan of that empire demands a dollar per ton upon cargoes from Borneo. This duty is in lieu of the pre sents which were formerly given, and in consequence of a treaty concluded, no other duty is enforced. The market is at this time abundantly supplied with sago and pepper. Intelligence from Borneo extends to the 26th, and gives some details respecting the measures adopted by the Sultan for the discovery of the pirates, who had taken refuge in the interior of the country, after the engagement between the Nemesis and eleven large pirate vessels. In consequence of the request made by Mr. Brooke before he left the island, the Sultan pursued the fugitives ; twenty-nine were killed in the wood, and about forty-two were taken prisoners. About fifty persons whom the pirates had captured were found among them; these the Sultan took under his protection, and determined to put the pirates pub - licly to death. The forty-two persons, tied hand and foot, were taken to the place of execution, where the Sultan desired the fifty captives to revenge them selves upon the pirates for the horrible treatment which they had received, and put them to death with their own hands ; but they refused, and said God is great, he will himself chastise them. One of the pirates was then tied to a tree, and the Sultan pierced him with his lance. This was the signal for a general massacre; 200 armed Dayaks fell upon them, and before the sun had set they were all speared, their bodies cut in pieces, and thrown into the River Braunie. This sanguinary execution took place at a little distance from the town, in the presence of thousands of Dayaks. It is calculated that about 300 pirates took refuge in the interior after the combat with the Nemesis. Before leaving Borneo Mr. Brooke had requested the Sultan to deliver any pirates prisoners to Captain Grey, commander of the Columbine, stationed at Laboan ; for, in attacking the Nemesis they had become amenable to the Eng lish, and not to the Sultan. However imprudent, though, it was probably originated in a fear lest these pirates should escape well-merited punishment, since a similar circumstance occurred on a former occasion, when some pirates were taken prisoners by Captain Chads. Tbey were carried to Singapore, but as there was then no Admiralty Court there, they were sent on to Calcutta, where they were acquitted. Thus the Sultan has saved the English great expense. The fearful chastisement which he has inflicted on the pirates will probably exercise a salutary influence, but at the same time it will probably involve him in great difficulties. It is well known that it is not long since his . . Highness has encouraged the punishment of piracy and slavery. The engagement into , which he had entered, to renounce these barbarous acts, conformably with the conditions of the treaty lately concluded with the English Government, and the eagerness with which he has massacred his former friends will, certainly be a just pretext to the pirates of Sooloo, Basilaw; and the other islands of the Archipelago of Sooloo, to avenge the injustice which in their estimation he has been guilty towards their compatriots. It is probable that they will unite their forces to chastise in their turn the Sultan of Borneo Proper ; and in that case it will be the duty of the English to support and defend their new ally. If, in anticipation of such an event, an English fleet will show itself in these seas, it may effect the entire de struction of piracy in the Indian Archipelago, but if these measures are not adopted, there may be some fears as to the result of such an undertaking. BATAVIA, AUG. 24.—Accounts from Pedang state that the civil and military Governor of Sumatra, Mr. Michiles, has arrived at Batavia, whither he has been called by his Excellency the Governor-General, to be consulted upon questions of the highest interest to Sumatra. BATAVIA, AUG. 25.—The Journal of the _lndian Archipelago, of the Bth August, gives the extract of a letter from Mr. Nerebrouner :—" The working of the tin mines of Malacca is now an object of great im portance. Several miners have returned tó China, carrying with them immense riches. There are at this moment about fifty tin mines, some of which are situated in the districts inhabited by the Jakans, who, far from manifesting any hostile sentiments, render great service to the miners, and guide them through almost impenetrable forests, towards rivers and places where they suppose this metal may be found in abundance. It is deplo rable that almost every year the Chinese carry off into their own country this great wealth of Malacca. From all accounts the Chinese are not favourable to the interests of the colony, and I am happy to see a spirit of conciliation begin to manifest itself amongst the Malays, for, from what I learn, an association has been formed among them to work the tin mines." —Dutch Papers, Oct. 26. BRUSSELS, OCT. 26.—Mr. Green, who, as we stated yesterday, made his 176th aerostatic ascent on Sunday last, descended with his companions, after travelling for five hours, at Schriek, a village between Malines and Louvain. The execution of the unhappy Jean Francois Be reek, who was condemned at Brabant for fratricide, took place at nine o'clock yesterday, on the Grande Place, before an immense concourse of people. Le Observateur announces that Count Lalaing has stated that his health obliges him to relinquish his post of representative at the Court of Madrid, where , he will be succeeded by M. Jaegher, now Charge d A . f fakes at Stockholm - . The resignation of M. Lalaing is much regretted. DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT ARMS.—A curious and interesting discovery of ancient ms was made a few days ago by some labourers employed in cutting drains upon the farm of Thrunton, near Wittingham, in the county of Northumberland, the property of Lord Ra vensworth. These weapons, five in number, consisting of three spear heads and two sword blades, were found about two feet and a half below the surface, within a very small space, sticking with the points downwards in th moss. All are composed of the same materh s hining brass, which seems to have been pr stead brig ht stead of corroded by the action of the damp soil in which these relics have been deposited for so many centuries. They are all different in their consqucon, and all in equal preservation, w ith the m oulding ti s and edges as sharp or sharper than a modern cavalry . sword. Upon c omparison with othe r remnants of a similar description, there appears to be no doubt that these weapons are of Roman fabric. They are now in the possession of the Hon. H. T. Liddell, of Eslington House, who, immedi - ately upon the discovery, gave directions for further in ves tigation to be made in the spot where they were found, but withou t success. It was conjectured that they might have been deposited in the earth . over the place of sepulture of a Roman soldier. It is difficult to account for their peculiar position, and conjecture is at fault in the absence of any additional remains in the vicinity. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN ENG LAND.—AII the documents relating to this long-debated question among the Roman Catholic clergy of England arrived yesterday (Tuesday). The scene of Dr. Wise man's labours is not to be London, as was originally supposed. He is to be bishop of Birmingham. The Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, heretofore Vicar Apostolic of the midland district, which includes Birmingham, and to whom Dr. Wiseman acted as coadjutor, is now Arch bishop of Westminster. The title of Vicar Apostolic is to cease, and the bishops are to be for the future called after their respective sees. The further division of England into sees, .preparatory to an increase in the number of bishops, is still under the consideration of his Holiness ; when that is definitely arranged, th e number of bishops will be increased by four. There will also be one or two more archbishops created. GLARING INCONSISTENCY. —We are surprised at the conduct of the Bank directors after the assurance recently given that the screw principle WAS no longer to be applied to the Great Britain.—Punch, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We regret to be under the necessity of announcing the suspension of pay ment of two mercantile houses in this town, of very great respectability, both of which became known yesterday. The first, which was announced at the commencement of business, is that of Messrs. R. J. Farbridge and Co., East India merchants, and the second, which only became known late in the day, is that of Mr. Robert Gardner, who, as most of our readers are well aware, in addition to tit large spin ning and manufacturing business, was engaged in extensive mercantile transactions with different Parts of the world, and particularly with South AnA:"-' rica. We understand, however, that the amount of Mr. Gardner's present liabilities is by no means so I large as might have been expected from the extent of his dealings; and not the slightest doubt is enter tained that his property is amply sufficient, not merely to meet all his engagements, but to leave him in possession of a large surplus. Therefore, although some inconvenience may result from the suspension, there will certainly be no eventual loss. Of the extent of Messrs. Farbridge and Co.'s liabilities, we have not heard even a conjecture ; but we feel perfect confidence in the sufficiency of their property to an swer all the demands upon it. We are glad to learn that the expectations held out of the payment of an early instalment upon the debts of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. will be realised. At a meeting of the inspectors, on Monday, it was resolved that an instalment of 2s. 6d. in the pound should be paid forthwith; and we believe it is now receivable. Recent advices from Russia, in refer ence to the affairs of this firm are considered highly favourable. It is stated that the suspensions of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. and Messrs. Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, had become known there ; tha; they had not produced any disastrous consequences and that the expectations of speedy relief from thence to the suspended houses were likely to be fully realised. At Liverpool the principal occurrence of the week has been the stoppage of the .North and South Wales Bank, a joint-stock concern, with its principal estab lishment in that town, but having no less than 24 branches, principally in Wales. This bank had been in bad credit for some days, and rumours of its sus pension prevailed, and were very generally believed in this town a week ago ; but it did not suspend until Saturday last. A list of the shareholders has been published, from which it appears that they are 270 in number. The following is a list of the places where its branches were established : Abergele, Aberystwith, Bangor, Birkenhead, Bishop's Castle, Cardigan, Chester, Carnarvon, Conway, Denbigh, Dolgelly, Festiniog, Holyhead, Holywell, Llanrwst, Llangefni, Mold, Newtown, Oswestry, Port Madoc, Pwllheli, Ruthin, Welshpool, and Wrexham. The difficulties of the establishment are stated to have originated in a run upon some of the branches in Wales—an inconvenience to which banks with many branches are peculiarly liablQ in times like the present. The only failure of consequence announced in Lon don since our last report, is that of Messrs. Scott, Bell, and Co., East India merchants, with respect to whose liabilities we do not hear anything to be relied upon. Their suspension, we believe, is likely to cause some loss in this town. There is no material change in the market here. On the whole, perhaps, there has been an increased demand, both for goods and yarn. The buyers in many cases endeavoured to supply themselves at the low and irregular rates accepted by some parties last week; which, however, were not submitted to by spinners and manufacturers; and the business done was generally at what were considered previous mar ket prices. The scheme for a general suspension of labour in the cotton factories of the district appears to have failed. At Mossley and Ashton-under-Lyne, where notices had been given of an intended reduction of wages, the mills are all, or nearly all, standing ; but the attempts made to cause a general suspension of labour at Stockport, Hyde, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Heywood, and Oldham proved entirely unsuccessful. Indeed it was tolerably obvious from the first that the men were too much divided in opinion to be likely to act in unison in respect to so important a step as voluntarily relinquishing their employment. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had, to-day, a decidedly worse market, and fewer pieces have been sold than last Monday. The wool market has been still; little business transacted, and those who have sold have submitted to lower prices.: HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—We cannot record any im provement, but rather increasing dulness, in our Piece Hall. Most of the manufacturers attend from week to week, and do not sell a single piece for many weeks together. As to yarn, scarcely any orders have been given out, though it is generally understood that the export mer chants are not without, but withhold them, from the fear of not being able to convert their remittances into cash, as well as a certain amount of mistrust with reference to their own correspondents. The two largest spinners in the neighbourhood have greatly curtailed their hours of running. So little is doing that it is difficult to speak of prices. Very little long wool is selling, as the consumption is still further diminished, and less is arriving from the country. What sales are effected, are slightly in favour of the buyer. The very limited supply of short wool seems to meet the demands of the trade, and prices re main firm. HUDDERSTIELD, TUESDAY.—The market has been very dull to-day, and scarcely a buyer in the town. Much anxiety is felt as to the result of the present wool sales, and there is little inclination to purchase until the sales are closed. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have again had a very quiet market to-day. Nothing is bought but what is abso lutely wanted for positive orders, or for re-assorting stocks ; and these are little enough. The latest ac counts from London, bearing upon Government in terference to relieve commerce, have, however, given a rather better tone to business.—Manchester Guard. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TUE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1847. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 296 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .„ 95 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 132 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 233 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 34 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... 87 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 13 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ..• 3 Old Age, or Natural Decay ... Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 19 Causes not specified ... 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. in the 1841. Five Autumns. Week. West Districts... 301,326 . . 146 ... 151 North Districts.. 376,396 ... 184 170 Central Districts 374,759 . ... 196 ... 171 East Districts ... 393,247 ... 232 ... 215 South Districts .. 502,483 288 „, 260 T0ta15........ 1,948,211 ... 1,046 4!. , Males ... ••• ... • '.. , I :, A , Females ... ... ••• .•. .--e4„.! 4-1 11 ~ , , BIRTHS IN THE WBEIC. M a l es •.• 650 607 Females •.. Total ..• •.. ... ... 1,257 ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. Some philanthropic individuals proposed to estab. lish an institution of this nature, and a numerously attended public meeting of those friendly to the object was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The Lord Mayor presided. His LORDSHIP observed that the charity which they had met to support was one that was greatly required in that great city. They had no institution to receive poor idiots ; and if such could be estab lished, and those poor creatures rendered rational or partly so, a great benefit would be conferred on society. He would lend all the assistance in his power to forward the object of the meeting. A report from a provincial committee was then read, which, after adverting to the theory prevalent as to any form of insanity being merely physical, and consequently remediable in degree, made a strong appeal in support of the proposed institution. Several addresses were delivered, and resolutions in conformity with the object of the meeting were agreed to. THE DEAD AV of the journals relat es an extraordinary ese l :a l pe E.—n from O de e ath, which is stated to h ave taken place at Leigh. Two of thestudents • the dead room to choose a subject for so me anato mical having gone jn study, were astonished to find one of the bodies exhibiting signs of life. They removed it t o a warm bed, and in a few hours had the s atisfaction of seei ng every symptom of revival. The patient is said to be now in a state of convalescence. ASSASSINATION AT STOCKHOLNI.--111 the night of the 13th, M. G. F. Goeraussen, cashier-general of the Bank of Sweden, was found assassinated in a street of Stockholm. Death had been occasioned by stabs in the breast with a knife. A valuable diamond ring and a gold . watch were found on hi m ; b ut his pocket-book, which is supposed to have contained articles of great value, had disappeared. RAILWAY PROPERTY AT A DISCOUNT.—At the sale of the effects of a Mr. C. A. Caddy, at Barnstaple, last week, 50 shares in the Taw Vale Railway, upon which 2/. per share had been paid, were sold for ls. per share; and 100 shares in the Cornwall Railway Company, upon which 71. per share had been paid, .were also knocked down At ls. per share.—Plymouth T i mes. THE POLISH TRIALS. Day after day thetrit:l — Oithe Poles implicated in the late insurrection has been going on regularly and in perfect order. Many have been set at liberty, some entirely, others on parole : but after the trial and defence of Mieroslawski and the three principal leaders no feature of interest presented itself to at tract public attention. In the sitting of the 19th in stant, however, the investigation into the attempt against Posen on the night between the 3d and 4th March came forward. This is the most important pert of the whole accusation against the prisoners, Posen being a portion of the Prussian dominions. The following are the chief points which will be brought to bear against the accused : In an assembly of the insurgents held at Cracow on the 18th January, 1846, at which Mieroslawski presided, the 21st February was fixed upon for a ge neral rising in different parts of the duchy. The arrest of Mieroslawski on the 12th February, as well as of a number of nobles, his accomplices, at Posen, put a stop to the execution of their pro jects as regarded the duchy of Posen. But as the insurrection at Cracow for a moment seemed triumphant, the conspirators who were still at liberty resolved to make themselves masters of the town and citadel of Posen, to deliver the prisoners, and to carry out their first plan against . the duchy. Thi s plot was under the guidance of Niegolewski, Chamski, and Louis Paternowski. Their plans were as fol lows :—Niegolewski had sounded the peasantry in the vicinity of Posen, especially those of Polish descent, and relied on their assistance. In the town they counted a number of adherents, amongst whom were many of the pupils of the public seminary, who were led by a baker of the name of Heymann, and the director of some mills, Egsman. The head forest ranger of Count Dzialznski had promised to join them with a considerable body of peasantry from Bnin. Their plans were well arranged. The move ment was to commence as the clock struck eleven on the night of the 3d of March, 1846. Each party had its leader, and its place of meeting. Most of the conspirators were already armed, and the remainder were to be provided with arms on the spot. They hoped to have no difficulty in storming the citadel, as they relied upon the sympathies of a portion of the garrison and some Polish officers. The citadel is situated north of the city, but at no great distance. A single sentinel was the only guard usually on duty here, and the gate was only closed at ten at night. After nine the sentinel challenged all who entered the fortress, but the reply, " officer," and the military dress was enough to obtain admittance. By this means it was hoped that five or six of the conspirators could obtain an entrance into the fortress. At the given signal (a rocket), the guard was te be overpowered. Measures had also been taken to occupy all the egresses from the city, so that no orders could be transmitted to the military outside. It was ori ginally planned to shoot the commander, Lieutenant- General Steinacker, whilst on parade at noon, and it is even said that the two conspirators selected for the purpose had already levelled their muskets, but did not fire, owing to the signal agreed upon not having been given, it having been thought more prudent to await the evening. Mean time, rumours of insurrection reached :the ears of the authorities, on the morning of the 3d, and these rumours increased almost to a certainty of an outbreak at eight that evening. Precautionary measures were immediately taken. At half-past ten a battalion of infantry was drawn up in the principal square, with two pieces of artillery, and a squadron of huzzars. The guards at the prisons were doubled and detachments of troops were ordered to occupy the bridges. The muskets of the troops were loaded. The conspirators soon got wind of these preparations, their suspicions first being aroused by the police commissary Kreschmer galloping through the streets; they consequently resolved on changing their plans, but this ultimately proved an obstacle to success, as it was impossible to give information of this change to those without, who on finding no one at the ap pointed place, dispersed. At half-past ten there were onlp 400 conspirators assembled in the churchyard (one of the appointed meeting places), and a dispute arose between Chamski and Niegolewski the latter is even said to have threatened to shoot Chamski for having misinterpreted the orders given to him. See ing all chance of success was up, they dispersed, after concealing their arms. These were the facts alleged against the accused. It will be remembered that the prisoners deny having premeditated an insurrection in the Grand Duchy of Posen. PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA. The Augsburg Gazette states from Trieste, that the cholera has broken out at Perecop, a distance of nearly 250 miles from Odessa, but that the report of its having made its appearance at Odessa was unfounded. It has entirely ceased at Taganrog and Marcanopel, near the sea of Azof. The Austrian steamer Prince de Metternich, which arrived at Constantinople on the Bth instant, from Trebizoix4rbrought the happy intelligence that the ch016r44/0 almost entirely ceased in that city. The official reports, which come down to the 4th, announce that, from the 27th ult., the epidemic had sensibly become less intense at Trebizond. The mortality still amounted to ten or fifteen deaths each day, but this result was attributed to old attacks, which terminated fatally, less from the inveteracy of the malady than in consequence of imprudent excesses on the part of the persons attacked. The individuals who had lately been taken ill were not subject by any means to such violent attacks as had characterised the commence ment of the disease. The localities in the neighbour hood of Trebizond had also become less unhealthy. A letter dated Warsaw, Oct. 17, says " The greatest apprehension is felt here at the approach of the cholera. It has carried off three-fourths of the population of Karkow, whence it comes to us. Al though this is the time of jubilee, the churches are filled at all hours. The wetness of the weather has destroyed the potatoes and wheat, both of which are rotting in the ground, and everything announces a cruel famine. Crowds of poor persons, scarcely clad in rags, thronc, the streets. The charity o f pr i va t e cnt” persons ie and of b e nevolent societies is quit e insuf ficient." The Prussian Government says th e ( ' c A gne Gazelle) is already taking measures to prevent the anticipated invasion of the cholera. Instead of a cordon of troops, as in 1834, very rigorous quarantines will be established ; and in order that the surveillance may be exercised with greater security the passage of the frontier will only be allowed at certain points. Moreover, all the observations it made during the visitation of the disease in 1 834 are to be communi cated to the local authorities to guide them in taking precautionary measures. - Baron Hugo de Hamilton, Director-General of the Swedish Post-office, who has recently returned to Stock winch holm from Copenhagen and Berlin, has succeeded in obtaining from the Governments of Denmark and Prussia a considerable reduction in Francotag On letters sent from Sweden and Norway .to and England, proofs of the and vice versa. The reduction is to take place from the Ist January next. GREE N PEAS AT I\ TICITAELMAS.—We have been favoured with a sample of very. fin , ' peas, a peck of nursery-ground in this town — cne among the many was gathered lest week one Messrs. Bunyard's "mildness of the season."—MaidstoneJournal. - MEETING OF ----. POOR-LA W.......... A MEDICAL OFFICERS. numerous and highly -respectable meet it 1g of :saiWonr w rg as eo h n e s id a y n e d s t other a y in a e t m t b h e e r members a f no th ye e r m .sq l heal poor- 1 ) Rood is, for the purpose of expressing their opii ion with respect to the amelioration of the present sys tern of go o r -l aw medical relief; Dr Burton, of 'Walsall 1, i n the chair. Medical gentlemen * from all parts of the Itry attended. 7. [le CHAIRMAN having thanked the meeting f or esi ap 'pointi ng hi m to 'pr 'd th ey had assemble d-e , said the object f or w l l i ch in .terest for the public was one that possessed a g eat der• to carry out P the as well as the profession. In a. isembled, he recommendedpurpose for which they had 1 ' their observations, a A to them temperance in ns, and the d 4. a °Fawn of sup qi a counNq as would not call forth through, nut the kingclarn._ qiea a en( my The Ssog:RTARY (Mr. T. P. Ilealear)) re quisition calling t he meeting, andeya't read on .bi length described the course which had aclre cons v r e e adopted for the purpose of ameliorating t a 1 en he p, ient system of poor-law medical re , . ief, which was inj L z ious to the public interests, as in fact it p l aced the intz , - est of the pauper and of the medical officer in antagoni: m. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Dr eygs te, expressive of his desire to co-operate with the men d ing, and regretting his inability to attend. Mr. DAIIIEL, of Newport Pagnel, proposed 1 the first resolution, which was—" That medical irb charged with attendance on the poor, are required to be thoroughly and practically acquainted with eve ry branch of their profession ; that they are liable to be called at the shortest notice, and without assistant to treat the severest form of disease, and the rnt )st formidable injuries which every species of accident may produce, as well as to attend the most diffics sit and appalling cases which obstetric practice can pr e sent. That in the discharge of these duties they ha ye not' only to contend with the anxieties inseparal )le from such weighty responsibility, but are broug ht into situations the most trying and repulsive, not or ly from the multiplied annoyances which attend the m, but from concentrated contagion and other causes of disease to which many of this valuable class of m en have been victims; that the sacrifice of time, labs ar, and rest which they are required to make is great a nd unlimited; and that the pecuniary expenses necessaz ily incurred in visiting their patients and supplying 7 the means of relief are often unadvoidably heavy. That in I ad dition to these trials, inherent in their office, there are others ofa moral character very liable to be concomi int with them, and of a kind most painfully to all ect minds of a highly honourable and sensitive class, to which it is sufficient merely to allude. That the mode in which these services are required to be p formed, and the scanty remuneration awarded to the medical men engaged in them, constitute a grit •v -ance which cannot be too strongly stated, and for which redress should earnestly be sought. Thai; in many instances the number of persons amongst wlnom the casualties of disease and accident may occur, and the area to be traversed in visiting the patierrts, are so great as to render early, constant, and satisf actory attendance physically impossible. That the pecu niary remuneration being granted on no fixed prin ciple or scale, varies greatly in different localities; but that in almost all it is so disproportionately small, and in very many of them falls so far short of the expense incurred, as to render a large portion of the medical relief bestowed on the sick poor a tax on individual members of the medical profession, in stead of resting, like clothing, food, and other forms of relief, upon the rate-paying parishioners in general." It was their duty to call on the Legislature to inter fere, in order to put an end to a system which, whilst it was unjust to the pauper, did not properly recog nise the interests or social position of the medical officers.—(Hear, hear.) There was a very serious difference between a griping parsimony and a proper economy.—(Hear, hear.) It ought to be recollected that the boards of guardians were composed of very heterogeneous elements, and that they could not by possibility be the best judges of the value of the ser vices of medical officers whom they might have to employ, and that they rather sought for cheapnass than other and more valuable qualities.—(Hear, hear.) He had the greatest respect for the clergy, and for the invaluable services they rendered, but he could not help remarking upon the extraordinary difference in some cases which existed between the remuneration of clergymen and medical officers. He had known a case recently in which a clergyrn3n with an allowance of 50/. a rear refused to attend s woman in fever lest he might catch the disease. How would it be if the worse paid medical man refused to attend the woman because he might catch the fever ? —(Laughter.) It was quite evident that the present system of remuneration bore no relation to the ser vices which were required from, and afforded by, medical men. He had great pleasure in proposing the resolution. Dr. PEARSON, of Prescott, seconded the resolution, and in doing so took the opportunity of stating that he received but 101. a year for attending several parishes in his neighbourhood. During the progress of fever recently he caught the infection, and was obliged to employ an assistant, to whom he paid 501. a year for attending to the duties which he was re quired to perform for 101. a year.—(Shame, shame.) He was of opinion that they ought to call upon the Government to interfere in effecting an alteration of the present mode of paying poor-law medical officers. The resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. TASKER, of Melbourne, proposed the second resolution, which was—" That the medical relief at present provided for the poor must be faulty and inadequate as respects both the patients and the pub lic, is the necessary consequence of the errors which have been pointed out as inherent in the system it self. That though an immense amount of unrequited professional assistance is afforded, the limits of phy sical capability and of pecuniary resources preclude medical officers from the possibility of giving prompt professional assistance in many instances. That it results from these defects in the system that patients, who might by early and efficient treatment be quickly cured or relieved, and placed in a situation to support themselves and their families, may become a charge on their parishes for aggravated sickness and burial, or for protracted relief to themselves and their fami lies. That the extra expense is not confined to that which might be made apparent from the parish books, but tends to swell the sums expended in hospitals, dispensaries, orphan asylums, and other institutions, besides an invaluable ateount of individual charity." It was, in his opinion, most important to impress upon the public the fact that the sick poor must suffer from the existing inadequate payment to medical officers. That was not only his opinion, but the opinion of the Commissioners, who had stated in the strongest terms their impression, that imperfect remuneration would have the effect of causing the appointment of needy and ill-qualified persons, and that the neglect of the sick paupers must be the re suit of that system. It was indeed quit e clear, f f‘ deet _ nothing but a proper salary could secure proper scri Rtion of medical men, and pro per . oubt medical the time anee Tor the pauper. lie had no d ievances would be . assist ance would shortly come when th eir gr .-;--(gear, hear.) ,:C of W c s worth, seconded the reso ir end bore testimo n y to the injurious effects which had bee n produc e d by the v er y l ow salaries a ll ow ed to t he 'medical officers of the poor-law unions esolution was supported by Mr. WHITE, of olborn Union, who said that the union with 'ch he was connected contained 44,300 inhabitants, and had three medical officers to attend it. The clergy were paid a much larger sum than that which was paid to the medical officers ; and the clerk, who had comparatively little to do, was also well paid. He was sure that it was not the desire of the people of England that the medical men of the country, who had so many lives committed to their charge, should be worse paid than the veterinary surgeons who bad the care of horses. After a few words from Mr. EBSWORTH and Mr. Mr. WEBSTER, this resolution was also unanimously agreed to. Mr. LORD, of Hampstead, proposed the third reso lution, pledging the meeting to memorialise the Se. cretary of State and the Poor-law Commissioners, and to communicate with the College of Physicians rand Surgeons, and the Society of Apothecaries, requesting their co-operation in carrying out the obj ec t s o f the meeting. Mr. BOULGER, of Bletehingly, d -econ ed the reso lution, which was agreed to. _ _ Mr. LIVETT, a delegate from Wells, stated that in Somersetshire a great number of medical officers had co-operated in carrying out the objects for which they had assembled, and concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the press for the valuable assistance which it had rendered in advocating their cause. A committee was then appointed for carrying out the objects of the meeting. The thanks of the meeting were given to the chair man for the able manner in which he had discharged his duties. The meeting then broke up. THE LATE INFRACTIONS OF THE QUARANTINE LAWS AT MALTA.—We have much pleasure in an flouncing that the trial of Captain Tate, of the brig Navy, and his wife, before the Criminal Court, has ended favourably to the prisoners, both of whom were, on the 17th of October, acquitted ; as whilst the public prosecutor failed in proving any wilful intent, his own witnesses went the length of establishing much blame able negligence and want of due vig ilance on the part ofo the quarantine o ffi cers. The trial of Captain Cla rk, l t a h w e , b w ri a g s Efixcelidpsfeo,rwt,hitehnfothurofofoclatoisbcerre, wb,utunoudrerdtahtecssoanim.ye I reach to the afternoon of the 18th. patingT provisi ons, N Treasury iE th E e l'Al4lD An h ti a c v i ; au an ß o E th L e cEr sca C rc or ty m o ts f sio xl re-appointed twenty-thr e e r e ind o t f e t ai he n l g th 2on e ava dis l a t n ri d bu m u il o i n tar o y t loaffincderlsaswthyoearse,rvined under the relief commission in Ire , provisions. i