The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

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A , Ylln and Ely Lynn a n d D ereham 15 3 111 Manchester and Leeds 82 ll2 ... . Ditto 1 Shares . ... 38 ...... 17% Do. Quarters l2 ....- 17 14-* .- ........ •• Do. Fifths 5 . . 11 1 A 1 1 174 Do. Sixteenths 6 l /,‘ Do. Extension 42s. Liver. and Bury 24 _l%% p......... 1 1 % p Do. Live Do. do. Fifths M — Manchester, 1 A V 2 Buaton,and t atlock ester 425. ..... 1 p l% p h, and LincolnshireSheffield, 10) Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (N o . 2) . .. 25 Ditto ditto (N o , 3) ... 214 — Ditto and Grim s by.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ......••• I jis — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2% Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ••••• • 1 % 2 2 Midland lOO 128% 128 l2B Do. Fifth s 2 ... Do. N ew ' 30 Ditto, Ne w Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Mid land Great W e st ern Irish •• .................... 20 Newcastl e an d Car•lisle...loo Ditto New .•.• ~.. Ditto Quart er Shares 6 1 4 — ziewnirket&Chesterfrd 5 Do. Extension Newport& Abergavenny 2 %•••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 •_ .... NawrY• Warrenpoint, Norfolk.. and Rostrevor ...... .. 10 ••••.• ......... ••• -- ..•. »....... --•— Ditto Half Shares .. 9 D O . Ext ension . 6 _ Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk — — —.— Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 3 /4 134 North British ........ ... 25 Do. H a l f Shares 3% Do.D Quarters Extension ...... .. 14 3%% Ni .. _ _ 1 % Di tto Thirds 1% 1 Northern and Ea s t ern _ Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New 1 — 9 North Staffordshire 5 --- 9 ••• _ North Wales • 3% • Northern and SoUtle.rn... _ ~Contin 4North Western„ P/ 2 3 U% 3 N3 Oxford, Worcester, .... _ Wolverhampton Ozford, Witney, and - Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ...... 33 / 4 4% Preato n and Direct 25 R Do. % Shares '`e,!cling, Guildford, and 1 dis. Aeigate 3l. 12s. Royston and Hitchen ... • 1 % emml Ile ° ttiali Central Scottish Midland 1 2l Sheffield, Rotherham, $h nd Gool e 2% — .. — ewsbury and Birm... 3 ..• • • % 1 4 1 2 5 d 4 Di tto ditto, Cl ass B. 14 4 ' ao Pshire Union South Devon 4O ••• •• —„ South S taffordshire June l/. 13s. 44:1 1A p l% p no., No, South Eastern & Dover. 33% 4O D e., Ne, 2 23h 1 12 15 — 17 South•••• •.•• •••• Do., No. Wales 4 So uth York s hi re, Don- 5 ca ster, and G oo l e Swans. & Loughor & Ca ,,, meron's St m . C 0a 1 .... 2 Vale E xtens i on ..3 8% .. ... ..... ... 31i i aW Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand J unct i on 42s. v ale of Neath . Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole ...... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterfo r d and Limerick 27% Waterfd,W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, 11 aterford, and Valentia _ West Ridi ng Union 42s. 2' , 4 p West C ornwall _ Windsor Staines, and South Western ..... ... 425. ... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- ... ' mouth Yor . . 3 1 k and Newcastle. ... 25 ....• 381 4 7% Ditto New Do. Preference ...... 2 York and N or th ... Midland 50 • .. Ditto 1 ,4 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby • .• •• ...... — , n Do. Extensiox .....•..., .v ,A, Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbad oes .. 1 Belgia n E astern Junctn. 2144 Boulogn e an d A m i ens. .. 18 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and .... Cote (Mackenzie's)... 2 .• —.2 .... . ..•.. ......... Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond _ H arbour ....... ..... Central of Frchce (Or leans and Vierz un ) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 - Ceylon. . - b........ .... ...... • elnerara Dir ect Bombay and ladras ... ..• •• • • Dut c h R henish 7 ss. • Ran Indian ... •—••—• 58. ~,unponx & Ilazebrouk 4 (neat Indian Peninsular ss. .... 9 .. ,!eat W estern Bengal... s s . v reat Western Canada..• 31 4 •••••• Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jantaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ,rurternbourg. ..... .•••• •• 6 '-•Yons and Avignon Madras 1 A 1/ — •• 8 M adrid and Valenti a .... 2 •'lSlrturitius • Naintir and Liege Northern of France. North J ama i ca ... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Bordeau x ... 6 _ Over 17ssel 4/ 3s 4d _ Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 _ Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and ll a vre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 —.• 4, 7 8 5 1 i ..... S trasbourg and Bale .., 14 Tours and Nantes Con stituted •• 5 Toornay, Jurbise, ',wi d T riniden, ad and Hasselt. 8 West Fl anders 2% •• 6 18% 15 3 , 4 2% 10 1 % - 5% JOINT STOCK BANKS. itAustralasia itish North American 50 ••••••• **** "• t at ional of Irel an d 22% ro vincial of Ir e l an d ... 25 on of L0nd0n......... 10 r, don & W es t m i nster. 20 C i ln on m ia er 1.• i cial of London 20 25 - ••• •. ••••••••• nd ~0 on Joi n t St oc k lO - _ t 'at ional Prov. E ng l an d . 35 tJ nien of Australia MINES. 14 41 del Monte Unregd. /LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) b LoNnoN, JAN. 1 1. — Wind this day at noon E.N. E., light „ r e„eze and fine clear weather.—A north country built-brig, "L 410 ' to 300 tons, with painted ports, gilded work round the te rn, two stars, and the letter T, in German text, in the meddle of the archboard, and the port to which she belonged round the rudder-case, was passed, abandoned, 31st ult., tat. 50 N., lon. 13 W., by the Choice de Caen, arrived at , Liverpool. Dam., JAN 9.—Wind E.S.E. and S.E. by S. 10.—5.5. E., moderate.—Sld. Theresa, Bacon, Adelaide, South Australia; Maria Hardy, Cragg, Algoa Bay ; Emily, Dring, Cape Coast Castle. Nereid, Slaughter, Dominica; Australia, llarrison, Colombo; J. F. Foord, Darke, Bombay; Carthagena, Jacks, liew Orleans Kahle, JAN. 6.—Wind E.S.E., f res h .— A cr d . S ylph i de, - Nahle, Africa ; Beaufort, Bartlett, Havannah. Off port, karian, Van, Rotterdam ; Batavia, Bremen. OFF' SHOREHAM, JAN. 9 .—Wind—Arrd. Luckno w , Calcutta. PoRTSMOUTi i , J AN. 9, 10.—Wind E.S.E., f res h .— A crd. 1 tlerschell, Lemke, Havannah, for Hamburg') ; Amelia, Lund, Rio Janiero. Sid. Thomas Arburthnot, Thompson, Port '., hilii ); her I,lajesty's , steam er P enelope, west coast of Africa ; her lajesty s ship Naiad, South America. Off, Bengalore, Acton, Elsinore ; Bengal, Gray, Madras. DFONVEY, JAN. 8.--Wind E. to S.E.—Arrrd. Alicia, Quebec. EAumA ßT s,—Arrd. Ann D av i es, Hughes, Richebucto. unta N JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Frances, Elliot, Demo seta ; Catherine Pitcairns, Be e k er , di tto. 33 LitiimEnica-Thetis, Hugigil, B.—WinNew York d S. E.—Sld. El eanor, Groves, n a rnore ;. c ,"l'v SUNDERLAND, JAN. 9.—Bathurst, B el i ze. ..rocit.ro N , JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—lrrd. Jarrow, Quebec. thfikroan, JAN. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Commodore, Brick, St. Jago de Cuba. Wi krl-10LynEAD, JAN. 9.—Wind variable and li g ht .—Arrd. the rl, rklovr Read, Bank Liverpool for Virginia, leaky, having st ruc k en O 41z Pt/mount, JAN. 10.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Mary, N ew tland ; Portley, Reed, Mauritius ; Rosebud, Gate, Hon 15s; Xenophon, Rohester, Pug-wash. br4ALSIOUTII, JAN. 9Mm 10.—Wind S.E. to E.SE., strong Nirili e ,s..—A.rrd. Boyne, Osborn, Calcutta. Off port. Alida J tp elt nnia, Sema sea. Louise Hartman, Rio Janeiro : tli ,--s ; JAN. 8. Colunibus, Legisby, Rio Janeiro. . ity.it3in.i.x ROADS, JAN. 9.—Arrd. Ellen Simpson, Calcutta. 41 z, i.!. J AN. 9.—The Slater Rebow came on shore this morn ls,LLit,got off, apparently without damage. 1:t„,- uRRTar Gndie (SKYE), JAN. s.—The Jane, a , has ri_got off the rock s w i t h out mater i al damage. bOr o fetrril, JAN. 7.—The Hirendelle, Pierce, from Middle"- 1541.,:joutzz b g r a ig rr h i t v . ed here on the 4th instant, with loss of boir - W, cutwater, Ise., having been in contact with a brig near 441. ' DERRY.-- " A " d • Marian, Campbell, New York. Sld. 13;1;,uoofnAbercorn, Hegarty, New Orleans. Tc)cit'ro; J_Arr, 7.—Pakenham, Jamaica. ~,, N . , JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec. Bar qu - e 'l JAN. 10.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrd. a Bremen /i t _ ,Aon quarantine. 'Se * tg_, sr, JA. 9.—Wind E.—Sid. Caithness-shire, Leggett, T h ,.`,"_. ( !eans ; Yarmouth, Howe, New York. 1 / 44 1,nni, JAN. 9.—The Culzean Castle, Mulligan, hence to reinZzent on the rocks on the Lady Isle, near here and W i O it j s AY 0. M.), JAN. e Providence, Small, from I,l's D - reag t .° 4 to Ardglass, sprung a leak, and was run on /veterdav naml'inn• " .. —........ a , /4 eXpected tA? go to piece& .--. 234 3s 37 1 4 10 0 2 1 171 127 1 i 6,; i? 1 221 ,4Y S I A 3 31% /. MARKET HIS DAY). CORN-EXCHANGE.M ONDA Y. The arrivals of English Wheat, up to our market last week, were on a very moderate scale, while those of all other grain of home produce, including Flour, were unusually small. From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any corn came to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat, Barley, and Peas, were trifling ; but those of Oats, Beans, and Flour—the latter exceeding 23,000 barrels, chiefly from America—were moderately good. Fresh up coastwise, as well as by land carriage and samples, a fair average quantity of Wheat of home produce came to hand from Essex and Kent; but from the other home counties, the receipts of that article were trifling. The stands being scantily tilled with samples, and the attendance of both town and country buyers good, the demand for English Wheat was firm, at an advance in the qnotations paid on Monday last of from Is to 2s per quarter. This im provement was realized on Friday, consequently prices were not higher than on that day, and a total clearance was not effected. With free foreign Wheat we were scantily sup plied. All descriptions commanded a ready, but not to say brisk inquiry, at a rise in the currencies of from is to 2s per quarter from this day se'nnight. There was a very good demand for inferior foreign Wheats in bond for shipment to Ireland, at is to 2s per quarter more money. Selected and middling qualities were not dearer, although a good business was transacted in them. The show of Barley, both English and foreign, but especially that of the former, was trifling. The malsters being in want of supply, the demand was active, at a further advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. Scarcely any Malt was on offer. ThOSS parties in actual want were com pelled to give from is to 2s per quarter more money than last week. Several parcels were disposed of for forward de livery at that amount of improvement. The show of Oats was wholly inadequate to meet the demand, which was, in consequence active, at Is to 2s per quarter above last Mon day's figures. Very few Beans were on offer, owing to which holders refased to sell except at is to 2s per quarter more money. All kinds of Peas moved off readily, at a rise of from Is to 2s per quarter. Flour was in good request at the late advance in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, I Malt—Chevalier B4s to 88s Red, New.... 69s to 77s Ditto,White, New 74s 85s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 69s 74s Ditto, White.... .. 758 79s Irish, Red • . —s —s Ditto, White . • • • . • —s —s Bye—Old • • • • • —s s New....... • • . • 423 44s Barley—Grinding . • • .. 42s 46s Malting . ........ 543 57s Chevalier . • • 563 62s Slalt--Suffolk and or folk • • .... 77s 80s Brown ...... . 723 74s Xingstonand Ware 80s 82s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 283 30s Potatoe •• • • 34s 36s Youghal and Cork, Black .• • •• • 298 31s Cork, White ... • • 30s 34s Scotch, Feed. 30s 34s Beans—Tick . Pigeons •• • • 48s 52s Pease—Grey ..• • • • • . 48s 50s Maple . •.• .. 491 511 White ... •••• • • • • 528 56s Boilers ... 56s 58s Flour—Town-made .•• —s Suffolk .•••• • • • • . 60s 653 Stockta & Norfolk 48s 92s The imports of live stock into London during the past week have been vary limited, viz., 20 Cows and 250 Sheep from Boulogne, together with 3 Oxen, 46 Cows, and 356 Sheep from Harlingen. At the outports about 200 Beasts and 600 Sheep have been landed f ro m Holland, and 20 Oxen from Spain, in moderate condition. To-day we had on offer 20 Beasts and 80 Sheep from Holland and 2 Oxen from Spain, the whole of which found buyers at somewhat im proved currencies. With home-fed Beasts we were, the time of year considered, scantily supplied; while the general quality of that description of stock was by no means first rate. The weather being favourable to slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers numerous, the Beef trade was steady, and in sonic instances a trifle more money was obtained for the best Scots, Devons, and Herefords. At the close of busi ness a good clearance had been effected. The arrivals from the northern districts comprised about 1,100 short-horns ; from the eastern counties, 300 Herefords, short-horns, and Scots; from the western and midland districts, 700 here fords, runts, Devons, &c.; and from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds : the remainder of the supply being chiefly derived from the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The numbers of Sheep were small, but of excellent quality. All breeds commanded a steady though not to say brisk de mand at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's prices. With Calves we were moderately supplied, while the Veal trade was steady, and previous rates well supported. There was more inquiry for Pigs, but in prices we have no alteration to report. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. i. d. Inferior Beasts 3 2 3 6 - Second quality ditto. 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen 3 10 4 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 6 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Southdown Wethe. 410 5 0 Ditto out ofthe wool Large Hogs ...... 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers .• • 4 8 4 10 Quarter old Pigs .• 16 0 19 0 Lambs ..... 0 0 0 0 MARKET. I Calves. 62 LEADENIZALT. SUPPLY AT Reasts. I Sheep. 2,852 18,030 NEWGATE AND Pigs. 270 The I:.s7,,veaTt7rTivalToTth7coTaTy-kiiieaThiat up to these markets have been considerably on the increase; while the supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been seasonably good. Generally speaking, the demand has been in a very inactive state, and all kinds of Meat have sold on somewhat easier terms. Only about twenty carcases of foreign Beasts, and 100 ditto of Sheep have appeared oa sale, in very middling condition. At per at one, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. I. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior •••• • • 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior •• 3 2 3 6 - middling • • 3 0 3 2 middling• • 3 8 3IC - prime large • • 3 2 3 4 i prime ••• • 4 0 4 4 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large ••. • 3 6 4 4 Veal •• •• •• •• •• •• 3 8 4 8 - small .•••• • • • 4 6 410 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. The imports of Potatoes in the past week have consisted of 462 tons from France, in fair average condition. Coastwise, the receipts have been unusually small. Although the de mand is heavy, prices have an upward tendency. York Re gents, 160 s to 200$; Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Re gents, 140 s to 160 s ; ditto Kidneys, 140 s ; Kent and Essex Regents, 1603 to 200 s; ditto Kidneys, 160 s to 200 s; French Whites, 130 s to 160 s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. There is a fair demand for the best kind of Hops in pockets, at fully last week's quotations. All other kinds are much neglected, though we cannot call them cheaper : Sussex pockets, 31 12s to 41 6s; Weald of Kent pockets, 41 to 4/ Ss ; Mid and East Kent pockets, 515 s to 6165. WO 07•. On the whole more business has been doing in English Wools since this day se'nnight, and previous rates, owing chiefly to the limited supplies on offer, are well supported. Colonial qualities are very dull, but Foreign are quite as dear. The imports have scarcely amounted to 100 bales. TALLOW. This market is very steady, and prices have further ad vanced 3s per cwt. P.Y.C. on the spot 51s Gd. Town Tallow 52s 3d net cash, iEzlitton CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first day of Hilary term, and according to the arrangements that have been adopted now for some time, of the Lord Chancellor not giving a break • fast to the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel, either on the first day of Hilary or Trinity terms, the Lord Chancellor sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the appeal motion of " Masterman v. Lewin," which came before his Lordship upon an appeal from the de • cision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in an inter pleading of no interest whatever except to the parties concerned. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) FISHER AND CROFTS V. OLIVER AND ATKINS. This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants, who were lace manufacturers, from using the patented invention of the plaintiff; fur an improve ment in the manufacture of lace. The invention, for which the patent had been obtained in 1838, purported to make ornamental lace at the same time with opaque cloth, by means of additional warp threads, and was also fur making a description of lace called honeycomb. The defendants, in their affidavits, contended that the inven • tion, as far as it was practicable, had been in use prior to the obtaining of the patent, and that in the other parts it was too undefined to be ever susceptible of being re duced into practice, against both of which allegations there were several affidavits from lace-machine owners, lace manufacturers, and lace mechanics, &c. The case for the plaintiff had not concluded at the rising of the Court. VICE-CHANCERY -(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor sat to-day in his Court at Westminster. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GAMBLE AND NOTT. Mr. BETRELL renewed his motion to-day in this case on behalf of the plaintiff , the Electric Telegraph Com pany, for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Gamble and Nott, from pirating, as the plaintiffs alleged, a patent belonging to them for the construction of electric telegraphs. Our readers will recollect that the case came before the Court previous to the Christ mas recess, when we gave a short description of the facts. The case will doubtless occupy the Court for a day or two, if his Honour should hear the arguments on both sides. Mr. Bethel', Mr. Teed, and Mr. Heathfield are counsel for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Stuart and Mr. Crompton appear for the defendants. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Wionem.) EIVARTS V. KENSIT. This was a motion on the part of the plaintiffs for an injunction to restrain the defendant from proceed ing upon a judgment which he had obtained • against them. The facts were as follow:—The plaintiffs, who were extensive stockbrokers, carrying on business in the City induced the defendant, a solicitor of the court, to invest in Government securities a sum of 28,395/. In 1838 the defendant obtained judgment in the Court of Exchequer against the plaintiffs for that amount. In February, 1841, the debt was reduced to 13,3511., and the plaintiffs gave two securities for 10,0001., as well as an assignment to the defendant of debts due to him, the former of which had been paid, and a portion of the latter, which reduced the debt to 2,0951. and for the discharge of which the plaintiffs agreed to pay 351. a year each during their lifetime, and to make their effects liable for the payment of the same after their death. The defendant, in consequence of this ar rangement, agreed not to proceed with the judgment ; but he admitted in his answer that he applied to a com mon law court for the issue of a scire facial on the judgment he had obtained for the sum originally due to him by the plaintiffs. Mr. ROMILLY, who appeared in support of the motion, occupied the greater part of the day in his address, and His HONOUR deferred judgment till he had read the answer. The remainder of the day was occupied in motions of no interest whatever. QUEEN'S BENCH.—('PHIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) This was the first day in Hilary Term. Neither the Judges nor the Queen's Counsel appeared, in this Court, in " full bottomed" wigs. Before the Judges took their seats on the beneh, the Attorney. General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and other L earned Gentlemen entitled, by their position, to wear these flowing wigs, appeared in their places with them on ; but on being informed by Mr. Knowles, who appeared in the ordinary wig, that the Judges in the other Courts would not appear in full dress, they precipitately withdrew, and immediately after appeared in their ordinary costume. During the interval much merriment was caused by counsel in flowing wigs taking their seats, and on receiving the intimation re ferred to, hurrying out, and re-appearing instantly shorn of very much of their " dignity." THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS V. THE GUARDIANS OF 4% iii 5 4 114 ~, ~~ THE SUN, LONDON,, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY il , 1847. THE POOR OF BRISTOL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, on behalf of the Poor-law Commissioners, for a rule, directed to the guardians of the poor of the city of Bristol, calling upon them to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued commanding them to furnish Mr. Alfred Whit taker, an auditor appointed by the Poor-law Commis sioners for the Sornersetshire and Wiltshire districts, with an account in writing of all " money matters and things " expended by them for the maintenance of the poor for the half-year ending the 25th of March, 1846. The parishes of which the defendants were the guar dians, overseers, &e., were incorporated by an Act of Parliament entitled the 3sl of George IV., c. 44, and they were invested with authority over the poor, and empowered to collect rates for their support. Last year the Poor-law Commissioners issued an order to them, amongst others, for the appointment of an auditor to the district. Mr. Whittaker was elected in the month of October, the guardians and deputy guardians voting for him. In September he gave them notice that he should shortly attend for the purpose of auditing the accounts, but he was met by a resolution which the directors had passed, setting forth that the greatest pains had been ' taken by them to have the accounts properly audited, and that the intervention of the auditor would be wholly unnecessary. They also objected to increasing the rates by a salary to an auditor ; and finally came to the de termination not to submit their accounts to Mr. Whit taker until their liability to do so was declared by a competent tribunal. They grounded their non-liability on the 7 and 8 Victoria, sec. 32, c. 101, which autho rised the Poor-law Commissioners to combine parishes or unions together, and to form them into districts for the auditing of their accounts by the proper officer. They contended that their district was not a parish or union within the meaning of that Act. Now he (the Attorney-General) held that the interpretation clause appended to the Act put an end to this objection, inas much as it stated that parishes or unions should be held to mean parishes or unions specified as such under any local Act.—Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. -WATSON. This case was tried in this Court during the last term, before the Lord Chief Justice. The defendant was in dicted for indecently assaulting a child, and for indecently exposing his person in a public place, the public place being Paddington Churchyard. He was found guilty of the indecent exposure. The case was fully reported in The Sun at the time. Sir F. THESIGER now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant or in arrest of judgment. There were three counts, but the verdict of guilty, he understood, was only taken in the first, which stated that the defendant, in an open and public place Lord DEN MAN-4 understand the defendant is not in Court. Sir F. THESIGER—IIe is under recognizances, my Lord. lam merely applying for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant. If your Lordship thinks it would bo more convenient to make my motion when the defendant comes up for judg ment, I will defer it until then. LORD DENMAN said that was the invariable rule. The matter then dropred. SIMS AND WIFE V. HENDERSON. This case was tried before Lord Denman at the last sittings after term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs for upwards of 10,000/. Mr. MARSTON now applied to have the verdict set aside, and, with the leave of the Learned Judge, to enter a nonsuit, and also to have the judgment arrested. The case arose out of certain proceedings in the Su preme Court of Newfoundland, which, it was contended, had exceeded its powers. The COURT took time to consider the various objec tions raised. COKE V. SIR TONKIN. This was tried before the Under-Sherriff in July last, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is the proprietor of the Oxford Chronicle , against the defendant, as one of the members of the provisional committee of the Oxford and High Wycombe Junction Railway, to recover the amount of a bill in curred by advertising the prospectus of the company in his newspaper. A rule was subsequently obtained in the Bail Court by Mr. Finn, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside on two grounds — first, that the advertisements must be taken on the credit of the solicitor of the company and not upon his prin cipals, and secondly, that if they could not be taken upon his credit, that his principals were the managing committee, and not the provisional committee; and that the defendant was not a member of the managing com mittee, but of the provisional committee. The case now came on for argument. Mr. MAYNARD, who appeared for the plaintiff, admitted that if any evidence had been adduced at the trial that the committee had paid the solicitor for the advertise ments, or that the solicitor had charged the committee for them, or that the defendant, or any other member of the committee, were liable to the solicitor, and that the plaintiffs must consequently look to the solicitor, and not to the committee, the objection would have pos sessed some force; but it was wholly untenable, and was raised at the last moment, when the plaintiffs attempted to prove the liability of the provisional committee, and, therefore, that the attorney was merely their agent, and could not be held liable. He quoted a number of authorities in support of this view. There was evidence that the defendant gave his verbal consent to the placing of his name on the committee, that he attended its meetings, and that the newspapers containing the prospectus were at these times lying on the table of the committee-room. The case was properly left to the jury by the Under-Sheriff. Mr. FINN contended, on the other hand, that there was no evidence adduced to show that the solicitor had re ceived orders from the committee. Such orders were not usually given by a solicitor, but by the secretary, who acted under the directions of his Committee. He had no authority to act in the way he did. Were they, then, to be held liable for his acts? The r a i f h t e o r t t o h k e p appointment ves of the a sol m e work was done a ft er t h e 30th of November, and a m n a a g n i a n g g e m c e n o m t m o f i t t t e h e e , affairs of the company. A provisional committeeman was simply a patron of a scheme, and not a person who took an active part in the management of its affairs. Although it was shown that the defendant did take his part in the management of the affairs of the company in its early stages, nothing of the kind was shown at the advanced period, when the debt was incurred. Lord DENMAN said, it appeared that the plaintiff had notice that there was a managing committee, as the names of such a committee appeared on the face of the prospectus sent to him to print; they were struck out in order to save expense, perhaps. The COURT took time to consider the application, as it was possible they might be called upon to pronounce an opinion upon others of a similar nature daring the term. The Court then rose. BAIL CO Ulti.—(THIS DAY) Mr. Justice Erle took his seat in this Court this morn mg, at half-past nine o'clock. The business transacted was of no public importance. EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) BEILBY V. SHEPHERD. In this cause, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the sittings after last Michaelmas term, a ver dict was returned fur the defendant, with liberty to move to enter the verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 501. The defendant was the master of a vessel named the Nisus, and was sailing from Ostend to Gainsborough. The plaintiff was a pilot licensed by the Trinity House at Hull, and he had offered to pilot the vessel in ves tion, which the master, in violation of the ,General Na vigation Act of the 6th of Geo. IV., chap. 125, had re fused, thereby rendering himself liable to the amount of the penalty named in the Act, to recover which the present action was brought. The point reserved at the trial was, whether the defendant was liable under the 70th section of the Act, which imposed a penalty of 50/., or under the 58th section, which fixed the penalty at a few shillings? The Learned Baron who tried the cause vies of opinion that the master of th© vessel was not liable under the 70th section of the Act. Mr. MARTIN now contended that tho defendant was liable under both sections of the Act.—Judgment post poned. VOLLANS V. FLETCHER. In this cause Mr. MARTIN moved for a rule calling plaintiff for the fit. upon the d e f en d ant to s h ow cause why the nonsuit should . not be set asid e an d a ver di ct entered for the su T m he of ae 2 t l io l. e , o w r e s s uc h h re s e u g m ht as te the re C ee o v u e r r t might t iff from the defendant, a member of the provisional com mittee of the Birmingham and Walsall Junction Railway, the sum of 211. paid by • plaintiff as his deposit upon 20 shares in this company which had been allotted to him. Upon the trial the Lord Chief Baron was of opinion that the agreement to allot the shares should have been stamped, and th e p o i nt was reserved for the considers tio' of the Court, an d t h e pla i ntiff was nonsuited, leave being given to move to enter the verdict according to the terms of the present motion. The Learned Gentleman now contended that this case was precisely similar to that of " Walstab v. Spottiswoode," and acting upon the decision in that case, he apprehended that the plaintiff was entitled to recover back the money he had paid, the defendant not having applied it for the purposes for which it was intended when paid by the piaintiff. He was willing, however, to take a verdict for the sum sought to be recovered, reduced by the sum of 2s. per share, allowed by the Joint Stock Companies Act to be retained on behalf of preliminary expenses. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that the difference be tween the present case and that of " Walstab v. Spottis woode" was this—in the latter case the plaintiff paid the money upon an agreement t ha t scrip was to be received upon the payment of the deposit , and upon signing the deed, but there was no scrip issued by the company,. neither was there any deed prepared for the signature of the plaintiff, who was therefore fully entitled to recover back the amount of the deposit made upon the faith of such an agreement. In the present case the scrip was ready for delivery, but the plaintiff refused to accept it, and also neglected to sign the deed which had been te it pre pared by the defendant. It was this that constituted the difference between the two cases, and was this differ ence which led him to direct a nonsuit for the . plaintiff as well as the point raised upon the necessity of stamp ing the agreement.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) DAVIS V. LOWNES. The only matter that came before the Court this morn ing was an application made by Mr. Sergeant Manning, to change the attorney to the defendant in this case, which was tried at bar the last sitting after term. The application was granted. The Court immediately after rose. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE DONAGRUE. This insolvent, who had carried on business in 'Were street, Clare-market, came up for his final order. Mr. DUNCAN opposed, on the ground that the insolvent had not properly described himself, and that his debts exceeded 3001 . The Learned Counsel then proceeded to examine the insolvent as to whether he had not taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act in 1839, which the in solvent admitted. He now petitioned in the name of John, but on passing through the Insolvent Court, he gave the name of " Jeremiah." On the present exami nation, he swore that he had never been known by any other name than "John" Donaghue. The Learned CONAIIISSIONER said, the debts in the present schedule amounted to 2461. 17s. 2d., and unless those in the first schedule had been discharged, they must he added. The insolvent said, he had paid most of the money to his former creditors. The COMMISSIONER—Has the insolvent no solicitor here to advise him, he does not appear to know how he is answering. A solicitor said he appeared for the insolvent, and it was true most of the creditors had been paid, and re ceipts had been taken, but were in possession of a party who was too ill to attend. The COMMI SSIONER — Admitting that he has it, gives rise to the question, whether he can pay such creditors as he thinks fit. You may not know the effect of the Insolvent Act, but after he had signed the warrant of attorney onhis discharge, all his property belonged to the official assignee, and if satisfaction was not entered up on the payments, they cannot be here admitted. Such payments are a fraud to other creditors. The insolvent declared he had not been sworn— although Mr. Duncan and the usher said he had. The Learned CO MMISSIONER—If you were not s worn, you have told a simple falsehood to deceive me, at all events. I dismiss the petition. I ahall mark on it the reason that you petitioned in two different names. The insolvent's demeanour became insolent, and the Learned Commissioner told the usher to band him out of Court. BOW-STREET -(THIS DAY). Sarah Bowden was charged before Mr. Hall with being disguised in men's clothes, and being drunk and disorderly, in the Strand, at a late hour last night. The prisoner, who wore a coarse heavy great coat, corderoy trousers, and checked shirt, all of which were much too big for her, seemed much confused, and heartily ashamed of herself. Her hair, which was fas tened in a knot at the back of her head, and dressed plainly in front, formed an odd contrast to the male attire, and her whole appearance as, overwhelmed with embarsassment she leaned on the rail of the dock, holding her hand, and looking at it as if she could not tell what to do with it, was at the same time pitiable and ludicrous. Policeman F 30 said that he saw the prisoner in the Strand last night with two men and some women. She was drunk, and screaming, shouting, and laughing. He told her to be quiet and she would not, and as he knew at once that she was a woman, he took her in custody. The prisoner said she was very sorry. The clothes were her brother's, and she " only put them on last night." Her brother was a blacksmith. Mr. HALL—And I dare say a respectable man. How will he like this, do you suppose? It is not at all the conduct of a decent woman. I hope, however, that it will not occur again. You may go now. The prisoner made a compromise between a bow and a curtsey, and left the dock. CLERKEN WJLL.—(THIS DAY). A very respectable-looking man, whose name and address appeared on the police-sheet as Abraham Matthews, of No. 1, Park-lane, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged with being drunk, and having driven a horse and gig so furiously and reck lessly along Gray's Inn-road, as to inflict serious injuries upon a boy about nine years of age, named Thomas Madden. It appeared, from the evidence of the injured child's brother and mother, as well as that of the police, that the prisoner was observed coring at a rapid pace from the direction of King's-cross yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, and the mother of the boy, who, accord. ing to her own admission, at the time was partly intoxi cated, was leading him and his brother by the hand across the street nearly opposite to the Royal Free Hospital, when the prisoner approached. Seeing the danger, Thomas Madden attempted to get out of the way, but, before he could do so, the wheel caught him near the shoulder, threw him several feet forwards, and afterwards rolled over him, whereby be was so dread fully injured as to render necessary his immediate re moval to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. After the pri soner had proceeded about fifty or sixty yards from the spot he was stopped by the police, and taken to the station house, when the charge of drunkenness was also entered against him. The constable now handed to the magistrate a cer tificate from the house.surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, stating that, although there were at the pre sent moment no symptoms indicating immediate danger from the injuries the boy had received, still they were of so serious a nature that at least six weeks must elapse before he would be in a condition to leave the hospital. Mr. GREENWOOD determined upon remanding the case for six weeks, or until such time as the lad Madden would be able to attend, intimating at the same time that he would take bail in the meantime for the prisoner's appearance. Solvent bail was at once tendered, and the prisoner was liberated. The lion. Miss Lister, sister of Lord Ribblesdale will be married In a few days to Mr. Maurice Drum mond, son of Charles Drummond, Esq., of Stratton street, Piccadilly. Orders were issued on Saturday from the Lord Chamberlain's office, directing all necessary preparations to be made for her Majesty opening the ensuing session of Parliament (on Tuesday, the 19th inst.) in person. A SANGUINARY RENCONTRE.—Two gendarmes have jest been killed at Canet (Herault) by a man out shooting. They came near him, asking for his license, when he presented his fowling-piece at them, and warned them not to approach further, or he should fire. They, however, advanced, and he executed his threat, killing on. of them. The other fired in his turn, and laid the sportsman on the ground. Agitated at what had taken place, he proceeded to the mayor's residence, and informed him of what had passed. The mayor repaired with him to the spot, but the sportsman had in the me antime somewhat recovered, and was sitting up when they approached. Telling the mayor to stand wide, he fired at the gendarme, and killed him, as he had done with his comrade. He the then blew out his own brains with the other barrel.—Galignanis Messenger. THE LOW PRICE OF GAME AND POULTRY. —On Saturday, in most of the London markets, poultry and game were selling at extraordinarily low prices, caused by the frequent continental importations. Geese were to be had for 2s. 6d. each; ducks, 2s. 6d. a pair; and Ostend rabbits, weighing from 31b. to 41b. each, for Is. 3d., and hares for Is. each. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We regret to state that her Majesty Queen Adelaide has been indisposed for some days, and requires the close atttendance of her physician, Sir David Davies, who is now in residence at Cashiobury Park. MAIL eon NEW YORK.—On Saturday notice was given at the General Post office, St. Martin's -le-Grand, that a mail will be made up and forwarded by the new screw steamer of 1,000 tons, called the Sarah Sands, for New York, on the 18th instant. DEATH OF DR. DAVIDSON, M.D.--It is with ex treme regret that we announce the death of this eminent physician. Dr. Davidson was out in his usual practice last week, but was a few days ago seized , as we under - stand, with inflammation or rather affection of the chest, which carried him off on Tuesday afternoon. His friends, indeed, have for some time noticed rather a falling off in his strength and appear ance; but they and the public little expected so sudden a departure of so useful and estimable a character, one of the most distin guished practitioners in this city. In his younger days he visited different parts of the continent, and d succeeded the late Dr. Abercromby as Queen's Physician for Scot land. The doctor was, we believe, about sixty years of age.—Edinburgh Advertiser. CONSERVANCY OF THE RIVER.—On Saturday a notice was posted at Guildhall announcing the intention of the Corporation of the City to apply to Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Ipo.twreerrsofTthhee Court of Conservancy of the river, over and Medway from Staines to Yant l t e h t e t Creek. Thames powers sought for are to pull down and rebuild bridges, erect steam-boat and othe r p iers, to cut canals, to t deepen the rivers, and to erect or form, or license or formed, embankments, docks, harbours, jetties, a n d quays; to levy rents, tolls, and duties, and to inflict penalties, and do all acts which may tend to imp rove the navigation of the river; th e said: Act to extinguish all existing rights, privileges and customs, and to repeal all former Acts, customs, and charters. THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY.--On Saturday, a notice was posted at Guildhall of the intention of th e Blackwell Railway and Co mmercial Railw ay Com pany, to apply to Parliament t o extend the railway into - ." Crutchedfriars, Church - ro w, and London-s treet; to form a branch from the junc tion in Leman -street to the London London docks, and alter t he levels of the branch railroad e ten Railroad an at Sow ; to the junction of the Eastern wtiieths ta nCnoou and to alter the present g of Parliament existing to the contrary. g y Act MILITARY COURT-MARTIALS.—The minutes of a regimental Court-Martial we re read on Saturday morn ing, at the head-quarters o f the 2d battalion of Grena dier Guards, stationed at St . John's- wood barracks a been brought James Towers, of No. 2 com pany, who d on brought to Court-Marlial by order of Lieutenant-ColonelGernetnina a g P. S. Stanhope, commanding the 2 d battallion o dier Guards. The prisoner was arraigned for absenting himself without leave on the 25 th of December last, and remaining absent until the 3 0 th. The evidence produced clearly proved the charge, and that the prisonerhad been tried by Court-Martial several times for various breaches of military discipline. The Court, therefore, with hardre sentenced the prisoner to forty days' imprisonment, labour, at the Military Prevost, Chatham. On Satur dayGu , now morning the 2d battalion of Coldstream stationed at Portman-street barracks, under ther Guards com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Ben Were as sembled to hear the proceedings of a Court Martial read on Private J. Bromley, of No. 4 compan who had been tried by a battalion Court-Martial, en r Y ' very improper conduct at drill, and disobeying orders. The char ge was clearly proved, and the Court sentenced the prisoner to twenty-eight days' imprisonment at the Military Prevost. ISLE OF WIGHT MACKEREL.—Yesterd and Satur day, nearly 10,000 fine mackerel were caughtoff the Isle of Wight. The last boat which went into Portsmouth yesterday afternoon took in upwards of a fat fish, which were packed and brought t; 0 pt 0 o , London by by the Bh. 30m. train on the South-western Railway last evening. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and the Royal Family walked on Satur day morning in Claremont Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, enjoyed the sport of shooting on Saturday forenoon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived on Saturday at Claremont, on a visit to her Majesty. Yesterday :morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort enjoyed their usual early walk. The Royal Family walked out in the forenoon. The Queen and Prince Albert and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court attended Divine Service yester day at Claremont. The Hon. and &T. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Mr. Quiblier, from Montreal, had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Mr. Perry had an interview with the Right Hon. Ed ward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways, i❑ Great George-street. Mr. Row land Hill had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Saturday. Mr. Walter Coulson had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. ➢lr. Uniack had an interview on Saturday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the prayers were read by the Rey. Mr. Delmore, and the lessons by the Rey. Mr. Haden. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Irwin. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Countess of Charlemont, Lords Sandwich, Clive, Canterbury, and Dillon, were among the nobility pre sent. Viscount Palmerston has left town for his seat, Broad lands, Hants. Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P., Lady and Miss Yarde Buller, have left Farrance's Hotel for Tradbourne Hall, near Derby. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. Viscount Palmerston returned to Broadlands, Hants, after the Cabinet Council on Friday last. The Noble Viscount and Viscountess come to town to-morrow, from their country scat, for the season. The Lord Chancellor has arrived at his mansion in Park-lane, from Brighton, for the remainder of the sea son. Lady Cottenham is not expected to return until next month. The Marquis of Clanricarde is expected to arrive this evening at his residence on Carlton House-terrace, from Portumna Castle, county Galway. The Mar chioness and Lady Emily De Burgh come to town at the close of the week. The Earl of Auckland leaves the Admiralty to-day, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Eden, for Brocket Hall, Herts, on a visit to Viscount Melbourne, and the Noble Earl remains there till Wednesday, when he returns for the Cabinet Council summoned for that day. The Lord President of the Council (the Marquis of Lansdowne) comes to town to-morrow evening, from Bowood Park, Wilts, and will remain at Lansdowne House for the season. Viscount Morpeth is expected to arrive from the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, this even ing, or early to-morrow. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, returns to town to-day, from Hickleton, near Doncaster. Lady Mary Wood is convalescent. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, tho Secretary for Ireland, accompanied by Mrs. Labouchere, is to arrive at his family resid e n ce t o - morrow, from Dublin, in order to be in town at the meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday next. The other Members of the Cabinet—namely, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Grey, Sir George Grey. Sir John Cam Hob house, Lord Campbell, and the Right Hon. T. B. Ma caulay, are in town. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your journal of the 6th instant I find a vigorous and honourable defence of Sir Charles Napier's government of Sinde, against the ill grounded attacks published in the Times ; for it is evident you allude to the articles which have ap peared in that paper. The editor of the Times has been deceived by his correspondent in all that relates to Sinde, and im posed upon by the false Parliamentary returns obtained by Mr. Hume last year; and by the continued false hoods promulgated from Bombay, as to the expenses, or as it is termed, the " DRAIN" of Sinde. Permit me, Sir, to support your judicious obser vations on the value of the possession, by stating certain facts, already sent to the editor of the Times, but which cannot be too widely known, because they cannot be disproved, though they may be denied by the men who have so long assailed Sir Charles Napier with every infamous calumny their despicable malice, excited to frenzy by a sense of impotency, can invent. I. Not a soldier has been raised because of the con quest of Sinde except a Belooch battalion, and that only from a fine policy, not from any want of force. The occupation of Sukkur and Kurrachee, during the Affghan war, may, for anything I know, have_ occasioned an augmentation of the Bombay ermy ; but the conquest of Sinde has not. It has, on the con trary, given a better frontier to Bombay ; and that presidency must have maintained a larger force to watch Sinde, and occupy Sukkur and Kurrachee, if the Ameers had remained masters of the country, than it has done in consequence of the conquest of Sinde. 2. The returns laid before Parliament are false, for the following reasons : Firstly, they give Sir Charles Napier 17,368 men in 1843, when he had only 11,231. In 1844 they give him 21,405, when he had only 12,900. In 1845 they give him 21,336, when he had only 12,000. And he voluntarily sent back 2,000 to Bombay that year. Secondly, because the numbers in the first column on the left hand differ from the numbers in the lower or general total line. Both cannot be true. Thirdly, because the regiments are returned as if they were all in Sinde at , one time, and at their ful l strength! There are, indeed, in the column of names of regiments the dates of their services in Sinde, but so confusedly and obscurely set down, that no person will take the trouble to analyse them, and correct the general numbers, which are false. 3. It is now said " that the Governor-General has at last determined to put a stop to the accumula tion of troops in Sinde," as if Sir Charles Napier desired to have them so accumulated. I pray you mark the fact. For two years, Sir Charles Napier has been ear nestly urging the reduction of the troops in Sinde to 5,000 men! They are now to be reduced to 8,000 men ; that is to say, leaving him 3,000 more than he desires ! And if a great body of men have been quartered in Sinde this last year, it was for the Pun jaub war, and not for the protection of Sinde, which has not therefore caused that "drain." 4. With regard to the expense, the statements attempted to be palmed on the public are equally fallacious. Sir Charles Napier has paid all the expences of the civil government, and the cost of many great public works of a permanent nature, and a police of 2,400 men, 1,000 being cavalry, out of the revenues of Sinde ; and he has besides paid into the general trea sury the following surplus : For the financial year ending April, 1844, during which war raged for eight months, 27,000/. . , For the year ending April, 1845, nearly 200,0001• I have not the exact sum at hand. For the year ending April, 1846, 310,0001. And it is confidently expected that for 1846-7 the surplus will be 360,000/., Thus, Sir, in four years, during which war, pesti lence, and locusts, have successively visited Sinde, a newly-conquered country►, Sir Charles Napier has governed the people happily and to their great con tent ; paid all the civil expenses of his Government ; executed immense works of permanent utility; and he will in April, 1847, have paid into the general treasury certainly not less than 800,0001., probably nearly 1,000,000/. ! Each year the revenue in creases, so does cultivation, so does commerce, and agricultural settlers arrive by thousands. You have so forcibly exposed the futility of the arguments against the retention of Sinde, that I need not say more ; but I thank you for your voluntary and able advocacy of the truth with respect to that valuable country. WM. NAPIER, Major-General. Guernsey, Jan. 8, 1847. DRURY-LANE THEATRE —St. George and the Dragon (the new pantomime here) is drawing all the town, the house being crowded nightly. On the return of the Court, the Prince of Wales is to go and see it, the first time of his Royal Highness being in a theatre. ADELPHI TIKEATRE.—DISTRESSED HIGHLANDERS. —The penny subscription list, which is now going the round of the Strand and its adjacent parishes, for the purpose of mitigating the distress at present existing in the Highlands of Scotland, was augmented by the efforts of the ladies and gentlemen of the Adelphi Theatre, who, in the course of five minutes, and in pence alone, added not less than 16s. to the amount already collected. It is to be hoped that other establishments will imitate the benevolent example thus set them. JACK OF ALL TRADES.—The following was taken from a sign at Misterton :—" C—, brazier, and grinder Clocks, and Silver Plate, Jewellery and all kinds of Agricultural Implements, neatly repared and Horses carefully shod. Umbrellas and Parasols, covered, &c." —Somerset County Gazette. LITERATURE. CIE SAR BORGIA ; an Historical Romance. By the Author of " Whitefriars." 3 Vols. The author of " Whitefriars " and " Whitehall," after having., in those productions, endeavoured to pourtray the glittering and dissolute Court of the second Charles, and the stirring events incident on the downfall of his predecessor, has now, grown confident by past success, adventured on a more arduous, because more comprehensive, theme, and turned to an epoch as eventful, though less interesting. A recent historical novel, the " Roman Traitor," described to us Rome in the old days of the republic ; in "iemsar Borgia," we are again introduced to the eternal city, but under very dif ferent auspices. Here we behold the Rome of the middle ages her pontifical magnificence almost equalling her ancient glories —no longer by force of arms the boasted mistress of the world, but avowedly the supreme ruler of all Christendom. In attempting to depict the state of Italy at such a period as during the pontificate of Alexander 'FL, and in endeavouring to narrate the fortunes of such a hero as Caesar Borgia, the author of these volumes has chosen a theme fraught with abundant materials for the romancist, but also, from that very cause, most com plicated and most difficult. He tells us of a sove reign, who in virtue of his religious office was regarded with awe and reverence even by his enemies, but who was at the same time from his great abilities, inordinate ambitio n , an d many cr i mes , an object of fear and hate even to his (so-called) friends. He reveals to us a court uniting all the gorgeous magnificence which wealth could furnish and the varied allurements which luxury could de vise, with the polished refinements of art, and the fas cinations of beauty, and wit, and genius. In the bright circle which surrounded Lucretia Borgia in numerable varieties of character were combined— the poetic compliments of Bembo mingling with the pregnant brevities of Machiavelli. Of this last personage, however, we have not enough in these volumes; he is intro duced it is true, but is only interesting from the prestige of his name—not from any words or actions there chronicled. He appears only in a secondary character, as the confidant of the plans of Cmsar Borgia—the apt pupil of his dangerous doctrines—the true expounder of the Machiavellian policy. The character of Cmsar, as depicted in the work which bears his name, presents a compound of extraordinary vices and extraordinary abilities—one of those which history happily but rarely presents to us, in which an almost superhuman intellect is combined with an almost superhuman depravity—the deficiency of heart rendered more conspicuous by the superabun dance of brain. Yet the adventures of such a man are full of interest. We turn with disgust from the records of those slaves of passion, who plunge into all excesses and all crimes in following its dictates, but with very different feelings, with an anxious and curious eagerness, we follow de tails of plots and counterplots, daring expedients and marvellous combinations, crafty intrigues and subtle treacheries—such as make up the history of Caesar Borgia. We are interested, we are perforce interested, - not from the merits of the cause but the ability with which it is sustained; we look on with the rapt attention of some spectator of a game of skill, who, ignorant of the value of the stake, and in different as to who obtains it, yet watches the game with absorbing interest on account of the talent therein displayed. The novel of " Caesar Borgia" is peculiarly valuable at the present time, evidencing as it does the great power vested in the head of the Catholic Church, and furnishing as it does an ex ample, in the history o f Al exan d er VI ., of the crimes which may desecrate the sacred office, and the tyranny and ambition which may render its power most pernicious ; it enables us most satisfactorily to compare the past with the present, and the better to estimate the acts of the present Reformer of Rome. It is salutary now-a-days, in this improving age, to look back on the annals of ancient tyranny ; it is pleasing t o b e reca ll e d f rom the iniquitous doings of the Borgias to hear of the good deeds of Pius. It is well to read the history of Alexan der VI. at the present time, when his successor in the chair of St. Peter, by acting in a manner diametrically opposed to his, is doing far more to increase the true glory of the Pontificate, and extend the real power of the Church, than did ever the all ambitious Borgias by force of arms or intellect, however potent the one or marvellous the other. In an historical point of view " Cmsar Borgia" is more valuable than as a novel. The characters are well discriminated and well drawn, the language is animated, the descriptions full of in terest, yet, as a novel, it is certainly not without faults. In the first place, it is too long, and is rendered so by a constant succession of impro bable adventures—the historical events which it chronicles are certainly marvellous enough to render the addition of fictitious wonders unnecessary. Lu cretia Borgia, the sister of Caesar, is represented as a paragon of beauty and talents. The story of her wooing and wedding is sufficiently interesting. The adventures of her lover, Alfonso of Ferrara, perhaps equal those of any k n i g ht- errant upon record. Hav ing heard many calumnious reports respecting his future bride, he comes to Rome in disguise, in order to discover their truth or falsehood, and after much I difficulty his doubts are at length dispersed, much of his information being acquired by the unknightly system of eaves-dropping. %Ve are candid in stating our objections to Caesar Borgia," and for two reasons: in the first place, admitting the evident abilities of its author, we are anxious he should in future abstain from errors which greatly diminish their effect; and in the second place, we have no fear of wounding the feelings of a young author, for the writer of these volumes has apparently no small con fidence in his own talents—we say apparently, for doubtless the whole " preface dedicatory" was only intended pour rire. Nevertheless, it in clines us to believe that the author of "Whitefriars," in consequence of the general approbation bestowed on that, his first production, deems himself secure of public favour and future fame. If this be the case we beg respectfully to assure him that his future fate must depend on his future exertions—if he has done well he must do better. On this present work he has evidently bestowed much labour and much research, it was a great and arduous undertaking, and he has performed it with much care, but we would advise him for the future to bestow more care and more attention on details, not taking such delight in the marvellous and improbable. There is one description in one of these volumes of a sort of firework or illumination, which is perfectly bewildering, and almost baffles compre hension. Again, we would pray him, in illustrating a subject, to seek notonly for forcible but for elegant, or at least appropriate, comparisons; for instance, speak ing of the great alarm felt by a monk lest some accident had befallen his superior, to whom he was much at tached, the author of " Caesar Borgia," pathetically observes, " he trembled all over like a man in an ague fit, or rather like a jelly on a shaking sideboard." Lest our author deem us too severe, let us inform him, en revanche, for our severity, that having, in his " preface dedicatory," apportioned the different parts of his book to various classes, inscribing to the critics " all they find good," we, in virtue of this arrangement, notwithstanding our exceptions, con sider the greater portion dedicated to ourselves. TALES EXPLANATORY OF THE SACRA MENTS. By the Authoress of " Geraldine, a Tale of Conscience. In 2 Vols. This being a strictly Roman Catholic work, we shall briefly speak of its purport for the benefit of our Roman Catholic readers, without investigating the theological subjects of which it treats. It is, in our opinion, incumbent on a newspaper, while enforcing the practical duties of religion, to abstain from all doctrinal discussions it were well, in deed, were such a course pursued not only in newspapers, but universally. The volumes in question contain seven tales, explanatory of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The design of these tales, the authoress tells us, is to enable the sacs a ments " to be approached by the young Catholic with awe, with gratitude, and with a full comprehension of the specific nature and value o f eac h sacrament: In order to effect this, she has wisely attempted to teach by example, rather than by precept, and these tales, which exhibit the various emotions and religious in - fluences experienced by others, are calculated to pro duce far more effect on the youthful readers, than the most forcible sermon, or homily addressed to them selves. Abstaining from all enquiry into the hidden mysteries of reli g i on — a t a ll ti mes a bad study for youth—she endeavours only to describe the prepa ration necessary for and the practical benefits to be derived from a participation in its sacred rites. The tales are of various kinds, calculated to attract the young readers for whom they were designed ; but they are manifestly objects of but secondary con sideration, the whole interest of the book being very adroitly concentrated upon the Sacraments them selves. Their object is very forcibly demon strated, the outline of the ceremonies given, in cluding also many of the prayers. We have said the account of these ceremonies is interesting, and so indeed it is, even to Protestants. These volumes may elicit their interest and admiration, without in the least endangering their belief, for their interest and admiration will be excited, not for the tenets of the church of Rome, but for the glorious doctrines of our common Christianity. The perusal of these volumes only strengthens our desire that the day may not be far distant when the unhappy disputes of Ca tholics and Protestants may give way to the universal concord of Christians. The last tale in these volumes, entitled " The Spousal Cross," is calculated to be of practical utility. The duties of a wife, as regarded in a religious point of view, are very forcibly exem plified. We transcribe, for the benefit of those whom it may concern, some excellent advice given by an old lady to her niece, who interrupts her while looking over a book of receipts, with th• sorrowful exclamation of "Ah I ray dearest aunt, have you any receipt for a disappointed wife ?" " Certainly," replied Lady Eddington, turning over a few leaves of the old book, and stopping, as if she had found the receipt in question, "'lake equal por tions of humility, patience, charity, and hope; mix them well together, and then divide into daily por tions." In the history of the priest of Northumbria the account of his first mass is full of interest, and the proud feelings of the mother on beholding her son for the first time performing the sacred functions are beautifully described. We transcribe the fol lowing lines, prefixed to one of the chapters, on account of the beautiful idea with which they con chide : " The love of happiness—alas, how strong! All feel this instinct of their heavenly birth, Rushing to gain this prize, or right or wrong, In rank, or intellect, or giddy mirth. But this which is a madness and a cheat A love—of what this world can ne'er bestow, Has yet a stronger rival—calm and sweet This secret can be purchased here below. Love on—love more —instead of less ! • Choosing thine object from thy home above, Then wilt thou find the love of happiness. Exceeded by the happiness of love." VA NI TY FA IR. A -------7,777 ;:eil Sketches of English Society. By W. M. Thackeray, author of the ":Irish Sketch Book," "Jeames's Di ary Punch," Vic, ," Snob Papers in A serial by Michael Angelo Titmarsh, and why have we not had a serial from the pen of Michael Angelo Titmarsh ere this ? It boots not to inquire. We are rejoiced to find that at length Mr. Thackeray has undertaken to give us that which, of all living writers, he is the most competent to execute, " Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society "—not cari catures a la Dickens, nor monstrosities a la Bulwer, but sketches of every day life, and of every day cha racter, such as of old we were wont to have (as far at least as the pen is concerned) from Hook. The opening chapter introduces us to Miss Pinkerton's aca demy at Chiswick Mall, and to Miss Pinkerton herself, a Minerva of a woman, who having been once honoured with a visit from Dr. Johnfien, ever after fancied herself a aecond Johnson in petticoats, to her sister Jemima the quiet drudge of the establishment, and to two young ladies, Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharp, who are about to quit the establishment. Amelia Sedley is the daughter of a rich stock broker, residing in Russell-square : " But as we are to see a great deal of Amelia, there is no harm in saying at the outset of our acquaintance, that she was one of the best and dearest creatures that ever lived; and a great mercy it is, both in life and in novels, which (and the latter especially) abound in villains of the most -sombre sort, that we are to have for a, constant companion, so guileless and good natured a person. As she is not a heroine, there is no need to describe her person; indeed, I am afraid that her nose was rather short than otherwise, and her cheeks a great deal too round and red for a heroine; but her face blushed with rosy health, and her lips with the freshest of smiles, and she had a pair of eyes which sparkled with the brightest and honestest good humour, except indeed when they filled with tears, and that was a great deal too often; for the silly thing would cry over a dead canary bird, or over a mouse, that a cat haply had seized upon, or over the end of a novel, were it ever so stupid; and as for saying an unkind word to her, were any one hard hearted enough to do so—why, so much the worse for them. Even Miss Pinkerton, that austere and god-like woman, ceased scolding her after the first time, and though she no more comprehended sensibility than she did algebra, gave all masters and teachers particular orders to treat Miss Sedley with the utmost gentleness, as harsh treatment was injurious to her." Rebecca Sharp is an orphan, and an articled pupil of Miss Pinkerton's, who has procured for her a situa tion as governess in the family of Sir Pitt Crawley. Before, however, she 'goes to Sir Pitt Crawley's, it has been arranged that she shall spend a week with Amelia Sedley in Russell-square : " Miss Sharp's father was an artist, and in that quality had given lessons of drawing at Miss Pinkerton's school. He was a clever man ; a pleasant companion ; a care less student; had a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern. When he was drunk, he used to beat his wife and daughter ; and the next morning, with a headache, he used to rail at the world for its neglect of his genius, and abuse, with a good deal of cleverness, and sometimes with perfect rea son, the fools, his broth er painters. As it was with the utmost difficulty that he could keep himself, and as he owed money for a mile round Soho, where he lived, he thought to better his circumstances by marrying a young woman of the French nation, who was by profes sion an opera girl. The humble calling of her female parent, Miss Sharp never alluded to, but used to state subsequently that the Entrechats were a noble family of Gascony, and took great pride in her descent from them. And curious it is, that as she advanced in life this young lady's ancestors increased in rank and splendour. " Rebecca's mother had bad some education some where, and her daughter spoke French with purity and a Parisian accent. It was in those days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the or thodox Miss Pinkerton. For her mother being dead, and her father finding himself not likely to recover, after his third attack of delirium tremens, wrote a manly and pathetic letter to Miss Pinkerton, recommending the orphan child to her protection, and so descended to the grave, after two bailiffs had quarrelled over his corpse. Rebecca was seventeen when she came to Chiswick, and was bound over as an articled pupil, her duties being to talk French, as we have seen, and her privileges to live cost free ; and, with a few guineas a year, to gather scraps of knowledge from the professors who attended the school. "She was small and slight in person ; pale, sandy haired, and with eyes habitually cast down: when they looked up they were very large, odd, and attractive ; so attractive, that the Reverend Mr. Crisp, fresh from Ox ford, and curate to the Vicar of Chiswick, the Reverend Mr. Flowerdew, fell in love with Miss Sharp ; being shot dead by a glance of her eyes which was fired all the way across Chiswick Church from the school-pew to the reading-desk. This infatuated young man used sometimes to take tea with Miss Pinkerton, to whom ho had been presented by his mamma, and actually pro posed something like marriage in an intercepted note, ' which the one-eyed applewoman was charged to deliver. Mrs. Crisp was summoned from Buxton, and abruptly carried off her darling boy ; but the idea, even, of such an eagle in the Chiswick dovecot caused a great flutter in the breast of Miss Pinkerton, who would have sent away Miss Sharp, but that she was bound to her under a forfeit, and who never could thoroughly believe the young lady's protestations that she had never exchanged a single word with Mr. Crisp, except under her own eyes on the two occasions when she had met him at tea. " By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty. Many a dun had she talked to, and turned away from her fathers door ; many a tradesman had she coaxed and wheedled into good humour, and into the granting of one meal more. She sate commonly with her father, who was very proud of her wit, and heard the talk of many of his wild companions—often, but ill suited for a girl to hear. But she never had been a girl, she said ; she had been a woman since she was eight years old." As a still further illustration of the character of Re becca, we will give a scene between that young lady and Miss Pinkerton, which led to the departure of the former from the Chiswick establishment : " ller music she practised incessantly, and one day, when the girls were out, and she had remained at home, she was overheard to play a piece so well, that Minerva thought wisely, she could spare herself the expense of a master for the juniors, and intimated to Miss Sharp that she was to instruct them in music for the future. " The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. ' I am here to speak French with the children,' Rebecca said abruptly, not to teach them music, and:save money for you. Give me money, and I will teach them.' " Minerva was obliged to yield, and, of course, dis liked her from that day. 'For five-and-thirty years,' she said, and with great justice, I never have seen the individual who has dared in my own house to question my authority. I have nourished a viper in my bosom.' " A viper—a fiddlestick,' said Miss Sharp to the old lady, almost fainting with astonishment. You took me because I was useful. There is no question of gratitude between us. I hate this place, and want to leave it. I will do nothing here, but what I am obliged to do.' " It was in vain that the old lady asked her if she Wei aware she was speaking to Miss Pinkerton ? Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, l laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress o l Give me a sum of money,' said the girl, and d giarcied as me—or, if you like better, get me a g p f governess in a nobleman's family—you can do so if you, o please.' And in their further disputes she always re turned situation—we hate each other, andto this i a s ta p point,read y 'G to go."' Arrived in Russell-square, Rebecca Sharp is intro duced to Mr. Joseph Sedley, (or as he is always called by his father, Jos.) the elder brother of Ame lia. Joseph is a fat, gormandizing hypochondriac, high in the civil service of the East India Company, who has returned to England for the benefit of his health. He is rich, shy, and s i ng l e, and Rebecca determines, if possible, to catch hi m . Th e scenes between Rebec ca and Jos. are most graphically de scribed, and in the concluding chapter we find Mr. Joseph Sedley, of the East India Company's service so far entangled, that he is actually sitting tete-a-tete with Rebecca, looking at her with the most killing expression; his arms stretched out before her in an imploring attitude, and his hands bound in a web of green silk, which she was un winding. The sketching illustrating this scene is admirable. All the pencil sketches, indeed, and they are numerous, with which the work is illustrated, are full of character ; but the best - of all—better even than Mr. Joseph entangled—is the sketch of the Misses Pin kerton. Well may Mr. Thackeray designate the elder Miss Pinkerton " Minerva." Such dignity as hers is not that of mere mortal--turban, feathers, dress, and address, all prove her Majestic divinity. Sir Robert Peel disclaims, we understand, the cir cular addressed to certain members of the House of Commons belonging to the party of which the ex-Pre• mier was the head, by his late Secretary of the Trea sury, Mr. John Young, in conjunction with other sub ordinates of the late Government The Right Hod. Baronet further desires it to be distinctly understoood, that he does not wish to be considered as the leader of any political party iu this country.—ObJerver. // _ % 134 ea. 194 20% 4 % 16 5 1 4 ..... 2lj BYi co.. 12% ..... 6434 - 51/4 1 7 1 i , d 4 .;• 7" /; MI I I