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~. those who committed wilful and deliberate perjury, but he confidently submitted that this was not one of these cases. _ Mr. C ROMPTON replied h i s c li ents wou l d b e per fectly satisfiedwith the least measure of punishment which their Lordships :night be inclined to inflict. Mr. Justice COLER:DGE characterised the offence _ft' which the d e f en d an t was f oun d gu ilty a s one which the law regarded, aid properly so, of the most serious ! h aracter. Unless they could depend upon the in tegrity of a witness when he entered the witness "s; after taking a solemn oath, society could not go 04 . It was impossible to place implicit credence Upon anything stated by the defendant in his affidavit. e had an opportunity of making various memo randums at the trial, of comparing dates and papers, and also of making various observations to lead him to speak the truth, and therefore the Court could not well credit his statement that he fell into an error of judgment. Taking into consideration the whole of the mitigati ng c i rcums t ances , the Court felt it its duty to sentence him to two months' imprisonment with hard labour in Cold Bath-fields. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) GOULDY V. DUNCOMBE, M.P. The Court gave judgment in this case to-day. Upon a former occasion Mr. Willes applied to the Court for a rule to have an order of Mr. Justice Wil liams' set aside, on the ground of the privilege which the defendant claimed from arrest, he being at the time he was so arrested a Member of the House of Parliament. The Learned Counsel had in support of his application contended that no such privilege existed, the only protection which the House had established for its Members being a convenient time to allow of their coming to the meeting of Parliament. The Court had looked through the whole of the authorities upon the subject, and found that Black stone, in his " Commentaries," had laid it down that the privilege extended for forty days after and forty days before the assembling of Parliament. Bacon, who had collected together all the authorities on the same subject, also had the same period. There was an old Irish statute, passed in the third year of Edward IV., chap. 1, which expressly fixed the Period to which the privilege should extend to forty days. The 4th Charles 11., passed in the year 1672, also fixed the same period, and Jenkins, who pub lished a work in 1661, cites a case which occurred acme time in the reign of Charles I. " Deedes' Journal" said that the period of forty days as a privi lege had existed for some centuries, and that twenty days was within the limit allowed by law. In the 13th year of William 111. a statute was passed upon the subject, but that did not contain any mention of the number of days to which the privilege should extend. The 4th George 111. cap. 21, sec. 1, fixed the period at forty days, and that was further con firmed by an Act passed in the 24th of George 111., Cap. 37, sec. 7. Looking, therefore, at the whole of these Acts, there could be no doubt but that the defendant was fully entitled to the privilege he had claimed, and the application fur the rule would there fore be discharged. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) 1 1:0-day the Court heard cases of appeal from the decisions of revising barristers. DELIVERY OF NOTICES OF APPEAL. On the case of Palmer v. Allen being called on to be heard, An objection was t a k en by Mr. Sergeant Byles t o t h e not i ce o f appea l , w hi c h, u section of th e A c t was requ i re d t o bender the 64th delivered ten daya pr ev i ous t o t h e d ay appo i n t e d by th e Court for hearing of appeals, which was the 11th of N ovember, a nd the n o ti ce was not delivered until the 3d. It appeared , however, that the decision of the revising barrister was not given until the afternoon of the 39th of October, and it was urged that there was not 'sufficient time to obtain the consent of the parties to the appeal by the Ist of November. An affidavit was put in on behalf of th e a pp e ll an t alleging certain reasons why his signature to the ap- Peal could not be obtained before the 3d. The COURT decided that there was not reasonable time to deliver the notice within the period re quired by the Act; and the case ought to be heard. S ubsequently the hearing of the case was ad jaUrned by consent, until a future day. WATSON APPELLANT V. COTTON RESPONDENT. This was an appeal against the decision of Mr. Smith, the Revising Barrister for Worcestershire, who retained the name of William Cotton upon the re gister for the borough of Bewedly. It appear e d th at the respondent occupied a wharf and shed i n B r i dge-street, Bewdly. The shed !stood again s t a wooden paling, which was the b oundary of the wharf, and was supported by six posts fixed in the ground and covered with tarpauling. Two sides of it were closed in with boarding. The shed was used for the purpose of depositing articles connected with the occupation of the wharf. A Mr. Marks, who occupied a part of the wharf, was allowed to place hoop s an d poles into the shed, for which privilege he paid a rent. The Revising Barrister decided that this was a building within the meaning of the 37 section of 6 Viet., c. 18, and therefore re tained the name of William Cotton upon the list of voters. Mr. G RAY , on the part of the appellant, who had objected to th e name of Mr. Cotton, submitted that it was not a building contemplated by the Act. Mr. Sergeant Birtts, who appe dent, w as not heard in reply.ared for the respon- The CHIEF JUSTICE said the found th a t i t was a building within the meaning of the A c t, an d Unless the Court were of opinion that it Was not a building, his decision must be confirmed. A clause of the Act described what buildi ngs were i w ncluded within its provisions and a mong o th ers " are houses;" and the question was, would the gshea cease to be a warehouse if used for the deposit of oods, b ecause it was open at the sides ? e re ended that it wou l d not. There was nothi n g a i pp n the statement of the barristers which prevented this b uilding being consid ere d ana l ogous to a warehouse connected with the enjoyment of the wharf. He was, therefore, of opinion that the decision of the barrister Was correct, and that it ought to be affirmed. The other judges concurred with the Chief Justice in that opinion, and the appeal was accordingly dismissed. Mr. Sergeant BYLES requested the Court to allow costs to the respondent. The Cans. JUSTICE said it was laid down in the Act, that where the respondent was not heard no costs Were to be allowed. B ANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) 12 4 RE TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY COMPANY. To -day was appointed for a final dividend under the fiat issued against the Tring, Reading, and Ba singstoke Railway Company. At the last meeting it was agreed that the credi tors should be paid in full, with interest, and the fiat superseded, and the respective interests of the direc tors and shareholders and general affairs of the com pany wound up. Mr. LAWRENCE now appeared on behalf of the assignees, to apply for a further adjournment for two months, the late solicitors to the company not having had sufficient time to make out their bills against the company, Mr. Everile having been suffering under severe illness. Mr. Lawrence said, some delay must take place, as legal proceedings were pending against persons indebted to the company. There being no opposition, his HONOUR granted the application. A few proofs were put in, but no points of interest arose during the proceedings. SHERIFFS' COURT.—( THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) WILTON V. LATINE. This was an action to recover the sum of 51, the value of a pointer dog. The plaintiff is a dealer in sporting dogs, and sent down the dog to defendant by an order given through a friend of the latter, who now, however, denied th e contract. dr. Ainslie, of Nassau-street, proved giving the order to plaintiff, and understood the dog had been sent; he did not see it, and therefore could not tell the value. He afterwards saw defendant, who said that he had received a dog from plaintiff, but that it fell ill soon after he got it, and it was of no use to him, and he would have something taken off the price, 5/. Witness spoke to plaintiff, who, however, would not make any abatement, and said that it was a good dog, and had cost him a great deal of money, and was quite well when it was sent. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that, although the de fendant had denied the contract, it was clear he had accepted the dog at the price claimed, as he only asked for an abatement. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. The other cases were not of the slightest interest, and were undefended. BOW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) John Cooke was charged with assaulting Edward White, a cab-driver, and breaking the window of his. cab. The prisoner, it appeared, was one of those persons known as " bucks" or " touters." Last night he was acting as Waterman on the Spotted Dog rank, in the Strand, and put a fare into the second cab, com plainant's being the first. Complainant asked him Why he did so? and he replied that he should do what he chose, and if he (complainant) was "cheeky " he should not have a fare all night. After that, he went up to the cab and thrust his fist through the Window. He then turned upon him, dragged him off the box, and beat him violently. A policeman Came up at the time and rescued complainant from the prisoner, taking the latter in charge. Dir. HALL expressed his surprise at the prisoner being allowed to act as waterman with impunity. TilE SUN, LONDON, TU. URSDA The complainants slid that the regular watermen of the stand left at eight o'clock every night, when their place was supplied by " touters." One of the watermen remained at the watering house, but he never attended to the cabs. Mr. HALL sent a message to the Hackney-carriage Office, and Mr. Fitch, one of the clerks, attended. His worship repeated the above statement to him, and re quested him to see that better order was enforced at this rank. _ _ Mr. Fitch said it should be attended to. Mr. HALL ordered the prisoner to pay ls. Bd. for the damage done to the window, or be imprisoned for five days, and 40s. for the assault, or be imprisoned for fourteen days. The two watermen attached to the rank attended in the course of the afternoon to contradict the state ment of White. They said the stand was never left for a moment unattended, either by day or by night. Aft. HALL said that if the facts were as stated by White, it was very disgraceful to the watermen. He had nothing more to say on the subject. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) ST. PANCRAS PAUPERS.—George Smith was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing several articles of clothing, the property of the guardians of the poor of St. Pancras parish. The prisoner was admitted into the house on last Friday, supplied with the pauper dress, and put to work in the stone-yard. On that evening he escaped over the wall, and nothing more was seen of him until last night, when he came back to the work house in a miserable plight, and demanded a night's lodging. _ _ When called upon for his defence the prisoner said he left the house to try and get work, in which he failed, when, being hungry, he sold the workhouse clothes to a Jew, who gave him 3s. 6d. for them, and the rags he then wore. He was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour. Several other paupers have been convicted of simi lar offences. Mr. TYRWHITT thought one effectual mode for the guardians to adopt would he to take means to render amenable to justice those parties who pur chase the clothes, which, by their very appearance and marks, must evidently belong to a workhouse. The master thanked Mr. Tyrwhitt for the hint, and said he had no doubt but that they would avail themselves of it. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Jessop and George Hewsden were charged with stealing a quantity of rope, the property of Mr. George Atkins Mills, coal-merchant, Blackwall. It appeared that yesterday afternoon Mr. Mills re ceived information that the two prisoners, whom he had frequently observed lurking about his premises, had been seen leaving his wharf in the morning with a large bag containing some " tail ropes." One of the men in his employ followed them, and saw them enter a marine store-dealer's shop at. Poplar, where they disposed of the rape. Mr. Mills immediately gave information to the police, ard the prisoners, who were well known, were apprehended last night. From the evidence of Griffiths, the purchaser, it seemed Jessop carried the bag and received the money for its contents. Mr. BALLANTINE observed that the evidence was not sufficient as respected Hewsden, who must be discharged. With respect to Jessop the case was clear. He should commit him for trial, and ordered the depositions to be taken. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) James William Ward, seventeen years old, al though not appearing more than twelve years of age, was charged before Mr. Norton with stealing a watch and chain, the property of his grandfather. The case was attended with very singular circumstances. The prisoner's mother, with her family, lived with the prosecutor, and had the watch in her possession on the 12th of last month, when a young woman, named Mary Anne Turpin, bad tea with her. In the evening the watch was missed, the girl Turpin was charged with the theft. Mrs. 'Ward stated that she:had left iton the tray at tea-time, and her daughter said she saw Turpin take up something from the tray and put it in her bosom. The girl was tried at the Central Criminal Court, convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, which sentence she is now undergoing. Last evening an uncle of the prisontr being at the mother's house, and being told that the prisoner had since the trial of Turpin stated to several per sons that his mother had sworn falsely, and that the girl was innocent, said that the accusation was too true, for the youth had stolen the watch himself, and sold it for 50s. through him, the uncle. Upon this information the mother immediately gave her son into custody. In her examination this day she appeared much distressed on account of the cruel wrong done to the poor girl. The uncle, Henry Wenman, in his examination, admitted that he knew that the watch he sold was the one which Turpin W 33 accused of stealing, before the trial, but that he did not know what to do about the matter, until last night, when he heard of the accusations made by the prisoner against his mother and .ister. The prisoner said that he stole the watch out of spite to his grandfather, who treated him harshly, whilst he was kind to the other children. The witness Wenman, upon this went into a long statement of the - old man's capri cious conduct to his children, favouring some and per secuting others, according to his interpretation of their phrenological development. He had said, when the witness was only twelve, that he was a thief, and would one day be hanged ; and he was lately in the habit of predicting the same fate for the prisoner. Mr. NORTON praised the conduct of the mother in acting so promptly in the matter, to extricate the innocent girl, and censured the uncle for " not having known what to do." However, at present all they had to do was, to work by all means possible to get back the watch, and to procure the liberation of the poor girl. He should direct measures to be taken for the purpose immediately. In the mean time the prisoner should be remanded. The prisoner was fined 40s. a fortnight ago for as saulting a policeman. His master gave him an ex cellent character, and paid the fine for him, but his mother was unfavourable to him. In the station ' house he first made the accusation against her of hav ing procured the conviction of Turpin by false swearing. His continually repeating that accusation since, caused the uncle to communicate the real facts of the case to the mother. The vacancy created by the retirement of Mr. Getty, the Taxing Master, has been filled by the ap pointment of Mr Joseph I'arkes. That in selecting Mr. Parkes for this office the Government has rewarded an active and most efficient partisan no one will doubt; but we believe that Mr. Parkes's qualifications for the post are unquestionable, and that it will be extremely ac ceptable to the profession. Mr. Parkes has been for many years solicitor to the Charity Commission, and in that capacity earned the esteem, not only of Whig, but of Tory Attorneys- Gt neral, and has, we are told, been recommended by the most eminent men of all opinions upon the bench and among the bar.—Times. We understand that Mr. Bonham, who was for merly the Governor of Singapore, is to be the new Go vernor of Hong-Kong, in the place of Sir John Davis, who has resigned. VALUE OF LAND IN GALLICIA.—LRLd iS of ex traordinarily little value in Ciallicia. The Archduke John has sold his vast estate at Nadworo, which con tains upwards of 500,000 acres, for 750,000 florins (1,950,000 fra ncs ), or 1 1 florin (3 f. 90c.) per acre. THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN. —On Wednesday week about 300 of that religious body known as " The Plymouth Brethren," assembled in Exeter, from Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset, for two days' devotional exer cises. The first day's devotional proceedings were con fined to the members. On the second day the public were admitted. The principal speakers were Mr. Darby, Mr. Chapman, of Barnstaple, Mr. Harris, Sir A. Camp. bell, and Mr. Wigram West Briton. OMNIBUS LITERATURE.—An omnibus conductor on the Hammersmith-road, who is given a little to lite rature (and who is not, now-•a-days?) calls the two mon ster houses at tho Albert-gate, " Stories without an End:"—Punch. _ _ SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL Cnuacu.—We understand that Bishop Forbes has been unanimously recommended to succeed the late Rev. Dean Horseley in the Scot tish Episcopal congregation of Duudee.—Edinburgh Advertiser. THE CHOLERA....-.LEMBERG, Nov. 3.—The cholera is advancing by rapid strides, and is within 24 reiles of the Galician frontier. Numbers are carried off daily at Krzemieniec, Podolski, and Radziwillaf, about 32 miles from Lemberg. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.—The examination for the present Michaelmas term of persons applying to be admitted attorneys of the supurior courts of Westminster Hall, was held on Tuesday last in the hall of the Law Institution, when upwards of one hundred young gentle men were examined. The examiners were Mr. Turner, one of the masters of the Court of Queen's Bench, and Messrs. Austen, Shadwell, Tooke, and Wilde, members of council of the Law Institution. D I SINFECTING FLUID. Yesterday th e commis• sinners of streets in Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Russell, surgeons, and Mr. Ben . Fletcher and other scientific gentlemen, attended at the premises of the town surveyor, in Moore•street, to witness some experiments by Mr. J. B. Orgill, of Lon don, with a disinfecting fluid, said to be possessed of very valuable properties. The first experiment was upon a quantity of dead animals in a state of decompo sition, and the smell of which was exceedingly offen sive. Upon this Mr. Orgill threw two table-spoonsful of the liquid, and the smell immediately left them. Quantities of night-soil, fish, and other matter were successfully operated upon, and with equal effect. It is the intention of the company by whom the fluid is pos sessed to establish an exte nsive premises in Birming ham for converting all the animal and vegetable refuse of the place into manure; and terms have been proposed by . Mr. Orgill to the authorities, which, if agreed to, will enable the company to cleanse and disinfect the borough. LITERATURE. FRAGMENTS DES OEUVRES D' ALEX ANDRE DUMAS. Choisis a rusaye de la Jeun2sse par Miss Mary Russell Mitford. There is a writer in France who has risen from obscurity and indigence to affluence and celebrity, who has travelled more, read more, written more, seen more, and talked more than any twenty men of the same age in the length and breadth of Christendom. This remarkable man—as volatile in temperament as he is copious in imagination and perpetual industry— was born at Villers-Cotterets, in the department of the Aisne, on the 24th July, 1803, so that he is scarcely four months past the forty-fourth anniversary of his nativity. Without patronage, and with scarcely any systematic education, he has acquired for himself a fame as wide if not as permanent as the literature of his country. He set out from Villers-Cotterets with just fifty-three francs in his pocket to seek his fortune at Paris. Without any better introduction than a simple letter from an elector of Aisne, he waited upon General Foy to obtain his patronage. As good luck would have it, he was received cour teously, and some such conversation as the following ensued : " Let us see ! what can we do for you ?" " Everything you wish, General." " It is necessary at first, however, that I should know what you are good for!" " 0 ! nothing wonderful." " Let us see ! what do you know ? a little mathe matics ?" "No, General." " You have at least some knowledge of geometry, of physics ?" " No, General.". " You have passed your examination ?" " No, General." " You know Latin and Greek ?" " Very little." " Perhaps you understand book-keeping ?" " Not the least in the world." The patron was puzzled, and the client abashed, for it was the first time he had recognised his !gum suce, c'etazt la premzere fois 'naiad ainsi face a face avec mon ignorance.' " Give me your address," said the General after while, " and I will think over what I can do for you." The young man took the pen and wrote his address, his protector watching him while he did so. All at once the latter clapped his hands, crying out— " We are saved ! you write a beautiful hand!" From this talent as a calligrapher the ad venturer was installed as a copying clerk in the office of the Due d'Orleans, since Louis Phi lippe, at a salary of a hundred francs a month. Since that appointment he has rendered himself famous by the fruitfulness of his fancy, by the versa tility of his powers, and by the unconquerable indus try and enthusiasm of an intellect which has been strengthened by the animal robustness of his consti tution. Within an interval of seventeen years he has penned a whole library—dramas, stories, essays, dissertations, romances, histories, biographies, travels, lyrics, odes, and almost every species of poetic and prose composition. He has proved himself the Vol taire of belles lettres, the Crichton of students, the Deucalion of novelists. Books have poured from his brain as the golden shower poured into the lap of Dana. And yet, while his intellect has been thus prolific, no man ever saw him at his studies. There is a fiction in Paris that he has never been seen with a pen in his hands. In pleasure excursions, in picnics, in balls, in masquerades, shooting, riding, and boating, rattling through the Peninsula in a post-chaise, scaling the mountains of Switzerland, flying from Leeds to Manchester in the train of a steam-engine, jour neying through the deserts of Africa on the hump of a dromedary, in all kinds of places, in the most impro bable positions, he is the noisiest, merriest, and most light-hearted. Need we say who this writer is ? Need we say that it is Alexandre Dumas, the Marquis de la Pailleterie, the Prince of Feuiltonists ? To form an adequate estimate of the intellectual powers of an author so prolific and voluminous, it is necessary that one should be familiarised with his compositions. But as this would be scarcely possible, from a dozen suffi cient reasons, to the readers in a foreign country, it becomes essential to afford them some knowledge of his writings, either by translations or by a judicious selection of fragments from the originals. The latter course we cannot but regard as preferable : first, because of the spirit and the style which are untranslateable ; and, secondly, because his excellences may be therein the more readily perceived and appreciated. These sentiments seem to have originated the publication of the ele gant volume now placed before us for consideration. The responsibility of selection, moreover, has been consigned to a lady eminently fitted for such an un dertaking, by a taste in literature which has beets verified in her own productions, and confirmed by no inconsiderable share of popularity. The mere appear ance of the name of Miss Mary Russell Mitford on the title-page will be an authentication of the remark uttered in the " Advertisement," that the specimens contained in the book have been "so carefully selected that it may be left with safety on the drawing-room table, or placed with confidence in the hands of youth." Al . hough the varied character of the fragments which constitute this compilation would induce many to conjecture that Miss Mitford has culled from most of the effusions of M. Dumas, it is a remarkable proof of the brilliancy and fertility of the works of the latter to know that they have been principally transcribed from his Travels and Histo ries, as they are "more susceptible of an independent interest," and " convey in the pleasantest manner the most solid information." The volume is daintily bound and emblazoned in imitation of enamel; the contents are arranged with an eye both to perspicuity and contrast ; and several of the chapters are illustrated with coloured engravings. Among the more excel lent papers in the collection we may particularise : " The Pilgrimage to Mount St. Bernard ;" prefaced with that comical adventure of Alexandre Dumas in Search of a Mattrass ; " The Cabinet Portraits of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck," those two illustrious artists who, when dead, had a chapel for a sepulchre, and a cathedral for a mausoleum, " snorts, ils ont une chapelle pour se'pulcre, et une ca thedrale pour mausolee ; and the exquisite sketch of Chilon, where Bonnivard was confined in a dungeon, in darkness, chained to a pillar, for six years, in ex piation of his patriotism, until one day a tumult arose in the castle, and a hundred voices cried out together : " Bonn/acted, tu es libre 1" " Et Geneve IP" " Libre aussi l" Who can ever forget, again, the narrative of Dumas' visit to the Chateau d' Arenenberg to Hortense de Heauharnois, ex-Queen of Holland ? Who can ever forget who has once read it, the account of his agita tation, when he is walking to the castle, to see for the first time, the queen of his imagination, pausing on the gravel walk, dreading that his dream of the step daughter of Le Grand Napoleon may not be realised; hoping that it may ? Who can ever forget the emo tion of Dumas, when he has seen her ; when the ideal has been exceeded; when she thrills him into admira• tion by her look, her words, her gentle dignity? "Bien, mon eceur ! " he exclaims, "cette fois, tune fitais pas trompe ,je une hornme, c'est la reine de ton enfance gruel euse et bonne ; pate, c est ce son de voix, c'est ce regard que tu as rive a la flue de Josephine; laisse battre librement ton caul.; une fois la realite s'est trouvee a la hauteur du solve, regarde, ecoute, sois heureux." And when the ex- Queen shows him the portrait, the magnifique portrait of Napoleon on the bridge of Lodi ; and when Dumas sits down before it with his face buried in his two hands ; and when he sees, in the imperial reliquary of Hortense, the talisman of Charlemagne (a piece of the true cross enclosed in an emerald, and suspended to a chain of solid gold), which was given to Napoleon by the citizens of Aix-la-Chapelle, and worn by him on the days of Austerlitz and Wagram ; and when the ex- Queen, seated at herpiano, sings toDumas that plain tive air, which she had e gl oire," Empress, and had sung t o th e d ea d Emperor in a roo ., m in the a Tui leries !---the pict ure , t o our thinking perhaps h D ap the most exquisit e one ever pa i nted by Alexandre s It is historic and gr ac eful—like a passagen m en ' 3 l.' e a s. citus illustrated by B occacc i o . Then there is the - noble delineation suggested by a memora b le annecdote in the memoirs of the Duchesse d'Abrantes—"Napolion et Lucien." When, after depicting a solitary man in one of the superb halls of the palace of Milan, he says—" At this time, this man rules over one hundred and twenty millions of men, ten people chaunt in their hearts the hosannahs of his glory in ten dif ferent languages; for this man is more than Caesar, is beyond even Charlemagne; it is Napoleon the Great, the Jupiter Tonans of France." It were hopeless, however, to attempt an enumeration of the pieces contained in the volume within the space we can here allow ourselves. The book is a monument to the genius of the Prince of Feuiltonists better than brass or marble : it is crowded with passages emi nently worthy of perusal, and not unworthy of re membrance. OLIVER AND BOYD'S THREEPENNY ALMAIVAC FOR 1848. This is really a marvel of cheapness, neatness, and accuracy. Every person connected with travelling i into Scotland should invest threepence in the purchase of an Oliver and Boyd, inasmuch as in addition to all the usual information contained in an almanac, it conveys a large quantity of special information on matters locally connected with Scotland. To the man of business the list of Scotch fairs, and the state of the fiars' prices of the different counties of Scot land for crop and year 1846, will be of great service, while the tourist in Scotland will find that he will save himself much valuable time by referring to their list of Scotch railway trains. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—m Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday next,the 22d inst., at the Castle, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albrt walked this fore noon on the Easter Terrace and lopes. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice tok walking and pony - exercise. The Princess Helenawas taken an airing. Prince Albert rode out on hoseback this morning, attended by Captain the Hon. 4 .. Gordon, his Royal Highness's Equerry in Waiting Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess /iary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by a Lady and Gentleman in Waiting, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty, from their residence at Kew. The Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey are expected to arrive this eveninf from town. The Marquis of Anglesey, _..ord and Lady Ashley, and Colonel Wylde are also expected to arrive this evening on a visit to the Queel. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Nary, his Serene High ness Prince Frederick of Heste, the Marquis of An glesey, Baroness de Speth, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge ; Lord and Lady Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, Colonel Xtrylde, and the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at his •official residence in Downing -street. - Mr. Charles Russell, Chairman of the Great West ern Railway Company ; Mr. William Goodenough Hayter, Direct o r ; and Mr. Charles secre taryS......vdc--'. to the C om p an y, ),„d interview with the Riuht otrutt, yesterday, at the office of .... the Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade. Mr. Glyn, Chairman of the London and North- Western Railway Company; had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chief Commis sioner of Railways, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Lord John Russell gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence in Chesham.place. MR. FERRAND AND THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS. In Michaelmas Term, 1846, a rule for a criminal information was granted by the Court of Queen's Bench, on the application of Mr. G. C. Lewis, then one of the Central Poor-law Commissioners, and now Member for Herefordshire, iind Secretary to the Board of Control, against Mr. W. B. Ferrand, the late Member for Knaresborougb, for certain charges affecting Mr. Lewis contained in two letters written by Mr. Ferrand, and published by his desire in the Times, in August, 1846. We are authorised to state that the matter has been arranged through the inter vention of friends—Lord John Manners acting for Mr. Ferrand, and• Mr. Hay ward (Queen's Counsel) for Mr. Lewis ; and the charges in question have been withdrawn. The following is the form of with drawal definitively agreed upon by , Lord John Man ners and Mr. Hayward, on behalf of the parties re spectively : MEMORANDVII. " Mr. Ferrand withdraws the letters which constitute the alleged libels in this case, and also the pleas pleaded in justification of them. " Both letters" were written under feelings of con siderable irritation and excitement, when Mr. Fer rand was suffering from illness, and had no opportunity of consulting with his friends. Before writing the first (of August 6, 1846), he had received information, which at that time, and for some time afterwards, he saw saw no reason to distrust, leading him to conclude that Mr. Lewis had co-operated with Sir James Graham to lower him in public estimation ; and he wrote the second letter (of August 10, 1846,) under a bond fide, though erroneous impression, that the mistake into which Mr. Lewis fell in his evidence, and which was the sole cause of the second letter's being written, was an intentional mis-statement. On full and calm inquiry, and after consulting with his friends, Mr. Ferrand is now convinced that he acted hastily, and without accurate. information, in both instances. He therefore withdraws the charges con tained in the letters, so far as they affect Mr. Lewis, who will stand precisely as if they had never been written; and Mr. Ferrand regrets that he ever wrote and published them. " Nov. 16, 1847." BELGIAN AND DUTCH PAPERS. COMMERCIAL IN TELL IGENCE. THE HAGUE, Nov. 16.—Very few transactions were made at the Bourse, and • integrals were offered at the same price as on the day previous. All the other Dutch funds maintained their standard. In shares of the Commercial Company especially there was a good deal of animation, and toWards the close of the day they rose 1 per • Cent. In the Spanish funds business was slack, and the prices sustained no variation. The other foreign funds were much the same as yesterday, but in the Russian Four per Cents. there was an improvement. Five o'clock—lnland integrals still maintained their price; the Three and Four per Cents. are improving. Commercial Com pany in great demand. The rise in the London funds has a very visible effect upon our Bourse, and there is a marked improvement on nearly all the funds, both inland and foreign ; Peru and Mexico were in much greater demand then during the last few days, and there is a general activity. Th e di scoun t is still five per cent. The failure of the house of Rolleghemd, has plunged the family o f Mr. N o ll e t i n t o the deepest affliction. .This gentleman had, it appears, signed several large bills for Gillies and Nenin, payable at the house of Imbrecht ; they were, of course, pro tested on the failure of that house ; this circumstance, together with the arrest of three merchants who had failed, and the probable inevitable result of his own failure and imprisonment weighed so heavily upon Mr. Nollet's spirits, that he left his home early on Thursday morning, and proceeding to the river at the extremity of the town, he threw himself into it. The water was so low that it scarcely covered his body, - yet he was not found until about seven o'clock the same evening. The proposition relative to the suppression of the tax on the culture of rye, which was proposed to the Second Chamber of the States General last session, not having been accepted by it, the Government, which continues engaged in the revision of the present system of taxation, has judged it advisable so far to put the project into effect as to make free the permits and bills of entry of such grain as is not subject to the impost. The suppression of these formalities will be a great relief to the people, for about a million and a half of these permits are annually given out. — Dutch Papers, Nov. 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 15. 5 per Cent. Metathque5.................. 104 • 4 per Cent. ditt0............ •• • • 98 % 3 per Cent. 64 Loan, 1834 155 Ditto, 1839 .............. • • .• • • • • • • • • 119 X Bank Shares • .......... ... ............1609 • EstorhazY's Loan • • ...... ~........ 61% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• • • • • 151 % Gloggnitz ••••......... . ...........110 Vienna—Milan •. . . Sienna • • .... • • ..... 69% BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussgLs, Nov. 16. Actual Debt, 1% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.. .. Ditto Three per Cent.. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • ..... Ditto,ditte,lB4o.• •• • • .......... _ Ditto,ditto,lB42.• • • • • Ditto, 1844..• • • • • • • • • • . •....... 93 , Ditto, 1836... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, 1838 .• .• • • • • • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1 8 3 2 99 3 Bank n of tl Et T el: u lum i z• s...... • • I x * • • 81. • Ditto, 1843 • 94% —Brussels Papers. Nov. 16. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • 54 54 % Ditto, 3 per Cent •••••• • • .• . • 65% 9G Ditto, 4 per eent.• ••••• • • • • ........ 84 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent • 84% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .• 163% 1 — East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. .. 63% Exchange on London, at sight 12 Two months.. • 11 12 On Hamburgh, at sight • 35 92 Two months... 34 25 On Paris . • _ 66 62 Two months. •. • . • 58 50 HAMBURGII BORSENLIALLE, Nov. 13. Austrian 5 per Cents :jag" 1.:y:01,8.31546. B.fils. Mosey. Bank Shares 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan 101% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 100% Ditto Ist serieslnscription.... 101 x Ditto, Rope and C0.,3d and 4th series.. 9 5 Ditto, in Certificate •••••• • - • • • .... 95 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 86% x i - Ditto Stieglitz •••••• • • • • • • ••••• • • • • 86% 86 Spanish New 5 per Cenl• •••••• • • • • • • 1214 12 Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 22% 22 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . 30 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. • • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 79 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • 81 80 National Bank Shares.• ••••••• • • • • • • • _ MR. BROOKE,' THE RAJA OP SAB.AwAK.—This distinguished philanthropist has been invited, it is said, to Oxford, to receive the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University, as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by that learned body for his labours in pro• moting the cause of civilisation and the extension of the Church of England among the 'sync tribea of Borneo. EVENING, .NOVEMBER 18 1847. T:' - iltri:s I.lc4.Ditton IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Among the Peers who took the oaths was the Duke of Wellington, who arrived at the House shortly before four o'clock. His Grace appeared in excellent health and spirits, and chatted with ap parent great glee to the Lord Chancellor. Very few Peers took the oaths. Lord Milford (late Sir Richard Bulkeley Phillips) was introduced by the Marquis of Donegal and Lord Campbell, and took the oaths and his seat. Their,Lordships adjourned at Pour o'clock till Two o'clock to morrow. Mr. Maclise's fresco " The Spirit of Chivalry " is completed, as is also Mr. Cope's fresco of " Edward the Third conferring the Order of the Garter on Edward the Black Prince." Mr. Horsley's fresco of "Religion" is not yet completed, but is in a great state of forwardness. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. J. A. SMITH said—l rise to second the mo tion of the Noble Lord; and I do so with very sin gular satisfaction, because I believe that it rarely falls to the lot of any one to be able at the same time so perfectly to discharge satisfactorily his public duty, to possess a duo sense of the importance of the which he has so long been called upon to dis charge, and at the same time to gratify his personal and private feelings with the same success, without detracting from the dignity of his high office. Those who in times past have filled that chair were men of high character and of distinguished abilities, but remarkable as has been, I think, the judgment of this House in selecting men well qualified to discharge the onerous duties of the Speaker, I believe I may appeal with confidence to those who have been before Members of this House, and I believe I may also appeal to the public, whether amongst those eminent and distin guished men to whom I have referred they can point out any one who has filled the chair of this House with so much ability, who has discharged his duties more efficiently, or who is in the highest manner cal culated to command the confidence of this House and of the people than the Right Hon. Gentleman whose re-election has been proposed by my Noble Friend. —(Great cheering.) Ido not intend to trouble the House with one single word as regards the important duties which are imposed upon those whom the choice of the House places in that chair. It has been done so often and so well as to render it useless and pre sumptuous for me to add one word to what I have already said with respect to them.—(Hear, hear ) I feel, also, that a sense of the importance of that high office is so firmly settled in the minds of the Members of this House and of the country, that it requires no word from me to point out their im portance. But, with great humility and deference, I should wish to say one word on a point which ap pears to me to deserve the serious attention of this assembly—namely, that every day and every year the character of this House and its influence upon England is increasing in importance. Now we have recently seen important changes —important constitutional changes—in one of the most important European nations. We have also seen equally im portant and principal changes proposed by another power, familiar by situation and by commercial ties with most of us ; these . are movements, which cannot but be regarded by us here with peculiar interest, and I think we are led to the conclusion that both constitutional and representative government, and the attachment to constitutional and representative government are making great advances throughout Europe.—(Hear, hear.) And looking, therefore, at the character of this House, I think that the character of that individual who is elected to preside over it year after year becomes of increased importance. I shall most confidently give my support to the motion of the Noble Lord, which I have the honour now to second, because I fully believe that the important duties to which I have alluded cannot be placed in safer or more efficient hands.—(Cheers.) That Right Hon. Gentleman has already shown that unvarying cour tesy is consistent with unflinching firmness, that im partiality, which in the beat of debate, and during the violence of party conflict, is difficult to practise, has ever found in him a strong supporter. I shall support him, because I believe that he will assert the privileges of this House without fear and without favour. I believe, that under his Speakership, this House will continue to give the world a proof that perfect order in our proceedings, and a cheerful and ready submission to the decision of the Chair, is perfectly consistent with the freedom of debate— that perfect freedom of debate, which I believe is one of the chief and principal safeguards of the liberty and happiness of the people. Lord G. BENTINCK—I am unwilling, Sir, to allow this opportunity to pass without doing myself the honour of joining in the proposal made by a Noble Friend and the Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—(Hear.) lam the more anxious to do so, because when the Right Hon. C. S. Lefevre was less known than he is at present, I joined in an opposition to his appoint ment to the chair, but experience of the unequalled impartiality and dignity—(Cheers)—with which that gentleman has filled the office of Speaker of this House has made it a matter of great congratulation, not to myself only, but I believe also to every gen tleman who was defeated upon that occasion, that defeat accompanied their opposition.—(Cheers.) I feel that the authority of the Legislature itself de pends much upon the calmness and dignity with which the proceedings of this House are carried on, and I am sure all those who have had the happiness to experience the manner in which those duties have been fulfilled by the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre will join in acclamation in conceding to him the proud pre-eminence over all those illustrious and distinguished individual, who, upon former occasions, have filled that chair.—(Cheers.) I could not, therefore, Sir, allow this opportunity to pass without expressing my great satisfaction at the proposal that the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre should again be appointed the Speaker of this House.— (Loud cheers.) Sir R. H. INGLIS—The reasons given by m Noble Friend for addressing the House would, I believe, be most cordially testified to by every one of the 400 Members present on the occasion alluded to by my Noble Friend.—(Cheers.) I concur most cordially in the expression of the general feeling of the House, and I view with sincere gratification the success of my Right lion. Friend, near whom I am seated, in obtaining a resumption of the office to which he was called on the occasion alluded to by my Noble Friend. 1 should not have troubled the House by adding anything to what has been said of the claims of the Right Hon. C. S Lefevre by the Noble Lord who submitted the proposition to the House, or to Hon, Gentlemen who seconded it, did I not wish also to add another claim which the Right Hon. Gentleman, who is the subject of this proposition, has to our gra titude and confidence, arising from a part of his con duct not always seen by the House in the transaction of its general business, but still not the less important to the public interests of the country. I refer to his attention and successful labours in the conduct of the, private business of this House.—(Cheers.) It is un necessary for me to allude to the importance of the private business of the House, or the vast increase which appears to be decennially made in it. Within the last ten years there has been a great increase in its amount, not only over the ten, but the thirty years immediately preceding. To this business the Right Honourable Gentleman has given most valuable and personal attention ; and I think that the House would be ungrateful if it failed to acknowledge the value of those services thus rendered.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. C. S. LEFEVRE, in rising to address a few words to the House, said—l beg to assure my Noble Friend the Member for Totnes (Lord Seymour), and,rny Hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (J. A. Smith), that I fully ',appreciate those feelings of personal kindness and regard which have prompted them to speak of my services in the chair of this House in terms of such comment —comment far beyond any merit which I even hope to possess. And I beg also to assure the House that I feel that I owe them a very large debt of gratitude for the very favourable manner in which they have been kind enough to receive the proposition of my Noble Friend. I feel altogether unequal adequately to express my thanks to them for this their additional mark of confidence and approbation. In all that has fallen from my Noble Friends upon either side of the House, with respect to the importance of the duty which attaches to the chair, I most fully concur. I admit, with my Right Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford (Sir R. H. Inglis), that those duties have of late years been rendered far more arduous by the vast increase of the private business of the House. The journals of the last two or three sessions show an increase in the pri vate business of the House wholly without precedent• The importance and vast magnitude of the private business it would have been impossible to have fully entered into had it not been for the great improve ments which have of late years been made in the mode of conducting the private business of the House. I cannot attach to myself much share of credit in the suggestions which have been made with re spect to the mode of conducting this business, but I have always been ready to communicate with any Hon. Member in the introduction of those measures which have been productive of such bene ficial results.—(lear, hear.) Experience has taught me that the ordinary duties of the chair can always be conducted by diligence and attention, combined with the strictest impartiality.—(Cheers.) There are other duties, however, of a far more delicate na ture, arising out of new circumstances, which con stantly occur in the course of debate, which, al lowing no time for deliberation, might well discourage a much more able man than myself, and lead him almost to decline the honour, were it not for the conviction, that if it is the pleasure of the House again to re-elect me into the chair, the same indulgence and effectual support will be extended to me (Choerst)—which I have hitherto received at all times, and from all sides of the House.—(Cheers.) It is that conviction alone which at the present time enables me with perfect confi dence to place myself entirely at the disposal of the House.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman was then led to the chair by the mover and seconder of his election, amid cheers from all parts of the House. Having taken his seat, The SPEAKER said—l beg to offer to the House my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for the honour they have again conferred upon me, and I will endeavour, in the discharge of my duties, to prove myself not altogether unworthy of their choice, by pursuing strictly that line of conduct which has this day, for the third time, received their sanction and support.—(Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I now venture to address the House for the purpose of congratulating you, and, I must add, the House itself.—(Cheers.) That you have maintained the honour of the House, acted with strict impartiality, and rendered great service to the public in the conducting of the private business of the House, and that in maintaining order in our debates you will so preserve that order as to conciliate those whom it will be your duty to reprove ; these are predictions which are no longer matter of surmise, or subjects of expec tation, but of well-founded: confidence. (Loud cheers.) Sir, your previous conduct in the chair justifies the House, and justifies me in entertaining that belief.—(Cheers.) It was your fortune to suc ceed in your office to a person of distinguished learn ing, of great knowledge of the Constitution, of great experience in this House, and whose conduct in the chair was marked by the cordial approba tion of this House.—(Loud cheers.) You, Sir, have shown yourself placed in this position capable of establishing a high character as Speaker of this House, which is not matter of envy to any one, but which is fully equal to that of any former Speaker, and I trust that being long in the possession of that honour which is now conferred upon you by the House, your reputation may continue to increase, and that you may leave as bright a name to posterity as that of the greatest Speaker that ever sat in that chair.—(Loud cheers.) I beg to move, Sir, that this House do now adjourn. The House then adjourned a few minutes before Three o'clock. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WATSON V. PITT.—DELIVERY OF NOTICES. This was an appeal from the decision of Mr. Smith, who had retained the name of Francis Pitt upon the list of voters. The facts of the case were stated as follows :—A person on behalf of tie objector to Mr. Pitt's vote went to his house between nine and ten o'clock at night, on the 25th of August, for the purpose of serving him with a notice of objection. He knocked at the door several times, but as no one answered, he placed the notice inside the house. The revising bar rister decided that it was not a sufficient delivery of notice under the Ilth section of the Act. Mr. Pitt was called upon to substantiate his vote. Mr. Groves appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Sergeant Byles for the respondent. After some discussion on both sides, The CHIEF JUSTICE said the revising barristers, when they referred cases to the decision of the Court, ought to state the particulars fully and explicitly, in order that all delay and expense in requiring addi tional particulars might be avoided. In drawing up the statement of a case, they ought to see that all the facts were consistent. The Act stated that a notice should be delivered at the " place of abode" of the person objected to, and in the present instance it was stated 1.)7 the barrister that it was delivered at his house. That was not sufficient, because it might be his house and yet not his place of abode. He also omitted to state whether or not the party serving the notice called more than once. If only once the Court would hardly deem that sufficient, under the circumstances of the case, to justify them in deciding that the delivery was a sufficient one. It appeared to him, therefore, that the case ought to be remitted, in order that the particulars might be more fully stated. He expressed his regret that the parties would be subjected to delay and expense, and he trusted that revising barristers would take more care to state every fact which was necessary to enable the Court to judge of the correctness of their decisions. The statement of particulars was then ordered to be remitted. PRIOR AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, V. WAREING, RESPONDENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the re vising barrister for the borough of Lyme Regis. It appeared that the appellants, who are four in number, entered into an agreement with a Mr. Att wood, to become the joint occupying tenants from year to year of Springfield House, Lyme, and it was alleged with the exclusive object only of qualifying them to vote. It appeared also that they made occasional visits to Lyme for the purpose of bringing them under the category of occupants. The question, therefore, was whether the appellants had a proper qualification under the Act ? The revising barrister decided that they had not, and and expunged their names from the list of voters. Mr. Sergeant Byles appeared for the appellants, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake for the respondents. The COURT, after hearing the case at some length, were of opinion that they could not entertain this appeal because the circumstances were different with repect to each occupant, and the barrister, by amalga mating them together, had done something which the Act did not empower him to do. They considered that it was not a consolidated appeal, properly speak in, the meaning of the Act. The appeal was then dismissed. ACCOMPLISHED Blenheim-street. His person and up his residence in Blenhei to all appearance he was address'were respectable, and cAarnNAe short with h t i i s m w e infegoada sitew.;tonNalnSee:VdCalslstNaale,cpanjliEctoonbosk: He was followed by a in comfortable circumstan ces. which arrived by railway, and ci s u i a st n e t d ity of o f f leather, ladies' boots, sho es , largeconagnocoy goods, and slippers, the whole of which he consigned to M essrs . Taylor and Anderson, auctioneers, for public sale, and they, of course, speedily_ disposed of th em. A' few days afar the sale, Mr. Charlton, sheriff's officer, Newcastle, received a wr i t for the sum of 4001. against the aid I saac J acobs, who, it appeared, had obtained goods to that amount from Sol. Myers, another Jew, and dealer in leather, in London. At the time Jacobs made the purchase of the goods of Mr. Myers, he represented that he intended to go with them to Australia, and on their being packed up and sent to a place accord ing to his direction, he gave a cheque for the amount, but Mr. Myers, on presenting it to the bank a day or two afterwards, ascertained that the balance of Jacobs' account there was. only seventeen shillings. It was in the interim that Jacobs set off for Newcastle. Wall, the sheriff's officer, of course went to execute the warrant intrusted to him, but found, t o hi s mort ifi cat i on, that all chance o f ad mission had been precluded by the wary occupant. cupant. Days and wee k s passe d away ; the officer in mean time using his best skill to effect his purpose, but in vain. What was still more annoying was, that Jacobs, though not visible during the ordinary days. of the week, turned out in dashing style on the Sundays, and, with his wife and sister, enjoyed the benefit of the country air in a dashing chariot. The_ sheriff's officer, finding all his efforts useless, wrote to Mr. Myers, who dispatched one of his agents to aid Mr. Charlton. Jacobs, however, succeeded in. eluding their united efforts, and the other day got. safely off by the train to York. News of his escap.x got wind, and the telegraph communicated his arri val at York, where he was traced to an hotel ; but before another warrant could be procured for his de tention, he again got ahead of his pursuers by start ing for Manchester, and thence to Birmingham, where his career received a check. It appears that after selecting goods to a considerable amount, he presented to a tradesman a valueless bill of exchange for 2001. as payment, and this being detected, he was immediately apprehended and taken before the ma• gistrates. One or two parties also in Newcastle hare suffered from his tricks, but not to any considerable amount.—Neweastle Advertiser. SINGULAR IMPOSTURE. (From the Skerborne Journal.) . . We wish to put the public upon their guard against a new and strange species of imposture, which we have recently discovered, and which, in all probability, is followed to some extent in the metro polis and elsewhere, by using the name of some provincial newspaper. An application was made to our office a few weeks ago for a Journal con taining an advertisement, offering a reward of one hundred pounds to any one who could give intelli gence of one Mary Gundry. No such advertisement having appeared in our columns, an intimation to that effect was conveyed to the applicant : but immediately after the application was renewed from another quarter, and subsequently a gentleman wrote to make the same inquiry for Earl Poulett, who had been addressed upon the subject by some person in town. Having put ourselves in communication with this last-named person, we received the following letter, which will explain the imposition and the designs of the party imposing :—" 52, Lower Marsh, Lambeth.—Sir, I beg leave, in reply to your letter, to inform you of a very clever imposition concerning Mary Gundry, no doubt being carried on to a very great extent in London. On the 3d of November, an old woman came to me while standing at my door, and asked me to seal a letter, directed to the Governor of the Bank of England, which I did. She then showed me an advertisement, as she stated, cut from the Sherborne Journal, offering one hundred pounds re ward for one Mary Gundry—her grandfather, a very rich farmer of Crewkerne, having left her money in the Bank of England. She had another paper recommending her to some lawyers, signed with the same name as yourself, and quite like your hand writing. She obtained a little assistance from me. I afterwards went to where she said she resided, and found I was imposed on. She, no doubt, makes a fine thing of it.—She is nearly 70 years of age, and knows Dorsetshire well.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM DIBDIN." EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF A HONEYMOON. Less than two years ago, a gentleman who dwelt at no great distance from Glasgow became acquainted with a young lady of pleasing manners and no small share of personal attractions, and in due course be came her happy husband. One half of the honey-. moon had passed when they were invited to a party at the house of a relative of the lady. At a compa ratively early period of the evening, the young hus band, sighing for his home, hinted to the young wife that she had better prepare herself to depart. The young wife wished to remain a little longer. The gentleman not brooking contradiction, in- sisted ; the lady, as little loving command, became obstinate ; and the result was, the lustre of the honeymoon was dimmed, and the husband left for home in a he; suffering the equally indignant wife to follow at her leisure. But the morning dawned, and no young and blooming wife gladdened the dwelling of the now anxious husband. Hurrying to the house where he had so lately left her, he was astonished and pained to find that she was gone, and that no one knew what had become of her. Days and weeks passed away; but every inquiry that affectionate solicitude could devise brought no tidings of the missing wife. Some months after this, when hope was not quite dead, the wifeless husband, in perusing the newspaper, had his eye attracted by an advertisement, dated Perth. The advertiser desired a situation as governess, and the qualifications alleged, and the initials attached, being those of his wife, left no doubt on the mind of the husband that he had at last discovered his long-lost treasure. Overjoyed, without losing any time he pro ceeded to Perth, accompanied by one or two friends. Intimation was at once sent to the lady that a gentle man who wanted a governess for his family desired an interview at a particular place. Every moment 1)e) expected her who lay rearest to his heart to enter, and proper arrangements were made to carry her off by love o: force to her wedded home. At length a lady did make her appearance, but, melancholy to relat-, the lady was a stranger. Some sot tof excuses wert , of course, blundered out, and the disappointed party trundled back to St. Mirrin. Time rolled on, weary month after month was borne silently to the ocean of the past, and still no intelligence of the wit„ who had so mysteriously stolen herself away. About a fortnight since, the desolate husband was delighted to be informed, on authority which he had no reason to doubt, that his wife was now, and had been, living, during the period of her voluntary widowhood, ill Campsie. That very night he and a frie n d f oun d themselves sitting in a public.house in the village. Intelligeece was sent to the fair runaway that sh e was desired to be spoken with by a female friend. She hastened to the house, where, unknown to her, her husband anxiously expected her presence. On entering the room, the first person she saw was—wc need not say whom. With a cry of affection which makes one wonder she kept herself concealed so long, she rushed into the arms of her husband. Mutual inquiries and explanations took place, and confidence and happiness were restored to both. The happy husband pleaded with his wife that she should at once proceed home with him, and more loving and pliant than on a former occasion, she hastily dressed herself, and accompanied him. The second honeymoon is not yet expired, and from everything we can learn, promises to last much longer and beam more brightly than is usually enjoyed by the votaries of Hymen.— Glasgow Examiner. The will of the late General Sir John Lambert, G.C.8., K.S.W., and Knight Commander of Maximilian, Jo,eph, Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot, was made by him in 1844, to which is added three codicils; and on the 9th of January, 1845, he executed a deed effecting a family arrangement respecting certain plantations in the island of Jamaica, known as the Winchester estate and Hopewell Hall Penn, from which he was entitled to an annuity of 1,000/. and oih,r charges thereon, derived from the will and settlement of his mother. He has left pecuniary legacies to his two sons, his three daughters, and to a niece, and the residue and bulk of his property to Lady Lambert absolutely. The executors are his brother, Major• General S. Lambert; his cousin, Sir Henry Jobn Lambert, Bart., and his brother-in-law, T. Morten, Esq. Sir Juhn died on the 14th September, aged:7s. - TRANSPORTATION FROM GUERNSEY TO ENGLAND. —ln reference to a paragraph on this subject, and which from the peculiarity of the species of " transportation," has pretty well gone the round of the papers. The Guernsey Star (after quoting the paragraph) has the following remarks:—" The Jersey hews, in which the paragraph first appeared, is so well known in the Chan nel Islands for its flights of imagination, that its state ments are seldom noticed by any of its local contempo raries, nor should we now depart from the rule !which we have long followed in regard to that paper, d_iel we not find one of its mis-representations reproduced . by tl,e a native to n , ..- of Charmouth, was sentenced to be 'transported ,-, English press. It is untrue that Bevis, who is E land.' Such a sentence is never passed by the Court of this island. Bevis, who was convicted of many petty robberies, was condemned to two months ' imprisonment a (the alternate weeks solitary and b for ad nci water), to banishment from the islandthree years. I n this case, as in all others, the place of the convict's ba nishment is left to his own choice. He may go to Jer htahesi n ts g hhea ol insistediffi leave officers ers o o n trh b ae y p t ia h s rl e ai s a nh l d i t i, I n i moErututeighelsaonondf Gtvrhuielelt.:talsll:33re sey, France, America, England, or any other country. : was proved will of' LATE ARCHDEACON DEALTRY T proved in nd out of their boundaries." u n ry lEl o ' n the 17th of t sh principlev,eTa thatvagabond taEb only o the Venerable Williamof Deal try, son-in-law, H. S. Thornton, H. Venn, 8.D., the secretary to the the Prerogative Court November inst., by his , S as oc l i a e l t i y, the Esq., and the Rev. Church Missionary l, • joint executors. The personal property To his wife he has left a V ied for probate duty at 2,001 i. de interest in the landed , s tates, and at her l)caltry, E sq., i n r decease then to th e i r son, Willis in furniture, and all ee. His books, picturts plate, a:id money not invested, together with f AT rears of • glei.e rent, tithe, rent charge, or other d ace coming to th e estate f rom his several LA: ' . I nehecs, he cal es to his wife absolutely, and the residue of his property between his two surviving daughters. The wilt is dated April 21, 1845. This respected dignitary died at Brighton on the 15th of October, in his 72d year. 110 was appointed to the rectory of Clapham in 1813, value 1,2751.; Canon of Winchester in 1330; and Arelideaerm of Surrey in 1845. The Animals' Friend Society, of 457, Strand, last Tuesday charged John Downs, servant to Mr. IVel,b, before Mr. Norton, at the Lambeth Court, with b 11 , a , v acidoi cruelly beaten a horse, which he calledsauch horses, " gi b had apparently been ren dered unable' which, as is generally the case Kith or a f raid to draw from was proved by one of the ill treatment. Thecayse Mr. Tyler; and Mr. Norton society's officers, a nd . ... b h , 0, - . and costs. The society also judiciously fined iip AI >t• a cab driver, to be fined in costs, caused Thomas WI , , by Mr. Cotting ham at the Southwark Court, a few d a y s . , Prev ious for having cruelly kicked a horse. SPRAT FM :LING AT BIRNBECK.---We understand that the fish are very abundant this Beason, and in condition.