The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-04 00:00:00

TIV I T V EN !,NG. and shows that Corms Jr's Juries who had got too much into the habit of levying nominal deodands in , ach eases—which we must say the higher Courts tws tack favoureA—are at length resolved to do their Ale , arid protect the public from slaughter and mutila t,on by steam conveyance. But we do not clearly see ,t : , resent whether the 2,000/. was imposed on account the Iwo deaths, or of one only—that of Dawson. If account of the two, we fear it may give rise to a tech- Liical objection, because separate deodands were not L.vied on each. An ith , r objection may arise of a more substantial nature, and it may became a question in a ;,igher Court, whether a deodand can be levied at all when the homicide, about which the Coroner's Jury in .juires, is held to be the result of a criminal act, and lot a mischance, or, at least, of that inferior degree of ri , gligenee which does not amount to murder or man , , g ht er . We confess that this is a subject re , ,ciing which, at the moment, we are not prepared give a decided opinion. High authorities seem to differ. Judge Foster says, " accidental death which bappeneth without the interposition °pitman means in ducetti a forfeiture, which the ignorance and superstition , f ancient times called a deodand." This definition of a 3sodand appears to favour a doubt of the Coroner's Jury having had any legal power to levy a deodand at all in the cases of Dawson and Simpson. Of similar ,:ntiort is Lord Coke's statement. That most learned authority says, in his third institute, " deodands, when goy moveable thing inanimate, or beast animate, doth move or cause the untimely death of any reasonable 'sreature by mischance in any county of the realm (and vat upon the sea), without the will, olenee, or Milt of Ainisell or of any person, they being so found by law ful inquisition of 12 men, being protium sanguinis—the n rim of blood—are forfeited to God, that is to the 'Bing—God's Lieutenant on earth, to distribute in works of charity for the appeasing of God's wrath." In Popish times, the deodand originally went to have masses and other superstitious rites performed for the soul of the person untimely slain. Now, the two definitions of the word deodand, which we have quoted from Foster aad Coke, favour the opinion that it is a species of fine which can only be imposed in case of death by mis chance, yet Coke, in the very same page from which we ,ave made the former quotation, says, " If A killeth a man with the sword of B, the sword shall he forfeited to the King as a deodand, because movet mortem, and for default of sate-keeping of the same by the awner." Here we have the instrument of death stated to be legally forfeited as a deodand. Let us look to another great authority—Lord Chief Justice Hale. He says, " Popularly the moveable chattel that brings ,‘ man to an untimely death is forfeit to the King, .and is usually granted by the King to his almoner to distribute in charitable uses," " and this is the reason that in every indictment for murder, man ,:aughter, &c., the indictment finding that he was with a sword, staff, &c., ought also to find the price —viz., 55., &c. ; because the King is en titled to that instrument whereby the party was killed, or the value thereof ; and that, although it was the sword of another man, and not his own that gave the stroke." This he says in his first Pleas of the Crown ; in the second he repeats the necessity of expressly stating the price of the weapon in the indictment, for, he adds, "the weapon is a deodand forfeited to 'lie King." It has not been usual, however, for Coro -sers' Juries to levy deodands in cases of murder and manslaughter ; but it is an invariable practice to state he value of the instrument of death in the indictment. From what we have stated it will sufficiently appear that it is doubtful whether Coroners' Juries can connect a deodand with a case of criminal homicide ; and we dare say the deodand in the Harrow case will for this, among other reasons, become a subject of litigation. The London and Birmingham Railway was, up to the time of that dreadful fatality, one of the best conducted of all the railroads ; one, therefore, regrets that it should have so seriously impaired its character for security, by the Company retaining in their employment an engine :Jiver who had previously proved his unfitness for the fluation, by some other omissions of duty which were observed upon during the investigation before the Co roner. Every one must acknowledge that the observa tions appended to their verdict by the Jury were such as do credit to their discernment, and prove their anxi ous desire to obtain protection for the public against a recurrence of such dreadful fatalities. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF MONDAY, DEC. 1—(SIXTII DAY). (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) At a quarter past four the sitting was resumed. M. Do Lamartine—Gentlemen, the powerful orator has just addressed you has placed the discussion on its; right and most elevated footing. The question before us is not merely the political existence of the - Paella of Egypt ; the question is that of peace or war, the constitution of Europe, and the rank which France is to regain and preserve in it. I Clinnot conceal a:re....t.y of my eon - ling as I do after so bri:ijava. a display .„.„ t eloquence, I hope to and in the justice of 1 4:11 + Wro - tie. ---- "Ltim M. Berryer, I can most conscientiously etcetera that I do not stand before you'.he political par tisan, but the good citizen ; like him, Gentlemen, I can say that I am animated by no policy of party ; that I regard only the welfare of my country, and desire only la: plead the cause of equity and justice. The Hon. Member who has just preceded me would make it appear Ilea France has been humiliated—is this true ? But nefure I enter upon that part of the question, I must be Allowed to ask whether it is true that, since the revolu tion of July there has been, on the part of the Powers, a eixed but secret antipathy to this country ? If I thought ttli;, and that the antipathy was a growing and not a decreasing one, I also, Gentlemen, much as I value the 3-,issings of peace, should be an advocate for war, even Although it should be a war of despair. In such a state of things, no man would cry with a louder voice than m > self, for no war could be more calamitous for France than a peace of such a nature. But, Gentlemen, let us ant be carried away by our feelings, or captivated by nOpeals of eloquence—let us also appeal to reason and facts. Allow use to ask, whether, when France took ?tpon herself the guardianship of Spain—when Austria, reenaced in her Italian interests, suffered France to giant her standard on the walls of Ancona—there was eey evidence of this fixed but secret antipathy? It very easy, Gentlemen, to say that this antipathy di.l exist—nay, it is easy, by appeals to the passions. to inculcate a belief in its existence ; but, with the .9?v:dtece of facts before us, will you say that the anti- TeWny was manifested on the occasions to which I have •R I i tided ? No, Gentlemen, it had no existe.nce.—(Ap ;,robation from the Centres.) I now come to the question of the East ; and here chow toe, before 1 call upon you for LIF judgment, to say a few words as to the ne4otizt thins. I shall confine myself strictly to facts, and then :k you if France lies Veen humiliated. What passed r; 1833 _lbrahim Paella, availing himself of the des , • te situation pf the Ottoman Empire, in order to seek a pretext !or a quarrel with the Pacha of Adana, crossed the Taurus. The French Ambassador then rasa, " Turkey cannot raise an army, and the Russians match to Constantinople." He sent an agent to 11. - ahim to entreat him to stop ; he did stop, and ac eepted the propositions of the Sultan. Whilst this was got: 4 1; 0 n 9 9L3 000 Russians had landed under the walls - of Constantinople ; but at the first nea's of the line of eonduet which Ibrahim had consented to adopt they pithdrew and re-emberked in the ships which brought This is what passed hi 1833.--( Here the Hon. .7ia,•rnber read a letter from the Emperor of Russia to ;tint Or:off, in which he orders his General to re m:era& with all the Russian forees, the moment he ze.oui..ii hear that Ibrahim Pacha had abandoned he; intention of pushing forward.) Do you seo Gentlemen, in this proceeeding of the Emperor of Russia anything like an intention of humiliating France, miler whose influence Ibrahim Pacha had acted ? Do you see in this anything like hatred or see eret antipathy ? For my own part, I can say conscier .7;oosly that I do not perceive in such conduct anything 4- hatred or attempt at humiliation. (M. de La snaoine then passed in review the events which have oteutsed since 1839, and observed that all the docu ments which existed showed clearly that during the zi:vernment of the Cabinet of the 12th May, thee. ther .;.'revers of Europe had never exhibited any public feel ing of hostility towards the French nation.) When one Ministers of Ist March came into dice, the situa -.;on of things, as connected with the Eastern question, ~,,e ae by no means desperate. The question was, however, Al urgent one. Everything proved that the solution 7 „,,t e l not be too prompt, and yet we have seen the Ca i)ieet Pf the Ist March for eight months encouraging a; , d pret ooting every attempt at temporising, What ~,o st t h e diplomatists of Europe have thought of the :each Cabinet ? Th e y k new t h at the question was , fee which could not be kept open without danger ; they Ar that its prompt solution was wasessential f or t h e gene .ral peace, and they saw the French ' net Cabinet dCabi t . em ne r t i'i w n a g s eaeing to itse, . , Cneld they fail to think tat ea he French The Powers may do as th e y lik e i n Eitrope, we will treat in Egypt Gould they, G entle. rich, come to nny other conc lusion in their own minds, titan that the French Cabinet, which had been the fi rs t to recommend the arrangement of the Eastern question in London, was endeavouring to bring about a direct ar rangement between the Sultan and th e Pack( without their concurrence or approbation ?—(Applausefromthe erszotres.) Whilst the negociations were dragging ch air sieve - len g th in London, the Freeell Cabinet sent a (Aatize d'Affaires to Alexandria, and the Powers then inte'rred that the object of the mission was to fehstrate therute and tak e out o f t h e i r h an d s t h e r i g ht of settling tae Easters question. Thus it was that the alliance England was dissolved, and it was not ei;thout etionous motives thet two Powers, whose interests in .the L 'is ee t are of so o;)posite a nature, formed an alliance on the'Eastern quest:on. I will now ask whether we can bone ply say that there has been insult and treason teyerat ',France ? You h ave seen the documents— you ha 'Ye heard the facts—you have heard the protests - Russia, the reiterated protestations of England, 56es which Lord Palmerston, the man most corn d.._-(.Loud ° • - the , *a eri exclamations fro m the Left.) Well, erre • t T a men, 110 t to name individuals, I again ask Gen- you whether you see in all this a systematic insult on the part of the Powers ? No, Gentlemen, but I will freely admit that I have barn much struck with one phenomenon. I have seen that the propositions made to the Cabinet of Ist March became less and less favourable in proportion as the pretensions of that Cabinet became more and moreexorbitant. The error, Gentlemen, has been in your own diploinscy. It is to ourselves, and to ourselves only, that we owe the rupture of our alliance with England. I think that the facts to which I have alluded roust produce upon your minds the same effect that they have produced on mine, and that it will not again be dehberately said that the powers of Europe have insulted the French nation. There is indee. one thing which has given me pain, there is one act which I should almoet be inclined to construe into insult. Whilst we were arming with vigour, and with a sort of fanaticism,—whilst we were calling for the fortifications of Paris, as if we supposed that they were destined to receive the assault of the Four Powers, and that the capital was to be exposed to invasion, those Powers did not levy a single man, or move a single cannon towards their frontiers.—(Agita tion.) And why not ? Because those Powers said to themselves, " We have no bad intentions towards France ; she is acting under the influence of a momen tary effervescence, and when that shall have passed away she will acknowledge her error." You see then that there neither has been hatred nor secret antipathy against France. No, Gentlemen, France is not hated, she is loved, she is respected, her alliance is desired, and it will be her own fault if sue remain isolated. Before I conclude, I will address one word to the Cabinet. I will say to it, return to the Treaty of the 15th July, but return to it as becomes France, with honour, with dignity, with your flag unfurled, and with important and conciliatory concessions for your policy and your country. Demand these concessions with the dignified calm which should characterise a strong Government, and be sure you will obtain them ; for Europe, when it shall see you are alike conciliatory and firm, will not hesitate to grant them. if they should, however, be refused, you can then assume that imposing attitude, which has been so well des cri b e d b y Marshal Soult and M. Guizot. You cannot indeed accept the the policy of the late Cabinet, you cannot accept the note of October 8, and you will make the changes in it which are demanded by the dignity of the country.—(Applause). You will be more prudent and pacific than your predecessors, and the Powers of Europe, which neither desire to insult nor to defy you, will appreciate your sentiments, and not refuse concessions which are due to honour, but which they would not yield to menace. Having pre sumed to give this advice to the Cabinet, I will say to the Chamber, do not listen to the appeal of an agitat ing press ; do not bilieve in the existence of that hatred of the other powers, of that coalition against your revolution, the belief of which these journals would in stil into the country. When you see this press lament ing over what it calls the degradation and humiliation of France, endeavouring to rouse hostility against the Government as traitors to national honour, when you see it sowing discord and suspicion and calumny, hop ing to set party against party, and authority against authority, that they may tear and destroy each other, when you see this, Gentlemen, do you think it is a spec tacle that will invite the people of other nations to abandon their old institutions, and place themselves under such a :system ?—(Approbation from the Centre.) No, Gentlemen, it is only moral liberty—liberty based upon laws and just institu tions—which can excite envy and imitation from other nations. As to those turbulent spirits which do not fear to agitate the country, and to rouse bad pas sions, that they may themselves become more prominent by floating with the scum, I say of them that they are the enemies of liberty and liberal ideas, and as such I deliver them up to universal execration—(Loud appro bation from the Centre.) Compelled by the late Ca binet to choose between general war and revolution, France has refused both. I entreat my fellow-citizens, therefore, to give their support to the men who have taken office in this moment of difficulty.—(Great in terruption from the Left.) I have no uneasiness for the honour of my country, for it is in safe hands.— (Great approbation from the Centre, and loud marks of disapprobation from the left,) I repeat, Gentlemen, that I am not uneasy for French honour, for I see it protected by that warrior, who, when the sword of France was snapped, still continued to defend the country with its fragments.—(Fresh interruptions from the Left.) Such is my opinion of the present Cabi net—l do not blush at declaring it—and France is of my opinion.—(Exclamations of " No, no," .‘ Yes, yes.") We have heard much of revolution, and of revolutionary instinct. Revolution is not here the question. We are talking of France, and France is not a revolution : it is a nation of humanity, of progress, and of civilisation. I know well that there is, to a certain extent, agitation and effervescence for war ; but true patriotism, Gen tlemen, consists in peace.—(Great approbation from the Centre.) It being nearly six o'clock when M. de Lamartine had done speaking, the Chamber Rijourned till to-morrow. SITTING or Dec. 2. President, M. Sautet, t.nk the chair V•ali-^- • The miqutes of the last flaying beet, the order of the day brought on the adjourned discussion of the address. M. Gamier Pages having been announced as the next orator on the order list, M. Rumusat rose and said, that as the Hon. Deput y ' who was about to sp , Ak wits known to be inimical to the to the Cabinet of which he had formed a part, he should beg leave to be heard afterwards in reply. M. Gamier Pages said he had no wish to impede the freedom of discussion, and could not object to M. Remusat being heard. He then proceeded in rather an inaudible voice to review the acts of past Cabinets on the oriental question, and which he characterised as weak and vacillating, Fr om th e com mencement he considered the interests and dignity of the nation had not been sufficiently maintained. We ought to have acted for ourselves, and not accepted the in tervention of others. If a firm and dignified positi'►n had been assumed by the Government at the time of signing the treaty of the 13th of July, and an immediate appeal made to the Chambers, he was persuaded it would have been followed by a declaration of war. We should have shown to Europe that we were serious and deter mined, and that France was poweriul enough to sup port her own dignity, if seconded' by generous inspira tions. A declaration of war would have been a gua rantee for the maintenance of peace, and the nation would not have been dishonoured. The interests of the country, as well as those of the Pacha, had been sacrificed, and Mehemet Ali might well say, " I have i hoped much from you, but I have been disappointed." 'file Hon. Deputy then proceeded to comment on the observations of M. de L-amartine yesterday, respecting the progress of revolutionary propaganda, and observed that the most effectual way of checking the passion of faction end anarchy would be by endeavouring to sub stitute for them a spirit of nationality and patriotism. The sitting was here suspended fur sonic time, after which M. Desmousseau de Givny begged to s , ly a few words. The Chamber appeared to forget, during the discussion, that that part of the note of SW Oetobar, relative to the cases bellt, was composed of two p:►ra graphs, and the Chamber had always argued as if it only recognized one. He thought that if the cases as laid down, had been re...lisable, it would never have been written. M. Gamier Pages then resumed his discourse, and was still addressing the Chamber at the hour of post. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IN THE AD, DRESS. The Tillers party his decided on moving large amendments to the address, through M. Piseatory, formerly one of M. Guizot's friends. The Commission itself does not object to alter some of the paragraphs. But the sweeping amendments to be proposed by the Thier's party are as tallow : Of the 2d and third paragraphs, the following are the original draft : " The measures which the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great I3ritain, the King of Pi ussia, and the Emperor of Russia have taken, in concert with the Otto man Porte, to settle the relations between the Sultan and the Facha of Egypt, have awakened all our solicitude. France has been livelily moved thereby. It has followed attentively all the phases of this great crisis. Prud ence commanded your Majesty to guard against eventualities by precautionary armaments. Extraordinary credits have been opened to meet them. We will appreciate the mo tives and the employ of these." THE AMENDED DRAFT. " The Treaty which the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia have concluded on the loth of July, in concert with the Ottoman Porte, and the measures taken to ensure the execution of this Treafy, have excited your just solicitude. France, which could not associate is this treaty, has been livelily moved Thereby. Faithful to that just and provident policy which admits every right, it sees with anxiety that the solution of a question in which the repose of the world is interested has been abandoned to force. But since a policy contrary to its own has prevailed in the councils of Europe, France outfit to accept with firmness the conditions of a new situation. It cannot sutler the rights which it has pro- Oamled to be disallowed to-day, and never will it renounce it s just sh are of i nfluence in the settlement of European affairs." 3d Paragraph :___. for ,44lnn iiuu t u h u isz r t a a b,e te of things, our support, Sire, is certain, out dignit y peace, can never be be accepted by France or its King. l would be naitherpievnawemen?htha An unjust war, which° t,.iaggressiontanor our without ide,a ocause civilizationo r aim, e st ] then, peace,preserves. n i t f ac it t istip, the European c h a t:i n n o b u a r . - a il b n l ' e l , P a r° u 4 d r s Q u " r . e, but if peace should be comeoonurthesewCscihnclitions—if the honour of lae o f power, impossible rio u u n s r l ecognised, her terri Prapce demands it—if her rights tory meii:locd, or her interests s e speak, Sire, and the French will rise The 3d Paragraph to be amended is as fol ''' The Chamber up involved demand it, as one man.' approves the armament eornm s e : d and, if it be necessary, will g i ve '`:e by your Government, the means of compl e ting them. Whatever sacrific es your Maj es t y m ay de mand of the country , in order to maintain its dignity and , er an d the Chamber, in answ er i ng t h e call of'ille France is ready ; King, will be the faithful organ of the national wish." Original 4th Paragraph : "We have prayed for the pacification of Spai n , /me. of the Constitutional Govern ment, we is b ou la lice w ith lively regret a work so coura- TH E SUN, LONDON, FRI .!,,-kA", DECEMBER 4, 1810. geously undertaken in the name of freedom, compromised by anarchy." 4th Paragraph —to be amended : "We have prayed for and loyally aided, the pacification of Spain. Interested in the streLgthening of the Constitutional Government, we ought to persevere in all measures which may preserve it from the return of civil war." Original article respecting the Budget : " We cball examine with rare the law of the Budget; since it is when States are exposed to unexpected charges, that a severe economy is always necessary." Amended Article respecting the Budget : "We shall examine with care the law of the budget. If the measures which prudence ordained have destroyed the balance in our finances, we will consider the means of re-esta blishing it ; and, better warned, that a great country ought to be ready for great sacrifices, we shrill watch that everywhere the soarces of taxation be wisely cared for." The last paragraph is proposed to run as follows : " Sire,—lnternal order maintained with energy, the laws executed without weakness, the persevering action of a firm and moderate administration, are indispensable guarantees of force abroad. France wishes to be calm in order to be powerful. In vain anarchic passions still nourish odious hopes. Provi dence is pleased to confound them in protecting the days of the august chief of a national dynasty ; and the birth of a new son, in adding to the happiness of your family, has brought another pledge of our confidence in the future. " Jlay the free and regular accord of all the powers of the state show to the world what is the force of constitutional monarchy. Factions are ignorant of this—Europe itself forgets this. The Government should make it known, and should make use of it with wife hardihood. Let Govern ment have a sage confidence in itself, nor be alarmed for the grandeur of the destinies entrusted to it. Tho Chamber, Sire, answers for France. The national will can never fail you, Sire, in noble and just designs." In the sitting of the Chamber to-day, while the Chamber and all the galleries loudly applauded the splendid discourse of M. Berryer, a Deputy of the Centre, well known for his habits of interrupting, ex claimed—" What a plague is eloquence r —Siecle. It is observed that ever since the commencement of the debate on the Address, M. Martin (du Nord) has not missed a single sitting. M. Martin comes in at half-past one ; he takes his seat on the Ministerial bench, and, as soon as the debate begins, he makes copious notes. Every hour he leaves off, calls a huissier, and delivers to him a message, with which he immediately leaves the hall. M. Martin then returns to his place, and resumes his work. It is believed that the Keeper of the Seals has to give an account to Louis Philippe of what is passing in the Chamber.— Le Commerce. We were among the first to blame the illegal and premature promotion granted to the Princes of the Royal Family ; among others we found it our duty to protest against the neglect of all the rules of the service in the successive promotions of the young Princes de Joinville ; Mais,is an additional reason why we should do justice to the perfect propriety and the natural spirit which distinguish the report of the Commander of the Belle Poule to the Minister of Marine, on his return from his mission to the island of St. Helena.—Le Commerce. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. (From the 2tlessager.) A journal has taken upon itself to announce that the Minister of Finance is on the point of presenting to the Chamber a project of law for the loan of 600 millions of francs, and other journals, v.ithout taking the trouble to examine whether the situation of the country demands so great a developement of extraordinary resources, admit the fact as positive, and see in it a new text for decla mations against the Government. It is certain that a loan of 600 millions would even be insufficient, if it was necessary to admit, with the Commerce, that the budget of 1842, which will shortly be pre sented to the Chamber, is to amount to not less than 1,890 millions of ordinary and extraordinary expenses, Happily all these exaggerations will not succeed in shaking the public credit which has been strengthened by the confidence inspired by the policy of the present Government. The armaments ordered by the late Mi nistry, and the pay of the army which the Government and the Chambers intend to maintain, as long as the complications of foreign politics continue, will necessi tate, no doubt, the employment of financial resources in which the aid of public credit will he wanted. The expenses required by the situation of affairs being such as to absorb for a period more or less extended the funds consecrated by the Chambers, in ordinary times, to works of material amelioration, a loan will probably be obliged to be resorted to in order to continue these works. The Chambers will judge of the development which it will be fit to give to these works this year, and it is only when they shall have decided this first ques tion, that the amount of the loan will be able to be de termined. BOURSE.—PAras, WEDNESDAY, Dna. 2. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents 9d 90 09 9 per Cents 79 79 78 80 78 90 Bank of r ranee Laffitte Bank 1,0001 80 1055 ...1055 1055 „JOSS 50001. Shares 5150 .4150 5145 ...5145 Belgian Bank S per Cents 9 7 3i ... 97 4 4 0 . 744 3 per Cents 69 CO ... 69 70 ... 69 50 09 70 New Loan li.4lllsh Active 5 33 29N 213% Portugue.c 3 per Cents :224 22 92 Neapolitan Roman.. 9914 9954 ... 9956 .. 93154 EtAIL,V• n aalpssir.:. _..gin bersailles:lt. B 387 50 387 50 387 50 ... 317 50 L. 8....... ........ Orleans . sLrasburg to Bale 245 ... 50 .. 213 75 REMAINS OF NAroLT-7, ,1. ARRIVAL AT CHERBOURG. The Belle Poulq frigate, commanded by the Prince de Joirmille, and which has brought back to France the remains of the Emperor Napoleon, came to anchor at Cherbourg on the 30th ult., at five in the morning. The following is the report of his Royal Highness to the Minister of Marine : " Monsieur le Ministre,—A s I had the honour of informing you, I quitted All Saints Bay on September 14th, running along the coast of Brazil, with the wind at east, but which, having veered to the north and north east, enabled me q.:.ickly to get into the meridian of St. Helena, without having to pass the 28th south parallel. On entering this meridian I was delayed by calms and light breezes. On October Bth I came to an anchor in James Town Roads. " The brig Oreste, detached by Vice-Admiral de Macau to bring to the Belle Poule a pilot from the Channel, had arrived the day before. As this ship brought me no new instructions, I immediately occupied myself in executing the orders I had originally received. " My first care was to put M. de Chabot, the King's Commissioner, in communication with General Middle. more, Governor of the island. These gentlemen having settled, according to their respective instructions, the manner of proceeding to the exhumation of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon and their translation on board the Belle Poule, the 15th of October was fixed for the execution of their plans. " The Governor charged himself with the exhuma tion, and all that was to take place within the British territory, I, by the order of October 13, a copy of which I hereto annex, regulated the honours to be paid on the 15th and 16th by the division under my com mand. The French merchant-ships, the Bonne Arnie, Captain Gallet, and Indien, Captain Truquetil, eagerly rendered their assisstance. " At midnight, on the 15th, the operation com menced in the presence of the French and English Commissioners, M. de Chabot and Captain Alexander, of the Royal Engineers; the works were directed by the latter. As M. de Chabot renders to the Govern ment a circumstantial account of the operations to which he was a witness, I conceive that I am dispensed from entering into the same details, and shall content myself with saying that at ten in the morning the coffin was found in the grave. After having raised it intact, it was opened, and the body was found in an unhoped for state of preservation. At this solemn mo ment, at the sight of the easily-recognised remains of him who had done so much for the glory of France, the emotion was deep and unanimous. "At half-past three o'clock the guns of the fort an nounced to the ships and vessels in the roadstead that the funeral procession had commenced its march towards James Town. The militia and the troops of the garri son preceded the car, which was covered with a pall, the corners being borne by Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud, and Messrs. De Lascases and Marchand, the authorities and a crowd of the inhabitants follow ing. The guns of the frigate having answered those of the fort, she continued to fire minute-guns. From the morning the yards were slung, and the flags hoisted half-mast high, as signs of mourning, in which the fo reign ships and vessels joined. When the. procession appeared on the quay, the English troops formed a double line, through which the car passed slowly to the shore. " At the water's edge, where the English lines had terminated, I had collected all the officers of the French division, waiting, in deep mourning and heads unco vered, the approach of the coffin. When within twenty paces of us it stopped,, and the Governor, advancing to me, delivered up to me, in the name of his Government, the remains of the Emperor Napoleon. " As soon as the coffin was lowered into the boat of the frigate prepared to receive it, the general emotion was again renewed, the dying wish of the Emperor Na poleon began to be accomplished, his remains reposed under the national fl ag . " All sign of mourning was from that time abandoned ; the same honours which the Emperor would have re ceived.had he b een li ving were paid to his mortal re mains, and . it was am id st sa l utes from the ships, dressed out in their colour s and their yards manned, that the cutter, escorted by the boats of all the ships, pursued its way slowly towards t h e f r i gate. "On arriving on board the coffin was received be tween two ranks of officers under arms, and carried on to the quarter-deck, which had been arranged as a Chapelle ardente. According as you had ordered me, a guard of sixty men, commanded by the senior Lieute nant of the frigate, did the honours. Although it was already late, the absolution was pronounced, and the body remained thuskdeptwatch exposedby it as side all night . . The almon e r and an offic " On the 16th, at ten o'clock in the morning, all the officers and crews of the French ships of war and mer chantmen ha‘,inc, hr.n nss.mlbled on board the frigate, soienan funeral service was celebrated ; the body was then lowered between decks, where a Chapelle ardentchad been prepared to receive it. " At noon all was terminated, and the frigate was ready to sail, but the drawing up of the process-vet bun( required two days, and it was only on the morning of the 18th that the Belle Poule and Favourite were able to get under weigh. The Oreste, which left at the same , time, sailed for its destination. " After a prosperous and easy passage, I have just anchored in the roads of Cherbourg, at five i❑ the morning. " Receive, Admiral, the assurance of my respect, " F. D'ORL E ANS, the Captain of the Belle Poule. " Roads of Cherbourg, Nov. 80." The .31oniteur Parisien says that the funeral cere mony is fixed for the 10th inst., Thursday week, and that orders have been given to hasten as much as pos sible the preparations at the Invalides, and along the line which the cortege will follow. The Courtier Francais throws out an idea concern ing the monumental honours to be rendered to Napo leon after the interment of his rema i ns i n the Invalides. The dome of th a t magnificent edifice being of the style of the time of Louis XIV., and one of the best speci mens of it, can n o t acc ord w i t h any monument not of the same style, whether of a previous or posterior epoch. Either, therefore, the monument would have to be made of the same style as the building, which the sculptors ob ject to, or else the whole internal decoration of the dome must be altered to make it harmonize with the mono. ment, a measure to which all architects and admirers of national edifices would be opposed. On the other hand, though the Chamber of Deputies refused to make a grant fur raising an equestrian statue to the Emperor, it is impossible that the capital shauld long re main without such a tribute to his memory. The idea of the author of the leuilleton is therefore this :—That in the centre of the pavement of the dome of the In valides there should be placed simply an immense marble slab, with nothing eke engraved on it than the word' Nap o l eon, ' or lei reposur i Napoleon,' all epitphs and inscription s being worse than superfluous in a the case of such a man. Under the archway of the tri umphal arch at the Barriere de rEtoile, there should be erected a colossal bronze equestrian 13tatue of the Em peror, which would be most appropriately placed amidst the sculptured records of his victories ; and on the sum 'nit of the arch at the top of the attic there should be placed a co l ossa l b ronze eagle with outspread wings "" e ring as it were over the Emperor beneath, and ready to take its flight across the world! LLO VD's 4- ---- :-; LONDON, DEe, 4 —Wind th.. , :ay at noon, light south we,terly airs, SHIPPINCT—crnis DAY.) the Royal and halt, with a shar frost. DEAL, DEC. 3.--Wind N. N. W,, fresh breeze,—Arrived George, Friend, from Quebec ; Emma, Ma laga. Sailcd the John Oldham, Henley, for Jamaica; James, Small, Barhadoes ; Ruth, Rendall, Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, F En. 3. _ Arrived the Nonpareil, Cephalo nia ; Cynosu re, from the Mediterranean ; William and Henry, Orfeur, Yarmouth, with damage, having been in contact with a bar q o ff on Tuesday . Sailed tho Amelia, Bro w rown for e,u New is South Wales; night Os prey, lUck, B om b ay ; Lara, B Brown, Brazil; Apollo, Fisher, Grenada it ; e nry 'Scott, New York. PORTSMOUTH, " DEC. — 3. , -- Wind N. to N. N. E.—Off port the Stratheden ' Ch eape, from Madras. The Preston, of Yarmouth, waterlogged and ab an doned, was fallen in with 23d ult, lat. 45, 1011 g. 44, by the Stratheden, Cheape, ar rived here. HASTINGS, DEC. 3....._ Off port, the Senator, Grindlay, from Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3 . --Wind N. E --Sailed the Royalist, Sheepcott, for D emerara; Fergus, Lister, Aden. FALMOUTH, D EC. 2.—Wind N. to N. E., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Skylark packet, from Mexico, with 444,000 dollars. Sailed, Elizabeth, Lee, New Orleans. SCILLY, Nov. 29 . --Arrived the Friendship, Hope, from Newfoundland. BRISTOL, DEC. 3.—. Arrived the Hornby, Allen, from NEWPORT, DE C 3.--Sailed A nn , Pearce, Barbadoes ; N on p are i l, Newfoundland. Barcelona. SWANSEA, DEC. 2 —Arri ve d P rotector , Hughes, Cuba. CAMPBEITON, D EC. I,—,The Wellington, Thompson, from Glasgow to L on d onderry, struck on Patcrson's Rock, on the 28th ult., drove off, and su n k in deep water ; crew saved. Part of tho w rec k of a small vessLl has come on shore to the southward. SHIELDS, DEC. 2.--The Theophilus, Stephens, from Statin to London, put in here yesterday, leaky, having been in contact with the Maria Palmer of Southwold. The Bristol, Wattinger, from Cardiff, got upon Sauter Point, yesterday, but h as b een got off leaky and assisted into the harbour. The Eagle, bound to London, put back 2Sth ult., leaky. Captain Collier, who commanded the Castor at the last siege of Acre, and who displayed so much gallant,y on that occasion, is a magistrate of this county. When at home he resides at Blockley, and is well-known in Lord Sep rave ' s spot tsman.— Worcester Journal. etonPthle's health is considerably worse than it was, and the decline of health is accompanied ith a very great prostratio n of strength, so much so as r i a r v . e'sh hunt as Charlesa to demand unremitting attention, and' ;3 allow but flint hope of his ultimate recovery. lie is attended by Mr. Liston, and two other medical gentlemen. BANKRUPTCY OF SPARKE'S AND COMPANY. IN THE MATTER OF ANTHONY LFE. Yesterday being the day fixed for the choice of assig nees in the matter of this bankrupt, who was the only sun wing partner of the late William Sparkes, banker, of Guildford, who was found drowned in the river Mole, in the month of October last, the Court of Bankruptcy was crowded to excess. The debts and liabilities, ac cording to the best estimate which could be made from an inspection of the books by the official assignee, amount to the sum of 200,0001., and the assets to about 70,0001., including the balance of a sum of money, &c., left with Messrs. Masterrnans, of 48,0001., only a few days before the death of Mr. Sparkee, deducting therefrom their overdrawn account for 16,0001., and excluding the value of a large freehold property, which is at present the subject of a suit in Chancery, but which it is fully expected will be rea lized for the benefit of the bankrupt's creditors. Seve ral meetings had been held at Guildford by the credi tors since the issue of the fiat, and they bad agreed to the appointment of three of the most influential of their body to become assignees, subject, of course, to the ap probaion and sanction of this Court. - Mr. Bacon, who attended as Counsel for the gene ral creditors, stated that the accounts under this fiat would be found extremely complicated, and it was taken out against the only surviving partner of Richard Sparkes, who died in the year 1888, and of William Sparkes, his nephew, who died in the month of October of this year. In order to save time and great inconve nience to many creditors, their affidavits of debt had been prepared at Guildford. Mr. Bac.:on submitted that the annexation of a " me morandum" to that effect would be unnecessary, and a conversation ensued upon the point, the Learned Com missioner directing it to be attached to each proof, with a view to save expense, and prevent embarrassment in their future proceedings. The Learned Commissioner asked if any cred;•tors from a distance, who sought to prove, were now in Court, as he would proceed directly to take their " proofs ?" Several creditors availed themselves of the invitation, and their claims were admitted to the amount of 1,915/. No less than eighty claims were also admitted upon affi davit, which amounted to the sum of 40,071/., making the total proofs this day 41,986/. Thomas Williams, ironmonger, of Guildford ; Richard Flathery, builders Cuildford ; and Erasmus Gvlbart Livesay, gentlemaik Guildford, were appointed assignees. A conversation now ensued as to what amount of al lowance should be made to Mr. Lee, the bankrupt. The assignees suggesting 8/. a week, the official assignee 10/., as the services of Mr. Lee were of the utmost im portance to the benefit of the creditors. The Learned Commissioner allowed the largest sum NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Plymouth Journal.) PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The Acheron steamer arrived at Malta on the 15th inst., and the Prometheus steamer left there for the fleet on the same day. Tha Partridge, 10, sailed from Pernambuco for Macao on the 13:h October. The Inconstant, 36, and Pantaloon, 10, were at Cork on Thursday last. The Wiz ird, 10, and Grecian, 10, arrived at Rio Ja neiro on the 25th Sept., from a cruize. The Britomart, 10. was at the Bay of Islands (New Zealand) on the 30th July. The Herald, 28, was at Sydney on the 25th July last. The Calcutta, 84, Captain Sir S. Roberts, arrived at Gibraltar, from Plymouth and Cork, on the 9th Nov., and sailed the following day for Malta. The Salamander steamer, Commander Henry, is or dered to the North Sea and coast of Norway, to look after the Fairy, surveying vessel, Capt. Hewitt. The brigantine Good Intent, Crocker (of Yarmouth), from St. Andrews for the West Indies, ran on shore on Long Island, on the sth inst., and became a total wreck. The Sappho arrived at Belize Ist September, and pro ceeded for Vera Cruz. The Herald and Favourite arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 24th July, from the South Sea Islands. The Britomart arrived at the Bay of Islands on the 2d July from Sydney. The Aid lighter arrived on Saturday with stores from Sheerness. The Mercury tender sailed on Sunday for Portsmouth. The Blazer steamer arrived on Monday from Wool wich, and sailed on Wednesday for . the West Indies. The Avon steamer arrived on Tuesday from Portsmouth. The Drake lighter sailed on Tuesday with stores for Portsmouth. I The Pandora packet sailed on W e d nes d a y f or F a l mou th. Remaining in Hamoaze—Caledonia, San Josef, Im. I pregnable, Belle'sle, Endymion, Sylph, Carron steamer, I Raven, Avon stea mer . Ad ven t urer , N i val T ransport , Fal mouth lighter, Aid lighter, and Sinbad lighter. A NEW LIGHTHOUSE. —The following order of the Board of Customs was forwarded to their agents at the several out-ports, dated Nov. 26, 1840:—" The Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty having signified to this Board that information has been received from the British Pro- Consul at Puerto Cabello that, the Dutch Government has erected a lighthouse on the south-east point of the island of Buenos Ayres, or Bonaire, and that the lighthouse is stated to be 60 feet high from low water mark, the light bright and steady, and easily seen at a distance of 15 miles, I have it in command to communicate the same to you, for tha information of masters of vessels, and other persons whom it may concern." A CCIDEN T ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. On Tuesday, the Ist inst., an accident, which might have been attended with serious results, occurred on the Eastern Counties lhailway• The train left Brentwood at 8 o'clock p.m., and proceeded to within a mile and a half of the Stratford station, when the attention of the passengers was called to an uneasy jumping motion of the carriages ; repeated concussions were heard, and at length it was ascertained that the 'tender and a second class carriage next to the tender were both off the line. The engine•drivcr must certainly have used great cau tion and skill in gradually stopping the train, otherwise the whole of the carriages must have been overturned. The guard, who was upon the roof of the carriage, was in a very perilous situation, and was compelled to hold on with all his strength. Ou inspecting the line afterwards it appeared that the tender must have travelled off the line at least half a mile, and no less than 60 or 70 of the iron chairs which support the rails had been broken, so that one line would be rendered useless for a short time. The above account is given by a Times Corresponden. who charges that Company with negligence. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIR MINGHAAI AND DERBY RAILWAY. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING.—A serious accident occurred on the Birmingham and Derby Rail. way last night. According to the best accredited reports, the trains which left this town at 5 p.m., on its arrival at Whitacre-heath, near Coleshill, name is contact with a truck on the line, the consequence of which was that:the engine was thrown off the rails. The first class carriages then broke away from the tender and ran on without the engine, but one or more of the third class carriages in the rear were thrown over, and one unfor tunate passenger killed upon the spot. The stoker was likewise pitched from the tender, and died this morning. Many of the passengers received severe bruises and con tusions, but, with the exception of the parties already named, few of them experienced injuries of much con sequence. It is stated that the truck which caused the unfor tunate collision was in the care of two labourers on the line. During the day they had been at work at Kings bury, and at the time the accident occurred were on their return towards Coleshill. They propelled the truck by means of sticks, and on seeing the train ap proach attempted to remove the truck off the trams ; but before they could accomplish their intention the engine (the night being dark) ran in upon them and caused the fatal catrastrophe already described. For tuwately the two labourers saved themselves by a pre cipitate retreat off the line, and were in no way injured. The man killed was in humble life, formerly a horse keeper in Birmingham, and, from all I hear, I am in clined to believe, although riding in one of the car riages at the time of his death, a servant in the employ of the Derby Railway Company. The most extravagant reports as to the extent of the accident were in circulation in Birmingham. We regret to learn that D. G. Forbes Esq. , o f Cullode n , di e d a t F orres on Saturday morning last. 11r. Forbes was the great grandson of the ce lebrated Duncan Forbes, L or d P res id ent o f t h e Court of Session, at the stormy period of 1745, when he rendered such distinguished services to his country. The estates of Culloden, worth about 6.0001 per annum, descend to the eldest son of the late Mr. Forbes, now twenty-two yeras of age.—lnverness Courier. LONDON AND GREENWICH ItAILWAY.-We learn with much satisfaction that the first contract for the widening of the London and Greenwich Railway is a most satisfactory one, and that ground will be broken in the course of a few days. The tenders for the second con tract will, we understand, be opened on Tuesday week. The new shares, it will be seen by our list, are meeting ready purchasers at a premium. The pmtponcment of the opening of the upper portion of the Brighton Railway will of course delay the anticipated benefit to the Greenwich Company from this source, but it will be only for a very short period.—Railway Timss. The Official Assignee said that so inaccurately were the books kept, that he found a party who sought to claim 2,0001. was, in point of fact, a debtor for no less a sum than 3,0001. As to Mr. Lee, he was nothing more than a" stipendiary" partuer,who was paid a salary of 4001. a year for his services, while in the lifetime of Richard Sparkes he had only 150/. Mr. Bacon begged to add, that although Mr. Lee was here liable for the whole of the debts of the bank, he never had any further beneficial interest in it than what resulted from his salary of 400/. a year. The Learned Commissioner said be would admit the proots upon affidavit, subject to future inquiry, and so as not to prejudice any claim made either to day, or to be hereafter made. BELGIUM. 1 BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—The average price of wheat last week was 191. 58c.; that of rye, 111. 63c. The import duties arc on wheat 37f. 50c. ; on rye, 21f. 50e. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both is 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. Petitions against the proposed Budget of the Ways and Means are coming in from all quarters. The Archbishop of Malines arrived yesterday at Brussels, accompanied by his Vicar-General. The purpose of the Archbishop's coming was the canoniza tion of a saint, which ceremony took place yesterday. fsELGIAN UN DS—BaussELs , Dec. 2. Actual Debt, 2!.i, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 4 7 3,1 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent (I 4 9 9774 3 per Cent. Thirty. yen • • Loan of City, 1032,4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent StW, National Society . Exchange on LontlaH (short) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 2. AUSTRIAN FUNI)3.—VIENNA, Nov. 21 five per Cents. illetalliques Fels: per Cents 100% Three p,r Centa. Bank Shan, 1725 —Aligemeine Zeuung, Nov. *49 TURKISH FRON TIER. The con2piracy discovered at Bucharest was directed against the life of the Hospodar Prince Ghika and his family, as well as against the great Boyars. It com menced at Crajorda, and the discovery of it was owing entirely to the imprudence of sonic emissaries whom the conspirators had sent to revolutionize Little Wallachia. Nearly 300 persons are arrested, among whom is De. nietrius Pthlippres, belonging to a great family, which, if I am tot mistaken, is related to the Hospodar ; and many seditious proclamations and other documents affording the strongest evidence, arc said to have hPen seized. A commission, of which the brother of the Hospodar is president, has been appointed to investigate the affair. Camjuniano, who is still in prison; and of whom I have before spoken, is said to be concerned in this conspiracy. He was designated as the head of the pro visional government, which was to have been established if the plot had succeeded. Bucharest was at the same time to have been sit on fire in several places. COMMANDER HAsTINGs. Through the courtesy of Dr. Hastings, of this city, brother of t! , e abo‘e• named gallant officer, we have been permitted to peruse a letter from him, relative to the late tremendous bom bardment of St. Jean d'Acre. According to the usual characteristic of brave men, the Commander does not say much of himself, the following being what he has written in reference to his wound :—" Mine was a most marvellous escape, for which I hope to be ever grate ful. I was struck by three pieces of an exploded shell, one of which hit me on the abdomen, another on the back part of the right leg, and the third on the back, over the region of the liver." This letter was written two days after the fight, and the Commander states that the principal annoyance then to bim was confinement to his bed. In addition to the above, we have also been per. mitted to see a letter from one of the Lords of the Admi ralty to a relation of Commander Hastings, on Monday last, with the praiseworthy view of calming the minds of his relations, if which the following is an extract :—" I have just seen Commander Stopford, who brought the despatches, and he tells me that the wound was a contu sion in the side, caused by the bursting of a shell upon the quarter-deck, and that he did not quit his post during the whole time the action lasted, although the wound was re e:ived at the commencement of it. The Admiral reports him as being wounded slightly, and Commander Stopford says he has reason to believe that he was going on very favourably when he left the cuast of Syria. Perhaps you have already received accounts from the Edinburgh, but if not, I trust this will relieve his relatives and friends from the anxiety which they must have felt since the announcement of the action in the news papers. Allow me to avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate you upon his gallant bearing during the ope- rations which have been brought to a close by the exer tions of the skill of our officers and men." Other letters, we believe, have also been received, but as they are confi dential, and relate to that prospective step to which the Gallant Commander is so justly entitled, our readers, of course, cannot expect us further to refer to them.— Wor cester Chronicle. WHAT'S IN A NAME.—The following were the names of gardeners, living in the city and suburbs of Winchester, about the year 1_777 :—" King, Prince, Duke, Earl, Bishop, Lord, and Knight ; and at that time. Mr. Mountain, Mr. Hill, Mr. Cave, Mrs. Vale, and Mr. Marsh, could have united their vouchers with Mr. Long, Mr. Short, Mr. Lover, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Stiff, Mr. Strong, Mr. Small, Mr. Gold, Mr. Silver, Mr. Penny, and Mr. Dollar. Mr. Riding, Mr. Walker, w ith M essrs . Brown, Green, and White, cum muftis aliis. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.— From the revival of this Society in 1791 to 1839, a period of forty-eight years, 60,9941. has been distributed amongst the orphans and widows of naval officers, in sums varying from 51. to .251 MAGAZINES-CONTINUED. MONTHLY 611RO NICL E. Though he artily tired of Italy, end all things relating to it—for it is a subject with which the literary por tico of the public is bored on an average six times a year—yet we will confess to having read the " Letters from the Continent" with infinite pleasure ; and for this reason, that there is no maudlin feeling—no elaborate extacies in them. They speak to the point, and in a spirit of earnest truth, which is the best eloquence. We think, however, that in his account of Shelley, the writer lays on the varnish rather too thickly, for though a high-minded man, an' a poet of undoubted excellence, Shelley was by no means one of the master-minds of his day. He was too mystical—tao visionary — m i s t a ki ng mere crotchets for sound phil oso phi ca l troths. IF' all his writings we trace the marks, of a powerful, but ill balanced intellect, that yearned to improve, instruct, and elevate humanity, but knew not how to set about the task. Much of his poetry is exquisite, but, alas, there is much more that " passeth all human under standing." A " Christmas Gossip about Books," is a good humoured series of brief, pertinent criticisms on some recent publications in prose and verse. The opening passage about rivers pots forth some lively ideas, if not very profouud or original ; but why does the Reviewer omit to speak of the Nile, which of all streams in the world fills the largest space in the imagination ? We canno t h o ld with him in his panegyric on Izaak Walton, whom we have always considered as little better than an an idle twadler, notwithstanding his occasional pastoral prettinesses. The essay on " Old English Dramatists," blends shrewd criticism with ignorant assumption in a very strange hodge-podge fashion. What does the writer mean by saying that " the want of truth, and of reliance on truth in Euripides has been the cause of his substitution of cunning rhetoric for the language of poetry ?" Did he ever read the Medea of this great dramatist in the ori ginal ? We greatly doubt it, or he would not have for gotten that touching passage where the half-mad mother calls upon her children to kiss her for the last time, which strikes as deep a chord of feeling as even Shake spear's Lear. The " Black Mail " is an old Irish Legend told with considerable ability. The " Sea" is a poem wherein the quaint and the affected are substi tuted for the imaginative. We cannot endure this in cessant straining after effect—this spasmodic endeavour of the frog to swell himself to the dimensions of the ox. The subjoined sonnet by the same author is infinitely better, because more chaste iu style, and natural in sentiment : " Joy of my soul 1 I would that thought had power To bring thee to me at this gentle hour; Now while the moonlight streaming through the trees Blends with the music of the evening breeze : Shedding on Sound the loveliness of Light, Breathing on Light the melody of Sound ; Till a melodious moonlight floats around, And music seemeth as a part of sight : But dearer far the starlight of thine eyes, And the fair music of thy gentle lips, And 'neath thy gaze I look on fairer skies Than those above: but absence flings eclipse On all around, and earth and sky feel drear Since thou art not, my gentle Fanny, here I" MONTHLY MA GA ZINE. There is here a curious translation ft ono one of Goethe's elegies by Mr. John Bernays, which is in the hexameter and pentameter metre—a metre ill suited to the genius of the English language, but which the translator, nevertheless, has contrived to make tolerably melodious. Southey, we believe, was the first ivho attempted this perilous experiment ; and his " Vision of Judgment" was certainly not bettered by it in popular estimation. " Our Comic Writers" is a review of Leigh Hunt's introduction to the works of Congreve, Farquhar, Sze. It is penned in a cordial spirit, but objects, justly enough, to the tone of some of Mr. Hunt's critical remarks. We agree in the pra • ise bestowed by the Reviewer, on Mr. Moxon who may certainly be called "the poet's publisher ;" and whose literary undertakings are, we trust, remunerating him to the full extent of his deserts. " The Knave and the Deuce" is a story in rhyme. It is of a very mediocre character. " Alia, the Cat-fiend," is a tale translated from the French. It had better have been .• left untranslated, for there is little or nothing v in e it. The " Green Room" has some just and pertinent ob servations on the subject of the drama. " Life," is an eloquent—though in some places, mystical—lyric from the pen of the Editor. COLONIAL MA GAZINE. " Mehemet Ali and Egypt," as may be surmised from its title, is the most reasonable article in this number. The half-length portrait of the Egyptian despot, which is prefixed to the memoir, is a carefully-wrought en graving, and gives us a very good idea of the mingled cunning, sagacity, and boldness of the original. There is a world of expression in his eyes, which are over hung, and, indeed, half-concealed, by thick, shaggy eye brows. His long white beard and moustachios give Ali a highly venerable appearance, but they cannot al together conceal the expression of his most repulsive mouth. The acount of the " Australasian Islands" will interest those who may feel disposed to emigrate there. SPORTING REVIEW—SPORTSMAN—. SPORTING MAGAZINE. As usual, we class these three periodicals together, for they all treat of the same subjects, and all bring nearly the same amount of ability to their task. If we have a predilection, it is rather in favour of the " Sport ing Review," which has the racy advantage of having Nimrod for a contributor. The plates in all these periodicals are nearly equally deserving of praise. MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. This Magazine generally comes at so late an hour that we are seldom able to do it the justice that we could desire. The present Number is a fair enough average one ; and the opening article, entitled the " Bar of England," makes as much of the subject as it is pos sible to make. ASIATIC JOURNAL. " Journey through France and Egypt to Bombay" is from the pen of Miss Emma Roberts, whose death was recorded a few days since in the papers. It is very lively and agreeable in ita manner, and forcibly describes the impressions made on the writer by the approach to Cairo. A brief memoir accompanies it, from which it appears that Miss Roberts was of Welsh extraction, and was born in 1794, so that she was about forty-six years old at the time of her decease. In the " Memoir of a Griffin," there is too constant an effort at smartness. BRITISH MAGAZINE. A periodical chiefly devoted to religious themes ; and containing among other original contributions, an enter taining notice of Perrin's History of the Vaudois. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRI CULTURE. The " Sketch of the Agriculture of Fifeshire" we recommend to the farmers of England, and to the clergy of Scotland who draw up the statistical accounts of that country. The latter might profit much by it in their accounts of egrioultural improvements, and the former might derive no small advantage from following the example of the Fifeshire farmers as regards manure, draining, thrashing machines, and agricultural societies. Of the latter there are no fewer than eight in Fifeshire, which have stated meetings at which they discuss agri cultural topics, and propose improvements. These have contributcd not a little to the advanced state of agriculture in this extensive county, as well as to inven tions which diminish labour. The steam-engine has been generally introduced to impel thrashing machines,to bruise grain, cut straw, and perform many other farm operations. In the east of the county not fewer than twenty-seven have been erected since 18.24. and probably an equ number in the west. In reading this statistical account of the county it is easy to see how much Scotland owes to the ingenuity, perseverance, and industry of the agricultural class, who have within little more than a hundred years, done more for the improvement of the soil, and the culture of farm produce, than ever was done in any other nation for centuries. The article on " Ar tificial Hatching" is amusing, but we doubt if it will produce any useful results. As was said of a vacuum— " nature abhors it." THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE, No. 6. (Old Series.) This number contains much information on agricul tural subjects, chiefly obtained from correspondents. We should like to see a little more of the Editor of the work, with a summary of the articles and letters, and one monthly article at least on some question interest ing to farmers. The present epidemic disease, for in stance, among cattle, we think deserved a more length , ened notice. The review of the corn trade during the month of November is, however, not liable to the same objection, as it is both ample and instructive. The two plates which accompany the number are uncommonly well executed, particularly that of the West Highland Bull, which gained the prize at the late Agricultural Show at Aberdeen. POOR JACK, No. XII. Cnptain Nlarryat's story of " Poor Jack" is concluded in this Part. It is not among the gallant author's most successful fictions, but it has the advantage of being embellished by a variety of engravings executed from original designs furnished by Stanfield. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH IRE LAND.-The Grand Junction Railway Company have re ceivcd an official communication that the Irish mails are shortly to he conveyed eta Chester ami Holyhead, instead of by Liverpool, as at present. The Railway Company would convey the mails to Chester. In that case the pro posed line to Holyhead will probably be made. ARRIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH OF HER MA JESTY'S BRIG SERPENT.-We have much pleasure in being able to relieve the anxiety which has been extensively felt for the safety of her Majesty's brig Serpent, of 16 guns. She has arrived at Portsmouth. having sailed from Halifax on the 15th of November, ‘sith the mails. On the 3d she encountered a heavy gale, which continued until the I4th, during which two guns were thrown overboard. EVEN IN G EDI TI ON. THE BOY IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE. His name is Jones ; and it appears that he must have scaled th e wa ll t h a t b or d ers t h e gardens and Con stitution-hill, at a dead hour of the night, and, avoiding the sentry who is posted at the north terrace, crept round and entered through an open scullery window situated under the Conservatory. Supposing this t o be the case, and that th e y ou th had learned the tune when the servants had retired to rest, it was very e as y for him, to gain admissi on i nto the' servants' bah' and from thence up one of the numerous staircases to the north wing. At about half-past one or a quarter to two he attempted to open the door of a page's room, whi ch ig but a short distance from the Queen's apartments, when the page, who was in vraitilig, di rec tly s tarted up and , apprehended He was without his shoes , wh ' eu, he had left in a lower apartment. The page h of the ai! den him over to Henry Glover, 105 A, who was on e constables on night duty at the Palace. The constablde took him to the s t a ti on -h ouse , where he Was chf!rP3 before Mr. Haining, an Inspe , ,ttor of the A dicls'°'t with " being found i n th e P a l ace w i t h i n tent to co,nnun, felony." H e war th en l oc k e d up , an d at nine ° clock taken to Bow-street. J us t as th e Magistrate was about to take his seat, ho wever , a no t e was receive d from the Home-office, a n d th e prisoner was take n there !! immediately. In a sh or t ti me after his arrival 11. Ir. Ha," b the Chief Magistrat e a t B ow - street' aceompained IBee. y Mr. Burnaby. the chief c l er k, entere d the Home-e, „ f and in about half an hour afterwards the Marquis i ; Normanby arrived, as al s o C o l one l Rowan, one Of t he Commissioners of Polic e . Th e exam ination wa s t " ,cr, n gone into and continued until a b ou t two o'clock, wa-o , 0 Mr. Hall committed th e prisoner for three m onths.` l , Tuthill-fields Bridewell, f or being found in the inte ri of Buckingham Palace f o r an un l aw f u l purpose. Gl°ve the constable, then took hi m d own to the prison. or COURT CIRCULAR• Her Majesty the QueeJDowager visited the W ie " Ma' yesterday aft e r noon , at B uc ki ng h am Palace. Her jesty was rec e i ve d on h er arr i va l b y L a dy 133r iiiierrd r l art ' h Lady in W a iti ng , H on . Mi ss Pi tt, M a id of 11"°Equ— va Waiting, Maj or -G enera l Si r Ed war d Bowa t e r, our , in G Waiting on Prince Albert, and Captain SeYriv Dowager in Waiting on Prince Albert. Th e Quee° es Duchesstwyaand sattended of Prince Ii en Bent her Prince and nb N de r r i t s th cou i s t u e k s . se esterday.l: it susses7 ri n gto n v . i 5 i t e a Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowa ter Captain Seymour, rode out on horseback ye 6 t e , r " : 3 ;l; tri Tile Marquis of Normanby attended a t Blic''' n "" B tO Palace yesterday morning. His Lordship returned h. the Palace in th e af ternoon , an d h a d a n audien ce a ' ls Royal Highness Prince Albert. the inquirers after the state Among o f the Q u i: and the Princess Royal yesterday, were —The Anleinto can Minister and Mrs. Stevenson,' the e nezue • - b Minister, the French Charge d'Affaires, th e t h e Charge d'Affaires and Countess Bile Brahe, the Bra - M. de Vandeul, Duke of Sutherland , zilian Charge d'Affaires and Madame Marques Lisb"; c La Warr and Lady Wellesley, Earl and Countess D L. West, Countess Poulett, Lord and Lady Le.vesoon, Lady M. Wynyard, Lord and Lady Lady Fitzroy'. H. and Lady Lord and Lady Nugent, Sir W. and Captain __,e. son, Lady and the Misses Gore, H on ' Mrs George Campbell, General Sir F. and Ludy \N a i 1. 1 . . ; Mr. and therall, Colonel Cooper, Mr. Ewart, Mrs. Clay and Miss Dormer. Marchioness 1.3 t Glouceste r yesterday at visited her M a j esty t h e Q uee n Dowager Marlborough e • The Duche ss o f K ent an d the Duchess of The Viscountess Barrington and the Hon. Miss Gore have succeeded the Dowager Lady Clinton and the Hon. Mi ss H u d son , a s the Lady and Maid of honourWaiti ng Majesty in on her the QUeQueenDowager. The Duk e o f Rutland, the E a rl of Erroll, and the Hon. Charles A. Murray, had interviews with the Marquis of N orman by yesterday, a t the Home-office. he t Bedford - Hall, Vis2ount Melbourne left his residence, rockde_ Hall, Herts, yesterday, for Woburn A bbe y , shire. L or d J o hn Russell also arrived at AVoburn Abbey yesterday, from town. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENC OXFORD, DEC. 3.-A congregation was this naj holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : Bal Masters of Arts.—J. G. Lonsdale (Fello w, College ; Rev. F. P. Seymour, ditto ; Nevins°ni: Wadham College ; R. W. M. Nesfield, University Col lege; H. S. Eyre, Christ Church ; R ev. J. H. Shur' wood, St. Edmund's Hall. Bachelors of Arts.—W. S. Newman, Wadb arn lege ; W. G. Holmes, ditto ; Richard Congrevc, ditto.; E. Reynolds, ditto ; J. W. Radcliffe, Lincoln C olleg-e R. Ormsby, ditto ; G. D'Oyly Snow, St. Mary Hell V. H. Hobart, Trinity College ; J. Hannah, Corp us Christi College ; C. Sumner, Bailliol College. The Professor on Colonisation fessorof'olitie on Monday, u Political Economy will continuo i . iC 7 1 tinu o his Lectures 1, and three following days, at two o'clock, in the Cla• rendon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, Lady Clinton, Miss Ned" son, and Sir Horace Seymour, will leave Marlboroug h House to-morrow morning for Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Prince George, and the Princesses August a and Mary, have, we understand, given up their int t ed . _d_ visit to Rome, owing to the raging of the small-pox in n . ."_! capital. His Royal Highness the Duke of Carnb l. 1 0 IP shortly leaves town on a tour of visits. Lady Cottenham, the lady of the Lord Char- 1- cellor, and her infant son, are going on most favoura:bis. r. __ The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere and r n. 5 . .. , Labouchere have gone on a visit to Sir Thomas as I ti at Brighton. Lord Southwell returns shortly to Hind b i l House, Worcestershire, from a visit to his e states Limerick. lave heearilyeention Lord \vo rs a i enyd Hall, d t y hei F r r s a e n at ce i s n L E a g n e c r a t s. o h n hi r et, a_n d l family in e, o cr s u ta in y g ing we a ekfor 0 tlands for few days in town before going to a . ... Bridgewater . flouse,.wit the Christmas.L te o r r m ds o h f ip tyen h ao a r s ws. taken the m ne a x n t s in io o n; standing) el' Bridge otl:3:ectlaegwrreansvietiewo-pusomysieulalatnlrvseii fora His t arrangements ofthe crf c t : i r 1 13 0 ; he superintendence of i r . iument. Barry, the architect of the new Houses North DEvo LIVING IN NORTH mediately be made forpnlutylhieLF:dacrodmowmnAcaenmd. Devon Journal says, ‘, We experience, of our countrymen kayo and other more distant Brus sels, Italy, Guernsey, Jersey, ~, of great regret, t i°tl h ini a :b t eou th n o d u e s r aa l i. - tewerHieonuesee,s of an d P i a t r i l s a source p th L i t s ee k s i : g a d n o d m t the generally o assigned reside i d n France,for so do ingi the advantages that they can 4 live cheaper.' We believe with re a their son f .g a e m n i e te ra s i , i owfootludr not be n so ei a g n h x b i o . u u r s ho t o oi d spend be little known, n i or they d their income n distant. lands. We also believe that, ' all things considered , ' it: will be found that th ere are f ew (if any) places, in or Olt of this kingdom, where a ' small income can be laid oat() greater advantage' than in North Devon, where to the ad vantages of living in the moat healthy and beautifully ro mantic county in England, may bo added, that it is the cheapest, and from which almost every article of necessary ford is exported in great abundance, and, either on the borders of the sea, or in the warm valleys inland, well furnished and respectable houses, with 10 to 15 rooms, re plete with gardens and every other convenience, may be had for from 201. to 301. per annum," THE NIGER EXPEDITION. —Her Majesty's , three fine steam vessels, which have been built aryl equipped at Liverpool by Mr. Laird, arc fast advanct.u'g towards c:mapletion, and will be fully prepared to sail, Tor the African coast at the beginning of the year, the m o st advantageous season for their objects, as March an I April are the most healthy months for passing thrr ug h the Delta and low ground. The river being then , 40 „,,, t ime at its lowest, the banks become dry, and do no,t, discharge unhealthy exhalations. The vessel will also., if all t hings prosper, have advanced well into the anterior, and be ready to make the best use of the incre a „ of water which takes place in June, July, and Augu.A. The vessels com posing the Government expeditt.on are admirably suited for their work—of light draft, and fitted in every way con sidered best adapted to meet the ill effects too often expe rienced in tropical climates; besides possessing siennagothe other advantages, advantages, they are furnished th roug h out with com plete system of pipes for the, withdrawal of the t a i nte d a ., mosphere, and admission of fr es h a i r . The General Steam Navigation Comp any ship, Columbine, arrived off the Custom-house, on NI, e d. nesday, with her Majesty's mail, flora Rotterdar,, as ter splendid pmliage of only twenty-two hours. . DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Last 114 , 4, as a gentleman's carriage was setting down at Drury -lone Theatre, the coachman having got ofrhji box, the horses took fright, ran ~wn Brydgcs-strict, 4r.d, crossing tho. c 1 Strand, knocked a boy down, v.ito was immediately taken to the Hospital, where it was found, that his thigh wia broken. The pole of the carriap shattered thc sh ep door of Mr. Cadell, , horses was seriously injured. Strand ; one of de SALE OF BARON IiDLLAND'S LIBRA RY.— The late enormous prices for some of the rarer old poetry,. especially frcm the 'eon of Shakespeare, which have' marked this sale, has revived the memory of the good old times of the " Roxburghe Pcver," if anything good may emanate from a fever. One anecdote is e specially worth noticing " The "Rake of Lucrece," and the "Vevlus and Adonis" (which together brought the sum of 1940, were two of the . five volumes soh cted and " tied round with whip core (after the fashion of one Master Coxe). by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, on Iris second visit to Lincoln; and the sum of 841. was offered to the chapter for the purchase of them. The matter was delayed from month to month, when the Bibliographical D cameron" made its appeAranee, and a cac is there hypothrticall' put as to " what HorteLsius (designating the Bar , l - r, by that naiut.) would t holt of such trewcures ?" Is the course of. a few years, Baron Bolland absolutely did possess the.ir identical volumes front the chapter of Lincoln Cathed . , , A, and at the price fixed by Dr. Dibdin. It should %wen% that boo alone out of the five volumes more than il, ou bj eg i, the price offered for the whole, We have very lif,tle bei,- tation in adding, that the sale of the " Old Poe'..ry," in ' t h e Holland library, has left even the " Roxbure,,e" at a• g ood distance behi n d. M a y we v en ture upon r slight r itera tion of the bard of Gray? ir " Hear from thy grave, illustrious ear It breathes a soul to anintat?_ thy clay."' H I It aRAN the sam e the sth in CARDE: and co. Princ e C hristin a , Present, 13 00 E Youth of tai n i no . 14heewia tl /iZ,nettes he data_ ea nh ; or, Londo n tocikselle HIS D - A ts'ANTEI uIVIDE? 4 a . er many A re , 1 , tow 11 e er tons di t 4e, L 4 ,,PA It 4 , a 1i T HE r 'ue Au A WE,N 3,E I,E aYDETRHt Will b o°n HE Oren dro, klite,'llal( \,._ Col 411 E G Rik( 7,! b " fol