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

BRISTOL—Put back, James, Tyne, for 13,rmucla, with loss of jibboom and bulworks. MUMBLES, Nov. 9.—Arrd. Ann Weir, Quebec, for Neath. OFF PORTSEA.—Cumberland. CLYDE, Nov. 9.—Sld. Isabella, Cooper, D. merara; St. John, Savannah. CORR, Nov. B.—Wind S.W.— rrd. Lzvii ia, M.Pbey, Bombay. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) SCOTT V. PASCALL. This case came before the Court on an appeal mo tion from the Vice-Chancellor :of England. It ap peared that Mr. Scott was formerly a guardian of the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, but having been accused of embezzling the funds of the parish to a large amount, an indictment was preferred against him, upon which he executed a deed for 10,0001., and admitted that there was a balance due by him to the parish. Mr. and Mrs. Scott subsequently instituted proceedings against the parish, the result of which was that the deed was set aside on the ground of having been obtained under duresse. The present motion was on the part of Scott, to set aside an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, which reversed a decision of Masters Lynch and Senior, finding that Mr. Scurgill, who was formerly a guardian of the parish, but had ceased to be so since 1841, was an interested witness in the cause. His LORDSHIP affirmed the order of the Vice- Chancellor of England, and directed the costs to be paid out of the fund in court. COLTER V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction which had been granted by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, restraining the defendant from taking by compulsory process certain land near the city of Gloucester, of which the plaintiffs were the trustees. His Lordship rose at half-past one o'clock, when the arguments had not concluded. VICE - CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. WIGRAIII.) SKIRRATT V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANT.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR, gave judgment in this motion to-day. The plaintiff in this case was the owner of certain land, part of which the defendants, under the powers of their Act, were at liberty to take for the construc tion of their railway. After some dispute between the parties, an agreement was entered into, which was put into the form of a memorandum, to the effect that the value of the land, as well as of residential and ether injury, should be left to arbitration. The costs that were necessarily incurred were also to be decided by this tribunal. On the 19th of March, 1847, the arbitrators were appointed, and on the 28th of June, 1847, they made their award, whereby the company should pay the plaintiff 547/. 1 ls. 6d. as purchase m oney f or th e l an d, a sum o f 801. f or t h e injury inflicted by the defendants, and 1081. 9s. 11d. for costs. A motion was then made to set aside the award, and upon t h at mot i on the Court now gave judgment. His Honour was clearly of opinion that the award had not been made in the terms specified by the Act, and that justice could not be done if it were confirmed. He would therefore order it to be sot aside. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER V. THE NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE JOINT STOCK BANK. This was a proceeding under the Joint-stock Bank Act by the public officer of the London and West minster Bank against Mr. Walter Scott, the public officer of the Newcastle Joint-stock Bank, which suspended its payments in 1846, to recover the sum of 3 ,300/. A rule was subsequently obtained from this Court, calling on a Mr. Brook, Mr. Pawson, and other persons who had held shares in the bank to show cause why a scire facias should not issue against them to recover the amount of their respective liabilities. Mr. 'WATSON contended at great length that Mr. Brook was not liahle, as he had sold all his shares in the concern in 1845, and complained that the parties connected with the bank hail been guilty of collusion, inasmuch as they had set forth persons as responsible who were mere men of straw. Mr. CLEASBY followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL addressed the Court in support of the rule. The COURT considered that this was expressly a case in which a scire facies should issue, because it would enable the parties affected to show when they ceased to be shareholders, and other matters, which might be of advantage to them. Rule made absolute generally. EXCHEQuER._(THis DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) GOULD Y V. DUNCOMBE. Mr. WILLis renewed his application for a rule to is case t s h et . aside th e order of' Air. Justice Williams, made in The Sun , , and which h as a l rea d y b een reported i n The COURT took time to consider, they being of opinion that as the assembling of Parliament was announced for the 18th, they did not see of what benefit it would be to grant the rule prayed for. BAN KRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before M r . Commissioner a OULUURN.) IN RE COGDON. In this case Mr. Taylor, a solicitor, attended be fore his Honour for his decision as to his costs, the consideration of which stood over on the uestion, whether th e so li c i tor to an insolvent could be allowed costs for preparing the schedule, there b e i n vision i n th e I nsolvent Act to that effect. g no pro - His HONOUR held that in cases of doubt they were to he treated in the same manner as those in bank ruptcy, as far as the points were analogous. In this case he therefore considered that costs ought to be allowed in the same manner as costs to a petitioning creditor, or to a person suing out fiat against himself, on the attorney making an affidavit that he had not received any money in account, or was in expectancy thereof from the insolvent, or any other person in respect of bill. Mr. LINDSAY, the solicitor to the trade assignees, applied for costs in respect of their expenses, &c. He said the case was a very bad one, as there was nothing for the creditors, and his Honour Mr. Com missioner Fane had adjourned the case for eighteen months, unless the insolvent had previously under gone a certain term of imprisonment. Mr. Lindsay also contended that the costs of the assignees ought to be paid before those of the insolvent. His HONOUR said there was an express power by the 6 Geo. IV. c. 16, s. 14, allowing costs at the audit; but in this case there would be no audit, for nothing had been realised for the creditors. If costs were allowed where nothing resulted from the busi ness done, a small estate would be absorbed. There was a great reason for granting the costs of the in , solvent, as it protected the estate from being wasted by the insolvent paying unreasonable costs, which were by one grade of attorneys frequently extorted. Mr. LINDSAY said the trouble and expense were the same, although no estate was realised, and unless costs were allowed, trade assignees would not in terfere. His HONOUR then sent for the taxing master, and after discussing the question, decided that he could allow the costs under the 10th rule framed under the Insolvent Act, but the insolvent's solicitor was first entitled to be paid in the same manner as a petition ing creditor, or a person presenting his own fiat. SHERIFFS COURT. —(THIS DAY.) (Before Alr. Under -Sheriff BURCLIELL.) ROBERTSON V. HICKIN. This was an action to recover the sum of 301, money lent. The plaintiff is a licensed victualler, keeping the Acorn public-house, in Thames -street, and the defendant was formerly clerk to Messrs. West, Green, and Sedgwick, corn merchants, Rut land-wharf, in the same street. The action was originally commenced in the Palace Court, but had been removed into the Court above, as beyond the jurisdiction of the Palace Court. The defendant did not now plead. Several letters were put in, fully making out the plaintiff's claim. The UNDER-SHERIFF held that interest could not be allowed. WRIGHT V. JARVIS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 141. 16s. 9d., for rent of a house and shop in Pul wood's-rents, Holborn. _ _ The defendant pleaded the general issue. The plaintiff conducted his case in person, and stated that the defendant had taken the premises at the yearly rent of 401., and there having been two quarter's rent in arrear, a distress was put in, but only realised 51. 3s. 3d., and the action was brought to recover. A witness proved having called on the defendant and demanded the rent, and telling him that unless he paid the one quarter's rent before the next quarter became due, a distress would be put in, but the rent was not paid. After the rent was due, witness offered, on behalf of the plaintiff, to allow defendant to leave the house without any rent, but he said he would not, but would " stick to the crib," and he was Mill in possession. The 'defendant said he did not dispute that the amount was right, if they were right at all, but the matter would not end here. The action ought to have been brought in the county court. The UNDER-SIIERIFF said he could not entertain that question ; the defendant must apply to the Court above. Verdict for 141. 16s. 9d. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) MR. lIORRY AND ins ALLEGED CLERK.-- Mr. Ilorry having intimated a wish to the court to render ome explanation with respect to certain observa tioua which had been made on Thursday, _ SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI NG, The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said the court had no power to interfere with respect to the subject alluded to by the Learned Counsel, but he thought it was due to the gentlemen of the bar that he should hear any observations Mr. [lorry might choose to make with resrect to his knowledge of the transaction. THE KING'S SPEECH. 'Thy Learned COUNSEL then went on to state, at great length, that on his way here from the Old Bailey, the woman J)enny was introduced to him, when she said she wanted him to defend her sos, and showed him what she thought were the depositions, but which was only the warrant of committal. He waited some time in court for the case, and not find ing it upon the list, he made some in quiries, and found it was a case in cus tody. From what he heard, he concluded that the case had been disposed of, and he went back to the Old Bailey, where he had been only a few minutes when Flanagan came in with some papers, and said Mrs. Denny's son was in the dock, and he (Mr. Horry) told him it was useless to return, as the case had been tried the evening before, and Denny must have been only called up for judg ment. With respect to the observation made upon the subject of the woman calling upon him on Satur day, he should say that when she came she was ac companied by the same female who was with her at the Sessions House, when he explained to Mrs. Denny that the person who had received the four half-crowns from her was not his clerk ; upon which the other woman said, "I must do justice to all parties, Mr. Flanagan sail nothing at all about being your clerk." The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he did not wish at all to interfere with the statement of the Learned Counsel, but he thought a few concise answers to what he should ask the Learned Counsel would be the best course. He should take the liberty of ask ing the Learned Counsel whether Flanagan was his clerk or not ? 1 On Tuesday afternooi the ordinary session of the Belgian Chambers was opened by King Leopold in person. His Majesty, who wore the uni form of a General of the Civic Guard, proceeded on horseback from the Palace to the Chamber of Repre sentatives, passing in review, as he slowly rode down the Rue Royale, the four legions of the Civic Guard. On his arrival at the Palace de la Nation, he was con ducted with the usual ceremony to the above Cham ber, when he took his seat on the throne, the Queen and the other members of the Royal Family having previously taken their places. His Majesty then delivered the following speech : " GENTLEmEN,—I am able to congratulate myself on the marks of confidence and of friendship which I continue to receive from foreign Powers. An inci dent has occurred in our relations with the see of Rome. Explanations respecting that event, which has excited public opinion, will be laid before you. " A treaty of commerce and navigation has been concluded with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It will be submitted to your approbation. Negotiations are being carried on, in order to extend our com mercial relations. " The efforts of my Government are directed towards the procuring of external outlets for our com merce. Much in that respect may be expected from the spirit of enterprise, judiciously aided. A society of commerce, combined with the establishment of fac tories (comptoirs), is one of the measures to be taken in order to attain that object. " A postal convention, which has just been concluded with France, on a large basis, reduces the postage of international letters, and affords great facilities for the transmission of foreign correspondence. " The transport of merchandise and the receipts of the railway continue to increase in a remarkable pro portion. Measures for increasing them still further, and for introducing ameliorations into the manage ment of that important service, are in course of preparation. Pecuniary advances will be required from you, in order to finish the railway stations, and the double lines of rail, as well as to complete the materiel of transport, and to finally close the account of the expenses of the first establishment. "Private industry has gone hand in hand with the State in bestowing new means of communication on the country. That industry will always find my Government disposed to facilitate the execution of its engagements. " Your co-operation will be required for public works of high utility. The improvement and forma tion of by-roads (so intimately connected with the prosperity of agriculture) are entitled to a large share of consideration, with reference to those works which shall offer useful resources for the needy and laborious classes. Mr. HORRY—Most certainly not. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Do you know whether Flanagan received 10s. from the woman in the way described ? Mr. floanY—l have no knowledge whatsoever upon the subject. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Did any portion of that 10s. ever find its way into your pocket? Mr. lloaav—Assuredly not—not one fraction of it. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Did you take the brief with the fee of 10s. ? Mr. HORRY—No ; I did not. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—And afterwards put it in your pocket without doing anything for it ? Mr. floßay—Nothing of the kind. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—There the whole case, so far as you are concerned, personally resolves itself into this :—that a person came to you to defend a prisoner, which you did not do, because you thought the case had been tried before. Mr. HORRY—That is the whole case, my Lord. Mr. Horry was about addressing the Court further, when The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he thought the matter might be safely allowed to drop now after the Learned Counsel's replies. The Usher of the Court said that Flanagan inva riably represented himself to the officer of the Court and others as Mr. Horry's clerk. The ASSISTANT JUDGE—Mr. Horry denies that such is the case. " Amongst the districts which may justly excite the solicitude of the Government and the Chambers we must give the first place to several in our Flemish provinces. Constant efforts are expected from us, and the nation will not hold itself aloof from those sacrifices which this painful situation may impose on it. After two years of rude trial, Providence has come to the aid of the poor classes by an abundant harvest. The immense influence which agriculture exercises on the destinies of the country is under stood by my Government; and agriculture on its side has proved that it can appreciate our intentions. The eagerness with which, on a recent occasion, it responded to the appeal which was made to it, has testified to its confidence in the views and acts of the Government. By a happy coincidence, the exhibition of the agricultural produce played a brilliant part alongside the productions of that industry which has revealed notable improve ments. Agriculture and industry, far from being hostile one to the other, should lend reciprccal aid. Equally useful and honourable, they are equally worthy of all our solicitude. Very soon a common solemnity will reunite those who have distinguished themselves by their labours in those two noble careers. I shall be happy on that occasion to have it in my power to bestow, before the eyes of the country, due recompense upon the labourers of all ranks. " The forthcoming exhibition of the fine arts will afford the Belgian school the opportunity of proving that it continues worthy of its past career, and that it may bear comparison with foreign schools. " Public instruction, to which it may be said the civilization of the country is attached, should be one of our first presentations. The Legislature will have to vote the measures necessary for perfecting and com pleting its organization. " The army, that great national institution, conti nues to deserve well of the country. Its good orga nization, it patriotism, its discipline, and its devoted ness, render it worthy of all my sympathy and of the great interest which you take in it, and of which you continue to afford it so many proofs. lam happy to see my two sons enrolled in its ranks. " Your solicitude for the indigent classes will induce you to discuss, in the course of this session, the projects of law relating to pawnbroking establish ments (monts-de-piete), the mendicity depots, and the management of the insane. The penitentiary system calls for reforms, which I recommend to your attention. The matter then dropped, and the Court proceeded to try felonies, none of which were of any general ,nterest. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) THE LATE GAMBLING CASE.—Andrew William Barr, Charles Brewer, and Samuel Ralphs, who were remanded to this day from this day week, on the charge of conspiring to defraud Mr. §. Julius Carey, by foul play at cards, were brought up for final exa mination this morning. Mr. Ballantine was not at present prepared with any further evidence. He proposed that the prisoners should be committed for trial at once, but, if neees sary, should be brolight up again in the mean time, as the sesiions would not commence till the 22d inst. Mr. Prendergast submitted that there was not sufficient evidence to justify the committal 9f Brewer. The evidence of such a person as Lewis could only be accepted so far as it was corroborated. Now that part of Lewis's evidence which affected Brewer was uncorroborated, and therefore, he submitted, in ad missible. Brewer was a gentleman of respectable connexions, and his character would he much affected by the committal. Mr. HENRY said that the case must go for trial. Mr. Prendergast's argument, if accepted, would render it necessary that every word of such a wit ness's evidence should be corroborated. The prisoners were then committed for trial. The same securities were accepted on behalf of Brewer and Ralphs, and the witnesses were bound over in their own recognizances for 2001. each. The offer of bail on the part of Barr was not renewed. 111ARLBRO'-STREET- 7 (THIS_DAY.) Charley Pebloe, a man of colour, was placed be fore Mr. Hardwicke, charged with being drunk and riotous, and assaulting James Nagle, barman, at the Tower public-house, Tower-street, Seven. dials. Complainant stated, that on the previous afternoon, the prisoner came into his employer's house, and wanted to be served with some gin. Seeing that he had already indulged too freely, he refused to serve him, whereupon he (the prisoner) became very abusive, and swore he would rip him (complainant) up if he dared to refuse. Complainant requested him to leave the house. The prisoner said he would see him d--- first, and called him by a filthy epithet, and threatened to charge him with a nameless crime. Complainant, seeing that the prisoner was determined not to leave by fair means, proceeded to turn him out. In doing so, the prisoner struck him twice. He ultimately succeeded in putting him out, and gave him in charge of the police. " As the ordinary resources of the Treasury are not sufficient to meet completely the demands already set forth, and to provide for those which are foreseen, extraordinary provisions are required. Belgium can the more easily face this situation of affairs, inasmuch as she has passed through the financial crisis more successfully than other countries. " It is desirable, gentlemen, that the Budgets which will be laid before you for 1848, be voted be fore the opening of that year. We shall thereby avoid the grave inconvenience of provisional credits. This step is the more necessary, inasmuch as you will have to examine, in a few months, the Budgets for 1849. - The prisoner denied the charge in lobo. He merely went into complainant's house professionally to amuse the company with some " bone music," and while he was so engaged the complainant came and turned him out. Mr. HAuDwicKE committed him to the House of Correction for one week, with hard labour. " Propositions for modifying, in certain points, the communal and electoral laws have been announced; and Bills to that effect will be presented to you. " In a material and financial, as well as in a moral and political point of view, this session will, I trust, be marked by numerous and useful labours. I gladly look for an assurance of that kind in the active aid and sincere support which you will give to my Government." THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Four railway excavators, James Buttly, Joseph Jones, Thomas Smith, and William Johnson, were charged by the master of the Mile-end Workhouse with having taken up their quarters in that establish ment over night, and with having this morning re fused to pick the stipulated quantity of oakum re quired by the parochial authorities. It appeared that the four prisoners were admitted last night as casual paupers —they received a meal of bread and cheese each, and were supplied with their breakfast this morning. Prior to these meals being given them they were informed that in the morning they would be required each to pick two pounds of oakum. They gladly assented, but when the oakum was given them to pick they resolutely refused to touch it, assailed the master with abuse, and endeavoured to dissuade the other inmates from performing their allotted task. Under these circum stances they were given into custody. In their defence, the prisoners said all they wanted was to be let go on their proper roads. Mr. BALLANTINE observed that he would mark his sense of their gross misconduct by teaching them a lesson which he hoped v%ould operate as a salutary warning to others. He should send them each to the House of Correction for twenty-one days, with hard labour. His Majesty was greeted on the conclusion of the speech with loud cries of "Vive le Roi," and shortly afterwards left the Chambers, returning to the palace by the Rue Ducale. The troops then defiled before the King in front of the palace. Although the weather was unfavourable, an immense number of persons witnessed his Majesty's arrival and departure. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1847. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 3!6 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 105 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 120 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 281 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 40 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 85 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ... --- Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. „, 13 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles „, 11 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ~, 3 Old Age, or Natural Decay ... .„, , 42 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 8 Causes not specified ... 1 STARTLING PROPOSAL OF MESSRS. JONES LOYD AND CO. " Our Manchester correspondent," says the Liver pool Courier of yesterday, " writing last evening, says, ' Since this day week we have had several very considerable failures—two of which will, it is pretty certain, turn out to be merely suspensions, viz., Messrs. Marsland and Veltman, and that of Messrs. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ••• 1,052 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1842-6. In the 1841. West Districts... 301,326 Five Autumns. Week. . . 146 ••• 151 North Dist r i cts.. 376,396 ... 184 ••• 207 Central Dist r i cts 374,759 ... 196 ••• 189 East Districts ... 3 93,247 232 ... 221 South Districts .. 502 ,483 •.. 288 ••• 284 ------- Hargreaves. Mr. Marsland was one of the M.P.'s for Stockport during the last session, and the stoppage has done little more than cause surprise and regret, as no one seems to dream of any loss by the circumstance. He is supposed to possess large freehold property, and to have been very prudent in his expenditure, and these combined make it difficult to account for the present position of the firm. The Messrs. Har• greaves are extensively engaged in the China trade, and are said to be in possession of large stocks of silks and teas, but which they found it impossible to convert into cash. Mr. David Ainsworth's creditors are to meet on Thursday next, and the meeting is looked to with much interest both by the public and the creditors. T0ta15........ 1,948,211 ... 1,046 ... 1,052 Males .•• dr• • - Females ••• •.• 529 ••• ... 523 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ••• ••• ... 682 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 654 Total -. -.1,336 THE ROBBERY AND MURDER OF MR. BELL CHAMBERS.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford resumed, for the third time, at the Grosvenor Arms, the inquiry touching the death of Mr. John Belichambers, who was robbed and ill-used on the night of the 11th ult. The case having been stated by Inspector Taylor to be still in the hands of the police, the coroner again adjourned the in quiry to await the result of the magisterial investigation. Some fresh parties have been taken into custody and re manded to this day week. SEASONABLE MOYEMENTS.—The fog arrived in town for the season on the 2d of November, and was re ceived with the usual lormaliaties. Several boys with torches were in attendance, holding in their hands those links of civilization which unite the dark ages with our own time. Omnibus rivalry was for a time buried in oblivion, or at least in a fog, and " Many a cab was made to bump unseen, And waste its fleetness on an awkward post." All nature, in fact, seemed to have distributed over the metropolis one tremendous ticket for soup, with which, in the shape of the densest atmospheric fluid, London and the suburbs were indiscriminately served out. We will not say we hop e we s h a ll nev er l oo k upon i ts li ke again, for it cannot be the like of the late fog, if we are enabled to look upon it at all.—Punch A body of police, upwards of a thousand strong, has been despatched via the North-Western line, to the scene of the stoppages of the great railway works. "' The town has been all but electrified by the cir cular of Messrs. Jones Loyd, and Co., signifying their intention, at the expiration of the present year, to c2nduct their extensive operations on a totally different footing from that on which they have been conducted for the last sixty years. It will in future be simply a bank of deposits and discount. Of course no advances will be made, as has hitherto been the case, and on a most extensive scale; though with prudence, as events have shown during so lengthened a period. "'All parties, therefore, who stood indebted to them have been required to liquidate the debts due to the Bank, and this, if peremptorily enforced, cannot fail to lead to the most serious inconvenience, if not to m ore serious results., COWES, NOV. 81--LAUNCH OF THE BRILLIANT.— A splendid brig of 372 tons was launched this day, at half-past twelve o'clock, from Mr. Joseph White's yard, intended for a packet to Madeira. She had her masts slipped, topmasts an end, and yards across, and was taken in to the Thetis Dock the same tide. She has 50 cabin berths. OPENING OF THE BELGIAN ! MAGAZINES, scC: (CONTINUED). CHAMBERS. COLRUI?N'S UNITED SERVICE. Tie first paper in the present number, "Military Education in France," is compiled from official docu rnents furnished by the French Minister of War. It proposes to give a sketch of the history of each of the military schools in France, showing the most impor tant modifications in its organization, its gradual de velopment, the conditions of admission, and requisite formalities to be performed, together with the studies, the manner of living, the future prospects of the pu pils, the discipline exercised, and the modes of punish ment in use in the different establishments. It must be remembered that in France a very different sys tem is in force both with respect to the recruiting, and providing officers for the army, from that which pre vails in thie country. Every young man is subject to be called on to give his services to his country, or to provide a substitute, who shall be approved of and accepted in his place. Few, however, of the wealthier clas-es are willing to enter the ranks as private soldiers, although a fair prospect exists for the well disposed and meritorious of obtaining promotion to a higher station. In France the ridiculous custom of acquiring military rank by purchase does not exist; every officer must, therefore, either work his way up from the ranks, or undergo an education suited to, and which will properly qualify him for, the position he is about to fill. For that purpose various schools have been established throughout the kingdom. That of St. Cyr is described in the present number. "The Cruise in the West Indies, with some account of a Slave Captain " is continued from the September number. We left Guiseppe on board the Culloden, with Lord Nelson's squadron; on his return to England he is transferred to the Barfleur. After some time his feelings are excited by hearing a Vene tian air, and meeting a countryman in the master of the band on board the Ville de Paris ; some time afterwards he succeeds in escaping from the Barfieur by swimming ashore. He gets a place on board a vessel trading to Guinea for slaves, it being previous to the period when the labours of Wilberforce and his philanthropical associates had led to the abolition of that abominable and inhuman traffic. He is, how ever, pressed to serve in an English frigate, from which he again speedily deserted, and obtained a situation in another slaver, in which he made many voyages, and finally became a slave captain, in which capacity he realised a considerable fortune. The third chapter of "Recollections of Waterloo" details the proceedings from the evening of the triumph and on the following days. Mr. Curling, in his con tinuation of the " Siege of Oldcourt House," ablyrol lows up the promise of his first chapter. The Round head troops have been marched to the attack, but are benighted, and compelled to bivouac in the woodland surrounding the old hall. A daring reconnoitre by the young Falconer disturbs them, and he con trives to lead them in pursuit of him away from their path, so as to gain greater time for his friends in the hall. There are many other highly interesting narratives, to which, if time permitted, we would gladly allude with greater particularity; for the present, we must be contented to say, that " Recollections of the Early Life of a Sailor," " The Ruse de Guerre," "The Fusilier, or Bygones of a Bearskin," " Scenes in the Life of a Foreign Medi cal Officer," "Shots from an Old Sixpounder," o k r be " ard's Island," are all "A Leaf or Two ‘ f ‘ ro O m ri a g n in O al ld: g, and o "Blackboard's well worthy of perusal, and that the re a d er mus t b e Anecdotes o f Nelson," s e fastidious, indeed, who will not derive amusement therefrom. The remaining articles are of a different character. From the reasoning of the writer of " Crime and its Prevention" We dissent Colo cal), and we must express our unqualified disapprobation of the sanguinary measures which he recommends to Government for adoption. He would fain re-estab lish the Draconic severity of the criminal code, and corporal and capital punishments would be rigidly enforced, the triangles and the gallows would again be crowded with victims. After a certain number of convictions for the secondary offences, such as theft, robbery, breach of trust, embezzle ment, forgery, mutiny, desertion, arson, &c., he would punish with stern, unshrinking, unmitigable rigour, by shooting or hanging. The writer seems to forget the utter uselessness of the examples afforded by the hecatombs of human victims who were annually sacrificed in former days, and to ima gine that the course which was then so unavailing would now prove more effectual. God gr an t th a t we may never see many of our legislators actuated by a similar spirit, or willing to contemplate with such calmness " the extra consumption of bones and sinews" which would at first be occasioned, and which, "in the army, might excite momentary regret !" Of course, that in the mind of so stern a philosopher could only be on account of the expenditure of so ' much material, and not for the sufferings of our erring brethren, who, "as they would be only the wicked and vicious, we would have no reason to regret." " Naval Improvements in the Nineteenth Century" contains much useful information; the present number chiefly , relates to the new element of power that has been in troduced into the service—our steam armament. On the whole, the number is an excellent one , fully maintaining the former reputation of Colburn's United Service Magazine. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. November has given us another admirable number of this excellent periodical. The first article con tains an account of Mademoiselle Le Normand, the extraordinary fortuneteller, whose wonderful powers excited such astonishment in the French metropolis, and who for half a century maintained the reputation she had acquired in her very childhood. Certainly, if there is any foundation for the legends that have been related of this lady, and some of which are now presented to the readers of the Dublin University Magazine, it is by no means surprising that she should have attracted so much of the public atten tion. She it was who, when a prisoner in the Lux embourg, confirmed the prediction which had been made respecting Josephine Beauharnois in her in fancy, by an Obi woman, as to her:future exalted rank, a prediction which was afterwards so wonderfully verified. She it was who prophesied the extraor dinary advancement of Napoleon, and his no less sur prising reverses ; and who, on being pressed on one occasion to give a more satisfactory explanation of an obscure answer, replied, " that it was a problem the solution of which she should reserve until the 31st March, 1814," a day which afterwards proved to be so eventful to the fortunes of the Em peror, as witnessing;the entry of the allied troops into Paris. Strange details are given of her mode of pro ceeding from the papers of a lady, under the title of the Countess N. N., and also from those of the well-known President Von Malchus ; but perhaps the strangest of all her oracular exploits was the manner in which she divined the lucky num bers in the lottery, of which various anecdotes are told. " Wills's Lives of Illusrious Irishmen" is the subject of the next paper; full justice is done to the great research, patient investigation, sound judgment, and strict impartiality of the author, whose work is at once a history of Ireland and a biography of her most illustrious children, and we are promised a continuation of the notice in a future number. " The Watcher" is indeed a story of deep and pain ful interest, closely bordering on the supernatural ; it purports to give an account of occurrences which some fifty years since created a sensation in the fashionable society of the Irish metropolis, and which ended in the melancholy death of a person, whose real name is concealed under that of Captain Barton, R.N., and which are enveloped in impenetrable mys tery. " Stray Leaflets from the German Oak" contains seven new translations by I. C. M., whi h are marked by the great taste and feeling, the poetic inspiration, for which the writer has acquired so high a character, and which render all his contributions so acceptable to the readers of the Irish Magazine. " The Comic isbsacoyofnuMtohniertlection of some really . Alpenstock " is continued, and there is no abatement s of the comic spirit by which the first chapter was communicated animated. would o ,6 f N so se u t awndr 8 0 0 k s doubtlessii o n o f ; o k information m Churchoa e valuable a o lr n a oa iebs Poetry," es: to recently published tical works the traveller, notwithstanding the strange form in r i a s g a s b m a Y r i d e eip b y a and r F R e rra Ferguson.r d; isw haicnhotiitceisopfutthrfeiperwar.pdmpy. given, and both of which r : o T d ,r ‘ i ' h e h T e s e , o ' h s ' r e ih b: a y r d : a o V iw i The Song columns if our beautiful depicts of the Pen," and talent, com giving afew quotations We cannot, space permitted. The first, possesses s mw e s an s 'n e t w o great ef right vigour g awh i chdly ta a rr n ae d n s foe or iginality, to the painful struggles of men of g en i us of the writer. The pa lled to write for their daily:b read, and f or the support of those dearer to them than li fe • however, refrain from cimens of the style and power quotations as spe first stanza is as follows : " Sing of the pen! sing of the Den Sing of the tho usan d s of gifted men, Who Wring with p a i n a beggarly gai n From the sw eat of their While the goose-quill d anceth br ain, Over the paper, an d driv th e away Beneath the taper, Through the hours when mortals dream, and fairies play! And again— ~ si ng of the pen! sing o f th e pen! Sing of the pleasures of gifted men! Ye who delight To 101 l in listless interest lost, Little ye reek what the theme hath cost The tribe who write. it Drive, drive the pen along In something—tale or song ; No matter, so we cast A wet page o'er the last, And enter in our score One mouthful earned the more. There's silence in the house—l'm free, Dear heart! to work for such as thee. Hie to thy bed, beloved one— Dark as it was, the day is done; NOVEMBER 11, 1847. Thy throbbing temples need repose— E'en penury bath eyes to close; Suffice it now 'tis mine to wake— All labour's sweetened for thy sake. And thus with prayers he sendeth her to test, To write of cheer with trouble at his breast, While the goose-quill striveth and straineth away Over the paper Beneath the taper, Through the hours that man calls night•--and genius day. " Alack, the taper's getting low— The fire hath slumbered long ago— What's to be done? not half the task Fulfilled, these craving dear ones ask; The thoughts, too, burn so bright and high, They flash like lightning from the sky; That now the taper should refuse its spark! It flickers—the pen flies—it drops—and all is dark. " A moment hath the penman paused in doubt— At length, as with a groan he turns about, lie starts with joy, for a long fine ray Through the shutters shoot the light of day; He flies to the window, opens it wide, And shrinks from the morning's great flood-tide That bursts on his blood-shot eyes, o'erwrought From the deep carouse of desperate thought. He steals to the table, and once again Opens the orgies of breast and brain, While the goose-quill fluently fleetuth away Over the paper, Without the taper, Through the hours when night sleeps in the lap of day." Painfully true as this is, we are not sure that we do not prefer the exquisite pathos and simplicity of " The Poplin Weaver." Alas ! how many of our own countrymen may be subjected to the like privations by an obstinate adherence to the unwise and impolitic monetary laws under which our manufactures have been checked, and our operatives deprived of employ ment. We would fain ask our lawgivers is the fol lowing picture one that they would wish to see realised in what was once merry England ? " I'm loth to awake ye, Art, my dear! But the steps of a stranger are drawing near— Up the ricketty stair they come, Making, I think, for our wretched room— Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent— Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " See, daylight has lit on the window-sill— Art! is it you to be slumbering still? Ye knew that at last we must quit, or pay, Though ye didn't expect the distress today! Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent— Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " At the door!—oh, a month, to make up what's due The landlord he knows, Art, your word is true— If he saw how we strive, he'd put off the sale— 'Twas the will of God that the trade should fail! Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent— Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " In days gone by, it was Ireland's pride To be decked in the web that our looms supplied— Those were the times, Art, that ye took me home, And told me that love would make business come. Rise, Art, rise! tho last shilling's spent— Art, its the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " It's hunger, Art, that has made ye weak— What can I think of, your fast to break? Here, Art, here is my wedding-ring— The lodgers will lend on the blessed thing! Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent— Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " God forgive me! my heart is torn To drag ye from bed this bitter morn; The bed that they're coming to seize and sell— Where I've nursed and prayed by ye, sick and well! Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent! Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " How silent he sleeps! not a stir, or breath; Poor famishing husband, you're worked to death! At the shuttle before and after the sun— And a morsel of meal when the day is done! Rise, Art, rise! the last shilling's spent— Art, it's the sheriff—the rent—the rent! " Dead my God! it is over at last— ' The wearisome struggle is past—is past! The heavens be praised! 'tisn't you need fear— 'Tis your widow that's desolate, husband dear! Rise, Art, rise! to the happy skies, Where the tears are wiped from the poor man's eyes!" We have little space to notice the remaining articles in the number, although they well merit attention. The title of " A Week in the Hebrides—Gleanings in the Queen's 'Wake," explains the subject. " The Bachelor of the Albany " also will be read with much interest. "Poor and Pauper " states the means adopted by Mr. John Hamilton, of St. Ernan's, Do negal, for unpauperizing the population on his own estates—an example which, if generally followed by other proprietors of the soil in that country, would speedily be attended with the most beneficial results to all classes. "University Reform," the last paper of the number, is an able and elaborate defence of the Alma Mater against the charges put forward by Mr. Heron, in " The Constitutional History of the University." There are some sentiments put forward highly creditable to the writer, and which we would gladly see participated in by the authorities of Oxford and Cambridge. He says, "Mixed Education is now very generally approved of. It lessens acerbity of feeling, removes prejudices, unites men in after life in pursuit of useful objects in which they agree, and leads them mutually to forbear on subjects on which they differ. In Trinity College it has been found eminently successful; Roman Catholics and Pro testants now live there on the best and most cordial terms of friendship, and are treated with perfect im partiality by the heads and senior members of the College." And again—" In short, the system we advocate in Trinity College is to admit Roman Catho• lies freely to all rewards for learning, and all places for teaching, which are not parts of the body cor porate, or governing body of the University, and not directly for the teaching of religion." These state ments, coming from such a quarter, should silence the cavillers who object to the admission of Dissenters to the English Universities, and who have ventured to state "that mixed education has been found to work badly, and was very mischievous in fostering religious animosities in Trinity College, Dublin." THE BANKERS'. This is indeed an important and stirring period for the Bankers' Magazine. There are unfortunately no lack of subjects that come within the sphere of its ope rations. " The Triumph of the Banking Principle" sets forth the proceedings immediately preceding the virtual repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, to gether with the letters that passed between the Go vernment and the Bank on the occasion. The follow ing sensible observations are made with respect to the recommendation that eight per cent. should be the minimum rate of interest charged by the Bank : " We do not believe that the eight-per -cent. minimum will be long maintained: it should not be maintained one moment longer than the exigencies of the times may seem to warrant it. A usurious rate of interest is so contrary to the spirit of all our commercial institutions, and so destructive in its consequences, that it cannot long be tolerated by the Government with impunity ; and we are sure that we echo the sentiments of nearly the entire commercial community when we state, that the recom mendation of Government, that the Bank should not charge less than eight per cent. on its advances at this crisis, in order to attempt to keep in force an exploded theory, is a heavy blow and a great discouragement to our commercial greatness." There is an excellent memoir, accompanied by a portrait, of Thomas Bracken, Esq., late the respected Secretary of the Bank of Bengal. A melancholy catalogue then ensues of the series of disasters which have taken place within the last month, and of the several banks which have been com pelled to yield to the pressure of the times, and to suspend payments, together with lists of the shareholders in the Royal Bank of Liverpool, and the Liverpool Banking Company, reprinted from the last official returns, and lists of the shareholders in the several other joint-stock banks that have sus pended payment. These are succeeded by the balance sheets of the great firms which have recently failed. There is also an excellent article on the state of com mercial affairs in Liverpool, showing the dreadful state to which the trade and commerce of the first mercantile port in the world has been reduced, from the baneful operation of our monetary laws. " Savings' Banks" relates to the general withdrawal by depositors in all parts of the country, in conse quence of the present depressed state of the public funds, and the loss to the nation thereon, which, from the 16th of March to the 12th of June last, amounted to upwards of 100,0001. How much it has been in the disastrous period subsequent thereto it is impossible for us to state. The usual pap e r o n "Banking and Commercial Law" refers this month to the law relating to bankers' receipts. There is also a vast quantity of valuable information on various points, which will render the present number highly acceptable to all commercial men. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. " The Scottish Church and its Assailants, " the first paper in the present number, is principa lly founded on the report of the deputation appointed in May, 1846, of ministers and lay members of the Church of England representing the congregations adhering to her forms and doctrines in Scotland ; the members of the deputation are described as schismatics, and dealt with very severely for the objections which they have put forward in their report. The controversy is very fully entered into, and letters from several of the English bishops, in answer to the circular addressed frotn one of the congregation of Fochabers, are given in extenso. " Episcopal and Capitular Revenues " attacks what it terms the late spoliation," in other words the allocation of revenues which had been founded on the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Com mission. " The Churches of London," the tenth paper under this title, by Ridley, is a lamentation over the degeneracy of those clergymen who obeyed the Order in Council, by using the form of prayer, thereby appointed for the Thanksgiving Sunday —and a laudation of those who refused to do so, more par ticularly of the R ev . Bryan King, the Rector of St. George's-in-the-East, anti of the incumbents of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, and St. Andrew's, 'Wells street, Oxford-street. " A Country Curate's Tale," is a pleasingly written poem of the Crabbe school. The number also contains the usual short reviews and University intelligence. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. No. X VII. By Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett. There is a capital brew of fun in this number out of the mash of Oliver Cromwell, the brewer of Hun tingdon. The author, however, is wrong in saying that the last known descendant of the Lord Protector died in 1821 ; there are several of the Protector's descendants yet living. The description of the cele brated " Royal Oak scene" is admirable :—" After the battle of Worcester, Charles determined to proceed towards London, and, by the aid of a leathern doublet, grey breeches, and green jerkin, he made up' very effectually as a stage countryman. Taking with him a real countryman, one Richard Penderell, as a companion, Charles went into a wood, from the edge of which he saw a troop of horse ; but the rain poured down in such torrents that the troop retired, instead of taking shelter in the wood, which was cer tainly the wisest course they could have adopted. The anecdote is, however, so essentially dramatic, that the soldiers were perfectly in character when they went quite in the opposite direction to that they should have taken, like those pursuers on the stage who usually overlook the person they are in search of, and who, to every one else, is most conspicuously visible. Charles's position on this occasion resembled, in a minor degree, the situation of the fugitive at the fair, who, poin ing to a painted blind representing a tree with a hole cut down the centre of it, expressed his determination to conceal himself in yonder thicket.' Finding accommodation for his body only in the tree's imaginary trunk, his legs of course pro truded from the shady grove,' when two assassins in hot pursuit tumbling over the out-hanging heels of the wretched runaway, exclaimed confidently in the ears of the audience, By ivins, he as eluded us.' Such must have been the good fortune of Charles, and the stupid blindness of the troop when the former sat on the forest's edge, and the latter never noted him. This incident being over, another soon afterwards ensued of an equally melodramatic character. Charles and Penderell, after travelling two nights on foot, had put up at the house of one of Penderell's brothers ; but it was not thought safe to remain in it, and his Majesty was recommended to an oak, whose parent stem would afford friendly shelter, while all the junior branches might be thoroughly relied upon. The king having supplied himself with bread, cheese, and beer, which could not have been table beer, for there was no table to put it on—though there were plenty of leaves—made the best of the im perfect accommodation that the tree afforded him. He had no sooner settled on his perch, and made himself a kind of nest in the boughs, than some sol diers entered on the 0. P. side, and looked every where—except in the right place—for the fugitive monarch. His legs, as usual, were visible enough, but the troopers possibly mistook them for a pair of stockings hanging up to dry, and they were not even struck by the shoes at the end, that should have awakened them to the value of the booty. The most infantine participators in the game of Hide and Seek, would not have been at fault under circum stances of a similar kind ; and there can scarcely be a doubt, that if any urchin had only raised a suggestive cry of Hot beans and butter l' Charles would have been laid by the heels without a scruple on the part of those who were in search of him. Leaving his Majesty's legs to dangle in the air, and allowing credulity to score one for his heels on the cribbage-board of fancy, we proceed to contemplate Charles in a more dignified position on the throne of England." THE MIRROR. The Mirror for November opens with three addi tional chapters of " Paul Pevensey." The Lover of Kate returns, and weds her. His name is Laurence Stanley, and he is high in the service in India. There is, however, a great drawback to the happi ness of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Stanley—their child, Paul, is nowhere to be heard of. Stanley, in com mon with almost every one else, believes that he has perished in the explosion ; but Kate, with true wo man's faith, believes and hopes, in spite of hope, that she shall yet see him again. She, however, departs for Bengal with her husband, without having heard any tidings of Paul. We have already spoken of the writer of this work as a philosopher possessed of a thorough knowledge of character, a poet in the highest sense of the term ; we have already spoken of his exquisite descriptions of rural scenery ; we now present our readers with a gem of an interior, an interior that Mulready might have painted. " Our readers will not perhaps object to step, this fine Sunday morning, into the parsonage of Ulraven, where the parson was just now at breakfast with his family. He was an extremely odd sort of a man, that same par son; who seemed to love especially three sorts of things —children, books, and cats. Mrs. Williams, as part ot himself, went, of course, for nothing. That he loved her was most certain, but that he never thought of it was equally certain. He was as unconscious of it as of the air he breathed, though the one was as necessary to his life as the other. She sat at one corner of the table, while he took up his position exactly opposite, with his youngest son upon his knee, a huge Tom cat upon his shoulder, and one or two mewling little vagabonds of minor calibre on his lap. All these bipeds and quadru peds he fed from time to time, occasionally taking a peep into a volume of Tillotson—which he held more from habit than for use in his left hand. The bigger children occupied their places round the table, his eldest daughter, Nancy, sitting close to his side, on the right. If we glance at the table we shall find that it displayed a number of comfortable things—solaces, as the pat son expressed it, for the outer man. Mrs. Williams was a very nice person, a jewel of a housewife, who loved to see everything about her as clean and neat as a Dutch woman's band-box. The tablecloth was as white as snow, and Mrs. Williams exerted all her authority to prevent the unthinking youngsters from spilling the coffee over it ; and then th a t coffee I what fragrance it diffused through the room—how the foaming hot cream mantled over it, making Master Philip's teeth water, as the parson's grace, which was rather of the longest, was saying. We have always thought that it was highly injurious to the devotional feelings of the family to pour out the coffee before the grace was said, a sort of secular whiff ascending from the cup to the nostril, generally bringing down the thoughts to sublunary concerns, when they should have been otherwise employed. Besides, there was fresh butter lying pillowed in a china ' basin, delicate enough to tempt a St. Anthony ; and racks of dried toast, and fresh white eggs in little egg cups with gold rims—all intended to shed over the break fast-table an air of epicurean refinement. But the greatest ornament of all was the row of rosy faces, with a dash of eagerness in each, peering over the white table-cloth. " Mrs. Williams looked perfectly happy, as she glanced over the group, and concluded with looking at hfr bus band, who was just then maturing in his mind, not his sermon for the day, but a series of questions, which when, in Homeric phrase, the rage of hanger should have been a little appeased, he meant to put to Nancy. But we are going a little too fast. We ought by all means to cast a look out of the parlour window, and describe the prospect which presented itself there. We wish for Mr. Williams's sake we could dwell upon a fine lawn, with indications of a coach-house, and stable peeping from behind a screen of trees. " But our imagination must not fly beyond the reality. Mr. Williams's parlour window looked into an orchard, where a few golden apples, the remnant of the year's fruit, still hung upon the trees. The leaves around might almost be said to be of all colours, and as they rustled and twinkled in the October sun, look down upon a number of their brethren lying in tranquil decay upon the grass. There is a sort of melancholy in autumnal sunshine, reminding us of the mellow splendours of in tellect which light up our passage to the tomb. It has nothing in it of the bright fervour of morning —nothing of the golden hue or warmth of summer. It is placid, gentle, relaxing; as if meant to make us let go our hold on this world, and pass away without start or struggle into that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns. And yet I love the sunshine of autumn, which indicates that the work of the year is over, and that all things are approaching their rest." Mr. Percy St. John concludes his interesting story of "Cecilia Armand," the object of which is, he says, to call attention to the false notions which have hitherto prevailed on the subject of the French Revo lution, more especially as regards the characters of St. Just and Robespierre, who are described by Mr. St. John as almost the only virtuous men of the revolution. We do not agree with him in his estimate of the character of Robespierre; we consider Kobe s pierre to have been a cold-blooded, selfish hypocrite, who was preserved from any flagrant personal outrages of decorum by the coldness of his constitu tion—a the traitor, constantly intriguing with the partisans of old regime, who, to the drivey words lib e r o t f Cam il le madin Desmoulins, "en order to disgust the world with her." He was the Clea th endeavoured quote man of the reaction, and he would have succeeded in his schemes had he not been as inferior to Danton in courage as he was to Camille Desmoulins in honesty and ability. In one point, however, we entirely agree with Mr. Percy St. John, the history of the French o ßevolution g au t horsha pa b b l e e o f doing wr itten, andjustice twiceek h ofe task but of writing it, and that is Mr. J. A. St. John, th e father of the author o f " C ec i lia Armand." --- THE NAUTICAL GAZETTEER; a Di Maritime G eography. Parts I. and II ctionary of . The design of this work, which is publ the especial sanct i on of the Lords of th ished under Admiralty, is to fu rn i s h the naval service with a book of fer ence, &c•, " a p p li cable to the localities of the sea, em bracing general accounts of the coasts of the conti nents and islands of the world, with the roadsteads, harbours, navigable rivers, oLls, , , channels, currents, &c., together sh with the bars towns rocks and cities approachable by shipping, also latitudes, longi tudes, soundings, anchorages, and compass variations, with general sa ili ng d i rections to and from princ ipal roads ; th e w h o l e arranged alphabetically,t in r and g divisio ns o f t h e oceanic surface—namely, h Atlantic, th e S out h Atlantic thi: Indian e Arctic Ocean, and tbe North Pacifi c , th e South Pacific, a nd a publication has the 4utarOtic Sea." The; want of su ch long been felt. The progress of modern discoveries has rendered the existing works of this nature worse than useless, and a work which like the present places every navigator au niveau des connaissances actuelles, cannot but be hailed as a boon by every one " whose home is on the deep." VAN' —ITY FAIR. No. XI. By W. AI. Thackery. The Rawdon Crawleys, after getting over head and ears in debt in Paris, leave it with flying coloars i thanks to the tact and management of Rebecca, who also manages to induce Rawdon's London creditor; to accept a composition. Having sold his commis ion, Rawdon s only source of emolument is his superior knowledge of billiards, card-playing, &c., and heat last sinks down into " 21Trs. Crawley's husband," Mrs. Crawley herself being the adored of all the men who visit at their snug little ménage in Curzon-st-eet, where, like so many others, they manage to live 1, ry comfortably on "nothing a year." But, although Rebecca's cleverness and flippancy made her the vo,_;ue among a certain class of men, " The few female acquaintances whom Mrs. Crawley had known abroad, not only declined to visit he r e !ion she came to this side of the channel, but cut hel se verely when they met in public places. It vs as cui .aus to see how the great ladies forgot her, and no doubt not altogether a pleasant study to Rebecca. When I vdy Bareacres met her in the waiting-room at the Opera, she gathered her daughters about her as if they woul be contaminated by a touch of Becky, and retreating a cep or two, placed herself in front of them, and stare 1 at her little enemy. To stare Becky out of countem ace required a severer glance than even the frigid old Bareacres could shoot out of her dismal eyes. Vv7 Lady de Is Mole, who had ridden a score of time • by Becky's side at Brussels, met Mrs. Crawley's open car riage in Hyde-park, her Ladyship was quite blind, and could not in the least recognise her former friend. I Ten Mrs. Blenkinsop, the banker's wife, cut her at chu ch. Becky went regularly to church now; it was edif , ing to see her enter there with Rawdon by her side, carr• ing a couple of large gilt prayer-books, and afterwards going through the ceremony with the gravest resignation. " Rawdon at first felt very acutely the slights which were passed upon his wife, and was inclined to be gloomy and savage. He talked of calling out the husbands or brothers of every one of the insolent women who did not pay a proper respect to his wife; and it was only by the strongest commands and entreaties on her part, that he was brought into keeping a decent behaviour. ' Yon can't shoot me into society,' she said, good-naturedly. Remember, my dear, that I was but a governess, and you, you poor silly old man, have the worst reputation for debt, and dice, and all sorts of wickedness. We shall get quite as many friends as we want by and bye, and in the meanwhile you must be a good boy, and obey your schoolmistress in everything she tells you to do. When we heard that your aunt had left almost every thing to Pitt and hi., wife, do you remember what a rage you were in? You would have told all Paris, if I had not made you keep your temper, and where would you have been now?—in prison at St. Pelagic for debt, and not established in London in a handsome house, with every comfort about you —you were in such a fury you were ready to murder your brother, you wicked Cain you, and what good would have come of remaining angry? All the rage in th e wor ld won ' t get us your aunts money; and it is much better that we should be friends with your brother's family than enemies, as those foolish Butes are. When your father dies, Queen's Crawley will be a very pleasant house for you and me to pass the winter in. If we are ruined, you can vary( and take charge of the stable, and I can be a goves ness to Lady Susan's children. Ruined! fiddlededee! I will get you a good place before that; or Pitt and his little boy will die, and we will be Sir Rawdon and my lady. While there is life, there is hope, my dear, and I intent' to make a man of you yet. Who sold your horses for you? Who paid your debts for you?' Rawdon was obliged to confess that he owed all these benefits to his wife, and to trust himself to her guidance for the future. Thanks to the tact of Rebecca, Rawdon had kept• on terms with his brother, Pitt, after the death of aunt, and Rebecca now looks forward to the arriva in town of Lady Jane, to be her sponsor in Lordor society. In the meantime poor Amelia is living• quietly at Fulham, her whole soul wrapped up it, Georgy, who is taken an occasional walk into the park by old Sedley, and introduced to all the Waterlo: men he meets as the son of Captain Osborne, was killed in the battle of the 18th. One day 01, Sedley and Georgy meet Rawdon and his little son and the children are introduced to each other. Joel returns to India, and Major Dobbin, who is sta. tioned at Calcutta, is continually sending home hand some presents to Amelia and Georgy. His sister call on Amelia occasionally, and on the occasion o one of those visits she hears that William Dobbin it about to be married to Miss Glorvina O'Dowd. KNIGHT'S MONTHLY VOLUME. Vols. XVII. XVIII., XIX., XX., XXL, XXII., XX la _ Warnum's History of Painting. Two Parts—Destruc tion and Re-discovery of Pompeii. T'wo Parts— Popular Tumults—Planches History of British Cos tume. Two Parts. Since its transferrence to the establishment of Mr Charles Cox, from that of Mr. Charles Knight, thi excellent periodical has continued to make its ap pearance every successive month with the utinos regularity. The materials of the publication, type paper, printing, and illustration, are as good as here tofore, and the themes of the different volumes are a varied and intelligent. The " History of Painting, by Ralph N. Warnum is especially worthy of notice being a condensed narrative of the different stages the progress of that art both in ancient and modern times. The account of Pompeii is a reprint of Ur publication formerly issued by the Society for th Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and is em bellished with a profusion of excellent wood cuts. " Sketches of Popular Tumults, illus trative of the effects of Social Ignorance," ar divided into three sections, one on religious fanaticism dating from the first tumults against the Jews if England to the No-Popery Riots of Lord Grorg Gordon : another on political excitement, beginnin• with the days of \Vat Tyler : and a third on Raisin ) the Rate of Labour, illustrated by circumstance that have occurred in the manufacturing district* The " History of British Costume," by Planche, it like several of the preceding serials of this publication profusely adorned with embellishments; and afford the reader an accurate idea of the changes which hay at different times diversified the costumes of ou ancestors, from the tattooed emblazonry of the Pict down to our present most hideous and inelegant dray ) Altogether the Monthly Volume must prove no in considerable acquisition to the libraries of the mildl classes. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—Last night, shortly befor ten o'clock, two serious fires broke out almost sitnul taneously, at High-street, Camberwell, and High-s. reel Newington Butts. The first was discovered by a cot stable of the P division, burning upon the premises i the tenure of Mr. T. Tidy, furnishing ironmorg,e situate at No. 5, High-street, Camberwell. The cos stable raised an alarm, and fortunately the inmates ha not retired to rest, but so dense was the smoke in tt front shop, that none of them were able to pass throng it. They, however, succeeded in effecting a safe retret from the back of the house. The damage done to th valuable stock by fire and water is very serious ; Ix fortunately Mr. Tidy was insured in the Sun Fire-eines Mr. Inspector Campbell, with a powerful body of met were early at the fire, and kept the place from belt plundered by a party of men who are always on tl• alert in cases of such a disaster. The firemen had hard. succeeded in getting the above fire safely subdued, the a gentleman named Pratt, residing in the Wale on) road, communicated to them the intelligence of anothi outbreak in the same neighbourhood. It was found tb the spacious building in the occupation of Mr. Picket a cheesemonger, No. 17, High street, facing Newiugtt Church, was wrapt in a general blaze. Such was 0 fury of the destructive element when the firemen reach( the spot, that the whole of the surrounding habitatio: appeared in danger, and the occupiers were busily ei gaged in removing their furniture to a more diets: place for protection. Fortunately there was an hum( diate and abundant supply of water from the mains e the Lambeth Company, but notwithstanding the pp mises were nearly gutted before the flames could be et tinguished. The total damage must be very consida the raging of the flames, but the general o pi n i on is th able. Neither Mr. or Mrs. Pickett could be seen d urir they were not in the house when the disaster occurred. A striking example of an improvident Irish Ina riage was lately exhibited at MOneyg an . A hap; this bait N o n ads ß A w l e L r : A p Y u S t . u couple, who were married in the morning, were tang put up at 11,47:113.Y, stealing hay in the evening to make their nuptial colic —Leicester Express. lliecting them and• the sum they were let for last year ; bu , abovec o h m e T p u N e R tt e hi 1 I t w ei P o - I c n i cr. expensesoßs s They t ROADSnowf pike. crAoeof the falling off in the coll e t • from the competition by c ton of the tolls, 'wish offer was made, the numerous railways, not O. LITHOGRAPHY FOR ARCHITECTURAL SUBJECTS. We have recently seen of stumping go i _ s od effect to be ) in litho lithography by Hullmandel, which m. be advanta,,eousl supersedes the ne y ee u s s s e it d fofr architectural subects, as obtainedwith economy. —Bui ld er. . 9 aint- stone, and soenablet fIaPEcTED SPECIE. —Her Majesty's ship Cormore was to sail from Valparaiso for Rio Janeiro and Englat on the 29th August with about 1,500,000 dolls. in spec. on freight. ACCIDENT TO LORD GEORGE PAGEF.—We r gret to state that Lord George Paget, Lieuienar Colonel of the 4th Light Dragoon Guards, staticned Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin, met with an accident. Monday week, shortly after joining his regiment. TI Gallant OffiCer was accidentally thrown from his hors and unfortunately fractured his collar-bone. lv r happy to add that, according to the last accounts oeived, his Lordship was recovering.. tions in hono. One of the most splendid illuminations was exhibited; of the natal day of the Heir Apparent, T device consisted of Mr. Walton, of Gospo rt. plume of feathers, surmounti magnificent and costly _f ed of pure gas. The deaf the letters P. and W. formed and the effect exceedingly brillian well conceived, runs Madame Viardot Garcia has contracted an engag 'Lb the managers of the Grand Opera at Lien merit with of four months ' duration, to commence on the Ist January next. Mdlle. Lind has arrived at Stockholm, and w pass the greater part of the winter there. She w appear at the Theatre of Stockholm but two Or th: times at the most. tincoun,htiecpuuebw: .S 4 0 1 ,