The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

I CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Aldermen WILSON and lltrartes Humus.) Ann Simons, aged 26, spinster, was indicted for steal Mg 200 yards of lace, 30 handkerchiefs, and a variety of miscellaneous articles, of the value of 2621., the property of James Marshal and J. Stinton, her masters, in then dwelling-house. Philip Daveril Hickman was also in dicted for feloniously receiving that property. There was another indictment charging Simons with stealing shadier property of the value of .5001., and her father Benjamin Simons, a licensed victualler, was indi c t e d for feloniously receiving it. The court was crowded to excess at au early hour. The Attorney -General and Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution; Sergeant Wilkins appeared for Simons, mad Hickman was defended by Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Ballantine. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having stated the case, Mr. CLARKSON examined Mr. Marshall, of the firm of Marshall and Stinton, of Vero-street, Oxford-street, silk Inorehanta, the principal points of whose evidence were. that the prisoner, Ann Simons, had been two years in the e mployment of that fi rm . It was part of her dut) t o cut out silk and satin for cloaks, and give them to b, *ads, This gave her access to the property. No sus icion was entertained of her until the 18th of October " t i when, in consequence of what he learned from one of the assistants, he charged her with stealing several dozen pairs of silk stockings, which sho had received to show, and had not returned. On search ing her box part of the property was found. 'Witness suspected that she must have plundered thy 1.111 to a great amount, because, in taking stock last F ebru ary, a deficiency in the amount of 8,000 / . was and from the last time of taking stock in the preceding October. She was given into custody. Subsequently ether property, set forth in another indictment, not affecting Hickman, was traced. From letters found in her box, it was ascertained that she was in the habit of sleeping at Hickman's chambers, in Lincoln's Inn, and it the auspected that some of the property might be found there. When she was brought before fhe magistrate she was defended by Mr. Wathen, solicitor to Mr. Hick-- 2 1111 ln, to whom that gentleman introduced him as partner In the firm of Price and Co., of Mincing-lance, merchants. On that occasion Hickman expressed regret at the con. duct of Simons, and, in answer to Mr. Marshall, said that he became acquainted with her by a casual meeting In Holles-street; that he knew her father, but not that she had a child., IMr. Marshall then observed that the waistcoat which Hickman had on was his property, tine asked him how he got it? Hickman replied, that he had received it as a present from Simons, who told him that it was from ttarshalrs, but that it was a remnant, and had cost very little. Mr. Marshall asked if he had received anything else of the kind from her by way of present? To which he replied, that ho had received about eleven waistcoats, some pocket handkerchiefs, and other thin gs . H e offered to give the prosecutor every 'City for the recovery of the property which Simons au ght have taken. When the search was mad e the prisoner's chambers, the latter gave every d facility, and assisted in breaking open two boxes tan-- examining two bundles which Simons had left I re. lie also produced 18 cambric pocket handker lefti, given to him by the young woman, and pointed out several costly articles in the room, which she had purchased and presented to him —an easy chair, a br onze doe', for a chimney ornament, a b eau tif u l exo ti c Plant, in a flower-pot on a pedestal, a gold watch-chain, and other valuables. Mr. Marshall observed that she could not be supposed to be honestly 30 liberal out of a salary 01 3 0/. a year, upen which Mr. Hickman said e alway s understood that she had a salary of 701. a r e ar, and perquisit es , w hi c h ra i se d t h e amount to 1201. rshall as k e d , did H i ckman give her anything ? To w hich he answered, that he never gave her any money e k _ l cePt 3s. 6d. f or h er ca b hi re each t i me she earn° to his ch ambers, but he had laid out 2401. in paying off a mort- OD for her father. wi . 13e ing cross-examined by M r . S ergean t W ILKINS , the tness said there was Mr. Snelgrove in their establish ent, who w as no t a partner, but had a salary of 2001. FYear and an eighth of the profits. He would not admit ,t he a partner to all intents and purposes. A eh lady, w h o h a d t h e super i nten d ence o f th e hou se , Vt 3 dismissed some days ago for allowing the fl un g women to sleep out of the house when they t peti• Mr. Snolgrove had the key of the street ', r, and the general superintendence of the pre rl'aek Witness remembered a ball at Crickleford, at t he l ho use of a friend to the firm. M i ss S i mons was th k ere, she wore a ve l vet d ress. lie did not remember ilat she had a very splendid bouquet. He did not be but Mr. Stinton (his partner) danced with her, he would not swear he did not. He swore positively th a t a perso n name d B ar k er was di s mis se d for saying Lat Mr. Stinton had been too free with Simons. That ar son was dismissed in consequence of a note from bim ler, found i n h er b ox . he cross-examination of the w i tness by Sir F. THE. 61 WaB chiefly to show that Hickman readily offered rY befrsacility to the search for the property in hi s 'am. -------- - 4 ,, AR LBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) yenisanaah Davis, a repulsive looking woman, was L ae nd at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with it a n au eg a silver watch from the person of Mr. Joseph " ° re, No. 48, Upper John-street. Noel l aPpeared that the prosecutor was walking along -B treet at an early hour on Sunday morning, when Prisoner came up and accosted him. He made no s hawer to her importunities, and went on his way. The Priaoner still persisted in following him, and on arriving at . th e corner of the street he turned round to ask her he rself she f o ll owe d hi m. She made no reply, but placed O rs sir opposite t o him. lie then fe l t a sharp tug at _la w ateb-guard, an d on putt i ng h i s hand to his waist rat pocket he missed his watch. The prisoner ran aeral/ towards Soho-sare. He followed her, calling out. " Police" and " on Stop thief l'' Ise event ..ill et..,,, o r 1 0 her i n H o l len-street, and seized hold of her right ha nd and took the watch therefrom. A constable then cattle up and received charge of the prisoner. ~,, "sePh Tapley, p r i nter, N oe l- street, sa id h o was ","ing down th e street w h en he heard the cry of "stop'teP thief." H e l oo k e d roun d , and saw the prisoner aping, follow e d by the prosecutor. Witness f o ll owe d, Well iIP ' t l aw him lay hold of her in Hollen- s t ree t. Wi tness to see what was the matter, and while he was standing by thn prisoner he saw her drop the pair of ilei n sa nra produced. pri"setice-.constable 50 C said he received charge of the eller in A Holl-street. The toim tat sh. had stol e his en watch, and handed it prosecutor over td ho witnehss. avportion of the guard was attached to the watch, and aPpeared to have been cut by some sharp in atrutuent. .i.The Prisoner, in a rambling defence, denied the charge ._ r ebbery, '"'s- Etistursatm said the evidence vias sufficiently clear joiarrant him in committing her f,,,- trial. lat t h q s m . e p a!: 3 4. , accordingly. s bro.-ellit before Binghw t , charged thr ' al leg 1- : w , a PO billiard balls b, Hanove,,Nuare, Jos e h the tenio thit .y I)ilford, steward at the Orie... 4 i •• t bout Club, sten.] nine o'clock this morning, as he eas entering the area gate l • aaw th e priso , ne e r ading to the rear of the premises, he b undl ewiinteti under his arm. down the back stairs with a arm. Witness asked him what he se e One t here? The prisoner replied that he wanted to none of of Mr. Jaques's men. Witness told him that iln _ his men were working there, and demanded to butZewhere he had been to, and w,..t he had got in the int • The prisoner then admitted that be had been subst(h_e billiard-room, and taken the coat pi educed. He Po c k t u entlY pulled the three billiard balls from his mont et, and said that was all he had taken lie then he a constable and gave him into custody. full a prisoner, who declined to offer any defence, was j eor e o , te e ni 7 i . t , ted for trial. With Bt ./ eali horn, a notorious young thief, was charged bundle of cigars, value 285., the pro- Perty of M u g , aaill. r. I eter Turner, tobacconist, 28, Great Wind streetMae. enut..t. 3 Turner, the wife of the prosecutor, said that siz o'cloek on Saturday evening she wa s i n th e ' 1 5 :PP when th e prisoner came one ame in for a li g h t. S h e told l ea !bat he could not there. Sh e t h en saw h i m '44 up th e curtain and get ethe cigars from the window. P ie then ran out of the sbhop, pursued by witness. He W5B eventually stopped a gentleman in the street, Who detained him tilshe)a' rrived, when she gave him in charge. On being searched at th© station no cigars Were found upon him. The prisoner, in defence, 8 • d a man told him to said and bring them go into the shop and take the to him. Mr. BINGHAM committed him for trial. WOR SHIP -STREET.—(TH IS John Johnson and John Harden were ch n e rg •lk ed l( ; ) 3 follows: Police-sergeant Judd, 44 N, was on duty in th e Ki ngsland-road at about eigkt o'clock last evening, when he ob serve d the prisoners hurriedly, but stealthily, p ro _ eeediug onward. He stopped them. Johnson ran off; b ut t wit nesa secured Harden, and took him to th e station ,nouse. Wi tness searc h e d hi s pr i soner, and found upon 'ita two silk dresses, one black silk cape, one black silk k wiLi3 tooat, a gold seal, a pair of gold ear-rings, three •.racelet clasps, two latch-keys, a knife, and other small il a ttiel ea- Witness observed the prisoner throw something -w aY, and on going back to the spot, he found four liaaheleton keys. Witness subsequently found that a rob arY had been cammitted in the Birdcage-walk, Stam ford -hill. aol:olice-constabla 65 N, said he succeeded in capturing i , "neon, and found on him two silk dresses, two coats, " li m e bitch -key, a shawl, and some lucifer matches, &c. lik -4 " r i i clward Robertssm, of No. 8, Birdcage-walk, Par 4-°r a "'hill said he left his home about five o'clock at nigh t y afternoon, and on his return, about ten o clock artier. ) round his house had been broken open. The Th e "iv produced were his property. prisoner, who sid nothing in their efence, were or dered to s be comm it ted to Newgato for tri d al. 1) A A , f or many --IiATII OP ANOTITER .txCTOß.—J o kyllue, Yelra a clever representative of old men, at Covent garden and Drury -lane fi lled a respons ible sittation, is no more end who both o ul n AIACK ARBL.—Lar ge quantities of these delicious shllate. beenfortnight taken at Slapt on - san d s d ur i ng the l ust A i e se took at ne ha upward of 0,000. They s hav l e enine be retailed in the neighbouring villages at th ree shillings per hundred of six score.— Leeds Mercury, OPENIN G OF PARLIAIKENT.--THE TELEGRAPH.— On Tuesday. the Royal Speech, with which the business 4 , 3 1 the s ession is opened, was read by C ommission. In four 'lours and a half after its delivery, it was printed in -t;dinburgh, it having been conveyed thither by the Elec tric Telegraph. This is one of the most remarkable in "ances that has as yet come to our knowledge, of the expeditionex with which intelligence can be conveyed by ageacy.—Mer agency.—Aberdeen Herald, TILE: SUN, LITLRATURE. TILE PRACTICE OF IN SOLVENCY AND SUJfMOZiSES FOR DEBT, as Transferred to the County Courts and the ('curl for the Relit! ( ! f In • soleeLt Debtors. By John Japoe, Esq., Barrister at- law. In The Sun of the 28th of June last we noticed the third edition of Jagoe's Practice of the County Courts." The favourable manner in which that work has been received proves that we did not over-estimate the importance of the subject, or the ability with which it was treated by Mr. Jagoe. 'We have now belbre us, by the same author, " The Practice of In solvency and Debt." The subject of this work, under my circumstances, is a difficult one to treat of, and particularly so in the present instance. It must be in the recollection of our readers, that a Bill was in troduced into the House of Lords during the last session of Parliament by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Brougham, to abolish the Court of Review and to alter the jurisdiction of the Courts of Bankruptcy. While this Bill was passing through Parliament it met with much opposition, and both in and out of the House was designated as a piece of patchwork legislation that would turn out a decided failure. [he judges of the County Courts, many of them unlearned in the law, and the remainder occu pied in paying flying visits from the favourite locality of their practice to the districts of their judicial duties, had little time to spare for construing Acts of Parliament which in this case presented any but an easy or pleasing duty, and we are warranted in asserting that the country, so far as the practice under the Acts is con cerned, the subject of this work, has been in a state of ignorance. Mr. Jagoe, in bringing out this work, laboured under the disadvantage of being the first writer on the subject, and to judge from the number of rules and forms he had to draw his materials from, the labour must have been consi derable in selecting from such resources. This com prehensive practice, which not only treats of how the courts should be constituted, the duties of the officers, and the manner of conducting the business, but fully directs how the property of insolvents should be managed, to secure the safety of those estates from the first form of letter of payment to the dividend warrant, is given, and many of those forms are pre pared to be signed in duplicate and triplicate, so that creditors have little to apprehend that the estates vested for their benefit will be wasted. In the entire of the Acts Mr. Jagoe notices but one omission, that of neglecting to supply an officer to perform the duties of the accountant in bankruptcy, but even for that he suggests a remedy, viz., "that the treasurer of the county court should perform those duties," and he shows that the Lord Chancellor may make an order to appoint him, or any other person to whose credit the proceeds of insolvents' estates may he lodged, without a new enactment. As a work of practice, few books have come under our notice more perfect; it is arranged in a manner that must afford great facilities of reference to the profession in court. It supplies the officers with all the forms which they require; and it so completely simplifies those Acts, that if the Government or Lord Brougham should be again taunted with being the authors of patchwork legislation, they would only have to reply, " Read Mr. Jagoe's work." By these works Mr. Jagoe has attained for himself the character of a first-rate legal writer, an industrious collector of materials, and a clear-headed and intelligent commentator. As they say that a person who is once inoculated with the mania .ccribendi never wholly gets rid of the passion, or abandons the pursuit, we shall confidently look forward for many other valuable results of Mr. Jagoe's research and industry. It would be an in justice to pass without notice the copious and well arranged index, affording the greatest facility for re ference, the importance of which every lawyer is so well aware of, as to consider it the most essential and indispensable requisite of every legal publication. ALMANACS FOR 1848. THE AGRICULTURAL ALMANAC for 1848. THE HORTICULTURAL ALMANAC for 1848. 7'llE ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANAC for 1848. THE PICTORIAL ALMANAC for 1848. November generally witnesses an inundation of almanacs—a very different inundation from the Christmas story-book of Mrs. Gore. Every class, every tase, every occupation, every profession is studied by the publishers who cater for the public in this department of ephemeral literature. And it is ,„.it it ;. ; tor the almanac has tecome an essential assistant to almost every member of the community. 11 e have to commend in an especial manner the four which are above enumerated, for their orderly arrangement, for their condensation of information, fur their singular cheapness, and the two last for their profuse and graceful illustration. Of the Agri cultural Almanac and Farmer's Calendar, we need only remark that it is superintended, and edited, and, in a great measure, written by Mr. Matthew M. Milburn, author of several prize essays for the agricultural societies of Inland, Scotland, and Yorkshire, to show that it is characterised by correctness and intelligence. To the farmer it will prove during the twelvemonth of 1848 an invaluable companion. To afford some idea of its arrangement, we may state that it gives a long catalogue of Agricultural Societies and Far mer's Clubs, accompanied by the names of their different secretaries; the farm-work for every month separately ; a list of chemical tests ; recipes of a veterinary kind ; the fairs and markets in England, and an abundance of useful paragraphs. The Hor ticultural Almanac and Gardener's Yrar Book, is, in f ur It- peculiar for its compactness, as we ll as It- accumulation of facts and dates. Th e gar dener find it at once a rade mecum and a roam '4-", fantastic illustrations of the months, contained in the illustrated London Almanac, are in the loosest style of Vpnny Meadows, and are any thing but em b e lli s h me n ts. The very first—January —seems to be dripping with tallow, Instead of with icicles. The exquisite country scenes from the pencil of B. Foster, make up, however, admirably for the want of excellence in the other woodcuts. Several of the engravings in the Pictorial Almanac are among the best that have appeared in the:Pictoria/ Newspaper. As a first instalment of the Almanacs for 1848, these four are deserving of commendation. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT of Al orlemoimelle JENNY LIND, as AMINA, in the Sonnamhula. Mr. Mitchell has recently published a beautiful lithographic portrait of the "Swedish nightingale," in the character of the Sonnfimbula. The portrait is lithographed by Mr. T. 11. Maguire, from a drawing by Valentini, and represents her in the last scene, where, after the descent from the mill, she is in the act of pressing the flowers to her bosom, just before she awakens from her state of somnambulism. The likeness is life-like, and the artist has managed most truthfully to convey the peculiar expression of half dreamy consciousness which is so characteristic of portrait is surrounded is in excellent taste, and, taken as a whole, this is one of the most interesting portraits of Jenny Lind that has yet appeared. It is drooping* fr owmh on Sunday, said that a brewer's dog at Malmsbury is re gularlS drunk six days in the week, by licking the D ISCOVERY.—Workmen he is tied up. In the' thickness the various taps, and only gets sober thedral. SINGULAR the interior arches of Durham Ca repairing have been re centlyhave found a fire of the transept arches they Tnz fits place and chimney of lar I" NCR DR j ge proportions. Toulon states that the h OINVILLE.—A letter from expected there, andthat the squadron is daily his arrival, proceed the Prince de • • . to Paris , to Joinville will, on of the Chambers. be present at the opening ASIIION.—THE LATE T now be said to b e c d URN-OUT.—This s trike may n ended, as the greater hands have returned t o wor k at the portion of the are only working short ti me ; indeed, abate ment , b ut t h ey working seven and eight hour s per day.eed' some last week, subscriptions have been madeAs w e no ti ce d amountin g to a considerable sum, which was this week made up to about 100/.—Manchester Times. TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. - -If is a curious fact yet to be explained, that the electric telegraph will not work in the summit tunnel of the Manchester, Sheffield ' and Lincolnshire Ra i l wa y . This tunnel, us o ur readers know, was one of the severest pieces of boring that has been executed, and is the longest of Erglish tunnels, not excepting that of Box on the Great W es t ern . THE GLASS TRADE.—We regret to learn that the glass trade in this district is still very much depressed. several of the manufactories being on short time and others suspended. This depression extends to both the flint and the crown glass houses.—/Vetecastle Guardian. Tut LEITH PACKET.—On Saturday, intelligence reached Lloyd's that the Leith packet, supposed to have been lost, had been found ashore in Carnarvon Bay, the crew, &e., were saved by the Norman, and landed at Liverpool. THE COUNTY COURTS. A Gazette published on Saturday contains the follow ing important notification:— " At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October, 1847, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. " Whereas by an Act, passed in the session holden in the nine and tenth years of her Majesty's reign, intituled An Act for the more easy recovery of small debts and demands in England,' it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, to order that the judges, clerks, bailiffs, and officers of the courts holden under the said Act, or any of them, shall be paid by salaries instead of fees, or in any manner other than is provided by the said Act : " And whereas by the said Act it is also enacted, tha , any order in Council made for the purposes of the said Act shall be published in the London Gazette, and notice of the intention of her Majesty to take into consideration lbe propriety of making any such order shall be pub lished in the London Gazette one calendar month at least before any such order shall be made : " And wh, reas her Majesty has been pleased this day to refer the consideration of the said Act, and of the order which it may be proper to make for the purpo,;es of the said Act, as before-mentioned, to a committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and to direct that the raid committee do report their opinion thereupon to her Majesty: " Notice is hereby given, that after the expiration of one calendar month from the date of the publication of this totice in the London Gazette, her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, will take into consideration the propriety of making an order, under the provisions of the sai I Act, for paying the judges, clerks, bailiffs, and officers of the said courts by salaries instead of fees, or in such other manner as may he deemed expedient. " W. L, BATHURST." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the pleasure grounds of Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale 3, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, went yesterday forenoon to the sea beach, and took their usual airings. Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne, on Saturday, on a visit. Saturday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, arrived in town from their resi dence at Kew. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a dinner in celebration of the auspicious event, at her residence Gloucester House, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Mr. Edmond Mildmay), her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and a select circle. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saterday, at Lansdowne House. The Ministers pre sent were—Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council broke up shortly before six o'clock. Mr. Wynn, •f the Royal Mint, had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday morning. Mr. Pendarves had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong- Kong, and Malta, and also from the Lord High Com missioner of the lonian Islands, were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. R. Boyle. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, the Lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. R. Boyle. The anthem was, " Sing unto the Lord (Purcell). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. Ladies St. Germans, Sydney, and Charlemont, Lords Shaftesbury, Grey, St. Germans, and Granville, and the Bishop of Ely, were amon g the nobility present. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been suffering some days from an attack of gout, was better yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne are staying with his Lordship at Lansdowne House. Lord and Lady John Russell have issued cards for a grand dinner on Wednesday next. Viscount and Viscountess Palmer s t on en t er t a i ne d _ _ _ a distinguished circle to dinner on Saturday last, at their residence in Carlton-gardens. Among the guests wore Lord Elphinstone, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord harry Vane, Lady Cowley, Lady Beauvale, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. E. J. and lion. Mrs. Stanley, Hon. Mr. Temple, the lion. William Cowper, &c. Her Ladyship had a brilliant ri union at a later period of the evening. The Duke of Wellington honoured the reception by his presence, and the general company includ•d his Excellency the Aus trian Ambassador and the Countess l)ietrichstein, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brurinow and Mdlle. Olga de Lcchner, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excel lency senor Isturtiz, his Excellency Baron de Beust, his Excellency the Bavarien Minister and Baroness de - Cetto, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and Via countess Muncorvo, his Excellency the Marquis di Lisbon, his Excellency Count Revel, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Ihnerott, Count and Countess de Jarnac, Count Henri de Beam, Baron Roller, Count Rosen, Baron Nicolay, Baron Irsola, Count Potocki, the Marquis and Marchioness of Nor manby, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis Villa franca, the Earl and Countess of St. Germans and Lady Louisa Eliot, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle mentine Villiers, the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl and Countess of Arran and Lady Elizabeth Gore. Viscount Canterbury, Lord John Russell, Lord Brooke, Lord Edward Howard, Lord de Manley, Lord and Lady Shelley, Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, Baron Parke and Miss Parke, the Right Hon. Thomas B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. C. Buller, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the Hon. Miss Browne, Lord Campbell and the lion. Miss Campbell, the Right lion. Fox and Mrs. Maule, lion. Captain and Lady Charlotte Berke ley, Mr. and Lady Mary Stephenson, Hon. Stafford and the lion. Mrs. Jernyngham, lion. Captain Robert Gore, Hardy, a r i d t h 11 t r. Hon.C. and Coloneldy G La eo dy rg S in e n a tt ford no a m nd in t y k , e Misses th Dawson Darner, Sir Augustus Clifford and Miss Clifford, and Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., Mr. and Mrs. John Townley, lion. G. Jernynghatn, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., Mr. George Repton, M.P., Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., and Mrs. Craig, Mr. Tuf nell, M.P. Hon. Mr. Caulfield, M,P.. Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, Mr. B. Sheridan, M.P., Mr. C. Grentell, Mr. F. R om illy, M r . C. Clif ford, Mr. Edwardes, Mr. Fonblanque, Mr. Spencer de Horsey and Miss do Horsey, Mr. Panipszi, Miss Temple, Miss Cuyler, Mr. Tenison, M.P., Mr. Rich, Captain, Eastwick, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Mandeville, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Mactavish, Mr. A. Montgomery, Mr. Dundas, Mr. G. Duff, M.P., Mrs. Ricardo. &c. RESIGNATION OF THE GOWN nT ALDERMAN Tuomes WOOD.—On Saturday it was signified to the Committee of Aldermen sitting at Guildhall that Alder man Thomas Wood intended to resign his gown ; and a Court of Aldermen was ordered to be summoned to re ceive his resignation. MISS BIRCH AND THE FRENCH OPERA.--The Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine was occupied on Friday with a case in which MM. Duponchel and Nes tor Roquoplan, the managers of lho French Opera, de manded 30,000 francs damages against Miss Birch for breach of engagement. The plaintiff's counsel stated that when the fair defendant was called on to appear at the theatre, it was found that she had availed herself of the Northern Railway and the Boulogne steamer, and had passed over to England. The Court sentenced her by default to pay the 30,000 francs demanded. It is scarcely necessary to say that this decision is by no means final, and that Miss Birch has the power to justify her conduct if she pleases to do so. ABINGDON BANR..—We are authorised to state that Mr. Knapp, the proprietor, who was said to have absconded, has surrendered to his fiat, and will appear uratiniqlx,akth2,l2o.;---.24:tim s pivirs.hPld haurn Mr. FIRE.—On Tuesday evening last, between six and seven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the farmyard of Mr. Husbands, farmer, of Worthington, which consumed eight stacks of corn—principally wheat. It is believed to be the work of an incendiary, as four of them were all burning together when first discovered ; and some umbrage had been given to tramps, by refusing relief to them.—Leicester Chronicle. The Observer of Sunday, Nov. 28, with a stamped half- sheet gratuitous Supplement, together 60 folio columns, price sixpence. —Principal contests :—The week's Parliament, upwards of ten folio columns—City, Money, and Commercial matters, nearly six columns— Intended Shakspeare Performauce, the 7th of December, at Covent-garden Theatre, about a column —Critiqu e on Mr. Taylor's new Play, at the Princess's Theatre, nearly two columns—By the Observer Express from Paris Saturday's French Papers, including the latest Bourse Prices and Belgian Funds, a column—London and South-Western Meeting on Saturday at Nino Elms, three columns—Marylebone Vestry Meeting on Satur day, nearly a column—About 100 useful Advertise ments. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, upwards of a column ; with 30 columns of Political sad Domestic Events. The Observer and gratuitous Supplements of November 21 and 28, sixpence each, can be had all the coming week, at the office, 170, Strand. LEI.:DS THEATRE.—On Wednesday evening Mr. George Jones appeared in the character of Hamlet, fur the benefit of the Shakspero memorial. His perform ance was much applauded by a well-filled house, and on the falling of the curtain be came forward, on being loudly called for, and delivered a short add ress . O n Thursday he played Shylock, for the benefit of Mr. Wilkinson. His services on both occasions were gra tuitous. He has since accepted an engagement, for six nights, from Mr. Pritchard, and will open the campaign at Hull, in the character of Macbeth, on Monday even ing next. The following Wednesday he will play Romeo to Mrs. Butler's Juliet ; this gifted actress having also been engaged by Mr. Pritchard to delight the lovers of fine acting in Hull, as, through his spirited exertions, she has delighted them at Leeds.—Leeds In telligencer. BANK OF ENGLAND. RETURNS OF NOV. 13 AND 20, 1817, COMPARED. ASSETS. Increase. Increase—Government Securi ties ... .£50,000 Ditto—Bullion ... 758,437 £308,437 Decrease—Other Sec curies (deduct) 769,351 Increase Balance LIABILITIES. Increase—Public Deposits ... X 1,225,037 Decrease Private Depo sits ... ••• £145,689 Ditto Notes with drawn from circa don ••• 752915 Ditto—Seven day and other Bills 2,691 ---X1,201,295 Balance Increase ... By week's Profit, add to rest . £39,086 £26,742 12,344 - £39,086 MONETARY PUZZLE. Given—Tho balances of the receipts and paymemis, to find the operations of banking during the week:— RECRIPTS. Balance—Public Deposits ... £1,228,037 Ditto—Other Securities ... 769,351 Ditto—Week's Profit added to rest 12,344 .02,009,732 Note.—By the assets and liabilities' ac connts, it would appear that these receipts hare been appropriated in the following proportions : PAYMENTS. Balance—For bullion ..• £758,437 Ditto—Notes withdrawn from circulation ••• 752,915 Ditto— To reduction of pri vate deposits ... 445,689 Ditto—Government securi ties ... 50,000 Ditto—Seven day and other Bills 2,691 2,009,732 Total received by the Bank 0 0 0 Of which was returned to circulation £2,009,732 Cash decrease of private deposits £445,689 Cash seven day, and other Bills, 2,691 ----- 448,380 Retained by the Bank, or decrease of circulation. Bullion ... ... £758,437 Notes withdrawn, decrease ... 752,915 Invested in Go vernment secu rities ... ... 50,000 1,561,352 2,009,732 Ilfracombe, Nov. 27, 1847. 0 0 0 A SKETCH of BRAZILIAN MANNERS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) One morning in the month of September, a little negro girl, of about twelve years old, either came volun tardy, or strayed into a country house occupied by his Excellency Lord Howden, about three miles from the town of Rio de Janeiro. A s th e wretc h ed creature could not speak a word of Portuguese, or any languag e k nown to the i nmates of the cottage, it was impossible to find out her history, or her motives for seeking shelter in the abode of the English Ambassador. It was evident, however, that the little negress wa s f resh from Africa , ' and it was pr o b a bl e th a t s h e had run away f rom h er master, to escape some of those horrid punishments which are too easily and too frequently awarded to Slaves for the slightest faults. Some days after, the m aster of the girl presentei hi mse lf to claim the girl, and he was told by Lord Bowden that at a particular hour o f t h e day she should be sent to the British Legation in town, there to be given up to him, if he could claim her according to law, and if not, that she should be given to the Govern went of the country, to be made free a s a contraband and newly imported slave ; but, in that c ase, the person who claimed her must meet the risk attached to his former illegal possession of her. The master of the girl, a very rich Portuguese of the worst char acter, but of great influence and wealth, retired from Lord Howden's house, saying that at the appointed hour he would go to the British Legation, and claim the slave, as the g i r l h ad been born in his family, and legally and indubitably be longed to him. In the course of the day the little girl was sent from the country house, under the care of three persons, but they had not proceot ed above a mile when, at a favourable turn of the road, where there was great facility of concealment from trees and underwood, out rushed a dozen black slaves, headed by a white overseer, all armed with pikes and bludgeons. These ruffians attacked tho escort, threw the little negress over the shoulders of the stoutest amongst them, and hurried her up into the mountains. A lady, who was with the girl on her journey, tracked, from an eminence, the white overseer and the greater part of the blacks into an un finished house that was building at the foot of the hill where the outrage took place, and she then ran back to the cottage, to tell Lord llowden of what had happened. His Lordship put a pair of pistols in his belt, and accom panied her to the house where the ruffians had taken refuge, and, on the white overseer being identified by the lady, Lord Howden, perfectly alone, walked up to him while he was standing by the aide of his employer (the master of the girl who had claimed her) and, though there were two other white men in the yard, and at least twenty blacks working, all in the service of the Portuguese slave dealer, Lt.,rd Howden seized the delin quent by the throat, threw him down, turned him over, tied bib arms behind with his handkerchief, took him out of the house single-handed, and then walked with him into town as his prisoner, a distance of at least three miles, and there lodged him in the house of the Minister if Foreign Affairs, to the no small astonishment of the inhabitants, at an exhibition of energy and courage quite beyond their comprehension. The history of the whole business soon got wind, and h er Majosty'a Ambassador is looked upon as a sort of devil incarnate by tho Bra zilians, who think a man must be mad to expose his per son to any danger or to walk a league in the sun. If Lord Howden had taken the dignified line of sending for the police, they would have searched every house in the district excepting the e particular ono which contained the culprits. Even as it was, his Lordship might just as well have stayed at h ome , for laws in Brazil are lik e promises or pie -crusts, made to be broken, and the same rich Portuguese villain may grosses before he dies. buy fifty more little ne- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of the 28th instant appeared an account of the sudden death of my nePhe‘i' Mr. Thomas Prizeman, grocer, 12, Cross-street, New Town, Hoxton, nearly the whole of which is in correct. In the first place, my nephew was not in pecuniary difficulties, neither was he in his usual health and spirits on his retiring to bed, but, on the contrary, was in a d e li rious state o f mind, as was shown by the verdict of the coro ner's jury, such state of mind being brought on by excessive pain, arising from two ope rations which he underwent within ten days of his death, the last being performed only four days pre viously, and by the dread of a repetition of such operation. I will also add that my nephew lived more than half an hour after the infliction of the wound. I, therefore, rely on a con tradiction of th e statement in your n ex t paper.—Sir, I remain, , yours respectfully, J . PACKER. 19, Cross-street, New Town, Hoxton. EXTENSIVE FAILUR E IN GLASGOW.—WO are sorry to announce the failure of the firm of Messrs. A. and J. Downie, of this city, extensive drysaltera and general merchants. The house is old and respectable, and is largely connected with London and Liverpool. The exact position of their affairs cannot for a day or two be ascertained with certainty, but from the extensive busi ness they have done, their liabilities must be large. We believe the amount of their real debts will be under 150,000/., contingent, however, upon the manner in which a very large amount of bills receivable may be met.—Reformers' Gazette. THE LATE JOSEPH TOULMIN, ESQ., SURGEON, OF lIACKNET.—To the list of recent sudden deaths we must add the name of this eminent and much respected veteran in the medical profession. Last Tu es d a7 was h i ralliPrßatiq/ ciTralnifieNiViCes—er total cessation of business, in the vicinity, gave token of the regret his demise had occasioned, and the respect in which his family are held, and, indeed, have been held for nearly a century. Among the mourners we observed Mr. Bransby Cooper, and other distinguished medical gen tlemen; and a long train of carriages closed the mourn ful procession. Mr. Toulmin was in his seventy.sixth year, and his decease was occasioned by an affection of the heart. At the inquest, which was necessarily held on the occasion, the foreman observed that, " In record ing their verdict, the jury could not help expressing their regret at being called upon to discharge their me lancholy office towards one of the oldest and most re spected inhabitants of the parish, whose character and talents have always been held in high estimation, and whose loss will in various ways be deeply felt, not only by his immediate connexion and wide circle of friends, but by the parishioners generally." TOE ABMs.—An additional strength will be made to the Royal Artillery of two companies to each batta lion, but we understand that the arrangements for that purpose cannot be carried into effect until April next. Tie vacancy in the Colonelcy of the 3d Dragoon Guards has been filled up by the transfer of Earl Cathcart from the 1 tth Light Dragoons to that corps. Th e Colonelcy of the 11th has been conferred upon Lieutenant -General Henry Wyndham, an officer highly distinguished by his services in the Peninsula. Lieutenant -General Wyndham was present at the battles of Roleia, Vimiera, 13enevente, Albueira, Usagr e , M orales de Toro, Vit toria, and the Pyrenees. Th e Lieutenant -General also served in the Netherlands in lgls, and was severely wounded at Waterloo.—United Service Gazette. His Excellency the French Ambassador gave a grand banquet on Saturday evening last, at the Embassy, in Manchester•square, to a distinguished circle. The guests include his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency the Rus sian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, hi s E xce l lency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Chinricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh. Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady John Russell, the count and countess do Jarnsc, Bw. LONDON. MONDA V II EVEN ENG, NOVEMBII.II. 20, 1847. ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION The following deeply interesting and most impor tant letter has just been addressed by Dr. King to Earl Grey, as the Colonial Secretary : TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY. 17, Saville-row, Nov. 25. The last ray of hope has now faded that Sir John Franklin by his own exertions can save himself and his 125 followers from the death of starvation. I trust, therefore, your Lordship will excuse my call ing your attention to my letter of the 10th of June last (see ante, No. 1,024), which is acknowledged, but remains unanswered. I should not have intruded myself again on your Lordship's notice were I able to believe that your Lordship is fully sensible of the heavy responsibility which the calamity has placed upon you. The Admiralty Board may send assist ance by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans—they may set in motion every mariner who has assisted in ploughing the northern seas, yet it will not relieve von from respon s ibilit y as t h e pr i nc i pal Secretary of State for the Colonies. The service which I have proposed as a matter of precedent sh,mld emanate from the Colonial Board. It was from that board that assistance was dispatched in search of Sir John Ross, and from that board the Polar Land Journeys, so fruitful in result, were one and all set on foot. I have already called yGur Lordship's attention to the evidence which Sir Edward Barry on his retire- I wilt from active service has laid before the Admiralty in confirmation of his opinion that the most serious consequences to his crew would be the result of passing a third winter in the Polar regions —and a 'third winter, it is now too evident, the lost expedition must pass in the inclement North. In order, how ever, to save our fellow- creatures from all the hor rors of starvation and its awful consequences, I have offered to your Lordship to undertake the boldest journey which has ever been proposed ; and one which is justifiable only from the circumstances. I have offered to attempt to reach the western land of North Somerset before the close of the sum mer of 1848 —to accomplish, in fact, in one summer that which has never been accomplished under two summers, by which means I incur the risk of having to winter with the Esquimaux ; or of having to make the journey along the barren ground to winter guar • ters on snow-shoes. How, your Lordship may in quire, is this Herculean task to be performed ? Upon what grounds do I rest my hope of success ? I would state, in answer, that it is necessary the leader of such a journey should have an intimate knowledge of the country and the people through which he has to pass—the health to stand the rigour of the cli mate—and the strength to undergo the fa tigue of mind and body to which he will be subjected. It is because I have these requisites, which I conscientiously believe are not to be found in another, that I hope to effect my purpose. The un civilised man—and upon the service under conside ration we must have large dealings with him—in choosing his subject looks for physical, not mental, qualifications; an -I if these are not apparent, he is cautious and undecided—and the more ycu hurry him the less certain you are of making him answer your purpose. Time, the, most important element in Polar travelling, will in this way be lost to the stranger in the land, ard the journey rendered un availing ; whi?e my great activity, power of en durance, and success as a physician, during my journey in search of Sir J. Ross, must be fresh in the recollection of nine-tenths of the Indian popula tion through - which such a m'ssion as I have pro posed will have to pass—and cannot fail to secure to me every co-operation. It is a well-,scertained fact that the medical traveller succeeds while all others fail. If • - our Lordship will take a glance at the map of North America and dirnt your attention to but three places—Behring Strait on the Pacific, Barrow Strait on the Atlantic ; and the land of North Somer set between them—you will perceive that to render assistance to a party situated on that land there are twc ways by see and one by land. Of the two ways, the route by the Pacific is altogether out of the question. It is an idea of by-gone days; while that of the Atlantic is so doubtful of success, that it is merely necessary, in orAer to put this assistance aside as far from certain, to mention that Sir John Ross found Barrow Strait closed in the summer of 1832 ; and as this Strait has been visited only six times, it msy be far from an unusual circumstance. To a land journey, then, alone can we l oo k f or success; for the f a il ure o f a land journey would be the exception to the rule, while the failure of a sea expedition would be the rule itself. To the western land of North Somerset, where, I maintain, Sir John Franklin will be found, the Great Fish River is the direct and only route ; and although the approach to it is through a country too poor and too difficult of access to admit of the transport of provision, it may he made the medium of communication between the lost expedition and the civilised world,—and Indian guides be thus pieced at their disposal to convey them to the hunting grounds of the Red Men. Without such guides it is impossible that they can reach these hunting grounds. It was by that intricate and dangerous river that I reached the Polar sea, while acting as second officer in search of Sir John Russ ; and as there were but two officers on that honourable service, your Lordship can but look to these officers for the elements of success, if a mission by that river is resolved upon. All that I can do, as one of those officers so peculiarly circumstanced, is to place my views on record as an earnest of my sincerity. Even if the Admiralty should determine to try to force provision -vessels through Behring and Barrow Straits, and scour the vicinity in boats for the lost expedition—and try they must, and succeed—it will be satisfactory to know that such a mission as I have proposed was adopted ; while if they should fail in their attempts—and I am sorry to say that I fully believe they will fail— and the service under the consileration is put aside, it will be a source of regret, that not only the nation at large will feel, but the whole civilised world. When this regret is felt, and every soul has perished, such a mission as I have proposed will be urged again and again for adoption • for it is impossible th a t th e country will rest satisfied until a search be made for the remains of the lost expedition by a person in whom the country has confidence. No inexperienced person can go upon such an errand. The efforts of the Danish Government for the lost colonies of Green land, the efforts of the Portuguese Government for the brothers Cortereal, and the efforts of the French Government for the unfortunate La Perouse, cannot fail to raise our national pride when placed in similar circumstances. It has been stated in the periodical literature of the day, that a party of sappers and miners sailed last June in charge of provisions destined for the Mac kenzie River, as supplies for the lost expedition ; and that Sir John Richardson is to leave England in February next to head this party. I hope this may be mere report. Such an expedition would be one of relief from a difficulty which, to be successful, anticipates the difficulty to he overcome ; for, if the lost expedition can reach the Mackenzie River, or even the Great Bear Lake by the Coppermine River, to benefit by these supplies, they have solved the problem of more than three centuries ; they have dis covered the north-west passage, a dream we can scarcely expect to be realised. The recent survey of Dr. Rae is satisfactory only so far as confirms the Esquimaux chart furnished to Sir J. Ross ; and as it supports my views, that the western shore of the Great Fish River estuary is.con tinu-Jus with the western land of North Somerset— or, to use my own words of 1836, " that from Cape Hay the land trends N.N.E, when it dips the horizon, where a small space intervenes—in all probability a deep bay—to a land gradually rising into boldness, following a north-westerly course ; the extremes of which are named Points Ross and Booth.*" if the survey of Dr. Rae could be depended upon, the view I have taken is the correct one ; but at present it is valueless in a geographical point of view. wre t ld state, in conclusion. *h... veys Whin have been, set afloat since I came forward in 1836 as a volunteer have but cleared the way to render the soundness of my views the more apparent. The several expeditions which have since been under taken, whether they have resulted in success or failure, have afforded so many successive links in the chain of evidence which demonstrates the scientific character of the views advanced by me in 1836, and for adherence to which I have been refused all character as a sci entific traveller and all honorary acknowledg ment of faithful service to my country. I am not, however, asking your Lordship to recom mend to her Majesty the bestowing upon me a mark of approbation, as a reward for the sound ness of these views, which has been bestowed upon those who contradicted them. I am asking .your Lordship to appoint me to a service for which I am peculiarly qualified, a service of extreme hazard and labour, but which, to be successful, must be under taken by some one of great experience. I am willing to labour still for that recognition which will give me equality with those who are now my superiors, and when I state to your Lordship that I stand alone as a single individual, isolated from the heroes of the Pole in regard to reward for services, I trust your Lordship will consider that I have strong claims for such a service. Tho time has arrived, I say, when I am able to refer your Lordship to my past services and my present character as a guarantee that I am sincere in my offer, and as an earnest that I will faithfully discharge the duties which will devolve upon me if I should be honoured with the service I am seeking at your Lordship's hands. Surely, my Lord, I should now have a peace offering. A considerable portion of the main conti nent of North America bears the outline which I gave to it—in which I differed with Sir George Back. The Great Bay of Simps g o ni n oamyf a ai n tna d hrteae t i h lna e snord t u r nn e nsl n ding of th e a a m il isl y e . d w t Pr.uotialids; andla n o d s s although n a o n r d t h B - e o a o s tt t hh L of t w re C h n a i d c p l i e i n S.E., and not east and west as Sir George Ba c h has majped it—and the peni nsu l ar it y o f N orth Somerset, fornhich I have for twelve years contended, have to be proved, they are rendered highly probable by the journey of Dr. Rae. Oat I have laboured through this difficult subject for io many years, and at last successfully, that I have beets the first to show how the gre a t p uzz l e o f t h ree centuries could be unravelled—and that I have con stantly offered, for a period of twelve of those years, whenever an opportunity occurred, to be the means of unravelling it—inspire me with the hope that I shall at last find justice at the hands of your Lord ship, and that I may be allowed to have my place in the great effort which may be made for the rescue of the 126 men who compose the lost expedition. I have the honour &c. RICIIARD KING. • King's " Artic Ocean, vol. ii. p. 26. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Nov. 26.—1 n regdrd to transactions no improvement whatever has occurred in this branch of business during the past week, but a better feeling prevails as to our future prospects. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Nov. 26. There has not been any increase in the transactions in this branch of trade during the present week i • but the tone of f ee li ng i s rat h er b etter than it has lately been. The reduction in the consumption of both combing and clothing wools during the last two months is very large. LEEDS.—There was very little business done at our Cloth Halls either on Saturday or Tuesday. The continued mildness of the season checked the demand for heavy winter goods, and the high value of money prevents purchases on speculation. There have, how ever, been pretty considerable deliveries of fancy stripes and other light goods for the India and China trade during the week, but at very low prices. Busi ness has also been very quiet in the warehouses. The mild weather keeps the drapers out of the market for winter goods, and although there are considerable orders in the town for foreign iaccount, the very high rate of money MARKET, their execution. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, NOT. 25.—The supply of wool is not large, but quite equal to the demand. The sales during the week are again limited, the prices being too high. In the yarn market, also, the same dullness is experienced as we have noticed for some time past. Short time is now adopted nearly in every establishment, so that the ' production is much decreased, and the sales that are effected are at a great sacrifice. In the piece market the only sort of goods inquired for are a low sort of moreens, which are eagerly bought up. Dress goods are bought in small quantities, but at low prices. There is no increase in stocks. MANCHESTER THURSDAY EVENING.—We have to report a further improvement in the demand for cloth this week ; though the improvement is a very slow one, still it is an amendment, and one that is likely to continue. The better qualities of printing cloths are in most request, but all kinds partake of the improvement. The favourable news from India has caused more inquiries for shirtings, both grey and white, and prices are quite firm for all descriptions. Yarns are saleable, but at low prices. No. 20 water twist is to be had for 71c1. per lb., a low figure cer tainly. GLAsGow.—ln Glasgow, factory business is still depressed, only two or three spinning and wearing mills being on full time. The common extent of working is from three to eight hours per day, and further reductions are contemplated this week. Se veral factories are altogether closed, one in this po sition having employed no less than 1,500 workers. LEICESTER.—The demand for both the London and Manchester markets continues very limited, buyers having positive orders not to purchase more than wanted for present supply. The stocks on hand in both factor and manufacturers' hands perhaps were never smaller at this period of the year than at present, and when confidence is more restored be tween buyer and seller, and the money market will admit of it, a fair demand may be expected, it being understood that orders are now in the hands of parties who cannot give them out, as their profit would be lost in the discount market. A great many hands were discharged last week, and more, we fear, will follow, especially in the straight-down branch. Yarns are dull of sale. Spinners are acting with the utmost caution, and, besides working short time, let a part of their machinery lay idle; notwithstanding this state of trade, combing wools are but little affected ; the staplers are not large holders, and are not disposed to make sacrifices on their stocks ; the growers are the principal holders, and are careless of selling out, at present prices.—Leicester Journal. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—An atful inttance o the instability and insecurity of human life was exam plified on Saturday morning in the ease of John Camp bell, a sugar baker, residing at No. 2, Marlborough lox( et, White chapel, and who for many) ears was in the employ of Messrs. Fraist y, Brothers, extensive sugar refiners, whose premises are situate in Church lane, Whitechapel. It appeared that he was at work that morning early, and returned hors e to his breakfast at tight o'clock, apparently in his usual health. Ile had not been in the house many minutes before he com plained of a pain in his he ad, and lay down on the bed, where only a quarter of an hour afterwards he was di:— covered by his disconsolate wife apparently lifeless. Medical aid was iustantly called in, but all efforts at re suscitation were fruitless—the vital spark had fled, and within four hours from entering his house in perfect hr alth he was a corpse. THE TELEORAPH.—By the transmission of' the Queen's Speech to Scotland, and indeed to the whole of the north of England on this occasion, we have witnessed the most remarkable triumph of science that has ever been accomplished. The Speech was delivered in the House of Peers a little after one o'clock on Tuesday. It was there taken down in writ'ng, and carried a distance of three miles to the North Western Railway Station, where it was communicated to the north by telegraph. There is still three breaks in the telegraph between Lon don and Edinburgh, where the Speech had to be read off at one station, and read on again at another. At one of these breaks—that at Newcastle—there is fully a mile between the two stations ; still the Commercial Tele graph Company were enabled to communicate every word of the Speech verbatim at Edinburgh about half• past five in the evening—being only three and a halt hours from the time when the communication reached the London Station at Euston-square.—Glasgow Satur day Post. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—EarIy on Saturday morn ing, the 20th instant, considerable sensation was caused in Ripon by a report that Mr. J. Hodgson, of Norton Conyers, about four miles from that city, had committed suicide, by shooting himself with a gun, and on making further inquiry the rumour proved but too true. From what has been ascertained, it appears the unfortunate gentleman for ten or fourteen days previous had been suffering under a liver complaint, and during that time appeared to be in a melancholy and desponding state, but on Thursday, the 18th lost , his medical attendant deemed .him so touch improved as to require no (tail) attendance. The next day (Friday) he was out shooting with his gamekeeper for near two hours, and continued to appear in an improved state. On the following morn ing (Saturday) he arose from his bed about four o'clock, apologised to his lady for disturbing her rest, and stated he had occasion to go to another part of the house. Mrs. Hodgson felt no uneasiness at the time, he having got up early on two or three previous morning, for the same purpose ' but not returning to b e d as usual, she became alarmed and got up, but not finding the deceased, she immediately summoned two of the do mestics, and they together prcceeded to the principal rooms of the house. On approaching what is called " the Green-room," there was a • strong smell of gun powder, and on opening the door a dreadful spectacle presented itself, the unfortunate gentleman being laid on the floor, 4ith his skull literally blown to pieces, and his brains scattered about. From the position of the deceased, it is supposed he committed the dreadful act whilst laid on the floor, and by placing the muzzle of the gun iu his mouth, caused the report not to be heard in the distant rooms. The deceased, about 45 years of age, was a gentleman of very extensive property, and much respected, was a magistrate for the liberty of nzpuu, auu or Um Norm Riding of Yorkshire. On Saturday an inquest was held on view of the body, before Mr. W. Diusdale, coroner for the North Riding, and a respectable jury. After fully investigating the circumstances, a verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned.—Leeds Mercury. TEMPERANCE IN A KING.—Our total abstinence friends are not, perhaps, generally aware that Charles XII., " the mad King of Sweden," as he was called by some of his contemporaries, was a pledged man, if not a member of a teetotal society. The anecdote on which p this statement is f oun d e d is g i ven i n M. de Bury " Essai Historique et Moral sus l'Edueation Fransise. Charles, as everyb o dy k nows , i n the commencemento f his career, drank to great excess. In one of his drunken bouts he so far overstepped the limits of propriety as to treat the Queen, his mother, with great disr espect. next day, on being informed of his rud e ne ss, he Queen's glass of wine in his hand, and repaired to the room. " Madam," said he to her, "I have learned that yesterday in my cups I forgot myself to wards you. I come to ask your pardo n: and, to preven t recurrence of such a fault, I drink this glass to your health; it shall be the last during nay life." He kept his word, and front that day never tasted wine. We may add, by way of recommendation to the habit, that no King wasever r known to undergo greater hardships, or enjoy be health, than this cold water monarch. SABBATH DESECRATION. —THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY AGAlN.—Another flagrant act of inconsistency was perpetrated on this best of all lines on Sabbath last, at the Glasgow station. Th e f acts speak for them se l ves , and only require to be reported. About two o ' c l oc k on ,Sundy morning, half -a-dozen mechanics were employ e d l aying rails, at which they continued until eleven o'clock A when th e y cease d , and all re ma i ne d quiet until il o'clock P.M. (thus affording time for the workmen to attend divine service, no doubt); after which hour, the inhabitants of Cathe dral-street were annoyed with the clinking of hammers, &c., during the remainder of the day and 'throughout it th,etennigthimt—e:sone of the parties so annoyed expresses had been more noise was created than if the trains runnin • g every hour, far less morning and ‘ezening. What does Sir Andrew say to this 7—Scotch oefonmrs' Gazette, GAS COMPANIES. , The gas movement is gradually but steadily worm ing itself into the most vital interests and anxieties, and resolutions, of the people, far and wide. C. Un*.FA , this n ow we ll -recognised title, the Bedfor4 Tithe 4-1 intimates that the price at Bedford has been reduced from 10s. to 7s. 6d. A correspondent, " X.Y.Z.," informs us that the movement is at work. in Slough, where Mr. J. C. Buckmaster has been lecturing and advising the Sloughites to take so safe - an investment into their own hands ere the Great Western monopolize it, (by the, establishment o f some coke manufactory, we presume). His hearers took the hint, and next day called a meeting and opened a share-list with 500/. on the spot. In consequence of the im portant and significant movement of certain manu facturing and other firms towards the manufacture of their own gas, the Lincoln Gas Company were again lately urged by some of their own shareholders to authorize "a still further reduction of the price as a b. on to the consumer, and a matter of policy, to prevent private enterprize in the manufacture." The Winchester consumers can not see why they should be called upon to pay the enormous price of 1 ls., while at Southampton the charge is now reduced to 65., and this is likely hence to be " the win'er of their discontent," which will he follow( d by a summer of a mparative satis faction. Tne Roinsey gas consumers have been grumblirg and aggrieved, nit only at the enormity of the price of their gas-12s. 6d. per I,ooo—but at being obliged to pay more for it than the commis- • si.mers for lighting the town do. The commis sioners have power, probably ; they are united as an association, and might soon erect gas works for themselves. The British Branch Company have been feasting several of the large consumers at Norwich !—as if the Norwich public were not the largest consumers in the town. For public companies at Doncaster—in whom even the Doncaster Gas Company seem still to stand in salutary awe— the price charged is only 3s. 00. per 1,000 feet. But why not regard the public itself as a large company, and charge them all the same ? It is indeed a company alone a league—that will do. Why, the average prices charged to public companies almost everywhere else, significantly point in the same direction. Public companies at Bradford, Barnsley, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Pontefract, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield, Ste., pay very little more than at Doncaster, viz., 3s. Sid. per 1,000.—A new consumers' company, by the way, was some time ago determined on at Belper, where the price to private consumers' has been 9s. per 1,000 cubic feet. This is one way to convert small consumers into large ones, only they must feast themselves. Safer investments than many such projects mast inevitably prove to be, in prepara tion for the coming general illumination, cannot wall be conceived. As the Albion reminds its readers, the committe of the Guardian Consumer's Company have already saved nearly 50,0001 per annum to the people of Liverpool —ay, while even greatly improv ing the acknowledged prospects of those very com panies from whose pockets the 50,0001. per annum have been taken or withheld !—The Builder. THE SLAVE TRADE. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE EQUATOR FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE TRAFFIC IN SLAVES. A copy of the treaty between her Majesty and the Republic of the Equator has been presented, by command, to both Houses of Parliament. The treaty , was signed at Quito on the 24th of May, 1841, and ratifications exchanged at the same place on the sth 'of July, 1847. The respective Plenipotentiaries were, on the part of her Majesty, Walter Cope, Esq., Consul in the Equator; and on behalf of the Re public, Senior Francisco Marcos, Secretary of State for the Interior and Foreign Affairs. The articles are fourteen in number, and full instructions are an nexed in the shape of supplemental articles. The principal articles are in the following terms:— Art. 1. Great Britain and the Republic of the Equator declare the traffic in slaves abolished for ever. And, in order to avoid any doubts that may hereafter occur from any circumstance proving pre judicial to the interests of commerce and navigation, for want of a proper explanation of the real spirit of the phrase " traffic in slaves," do here mutually declare to be understood by such traffic such only which is carried on in Negroes brought from Africa, in order to transport them to other parts of the world )r sale; but in no manner whatever the conveying from one port or place to another belonging to the Republic the slaves existing within it, be such under taken either with the object of selling them, or with any other not prohibited by the laws. Art. 2 The Republic of the Equator agrees to treat as pirates, and to punish with the penalties which the existing penal laws impose on pirates, all such Equatorians who, on the high seas, or in any other place under the jurisdiction of the Republic, oily he found embarking, transporting, or disembark ing., one or more persons brought from Africa as slaves. Art 3. The Ilepubli:: of the .Eluator will promul gate every other legislative provision that may be deemed rvqui.ite for the prevention of her citizens engaging in any way in the said traffic in slaves, and for the complete extinction thereof; seeing that th e same are in harmony with those which may be pro mulgated by Great Britain. for the like obj ec t, an d with the constitutional principles of the Republic. Art. 4. In order more completely to prevent any infringement of the spirit of the present treaty, the high contracting parties mutually consen t t h at t h ose ships of their respective navies, which shall be pro vided with special instructions for that purpose, as hereinafter mentioned, may visit such merchant vessels of the two nations as may, upon reasonable grounds, be suspected of being engaged in the traffic in slaves, or of having been fitted out for that purpose, or of having, during the voyage on which they are met by the said cruisers, been engaged in the traffic of slaves, contrary to the provisions of this treaty; and that such cruisers may detain, and send or carry away such vessels, in order that they might be brought to trial in the manner hereinafter agreed upon. IS THE DOVE SO VERY INNOCENT AFTER ALL?- In these days of universal scepticism, even the innocence of the dove is called in question, especially by farmers. That its personal habits are anything but cleanly has long been known ; but it is a violent stretch of logic to conclude that a bird is of unsound morals merely because he is a sloven. No doubt from time immemorial he has borne a very high character for the domestic virtues—very fond of his home—loving his mate to a fault, and so very fond of his young ones, and civil to his neighbours, that he only requires a spark of common. honesty to be a paragon of birds. But after all the fellow is a thief, and a thief wholesale, and this the farmer has to his sorrow long known. To give a sample of the pigeon's pilfering propensities, and of the extent of the mischief which this sentimental depredator is apt to commit upon a farm, the following tact will suffice :—A short time since, Mr. Samuel, the tenant of Llwyngronw farm near Aberystwith, rescued a pigeon from the talons of a hawk, but not before the death-blow had been given, and the pigeon died in his hands. Upon inspecting the " murdertd innocent's" mangled body, the farmer found it to be corpulent and plethoric, and with a crop bulging out as prominently as a city alderman's "bow window." Taking out his knife he made an incision, and found it to contain 550 grains of wheat—all stolen from a recently sown field belonging to Gogerddan farm, and which was immediately contiguous to Llwyngronw. The tenant of the latter farm sowed the 550 grains in a corner of one of his fields, where the same may be seen by any one who is curious in these matters. Mr. Samuel informed the writer that there were hundreds of pigeons in the Gogerddan wheat field when the hawk disturbegth s e 4o m. Now supposing each of them to have pioked uR. . grains, a disciple of Cocker may forma reasonab le gu ess sax merd—to of the havoc they must have made in one to • come in for it say nothing of the crows who are su re their share. It is not un l ikely that is some charitable feeling towards the pigeons and cro ws that makes the Welsh sow so thick, being quite satis fiedm make the crop thin enough thattheir farmers pet genbeirarislyl before it grows up.— Welshman. :p un on illit h ted er pr o . F r id a y morning, the 1 9 th 0 1 - burglary li w vi a n s g slept in the same room, instant, in the village of T ee . A very determined p b e u r r t g y h ;wa ill s : r w s. it C h o h o e p r er n , ien a e w , w id h o n w, alarmed about one o'clock in the morning by some one i endeavouring to force the door of their bed-room, They asked who was there, when the doo t r was directly broken open with such force as to break icompletely from the hinges. A . man wrapped up in a his legs w hi te tablecloth . (taken p fr r o e m ven th t e n k et i s tc e h , kitchen), a bludgeon enveloped in heybands, to in hit . hand, then entered the room, and upon the inma ld tes calling desired them to deliver all the out, he desired murder thou. He then them to be quiet, or he w . house, which they immediatel y m g o a n v e e y t h he im y , ha w d h i e n a the quietly walked down stair f s and out of the house. This was evidently the wo rk o rni a nn iT e r l sl n w f who k new d the house well, or who had b een o f 1!,11 . ways. On Wednesday two young men living or i me th hood, named William Peck and Wil r l l iam e li n u e r werenr c,ona.mitted to the Castle for the robbery by the , Her. Ellis Burroughes and William Gwynn, Esq.—Norwich Mercury. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—On Saturday, information was received by the Metropolitan police that William Stephens, a Birmingham prizefighter, had absconded rep?' that town, charged with the manslabghter of an indivi dual called the " Manchester Pet," with whom he fought a pitched battle on Tuesday last, and who has since died of the injuries received. THE NEW IRISH WHEAT CROP.-- , WE have very favourable accounts of the appearance of the young wheat in various parts of the country. Some fields in the I coun ty of Dublin, which . we have seen, present a very healthy aspect. The L i verpool Times says—" W e are g lad to say that the new wheat is coming up v er y reg u . lay Poste i, and that t presents a fine healthy appearapee...- }~ ing for It)? ilip. tuna the the rrY' re lota 5 - c -14 the , 6 Cu able 3 b e the