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

NEWS' turday 1 10 Lycra. T oy 700 bales .alised 4 'ld. Per i n from til t. . :11 show w e rtual ter mO lates are confide/30 t home. e, o bserfv;: For the Fur • • too s in in Fords sea r° in Coloelt ;.3 a mil e ; .11 as te no t hesitate that affeir rs of goo!! to the s°l; b e infinitev ibo. B A building n is of roni ef t : been 11, is i on of taking 11° .... P eft the ?IL,'" t h e ir 1001' 13~~ 1 4 ( i• Ø. 2 -- ""*. 0 ,01 2 -- .2 - - e y E O'CLvv -42 20 23%% - 3S 37 lii% 254/4 5 3504 40 Londo 59 59 59 4 ' c yd C ONE sias.., ... to to .„ . . to .... to ...... ...... to .... to ...... 13/4 Pt' tO ...... to , -::: to - 14 . t ° 4 R? to a l 4" . to • to ***** to ...... to / ,•• ••• to /„.„, •• "' to "..„, '''''' to '„ ''''' to ▪ to ~ . to/ '''''' to 'to, '''''' to •" to - to ' to ' tO '''''' to to (115.. ~( 1 / ..... I v o // i t : / t° ...... tO / --.. ... Blanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. I ) ... 8 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (so. 3)... 2% ...... Do. and Grimsby Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ....• 1 . Ditto, Sheffield, and lance 2, •••••• Bl anchesterand Southampton 2 Midland 100 128%... .. to 128 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Ditto, New . Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ..-- to Ditto New 2O Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterford 5 Ditto Extension Newport and Abergavenny. .2% — to , Newry and En n i s kill en ...... 7 .'"wrY, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk .. lOO .. Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension Do. Seri p,1847, N. of Norflk — to Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union .... 2% 1%%... to North British Ditto Half Shares.. Do. Quarters l l4 3%% .. to Ditto, Extension % 1%%••• to.: — Ditto Thirds . . • 1 334,i,... to Northern and Eastern • 50 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Staffordshire... . .. 5 • 9 North Wales 3% ..... 314%... to North. & South. Connecting 2%. .... North Weste rn 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%...•• Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 3/. 125.... 1 die... to Royston and Hitchen Scottish Central ... 15 ' Scottish Midland .... ••• 12% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2%...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 •••••• 6% Ditto, ditto, Class B. 14 2% to Shropshire Union . 42s. South Devon . • • 40 •••• ...... ••• South Staffordshire Junction 1/135.4d... 1 1 4 pto South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 40 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 Ditto, New, No. 3 to Ditto New, No. 4. 2% __ South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole S pans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Sun. C oa l ...... ... .. 2 Taw Vale Extension Trent V alley, Midland, and Grand J unct i on 42 s . Vale of Neath . Wakefield, Pontefract, and to Goole 22%•••••• Waterford an d Kilk enny ll to -- .....• Waterford an d Li mer i c k ... .. 2714... •• Waterford, W exford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford Waterford, and Valentin - West Riding Union 425. West Cornwall Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wil ts , Somerset,&Weymouth 15 York and Newcastle ... 25 ... .. 38 1 A to Ditto, New..... 5 .. .. 12 1 4 to Ditto, Preference 2 ..... 7%%... to York and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes ...... ........ 1 to Belgian E as t ern J unc ti on .... 2% ...... Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's ) Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon). Central of Spain ... 2 Ceylon Demerara. 2% — to Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... . Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ..... ..... 6 .....• "..... to - 5 A .. . to Luxembourg 2 Lyons and Avignon ± ..yo, Madras .. 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — Madrid and Yalentia Mauritius - Namur and Liege... ..... . 8 - Northern of France. North Jamaica 1 ...... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel 4138 4d.... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 5 Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ...... .. ......... West Flanders 6 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... ...... 10 to London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland 2 2 1,4 — —• .. to Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London . 10 - MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY LONDON, JAN. 11.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather.—A north country built-brig, of 200 to 300 tons, with painted ports, gilded work round the stern, two stars, and the letter T,. in German text,-in the middle of the archboard, and the port to which she belonged round the rudder-case, was passed, abandor ed, 31st ult., lat. 50 N., lon. 13 W., by the Choice de Caen, arrived at Liverpool. DEAL, JAN 9.—Wind E.S.E. and SE. by S. 10.—5.5. E., moderate.—Sld. Theresa, Bacon, Adelaide, South Australia; Maria Hardy, Cragg, Algoa Bay; Emily, Dring, Cape Coast Castle; Nereid, Slaughter, Dominic; Australia, Harrison, Colomo ; J. F. Foord, Darke, Bombay ; Carthagena, Jacks, New Orleans COWES, JAIL 6.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Sylphide, Kahle, Africa ; Beaufort, Bartlett, Havannah. Off port, Marian, Van, Rotterdam; Batavia, Bremen. OFF SHOREHAM, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Lucknow, Calcutta. PonTsstounr, JAN. 9, 10.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Herschell, Lamke, Havannah, for Hamburgh ; Amelia, Lund, Rio Janiero. Sld. Thomas Arburthnot, Thompson, Port Philip; her Majesty's steamer Penelope, west coast of Africa; her Majesty's ship Naiad, South America. Off, Bengalore, Acton, Elsinore ; Bengal, Gray, Madras. FOWEY, JAN. B.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrrd. Alicia, Quebec. BEAUMARIS.—Arrd. Ann Davies, Hughes, Richebucto. DUBLIN, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S..—Frances, Elliot, Deme rara; Catherine Pitcairns, Beeker, ditto. LIMERICK. JAN. B.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Eleanor, Groves, Baltimore ; Thetis, Hugigil, New York. OFF SUNDERLAND, JAN. 9.—Bathurst, Belize. Srocwvos, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec. MILFORD, JAN. 9.—Wind S.E.—Acrd. Commodore, Wi therick, St. Jago de Cuba. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 9.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Ann, Read, Liverpool for Virginia, leaky, having struck en the Orklow Bank. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Mary. New Zealand ; Portley, Reed, Mauritius ; Rosebud, Gate, Hon duras; Xenophon, Rowchester, Pngwash. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9 AND 10.—Wind S.E. to E.SE., strong breezes.—Arrd. Boyne, Osborn, Calcutta. Off port. Alida Wilhelmina, Semarang; Louise, Hartman, Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, JAN. B .— Sk i. Columbus, Legisby, Rio Janeiro. MUMBLE ROADS, JAN. 9.—Arrd. Ellen Simpson, Calcutta. RYE, JAN. 9.—The Slater Rebow came on shore this morn in, but got o ft; apparently without damage. ISLE ORNTAY (SKYE), JAN. s.—The Jane, Gandie, has been got off the rocks without material damage. EXMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The Hirendelle, Pierce, from Middles borough, arrived here on the 4th instant, with loss of bow sprit, cutwater, &c., having been in contact with a brig near Whitby light. LONDONDERRY.—Arrd. Marian, Campbell, New York. Sld. Marquis of Abercorn, Hegarty, N ew Orleans. OFF Conti, JAN. 7.—Pakenham, J ama i ca. STOCKTON, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec. HULL, JAN. 10.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Acrd, a Bremen Barque, on quarantine. BELFAST, JAN. 9. —Wind E.—Sid. Caithness-shire, Leggett, New Orleans ; Yarmouth, Howe, New York. TRooN, JAN. 9.—The Culzean Castle, Mulligan, hence to Malta, went on the rocks on the Lady Isle, near here and remains. IlAnsAy (I. M.), JAN. 7.—The Providence. Small, from Workington to Ardglass, sprung a leak, and was run on shore yesterday morning is expected to go to pieces. OFF SUNDERLAND, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Bathurst, Belize. CLYDE, JAN. 9.—Wind N.—Arrd. Sultan, Main, Batavia; Unicorn, Mowatt, Demerara; Christianna, Quebec; Mira n-lick; Boyd, Quebec; Lady Anderson, St. John's, New Brunswick; Columbian packet, Simpson, Mauritius; Nancy Murdo, Cochrane, Demerara; Packet, Havannah. Sid. Panama, Gillespie, New Orleans; John Wood, Rose, Mauri tins ; Richard Browne, Dunlop, Demerara; Northesk, Allan, Jamaica; Agnes, Gillies, Port Rico. On Saturday night, at nine o'clock, a meeting of the Broad- s ilk H an dl oom W eavers 'U n i o n of spitalfields Was held at the Crown and Anchor, Waterloo Town, Bethnal-green, adjr,urned from that day three weeks, to consider the propriety of p resen ti ng a memorial to the Board of Trade in reference to the state of the silk • trade, as dependent upon the various Acts which have been passed by the Legislature fur its protection and otherwise, and also to receive a statement of the accounts for the l as t quarter. After some discussion a resolution in favour of the protective principle was moved and Unanimously agreed to. t '-" C '-.. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY). why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant )r in arrest of judgment. There were three counts, but he verdict of guilty, he understood, was only taken in he first, which stated that the defendant, in an open and public place -- Lord DENMAN—I unlerstand the defendant is not ,n Court. Sir F. THESIGER—Iie is under recognizances, my Lord. lam merely applying for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendant. If your Lordship thinks it would be more convenient to wake my motion when the defendant comes up for judg ment, I will defer it until then. LORD DENMAN said that was the invariable rule. The matter then dropped. SIMS AND WIFE V. HENDERSON. This case was tried before Lord Denman at the last sittings after term, when a verdict was found for the 2 laintiffs for upwards of 10,000/. Mr. MARSTON now applied to have the verdict set Lside, and, with the leave of the Learned Judge, to enter nonsuit, and also to have the judgment arrested. The case arose out of certain proceedings in the Su )rerne Court of Newfoundland, which, it was contended, had exceeded its powers. The COURT took time to consider the various objec tions raised. CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. --- The arrivals of English Wheat, up to our market last week, were on a very moderate scale, while those of all othe grain of home produce, including Flour, were unusually small. From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any corn cam, to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat, Barley, and Peas. were trifling ; but those of Oats, Beans, and Flour—the latter exceeding 23,000 barrels, chiefly from America—wen moderately good. Fresh up coastwise, as well as by land carriage and samples, a fair average quantity of Wheat of home produce came to hand from Essex and Kent; but from the other home counties, the receipts of that article wen trifling. The stands being scantily filled with samples, and tilt attendance of both town and country buyers good, the demand for English Wheat was firm, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from is to is per quarter. This im provement was realized on Friday, consequently prices were not higher than on that day, and a total clearance was not effected. With free foreign Wheat we were scantily sup. plied. All descriptions commanded a ready, but not to say brisk inquiry, at a rise in the currencies of from is to 2s per quarter from this day se'nnight. There was a very good demand for inferior foreign Wheats in bond for shipment 1, Ireland, at is to 2s per quarter more money. Selected and middling qualities were not dearer, although a good business was transacted in them. The show of Barley, both English and foreign, but especially that of the former, was trifling. The malsters being in want of supply, the demand was active, at a further advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. Scarcely any Malt was on offer. Those parties in actual want were com pelled to give from is to 2s per quarter more money than last week. Several parcels were disposed of for forward de livery at that amount of improvement. The show of Oats was wholly inadequate to meet the demand, which was, in consequence active, at Is to 2s per quarter above last Mon day's figures. Very few Beans were on offer, owing to which holders refused to sell except at is to 2s per quarter more money. All kinds of Peas moved off readily, at a rise of from Is to 2s per quarter. Flour was in good request at the late advance in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • 845 to 888 Red, New 69s to 778 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 74s 85s Lincolnsh., Feed. 28s 30s Norfolk and Lin- rOtatoo ...... 345 361 coin, lied. •• .. 69s 74s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White. ••• .• 755 Black . Irish, Red •••••• .. —s 79 s s Cork, White . 30s 34s Ditto,White ••• • .. —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 30s 34s Rye—Old ••.• • • • —s 5 Beans—Tick .. 44s 485 New. ••• • • • 42s 44s Pigeons .... Os 52s Barley—Grinding. •• .. 42s 46. Pease—Grey ..• . • .... 485 50s Malting .• • • 548 57s Maple • 49s 51s Chevalier .• . • 568 62s White ••• • • 523 56s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY) Mr. Justice Erle took his seat in this Court this morn mg, at half-past nine o'clock. The business transacted was of no public importance. w. folk ............ 77s 803 Flour—Town-made. • • --a Brown ..... • ..... 72s 74s Suffolk ••• • • • • • 60s 65s Kingston and Ware 803 82s Stockta & Norfolk 48s 52s SMITHFIELD. The imports of live stock into London during the past week have been very limited, viz., 20 Cows and 250 Sheep from Boulogne, together with 3 Oxen, 46 Cows, and 356 Sheep from Harlingen. At the outports, about 200 Beasts and 600 Sheep have been landed from Holland, and 20 Oxen from Spain, in moderate condition. To-day we had on offer 20 Beasts and 80 Sheep from Holland and 2 Oxen from Spain, the whole of which found buyers at somewhat im proved currencies. With home-fed Beasts we were, the time of year considered, scantily supplied; while the general quality of that description of stock was by no means first rate. The weather being favourable to slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers numerous, the Beef trade was steady, and in some instances a trifle more money was obtained for the best Scots, Devons, and Herefords. At the close of busi ness a good clearance had been effected. The arrivals from the northern districts comprised about 1,100 short-horns ; from the eastern counties, 300 Herefords, short-horns, and Scots; from the western and midland districts, 700 Here fords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds : the remainder of the supply being chiefly derived from the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The numbers of Sheep were small, but of excellent quality. All breeds commanded a steady though not to say brisk de mand at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's prices. With Calves we were moderately supplied, while the Veal trade was steady, and previous rates well supported. There was more inquiry for Pigs, but in prices we have no alteration to report. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ••.• 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Second quality ditto. 3 8 310 Coarse-woolledditto 4 4 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wethe, 410 5 0 Prime Scots •.•• • . 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 6 Large Hogs • • .• 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 410 Small Porkers ••.. 4 8 410 Suckling Calves lB 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 8 310 Lambs .. ••••• • . • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. yeasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 2,852 18,030 62 270 NEWGATE AND LEADEN/SALL. The past week's arrivals of the country-killed Meat up to these markets have been considerably on the increase; while the supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been seasonably good. Generally speaking, the demand has been in a very inactive state, and all kinds of Meat have sold on somewhat easier terms. Only about twenty caresses of foreign Beasts, and 100 ditto of Sheep have appeared on sale, in very middling condition. At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior 3 2 3 6 middling • • 3 0 3 2 -- middling.. 3 8 3IC —. prime large - prime ••.• 4 0 4 4 -- prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large ••••. • • • 3 6 4 4 Veal •••••••• • • • • •• 3 8 4 8 small •••• • • 4 6 410 Lamb. Os Od to Oa Od. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The imports of Potatoes in the past week have consi'ted of 462 tons from France, in fair average condition. Coastwise, the receipts have been unusually small. Although the de mand is heavy, prices have an upward tendency. York Re gents, 160 s to 200 s; Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Re gents, 140 s to 160 s; ditto Kidneys, 140 s; Kent and Essex Regents, 1603 to 200 s; ditto Kidneys, 160 s to 200 s; French Whites, 130 s to 160 s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. There is a fair demand for the best kind of Flops in pockets, at fully last week's quotations. All other kinds are much neglected, though we cannot call them cheaper : Sussex pockets, 31 12s to 4/ 6s; Weald of Kent pockets, 41 to 4/ 8s ; Mid and East Kent pockets, 515 s to 6165. THE SUN, LONDON, Mo2NDAY ErENING, JANUARY 11, 1847. her while looking over a book of receipts, with the sorrowful exclamation of " my dearest aunt, have you any receipt for a disappointed wife ?" " Certainly," replied Lady Eddington, turning over a few leaves of the old book, and stopping, as if she had found the receipt in question, " Take equal por tions of humility, patience, charity, and hope; mix them well together, and then divide into daily por tions." In the history of the priest of Northumbria the account of his first mass is full of interest, and the proud feelings of the mother on beholding her son for the first time performing the sacred functions are beautifully described. We transcribe the fol lowing lines, prefixed to one of th e c h ap t ers, on account of the beautiful idea with which they con clude : FLANDERS; 111:AIL. • BRUSSELS, JAN. Moniteur of this date pub lishes the convention concluded and signed at Berlin on 23d November, 1846, between his Majesty the King of the Belgians and his Majesty the King of Prussia, to re gulate the postal communication between their respec tive dominions. With this convention the Moniteur publi3hes also the articles agreed upon between the Bel gian and the Prussian post-officers fur the execution of this convention. Sir Hamilton Seymour the English Ambassador, who was to quit Brussels yesterday and ' return to London, has been obliged to defer his depar ture in consequence of indisposition. His Excellency will not set out for London before Saturday or Sunday. Sir H. Seymour will remain in London for a month, when he will proceed to Lisbon to exercise the functions of British Ambassador in Portugal, to which he has been appointed by his Sovereign. Sir H. Seymour's successor at Brussels is not expected till some time in April. The Journal de Flanders says the appeal made by the Bishop of Ghent to the charity of the rich inhabitants of the city, will produce, we may believe persons well acquainted with his Emi nence, an immense sum. A journal of this city reckons a sum of more than 100.000 francs. The love of happiness—alas, how strong! All feel this instinct of their heavenly birth, Rushing to gain this prize, or right or wrong, In rank, or intellect, , or giddy mirth. But this which is a madness and a cheat A love—of what this world can ne'er bestow, Has yet a stronger rival—calm and sweet This secret can be purchased here below. Love on—love more—instead of less I Choosing thine object from thy home above, Then wilt thou find the love of happiness. Exceeded by the happiness of love." The Journal of Liege mentions a serious affair which happened a few week, ago in the Communal Councilr' Rom:e in consequence of the departure of a priest who was appointed by the Bishop of Liege to another cure. That journal publishes the following extract from the official proceedings of the sitting of the 9th of of December: The burgomaster informs the council that, having 11,:d a conference with the Bishop, the latter ton him `that he intended n - t to appont any pastor at llonD.C.l till the council sliviuld desist, from its pretensions respecting the school attached to the parsonage of Ronas6e.' The Bishop charged me with this communi cation, and desired me to tell Mr. D to wait upon him, that they might confer together, or that the council should go to him in a body." In consequence of this communication, the council decided unanimously that it has nothing to discuss with the Bishop ; that ho is at liberty to send or not to send a priest to Romsee; and as for the school contiguous to the parsonage, the interest of the commune in which the Bishop appears to demand as a condition sine qua non to give a priest to Romsee, the council intends to maintain the just rights of the commune to the property of it. FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, DEC. 28.—Prepa rations are being made in Cracow, which indicate that the whole territory will be immediately included in the boundary of the Austrian tolls. In the Cracow Gazette, however, there are several letters addressed to Austria, which originate in Berlin; in Breslaw especially the hope is entertained that they may not be entirely unin fluential on the proposed measures, nay, it is even affirmed, on good authority, that Vienna will avail itself of this opportunity to approximate more closely to the Zollverein. I have been already informed that the Rus sian post was removed from Cracow on the 15th instant, and is now at Buchaowitz. The Russian Post-office still remains, and will do so till all the arrears for postage, &c., are entirely settled. The incorporation of Poland with Russia, which is so much spoken of, and commented upon by the public newspapers, has produced not the slightest impression here, for it is well-known and felt that this incorpora tion has in all essential matters taken place long since. If the regrets expressed have any signification what ever they must refer to the East; but Russian policy has without doubt been long clear on this point, and it is not to be presumed that this policy should in tend to set the giving up of Cracow to be the step for fur. ther incorporations. The energy, we might almost say vehemence, with which the affair of Cracow was pushed by St. Petersburgh, arose from the personal sentiments of the Emperor—they are thesame sentiments by which, guided by a misunderstanding it is true, he was induced, disregarding the interests of his dynasty, to treat the affair of the King of Denmark, in the Slesing Holstein question, in a friendly light—they are the same senti ments which induced him sternly to refuse the Poles who VANITY FAIR. Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society. By W. M. Thackeray, author of the ":Irish Sketch Book," "James's Diary," " Snob Papers in Punch," 4-c. A serial by Michael Angelo Titmarsh, and why have we not had a serial from the pen of Michael Angelo Titmarsh ere this ? It boots not to inquire. We are rejoiced to find that at length Mr. Thackeray has undertaken to give us that which, of all living writers, he is the most competent to execute, " Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society "—not cari catures a la Dickens, nor monstrosities a la Bulwer, but sketches of every day life, and of every day cha racter, such as of old we were wont to have (as far at least as the pen is concerned) from Hook. The opening chapter introduces us to Miss Pinkerton's aca demy at Chiswick Mall, and to Miss Pinkerton herself, a Minerva of a woman, who having been once honoured with a visit from Dr. Johnson, ever after fancied herself a aecond Johnson in petticoats, to her sister Jemima the quiet drudge of the establishment, and to two young ladies, Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharp, who are about to quit the establishment. Amelia Sedley is the daughter of a rich stock broker, residing in Russell-square : " But as we are to see a great deal of Amelia, there is no harm in saying at the outset of our acquaintance, that she was one of the best and dearest creatures that ever lived; and a great mercy it is, both in life and in novels, which (and the latter especially) abound in villains of the most sombre sort, that we are to have for a constant companion, so guileless and good natured a person. As she is not a heroine, there is no need to describe her person; indeed, I am afraid that her nose was rather short than otherwise, and her cheeks a great deal too round and red for a heroine; but her face blushed with rosy health, and her lips with the freshest of smiles, and she had a pair of eyes which sparkled with the brightest and honestest good humour, except indeed when they filled with tears, and that was a great deal too often; for the silly thing would cry over a dead canary bird, or over a mouse, that a cat haply had seized upon, or over the end of a novel, were it ever so stupid; and as for saying au unkind word to her, were any one hard hearted enough to do so—why, so much the worse for them. Even Miss Pinkerton, that austere and god-like woman, ceased scolding her after the first time, and though she no more comprehended sensibility than she did algebra, gave all masters and teachers particular orders to treat Miss Sedley with the utmost gentleness, as harsh treatment was injurious to her." Rebecca Sharp is an orphan, and an articled pupil of Miss Pinkerton's, who has procured for her a situa tion as governess in the family of Sir Pitt Crawley. Before, however, she 'goes to Sir Pitt Cravvley's, it has been arranged that she shall spend a week with Amelia Sedley in Russell-square : " Miss Sharp's father was an artist, and in that quality had given lessons of drawing at Miss Pinkerton's school. He was a clever man ; a pleasant companion ; a care less student; had a great propensity for running into debt, and a partiality for the tavern. When he was drunk, he used to beat his wife and daughter ; and the next morning, with a headache, he used to rail at the world for its neglect of his genius, and abuse, with a good deal of cleverness, and sometimes with perfect rea son, the fools, his brother painters. As it was with the utmost difficulty that he could keep himself, and as he owed money for a mile round Soho, where he lived, he thought to better his circumstances by marrying a young woman of the French nation, who was by profes sion an opera-girl. The humble calling of her female parent, Miss Sharp never alluded to, but used to state subsequently that the Entrechats were a noble family of Gascony, and took great pride in her descent from them. And curious it is, that as she advanced in life this young lady's ancestors increased in rank and splendour. " Rebecca's mother bad had some education some where, and her daughter spoke French with purity and a Parisian accent. It was in those days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the or thodox Miss Pinkerton. For her mother being dead, and her father finding himself not likely to recover, after his third attack of delirium tremens, wrote a manly and pathetic letter to Miss Pinkerton, recommending the orphan child to her protection, and so descended to the grave, after two bailiffs had quarrelled over his corpse. Rebecca was seventeen when she came to Chiswick, and was bound over as an articled pupil, her duties being to talk French, as we have seen, and her privileges to live cost free ; and, with a few guiaeas a year, to gather scraps of knowledge from the professors who attended the school. "She was small and slight in person ; pale, sandy haired, and with eyes habitually cast down: when they looked up they were very large, odd, and attractive ; so attractive, that the Reverend Mr. Crisp, fresh from Ox ford, and curate to the Vicar of Chiswick, the Reverend Mr. Flowerdew, fell in love with Miss Sharp ; being shot dead by a glance of her eyes which was fired all the way across Chiswick Church from the school-pew to the reading-desk. This infaraated young man used sometimes to take tea with Miss Pinkerton, to whom he had been presented by his Mamma, and actually pro posed something like marriage in an intercepted note, which the one-eyed applewoman was charged to deliver. Mrs. Crisp was summoned from Buxton, and abruptly carried off her darling boy ; but the idea, even, of such an eagle in the Chiswick dovecot caused a great flutter in the breast of Miss Pinkerton, who would have sent away Miss Sharp, but that she was bound to her under a forfeit, and who never could thoroughly believe the young lady's protestations that she had never exchanged a single word with Mr. Crisp, except under her own eyes on the two occasions when she had met him at tea. " By the side of many tall and bouncing young ladies in the establishment, Rebecca Sharp looked like a child. But she had the dismal precocity of poverty. Many a dun had she talked to, and turned away from her fathers door ; many a tradesman had she coaxed and wheedled into good humour, and into the granting of one meal more. She sate commonly with her father, who was very proud of her wit, and heard the talk of many of his wild companions —often, but ill suited for a girl to hear. But she never had been a girl, she said ; she had been a woman since she was eight years old." As a still further illustration of the character of Re becca, we will give a scene between that young lady and Miss Pinkerton, which led to the departure of the former from the Chiswick establishment : " Her music she practised incessantly, and one day, when the girls were out, and she had remained at home, she was overheard to play a piece so well, that Minerva thought wisely, she could spare herself the expense of a master for the juniors, and intimated to Miss Sharp that she was to instruct them in music for the future. " The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. 6 I am here to speak French with the children,' Rebecca said abruptly, not to teach them music, and : save tnont,y for you. Give me money, and I will teach them. " Minerva was obliged to yield, and, of course, dis liked her from that day. For five-and thirty years,' she said, and with great justice, 6 I never have seen the individual who has dared in my own house to question my authority. I have nourished a viper in my bosom.' " A viper—a fiddlestick,' said Miss Sharp to the old lady, almost fainting with astonishment. You took me because I was useful. There is no question of gratitude between us. I hate this place, and want to leave it. I will do nothing here, but what I am obliged to do.' " It was in vain that the old lady asked her if she was aware she was speaking to Miss Pinkerton ? Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits. Give me a sum of money,' said the girl, and get rid of me —or, if you like better, get me a good place as governess in a nobleman's family—you can do so if you please.' And in their further disputes she always re turned to this point, ' Get me a situation—we hate each other, and I tun ready to go.'" Arrived in Russell-square, Rebecca Sharp is intro duced to Mr. Joseph Sedley, (or as he is always called by his father, Jos.) the elder brother of Ame lia. Joseph is a fat, gormandizing hypochondriac, high in the civil service of the East India Company, who has returned to England for the benefit of his health. He is rich, shy, and single, and Rebecca determines, if possible, to catch him. p? between Rebecca and Jos. are most grawphe fin ice scenes graphically de scribed, and in the concluding chapter Joseph Sedley, of the E ast India Company's service so far entangled, that he is actually sitting tete-a-tete with Rebecca, looking at her with the most killing expression; his arms s tretched out before her in an imploring attitude, and his hands bound in a web of green silk, which she was un winding. The sketching illustrating this scene is admirable. All the pencil sketches, indeed, and they are numerous, with which the work is illustrated, are full of character ; but the best of all—better even than Mr. Joseph entangled—is the sketch of the Misses Pin kerton. Well may Mr. Thackeray designate the elder Miss Pinkerton " Minerva." Such dignity as hers is not that of mere mortal—turban, feathers, dress, and address, all prove her Majestic divinity. approached his throne with their well-known petition— in short, they are the same sentiments which owe their origin to the unconditional disagreement of his mode of thinking with every revolutionary tendency. We may think what we like of the Russian policy, which is go verned rather by the imperious necessity than by the will of any human being; yet it is impossible to deny our tribute of respect to the honourable, unswerving con sistency of the Monarch. We learn from Dresden that the notorious Tyssonski, who is still imprisoned at Konigstein is to receive his dis missal for America; this has been effected with Austria, with the intervention of the Saxon Cabinet; every further punishment is remitted, and the expenses of his trans portation are to be defrayed by the Austrian Govern ment. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—ln consequence of the very afflict ing event by which the families of Prince Metternich and others of the principal nobility have been plunged into deep affliction, the usual presentation of the diplo matic body to his Highness the Prince Chancellor did not take place yesterday, New Year's Day. Orders were issued on Saturday from the Lord Chamberlain's office, directing all necessary preparations to be made for her Majesty opening the ensuing session of Parliament (on Tuesday, the 19th inst.) in person. A SANGUINARY RENCONTRE.—Two gendarmes have just been killed at Canet (Ilerault) by a man out shooting. They came near him, asking for his license, when he presented his fowling-piece at them, and warned them not to approach further, or he should fire. They, however, advanced, and he executed his threat, killing one of them. The other tired in his turn, and laid the sportsman on the ground. Agitated at what had taken place, he proceeded to the mayor's residence, and informed him of what had passed. The mayor repaired with him to the spot, but the sportsman had in the meantime somewhat recovered, and was sitting up when they approached. Telling the mayor to stand wide, ho fired at the gendarme, and killed him, as he had done with his comrade. lie the then blew out his own brains with the other barrel.—Galignanes Messenger. TIIE LOW PRICE OF GAME AND POULTRY.—On Saturday, in most of the London markets, poultry and game were selling at extraordinarily low prices, caused by the frequent continental importations. Geese were to be had for 2s. 6d. each; ducks, 2s. 6d. a pair; and Ostend rabbits, weighing from 31b. to 41b. each, for Is. 3d., and hares for Is. each. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We regret to state that her Majesty Queen Adelaide has been indisposed for sAne days, and requires the close atttendance of her physician, Sir David Davies, who is now in residence at Cashiobury Park. _ _ MAIL FOR NEW YORK.—On Saturday notice was given at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that a mail will be made up and forwarded by the new screw steamer of 1,000 tons, called the Sarah Sands, for New York, on the 18th instant. _ DEATH Or DR. DAVIDSON, M.D.—lt is with ex treme regret that we announce the death of this eminent physician. Dr. Davidson was out in his usual practice last week, but was a few days ago seized, as we under stand, with inflammation or rather affection of the chest, which carried him off on Tuesday afternoon. His friends, indeed, have for some time noticed rather a falling off in his strength and appearance; but they and the public little expected so sudden a departure of so useful and estimable a character, one of the most distin guished practitioners in this city. In his younger days he visited different parts of the continent, and succeeded the late Dr. Abercromby as Queen's Physician for Scot land. The doctor was, we believe, about sixty years of age.—Edinbur gh Advertiser. CONSERVANCY OF THE RIVER.—On Saturday a notice was posted at Guildhall announcing the intention of the Corporation of the City to apply to Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the powers of the Court of Conservancy of the river, over the River Thames and Medway from Staines to Yantlett Creek. The powers sought for are to pull down and rebuild bridges, erect steam-boat and other piers, to cut canals, to deepen the rivers, and to erect or form, or license to be erected or formed, embankments, docks, harbours, jetties, and quays; to levy rents, toll, and duties, and to inflict penalties, and do all acts which may tend to improve the navigation of the liver; the said: Act to extinguish all existing rights, privileges and customs, and to repeal all formeActts, eu,torns, and charters. Tnu BLACK WALL 11. A ILWAY.—On Saturday, a notice was posted at Guildhall of the intention of the Blackwell Railway and Commercial Railway Company, to apply to rarliament to extend the railway into Crutchedfriars, Church-row, and London-street; to form a branch from the junction in Leman-street to the London docks, and alter the levels of the branch railroad to the junction of the Eastern Counties Railroad at Bow; and to alter the present gauge notwithstanding any Act of Parliament existing to the contrary. MILITARY COURT-MARTIALS.—The minutes of a regimental Court-Martial were read on Saturday morn ing, at the head- quarters of the 2d battalion of Grena dier Guards, stationed at St. John's-wood barracks, on Private James Towers, of No. 2 company, who had been brought to Court-Marlial by order of Lieutenant-Colonel P. S. Stanhope, commanding the 2d battallion of Grena dier Guards. The prisoner was arraigned for absenting himself without leave on the 25 t h of December last, r an d remaining absent until the 30 th. h t hat l ith e e e p y r i l d .s e o n n c e e r pe had d b uc n e ed n clearly proved the c har g e, and t tried by Court-Martia l several times for various sentenced o f military discipline. The Court, therefore, the prisoner to forty days' imprisonment, with hard labour, at the Military Prevost, Chatham. On Satur day morning the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards, now stationed at Portman-street barracks, under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Bentinck, were as tesrenimepdbrlbievdyattaeo j hear ar the elmoni e p yc r , 0 0 c et e if r e iNt d . i me n . g a4 s r et o ioa f a ,p C fmo o er u y rt• Martial read , v w er h y o i h m ad pr be op e e n r conduct at drill, and disobeying orders. The charge was clearly proved, and the Court sentenced the prisoner to twenty-eight days' imprisonment at the Military Prevost. ISLE OF WIGHT MACKEREL.—Yesterday and Satur day, nearly 10,000 fine mackerel were caught off the Isle of Wight. The last boat which went into Portsmouth yesterday afternoon took in upwards of 4,800, all fine fat fish, which were packed and brought up to London by the Bh. 30m. train on the South-Western Railway last evening. NEW IRON WORKS AT',CLYNE, NEAR SWANSEA. We understand, from good authority, that a company of wealthy ironmasters have taken a lease from his Grace the Duke of Beaufort of an extensive track of iron and coal property at Clyne, and purpose immediately erect ing furnaces on the bank of the Black-pill River, half way between this town and Oysterraouth. This, we doubt not, is but the commencemedt of what must result from the introduction of railways, and the consequent development of the vast mineral resources of our district. —Cambrian. POISONOUS TWELFTH CAKES. Three children narrowly escaped death at Nottingham on Thursday last from having eaten a green ornament on a twelfth cake. The colour was produced by Scheele's green, which is a deadly poison. Sir Robert Peel disclaims, we understand, the cir cular addressed to certain members of the House of Commons belonging to the party of which the ex-Pre• mier was the head, by his late Secretary of the Trea sury, Mr. John Young, in conjunction with other sub ordinates of the late Government. The Right Hon. Baronet further desires it to be distinctly understoood, that he does not wish to be considered as the leader of any political party in this country.—Observer. EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY.) BEILBY V. SHEPHERD. In this cause, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the sittings after last Michaelmas term, a ver dict was returned tor the defendant, with liberty to move to enter the verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 501. The defendant was the master of a vessel named the Nisus, and was sailing from Ostend to Gainsborough. The plaintiff was a pilot licensed by the Trinity House at Hull, and he had offered to pilot the vessel in ques tion, which the master, in violation of the General Na vigation Act of the 6th of Geo. IV., chap. 125, had re fused, thereby rendering himself liable to the amount of the penalty named in the Act, to recover which the present action was brought. The point reserved at the trial was, whether the defendant was liable under the 70th section of the Act, which imposed a penalty of 501., or under the 58th section, which fixed the penalty at a few shillings? The Learned Baron who tried the cause was of opinion that the master of the vessel was not liable under the 70th section of the Act. Mr. MARTIN now contended that the defendant was liable under both sections of the Act.—Judgment post poned. VOLLANS V. FLETCHER. In this cause Mr. MARTIN moved for a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why the nonsuit should not be set aside and a verdict entered for the plaintiff for the sum of 211., or such sum as the Court might think fit. The action was brought to recover from the defendant, a member of the provisional com mittee of the Birmingham and Walsall Junction Railway, the sum of 211. paid by plaintiff as his deposit upon 20 shares in this company which had been allotted to him. Upon the trial the Lord Chief Baron was of opinion that the agreement to allot the shares should have been stamped, and the point was reserved for the considera tion of the Court, and the plaintiff was nonsuited, leave being given to move to enter the verdict according to the terms of the present motion. The Learned Gentleman now contended that this case was precisely similar to that of " Walstab v. Spottiswoode," and acting upon the decision in that case, he apprehended that the plaintiff was entitled to recover back the money he had paid, the defendant not having applied it for the purposes for which it was intended when paid by the plaintiff. He s w o a u s g h w t i t l l o i n b g e , r however, eeover e d to r e d t a u k e e e d a b y v e t r h d e i c sum u f m o r f t hsum 2 e s p per share, allowed by the Joint Stock Companies Act to be retained on behalf of preliminary expenses. The LORD CRIEY BARON said that the difference be tween the present case and that of " Walstab v. Spottis woode" was this—in the latter case the plaintiff paid the money upon an agreement that scrip was to be received upon the payment of the deposit, and upon signing the deed, but there was no scrip issued by the company, neither was there any deed prepared for the signature of the plaintiff, who was therefore fully entitled to recover back the amount of the deposit made upon the faith of such an agreement. In the present case the scrip was ready for delivery, but the plaintiff refused to accept it, and also neglected to sign the deed which ha& been pre pared by the defendant. It was this that constituted the difference between the two cases, and it was this differ ence which led him to direct a nonsuit for the plaintiff as well as the point raised upon the necessity of stamp ing the agreement.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) DAVIS V. LOWNES. The only matter that came before the Court this morn ing was an application made by Mr. Sergeant Manning, to change the attorney to the defendant in this case, which was tried at bar the last sitting after term. The application was granted. The Court immediately after rose. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE DONAGMTE. This insolvent, who had carried on business in Vere- ' street, Clare-market, came up for his final order. Mr. DUNCAN opposed, on the ground that the insolvent had not properly described himself, and that his debts exceeded 3001. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to examine the insolvent as to whether he had not taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act in 1839, which the in solvent admitted. He now petitioned in the name of John, but on passing through the Insolvent Court, he gave the name of " Jeremiab." On the present exami nation, he swore that he had never been known by any other name than "John" Donaghue. The Learned COMMIISSIONER said, the debts in the present schedule amounted to 2461. 17s. 2d., and unless those in the first schedule had been discharged, they must he added. The insolvent said, he had paid most of the money to his former creditors. The CommissioNEß—Has the insolvent no solicitor here to advise him, he does not appear to know how he is answering. A solicitor said he appeared for the insolvent, and it was true most of the creditors had been paid, and re ceipts had been taken, but were in possession of a party who was too ill to attend. The CoMMissioNEß—Admitting that he has it, gives rise to the question, whether he can pay such creditors as he thinks fit. You may not know the effect of the Insolvent Act, but after he had signed the warrant of attorney on his discharge, all his property belonged to the official assignee, and if satisfaction was not entered up on the payments, they cannot be here admitted. Such payments are a fraud to other creditors. The insolvent declared he had not been sworn— although Mr. Duncan and the usher said he had. The Learned ComtlssloNEß—lf you were not sworn, you have told a simple falsehood to deceive me, at all events. I dismiss the petition. I shall mark on it the reason that you petitioned in two different names. The insolvent's demeanour became insolent, and the Learned Commissioner told the usher to hand him out of Court. BOW STREET—(THIS DAY). Sarah Bowden was charged before Mr. Hall with being disguised in men's clothes, and being drunk and disorderly, in the Strand, at a late hour last night. The prisoner, who wore a coarse heavy great coat, corderoy trousers, and checked shirt, all of which were much too big for her, seemed much confused, and heartily ashamed of herself. Her Bair, which was fas tened in a knot at the back of her head, and dressed plainly in front, formed an odd contrast to the male attire, and her whole appearance as, overwhelmed with embarsassment she leaned on the rail of the dock, holding her hand, and looking at it as if she could not tell what to do with it, was at the same time pitiable and ludicrous. Policeman F 30 said that he saw the prisoner in the Strand last night with two men and some women. She was drunk, and screaming, shouting, and laughing. He told her to be quiet and she would not, and as he knew at once that she was a woman, he took her in custody. The prisoner said she was very sorry. The clothes were her brother's, and she •• only put them on last night." Her brother was a blacksmith. Mr. HALL—And I dare say a respectable man. How will he like this, do you suppose? It is not at all the conduct of a decent woman. I hope, however, that it will not occur again. You may go now. The prisoner made a compromise between a bow and a curtsey, and left the dock. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY). A very respectable-looking man, whose name and address appeared on the police-sheet as Abraham Matthews, of No. 1, Park lane, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged with being drunk, and having driven a horse and gig so furiously and reck lessly along Gray's Inn-road, as to inflict serious injuries upon a boy about nine years of age, named Thomas Madden. prisonerdireeti direction e w was observed King's-cross c corning It appeared, from the evidence of the injured child's brother and moth e r, a s w ell as that of the police, that the e d e i p e ac , e from the about inygesatetrda rapid evening, seven o'clock, and the mother of the boy, who, accord ing to her own admission, at the time was partly intoxi cated, was leading him and his brother by the hand across the street nearly opposite to the Royal Free Hospital, when the prisoner approached. Seeing the danger, Thomas Madden attempted to get out of the w ay, but, before he could do so, the wheel caught him near the shoulder, threw him several feet forwards, and afterwards rolled over him, whereby he was so dread fully injured as to render necessary his immediate re moval to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. After the pri soner had proceeded about fifty or sixty yards from the spot he was stopped by the police, and taken to the station-house, when the charge of drunkenness was also entered against him. The constable now handed to the magistrate a cer tificate from the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, stating that, although there were at the pre sent moment no symptoms indicating immediate danger from the injuries the boy had received, still they were of so serious a nature that at least six weeks must elapse b e fore he would be in a c ondition to leave the hospital. Mr. GREENWOOD determined upon remanding the case for six weeks, or until such time as the lad Madden would be able to attend, intimating at the same time that he would take bail in the meantime for the prisoner's appearance. Solvent bail was at once tendered, and the prisoner was liberated. The Hon. Miss Lister, sister of Lord Ribblesdale will be married in a few days to Mr. Maurice Drum mond, son of Charles Drummond, Esq., of Stratton street, Piccadilly. WOOL. On the whole more business has been doing in English Wools since this day se'nnight, and previous rates, owing chiefly to the limited supplies on offer, are well supported. Colonial qualities are very dull, but Foreign are quite as dear. The imports have scarcely amounted to 100 bales. TALLOW. This market is very steady, prices have further ad vanced 3s per cwt. P.Y.C. on the epot 51s 6d. Town Tallow 52s 3d net cash, CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first day of Hilary term, and according to the arrangements that have been adopted now for some time, of the Lord Chancellor not giving a break fast to the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel, either on the first day of Hilary or Trinity terms, the Lord Chancellor sat to-day shortly after ten o'clock. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the appeal motion of " Masterman v. Lewin," which came before his Lordship upon an appeal from the de • cision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in an inter pleading of no interest whatever except to the parties concerned. VICE-CHANCERY -(THIS DAY His Honour the Vice-Chancellor sat to-day in his Court at Westminster. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GAMBLE AND NOTT. Mr. BETUELL renewed his rnution to-day in this case on behalf of the plaintiffs, the Electric Telegraph Com port), for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Gamble and Nott, from pirating, as the plaintiffs alleged, a patent belonging to them for the construction of electric telegraphs. Our readers will recollect that the case came before the Court previous to the Christ mas recess, when we gave a short description of the facts. The case will doubtless occupy the Court for a day or two, if his Honour should hear the arguments on both sides. Mr. Bothell, Mr. Teed, and Mr. Heathfield are counsel for the plaintiff's ; and Mr. Stuart and Mr, Crompton appear for the defendants. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) This was the first day in Hilary Term. Neither the Judges nor the Queen's Counsel appeared, in this Court, in " full bottomed" wigs. Before the Judges took their seats on the bench, the Attorney. General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and other Learned Gentlemen entitled, by their position, to wear these flowing wigs, appeared in their places with them on ; but on being informed by Mr. Knowles, who appeared in the ordinary wig, that the Judges in the other Courts would not appear in full dress, they precipitately withdrew, and immediately after appeared in . their ordinary costume. During the interval much merriment was caused by counsel in flowing wigs taking their seats, and on receiving the intimation re ferred to, hurrying out, and re-appearing instantly shorn of very much of their " dignity." THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS V. THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR OF BRISTOL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, on behalf of the Poor-law Commissioners, for a rule, directed to the guardians of the poor of the city of Bristol, calling upon them to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued commanding them to furnish Mr. Alfred Whit taker, an auditor appointed by the Poor- law Commis sioners for the Somersetshire and Wiltshire districts, with an account in writing of all " money matters and things " expended by them for the maintenance . of the poor for the half-year ending the 25th of march, 1846. The parishes of which the defendants were the guar dians, overseers, &c., were incorporated by an Act of Parliament entitled the 3d of George IV., c. 44, and they were invested with authority over the poor, and empowered to collect rates for their support. Last year the Poor-law Commissioners issued an order to them, amongst others, for the appointment of an auditor to the district. Mr. Whittaker was elected in the month of October, the guardians and deputy guardians voting for him. In September he gave them notice that he should shortly attend for the purpose of auditing the accounts, but he was met by a resolution which the directors had passed, setting forth that the greatest pains bad been taken by them to have the accounts properly audited, and that the intervention of the auditor would be wholly unnecessary. They also objected to increasing the rates by a salary to an auditor ; and finally came to the de termination not to submit their accounts to Mr. Whit taker until their liability to do so was declared by a competent tribunal. They grounded their non-liability on the 7 and 8 Victoria, sec. 32, c. 101, which autho rised the Poor-law Commissioners to combine parishes or unions together, and to form them into districts for the auditing of their accounts by the proper officer. They contended that their district was not a parish or union within the meaning of that Act. Now he (the Attorney-General) held that the interpretation clause appended to the Act put an end to this objection, inas much as it stated that parishes or unions should be held to o cal A m ea ctß np — aris u h l e e s g o r r an u t n ed ions specified as such under any THE QUEEN V. WATSON. This case was tried in this Court during the last term, before the Lord Chief Justice. The defendant was in dicted for indecently assaulting a child, and for indecently exposing his person in a public place, the public place being Paddington Churchyard. He was found guilty of the indecent expoaure. The case was fully reported in The Sun at the time. Sir F. DIESIGER now moved for a rule to show cause COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and the Royal Family walked on Satur day morning in Claremont Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal enjoyed the sport of shooting on Saturday forenoon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived on Saturday at Claremont, on a visit to her Majesty. Yesterday :morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort enjoyed their usual early walk. The Royal Family walked out in the forenoon. The Queen and Prince Albert and the Ladies and Gentlemen cf the Court attended Divine Service yester day at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Mr. Quiblier, from Montreal, had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Mr. Perry had an interview with the Right Hon. Ed ward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Mr. Row land Bill had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Saturday. Mr. Walter Coulson had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. Mr. Uniack had an interview on Saturday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Haden. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Irwin. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Countess of Charlemont, Lords Sandwich, Clive, Canterbury, and Dillon, were among the nobility pre sent. Viscount Palmerston has left town for his seat, Broad lands, Hants. Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart., M.P., Lady and Miss Yarde Buller, have left Farrance's Hotel for Tradbourne Hall, near Derby. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. Viscount Palmerston returned to Broadlands, Hants, after the Cabinet Council on Friday last. The Noble Viscount and Viscountess come to town to-morrow, from their country seat, for the season. The Lord Chancellor has arrived at his mansion in Park-lane, from Brighton, for the remainder of the sea son. Lady Cottenham is not expected to return until next month. The Marquis of Clanricarde is expected to arrive this evening at his residence on Carlton House-terrace, from Portumna Castle, county Galway. The Mar chioness and Lady Emily De Burgh come to town at the close of the week. The Earl of Auckland leaves the Admiralty to-day, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Eden, for Broeket Hall, Herts, on a visit to Viscount Melbourne, and the Noble Earl remains there till Wednesday, when he returns for the Cabinet Council summoned for that day. The Lord President of the Council (the Marquis of Lansdowne) comes to town to-morrow evening, from Bowood Park, Wilts, and will remain at Lansdowne House for the season. Viscount Morpeth is expected to arrive from the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, this even ing, or early to-morrow. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, returns to town to-day, from Hickleton, near Doncaster. Lady Mary Wood is convalescent. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, tho Secretary for Ireland, accompanied by Mrs. Labouchere, is to arrive at his family residence to-morrow, from Dublin, in order to be in town at the meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday next. The other Members of the Cabinet—namely, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Grey, Sir George Grey. Sir John Cam Hob house, Lord Campbell, and the Right Hon. T. B. Ma caulay, are in town. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your journal of the 6th instant I find a vigorous and honourable defence of Sir Charles Napier's government of Sinde, against the ill grounded attacks published in the Times; for it is evident you allude to the articles which have ap peared in that paper. The editor of the Times has been deceived by his correspondent in all that relates to Sinde, and im posed upon by the false Parliamentary returns obtained by Mr. Hume last year; and by the continued false hoods promulgated from Bombay, as to the expenses, or as it is termed, the "DRAM of Sinde. Permit me, Sir, to support your judicious obser vations on the value of the possession, by stating certain facts, already sent to the editor of the Times, but which cannot be too widely known, because they cannot be disproved, though they may be denied by the men who have so long assailed Sir Charles Napier with every infamous calumny their despicable malice, excited to frenzy by a sense of impotency, can invent. 1. Not a soldier has been raised because of the con quest of Sinde except a Belooch battalion, and that only from a fine policy, not from any want of force. The occupation of Sukkur and Kurrachee, during the Affghan war, may, for anything I know, have occasioned an augmentation of the Bombay army ; but the conquest of Sinde has not. It has, on the con trary, given a better frontier to Bombay ; and that presidency must have maintained a larger force t o watch Sinde, and occupy Sukkur and Kurrachee, if the Ameers had remained masters of the country, than it has done in consequence of the conquest of Sinde. 2. The returns laid before Parliament are false, for the following reasons : Firstly, they give Sir Charles Napier 17,368 men in 1843, when he had o nl y 11,231. In 1844 they tthey give h g i i m ee 2 h l i , m 4o 2 s l , , 3when36,whhee when had e obnaldy only 0 1 0 2 . , 0 () l o n . l A B n 4 d s h e voluntarily sent hack 2,0 00 to Bombay that year. Secondly, because the numbers in the first column on the left hand differ from the numbers in the lower or general total line. Both cannot be true. Thirdly, because the regiments are returned as if they were all in Sinde at one time, and at their full s trength 1 There are, indeed, in the column of n ames of regiments the dates of their services in Sinde, but so confusedly and obscurely set down, that no person will take the trouble to analyse them, and correct the general numbers, which are false. 3. It is now said " that the Governor-General has at last determined to put a stop to the accumula tion of troops in Sinde," as if Sir Charles Napier desired to have them so accumulated. I pray you mark the fact. For two years, Sir Charles Napier has been ear nestly urging the reduction of the troops in Sinde to 5,000 men! They are now to be reduced to 8,000 men; that is to say, leaving him 3,000 more than he desires ! And if a great body of men have been quartered in Sinde this last year, it was for the Pun jaub war, and not for the protection of Sinde, which has not therefore caused that "drain?' 4. With regard to the expense; the statements attempted to be palmed on the public are equally fallacious. Sir Charles Napier has paid all the expences of the civil government, and the cost of many great public w orks of a permanent nature, a nd a police of 2,400 men, 1,000 being cavalry, out of the revenues of Sinde ; and he has besides paid into the general trea sury the following surplus ril For the financia l y ear ending Ap, 1844, d ur i ng which war raged for eight months, 27,000/. For the year ending April, 1845, nearly 200,000/. I have not the exact sum A at hand. pril, 1846, 310,0 t 00 1• For the year endiDg it is confidently expected that for 1846-7 he surplus will be 360,000/. Thus. Sir, in four years, during which war , • lence, and locusts, have successively visited s pdesti newly-conquered country, Sir Charles Napierin Sinde, a has governed the people happily and to their great eon tent ; paid all the civil expenses of his Government e xecuted immense works of p ermanent utility ; he will in Apri l, 1847, have p aid into the ; an d general treasury certainly not less than 800,000/•, probably revenue in d ne arly 1,000,0 00 /. 1 Each y e ar the creas es, so does cu ltivation, so commerce, and oes agricultural settle rs arrive b y th ousands. You have so forcibly exposed the futility of the arguments against the retention of Sinde, that I need not say more ; but I thank you for and able advocacy of the trut h with your vol un t ary respect t o th at valuable country. WM. NApiER .... Guernsey, Jan. 8, 1847 . ) Major-General. --- DRURY-LANE THEATRE George and the Dragon (the new pantomime here) is drawing all the town, tbe.house being crowded nightly. On the return of the Court, the Prince of Wales is to go and see it, the first time of his Ito} al Highness being in a theatre. ADELPIII THEATRE.—DISTRESSED HIGHLANDERS. —The penny subscription list, which is now going the round of the Strand and its adjacent parishes, for the purpose of mitigating the distress at present existing in the Highlands of Scotland, was augmented by the efforts of the ladies and gentlemen of the Adelphi Theatre, who, in the course of five minutes, and in pence alone, added not less than 16s. to the amount already collected. It is to be hoped that other establishments will imitate the benevolent example thus set them. JACK or ALL TRADES.—The following was taken from a sign at Misterton:-- ,6 brazier, and grinder Clocks, and Silver Plate, Jewell ery an d a ll kiwi' Agricultural Implements, neatly repare d - of carefully shod. Umbrellas and Par.- JJorses —Somerset County Ga,..7ette, obi covered, &c." LITERATURE. CIESAR BORGIA; an Historical Romance. By the Author of " Whitefriars." 3 Vols. The author of " Whitefriars " and " Whitehall," after having, in those productions, endeavoured to pourtray the glittering and dissolute Court of the second Charles, and the stirring events incident on the downfall of his predecessor, has now, grown confident by past success, adventured on a more arduous, because more comprehensive, theme, and turned to an epoch as eventful, though less interesting. A recent historical novel, the " Roman Traitor," described to us Rome in the old days of the republic ; in 'Wieser Borgia," we are again introduced to the eternal city, but under very dif ferent auspices. Here we behold the Rome of the middle ages her pontifical magnificence almost equalling her ancient glories—no longer by force of arms the boasted mistress of the world, but avowedly the supreme ruler of all Christendom. In attempting to depict the state of Italy at such a period as during the pontificate of Alexander TI., and in endeavouring to narrate the fortunes of such a hero as Caesar Borgia, the author of these volumes has chosen a theme fraught with abundant materials for the romancist, but also, from that very cause, most com plicated and most difficult. He tells us of a sove reign, who in virtue of his religious office was regarded with awe and reverence even by his enemies, but who was at the same time from his great abilities, inordinate ambition, and many crimes, an object of fear and hate even to his (so•called) friends. He reveals to us a court uniting all the gorgeous magnificence which wealth could furnish and the varied allurements which luxury could de vise, with the polished refinements of art, and the fas cinations of beauty, and wit, and genius. In the bright circle which surrounded Lucretia Borgia in numerable varieties of character were combined— the poetic compliments of Bembo mingling with the pregnant brevities of Machiavelli. Of this last personage, however, we have not enough in these volumes; he is intro duced it is true, but is only interesting from the prestige of his name—not from any words or actions there chronicled. He appears only in a secondary character, as the confidant of the plans of Caesar Borgia—the apt pupil of his dangerous doctrines—the true expounder of the Machiavellian policy. The character of User, as depicted in the work which bears his name, presents a compound of extraordinary vices and extraordinary abilities—one of those which history happily but rarely presents to us, in which an almost superhuman intellect is combined with an almost superhuman depravity—the deficiency of heart rendered more conspicuous by the superabun dance of brain. Yet the adventures of such a man are full of interest. We turn with disgust from the records of those slaves of passion, who plunge into all excesses and all crimes in following its dictates, but with very different feelings, with an anxious and curious eagerness, we follow de tails of plots and counterplots, daring expedients and marvellous combinations, crafty intrigues and subtle treacheries—such as make up the history of Caesar Borgia. We are interested, we are perforce interested,' not from the merits of the cause but the ability with which it is sustained; we look on with the 'rapt attention of some spectator of a game of skill, who, ignorant of the value of the stake, and in different as to who obtains it, yet watches the game with absorbing interest on account of the talent therein displayed. The novel of " Calm. Borgia" is peculiarly valuable at the present time, evidencing as it does the great power vested in the head of the Catholic Church, and furnishing as it does an ex ample, in the history of Alexander VI., of the crimes which may desecrate the sacred office, and the tyranny and ambition which may render its power most pernicious ; it enables us most satisfactorily to compare the past with the present, and the better to estimate the acts of the present Reformer of Rome. It is salutary now-a-days, in this improving age, to look back on the annals of ancient tyranny ; it is pleasing to be recalled from the iniquitous doings of the Borgias to hear of the good deeds of Pius. It is well to read the history of Alexan der VI. at the present time, when his successor in the chair of St. Peter, by acting in a manner diametrically opposed to his, is doing far more to increase the true glory of the Pontificate, and extend the real power of the Church, than did ever the all ambitious Borgias by force of arms or intellect, however potent the one or marvellous the other. In an historical point of view " Caesar Borgia" is more valuable than as a novel. The characters are well discriminated and well drawn, the language is animated, the descriptions full of in terest, yet, as a novel, it is certainly not without faults. In the first place, it is too long, and is rendered so by a constant succession of impro bable adventures—the historical events which it chronicles are certainly marvellous enough to render the addition of fictitious wonders unnecessary. Lu cretia Borgia, the sister of Ca2sar, is represented as a paragon of beauty and talents. The story of her wooing and wedding is sufficiently interesting. The adventures of her lover, Alfonso of Ferrara, perhaps equal those of any knight-errant upon record. Hav ing heard many calumnious reports respecting his future bride, he comes to Rome in disguise, in order to discover their truth or falsehood, and after much difficulty his doubts are at length dispersed, much of his information being acquired by the unknightly system of eaves-dropping. We are candid in stating our objections to " Cmsar Borgia," and for two reasons: in the first place, admitting the evident abilities of its author, we are anxious he should in future abstain from errors which greatly diminish their effect; and in the second place, we have no fear of wounding the feelings of a young author, for the writer of these volumes has apparently no small con fidence in his own talents—we say apparently, for doubtless the whole " preface dedicatory" was only intended pour rire. Nevertheless, it in clines us to believe that the author of "Whitefriars," in consequence of the general approbation bestowed on that, his first production, deems himself secure of public favour and future fame. If this be the case we beg respectfully to assure him that his future fate must depend on his future exertions—if he has done well he must do better. On this present work he has evidently bestowed much labour and much research, it was a great and arduous undertaking, and he has performed it with much care, but we would advise him for the future to bestow more care and more attention on details, not taking such delight in the marvellous and improbable. There is one description in one of these volumes of a sort of firework or illumination, which is perfectly bewildering, and almost baffles compre hension. Again, we would pray him, in illustrating a subject, to seek not only for forcible but for elegant, or at least appropriate, comparisons ; for instance, speak ing of the gre a t a l arm f e l t b y a monk lest some Lcident had befallen his superior, to whom he was much at tached, the author of " Caesar Borgia," pathetically observes, "h e t rem bl e d all over like a man in an ague fit, or rather like a jelly on a shakin g sideboard." Lest our auth or d eem us too severe, let us inform him, en revanche, for our severity, that having, in his " preface dedicatory," apportioned the different parts of his book to various classes, inscribing to the critics " all they find good," we, in virtue of this arrangement, notwithstanding our exceptions, con sider the greater portion dedicated to ourselves. TALES EXPLANATORY OF THE SACRA MENTS. By the Authoress of " Geraldine, a Tale of Conscience. In 2 Vols. This being a strictly Roman C a tholic work, we shall briefly speak of its purport for the benefit of our Roman Catholic readers, without investigating the theological subjects of which it treats. It is, in our opinion, incumbent on a newspaper, while enforcing the practical duties of religion, to abstain from all doctrinal discussions —it were well, in • deed, were such a course pursued not on ly in newspapers, but universally. The volumes in question contain seven tales, explanatory of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The design of these tales, the authoress tells us, is to enable the sacra ments " to be approached by the young Catholic with awe, with gratitude, and with a full comprehension of the specific nature and value of each sacrament." In order to effect this, she has wisely attempted to teach by example, rather than by precept, and these tales, which exhibit the various emotions and religious in - fluences experienced by others, are calculated to pro duce far more effect on the youthful readers, than the most forcible sermon, or homily addressed to them selves. Abstaining from all enquiry into the hidden mysteries of religion—at all times a bad study for youth—she endeavours only to describe the prepa ration necessary for and the practical benefits to be derived from a participation in its sacred rites. The tales are of various kinds, calculated to attract the young readers for whom they were designed ; but they are manifestly objects of but secondary con sideration, the whole interest of the book being very adroitly concentrated upon the Sacraments them selves. Their object is very forcibly demon strated, the outline of the ceremonies given, in cluding also many of the prayers. We have said the account of these ceremonies is interesting, and so indeed it is, even to Protestants. These volumes may elicit their interest and admirat ion, with out in interest and least endangering their belief , for t heir and admiration will be excited, not for the tenets of the church of Rome, but for the glorious doctrines of our common Christianity. The perusal of these volumes only strengthens our desire that the day may not be far distant when the unhappy disputes of Ca tholics and Protestants may give way to the universal concord of Christi?.. as . The last tale in these volumes , entitled " - T :eSpousal Cross," is calculated t o be of pract' - " re garded ex em . in a religious point . i ...Al utility.. Theof f duties view plified. We transcribe,for are of N a Tr w y if fOrc as ibly ' the benefit of those whom it may co ncern, some excellent advice given by gm o ld lady to her niece, who interrupts • - •1 I