The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-15 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION (THIS DAY.) Thomas Troughton, a miserably-dressed young Mao, who described himself as a theatrical performer, was indicted for stealing a tunic, sword, and several other articles of theatrical " property," belonging to M& o ss Cantor. The prosecutor stated that he carried on an ex tensive business as a dealer in theatrical dresses and `` Properties," in Goodman's-fields, and supplied most of the theatres at the East end. The prisoner was the habit of frequenting his shop, and having Missed the above articles, he taxed him with having taken them, but he denied all knowledge of any of the articles. He (witness) subsequently made in quiries, which induced him to give the prisoner into custody. The first witness styled himself Mr. Taffray, and described himself as a theatrical performer. He was not at present in any engagement, but was retained 4. i ° Perform a t th e St an d ar d nex t Christmas.—(A a ugh.) He knew the prisoner as a brother actor, and bought a tunic, cap, shirt, and some "properties," 'rciol him for 3s. 6d., Mrs. Taffray paying him 2s. in t'neY, witness 6d., and the other shilling being paid y rent the prisoner owed to them. Randolph Wilkins said he was a comedian, and he t d the pr i soner were engage d to per f orm a t th e f6 ngliam Saloon for a benefit. He (witness) hired the Sword in qu es ti on f rom M r . C an t or , a nd soon after " 40 close o f th e per f ormance h e m i sse d it. Th e cha ;actor he performed was Edward Percival in the Vil lage Belles. The nex t w i tness pro d uce d a swor d , w hi c h h e "wore the prisoner pledged with him for 9d.—(A lau g h . ) Mr. Cantor identified it as well as the other articles as his property. The prisoner , in his defence, said it was usual for tere erB ° l l3 " in the profession" to assist each other by _il.lrlo g theatri ca l ar ti c l es f rom th ose " members" who w out of engagement, and he became thus pos sessed of the articles. A young man, a friend of his, s g,_°t an engag emen t a t a f a i r fix three days, and the out was borrowed to enable him to take the engage ment, after the termination of which he (prisoner) "night it from him. There were other " properties" these the things he was charged with stealing, and 'nese things were mostly the clearance out of his wardrobe at the close of the Standard Theatre, and be could speak to them particularly because there 'was an old white hat which he had long used upon the stage.--(Laughter.) The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri soner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment With hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Henry Baker, a young man, in the employ of a Mr. Gill, dyer, 52, South Molton-street, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having obtained from Mr. Francis Kerridge, cheeseinonger, 260, Ox ford-street, a piece of ham and a piece of cheese by fraudulent practices. It appeared that about nine o'clock last night the prisoner went to complainant's shop and ordered a piece of ham and a piece of cheese to be sent to Mr. Gills, 52, South Molton-street. The goods were sent by complainant's shopman, who was ordered not to leave them without the money. On arriving at the house the prisoner was standing against the door, and took the goods from the shopman, who asked for the money. The prisoner said, " It's all right, come and have some gin, and I will find Gill, and get you the money." The shopman went with him to two pub lic-houses, but no Gill could be found; and as the Prisoner attempted to shuffle out of it, the shopman gave him in charge. Monsieur Louis, 61, Norton-street, stated that he had a charge to prefer against the prisoner. Having a quantity of curtains, which wanted dying, he called at Mr. Huggard's, 94, Norton-street, and asked him What he would charge for doing them. The prisoner Was in the shop at the time. Witness asked what the price would be per yard for the 10t, and as he thought the charge too dear, he left the shop, saying that he would think of it. On his way home the pri soner came after him, and touched him on the shoul der, said that as there was a lot of curtains, he would do them for 2kd. per yard. Thinking that he was sent by Huggard witness told him to call at his house, when he would give him some of the curtains to do, and if they were done well, he should have the rest. The prisoner accordingly called, and a bundle containing the four curtains were handed to him. After he had left the house, it was discovered that be had taken another curtain from off the table. This excited the suspicion of witness, who, ,on going to Mr. Huggard's, was informed that no person had been sent from him.for the goods. A number of other charges of a similar nature were preferred against him ; when Inspector Squire stated that the house in South Molton-street was occupied by swindlers, who managed to victimise the public to a serious extent. The prisoner, who passed himself off as Gill's porter, was the prime mover in the concern. The coin ints made against the house were innumerable. h ere were at present several summonses and a war rant out against Gill, who always managed to keep out of the way. The prisoner denied the charges against him. He Was employed by Gill, and acted according to his directions. Mr. HARDwicK said it was a case for a jury to deal with. He should, therefore, commit him for trial. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) Martha Howard, a young woman of considerable personal attractions, was charged with attempting to pas s a counterfeit half-crown at the shop of Mr. John Putnam, eating-house-keeper, Brook-street, Ratcliffe. The case was curious, inasmuch as the wife of the prosecutor was brought up to this court, on Tues day week last, charged with passing a counterfeit five-shilling piece, the particulars of which appeared in The Sun of the same day. Mrs. Putnam was re manded on the charge, but subsequently discharged without an imputation on her character. She alleged that she had taken the five-shilling piece in her shop. Mrs. Putnam stated that yesterday evening the prisoner came into her shop and asked for a pork pie, for which she tendered the half-crown produced. On looking narrowly at it she discovered that it was counterfeit. She immediately called her husband, who bit it in two places. The prisoner then begged to be let go, but Mr. Putnam sent for a policeman. Seeing that Le was determined, the prisoner engaged him in conversation, and watching her opportunity, suddenly snatched the half-crown out of his hand and ran out down Harris-court. Mr. Putnam pursued and overtook her, when she said, " I have done you, for I have dropped the half-crown." He, however, detained her till the policeman came, and the half crown was found in the court this morning. Police-constable, K 20S, produced the half-crown which s watchman had found in Harris court this morning, and on it were the marks where Mr. Put nam had bitten it. The watchman swore to finding the coin. Mr. YA RDLEY said, that from the adroit manner in 'which the prisoner had acted, no doubt she was an adept at smashing, and he should therefore remand her till Tuesday next, in order that the police might make inquiries about her, and also communicate with the solicitor to the Mint. The prosecutor then stepped into the witness-box, and said he had brought forward this case with a vievr to vindicate his wif.e's character, Mr. YARDLEY—_I have already said that no impu tation whatever remains on your wife's character. Mr. Putnam then thanked the magistrate, bowed, and withdrew. REGISTRATIONS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. (Before T. Y. M'CIIRISTIE, Esq.) Mr. S. Smith, at the commencement of the pro ceeding of the Court, said, that both himself and Mr. Brown wished to have the opinion of the Court upon a point which they considered of some importance as t''.o the regulation of their future proceedings. The Court had come to a decision that in cases where ob j(tctionshad been m a d e , costs would be allowed to ti le parties, although the agents had agreed to with &raw their objections, and that notice should be given to the parties in such cases that the objections were with drawn. Now it happened that whenever 'Laic e was t:o given to the parties, they invariably attended the court and claimed costs. Mr. Brown said that last year, in consequence of the decision of Mr. Arnold, a great number of objec t tions were at once withdrawn, and no costs allowed in such cases. The Court had, however, decided that when the objection was withdrawn, and the parties attended, they should be allowed costs. That was a very hard case upon the agents, because in all instances where the objections were made they were supposed to be valid ones. The REVISING BARRISTER said that the agents had brought the inconvenience upon themselves in con sequence of their having served so many objections, 'without having any foundation for so doing. He had done all that lay in his power to remedy the incon venience. Mr. Brown wished to know whether, if an object ton were withdrawn and notice thereof sent to the 'party, the Court would refuse to give costs ? The REVISING BARRISTER said that he could not pledge himself to do any such thing. During the sittings of the Court several persons :attended who had received notice of the withdrawal \Of the objecti ons , an d i n each case received costs va -tying in amount from 10s. to 20,5. Mr. S. Smith upon this reiterated his former tstatements as to the hardship of the case, and trusted 'that the Court would consider such cases worthy of 'receiving the fullest consideration of the Court. Mr. Brown said that last year there were upwards 1 1000 more oblations made than in the present year, but an arrangement was then made before Mr. Arnold, and no costs were then allowed. The ItEvIsING BARRISTER said that he could not recognise or sanction any such arrangement. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. LATEST BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GAMBRIDGESIIIRE STASES. The field agat ten—taken 13 to 1 agst Geraldine 14 to 1 agst Foreclosure 14 to 1 agst Collingwood—t l 15 to 1 agst Giselle 16 to 1 agst Prior of St. 1 Margaret's—taken 17 to 1 agst Blackbird 17 to 1 agst George Hudson! —taken 'l7 to 1 agst Queen Mary—t 25 to 1 agst War Eagle 25 to 1 agst Rob Roy .25 to 1 agst The Cur 1 25 to 1 agst Newcourt—t 125 to 1 agst Reminiscence 30 to 1 agst Patriot 140 to 1 agst Rough & Ready ' —taken 40 to I agst Brocardo—t DERBY. 33 to 1 agst Cervu• 33 to 1 agst Edie Ochil -33 to 1 agst Sesostris tree 33 to 1 agst Beverlac 40 to 1 agst Whitstone A meeting of the Jockey Club was held, after the races this afternoon, for the purpose of taking into con• sideration a proposed deviation of the Newmarket Rail way Extension to Bury and Thetford, by which the directors sought, not only to save 150,0001., by avoiding the construction of the tunnel, but to complete the line at least twelve months within the period originally contem plated. The Duke of Rutland, Lord George Bentinck, and many others, were favourable to the alteration, but the trainers and jockies having petitioned against it, on the ground that it would injure the exercise ground, the scheme was negatived. The proposal to change the time of running the two great October handicaps was also negatived. The memorial of Messrs. W. Stebbings and Braham was also taken into consideration, and the reso lution by which they were forbidden to go on the course, was rescinded. Mr. John Day has challenged for the whip. TZURSDAT. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b. First halt of Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 401. (5 Subs.) _ _ Lord Orford's fby Touchstone, out of Firefly (Nat) 1 Mr. Beresford's Fby Erymus, out of Peeress „. 2 Mr. Hargreare's br cby Scroggins, out of Gill ... 3 La Ord Spencer's Lanista Betting-10 to 6 agst Firefly filly, and 2 to 1 agst Peeress. The Firefly filly made all the running—won easily by a length, and was claimed. Time, 55 secs.. Handicap Plate of 1001. for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Lord E. Russell's Dulcet, 5 yrs, Bst 10113 (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Lowther's The Admiral, 3 yrs, 6st (llockerary) 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bstlolb (Templem any 0 Mr. W. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ... 0 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Duc-an-Durras, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ... 0 Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (S. Mann) 0 Mr. St. Aubyu's Julia, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ... (J. Brown) 0 Mr. G. Hobson's Chatham, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Planner) 0 Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Tasker) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Prince) 0 Mr..Worley's Wintonia, II yrs, 6st 81b (C. Hornsby) 0 Colonel Peel's Palma, 3 yrs, Est 81b ... (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs, Est 61b ... (Pearl) 0 Mr. G. H. Moore's Watchdog, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Flitch, 4 yrs, Est 51b (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Widred, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (Charlton) 0 Betting-5 to 1 agst St. Demetri, sto 1 agst Watch dog, 6 to 1 agst The Admiral, 8 to 1 agst Palma, 9 to 1 agst Widred, 10 to 1 agst Tarella, 10 to 1 agst Master Downes, and 12 to 1 agst Inheritress. Master Downes took a decided lead at starting, and made ranking at a strong pace, followed by The Flitch, The Admiral, Widred, St. Demetri, and some light weights, Inheritress, Dulcet, and Lady Cecilia, lying away. They ran thus to the cords, where Dulcet, The Admiral, Lady Cecilia, and Inheritress went in front, and the first-mentioned three, singling themselves out, ran a severe race home, Dulcet winning by a neck, and The Admiral beating Lady Cecilia by a head only. Inheritress was fourth, and Duc-an-Durras fifth. Run in 2 min. 23 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, Est 71b; three, Bst Slb ; four, Bst 11Ib ; five, &c., 9st. First half of Ab. Winner to be sold for 3001., &c. (11 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's cob, aged Mr. Mostyn's Tamarind, 2 yrs ••• ••• Lord Enfield's Garry Owen, aged ...... ... 3 Mr. Dawson's John Harris, 5 yrs—Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid, 4 yrs—Lord Eglinton's Nerissa, 3 yrs— Mr. Barnes's Blackcock, 3 yrs—Mr. Crockford's Kite— Col. Peel's Architect, 2 yrs—and Mr. Newston's Flin stone, 2 yrs, also started, but were not placed. Betting-6 to 4 on the Cob, and 7 to 2 agat Blackcock and :Tamarind. The Cob and Blackcock laid together in advance to the cords, where the Cob took up the run- ning, cleared his horses in a few strides, and won in a canter by two lengths, Garry Owen, who came at the last, losing the second place by a head. Run in 55 secs. The Bretby Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; for two yrs old fillies. Last three-quarters of the R.M. (13 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright ... (Nat) 1 Duke of Richmond's Reflection ... ... 2 ... 1 Colonel Peel's Jenny Lind ... Mr. Mostyn's Tamarind ... Colonel Anson's Contessa Betting---5 to 4 agst Sister to Arkwright, sto 2 agst Jenny Lind, and 4 to 1 each agst Reflection and Tama rind. Reflection made running at a good pace, Contessa, Jenny Lind, and Tamarind lying up with her, and the favourite waiting. Sister to Arkwright joined the leading horses at the foot of the hill, headed them in the cords, and won cleverly by a length; half a length between second and third, and the others well up. Run in 1 min. 25 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51h. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. (3 Subs.) Mr. B. Green's Pet of the Fancy ... Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Chesterfield's May, Bst 21b, received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's Festus, Bst 71b. NEWMARKET, THURSDAY NIGHT, 11 o'cLocK. LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Geraldine 16 to 1 agst Foreclosure 13 to 1 agst Giselle 16 to 1 agst Taylor's lot 14 to 1 agst Collingwood—t 20 to 1 agst Hydrangea 16 to I agst I'atriot—t 25:t0 1 agst Newcourt—t Miss Sarah and the Tartar are scratched. 'DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Surplice—t 30 to 1 agst Sesostris—t 12 to 1 agst Springy Jack-t 40 to 1 agst Whetstone—t 15 to 1 agst Glendower 50 to 1 agst Fowler—t walked over ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. Handicap for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. Coningsby, Bst 71b—Cocoanut, Bst 61b—Rob Roy, 84 51b—Gabbler, 7tt 131b—Headsman, 7st 91b—Marquis of Conynghatr, ist 71b. Four declared. Handicap for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Bowstring, Bst 71b—Deriades, Bst—Redwing, 7st 91b —Cardinal's Niece, ist 91b—Jollity, 7st 81b—Vicc- Consul, ist 61b—Bohernienne, 7st 41b—Oregon, 7st 31b —Timour, 7st 31b—Outpost, 6st 101b—Pet of the Fancy, 6st 31b—Reflection, Est 31b—Panic, 6st—Black Doe, sst Mb. Two declared. NEW MATCH FOR FRIDAY. Wilderness, Bst 91b, agst Bridle, Bst 11b. T.Y.C. 200, h fr. Forfeits have been declared in the following matches for Friday :—Clerk of the Council and Wilmot; Cler mont and Chainbearer; Fistiana and Awkward; Glen Saddle and Duplicity; Watchdog and Leopard ; Bow string and Miss Sarah ; and Miami and Nerissa. DEATH OF MR. ROOKE, THE COMPOSER. Our musical readers will be sorry to hear that the eminent composer Rooke died at his cottage at Ful ham on Thursday morning, after enduring six months of intense suffering. Those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance will regret his loss as a man, for a pleasanter or more delightful companion could not be, and those acquainted with his works must regret that a man of such genius should have been cut off in the meridian of his life. lie was chorus-master of Drury. lane for many years, when he composed many songs, choruses, &c., which always bore the stamp of genius. His first great work, Amelie, was pro duced at Covent-garden in 1838, when under the management of Macready, and met w ith th e mos t brilliant success. It was afterwards produced in New York, by Mr. Wilson and Miss Shirreff, the original tenor and soprano, when it again had the greatest success, and was played every night for four weeks. His next opera, Henrique, was produced in Covent-garden in 1839, but its being near the end of the season when it was brought out, it had scarcely, justice done to it. The music of this opera, which is excessively beautiful, was never published, the composer having determined to keep it in his own hands till the opera was again produced, and at such a time when there was a probability of its running for some time. A splendid comic opera, called Cagliostro, was accepted by Madame Vestris, when that lady had Covent• garden, in 1841, but circumstances connected with the theatre prevented the opera from being pro duced, and poor Rooke was left to chew the cud of bitter disappointment. The operas which he has left behind him we hope some spirited individual may be induced to bring out, that the emanations of so bright a genius may not be lost to the world. He has left al large family, but we fear they are but sc antily provided for, his long illness having prevented him from exercising his vocation as a teacher. llop-picking having generally been brought to a close, a better estimate can be made of the yit Id, the result of which is evident in the enhanced rate of duty, it being now laid at from 130,000/. to 190,000/.—Ken/- ish Observer. To PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.—Yesterday, the rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, announced his inten tion of performing the marriage service without fee on Advent Sunday next for all poor persons desirous of en tering the holy state of matrimony, and who by appli cation to the clerk at St. John's Church, any Wednes day during the present month, will have the banns pub lished forthwith, free of all expt - nse. Professor Paarfecht mentions, as a striking evidence of the s3mtnetty of Nature's operations, that " mush. rooms always spring up in a shower, which is doubtless the reason that they are shaped like umbrellas." ROYAL NAVAL .13NEVOLENT SOCIETY.—Vice-Ad miral Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., has presented the handsome donation of 101. towards the collection for de fraying the law expenses incurred by this noble charity in the late trial at Croydon. THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have paid some attention to the various writers on the present state of the currency, and con sequent commercial duties, but find in all attempts made to account for the present state of things, and to point out how they might be remedied. The arguments of most are palpably defective in some way or other. I am not going to confute such argu ments, or propose a nostrum of my own—it is better, I think, to allude to the facts of the case, and leave them to indicate the proper remedies. The professed object of the Bill of 1844 was to prevent undue speculation and undue expansion, and to set up a self adjusting system whereby great and ruinous fluctua tions in the currency were to be prevented ; in fact, a sort of sliding scale, whereby, as with the old corn law, prices were to be kept steady, and violent fluctuations prevented. Like that notable scheme, it is palpable to all this scheme of Peel, Jones Loyd, and Co., has entirely and ruinously failed ; and for why ? Because, like the corn-law, it cannot take cognisance of circumstances against which no law can provide. The corn• law would not prevent a surplus of home produce, neither would it prevent scarcity, and consequently prices were found to fluctuate as widely, or more so, than when no sliding scale existed—so with the currency law, it would not restrain the outflow of bullion when famine visited our country, and consequent on that outflow, it could not restrain men's fears that money was to become scarce, and that for self-preservation it was necessary to hoard cash to meet all contingencies. It would not restrain the cupidity of capitalists from exacting an enormous rate of interest consequent on that scarcity, and when that scarcity had produced its natural results, it could not prevent panic and the almost total denial of all accommodation, and the as total destruction of all credit, and thus produce a crisis, the ultimate results of which the stoutest heart trembles to contemplate. I say, Sir, that no currency law, be it ever so cunningly devised, can prove a self-adjusting scheme, simply because it can not regulate men's passions, whether displayed in the shape of fear or avarice. So late as August, 1846, money was abundant, credit stood high, and why ? because the Bank of England had plenty of gold in its coffers. For the sake of argument we will assume that the Bank had 15 millions of bullion on hand; at that time all went merry and free, railway calls had little effect then ; circumstances over which no Cur rency Bill could possibly exercise control gradually withdrew this bullion, until in Aug., 1847, it is reduced to nine millions, and concurrent with this reduction of seven millions the country is brought to the verge of ruin, though the remaining nine are lying idle. Yes, Sir, the abstraction of seven millions of gold has produced such results in the commercial world, that no man knows whether he may not be a beggar to morrow, whatever his prudence or property may have been. Under such circumstances I care not for ab stract principles—there are emergencies when ab stract principles cannot be carried out, be they ever so sound. For instance, did the Government when it undertook to feed the Irish, act on abstract prin ciples ? The emergency then justified the departure, and the result was the s a l va ti on o f th e li ves o f millions ; how does it happen that what was justifi able and necessary then is not so now ? how does it happen that now, when the very existence of the com mercial and manufacturing world is at stake, no de ,parture from abstract principles is to be permitted ? The latter case is as urgent as the former—the bread of millions is at this moment depending not on the supply of food, but whether the working classes are to get that employment whereby they gain the means to purchase food. It is now distinctly proved by the results that our system of currency is based on the fact whether the Bank hold twelve or fourteen millions of bullion, or only eight or nine—therefore the base of the cur rency has this extent, no more. I may be told that the issues of the Bank are most materially diminished. Granted ; but are they available ? This is the question. I say they are not available, and they might, to a great extent, have never been made, as to be " clutched up," as they now are. I care not what the motive for hoarding may be, the effect is the same. Is, then, the whole mercantile and banking world to be left at the mercy of such a state of things ? Are the solvent as well as the insolvent i to be swept into one common ruin, because an abstract principle is to be carried out ? I said I would not offer a nostrum of my own, and though I refrain from doing so, yet the remedy is clear, and, compared with the present exigency, easy. Had Mr. Pitt been alive he would have suggested it long ago. The very disposition to offer a remedy, from the only quarter whence it can come, would, I am persuaded, stop the evil. The fearful falling-off in the revenue will create alarm at head-quarters, where, if there is not originality or energy enough to produce a movement, fears for the future may, and I trust they will, com pel it. It has long been described as a great and a growing evil in this country, the tendency of capital to concentrate itself in a few hands—what a fearful impulse this tendency is now acquiring 1 The capi talist is swallowing up all. Look at the increased profits of the Bank of England—look at the enor• mous rates of discount—all so much levied on the community to swell the bulk of the rolling snowball capitalist, who, left to dictate his own terms, is ab sorbing the property of all those placed at his mercy. The abstraction of seven millions of gold from the Bank has cost the country many hundred millions in the depreciation of property, and rendered a very large proportion of it inconvertible. It is manifest that our currency is not expansive enough for the vast wants of comm erce . Wh at i s a currency ?—a i mereinvention of convenience to facilitate the ex change of commodities ; but by a strange perversion this mere convenience is made the supreme arbiter of value—nay, of very existence ; instead of a facility, it has become a ruthless tyr an t, lik e S aturn of old, devouringits own children. Few are willing to come forward and lead public opi n i on i n suc h a crisis, lest it should De inferred that they are exposing their own difficulties ; but every one feels his situation not a whit the less, and instead of clamouring they grind their teeth, and execrate the men who leave them to sink without an effort to save them. EBOR. THE CURRENCY. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir, —Observing your laudable endeavours to ex plain the evils of the currency Bills of 1819 and 1844 with much pleasure, I trust you will excuse my claim of a small space in your valuable pages. Among sundry suggestions for improvement, I ob served one a day or two since which, although open to objections, would answer with very little altera tion. I allude to the issue of Exchequer-bills of 11., hearing interest at 5 per cent. to railway companies. This would not answer the purpose, for two reasons— it would only assist one part of the community, viz. the railway companies, and it would not increase the circulation, but only add to securities, which is part of the present evil ; for at present it is evident that the circulating medium is not sufficient to carry on the natural business of the country under the pres sure occasioned by the withdrawal of the bullion, and the only safe remedy is to increase that circu lating medium in some way that will not promote the export of bullion, and merely act while we are without the requisite amount. Now, what I would name is this—an Act to allow the Bank to issue 1/. and 21. notes at any time that the stock of bul lion is under a certain amount, say 10,000,000/.. to such an extent as the bullion is defi cient to make these notes legal tenders, b u t not couyei able into gold until a year after date, but pay able into the Exchequer as taxes at any time. The Bank could so arrange the dates as to be able to pro vide for them as they become convertible, either by gold, if the quantity in hand allows them, or by a fresh issue through other channels to meet them ; at the same time, the Bank should be compelled to with draw other notes to an equal amount should the bul lion suddenly increase, to avoid having too large a circulation out. This plan would always act; for supposing (which God forbid) that by famine nearly all the bullion was withdrawn from the Bank, there would be the same amount of circulating medium for carrying on the business of the country, although not the same facility for exporting bullion. Again, supposing the gold to be increased to its former amount, or, in fact, anything above 10,000,0001., there would either be no small notes out, or so many large ones would be withdrawn as would tally with the amount, and the large ones being convertible into gold would soon be exchanged for the small ones out. The profit on the issue would amply repay the Bank. Apologising for this intrusion, I am, Your Editor,r obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. City, Oct. 14, 1847. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTLIOOD.-Our obi tuary this week, records the death of the Rev. J. Standen, of this town, and the Rev. J. Dugdale, of Stockton, members of the Catholic priesthood. Both are to be added to the long fist of those who have fallen victims to the prevailing fever, while braving its danger to administer consolation to the sick and dying. —Newcastle Advertiser. SOUTH EMI REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A meeting took place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of establishing the Metropolitan Auxiliary South Essex Reform Association. The chair was taken by Mr. Chambers. Resolutions were submittal, and, after discussion, carried unanimously. A President, Vice-President, and Committee were appointed, whose names, it was resolved, should be announced by adv,r tisement in the London papers. M. Negrelli, the Austrian civil engineer, is making preparations to leave Vienna for Egypt, to join the French and English engineers in the formation of the canal of Suez. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 13.—The business done in sugars during the past week has been too limited to make quotations accurately, indeed there seems a mutual disinclination on the part of both buyers and lelleri to do business for the present.—liristol Gazetk. MADRID, OCT. B.—The work of undoing all that had been done by Salamanca is gradually going on. The present Government are taking a review of all his acts, and are going back, with due regularity, to the period of the amnesty, which, in all probability, will meet with the fate of its companions. The Ga.• zette of this day has the following : "Finance Office. "EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " Senora,—The alienation of the property called propios, now administered by the A.yuntamientos, promulgated by royal decree of the 25th of Sep tember last, is a measure of such transcendant im portance as, in the opinion of the undersigned Mi nister, to require for its execution the concurrence of the legislative chambers, to which it was sub mitted at the period of their suspension. " They are now convoked for the 15th of Novem ber next, and until they decide on what is best to be done he believes it indispensable to suspend the effects of the royal decree alluded to, and for which purpose he has the honour of submitting to the royal appro bation of your Majesty the subjoined project of de cree.—Madrid, Oct. 6th, 1847. " Senora,—At the royal feet of your Majesty, " FRANCISCO ORLANDO." " ROYAL DECREE. " In consideration of the reasons manifested to me by the Minister of Finance, I hereby resolve that the execution of my royal decree of the 25th of Septem ber last, on the alienation of the property called pro pios, be suspended until the Cortes shall have taken into consideration this serious subject. " Given at the Palace this 6th of October, 1847. " (Signed by the royal hand.) " (Countersigned) " FRANCISCO ORLANDO, " Minister of Finance." " EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " Senora,—The under s i gne d Mi n i s t e r, convinced that the sale of the property belonging to charitable institutions is a measure, from its importance, re quiring the concurrence of the Cortes to carry it into execution, and thereby prevent the inconve nience likely to result, has the honour to propose to the royal approbation of your Majesty the subjoined project of decree : _ "ROYAL DECRIER. " Taking into consideration the reasons manifested to me by my Minister of Finance, I hereby direct that, until the Cortes shall have assembled and re solved on what is necessary to be done respecting the alienation of property belonging to charitable institu tions, the :execution of my royal decree of the 26th of September last, relative to the said property, be suspended. Given at the Palace this 6th October, 1847. (Countersigned) "FRANCISCO ORLANDO, &c." " EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " Senora,—Any alteration in the monetary system of a country is of such importance to the general in terest, that its adoption should alone be the result of the most mature examination. In proof of this truth are alleged the opinions which at different periods have been emitted, as well as the various projects submitted to the deliberation of the Cortee. Without their concurrence the undersigned Minister thinks any innovation in the present system is highly dan gerous ; but he does not, at the same time, refuse to recognise the necessity of doing all that is required for the benefit of the State. With the due respect for such a principle, he considers it convenient to suspend for the present the execution of the provisions of the royal decree of the 31st of May last, and has the honour to submit to your royal approbation the sub joined project of decree. " ROYAL DECREE. "Agreeing in the opinion expressed by my Minister of Finance, I hereby direct the suspension of the execution of our royal decree of the 31st of May last, relative to the monetary system, until the Cortes shall have met and decided on the proper course to follow. _ _ _ _ " Given at the Palace, this 6th of Oct., 1847. (Countersigned) " FRANCISCO ORLANDO, " Minister of Finance." Another decree, countersigned by Arrazola, Mi nister of Grace and Justice, directs Senor Garcia Goyena to resume his functions as Judge of the Su preme Tribunal, which he exercised previous to his nomination as President of the Council and Minister of Grace and Justice in the Salamanca Cabinet. The same person is also to resume his place as Vice-Pre sident of the commission for the reform of the crimi nal law. The dispatches from the General, second in com mand in Catalonia, dated the 3d, state that a combat took place between the faction of Castell and the Queen's troops under Colonel Roure. The loss on the part of the Carlists consists of eight men killed and twelve wounded—the latter they succeeded in removing from the field. A small quantity of arms and ammunition was also captured, but no prisoners. As usual, the loss on the part of the troops was only one man wounded ! The same authority adds, that the combined fac tion of Castel], Vilella, and other chiefs, failed in their attempt to enter into Berga, at least in the part commanded by the fort. t T They merely succeeded in h taking some houses at e entrance of the town, which their plundered, but with the loss of one killed and several wounded—among the latter one of the chiefs. The opinion is entertained by certain parties here , that if the Government of which Narvaez have not yet com menced the outrages always characterised the man who figures at its head, the forbearance is less owing to any partiality towards a just and le g itimate line of conduct than to the difficulties which exis t in the Cabinet itself, and which it would be da n g erous to augment. Perhaps e this view of the ca se is not entirely a mistaken o into affairs believe that ; but those who look dee p er m a system of tolerance, and even of forbearance, f been distributed to erms part of; the role which has the actors by the great manager in the Tuileries. Louis Philippe is, very naturally, unwilling to compromise view by any premature the great object he has in atrocities on the part of those acting under his people to a pitch orders,which would an d which might excite the k would endanger the mighty interests that are at s e t the Duke of a stake. The despotic character of allude to. Left to Valencia is scarcely necessary to known what the hero his own instincts, it is well and there is no doubt of La Mancha is capable of; he instantly obevedubt that his slightest nod would for the nonce, - 1 by the lesser dependents who, Narvaez is natura i ll a ; the character of his colleagues. Narvaez has himself imperious and overbearing—but is bound, just as mucha master, to whose interests he to him. as Orlando and Co. are bound guinary re-action, Notwithstanding , there then, the fears of a san in the fact that a ere would be nothing surprising otherwise--that _ s course of policy rather mild than None but Mo t is, for Spain—will be followed. the civil and mikados will of course be employed in unforeseen occurrencedepartments ; but unless some be no very active e takes lace, perhaps there may such as persecutioncharacterisedof the Liberals, at least Narvaez's first entr.the sad and memorable days of according to the into power. Such, at least surface; is the opinion of men who look beyond the his purportsuperiors received from of the instructions Narvaez Paris ; and the gene before setting out from present, would seeniral toconduct of the man, up to the act of plunderjustify that opinion. If the successful, its value meditatedwill on the Crown of Spain be been done in silence. not be:thelless because it has One would supp ose s wallowed General tl'a the earth had opened and as he ought if all reco Serrano . That person avoids— li light ed of him be true, even in a s mall degree—the those whom he is Lof day, and the contact of accused of betraying. There is some rumour, I know not how well or ill founded, that that now well. ivan person intends publishing a sort of defence of the What will be the character of imputed to him. will that defence it is not difficult to say. Serrano probably allege that he saw himself surrounded with able to resist temptation. Anger , and no longer was useless for him to e , will declare that it the Progressistas ; that he wit rpe to conciliate still the object of their suspicion, of their hatred, oftheir fears ; and while admitting the im p arti al justice of mankind in the penalty infl icted on treachery, he will perhaps say that no one could should sacrifice him self, even te° r xpec e r a place defence be put for ward b y him in point to the neglect or contempt a tangible shape, manifested towards tetra him by the most faith f u l follow er of his former be nefactor, of him who m he ayed in 1843. He Colonel will, perhaps, complai n that . el Gurrea, on his arrival at Madrid, did not visit him—did not make himself the hearer of some words of kindness, of friendship, on the pa rt of Es p s rt ero ; and that his failing to do so was the crownit:lin by gproof of the hostile feeling still cherished a g ainst the Liberals. Yet who or what is S errano to ssetu P a claim to be of s excepted from the or dinar y rules panish society, and from which the Sovereign, the government, or the highest authorities, are only exempt? Is Ge neral Serrano the S overei g n of thencountryhigh offi . mal cha racter ? Is he, in realit y , possessed of that vast power for good or for evil which the Faro and the Herald() so long assigned to him under the name of the " Influence," and which the y so long held up to the reprobation of the public ? Is it, indeed, true that the fortunes of the country have been again sold ? and is the conduct imputed to hi m on all hands—in public and in private, and never yet denied by the organs of the Frenc h party — false, so somercenary, so unfeeling ? Stories are told of scenes between that man, and a person who must at this moment be nameless, which, for a space at least, have to be left untold; but which, if true, crown fitly the career he has hitherto run. Those scenes, heartrending as they are described to be, have decided the fate of the country for the present. We are now told that, seeing the inutility of a longer residence in Madrid, or in Spain, and having obtained all he wished, he intends retiring altogether from the society of civilized men. It is said he in tends, after having arranged his affairs—which must after late e vents be considerably increased in im portance—proceeding to Cuba, very likely as Captain- General. General Serrano understands his own vocation better than any one. Cuba is a land of slaves, and there also men are bought and sold, as they are in countries nearer home. Serrano has begun to suspect that the mighty and mysterious influence attributed to him by the Faro and Heraldo is already failing him. He knew it the night he accompanied Narvaez and Ros de Olano and the Duke of Glucksberg, when he put the seal to his reputation. He sees that Spain, fallen as she is, is no longer the land for him ; and the peculiar traffic so much to the taste of Captains-General of Cuba, will not come to him unprepared. The difference of colour is nothing ; they are still men by whom profit can he made. Previously to setting out for his new congenial place of residence, Serrano, we are assured, com pleted his measures of bounty to his new friends, and has given his consent to the recal of Maria Christina. The Duchess of Rianzares., then, with no doubt the whole brood of Alunozes, young and old, returns to Madrid, and will put the finishing stroke to the work so well begun. It is not certain whether Generel Serrano waits her arrival. We are told that when the plan for which so many acts of shame and dishonour were done is all but ripe for execution, matters will be arranged so that a division of the French army will enter Cata lonia—the merest pretext—such as the increasing boldness of the Carlists—being sufficient; and that a division, of equal amount, •f Spanish troops will be recalled from the Principality to Madrid. For what purpose the French will enter Catalonia, and the Spaniards be recalled to Castile, it is scarcely neces sary to say. The time for both events to take place will be, in all likelihood, during some period of the approaching session of the Chambers. The paper charged with the defence of the late Cabinet, and, in particular, of M. Salamanca, has ceased to appear. El Correo no longer exists. For an injured man, a martyr to good faith, like Sala manca, his silence is most exemplary and most edi fying. Can it be true that there are, at the lowest computation, 150,000 reasons for that silence ? " Once this act obtained," says the Eco del Co. mercio, "for we will not say abdication,' as we have a high idea of the energy of the Queen, and we en tertain the intimate conviction that she will never affix her signature, provided they do not use violence with her hand, to a document which would involve all Spain in a series of countless misfortunes—once this Act obtained by France, the French party given over to the French Government, all either bought over, or domineered over, the nation exhausted, the army gained—all being prepared beforehand, so soon as it is known that force was employed with the con stitutional Queen of Spain, in vain would Spain rise in favour of their Queen, in vain would gentlemen rush to the defence of a lady vilely and traitorously sold. The French power enthroned, and, as it were, surrounded by another 100,000 children of St. Louis, would erect scaffolds and crowd them with the most loyal sons of Spain. The treason would succeed at once. That which would follow afterwards, the evils which this country would have to suffer consequent on usurpation, seeing the actual state of Europe, and the opposing interests of powerful nations, God alone knows. We have revealed all that is projected, all that is being realised ; we have performed a sacred duty—and that is to declare the truth. We have neither declaimed nor exaggerated. If what we fear come to'pass, the fault is not ours, because we could do no more than describe, and we have described it. He who can prevent the evil, let him prevent it ; if not, his be the responsibility—his be the fault." The Countess of Montejo has been named to the post in the Palace formerly held by the Marchioness of Santa Cruz. Her son-in-law, the Duke of Alba, is a member of the Mon faction. He is a deputy, but his talents for legislation, like a true Grandee, are confined to hearing and—voting when bidden. The policeman Chico has resumed his former func tions in the service of his friend Narvaez. The ex-lampooner of the mother of the Queen, the well-known Gonzales Bravo, has blessed Madrid with his presence, after a sojourn of some length in Paris. At three o'clock p.m. on the 10th will be held the levee in honour of the Queen's birthday, who will have completed her 17th year. A grand ball will be given the same night by her Majesty. Three per Cents ►•ere quoted at 26 i f fer cash. Five per Cents. at 17, paper. Passives, 51. No operations quoted. Exchange on London, 48d. 80c. 31. —Times. COURT CIRCULAR. Wl/4DBOR, THURSDAY.-1115 Serene Highness the Duke of Holstein Glucksbourg, and his Serene High ness the Prince William of Holstein, took leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to-day, and left the Castle. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exer cise this morning in the grounds around the Castle. His Excellency Count de Reventlow, Baron de Rehausen, Count Revel, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Edward Howard, and the Right Hon. Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, took their departure from the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent:left her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor, yester day morning, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, in Richmond Park. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yester day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Right lion. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat three hours. TA deputation on Metropolitan Cemeteries, con sisting of Mr. G. P. Irvine, Mr. James Bourdillon, Mr. James Bourdillon, jun., Capt. John Gardner, and Mr. John Hargrave Stevens, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the Office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. A deputation, consisting of Mr. H. Davidson, Mr. E. Thomson, Mr. R. Davis, and Mr. A. R. Scott, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Co lonial-office, on the subject of the Jamaica Memorial. A deputation, consisting of Sir Edward Dering, Bart., Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P., Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., Mr. Plumptre, M.P., Mr. Hodges, M.P., Mr. John Neame, Mr. Charles Neame, Mr. Elvy, and Mr. Knatchbull, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Sir William Somerville had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chief Commis sioner of Railways, arrived in town on Tuesday night. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. DEATH OF DOWAGIFIL LADY WATERPARK.—We have to announce the demise of the Dowager Lady Waterpark. The melancholy event took place on Mon day last, at her residence in Hertford-street. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Mr. Thomas Cooper, and married 6th August, 1789, Richard, second Lard Waterpark, by whom her Ladyship had a family of twelve children, tea of whom survive their venerable mother. DEATH or MAJOR-GBNERAL THOMAS Puirrs Howann, K.H.—We have to record the demise of the above Gallant General, who died on Monday last at his residence at Weymouth at an advanced age. The de ceased entered the army in 1793. A SEVERE SENTENCE. —A rich farmer of Valdbye (Denmark), named Steernersen, has just been tried at Copenhagen for having attempted, by displaying a red pocket-handkerchief at the end of a stick, to stop a train running on the railway from Copenhagen to Rothschield. He acknowledged that he had displayed the signal as stated, but affirmed that he did so in consequence of a wager entered into by him after a copious breakfast well seasoned with wine, that he should succeed in stopping the first train, that appeared. Knowing that to display a red flag signified danger, he had waved his red hand. kerchief, as mentioned in the indictment. The Court, finding him guilty, sentenced him to ten years hard la bour in a house of correction, being the penalty laid down in the Danish law against any attempt to stop a railway train or impede its passage. Steernersen bas appealed against this severe sentence. Ceuer or PAUPERISM.—The overseers of Bolton applied to the borough magistrates on Saturday last, and obtained their sanction to a new rate upon the township of four shillings in the pound. The over seers stated that from this rate they expected to re alise 13,0001., and that although there is still a consider able amount to be collected of the old rate, they did not expect that the whole amount would carry them over next March. series ofThursday llectures u a Dr. Wolff, the Eastern traveller , preached in our m i ns ter to an attentive audience on Wednesday even ing rev. which, and doctor o d ne delivered efollowing a a Friday, re illustrative of his travels, adventures, and hairbrea dth escapes, which afforded considerable instruction and amusement to numerous and respectable audt • Poole Herald. tories.— A letter from Algiers confirms a report, which had been for some time in circulation, that a person holding a high office in the direction of the interior has been arrested on 4 suspicion of haring receirecl bribes, LITERATURE. A DIALOGUE OF COMFORT AGAINST TRIBULATION. By Sir Thomas More, Gladly do we perceive a love for the natural and healthful writings of our English classics growing up amongst us, and supplanting those spurious composi tions which have during the last half-century encum bered our bookshelves. The volume before us—being the third in a series entitled " The English Catholic Library"—is a noble example of the wisdom and poetry in homely guise which has lain concealed during . successive generations in manuscripts or in obsolete and garbled editions. What promise is there I not in the very title-page—A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, made by the right virtuous wise ' and learned man, Sir Thomas More, some time Lord Chancellor of England, which he wrote in the Tower of London, A.D. 1534 ! How pregnant are those simple words of the romance of history ! How they revive the *collection of one of of the most dastardly crimes perpetrated by the most ruthless despot who ever disgraced the throne of these fair lands ! How they bring to remembrance one of the noblest men that ever trod the ground of England—one of the wisest hearts that ever throbbed under the ermine of the Chancellor—one of the purest souls that ever fled from this earth from the planks of a scaffold ! Although the editor of this new edition acknowledges in his " Introductory Remarks" that the orthography has been adapted to our own day, we are rejoiced to find that the manner of the original has been in no particular tampered with : it smacks still of the sweet English dialect as spoken by Sir Thomas More in his house at Chelsea ; it is racy of the spirit of that England which he loved as his heart's blood; it: breathes as pleasantly on our ears as the dulcet tones of that right virtuous, wise, and learned man must have done to his daughter Margaret, or his son in-law Roper. The thought, too, that this famous dialogue was written during the period of his incar ceration in the Tower of London, that it was the last gentle .utterance of his intellect, that its production may have caused him for a while to forget his own personal misfortunes, and to rise for a moment in the abstraction of philosophy above the common ills of humanity—the knowledge, moreover, that it was in scribed with a coal (" his enemies having enhanced the pains of incarceration by depriving him of all ordinary writing materials"), and that it has been preserved to us through a succession of disasters— both the disasters of his own family and those of the kingdom at large—serve to enhance the value, if that be possible, which is at once avowed by us for any work by the inimitable author of the immortal Utopia. We turn over the leaves of the "Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation" as we would handle the cup of the Goddess of Health—tenderly and lovingly ; for it imparts to all who read it aright a health better than that of the body—the health of a Christian resignation under all afflictions, and of calm, lowly, and philosophic subinission to the de crees of an adverse destiny. How beautiful is the simplicity of the diction, especially in the induction of any homely truth ! as thus—" Sith a man is made of the body and the soul, all the harm that any man may take, it must needs be in one of these two." To us, the " Complete Angler" of Izaak Walton has always breathed of the blooms of the wild honey suckle on the hedgerows, and of fresh mould when moistened by the pleasant showers of spring. In the same style of metaphor we should say that the "Dialogue" of Sir Thomas More breathes of the perfumes of spikenard, and ambergris, and such precious gums and spices. In it he embalms the flies of household thought as in amber, but it is, as it were, that amber which when touched gives forth fragrance. Some notion may be formed of the diffi culties under which this celebrated work was pro duced from the note to the original title-page, pro fessing it to be " A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, made by an Hungarian in Latin, and translated out of Latin into French, and out of French into English." Under that elaborate mask did the writer strive to address his countrymen upon matters touching their religious condition, when to do so openly would have been impossible. Above all, it must be remembered, while viewing Sir Thomas More as an author, that he is the most illustrious martyr to truth who ever fell under the axe of the executioner. LARGE AND SMALL FARMS ; and their In fluence on the Social Economy. By H. Passy. Among the many distinguished political economists of France, not one has evinced a greater readiness to grapple a difficult question and to examine its bearings to those very fundamental doctrines upon which it is, as it were, an excrescence, than Al. Passy. Cer tainly none amongst his countrymen have betrayed so little inclination to gloze over any flaw in the con stitution, because its removal involved the necessity of research and argumentation. As a Peer of France, as a member of the National Institute, as Minister of Commerce and of Finance, and in other less exalted capacities, M. H. Passy has laboured assiduously for many years past to explain away the difficulties which obscured some of the most important problems of a politico-economic character, and, in doing so, he has brought to bear upon them the energies of a mind of no common astuteness. When the Villele Ministry of 1826 strove to re-establish the obsolete laws of entail and primogeniture, it was M. Passy who gave that project the master-blow in his treatise, entitled " Aristocracy Considered in its Relations with the Progress of Civilization." In that treatise he declared his intention to consider in a similar manner a question of almost equal interest, namely, the influence of large or small farms on the social economy. Long as his intention was delayed, it was ultimately realised in the production of the present work, which, in the form of a memoir, was read before the French Aca demy of Moral and Political Sciences on the 24th of August, 1844, and was subsequently published, with a supplement, in the Journal des Economistes. From that publication the present translation has been made —a translation as faithful in spirit as it is elegant and literal in expression. We are glad that an English version such as the present has been issued, seeing that it will enable many more of our fellow-country men to become acquainted with a volume which assumes to itself a high position as a direct reply to the arguments of M'Culloch and Arthur Young. The notes given at the conclusion of the treatise, and especially those collected by the translator, are most interesting. RICE, as a CHEAP and WHOLESOME FOOD for ALL CLASSES, and Especially as a SUB STITUTE FOR POTATOES. By a Family Man. London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. EXTRACT No. RICE TO BREAKFAST. With cold meat, chop, ham, bacon, or fish, &c. For each individual allow one small dessert spoon ful of rice washed in cold water; boil in a second water, cold, at first, full fifteen minutes; strain it, and serve it in a covered dish. This will be found to be a treat, and at the cost of less than a penny for a dozen people. Extract from an account of the Benefit of the Use of Rice. By the Matron of the Foundling Hospital, London. " During the scarcity of wheat in July, 1795 ; one of the measures adopted at the Foundling Hospital, with a view of lessening the consumption of flour, was the substitution of rice puddings for those of flour, which, by the table of diet, were used for the children's dinner twice a week. The flour puddings for each day had taken About 1681b5. weight of flour; the rice puddings, substituted in their pla ce, required only 211bs. of rice to make the sam e q uantit y of pud ding ; the result of the experiment being, that in a baked pudding made wit h milk, one pound of rice will go very nearly as far as eight pounds of flour. " The use of the puddings has ever since been con tinued in the hospital, with this variation, that the quantity of rice has been increased to 241bs. weight for each day's dinner; and it now continues the sub • stitute for nearly 1681bs. of flour before used ; the in gredients in the rice puddings at present being 241bs. of rice, 61bs. of treacle, and 18 gallons of milk ; and the produce, upon an average, 1801bs.* of good sub stantial pudding, a very sufficient dinner for the 170 persons who dine on it. " The milk is the better kind of London milk, about equal to good skim. milk in the country. The expense of the dinner is as follows :-241bs. of rice, 55.; 61bs. of treacle, 2s. ; and 18 gallons of milk, 1254 the total for 170 persons being 19s or rather more than five farthings per head. The saving to the hospital, by this use of rice during the year, was something more than 2001.; and the national saving in the consumption of flour, from that circumstance only, during the same period of scarcity, being one year, ending July, 1796, appears to be nearly 17,4721b5. weight of flour." PLAIN BOILED RICE FOR THE DINNER TABLE, Which may also be used with preserves, milk, Sze. Wash the rice in cold water, boil in a second water, cold at first, full fifteen minutes, any quantity required; salt to taste, just before it is removed from the fire, strain it through a cullender, and, if thought proper, it may be dried a little belore a fire or in an oven. In order to ascertain correctly the comparative weight of the materials in their liquid state, with that of the pudding after it is baked, the weight has been care fully taken several times. The amount has not always been precisely the same, but the average is nearly as follows: Weight of 18 gallons of milk, being about lib. 3oz, the pint ... 241bs. of rice Gibs. of treacle 1711bs. 241bp. ... ... 6lbs. Total of the ingredients ... 2011bs. Average weight of the rice pudding in a solid state ... 180Ibs. Average waste in dressing 211bs. " t Where skim-milk, as in the country, may be had much cheaper, the price of this dinner would hardly exceed a halfpenny per head. RICE wrrir WHEATEN FLO"R TO MAHN BRIM?, Rice contains a great deal ‘-if tiptriment in 3. compas,, and does pas:- sn quickly oft-thastqmsci...', • as some other sub:ititutes for vs heatNfiour good ingredient in bread. Boil a quirVr:Ol i k of rice till it is quite sofa ; thew - OftWan t part of a sieveko drain it; and when it is cold, mix it with three-quarters of a pound of flour,"two table spoonfuls of yeast, and one of salt; let it stand three hours to ferment, knead it thoroughly and roll it in about a handful of flour, so as to make the outside dry enough toput it into the oven; after baking an hour. and a quarter it will form a loaf of good white bread,.. weighing more than two pounds. Cost—Quarter pound broken rice ...... Two-thirds of.a pound best flour, 1 Firing, salt, and yeast Total, 21; or ld. per pound. This small proportion of rice Oyes the extra weigh' . Broken rice is preferable ; one pound of wheate i flour, without rice, will on!y yi,•:d a loaf of one pt un two ounces. ANOTHEM METHOD Simmer a pound . of rice, in two quarts o f wa t er , till quite soft: when of a proper warmth, mix it thoroughly with four pounds of flour, four table spoonfuls of yeast, and salt as usual ; knead it par - ticularly well, and set to rise before the fire ; some of the flour should be reserved to make up the loaves; thus nine pounds of very good bread will be produced. If the rice should require more water, it must b added, as some rice swells more than others : give plenty of time to simmer. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SIGNOR BRIZZI'S SOIREE MUSICALE. The Soiree Musicale d'Amate u rs, all of whom ar a pupils of Signor Brizzi, was given on Thursday la.3' , at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, before a gay ar fashionable assemblage of the rank and beauty of th tt neighbourhood. The large and noble ball-room, t t the Royal Hotel, was beautifully lit, and presente 1 as gay and animated a scene as we ever witnessed, either there or elsewhere. The room was well filled, but not inconveniently so, and the party was given by Signor Brizzi, who has been for some tin. , e past residing here. The concert commenced shortly after eight o'c'ook.. Mr. F. Williams accompanied the singers on a splendi piano by Erard, from Mr. P. E. Rowe's establishmen in a style and with a brilliancy of execution'that calle forth the approbation of all who heard him. His pet formances of one of Thalberg's fantasies, and ait andante by Mendelssohn were greatly admire( . The choruses were sung with much sweetness, and with an effect which was extremely beautiful. Miss Gammell and Miss Rowe took the solos ill the choruses of La Carita, and acquitted thein. selves admirably; as did also Miss Blackwob.l and Miss Seale in the solos in L'Asia in Lancie. Miss Calmady, who has been tor several years a of Signor Brizzi, showed by her style that she had attained to a much greater proficiency in the art that* those who have been only for a short time under Signor Brizzrsainstruction. Miss Calmady's voice is a soprano of great sweetness, and she was umet admired in the difficult romance of Meyerbeer 3 Robert toi que Jaime. She was accompanied iu thi piece by her talented Maestro, who most ably sus . tained his high reputation, and their efforts calle 1 down a burst of applause from tut admiring audience , Mrs. Charles Knapp's beautiful v lice added a great deal to the effect of the national an-them, in which she sang the last verse, and also to the pretty Cavatina ut Mozart, from Figaro. The Miss es Bulteel really showed what art will do in the training of young persons, for they sang with singular taste and witb limitless execution, a pretty but intricate composi tion of Gabussi's, besides several other pieces. Their youth and promising talent made them objects of very great interest. It would be difficult for us to say whom we should praise the most where all performed so well, but we ought not to forget the Misses Soltau, Miss Hillyars Mrs. Bisshopp and in a duet with Signor Brizzi, though last not least, Mr. Messingberd, who we. sustained his great reputation as being the Tainburin i. of amateurs. That brilliant song of Donizetti's wa ; most rapturously encored, and he very kindly re. peated it, to the great satisfaction of the audience. During the evening the company appeared to b highly delighted with the efforts of their youn friends, and it must have been gratifying to all parties to have seen so pleasing -an exhibition of musical power, superadded to an elegant and highly cu.ti • vated style. Signor Brizzi was in excellent voice, and sang occasionally most brilliantly; but he meah his efforts entirely subservient for the occasion rather , than for a display of his own talent. At the close of the performance the Signor was presented with r• valuable diamond ring which had been subscribed for by his pupils, as a token of their respect for him, and a souvenir of a very delightful evening. The ring was supplied from the elegant establishment of Mr. Page, in George -street. - After the vocal performances had concluded tho room was cleared fur daiLAng, which was kept up Vr some time. More than four hundred persons were present.—Plymouth Journal. PAYMENT OF HOP DUTY. Under the present circumstances of the monetar3 world the growers of hops and those deeply interesteC in the trade of that important article felt very anxious: for a postponement of the payment of duty upon the growth of the present year. Having consulted upon the subject, a deputation from the growers of Kent and Sussex was appointed to apply for an intervier: upon the matter with the Right Honourable Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer. According to 'in appointment the interview took place yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the deputation being headed by Messrs. Plumptre and T. L. Hodget, Members for Those gentlemen very strongly urged the views c 1 the parties interested upon the consideration of the Right Hon. Gentleman, praying earnestly that, under p: sent circumstances, the boon asked by the grow , rs might be granted. Sir Charles Wood (who received the deputation with the utmost courtesy) acknowledged the import • ance of the subject. liming heard all they had t;- urge upon the matter, he said he would give the whol question his most serious attention ; and, after Oil consideration of all the incidents belonging to it. n would communicate to the gentlemen the conclus:o at which he had arrived. The deputation then withdrew. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The cold easterl r wind to-day has interfered materially with the customar out-of door exercise of the Court. The Prince Consort had no shooting party to-day, neither has her Malestt and the Court taken their usual afternoon ride. In the morning, previous to luncheon, her Majesty and flit Prince Consort, accompanied by their distinguisllai visitors their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Holst,ir. Glucksbourg and Prince William of Holstein, an I attended by the principal members of the Court, walks I across the Horne-park to the royal stables, the I idin house, &c. Among the, expected visitors at the Cast e early next week is his Grace the Duke of Wellington. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lad r Caroline Leveson Gower and the Marquis of Kildare was celebrated on Wednesday at Trentham, the mansion 'of the Duke of Sutherland. Among the noble guests present were the Duke of Leinster, the Duke an i Duchess of Bedford, the Duke , and Duchess of Argyle. the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Stafford, Lady Caroline Lascelles, &c. service was read by Rev. E. J. Edwards, incumbent of frenthatn; and aftci the ceremony the happy pair drove off in the direction of Lilleshall, the Duke's seat in Shropshire. THE VALUE OF THEATRICAL SHARES.—Yesterla3 Mr. Robins, the auctioneer, put up for sale at tb Auction Mart, two renters' shares in the Theatre Roy/ I Drury-lane. Each was entitled to a transferable In admission, admitted on all occasions, and saleable at - nually. They were respectively held for an unexpire d term of forty-seven years, and paid an annual dividend of Is. 3d. per night of performance, the original inectLe being 2s. bd. per night. Fifty guineas were first offer u for each, and they were severaliy bought for sixty-:ovi guineas. Last year one similar share fetched nine:) guineas. SHOCKING A C ClDENT.—Yesterday morning tht son of Charles Wilbraham, Esq., of 2-, Sussex -crescent, Hyde Park-gardens, was pr3eeeding, attended by the nurse, for an airing in Hyde Park, %hen in crossing th B a y s water -road, a ball that he was carry i ng fell out- ue his hand and rolled away from him. The poor littl fellow, in his haste to recover it, was knocked down o . a horse drawing a heavy tilted cart, and before lb. driver could stop the animal the wheel passed over th boy's legs, which were crushed completelY flat. he ' carried to his f a th er ' s when immediate amputation vt% a considered necessary by the surgeons, who were instantt; in attendance. Prince Louis Napoleon has addressed the followin letter, dated London,the4th, to one o the old ot`leet a ocefretmheonly at a.teesmapinirteLeu for t empire, who wasli prevent at of at the u u ti i e a l i n g , t,: t. " The mark s o t respect o ff ere d to the memory 05 in father on th e 29 t h u l t., h ave deeply affected me, and 1 was above all att cted at learning that a great numbe of old soldiers of the empire were present at this pious ceremony. I have now to thank these glorious veteraus of our armies, through their worthy chief, for the homai 3 paid by them to an old companion in arms. It is 'a t the man whom chance and victory had made a king fi r a short time whom you have honoured with your regre but the old soldier of the republican armies of Italy an Egypt; the man who remained pure on the throne; tht man, in short, who by forty years of exile, paid for n. few years of glory, and who died isolated in a torAgn land. The sympathy manifested at his funeral is :not e than homage; it is a reparation. Permit me then, to thank you for your co-operation; for to express to p!'.l my sentiments ot gratitude is to soften the bitter griet 1 feel at never having been able to kneel before the tomb of my family; it is to forget for an instant that I appear condemned menlntem hnewdtooml most v remain for ever an ver d tkephe objects tatadi which a distance fro: a the e most dear to me." The Swiss Federal D iwn i hs r ti e .c, c h t t o oa ry ll g iti v r a e e r a eaeu g lai ra ot n rhi d etieß d s inne rwei r C at ha ß r e g r é ne d , ,A on ffa t i l r i e e s, Bt a h t Tremont. % = 4P io% a 70 14 ...... 21,4 .... 104 3 .-- "i?/4 ..._ Ili S, 'desa S I 4 p• k 111 35 ' er• hpot 4 rer. 'sea' Y.) oria l el a t A r gl 10 04 ' ,rol . bee; ettef , for Off 000 A P- tere ell' ter' tirP r TAB SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINCi,