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THE MAGAZINES.
FRASER'S MAGAZINE.
The number of Fraser for this month opens with
a heart-rending account of a three days' residence in
the district of Schull during the period of the famine,
by Richard Chevenix Trench, M.A. Mr. Trench's
visit to this unfortunate district was in the month of
April, at a time when fever was completing the work
of destruction which famine had begun. Turn we
from this scene of misery to another article in the
same number, " Outlines in Parliament," by
the author of " Literary Legislators "—No. 1.
" Some Members of the Irish Party," and there •
we shall find portraits of some men who
oppose the introduction into Ireland of a good and
efficient system of poor-law relief, which had it ex-
isted, would, in all human probability, have prevented
the occurrence of these horrible scenes depicted by
Mr. C. Trench, and which will yet save the people—
albeit it may prevent insolvent landlords from any
longer obtaining money (whether in the shape of rent
or loans), under false pretences. Among the leaders
of the Irish Party figures first and foremost Lord
Monteagle, the " Artful Dodger" of politics, of whom
this writer justly remarks—
"There is not, among the present holders of peerages
or honours created for themselves, one person who has
really done so little to deserve such promotion. He has
been, throughout his life, a busy, talkative man; but it
would be impossible to point to any one act of his public
career, legislative or otherwise, upon which one might
rest the defence of his honours. It may be urged, that,
in this country, long and faithful party service is allowed
to confer a species of right to the rewards which, in a
well-constituted community, would be reserved for the
best in intellect and conduct. But of him it may be
answered, that although he served the Whigs much, he
served himself more; and, further, that although his
service of them was zealous, even mean, yet it was on
the whole more injurious than beneficial to the party.
For, during years when the first talent and ingenuity of
the country were employed in undermining them and
rendering them ridiculous, the public conduct of Lord
Monteagle was one of their most vulnerable points, and,
with much exaggeration, no doubt yet at the same time
with more truth, he was held up to the world as a type
of the pretension, imbecility, and political double-deal-
ing attributed to those whom their political enemies then
designated as an incapable faction. As in the case of
one or two prominent members of their present adminis
tration, who have apparently been forced upon them by
family influence, they would certainly have done much
better without Mr. Spring Rice than with him; and it
was by no means an improbable hypothesis that he was
betinselled with a peerage, and loaded with the
dangerous reward of an odious sinecure, more because
his reputation had become onerous to his colleagues,
than because he had rendered to them or to the country
any commensurate service."
Then comes a sketch of Mr. Frederick Shaw, a man
of spirit and sense, and who, had he less of
the olium theologiewn about him would have risen
high as a statesman. The other members of the Irish
party who sat for their portraits this month are Sir
H. W. Barron, the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr.
Bernal Osborne, and the Earl of Roden. Their dis-
tinguishing characteristics are hit off to the life.
There is only one other political article in Fraser; it
is on the Portuguese question. The writer gives a
rapid resume of the history of Portugal from
the invasion of Junot to the present time.
and concludes by expressing his decided disapproba-
tion of the late intervention of England against the
Junta of Oporto. He gives the following as the hy-
pothesis which foreign nations adopt as to the rationale
of that intervention :

" The King of Portugal and the husband of our
Gracious Sovereign, are near relatives. The King is
understood to be more violently opposed than the Queen
to constitutional Government in Portugal. Costa
Cabral, the bitter enemy of constitutional Government,
won his favour by supporting and enriching the German
clique, of which M. Dietz, a man particularly obnoxious
to the entire nation, is the chief; and Saldanha, if not
personally a friend of Cabral, is yet so connected with
him and his party, as to depend upon them for making
up the Cabinet which he may be expected to form. To
place such a man at the head of the Government is, in
point of fact, to bring back with the strong hand the
faction which is pledged to put down both the charter
and the constitution, and had well-nigh succeeded in
doing so. England, therefore, in supporting him, sup-
ports King Ferdinand, Mr. Dietz, and Costa Cabral; in
other words, principle and justice are as lightly thought
of at St. James's as at the Tuileries, when they stand in
the way of family predilections. Now, we repeat,
that this stupid argument carries no weight with us,
nor will it be listened to by any section of her Majesty's
subjects; but is there not just so much of plausibility
about it as to make it mischievous elsewhere?"

We agree with the writer, that this hypothesis is
too absurd ever to gain credence in this country, and
independently of its absurdity, it should be recollected
that King Ferdinand, and Dietz, and the Cabrals,
have ever been the enemies of English interests and
English influence in Portugal ; that they are,
in fact, the chief of the Afrancesado faction who
have been working in conjunction with Christina;
Gonzales Bravo, and Narvaez to render French, or
rather Orleans influence predominant in the Penin-
sula—therefore, we at once reject this theory, as im-
possible ; but yet we could have wished that the royal
table had not been the first at which Mr. Dietz had
partaken of English hospitality, after his arrival in
this country from the scene of his intrigues. The
literary contents of this number are varied and ex-
cellent. The lovers of sentimentalism will be de-
lighted with a review of " Ninfa;" for the classic there
is a pleasant ramble at the foot of Mount Olympos.
The antiquary will revel in the account of Lathom
House and the Stanley family, and the admirer of
Isaac Walton will be pleased with the sensations of a
summer night and morning on the banks of the
Thames. The lover of horrors may " sup full of
them" in " Death in life," while the lovers of mirth,
fun, and jollity will roar over Sam Slick's admirably
told story of " Seeing the Devil." There is some •
thing to suit every class of readers in the current
number of Fraser.

THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
The public can scarcely be aware of the extraordinary
powers which the Corporation of London are seeking
under this Bill, now in Committee in the House of
Commons. They seek new taxing powers on the public
by imposing a toll on every steam•. boat of one halfpenny
per ton per mile above bridge. They ask power to take
all lands over which the tidal waters flow, and if the
owner of adjoining property questions their right, to
put the Attorney-General in motion against him; and
by their Bill they will destroy all the securities granted
by Parliament on existing piers on the Thames.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson,
Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians took an
airing yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince
Alfred and the Princess Alice, in an open carriage and
four. Colonel Buckley attended on horseback. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
attended by Lieut. Colonel Seymour.
Their Roy
al Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena, walked and
rode in the pleasure-grounds of the Palace.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in au open
carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured
her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening.
The Royal suites consisted of the Countess of Desart,
the Countess Vanderstraten, Lord Byron, Major de
Moerkerke, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. Seymour.
The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Macdonald
have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the lion. Miss
Paget as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen.
Colonel Buckley has relieved Lord Alfred Paget
(Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to
the Queen, and Lieut.. Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour
has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry
in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Peter and the Prin-
cess of Oldenburgh visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester
House, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at
Cambridge House.
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honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton with their'
company at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Grosvenor-square.
Commander Rubidge had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting at the office of the Woods and Forests in
Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Mor-
peth, Lord Colborne, Si Charles Lemon, Sir Robert H.
Inglis, the Hon. C. A. Gore ,and Mr. A. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place.
Captain Russell Eliott (Royal Navy) had an interview
with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Rome-office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and
,Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the W,,st India
Colonies.

. -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean arrived on Tuesday
last at their beautiful residence, Key Dell, in Hampshire,
after a pleasant voyage, by the splendid ship the Swit-
zerland, from New York. These favourites of the public
have made a double professional tour of the United
States, hitherto unattempted by any of our theatrical
visitors. Their success, by all accounts, has been immense.
CARTUORSES rE.om BELGITM.--A sale of W.‘lgian
carthorses tool: place at Mr. Dixon's repository on
_Friday last. They resembled in a ,treat measure the
Suffolk horses, having small heads, high crests, and very
good legs. They are more active than carthorses of
English breed usually are, and a judicious cross would
probably greatly improve our native stock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 1.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Jus-
tice WIGILTMAN and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. SEPTIMUS RS➢MSAY, CLERK.
The court, as yesterday, was crowded to excess with
eager listeners, and although all females had been de-
sired to leave it during the proceedings, there were seve-
ral female auditors in the out-of.the-way corners of the
court. The Bishop of London, Archdeacon Sinclair, and
the Rev. Sir IL R. Dukinfield, the vicar of St. Martin's
parish, in which St. Michael's is situate, were on the
bench.

James Jones—l am a silk mercer in the Strand. I am
one of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, in the Strand.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson were engaged there as singers.
I was present at the meeting at Mr. Manning's. Mrs.
Emmerson was called upon to explain the meaning of a
letter that had been received by Mr. Ramsay. She said
she should have no objection to explain it before one
person, and she named myself. I refused, without some
other person accompanying me. and I named Mr. Man-
ning, as being a married man. lam sure the proposition
of going into a private room came from Mrs. Emmerson.
We all three retired into a private office, and then she
made a statement. I should not say she made it with
reluctance, but with much boldness and energy. She
alluded to three occasions. Mr. Manning said the whole
should be disclosed to her husband. On our return to
the room Mrs. Emmerson made the same statement as
she had made in the private room. I believe Mr. Man-
ning put the questions to her. He asked her if it was
merely a trifling kiss. I asked her if she had not pre-
viously given Mr. Ramsay some encouragement by
squeezing his hand, or something of that sort. and she
emphatically said, " Never;" but that in the vestry he
had pulled her clothes over her head. She said if Mr.
Ramsay had paid her the 251. she would not have made
the charge; that it would have been all settled. I have
known Mr. Ramsay five or six years. I cannot hold a
man in higher estimation.
Cross.examined—l never heard anything against him
before. I have been churchwarden three years. I have
heard reports of this before. Mr. Ramsay showed me
the letter Mrs. Emmerson had written to him, and talked
to me on the subject. I think I might have asked him
whether he had not given her a kiss. These things be-
gin by degrees, and often the overtures are made by the
woman. Mr. Manning said it was a thing that could not
be compromised.
Re-examined—The meeting was held with the greatest
solemnity. Mr. Emmerson made an apology to me, as
he had made an insinuation regarding me and his wife.
Mrs. Emmerson told us that Mr. Ramsay wished to
take such liberties that no woman would submit to, and
that she would not have minded if he had acted as a man,
and I then boldly put a question to her, to which she
assented.

Thomas Phippian—l am one of the churchwardens. I
have known Mr. Ramsay for ten years. His character
has been very good, and my estimation of him very high.
On Saturday, the 9th of January, I saw Mr. Emmerson,
and he told me he knew the letter his wife had.written.
That was in answer to a question of mine. On the fol-
lowing Monday, at the meeting, Mr. Emmerson denied
any knowledge of the letter. Mrs. Emmerson herself
repeated the charge before all the persons at the meet-
ing, after she had been out with Mr. Manning and Mr.
Jones. She was very cool and bold—very collected.
She said if Mr. Ramsay had sent the 251. she should not
have sent the letter.
Cross-examined—She was at first reluctant to make
the statement before so many gentlemen. It was sug-
geted by Mr. Manning that she should repeat the state-
ments she had made to Mr. Jones and himself, in the
presence of the other gentlemee. After having made
the statement, she asked the defendant if he denied it:—
He said he totally denied it all. I can't say whether
that was in answer to Mr. Manning's question. Mr.
Manning put questions to Mr. Emmerson before all the
gentlemen.
Re-examined—Mr. Manning told us the particulars
when he came from the private office, and he recom-
mended Mrs. Emmerson to have a legal adviser.
Frederick Manning—l am the attorney for tha de-
fendant. These gentlemen assembled in na) drawing-
room. Mrs. Emmerson resisted my application to ex-
plain the charge; but with considerable difficulty I got
out of her that she would explain it to one gentleman in
a private room. It was assented to, and she named Mr.
Jones, and I associated with him. We went into a
p •
rivete room and she mace a statement, that Mr. Ram-
say had made several assaults upon her, and had not
acted like a man; that she felt disgusted at Isis conduct
and repulsed him. She then limited her charge to three
times. She made the statement apparently without any
difficulty, as far as her feelings were concerned. I after-
wards insisted upon her stating to the compa.ny that which
she had stated below, and she then stated in general
terms the substance, but did not go so fully into the
detail. Her husband also insisted upon her stating it.
It was not stated as if it were a pleasing duty, it was
with more apparent reluctance than she had exhibited to
us down stairs. She said if Mr. Ramsay had paid the
251. she would not have sent the letter. I never said
anything to her about a kiss. I was too much disgusted
with the whole matter. I have known Mr. Ramsay for
three years, and believe him to be one of the most moral
men in L,mdon. Ile is of a peculiarly nervous tempera-
ment; he can't stand still when excited.
This witness had been in court the whole time, although
the witnesses were ordered out of court.
Martha Ward—l am the pew-opener at this church.
When I am in the church I can hear any noise in the
vestry. My daughter assists me. lam in the habit of
going into the vestry just as I please. I can hear if any
wine is uncorked in the vestry. Mrs. Emmerson once
complained to me that she could never see Mr. Ramsay
alone in the vestry. This was after July, 1845. She
once asked me if I was goinc, to make a present to any
one what I would give them'? and she afterwards told
me that she had presented Mr. Ramsay with a turkey.
She always spoke in the highest praise of Mr. Ramsay,
and said she never could do too much for him.
Cross-examined—l have been there thirteen years. I
have never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr. Ramsay was
alone in the vestry. I did not tell her on the occasion
alluded to that Mr. Ramsay wanted to speak to her in the
vestry. I never saw her go the vestry. I know a
young woman who was formerly in the service of Mr.
Ramsay, who is now in Canada. She went with her
own money. I never had a conversation with Mrs.
Emmerson upon the subject.
By the JUDGE—I never told Mrs. Emmerson that Mr.
Ramsay had ruined his servant and had sent her to
Canada, and had sent her 501. to keep her there. I
never told her that if Mr. Ramsay discharged me I would
blow him to the devil.
Elisabeth Ward—l live with the last witness, who is
my mother. I remember a Bible being presented to Mr.
Ramsay on his birth-day. On the Sunday after that I
saw Mrs. Emmerson. I asked her if she had not given
Mr. Ramsay two purses, and she said she had. I have
heard her speak of Mr. Ramsay's kindness up to last
January, when she was dismissed. I have lived with
Mr. Ramsay as a servant. He is married, and has a
family. I never saw any impropriety in his conduct.
Cross examined—My mother and I now live at the
church.
Thomas Edward Wood—l am clerk at this church, and
have been so for seven years. lam in the habit of going
in and out of the vestry just as I please. Any noise in
the vestry can be heard in the church. Mr. Ramsay is
a most upright man. Mrs. Emmerson never made any
complaint to me.
Alexander Smart—l have known Mr. Emmerson
three or four years. I was engaged by him to sing in
the choir of St. Michael's Church. I sung there first
on the 20th of November, and I continued to do so
till Mr. Jones came into the organ•loft and said the choir
was dismissed. I never signed a written engagement
with Mr. Emmerson, but he sent me one signed by
himself.
Cross-examined—l can't recollect when the engage-
ment took place. If any one has sworn that a me-
morandum was made I should not like to contradict
them.
James Clark—l am the organist at St. Michael's. I
have never heard Mr. Ramsay spoken of but with the
greatest respect, except by Mrs. Emmerson, about July,
1845. I was expressing a high opinion of Mr. Ramsay,
when she said I did not know him as well as she did,
and that he had kissed her in the vestry, and that she
hail told her husband, who said he did not think the
worse of Mr. Ramsay for it, as it showed a manly
feeling. I never saw the slightest impropriety of con-
duct on the part of Mr. Ramsay. Mrs. Emmerson has
referred to the kissing sometimes during the sermon.
She made no overtures to me.
Cross-examined—l am a married man with a family.
I was on friendly terms with Mrs. Emmerson in conse-
quence of our position, and upon one uccasion she made
a point that I should be continued as organist. Some time
afterwards she told me that Mr. Ramsay had behaved
improperly to her when he called at her house, and she
also stated to me that upon one occasion of her being
in the vestry Mr. Ramsay had drawn up her clothes.
She told me all this long before the dismissal of the choir.
I did not mention it to the defendant, because I did not
place the slightest belief in it, and I thought it would be
too offensive to him to mention it to him. I continued
to be on friendly terms with her until the dismissal of
the choir. I considered it to be slander, and therefore
never named it to any one.
Henry Walker—l know Mrs. Emmerson from singing
in the same church with her. She told me that Mrs.
Ward had told her that Mr. Ramsay had slept one night
with her and another with her daughter. It was before
last Christmas that she told me so.
Cross-examined—She did not mention the name of
Braithwaite. I think it was in the church she told me.
When we are not singing we talk in the organ-loft.
William Braithwaite—l assisted in the choir at St.
Michael's Church. Mrs. Emmerson several times told
me that she was passionately fond of Mr. Ramsay, and
adored the ground he trod on : that Mr. Ramsay had
kissed her in the vestry, and that her husband knew
about it and laughed at it; but I was not to say anything
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times. It was a little confidential, and no one else heard
it. One thing brought up another. I told Mr. Jones
of it last year, about the middle of November. I cannot
tell why I told him. If I liked to tell him, I suppose I
might. It, was to let him knew what sort of 68..2.0, rs
he had in his choir.
Re-examined--I told Mr. Jones that Mrs. Etnineraou
was a very base woman, I thought, and that whatever
transaction he had with her he had better not not do it
alone.