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,OND'JN, TIEJR3D A.Y. JANUARY 22, 1846.

There is no public man more deserving of honour
from the people than Mr. DUNCOMBE ; and the
meeting held last night at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, by the working classes and the members of
the trades' associations of the metropolis, to do
honour to their champion, was a fitting tribute of
gratitude and respect, suitably rendered on the eve of
the day on which he will renew his Parliamentary

labours. If we look back through the four years of
the Peel Ministry, we find Mr. DUNCOMBE standing
out in bold relief, and proudly distinguished by the
persevering pursuit of definite aims, and by
services actually conferred on the people, in the
general apathy of the Liberal Opposition. The Sun
will not be accused of being insensible to the great
services of Mr. COBDEN and Mr. VILLIERS ; but what
they have done since the Whigs went out of office, in

1841, has been done much more out of the House of
Commons than in it, and it must be said that in the
House of Commons the champions of the Anti-Corn-
law League have shown generally an indisposition to
take part in any questions besides their own. VVe do not
say this reproachfully, and it is by no means neces-
sarily a reproach. " One thing at a time " is
often a good rule ; and if Mr. COBDEN had scattered
his energies on other questions besides the repeal of
the corn-laws, we should not be where we are on that
question—within reach of victory. But there is no
question in which the great bulk of the English peo-
ple feel an interest—no question of individual wrong,
any more than of public grievance—which has not
had the aid of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S eloquent, bold, and
untiring advocacy. Early in the life of the present
Parliament, on the occasion of Sir itOBERT rem:e
first gift, the income-tax, Mr. DUNCOMBE
wrested, by his tact and perseverance, from
an unwilling Government and Parliament
a power for the people of petitioning
against taxes about to be imposed. If Mr. Dux-
COMBE had done no more than what he has done
against the immoral and unconstitutional practice of
letter-opening at the Post-office, the people of this
country would still owe him a great debt of gratitude.
We hope that the Hon. Member for Finsbury,
cheered and stimulated by last night's demonstration
of gratitude and affection from a most crowded meet-
ing, will return to the charge this session, and not
rest content till the odious power of seal-opening is
entirely swept away. And on another ques-
tion to which The Sun has lately endeavoured to
direct public attention, the state of the
representation, Mr. DUNCOMBE is almost the only
Member of the Legislature who has continued from
time to time to show up the abuses that still exist,
and protest against finality in Parliamentary reform.
Honour, then, we say heartily with last night's meet-
ing, to the people's champion.
The meeting of last night had for its especial and
principal object to honour Mr. DUNCOMBE ; but the
series of resolutions passed and spoken to shows it to
have been also a meeting chiefly of Chartists. To
desire further Parliamentary reform is one thing,
and to subscribe to every item of the Char-
ter is another. 'We cannot advocate payment of
Members of Parliament, which would give the con-
stituents a power over their Members quite irrecon-
cileable with deliberation and free action by the
latter. We think there are many valid objections to
a division of the country into equal electoral districts,
apart from the difficulties attendant on a change
from the present old established system of constitu-
encies; but we entirely go along with Mr. CHRISTIE,
one of the very few Members of Parliament present
at this meeting, who said—
" He did not come there to pledge himself to a particular
set of opinions, but he was prepared in the House of Com-
mons to endeavour, in the words of the resolution, to destroy
class legislation—(Great cheering)—by giving more power
to the people and less to the dukes in elections—by having
larger constituencies and a much wider distribution of the
franchise, and by giving the poor voter, whose circumstances
made him dependent on the rich and the great, the protec-
tion of the ballot."

The presence of so few Members of the Legislature
on such an occasion is deeply to be regretted. Our
legislators do not know, and do not try to know,
what is going on among the working classes.

The result of the action BARNETT v. BURDETT,
tried in the Court of Exchequer, before Mr. Baron
ALDERSON and a common jury, is of vast impor-
tance to the community, and will cause deep regret
to many that they were not wise in time, and that
they embarked in dangerous speculations without
counting the costs. The action was brought
by a stationer and printer, in the City,
against Mr. JONES BURDETT, nephew of
the late Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, to recover
the sum of 1191. 10s. for stationery, printing, and
other articles, furnished to the Irish West Coast Rail-
way Company. Mr. BURDETT was a member of the
provisional committee, and the plaintiff; knowing pro-
bably that he was able to pay, and not placing much
confidence in the pecuniary abilities of certain others
of the provisional committee, sued him for the whole
amount. Mr. BURDETT, it further appears, did not
consider himself at all liable, for in a note to an appli-
cant for payment of the account, he replied " that
he had no connexion whatever with the Irish West
Coast Railway, and had forwarded the application
to the solicitors of the Company, as he
knew nothing at all ab. Jut it." The Learned
Judge, however, and even the counsel for
the defendant, took a different view. The
latter admitted that he had no defence to the action
as far back as October 16th, the period at which the
defendant became connected with the Company.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON'S words are precise on the
point, and ought, therefore, to be generally known :
" No possible doubt," said he, " existed as to the
liability of the defendant. The defendant became
responsible from the day when he consented to act on
the provisional committee, and that was on the 16th
of October. The defendant was liable to all the
contracts from that day which had been entered
into for the purposes of the Company, whilst the
party who made those contracts for the Company
was in the position of the agent of the committee.
For any debts incurred before the 16th of October

the defendant could not be held liable." The
jury without hesitation gave a verdict for the whole
amount. For the future this decision will be of
great benefit, because it will prevent all men of pro-
perty from embarking in speculations that are not cf
an honest character, and that do not hold out fair
prospects of success. In fact, it will go far
to put an end to " bubble companies,"
and deter most persons from entrusting
their money, or furnishing articles to provisional com-
mitteemen who have no means to pay. But the
reckoning to those who have thus bought wisdom by
experience will be severe, and hundreds like Mr.
BURDETT will become liable for debts which they
never anticipated. Notwithstanding the Learned
Judge's estimate of human folly, we are inclined to
think this lesson will prevent many from again
" placing their heads through a halter."

We have received Madrid journals of the 14th.
In the Chamber of Deputies, Senor LLORENTE
wished to know on what principle a reduction had
been made on certain articles imported from France
while the law was not made general, but the Finance
Minister declined to give any explanation for the
present. In reference to the depot for slaves in the
island of Cuba, which was to replace the English
ship kept on the station for that purpose, MARTINEZ
DR LA ROSe said, the arrangement between the
two Governments was, that the negroes should be
guarded on a point of the coast to be fixed by the
Captain-General of Cuba, that the building should be
placed at the disposal of the mixed commission, and
that the guards and even the servants should be
Spanish. With respect to the increase of the navy,
the Minister of Marine said, the Government had
recently laid in a large store of timber, and had
built three new corvettes and two new steamers, be-
sides a corvette built in the Havannah. At the
present moment the Government was building at
Carraca a steamer of 200 horse power, and a corvette
at Ferrol, besides two steamers of 250 horse power,
and one of 200 horse power, building in England, and
intended for the Phillippine Islands. The discussion
on the Address was again adjourned.
On the 14th the Three per Cents. closed at 34, and
the Fives at 24 at 60 days.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the
discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address,
which, with the exception of a speech made by that
amusing personage M. LEDRU Romax, possesses little
interest. Not finding any very striking grievances to
complain of in respect to the Government, he fell foul
of his friends, and denounced M. TRIERS and M.
ODILON BARROT for abandoning the cause of Par-
liamentary reform. " The word of reform," said he,
" had re•echoed through the country, and the Left
was asked to join the reformist conference. The
organ of the Left had, however, declared that no re-
forms ought to be supported, except such as were ac-
cepted by the Left Centre, and even by a part of the
majority. It was, therefore, the policy of the Left
Centre which triumphed. When he spoke of the Left
Centre, he ought to make some restrictions—he ought
to except M. BILLAULT and M. DUFAURE, and con-
fine himself to the President of March 1, and the per-
sons who sat round him.—(Agitation.) The lion.
Deputy proceeded, in the midst of considerable move-
ment and agitation in the Chamber, to advance reasons
to prove that the policy of M. TRIERS both at home
and abroad was nothing else than that of the present
Government." The National joins in the attack, and
*sells that there is no hope for the country either
in the Right or the Left. The writer then
puts the following queries :—" What so great interest
pray have we in M. BARROT and his friends ? Why
should we oppose his giving himself to M. TRIERS, if
that pleases him ? Does M. LEDRU ROLLIN believe,
by chance, that there is still an abyss between these
two fractions of the Opposition ? And if they touch,
why lead the country to believe that they are sepa-
rated? Why leave it the illusion, so long kept up,
that in times of difficulty Ministers would be found
in reserve with large views, popular principles, inde-
dependent of the present system, capable of ruling ?
Why be indignant that the Left aims at taking power ?
For our parts, we do not see the slightest utility in
preventing them- We sil.ula Hirai tn_sea thorn. th.rz.
to-morrow ; for all other experiments being made, this
one is wanting for the complete instruction of the

country."
The Legitimatiit Quotidienne joins the hue and
cry against both parties, and can see no hope for
France, but in the opposition of a very different race
of senators—meaning such men as POLIGNAC and
PEYRONNET. That journal says :
"It is useless to dwell on the speech of M. Ledru
Rollin. The Hon. Deputy proved that the Left was
falling to pieces every day. He exhorted the faithful to
hold firm ; but where are these faithful to be found ?
All the activity of parties is collected round M. Thiers,
and M. Thiers, as the deputy of the Sarthe truly de-
clared, is the present system as entirely as M. G uizot
himself In the face of such avowals it certainly be-
comes as Royalists to repeat what we have been main-
taining for the last fifteen years—that the opposition is
not in the Left ; it is a fragile, illusive hope, which is
placed in a party without fixed and well-defined princi-
ples, and which every day becomes fewer in number, to
the profit of the persons governing. Another opposition
is required : the point of attack against the Government
which consumes us and humiliates us must be made
elsewhere. The liberty, the honour of France demand
something else besides the impotence and vain recrimi-
nations of the Left."

The Moniteur publishes two curious letters, ad-
dressed by the Ambassador of Morocco, after the
review of the 17th, to the KING and to the Duke DE
NEMOURS. We know not whether to admire most
his devout piety or his skill in flattery. The letter to
his Majesty LOUIS PHILIPPE is as follows :
" In the name of God, the Sovereign of Sovereigns,
" To his Majesty, the most powerful of Sultans—he
who possesses the real force—the great King of the great
French nation.

" On the part of his dear Ambassador of Morocco,
" I come to thank thee for the signal honour thou
east conferred upon us to-day.
" Thy children, whom may God protect, have rejoiced
in us, and given us the greatest mark of esteem, by col-
lecting under our eyes a portion of thy powerful armies,
infantry, artillery, and cavalry.
" We were astounded at so much obedience, so much
order, and so much strength.
" Yes, thy nation deserves that thou shouldst be its
Sultan, and thou art well entitled to command such a
nation.

" Repose, on the one hand, on such a force ; repose
on the other, on justice ; and thy dynasty will rise to the
highest pitch of power. We will daily implore God to
increase thy glory, and cover thee with His blessing.
" When we tell thee that we pray for thee, we also
mean that we pray for thy noble children.
" Oh, Almighty God ! accomplish even the slightest
wishes of the great Sultan Louis Philippe. Render his
numerous armies the safeguard of France and Morocco,
as well as the terror of his enimies and ours.
"Deign to listen to those wishes which are conform-
ible to justice.
" 17th January, 1846."

The letter to the-Duke of NEMOURS is no less
characteristic :

"Praise be to the only God
" God is the source of all force and power.
" rhanks to thee who thought of causing us so much
ioy, and giving us so high a mark of consideration, in
showing to us to-day a portion: of your armies. That
was the greatest sign of. thy friendship for us. Our
astonishment and our admiration exceeded all the limits
)f the sensations of man, when we beheld the troeps
under thy command—their order, their discipline, and
their formidable aspect.
" Seeing thee before that army, and amidst thy
brothers, I fancied I saw young trees growing round an
immense tree, to serve as a support for its branches laden
with fruit. That tree is your father and your lord, the
great Sultan of France. Continue to aid him, and sup-
port his long branches, bending under the fruits of justice
and glory.
"I will pray God to open for thee the treasures of His
bounty,
His justice, and wisdom; -
to thee a part in which thou shalt 'for futurity reserves
need all those gifts. i
Ilayest thou follow the footsteps of thy father. Thou
and thy brothers keep in your recollection the counsels
which this powerful Monarch gives you ; imitate his
example ; guided by them, and followed by this splendid
irmy, you will give a new eclat to the glory
of France.
qay God bestow upon you, upon your father, upon your
virtuous mother, and upon your children, His favours
old benedictions. This writing is much below the im-
pressions which have filled our hearts and minds in pre-
ienceof the order, the power, and the justice which &s-
-:inguish your army and your Government; nevertheless,
we desire that France should be made acquainted with
his expression of our sentiments, so that those who yet
ntertained any doubts respecting our friendship should
ee made thoroughly convinced of it. All things return
to God."

On Tuesday a rise took place, both in the Stock
and Share markets.

The, Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per
Cents., 121 f. 55c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,257 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 1,0301. • Havre, 760 f. ; Avignon, 9901. ; Vier-
zon, 705 f. ; Bordeaux, 645 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 5501. ; Troyes
and Monteroau, 455 f. ; Basle, 256 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 753 f.
75c. ; Fampoux, 505 f. Spanish Actives, 37 ; Spanish Three
per Cents., 38%.
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The following are the quotations for other shares :

.
The Pans anti Lyons Definitive, 625 f. ; Paris and Stras•
burg, ditto, 549 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, ditto, 572 f. 50c. ;

Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 512 E ; ditto (Lecointe),
507 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 503 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux
and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 507 f. 50c. ;
Caen, (Delamarre), 504 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 21.
Anglo-Belgian — Lyons alid Avignon....
Barbadoes
Boulogne and Amiens.. 1214 Madrid and Valencia —
Bordeaux &Mediterran Mauritius ...

Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Catte (Espeleta)
Do. (Mackenzie's) 2
Calcutta and Diamond
Harbour p
Callao, Lima, and Pa-
cilia Coast
Central of Spain
Gaylen . ......... .......

Demerara
Dendre Valley ......
Dutch Rhenish
Dieppe & Paris Junet —
Dijon and Mulhouse
FAst Indian ......
Fawipeux & Ilazebrouk
Grt Northern of France
Constituted 14%
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Paris and Lyons. 2%
Great Western Bengal l
Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction
Do. North Midland 1 3
Do. Extension

Jersey
Louvain and Jernappe —

Namur and Liege
North Jamaica
Orleans and Vierzon 17%
Orleans and Bordeaux
Oyer Vase'
Paris & Lyons ( Laffi tte) 2%
Ditto (Ganneroo's).
Ditto (Caicos's).—
Ditto (Sud Est)

Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasburg
( Ga nnerou's
Do. (Cempe de L'Est)
Do. (Aymard's) —
Paris and St. Quentin —
Rouen and Havre.--
Royal North of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. ( Lefebvre's)
Do. (O'Neill's)

Trinidad
West Flanders 5

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
(THIS DAY.)

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
It gives me great satisfaction again to meet you
in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of re-
curring to your assistance and advice.
I continue to receive from my allies, and from
other foreign Powers, the strongest assurances of the
desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with
this country.

I rejoice that, in concert with the Emperor of
Russia, and through the success of our joint media-
tion, I have been enabled to adjust the differences
which had long prevailed between the Ottoman Porte
and the King of Persia, and had seriously endan-
gered the tranquillity of the East.
For several years a desolating and sanguinary
warfare has afflicted the States of the Rio de la
Plata. The commerce of all nations has been in-
terrupted, and acts of barbarity have been
committed, unknown to the practice of a civilised
people. In conjunction with the King of the French,
I am endeavouring to effect the pacification of those
States.

The Convention concluded with France, in the
course of last year, for the more effectual sup-
pression cf the slave trade, is about to be carried
into immediate execution by the active co-operation of
the two Powers on the coast of Africa.
It is my desire that our present union, and the
good understanding which so happily exists between
us, may always be employed to promote the interests
of humanity and to secure the peace of the world.
I regret that the conflicting claims of Great
Britain and the United States in respect of the ter-
ritory on the North-Western Coast of America,
although they have been made the subject of re-
peated negotiation, still remain unsettled.
You may be assured that no effort consistent
with national honour shall be wanting on my part
to bring this question to an early and peaceful
termination.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The Estimates for the year will be laid be-
fore you at an early period. Although I am
deeply sensible of the importance of enforcing
economy in all branches of the expenditure, yet 1
have been compelled. by due regard IA) zne exigen-
cies of the public service, and to the state of our
Naval and Military Establishments, to propose some
increase in the estimates which provide for their

efficiency.
Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I have observed with deep regret, the very frequent
instances in which the crime of deliberate assassina-
tion has been of late committed in Ireland.
It will be your duty to consider whether any
measures can be devised calculated to give increased
protection to life, and to bring to justice the perpe-
trators of so dreadful a crime.
I have to lament that, in consequence of a failure
of the potato crop in several parts of the United
Kingdom, there will be a deficient supply of an article
of food, which forms the chief subsistence of great
numbers of my people. The disease by which the
plant has been affected, has prevailed to the utmost
extent in Ireland.
I have adopted all such precautions as it was in
my power to adopt for the purpose of alleviating the
sufferings -which may be caused by this calamity ;
and I shall confidently rely on your co-operation in
devising such other means for effecting the same bene-
volent purpose as may require the sanction of the
Legislature.
I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent
to the measures which you have presented to me from
time to time, calculated to extend Commerce, and to
stimulatt? domestic skill and industry, by the repeal
of prohibitory, and the relaxation of protective,
duties.

Ttie prosperous state of the Revenue, the in-
creasta demand for labour, and the general im-
prove,ment which has taken place in the internal
condition of the country, are strong testimonies in
favour of the course you have pursued.
I recommend you to take into your early consi-
deratib-n whether the principles on which you have
acted may not with advantage- be yet more exten-
sively applied, and whether it may not be in
your rower, after a careful review of the existing
duties, upon many articles, the produce or manufac-
ture °if other countries, to make such further reduc-
tions :and remissions as may tend to insure the eon-
tinu nice of the great benefits to which I have ad-
vert€9sl, and, by enlarging our commercial intercoursel
to stmmgthen the bonds of amity with Foreign Powers.
Any measures which you may adopt for affect-
ing t Nese great objects will, I am convinced, be accom-
panieOl by such precautions as shall prevent perma-
nent 1 ass to the Revenue, or injurious results to any
of the great interests of the country.
I have full reliance on your just and dispassionate
consideration of matters so deeply affecting the
public vs ;elfare.

It is my earnest prayer that, with the blessing
of Diviirie Providence on your councils, you may be
enabled_ to promote friendly feelings between dif-
ferent &asses of my subjects, provide additional
security for the continuance of peace, and to main-
tain coatentment and happiness at home, by in-
creasin g the comforts and bettering the condition of
the great body of my people.

THZ HIGH WIND.—The wind has been blowing
in gusts! all this morning, and occasionally with considerable
violence. A ludicrous accident was occasioned by one of these
gusts a' oout eleven o'clock. Three of those enormously
high perambulating advertising carriages which announce
to the 1 vorld the fact that M. Jullien's concerts are now per-
formin 4.; at Covent Garden, were being driven slowly over
Water 11, 10 Bridge in procession, when a sudden gust
of wind upset them all at the same moment,
prostralcing the horses and drivers in the mud. Fortunately
no injai ry occurred, but we hope that these narrow-wheeled,
high 13 nballasted carriages will not be driven out again on a'
wind 3 r day. had they blown over on any: vehicle passing at
the ti n ie serious consequences might have resulted.

PAYING THE ENEMY IN THEIR OWN COIN.—In a
few d -8, the enemy's fleet being reported to be on the move,
Captaar Durham sent to Lord Nelson to remind his Lordship
that there were 750,000 dollars on board the Defiance, which
he had.;brought out from England, and to inquire what was
to be ii one with them. Lord Nelson answered, "If the
Spank: n 13 come out, fire the dollars at them, and pay them
off in th, sir own coin."—Naval Life and Services of Admiral
Durham.

DART] LTG ROBBERY IN THE VICE-CHANCELLOR'S
COURT.—. About noon, on Saturday last, some daring thief
stole fronx the Court of the Vice-Chancellor, Lincoln's Inn, a
boxwood -thermometer, which hung against the wall in a
most camp lento part of the court.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
DOE DEM RUSSEL V. LAMBETH.
This was an actio.l in ejectment, brought by the Cor-
poration of London to recover possession of certain land
and premises at Hampstead, occupied by a company,
called the Hampstead Water Company. The corpora-
tion had leased the land to the company some years ago,
and the latter not having complied with the terms of
the lease it was at an end. The defendant was the sur-
viving trustee of the company.
Mr. ASHLEY applied for leave to enter up jugdment
against the casual ejector, the defendant having allowed
interlocutory judgment to pass by default.
The LORD Cinwo BARON—Take a rule to show cause.
NORTON V. EDGELY.
This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover
2681. 55., the amount of a bill of exchange, drawn by de-
fendant upon a Wm. Memos, and endorsed by the for-
mer, and paid to Joseph Raleigh and Co., of Manchester.
who got the same discounted by Joseph Norton, the
plaintiff. The action was tried at the spring assizes
held in York, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when the
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on some of the
issues, and for the defendant on others. In Michaelmas
term following, Mr. Martin, for the plaintiff, obtained a
rule nisi to show cause why a new trial should
not be had, on the ground that certain material
evidence had been rejected on the trial, which, if it had
been received, the plaintiff would have obtained a com-
plete verdict.

Mr. WATSON now appeared against the rule, and con-
tended that it ought to be discharged. The Learned
Counsel stated the facts of the case at some length.
It appeared that the bill was an accommoda-
tion bill in favour of Raleigh, who was at the
time the bill was given a partner of the
plaintiff's in a house in Nottingham. The question then
was, whether there was a sufficient consideration be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant to enable the former
to recover from the latter, as endorser, the amount of
the bill. To settle that point, a declaration of Raleigh,
who soon after getting the bill discounted became
a bankrupt and afterwards emigrated to New South
Wales was rejected at the trial ; it was requested by the
plaintiff to have a new trial at the Spring Assizes at
York in 1846, /Acre the evidence of Raleigh would be
put in under a commission sent to New South Wales, for
the purpose of obtaining it. The "evidence of Raleigh, it
was said, would prove the consideration, and show that
the defendant was a debtor unto the plaintiff. Now
he, the Learned Counsel, denied this, and also
contended that the judge was right in rejecting the de-
claration of Raleigh, as he was not a competent witness
in the cause, being an interested party.
Mr. MARTIN contended that the rule ought to be
made absolute, on the ground that the evidence of
Raleigh was receivable and important to enable a jury
properly to decide the case.
The COURT took time to consider the case.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
'Their Lordships were engaged all the day in hearing
registration appeals, but none of the cases argued in-
volved anything beyond disputes about technical corn-
plian :es with the statute, and of course of little or no
interest except to the parties concerned.

SHERIFFS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)

BAIGENT V. GRAY.-FRUIT TREES V. CORN-LAWS.

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This was an action brought to recover damages for
waste in the destruction of fruit-trees, &c.
Defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. BALL, who appeared for the plaintiff, said the
facts of the case were very simple, and not denied by
the defendant, who had suffered judgment to go by de-
fault. The plaintiff was the proprietor of a cottage and
garden at Wimbledon, Surrey, which he let to the de-
fendant as tenant from year to year. When defendant
took possession there were some favourite apple arid
pear trees, but defendant from some cause cr other, per-
haps having some remote reference to the corn-law
question, rooted up the fruit.trees, although he was
warned not to do so, and sowed the land with wheat,
whether with profit or loss it was not the present object
to inquire, but the plaintiff had been deprived of his
favourite trees, which he now sought compensation for.
Witnesses were called, who, however, could only
prove that the trees were venerable, but could not at-
tach any particular value; they, however, considered the
trees ornaments to the garden.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was very loose evidence of
damage, and the jury must formitheir own estimate ; in
his opinion a very small amount would meet the justice
of the case.—The jury gave a verdict for 31.

MA it LBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
William Johnson was charged with stealing nine shil-
lings, under the following circumstances :—Last evening
the prisoner went into the shop of Mr. Copps, of No. 34,
Norfolk- street, Middlesex Hospital, and ordered a shil-
ling's worth of wood, to be sent to No. 30, Howland-
street, Fitzroy-square, with change for a half-sovereign.
The errand boy, who was sent with the wood and change,
was met by the prisoner, who, giving him a counterfeit
half-sovereign, received the nine shillings. The boy dis-
covered that it was a bad one, and gave him into custody.
Inspector Clement, of the E division, said that he had
received information from every division of the metro-
politan police force of a person, answering the descrip-
-1.1011 of the pri.oner, psoanpri oounterfeit sovereigns
and half-sovereigns under similar circumstances.

Mr. HARDWICK ordered the prisoner to stand com-
mitted for trial on the present charge of stealing the nine
shillings, but to be brought up this day week, in order
that the other charges may be brought against him.

HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool 'yesterday were 7,000
bale 3, including 1,000 on speculation. The market was
steady, and prices were pretty firmly supported. Not much
was done in Shares, but they looked firmer.
_

The failure of the extensive diamond merchants, Messrs.
Emanuel, and the stoppage of a very large firm in
the Irish and American provision ttades, has excited
some anxiety, and an apprehension that the shyness exhi-
bited in granting discount accommodation until the railway
deposit question is settled—that bugbear in the money mar-
ket—may, by shutting up the usual channels, lead other
houses into temporary difficulties.
The City is but thinly attended to-day, and not much.
business is doing, which is usually the case on the day of
Parliament opening.
The Funds have been quiet, and parties abstain from dealing
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2051/
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 95% 95 95%
3 per Cent. Consols Antis 941.4
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 —
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 10%
India Stock 253
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols fer Account ......
Exchequer Bills. 13/ d. I%d.
1,000/.
5001.
....... 20 22 pm.
Ditto Small — .. 22 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 811/2
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account 394
Dividends on the above payable in London.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. 22.—Wind this day at noon S., fresh breeze,
and cloudy. It blew hard during the greater part of the
night from the southward and westward, with ram..
DEAL, JAN. 21.—Arrd. William and James Brown, Singa-
pore; Glenalvon, Mauritius.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21.—Wind W.—Arrd. United, Bertram,
Buenos Ares.
MILFORD, JAN. 20.—1 t blew a very heavy gale last night
and this morning from S.S.W. to N.W. The brig Solway, of
ant
dh
e the
gs
Newport, drove, with two anchors, a-head, got
and both
in
con-
tact with the barque Pleiades of London,
Le.auTrehl,eofformPoerrt
Madoc, were also in contact
considerable dnmage. The Gazelle,dnrn
had bowsprit, cutwater, and stancheons carried away ; the
latterjib-boom.
JAN. 21.—The Susannah, Cumming,"from
this port, which drove on shore yesterday morning
near Southport, has eight feet water in her hold, and is ex-
pected to become a wreck. The Lady East, from this port,
Mobile t() LIVERPOOL,
arrived at Penang, 4th ult., with 100 tons thrown overboard,
having been on fire from 15th and
and 20thNo vibe
WARRENPOINT, JAN. 20,-TheWellington,ve '
Robinson,Rbinson, of
Maryport, for Dublin, was driven on shore in the Creek Of
Annalong yesterday, but is expected to be got off with
damage; crew saved.
BELFAST, JAN. 20.—The Mertour, Hamilton, from Mira-
michi, which was carried into Ballinakill Bay previous to 24th
ult., in distress, has been brought into this lough in tow of a
steamer.
CAERNARVON, JAN. 21.—The ship on shore at Clynog is
the Scotland, from Liverpool to New Orleans : has become a
total wreck.
sinELDs, JAN. 21.—The Juno, from Dantzic in entering
the harbour 17th nit. struck on the wreck of the LadyPaver-
sham, and will be laid on the ground for survey after dis-
charging.
WHITBY, JAN. 21.—The Ranger of Poole foundered this
morning after collision with the Navigator, Wray, from
Shields, which has put into these roads with loss of foremast,
bows stove ; one of Ranger crew drowned.
YARMOUTH, JAN. 20.—A boat marked "Favourite, South-
end, Maldon, J. Absalom," has been picked up near
the Gal-
loper,"and landed here.
CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 81.—The Arta, Scagliari, from the
Danube to England, was driven on shore on the Marmora
on the 26th inst., but got off after partly discharging, and
brought in here on the 29th, and must discharge to repair.

MASTER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT AND
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The ninth annual dinner of this
valuable Institution took place at the Freemasons"favern,
yesterday, the 2lst instant, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
in the chair. The object of this Institution is to grant an-
nuities to the aged and infirm members of the trade, and to
build an asylum for their reception. It appears by reference
to the balance-sheet, to Dec. 31, 1845, that the last year's
income was 7061. 10s. Bd., and that they have already in the
Funds 4,2091. I s. 3d., besides a balance of cash of 2031. 7s.
Id. There are four annuitants on its funds, and two more
are to be elected on the 26th instant. "Non nobis" was sung
in first style by Messrs. Herbert, F. Smith, and G. Genge.
Some able speeches were made by Messrs. Oliver, Surridge,
Grant, Heath, and Berrall, jun. ; and a collection made
during the evening of upwards of 2001.
The railroad between Venice and Vicenza, which
passes over the magnificent bridge thrown across the La-
gunes, and the three other bridges over the rivers Tessina,
Bochigliere, and Retrone, and through two tunnels near
Vicenza, was opened on the 4th instant. The departure took
place from Venice a few minutes before ten in the morning,
and passed the bridge across the Lagunes in eight minutes, a
distance which is not accomplished by a gondola in so little
time as an hour. The whole journey to Vicenza was per-
formed in a little less than two hours. The weather was fine,
the road was found to be perfect. and the departure and
arrival of the train were hailed with loud cheers by a large
concourse of persons, assembled at both ends.

THE INSTITUTION OF CIS I~

ENGI. ld
The annual general meeting ofEERS this Society
.vise he
co;
Tuesday evening, Sir John Rennie, president, in thu,
when ale following officers and council were electeVot
John Rennie, president; W. Cubitt, J. Field, L
and J. Simpson, vice-presidents; I. K. Brunel, •t 3•
Locke, J. Miller, W. C. Mylne, R. Stephenson, J•
F. Bateman, Sir J. Macneill, and T. Sopwith,
me
Colquhoun and S. M. Peto, associates. , pi 4
The annual report of the Council announced tiled to
session to have been one of unexampled brillianoVvecer!
actual position of the Institution to be flourishing ra
respect. end 6'
Telford medals were presented to P. C. Delagatiii,•
Edwards; and premiums of books to Messrs.
Bodmer, and Redman, for papers read last Y
meetings. le AO
Memoirs were given of the deceased members, • A
son and Lieutemuit E. N. Kendall, R.N. ten
The opportunity of the presentation of the ann`j te
was seized by the Council for explaining succin4
general body their intentions in proposing nydifjcsits het
the existing bye-laws. From the statement it sPPe„„a egoistic
the present bye-laws are based upon a code of rebibelr
framed when the charter was granted, and by these roe,
stitution has been governed since 1828. The great P,ncle4
however, made by the profession of engineering deTioets
certain modifications, which have been made fron of
time by the Council, but always within the spirit agaroritl
ing of the actual laws. These they now seek to DO Oro
in the code of laws, in order that all the
cognizant of them. Feb
The meeting was then adjourned until TuesdaP
when the following paper would be read : fh
No. 728. "On the existence (practically) 01 ""gf ro3';
f de.s ,
equal horizontal thrust in arches, and the mode of ors'
ing it by geometrical construction." By W.
M. Inst. O.E. merebers 01,

ifitos
PROJECT OF A SHIP Otgo Trig
RAILWAY ACROSS FRANCE, Milli`c)o:
ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE 3')--
RANEAN SEA. • Decor'';MARSEILLES, JAN. 16.—The French papers lehejo.
now with a project of no ordinary boldness.
des Chemins de Fers says of it : lissli"
" We are about to speak of a scheme, the res
which is enough to frighten the most enterprisinC 01004
°
e It is well known that for a fleet to arrive at tu"' fIe0"„
from the Mediterranean Sea, that is, from the port to;
to that of Cherbourg for instance, it is necessal is
through the Straits of Gibraltar, of which Englarl_.
pletely mistress, on account of her hold of Gibralta'fred
" This obligation, which in case of war wi,,,111
would be more inconvenient to us, has engaged.w„re,
attention of Captain Guillemon, of the Englll &Or
transfer by land of an entire fleet appears feasible t°
this is how he would execute it. .0310
"A railroad should extend across France, tern" cat
two ports. A sub-marine frame-work should be et;
the entrance of both of these ; the railway sh°l3tA
with the frame-work, which might be constoll°_,llol'
canal ; and an inclination should be given to the 1" ,t;
as to meet the bottom of the ship. ,
e This project is evidently a most gigantic otte,llll ;1;04°
application does not appear to us impossible. 131130011 Li
pence will be necessary to realise it ? What Pal rail',`,/
must be taken? What changes made? A I'Peeithe
must be constructed, on account of the breadth of, 2,700
15 metres; its height, 15 metres; and its weigh' to
kilogrammes, exclusive of furniture.
„ruoses;,/
" This road, we admit, might serve other P7,10g
it would be necessary to connect it with the exist:be 1
The obligation of ever passing 15 metres under itsli
the intersection of routes, would necessitate to the ewhlcil,,
ment enormous expense. The weight of the ship' 0001;'
2,700,000 kil., would give per metre current near 4' tif
while the rails in common use only support 5,000.
therefore be necessary to multiply the lines of rails'ortsol
" There is another subject of difficulty, the ingiaeold
which may yet interrupt the realisation of Bf..`lbersoli
project, aad that is the straining of the ship's opoll
the. water. Is it not to be feared that she woald
keel?
iect
"We sincerely trust that M. Guillemon's Pre.' one!
drily considered by competent men ; but let higleotiao.,.
that such vast undertakings meet with mallYseloll
few partisans. Is this fortunate? Is it an evidence
s:re
city? The application of steam to navigation I "
the contrary.'
due.
The French boat, from Alexandria and Beyrol44.
y e'g
on the Bth, has not yet appeared; she is consellue
days over due.
pro
The Directors of the Shropshire Banking 7if
have declared a dividend of five per cent. for the ~,e lit
ending the 81st of December, 1845, payable oil
„
February.— Wolverhampton 'hronicle. eV'
We understand that an increase in the,
root.
the extent of 6,000 men, will be proposed to Parli.tLe to
is said that the Duke of Wellington was atil-te of
10,000 men to our military force, but that his Grace
was overruled is the Cabinet.
The Earl of Essex, in consequence of th,elliset)ler
uncertain state of his health, has been forced to .`o-rd 1)1.a
offer tendered to him by Sir Robert Peel of the
tbs dew
tenantcy of the county of Hertford, vacant by
/
of the Ear lof Verulam. ,
posSO
A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO El DlB- -bftdilr
We have just been informed of a sad misadven,luolo,ci
befallen an ancient and respected inhabitant 01 bixt
of to
Though exceeding by five years the patriari, 00 „ii
three score years and ten, love still throbbed
nerable bosom of our hapless hero, and he wooedi; (1,,000
fascinating widow, whose charms penetrated ," ariesi
breasted waistcoat, and captured with sweet :Or
yielding affections. The interesting fair one, 47,,d Or
possessed artificial as well as natural attractions.,
taii"e
lady not only well-looking, but well to do in teellolt
Lothazio, wtio, it may be aect6unted,
which could not escape the observation of our oc e.t
loved well, but (as the world goes) wisely. T11,.1.1 thell
therefore,;g
dear anticipations (having received the consent uhnoste',4
vi
to the plighting of their troth), the ardent avlslllc.,' efl.,r° •
Bury, purchased a license, and quick on the 'lll-0 sec'eg,
returned, when—when—to his horror and dismal, t ,4
tamed that the property of his affianced lady wag nc'colthit'd
owrrdisposal—was not com-at-ible—was real, but
be transferred to any lord and master Consternaliocl,;
him—love absconded, and, with the license in bisde
,
0140
refused to avail himself of the indulgence it extend
match, therefore, is broken off, and the license is 10thb
we believe, at half-price, to any more constant r"
,-J1
is willing to enter into the silken loop of matrimony
Herald.,(oo'oo
YARMOUTII.--CAPSIZING OF A YAWL.--
A
day last a scene presented itself on our beach which iaie:i
nessed with most intense feelings of the most paint,°, liv°4
in consequence of the imminent peril in which tue, 1.
about a dozen gallant beachmen were placed, bL.ArI
larly unfortunate combination of circumstancese:oe
two o'clock in the afternoon a signal was hoist ;tt 41¢
vessel lying in our roads denoting that a P'-it
wanted. As she was a vessel from the Baltic,
supposed that a north-sea pilot was wanted to "coati;
her to London; a yawl was manned with ter:, brlit
a pilot, and the agent. On reaching the yesse't.ioil
discovered that she did not want a north serwlot,l°ll,;oo-tte'
one to run her into the harbour. The yat,el which lift
on this occasion was .a rather small or.a—the StaL'o'iatlyi
longing to the Star Company. The wind was "'its;
very strong gale from the south ; the foul-weathernieso.
hoisted on the Jetty, and there was what the beacim-As
nominate " a very nasty swell on." The StarlintdiV`
that the pilot was not required, proceeded to return, :7ed '‘e
within about fifty yards of the Jetty, she was cans'', '°_,;
every one of the crew, with her bast;
pitched into the sea. It was described 10all'
of the beachmen to be not literally a „--10,`P
'it appears that just as the yawl came pll E'
break of the sea, a sudden and severe squall stP:„
broke her mizen-mast, and caused her to lounge g 0 tej
that all the crew were thrown overboard. l''',.;foll2'
mast fortunately remained unshaken ; which P';
the yawl turning bottom upwards, in which e41s."0_110.
man must inevitably have perished. It will he, pq
bered that on a very recent occasion a pabilcooety
ing was held at the Town Hall for the Purff of 4
presenting a life belt to every beachinan—the 4.1'"1,. 1')
borough Members, at the Regatta dinner in ..111'.'„ti000
Most of the beachmen (we believe with three eX°°„rdit4
had their life-preservers on upon this occasion, i1;bo "f
we hear, from those who witnessed. the scene, 0" Po&
intimately conversant with the dangers of the sO'refltl
speculation to say that if men had not been PA I 'ot
with these belts some must have been drowned 1/'
swell was too heavy to attempt to launch a boat"utbio;
assistance, and besides, as the accident was i‘rble ",0
short a distance of the beach, a more easily aysbB t11:6
ecription of assistance was enabled to be effort fe7d
by means of ropes thrown from the beach to the P-of :?
The beachmen succeeded in hauling' every one ;„(
crew ashore, with no personal injury to any 0,13:: isd
yawl has received considerable damage, but tillt-ith rot
course a very insignificant question when compared 'h:t ranet
serious conesquences which at one time it was thong do have ensued. We are glad to find that the beachine-.0,1't
hesitate to wear these belts when the weather is foult;t fes,f
dangers of their perilous vocation increased tenfold. ~, 0":4
mg prevailed too long with this brave class, that.Llui
life-preservers of any kind evinced a discreditable ag,"'b•
fear, and detracted from their valour and heroism. d'tll6 .f 1
e/a.
based on a wrong principle, and we are glad to
fin X et
fallacy has been discovered and acted upon.—Btol 0, :e
ST. PANCRAS VESTRY.—Yesterday aftern°!"cil
the meeting of the Vestry of St. Pancras
parish, whi
tcbd
held at the Court-house, Gordon-square, after the distil:op
the ordinary business (Mr. Bradley in the chair), a in,Lfdt
which due notice had been given, was brought for-didoo
take into consideration the propriety of recomme°,.'O
h
the Board of Directors and Governors of the Poor —,OOO
aged and infirm female paupers might receivean allowtej,
tea. After some discussion, the resolution was adopt
being for, and 17 against it.
I?

fe
-NQTJEST ON ONE OF THE BOARD OF GUARA'''- jr
bv- k4t,
BERMONDSEY.—Yesterday an investigation took place
W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for East Surrey, at the W. j 00e
o 0 'ef
Tavern, Bermondsey-street, as to the death of Mit,,• 0,41„,
Hooker, aged sixty-three, one of the members of thr,; $,Pr,
Guardians of that parish. Harriet Costive stated VI,
was housemaid in the deceased's family. He was
merchant, residing in White's-grounds, Dermondso,6o".
On Monday morning, about ten o'clock, she was sl'soog
the kitchen, and heard the deceased pass along the Peetiio
In a few minutes afterwards there was a noise Prt}c
'a Jet'
from the closet as if he were sick. Mrs. Hooker I pod
time came into the kitchen, when the noise becatne„,o
and the asked what it was, and witness replied, it„„0"
master, who was sick. Mrs. Hooker went to the r„ot
knocked, ic
but he made no answer, and she came 'Zee vhe
said, she knew he was there. She proceeded tn,Zlot it
again, and said, " you are sick and ill, do let me in ; rioor
made no reply, and Mrs. Hooker went to the Ple (14
Miss Cutler, her niece, who accompanied her to th J,
and she asked him to open it, which be immeditte,llll)°,i
An alarm was given, and one of the men came- )111-t,
two minutes witness, who had ran away from frigtold►rt.
her master sitting in the kitchen and a mall tlirleo
him, and also observed a large wound in his be 0,";?'
Mrs. Hooker asked him how be could do it, and, ,t fr!:
" Oh, it was my poor head made me do it ; orj,, J
USe
and this he remarked repeatedly. He was attend wery
surgeon, but died in about an hour. For the ever.
he had appeared much bewildered in his head, 811,0 eicg
little circumstance annoyed him; but she knesvilesd'
titular cause for it. He often complained of his borl„,.se
said it arose from indigestion. Other evidere,owor'''d
been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of " tlitP insanity."
®According to the last accounts from S vvercisepildelTuitf;
scarcity and dearness of provisions increased sn... 09 ore
the provinces, and particularly in Upland, that Arcot).
ere
dearth was apprehended. Large importations °' oelog
rao
being brought from Russia, and contributions in
Centre being made for the sufferers. • er
TEN HOURS'BILL.—A deputation from theintervieo
Short Time Committee of the West Riding had all.
yesterday, at Doncaster, with E. B. Denison, Ear',i IeAY
the factory question, previous to the Hon. Metn
Yorkshire for his Parliamentary duties.

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F COI

LITERATURE.
U LEKLY VOLUME, LXXXlll—
apoleon Ilonaparte : his Sayings and Doings. Vol.
.iY VieusAeux.
nFrom the title of this volume, the reader would
aturally have expected to discover in it something
0131grarn matic and something novel, either in the in-
niihunai:ttion or in the manner in which things already
ak.rlit have been conveve.d, but he would
i iir e
been egregiously deceived. i'ar from this iorni-
ng a collection of the savings and doings of Na-
cl
,leon Bonaparte in any way deserving of such a
stinctive denomination, the book is simply a very
tnea
-"gre, watery, frigid, inatter-of-fact history of that
iinunist wonderful of all wonderful men. As far as our
gment will permit us to discriminate the character
ec,a7ne.h.any personage is written about, the style of ,
position in biography should in some measure be
icii°nl.rnensurate with and subservient to the particular
he°,lneracy of the individual. The statesman should
a delineates] with candour and dignity the critic in
And tf•se and didactic f‘shion; the-,poet with a glow,
ervour, and imagery apportioned to the theme ;
the in the memoir of any extraordinary warrior,
bußiLußr, and the guns, and the musketry, and the
pc mould to some extent be symbolised on its
...Y. e„8- When, however, a great marvel, like Napoleon
ati'rsar, Without the libidinous nature of Cwsar-
-.ll‘,ltattl.der, without the drunkenness of Alexander
devoicia3utngton, without the stolid intellect (entirely
Ivithnut f imagination) of Washington—a Cromwell,
a Mai, being a regicide or a fanatic like Cromwell
*itho °met, wit;lout being an impostor—a Frederick,
It% lit sullenness—when a great man, like Napo-
% eChett-anbines in himself the character of a lawgiver,
reiabl, statesman, a sage, an orator, and a save-
account is but natural to look for something in. the
t
all (''f such a being characteristic of some, if no
voitlZ those striking qualities. In this respect the
ittb aeitehbee fore ns is excessively inapt. M. Vieusseux
a Sallust, nor a Tacitus, nor even a

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Viscountess
Jocelyn, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Maids of
Honour in Waiting, the Marquis of Ormonde, Major-
General Sir Henry Wheatley, Colonel Bowles, Admiral
Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bon-
eerie left the Castle, escorted by a party of the 2d Re-
giment of Life Guards, commanded by Lieutenant Tot-
tenham, for the Slough station of the Great Western
Railway, to proceed by a special train to town. The
royal party occupied five carriages and four.

ietywas bell r
nit, in the
ere elected •;d6
:Id, 3/. Fe
riel, B. Cubitti.
on, J. TaYl:'
pwith, hem
,crates.
ounced the 5
rillianeY4.s°!veri
urishing 10
se(l6'
)eiagar-- owit.
feisre• Vu thl
lait year $
fibers, Mt. 'Atj'ir
i tee,
,e annual P",
SUCCi nctly ?loot
it it aPPel'itioo
Lie of gue., jr
by thesroe Pr pad
he great P
leering 131780
ade froin
spirit rporr
el: to /11
members. 4

The Duke of Buecleuch, L•►rd President of the Council,
attended yesterday at the Privy Council-office, White-
hall.

Prince Castelcicala has returned to town from Lei-
cestershire to attend the opening of Parliament. The
Prince transacted business at the Foreign•office on
Monday.

Feb,;
Tuesdalt

i) of the or
lode of degarte
IV.

60144
'king
or the hi,
le on g

'Ai I'S OF THE SEA. By Personae.
the s.little volume of poems is prettily imagine
Vart:tl°ll is very graceful indeed ; and will appeal
404 1.9. to all who have any recipients of their love
,141 t can waters; and scarcely an English family
414 01,nuniber a sailor among its members. The
414bitior book is unambitious—the ideas arei unnn..-
aittbiti,„'""and the character of the metre
4044-„"s• however, though modesty is a valuable
147 in for any lyrical composition, that modesty
tllsocir carried too far, by rendering the thoughts
Poverty; and reducing the language to greatnd
Ilitthei A little more anxiety to be excellent a
tl: would have prevented that terrible bathos
41014 see°llcl line of what is intended to be a
"
aful piece:—
b miss thee, 0, my brother !
erS°l3lla "I'th
My papers all before nie!
should be a little more circumspect before
't is e;g„ upon the hazard of a poetical publication.
ng a rose leaf upon troubled waters.
St r
-.P-INS7'RUCTION FOR YOUNG
th C4IWENERS. By J. C. Loudon.
ell e anniversary of Washington's death, namely,
lilt.eenaber 14th, 1843, died John Claudius Loudon
llttrin,atik whose integrity of character and amiable
hai°,;:ad endeared him to a staunch cluster ofd
g.te-rrices, while the ass.iduity. of his studies an
noire excellence of his writings had already
°r him an European reputation. As
.ari.
/4tll th ruld botanist, his opinions have long carried
great authority, and his very name is now
fit B,;:telY associated with that science as Herschell
L'ith sql,"°nlY, Liebeg with chemistry, Whewell
wes,lll,..cniatics, or Murchisson with geology. Not
mon h:that, like those illustrious philosophers, Lou-
-411:34i:e- any extraordinary discoveries in the
that, like Which his- whole intellect was devoted—not
he has made any grand innovations in
lit4estanlished system ; but that, animated with a
lomtk. anxiety for the `° diffusion of knowledge"
It by tvo class who were hitherto excluded from
YelUtidat."e abstruseness of its expositors, Loudon
*Noll eiti the obscure, and systematised what had
sl44t,ers Sr been given in a desultory and disjointed
tb In the present volume we have, accordinF
Laste edit. , L preface, John Claudius
.Loudon s
178 wiclo,..e4V to Gardeers"—the text being under
" supervision, the sections upon mechanics,
4trarestlio_t,ies, and hydraulics' being furnished by Dr.
tott,trile those on architectural drawing, and
si 15ertsr, al Projection, and perspective .by Mr.
Zttiii,,,Cll, besides several other interpolations from
gloas -3' authoritative sources. Surrounded by all
Neeeessories of talent and industry this work
tliol,i,et Possibly be more practical in its application
:11140,; accurate in its details. For young garden-
arateinrresters, for bailiffs, for land stewards, and for
Pesch? in general, it will prove a perfect vade mecum—
414ida:ree on all doubtful points—as useful for their
*tit "lere as the shafts are to the plough. Although,
Loudon, we must ever regret the d7ea,ae
husband, before he had still further embellished
liip„,_Beitiostructor, by appending to it disquisitions
kithß drawing trees, flowers, and landscapes, together
:IZseveral other accomplishments, we can discover
ugle deficiency sufficiently important to mar the
),,4%etry, or abstract from the completeness of the
~Ine now under consideration. Its plan is ori-
4k, and ingenious, its style is comprehensive and
NI? its success in all respects is entire. We can
NI
and honestly recommend it to all horticul-
and agricultural students.
cOpt
It'POPULA TION AND ITS REMEDY.
11t4 "he By W. T. Thornton.
SNil rile of more vital consequence, nationally and
ooteti, tally, or one that has been more frequently
' could not possibly have been selected. Its
:41)pi,, nee is self-evident, as upon it depends the
N,-Ns or misery, tbe prosperity or indigence, of
41Lat large • while at the same time, it has so
140,•1471Y afforded materials for the disquisitions of
Nt4,_gacious minds as, to a very considerable ex-
pti!2,4vc, allayed the curiosity of political students
k 414 tend4"3lropists. So many quacks have arisent
~I.4llered their nostrums as an infallible remedy
ehaot
Ittk 14nberances of the human rac
114,kst,tarql become somewhat chary of lending
tit: '4ll any new-comer in the same field.
jack, has so very often become unconsciously
`he Pudding of statistical jugglers of this nation,
ltl,:lreads some time wakening up from a second.
-",(ltu deceit, to find himself a general laughing-
tpi.oatii-ulut. John Bull may, in the present instance,
4tik tti without trepidation—he will here find no
~,"E/sCe„,°r impossible theory—he will here find no
q:41,1 imagination,_ but, on the contrary, a
atet,h. enlightened effort of reason. Instead of
044. 6 Some novel and impossible scheme, Mr.
.11 has
contentel. himself with a careful inves-
ou
h, as
h (if the opinions of his predecessors. On this
steed eullt up a very
Itt ssinsi.bl.e plan of affording
uted
for
upon
of over-population--a plan
apelaenonwnthinicgh is
4i):( kalad.P°ll a substratum o
jtkie which have to be. eradicated.
t6e e'ever essay upon this most intde.resAtinsga sub-
-14 .present book deserves all possible
1)11 euttlt_iof selection displayed by
v itsattention
author,attetn ;
io
is
s
ell his 0 1._1137 the extreme modesty
with which he
Th,

• The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of
Trade, arrived in town yesterday morning from Scotland.
The Ecclesiastic:A Commissioners f r England had a
general meeting yi,:,t•rday at the office in Whitehall-
place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the Bishops of Winchester, Ely, Llandnff, Oxford,
and Rochester, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of
Chichester, and the Right Hon. Sir, George Grey.
Mr. Freshfield had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, from
the Governors of the West India Colonies.
Sir John Hope had an interview with Sir George
Clerk, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir Robert Peel had a full dress dinner party of forty-
one members of the House of Commons, (including the
Right Hon. the Speaker, and the mover and seconder of
the address,) at his residence, in Whitehall-gardens,
yesterday evening.

-; R.
CO kiwi' El ii.cU LA
Ilt i Claec,
4, illtq v ti and Prince Albert, accompanied
l'; iinnis_ WOes, and the printc,eass
• c ton
14 Ittrtc4l,ll lritine at ten minu
from
the Paddingnee
k ipinus ' 1.,1! a can rage and fourt,ern p lal:ty
tahl,r
ee arrivedo,
.lo
o'clock
Railway. Pri
811 :'d ad", the. Great .
11 ref'ar, tte:ZPrineess AliNcVee,swere in another
tol ,siss?yttl %,,i''„l'lm_lied. by thec
4 three carriages and four, and
;
Dowager Lady
thi , itr.d of the ..i-7etipiet. LN.
vy carriaget
teltaoand.
Itti nei4alds of tro: 18qiuntess
.J.,o:elyn, Lady in
Ne, Majo. r,"°4 in Wait' g,
Wheatley,
'''-vener. 1 Sir Henry
the MarquisAodfraOirrai
Buckley,
14 Rooert otw a
Bowles, Colonel _ a
oons
t ooei 11,,43's Colonel
oe Light pr g
kti the eseo"rtaverie, A party ,
received at
1/11:rl'ajt4'aiebstY,Etnd her Royal Consort were recce
Nxle, th, % tne Lord Chamberlain, the Master of tellies
d Captain Fran
rhei)l7i *+arquis of Granby, an
t three
Atlellsck leneri 11,1,1 a Privy Council at half-past ''"e t n.4‘ wits attended by his Royal Hig
Earl ""„e as
Chaneelloi, the Duke o
01 peorladdington the Duke of Wellington,_sGisaham, the
'Rht 4 the Earl of Aberdeen,
of
li)tQ4,,, °II. W. E. Gladstone,
-1110 4-er, the E II Stihre"Cmheancellorrnorfi
'tile !?, L° rd
Granville arl of E enbo.rough, the_ _ .nc,lin,
f 33encelasessusePihrr:Rn theco
Prince
lti_,gitri r „
_. Somerset,tlit_•_.
German's,tilt"
6
Earl of Li
tegllt 110_°:
_Palhousie, the Earl
thethe
l'tOlethellaalub4tlliney Herbert,iNier tohre
the
ert Steward,ora and
.I\Tl,a't.-rsie. ne
.Stole to Prince Albert.
1115 Pil.g-en in Council was pleased to declare the Most
17,Ngt.: alter Duke of Buccleuch, Lord President of her
,Aylt Is, 8 InOSt Honourable Privy Council, and his Lira
er Place at the boardaccordingly.
''s 44.iPat h • beenpleased to deliver the cus-
‘)i °l' the p3.' "ing
Honourable Thomas
'OM, t of b„. rlvy Seal to the Right
',Addington, the oath of Keeper of the Privy
'414 to as adnainistered to him, and the Noble Earl took
444 e at the Board.
th;llloo.shQueen having been leased to appoint the Right
e Ce4r3' Earl of llarewPood to be Lord-Lieutenant of
-Pk; t hiding of Yorkshire, his Lordship took the
Ite'llted oaths.
111,0ot.Majesty having been pleased aoit the Right
;4rtf-aslea, Earl of Verulam, to beLord-Lieutenant of
‘') b,?tdshires the Noble Earl took the oaths appointed
l'h "alten thereupon.
lin, e que ' ,qiit
thir_as speech, ornahopeenlnag the session of Par-
is, Th, .r). dy, was arranged d reed upon.
,ititi .ion. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
101 In Waiting.
~_ Th'' Majesty gave audience to Sir. Robert Peel. .
4rpq '1 Court was attended by the Vice-Chamberlain, the
0 4aurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the
Iv Nllold, and the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in
sttihg.
t1i,W,....411)80-Rs WEDNESDAY.—The unfavourable state of
clo weather throughout the forenoon, prevented. the
t a" ringere Royal family from taking their usual
iltlY a
tZl° Duke and Duchess of
koraing at two o'clock. Buccleuch left the Castle

THE. SUN LONDON, THURS DA. Y EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1846.