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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1846.

agreed to give plaintiff a lease of certain lands for a term
of sixty three years. These lands were the property of
the lord of the manor (the testator), and as such it was
not legal to *,rant a /ease for more than twenty-oueyears.
The testator died, and the plaintiff filed a bill to compel
his trustee, the defendant, to the fulfilment of the specific
performance of this contract, and the matter was re-
ferred to the Master, who proposed that the defendant
should sign a covenant, binding himself to renew the
lease at the end of twenty-one years till the expiration
oF the term mentioned in the original lease. However,
the defendant declined to enter into this covenant, which
appeared to him strange, as it was by no means disad-
vantageous to him. The question was, whether he could
compel the trustee to enter into anything but a legal
covenant. Now, he was of opinion he could not, and he
would therefore make no special order about it.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.)
TAYLOR v. FARMER.

This was a motion for au injunction to restrain the
defendant from copying labels which the plaintiff used
in packing cases of cocoa.—The injunction was granted.
The remaining cases at this Court today were of no
general interest.

The LORD CHIEF BARON—Was your language such
as to provoke a duel? Witness—Certainly not, my
Lord.
By Mr. WATSON—I accused him of his perfidious
conduct to my daughter.
Mr. WATSON—That I believe would amount to a
cases Belli in the Rifles. Witness—lt would.
Examined by Mr. WATsost—l told the defendant that
the affair would not end there.
By the LORD CHIEF BARON—My daughter's outlay
for the purpose of the marriage was between 601. and 701.
Several witnesses were then called to prove the order
of the defendant to finish and furnish the house in
question.
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up. observed that
the jury would endeavour to do their duty between
the parties, notwithstand.ng the absence of evidence for
the defendant, and the Learned Gentleman who was re-
tained to conduct the defence.

The jury retired, and after a short consultation re.
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 400/

PACIFIC 6TEAIII NAVIGATION COMPANY V. LEWIS

This was an action on the part of the plantiffs, a
chartered company, to recover from the defendant
the sum of 1,536 L 135., for a breach of contract on the
part of the defendant in supplying a quantity of coals for
the use of the vessels of the company.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Phipson,
appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Watson,
with whom was Mr. Butt, for the:defendant.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that the plaintiffs,
being desirous of procuring Wallsend coals for their
steam-vessels, had purchased a quantity of the
defendant, a proprietor of the Llanelly Coombe
mines: in the south of Wales—the plaintiff, in
his advertisements—having stated, that four tons
of his coals would go as far as five of any other
kind ; that they would burn without smoke, and would
easily ignite, and leave but few ashes. A quantity
amounting to 485 tons of these coals was shipped in the
company's vessel, the Portsea, to be conveyed by it to
Valparaiso. The coals were of so easy ignition from
the vast quantity of sulphurous matter which they
contained, that it was discovered that they had ignited
on board of the Vessel from their own spontaneous
combustion, and that upon two separate occasions the
crew of the vessel were compelled to throw overboard a
large quantity, amounting together to 70 tons. When,
however, the coals were required to burn, they would
not, except at the mouth of the furnace, and that igni-
tion would not proceed upon their being pushed into
the furnace, or poked. The grit from the coal had spoilt
the machinery, the fumes had spread sickness and diar-
rhoea among all the passengers, and they were altoge-
ther totally unfit for the purpose of generating steam in
marine engines.

Evidence was then given of the above facts.
Mr. WATSON then contended that there was no proof
of the contract between the parties to supply coals of
any particular nature._ _

Mr. Burr followed on the same side.

After hearing arguments at considerable length, the
LORD CHIEF BARON said that, in his opinion, as a mat-
ter of law, the contract had not been made out, and he
thought plaintiffs ought to be called.

TirC ATTORNEY-dENERAL said that he hoped the
Court would allow him to amend his declaration.

The LORD CHIEF BARON refused, and it wa; finally
arranged that a verdict should be returned for the de-

fendant, upon the grounds of non-assumpsit, with liberty
to move to set aside the verdict, should the Court be of
opinion that there was evidence to go to the jury as to
the existence of the contract.

The jury then returned a verdict accordingly.

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)
The Court was engaged all the day with an action
brought by the assignees of a bankrupt to recover cer-
tain property in the possession of a brother-in-law,
alleged to belong to the former, but the case presented
no feature of interest to the public.

but the prisoner continued to abuse him. Complainant
went on in the direction of Chancery-lane, until he saw
a policeman, to whom he was about to make his com-
plaint, when the prisoner witicipated him, by debirmg
the policeman to take him
,niplainz...n.) in charge for
following him in the street and annoying him. Com-
plainant then told the policeman what had occurred, but
the latter refused to take either charge, because he had
not seen either the assault or the annoyance. He then
went on, followed by the prisoner, who struck him
again, when they had got about five yards from the spot
where the policeman stood. The latter having seen the
assault committed, consented to take this charge, and
took the prisoner to the station.
Policeman F 71 corroborated the greater part of this
statement.
The prisoner admitted that he had struck the com-
plainant, but said that he was provoked to it. The com-
plainant had attempted to stop him by getting in front
of him and standing across the footway, holding the iron
railing with one hand and the lamp-post with the other.
He certainly did strike the complainant then, but it was
in self-defence.
Mr. JARDINE said he would fine the prisoner 51., the
highest penalty he had power to enforce ; but
Mr. Henneker said that he thought the penalty in-
sufficient, and hoped the Magistrate would send the case
to a superior court.
Mr. JARDINE accordingly consented to send the case
for trial, and the prisoner was committed, being bound
over in his own recognizances for 201. and two sureties
in 101. each, or one in 20/., to appear at the sessions on
Monday.
Bail was immediately put in, and the prisoner was
liberated.
Henry Carman, the lad who on the 7th inst. charged
a boy named Wallace, of robbing him of 1/. Bs. in a
coffee-shop, was brought before Mr. Jardine this morn-
ing on a charge of stealing 2/. from his father, William
Carman, a cab-proprietor, at Westminster.
It will be remembered, that on a former occasion the
prisoner (then the prosecutor) said that his father had
been dead for some time, and that since his death he had
been in the employment of a farmer in Hertfordshire,
that on coming to London he took a lodging at a coffee-
shop in Queen-street, and while he was taking his tea
there on Tuesday, the 6th inst., he was robbed by Wal-
lace. Wallace was committed, tried, convicted, and
sentenced by Mr. Sergeant Adams to six mouths' impri-
sonment. Meanwhile, Moore, the beadle of Covent-
garden Market, obtained a situation for the prisoner as
errand boy to Mr. Hughes, fruit salesman in the market,
and he remained there until last night, when his father,
having with some difficulty traced him, gave him in
charge for robbing him of 2/.
The prisoner's father stated that the prisoner had
robbed him of several sums of money from time to time,
and on Saturday week he had decamped with 2l The
whole of the story he had told when giving his evidence
was false.
The account given by Moore, of the manner in which
the prisoner had passed his time since he came under his
care was highly amusing. Having got the " place," he
had by his steadiness and good behaviour got
into the good graces of his master's family,
and not only used he to take his meals
with them, but he read prayers with them every evening.
He could read and write well, and was considered a very
clever lad. He used to talk a great deal about his de-
ceased parents, and he was very anxious that Moore
should go with him " some day when he had time to
see his father's grave in Paddington churchyard." He
said that his father had been a livery-stable-keeper, and
was buried by a subscription of the omnibus and cab
proprietors, drivers, &c., with whom he was acquainted.
However, on Sunday evening, after going to chapel, be
went out, by Mrs. Hughes's permission, to take a walk
in the Park, where he met his father, and very unwil
lingly consented to go home with him, but artfully con-
triving to slip away, he returned to Mr. Hughes's, and
said nothing of what had occurred. He continued to do
his work, read prayers, &c., as before, until last night,
when his father having " found him out," gave him in
custody.
Mr. JARDINE left it to the father to decide whether he
would press the charge or not.
The father said that if the prisoner would go home
with him, and promise to behave better in future, he
would forgive him ; and the prisoner having been with
greatsdei ty
was s
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Court, Moore observing, as he went out, that the prisoner
was " the artfulest young devil he ever knew."

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.)
William Gibbs was charged with stealing two loaves,
of the value of Bd. and 71d., the property of Samuel
Slade.

The prosecutor's servant said ho was out with the
barrow serving customers, when the prisoner stele the
bread during the time he was in the area of one of the
houses he stopped at.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired the cause of the prices of
each loaf being different ?
The witness replied that the high-priced bread was
what was called " home-made," and they always charged
fram a halfpenny to a penny more for it than they did
for the other hind.

The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
John Francis was charged with stealing a loaf of the
value of 6id., the property of Edward Burge, baker, of
No. 5, Alpha-place, Chalk-road.
The facts of the case were of the ordinary description,
the prisoner going to the prosecutor's shop in theeven-
ing, about five o'clock, and snatching from the window
the loaf, with which he ran off.
Mr. GREENWOOD, upon examining the loaf, which was
of the SUM e nine, and apparently of the same quality as
that valued at Bd. in the last charge, inquired of Mrs.
Burge, who appeared to prosecute, how it was that there
was such a difference between the price of a loaf in the
Kingsland-read and the Chalk•road ? How could Mr.
Burge sell it so cheap as Gid.?
Mrs. Burge said, please your worship, the reason we
can sell it so cheap is because it is .‘ home made," and
we always charge less for it than we do for the other.
Mr. GREENWOOD pronounced himself as unenlight-
ened as before with respect to the causes of the rise and
fall in the price of bread.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial on this
charge, but was ordered to be brought up again on Mon-
day, in consequence of some property being found upon
him which was suspected to have been stolen.

ITALIAN OPERA.
When M. Gardoni made his first appearance at the
AcadCnie Royale two years ago, we recollect we stated
that he had gone to the wrong side of the Boulevards,
and that his place was at the Italian Opera. His brilliant
debut at this theatre on Thursday, proves the correctness
of that opinion. His fine pure tenor, cramped and dis-
guised by his singing in French, came out in his native
language with a fulness and beauty of tone which
seemed to take the ptiblic here entirely by surprise,
and, aided by his gallant youthful figure and hand-
some features, at once established him a favourite—a
judgment which, we must remark, the fairer part of
the auditory assisted in ratifying with unusual zeal and
animation. The opera selected for the occasion
was L'Elisir d' Amore, which had the merit also of
introducing another novelty, namely, Ronconi, in the
part of Dulcamara, and in which, though succeeding the
inimitable Lablache, he was brilliantly successful- keep-
ing the public in continued roars throughout the whole
part. His great predecessor is more spontaneous in his
humour, but it is difficult to imagine a more perfect picture
of an Italian charlatan than Ronconi in this character. He
was immensely applauded. Mine. Persiani sang with all
her usual exubrance of ornament, and was encored in the
duo with Ronconi, whose imitations of some of her fiori-
lure convulsed the house with laughter. Tagliafieo's
Sergeant is by many degrees his best character, but, with
Coletti in the theatre, why was such a part confided to
a secondary artiste ? The opera went off admirably,
and we have to congratulate the (Erector on the posses.
sion of a tenor who relieves 113 from all apprehensions of
disappointment in future. Gardoni's first air drew down
vast applause, and in the duo e ith Tlgliafico he was even
more successful, for he was compened to repeat the
principal passage, by an irresistible demand from the
entire assemblage. At the close of the piece the calls
for the Mutant were loud and general, and ho appeared
to bow his thanks, accompanied by the principal
performers.

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
At the sale of Railway Shares, to-day, at ISlessr.F.
Lamond and Co.'s, a good business was done. The fol-
lowing are a few of the principal sales :
Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... ,EO 3 9
London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 9 0
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 17 0
Leicester and Bedford
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 5 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Newport and Abergavenny 0 17 6
East Indian ...
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire,New 0 12 6
Northern and Southern Connecting
Vale of Neath 1 9 0
Northern Counties Union .... ... ........
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
North British, Halves ... l5 16 0
North British, New Thirds ...
Liverp. blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 6 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0
Belfast and County Down
Cork and Waterford

BANK OF]
(From this Nig
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7
the Week ending on
I Saturday,
SSUE DEP,

ENGLAND.
ght's Gazette.)
7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, tot
the 12th day of December, 1846.
,ARTMENT.

gotes issued ...... .. 28:410,735

X.
Government debt . • 11,015,00
Other securities .. . • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 11,935,818
Silver bulliou —„ .. 2,474,917

£28,410,735

I X 28,410,735
m. MARSHALL, Met' Cashier.
1846.
EPAZTXXX T.

Dated the 17th day of December
BANNING Dl

Government securt- ,

Proprietors' capital . • 14Rest .............. 3,43,537,378
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts). • 9,185,471
3,000
other deposits .. .. • • 7,991,126
Seven day and other
bills ••••••• • •• • " • 886'095

ties (Including Dead

Weight Annuity)„ 12,807,417
Other securities •• • • 13,879,960
Notes
Gold and silver coin.. 742,778

X 36,053,970

£36,053,970
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1846.

Dated the 17th day of December,

At the meeting night before last, at the City Hall,
for the benefit of the starving people of Ireland, an ex-
ecutive committee was appointed ; also a committee of
four to make collections in each ward of the city.—
New York Herald, Nov. 27.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE,
(From the London New Price Current of December 18.)
SUGAr —Tr-day importers of West India Sugar insisting
upon a further advance in prices, operated against business,
and the private purchases amounted to only 150 hhds and
tierces, making the total sales for the week 1,180, and the
advances during that period Is per cwt. There were many
buyers at the rates of yesterday. None of any sort was of
fered at auction to-day.
EAST INnu.—Prices, at present, cannot be quoted higher
for Bengal, but holders have manifested more firmness, and
the supply has fallen off considerably. A brisker demand has
prevailed; and by private contract many parcels of white,
brown, and yellow have been sold at fully former rates. At auc-
tion only 741 bags of white Benares have been offered, which
were disposed of. Madras has been in much better request
and brought prices Is to 2s per cwt above those of last Fri-
day. The large parcels sold privately consisted chiefly of
low brown and middling yellow, and brought 38s to 43s per
cwt. Penang is wanted, and would bring better prices; but
little is to be had.
REFINED.—To-day refined goods were largely dealt in by
the home trade, and prices further advanced—brown lumps
selling at 62s to 635. and standard lumps 63s 6d to 645, The
market is scantily supplied. For Bonded Crushed the trade
is firm at 33s to 33s Gd for first quality.
MAURITIUS.—AIthough the stock shows an increase over
that of this time last season of 12,787 bags, still merchants
manifest firmness, and refrained from offering any at public
sale. Buyers have been mere inclined to operate, and of all
qualities several parcels were taken by grocers and refiners at
prices showing an advance, on those previously current, of
6d and Is per cwt. Arrivals of the new crop are, however,
near at hand, and the quality is represented to be very good.
FOREIGIC—HoIders of the descriptions available for home
consumption have displayed more firmness this week, and
there has been a falling off in the supply of all kinds brought
to market. The trade operating with more freedom, prices
have assumed an upward tendency for every sort. In Havan-
nah a good business has been transacted privately, at prices
showing an advance, on those previously current, of 6d per
cwt. Brazil has been sold to a fair extent, and rather better
prices have been paid for all qualities. The parcels of Porto
Rico disposed of were at stiffer rates, and the supply
small, especially of the better kinds of yellow with colour.
All other sorts have been more largely dealt in at stiffer
rates. Although there are sellers of all sorts of Foreign, for
exportation, upon previous reduced terms, still the purchases
made privately have been extremely limited, and none has
been offered at auction.
MOLASSES.—The demand has been brisker for West India,
but any Improvement in prices has been prevented from
taking place by the market having been well supplied with
all descriptions.
COFFEE.—Of West India none has been submitted to public
competition during the week, and by private contract:few pur-
chases have been made, although there are sellers of all de-
scriptions upon previous low terms—good and fine middling
Jamaica has been sought after, and fair market rates are
offered; but there is scarcely any remaining undisposed of.
CocoA.—There has been little desire evinced to operate in
the lower qualities of West India, although there are sellers
rather under previous rates; but good and fine red sorts are
wanted, and command very full prices—the value of red is
36s to 455, and grey 34s to 445; none at present has been
submitted to public competition, but there is a fair stock.
RICE.—To-day there was a good demand for East India
Rice privately, and holders insisted upon very full prices.
At public sale 1,350 bags of Bengal were in part sold, at
18s 6d for good middling, fine white was taken in at 21s to
2:18 per cwt, being above the value.
SPlCES.—Prices have been maintained for Nutmegs, al-
though the market has been abundantly supplied. Mace
met with a ready sale at previous improved prices. Black
Pepper has been in good request privately in consequence of
merchants accepting previous low rates. Fine white
is wanted, but the supply is small. Pimento is
wanted, and in consequence of the scanty supply
buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates. Ginger is wanted and
the supply having become small, the parcels sold
privately were at rather higher quotations. Cassia
Lignea met with very little attention. Cloves have
been sparingly dealt in. Cinnamon is to be obtained upon
lower terms, but few purchases have been made; there is,
however, but a small quantity on offer. Prices rule firm for
Cassia Buds, the stock being light.
SPIRITS. Leeward Island Rum has been sparingly dealt
in this week, although there are sellers upon rather lower
terms. For East India the market is in a quiet state,
and prices are not so firm. Demerara has been only in
limited request. In Jamaica little business has been trans

acted in ay kind, but holders for the most part are unwilling
to lower their price. Brandy is little wanted, and holders are
inclined to sell. Geneva has met with more attention
for exportatation. British Corn Spirits have been in excel-

lent request.
OILS.—The market has presented a quiet appearance for
Linseed Oil all the week; the home trade operating with

caution, and few parcels having been taken for exportation,althouglthere are sellers upon further reduced terms. For
. _

forward delivery the husine-ss transacted has been limited,

Rape Seed Oil has been in much better request, and prices
have improved. For Olive prices remain much the same as

those previously current, but there has been a large business
transacted. There has been much inquiry after Cocoa Nut
Oil, and the rates offered are equal to those of this day week.
Holders of Palm manifest firmness, and a good demand pre-
vailed. Seal has been in excellent request, and brought ad-
vanced rates. Of Cod many parcels have been sold, and
prices are firm, Southern has been disposed of to a fair ex-
tent, and an advance in the value took place. Sperm has
been in much better request, and holders have obtained

prices they could not previously. Lard Oil is rather more in
request at 37s to 42s per cwt., but the supply is good.
TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 177 lihds East
India Tallow 50s 3d to 51s; 6 casks South American 495;
163 casks St. Petersbnrgh Candle 46s 6d to 49s 6d, very low
43s 6d to 44s 9d ; 23 barrels Italian 50s 3d to 50s ad : 14
casks Australian 49s 9d to 50s.

COURSE OF EXCIL
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 4%
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1
Rotterdam .... •• 2U. 12 5
Antwerp... ...... . . 25 95
Ham burgh .. .. • ..11..13. 13 12
Al tona .

Paris, 3 days' sight ...: 25 65
Ditto, 3 months...... 25 90
Marseilles •••••••• .. • • 25 95
Bourdeaux ..... .. 25 95
Frankfort on Maine.... 121
Petersburgh, 3 U 5......
Berlin ..... • •

Vienna, effee.flo•• •••• 10 5
Trieste, 10 5
Madrid 35%
Cadiz .. •.. :
8i1ba0................

LNGE.-(THIS DAY)
Gibraltar ..... .........

. -
Leghorn ........ ...... 30 55
Genoa •• .. 26
Milan • • • • • •

Venice........ •..

Naples .. .. .:• • .. .:.: 40(
Palermo, per oz.. .. .. . 120%
Li5b0n..........
Rio Janeiro .. .. .. ..

pNehis
Buenos Ayres .. .... • •
w York, 21 days'sight
Philadelphia ..........
PRICES OF BULLION, PER or..
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
New Dollars ••. . • • 0 4 103(
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...• •• •• 0 5 OS

Barcelona • • •• . ...... .

4evllle.. .... .... ..

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, DEC. 17, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto the following Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male
of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.:—
Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, of Creedy, in the county of
Devon, Esq., Colonel in the Army;
Frederick Currie, Esq., Secretary to the Government of
Bengal; and
Anthony Rothschild, of Grosvenor-place, in the county of
Middlesex Esq., with remainder, in default of such issue
male, to his nephews, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, Charles
Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild, Esqrs., sons
of Lionel Rothschild, Esq., brother of the said Anthony
Rothschild.
WHITEHALL, DECEMBER 17.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Robert
Lee, D.D., to be one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary
in Scotland.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 18.

Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Major-General James Power to be Colonel Commandant,
vice Dickenson, deceased. Dec. 6.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 7.

Corps of Royal Marines Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
Peebles to be Colonel and Second Commandant, vice
Scale, deceased ; Captain and Brevet Major James
Whylock to be Lieutenant. Colonel, vice Peebles; First
Lieutenant John Hoskin Wright to be Captain, vice Why-
lock; Second Lieutenant John James Douglas Barclay to be
First Lieutenant, vice Wright.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 9.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Robert John
M‘Killop to be Captain, vice Morrison, retired on full-pay ;
Second Lieutenant George Sheddon Dunbar to be First
Lieutenant, vice M'Killop.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 16.
The name of Captain the Honourable George Rolle Wal-
pole Trefusis is to be included in the list of Captains of the
Royal Navy, having accepted the retirement of their rank
on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September,
1846, on the half-pay of eighteen shillings per diem.
Commission by the Queen.
Dumfries-shire Regiment of Militia.—Lieutenant and Ad-
jutant Robert Compton Noake, from 44th Regiment, to be
Adjutant, vice Captain Swanson, retired on full-pay.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries.
Dumfriesshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant and Ad-
jutant Robert Compton Noake to have the rank of Captain.
WHITEHALL, Dm 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Brodribb
Sherring, jun., Gent., of the city of Bristol, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 11.

The Lord Chancellor has apPointed Frederick Baker, of
Derby, Gent., to be a
,Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.

Charles Robert Sauerbrey, ship broker, Fenchurch-street,
to surrender Dec. 22, at half-past tea, and Jan. 26, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee;
Messrs. Gole, Lime-street.
Thomas Tappenden, tailor, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road,
Dec. 26, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Walsh and Thomson, Lincoln's Inn-fields .
Henry Farman, baker, Pulham St. Mary Magdalen, Nor-
folk, Jan. 12, at two, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane
Lombard-street ; Messrs. Abbott and Wheatley, Roll's-yard,
Chancery-lane; Messrs. Miller and Sons, Norwich.
James Dixon, millwright, Spa-road, Bermondsey, Jan. 5,
at eleven, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry ; Holmer and Son, Bridge-street, Southwark.
George Combes Bignell, stock jobber. Leeds, Jan. 6 and
Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds ; Naylor, Leeds ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr,
Chancery-lane, Lohdon.
Henry Brook, clothier, Loagley, Yorkshire, Dec. 28, and
Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Broadbent, Sheffield; Tattershall,
Great James-street, Bedford-row, London.
David Rees, grocer, Swansea, Glamerganshire, Dec 31, at
twelve, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Smith and Son, South-
ampton-street, Bloom.bury, ; Franklin, Bristol.
John Newby, haberdasher, Leicester, Jan. 1.1
and 29, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson, offi-
cial assignee, Nottingham ; Hoskins, Loughborough.
Edward Thomas Bradshaw, stock-broker, Manchester,
Jan. 4 and Jan 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son,
and Weatherall, Temple, London; Bagshaw, Stevenson, and
Lycett, Manchester.
Isaac Sharland, jan., tailor, Bath, Jan. 5 and Feb. 5, at
twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol ; Mansford, Bath.
William Smith Dorsett, iron dealer, West Bromwich, Staf-
fordshire, Dec. 30, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Hicro, Stafford ; James, Birmingham.

SUICIDE OF MAJOR R. F. EAMES,
LATE OF TILE 47TH FOOT—MADRAS ARMY.
Las!: evening the adjourned inquest on the body of
Mi.jor Richard Fairfax Eatnes, aged 30, who committed
suicide by shooting himself through the heart, on the
morning of Wednesday last, under circumstances which
were given in this journal of Saturday, was resumed be-
fore Mr. Bedford, the coroner, at the Prince Albert
Hotel, Leicester-place.
Mr. Harnlyn Nott, assistant-surgeon in the Madras
service, said he knew the deceased intimately. About 18
months back he embarked with him from India, on board
ship. He found him at times highly excited; so much so,
that, in conversation, all persons were Obliged to be very
guarded. He had retired from the service, having been
invalided on account of an affection of the brain. If he took
the smallest quantity of wine or spirits he became so
excited as almost to amount to insanity. During the
voyage he frequently shut himself in his cabin, and was
heard muttering and making all sorts of remarks on his
fellow-passengers. On one occasion the captain of the
ship, in the course of conversation, mentioned " Dutch
courage," upon which the major became considerably
excited, and said he would not allow such language in his
presence, as he was an officer and a gentleman. The last
time he saw him alive was about a fortnight back, when
he appeared most cheerful, and told him that he was
about purchasing a shooting-box near Reading. He was
a native of Ireland, and was generally most cheerful.
Mr. William Day, solicitor, of No. 1, Queen-street,
Mayfair, said :he was applied to by the deceased, who
was introduced by Captain White, to negotiate for the
purchase of a small estate near Maidenhead. He then
appeared of a very nervous temperament. Witness only
saw him twice. The night before he committed the act
of suicide withers received a letter from him, in which
he requested him, if be had not gone too far, to break
off the purchase.
Inspector Whall, of the C division, produced the fol-
lowing letter, which was found in the room where de-
ceased shot himself. It was in the deceased's hand-
writing, and was addressed " James Clarke, Esq., Post-
office, Dublin :

" Prince Albert Hotel, Leicester-square.
"Dear James,—Long before this reaches, the hand
that penned will be closed in death. From insinuations
and inuendos thrown out at various times that I
have sacrificed my honour and reputation in some
way or the other, why I know not, I find this world
no longer worth living in, and throw off the
mortal and become an immortal. The rest who
knows? You must take care how you break the news
to my dearest sister, whose fondness and goodness of
heart I have so little deserved. On you must devolve
the task of breaking it out to all. My things you will
find at 61, Jermyn-street, and my body, I suppose, will
remain here. I have been suffering much in body and
mind for the last three days ; in fact, from fancy or some
demon or another, I am more like a man beside himself.
Coutts and Co. are my bankers, and the cheque-book is
at my lodgings. I have 10,000 rupees ; let 5,000 re-
main at interest for my daughter. Now, 'God bless you
and yours. Ido not know what my poor dear brother
Benjamin will say. Kiss them all for the sake of their
unhappy uncle. Yours affectionately,

" R. F. EAMES."
The inquest was again adjourned.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In your journal of yesterday, I find a story,
copied from a Worcester paper, which is calculated to
prove a highly-seasoned treat for lay and clerical zealotry.
It is a romance of the confessional, and told with mar-
vellous circumstantiality; but so closely analogous to a
gross imposture practised in this town some time ago,
that I deem it reasonable to request your readers to sus.
pend their judgment until further inquiry be dispzssion-
ately made into the nature of the direful talc.
A short time previously to the death of the Rev. Jas.
Francis, late minister of St. Paul's Church in this town,
(a gentleman much esteemed for kindness of heart and
the possession, in an eminent degree, of clerical attri-
butes), he was visited by a lady of good address and
prepossessing appearance, who announced herself as a
Roman Catholic who was anxious to relieve her over-
' burdened conscience from the perilous stuff which made
her truly wretched, and then she sobbingly went (in to
say that she had been seduced in the confessional—had
lived with the wicked man, left her husband, and was
then persecuted ! The amiable Mr. Francis commise-
rated the apparently penitent one; lodgings were taken
for her, the " horrible fact " told around the town to
good people who turned the whites of their eyes to
offended Heaven, and invoked curses on the naughty
tempter. Well, the current of sympathy went on ;
money was raised to support the interesting Magdalen ;
and she was living in clover, instead of bemoaning her
sins in sackcloth and ashes, when, lo ! the murder came
out : inquiries were made as to the real circumstances,
in the neighbourhood which she mentioned, and it was
clearly ascertained that the too credulous clergymen and
parties in Newport had been the dupes of a vile impostor,
who immediately decamped.
Now, Sir, there are such striking similitudes in the
Worcester and Newport romances, that I am induced to
trouble you with this letter, as The Sun is very exten-
sively circulated in Monmouthshire, and it is well that
people should not judge hastily.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
PHIL ALETHES.
Newport, Monmouthshire, Dec. 17, 1846.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. John
Bellamy, which took place yesterday morning, at his
house in Woburn-square. Mr. Bellamy had attained
the age of 75 or 76 years, and will be remembered by a
vast number of our Parliamentary readers with great re-
spect as housekeeper to the House of Commons, a situa-
tion in which he succeeded his father, and the duties of
which he executed for many years to the entire satisfac-
tion of every one. In consequence of declining health
he retired a few years since into private life, maintain-
ing, however, in that situation the character for hospi-
tality and kindness he had so well earned whilst üblicly
employed; and, now that he is gone, he will be followed
by the regret of all who had the pleasure of his acquaint-
ance. On his retirement he was succeeded in part of
his public duties by his son.
POISONED SEA PIE. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. -'•-•
HULL, DEC. 16.—The inquiry concerning the recent
poisoning of a whole family by partaking of a sea pie,
was brought to a close yesterday, at the Town-hall, be-
fore Mr. Thorney, the borough coroner. The brief par-
ticulars respecting this very mysterious affair are these :
—On Sunday, the 6th inst., a man named Waites, who is
the owner of a small vessel lying in the river, with his
wife and four children, partook of a sea pie for dinner.
Within a quarter of an hour afterwards they were all
taken ill, and at three o'clock on the following morning
one of the children, a sickly boy, named Lawrence
Waites, was found to be dead. In the course of the day
an inquiry was held, but the relatives being too ill to
give evidence the investigation was adjourned. The
body then underwent a post mortem examination, and
sufficient was detected to show that death had resulted
from poison. At the adjourned inquiry the mother of
the deceased was examined, and described the circum-
stances that attended the making of the pie. The Co-
roner said the death of the deceased looked very much
like design, but they could not suppose that any of the
family were concerned in it. They had all partaken of
the pie, and had nearly lost their lives. If the poison
had been in the flour when it was bought, they would
have heard of more families being poisoned. He recom-
mended an open verdict. The jury .found, "That the
deceased died from the effsct of arsenic mixed in a sea
pie, of which he had eaten, but how or by what means
the arsenic came there, there was no evidence to show."
RAMSGATE.—THE WEATHER.—The omnibus which
runs between Deal and Ramsgate, and left the latter
place last Monday evening at five o'clock, was upset in
the snow storm about a mile from Sandwich. The driver
missed the road, and got on a heap of stones, which
caused the vehicle to turn over, and left it standing on
the end, blocking up the doorway, throwing together,
at the further end, the passengers, consisting of three
adies, a child, and two gentlemen ; fortunately, no life
was lost. One of the passengers (Mr. C. \Vhetham, of
London) was bruised and cut over the left temple. He
extricated himself by breaking the window and getting
through the aperture, and the other passengers followed.
Shortly after, another omnibus coming up, conveyed the
passengers to Ramsgate.—Kentish Observer.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A BAKER'S SHOP.—An inquest
was held last evening at the Unicorn, Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of
Theophilus Thomas Hill Cox, Esq., aged 58, of Hen-
rietta-street, Cavendish. square. Alexander Moore,
baker, of No. 25, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, said,
that on Tuesday last, the deceased came into his shop,
and stating that he had been taken very ill, begged to
be allowed to sit down a while. He then sat down, but
in a few minutes fell back in the chair almost insensible.
Mr. Davison, a neighbouring surgeon, was instantly sent
for, but deceased died in twenty minutes. The surgeon
attributed death to a sudden spasm_ of the heart, probably
caused by the severity of the weather. Verdict—
" Natural death."
The Prussian Government has, in order to check
emigration to America, decided that the crown lands in
Prussia and Posen, of which the leases fall in during
the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, shall be set apart for
persons who would otherwise be disposed to emigrate.
M. Oppenheim, who has just been acquitted at
Cologne, in the affair relative to carrying off the jewel-
case of the Baroness de Meyendorff, arrived on the 10th
inst. at Berlin, and immediately tendered to the Mi-
nister of Justice his resignation as assessor at the Cour
Royale of that city. The resignation was accepted.
An otter, of unusual size and weight, was shot in
the river Thames yesterday morning, near Clewer, by
Mr. George Chapman, of Windsor. The animal was
making for the bank with a large jack, alive, in its jaws,
when Mr. Chapman fired, and killed it, close to the
shore. measured from its nose to the tip of its tail
between four and five feet, and weighed nearly thirty
pounds.
LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA.—. LIVERPOOL,
TRUEST/AV.—Late accounts from Rio, from Pernambuco
to the 30th of October, and from Paraiba to the 14th of
November, have been received by the ship Runnymede,
at this port this morning. The steam-ship Antelope had
arrived at Rio from this port.
BRONZED IRON CANNON..--.lt will be remembered
that somo months ago several iron cannon were bronzed
by the galvanic process at Berlin, by order of the Prus-
sian government. They were tried on the 7th inst., in
presence of Prince Adalbert and several artillery officers,
and were found to answer admirably. Although one-
third less in thickness than the ordinary inn cannon
they bore a larger charge of powder.
THE NEW HOUSE OF Loans.—lt was generally
expected that their Lordships would meet in their new
House on the assembling of Parliament, but it is now
ascertained that the decorations aid embellishments,
which are of the most magnificent description, cannot be
completed in sufficient time. Consequently the Peers
will for a short period continue to sit in the present
House.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
- ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec. 17.
(Before Dr. LUSIIINGTON.)
mu GAZELLE. COLLISION.
This was a suit brought by the owners of the
schooner Despatch, to recover compejlsation for the loss
sustained by them in a collision between their vessel and
the schooner Gazelle.

The schooner (of 18 tons), laden with coals, on the
21st of January last, was steering S. and by E. about
ten miles off the South Dudgeon Light. The Gazelle
was bearing off N.N.Y. halt W. The wind was blow-
ing strong, the night dark and hazy, and the rate of the
steamer was eight miles an hour. The steamer struck
her: near the paddle-box, and she herself sunk almost
immediately, and for this (total) loss the suit was
brought. The course taken by the two vessels on near-
ing, and seeing each other, was that the helm of the
Gazelle was put to port, the helm of the schooner hard
a starboard. These were the main facts, and the ques-
tions raised upon them were chiefly—Was the steamer
justified in a dark night, in such a situation, in sailing
at such a rate? Ought she not to have eased her engines?
When the accident became inevitable, had each vessel
adopted the proper course ?
Drs. Jcnner and Doane were for the schooner • Dr.
Addams and Dr. Phillimore for the owners of the' Ga-
zelle.

Dr. LUSHINOTON was assisted by Captain Baynton
and Captain Ferrer of the Trinity House, and in sum-
ming up to them the facts of the case, said that it was
most important that the rule of navigation for steamers
should be distinctly understood. The rule had been laid
down that steamers should give way to :merchant ships,
for they were considered in the position of sailing vessels
having the wind fair, and such vessels were always bound
to give way. That rule had been laid down, and unless
the Trinity Masters thought it wrong its observance
should be insisted upon. The first question, however,
here was, whether the rate of the steamer in a dark
night, in a sea crowded with colliers, was not too rapid?
Ought not her engines to have been eased? If the col-
lision were attributable to her, she must bear the loss ;
but if the schooner had also done wrong in starboarding
her helm, the damage must be borne between them.
The Trinity Masters held that the orders given to
starboard the helm were given simultaneously with the
accident. They exonerated the schooner from all blame.
The steamer was to blame in going at such a speed in a
thronged thoroughfare.
The COURT accordingly pronounced for the damage,
with costs.

THE VANCOUVER—SALVAGE.
This was a claim for salvage by the crew of a lugger,
the Stag, and the owners of the steamer Robert Bruce,
for services, rendered to the Vancouver. The latter
(laden with timber), while- on a voyage from New
Brunswick to the port of London, had been run into in
the Channel by a French brig, the Union, of Dunkirk.
She had received considerable damage, and her master
employed the services of the lugger in consequence of
his ship " being in a disabled state." On the 26th of
August the service of the lugger commenced, but,
making little way, the aid of the steamer was obtained,
and from near the Seaford Roads the Vancouver was
towed to London. The service lasted for four or five
days, and the value of the ship saved was 5,0001. A
tender of 2001. was cffered, but though subsequently
raised to 2501., had been refused.
Dr. Haggard and Dr. Bayford were for the salvers ;
Dr. Addams and Dr. Robinson appeared for the owners.
Dr. LUSHINGTON, thinking that be services of steamers
ought, within reasonable bounds, to be encouraged, held
that the tender was insufficient, tncl increased it by the
addition of 1001.
CURIOUS TItIA L 1. 01-C. MURDER

IN FRANCE.

Several "months ago a shepherd who was tending a
flock in a wood near the village of Corneilles (Seine-et-
Oise), saw a piece of blue printed cotton on the ground,
end taking hold of it, met with a resistance which in-
duced him to rake up the earth, on doing which, he found
part of the body of a female which had been buried.
The authorities were apprised by him of what he had
discovered, and the body, which was in an advanced
state of decomposition, was taken up and examined by
some medical men, who declared that it was the remains
of a female of about 17 or 18 years of age. As a girl of
that age, named Royer, was missing, and it was known
that she had been last seen with a young man named
Drouart, he was,arrested on a charge of murder, and
throw n into prison, where he remained for some time, until,
rortunately for him and the cause of justice, the girl, who
was not dead but had removed to anoth;-r part of the
country, came forward and he was set at liberty. As a
mistake had taken place in the identity of the body, the po-
lice began to inquire whether any other female was mis-
sing' and ascertained that a woman named Catherine,
who had been living as a servant at a farm in the neigh-
bourhood, where she had saved between 200 and 300
francs, had quitted her service in company with a man
named Quenneville, a servant at the same farm, and of
about the same age, who had lures her away under pre-
text of having procured her a better place, and had him-
self quitted his service, and that part of the country.
This woman had not since been heard of. Several per-
sons who had known her swore to the dress in which she
was found, and near the spot had been found several
other articles of dress, the contents of the bundle which
she carried when she left the farm. The only circum-
stance which would warrant any doubt as to her
identity was the evidence of the medical men who had
examined the body. This, however, they explained,
by stating that the body of a person of 35, of
limited intellect, which Catherine was, to such an ex-
tent as to be considered almost an idiot, would present
the same physical character as that of a female of
half that age possessed of sound intellect. On the other
hand, the charges against Quenneville, who was arrested
almost as soon as the body had been identified, were very
strong. It was proved on the examination before the
examining magistrate, that he had told his fellow ser-
vants that he would one day get hold of the savings of
Catherine by pretending to find a place for her, and, on
her accompanying him, getting her money and quitting
her. They left the farm together, Quenneville carrying
one of ber bundles. He was traced from place to place,
spending much more money than he could account for:
his knife was found near the spot were the body was
buried. It was proved that he had dropped near that
spot, and quite out of the road which he pretended to
have taken, a certificate of service which he had returned
to claim. The death of the female was caused by stran-
gulation. It appeared that Quenneville had in the first in-
stance hanged her to the branch of a tree, with the view
of having it supposed that she had committed sui-
cide ; but when some days had elapsed, and he knew
that the body had not been discovered, he returned and
buried it. In order to procure, without exciting sus-
picion, the tools required for this purpose, he pretended
that he was about to go to work with some. paviors,
and purchased a spade, pickaxe, &c., for ten francs.
The night after this purchase he was seen near the
wood, and en the following day he sold the tools for one-
half the sum that h 6 had paid for them, and then left
the neighbourhood for good. He could not on his ex-
amination account for the way in which he had passed
the night on which, according to the indictment,
he had interred his victim, except by stating that
he had slept under a haystack. As he had money
in his pocket, however, and had been at two public-
houses in the course of the same evening, at
either of which he could have had a bed, this
explanation was not at all satisfactory. The prisoner
was brought to trial on the 10th before the Court of
Assize for the department, and the trial, from the im-
mense number of witnesses called, lasted three days. In
his defence Quenneville denied that he had ever ex-
pressed an intention of robbing Catherine of her money,
and attempted to account for his having spent more than
he was known tc possess, by stating that ho had saved
three hundred francs, which he had concealed in a stable
until he quitted his service. He admitted that he had
told a falsehood in saying to the poor woman that he
had obtained a place for her, but asserted that he had
only accompanied her a short distance, when they had a
dispute and separated. This defence against a host of
strong circumstantial evidence was of no avail, and the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty without extenuating
circumstances. He was consequently sentenced to death.
—Galignani.

TRLAIMENT or PIGS.—A farmer made the follow-
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dere.hk
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ing experiment in the treatment of pigs. He put six
pileft ooi
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seven weeks the latter consumed five bushels of
than the former, and weighed two stone four pounds
more than they did.
A remarkable meteor was seen on the evening of
the 28th ult. at Christiana, in Norway. It appeared like
a torrent of lire, with a shower of falling stars, and was
visible for about twenty seconds.
THE WEATHER.—A good old-fashioned winter
has set in with great intenseness for the early period of
the season. The Severn is already frozen over at several
parts adjoining the town, and the adventurous juvenile
skaters are practicing " the line of beauty" on the
slender ice. The Holyhead mail, last night, arrived
nearly two hours after its time, owing to the snow on
some portion of its route. —Beddow's Shrewsbury Journal
SALTED SALMON.—The revenue authorities having
had under their consideration an application from cer-
tain parties, owners of a first-class sufferance wharf on
the river side, requesting that salted salmon may be
allowed to be landed at their wharf, and also the reports
of the principal officers of the department thereon, re-
commending that salted salmon, as British taking, im-
ported from Newfoundland, may be added to the list of
articles allowed to be landed at the particular premises
alluded to, and that a similar privilege may be extended
to all the first-class sufferance wharves ; orders have
been isued for the same to be permitted in future ac-
oordingly.
4BREACH OF PROMISB IN FRANCE.—Actions for
breach of promise of mat tinge are very rare in France,
and they are still more rarely successful. On Saturday
last the civil tribunal of the Seine was occupied with a
suit by Mdlle. Ziuna, a young lady of a respectable fa-
mily, against a M. Emile, who, after repeated protesta-
tions that he would marry her, had married another
lady. Mdlle. Ziuna had loved truly, and too well, for a
child was the result of her weakness, and it had been
baptized in the name of the father, who not only ac-
knowledged it, but even declared at the registry of the
birth that it was his child by his legitimate
spouse,the
mother. The promise of the marriage, both verb
ally
and in writing, was clearly proved, but
the counsel for
the defence contended that Wile. Ziuna and her mother
had taken advantage of the youth and inexperience of .
the defendant, who is indeed older than the plaintiff, but
it was argued that young ladies are much more clever
than young gentlemen, and that Mdlle. Ziuna, although
younger in years, was supeiior in tact to her seducer.
The Avocet du Roi, in his address to the court, said that
" if it was necessary to give reparation to the victim of
seduction, it was quite as necessary to avoid holding out
premiums to a sex who complain too frequently of being
such victims." The court rejected the demand of Mdlle.
Ziuna for damages.

LITERATURE.

A CATHOLIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

Vol. I. By William Bernard Mac Cube.
After the illustrious and remarkable writers who have
written the history of this our England, any work, now-
a-days, at all bearing upon that noble study appears a
superfluous, and, to some extent, an impertinent in-
trusion. So many inimitable authors have penned
the records of the land, that any addition to their
labours, is apparently an act of utter supererogation.
Whoever would adventure upon the publication of
such an addition must prepare himself to
be regarded with suspicion ; and must even apolo-
gise for his audacity by a candid and minute
explanation of his reasons for attempting such an un-
dertaking. The public invariably expect this, and,
to speak plainly, they are fully entitled to expect it.
Otherwise the press might be teeming with the
rlum-
berTh of modern commentary upon ancient events. e
jealousy which is thereby evinced, for all historical
compositions, protects the public from libraries of
useless and unwieldy volumes. With the voluminous
productions of Rapin, of Holinshed, of Hume, of
Lingard, and others upon our bookshelves—with the
inestimable fragments contributed to our national
history by Hallam, by Sharon Turner, by Lord
Lyttleton, by Charles J. Fox, by Si; Thomas More,
and the like—with the perspicuous historiettes of Oliver
Goldsmith and his followers, at our command—we
must acknowledge that we are disinclined to wel-
come any one, hoWever eminent, or however learned,
who, to employ a vulgar simile, merely "dishes up"
old materials in a new form. We have a species of
antipathy for any one who will thus dare to profane
a sanctuary hallowed by the footsteps of the writers
already enumerated. We look with suspicious eu-
riosity even to the forth-coming work by the Right
Hon. Thomas Babington Alacaulay. We are satis-
fied that this distinguished man will give some satis-
factory reasons for the employment of his capacious
mind upon a history which has already evoked the
wisdom, the eloquence, the research, the impartiality,
and the judgment of a Sharon Turner and a Hume, of a
Lingard and a Hallam. Still we shall look for those
reasons, as an explanation to which we are fully en-
titled. Impressed thus earnestly with the necessity
for some comprehensive unboaoming, in every new
historian of English history, we have turned with
much inquisitiveness to the introduction prefixed
to this preliminary volume by Mr. Mac
Cabe. We have read that introduction attentively,
and have subsequently scrutinised the eleven chapters
of his history as yet published. And after a dispas-
sionate examination of these pages we say, that the
work promises to be a valuable addition to our
national literature. It interferes in no one particular
with the writings of preceding historians, and that it
does not, a few words will testify. The merit of Mr.
Mac Cage's work is the novelty of its conception and
execution. Instead of filtering the stream of history
through his own judgment, as his predecessors had
invariably dune, he here gives us the waters of that
stream pure and sparkling from its different fountains.
The book indeed is scarcely so much a production of
his own as a transcript from the productions of
others. It is a series of well-connected translations
from various ancient writers, the obscurities of which
are elucidated in foot-notes, and the contradictions of
which are reconciled by a sr.imilar arrangement. The
author had remarked, inctiis historical studies, that
Rapin, Hume, and the rest, had all of them their
apparent blemish—their authorities are always ex•
eluded from their pages, and the "English reader is
seldom permitted to know more of them than the titles
of their works." For the purpose of correcting what
appeared to him such an intolerable omission, Mr.
M‘Uabe conceived to himself the notion of
affording us the descriptions of these ancient
authorities themselves—of stringing those descriptions
together, so as to form a tolerably connected whole,
and thereby of producing a pure and unimpeachable
record of our national events. Wherever there might
be discrepancies or improbabilities in these authori-
ties, the reader could judge for himself, instead of
trusting to the opinions of any intermediate party. If
this work have any merit at all, says Mr. Mac Cabe,-
4! That merit will be found to consist in the originality
of its plan—in the attempt, however feebly executed, to
make the reader acquainted with the writings ; with the
thoughts of Glides,. Nennius, Bede, Asser, Ethelwerd,
Florence of Worcester, Eadmer, Simeon of Durham,
William of Malmsbury, Eddius, Henry of lluntingdon,
Roger de Hoveden, John Bromton, William of Newbury,
Roger de Wendover, Mathew Paris, Nicholas Trivet,
Ralph Higden, Goscelin Sprott, Walsingham, Knighton,
Capgra.ve, &c., &c., &c.; to do this, not by mere extracts
from them, but by making their words the text out of
which the history is compiled, and by combining them
together, to give a consecutive narrative of the ancient
annals of the country. In short, by introducing the
reader to those venerable monks, and leaving him to learn
history from their lips."
From the writings of Aldhelm, Boniface, Alcuin, and
Lanfranc, he might have selected a multitude
of passages in illustration of the brilliancy and
vividness with which they can delineate a
scene, pourtray a character, or narrate an occur-
rence: Mr. Mac Cabe has contented himself
with a few, which he has interpolated in his intro-
duction. The present volume closes with the reign
of Egbert, in 836. It is a most copious and pictu-
resque record of all the preceding events. The English
Historical Society is already engaged in the publica-
tion of our ancient chroniclers,biograpbers, and histo-
rians, in their original languages. The present book
is a translation of those chroniclers, biographers, and
historians. To the scholar the former work will be
most valuable. To the general reader the latter work
will be invaluable. Mr. M'Cabe deserves every com-
mendation for the extent to which he has tasked his
erudition, and for the industry with which he has
compiled his materials. The " Catholic History of
England" while it affords us a knowledge of the
English people, as well as of the English kings, in re-
mote times, is a lasting monument of the research
and intelligence of its author.

DESTITUTION IN ZETLAND.—A criminal trial took
place at Lerwick, a few days ago, of two men who were
tried before the Sheriff and a jury, on a charge of house-
breaking and theft. It appeared in evidence that the
" two lads had broken in through the slated roof of a
warehouse at North Yell, and taken a quantity of meal."
And what was the cause of such a crime ? The defence
was, that hunger had compelled them to this mode of
getting food." The panels were found guilty, but were
" recommended to leniency, we suppose, on account of
their poverty and hunger," and they were sentenced
each to three months' imprisonment. Such is the state-
ment of this case, What dces it disclose ? What, but
that in Zetland there are individuals—young men—per-
sons hitherto of unblemished character, but now having a
stigma affixed to their names for life—driven to crime—
not from choice butlof necessity, compelled to break the
laws of their country to keep in their existence. We are
told they entered a storehouse, and stole a " quantity of
meal." 'Why did they not take tobacco, sugar, porter,
soap, molasses, crockeryware, tea, or other articles ?
Why was it merely "a quantity of meal ?" There is
a truth telling eloquence in the words, " a quantity
of meal." It speaks of starvation. Bad as Ireland
really is, it is not, on the whole, in a condition nearly
so wretched as the county of Zetland. In Ireland,
no " lad" need starve. A generous Government has
provided means to prevent such a calamity there.
But what is doing for Zetland ? Why, the same corre-
spondent who furnished us the report of the trial we
have referred to, informs us that "poverty has now got
loose amongst us. No work is to be had, except for a
few men, employed in draining by Mr. Davidson of Lax •
firth." Isle adds a hint that, if some public works were
set agoing, " they might save many from utter starva-
tion." This is truly a most pitiable state of matters,
and calls loudly for aid. A patient, persevering, yet
deeply wrongly and oppressed group of islands is on the
brink of starvation, and there is nothing doing on its
behalf ! The Zetlanders have been long overlookad—
their social and physical condition has not been inquired
into—and we hold that, unless something be immediately
done on their behalf, results the moat disastrous cannot
but follow.—John 0' Groat Journal.

THE NEW PLANET.—The present distance of the
new planet, expressed in common measure, is about
3,200,000,000 English miles from the sun, and about
3,100,000,000 from the earth. Its distance from Uranus
—whose motions it distal bs—is about 150,000,000 miles.
Its diameter is about 50,000 miles. That of Uranus is
about 35,000 ; of Jupiter, 85,000 ; of Saturn, 79,000 ;
of the earth, 8,000. Its cubic bulk is to that of the
earth as 250 to 1. The new planet is the largest in our
system except Jupiter and Saturn ; and since these two
planets, as well as Uranus, are each attended by a train
of satellites, it is extremely probable that the new
planet will have a similar accompaniment. We had the
pleasure of seeing the planet on Thursday night from
the Calton-hill. It comes to the meridian a few minutes
before nine, and is within a short distance of Saturn.
With a power under 200, it is not distinguishable from a
fixed star.—Edinburgh Paper.
AN UNWELCOME Vistron On Thursday night
the inmates of the Fountain Hotel, Sheerness, were much
alarmed by the following occurrence :—Shortly after
Mrs. Gregory, the landlady, had retired to rest, she
heard her bed room door opened and shut again, but
imagining it to be her husband, she took no notice of it;
but the opening of the door a second time attracted her
attention. when she saw, from the dim light of a night•
shade, a short figure, which she concluded was that of
her mother who slept in an adjoining room ; however,
s
be,' a
tortltytrerwards, hearing a rustling noise under her
e same time noticing a smell as of something
burning,mothei . b ci
she: became alarmed, and hastening to her
own-room for a:sFistance, returned with her to
her
observed bed room, and, looking under the bed,
the nuked feet of a man. Alarmed at the
cireumstane6:e
rtelo.tey, immediately ran clown stairs for help,
cwehedenedltlor.
the room,° r);tatT'e tempanied by the waiter, pro-
le fellow having been disturbed
in his concealment. attempted to make his escape, and
which he would have emftt
n.at the moment, but for
two gentlemen who were staying
the hotel, and who
intercepted him in his intendneesdaftli
from wthosllo was
then
the watchman,
handed over to
escaped, and running down to the pier, took. rc
eufstody he
barge, lying alongside. The crew being aroused, uge• in a
Tutekl
routed the intruder from his retreat, and after inflictingy
on him a severe chastisement, he was suffered to depart.
He was dressed in the garb of a sailor. Under Mrs.
Gregory's bed were found his stockings and a piece of
burnt rag, which he is supposed to have ignited, for what
•
purpose does not appear.