The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-20 00:00:00

CIVIC CRITICISM.

Previous to the election of Mr. Prigg to be Mayor of
Bury St. Edmund's, on Monday, the usual compliments
were paid by his proposer and seconder as to his quali-
fications for the office. Captain Hubbard, however,
struck a discordant note; expressing himself as follows:
He should bo sorry (he said) to cast any reflection upon
the Mayor proposed, whose private character was be-
yond reproach ; yet he felt bound to pass his opinion on
a person who was not capable of fulfilling the duties of
the office with efficiency. He did not refer to the edu-
cation of the gentleman proposed, but his objection ap-
plied to his impediment of speech.
A. Voice—" Wretched taste."

They had heard the magistrates of the town men-
tioned—a body of the most respectable and honourable
men in the town—and he would ask if any of those ma-
gistrates could sit under a man who, in speaking, either
rendered himself ridiculous or inflicted pain. He him-
self could say it must be a most painful thing to hear
that gentleman deliver a judgment in any case. He
offered no opposition to Mr. Prigg, because of his abili-
ties, because he had understood that Mr. Prigg had
himself asked, " Why a tailor should not possess abili-
ties as well as any one else?"—(Laughter.)—But he
(Captain Hubbard) would ask in return, if possessed of
abilities equal to taking the duties of first magistrate of
the borough, why a tailor?—(Laughter and interrup-
tion).—He opposed Mr. Prigg because of his natural
defect. It was very true, perhaps, Mr. Prigg was a good
tradesman, but a man of dignity was required, with
merits not only reflecting upon himself, but upon the
town also. If he had been asked the last man of the
council he should choose for Mayor, he should have an-
...sivered Mr. in consequence of his defect of speech.

Mr. Pnrco, in returning thanks for his election, re-
marked that he was sorry in some respects that he had
been put forward, since it bad caused some observation
to fall which could not be pleasurable. Some remarks
lad fallen from one who would never be satisfied unless
he had the entire control. With respect to what had
fallen from Captain Hubbard about his (the Mayor's)
opinion of the abilities of tailors, he might simply-ob-
serve that he had never said any thing of the kind; and
Captain Hubbard had never heard it, and he would defy
him to produce any witnesses who ever heard such words
fall from his lips. It was a story of Captain Hubbard's
own make.—(Laughter.)

EXTENSIVE BURGLARIES AT ABINGDON.--A few
days since there appeared in out columns the particulars
of a charge of burglary brought against a man of the
name of Blagrove, and several others, his confederates,
involving the suspicion of their being guilty of an exten-
sive and long• continued series of robberies practised
upon several brewers and maltsters carrying on business
in Abingdon. The case has repeatedly undergone in-
vestigation before the magistrates ; and from the facts
elicited it appears that the frauds were carried on upon
a regular system, several of the accused men being in the
employ of the different brewers, from whom they ab-
stracted at different intervals very considerable quanti-
ties of malt, hops, &c., which were intrusted to Blagrove
for disposal, and, in some instances, were actually resold
by him to the very parties from whom they had been
stolen. The charges finally involved two respectable
brewers of the town, named Miller and Evans, who were
stated by witnesses to have had dealings with the man
Blagrove of such a nature as to cause orders to be issued
for their apprehension ; and on Saturday last, the whole
of the prisoners, twenty in number, were committed for
trial. The prisoner Blagrove questioned all the wit-
nesses in the most impudent manner, interlarding his
questions with such expressions as, What a pretty
figure you'll cut before the Judge, if you go with that
tale ;" " I won't be transported by myself ; we'll have
it all right ; I'll draw others into it as well." The rob- 1
beries appear to have been carried on for the last six
years without detection until the present charges were
brought.
MANSLAUGHTER rßom RECKLESS DRlVlNG.—Wed-
nesday night an inquest, adjourned from Thursday last,
was resumed before W. Payne, Esq., at Guy's Hospital, on
the body of Thomas Roberts, who was killed through the
reckless driving of a man named Thomas Henry Lank-
ford. It appeared that on Monday, the 9th instant, the
deceased was standing in the roadway near the railway
terminus, Greenwich, between eleven and twelve o'clock
at night, when a cart belonging to Mr. Thomas Henry
Lankford, an egg-merchant in the Borough, passed along
at a rapid rate, knocking the deceased, and another
person who was with him, down. An effort was made
to stop the cart, but the driver was enabled to get off. A
day or two after the cart was seen in the neighbourhood
of Deptford and identified as the one which caused the
accident, and Mr. Lankford also identified as having
been at Greenwich and Woolwich on the same day with
the vehicle. The deceased, who at the time was the
worse for liquor, was brought to the hospital, where he
died the next day from fracture of the skull, The jury
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Thomas
Henry Lankford," who was committed to Newgate for

THE LATE SEIZURE OF THE ILLICIT DISTILLER"
IN THE WATERLOO.ROAD.—Since the late seizure in the
Waterloo-road, a closer examination has been made of
the premises, and also of the dwelling-house of the
owner of the premises. In one of the upper apartments
the officers seized a large stock of spirits, which they at
once pronounced to be illicit. They have also reported
to the Board that they found one of the stills charged
with old ale at the time of their entrance, similar to that
contained in the barrels found, and had no doubt what-
ever that it was intended for the purposes of distillation.
The Commissioners of Excise, yesterday, sent instruc-
tions to the officers in charge to seize the whole stock of
ale, &c., in addition to the utensils, stills, &c., used in
distillation. Several waggons having been procured, this
extensive stock in trade and fittings were conveyed to
the Excise warehouses in Broad-street, to await adjudi-
cation for penalties to a large amount. Within the last
few days officers from the Water-works Company have
minutely examined the premises, and it is believed that
proceedings for penalties will aLso be instituted on behalf
of that company.
FOREIGN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Sirius has
arrived a second time from the Dutch port, Nien Diepe,
with a cargo of cattle, consisting of 118 cows and 858
sheep, the largest number of that description of cattle
which has at any one time been brought in one vessel
from the continent of Europe to this country. A second
arrival has likewise taken place from Bronwershaven, by
the City of London, arrived at Blackwall, with 97 oxen
and cows and 121 sheep on board.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]--ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY
CURE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S 111LLS.—Patrick Casey, resid-
ing at Compton-place, Brunswick-square, had suffered from a
chronic asthma for more thanthree years. This poor man was so
great a sufferer that lie did not dare to go to bed for fear of the
phlegm choking inn ; indeed he could not even lay his head upon the
table for half an hour lest he should be suffocated ; nevertheless this
person is now labouring from morning till night, sleeps as well as
ever he did in his life, and, In fact, is completely cured by the use of
Holloway's Pills. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Hol-
loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and by almost all respectable
vendors of medicine throughout the civill§eci world.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
TATTERSALL'S.—YEsTERDAY.
About two dozen subscribers looked in, in the course of the
-afternoon, and some five or six bets werelaid at thefollowing.
prices :
NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHACE.
4 to .1 agst Mr. Lambden's Discount=—taken.
6 to 1 twit Mr. Power's Saucepan—Aaken.
No others mentioned, •
_
DERBY.
.15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken to 501.
18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—offered.
28 to 1 agst Mr. Pavne's Sister to Cobweb colt—t to 1001.
4,000 to 10 agst Sir R..Pigot's Conyngharn—taken.
NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASES.
•
• YESTERDAY.
A Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
The second to save his stake. Gentlemen riding, qualified
as for the. Aristocrat Steeple Chase, allowed 51bs. Two
miles.
Captain Gambier's The Red Lancer, list 61b (Capt. Little) I
Mr. Oakey's Valeria, lOst 71b
Mr Evans's Red Streak, lOst 131 b 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Smith's Miriam, Mr. Mare's Spectator, Mr. Elmore's Everton
Lord Strathmore's Secundus, Mr. Hall's Trafalgar, Mr.
Hawkin's Teresa, Sir H. Bruce's Evergreen, Mr. Borill nd
Tomboy, Mr. H. Smith nd Elimea, Mr. Battam's Sir Harry
Smith. Won by a neck.
The Aristocrat Steeple Chase of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, 12st
each ; winners extra. Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Cooper's Little John (Capt. Broadley) 1
Captain W, Peel nd The Return
Captain Gambier's Resolution 3
The following also started,. but were not placed :—Lord
Strathmore's Eugene Sue, and Captain Boyd's Mahomet.
Won in a canter.
Latest betting on the Annual Steeple Chasi:-4 to I agst
Lord Strathmore's Switcher-5 to 1 apt Mr. Lambden's Dis-
count. No -others mentioned.

JOHN BULL'S TWO DIFFICULTIES.
(From Punch.)
Oh ! my name it is John Bull, with my waistcoat all so
full,

And my pockets all so he sVith`the rhino ;
With my cattle and my crops, and my merchandise and
shops,
I am better off than any man that I know.
Yes; l'm better off than any man that I know,
Much better off than any man that I know;
Though I say it, that should not, such possessions I
have got,
That I'm better off than any man that I know.

I have warehouses and docks, I have bridges, I have
locks,
Quite unrivall'd in their plan and execution;
And I build the very best of private dwellings 'tis
But I cannot build a public institution.
No ; I fail at a public institution,
Always stick at a public institution ;
My invention is so dull, that I always make a mull,
When I build any public institution.
If with me you fain would try, Oh ye foreigners ! to vie
At a tunnel er a steam-engine—have at you !
To construct a man-of-war I'm the best of hands, by far,
But hang me if I can make a statue !
No, drat it I can't make a statue !
Confound it ! I can't make a statue !
Though I try with all my might, I can never do it
right—
Botheration ! I can't make a statue !

IMPORTANT DECISION.

EFFECT OF THE POTATO-ROT ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF

TENANTS.

A most important decision has just been given in the
Justice of Peace Court, Dundee, in respect to the liability
of tenants for rent in case of their possessions being
ravaged by the potato-rot. It has long been an under-
stood point in the law of Scotland, that where a farm is
reduced to utter sterility by a storm, inundation, or other
extraordinary calamity, no rent can be exacted. It also
appears to be firmly settled, that although the damage
be only partial, yet, if it be permanent, the tenant is en•
titled to renounce the lease, unless a deduction is allowed
from the tack-duty. But in a case more likely to occur
than either of these, where the damage, though great, is
neither total nor permanent, there has been considerable
dubiety among authorities. Erskine lays it down, that
the rule of the Roman law is adopted in our own, by
which no rent is due " if inundation, the calamity of
war, the corruption of the air, or the inclemency of the
weather, by earthquakes, lightnings, &c., hath brought
upon the crop, damages plusquam tolerabile ;" that is to
say, more than can be borne. The same high authority
states, that though it is not exactly defined what will
amount to such damage, it is the common opinion that
rent is due if the produce of the crop exceed the expense
*of the seed and tillage. Mr. Bell, however, states, gene-
rally, that if the damage be not permanent, but only
temporary or occasional, it will not entitle the tenant to
relief. But he allows that the decisions go further than
this, and adds that, as the tenant takes the risk of the
seasons, it must at least be some extraordinary event
that will justify such a decision." The case to which
we now refer, has, to the extent of its authority, settled
the point according to Erskine, and we
.are inclined to

think that it is quite in accordance with the tenor of the
law of Scot'and, and will be followed in other courts. It
siVsl-6- Case's- dependedOn'i t, Were sub-tenants holding
potato patches from farmers, and about fifty in number.
The Justice, on the authority of the dictum laid down in
Erskine, allowed a proof of the almost total failure of the
crop ; and on evidences being led to that effect, assoil-
zied all the defenders, with the exception of one whose
crop had been taken up early and in good condition.
We are disposed to think that this decision is not only
according to law, but also according to equity ; and we
may be allowed to express a hope that landlords will
neither incur nor cause legal expenses, by having identi-
cal cases tried in other courts. It is, of course, hard
that they should lose their rent ; but as it is simply a
portion of the produce, it cannot be exacted where there
is no produce to divide. It is one of the worst features
of Irish landlordism, that it is attempted to direct the ma-
chinery of law upon poor squatters who had not a potato
to eat, and whose lives have been preserved only by
British charity.—Edinburgh Weekly Register.

THE POET MOORE.—The Courrier Francais an-
nounces the alarming indisposition of the poet Moore,
in the following terms :—" The brilliant composer of
Lallah 1?ooldi, the poet of the Irish Melodies, the friend
of Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, is at this moment expir-
ing." A paragraph, stating the serious and alarming ill-
ness of the illustrious poet, appeared some weeks since in
an Irish provincial journal, which, probably was the foun-
dation for the announcement in the Courrier Frvncais. We
are most happy to have it in our power to give the most un-
qualified contradiction to all such statements. Thomas
Mooeis in excellent health. We have been favoured with the
following extract of a letter, received in Dublin yester-
day, from a friend and neighbour of the poet:—" In re-
ply to your inquiry respecting the foolish paragraph that
has been taking the round of the papers, I have the
happiness to tell you that it is totally unfounded. Our
gifted friend is, thank God, in excellent health and
spirits. He has just come over here from his annual
visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne, at Bowood, and is
about to return to that seat of princely hospitality."—
Dublin Evening Poet.

Yesterday the Edinburgh Town Council, by an
overwhelming majority (23 to 6), resolved to memorialise
against the discontinuance of the Sunday trains between
this city and Glasgow. By this decision our municipal
representatives have done high honour to themselves,
and manfully discharged their duty to their constituents.
—Scotsman of Wednesday.
TRICKS OF A JACKDAW. A few days ago, a
carriage arrived at Gilstrap's Hotel, Newark, for the
night. On the following morning, prior to starting, a
jackdaw belonging to the hotel resolved to convert the
same into an observatory. He was driven off, but John
having taken a liking to the carriage, or bent upon
having an excursion, found a hiding-place on the under-
works of the carriage; he remained unobserved, and on
arriving the following morning at the Red Lion Hotel,
Worksop, was recognised by the servant accompanying
the carriage, and by him and the hostler at the Red Lion
was driven off. He immediately mounted a " fly" in the
yard, and in a very amusing and commanding manner
called out for the Boots." He was packed up in a
hamper and sent back to his old quarters at Newark, and
appeared to be much gratified on his return.—Derby-
shire Courier.

THE EVERYONE-FOR-HIMSELF PRINCIPLE.—NO,
certainly, it was not to attain the ignoble and immoral,
every one for himself, that so many great men, holy
martyrs of thought, have shed from epoch to epoch,
from century to century, their souls' tears, the sweat
and blood of their bodies. Beings of devotedness
and love, they laboured and suffered for something
higher than the individual, for that humanity which
ought to be the object of all our efforts, and to
which we are all responsible. Before a generation
which scorned or persecuted them, they calmly
uttered their prophetic thoughts ; with an eye
fixed on the horizon of future times, speaking to
that collective being which ever lives, which
ever learns, and in which the divine idea is pro-
gressively realised, for that city of the human race, which
alone, by the association of all intellects, of all loves,.of
all forces, can accomplish the providential design that
presided over our birth here below. We are all pledged
to one another. We all live for others ; the individual
for his family, the family for its country, the country for
humanity. We all seek the law of our life, and with us
(as in all that exists), the law of the individual
a pyramid,
isp found.
only in the species. We are all climbing
whose base embraces the earth, and whose point rises
towards God : the ascent is slow and painful, and we can
accomplish it only by entwining all our hands, by aiding
ourselves with our united strength, by closing our ranks,
like the Macedonian phalanx, when any of us fall
exhausted by fatigue.—Peoples Journal.
Fisu.—The Highland and west coast fishers seem
to have roused themselves up this season, as a greater
quantity of all kinds of fish is sent into market this
season than for many years bypast. The herring fish-
ing has sprung up again at Tarbert, in Lochfine. The
fish are taken by the trawl net, and they weigh about
half-a-pound each, and are very fine in quality. The
fishing is very properous, and they are sellinc, at three
for twopence, and two fur three half-pence.--Greenock
Advertiser.

SqUIB DAY.—On Guy Fawkes day a large num-
ber of boys assembled round the Wellington statue, and
saluted the passers-by with " Please to remember the
Guy V'---Punch.

(From the Northern Whig.)
As numerous inquiries have lately been made, re-
specting the preparation of starch from Indian corn,
some account of its manufacture may be interesting. It
resembles, in its principal details, the plan which
was, several years age, proposed by Mr. Jones,
for the preparation of starch from rice. The
first operation is the preparatioa of a weak sola-
tion of caustic soda (soda ash), containing about
' two hundred grains of real alkali to the gallon
of water I may mention, that soda ash is at Ilee-
sent manufactured by Messrs. Ritchie, at the Belfast
Chemical Works, from whom information, respecting
- the amount of real alkali contained in their samples, may
be procured. The Indian corn is placed in a vessel of
tinned iron, and the alkaline solution, in the proportion
of fifty gallons of liquid to every one hundred pounds of
corn, poured upon it. It is allowed to steep for
twenty-four hours ; and, after that, the liquid is run off
and the corn well washed, by repeated application of
cold water, and placed on perforated trays or sieves, to
drain. When properly washed, and the water draied
off, it is ground to flour between mill-stones, ana is
again steeped in a solution of soda, of the same strength
as that before employed, in the proportion of 100 pounds
of meal to 100 gallons of the solution. This mixture of
meal and ley is allowed to remain together for 24 hours,
and repeatedly agitated. It is next allowed to remain at
rest for about 70 hours, so that the starch may settle
down to the bottom of the vessel, after which the
supernatant liquid is poured off. The matter
which has been deposited is then stirred up with
a large quantity of pure water ; and the mixture
of starch, husks, &c., is thrown upon a fine silk
sieve, through which the • starch runs into s wooden
vat, where it deposits itself. If the starch has not
been sufficiently separated from the impurities, the
washing and straining is repeated ; after which, it is
collected and dried, in the usual manner practised in
farina manufactories.

There is also another process, which may be followed,
to separate the starch from Indian corn, in which a mix-
ture of muriatic acid (spirits of salts) and water is sub-.
stituted (for the alkaline solution, as a solvent for the
gluten, &c., of the grain. The operations are conducted
in a precisely similar manner to those which I have just
described. It may be necessary, for the information of
some persons, to mention, that the starch procured from
Indian corn is identical in its properties with potato
farina. JOIIN F. HODGES, M.D.
Laboratory of the Chemico-Agricultural Society.
04,

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of Sierra Leone, St.
Helens, and Ceylon.
CLERK OF THE OXFORD CIRCUIT.--The late Mr.
John Bellamy, who had filled the office of Clerk of
Assize on the Oxford Circuit for more than half a
century, and who died on Friday last, at the advanced
age of 81, had travelled 120 circuits. The appointment
is at the disposal of the Lord Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas, Sir Thomas Wilde, in his capacity of senior
Judge of the Circuit ; and the Worcester Chronicle states,
that it is expected that one of the Learned Knight's
sons, in all probability Mr. Claude Wilde, barrister-at-
law, will be nominated to the vacant office.

MADAGASCAR.—A letter has been lately received
from Madagascar via Bourbon, by a commercial house
much interested in the opening of our trade with that
country, from Captain Gevint, of the Ariel, dated from
Sainte Marie. He announces, that on his arrival at
Tamatave, where he had directed his vessel to make
another effort to obtain the merchandise which belonged
to him, and had been in embargo for more than a year,
he communicated with the Hovas, and informed them that
the intention of the French Government was not to make
war on them. They appeared much satisfied with this
information, and recommended him to write to the
Queen, as she alone could authorise the delivery of his
merchandise. He therefore wrote to the Queen at Emirne,
and sent the letter on the 18th of June, leaving Tama-
tave for Sainte Marie, and intending to return 20 days
afterwards for an answer. The time which has expired
since then leads us to suppose that he has not succeeded,
and that the answer of Queen Ranavalo has not been
favourable to his demand. We trust this supposition
will prove incorrect.—Mauritian, July 31.
FECUNDITY OF THE HARE.—A gentleman of for-
tune, being anxious to ascertain the prolific powers of
an animal so eternally destroyed by every accumulated
mode of sport and invention, turned a jack and two
females into a very large garden, walled entirely around.
where they were totally undisturbed and plentifully sup-
plied with every necessary for support ; when opening
the gates precisely that day twelvemonth, no less than
seven and forty were turned out, as the means of pro-
dscing a future good stock for the surrounding neigh-
bourhood.

SOLOMON OUTDONE.—At New Orleans, says the
Picayune, a prisoner was tried on a charge of entering a
house in the night-time, and committing a robbery. He
had made an opening into which he thrust the upper
part of his body ; and then he clutched the articleswhich
he coveted. His Counsel contended that the prisoner
did not " enter the house ;" he only partly entered it.
The jury brought in a verdict of guilty against the upper
half of his body, and acquitted the remainder (or,• as
Jonathan would say. the " balance.") The Judge then
sentenced the guilty moiety of the man to a year's im-
prisonment ; leaving it to his option to have the innocent
half cut off, or take it along with him.
Through the kindness of a friend at New Zealand
we are enabled to give, exclusively, an accurate detail of
the force employed in that island. It consists of the
following strength :—viz., Royal Artillery-1 captain,
1 subaltern, 1 sergeant, and 25 gunners; the 85th Rem-
Watrgazfit*liVittlfllimsPiliffd'hler's; iftWoritirfatik-a-tia
file ; a detachment of the 94th Regiment, consisting of
1 field officer, 2 captains, 4 subalterns, 1 staff, 7 sergeants,
and 147 rank and file ; a detachment of the 99th Regi-
ment, of 1 field officer, 2 captains, 6 subalterns, 1 staff,
15 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 241 rank and file. Total
strength-5 field officers, 13 captains, 24 subalterns,
7 staff, 70 sergeants, 28 drnmmers, and 1,181 rank and
file.—United Service Gazette.

HORRIBLE ATTEMPT OF A FATHER TO MURDE
HIS CHILD.—A week or two ago, a circumstance which
excited considerable interest and indignation occurred
at West Bromwich ; but for the ends of justice it was
considered proper that the matter should be kept as quiet
as possible. These considerations are now, however,
removed, by the apprehension of the offender. It
appears that some time ago a man named Isaac Davies,
a miner, married a widow, to one of whose children, by
a former husband, he appeared to have a violent anti-
pathy. On the 20th ult., his wife had gone out in
the evening, leaving her husband, the child, and a young
man in the house. After sitting for some time, Davies
said he would take the child up stairs and put him to
bed ; but the young man having a presentiment of some
injury to the lad from his father's apparent dislike to
him, requested him to allow the child to remain in the
kitchen till his mother came home. Davies piqued at
the young man's suspicion, ordered him out of the house,
at the same time taking the child in his arms up stairs
with him. The young man, however, although he left
the house, remained at the door, and shortly after, hear-
ing the child scream in a fearful manner, he got the
assistance of a female neighbour, and again entered the
house. Davies, hearing some one come in, came down
stairs, hurriedly, in an excited state, and having his
shirt sleeves covered with blood. In answer to the in-
quiries of the young mar, he stated that the child had
fallen out of bed and hurt himself. This, however, did
not satisfy them; and on examining the child, it was
found with its mouth full of blood, and nearly choked.
The brutal fellow had introduced some hard substance
or other into the child's mouth, and endeavoured to
choke him by forcing it down his throat, in the attempt
severely lacerating the flesh. Davies immediately ab-
sconded ; but a warrant having been issued for his ap-
prehension, in about ten days he was taken into cus-
tody. Meanwhile the child continued in a very danger-
ous state. Davies was brought before the magistrates
(the Earl of Dartmouth and J. E. Piercy, Esq.,) at
Handsworth, on Saturday last ; but in consequence of
its having been stated by Mr. J. 0. Deswitt, surgeon, of
West Bromwich, that the child could not be considered
out of danger, the case was still further remanded.—
Birmingham Journal.
The Charante In ferieure has the following respect-
, ing the unfair conduct of a priest in abducting two
young girls from their parents, and placing them in a,
convent :—"Numerous inhabitants of Pont l'Abba have
written to us, and have affixed their signatures to the
letter, in which they advance some very serious -charges
against the Curt of the Commune. We are notfond
of scandal, but we like still less the meddling
of priests in the private affairs of families, and we
consider his influence detestable when it is carried
to the length of severing the affections of children and
their parents. We do not, therefore, hesitate to publish
the unhappy effects of that influence ; and the ex-
posure of it will prove, we trust, the means of pre-
venting' its repetition. The Cure of Pont l'Abla:
is charged with having in less than twoor
tinlieonth
taken two young females from their parents f
Pro-
vidence, at Saintes. This double eventpur-
poseconvent,
the inhabitants of the
extraordinary sensation amongst h acsa producediied Laansuch a transport of passion in omtheearnsofofoneezoefititnhge
girls, as to force her the
the sanctity of the
town, and has, moreover,
ad.tmade the
outrage
thena
g
scene of an exhibition
church, in
Last
which is truly lamentable. Sunday, during the
this unhappy woman came
celebration of vespers,
wild countenance to the church, and openly de-
with a which was
hdl t through his deceptive and tmhaenedheaddosfhetheaprieesst in language of passionate despair
abomi-
nable agency. These terms are much weaker than
those actually made use of by this unfortunate
woman, who, if she had badly selected the place
for uttering them, may well make use of others,
still stronger, to express her feelings on so painful
an event. The Cure hastened to free himself from.
her imprecations, and, while several persons present re.
strained the woman's violence, he escaped from the
church. The crowd, however, excited by witnessing
the extreme grief of the mother —too deep even to
preserve her respect due to the house of God, and his
minister—and being aware of the facts of the case, ex•
presseoduritseionrrrliegspnaotnd
indignation for
btthola
eautht.he r ofditlhememm.a
fro
/Irowra,
say
which the Cure cannot escape. lie either has mis-
deeds of the gravest kind to reproach himself with,
in inveigling two young girls away from their parents,
and therefore merits punishment; or else this afflicted
mother has unjustly reproached him., and has raised
scandal in the church, which nothing can justify, and for
which she is, of course, liable to punishment. But these
events, which have carried grief and affliction unto the
bosom of families are too true; an entire population has
witnessed them too closely not to be deeply concerned
for all interested. It is this population, in fact, that
comes forward to attest the truth of the circumstances
here mentioned."

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requested to be :-.tddressed.
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previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
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diately dispo'ed of according to instructions.
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
EN
Will be performed LaTvenu's new EVENING
Opera, entitled LORETTA ;
A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrison; Ferdinand, Mr.
King ; Philippo, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don
Juan;to, Mr. Weiss ; -Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda,
Miss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called
THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale,
Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles.
Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; 31)1, Huguet,
Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c,

THEATRE ROYAL, HATIIARKET.
-Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EV V:SING
Wlll be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE
YOU LEAP; or, Woolngs and. Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W.
Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, 31r. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holl ;
Mr. Brandon, :Vl*. Howe ; alr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs,
Mr. Webster; Tr.m Thley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs.
Glover ; Claribel Oddion, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss
P. Horton ; Elino,-€ Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman,
Miss Julia Benn'At.

After whioh. the Musical Drama, called THE LITTLE DEVIL.
:Nicolo AnKell, Miss P. Horton ; Clotilda, Miss Julia Bennett ; Fer-
dinand of Spain, Mr. Stuart; Vincentio d'Estella, Mr. Lester.
During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro-
" Juris," and " Marten ; " Esterhazy" (Walzer) ; " Les
Travestissernens" (Overture) ; and " La Sonnambula."
To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord
Courtington, Mr. Holl : Sir Arthur Love!, lir. Howe ; Scoreup,
Mr. Buelistone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup,
Miss Julia Bennett.

Box-office open from Twice till Four ; under the direction of
Mr. T. Archer, Box Bcok-keeper.

,1 6AittE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
TINDER DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford.
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C:,llenford, Madame Celeste, 4liss Marian Taylor,
?.Tina Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. -
After which, the popular Musical Comedy of SWEETHEARTS
AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert ; Charles Franklin,
'.fir. Selby; Billy Lackaday, Mr. Wright; Sandford, Mr. Worrell;
Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia,
Mrs. Tates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar ; Susan, Miss Brooks.
To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS.
GAMY'S TEA ANTI TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messes,
Cullentord, Worr.,ll, Ryan, Wright, Alunyard ; Miss M. Tr.ylor,
and Miss Ellen cihs.plin.

PILINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manage,c.
THIS EVENING
Wit', be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE
THIRD. Duke of Gloucester, Mr. J. R. Sco",t
Mr. Hughes; King Henry, Mr. Ryder; Earl of Richmond,
,uke of Buckingham, Mr.
Vining ; Tressel, Mr. Roxby ; Queens Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Hughes; Lady Anne,
After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major
Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea
Danzers, Mrs, Fosbroke; Tidy, Miss Laporte.
To conclirde with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND
FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Harris ;
Mrs. Runtes Miss E. Homa.:,r, and Mrs. Fosbroke.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
• Will be produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, in five
acts, entitled LIFE. Mr. Orstan, Mr. Archer ; Frank Orstan,
Leigh Murray; Sir Thomas Menton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir Jacob
Smallwit, Mr. George Bolton; Sir Robert: Foleir, Mr. J. Cowell ;
Cancara, Mr. Wilkinson ; Lady Bait, Mrs. C. Jones ; Fanny Archer,
Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Emily Orstan, Mrs. Gordon.
To conclude with a new Grand i:ALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
In rehearsal, and shortly to be produced, Beaumont and
Fletcher's Comedy of THE WILD GOOSE CHASE.

DAYIDGE's ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Havidste.
Will be performed a new Drama, entitled QUENTIN MATSYS ;
or, The Siege of Antwerp. Quentin Matsys, Mr. Saville ; Willlewig,
Mr Ileslop ; John Trevalt, Mr. Neville ; Jannette, Miss Richardson ;
Clementina, Mrs. Saville; Dame, Mrs. W. Daly; Joan, Miss E.
Terrey.
After which a Ballet of Action, entitled DER CHAMOIS
YAGER; or, The Fiend of Earth. The characters by the Deulin
Family.
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of THE FLYING
DUTCHMAN. Vanderdecken, Mr. Saville ; Lucy, Miss Terrey.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, and Royal Eamily. Immense attraction. The Champion
Vaulters. Herr Arnidio Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equi-
hbrist. Second Week of the grand successful Magical Spectacle,
introducing the Syrian Camels and Deer.
TILLS EVENING
Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en-
titled THE DEMON lIORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by
living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects.
Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a favourite AFTERPIECE.
-office open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six
c ‘rnmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Broadfoo t.

It'.ll-AL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Alteratiou of Prices. Boxes, 25.; Half-price, Is.; Pit, Is.; Hal

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Will be performed the interesting Drama of the MOCK MAP.
WAGE ; or, the Blacksmith's Daughter. In which Miss Miceli'
will perform.

After wtxh, TILE BRIDE'S 'TOURNEY; or, The Escapes o
Adelaide of Drestien. Masgynolo, Mr. Searle ; Karl, Mr. Howard
Patocl:e, Mr. Forman; Adelaide, Miss Vincent; Claudine, Mrs. Lee
To conclude with the Barletta of TILE MISTAKEN STORY.

1111 WEATLIEII..-6uN OFFICE. Nov):ABER 19.
T -MANOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest. 65 ; Noon, 53,
BAROMETER. 29.86.—W1ND, 1C 5.W., fine.

Morning .. 27 minutei afte,l 2. Evening .. 45 minutes after 2.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1846.

Since the, conclusion of the Parliamentary session I
of 1846 it has been our gratifying office to comment
upon. the rapid diffusion of the commercial principle,
then proclaimed by the British Legislature, upon
their diffusion, not in any sectarian or conventional
spirit of enthusiasm, but upon their spontaneous dis-
semination among the different continental princi-
palities, and upon their earnest acceptance among
large classes of our European brethren. We have
observed with unalloyed gratification that the people
are evir .:ing a readiness to welcome liberal and en-
light',,ned suggestions, from whatever quarter they
may be promulgated; and that proportionately with
the retrogression of certain Cabir ets to the ignorant
and blundering systems of antiquity, the million leave
displayed every anxiety to stimulate the progress of
civilisation. While the animus of. the Vererngericht
has latterly seemed to reviv,,, in some amongst the
continental palaces, the 'love of a social, moral,
physical, and intell'zcttral advancement has found a
generous sympathy in the workshop and the cottage
In Switzerland, in Galicia, and recently in -Portugal,
we }lave seen Governments endeavouring to suppress
the ebullitions of the copular will by confiscation of
property, by systematic espionage, and by acts of mili-
tary aggression. In France, in Belgium, in Spain, and
even among the princedoms of the Italian peninsula,
we have, on the contrary, recognised the gradual
spread of free-trade doctrines. In the United States
the gigantic measures of Sir RonEwr PEEL have
already exercised a visible influence. Associations
have been formed in various directions of a character
almost identical with the renowned League. Statistics
are periodically issued illustrative of the insufficient
and pernicious nature of what has been so long mis-
called protection to native agriculture. If other
countries hav'd not got an intellectual army to fight
the battles, of reason against prejudice, or if, having
a chive :taus battalion animated with a craving of
such encounters, they are without the
organization for which our body of free-
tradv.3rs were so remarkable, they have at
least individuals who are staunch in their new
Convictions and sanguine as to the result of their
enterprise. if other countries are without an ERE-
NEZIT.IC ELLIOT to distribute free trade in ballads, or a
PET/tONNET THOMPSON to write free-trade pamphlets,
or a CHARLES Vimazus to advocate the free-trade
c_ause within the walls of the Legislature, or a
RICHARD COUDEN to divulge the shallowness of the
protectionist arguments to the people, and to excite
an universal enthusiasm for the
attainment of com-
mercial freedom, they have those
aiwllho are desirous Of
emulating their successful
ao
sors. Of this 'We' 'are assured by ustrious predeces-
vaaurtiheetynti of source.
c informa-
tions received periodically from a
But among the numerous indications of the
meets entertained upon this subject abroad
nonsenti-
more significant than the banquets given by the eainre-
fluential merchants of foreign countries to the
Honourable Member for Stockport.
We have already had occasion tl allude to the

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