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London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.
DRURY-LANE.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—The Senate in a sitting to-day
was engaged in discussing the address to the Throne; the
whole was unanimously adapted by the thirty-three
members present.
The project of law received from the Chambers of Re.
presentatives relative to provisions, was referred to the
permanent Committee.
Between the 14th and 17th of this month, the Empress
Dowager of Brazil will pass through Belgium, coming
from Portugal, on her way to Germany. Her Majesty
travels incognito under the title of Countess of Mindollo.
She is going to visit her sister, the Duchess of Hopin
Zollen Sigmaringen.
The Chamber of Representatives was engaged to-day
in the debate on the project of law for the importation
of provisions duty free, till the Ist of October, 1847.
The report was presented by M. Brabant, at the opening
of the sitting, and a debate commenced immediately.
The Committee adopting the principle of the law was
divided on the question whether the free importation of
corn should not be prolonged till the Ist of Dacember,
1847. Two Members were of that opinion, and two
other Members had supported the proposal of the Go-
vernment, vilieh limits it to the Ist of October.
M. Osy presented an amendment for prolonging this
measure till the 31st December, and extending the ex-
emption from duty to horned cattle and to flour. He
then supported a second amendment, proposed by M.
Dela Haye, which differed from his own only in fixing
the limit of free importation to the Ist December.
The Ministers of the Interior and of Finance, and
some other members opposed these amendments,
which were supported by their authors and some others,
but finally rejected, and the whole law as proposed was
unanimously adopted:
The Minister of Finance, when he.yesterday deposited
the budget of Ways and Means for 1847, made a state-
ment respecting the condition of our finances. The
credit required for all the departments in 1847 amounts,
according to the budget presented, to f 1114,280,975 62
The probable receipts as estimated in
.the budget of Ways and Means at 114,536,630

LITERATURE.

THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XL

A new grand ballet, entitled The Wags of Wapping,
which has for some time past been drawing crowded
houses at the Academie Royale of Paris, under the title
of Betty, was produced here last evening, for the purpose
of introducing Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco to the English
public in the character of the heroine. This is one
of those ballets which cannot fail to become popular in
England, because it is founded on a well known- plot,
anti therefore the spectator can devote his whole atten-
tion to the development of the plot, to what is going on
upon the stage, without clistrnting himself by attempt-
ing to make out the story. It is, in fact, a choreogra-
phic version of the comedy of Charles 11., and Betty,
is no other than our old friend Mary Copp, the niece of
Captain Copp, the landlord of the High Admiral, at
NV,pping. Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco orieinally sus-
tained the character, and created quite a furore on the
Continent. She will create quite as intense a degree of
enthusiasm on the English stage. She is very pretty,
has a faultl..ss figure, great energy, most expressive
pantomime, and her style of dancing is perfectly
Elslrrique. Indeed, she may be considered the legiti-
mate successor of Fanny Elssler. Her feet quite
twinkle as. she performs a rapid succession of pas,
so rapid are her steps that the eye can scarcely
follow them, they are at times quite dazzling. Then her
tours de force are wonderful, but it is not until the pas is
' over, and we have tie- o to reflect on what has been done,
and to consider the wonderful muscular effort required
to accomplish what we have seen that we become per-
fectly aware of the perfection of the danseuse, for all is
done with so much ease, and so much grace, that all idea
of force is for the moment lost. Her pas de deux with
M. Htiguet (an admirable dancer, from the San
Carlo, who likewise made his debut last evening),
was the very perfection of the choerographic art. It
was quite equal to Elssler in her best days,
Her pas seul, which preceded it, was a most expressive
piece of pantomime, and the finale was astonishing for
its force, and delightful for its grace and elegance. Her
poses throughout were most classical. She was en-
thusiastically applauded throughout, and Mr. Bunn, to
whom we are indebted for introducing to us Lucile
Grahn and Flora Fabbri, has in Mademoiselle Sophie
Fuoco, secured a danseuse who, if we mistake not, will
eclipse all her predecessors on these beards. Tho
ballet was preceded by the new opera of Loretta,
which is running a triumphant career of full
success, and in which Madame Bishop last evening was
more brilliant and more exquisite than ever. It is to be
performed every night this a eek, and the energies of the
prima donna seem to increase with the calls which are
made-4m - -them. mr;--Laven uis certainly__ the most
fortunate of composers in having such a prima donna to"
create the character of his heroine.

Seldom do we encounter in a single number of any
periodical so valuable and varied an assortment_ of
articles as are contained in the North British Review
for November. Every individual contribution would
constitute of itself an interesting and instructive
pamphlet. Throughout the nine papers contained in
this quarterly the truths of physical and abstract
science, the beauties of art and literature, the
loftiest doctrines of religion, and the most hu-
manizing principles of social morality are in-
culcated, and they are inculcated in a manner
style
emo
astlyawtatrasctive and the most fascinating. The
is
pe
dignity of the thepmulea,r4,wheitthhoeur tider
it
hoegaating
deductionthe
of
philosophy, or a passage from revelation. To give a
miniature synopsis of the contents, we may observe
that the reader will herein discover the following :
An inquiry into the antiquity of Christianity in
England, in a review of Dr. Lingard's celebrated
work upon " The Anglo-Saxon Church ;" a remi-
niscence of our ancient poetry, in a dissertation upon
" The Roxburghe Ballads ;" a delightful epitome of
the excellences of the Imaginary Conversations, in a
notice of " Savage Landor's Works ;" an elaborate
analysis of " Stirling's Philosophy of Trade ;" an
inquiry into the phases of " Scotch Nationality," as
evinced in the writings of Mr. Allen, and
of Sir Francis Palgrave ; a history of one
of the most charming of pictorial inventions
in a paper on " EnFraving ;" a very one-
sided glance at the condition of Italian society in an
article on " Italy ;" an extraordinary essay upon
the advantages, and an outline of the nature of astro-
nomy in a criticism upon the works of " Captain
Smith and Dr. Nichol on Celestial Objects"—and a
contribution, with which the catalogue terminates,
respecting " Religion in its relation to Politics."
After this enumeration we conceive that it will be
superfluous to say anything about the varied nature
of this publication. In gratitude and in justice, how-
ever, we must especially commend the intelligence
which is perceptible throughout. Besides this the
North British Review is usually characterised by an
enlarged and generous spirit ; it is utilitarian, in
the best signification of that term, without ever de-
generating into infidelity; it is bold and original in
its hypotheses upon contested problems, both scientific
and physical, without being extravagant or audacious.
As an excellent specimen of the description of writ-
ing introduced into this admirable quarterly we can-
not do better than instance the astronomical article
upon the recent productions of Captain William
Henry Smith and Dr. J. P. Nichol ; it is aptly
christened " The Revelations of Astronomy."
Most cordially do we commend every individual to
peruse this paper, because we are satisfied that no
one can rise from its perusal without improvement;
because to those who are ignorant of the marvels of
the heavens, as revealed by the telescope, and as sub-
sequently mapped, out by Sir Isaac Newton and
other astronomers, it will afford a clear and compre-
hensive outline of those revelations ; and because to
those who are already familiar with the information
acquired by man of the forms and distances and
hues of matter, as scattered by God through space, it
will prove a refreshing remembrancer. The writer
is manifestly an adept and an enthusiast in this de-
partment of knowledge; he has studied that awful
and glorious scroll, written in characters of light and
vastness ; and in penning this article he brings with
him the stores of illustration accumulated by his
memory, while the wonderful truths which have
been latterly unfolded by the monster speculum of
Lord Rosse are introduced by him to the elucidation
of many difficult points. The reflections by
which his remarks are preceded are consonant
with the dignity and magnificence of the
truths of which they are preliminary. " How few
men," he exclaims, " really believe that they sojourn
en a whirling globe, and that each day and year of
life is measured by its revolutions, regulating the
labour and the repose of every race of being. How
few believe that the great luminary of the firmament,
whose restless activity they daily witness, is an im-
moveable star, controlling, by its solid mass, the pri-
mary planets which compose our system, and forming
the gnomon of the great dial which measures the
thread of life, the tenure of empires, and the great
cycles of the world's change. How few believe that
each of the millions of stars—those atoms of light
which the telescope can scarcely descry—are the
centres of planetary systems that may equal, if not
surpass our own ? And how very few believe that
the solid pavement of the globe, upon which they
nightly slumber, is an elastic crust, imprisoning fires
and forces which have often burst forth in tremendous
energy, and are at this very instant struggling to
escape,—now finding their way in volcanic fires—
now heaving and shaking the earth—now upraising
islands and continents, and gathering strength for that
final outburst which is to usher in the new heavens
and the new earth, ' wherein dwelleth righteousness.'
Were these great physical truths objects of faith as
well as deductions of reason, we should lead a better
life than we do, and make a quicker preparation for its
close." It is because these truths are not sufficiently
promulgated ; it is because men are not sufficiently
aware of the properties of matter, of the mysteries of
the upper and the under world, of the results of geo-
logical investigation, of the relations of the celestial
bodies; it is because the vision of the majority is re-
stricted to a most narrow and miserable circle in-
stead of scanning the profundities of the sky and
becausedelving itnhteo the
people depthsare taught
fogohurt
more
earth ; it is
adornments and luxuries of tempoorreal
looking more to the infinite and eternal, that so much
to riengsaterdadth ofe
ignorance, and vice, and shortsightedness, and frivo-
lity still prevail, and that the mass does not appear to
have yet awakened to the cognizance of its great heri-
tage. Were the disclosures of astronomy, geology, and
chemistry to be studied in lieu of what is falsely
regarded as a politer learning, we believe it would be
infinitely more advantageous to the cause of civilisa-
tion, and would tend more than almost anything to
the ultimate regeneration of the human family. We
always endeavoured to insist upon this considera-
tion whenever we have taken occasion (as we frequently
have done, and as we hope to do yet more frequently)
to comment upon. the benefits accruing to society
from the labours of the Society for the Diffusion
of Useful Knowledge, from the annual assemblage
of the philosophers of the British Association,
and from the periodical meeting of the Manchester
Athenaeum. Those laudable and enterprizing bodies
haire striven since their formation for the populariza-
tion of that knowledge which wa.he.ve long regarded
as so essential to the moral and intellectual improve-
ment of the people. Gladly would we behold, for
example, the divine science of astronomy systema-
tized for the instruction of the multitude, and retailed.
in our national schools of education. The neophytes
of learning might commence with an inquiry into
the data already collected in referenice to our own_
(the Solar) system; the forms, the colours, the rela-
tive distances, the bulk, and the periods of revolution
in the thirteen globes as yet discovered revolving
roeurnesd,
Pallas,theSu Juno,n—Nl Vesta,ereur Atrma,
Venus, the Earth, Mars,,
Ceres,
Jupiter,
Uranus, and the new and yet narnelesusPpiltaenre Stut.aFrr'.
oran
these he mitghet advanceeomets even to the more bewildering re-
gions of space; he might follow the eccentric-
orbit beyond the verge
of our particular system ; he might eom
the mysteries of the awful interval of space between
the extremity of our system to the nearest of the fixedi
stars, a space which is estimated at the appalling sums
of 21,000,000,000,000, "twenty- one million millions or
miles across in every direction upwards, downwards,.
and around us!" He might thus turn to the contem--
plation of the binary system of stars, the yellow star.
revolving round the purple star, the ash-coloured ste
revolving round the emerald green star. He migl tt
-
regard the hitherto inscrutable nebulae, those powde-, r-
ings of light which had been poetically styled str
dust, until the glorious telescope of Lord Rosse re-
solved some of them, and by analogy, the remain( ler
into clusters of remote orbs. He might discern lacew,
according to Sir W. Herschell, our system is advanc-
ing towards a point in the constellation Herculis, a',-,
the rate of a tenth of a second annually, so that i' is
1 er
completeonly be areftveorlUtaionlaposfe itsof pthreirstuomened
millionsorb of
years. He might learn how Encke's comet mov e
an hour, and how calculatedBo 880,000 miles
by
N in
ewi ;on
to be 2,000 times that of red hot iron, so that it would
itsthheeatrwataes efB
He might lens-,
through space at
g astronomers
things, that it .
among other astonishing was believe
that the re
Mars and
stars situated between Jupiter, namely-
Juno, Vesta, and Astrfea—are the frat, ;-
require a million
.yhe.anrs to cool.
one, which had burst, and that that
ments of a larger _
perasllaans,d subsequent
lesser pieces projected from the shivered planet."'
meteoric stones which had fallen at intervals, are "the-
He might see, as others have seen, caverns in the moon,
bCyer°e
Ceres,
absolutely five miles in depth, and forty miles in
diameter. Would not these considerations tend to
enlarge his intellect,. ffito,. elevate his sentiments, to
moderate his self-su eiency, and to render him
• otence ? We think so. Sincerely -
of Omnipotence humble and moral before so many sublime manifests-
tions thepolite knowledge
then mythology and classical lore. Among the vane( as
been advanced respecting the ro-
we think so ; beyond all
have P
of comets, we think the
bable use or employmentf the most in '
emous we have ever
following is one 0
rised ing l •
a sing e sentence in
encountered. It is comp
this excellent article
the immense portion of their orbits
:
"Judging from
s 'stem, we are disposed to imagine
which lie beyond our
body )of some other system is placed in
hof their orbits and that in this
t systems in the universe are, as it
way all the different
, by the intercommunication ( f
were, united into on
tthheatdtihsteanctenfeterauls
ot.each

Surplus of revenue ..• F 1.255,674 38
We shall publish the whole of this statement in a
supplement. The following are some important
statements in this document. It appears that
the land-tax is estimated to produce in 1847, as in 1846,
namely-18,339.750 francs ; the Customs are noted with
a reduction of 900,009 francs ; the revenue loses in con-
sequence of the free importation, Sic., 500,000 francs ;
and yet it is calculated that, to complete its supply, it
must have imported during 1846, the large sum of
104,287.715 francs. The new law, relative to sugar,
has produced the effect which the Government and the
Chamber expected. In 1846, the revenue will amount
to 3 millions, and it is hoped that it will produce as much
in 1847 ; with the ancient laws, it would scarcely have
produced 2,500,000 francs. The probable receipt for
1847 is calculated at 14 millions of francs. At this rate,
it will produce rather more than 4 per cent. on the capi-
tal expended, deducting all the expenses.
Nov. 18.—The Senate had a sitting to-day, in which
it adopted unanimously, without any amendment, the
project of law for the importation and the prohibition of
the exportation of provisions till the Ist of October,
1847. The Senate then adjourned indefinitely. •
The King received to-day the deputation of the Senate,
to present to his Majesty the Address, in answer to the
speech from the throne.
M. de Schierval read the address, to which the King
replied :—" Gentlemen, I always receive with pleasure
the address of the Senate. Its loyal concurrence in all
the measures which may contribute to the public good,
gives it a just claim to the gratitude of the country.
I thank you, Gentlemen, for the testimony you hear to
my devotedness ; it is a powerful encouragement to my
lively solicitude for the welfare of our common country.'
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEts, Nov. 14.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent -
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four percent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • •
Ditto, ditto, 1842 . . .
Ditto, 1844. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1836.. • •
Ditto, 1838 . ..... • • • • • • • •
Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • • • . .•
Ditto, 1843 .• .. - • • • •• • • 98%
Bank of Belgium .. • • •.• • - • 922
—Brussels Papers, Nov. 14.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViENNA, Nov. 7.
5 per Cent. Metalliques • . • • • • • • • • 108%
4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • .. • • • ••. 99%
3 per Cent. ditto.. • • • • • • • • • • • • 70
Loan, 1834 •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 156
Ditto, 1839 •• .•• ••• . ••
Bank Shares .•• • • • • • • • .... ......••••• 1560
Esterhazy's Loan ••• • •• • -••••• • . • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... • 164%
Vienna—Milan • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 106%
Sienna • ..... ..........
Grosetto •••• • • .. ••• • • •
Oldenburg •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Apenninen • • •• • • ••• • • • .• •• •
Pesth Bridge .. • • ...... • • • • • •
—Allgemclne &Rung, Nov. le.

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..... 95%

-86 q

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Nov. 14. _ s _

The Lord Bishop of Oxford purposes to hold a con-
firmation at St. Mary's Church, on Monday, November
23, at 11 o'clock, solely for members of the University.
Those undergraduates who desire to be admitted must
bring with them a sufficient certificate signed by the
proper officer of the college, and must attend at St.
Diary's Church shortly before the time named.

earn ets."
That comets inay thus serve es connecting bc,i, ;
between all the various systems of suns and plat,. , ,
scattered through space is, to say the least of i
exceedingly probable. Here again
.is a paragra
ph
fraught with the loftiest truth, And consonant w

THE SUN, LON noN, TUSI)AY MORNIi',4(3 NOVEMBER 17, .1846.

all our ideas of the power and omniscience of the
Supreme Being. We commend the subjoined sen-
tences to the consideration of all those who conceive
that this globe is the only corner of the material uni-
verse inhabited by sentient creatures :
" The Being who created the earliest forms of life that
possessed our earth, was not likely to limit to so insig-
nificant a planet such a display of his wisdom and power,
and the same high purpose which prompted its succes-
sive changes as steps in the march of terrestrial organi-
zation, must have operated in the preparation of the
planetary worlds. To believe that the earth was the
only place where organic life was given and taken away
—the only field where great physical revolutions were
in play, would be to detract from the wisdom and benefi-
cence of the Creator. To tha laws of nature we dare '
not assign either limitation or locality. Wherever there
is matter we may predict its laws and its elements, and
wherever are its elements, we may anticipate the exist-
ence of beings that are to use them. Wherever light
shines, there must be an eye to welcome it ;—wherever
air expands, there must be beings to breathe it,—wher-
ever heat vivifies, there must be life to be revived. The
God of nature neither works in corners, nor limits his
benevolence. Everywhere is matter—everywhere is
light, and everywhere there must be life—life animal to
enjoy his bounty—life intellectual to expound his wis-
dom—and life moral to love and to fear his name."
-

Yes ; "Everywhere is matter, everywhere is light,
everywhere must be life r When we meet with a
publication conveying such glorious principles and
such elevating knowledge, and conveying it, more-
over, in a form so popular and agreeable, we cannot
be niggardly in our expressions of commendation.
If the North British Review be issued every quarter
with contributions of equal merit with those con-
tained in the present number, and without the some-
what ungenerous tone of the paper upon " Italy,"
it will win for itself a golden recompense and more
than golden opinions.

TWO SYSTEMS OF ASTRONOMY. By Isaac

Frost.

That no misapprehension may result from the
wording of the foregoing title, we would immedi-
ately observe, that this book is printed and published
with the intention of contrasting two systems of
astronomy, diametrically opposed to each other.
One being no less illustrious than the Newtonian
system—that magnificent scheme of the heavens,
divulged by the consummate genius of our great
philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton. The other is de-
clared to be a system in accordance with the Scrip-
tures, end is propounded by one Mr. Isaac Frost. At
the preliminary glance we were inclined to regard
this adventurous volume as a practical joke of the
richest and the loftiest description. Any one pre-
suming to question the great truths revealed by
astronomical investigation ;
,any one having the au-
dacity to gainsay the united authorities of Kepler,
of Delambre, of Galileo, of Bradley, of Richer, of
Rwmur, of Laplace, of Newton, of Herschel', of So-
merville, and their many illustrious associates; any
one daring in the nineteenth century to deny the
wisdom of past generations, the deductions arrived at
on the inductive system of philosophy and the ab-
solute assurances of centuries; any one we say venturing
to do this, except for the perpetration of a rather
hazardous jest, was utterly beyond our comprehen-
sion. Yet on examinirg this remarkable .book more
closely, we perceived that it was written in all ear-
nestness, and written, moreover, by a man who ap-
peared to be conscientiously convinced himself of the
justice of his scepticism in science, and of the accu-
racy of his conclusions. On the title-page we dis-
cover that the new system broached by Mr. Frost is
supported by evidence. We give the catalogue of
this evidence as advanced by the author :—" The pro-
phets, Moses and others, in the first testament; our
Lord Jesus Christ, and his apostles, in the new, or
second testament; Reeve and Muggleton, in the third
and last testament." Reeve and Muggleton in the last
testament ! We suspect the reader will begin to con-
jecture the character of the undertaking. Chapter
VI. affords us a discourse between " John Reeve
and Richard Leader, merchant ; recited by Lode-
wick Muggleton, one of the two last witnesses and
prophets of the most high God, the man Jesus in
glory !" When we have perused so far, the vapoury
foundations become discernible. Nevertheless, while
this book, from its very extravagance, is of a some-
what unprofitable nature, it is attractive and most en-
tertaining in connexion with the engravings which
are appended. These plates are most exquisitely
coloured, and most delicately pencilled ; they are il-
lustrative of the Newtonian system and of the (so
called) Scriptural system :—the planets with their
concentric orbits round the sun ; the earth the centre
of the universe; around it a firmament containing
the sun, moon, and stars ; beneath the kingdom of eter-
nal death and darkness ; around the earth and
water under foot in heaven infinite in depth, length, and
breadth; immediately above the earth a something
shaTed like a funnel, and labelled Place of Ascension,
leading to " Heaven, the Residence of God, infinite
in length, breadth, and height, the Kingdom of Eter-
nal Life and Light." The date of 1846 at the bottom
of the title-page alone convinced us that we were not
perusing a work intended for another generation. We
can only inquire, how, in attempting to revive the
exploded doctrines of Aristotle and the poipaticians,
the author explains the accuracy of the calculations
of the Newtonian system of ?

THE ROBBERY BY A FRENCH-

WOMAN.

FARNHAM, HANTS, FRlDAY.—Yesterday Mademoi-
selle Malvina Florentine de Saumarez was brought be-
fore Mr. W. Thresher, one of the magistrates for Hants,
at the offices of Messrs. Paddon4clerks to the magistrates
of the Fareham division, to answer a charge of having
stolen a cash-box, containing about two hundred sove-
reigns, two double sovereigns, a guinea, and a cheque upon
the Fareham Bank for the sum of 991. 135., the property
of Mr. J. Purkis shipbuilder, residing at Fareham,
Hants.

The prisoner, wha appeared dreadfully ill, was led into
the magistrates room in a fainting condition; two me-
dical gentlemen were in attendance upon her; and several
times during the examination she was led out in fits. It
was stated that since her apprehension at the Railway
Hotel, Nine Elms, on Monday, she had not tasted any
food, and it was with the utmost difficulty she could be
induced to take any that morning.
When asked her name, she stated it to be Malvina
Florentine de Saumarez. but who her friends are, or
where they reside, she positively refused to answer.
The circumstances connected with this extraordinary
case have been already so amply detailed that a mere
outline of the evidence will be sufficient. It appeared
that the prisoner arrived at Southampton from Guernsey
about two months ago, and took apartments at a very
respectable boarding-house, to the landlady of which she
represented herself as the niece of Lady de Saumarez,
of Guernsey, to whom she had been on a visit, and that
after spending a few days in England, she intended to
go by way of Havre de Grace to Paris, where her
mother resided. Her ladylike deportment and fascinat-
ing manners so won upon the lady at whose house she
was staying that she introduced the prisoner to the
family of Mr. Purkis, at Fareham, at whose house she
was invited to stop a week. It was during her stay that
she discovered where the cashbox was kept. The pri-
soner, after the expiration of a week returned to South-
ampton, first promising that she would return and bid
them farewell before she left for France. About a
fortnight after, the prisoner (having previously pur-
chased a cash-box in Southampton) went to Mr.
Purkis's house under pretence of bidding the family
adieu. She then complain'd of a severe pain in
the head, and asked permission to lie down on the
bed for a short time, which was readily granted. The
prisoner, having left her unsuspecting friends, started
back to Southampton, and told her landlady`that she had
that day received a remittance of 201. from France, and
would settle her account, which amounted to 101.. She.
then told her landlady that she intended to take London
on her way to Paris, and immediately left by the South-
Western Railway for the metropolis.
1 The robbery, however, was not discovered till Satur-
day last, and suspicion immediately lighted upon the
prisoner. A reward of 20/. was offered for her appre-
hension.
Mr. G. Hawes, the landlord of the Railway Hotel,
proved her arrival at that establishment, and also what
transpired t'iere.
Mr. Richards, an ironmonger, of Southampton, identi-
fied the prisoner as the person who purchased the cash-
box produced by the superintendent, about a fortnight
previously to the robbery.
Mr. Purkis, sen., in the absence of his son (the owner
of the property), who is at present in Ireland, was
unable to speak to the exact amount in the cash-box
when it was stolen, but he identified the cheque and an
old guinea.
Mr. THRESHER asked the prisoner if she wished to
make any statement relative to herself or the charge ?
The prisoner, in a faint voice, said "No ;" but after-
wards, in a vehement manner, said, "Don't let the world
know I am a De Saumarez."
Mr. THRESHER then committed her to take her trial
at the Quarter Sessions.
The prisoner was removed, sobbing hysterically. She
was afterwards taken by the South-Western Railway to
Winchester gaol.

A MUSICAL DUEL.—Two musicians having quar-
relled at Athens,—one, the Chevalier Vincenzo Mifsud,
who had composd a piece of music entitled La Partenza
eroe Marco Bozzari, which he had offered to their
Majesties of Greece, and which by them had been gra-
ciously accepted; the other, Signor Gennaro Fabrichesi,
who had presumed to criticise it,—the former called on
the latter to appear within 2.4 hours, and compose a
piece of music, vocal or instrumental; at the same time
he would compose another, and both to be locked up
together in a room till finished. The compositions of
both were then to be submitted to any composer in
Europe for his opinion on the merits! A supplement in
the Courrier d'Athenes by the Chevalier thus fairly
announces:—" If your music should be found preferable
to mine, then I am content with your judgment on my
duet Marco Bozzari, but if the result of our mutual
challenge should be against you, then the discerning
public will learn that you depreciate the talent of another
from envy. and the insufficiency of your own ability."
How this singular duel will terminate time will show.
Malta Mail.

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PUBLIC SA/TM—For the last three Bass work-
men have been employed in demolishing the upper part
of a new house at the corner of Hart-street and New
Oxford-street, the necessity for which we have foreseen
for some time past. Is it impertinent for us to inquire
how it happens, that, spite of the Act which will not
suffer you to touch a brick in a wall without an over-
looker, spite of the official referees, the registrar, the
district surveyor, and the self-interest of the builder
himself, a costly structure may be erected which will not
stand until it is finished ?—The Builder.

THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—The arrangements for
carrying into effect the Small Debts Act of last session
are progressing as rapidly as possible, but it will still be
some time before the machinery can be brought into
operation. The judges must first be appointed by the
Lord Chancellor ; they (the judges) will then have to
select competent attorneys to officiate as clerks of their
respective courts, and then the treasurers of the several
districts will be nominated by the Treasury ; but, in con-
sequence of the number of persons who have hitherto
been employed under local Courts of Requests, and
whose vested rights are secured under the new Act, we
understand that few, if any, new appointments will re-
main for clerks and treasurers of the new local courts.—
Observer.
REMOVAL OF THE SURREY TRAMWAY.—Active
preparations are in progress for the removal of this old
tramway, one of the first railway works sanctioned by
the Legislature of this country for general public traffic.
The undertaking was first projected about the close of
the last century. Mr. Jessop, a gentleman well known
in connexion with the early railway, or more properly
speaking, tramway enterprise of the north, being the
engineer. The advantages of the system were then be •
coming appreciated, and considerable improvements were
introduced in the construction of these works. An ap-
plication was made to Parliament in the year 1801 for
leave to construct the line, and a Bill was accordingly
granted. The line extended fronoVandsworth to Croy-
don. In the march of modern locomotion the Surrey
Railway has only served as a landmark of the progress
of the system, and a recent Act of Parliament authorised
the dissolution of the company. The committee to
whom is entrusted the winding up of the concern are
now making arrangements for the removal of all the
works from Wandsworth to the termination of Pitlake
Meadow, near Croydon, as also on the branch from
Mitcham to Carsbalton.
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METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—On Saturday,
by order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, &c.,
public notice was given that application will be made in
the next session of Parliament for powers to make new
streets in various parts of the metropolis, and also for the
construction of a new bridge over the Thames, in lieu of
the present Westminster-bridge. The improvementscon-
ten3plated will be found to be, by the followingsynopsis of
a most important character. Commencing with the
westward part of the metropolis, it is the intention of the
Commissioners to construct a new street from the south-
east end of Charing-cross by the south-west corner of
Northumberland House to the north bank of the River
Thames, near the end of Whitehall-place, passing
through Angel-court, Craig's-court, and Great Scotland-
yard. From this point the new bridge is to be erected,
and a new street formed to the York-road, near
Sutton-street, and continued to the Westminster Bridge-
road, into which place it will come out nearly
opposite Mason-street. The next improvement is the
construction of a new street from the west end
of Long-acre to King street, Covent-garden, coming
out into that street opposite Bedford-street : it will
cross Rose and Hart-street, and destroy a great many
small courts and alleys. The next improvementis form-
ing a new street from Westminster Abbey to James-
street, Buckingham-gate, by the destruction of those
dreadful dens of infamy lying between Tothill and Or-
chard-streets. Going to the east end of London, the
most important is the formation of a carriage way from
Great Tower-hill to Little Tower-hill, by the removal of
Postern-row ; at the present time a person wishing to
get from the former to the docks having to make a cir-
cuit of somewhat like a mile and a hell. The next im-
provement:in that part of the town has reference to the
approacheg to Victoria Park. On the south side of the
Park a new street is to be formed from the East India
Docks, at Poplar, to Bow Common, and from thence
passing by the East London Cemetery, across the Mile-
end-road, and form a junction with Grove-road, which
is to be widened, to the south-entrance of the park.
From the western entrance a new street will be formed
across Bishop Bonner's Fields and Old Ford-road to the
Bethnal-green and Cambridge-heath-roads, near the new
church at Bethnal-green. Another road is to be formed
from the Hackney-road, near the junction with the Cam-
bridge-heath-road, to the Bishop's-road, and crossing the
Regent's Canal, communicate with a road across the
west corner of the park to Grove-street-lane, Hackney..
NUMEROUS SUDDEN DEATITS.—Mr. Baker held
three inquests on Saturday, on the bodies of. personse
who had died suddenly. The first at the Leigh
Hhvayn,
Mary
Church-street, Mile-end, on the body of .M y
aged 40. The deceased, about atortmlnittvscionlcde., cosinbe:
plained of a pain in her limbs and '
procured the usual remedies, but di eda von Friday, at 12
o'clock. A second inquest was held at the King s Arms,
AtilmfreedpasJatmheasd, aged
six Shore di
months.ditch,The respectingdeceased the dfoe ar
tsho mo te'
suffering from inflammation of the chest, from which ho
expired on Saturday morning. The third inquiry was
concerning the death of a child named Frederick Liam-
mom', aged two years. The deceased, cn Thursday
last, was playing about the house apparently well, but
died the same day at two o'clock. The jury, in each
case, returned a verdict of " Natural death."
A fire broke out on the 9th in the harbour of Bor-
deaux, on board the Desire brig. Only two men were
on board at the time. They were at supper, when ace
dentally the candle fell, and set fire t
communicated the flames to the vest,
was at anchor close to the Ciaronn
thought necessary to cut the moorin
vessel, and let her float away. She was carried by the'
current to some distance, and at last foundered opposite
the Royal dockyard. No injury was caused to any
other vessel.

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