The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1846.

COURT CIRCULAR.
the Prin
no, r, .t the
:Ai,—
s 42 rine l'rf e.-s, V al ana ,
for c"s Alice left- Osborne House yesterday morta.i)g
ce,sans ai,,riug• Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prn.:-
ardiL `"King a carriage drive on the Newport Road,
37011ne• Princes proceeding to the sea-beach,
their Highnesses took walking exercise.
and Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
streqtt !-he hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgll
z
: and his Serene Highrwss Prince Frederick of
,Yrhonoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence
ieinesday evening.
4.41. Excellency
rPotat....4 . Count Schimmelpenninck, the newly
Minister of the Netherlands to this Court,
Tked OIL Wednesday at Batt's Hotel from the Hague.
has" Marquis of Clanricarde (Postmaster-General),
viewreturued to town. The Noble Marquis had an int(r-
St hi with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
1„8 official residence in Downing-Street.
Despatches %ere received yeiterday at the Colonial-
mee Flo
• Th al the Governor of Gibraltar.
• co
of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
coraZ had a dinner patty on Wednesday. Among the
teuranY were Priece Lowenstein, the Earl sad Cou!1-
I..a_ Granville, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the Right
0;4% t Stanley, the Hun. Captain Grey, Mr.
&
Sir G
keit
neorge Grey let town yesterday, on a visit to the
t
• his on. the SPtaker of the House of Commons, a
eat fieckfield-place, Hartford Bridge.
SPORTING.q
INTELLIGENCE
• tasi TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
i4flaenc neSS
belieswas on a small scale, and with little or no
on the prices as quoted on Monday. Not a bet
voari,. Was made against either of the leading fa-
Co
er
4' and MI outlay of about 150/. on the Sis
to ; colt left him at the same figure as on Monday to
the „,' °tiered. 1500 to 50 was laid against Lunedate ;
till:" odds to 1001. against Glentilt ; 100 to 25, three
t
et:;;,e'bager,atsinst Johnny Armstrong, and once each agents
othejrnghara and Lord Exeter's lot ; and two or three
oftkil a shoi:lt smaller amounts. We are also enabled to
quotation on the two steeple chases to come
1..,4;1x1tt week at Leamington.
1•0() t.l„9x MILITARY STEEPLE CHASE.—LATEST PRICES.
IUO ev agst Lord Strathmore's Switcher—taken
~.-ancEr. en 011 the field agst Switcher, Peter Simple,
'-ancer: 50d Marengo. Mr. Rowland has purchased Uea
8 to 1 LEAMINGTON OPEN STEEPLE CHASE.
25 eveagSt Air. P. P. Rolt's Peter Simple—taken
eouat. Oc• the field agst Sacrifice, Culverthorpe, and Dis-

GRAND BANQUET to MR. COBDEN
AT CttDIZ.
We have be I) favoured by a correspocu,ra a
copy of tile Coniercio of Cadiz of the 11:h instant, which
contains the following account of a grand banquet given
the day before to Mr. Cobden, M.P., in that great com-
mercial City, by various merchants and proprietors of
the place:—
The banquet wEs prepared in one of the beautiful sa-
Tooria of tbe:Casino, give ,n up for the purpose by the
society of the establishment. The table was adorned
with fine flowt-rs, and covered with rich dishes and a
great profusion of iruits and sweetmeats.
The saloon, lighted with three magnificent chandeliers,
and a number of other lights, which burnt in beautiful
candelabra, presented a magnificent coup d'ceil to the
spectators.
At half-past five P.m. Mr. Cobden arrived, accompanied
by his friend and fellow-traveller, Mr. Salis Schwabe, of
Manchester, and by Don Jorge Urtetegui, a respectable
merchant, and a friend of the great English League
leader. The latter, we learn, was the first to conceive
the idea of giving to Mr. Cobden, in this fete, a proof
of the lively sympathies entertained for his doctrines in

Spain.
At six o'clock the festival commenced. Don Jorge
trtetegui presided, supported by Mr. Cobden on his
right, and Don Jose Maria Elizalde on his left. There
were also present at different points of the table the
following gentlemen:—Mr. J. Duncan Shaw, Mr. C.
Haurie, Mr. D. Macpherson, Don Julian Lopez, Don
Juan de Dios Lasante, Don Juan Escribano, Don
Manuel Ruiz Tagle, Don Jose Lopez Bonet, Don
Manuel Docavo v Casal, Don Jose Nicolas de Oveido,
Don F. G. de Arboleya (the editor of the Comercio), the
Marquis de Urena, the English Consul, Dr. Bodman,
Don Manuel Quesada, Don Joaquim Urtetegui, Don
Jose Maria Aguirrevengoa, Don Manuel Rieman, Don
F. Mendez, the Count de Casa Brunet, Mr. Daniel
O'Ryan, Don J. P. Gomez, &c. There were alto-
gether forty•four persons present, all gentlemen of high
standing in society, and for the most part interested in
commerce.
The table was most luxuriantly spread, the dishes
numerous and exquisite, and the wines (both native and
foreign) of the very richest and raciest quality. The
Count de Casa Brunet, who was intrusted with the
chief duties of caterer, left nothing omitted that could
add either to the splendour of the scene or the pleasure
of the guests. After dinner, when the animation and
mirth of the guests were at their highest pitch, the
President, Don Jorge Urtetegui, rose, and proposed,
" The healths of the Queen of Spain and her Royal
Family."
Senor ELIZALDE then proposed " The health of Queen
Victoria of England." Both toasts were drunk with
enthusiasm.
The PRESIDENT then rose and said,—Gentlemen, I
am abbut to propose a toast which I am sure you will all
drink with much pleasure ; it is the health of the illus-
trious guest who this day honours this table by his pre-
sence,—" Mr. Richard Cobden,—may Heaven prolong
his life, so as to enable him to behold the complete
triumph of his sound doctrines throughout Europe as he
has already done in England I"—(Loud applause from
all the guests, which lasted some minutes.)
Mr. COBDEN then rose, and the uproar immediately
subsided into a solemn silence, testifying at once the
curiosity and impatience of the audience. Mr. Cobden,
of course, spoke English, but the majority of his hearers
understood that language pretty well • nor were the
beauties of his peroration unperceived% it was fre-
quently interrupted by bravos and spontaneous acclama-
ions. The following copy of Mr. Cobden's speech is a
anslation from the Castilian version rendered by Senor
tetegui :—" Gentlemen, I feel that I am unable to
testify my gratitude for so cordial a reception in a
language understood by all present. lam not surprised
to see that the commercial principles which I have main-
tained in England meet with partisans in Cadiz. It is
to those principles, and not to their humble advocate,
that you are at this moment rendering honour. The
supporters of free trade in England have only had
one object in view, which may be summed up in a
single word—liberty I—(Loud applause.) We found
our trade subject to a thousand restrictions. The
laws on all sides limitued individual operations. Our
merchants and manufactures carried their spirit of
speculation to the utmost extremities of the globe ; but
on returning to their own country, laden with the pro-
duce of foreign climes, they found themselves repelled
from their own shores by absurd and restrictive duties.
It was in order to pet a period to this interference of the
law against the rights of individuals that the English
League was formed. We resolved to confine to its just
limits the interference of the laws, for ever resisting the
action of the Government in protecting or regulating
trade, and leaving to each individual the most complete
liberty of exercising his industry. Such was the object
of the League, which has been at length attained after
a
struggle of seven years. From now henceforward, no
merchant in England can see himself thwarted by the
Governmnt in his enterprises, under pretence of protect-
ieg the interests of certain cla,ses, either at home or in
the colonies. All enjoy an equal right to operate with
entire liberty, but nobody holds any privilege over his
fellow-citizens. I deem it useless, gentleman, to say a
single word for the purpose of convincing you how
favourable freedom is to commerce. All history proves
it. Let the different nations of Europe compare notes,
and we shall find that in all of them commerce flourishes or
declines in proportion to the freedom or restriction it
encounters. Compare a seaport enjoying a freedom
of trade with another which is deprived of that blessing,
and the same difference will be manifested. All of you
will remember, gentlemen, that during one year Cadiz
enjoyed extraordinary prosperity; you will have present
to your minds the great number of ships that adorned
its ample bay—the vast traffic which animated its streets,
and filled its magazines with the products of all climes.
What was the cause of this magical change in Cadiz ?
ever;l o climate—itsbut
there
had port—itssire
beenr 01
nonpnere, oyaadlelluate er
countriesrt
Cadiz
dow inzerwwe
ha
st
ihtchelir
there
free
raxaeapremleapei
onreat
—(lmmense
par-
ticular interests which are alarmed at liberty. In
England our agriculturists were frightened into fits at
the bare idea of a free trade in corn; yet now they
laugh at the groundlessness of their past fears. In
Spain, gentlemen, you know, perhaps, manufacturers in
Catalonia who turn pale at the name of free trade; yet,
nevertheless, they will live to laugh in the same way as
our old antagonists, the agriculturists of England.
Never have I known any trade which has be on preju-
diced by liberty—(Applause)—but I have seen many
perish beneath the destructive shadow of protection;
none, on the contrary, fail to be invigorated by the salu-
brious breezes of freedom.—(Renewed applause.) It you
think, gentlemen, that Spain may prosper by adopting
the policy which now prevails in England, you ought to
employ the same means that were put in practice by us
in order to enlighten public opinion in favour of free
trade.—(Marks of acquiescence.) It is -necessary that
you should promote discussion on the subject by every
possible means. He who may be convinced of the truth
of our principles ought to deem it a duty to
wh con
ether reli-
vert his
fellow. citizens. Great truths, no matter
gious political, or philosophical, are only propagated by
individual exertions. It, is useless, Gentlemen, to hope
from your Government for measures of free trade whilst
the people remain unvinced of its advantages. In
my opinion almost all the Governments of Europe are
more advanced than their subjects in the knowledge
re-
of
economical questions ; they are only awaiting
moval of the obstacles opposed by ignorance and preju-
dices, in order to walk in the path of commercial libertyo
I see, gentlemen, around this table many gentlemen wh
I am certain, will zealously devote themselves in the pro-
pagation of those sound and economical doctrines, and I
assure them that, however far from them I may be re-
moved, I shall always take the greatest interest in their
labours. I will conclude by proposing as a toast,
• The ancient city of Cadiz.' "—(Loud cheering.)
A number of other and shorter speeshes were
of
and
ter-
wards made in favour of free trade by Mr. Schwab
some of the Spanish gentlemen present.
At length, Mr. COBDEN rose and rendered his thanks,
in a friendly, and festive style, to the President, Senor
Urtetegui, for the hospitable reception he had been fa-
-soured with.
The guests then adjourned to an adjoining apartment,
where, over coffee and liqueurs, more toasts were pro-
posed, all present testifying their zeal in the cause of
free trade. It was nearly eleven o'clock at night before
the meeting finally broke up.

7 to DERBY.
28 n , offered on the field. •
7". agfit Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken
30 to and afterwards offered
ao to ; agat Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
33 ; agat Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken and aft. offered
33 f„ agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—t. and aft. off.
40 a t alid Mr. Worley's Old Port
40 In— it agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
40 f" agst Lord Caledon's Wanota
40 0 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Conyngham n
40
40 ti° agst Mr. Jardine'sJohnny Armstrong—take "
agst L Exeter's l
t
1000 - agst Sirord G. Heath cote'ot s lot—take 1000 to 15
too 10 °get Mr. L. Nom's Wild Boy—taken
toNbox,

N0v.,0 YD'S SHIPPING.
sae el -, 43 26.-Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, am
A bp.:Ltr Ni.Vrether.
sktrd. ' '°V. 25.-Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W., strong.-
(la, esar
strong.-
Sle, St j i Evans, Demerara; Peggy,. Smith, Cuba; St.
eatittitpz_e(rtnd, New Brunswick ; Caroline, Harris, Quebec.
, Knight, New York.
.11, pa.,`-'W., Nov. 25.-Wind S., light.-Acrd. 24th, Astra-
llette, l:ladelphia ; Pakenham, Lawson, Caroquet ; Hen.-
t,,atta , Harden, Salon•• 25th Countess of Arran, Turner, Cat-
ct`4l,lal;a7;iir,r_ Chapmkn, 'Francis,Mazatlan ; Chieftain, New
I"l,ste, , Alexander Edmond, St. John's, New Brunswick;..
Yara, I,oherts, ditto • Frankfield, Mitchell, Miramichi ,
Zsni,s`ples, Lawson, Shi' pegan • Infanta, Scott, Prince Ed.
".1:14:nes',:1:4:111(lia; Argyle,
Yle PBrockelbank, Quebec ; Compton,
ton, xan, ditto; Admire.% Buchanan, ditto ; Artemis, Monk -
?-,eletc"`'andla d Sld 24th Dash Atkinson, Africa ;
nisnon., Santa. Martha; Loashtank, Tain, New
`4llirtie43th, Henry Pratt, Hartley, New Orleans; Lord
1.1,1 i, triun,',l3rown, ditto. Off port Caledonia, Quebec.
'a'aie 'rrus Nov. 25.-Wind W.S.W.--arrd. Trade,
[IL I
b ,‘"bt, v
-gill
at, Baltic,
24 -IT d S W -Arrd. Thalestris, M'Neil,
aterl -naliie, s.
' El' piersi,nNew. York ; Clydesdale,. MTarlane,
A,tr, AI mabeth, Duckett, Quebec, in 17 days ; Larne,
-`4la, Wi'it',4treni.
4 ~
St, ,_,Rb,,,,_Calcutta.
Nov. 23.-Wind W.-And. Albion, Leslie,
/nail 40141 -Nov. 5'E.t.,,,, .!., -Nov. 25 -Wind S.W.-Arrd. Albion, Free-
.o,l •,. en... , '
taim ~.3,101ar„ ~,,,a ior Cork.
c,',. AO „ '.,-,Nov. 25.-Wind S.S.W., fresh-Arrd. Ad-
aeaw 89 Le taa ini •
11,,_ Ay, N,, . 8,•
ratagonia.
I,:d:', Usk TO' • 25.-Arrd.Darwent, Carrven, Quebec.
Clia,-°1; alt'll-L,E or MAN, Nov. 21.-Sld._Ace of. Trumps,
co-14an, IN' ,i'kenael ; Margaret Pointer, Trew, Deme:ara ;
Reel it, Xf, , ditto. a,,,, ~•A'• ,, r.
~ .
chell, N't:-' kira, t'."--• \\ ind S.W.-Arrd. William Wright,
„Napie,
,alik, I.,'l,lehi, in sixteen days; Lady H e Mit-
ary
ytl for
m `' leaky `nited States ; Arab, Simpson, NaNYCaS e,
al, 1'31412,* •
d-andoned ', Gov, - Princess Charlotte, of Jersey'
116 rnii'e;usVniv3iioNTshperit standing, was passed yester-
"T L • -.`-'• of Cork,v br the Gem, arrived here.
black, With°G.)`, Noe. " al9 feet 6 inches long,
nisti
,i
piked
01 er, 'aepar,dacolour2lb.-ott'o‘Mb°, ytellow topsides, and var-
AIZ4I-1P to-darv.rentlY the quarter boat of a steamer, was
derlar l'E4u, Xov. 23 ' tlo e onld, from Sun-
ere,
,`-', struck „ --Me An F p : yesterday, , and sunk ;
li. oav-ed. the North Pier a
thre"GuAL, N .
eeirki,
on
shonar.e23.-The Saguenay, from Miramichi to
141, 'logged. at nallyerenan, is much damaged, and
~ taxi( Nov."4ore , , 23.-Her Majesty's steamer Swallow, on
bro ear Askeaton River 23d nit., has been assisted off, and
ught •
m here by her Majesty's steamer Alban.
41144dIt•ICIN:OR. TH, RoY. 24.-The sloop Elizabeth, of Stockton,
bit. ") Leith, which had got on Seaton-
house bilged and sunk; cargo expected to be saved.bouseiiocks last
tot o°,lll-thE, off
atxt,„ e bar in entering the har,
Nov.. 23.-The Assiduobuot.Tbitutetryis,
expectedfromNeath,
..,I(te.
14,,,rA1q.0n.r, Nov. 25.-The Rowena, of Jersey, has be('
iipt into this port derelict,.. .
a The Charlotte, Evans, which drove
(hlthil"D' Nov. 23. a
off the same day at high water.
14.
~e rocks 21st u ~
lase Betsy, of Yarmouth, from Patras to Liverpool, has been
ea sla abandoned or a d.erelict by the Brazilian, Pinckham;
ea!,Was 22d inst., crew saved by the Gratitude,
l'''fon by the Brazilian, yesterday.
1),,Z.K,-Nov. 23.-The Jane, from North America, is re-
d on shore at Ballycotton.
co`l-anitos.sAar Nov. 22.-The Firefly steamer struck the
t,,.11). Yesterda'y, and settled gradually by the head; owing
ye'. watertight bulk-head, her stem is kept afloat
la,,ialtmotarn, Nov. 24.-The Zillah, Jackson, from Sunder-
tacit t° Londun,. arrived in the Roads this morning leaky,
L extra hands' and proceeded.
141°Ca'(°°x•-•The Elizabeth, Tickle, from Liverpool to Ja-
total ' wnieh wont on shore at Aberdovey, 23d ult., is a
a,b;vatek-
lee,„,tAl•ateltrriz, Nov. 24.-Harvest home, Thompson,
tt_toPti 14e-, having been on her beam ends, 20th inst.,
wf..erot, ''avnlauth.
81,,t,e444,,e7. 25.-Wind S.S.E., fresh.-Arrd. Broom,
BWA "T
TALI M 1 Quebec.
l'ena Isga a, n'r, Nov. 23.- ose y,
~ mare- 4-,
vr„o, ote ‘! Cuba. oo I 24.-Wind S.E.-And. Thomas Bell
-eiv'"ir
jcs' Ql:ne-be7.• 24....-Efiza, Stone, Baker, Wallace, Findon,
e, Aa'arer'' N°v• 23.-And. Mary Dunbar, Quebec. . .
,stakew,,,,„-°11,„18, Nov 23. Arrd. John Connor, Miramichi.
Iser. -', Atm. 23. AM Clarence, Douglas, Quebec.
1:14„. AST; N 0.%
_,..-- rr .
tr°l3, Sa, Joe' ,22,--Arrd. Great Britain, Nelson, Quebec;
irsrifon , Tun s, New Brunswick.
ll ‘-sLAT).-A LI Cicero, Graham, Savanilla.
'pa_ 1 Itz•pc,,,. , .n.„O rr ..
TirrtPaOn ii",:.: . A v. 24.-Wind S. Sld. East London,
‘i Lanz, '-'aa ion,
...,Ptaxe.,,cu, Nov. 24.-Arrd. Catherine, America.
:I,,47.nedaallatiri'eisTst7eNr:d. a22y417-eraT•hleeakQyu,e&enc..Victoria, from Quebec,
vl-e en tl_
HTerhme. Champion, Green, was seen on
e Island ot.--
Ther • :----_______________
_______2
of Go, e Is a rurnour that Lord Morpeth, on the part
hi eft Go,
is negotiating the purchase of the house
IN ~ - Spore was born.
'Wrecked between3.American
ship
eft„,.-ECIC.S (iv
, rioon
the, THE FRENCH COAST.-On Saturday
was valuabi
ilriTielloall with cotton, last from New laden
was
York,
r 0
Allen, Heighton,
Boulogne and Ettiples. Her cargo
tr"l' were rein When the last account came away h
REGA. n the rigging.
.--01 r s lt,l:' ron. MILITARY HONOURS IN MANCHESTER.
441;6; 4----r, of the firm of S. p--r and Co., of
Ilea ,er, having been told that Mr. -,--- of ----'
Ilrafittil..t t°lvn, had the gratification of knowing his
c)i the
....',ll, Lieutenant-Colonel --, late in commando
`-c,ttl-an. Itegintent, was about to receive the order ofr
Atie,lj3,l Jon of the Bath, observed, "It may be all veryget
i 3 an Orden'
my part the only order I wish my son to
1.,f0r cotton twist ! "
'e r 1-„`" ERY or A. SKELETON.---On Wednesday last
~tile („::, atr". of a human being were found in a field in
"L'the-s,llPstion of Mr. Westover, on Strood Hill, near
ht,tur ,Air. It was theperfect skeleton of a man of large
It e' 4"d from the appearance of the bones and teeth,
.. e,,,,,
y "Jectured that it cannot have lain there more than
itha,". During the time it has been deposited there,
havingf.ained uudisturbed by the plough ; but the land
tg,the
this
5 ti year been subjected to the process of trench-
-°lll. .11' earth has been removed to the extent of about
111*i:belles more in depth, and by this means these re-
Nvith the have been brought to light. There was found lying
1e,,,,g, bl:nstkeleton a large spike nail, about seven inches
,i.,_ at the point.
ea%,„.E SCHOLASTIC PROFESION.-The first public -
--------,---
leg`•"'nart,,ien, for admission into the recently formed Col-. 10
,Printedi receptors. and for certificates of qualification, is6th ult.
Coom.mander Gooch, was at St. Ife.
is to be to take place in January. The examination
A
atibri'.de:nducted by graduates, in honours, of Oxford, lens
s TheT. on Stehael ar
MICHAEL,k'
,C
RNHILL.-A vestry meeting was
terietie,,e, Dublin, and London, together with ex- electing a vestry clerk, in the room of the late air. Wm.
e was one candidate, and Mr.
Uernla u, and well-known professors of the French and held on Wednesday in this opulent parish, tor the purpose of
Baker. Mr. Henry Ho
aeleot 4 lanuages. The candidates themselves are to
1_ . the branchd contest, which endedes,
in the
f • •which the desire to
'''' xamin_ , es o learning in y other. There was a spirite
of 2' votes •
The ea• majority a •
by a .
SaX ton, a brot her- in-law
.popf the late Mr. Joseph Somes, the
IL
p.
~ will The following extract of a
of the late Patrick Maxwell Stewart,
THE GREAT BRITAIN --The
" Dundrum, Sun-
to lei 131' Renfrewshire was made in 1840. He has left election of the former,
ilossesssa.rnother, Captain Houston Stewart, R.N., all his day," appears in the Newry Telegraph' of luesday
let ouknow how things are
cram,
_liana and estates at Charlotville, Tobago, with the letter from Mr. Gabriel, R.N. dated
~
" According to promise I
Britain. Thursday's work
hiere‘vill Ut, engines, buildings, and appurtenances, for
'othe "Se ahsolutel All his heritableoperty and,has failed, as I antic).-
y. pr
t •traos e s finishedsin withher. them Mr.
rßeraetmßremnern
er
'l,2,:)setoefstua.e!,ul Scotland he directs his executors to dis-
pated, in his breakwater'
whichhreach over her, and swept
the resid ' Lae), think best, the proceeds to form part of away ; the sea made a clean
in England f h:._
k • the ship filled with
LS general estate. His personal property away several skylights on dec , ..
and bulk-
-8,000 was estimated at 30 000/. He bequeaths water to such an extent that was entirely washed
the cabin doors
.sx,„,_ and half the residue to be held in trust by his
. Vit'utors for the children of his deceased brother, John covered with water;
'Jaw Stew
the the ' , ,
decks • the promenade deck was
°Mei. moist art' to be equally divided among them ; inone on
heads are nearly all washed into the holds and about
Cep.. yof the residue he leaves to his brother,there wait till
law - u• Stewart his fact, you might almost say
board had to fl to the upper deck,
and thumping
b. s kr. 1- . i who, together with brother-in-out of her ; she was afloat, _
the water ran
'ulsbur , "[ln Osborne, and Mr. G. S. Caudell, of , both forward and a , .
ft and her head is shifted more
she filled,
andfor every ,
.I"..ft a le3;(12 llare, are his executors, to each of whom is , towards Tyrella watch-house
_f?‘ernber was of 5001. free of legacy duty. The Hon.at length are going to take the
given her up, and they
et.
again. Mr. Bremner has
7lght, at ~ unmarried, and died at the age of forty-
, /tea b._ a,arno(k
but intend doing so to-morrow;
atkite. .rted in 4.,
House Falkirk, North Britain, and ;masts
examined her bottom,
aith her engine. I have not
she is She
the Tamily vault at Inverhip, Renfrew- out of her, toge h
gone.
much as three feet,'
was pitching at times as
!yetif all I hear is correct, I am afraid
,

THE PAVILION.
On Wednesday a deputation from Brighton had the
honour of a second interview with Lord Morpeth, by ap-
pointment, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, Whitehall.
The deputation consisted of Lord Alfred Hervey,
M.P., Captain Pechell, M.P., the High Constable (Mr.
W. Catt, jun.,) Mr. T. Attree, Mr. Freeman, and Mr.
Slight.
The deputation were received by Lord Morpeth very
courteously; and they then stated very fully the great
dread and antipathy entertained by the inhabitants to
the sale of the palace.
Mr. Slight urged with great force the various conces•
sions of land which the town and the Lords of the
Manors had made from time to time, in order to enable
their Sovereign to complete the palace and grounds, as a
reason against the sale of the palace.
Lord Morpeth listened with great attention to all the
statements made by the deputation, and elicited addi-
tional information by asking a few questions,
The deputation, having concluded their statements,
withdrew.—Brighton Gazette.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Nov. 24.—The secon,l meeting of the A-,-h-
-mc'l9"n B"cletY this tem -6tertlay eveni.,-: •
the lduseum, Profes'sor i'o,,eli :n the chair. -
following candidates were balloted for and elected
members
W. Spottiswoode,. Esq., of Baliol College ; R. A. Ls
Mesurier, Esq., Corpus College ; W.. J. Waters, Esq ,
Wadhatn
,College ; A. Melville, M.D., Edinburgh.
The following presents, were 'announced :—The Quar-
terly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 8, by that

society.
A paper on the superficial - of Sweden, &c., by Sir
Roderick Impey Murchison, by the author.
Observations Meteorologiques faites a - Taguilsk,
presented by Prince Demedoff to Dr. Daubeny, and by
him to the society.
Some bones were exhibited by the Rev. J. Wilson,
of Trinity College, found by Mr. Hewett, jun., in one
of the barrows near Ilsley, Berkshire, in 1843. There
were six skeletons in the burrOw, the skulls of all were
factored ; and some fragments of urns of unbaked clay,
found in a burrow opened in Blewbury Downs in 1846.
The urns were filled with bones, chiefly of animals.

PREFERMENTS.
The Lord Bishop of Winchester has instituted the
Rev. John Johnstone, M.A., to the vicarage of Overton,
near Whitchurch, Hampshire, to which are annexed the
sinecure Rectory of Overton, and the Curacy of Tadley,
all vacant by the death of the Rev. William Harrison ;
patron, the Bishop.
His Lordship has instituted the Rev. Frederick
Russell Mills, M.A., Curate of New Radnor, to the
Rectory of Hartley Maudit, near Alton, Hampshire,
vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Bissland, M.A.,
on the nomination of the Rev. Alexander Houston
Douglas, M.A., of Chester-square, Pimlico.
His Lordship has also instituted the Rev. Charles
Balston, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
to the Rectory of Stoke Charity, near Whitchurch,
Hampshire, vacant by the resignation of the Very Rev.
Wiliam Buckland, D.D., Dean of Westminster; patrons,
the president and fellows of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford.
The Rev. John Henry Warneford, M.A., of Worcester
College, Oxford, Curate of Waddington in Craven, has
been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Ripon to the in.
cumbency of the new district of Salterhebble, in the
parish of Halifax.
The Lord Bishop of Durham has instituted the Rev.
Octavius James, M.A., to the Rectory of Kirkbaugh,
near Hexham, Northumberland, vacant by the cession of
the Rev. William Bigland, on the nomination of Randle
Wm. Saunders.
The Rev. Edward Francis, 8.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridg', has been instituted by the Lord Bishop
.of Norwich to the Rectory of Shottisham, Suffolk, vacant
by the cession of the Rev. J. W. Darby, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. W. Darby, the Rev. M. B. Darby,
and others.
The Rev. R. W. Kempley, 8.A., Curate of Castleford,
Yorkshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of
St. James's Church, Fairburn, Yorkshire.
The Rev. T. Gleadow Fearne, 8.A., Incumbent of
Tintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, has been licensed to the
Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Holmforth, Yorkshire.
The Lord Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev.
Henry Hill, M.A., Curate of Snettisham, Norfolk, to
the Vicarage of Aston Cantlow, near Alcester, War-
wickshire, on the nomination of the Rev. R. S. Caries.

BENEFICES VACANT.
The following benefices and appointments have be-
come vacant.—
The Vicarage of Boxley, near Maidstone, Kent, dio-
cese of Canterbury, rendered vacant by the promotion
of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of
Sodor and Man, value 834/., with residence, in the gift
of the Very Rev. Robert Stevens, D.D., Dean of Ro-
chester, and the Chapter of the Cathedral Church.
The vicarage of Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, diocese
of Lincoln, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev.
J. Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man.
Value, 123/. No residence. In the gift of C. Winn, Esq.
A canonry in the Cathedral. Church of Rochester,
vacant by the promotion of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D.,
to the Bishopric of Soder and Man.
The rural deanery of Sutton, in the archdeaconry of
Maidstone, on the nomination of the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
The perpetual curacy of Christ Church, Tintwistle,
Mottram, Cheshire, vaccant by the resignation of the
Rev. J. Gleadow Fearne, M.A., in the gift of the trustees

THE LANDED ARISTOCRACY.
(From the 77t,i2g.)
TL,- question asked—and it call;
for aussvcr-L-what the country- gentlemen are to do in
the next, and probably the next two or three sessions.
Whatever is meant by " the country gentlemen," they
certainly seem just now rather out of work. -The natural
class so called—they who risk their necks in keeping up
with the hounds, and their fortunes in experimental
agriculture—have latterly been a little pat out in
matters of government. A count,. ci:!gistrate is not the
thing that he was. As for the p.dlt'cat body which still
rejoices in the designation of " the cointry party, it
has still less to do than the class which it professes to
represent. It is not yet a twelvemonth since Mr. W.
Miles boasted, of course with some degree of truth, that
" the country party" had a prevailing voice in the
Legislature. A brief review, however, of what has
been done in the Legislature during the last twenty years
gives great importance to the question, what is the
country party to do ? The country party has in its
day taken a very decided and vigorous course against
Roman Catholic emancipation—against a reform of the
House of Commons—against the emancipation of the ne-
gro—against municipal reform, and against ecclesiastical
reform—against liberal educational measures—against
concessions to the Dissenters—and, to pass over some
minor affairs, against the repeal of the corn-laws. Its
opposition has not been unprofitable, nor entirely un •
successful. Unquestionably we should have gone very
much farther, and fared very much worse, had it not
been for the Conservative drag. It has saved us from
not a few excesses and errors. It is evident, however,
on a very cursory view of the period, that on the whole
the battle has gone against the country party; and still
more evident, that nearly all, if not quite all, the ques-
tions to which the country party devoted its attention,
are now settled for an indefinite time. All the classes
and interests of the realm seem to have taken out new
leases from the State. After much bargaining. and liti-
gation, the terms are now settled, and are not likely
soon to be disturbed. No suitor appears in court. We
were promised a revival of the question last mooted, viz.,
the corn-laws; but the unfortunate plaintiff finds his case
hopeless, for his grievance has vanished. If any subject
is disposed of—for the present, at least—it is agricul-
tural protection. What, then, is " the country party"
to do? The difficulty is aggravated by the fact that
the country gentlemen and the country party remain
in their original integrity and splendour. Nay, it admits
of a question whether the former, at least—whether the
landed aristocracy of England—are not more thoroughly
established, more influential, more admired and wor-
shipped, than they were twenty years since. At any
rate, the gloomy predictions as to the speedy desolation
of the circle in HYde-park, which a brilliant writer in
the Quarterly pronounced on the passing of the Reform
Bill, have been the reverse of fulfilled. Go where you
will, into country or town, never were the aristocracy in
such feather as now. Never were their houses, their
equipages, their yachts, their amusements, their enter-
tainments,in such splendour. What is still more to the
purpose, never did they show so much energy and
talent. Many of them derive enormons revenues from
an almost direct partnership in gigantic mercantile,
manufacturing, or mining undertakings. Many are able
statesmen, or distinguished for eloquence, poetry, or
science. They are mutually connected in a great family
compact, not to use that term in an invidious sense, of
unexampled extent and power. They are connected also
by intermarriages with all the wealthy, able, and enter-
prising in the country. They are not only respectfully,
but cordially and eagerly invited to contribute
their names and their talents to almost every
kind of public institution or design. They are most of
them men of business, and able to prove at either desk or
council-table, platform or committee, that their capacity
is equal to their rank. What is more than all, or rather
the proof and token of all, is, that they seem to have
survived the more carping and malignant forms of envy.
It the merchants and manufacturers of this country have
a weakness, it is in aspiring too eagerly to the acqu lint-
ance and standing of the aristocrey ; not in any wish to
lower the class to which they are themselves too anxious
to rise. Such are some of the features which constitute
a description of natural ascendancy which the world
cannot equal. That such a body will do a great deal
is most certain, for such powers cannot lie in abeyance.
Hence the greater importance of the question, " What
will it do?" The dozen peaceful revolutions which have
given alternate terror and repose to the last twenty
years have been accomplished, happily, without damaging
the aristocracy. We will not now inquire how
this has been done. In France the ecclesiastical esta-
blishment and the aristocracy perished at a blow. The
nobles and the clergy were guillotined or banished. In
other countries the pride, the corruption, the ig-
norance, or the idleness of the privileged classes
cut them out of all share in the social progress, and
made them the victims, instead of the controllers, if not
the authors, of reform. In the British empire there has
long been that good understanding, that friendly inter-
mixture, that cordial co-operation of classes which has
prevented the most successful triumphs of the one from
being the unqualified defeat of the other. The baffled
have not met with either ruin, injustice, or insult. The
most exploded causes have had their locus penitent ice, the
severest Parliamentary defeats have had their compensa-
tions. The unhappy victims of each successive revolu-
tion, instead of wandering over the earth as exiles, or
going over to the camp of the stranger, are found in a
few short months oblivious of their wrongs, in the un-
diminished enjoyment of all their private, and, perhaps,
even their public, dignities and prizes. Such at least is
the case at this moment. The tremendous reverse of
last session, which was to have been the end, if not of
the world, at least of the British aristocracy, has passed
over harmless. It swept the skies like the tail of a
comet, and collision, conflagration, or deluge, was most
confidently anticipated. The comet went by, and we
are where we were. It is true that another calamity has
intervened. But what is the lesson of that mysterious
visitor ? It tells us how much more powerful
Heaven is than man ; and how much more a few ani-
malcula can effect than the most important legislative
systems or repeals, and the most powerful combinations
of man. While the minds of all are intent on the pro-
digy, our own quarrels are forgotten. What, then, are
the landed aristocracy to do ? The first of all their
offices, privileges, and powers remains almost unscathed
by the storm. They have now more call than ever to do
that which lies at their own doors, and which none can
do so well as they. The improvement of the labourer is
their first duty. An Augustan 4e begins, and if our
villages need not keep pace with the transfiguration of a
metropolis, they may at least pass from penury, disease,
dirt, and moral degradation, to abundance and health, to
cleanliness and comfort, to order, purity, and religion.
It is in the power of the most wealthy aristocracy. in the
world to elevate the sons of the soil, and the ancient in
stitutions of the country, though ever so much tampered
with, still leave it in the power of the landowner to give
the labourer employment, and poverty relief. The
almshouse, cruelly disguised and depraved as it has lately
been, is still open to the inspection of the magistrate,
and the interference of the agricultural representative or
the hereditary lawgiver. The aristocracy can at least do
this. If they only ask, they will not be denied the im-
provement of the poor. Their estates, their villages,
their dependants, their local position, their prestige still
are theirs, and are all they require for the undertaking.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—The Count Kornitoff, Cap-
tain in the Russian navy, has since Sunday last been
sojourning in the hospitable mansion of Admiral Sir
Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief, who has been
unremitting in his attentions. The Gallant Captain has
had all the Government establishments exhibited to him,
has visited the Excellent, and yesterday went out in the
Avenger, a distinguished party of scientific officers ac-
companying him. Flag-Lieutenant Robertson, of the
St. Vincent (who is selected by Sir Charles Ogle to do
duty as his Flag-Lieutenant during the illness of Lieute-
nant Collier, who, we regret to say, met with an accident
whilst riding), has been in attendance upon the Count
during his visit.
The Retribution steam-frigate, in charge of Lieutenant
Crozier, of the royal yacht, and a party of men from the
flag-ship, has been taken out to-day on a similar trial as
the Avenger yesterday.
The Rattlesnake, surveying ship, Captain Owen Stan-
ley, bent sails this morning, and will go out to Spithead
on Monday.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—The barque Emma, of Ply-
mouth, Captain • Spicer, has just arrived from Quebec,
which she left on the 23d ult. This ship experienced the
effect of the storm of the 19th instant, when about two
hundred miles west of Scilly. Her bulwarks and
stanchions, boats and cook-house, were carried away,
her decks swept, five of her crew drowned, and. two
others disabled.
WOOLWICH, Nov. 24.—The Avon steam-vessel,
Captain Denham, is to be paid off here on Saturday, the
28th instant. It is as gratifying to announce that on the
first board-day after she reached England, the 13th inst.,
her commander, Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S., was
promoted to the rank of post-captain.
The Gorgon steam-vessel, Commander Crouch, has
delivered over her stores to the authorities of the dock-
yard, and is to be paid off on Thursday, the 26th inst.
The Lightning steam vessel, Master Commander
Petley returned to Woolwich on Saturday, having towed
the Belvidere store-ship from Deptford to the Downs,
on her way to the coast of Scotland with a supply of
meal for the inhabitants of that part of the kingdom.
The Lightning left Woolwich again this morning for
Sheerness to bring up the luggage of Commodore Sir
J. G. Bremer, K.G.8., and K.C.H. appointed to succeed
Rear Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, Knight, C.B. and
K.C.H., as superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Henry G. Simpson, lieutenant, to the Rattlesnake ; J.
R. Palmer, naval cadet, to the Albatross ; S. J. Birk-
well, lieutenant, to the Albatross ; E. F. Roberts, lieu-
tenant and commander, to the Myrmidon ; G. Morris,
lieutenant and commander, to the Torch ; W. Ibbett,
third engineer, to the Antelope ; J. B. Haines, master's
assistant, to the Birkenhead ; 'X. G. S. Jackson, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Naiad ; H. Gray, clerk's assistant,
to the William and Mary; J. Bibby, acting second mas-
ter, to the Urgent.
T. Westlake, gunner, to the first class ; J. M‘Donald,
boatswain, to the first class.
APPOINTMENTS. -NOV. 24.

THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND. -- The
usual weekly meeting of the members of the Manchester
committee for the promotion of this undertaking was
held in the League Rooms, Newell's-buildings, last.
evening, Mr. William Shuttleworth in the chair. Mr.
Pattison, the secretary, reported that the fund had this
week been increased by the amount of 3271. 7s. 10d:,
making a total, up to the present (late, of 77,4731.45. Bd.
Mr. Nolan stated that 201. 14s. 7d. bad been received
from Manchester, 721. from Saddleworth, 21. from Staly-
bridge, 1/. from Bury, 1981. 9d. from Todmorden, and
331. 2s. from Colne, giving a total of 3261, 18s. 4d.
received during the past week. The secretary announced
that no reports hod yet been presented from other places
where subscriptions were being collected,
and the corn.
reittee then adjourned until Tuesday next.—Manchester
Guardian.
GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR2S/.ASlDE.—Wednes-
day afternoon, the half mile running match, between
Harvey, of London, and Williams, of Wandsworth, was
decided on Wandsworth Common. At the start Harvey
got the` lead, which he kept to the half distance ; his
opponent, who had been lying behind, now came up, and
took the lead. Williams kept a head the remaining dis-
tance, and went in the winner by 25
yards. The half'
mile of road was run over by the winner in two minutes
and three seconds. _ _ _ .

Lieutenant and Commander.—James W. Tomlinson,
,o the Harpy.
Midshipman.—Grenville Temple, to the Hib.rnia.

Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Adliial Parker, Superin
;endent at Portsmouth.—The Hon. J. W. S. Spencer.
Midshipman.—lrvine A. Cary, to the Penelope.
Chaplain.—The Rev. Roland Wilson, to the Queen.
Clerk.—Robert W. Warwick, to the Caledonia.
Clerk in Charge.—.T. D. Gilpin, to the Andromache.
Master.—R. T. Saunders, to the Resistance.
PROMOTION.-NOV. 23.
Assistant-Surgeon.—Dr. Lewis C. Urquhart.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.
Yesterday morning a commission of lunacy was opened
by Francis Barlow, Esq., at the Commission Rooms, Red
Lion-square, to inquire into the state of mind of John
a gentleman entitled to considerable pro-
pWeretbyb, iEscl
n Esq., Lincolnshire, and Northampton.
shire, and at present in confinement in an asylum near

Paris.
Mr. J. Romilly and Mr. Buck appeared in su
erpport of
the commission; Mr. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Park, Q.C.
to watch the case on the part of the alleged lunatic; and
Mr. Walpole for Miss Webb, a daughter of the alleged

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BERKELEY'S— ENTIRE.—Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in
his evidence before the Game Committee, says, " If the
prosperity and happiness of the farmer is to be con-
sidered, and he is to be a farmer, and not half farmer,

lunatic.
Mr.
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his estates to his
Bart., who was possessed of large estates in Yorkshire,
Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire.
died in 1797, leaving the whole of
three sons, who, it was necessary to mention, were ille-
gitimate. He left the Yorkshire estate to
if his eldestut law-
James, for life, and to his children, and witho
ful issue, to John (the subject of the present inquiry),
and if he died without lawful issue, to his younger son,
Frederick. The Lincolnshire estate was left to John,
ender similar restrictions ; and the last to Frederick, in
the same manner. James and Frederick were both dead,
the lattei leaving children, and it was on behalf of the
eldest son of the latter that the Commission was sued
out. He did not think it possible that the jury, after
hearing the evidence which would be laid before them,
could have any hesitation that the proceedings were ab
solutely necessary for the security of the property. The
Learned Counsel then read documents to show the im-
possibility for the lunatic to be brought to England in
his present state.
Dr. Southey, Dr. 131anche, Mr. Smith, and Captain
Palmer, a relative of Mr. Webb, was called ; and from
their evidence, brought down so late to Monday last, it
appeared, that the unfortunate gentleman was in a state
amounting to raving madness, and that he had been so
y.
Mr. sameßA mmaNlad from December last, his brother having been subject to
the
d that there had been great loss of
time since the issuing of the commission, and that the
alleged lunatic ought to have been produced.
Mr. Rom= having replied,
The Learned COMMISSIONER addressed the jury, and
said that the Learned Gentlemen who appeared for Mr.
Webb had the opportunity et producing him had they
thought it prudent or necessary, they therefore had no
right to complain. He said he would go through the
evidence if the jury required.
The jury, without retiring, gave a verdict that the
said John Webb was of unsound mind, and had been so
since the Ist of December, 1845.

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OPENING OF THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS EXTENSION
RAILWAY.—After many postponements, the extension
branch line of the Tunbridge Wells Railway was publicly
opened on Wednesday for passenger and other traffic.
From the former station, outside the town, the railway
branches ab mit 250 yards through a deep cutting, where
it enters a tunnel 800 yards in length, which, within 70
or 80 yards, brings the visitor to the station, which is
close to the church, and nearly as possible in the centre
of the old and new towns. No public ceremony was
observed in its. opening, Mr. Peter %V. Barlow, the com-
pany's engineer, being the only official present. The
Board of Trade certified its security some time since.
BURNING THE TWEED.—Poaching on the river
Tweed is being conducted on a great scale, and in a
business-like manner, in this neighbourhood at ,present.
One night last week upwards of fifty poachers, with
Leisters" and " Cruizier," made their appearance, and
forthwith commenced the work of destruction. They
carried it on unmolested, not a watcher daring to show
his head, until they had secured a great number of fish.
And on last Tuesday night another strong party set out,
and likewise murdered all within their reach, amounting,
we have heard, to upwards of forty fish. The parties
make no secret of their intentions; they go out openly
and avowedly, and depend on their numbers, strength,
and recklessness, to intimidate and overawe the watch-
ers, and consequently secure impunity to their conduct.
Twi "brigades," of nearly sixty each, have been formed
in this town, and are busily employed in preparing am-
munition and arms for the winter's campaign, so that
unless strong measures be adopted to stop the ravagers,
not a stream from Leaderfoot to Innerleithen will re-
main unmolested. A goodly number of weavers and
other operatives are but partially employed; and the it
with recruits from among the railway labourers, form
the materiel of the poaching " brigades." We saw one
of the'` shelilahs" intended to be used on the " bailies'
heads: it was a sapling about seven feet long, with a
head of four inches diameer—a weapon ce
dimensions.t —Kelso Chronicle.rtainly of
• rather appalling

STIPENDIARY MAGI3TRATES IN THE METROPOLIS.—
The magistrates of the 13 police courts in the metropolis
are paid 1,0001. a year, and the chief magistrate 1,200/.
There are 22 at 1,0001. a year, and one at 1,2001., making
2312004 14 year paid in the salaries of magistrates,

EXTENSIVE DESERTIONS FROM
THE 71sT REGIMENT.
The Montreal Courier furnishes us with

as to these desertions that will be ruad
We shall be doing our !military a service by showing.'
them what they may expect in the American army, if
they should be base enough to betray their allegiance to
the flag of Britain. The Courier says
" The reserve battalion of the 71st Regiment was sta-
taioned at Kingston, Canada West, untillecently, when
it was relieved by the 46th Regt., and is now stationed
at Lsprairie, with a detachment at St. Heloo's. During
the time this regiment was in Kingston, we are informed
that up to some time in the month of July last, it
had lost, by desertion, about seventy men ; but from
that month until its recent arrival in Montreal, the crime
had ceased to a great extent, only three men having since
that deserted. We are told that two men of the 71st having
purchased their discharges—or having become entitled
to them by length of service, have found their wad to
Sackett's Harbour, at which place a recruiting party of
the regular army of the United States was stationed.
They then enlisted themselves in the service of the
republic, and, furnished with civilian clothes, returned
to Kingston, where they hung about the barracks, and,
there is no doubt, persuaded the other men to desert.
It was not known to the officers of the regiment that
these men had entered the American service, or they
would not, of course, have been permitted to remain
about the barracks. There is no positive proof that
these fellows were sent purposely to seduce their former
comrades from their colours, but there is every
probability that such was the case, and the mere
tact of their having been permitted to revisit the
Canadian side of the lake after enlistment in
the American service, goes far to prove that such was
the fact. It is supposed that the soldiers were tempted
by the offer of large bounties and better pay, with other
prospects of advantage; but, however, that may be, it is
certain that _desertion to a very great extent took place.
We are told that an officer of the 71st went over to
Sackett's harbour, and meeting with one of the Ameri-
can officers stationed there, asked him if they ever took
deserters from the British service into their army; to
which he replied that they did not; upon which the
English officer took him to the American mainguard,
and there showed him three men of his own company.
The men very coolly saluted their former captain, and
the American officer shrugged up his shoulders, and
said that he could not be supposed to know who had
been soldiers, out of the numbers of old countrymen
who applied to enter their service. This was a false-
hood, for we deny the fact, that any man who has ever
been drilled can escape without being at once discovered
by the eye of a man who is himself a soldier. The Eng-
lish captain saw several more men of his regiment about
the barracks, most of whom tried to get out of his way,
evidently ashamed of themselves ; while others whom he
encountered unexpectedly, could not forget their old
habits, drew up as he passed, and soluted him. Some
two or three of the men, disgusted at their treatment by
the Americans, deserted from them in return and sur-
rendered themselves. It was then found that the poor
deluded fellows had been regularly victimised ; that,
although their seducers had promised them a large
bounty, &c., yet they were made to pay for so many
articles in the shape of necessaries, and at such extrava-
gant rates, that their great bounties soon vanished
into the pockets of the swindling Yankee quarter-
masters. They stated also that they were severely treated,
being confined to barracks after six o'clock in the even-
ing, and guard mounted at the gates by American vo-
lunteers, in order that they should not escape after the
discovery of their victimisation. These men, it is sup-
posed, have all been sent to Mexico ; and if the truth
could be known, we believe it would be ascertained that
some couple of thousand of the army under General
Taylor are English deserters, and that the Americans
have a regularly laid and deliberate plan for recruiting
their ragamuffins by enticing away English soldiers
under false pretences. We are not sorry for the rascals
who desert—no treatment is bad enough for them, and
we only hope-Taylor will take them where they will be
half-starved and swell. peppered ; but what are we to
think of a Government that tacitly encourages crimes of
the basest kind in the army of a friendly power, if it
does not actually authorise it, which one would almost
suppose to be the case.

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.
CRACOW.— (FROM THE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, Nov
16.)—This is the day appointed for the proclamation of
the resolution of the three Powers for the incorporation
of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy. Count
Maurice de Deyme, Town-major of Prague, has arrived
in Cracow, as Imperial Commissioner, and will make
the formal proclamation at ten o'clock in the morning.
The announcement of this is to be sent by express to the
capitals of the three powers and will reach Vienna on the
morning of the 18th, where the execution of the act of
taking possession will be immediately published in the
official papers. In the manifesto of the Emperor to the
inhabitants of Cracow, that city, with its territory (24
square miles in extent, and 140,000 inhabitants) is de-
clared to be for ever an indivisible part of his Majesty's
dominions. The resolution for the suppression of the
Republic was taken, it is said, two or three months ago,
but the two German powers are stated to have insisted
on a further discussion of the matter in a conference at
Vienna ; in order to decide on mature deliberation
whether this extreme measure could be by any means
avoided. The decision of the conference was again for
tlse absolute suppression of the republic. The reports
obtained from the authorities in all parts of Poland, it is
said, agreed that as long as Cracow should retain
its independent possession, it would not be possible to
preserve tranquillity and order in the several parts of
Poland. Many reports of the Provisional Government
of Cracow, on the impossibility of effectually maintain-
ing a regular police so long as the uncertainty of a Pro-
visional Government continued, and the uninterrupted
intrigues of the emissaries of the Polish Propaganda,
combined with an energetic prosecution of the matter on
the part of Russia, are said to have hastened the execu-
tion of the resolution. As an equivalent for the acquisi-
tion of Cracow by Austria, Prussia is to have the lord-
ship of Hohenplatz, a district belonging to Austrian Si-
lisia, and Russia a small tract to the north of the Gali-
cian of Sarkspoli.—Algemeine Zeitung, Nov 20.
THE HAGUE, NOV. 19.—Her Royal Highness the
Princess of Orange arrived on the evening of the 13th at
Augsburg, whence she proceeded the following morning
to Munich. Her Royal Highness will go by way of
Coburg to Weimar.
fits Excellency Count Schimmelpenninch, newly-ap-
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of tke Netherlands at the Court of Great Britain,
arrived here by the train from Amsterdam.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 20.—As a proof of the great im-
portance of the exportation to England, we may mention
that in the course of this week, no fewer than twelve
steam boats with oxen, fruit, and other provisions, have
left this city for that country.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 22.—The Provincial Tribunal of
Guelderland, delivered its sentence on the 19th of this
month, in the affair of M. Geptens, Vicar of the Roman
Catholic Church of Groenlow, accused of an attempt to
murder, with premeditation, which murder was pre-
vented by circumstances independent of the will of the
accused. The Tribunal pronounced him guilty, and
passed sentence of death upon him. After the reading
of the sentence, the President addressed the criminal in
an affecting speech, informing him that he had the
liberty to apply to the King for pardon. He exhorted
him to profit by the time which remained to humble
himself before God, and to implore forgiveness for his

crime.
We learn that his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
of Prussia will go to-morrow to Arnheim, by the train,
whence he will proceed to Dusseldorf, and that the
Prince of Saxe Weimar will set out, the day after to-
morrow, for London.

IMPORTANT USES of MAHOGANY.
Mahogany, until of late years, has been regarded as a
rare and costly wcod, applicable only to articles of luxury,
few trades besides that of the cabinet-maker having had
any knowledge or experience of its qualities and advan-
tages. Time, however, has proved the fallacy of this
idea, and fully established its title to being the most
valuable wood which the world is known to produce ;
and, taking into consideration its many useful and pecu-
liar properties, it can, with truth, be said, that it is one
of the cheapest and best materials which can be emplo) ed
for the following important purposes :—ln house build-
ing ; in church building, for pews, benches, screens, and
pulpits, and even roofing and flooring ; in ship-building,
for the entire frame and planking ; in canal and dock
gates; in cabinet work ; and for carving and coach-
building; in machinery ; in railway and other carriages.
The above are some of the principal purposes for
which it is used; but now, owing to its low price and
better appreciation, it enters largely into the construction
of almost every article in which wood is employed.
To the ship-builder, the following remarks are respect-
fully addressed, as the subject is one of paramount
importance to the shipping interest of this country. It
is well known that, on account of the scarcity and
exorbitant price of high class woods, the British ship
owner is driven into a ruinous and unequal contest with
the foreigner, who, possessing inexhaustible forests at
home, and having the additional advantage of obtaining
his wood untaxed,* as well as of procuring his stores and
crews on far more reasonable terms, is enabled to navi
gate his vessels at lower freights in almost. every part of
the world, excepting where our colonial or cheaper-built
ships successfully compete with him. It is, therefore,
manifest that the ship-builder of this country must look
to ether sources than those he has been accustomed to;
in other words, he must seek his supplies in fresh coun-
tries, and his policy should be to give every encourage-
ment to the importation of first-class woods from all parts
of the world. The operation of the regulations of
"Lloyd's" had hitherto been to confine the building of a
" twelve years' ship,' to a few favourite woods, difficult to
procure (excepting in the case of our own oak), thereby
limiting the source of supply to a few foreign ports, and
even from which the imports are yearly decreasing.
Lately, by a relaxation on the part of " Lloyd's," a wider
field has been opined for the British ship-builder, and, as
immense supplies of the best timber may be procured
from the forests of Honduras, Cuba, and St. Domingo,
the importers of mahogany only require encouragement
to furnish the proper shapes and dimensions to an extent
almost unlimited.
The consumption of mahog my in the royal dockyard
is considerable. The highest authorities in the navy
have given the strongest written testimonials respecting
it, as it is justly held by them in great estimation on
account of its durability and strength, having been
proved imperishable in ships of nearly a century old.
In addition to the above remarks, it ought to be borne,
in mind that mahogany, when properly selected, possesses
the important and invaluable properties of great buoy-
ancy and durability, slowness of ignition, flexibility, and
non-shrinkage, as well as being almost totally free from
dry rot and pernicious acids. It is, consequently,
pecularly adapted for the frames and planking of steam-
vessels, as it resists every change of temperature, and
does not warp or shrink from excessive heat, or expand