The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, iB4B.

quiry of practical men in London as to the value of me-
dical training at Cambridge. He would find that although
not so profoundly ridiculous as the ceremonies observed
for the legal distinctions, it was slipshod and insufficient
to the last degree—even leaving anatomy out e
of. the
question. He would then be told that it was only within
a u wthin
a very few years, and after a weary tt•ngghost
of prejudices, that examinations in uivinity were knuknown.hmool rye
orders;th n
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quite recently what we have stated was . the fact.
for tii-pGI ormi
Grinders,
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Dtheickens,
schoolharitahle
Knifewas as much to the purpose as the
Awealthy and famous University of Cambridge. Modern
languages, modern history, the histories of treaties, ap-
peared to the heads of houses but as so mach nameless
trash. A fellow of Sidney Sussex College woull hive
held himself entitled to turn up his nose at Prince Tal-
leyrand and a sucking Mathematical Bachelor, oozing
with sines and cosines, have held Monsieur Guizst or
Mr. Hallam but in slight esteem. " May it please your
Royal Highness, we are a Mathematical University."
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I hat of course was decisive upon the point. His Royal
Highness, however, was not pleased at all, and the
country, in our opinioa, owes him a debt of deep grati-
tude for the change in the monstrous system hitherto
pursuel in the University. The public tins: is occu-
pied with so many important matters that require instant
attention that any subject that can be postponed, or that
is not of immediate party interest, is forgotten or ca t
aside. That is the only explanation that can be offered for
the continuance of such a system. The great body of
the public—that is to say, the public who do not write
B.A. or M.A. after their names, may have been the
dupes of the nomenclature of the Cambridge University
calendar. They may have assumed that the pros
lessors were bona fide professors, whose lectures were
attended with as much zeal and effLct as those of the
corresponding functionaries in the foreign universities.
No such thing. These professors are but as the war-
riors of straw the Chinese are wont to place by the side
of their wooden guns in order to exaggerate the appre-
hensions of their power. The Cambridgeshire professors
leave the pupils to the college tutor, and the college
tutor leaves them to the private tutor, who is, in nine
cases out of ten, a young man who has himself but just
taken his degree. It is by this class of men—we will
venture to say by this class of men only—that the Uni-
versity education is practically conducted. Their office
is simply to cram their pupils with the latest fashions
in mathematics, and to time their cramming so nicely
that the industrious young man shall be tilled to the
full extent of his capacity. at the moment he staggers
into the Senate-house for examination.

POST.—It seems that a notice has been circulated
among those whose property lies by the shore of the
Thames that at certain periods of November, December,
I and January high tides may be expected. The aimed-
ance of rain which has fatten is likely to swell the rivet
towards its source, and the abounting waters, meeting
the incoming tide from the sea, may probably rise far
above their usual level. They who have property by
the shore are therefore put upon their guard. They are
judiciously warned to provide in time for the safety of
their goods. It is a pity that, while there is enough o:
good sense in the community to lead to precautions of
this kind, concerning timber, coals, and stores of various
kinds likely to be damaged or swept away by the rising
Tnames, the community treats with practical neglect a
mach more important ebbing and flowing,which affects all
property that is to be bought and sold—we mean the
ebbing and flowing of the currency. Great, no doubt,
is the danger of an excessive flowing of the tide in
the Thames, but a thousand times greater is the danger
of an excessive ebbing of the tide of money in this
country. And yet regarding this there is no one to
give warning. There is no one whose business it is to
watch the probable course of events, and to give autho-
ritative warning of what may be expected. Persons who
call themselves practical statesmen, and who are ready
enough to talk about the currency, do not think it neces-
sary to mark, as they ought to do, the fluctuations of this
wonderful agent upon the fortunes of almost all ranks
and conditions of men in such a society as that of Great
Britain. The welfare certainly—perhaps the health and
the lives—of thousands depend upon that impetus to
business—that support of commercial interchange which
the currency supplies. We take currency in its largest
sense; it may be bills of exchange, or cheques on
bankers, or bank notes, or specie, anything which for the
time will be accepted as the representative of property,
and enable persons whose industry is in action to
go on with good hope of a market for what they
are able to produce. It is because our currency is so
complicated, and consists of various elements, which
various circumstances and accidents may render
abundant, or may cause to disappear, or make unavail-
able for their purposes as currency, that the greatest care
is required, to look forward, to see in advance the flow
or the ebb which ought reasonably to be expected, and
to give warning to the owners of property, and to those
who are bound to be furnished, at fixed future periods,
with certain portions of the currency, whether it be
scarce or abundant. Until 1844 the Bank of England
had the power, to some extent, of meeting the circum-
stance of an ebb in the currency. When it had run up
into Lombard-street, and was lying in the reservoirs of
the private bankers, instead of flowing in the channels
necessary to support and facilitate commerce, then the
Brnk, finding that the country required currency, though
it did not require gold, was wont to increase its issue of
notes, which increase was drawn back again as soon as
returning confidence in commercial bills induced the
managers of the Lombard-street reservoirs to open their
sluices. It occurred to the wisdom of Sir R. Peel,
in 1844, to put an end to this remedial power in the Bank
of England. The Legislature consented to what Sir R.
Peel proposed, and the consequence is that now, not only
is there no warning given to the public of a probable ebb
in the currency, but, when it arrives, there is no possible
remedy for the evil but that of authorising a violation of
the law, This remedy was actually resorted to in Octo-
ber, 1847. But even this seems to have taught no useful
lesson to the stupid Peel and Wood bigotry in the Legis-
-1 iture. Peel, Wood, Russell, and the rust, voted that
there was no occasion for a relaxation of the law of
1844, though Russell and Wood had themselves been
obliged (for fear of something worse) to authorise the
Bank to violate that law the pressure of which had pro-
duced awful commercial calamities. From these calami-
ties the commerce of the country is still suffering, but
still the currency bigots affect a mighty superiority of
wisdom, and nothing has been done to guard the country
against the recurrence of such a fearful crisis as that of
October, 1847.

ASHFORD MECHANICS' INSTI-
TUTION.
(From the Kent Herald.)
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It appears to us a delightful assurance-
that civilization
is rapidly extending to what were eo long the neglected
classes of society, and that the resources and delights of
pure intellectual pursuits are as properly appreciated in
a mechanics' institute, as they are an higher establish-
ments. To all such societies, well constituted—and as
far as our knowledge goes, their constitution is uni-
formly irreproachable—and to all such " Introductory
Lectures" as that delivered by the Rev. John Dufton,
Rtctor of Warehorne, before the Ashford and Alfred
M chanics' Instutes, at the Assernisly-rooms, Ashford,
on Thursday evening last—it will be our p tra,mount
duty to give every assistance we have it i❑ our power
to bestow. Ignorance is an evil. the pressure of
which becomes now every day heavier on grown-up
people, who see the young ones outstrip them
in cultivation and knowledge. We rejoice, there-
fore, to see Mr. Dufton. periodically come for-
ward to speak of the benefits arising from mechanics'
Institutions, and prove the weakness of the objections
which have been taken against their establishment. It
is cons ding to see subjects like them• discussed in such
quarters by a clergyman of the Established Church. We
hope the time is not far distant when more clergymen
will willingly come forward with a spirit of active and
anxious benevolence to promote the great cause of ge-
neral education, and better the condition of the working
classes by securing to them the full advantages of which
these institutions may be made producive. Those who
cry out, and many there are from both extremes of party,
that educatio❑ is no remedy against poverty and hunger,
are blind to the fact that, although a starving man will
get no bread at the school or institute, yet schools and
mechanics' institutes, and such like, are the best means
of preventing in future thousands from being reduced
to the condition of starving. How much 1 eis of
time, and labour, and of capital is occa-ioned by the
unskilfulness of workmen I How much of their money
and resources is daily wasted by the p or from not
understanding the principles of demesjc economy and
sobriety! How much unhappiness is entailed upon them-
selves and their families by their violent tempers and
passions, from not having their minds ca sly brought
into moral training! Is it not a truth susceptible of
demonstration, that by far the greater number of those
who are now in distress might have in time prevented
their being reduced to it ? And is it not equally cer-
tain that the want of education—we mean moral and
intellectual education —made them careless of the future?
If we canna now at once put a stop to the miser• they
have thus brought upon themselves, ought we not at least
to guard against a perpetuation of the evil, by affording
every man the means of acquiring that information
which may be of use to him through life and in his
good work is
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prosperity.

A NOVEL Assn&Arms COMPANY.—An assurance
company, we are informed, has been established for the
a,surance of horses in Paris, under the title of the Com_
pagne d'Assurance pour les Chevaur. This is a branch
of life assurance to which we imagine our British actu-
aries have not hitherto turned their attention. We also
doubt much whether any stitistics are in exi,tenca on
which our French friends can form their data. Why, if
you assure horses, should you not also assure cattle,
sheep, dogs, swine, and cats? Die study is indeed a
novel one. The promoters •of the aliuve company are
sanguine as to their success.— Theßeporter and Assurance
Chronicle.
PERMANENT PAUPERISM.—It is a curious fact that
on one day last week three orders of repauval i.;_ere taken
out before the magistrates of a Yerkshire borough in the
cases of paupers who had been respectively eighteen,
thirty-eight, and fifty-three years in uninterrupted re-
ceipt of parish pay.

THE PEACE CONGRESS.

CONFERENCE OF TIIE FRIENDS OF PEACE
AT THE nAir, OF COMMERCE, ON TUES-
DAY MORNING L.Y=.T, THE 31sT ULT.

A numerous and :esp-ctable assemblage of the
friends to the great and growing cause of universal peace,
met at the Hail of Commeue on the abo-ze. morning, to
consider various practical points and future operations
necessarily arising out of the advancing. character of
their movement. The meeting had been called by cir-
cular, and in obedience to the call gentlemen assembled
on the occasion from different and distant parts of the
kingdom; and a collection of more earnest, business-like
men is very rarely seen. They evidently had the great
cause at heart, and their whole bearing evinced a sober
determination of purpose, that nothing short of confi-
dence in ultimate success could produce.
JOSEPH STURGE, Esq., of Birmingham, having been
voted to the chair, proceed, d to open the business, by
explaining its nature and objects, and described the
character of the interview between the deputation and
Lord John Russell.

Messrs. Richard, Scoble, Fry, and Stokes having been
appointed secretaries to the Conference, and a large
number of letters of adhesion to the cause from eminent
men, at home and abroad, having been read or reported,
among whom were the names of Dr. Dick, of Dundee,
Dr. Mortimer, of London, Dr. John P. Smith, of Ho-
merten, Mr. Simpson, of Trinity College, Cambridge,
&c.—the address to the Governments of Europe
and Americr, adopted at the Congress at Brussels, was
also read. The time and place of holding another Con-
gress on the continent of Europe were then discussed at
length, awl with great intelligence, at the close of which
it was unanimously resolved that another Congress
should be held at the most suitable time and place; and
a further discussion having ensued, it was resolved si
equal unanimity, that preference should be given
to Paris as the place, and to August, 1849, es the time.
The necessity of spreading more extensively on the Con
tinent the proceedings at the recant Congress at Brus-
sels was then discussed ; and it was resolved that a full
and authentic account of that Congress should be pub-
lished in the French language. The importance of in-
troducing the question of arbitration to the House of
Commons was then considered, and after close examina-
tion, it was referred to the committee to obtain the ser-
vices of some influential Member of the House for this
purpose, and it was further resolved that suitable mea-
sures should be taken to stimulate the constituencies
throughout the country to influence their representatives
to support the question whenever it should come before
the House. A committee, consisting of thirty-two gen-
tlemen, residing in London and its vicinity, was then
appointed to carry into effect the resolutions and recom-
mendations of the Conference, with power to add to their
number. It was also resolved unanimously that a special
fund of not less than 5,000/. should be raised for the ac-
complishment of these various objects, and that the
friends of peace throughout the country should be re-
cunamended to contribute liberally to this special effort,
The committee having been duly authorised and in-
structed to adopt suitable measures for carrying into ef-
fect the resolutions of the Conference, the meeting closed
with a very general conviction that the earnestness
which had been displayed was a presage of more ex-
tended success to the cause of peace throughout the
world.
At a conference of the Friends of Peace, held at the
Hall of Commerce, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1848, Joseph
Sturge, Esq , in the chair, the following gentlemen were
present:—..

- George Alexander, Ipswich; William Ashby, Houns-
low; Thomas Ashby, Staines; John Bailhe, Ipswich;
Richard Barrett, Croydon ; J. D. Bassett, Leighton
Buzzard ; Joseph Barrett, London ; James Balfour,
Maids Hill; Richard Barrett, jun., Mark-lane ; Isaac
Bass, Brighton; Thos. Beggs, Walthamstow; Rev. W. H.
Black, Mill-yard. London; Robert Bond, London; Chris-
topher Bowly, Cirencester; Samuel Bowly, Gloucester; M.
Alexander Brockway, London; George Bradshaw, Man-
chester; John Bnrtt, Liverpool-street; Rev. Jabez Burns,
Paddington ; Samuel Burlingham, Worcester ; Elihu
Burritt, United States of America ; Simnel Cotten,
Plaistow; John Cassell, London; Joseph Cash, Coven-
try; Thomas Catchpool, Colchester; L. A. Chamerou-
zow, Camberwell; W. M. Christy, Kingston; Robert
Charlton, Bristol ; Henry Clapp, jun., Massachusetts,
United States; Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Joseph
Cooper, London ; E. F. Collins, Hull; Rev. Ebenezer
Davies, Berbice; William Dent, Marr, near Doncaster;
G. C. Drew, Christchurch; George Edmett, Maidstone;
J. Passmore Edwards, Islington; James M. D. Ellis,
London; Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P., London; Wm. Faw-
cett, Slearord; Francis Fox, Tottenham; John Foster,
Hull; Edmund Fry, Plymouth; Charles Gilpin, London;
Burwood Godlee, Lewes ; James W. Green, Gough-
square, Fleet-street ; William Grimshaw, jun.,
Witham; Joseph Harlock, Fine:ion, near Wellinborough ;
Wm. Holmes, Alton ; Thomas Hudson, Tokenhouse-
yard; Joseph Huntley, jun., Reading; Charles Ilindley,
M.P., London; John G. Hewlett, Stepney-green; Wm.
Irwin, Manchester ; Russell Jeffrey, Peckkam ;
John Lee, Esq., L.L.D., F.R.S., Hartwell, near Ayles •
bury; Richard Littlebody, Berkhampstead; Thomas
Love, Little Britain; C. H. Lovell, M.D., Nelson-
square; Rev. Thomas W. Matthew, Boston; Charles
Mackay, London; Edward Miles, Liverpool-street; M.
M. Monro, Enfield; Jinn Mottram, Little Britain;
D. G. Pain, Deptford; James Peek, London; Stephen
Rigaud, Woburn-buildings, Tavistock-square ; Rev.
Henry Richard, London; E. W. Richard, London;
Henry Isaac Roper, Bristol; Charles Saunders, Cob-
ham; John Scoble, London; Joseph Shewell, Col-
chester; Rev. Thomas Spencer, Bath; Thomas Squire,
Berkhampstead; Rev. John Stevenson, M.A., London;
John F. Stevenson, London; Rev. William Stokes, Bir•
mingham; Joseph Sturge, Birmingham; William Suter,
Greenwich; Samuel Sturge, London; Rev. J. B.
Talbot, London; Rev. Henry Taylor, Woodbridge ;
Frederick Tuckett, London; John F. Tyler, Kenning.
ton-lane; Rev, William Tyler, Spitalfields; The Hon.
A. Visschers, Brussels; William Ward, Aylesbury;
Rev. F. G. Williams, Hackney-road; J. G. Williams,
jun., Hackney-road; Shakspere Wood, Edinburgh; Rev.
John Woodwork, Upton, Essex; Rev. T. E. Wycherley,
Tring.

ADDRESS OF THE PEACE CONGRESS TO
TIIE GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE AND
AMERICA.

In the month of September last, a Congress was held
in the city of Brussels, whose great object was to promote
and secure permanent peace among the civilized nations of
the earth, by finding, if possible, an efficient substitute for
the bloody, uncertain, and costly arbitrament of war. The
Congress was composed of numerous individuals, speak-
ing various languages, living under diverse forms of
government, and entertaining different political opinions
and religious convictions, but drawn together by a com-
mon sentiment of humanity, and an ardent desire to pro-
mote the welfare of mankind, by removing the causes
and incentives to war.

The eminent position which you occupy in the councils
of the nations of Europe and America, induces the Con-
gress, of which we are the representatives, to submit to
your serious consideration the great and important
questions which formed the subject of their anxious de-
liberations ; and respectfully, yet earnestly, to invite
your attention to the conclusions at which they arrived.
They will be found embodied in the following resolutions:
Ist. That, in the judgment of this Congress, au appeal
to arms fur the purpose of deciding disputes among
nations, is a castoksa condemned alike by religion, reason,
justice, humanity, and the best interests of the people;
and that, therefore, it considers it to b 3 th.! duty of the
civilized world to adopt measures calculated to effect its
cwire abolition.

21 That it is of the highest importance to urge on
the several Governments of Europe awl America, the
necessity of introducing a clause into all international
treaties, providing for the settlement of all disputes by
arbitration, in an amicable manner, and according to the
rules of justice and equity—special arbitrators, or a
supreme international Court, to be invested with power
to decide in cases of necessity, as a last resort.
3d. Teat the speedy convocation of a Congress of
Nations, composed of duly appointed representatives, for
the purpose of framing a well-digested and authoritative
inter❑ational Code, is of the greatest importance, in-
asmuch as the organization of such s body and the
unanimous adoption of such a Cole, would be an effectual
means of rronsoting universal peace.
4th. That this Congress respectfully calls the attention
of civilised Governments to the necessity of a general
and simultaneous di,o.rinament, as a means whereny they
may greatly diminish the financial burthens which press
upon them ; remove a fertile cruse of irritation and in-
quietude ; inspire mutual confidence ; and promote the
interchange of good offices, which, while they advance
the interests of each state in particular, contribute largely
to the maintenance of general peace, and to the lasting
prosperity of nations.

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These substitutes for war adopted by the Congress re-
quire no arguments to enforce them, for it is evident
that if they be adopted and applied, that terrible scourge
of humanity will cease to afflict and degrade the
ffl
nations.
Few, if any of the wars, which for centuries past have
desolated the earth, can be justified on the ground of
equity, utility, or necessity ; nor can any one of them
be cited whose fearful results are not loudly condemned
by the voice of humanity and religion. The war-spirit
of past generations has loaded most, if not all civilised
nations with enormous debts, paralyzed their industry,
interrupted their commerce, retarded the progress of
science, literature, and art, and created a spirit of jea-
lousy and animosity among the nations which long years
of peace have not been able completely to subdue.
Europe at this moment presents the melancholy spec-
tacle of an " armed peace." Her mighty legions are
ready to take the field; and it is feared that under these
melancholy circumstances a single spark from the torch
of War, may wrap the world in flames : May God
avert so terrible a catastrophe !
The great questions of Peace and War are confided to
the hands of those to whom the government of the na-
tions has been entrusted. Their responsibility is as
great as their power ; and while the Congress would
"rnastly pray that " The God of Peace" may deign to
preside over their councils, it would implore them, in
the name of the dearest interests of humanity, civiliza-
tion, and religion, promptly to adopt the most effective
measures for preventing a return of the horrors of war,
and
for securing to all nations the blessings of a solid
and lasting peace.
The substitution of arbitration for war would be an
immense step towards this object; the principle, and the
means for giving it effect, might be embodied in special
treaties, but the progress et sound political opinions
p eed of the most enlightenedTh
leach still farther.
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should take place, as such
an act, without compromising

the dignity or impairing the strength of governments,
would be the surest gwirantee for the preservation of
general peace, and the advancement of public prosperity.
The Congress is fully aware that the force of circum-
stances, the progress of modern industry and commerce,
the gre%tar facility and frequency of communication bc-
twer,n the nations, the diffusion of knowledge, and the
more elevated sentiments of humanity and religion, all
tend to prevent the recurrence of war; but it is not less
assured that it remains with the governments of the
civilised world to put an end to that fatal and sanguinary
custom, by adopting those wise and necessary measures
which shall lead to so happy a result.
In submitting to statesmen the recommendations em-
bodied in the resolutions, the Congress entertain a just
and legitimate confidence that they will not be disre-
garded; and that the Governments of Europe and
America,:animated by an ardent and sincere desire to
promote the welfare of the great commonwealth of na•
tions, will determine as in the performance of a sacred
duty, to give them a practical application, and thus aid
in securing the peace of the world.
AUGUSTE VISSCHERS, Belgium President.
WILLIAM EIVART, England
ELIHU BUHEITT, Uni:ed States
FRANCISQUE BOUVET, France Vice Presidents.
SURINGAR, Holland

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Peter Felton, a man who has the appearance of a
farmer, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with having attempted to steal two horses, the property
of Mr. Wood, livery stablekeeper, of Camomile-streee
This was one of a great number of attempts to plunder
the prosecutor, who, upon finding what the object of the
prisoner was, took him into custody himself without any
ceremony, notwithstanding the repeated assurances of
the fellow that there was a mistake committed as to his
integrity.
Mr. Wood's statement was briefly to the following
effect:—The prisoner called at Mr. Wood's premises on
Thursday, for the purpose of looking at a couple of car-
riage horses. He had a few weeks before made his ap-
pearance at the stables, and said he was badly off; and
Mr. Wood, although not at all acquainted with him, gave
him a shilling from mere compassion. In applying to
Mr. Wood, the prisoner referred to that instance of libe-
rality, arid said, "As you did me a good turn, I am
going to do you one. 1 have got the situation of farmer
and bailiff to Lady Clinton, in Barkway, in Hertford-
shire, and as her ladyship is in want of a couple of
good horses, I have recommended you as a dealer." Mr.
Wood asked him what sort of horses, and he said a
pair of light ones. In the course of conversation Mr.
Wood's experience enabled him to detect the rogue
under this disguise of gratitude, and having put se-
veral questions to the prisoner which rather confounded
the customer, proposed to call at the town house of
Lady Clinton on the subject, and afterwards to write to
her Ladyship. Neither of these propositions being at
all palatable to the prisoner, Mr. Wood said to him,
there not being the least doubt of his intention to steal
the horses, " What a base villain you must be to want
to rob me of my property." Upon being conveyed to the
station-house, the prisoner not only persevered in his
false representation, but was excessively abusive to the
complainant, and addressed him in the coarsest and
tmoosrteofeffr the
ensivemlaanttgeuratgo the
language, irtdwmyasacoenr.sidered advisable
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he
wished to say anything?
The prisoner said that all he should say might be used
to his prejudice if his prosecutor pleased. He then said
that he ought to go down on his knees for pardon to Mr.
Wood for having made such an attempt to impose upon
him; but he hoped for forgiveness, when it was known
that his skull had been fractured by an accident on a
railway, upon an occasion when the engineer was killed,
and that whenever he drunk spirits he was wholly des-
titute of reason, and would not hesitate to commit any
violence. lie admitted that he was not in the service of
Lady Clinton, and that he had not been commissioned
by her Ladyship to purchase the horses. He said that
he had been drinking several glasses of gin just before
he saw Mr. Wood, and that what he said and did was
entirely dictated by the delusion arising from the cursed
lush.
The Loan MAYOR—You seem to have managed this
business very ingeniously for a man out of his senses.
ba
iliff.
The her service ?
Have you ever been in the service of Lady Clinton?
Prisoner—About eleven or twelve years ago I was in her
Ladyship's
LOAD serviceMAYOß—Why a aa— farmerW h y
e
Prisoner—l married while in her Ladyship's service, and
my wife wished to have a house of her own, so I took a
house and gave 2,0001. for it, and I afterwards sold it
oeo aidand youbaili
for 600/.
The LORD MAYOR—Was the 2,0001. your own
money? Prisoner--It was ; I saved it in service.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the prisoner till
Tuesday, and I dare say we shall hear something from
Lady Clinton about him in the meantime.
William Legg, who was a few days ago charged with
having married Dinah Rowe, his first wife being alive,
was brought up for final examination.
Henry Payne, of Eldon-terrace, Southampton, tailor,
stated that he was present when the prisoner, on the
20th of September, 1839, was married to Sophia Parker,
in the parish church of St. Michael's, Southampton. He
was one of the subscribing witnesses to the ceremony,
and had subsequently visited the married couple at Bit-
tern, near Southampton, and he had seen the prisoner's
wife that day.
Dinah Rowe said that she had known the prisoner
eighteen months, and had married him on the 3d of last
July, and lived with him until she heard of his former
marriage.
Mr. Wontner submitted that there were several cir-
cumstances of extenuation in the case. In the first
place, he had been, when a mere boy, inveigled into a
union with a woman considerably his senior, and her
jealousy had caused a separation. Having then become
a butler in ,the family of the late Sir William Curtis,
who had died in his arms, he soon aftewards was engaged
in a family in whose service Dinah Rowe lived. The
marriage arose out of that acquaintance, and was actually
entered into by the prisoner as a sort of amends for the
dangerous intimacy which took place between him and
that young woman. The evidence could not be resisted,
but it was to be hoped that the Lord Mayor would take
bail for the prisoner's appearance.
The LORD MAYOR said the circumstances just stated
might go to a jury, but he certainly could not take bail ;
and upon learning that the prisoner's wife had three
children, and had been allowed no more than ss. a week
by the prisoner for the support of the whole family,
stated that he could see no extenuating circumstances at
all in the case.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
BOW-STREET,
William Frederick Howe, a clerk, appeared upon a
summons to answer a complaint preferred against him
for having unlawfully forged the signature of Mr.
Charles Mathews to a certain order of admission to the
pit of the Lyceum Theatre, with intent to defraud him.
The defendant pleaded guilty.
Mr. Lewis attended to support the charge, which _he
reminded the Court was an indictable offence.
t (
admitted
A constable of the A division produced an order
which he received on the 26th ult. from the check-
kr of the pit entrance,vinngcptireaactiendn ihtadtobetehne
defendant, he went to him at the Bedford-chambers, and
hea not
only ht the order having
i
written by him, but that he had also written two or
three dozen for the Adelphi Theatre, which he presented
to his acquaintances for a lark, but without any intention
to defraud.
Mr. Wilmot, the check-taker, said that during the
rush on the evening of the 26th the order was presented,
and from the answer given to his questions the forgery
was traced to the defendant. There were no orders
granted for the pit, and the signature to the one pro-
duced bore no resemblance to Mr. Mathews' hand-
writing,
The defendant assured the Court that he never con-
templated any fraud, and he wrote the order simply for
the purpose of enjoying a lark at the expense of his
friends, under the impression that, as a matter of course,
it would be rejected, and in proof of it the matter was
the subject of conversation on board a steamer coming
from Greenwich the day before it was admitted.
Mr. JARDINE said that it was certainly playingg
with
edged tools, and although it might appear that no fraudhewsto
was really intended, it would be for Mr. Mat
determine if he would prosecute the charge at the
sessions.
Mr. Lewis—And the defendant might also be held to
bail to be of good behaviour.
Mr. JARDINE expressed a hope that such a course
to
would be quite sufficient, and ordered the defendant
enter into his own recognizinces 4sn the sum of 50/, to
be of good behaviour for the next six months.
CLERKEN WELL.
Mr. Herring, the owner
of menagerie in the New-
the instance of the
road, appeared to a summons,
at
parish authorities of St. Pancras, for a nuisance.
The menagerie, it appeared, had existed for many
years past, and the noxious smells arising therefrom had
seriously affected the neighbours, who
now complained
of the nuisance.
had
Mr. Skelding, surgeon, examined the premises,
and &C.
and said that the pens in which the animals, ' were
,
kept, the walls, and the earth, were saturated with
filth, so as to be highly dangerous to the health of the
inhabitants.
Mr. Tettwurre, complimented the parish authorities
for taking up the matter, and ho adjourned the case
until Thursday next, for the purpose of having the pre-
mises purified, and the nuisance complained of entirely
removed, or ho would certainly make his order that the
parish should remove it.

Tan ARMY IN IRELAND.—The following is an
official return of the troops in Ireland for the present
month:-Ist Dragoon Guards, Cahir; 6th ditto, Dublin;
2d Dragoons, Longford; 4th Light Dragoons, Athlone;
Gth ditto, Dublin ; 7th Hussars, Nevvbridge ; Bth Hus-
sars, Newbridge; 12th Lancers, Cork; 13th Light Dra-
goons, Dundalk ; 17th Lancers, Dublin ; Ist Foot 2d
battalion, Dublin; 2d Foot, Dublin; 3d Buffs, Limerick;
sth Reserve Battalion, Fermoy ; 7th, Youghal ; 9th,
Newry; 13th, Belfast; 26th, Cork; 31st, Athlone; 35th,
Mullingar; 40th, Dublin; 41st, Buttevant; 43d, Tem-
plemore: 47th, Limerick; 48th, Dublin; 49th, Temple-
more; 55th, Dublin; 57th, Enniskillen; 59th, Parsons-
town; 60th Rifles, 2d battalion, Dublin; 64th, Clonmel;
68th, Gal
--waY; 70th, Cork; 71st, Naas; 74th, Dublin;
75th, Kdkenay; 83d Fertnoy; 85th, Waterford; 89th,
Parsonstown; 92d, Limerick. In addition, there are the
depot companns of the 19th Foot, Castlebar; 34th, Ne-
nagh; 38th, Boyle; 66th, Kinsale; 73d, Fermoy; 79th,
Mullingar; 88th,Tralee; detachments of the Royal Ar-
tillery, Royal Marines, Royal Engineers, armed pen-
sioners, and armed policemen, making in all about
38,000 men, Some of the regiments above mentioned
will shortly go on foreign duty, so that a considerable
decrease of the military stationed in Ireland must follow,
but, to counteract this, it is expected that there will be
a considerable increase of constabulary force,

the Court, Liverpool—F. Berner, West Kirby and Bir-
kenhead, tea dealer, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court
Liverpool—W. I). Scurfield, Liverpool, slut wlman, Nov.
28, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Roberts and
W. H. Rot erts, Liverpool, ironmongers, Nov. 28, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. 6Stockdale, Liver-
pool, soap manufacturer, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—S. Dethick and T. R. Kay, Newton Heath,
Lancashire, common brewers, Nov. 29, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—S. Dethick, Newton Heath, Lan-
cashire, common brewer, Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—J. Harper, Dudley, and elsewhere, mercer,
Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Whit-
worth, Manchester, corn factor, Nov. 24, at eleven, at the
Court, Manchester—J. J. Ferens and R. Ferens, Dur-
ham, drapers, Nov. 28, at half-past ten, at the Court,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. Higginson and It. Deane, Liverp 01, merchants,
2s. 3d., on any Thursday between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, L'verpool.
J. Brown, Manchester, carpet dealer, Bd., o'r Tue•day,
Nov. 14, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the h• urs
of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchster,
J. B. Hayward, Manchester, bookseller, 4id ,
Tuesday, Nov. 14, or any subsequent Tuesday, betwr en
the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-4treet.
J. Clark, Liquorpond-street, bu lder. Nov. 27, at
twelve—J. Miller, Oxford-str.-et, b )ttk eller, Nov. 28,
at eleven—H. Carpenter, Cranbourn-strt et, Leicester-
square, oil merchant, Nov. 25, at twelve—J. Barrett.
Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-road, licens d victualler,
Nov. 25, at half-past eleven.

- In the Country.
T. Browne, Amble-hou e, Northumberland, ship
owner, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court, Neweastle-upol-
Tyne—G. Schofield, Halifax, Yorkshire, manufacturer,
Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. G. Benson
and N. Kinsman, Leeds, drapers, Nov. 27, at twelve, at
the Court, Leeds.
At the Court of Review, Nov. 24.
_

H. Boydell, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, timber mer-
chant—W. Babb, Tavistock, Devonshire, plumber—W.
Dyne, Rochester-terrace, High-street, Stoke Newington,
corn. dealer—F. H. Bendel', Torquay, Devonshire,
builder—E. Hall, Manchester, packer, and Sialeybriige,
innkeeper—J. Burton, Taunton, coach proprietor—T.
Jobling, High Conside, Durham, draper—C. Wand,
New Bond-street, cook and confeciiuner—B. H. Watson,
Eldon place, Vauxhall, manufacturing chemist.
PAR TICERS HI PS DISSOLVED.

R. C. Richards and 11. Rogers, Kirkham, Lancashire,
coal merchants—C. Kay and S. Duck ers, Manchester,
builders—W. Shackell, T. Lyons, and F. H. Edwards,
Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, printing-ink manufacturers
(so far as regards the said W. Shackell)—J. Rigg, T.
Wakefield, and H. Rigg, Old Broad-street, silk mercers
(so far as regards the said T. Wakefield)—C. Garner
and S. Garner, Queen• street, Cheapside—O. Lemon and
G. Hare, Drury-lane—W. Howse and W. E. Gorringe,
Titchborne-street, Westminster, ehemitts—W. Dal-
gliesh and R. D. Reeves, Liverpool, wine merchants—
Elisabeth Peters and 11. Forrester, Orange-street,
Bloomsbury, glovers—N. Crooke, H. Crooke, and A. A.
Crooke, Liverpool and Calcutta, merchants—l. J. Moller,
N. Hess, and J. Alexander, Manchester, commission
agents (so far as regards the said I. J. Moller)—Mary
Evans and Evan Jones, Ruthin, Denbighshire, woollen-
drapers—F. Bays and A. Bays, Blackfriars road, cheese-
mongers—ll. C. Marshall and G. Smith, Regent street,
Waterloo place, auctioneers—J. Nixon and T. Marshall,
Crookes, Yorkshire, quarrymen—E. C. Holmes and J.
J. Holmes, Gloucester, ship brokers—T. Brooke and J.
Hatfield, Doncaster, booksellers—W. Holmes, G.
Holmes, and H. Holmes, Derby, ironmongers (so far as
regards the said W. Holmes)—T. Craddock, J. Muscott,
and R. E. Hodges, Birmingham, engineers (so far as re-
gards the said J. Muscott)—J. Jaffray and A. Smithers,
Great St. Helen's, ship brokers—W. Fenwick and T.
Lawrence, George-street and James-street, Westminster,
smiths—T. Teed, jun., and J. Hurts, Gedney-hill, Lin-
colnshire, millers—T. Dunnett, Princes-street, Rother-
hithe, and J. Howard, Manningtree, Essex, traders.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

William Woolliston, Birmingham, pearl button maker.
Henrietta Carter, Newark-upon-Trent, milliner.
George Simco, mberton, Buckinghamshire, blacksmith.
John C. Allardyce, Whickham, Durham, bookbinder.
George Davison, Gateshead, publican.
William Smith, Gateshead, flint glass manufacturer,
William Young, Blaydon, Durham, dealer in gunbowder.
Mary Hill,Sidmouth, Devonshire, milliner.

James Gould, Sidbury, Devonshire, innkeeper.
John M. Smeltem, Winlaton, Durham, grocer.
James Stephenson, Bury, Lancashire, tailor.
Benjamin Hanson, Birmingham, manufacturer's clerk.
William Powell, Balsall-heath, Worcestershire, cord-
wainer.
Elizabeth Sharpe, Hudderfield, confectioner.
. . .

John B. Naylor, Keighley, Yorkshire, bookkeeper.
Joseph Bothomley, Newport, Monmouthshire, attorney's
clerk.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

J. Grieve, Edinburgh, Cattle dealer, to meet within
Dalgleish and Forrest's Sale-room, Edinburgh, Nov. 7
and 28, at two.

J. Ogilvy, Aberdeen, baker, to meet within the
Lemon-tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Nov. 9 and 30, at two.
D. Little and J. Heslop, New Cumnock, Ayrshire,
contractors and merchants, to meet within the Commer-
cial Hotel, Ayr, Nov. 8 and 29, at one.