The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

THE SIJN,

13 J':lha's, New Brunswick; Sandusky, New
t„lvu,. New Orleans; Georgia, Savannah;
Jhn's, New Brunswiek-; /Inna akR,
ipsi; it,e,"fterhie, Q4eleic. Sid. John Mathie, Cal-
'ra "rd Cob: en, h, • Mars Africa; ny,
bPI, Cruz, ina `j3.'
yoLla8; Eli Near Orleans; James Carson, New
kt' Mobil-, E. C. Scranton, New
Caniana, Callao ; Elizabeth Bricer, taky.
'AtT ElTS.—(rilis DAY.)

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AN GE ,-(F R I D AY ~)
1, ritig t,
''at ue prcsent week the arrivals of English
,"14) i„P tr-' (lr
soio .serea„o market COsstwise have been somewhat
ip iy rroo, , , they having exceeded 2,300 quarters,
s,,l4lo;day bylV, nd in middling condition, Fresh
/4t ow cf o carriage the supply was small ;. hpicde
00 t k,5a1331)1, 8 of both rei and white was !unite .
kmt4t4, .ulai cff wheat of home produce the demand
(kivd. P,1„4,e11'43; yet Mot.clay's prices were well sup-
h.:looY 2 l'°rward delivery next to nothing was doing.
itd.s_ 6:loll,,auteLrs of Foreign Wheat have been re-
hrsr, r heavy samples were scarce,. and quito
ti,ti,ttoll:atly lititt,tebrousiicindelsisrg
waasnd
annfesraico.red.kindl;oactoirnng-
tri
lii,lll.t. att' Pulkh Odessa sold for Dutch ac-
-411
1'
both 11, 61 per qoarter, all charges included.
kit It'll sn 1'11313. and foreign Barley WO were season-
-144 tvrell Ppued. Fine malting parcels commanded
kir! t )6". bat grinding and distilling sorts were
Vict°(d vilrehase In Malt very little business was
.4
"e"
. firm ' their demands. We
bt,t very
slow
actors were in .
tkeßoed °lv sale for 0...t5, the arrivals of which
1.1411i11P4 esP`ci•4lly from Ireland; and in some in-
gr'll r4reelt• were 6 1 cheaper. Beans, Peas, and
14%t: °'ll 4 till; but Flour WAS quite as dear as on
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
4,.. 1 Wheat. Barley. '
5'411.. -117• Qrs. Q 1 QM
44t;'. 2,.i40 41mi 1, :,,s6 1 770
.
' 10,060
it
200 „ r 1,680 sks
2,620 1 8,8" 1 2,92 his.
41.14 i 4/44 SIVUTELFZEX.II.
Si L 404, ,i °I Beasts, fresh up to-day, were seas.on-
Y Zreft,,,,' xv 700 Short-horns, from Lincolnshire,
`TO 48 5.1,(1 Devons, from 'the Western counties,
kit
,ItsiLb°,,, from Scotland. The attendance of
;011 it42l° means extrusive, whilst the Beef trade
Likiki y jtlve, at Monday's quotations. Although
IN: itt d both English and foreign Sheep was
til41:140,Z„411(1 for that description of stock was
II 416 "aye no, decline to notice in value. The
*,,tewns realized 4s. 41. per 8 lbs, We had a
it -le f°r Calves, the number of which were
It . 448 t
it, No d , weeks currency. In Pigs, next. to
'Lk t„t)lng• Mileh Cows were very dull in sale,
1/4,. • ""
181 each, including the small calf.
14;71448te
el'r sibs, to sink the offal.
a. d. to s. d
li
LPit'tki t: 411 .:. " :It° '23. '4l . Inferior Sheep ••.. 2 10 8 0
14 S14%1:: a 2 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 a 8 v
3 6 Cparse-IN °oiled ditto 3 10 4 6
15i4t1%)1144%.1 it ;., -
.;41.1e; 32 18/ 310 Southdown Wetheri4 '
C 4 o.`e
. a 6
33 8
Large tt
Hogst o th.o.7. 0. 0.
20
640 043
640
i '''• .... : • 1„8 0 20 0 Small Porkers •••. 3 8 310
.1414, • 't,,„' 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0
11, '
TOT
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I ~9 1
I Sh2co. I Calves. I Pigs.
ittAitk 2,200 I 94 I 280
Ilk 1 SCOTCH.
'• Ili,' I '"eeP. 1 Calves.
..... I
"a
100 ' 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Cl 4
I Bh"P. I Calves. Pigs.
860
Ik A ,(11,14. 40
.14:,Zilltral
(11123 ALTD LEADENHILIM.
errand was inactive, on the following

Malt. ; Oats.

Flour.

Sacks
990

S'
\ 14;itilot... I. a. to e-ed.by
\ L4llO. At per atone
the carcase.
c d. to s. O.
k)4llltr:qiirett::: ? 22 6 Mutton, inferior •• 2 6 210
middling.. 3 6 3 6
'0.4.44411: 8 210 prime •••• 3 8 810
i .... .-23 4 ' P rli 1arge........ 2 4 8 6
Zkitil o-i,"10..it. ra2 „"" a 8 ° 'small -•• .... 2 8 810
(lb Zo% the ---•3 GU ZiOP DICIS.U3LET.
lA, .Pa, I,r,e is 'less activity in the demand for all
lillse are 61:' , week's prices are well supported.
0. tel (1001 p ''cl at full quotations. The show of
Vest b.6lB6lrativelY small. New Sussex Pockets,
01Ottit: oPew Kent, 618 s to 81; Golding, Mid
kt° 121 ; Yearlings, 41 15s to 5188;
ttltiltfit ° 31. 15s per cwt.
*--Ille coZeoesretztais.
etio:hae fornarket has been firmer for the best
li% la, bas br the inferior descriptions. British
iktri
owedtotb_ole teee° steady. Barbadoes, by auction,
10,
andi‘ittot.44',, 33s 61 to 36s for ord and mid grainy
14,447114'14%27s taken in at 31s for low yellow,
hillti‘l:tllt° 44, to t°l' mid yellow. Demerara crystal-
. Le
4: to 33,r fine yellow, 34s to 36s for low to
6, . for brown, being 6d decline on the
OS 4kt Lied Bole
Lek 1,, Ps. - at 43s to 48s for low to fine
L,Vek,t4.1td,711,14. Sal
1,16,14,, * a 7" °f Mauritius, privately, have
!to, lel, limited extent, at barely previous
,111„te 1,111 nearly all sold that was offered by
41:481:11Yers'''° bags, at a slight advan-
Nelit "Is go- 1 good and fine grainy yellow at
ki 4144814°d brown at 303 to 30t 6d, low and mid
y 4,4 to 3, 34,4 6d to 36s good to fine Mauritius
Q't4Pelloes"' (4,1 and low' ditto at 28s to 29s 6d,
Otl4 bro4bt 5-s 2d to 283. Madras declined 6d
ett a% town
25 beta 2is 6d to 23s 6d, and ord to good
114.104140,,awaibi:eish63 iii:LiaPv7l,:nn good yellow. has 03w3 .s
been to
o 36
'lost d f oa
rt
1,1 "4.-...y' "d 293 € j for- 11
i:11:1.414R1',,(1* iiCar I°W to mid wanadshgeood, at 34s to 358
nib:4,ooo e 4 yellow was taken in at 34e 6d to 355.
ftiot)..icl browEiltits, was taken in at 27s to 28s 6d for
kolli 10* °4l bron, and at 32s 6d for clayed brown.
4,141(1„ trey to °fr.' to good dark was taken in at 28s
toitptt.e.tee 004 raid yellow at 30s 64 to 33s 6d, and
IttlY it, ',The e t'ocery at 34s to 3.5 s per cwt.
8°14% ,traitetroaand has rather increased, and the
k)1111106,8s 61; Native Ceylon has been sold by
keit e4l'll 42;1391 for low ord, and 40 for good ord,
~ Neil% has has been asked for the latter. Plan-
re,,,, 0„t 56, t been dearer, good to fine has
t'ti,N,:', et 44° 638, low mid and mid at 47s to 575,
L'l4"4obert3 to 463, triage at 32s 6d to 433 and
LNlstc,''r good
503 to 64s Jamaica has realised
1,04t0, ity -)`' and fine or.d, crud Cuba 55s to 61s
lit, !op (' 70s. .ate fine marks of Ceylon were taken
Nl‘ll,4°tt,_ atlettthr partly found buyers at 38s
1itij0t,,....it4:3, an Mangalore
ord. Madras ord sound was
0 ;4tl ord his rtic angaiOr.e good ord at 435.
.s.
1 4410 Iliad ru. 0 has slightly tended downward
a tkk,„ 444- i.d grey has been taken in at 34s to
ctlt't "16 gt ,IZld red at 40s t 45*. Grenada has
Ilitql`•141,
(1'45 64 to 36s 6d foro mid to good.
t!i. (51,1" sad ~,Ind has been brisk, at fuller rates.
klet`t4iStlras-ild white 9s 6d to lOs and good lOs to
pitl4ts('l'isn " raid pinky 8s per cwt.
Lti re' t° SI elat° has declined, mid even has been
i'lti Id t id'
Aa. ' ' i 01% 0 good ?bite Pepper has been in good re-
'N,P,oh °gee has old Penang at Cid to Bid per lb.
Vqt 2 211 2,1 , been quiet• Nutmegs are lower,
/1041114+kt° 2, 11
(:.,._51,. and 10. w ls. 8d to 2s. Mace
" 4 t........ r mid.
Vkw '4 suititngal ord 121 to gi per cent. refrac-
otl iteo,t at 24s to 250 4
l(!tiLtOwlaitolsB,2l';';'l3ericauda.has realised Is ld, afnd
eh•rotcsee Per lb,
sle -e Pearl Sago 16f to 16s 6d or
tt!k:l4 tt; here has been a slight reduction in prices,
141,,NIl1111,g•
set •ase - Mari.
al it, 4 sale, .et has.been inactive, but holders have
AIN 1i'.,..11 v.'
4ti 1014 't•e• is 368 9d to 37s per cent. for old on
It, ttti 414 et.
ktikiti'l• 4,j--he market has been well supplied
seifto aq, Terceiralsf Oranges have been received from
• 11tt tok tht , I,
h A o ' Yl St. Übes and Oporto:
Itltt4l4lllt-e he z'es have be'en landed in bad condition,
Iti Al fokii47Y gales experienced there, which pre-
kttpall Ttee:ig °I the vessels. Two cargoes St. Mi-
S,ltisa ttt pnbir, and one from Fayal, sold by heeling
VII b‘liti 0,,1,e, sale, realized prices proportionate to
Notl-t' 11;4"tY. Lemons are scarce, but largo
et liell-z,e,4Pected. Nuts of all kinds, with the
k us are in demand.
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' 811,44 1, ~,-, •' -uilt.-(T HIS DAY.)
kikillt an
ts-11.11ISTIAN V. lIORWOOD.
4ti,q, Ifl Ittld.,et!9ll to recover the sum of 801. for
! VII ,11,0114,"Ivered,
Ittltt rir. q "d Mr. Cowling appeared for the plain-
44,P.hge tiffrfeoivood and Mr. Power conducted the
;NI Vit:hta'v/le!.
sl,,,ttet, 1.11. e,,10 his opening address, said the plain-
-1/4‘41 On vvutistian and ltathbone, were extensive
ti Alt se br lginore-street C- di, h-. uare and the
(P
11 "ght a • ' "Yen
-q
' 1,0 lb ON() , against Mr. Herwood, a solicitor,
tiltitNi etatt °°, his wife, for the cost of goods sup-
-441:11t ill 14;eprevious to her marriage. The plain-
t del)' 414 ol a'
Clothing, and in 1846 a lady came to
NI, ph.lopiht, rdered a considerable quantity of goods
lilli`i'Qekie,`l,°° for her wedding outfit. She gave the
Si' 4,‘Phati, 4413 s and said she lived in Stockwell-
tatt,4teoect -r2ad• This lady, ho should prove, was
tot4thr 0f a' 41° present defendant. She was the
toil !kit, ,tiebtradeaman of large property, a Mr.
It 41 13 el, rated chronometer' maker, in Cornhill,
t .1 setb
,ki,105",11e fu ' In 1842, she came into possession of a
'ttiN,rtitr, jt"e• The goods were supplied accord-
SI, th 4„!, thetlit.,°ll application being made shortly
'SAW' lilt- 'auy could not be found, and it was only
to svat eitttlylaintiffs succeeded in discovering that
It t 6 ' ref " Mr. Boxwood. This gentleman,
ati e prose used t
:Ss ett e, ° pay the debt, and his defence
el ‘l,a, iefa-' action was, that Miss French
140 til'ehase-Lit and under' age at the time
kti 14014 rue ti .!.h.° goods. To this the plaintiffs
de_thal,l to iirtteles supplied were necessary to her
ki„,,,, The defendant denied that they were,
111411 fit
aw_otild have to determine whether a wed-
tt Y i',illady 41: Part of the necessary requirements of a
lb tee 41. a °llt to he married. If the law allowed a
ej fartte%'r,to, marry, it would hardly be so absurd
Zolt. .€'4Willerhialtiking a contract for the purchase of
fill
is 4 'll4''3 were needed at such an important
ott a. *43 th .
1/44, tro111 OF tk Ell given in proof of the above facts. 1
thi, hel whitci de given
Mr. French was put in evi-
., Ziesiset le,,oonn, it appeared that his property, which
1 Vt. qof wh0,.."1., was left in t qual shit-es to his four
' Si:Of tilllakiw"aMra. Tlorwood was one.
be 040 defend D, in the course of his address on the
14444 enf4thinant-, said Mr. Ilorwood had never re-
he 74iti;"tcl
is ]e
cf
the fortune left to his wife, and
tltZt,, t ve in , present action, because he considers d
%lltt thitil'i?easia,47nor in common. honour or honesty
~,t a,,,ulf v„_" fur the debt.. There could be no
Is4he 'it. arita:lelia married a lady, he took with her
ores, e.411,,,g 8, etISU the debts she owed.
lil ft BAlio
tkr, r. qs-augh 14---Yes, he takes her for bettor or
kshz, litt,, vr.)
t,ter ',woo/3 •
t_ .am tir aid the other advantages were for
vil „oe debts for the worse.-(Laughter.)
4"4 tine the debt WU illQUrred, bad
i

only just left school, and was about nineteen years of
age. She was then living with her brother, Mr. John
French, and when she ordered the goods she told the
plaintiff that her brother would pay for them, and the
conduct of the plaintiff clearly showed that they had
treated him as the only person responsible for the debt.
Mr. John French subsequently got into difficulties, and
went abroad, where he died, and the plaintiff not being
able to proceed against him, had endeavoured to fix Mr.
Horwood with the debt. Miss French's linen was all
marked "A. E. Horwood," and the plaintiffs must,
therefore, have been well aware of the name of her in-
tended husband, and it was somawhat extraordinary
that though Mr. Horwood's address could easily be
found in the Law List, no application was made to him
for the money until 1850, a period of more than three
years after the goods were purchased.
Mrs. Horwood was then called, and she said she dis-
tinctly told the shopwoman to send the bills to her
brother, who would pay the amount. lie had made her
a present of the outfit.
Mr. Horwood said neither he nor any one of Mr.
French's family had received any share of the deceased's
property, in cons( quenco of a Chancery suit having been
instiiuted. The estate was nearly swallowed up with
trade debts, which were very large, but there was a pros-
pect of some portion of the property being divided. Ile
did not hear of the plaintiff's claim until Sept. 1849.
Mr. HUDIFREY replied.
The CHIEF BARON having summed up the evidence,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 80/., the
amount claimed.

BOW-STREET-4THIS DAY.)
Harriet Stone, aged 19, was charged before Mr. Henry
with attempting to pass bad money, at a hosier's house
yestf relay. When she was taken into custody she stated
that she was servant to Mr. Winter (Spring), of the Cas-
tle Tavern, Holborn. Inquiry was made of her master,
when it appeared that she was in Mr. Winter's service,
and had in the morning obtained leave to go out; but
that in her absence, in cmsequence of some suspicions,
her master canted her room to be examined, and found
concealed some articles which had been long missing.
Ocher servants had occasionally been suspected from
time to time, whilst the prisoner was in the service, of
stealing numerous articles, such as a silver fish knife.
silver spoons and forks, umbrellas and great coats be-
longing to gentlemen who were stopping at the house.
There was now reason to suppose that some of these
goods could be traced to the prisoner if time were given
to the constables.
She was accordingly remanded for a week.
A young man named George Wave this morning gave
himself into custody to police-constable Patrick Mal-
here, et the station-house in Bow-street, confessing that
ho had robbed his master, M.-Vittorio Nastaglio, in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of sundry sums of money re-
ceived on his account, and amounting to upwards of
thirty pounds. He was remanded to Tuesday next.

LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH.
The following anecdotes of Louis the Eighteenth,
when at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, with the
French Royal Family, during their exile in England,
are from the Gentleman's Magazine :
"Here King Louis the Eighteenth led so retired a life
that little was known of him beyond the limits of the
mansion. Whenever he met any person in the grounds
he always returned their salute by taking off his hat, and
he would often hold a light conversation in tolerably good
English; and to one gentleman he pointed out with much
pleasantry that each side of the great doorway of Hart-
well House bore a Fleur-de-lis in the old carving, as if
in anticipation of his coming.' The style in which he
lived was unostentatious, and very suitable to the rank
he held of `Count.'
" His Majesty's family and suite, about twenty-five in
number, generally dined together in the large dining
room, and once in about three weeks the inhabitants of
the adjacent parts were allowed to walk round the table
during the repast, entering at one door, and returning
by another, in conformity with the custom of the old
French Court. The regular drawing-room being
occupied by the Prince and Princess do Conde
on their visits, the library was used as its sub-
stitute, with the King's sofa raised on a little
dais or eminence; and here be used to hold small
levees and see company. But his Majesty's own rooms
were the study and the adjoining strong closet next the
portico of the southern front.
" When Louis was troubled with the gout mass was
celebrated in the dining-room, the ' altar' being placed
at the east end, and here occurred one of the gravest
incidents of his eventful life.
"On Lady-day, 25th March, 1814, the Royal Family
were at prayers, and Madame Govet, an English lady,
married to one of the Royal suite, was seated near the
middle window, which commands a view of the road
leading to the lodge, on a sudden she perceived two
post-chaises, each drawn by four horses, rapidly.are-
preaching the house, with white flags displayed, a sight
which provoked an exclamation from her in spite of the
general solemnity of the room. The carriages contained
certain deputies from Bordeaux, who brought intelligence
that the Due d'Angouleme had entered that city with
Marshal Beresford's division of,the British army, which
had been received with enthusiasm, that the white
cockade was displayed, and that Louis the Eighteenth
was proclaimed. Hardly was this excitement occasioned
by the most joyous tidings moderated ere Captain
Slaughter, K. 11., of the Royal Navy, conducted in
person to his Majesty another party of deputies,
whom ho received elf Dunkirk, on board the Archer
sloop of war, he commanded, and charged to solicit the
exile to return and take possession of his throne and
kingdom. These gentlemen were ushered into the
library, and the King there signed the celebrated docu-
ment, said to have been suggested by the supple Talley-
rand, stating that he accepted and would observe the
constitution of France. The Rev. Mr. King, uho
happened to b" present at the ceremony, preserved the
pen with which the signature was written, and has since
placed it among the memorabilia in Dr. Leo's Museum,
where it now remains."

THE SHOE BLACK BRIGADE.
This brigade, which was established previous to the
opening of the Exhibition, not upon a war footing, but
for the purpose of cleaning the boots and shoes of the
many parties who might visit us during the stirring sea-
son of the Exhibition, has now ben considerably cur-
tailed in numbers. In the months of April last, when
first established, it cnnsisted of 63 boys, provided by
the prcmoters of the Ragged School Union. The num-
ber, however, has now been reduced to 30, and it may
be satisfactory to know, that the earnings of these boys,
for blacking shoes, from the month of April to the close
of the Exhibition, amounted to nearly 600/. Several
of
of
them earned as much as 6s. and 7s. per day. One
them saved as much as paid for his outfit to enable him
to emigrate. It is the intention of the committee of the
union to set ageing another gang of boys, under heir
care, to be called " Mercury Boys," whose business, in
plain terms, will be to run messages for such as may em-
ploy them. They also intend to employ another set,
called a " Brass Band" (not the Pope's), for the purpose
of cleaning door knockers and brass plates. These are
all legitimate callings, and it must be gratifying to see
so many boys, Rho otherwise would be prowling about
the streets as thieves and vagabonds, earning an honest
living by following them out.

LEADER ON TUE LAST FRENCH REVOLUTION.—_
Louis Napoleon is a schoolmaster, who, finding that Young
France has got his sum all wrong, hat made him rub it clean
out and begin it over again.—Punch.
SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—Yesterday
a general court of the governors of this institution was held
at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, the Rev. J. Evans
in the chair. The report stated that since the opening of
the institution in December, 1799, it had answered the most
sanguine expectations of its promoters, both in the encou-
ragement it had received from the public and in the results
which had been produced. Upwards of 450 persons had
been returned to their families able in most instances to earn
a livelihood, or at least some considerable portion of it. The
number of pupils had gradually increased from 15 males to
upWarLls of 150 of both sexes. The receipts fur the past six
months had amounted to 3,4271. Some routine business
having been transacted the meeting separated.
SINGULAR BEETLES.—The forests of oaks in the
district of Montona, near Trieste, have of late been infested
by an extremely small beetle, which pierces an infinity of
small holes in trees to the very centre, and renders them unfit
for any other use than that of fuel. The damage already
done is estimated at several million florins, and it is not
I known how it can be checked.—French Paper.
A LovE SONG.—l've seen her out a walking, in
her habit de la rue; and it aint no use a talking, she's
pumpkins and a few. She glides along in beauty, like a
duck upon a lake. 0, I'd be all love and duty, if I only was
her drake.—/Vew York Express.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT. --- Yesterday morning,
shortly after eleven o'clock, as a respectably-dressed woman
was crossing Ludgate-hill, near the end of Farringdon-
street, she was knocked . down by the pole of a Bayswater
e 1 passingsh e
was
aosv eirmhme re
dai
an
tele
lcyo vceorn
state.i nv ge y tehd e
tpoa vset-.
momenntibwusiththbe hlowode.
Bartholomew's Hospital in an apparently dying
THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT DARTFORD.—
Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, the
Coroner for West Kent, resumed at the Dartford Union the
adjourned inquest on the bodies of Christopher Hoggart,
William Harrison, Thomas Nash, Joseph Loft,
t,James Gold-
smith, Sarah Goodeve, and Ann Brown, the seven unfortunate
persons who lost their lives by an explosion, which occurred
on Tuesday week, in the premises of Mr. E. Callow, a blast-
ing rocket-manufacturer, of Joyce's-green. The investiga-
tion lasted upwards of six hours. After a lengthened con-
sultation, the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased
lost their lives from an accidental extlosion of blasting
powder in the premises of Mr. E. Callow ;" and added,
" that they were unanimously of opinion that gross careless-
ness had been displayed on the part of Mr. E. Callow in
suffering blasting
quite unfitted for the purpose, having imperfect floors of wood
cartridges to be manufactured in a building
and gravel, and suffering the employed to work in nailed
boots and shoes, and in not having any defined rules or re-
gulations, either written or printed, for the guidance or pro-
tection of the parties employed in the premises." The Co-
roner said he perfectly concurred in the verdict of the jury.
AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON RAW"
WAY. —A special meeting of the above company was held
yesterday morning, at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham.
There was a good attendance of shareholders present. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Norton, of Elton. Mr. Gough
read the terms proposed by the London and North-Western
and Midland Railway Companies for a working agreement
and ultimate lease, which have already been published. The
chairman moved "That the arrangements provisionally
entered into between the London and North-Western and
Midland Companies, mentioned in the circnlar issued to each
of the proprietors, be confirmed." Mr. Nicholson objected to
the terms, and moved an amendment to the effect "That
this meeting considering the terms offered inadequate, the
same be declined, and that a committee be formed to con-
sider the subject proposed, and to co-operate with the di-
rectors." Mr. lbshop trusted the meeting would support the
chairman.— ( Hear, hear.) After some considerable discus-
sion, the chairman put the former part of the amendment,
negativing the adoption of the terms proposed, when it was
almost unanimously carried. After a vote of thanks to the
chairs an, tho meeting separated.

LONDON,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As the subjoked notes concern the public, I
beg to hand you copies of them, and I have the
honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
J. A, NICHOLAY.
Oxford-street, Dec. 8, 1851.

(Copy.)
London, Dec. 4, 1851.
J. A. Nicholay, Esq., Chairman of the Deputa-
tions from the Metropolitan Parishes, &c., &c.
Sir,—As I know you take an interest in the Com-
missioners of Sewers, I beg to acquaint you that an
Arbitration will be held at the Law Institution, Chan-
cery-lane, to-morrow morning at half-past ten o'clock,
to asses the amount of compensation due to the United
Service Institution, for the damages they have suffered
from the formation of the Victoria•street sewer.
The Court is a public one, and the Arbitrators are
Messrs. Smirke, Powell, and Pownall.
Yours ever,
AN ONTMOUS.

(Copy.)
December 5, 1851.
To J. A. Nicholay, Esq , &c., &c.
My dear Sir,—According to your desire I went this
morning with " Anonymous" in my pocket to the
Law Institution, to hear the statements made on be-
half the Trustees of the United Service Institution
(Sir J. Cockburn, the Duke of Northumberland, &c.)
to the Arbitrators for compensation for the damages
done to the Museum in Scotland-yard, by the new-
fangled under. tunnelling Government Centralised
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers.
The statements made by counsel for the trustees, as
well as the reports of Woods and Forests' surveyor,
architects, &c., confirm all that the Marylebone Ves-
try stated in May last to Parliament. The damage
to the buildings under-tunnelled is as great, if not
greater, than Lord Seymour stated publicly, and for
which the ratepayers will, of course, be further sur-
charged!
To all appearance the money of the " district rate-
payers" has been wasted by these " centralised" Com-
missioners in constructing a defective sewer, and un-
dermining fatally the buildings adjacent thereto in a
questionable manner, whereby the proprietors are
forced into expensive arbitration, alias law, for the re-
quisite repairs, or reconstruction of their property, at
the expense of the " district rate-payers ?"
As this is a case on which the "district rate-payers"
should be fully informed, I regretted not seeing any
reporters for the press there, unless two short-hand
writers officiated for the double purposes of taking
notes and reporting also.
An appointment in the City at noon prevented me
hearing the whole case for the plaintiffs, or the result,
which, as honorary secretary of the deputation, I
should otherwise have given you ; but I trust the
press will obtai❑ and publish the whole affair for the
public information.
If the " dilittanti" Commissioners are permitted
to under-tunnel the Strand, Fleet-street, Cheapside,
&c., they will undermine or tumble down the adja-
cent buildings, as they have the United Service Insti-
tution and those at Percy Wharf ! From the Mu-
seum a Mr. Shaw was warned, and for personal safety '
removed to avoid impending danger.
The buildings destroyed by the under-tunnelling
operations at Percy Wharf are partly reconstructed.
Those belonging to the Duke have been re- edified at
his Grace's cost or the " district rate-payers."
I beg to return " Anonymous" to you, and remain,
my dear Sir, yours very truly,
RICHARD DOVER.

EXETER HALL—THURSDAY CONCERTS.
A series of Thursday concerts, modelled upon the
general plan of the Wednesday concerts of last year,
has been commenced at Exeter-hall. The perform-
ance last night was conducted by Mr. T. H. Severn,
who has assembled a very fair madrigal and general
chorus, comprising, indeed, the elite of the choral
performers of both the great Operas. Their execu-
tion of the opening madrigal, "Flora gave me fairest
flowers"—one of Wilbye's happiest inspirations—was
excellent, full of feeling, and the light and shade de-
ligctfully given. The other madrigals were Wilbye's
"Sweet honey-sucking bees," and the ever fresh
" Down in a flowery vale." Besides these, however,
a hunting song by Mendelsehon, oddly enough
written in the minor key, and which has
much of the madrigal character, was per-
formed with delicacy and spirit. Among
the soloists were Miss Pyne, who was in full voice,
and loudly encored in Wallace's " Scenes that are
brightest:;" Miss Dolby, who sang a quaintly pretty
couple of " Nile ballads," arranged by Mr.Rimbauld;
and Miss:Binckes, who gave the "In questo sem-
p, lice " with the famous joddling passage, with spirit
and in a musician-like manner. Mr. Whitehouse, a
gentleman with a firm round bass voice, gave efficient
assistance in the concerted music. Mr. S wift, a pupil
of the Royal Academy, and whose fine even tenor
voice is well known to all the frequenters of the
Academy concerts, made a very favourable impres•
sion in Mendelssolites- graceful song, "By Celia's
arbour." The well-known glees, "Ye spotted
snakes," and " When wearied wretches," were care-
fully and effectively given by Miss L. Pyne, Miss
Dolby, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Swift, and alto-
gether the entertainment appeared to give the since-
rest delight to a numerous auditory, who were most
lavish in their encores.

WHITTINGTON CLUB.
MRS. SINCLAIR'S EVENING WITH THE
SCOTTISH BARDS.
Last night an entertainment of that sort rendered so
popular by the late Mr. Wilson was given in the hall
of the above-mentioned institution by Mrs. Sinclair, a
lady well known in the musical world as a fine singer
of Scottish music. Among the host who are endea-
vouring to follow in his footsteps, she alone seems
destined to fill up the blank caused by his premature
death. She brings to her assistance a great deal of
research and much musical ability, and consequently
her entertainment is what it ought to be—in every
respect agreeable, amusing, and interesting. Her se-
lection of songs last night was excellent, and the
musician-like mannner in which they were given
equally so. " The Lea Rig" was capitally sung, and
lip in the Morning Early" was encored with accla-
mation. The songs, however, were not the only
agreeable part of the soiree, the pleasant, light running
commentary, or descriptive lecture, being replete
with agreeable anecdotes and interesting matter. Nor
must Miss Sinclair's pianoforte performance be passed
unnoticed, the judicious manner in which she ac-
companied her mother showing great good taste,
whilst her solo (a fantasia on airs from Don Pasquale)
was brilliantly executed, and proved her to be an ac-
complished pianiste. The room was quite full, and
the audience were frequent in their demonstrations
of satisfaction. Mrs. Sinclair, we believe, intends
making a provincial tour, and it is almost a work of
supererogation to wish her that which she is sure to
obtain—success in her undertaking.

THEATRE ROYAL EDINBURGH.
Unquestionably the greatest performer whom Mr.
Lloyd has yet introduced to our boards, or, to speak
wider, who has appeared in Edinburgh for some time
(R e may safely say since Mr. Macready's fare well)
is Mr. Davenport, the American tragedian. Of
strangers—of American celebrities perhaps more es-
pecially—the Edinburgh public is proverbially chary.
Whatever amount of fame may have been achieved
elsewhere forms but a slight introduction to
the critical tastes of our audiences. But
Mr. Davenport needed no herald to sound
his praise. In person, judgment, voice, ges-
ture—everything that constitutes the greet actor—
he brought his own recommendations with him, and
at ignce achieved a decided triumph. Avoiding minute
criticism, we may say generally that his performances
of the Stranger and Othello were characterised by
good taste and simplicity, with an absence of all
affectation and straining atter effect. He excels in the
rarest quality on the stage, Naturalness, and both in
level passages and in sounding the higher notes of tra-
gedyhe-rarely if ever outrages the "modesty of nature."
One scene is made harmonious with another, and a com-
plete character is thus presented to the critical spectator,
which, if not coming up to the highest ideal of per-
fection, falls at least little short of it, and displays a
power of conception and execution which very few
of the many aspirants to interpret properly our best
dramatists ever attain to. Those, therefore, who wish
to enjoy an intelligent hour with Shakspere will
rarely find a better opportunity than is now pre-
sented by Mr. Davenport's appearance here. Judg-
ing from his noble performance of Othello, we make
bold to say that of the " mighty master's" creations
there is hardly on the stage at present a more fitting
exponent.—Edinburgh paper.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A LADY AT DULWICH.
—On Wednesday evening, at five o'clock, as Mrs. Hitch-
cook, a lady of the greatest respectability, residing in Dul-
wich, was on her return from Norwood, she was stopped by
two ruffiars in the High Norwood-road, close by Croxted-
lane, and was instantly felled to the ground by a blow upon
the head by some sharp instrument, which penetrated to the
skull, and was otherwise most desperately ill-used. She
succeeded, however, in catching hold of one of her assail-
ants, and was imploring his mercy and protection, when it is
supposed that the sound of an approaching carriage alarmed
the villians, who leaped the hedge and made ofl acrms the
fields. The unfortunate lady's cries at length brought assist-
ance, and she was then conveyed into one of the adjacent
houses. Medical aid was as soon as possible procured from
Dulwich, when she was found to have been frightfully in-
jured, the whole of the upper part of her person being satu-
rated with blood. She was subsequently taken to her own
residence, where she lies in a state of great suffering from
the injuries she has sustained.
CHILD MURDER AT DERBY.—An inquest has been
held on the body of the child found in the canal, at Derby,
yesterday week, and a verdict returned of Wilful Murder
against some person or persons unknown. Two women
who were apprehended on suspicion have been liberated,
and no clue at present exists to the perpetrator of the re-
volting crime.