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4 rlivi
41' thitandin th , the show of English Wheat to:
kad'tas bY no g 3:4 te'n,ive, the demand for o
~ ; inea:.s ex
ten ci‘otlst• • 'n a very inactive state,
lant The . ' 0 have bee goad,
et barely_ Monday's
s'.2oj arrivals coaitwis
~ 6
c'titZ. cill=rtera; but the uanti!Y, perhall', bY
'Atli -"as billin, N fcleien Wheat has come. to
land
klie thi,
,eo_. _ ~. o or
t 5.. 1./.elicic.nK Selected Fauipl'es mole I off steadily, at
Othi,. ln the tniddliGg and inferior kinds next
I,°''Zi -p',waa passing' A fair average business was.
L.,'"No4„'rttr, althou-b upwards of 1,300 sacks and
`1%:"'"Is came freshg to hazd from abroad. We
,'tieti:"Y inactive sale for Barley,
q3O "ere
the turn I The supply of English was
inferior samples of lit, blrte lower. 'vet rB. We had a very' supply of Er gush was
W had a very slow sale for Malt, at
i-Nlilit vats—the arrivals of which wereimited—
and
.iitioue aa dear as last week. Bea7s, Peas,
~..I.l.,:....c:Lintnanded very little attention.
kIIIZIVALS THIS WEEK.
,
I Wheat. Barley. St alt. I Oats.
I
I _
l'4 4k
Qrs. Sacks
li4 .... 1 2 rs. Qrs. Qrs. 3 050 1,710
...: ~20 6a30 3,510 ; j'4(o
.... ,
1,310 sks
' 660 1 13,1001,1
),, —*"..---------1 —
llt ' eaeh L. , WRITECHAPEL.
4,1,WeA,.."1:14 of Meat the H.qulry is
2d to
at 3 33 4d;
4 tep, 2' quotations. Beef, from
d25t023,13
ilt 3Gd t 3 1 I Veal, 2s 8
,9 0 9 0 ; 8l; Pork,
a, 8(1
TF, 4 Per Sibs by the carcase.
1,4'4110,,,,(),,0trG11 110 P MAIZIEETs.maII,
whilst
hr,",etet °' fiats new Hops continues
' atle-' la steady, at full prices. other kinds
li is doing.
kt,,C441 vi".'-'"''''""—
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Flour.

"'NC' UOURT. 'THIS DAY.)
. -:;,AlikEn v. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION
kh. 41,ter.— THE TOWN OF LIVERPOOL.
lill:g, go", ot the ROLLS, on taking his seat this
ekatglPtili";:i.udgmerit in this case, which be stated
Likb'4 of tiel"ri for an injunction to prevent the cor-
' '4'...o}lieli.,..t"vu of Liverpool from working certain
'et* of the had sunk under the authority of cer-
-1 ;bra4 the 11th Victoria, giving the corporatpn
614:1,eirtiel/tIPPIe the town and borough, by uniting
1.1114 Dad t" waterworks the water-pipes and courses
Zilslll' Tre,",,i°,usi, supplied the town, from works
ITllie'fit rea-t4-',4.4es Vir. aterworks, and two other corn-
a, eorpor tithed in that town. The bill alleged
i,titliket atiop had exceeded the authority given 1
le theyl' Parliament; that they had sunk pumps
°t°itree a I
As. else 41 y depended for a supply of water
Llta_liek-'4lg fires and watering the streets, instead
Ve, e; water for the latterpurposes from the
,It,eilth .11,10 thee
etieski victor .1 Were restricted to do by a clause
lehil tY of i • 14. • The plaintiff possessed wells in
A profit eeverpeoi, from the water of which he
i_Nieo4 be and advantages, the supply of water for
Itatltteee-Ptue limited ;ince the corporation had
/kkletwPtra.i rtve larger supplies. The consequence of
et, that° persistin in drawingthese large sup-
ekitZ3N the whole g
tttiktitate that in, '-t considerably, and. this was made
ill ii hook the last summer plaintiff's wells had
/;7 hi% 45th Beer° (11-3'. Much reliance had been placed
;11414 000 tr
tton of the last Act passed in this cause,
k,tlll the "Ought that, as the inhabitants of Liver-
t the PoWer of
Itetsah:4 with compelling the corporation to
teee' e-ire „t-- whateverquantity of water they
,14. -e th ' "ie corporation should. have the power
the 0 Water they tytte Ned. ey might require from whatever
ii tth eh hay. Ibis Honour, after going through the
IN teee,„,4lg reference to the subject, and no-
t, saidO .4 sections having a bearing on the case
ilttllrti le conclusion that he was of opinion
le.tivabl!tlepivi!re had invested in the corporation the
qiztoovileig Water to the inhabitants of the town
!reol:cl suburbs, whether for domestic or
Ott Od that therefore, being of that °F-
A Neat 441,8 the demurrer prayed for by the
116 accerdingly.
MN
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,'ltbh -k COURT,—(THIS DAY.)
ifilhe*--1Q th QID COURT.
t.ll tittird e ease of Thomas Bare, charged with
~t 41, der of his .
Nt of th '•riluz own wife,
11 the 0 treat applied to the Court for a postpone-
Vet Prisoaetluktii the next session, on the ground
,S4'4lllt.Pooer,e'ad only been' recently committed,
Vie), ''elig With his
had not had an opportunity it
tee.throu htth his professional adviser. Indeed, it
Vea'4o4 4" the kiudness of the Sheriffs that he
kektellllld 4;4'0) was instructed to make this ap-
kkite-ii:ider tile 7ere anxious that he should have
ti,litie4risoneracte, and see what defence could be
Attheit;t4 of awoh° appeared for the prosecution, said
N .11 -Pplie • noua a nature that he could not op-
I kr ation
1111441 " 4 . L t,ti .
N, sea
II tbLllB"—Let the case stand over until
$ er was
kiPplketpd AN 4ecOrdingly put back.
16teittath:11the dock described as a silk manufacturer,
ittfortNine leek' and charged with misdemeanour.
iIE he p:. h here was Mr. Huddlestone, ap-
tlroaee
.te Mr.Clarkson ‘ liklesr eseMtrand and Mr.
4h 'utlee
. ho t, the as instituted for the purpose of
‘p • - ptisoner a case of fraudulent bank-
tiltaeleaer .
6,0 ttod 1; it
vcared, was a very skilful man in
Oil, no h„Attiti obned the confidence of many mer-
SloaTl ilr`e 0 hesitation in ivin him extensive
4t4lk 41.1ee
a qu'nee he g g lied with raw
t etilty tiounts ~ was supp
1/4111t, So ~,, lied 1,„,
.e-wo or three years ago he fell
' 'lee 71A an °'o pass through the Bankruptcy
tic trity 0,4 he Olt, ke„ ' et he '
however, had his creditors
(lt, vett , tlfieato.experienced no difficulty in ob-
tettio ''' resue, ' 44d in the progress of time he
11,161e:eat 0„--° his business of a silk manufac-
nth .'• credit-, lo all appearance successfully, but
ktt:01111Itleliptotil: -,aerszertee,reanadgain surprised' at finding
Mag to '',l Court to be trheeliepvreidsonfreormaplpialybiinbgtiotos
,i.' r good dePrar,,dB °F 18,0001. This circumstance
' NC"' tattad °` Buspicion, and when some casual
6144N:1:trod
ttel abo:lt
his previous transactions, it
tt I,er had at, Just before the bankruptcy
eh rte pareueen in the habit of ob-
LIN th tht'l:3, aels of silk from various
ptiasil"libokePledgilig them with Mr. At!en7
' tholeseabie r. The sums which he raised
St,tlo ettnhia hints from time to time to take up
~4 hi% ficatts,oills, and by that means he exePre;
k,,,,,, of tiolaokt.tirpte obtaining goods up to thev
tett t: docket Yu. About. a month. rior to the
klillik Itith t' abaoi 4d filing his petition the. prisoper
lee kr_ ate sale of all the silk he had
Vlt‘qtti i)'''' 4ttehb
tlitl that Wore .e °rough, and when he
.came to
:qt 'kit he h",O Bankruptcy Commissioners it
Netae;kftitiotle,llu not only lost 4,000/. or ,uuul
0) lt,'' With t, ‘e transaction,' but that he had also
L\ ;hlltete 0, Ve Proceeds of the sale, and the result
ON; reii4,l Paid a very ' . a' ficau t dividend.
y, ,i , there,d Insig
• . d to prosecute
e I hlitie eutaitioe •e, etermine .
Otirete elate „„.. ‘.4 Possession of their goods, not
Ckhtle elk of E`4.9oses of his trade, but for the frau-
Vot,"' th,, rattling mone upon them, and hence
Wol 'chneePresent indictment for misdemeanour,
lyle Paced,r etleed at the direction of Mr. Commis-
te
\lllbspttrt'il at!egcBwia°.dthe bankruptcy were put in as
1, ',,t it „ciner ae,, 3 one of tho merchants who sup
theleear
,41,ei the silk was celled to prove the
0.4 440- eredite? from his evidence that the prisoner
0 Ilda 4 ALDER in the ordinary course of trade. .
liottet,,t4 th,,B°ll was therefore at a loss to see in
ova 011, get „,' Prisoner any active false pretence
14 ' h ' thig 't
Parliament required to justify a pro-
-1464 kteali uature.
6044141 x contended that under the Act it
Ittettg..te‘tti4rekiterbYttii°Boow any active false
.pretence. .
parti-
Opplke °tepee ul? said. the Act specified a
Ape . The , which did not appear to be present
kitl/4;4‘ allot, Prisoner had done nothing but agree
Y'l 4' which one of the prosecutors had made
k 414•4
lathe° erhit
06_41,21er th aPprehended that if they restricted
Lystt,:htiO4,, Q Act to tuitions of fraud, and not to
~,,,44,7 itz of fraud, the Act would be useless.
174.74;egitee'g401 here was that of appearing to
iilele em°l4o. -''' e trade, while, in point of fact, the.
yhtti vqele al" very different thing; for instance, it
tleliaitow et if a man went into a shop with. a
' h°, ' a tiliptv-r), obtained credit ;upon the belief
Ki,ll, Mk., ersity student, it was held to be a false
: 1 ugh the party might never have opened
).6 ate'u
Ni,ee tt,,,
eill CI, tli r '480e7 said in that case there was an
eltee elt ere was none. The Act of Parliament
eeeeeeeo c Party should retend to be carrying on
'it,q,ter io the Not he was not. Now here the prisoner
Ott iiita to Prosecutor to buy, but the prosecutorto
HI 4to or 11; What deception, then, could the
I GILL upon thew?
I tkioetktie 441 X insisted that the prisoner remained
t ho
' 1i4,44.,tite
th use under a false and colourable
l''''.ttNiltottee7.lllTateie—No, ho was actually carry-
a
ON 404. ut take your own case.
. Suppose
Wha,tieliebuer whom be finds in a university
lu 4%,"ntt,,,;:' him to purchase some goods? Now.
1 itit,.ttrt Of itillaan be guilty of a false pretence in
Ipti,_tie° ne u.s. afterwards turning out that ho
the
thkepo:lversity whatever. Certainly not,
at
keee
be-
-In. ti goods under such circumstances is a false
(t'o4 Ate
kl4O tbliO111.1)'E Submittedthat '
t. 4 rte e wh
ctet tee,„ t her the conduct of the prisoner was
teed' ie-, but there was another case against the
• h,
01 "he l'erhaPs, their Lordships would bear
Pli°4ll.°Pkrtuthe. Point.
etthereil ecueed that they would, and a witness
„:tteteei° meted that he was a silk broker. On the
ikelkttle'lltoN he waited on the risoner, and got his
" " Ptlreh
silk P him Messrs.
"ti‘ h. 141 eo chase Some for from
k I 'lt •'' BCtit • Ire obtained the silk at his request,
411:1, stele 114
.41 to the prisoner, who said he was going
l'ljl.tl.''eacubrae Of a silk manufacturer.
Orto 444verallei4tien the witness admitted thatd thee
0) ,il p,r,„.. tees objected to take the silk, an h
) "44 '4ok 4tided him te take
' 4 't the 8"14 8 b •
IN 0 A e4l e mitted that this was not an obtain-.
t4kte,t, telt, Of 1)o, and colourable pretense contemplated
iy lot 13 eg4r:mument. Here the prisoner was car-
eAtt ONI tr Inlet° trade and the oods were ales°.
Itk,4tlitrZ,l'etzlrnhito, while the frauds contemplated by
Orel 4 out ,_ t was that of a man who falsely
lte P. e the out to the world
'e'etit I:l,atleo%;l'llobtained craesdeiat.rrying on a particular
t'iti.ol;ll'N w,l'or
this said the difficulty which.
14 It ttkieeci
thit,lllB. r
et was Contended that the pri-
ktlillltkeetltedP, slid goods wanting them for the purposes
it4l.ethetn. 3'et immediately afterwards he goes
tie,e, .
Whit ''' Ine4teel
the ---e that he had a right to do what
10448,
i

Mr. Baron ALDitaisoN said the Court was of opinion
that there was evidence to go to the jury in the last caso
of Fordarty, inasmuch 143 it appeared the prisoecr gave
the brol:.,r instructions to go and purchase the silk.
The Court at this point of the iLquiry adjourned for
refreshment.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Esther Wyatt, a young woman of ladylike appear-
ance, surrendered to her bail to take her trial on a
charge of felony, for stealing a piece of soap about
2 lbs. weight, from a shop in Hoxton. The circumstances
have already been before the public in the police reports,
and attracted much attentio❑ at the time of the occur-
rence. The facts were clearly proved that the prisoner,
whilst making a purchase of some articles of chandlery,
was observed to take up and secrete the piece of soap in
question. The defence set up before the magistrate,
that she was subject to hallucinations, and was not at
all times conscious of what she did, had sufficient weight
to procure her admission to bail. Mr. Parry, who now
appeared for her, relied on the same defence, and called
the medical gentleman who attended her, also the nurse
and other witnesses, who proved that since her recent
confinement she had exhibited many instances of aber-
ration of mind, and, amongst other delusions, she fancied
that the soap for the use of the house was extravagantly
wasted. She was also in the habit of complaining of
the dearth of necessaries in her husband's estab►ish-
ment, the truth being that every necessary was supplied
with an abundance becoming his position in life, which,
Mr. Parry said, was of very high respectability.
Dr. Millar, of Welbeck-street, a member of the Col-
lege of Physicians, stated that from his own experience,
and on the authority of medical records, he considered
it to be an established medical fact, that women after
childbirth, and in the latter stage of pregnancy, were
subject to hallucinations. Ho had heard the evidence,
and he considered this to be a case of the kind. It
sometimes occurred that after other illness of a debilitat-
ing kind phenomena of a similar character were exhi-
bited. li
The Learned JUDGE said he had known several cases
of the same kind with women both during pregnancy and
after childbirth. Indeed he had known several instances
of children being marked for life on different parts of
their persons with the appearances of things that their
mothers had " longed for" or been frightened at. I❑
the case of a cousin of his own, the mother having been
frightened at the idea of being bitten in the arm by a
wolf, the child was born with the mark of a wolf-bite
distinctly pressed upon his arm; and from his birth to
this hour (and he is 45 years of age) he has neither
spoken nor heard; he is a man of large fortune. Not-
withstanding these facts, the jury should be very cauti-
ous in acquitting persons on the plea of hallucination.
The jury at once Acquitted the prisoner, who was
taken out of court in a state of pitiable exhaustion, hav-
ing evidently suffered much during the time of the trial.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
AIANCHESTEIt, TUESDAY.—We have had a day of
very limited transactions in goods. In general, prices
are not quoted lower than they were last week ; but,
except as regards the finer and better sorts of
printing cloths, which are scarce, and some de-
scriptions of domestics, T's, and long cloths, which
are in fair request, the buyers find here and
there a disposition amongst sellers to make a
slight concession in their terms, especially for
quantities of fair extent. In light makes of 40-inch
shirtings, there is a little giving way. Yarns have
been very dull, and the transactions altogether incon-
siderable. With certain exceptions, there is a decline
from the rates of last week, of *d. to id. per lb. in
water twist, whether warps or bundles, and nearly as
much in mule, either reeled or in the cop. No. 30's
reeled water is too much under contract to be sensi-
bly affected in value ; indeed, the best qualities and the
favourite spinnings remain firm. Warps show more
steadiness in the finer than in the lower counts. The
unfavourable bias in prices is ',owing to causes which
are sufficiently obvious. Not only is the season late
for shipping to Germany and Holland, but the mer-
chants, as well as their continental customers, are
rendered increasingly cautious by the events which
have taken place in France, although they regard
the success of the coup dela as favourable to the
continuance of ' tranquillity. The advices from
America, showing a decline of fully lc. in all the
ports consequent on increasing receipts of cotton, and
upon a tendency to enlarged estimates of the crop,
have also contributed to the same result ; as have also
the accounts of lower prices from over supplies of
cotton fabrics in the Brazilian markets. However,
spinners and manufacturers are still too well situated
in regard to stocks and orders to press sales ; no
disposition to do that has appeared to-day.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a tolerable
demand for kerseys ; but flannels have been exceed-
ingly slack, and buyers have been reluctant to pur-
chase. The wool market continues dull, with little
or po change since last Monday.
HALIFAX, SATUEDAY.--ThiS has been a very
quiet day in our piece hall, and but few goods have
changed hands. The check which the events in
France had given to the restoration of confidence
seems to be passing away---as far at least as regards
the corn market ; and, there being less reluctance to
enter upon operations, the general tone is somewhat
firmer and healthier. In wools there is less doing,
without any alteration in prima-HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no im-
provement to report in our market to-day, it con-
tinues much the same, business very languid, not
much doing to order. The shippers have been a
little more active during the week. The wool trade
is very quiet.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market on Saturday was
dull ; but to-day there has been more business done
both in the cloth halls and by direct orders
manufacturers. Business continues dull in the
warehouses ; but it is the general opinion, that at the
turn of the year the staple trade of the district will
improve.

DEATH IN JACOB'S ISLAND.—Yesterday Mr. H.
Carter held an inquest at the Stone Porters public-house,
Mill-street, Dockhead, on the body of Catherine Preston,
aged 71 years. The deceased occupied a wretched hovel in
the upper part of an old wooden building, situate at No. 5,
Jacob's Island, which is surrounded by the Old Folly ditch,
and immediately
mentioned by Boz in " Oliver Twist." The deceased was
facing the residence of Fagan the Jew,
well known by the inhabitants, for whom she was in the
daily habit of carrying messages and parcels, being very
swift for her advanced age. On Saturday last a female
named Ayres called to see the deceased, but could not make
her hear. The door was forced open, and the deceased was
discovered lying on the floor, with a coal-shovel in her band,
as if she had fallen down while lighting the fire. She was
rais d up, but expired in a few minutes afterwards. Verdict,
" Natural death."
STREET RAILWAYS FOR HORSE•TRAINS. —A new
project has been started, whereby it is proposed not only to
centrdise the metropolitan railway traffic, but also that of
the omnibuses, in such a way as to virtually clear the streets
from much confused and conflicting traffic, while, at the same
time, affording increased accommodation to the public. This
project contemplates simply the laying down of lines of rail
flush with the streets, to radiate from the centre of the me-
tropolis through all the principal lines of thoroughfare, and
of course to all the railway stations, the gauge being the
ordinary one suitable to railway carriages, by a modification
in the construe tfon of which it is proposed to adapt them also
for street traffic when detached one by one, and driven off by
horses from each station towards the centre, stations being
set down at least every quarter of a mile along the course.
As' represented by the engineer, Mr. Thomas Wright, of
George-yard, Lombard-street, a railway centralization would
thus be obtained at the smallest possible cost, and with the
utmost possible safety, and without the slightest destruction
of property, or alteration of streets, except in the laying
down of two hues of rails near the kerb-stones, on each side,
the rails to be, so far, common property, or used or crossed
by all sorts of vehicles, at all times, except while the trains
are passing. In support of the practicability of this scheme,
the engineer points attention to the fact, that the system
projected already exists in several American cities, such as
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, where it is found to
be not only practicable, immensely useful.—Builder.
CURIOUS ARREST.—An arrest was made one day
last week at the Orleans terminus, under rather curious
circumstances. A communication by telegraph had made
known to the gendarmes at that place of the probable ar-
rival there of a woman named Rosine, who had fied from
Tours after committing a robbery. A gendarme on duty at
the terminus saw a rather suspicious looking woman alight
from one of the carriages. lie addressed himself to her
sa3 big," Where do you come from ?" " From near Blois."
" What is your name?" " Marie Faucheux." She then
walked on, but the gendarme following her, in a few mi-
nutes called out in a low voice " Rosine I" The woman,
thrown off her guard, immediately In
tured round, when the
officer said, " Ah! ah. It is you I amearch of," and, ar-
resting her, took her to prison.
DESIGN FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILD-
ING AT NEW YoaK.—A design, by Sir Joseph Paxton, for
the intended Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations at
New York, was on view yesterday in Clarges-street, Picca-
dilly. The plan is upon a similar principle to that of
the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, and the materials consist
of glass, iron, and slate. The length of the building is in-
tended to be 00 feet, and the breadth 200 feet. There aro
two entrances, one at each end, and the construction of the
doorways is somewhat similar to that of the transept-en-
trance to the Exhibition in Hyde-park. The roof is to be
of slate, in order to resist the weight of snow to which it
may be exposed in the United States. The structure will
be built upon arches, and the galleries will be supported by
brackets, which will add materially to the strength of the
building, and render it better adapted for permanent use
than the "great original." The design is on the whole re-
markable for its simplicity
and practicability, and is another
proof of Sir Joseph Paxton's great skill in this department
of art.

CITY ORTHOPZEDIC HOSPITAL, HATTON•GARDEN.
—At a meeting held yesterday at the above institution, the
Rev. J. H. Bastard, the hon. secretary, stated that the num-
ber of patients at present on the books was 366, and many
others were waiting for admission. It was observed that the
many appliances requisite to the removal of such mal-con-
formati_n required the most extreme care in their treatment.
Some routine business having been transacted, the meeting
adjourned.
THE LATE GALE IN SCOTLAND.—Upwards of
1,000 trees, some of them very large and of great age, were
blown down in the Duke of Argyle's policies at InverarY,
during the gale of Sunday night and Monday morning. A
sloop and upwards c f 20 fishing-beats were driven ashore at
Ponaw, and many of them will be total wrecks. The quan-
tity of timber blown down, and the amount of destruction
otherwise committed along the west coast, is immense.
The tide, which was a spring, rose along the shore, in many
places, three feet higher than it was ever recollected by any
of the inhabitants.— Glasgow Mail.
We regret to learn that the Baroness Brunnow has
been suffering from severe indisposition for several days, Her
Excdlloacy is still coafimd to the house,

REPEATING" FIRE-ARMS
COLT'S REVOLVING PISTOLS.

The opinion of some of those who have made the
science of war their peculiar study is, that the more
destructive the "implements" used—the more effi-
cient the means placed in the hands of the few to
sacrifice the lives of the many—the less sanguinary
would be the warfare of nations, and the greater the
disinclination to "go to war." They are no doubt
correct in their estimate of the " humanising" effects
of the use of improved destructive implements of
war, and perhaps the best possible security against the
horrible pastime would be the invention of a machine
which would enable a mere "detachment" to act on
the defensive against a " division," and if any explo-
sive or expansive material could be so brought under
command as to insure at a high pressure—say 6001 b.
or 8001 b. pressure on the square inch, a continuous
discharge of small shot, the art of war would
be reduced to pure strategy—to its sand bags
and its zig zags. One step towards so
desirable an end has been taken in the produc-
tion of the revolving pistol, of the destructive effects
of which, and of its important advantages in such
wars as those that have taken place in Texas and
Mexico, we find ample evidence in the published pro-
ceedings of the Senate of the United States, and we
refer to these evidences oi the value of the repeating
pistol in this respect, as we think they may have
some weight on reference to the mode in which the
marauding Kafirs should be dealt with. We have
before us the report of " the committee on military
affairs to whom was referred the reply of the Secretary
of War to the resolution of the Senate of September
30, 1650, directing him to ascertain the opinion of
the ordnance bureau, and of the United States' regi-
ments, as to the relative efficiency of the repeating
pistols invented by Samuel Colt and other inventors,
their adaptation to the service, and the propriety of
substituting the most improved repeating pistol for
the common dragoon -pistol now in use ; ' and in
speaking of the Indians on the Texan frontier, and
on the several routes to California, the committee
observe ;
" Experience has proved that it is difficult to con-
tend successfully against savages with the usual arms
of mounted men, the ordinary dragoon pistol and
Hall's carbine. General Harney, who employed Colt's
pistol successfully in Florida, says—"lt is the only
weapon with which we can hope ever to subdue those
wild and daring tribes, unless we "can have at least
three regiments of dragoons on the Texas frontier
alone ;' and those officers who have recently returned
from the frontier corroborate this statement by de-
claring that a dragoon armed with Colt's repeating
pistol and a musquetoon, or perhaps Sharp's rifle,
would be the most efficient and the most formidable
for frontier service; and particularly when encoun-
ters with the savages occur, as they generally do, in
prairies, defiles, and mountain gorges. The advan-
tages of repeating arms in such encounters are incal-
culable. A few bold men, well skilled in the use of
these weapons, can, under such circumstances, en-
counter and scatter almost any number of savages.
" The committee take occasion in this connexion
to refer to the report of Brevet Brigadier-General
Talcott, colonel of ordnance; the report of the Board
of Ordnance officers ; and to the abstracts from the
opinions of various experienced officers of the army in
relation to this subject—all of which accompany this
report, and to testify to the efficiency and adaptation
of Colt's repeating pistol to the service of mounted
troops. The committee accordingly recommend that
Colt's repeating pistols be substituted, under the di-
rection and in the discretion of the department, in
lieu of the common dragoon pistol now in use in the
service, and that a sufficient quantity be purchased,
so far as the same can be done within the present
regular appropriations, to supply such demands as
may be made upon and allowed by the department."
In " a summary of the reports of the Board's
officers," convened by order of Brigadier-General
George Talbot, dated Nov. 6, 1850, for the purpose
of examining " various kinds of repeating fire-arms
and their adaptation to the cavalry service of the
United States army," we find it stated that " from
the examination and trials which they have made of
these arms, the Board are of opinion that Colt's
revolving pistol is better adapted to the service of
mounted troops than any other pistol offered to their
notice, and may be advantageously substituted for the
present cavalry pistol." It appears from some expe-
riments made by the board officers against a target of
9.10 th-inch boards one inch apart, distance of target
16 yards, Colt's holster-pistol, weight 41b., 4 oz. ;
weight of balls, 146 grains; weight of powder, 30
grains, was fired 1,200 times, and that the penetration
was through seven boards; and that his belt-pistol,
weight 21b 60z.; weight of balls, 83 grains ; weight
of powder, 20 grains, was fired 1,500 times, the pene-
tration being through six boards. The pistols were
cleaned but once a day, and the board say " neither
of the pistols appeared to be injured by the firing."
The highest penetration of the common dragoon-
pistol was only through five boards. General Har-
ney, under date of Nov. 8, 1850, says :—" I consider
the arm perfect for the dragoon service, particularly
when opposed to the western prairie Indians.
It is the only weapon with which we can
'hope ever to subdue those wild and dar-
ing tribes, unless we can have at least three regi-
ments of dragoons on the Texas frontier alone. I
consider Colt's repeating pistol equal in every respect
to any other pistol now in use, and very greatly su-
perior in almost every other respect. In 1837 or
1838, Mr. Colt took some of his rifles to Florida. A
board of officers was ordered to examine them and re-
port on their efficiency, &c. The report was favour-
able, and General Jessup ordered the purchase of 50,
and they were placed in my hands. They were very
delicately made, easily put out of order, and very dif-
ficult to repair. They were the first ever used or
manufactured. Thirty odd of them were lost at Ca-
loose Hatchee, all at the time in good order ; and
most of the others, with but little repairs, would be
still good, and would be turned over to the ordnance
officer at Baton Rouge, in 1842 or 1843. During
the whole of this time they were in constant use, and
not one single accident to the injury of any person oc-
curred ; and I honestly believe that but for these
arms, the Indians would now be luxuriating in the
everglades of Florida." There are some 80 or 90
other official testimonials to the usefulness of this
pistol, particularly in the wars with the Indians. We
believe Mr. Colt is exerting himself to get it intro-
duced into our cavalry regiments.

TESTIMOA lAL TO Al?. C. P. RO.NEY.
A very graceful compliment was paid to this
gentleman on Monday evening, by a party of nearly
eighty of his friends—sixty of whom were connected
with the metropolitan daily and weekly press, and
had associated specially for the purpose.l A recherche
banquet, served by Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern,
in his best style, formed an agreeable introduction
to the principal object of the meeting, which was for
the presentation of a very handsome silver flower
vase and salver, of exquisite workmanship, and got
up with that fine taste which characterises all the
productions of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell. This tes-
timonial was an offering, on the part of the members
of the metropolitan press, in token of their apprecia-
tion of Mr. Money's conduct in all his relations with
them during his tenure of office as secretary of the
Eastern Counties Railway. The salver bore the fol-
lowing inscription :
" Olim meminisse juvabit.'
To
CUSACK P. HONEY, ESQ ,
(Late Secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway),
This Salyer, with an accompanying
Flower Vase,
Was presented at a dinner given to him at the London
Tavern,
December 15, 1851,
By Gentlemen 'connected with the
Metropolitan Press,
And some private friends,
In token of their high sense of the urbanity evinced by
him on all occasions in his public capacity,
and of their sincere regard for
his private worth."
The whole proceedings were of a highly gratifying
character, and the enjoyment of the evening was much
enhanced by the able manner in which the festivities
were presided over by Mr. Herbert Ingram, pro-
prietor of the illustrated London News.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yester-
day morning.
The Royal Children also walked and rode as usual,
The Hon. Eleanor Stanley has succeeded the Hon,
Beatrice Byng as Maid of Honour in Waiting.

A deputation from the Philanthropic Society, con-
sisting of Mr. Thomas Gladstone, the Rev. Sydney
Turner, and Mr. Maxon, had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Horne-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes-
terday for Halifax.
Sir Henry De la. Beche had an interview yester-
day with Secretary Sir George Grey.
The Right lion. Henry Labouchere left toy' n
yesterday on a visit to the Earl of Cerlisle, at Castle
Howard, Yorkshire.
Lord Monteagle had a❑ interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey. Mr. Glyn, M.P., had also an in-
terview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong
Kong ; the Governor of the Llauritius, and the
Governor of Labuan.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday to the Governors
of the West India Islands.

Father Gavazzi is studying the English language
for the purpcse of lecturing in it. his orations in England,
-which have been so much praised, have been all delivered
in the Italian.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING FAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The conduct of the respective parties
into which the French nation was lately divided,
until the events of the last fortnight had thrown down
all Parliamentary distinctions, is still a subject of in-
terest on the approach of the momentous question put
to the country by Louis Napoleon. It is not, indeed,
possible that the people of France should now be in
condition to choose any other ruler, when in fact no
second competitor is in the field, and when the
President has in his favour the éclat of a military
triumph and the artifices practised by an unscrupulous
Government on an easily deceived people. The
masses of the peasantry and the classes most greedy
of repose, at the expense of every other condition of
existence, will doubtless serve to colour this usurpa-
tion, though not, we think (if the election be honest),
in numbers comparable to those which rallied round
the name of Bonaparte three years ago. But it still
remains to be seen what part the elder political par-
ties, far inferior in numbers, but far superior in intel-
ligence, will adopt on this occasion ; for the
real stability of Louis Napoleon's Government
depends quite as much upon the gradual
assent or adhesion of political parties which he
has not yet obtained as upon the military
array of his present supporters. The position of men
ardently devoted to the great interests of their coun-
try, jealous of her dignity and her legal rights, and
hostile to the revolutionary elements that have almost
destroyed her, is at this time most perplexing and dis-
tressing; for, on the one hand, to oppose the Presi-
dent's Government is to lend strength to the Socialist
bands that have openly declared against him, and to
expose themselves to the dread and hatred excited
amongst the middle classes by their doctrines ; but, on
the other hand, to support the President's claims by
an affirmative vote is to condone a series of actions of
unexampled treachery and brutality, and to consign
the country for an indefinite period to the fetters of
military despotism. The, general resolution which
we understand to be adopted by the Constitutional
party, as far as it is possible under existing circum-
stances to arrive at any joint determination, is to
abstain from voting altogether. For as the fate of
France depends at this moment upon the rival ascen-
dancy of two extremes, and the only alternatives
are the absolutism of Louis Napoleon or the absolut-
ism of the Red Republic, there is little room in such
a crisis for the opinions of men who hold either of
these deplorable results to be only one shade worse
than the other. To abstain from voting is, there-
fore,
considered to be the mute and unavailing pro-
test of men who look on with unabated dissatisfaction
at the successive revolutions that have robbed the
country of its laws, of its liberty, and of its peace.
M. de Montalembert has, however, taken a more
decided line, and he is as yet the principal person,
being a man of independence, who has openly given
in his adhesion, and something more, to Louis Bona-
parte. But M. de Montalembert has a very simple
standard of right and wrong in public life ; he judges
everything, not as a cititizen of France, but as a
subject of the Pope. The conclusive argument on
which he rests his adoption of Louis Napoleon is the
filial devotion of that Prince to the Court of Rome.
Who made over the education of the people of France
to the Romish clergy ? Who restored the Pope to
the Vatican by French bayonets, and still supports
the decrepid iniquity of the Papal Government ?
Who consigned the Pantheon of Voltaire and
Rousseau, Mirabeau and Marat, back to the
tutelary guardianship of St. Genevieve ? Be
he who or what he may, the man to whom
these acts can be attributed is M. de Montalembert's
master, and on this specific ground he holds him up
to the veneration of the faithful. The Roman Catholic
Church deals largely in pious compensations, and it is
sometimes said by her enemies that no offences are so
dark that they cannot be set of and discharged by the
offerings of adequate expiation. From the language
of M. de Montalembert and the recommendation con-
veyed by him to the clergy of France, we must infer
that the breach of an oath, the massacre of hundreds
of unoffending citizens, the overthrow of laws, and.
the subjugation of a people, are not circumstances of
sufficient gravity to turn the scale of Papal justice
against so faithful a champion of the Holy See; and
it deserves remark, that the leader of the Catholic
party in France expressly makes all temporal questions
of government, and even of personal character, subor-
dinate to the one grand object of promoting the
dominion and the interests of the See of home.
With such dispositions among the supporters of
the new Government, we question whether mili-
tary power will be the sole, or even the worst,
form of oppression the French will have to
endure. While the President has been successfully in-
triguing with the Church, and has actually obtained
the support of a large fraction of the clergy, acting
under the orders of their spiritual chiefs, he has also
shown a politic forbearance towards the Legitimist
party. The members of that party who were in-
cluded in the arrest of the National Assembly were
speedily released, and they have suffered less from
domiciliary visits and personal annoyance than any
other class of politicians. The Legitimist party had,
in fact, acted throughout the late stormy Parliamen-
tary period with great union and moderation. They
alone preserved good discipline (with one or two ex-
ceptions), when all other parties in the Assembly
were dissolved ; and although it was notorious that
they had accepted the Republic from necessity, it has
never been alleged,. far less proved, that they were
conspiring against it. They retained the bearing of
men of spirit and honour to the last moment of their
legislative existence; and we trust that few of them
will be deceived by M. de Montalembert's miserable
argument that those who did homage to the Republic
in March, 1848, against their consciences, have no
cause to withhold their allegiance to Louis Napoleon
now. But the attitude of the party is not hostile to
the Government. The most strenuous exertions have
been made by M. Berryer, M.
De la Rochejsquelein,
and M. De Falloux
to prevent the possibility of a
Royalistinsurrection in Brittany, which would pro-
bably have been fatal to the cause. Two of the Con-
seils Genera= of the western departments appear to
have had someintention of proclaiming a local Go-
vernment in the King's name. But these rash pro-
jects have been successfully discouraged; and the
Government. is in reality indebted
,to the Legiti-
matist chiefs for that species of indirect support which
has disarmed. some of its opponents, without, of
course, admitting the validity of its actions or passing
an act of oblivion over its illegalities and transgres-
sions. Their rule of conduct is to give the Govern-
ment no positive support, but to oppose to it no im-
pediments. No doubt the policy of such a Govern-
ment as that which Louis Napoleon is seeking to
found must be to rally,
if possible, the adherents
of the Monarchy and the largest landowners of
the country to his side. He will crush the Repub-
licans by military force ; he will
persecute the
constitutional Liberals by the tyranny of his police
and the extinction of freedom of speech; but he will
cultivate the party most nearly allied to the traditions
ofisatbs oiluu tseingtoo voefr n
tmheeiiirt. On the side
vigorous
protest
atgheaiLnsetgitthi-
e
coup d'etat, there may be an opinion that Louis Na-
poleon isworking.unconsciously for themselves ; and
that as his power is not of a nature to be easily trans-
mitted to a direct heir, the natural successor to the
authority he may re-establish is the King of France.
The same illusion was common among the French
bnigres at the time of the First Consulate. The
more sound and hopeful opinion would seem to be
that by these events the cause of monarchy is iden•
tified with the restoration of those free institu-
tions which Bonapartism has destroyed ; and that
when the short-lived mania for despotic govern-
the rights of the Crown
ment has passed away,
will be united to the hopes of temperate liberty.
And this is already the view taken, not only by such
Royalists as M. Berryer, but by many of the most
liberal of the Parliamentary chiefs, including, we be-
lieve, M. Odillon Barrot himself. It were scarcely
reasonable to discuss contingencies so remote and un-
certain, if they did not serve in some degree to ex-
plain the motives by which men attempt to justify
their acquiescence in a state of things otherwise so
indefensible. The Ultra-Monarchical party consented
to submit to the Republic because It avenged them on
the House of Orleans, and they will submit to Louis
Napoleon because he has avenged them on the Re-
public, while be flatters their devotion for the Church
and their preference for Absolutist alliances. But the
greater are the qualities—the intellectual capacity,
the official aptitude, and the political integrity—of
French statesmen, the less can they stoop to share
the resposibilities of such a Government. For such
men there is no choice but to stand aloof. The
throng of vulgar adherents or rapacious speculators
doubtless await but the first opportunity to prostrate
themselves before the new power, and to mimic the
exultation of the first three months that followed the
18th Brumaire. But such reinforcements are a source
of weakness and contempt, rather than of strength
and consideration. A few.names of secondary emi-
nence or of notorious servility have been obtained
with difficulty for the Consultative Commission; but
all real power is still in the hands of adventurers,
with whom no prudent statesman can consent to share
it ; and different as are the acceunts and opinions we
receive from from various quarters in France, they all
concur in one point—that the principal difficulties of
the President will begin when the tranquillity of the
country is restored, and when he proceeds with his
present adherents and his future constitution to govern
the French nation at his pleasure.
DAILY NEWS.—It is difficult to imagine an
expression of opinion upon French affairs so discre-
ditable and disgraceful as that just put forth by
Count Montalembert, head of the ultramontane church
faction in France. An opinion so negative of all
morality, so destructive of all liberty, so hypocritical,
and so cowardly, certainly never emanated from any
one that has ever figured even in the annals of revo-
lution. Louis Napoleon has appealed to a secret and
mock universal suffrage, to be given in the absence of