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THE S

LYTJF,TtATURE

OFFICIAL _DESCRIPTIVE and ILLUS-
TRATED CATALOGUE of the GREAT

EXHIBITION. 3 Vols. Spicer and Clowes.
No nobler monument could be contrived for the
perpetuation of the glories of the Great Industrisl
Exhibition than the one here presented to us in the
form of this magnificent publication—the three
volumes compiled as the official catalogue of the
contents of the Crystal Palace, embellished through-
out with a profusion of illustrations, and issued from
the establishment of Messrs. Clowes and Son, the
printers, e.nd of Messrs. Spicer Brothers, the stationers
appointed for the production of these remarkable
works by the authority of the Royal Commission.
It will he remembered by the public at large that the
guides to the Exhibition, already proffered for the
,acceptance of the community, have been as diversified
in character as most of them have been excellent in
arrangement. Yet, meritorious as the majority
were, they are now, each and all of them, re-
duced to utter insignificance by the appearance
of the present extraordinary compilation. Every
department in the Crystal Palace has been viewed
separately and consecutively—the arms of the various
powers and principalities being engraved at each com-
mencement. Every separate contribution, moreover,
has been scrupulously particularised—the principal
products of art and industry in the collection being
pourtrayed by the pencil of the illustrator. Is there
an article of furniture in any way distinguished from
the mass of similar fabrications ? it is delineated. Is
there a specimen of mechanism evidencing in any
way an unusual amount of ingenuity ? it is de-
picted sectionally as well as in its general aspect from
the exterior. Is there a stained window, or a carved
buffet, or a costly jewel, or an exquisite statue, or a
bronze casting, or a fountain, or a musical instrument,
or a woven fabric, or an artificial flower, or a wax
modelled 2narionette,or any other eccentric or beautiful
contrivance in any one of the divisions of any one of
the departments ? it is carefully represented by a
woodcut, such as will convey to distant times some
notion of the progress made by the children of this
generation in the advancement of industry, as a
means of forwarding the holy and sublime cause of
civilization. Every gentleman in the United King-
dom possessing a library of ordinary dimensions, as
well as every public institution throughout these islands,
will, we doubt not, retain a copy of a work like this for
preservation, as the least perishable, and at the same
time as the most suggestive memento of the wonderful
display in Hyde-park, the splendour and variety of
which collected together from all parts of the world
representatives of all the different races of Christen-
dom. No picture of the Crystal Palace itself
can possiby present to the eye so vivid and
actual a semblance of the original as that
which is here given piecemeal. The general aspect
of the naves and of the transept, from within and
from without, under the influence, now of the sun-
shine and now again of the moonlight, on the occasion
of the inauguration by her Most Gracious Majesty,
and of its close by his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, the illustrious originator of the enterprise,
may afford to the imagination some idea of the skill
displayed by Sir Joseph Paxton, in the design, and
by Sir Charles Fox, in the construction of the Crystal
Palace—but, at the same moment, cannot but fail
altogether in suggesting to remote times any ade-
quate notion of the contents of the Crystal Palace,
or, in other words, literally of the Great Industrial
Exhibition. This, we maintain, can only be pro-
perly effected by means of some such illustrated
catalogue as the one here presented to the
public by the Messrs. Clowes and Spicer,
the joint firms entrusted with the cerrying out, in this
important particular, of the intentions of the Royal
Commissioners. Nobly and admirably have the
houses we have here mentioned fulfilled themselves of
the responsibilities devolving upon them in this mat-
ter, by their series of guides and other useful produc-
tions relating to the memorable year of the Exposition.
But conspicuous as had been the merit displayed by
them in these respects during the period when the
Crystal Palace remained open to the general inspec-
tion, they have been immeasurably surpassed by the
remarkable record subsequently published by them, in
which the peculiarities of that unprecedented revela-
tion of artistic and industrial ingenuity has been mi-
nutely, and in every instance most correctly, accumu-
lated. It is understood very generally that the official
publishers of these catalogues of the Exhibition
have not hitherto reaped the reward which was
anticipated, and to which they are unquestionably
entitled—a prevalent indiflerence as to the possession
of a catalogue marking the visitors to the Crystal
Palace. That such should be the case during the
time when that fairylike structure was "on view"
cannot, we conceive, be matter for much amaze-
ment, when the bewildering riches of the collection
are borne in popular remembrance. Now, however,
that the Palace of the Exhibition is closed, we are
satisfied that the demand for some such substantial
mementos of the World's Wonder, as are furnished
by these same descriptive and illustrated catalogues,
will begin to be manifested, insomuch that the
Messrs. Spicer Brothers, the stationers, and the
Messrs. Clowes and Son, the printers, will have no
cause whatever to complain of not having partici-
pated in the advantages derived by so many from the
commercial activity created by the great year
of the Exhibition. Let any dispassionate
person turn over the pages of the wonderful
three volumes now lying on our desk, and we are
confident that he will admit very speedily that this
one work alone would be a sufficient source of exulta-
tion to those who are disposed to rejoice in the pro
present age in the momentous
gress made by the
race of civilization. Everything combines to assure
us, on turning over these pages of letter-press, pro-
fusely interspersed with explanatory embellishments,
that it was not without some reason that the family
of mankind have during the course more particularly
of the present century congratulated themselves on
having obtained an altitude of enlightenment but little
anticipated by the most far-seeing of our fore-
fathers. Nevertheless, it must be confessed, simul-
taneously that if " much has been done, yet more
remains to do," in penetrating further and further
still into the various departments of . human
knowledge. In science, more particularly,
wondrous as our recent advances have been, philoso-
phic research has even now only passed as it were the
outer vestibule. Humility, moreover, is necessarily
forced upon the artistic world by the remembrance
that, exquisite as its modern creations have been, they
have centuries and centuries ago been equalled, and
in many instances immeasurably surpassed, by the
sculptors and the architects of a distant past, when
mankind were for the most part plunged in the dark-
ness of a barbarous heathendom. Witness this those
divine fragments of the Elgin marbles which the poet
Shelley very truthfully and happily termed " the
despair of modern art," or the ruined beauties of the
incomparable Parthenon : witness this the crumbling
walls of the Collosseum, or the matchless figure of the
Apollo Belvidere. If we have cause, therefore, for
exultation in one respect while meditating on the con-
tents of the Crystal Palace, we have in another reason
only for humility and self-depreciation.. Therefore is
it that, as a wholesome lesson to mankind in general,
we rejoice in the splendid fact of this Industrial Ex-
hibition ; and seeing that the volumes under consi-
deration are calculated to repeat that same lesson to
many successive generations, we view with infinite
satisfaction the appearance of this masterly Descrip-
tive cud Illustrated Catalogue.

,
tkell ou
coS DAY.)
E -"
-ER.—
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compensation in
This aeti
•PAGE v. osTreover
,'11143 for4ll, which was to
1 Glou-
'ire,,, criminal Conversation
I^
at the -ad
484, tiII, tried before Mr. Justice Er ed
for the plaintiff,
10/. aSSIZeS h
en a verdictl'
tat
ai
4t frges•eplaintiff's
cause why
'aot . -.3°kE no applied for a rule to showground that the
e,ii: alieffici
not
trial, on the
verdict and
ilk Ike%e a new
' obtained the
d from the
ratites whith the plaintiff
appearedwas a
%tit• :144 altOgether fitbin. It aPPthe plaintiff
was
of the Learned Counsel that. _
at che . _
''tta, Ngras,
of
age, residing
the sehleeb
et am I,_, ,
..., years
d
who was he being
tt the
,„.1411 'tarried the la y
year 1843, by a
ihatl4.9aest action in the
his junior .
as
ktea, time hi "'zany a Widower. She ir livede with him, a
I t Years, and had former' hr
rag alli r.
, maker, "
adnan .
4r4tl ' -Ole defendant Was a brick
d also reside d
at the
latri, tale, with a large family, and
transpired
trill theta basiae, lttr
had lived very
tit,h tha ,
,-sat Cheltenham.__D.
wife
1850,
of
41tlepity
to Il.ntl?•leatiff and his young
n ol7Fe brna
'the 6th n'
ky irsf ' kill; a r On the f 9 t.,'m home until
was
called to
I,e llawingal4lr4 away rwitness who B 3tigham,
tt,a , th, adult_ he only
Williams.
ated
that
boy, named
‘tic,:t"ther Lft'irj Wag a. ,w wife, and he Lids with
kp.„ tvto harp 1). aintiff_
.3 .
k he went into thete
get some
~.ftto,
ap,.,e.ts back
k to the house
he saw
14 ',at esti V Was sent back
the kitchen,.
... as to
Ili te "hot and on entering a positioa
dime 1. and ' ,o, defendant in such (-) perceiving
ll° detibt th
- criminality. 'a
,cl them,
ki the hat, o.r their
parlour; r ii
he followed them
iii oil la t..,1 retired to the
h© again saw
~i'lliite,l. °441, through the keyhole
direct evidence
,' 111, "arposition -Th., was the only
as that of a.
'sip - adults, ' .L 3 •
et evidence w k
-taker a`
4,,,,tlttned .1) Y. The indirect
was a edheefeendant had
ett.i.;eite
i.-,awser, who said he
IA Suata The
and that the
paying.
4a ItAed ~ eatre,
pan., without , Mts.
I', 4,44 ti;'th' to Pass in Mrs'ltr bc„tins and
home
1441 is Nat he had often seen
seen. them
go
ovits de-
%Lallar, ThgallerY, and also
read affidavits now
the theatre,
ki t that 114. e Laarned Counsel
eel-taker at t
the time
iiiietiltolatitit that was everacwhas
not
partiesoperla there.
rl'lla Ds iritness ti e theatre dt
seeing the 0
to get rid
t't
illa 'l4l' EA eP.°Bt ° do yon propose t b(,,,. _
~ uoN:-/fow
showed
tll4t
~eo.lo_svinence?
affidavit, which
hat
ti iel said he had another affid
boy to see h
theytitt 1 • 131 for the
twee tr Y itapossi e
rlour throng ,
It to h
in the Pa
man named
iti thait tvo taken place
affidavit of a
stated
thttZ, lolis',_ tfeehad also the
.t.,„,_., who
swear an
for the lain in, s!'l
tipitt a b,s, jerk d
him
was going
to swe
htli„ 41 agip, ti,d, told that he
advised him
n he
lain-
fft q t01e'...3L uis sister, whereupo
but the P -
il' ttlesoe th
such advice
'5 (hi, ~- %tale
~ enOUntry than
for iving
that the
kit,, say, ‘',,,P d abused him
conclusion,
with a
tte,„`lFT ,w,,,,"Ar• Cooke stated, intradesman, rid him-
aelf,sq!'llp ft,"„!; highly respectable
was not to from
j
the the tbn 4;11% Mid that his object his character
diet
Ira a. data t
to clear ,
by the ver
tiftfl_Pattitiah . ages, bu ,dto it
Ilielluy. Which now attacne
Co,
cause.
' gi'..._atited a rule to show
Nttilk 1411 e, -..."-
- ---,e--- DAY' •
41,0 --,b mix.yoß
this morning,
1.- kaYol'awas celebrated
season it
IPN
Nthet
showb'
was
ly fine for the
As
T
It hry 1, trig exceeding
people into the City.
beyond
.1, 3' 42 tli 'IV, crowd of
thoroughfares Nle.batie j''elock the leading
.animated
appear-
-1134, a .t. Nan to present a very anlm
pageant was
4„ t1(1 as ths h
near when the
t,,hill,
tk pa
t,, _ our drew .
11-yard, Ludgate hill,
ties::,yal'a 61'1111_4e from Guildhall-yard,
and Bing-street,
were
‘ll,:q'illerte rehYar, Cheapside,
nd omnibus
with
4:ed to
wetly choked up. Cabs a
it was only
144,4 thattlilatil twelve o'clock, but
te and
°R at
w'leY could get along
1 ng the re-, relieved
,11Y ut4 then &re thickly scattered a o _ _
_as /The
q " oapt lrionotony of the scene w light-fingered
1'4414 are of ssmo
member
'Ph Y.
of the
lto ail° •
There
t, '9 INtlf •
ary character.
which
here
,Ale at t, WaS of the ordinary
vivans
and
Ilqyr, lutrq,let allegorical tableaux
last year, in
Irks? lla isa latO the procession
of men_
had been
number be
ae fr r, the pa Note in the
as it
htor to' (11'ritly 64444 t retaained the
samedaught of
lii' tigurcti iti'',l,(.4
®how ime. A r
tee Proces • `ge
short' after
61°4 formed in Guildhall ' readiness, the.
,tt, oek
in
•his
d in
t‘ tat ~‘:"Alltivp'„ an evert•thing beingor _are
liZtittr -11';faY the Cit'v Marshal, who a• e
began to move.
0 Aatl 7 ar,-"rel, andthe processionc, ew an-street!
~N4citl,;!et,tti,-°t'A Greeham-street, Coleman-street,
North and
"all, des ~-,:-'
.-avenient, West•strect, ',.___, Lond. oar!.
illae„,„`, ''labtiry-circus, Circus-T,1.;
i Willi, e
11,4:1 4,144te ?street, Princes-street, Ding
itl ere' 01 aide-Place and so on to
h„l., ilia Lord NI '
ttendants tothe
' ‘-',ltc, q‘is La ; ayor and his civicdathroughout
I,k- ?elite. rdseil) wit% much cheered kli 44 r.
he sun
t'llc f elite
we
crowded, and t
w„
At Forth a ,
._e very much
e
t the she m
kIV , , Pteurikll the gay barges . ~,tpd fro
1144 oatstkitlineter-bYrindrige his 'Lordship 1
re-formedn-igi on
ltri,ii, le ,i'llvilliEn a second procession was
t,
and then.
olitd,hfeh the r.
n -fterneel Recorder tookPa' of people.
itta Wattkf Proceeded through a dense crowdby
the autiwe
ha : tilld r,„„ns_,tar Hall, w6ere he was met •Y Exchequer, wher,
ti la -''uncted - -Court of
.Lordship
+as alvers
in into the
His •
.:„.•
then iPteatetisd , after the usual form.
and
after
bridge,inviiis
takf adtea tt to tho other courts,
to the i It-
iA,,t%ok Nt the banque ,t he returned
.
time at B,ac_ e
clt, tiA„arid„,„ et agai. Pie landed this
,ormed ill th
446' 111(41;1nd the procession bein i
Guildhall along Nedw,
'llt4ltreet, %I loft, it returned to church-Ypatred
lottlkllaitle,
~.,-Laldgtll, St. Paul's being gr'.-ro.
Ott t•ila ka, 'l.': king-street, his Lordship
his p
ttrorn tfiiii`estations of joy that had attended
e City,
4PO4lt,Zhc) sei,,42WLE /IC EXERCISES'n„ged per-
,,...-')f l'erY interesting and wel.l•_ma
k wrestling,
ktt.riat,
wil,i,leinding fencing, . bingi.estleof 'these games,.„
tli, Ny '4:I! the Erenth modificationrece,.. giveno 1-.
illy lawnsd'i) savaie and the canne-
wans"lont" sa.tut
ayesth Gallery, Leicester-square,
a conclusion,
141'111 arts
(for the present)
laudablytn preserved
tr441,,1a eatabll good faith have been
games of the kin
410h.t"-ally t,:" tuent. Until recently,
n,a not the
under
...
tel Zen% e Seen on rat) occasions! a.
par
old
ions were ti
1`44,,1Y itsOrlsPiees. Sparring exhibit
and the capital
11,1,k,i'lli etto to this imputation,
be witnessed
-
to
artillti aibuliof wrestling, was rarelyvery
easy or
"thne
irlieo attmf.l°.'a Public-houses of notuare, however,
klr 4-I,%'ale rszn;4lt• At Leicester-square,
been nightly
„
44„vein, '` the
and
games
wds of spectatving,
4), `aa na! orderly and interea.ted I'o
Cwho, without 111!
yet.
t4,tayksa'illi_erous portion of socto.ty „
the
"ring," _
atp lile4LaY with the brutalities r
(21
of dexterity and
111,11.10), htite ia Witnessing feats
for. Thoe.
et,.(l,_kaa 470 Tau
to thank the managementfurthe benefit of
1p•
‘4113,i "en Saturday, which was .
hment, included
44' a, the •
of the establishment, 4
,111, proprietor
and Cornish),
atta 6, Wreatlin
b rland
single sticks,
14ht„ R, and g (both Cum
h oe tricks,
ate
or
,t,, sad ~ 41, rammer of sa_r
feats
of the sav
...9 ~
‘ll,lh bo„."Yenet, with Crowning
completely crowded,
t ,tlthe w`a`r"4.s, The
iroom
dwraawsa
down
nya
the skilful
L %clitkeatra, parertasat seshury, Gilleman-,
St
Of admirable aides.
a
,k,
calls
'4) th'4 To - , Archaelmas Term, and
I,rlcit,i' bar u\u'rhe Bait.--Tne
Imade on Saturda3,q,,
' -46! Qh "I'lle Tmple) were e
Brandon, and
Oe,"„ arlea Pridham
.y. Woodthoro
ram, Esq.,
11114pple xelitii _ --I:james motto
01. I,4enfreY, Es ' ."6.9
than seven-
Liver s-ta t` cl. a
number each
11,st ststek isiiiraG,..4..No less
~sciheh bay, andr.sh
are
01. a t ire
are,daily dredging in ' a day. The n
at the
I.II,:NN'Y takes about a thousand
for sale..e
and
tro,,tPool_ Tianty, and are chiefly exportedis
h also active 'tlmi 4
five ar-ets Tee menai iis-ery
---Nor;, Ikales Chronicle.
-mprove-
)llEl.4)l LAn
any 1 , and,
I,it,i, to
i1,t,,14 TnADE......we notsalehavel
of goods,
dc-
!llalcil:4l"3' few this week in the .
general
fallin off'lessen-
-14,
to
.huit
4,3 :eeption, there is at grers
are wisely.ug
losses
11,,,e;414U Pedt4"l4.4s of
the
in
anufae•
ate any actions n al e
,) .' -R fro- , 'on, we do not anticipate
'nation.
I‘j.altogether,
h l,,11)g
tilu.l tne pre:eat temporary stai,
..
es
~,_
Trob"b, if 4:4' frames to make fresh detig
_ may re,.11.
Pres -tie with -.•ood taste some advantage
"14 ilifactilas.-.2vat(ingharn thi47."l.

SKI
MILITARY MEMOIR OF LIEUTENANT-
COLONEL JAMES
1851.NNER, C. B. By
els,.a . . very remarkable work,
Jnßisaisil,lioenFmraanseyngErosl
and likely to encountehrecahr singular diversity of
ding to the view which the
opi-
nion as to its merits,
reader may
take of the great variety of topics intro-
character as a book, we feel sure
intro-
duced, though of 1
there can be butopinion, viz., that it is not only
hly one
readable but highly interesting, were it but for the
following reasons.
Purporting to give the few well-
ascertained and but partially known acts of the mili-
tary life of a man who, though having acted a con-
spicuous part in a most eventful period, is modestly
p
of stirring incidents, not only
and abundant narrative
placed on the second rank of its heroes, it gives a rich
in his own career, but in that of a number of brother
might at first hardly seem
description of scenes, which
and presenting to us
officers, rivals, and even opponents. Starting with the
to conduce to the end sought,cted to the support of the
men whose efforts are
the British power, it
native princes of India
or with invaders, not excluding
interest in the British
ultimately powerfully ,diinre
their wars with each other,
awakens
memorable events
reader,: by the display of
those
0 firmly established
which first created, and finally
though not least, for
our influence in the East. Last,
the former. We
those whom it most concerns, viz.,
the
the Memoir
public and the
" '
author, the style and execution of
under our eyes are such as to secure to the latter
every possible commendation from.
only know one class of men who might object to the
fulness and peculiar interest of the scenes recordedand
in it—we mean the advocates of universal p
eace'
we question if even they might not find in itabun-
dance of argument in favour of their theory, and on
have to
that score deem it worthy of a perusal. But we
deal with the book, and with that alone. Commencing
,
with a description of the state of affairs in India,
•
previous to the introduction of our power in that vast
region, 1760, opening with the battle of PaneePut,
,„
with the defeat of the Mahrattas, and its dreadful
consequences, proceeding with a fair and impartial
view of the acts of men, who, seeking their fortunes
in the East, had risen to a power which it was only
given to this country ultimately to secure, it brings
us to that portion of Indian history in which drawly.
stances forced the hero of the present tale, and many
other British adventurers, to break their connexion
with the native princes, and join the service of their
country. From that time to the close of
these records, we need hardly say, that although sad
i things oceasimilly occur (the course of warfare Oil

N,

herdly be expected to run smooth), the his-
tory of Lieutenant-Colonel James bkinmr, is, on the
whole, a pa of that great and eventful drama which
ended with the victorious establishment of cur arms
in the East, and the consequent peace in that long-
disturbed and agitated region. To enter fully into
the particulars of the narrative before us would lead
us too far, we prefer recommending the reader to the
work itself, which reflects the greatest credit on the
gallant Colonel's historical biographer and friend.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 8.
The Royal dinner party yesterday included ber
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in
Waiting toiler Royal Highness, the Baroness de Spetb,
the Dowager Lady and the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton,
Sir Charles Wood and Sir George Coupc:r.
Iler Majesty's private band attended after dinner,
and performed the following selections :
Overture, " Lichtenstein" Lindpainter.
Ottetto—Op. 20, allo. con fuoco, an-
dante, scherzo, presto, four violins,
two violas, and two violincellos ;
Messrs. Sainton, Day, E. Cbipp,
Cusins, Hill, Nickel, 11. Chipp, and
Pllardy Mendelsshon.
Ballet music, scene et cbccur, " L'En-
fant Prodigue"

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home
Park and the Slopes this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise.
Prince Alfred and Prince Arthur, and the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa were driven out in an open
carriage.
His Royal Highness- Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, went out
hunting this forenoon, attended by Colonel F. 11.
Seymour (Equerry in Waiting)
Sir George Bowles arrived at the Castle to-day on
a visit to her Majesty.
The dinner party in the evening included the
Dowager Lady and the Hon. Carolone Lyttelton, Sir
Charles Wood, and Sir George Bowles.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in
the evening, and performed the
Overture " Le Val D'Andorre"
Selection, " Il Seraglio"
Finale Ist act " Oberon"

Halevy.
Mozart.
Weber.

Scherzo" Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn.
SUNDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Slopes
this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
the younger members of the Royal Family, walked in
the home Park.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service this morning, in
the private chapel of the Castle.
The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had
breakfast with her Majesty, and afterwards attended
Divine service.

The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her
Majesty to-day, from Claremont, and partook of
luncheon at the Castle.

Dispatches were sent off on Saturday from the
Colonial-office, to the Governors of Hong-Kong and
Ceylon.

THE GREAT EXHIBIT/ON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stu,—The general dissatisfaction which the awards
made by the judges of the works at the Great Exhibi-
tio❑ has created is not one of mere disappointment to
these who have been unfairly passed over. The rules
(it such they might be called) wore perfectly ridiculous,
no distinction being awarded to the patentees or the
inventors of the article, without they in person were
the exhibitors. In some hundred cases the patentees
of the inventions are passed over, and the mere sender
of the article receives the reward for that which would
not have been there at all, had not the brains, toil, and
money of the poor inventor been expended (and in many,
cases the latter to the last farthing) in perfecting a mat-
ter which is of public benefit.
There is something so preposterous in the mere de-
positor receiving a reward of merit for that which his
porter has only to convey there, and passing over
the real producer, that it does not require comment;
and it is to be hoped that some meeting may take
place to repair the injustice so done, where the pitiful
expense of a few medals would render justice and
satisfy all. Again, what contumely has been perpe-
trated to parties who have seat new and useful
works, and who the judges have chosen to pass over
without comment; no letter seems to have been attended
to where either the inventors or depositors have written
to say they would respectfully attend and explain all
the merits of the machine or article, which a mere pass-
ing or casual look could not observe, or, indeed, one-half
of which these judges could not comprehend. As to
cases the public papers teem with them.
I sent a loom perfectly novel in its modus operandum,
which wove a waterproof canvas, having a peculiar
motion to produce the same, which the manufacturers of
the north, who are the most experienced weavers in the
world, thought impossible to accomplish. I also sent a
tarpaulin, or railroad cover, several yards wide and also
long, all woven by power in one piece, and strengthened
in the parts where a strain was to be put upon it, flax
tubes for the conveyance of water, also woven by power
which was entirely new, such goods being heretofore
always woven by hand, and very expensive corn and
other sacks woven by power loom, which were without
seams either at the sides or bottom; and many other

articles.
I was sent for expressly to show the principal of these
matters to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and offered
to do the same to the judges, but I was never apprised or
could I learn what day they intended to come round.
The loom was not one made to weave ordinary canvas,
but for waterproof canvas, as stated, and it involvesi a
principle applicable to woollen and other goods, where a
clear shed cannot be produced by the ordinary loom.
The loom in question was placed to be driven by an
engine which proved totally useless, and after some
time it was attached to another, which was overpowered
by the work she even had on before. The engine would
not govern herself, which is quite necessary in all en-
gines where weaving is required; therefore I was in the
predicament that either she was overloaded and would
not throw the shuttle across, or if she had the work
taken off she ran away so as to endanger the lives of the
visitors, by throwing the shuttle out of the race across
tl:e building and breaking the loom. Hoping that justice
will be done, I am, Sir, &c.,
J. BEALE BROWNE.
Hampen, Andoversford, Gloucestershire,
November 5, 1851.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
GENERAL ORDER.
Deputy-Adjutant-General's-office,
Woolwich, Nov. 7.
The Master-General of the Ordnance directs that
the very gratifying letter of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the President of the Royal Commis-
sion for the Exhibition of 1851, in approval of the
conduct of that. part of the corps of Ordnance em-
ployed in that service, be promulgated in general
orders.
The Master-General feels confident that this high
testimonial, in approbation of the valuable services of
those immediately employed, will be received with
feelings of pride and gratitude by the whole corps of
Artillery as well as that of the Engineers.
H. D. Ross, Deputy-Adjutant-General.
" Windsor Castle, Oct. 29.
"My Lord—l have the honour, as President of the
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to con-
vey to your Lordship, both in my own name and that of
the Commission, our thanks for the cordial aid you
lent us in allowing several of the corps of Royal Engi-
neers and two companies of Royal Sappers and Miners
to assist the Executive Committee in the arrangement
and management of the Exhibition.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners consider it due to the
officers of Royal Engineers and to the non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners
who have been thus employed, to express to your Lord-
ship in strong terms the sense which they entertain of
the admirable conduct of the whole body while en-
gaged iu this novel, delicate, and responsible duty.
" The officers of Engineers have, in the able assistance
rendered by them, afforded another instance of the useful
manner in which a military body may bo employed in
civil services during a time of peace.
" The Royal Commissioners being desirous of mark-
ing their sense of the share which the different persons
employed in connexion with the Exhibition have had in
bringing it to a successful issue, have requested the various
civilians so employed to accept a certain sum of money
in recognition of their services. We have ascertained
from Colonel Reid that such a course would not be
agreeable to the feelings of the Engineer officers who
have similarly given their assistance, and to whom
we could have wished to offer a similar token.
" With regard to the non-commissioned officers and
privates, it gives me much pleasure to state, that at the
period of the preliminary arrangements, when the labour
required was sometimes excessive, their exertions were
always cheerfully made. During the course of the Ex-
hibition they practically
demonstrated the great value of
their schools of instruction by the many useful plans
which they drew, and by carefully acting always in sub-
ordination to the civil police force, they
established for
themselves a character for good conduct and attention to
the exhibitors and visitors greatly to the credit of the
corps to which they belong.
" The Royal Commissioners have therefore thought fit
to award a sum of 6001., to be laid out oithcr in draw-
ing or mathematical instruments, or in other suitable
lasting memorial of their connexion with the Exhibition,
for the noncommissioned officers and privates of the
Royal Sappers and Miners, to be distributed by the
officers in such manner as your Lordship and tne In-
spector-General of Fortifications may approve; and we
trust that you will give your sanction to the accept-
ance of these testimonials of their good conduct.—l
have, &C.,
"ALBERT, President, Royal Commission.
"Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey,
Master-General of the Ordnance."

11 is said that Lord Fir;lan Iloward, who lately
married Miss Talbot, is about to foow the example
father the POO of Norfolk, and turnll Protegant. of his

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,

NOVEMBER lO, 1851.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CLIV.
SHREWSBURY AND HAMPTON MEETINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Notwithstanding that it is not the practice
with five out of six of my sporting compeers to attempt
the selection of winners of steeplechases, I, however, i❑
consequence of my great success in naming the winners
of these across-country races, have determined upon de-
voting brief epistles to this subject during the winter;
and it my previous success attends me, I have no doubt
that those who follow my predictions will find the
balance on the winning side at the termination of the
steeplechasing season in March next. Oat of the ten or
eleven steeplechase's and hurdle-races I have already com-
mented on this season, in only one instance has my selec-
tion been further from the winning-post than third; and
even then I stated that I should take Sir Peter Laurie
from the top weights to win, only I was afraid he
would not start. By referring to two or three of my
latest notes, it will be found that I have not only named
the winners of those aforesaid steeplechases, but also
placed the firsl and second in one instance, and the first,
second, and third in another—a feat unparalleled (ex-
cept by myself on a former occasion, for the Slough
Steeplechase) in a steeplechasing prophecy. Shrewsbury
Meeting has a small but fair list to attract the turfites;
the principal race, the Handicap, having no less than
twenty-three acceptances. This ought to be won by the
Italian, were he a certain runner, but as he is not, I
must go for DOUBT, expecting to see Miss Flyaway and
Aaron Smith well up. The Great Shropshire Hunt
Steeplechase, although having the name of the British
Yeoman enrolled among the entries, will not have him
among its starters. The field, I should fancy, would be
composed of Columbus, Sir Peter Laurie (d), Rattrap,
Peter, one of Mr. Carew's, and perhaps Maria Monk and
the Young-'un. Should SIR PETER run, lat onto award the
race to him; in his absence commend me to Rattrap or the
Young'un, Peter in close attendance. For the Hurdle
race TALLY-HO and Cogiawill be first and second.

The Hampton Autumn Meeting will take place to-
morrow, when, notwithstanding 250 sovs. have been
added by the committee, to attract good entries, the
Hurdle-race closed with five acceptances, and the Steeple-
chase with six. I have no doubt, however, that a good
attendance of the metropolitans will reward the stewards,
and the sport will go off tolerably well. The Handicap
Plate of 50 sovs., once round and a distance, I feel in-
clined to place to Mr. Carew's PRESTIGE, though the
handicapper has weighted her rather stiffly—ist.
The Hurdle-race will, I presume, attract all the entries,
and in that case I should place DEFAULTER
first, Michael Brunton second, and Combatant third.
If Defaulter fail to arrive at the post it will only neces-
sitate the advancing Michael Brunton and Combatant
respectively a step. In the hope that BEDFORD and
SPRING Bvcx will contest the Hampton Steeplechase
I expect a very good and close race; so near do I fancy
it will be at the termination that a neck or something
of that sort will be all that will divide them. Rensburgh
and The General in the next two places. Tho Selling
Steeplechase, I imagine, will bo won by Mr. Land,
Whitley being second.
To-morrow I shall make it my duty to publish my
opinion and the latest news from head-quarters on the
Liverpool Autumn Meeting.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Nor. 10, 1851.

MURDER OFA WOMAN BYHER HUSBAND.
One of the most deliberate murders that have been
committed for many years past was perpetrated in
the neighbourhood of Portman-square, at a late hour
on Saturday night, by a man named Bear. For
some years Bear, by trade a tobacco-pipe maker, has
been in the habit of treating his wife (the deceased)
in a most cruel manner, and on several occasions the
poor woman was driven to seek magisterial protec-
tion. His conduct proving worse, at length it was
deemed advisable by her friends that she should
leave her husband and take lodgings for herself. This
she frequently did, but as soon as he found her out
he continued his system of persecution. At length,
the poor creature having obtained work at the patent
feather bonnet depot in the neighbourhood of Wig-
more-street, she was persuaded by two other females
working in the same establishment to lodge with
them at No. 33, North-street, Marylebone-lane.
Hera her husband found her out, and on Saturday
evening between six and seven o'clock went to
the house and requested to be shown her room,
but was informed that she had not yet re-
turned from her work. He replied that he would
stop till she came home, and having sent out for a
pot of half-and-half, he remained in the company of
Mr. Lanning, drinking with him, and not appearing
in the least degree excited, when, after the lapse of
an hour, the poor woman came home, having in her
hand a new cap which she had purchased as she came
along. The moment she entered the passage of the
house, Bear saw her, and said that is the party I
want, and having been supplied with a lighted candle,
he followed her upstairs into the first floor back. He
had had barely sufficient time to enter the room, when
a tremendous noise was heard accompanied by fearful
screams. Some of the parties lodging in the house
went to ascertain the cause, when they found the
man carrying a large box down stairs. Not knowing
what had taken place they allowed him to ascend the
stairs again, and take away another box. Mrs. Lan-
ning, however, and another female having gone as far
as the room door, they beheld the poor creature
lying in a recumbent position, near the fireplace,
with her head resting on a chair and blood flow-
ing from her face and forehead. Meanwhile
the man, on gaining the end of the street, entered the
Bedford Arms tavern, and having called for a glass of
gin, drank the same off at a draught, but on getting
again into the street he ran against Police-constable
Church, 129 D, to whom he said that he had done
something to his wife which he had no doubt would
require his attendance at the police station. Church
then perceived that the man's hands were covered with
blood, and he accordingly removed him to the sta-
tion in Marylebone-lane. Mr. Inspector Jackson and
Sergeant D 20 immediately proceeded to the house in
North-street, when they beheld the lifeless body of
the man's wife lying on the floor, and blood oozing
from numerous stabs in the face and head. A sur-
geon was instantly sent for, when it was learned that
the poor creature was perfectly dead. The instru-
ment used to perpetrate this diabolical crime was a
common blacksmith's file, about six inches long, and
sharpened for the fatal purpose. Upon taking
him to the station-house, and whilst Mr. Inspector
Jackson was booking the charge, he inquired whether
his wife was dead. A policeman answered in the
affirmative, when he replied, " Ah, well, I feel more
happy now than I have been for a long time since."
The inspector inquired his address, when he said he
had no place to live in; but on further questioning
him as to where he last slept, he replied that it was
at a beer-shop, at the corner of Brighton and Cromer-
street, Brunswick-square. The inspector proceeded
thither, and on entering one of the rooms ho found
his son, a lad about twelve years old, fast asleep.
The officer having given instructions to the landlord
of the house, as to looking after the boy, he proceeded
to the residence of the female's mother, who tho mo-
ment she beheld the officer, said she knew the object
of his mission. Before he had tins° to utter a word,
she said she was quite sure her daughter had been
murdered by her husband, as he had often threatened
to do so.

REFORM OF THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS.---The mer-
chants and shipowers of Hull have, we are glad to perceive,
joined the movement in favour of Customs reform. A meet-
ing of the merchants, shipowners, and others of Hull, was
held last week at the Exchange Rooms of that highly
important port, for the purpose of receiving a deputation
from the London Merchants' Committee for Reform of the
Board of Customs. The attendance was numerous and highly
influential, and various instances of the capricious tyranny
at present exercised by the Board of Customs were related,
which clearly demonstrated the necessity of a thorough re-
form of that establishment. Resolutions in favour of Cus-
toms reform were enthusiastically carried.

ENGAGEMENT WITH PIRATES

• BY H. M. STEAM-SLOOP JANUS.
(From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.)
We have been favoured with copious details of the
late desperate and impudent attack upon her Ma-
jesty's steam-sloop Janus, Lieutenant-Commander
Powell, by pirates of the Riff Coast, off Cape Tres
loorcas, on the 18th, 19th, and 20th ult., together
with skecthes of the scene of action, which we regret
we cannot also present to our readers :
" H.M.S. Janus, Gibraltar, Oct. 24.
" My dear --: I hasten to send you a few lines
after a brush we had with the Ruffians. They took
a schooner and an English brig ; destroyed both, but
left enough of the schooner for us to' find out her spot.
We attacked them with shot and shell, and sent them
flying ; then destroyed their boats. 'We had to land
in one place, and a regular fight ensued; they lost
a deuce of a lot of lives, but wounded ten out of the
forty who lauded with our skipper ; we, however,
licked them in proper style, and destoyed their boats.
The Commander (Lieutenant Powell) and Paynter
(Master's Assistant) have a bullet in each thigh—
that is, four bullets hit four thighs—rather odd.
Ordinary Seamen—Frost, shot right through the
chest, but still alive ; Ford's leg hanging by a bit of
skin, is still part of his body ; boy Conly, shattered
arm, rather badly, but hope to save it : the rest only
severe. They (the pirates) took the liberty of sending
two bullets into Mason's (ordinary setunan) head, but
he appears to be all the better for it !"

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ANOTHER, ACCOUNT.
"Janus, Gibraltar, Oct. 24, 1851.
" Dear --: We left Gibraltar on the 17th for
the Riff Coast, in search of a Spanish schooner that
left Malaga for Maliah, but was taken in a calm near
Cape Tres Forcas by those treacherous pirates whom
you well know inhabit that part of the coast. We
saw the schooner on shore about five miles from the
Cape, and immediately stood in towards her, and
anchored about 300 yards from the beach. The
pirates were strongly posted on the hills (as you will
see by the sketches) and behind rocks. We prepared
for action. The commander went in shore in his gig
to reconnoitre, and then returned to the ship. A very
short time after wards they opened a very smart fire
upon us, which we silenced in about an hour with a
well-directed fire of shell, grape, and canister, Ezc.
The musketry from the pirates came aboit us like
hailstones, and notwithstanding all our ship's com-
pany on deck, we did not meet with one single casualty.
Night coming on, we weighed and stood about five
miles off shore until daylight, when we stood in and
anchored about 600 yards from the beach to destroy
their boats, which we did by shell. In the afternoon
the commander in the gig, Paynter in the paddle-box
boat, and Woolridge in the cutter, made for the
beach, during which time they (the pirates) set fire
to the schooner. Downward (acting second master)
was left in charge of the ship, with three boys,
Heather (clerk in charge), the Doctor (Assistant-
Surgeon Alexander), both engineers, and three stew-
ards ; but notwithstanding her diminished crew,
Janus managed to keep up a well-directed fire to
cover the landing of the boats. On our boats arriving
near the beach the pirates observed we had thoroughly
destroyed their boats, and returned to the ship under
a heavy fire of musketry, in which we had only one
man slightly wounded in the shoulder. We weighed
and stood out again for the night, and the next
morning (the 20th), we stood in for a bay about
four miles to thewestward of yesterday's position, to
destroy boats. We anchored about 150 yards from
the beach, and prepared for action. The Commander,
Paynter, and Wooldridge, in gig, paddle-box boat,
and cutter, left the ship to destroy the piratical boats.
They landed, covered with a well-directed fire from
Janus, and succeeded in destroying the boats, but
met with a precious warm reception. The Commander
led the men in a most gallant• manner, but I am
sorry, very sorry, to tell you that he received two
severe wounds, one ball through each thigh, but
neither touched the bone. Paynter is also wounded
through the thigh, and eight men are also wounded.
We made the best of our way to Gibraltar, and the
medical officers came on board. We sent four men
to hospital, the limbs of two of whom, I fear, will
undergo amputation. I enclose a sketch of the two
places where the actions took place, and also a list of
all wounded on our side. On our arrival here, we
found news that the fellows in the bay, where our last
action took place, have got five Englishmen prisoners.
We went over to Tangier about it, and I think after
coaling we go to Malilah, as they want to ransom
them at one hundred dollars each."

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
" Gibraltar, Oct. 24, 1851.
" The Janus has been here as usual until a few
days since, when she had a shy at the pirates near
Cape Tres Forcas. It was smart work, and being in
action for three days, quite knocked us up. The
finishing was rather sad. Commander Joe (Mr.
Paynter) and seven men severely wounded. The
commander's wounds are through the thighs, and
Joe's the same. The boats, with nearly all the hands
were away, leaving on board only Downward, the
d3ctor, and two engineers to work the foremost gun ;
myself, two stokers, and a steward to knock about
the after gun. We, however, kept up a beautiful
shelling, and the commander expressed his surprise
at the manner in which we did it. Gunnery, of
course, was set aside, as none of us could be expected
to know anything about it, so it was load and fire,'
which turned out to be with considerable effect on the
enemy, and service to the boats we wanted to cover.
The amount of killed by the Janus or her boats is, of
course, undiscovered. On the third day steamed for
Gibraltar, having destroyed the pirates' boats, which,
I suppose, will be the prelude to the entire destruc-
tion of the whole on that coast. The poor unfortu-
nate brig and schooner were burnt to the water's
edge, and the piratical cut-throats had the impudence,
besides, to send into Malilah to demand ransom for
the Englishmen forming their crews. Commander
Powell is doing well, and Paynter is in good spirits ,
Frost is mortally wounded ; Ford and Conly will
each lose a limb. The whole affair has created great
noise, and more will come of it.

" The following is a complete list of officers and
men wounded in the engagement :
B. A. Powell, lieutenant commanding, severely

wounded.
Mr. Paynter, master's-assistant, severely wounded.
John Ford, boatswain's-mate, severely wounded.
James Frost, ordinary seaman, mortally wounded.
James Conly, boy, first class, severely wounded.
Gee. Ridding, ordinary seaman, severely wounded.
Robt. Mason, ordinary seaman, severely wounded.
Geo. Edwards, able seaman, slightly wounded.
Thomas Avery, boy, first class, slightly wounded.
Angus. M'Lean, marine, severely wounded.
" Ford will lose his leg, and Conly his arm ; Mr.
Heather was captain of the after gun, and stood a very
fair chance of being put on this list."
Lieutenant-Commander Powell is a lieutenant of
May, 1842, and has been twice acting-commander;
once in the Kingfisher, 12, for eight month., and he
paid the Flying Fish off when Commander Dyke was
superseded ; and he has served five years on the coast
of Africa. Since he has been at Gibraltar he has
received the thanks of the British merchants for as-
sistance rendered to the merchant shipping; as also
the thanks of the French Government for saving a
French brig.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TUE WALMER BARRACKS.
—DEAL, FItIDAY.-- r•a.e last night considerable excitement
was created in the vicinity of Wahn er by the sudden out-
break of a most destructive fire at th,; barracks at that place.
The flames, when discovered, were found raging in the north
central building, which, at present, is occupied by the staff
of the 30th Regiment. No time was lost in sounding the
alarm through the garrison, and spec dily the troops belong-
ing to the 11th and 30th depots were, on the spot, rendering
the most valuable assistance. The engines from the naval
yard and barracks were gotfto the scene with all expedition,
but, owing to their state, they were of little service in sub-
duing the conflagration, which, by this time, had reached an
alarming ascendancy, and threatened the destruction 'of the
entire property. However, the soldiers and civilians worked
with much energy, and, after several hours' exertion, the pro-
gress of the lire was stayed. Of the central building nothing
remains but the blackened walls, the whole of the interior
having been consumed. The loss .% rill prove considerable ;
but we understand that a quantity of the valuable furniture
was preserved. Captain Pakenhani. and Lieutenant Green
are severe sufferers.
NOMINATION or Surturrs.-4Vednesday next, the
12th instant, has been appointed for nominating the list of
sheriffs for 1852, in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster.
The judges of the common law courts will attend for the
purpose of giving in names of gentlemen for the different
counties of England and Wales, three gentlemen being named
for each county, and a selection afterwards made of the she-
riff lay her Majesty in Council.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
On Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker,
at the Cat and Mutton, Cat and Mutton-fields,
Hackney, on view of the body of Hannah Townsend,
aged 27, a woman of colour, who was en inmate of
the Female Refuge for the Destitute, Hackney. De-
ceased had been an inmate about a week. Last Wed-
nesday, about twelve o'clock in the morning, she was
suddenly taken ill. Mr. Bacon, surgeon of the in-
stitution, was called in, who prescribed for her. She
died at twelve o'clock the same day, from an effusion
of serum in the brain and ventricles. Verdict—" Visi-
tation of God."

On Saturday Mr. Baker held au inquest at the
Cat and Mutton, Cat and Mutton-fields, relative to
the death of Sarah Jane Reynolds, four months old,
who was suffocated in bed. Deceased's father was a
baker, living at No. 3, Devonshire-street. It waa
supposed that the deceased had been accidentally suf-
focated by one of the children with whom it slept.
Verdict—" Found dead."

The firm in question have for some time been carry-
ing on their peculiar business under different styles
at different places. In Glasgow they were known
as " John and William Atkinson ;" in Manchester
and also in Colne, the only name is that of " James
Atkinson." John Atkinson, the chief actor in the
business, is the uncle of James, who is a youth under
age. At Comae we believe a manufacture of mousselines
de laine was carried on in the name of this miner. In

the peculiar business of this firm it became neces-
sary to have another firm to be dealing with it, and
for this purpose another youth was selected, named
Henry Foulds, also a minor, and the son of a small
clogger, in Rochdale-road, Manchester. One of the
modes practised was for John Atkinson, the uncle of
'Mules. to go round in Manchester and the neighbour-
hood buying goods in the name of James Atkinson,
and so conducting himself as to lead the vendors to
Believe that he was James Atkinson. However, when
the goods were delivered,
and payment was
eaonudldw not hom
even under
be the
made same
a
de-
manded, then came forward the real James Atkinson ;
who, being a minor, could neither sue nor be sued,
bankrupt.legal protection
thus obtained, were next to be disposed of ; and here
the other firm of "Henry Foulds and Co." comes
The
goods to
,oinr s
into operation. We beg the reader remember that
Henry Foulds is the clo
under 21. Sham sales gargeer,
ms sdoen, to
anoth
this
rlad you
Was
" Henry Foulds and C 0.," who, ita
is to
t needless oy,
gives no consideration ; and these
at Liverpool, for Philadelphia, _goo s are shipped
U
" Henry Foulds and Co." Theniteidntentien States,
by
ap-
pears to have been that Foulds should fol
lowthe,
accompanied probably by one of the Atkin-
sons, so as to make sales there, and get the pro-
ceeds. No entries are made in James Atkinson's
books of these sales ; there is nothing indeed to
show that they were made, except the invoices made
out to " Henry Foulds and C 0.," the " Co." being
the boy Foulds 's father, a small clogger in Rochdale-
road. Fortunately intelligence of these transactions
was obtained in time for some of the creditors to take
means to stay the goods, in transitu. Mr. Edward
Bennett, solicitor, was employed, and he succeeded in
recovering for the creditors about 2,0001. worth of
goods, most of which, we believe, were actually
shipped in the name of Henry Foulds and Co. Other
goods had been shipped in the name of John Whit-
taker ; and others in the names of Pierce Brothers,
York-street, Manchester; but through the admirable
manner in which Mr. Whittaker, a cotton spinner in
Islanchester, has acted, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the proceeds will go to the creditors whose
accounts may not be covered. It is due to Mr. Whit-
taker to state that he has given every assistance to
those who have been defrauded, and that his informa-
tion has enabled some of the creditors to recover their
own. It seems that before the business transactions
of the firm were blown, James Atkinson went to Mr.
Whittaker and proposed that he should join in an
arrangement, the object of which was to defraud the
creditors. Mr. Whittaker consented, with a view to
obtain a better insight into the matter, and having
got this information, he revealed it to the creditors.
After Stone had been brought up at the Borough
Court on Thursday last, charged by the firm with
felonious removal of goods from James Atkinson's
warehouse in Faulkner-street, and discharged, the
malicious charge againt him being dismissed—we un-
derstand James Atkinson and Henry Foulds, jun.,
entered the warehouse before daylight on Friday
morning, and removed the counters, a clock, and, in
short, every vestige of property remaining. These
things were fortunately traced to an unoccupied room
iu Brazennose-street, the owner of which has had

legal notice not to return them to the parties, but to
retain possession of them, on behalf of the creditors.
It is due to Stone to explain his position in this
affair. He appears to have acted honestly through-
out, and in good faith to the creditors, who would
otherwise have been defrauded of their goods. It
seems that Foulds removed a great quantity of goods
from the warehouse to the house of Stone (which is
just behind the warehouse), in order to prevent the
creditors from discovering and seizing their goods; and
Stone on seeing this gave information to the creditors,
who, being thus apprised of their position, seized their
own goods, wherever they could find them. Sonic of the
creditors, however, are not yet covered. We learn,
however, that from the prompt steps that have been
taken, and the success that has attended them, there
will, no doubt, be a good dividend. On finding that
the creditors were recovering their own property
from the house of Stone, James Atkinson obtained
a warrant against him, charging him with felonious
removal of the goods.
To return to the members of the firm. William
Atkinson, of Glasgow, we are informed, has failed
four or five times ; John Atkinson, two or three
times. The firm were very " general dealers," having
purchased in Glasgow a quantity of ships' anchors,
sails, flags, &c. ; as also large quantities of string and
twine. One parcel was bought for 201., and imme-
diately sold again for 131. Indeed, John is said to
have boasted that his nephew, " Jem, could go into
the Scotch market and buy anything from a needle
to an anchor." Ile also boasted of the dexterity
with which this youngster " had done the Scotchmen
and some of the knowing ones in Manchester."
These business transactions, however, must now be
regarded as closed. John Atkinson was arrested in
Liverpool about three weeks ago, when it was sup-
posed he was about to follow some goods which had
then been sent to the United States. He obtained his

portion of the debt due,
and
remainder in a short time.
liberation
promising on p paying ng
pay 5
the remainder
a
Ile was not long at large, but was apprehended in
Manchester yesterday week, on what is called a
" fugie (fugitive) warrant," on a charge of forgery.
He was conveyed to Glasgow by Inspector M`Mullen,
and has since been committed there, to take his trial
on the charge of forgery.
On Saturday last Mr. M'Kie, the superintendent of
the Glasgow police, arrived in Manchester with a
warrant to apprehend James Atkinson, the nephew.
Mr. M'Kie succeeded in apprehending James Atkin-
son at Burnley, on Sunday evening, and he was on
Monday conveyed in his custody to Glasgow. The
charge against him is, obtaining goods in that city by
fraud, and under false pretences. We believe that
warrants are also out against Henry Foulds, jun., who
is out of the way, and a man named Adams, who acted
as putter-out for James Atkinson, at Colne.—Man-
chester G?wrdian.

tian,has
bceoeln-
lecOtorr FolfCClAuLstomAs rart ODI No
u1:11
arins.
situation of collector appointed to the
le Baldwin,of
following promotions have taken place in consequence:—
Mr. Wearne, collector at Penzance, to be collector at
Douglas. Mr. Beresford, collector at Newport, to be col-
lector at Penzance. Mr. Lee, collector at Boston, to be
collector at Newport. Mr. Strike, comptroller at Rochester,
to be collector at Boston. Mr. Thomas, collector at Car-
digan, to be comptroller at Rochester. Mr. Edwards, principal
coast officer at Pwllhelp, to be collector at Cardigan. Mr.
Atkey, principal coast officer at Ryde, Isle of Wight, to be
principal coast officer at Pwllhelp ; and the situation at
Ilyde, held by Mr. Atkey, has been abolished, and the duty
will in future be performed by the Coast Guard there.
Alexander Barclay, Esq., is appointed receiver-general of
Jamaica. Captain Frome, of the Royal Engineers, is ap-
pointed collector of Customs in Trinidad.—Sunday Paper.
ANIMAL lIAGNETISM.--M. Lassaigne's soirees, or
experiments in the above science, continue to attract the
most fashionable audiences to the elegantly fitted up theatre,
at Hungerford-hall, Strand, where long and cheering plaudits
nightly respond to the very wonderful achievements of the
above-named gentleman, and his el ere, Mdlle. ricade,liece
Bernard, who thinks, sleeps, and acts in the magnse.ri_c_%,pe
with the greatest precision, and at the silentss,,_racurity
operator. The audience are allowed every possible °le '
acting of M. Las-
ot testing the fair and upright way
d those engage all those who have not yet v.-
to go and spend an interest-
ingin-
tellectual and extraordinary experiments.e and auk. Prudence
saigne, who seems to be a perfect matereosofsfethe science. We
soiree with U. Las.saign
Bernard.
fill the ofpic© of Lord Pro-
vost to
7. —The election of a gentleman„cant by the retirement of Sir
years,
vost for the next three.
took lac this day. The only point on
James Anderson,
tecili was the means and substance, or
which a division oxt i
he rental mode of rating for the support
ELECTION OF LORD PROVOST.—GLASGOW, Nov.
income-tax re—" • which has agitated the citizens most
the last two or three years, and produced
bitterly during_
civic rebellion. M. Robert Stewart was
something like a
d as the rental,
and Mr. Archibald M‘Lellan as the
propose
'e
o,candidate. The council then went to the vote,
iNc°lll -ta
for Mr. Stewart and 17 voted for Mr. M‘Lel-
when 29 voted
question
If theMpro.o Stewart art was accordingly declared Lord Provost of
(Glasgowln. for the ensuing three years.

DEATH OF A CRILD.-..0n Saturday an inquest
was held by Mr. J. W. Payne, on the body of George
Quinless, aged two years. It appeared that a pl.ink
fell from the premises of Messrs. Heathfield and
Badger, experimental chemists, Princes-square, Fins-
bury, which struck the head of the child and fractured
his skull. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."
On Saturday afternoon Mr. NV. Carter, the coro-
ner, held an inquest at the King William tavern,
Dorset-street, Clapham-road, on view of the body of
Mary Wilsden, aged 74, who died under very extra-
ordinary circumstlnces. On Wednesday last the
landlady where the deceased lodged found her in beds.e
insensible, and subsequently it was ascertained
roomh
was dead, as she bad not been able to leavef herrinking
from the previous Sunday, by reason
sprits and other liquors to an alarming extent.
elirium, arising
Ver-
dict, " That the deceased died
from
kits."
from excessive drinking of ardent
j.spv.
W. Payne held an
On Saturday afternoon
Mr. J.
on the body of
inquest at St. Thomas's
subj,ct to delirium tre.,,nrzeed)
quite naked, and in tho
Joseph Pell, aged 37 yearszsr..°Tohne dsecuenadsaeyd had been
previous he was
ofdiscovered
frightful lacerated wound of
d at'hewindow. lie was pulled
on the face and hands
abcat:,ko,fbguettthiiel
Verdict, "That the deceased died
of which be died. . .
gre°clletive
ties received accidentally
the
ml egc,eratnadi
certain
m variouslacerationsortal lni.u,, ,
during an attack of delirium.

ARRIVAL 01' THE SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We are
happy to announce the arrival at Plymouth, on Saturday
inorning, at 5 A.m., of the Sir Ilobert Peel, screw-steamer, of
whose safety some apprehensions were entertained.
A QUERY.—Somebody asks, what is more sok-
harrowing than pegs in one's boots?

- - - -- •
A LUCKY LEAP.—As George Hodge, a decent
old man, who plies as a scullerinan across the river Tyne at
bbiel&, was pulling across the water on Thursday-, a noble
salmon jumped into his boat, and vas captured.—Berwich
IVetrdcr.

A PROLIFIC Mozam—The wife of a small farmer,
near Clonmel, named John llorret, was safely delivered cf
three sons at a birth a few days ago, and both mother and
infants are well.
THE STAMP DUTIES CONTINUATION ACT.—An
Act was passed in the late session (14th and 15th of Vic-
toria, chap. 18) to continue the stamp duties in Great Britain
and Ireland from the 10th of October last for one year. The
other Acts passed on stamp duties are to continue until octc'
box. next.

There was a fall of snow at Granthana on Monday
light, which took the inhabitants by surprise; indeed, some
people go so thr as to say that more allow fell then than dur-
ing the wll9lO vY last winter.

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A FIRM OF " GENERAL TRADEI
On Saturday last, under the,head " Singular
of Robbery by u Servant," we published a repligillikkj
case heard at the Borough Court, in which a ware-
houseman and porter named Stone, was charged by
his employers, with felony, in removing goods from
the warehouse to his own house (close behind the
warehouse) in their absence. This charge, which
would seem to have been wholly groundless, was pre-
ferred by the firm in question, because Stone had
given information to the creditors of the firm of frau-
dulent removals of goods. The case altogether deve-
lops a system carried on by this firm :of general
dealers for the purpose of obtaining goods, which
merits exposure, and the publication of which may
serve as a caution in future.