The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CHANCERY.—(TIIIS. DAV: 4.
•
The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in the Old HalLLineoloo
•
Inn, to-day, for the purpose of hearing
rijpo34thell°Ph
and cause and lunatic petitions.
' •
• "
IN RE UNIVERSAL SALVAGE COMPA.NY, ,EXPARTg It/°
." MANSFIELD.
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The"furthiir,argtinretits in this part-,heara tiiiPlo "e
tion WerVsfestirifed td-dai; and occupied elie.l3otte, his
whole morning., The -case came before.his;.Lutd6rt
upon appeal from-an order' made bpth6 Iric.;.elfance"°d,
Knight Bruce under the Joint-Stock Companies
jog up Act, holding the Earl of Mansfield a contrible°,2)
to the company. It appeared that his Lordship tco of
shares in the company, upon which he paid a deption,bo
1001., but did not sign any deed. This occurred -in
be
year 1845, at which time the proposed capital of
L
company was stated in the prospectus to be 101),Ou$
Subsi quently, however, in consequence of all the silt '$
ri,:t being taken up, the company was carried on vi'!"os
capital of 50 0001., and not answering the excectaVd,
of the dir(etors, fell under the operation of the Will
ing-up Act.
• Mr. MalMs and Mr. Glasse were counsel in supPnr",4l
the appeal, and Mr. J. Russell and Mr. Preaderg'
appeared in support of the order of tha Court below.

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ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY),•S
His Lordship, the Master of the Rolls sat in "11r
Court, in the Rolls' Yard, Chancery-lans, to-day, St
the purpose of giving judgment in one or two cases tPtO
had been heard before him some time since, and
Ills°
i:sar tettlions.
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SALON
.`"
ONS V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND
" '
COAST RAILWAY.—JUDGMENT. e is
The MASTER of the ROLLS gale judgment to•al'ir
this case, which came before him in November ,3"
upon two E epa ra, • demur! ors, one for want Of etleitlei
and th• other for multifariousness, put in by Sams' 4,
Lying, the present chairman of the Brighton Con2l3e-to
and Wm. Arthur Wilkinson, the late chairman bl
tie Croydon Company, to the bill filed:
David Salomons, on behalf of himself and all otheo
the proprietors of shares in the London, Brighton, e 0
South Coast Railway Company. The bill prayed ,Pts,
declaration of the Court that the three defenctsebo
Messrs. Schuster, Crowley, and Hotham, ought 067 f
considered as having purchased 4,000 shares 90(1,4
shares in the Direct London and Portsmouth Bah' 00
Company, upon their own personal account, and nO, 'O,O
trustees for :the company; that the agreement 0r ot
directors of the London, Brighton, sad South net
Railway Company with the directors of the Pir.,
London and Portsmouth Company was illegal and .10 ea
and should be cancelled; that the defendants be defend
to replace to the fund, of the London, Brighton, !lie
South Coast Railway Company the sums paid out a '0
funds of such company in respect of the,14,000 00°0,
and 677 shares in the said Direct London and rel.
mouth Company, &c.; and that the defendants LairtPto
Schuster, Cook, and others, be decreed to replace t 1
the funds of the London, Brighton, and South CO
Railway Company, the aforesaid sums which 131/
been already paid, and any other sums which mig ,
have been paid out of the funds of such COO,
pany, &c., that the defendants be restrained by injue
tion from taking any further steps for carrying out
illegal afire
anent
with the London and Portsmonth Sgro
way Company respecting a proposed junction ft
enj
Epsom to Leatherhead, eic., and from applying 9„-c
o
emts
into
calls
tal thl
ots oef f t
theul tpeh
factse sumnßo
demurrerotf
ie 8
the 4
after
ler
t2aoeosore,
g 0
sharesoi. , or
and, i n 1)
6.-
at .7.7:
ndsm heimeritoorsnnar moneys
e. sef
a lengthr
Thei flnuyr
tt pohilaeibrna.
his °PI
must bo overruled, and that for multifariousness allow-to
amend his bill. The Master of the Rolls,
for wsotaiannt tge
at the same time he would give the plaintiff libelling
his judgment, observed that he could not but ex1:1700
in concle";0,
his suprise that bills of this nature, which must of
necessarily necessarily be of some considerable length,
materially increased in consequence of the stS
sertion into them of long pleadings and extrs
from Acts of Parliament, totally unnecessaq
the case, and even speeches made at public ineetlllod
In his opinion the sooner such a practice was put an
to the hover.
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BAILEY V. THE BIBIKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND C 0
TER JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—JUDGMENT' iP
The MASTER of the ROLLS also gave judgrnee,„,oo
this ca. e, allowing the damn; rcr put in by the defenTirs,
to the plaintiff's bill, but without prejudice to the Pal
tiff 's filing a new one.
'
The Court ti ea proceeded to hear positions, tolg
this unoppoied first.

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VICE-CITANCERY.—(THIS DAY')
(Before thi VICE•CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND%)
His Honour the VICE CHANCELLOR f ENai
ni.
heard unopposed cause pe,itions, short cameo, and Fe,
tions to-day, but nothing of the least interest cane
foie him during ti e morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE)IIis id,
lIUNOUR heard short causes and causes tcruilo
all of which were without any interest except to
parties concerned.

(Ile'ore the Vice Chancellor WIGRAM.) 11 ,21
His HoNoutt sat at half-past ten to-day, and
short.causei and came petitions, after disposing of whit6
he proceeded to hoar the further arguments in APCalO3°
v. Rankin.

EXCHEQUEII.—(THIS DAY.) the
The Court took the peremptory paper to•day, but -its
cases argued possessed no feature of the slightest inter
the questions involved in them being of a dry $
tfi clinical nature.

BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
ROW
(efore Mr. Justice ERLE.)
NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY—NEwity,
POINT AND ROSTRETOR RAILWAY.
Mr. PHIPPS moved for a rule, calling upon the be
fendant to show cause why their demurrer should 11°,, ho
set aside, on the ground that it was frivolous. Ibe
action was upon a mortgage deed,
granted underiied
38th section of the Bth and 9th of Vic., commonly ci/ye
the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, which g'.o.
Railway Companies the power to borrow money, PA'd,
vided they were authorised to do so by the present
ge
upon mortgage or bond ; and, at the same time, igg-pd
the mortgagee power to receive back his princiPl",:gto
interest, by proceediags at common law. The pr"„:00
Act in this case was the 9th and 10th Victoria, secd
245, which incorporated the Newry, Warrenpoint °to
Rotrevor Railway Companies, and empowered thell•vg
borrow, on mortgage or bond, any sum, not exceeel
in the the whole 33
>333t, no part of such sum g° o
borrowed until the whole capital of 10,000/. should Vic/
been subscribed for, and a clear half of it paid up. "".„I.°a•
the declaration stated that, by indenture of 0:1-,
gage, sealed by the defendants with their cum
o,
mon seal, and in consideration of 5,00
te
they assigned their undartaking to the plaintiffsv,
gether with all their dues and tolls, until the bAjore
with interest at 6 per cent. per annum, should .db
been repaid and satisfiad, the principal to be repel
the end of one year at tho office of the defenclantide,
Moorgateastreet, within the city of London. The
claration then went on to allege that, although sae
period had expired, and a legal demand had been,lll to
at the office ef the ch f aidante, yet they bad failed
pay either the principal or the interest, as provide.? ▪
to
the Act f Parliament, to the injury and damage ;
plaintiffs. To this declaration the defendants Ilea,.
w u
go
warred in substance that it was bad in law, inasmuch
it did not allege that the
hole cf the capital had t •
it
subscribed f)r and half fit paid up • ' secondly,
r.
did not aver that the shareholders of the NewrY, lltbe
renpoint, and Rotrevor Railway had not authorigr
borrowing of the money, as provided by the CorePaue
Clauses Consolidation Act ; arid, thirdly, thil„,t,iite
injury hadaceruad to the plaintiffs. It was 4 theta
clear that the demurrer was frivolous, and merely a
upon the record to obtain delay.
T, Mr. Justice ERLE would not trouble the A-eIIITO
r;
Counsel to dwell upon the hood sense of the derourr_eof
but was than, not some decision to justify the courfa,
the defendant ?
Mr. Purrps was not aware that there was,
f 01.
Mr. Justice Ealog said there was the case (;)-

Bristul anti Exeter Railway, where it was ruled that the
allegation that the capital of 100,004. had not been
whay sul;scribcd for must CU= from the dor: nciLnt;
hut then that Casa wzs Pyn Lotion of ej, ctrmnt to to-
cover land. nod the private Act of Parhawent distinctly
provided that the company should not hold lands until
the full capital had been subcriled for and half of it
pi:id up.
Mr. Pawl's not aware of this case.

CHIUSTMAS BOOKS.

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Mr. Justice EnLE—Yua take a rule to silos? cause.

Rule nisi accordingly.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice TALFounp.)

Tho trial of Lewis Joel, aged 25, a jeweller, was re-
sumed this morning, on an indictment charging him
with feloniously uttering, by false pretences, a forged
bill of exchange for 1,000/., with intent to defraud John
Marcus Clements.
At six o'clock yesterday evening, when the Court
rose, the case for the prosecution had not closer!, and it
was continued this morning.
Mr. John Thomas Campbell was called as a witness
for the prosecution. He said I am a solicitor. The
bill alleged to be a forgery has been in my possession,
and was produced by me before the magistrates. I
brought an action upon it against Mr. Clements, after
Mr. Clements said it was a forgery. I was at Croydon
on the trial. The bill at that time we believed to be in
Possession of the prisoner. The action was brought by
a person named Forrest, a gentleman connected with
the London and Dublin Bank. The action was brought
against Mr. Clements to recover a large debt, the bill
in question being Fart of that debt. The action was
brought at the instance of the London and Dublin Bank.
Forrest has now left the country; he has emigrated.
By Mr. CHAMBERS—I am a member of the firm of
Davis, Son, and Campbell. I have teen admittei an
attorney for four or five years. The action I hoe re-
fortel to as teing brought against Mr. Clements was to
reenter a large de'A. The day the trial was to come en
at Croydon the prisoner, through his attorney, stated he
wished to arrange the action. We had afterwards au
ime,vie 4' with ail el and his solicitor at our office, when
I told &el, that Mr. Pulman had said there was no such
bill in existence, and if the-c %sere it was a forgery. I
did not ree !he bill in the hands of our firm until the
231 Se2leinher. Mr. Pulman was subpoenaed as a wit-
ess by our firm. I made inquir:es, and afterwards went
on with the action. I saw Mr. Clements write twice at
our office, Looking at the signature on the bill purport-
ing to he Mr. Clements' name, I telieve it to he in the
handwriting of Mr. Clerneate. I bad no interest in this
matter I eyond acting as the solicitor of the London and
bublin Bank.
By Mr. CLARKSON—The. e aprears to be the name of
"Fore a" partly eriv.el upon the bill. Reed, a clerk of
ours, mace a copy of the bill. Mr. Clements signel his
name twice at our office on the occasion re'errei to in
321 Y cross-examination. That was to a duplicate memo-
randum, and not for the purpose of obtaining a stecimen
of hie handwriting. Mr. Pulman stated the bill was a
forgery befoi e it came into our hands, and when we got
it I made inquiries about it.
Henry James Reed, clerk to the prreeding witness,
proved that he received the bill for 1,0001. in question
'from Chignell, a messenger in his employers' o ffice on
.
the 10th September; and made a copy-of-it. (Looks' at
the bill.) Could not tell precisely whether the indorse-
ments were visible or not cn the bill when he made Isis
Copy o; the bill.
Henry Chignell, messenger in the office of Davis,
Son, and Campbell, do posed that in August or Septem-
hu ber the prieoner celled et his employersbill' office, and said
'wanted to leave a memorandum, or of exchange.
The prieoner did leave a paper, which witness gave so
the pre ceding witness, Reed. The paper the prisoner
left might be the bill now in question.
The bill in question was put in and read. It bore
date the Sth August, 1847, and purported to be drawn
by Lewis Joel, the prisoner, upon E. J. M. Clements,
the prosecutor, a Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons,
for 1,0001., payable two months atter date. It ism in-
dorsed by the prisoner, and by one Mr. Forrest, the lat-
ter name being partly erased.
-Mr. Campbell was recalled, and proved that on ore
occasion, when he saw the prisoner at his (Mr. Camp-
bell's) office with his attorney, the prisoner did not deny
that the bill in question was the one which he gave to
Chignell; that it was a genuine bill, and that be would
Prove it.

them. The denouement is very dramatic
:
"The hall was filled with servants, among whom were
Nisbett and Antoine; the former with red eyes, nose,
and cheeks, boiling with indignation ; the latter, in a
state of irrepressible glee, for in every stroke aimed at
his mistress, he saw an acceleration of the denouement he
panted for. When the dining-room door was opened,
the general excitement overcame conventional forms, and
ono and all made thiir way in. All eyes turned on
Margaret, who as she passed through the door, seemed
to leave behiad her every sensation of languor and de-
pression. She-withdrew her hand from Nelson's arm,
arid advanced towards the table, her stately figure erect,
and her downcast eyes gleaming with light. Mr. Craw-
ford, seated in his chair of judgment at the head of the
table, looked at her over his spectacles, and hemmed two
or three times. am grieved, young lsdy,' he began,
to have so unpleasant a duty to parform, but I under-
stand you appealed to me, and I need not say you than
have the fairest treatment, and every indulgence we can
allow you.'
" Margaret bowed, and stole one look at Miss Marlin
under her eyelashes, to prepare that lady for what was
to follow.

" Theodosia now stated her case, and related what our
readers already know— her previous suspicions, the steps
she had deemed it right for all their sakes to take, and
the manner in which she had convicted her in the act;
addir g a few remarks on the terror Margaret exhibited
on her arrest. At this Miss Armadale looked at her,
and again with that cold dark smile that had perplexed
her before. She turned to 11,2 r associates, and Shipton
and Katy bore witness, each in her on n peculiar style,
and a groan ran through the audience. Mrs. Crawford
looked at Mis 3 Martin with uplifted hands, and mur-
mured,' \Vhat will the world come to?'
Is this all true, Miss Esther?' said Mr. Crawford.
There was a pause.
" < Very nearly true, sir,' said Margaret.
" Very nearly? were the circumstances as they have
been stated?'

Mr. James Gordon Murdock, a partner in the banking
firm of Murdock, Buuverie, and Co., was called and said
--I was ore of Mr. Clements' guardians, and ha, o had
many Opportunities of knowing his handwriting. 1.400 ks
at the aceciitanee on tie biil.) I do not Lelie:e it to he
the handwriting of Mr. Cleme.its. I first saw the bill in
November last, when it was shown to me by Mr. Camp-
bell. Be'ole August last, whea the trial took place at
Croydon, I had never heard of Mr. Clements having ac-
cepted a bill for 1,0001.
By Mr. I3ALLANTINE—I am in the habit of occa-
sionally cashing bills over the counter of our banking.
house, and hare sometimes cashed bills of Mr. Clements.
If the bill in question fur 1,0001. had been presented at
the bank of our firm for payment, I should not have
cashed it, both on account of the largeness of the
amount, and from a doubt of the genuineness of the
signature, I remember saying to Mr. Campbell that the
signature to the bill was not like the handwriting of Mr.
Clements.
Mr. Clements was recalled, and in answer to a ques •
!ma by the Judge, said the signature of the bill was
In the, handwriting of the prisoner, and that he (Mr.
Clements) had never signed his name to a blank ac-
ceptance for 1,0001, in his IFe.
"'his was the case for the prosecution.
of the
M. CHAMBERS then addressed the jury on behalf
""ce prisoner. He said this was one of the most ex-
traordinary cases that it had ever fallen to his lot to be
concerned in. In ordinary cases of this kind a man in
poor circumstances, who had no pecuniary dealings with
other instrument
suddenly presented a forg xi bill of exchange or
‘?..ler instrument to get the money of that party. But never
14 his (Mr. Chambers) life had he met with a case of
the present kind. With an honest and true debt, as he
'would show by the very statement of the prosecutor
aif,
to the amount of beyond the 1,0001.—t0 the
anlount of somewhere about I,7ool.—actually existing,
and duo from the prosecutor to the prisoner, and with
no defence but a dishonourable one, that of his being
funder age when the debt was contracted, the prosecutor
ad sought to fasten upon the prisoner a charge of
ctgery.
when
Learned Counsel was continuing his address
"uen our report left.)

" ' Yes, sir—the circumstances certainly were.'
" Ani this cheque,' said the judge gravely, consider
whet you are saying—did you fill it up, and subscribe it
Margaret Armadale?'
" I did, sir.'
'•' With the intention of getting it passed?'
" Yes, sir.'
"Everybody looked aghast : Theodesia glanced tri-
umphant►y at Nelson, who bit his lip: Katy muttered,
Oh then she's a natural innocent, to go confissing
like that!'
"'Attendee un pen,' said Antoine.
"' Silence there!' cried Mr. Crawford, hastily. His
face was purple with agitation, and with some difficulty
he addressed himself again to Margaret.
" This is very dreadful, young lady, but lam glad,
if you are guilty, that you do not deny it. It makes one
hope you are young in fraud, and I trust this may be the
first and last time each a thing may occur. And now
the best thing you can do, to induce Miss Armadale to
forgive you, will be to confess without reserve the mo-
tives that led to this gross act of—l must give it its
right name.—felony. Let me advise you as a friend, to
speak the truth, without seservation and without fear.'
" I will, sir,' said Margaret, in the acme calm,
dignified tone in which she had first spoken, it is now
time !hat the whole truth should be heard. The zeal of
these ladies has only hastened by a day or two the con-
fession I had purposed to make. I did read those letters
—I did open that writing case—l did write that cheque,.
—for the lett( rs, and the writing case, and the cheque-
book are mine—and / am Margaret Armadale I'
" If an electric battery had been discharged into the
assembly, it could not have preduced a wore instan•
taneous shock. Her look—her voice—her erect and
stately bearing—the calm acquiescence of her compa-
eion—all carried complete conviction to every bosom that
she spoke the truth: but what was the effect of such a
conviction it would be difficult to describe. Before any
one had found breath to do mere than gasp, Margaret
addressed her bewildered hostess, Yes, Mrs. Crawford!
it is I whom you invited to your house, and who have
presumed upon your goodness by entering it in disguise.
I dare hardly hope you will pardon me, for I feel I do
not deserve it: the only palliation I can offer for my
conduct is the forlorn position in which I am placed.
It is so precicus to be loved for your own sake: su bitter
to see your posseesions -preferred! I have been a spoiled
child all my life, and having been in the habit o induig
ing every whim, I did not hesitate in this, my earnest
wish to know you without being known. lam sensible
new of my fault: I had no right to wrong your hospi-
tality: and if you turn me now from yuir door in dis-
grace, I can but say, I have my desert. Still, when I
tell you that during this period of disguise, I have
learned more than in my whole life of pi osperity, that
scenes, and duties, and characters have even laid before
me, which otherwise might have been ever concealed: that
it has been the turning point in my moral existence, and
that to my dying day I may have occasion to bless the
events that led me to your fireside, I venture to hope
you and Mr. Crawford will not refuse the forgivenese
which I most sincerely ask for the sake of your„old
friend.'

RAILIF RAILWAY RETURNS
AY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
_ u)s)8 for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
vePek in ctive returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
the precious year

.9.
Wee k F g
Last 8 c••• 5,1.
eliding
NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F., 04
t'S an
C.) 2, .."-s-........
--- ------ ke. &
X x
Jett.r
613 417
6 Amiens and Ponlogne . ........ •. -• • 1,154 1,080
5 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 415 396
6 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 788 706
o Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroc, and W. Y. 436 304
„6 Bristol and Exeter ...... ••••••• • • • • • 2,1i79 -
-2 cwed0nian............. .••••••••••• 5,632 3,500
" Chester and Holyhead ..... .... ~.... 1,152 1,047
. Dublin and Drogheda• ••• • • ••••• • • • • 600 668
! Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 668 654
' Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • .. 1,696 ' 1,01%5
6. East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • " • • • ' • • 710 677
". Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • •
• • • ••
••
• • • • 3,012 3.401
.• ' Edinburgh and Perth ••• • • • ...... 2,519 1,939
6 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,649, 11,478 -
East Lancashire •• • • ...... ••••• • • • • • - 1 0313
6 Eastern Union. 1,012
5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 3,549 2,417
~.. Glasgow and Greenock ......... .... 1,157 810
'", Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • • • • • 2,536 -
6" Great Southern and Western •••• • • •• 3,510 2,888
,9 Great 'Western, &c •• • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • • • • • 10,715 10,415
"" Lancaster and Carlisle - .... - ...... 2,882 2,167
30 Leeds and Thirsk ••• • • • ...... ••• ' ' • 614 _
lg Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• ••• 75 71
6 Londonderry and Enniskillen• •••• . • • 113 139
London and North Western, &c. ..... 37,620 34,610
6 London and Blac!kwall.. •••••• • • • • • • 547 510
6 London and Brighton .•••••••• • • • • • • 6,954 6,616
Loudon and South Western .••.. • . -• 7,428 7,440 ,
6 6 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,574 2,485
..-
~ ualdland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • • 16,892 18,311
• ' ° Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • 908 -
6_ Monklands ............. ••••• • " " ' • 510 567
.I;orth British .•-••••• • • • • • • • '..• .• • • 3,322 2,481
5 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• - •• • • - .. 5,067 4,490
Rouen and Havre .. • ... ••••• . - - - 2,066 1,767
0 o .
, ocottish Central .............. • • ... • 1,079 b 97
?, Scottish' Midland •••• • • " " ..- • ..337 259
'6 Shrewshury and Chester • • ...... • •
Sl4ol3shlre Union -•••••••• •• • • •• .. 1,401 1,284
, •• 3711 --
~„ South Eastern and Branches •••• • • • • 11,592 7,405
"ou
.. • • • • - . •• • • - • • • • .... 1,243 1,450
• Tarr Vale • •... -
•
6 Ulster .• • ••• •••
:: •••
••
••••
30 Waterford and Limerick- •.•••• • • •• - 266
• 6 . Whitehaven Junction ...............180 170
n York and Newcastle .•••• • • • • •12,563 11,139
tork and North Midland. ... ..... .. 5,314 6,702

" Mortified hcartstrieken, overwhelmed with amaze-
mnit and vexation, poor Mrs. Craw ford locked in her
face, and attempted to make some rcply, but the words
died on her lips, while a crowd of intolerable thoughts
rushed through her brain. True to her maternal sym•
pathies, the first of these was Ferdinand: she dared not
turn her eyes to him: she could not, in fact, face any-
body—she had never felt quite so annoyed in all her
life, and after a brief struggle for composure, her morti-
fication overcame her self-command, and throwing her-
self into a chair, she burst into tears. Mr. Crawford,
petrified at first, now sprung up from his seat and seiz-
ing Margaret by both hands, assured her of his hearty
forgiveness by us hearty a kiss. .
" Ferdinand waited to hear no more; he struck bis
forehead with both hands, rushed out of the room, half
beside himself with fury, and coming violently into con-
tact with somebody in the ball, nearly knocked him over.
It was Alfred, deadly pale, and covered with blood. He
clung to his brother's arm. What has been going on!
she is innocent! tell me she is innocent!'
" Innocent?' cried the exasperated fortune-hunter
innocent? a vile—beggarly impostor!'
"Alfred let go his arm, and staggered to the parlour,
where at the sight of his ghastly appearance, every one
uttered a cry of alarm. Ho rushed to the centre of the
group, and seizing his mother's arm, robbed convulsively
for breath. .
" Alfred I dear Alfred! comrose yourself T said Mrs.
Crawford soothingly, it is all"--He laid his hand on
her mouth, and by a violent effort, regained his voice.
`Not a word, mother! not a word!—you have been pre-
judiced: you are all blinded—you cannot see goodness
without gold, or beauty without ornaments—you are
blind—deaf—stony of heart—or you would love her as
I do!' _ . .

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ROTA,
Ca t in-7
ARTILLERY. WOOLWICIT, JAN. 11.—
°aPalli,,-,tviDg's company, the 12th battalion, proceeds
br --""'/Y next the 14th inst., to Weedon and Peat-
-4t.°61/ee;to relieve Captain thys company, Bth battalion,
to h e gintion.;, Captain Hill's being ordered to. return
vice,eadr;clmirters to remain in readiness for foreign ser-
beet 1,-,aptain Townsend's company, 12th battalion, has
Trie.Pil4e,d under orders to leave the garrison on
Atc,;(-aY Morning, the 15th inst., for Dover, to relieve
rho Mee's company, Bth battalion, at that station, and
t 41.0 latter will return to head-quarters, preparatory to
ri„c:feeding on foreign service. The whole of the mar-
t:
cwt Miners in the garrison here are receiving each
cf. coals par week, and the' same quantity will be
eenti
Pence Titled to be given to each for six weeks. The ex-
Zof the coals is defrayed from the regimental funds
tibteted by the cfli'cers. The whole of the troops off
rn 4 a'sembled yesterday on the guard mounting parade
into 4‘137 marching order, for the purpose of marching
eauS the country for exercise, but a change in the weather
thprn to return to barracks,
to 11. t DARIaG POBBFRY or 2,0001—1 n referenee
it
can
ne daring robbery- mentioned
.in 71.te Sun yesterday,
true _ ,
nue, be stated that the police discovered that the
Yeat, nad been Inrrowed of a person in Tower-street.
kuoeard,l_l3' morning, at an early hour, the iron safe ova:
coot "c-ken open on Kennington common, and the
the !Ina taken away, but no trace has been obtained cf
truck. Information was given to Mr. Webb, who
idsntiiied the h
THE
ox.
rtt,s, TRAITOR GEORGET.—The following part-tid ppears in Gulignani's Messenger of yesterday:--
e i.ltivv fhe Aust4 G eneral Hem zi, who was killed
(1141_/11., Liege of Buds, f which fortress be was a e cora man-
tlj .Its published sone rzemoirs, from which it arrears
(3(),',_!ne G'ereral was in vet!: et communication with
cet-i/geY, !aid that Buda only held out to give General
14,1,h
,a etext f)r besieging it, and su de.tr,,y the
Lernbiriski, which was to.,,march on Vienna, and
cause inAurectivii in the hereditary states.

" His manner was so vehement, his voice so heart-
rending, no one could find a tongue to interrupt him;
and if they had attempted it, he would not have) listened.
" I ought not to speak like this, I know: reverence
for her modesty ought to seal my tongue; I meant—l
resolved that it should be sealed, until I found a fitter
time and place: but ycu have driven me to desperation:
and now I declare before you all, if deceived by the evi-
dence of enemies, who have laid, I know it, this
for 11,,r feet, you drive her from your society, and cast
her from your frienthidp, you cast away a eon too!
Her lot shall be mine: her path shall he mine! I will
will slave for her maintenance—l will plead
before earth and heaven her intcgliiy: till at length
day may come when she may at last confes, there is a
I;w:rt that can love ner; in spite of poverty—and iu
s.p:te of shame!' Ile turned to Margaret, who covered
her face with her hands.

." Yes, Esthe r—l love YOU !--I loved you from the
first moment we MCA, when you were left neglected
Ether's hospitable hall! I
among the servants in my
loved you more and more as the days went on;—your
Lee haunted my dreams-3 our voice was my BWtttest
music: I saw you hearing insult with patience, and
neglect a ith good humour: helping the hioldi,,,;s,
striving m eVGry sLape to be
coMf6riing the orphan,
dispenser of blessing to others, at the time that your
Intl your prospect dim
own cup was full of bitterness,

THE SUN,

FRIENDS AND FORTUNE : a Moral Tale.
By A. H. Drury.
We class this volume us a Christmas book, because
the incidents which it relates are supposed to have
occurred during some Cllriitinas holidays; and also
becau=e it contains a very bt=autiful " Song of Christ-
mas;" but otherwise the story itself is so full of in-
terest, and the manner of the narrative is so exceed-
ingly attractive, that " Friends and Fortune," like
the originals of its title, will be welcome to many all
the year round. Few three-volumed novels are more
interesting than this " Moral Tale." It relates
some very morne.nteus possages in the life of one
Margaret Armadsle, a young heiress, very beautiful,
very accomplished, and a little self-wince). The high
spirit of the somewhat haughty damsel is, however,
tempers dby a gentle and loving heart. At the open-
ing of the tale the young heiress, who is an orphan,
and having attained her majority is her own mistress,
has just arrived in England after a long sojourn on
the Continent. She is accompanied by an elderly
cornpanicn, Miss Martin. Margret, accustomed to
continual adulation, which she justly attributes, in
part at least, to her great wealth, begins
to wish to be loved for her own sake. She wishes to
prove if friends and fortune are indeed inseparable.
Having received an invitation to pass Christmas
time with the family of the Crawfords, old friends of
her father's, the capricious heiress resolves upon
changing places with Miss Martin, and visiting the
unknown family, not as the rich Miss Armadale, but
as Miss Armadale's poor attendant. Such is the
foundation of the tale, and the manner in
which it is carried out is marvellously ex.
cellent. Mrs. Crawford pays due court to
the supposed heiress ; the eldest son, a vain fop, makes
love to her, while all the family, excepting two
younger sons, treat their humble companion with
neglect. It is a hard but a useful lesson for Margaret.
Her pride is humbled by continued slights and petty
persecutions ; while, at the same time, her heart is
softened by a close acquaintance with the hitherto
unknown troubles of the poor. The benevolent
rector and his charming daughter Mary are beauti-
fully drawn characters. Alfred Crawford, a shy,
sensitive pout, is also sketched with a graceful and
accurate hand. Theodosia Crawford, a vain and
very malicious young lady, jealous of the superior
attractions of the poor Either (Margaret's feigned
name), seeks on every occasion to annoy her. At
last Either is discovered signing a cheque with the
name of " Margaret Armadale." What a triumph
for Theodosia ! The heads of the family are out, and
so the supposed criminal is locked up, awaiting their
return, while Alfred rushes off on horseback to hasten

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,

ever y incident is accompanied with a black-figure
illutttratic n)

COURTSHIP.
A CITAILADE IN THREE ACTS.
ACT. I.
COURT-
DRAMATIS PERSONA.
Lord Chief-Justice. Counsel.
Prisoner (a Sail. r). Eight Ladies (his Wives).
Jurymen. Policemen. Spectators, &c.
Time—Before supper-time.
Scene—A Court of Justice. At back of drawing room
the Lord Chief-Justice's easy-chair, and ottoman for
Counsel. To the right, sofa for Jurymen. To the
left, fire-screen for Prisoner's dock.

Flourish of splendidly--imitated trumpets. Enter pro-.
cession in following order:—The Usher, holding the
carpet broom of office; his Honour, robed in gorgeous
dressing-gown, and wearing a magnificent wig of ermine
victorine; the Counsel, carrying carpet-bags, holding
briefs of music, and properly wigged with night-caps;
the wretched Sailor, who stands charged V% ith the dread-
ful crime of polygamy, in the close custody of the
Jailor, bearing the street-door key of office, and endea-
vouring to restrain his Prisoner from dancing the horn-

As soon as prisoner is safely secured behind fire-screen
he again breaks out in a hornpipe, when
Enter the eight Plaintiffs (ladies whom the inconstant
Prisoner has respectively married in the several ports he
has visited). They are natives of •arious countries, and
dressed in their different national costumes.
At sight of the vile Sailor they are deeply moved, and
intimate a strong desire to get at him.
Enter Jurymen, who are immediately packed into the
sofa.

Counsel for prosecution, in the most electrifying
dumb-show, proves, by pointing and frowning at Pri-
soner, who is still dancing, what a villain the man is.
He shows the validity of each marriage by putting an
ialeginary ring on his third finger; and having referred
to the case of " Lachi darem—in Re Dun Giovanni,"
Italian Duets, Vol. 11., demands, by a thump on the
ottoman, that the scoundrel should bo punished with the
utmost rigour of the law.
Judge, putting on the black hat, proceeds to pass sen-
tence of death on the wretched prisoner, who evinces
the utmost callousness by doing the split in the horn-
pipe.

The Wives no sooner hear their joint Husband's
doom than thi affectionate rush is made towards him,
which the wretched man perceiving, he seeks safety in
flight.

AIT
-SHIP.
DRAMATIS PERSONA,
Captain. Sailors. Passengers. Sce.
Scene—The deck of that fast-sailing craft the Fron

Drawing-room.

Enter Captain, with noble cocked-hat, made out of
yesterday's Times, and lr:ir brushes for epaulettes. He
shouts through a set of quadrilles, when
Enter several tight lads, who proceed to the music-
stool to heave at the capstan and weigh the imaginary
anchor; whilst others pulleyoi at the larboard bell-rope
to let out gallant maintop ceiling. Two more brave
boys take the wheel, and, by means of the arm-chair,
steer the room beautifully.
Passengers on after-ottoman now begin, by wild gesti-
culations—the turning up of eyes, and the sudden ap-
plication of handkerchiefs—to intimate that they have
passed the Nore Light; whilst others, leaning over the
backs of their chairs, implore their neighbours, in the
mo.t affecting pantomime, to throw them overboard.
Enter Steward with basins, at which the passengers
make a simultaneous rush. He also enables several poor
creatures—who are walking about in the most extraor-
dinary manner, and rolling from side to side of drawing-
room—to reach their berths.

Presently a fearful storm is supposed to arise. Ti e
Passengers, bindiuglife•preservers of comforters round
their waists, jump hurriedly from their berths, and
springing over the sides of the ship, strike out for the
door, where mod omnes.

ACT 111.
COURTSHIP.
DRAILATIS PEREON.E.
Old Father. His Daughter. Her Lora..
Retainers. Lawyer. &c. &c.
Scene—Apartment in Mansion of Old Father.

Enter Daughter, who shows, by pressing her side and
swinging about, that she is deeply in love. She com-
mences laying a table for two, and, having set down a
lovely round of cold bandbox, she again expresses her
fondest devotion for one of the knives and forks.

Sweet plaintive sounds of a splendidly-executed
whistle are heard without. She claps her hands, and
Enter Lover in full uniform of the new police, richly
silvered with chalk. He glances anxiously at the cold round
of bandbox, and then gives vent to the wildest movements
of joy. They advance to table, and feast commences.
Just as he has helped himself to the lid, a loud and con-
tinued knocking is beard without. They become agi-
tated; and Lover, endeavouring to avoid an angry
parent's just wrath, seizes some bread, and plunges be-
neath table.

Enter Old Father, suffering acutely from an attack of
suppositious gout, aad forced to use brooms whilst
walking. He expressos his surprise at banqufia, but is
p'ested wl.en he learns it was intended for him. Lover,
growing tired of oadeavours to snatch some meat
off his anger,' plate. Old Father alarmed on seeing the
mysterious hand, and, jumping from his chair, drags
Lover from under the table. Grand exposure. He is
about to curse the villain, when

Enter Lay.) er with placard, announcing that the
scoundrel has just come into a coroLetcy and 2,000,0001.
lie crowns him with u ducal meat cover. Old Father
relents, and blesses his children. Retainers and maid of
all work rush in, and arrange themselves into a grand
tab!e

The little volume contains no less than twenty-six
similar definitions profusely embellished with pictorial
examples. It may affbrd amusement to turn over its
pages even when it fails in fulfilling its avowed ob•
ject—" to make a long evening short."

JUVENILE CALENDAR AND ZODIAC
OF FLOWERS, By Mrs. J. K. Hervey. With
twelve Illustrations by Richard Doyle.
Never has the graceful pencil of Doyle been more
gracefully employed than in sketching the charming
illustrations of this charming book. Every month
is illustrated by a fanciful picture and a fanciful tale.
Tnat for January is called " The Child's Dream of
the Snowdrop," and the picture represents a sleeping
child holding a snowdrop in its folded hands, while a
graceful group of fairies gather round. February
The Crocuses ; or the Child's Footprints "—is
accompanied with a natural sketch of a child throwing
crumbs to a robin. March—" Titania and the
Violets"—gives
beauties of spring, and the elfin sprites of
graceful glimpse of the floral
fairy-land. And so on through all the months
of the year. in addition to the graceful pictures of
Doyle, and the fanciful' stories of Mrs. Hervey, there
is appended to every month an interesting chapter
on the " insect world," or on the hybernating ani-
mals. Many little readers will find these recreations
in natural history even more attractive than, the
stories. Also for every month is given a calendar of
important days, memorable customs, and old sayings.
That fur January i 6—
. " As the days lengthen
So does the cold strengthen."
For February—
"lf Candlemas be fair and clear
There'll be two winters in the year;"
and so on. In addition to this is a list of the birds,
and insects, and
flowers chiefly peculiar to each
month. Thus January—Flowers : Snowdrop, Christ-
mas Rose, Changeable-flowered Hydrangea, Winter
Aconite, Round-headed Cyclamen, White-leaved
Coltsfoot. The little volume is thus rendered as ust-
ful as it is attractive. •

THE POOR ARTIST; or, Seven Eye-sights and

One Object.
" Science is fable," is the very appropriate motto of
this delightful little book. It is seemingly but the simple
narration of the fortunes of a poor artist, but it really
possesses much scientific interest. The poor artist at
the opening of the volume is dmirous, like many
others, of acquiring fame and fortune. Hitherto he
has worked for a painter, whose pictures (some of
them wholly the work of the poor artist) always
sold for good prices. He soon !learns the value of
" a name." No one will purchase the works of an
unknown hand. The poor artist paints a green-
house for an old lady, and falls in love with the grand-
daughter, the beautiful Aurelia. With redoubled
anxiety he pursues his work, and falling asleep in a
wood dreams a strange dream, or meets with a re-
markable adventure, we cannot say which. A
humming bee comes to him, and declares she has
that morning witnessed an extraordinary " object,"
and would like the artist to draw a picture of it after
her description. She describes and he draws ; when
the task is done up comes an ant with a similar tale,
he has seen an " object" very different from that seen
by the bee. The artist draws the second picture.
Successively comes a fish, a bird, a spider, and a cat,
each has seen an object. At last it is discovered that
these six objects so differently described are all
the same ! The artist at last sees it, and his human
eye-sight discovers a sovereign. The idea is inge-
nious, and most ingeniously worked out. The dif-
ferent powers of vision of the various observers led
them each to form a different idea of it. The for-
tunes of the poor artist, however, illustrate a differ-
ence as in a scientific
point
of view. The artist exhibits a picture, and
e of sight in a moral as well
ovcrhears the various criticisms of a body of ob-
servers, all scrutinizing the same " object," but each
interpreting it a different way. Of the personal ad-
ventures of the artist, of the bribes offered by Aure-
ha's aunt, and the violent conduct of her determined
uncle, we shall say nothing, contenting ourselves with
recommending the " Poor Artist" on scientific and
moral grounds, independent of the agreeable fiction
which serves to convey them pleasantly to the reader.
The volume is dedicated to Professor Owen.

TALES AND SKETCHES FOR FIRE-SIDE
RENDING. By Charles Fleet.
A delightful volume of miscellaneous reading for
an idle pour---an hour which will be anything but

useles3 if employed in the perusal of these sketches.
Some of the articles are of an amu4r.g or interesting
character ; such as " The New G.:_iveaness," "
Grandfather's First Marriage," "'file Wife's Amid-
bitio::," &c., and others are suggestive of profitable
thoughts. " Single houses and Married Couples" .L 7
a valuable exposition of the blessings of home.
" Undeveloped Greatness" is full of truthful wisdom.
Alluding to people who are always complaining of
what they might have been and. might have done had
circumstances been ntherwise, but now " it is too
late," it is justly remarked "True, it is too late—
and for people who complain in this tone it always
was too late or too early. The time is never come,
or it is past. The present is never in their power ;
as it must be in the ppwer of those who doom them-
selves to greatness-r-it is never a time of trial, cf
effort, ef painful struggle, of continual striving
and (king. They do,not know such a present as this,
and therefore it is that when they look upon the fact
it is a blank to them." " The Ilappy Family" con-
tains a moral frequently verified in daily This
volume will be a welcome guest by the Christmas
fireside.

THE ILLUSTRATED YEAR-BOOK of
WONDERS,' EVENTS, and DISCOVE-
RIES. 4
The inhabitants of;nAuburn (before it became the
Deserted Village of immortal memory) used to regard
their learned schoolmaster with surprise and admi-
ration, •

" And more the wonder grew
That one small head could carry all he knew."

Similar must be the feelings of all who examine this
most attractive little volume. In little more than
three hundred pages of narrative (not condensed to a
mere summary, but replete with interest and infor-
mation), we find ourselves now delving for " gold in
California," now watching the progress of
the patient teachers of " ragged schools,"
then hurried across the Menai Straits in the
" Britannia Tubular Bridge, " and thence
making a steam excursion from Southampton, and
threading the mazes of the city of a thousand mi-
narets. A change comes over the spirit of the dream
—from the gaiety and glitter of romantic Stamboul,
we are precipitated into " the bovs els of the harmless
earth," and witness the horrible spectacle of " a coal-
mine on fire." Rushing from one extreme to the
ether, we 'escape the flames only to encounter the
perils of an expedition where

" Winter barricades the realms of frost."
Quitting the "Franklin Expedition," we turn cour-
tier, and accompany the " Queen in the Royal Visit
to Ireland." Then, after pondering over the
vicissitudes' of the " Conquest of the Punjaub,"
we follow Mr. Layard in an investigation of the
marvellous sculptures of Nineveh. Repeating the
lines of Campbell, we watch the departing emigrants,
and then curious to learn their fortunes, we track
them to their homes beyond the sea, returning thence
we contemplate the " French Expedition to Rome,"
and finally the •olume closes, and we find ourselves
enriched with much delightful knowledge, and grati-
fied by the very interesting manner in which that
knowledge has been revealed to us. This first "Year
Book of Events, Wonders, and Discoveries," is not
likely to be the last! Judging from this specimen it
promises to become a valuable addition to the youth-
ful library, nor is it without attraction for children
of larger growth. It is elegant in its appearance, and
is adorned with many illustrations.

THE FAMILY FRIEND.
The title of this book is anythipg but a misnomer.
Every family into which it enters will hail it as
a friend. Its pages abound in matter of amuse-
ment for the circle round the fireside. Here we have
conundrums which would perplex 2Edipus himself.
Here we have patterns for work which Penelope
might have envied. Now we are instructed by some
piece of information, and now entertained by some
ridiculous absurdity. " Treasures " and " Trifles"
alternately fill the pages, while the hints for wives
and advice contained in the " Housewife's Friend,"
are full of practical usefulness. Young and old may
obtain mirth and wisdom from the pages of " The
Family Friend." Among the amusing "'Trifles" is
the following, which we do not remember to have
seen before :

" A boy, selling newspapers at the railway-station at
Ely, was calling out one Saturday evening,—' To-day's
Times, gentlemen,' upon which a passenger, attempting
a witticism, cried out,' What's the use of to-day's Times?
I'll give you a shilling for to-morrow's 1' and the boy im-
mediately handed him the Sunday when the
passenger refused to give hint ruure than sixpence, but
his fellow-ire...11,i. made him keep his word, and give
tho .b...p.wittcd lad a shilling for a sixpenny paper!"

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Etiza Cook's Journal.)
He who teaches religion without exemplifying it loses
the advantage of its best argument
No zunimtr but it has a winter; he never reaped com-
fort in his adversity, that sowed it not in his prosperity.
Replies aro not always answers.
It is happy to hate so much merit, that our birth is
the least thing respected in us.
Ride not post for your marriage; if you do, ycu may,
in the period of your journey, take sorrow for your inn,
and make repentance your host.
An honest man is believed without an oath, for his
reputation swears for him.

It is the great art and philosophy of life to make the
best of the present, whether it be good or bad.
Idlenrss wastes a man as insensibly as industry ha-
proves him,

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
Last evening, Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul,
was given by this Society at Exeter-hall, to a very
tall audience. The high character attained by the
performances of the Sacred Harmonic Society, more
especially since the musical arrangements have been
under the direction of Mr. Costa, was a sufficient
guarantee that this great work would be rendered in
all its fullness and integrity. Indeed it is scarcely
too complimentary to say, that the public frequent-
ing these oratorios do not attend so much in a
critical spirit, as in the full faith that all that
enormous vocal, instrumental, and choral resources,
under the most efficient control, can contribute
towards the realization of the conceptions of the
most illustrious composers of sacred music will
here be insured. The doubts at one time enter-
tained of the capacity of Mr. Costa to give the ge-
nuine rendering of Handel's oratorios, were speedily
dissipated, except with a comparatively few; no
such doubts could have arisen with respect to the in-
terpretation of Mendelssh©n under the same auspices.
This performance of the St. Paul is in all respects
equal to the magnificent rendering of Elijah, already
so often given here under the direction of Mr. Costa.
Higher praise it would be impossible to accord. The
addition of Miss Catherine Hayes and Herr Formes
to the solo singers provided a special attraction on
this occasion. We are happy to see Miss Hayes now
taking her proper position in the metropolis among
executants of sacred music. Those who heard her at
Liverpool, and especially at the last Birming-
ham festival, were much struck by the purity
and fervour of her style. Her performance lest
night, though her opportunities were not great,
fully confirmed the high opinion then formed.
Miss II ayes invariably impresses in proportion to
the attention with which she is listened to, her execu-
tion being full of fine and delicate touches of expres-
sion, not always found, in vocalists of more dash and
pretension. Her solos were all given with a fine and
true appreciation of the demands of the text, and there
could be no doubt of her having produced a most fa-
vourable effect, which the rule against encores scarcely
withheld the audience from testifying. Herr Formes
had also proved, at Liverpool, although he then sang
under great disadvantages, that he was capable of fill-
ing effectively the post of bass in these oratorios.
Since his ,first essay in this line, he has evidently
studied much the peculiar character of vocalization re-
quired for sacred music. His style is more subdued
and better toned; and there are not those violent con-
trasts and transitions which marked his earlier efforts.
His aria, " 0 God ! have mercy upon me," was ren-
dered with fine feeling and pathos, with the full devo-
tional tenderness of an abased spirit craving for mercy.
The 'passage " And take not thy Holy Spirit from
me, Lord !" was a triumph of expression. The same
praise applies more or less to his other solos ; and
this artist may be pronounced now fairly and firmly
to have seized a position of great difficulty, in which
he will prove a permanent strength to the oratorio.
The other vocal pieces were given by Miss Dolby,
Mr. Lockey, Mr. A. Novello, and Mr. Smythson.
Mr. Lockey improves in mellowness of tone, and
force yet purity of style, at every new effort in pub-
lic as a singer of sacred music The instrumental
execution of the oratorio was given with the full
power and precision for which this orchestra is now
proverbial ; and the choruses were also given with
the same perfection, completeness, and attention to
light and shade, which have already earned for the
chorus here their high reputation. Among the most
effective were " Stone him to death," " Happy and
blest," and " Rise up ! arise ! shine !"

GRAY'S INN.—A notice has been issued by the
Benchers of this society that there will bo a voluntary
examination fur honours on the Laws of Real Property
in Gray's lon Hall, in Trinity Term, namely, on
Thursday and Friday, the 23d end 24th of May, com-
mencing at ten A.M. on each day. The names of the
successful candidates will be published in a list, while
those who do not go for honours, or who do not succeed,
will not be placed on the list. The gentleman Tv ho at-
tains the lint place on the list will, on the recommenda-
tion of the Examiners, receive the Lecturer's Prize, con-
sisting of a set of the Reports of Vesey, jun., in twenty
volumes.
CAMBRIDGE, JAN• 1.--ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN,-
The Vice. Chancellor has this day announced that the
address of condolence to her Majesty the Queen, on the
death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, was presented
on Wednesday last' the 9th inst., by his Royal Highness
the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor, and that the
same was most graciously received by her Majesty.