The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, OCT. 28.
The Queen and Prince took their accustomed early
walk this morning in Osborne Park.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the younger members of? the
Royal family, walked and rode as usual.
Sir James Clerk lefc Osborne early this morning
for London.

Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, had
an interview with Eazi Grey yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

SIR EDWARD BULWEIt LYTTON.

Our readers will share in the cordial satisfaction
with which we publish the following ltt!.o.r. We con-
cur in Sir Edward Ly-ttcri's opiniOn both of the ave-
rage quality of talk and of the rumour in question
(seeing it is, happily, without foundation) ; yet we
thick the public will hardly regret any circumstance
which may elicit even half-a-dozen lines from the
author of the " Last of the Barons :"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—A paragraph has appeared in The Sun, co-
pied from a provincial paper, stating a rumour to the
effect "that I have lost the use of both my ears, and
have been in a very desponding way ever since."
Permit me to inform you that I have as much the
use of my ears as ever I had ; and, if I am in a des-
ponding way (which lam not myself aware of ), it
must be rather owing to the use of my hearing than
to any loss of that faculty, since it does not seem to
me that the average quality of talk (and the rumour in
question is, perhaps, a fair specimen of it) possesses
much that is calculated to cheer the animal spirits or
contribute to intellectual enjoyment. I should rather
say the contrary.—l am, Sir, &c.,
EDWARD 811...WE8, LYTTON.
Knebworth, Oct. 26, 1850.

TEMPERANCE DEMOIVSTRATION AT
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Last evening a numerous meeting of the friends
and advocates of temperance principles took place at
this theatre. The boxes were well filled, and the
crowded pit and gallery presented a very animated
appearance ; while, Es a further proof of their sin-
cerity in the temperance cause, the scale of prices set
down in the placards indicated the assemblage of a
paying audience.
Mr. Lawrence Heywood, M.P. for Derby, pre-
sided; and on the platform were seen many well-
known advocates of teetotalism.

Previous to the commencement of the business,
letters of apology, it was stated, had been sent by
Lord Ashley, Earl Harrowby, Lord Kinnaird, and
other gentlemen, and last, though not least, a note was
read from the Duke of Wellington, in reply to an in-
vitation to be present, in which his Grace expressed
himself much concerned that his public duty would
prevent his being in town on the day of the meeting.
The reading of his Grace's note was received with
applause, though it was manifest that the Duke was
not viewed precisely in the light of "a teetotaller."
The CHAIRin&N having opened the proceedings by
a brief speech,
Mr. CASSELL then addressed the meeting at consi-
derable length, enforcing with much earnestness the
duty of spreading the principles of teetotalism, wltich
had now taken root in the affections of the people.
He stated that the executive committee of the great
Exhibition next year had decided that among the
tenders for refreshments to be supplied at the Exhibi-
tion, no intoxicating liquors should be permitted, so
that as far as that building was concerned, no one
would be allowed to be " drunk on the premises."—
(Laughter and cheers.)

AITT GEo. CRUIKSHiIiK was the next speaker, and
claimed; Shakspere as a teetotaller in principle, quot-
ing in proof the comic appeal of Sir Toby Belch—
whose very name had been made, disgusting—in
favour of " cakes and ale," as well as the remorseful
outpourings of Cassio after being seduced into drunk-
enness.

The Shapcott family, seven in number, performed
musical piece on the Sax horns at this stage of the busi-
ness, much apparently to the satisfaction of the audi-
ence, by whom it was evidently felt as a relief to the
more serious matters brought before them.

Speeches were afterwaras delivered by Mr. Parker,
who described himself as a working man, the Rev.
Mr. Foster, of Kentish-town ; the Rev. Mr. Macree,
and the Rev. George Copway, the Ojibbeway Chief.
The speech of the Ojibbeway chieftain was listened
to with much attention, and excited great applause,
being, in fact, by many degrees the most graphic dis.
play of the evening. He spoke with a good accent,
and his natural flow of eloquence was much aided by
his free and striking gesticulation. His speech bad
reference chiefly to the effects of intemperance on the
Indians, caused by the introduction of " fire-water "
by their civilized white brethren, ' and he was
enthusiastically applauded at many portions of his
Address.

One or two speakers followed, after which a vote
of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

EMIGRATION.--Within the last two months, two
ships have sailed from Liverpool, taking out nearly 300 per-
sons, consisting of farmers, labourers, clergymen, and military
men, their destination being Milam County, in Texas, the
present property of the Universal Emigration and Coloniza-
tion Company. On arriving at Galveston, the port of debar-
kation, the emigrants are met by one of the directors of
the company and the superintendent, and means of
conveyance and comfort are found for them. One of the
features attaching to the plan is, that the emigrant need not
cripple his resources by immediate purchase of land, but by
paying 5 per cent. per annum on the amount of purchase
money, he may retain the freehold right and titles for him-
solf and family, and when his means admit of it take the
land off the hands of the company. The land is prairie, and
sells at tis. an acre. The emigrant has the option of choosing
his land on arrival out. A ship will be laid on soon from
London. The passage money is very low. The ships gone
from Liverpool are the John Garrow, 800 tons, and the City
of Lincoln, 1,200 tons.

A CABMAN'S THICK,—The rewards paid to cab-
men upon the immediate restitution of property left in their
vehicles accidentally lead to the exercise of the ugly inge-
nuity of that brotherhood in many ways. A gentleman had
occasion to write to the depot in Broad-street some days
ago, under the following circumstances :—He hired a cab
to take him and his luggage, amongst which was a gun-
case, from Euston-square to the railway terminus at Pad-
dingtcn. When he arrived at the station the cabman,
with the most obsequious activity, proceeded to unload, and
very quickly drove off upon receiving his fare, but scarcely
had the cab disappeared when the gentleman missed his gun-
case. The consequence was that the journey was post-
poned, and the gentleman returned to his house; but on
his way he was informed by a policeman that the cab-
man who had just left him at the station was by that
time in Broad-street, depositing the gun-case which had
been left in the cab, and to a considerable portion of the
value of which the driver would be entitled for his honesty
in giving it up. The owner of the property wrote to the
commissioner at Broad-street, representing the fact that the
cabman had made the " mistake" intentionally, for the pur-
pose of establishing a claim-to the reward; and received an
answer from the depot, expressive of positive belief that the
case was exactly as the complainant had described it, but
submitting that the delinquent must still be rewarded, in
the apprehension that a refusal would aggravate the system
of robbery which the plan of restitution had been made to
diminish. The complainant was then obliged, before be re-
ceived his gun-case, to pay the (under the circumstances)
reduced penalty of 10s. as a recompense to the rascal by
whom he had bees put to expense and subjected to disap-
pointment.

BURGLARY AT BRISTOL.—On Sunday evening,
during the temporary absence of the family, the house of
Mr. W. Turtle, Old Park, Bristol, was burglariously entered,
and a large quantity of wearing apparel and other property
was taken off. The police suspected a man named Haynes,
whom they captured, and in whose room they found all the
property, with other stolen articles, and a complete set of
burglars' implements. He was brought. before the magis-
trates at Bristol yesterday, and remanded.

INCENDIARISM.—Another incendiary fire took
place last Friday in Cambridgeshire. The rick-yard of Mr.
Eliot Smith, of Ginton, was first fired, but the labourers ap•
plied themselves with such good will to the work of extin-
guishing the flames, when an alarm was given, that only one
stack was consumed,
INCENDIARY FIRE IN ESSEX AND APPREHENSION
OF THE INCENDIARY.—On Friday evening, about half-past
six o'clock, a stack of barley, containing about 30 quarters,
standing on an eminence near the mansion of George
Collyer, Esq., army agent, of Craig's-court, London, but
whose country residence is at Mascall's, South Weald, near
Brentwood, was discovered to be on fire. An Irish lad, who
had just been discharged from Ilford gaol, overtook a carter
coming from London to Brentwood, and told him he was
going up to Collyer's to endeavour to get some " grub ;" it
appears he did not go, but went and wilfully set the stack
on fire, which was in the course of a few hours entirely con-
sumed. From the description of him by the carter he was
immediately taken into custody by the police. He was very
saucy, and said he did it expressly for the purpose of being
transported out of this country, as he was heartily tired of it.
THE LATE LORD WILLIAM BERESFORD.--The
mortal remains of the late Lord William Beresford were re-
moved from the Regent's-park Barracks on Friday last, fo
Curraghmore, county of Waterford, where the funeral ob-
sequies will be celebrated this day or to-morrow. The
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their noble relative's demise. The Noble Lord's sudden
demise is said to have been the result of a sudden attack of
Talbot
paralysis, which originated in a cold caught at Kew Gardens.
The Earl was the only relative of the Noble Lord
present at his decease.
The weekly reviews of the produce markets at
Amsterdam and Rotterdam state that the prices of coffee,
sugar, indigo, rice, and tea were well supported. There was,
however little animation in business, the demand generally
beingfor immediate consumption. Java tea was held at an
advanced quotation. The report from Antwerp alludes to an
average amount of business, with firm quotations fur the
majority of articles.

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THE FORTIFICATIONS IN MIL- immi ne nt, and hen quie t and sensible conduct of
the
FORD HAVEN. arrested gentleman m a prevented instant chastise-
Government having at length been stimulated to went lx-en inflicted ug e on the insolent officials who
urel-reake the. of this unrivalled port. with held the witr raut Meant ime, great tumult and excite-
it. magnificent an I exteesive naval arsenal, has jcst , ment ex‘sreci, and the Africa was fast nearing the
entered into contract with Mr. Jackson for toe meuta cf the river, be
ing received the mails (0)
erection of a idertello tower on the Stick rock— beard, and apparently 1 it) resource remained to Mr.
a site formed by nature for a fortification. More Muir im to submit to (1:-,1, 'ay. Just at the last moment,
than thirty men are actually at work there however, a more amit.ble i eeling animated his pursu-
levelling the mass, so as to form a broad base ers, an arrangement was effected, and Mr. Muir re-
and sure foundation ; and there can be little doubt entered the Africa and resumed his voyage. We pass
from the activity and energy of the agent employed by all other details of the transaction with this brief
to conduct the works, and his known ability, that the notice ; but we think it right to express our disap-
undertaking—one of no trifling importance, when it is probation of the mannee in w bich the sheriff's-officers,
taken into consideration that the building is to be clothed in a little brief authority, exercised their
erected on a comparatively small rock in the middle of power. Several opportunities presented themselves
the haven, exposed to the waves of the tempestuous for Mr. Muir's arrest, we believe, durin Ortono
e
Atlantic ocean—will be completed within the specified morning, either at his hotel, the landing, stage,
period, to his own credit and the honour of Mr. the boat conveying the passengers. Instead, however,
Jackson. If successfully executed, and of which no of transacting their business quietly and promptly,
doubts are entertained, Mr. W. Randle will indeed we understand the officials remained quiescent until
have placed the keystone in the arch of confidence the last moment, creating impediments to the mail
and trust reposed in him by his highly responsible service and risking the provocation of a general dis-
employers, This is one of a series of fortresses turbance. Had Mr. Muir offered the slightest resist-
in execution and contemplation by the Board of ante, such a result could not possibly have been
Ordnance. There are two enfilading the ap- avoided. We trust Mr. M'lver and the proper
preaches to the dockyard, in a very forward state, authorities will henceforth enforce a better execution
in positions reflecting great praise on the engineer of the law.—Liverpool Albion.
department, especially that of their resident
officer, Mr. Clark, on whose suggestions there is no
doubt they have been constructed. They are the
beau ideal of limestone buildings—this hard car-
bonaceous deposit being fashioned by clever stone
trimmers into various forms and shapes, as a boy
would a piece of malleable matter. In addition
to guns of the most powerful calibre traversing
on a platform, several others of heavy metal
" puke their noses out of varieus port holes."
Another and a still more powerful battery is in
contemplation to be erected on Thorn Island—a most
commanding position on the southern entrance of the
haven. Taus far as regards approaching the Go-
vernment establishments, througe the mouth of the
harbour, "all's well," but we do hope the engi_
neer officers will not lose sight of an enemy
landing at other and feasible points up
"4e:
Eristol Charnel, and coming overland :e
" take, burn, or destroy " the Dockyard, with li ta,
or no difficulty. Powerfully forrifi,d barracks shuttle
3imultaueously with these Martell° towers, be uld,
eructed on the heights surrounding thellock cun -
Sites for such defence have been fixed by corn yard.
• officers, and the ground purchased at no inconsider-
able expense. Tnose should at once be put in pro-
gres,,, arid by thus procuring proper and efficient ae-
ern-1'1111(046(in for troop., tie Mtrtello towers would
always he efficiently manned, a consummation which,
if no: effected, vri !I render these buildings useless in
the extreme.—Welshman.

THE NEW NAVAL TELEGRAPHIC

LIGHTS.

This system of night signals, now under trial and
the consideration of a committee of naval officers at

Z'ortsinouth, is proposed with a view to remedy the
very inadequate and defective state of our present
night accommodation. The importance of such a
system as thi. is acknowledged by every officer in her
Majesty's service who has investigated the subject,
when it is remembered that in these times we have
every pofsihle faciiii7y afforded us on shore
for communicating by night as well as by
day with electric rapidity, the sailor has no rneens
beyond nineteen signals of conveying intelligence,
without the use of rockets or guns, which, in the
presence of au enemy, would not he an efficient med:
of convcrsire.• ; and, in fact, the Admiral has no signal
even for t!-ee officer of the guard. Any ship now ar-
riving at Spithead daring the night must wait till
daylight before she can communicate with the Ad-
miral of the par, whereas by this system she conies
to anchor with her number up the same as by day,
and can, Kith the lamps, signalise with per-
' feet ease at the distance of three miles.
These lamps are light, strong, and neat,
only five inches in diameter, beautifully and
scFentifically constructed with very powerful lens, by
Millar and Co., lamp-makers to the Admiralty,
Piccadilly. The system is divided into two parts,
one vertical and the other horizontal ; the colours
which are used are red, green, and white, the placing
of them forms the numerals of both parts. All the
lamps are of the same size, and two lights invariably
form one figure ; they may be worked numerically or
alphabetically as required, so as to give 996 verti-
cally, or 9,999 horizontally. The vertical lamps
emit light all around, are eleven pounds in weight,
and five inches in diameter, the outer circular glass is
an inch thick, and is a lens of great magnifying force,
in which rests the strength and intensity of the light ;
only one candle is required, in consequence of the
great magnifying force. _ It is on the principle of the
telescope. The candle is placed where the eye of the
person should be, and the eye takes place of the ob-
ject. To give the idea more fully of this lamp, take
three tumblers without bottoms, and fix alight in the
centre, the outer one being a white lens, an inch
thick, and the others red and green glass of common
thickness ; when the red and green are lifted
above the lens, the light is white, when the
green is down the colouring matter is con-
veyed to the lens, and the light is green,
when it is up and the red down, the red of course
tinctures the rays in like manner. These lamps have
been worked at Spithead for the last two mouths with
every satisfaction, at three miles distant, under almost
every condition of the weather; the lens having the
extraordinary power of transmitting the colouring
matter through very dense media. The horizontal
lamps which are now to be seen at work on board her
Majesty's ship Victory emit light on one side only,
have nearly double the power of the former, are a
foot in diameter and weigh 19ibs., have a strong lens
with a small but powerful reflector of Millar's behind ;
within is a horizontal revolver, on which is placed
red and green glass, which, being brought alternately
between the light and the lens, give the colours as re-
quired. This lamp is calculated to work from four to
eight miles distant, and it is intended for flag-ships,
dockyards, &c., the vertical being for sea-going ships
only. It must be obvious to every one that without
such system as this, in time of war, with powerful
steamers, it is impossible to say what evil may not
arise from the advance of an enemy on our coast,
fleets, or arsenals.—Portsmouth Guardian,—(This ad-
mirable invention has been effected by our worthy
towestrae, Mitchell Thompson, Eeq., late surgeon of
her Rijesty's steam-trigete Odin.—ED. Plymouth
and Devonport Journal]

IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY "SHOW."
The following letter hag been_ addressed to the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor elect, Mr. Alderman Musgrove:—
" My Lord,—At one of the Old Bailey dinners last year
Mr. Bill afforded me the opportunity of mentioning to
ycu an often-repeated regret on my part, that no en-
deavour was made to improve the character of the annual
City ' Show' on the 9th of November. I ventured to
remark, with reference to the antiquity of the proceed-
ing, and its interesting character, that some little inven-
tion and taste might, at all events, be exercised upon it,
in lieu of repeating year after year the same dull and
effete routini; and I suggested that, as it would probably
soon be your privilege to act as chief magistrate of
London, you should strive to vary the character of the
procession, revive its associations, and introduce into it
some work of modern skill and ingenuity. You were
good enough to say that you felt the force of the obser•
vation, and concurred (so far as a first hearing would
justify) in my views: and you invited me, when the
proper time came, to place the subject again before you.
I gladly comply with the request. . . . I do thick
with Thomas Middleton (1613) that some art and
knowledge, equal to the liberality of the City, should be
displayed in the invention of their pageant.' I would
raise it out of the monotonous and prosaic routine into
which it hes fallen, by the introduction, among other
changes, of emblems and works of art, accordant with
its ancient character, and worthy of the present time.
In lied of the men in mock armour, who have had a long
run, or in addition if you please (making their costume
real), you might introduce, *ay three compositions typical
of manufactures, agriculture, and the arts; and do honour,
if it were but by a series of banners, to the great minds
that have taught and raised the world, and to the past
worthies who have genially served, adorned, or other-
iteproved the City. Peace has its victories as well
as war.' Your Lordship, I know, thinks it is time the
world gave honour to those who gain such. I do not
venture, howev; r, here to set forth what shape the show
should actually be made to take: appropriate designs if
sought would be obtained without difficulty: my present
object will be attained it I succeed in ne Ad; evident to
your Lordship the desirability of rendering the Mayor's
show more worthy of this great city and time than is now
46 "
the case.
We are glad to hear that the above has been referred to
the Lord Ma: or and See, life' Committee for conducting
the entertainment, and trust that improvement will, at
all events, be commenced in the Show on the approach-
ing 9th of November.—Builder.

GERMANY.

A letter from Berlin of the 24th inst. says that
the Prussian Minister, Count Brandenburg, is in-
structed to make the following proposals to their
Majesties of Russia and Austria. In return for its
adjournment, and, consequently, its sacrifice of the
Parliament of the League, Prussia demands that
Austria shall consent to " free consultations." Re-
specting the constitution of Germany, Prussia con-
sents to all the Austrian States (viz., Gallicia, Hun-
gary, Croatia, and Lombardy) forming part of the
Conf-d,ration. Prussia consents further to sacrifice
the Parliamentary part of the future Central Power,
and in return she demands a perfect equality with
Austria. The German question is, for the present, to
be left to itself. In the Hessian and Holstein ques-
tion Prussia offers to go with Austria.
The Augsburger Abendzeitung states, from Munich
of the 22d instant, that the King of Bavaria has ra-
ther unexpectedly returned to his capital. The
firtresi of Bamberg is being victualled for three
mouths. The Bavarian horse (Cuirassiers) at Land-
shut have left that place, and proceeded in torctd
marches in the dir?ction of Regensburg.

CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE ARCH-
BISHOPRIC OF EVESTIIIINSTER.
The following pastoral letter from Cardinal Wise•
man was read from the pulpit on Sunday, in St.
George's Catholic Church, Southwark, and in all the
other Roman Catholic churches and chapels of the
London district.
" Nicholas, by the divine mercy of the Holy Roman
Church, by the title of St. Pudentiana Cardinal
Priest Archbishop of Westminster, and Adminis•
trator Apostolic of the diocese of Southwark.
" To our dearly beloved in Christ, the clergy secular
and regular, and the faithful of the said archdiocese
and diocese, health and benediction in the Lord.
"If this day we greet you under a new title, it is
n dearly beloved, with an altered affection. If in
words we seem to divide those, who till now have
formed under our rule a single flock, our heart is as
undivided as ever in your regard. For now truly de
we feel closely bound to you by new and stronger
ties of chant) ; now do we embrace you in our Lord
Christ Jesus with more tender emotions of paternal
love ; now doth our soul yearn, and our mouth is open
to you (2 Cor. vi.,t2); though words must fail to expi ess
what we feel on being once again permitted to addres:,
you. For if our parting was in sorrow, and s e durst
not hope that we should again face to face behold you
our beloved flock, so much the greater is now our
consolation and our joy, when we find ourselves not
so much permitted, as commissioned to return to you
by the supreme ruler of the church of Christ.
"But how can we for one moment indulge in selfish
feelings, when through the loving father's generous
and wise counsels, the greatest of blessings has just
been bestowed upon our country by the restoration of
its true Catholic hierarchical government in commu-
nion with the see of Peter.
"For on the 29th day of last month, on the feast of
the Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the Heavenly
Host, his Holiness Pope Pius IX. was graciously
pleased to issuelhis letters apostolic, under theYisher-
man's Ring, conceived in terms of great weight and
dignity, wherein he substituted, for the eight apostolic
vicarites heretofore existing, one archiepiscopal or me-
tropolitan and twelve episcopal sees : repealing at the
same time and annulling all dispositions and enact-
ments, made for England by the holy see, with refer-
ence to its late form of ecclesiastical government.
" And, by a brief dated the same day, his Holiness
was further pleased to appoint us, though most un-
worthy, to the Archiepiscopal see of Westminster,
established by the above-mentioned letters apostolic,
giving us at the same time the administration of the
Episcopal see of Southwark. So that at present and
till such time as the Holy See shall think tit other-
wise to provide, we govern and shall continue to
govern the counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and
Essex, as ordinary thereof, and those of .-urrey,
Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, and Hampshire, with the
islands annexed, as administrator with ordinary juris-
diction.
" Further we have to announce to you, dearly be-
loved in Christ, that, as if still further to add solem-
ity and honour before the Church to this noble act
of Apostolic authority, and to give an additional mark
of paternal benevolence towards the Catholics of
England, his Holiness was pleased to raise us, in the
private consistory of Monday, the 30th of September,
to the rank of Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman
Church; and, oni the Thursday next ensuing, being
the 3d day of this month of October, in public con •
sistory, he delivered to us the insignia of this dignity.
the cardinalistical bat, assigning us afterwards for our
title, in the private consistory which we attended,
the church of St. Pudentiana, in which St. Peter is
groundedly believed to have enjoyed the hospitality
of the noble and partly British family of the senator
Pudene.
" In that same consistory we were enabled our-
selves to a'k for the Archiepiscopal Pallium for our
new See of Westminster, and this day we have been
invested, by, the hands of the Supreme Pastor and
Pontiff himself, with this badge of metropolitan
jurisdiction.
" The great work, then, is complete; what you
have long desired and prayed for is granted. Your
beloved country has received a place among the
fair churches which, normally constituted, form
the splendid aggregate of Catholic commu-
nion. Catholic England has been restored to its orbit
in the ecclesiastical firmament, from which its
light had long vanished, and begins now anew its
course of regularly adjusted action round the centre
of unity, the source of jurisdiction, of light, and of
vigour. How wonderfully this has all been brought
about—how clearly the hand of God has been shown
in every step, we have not now leisure to relate, but
we may hope soon to recount to you by word of mouth.
In the meantime we will content ourselves by assuring
you that, if the concordant voice of those venerable and
most eminent counsellors to whom the holy see:commits
the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs, in missionary
countries, of the overruling of every variety of interests
and designs, to the rendering of this measure almost
necessary—if the earnest prayers of our holy Pontiff,
and his most sacred oblation of the Divine sacrifice,
added to his own deep and earnest reflection, can form
to the Catholic heart an earnest and heavenly direc-
tion, an assurance that the Spirit of Truth, who guides
the church, has here inspired its supreme head—we
cannot desire stronger or more consoling evidence
that this most important measure is from God, has Hie
sanction and blessing, and will, consequently, prosper.
" [hen truly is this day to us a day of joy and ex-
ultation of spirit, the crowning day of long hopes, and
the opening day of bright prospects. How must the
saints of our country, whether Roman or British,
Saxon or Norman, look down from their seats of bliss
with beaming glance upon this new evidence of the
faith and church which led them to glory, sympathising
with those who have faithfully adhered to them through
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And all those blessed martyrs of these later ages,who
have fought the battles of the faith under such discou-
ragement, who mourned, more over their own fetters
or their own pain, over the desolate ways of their
own Sion and the departure of England's religious
glory; oh ! how must they bless God, who bath again
visited His people—how take part in our joy, as they
see the lamp of the temple again enkindled and re-
brightened—as they behold the silver links of thatchain,
which has connected their country with the See of
Peter in its Vicarial government, changed into
burnished gold ;" not stronger . nor more closely knit,
but more beautifully wrought and more brightly ar-
rayed. And in nothing will it be fairer or brighter
than in this, that the glow of more fervent love will
be upon it. Whatever our sincere attachment and
unflinching devotion to the Holy See till now, there
is a new ingredient CilSs upon these feelings, a warmer
gratitude, a tenderer affection, a profounder admira-
tion, a boundless and endless sense of obligation, for so
new, so great, so sublime a gift will be added to past
sentiments of loyalty and fidelity to the supreme See of
Peter. Oar venerable Pontiff has shown himself a true
shepherd, a true father; and we cannot but express
our gratitude to him in our most fervent language, in
the language of prayer. For when we raise our
voices, as is meet, in loud and fervent thanksgiving to
the Almighty for the precious gifts bestowed upon
our portion of Christ's vineyard, we will also im-
plore every choice blessing on him who has been so
signally the divine instrument in procuring it. We
will pray that his rule over the Church may be pro-
longed to many years, fur its welfare; that health
and strength may be preserved to him for the dis-

THE LAW'S DELAYS.
SCENE AT THE 15EPARTIIIIE OF THE STEAM-SHIP
AFRICA.-3 remarkable scene occurred on ther.iver
on Saturday, on the eve of the royal mail
,tE
ship Africa's departure with the mails for :3;lniew-
York. We believe the circumstances are briefly
as fellows : On account of a private and peculiZ
fdriiness transwtion at New Orleans, two gentlemen
of align cone ived that they had a china against Mr.
Muir, her Majesty's Consul at New Orleans, for
a sum of 4501. Mr. Muir was about to leave England,
on Saturday, to resume the duties of his consulate ;
but the creditors named obtained a judge's warrant
and dispatched a sheriff's officer to arrkst the consul
on his departure from this port. Shorcly before the
hour appoiuzed for the Africa's departure Mr. Fry, the
officer, procured a four-oared gig, and, accompani,d
by a Liverpool officer, went on board the
steam-ship, seized his prey, and carried him on
board the steam-tender Satellite, which then lay
along6ide the Africa. Offers of an arrangement were
made, with security for three times the amount
claimed, but the officer refused all. Mr. Muir being
surrounded by many friends, a fray was fast becoming

charge of his arduous duties ; that light and grace
may be granted to him proportioned to the sublimity
of his i,ffi,e ; and thy., coniolations, teinpord and
+piritual, -Jilt: be poured out upon him ahuridanth,, in
conapensition for past sorrows and pist ingratitude.
Ani of thf,e,e consoiatioos may one of the most slvcet
to hii paternal heart be the propagation of holy relir
oion in our country, the advancement of his ,7; pi!itual
children there in true piety and devotion, and our
ever increasing affection and attachment to the See
of St. Peter _

"lln order, therefore, that our thank giving may be
made with all becoming solemnity, we hereby en-
join as follows :

"1. Tnis our Pastoral Letter shall be publicly
read in all the churches and chapels of the arch-
diocese of Westminster and the diocese of Southwark,
on the Sunday after its being received.
"2. On the following Sunday there shall be, in
every such church or chapel, a solemn benediction of
the blessed Sacrament, at which shall be sung the Te
Deum, with the usual versicles and prayers, with the
prayer, also, Fidelium Deus Pastor et Rector, for
the Pope.
" 3.lThe collect 'Pro Gratiarum Actione,' or thanks-
giving, and that for the Pope shall be recited in the
mass of that day and for two days following.
"4. Where benediction is never given, the Te
Deum with its prayers, shall be recited or sung after
mass, and the collects above named shall be added as
enjoined.
" And at the same time earnestly-entreating for
ourselves also a place in your fervent prayers, we
lovingly implore for you and bestow on you the
blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
Amen. _

" Given out of the Flamioian Gate of Rome, this
seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
MDCCCL.

(Signed) " NICHOLAS,
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
"By command of his Eminence,
"FRANCIS SEARLE, Secretary."

CENTRAL CRIMINAL CO URT
OLD COURT.

CHARGE OP ROBBERY.—Henry Denham, aged 33,
described as a slater, was arraigned on an indictment
charging him with feloniously assaulting Thomas
Miller with intent to rob him, being armed with an
effensive weapon.
The prisoner is the man who was recently for
some time in custody, and underwent several exatni-
nations before the magistrates on a charge or being
concerned in the assault and robbery of Mr. Cureton.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the case for the prosecution,
and Mr. O'Brien defended the prisoner.
Mr. Thomas Miller, the prosecutor, deposed, that
he is an artist's colourman, carrying on his bUsiness
in Long-acre. On the night of the 2d of August
last, he was returning from Chelsea to Long-acre.
ks he passed through St. James's-park the clock
truck twelve. As he was passing the end of Rose-
treet, in Long-acre, he was seized by three
ar four men. He had in his left hand a large
roll of drawings, and in his right hand a walking-
stick. Both his arms and hands were seized
from behind and pinioned. At the same in-
stant he was faced by another person. A third person
appeared at the same moment by his side. At that
time he (witness) had a full view of the prisoner by
the light of the street lamp. Whilst witness was so
pinioned autther person came up on his right side;
with, he believed, a walking-stick in his hand. That
was the prisoner. A something was then put
round his (witness's) throat by, he had no hesi-
tation in saying, the prisoner. Did not iteew
what it was that was put round his throat, but be-
iieved it was a flexible thing, having a life preserver
at one end. It was put tight round his throat, and
he effect was immediate strangulation. His (witness's)
coat w.s pulled up and his waistcoat pockets rifle 1.
Witness then last his senses entirely. The next thing
he recollected was bring loosed, dashed on the kerb
stone, one of his teeth broken, and his chin
very much in;ured. On recovery he saw
one man at a little distance. Witness chased
him for a quarter of a mile but unsuccessfully ; the
man escaped. Witness then proceeded to Bow-street
station, and there made a formal complaint of the
matter, without however describing the prisoner.
Next saw the prisoner by chance, about two months
afterwards, at the Mansion-house, where he was
standing at the bar on another charge, among other
persona. Recognised the prisoner from his own know-
ledge, without his having been pointed out to him.
On his (witness's) oath he had now no doubt that the
prisoner was the man who endeavoured to strangle and
rob him.

Cross-examined by Mr. O'BRlEN—Witness had
been on business on the night of the 2d of August at
King's-road, Chelsea, where be supped with a friend.
Believed he took a small glass of brandy and water
after supper, but Rot more than one. Chased the
prisoner, after the assault, into Hart-street. Did not
call police at all, for he was not able to do so. Im-
mediately on being pinioned he saw the prisoner for
the first time. Could not recognise the man
who faced him whilst he was being pinioned. The
prisoner's hat was put on at the Mansion-house, at
witnes's suggestion, and it was then that he declared
he was satisfied that the prisoner was the man, and
before as well.

'Michael Hayden, one of the detective police of the
city of London, deposed to taking the prisoner into
custody, on the 21 of October, on another charge.
Had no knowledge of the prosecutor at that time
witness went to the prosecutor's house on the 61h
October, who then gave a description of tlu person who
attacked him. Witness did not beforehand describe any
person whom he had in custody to the
'prosecutor.
Witness then corroborated the prosecutors statement
as to identifying the prisoner at the Mansion-house.
Mr. O'BRIEN addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, contending that the evidence given on the
part of the prosecution was not of a character suffi-
cient to identify the prisoner with that clearness
wh:ch would justify his conviction.
The RECORDER having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; and the
prisoner was senterved to 20 s (-ars' transportation.

1V E tV t_ OLI RT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Henry Collin', 30, servant, was indicted for steal-
ing a coffee-pot, 61 forks, 56 spoons, and other plate,
vJued at 180/., the property of Edmund Rushworth
and another, his masters.
Mr. Carter prosecuted.
Mr. Edmund Rushworth, of the firm of Rushworth
and Jarvis, auctioneers, Saville-row, said that about
three years ago the prisoner entered their service, and
remained with them until June, 1849, when the arti-
cles in question were sent from Mr. Thomas's, of New
Bond-street, to them for sale. They were brought on
Saturday, the 30th of June, by a porter, and delivered
to the prisoner, who took them into their warerooni
and locked them up. When witness got there on
Monday he found the prisoner gone, the place locked
up, and the plate taken.
Robert Checkley, 16 11, said he met the prisoner
on the 16th of this month in the Whitechapel-road,
and took him into custody. Oa their toad to the
station he asked what the plate had been valued at,
and was told 2001. He added it was a good day's
work for the man who had it.

Brixton, near to which piece he had a priihieg-ince,.„.
where the latti:r -mentioned puliii.caeoe is printed.
The prosecutor had in his service as housekeeper at
la.ietii a women named Fanny Pie ernan, and aer
sister was also in his service, essis:ing in the pub-
department at the Strand effiee. The pri •
saner l'aylor wea an el prentice to the pro)ecutoe,
and wo ked in the offices at Streatham, and, from the
fact of occasionally going to the prosecutor', hou-c,
well knew the arrangements of it, and where the
property was placed. On the Saturday preceding
the day of the robbery, the 24th of September, the
prosecutor was from town, and remained away for
some few days, leaving the two Misses Plowman to
take care of the house, and it was known to the pri-
soner that the only person in the hou-e during the
daytime was Fanny Plowman: On the 24th of Sep-
tember the prisoner left his work about five o'clock in
the afternoon, his other workmen not leaving until
nearly six, and about a quarter past live some
man went to prosecutor's house and asked
if that was Mr. Stiff's, and, having been
told that it was, said to the housekeeper, Fanny Plow-
man, "Some one you know in the Strand in getting
out of the omnibus has had something fall upon her
head, and you must take a cab and go there." The
consequence was that she took a cab, and went as
quickly as she could to the Strand, where she found
the statement to be false, upon which she went back
with her sister and one of the men from the office as
fast as she could, and found that the place had been
broken into by forcing an entrance into a stable at the
side, and then bursting the door inside with a crow-
bar. The place was in greet disorder, and the house
rifled of all that could be foiled, and among other
things was a gold snuffbox, which for safety was
kept hidden in the top of the piano. Upon an inquiry
about the robbery being instituted by the police, cir-
cumstances came to their knowledge which led to the
apprehension of Taylor, who it appeared had sent a
letter to Costello (at one time a workman of the pro-
secutor's) on the morning after the robbery; but
when questioned about him said he did not know
where he lived, and beat the boy whom he had sent.
to post the letter for having said anything about it.
The police, to whom Costello was well known, could
not find him, and Adams was taken under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—About a week after the rob-
bery had been committed he called upon the prose-
cutor in the Strand, and said that he had seen the
property at a coffee-house in Drury- lane, and that,
having heard Mr. Stiff was offering a reward for the
snuff box, he said he thought he could get it back for
him for 101. or 121. He also asked Mr. Stiff if there
were not some other things he set a store by; and
then went on to enumerate some trifling things that
had been stolen, and which at the time the prosecutor
did not know he had lost.. This was communicated to
the police, who then took him, and finally Uoslieg
was taken, and Costello was at last found in Newgste,
under the name of Adams, for a burglary of which he
was convicted in the New Court on Wednesday last,
in connexion with a man named Wilson. Taylor
was also spoken of as being near the prosecutor's
about the time the robbery was being committed, and
Costello and Adams were positively identified as being
at the door, Adams answering a man named Cann,
who came to deliver coals, telling him that there
was no one in the house, as an accident had taken
place. Taylor had also told a shopmate named Rye
that he had put Costello on to the house of their
foreman, but they were disturbed by a cat, which, it
appeared, was true; that he had put Costello on
prosecutor's, and on Wednesday, the day after the
robbery, was going to Drury, lane to " have his
whack" of the affair ; and on tnat eight he was seen
in company wig h the other prisoner) in Drury-lane.
At Costeilo's house, when searched, seventy-two
skeleton-keys were found. The only evidence
against Gosling was that he looked like a man who
was leaning on the railings of the pri)oner's house at
the time.

Taylor, who is the son of a reAp:ctithL. tradesman,
had several witnessei, cnlled to his character.

Tile jury, under the direction of the Learned
Judge, Acquitted Gosling, convicting the others, with
a recom►neudAtion to mercy on the part of Taylor.
Cos'ell, it was further proved, had been convicted
in 1841 for obtaining gods with forged orders.
lie was now sentenced to ten years' transportation,
Adams to seven years, and Taylor to twelve mouths'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
Edward Smith and Thomas Hardy, two notorious
cracksmen, were convicted of breaking and entering
the dwelling-house of Mary Higgins, and stealing a
quantity of wearing apparel.
Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and the case, excepting the
characters of the men, was of the ordinary descrip-
tion. Hardy had been transported in 1639, and
served seven years, and hud since then been in Read-
ing Gaol, besides other convictions and some acquit-
tals. The other was equally well known.
Thomas Collins, 20, woodcutter, was convicted and
sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing a
clock, value 201., the property of a lady named Rids-
dale, at St. John's-wood.
The officer said the prisoner was on• of a gang who
hang about the outskirts to plan burglaries.
In the course of the day Mr. Metcalfe applied for
the usual process against Cornelius Baron Von Stentz,
against whom Wilhelm SobieEky Kelldall had ob-
tained a true bill for perjury arising out of some law
proceeding&
The application was granted, with the usual notice
of bail.

The jury found him Guilty, and he was transported
for seven years.

Edward George Barrington, who was convicted
last session of returning from transportation, wan,
brought up for sentence.
The prisoner, it will be recollected, had almost
served the term for which he had been sent out, and
had received what was stated to be a free pardon,
which he had destroyed. Upon leaving the culonies.
he had served as a seaman against the Bornean pi-
rates, and had returned to this country bringi❑g with
him an excellent character and a large amount of
prize money, with which he had gone into a respect-
able way of business.
The COMMON-SERGEANT said that he had no
alternative but to again order him to be transported,
and the sentence was, that he be imprisoned for six
months, and then be transported for seven years.
He would, however, be able to lay his case before
the Secretary of State, who would have the power of
mitigating it.
The prisoner, who was 'dreadfully agitated, no
sooner heard the sentence, than he struck his hand
violently on the front of the dock, and said he would
sooner be dead than again transported, and, drawing
a penknife he had secreted, made an attempt to cut his
throat. The officers in the dock, however, managed
to seize him before he could do himself any serious in-
jury, but it was not without much difficulty that the
weapon could be got from him and he forced from the
dock.
The excitement was much heightened by the fran-
tic screams of a woman in the gallery, said to be his
Wife, and who could scarcely be restrained from
throwing herself over into the dock.
Edward Lovell Dwyer, who was convicted on
Wednesday of a similar offence, was sentenced to be
imprisoned fur 12 months and again transported for
seven yearn.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. GURNEY.)
Henry Thomas Taylor, 17, printer, Charles Gos-
ling, '24, painter, George Adams, 32, atterman, and
James Costello, alias Adams, were indicted for break-
ing and entering the dwellipg-
and quantity of
house of George Stiff,
arid stealing the rein a gold snuffbox
plate, valued at 70/4, his property, and gold and silver
tnot,eys of the value of 301., the property of Fanny
Plowman, in the same house.
Mr. Parry, Mr. Parnell, and Mr. Metcalfe appeared
for the prosecution ; Mr. Clarkson appeared for Tay-
lor, and Mr. Payne for Gosling.
The statement of the witnesses, nearly 20 in num-
ber, went to prove that the prosecutor is a publisher
in the Strand, and proprietor of_the Weekly Times
and London Journal, and resides at Streatham-place,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREE.

Amelia Firzman, alias Hicks, Mary Ann Ryan,
and William Warner, were charged bolero Mr. Hall
with having feloniously received a quantity of mus-
lin, worth 1301., which had been stolen from an er-
rand-boy.
On Saturday evening the 19th inst., a boy named
Henry Bartlett, in the service of Mr. J. S. Fiaken,
merchant, of Wood-street,
,Ctiettpside, was sent out
by his employer with a parcel containing 466 pieces
of muslin, which he had instructions to leave at
Waterloo-house, Pall-well. The boy, finding the
premises closed, was compelled to return with the
parcel. On him way hack he was accosted by a lad
named Henry Williams, who made his acquaintance,
and incited him to take a drop of something; they
went together to a puhlic-hourse near Sc. Mertill'e-
lane, and Williams " stood treat." After they had
been a short time in conversation Williams requested
the errand boy to take a message from him to hie
uncle round the corner. The boy went out fur the
panpiaoriceesluornicleth;eansdea,to.
rn
purpose, leaving his
n He
returning
u re ;lit! gd
not find his co
to the public-house, discovered that Williams had
disappeared with the parcel. The loss of the pro-
perty was advertised, and this brought some informa-
tion as to the disposal of the greater part of it. Ou
Saturday a boy, answering the description of Henry
Williams, was examined sta Bow-street, charged with
stealing a coat and some other articles. Mr. Fieken's
errandboy was sent for, and he at once identified
Williams as the lad who stole his parcel from the
public house.
Mr. Fisken, the prosecutor, identified the pieces of
muslin produced, by the private mark, the quantity,
and the peculiar pattern. It formed the greeter part
of 466 pieces which were stolen from his errand -boy.
The quantity recovered was worth about 117/. About
131. worth was yet missing.
William Parker said he was foreman to Mr. Dicker,
pawnbroker, of Lembeth-marsh. The prisoner
Amelia Firzman pledged the muslin produced at their
shop, stating !hat it belonged to a lady who was going
to Australia, and intended making it up into caps and
cuff,. wattiess did not notice the value of it, and
advanced 2/. upon it. He had known the woman for
four sears, and had always considered her a very re-
spectable person. She had been in the habit of coming
to the shop during the whole of that time, but she had
gone
by the name of Hicks. She lived in the Water-
locaroed. When witness saw the advertisement he
immediately wrote to the prosecutor, and subsequently
gave the police all the assistance in his power.
Constahle Brown, of the F division, said that hek
met Firzman in Drury-lane, and took her into cus-
tody on the present charge. She had some pieces of
the muslin in a basket, and admitted having pledged
some over the water. She said that a , woman
named Ryan had brought it to her for sale, and
stated where Ryan lived: Witness then went to Ryan's
house, in Queen's-place, Lincoln's lnn-fields, and she
stated that the muslin was given to her by Warner
(the male prisoner) to carry to Firzman, as, the latter
being connected with theatricals, he thought she
might be able to get a customer far it. She sold it to
Firzman for 155., and bad 2s. 61 for her trouble.
Witness afterwards apprehended Warner, who at first
denied all knowledge of the muslin, but eventually
admitted that he sold some, which had been picked up
at the corner of a court, to Mrs. Ryan.
An attorney who attended for Ryan, said she was
the wife of a respectable man, and had lived 26 years
in the same house.
Mr. HALL remanded the prisoners to Saturday,
when they will be brought up with the lad Williams,
who is suspected of stealing the property, and against
whom there are no less than 20 charges of felony
awaiting investigation.
MAR YLEBONE.
George Rouse, aged 18, was brought up in custody,
and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, on two
charges, one of burglary at the house of Mr. George.
Seaton, landlord of the Dublin Castle, Park-street,
Catnden, town, and a murderous outrage upon police-
constable Godwin 58 S.
The case excited a considerable degree of interest.
Godwin presented a most distressing appearance.
There was a quantity of coagulated blood upon his
face, he had a bandage round his head, and beneath.
his'left eye was a quantity of strapping, from which
blood was still oozing; he was exceedingly weak, and
made his statement while sitting on the bench at the
attorneys' table. The back part of the prisoner's head
was also strapped up. The officer, on being sworn.,
said—Between three and four o'clock this moreing,'