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The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16

duties, but when they used unnecessary violence in
the discharge of it, as appeared in this instance, it
was requisite for the public safety that the parties
should meet with such punishment as they deserved ;
and he was glad that he had called the Commissioners'
attention, by the remarks he considered it necessary
to make on the police-sheet when the cases were first
brought under his notice.
London, England, 1850-10-16

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.

The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre is cpen for
the Season, under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and
Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear.
To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH-
MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will
appear.

To conclude with a new BALLET DIVEItTISSEUENT, in which
Mr. Flemnore, alias Carlotta Leclereq, and Madlie. Auriol will ap-
pear.
Private Boxes, Svc., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Massingham ; of whom also places may ce taken at the Box-office,
Oxford-strcet, from Eleven till Four o'clock.
London, England, 1850-10-16

OBSERVATIONS BY COLONEL SABINE.

Perhaps it may throw some light on the fact of
there being five tents that the magnetical instruments
supplied to Sir John Franklin's expedition would re-
quire more tents than any previous or any subse-
quent expedition.
There were three magnetical instruments, each of
which would require a separate tent, and these three
tents would only be entered at stated periods for ob-
servation.
Besides these three, there would be required a
fouth tent for miscellaneous observations, and a fifth
for the protection of the, observers.
I was, therefore, always prepared to expect that
whenever the traces of a winter station of the Erebus
and Terror should be found, there would be some ap-
pearance discovered of five tents in the locality where
the instruments of the Erebus should be placed, and
five for the Terror.
I think it probable that the two ships would estab-
lish their observations at some little distance apart
from each other, because it would contribute to con-
vey a character of independence to each. I think it
far more probable that the traces which have been
discovered are those of a winter station, than of a sta-
tion occupied for a few days during the season of
navigation, from the quantity of remains of provisions
which I understand to have been found, and which
are much more than are likely to have been
consumed by an observing party during the
very short time that the instruments would have
been put up at a temporary station. It is quite
possible, however, to suppose that the ships may
have been stopped during the season of navigation,
and without any immediate prospect of getting on,
about the time of the monthly term day*, and the
tents may have been established and the instruments
landed for observation on the term day—that is to
say, they may have all been in order for commencing
about twelve hours before, and the observations con-
tinued for twenty-four hours. But at the close of the
term day they would without doubt have been em-
barked with all convenient dispatch.
London, England, 1850-10-16

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER l6, 1850.

half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Grahans,
official assignee; Baxters, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Met-
calfe, jun., Wisbeach.
Thomas Dalby, builder, Hythe, Kent, Oct. 23, at one,
and Nor. 26. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, cffi-Aal assignee; Reed, Langford, and Mara-
den, Friday-street, Cheapside.
William Huary Boon, ironmonger, Plymouth, Nov. 7,
and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernam ►n, official assignee, Exeter; Edmonds and Sons,
Plymouth; Stotion, Exeter.
London, England, 1850-03-02

GREECE.

RUMOURED COLLISION BETWEEN A
BRITISH AND AN AUSTRIAN SHIP OF

WAR.
The Turin papers, Opinione and Concordia, and
private correspondence of the French paper Assemblee,
state that an Austrian ship had exchanged shots
with an English ship in chase of a Greek vessel. That
the English Consul at Milan had, consequently,
struck his flag and retired to Turin. That some ships
had been detached from the English fleet to blockade
Trieste. The Milan Gazette, however, of the 24th,
does not confirm this news ; but private letters speak
of the retirement of our Consul from Milan.
Dispatches have been received from Admiral PAR-
SER of the 17th, which make no mention of these
ocourrences, and as•neither the Turin papers nor the
.Assemblee condescend to dates in their account of the
transaction, we are not inclined to place much reliance
on the accuracy of their statements.
Letters from Malta of the 22d ult. state that
the Greek people begin to feel severely the conse-
quences of the blockade, and would seem disposed
to hold the KING responsible for his acts, even
though they pushed matters to the extent of dethron-
ing him.
The Turkish Government has moved a small fleet
into the Propontis, for the purpose of enforcing the
long outstanding claims which Turkey has upon
Greece. The conduct of Mr. WYSE is highly praised
by the Turkish authorities. The English fleet was,
on the 18th ult., in the Bay of Salamis. Mr. Wxsz
London, England, 1850-03-02

HOLLAND.

Accounts from the Hague, of the 27th ultimo,
mention that the King of HOLLAND has recently
nominated a commission, charged with the examina-
tion of the question, whether (without compromising
the interests of the Government) it is not advisable
that the working of the Banca tin mines, and those
existing in other parts of Dutch India, should be
abandoned to private enterprise. The commission
would assemble, it was understood, on the 4th instant,
in the colonial department.
London, England, 1850-03-02

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our Correspondent at Tunbridge-wells is referred to a
paragraph which appeared in the first page of The Sun
of yest rdity, for the information he requests on the
subject of the shuttiug the Three per Cents. Reduced.

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Tins DAY erning, 31 min. after 4 I Even!ng, 43 rnla after 4
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31. per cent.
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London, England, 1850-03-02

WHITEHALL, FED. 25.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Cooper, of
Manchester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary iu the
Ili;zh Court of Chancery.

The Lord Chancellor-has also appointed John Francis
Burton, of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.
London, England, 1850-03-02

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, March 1.

The LORD CHANCELLOR t )rk his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.

UMPIRES APPOINTMENT BILL.

Lord FORTMAN moved the second reading of this
Bill, the object of which was to give to the Judge of the
County Court the power of appointing the umpire
in cases of disputes between landlords and tenants
occurring in his district, which disputes may chance to
be referred to arbitration.

The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped his Noble
Friend would not press his Bill in its present form.
Lord BROUGHAM urged the postponement of the
Bill.

After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the Bill
was withdrawn.
SCOTCH LAW OF DISTRESS.

Lord BROUGHAM withdrew his former Bill on this
subject, and gave notice of hia intention to move for a
Select Committee to consider the Scotch law of
distress.
London, England, 1850-03-02

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

A middle-aged woman, attired in widow's weeds, was
charged with being an imposter.
Sergeant Thompson stated, .hat from information he
had previously received respe.ting the prisoner he was
induced, last night, to watch he% He saw her knock at
several houses in Brownlow-s reet, Drury-lane, and at
one of them he heard stated to the party who came
to the door that she was s widow, with four chil-
dren, who were all of them starving. He told her that
he strongly suspected her to be an impostor, and on
taking her back to the other busses, where she had le-
vied contributions, he was informed that she had repre-
sented herself to be a widow vith four children, living
in Seven-dials, where her husband and eldest son were
lying deed. She had, she said, applied to the parish
for relief, and the parish authorities had given her a
couple of coffins, but as the clothes and linen of her
husband and son had gone for food, they had been laid
out upon the floor of her rood, in a perfect state of
nudity, and she was, therefore, compelled to beg for
two old shirts to make shrouds pith. 'ihis pitiable tale
afterwards turned out to be a fiction of her
own coining, and her lodging were ultimately
discovered to be in a filthy low hovel in Short's-gardens,
where she lived with a man who passed for her brother,
but who in reality was nothing else than her accomplice
and paramour. Eightpence farthing was found upon
her person, but she displayed symptoms of having been
carousing in the course of the day, and there was little
doubt that she was a clever imposter in her way, living
upon the fat of the land, at the expense of those whose
charity is only surpassed by their credulity.
Mr. HENRY asked her what she had to say for herself?
—The prisoner, who certainly looked the very picture of
weeping misary, simpered that starvation had driven
her to it.

Mr. HENRY—But why tell such falsehoods?—The
prisoner, in the same sniveling tone, wished to know
" what st irvetion would not drive one to?"
Mr. HENRY bel►eved that starvation was an excuse
for a good deal, but imposters like her ofttn stood in the
way of the relief of those who really were in want. The
ci aritable and:humanely disposed part of the public were
always ready to mitigate the sufferings of their fellow-
creatures, but impositions like this made them doubtful
of all who appeared to be in distress, and too frequently
the hungry and destitute were neglected through the
fear of encouraging deception. Those, then, who made a
trade of begging ought to be severely punished, and it
was therefore his duty to commit her to the house of
Correction for three weeks.

Tho prisoner, who seemed quite unabashed at the sen-
tence, was then removed in custody.
London, England, 1850-03-02

AN ELECTION SCENE.

At length Lord Valteline signified his intention of
addressing them, and a temporary silence was ob-
tained. He had very little to say, and was anxious, for
a variety of reasons, to get over the ground as quickly
as he could. Ile told them that the unexpected appear-
ance of a new candidate—(" Where is he ?" groaned
the crowd)—had altered the state of the case; that
proud as he would have been to have devoted himself
to their service in Parliament, he was advised that a
division in the Conservative camp might
give a majority to that revolutionary party
which, on this occasion was represented, or
he should say, not represented by an un-
known individual, who was afraid to show himself to
the electors—(an observation which was succeeded by
a tumultuous uproar of " Bravos !" and "Go it,
Valteline I")—and that, under the circumstances—
under the peculiar circumstances, he repeated, circum-
stances which—(the rest of the sentence was drowned
in shouts and catcalls, to the infinite vexation of Mr.
Washington Trumbull, who was particularly anxi-
ous to know what the circumstances were) ; he,
therefore called upon them to follow his example, and
to give their undivided support to Mr. Rawlings,
rather than let the enemy steal a march on them—
(" Hurrah !" " Rawlings for ever ! ")—he had no
personal animosity to that gentleman—he only hoped
he would stick to his principles—and, for his own part,
he could only say that he would take another op-
portunity—(here he was cut short again by the mis-
cellaneous and somewhat contradictory cries of the
multitude, who by this time were getting rather mys-
tified) ; " therefore," he added, " immolating personal
ambition on the altar of public principle, I retire from
the contest, and shall cheerfully give the whole of my
influence to that candidate, be be who or what he
may, who pledges himself to nail his colours to the
mast !" This last sentence was appallingly triumphant:
it ran like an electric shock through the mass of up-
turned faces; and when a show of hands was called
for, a forest of brawny fingers sprang into the air for
Rawlings--" The Ladder of Gold," in Bentley's
Miscellany for March.
London, England, 1850-03-02

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

A middle-aged woman, attired in widow's weeds, was
charged with being an imposter.
Sergeant Thompson stated, that fLorn information he
had previously received respeJting the prisoner he was
induced, last night, to watch her. He saw her knock at
several houses in Brownlow•street, Drury-lane, and at
one of them he heard stated to the party who came
to the door that she was a widow, with four chil-
dren, who were all of them starving. Ho told her that
he strongly suspected her to be an impostor, and on
taking her back to the other houses, where she had le-
vied contribution,, he was informed that she bad repre-
sented herself to be a widow with four children, living
in Seven-dials, where her husband and eldest son were
lying dead. She had, she said, applied to the parish
for relief, and the parish authorities had given her a
couple of coffins, but as the clothes and linen of her
husband and son had gOne for food, they had bean laid
out upon the floor of her room, in a perfect state of
nudity, and she was, therefore, compelled to beg for
two old shirts to make shrouds with, Ibis pitiable tale
afterwards turned out to be a fiction of her
own coining, and her lodgings wore ultimately
discovered to be in a filthy low hovel in Short's-gardens,
where she lived with a man who passed for her brother,
but who in reality was nothing else than her accomplice
aid paramour. Eightpence farthing was found upon
her person, but ate displayed symptoms of having been
carousing in the course of the day, and there was little
doubt that she was a clever imposter in her way, living
upon the fat of the land, at the expense of thous whose
charity is only surpassed by their credulity.
Mr. HENRY asked her what she had to say for herself?
—The prisoner, who certainly looked the very picture of
weeping misery, simpered that starvation had driven
her to it.

Mr. 11Exav—But why tell such falsehoods?—The
prisoner, in the same sniveling tone, wished to know
"what starvation would nut drive one to?'
Mr. HENRY bel:eved that starvation was an excuse
for a goal deal, but impoAtrs like her oft, n stood in the
way of the relies' of those who really were in want. The
charitable and humanely disposed part of the public were
always ready to mitigate the sufferings of their fellow-
creatures, but impositions like this made them doubtful
of all who appeared to be in distrets, and too frequently
the hungry and destitute were neglected through the
fear of encouraging deception. Those, then, who made a
trade of begging ought to ba severely punished, and it
%ai therefore his duty to commit her to the louse of
Correction for three weeks.

The prisoner, who seemed quite unabashed at the sen-
;once, was then removed in emitody;
London, England, 1850-03-02

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway
Bill was commenced on Thursday in the Assembly,
and was adjourned to the day following.
In the course of the sitting M. CAsar, complained
that his letters had beon opened at the Post-office ;
and the Minister promised to inquire into the subject.
It is said that M. DE PERSIGNY, the French Am-
bassador at Berlin, has been instructed to inform the
Prussian Minister, that France would consider any
invasion of Neufchatel by Prussia, as a menace
against France.
The PRXSIDENT has ordered the garrisons of the
eastern frontier to be strengthened.
The following letter has been addressed, by M.
LOUIS BLANC, to the editor of the Putrid :
" Sir,--I have never asked for an audience from Lord
Palmerston ; I never saw him i❑ my life. What you
have stated in this respect is completely false. You
expected a denial from me, you say ; be satisfied, then.
" I have the honour, &c.,

" London, Feb. 27, 1850." " Loris BLANC.
A fatality seems to attend the French expedition
against La Plata. The steamer Prony, which has
twice left Toulon, has again been compelled to return
into port with the whole of her machinery deranged.
She will not be able to put to sea for some time.
The Pomone steam-frigate, which left Brest with
troops on board, for La Plata, has been compelled to
put in to Cadiz, with the shaft of her screw broken.
PARIS BOURSE ,MARCII I.—Latest Prices—Five per
Centf., 941. 90c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 20c. ; Bank
of France, 2,280 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MA Rcii 1.

Namur and Liege, 64—Paris and Rouen, 21%—Rouen
and Havre, 9—Sambre and Meuse, 231.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have arrived.
Their contents are unimportant. The 24th being
Sunday, the Bolsa was closed.
London, England, 1850-03-02

WHITEHALL, FEB. 28, 1850.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Blott,
Cent, to be Lieutenant i❑ the Artillery Company of
London.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCII 1.

Ist or Grer a Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign
and Lieutenant Beaumont William Ilotham to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Coutts
Lindsay, Bart., who retires, March 1.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Euitace Macdonnell to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Edward
Boyd, who retires upon full pay as Captain; Ensign
William 1). Chapman to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonneli ;
Ensign Rowland Bateman, from the 36th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Chapman; Lieutenant Lindsay Farrington
to be Adjutant, vice Maxdonnyll, premoted, March 1.
37th Foot—Ensign John Grattan Anderson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted,
March 1. _ .

96th Foot—Ensign James Williamlon Samuel Moffatt
to be Lieutenant, wi,hout purchase, vice Lloyd, deceased,
May 14, 1849.
UNATTACIIED.—Captain Driberg, from the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to bo Major, without purchase,
March 1.
London, England, 1850-03-02

TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.

Mr. MO WATT presented a petition from Truro,
praying for a repeal of the taxes on the diffusion of
knowledge.
SUNDAY LABOUR AT THE POST-OFFICE.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY, and several other
Members presented petitions against the employment of
labour in the Post-office on Sundays.
THE BORNEO PIRACY.

Lord D. STUART gave notice that he should, on
Monday, move for a return of the dispatches from 'Sir
Francis Collier, dated the 18th September, 1849, and
received on the 31st January.
Mr. FIUME complained that the returns which bad
been granted to him with re.pect to Sarawak, Malts,
and the lonian Islands, had not been presented, and said
that he should shortly bring the matter under the notice
of the House.

DUTIES ON PAPER.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad-
ford praying for a repeal of the tax on paper and th•
advertisement duty.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from
Sunderland.
London, England, 1850-03-02

RAILWAY RETURNS

iLAILWAY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
lgethtoe with the receipts of the sawe
say, up to the date to which the
..aosa
pyese
vr
et
returnsweek—that
t are made,
to
week in the previous year:—
London, England, 1850-03-02

WHITEHALL, FEB. 28, 1850.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Blott,
Gent , to be Lieutenant in the Artillery Company of
London.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 1.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign
and Lieutenant Beaumont William Hotham to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Coutts
Lindsay, Bart., who retires, March 1.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Eustace Macdonnell to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Edward
Boyd, who retires upon full pay as Captain; Ensign
William D. Chapman to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Macdonnell;
Ensign Rowland Bateman, from the 36th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Chapman; Lieutenant Lindsay Farrington
to be Adjutant, vice Macdonnell, promoted, March 1.
37th Foot—Ensign John Grattan Anderson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted,
March 1.

96th Foot—Ensign James Williamson Samuel Moffatt
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lloyd, deceased,
May 14, 1849.

tiNATTACLIED.—Coptain William Driberg, from the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, t, be Major, without purchase,
March 1.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 28.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Henry
Philip Goodenough to be Adjutant; Second Captain
11. Rogers to be Adjutant, Nov. 14,1848; Second Captain
John James Braudling to be Adjutant, vice Cator, who
resigns the Adjutancy only, March 14; Second Captain
Thomas William Lawrence to be Adjutant, vice A.
Bonn,; promoted, July 31, 1849.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 23.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert William
B }ne, of Devonport, in the county of Devon, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan-
cery.
London, England, 1850-03-02

ASTLE VS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena.
New Grand Spectacle.
Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dculale Tight Rapes in a petite
Ballet entitle/ The Hungarian Woodcutters.
THIS EVENING,
The -jaerfdttnance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a
Ise w Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand
•r Savoy.
Tu be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of
the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish-
ment. -
To conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story.
nox-ofticu open from Elevel. tilt r our.
London, England, 1850-01-30

LONDON, BRIGHriON, AND SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.

The usual balf-yearl.y general meeting of the pro-
prietors of the LonOaen, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway, was held yesterday, at the Bridge House
Hotel ; Ir. Samuel Laing, chairman of the board of
directors, in the.: chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read, the common seal was affixed to the
register of shareholders, after which the report of the
directors was read, from which we make the following
se:tracts :
" The accounts for the half-year ending 31st December,
1349, are subjoined, and show the following results:—
Capital account—The amount of capital raised np to
the 31st December, 1849, is 7,046,1681., consisting of—
Loan capital £1,392,938
Preference shire capital 1,037,596
Ordinary share capital

£7,046,168
" The whole of this amount, including 85,9601. ex-
pended on the London-bridge Station Enlargement, now
an progress, is treated as productive, and the intere t or
dividend thereon charged to revenue. Of this capital
then, has been expended during the past half-year
70,7502, of which 17,7191. is for land and works on the
:Portsmouth Ext-msion, and 43,188/. for the London-
bridge Station Enlargement. The purchase of the land
for the lait!r work being completed, and the principal
contract for the arches and masonry being let, the direc-
tors have the satisfaction of stating that the estimate
given by them in October, 1848, of 7,200,000 i. for the
completion of all the company's undertakings, will not
only not be exceeded, but that a sufficient margin will
remain to provide the additional plant, rendered neces-
sary by the great increase of goods traffic consequent on
the opening of the Bricklayer's Arms Station and the
Thames Junction Branch.
London, England, 1850-01-30

CONTENT/.

The Inexperienced Governess. By Sarah Tomlinson. With an
Illustration.
Letters to my God-Daughter.
The Lament of the Rose. By Dora Greenwoll.
Women's Books and Men's Books.
The Picture Gallery. The Sister's Grave. With an Illustration, from
a picture by J. Sant.
Household Philosophy. By Edward Solly, F.E.S.
The School Room—Cultivation of the Voice. By F. Romer.
The Garden—Suburban Garden—Greenhouse, &c. By J. W. L.
Letters of the Ladies of England. By Peter Cunningham.
The Dressing-Room—The Boudoir—The Work-Basket, with nume-
rous Illustrations.

&c. &c. &c.
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouvorie-street, and sold by all Book.
• sellers and Newsmen.
London, England, 1850-01-30

SELF-DENIAL.

" Sc!f-denial, which is anc ter word for exclusion, is a
ncces'ary exercise. No matter what the object sought;
without it, all labour is empty effort. For no person can
at the same time walk in a given direction and is a di-
rection exactly opposite. At :enipt.first one and then t!le
other, and no progress is made. Self-denial may be
painful, or it may not be. It may be every vt ay agree-
able; or it may produce a strong aid never-finding
struggle with our; e!ves. The sensualist denies himt.ell
the exercise of virtue, to please his. passions, excluding
all the good influences of his moral nature. The world-
ling thnies himself to gratify an ambition clone kind
or another, excluding whatever interferes with his aim.
The Christian denies himself', to satisfy his moral sense,
excluding tie various temptations which surround and
beset hizr. Self-denial, then, is a philosophical exclu-
sion of everything which interferes wA:a a given rule cf
conduct, adopted with reference to a desired result. And
yet we often encounter a certain class c f benevaents, who
tell us that ' all things were mad:l for man's enjoyment;'
that ' every creature of God is good;' that tt.e happiness
within our reach is the happiness to secure, and that
self-denial, if it implies any constraint, is altogether
wrong in itself; in short, is too absurd (because too dis-
agreable) to be tolerated.

" These are dangerous philanthropists. They have no
notion cf the holy in mar. They ate earthly, sensual,
devilish. They can snake no distinction between the
sensual and the intelleThial, much less between the in-
tellectual and ti.e moral. They seem not to understand
that the passions may lead where the intellect refues to,
ald that the intellect may yield where the moral
sense eondemns. Not daring to avow their doctrine in
all its hideous eefortuity, they cover it over with the gloss
of an apparently improved humanity; and by picturing
a perfeet state cf ideal sensuousness (I say reusueusness,
because se'f is the sole object of contemplation in it),
they lead numbors away irreclaimably to perdition. They
are blind leaders of the blind.

"Once more I utter my warning. Once more I :ay
to those in the forming time (reader, if you have passed
that period you are k 3 and nay reach), yield not so the
sensual; worship not as a nivinity the intellectual; rest
only in an of je‘ct of the highest moral purity; any thing
lcss will end in el( ath. For no man can find rest in an
object unless that object is larger thri his own mind,
and no mind can ie,tin an of which is not illimit-
able. Therefore no merely earthly object can satisfy it.
We must hal e an object of Good, which eel ands as the
mind expands which contemplates it—and that object is
God. Lie must furnish the aliment to sustain our
souls. In no other way can the soal be elevated and
restored to its original purity. Then, if we may not
prevent the taraptations which beset us, we can defy
Cieir power!"
London, England, 1850-01-30

CONTENT,.

The Inexperienced Governess. By Sarah Tomlinson. With an
Illustration.
Letters to my Gad-Daughter.
The Lament of the Rose. By Dora Greenwell.
Women's l'ooks and Men's Books. „
The Picture (1411ery. • The Sister's Gram With an Illustration, from
a picture by J. Sant.
household Philosophy. By Edward Solly,
The School Room—Cultivation of the Voice. By F. Romer.
The Garden--Suburban Garden—Greenhou e, &e. By J. W. L.
Letters of the Ladies of England. By Peter Cunningham. .
The Dressing Itoom —The Boudoir—Thu Work-Basket, with nume-
rous Illustrations.
&c. &c. &e. .
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bourerie•strect, and sold by all Book-
sellers and Newsmen.
London, England, 1850-01-30

LIFE WITUGUT 110 PE.

"Life! shall I tell you what it is? Ah, would it
wero what so many make a pumping cf air in and
out of the lungs; a covering cf the nakeJness, to the
prevention of shame; eating lest the body tall away;
sl, eping o' from wearisomeness of the flesh!—
then were man inthel somewhat better than a beast.
But to have pining want: which gnaw the soul, and for
which no provision has been made; to love, and fie' that
love lasts only so long as I L; to labour, and know that
the grave closes upon al resu'ti of toil; to el joy, and be
conscious that time withers up the sources 01 our bliss;
to be miserable, and feel that death n-ay not release us;
to undergo all the mad pleaswei a earth, and all the
remorse -which their indulgence brings; to feel in pros-
perity that nothing can se cure against change, and to
recognise in ache: city no hope—Ha: ha! that—that is
lif ! What a precious boon to that poor praying
beggar, maul"
London, England, 1850-01-30

COURT Clitcui:Aß.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes
and Windsor Palk.

The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
shooting this morning, attended by Lord Camoys,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel F. 11. Seymour.
There is no addition to the royal dinner party
this evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
on Monday, at Gloucester House.
Sir James E. Tennent had an interview with Earl
Grevy esterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Hatchell, Solicitor-General for Ireland, had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at tile
Home-office.

A Sub-Committee of the Commission for the Exhi-
bition ( f 1851, consisting of Earl Granville, Mr.
Jones Loyd, and Mr. T. F. Gibson, met at the Board
of Trade yesterday.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt, and Mr. Tidd Pratt, Lad an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at
his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir William Gomm had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday. Captain Watson had also au inter-
view with the Noble Earl at the Colonial-office.
Lord John Thynne had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday. Captain Fordyce,
had also an interview yesterday with the Right lion.
Baronet at the Home office.

HER MAJESTY'S PRIVY COUNCIL AT WINDSOR
CASTLE.—This morning at half-past eleven o'clock
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir
George Grey, and other Cabinet Ministers, accom-
panied by the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse),
and the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain),
and the Clerk of the Council in Waiting, left the Pad-
dington terminus of the Great Western Railway by
special train fur Windsor Castle, where her Majesty
held a Privy Council, also attended by -his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, at one o'clock. At the
Council the Royal Speech on opening the session of
Parliament to-morrow by commission was arranged,
and received the sanction of her Mi.jesty. The Mi-
nisters and great officers of state after p...rtaking of a
dejeuner at the Castle will return to town, and the
Marquis of Lansdowne, as ministerial leader in the
House of Lords, and Lord John Russell, as Premier,
will give grand official banquets, the former at Lans-
downe House, and the latter in Downing-street, at
which her Majesty's Speech will be read to the assem-
bled guests.

ERuATUM.—In our paper c f Monday, in the
F. B( rk( ley, M.P., for the city
ac-
count cf. the deputation introduced by the !lon. F. 11.
f Bzitol, it was by mis-
take headed Guaranteed Chi!ian Loan," instead of
"Guaranteed Montevidean Loan."
A ROYAL MARRIAGE.—The project of the mar-
riage of her Royal Highness the Prlncess Louisa of the
Netherlands to the crown Prince of Sweden and
Norway Ins obtained the official consent cf his Majesty.
An aide-de-camp of the King's will sat out for Stock-
holm to-morrow, bearing the autograph reply of the
King to the letters of the King and Queen of Sweden.—
Journal du Commerce,
London, England, 1850-01-30

EXAMINER, DECE2tIBit 1, 1849.

This most useful and admirabld book has entered on its second
half-century. This is its fitty-Ilfst publication. But age adds to its
strength and resources, und it was never so el iborato or so accurate
as rote. It c ,mprises, as we have o' ten said, many DirectoricS, end
c ,ntats araple information for ingliners of- every class. There is no
. .

-Informati ,n vrantlkzin it whi h such a book ought to,give.o).r which
dwell,rs i I this great city are likely.to require. Its " Official Di-
.rectury" gives the name of every pub is employe, mid all n
detail as to the public offices. Its "Street Directory' cointrises
every class and kind of London reshlent—an attempt nev r bef,wo
miele in such a compilation.- Under its "Cornmerciti and Trades'

Directories" are arranged, in all classes, all Who pursue :he two
thous :nd various business-occurations with which London is so
grievously overstocked. The "C.:tart and law Directories," and
those of "Banking and Assurance," have the like merit in their
several departments. In the " Postal Directory" we have the some-
what complex machinery of St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the countle's
offices and duties therewith connected, made clear and easy of com-
prehension. Ncr is the "Conveyance Directory" less useful. It is
obvious that without a strict arrangement and classification such
ample and various information as th:s would be cumbrous and un-
serviceable. But in its order, divisions, and condensation, we have
perhaps the most eh aracteristi3 features of this extra, rdin,try com-
pilation. The "Street Direct• ry" is worth consulting with a view
to this. It not only tells you the number of the house you want,
but it indicates its position and whereabauts. Let us add that Mr.
Kelly's information Is brought down to the very latest date, com-
prising even the present Lords Albemarle and Alvauley, and the
last election for Co•k.
•
London, England, 1850-01-30

WORSHIP- S I'REET.

An elderly man, named William White, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with having
been concerned, with others not in custody, witt
breaking into the premises of Mr. Archibald a
gunmaker in Peerless-place, City-road, and stealing
a large number of guns and phtols.
It was intimated by the officer that if the prisoner
were remanded he should be in possession of evidence
conclusively proving the prisoner's implication in
other transactions, and the prisoner, who made no de-
fence, was therefore ordered to be brought up in a
week, for the formal completion of the charge, the
magistrate directing the depositions in the present
case to be taken against him by Mr. Vine, the chief
clerk.
London, England, 1850-01-30

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

HILAnY TERM, IN THE 13TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF

QUEEN VICTORIA.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29.—This Court will, on Monday
the 11th day of February next, and on every succeeding
day, until and inclusive of Saturday, the 16th day
of February next, hold sittings, and will proceed
in disposing of the business now pending in the
Paper of New Trials, and in the Special Paper,
and is giving judgment in certain of the matters that
will then be standing over for the consideration of the
Court. And this Court, will, on Momday the 25th day
of February next, hold a sitting, and will on such last-
mentioned day, proceed to give judgment in certain of
the matters that will then be standing over for the con-
sideration of the Court. Tao. WILDE.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appoint d John James
Reynolds, of the city of Hereford, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Isaac Williams, of
Bath, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
George Te agle Winter, builder, Brick-lane, St.
Luke's.

BANKRUPTS.
Henry Stratton, trader, Aylesbury, to surrender Feb.
8, at half-past one, and March 14, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assivee, Birchin-lane;
White and Co., Bedford-row; Parrott, Aylesbury.
Richard Leach, tailor, Newmarket, Suffolk, Feb. 11,
at one, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-itreet ;
Kelly, New Boswell court; Hinnell, Bury St. Edmund's.
Edward-street,
Lang-
hamSalpnluaecie,RManafirlyileci:obnien,eFt maker,eb.B,at twelve, and March 9,
at half-pl,,t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street;
Barrow, Great 13,rtland• street, Marylebone.
James Henry Mills, broker, Hoie, Sussex, Feb. 8, at
half past elevan, and March 9, at eleven, at the Court c f
Bankruptcy.. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street •
Kennett, Brighton; Sowton, Great James-street, Bed-
ford-row.

Thomas Matthew Peacock, boot maker, Lower Marsh,
Lambeth, Feb. 9 and March 14, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cokw.n-stret
buildings •, Butler, Tooley-street.

Timciihy Harvey, miller, Newark-upon-Trent, Feb.ls,
and March 15, at eleven, at the Nottingham District
Court. Bittle3ton, official assignee, Nottingham; Hodg-
kiescn. Newark-upon-Trent; Motteram and Co., Bir-
mingham.
Henry George Rideout, glove manufacturer, Notting
ham, Feb. 15, and March 15, at eleven, at the Notting-
London, England, 1850-01-30

FALSE AM) TRUE.

" I have always been diskosed to deny that our early
days were intended to be our happiest. True it i', tla;
mutt look ia. .:k to them with pleasure, mingled with
feelings half cf regret, half of sadness, that they are
r a ised. The reason f this is, that those days are free
from the anxieties which mature life is sure to bring.
The man, pressed down with Lusiness, with care,
even though his coffers are filling with wealth, looks LaAt.
upon his childhood as a green spot in his existence, while
all around is drear and desolate.
"And if business engross him not, if he knows no-
thing of the drudgery of a (prizing riches, but lives or
his own pleasure and amusement, how soon these pall
upon him—then he, al.-,0, sighs fur the careless,thought-
les,,, happy feelings of early days, %ler time needed no
destroyer, and the hydr.-headed monster Ennui found
no place of attack.
"Is it a wonder that such as I have moationcd, the
slave of plca-ure as well as the slave of toil, should look
away across the dreary waste of y ears, and seek to re-
call the past? But it is too late: youth will not come
back, and they have no talisman t compel it to return.
" When I hear friends conversing tog. tier good
old time',' closing their conference Kith,Ah, well!
those were happy days, sure' enough; tle happiest part
of our lives, if we had but. known it :' I fool persuaded
that they have made but a poor use if existence. What!
has God made us with such rich preparatiws fur true
enjoyment, such noble powers of mind and sense, and
yet designed us to retrograde through lifu? Yielding us
a few hours of questionable happiness at first, to be
succeeded by days of weariness or we? It is not so! Who
would be contented always with such happiness? Who
does nut know that it is but the pleasur e e f animal ex-
istence; an existence gay indeed as the bird's, and I.ke
the bird's thoughtless too?
"The man who wisely employs himself about things
imperishable, mutt grow happier each succeeding day in
time, and so on through the period beyond, which we
call eternity. The goodness of God orda'ns this; the
wisdom of God proclaims it."
London, England, 1850-01-30

s AIFATUY.

My parting with Meta was one of the happiest
moments of my life. We hart not spoken one word i f
our feelings fur each other during my stay—positively,
not one word; but we had talked of almost everything in
the wide world; we had exchanged thoughts and sym-
pathies, and, strnnge to say, cur feelings were in exact
hat mon3. The endless, boundless world of the imagina-
tive aid the imaginable! Pleasant is it when we find in
another the echo of what we feel and are; but how much
higher the enjoyment when we can appreciate in such a
one the feelings whirls we ourselves do not possess, and
thus el ter, soul w:th sou', into the sweet exchange of
spiritual barmonfe.l By ne t reducing ur feelings to the
point of mere self-enjoyment. we exi ecience a growing
happiness, the reverse of wl aS tho:e lovers f el who allow
t'le flame to die by what it feeds on, and who in this way
are exposed to the curse of a double selfishness. To cur-
tain the life of the affections, we re quire a comptnior,
not a counterpart; red they are blessed who mistake not
one for the other."
Among St. LPger's mental trials he is disturbed by
the suggestions of the infidel philoscp'iy. His emc-
tton., on yielding to it, are thus described :
Nfy thoughts b. came daily more distracted. I had
purchased itttllectual freedom, and lo t my peace of
mind. I looked back t) my former state, and flt bow
happy had be ea my ignorance. I thought el' the God of
my childhood, IsCA a pang aett low do vtn into my
hear. I seemedto have lost my humanity, and ov,r the
warm I.f -glowing structure of a hi 'point heat t hod been
raised a splendid en 1 magt,ificent lAA cold wad gloomy
maukoleun^. True, I was no longer a secondary object;
I was apart et' the sublime vt hole; a portion efvk ry God;
London, England, 1850-01-30

LITER ARY,GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1849.

Talking of Annuals, this is the real mid veritable friton of the
Minnows—the genuine useful Repository, 'he unquestionable Pro-
phetic Almanack, that will guide to thousands of tultnown events.
Of its bulky and most inlelligent predecessor we observed, that it
could only belong to, and be produced in England; we ought,
perhaps, to have said, lit London. We need not repeat our praise
of .the industry employed (it must be constantly, from year's end to
year's end), nor our wonder at the mass of minute information thus
collected into one grand volume—a very mountain of distinct par-
ticles 1 But we must point attention to the lateness of the date to
which this information is brought up. - Incidents and changes not
yet a for:night old are enumerated here with the same precision as
If they had taken place at Midsummer. Fifty years' practice has
indeed led to perfection.

ATLAS, NOVEMBER 24, 1849.

A stranger would take a week to trace the increase of London
within the last few years. In this most unique of publications be
may ace it at a glance Year after year the volume continues en-
;a-ging, till the.once modest tome Lids fair to become the most
portly octavo ever sent out from the pres.. After the reader has
done admiring the astounding immensity of the metropolis, and the
enormous multi's:icily of its trades, companies, and buildings, he may
begin to admire the.stupeinlops labour and enterotise with which a
private un lertaking like this is begun and carried on. The present
volume is on the plan of forinerycars—a plan combining so much
utility to every one 'aFieareelY to neen&Proskineiii. The pnbliciii:
. . . . .

*lt is carried down to the -lateSt inomont ; several mporiant
changes being reg,istcr'etl which occumd as late as the 13th of this
present month. Tit's digest of the immensity of Londol is much
more than a mere unireantile convenience. As a statist cat account,
it has the highest Tattle, fortnin r, in a any respects. one of the most
extraordinary becks In the u orld.
London, England, 1850-01-30

GERMANY.

The Oester Correspondent informs us that a serious
misunderstanding has arisen between Lieutenant
Fi,ld-Marshal Schirding, the Austrian Commander-
ic,-Chief of the Frankfort garrison, and the Prussian
M;jor Deez, the Cimtnander of the city (Platz-Com-
mandant). A posticript adds that the latter had been
subsequently deposed, and the Austrian Captain
Dabrawsky appointed to succeed him.
London, England, 1850-01-30

MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 24, 1249,

This useful and, to a commt-rcial man, necessary publication, has
again made its annual appearance, with Still greater accuracy and
&lat, if possible, than its more immediate predecessors. As a gene-
ral Directory, It is immeasurably superior to those pseudo-cheap
and ephemeral publications which, under various phases, and dif-
ferent denominations, have struggled into existence by plagiarism
from this work, and which, by the preface, we see are now totally
defunct. The price at which the book is published, places it within
the reach of that class (the trading community) for whom it is espe-
cially designed, while to the courtier and Parliamentary man It has
the recommendation of affording him tho most useful and accurate
summary to be obtained of the "modern Babylon."
London, England, 1850-01-30

SELF-DENIAL.

" Se:f•denial, which is another word for exclusion, is a
necessary exercise. No matter what the object sought;
without it, all labour is empty effort. For no person can
at the same time walk in a given dirt cion and in a di-
re etion exactly opposite. Attempt Est one and then the
other, and no progress is made. Self-.7.enial may be
pairf.ll, or it may not be. It may be every way ugre-e-
-able; or it may produce a strong r evet-inding
st; u4gle with ourseves. The sensualist denies him: e!1
the ext rcise! of virtue, to please his passions, excluding
all the good it.flatnces of his moral nature. The woe Id-
ling denies himself to gratify an ambition of one kind
or another, excluding whatever interferes with his aim.
The Christian denies himself, t) satisfy his moral sense,
excluding t various temptations which surrould and
beset hie-. Self-denial, then, is a philosophical
exele-
sion of everything which interferes w:th a given rule a f
conduct, adopted with re!erence to a desired res.ult. And
yet we often encounter a certain class ef benevacnts, who
tell us that •all things were made for man's eijo)mcnt;'
that every creature of God is good;' that t=ie happiness
within our reach is the happiness to secure, and that
self-denial, if it implies any constraint, is altog'?thrr
wrong in itse'f; in short, is too absurd (because too dis-
agi e ab!e) to be tolerated.
" These are dano:ous philanthropists. They have no
notion c f the holy in man. They ate earthly, sensual,
devilish. They can make no distinction between the
sensual and the interei:tual, much less between the k -
tellectual and the moral. They seem not to understand
that the passions may lead IA-here the intellect refuses to
fellow, and that the intellect may yield whore the moral
ease Londe mar. Not daring to avow their doctrine in
all its hideous eef is mitt', they cover it ever with the gloss
of an apparently improved humanity; and by pit turirg
a perfect state t f ideal sensuousness (I say sensuousness,
because so'f is the solo object of contemplation in it),
they leaf nueibe-rs away irreclaimably to perdition. They
are blind leaders of the blind.

Once more I utter my warning. Once more I ay
to those in the forming tame (reader, if you have passed
that period you are beyond lay reach), yield not to the
sensual; worship not as a divinity the intellectual; rest
on'y in an ohjyet of the highest moral purity; anything
1, si wilt end in cli at+. Fur no man can find rest in an
object unless that object is larger tl an his own mind,
and no mind can test in an object which is not Mimi:-
able. Therefore no merely earthly object can satisfy it.
We must hal e an object of Good, which ex/ ands as the
mind Expands which contemp!ates it—and that object is
God. He must furnish the alimet t to sustain cur
souls. In no other way can the soul be elevated and
rest ;red to its original pririty. Then, if we may not
prevent the tmEtations which beset ty, we can defy
tieir power!"