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rnost absurd crotchet that Bier entered the brain of a
politician—rsetse even than Repeal, which is a question
' that is at any rate intelligible, however pregnant with
mischief it may be. The lion. and Learned Gen-
tleman did not omit the opportunity of having a hard
hit or two at both Whigs and Tories. It is evident
that he is passionately enamunred of neither of these
decaying parties, but he did the Tories no more
than justice when he averred that they were a thou-
sand times worse than their rivals, and had inflicted
a world of mischief on the community by their
dogged perseverance in the system of class-legisla-
tion. in the course of his speech, alluding cursorily
to some recent attacks made on him by the French
press, Mr. O'CONNELL launched out into a caustic
tirade against M. TMIERS and Louts PuturrE, nei-
ther of whom he appears to regard with more affection
than Satan is said to exhibitror holy water. Of the
former he remarked :—" THIERg was out of power, and
" was not likely to get in again. In his History he gave an
account of the massacres of September, when fifteen
bishops and archbishops, and nearly three hundred
priests were massacred in the streets of Paris ; but he
related the e 'ent with all the gentle flippancy of an
ordinary occurrence." Mr. O'CossELL does the his-
torian great injustice :by this remark. So far from
showing any " gentle flippancy," when giving the
particulars of the massacres in question, M. THIERS
speaks of them with a very commendable feeling of
disgust and horror, and closes his chapter with
an expression of astonishment that such atrocities
should have been conceived and executed in
the enlightened eighteenth century. As for Mr.
O'CONNELL'S dislike of Louts PrisurrE, this
may be accounted for without any great difficulty.
That astute and sagacious monarch is opposing to the
utmost of his power the unwarrantable pretensions of
the French clergy in the important question of na-
tional education. They are anxious, for reasons that
may be easily divined, to get the whole matter into
their hands, while Louis PHILIPPE, well aware of the
extent of public mischief that would ensue were they
to succeed in their attempts at monopolising the edu.
cation of the people, is determined that they shall ex-
ercise no more than a just and limited authority on
the question. hence Mr. O'CONNELL'S taunt that he
is "scheming to give education into the hands of in-
fidelity"—a sneer as unfounded as it is uncharitable.

A Morning Contemporary, in a recent article, has
somewhat enlightened the public mind with regard
to the judicial economies of one of the most mys-
' terious localities in London. But although he gave
the genealogical synopsis of the " jimily relations"
established there, in high places, with perfect fidelity,
he might have gone yet further. He might have de-
n►onstrated after what manner the existence Of the
most extraordinary " family compact " which ever
negotiated for, and contrived to retain, through a
long succession of years, a snug monopoly of lucra-
tive or influential offices, in one kindred and lineage,
must have been calculated to operate upon one out of
every two parties to any cause or proceeding tried or
authenticated before them. We propose to supply
this omission for the amusement of our readers in
particular, and for the general information of the
public, who are really interested in the question
which the Morning Chronicle has so properly
brought under its notice—namely, " Who will be
nominated the successor to the office of her Majesty's
Proctor in the Courts Spiritual and Maritime ?"
vacant by the death of the late ILTID NIcHoLL,
Esq., who had filled that appointment (certainly in
a most upright and able manner) for a very long
period.

It appears, from our Contemporary's statement,
that the Right Hon. JOHN Nicriorle, M.P., has
given in, at the request of Government, a sort of list
of qualified candidates for this important post, in
order to guide the selection to be made by her Ma.
jesty's Ministers. It further appears, that by a "re-
markable coincidence"—as the police reports have it
—all these qualified candidates are cousins, sons,
sons-in-law, nephews, or other near relations of the
presiding authority in the Spiritual Courts—the
Right Hon. and Learned certifies of their merits—
her Majesty's Judge Advocate-General, Dr. JOHN
NlcUoLL—being, himself, the son of the late, and
the nephew of the present Judge of the Arches, and
Official Principal to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY.
Dr. Nienoei. himself, moreover, though standing on
a College of twenty-six Doctors of Law—including
the Judge of the Admiralty, Arches, Prerogative,
and Consistory Courts —only twelfth in point of
seniority, reckoned by dates of respective admission,
is Vicar-General of the Archbishop, and in virtue of
that office the great dispenser of marriage licenses,
and the immediate authority under whose instru-
ments the inductions to benefices, &c., within the
diocese of Canterbury are made out. Dr. NICHOLL
is one of those truly marvellous men, of whom it is
significantly said " that their fathers were born
before them," for he succeeded to the immense money
fortune, the family patronage, and even the Tory in-
fluence, it should seem, of the late Right Hon. Sir
JOHN NICHOLL, Knt., Judge of the Arches, Pre-
rogative, and (for some time) of the High Court of
Admiralty, too ! The late Sir Joni was reckoned a
tolerably sound civilian i but he was a man who, as
the contemporary—and the colleague, it may be
almost said.—of the great Sir IVILLIAN SCOTT, after-
wards Lord STowneL, would have been overshadowed
and obscured had he possessed ten times the talent or
ability which he ever manifested in sustaining the
proximity of so overwhelming as rival in the same
career of judicial eminence. The late Lord ELLEN-
BOROUGH was once 25ked his opinion of Sir JO/IN's
capacity and " means" for discharging the responsible
duties of the tribune, to which he had then baesi
lately appointed. " I dare say," replied the petulant
but sagacious Chief Justice, " the man has assets."
We may have formed the same estimate of the prac-
tical scope of the Right Hon. Judge Advocate's
powers ; but he is Judge Advocate, and he is Vicar
General, and he is M.P. fur Cardiff. Before con-
sidering the list of names to which we are referring,
it is necessary to premise, for their information who
, _.....,. may not be aware of the fact, that from the various
.
For the first time since his return from Darrynane Diocesan Courts of the kingdom an appeal lies to the
Abbey, Mr. O'Coaxeee attended the Dublin Con- Arches' Court of Canterbury, as the highest spiritual
ciliation Hall on Tuesday last, and addressed the or ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Till within these few
iii., years, from the Arches' Court a suitor might appeal
Repeaters in an elaborate speech characterised by
usual animation, and by no means deficient in those I to the High Court of Delegates, now happily de-
rhetorical claptrap of which he is So consummate a funct, and thence to the Privy Council, 04. (as in
divorce cases prosecuted beyond the ecclesiastical
master. Ire began by saying that he had reason to
sentence of separation O menses et Shore, to the abso-
iudulge in the brightest anticipations for the future,
lute Parliamentary decree of divorce a vinculo matri-
and notwithstanding the hostility of England, he felt
ii
confident that at no very distant period he should be I
mon )to the House of Lords. Within the jurisdic-
able to carry the great question of Repeal. He then : tion of the Arches' Court, however, are appeals from
went on to state that when he brought this question—
judgments in the Consistory Court of London, and
which he felt he did prematurely—before the House
in certain special cases coming within the official
cognisance of the Dean of the Arches (as, for ex-
ec Commons, it was opposed by all parties with
overwhelming power, but that immediately after- ample, complaints against practitioners) from the
wards, Parliament, by way of adopting a conciliatory ' Prerogative Court. Now, the names on Dr. NI -
tone, pledged itself in an address to the King that the cnom.'s list are stated to be, ILTID Nrcnom,, Esq.
grievances of Ireland should be promptly and effectu- (son of the late Queen's Proctor, who was himself a
ally redressed. In consequence of this deliberate pledge nephew of the late Judge), F. H. DYKE, Esq.
he made a pause in the agitation of Repeal, think- CHARLES DYNBLEY, Esq., W. Fox, jun., Esq., and
ing it but just and fitting that ample time should be E. JENNER, Esq. These are, all of them, Proctors
practicing in the several Courts of Doctors'-commons, allowed the Legislature to fulfill its promise. Even P
and standing in those degrees of affinity or when he renewed the agitation, he did so in no hasty
consan-
or intemperate spirit, but formed the Precursor So- guinity to the present Judge of the Arches and Judge
ciety, in order that Government might be fully ac- of the Prerogative Courts, which we have already
quainted with his objects ; and, moreover, be deprived I described. On principles of delicacy and propriety,
tof all pretext for accusing him of precipitance. And this last fact should go far to make them ineligible
what had been the consequence ? Had Parliament for the appointment. The Queen's Proctor necessa-
redeemed its pledge ? Not one of Ireland's substan- rilY commands, especially in war time, a large
tial grievances had been redressed since. " The de- amount of official business. Private professional con-
claration," said the speaker, " was nothing but a con- I nexion, to a great extent, follows in the wake of
gregation of falsehoods. In fact, to use short tan- official business ; but great influence inevitably at-
guage, it was a lie—a practical lie !" Disappointed taches to it in connexion with either or both. It is
and disgusted with such conduct on the part of the jes. not very seemly that the Judge's kinsman should re-
perial Legislature, and resolved no longer to place faith present the Crown before the Judge ; but when other
in it, he had organised the Repeal Association, which kinsmen of the same Judge swarm both at the
from this time forward would insist on nothing short ) bar over which he presides and beneath it—among
of a full and complete restoration of the Irish Parlia- ! the Doctors and the Proctors-4 is not very likely,
went in College-green. With reference to Federalism, whilst human nature is constituted as it is, that suitors
Mr. O'CONNELL observed emphatically, that it was whose interests are not conducted or defended by
not worth a snap of his fingers. Surely this is a them, should stand on quite an equal footing in the
strange, inconsiderate sneer to proceed from one ' Court's regard with antagonists who shall have re-
vise, not two months since, expressly stated, in a tamed and employed both the one and the other. Sir
manifesto dated from Darrynane, that, on the whole, HERBERT JENNER Pus; Dean and Judge of the
he, was disposed to prefer the Federal principle to that Arches
He , and Judge of the Prerogative Court, is bo-
ot simple Repeal l knew, it appears, quite as yond all question a most upright and excellent man,
much about the matter then as
he does now ; and yet, of the highest private character, great experience,
though no one hae yet ventured
and bearing of the Federal scheme—unless explain the nature distinguishes' reputation as • a Civil Lawyer and an
whose_exlpilra.naot,icoiftixistiße:ceehd-
emto—unless it be Mr. Advocate, a Jurist and a Judge. But we cannot
I.fiterpolling
SHARMAN CRAWFORD,
exempt him from the application of any hypothesis
ingly. meagre and 'perplexing
seen fit to declare himself its decided opponLents' : Nv. hich assumes the possibility of bias or affection
its Judicial dutiteos_inuflnususenpceectethde
bsytebrnimsdiesicf,haringdeuedof,
but
The truth is, he should never have said a word in
fvouri for, so far as we can make nut, it is about the iat some moment or other of inadvertency, or excite-

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SECOND EDITION.

meat, or weakness—on a principle of fallibility com-
mon to human nature. Well, bow stands the
case of this family bar ? It is true that the Right
Ire iourable JOHN te noels, M,P., having a
t'incesure of delicate but compact proportions
his office of` Vicar General, and a post o/
high distinction and emolument in his charge of
Judge Advocate-General to her Majesty's Forces,
dues no longer practise in these Courts. But it it
surely possible that the mantle of his patronage ,and
connexion may have fallen to Dr. HERBERT JENNER,
Treasurer to the College, or even on his still nearer
kiusman, Dr. H. I. Nlcifous Imagine a suitor's
surprise who, having retained iu a cause in the Con-
sistory Court of London some eminent civilian, say
Dr. PHILLIMORE against Dr. NICHOLL, and appealed
from the sentence of Sir S. LUBIIINGTON to the
Superior Court of Arches, Mere finds Dr. IL I.
NICIIOLL associated with Dr. H. JENNER as counsel
against him, the opposite Proctor being Mr. E F.
JENNER, or one other of the kaleidascopic cousins—
(yeu cannot turn the list without throwing fresh
combinations of NICHOLL-JRNNERS or JENNEK.
NICHOLLS) say Mr. J. NICHOLL, or Mr. J. I.
Nicuomi or Mr. F. H. DYKE—and the Judge—
their common "Pater Anchises"---Sir HERBERT
JENNER FUST ? Perhaps, warned by experience, or,
as they say in these Courts, ex abundante eautela , the
unhappy litigant flies to a Mr. W. Fox, jun.—he,
too, is a son-in-law; or to a Mr. CHARLES DTNELEY?
He is a nephew ! By the bye, this gentleman is some-
thing more. In the courts and offices of Doctors'-com-
mons, the great principle is a venerable abuse : the end-
less one of representation by deputy. Thus. The last
Archbishop of CANTERBURY was so lucky that, pend-
ing his lifetime, he procured the reversion, we believe,
of the lucrative sinecure of Registrar of the Faculty
Court for the Hon. I. H. T. MANNERS SUTTON, one
of his grandsons. This gentleman (a son of Viscount
CANTERBURY) pockets the fees which remain to him,
after paying " two Deputies," P. C. Moon's Esq.,
and a Mr. J. SHARPE. The predecessor of Arch-
bishop SUTTON, a luckier Primate still, the late Dr.
MOORE, gave the very rich patent sinecure appoint-
Ments of Registrars to the Prerogative Court to two
of his reverend kinsmen, the Rev. G. Mooen, and
the Rev. R. MOORS. They, like your true "fine
old English gentlemen, all of the olden time," have
consistently abstained from doing any duty as
" Registrars," beyond that of drawing a noble
income of some thousands a year apiece. The Rev.
GEORGE and the Rev. ROBERT appoint three
" Deputies," whose offices are at present filled by—
(l.) Mr. CHARLES DYNELEY.....(iterUnt Crispine ;
(2.) Mr. JOHN IGGULDEN ; (3.) Mr. W. F. GOSLING.
['hey do a considerable amount of work, and are
fiery handsomely paid by fees for their labour ; but
tiley have again their several " Deputies," under
he appellation *f Clerks of the Seats. Each of
these clerks has a certain district of country appro-
priated to him, and prepares and makes out the va-
eious powers and other instruments to give effect and
salidity to probates of wills and letters of administra-
tion, in respect of personal property within the seve-
ral dioceses and the province of Canterbury. In their
collective capacity, these gentlemen, the Clerks of
Seat, really advise, from their greater experience,
the Deputy Registrars in all cases of doubt or diffi-
culty, the principal of those Deputies being little dis-
tinguished from his two colleagues, except by a
'greater assumption of authority, as we have heard,
and a greater fondness for playing " Triton among
the minnows" whenever an unfortunate clerk or a
lowly-minded Proctor happens to disturb his equa-
nimity, or to challenge his hauteur. Now let us sup-
pose the case of a Proctor having a sharp battle with
his Deputy Registrar, in his office of registry, on some
disputed point of practice—the Proctor relying,
perkaps, on the advice of some one among the many
Ad and intelligent clerks of practitioners, or in
.he public office, the Will-office (and of these
there are very many, highly respectable, but miser-
ably underpaid, as the Registrars and their Deputies
are largely overpaid). The Deputy Registrar is ob-
stinate, and on the Proctor's announcing his intention
to carry the matter before the Court for its opinion, is
not always very civil. Perhaps the Court itself may
have forgotten the practice on the particular case. It
then appeals to its Registrar sitting beneath him.
Who is he ? Perhaps his nephew. But which ne-
phew, where there are so many nepotes a-field ? Mr.
DYNBLET, himself a Proetor, himself a chief officer
of the Court, and in both capacities already nettled,
we will imagine, at having had his opinion disputed.
What is the antagonist Proctor's chance of carrying
the Court with him ? But we have spoken of Depu-
ties to the Registrar of Faculties, the Registrars of
the Prerogative Court, &c. We must not omit Dr.
LUSHINGTON'S (Consistory) Court; the Registrar, the
Rev. R. WATSON, having for Deputy, JOHN SHEP-
HARD, Esq. ; nor the Vicar General's office, whose Re-
gistrar, one (more) Joust MOORE, Esq., bath, for
Deputy, F. H. Drill', Esq., who has already ap-
peared as son-in-law of the Judge, and as a Proctor;
and who re-appears as the able managing partner in
the great house of " JEISNEst, Been, and Dram."
Surely, in these times, the Government will see reason
not to appoint to be the new Queen's Proctor any
one of these multiplied relations of the Judge ;
his two sons-in-law, his nephews, &c. ; nei-
ther Mr. Haar DYKE, nor Mr. CHARLES DYNE.*
LEY, nor either of the two Messrs. neuoie, nor Mr.
Fox, jun. Among the Proctors there can be no dif-
ficulty in finding more than three able men, every way
fitted, by long practical experience, professional know-
ledge and sagacity, character, courtesy, and industry,
for so high an office. The bar and the profession of
Doctors'-commons must be relieved from the into-
lerable incubus of any further creatures in the Jen-
nerian-Nichull College. The compact has worked
well enough, :surely, for an extensive family ; and the
public interest requires that the seals be now broken.
The Moostals have had a long hand of registrarship,
the NICHOLLS of forensic and judicial patronage. Let
the best qualified civilians have a fair field and no
favour. The presence of the latter has denied them
the former. Let the best qualified practitioner be
Queen's Proctor—not the nearest family connexion.

and 25 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 1011 at 60
! days ; the floating debt at 65 at 69 days ; and the
debt without interest at 61 at 60 days.

The Jcurnol des Debate has another long article
on the compa'ati,'"6 nat,srits cf a canal and railroad
across the Isthmus of Suez, and adheres to its former
opinion in giving a decided preference to the latter,
fur a variety of reasons. It infers that a railroad
could only benefit the English by expediting their
communication with India, and would be of little use
to the rest of the world, whereas a canal would unite
the two seas, give employment to a vast number of
merchantmen, and increase the trade of all nations.
With a strange jealousy of this country—not at all
commonly displayed by that Government journal—it
tells its readers that the great anxiety displayed by
English writers for a railway must " conceal
other designs." What designs has England to con-
ceal ? All she wants is a quick and safe passage
across the Isthmus, which shall be open to all the
world. A canal, even if it could be constructed at a
moderate expense, which is impossible, would not
serve that purpose, and the mail would to a certainty
be as long delayed as it is by the present mode of
conveyance. As the arguments adduced are probably
those of the French Government, we give them at
length, premising at the same time that they have no
foundation to rest upon, if we except the opinions of
certain French writers, and assumptions respecting
the cost of a canal, which are mere moonshine. After
some remarks on the opinions expressed by the London
press, the writer this proceeds :—" The canal across
the desert is so far from being impossible that it has
already existed, according to a route which is in part
identical with that now recommended. The most
undeniable monuments of antiquity prove our asser-
tion. Without going back to HBRODOTUS, or even to
STRABO and PIANY, who themselves beheld this canal,
and have given a description of it ; without quoting
MARRYSI, and other Arab writers who have related
how AsaBON, after having conquered Egypt, had re-
stored, under the name of the Canal of the Prince of
the Believers, the King's Canal of the time of the
Pharoahs, and the River Trajan of the time of the
Emperor ADRIAN, we do not want in Europe, and
even in France, witnesses who proved its existence at
the period of the glorious expedition of 1798. The
General-in-Chief, BONAFARTE, would not leave to
any person the task of examining the remains of the
work in question. He went there himself, and had
no difficulty in discovering them, for they are very
apparent. One of the engineers attached to the ex-
pedition, M. La PERE, was ordered to survey
the ground, and send in a plan of restora-
tion, fulfilling the double condition of directly
uaiting, Suez to Thyneh, and of joining
the Nile near Cairo. He performed this duty with
zeal, and his paper, drawn up very circumstantially,
forms part of the immortal publication due to the In-
stitute of Egypt. In -the same way was also pub-
lished the report drawn up by the illustrious FRONT to
the Council-General of the Ponta et Chaussees on
this paper. It results from both, that the maritime
canal from Suez to Thyneh, with a branch to Cairo,
is not only practicable, but exceedingly easy of exe-
cution. From one end to the other the ground is
levelled in surprising manner, and the sandy nature
of the soil would render the cutting not at all difficult.
There is even reason for supposing that the moving
sands of the Desert would oppose only a feeble ob-
stacle to the work being kept constantly in good
repair. M. LE PanE estimated the expense at 17 mil-
lions of francs. All the French writers who have
touched on this subject in the journals, or in works of
repute, such as that of CLOT BET, and the travels of
Marshal MAEMONT, have declared in favour of a canal
rather than of a railway, which must go from Cairo
to Suez. They agree in saying that the railroad
would change the present state of things but little ;
would be difficult to keep in working order, because
a little sand is sufficient to stop the circulation on a
railroad, whereas a large quantity is required to im-
pede the navigation of a canal ; that a railroad would
be easily destroyed by the Arabs, for an iron bar, like
a rail, an object likely to tempt them, could be torn
off in a second ; that a canal, on the contrary, cannot
be easily filled up with the quantity of sand brought
by the hand of man, and presents nothing which is
worth carrying away ; that the circulation on the
railroad would consist of nothing but the mails, and
3,000 or 4,000 passengers, so that the receipts would
be exceedingly low ; whereas a canal might hope to
have nearly the above number of vessels, of 400 tons,
on an average. The canal, in fine, is a work of the
greatest importance and interest to all civilisation,
which would change the face of the general commerce
of the world, provided it be made a neutral passage,
accessilsle to all. The public opinion in France has
been turned to this point, and will continue to give it
all its attention, in virtue of the inclination of the
French mind to mix itself up in all matters relating
to the general interests of civilisation."
The article concludes with the following remarks,
which certainly do not give additional force to the
arguments :

"It is not a miserable feeling of Anglophobia which
makes the French press unanimous in favour of a canal
direct from Suez to Thyneh, in preference to the railway
projected by Mr. Waghorn from Cairo to Suez. Their
unanimity on this occasion is the effect of one of the
most noble attributes which do honour to the French
character. How can it be believed, in fact, that it is ani-
mosity to Great Britain that makes us give the prefe-
rence to a communication from which England will de-
rive the greatest advantages? And if anything could
give consistence to the reports, which we believe to be
false, but according to which the project of a railway
conceals other designs, it would be that the organs of
opinion the most accredited and the best informed
ipbnu
Greatiic
Britain, force themselves, on the subject of
the comparison of the canal or railway across the Isth-
mus of Suez, to give the preference to the railway."
The accounts from Spain in these papers are very
imperfect respecting the movements of ZURBANO,
though it is admitted by parties opposed to the revolt,
that it is more important than at first it appeared.
CHRISTINA'S journal thus adverts to is :
" It appears certain that the revolt of Zurbano is of a
more serious character than was at first supposed. All
the disposable troops of the Basque provinces and Old
Castillo have been sent uselessly in pursuit. The Mili •
tary Commandant of the Bastan has directed upon Le-
camberri a battalion which was at Tolosa. A battalion
of Leon has made a similar movement on the side of
Alzagua, and a detachment of cavalry and two com-
panies of infantry are on the roads leading to the valley
of the Borunda. The Commandant-General of Logrono,
the Captain-General of Burgos, in fact, all the military
authorities, aro in motion. Whatever superiority his
knowledge of the country may give Zurbano over his ad-
versaries, it is impossible that so great a display of force
and so considerable a number of flying columns, can
have no other object than the pursuit and arrest of a
band of nine men."
The Bayonne correspondent of the National, in a
letter dated Nov. 22, says—
" What I gave yesterday as doubtful is confirmed to-
day by several letters that have reached me, The in•
surrection looks threatenitli, in every direction, and I
learn that throughout the province of Lerida, as well as
in its capital, the movement is ready to burst forth. Two
other letters, just arrived, state that the whole of Anda-
lusia is in a state of fermentation. The last accounts
from Galicia also state that tho pronunciamentos of two
of its most important towns were hourly expected."
The same journal that so long cheered Mr. °VON'
NBLL on in the cry for repeal, now turns round upon
him as if he had betrayed the liberties of his country.
The writer unwittingly has let out the cloven foot.
Mr. O'Corennm. is a man of peace—he will not go to
war with England to gratify the Radicals of France—
he will not shed a drop of Irish blood, and therefore
he is thus scoffed at by the National
" Pursuing the course of his sentimental promenades
through Ireland, he arrived on the 20th at Limerick. A
large body of people went out to meet hits to ballynat-
crea, and the day ended, according to the usual custom
of the United Kingdom, by a banquet and immense
speeches. The Limerick
~orrespondent write% that a
god (Neptune) figired in the procession, mounted on
four-wheeled car, dressed in calico, and wearing a gilt
Paper gip. O'Connell appeared revived and refreshed
the month he had spent in retreat at Darrynane.
Three or four thousand peasants having assembled under
the windows of the hotel at which he stopped, the great
agitator hastened to address to them one of those incom-
mensurably anodyne harangues of which he is so prodigal,
taking care, as usual, to speak a great deal about him-
self. The Monarch,' exclaimed O'Connell, contem-
plating his poor countrymen, ' has under his command a
most powerful army. The hyperbole is rather too e -
4vcetenr:.af.oinr
edthtothae _ , uuvrever,
eanxtolnrieith lawyer. It
oy the conduct of O'Connell,
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enich he is se. ?Pond, con-
Lib ;-re, ....Al to processions and feastings. The
his ix,,,,T•eat army of
-.or then told the people to continue to agitate,
eethout, however, breaking the peace. This reminds us
justifiedfiwa gnhgeo sc, r
with
ti
(we mean no offence to O'Connell) of the history of
hark quin,who gave a drum and a trumpet to his children,
and recommended them to amuse themselves, but to
tattle no Iroise. Such is O'Connell. He collects together
thousands of men ; be romances with a sonorous
voice ef Green ErlD.' and her future Parliament ; he
.1. •
promises them for the next year, for the next day, their
indeperiene& and the end of their misery ; and then,
when o,c) poor people have given vent to . their
tri'Jf.cia by their hurrahs--when
they hale heartily

Intelligence has been received by the Levant mail
from Constantinople to the 7th, Alexandria to the
6th, and Malta to the 16th of November. The only
news from the Turkish capital is the resignation of
RIFAAT PAcus, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the
birth of another Prince. This is his Highness's
third son. The heir to the throne, who is called
Sultan MURAD, has just entered his fifth year.
SIEEKI R EFFENDI had been appointed Foreign Minister.
The accounts from Alexandria of the 6th merely
state that MEHEMET ALI was in. perfect health, and
that Mr. TODD, acting-consul of the
~linited States,
has been confirmed by hie Government in the post of
consul. Mr. BOCRNE is still at Alexandria, but
had made no progress in A ffeeting n post-office treaty
with the PACHA. At Beyrout business was brisk as
regards imports, as the stocks, 'particularly of Euro-
pean goods, were getting low; and in exports it pro-
mises to he likewise brisk, the olive crop looking
favourable. The grain harvest as proved abundant.
Accounts have been received from Jaffa that the Go-
vernors of Sidon and Jaffa I iad been murdered by
Anu-Bouoosit, who is besieging Jerusalem.

Madrid journals of the 20th. instant have been re-
ceived, but they furnish no additional information
respecting ZURDANO. On t 7 oe previons day, being
the Qua N's fete, deputation? from the two Chambers
waited on her MAJESTY', tand presented their con-
gratulations. In the eveni ills General NARVAEZ gave
a grand ball, which is thus described by the Ileraide :
" Fifteen hundred persoi is were invited to it; an im-
mensecrpwd filled the street where the General's
mansion is situate. The Iba nd of the Cuirassiers exe-
cuted pieces of music, wh'ick i, being heard outside, did
not a little contribute to kes ip. the crowd in front of the
house. The drawing-rooms .-presented a fairy-like aspect
Their Majesties and her E tighness arrived at eleven',
and General Narvaez con d ucted
em to a sort of
pavilion he had prepared for thethm. The bail Was opened by the Queen an, 1 the President of the Council of Ministers ; the I 4ueon-Mother daticed with
Count Bresson, the Infanta )nra Louisa 14..rnanda assn
with eldest son of Don Frenci sco de Paula, Mme. Breasen
with the Minister of Final], , the Infanta Dina Josefa
with the Duke de Rianzaras(. uno?:); her sister, the Infanta
Louisa with the Portuguese Minister, M. de L!raa ; and
Princess Carini with General , Pezuela., Th? English Envoy
arrived too late to figure in that f.rst " ngadon," bat he,
as well as the Duke de Medi a a Cali, had subsequently the
honour of dancing with the queen. Their Majeati-
pressed a wish to see the I lolha performed, ex-
most gracefully executed 10, Mesdemr: 'en It. was
Cruz, de Montufar de Zan ;e, do Er -,gelles de Santa
Their Majesties withdrew %t r -al
the
riclock. Amon nez, and de Larval.
g
most brilliant toilettes wee four o
Gar, Thias, and Tamanes. f.,t.," the Duchesses de
tijo, Onaee, Sastago, Tc u
.11e Countesses do M^-
ended only at six in the '4e4 'haunt;
The Three per Cer A..14°z711/'^-

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.-, oce. The ball

...... were de,p at 271 for cull,

laughed at the jokes of the great agitator, he sends them
back to their potatoes, it' they have any, with the in-
junctior: to behave themselves. According to him, the
liberty of Ireland is not worth the shedding of a single
drop of blood. In the meantirile oppression continues to
entail misery on the Irish, and hung cr the English
market decimates their ranks. All this, however, little
moves the pacific agitator. O'Connell is certainly a great
philanthropist, and although a Roman Catholic and the
pupil of the Jesuits of St. Omer, the English Methodist
Societies ought to look upon him favourably."

The COMMON-SEAGZINT said it was most essential in
this case, in which was displayed so much depravity,
that a severe example should be made of the offeider, for
the protection of the public and the general cause of mo-
rality. In the eyes of the Court, independent of the
robbery, nothing could be more deserving of the severest
punishment than to entice a child of tender age from the
protection of its parent ; and the sentence of the Court,
therefore, was, that the prisoner be transported beyond
the seas for seven years.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Sarah Williams and -Emma Weiss, well-dressed young
women, were charged as follows
Police-constable 36 of the A division stated that, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock last evening, as he was on
duty in Hyde Park, he saw the prisoners accost, and
forcibly detain, several gentlemen.
Mr. HA.R.DIVICX—Do you know the prisoners ? Con-
stable—Yes, they are common women. Nearly a hun-
dred women of their description infest the parks nightly,
ostensibly to beg, or for other purposes. They are
generally accompanial by men, who wait at a distance
off, and, when a robbery is effected, they either
convey away the stolen property, or brutally mal-
treat the party. Several robberies have been
committed during the last week, and they have a regular
organised plan of committing them—boys, mere children,
being posted at certain distances off, to warn them of the
approach of the police.
Mr. Ila.enwirk.—l understand that persons are ac-
tually afraid to pass through the Park after night-fall.
I am therefore determined to put a stop to its being the
resort of the lowest grade of prostitutes and thieves.
especially order that the police use the utmost vigilance
in apprehending such characters. I commit the pri-
soners for one month each to Westminster Bridewell, to
hard labour. The convictions shall be returned to the
Sessions, and ever after it shall be three months.

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY).
OLD OFFENDERS. —Margaret Haggerty and M.ry
Healy were charged with begging in Cavendish-square,
and with attempting to pick a gentleman's pocket.
A policeman in private clothes said he saw the defend-
ants begging of ladies and gentlemen in Portman-square.
Knowing them to be old offenders, he felt it his duty to
watch them. They left Portman square and went into
Oxford-street, where he lost sight of them. Aftqrwards,
about ten o'cloek, he met them in Mortimer-street, fol-
lowing a gentleman. After Haggerty had followed him
some distance the drew back a few paces, and he dis-
tinctly saw her lift up his coat tail and put her hand into
his pocket several times. He took them into custody.
Haggerty had been convicted five times of begging.
Healy had also been convicted.

The defendants denied that they were begging, or that
they intended to rob the gentleman, and they were com-
mitted for a month.

MEETING OF

MIDDLESEX MA-

GISTRATES.-(THIS DAY.)
This being what is termed "county day," or the day
appointed for the transaction of the financial and other
business of the county of Middlesex, a most numerous
meeting of the magistrates was held, at twelve o'clock,
in the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, Devon, Esq.,
in the chair.

The Deputy Clerk of the Peace having read the mi-
nutes of the last meeting, the Court proceeded with the
consideration of the appointment of nine district sur-
veyors, according to the provisions of the new Metro-
politan Buildings Act, and by which it was provided
that no person at all acting as a builder, land. agent, or
other person connected with the building department in
any manner whatsoever should be appointed.
Capt. Bague and Mr. Orme were unanimously elected
as scrutineers in the election of district surveyors.

lIA.NWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
On the motion of IL PowNALL, Esq., the Committee of
this Asylum, appointed in August last, were empowered
to purchase 24 acres 2 roods of land, immediately adjoin-
ing Hanwell Lunatic 'Asylum, for the purpose of en-
larging the building, and thus abolishing the necessity
of farming out the pauper lunatics, as the various pa-
rishes were now obliged to do, and, in consequence of
which the unfortunate patients were often ill-treated.
The sum which the Committee were empowered to pay
for this land v.-As 6,000/.

The Court then I;_roeeeded to review the reports of the
Visiting Justices of IL e several metropolitan prisons,
from which it appeared that all the prisoners were
healthy, and that the utmost order and subordination
prevailed.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAY TfiAItICZTS.

SHITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4! lOs ;
Useful ditto, 4112 s to 5/35 ; fine Upland ditto, .51 5s to
5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 105 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 Os to
1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per load. St2p-
ply moderate, and trade very steady.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4/ 12s;
Useful ditto 4/ 15s to 5135; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to
51 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/185 ; Oat Straw, 11 12s
to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A
fair average supply and an active demand.
WairEcturia.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4110 s;
Useful ditto, 41 12s to 513 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to
Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to
1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1113 s to 11 15s per load. Sup-
ply good, and trade rather brisk.

IYdRAT DICANZ.ETEL
SOUTHALL, Nov. 27.—The supply of stock here to-
day was less than that exhibited on Wednesday last.
The attendance of buyers being numerous, the general
demand ruled active at somewhat advanced rates. Beef,
from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to
45 ; and Pork, 2s Scl to 3s 10d per 81bs. Supply :
Beasts, 40; Sheep, 1,312 ; Calves, 47; Pigs, 53.
RONFORD, Nov. 27.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved
off steadily at an advance of 2d per Ms, otherwise
the trade was very dull. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ;
Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and Pork,
2s 10d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ;
quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s each.
lawmen, Nov. 27.—We had a fair demand for
each kind of fat stock to-day, and prices were mostly
supported. Beef, from 3s to 4s 24; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d;
Veal, 3s to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s Gd per Blbs.
ARUNDEL, Nov. 26.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com-
manded a ready sale at full prices, but with othei kinds
of stock the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4,1;
Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; and
Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 6d per Blbs.
CHICHESTER, Nov. 27.—There was a fair amount
of business transaeted here to-day at very full prices.
Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Veal,
35 to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling
Calves, 185 to 28s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s;
and Mulch Cows with their Small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
_ _

COAL MARZET.
Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's
Main, 16s 6d ; Buddle's 'West Hartley, 185 ; Carr's
Hartley, 18s ; Hasting's Hartley, 18s ; Holy well Main,
20s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 18s ; ld Pontop, 16s ;
Ord's Redheugh, 16s 6d ; Oakwellgate Main, 15s ; Ra-
vensworth West Hartley, 17s ; Taylor's West Hartley,
17s fid •, Townley, 17s 6d ; West Hartley, 18s ; W. E.,
Acun Close, 20s ; W. E., Brown's unscreesed, 16s ;
W. E., Clark and Co., 18s ; W. E., Clennell, 18s ;
W. E., Killiugvvorth, 19s 6d to 20s ; W. E., Newmarch,
19s 3d ; W. E., Northumberland, 19s 9d ; W. E.,
Walker, 19s 9d ; Eden Main, 21s ; W. E., Belmont,
208 6d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 22s 6d ; W. E., East
Ifetton, 20s 3d ; W. E., Haswell, 22s 6d; W. E., Hetton,
22€ 3d ; W. E., Hylton, 20s ; W. E., Lambton, 22s ;
W. E., Pemberton, 20s 6d ; W. E., Richmond, 20s 6d ;
W. E., Russell's Hetton, 22s 3d ; W. E. Stewart's,
22s 6d ; W. E., Caradoc, 225 ; W. E., Hartlepool, 22s ;
W. E., Heseldon, 20s ; Hall, 20s 6d ; W. E., Kelloe,
22s ; W. E., Trimdon, 218 6d ; W. E., Tenant's Hartle-
pool, 20s 9d ; W. E., Adelaide, 22s ; W. E., Coundon
Tees, 20s ; W. E., Evenwood, 193 ; W. E., St. Helen's
Tees, 198 6d ; W. E., Tees, 228 ; W. E., Tees Hetton,
las ; W. E., West Tees, 205 ; Clackmannan, 16s;
Cowpen Hartley, lis ; Hartley, 17s 6d ; W. E., Town-
hill Elgin, 17s 6d.—Ships arrived since last day, 15.

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