The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ywitNiikiul. DECEMBER 10, 1842._

LITERATURE.

PHILOSOPHICAL CONVETISATIONS,&c. By
Fredericl:. C. Bal:ciVell, author:4 "ThelVirturot Evi-
dences of al7 rtai.e.Lijie &c. Hervey arid Dayton,

Gracechltrol,street,

Mr. Bakewell, Who is well known as a correct
and clever writer, and a: careful thinker, has, in
this unpretending volunie, supplied the young
with many explanations of common ocem•-
rences, and the aged with -many very pleasant
recollections. It will enable them to impart
Much useful knowledge which they might forgot
or be unable to explain without such a help to
;the memory. Its great recommendation is that
it illustrates the most important truths of physi-
cal science in a manner at once easy, correct, and
'playful. The diagrams and illustrations are well
ch.osen and neatly executed, serving, as figures
should serve, to explain in an instant the princi-
ple to be taught. To give a brief specimen of
the book we will quote a short passage on Flying,
a subject at present rather popular, which may
serve to explain to the most sceptical the possi-
bility of achieving what is, in fact, now said to
have been achieved. Having first shown very
clearly that. the " weight of a bird, or the force
with which it is drawn to the ground, supports it
in the air," which naturally makes the little girl
who is one oh the interlocutors, say " how very
odd," the writer proceeds. thus—
The attempt to fly has been often made, but
without success. The weight of the human body is
so great that we have scarcely strength enough in our
arms to raise ourselves, even when taking hold of un-
yielding substances; and all attempts to get pur-
chase or hold upon the air strong enough to raise the
body from the ground, have hitherto failed. The
most successful attempt at flying that I have heard of
was that of an ingenious baronet of Yorkshire. He
proceeded upon the principle of obtaining a horizontal
motion by downward pressure, in the same manner
as birds do-when they fly through the air, without
moving their:wings. He constructed wings, which
he attached to his body, and having ascended to the
top of a tree, he then launched himself into the air.
The wings immediately expanded as he began to de-
scend, and presented such an extended surface -to the
resistance
.of the air as to cause a very gradual descent,
and by inclining one of the wings to the ground, the
flying Baronet-was enabled to give to his fall an ob-
lique direction, so as to arrive at the bottom of another
tree at some distance. Thus he may be literally said
to have flown from tree to tree. * * I can
suppose it very possible for aman to support himself,
and move through the air, provided he commenced his
aerial excursion from a considerable height. The
most probable means by which man can hope to tra-
verse the air at will, is by the aid of steam-engines,
or some other moving power. * * It is possible
for steam-engines to be made not heavier than a man,
yet possessing more than ten times the power of one.
If a proper apparatus could. be invented to work
against the air by such an engine, the attempt to fly,
hitherto so unsuccessfully made, might indeed be
carried into effect.
- - -

%Vith this quotation we must leave the book,
recommending it to our readers as both instruc-
tive and entertaining.

AUGUSTE VESTRIS.

Vestris, par le fini, le brillant de ses pas,
Nous rappelle son maitre, et ne reclipse pas.

The death of this renowned dancer and posture-
master has been announced by the Paris Journals of

Tuesday.
Who has not heard of Auguste Vestris ? Vestris,
the prince of dancers—himself the descendant of the
god of dance.* Who remembers not him, who made
glorious evenings for nearly all the theatres of the
Continent—evenings when whole houses have been
thronged with all the brilliancies of the Court and
crowds of the city—when the theatre has resembled a
vast saloon, swimming as it were in golden light,
filled with the youth, opulence, and aristocracy of
France gazins on the " poetry of his motion"—the
raptures of his dance. Who forgets that splendid
spectacle ? Princes, beauties, poets, worship-
ping him as their idol, and lavishing on him
their wit, their plaudits, their ducats, and
bouquets. That day of fascination is, however, gone,
and in common, with the reminiscences which attach
to this celebrated name, the biographer has only to
look back in regret, and while he sighs at the present
treasure lost, should endeavour to discover some
share of comfort in remembering the gratifications

of the past.
Auguste Vestris, betterknown perhaps by the name
of Vestr' Allard—thus having joined his own name to
the latter dissyllable, that being the name of his
mother, herself a dancer of most eminent merit
—was born in 1759. The name of his family was
originally Vestri, and it is to Florence that they lay
the claim of extraction. Long known as the finest
dancer in Europe—possessed of a form remarkable
for its symmetry—an air replete with elegance—year
utopobne t3h'eear'leaandder:easahri uCepryonphsmeahosn,eVf etislteri'(s)cpoenrati.nuled
In
later years, when he retired from the stage, and we
believe up to the present time, he has been a pensioner
of the Royal Academy of Music, at Paris.
But Vestris his father !—Gaetano Apolin Bal-
thazar Vestris—under whose own education, whose
own splendid lessons, Auguste learned whatever he
possessed of grace or excellence of movement. What
an opera was that, in the year 1748, when he made
his first debut on the Parisian boards, and won shortly
after from the monarch of the Bourbons, "h the full
honours of his science. "Dieu de la clausee was
named in triumph, and no sooner had he been so
entitled, than, with the self-love that formed the
finest species of vain glory ever known, he
from that day forth, kept perpetually repeat-
ing to himself the phrse, rendered more remark-
able by his Italian accent. His admirers, not
satisfied with this mark of homage, in the warmth
of their enthusiasm bestowed on him another. "The
handsome Vestris" was in the mouth of every beauty,
every beau, every admirer ; nor did his tall, erect,
and noble figure appear, in this respect, to discounte-
nance the flattery. Nevertheless, the dancer's own
vanity was not backward in giving himself a station.
He considered that there were but three great men
in his century, and of the illustrious triumvirate he
adjudged himself the foremost—" I, Voltaire, and
Frederick the Great." This extravagant humour
grew upon him ; he indulged in it with incompre-
hensible humour, and one day, when he had been
applauded with transport, he majestically presented
his leg to a young eleve, or pupil, who had expressed
a sort of adoration for him.
Laharpe tells the following :—lt was an amusing
scene. The Duke de Bourbon arrived at the moment
when Vestris was dancing. The house received the
Prince, who was much beloved, with intense plaudits.
Vestris considered this astounding approbation to be
for him, and he redoubled his efforts in a manner so
marked that the public perceived it, and laughed out-
right. Vestris was so far animated, that he continued
to dance even after the violins had ceased.
Rose Dugazon Vestris !—another brilliant name of
the same family—actress and comedian, whose fame
was once as great in the theatre role, as the renown of
her who long in England has borne the same name by
intermarriage with a branch of this noted family, and
who for symmetry of form, personal charms, and ex-
quisite powers, seems to have, united by nature within
her all the accomplishments of every member of the
far-famed Florence family. Rose Dugazon married
the brother of the first Vestris, father of the deceased
Auguste, whom it is to-day our melancholy duty to
memoralise. The wit and beauty of the young Du-
gazon took the heart of Paco, as it did in a no less
astonishing manner those of the great and courtly of
her day. Honours poured in on her from all quarters.
Voltaire, after he had written for her the magnifiCent
part of Irene, presented it to her, saying, Lady,
I have worked for you all night, as if I had been
fervid with youth!" The Duke de Choiseul,
then Minister, upon the sparkling success that
attended her personation of Zaire, made her
a present of a magnificent robe, whose
value was beyond conjecture. Opposed in her
superb career by Mademoiselle Sainvalle, Madame
Vestris succumbed in no point—the rivalry
stillt
h e
gloerfgt
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he rs
ognhlfei
unfailingly
t—ni
egAepeeof Corneille,
nuari:
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ie—ldame
Rhearcinpee,waenrsd.
Voltaire, were
The prodigious effect which she produced in the
agony of Gabriel de Vergy, is said to have been one
d
of the most remarkable instances in the annals of the
eb an
drama. The beauty of her pantomime, also, in
Macbeth, where Fredegonda figures in the phantas-
magoria scene, is also dwelt upon by critics with ad-
miration. Her voice was rich, her gait noble, and
the loveliness of her arms and bust created admirers
no less than the beauty of her person. Madame
Dugazon Vestris enjoyed company of the highest
distinction, and her society was courted by all the
men of letters of the day.
During the era of the Revolution, the role of the
a
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on
of success, the nature of the son appears to have ex-
hibited itself similarly with the father. Imitating the
trope addressed by Alexander to Parmenio, though in
a reversed shape, "If I were not Vestris," said he,
"I would be the King." He long outlived the day,
however, when the heat of youth dictated such hyper-
boles of feeling or expression, since more than eighty
winters had visited him at his death.
* The epithet bestowed on his father by the Court of
Louis XIV. •

A very considerable number of foreign Bank of
England notes are again in eirculation. They appear
to have bee* worked from one plate, as they are nura•
bered 1827, and are all dated June 4, 1842.

IR BLAND.

DEANERY OP ST.. PATRICK.

DUBD DEC. 7.-Th;s cose wilt have the decision
of the Coui i; pronounced to=day.

MURDER OF MR. - SCUIXY-MEETING OF
THE MAGISTRATES OF TIPPERARY. `

The Tipperary Constitation contains the following
report of this meeting:—
" On Friday last a meeting of Magistrates was held
at the Court-house, Cashel, for the purpose of taking
steps for, the apprehension of the assassins; and, from
an early hour, numbers of the gentry were to be seen
repairing to the place of meeting.
"At half-past twelve o'clock, on the motion of the
Hon. C. O'CALLAGHAN, the Earl of Glengall was
called to the chair.

" His LORDSHIP then proceeded to address the
meeting as follows :—Gentlemen, I, as one of those
who felt It their duty to attend at the house of Kil •
feacle, after the late lamentable catastrophe—the
murder of Mr. Scully—and, in accordance with the
feelings of the other gentry assembled, considered that
no time should be lost in calling together a portion of
our brother Magistrates, in order that we should con-
sult what were the fit and proper steps to be taken upon
this sad occasion, to express our horror at it, and to de..
vise the best means of apprehending and bringing to
conviction the assassins. No one more sincerely de•
plores the diabolical and atrocious deed which has
lately occurred in the South 'Riding of our county
than I do. A brother Magistrate, in the prime of
manhood, possessing an independent fortune, well
educated, moving in the most respectable society, has
been singled out and has fallen a victim to the hand
of the asssssin. Gentlemen, it is lamentable indeed
to reflect upon this dreadful tragedy. We all recol-
lect how short a time has elapsed since an attempt was
made upon the life of Mr. Scully, and how seriously
he was wounded within the walls of his own very
house ; and it now strikes me forcibly, that there
must have existed a deep-laid plot, and a con-
spiracy almost unparalleled, whether we consider
the fiendish atrocity with which it dispatched its
victim, or the perseverance with which it lurked
after him, until an opportune moment arrived for
the perpetration of a murder as cruel, unrelent-
ing, and ferocious as any that has ever taken place in
this county. After alluding to the recent comparative
tranquillity in the south riding of the county, his
Lordship said : There is one subject now to which I
would call your most particular attention, and that is
to the present Arms Act, and I conceive that we
should give our opinions to the Government upon that
very important subject.—(Hear, hear.) It is well
known to you all, that the unfortunate and various
crimes which have been perpetrated in this county
have been done through the instrumentality of the
possession of firearms by the lower orders. The Go-
vernment had prepared a Bill last session, but from
the late period in which it was completed, even if
it had been brought forward, it could not have
been passed. If your opinions are in accordance
with mine upon this subject so important to us
all, I think you will coincide in the ' prayer
of a memorial which I have drawn up relative
to the registering of arms, &c. I feel I would not be
discharging the entire of my duty, if I did not advert
to another point in question. I should consider my-
self wanting in moral courage, were Ito pass it by,
feeling,' as I do, its importance and necessity. You
have, Gentlemen, all read the various outrageous
attacks which have
'by
made of late upon the land-
lords of this county by a portion of our Press. I am
aware of the abuse that will, in all probability, follow
my observations ; but I treat with the most stoical
contempt unmerited abuse. It affects me no more
than does the passing breeze. I allude alone to a
portion of our Press. No one respects or values more
highly than Ido the liberty of the Press. Am I sur-
prised at the murder of Mr. Scully (continued the
Noble Lord) ? No ; my only astonishment is that
other gentlemen have not fallen also. When we read
these calumnious and ferocious attacks made each week
upon the landlords by a portion of the Press—when
we know that the peasantry, an easily excited class,
see those publications, and read them with avidity—
can we wonder that, should a landlord exercise the
least control over his property, such should be consi-
dered 4 hardship by the tenantry ? Are no improve-
ments to take place ? Is pauperism to be everlasting ?
I know that in almost all cases where tenants have
been removed from lands our gentry have liberally—
' nay, largely— remunerated those removed. Some
' gentlemen have actually re-purchased their estates.
Yet, however generously a landlord may act, still
such landlord is held up to the people as a criminal—
no matter what sacrifices he has made—and ven-
geance is called down on his devoted head.—(Hear,
,
hear.) I consider that the writers, and those who
disseminate such unfounded calumnies, are neither
more nor less than eiders and abbettors of assassina-
tion. His Lordship concluded by reading the memo•
rial to which he referred, and by saying that he would
feel: obliged to Mr. M'Leod and Captain Roberts if
they would, in the course of the proceedings, read a
list of the outrages which have recently taken place
in their respective districts.
" Sir John Fitzgerald, Stephen Moore, Esq., and
other gentlemen, addressed the
meeting, generally
expressing their concurrence in the views of the
chairman.

last six montbs, which showed
" Mr. M'LEoD read the list of outrages for the
offences compared with former periods.
"After some further conversation,
" WILLIAM FENNELL, Esq., said, there is one cir-
cumstances which I think it right to mention, and it
'a diminution of heinous
classes obtain gunpowder and
is with regard to the facility with which the lower
cartridges in the
vicinity of military barracks. About the Caller bar-
racks they readily qet
possession of powder, and I sup-
pose it is the same in the vicinity of all the other bar-
racks.

" Major PRlEsTrzy---a fy—
Lord and Gentlemen, I
beg to say that I feel assured the present Government
will pay the deepest attention to anything emanating
from so influential a body ; and, for my own part,
nothing will afford me greater pleasure, and I am
yTthaadnd everyinc O
co-operating with the Magistrates
officer ctohnenirecetffedor
ts
withto tphreeseeornve
ssoutafrbetuhiiasl
extensive county in
mayr
its pease, and to establish its tranquillity.--(llear.)
" The memorial was then signed by all present, as
was also the reward _

" A friend stated that the Scully family would give
1,0001. towards the reward.
" The meeting then separated."
ATTACK ON A CLERGYMAN.—A shot was fired a
few days since at the door of Kilfitmore glebe, the
residence of the Rev. Richard Carey. That gentle-
man, getting out of bed, and going to the window at
the time, observed three armed men walking on the
road near the house. The firing of a shot at the
glebe-house was pregnant. with signification, for a
notice was found next morning lying on the window-
sill, signed " Captain Starlight; and threatening
to visit his body with lead, his house with fire, and
his cattle with destruction, and all because he had dared
to dismiss an unfaithful steward.—Nenagh Guardian.

WIIITWELLe..4III/ii AN SKELETONS FOUND.--On
Tuesday last, as the workmen were employed in
lowering the turnpike road opposite the Dale Inn,
near Whitwell, they discovered two skeletons near to
each other, and about nine inches in the bed of the
gravel. It is impossible to say how they had been de-
posited there,
andew th
N road before the road was made.
The different direction from the old
n
an extensive and bleak com-
mon or moor, far from any human habitation.---Dou-
caster Gazette.
SPALDING SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. Fred. Loder, a
commercial gentleman travelling for the firm of
D'Almaine and Co., music-dealers, Soho -square, Lon-
don, arrived at the White Hart Inn, Spalding, about
half-past seven in the evening of Friday last by the
He complained of indisposition,
Boston mail. and
o'clock. About half-past twelve o'clock the following
his andchambermaid going
to he rang bell, the
violent pain in his left side, and went to bed about ten
to the room, she found him,in a dyink
landlord went for a surgeon, but before his arrival life h
was extinct. An inquest was
--elcron the body in the
evening of the same day. Verdict, " Natural death."
—Doncaster Gazette. state. The

BIRTH.—At 49, Parliament-street, yesterday, the
Esq., of a daughter.
Lady of Edward T. Richardson,

FOG.--About seven o'clock last
eve
as a lad, named Thomas Warne, was pro-
ceeding over Kennington-common with two horses,
ACCIDENT
his left leg came in contact with a post, and broke it
i VIE FOG.
just below the knee. His cries brought to his assist-
ance police-constable 44 L, who conveyed him in a
cab to Guy's Hospital.

ENDOWMENT ASSOCIA.-
TioGNE.—NETRIAieL AannNuNalunY
meetiAisp
ngof this Association was held
on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the pupose of
receiving the Director's Report for the year. The Report
stated that the Company was in a most flourishing con-
dition, and that the present capital of the Association
was 152,0001. Some discussion then arose as to the re-
port of the Actuaries being then laid before the meet-
ing. The Chairman stated that the Committee had
received the Report, but as it had not been examined,
he thought it would be better not at present to
lay it before the Subscribers, but a special
meeting would to called for the purpose. A
an band
petition
had was
died then
presented by a lady whose hus-
b
prayingfor the annuity, but
the, petition was not received as the deceased had not
given notice of his intention of going abroad. Messrs.
Rudduck and Lawrence were
re-elected Directors of
the Association, and the auditors were also re-elected.
From the statement of the accounts it appeared that
abroad,
136 members had been admitted during the present
year, and that 46 members had been excluded for
non-payment. The sum paid by them was 11,0001.,
which fell to the Association. The total number of
members admitted Was 2,879, and, the number of an
5,367.

MEETING OF PAWNBROKERS.
A numerous zneei:ing of the pawnbrokers of Lon-
don was held last night, at Radley-'s Hotel, Bridge-.
street, Blackfriars, for, the purpoSe of having laid be-
fore. them a Report of the Parliathentary Committee,
appointed some years ago, to watch over the interests
of the trade. Mr. Neate presided. The Report de-
tailed at some length the Parliamentary services of
the Committee, which appeared to have been essen-
tially beneficial to the pawnbrokers generally. The
Committee, at the conclusion, recommended that as so
much good had arisen to the trade from local exer-
tions, a. general association of the pawnbrokers of
Great Britain should be formed, for the purpose of
obtaining full and particular information concerning
all measures, legislative or otherwise, affecting pawn-
brokers, whether of a local or general nature ; to pro-
mote any which might appear to haVe a beneficial
tendency, and vigorously ,to oppose all such as
might appear oppressive or injurious. Also, to
collect correct reports of all decisions affecting.
pawnbrokers, and copies of all such cases and opi-
nions as might have been obtained by local societies
or individuals upon the laws relating to the trade, to-
gether with all such other information as can be ob-

fained, for mutual advice, assistance, and protection,
and to promote measures, legislative or otherwise,
for the suppression of the daily increasing class of
persons who, under the denomination of " dolly shops,"
" wee pawns," and "little goes," most grievously (in
the language of the Report) oppress those who deal
with them, and at the same time inflict the greatest
possible injury upon the legitimate pawnbrokers, both
by depriving them of their business and, by continual
delinquency, prejudicing their reputation. The Re-
port having been adopted, several addresses were de-
livered upon the great advantage which must neces-
sarily flow from a general association of the trade.
The Parliamentary Committee was then dissolved,
and a Provisional Committee formed, for the purpose
of drawing up rules and regulations to form the basis
of such an association. The meeting then adjourned.

NIGHT , SIGNALS FOR THE LON-
DON STEAM-PACKETS AT BOULOGNE.

We are indebted. to Captain Tune, of the steam-
packet City of Boulogne, for the following copy of
night signals for the guidance of the London steamers
frequenting Boulogne
"When the Captains think their vessels within
sight of the harbour. (Boulogne), they will burn a
blue light, and hoist a light at the oremast head.
"It' there is sufficient water for the immediate en-
trance of the steamer into tho hr-bour, the only signal
to be made from the pier-head will be a blue light at
the east pier-head, and a red lantern, to indicate the
same.

" Should a steamer come in sight before there is
sufficient water for her to enter the harboUr, a rocket
will be sent up from the pier-head in answer to her
signal ; and a blue light will be shown, with the red
lantern as above, when the tide is high enough for her
to enter.

"Should a steamer come in the roads after the tide,
and when the water is too low for her, or when anv
other impediment may prevent her entrance into the,
harbour, the rockets will be sent upisuccessively from
the pier, as a sigaal to keep off.
" After the above signal, should a boat be required
to land passengers or dispatches, the steamer to send up
a rocket, and to show another light under the bowsprit.

" And should a boat be allowed to proceed to the
steamer, a rocket will be thrown up from the pier-
head." DAY SIGNALS.

" A blue flag shown at the head of the East Pier,
will indicate that the steamer may come into the har-
bour, shaping. her, course according to the signals
male to her by inclining the staff.
" ShouldA steamer come too late for the tide, or
should there be eny other impediment to her entrance,
no signal will be made to her.

" Should a boat be required on board to convey
passengers on shore, the packets will hoist a flag half
mast at the fore.

" N.B. The above signals are intended to enable
the packets to avail themselves of the whole of the
time during which there is a sufficient depth of water
for them at Boulogne, before the usual tide lights are
shown, and after they have been hauled down ; for
while these have been exhibited no other signals are
necessary."

DEATH OF A FEMI LE AND HER INFANT FROM
WAbiT.----Thorsday afternoon a lengthened investiga-
tion took place at the Paul's Head, Crispen-street,
Spitalfields, before Mr. Baker, Coroner, on view of
the bodies of Catherine Leary, 26 years of age, and of
Mari Leary, her infant child, five days old. Mrs.
Maria Ridley, midwife to the Royal Maternity Society,
stated, she attended the deceased (who was the wife
of a labourer) in her confinement. She was in a state
of great destitution, and could not provide the usual
necessaries for herself and her child. Witness re-
commended her to apply to the palish for relief, but
she did not do so. No one attended to her after her
confinement, and the child died on Wednesday morn-
ing last. Mr. Atrell, the relieving-officer of Spital-
fields, upon hearing of the case on Monday, imme-
diately supplied the deceased woman with proper
necessaries, but she died on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Byles, surgeon, stated that the deceased was
labouring under disease of the lungs. She told witness
she had had no nurse since her confinement, nor any
nourishment until she had been supplied by Mr.
Atrell. Witness gave her some medicine with arrow
root and wine, and attended her until she died. The
husband of the deceased did not pay much attention
to her. lam of opinion the child died from want of
proper attention and cleanliness, and the mother from
diseased lungs. The Jury, after some consideration,
returned a verdict of " Natural death in both cases,

accelerated by want and destitution."
NUMEROUS DEATHS AT THE LONDON HOSPITAL.
At a late hour on Thursday Mr. Baker held no fewer
than fbur inquests at the London Hospital. The first
was on the body of Elias Levi, 75 years of age, em-
ployed at the Jewish Synagogue of the late Chief
Rabbi, Dr. Herschel, situated at No. 5, Bury-court,
St. Mary-axe, who, whilst in the act of descending
the stairs on the night of Monday last, fell from the
top to the bottom, pitching upon his head. Ile was
taken up in an insensible state, and conveyed to the
above hospital, where he died yesterday morning. The
second was on the body of 'William Cruickshank, of
No. 8, Back Church-lane. In this case the deceased
was in the act of lifting a kettle from the fire, when
his pinafore caught. Ile was severely burnt all over
his body, and expired in a short time after
his admission to the hospital. The third was upon
William Duck, 78 years of age. The deceased was
employed in unloading a timber waggon at Plaistow,
in Essex, on the 13th of October last, when a large
log of timber fell upon him and fractured his left leg
in a shocking manner. Ile lingered until Wednesday
last, when he died at the above hospital. The last
was on the body of a man named Joseph Roberts, a
shipwright, 30 years of age, in the employ of Mr.
Pilcher, shipbuilder, Limehouse. On Monday, about
twelve o'clock at night, the deceased was about to
proceed to his work on the Clyde steamer, then lying
in the dry dock, when he missed his footing and fell
to the bottom of the dock, a depth of thirty feet.
When discovered he was quite insensible, and his
skull fractured. He died soon after his admission to
the hospital. The house-surgeon stated that in all the
above cases death had been caused by the effects of,
the injuries received, and the jury ill each case re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death."
STREET \VIT.—As one of the wandering minstrels,
who earn a precarious livelihood by vocalising in our
public thoroughfares, was pursuing her wonted calling
on 'Wednesday week, a young urchin thus addressed
her at the close of a very elaborate shake :—" I say,
missus, do you sell that by the yard ?" The woman,
highly incensed, thus retorted :—" If you don't move
on, you young rascal, I'll give you a foot for nothing."
STAPLE INN.—Chambers are about to be erected
for the occupation of the taxing-masters ; they are to
be built in the Elizabethan style of architecture, and
will, when completed, be a great ornament to the Inn.
Tenders have been received from 12 eminent builders
for the erection. Mr. Grimsdell being the successful
competitor,his tender has been accepted, and the building
will be forthwith commenced, having to be entirely com-
pleted, ready for the occupation of the masters, by the
month of September in next year. The tenders were
as under :—Messrs. Grissel and Peto, 7,500/. ; Messrs.
Mansfield and Sons, 7,500/. ; Mr. Winsland, 7,4481. ;
Mr. Cubitt, 7,4401.; Messrs. WOOICOtt and Son,
7,403/. ; Messrs. Piper and Son, 7,297/. ; Messrs.
7, 1641.; Messrs. Bridgers, 7,0801. ; Messrs. Hicks
and Sons, 7,020/. ; Messrs. Pearse and Guerrieri.,
6 987/. ; Mr. Jackson, 6,965/. ; Mr. Grimsdell,
1.
IMPORTATION Or BONDED CORN.—The hollowing
notice regarding the importation of bonded corn, &c.,
fi
or home consumption, has been issued by order of
the Commissioners of Customs :—"'Whereas, by the
sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 47, certain allowances
for natural waste are to be made upon the
entry for home consumption of wheat, barley, rye,
and oats ; and it appearing to the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Customs that much inconvenience
would arise to the trade by insisting that such allow-
ances should be ascertained at the time of the entry of
such goods for home consumption, and that it is
reasonable that further time should be granted for
ascertaining such differences, notice is hereby given
that the said Commissioners have granted and
allowed eight days after the entry for home con-
sumption of any such wheat, barley, rye, and oats,
for ascertaining any such deficiencies; and that, un-
less such deficiencies shall be ascertained within such
period by the merchants, in the warehouse in which
such goods have been deposited, according to law, the
trade will not be allowed the advantage contemplated
by the Act before mentioned. By order of the Com-
missioners. (Signed.) C. A. SCOTELL, Secretary."
INFANTINE I\IOURNII•iG.—" No school to-day !no
school to day.!„ exclaimed a merry young master,
"with a shining morning face," skipping gaily into
the play ground,'" no school to-day—master's dead,
and he's going to be buried."

BARCELONA.
According to accounts received from this place at
Paris, dated the 2d instant, the Regent was still at
head-quarters, and nothing but an unconditional sur-
render would satisfy him. He had notified this to
the insurgents, and at the same time announced, that
if his demand was not complied with in the course of
that evening, the bombardMent would commence in
the morning of the 3d. The gates of Barcelona were
opened, by an order of the Junta of the Government
of the 30th ult., for all persons except armed men and
soldiers.

The vessel, the Formidable, has been set afloat by
the Gassende and Etna steamers. The Rodney has
also arrived. Both have furnished ammunition to the
fort of Montjuich.

In Barcelona there are many proposals of despair.
Some would hoist the tri-colour flag on all the forts ;
other; are for proclaiming Christina Regent. But
there seems no alternative but submission.

The drums beat to arms and the tocsin rings. They
are going to re-arm the anvsfranes and make a

desperate resistance. It is said that the Regent has
signified his determination to- bombard irrevocably, if
the town did not surrender by ten o'clock to-morrow

morning.
We find in the Dcbatx of Wednesday the following
summary of the proceedings towards the close of the
rebellion :

" The last days of the insurrection were very
stormy, but without giving rise to any great excesses.
In proportion as the crisis of submission became im-
minent from the impossibility of sustaining a siege
without exposing the town to utter destruction, the
parties began to load each other with recriminations
and reciprocal reproaches of having lost the cause
which they pretended to defend. The Moderados,
who were opposed only to the military despotism and
to the introduction of English cotton goods, accused
the Republicans of having alarmed the rest of Spain
by their revolutionary principles, and thereby caused
Barcelona to be left to bear the brunt alone. The

Republicans retorted that all had been lost entirely and
solely from want of decision, and that a republic
should have been at once proclaimed, upon which the
Catalonians would have all immediately rallied
under its banner, instead of remaining shut up
within their walls.
.The popular Junta had dispersed;
the new Junta, composed of wise and oonsiderate
men, with the Bishop among them, ,had no other task
to perform than to obtain the best terms for their
fellow-citizens. It commenced its negotiations with
Van Haien on the 27th, and by judiciously temporis-
ing kept off for four dayi_the bombardment with
which he threatened the town.. His first stipulation
was the disarmament of the paid free corps, mhich
formed the main strength of the insurrection. They,
however, refused to disband, and insisted upon a
formal amnesty guaranteed by France through her
resident Consul. It may be at once believed to be
impossible for Van Haien to suffer the intervention of
any foreign Power in his own political conduct, and
that the Consul himself must feel that he had no right
to interfere in the internal atThirs of any other Go-
.

vernment. All that was in his power he did—he re-
ceived on board the steam-boats, and placed under the
protection of the flag of France, the fugitives of all
parties ; first, those who fled before the victorious in-
surgents, and next themselves, when they, in their
turn, wished to escape from well-merited vengeance.
At the same time he gave shelter to 1,200 Frenchmen
either on board the King's ships or on board mer-
chantmen, hired at the expense of the State ; he like-
wise saved 1,200 Barcelonese. The Regent, on his
arrival, confirmed the order to dissolve the paid Na-
tional Guards. As soon as his arrival was known,
these seditious bodies could not remain on foot any
longer. But whilst the pacific Junta wasted its time
in efforts to persuade them to yield, the Republicans,
in their ranks, endeavoured to prolong a state of revolt
which had then degenerated to a vain and noisy meet-
ing. The Junta had one of the Republican leaders ar-
rested and imprisoned in the Atarazanas, which is
occupied at present by the National Guard, who have
submitted. Nevertheless the national troops had not
entirely dissolved themselves, for out of six battalions
three were obstinate enough to resist, and impede the
negotiations of the Junta. The Junta repaired to the
Regent on the morning of November 30, and pro-
posed as conditions—'That the new garrison should
ba composed of regiments difThrent from those who
had tome into sanguinary collision with the people, in
i order to avoid the causes of animosity which might
produce new quarrels ; that the institution of the Na-
tional Guard should be maintained in the town ; that

the Captain-General should be changed on account of
his arbitrary proceedings against the Barcelonese, and
as having causes of animosity against the inhabitants ;
that the political chief should also be changed ; that
General Zurbano, odious to persons of every line of
politics on account of his brutal despotism, should not
enter into the town ; and, lastly, that no person should
be prosecuted for his conduct during the troubles.'
The Junta also asked for guarantees in favour of
the cotton manufacture, against the introduction of
English tissues, the principal Cause of discontent in
ICatalonia, and of disturbance at Barcelona. The Re-
gent listened gravely and patiently to the enumera-
tion of these conditions, and replied in moderate terms,
but without consenting to one of them The law,'
he said, ' of which he was the organ and the defender,
could not admit of any conditions with illegality and
revolt ; the battalions of factious insurgents must im-
mediately lay down their arms, and the National Guard
evacuate the citadel and the forts ; it was for the
guilty to escape, if they could, from the weight
of the law, and not for the law to guarantee their
safety ; no Government could allow the choice
or the exclusion of its public functionaries or gene-
rals to be dictated to it; and, lastly, as to the ma-
nufactures alluded to, the Cortes were to deliberate
on the interests confided to it, and he should him-
self, at a later period, consider what he should deem
useful for the welfare of Catalonia.' The Regent
terminated his reply, by repeating the threat of mili-
tary execution and bombardment. The first thing he
did on his arrival was to visit the fort Montjuich, and
inspect the batteries placed in the town. The even-
ing before the Regent's arrival, an unexpected cir-
cumstance had caused much irritation amongst the
people, and gave the Republicans a pretext for in some
degree re-animating the angry feeling of the people.
This was the sudden appearance of the English line-
of-battle ship the Formidable. Immediately it was
rumoured that this vessel was loaded with Congreve
rockets, to burn the town with all its manufactories ;
and when afterwards they beheld this colossus go
aground at the mouth of the Llobregat, and become
nothing more than, a powerless and sluggish mass,
they. declared that Providence punished the cruel
mission on which she was sent, and the imprecations
which had greeted her arrival suddenly changed into
transports of joy. Thus, the English, in their turn,
were loaded with the curses of the Barcelonese. In
the preceding insurrection all the invectives had been
against France. The presence of the Formidable
must not, however, be regarded as extraordinary,
when we know that the French man-of-war the
Jemappe, of one hundred guns, had been at once
sent from Toulon for the same destination. She was
retarded by the southerly winds, which favoured the
progress of the Formidable coming from the south.
The steamers and packets dispatched from Toulon and
Marseilles were also delayed by stress of weather.
The French Consul, who was anxious to place his
countrymen in safety, was obliged to freight seven
merchant vessels, into which not only they, but such
emigrants as thought fit to present themselves, were
received. Our own letters are dated the evening of
November 30, and the packet which brought them to
Marseilles left Barcelona, Dec. 1, at five in the morning.
They, state that during tbe whole of the evening of the
30th there was considerable agitation amongst the paid
National Guards, a part of whom still refused to lay
down their arms. The news of some of them having
shut themselves up in one of the forts with provisions
and ammunition, threatening to hold out to the last
extremity, is confirmed ; the place where they estab-
lished themselves was Pio Fort. It was not sup-
posed that they4wold persist in their wild project of
resistance. It was rather feared that those men for
the most part exceedingly dangerous would perpetrate
excesses, the only ones committed during the insur-
rection. Violence, or even pillage, was dreaded from
them for the next day, as these men might reckon on
their obscurity to escape from the pursuit of justice.
The apprehensions which were caused by this band
appeared likely to hasten the entrance of the Regent's
troops, which the Junta and the rest of the population
would be obliged to call on to re-establish security ;
so that the Republicans, after having so dangerously
compromised Barcelona against the Government,
would snatch away from the town its last chance—
that of obtaining some conditions which might, per-
haps, be granted, if it were not forced by the threaten-
ing attitude of the mutineers to yield precipitately and
at discretion."

SMITHFIELD CATTLE-snow.—The sale of the fat
stock progressed rapidly on Thursday, and few animals
remained unsold last evening. The ready communi-
cation now afforded by railway to all parts of the
kingdom, has had its effect in a striking manner in
their disposal. Many purchases have been made by
butchers from remote country towns, and some of the
oxen will return to the localities in they were
fed. Two of the finest in the exhibition have been
purchased by Mr. Newton, a cattle-salesman, of Jer-
sey, to which island they will be shipped from South-
ampton on Saturday next. In pursuance of a resolu-
tion of the Committee, passed. at the last annual
meeting, a silver medal will be awarded to the
butcher who expends the largest sum of money in the
purchase of animals from the exhibition yard.
The birth of a son and heir to the Noble Lord
Lieutenant of the county, Lord Lyttelton,
was cele-
brated by the tenantry and tradesmen of his Lordship
by a dinner at the
tyttelton Arms Inn, Bagley, on
Monday fortnight, and the gentlemen of the neigh-
bourhood also commemorated the auspicious event by
dining together yesterday week at the same
Worcester Chronicle. house.—

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec.. 9.
SHIRLEY V. EIRL FERIIERS.

This erse came before the Court upon a petition
praying the removal of an order which stopped the
payment of certain money out of Court until legacy
duty was paid.
The 1,05 D CHANCELLOR wils Of opinion that no
legacy duty was payable, and directed that the stop
order should be removed.

JONES V. SMITH.

The COURT then proceeded with the further argu-
ments in this part-heard appeal.

ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 9.
COBHAM V. WEST.

The Court having disposed of this part-heard cause,
which stood over to he spoken to this day, the hearing
of the arguments in the motion of

PERRY V. TRUEFITT,
was resumed. It had engaged the Court the greater
portion of yesterday, and is an application on behalf
of the plaintiff, who is a perfumer, residing and carry-
ing on business at .Nos. 12 and 13, in the Burlington-
arcade, for an injunction to restrain the defendant,
who is also a perfumer in the Burlington-arcade, from
selling a mixture fOr the hair, called " Medicated
Mexican Balm," of which the plaintiff claimed to be
the sole proprietor, having, as he alleged, putchased
the secret of its composition from the inventor. The
arguments were not concluded when we went to press.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Dec. 9.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
The Court was occupied to-day with hearing un-
opposed petitions and short causes.