The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

rnE SuiN, LoxiDoN*, MONDAY ManNiXer, NrOVEMBER 3 1845.

best acquainted with its powers know that it can do little
without the aid of public opinion and public demonstration.
Now is the time to be up and doing. Such an opportunity
may not occur for ten or twenty years; and all who allow it
to pass, without seizing the precious moments, and striking
in time, must be reckoned participators in the crimes of those
who would starve the people for " a marriage settlement,"
and destroy our commerce and manufactures for the epheme-
ral profits of a small and selfish faction.

The opening of the new hall and buildings of the Honour-
able Society of Lincoln's Inn was a ceremony which, whether
considered in relation to the objects of their consecration, or
the distinguished honour of her MAJESTY'S personal attend.
ance at the ceremony, was well worthy of being minutely
recorded to posterity. The munificence of the Society had
amply seconded the genius of the architect, and nothing
was wanting of the wealth and liberality proper
to so distinguished an association that could develop
in their full symmetry and effect the very beautiful and
appropriate designs of Mr. Ilannwicx. The fabric
altogether has an appearance of having been pro-
duced by one of the hest architects of the best age of the
Tudor sdiool. These are facts thatare apparent, and have been
f9r some time past, to every casual passenger or visitor.
But for any any account in detail of this remarkable cere-
monial itself, or of the deportment or observations of the
illustrious persons who assisted at it, the public and posterity
will look in vain. The Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, anxious
enough to have their doings and the particulars of the whole
transaction accurately recorded, had 'issued a circular invi-
tation to all the metropolitan r 'ewspapers with that view ;
and the gentlemen by whor4 those newspapers were re-
presented attended as vSual, in order to discharge their
arduous and impo'fi,ant duty. They found, however,
not merely that none of the ordinary accommodations
indispensable to its performance were provided for them,
but that they were treated with a studied and contemptuous
negligence, which 'added insult to neglect. They were
placed in a position from whence it was impossible
either to see or hear what was passing, and
jostled among waiters, serving men, and lawyers'
clerks and door-keepers. Of course they very properly re-
sented this impe:etinence on the part of the Benchers, or those
by whom arrtrogements, such as they were, had been made,
and retired in a body from the hall.
To what cause this absurd proceeding should be attributed
we cannot undertake to say. Whether, as one of our Con-
temporaries supposes, it was a further manifestation of that
hostility which a few foolish fellows at bar-messes have
lately thought proper to manifest against the press
in the persons of the reporters; or whether this pro-
ceeding be simply the result of that ill-breeding
and ascetic ignorance of the tone and wants and
feeling of that great world actually existing beyond the
limits of the four Inns of Court, which are by no means
uncommon among the narrow. minded and drowsy
occupants of prescriptive seats at the dais, and other
privileges pertaining to the majesty of Benchers,
we do not know, and truly care not a single
rush. Some of them, we dare say, are sufficiently credulous
to confide in the mysteries of Mesmerism, and perhaps imagine,
that in order to accomplish with so much general
accuracy their task of daily communications to the
public, reporters themselves are magnetized beings
who cars read through the solid bulk of Mr.
HArinvvicx's masonry what may be passing on the other
side of it, and hear speeches delivered at the extremity of
intervening corridors and closed, chambers beyond them.
But it is really proper that the Benchers of Lin-
coln's Inn should understand that they confer no
favour, but ask one, when they issue invitations to the
newspapers to send reporters to give an account of
proceedings which, however they may interest the Society of
Lincoln's Inn, have no more immediate or specific interest for
editors and proprietors or newspapers than the circular of the
Court newsman or the list of prices at Smithfield Market. It
is the public which demands to be informed on these and
all other subjects, and the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn no
more enjoy an exemption from the duty of gra-
tifying this wish on the part of the public, than the
bar in our times could maintain its own existence without
that publicity, for all legal pleadings and judicial decisions
which have rendered it what it is, through the direct instru-
mentality of those very individuals on whom some silly gen-
tlemen of the long robe, in the contemplation of arriving at
bencherships themselves, by affecting these airs of superior
caste, would have the world believe that they look down
upon as of inferior station. Risum teneatis? They might
as well imagine that as a body they could compete with the
Press in general ability, or information, or usefulness.

Between professional exhibitions of contumacy to public
opinion, in the matter of Puseyism, and personal exhibition
of mean and degrading vices and unchristian deportment,
the clergy of the Established Church, through very many of i
their members, appear to be of late sedulously engaged ire
earning for themselves a singular amount of odium and di &-
reputable notoriety. Not a month passes over, in th eee
times, without producing its flagrant exemplification, of
clerical delinquency in some shape or other. These are evil
signs for the Church. It is not by such conduct that she
will re-establish her shaken influence over the hearts and
minds and affections of the people. It is not by such courses
that her clergymen will accredit their own mission to the
laity at large as the meek and lowly-mil:tiled and pious
ministers of a religion of beneficence, purity, and peace. On
the present occasion, fortunately, we are not called on to de-
nounce any startling or revolting crime against the laws of
GOD and of human institutions. But we have to animadvert
on a manifestation, in a beneficed clergyman of the Church.
of England, of uncharitable, irritable spitefulness —such as
we cannot peruse without mingled emotions of astonishment
and contempt. On the 28th instant, at the Central Cri-
minal Court, a poor servant-girl, named Arys CRAFT (to
whose good character and moral deportment very respectabl a
testimony at the close of the trial was produced), was trie
on a charge of having robbed her master, the Revere ad
FREDERICK JOHN REEVE, incumbent of Mortlake, Sun :ey-,
of sundry valuable articles—according to his own accow at—
sheets, towels, bits of carpets, &c. The case, as stated by
the Reverend Prosecutor, was of the most trumpery de/scrip_
tion that can be imagined. " The family," preceded ley the
prisoner, who had been dispatched the day before to Brighton,
to get their house at that place ready, left town in August
last. The prisoner's luggage was packed in two boxes, the
larger one being removed with her, the smaller being c' me
Tided to the care of a neighbour. " The family" had in-
structed" the servants," a few days previously, to move in
light marching order ; that is, they were " to take only rade
things of their own as were absolutely necessary." At
Brighton, the Reverend Mrs. REEVES (for, like Jr.eut ,erene's
Mrs. Caudle, this lady appears to be the !ff.ajor
Domo), taxed the girl CRAFT, in consequence. of
some information, in such severe terms, tha t the
girl quitted her service, and went to reside for • some
days at a neighbouring inn. The Reverend 'Gentleman
(whose spiritual activity in discharging the duties of his
incumbency we would fain hope is as untiring as his 7 aalous
energy in She character of a travelling prosecutor), Cr ane up
to Mortlake—went to the custos of the poor girl's smaller
box (a Mrs. NEuvR), asked for it, got possession of it, and,
with a more than Apostolic insensibility to his own fatigue,'
returned with it to Brighton. There he called on CA :Ayr at
the inn ; and having caused this Pandora-like car ,k,it—this
fatal box—to be broken open in her presence befo•:e he paid
her her wag es —(for the merciful pastor and his lady had
considerately allowed the young woman to go to the inn,
after quitting their rod, without giving her what.was her
due)—the reverend runner found two books, his pro-
perty—the one a school-book, the other an o
volume of the "Heiress of Bruges," and "other artic' lee
not went ioned in the indictment." Among these otl ter
articles v 'ere a pair of silk socks, of which the Rover, nnd
prosecutor, intending to exhibit with effect to the horro r of
the jury, the judge, and the Court, involuntarily du' eon-
strated flee holiness and antiquity, by putting his ti agera
through, iinstead of into, the heel! The whole of the pro-
perty purloined from " the family " does not appear t a have
been of s aefficient value to find a ready purchaser ite Holy-
well-street or Rag fair; and its exposition, illustrated by
Mr. CL tx nsox's cross- examination of this benevolent clergy-
man, len ionstrated what our reporter mildly terms the
" ridice lotas" exaggeration of the value the prosecutor had
put up( al them, at the very moment he was taking credit to
himself (good man I) for his reluctance to do the work he had
begun, and the low figure of his appraisement. All the
authority of the respected Recorder could not suppress, we
are told., She laughter and ridicule elicited by this exposure
of the I me:lefty—and of the prosecutor.;
Now,. we do not feel it necessary to press on the reader's
attend( ,n the extreme probability that the fact of the articles
being i n the young woman's box at all may be fairly at-
tributal ale to the haste and confusion, under the "marching
orders "' we speak of, of a hasty removal, without any sort of
dishone st intention on her part—" the family " being by no
means rem arkable, we infer, for the Christian virtues of pa-
tience or g tntleness. The things might have been thus put
away, vat t a good-natured purpose of easing the mistress
of " the fail illy" of some part of her removal cares: for non-
com/at that there was any concealment, on the girl's part,
of the place and particulars of the box's deposit. But not
haring her defence before us, we cannot argue on any p ar-
ticular presu caption of this kind. We limit ourselves, there-
fore, to'cont Sending for the general hypothesis of her inno-
cence as dk ucible from all the facts. The Reverend Gentle-
man's some three or four servants had been discharged in the
course of t, eelve months ; but the reverend lady, with a
degree of et indour which mistresses of the Caudle school ex-
hibit only in the witness-box, we apprehend, admitted—
under cross. examination—that not three or four only-, but at
least twelve servants bad been dismissed by "the ft
in twelve n lona's. What a pattern of Nonce's " do% lug et
placens ?cm '" is here How delicious an example foe • the
whole livin g of Mortlake of the Christian spirit and the
amiable cos amunity of feeling that should pervade the horn es
of all the Reverend prosecutor'. parishioners. One servant
hired and d ischargod per mensem—twelve per annum—seems
to be the rule of this gentle pastor's household. TAYLOR,
another lint,ale servant, who proved that she had carried the
little bo:t to NEEVR'S house by the prisoner's desire, ad-
mitted, again—on cross-examination—that "in the nine ;
months in which she was engaged by the family,' no less thai
nine serrants had been discharged." The Recorder, passing g,
perhaps,. the most lenient sentence he could de on the verdi ct
of guilty, remitted .the prisoner, not to another gaol, b ut I
simply to fourteen days' longer confineme _,t" in Newga to
Whilst that able and humane judge was passing seater
the Reverend Gentleman, in obedience to some "dr e,'
show wegraphiDg" from his lady, with great pod trite ,

exquisite hUmanity rushed to the witnsss•box, just as the
Recorder was putting some circumstances of extenuation to
the jury. But though the Reverend Mr. REEVE emulated
the submissive Mr. Caudle in the alacrity of his obedience,
he was emphatically repulsed, and compelled to retire, with
no other or higher satisfaction to his paternal and pastoral
humanity than what might be derived from contemplating
the convulsive sobs, the struggles, the swoonings of the un-
happy woman whom he had placed in the felon's dock on
this trumpery and disgraceful indictment; or the knowledge
that to the public blasting of her hitherto unspotted charac-
ter, and her humble but virtuous prospects, a sentence of
fourteen days' imprisonment in Newgate had affixed the
seal of extinction ! Poor, unhappy girl! Most amiable,
most Christian-like of pastors! Let this world judge be-
tween you. In the next-but we forbear.

Madrid journals of the 24th have been received, but they
contain no intelligence of interest, though abundance of
rumours. The Espanol says it is the opinion of many well-
informed persons that the Cortes will not be assembled this
year, but gives little credit to the report. The brother of
Munoz had received another appointment, that of Intendant-
of the Queen's palace. Ile previously held the office of
Administrator of Property to the Qaeen's sister. Some
private business was dune in Spanish Stock on the 23d, when
the Three per Cents. were done at 34 for the Account, and
33% for Cash.

We are glad to learn from Paris that a considerable im-
provement had taken place both in French Stock and Shares.
The Three per Cents. had risen 30c. and the Fives 15c. The
fluctuation in the Share Market was inconsiderable ; wherevc r
a change occurred it was for the better, and the fear of
further depression seems to have disappeared. " The fifth
anniversary of the Ministry of October 29," says the Con-
stituticninel, " was celebrated on Wednesday, at St. Cloud, by
a grand dinner, to which the Knon, had invited all the mem-
bers of the Cabinet. Each year this anniversary is marked
by a new advancement in the Legion of Honour, accorded to
the Ministers who have not yet arrived at the highest grade.
As there was nothing more to do in this respect for Marshal
SOULT, the promotion was granted to his son, the Marquis
DE DALMATIE." The skill, firmness, and success of M.
Gutzon leaves the organ of M. THIERS no opportunity fur
finding fault. He has been more fortunate than any
previous Minister, not only in keeping his Cabinet to-
gether so long as five years, but in preserving the peace
of Europe, and at the same time increasing the number of his
supporters in the Chamber of Representatives. Nearly all
the late elections went in favour of the Government, and
France rarely has been so quiet as at the present time.
Algiers, it is true, is an unfortunate affair, but that was a
legacy from the old Bourbons, which:the new dynasty can-
not with honour throw up. According to one of the journals
the National, the latest accounts from that quarter are any-
thing but favourable. " The Government," it says, " has
received from Africa a fresh dispatch which it has not judged
proper to publish. This dispatch announces that, after the
affair of Ain Kebira, AED-EL-KADER, in place of withdraw-
ing with his cavalry to the Moorish territory, proceeded to
the middle of our possessions, and reached Sidi -Del Abbes,
between Mascara and Tlemcen. There he has continued
propagating insurrection among the tribes, and it appears
that he has succeeded to such a point that nearly all the
natives of the west of Algeria are in revolt, attacking our posi-
tions considered most safe from their insults, or withdrawing
en masse either to the territory of Morocco, or to what is called
the desert." According to a letter from Toulon, in the Courrier
I Francais, General LAmoncrEnE had made a successful razzia
on the two tribes implicated in the surprise of Djemm
Ghazaouat and destroyed a part of the army OfABD-EL-KADER,
and cut off the heads of a thousand Arabs. The story, how-
ever, is utterly improbable, and none of the journals give
credit to it. The Sentinelle says, "If the reports which have
reached us are correct, the insurrection of the Arabs has
greatly extended in the province of Oran. General LAMORI-
CIERE is said to have arrived in time to raise the blockade of
Tlemcen, which was hard. pressed by the enemy. It is added
that he routed and o' erthrew several Arab corps." A tele-
graphic dispatch from Port Vendres, dated Oct. 28, had been
received by the French Government from General Count DE
CASTELLANE, Commandant of the 21st military division, an-
nouncing that all the troops who were to be embarked at
Port Vendres for Oran had left. The number embarked at Port
Vendres, Marseilles, and Toulon is 9,290, and 987 horses.
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers :

Th,e currency of corn," according to the Journal des Debats,
" during the last nine months was much less than during the
corresponding period of the years 1844 and 1843, which demon-
strated the confidence of the public in the agricultural resources
of France, the only country in Europe at present which is not
uneasy respecting her means of feeding her population. The
quantity of corn in store in France at present is considerably more
'than that existing last year (256,000 metrical quintals, in place
of. 98,000)."

A recent account has been taken at the Corn-market of
Paris, at the public granaries, and at the stores of the 601
bakers of the capital, of all the Sour in band. It appears that
they contain together a sufficient provision for four months.

The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the French im.
ports for the present year up to the end of September. The
duties received exceed those of the corresponding period of the
last year, which were much higher than those of ie43. The
month of September, however, taken by itself, is less favourable,
the duties having amounted to only 12 millions of francs, whereas,
In September, 1844, they were 12 millions and a half.
" We have already stated," says the Conetitutionnel, " that the
Minister of ForeignAfFairs had just sent offto Tangiers M. Hamm it,
one: of the gentlemen belonging to his department. This envoy is
ch arced to hand to our Colima-General a note addressed to the
F.niperor of Morocco. The French Government in this note in.
'forms Abderrhaman that it has come to the determination to pursue
Abd.el-Kader on the Moorish territory. The terms of the treaty
concluded with France are called to his mind, and the late events
are adduced as a proof that it has not been executed. The in-
ference is, that the Emperor had failed in his engagements through
want of ability to fulfil them, and France, in consequence, is au.
thorised to do herself justice "
A letter from Florence of the 22d says:—" The emigrations
from Romagna continue. They are already •ery numerous, and
will still increase, for the prosecutions of the court-martial installed
at Rimini are incessant. It has sequestrated the property of the
emigrants. Amongst estates thus taken is that of Count Beltrami,
one of the richest inhabitants of Bagnacavallo. The five chiefs of
the last insurrection are still imprisoned here, but they are treated
with kindness. They are placed together in an apartment of fort
Belvidere.",

On the Paris Bourse the Three per Cents. closed at 82f.
55c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad
Shares, 1,193 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,015 f.; Havre, 800 f. ; Avig-
non, 990 f. • Vierzon, 735 f. ; Bordeaux, 638 f., 75c. ; Bou
logne, 572 f: 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 502 f. 50c. ;: Basle,
268 f. 75c. ; Northern, 776 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
37%; Passives, 614.
The following are the quotations for other lines:-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 517 f. 50c. ; ditto (Ca-
Ion), 504 f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 505 f. ; ditto (La Pinson-
niere), 5025 50e. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 570 f.; ditto
(kosamel), 535 f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 527 f.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 527 f.; Paris and Strasburg (Hinguerlot),
5121.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), s`2of. ; ditto (Drouil-
lard), 504. f. ; ditto (O'Neill). 511 f. 25c. ; ditto (Lefevre),
505 E ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 526 f. • ditto (Lecointe),
5101. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 506 k ; Bordeaux and
Cette (Espeleta), 512 f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Ca-
rafe), 511 f. ; ditto (Colbert), 5011. 75c.
Maasana.Es. Ocr 25.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,015 E •
Boulogne, 605 f. ; Vierzon, 740 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f:
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, °cr. 31.
Anglo-Belgian Madrid and Valentia... --
Boulogne and Amiens.e 11 Namur and Liege
Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica
Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon -
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Borderafx 12
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel
Central of Spain .. - Paris& Lyons ( Laffitte) 21/2
Demerara - Ditto (Gartneron's). 314

Dendre Valley ...... ... Ditto (Calon's).... _
Dutch Rhenish . 942 Paris and 0r1ean5......
Dieppe & Paris Janet. Paris and Rouen . —
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian ...... . 33/4 (Ganneron's)
Grt Northern of France _ Do_.....(Aymar.d)._ 214

(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel'a) Paris and St. Qugmtin.
Do. (Le Boeuf) — Rouen and Havre__
Do. Pepin le Halleur — Royal North of Spain. 1%
treat Paris and Lyons — Sambre and Meuse ....
Great Western Bongal % Strasburg and Basle ...
Jamaica S Mid. Junction Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-

Do. dent, ,and Hasselt...
Do. Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe.. 3% Do. (Letebvre's)
:,yons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona— —
Luxembourg ... West Flanders

COURT CIRCULAR.

IVI-IDsMt, nUitt AY..--Yesterday !lie-Queert and Prince
Albert took an early promenade in tide afiiacent to
the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and hi 4
Highness rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving,
followed in a landau and four by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Miss Dawson,
Maid of Honour in Waiting. Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk
Marshal, and Lieutenant-Col. Wylde, Equerry in Waiting
on the Prince, attended on horseback.
. .

The Royal Family were all taken their usual airings
yesterday.
The Earl of Lincoln and Captain Vyner arrived at the
Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen.
Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk Marshal, arrived at the
Castle yesterday, and has relieved Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen ;
and Lieut.-Colonel Wylde has relieved Colonel Bouverie in
the duties of Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert.
The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Rent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Baroness de Speth, mad Mr. George Edward and the Hun.
Mrs. Anson.

The band of the 2d Life Guards attended during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and per
Formed the remainder of the evening.

This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their
accustomed early walk before church.

The royal children were all taken for their riding
and walking exercise.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic
household, attended. Divine service this morning in the pri-
vate chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie
Courtenay officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, walked front Frogmore House
and back to attend the morning service in the private chapel
of the Castle.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens.
The ➢linisters present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of
Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Vharncliffe, the Earl
of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Lincoln,
and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
The Council sat four hours and a half.
After attending the Council the Earl of Lincoln left town
for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen.
A deputation from the Trinidad, Great Eastern, and South-
Western Railway Company, including the Hon. Percy Evans
Freke and Sir George Rich, and accompanied by Mr. Edward
Lewis, the solicitor to the Company, had an interview with
Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial•office.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the West India Colonies.

The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the
Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The prayers were
read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon preached by
the Rev. Dr. ➢faddy. The luke of Beaufort, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Worcester, and Lord Norreys, were
among the nobility attending the daily service in the Chapel
Royal. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Repton, the
lessons by the Rev. Mr. Povah, and the sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Maddy. The anthem was, " Why do the
heathen" (Kent).
Ladv Jane Peel left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on
Saturday, for Brighton.

THE ISLAND OF CHUSAN.
(From the Friend of India.)
The island of Chusan is seven miles from the mainland,
and forty miles distant from the city of Nirgpo, and lies in
the vicinity of all the great and valuable marts of commerce
on the eastern coast. It is 150 miles in circumference. The
chief bay, that of Tinghae, is capable of accommodating, in
perfect security, a hundred sail of square-rigged vessels, and
possesses the most admirable facilities for the establishment
of docks. Good way abounds, not only at the capital, but
throughout the island. Chusan consists of a succession of
hills and dales, which present one unbroken scene of rich
cultivation, and exhibit the most lovely scenery. Wheat,
rice, tea, grass cloth, sweet potatoes, cotton, tobacco, and
other articles grow in great luxuriance. The island is inter-
sected with roads—not intended for wheeled conveyances—
from five to seven feet broad, and paved and flagged through-
out, and it is thickly studded with villages. Those who have
the best opportunity of forming an opinion on the subject,
believe that a hundred well-populated towns and superior
villages would be found on it, containing from one to 5,000
inhabitants. The whole population is estimated at 270,000.
The people are industrious and comfortable, and appear to
have no want unsupplied; scarcely a beggar is to be seen,
and there is a comparative absence of crime, which reflects
no small credit on the Chinese character. Not a single ho-
micide has occurred during the three years in which it has
been in our occupation; and the inmates of the gaol, contri-
buted by the whale island, have rarely exceeded twenty, and
of those the majority have consisted of those who were
confined for the illegal sale of its indigenous whisky, the
sh am shoo.

The climate vies with that of the most favoured regions in
the world. It is the Montpe'lier of China. There are but
three months which can be called hot—June, July, and
August. In this latter month the thermometer stands on an
average at 83 degrees, but sinks at night to 73 degrees. The
next month it subsides to 74 degrees in the day. Then comes
winter, with its bracing, vivifying, exhilirating influences,
and the ground is covered with hoar frost, and the ice lies
half an inch thick. In January and February the thermo-
meter stands at '2O degrees of Fahrenheit. In March it rises
to 28 degrees, hut the hills continue to be capped with snow,
and the cheerful fire is kept up till the commencement of
June, so that it is only during three months of the year that
woollen clothing is unnecessary. All the other places in
China where we have commercial stations are hot, sultry, and
unhealthy, and it is to Chusan that invalids have generally
resorted for the restoration of health and vigour. The island
furnishes provisions of every description, of the best quality,
at a very moderate price. Beef, pork, and poultry may be
obtained in the greatest abundance. Of geese, as large as
those in England, there is no lack. Ducks are hatched by
steam by thousands, and eggs are less than a halfpenny
a piece. Game of ry variety is easily procured. Bread
of English quality is readily prepared by the Chinese. All
kinds of vegetables may be obi ained, and English vege-
tables and fruit grow with great luxuriance. Potatoes
have now been introduced, and will probably became
an article of great consumption throughout China.
Indeed, all kinds of provisions may be obtained at-one half
the sum they cost at Hong-Kong. It is only for a European
want to be known, to be immediately supplied from the island
or the continent. Fish is obtained in the greatest abundance.
Fishing is universal around the island, and it is calculated
that not fewer than 70,000 vessels come from the continent,
and remain for three months off Chusan employed in fishing.
They are attended by boats filled with ice, in which the fish
are packed, and then dispatched to the neighbouring coast.

CLERGYMEN RAILWAY DIREC-

TORS.
(From the Church and State Gazette.)
Opinions of Mr. E. L. Richards, on a Case submitted to him
on the Ogmores and Garw Vales and Port of Cardiff Junc-
tion Railway Company.
"I am of opinion that spiritual persons, holding any ca-
thedral preferment, benefice, curacy, or lectureship, or who
should be licensed, or allowed to perform the duties of any
ecclesiastical office, may be brought under the penal pro-
visions of the 1 and 2 Vic., c. 106, if they act as director,
provisional director, or members of the provisional com-
mittees of a railway company, orin any way personally in-
tefere in the management of the affairs of the said company;
but I do not think that their acting in such capacity will
invalidate the Parliamentary contract, or subscribers' agree-
ments, executed by the subscribers to the company.
"The early enactment upon this subject, is in the sth sect.
of 21st Hen. VIII., c. 13, which states that no spiritual
person, secular or registrar, of what estate or degree soever
they may be, shall, from henceforth, by himself, nor by any
other to him or to his use, bargain and buy to sell again for
any lucre,' &e., with certain penalties thereto attached.
"Then came the 57 Geo: 111. c. 99. which wa.s an act 'to
consolidate and amend the laws relative to spiritual persons
holding of farms,' &c., upon which arose the question,
whether all contracts entered into by bankers, where any one
of the firm was a spiritual person, were void.
"The Ist and 2d Vic., c. 106, appears to permit spiritual
persons to be in partnership when there are more than six
shareholders, and in cases where any trade or dealing de-
volves upon them, under any devise, bequest, inheritance,
intestary settlement, marriage, bankruptcy, or insolvency ;
but it seems imperative that they shall not act as directors,
or managing partners, or carry on such trade or dealing in
person.—(See sec. 29.)
" The mode of punishment for infringing this enactment is
laid down in the 31st sec., and imposes suspension for a time
from office, with sequestration of benefice, &c., and for a third
offence deprivation ab officio et beneficio ; but to this section
there is appended a very important proviso, namely, that no
contract shall be deemed to be void, by reason of the same
having been entered into by spiritual persons, trading or
dealing, either solely or jointly with any other person or per-
sons contrary to the provisions of this Act ; but every such
contract may be enforeed by or against such spiritual per-
sons, either solely Or jointly with any other person or per-
sons, as the ease may be, in the same way as if no spiritual
person had been party to such contract.'
"Since the above became law, the Act of 4th and sth
Vic., c. 14, was passed, and as its enactments are very int-
rJrtant, and bear upon the questions submitted to me, I
nave extracted them fully, It is entituled An Act to
make good certain contracts which have been, and may be
entered into, by certain banking and other copartnerships,'
and was passed on the 18th May, 1841.
"Its preamble states, 'That whereas divers associa-
tions and copartnerships, consisting of more than six mem-
bers or shareholders, have, from time to time, been
formed for the purpose of being engaged in and
carrying on the business of banking and divers other
teades and dealings for gPiu and profit, and have, ac-
cordingly, for some time past been, and are now engaged in,
craving on the same by means of boards of directors, or
managing committees, or other officers, acting on behalf of all
the members, or shareholders, or persons otherwise interested
in such associations or copartnerships; and whereas it is ex-
pedient to render legal and valid all contracts entered into by
such associations and copartnerships, although the same may
be now void by reason ofsuch spiritual persons being or hav-
ing been such members or shareholders, or otherwise inter-
ested as aforesaid.

"' Be it therefore enacted—That no such association or
copartnership already formed, or which may be hereafter
formed, nor any contract, either as between the members,
partners, or shareho ders composing such association or co-
partnership, for the purposes thereof, or as between such
association or copartnership, and other persons, heretofore
entered into, or which shall be entered into by any such
association or copartnership already formed, or hereafter to
be formed, shall be deemed or taken to be illegal or void, or to
occasion any forfeiture whatsoever by reason of any such spiri-
tual person as aforesid being, or having been a member, partner,
or shareholder of or otherwise interested in the same; but all
such associations and copartnerships shall have the same
validity, and all such contracts shall and may be enforced in
the same manner to all intents and purposes as if no such
spiritual person had been, or was a member or shareholder of
or interested in such association or copartnership.
" Provided always, That it shall not be lawful for any
spiritual person holding any cathedral preferment, benefice,
curacy, or lectureship, or who shall be licensed or allowed to
perform the duties of any ecclesiastical office, to act as a
director or manager, or to carry on such trade or dealing as
aforesaid in person.'
" EDWARD LEWIS RICHARDS.

" 4, Essex-court, Temple, Oct. 25, 1845."
" 1 am also of opinion that spiritual persons merely
licensed to perform the duties of any ecclesiastical office are
amenable to these latter Acts of Parliament; but if they
possess no benefices, curacies, or lectureship,&c., the punish-
ment appears to be suspension, and upon a third offence
deprivation of office only. "E. L. B."

GREAT WESTERN .RAILWAY.—The increase of
traffic for the last week over that of the corresponding week of last
year amounts to 2,9861. The receipts for the week ending October
19th, 1844, were 17,1511., and those of last wee% 20,1371. A large
portion of the increase is in the goods traffic. The returns last week
on account of this traffic amounted to 4,5 0/., while for the corre-
sponding week of last year they were 3,4761. only; the weekly
to-
crew* being, lierefere, 1,0241. on the goods traffic alone. It is t, be
recollected that this increase has taken place upon a considerabbe re•
ductiou in the rates of carriage. We perceive that the Great West.
44.11 Company ammo their intention to rim as additional geode

gtiOnTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKVD.-FRIDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW.
The Houghton Handicap of 15 sous. each. T.Y.C.
lair Charlotte, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Boarding School Miss, 4 yrs,
Bst—Sectandtii, 4 yrs, Bst—Nawortb, aged,
_7st 121b—Celia,
6 yrs, 7st 101b—Mintte, 4 yrs Est 91b—Vaudeville, 3 yrs,
6st 91b—Stoker, 3 yrs, Est t3ll;—Clumsy, 3 yrs, Est 81b—Ca-
roline, 5 yrs, Est 121 b.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. The winner to be sold for 200
sovs. T.Y.C.
Dean Swift, 8 yrs—Terrier, 2 yrs—Buttress, 2 yrs—Bene-
volence, 2 yrs—Ohio, 2 yrs—Titbit, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. The winner to be sold for 25
Dr. Hill, 4yrs--Little John, 4 yrs—Eleazer, 3 yrs—Prairie,
3 yrs—Little Finch, 3 yrs—Malvoisie, 2 yrs—Pawnbroker, 2
yrs—Subscription, 2 yrs.
Matches—Oakley receives 60 sovs. from Nix-my-Dolly—
Secundus receives from Prologue—Alamode receives from
Colleen Bawn.
NE WMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.)
SATURDAY.—A meeting that, in the extent, variety, and
quality of the sport, has no equal in the records of the turf,
closed brilliantly with a " supplemental " sheet list; weather,
if possible, finer than ever, and with no other drawbacks to
complete success than the equivocal proceedings with regard
to The Baron, and the unusual shortness of money in the
ring; owing not more, perhaps, to a long run of ill-luck on
the great betting races, than to the effect of the merit panic
in the share market; assuredly, such indifferent "settlings"
(qv.) have never been known at Newmarket. The first out
of the eleven events standing for decision came off at half-
past eleven o'clock, as follows :
Match, 50, h ft. T.Y.C.—Sir W. W. Wynn's Stoker, ist
101 b (Mann), agst Mr. Langridge's Jessie Hammond, 7st
(Crouch).-2 to lon Stoker. Won by half a length.
Match, 50, 1i ft. Frst half of Ab. Exeter's Cocoa
Nut, Bst (Mann), beat Col. Peel's Caen, Bst 21b (Nat).-2 to
1 on Caen. Won by a length.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. W. S. Stanley's Paultons,
Bst 81b (Robinson), beat Lord Miltown's Duc an Durres,
Bst 21b (Nat).-7 to 4on Paultons. Won in a canter by a
length.
Match, 100, h ft.. T.Y.C.—Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst
51b (Holmes), beat Mr. Greville's Sir Francis, Bst (Nat).-
3tol on Sir Francis. Won by a length.
Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Exeter's c by Col nick,
out of Mecca, Bst 71b (Mann), beat Lord Glasgow's f by
Retriever, out of Emilia, Bst 21b (Holmes), by a length.
The Houghton Handicap of 15 sovs. each, and five only if
declared, for three years old, &c. T.Y.C. (17 Subs, 7
of whom paid.)
Lord Stradhroke's Boarding-School Miss, 4yrs Bst (Ch apple) 1
Mr. Meeson's Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs. Bst 21b
Lord Exeter's Celia, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
The following also atartc.i :-.-Mr. Carr's Secundus, 4 yrs,
Bst; Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged, 7st 121 b; Mr. I.
Day's Minus, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; Mr. Moore's Vaudeville, 3 yrs,
6st 91b; Sir W. W. Wynn's Stoker, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (carried
fist. 101 b); Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy, 3 yrs, Est 81b; and
Mr. Steer's Caroline, 3 yrs 6st 21b.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Celia, sto 2 agst Secundus, Bto 1
agst the winner, and 10 to 1 agst Stoker.
Secundus and Caroline cut out the work almost abreast
to the cords, where they were passed by Celia and Fair
Charlotte, Boarding-School Miss waiting. The latter, came
with a rush at the last, and won by a length. A dead heat
for second between Fair Charlotte and Celia. Caroline a
bad fourth.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each ; for two yrs old, Est 71b ; three
yrs. Bst 71b; four yrs, 9st; five yrs and upwards, 9st 41b.
't.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., &c. (6 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Terrier, 2 yrs (J. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Drinkald's Ohio, 2 yrs
The following also ran :—Mr. Mostvn's Dean Swift, 3 yrs—
Mr. Hook's Buttress, 2 yrs—Mr. Pedley s Benevolence, 2
yrs—and Mr. Shelley's Tit Bit.
5 to 1 agst Buttress. Dean Swift opened at 3 to 1, owing to
an unaccountable pauic went back to 20 to 1; it turned out
that he had only thrown a plate, and this, after a considerable
delay, having been replaced, he went to the post, and at start-
ing was backed at 7to 2. Terrier made all the running, won
by a length, and was claimed.
Sweestakes of 5 sovs. each ; for two yrs old, Est 71b ; three,
Bst 51b; four, Bst 10lb ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. The
winner to be sold for 25 sous., &c. First half of Ab. M.
(8 Subs.)
Lord George Bentinck's Malvoisie, 2 yrs ......(J. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Marson's Pawnbroker, 2 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Subscription, 2 yrs
The following also ran :—Lord Exeter's Dr. Hill, 4 yrs ;
Mr. R. Clifton's Little John, 4 yrs; Lord Sandwich's Prairie,
3 yrs; Mr. Cooper's Little Finch, 3 yrs; and Duke of Bed-
ford's Eleazer, 3 yrs, broke down.
Betting-7 to 4 agat Malvoisie, 3to 1 agst Little John,
5 to 1 agst Subscription.
Malvoisie made all the running, and won by two lengths, a
length separating second and third. Nothing else up. The
winner was claimed.
SirJ. Hawley's Alamode,Bst 101 b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Ver-
non's Hartshorn, 7st 6lb (Nat). T.Y.C. 50.-2 to 1 on Ala-
mode. Won by a length.
Duke of Bedford's Leopard, Bst 111 b (Robinson), beat Lord
Exeter's f by Velocipede, out of Amaryllis, 6st 111 b (Pettit).
R.M. 100, b ft.-7 to 4on Leopard. Won by a length.
Mr. R. Clifton's Pedlar (Daley) beat Mr. Vernon's Harts-
horn, Bst each. T.Y.C. 25 —7 to 4on Hartshorn. Won by
a length.
Mr. Pratt's Secundus received from the Duke of Bedford's
Prologue, Bst 71b each. Ab. M. 150, h ft.
Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord
Miltown's Celleen Bawn, 7st 71b. A.F. 50, h ft.
Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 101 b, revived 60 soya. forfeit
from Mr. Giffard's Nix m - Dolly, 7st 101 b. T.M. M. 200, h ft.
A match has been made for the Newmarket First Spring
Meeting between Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 71b, and Mr.
O'Brien's The Traverser. A.F. 500, 200 ft.-3,000 to 1,500
was laid on Alarm.
The following new stake has been opened at Newmarket :
The First Newmarket Triennial Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each, for the produce of mares covered in 1845.
To run on Thursday in the First October Meeting, 1843 ;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C.
To run on Thursday in the First October Meeting, 1849;
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b, AF., for 10 sow. each.
And on Thursday, in the First October Meeting, 1850 , at
the same weight. DJ. If more than 60 subs, the second
horse each year to receive 10 per cent., and the third 5 per
cent. out of the stakes.
To close and name, on the Ist of January, 1846, and the
produce to be declared in the July Meeting, 1846. No pro.
' duce, no forfeit.
' Mr. St. Paul has sold Mentor for 1,000 guineas. The name
.of the purchaser has not been made public.
Mr. W. Scott has sold Malt to Mr. Ford; the price is said
to be a " stiff one."
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Sinnington Hds.,Tues.,Catterick Bridge; Fri., Hovingham.
York and Ainsty hds., Mon., Naburn ; Tues., Acaster ;
Thurs., Pill Moor; Sat. Sutton-on-the-Forest-101%.
Earl of Harewood's hds., Mon.,Bilton Banks ; Thurs., Hare-
wood; Sat., Collingham Bar-12.
Hurworth hds., 'rues., Crathorne ; Thurs., Croft Bridge;
Sat., Neasham-101/.
Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harrs., Monday, Westernhope Burn ;
Wednes., Unthank ; Fri., Broadwood Bridge-10.
Sir T. Sykes's lids., Mon., Settrington House; Wednes.,
Castle Howard Inn ; Fri., Pluckhatn-101,,.
Heythorp hds., Mon., Boulter's Barn; Wed., Longborough
gate ; Fri., Borton Bridge ; Sat., Ditchley House-101.
Warwickshire hds., Mon , Kennels, Kineton ; Tues., Wrox-
ton Abbey; Thurs., Milford Bridge; Fri., Stoneleigh Abbey ;
Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf-10%.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Cherry Orton; Wed., Ash-
ton Wold ; Thurs., Kennels-10.
Suffolk hds, Tues., East Wood-1011 .
Burton hunt, Mon., South t-earle ; Tues., Branston Wood;
Wed., Bardney; Thurs., Kettlethorpe ; Sat., Hackthorm —ll.
Lord Elcho's hds., Mon., Bowsden ; Tues., West Mains ;
Wed., Cornhill ; Fri., Doddington ; Sat., Paxton-10%.
Lord Galway's hds., Mon., Barnby Moor; Thur., Kennels.
Bedale hds., Mon , Tunstal-village ; Wed., Butcher-
house- bar ; Fri. , Pepper-hall-10.
Cleveland hds., Mon., Cattersty ; Thur., Marton—lol.
Badsworth hds., Mon., Wentbridge ; Tues., Borne; Thur.,
Red-house; Sat., Ackworth-Moor-top-10.
Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Leckby Carr; Fri., Milby-
-10),.
Devon hds., Mon., Powderham ; Thur., New Inn-11.
Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Charlton' village ; Thur., Charn-
don-common ; Sat., Fenny Compton-wharf-1%.
Durham County hds., Mon., Elemore ; Wed., Chester-bar;
Fri., Witton Gilbert-1%
F. B. H., Mon., Trenoweth-wood ; Wed., Bishop's-wood;
Fri., Pelyro cross-10.
Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Cocker Combe; Sat.,
Dunster-park-101.
Mr. Lownde's hds., Mon., Linford-wood ; Wed., Salden.
Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Shotover-house ; Fri., Ipsden-
heath-10.
Mr. Roe's has., Wed., Bigbury-court ; Sat., Lambside-
cross-10.
Raby hds., Mon., Wakerfield ; Wed., Hamsterley ; Sat.,
Middleton Fyas-10.
Aikton harrs., Mon., Crofton Toll-bar; Wed., Thursley ;
Fri., Pow-8%.
Brushfvrd hares., Mon., Combe House; Fri., Kingsbromp-
ton Farmeelo.
South Wold, Mon. Tothill ; Toes., Horsington Mill;
Thurs., Hainton ; Sat., Harrington Hall-10%.
Norfolk harrs., Fri., Bintry Half Moon.
Whitecross harrs., Tues., Puttenham Church; Sat., Stoke
Church-10.
Glyndbourne harrs., Mon., Alfriston Race-course ; Fri.,
Broyle-11.
Carlisle harrs., Mon., Mr. Biggine's,Hornsley Gate; Wed.,
Lingey Close Head ; Fri., Brighton Flat, Scaleby-8.
East Devon harrs., Mon., Marlepit Gate; Thurs., Monte-
ton-10.
Eastbourne harrs., Mon., Paradise Hill ; Thurs., Friston
Mill-10%.
Mr Fane's harrs., Mon., Berrick ; Wed., Little Haseley ;
Sat., Nuffield Common.
Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Knapwell Grove; Fri., Haley
Wood-10%.
Cottismore Hunt, Mon., the Bull, Witham Common ; Tues.,
Exton; Thurs., Holywell Hall; Sat.. Tilton Wood.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—There is to he a grand
gala here this evening. consisting of the first performance of
a spectacle of no ordinary pretensions. It is founded on a
piece called La Biche aux bois, which has already been
played in Paris upwards of 215 consecutive nights. There
are no less than 14 grand tableaux in it, and we are led to
understand that the transformations and mechanical changes
exceed those of any pantomime. So great is the variety of
costume, of so costly a character are all the decorations, and
so splendid is the whole preparation, that we are not at all
surprised at learning that the expense incurred in the pro-
duction of this far famed extravaganza will exceed 1,5001.
HORNCASTLE FAlR.—This large horse fair com-
menced on Tuesday last with one of the finest shows of horses of all
descriptions ever offered for sale. This fair has acquired the greatest
fame for blood and carriage horses, and is considered the principal
h,,rse-market in the county. The fair was numerously attended by
gentlemen connected with the turf and field, and nearly all the job-
masters and horse dealers in London. Blood stock of good pedigree
went off quickly at prices varying from 120 guineas to 2001. ; thorough-
bred brood m,.res, stinted to good horses, made from 60 to 89guineas ;
yearlings from 30 to 80 guineas ; hunters of reputation made prices
ranging from 100 guineas to 200 and 250 guineas each ; aged hunters,
fit fir heavy country and hounds, 40 to 80 guineas ; mares (in foal),
from 301. to 501. There was an admirable show of five-year-old car-
riage-horses, which were bought up rapid) y, and destined for London;
the prices obtained were from 40 guineas to 60 guineas ; and several
pairs of well-matched horses made as high as 160 guineas ; unbroke
horses sold at 30 and 40 guineas ; and colt* from 251. to 351. ; prime
young cart-herses made from 16 to 24 pan eas. The sheep-pens did
not extend wide, but business was trensac tell at good prices ; Lin-
coins (good wethers) making 4s. ad. per stone ; and ewes (early
lambing), from 325. to 38s. u head ; and good lambs made one guinea.
A Berne journal, Oet. 23, has the following from
Lucerne The Director of Police, M. Siegwart, published a few
days since a confidential circular to the public functionaries, of
which the following is the tenor : The. examination Into the affair
of the murder of M. Lett proves that that most eminent men in the
liberal party will be implicated, and the it their arrest will speedily
take place. But as it is to bee eared that these arrests may cause
some disturbances in the city erything should be prepared for as-
sembling the Landsturm ; if the signal is given by a re or by the
tocsin, this levy, en masse, should hasten into the city, "
GRAyTHam.—ltis'rumotlred in this neighbourhood
that the turnip crops are infected similarly to the potatoes ; but as
they go not contain so much starch, the disease is not so quick in
its progress, and consequently not so easily perceptible,—Leicester
Mornay ,

THE MAGAZINES.
COL BURN'S ] .EW MONTHLY.

The best article in the present number of the New
Mont'Jy is a ballad by Charles flooton, entitled " The
Exploits of Moreno, the Texan." It is a spirit-stirring
composition, and is such a ballad as Scott might hare
written on the subject of a border foray. Moreno is
the Sheriff of Texas, and having heard . of a celebrated
robber and murderer named Van Clein, who, by his
atrocities, wasl the terror of the district—he obtains
admission to the monster's haunts in disguise, and hav-
ing reconnoitred his hiding-place, retires unmolested.
As seen as he has fled Van Clein suspects the true state
of the case, and prepares for defence. Moreno soon
arrives at the head of a pity of Lynchers ; and the
cata,trophe we give in the words of the ballad itself :
Not many days were overpass'd, ere, in the dark of morn,
T: e tramp of many horsemen on the desert air was borne.
Van Clein look'd out, and through the mist of mingled night

and cloud.
He behtld that hated stranger upon his courser proud;
While nn his left six mounted men, and cis upon his right,
Prancedj oyfully and eagerly to aid him in the flight.
-Van Clein rush'd out with fury, calling loudly on his sons,
To follow him like heroes, and to handle well their guns.

Now Satin guide my bullets true, and take my soul in pay.—
I've cheaply held my life before—l'll sell it dear to• day !
And a hard and bitter bargain will he have who deals with me,
As very soon this traitor and his companyshall see!"
Van Cl- in crouch'd earthwards cat-like, and his rifle levell'd

well.—
A craek,—a blaze,—a smoke,—a groan, and brave Morenofell.
But three belted balls in answer took the robber by the head.
Yet be fired again in falling, and when he fell was dead V'

The sons threw down their weapons, and in vain essay'd to fly,
The mounted Lynchers caught them both, and both adjudged

to die.
So they took a rope and lash'd them—those two brothers—

face to face.
And :n one noose they hang'd them on a tree before the place.
After that they held a revel on what they found within;—
To feast on robbers' provender, these judges deem 'd no sin.
They also found Moreno's gold, with not a doubloon spent.
So back into the saddle-bags from whence it came it went.
To recruit the wounded sheriff,—for 'twas not a mortal

wound,—
Tb ree good days and nights they tarried upon that fatal ground.
Thou burn'd the buildings through and through till nothing

cou!d be seen,
Save hot and blacken'd dust to tell the story of Van Clein!
* Literally true.
This sto;T gives us a more fa.vourable idea of Lynch
aw then we had previously entertained. It is in the
unsettled districts of America what border law was in
the unsettled districts of the border between England
aid Sc.,tland before the union of the two Crowns—an
efficient substitute for an inefficient executive. Mr.
.Justice Lynch is only a transatlantic " Belted Will
Howard." Peter Priegins gives us an amusing illus-
tration of the fable of the wolf in sheep's clothing—the
wolf in this instance being a certain Mr. Worthington,
alias Slinking Tom, who, by a judicious display of pro-
perty and piety, manages to victimise the Ebenezerites
of the village of Brackenhury to a considerable extent ;
he is, however, caught at last, and becomes an involun-
tary emigrant to Van Diemen's Land. We have to re-
iterate our complaint against the abominable system of
continuations, which diverts a magazine from its legiti-
mate purpose, and converts it into a federalism of
serials. In the present number we have no
less than six continuations—James's "Beauchamp,"
Captain Maryatt's " Privateersmen," " The Adven-
tures of Mr. Jolly Green," Mrs. Trallope's " Ro-
-1 erts's on their travels," " Maxwell's Lights and
Shades of a Gentleman on. Half-pay," and " Mariotti's
Organ boys' progress." The latter promises to be a
valuable work. The account of the sufferings entailed
on the poor Italian organ-boys by the well-meant but
injudicious efforts which have been made to convert them
to Protestantism, is a sad illustration of the mischief that
may be done, and the misery that may be inflicted in the
name of humanity and religion, by most philanthropic
and xcellent persons when they suffer their zeal to out-
run their discretion.