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Literary Reviews, Tus Mew or vue Time—Aponymous. Redfield, New Yorvk; 1852. We pronounce this, emphatically, to be « bad ‘book a melancholy iostance of reckless book- making. A ‘botter subject could not have been selected; nothing is more wanted than a good biography of Bving men ofnote. The Biographic des Contempo- rains is incomplete, and is, besides, growing old; it ‘contains many naiaes that have fallen into the do- main of the past. Tho London ‘‘Men of the Time” was written expressly for the English market, and is ob- Rexious to as severe criticivm as its American name- sake. The biographies scattered throughout the En- eyclepedias aud the Conversations Lexicon, though earefully prepared, are too few in number to supply | the demand for information respecting those whose names are hourehold words. In tho langnage of President Fillmore, ‘‘centemporaneous biography ig precisely the kind of information that every pab- Mo and intelligent man requires to see.” Had the execution of Mr. Redfield’s plan been equal te the | eonooption, we should bave reason to congratulate | evreelves on valuable addition to our literature. | ‘This ir, unfortunately, not the case. We are in. | ‘lined to think that the ‘“Men of the Time” must have | been written in fulfilment of a contract, in which | the author bound himsclf to furnish so many pages | of matter, and the publisher go many dollars. Such, | 1 ' at the least, is the natural inference from the cha- | wecter of the work—such is the only hypothesis on | which we can explain the omissions and the gross | °F; to which it ie appended. The compiler does not | errors with which it abounds. There is no department in which it is not wretehedly incomplete or inaccurate, or both. In | some eases, the lives of insignificant individuals are given at length, while the moré’ distinguished mames are entirely omitted. In others, we have a wretched travestie of a popular author—half his claims to fame omitted, and the most unmeaning sriticiems substituted for a judicious appreciation of his merits. Five lines are sufficient for one whose name will go down to posterity, while the meagra biography of a country editor revels in the roomy epace of awhole page. As is the casein agood many other books which have been published in this coun- try, foreigners are ruthlessly eacrificed to Americans; | Achilii’ mM tracts aro here immortalized, while the first of modern historians, Thierry, the able critic, Professor 4 mpt, the sloquvent lecturer, Stephens, the sareastic autlior of anti-onigsby, William North, are passed over ia silence. Of the modern British ta, Bailey, the authorof ‘Festus,” is despatched, im five lines, snd Sydney Yendys, who has been Re nounced to be the man of the time, Coventry Pat- wore, Svott, Buchanan Reid, and others, are whelly omitted. Im exchange, we have a fal and par- ticular account of the life and adventures of | that great man, P. T. Barnum. We aro not | were being driven to the rendezvous, and groups of sure whether the authors who are noticed are not more legitimate objects of. commiseratior than those who are ignored. The praise is Jaid onso elumsily that it resembles a paid pulf more than a judicious appreciation, and it rarely happeus thats writer is given credit for all his titles to distinetie Thus Lord Mahon’s bi not contain i i which is ersally admitted to be bis best work. fe seems to terminate in 1349, whoreas The Agricultural Show. The annual fair or show of cattle, in connection ‘with the American Institute, commenced yesterday. The place selected for the show was, as usual, Madi- eon Cottage grounds, at the corner of Fifth avo- nue and Twenty-third street, and from an early hour the whole surrounding neighborhood present- ed an execedingly busy appearance, as the droves of cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, fowls, and other animals | farmers, and other people counected with agriculture, t his fame will rest on his coutroversial exploits siace | that yeer. M. Cremieux isdefrauded of the noblest uct he ever committed—rehabitating his father’s memory by paying, in full, the debts for which he had compromised with his creditors. No mention is made of the Blithedale Romance in the urticle on Hawthorne; of Pierre in that on Herman Mel- ville; of Claret and Olives in that on ** Angus Reach,” thouga their three works were published some time be- fore Augriat, 1852, the dute of the protave to tho “Men of the ” These who have enjoyed opportuni- ties of appreciating the vast scientific lore of Pro- fervor Agassiz, will be aurprised to learn from this work tha: he has been amusing himself by writing impressions de voyage on Lake Superior—the com- | piler having blunderingly confounded the natural- ist’s report of the animals, logy, and botany of that. ee with Mr. abate: eee ‘on Lake Superi- know why Lerd Palmerston resigned office in De- cember last. Any newspaper reader could furnish him with al! the particulars. He tells us that Sir James Graham sits in Parliamont for ‘the pocket borough of Ripon,” s mistake which can only bo explained by supposing that Mr. Redfield’s book contractor lives in wilderness or a cellar, where the reports of Sir James’s famous speech at Oar- lisle, on returning thanks for his election, could not reach him. He calls Earl Grey ‘‘Colonial Secretary of State’—being obviously under the impression that Lord John Russell and the whigs are yet ia power in Great Britain. He represents Abdul Med- jid as a wise, liberal, and sagacious monarch; whereas every schoolboy knows that the present ruler of Turkey is remarkable for his debased in- tellect_and depraved tastes, even among the degra- ded sultans who have preceded him—that precocious debauchery has wasted both his mind and body. He pretends to give us a biographical sketch of tae | lion, silver cup, and while a French general is barely mentioned, a famous Abd-el-Kader, but confines himself to de- | Yankee lawyer, doctor, or members of Congress has the pleaeure of seeing every event of his life chroni- ¢led, from his christening to his last fit of dyspepsia. This, we need hardly say, is silly, childish prejudice. Weis folly like this which turns the laugh against us abroad, and has given birth to the imputation of inordinate vanity, on which every modern traveller im the States expatiates at length. “The Men Of - the Time” are not all Americans; it would be well for us if, on a fair computation, French, Germans, Spaniards, Englishmen, Scotchmen, Irishmen, Por- tuguese, Russians, Prussians, Italians, Swedes, Austrians, Turks, Asiatics and South Americans, did not co outnumber us that our share of the “Men of the Time” would exceed a tenth of the whole, Besides, as Mr. Fillmore very judiciously remarks. the information we require is not American biogra- phy ; tho leading men of this country have mostly gTews up among us, and their lives are familiar to sehoolboys. It is with the foreigners, whose names are constantly mentioned in the newspap:rs and in conversation, that we are desirous of becoming ac- quainted. Everybody knows the white-coated phi- Josepher, with one trouser leg inside and the other eutside his boot; his exploits and campaign tracts have been sufficiently advertised in the Tribune to need no further enumeration in a volume of contempo- rancous biography ; but we should really like to hear something more of the author of ‘‘ Festus” than that he was the son of an editor, and wrote a couple of books. Nobody will thank the author of the “ Men of the Time,” for 2 biography ef Thurlow Weed; but four lines is a poor allowance fer the editor of the London Times. It may be, perhaps, « harmless superfluity to favor us with the lives of all the bishops and leading preachers of New York and the vicinity, but this should not have involved the omission of the Padre Ventura, whe contests the palm of oratory with Lacordaire, or the modern Peter the hermit, Christoferos. Nor do the notices of captains, colonels, or generals of militia, compensate us for the absence of General Bedeau, Sir Joseph Thackwell, Sir Harry Smith, Garibaldi, Avezzana, Bem, Wrangel, and a thou- sand others. The same carelessness and injudicious choice of materials is visible in the biographies of the lead- img men in every path of eminence. We ha’ here several ters of whom the world never rarer ; he chaste ehiogey | enrinee e ricl iz, are wanting; an believed? neither the ar ennai leader, Millay, nor his logist, Ri sre mentioned, even by name. ‘ith the exception of Darley and Gavarni, all the eminent artists of France and are omitted. “Punch” is represented by Mark Lemon, “while Doyle and Leach are deemed unworthy of notice ; and Gilbert, whose lifelike ske%chcs are so popular, the witty Cham, the versatile Tony Johan- not, Beckett Foster, the Constable of wood-dray- ing, are not to be found. Neither Wyatt nor Lough are enumerated among the sculptors of tl day ; and Powers, whom to beslaver with injudi: ous praise is to insult, is pronounced the immedi- ate successor of Michael Angelo. Sur, is represented by Sir Benjamin Brodie and Valentine Mott." The former is even grudged some haif dozen lines, and his admirable works are di of as ‘“¢ or two practical books.”* In alluding to the ligature of the arteria tnmnominata, the honor of which is claimed by Sir Astley Cooper, as well as our own countryman, Dr. Mott, no mention whatever is made of the former; & suppressio vcri perhaps exousable in a country editor, whose neal for his country’s fame is not satisfied with an enumeration of her undisputed trium but ruinous to the reputation of a. work fog seagenns and pugesians are ignores. Neither is and phy: sareignered. Neither Veluwe, nor Crampton, nor Trousseau, nor Haw- kins, nor Lawrenee, nor Elliottson, nor our eminent countryman, Ricord, are deemed by the compilers of this work, “Men of the Time.” The record of science ia equally mec Dumas is there, it is true; but where are 0; a, Gaylussac, and Liebig? We have Herschel, whom everybody knows, and Mitchell is unmeaningly lauded; but his Ieetures do not seem to have fallen into thi: makers’ a ae lf and vrs are obviously ttrangers 8 ep stone » when we find, in the sketch cf Adams, that the com- has only heard of fifteen planets. It may, per- seem matter of wonder that Robert Bte- phenson should have beon honored with @ place in this medley, while s similar tribute is denied to the of the Thames Tunnel, Branel, and to the es dara nines eats ve us e Bpace occu: througho ore United Staton, By way’ of ut the Uni . of com} Ber WeNetiane Betti he soe ee ote most eloquent o: Protestant —nor Dre Cahill, thé leader, are to be in t . Pro its and Catholics, Zyos Tyriusve, are treated “with equal neglect, and the f ~ tenefit from the disregard shown to ycready and Edwin Forrest occupy a | this new temple of fame; but Lemaitre, the ofthe aorta Ligeia | ior— » Buckstone—Farren, and Wal- | admittance. Nor have musicians | . Balfe, the author of the ‘“ Bo- of many of the songs which are nth—Verdi, the composer of “I |” and “ Nebu mnosor’’— vearest approach to Handel that re alo deel the touching Mario, known than those of half of are omitted in like man- with several of his rks; ait ne getty u not ly know that h ‘We do not think that a smgle one of that list of lawyers who have Am dence far abo ive d aL Hi [ | Hi ; i i ei i eZ i te ” ae seribing the French campaign in Algeria, and does not condescend to allade to the series of romantic incidents which placed the African chieftain in a po- sition to fobs with the power of France. He calls Papineau the leader of the French party in Lower Canada. Hvery reader of the newspapers could have told him that since Papineau’s return under the general amnesty, he has been a complete nonentity, Without a single follower in the Canadian Parlia- ment. The compiler has been directed by his employer to copy largely from the ‘‘Galerie des Cotemporarains Illustres,” bus he does not seem to possess even the requisite industry or ability to perform this simple task. Here and therehe copies a sentence bodily from the clever workof the “‘Hommejde Rien;” but he never catches the character of the mun he attempts to portray, and not unfrequently commits the gross- est blunders ofcarelessness. Thus he tells us that M. de Sainte Beuve was born in 1803 instead of 1804; coolly states that ‘‘his first appearance in the Globe newspaper was as the chawpion of the roman- tic school,” when it is notorious that the Globe was tothe last hostile to Victor Huge and his party, and that Sainte Beuve, when he deserted the classics and joined Lamartine’s banner, was forced to resign his post of liter: editor; and does not seem to know that one of the most finished and re- markavle performances of the French essayist was @ biography of our Jefferson. Baranto is troat- ed as carelessly; hig name is incorrectly given, and this new Dryasdust actually translates ‘‘audi- teur aw conseil d’état’”” by the phrase *‘Judge of the Privy Council,” which novel dignity he tells us was held by the historian. 4 Nothing but the countless proofs of the compiler’s Ageemace which these pages afford could explain the false coloring in which the dispute of Armand Carrel and Girardin is described If he had taken the trouble to read carefully the book he was copy- ing from, he would have seen that the editor of the ational was as much to blame as the editor of the Presse. Thiers’ biography is a tissue of blunders. He was born on the 26th Germinal, an V (16th April, 1797)—not “‘in 1798;” he was not offered the Ministry of Finances when the cabinet of August. 1330, resigned; he was not a mero national guard in 1848, but a most active sharer in the movement; he is not a resident of Switzerland, but is still laugh- ing chattering, and writing at Paris. ‘e have said enough to show the manner in which the work has been got up. If anything was wanting to render it utterly worthless, the Balcony, would be supplied by the want of order and method, there being no alphabetical arrangement of matter beyond the classification of the eketches under twenty-four different letters. Searches are thus rendered a very Iaborious task; and when, as must be the case in nine instances out of ten, the student discovers that the biography he is in quest of is not contained ia the work, or that it swarms with such Trors as tobe worse than valueless, we can well e Poe his throwing the ‘‘Men of the Time” to the | rthe: st corner of the room, or to some more fitting receptacle for such unmitigated trash. Theatrical and Musical. Bowrny Tueatke.—The entertainments announced for this evening are the drama of ‘La Tour de Nesle,”” “Ro- bert Macaire,” and the “Pirate of the Isles,” in which Messrs. Eddy and Stevens, Miss Heron, and other artists of celebrity, willappear. The performances at this estab- lishment. generaliy speaking, have given general satisfac- tion to Hamblin’s patrons, The seleotion of pieces is al- ways good, and the artists employed by Mr. Hamblin are all pergons of great dramatic eclebrity. Broapway Tueatnx.—Mr. Forrest, at the request of many of his friends, will appear to-night in hts great character of Hamiet.in Shakepeare’s tragedy of that name. He will be assisted in the other leading characters by Mr. Period Mad. Ponisi and Mrs. Abbott. It being the last a but two of his appearance, there can be little doubt the theatre will be crowded in every de- partment. The entertainments will conclude with the farce of s, Beware.” Nisio’s Gannen.—The dramatic company will open the | amurements of this evening, with the laughable piece called “Forty and Fifty,” after which the French and Spanish dancers will dieplay their Terpsichorean abilities in a grand divertisement, which will comprise several Deau- tiful pas. Theabilities of Madlle Pougaud and Senorita Soto are too well known to require any eulogy. The en- tertainments will terminate with the “Caliph of Bagdad.” Buxrox’s Tuzatne.—This prosperous establishment still continues to draw large assembisges of Burton's patrons, all of whom seem delighted with the entertain- ments,’ The management is good, and the selection of pisces is always of a character to please the visiters, ‘o-night Mr. Placide, a fine setor and » great favorite, appears as Unole John, in the piece of that name. The eonoluding piece will be that which has always drawn eee namely—the comedy of “ David Copper- eld.” Nationa, Tueatar.—The new Irish drama called “Eva, The Irish Princess,”’ which is every night attract- ing immenee crowds to this theatre, will commence the entertainments, Merers. Cony and son, and Taylor, will next appear in the piece called the ‘Conjaror, Showman and Momkey.”’ Their performances have always afforded amusement to the frequenters of the National theatre. cope will be the “Cross of Death.” ck’s THeatre.—Still the beautiful comedy enti- tled “Much Ado Adout Nothing,” is attracting crowds to this ably conducted establishment. Wallack’s appear- ance after ® lapse of years, is as much relished as when he was here in the sunshine of his theatrical career. He is @ fine actor, and aided as he is by Mesers. Blake, Les- ter, Walcot, Brough: id other artists d@ramatic egg sidered certain. the farce ef Avrnican Musrum.—The highly amusing faroes enti- ted the “ Irisif Tutor,” and “ Damestic Eoonomy,”’ will ‘be represented im the lecture room of this this afternoon ; and the suecessful drama of the “ Orphan’s Dream ” will be given in the evening. Cunisty’s Ovens Hovss.—The performances of Christy’s Minstrels continue to be patronised bog sect blages, They give am attractive eartatvanes thi evening. Woon's Minstre.s anmounce avery good programine for to night, com songs, dances, inetrumental solos, Wwurleeques and ay ‘ of the “ Poor Gen- a ee ee Sathn loman”’ w! ed at to-1 oom au will sustain the character of Det which Mr. Chany 4 pod. The conclu ‘feature will be the farce of the “ Wandering Minstrel,” with Mr. Johm Dunn as Jim Superior Court, PART FIRST. Before Chief Justioe Oakley. 20,—Stephen Willett and ethers, va. The Phenix etme ty ula ops te cack es vance intiff, u] ir ol on the ‘hormix: in sums for $800, i Sth April 1960, 61°00, om the Lith, $1,042 Gn the ; on the X Gas on tho not the mame month. Tt ap- that Trotter drew the checks, which the teller of uly certified, amd which he (Trotter) 1, @ crockery ‘ath Hi Ets | | gave to the whole scone a complete rural aspect. As tho committee had received notifications of there being a likelihood of an extra number of beasts being sent for exhibition, every preparation was made in accordance; but sudh was the iaflux of animals throughout the day, that carpenters were busily esgaged up to the afternoon in ereoting ad- ditional pens for their acoommodation. The total number of beasts exhibited was fully 1,000. includ- ing domestic avimals of nearly all breeds. Tho swine numbered fifty, and the sheep seventy, of which thirty are merinos, and the rest Leicoster- shires and Bouthdowns. Tho cattle include speci- mens of Ayrshires, Devons, short horned, long horned, fat cattle, and bulls of herculean propor- tions. The horses exhibited embrace many differ- ent breede, and are all, without exception, beauti- ful locking creatures, including stallions and thoroughbred mares. The poultry department of the fair is not the least interesting portion of the ex- hibition, for there are some excellent specimens of cocks and hens of divers species, from bantams to games; and, in addition, some turkeys of most colos- eal size. ‘The show is to close to-morrow night, when the judges will award the premiums to the owners of those animals which they think, from their inspec- tion to-day, the most deserving of consideration. The animals exhibited are selected from stocks in the surrounding States; and, in order to stir upa spirit of honorable emulation among the different agriculturists, and thus ensure a good exhibition, the committee offered high premiums, a list of the principal of which we subjoin, in order that our readers may sce how inviting were the prises:— HORSES. lass 1.—Thorough bred four years old, silver eup, for the best brood mare and colt, silver cup, $25; for the best three years old colt, silver cup, $10; for the best two years old colt, silver cup, + Class 2.—Horses for all work.—For the best stal- for the best brood mare and colt, silver cup, $20; for the beat three years old Cae silver g $10; for the best two years old colt, silver cup, Claes 3 —Matched Horses.—For the best pair of matched horses, owned by the exhibitor, silver cup, $25; for the best pair of farm horses, silver eup, Class 4.—Mules and Jacks.—For the best pair of working mules, owned by the exhibitor, silver cup, $15; for the best jack, silver cup, $10. ‘or the best stallion, CATTLE. Class 5.—Native Bulls.—For the best bull, three years old and upwards, silver cup, $25; for the best bull, two years old, silver cup, $15; for the best yearling bull, silver cup, $10; for the best bull calf, silver cup, $10. Native Cows.—For the best cow, three years old and upwards, silver cup, $20. Native Heifers—For the best heifer, two years old, silver cup, $15; for the best heifer, one year old, silver cup, $10; for the best heifer calf, silver cup. $10. Class 12.—Extra Premiums.—For the best im- proved stock of short horned cattle, owned by the exhibitor fora period of three months previous to the exhibition, not lees than twenty in number, consisting of working oxen, steers, milch cows, and male and female animals for breeding, $40; for tho best improved stock of high bred Devon cattle, owned by the exhibitor for a period of three months previous to the exhibition, not less than twenty in number, consisting of working oxen, steers, milch cows, and male and female animals for breeding $40. Class 13.--Milking Cows-—For tho best cow in milk, of any breed, silver cup, $25. Class 14 —Working Oxen. —For the best yoke of ene Oxen, presented by the owner, silver cup, Class 15.—Fat Cattle --For the bost pair of fat cattle, owned by the exhibiter, silver cup, $35; for the best fat single ox, silver cup, $20; for the best fat cow, silver cup, $10; for the best fat heifer, sil- ver cup, $10 ; for the best fat ealf, not less than six months old, silver cup, $10. SHEEP. Class 16.—Fat Sheep —For the best fat sheep, owned by the exhibitor, silver ees glo. Class 17 Pepe | Wool Sheep.—For the best buck, silver cup, $10; for the best pen of three ewes, silver cup, $10 ; for the best pen of three buck lambs, silver medal 3 for the best pen of three ewe lambs, silver medal. Class 22.-Swine.—For the best boar of any breed, over two years, silver cup, $10; for the best boar, over one year, silver cup, $8; forthe best sowo any breed, over two years, silver cup, $10; for tho best sow, over one year, silver cup, $8; for the best lot of Bige, not less than six, silver cup, $10. ©lass 23.-—Poultry.— For the best and greatest va- riety of poultry, silver cup, $8. Sale of Mr, David A.@omstock’s Property at New Brighton. Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o’clock, Mesers. H. H. Lecds & Co., auctioneers, by order of the sheriff of Staten Island, commenced the first day’s sale of thie valuable property. Long previous to the hour appointed for the sale, the grounds and rooms of the mansion were filled by a large number of gentlemen and ladies, anxiously waiting for its commencement. The house is a handsome edifice, combining Grecian and gothic architecture. It is one stery high, situate within a hundred yards of the water, and commands a beautiful view of the city and bay ef New York and part of Now Jersey. The grounds around the house, amounting to about twelve acres, are most tastefully laid out in the English style, and embellished hero and there with statuary, representing the seasons, and other designs. To the right of the mansion stands the greenhouse, whioh is constructed entirely of glass, after the plan of the Duke of Devonshire, and contains about 700 of the most choice flowers and exotics. To this greenhouse is attached a small house, which, we understand, it was the intention of Mr. Comstock to appropriate as a dwelling for his children in the event of his marriage—which would have taken place had not the Wall streot de- falcation been discovered—reserving the mansion for the accommodation of himself and spouse. It will be oa remembered that this house formerly be- longed to Mr. Fernandez, who was induced, pen the instrumentality of a priest, to desert his wife, and proceed to Italy. That lady is now a resident of this city, and the court awarded the rent of the perty, amounting to about r annum, to @ appropriated to use and benefit. To the left of the house are tho stables, which contain a pair of beautiful black horses, two ponies, a splendid horse, 17 hands high, besides various carriages, with their usual equipments. Procigoly at half past ton, A. M., Mr. H. Leods | commenced the sale of the paintings, in the drawing room of the house, which was so densely Serco by ladies and gentlemen eager to booome puro! that it was with difficulty we could prooure a articles, as exhibited by the auctioneer. The ge ogg A Sd list of the wearer 3 among the names o! the ayes and amounts paid:—- 176. Two small $5 75 each. oer, $8 oi 178. A Madonna, in metal, after Guido—Mr. Has $19. 180. The Virgin Mary and child, by Carl Mar- be Ags Havens, fy, as Me. H 495 i. jteau--Mr. avens, a 181. Ulyssce—Mr. Haveas, $187 50. 324. Annunciation, after Rubens—Mr. Stone, # 5.906. Two beautiful landscapes by Schwartz— Mr. Marley, $26 each. 327. Fr Attacked, by Meiris—Mr. Spencer, Se, Water Cresses, by Lawrence—Mr. Ford, $14. cfr cuch Landscapes, by Watteau—Mr. - oer, $27 cach. 831. Large painting of Pharoah’s daughter, by F’. Neile—Mr Ford, gt? dts "355 “Moonlight Soene, by Liston—Mr, Ford poe & Tuperb Madoans, by Vandodeot Ss ‘or 401. Holy Posie Tide Dhottha, gus. STATUARY. 296. Vonus—Mr. Thomas Tilston, $77 50. 800. Psyche—Mr. Whiting, ¢90. 302. An; at Devotion ks Bpotiord, 60. . atue of the saessa ‘tee: About, 1,200 ounces of silver plate, consisting of forks a sons, Ben tn al ee, coaetitins of bay ane ‘an ounce. eats em, 50. © , The iture, principally cottage, sold at high The Mbrary, copaisting of about 850 volumes, right of the The bidding | was rapid, and the prices obtained most satisfactory. | 5 landscapes, by Omegank—Mr. | “an + 177. that landscapes, by Cross—Mr. Spon- | a] compriting the standard oathors of the day, was then pat up, and realised Prices. feleetas pair task scringn bornny oes pat for bleck carriage horses; one patr fang tail; ono first-rate bey bore, 104 hands high, ; one first-rate bay horse, * tail ; one yoke passe twe co bost breed; two hogs; one © Carringo. nearly 3 one light wagon; one rockawey; one povy wagon; one sleigh; one light wagen; saddioe; ‘tae, yet and * Je; bridles; side saddies; farm utensils; stable farpiture; blanket: anthracite coal . &o.; straw cutter; fifty. tons ; 300 bushels potatoes ; crops in the es representing the Seasons, ne Ceres, Warwiek vaso Joan of Aro, bird cateher, Fidelity, flower hermit, Flora, angel with irl; large sealptared vasos and pedestals; also, abou; 1,000 choice and rare greenhouse plants and exotics, of groat variety and value. Common Pleav—Part First. Before Hon, Judge Woodruff, ACTION FOR MALICIOUS PROSBCUTION—A CURIOUS METHOD OF ANNOYING A BANKER. Lovius D. Towsley vs. Selah Vanduzer and William A. S. Venduzer.—'this is an action for malicious prosecution. Mr. Pierrepoint stated the oase for the plaintiff, who is an agent of country banks. The defendants are fatber aod son and are president and vice president of the Exchange Bank, It is alleged that the plaintiff was in the habit ‘of going to the Exchange Bank, from what motivo it does appear, and demanding specie for certain country notes of which that bank was the authorized agent in NewYork and | he became so troublesome and annoying to the establish- ment, by offering the notes singly for hours together, and d ing specie for one dollar bill at atime, telling them to take # quarter per cent. discount for each dollar. Tho defendants ultimately sent for an officer, bad the piaintift arrested, on the 19th of November, 1851, and taken to the Police office in Barclay street, and from thenve to the Tombs, where, after a reprimand from the J e, he was discharged. He was again arrosted and cor itved for a repetition of the annoyance ; a writ of habeas corpus was taken out. and the matter ht before Judge Daly, when his Honor discharged Towsley from custody. Da: mages are laid at $15,000. The defence is that the plain- tin'interrupted the business of the bank by pertinaciously demanding specie for notes, dollar by dollar, and that such conduct was caleulated to lead to a breach of the 108. Penobert H. Campbell, sworn and examined by Mr, James T. Brady, deposed, that he was a policeman of the Third ward last November. I know the defendants by sight; Imever caw Mr Towsley until I went into th: Exchange Bank, at the corner of Dey and Greenwic streets; I was rent there by the captain; I ean’t te! whether it was aptain Humphrey or Olmsted; I didno: went into the bank, young Mr. Vandazer said that Mr. Towsley was annoying them in their business, and ho wanted me to take him up; [ told him I would take hina to the rtstion house. if he would come and makea Cg 4 against him; I asked Vowsley to go out of the bank; said be would not—thai he was there doing business, art | he “calculated” he would stay; I told bim I was an oill- cer; he then went out, got on the sidewalk, and sa‘d that ‘as quick as I’d leave he would go back again into the bs with that Mr. Wm. Vanduzer came out, sad went to the station house to make the to the station house; young Mr, Vanduzer, Towsley, and I, went together; both captains were on the bench; Mr. Vanduzer told them the story, and I waa directed to take Mr. Towsley to the Tombs; Mr. Vanduzer came with us; I brought him before Judge Osborn ; Mr. Van- duzer made his statement; the Judge reprimanded Tows- ley, and told him not to go there again; he said he would go back again, as he bad a right to go there; the Judge then told me, if he went to the bank to annoy them in their business, to arrest him; Towsley left the office; I did not arrest him again; I saw Mr. Towsley do nothing out of the way; he was standing there, like any other gentle- man; young Mr, Vanduzer stated to the captain that the could not do any business. as Towsley was there dymand- ing specie for his bills; he accused him of nothing else; I should think there were four or five in the bank when I went in to arrest Towsley; I dida’t notice whether they had money or not; when the complaint was made at the Tombe, Justice Osborne suid that Mr. Towsley was crazy, or something to that effect; Mr. Towsley kept hamming, or singing, to himrelf, all the time. On cross examination, by Mr. Cowles, witness said that Mr. Vanduzer eaid the plaintiff had been st the bank two or three days, demanding specie; witness did not hear the whole statement. Sterling Peet. another policeman, of the Third ward station, depored to his having arrested Towsley, by the request of the defendants, at the Exchange Bank, on the 19th November last, at 2. M, on the same day, and subsequent to the arrest made by the last witness; spoke to Towsley, and told him to go away and not trouble them amy more; he said no; Mr. Vanduzer then told me to take him up. and said that he would come to the sta- tion house and makes charge against him; I took bim, and waited at the station house probably half an hour, but Mr. Vanduzer did not come; the captain told me to take Towsley to the Tombs; I did so, and on my way met the elder Mr (Vanduzer coming from the direction ot the Tombs; he asked me why I did’nt bring Towsley up; L told him I was waiting for him at the station house, and didn’t know he had gone to the Tombs; I asked him if he ‘was coming back. and he said no that he had made his affidavit before the Judge, and he then told me to take plaintiff up to the Tombs; I took Towsley before Judge Osborne, and had him there from ten to fifteen minutes, when I gave him to another officer; I had no warrant did not sce Towsley do amything at the bank; Mr. Van- Morr Loe net teli me how Towsley wes troubling them at the bu Cross-examined by Mr. R. |H. Morrie—The elder Mr Vanduzer said to Towsley that he didn’t want to arres. him, if he would not come there any more to troubl: them. Q.—Did you hear anything about Mr. Towsley bringing a Si gym Of bills to the bank after pump- ing water on , #0 as there would be a difficulty ia separating them—(laughter)—and then demanding specie, doilar by dollar, and telling them to take a quarter cen; discount out of each? A.—No,I did not. Mr. Brady offered the commitments in evidence, ant produecd Mr. William Edmonds, keeper of the city pri- son, who identified them. They ate elgued by Judg: Osborne. Witnezs also received the return on the habea corpus before Judge Daly, and his order for Mr. Towsley’ dioharge. Mr. Towsley was discharged from the firs: commitment, “A yery short time intervenod betweoa that and the recond ander which he remained in prisoa from 19th to 21st of November, when he was discharged by order of Judge Daly. acter Witnesses vl called £0 igrare the malice of the endants in oppos: ¢ eof the plaintiff on haleas corpus. The case is still on is Court of General Sessions. | Before the Recorder and Aldermen Oakley and Ward. . A PRISONER'S FAREWELL. Oct, 20. Dock Thief. (Michael Manning, » young managed about nineteen years, was indicted for etealing $75 from Cornelius Reilly, on the 27th day'of July lest. A witness. named Sullivan, deposed that on the day Faquestion, Reilly was bathing at the foot of Dover street, river, and he watched the operations of the prisoner and another younger boy, not ee custody. who was evidently acting in concert with him, when the latter took something like a purse from the pocket of Reilly’s clothes and conveyed it to the prisoner. This evidence was corroborated, and it was also proved that the prisoner had, on the following day. deposited sixty dollars in gold with a Mr. Moriarty, to take care of for him, When ar- rested. a slung abot was found on his person. The *jary returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced him to four years tmpelsonsent, Upon which he obserr- ed:~-' You've convicted wrong, and had no right to fend me there. I know nothing of s slung shot—I found it, and put it in my pooket when I was drunk The fol- low that swore agin me knows a d—d sight more about it than I do; and he swore false against me, and be d—d to him, he did, the d—d sucker, He's perjured himself, he did—but I'll pay him off, the d---d loafer, if ever I meet ae I Merete Ie prisoner was then removed, venting curses and threats against court, jury, and man. kind in general. = eater pthery in a Beading Howse Jacques Basritoau, a renchman, of very rer le appearance, was ohi with robbing ‘Andvew Brttornbloe = pon A be ae boarding: house, 687 Broadway, in the month of Beptem: | her, of gold watch worth $40. It appeared that tho prisener had returned home, and went to bed ima state aking, ot ibe fie what clock Henge, Shee eo 7 wi 0'cloc! Lh Ah pee Rd @ any one could a turned & verdict of guilty, the Recorder sentenced him to five years imprisonment. It was ssid thet there were other against 3 i I i a ? they were who fequent much entablianente’” File seteaat aoa who frequent such ‘This Beta tale, and they were convicted Sano { } were yt sentenced to the State prison for ‘The Court Ey Marine Affairs, Derantuns OF Oauivonmta Stramens.—The steamship NT. ae Btar of the Wost, Capt Tinklepaugh, for Sen Juan, left port yesterday afternoon, . Launcnrp=eAt hme! ne Me., 13th inst., from Taloot's 's shipyard, a au of about 730 tons, th punked aloes bomen e& tthe beet ; t .. The owners see either of the Vanduzers at tho station house; when I | 0; I took Towsley | Oyer and Terminer of Hudson County. Tvespay, Ost. 19 —The Cause of Thomas Pierce —At tho opening of the court'this morning, J. W. Beudder, Esq., closed the summing up of the case for the prosecution, and was followed by the charge of Judge Ogden, who legalized the aci of the pri- soner as murder io the first degree, to which the counse) for the defenoo-took several exoeptions The jury, after an ab-coce of an bonr, returned inte court with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first de- gree. The prisonor vas then remanded for sentence. Trial of Robert Wm Cantin.—The trial of this man forthe murder of the colored waiter, Charles Williams, at Hoboken, on the 4th of'Jaly last, was then called on. The following jurors were sworn :—William EB Griffith, Jobn fcJlerman, Bhoch Harle, Jacob Newkirk, Michuel D Vreoland, Hoary G Newkirk, Henry Demarest, Henry W Drayton, John V. Met- ler, John McGuigan—12 The District Attorney Wright for the people, wi Herman Myers, who testified that he recollected t @ man was killed on the 4th of July last, at lysian Fields ; was there at the time, and saw prisoner there before; he came there wich several white waiters on the above named morning; [ they had been waiters up to the Sunday before the 4th of July; I belonged to the house; tho colored waiters were acting there on the 4th of July; Williams was killed in the forenoon; the white many colored waiters there wero; I told them ten or twelve; they made threats to whi F waiters; I heard them say thoy could whip the whole party; I can’t say how vert wero thore, nor who said tho words; they were talki selves; tho white waiters were in the barroom at this time; I recognized no one face in particular; I can’t say whether defendant was among them or not tweon the white and coiored waiters; I stood there for a while and saw the fighting, and found f could hands of the black waiters; I saw the deferdan fighting am: ug the whites and the blacks; I saw thy defendant stab Williams sevoral timos; the deceased had hold of Canton when Canton stabbed uim; the around and fell; T saw him dead about half an hour afterwards; Wi!!iams had hold of Canton by the shoulder, and Canton had b®ld of him by the arm; this was about a hundred yards from the barroom; I was occupied in the barroom; there were a great prisoner; the place where the fight was, was on the path to the cave Crogs-exeminod by defence—The route to the cave leada also to tho ferry; the first I saw of Canton that day was at the place where they wore fighting: I suw Canton there on one Sunday before; it was the custom to engage extra waiters for Sun- day; saw deceased before tho fight; I think he was leceages engaged in © fight; there were three or four solored the deceased and prisoner when the blow was struck; 1 saw other persons strike Canton afterwards; they were sideways from me; Canton had hold of him with his lett hand; saw no struggling between them; the blow was a side blow; saw threo or four blows with the knife; all the blows were given in tho same way; when the fight oommonoed I called out, “Go in, Ben;” I told this man, Warren, to stand back, as ‘*he ought to be licked, too;”” he saw was after the deceased had been stabbe Direot—I knew that Warren was ono of the men in the barroom; Warren stayed around there with the rest of them, and demanded their wages; can’t say whether Canton demanded his wages or not ; I did not see all the white waiters in the affray ; de. ceased and Canton were standing south of the line from the house towards Hoboken, at the time of the affray; the Sybil’s cave is alsoSouth towards Hobo- ken; in going to the cave you would pags near the place of the uffray. Cross-examined—The road to the cave is a public road for passengers; the distance to the'cave is nearly @ quarter of a mile. ames Dunlap called—Lives at 71 Perry street; was at Hoboken on the 4th of July last; was there about seven o’clock; I keep the oyster stands there; my stands were towards the river; the affray took place between 8 and 9 o'clock; I saw the black waiters at o’clock, and went into the house; there were from twelve to fourteen white waiters ; the white waiters went soon after across the green, towards the ferry; soon afterwards I saw two or three colored waiters leave the house with a wheel- barrow of ice cream, to go to the cave, and then they returned with the empty wheelbarrow; before they got to the house the white men left to go towards the colored men; as soon as they met, one of the colored men was attacked by them, and then another; when I went down to stop the muss one of the white waiters struck at me, and I struck baek; afterwards, dying; I helped to get the knife aw: from Canton; there was a col man pies wie him on the beach at this time; he had ¢: in his hand, striking round at me; I picked the knife up; this is the knife; I kicked it out of his hand; I saw stones thrown by the white waiters at the first of the affray; this was after the clench between the negroes and the whiter; did not see the knife until the decoaged cried out “ He’s got a knife;” pri- soner ran-to the beach himself, and one of the colored men was chasing him; he ran from the place where they had been fighting; I saw the knife as he jumped over the wall. Cross-examined—Can’t aay who clinched first, the whites or the blacks; I think all the white wait- erswere there; didnot hit Bulger, Regen, nor Quinn; there was one white man and one black man on the prigoner when he was down; the first timo I saw Canton was ashe went over the wall; there were from five to six men who chased him; the men were nearly all black; one of their names was Ben, the other Peter; Ben isa larger man than Canton; I heard the negroes say ‘kill the damned Irish thief,” after they got the knife away; I don’t think Canton had bis hat on whon he wont over the wall; he was cut ever the eye and the lip; I saw Ben fighting om the green before the deceased was stabbed; there wore two or three colored men fightin; ide. sian Fields; I did not employ the white waiters on oe 4th; I told them the Sunday previous that I i 3 not want thom again until I sent for them; when they came I told them they he not to have come until Isent for them; some of thom wanted to be paid for their day; I told them I should not pay them beeause I had not hired them; there was a man named Parkor, who had acted as head waiter on the Sunday Peeneu, Benjamin Blane—Was at the Elysian Fields on the Ath day of July last; was head waiter there; | was Ca at! by Mrs. McCarty as a waiter in the carly part of the season; I wont to the cave that morning with Peter Ashley and two other colored waiters; the four of us returned ; while wo wore on tho walk we met two of the white waiters who asked, ‘*what the hell were we looking at?” afvor they pass- ed along they said so again; 1 said we didn’t come to insult them; Canton, the prisoner, then struck me; the blow staggered me round; Canton was not one of the two that we met; I thon clinched Canton; then two or three jumped on me, and then [ went in the same as any man would, ond fought my way through; I then saw Canton and Charles Williams fighting together; Williams said he had a knifo; I saw Williams stagger, then, and some one caught him; I did not soe knife, nor see Canton strike with knite; one colored man that went with me Williams and the other wasnamed Hun- ter. Cross examined.— Williams was left on the ae tables ; Canton was walking from the ne WI was named fouse he mot us; I had sat the barrow down when Canton came oP Williams was one hundred feet off at this time; I had my coat off; Canton had coat on; he said mothing to me before he struck at first; he struck mo left side when struck the two white waiters when Canton struck me; Canton then stood on my left me, and some one hit me H i i F cf i i gi a3 5 merely an abrasion; the second | upper lip; there were three scures on = doveased said Canton had a knife, and turned | think there were ten or twelve white waiters; | waiters, of whom Canton was one, asked ime how | the white | ing among them- | within an hour afterwards I heard of the fighting be- | not quiet it, and Jet it go on; I saw stoncs in the | hauds of the white waiters; [ saw nothing in the | many people in the crowd around the deceased and | a little taller than prisoner; there were about twen- | ty persons around tho parties, besides Cantoz and | here wero two or th¥eé other persons | waiters fighting; I was within falda or ten yards of Warren doing something to the colored people; this co work there; the white waiters camo over about 8 | Williams laid on his back, near to the place, | Mrs Sarah McCarty called—Itcsides at the Ely- | face of the lp. and one on the upper; there was as- other wound on his peck; the fourth was. om the ) beck of his neck, and more s-vere, with considerable al of th skin; abe fitto was @ wound on the right leg. tnree inches above the ale ele joint, three inches in ength, and half am ineby deep; the sixth was actigbt braise on his right él- bows hho was very much excited ar the exami 3 e wounds on the right tide of the neck a; as though cansed hy 4 severe genspfeom the Mogers; the wound ov the leg mu-t have been onased by | some blunt punctures \u+rrament; the wound em the neok must bave caused woch psin at the time Direet exomined—Uhe wake of the fingers ex tended towards the back of ‘he neck Peter Ashley, colored #a'ter, called—Was at Blo- boken that dey; sav Wiilums stabbed by Canton; I started after him, ana he wheeled round aad out me in the hand; [ him beck of the right ear, before he went dow, the bank: Walliams had hold of him at the time; Blane wax Gfteen or twenty feet from me at this time; [don’t think he could bave got his knife oat uf his pocket while he was in fromt of Williams. Cross-examination—I was within eightor tem feet when the blew was strack E The Court here adjourved until 94 o'clock om Wednesday. ‘Wrownspay, Oct, 20—The court assembled at half past nine o’cleok, in continuation ot the trial of Robert W. Canton tor the murder of Ubaries Williams. | The prosecution haviog clo ed their testimony, the defence was opened by Knooh & Vamp, Ksq., who called Michael Marra—Is @ waiter uc Mr Fish’s; he keeps @ dining saloon in New York; wu at Hoboken om the fourth day of July Inst; first saw Onnteu in New York, en the morning of the fourth of July imthe Park ; «mam was | there known as the head waiter at MoUarty’s; we left to goto MeCarty's; there wee twolve waiters hired to go; We agreed to meet in the Park and go over ir; Wo met 0 a8 to be pared ever thu ferry as the waiter ‘was to pass us over free; the hesd waiter engaged us to go over that day; I had hero over to Hoboken on the two previous Sundays; thia head waiter had aeted as head waiter on those iwo ounday; to hire the men; he engaged O | MeOarty’s that day; they were to ne puid $2 on that day; the head waiter at Mrs Mo larcy’s told us to oomo ever the fomth of July at eight o'clock; Oapton was there on that Sunday; [ can’t ssy whether he was there at the ti of thts conversation or pot; we left Mrs, MoCarty’s about half past seven o'clock om the Sunday previous; we alt wont home together; Canton was with us when we went to Mrs, MoUarty’s, on the 4th of July; there wero twelve of us; we went into the bar- room, and Herman. the bur tender told us that the ¢o- lered mon were hired there; ne head waiter asked the reason why the colored mon’ were engaged, and why mon were not sent jor to New York; Myors said be dida’t know, but it was Mrs. Mot it; the head waiter vutd in wa: ustog them bad by met tending thom word over, Myurs said, “1 oan’t bytp it,” and be asked us all to drigk a gluse of beer; I watked out | ou the stoop, and took acbur, this was ebvat half past | eight o'clock; some of the boys wore thea gutting ready | to go home; some of them wei» om th tr way home; they | had all them scettered exvept m,. T came In, and was | stenaing in the bar-room, U-rmun was imside the bar- | room; we then beers 9 notes, amd some one cald there wes fSc'ucmg; Borman leaped over tue bar, | and 9m duwn to the crowd where they were nghting; there the crowd was all ramning, aad 1 ran down after Hermun, I cried out to Herm make peace, as there was nu use ta fighting; he them struck me on the chim, and s~%+d me what I was going to do; I said I was going to do uo Sing; the blow nu uch; he then cried ‘xo tatoic,” J then wei he ferry, to got home; che man then rae and ttruck some one elee; I did not srike any bot¥ myself. Cross examined by pro-eou ton—We all met ia “he Pari on the first Sundsy, and thy second Sunday ne then agreed to meet in the Park, we stepped im at a7 Perry’s, st Hoboken, that morning, to see ome of hit young men; we stopped at the Uave; the barkeeper told Anthony thut he believed the black waiters had been en- goged, and he told him that it could not be to, af Mra, MoCarty would seut to tell them. Direct, by defence—t y whetoer Oanton wat im the bar room et the conversation; Centon #0 far as I know him, is a pea . niee man. ‘Thomas Bulger called for Merritt & Langley, at the Dey Street House, in New York; I am a wailer there; I worked at Mrs. McCurty’s three or four Sundsys previousto the 4th of July. Authony, the head waiter, ‘engaged me to work there; Mrs. McCarty paid me; I was engaged to work there on Sunday. the 4th of . the same as before; Cantop was engaged as a waiter on Sun- day previous to the 4th ot July, while about haif way between McOurty’s und the ferry. on tho Sunday previous to the 4th of July, the head waiter suid he was atraid we could not all get across, and he sent some one back for a avs; When the man returned he raid ‘that Mrs. MoCarty Fad not time to write a pase, hut ifthe walter paid thale fer- riage she would allow them fur it on the 4th July; the ferry- man took the head waiter’s word for our ferriage/'we went to Mra. MeCarty’s Louse; the bartender at the Gave teld us that the colored men had go.e up before us; we went into the bar roo bar room is the nearest part of the house as you keeper asked us to drink; I then saw a erowd, and ran down towards it; of the colored men faced cut and ren to meet me; he struck at me several timer; he hit me sometimes, but did net kaock me down; I bad no notion of fighting; he struck me first; I received one se- yero blow over my eye; at this time a white man eame behind me end struck me. and knocked me down; this Inan was not onc of the waiters that were engaged with us; he was a man that beloog-d to the house, sad wasin his ebirt sleeves; I was knvcksd down senselese, and while getting Bi Saks sie man knocked me down, and | kicked me in the body; efter thi- [ attempted to get up, | and the barkeeper at the north bar, at Mrs, M ye knocked me almort down again; I ied the biow with the bartender; Herman then came don and enco the blacks; the head waiter then eame down to re for | me, and Herman told thom not to hit him. but to hit the Test. as he was not to bieme; there were only four white waiters in the ight at this time, Andrews, Canton, Bulgez and myself: I think ten or twelve bisck waiters there then; just as I bd ged up I saw George Andrews getting away; snd [then sawa colored man throw a stone at his back. which knocked him dows; je® this time Canton was near the water's edge;-I saw Canton struck eeveral times by three or four colored mem; saw Canton struck while [ was up a the house; some man struck him; Canton was wheeled around frem time to time; I was within twelve feet of bim when he struck ; saw black Benin the fight; I wae abo: ono hunéred yards from Canton when he was first strack; I wea sitting on the stoop at the time; atterI I saw several colored men strike Canton; he was rou them; several colored men have hold of him before he we er the wall; before I heard of the Crots-examined by promoution ~The bar-k in vited allef us to drink ; Icam't say wnether all of ue drank ; we drank all. and sarsaparilis ; we were diseutia- on we Mrs. McCarty ; beard mothing said agsinet the lacks, George Andrews.—Is employed as a waiter at Thomas Swift's, No. 83 Nassau street. New York ; en- gaged me to work at Mrs McCarty’s om the 4th aly 5 we went into the bar room, and the bar keepea told them that the colored men were emgaged ; I drank & glass of ale ; I seen two white waiters go down the road, and seen two to five black waiters coming up ; Centos was then pa-sing down from the house alone ; I was at the house at this time ; [ then went down, and nex! saw Canton and « black mam fighting ; I ean’t sy who struck first ; I pulled the bisck man away from Gaaten by the colle’, and he tarned round aad struck me behind the ear, and knocked me down ; saw four or five Black men in the crowd ; the next I saw of Canton, was the | blood running from his face ; { was struok several times while down ; was blinded up and ran out from them ; F was struck on the head with something like a stone, sad | cut on the elbow, throug’ the coat and shirt. to the skin; I have no recollection how £ to the boat: the men were striking him at the time I nee of; I Ben was one of the colored men; Canton always & peaceable and quict man Cross examined by prosecution—I came from Irelanda Pag A last July; Canton and myself lived near cach othel in Ireland; I first saw Cauten since I saw him in Ire land; in front of St. Paul's church. Charles Quinn called—Works as waiter for Thompeow 25 Pine street; I worked three or four Sundeys before th¢ 4th of July; saw Canton om the Sunday yerrions, ie athony engaged , at Hol to jarty’s om Sunday 4th of July; I was . going home the Sunday Cape jous; we met im the Park, ‘1s work—he coulda’t: Be ( stabbing I saw these men about him. T and another man spoke of going te Perry's, to for the day; as we were igelags be asked the soliceh ua what he was looking at; the colored man hed ‘us; he came back towards my associate: the man then sala he wanted to “crook” into Pt isty hie 4 : ne Fr af F a é i i i k Hi | i i if 3 if fi 2 i ! i [ i li a 3 83 i ly i i ust é ; Ss f