The Express. — London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

gbt court. - - WINDSOR, SUNDAT.—Viscount Jocelyn had the honour of joining the royal dinner circle yesterday coning. The Queen's private band was in attendance is the Castle Aar dinner. Her Marsty and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, at tended divine steaks this morning, in the private chapel of the Cute. The Hon. end Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg and Count Arthur Mews lord - , have arrived at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duke and Duchess were attended by Madame de Wangenheim (lady in waiting et , h er Royal Highnem), and Baron Fritsch (gentleman in we lting to his Royal Highness). Their Royal Highnesses we re eh) attend.'d by Captain the Hun. A. Gordon, equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Cobourg aid Count Arthur Mensilmff arrived at the Bricklayers Arms Station of the Siuth.Eestern Railway Company at a quarter before two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the continent. Their Royal Highnesses and Count Mensdorff proceeded in one of the Queen's carriages and four to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Ridway, and took their departure by a special train at half-past two o'clock for the S'.uugh station en route to Windsor Castle. Madame de Waneenheins, Baron Fritsch, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon (Prince Albert's equerry in waiting), were in attendance. lEit ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.— WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVILNINGI.—We are happy to state that the Duchess of Kent is considerably better to-day, although her Royal Highness is still confined to her room. The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, accompanied by the Bishop of Signor (Vicaire Apostolique de disport. Parfet Apostolique de Hong-Kong), had an interview with Earl Grey, on Saturday, at the Colonialoflice. Larl Fit zhardinge had an interview with Sir George Orey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Deputations from the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and from the Direct London and Portsmouth Rail way Companies, consisting of Mr. ()retired], M P., Mr. rat ion!, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Wilkinson, Captain llotharn, and Mr. Baines, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Stroll, on Satorday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade. The deputations were accompaaied by Mr. Borchelt and Mr. Kilgour, solicitors for the companies, Mr. Youncr, the secretory of the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company, and Mr. C. Parkes, the parliamentary agent. The interview was on the subject of th- companies' bills before parliament. Deep Itches from the Governors of New South Wales and New Zealand were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Despatches for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were sent off un Saturday evening from the ColJnial office. . Lord Monteagle had an interview on Friday with the R.ght lion. E Strutt. The Duke of Wellington attend( d the early service yest. rda‘ in the Chanel Royal, St. James's. The Marquis of Donqral succeeds Lord Falkland as Captain of the Yeomen of the 0 utrd to her Majesty. CABINET COrNClL.—Summon-es were issued on Saturday to the members of the Cabinet fur a Council on Wednesday next. ANNIVERSARY OF HER NIAJF.STY'S WEDDING-DAY. —The eighth anniversary of her Majesty's marriage will be celebrated at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday neat, when her Majesty will give a grand banquet and CVCGIOg party. Invitations have been bsued from tee Lord Steward's-office to nearly one hundred royal and diqinguish.d personages. Alter the hinquat, Sophoeles' tragedy of " (Edipus," inter spersed with Mendelssohn's music (to be performed by the Qaeen's private band, assi.tcd by several members of the Philharmonic t •cietv, will be read by Mr. Bartley before ber Majesty and the royal and illustrious guests, in the Pic ture Gallery, which is now being arranged fur that pur pcee und, r the superintendence of Mr. Lyons, the inspector of Buckingham Palace. SUPPLY OF GAS INNIAHYLESONE. The parochial committee of St. 31arylehone having passed a resolution that the whole of the committee, con sisting of about SOO rote payers, he requested to form a de putation, to urge the vestry to confirm the report ot the gas committee giving the Western Gas-light Compaay per mission to lay their mains in the parish, a tattling of the vestry tuoi place oa Saturday, at the Cot.rt-house, iu Mary lebone lace, for the purpose of considering the question,which seemed to recite gnat interest, as there was an unusually large attendance of vestrymen. w hile numbers of rate payers were dirappointed in obtaining admission to the gallery, which was densely crowded at au early hour, The rector, the Rev. Dr. Spry, was in the chair, and amongst the veetryten n were Mr. flume, ; Sir J. laPTaggart, M.l'. ; Mr. Plowden, M.P. ; Mr. J. Williams, M.P. ; Lord Montfort ; Sir J. liamOnen, Bart.; Sir W. Stirling, Bart- • J. R. Todd, Esq. • H. Tharkeray, Km. ; P. Laurie, E-q. ;J. F. Stanford, Esti., ate. Sir B. Ball, Dart, M.l'., and Lord D. Stuart, M.P., were also present. A. letter bevies been read from the soli; itor of the Western Gas Company, coetradicting some statements which had been made at a former meeting of the vestry respecting the finances of that company, the deputation referred to were called in, when Mr. GARNETT (as chairman) addressed the vestry, and forcibly urer, el what he termed the right of the race-p len to he freed from the monopoly the Imperial Gas Company, by admittinz the Western Gas Company into competition with it. fn .eed, the advantages of competition had already been greatly des( loped, for the Imp. rod Comp ,ny,siuce the starting of the other, had reduced the price ot their gas from 7.. to Ga. per thouaattl feet ; and as even at this reduer .1 rate they could still afford to pay their shareholders 6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 3 p'T cent., without infrtnging on their reeerved fund of 200,0001., it was evident that they had hitherto been mulcting the gas consumers of Marylehune. Mr. Beacon (another member of the deputation) alluded to the opposition given to the Western Gas Company by gent! , men connected with the manufacture of candles ; but he was nut surprised at it, for if that company were in operation nine tenths of the parishi men would burn gas instead of candles, because then they could get a clean and wholesome article at a cheap rate. Mr. FRAMPTON (al.° of the deputation) defended the West rn Company from the charges that had been made against it. Ile denied that it was a babble company, and in refutation pointed to its works at Kensall-green, erected at a cost of 40,000/. The deputation having concluded, the large body of rate payers woo had attended were, on th e motion of Mr. Sores, permitted to remain during the die usaion in tho board room, the condition being that they were to take no part in the proceedings. Mr. G. DANIELL rose to move that the minute adopting the report of the gas committee be nut confirmed. His first around of el jection was that the Western Company was not in a condition to lay down their mains all over the pariah, and that if they were allowed to come in and take any par ticular district it was not fair competition. (Hear, and oh). Be denied that any company could light such a parish as Marylebone with one gasometer. The Imperial Company had laid their mains in less than four months, but the Western Company could not specify any time for doing so. He believed that their proposal to supply the parish with gas manufactured from cannel coal was a delusion. (Hear, hear, and no.) Again, the report gave power to this company to light with same cquivalt nt for gas. The term " equivalent " might moan anything or nothing. lie had been told that it mea n t naphtha. Now naphtha had been tried on the Southampton estate, in the adjoining parish of St. Pancras, and was found au great a failure that the inhabi tant' refused to pay their rates if it was continued. After deprecating the policy of the vestry in dealing with a com pany not incorporated by set of parliament, Mr. Daniell called upon them not to suffer themselves to be diet sted to, but to act for the benefit of the great body of rate-payers by rejection this report. Mr. PLOW nEN, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. Soucy supported the confirmation of the report. Mr. SreveNe and Mr. STANFORD said, they would vote agaiust the report. Mr. Hesse, M.P., said that, having had much to do with the question of gas io discharging hi. parliamentary duties, he thought himself qualified to give an opinion on the sub ject, which wae certainly one of areal publtc importance. (Hear, Is ar.) It was pretty well known that he was the friend of free teed. end for competition generally, and, therefore, they had a right to expect he would be so in the article of gun (Hear.) As chairman of the committee on private bills, he found that in gas, as well as hi other eons. modities, there was a vast difr Fence in the charges of various parts of the country. In some pl Los communities were Used 25 per cent., fu others 10 and 12 per cent. more than they ought to be, whilst others obtained it as low as per thousand feet, at the same time enabling the manufac turers to derive a fair profit. Knowing this, therefore, when he first heard of the Western Gas Co., he was meet anxious for their AUCCe.t, and star d that when the proper time came they should have his earnest co-operation. He need not tell the vestry the tight Le had to prevent the amalgamation and the monopoly ot the water companies, and he was equally opposed to the monopoly of gas companies. The question was, were the Western Company, at the present moment, in a position to fulfil the contract they had undertaken ? The day had gone by when bubbles could be aupporhd—not that he meant to imp'y, for one moment, that such was the case with the Western Gas Company. He, on the contrary, lauded them for coming forward ,• but when they found the opinion of the parish so nearly balanced as it appeared to be, he would put it to them whether it would not be wise to wait until they were in a better position. He would ask the vestry not to dismiss the Western Company entirely, but to non-confirm the report. Mr. P. LAURIE concurred in the su2gestion of the hon. member, as prudent, in the absence of evidence as to the capabilities of the company, or as to the numoer of shares sold. Mr. Casa observed that 8,000 shares had been sold, and 91. paid on them, and there were, in his opinion, no such difficulties as some gentlemen seemed to think, to prevent the company from doing tall they undertook to do. Mr. J. Wauswa, M.P., said that, as one of the largest gas consumers in Marylebone, he was of course desirous to see competition, in order to obtain a supply at as cheap a rate as possible. (Hear, hear.) A friend of free trade in the most extended sense, he was an opponent of monopoly in gas, and that being the case, he WAS prepared to give the Western Company his most cordial support, but as he did not think they were yet in a position to carry out the works, he should s_capport the non-confirmation of the report. Mr. W. WILLIAMS (late M.P. far Coventry) concurred in all that bad fallen from Mr. Hume, and urg ed the Western Company to withdraw for the present. Mr. WEAKLY did not think the Western Company was being fairly dealt with by those gentlemen who withheld their support on the ground that they were unable to per form their contract, because if they failed to do so the vestry had its remedy in the power it possessed of enforcing penal ties. (Hear.) Alter a few other remarks from various speakers * di vision took place, and the numbers being equal (4d on each side) the chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the non-confirmation of tie report, at the same time observing, that he considered it the duty of a chairman, when he found the parties equally balanced, so to vote as to give an oppor tunity of reoonaid.,ring the question. The pro.eedings then terminated. THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—On Saturday morning, a deputation of the General Shipowners' Society went up to the Admiralty to state their views respecting the anticipated repeal of these laws.—ln the evening, a meeting was held at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road, to consider how • determined resistance to the repeal of the navigation laws should be exhibited; Lieut. Smith, R.N., in the chair. He said that the repeal would bring 290,000 English sailors and their families to beggary. There were 150,000 English already in the American navy, and the vat would soon be driven away. The following resolutions were passed:— " That this meeting perceives with surprise and indignation the attempts now making to repeal the navigation laws, for the avowed purpose of substituting foreign for British sea men, and reducing them to a level with the worst paid and worst fed men in the world." Captain Bourchett Seconded the resolution. He was a sailor he had served as a cabin boy, and stood upon the quarter-deck, aid he knew that it was impossible, considering the burthens the British ship owner and seamen bad to bear, by direct or indirect taxa tion, to compete with the foreigner. The effect of any alte ration in the navigation laws would be to drive the ship owner to a foreign port to build, and to employ his seamen. It was said that foreigners could not compete in the coal trade ; but give them the privilege, and see how soon they will avail themselves of it. If we are to have equality, let us begin at the root, and not at the branches. " That the captains of all vessels now in the river (that those who are ready for sea be requested to delay) do lend their boats and union jacks to their crews in order to pass up the river in procession . by boats (having been refused per mission by the Lord Mayor to pass through the City of Lon don) to convey the seamen's memorial to her Majesty." The procession will form at Id o'clock on Wednesday, at the Shad well entrance to the London Docks, and the boats having union jacks at the stern, the men wearing blue jackets and white trowsers, with a blue ribbon, inscribed the " navigation laws" round their hate, will, accompanied by steamers with bands of music, proceed in procession up the river to Westininster.bridge, where they will land, and making a detour of the principal thoroughfares at the West end, present the memorial to Lord John Russell, at White hall. THE MIRFIELD MURDERO.—The following corre spondence respecting the respite of MtCabe, addrersed to Mr. Jackson, of York, the attorney for the prisoner, by his counsel, Mr. R. Matthews, and by Mr. Phillips, of the Rome-ollice, explains the dreamt/meta under which the re- pries e was grained Brick-court, Temple, London, Dec. 31, ISM—Dear Sie, i beg to thank you for your communication, received tbia morning, enclosing Reid's statement. You have already learned that M'Cabe is repels I The- is all that coukl be expected in the first instance ; but I have good 1 reason for believing (though I hare no *wearily to so eu ) that the reprieve will ultimately hr followed by an entire pardon. I had a e.ennownication from Mr. Justice Patterson, In which he states that he tepee wl an acquittal, and woe ainapprinted by the verdict, and that lie believes M'Cabe to be innoceM. be reds is a private communion. tion to me, you will oblge me by not making It public for the me i...M.-I.M, Re., K. AI All 11.1,...-: 2 lt, D. Jackson. Esq. The following is the official communication, from which it will he ran that the learned judge now views M'eabe as a participator:— Whitehall, lot February, lola. —Sir —I am dicest.l by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your latter of the 27tla nit, respecting the ease of hi icharl M'Cabe, who was convicted at the winter UP,l,ttlf boleti n for the county of York is December last, of murder, and eentenced to And I an to acquaint you that, rinse the trial, the ease of M'Cabe has been frequently under the eon sideration of the judge before whom the prisoner was tried, and he is of opinion that NUCebe ma- a participator in the crime, to a certain extent, and has reoommeneled that his sentence -hold be emomuted to transportation fur life tool that Sir (lenge Grey boo thereupon recommendisl the prisoner to her Mitkaity for the grant of a pardon twin that condition.-1 am, Sir, Sze., G. M. rIIII,I2,.—DAVIIII Jock son, E-q., NO. I, tiodrimioate, York. The second communication from Mr. Matthews throws some light upon the proceedings in reference to M'Cabe since the trial. It will he seen that a point has been made of the basket as spoken of by the girl Hallos, who, it will he remembered, stated she now the prisoners with their baskets on their arms under the apple-tree. The following is a copy: 1, brick.court, Temple, :d Feb., 'sta.—Reg. r. MT:Met—Dear Sir • I have been to the llousesiftlee, and have alto had amnia,. long in terview with Mr. Justice l'atteion upon this new. It appears that some further inquiries have been tuade-1 believe by the magi•tralcs In Yorkshire, and sent to the 11MI:1,0MM —MC etr,ct of whi c h is un fxroursb'eto Weabe ; and though the judge is still of opinion that the verdict is wrong, and ought to have been on the other side, net, as there it a verdict of guilty, he feels difficulty in saying, taking the fresh information to lai• correct, that she may not hare had name participation in the transaction, though no.. in the actual perpetra tion of the munfers; and hence he finds it a difficult matter to sustain Ida former requirement that 31•Calie should have a free pinion. This it Tomei-fly the thing I have all along been tearing, that something would be raked up, which, if true at all, ought whore been discovered before and produeed at the trial, and which we can have no 01,-atIS of rebutting. Whether such lamina.. Li-ye been made with a vie R , to elicit the real truth or to omtitui the verdict. I. not for Mc to say; but I understand that one part of the sew evidence in that, upon examination, the basket which is now in the poeseevicat of Mr. Ingham, the magistrate, ran he curried on the si in. I sin very scep tical upon that point, and must see it myself before I can believe that it could, in the ordinary no or and way, or peihaps in any wow, when Clb d with pots, cups, and mrtlem vessel. ' be so handled. The nawanaper you kindly forwarded is now in the hand. of Mr. Ju-tice l'atteson. I fear the result will be that M'Cabe slog, leave the country, poor fellow. I say, pane fellow, tor I still believe hint quite clear of this offence. If anything else tran.pire. I will let you know. —I am, Ise., O. MATTIIFW, —IL in J.tcloun, Esq. —P.S. M . Cabe's life is safe, there IT no fear upon that ground. PRESSURE OF TUE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY ON THE WORKING CLASSES.—We perceive that a portion of the daily press has at last declared itself against the adver tisement duty levied on newspap:rs, and we do think that if governnit nt can consent to its entire or partial abititien they will confer a greats r boron on the industrious classes then men in a high sphere are likely to be aware of. We speak on this occasion more especially for gardeners who are out of place, and who are in a manner compelled by the necessity of their position to lay out tht it mon' y on advertisements. Unices they make it known to the public that they are reek ing for situations. they have little chance of procuring them, and no possible way is open to them except by way of silver • tinement. It is a tax they mutt pay—or starve. To the rich the sum of eighteen-pence, which is the amount levied bygovemmentupon each advertisement, may appear too small a matter to beef importance to the payer. De atinitais non carat les; and this duty may seem to rank among the minima. But it is not so ; it is quite the r. verse. Eighteen pence is three-quartets of a day's labour by a gardener out of l place, r Ten if he is so fortunate as to procure temporary em- I ployment ; and it is no trilling matter to be obliged to work hard for nine hours and a halt iii order to earn the right of saying—" I, Thomas Borneo, am thirty years old, have an excellent character, can the best references, and desire to find employment as a gardener." For permission to utter in public these two dozen words it is neceiteary to pay eighteen-pence, or three farthings per word. In addition to which, another eighteen-pence is paid fur the printing, paper, and public Alen expenses attending the advertisement: so that to reality one-fourth of a week's wages is absorb_ d by it. Let it Only be remembered that many gardeners arc obliged to advertise week after wet le, over and ore r again. bt•fore they can attract attention, and the sums levied upon them by the state will be seen to he an intolerable hue-then. Nor is the tax less worthyof condemnation, if we !egad the proportion which it bears to the other costs attending it. et nt. per cent is the government charge far short celverti.erneuts, a rate which, although &miller to financiers, is, we be Ilene and trust, unparalleled among taxes directly levied upon the indus trious cinema. A gardener who earn. 12s. a-week is taxed to the extent of one-eighth of his income if he ventures to nay in public that he wants • place; if he does not say an he must be contented, in a great majority ul case* ' to remain a labourer, be his merits what they navy. Such imposts no state necessity can justify NO long as earplug wealth exists elsewhere, and we confidently believe that it is only re quired to point them out in order to secure their total aboli tion.—Gardeners' it.%ILWAY ACCOUNT , .— Sir,—l have born a sub scriber and well-wisher to your )ournnl from the first day of its existence, and I always notice with regret any articles which I think relculated to Iml,-de its progress onward in public estimation. It is with this feeling I have read the as title, in this day's paper, upon " Railwaes and their Ao. counts ;" and, a'thiugh I take a view of the subject differ ent from the opinions there stated, I venture to hope you will not refuse to insert the present letter for the purpose of assisting to develop the truth upon a matter of such import ance, on whichever side the truth may.range. Your prin cipal point, which I ex , ract, runs thus The annu it ad ditions so that part of the capital on which a dividend is made are apportioned, as 1111 1 / 1 1001 to capital, upon a prin ciple perfectly clear and sound—the outlay required to com plete a given line fur the purposes it was founded to serve, and the enlargement of its permanent means of accommoda tion for an increasing business, whether in improved works, new stations, or a larger working establishment. • • • When the line is completed, as far as the original contributions will go, it it found that a further outlay will be needed to accommodate the business thoroughly, and render it more productive, • • • the object of the shareholders being simply to take care that the rate of profit from the extended business shall be such as to reward them fur the enlarged capital out lay. • • • It is precisely analogous to that of the merchant who finds a gnawing business deserve and de mand further supplies of capital to enable him to carry it on with spirit; of the manufacturer who has to increase his buildings or add to his machinery, in oruer to meet the mul tiplied orders of his customers. Now this mode of argu ment, treating assumed grounds as real, and drawing cora -1 elusions from them as if they were so, reminds me of the state of bewilderment int which certain scientific men were i once thrown by • problem which they had vainly endea voured to solve, and to which the whole learned body in question were challenged to ri ply. " How is it," so ran the problem. " that when a pail has been filled with water a plate may be gently sunk in it without spill , ing any ?" Many and profound were the solutions, most I overpowering the arguments upon which those solutions were founded; still, nevertheless, a dissatisfied feeling seemed to linger among the disputants, tempting them to lay hold of every opportunity of endeavouring to convince themselves and others, by a repetition of their favourite ar guments. tinder the influence of this feeling a celebrated Scotch professor was seized while on a visit, hurried to the arena, and the question triumphantly administered. " Gen tlemen," said our Scotch friend, " I doot the fact." The charge made against directors of railway companies is, not that they have been continually increasing their capital to meet increased business, but that they have year alter year been stnktag funds upon lines long completed, that great portions of outlays have been such as should unques- THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1848. doughty have been deducted from the yearly earnings, large sums being continually required for renewing and replacing the "permanent means of aocommorlatioo," and that (admit ting their title to be considered additions to capita') the profits have not been increased by the increased outlay. Ido not state that the above charges are true (most sincerely do 1 hope that they are not), but it is undeniable that statements of accounts, purporting to be the official accounts returned to government by various companies, have been in print for some time, and umontradieted by any of the companies in uestion. If these statements are incorrect, the companies alluded to ere bound, in justice to their shareholders, fully to confute these charges ; but if they are what they . prates to I be, the company's own figures, there cannot remain a doubt in the mind of any dispassionate reader that the Times and itaeorrespondent are right in their conclusions. That the greater number of railway shareholders are ignorant of the true position of these undertakings is pretty evident, end that many railway directors are not would appear almost equally so ; but it by no means follows that the latter are indifferent to the fact. Let it be remembered that all the parties attending a railway meeting are interested in keep- ' tog up the market value of their shares, and it will readily be seen bow difficult it must be to get at the truth lat such timer if that truth threatens to be unpalatable. The question is one which • short time must answer; but, while the matter is involved in doubt thousands will be ruined ; nor can this create wonder, when we consider how eagerly all the companies are endeavouring to raise money. Mean while, however, one can only hope that public attention, as well as that of railway shareholders, may be so drawn to the subject that, at er immediately after the various meetings about to be held this month, such clear and ample state ments may be produced as shall satisfy the public either for or against the security and profit of these undertakings.— No Sitaisnworxeu.—London, Feb. 2, 1848. Loss OF A WHALING SHIP, AND MURDER OF THE Cazw.—Letters were received on Saturday at Lloyd's, dated Sydney, August 17, communicating the total lots of the barque British Sovereign, • whaling ship, Capt. W. H. Jones master, on the eastern side of the Sandwich Islands, and the reported horrible massacre by the natives of nearly the whole of the ship's crew. The vessel left Sydney on the Bth of January last for New Zealand, and thence to the South Sea islands. In the course of the passage she called at the island of Thanna, where she shipped about twenty of the natives, to assist in procuring sandal wood. The captain then determined to make for Sandwich, first sending back the natives to Thanna in the ship's boat, in charge of the chief mate and several of the mn. The ship left Erromanga on the evening of the 23rd of April, and at day-break the next morning (the 24th) she was found to be close in upon the eastern coast of Sandwich. She was immediately hauled on a wind, and two boats were lowered for the purpose of keeping her off the land, but being within the influence of the ground swell the h ate hail no effect upon her, and she soon struck on a rock, within a cable', length of the shore. She then fell on her broadside, and though her moots were cut, end every means adopted to save the vessel, she in • few hours broke up, and became a total wreck. For three days the crew remained near the wreck, in the hope of saving some of the stores, the natives behaving in the kindest manner. The captain and the crew, it should be observed, were rescued from the rocks by the natives, who threw ropes to them from the shore. Ihey wished them to remain, but it was considered expedient by the captain to make to the leeward harbour, to which ves sels resort in visiting the harbour. After about four days travelling they came to t bay on the south side of the island, where the natives appeared on the same friendly tarts. They gave them sugar canes and cocoa-nuts to eat, and the chief to whom hey were introduced took great liking to • child. a fine little bay, who was along with the captain. Amidst this apparent good feeling a tumult broke out among the natives, who fell upon the unfortunate crew, who were off their guard, end must of them were brutally slaughtered. The captain endeavoured to escape, and retreated into the waste. They were, however, too close upon him, and his skull was smashed in. The man Weir and three others suc ceeded in'getting clear by springing forward into the sea, and swimming to a canoe, with which they reached an adjacent island. The natives pursued them, and Weir's companions were overtaken, but their fates were unknown ; Weir con trived to conceal himself in the bush, where he remained for several clays. ortunately, the first day he ventured out to the beach the Nab- Its Anna hove in sight, when he swam off, and was picked up. The number supposed to have been massacred s' 9. The whaler was not insured.— Sataksy paper. FIRE IN THE HACKNET-ROAD.—Last night be tween ten end elects o'clock, a lire broke out upon the pre mises belonging to Mr. J. ha Ellis, a linendreper and silk mercer, at No. 6, Brightoe.place, Hackney-road. The discovery was made by some of the inmates whilst sitting in one of the lower rooms at supper. They immediately rushed to the front warehouse, which they found enveloped in a general mass of fire, hut by dint of extraordinary exertion some of the residents ran up stairs, and succeeded in rescuing the children. Several engines were soon on the spat. When the firemen came dawn, not a drop of water was flowing from the firemains in the district, and some time was neces sarily consumed whilst the brigade were looking for the plugs. At length they were found, and the same having been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, whicn wall scattered into the miast of the fame'. The fire during the interval the men were 'earthing fur water had gained con sideraely, end it was not until nearly twelve o'clock that it could be extinguished, when the valuable stock-in trade was almost consumed, and the ' , remises extensively dammed by fire. 'The origin of the disaster is enveloped in mystery. Mr. Edi.,'s loss will fall upon the Royal Exchange fire-office. EXPLOSION IN WOR.IIIP-STREET.—Yeaterday fore noon the utmod excitement was occasioned in the neigh bourhood of the Curtain-road sod Worship-street, by an ex plosion which might have been attended with disastrous consequences to lite and property. An explosion of gas took lilac: in the gas company's works, situate at the corner of the Curtain-rood, which blew the upper windowe out of one of the compartments in the yard, at the some time making a noise like the discharge of • pies of ordnance, and oh ,king the houses in the immediate district to their very foundations. Although several men were in the yard near the spot when the explosion occurred it is stated that not one received personal injury. INGIVEST, SATURDAY. —SUICIDE OF A BOT.—By Mr. Bedford, in the Millbank prison, on the body of William Baker, aged 16, who destroyed himself while there incarcerated.—Capt. Groves, the governor, stated that the deceased was convicted at the Colchester sessions in Be. comber of stealing three sixpences. He hid before been several times in custody, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. He was received in that prison on the fist of January, and placed in separate confinement. About seven on Thursday evening last he heard the deceased had hanged himself.—Mullins, the keeper, under whose charge the prisoner was placed, said he had observed nothing pecu liar in the deceased's manner, but when he cut his hair he cried very much. On Thursday evening he saw him in his cell, about half-past six, when he then appeared sewing. In half an hour afterwards he discovered that he had sus pended himself by some thread to the bar of the window. On the deceased's slate he had written " Lord have mercy upon us ! Christ have mercy--" and he appeared to have broken off in the sentence.—Mr. Hale, the reddent surgeon, said upon going to the cell he tried to produce respiration artificially, but without success. He then had the body placed in a warm bath, and finding there was some stoppage at the top of the windpipe he opened it, and by that means tried to induce breathing, hut, although he infl iced the lungs, it had no the desired effect. From the first he had no hope, but tried these means for his own satisfaction. — Verdict, "Temporary insanity." IRELAND. - Drams, FEB 5. ALTAR DENUNCIATIONS REBUKED BY THE PROPAGANDA. _ . The annexed is ii;etrax --7 siiiiion of an important rescript from the College de Propaganda Fide at Rome, condemnatory of altar denunciations. It is addressed by the Holy See "to some, if not all, of the catholic prelates of Ireland:" Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord,—The reports now for some months circulated by the English newspapers, con cerning the political party strifes in which some ecclesiastics have allowed themselves to he carried away, and the dese cration made of some o: the Irish churches, for the purpose of aidin. and promoting secular concerns—nay, more, the re ports which have reach , d us relative to the murders which we are informed ure so frequent, and by reason of which the clergy have been sti •matised, and some of them charged with imprudence, and as giving indirt ct provocasion from the put at least, extenu sting the g u Ito( t heie murders—these reports must surely awaken the solicitude of the sacred con gregation. This sacred coogr. gation cannot bring itself to b I have that such reports, au extensively noised abroa 1, can be true ; norcan it b lieve that ecclesiastics have forgotten that the church of God should lie the house of prayer—not of secular cescerns, or the meeting place of politicians; neither can the sacred congregation believe that ecclesiastics rave ceased to recollect that they are ministers of peace, dispensrs of the mysteries of God—men who should not involve them selves in worldly concerns—in a word, men wbo should abhor blood and vengeance. Nevertheless, this sacred congregas tion deems it its duty to require satisfactory and speedy in formation concerning all these matters, that it may know what importance it should attach to tha above. mentioned darunatory reports. Wherefore, at the suggestion of his holiness, I have deemed it my duty to forward this letter to your lordship, praying you to satisfy this most reasonable solicitude of the sacred congregation ; and meantime it ex horts you to admonish the clergy, that, seeking the things which are of Jesus Christ, they sedulously apply themselves to watch over the spiritual interests of the people, and in nowise mix themselves up with worldly affairs, in order that their ministry may not be brought into disrepute, and those who are against them may not have wherewith to charge them. I pray God long to preserve your lordship.—Rome, from the Congregation of the Faith, Jan. 3, 1848.—J. PH. CARD. FILAN6O"4I. It is understood that Chief Justice Doherty has declared he will not contest the university. Mr. Napier will have the support of the anti-national education party.. The Bishop of Cashel has declared for him. Mr. Mac Neil, the fellow who opposed Mr. Napier last election, will now support him ; but on the other hand, many of the law electors of the uni versity will go with Judge Keating. More than 20 of Mr. Doherty's friends promised him to-day. The peaceful halls of science should not be pro- faned with the riots and roots of election contests. So think the heads of our university ; and they think wisely. A document has just been issued suggesting such changes as will contribute to the more orderly conduct of elections, as well as to the maintenance of dignity and discipline in the university : first, that there be no personal canvass within the walls; secondly, no hustings speeches beyond the simple nomination ; thirdly, that the candidates, like the Queen's troops, do not appear within the 'precincts during the election. This sensible document is sigasd by five senior and twenty junior fellows. The Rev. J. H. Jellett has been elected professor of natural philosophy, in room of the late Professor Weullagh. Last night's Gazelle contains a proclamation offer ing a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the persons who poisoned the sister and brother-in-law of the late Rev. Mr. Maguire. THE " CONFEDERATION " hu had another long talk. Mr. Rots, of Bladenburg, late candidate far Mallow, sought to interpose the brazen shield of peace and order between the county and Mr. Mitchell's men-at.►rms and imaginary artillery ; but " the old gentleman with the %bite head " was saluted with loud shouts of " question," " time," and " order." All went on tolerably well in turbulence, but the great bomb was pitched by Mr. Fisher Murray into the confederate camp. He told the dilettante revolutionists some sound, sturdy truths. He demonstrated—moat un palatably to the quasi peace folk of the Nation—that its ancient principles were u truculent and its tendencies as anarchicii as the poor persecuted bantling of rebellion for which Messrs. Mitchell and Reilly stood sponsors. Mr. Murray differed from the whole troop of anarchist?, but in the spirit of fair play he would not suffer palpable trickery to strike down honesty, however criminal. This was a thrust at Duffy. Mr. Doheny came next, brimful of" peace and quietness." He did not understand that foolish paradox " armed opinion "—but then, " Oh give me but my Arab stte4:l" only give Mr. Doheny the " time and any thief like the circumstances," and he would realise " the opinion of a general at the head of his columns." In such clamourous nonsense the whole night was spent. The de cision will be taken on this night's debate. One good re sult of all this huge folly will be to open the eyes of the country, and let in on them the light of common sense. People see how they have been pushed to the edge of re bellion by the gasconades of the Nalion, and when the cause is menaced with demolition, how coolly it turns round and prod iims a new creed. Mr. Mitchell is not quite so mad as you imagine. He makes a noise now to attract public at tention to his "united Irishmen," which he is very likely to accornplisb. After he has succeeded in boring a hole through the Nation, he will be just as peaceable as Mr. Duffy him self. The adjourned debate of the " confederates " to-day terminated in the adoption of the " peace retolutions," though the minority of revolt was tolerably strong. The numbers were—for O'Brien, 344; Mitchell, ISt—majority against the Gallowglase encampment, 12.6. So we are to have peace for ...bile, and there will be no armed allies to " repel " the French invasion when it comes. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, FEB. 4. Yesterday Mr. Syme delivered his valedictory lec tures in the Edinburgh infirmary, previous to leaving for London. He stated that his principal reason for accepting a clinical chair in University Hospital was a persuasion that he would be able fully to carry out his plans for the relief of the sick poor, and for the instruction of the student. In concluding he touched briefly, but pointedly, on the difficulties thrown in the way of surgical teaching in Edinburgh. Burke's house in the West Port here, so notorious for its dissection murders, is now bereft of all attrac tion for the Ainsworth school, and its slimy hue gone, we trust, for ever—the veritable deu being used as the kitchen of the Victoria lodging-house. Two of these establishments are in the West-port, and, together with Dr. Chalmers 'd church, arc doing much good in the locality. About thirty thousand single night's lodgings are given in these establishments annually. On Wednesday Nelson's monument on t he Calton hill was let for 801. los. This architectural abortion has been used at the top for signals for shipping, and at the bottom as a resturant. A party who was to give astronomical exhibitions at the summit offered 601., but ginger-beer and lollypop cart ied the day. A correspondent of the Edinburgh Adrertiser com plains much of the want of lighthouses in Zetland, and ascribes many of the late shipwrecks on that coast to the scarcity of beacons. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. SUICIDE Or A PUBLIC OFFICER.—On Friday it was diseovered that J. Forrest, Esq., Deputy-Prothonotary of the Common Pleas of Lancahirt, had met with his death by his own hand. The unfortunate gentleman was about sixty vears of age, and had held the situation of Deputy. Prothonotary for above twenty years. An inquest was held the same day, when Mr. Dixon, surgeon, said—On Sunday lust I attended the deceased prof esionalle, and continued to see him twice a day from that time until last night. I ob served that he was subject to great depression of spirit., con sequent upon a deranged state of the digestive organs, and fancied himself much worse than he really was, and c insi dared himself unlikely to recover. On calling at his lodgings this morning I went un stairs to his ' bedroom. The door was closed ; I culled to him repeatedly by name, and knocked loudly at the 1 door, hut received no answer. I feared something wrong had occurred, and I burst open the door. Upon entering the room I found him lying in bed, dead and cold. The room was too dark for me to see plainly, and I raised the window blind, and I then saw thatthe throat of the deceased was cut. I found the case of razors had been taken from the drawer, in his bedroom. One had been withdrawn, and the case with the others lay on the drawers, abort five feet from where the deceased was lying.' The bed candle had been evidently put out early, the extinguisher being upon the candle. In my opinion the state of the deceased's health and his inability to attend to his business had so preyed upon the mind of the deceased, as to have caused him to get out of I bed, from inability to sleep, in a state of temporary insanity, to destroy himself. V erdtct—" Temporary insanity." ARE FARMERS' 'MANCRE HEAPS LEGALLY A NUISANCE ?—On Taesday last an inquiry took place before the magistrates assembled in petty kAsIMIS at Preseot, as to I the liability of farmers to legal penalties for collecting large masses of manure on their lands. The i iforma , ion upon which t , e proceedings were founded was that of the board of guardians for the Preecot Union, end it set forth that there was an accumula , ion of offensive and noxious matter situate on the east side of the New-road, leading from Lyiliate-lane, in Halewood, to Wright's Farm, and also another such accu mulation on the east or south-rest side of Gerrat's.lane, leading from Halewood-green to Wood-lane, in the township of Li , tle Wootton ' both of which were the property of It. Neilson, Esq. A harrister app aced in support of the com plaint, and Mr. Neilson conducted his own case in person. The learned counsel stated that he should be able to show that Mr. Neilson's manure beeps were the greatest possible nuisance to the neighbourhood, and, in his opi nion, the mere representation to Mr. Neilson that such was the case, ought to have caused their imme diate removal. He proceeded to say that information had been laid under the Nuisance Act, passed in August, 1846, and, in this case, the board of guardians were pointed out by the act as the proper prosecutors. Evidence would be ' given that fur a considerable time matter of an offensive nature had been brought to the farm, consisting of fish, offal, and carrion, which was procured by the defendant from the persona who had the care of the markets in Liverpool. The large heaps of putrefying matter had been placed upon the farm, from which malaria arose of a most injurious kind. An act had been passed for preventing such mischiefs as were likely to accrue under such circumstances, and the bench were called upon to interfere for the preser vation of the health of this most respecsable locality. Mr. Pearson, surgeon, said the heap near Lydiate-lane tainted the whole atmosphere around, and could be emelt very strongly a quarter of a mile off. Inhaling it at that distance would be likely to induce disease. The heap consisted of putrid fish and other material., and generated gases injurious to human life. There were two cottages not many yards from it.—Mr. R. Itigg, surgeon, di posed that the manure heap near Gerret's-lane was com posed of horse manure, oyster shells. fi.l2, and offal, and it cove out gases which, if constantly inhaled, would be preju dicial to health. He could perceive the smell about a mile off, and the heap was within twenty yards from some cot tages. It was within 250 yards from the high road, and within ten yards of James Ireland's cottage.—B. Wray, a cottager on the premises of Mr. Steer ; .1. Ireland, the owner of five cottages at Halewood-green ; J. Gore, of Halewood, and T. Webster, butcher, gave similar evidence to that of the medical witnesses as to theoffensivenets of the manure heaps. I Mr. Neilson addressed the court in his own defence. Ile I I said he occupied rather len than 300 sans of land, which he farmed as high as he could, and consumed generally upon it from 2,500 tens to 3,000 tons of manure annually. He could , not make this quantity, and therefore he was compelled to I purchase a certain portion, say about 1,500 tons. This he got as cheap as he could, and about three years ago he had entered into a contract with the market committee of Liver- pool to take all their refuse, consisting of vegetables, I oranges, straw, fish, &c. This he was obliged to deposit i on his land, and he had endeavoured to keep it as free from 1 nuisan. e as possible, and he could call evidence to show that no nuisance to certain cottages arose from it, as had been stated. He received a respectful letter from the board of guardians, to which he returned as respectful an answer, and immediately gave orders to his bailiff to Femme it, and it was carted away into the centre of a lot of fields coverlet over 100 acres. This was the tint heap com- ' i plained of, and on receiving the medical certificate, the se- I 1 cond was removed also, agreeing to a certain extent that such heaps might be injurious to health, but placing little 1 importance on the probability of any one asserting that a nuisance could emanate from a manure heap placed in the Imiddle of a farmer's fields. So far from it being injuriotu to health, he would call the man before the court who was in the habit of turning the manure over, and he would state that his health was not at all affected by it, and he would rather have that employment than any other which could be found him upon the farm. After other observations upon the fallacy of attributing the propagation of disease to this cause, Mr. Neilson asked who was the real prosecutor in this case? Who was the real Simon Pure? Not the Board of Guardians. It was his neighbour, Mr. Steer, who had put forward the Board of Guardians as his representa tives, and preseuted himself on this occasion with an array of legal talent—one learned counsel and two attorneys—in order to establish, what ? Why, all that had been said only went to prove that a muck heap stank. (Laugh ter.) Mr. Neilson then went on to contend that this act of parliament was only intended for the prevention of nni sancta in crowded plates, and districts thickly inhabited. It never was meant to reach rural district', much less to in terfere with the foundation of a farmer's prosperity. When he had entered upon his farm seven years ago, the tithe wu only 91. lOs , while the amount of wages paid upon it annually was lets then 1001. He had drained, thrown down the fences, and converted three fields into ten ; and, last year, if kis tithe had not been commuted, he should have been liable to a charge of 971. 10s. for corn alone. In' 1 twelve sleuths, too, he had paid 9121. 10s. Cid. in labo ' wage., independent of team labour, having given regular weekly employment to 31 people, men, women, and chil dren, whose wages averaged from 4s. to 151. Mr. Steers and Mr. Pearson might not have enjoyed their dinners so well as formerly, their appetites might have been disturbed; but he would ask the bench to look at the great amount of comfort and independence which it afforded to the lets pam pered of the surrounding population. He concluded by saying he should call persons to prove that they had not felt these manure heaps any nuiiance and that they were not aware of any sickness having arisen from the gas with which the air was in consequence impregnated.—Jahn Robinson, wheelwright, John Ashton, Margaret Norris, and Henry Aspinall, were examined by the defendant to prove that they had suffered no annoyance from living in proximil to these manure heaps, nor had their healths been affected by them—Mr. Blair then replied upon the whole case, taking particular pains to show that there was nothing in the act which excluded this ease from the jurisdiction of the court. Ile said the object of the act, as specified in the title, was the removal of nuisance" in any city, borough, or place, of course trending to any place within the range of human habita tions. In the absence of any town council, trustees, or com missioners, it wu thrown upon the board of guardians to take the initiative, as in this case. He submitted that it was altogeher immaterial to the ease that this farming was profitable, whether to Mr. Neilson or to those he employed; but it was the duty of the magistrates to take care that the health of the neighbourhood was not eadangered. Mr. Neilson had boasted of the large quantity of manure he used, but in his opinion that only showed the very great ex tent of the nuisance. He remarked though there were some persons who had not felt the mischi:vous influence of this malaria, yet at the same tin.e it might gradually be impair ing their health without their immediately perceiving it. In conclusion, he said he would merely observe that Mr. Neaten had in fact pleaded guilty to the charge made against him, by having partially removed it.—Mr. Neil son : I did not admit that I have caused any nuisance.— Mr. Blair: You admit it by taking it awey.—Mr Neilsen:' . I did that out of courtesy to the certificate I received.—Mr. Blair I wish your courtesy had extended to the other, and I that you had removed the cause of complaint altogether.— Mr. Neilson: Where am I to put it ?—Colonel Williams (magistrate): The cane is now closed on both tides. The defendant rests his argument upon the fact that he is an improver as well as a cultivator of the land, of which he is*. very eminent example. There is no man I know to whom the public are under greater obligations for the system of improvement which he has adopted, and I think iu all eases of great improvement great allowance ought to be made; but when thin cannot be done without causing a public nuisance, injurious to the health of the community, then, I I say, a power must step in to put a stop to it, whether it is profitable to the improver or not. We must consider the I comfort of the neighbourhood ; and, if I may be allowed to speak for myself, living within the influence of that odour, when I go into the atmosphere I can tell how the wind blows—my trite rion as to the elate of the wind is the smell which ari-es from that quarter. Whether it is injurious is the health or not I do not think is important, but persons are not to have their senses offended for the profit or occupation of any other individuals whatever. The case being closed, a question has arisen about the ,inrisdie lion. I am satisfied the law has provided for this case, and if it had not it ought to have provided, for the health and comfort of village in, as well as of those living in crowded towns. This neighbourhood is becoming more populous, and I do not ace that its health should he invaded by the operations of a great improver.— Mr. Taylor suggested that they (the magistrates) should take the opinion of Mr. Cream, their legal adviser, as to whe ther the term " place " in the act would apply to this nui sance.--Mr. Cross said he was of opinion, on the quertion of law, that the bench had no right to mike any order. The words in the statute were "town, city, borough, or pla:e," end it had been decided that a term, such as " place," fol lowing any specific words, could only be applied in connexion with the preceding words. It had been decided in the Court of Queen's Bench, in a description of the classes of in. dieilluals affected by the Masters and Servants Acts, that the term "all other persons " meant pereons of the same de scription as those before particalainied. Adopting the same kind of construction, the term " place " must mean some place similar to " town, borough, city," the words prece ding.—The bench then decided by a majority of three to one (Colonel William) that they had no jurisdiction, and dim mi-sed the information. - 611BRIDGE-SIIIRE, A I).tttisc BURGLARY was c ommitted last week at the house, a lone one, of Mr. Mitchell, a stock.jobber. Had denham. At about midnight, live men with disfigured faces, and otherwise disgui.ed, forced their way into the house; Mr. Mitchell got up, and demanded their business, when he was felled to the ground with • bludgeon ; they made him get into hed, and with dreadful imprecations threatened his life if he attempted to give any alarm. They then pram eded to secure Mr, Mitchell and the other in mates, by fastening them on their several beds with ropes; and as a further safeguard, threw their wearing apparel into the street. They thes. demaeded of Mr. Mitchell his money, and he told them it, was in his small clothes, from which they took a putt containing three sovereigns; they said they must have more, and eventually found a purse in the breast pocket of a coat, from which they took three 101. and Fix 51. DOW, and a check for 21. Ss. Gd. ; they then asked where the victuals and drink were, and helped them selves to what they liked. They then provided themselves with pipes and tobacco, and quietly smoked and chatted till three o'clock; and, as Mr. 'Mitchell sleeps on the ground floor, he was subject to the annoyance of the sight of these ruffians during the whole time. At length the fellows con descended to leave. Shortly after their disappearance, a young man happehed to call at the house, and ot cowrie in st fitly released the inmates from their painful and galling position, and, with the constable, a pur nit was commenced; on theft way they picked up a black shawl belonging to Mrs. Mitchell, and they tracked the thieves to Bluntisham, where all trace was lost. On Monday, the news of the robbery was brought to the Cambridge station, with as tolerable a destriptiou of the perpetrators as could be given of them under the cir cumstances. On Tuesday morning Inspector laggard met a surnicieualooking man walking with a girl, named Woods, towards the railway. He asked his his name and vocation, and his answers being evasive and unsatisfactory, be took him to the station-house, when he gave his name as Wil liamson, or something similar to it, and deeareel that be bad only 61. in the world. On crossing Christ Pieces, however, he gave his bundle to the girl and darted off, but the In spector was expert, and speedily overtook him. A further search, however, proved that he had two sovereigns, and the inspector detained him. Inquiry was instituted by the police, and it was discovered that the same man had slept the night in Barnwell, with a woman to whom he had given a silver watch and two handsome silk handkerchiefs. He was brought before the magistrates on W. dnesclay morning, when the inspector asked for a remand, stating he had reason to suspect that the man was implicated in the Madden ham robbery. The accused, however, stoutly denied any knowledge of the affair, declaring that his name was Hart, and that he never was at Iladdenharn. Inspector Jageerd said there was one coincidence he would just mention. The day before the robbery at Iladdenharu a man, answering the description of this person, called at Mr. Mitchell's with needles for sale—when he was takea into cus tody he hal a packet of needles in his possession. The bench agreed to the remand ; and notice having been sent over to Ely of his detention, policeman Le. s came over, and identified some of the property found upon Hart as that stolen from Mr. Mitchell's. On Thursday, Inspector Thresher brought a tall man, who, gave the name of Manning, before the bench, on suspicion of being one of the Haddent am burglars. lie denied it, but admitted that he was at Bigglt swede on Monday, when a man about his own size came into • public-house he was staying at, and, after having some refreshment, procured change for a 101. note (which is proved to be one of Mr. Mit:M.ll'o. He had Lever seen the man before, and that was all he kne w of the circumstance. The bench gave an order for both men to he directly conveyed to Ely as the bench were sitting there. When it was known at Ely that two men were brought to the Shire-hall, on suspicion of being part of the gang, great excitement prevailed, and the hall was crowded by hundreds of persons. So soon as Mr. Mitchell now Hart he rejoiced exceedingly, exclaiming, " I don't care about my money, now ; that's one of the men, I'll swear." The Bench urged him to be quiet ; and he afterwards said, " when we were tied in bed, and I saw one of the fellows draw his knife, sharpen it on his shoe, and try the edge on his thumb, I thought tt was all ever; I male sure he was going to cut our throats ; but he only cut the ends of the ropes we were tied with." The Bench remanded Hart tiU Monday; and offered to take bail for Manning's appearance that day ; but, as he could not obtain it, he was remanded also. An active search is still continued, and it is expected that one or two of the other men are by this time in custody, information having been obtained of their whereabouts. Pa ans. THE BRITI3II EisTlTt TION. The exhibition of modern masters at the British Institution, opened to the public this day, is, just what we had been led to espect it would be, only a very average col lection at the best, and chiefly of an inferior class of art. Except a large and somewhat clear picture of Sir George Hay ter, of " Joseph interpreting the Dream of the Chief Baker," there is little or nothing attempted in the higher style. Our artists sickened or exhausted with their three years' exertion, at Westminster. hall, have abandoned scripture and history, returned once more to cows, horses, and green lanes, and ceased to think of halls of parliament and galleries to be erected for the purpose of preserving the noble performances of our island school. Some of the old exhibitors have, moreover, ceased to exhibit in the room wherein their reputations were acquired. So that the present collection, with the exception of a few established veterans, is chiefly supported by the pencils of a younger race—some already known, and others deserving to be known. The strength of the exhibition is in its landscapes. Stan field exhibits "A Saw Mill at Saardam," a mall picture, very unlike his usual manner, but good in itself, and boldly and effectively treated. Lee has " A Highland Lake," with some dead trees in the foreground, and a thick dark wood on the right of the composition, so an-Lee-like in character that without the catalogue it would be difficult to recognise his hand in any part of it. We see him, however, in his own character in No. 313, " A Shady River—Summer," and No. 435, " Falls of the River Ogwen, North Wales," two very careful statics from nature, though somewhat cold Ltd green, the usual defects of his style, for Mr. Lee is a painter who loves to sit and paint By shallow rivers, to whore falls Melodious birds sing maihigals. Ile is never in sunny fields or sun-bright summits. and seems to love light itself only as it is seen in a chequered character through the rich foliage of wide-spreading oaks and lofty elms. Mr. Denby, A.R.A., has two small pictures; one " A Calm after a heavy Gale off Bury Head," bea utiful, though perhaps too blue ; and the other called „ Twilight with the Rising Moon," a rich effect of evening, recalling an admirable picture of the same artist in one Of the recant Royal Academy exhibitions. Mr. Creawick, who ovals Mr. Lee in his love of sequestered quarters, exhibits, No. liT " A Glade in Merric Sherwood i" No. 287, "An A•ternoma in Autumn ;" and No. 448, •• Dorothea " The glade is somewhat cold and hard, though careful in execution ; the fern, we may add, is excellent. Mr. Sydney Cooper ex hibits perhaps the beet picture he ever painted, No. Lffi, "• River Scene—Evening," so Cuyp-like in conception and execution, so truthful and so sunny, that it is in its way the very perfection of this kind of painting. We have copied Mr. Cooper's name, but a better description would be " Three Cows in a Landscape—Evening." A small upright picture by the same artist, No. 96, " Cattle Reposing," sad consisting of a cow and two sheep, will repay attention : it larks, however, that warmth of landscape which gives so charming an effect to his larger picture. We have now to speak of exhibitors in the landscape line who are not members or even associates of the Royal Academy; and here in the first place the pre eminence is due to as* of Mr. Danby's for No. 183, "Snowdon, from near Teems doe, North Wales," a fine poetic and suggestive picture, warmly and truthfully painted; if we must add a fault, in parts perhaps a little too yellow. After young Mr. Denby we would certainly place Mr. Lhonell on account of No. 49, " The lent Gleam before the Storm," a rich autumnal land seape, conscientiously painted in every part with a gathering cloud sailing (it almost moves) over the last gleams of a bright blue sky. One may almost hear the drops palter oft the leaves before the cloud bursts upon the scene. Me. Pyne supplies a well-chosen and well-painted view on the Yorkshire coast (Na. 247); Mr. Bright, 4. A • bit,' from a sketch near Balton, Yorkshire," only a " bit" fie foot and • half by two feet), but beautifully broad, bold, and :trues Mr. E. W. Cooke, renouncing the unusual blues of his lot year's pictures, has returned once more, we are glad to think, to full spread sails and waves that you ein look into. Ho is varied, too, in his scenery, finding his sulijeets in Italy, in Holland and at home • and what excellence he can attain, even on a small scale, his " %sondem, Holland," N... 3GI, 12 inches long by four inches deep, is an admirable distance. As clever in their way, in the same line of art, we may locu tion a " View in North Wales," by Mr. Cobbitt, mush in the manner of Mr. J. W. Allen's picture se the Suffolk street exhibition of last year; a " View in South Wales, " by Mr. Tennant, poetic and promising a" Highland Land scope," by the late William Simson ; • picture or two by Linton; a " View at Ambleteuse, near 1301114(11e," by young Mr. Stonfield ; and one or two good circular views in Venice, in Mr. Holland's old rough hut effective manner. It would be difficult to classify the pictures that are not landscapes, nor would the attempt, if successful, altogether repay the pains. We shall, therefore, speak of the ex hibitors not already noticed, in the order that 'heir imam occur to us. Mr. Cities, to whom the first reference is duo on account of his long standing so an artist, has a small pis ture, entitled " Suspicion," representing • pretty girl Unitis ing to a youthful 'minstrel, and a dutnna ut • guardian looking suspiciously on, as if the wandering minstrel wag only a lover in disguise. The girl's face is prett ly painted, and with • nice expression. The composition, ton. is good, hut the rest is poor. Mr. F. Goodall has four small pictures, with all his usual excellencies, but without any progressive marks of improvement. This young, and we continue to hope still promising, artist has studied Testier, and Wilkie to great advantaire, but where imitation ends and genius beeins,he ceases to work as Teniers and Wilkie worked. Ifs paints well, draws well, groups well—spares no pains, and does everything but paint a first clam picture in the lire of art he already excel+ in. As an instance of this, we would select the " Iridi Piper, " No. 84—his best perfortatnce in the present exhibition here he challenges comparison with Wilkie, and we have the same sort of sentiment in an hi ferior way. It is a smoll picture representing the interior of an Irish cabin, with Mx figures—a piper. an old woman, a young woman, and three shililren. The piper is playing like another ltob the Rower. Ail are listening, and the general composition is extremely good; but there is nothing that rivals Wilkie. We lope in vain for touches of truth like the stopped go-cart, the silent wheel, the cobbler cracking his thumb, and fingers to the child, the cottage Puck who mimics on the bellows the motions of the fiddler • and yet Wilkie, the painter of the picture con taining the se admirable touches of nature, won n..ly two and twenty when the picture was exhibited. A work of real merit in Mr. Goxlall's own way, and yet by another artist, is No. 20.5, " The Village Forge," by Mr. Robert Bmndard. Here the double effect of light is extremely well managed, and the detail+ throughout painted with admirable tibility. The floor of the forge, with its horseshoes at d hammer+ and old iron scattered carriessiy about it, is perks.* den plies. A fruit piece and a vegetable piece, both by Lance, are so wonderful in their way, that we are glad to observe Mr. Vernon had commissioned them from the artist ter tha pur pose of adding them to the noble collection he has already given to the nation. The vegetable piece, rep resenting a moo key with a red cap on its head looking susi, iciondy ..t a group of cabbages, onions, and other vegetabts, is a repetition of the well-known picture in Mr. Broderip's onsonion—at present it looks a lit'lecrude, but time will give it the mellow hue which the original already wears. Mr. E. A. G• slal! exhibits a capital piece of Norman architecture, represeteting " Pilgrims waiting to be received into the Demos Hos,oitnina at Canterbury ;" Mr. H. W. Phillips, the s it of the late Royal Academician, a study of a head, somewhat deficient in expression but well coloured ; Mr. O'Neill, two or tt ern small fancy female portraits, rather nicely composed ant painted ; Mr. R. S. Insider, " Wallace preparing for Bottle," and " The Morning of Life" (No. 464), a picture in F.tty's manner, but hung too high to allow of our say so 'hat it possesses any of Etty's excellencies. As for Mr. Ansar.l. whit exhibits two of the largest pictures in the gallery, we must express our regret that an artist who con paint I. well should really stoop to plagiarise from another artist, and instead of looking on dog -nature for himself, phooll inva riably look through the spectacles of E , lwite Lands. er. Mr. Memoir. if he wishes to advance his reputationinust cease to repeat what he has done so often before. We confess we are somewhat tired of Cling three horses' heads ir. a circular frame, and in the present exhibition all that we have trona hint is a study of a white hor.e'a head seta in three different siews—clever we admit. but tiresome. Mr. Marshall's marble statue of '' &taint," far poetry of soul and seitintents is fairly worth the whole exhibition. His Medea Miranda" is not b 0 good. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.. CAMBRIDGE. FE 11. .5 —SMITH'S PKIZESIEV.—The two 'moat prize. , of 25/. each, left by the Roe. It. Smith, MD., I ac SI later of Trinity College, to two commencing bachelor% of arta, Vic la-,;t pronciento in mathematic% and natural pbannoplty, were :elpt iged Biba evening to: I. Toilliunter, loac (cenior art angler. Jobe, Coll.); 2. Burry, Alfred ;equal as Ith wrangler, Trio. Coll.). The Bishop of Woerteter's next ordination will Do held on Trinity Sunday, at Worcester. PiternltMENTS.—Rev. R. Barry, to St. Pancras C.. dio. L on dca.—ior. T. K. Brown, to the Chap! tiney of Madeira. —lto. J. W. Cole, to be Chaplain of the Union Workhouse. Bedminster. --Rev. J. B. Dyke% to Headley K, lianb% Winehe•ter ; 77iii. with mi. &hoe; pate., Quern's Coll., Oxforsl.—Ron. F. fi. Goodwin, It of Tborlton, Norfolk, to be a Surrogate for the dio. of Norwich mil arch• deaconry of and Rev. D. Gordon, to be Caa:ii.iin to the Archbishop of Canterbury.—Rev. J. fifthly. to All P., St. John's-wood, dio. !AM.—Rev. R. Hickman, I..Klw:whiffed P., staf. fordshire, dio. Liefivid.—Rev. T. M. Hopkins, to St. Gi lobby As-ist. C., dio. London.—Rev. G. Pctiitt, to St. Phillip C, Renting_ ham, din. Worcester.—Rev. J. Wright. totems Compton C.,Warmek. hire, dio. Worcester.—Rev. F. T. Smith, to ot. Loy's C., Marwick, dio. Worcester. —Rev. P. I. Crnythe, R. of solbuit, Wars Lksbire, to be Rural Dean of Arden.—Rev. C. B. Tamer toShvilicsley Beauchamp C., dio. Worecater.—Rev. A. 11. A•hwo, tit. to Tsnworth C., W'..rslcit shire, die. Worcester. - Itvv. 11. Hutton, to St. Psol, Covent.K.rden. Westminster, die. Landon; Sialf. with rosidsnce ; pat., the Doke of Bedford; vice Very Rev. G. 11. Rower% app. to Deanery of Mon. ehester.—Rase, R. tone, to Wembory P.C., Devon, de/ fixate; vat.; pat, C. N. ralmady, rice Rev. G. al. Scot, resigned.— Van. *renter:on Wilkins, to he Vicar Cwneral of the Colicsnot , Church of Southwell: vice Rev.!. T. lkeher, di e. —Rev. C. W. his - coltish. It A., to Little Os.terton It., Ration!, rho. Peterborough.-- Rev. T. J. ,tv.snit, to be Chaplain to the llinehley Union, Leicestershire, dos. Peter. borough. VACANCIEn.—BridAirk V., Cumberland; dig. Car:ide; 1171., with residence: pat., Mrs. Dyken ; Rev. J. B. Dyke., TO Ml. Rrnratry Union Wockhowe Chaplaincy; Rev. 11. L. Uls.ro, dec.— Mashy V., Yorkshire; dio. ninon; : pat, the Inn( • Rev. T. K. Brown, prank—Maker V.. Cornwall and Diem; 21.314 with reddenec pat., the [led Chew:char ; and Little Petlrral R., Cornwall; der. Exeter; loaf., with rosidene : pat., Sir W. •iitilee worth ; Rev. D. Stephen., dec.--Itichroortd school, Yorkehiro, mathe matical mastership ; Rev. T. K. 'holm, prom.—Woburn P. C., Beds: dio. Maly; 251 r., with residence pat., the Ili.te of lkolford ; Rev. H. Hutton, prom.—Bishop Ryden, Itirrn:nritim, P. C. ; e. Woreeeter trietces; Rev. M. A. Guthman Matthias at the Link, near Milli. - n, P. C.; dio. Woricster ; the Rev. Thos. King, res. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, FED. O. —APPoINTYFAT=. —C , ,m-nan , fer : J. P. relekree, to Caledonia.—leut. J. A. 1.. Bullock , J. J. Amer: Pours: H. B. Conquer; Summon: J. J. W. I:ub, rim; ActineenestantAnneeon J. G. M.Chretal ; erk's e.sear.t. J. Lucas; Nasal cadet C. Murray; Acting boatanam ; penter: G. Beene; aU appointed to Champion.—Gunner: J. Rule troy ,• Boatswain: J. Grillltbs ; Cavelier : J. lane, appertsd to Bkoheint.—Masters . assistants : J. rot, to Penguin ; J. G. Fox. to Ltrifer.—Clerk's aeetant : W. Fuller, to &reels.- -Wdsktiosen J. J. Barlow, E. Barkley, to Wellesley; E. S. P. Serocold, to Vie tory.—Naval cadets: Hon. A. Asbey, to lieraonah ; W. Camper, to Wellesley; 8.. Patten, to (loans—Boatswain A. Benue, advanced to Brat clam—Acting boatavrain W. lowa, to Agincourt. SPORTING. BETTING AT MANCHE:I-TR.-num,. CHESIZRCur.-25 to 1 eget Blaze, 25 to I age; Crwow, rt tot apt Jonathan Wild, 40 tot art aonvy, 40 to I 014 Queen Nary, 40 to I art Maid of synod, 44 to art serallow to to i azst Lady 40 tot apt War Gods, 40 to 1 apt Cutettek, i,te, to wet Cater rood .t): NIRMAILILET HANDICAP.-9 to 1 offered on the field. EIVBI.I.OOL STSEYLE CHASE.-100 to 6 offered on tho Ile:d. DERBY.-9 to 1 apt Sur lie*, 13 to 1 art Glerr, a^seer, 20 to 1 apt hpriney Jerk, 20 to 1 apt Amestot, 30 to 1 opt &rem, 1,0 , 0 to .40 apt . ohm Bob 1,000 to 20 opt Brother to 2,000 to 50 apt The ShelW (t!. late futeUtsina. COVRT OP 441...EEN'S BENCH. Nis; l'axra. = Befure Lord Daman. . - Loma v. ABIiTON.—F•Lsa Istraisommaxr.—Mr. Ser jeant Chadwick Jones and Mr. Charnock were counwl for the plaintiff; and Mr. Whitehunt, Q.C., appeared fa the defendant. The facts of this case, as proved in eria , nee, were britly these On the 14th Oct., 1847. the plaintiff who was a carman, was sent by the defendant, who carries on the business of a corn dealer, at Bridge-place, City-road, to the wharf of Messrs. Rodin and wstaoo, in the Borough, to purchase lfi quarters of oats, for which purpose be took with him, in his eat, 20 sacks, bat on his arrival at the wharf it