The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

IRELAND. -- Demme, Dac. 26. isterday the weather was particularly dull and heavy, and very soon after the close of divine service in the several churches and chapels the streets were quite empty, so that it looked a dull Christmas out of doors, although there is every reason to think that, fur many year* past, the season has not been accom panied, in this country, with so much of domestic comfort and good cheer at home. 'file Lord Mayor, with several members of the corporation, according to ancient usage, proceeded in state to attend divine service at Christ's Church Cathedral. On Saturday the customary charities were theributed to the poor debtors in the city prisons, and yesterday the paupers in the work houses and mendicity were regaled as usual with good Christmas tare. On Saturday afternoon a great many persons were fortunate enough to see a repetition of the experi ment made last summer in so perilous a way by the Hon. Mr. Swill, of " walking" on the water. Mr. Swift's former experimeut, it will be remembered, was that of " walking" by sea from Venice to Trieste, a feat by which his life was well nigh forfeited ; but yesterday, in repeating the attempt in Dublin har bour between the Custom-house and the Pigeon house Fort, he encountered no risk, and was tho roughly successful. lhe apparatus he employs con sists of two air-tight tin floats, 20 feet in length, tapering to a narrow point at each end, and joined together by bars of iron. Standing on the floats, he propels himself by a double-bladed oar, which houses with great dexterity. The following is from the weekly commercial re view of the Freeman : This has been, as usual, • busy week in the retail trade, but little doing in the wholesale market. The geseral re mark has been that for a lung time there has not been so dell a Chrissas in the produce markets. There hes beta • failure in the cattle trade, said to reach 5,0001., but the patty was in no great standing. There have been also one Ot two petty allairs. not worth noticing, and, upon the whole, it lies been • rare thing to have nothin of any moment in this respect at this time of year. g_ The awn market has been on the upward move this week, and there appears little prospect at present of any serious decline. The share market has been very much neglscted, but so alteration in prices. The Customs duties are this week 17,&5o1. against 19,2301. for live days of the cortespondieg week last year. On tea the sam is 6,001. ; muscovado sugar, 1,9001. ; refined ditto, 1006. ; coffee, 906.; wise, 2.7 001, ; sp . .7 004 . ; tobacco, 6,0001. ; miscellaneous, 3201. The total receipts since 10th October last are, 199,4001.; same time lest yew, 202,7501. ;—decrease, 3,3514 THE QUEEN'S NEW STEAM YACHT. Sir James Brehm, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, came over to Portsmouth on Tuesday last, to meet a committee of officers whose opinions were aired upon the important subject of cosatructing ker 314ady's new steam yacht. The officers sad gest/eases summed to meet the First Lord, were Captain Sir Baldia Walker, E.C.8., Sureeyor of the Nary; Captain the Row. Joseph Miasma, Commanding-in-Chief of her Majesty's steam @quiche's ; Taoism Baker, Esq., MN., Inspector of Mr shinery of the Victor's sad Albert; Andrew Murr, Esq. Superiateuding Engineer of Portsmouth Dockyar d; Thomas Lloyd, Esq , R.N., of the Steam Department o f Somerset House; Isaac Watts, Esq., Assistant to the Sur veyor of the Navy; sad Jolts Peals, Esq., C.E., of Green wich. Plans sail sections were exhibited, sad we believe the result will be that the sew Royal yacht will be haat of the following duasasicou sad capabilities Feet. Inches. Length of keel 3OO 0 Length on thek Beam 4O 0 Depth of hold Diameter of paddle. wheel 3O 6 Stroke of piston Diameter of cylinder 0 34 Taman', 2,340. - - - The rooletioste of the memo have boa estimated at Arm 26 to 28. which will yield, it is odsobased, a speed of from 16 to 16 knot. per bro. Tb mightes en to be ma satestarid by Penn, epos the osilletki pima*, bet shish to Oman the sped saleable/ spos mast be yoked spas high piteous same ! They wel mean it Spiel is the body of Ut• noel, and oesseqsastly allow of Ins mottled's. esd Tobin in for the elision's eta, aad admit of the etessie of a ler goestity of ends. We hope she will hoe a imam peopethes of pram r tsttlwt. has any vowel Wiest. and net small randaal power, Is be delvea ass treat speed of *mdse. With a large pewee, taw maid men of speed will he attained with mach man ease ad Omani% sad wed risk of dersapantat.—lionepadita Adman, old oresta Iteratd. MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND SUICIDE. The North Braids Moil relates the following dreeiltal arise:—" Oa the eight et Friday week, Ell:abase Peones, a you' woman who acted as a dosailic anent at he farm of Highgaut, mar Ilsith, went out shout 7 Vela*. At tee She had sat retuned; and supposing bet wt with a sweetheart, the plass where the keps of the di& Sweat embosses ban was examined, whet at was head Oat the key of • been essessesd with $ threshisraili, whim\ steed by itself a eseeliseelle diseases hes hedgei lieg-heess, was worth _Two what nee Less the eseeldiskseat, wire lied lust renamed bees the erseing le asighbser's bank preemie' ei the Wad `& shish they Moil hind 7; bat grams wow board hen lie end, =ahreses by a erfadew, they head the tirl with bar skull drearlfelly sashed. Tb. psepetrasse of the hand hod amassed to have leaked the doer atterwardA sad theme away the key, es it wee got a few yards direst. • east metal ken bar, sheet two test keg sad of s pus sr term, with which the murderess week baril be. eleemitesd, wee head as the watsideettheeses. The Ms weseseared with blood sod hair, sad at the Sea blow it that the dastardly airailaat bad partly meek the waY mid Leek's a piece of the bar, whisk wee head bias beeida the viola. Oa Saturday sight he lbeeteeed pleas et the hall were takes out, bet ee get exmllibg ast reemised." The Alkilurgilltheas Sara thet Ws the m = wish eanloyed teeaiag etteeity - es bees o. Tbarsilai t il o ht say , Devil lisibify the sea the see- sat zil •fass, where dill *ad was sessittn, west sit Sea d Witiad the Imes sad deliberstely shot blusef. The Sheers is... sash ea est is, Sat be it was who easaliisl the bend stop apes Pats ies it his beam assetaieed that she is yeesseat ; sad it is sispeesd that.. the alphs ads satrap a had dimmed hes us the sediewse, whisk we hew ssessisis is sej seated fres the sale bees by Oa dieSease et sheet a quarter of a auk, sad IMMO plipssided the swims esseit. tansy the *sod Tessa was a *lie bettor. bat than an ht fait byes et kw messy. FATE OF GOOD FARMING. At the Conterbary County Court, the other day, a OMB was tried, which shows bow dam/prom it is for • tesaarferater to venter, to improve his landlord's progeny. The settee was brought by Kama. Woollen:1m sad !meter against Mr. Dowsatt, for the recovery of 801., for damage wilfully done by the defeastaat is certain laud be. Imaging to the platatiirs in the pariah al Paha., by grab s • partial of woodlaad there Waste, sad ens seve ral Mditm parting the fields is the estate. Mr. Foster deposed that he let the km ia 1644 to his brother-la-law, deleudsot, from yew Se year. In the fol lowing year, wittier observed that sae oldie hedges had been grabbed up, sad he thee told the defendant that be =Tto a s Lee: family, mid wee opposed to tke err o d fthe bodges ; sad would am have it dose. At a sabsequeat year, wham !oohed for hie awe of wool-keit —hut could not God it, ma it had been grabbed up, an- Imams to him. He this complained to the defendant of what he had done, mid forbid him grabbing Up say sore of the hedges ; the defendant admitted having doss se, but said he had improved the lead thereby. Sc.. of the damage had been done is 1861. Ciesisimassiosd—The animal rent ie 1121„ and I kayo re *hived it from 1844 up to the present Mese. Mr. Doweett has repeatedly given noree that he would leave die farm: but he release to give it up, against what I believe to ha his right and my will. I have recently suggested that the elekadest's rent should be increased to M. a year ; that was to merge all action of trespass. I should say the land is worth 401. at least. When I originally let the land, I thought it was a fair rent. I was opposed to the hedgee being grabbed up, became, like the Doke of Newcastle, I wish to do what I like with my own. I have borrowed mosey of my brother-is-law, the defendant, but have always repaid him. I don't know anything about agriculture, Or the value of land. 111. Mute,, deposed that the restoratios of the hedges sod mood er.,eld ant oa lbs.; he ham sothissi of the valise of the timber that had bear removed. Creseuaroieed —As a farmer, I should wiy that the es otoval et the bed re was beeelkial ; bat if I wu asked, r the owes, of the ised, I sheald object to it, w it would de teriorate iv valise. it I wished to MI the lead. Mr. Towne, to the defendant, 'untended that the maws was • mast malicious is., sad hymen for the pupate of anniziag the defendant. He ealled witnesses to show that the fesideat, Mewed of isjorieg, hadraoter'ally *shamed, the wane of the lend, by the counts he hod adopted in grubbing up the hedges, sad practising improved methods of al h MUM His Miaow obstrood that ao doubt mat hod boos sea taittod, but do nonfarm had, to a past swum, as quintal ; *till tho wood bad boos routoyad as well as the hedge., without say aostaat Wag ohlaiwod how the snort, pipe. He anti mot war tie lastotatioa al tho aad wood that was out melba gootelos. Ludo aL sdi C divided by bouailaris. mil* would sour awn mosidaii Ph IN; and, thooehoelost IN. dessess,— Cab mos Wsweil..orreg THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN UPPER THAMES-STREET. LORD PALVERsTOS'S REPLY TO THE OPERATIVES OF PRESTON. Yesterday morning the vicinity of Queenhithe, in Upper Theron street, was the scene of another very destructive fire. It took place in a large warehouse, seven stories in height, of corresponding depth and frontage, at the corner of Breaclutreet-hill, within • few feet of St Michael's Church, and like the building which was den troyed scarcely a fortnight sines on the opposite side of the street, adjoining Vintner's Hall, was fifty yards distant, is was one of the old city sugar houses. Many years back, this thoroughfare abounded with such factories, but such has been their fatality from the ravages of fire, that only one now remains, the whole of them having been burnt down. The warehouse in que-tiu had r neatly been occupied by Mr. William Disaster, wholesale stationer and rae merchant sad it was only within the last few days that the Soon had been stocked with a large quantity of rags and other property. The place had been closed since Saturday night ; all then seemed quite safe, and nothing was noticed to excite the least au - picion that • fire was kindling. About two o'clock yester day morning, one of the cor.stables on duty in the neigh bourhood of the building bad his attention called to as effluvium as if something was burning. Accompanied by • brother-officer, he went round the surrounding property, with a view of satisfying himself from whence the amell emanated. Bet failing, and finding the stench iseressieg, one of the constables was destutched to the chief station of the brigade in Watling-street, for the aid of one of the firemen in clearing up the mystery. While this officer was away, another of the police, • few minutes after 4 o'clock, in passing up Bread-street-hill, where the warehouse has also • frontage, perceived a glare of light over the doorway of the basemeat floor of the building. He had ocareely time to give a general alarm before the beat beet' the glass of the fanlight, and the flames, obtaining vent, spread to the upper floors with the rapidity, as the dicers describe, of almost lightning. Two of the engines connected with the Watling-street station were brought to the spot with commendable alacrity, and under the direction -4.-- PRESTON, MONDAY. It will be remembered that a short time ego a memorial wu addressed to Lord Palinentoa, is reforms. to the contest at present polar on between the factory opus. tives of this town sad their employers. That sisemorial was adopted at a general meetiog of weavers' delegate• Yesterday, Mr. Kinder Smith, president of the operatives' executive COMOCiI, received the following reply from the Moms-White: " Whitehall, Dee. 24,1853. " Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknow ledge the receipt of your memorial dated the 16th alt., ►igued by you on behalf of the power-loom wesven of Prestos and its neighboarhood. " Lord Palmenton has delayed till now answering this me morial in the daily hope that he might boar that en amicable arrangement of the differences bad been come to between the workpeople and their employers. I am, however, to ' , auntie you that his lordship received the memorial with much sympathy and deep regret. " It wu impossible that he should not sympathise with the feelings of a large number of a most deserving class of the community who have been led to think that they ars suffering under acts of injustice, and it could not but excite his deep regret to reflect upon the severe privations which the state of things to which the memorial refers must have infi.cted upon those oa whom it so hardly beau. . _ . " Lord Palmerston desires me to state that he feels bound moreover to do justice to the temper and moderation with which the memorial has been drawn up. His lord ship is sorry, however, to say that he has no means of inter posing to apply a remedy for the evils referred to. It would be impossible for hiss, without much more detailed information than he possesses, to form a jut opinion as to the merits of the points in dispute between the working men and their employen, and he could not, as a member of the government, posses say right or power to interfere in the matter. of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the force, were got to work in the most advantageous positions, and the firemen, branch in hand, forted a passage into the lower Hoer, with a view of checking the progress of the fir*, and fallowing it up. Oa reaching the staircase, however, they hued it utterly impracticable to proceed farther, and so empowering was the heat and smoke that, for the preser vation of their live, they were ordered to withdraw. They then directed their operations from without. By this period the flames were issuing with prodigious fury from the nu merous windows overlooking Bread.street-hill ; and eftiestgh the engines were worked with the utmost vigour, end a mar body of water thrown on the several floors, all appeared powerless in subduing the devouring el. meet. Adjoining the warehouse on the hill was a small tenement, in the occupation of Mr. Dunater's foreman and family. There wee a communication between the two on the attick floor of the dwelling, and the fire had almost penetrated into the apartment, where several females were @Bleep, before they were aware of their extremely perilous condi dltlen. It wee only through the perseverance of ihe police that they were got out. At the other point of the baildiag, in Upper Thames -street, the flames had made their way into the back windows of the house of Mr. Elongate, saddler and harness maker, at the corner of Huggins-lane, where a similar pre servation of life took place. Two er three of the Watling stmt firmen made their way into the burning rooms and happily succeeded in saving some females, who is all pro bability would otherwise have perished. Scarcely had half an hour intervened from the moment of the discovery ere the whole pile presented one unbroken mass of Are, the floors and ponderous beams and eaten being strongly sea. aimed, as it were, with eager and treacle, and more lately with oil and other combustibles, which had been stored therein, ignited sad burnt with a fierceness seldom wit nessed. On the flames bursting through the roof nearly the whole of the central portion of the metropolis was vividly lighted up, and, notwithstanding a most piercing frost, mil the late, or rather early, hour of the morning, a large Gam course of persona was attracted to the spot who bad doubt less been keeping up the " Christmas festivities." The City polies mustered very strong in numbers, sad rendered valuable aid in preventing the operations being impeded by the mob. Most of the engines in the metropolis were called our although considerable difficulty was eaperieneed in getting them to the mine, in emestuanie of the severe frost, and the very dipper, state of the roads. As soon se they or- rived, they were got into play meet effectively, bet by tar the most valuable aid wee rendered by the powerful steam floating engine of the brigade, which fortunately enough was moored at Southwark-bridge, off Queenlatte. As quickly as possible es the alarm belay raised, the het wee communicated to the men who were en duty on the _ _ " Under these circumstances his lordship only ventures to suggest, in the most friendly spirit, some topics (or the consideration of the memorialists. They must be well aware that labour, being a commodity like any other, its money value in the market most be regulated by this sinus general principles which govern the price of ether oosamodities ; sad that among these governing principles the most influential are the cost of production, and the 'relative proportions of demand mid supply. The eon of production in regard to labour means the price of the necessaries of life, and the properties of demand sad supply most depend very much upon the pe ' liodical fluctuations of trade. It is greatly to be wished that both the working men and their employers would allow these general causes to set silently and gradually, in equitably adjusting from time to time the proper rates of the money reward fee labour, and it is scarcely to be doubted, that by forbearance on both sides, and by mutual and reciprocal good feeling, these arrangements might generally be effected without a recourse to such injurious methods as strikes and loek.outs. It may be stated that in times when, sanding to the general principles above ad verted to, an increase in the rate of wages would be just, that increase might be too long delayed, and the working men be thus subjected to undue privations, if the adjust ment was left to the gradual operation of forbearance and good-will. Bat may not an appeal be made to the result of ' recent events to show that eventide iatioannience would be less than the evils arising from extensive and general strikes. These evils an many sad great. The strike of the workmen deprives the striken of their wages, and, so far as wages are coacerned, it deprives them of the means of sabsistence. Oa the other hand, this strikes, of coarse, stop production; and, unless markets happen at the mo ment to be mach overstocked, strikes give to the foreign producer a position of advantage from which he may not afterwards be so easily dislodged. And if strikes were to become too frequent, or of too long daratioo, a part of that capital which is now applied to giving employment to labour at hums might possibly be transferred to other onstries, to the disadvantage of British iadratry ; sad that this is not a groundless 'opposition is proved by the fact that British manatactaring establishments have been formed is Belgium, in France, and la Kenna. This, too, loads to • retestioa apse the opinion which memo to have actuated the strikers, that the general prosperity of our export trade was la itself a proof that the rates of wages night to be In creaoed. Lord Palmentoa doss not protest to form any judgment as to whether that opinion was walla ill founded in the partisan/ inns°e to which it referred, bat kis lord ship has "Pined me to remark that our power to simply forage markets with manafactares depends upon the cheap ens at which those maaafactuns can be sold ; that their price must depend manly on the cost of production, and that the wages of labour form a material part of that cost. "Therefore, as oar exported maandsotares must always be reusing • lard race with the similar masualactores Seat. With meek premodtade the steam was got up, sad the weft bear& to the edge of the river, nearest the Ideals' huddle. Ilitearel Inglis of hose were thee led up hem the valet AU to Themesetnet, sad on the lanais, bola, put into work, the stemmas which it seat. well over the flames loom berm to tell with most our *slag effect. The week of Osetrusties, however, had weeded too far to admit of the lust kepi of any portion de* maiettenes being preserved. 0a the not falling in, * Mir body of fire rem tea seasiderable height, and so Wet was the lotus best which it emitted. as to ignite die weather boarding of the steeple of M. Miehael's church, Quisenbithe, and which ter a time pissed the sacred edifice ma* peril. Several of the brigade at cam proceeded re riot of danger, and by means of a ceastent sppli- Mien if water, saved the steeple, at kat, from chistnie. Una. Similar promotions were taken to prevent other halidlngs from taking Are. It was 9 o'clock before the lire mat* Mr said to have been so far subdsoil as to allay all Isar of Ms farther ezteasion. A great moss, however, still alma within the ruins, ell the loon having given way, asiblag remaining bat the lofty blackened gable walls, pot. lien* of which fell into Thentes-street in the coarse of the monsing, sad until the remainder either email down or is assured, the street will be closed to trees, the police My hre taken those precentioas to prevent accident. The origin of the fire is yet to be amertained, the pre sumption is that it must have resulted from the spontaneous ignition of some of the rags. Mr. Braidwood's official re port of the coullsgratior, furnishes no additional facts. The building is understood to be insured in the Son ogee and the stock in the Phrenis and other capes. The total has is very considerable. other seurtriss, ea apparently Sourishing trade may possibly be shosital by oa lament of wisps. whisk would add to the met et production ; sad the pia made by the manufacisrer eften epeeist of • very small pre& spa each separate article; thempepte amonat of pin depends en the qua lity exported, and that quantity depends en the glimpses. of tke commodities, whisk ampules agaia is gummed by the east of prods/Wm la direstiag me to @abaft these general relisctioas to the consideration of dm memorialists, Lord Palmerston dam not smut to give say °plain en the immediate subject of dawn, ; but his lordship would earnestly tattiest the waking men to lay mils those &snap whisk are too apt to be engendered by • struggle, sad te:eadseaser, if peasible, to aims to mime arrangesmat with their employees. "I am, sir, peer obedient memo. " E. WADDINGTON. " Kr. Kinder Smith, Proem." OPIX-Aill IIBITIIIO OP This afternoon, a matiog was earresed i• the Orchard, at the request of some strangers, who were aaziou to witness use of these outdoor demonstrations. Mr. Hinder Smith presided. The ashram annossood that the fonds available foe distribution (this being the " hale week") asnountal to %WM. The following were the chief item iaalaeled is that mast :—Slakbars, 6421. ; Stockport, 2401. ; Preston, 2001. ; Asistorunder-Lyse, 1221. ; Over Darwes, 1211. ; Winne, 761. ; Hyde, 761. ; Staleybridge, 601. ; Assingtos, 634.; Clitheree, 481.; Holton, 101. ; Padlbaa (a assail place where the heads bays boss locked out four or Are weeks), 191. 16s. (Loud Nan.) Mr. Gnashes stated that Blackburn would send seedy 1,0001. seat week, and other districts in properties. Altogether neat week's income would be about 40001. (Cheers.) Mr. Cowell briefly addassod the assembly as the subject of eo•operatioa. The saultitade dispersed soon after three o'clock. CCEIOI7B STORY OP A RING.—In the flamer of 1848 (we the Glasgow Herald) the family of Mr. G., a higttle respectable eitisea, was rusticating at Heleubargh, and it so kappaned that while one of his daughten,tben a girl of ten year. of age, was gathering shells en **hanks of the Gamiloch, she found • valuable gold signet ring, heaving a crest, and a est of fang., initials. Our townsman, ea his return to Glasgow, showed the ring to an engraver, who expressed his opinion that it belonged to • family of the name of R—. Mr. G. awarding!, spared no pains to apprise gentlemen of that name that a ring had been found, sad amongst other mums, he consulted the London and Dublin Diteeteries, and wrote to all nadir the acme indicated, but the replies froas each were to the effect that no ring bad Wee lost by them or any member of their families. The ring wee sc sordingly put pastas a stray waif, of which it was hopeless to discover the owns?. Last summer, however. Mr. G. had • visit from • friend who is a member of the Junior United &styles Club, London; usher also, the staryof the ring came above hosed, and it was accidentally »heaved upon the, visitor's return to the metropolis ; it thus reached the can of one who remembered that his relative, an eminent gin- ' Hessen in Derbyshire, hod lost a limb-valued family ring, many years ago, on the banks of a Scottish loch. A correspondence ensued; the riog, which had now lain more than five years in our tewasman's desk, was described to a hair by the Derbyshire gentleman ' and, as undoubted ownership was thus established, it was sent to him • few days ago and moat palatally acknowledged. The Englishman having described the ring, says:— " I lost it one day in September, 1843, while bathing oat. r cover of a grassy knoll, with a plantation upon it, not quite half way between Relonsburgh and Row, where it mast have lain until discovered by year daughter five pram after wards. That it should have escaped the various dangme of either being buried or washed away is most remarkable. I happened to stand at the spot where I lost it, only six months ago, little thinking I should so soon have the pro spect of seeing it again." The writer also states that on disoovering his loss he waited till low water but searched in vain ; aotwithstanding, it was found in the very spot on which the owner had bathed. It would appear that it had net suffered anything by its long immersion, for Mr. R., in acknowledging receipt on Monday lest (November 2s), says—. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of m old friend the ring, knifing. in truth, every whit as well y as it did on the asorair.g on which it was lost, just tea years and three months 6.4ll. " —Olasgose Herald. Yesterday a Luis meeting of operatives took plass in Unica. slam, Bury, for the purpose of taking into sossileratios tam stops that should be takes with respect to tits present straggle between the factory operatives and their employees. Oa Saturday evening last a =soda, of _ _ the Bury COttea Brisson and xaa.factusen• Associaika took place, the result of which was that a amigo should be extensively ported throughout the district, which 'night in the opinion. of the nesting lead to a Anal set tlement of the matter is dispute. The notice which is signed by the secretary of the Maetea•s Associa tion, states that " some mouths ago the 'Kasten were com pelled, in eslfelehrace, to form an amosistion for the per. pose of supporting each other against the encroschniests mad uenameable deemed) of a portion of their work people, and on the 25th of October issued notice that if the disputes then existing between the operatives who were on strike and their muter' were not arranged by the 10th of 1 4 1.iventher, they should cease working. Since that time the hands on strike have remained in the setae position, quite regardless of the misery inflicted by their proceed. logs; sad as the maaefaetitrers are sensible that many of the hands who are not implicated in the strike are suffering great wretchedness, they have agreed, at the request of these mutant whose heeds are on strike, to give permission to such masters es may be desirous to do so, to resume work for say time, set conceding four days a week until the let day of Fehreary neat, on the condition, however, which is tadispessablet, that an inflection be made among our work pimple for the ea/we of either local or distant tare outs." Seth Will 01 41146/0 which occasioned the calling of the meeting. T. iessee a good attendance the various WM amen to losti Nosey to the operatives the usual weekly relief until atm the - seating had terminated. The opera tives walked in petiessies hest the various committee meet ings to Veisermiesess whew there was a general gathering of •svoni thenreed poems. Mr. W. Platt occupied the Muir, awl She 11115 addressed by Mr. Ohs,. of Redeliffe, awl Me. W el Bury. The speakers com mented at emoiiimieles MOM oa the notion which had been issued. Babsespeest/ the iMeattag resolution was siteesly ferried That thh meeting Is depletes that the soda of ear snipleyen now posted es the walls of this Sewn be rejected, sad that we accept media( less than the des mesh, of our owe on all wets affecting oar tea privilege as tr o rriol of the . the psegie Imre ainsaisisi le pew Alb sin did iseeddisly. RECENT FORGERIES IN THE CITT.—Mr. Ander- Nu, recently apprehended in the City for forgery, was, It is understood, the clerk of a Custom-house agent, by w►om he w..a allowed to Monet business on his own account. The amount of the bills of exchange supposed to be forgeries 10, we bea►, as much as 30,0001. t 9,0001. of which are said to be held by a great Lombard-street banking house, and nearly double that sum by an eminent bill broking establishment. Owing to Forester's lameness, the prisoner had very nearly effected his escape after apprebea she. In the manufacture of these bills, the acceptance of an ins only was adhered to. Laroi advances were obtained ea dock warrants of auks supposed to contain iodine, whisk, ea v es amistatioa, age found to be filled with iron *lisp onl. The ssdasity of tis use k•• •••••a s drag seasstice is ataimicial sleds& THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1853. THE MURDER AT ACTON. Yesterday a long inquiry, adjourned from Tuesday last, was resumed before Mr. Wakley, respecting the death of Richard Medharst, aged 14, whose dead body had been found on the Monday morning revious in • ditch in Irvine-lane, quite naked. The body, which lay in an out house at the rear of the Goldsmiths' Arms, presented a very shocking appearance. It was in a eery emaciated state, and there were numerous ezecriations upon it, the right eye being blackened and much swollen. John Clarke, carman, in the service of Mr. Tillyer, Acton, said that as he was going down the lane by the side of the Goldsmiths' Arms, he saw the deceased in a ditch, which was about 300 yards from the house. The body had no clothes on, nor anything to cover it. He gave informa tion to the police, and the body was brought to the Gold smiths' Arms. George Iledhunt, No. it, Blade's-place, Allen.street, Clerkenwell, identified the deceased as his son. He lass saw him alive on the 30th of Octobet. Witness, with his son, was in the employment of Mr. Thurtell, horse-hair cutter, whose manufactory is opposite the lunatic asylum, Old-street. On the evening of the 30th of October, they left the factory together, and as witness wanted to speak to the foreman, he sent his son home alone. Witness had not seen him since till Friday afternoon last, on which day, in eonseqmpace of information from the Clerkeawell Police station, he went to Acton, and there he found his unfor tunate child at t►e Goldsmiths' Arms. (Hare the witness was much affected.) When witness found that his son did not ntarn on the night of the 30th, he made inquiries, and ascertained from a lad, named George Jackson, that at a few minutes after seven o'clock, the sense night, his son was taken up by a man in a chaise cart, who went away with him toward Bhoreditch. The man same out of a coffee-shop, in Old-street, near Bushill-row, beton which the chaise cart, in which was a black pony, was standing. By the Conner—My son was a sharp, steady lad. He was never out at night. Coroner—Was he la good health, and stout ? Witness—Oh, yes, sir. I believe that he has sot bad a bit of bread to at since he left home. His bones are almost through his skin. He was a very hearty eaten He bad no cough. The Coroner observed that the appearance of the deceased when first men would seem to show that he had been sub ject to in usage; that he had been starved, and confined for some time; and that is order to prevent detection, he had beea brought down to Acton in the state in which he was found. Several of the Jury—That is our opinion. The father added that his son had three-pence in &leather bag ; and he was told that the man, who was tall, stout made, with a full face, had on a fustian coat. He had no suspicion of any one having caused his child's death. George Jackson, aged 11 years, living with his father at No. 38, Allen-street, said that he worked at Mr. Thurtell's, and identified the deceased. Witness was with him on the evening of the 30th °debar, when a man asked him, wit. ness, to go with him in his cart as he wanted a boy to hold his horse. Witness offered to go, but deceased said, " I'll go," and be was taken away by the man, who went towards 81toreditch. There was a little boy at the time holding the horses head. He received a penny from the man, who said he would be at the same place the next day and call for him. Witness does not know if the tame man was there the next day. John Leigh, aged 13, who also works at the above factory, having corroborated the evidence of the last two witnesses, stated that the man drove a chaise cart, the wood part of which under the body was painted green. The sides were made of cane work and the seat was a cross board swinging between the of and near sides. The harness was decent. The man, too, wore a black coat over a fustian coat. He was a tall man, with a full face. (This witness, shortly after be gave his evidence, fainted away, and was attended by a surgeon.) Inspector Dickerson said that imairies had been made 01 1 the proprietor of the coffee-shop, No. 64, Old-street, about the man, but he was not known there. Mr. Timms Frauds, sergeou, Acton, said that he saw the body on Monday, the 19th, when it bad the appearance of having been covered with a quantity of ointment. The hands and feet sussed u if they bad been tied with cord. The body wee extremely emaciated, and there were sores all over it. Than were also several swatches, as if done by some pronged instrument like a fork. There was a bruise on the bridge of the nose, and the right eye was black, swollen, sad fluid with eehyraosed blood. There was no food in the stomach or large intestines, sad there were somas dark spots on this mucous membrane. On the back and hips were sores as if from lying for some time in one position. On opening the brain, be found congestion of the vessels, and an opening the chest, he discovered the left lung to be very extensively disessed. The coroner observed that there was every reason to believe that a creel sad horrible murder bad been eons witted, or wby should the poor boy have met with the treatment he had? It would appear that be had been con fined and starved, and that the disease of the luau had been brought on from the treatment he had reesived. It wee a eon which he thought called upon him to request the fieeretary of State to offer a reward for the discovery of the person or persons who had brought the body to Acton. Coroner (to Mr. Francs)—Might not a blow upon the eye each as the deceased has received, in his state of exhaustion, produce concussion of the brain ? Witness—lt might produce it, and consequently death. . Foreman—World not the violence the d;esaeed kite been subject to, with the ill usage and starvation, be likely to accelerate his death ? The Coroner observed that the ease appeared to be one of deliberate murder. The jar, remarked they were unanimously of that opinion, and they wished the coroner to apply to the Secretary of State to offer a reward to discover the perpetrator. The inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight, and the cores air directed that the body should not be buried. THE CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE CROWN AND THE SUPERANNUATION TAX. • The committee deputed in the year 1846 from the several departments of the state for the purpose of ender vendee to obtain an amendment ante Superanneation Act of 4 and 6 William IV., cap. 24, have jest issued • lengthy address to the civil servants of the mown. They state that tbe abject of that met was both to diminish the male of pen- RUIN and also to improve 'snails assessments in civil sala ries, it had bees ascertained by careful calculation that the Most of the former of these enactments would be evembeally to reduce the annual charge for civil pension., wbish at present amounts to 603,1641., I. • probable maxi ma= of 8111,0004., thus easetice, withest•seeeremes be the assammantn, a permanent saving to the essniry of upwards 3011.11811845 w imam ezelasive of the fartbereaving remelting from the east on tie pension list of the demean of nearly MAK per annum in civil salaril4 f redessious of dace am bascpuently to 1820 and to the of dor sit. This sewers had therefore already as tamed a pro spective " redaction of the thugs to be busied in provid ing for superannuation allowances," ea weld have been either desired or contemplated by the Healdure. Had these clauses, however, not been emmeleik mai bed the old scale of superananatioa bees allowed be remain la farm, the annual charge upon the country for punkas would costume in perpetuity at more than half • Wale eerribig, although the probability was that the majority Melva sensate may die in active easviee—a few only receiving Me hesent of the eontribotions of all. Moreover the whine enema of the contributions, my 94,0001. • year, would mee pay 20 per cent. of the pensions if the old male were restored, although the merry would *may incur an increased awed thyme of more thera 200,0001. In regard to the amettheethe levied on salaries it had been ascertained that, while the amount peid as rthiene to °ow , Winn _ to in the year 1861 was only the amount assessed during that year was 66,1961. • end that, while the total suns so paid as pensions to coutrlbuters from 1829 to 1851 was only 80,4231., the total sum arseesd oaring the same period amounted, without interest, to 680,7081., and, bad it been funded, as it had not, at only 3 per neat. in terest, it would hays been increased to 681.6671. It had, moreover, been ascertained, by elaborate calculations, that the amount of these assessments of 2 and 6 per cent., which were originally instituted by the Pension Act of 1822, with the declared object of defraying only a moiety of the an nual charge for superannuation, was so excessive and dispro-ortionate, that if properly funded, and administered iu strict afeordance with the provisions of the present Act, it would defray not only a moiety, but the entire pro spective charge to be incurred fort e superannuation of contributors during the nest sixty years, and would also by that period have risen to the enormous surplus fund of 6,699,5531., the Miami of which sum alone, without fur ther assessments, would suffice to defray in perktuity the entire charge for civil pensions. It had, therefore, been demonstrated, by the result of this calculation, that the operation of the Superanauation Act must necessarily be to entail on the present generation of civil servants the entire burden of providing not only for their own retiring allowances, but Also for thole of all their mammary who may , enter the public service in time to come. The committee recommended the conversion of the assessment into a pro vident fund, to be established on the principle of life suer ance, in preference to the abolition of the assessments alto gether, and the consequent pro rata increase of salaries. THE GREAT FIRE AT ESHER PAPER MILLS.— The fire winch broke oat on Friday night in Mr. 111.1iliw ray's mills is not yet wholly extinguished. The accident Is now surfboat to the spostaasou anabostios of rep watiliossed is a imp Nab. THE POLICE COVRIS. GUILDHALL. Sir John Musgrove drew attention to the disgraceful state of Holborn Hill. In coining into the City that morn ing he bad seen no fewer than three horses down at once, and one of them must have broken a leg from the helpless state it appeared to be in. He would gladly give five shillings kern his own pocket towards • load of gravel to render the footing a little more secure. An officer from the district said the omnibus proprietors complained very much of the hill at all times. but in wea ther like the present they stated that it did more injury to their horses than all the remaining portions of the different routes pot together. Sir J. Musgrove quite believed it; end after directing en officer to communicate with the Commissioners of Sewers on the 'eject, observed that London Bridge was also in a very dangerous state for the want of a little gravel. Ha thought that fresh gravel ought to be regularly laid down every morning. WORSHIP-STREET. _ . James Whitcombe, • chair carver, was charged with • series of aggravated assaults. The first complainant, • respectable married woman, named Elisabeth Dimling, upwards of 70 years of age, stated that while passing through Holton Old Town, about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, the prisoner, whom she had never before seen, suddenly advanced towards her, and without uttering a word, grasped hold of her leis, and threw her down headforemost on the pavement. She was completely stunned by the violence of the fall, sad the blood streamed down her face from a severe wound above her forehead, which came in contact with the edge et the kerb. She was raised from the ground by some of the bystanders, who conveyed her home, where she was at tended by a surgeon, who dressed her wound, but she had been ever since suffering from excessive pain and exhaus tion from the effects of the injuries abs had received. William Mann, a greengrocer, pursued the prisoner, who had run away after committing the outrage. When he caught him, the prisoner declared with an oath that he would serve him in a similar manner, and instantly struck him • violent blow in the face, which knocked him down, and blackened his eye. The prisoner then resumed his flight, but was intercepted by several persons, who de tained him until the arrival of • policeman. Police-constable Cox, N 60, stated that, on taking him into custody, the prisoner commenced a desperate resist ance, in the course of which he knocked him down and struck him repeatedly about the face; bat, after a pre treated struggle, he was ultimately overpowered and lodged in the station-house. The prisoner carelessly remarked that he had been drink ing freely at the time, and had no recollection of anything that occurred. Mr. D'Eyncourt severely animadverted upon the gross brutality of the prisoner, and ordered him to be committed and kept to hard labour for four months for assaulting the first complainant. Ho was also ordered to pay a penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment, for the second assault ; sad to be Imprisoned for the further term of one month for resitting the officer. WESTMINSTER. William Mitchel, ITaely;liataiMeker in Elizabeth street, Pimlico, was charged with unlawfully detaining a flambee of clocks and watches which had been entrusted to him to repair. A short time ago the pristine, was charged at this court under precisely similar circumstances, and the magistrate, after administering to him a severe reprimand, made an order for the restoration of the property, with suitable costa. Since then a great number of summonses had been taken out against him. but in consequence of his neglecting to appear, a warrant was attest issued, ander which he had been apprehended. Colonel Palmer proved that be had sent a valuable clock to the defendant in October last, but that the defendant bad n sent it home. Defendant said that it had been seised for the rent of his premises, but it was quite safe. Yr. Arnold inquired where it was ? Defendant said his apprentice's mother had got it in her possession. Yr. Arnold asked bow it was that it bad not been re turned to Col. Palmer ? Defendant replied that it would have been returned, but he bad not known till two or three days before the seizure that he was to do some little repairs to the door. Colonel Palmer declared that the assertion was untrue. He knew the door was to be repaired directly after the sleek was sent to him, and said it would only take an hour is do. Toe landlord of the premises, who wan present, said that the defendant, who had now abandoned them, had literally stripped them of gas-fittings and other fiztures, end had left the gas turned oa to the imminent danger of the other occupants of the house. He believed that when the seizure was made in defendant's shop for rent, some clocks were taken by the broker, but he could not say whe ther Col. Palmer's wee amongst them. Defendant denied that he bad taken away the fares. Mr. Arnold would adjourn the ease until Wednesday, in order to procure the required evidence. He should have thought that the defendant must have been aware that pro perty of that dessription given him to repair could not be distanned upon by the landlord for rent. Mr. Charles Pisani mut complained that the defendant had kept a gold watch with which he had entrusted him. DefeiteltUr said the watch was not with him at present. Holloway then produced twenty-two duplicates which he had found upon the prisoner when he apprehended him. Mr. Arnold would adjourn this case also, in order that the officer might ascertain if any of the duplicates related to Mr. Pignett"s watch. Flee other oases were slso remanded ; and Mr. Arnold offered to take good bail, but it was not forthcoming. James Shannon ant Patrick lfassigan, two Irish la bourers, were charged with cutrageous conduct. ffelward Cook, a poor man, whom, face was (rightly die red, stated that he was a timekeeper to omnibuses at Mr. Clark's, the Three Compasses, Pimlico. On Saturday night Shannon had been turned out of the house, when witness was desired by his employer, Mr. Clark, to see that he did not re-enter it. Witness took his station inside the door, and endeavoured to persuade him to go away ; but he tyfused, and declared with an oath that nobody should keep him out. Shannon thee flew at him in front, while some °then held him back, and then surrounding him, all fell upon him, sad beat him severely. Hannigan was amongst these who assaulted him in the most brutal manner. 11;:Ulark, two of the waiten, and a gentleman at the bar, were also much Mused. The defendants said it was the tint time they bad so offended. _ _ _ _ _Mr. Arnold fined Shannon 51. for the assault on Cook, or two months' imprisonment, and a further sum of 61., or a like period, for his assault on Mr. Clark, the latter impri sonment to commence at the aspiration of the former. Manoigan he ordered. to pay 61., or to be imprisoned for two months. LAMBETH. Emma Barium, a prostitute, was charged with being con cerned with another female ia robbing Mr. Michael Mau -1 Wits, • Spanish gentleman, of two valuable rings and upwards of 401. in cash. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared tkat on Saturday last he was induced to accompany a female to a brothel in St. Andrew's-terrace, Waterlso•road, and while there hie companion managed to give him the slip, taking with her his ring sad Dash, and leaving behind her her bonnet and shawl. The prison. r, who lived in the house, acted in such a manner as to leave very little doubt of her participation in the robbery, and sho was remanded. James Mahoney, a working man, inquiredof Mr. Norton whether he could not, in the event of the proved adultery of his wife, marry again without a regular divorce, which was placed by it. expensiveness completely out of his reach ? From a written statement which he read, it appeared that having reason to suspect his wife of infidelity, he bad watched her into the Victoria Tavern, Waterloo-road. He had then prooared the assistance of the police, and found her in bed with a middle-aged man. Mr. Norton said the applisant would not be justified in getting married so long as his wife, bed as she was, was living. The day, however, might come when the law would be altered to &WWI& a cam as his. ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OP SALMON ON ?MR TAT.—The ponds for this purpose are situated on the river bank near Storemountfield, the spawning boxes being 18 feet above the summer level of the river. The water which supplies the ponds is taken from thortmountfield lade (but owing to the impurity of the Tay during spates, a supply is also to be taken from • neighbouring spring), by a pips with • valve into a filtering pond; from thence it Is earned by • canal along the upper end of the spawning boxes, through which it runs. These boxes are 84 fest long by one foot six inches broad, and three feet deep. They are placed with • fall of six inches, so as to allow the water to flow freely through them, and are partly filled—first with • layer of fine gravel, next coarser, and lastly with stones somewhat coarser than road metal. In distributing the ova, it is gradually poured out of the vessel which holds it, at the upper end of the box. The water flowing downwards carries it amongst the stones, under which it settles down, and by gently applying a few buckets of water at the upper end of the boxes the ova is taken down and distributed equally amongst the gravel. When the young fry are in a proper state they' are allowed to escape into a pond situated at a foot lower level than the boxes, where the will be fed and allowed to remain until such time as they are in • fit state to be turned into the river. This pond is not yet made, but will be finished by the time the fry are hatched. Great are has been taken to prevent any animal entering with the water that would prey upon the young fish. Mr. Ramsbottom, from Clitberoe (who has experimented suc cessfully for the Messrs. Ashworth en the Lough Corey waten, in Ireland), has the sole management of the Tay ponds. Saturd a y was a remarkably fine day for the semen, and we were privileged in being preseet at the operation of stripping the fish. When we left the river side upwards of 400.000 ova in fine condition had been obtained. In the month of March the fry will have horst their shell, when we hope to report furtber.—North British Marl NOVEL FRAUD.—Several barges have been em ployed for a long time past at Keyham in removing the mud and rubble from the basins beyond the breakwater, at per too. A white line draw n round the vessel denoted the quantity in tons on board when measured from the water's edge. A warrant officer having to perform the duty on one of the barges of sounding the well and taking the quantities, it appears, after the well had been souaded and found cm rem, a valve was opened in the bottom of the veseel, and sufficient water was let in to defraud the government to the extent of 51. or 81. • day ; and so cleverly had the trick I bees managed that it was only through the Information of an accomplice that it was discovered. We hear that direc tions have been OM by the gOVerilllillt for proea.dito be takes spina the dettseden.—Plyieouth Mg • - - . . t :_______t , . • 1 .. , ..:14!: ... .,1 1 :...11 . 4 . 1 I o IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING who mind?' elegiinoe with reonomy.—JAMES 's THEO GUINEA FRENCH POLISHED MAHOGANY EM ARABIAN B STEAD. Bedding, CittiOtt. Carpet, Looking/lam, and Uphoia. Warehouat.—BßOMPTON HOUSE, 22 ae 2; Oneen'e-baii&A KNIGHTSBRIDGE. EaHmateaglven, and a Until price, sea tree. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SEABORNE MAILS. Es eigaitle• that the mile are meat hem the Gomel Ihtat.ello by the night—mod M by the morale. deeeateh.l Day whonmaaeup Prom chat Wyk COUNTRIES. in General Pot. Port des b i 011ko,Loodoo.• despatched. Saghna, ---- ------. ...-......1 dmorieh(byßrit.peoket 24 Every Friday Liverpool...... Arrieed Luteries(byUnited Mato pocket) „- - 111 Deo. 21 Liverpool las. y amarteobyr.Stateaph Se Ilea. 17 ..... ......... 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Jan. 4 lest, of Sumps Id k N Twkodally Dover Twinkle s Egypt (me ladle) Falkland Wanda M 9th of the month Southampton. Jo. IS hoes .........-....1114N Tinto daily ll o ,er ...... TwkoSOS Minolta „„ 41 4,7, 17,20,27 of at. . 4 rutbam . . ptor . J oe . 6 areytown - M Snolit7thurntoath Southampton. tan. I Savannah ....... ............ of the month Southamptec. but 1 &Aland N Daily Dover . Dolly Radon! ... .- II 17th of the roma Southampho. Jaa. II ildla(viaaleat=4.) M Ithaalltk of month Sotitharapten. Jan. 4 hulk (via M es) N atumars , h of snssts. nova, ...„„,, lonian Lilo MOW .........M ON Twice daily .. , ... that heed 'noes dm, Lisboa M 7,1., 11, Stliona. Boutharapton. lan. IS Madeira le 9th slate mouth_ Southampton.'lan. IS Msdeira N 23rd of the moat. Plymouth ... Dee. 211 Malta (ea India) Malta N 7,17,116176300 t m Door .«...... Dee. so Maaritine (me India) Maurition..... 21 14th of the month Plymouth .. N0v.21 Moho /I Ind of the month Southampton. ha. 1 Moate Video mow .... II Stklath2Stltof max Dover New .. Graiatl . a ..." M India' the! most'. Sonthearptoa. Jan. 1 New Zealand ..,..« By privet* ship .. Verioas pato 1 UnterMlS. Papal Statue «.«.......N StitlSOUthof moo Done ... -,Jan. 1 Peninsula .le 7thl7th27thof mot Sootharniton. Jan. 6 Peru --..-„. 74 rnd t 17th of mo. Southampton. Jan. 1 Peet Na ll ...... N 14th of the 111041t11 Plymouth ... Nov. IS Sicily ti ithlsthathstmot Dove, funiany ......... .. „.....N ithlStlt2Sthohnoe Dover Van Dimon% Land (ape M Yamamoto Illimmlia) Wort Indies ...... al Sadhllthor month Southampton. lan. 1 ligouthamptou. Ilan. t CASUALTIES. 'armee' Delight (entack), of ATidaombe, from Gijon to Liverpool, which went on shore near the Bishops and Clerks on the 19th, has become a wreck, and is being broken up; part of the cargo has been saved.— 84: David's, Dee. 24. Leonora (barque), Morn', of and for Liverpool from Dem► rum, has foundered at sea ; crew saved and landed here.. by the Doris, De Gruehy.—Queenstown, Dec. 23. Natal (a.), Lowers, from London to the Cape of Good Hope. put in here, Dec. 17, with loss of all her spars (except hie mizenmast), sails, rigging, &c., and other damage, sad will have to discharge.—Lisbon, Dee. 19. Tweedside (brig), off Hartlepool, foundered, Dee. 16, 1111 lat. 60 N., lon. 13 W. ; crew picked up and landed berg by the Ocean Queen Cooper. Marg.—The Tweedside. Howell, from Cardiff , arrived at Alexandria, Oct. 4, and a Tweedside, brig, arrived off Gibraltar from the east. ward, Nov. 24, and sailed for the westward.—Valencia. Deo. 23. ARRIVED Dioester 26, trout Deatais December 26, from Que226 '- 4 . December 24 tram Melds Aaniva—.t Gramma AUGUR" MATILDA-4A Deoe - Tr . 3ba 2471 rlrpool, Der. N. Counarians—at Deal, DeOeninr ii, from New Took CIDUITIANA-44.0tavesrud, December In, from New Yale Cm or KANDY—a Queenstown, December 24, from Mauritian V ntsan—at On mma& December 16, from Mead Otsecow—at Liverpool, December 26, from Dental Horn—at Quesortown, December 25, from &trim . Icatimr.c—at Bristol, Demenber 24, from Mamba Joan Lancs—in Deal, Des. 24, from. Ilsiterdeal J —at Plymouth, December 2_6, from Maine Yid* NUMMI Marta—at Liverpool, Dee. n, from ......... ........Memel LADY MARY --et LIDADDOOI, December 26, from. NM) Minna—at Deal, December 25, from New Tart , 0 011 LINDA (LS.L cat Liverpool , December 16, from . Monte V/610 SlDr—se vorpool, December 26, from Permatbaes ' PAULIN 01.16)—SL LlD•rpoid, Deeembar 26, fron...Comtaala I plums Rows an—at Portunootb, Des. 25, from St. Andreces t ,fl i t itstersow —at Portsmouth, December 25, from New Tart Rana—at Eleathaseptcs. "somber MI, from. Aimee licvacosmaxa—at Gravesend, December 28, from. Antes* STIDLA —at Gravesend, December 16, from ABM" 8i En. Bar—at °rammed, December MI, from RON Saute—at Gramma, December 26, from WM Bo anues—at Deal, December 15. from WILIMUNA—at Liverpool, December 16, fross......CluiedlesteM SAILED. ANDROIIMIII-ham Liverpool, December 26, to Xelbottlll6 Ostrom-from Liverpool, December 20, to Otortentmople H. M. lisrse-from Liverpool, Decanter 26, to New Orissa@ ElscLa -hem Liverpool. Docember 26, to freer humerus - from St. Maces, December 23, t 0....... Louder Lasumt-from Portsmouth. December W. to ........... VITA-hem Liverpool, December 26, to AlerendrM MsorlAtise-from Palmotsit, December 23, to .. ... .......Limorcei Mucaurnemr-from Orameeed, December 26, to Melbourne Mar Car or Cost - boom Liverpool, December 26, to liarbokrel Itsieur-from Portsmouth, Dec. 23, to .N , .4 Mousses-Irmo Queemetows, December 23, to. ilamsx-from Queenstown. December 23, to New I r ari Touseme-from Gnawed, Des 26, to Towx or Livseroes.- frost Liverpool, December 26, to Permarbum Usmuu-from Liverpool, December 26, to . ... Arks VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Annuli'. free Uverpool, Dec. 7.lat. 47 N., lon. lb W. 01 7 010 (or Creole), kora Newfoundland for Liverpool, Dec. 10, 41 N., lon. 16 W. Flying Drava, from tondos for Port Milli), Nov. 21,15 t. Ica. 21 W. Bennet Wright (Brill& barque), from Aries to Oak. Nor. 7, lest 7.10 8., lon. $2.00 W. Manna for Sydney. July 11, Ist 20 8., loc. 22 W. Tamarac, firm Humbq for hull, Dee. 14, lat. 44.31 N., lee. 16.10 W., out 28 days. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. CANNET.—Den 22, at Bernsbury-equare, Islington, the wife of H. B: d Canney, Esq., of • aughter. KITSON. —Dee. 21, at Norval, the wife of the Rev. I. B. Sitsona of a POOL LAWBBNCL—Dee. 21, at Tevehrldge, near Stafford, the wife of the Ise. N. O. W Lawrence, of a eon. NIAMETIL—Deo. 23. at the Elms, Tburlow-park, Norwood, the wt's of A. C. elarsetti, prematurely, of a eon. still.born. TATLOIL—Dee. 21, at Zobert.terreee, Sydney-street, Branton, the wife ar 1. Taylor, req.. of • daughter. WitIOUT.— Dee. 29, the wife of Capt. C. Wright. of the limit Army, of • daughter. MARRIAGES. MACKENZIE—LE MAKCHANT.—Dee. 22, at AU gook', Ilaryle• bee% by tbs gew. J. Carel% Curate ot gt. 's, Longten, MM. losew the Right Hoe. H. Mackenzie, of John Wingate-BWe% ea HAIL Herren whim of T. Le Nankai% En., late of *specks' Lodge, MUMPOED--SENDALL.—Dee. 21, at tit. Peter's Masseroft, Nor. wish, Henry, Borth son of J. 'Rumford. Req., of the Manor Henn 1118witlewell, to Nary Emily, second daughter of Mr. tl. Seudall, of the tower eity. OVOMMILN—MELTON. - Dee. 21, at Asliton.nader.Lyse, P. &Gas WI% LLpt is 11 - 21 .'s 20 th Light Infantry, snood son of N. P. Q C., to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late T. MOWN Esq., of A.hton.ooder.Lyne. gt/TCLIVVI—MAESLAN D.—Des 22, at the Cathedral, Manchester. T. Sten*, in., of Sydenhani.phice, Lontstaht, to Mary, 'lnn daughter of J. Marstand, Pp., of Willow. re. Reddish. WILSON—WILSON.— Des. 22, at St. Peter's, Dubin, IL J. Wilson. L.LC.&I., of Whitehurelt. Shropshire, third son rf L W 9. son, Esq.. of Limerick, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late A. Wilson Vat., of Otegow. DTHS. BARNETT.—Dec. 23, John Fred EA eric, third son of It. C. Barnett, Cl Chmtemesesce. Beaenee-patk. agrd 29. BATIIi —Deo. 23. at Kenslagton.pore, gamily , wife of T. Bates, 64e of GLADISTONE.—Doc. 23, at Brighton, Frances Margaret, youngert aatethter of Mr T. Gladstone, aged 4. JONER —Dm. 22. Richard Des Cum" eldeet EC of the late Ber. R. Jones Incumbent of 1 title Leigh. Cheshire. MARSHALL—Dee 24, at his Peat, Broadwater, near Godentioff, GOMM Marshall, EN., in the 6301 year of hi. age. PARSONN—Den 22, at Rugby. Guy Panama, son oil. Parsons, FA* of the Old Bank, Oxford, aged 18. RAWBON.—Dag. 22, at Leicester, J. Raw." Reg., of Balaton, near titamford, aged 43. UMBEL—Dee. 2', at St. Lemannt, Rebecca, only daughter of the late P. eamnei. El.. of Phi udelebla. aged 29 - TAYLOR —Dos. 21, at Cheltenham, kluabeth Fromm relict of the late J. Taylor, Eeq , of Mscabeeter, aged 71. WALTOI3.—Dee. 22, at Climon, Mary, relict of W. Walton, Fie et Linsoin.s.ina, sad late of Bradated, Riot, aged 119. mow sad Plagiiibed by WlLLeis Ka se ILur. et Se. e. Lobe& deist. la the City oi Leesios ir P h =st the Oass i is laabuil. ebraa. la the predate el VENDA% venom 2% ' I ;