The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

held on Saturday atternoon e Ministers present were Lord J. . ce llor, the Martinis of Lansdqwne, di:a:lo4ton. Earl Grey, the Chau the Earl of Au%Wand, Sir John ViAount Morpetb, the Earl of '. B. Macaulay, and the Mar council rat two hours. had an interview with the er on Saturday. off on Saturday evening from , Governor of Ceylon. De-pitches Governor of Malta and the Lord the lonian Islands. itzclarence had a dinner party on ace in St. James's Palace. the com oyal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand ICU of Mecklenburg Strelitz. the Earl 1, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, St. James's, yesterday, the the Sub-Dean. The Lemons were sy. The Countess Spenerr, Lords Graham were among the nubi- Lady Sophia Cecil arrived at see-street, yesterday, from Paris. LlFE.—Yesterday,the marriage Mine Earl of Elgin and Kincar - I Governor-General of Canada, sisa Lambton, eldest daughter of D present Earl of Durham, was lurch, Eatomsquare, in the pre aristocracy. The bride arrived (th t inutes before twelve o'clock , in church at vsny with her uncie, the: Earl Grey, by whom she was a cted to the vestry, where a"arge party had previously , ore abled, including t he Duchess of Hamilton, the Countess - a rs e the Eiel of Durham, Lord t.„; • Lennox, his Excellency Ste Brunow, Lady . Elizaßebeth. ulteel, and the Misses Steel, Lady _Caroline muster.: Emilythe Right e Hon. Chula and Lady M ar y W oo d, Lady C avendish, gimoureble Colonel and Mrs. Grey, k:onourable Mrs. Lambton, lion. and Rev. F. Grey, Bruce, et. The bride was attended at the altar by a train of eight bridesamide viz. :—The Lady Alice Lambton (her la...yshr p's eater) t he Misses Lawme n (J), the Misses Bulteel ( 33 ); Mary Barrington, and Miss Cavendish. The Hon an d bans gee, J. Grey (brother of Earl Grey, and uncle to the bride), lerformed the service, the Earl Grey officiating as the father ifthe bride. Al the conclusion ef the e' -squ ar e r aties where re tied to the. Earl Grey's mansion in Belgra elegant (Vjeiner was served in celbration of the happy vent. Early in the afternoon the bridal pair left town for Coddicute, the seat of I, uly Emily Cavendish, in Hertford dire The Earl of Elgin, our readers may remember, is a Mower, his first wife having died in Jamaica, during his b r aship's governorship. of that colony. A daughter is the nly l ase of that marriage. FEArnERSTONHAVGII FAMILY.—We subjoin to the obituary notice of the late Sir Henry Featherston laugh, inserted in the Ezpress of October 28, some fotices of the very ancient family, to m which he belonged, which we have since obtained. In the early Saxon ties all tat part of Northumberland watered by the s ces oourf the flue, w itli the district afterwards called Alston - moo r, was even to a m ilitary chieftain for repelling the incu rsions of he Britons. at the stor y s " upon which t y that the famil n he ame Was derived tom "two feßa t h er -stone family mansion was built. ` a onlv fit for the nursery. It wouluzzle miner dogyto e splin'the nature of such stones, as stwould arelti gcture to build upon them. The name of the warrior who Blinded the family in Britain was " Frithestan," and is so written in the Saxon chronicles and other records. The ad- Ktion of haugh " to the name came in this manner. In the old Saxon dialect, " halgh " (pronounced " 'laugh), meant a valley, or alluvial Lowland ; and a branch of the fatuity has ing built Featherstonhaugh ca mstle, i ost n a s e e enques tered valley of the Tyne, (in our day ing one of the list ,tructures in Northumle rland,) that branch, efter the Korman c alquest, was called Featherstone de belch, and took for their arms, gules, a chevron betwixt three ostrich feathers argent. In the reign of King John, Hellas de reatherstenhale endowed the monastery of Hexham. In the viers of Edward 111. with Scotland, Thomas de Featherston baulgh had a mandate from the king to array all the men at arms. Richard Featherstonhisugh, D.D , was chaplain t o o QueenCatliarine of Arragon, and conducted her pleadings i the affair of the divorce with so touch zeal, that the king bad him beheaded in 1540. In 1651, Sir Timothy Feather genii:mile:who was in arms for the king, was taken prisoner at Wigan. and beheaded at Chester, by Milton oe of Crom well's Colonels, notwithstanding quarter had b n een granted him. His eldest eon, Henry. was slain at the battle of Wor cester, fightiug also on the King's side. This devoted loyalty to the Crown met with no return from Charles 11., after his Decoration ; even the family estates were not restored. Sir Henry Fratherstonhaugh, a grandson of Sir Albany, died in 1746, aged 100, without issue, discarding his nephew in the iireet lute, William Henry, and appointing Matthew Feather denhaugh, Esq., a more distant relation, his heir testamen hry. This gentleman was created a baron et, 1747, and died 1 1774, leasing one son, the late baronet, and who, having left no issue, the title becomes extinct. William Henry Buried a Miss She ;to, and impoverished himself on the turf: his son William,:afterfruitleas attempts to repair his fortunee, died in Yorkshire at an advanced age. His son George died young at Norwich in 1780, leaving an only son, George, now her lda;estv's consul at Thieve, in France. There are branches of this mcient family in Cumberland and Ireland ; the Featheritonheugh's of Kirkoswald have always taken distinguished rank with the gentry of that county, and the Irish family having for its head Sir GeorgeFeatheretonbaugh, Bart. But all these, with other offsets not named, are de scended from the original Saxon founder of the family. occAvioN.---Sir,—May I say one word in mitiga tion of the alarm felt on the subject of education, as united with the goit,year.'irnerals report of "'warty oneMalf the people of all chosen being unable to writ, their names." I think his data sic not sound, from this iircurastan c, that at the marriage of many persons where I have officiated, I hat .• found thoim who could write, put it off by feign -I.‘ti incapacity, and so use the mark through a nervous excited state of t „ line. others am bear the same testimony, and if it be true to any „ tat , vet, thanee . what now appears the OAlD Miura, Harbor°, fact of the case in favour f ,d canon ; AUL it is deplorably bad.—EK Nor. 6, 1,16 . [Our correspondent is right. Many persons affix their mark w h o coo :, write their names. But what is the value of such knowledp •, when to write even their names causes a nervous excitement from which the parties arc content to escape by such means ! .. 1 FIREWOrai "s AT THE FOrNDLING HOSPITAL. — Sir,—The differen oPproaches to the Foundling Hospital were en tirely tupet . ed up up. Thursday evening, by a concourse of persona a'. t rade d thither by a brilliant display of fireworks from the grounds of th e t a u , tuq t tut t on , in commemoration of the day. Is it not to be re metted that this waste .`f money should be countenanced by such an e in a hthennent, an d a t welt time, when thousands are starving ? Needs. THE BLIND TRAVELLER. —Mr. Holman, the cele brated blind traveller, has returned to this country after an absence of upwards of six years, during which time he visited Portugal and Spain, Algeria, and all the places in the 'Medi terion, penetrated Egypt and Syria, crossed the desert to Je rusalem, and, finally, made an extensive tour through the lean frequented parts of the south-east of Europe, including Hungary. Transylvania, Sonia, Bosnia, &c., travelling, as usual, alone.—Atiienmum. A NOVELTY IN THE STREETS OF LONDON.—SeIttS are now being placed, similar to those in the parks, the , use of the public, beneath a handsome row of trees, for on the foot pat ement in Piccadilly. BATHS IN MA RYLEEONE.-011 Saturday a special vestry decided unanimously on the establishment in the above parish of baths and washhouses for the labouring dames, in pursuance of the 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 74. NI&GisTERIAL CHANGES. —Mr. Yardley, barrister, of the Middle Temple, has recently been appointed a police magistrate of the metropolis, in the room of Mr. Bond, de ceased, and will shortly commence his official duties at the e he Thames police court, Stepney, where be appeared for t first time yesterday, and sat upon the bench with Mr. Bal lantice. Mr. Brouerip, who has been a magistrate of the Thames police court for twenty-three years, removes to the Westminster police court. The r, port of the appointment of Mr. 14. Short to the vacant situation is premature. The three oldcot police magistrates on the bench are Mr. Ballan tine, Mr. Hardwick. and Mr. gawlinson.—Observer. SHOCKING OCCIIRRENCE ONI LONDON-BRIDOE. Yesterday, an elderly gentleman named Lee, residing in , Hurray-street, Shepherdess-walk, City-road, whilst seated I on the top of one of the Camberwell and Gracechnrchstreet omnibuses, proceeding across London-bridge towards the former locality, was. pitched heavily forward in consequence et the wheel of the vehicle coming in contact with that of milker. Before assistance could be rendered the fore abed of the omnibus had passed over his legs, and he was et.;ip in a dreadful and de p lorable condition, being covered with wounds. From the very severe nature d the injuries su stained , and the advanced age o Somata gentleman (eighty years), he is not expected to recover. Arreurren SVlClDE.—Satnrclay considerable ex • enemas was caused in the City by the intelligence that a gentleman of long and high standing on the press, and who kr/ lately filled the situation of official aisiries in the Bankruptcy Court, had attempted to destroy himself. The eisemistance occurred on Friday morning about eight o'clock. The servant having called her master at the usual hour, he rose from his bed, but not having come down Maus, the maid, as was her custom in such eases, knocked again in about half an hour, to learn if anything was wanted. He replied that he did not want her at p resent. In about ten or fifteen minutes afterwards, the servant again knocked at her master's bedroom-door, when she was told, in a weak and inarticulate voice, to come in. On entering ahe was horror-struck to find her master hanging over the ode of the bed, and holding his hand to hie throat, in which there was a deep gash, and from which the blood was pour. lag a copious stream. She alarmed the house, and surgi cal assistan ce was immediately sent for. On the surgeon entering the room, be found not only the throat deeply cut with a razor, but s.large incision also made on the left wrist of the unfortunate gentleman. Every possible assistance was rendered, and all yesterday hopes were entertained of his recovery. He was able to speak a little, and also to drink some water. It appears that he made the attempt ow Ins life in the middle of the room, and afterwards wont and lay down on his bed. There are various rumours as to the motives which led to the rash act. It is said that the unfortunate gentleman had lost largely by recent specula tions in oorn. The statement is altogether unfounded. It is well known that he is a man of considerable property, and bad not embarked in speculations of any kind. One thing which may aid in throwing light on the causes which led Lim to attempt his life, is the circumstance of its having ir N. which has taken place fur time.—Observer. sstES.— REAT t EBTRUCTION OP aCOACH FAC TORY.—At 26 minutes past 6 o'clock yesterday morning, Policeman 61 F, whilst passing the Crown and Cushion, lft Parker-street, Little ' Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, discovered that smoke was issuing from the premises of Messrs. Witham and Co., coachmakers. He immediately aroused the inmates. As soon as the house could be opened he entered, and,:upon going into the yard, he discovered smoke issuing from that portion of Messrs. Witham's pre mises over the stable. Intelligence was immediately dis patched for the engines. It soon became apparent that the fire must have been burning for some time before the dis covery was made, for it had obtained such • strong hold that in less than five minutes subsequently the flames Woke through the roof, and rose several yards above the steeple of the church. The engine of the Brigade from High Hol born, and one from the parish, immediately reached the scene. On opening the gates of the factory in Parker. street, the greaser portion of the three upper floors was found to be completely encircled is flames, and the fire was to he seen running along, the timber fronts, almost with the swiftness of lightning, and for some time it was feared that every building in the vicinity would have been destroyed. The County and West of Eng land engines, with about 7 or 8 belonging to the London establishment, arrived one after the other in rapid succession. The moment water was obtained, the whole of the engines were set to work, those of the brigade under ?dr. Braidwood's superintendence, and those of the West of England and County Com pa nies under the direction of Mr. Connarion and Mr. Garwood. The firemen. perceiving the great danger to which the adjoining property was exposed, had a number of the branches belonging to their engines directed in such quarters, so cc to arrest the farther progress of the flames. 'fhis was a work of no little difficulty; for, in accomplishing their object, they were forced to withstand the great heat of the flames, and several times the burning rafters and molten lead from the gutters fell upon them. Although every man laboured to the utmost, the tire wee not completely extin guished until nearly 9 o'clock, and not until property valued at a few thousand pounds was burned. Mr. Baddelly, the inspector of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, was at the spot, with three of the society's escapes, to render assistance to the neighbours, in case of an accident, but fortunately the machines were not required to be used. As to the origin of the fire, not the least tidings could be learned ; when the factory was closed the venous night, everything appeared perfectly safe. The following is a copy of Mr. Bruidwood's official report of the damage done:— Little Queen-tweet, and 30, Parker-street, Messrs. Witham's and Co., the whole of the three upper floors and stock therein horned ; the con;ents in the ground- fl oor severely damaged ; supposed to be humeri in the Royal Exchange and other offices.-31, In k e d. Pa rer Mr. B. Jones, the Crown and Cushion public-house, glass broken. and furniture damaged by removal: insured in the Licensed Victuallersoffice.—No. 32, Parkevitreet, Mr. R. Shank, coach-builder, part of vault and stock slightly damaged in the smith's and wheel wright'sotops ; supposed hawed in the ImperiaL-33, Parker- street, Mr. B. Curno, several squares of glass broken.-15, Little QueLn street, Mr. Court, stock damaged by water, and some glass breken.— No. 14, little Queen-street, Mr. Stnpling,tailor, window glawbroken and damage by water ; uninsured.—No. 13, Little Queen-street, W. Kettle, bookseller, skylights broken, and damage by water; insured-- No. 10. Mr. J. Dealby, considerable damage to roof, and contents on the south-side of the yard ; insured in the liand-in-liand office. --AT THE Vicruels HOTEL.—On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the immediate vicinity of Mutton-square, in consequence of a report being circulated that the immense range of premises, termed the Victoria Hotel, the property of Mr. Edward Home, had taken fire. The report was strengthened by a mass of flame issuing through one of the windows on the basement floor. Information of the circumstance was, without delay, for warded to the engine stations, and very speedily the engine of the London and Birmingham Railway Company arrived, closely followed by several other. of the London brigade, ' and a County one. A large number of the railway porters and co.•stables instantly ascended the staircase, when they Ifound a number of sheets, and other articles in the drying , room, in a general blaze , and had i t not been for the assist ' ance afforded it is probable that a most fearful conflagration would have been the result. The flames wore soon extin guished. Considerable damage was done to the contents of the room ; many of the sheets, together with the racks, being destroyed, and the others severely injured. The out- Ibreak was caused from some of the linen having come in contact with the pipe of the drying stove. Mr. Home was insured in the Law Fire office. INQUESTS.—FIRE AND Loss or LIFE.—By Mr. Baker, at the Cumberland's Head, City-road, on the body of Mr. Henry , Rigden, aged 28, who lost his life at the fire that occurred on Friday morning last, at 18, Powell-street East, Goswell•road. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Shank, the landlord of the house, that the deceased returned home to his lodgings on Friday morning at an early hour, at which time he seemed slightly inebriated, and was smoking a cigar. Having been furnished with a small piece of candle he retired to bed, and in the course of • few minutes after wards Mr. Shank went down from his own to deceased's bedroom, in order to satisfy himself that deceased had pro perly extinguished hie candle. Finding that he had taken his boots off, and had placed them outside his room dour, Mr. Shank concluded that deceased was quite capable of taking care of himself, and he returned to his own bed. About six o'clock, on Mr. Shank getting up, and passing the bedroom of the deceased, he could hear the deceased coughing, but did not imagine that anything had happened to him. At half-past eight o'clock, whilst another lodger was passing deceased's bedroom, he discovered the fire, and when the door was opened the flames rushed up the staircase, and it was with the greatest difll - that Mrs. Shank could save one of her children, who was sleeping in the top room. As soon as the fire was ex tinguished, the deceased was found lying on the remains of a feather-bed, most awfully burnt. The feet were totally de stroyed, and the face and other portions of the body were fearfully disfigured. The evidence satisfactorily proved that the fire originated in the sleeping apartment belonging to deceased, and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."---•-•KILLED BY a lIHOKEN DISH.— By the same coroner, at the Cumberland's Head, Bath-street, y-road, as the body of Mary Anne Edwards. aged 45, a fine Cit healthy sad able-bodied female, who was on Thursday last employed se charwoman at the hous e of Mr. Terry, Chiswell-street, and about half-past four o'clock was proceeding into the kit chen with a large empty dish in her hand, when, insupping up a single step, she stum es, one ofblwhich,ed and of a fell, the dish being broken into several piecn angular form, peas tested the right side of her neck, dividing the jugular vein and the carotid artery, and causing instant death. The wound was very severe, and the loss of blood excessive. The foregoing facts having been deposed to, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." LAMENTABLE IGNORANCE.—A correspondent at Roe.hampton sends to a weekly paper the following communi cation :—" Valuable antidote for hooping-cough, as prescribed at the present day in the environs of England's great metro polis. Recipe: Take a black donkey, saddled and bridled, caparisoned with trappings of white linen and red ribbons ; seat the patient on the ass, and lead it nine times round an oak-tree. The miracle must be worked on a Sunday, and in full faith, otherwise it will have no effect. This was pre scribed a few days sgo with much gravity. You will say the thing itself is too ridiculous to be true. But the shove, or rather the following, scene was enacted to the very letter on Sunday last, in the village of Roehampton. A keeper of a beer-shop, named Sprat, has an infant, under two years of kre, afflicted with hooping-cough. It was on Sunday last mounted on an ass, attended by mama and grandmama, an old lass in her eighth decade ; and after traversing • great part of the journey, returned for the attendance of another female. Having obtained their object, the cavalcade again set forth ; and, after travelling about a mile , a tree was selected, and the ceremony performed with due reverence, when they wended their way back with the greatest solem ''-- Thus ended the farce." IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 7. I THE LABOUR RATE ACT. Several proclamations appear in last night's Gazette, for the assembling of Extraordinary Presentment Sessions. The object of assembling, or rather re-assembling, these sessions is, that reproductive works may s b presented for; as in all, or nearly all, these baronies, pntment sessions under the act have been held : Assts.—lower Deduce.at Dervoet, on the 17th inst.; Cary, at Ballyeastle, 16th inst. ; liikonosy, at Aillagan, 16th inst. C s atow.—Rathcilly, at Tullaw, 16th Inst. C o ax.—Santry, at Bantry, 17th Mat.; Klnnatalloon, at Ahern, 16th inst. - ; Ernst Carboy, at Cionakilty, 20th that; West Division of East cabray, at Dunntsnway, 16th MM.; East Division of West Ceiba', at Skibliereen, 19th inst.; West Division of West Carbery, at Ssllydehob, 16th Ailnalmesky, at Bandon, 2lst inst. Kimay.—Ctatimaurice, at Odonsey, leth inst. ; Ingtktyconnor, at Listowsa, 15th Inst. Lnenucz.—Coshina, at Croom, 17th Inst.; Shashi, at ithangoiden, 16th inst.; Small County. at hospital. 20th inst. Mum—Upper Kens. 16th inst. Ea at Tiwersry, 15th inst.; 116 and Offa East, at Clo om el. 16 inst.; Iffy 'WM West, at Cahn, 17th Inst. : • Disney and Arra, 20th WM* Wasaroas.--Coahnswe and CoMbride, at Usroore, 16th Inst. ' STATE OF THE COUNTIII. DIATEII VT ION NENAOII.—On Thursday last an inqueet was held at Nenagh, on the body of Mar gare t Corcoran, a young woman aged twenty years, whose death it appean was caused from a want of sufficiency of food to sustain nature. It is lamentable that a fallow-creatine should be permitted to perish in the midst of plenty, in the centre of a large and populous town. The verdict attributed her death to a general state o f debilit y brought on by the want of food. CLARII.—We are informed by a oorrespondemt, says the Limerick Reporter, that three persons have died from want of food at Miltown,Malbay, within the present week. Coax.—Our readers are already aware of the ease of I Mac Kennedy, who died of starvation at Skibbereen, in the west of Cork. An inquest was held up on the body on for he the 2nd of November. O n the Wednesday evening bee I died his wife procured lid. or 2d. worth of meal, and a neighbour gave her a head of cabbage. On the day of bbi death (Saturday, the 24th ult.) the steward of the works on which he was employed g ave him a piece of bread, and in' the act of putting it to his mouth be sank and died. The two physicians swore that such an instance of starvation they never before met with. He was so attenuated from want of', food that all the fatty substance of the system was absorbed' and gone. Several weeks' wages were clue on the works. From the terms of the verdict it would seem that the can unit underg9 investigation in a court That the ' said Denis McKennedy, on the 24th of October, in the year aforesaid, at Cahara-road, in the county afornaid, died of I starvation owing to the gross negligence of the Board of Works." The explanation given by Captain Gordon, on the part of the board, is that the pay for the labourer s on the M c K en nedy worked, had, by mistake , bee n road on which sent to another district. PLEASANTERPROSPECTS.—The Newry Eremite. says " Though very disastrous accounts of cases of starvation, was t c ou nci l & in b ! Oleee,0„ooThellot, L°.-Viscount Yu. Twbeq" r ' the, th e , r d x . " flight Hos' T. iittrde. The rout lev Stuart h a of [hc pad EI .cheq nee ff were sent o , Vesiko e t s ßee for the g o o y off for the o —typut't ioner of the o - '7 hus Fitzc . lan Adolph *donee in 9 19 l ood their It.s_Y eu of . I co o :24ind tt.l GTs LlV . l) d ilu : to ß oa, u ; "i h s e o e Nfr• pel by Cno the At w' resew • ss.p Dr. an dgl by t t a b e e : l „ L o e Ity „ , W. „ os eo't. and La( r - Thomase-sti td ',Hotel, Belaralw, alentGEIN C onsta ntin Ctarks Rage „4-apP"‘ the ne 3IgY the Lady o f the sn d siste r Las, at At. Pete * ; Chu the , lect Girds-ein , few g RIOTS CAtlTLltre' of the Southern Reporter till; jib& these note "On Monday a Irbil party et bleb 411 mob deputed by the ea empleyed Lbws" waited as two arsaiers af Sr bad the lib. J. deM Duly emu trat t e hei Pn a b l'a uld ' deri ttele as isagi v a nt orse A=l.7 leld set,t:aistreversl4.l.43llsemesir, the Ow =I wily certain deatiSieb as The br aw n% gobblers' to *dr masa ameiliss by raw besi a 10..ddlaffffs ttis obi IL O. Asisoffey, ses ap ne a ippb„:ey, with that lees vidati he la dietiagebbed. baba: ]h e resit sacs( thane b themselves ha parties of II soli ea Peas works. Ilse 0 . 11 . 00 % =r, reamed to ad apart &ices:ere they bad received, sad this with the isalemeney of the ne,,!ber induced the sem le bike b their cheerios, babes sad ahnisa fewilles. On the lug morning (Tuesday) they bombed some snacked' is the town., and, tempted by the applenneed s bed of flour through the Main-street, they ealead the bias of the horse!= they led back to the mill gate, sembaly sedesided as to the disposal of the load. Here the few police obtained b the tewn, three or four meu, made an attempt to recover *a leer, ebb they were kicked and roughly handled by ~t li. ..! wftts breed thus te retreat to the barrack. The car was of los ceatents, parties of men and women can XIII ba-71.7e=lieadose directions, when the Bev. Mr. Fitzpatrick hastased Is the seise, sad by his remon strances and exhortations succeeded he prebilbp on them to return the flour ; his representatioNs et the mothasee end cruelty e ruining the owner, a poor sad bdnelekess baker of Charleville, seemed moat effectual in probe*, the bps? bad desired A strong party of the meat driermined than oreeseded to the resi dences of a few of the neighbourkag gentry and taxmen, and drove off upwards of a hundred sheep and three or four head of cattle, which they escorted to the town mad secured in a secluded square intended for building grounwch aa r m i t t emu leered would prove in the course of the day another being excited by their suffer ings to desperation and redthenness all sesesequencel. The exer they, of the parish w:r i t i e n trating tea an early hour . in the rooming , the liberate of the sheep, ke., and procured salseselmkos swag the more independent of the inhabitants, to the annamt of 101., which be distributed in person to the heads of deadest' loathes JUSTICE TO THE BOARD OP VirOllEß.—From a COMMUI nication in the Tipperary Vindicator upon the condition of Killaloe, county Clare, and its vicinity, I extract the fol lowing:— A Vint to this county within the lost few dap 21..5a enabled us to form a meet favorable opinion of the conduct of the Bs,: of Works, u with respect to the employment of the peopl e . Seven or eight hundred persons were put to public works on the morning of 'Ille•Oe1, of under the immediate direction of Mr. , T=q, en engineer. An at' cheerfulness and contentment has ma the district since the works have been set agoing, and wherever we went in the immediate 1 . neighbourhood of the town, and in some at the rural portions of the very extensive pal ahich extends eleven miles along the Shannon, the people were beginning to recover from the dismay and honor into which the neglect of the authorities had plunger them ; and we are happy to perceive that there is not now the slightest fear of the peace of that meet important district." MALICIOUS BULLRING or WHEAT.--Oa Sunday night, says the Tipperary Constitution, about the hour of eight o'clock, two auks of wheat, the pmperty of Mr. Michael Tobin, were maliciously set fire to, at Clcrihan, by seven incendiaries, and were it not for the exertions of the police, and Mr. Tobin's neighbours, two other stacks would have shared the same fate. There is a police station within 600 yards of the scene of this outrage. What reckless ruffians must those be who thus destroyed one of the principal neces saries of life in those days of misery and distress. DARING 01.7TRA0E.—Three armed men, says the Armagh Guardian, undisguised, on the evening of Tuesday last, before it was quite dark, entered the house of the Rev. Francis Synge, at Slevoir, and when passing through the hall, they met one of the servants, of whom they inquired if the steward was in the house. The servant stated that he was in his bed room. They then went up to his room, and with 'pistols levelled at his head, they swore him on a piece of paper to quit his place before the fair day, (yesterday) or that he would get the death of Waller. Smith, the steward, nor the ser vant who met them, know the parties. This, we have no doubt of, says the Guardian, as the Terrys are generally brought from a distant part of the country to do duty. SHOOTING A 1.11::cour Max.—At the Tralee Petty Ses sions (says the Cork Examiner), held on Wednesday, a case of shooting, alleged to have been perpetrated under shocking circumstances, came before the bench. Mr. Stokes presiding. It appeared from the statement of Mr. T. B. Hurley, who appeared for a boy named Flahire, that complainant, pressed , by the cravings of hunger, went into a garden belonging to a gentleman in the town, to the rear of his house, in w Id& noth admitt ed ,rog but cabbage, fur the purpose, as the boy of taking a head of cabbage to appease his ap petite. It was after nightfall, and when he went in he per ceived two men, one armed with a bayonet, and the other with a gun. Being within a few yards of them when he got it, one of them said, " I'll stick him "—" No," said the other, " I'll shoot him." Complainant begged of them not to injure him, but immediately Price, one of the fellows, discharged a gun, the contents of which (shot) lodged in complainant's shoulder. Evidence being given of the facts, informations were taken against the culprit. THE PROGRAMME OF THE YOUNG IRELAND PHALANX. The following letter, developing the plans Of operation of the literary phalanx projected by Mr. Smith O'Brien, ap pears from that gentleman in the Nation of to-day. It will be observed, that his opposition to Mr. vi O'Connel h l is more strongly etre= d in this letter, than in any preous speec or publication of Mr. O'Brien's:— " Cahirmoyle, Nov. 5. " My dear Mr. Duffy —lt bee given me much plea sure to learn from you that several men, whose patriotism, worth, and abilities arc not unknown to the public, have signified their desire to give effect, by their co-operation, to the suggestions offered by mein the letter which appeared in your last publication. It In desirable that there should be no misunderstanding as to the circumstances under which this proposal originated. A considerable number of individual+, who are ardently devoted to the cause of repeal, having been excluded from the Befoul Association because they are unwilling to enlescribe a test imposed for reasons which are ant yet fully understood, by the public, they ere naturally led to seek ethn empartunities through the means of which they may be emoted be biii ia the service of their country. No other cognisant Wing M present available, it seems to us that the Maims iieespepar=e advan tageously made an organ for &bag 1110111111,11 RIME admen of Oils dare. We do not wasssupMs soy blerhowes crib the edi torial department of newspaper ear bah your eneareeente for giving that information radar motto, which every newspaper eXPlllidere= to the public; but we ask whether it be coompaaila whit mignlxernents of your journal to dedi .T.te fa the ressatien of such papers, letters, (-mass, ihs,seasyleseppiled by writers whore capacity itr'---..-----ailsilmrbeirmalm So the pseph his been sufficiently tested? It Is aotbserelerY art dechebe b lay down any unalterable plan for kilo bleb this PERffortioa let lam disposed to think that il i =be sufficient te allot wcebly eight or ten columns of your paNinetir to the purpose contemplated in this praposa.L The papers ought to be short, terse, and well considered. In ne can should an arDele exceed two colunue. A valuable thought may often be com municated in a few lines. The form of address ought to be left to the judgment of each writer. The eubject. should he aa much varied as possible, but the animating principle of each composon mull! be • desire to proparate a spirit of nationality. I am much pleased with the title whkb Mr. O'Connell haft, by way of derbion, bestowedupon us— We Phalanx—the National Phalanx—the Patriot Pbabon—the Irish Phalanx — any of these denominations cannot fail to be acceptable to men who are struggling for the right of their nati ve land. We trust and believe that this Phalanx, wielding no other weapons than those of Reason and Truth, may hereafter become formidable to the enemies of our country. Mr. O'Connell will find that It is not easy to laugh down men who are heartily in earnest, and Angle minded In purpose. A misplaced sneer disfigures no face except that which wears it. He acrd not fear, however, that provocation will lead to reprisal. We shall endeavour to imitate his virtues, not his failings. Our duty to our country warns us to avoid the strife of personal oeutroveny, and bids us to devote all our faculties to the high and holy teak of endea vouring not only to augment the happiness of our fellow countrymen, but also to place the enjoyment of that happiness upon the secure foundation of national freedom. We challenge emulation in such a saner, and shall rejoiee to find ourselves outstripped, even by those who first tattered, then wronged and misrepresented, and who now appear disposed to insult us.—Believe me, very faithfully yours, W. S. O'Ban..v.—ToC. G. Duffy, Faq. RECOVERY or LOST !iloNET.—The money lost by a pay clerk of the Board of Wor ks between this and Ennis ' 1771„ was recovered by him the same ni g ht. He did not mss it till he arrived, and, having deposited his portmanteaus and trunks at his hotel, all filled with silver, he returned the way he came, and after travelling back sixteen miles, found it in the possession of two little boys, who had stumbled over it in the dark, and were unable to move it from its great weight. This money is generally made up in parcels of 701.. and for the most part consists of fourpennies. In the present instance the gentleman had not room for all he was in his trunks, and he put the bag is the well of the car, a board loose in it gave way, in consequence of the weight, and the bag fell out. SHOCKING SUICIDE.—A fearful case of self-destruction took place in Lower Dominick-street, on Thursday. Mr. W. Scott, residing at 4 6 , in the ab ove street, whose rain been for some time past in an unsettled state, inflicted a d* se vere wound in his abdomen with a table-knife. He died soon after the deed, suffering great agony. The verdict of the jury was, "That the said Mr. 'e. Scott died from the effects of • wound inflicted on and by himself, on Thursday morning, with a table-knife, while In a state of mental de morning, SCOTLAND. EDINBUROff PHILOSOPHICAL Drrirrrtorr.—On Wed nesday • public entertainment took pl a c e in the Music Hall, Edinburgh, for the purpose of celebrating the establishment of the new " Philophical Institution," in that city. The body of the hall was tilled by SOO persons, a good proportion of whom were ladies. The Lord Provost occupied the chair, supported by the Archbishop of Dublin, Y. T. B. Macaulay, Professor Wilson, Fox Maule, M.P., W. G. Craig, Esq., M.P. Professor Nichol, D. M. Moir , Esq. (Delta), Professor M.P., In the course of an address to the meeting, the Archbishop of Dublin, at great length, defended the national system of education ich in Inland from the many . exaggerat ed and false charges wh had been brought against it, as well as against the commis sioners who superintended it. He showed the liberal charac ter of the system, in excluding sectarianism from the schools, and in proof of the benefits that had resulted from it, he said that there was as much difference between the present character of a large portion of the Irish people and what it was fifteen years ago, as between their character at that time and that of the natives of New Holland. He said that nearly half-a-million of all persuasions were at pre sent educated at these schools—that about a million and a half bad gone through them a nd completed their educa tion • that about twelve hundred schoolmasters and school mistresses' had been trained up in the establishment hundred annually ; and that they were continuing to educate, at • decreasing cost of the public money, hundreds of thou sands of their fellow-subjects, wbo, if they might judge from the past, would, without these means, have e n dliv and died as ignorant as the brutes that perisi He th . pro ceeded to show, that while means were provided in England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the education of the hiqher as well as the lower classes, there was a want of something for the middle classes, and be thought they wen g oin g a g reat way to supply that want by the establishment of such institutions as that which had brought them together. — Mr. T. B. Macaulay, M.P., also spoke at conaiderable length; and after referring to the value of popular literary institu tions and public libraries, he showed the fallacy of the saying so often repeated that "a little knowle is • Ferns thing." This portion of his s p eech shaa have a place in our columns when opportunity offers. place;in which pieties aria ievelvid seamen:ll with families met, who issued his warrant on Thursday morninf ami las. t . of great respectability. A due was given -',!w alto, which led to a communication with the coroner Os . '""" for the disinterment of the body of George 'Taor, or, of the order being carried into effect, Carlton -upon-Trent, who died on the 26th of N 844, et".: 4 crowds surrounded the was buried at Sutton-upon-Trent, the adjoining Nov.,ia rish. On churchyard, and followed the body, which was removed to the premises of Mr. Pettinger, surgeon, Sutton-upon-Trent . , the medical attendant of the deceased up to the time of his death. Mr. Taylor was 37 years of age, and had a housekeeper named Elisabeth Smith, who is 28 ' years of age. In the month of September, 1844, Taylor was taken very ell, had much sickness', and was attended by Mr. Petunger ,• but, owing to medicine, and good nursing on the part of Miss Smith, he got considerably better. In a few weeks, however, he had a second attack, very similar to the first, and though the cause of his illness could not be discovered, his me dical attendant again treated him for an ulcerated stomach. His done, n w e de , every r pp. and od e , ff e d o i t unavailing was m ule or patient becoming_much worse, Mr. Pettinger requested that and e ied, n to a days y . e n Use t afterwards life w 26 lobru Novembera d l ~ Dr. Morton, of Newark, might be called in, and this being three Shortly after his death, Miss Smith went to reside fora few weeks at the house of Mr. Richard Taylor, the father of the deceased, and here she was very low in spirits and remark ably desponding. She had conversation with different parties, and declared that Taylor was a murdered man, and it seems disclosed all she could with a view of unburdening berrnind, as she said, she could not live without telling what she had done; but added, that she should never have thought of doing it, had not Mrs. Taylor introduced the subject to her. Mrs. Taylor was the second wife of Richard Taylor, and mother-in-law to the deceased, George Taylor. These com munications having been made to friends and relations, the matter was not talked about in public; but a few days ago a word or two dropped on the subject which led on to coerce.. sation and disclosures of important facts, to parties who could not consistently allow the matter to rest any longer without legal investigation ; consequently, a jury was summoned, and sworn on Thursday last, at Sutton, and having taken a view of the body, an officer was despatched for Miss Smith, who was apprehended at the house of Mr. Wood, farmer, of Ossingten, where she was re siding as house-keeper. Mrs. Taylor, wife of Richard Taylor, was also required to attend the investigation before the co roner and jury. During the examination of the witnesses, the room was crowded with respectable inhabitants from Sut. ton and Carlton, the vicar of the former place, the Rev. R. Thompson, being present. Eliza Otter, wile of M. Otter, attor ney's clerk, of Sutton-upon-Trent, deposed that her husband was cousin to deceased, who lived at Carlton-hill farm, and after his decease she was in company with E. Smith, at Richard Taylor's house, many times during ten months she resided there, as it was under the same roof that she herself lived, and he ard her declare that she had given deceased mercury twice in his coffee, and she told the facts to un burden her mind, as she could not live. The death took place in November, 1814, and the first conversation with Miss Smith was in January, 1845. She said, " George Taylor was a murdered man," but she gave the mercury to make him behave better to herself and her father. She said, they (George Taylor and herself) had quarrelled because she had stayed longer at alarnham fair than he expected. She was much disturbed in her mind daring the ten months she remained at Richard Taylor's. She left there to go into service.—Matthew Otter, clerk to Mr. Joseph Smith, solici'or, Carlton-upon-Trent, deposed to conversations with Miss Smith, during the ten months sub sequent to his death, and heard her state that Taylor was a murdered man. Witness thought she said ' married, and asked who was his wife? She d No, a mur dered man." On being asked her reason for say ing so, she said, " I gave him mercury ; I gave it him twice, and I am the murderer."— She said, he had been to Mr. Samuel Hole's funeral, and did not return till 6 o'clock in the morning, and that she gave him some mercury in his coffee, which she took out of a bureau. She gave it him not to destroy life, but to reform him, by making him ill, and showing him how comfortable his house might be made. She said she gave it him the woad time after her return from Marnham fair, which was on the ' 12th of September, in the year 1844. She had been at the fair two days. She said, what a thing it would be for a young woman like her, 28 years of age, to be confined in a gaol. George Pettinger, surgeon, Sutton upon-Trent, deposed to a ttending the deceased in September, October, and 'Novem ber, 1841, till his death. Considered that the deceased suf fered from deranged digestive organs. He suffered from sick ness, and had all the symptoms of a person having had ar senie. The deceased got much better, and then had a second attack; called (in Dr. Morton, of Newark, and on death taking place, returned to the registrar that the death had taken place through ulcerated stomach. The deceased had stated that Miss Smith had been teasing him about marrying her. Had examined the body of George Taylor that morning, but could not state the cause of death. Hugh Morton, phyncian, confirmed Mr. Pettinger as to the mptoms of the patient, both on the first and seamed attack. Had seen the body that morning.—Maria Walker, wife of John Walker, cottager, of Sutton-upon Trent, gave eel. deuce respecting conversations with Miss Smith, in which the latter said she could not live. She related how she gave him the :mercury out of the hurean. The inquest was adjourned at 4 'o'clock p.m. On Saturday, the jury assembled at ten o'clock, when Lucy Coates, widow, gave evidence to show that Mrs. Tay lor and Miss Smith recriminated each other in her pre sume ; the one said she advised, and the other excused isemelf. This woman's evidence went to show that Mrs. Taylor advised Miss Smith to give George Taylor something, and persuaded her to do it ; first she advised antimonial wine, and then mercury out of the bureau; they blamed each other. Coates suggest" d, after the funeral, that the paper containing the remainder of the mercury should be burnt, and it was so, she and Miss Smith being together. Other evidence was given by labourers, to show that no arsenic had been used fur preparing wheat seed, and by Maria Walker, recalled at the request of Mrs. Taylor, in which conversations with Mies Smith and Mrs. Taylor were more fully detailed, all of which confirmed the statement that Miss Smith gave the mercury, and Mrs. Taylor advised the course. The jury then adjourned to give time for the viscera to be examined by Dr. Playfair, or other professor of chemistry, and to obtain other evidence. LANCASHIRE. EARLY CLOSINO. —On Thursday last, a very numerous meeting was held in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, in support and advocacy of the early closing movement. The hail was about half full when the proceedings commenced ; but it gradually filled as the evening advanced, and there were probably from 3,000 to 4,000 persons present, including a fair proportion of ladies. Upon the platform were G. Wil son, Esq., who bed been requested to preside; Lord John Manners, M.P. ; William wart, Esq., 31. P. ;_ C. Medley, Esq., M.P.; Joaeph Brotherton, - Esq., 31. P., Charles Knight, Esq. (the publisher), and others. Deputa tions attended from kindred societies in Leeds, Birmingham, Oldham, Rochdale, and Bradford. Various speeches were delivered and resolutions agreed to, embodying the opinion of the meeting, that the views of the Early Closing Association are such as commend themselves to the justice and generosity of accrue at the pu blic, avant at aryl that if wou those ld views were adopted, many gre positive es to all classes, es well as to the class more immediately concerned, and the movement itself is essentially in accord ance with the adyanciag spirit of the present age. AT THE PRELIMINARY MEETING of the council, the choice of chief magistrate of Manchester for the ensuing year, fell una nimously upon Elkanah Armitage , Esq., who is now alderman for St. Ann's ward. YORKSHIRE. EARLY CLOSINO.—The linen and woollen drapers and hosiers of Italia:, commenced closing their shops at seven o'clock in the evening on Monday last. LEICESTERSHIRE. • Lotragnosonait WAS THE SCENE 0/ MUCH EXCITEMENT on Wednesday, in consequence of the exhumation of the body of Abraham White, who is suspected to have been poisoned. Several suspicious circumstances have come to light. One of these was, the wife of the deceased had pur chased some poison shorly before his death, and it was known that she and her husband had lived uncomfortably for some time, in consequence of her having formed an improper con nexion. The death of deceased was registered as caused by " constitutional gangrene." Mr. C. Ilyde, surgeon, has, since the disinterment of the body, opened it, and removed the stomachwith its contents, the duodenum, the spleen, and the liver, and they are now in his poesesaion. They are to be analysed, and an inqueet will then be held. HAMPSHIRE. THR GATCOMEE ROBBIZT. — At the Petty &admi x Newport, lan week, Thomas Dawson, late footman and valet to the Rev. Dr. Thomson, of Gatisombe Rectory, was placed at the bar. He seemed in nowise abashed at the awkward position he has placed himself in, or the notoriety he has gained by his highlyceloured and improbable tale of the manner in which the robbery was effected. The depo sitions taken on Tuesday were fi rst read; that given by his master, W. Thomsen, D.D., was as follows lam rector of Gatcombe, where I have resided for the last four months. The prisoner has been in my . service two years. I reside at Oxford the remainder of the year. Before I left Oxford I mimed a cedgl pin with a coral heed; the pin now eirodu I have every reason to believe is the pin I lost. I have no doubt of it. I never gave it away.—lnspector Calling ham: I appre hended Thomas Dawson, on the 27th October, in Newpooach rt, and took him priso ner . Amongst the I on the c on which he was travelling he pointed o u ift g e B ttx of his own. I opened it, and found a loaded - bludgeon and pistol, also the geld pin now produced; prisoner looked up and said it to Doctor Thomson ; that he took it at Oxford, and t ei t::t to take it back there again, and that the doctor did not know he took it.—The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was committed for trial, with the understand ing that he should be brought up again in a fortnight to undergo an examination upon a char g e of having com mitted the felony at Gatcombe House, an intimation being conveyed to the bench that be bad made an open confession to another prisoner, who was confined in the same cell, and it was neoesary to procure a writof habeas corpus for bring ing up the body of the aforesaid prisoner to men evidence of such confession before the courts Elsimani. Pain b a y , bn staying at Southampton, but left that town on Saturdy by the Peninsula steamer Royal Tar. 611861111. TEN PAVILION, BaIOHTON,—DiE. Slieeht, the clerk to the oommiasioners. had an interview with Lord A. Hervey, in London, on Wednesday, and witlaCaritainPeehell, at Castle Goring, on Friday, on the subject of the proposed sale of the Pavilion, a nd preparatory to a meeting with Lord Meep e t:e. be submitted to his lordship's c ons ideration ; anil, from when the, whole of thifacts connected with this property what win we (Bripheon Herald) heat', a sale of the Pavilion, as it now — wits let budlding purpov.s, cannot take plates. P lsce 'Te Ye.,"le o,Oa !' Ant lot the •eyir!g . t2lietalllS . ol . plates to y — differe;t Y Pa - rts of — th P e urixm line, a o small f e°Qv tr e l "" eltis men' strict orders, however, being given, that on no pretence ;Waver shall such trucks be allowed to remain on the main line; i.;`.t, that on taking off the plates, it shall be put into a " siding." This, however, either on account of laziness in the mess or from some other cause, is rarely done, and the seeideet c aused to the Ipswich excursion train a short time since, near the !trent.voodincline, arose from leaving one of these trucks I on the line. The accident on Friday morning happened near Chadwell, about midway between the Romford and Ilford stations, an.! was caused by leaving one of these trick , upon the up _b n .e. The truck was smashed by the collision, and the engine much injured. On the arrival of the train at Ilford, so g.oee did the case of negli gence appear, that the engine-driver gave informa tion of the accident to the police, and three men, plate-layers, were taken into custody and conveyed before the magistrates at Ilford. They gave their names as William Harr:s, foreman of plate layers, William Eladon and George Brown, and were charged ' with negligence in discharge of their duty whilst engaged in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway, in the Parish of Barking." William Hewitt, en engine driver, stated that on that morning he left Colchester at three o'clock with a goods train, and arrived at Chadwell about a quarter before seven. The first intimation he had of danger was seeing a man, one of the prisoners, running round him with a red flag. He then observed about 30 or 40 yards ahead of him a truck upon the line. He did all he could to prevent running into it, but could not. The truck was broken and some of the tubes of the engine damaged. Mr. Peter Ashcroft stated that he gave Harris a copy of re gulations and instructions for his guidance, and that, accord ing to those regulation., the truck ought not to have been on the line. He could not say whether he had supplied the other men with copies, but, if the foreman was not present, the truck ought not to have been pushed on to the line. They must have been aware they were doing wrong, by running towards the train with the red flag. In answer to the charge, Harris said that, at the time of the accident, he was iu bed, and consequenrly could know nothing of the truck being on the line,whiek must have been done eontrary to his orders. Mr. Widdicombe said the company did not wish the prisoners tobe severely dealt with, their object being to show that neglect of duty and disobedience of orders and regulations could not be done with impunity. Mr. Stratfield said he had some one else to satisfy besides the company, and he should not be doing his duty to the public if he did not make a severe example of men who had been guilty of such gross misconduct, which, under other circumstances, might have been at , ended with loss of life or limb. He should therefore commit Harris, who, by his own account, was in bed when he should have been looking . after the men employed under him upon the railway, for six weeks, and the other men for one month - 1 1, to the House of Correction at Ilford. Ininthrnittv ati altrtrat Aebs. Oxman, Nov. 7. Dr. Jenne, Master of Pembroke College, has given notice that the election to the Medical Fellowship, founded by Mrs. Sheppard, widow of the late Dr. Sheppard, formerly Fellow of Magdalen College, will take place on the 4th day of December neat. The Fellowship is open to all members of the I/adversity who have passed the examination for the degree of Michela( of Arts. Dr. Stephen Elvey, organist of New College, and of St. Mary's Church, was, on Thursday lust. unanimously elected organist of St. John's College, in the room of Dr. Ntukball, resigned. Cannunox, Nov. 7.—At the anniversary meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, held yesterday, the Council for 1446-7 was appointed as follows :—Presidref : Rev. Professor Challis, Trinity.—Vier.Presidetsts: Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity; Rev. Professor Minot, D.D., Trinity ; ker. S. Earnshaw, M.A.. St. John's.— Trrantrer G. E. Paget, M.D., Cionvillc and Caiws—Secre.. tortes: W. lioptina, M.A., St. Peter's; Professee Miller, M.A., St. John's; C. C. Itabington, M.A., St. John's. The subject fur the Norrislan Prize Easy for the pre-tent year is "'floe t'onnexion of Prophecy with the other Evidences of Revealed Religion." The Prise given at Trinity College, for the beet English Essay has been awarded to E. H. Itickendeth.—lL Woodrow, WA., has been elected a Fellow un the Perse foundation at Gonvillc and Cairo College. In the list of Proper ; Kean* nt St. John's, inserted In yesterday's piper, for Silby," read " Emu's CAILLEGE, Los Do., Nov. 7.—Examination for Trims.— Leuthe's Endownient.—Prizemen for 18IG-7 Mr. J. N. Coffin ; Dlr. Darman Ferguson.—R. W. Jeff, D.D., PrineipaL DVIULAII, Nov. s.—The following member. of University College have been elected Fellows: Rev. C. T. Erskine, 8.A.; G. E. Green, 8.A.: .1. Pedder, 8.A.; J. Waite, B.A.—The following students of University College have been elected scholars : Hadley, R. Berkeley, ,B. Bradley, W. Churl C. M. 1/aviea, S. P. Denning, F. Fisher, A. I Maclennan, W. Richmond, S. Bolleston, I'. Rudd, J. 11. Usher, 3. 11. Waite. PRY.77III7.IPM—Rer. H. C. Anion to Sustrad, P.C., Norfolk, 941. Rey. C. J. Itetham, to Huggiesoote, C., Leicestershire; Rev. E. D. Buns to Christchurch, P.C., Melplaish, Beansinster, Dorset; Rev. It. S. C. Cherawide to the Evening Lectureship of St. John's, Leeds; Rev. D. N. Clark to Netherseale, C., Leiceatershire; Rev. G. F.. Freeman to Geddington, C., Northimptonshise ; Rev. S. C. 11. Hansard to Clay twooke, C., Leicesternhire Rev. W. Hope to Whitwick, C., Leics.*- , tershire ; Rev. E. Morton to the Head Mastership of ItheOp Corer's grammar.sehool, Madras; Rev..t. Lowry to Creston, C., Northamp tonshire ; Rev. J. Limes to North Lutfam, C., Ituthindshire; Rev. \V. Milton to Mannintham St. Paid's, P.C., Yorkshire; Rev. W. it. Moore to Erington, V., Leicestershire, 80/.; 11ev. G. Proctor, 11.1)., to D., Middlesex, 159/.; Rev. W. Randall to St. John's, P.C., Bradford, Yorkshire; Rev. G. S. Stanley to liraTACAte, R., Leicester shire, 950/.; Rev. C. B. Taylor to Orley, R. l Suffolk, 5101.; Rev. J. West to Clipsham, R., Itutiundshire, 21W., with residence. VACANCl..—Colefori P.C., Somerset, dio. Bath and Wells, 120 J., with glebe ho. fit ;for residence; pat. the Vicar of Kilmeradon, vacant by the promoti as of the Rev. J. Wert.--Corfu : the office of Director and Principal of tniversity Minor College to be a graduate of oxford or Cambridge, testimonials to be sent to lie. Jenne, Master of Pem broke, Oxford.—Macro I'.C., Yorkshire, dlo. Ripon, 351., with the glebe ho. it for residence ; pat. the D. a nd C. of Ripon, vacant by pro motion of the Mew. W. Mitton.—Denchworth V., Books, dio. Oxford, 130/., with glebe too. fit for residence ; pat. Worcester College, Oxford, vacant by the pnonotion of the Rev. E. Morton. —Guernsey : Prin cipalship of Elisabeth College; pat. the Chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge, vacant by the resignation of the Itev. W. L. Davies !tartest C., Suffolk, din. Ely, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. F. 1). Butts.—Langport Grammar School, head mastership, 73/. Lenirport finals House, Chaplaincy of, 401.—Nova Scotia : Professor , ship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at King's College, 2110/., with rooms and commons free, to be an M.A. in holy orders, applica tion to be made to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.--Virginia Water: t he Incumbency of the Church, vacant ' by the resignation of the Rev. G. Spence, LL D.—York a ; the Mathe- Matidd Mastership of St. Peter's School., 1301., to be graduate of one of the Lugli.ih CniveNities, and if in holy orders would be pre. &reed. application, before Dee. 12, to C. A. Thistieton, Esq., York. NAVAL. COMPLEMENTS OP HES 'MAJESTY'S SOTPs.—We regret to perceive that the Admiralty have reduced the number of officers and men in our ships and steamers of war. AU who know the service are well aware that even now our vessels are very far from being over-msnned, and that any reduction in their crews must operate injuriously to their efficiency. The following is the table of complements of sea-goingsips, sloops, steam-vessels, &c., issued by the Admiralty, . 1. It is not to apply to those at present in commission, hut only to such as may in future be brought forward ; both officers and men are to be reduced in number ; a lieutenant less in every vessel, except steamers; and in three decked ships, a reduction of about fifty men. AU steamers are to have fewer seamen, but more stokers and coal trimmers ; the boys, both first and second class, to continue as before ; also the marines. The number of lieutenants to be as fol lows, viz.:—First-rates to have 7 instead of 8. Second-rates to have 5 instead of 7, hat if on three decks to bear 7 lieu tenants, 22 mates and midshipmen, and 6 naval cadets. Third-rates to have 6 instead of 6. Fourth-rates to have sas before. Fifth rates to have 4 instead of 5. Sixth ' rates to have 3 instead of 4. Steam vessels of four rates —viz., 300, 260, 240, and 195 men, to have throe lieutenants; those of 160 and 140 men, to have but two. Sloops of five rates—viz., 145, 130, 125, 120, and 80 men each, to bear but two lieutenants instead of three. Poor ROYAL, JAMAICA, Ocr. 9. —The Pickle schooner, Lissa. Henry Bernard, did not sail till the 27th ult., when eaborked the Hon. Col. Bruce for the Havannah, ess nage to Canada. The United States steam-ship Spitfire, Conalaander Tatnall, having made good her defects, sailed ow the 24th ult. for Chagres. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Forth, Captain Chapman, arrived on the Ist inst. from the Spanish Main. Among her passengers from L C om modore Stoat, late Commander -in-chief of abeaCted States squadron in the Pacific, on his way to ga s :hotroren, . The gallant officer paid his respects to our worthy o and sailed on the 3rd instant in the Tay, for Havannah. The intelligence brought by the party front the Pacific confirms that which we received two months ago in this island, viz., that California was formally taken possession of by the American forces. When Commodore Slott left , Monterey on the 29th July, all Upper California, north of ' Santa Barbara, was in the full and quiet pomession of the American forces. The United States steam-frigate Princeton was at Charts when the Forth left, but was to come in here for a supply of coals. The Princeton took dispatches to rhagres for the Pacific, rid Panama. Our intel ligence from Hayti Is of an interesting character. President Riche was progressing in his philanthro pic efforts to unite the two divisions of the rels land under one government , and also in many internal - forms, chiefest of which was the substitute of coin for paper money. The ocean in this neighbourhood has beenunusnally agitated for the last feel days, the Palisades and this town having been partially flooded by the dark rolling waves. This circumstance it is feared in dicates the near apptoac ave h of a hurricane, or that some of the neigbbcraring islands h been visited with such a calamity. The only vessel of war in harbour is the /mown, 72, with the broad pendant of Commodore Pring. V ALPARA ISO, AVG. 26.—The Salamander, steam sloop, Commander A. S. Ramona, arrived at Valparaiso from Tahiti, en route to England, to be paid off, on the 1701 Aug. The Talbot, 28, Capt. Sir T, Th ompson, Bart., arrived at Valiwraiso from St. Bias, oft the 24th August. The Samplon, steam frigate, Capt. Hender so n , sailed Sem Valparaiso for Coquimbo on the 25th of August. Rio, SEPT. 12.—The; Griffon sailed from Rio the 23rd August for Monte NT:4e°. A'he Baretta transport arrived at Rio on she 27th. 7 The Caracoa oxrived at Rio on , of Sept. from Mont' 3 Video ; and the Grecian sailed o taken n the 10th for the river. Th e Fireb Firebrand steam-frigate had the place of the 'afelampue, at Buenos Ayres. The Admiral was living on o.;ore at Monte Video, occupying the barracks that the 73rd 'ztegt. had. Pert of the seamen live there; the rest are Ousesered in other places. The marines me quartered in the towr., and also near the lines. The Gorgon steamer was at on her way to England, on the 28th Sept. Vesta Cats Oar. 2.—The Endyntion 44, Alarm 26, Electra 16, and Daring 12, were at Vera Cruz on the 2nd Oct. The Bose, 18, sailed thence on the 14th Sept. for Hirrannah and England, with about 150,000 dollars on h'fard. COVE or Coes, Nov. 3.—The Myrmidon. a. v., Lieut.- Commander Jenkin, still carries the flag of Emir-Admiral Sir H. Pigot, commander-in-chief —Dee, s. v., Master-Com mander Driver, Is taking on board 1,500 bags of bread for Valenti*, wkither she wal go when she has eonspleted with these provisions.—R/sadarnanihus, a. v., Lieut.-Commander klen, and the Cornet,' s., Lieut.-Cominander Johnson, are in harbour awaiting orders and cargo. The latter has boon lway, pro oinsxotrrif, Nov. B. The Scourge, a., Com. Caffin, Minot amil at Friday, having had her orders countermanded. illia to Spitlimul, whente she now waits her des piromeeted for Lisbott.—The SpApts, e. a., which arrived on y, is quite ready for sea. On hr arrival order were Jmt to the dock-yard officers to undertake no alterations with h t .- that would be necessary to detain her if required kerne diatetj. The same orders were given re petting the Scourge on her arzival. Wookent.S. Nov. 7.—The Medea, steam-sloop was com missioned yesterday by Commander Graham Hammond, with a complement of 140 mn. She proceeded down the river the same day to test her engines, steaming as far as the mile in Long Reach. Her speed on the first trial was 8,889 knots against the tide, and 13,094 with it, giving an average of 10,991. but oil subsequent trials she made more than eleven knots. This, considering that her paddles were only im mersed to a depth of 2 feet 7 inches, which hardly affords sufficient hold of the water, is an excellent speed. She had on board about 190 tone of coal, as on the first attempt to try her engines the paddles were not sufficiently immersed. Her draught of water was 13 feet forward, andl3 feet 6 inches aft. Her engines, which were supplied by Messrs. Maudalay and Field, were in excellent working order, and made 24 . revolutions a minute. The Grappler and Amp/ion, 36 guns, are preparing for their final experimental trials. The Rosamond (formerly the Eclair) was ordered to be commissioned yesterday, by Commander Foote, with a com plement of 160 men. The Tartarus, steamer, was paid off yesterday. The Sidon, steamer, Captain Henderson, is to have some alterations made in her top-masts, in order to remedy her inclination to list. Nothing defiuitive is yet known as to her destination. A series of interesting experiments on the powers of the various screw-propellers, and the best mode of fixiug them in steamers, have been carried on and are still in progress with the Dwarf, steamer, which has been set apart for these ri expements. The first trial was made with the common Arehimedian screw (Smith's patent), and the results were as favourable as those exhibited by any subsequent invention. The next trial was made with Rennie's screw, but the results, in this instance, were not so satisfactory. A third trial was made with llodgson's para bolic propeller, and, up to the present time (for this inven tion is to be again tested) the success was equal to that of the common propeller. A fourth trial will soon be made with Woodcrott's patent, constructed upon a new plan of shifting the angles of the screw to the most favourable position, with the view of determining the best angle of impingement. Some trials have also been made by altering the dead wood of the Dwarf, so as to resemble the square stems of the old block ships ; but in this case it was found that the screw could scarcely give the vessel tideway. The results, in all these cares, have been reported to the Admiralty, and on the conclusion of the experiments their lordships will give their opinion as to the former propeller which it is considered moot advisable to adopt in the Royal Navy. Pitonormes. Nor. 6.—Omunander J. I'. Roepel to be Captain. Arroisvarivis, Nov. 7.--Lieuteniuits, E. B. Rice to the Hibernia; P. T. C. Strode to the Thetis. Assistant Surgeon, W. 11_ Cameron, to the SpitefuL Second Master 8.. Reed to the Lightning. Clerk 11. 11. Gilbert to the Belvidere, in charge. Naval Wets I'. 11. Colomb to the Sidon ; 11. R. Wrutislaw to the Rosamond. Masters Assistant J. T. Wright to the Penelope. First Engineers, G. Russell to the Rosamond; C. Pemberton to Um Medea, acting. Second Engineer W. N. Bidet% to the Medea, acting. 'Mild Engineer. T. U. Se) moor and J. Stewart tio the Rosamond; L. G. C. S. Davis to the Medea; T. hunt to the Gutter. MILITARY. UOILSEGVAILDB CIRCULAE.—VETERINART SURGEONS. — WAX OFFICE, Oce. 31: bir,—l have the satisfaction to acquaint you that Ifer Idaiody has been graciously pleased to make further provision for the veterinary surgeons of the army by granting, from and otter the Ist instant, to the veterinary surgeon who shall have served in the army in that or in any other e.apneity as n medical ;Aker on full pay for a period ex ceediug :15 years, pay at the rate of 17a. 6d, a day : and to order that instead ottlie eaten of pouching and allowances to the families of vete rinary surgeons, specified in the wale annexed to the Pension Warrant, dated 7th /uly, Ma, the undermentioned rate* be granted in cases of veterinary surgeons dying subsequently to the 7th oast.—l have the honour to be, sir, your moat obedient humble servant, 1.. SCLIVAN. NV allows PENSIONS —The widow's pension is fixed at 40/. per annum, but in cases of officers killed in action, to the widow, in lieu of the ordinary pension, 30/., and to the mother or sisters 40/. The compassionate allowance to legiti mate children is to very from 8/. to 14!. each per annum should the officer be killed in action, but otherwise from fl. to 101. Another clause states that the aggregate amount of allowance to the family of any one officer killed in action is not to exceed 80!., and if not killed in action the same is not to he greater than the annual half-pay attached to the rank of the officer. LIIPHOVSMENT IN THE ARMY.—The 2nd battalion of Grenadier guards, stationed at St. John's-wood barracks, commanded by Lt.-Col. Sir 0. lionyman, are now enjoying privileges formerly unknown in the British army. they have now a library that would do credit to any institution in Eng land. It consists of nearly one thousand volumes of various works (the battalion's own property), including ancient and modern history, naval and military history, including the whole of the late campaigns in India, nearly all the new works of our modern writers, together with biography, geo graphy, &c., with some moat excellent maps on a very large scale, maps of India, America, Great Britain, and all her Majesty's colonies. The men are furnished, free of expense, with copy-books, pens, ink, and every accommodation in the library, so that the man who objects to go to the reeirnental school may here improve himself. 'those men who do not wish to attend either school or library can have copy-books in the barrack-room, free et expense, by applying to the pay-serjeant of their company. The daily and weekly papers are also taken in at the library, together with the monthly periodicals. Various sorts of games are also fol lowed up in the barracks, such as cricket (of which there is an excellent club, including many of the officers), rackets, quoits, skittles, and foot-ball; and in the evening every accommodation is afforded in the library for chess, draughts, and dominoes, where tea or coffee is provided extra for those men who may wish for it. The members of the library (which is open to all) subscribe one halfpenny weekly, and a number of the officers have subscribed most handsomely towards it. The adjutant (Captain Bradford) is unceasing in his attention to their comforts and pleasure. The men cannot but feel deeply indebted for the rapid progress which has taken place in the improvement of the morals, manners, comforts, and amusements of all classes of the battalion, the result of which is, there is not one man in the military prison, nor has the commanding officer had occasion to bring any nian under the cognizance of a court-martial for these last three months.—Sunda y SPORTING._ WORCESTF.Itiri.I,PLE CHASE.—Prinssr. WOECIINTERNIIIRE HANDICAP bTIMPLIt CHASE. SITCEIIII Of 20 Boys each, 10 ft and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. 4 nobs. Gentlemen riders allowed 7 lb. Lord Strathmore's The Switcher, list 111 b (Tournerl 1 Copt tarnett's Marengo, 10st 7l b (W. Barker 2 Mr. O'lliggin'a Pioneer, 12st lib (Owner 3 Mr. Preston's Brunette, 12st sib (Mr. MeDonought 4 The following also started :—Salute, list 71b; Culverthorpe, last 51b; Jerry, 1 lit ; Tramp, 10at 7th ; Sparta, 10d 41b ; Mahomet, Oct 11Ib ; Little Johnny, lost; Gilroy. A 01W nee with three, won cleverly by a length. FILMS }La Mums Slag rq, of 1 0 sore. each, and 50 added. Beats. 2 miles. (9 subs.) Mr. Oakers Valerie, teat Sib , Otliverl 01 0 1 Terms, Oxt (t Dolly 2 0 1 2 Mr. llayne's b. g. by T. eadland, 'lot 61b (Frisby 1 0 Mr. Ibbotzon's Pimento, lOst (Drewett 3 2 3dr. Mr. Pearoe's Jack Won sup 3dr. cup. NEWMARKET COUBSLNG MEETING--0011e1.91/11/. FItDAT. Tat DERBY.— DECIDINU COURAK. —Lord Stradtroke's Mentor beat Mr. B. Smythe's Shakeipeore, and won the stakes. Sm Cur.— & Damara. and w Cocas on a—Lo the up. rd Strudbroke's Maze beat Mr. B. ythe Spinster, c OAKS.—DECTIDNO Corse—Mr. Dobede's Dolly beat Mr. Vlpan's Vesta, and won tho stakes. ad Sr arms.—Decuaro Cans—Lard Stradbroke drew Marshall, and ecided Mac the winner. Eximio tiraima—Dinciumo Coons.—Lord Stradbroke's Maiden beat Mr. Dobsde's Destiny, and won the stakes. NRWMAIIKET ERAILEB.—DECIDIND Arustryther's M illennia beat Mr. Vipan's Van Tromp, and won the stakes. ALTCAE MEETING.—Nov. 5, 6. Tar Coe for sixteen dogs. was won by Mr. W. Blundell's Basing° ; Mr. S. Standish's Setspetress ran up. Marron 11-Doo 9ranz, was won by Mr. Swan's Snapdragon; Mr. Ciowes's Cormorant. Caorrrns 6-Doo Stutz, was won by Mr. E. G. llornby's Meaty; ' Mr. Swan's Shandy Gaff. WEST DuESE STOW of eight doge, were won by Mr. Swan's Sore reign ; Mr. E. D. ITornby's llasipen Widow ran up. GREENAWAY DitEruits.—Nov. 4,3, 6. Lamm' Para (24 dogs) wen won by bin Strangway's Lady iViLlair. Maur (8 dogs) won by Mr. Gordon's Cabrera. OAK, Breams (7 bitches) were won by Mr. lAttlieDEE'S Lady Bac GREENAWAY IP w ho AidT ROD Dy Mr. Esdatle's Ply and Mr. ludffigo, di the prize. 11.ato . fritelligente. LAW NOTICES.—THIS DAT. Coeur or Cameos:at, Westminster, at Io.—For Judgment : Firming v. Swinnericat ; Carmichael v. Carmichael (2 ) . A pp esb : Viligbtron v. Macaulay, part beard ; Lawrence v. Bowie. Casio, by peter: Gomperts v. Gomperts (8) ; Morris v. nowes (2). Vica.Cameratoae Comm., Westminster, at 10.—Before Sir L. Shadwell.--Causcs, be. : Ytoden v. &avbena, part heard: Penny v. Watts ; Kirke v. Bromley Union; /Awls - v. < v. toper Grand Junction ?o=c-,...rerry,:t . erDif - ; „4.20w..=,-8. Sco tt ; I.,zhinrit v Gsetod . n " ( 2 ) ~' Moos ; Small v. Bickford (2). —Before !kr 3. - Knia Bruee : Caws, &c. • Massey v. Johnson, pat beard : Jaws v. Jones (2), by order ; Hulbert v. Hulbert; Baia v. Callback ; Cession v. dr.. mtcm ; Taylor v. Cooper; Wilson v. Parker; Pewee v. ikanners (2) ; Woodward v. Miller ; Shaw v. Hill; Beach v. Coward; Coward v. Powley.—Befre olr J. Wigram: Haar. Kemp, to be spoke to. — Cameo, km: Leigh v. Uri Makatea; Dais a. Hamilton ; Beatoot v. Shaw • Preston v. wows; man v. Emerson; Hammon v. Sedg wick ;',ldeder v. Hodgson (2); Kirby v. Rah. ROLLA Cocas IE, at In.—Canes, dc. —Pilby v. Pithy ; Robinson a. Wall; ts v. Branton ; Per a. Maddowcroft; At torney-OmM a. OoLIEW ; rennet v. King's College; Attorney-Comsat v. Ludlow ; Hodamob v. Ellis ; Oak, T. Gray ; Willis v. Douglas; Howard v. Howard ; Lockart v. Hardy. Court or Consul'Clca's Barn, Westminster, at le.—sittings in Banos. Coyne or n Naas, Westminster, at 10.—SIttiap In Manoo. Coca or EICIONWSZ, Utestmimner, at 10.-81ttinirt la Banco. EQUITY COURTS.—SATTIRDAT. Hdore Ms Muter of tbe Roils. LANCASTER IL EVORL—JUDOMENT. Lord a b Langdale gare judgment in this case, which arose out of ill filed by Mr. lancoaster as the legal representative of John Burney, a judgment creditor, for the purpose of obtaining _ payment of a sum due to him ou t ' of 24,072/. Consols, at prnt in the hands of the court. It appeared that the estates alluded to in the cause were of three descriptions; they were the estates of Lady Prytse in Berkshire, and estates of Sir John Pryce in Montgomeryshire. Sir J. Pryce's estates were subject to a mortgage for the repayment of 24, 0001 . to Earl Temple, and for - 5,500 1 . for sale upon trust. In January, 1772, the estates referred to were c onveyed to trustees upon trust to sell, and for repayment of these mortges, and als Mr o . Jacques to secureaell, a sum of tummy due from Sir John F sg rYrr t°