The Express. — London, England, 1846-12-12 00:00:00

recently. been made publi;i, have recommended a . course amain' to thin as that beet suited to meet the varied conditions under which collieries are placed. They have saggested that coal pits ought to be worked under licenses, the use of the safety-lamp being rendered imperative utiles& when a license to the contrary has been granted by the in ., spector, after due examination by him of the state of _ the pit, and after having obtained reasonable assurance that the work' may . be carried on safely w ith ;naked lights. ammable gas escapes from coal with very unequal rapidity, sometimes being evolved with a slownems which prevents its detection, at other times issuing . from every pore with so much force as to make a noise resembling a heavy shower of rain. . This relative rapidity of escape alone can regulate the nature of the ventilation, and of the lights, which ought to be employed. A supervisicn of the kind contemplated would not be a troublesome intermeddling with labour, , and would equally benefit the owner of the pit and , the workmen employed by him. The ex p enses at . tending this system of supervision would be but trifling. Calculations, which we ha ve made with care, have shown us that a small impost, not amounting to more than 1-Bth to 1- 16 th of a fart hin g per ton of coal, would amply cover the expenditure.; and need we . say how gladly the public would pay this small tax . to p ro cure additional s afety for the lives of so many of their fellow-creatures. In legislating upon this subject, one thing must _ not be forgotten. The violent deaths occurring in mines from explosions are considerably less than one half of those arising from other causes. The ma jority of sudden deaths in mines are occasioned by such accidents as the tumbling in of the roof, being run over by trucks, falling down the shaft, &c., moat of . which are clearly traceable to want of proper care. If the owners were made pecuniarily responsible for all such deaths, by being oblig ed to support those • dependent on the labours o f the deceased, a great diminution in their number would soon be obtained, 8 .. as additional securit ies would be applied to prevent • their occurrence. We do not anticipate , by the ado of any of p • the measures we have recommended, a cessation of the dangers now attending mining operations, but we ' do fully believe that accidents would become much less frequent, and far less severe in their cense qaences. At all events, the time has arrived when the legislature must consider the subject, and devise means adequate to meet the great evils attendant on the present irregnlated system of working in col lieries. Ir is easy to be smart upon " corpulent" oxen or " unwieldy" trigs, and to " protest" against fat cattle • shows, as giving " a vulgar turn to agricultural enter prise." Vulgar, or not vulgar, the feeding of stock is the mainspring of improved husbandry. On the extent to which well-fed stock is kept chiefly depends the measure of abundance, with which the British consumer will be supplied with meat and grain from British soils. And from our own soil, after all, must come our principal supplies of human food. Foreign importations may, and will, afford valuable supple mentary aid, but it will be only supplementary. It betrays the purest ignorance of rural affairs to sneer at feeding stock as " vulgar," and to point to " a swamp drained, a mountain reclaimed, or a thousand profitable acres added to the plough," as worthy agricultural ' achievements. We honour such achievements as much as any one, but they belong to a category different from the operations of the husbandman. They are not properly agricultural achievements • at ail. They do, indeed, conduce to the advance ment of agriculture, but so do railroads and many other economical improvements. They constitute work for the owners of the soil, not for its occupiers: while the feeding of stock is essentially the work of the occupier. Now, we deny not that the show cattle are gapers bundantly fat ; that they have probably cost their owners more than they will fetch when sold ; or that a large proportion of their carcases must necessarily be con signed to the tallow-melter. But what of that? The loss is only that of the feeder, who has, perhaps, kept a thriving beast some twelve months longer than, as a matter of strict profit, he should have done. The show beast is, perchance, ono of fifty, or one hundred, or two hundred beasts, which the grazier has fed oft in the year, and sold at the most profitable point. His show beast is a trophy of his skill ia buying, or breeding, and feeding stock. It marks his pride in his business. It is a specimen, an exagge rated specimen if you will, of his success. And if thr show an:reale be masters, they arc at • least juvenile monsters ; for no one who has any power of observation can miss the obvious fact that our show graziers have attained the grand desidera tum of early maturity. The age of most of the show beasts is under three years. Twenty months ago only the large masses of wool and mutton, exhi bited in Baker-street, were tiny lambs; while pigs five and six months old, now reach weights, for which past generations of farmers were content to wait years. The effect of this is, that we have more and better animal food than oar ancestors, and at less cost. Nor, in truth, does the fatness of the beasts much exceed that of a large proportion of the cattle sold in Smithfield Christmas-market, and it is well known that the lean of meat thoroughly fatted is far prefer able to that of a half-fed animal. Besides, there are collateral benefits to be derived from these metropolitan shows of fat cattle, which do not apply to local exhibitions of the sort. Possibly they may partake something of the raree,show, but then they afford a pleasant and useful excuse for holi days to hundreds of farmers. Here they meet fellow huallandmen from other districts, with whom they compare notes, by whose stock they test the merits or detect the faults of their own. It is one of the opportunities, of which farmers have not too many, for farmer coming in contact, perhaps in collision, with farmer. Let any one watch the genuine interest with which the real farmers, ay, and many of their wives and daughters, inspect the show stock. Mark the busi new-like air with which the evidently practical graziers handle the beet beasts, or criticise their ju[iota, or approve or question the awards of the dges. The sneering ,journalist may or may not have seen these things. He may or may not have observed them, if he has seen them. Bat a real and practical agriculturist cannot walk through the show without being interested and instructed:—interested in the farmer spectators, and instructed by observ ing the extreme point of the system of grazing, which, to a certain extent, he may profitably follow. He sees the kind of animal which may be fitttened up to the highest point, and he must be but an unpromising farmer, who does not thereby gain some knowledge that will serve him in buying or breeding his own stock. Besides, with not a few of the exhibitors the feed , ing show stock is a matter of business calculation. They are breeders who yearly sell or let their male ' animals, and their show stock is the bush, which tells the agricultural world whore good blood is to be met - with. Even the unpractised eye would have little - difficulty in fixing upon the best animals, but the skilful breeder scans each creature with an eye to business. He marks the various points ;he remem bers whose stock possess in the highest perfection the qualities he desires for his own; and, in due time, he turns his knowledge to account. Moreover, it is said that all this over-feeding is waste, that food whieh might have been applied to feeding other animals is used to accumulate fat on the show stock, to be sold as offal grease at threepence or four pence per pound. But this, as we have said, is a matter simply for the consideration of the exhibitor. If he is satisfied, if he obtains, in some form or other, that which is to him a compensation for his ostiay, no one else has any right to complain. The want that can be said of him is, that he has converted somewhat more of cattle provender into tallow than,' so far as relates to the show stock, has been profit able. But he has furnished the community with much meat, and has fertilized his land for the production of grain. The real wade consists, not in producing too mach fat, but in not producing enough meat. The wasteffil farmers are those who abstain from feeding stock, not those who feed a few, and at most it is a very few, of their stock too much. The non-produc tion of meat, where meat may be profitably produced, and if , produced would lead also to great additions of corn, is the real injury committed by too many far mers on the public and on the labouring classes. That is the practice really to be deprecated, but then its exposure ailkds no room for rollicking sallies or mawkish sentiment. SUGAR islands were to the merchants and states men of the latter half of last century what countries with gold and silver mines were to their grand- THE fathers. Great nations thought it sufficient rem meat tee costly and exhaustive wars if, at the dose, tug, were allowed to retain possession of the sugar Minds they bad filched Tram their neighbours during the struggle. Sugar islands, like Potosi, have found their level in the sobered judgments of modern statesmen and men of business. Mill, productive eoger 'shade, judiciously managed, are comfortable' properbes ; and it is, therefore, with considerable sa iisticilion that we have arrived at the conclusion that our Wlist India colouies are not to be necessarily aed irretrievably ruined by the alteration in the sugar i duties. Perhaps the islands of Cuba and Trinidad are, of the whole Antilles, those between which a parallel may, with most propriety, be instituted. Cuba commands the northern and Trinidad the southern extremity of the great Caribbean Gulf. Cuba is within an easy distance of the Florida", Haiti, Jamaica, and Yucatan ; Trinidad is favourably situated for intimate relations with the delta-land of the Orinoco and the settlements along the souther* coast of the Caribbean Gulf. The time sle 9uired for making th e run to either of these islands from Europe is about the same, Trinidad being of the safer and easier access. In of natural fertility, the advantage is on the Z g le f ec o Trinidad. HUMBOLDT estimates the produce of ave rage lands in Cuba at one hogshead (of 15001 be.) per acre, or from two to two-and-a-half hogsheads on land which can be irrigated when a crop of tuberous roots has preceded the canes. In the Naparimas and Cedrooe districts of Trinidad there are extensive tracts which yield three hogsheads to the acre, many of the canes being ratoons of twenty years' etanding. The actual population of Cub a, compared with its extent, gives 276 souls to the square league, that of Trinidad about 500. Cuba enjoys this advantage, that, situated near the extreme verge of the tropics, its climate is almost as well adapted to the European as to the African constitution. In 1817, of a total population of 592,000, about 257,000 were whites. From this review it appears i that these two islands, in respect of natural capabili ties, are much upon apart if one has the advantage' in some respects, the other has it in others. Trinidad cannot be taken as a fair specimen of the extent to which the productiveness of our Wart India islands has been diminished, or the expense of production increased by t he immediate consequences of emancipation. These evils have been felt more there than in Barbadoes and other densely-peopled islands„ l but much less than either in Jamaica or Guiana. Still Trinidad has been affected. The value of the exported produce of the island, which in 1841 was 510,000!., declined in 1842, to 393,000/. ; remained sta tionary in 1843 at 394,0001.; and had only remounted to 417,000/. in 1845. The exports of Cuba, on the contrary, remained stationary, in point of value, in 1841 ,1842, 1843, and 1844, and were only affected unfavourably by the short crop of 1845. With this disadvantage, however, the annual exports of Trinidad, with its 75,000 inhabitants, have, during the last five years, averaged in value two millions of dollars, while those of Cuba, with its 1,000,000 inhabitants, have, during the same period, averaged twenty millions. The average productiveness of Cuba has been twenty dollars for every inhabitant ; the average productiveness of Trinidad has been twenty seven dollars for every inhabitant, or 35 per cent. greater. But, with a view to the future, we mast take into account the change in the relativevalues of Cuban and Trinidad produce, which the alteration of the sugar duties is likely to produce. Sugar and its adjuncts (rum and molasses) constitute about nine-tenths (in value) of the total exportable produce of Trinidad, and seven-tenths of that of Cuba. We w ill assume the advance in the prices of Cuba sugars, rums and molasses, in consequence of the alteration in the sugar duties, to be 25 per cent., which is certainly a sufficiently liberal allowance. At this rate the an nual average value of exported sugars from Cuba would be seventeen and a half instead of fourteen millions of dollars, raising the average productiveness of the island to 231 dollars per head. On the other hand, allowing that the price of Trinidad sugar falls to 4 dollars the hundredweight (and lower the best informed residents do not expect it to fall), and assuming that the crop of 1847, now that labour has become steadier, is to yield (what that of 1816 would have yielded but for the drought and fires), 25,000 hogsheads of sugar, with the corresponding amount of rum and molasses—this, taking all other articles of produce 88 before, would give within 42,000 dollars of th average annul value of the last four years. The productiveness of Cuba would remain within a few cents of the actual estimate of 27 dollars per head, or about 15 per cent. greater than that of Cuba. The question still remains, however, as to the cost at which this greater value of produce per head is obtained. The expense of labour is lower in Cuba than in Trinidad. On the other hand, the ma chinery of Trinidad is better, and its efficacy being taken into account, cheaper than that of Cuba. The gross annual revenue of Cuba derived from customs duties is seven millions of dollars, or seven dollars for each inhabitant; the gross annual revenue of Trini dad, derived from customs duties, is 350,000 dollars, or five dollars for each inhabitant. The import duties of Cuba average 24 per cent. on every article im ported; two-thirds of the whole imports of Trinidad pay only three and a half per cent. Cuba and Trini dad are both mainly dependent upon foreign supplies for their food : in this respect they are on a par. Taking into consideration the superior natural fer tility of Trinidad, and setting off the heavier customs duties of Cuba and the greater impediments they offer to commerce against its cheaper labour, though the cost of production will still remain higher in Trinidad, it cannot be so much higher, even at pre sent, as to render competition under the new sugar duties arrangement impossible. It is not so much that the cost of production in Tri nidad will be higher than in Cuba, as that a greater proportion of the difference between the cost of production and the selling price will go to the labourer in the former colony. This tells un favourably for one class of capitalists—the land owners or planters ; but, on the other hand, it tells favourably for the capitalists engaged in trade. If the labourers earn higher wages, they also spend more. And in all colonies the line of demarcation is lees sharply drawn between the landowner and the merchant than in old settled countries. Taking every thing into account, there appears little reason to doubt the ability of Trinidad to enter immediately into suc cessful competition with Cuba under our new fiscal - - - arrangements. While we note this fact for the encouragement of all connected with that colony, we would not be un derstood to overlook the difficulties which surround the new career upon which Trinidad is starting. But look ing for the adoption of measures by government to remove existing impediments in the way of the im migration of fie? labourers, looking for the abolition of all fiscal obstructions to the extension of its com merce with foreign nations, looking for liberal con cessions to the projected railway as a means of colo nising the island, we augur well of the future for that colony. However, as we said at the outset, this remark applies to Trininad alone, not to the whole of our West India colonies. While seine of them are still more favourably circumstanced, others are much worse. We are very sorry indeed to read in the Constitu tionnel an account of a very stupid difference between the English Admiral in the Mauritius and the French Consul at that place. Admiral DACRES sent round invitations to a ball—amongst others, to the French Consul ; but two hours before the ball he sent to recall the invitation to the Consul, giving as a reason, that the latter had not returned his visit. Now it appears to us, that the Admiral ought, be fore he sent round invitations, to have been certain of the terms on which he stood with the representative of France. And, at any rate, having once sent the invitation, he should have abided by the consequences, and received the French Consul, instead of inflicting the outrage of exclusion. If the French Consul had been so impolitic and uncourteous as to refrain on purpose from returning the Admiral's visit, which we cannot believe, such a temper would soon have prompted him to some overt act of impertinence that might be taken notice of. If the omission was mere negligence, it was much too harshly treated. The swelling of this local and ceremonious squabble into a cause of international rivalry, by the demand of the Consul's recall, is also to be deplored. Although France and England may find their entente cordiale disturbed in matters of high policy, an entente or understanding of good sive and good temper ought to be permanent, and be sufficient to brush away such trifles as these. 'RESS, SATTiRDAt E : • PARTS, Dia 9. . , skirmiahitig hat la taken LXIBAP.A., the Faris inurnal4 caused by the pro f szbith M, ,Guisot Las last sent to the lauds of Bertinv St. Petersburg,and Vienna. fistae'affam, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs declared his opinion that France was no longer bound by the treaty of 1815 ; others insist that the protest is prudently silent on this point. I had been led, from information rdeemsd-exact, to share the first impression, but see ing the absolute reserve in which the Journal doe Dibats has wrapped itself up, it being the journal most ; interested in bringing forward every point likely to add to the moral influence of the cabinet, I considered it most probable that M. Guizot has not shown that breadth of energy which has been attributed to him by his partisans ; I therefore have taken pains to find out the precise terms of the protest. It seems of a nature such as to justify neither the praise nor the blame which have been lavished upon it. M. Guizot starts by considerations upon the policy which, decided u atpoed n as it was in the last century, has now consumm the partition of Poland. He proves that there was no necessity for destroying the independence of Cracow, the last symbol of Polish nationality ; he adds that powers which violate treaties make them null for others; and he concludes by the observation that it is " singular that the country which has most suffered from the treaties of 1815, should be that which de mands their maintenance." Thus, in the note of M. Guizot, France gives it to be understood, that if ; the powers persist in annulling the independence of I Cracow, she will consider herself as no longer bound by the obligations imposed upon her by the treaties .of 1815. But the note does not declare these treaties to be actually annulled. Instead of changing the situation, it only threatens to do so. This menacing declaration would seem to have been wrung from Louis Philippe, who already repents of it, and is inclined to withdraw it, if it were possible for him to do so. The court of the Tuileries will never console itself for the loss of the good un derstanding between it and M. Metternich. As to public opinion, that will not be satisfied. The indigna tion caused in France by this insolent act of the three courts, is both deep and unanimous. Diplomacy would make but vain efforts to preserve the treaties of 1815, which are virtually' abolished from the present moment, and France will have no more to do with them. The declarations which M. Guizot has been unwilling to address to the three powers will be wrung from him by the Chambers. The English government may be p er suaded of this ; and if it attempted to oppose the consequences, which Lord Palmerston had foreseen in his admirable speech of July last, it would have to deal not with such and such a minister, but with the whole of France. It seems certain that M. Guizot has renounced the idea of refortifying Huninge. This would be a very insignificant act, but still it would be an act. The friends of the ministry say that, if government forbids itself such a demonstra tion, it has not in view the possible resistance of the northern powers, but rather that of England. The bitter tone of the notes exchanged between Lord Palmerston and M. Guizot may have tended to give credence to this opinion, which it would be very de sirous should not be disseminated. 0. VIENNA, Dec. 7. The news of the abolition of the customs line between the kingdom of Poland and Russia will doubtless be received in England with pleasure, although to all appearance it does not bear directly on our commercial relations with the Russian empire. It is, however, an event of considerable importance, as evincing the progress made in appreciating the importance of unrestricted trade since the death of Count Cancrin. The late Minister of the Russian Finances had the most narrow-minded views of trade. Not withstanding the constant depreciation of the paper circulation of the State since the peace, and although unquestionable symptoms were con stantly betraying how false the system was, Cancun had always -influence enough to cause all proposals for a relaxation of what were called the protecting dues to be rejected. The Chinese were some years back great consumers of Polish cloths, which were exchanged at Kiachta for tea. The pro hibitive duties lately imposed on these wares left the Russians almost without an article to barter. GERNIANY.—VtENNA, DEc. I.—Lord Ponsonby, the new English Ambassador at the Court of Austria, since the notification made to him of the incorporation of Craeow, has lived most retired, and appears nowhere. Ile is said to have received, on the 29th, a note from Lord Palmerston on this subject, which he immediately communicated to Prince Metternich. The most recent accounts from Lemberg, say those persons of the army who have been condemned to hard labour in fortresses were removed to Kufsteits. AU of them, thirteen in number, belong to the higher classes. BERLIN, DEC. 2.—The German powers of the second rank are said to be in part very unfavourable to the incorporation of Cracow (with respect to Bavaria, the con duct of the Bavarian papers, the Augsburg Allgentiesie Zcitung, indeed excepted, seems to confirm this conjecture.) DEC. 3.—We understand that the superior autho rities are engaged on the means of regulating the relations of the Catholic Evangelical and of the Jewish Dissenters. Legal measures in this respect may be very shortly expected. The municipal council of Berlin has resolved on presenting different propositions at the coming Diet, among which we may quote the following :—l. The abolition of the law prescribing that no proposition of a provincial diet can be submitted to the King without having previously ob tained two-thirds of the votes of the assembly. 2. The legal recognition of the so-called German Catholics, with the en joyment of the same rights and privileges as other Christian confessions. 3. Emancipation of the Jews, on the basis es tahlishcd by the law of 11th March. 1812. and a general re vision of the laws and regulations concerning the Jews. This last proposition was already made to the King by the Diet of Brandeboarg during the last session, and his Majesty replied that it should be taken into consideration in the next discussions which would take place on the question of the Jews. 4. The establishment of tribunals of commerce, similar to those existing in the Rhenish provinces, where the French code is still adhered to. 5. A new law on bank ruptcy. 6. The nomination of a minister of commerce and industry. MUNICH, Nov. 3.—lt has lately been announced in several papers, that the intended notice of the termination of the treaty of the 2nd March, 1841, between England and the Zollverein states has been chiefly occasioned by a govern ' meat of southern Germany. We can confirm, on the most unquestionable authority, the accuracy of this view. The preparatory measures are se far advanced, that the .7 - notice may be given within four weeks. LETesfc, DEc. 3.—The principal merchants here on the first information of the changes of Cracow made representation to the government concerning the interests of the trade of Saxony. The government had already taken steps in conformity with these representations. The business done with Cracow at our fairs has greatly diminished, and it is probable that it will not exceed, in manufactured articles, one million. HANOVER.—The assembly of the States of Ha nover have presented an address to the king on the subject of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, expressing their gratitude at the activity displayed by the government in seconding the resolutions of the German Diet. A German journal relates the following short time ago, M. Fraxiexoni, the professor of Italian, at the University of Prague, announced that in future during his lectures, all the Jewish students would be expected to occupy the seat behind the Christian students, of whatever country. Some of the young Jews resisted this order, and took their seats promiscuously. The professor remonstrated, and most of the Christianstudenta took part with him. The Jewslaid • complaint before the director of studies, M. Zeitler, a pre late, who summoned a council of the professors, at which M. Fraxiexoni demanded the expulsion of six of the Jews who had been most active in their resistance to his order. M. Zeitler, however, reprobated him severely for his intolerance. and informed him that the council would not admit of such distinctions. The dean of the University, who is also • pre- late, said he coincided with Id. Zeitler, and M. Fraxiexoni was compelled, on pain of dismissal, to retract the order he had given." A letter from Warsaw, of the 28th ult., says In January next, the administrative council and administrative authorities, which Poland had preserved as an independent kingdum, will be suppressed. The " Code Napoleon," which has been the law of the land since the creation of the duchy of Warsaw, will, it is feared, be replaced by the Russian code. DENMARK.—A letter from Schleswig says: " The States of Jutland, which are still sitting at Viborg, were only occupied, in the late sittings, with bills of local interest. One bill alone was of general interest ; it related to the total abolition of slavery in the Danish colonies in the West Indies. The bill was rejected, but the assembly adopted an amendment proposed by the Chancellor of Jus tice, M. Fonder, according to which the government was requested to order an investigation into the situation of the slaves in the West Indies, and to lay before the States its views on emancipation, in case it should deem fit to demand some sacrifices from the country which would enable the measure to-be carried. The country is generally dissatisfied with the deputies of the States, especially owing to their lukewarm feelings as regarded the proposition of M. Jespersen, relative to the demand of a constitution, and which he was obliged to withdraw for want of support. Among the bills in the order of the day, we may cite one on postal reform, another for the diffusion of knowledge, the ame lioration of the condition of the teachers, andthe establishment of schools of a higher class. It has been remarked that at the present moment Denmark is not represented either Vienna, Berlin or St. Petersburg. Thp awdkaseadors who ' occupiid those ' pm% ()twat' • de &lateen, 84,011 de Leeweu "rn, and Count de Reedtlaw-Altawhdf, mint i a their re stern, short time shwa.' clurlesp thel &mulleins on the sue the duchies, which question they ;look upon id a airman point of view. The ordonnance of the King of Denmark, pro hibiting the New Hamburg Gazette into his States, and not allowing the Danes to insert legal announce ll ments i te appear n it hal proved a Mal blow to the journal, which wi cease after the 31st inst. SWEDEN.--Stociatoui, Nov. 28.—The Aften bltid corrects to-day tome part of the statements in the accounts given by itself and other papers relative to the eirewnstanoes of the attempt of Von Platen. It was not Col. Dimon, but anartillery officer who wrested the first pistol out of the hands of the madman. The king himself came just at the time when the assassin was surrounded andnced arresthatted by the guard, and, as soon as his majesty was convi no person was injured, he immediately, and without further attending to the matter, returned to his apartment, leaving the further investigation to the war department, and an hour afterwards took an airing in a droschki. The king had declined to receive several deputations, which the eldersof the citizens, and some other corporations, intended to send to him, because no personal danger had occurred to him in the affair. ------- THE 4 ' NORTES " OF THE MEXICAN SEACOAST. The northern gales of wind, called nortes which so f reque ntly and suddenly burst upon the sea ' -coast of Mexico (particularly in the months of November and De cember), should il lations taken into the calculation of chances in all specupon the blockade and probable attack of the ports of Vera Cruz, Alverado, and Tampico. The coming on of •• none is generally indicated &n o r tba:dsbayppebareguwances.tw The be bYclbeeearkcee,:lidarunpk"whighhlteenripbc,luchefeetbeey sweeps of misty cloud, commonly ca ll ed " mare's tails ," which have a wad look. The air becomes dusky and cold, and more dusky and more cold every hour. The night has more than its cus tomaryy of dew falling ; the morning, instead of its r brilliancy and heat, is of a heavy, leaden grey, and a chilling mist often comes driving . by on rapid wings, ob scuring the land, and even the intervening vessels, from sight. Meantime the sea hu made its demonstration, and shown its consciousnessof the approachingenemy of its habitual brightness and serenity. The surface begins to heave, knd gradually an under-swell causes it to roll to and fro, as if doubtful of the extent or direction of the evil; but even tually rolling and sweeping onwards, before an impulse which has not yet more openly displayed itself. The sky is now broken up into masses of' dull reddish cloud, looking like rough fragments of rock, or terracotta and red sand stens ; the sea-gulls soar off wildly towards the open sea ; the white pelicans beat their way landwards for shelter; the man-of-war bird, in the pride of his strength, rises high up above the driving mist, preparing to take his valiant course out into the dismal ocean; and all the vessels which are not safely and strongly moored under cover, and in deep - water harbour, sli p their cables, and scud out to sea. Not to do so, if in any situation at all exposed, is almost certain shipwreck. It matters not that von have a good anchor out, that you have two anchors out, that you have three. If you persist in remaining in the vain belief that they will hold you, the almost certain conse quence is wreck. I have seen theshore literally spotted with black wrecks on the coast of Vera Cruz, and all happening in one night. The anchorage, even under the lee of the Island of Sactificios, is often unsafe ; nay, it has happened that small vessels have been driven ashore even when holding under the lee of the Castle of San Juan Ulloa so that it was usually found requisite to be actually moored to the iron rings in the castle alls in order to obtain perfect security. The signs and tokens of the coming of the norte, are abruptly terminated by the rapid flight if • long black shadow across the ocean. You see it flying onwards—it looks darker—wider—it is here! It strikes the vessel's beamy aide with a shock, and in an instant it is howling through the masts and rigging. All the upper masts and yards have been got down, and the top-masts struck —yet bare as everything is aloft, there is yet left, unavoid ably, enough, for the wind to shake and toss and scatter with its voice of thunder. If there has been any delay in close reefing the main sails, it is ten to one but they are torn to pieces, and blown far away over the sea like a mere light rag of a handkerchief. I have seen men, when sent up thus tardily to reef or furl, who were pe.rfectly unable to ascend, being literally flattened to the rigging by the force of the wind. Through the whole vessel it howls, and rushes howling on towards the shore. A traveller, d es cribing his first experience of a norte, only states the bare fact, when he says, " The sea was ap parently levelled under its pressure ; and far and near seemed like a carpet of driving snow, from the sleet and foam which was raised and hurried along its surface." Out at tea, the wind keeps up one unceasing roar, the vessel is completely surrounded by a dense driving haze, and one great swelling billow after another comes rolling onwards towards you, as if to overwhelm the ship above her main mast; and it would, of course, do so,'and dashit all to pieces, if it were to break as it neared. Along the beach the sight is almost as exciting. The wawa, in close and rapid succession, rush tier after tier in furious ridges of foam, carrying with them wild flying curtains and currents of vapour and mist. The towns on the borders of the shore present a wretched and deserted appearance at these times. fhe air is cold, with wind, dark, and filled with vapour and flying sand. Nobody leaves the house who is not absolutely compelled, and you may often pass along several of the principal streets in succession and meet nobody, unless, perhaps, a solitary Indian, closely wrapped up in his blanket, or a negro slave, hurrying along with a bale or burthen of some kind. While the norte lasts, there is no communication between the shore and the ship ping ; for, however securely some of them may be sheltered and moored, no boat can venture out to them, the danger being very great, even when to reach them is not impossible. The indications of the appoach of a norte are generally such as have been described ; but frequently it comes far more suddenly. A ripple from the northward runs along the surface of the sea, and in less than half an hour there is a hurricane. The duration of a none varies from four and twenty hours, to a week, or more; and sometimes there is so quick a succession of nortes, that a ship, when within a few hours' sail of the wag, may be pre vented from approaching the port for several weeks ; and, of course, an outward - bound ve s se l would be detained as long. It is commonly considered that there is only one wind, called la briar, with which you can safely approach the coast immediately after a norte. The most healthy seasons at these pestilential sea-ports are during the season of nortes, as they carry off the noxious vapours. There is no yellow fever at these periods. Whit has been said of these hurricanes is with especial reference to sailing vessels. Steam-vessels can, undoubtedly, do much more, both in the rapidity of escape or in the strength of contention, when the gale is not in great force. Steam-vessels are, however, by no means exempt from danger, or independent of difficulties at these times. The steamer being so much more under command than the sailing vessel, can venture through the narrow rocky channel of Vera Cruz, or can approach nearer to the Bar of Tampico; but it cannot land passen gers, nor can passengers embark from the shore. Still less, therefore, can the steamer disembark troops for an assault during these periods ; so that any intention of suddenly taking a town by surprise might thus be defeated. Nor would it be very safe during an interval of calm to tow sailing ships of war close into the shore, since aobody knows how rapidly a norte might call for the steamer's immediate presence and instant activity to help her unwieldy sister out of her perilous position. Good seaman ship, it is true, can arrange very well for all these chances ; but good seamistship is apt to be very cautious. official gbe grout. Yesterday morning Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. H. R. H. the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance at the Haymarket Thcatre.with her presence yesterday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. Messrs. Colvile and Cavan had an interview with Berl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Rev. It. B. Townsend, and the Rev. Charles Caulfield ; also Mr. C. K. Murray, Mr. Wilberforce, and Mr. Meadows White, bed interviews with Sir G. Grey,) yes terday, at the Home-office. ADMIRAL OF THE RED THE RIGHT HON. LORD ANELIT.IB BELUGLERK, G.C.8., G.C.H., died MI Thursday last at his residence, M uchmore House, Hants. The gal lant deceased, when Captain of the Juno, beat off the French frigate Jnnon, corvette, and brig, near the Hyeres Islands, in 1794; was in Hotham's action, of March, 1795 ; was Captain of the Dryad, and captured, in 1796, the French f r i g ate Proserpino; also was Captain of th e Royal Oak, in the Waicheren expedition. He entered the service in June, 1782,• was raade Lieutenant, September 21, 1790; Com mander, we have no date of ; Captain, September 16, 1793 ; Rear-Admiral, August 1, 1811 ; Vice-Admiral, August 12, 1819; Admiral, July 22, 1830. The deceased was first and principal naval aide-de-camp to the Queen. THE PRINCE CONSORT'S PRIZES AT THE CATTLE Snow.—Prince Albert is stated to have intimated his inten tion of presenting to the parochial authorities of New Wind sor and Clever, in whiSli plifshes Flemish Farm is situated, the proceeds of the pries awarded to his Royal Highness by the judges at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, amount ing to 401. The money is to be laid out in coals at Christ mas, to be distributed amount the desering poor of Windsor and Clever, A LABOURER ON FLEMISH FARM.—tinder this heading, we inserted on the 21st inst. a copy of a memo rial, which had been forwarded to Prince Albert, by a poor man, named Richard Webling, past work, whose pension from the Prince of ss. per week (which he had received for two years previously) had been ' stopped by order of his R o yal Highness • the reason assigned being, that as the parish& had made the Prince pay his rates, the parish, for the future, must now keep their own poor. We learn that the memorial has had its due weight in the proper quarter, and that the old man, who is upwards of 72 years of age, is again in receipt of his weekly stipend from the Prince. He has also been paid 16s. 4d. being at the rate of 2s. 4d, per week) for the seven weeks his pension was withheld. From Last Night's Gazette. WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 11. lettikOd*.—Corporal-Major G. Andrew% to be adjt. (with the rank of cor. and pub.-lieut.), rice A nd erton, prom. let Dr.q. Uda.—Lieut. J. r. reach to be cart., bypur., v. Sands, who 'G, D: !12 1846. ret.; C ot . W. G. Draper to be lieut., by pur., vine Peach. ; Cor. E. B r adbury, trees 11th Lt.Drog., to be Oar., vies U. Croft to be lieut., by puri?,T=King, who ret.; M. Stocks to be Con, by put 4 vice Croft. 14th Light Drags.. . Greenhorn to be lieut., borelaz vice Seth, who ret.; T. Barrett to be cot., by pur., vice ra Lie . thttadandjutaneCaypt.milEi.d. Wynard ber edit., vies H. Purvis, whin sth P.—Capt. F. Ashpitel, 16th F., to be opt., vice Durie, who each. 9th ajor U. H. Kitchener, from 19th F., to be major, vice Smith, who each. lath P.—Ens and Adjc W. E. Crofton to have the rank of lieut. ; Ens. J. R. Palmer to be lieut., without Per., vice lAwitemee. dec. ; Ens. T. O. Vcreker to be lieut., by pur., vise Palmer. whine prom., iron, has been cancell Cadet O. N. Pendsll, from Royal ma. Cot, to be Eta., withoutpur., vice rereker ; Sad... Major A. Nesbitt to be quartermaster. ISM F.—Capt. C. Durie, from ith P., to be apt., vice Ashpitel, who exch. 21st F.—CapL Spring, from 53rd F., to be apt., vice Ffeench, vice Kitahener, who exch. 19th F.—Major M. Smith, from 9th F., to be major, who exch. SOth P.—Lieut. A. Macdonald to be apt., without pur., vice brev.- major B. A. Andrews, who ret on L-p. Sad F.---CePt. T. Ffrencli, from 2 1 st P., to he apt.,via Spring, whc emelt. 65th t—Lieut. L. Pitman to be capt., by pur., vice Edwardee, who ret.; Ens. R. Y. Shipley to he limit, by pur., vice Pitman. 90th F.—Era. Hn. J. 11. Browne to be lieut., without pur., vice Robertson, dec. ; Cadet W. Patellae, from Royal Md. Cot, to be ens., vice Browne. Ceylon Bide Beet. —Licit. J. Bradley to be sdjt., vice Remmett, who res. the adjutancy only , Serj..Maior A. Coakley, from 15th F., to be quartermaster, vice Macdonald, dec. firarr.—Brev.-Col. W. G. Cochrane, on h.-p. Cnatt to be dep.. adjt.-gen. to the forces in Ireland, sloe Malo r -Gen. T. E. Napier ; Brev..CoL R. C. Mengel, on h..p. linen., to be dep.-quarterntaster gen. to the F ro,fo in Ireland, Mee Major.Oen. P. Bainbrigge ; Brev.- Licut.-CuL .A. M. Fraser, cm b..?4' .. natt., to be den,quartammter gen. to the forces in Canada, vice -Gen. Hon. C. Gore. Bacver.—The following °Moms were omitted in the list of promo tions, by brevet, published in the Gazette of Nov. 10 :—To be Colonel: Lieut..CoL J. M. Robertson, h.-p. I.7natt. To be Lieut.-Colonel : Major J. Westlake, Coact. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ora. 10. Corps of Royal Engineers.—First Lieut. P. J. S. Barry Brat lieut., to be see. apt., vice Pipon, dec.; See. Lieut. B. A. Wilkinson to be vice Barry. ADMIRALTY, Dec. 101' This day, in pursuance other Majesty's pleasure, the following flag oftloers of her Majesty's Beet were pitallotea, ads. : —Admit al of the White J. E. Douglas, Esq., to be Admiral of the Red.—Admiral of the Blue J. Bulks, Esq., to be Admiral of the Whlte.—Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir E. W. C. It. Owen, K.C.B. G.C.H., to he Amiral of litue.—Vice-Admirsl of the White T . J. Mating, Faq., d to he Vice the . Admiral of the Red.—rice-Admiral of the Blue R. Curry, Eaq., C.B. to be Vice - Admiral of the White.—Bear-Admiral of the lied T. Browne, Eaq., to be Vice-Admiral of the Btu .— Rear - Admiral of the White Sir F. Mason, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.—Rear. Admiral of the Blue Sir E. C. Strode, K.C.11., to be Rear- Admiral of the White. SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB. Yesterday the forty-first anniversary dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and was attended by about 120 leading and influential gentlemen connected with the agricultural interest in all parts of the country. The Duke of Richmond, the president of the society, pre sided, and was supported by the Earl of Warwick, the Hon, H. W. Wilson, Mr. Piney, M.P. ; Colonel Sibthorpe,M.P. ; Mr. Frewen, M.P. ; Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the Board of Excise ; Major-Gen. Wemyss, Equerry to H R.E I . Prince Albert ; Mr. Clarke 11111yrsrd, Mr. Eliman, Mr. Jonas Webb, lite., ate. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed in suitable terms from the chair, and responded to with the strongest manifestations of enthusiastic loyalty and devotion on the part of the company, the CHAIRMAN next proposed the healths of the vice-presi dents of the Smithfield Cattle Club, and coupled with the toast the name of Mr. Pusey, M.P., one of the body.—Mr. Pvsav, M.P., in returning thanks, observed that he felt he was' only entitled to the compliment just :paid to him on the ground that'he had been a constant attendant of the club. He kad never teen a contributor to the shows, and on that score he had no claim to their notice. lie belonged to a class of agriculturists—not particularly popular—but a class known as book farmers. (Hear.) The objects of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to which he belonged, were to induce the farmers of England to teach the society by practical efforts, and not to wait for the society to teach them by means of practical writers ; and he (Mr. Pusey) had the satisfaction of stating that the society had succeeded. It was only necessary to prove the fact that he should mention, that the prize awarded by the Royal Agricultural Society for the best essay on the agriculture of Cambridgeshire had been given to Mr. Jonas, of Ickleton, near Saffron Walden, a gentleman who was himself the farmer of 1,600 acres within a ring fence. (Applause.) He (Mr. Posey) had last year adverted to the subject of ";tenants' rights," and he had then mentioned that he, with the assistance of a friend now present, had intended to draw up the form of an agreement between his tenants and himself. Since last year he had done so, and he was happy to say that the working of the system he had thus adopted far exceeded his most sanguine expectations. (Applause.) On the establishment of the principle of " tenants' rights," he believed depended the life or death of practical agriculture, and he hoped that the time was not far distant when the principle would meet with legislative encouragement and adoption. (Applause.) In conclusion, and in obedience to the command put upon him by their noble chairman, he begged leave to propose " Prosperity to the Smithfield Cattle Club." The toast was received and drank with all the honours. Several others followed, including the health of " The successful Competitors," to which the Earl of War wick, who had gained the society's gold medal, briefly re sponded; the "Competitors in the class for long wool sheep," to which Mr. Paynter replied; the " Competitors in the short wool class ," acknowledged by Mr. Jonas Webb; and also the health of the successful compe titors in the last class, that of pigs. To this last toast Mr. Moore, the steward of the Earl of Radnor, who had been awarded the first prize, responded, and expressed a hope that in another year his lordship would carry off prizes in the higher classes to which they were ad. judged by the society. Several other appropriate toasts fol lowed ; but the interest of the evening appeared to be ab sorbed in the interesting ceremonial of the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. Brandreth, who for so many years has so ably, honestly, and impartially discharged the duties of honorary secretary to the society. The testimonial con sisted of two massive and exquisitely worked silver wine coolers, and the inscription they severally bore amply indicates the donors and their intentions. On the obverse side of each is emblazoned the armorial bearings of the gentleman (Mr. Brandreth) whom it was intended to honour, and on the re verse the subjoined inscription was engraved:— Presented by the members of the Smithfield Cattle Club, and of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to Humphry lirandreth, EM., as a mark of their respect for him, as well as their appreciation of his unwearied and valued honorary services rendered Rn many years to these institutions. In presenting the testimonial, the noble chairman dwelt at length on tko services of the late hon. secretary, and upon those of the parent of that gentleman, who, in truth, had been the father of the Smithfield Club.—Mr. Brandreth returned thanks in the most feeling terms.—Several other appropriate toasts follswed, and, after the election of several new members, the chairman withdrew, and the meeting broke up. REPLY OF THE MARYLEBONL GUARDIAN'S TO THE POOIL-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Yesterday an unusually large meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of Marylebonc was held in the Board-room of the workhouse, when the chair was occupied by the Rev. E. Scobell. After some routine business, Mr. J. D. Harting, the surgeon, who was engaged in the pose-wr ier,' examination of Louisa Mordaunt, came forward to ex plain the evidence given before the coroner's jury. Mr. Ruling stated that the evidence mainly showed that the death of Louisa Mordaunt was caused by starvation; but the evidence failed to prove that it was purely from starvation, and there was no danger in confounding consumption with the ease. Death, in his (Mr. Harting's) opinion, was evi dently the result of inanition. The verdict was not, there fore, stated as it should have been.—A Guardian : Then you are prepared to state that fact ? —Mr. Harting : Certainly ; it might have been more precisely stated, and I said so at the time. I object to the probability of her having died wiam i e f m or be h r e o n f t tha he that had one of their own medical fhr examinedm w o ul d star v star va ti on.— M r. r a o .vne.— Ha rti ng,b r n . m o h o t e t e r e h a d r l e a n d t e nted officers present. (Hear.) In reply to questions put by the Rev. Chairman, Mr. Harting said he objected to the probability that Louisa Mordaunt died wholly of starvation, and he certainly thought the verdict ought to have been more precise. After some further discussion, Mr. Harting withdrew, when the following reply of the directors and guardians to the com munication from the Poor-law Commissioners, relative to the inquest on the body of Louisa Mordaunt, was read by Mr. Thom, the secretary St. Marylebone Workhouse, Dec. le. Sir : —I havethe honour to acknowWge the receipt of a communica tion from the Poor-law Commissioners, under date 28th Novem ber, stating that their attention has beendrawn to the verdict of the coroner's jury, at the Inquest held in the parish of Marylebone, on the body of Louisa Mordaunt, and requesting to be furnished with a statement of the facts of the case, and the course adopted by the directors and guardians In reference to it; &so with a list of the officers employed in connexion with outdoor relief, and other parti culars appertaining thereto. lam instructed by the board of directors and guardians of the , of St. Marylebone to state for the information of the Poor-law , - misdoners, that Louisa Mordaunt was the daughter of Mr. Mordant, who has received out-door relief for many years from the parish of St. Marylebone ; that Louisa Mordaunt and her Rioter, both under forty years of age, resided with their mother, and followed the occupa tion of needlewomen; that about March last Louisa Mordaunt applied for relief for herself, on account of some temporary necessity, which was granted ; both the sisters applied on several occasions mine quently, and were relieved on each occasion until Oct. 2, when on the application being renewed, admission into the workhouse for either or all the members of the family was offered; the offer however was not accepted. The attention of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone having been called to the verdict of the coroner s' jury on the body of Louisa Mordaunt by their amistantoverseer, they u p. pointed a special general meeting,which was held on the tat of Decem ber inst., to consider the circumstances connected with the inquest, and especially the conduct of their officers. In the course of investi gation it was ascertained that the inspector of permanent poor had neglected his duty in not seeing Mrs. Mordaunt and per sonally delivering to her the ticket for her relief, instead of handing it to • person that he believed at the time to be one of her daughters, but who proved to be only a lodger In the same house, and for this neglect he was reprimanded by the board. The directors and guardians of the poor also express their regret that the assistant-overseer bad acted upon his own responsi bility in applying the test of admission in this case without referring it to the minsideration of the board; but insomuch as admission into the workhouse was offered for all the members of the family, the board conceive that he was exonerated from the imputation of having been truitrumental to the doathjof Louisa Stordaunt, by reason of not having made due provision for her. And with reference to the tatter of the observations of the jury, that negligence had occurred since the ad journment of the inques t,: the board have to observe, that although it was distinctly proved that no message from the deputy-coroner was delivered to the assistant-oyerseer, requesting him to relieve the family as alleged, still he ought either to have visited the case or had it Inspected, upon his receiving a summons to attend the adjourned inquest, and the board not being fully satiafied with the reason BA4griedfor his not doing so, reprimanded him for that neglect ac cordingly. The board of guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone cannot dimes the meleet et ye Moan without record* thei e ------4 *-,. 66 _ tbovenlist etas swore% jury was arrived at seatmel4 — ' ll 4 mei do mode feet at the sem The medical at j eesbame ehmdeeiMaet the body ot Loulaweii,l7.7 - -wente meg anlunalklasEskolmookrepediatestbe actin ahlea "bib aleiluto linteene of Inman& @tarmacs; It dm bed lees far slang tkas prevlovaty wider tbe at the dkoanalc7. for Wanton* uf lanarel deliger r e44 . co me milataktat poor an opinion of melted Meer ae yam en experienced medical practitioner of the Po to a public inaltudon could tot have made the tame et the party ; that lain leorlaunt's natal ie keg" mtetthemade.wanienenimisassonerieswowd hav o c !' lif b. e, and tam m,rejy b. . d n d wihilmel fl ualk Mel iteue.—l ent, dr, youth obediently, Gm. p ew. Pl"wdelth, To E. Chaderiek, Esq. At the conclusion of the above reply 'discussion arteee n , the propriety of sending it, when the question wu at put by the reverend chairman, and was carried titanic...a` Some other business having been transacted t h e adjourned. STRANGER'S FRIEND SOCTETY.—A m subscribers and friends of this benevolent instil held last evening at the office, Exeter-hall, for th e of receiving the annual report, and electing ofEcets P ftt ensuing year ; T. Farmer, Esq., treasurer, in th e c h a i r. 1 , a ppeared by the report, which was read by th e ' that the funds of the satiety are not in so prosper tee' dition as at the last annual meeting, or as the friends of null ity would wish ; the falling off being chiefly attribuok to the mildness of the season, and the dram upon the rep.. of charit a ble individuals by railroad speculation". --* PARISH OP Sr. BRIDE.—NOMINATION OP Cot mON COUNClL.—Yesterday Mr. Deputy obb,g , ~. has represented the ward tor 20 yearn, expressed Ida g u j im to retire, with thanks for the long-continued e mi hd eaci g a . had r eposed in him. Eventually, at the request of Eases -- " Bacon and Baker, and several others, the worthy 44 3 3 allowed himself to be put in nomination for the 21st by' Messrs. Burn and Elkins, also the present Comae', co,ci i, for the precinct, were also prop . Bed ; and as in a ggi n .,„, • candidate, Mr. George Walter , of Shoe-lane, citi m 7... A innholder, an old and highly-respected inhabit ant, Lis —." posed by Mr. Dean and seconded by Mr. gk,att ' FP: show of hands was in favour of the first three ge g g ften ."' Messrs.. Obbard, Burn, and Edkinit, who (eve n l y nzi, thanks. TIT E SMITHFIELD CLUBCArf LE SUOW.—ENR„.., Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the • 1 ' 1 Wyday shortly before one o'clock, and was rui n g 1t Y,,.. 1 ' teatrance to the show-yard by his Grace the Duke of i t ,:r: mond, the president; Mr. B. T. Brendreth Gael, t h secretary, and the stewards of the club. His Royal Ro ws was accompanied by Baron Keesbeck, and expressed hew( much gratified with the exhibition generally. A 5,... other noble and distinguished personages who viunai show during the day, were the Earl of Bard** Iced Portman, the Earl of Warwick, Viscount Torrington 4 Earl of Leicester, Earl Spencer, Sir, R. p. j o da i :l and; Mr. Pusey, M.P. At 12 o'clock the annul 1 meeting of the club took place in the committee-fon a tie Bazaar, which was presidid over by the Duke of Ricluants, and attended by most of the noblemen above-manors; and a large number of distinguished agriculturists. Amen the principal matters determined on - by the club vets i, renewal of the lease with the proprietor of the Bareb, the annual show of the club, it having expired yesterths. and a resolution rendering, for the future, symmetry i t i other points of perfection in cattle a test of their supi•nagi rather than the over-fatness which has hitherto be e , l i, criterion. This resolution also applies t.i the 'beep sadu classes. The other matters discussed were the mere mi., business of the club. The Bazaar was crowded free i n opening to its close by thousands of most respectable paw LORD BROUGHAM AND TUE MAN IN HE MOOS. --During Mr. Ellis's argument in the Duchy of luau ease, in the Privy Council, he referred to a case when . meteoric stone having fallen, a question arose betreelt s Crown and the Lord of the Manor as to whom glide* , Lord Brougham inquired whether any third party hal* tervened for the man in the moon ? DESERTING WIVES AND CIIILDREN.—Within is last few days eighteen men have absconded, leaving the wives and thirty-five children chargeable to the pitts4 d St. Matthew, Bethnal-green. THE CAMBRIDGE " SPINNING" HOUSL—Sif,—l; your remarks with reference to an unfortunate wen who died at Cambridge in consequence of being placed g t damp bed at the " Spinning-house," I observed some at strictures on a system which allows of the apprehenam it females of a certain class found in the streets, although tar Iniscortclucting themselves: but there is one evil rent* therefrom, which you omitted to mention. At Cambnies (from fear of consequence-) the unf irtunate class allaledis endeavour, as much as possible, to conceal their real chain ' ters, by dressing and behaving as modest women; hewn not unfrequently happens that the " proctor" of the La versity, by mistake, accosts a respectable female. °Jame, if she choose to tell who she is, and where she is ,ate is immediately released, with a courteous apology; be surely it must - be grievously wounding to the d i modest female, under any circumstances, to be taken kg a street-walker, and the liability to such occurrences 1:108 i restraint, which is often (to say the least) itBo9olBBl Although only an occasional visitor at Cambridge, tiro ts three cases of the kind hare been roticed by me; so that I speak not from hearsay, but from personal observation. 1 feel confident that the willingness you have always evinced to make known existing abuses will not be lei with respect to one which affects that sex of which man is the natant protector.—A CONSTANT READER. SIGNS OF CIIRISTMAS.—The steamer Triton, fruit Ostend, has brought 64 cases of poultry, being a large a• crease upon former importations of the kind, even from Bel gium, from which state the more extensive of the wink of poultry take place. The Sir Edward Banks, which fn. viously arrived from the same Belgisn part, brourht lima of poultry and 30 cases of rabbits, which 'boned In the country. ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning an amid& to curred to the servant of Dr. Dakin, No. 40, Naked. square, Notting-hill : while shaking a rug out of theies floor balcony, she fell head foremost on the refines d the area beneath. Dr. Dakin instantly ran to her mistime, and found her hanging with her hcaddownwards, her swd being twisted between the torn of the area rails. She ra extricated with difficulty, apparently lifeless. Shen's. ins ever, still alive ; everything that surgical skill weld West was done to alleviate her sufferings, but not the yrgdre hope is entertained of her surviving. FIRE CAUSED DT A CINDER. —Yesterday aftertoe a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. 'Edwards, mete and turner, Lower-street, Islington. While a workman; employed watching a pot of melting pitch, a cinder Ikea amongst some sacks of shavings, and set them in a Wu. The parish engines instantly arrived, and there beings nod supply of water, they were set to work, and Ming mhos: succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not befit the whole stock in trade and dwelling were much damaged. INQUESTS, YEsTERDAT. ALLEGED MCRDEL-- By Mr. Payne, resumed from Wednesday, at the Itne Tuns, Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, on the body of Elton Elizabeth Wright, mentioned in our paper yestercky.-Ir Taylor,surgeon, whohad analysedthe contents ofthertoanch I stated that he had not been able to detect ay sigtoor I poison.—The coroner had little doubt that the brutal new usent the deceased received from her husband had s welerstel her death, but as there was no direct evidence to that egm the jury must return a verdict accordingly. Vedirs "Natural death." — SCICID E OF MAJORR. F. Isar —By Mr. Bedford, at the Prince of Wales hotel, Leiter* place, Leicester-square, on the body of Major R. F. BUIS —Mr. William Ling, of No. 61, Jersiya4treets known the deceased nine months. lie had recently retornd from India with the 47th Regiment, and, for the lin fire alive was on Wednesday morning, sight, had lodged with witness. The last time he oaks rr then appeared not so cheerful as usual. Re ,as s ren glib: in his habits, and the gentlemen who were in the Mid of calling upon him were Major Ball, Captain White, solicitor, named Clarke. He had not paid witness 07 but he thought him a gentleman of independent alma Ann Lindtield, chambermaid at the Prince of Wake gaol deposed to the deceased coming to that hotel about half, nine o'clock, and asking for a chamber. At his recto': took him pen, ink, and paper, and a glass of grof room where the body now lies. In half an hour be uloidis and water, which she took to him. About three Or! when he went ot, lit she went up to the room again, and on knocking st %Wn and receiving no answer, she entered sad saw the d lying upon the floor, with his head over the fender If: being a shooting-gallery at the back of the hotel, the M of the pistol was not taken notice of. A gentleman w" sleeping in the next room said he d id not he ars sof T; The deceased appeared to have bee n sitting 1(1001 the time he fired the pistol into his breast. k1e,. 11 1,„ appear at all strange when he c ame into the .071, Charles Wright, the porter, said he found one pssw charged lying upon the floor, and one loaded upon them; —Mr. Robert Cross, surgeon 21, Leicester-Et called in. The deceased appe ared to have been dor for or four hours. The wound was immediately oset 7 0 ' 7 of the heart, and he had no doubt abou t its having ht's by a pistol shot. The ball had broken the fifth buried itself in the heart. The deceased most hoe the muzzle& the pistol as close as possible to heard which would account for the re port not being L'.•A, quest was adjourned for the attendance of decesswlrni r s —ANOTHER SEICIDE.—By Mr . Mills, at the Orres,,m, Inn, Finchley, on the body of a man, unknown, of ". • _1 genteel appearance, about 4.5 years of age, 5 feet 10 Tr j , high, with black eyes, hair, and whiskers, dressed 'M oan and trowsers, no waisicoat, black satin and velvetwr„ still alive, with one of his braces tied N— and a French silk hat, purchased in Newinite-stree% 7111 Deceased was found on Monday , last in a hrtj Squire's-lane, Finchley, lying on his back. Drte7os with a double knot. The unfortunate man , EM r en° the Green Man inn ; but expired on the way. A i t s e at Finchley recognised the body to be that of a ti the ' he accidentally met on Saturday last, and who in the co s twenty minutes' conversation he had with deceased bat 1 was " hard up " and was on his road to Liverpool did not tell either his name or abode. In d pockets were found three or four false collar! i l l small comb, but no money, nor anything lih,e l Y„, t° tify him. Verdict, " Died from BtElngu'at"'"44l SEICIDR OF A SERVETOR.—By Mr. Bedford, at lo tKail seer Tavern, St. George's-row, Pimlico, on the Frederick Roby Davey, Esq., aged 27, a wer c llsig Robert Norris Fashion Davey, the resident surgeo,„so Millbunk prison, deposed that deceased was h 6 7,7 - 11 About nine weeks since, witness was informed that week , " left his residence for the purpose of spending a , Continent. Nothing, however, was seen or hear.d for seven weeks a ft er he lett. The first time maw% him was on the 28th of list month. lie then entets, ness's apartment in the orison spe a k peared vs 101 tightly round Doi so much so that he could not pe Basing taro ale self on a chair he sobbed aloud. Witness and Drr who was present, were of opinion that he ought to ca r, under medical treatment. Witness made ought h as .. , :~I