The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

sallow el ----------- ne Court. A x --- WINDSOR, Fall 9. Ikel The Queen walked this Melling in the Sloped and *oho Park. . ~ * tinnily teak their umal ainaga . Ot li t .'s - 1% 61 i gho niece Albert went oat hands' this p m . • - ' t a 11 id b tis iLleut. Colonel Rom. A. Geodes. doom gll'olsilieu-r''eendi Ida - dame Van do Weyer, the Minds of Imie , • i lee Moguls and Muchness'.' Worsen - taster, j u g ' , L ''''' ' ""e. Oromenor, the Earl of Alierdara, Viscount wee j sad 1 -' 4 ""is ea-i. mid Lord ma Lady Ashley, kit the o f ee s lie d yueout tag ....MI, Cofle to deo. saps, Th e re i* no addition to um royal dinner party this evening. 6 . pas. 10. greet Toe Qoeen and Prince Albert walked this atoning to the of va well ~ EL „.., end Windeor Park. .6, ~,,,el fats lay took walkinrcursies Ice the meads ad- label rive &...ret to the Castle. I li e ' NW...4 . re d his Royal Witham Priam•Alberv, her Will 111 SOS the Fib ens. Royal, the ladies and gentle- bear R 1 al ---k a •• a bla sanded min •••./ I the Wart and the °amid Claes 0 , dicre%reir- in the Private Chapel this moraine. The Has. IssP , sa g 0,,, U. Wellesley officiated. evil u ., ,, n o ige7 l Michas, the Duchess of Kest also 'treaded out I th. yew Tise nnal dimmer circle la the evening Melted,' her Royal s•PI that yle,t.n, se the Darby"' of Kent, his Sense Highness Prince E,l•ad • f Sias Weimar, Lady Puny Howard, Barmen eves des e vh. Mara. r Lady Lytteltoo. Lieut.-Colossi Uses C. Ten d Mt/. Pnippe, Colson' Hon. Charles aad lin. iwol they, • ac ?'W Wow Cooper, Mr. Birch, aad Mr. Glover. Co. to r doe A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon ths at tb. F a igni.ifin. The ministers present were Lord wet pep.Konen, the Lord Chaneellor, the Mamas of Lens- , the Kai of Motto, Sir Hemp Grey, Viscount Pail- St. sartstn, Hal Orey, Sir Francis Baring, Sir Jona Hoh um' tone. Lord Campbell. the Right lion H. Labouett: re, the th ., E al n• Car isle, the The Marque of Claariesr-le and thy Right rod Hoc Yen Menlo. Council sat two hoses and a haP. Rah . stn LOST) SHAFTESBURY has not yetrresi ned hie (AIM the @ tenantless of Committees ef the Howe of mo ire to which tha an 414 , Unit salary mid considerable patronage are attached. the 114 Let ship, however, has desired to be relieved km the nit (aim of deputy speaker of the Lords, to which he had been hal appointed is conjunction with Lnd Daman. A warrant me, doh , tie sits ma .nual his accordingly beta issued, appoint- ma leg Lori Denman and Lord Campbell to preside in the cop Home of Licte, as deputy speaker, in the absence of the pie lased Chancellor-- Observer. or Sin F. BAKING, the First Lord of the Admiralty, bsi : • has coonated to preside at the aanivormey festival of a* t!' Royal Naval School, an the 4tl May nest. as ale . . _. - - - -- - km 1 a e 1 NIL DENISON, M.P., AND FREE TRADE. oh • —.... tie I At a very summons inessueg of landed proprietors sig sea donut tanners. held at Inaosseer on Saturday, Dar. Devi- as 1 i , . M.P., offend soma explanation of his tendon with sa I wen to the part which he has takes on the subject of of I r !Aetas and free trade. The cub was taken by Sir Wm. de . Ilttan Cooke, bast., and a endwise haviag been carried in soh a ea of a morn to protection, Ni I X p•rt r DENts-OS .aid:—if he had lowered himself in their cal erten by the vote he gave last week, he amid 'sly say that th I h. Ind** honest alternative, and he would tell them why. his 11 .ulteded to the amendment proposed by Sir J. Trollop', au ad ...ust chick Lord John Hanel! aad Sir C. Wood spoke, ah r ash sic. red that =Miners would not comply. Now, po 1 l orry n.n to the house ought to consider the result of a to 1,1. ll e was shoat to give. And the position ia which he co r .t cal was this—that if, by his vote, he should tutu a eoviro- wt lint or, who was to follow ? lie had no wish to tun my .at the parent gererneseet. (Hums) War was to sec. II essa then ? (Clue of " Lord Stanley," and " Hear, fc a se e,••) Well, he had no objection to I.ord Stanley, be- de b team he behaved him to In a woad, dolly honest alma ; but in pimp not always the most judicious. But supposing to LAI s:aeley were seat for, unless he was pee- ki pared to ea back to protection, and do away fo wan free dole, why should he be pat is the p. p..cs of Lard J. ha Resell ? And how would eh I, he h: &Me to get up a government in favour of pro- do Win, ? Would he pit one of Sir It 'ben Peel's party of a to p end Lim ? In the fleet pine he did not believe they yr 1 wead be ams 4; sad, if creed, he dal sot believe they would at d go .1a:, is the List alternative, an appeal to the country, w if coa:st mg tten form a protection g .v. noment ? (" Yes.") a Me tote annettuut : f the Home of Comatose, and he amid th trey that tee po,•ertiosids had lot a single man, with so It n the eeetiot of Mr. 11,ni-s, who had ever held I. chit ie. \. o de. (A coin: They will be all the haunter.) y Hoses: or t...r.il a non had at been in othce before, he was 0 of sot the titre. am to furorfurora part of the government. He u was firstly petioad.d Usit Lord Stanley, with a protection ”, at party, cola p t loom 3 uventment which would std a 11 hariaight. And if ;waves hey like the Queen to send of d 5,,, ig e . o j eg e e j s.) ell, ha was /Ste they would u 1- sot wish for fir Ruben Peel. (No, no.) He t- iroti:d be freak with them, and say that he was an 1- ... that te eve. h. anted err form a government. Well, then, if - slither '. r lin. r• Peel, Lied S.araley, ear Mr . Cobden '' ie mend form a ' , sensed, they must be content with the ,t 2 la present nee. And this be or his impression, he voted 7 id assist it. ametdisent, tecetdeting that it wee kis duty to n ce his sent ono and to his constituents that be should do so. 'Z e- Some a ',tote ms having been carried, it was agreed that petiti as le got up std presented to Loth houses, praying for a ,a, asa aerate du.y. or the excosplion of the land and its pro- eg ro dr tv from a:1 taxes whatever, as the only mesas of &Treaties r- the evi.s as present complained of. a or it _ . ___ of h nt TUE AMLEICA, Captain Leitch, sailed from Liver- e id pool on Swaney tee Halifax and Boston. h n. SI:fl:l.alt ACCIDENT.—On Saturday Mr. W. tl he 'fakir held an inquest at the S:r Walter Stott, Pritchard's- ~I ch rout Hacked, touching the death of Mrs. Maria Drabrook, • and 70, the wife or a patlemaa residing in Clarence- !or terrace, Hargersna. It appeared from the evidence that on 11 , In. Tworhy last tee acceded bad bees on a visit to a female t for hind, rinsing in Eli-street , Kingslood-road, whose house on tee d; ceased left about 8 u'elak in the evening on bar return ' ral hone. She was observed by several persons to have great t dodiculty in getting shag as seseunt of the very high wind ' re- which mended at the time, and she was last seen alive en : gts the bridge coo r the R gent'snanal. Her body was found ' the next mom* in too canal, into which it was supteecol ' . she was forced by the wind, there being no lends near the t one man to save her. The jury returned a verdict of "Found ' dowser sad the Conger said he would write to the canal ' e.mpautr as to On dangerous state of the fences. 1 • %%Mai vii Lowersiorr.—The Hurlington, belong- ich int to Mr. lobo Penman, of Sunderland, Daniel Cole, tea l o oter, !mutt to Soultampton with coals, sprung a leak : h o during the gale which commenced en Tuesday evening let, h e sad cootuund with unabated violence until yesterday mont- hs ler. Ise crew, 7la "umber, including the captain, work- d 36 keen at Ott pumps without Woe able to gain on the 111 H leak. sad at halt-pest 2 edock a wi. yesterday (Thursday, la 7th **shish, went down, after breaking in two. The masts ich cams sweeter like the blades of a pair of shears. The pro- of viiestist races of the crew from a watery grave cannot be loner described than in the words of ono of the sureivon : Pi" " We were shoat 30 miles off Lowestoft, and finding the brig int was fan stoking from under our feet, we had just time to if jump into the tong-boat with a compan and a bucket; and sea- as tee bra meat down the water floated the long•bost from hi- off Inv dirk, and we had the greatest diffirulty to disentangle 40 Pt boat trots the popes of the mast, which fell over us. However we pot clear, in the dark, and. with a boisterous ere sea, we committed ourselves to the preservation of a merciful an- poiedence. At day light we saw • vessel at a distance, but en- could not make them perceive our handkerchief, attached to ;red the aid of oce of the oars. We were benumbed with cult!, iti•• esaaurted by pumping, without food, and had not been in bed sin lot three might,, and we had great difficulty in biting the VW, oat of the loss bast to keep her Mtn*, when, about 6 thy o'ciacti in the evening, we disaavered a fishing Oa p ahead, ire- being nearly two miles dletnat. We immediately plied our tern Soot one in the direction of the anal, which we perceived feet was bearing down on us, and in half an boar, which appeared to us an age, the titling smack No. 69, of Ostend, came close zees enough to ttir..se us a rope, which we aids fast, and drew red ear frail barque alongside of the sloop; the mato of the roll fisherman, a fine stout yarn men, immediately jumped into at. our boat, and misted the Hoye aboard, one a whmt had his feet and leg. so beausbed and swelled with the salt water S. sad cold as to be usable to stand, having been 15 hours in bell the boat. As soca as we got on board of the sloop, the kind- :on- hearted old captain cried like a child for joy. To pull off Pfte half the clothes from the hacks of the Flemish lean, and tiara put them on to us poor naked and starving Englishmen, was j e b- tee work of a few minutes. Hot coffee, Weed and butter, with tried fish, was immediately pi/paved for us, end the pill pale fisherman gave up their ban to us, although :100- tb , y had been at sea dur.ag the whole of the oOf vtnruk 01 Tuesday, Weiner lay, and part of Thursday. db , la tam it woe impossible for us to have boss more kindly th std. I shall ever bear in mind, with a gestatel heart, the it.adness sad attention besnwed on us by these fisher- mit , °in; std I deeply regret that it is not in my power to prove Ilia ritctr...•, of my amertione." The poor men arrived at Of thtrhO this morn ing, having beta picked up about fifty o, :h. milts bets this p rt. Yaw of them intend retuning to Las- hio by the shame, Triton, whisk leaves to night. The boys are to remain to be cured of than braids and recover the tam *Moir limbs. Ihelli.esE OF POST LiiTals.—Estiosste of the sineter of marinade laden delivered 1a the United King- telt doe in each year from 1839 to 1849.* 4th that Assad Inerame. tage reek. from Neatter et Homabre d w ed , the aerated I or- TIML. letters. Intim hr 14311. cond-_-....._.-1 -- ifigtions. ilitlirma ref coat. from I - a Itt Ittv, IC • •••• es ltS 1%11 a .e ss that ! IttlJ 12 la ritiall len Si IS 1 ni DUI a cat W his bet INS IQ Me 20 211 n bad user ats rat so isle 7 s Iglish hers sol e se 11 ot th• • The Idioms for 1839 is fewadod cm the areertaised SSA- causal he of letter* bar see week la the moth of Novemlmr, sad, islosE thistly epeakiag, it la for the year radios December 6, as I, SSd which tire ed. wee made the atszlatass rase. The intimate ichors for seek sobseenest year is founded ea the sessetsined Dam- ers ten her of letters tor see week is sash Woods' wank—Vide Itsturn to the House of Conansoas, No. 345 (18 i e l l ' 1 his is eachnive et "hoot 6e sailliess et fr en ,ine mn rse t ion ieh- .0o;d froo Iglish a th• wad litbal! wpa►. orm P" THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1850. FRESH DISCOVERIES IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE (001rfinn3D). The Int of the letters is dated July 17, 1849, and addremil by Counmeader Keen of her Illejestre ship ?tenr, Mee bin elf Climbs* Iced, to • Cape's Kellett, et tote MM, ipty oil Oipe swat..., It Gestates the onefts Ipospipse a. Thee, en erelvies ad Cape Lieber', the &Ow bete ef the Hoag wad new, with a whale beet. be WNW set. otemutieil by Liettuntest Pollee tad Mc Mecca, with • pem of as,.. use fa nab boat, leelailap dee he meelsw, vietWled for 30 dark end *odd explore the meet_ emponsiesdas Nth the kips ie !be cgs& vibes a .hips • sulisiestly large larstsbessid be dirseed ka tbs w. r to SM. GM la. Oa arriving of Wa 1.1, should ewe be Mad soethward, *stint bests as be dested whin dale provistoes, with eiders to preesed as Mae pietism. Is the *teat of Weiewriglit islet proving unavailable, the 'hips to vexed, of the peeked fee till Sept 26, wbee, if dm boats hate Weedy !stormed, they shoeld sail to Chants.° Island, sal it sot, to St. Lawrence Bay. The lelleeleg is Captain Kellett's reply : 4 TO COMMANDS& T. M. L. MOORS, MI& MAJESTY'S SIDS PLOVER. "Her Malady's Ship Herald. at Si,. off Cape Kruseenstern, July 19, 1649. "Sir,—The following remarks are founded on their lord ships' orders to ma as well as from those to rueseU relative to the last expedition along the coast of Georgia: "You will perceive by me first orders, that their lordships consider light boats, at beaus, es the frost eligible for pro secuting the voyage along the sort; in my second, that t h ey desire, in ease of not meeting the Plover, whose boats are fitted for the expedition, that my hooch should be in readi ness to accompany the hoiden to the eastward towards Point Barrow. " In your orders their lordships also lay much stress on the d. seription of boat to be gent; any departure, therefore, from their views on this head requires to be most maturely considered. I shall be guided entirely by your matured opinion on this subject from the experience you have had in tie navigation of ice bound coasts. " I coneider, that before any boats finally proceed, it should be decided, and the party made thorough.y acquainted with the Plover's intended winter quarters. " In your orders their lordships emphatically state that if no position is found for the Plover north of Kotzebue Sound, she mud winter there. Your opinion, however, is teat a ee.eel cannot winter in Kotzebue Sound without the danger of baits carried to sea or thrown on the beach (as the Fury was) by the great drift of the floes in that sound. This being your opinion of that place for wintering, I would propane Ordoley Harbour as Mere fisting plan for render ing assistance than any port outside the Straits on the Asiatic shore. " From Lhantley Harbour (if travelling across the land be practicable) the • jounces to Cousin° Island is but 116 miles —by the coast, 220. From your former winter quarters you were enabled, w ith the as-istanos of the natives, to travel to gad Cape —a greater distances than from Oracetley to Che mise*, overlord ; and should you, even now that you know el the friendly disposition of the natives in your last year's quietus, be enabled to travel across the Straits on the ice, any break up of it would cut your parties off from the ship. My own opinion is, that a vessel from Oahu, fortified as you are, could reach Cadmium Island at au earlier period than a vessel wintering where you did last season. " I fully concur wito you m the manner of examining the goad by the boats northerly. I condocr tuat, in cou.equence of Sir George Simpson'. letter relative to the resources of the Hudsou'il Bay posts on the Mackenzie, the boats should be ordered to return to the Plover by the '2lst of September. " Should it be impossible to get in'o Wainwright's Inlet, I no no objection, cad think it meet advisable, that the Piovar should remain as far north as safety from her being blockaded up for the winter in the ice will permit, returning so meet the Herald boom she goes south by the 2.501 of September off enemies,/ Island. " I do not see the neceseity of the two ships remaining together rater we have mired the question as to winter quarters for Plover; the Herald's time may, after that, be usefully cosi toyed in an examination of the ice lice westerly, and also of the shoals masked in Captain Bcechey'a chart. " The method of examining the coast for a winter harbour I shenld pros we es follses : " That the Owen (Herald's decked boat), with a whaler, or perhaps a smaller boat, be sent directly to Wainwright's Inlet, having your ice master and second master on board, with orders o return to the ship end communicate the result of their examination, t`.• ships, as you propose, in the offing, lumina your decked boat, and another boat in shore, going along the coast leisurely. " As it would be attended with most serious results were this ship to be beset in the ice, I shall trust her safety from such a disaster to • our greater experience in ins strewed seas. " I have given you my feelings and opinion on this in,. jeet, mode freely, and shall tip et an f receive yours in a similar way. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "JOIN KELLETT, Captain." In a letter dated the same day, in reply to the above, Com mander Moore urges that the boats should on no occount be at any time out or eight of the ships, both remaining as clime to the land and t." the boots as consistent with safety. He further object., that by proceeding to Wainwright Inlet direct, a lots of time might be lactated by the boats missing the ship on their return, in case of bad weather, should they hove found a convenient harbour to the southward. In the event of finding a fit wintering places for the Plover, he proposes proceeding with the boats (two baidars and a whaler) along she coast towards the Mackenzie; and, should d tfieulues tetra likely to prevent his return that year to the ship, to depoteit one host's provisions where they would be Readable in ease of his to sate obliged :to abandon the other boats and join the ship overland. Smould no re , uge be f and fur the Plover, it is suggested that the two decked boats, two baida-s, and whale boat, should at once proceed towards the Mackenzie; and if the ice should prevent the lager boats from going on, their pro- visions should be buried, and the small boats prosecute the voyage as far as they can with safety, leaving the forcer in a convenient place to return to the Plover should the bsidars and whaler he unable to reach the Mackenzie. In conciusion, it is advised that, in ease of a calm, whalers might be sent hot , so of decked boats. Tree feffowing letter, from Captain Kellett to Lieutenant Pullen, accompanies Commander Moore's instructions to that edam : " Her hisjnty's ship Herald, off Wainwright Inlet, July 26, 1849. "Sir,—As I consider that the orders which Commander Moore has given you for the conduct of the interesting expedition of which he has given you the charge em brace all contingencies, I shall simply send you a few extracts from the printed pipers connected with the arctic repetition, as well as a few from the narrative of Deese and Simpson's voyage from the Mackenzie to Point Barrow. " A few points in your orders will, I consider, require Tour immediate decision on your arrival with the boats off Point Barrow. " The first and moat material point is, OD arriving_ at Point Barrow, to decide weather you will push for the Mackezele in the light boats, and send back the launches (having filled up from them with provisions). I hardly think it pee.e able to go half-way to the Mackenzie and get bate to jeha the Plover, but consider it very practicable, in light boats, to I go erect there Simpson did it, you perceive, in 13 days, leaving Point Barrow cm the 4th of August. "Should you decide on retuning, you should be south of Icy Cape by the first week in September ; says Captain Bushy, whose authority not to be doubted. " Should you have the heavy boats at Refuge Inlet as a rendezvous with an intention of returning to them, you must bear in mind that I think it likely in the middle of August, with the first westerly wind, they will be obliged to leave it to recape being beset, and as, to all appearances, Wainwright's Inlet does not offer refuge (it being boned at its entrance), they would be obliged to run for Point Hope, where you should instruct them to rendezvoue, and where up to the 1011 of September, they may expect to meet this ship, or find irestrucoons for their guidance buried 10 feet I magnetic north from a pole, or written directions on some conspicuous reek or cliff. " &mold you get to the Mackenzie and not return this year (which 1 think you should be most cautious in attempt tug), and that you endeavour to return next year, it will be necessary for you to be south of Point Barrow early Ia Aurae, 1850, to ensue meeting either this ship or the Plover. " Trusting that you and your gallant little band may, through the blessing of Providence, enjoy good health, Ned that your exertions on behalf of our countrymen may he crowned with success, " I remain, your very obedient servant, "H. KilLtdrer, Captain." The following two letters, bearing the same dates as two addressed to Commander Moore, afford a more emeignised statement of Lieut. Pullen's position at each date : " Schooner Owen, Monday evening, July 30, 1849. " Dear Sir,—We have got thus far very well, may the rest of our expedition prove as successful. We met the main picks in 71 deg. 15 min. 68 rec. north, much farther tooth than I at all expected, from the mildness of the weather and the fine open sea. I have been unsuocesidal in my starch few a place. fur the boats; not even Refuge lalet, vary shal low, and a very narrow entrance. " If I do not get to Fort Good Hope, Captain Moore directs me to proceed tuYork Factory, provided there are not supplies there, and report myself to their lordship, so it will rest with them whether I return next season, much as I should like it. We hems been detained here a day with a dross wind, and greet qoantities of ice completely blocking the channel. Our whale boats are now loaded, and swim Tory deep; so I thick I shall meet likely take the large boats on to Point Barrow, that is, if possible. " We have had most beautiful weather till today, and the berometer was last /light down to 36 deg. We by" found the Owen rather leaky, but nothing to prevent oar getting on. The pump is very good. " The latitude of the most southern part of the pick was ?$ deg. 15 min. 48 sec. north. Her altitude, and when ▪ emsbored, tamed a lorry bay with the shore, the outer • seiath-east point of the pack being about two miles from dbo shore. The channel is in the deep Mikis bay, close in shoos and very narrow. " In the bay are two small icebergs under the lee of one mad doe up to it (meowed to it). We are now lying with tie Nosey Durum. I have sea several native. and rubbed moms with some again, sot a pleasant salutation I assure you. " Mr. Shedden has palsied to deliver theme letters, and from him I have got • copy of reekooleig showing his track, sod now, dear sir, I must close. " Captain Moore has got a full unenust of all I have done, with Mod resnombganeas to all mg MISMIMAUS and shier sates, sad grstitado to you for year kiadly feelings sad seta of geode', " s" Believe as to be, dear Sir, your's MY may. W. 7.8. Powui, Lieutaasat. " Ceptaia Kellett, C.B, her Majesty's ship Herald." " Night of the 4th of Mgt" 1819. " My dear Captala meta to you feta the edge of** Peak, sad Ikea thought that wo should have bees mob further is advent* then we sow are, bet Joe is terrible stuff te deal with ; however, I do act despair, sadamildeatly bops to week the Kackessie, bet still or bae that I do sot expest he get bask sista. I height a balder MI Feint Bar row, se that I eat act he say way afraid el wad e Maaald we hays to Iris's, at Fort Hope. lea cow get ea the start seals treat ova present pokiest, sad at 71 dog. 12 see. N. learituday deg. 86 see. W., with s dear spas sea aad a (sir triad. I stayed at Poiat S h rew all the lad, get the dip 82 dig. 4 observatiose for time, latitude, and IGWaation bat sot worked. The second master, who I seed bark with ths boats, his got them, sad aux give you say pa:- dealers. - . "The small <ompia you so kindly lest me I send built, as I did net moonset at the time Iliad me myself. "Mr. Bhaddes ham followed us up quite to Point Barrow. I hope he is sow all dear; hit kindness has bees unbounded, assisting us la every way. It is now Ana; for the list day we have had strong bresw-s from 8. and 3.8. W., with heavy rate. " I web feu we cannot take the interval's.; be is very ill, and seems to be frightened, so I think his room would be better than his company ; he has been of but little use, in feet does not nederstead the natives here. We have got on with them famously, and have bees among them as old standing friends. I will now wiad this up, as time is now drawing ow for our start. "May God bless you, sir, for your kindness, and I bore we shall meet 'gain. With kiwi remembrances to all on board, believe me, sir, (Signed) " W. J. S. Foram." " P.S. Captain Moore, in his orders says, if I am obliged to seek Fort Rope, I am to make the best of my way to York Factory, sad report myself to the Admiralty. In that ow I shall hardly gst back next season, but go home with the Huclacm's Bay skips." MUSIC. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. The performance of Saul on Friday evening was one • of the very finest we have ever heard in Exeter HaIL It is unquestionably the most beautiful of Handel's dramatic oratorios. The subject, independently of its mend character, is fall of deep and tragic interest, and has been much more happily treated by the writer of the poem than those of any of the other scriptural dramas on which the composer employed his genius. And the effect of this has been that the music has a freshness and freedom from the con ventional forms of his day, which often make it seem to belong to a much later period. All the airs have this free and nosing melody, with but one exception, " A serpent in my bosom warmed," which, indeed, is full of the formal divisions which, in Handel's day, were stereotyped for bus songs ; and in the choruses, notwithstanding their grandeur, there are fewer fugues, and other scholastic forms, than in any of his other oratorios. What gave us especial pleasure in this performance was the adherence to Handel's own orchestral score, without the interpolation of noisy parts for wind in struments. In this M. Costs showed his discrimi nating judgment. He saw that Handel had bestowed more than ordinary care upon the instrumentation of this oratorio, and had made it so full and masterly that it could not be touched without injury. The songs, as well as the chorus, were accompanied by the stringed quartet wito a alight sprinkling of deli cate wir.d-instrument effects; and it was remarkable bow this mode of accompaniment brought out the voices, enhanced the richness of their tones, alai in , creased the power of their harmony. The trombones and drums, with which our ears are stunned during ' the whole of every musical performance, were never beard unless in the martial music in the last part of i r the oratorio and in the grand choral finale; and then their effect was immensely heightened by their pre vious silence. The principal singers acquitted themselves with more than urinal success. Miss Dolby sustained the part of David, and never was heard to greater advan tage. In some of the impassioned scenes she exhi bited • degree of dramatic force and energy which she seldom has occasion to exert ; and in the exquisite lament for the death of Jonathan, "In sweetest harmony they lived," nothing could exceed the pathos of her expression. Miss Birch, too, sang with even more than her usual power and beauty, The charming duet, " 0 fairest of ten thousand fair," was a highly finished performance on both sid.s. Mr. Phillips gave great effect to the part of Saul ; his delivery of the soliloquy, " Wretch that I am!" was a fine piece of tragic declamation. Mr. Benson sang the music of the part of Jonathan with great intelligence and feeling ; this young tenor will be a great acquisition to these performances. The hall, as usual, was crowded in every part. PARLIAMENTARY FINANCIAL REFORM. GREAT MEETING IN DERBY. On Thursday evening th• Town Hall in Derby presented a moot intimating mato No nesse were the deems open Ikea it was crowded to mess in every part, sad many hada& want away unable to gala admittance. Sir Joshua Wellesley woe usable to Wood. Jose Moss, Beg , us is the shah, and eras supported by the heeding reformers the town. Roolatiess were ussainsosely adopted in segiort of parliamentary and leassial sefores. . THOMPSON, Req., who was received with great applause, then wee forward, cad ske in a low toss -4 vomit, Indicative of wisiderable sufferWg. His address was to the following effect :—Althagh 1 feel, sir, that I War at this me s% under a toned. able physical die. advantage sad discomfort, I will vests,* at sae risk to address a few weeds to this inagailkeet assembly. (Hoe, hear.) IWI the respearibility at all times of addressing a multitemi el my feWsmsubjects, bonus I know well the importance of words which may be a guide to good or to evil to the minds of a yam number of sm. (Chem.) With out flaming you, or dt sill es that you should over-estlenate your value and importance ia the state, I tell you to-night as representing the bettafranehised clews of this country, that you may has, a rewated Howe of Commons when ever you phase—(chsers)--ead if you lutew your power, you would have it; that is to say, if you used that power nroperly sad wisely, and, above all, peaceably. (Corers.) Coustitutionally, , the tax payees of this country are entitled rebus members to the House of Commutes; at d be who does not att is the House of Commas by the free votes of the people, and with the consent of the people, is an usurper. (Chant) I lock upon the members of the House of Commas at this moment, sitting to-night in St. Eltqlinee Chapel, as usurpers. I have no respect for that louse as a lee illative assembly. lam quite ouavineed that the friends of the people would be powerless in that bow, utterly so, but for one circumstance. Close the gallery door, exclude the reporters, clues the door of the strangets' gallery. and let Uwe be no publicity given to the roseed=ge of that how—essl the lips of the men in that how, oat they may act divulge whet takes place there, there, sad I believe the Hasse of Cosmos', eon dittoed as it is now, would not, daring the next halt century, however uncemiag the labours of each men as Mr. Hums and Mr. Cobden sad Mr. Bright may be—however irrceittible their argasseets, however copious and unques'ionable their facts, however saran. their pleadinge.—enact one single measure mitigatiag the =oleos or enlarging the Hoenig* of the people. (Cheers.) The Wearable gentleman then proceeded to give a brief outline of the political opinions which had gained for him the suffrage. of the electors of the Tower Hemline, and also of the circumstances which led to and resulted in the formation of the Reform Amociatioe. He then proceeded to &impious and petspiesons exposition of the principles end objects of that body, sal eloquently exposed the g rus lops ties, inconsistencies, ad weakness of the syrent which it de- Mgaed to amend. The has gentleman then caused much ma Swat among his auditory by an explanation of the origin of seine of our aristocratic families, and elicited a strong feeling of indignation by an exhibition of the meagre services ren dered to the cot ntry by them families, and the huge re wards espnappropristely lavished on thaw. He concluded thus Never in any one meeting I ever attended have we been called upon for an angry or a disputatious word. 1 thatk the waking tams ter this. I tell them th. y will have us same to regret shies up hick eavrtme mea sures to ge with us foe more moderate ones they shall sever regret having kindly given us their rump port. Let as labour es—all things are helping us—public ma twat is advancing—the wise statesmen of our age are be conies souviacad that measures of Worm are necessary as well as jest. The religious community (I mean the dissent. ing part of it) are alive to the question of the potpie's rigors. We Rave the spirit of the age with us; there is a =gurgle fcr liberty goisg es all over the civilised world—(cheers) — do not despair—do not think the cause of liberty was hit irrecoverably upon the banks of the Tiber, or awed on the banks of use Danube. 13 , moderate, be peaceful, be kindly affectionate ems to another, forgive injuries, make op for past neglect, know nothing of classes—nothing of one para.& ; man is man, cherish him se such ; put shouider to shoulder; )airs head to hand; and yet a little while, and you shall see this aotrept system tomhle to the around, and out of its fragments =mill arias • system of government in which you all shall share, that than bring benefits 1.9 your/eche., aed be a example to the world. (linthusiestie cheering, which lasted for some time.) A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the use of the tall, to the deputation, and to the chairman, and alter several rounds of cheering, the meeting broke up. TUE FIRE AT LAMEETM--The losers unstained by the wimp fin dims in tem estimated by one of the nor veyors :—West of England, 6.6001. ; Phat.lx, 5 000 r. ; 5.9001. ; Norwich a. - 5,0001 ; W.suninster, 1,600!.; Sun, 1,5001. Total, 24,6001. Su:lsecd amount of property destroyed and not insured, 10,0001. Mak a 4 • total destruction of property to the amount of 34,4004. IMPUDENT ATTEMPT AT SWINDLING.—The Bir mingham Journal gives the following particulars of an extra rdinary attempt at swindling, as diselesed before the magistrates at Blinn on Saturday :—The patty who f It mat interest in the result of this inquiry was • r e spw•ei ) . droned foreigner, Could Von Wladcislaw by name, accord ing to his aldress card, and bilonging to Homier', Poland, Fracas, or Germany, aa beet suited his convenience. The tt Conn" Ant comes under our notice, from the disalneur s now =rule, as a guest of Mr. Clements, Indica.' of the Royal Exchange lon ' Dale End, Birmingham, where he arrived on the evening of Saturday, the 19th oh . having come in,. a car from the railway station. During his stay there he live.. in a style becoming a Hungatian noble, and on en early day he toot Mr. Ottumwa into his confidence. The "Count's" eldest brother had been liviog with • female at Glanew, and hid become so infatuated with her that he had given her the titleyleeds of • valuable property in Hontrary. She was ignorant o. then vane, and the C tent " b leg an: Weis to;pt peessision of them, he proposed that Mr. Cle ments should go to Glasgow as his agent, and offer the woman 5,0001. for the documental ; if be was sneeesefil he should have 5001. for himself. The effer wee too tempting to be refused, and was at one accepted, with a Tanen (at the suggestion of • friend of Mr Clements) that the count should pay his expenses to Glasgow and give him 61. to bring him beck. This was joylully tended to, sad the evening of the following Saterdey was fixed fo, the star.. Mr. Clements was duly apperelled for the journey on the evening is question, when the count left the hones for a moment, as he said, bet forgot to niers. Tans ,he land. lord of the Royal Exchange lost the prospective 6001., as well as the amount of his guest's board and lodging l.r the week. Whsle the count was stayieg at Mr. Cam, nta' he was introduced to a Mr. Alfred Somerville, partner its a Brussels firm engaged in the iron trade, to worm he stated that he was commissioned to purchase engine, &c., for tie • Cracow Railway Company, and asked his antics as to the most proper parties in Birmingham with whom he could deal. Mr. Somerville recommended him to Meese.. Boul ton end Watt, of the Soho Wtrke, aed hams goes there the count ordered two pain of marine supine:a of ono hundred and forty horse Power sod two pain of eighty horse power, with iron boa's to suit the same, which he said were to be nod en the Danube in connect' a with the Cracow Railway. He signed a contract to the amount or 27,0001., giving refereeing in Landon as *er his responsibility, and sgresing to pay 10,000/. in a week. In the COWSe of convened= with Mr. Blake, one of the mane. gen at the 8 .ho, the Cann Renamed net there were a number of Huygens refugees in Birmingham who wire desirous of emigrating, but had not the means of doing so, and Mr. Blake 'Send him a 61. note as a contribution for that object. The Coast refused it, however, saying he could pin more himself, doubtless thinking that Mr. Bake would manse the amount. We are not aware whether this was dose, bat from inquiries which hr subsequently made, Mr. Blake was iodated to suspect that his customer would not be a very profitable one, and the turnout was thereto, immediately cancelled. After leaving Mr. Clements' house, we find the Count in a day or two diaributi , g the orders he bad been commissioned to 'Keane for the Cracow Railway in the neighbourhood of Wedues bury and Btlston, including a 6.0-hose power stationary engine, from Messrs. Perry, of the Highfitid Foundry; 500 railway axlee, from Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and Cnopany ; an 80-horse power high-pressure engine from Mr. Joseph Sinner, of Bilstou, end 350 tons of beat steel from a mann lecturer at Moxley. 01 engin the Cunt, in giving his orders, discussed the merits of a few bottles of wine at the expires* of those whom he was honouring with his com mands, but this appears to have been the extent of the im mediate benefit he derived. He wanted to borrow 61. from the Mosley steel manufacturer, aline the pretence that be had lost his pane in coming from the Wdlt nhali railway station, bat this atones opened the eyes of the other to the real character of his customer, and he tore up the entreat. We next discover the Count is the custody - of Inspector Th ninon, at Vann by whom he was brought op at the public office, as we h ave already stated. in order that it might be ascertained whether his doings brought him within reach of the law. After due consideration, however, the magistrates, E. B. Dimesses and J tan Jones, Esqra., were of opinion that there was not evidence suffi cient to warrant a conviction, sad the Count wee therefore dinkarged. The bench expressed a wish that publicity might be given to the circumstances, for the purpose of patting the public on their guard. The Count has a Jewish appearance, is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 8 inch,' high, of a dark complexion, has dark hair sad whiskers, and wean • moustache and imperial. He speaks the English language la r r"elly. ACETLEOE AT GLOUCEBTIE CATEIDRAL.—A MOOS daring act of sacrilege at Gloucester Cathedral was em Wednesday last discovered to have been committed, bolas the second ease of the kind withia 18 month% and both rob beries having been effected ander precisely similar einem- Manes& The object of the thieves was the money-box fixed la the nave of the cathedral for the empties of alms ta the Gloucester Infirmary. The thieves effected an entrance Into the sacred edifies h a window, and armed with a plough nalter sad a Abel, whisk they left behind them, they saeonded n wrenching open one of the two alms boats, and miming away the santents, the mown of width is aot known. It is supposed they mart have bees disturbed, as they left &toe implements be them and dad sot attempt to break epee the seemed km, which, on Wag opened, woe found to contain donations to the amount of between 31. and 41. Soma as , sabers of the family of Mr. Small •, the mayor of Gloucester, who resides in the Ca heard • ands of glass is the sense of the sight, bat did an saw n that anythieg wring was going on. It is supposed that this was madman by the entrance of the thieves through the wiadow. It is • curious fact, and nods to show that these robberies were eransitted by the same parties, that on the hewn commioa the alms-box was wrenched epos with • plough coulter. The pollee are on the alert.—Here. feral innsel. LITERATURE. Iltsperos, or Travels in tit! ►Vest. 13y Mn. Houston. 2 vols. Parka. 18.50: Lively as these volumes are, still we have had so ,many good works on America lately that we should not in this busy time of the year have turned aside to notice them, but that no other writer has given such fresh ar.d full accounts of Texas, or indeed of New Orleans, as Mrs. Houston. This part of the United States is generally reserved for the tail end of a traveller's story. Texas he generally eschews, and in New Orleans stays as short a time as a tourist's decencies admit. Mrs. Houston, however, has been at home in these regions, describes them with minuteness, and dwells on them with pleasure. She gives not an unfavourable account of slavery near to New Orleans, in a material point of view, except, indeed, when blacks are owned by blacks, and that is represented as the severest servi tude. But, grant au morale, she says: The paucity cf religious instruction, the want of a minister of the gospel, and the entire Oman of religious observances are the most crying evils of the slavery system. The ebiAren on the plantations ass not christened, marriage is • civil mouse; and when a negro dies he is buried gene rally like a dog in a hole in unconsecrated ground. Yet the slaves have a strong wish for religious instruetion, and are very apt to select a preacher amongst each other, though this is sot encouraged by the planters. The atrocities of slavery when out of sight, are freely admitted, and indeed depicted by the authoress, who nevertheless believes in the probable duration of a system which produces twenty millions sterling annually. There is a lively sketch of Peter Parley, which we would gladly quote, as well u a " stump speech," which we cannot resist. Ararrious, our republic is yet destined to re-annex South Miseries, to occupy the Ragan possessions, as wcU as those British colonist which the old thirteen colonies won from the French on the plains of Abraham—all rightfully ours to re occupy. Fantail Hall was the cradle of the republic, bat whar, whar will be tossed timber en h for its coffin? Scoop all the water from oat the Atlantic , and its bed would not afford a grave sufficient for its corpse. And yet America is still in the gristle of boyhood. Europe — what is Europa? She is towbar —nothing—a circumstance—a cypher—a land absolutely ideal. We have faster steam boat', swifter locomotives, lupe creeks, bigger plantations, better mill privileges, breeder lakes, higher mountains, deeper satsuma loader thunder, forkeder lightning, b men, ban:ornate wee-men, more money than Eng land der have. Essentials are looked to in these volumes es well as superficial,. There is a good account of Lowell and the cotton spinneriee of the north, as of the sugar plantations of the south. It is a work of lively description, fair feeling, and universal observation. DARING UIGTIWAT HOBBErtT.—On Thursday even ing last, as Mr. W. H. Apperley, land agent, was returning from Abergavenny towards Hereford is kis gig alone, he was stopped by three men in the palish of Llangua, at a lonely hart of the road near the river, but elevated some sight or ten feet above the stream. Upon Mr. Apperley perceiving the intention of the one man who was foremost, he began to Hog his hone. The men having caught the reins, and Mr. Appals) , continuing to nee the whip, the hone and gig were brosght slam from the opposite side against the hedge upon the ' side of the road. Mr. Apperley now observed the other two men coming to moist, and that resistance was useless; end having a sum of money upon his person, he leaped from the gig over the fence down into a strip of land admining the river, the field being here =ay foot below the road; &bast before he regained hie feet, he heard the horse and gig roll over the fence also. He ran for assistance, end found Uwe men et home in • cottage net three hawked yarda distant, who immediately returned with hiss; they found the hams and gig (the latter doubtless upset in its passage over the knee) neer the river. The highwaymen had evidently followed the gig down to the plums, and ransacked the contents where it then stood; the driving-box was broken open—bat, only an taking papaws, they were thrown down as was the lamp box ; the only booty, therefor, they obtained, was a letter came, in which were setae tracings of Rap, valuldions of land, a rental book, and a b out five or cis French ease, tibia from the rattle, they*, doubt thought • prise. For tunately, not the Meat damage wee sustained by either hone, gig, or harness. Mr. Appleby having sent a oom mnsication to the police at Abergavesay, proceeded upon tin a g s ozney to Hereford. Mr. Apperley upon nearly all co- travels with a six-barrel pistol, but naUramately had left it at home on this occasion, not evade( to be desaukad is Absraavaaay so lato.—liarforsi Journal. Dosmr, Two notices of elation, to reenvee finis of fifty pounds (soh, were served yesterday on the Lord Mayer, for presiding in his official capacity at the corporation meetings of the lit and 71h inst. Notion has also been fervid on the treasurer of the corpsni don, cautioning him sgainst paying any Emmy daring the disputed mayoralty of Mr. Remain Meetings have =ready been held or com'e's" Is belt a dose. of the wards, to collect pecuniary help fir Mr. Reynolds. A verdict was obtaieed yesterday by the plaintiff in the amusing ease of" Taylor v. Simpson." Damages were awarded to the amount of 3071. 10s., being the full estimated value of the four pictures detained and disposed of by the defendant. The verdict has afforded very general satisfaction. The Tenant Protection Societies ere extending in the month. On Sunday last the great meeting of the Ballingsrry Tenant Protection Society came off, and was folly ere to the anticipations formed of it. The attendance is described as having been very great, and as not having been by any means exclu4vely composed of the labouring clauses. " Seldom, says the Kilkenny Journal ' "has such an array of the most respectable farmers been brousht together; and some of the gentlemen who occupied the platform came a distance of 26 miles to attest their devotion to the cause. Larg' contributions of men were poured in from Mullinabone and Callao." A Tenant Protection Society was established 'ast week at Caetlecomer, where a large and reepectably-at tended meeting was held. The Kilkenny Journal, after enumerating the names of several persons who were present, says: "Amongst these we Fecognise some of the largest landholders in this neighbourhood; and they appeared to be the most enthusiastic in math g for the institution of a Terant Protection Society." Fifty members were enrolled on this occasion, and it was expected that all the farmers in the locality would have their names lot cribed on the records of the society. The organi sation which is thus extending itself throughout the north and south of Ireland is as yet very imperfectly anderet:od here or in England ; but that it is a most important, as well as a novel movement, is quite certain. _ _ Another very important tenant•farmer meeting has been held in Ulster, in the town of Comber. It was attended by some five hundred " substantial tenant farmers," and by clergymen of the presbyterian church, and the proceedings were conducted with firmness and moderation. The following were among the res)lutions adopted, and they accurately express the feelings of the tenant farmers of Ulster on the subject : That we consider the present agitation on behalf of the protection of agricultural produce an unwise and hopeless attempt to keep up landlord exactions at the expense of the public inttrests ; and we belt, vs every tax on the bread of the people, which renders the 'ostentation of human life more difficult, to be a great public wrong. We therefore demand that the principles of free trade which have been adopted by our legislators with regard to food, be also by then extended to land, which produces food. That eompensation for what are call-d " at:exhausted Improvements" is only one simple element in the tenant right of Ulster," and that no measure of tenant right legalisation, which is based upon this element alone, can be iatisfactory to the tenant farmers of this country, or can be accepted by them as a remedy for the exating grievances of tae agricultural population; bat, ea the contrary, every merely fragmentary measure of this nature shall receive our united and most determined opposition. TIGRE ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC.—On the 16th of lest October her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon, Commander Paynter, took rossession of Tigre 1-land in the name of the Queen, in consequence of the Honduras Government re facing to pay their just debts, and returned to the comman der-in-chief on the station, leaving a party of 46 officers and men on the island. Roar-Admiral Hamby, however, hav ing disapproved of the steps taken by the commander, de spatched the Gorgm from Callao on the 14th December last to Migra Island, to embark the party, and to surrender the island. —Hunts Tek :pooh. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW BASIL—The annual general meeting of this establishment was held at Glasvw on Thursday. The usual dividend of six per cent , tree of income tax, was declare LO d. COLLIERY EXPSION. STOURBRIDGE, &Hui day.—A shocking colliery explosion, attended with the loss of four lives, has hoppened this week at the Dudley wood coal-pit, at the Five Ways, near this town, belonging to Megan. Porgeter and Darby , in reference to which au inquiry was commenced on Friday before the coroner. The pit is 120 yards deep, and below the coal is an iron mine, one engine working both mines, there bring a separate shaft tor each, though they are connected with each other below the surface. A skip was descending the coal shaft at the time of the explosion, and was hurled out to an ex traordioary height in the air by the explosion, some portions of it felling at a distance of 100 yards from the mouth of the pit. In consequence of the mob of foul air from the pit it was some time before any person could descend into the mine. The two mines are ventilated by an opening made be tween them, by which the fresh air passed from the coal min_ into the iron mine, and then passed outward. The explosion had by some unaccountable process reversed these cur rents of air, and this b. log discovered, an intrepid fellow, sensed John Web!), descended the iron shaft, and, climbing into the coal mine, with a safety-lamp in his hand, was the instrument of saving several unfortunate miners who were in a state of exhaustion in the pit. Others followed Webb, and the miners were got out before midnight, though tour of them—named Joseph Warwick, a putts named Griffiths (son of the superintendent, who was also in the mine, and was blown to some distance), and two brothers named Web. ster—were killed. Mtst of the men (14 in number) who sur vived were burnt; Griffiths, the superintendent, has received some very serious injuries, and is in a precarious state. The workings of the mine extend in a southerly direction from the shalt, and it is thought that the fire commenced about midway between the shaft and the head of the workings, near a "bolt hole" leading to an old workinp now dammed off, where an inequality in the roof of the muse would allow of some little accumulation of the vapour undetected. The pit is recasionally liable to be charged with sulphur; some four or five years ago 11 men were killed in it by a similar explosion. It appears that when the wind is in a southerly direction, or shortly before a shower of rain, sulphur accumu lates in the pit, and then safely lamps are used, though at other times the =there work with naked lights, and this was the caw when the explosion took place. It is supposed that the high wind of Tuesday evening d,sturbea the foul air from some braisehee of old workings, supposed to be securely dammed up, and than 'soaping to the place when the men were at work with naked candles, the septillion took place. CAI'TDRE OF HIGHWAYMEN.—Six highwaymen, who have long infested the neighbourhood of Bristol, have been captured. It appears that to suck an extent have their depredations been canted, more especially in the rural dis tricts of Brislington and Keyneham, that many of the farmers have been unwilling to attend, as anal, our corn and ether marktto, several outrages having recently been committed, attended with a great degree of per:onal violence. A Mr. Thomas White, farmer, of Batcombe, was attacked the other day, within a few hundred yards of a farm house on the Frame Turnptke-road, by two armed men, who demanded his money or his life; they dragged him off his horse, and commenced rifling his pockets. He shouted for assistance, upon which they stuffed his mouth full of dirt, and robbed him of all his loose cash, hie notes, which he hod pieced in a private pocket, fortunately escaping their notice. Mr. Joseph Wyat, firmer, M Witt, was attacked in the lame manner near Lansdowne, and robbed of his watch and all he had about him ; the highwaymen eat his bridle reins and stirrups to p t his pursuing them. Mr. Wilkins, of the Bell Inn, Cheleruod, Somerset, was waylaid at the bottom of Knowle.hill, by five men, who robbed him and then made off in the direction of Revak's& About an hoar later the same evegiag, Mr. Barrow, a blacksmith and farrier, wt o carries on business at Re ynehasu, was stopped, and although he resisted till he was nearly throttled, the blood gushing from his mouth and nostril., he was robbed of M. By the exertions of poliee-errgeant Buell five men, named S. Bryant, W. Powell, W. Gunning, S. Rogers, and J. Rogers were taken into custody. Subsequently to their apprehension, another man, named J. Britten, was t.ken into custody, and also the keeper of • beer shop in the vicinity of Benham, named J. B. Tremlett, at whose house the pclice received information the gang used to meet. Them fellows have since been fully committed t take their trial on the several offences which were brought home to them by William Powell, who was allowed to turn approver. A MAN BOASTSD.—The Sherborne Journal say. : " We scarcely ever have had to chronicle a more revolting outrage than was perpetrated a few days ago in the parish of Compton Dondon, near this town. A small termer named Edward Allen was drinking in the house of his tenant, a man named Paul Hill. Hill bad purchased a quantity of cider of Allen, who had given them • bucket fall or two over, and • party of seven or eight persons were merry making over the apple juioe. Some of the natty pro. posed to send for tobacco, and asked Allen for money, which he refused. In order to compel him to pay his por tion, they blocked up the c himne y corner in which he was sitting, and heaped Mob fuel on the Are, keeping hint there for a period of, it is said, two bout,, and literally roasting him. When the poor fallow essayed tt% pt off hie small clothes, the skin of his legs came off with his garments, and he now lies in • very daagerogs state. ltalph Neville, Neg., attended by Mr. Welsh, the magistrates' clerk, went down to the house on Wednesday, to take his deposition, bat found him light headed and unable to give • connected account of the affair." SUSPMEP roisoNnia AT BACKIIIIT.—On St. turday, Mr:Wns. Biker resumed the investigation at the Old Mermaid, at Hackney, into the eases of death of Richerd Merritt, aged 61, whose body bad been exhume,' be order of the coroner, in consequence of the extraordinery disclosures made at the inquest on the body of James Merritt, a eon of the deceased, whose wife, Mary Merritt, has undergoes seve ral examinations at Worship-etriret Polies-6Mee, on the charge of musing hie death by arslll6l3c. Several witnemse having been examined, the jury returned a verdict of " MMus' death foam Asiatic eholara." CLERICAL. Rev. J. Coward bae ' bZenteetZer by the Lord Bishop of Cheater to the atipmdiary coney of Famworth. In the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of Rev. W. Jeff, the Ineumbent. Rey. J. J. Douglas has been lleeneed by the Lord Bishop of Chester to the stipendiau surety of Cheadle, in the manly of Chester, on the nomination of Rey. C. J. Cummins. Roy. T. Ormandy. to Whitheek P C., Cumberland, silo. Cheater • Yalu 761., with residence; patron, Earl of Letbdai,„ Rev. J. F. Johnson, to Abkattleby V., Lancaster, dio. Peterborough ; patron, Rev. T. Bingham. Ret. J. J. Daniell, to blehheniet C., Cornwall, dio. Raster._ __ __ . --- Bev. E. M. Pridmore, to Turkic' gmille P. C., Cornwall; val., 1601 ; pat., Bishop of Easter. 800. and Rev. C. F. 0. Spasm, to Cumner V., Berke, dio. Orford pat., Earl of Abingdon. Rev. E. Jones, to 0 waempsoor R., Flintahire, dio St. Aaaph ; 2001, with residence ; pat., bishop of the diocisa ; vacant by the promotion of the Rev. W. Williams. Trefoil= P. C., Denbigbebire, dio. of St. Asaph; ROL ; pat.. Lord Villoolllit Can; void by the promotion of Rev. E. Jones. Colltington West It , Swats, dio. Chisbester ; val., with rraidenos ; pat., Earl of Abergavenny ; Rsv. W. Barter, dec. Rootstock V., Essex, dio. Rochester; val., 42-1., with resideam ; pats., Triaity Coll., Oxford ; Rev. J. Fool, (Ire. Sandhurst P. C., Barka, dio. Oxford; val., 721, with reaidenas; pat., Bishop of Oxford; lit,. J. H. Smelt', des. Barton St. David C., Somerset, dio. Bath and Welc; stipend, 601.; pat., V. of Barton St. David. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, Fan. 9. --APPOINTEE/CM—Lord John Hay to be Commodore Superintendent of the Devoo port dotleysi ; Mr. William Dyer, paymaster and purser, to be hislordship's ...usury ; and Lieut. A. Bland to the Super% Tice Conolly, ALLOWANCE o, CIRCO IN TITE NAVT.—A material and moat moral and useful alteration is about to be made in the tutors quantity of grog issued to the 'seamen, officers, and boys of her Majesty's navy, not with the view to the raving of expense, but solely with the view of decreasing the pu nishments in the nevy, and encouraging the comforts and motility of the well di: posed. It should he borne in mind that since the present allowance of grog was establ shed, the imperial fluid measure if quantity Gas been increased from what was formerly called wine Daemon to what was under stood as beer meows, or within a small frac:ion of the mea sures known by su..lt appellations ; it wig consequently therefore appear that the pr . s'at allowance of grog is nearly as large as ever it was, and we can adduce a host of evidence to prove that both for health and necessity and usefulness this quantity is too large, and leads to all sons of mischief, principally, of course, drunkenness, std the q lanes pro duced by drunkenness, and its approaches towards it. An a proof, we give the following list of punishments in the nz.vy for three year', and the reaming thereof : For drunkenness oily. For other offence. Total. 1848 . , 617 .. 560 .. 1377 1847 .. 408 .. 428 .. 833 1848 .. 627 .. 626 .. 1353 The officer who has boldly stepped forward on the present occasion with a view of inalefng a salutary alteration is the senior naval lord, Rear-Admiral Deans Dundee, who, in a written minute to the other members of the b-erd, submi•s the following proposition to them f fit icily :—II• proposes, we believe, in 18-51, to decrease the issue of spirits one-half, and to allow none whatever to persons under 13 years of age ; but in lieu thereof, to give an inert a•ed pay of 3a. per runts. We 6-. d thu project warmly cupport.d by Admirals Sir F. Austen, Sir W. Parker, the late Fred, rick Warren, Sr W. Oage, Manley axon, Sir O. Cockburn, Hon. G. Elliot, James Decree, Sir Siam Martin ; Captains Lord John Hay, Cony, H. D. Chade, Mine, Michael Seymour, Codricgton ; Commander Otter, Dr. Sir Wtllixm Burnett. Mr. A.3len, Muter R.N. ; the Bari Mint) and S:r James Graham. DRTONPORT, Fan. 10.—The Gladiator, stoamfr;zate, ..aptein John Adams, which returned to toils port on Thurs day, in consequence of bring unable to make ti•adw •y against the gale, was found, on examination, to have Pt comiderably, and to have sustained much damage. Parieo of shipwrights, caulkers, and other artisans from the d.. lc• yard have been to work upon her since her arrival, sad sr is now ready to again proceed on her voyrge. At the f'me of her turning beck she had got more than eighty mires west of Scilly. On leaving this port this day week the Gladiator bad the Jackal, tender steam sci.el, in tow. When, on Tueeday, the storm was found to be very strong, the .44611 was left to shift for herself, and on Tuesday morning a signal was made from the Gladiator for the small vessel to run for Falmouth. This she did and arrived there en Thursday morning. What amount of icjury the J.ekal: may have sustained is not known here, but it is cot-jean:red by the people on hoard the Gladiator that it must ne trifling com pared with theirs, as she appeared to ride dghtly over the tremendous sea which prevailed after she wee cast off from the Gladistor.—The Ptilomel, 8, was coomitedened on Friday for Comm:nder G. T. Forbes ; Pale is to to have a complement of 80 officers and men.— The Albion, 90, has been brought alongstde the cl-ckyard ; and fitty riggers and extra riggers belonging to the dockyard are employed in rigging ht r with al! possible speed. The Britenart, 8, will be docked and repaired for 'umber service at sea. Tioe Archer (et. sloop), at prvo.fot at this port as an advanced wu-steamer, has been recommended to the Admi ralty as a vessel b Ater adapted to the Arctic regions than the Acorn. The Archer is about the same draught of water; and, being a good aaiiicg vessel, as well as b •log fitted with the screw propelter, is considered to possess all the requisites for the expedition. Plums fdounr.—(From Friday night's Casette.) — Tam GCAPl•ama.—Notice is given, that en account of the net pro semis of tonnage bounty granted for the capture of the Brazilian vessel Vigilante, by her Majesty's ship Grappler, on 2JM March, 1848, ado of the net proceeds at uansge bounty granted for the capture of the Brazaian schooaer Sapphire, by her Majesty's said ship Grappler, on the 11th July, 1848, will be delivered into the P. gistry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the 22nd instant, agreeably to act of gulf...amt.—Gummi:err, Sox, and Co., .gents. MILITARY. TRH REDUCTION IN THE ARRY.—II is understood that the ministerial plan of reduction, to the extent of between three and four thousand men, is now under cora:clarion by the Commander•in-Chief, and its exact extent, so well as the mode of effecting it, will be known in a kw days. Tux DIRECTOR OF ADIIIIIALIY ENGINEERING, tke.— This appointment, held by the late Litut.-Colona I Irvine, C. 8., has lately been given to Lieut.-Colonel C. E Green, form rly of the East Indi► Company's service. The value of the appointment is 1,0001. a year. TUE GLABOOW RECRUITING DISTRICT.—Lhat •Colonel Patten, of the 12th Foot, is to be the inspecting field OffiC7r at Glasgow, and, as this appointment will cause a •crancy is that regiment, it is understood that Lieut. Colonel of the tith Foot (one of the regiments to be consi,:eranly re duced), is to succeed the former 4dicer a. a lieutenant colonel in the 12th FJOI. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—Major Harvey, uns'tached, was last week re appointed aide-de-clump to klajor.Ueneral Lord Frederick Fi!nclarence. STAPP OFPICZ/1 OP PENSIONERS AT COTENTET.—By the death a few days agoef Major Sutton, Me Ipp.tn•.ment at Coventry is vacant. Tea CANADIAN RIFLE CORPS.—This local corps is to be augmented in its strength, and volunteers from regiments of the line serving in Canada and Nova Szotia are now joining the Canadian Riles. titre REOIMENT.—This corps left Bombay on the 2ad of De..ember Lot for service in Stand,. QI*EIN'S REGIMENTS IN INDIA.—In pursuance of in atructions from the commander-in-chief at home, the com mander-in•chief in India desires that in future commantlii.g Alters will always make representations of regimental inefficiency to her klainety's a/Putant-general in India, far his excellency's information, and not direct to the Hone Guards. SPORTING. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDA v. Lianuroot, STIrPLa CHAJI.-11 to 1 CV Rattrap (t freely), 11 to 1 gat Chandler (t freely), 12 to I agst Sir John (t), 20 to 1 agst Little Fanny (t), 20 to 1 asst Sir Arthur (0.20 to 1 apt Shisreee 'is to art Ciaadrnpad (t), 25 to 1 apt Rescue (t), 30 to 1 ago Maria Ds, (t), 30 to 1 mot Bajszat (0, 30 to 1 apt Vengeance ('). IISTILOPULITAX HANDICAP.—Nothiog den* in this race. NOWTHAMPIONOIIIan STAMM-20 to apt Pnestos CHESTER. CI:P.-15 to 1 agst Olinum (t), 20 to 1 agst it Anne (t), 23 to 1 oast Cossack, 25 to 1 agst R iland It). 25 to 1 seat Peep o'Day Dry (offers to take), 25 to 1 slot lilierdale, 27 to 1 mist Whim colt, 33 to 1 agst John Comer, 50 to 1 agst Woodlark: the rest as before. Daturt.-71 to : eget Ghillie Callum, 9 to 1 eget Boling broke, 11 to 1 eget Knight of Avenel (t), offns to take 16 to 1 about Italian, Mayors out of favour : no other change. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. PRIDAY, DERM—Deciding course : Mr. Fssor,'s Forerunner beat Mr. Dobode's Douglas, and won the stakes. Cur.— Deciding course : Mr. B. Smyth's Spring beat Mr. Dolude's Diamond, and won the cup. HAlM—Deciding eourse : Mr. Buckworth's Barmaid best Mr. R. Boggs's True L - e_, e and won the stakes POST STALES.—Mr. DObtde'll Drill beat Mr. Finch's Cannon, and won the stakes. MXNING STALU.—Mr. Fyson's Field Mershon best Mr. Dobede's Douai, and won the stakes. ALLINGTOE HILL STAILled.—Mr. B. Smyth'e Seaton beat Mr. R. Baggs'a Titus, and won the stakes. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Herlsjes•y's stag hounds, Wednesday, Farnham Com mon • Fridae, Walfont.lans-1 1 . Duke of 13,aufort's hounds, Wednesday, Twiner Woods; Thursday, Compton Bassett ; Saturday. Yam Turn. ike. Mr. A. Smith's hounds, Tuesday. Pill Haatt; ; Wodnes day, Wherwell Wood; Thum .ay, i ll Wood tireday, Parton Firs; Saturday, Clarendon Park—H. Earl Fi•sorillism's hounds, Wednesday, Bythoro Toll-bar; Friday, Abbot'• Kipton-10. Athentone hound., Wednesday, Hams Hall ; Thursday, the Kennels; Friday, Haleakala ; Ibturday, Otton on the Hill—cptarter to 11 U