Star. — London, England, 1829-11-25 00:00:00

FACTS AND FANCIES. TILE KING AND HIS MINISTERS.--." Dispatches from his 111AJEWTY, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, for the Duke of WELLINGTON, were received in town yesterday morning. They were forwarded imme diately to His Grace, at the residence of Mr. PEEL, in Norfolk." So said the Papers of Tuesday, but they gave the intelligence without one single comment. It is well for the Nation, that at a crisis like the present, when, notwithstanding the deplorable position of affairs, and the calamitous condition of the people, the Ministers of State are solely occupied in shooting excursions—the anxiety of our beloved Monarch for the welfare of the country, and his parental solicitude for the prospe rity of his subjects, are not only unabated, hut as unre mitting as in the most vigorous period of his life. His servants, indeed, regardless of the accumulated misery and disgrace to which they have succeeded in reducing this once mighty empire, seem to have locked up the Cabinet, put the keys in their pockets, and set off pleasure-hunting—or recruiting—in various quarters ; whilst their too long indulgent Master—though occupied, even in his Royal retirement, by State-Affairs—when he requires their attendance, has to send messengers all over the kingdom in pursuit of them. It is rumoured, however, in well informed circles, that the Duke may, in a very short time, be at full leisure to pursue the sports of the field without dreading any such irksome inter ruption to his amusements ; and some ultra-politicians even go so far as to say that His Grace having had some not-to-be-mistaken intimations of the nature of the Dis patehes in question, had proceeded to Stowe Hall that he might there receive the signification of His MA JESTY'S pleasure, and have the soothing support of his devoted colleague's friendly advice and consolation, to reconcile him to his destiny, and enable him with be coming resignation, to bid " A loog farewell to all his greatness'!" DOINGS IN DOWNING-STREET. —In addition to the fact of the present Premier's furniture being removed from the official residence of the Minister in Downing street to the private mansion of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON in Piccadilly ; it is said to be positively arranged that the Earl of BATHURST is to occupy the vacated premises--but whe ther he succeeds to the official station as well as the official swelling of the Noble First Lord, we believe, is not yet quite decided. Lord BATHURST may not possess very brilliant talents; but he enjoys the reputation of an honest, well-meaning, and unambitious statesman; and if he cannot advance the national glory by the energies of his mind or the expansion of his poli tical views,—at least he will never endanger the nation's safety by his obstinate hardihood, nor her honour by an alternate display of intemperate rashness and phlegmatic indifference. " Come what come may,"—a more inca pable—a more intractable—a more incompetent Minister than the gentleman who is now " moving his furniture," never occupied the official residence in Downing-street. THE SIAMESE YOUTHS. The announcement of a spectacle, in which some un. accountable caprice of nature is said to be developed in the monstrous mal-formation of the human body, so fre quentlyexcites repulsive, and at times disgusting notions, that, notwithstanding the favourable representations which had been made of the personal appearance of the SIAMESE YOUTHS, we attended the private exhibition of this most extraordinary phenomenon on Tuesday, with no great prepossession in its favour. We are bound, however, to acknowledge, that so far from being even in the slightest degree objectionable, the Exhibition is calculated to awaken feelings of deep reflection upon the inscrutable mysteries of Pao v It:mace, and to remind men that they " are fearfully and wonderfully made ;" whilst, notwith standing the monstrosity of their corporeal union, the otherwise perfect formation of the respective bodies of the twins—the natural gracefulness of their movements—and the serenity and cheerfulness of their dispositions, attach an almost melancholy interest to the display of this unprecedented physical curiosity. There is nothing in the exhibition which the most delicate mind may not contemplate,—or from which the observer of nature in her ever varying moods may not acquire instruction. The full-length descriptions of our morning contemporaries have left us little to add to the minute details of the personal appearance of the youths, who were visited during the day by Sir ASTLEY COOPER, Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE, Mr.THOMAS, Mr. BROOKES, and in fact, all the most eminent members of the faculty; and we now subjoin the result of Sir ANTH. CARLISLE'S inspection, communicated to the Editor of the Times : " The boys were dressed in the garments of their own country, and no parts of their persons exposed save the front aspect of the living band which connects them together, it being placed immediately below their re spective breast-bones. This joining part presents a surface of natural and healthy skin, and to the feel it seems to include an extension from each of the carti lages which terminate the breast-bones. The entire band admits four fingers to pass freely behind it, when the boys stand shoulder to shoulder, Lad its width and thickness allow the thumb to meet the fingers on the front aspect. The vestiges of one common navel are visible at the lower and middle part of the band. When either of the boys was desired to cough, it became evi dent to the person grasping the band, that a ruptural protrusion was forced into the band next the individual who coughed, and a middle shut space of more than an inch remained of those rupture sacs. These facts are of importance, because in the event of death to one of the twins, the life of the remaining brother might be preserved by a prompt and skilful separation or the dead individual. The pulse of the boy on the right side was 87 beats in a minute, that of the one on tho left 82; but as they had not before seen a stop-watch, and were much agitated by observing its movements, it is probable that moral excitement had some influence on the fre quency of their pulses. Their general aspect was alike, and their teeth of similar character : they were cheerful, apparently in equal good health, and evidently unac customed to petty restraints. There is nothing disgust ing or even indecorous in the exhibition of these curious persons; they do not deserve to be regarded as monsters, since their slender union is but one of the many instances which happen to the whole animal creation. " lf, indeed, Nature bad not carefully provided against its frequency to the human race, the occasional appear ance of united twins would give rise to many legal per plexities." CHURCH Rzroam.—The Southern Reporter states, that amongst those who have expressed their warm and entire concurrence with the objects of the Cork Church Reform Committee, and their determination to forward them in Parliament, are some of the moat able and influ ential individuals in the empire. The effect of the com inunications received by the Committee, is to induce them to persevere in the work they have undertaken, firmly and coolly. IRELAND. REPRESENTATION OF CORK. It will be recollected that at the last election for the city of Cork an objection was made to the eligibility of Mr. Callaghan, on the ground of his being a contractor for supplying provisions to the Commissioners of the Victualling-office. We extract fioni a Cork Paper the opinion given by Mr. Adam upon the question of Mr. Callagban's eligibility, as submitted to that Learned Gentleman : " I am of opinion that Mr. Callaghan is not qualified to set as the Representative for Cork, and that the groui.ds stated are suf ficient to unseat him. I consider him as having been a• the time of the election a contractor with the Commissioners of the Vic tualling-office, both within the letter and the spirit of the 22,1 Geo. 111. c. 45, and as such incapable of being elected. notwithstanding his having delivered all the provisions he had contracted fir, as he was sti►l liable to make good the loss arising (rem any part of the provisions being found defective. But I am of opinion that the notice of his disqualification given to the electors was not sufficietit to make the votes given in his favaur inoperative ; and that, conse quently, the election was a void election, and his opponent is not entitled to his seat. (Signed) " Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 12, 1829." •1 W. G. ADAM. ATROCIOUS AND TREACHEROUS OUTRAGES. From the Southern Reporter of Saturday. Since the Special Commission closed in this city, two acts of atrocity and outrage, having, according to those who narrated them, assassination for their object, having been committed in the very neighbourhood, nay, on the very spot where the attempt was made upon the life of Mr. Bond Low on the 29th of last April. One of these outrages took place, it is said, about a tortnight ago, when the horse of a Mr. Rowland Smith, rode at the time by his servant, was fired at near Screen, at John's-grove, a place so often referred to in the late trials before the Sped .1 Commission. The ruffian's re sentment against the poor animal was caused, it is said, by the be lief that it belonged to Mr. Low. Fortunately, however, it escaped, and unfortunately, so did the diabolical miscreant, who world have gratified his thirst for blood, even by eitracting it front an unoffending horse. There is now another, and still more atrocious act, put upon record ; we quote It from the Closslilutiest : "On Saturday last, as Mr. Glover was returning from bunting he was fired at by some villanous assassin out of the plantations, within a short distance of his own house, but he escaped destructions. It is unncecessary to dwell upon the turpitude of this outrage. Here is a gentleman returning home, and his life is attempted in his plantation ; and his only offence is that of his lady being obliged to come forward to identify one of the men charged, whom she met running against her on the road, from the spot where Mr. ilond Low bad been fired at a few minutes before that occurrence took place. The Conatiialion, commenting In justly indignant language on this most abominable act, points out as a feature of it the disregard which it manifested for the lives of the unfortunate men now un der sentence of death, and whose ease is under the consideration of the twelve Judges. We enter most fully into the feelings of our contemporary, and we believe there is not a single individual who reads of these transactions, who will not at once perceive that they could not have been participated in by any friends of those persons whose fate is yet in the scale ; while it is very intelligible that they might have been contrived and carried into effect, in the happily harmless way in which they have been, by people who bore no en milky either to Mr. Rowland Smith's horse or to Mr. Glover's per ms. We cannot, of course, say that such was the fact; but we repeat, that the ruffians who have recently enacted in the celebrated screen at Jean's Grove, could not have been friends of those per sons under sentence of death. We have been interrupted—and we must say very agreeably— by the receipt of the following brief note. The appeal to Mr. Glover will, se doubt, be lowered : TO TUT EDITOR OF TIM lOU MMMMM Raman. Sia—This morning's Onsstinsfies proclaims to the people of Eng land another attempt at assassination in the neighbourhood of Done hi --that Mr. Glover, of Jollies Grove, was fired at, because that wife gave evidence at the late Special Commission. I have it from the best authority that no such thing whatever took place • and I look for confirmation o f this assertion from Glover him self.i Your obedient servant, Jong Bor Le. ANOTHER OUTRAGE.—CONFLAGRATIONS. Since ;he above was written we have received an cc of ano ther outrage, committed, it would s eem, by parties co who, of U others, could be least suspected of being concerned i n it. On Thursday the 12th instant, a large rick of hay, belonging t o Dr. O'Shea, who inhabits Lord Ennismorst's Cottage near Cove, was discovered to be on fire, and was entirely consumed. Suspi cions were expressed by some persons that the fire was not acci dental ; but there being no assignable motive for the outrage, sir any clue by which, if designed, the perpetrators could be detected, no very active measures were taken, particularly as Dr. O'Shea himself did not regard it as the effect of malice. On Monday last, however, great alarm was created, when it was found that another large rick of hay, containing upwards of sixty tons, on the same ground, and near the same spot, was also on fire, and so completely had it been ignited when the discovery was made, that it was entirely destroyed. nothwithstanding every exertion to save even part of it. There could be now no doubt that the conflagration bad been the work of incendiaries, and to among the conjectures which were hazarded oa the occasion as the motives of the villains, was this —that a gentleman resided near the place who had served on the first of the Doneraik trials at the Commission, and that the pro perty must have been burned in mistake for his. Credulity gapes wide for, and swallows any story of this kind ; but intelligent men will not receive them without investigation into acts. Bar tholomew Verling, Req. of Cove, a dispassionate and active county magistrate, repaired to the place on Monday night,. and instituted an inquiry, which, aided by Henry Hewitt O'Brien, F.sq. and Dr. Millet, also county magistrates, and attended by the police, he followed up so efiectually. th t the whole circumstances have been developed. the motives of the incendiaries sifted and confessed, and the parties, consisting of Lord Eonlunore's own steward and his wife, are fully committed to jail upon the swor n informations of one of their servants, who admits having aided in the firing. A pubUc Mettles was held in Cove on Thursday on this subject. The Meeting bad been convened before the discovery took place which led to the committal of the steward and his wife, and there fore the objects of h were altered, from utterly.' into a subscrip tion for the discovery of the perpetratoes of the crime, to voting thanks to the Magistracy generally, and Mr. Verling in particu , ar ; to the Rev. Mr. Scully, the Roman Catholic Clergyman of Cove, who had taken a very active part In tracing the outrage to its source, sod also to the police, for their exertions on the-occasion. —We have only on our part to say, that those thanks are indeed well deserved which are the reward of that judicious conduct which snatched the peaceable character ot a whole district from the crimi nal imputations that are attachabkndividual a twit. The splendid improvement in St. Martin's-le-Grand, by the erection of the new Post-office, and by the spaca given up to the public, is about to receive a consi derable addition by the rebuilding of Goldsmiths'-hall and the numerous attached houses. Surveys and designs have recently been made for that wealthy and liberal body, and are now under consideration. It is expected that early in the next year the work will be commenced. We trust the opportunity of widening Foster-lane will not be lost, as such a measure would be both useful and ornamental, and at the same time promote the con venience of the public, greatly improve the approaches to the hall, and add very much to the architectural effect. Tilt P052-orrlcE—We alluded a few days ago to a voluminous correspondence which has been put in our hands, on the subject of certain exactions and d etentions whits]; take place in the transmission of newspapers and letters to foreign parts. Without the slightest intention of prejudicing the case of Mr. MEInELLES, we must de cline publishing this correspondence--even as an adver tisement—it being a principle with us never to mix pri vate opinion and personal matters with public discussion. At the same time, we think it but fair that this gentle man, or any other, who may fancy himself aggri eved, should be put in possession of such information as may disabuse him of the opinion which he entertains, of its due exactions being made at the Post-office. B el nfor mation required consists simply in this y what authority, or for whose benAt, do persons pay a quar terly subscription of £3 14s. 9d. for forwarding daily papers abroad ; or £2 2a. for the tnamaission of a weekly _paper *I We are certain that it is an easy matter for Sir FIAINCIII FIZZLING to est the question at rest in a few minutes ; and we shall be most happy to become the medium of satisfying Mr. Mzinitia.zs, or the public generally, on this point. • THE NEW ANNUITY LIFE TABLES. These t.1,1::s were issued on Mondav, ill pursuance notice, from the office in the 0:d Jewry, and became a subject ef general discussion in the oney Market. The value of these annuities will depend like the former Govetnnient Annuities, on the current price of the 'Dare per Cents ; that is to say, the higher the price the latter may fetch, the greater the pecuniary sacr.fice of those who wish to make investments according to the n ew scale of these life annuities. The veungest life is that of a per son aged 15, and the oldest under which annuities are granted is :hat of a person aged 90. A decided preference is given to 'he I.fe of a female, who is supposed to exit much longer th n a person of the opposite sex. Fur instance, for an annuity of £.O ti.r a youth aged 15, the amount required is not more that £4ll ss. 101. while for a female of precisely the rime age, the amount i. increased to £438 its. 4d. For a man arrived at the age of 50, the sum is .C. 272. 17s. Id. and for a woman £312 14, 1041. sod in creasing upwards in the same ratio. Altogether, the in. ucem .t.ts .for making investments in these annuities are, as was intended, .era than by the old system ; but notwithstanding the length ut time and great pains bestowed in drawing up the tables, it .is awe rtaine by one of two bargains male in them, th it a positive loss trill accrue to the country, from which ii would appear th it ._nice tun ther alterations are still essential. The Government Annuity Office, in the Old Jewry, pr. sent..d a very bustling scene during the whole of the Jay. parties being anxious to inspect the tables and obtain further information w th resat dto them,which was readily given by the persons attendance. The following is a copy of the introducieiry state went to tie tables which we give at length, in cons. quence ee the efts rest wine:, they have excited:— " The Act 10th Geo. IV. cap. 24, empowers :he Coin Msshoters for reduction of the N itional Debt to grant fife ennui:wt. and Ate- LUir k • to continue for a certain limited term of years. duet rive annuities to commence tither immediately or at a future pe-sod, ulnan the transfer :0 the said Commissioners of ails Batik Atinui its or any Long Annuities, as the consideration fur the same. ." Payments may also be made in money in hen at transferring stock. " No person can be appointed the nominee for any life annuity under the provisions of the said Act who shall be unser the age of 15 years; nor can any annuity, to continue tor a terns ut years certain, be purchased for a shorter period than ten years. " The said Act also authorises the Commissioners to sell and grant generally any immediate annuities, or any temporary :At titudes, or any deferred annuities (save and except that no deterred annuities can be granted under the provisions of the said Act for any certain limited term of years, to commence Irons and after the death of any nominee) but the tables are too long to bepubliehed. Inturniatiou relating thereto may be obtained at the office. " In the case of deferred life annuities, sums of money, amount ing to £5 or upwards, may he paid by the purchaser annually, in stead of paying the whole consideration a: mice ; but it is enacted that, whenever it shall happen that any person or persons havinz made any one or more yearly payment tit match's fur, or in to spect the purchase of any deter red annuity under the said Act, or their respective executors. administrators, successors. or assigns. shall make default in paying or continuing to make the residue of such annual payments until the w hole consideration tor any such annuity shall he fully paid according to the agreeinent tor the same, then and in every such case the amount of all annual pay ments which .ball have beets made previous to such default shall be forfeited for the benefit of the public, and all right and title to any annuity in respect thereof shall be extinguithed. " Annuities granted under the said Act are made chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund, are payable half.yearly at the Bank or England. and may be receive d b y power of attorney • they are also transterable; but life annuities ca nnot be transferre d in parts or shares, nor can the original nominee ever be changed. " If Bank Annuities, or Long Annuities, or Annuities for terms of years. shall be transferred, or payment shall be made in money, between the Sth day of January exclusive, and the Sth day of April inclusive—the annuity, whether for life or tor a terns of years, will become payable the sth July and the Sth January in every year. "If between sth April exclusive and Sth July inclusive—it wil become payable payable October 10 and April 3in every year. " If between sth July exchnive, and 10th October inclusive—lt will become payable the sth January ai4sth July in every year. " If between 10th October exclusive al d Sth January lulu.. sive—it will become payable the sth April and 10th October In every year. " The Act directs, that for the space of fourteen days next after any of the said quarterly days, no bargain or contract shall be made by, or on behalf of, the said Commissioners fur the grant or purchase of any annuity under the said Act. " No sum less than £lOO of Stock (or money, or Lams Annui ties, equal in value to £lOO of SS per Cents.) scan be transferred tie paid in the first instance but additions may be made to any Annuity already purchased, by transferring au amount (nut less than .010) of Al per Cents. or of any Stock carryings higher rate of interest than £3 per Cent. or Long Annuity, or money, equi valent thereto. " Upon the death of any single nominee or of the survive; of any two joint nominees in respect of any life annuity, or upon the death of either of the two joint nominees. in case the annuity shall have depended upon the joint continuance of the lives of two joint nominees, a sum equal to one-fourth part of the annuity depending upon the life of such single or surviving nominee, or such • two joint nominees (over and above all half-yearly arrears thereof respectively.) will be payable to the person or persons entitled to such annuity, or his, her, or their execu ters, administrators, or assigns (as the case may be;) provided such last-mentioned payment shall be claimed within two years after such decease, but not otherwise; provided also, that the fourth part of any expired life annuity, payable under the provi sions of the said Act, will n u t be payable, nor be paid upon..ar i n respect of any deferred life annuity, unless one half-yearly payment of such deferred life annuity shall have been actually paid or be come due at the time of the decease of such nominee. " Persons basing once produced the documents required by tie Act. may purchase a lurther annuity upon the life of the same nominee, without exhibiting any fresh certificate of age, fax. " If certificates, or affidavits containing false statements of the ages of nominees, with intent to obtain a higher rate of annuity than would be obtained according to their true age, should be pro duced, all Bank Annuities, or Lung Annuities, or money , w hich may Yam been transterreel or paid for the purchase amid, an unities, will be forfeited, and all right and title to any annuity, whichwould,or might otherwise have been payable in respect thereof will cease and determine ; and the person on whose behalf such Bank Annuities, or Lung Annuities, or money may have been transferred or paid, will forfeit treble the amount of any and every sum which may have been received oa account of any such annuity, and also the further sum of £5OO. " Persons receiving annuities after the same ought to cease by virtue of the Act, (knowing the nominee to be dead,) will forfeit treble the amount of all mien so received, and also the further sum of £5OO. " Persons convicted of forging, counterfeiting, or alterhig any register of birth or baptism, or any copy thereof, or any of the certificates, affidavits, or other instruments required by the Act, us of personating any true and real nominee or nominees, will be ad judged guilty of felony, and suffer death. " Persons convicted of wilfully or corruptly swearing or affirm ing any matters or things which shall be untrue, shall be subject to the penalties of perjury. " Tables and blank forme are delivered gratis; and, for the accommodation of the public. they will be transmitted to persons, on writing to the Secretary ; but all letters must be post paid. " No charge is made at this office, except in the instance of paying money, In which case the Act d i r ects a charge of Its. Ifel. to be made upon the purchaser for every £lOO of Three per Cent. Stock which such money would purchase at the time of contrast. " Annuities purchased under the provisions of the said Act are free from all taxes, charges, and impositions whilt/Oever, except such as dividends of Consolidated or Reduced Bank Annuities are or may be subject and liable to, and are to be deemed personal estates. 0 AU documents relative to the purchase, transfer, or receipt of these annuities. are exempt from the stamp duty." Norm—Neither Bank Annuities, nor Long Annuities, nor Annuities for terms of reap, can be transferred during their shutting. Tile WEATIIER.•••••8110W, to the depth of four or five inches, fell in the metropolis and its vicinity last night. This storm has been preceded and accompanied by cold and boisterous easterly winds and dense fogs. At pre sent, the atmosphere seems loaded ; and there is every indication of an early and severe winter. The present inclement state of the weather is universal. In the higher latitudes on the Continent, winter set in several weeks ago with unprecedented severity : and unusual cold has been felt in all the eastern and northern provinces of France. In this country—particularly on the coasts of Scotland—timely warning of the severe approach of win ter was gives, by the early visits of the wild-fowl of the frozen regions, and the frequent appearance of the aurora borealis in the northern sky. MURDER AND SUICIDE. anon Tits sacrum [prima or soy RATH JOraNat Of nosnalf• NV: , stop t l .:n press W ini•lice a twofold murder and suicide of a mote bnrr:ble nattVe thiii it :s ever been our Un• ;.leasant task to record. This (Monday) morning, about 20 ns flutes bsfere six o'clock, a man of the name of Beer, lodging with his wife and child at No. 1, Williams-place at the back of St. Jams street, St. James's square, murdered both the latter by cutting thei r throats with a razor. Just be fore six o'clock. Mrs. Chapple. another lodger in the house. sleeping in the nest room to liter, fancied she heard something like a gurgling in the throat ; she im mediately went to the door and called to Mrs. Beer, and asked if she was ill, but having repeated her call two or three dines w toithou n a nswer, she opened the door a n d went into the room. and agn asked Mrs. Beer if she was ill, to which no answer could bed oher b tained. She began then to sus p ect all was not tight, and tol husband to strike a light ; on entering the room with which, she discovered a sight of horror past the power of words to describe. The mother was lying on her bank, with one hard &cross her breast, and her throat cut frem net angle of the jaw in the ; other, dividing some of the principal arteries and windpipe and the little innocent, about four months old, which .ap vested to have been Ludy drawn from the breast fot the mur derous purpose, was lying on its side, with its head se vered, eseepting by a hit of skin at the back part of the neck. The bodies were weltering in blood, a pool of which, under the bed, extended across the room. It was evidently the result of a cool and deliber.xe intent, for it appeared that the deed was committed while the sufferers were asleep, there having been no oise braid by any of the lodgeT neighbours, erptine that described by Mrs. Chapple. whi r c s h U was after the dee sc d had bnen perpetrated. and the murderer had escaped. Mi. White, surgeon. of St. Jantees-square, was called in at six o'clock, too late, of coutee s to be of any service ; and the result of his ex antinatlon tended to show :h at there was no struggling, and the bed clothes were not disturbed. There were tat er points that seen, to prove the deliberate. es of the act. The bloody razor was lying open on a box by the side of the bed, and the c..se was lying on the dre ler down stairs in the kitchen, anti win, it a lath hatchet, as though ciu e intended for use it . lie murderer h istled of to accomplish his purpose with the razor. • What was th , this dreadful act the most distant idea cannot be formtd Iteer is described by the lodgers as being a very steady man. ii.nd of his wife and his home, and duatingly fond of his child, is Vets he was always caressing when at home; nor have they latterly seen any alteration in his conduct. AU the previous day. Sun day. both Beer and his wife were at home. and appeared , as usual. very cianfortable arid happy, and retXed to rest, as usual. at ten o'clock. Beer was a journeyman baker, and bad been employed as foreman by Mr. Davies. of Sc: James's-street, fnr nearly the last twelve mont hs, durin g which time his employer had found him attentive to his business. a trustworthy servant in his meter's absence, particidarly obliging. and apparently happy. Mr. and Mrs. Davies saw no alteration in his coy 'uct up to the latest period, except that when he came on Sunday evening to prepte fix the nest morns baking, e was a bout two hours later r than his usual time, but he did hi s business trety properly. and seemed in his manner as usual. Immediately after the dis covery a the shove horrible murder, the officers of justice d were apprised of it, and we r e q uickl y on the alert to aepprehen the perpetrator. Shortly after day light a b iker's j tart with blood on it, was seen lying on the bank of the river near Bedfordath str wi eet'. Walcot ; its consequence of ss bich Wil'i atn George, of Bek,, took a boat to snatch the river, and found the body of Beer in the water, with life quite extinct, at the bottom of 13edford-street. The body was thence taken to Walcot Warkhoute, tO await the Coroner's Inquest. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN GLASGOW. _ • _ 0::e of the most alarmiag fires we trout fa SOW t' :tn witurs.ed took Ace on Friday night, in the extenstve cotton stop • house -belonging to Mr. Doria:dson, cotton b edger. These premiss isonsisted of a large tenement ct Mitchell -greet. nish...l within I n N. last few weeks, and in connection with a ran, e fi of buildin , ‘ 311 the south side of thy lane, hetwiat Mitchell-street and Buchanan' street Both buildings are Eve stories in bright, and the two higher floors of the latter have been occupied as granaries. The fire broke out in the upper part of the building precisely at ten o'clock, and in less than an hour the whole was wtapt in flames. The Ore raged with astonishing fury • and in the course of half an hour was commu nicated to the loos range of buildings behind, even although a strong gable separated the tenement'.. Unfortunately, the slight wind which prevailed blew from the south-we-t, and hastened the work of destruction. At eleven o'clock the spectacle was mag nificent; immense volumes of flame were seen betting from both buildings; blazing particle! flew in tb:ck 'troves as far tooth as Saint George's Church, and the glare, not unlike even that of a volcano, illuminated the surrounding streets and the evasions faces of numerous spectators. We should svppooe that at least ten thousand individuals at this moment gazed on th , scene, whose countenances, seen under the it Borneo of the brilliant light, formed a picture of no ordinary interest and excitemeet. About this period, toe, the roof of the large range of building Gil in, and the bre raged in the interior and above the walls of the to o buildings, as if occupy:ng a fearful cratur. At half.past eleven part of the west wall fell; the fury of the tones then somewhat abated ; and at twelve it was confined to the undestroyed mass which still afforded furl in the two ground floor.. About one o'clock on Saturday morning the whole of the south wall of the back tenement fell outwards with a dreadful crash, and a cry being given that some individuals were budget in the ruins, instant steps were taken to extricate the sufferers. — On clearing away part of the rubbish, one inthvielu.l. a fireman of the name of Daniel OPNicol. was discovered amidst the ruins, and, after considerable trble, was relit ved f his perilous 11. tuation. In the confusion ou which attended th row tl calamity, it was impossible to ascertain the precise extent of loss; but front what we gathered from various quarters, we are inclined to sup • pose that the property destroyed cannot he estimated at less than ./50,000. We were informed that Mr. Donaldson alone had insurances effected over the buildings and the property under his charge within them, to the client of £42,000, which we hope will cover his losses. What other merchants or agents who may have bad property in the premises have lost, we cannot reel d to guess. But the extent of Mr. Donaldson's loss will give our read ers an idea of the magnitude of the fire. So far as we learn, Dollies were lost. No surmise has yet been heard of the cause i.f the fire. The engines were on the spot with amazing raj idity ; but it was obvious to every one present th.t they could not arrest the pro gress of the Dames The firemen. therefore. wisely directed their attention to she clay of the adjoining property, audits this respect, we are happy to add, their effotts were successful. Many residents in houses adjoining removed their furniture, but the redo proved that there was on necessity for this precaution...a-Scots Times. FoREIGN Bat:AD.—The contemplated project of importing bread from the Continent appears to pretent more difficulties than were apprehended. As vessels can get out of the harbours on the other side only at stated periods of the tide, the dra' ings of the oven must be re • gulated by the time of leirh water, as it will be essential to ship the bread in the newest possible state. Next, the length of the voyage is uncertain ; even during the past summer, the arrivals from the Netherlands or Ho! land have not been regular. Lastly, if a vessel arriveti at eleven at night, at what time in the following da could it be expected to effect a clearance and fending el the cargo ? The duty on the importation of tread. which is admitted as a manufactured article, is 2O pei cent. ad volorem. We regret to state that Sir RICHARD DIRVIE been indisposed for the last fortnight, and at one time serious apprehensions sere entertained for his life. This Worthy Magistrate is now, however, rapidly recovering and his medical attendants soon expect to pronounce him in a state of convalescence. CORN—EXCHANGE, manic—LANK Nov. 25. Our market was in a lifeless state this morning, there being fate Mondays ,• and tbe best samples of Wat were ineffually Ellen. d at Monday's quotations. Barley wa r m ore difkult ect to be sold tleas on Nlunday ; bat Oats, being in dm rt supply, supported Monday's prices. DITOZTATIONS SINCE MOXDAT. Wheat, English (qrs.) . 1.700 Barley, Foreign • Irish • . Oats, English • Foreign . 1.150 Foreign Barley, English . 2,650 Irish . Irish . . Flour (sacks) • COAL MARK ETw-Tase DAV. There has been a large snivel of Coal, both from Sunderland and Newcastle, since last market-day, and owing to the sots.l number of ships kit on head they were much wanted • 115 new ships were at this day's market , snaking a total OP ;he week's arrival of 117 ships. The Coal itaelsange was hay attended by merchants, and comiderable inseam was dew. Ships arrived during the month Best Walleyed C0a15:.... 57. OIL WM dd. Other eons ... Us N. 31e. Skip at Varlet 7iPt 4 . I,WO 11,01 i) i Ii