The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

LORD ANGLESEA. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Monday.) There was held in the Church of the Conception, 'Ma rlborough -street, yesterday, a numerous and most re spectable meeting of the friends of Civil and Re ligious Liberty, resident in the united parishes of Mary, St. Thomas, and St. George, for the Purpose of adopting an address to Lord Anglesea, expressive of the regret of the parishioners at his re eall• About two o'clock T he Most Reverend DOCTOR MURRAY. WAS requested to take the Chair. O'DowD was requested to act as Secretary to the meeting. After the requisition had been read by the Secretary, • His LORDSHIP rose and observed that the requisi- Vi °", which had been just read, expressed in a very distinct manner, that the object of the present meet ing was to present an Address to the Marquis of Anglesea, conveying the regrets which the intelli gence of his Excellency's recall had occasioned to the inhabitants of the united parishes therein named. Por his own part, he was sure that he echoed the general sentiment and conviction, when he said that tt more steady hand never held the destinies of Ire land, that an honester or sincerer heart never throbbed for her amelioration, and that a spirit more Magnanimous never devoted itself to the advance ment of the general interests of the island, combined with those of the empire. (Cheers.) The revered and patriotic Viceroy came to Ireland, not to cater for a faction, but to govern a people; not to be the 'vassal of a party, but to promote the general good. his mind was too lofty and independent to permit the petty interests of any part of the community, as distinguished from the great mass, to influence his ad ministration or suffer the equitable balance of justice to be inclined or deprived of its equipoise by the vio lence of faction. If it were true that he was recalled, ac cording to the general apprehension, his character was a sufficient pledge that he would part with Power without reluctance, when that power was not of the extent to enable him to uphold as he believed t hey could be best upheld, the interests of his Sove reign, of the community consigned to his rule, and of the British empire. Whatever the object of his recall might be, there was scarcely a second opinion abroad, as to its being a national misfortune, and a new infusion into the cup of Irish calamity. The obje c t of the present meeting was to present to his Excellency a testimony of the public gratitude, and it was the duty of the assembly, over which it .was his honour to preside, not to depreciate the v alue of such a testimony by any deviation from the c ourse recommended in Lord Anglesea's own letter. Mr. J . es -0 ki.uRIEN rose to move the first resolution, which was seconded by Counsellor GUTHRIE in an eloquent speech. Mr. DOWELL O'REILLY moved the next resolu tion, and pronounced a glowing and eloquent pane gyric upon the venerated Marquis. It was seconded 11 . Y Colonel NELLY. Mr. JAMES DWYER proposed the succeeding ene, Which was seconded by Mr. WALSH. Mr. JAMES DwYER moved the fourth resolution for an address to his Excellency. He said that no Irishman ought to remain silent on such an occa sion; it was indeed a great calamity to the country, that a nobleman of such generous, honest, and manly feelings, should be withdrawn at a crisis of such importance ; it was not for him to question the mo lives of his Majesty's Government, but it did look like a change of policy towards this country. — Ile feared that Wellington, who never quailed to the field, had sunk before " Newcastle and Winchilsea" in the Cabinet. Ireland, poor su ff er- Ireland, h a d su ff ere d— an d t h e noble, the manly, honest-hearted soldier was torn from them, because he was too honest ' to hold the word of Promise to the ear and break it to the sense.' He considered the Marquis the sheet-anchor of the Ad- M itlistration in Ireland. A Committee of Gentlemen was then named. The motion to this effect was made by Mr. M‘Dennell, and seconded by Mr. O'Hagon. After other resolutions had passed, Sir Francis M'Donnell was requested to replace Dr. Murray in the Chair; when, on the motion of Mr. Balf, se-. c f ond e d by Mr. Jordan of R oss l ev i n, county M ayo, he thanks of the meeting were presented to his Grace, the Archbishop, for his dignified demeanour in the Chair. FLRES BY INCENDIARIES. Anothet instance of those wicked, malicious, and higidy penal offences has occurred in the vicinity of S tratford-upon-Avon, which have 30 often alarmed and terrified the inhabitants of that town and the adjoining country. About a quarter past one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, alarm was given that the s .tacir-yard an d prem i ses o f M r. Th omas L owe, farmer, of Binton, about three miles from Stratford, were on fire. The flames were first seen by one of 'the servant girls in a rick of loose straw. The barn, w hich was thatched, and not above five yards off, I '' B immediately afterwards in flames. The alarm r,apidly spread in all directions, and the engines from tratford were sent for with all possible haste. The promptitude of those who conveyed them to the p r emises deserves the highest praise; and th e t owns o . t Stratford, Alcester, and surrounding country, 'l ° nred forth their population to give their assistance n ",, s toPping the p r ogress of the frightful cal.:nu:y.— 1 4 :e Wind was up, and during this time the flames spread rapidly, and were making prodigious d evastati on . The fire in the barn had communi cated itself so qu i c k ly to the stables, t h at i t Via& wit h great difficulty the .orses were got out in time to save them. There was fortunately plenty of water, and the engines, which are very effective, were Pla heyed i ncessantly. By half -past eight o ' clock t. fire w as got under, and then, with all their ex ;amps, they h a d b een able te save only the dwelling t ° use, and three large wheat ricks; and it was by conti nual labou r and judicious management that these were preserved. The bar n con t a i ne d 80 bags of thrashed corn, winnow e d an d p u t up , a b ay of urnlithrashed wheat, a thrashing machine, a chaff and areat numbe r o f ot h er implements.. The W hole we re g destroy e d, an d t h e building reduced to 1 ' mere shell ; nothing but the bare walls were left c Standing Th e sta b le and storehouse, with their on tets, were burnt to the ground. The straw rick, where the fire was. first discovered, a large bean ri ch, and a rick of hay of about 20 tons, were eon rr!lnled to a h eap o f smoking ashes ; part of a clover i ek Was also burnt. Mr. L owe was f ortunately insured in the County offic e for a greater sum than will cover his loss , Which may b e est i mated by a rude guess at between ' 4001. and 5001. About half -past 12 on Sunday rimming Mr. Lowe and his family were disturbed oY the barking of the d ogs , and they got up, but no lie Was to be seen, yet it is supposed some one hid then been upon the premises. It is dee to be l amented that none of the perpetrators of pl th y ese diab o li cal acts have yet b een brought to justice. Some opinion may be formed of the state of alarm which the neighbourhood has been kept, when it is stated that the are-bell at Stratford has been mug six times within the last twelve months. Th e County Fire-office have offered a reward of 1001. on the conviction of the incendiaries. Another piece of unfeeling villany was committed on the same night after the fire was extinguished. The Rev. Mr. Rufford has a fish-pond very near I %lt. Lowe's premises, and that gentleman, with a I"mptitude and goodness of heart that cannot be much commended, permitted his pond, which was stoelted with valuable fish, to be nearly emp tied, to sup ply the engine with water. In the dead of the night: some ruffianly miscreants let out the remainder of the water, and stole almost every fish th:it the loud contained.—Birmingham Gazelle. At .a meeting at Leicester on the 2d inst., it t , a ,: n ret'"lved to form a public banking company in that divided The capital proposed to be subscribed is 500,000/., into 5 ,000 shares of 1001. each; and the company 4 t b. to be con s id ere d as forme d so soon as 2,000 s h a r es are ..erihtd for,—Birmingitaln Paper. MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA. TO THE EDI FOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The opinnals expressed 011 the conduct of the Marquis of Aw„ , :11-:,ea, in the extract from the Morning Herald, in your Paper of the 9th inst., ap pear to me perfectly just and reasonable, and I agree entirely with it in thinking that the Marquis was, to say the least, highly injudicious in the ex pressiou of his sentiments in his uncalled-for letter to Dr. Curtis, however founded in reason those senti ments might be; especially if he knew himself to be recalled at the time when he wrote the letter, in which case he might at least to have given his opi nion as a private individual (if he might then have done it), and not as still holding an official situation. But I believe the Noble Marquis, with all his eleva tion of character, is known to have that rashness in his military, which may have accompanied him in his civil capacity ; and therefore I am inclined to place his recall more to that account than to any absolute disapprobation of the Duke of Wellington of his opi nion on the Catholic question, especially as it appears that Lord Leveson Gower, who holds similar opinions, is to be continued in his situa tion. We may then, I think, consider the question as still sub judice, if not sub lite; and we may hope that it will ultimately be terminated (indecisive as I must think the Duke of Wellington's letter to Dr. Curtis was, though not altogether " halting between two opinions") to the acquies cence, at least, if not the perfect satisfaction of the parties on each side of the question, and to the maintenance of the peace and tranquillity of these countries, as well as to the gradual increase of union in religious opinion, which may be far more reason ably expected from peaceable, than from hostile mea sures. I will only add, that I think Dr. Curtis's communication of the Duke's letter, was much more defensible than tire Anti-Catholic papers are willing to allow, as his receipt of it must have been known, and therefore the contents of it, indecisive as I have said they were, if not known, would probably have been misrepresented. But this is not the light in which party zeal views a question. I remain, Sir, your's, &c. AN ENGLISH PROTESTANT. Jan. 12, 1829. MONOPOLY IN COALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your correspondent, Nauticus, in his letter which appeared in The Sun of the 3d inst. considers it singular that the monopoly of the Northern coal owners, andthe evils of high prices, inadequate sup plies, and inferior coal, which naturally flow from that monopoly, should have attracted so little of the public attention. I suppose the public to be, for the most part, ignorant of the fact that the coal-owners, by private arrangement, limit the quantity of coals to be sold, in order, not as a certain Baronet and M.P. is re ported to have stated, that London might be sup plied with coals of the best quality, for the contrary is the effect produced,—but that they may get what they are pleased to consider a remunerating price ; just as the East India Company limit the supply of tea, and the Landlords, by their corn-laws, limit the supply of wheat and other grain ; and all for the same object, their own advantage. But the question is—what enables the coal-owners to keep up this combination against the public is The law, with anxious solicitude for our naval supremacy, has virtually prohibited the introduction into London of all inland coal, the proportion of the latter actually consumed there being trifling; and as the coal dis tricts which supply London by sea are not extensive, nor the proprietors numerous, the competition of producers (by which alone the natural price of any commodity call be secured to the consumers) is only partial, and the monopoly is easily maintained. It is some consolation, however, to see that this conspiracy against the public, is not attended with all the advantages to the conspirators which they alight have hoped to derive; the high price of the monopoly coal has afforded to some enterprising persons in the neighbourhood of Stockton, both the means and the inducement to construct a rail road from the coal dl-, , trict lying inland from that port, by which considerable quantities of very good coal are now sent from thence, superseding, in many places, the coal formerly procured from the Tyne and the Wear. It may happen that the coal-owners on these two rivers, unwilling to encounter the odium which a full exposure of their measures by the press would bring upon :hcm, will forego their practice upon being denounced; but the only certain way of destroying the combination is to repeal the laws which afford the occasion for it. The pretence fur those laws is, that the colliers (ships which carry coals) are nurseries for seamen; but in this there is an assumption which I consider a fallacy, viz. that under a free competition between sea-borne and in land coal, less of the former would be used, and there fore fewer ships would be required to convey it. We must remember that the lowering of the price of any article of general consumption is attended with an increasing demand for it; and there seems no ground for excepting coals from the operation of this ge neral principle. But even if it could lie proved that the number of colliers would be diminished, it does not follow that the seamen would not find employ ment in some other of our nurseries, that is, in the general trade of the country : en the contrary, it is almost demonstrable, that the number of seamen would not suffer the smallest decrease. . But as the consideration of this subject would in volve us in an investigation of those circumstances upon which the commerce of a nation depends, and would occupy too much space, I must finish by expressing a hope that this coal conspiracy may not be allowed quietly to work out its deeds of darkness, nor an interested person be suffered, un challenged, to throw dust in the eyes of the com munity by an affectation of regard for their interests, which, to use a homely but expressive phrase, is no better than humbug, if it be Nothing worse. I am, Sir, your's, London, Jan. 14, 1829. PIIILO-NAUTICUS. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence will give a juvenile ball at their residence in Bushy-park on Monday rest, at which it is expected the young Queen of Portugal will be present. The youthful portion of some of the fami lies of the foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and of a great many of the nobility and gentry, have received invi tations. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence left their residence in Rushy-park yesterday morning for the King's Palace at Kervington, where the Duchess alighted to pay a visit t o t h e Duchess of Kent, with whom, and the Princess Sophia, her Royal Highness remained during the day. A Committee of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counoil assembled at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Council Office. The Lords present were —the Vice-Chancellor, the Lord Chief Baron, the Judge of the Admiralty, the Judge Advocate-General, and the Master of the Mint. Their Lordships remained in deliberation about an hour. Lord Hill and Sir Edward Codrington trans acted business yesterday at the Colonial Office, Downing street. LIABILITY OF BANKERS AND AGENTS ACT OF 52 GEO. m. CAP. 63. F NTIT An Act for more effectually preventing the Embezzlement of Securities for Money and other Effects, left or deposit ed for safe Custody, or other special Purpose, ia :he Hands of Binker , , Merchants, Brokers, Attorneys, or other Agents. [9th June, 1912.] Whereas it is expedient that due provision should be made to prevent the embezzlement of govern ment and other securities for money, plate, jewels, and other personal effects, deposited for safe custody, or for any special purpose, with bankers, merchants, brokers, attorneys, and other agents, entrusted by their customers and employers ; be it, therefore, en acted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, that if any person or persons with whom (as banker or bankers, merchant or merchants, broker or brokers, attorney or attorneys, or agent or agents of any des cription whatsoever) any ordnance debenture, ex chequer bill, navy, victualling, or transport bill, or other bill, ,varraut, or order for the payment of money, state lottery ticket, or certificate, seaman's ticket, bank receipt for payment of any loan, India bond, or other bond, or any deed, note, or other security for money, er for any share or interest. in any national stock or fund of this or any other coun try, or in the stock or fund of any corporation, com pany, or society established by act of parliament or royal charter, or any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any such stock or fund, or any share or interest therein, or any plate, jewels, or other personal effects, shall have been deposited, or shall be or remain for safe custody or upon or for any spe cial purpose, without any authority, either general, special, conditional, or discretionary, to sell or pledge such debenture, bill, warrant, order, state lottery ticket, or certificate, seaman's ticket, bank receipt, bond, deed, note, or other security, plate, jewels, or other personal effects, or to sell, transfer; or pledge the stock or fund, or share or interest in the stock or fund to which such security or power of attorney shall relate, shall sell, negociate, transfer, assign, pledge, embezzle, secrete, or in any manner apply to his or their own use or benefit, any such de en ture, bill, warrant, order, state lottery ticket, or cer tificate, seaman's ticket, bank receipt, bond, deed, note, or other security, as hereinbeforz mentioned, plate, jewels, or other personal effects, or the stock or fund, or share or interest in the stock or fund to which such security or power of attorney shall relate, in violation of good faith, and contrary to the special purpose for which the things hereinkefore mentioned, or any or either of them, shall have been deposited, or shall hay , ' Leen or remained with or in the hands of such person or persons, with intent to defraud the owner or owners of any such instrument or security, or the person or persons depositing the same, or the owner or owners of the stock or fund, share or in terest to which such security or power of attorney shall relate, every person so offending in any part of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misde meanour, and being thereof convicted according to law shall be sentenced to transportation for any term net exceeding fourteen years, or to receive such other Punishment as may by law be inflicted on a person or persons guilty of a misdemeanour, and as the court before which . such offender or offenders may be tried and convicted shall adjudge. 2. And whereas it is usual for persons having dealings with bankers, merchants, brokers, attorneys, and other agents, to deposit or place in the hands of such bankers, merchants, brokers, attorneys, and other agents, sums of money, bills, notes, drafts, cheques, or orders for the payment of money, with directions or orders to invest the monies so paid, or to which such bills, notes, drafts, cheques, or orders ratte, or part thereof, in the purchase of stocks or funds, or in or upon Government or other securi ties for money, or to apply and dispose thereof iu other ways, or for other purposes ; and it is expe dient to prevent embezzlement and tnalversation in such cases also; be it, therefore enacted by the au thority aforesaid, that if any such banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or other agent is, whose hands any sum or sums of money, bill, note, draft, cheque, or order for the payment of any sum or sums of money shall be placed, with any order or orders in writing, and signed by the party or parties who shall so de posit or place the same, to invest such sum or sums of money, or the money to which such bill, note, draft, cheque, or order as aforesaid shall relate, in the purchase of any stock or fund, or in or upon Government or other securities, or in any other way or for any other purpose specified in such order or orders, shall in any manner apply tc his or their own use and benefit, any such sum or sums of mo ney, or any such bill, note, draft, cheque, or order for the payment of any sum or sums of money as hereinbefore mentioned, in violation of good fetili and contrary to the special purpose specified in the direction or order in writing hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to defraud the owner or owners of any such sum or sums of mouey, or order for the pay ment of any sum or sums of money; every person so offending in any part of the United kingdom, shall in like mariner be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof according to law, shall incur and suffer such punishment as is hereinbefore mentioned. 3. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent nay of the persona hereinbefore mentioned from re ceiving any money which shall be or become ac tually due and payable upon or by virtue of any o f • the instruments or securities hereinbefore mentioned, according to the tenor and effect thereof, in such manner as he or they might have done if this Act had not been made. 4. Provided also, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the penalty by this Act an nexed to the commission of any of - fence intended to be guarded against by this Act shall not extend or be construed to extend to any partner or partners, or other person or persons of or belonging to any partnership, society, or firm, except only such part ner or partners, person or persons, as shall actually commit or be accessory or privy to the commission of such offence; any thing herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. 5. Provided also, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that nothing in this act contain ed, nor any proceeding, conviction, or judgment, to be had or taken thereupon, shall hinder, prevent, lessen, or impeach any remedy at law or in equity, which any party or parties, aggrieved by any offence against this act might or would have had, or have been entitled to, if this act had not been made, nor any proceeding, conviction, or judgment, had been had or taken thereupon; but, nevertheless, the con viction of any offender against this act shall not be received in evidence in any action at law or suit in equity Against such offender ; and, further, that no person shall be liable to be convicted by any evi dence whatever, as an offender against this act, in respect of any act, matter, or thing done by him, if he shall at any time previously to his being in dicted for such offence have disclosed such act, mat ter, or thing, on oath, under or in consequence of any compulsory process of any court of law or equity, in any action, suit, or proceeding, in or to which he shall have been a party, and which shall have been bona fide instituted by the party aggrieved by the act, matter, or thing, which shall have been committed by such offender aforesaid. 6. P rov id e d always, and it is hereby expressly enacted and declared, that nothing in this act con tained shall extend to or affect any person or persons being a trustee or trustees in or under spy marriage settlement, will, or other deed or instrument, or be ing a mortgagee or mortgagees of any property whatsoever, whether real or personal, in respect of any act or acts done by any such p erson or p ersons comprised in or affected byin relation any y to such tru t s he tor property mortgage as a f oresa id. 7. Provided always, and be it enacted, that every person who shall commit, in Scotland, any . offence the provisions thereof against this act, which by constituted a misdemeanour, shall be liable to be punished by fine and imprisonment, or by either of them, or by transportation for a term not exceeding fourteen years, as the judge or judges before whom such o►`fender shall be tried and convicted may direct. 8. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend to restrain any banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or other agent, from selling, negotiating, transferring, or otherwise disposing of any securities, property, or other effects as aforesaid, in their custody or possession, upon which they shall have any lien, claim, or demand, which by law entitles them to sell or dispose there of, unless such sale, transfer, or other disposal shall extend to a greater number or a greater part of such securities, property, or other effects as aforesaid, than shall be revisite Or necessary for the purpose of paying or satisfying such lien, claim, or demand; any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. BRIGHTON, JAYUA RY 14.—The grand fancy ball at Mrs. Fitzherisert's, on Monday night, was most brilliantly attended, nearly all the rank and fashion now in Brighton being present. The ladies generally wore dresses of velvet awl satin, with a profusion of splendid jewels, though many appeared in character dresses. Among the distinguished visitants we noticed the Countess St. Antonio, Countess Lindsey, Lady Ellenborough and the Misses Law, Lady C. Bertie, Lady • C. Stewart, Lady Mary and Miss Shepherd, Lady and Miss Scott, Lady and Misses Shiffner, Sir Hugh and Lady Massey, Admiral and Lady Mary Ann Sotheby, Sir Matthew and Lady Tierney, Baron and Baroness De Rutzen, Sir Thomas M‘Mahon, Sir Charles and Lady Coote, Lady C. Baring, Lord Thos. Cecil, Mrs. Colonel Dawson, the Hon. Mrs. Jerning ham, Mr. and Mrs. F. Webb, Mrs. Montefiore, &c. &c. A superb Sultan's dress, worn by Mr. F. Webb, at tracted general observation, as did also that of a Mame luke, worn by Mr. M`Mahon ; Miss Law, as Mary Queen of Scots, was very characteristic and chaste; Mrs. Colonel Dawson, the lion. Mrs. Jerningham, and Mrs. Montefiore, were distinguished by the splendour and bril liancy of their diamonds; and a young lady, as a Fairy, by the elegance of her dress, and the grace of her action and deportment, enamoured all beholders. The company was received by Mrs. Fitzherbert, who looked well and in high spirits, with her accustomed kind and dignified hospitality. Dancing had many votaries till about one o'clock, at which hour the supper-loom was thrown open, and the company, amounting to upwards of 260, partook of an entertain ment, comprising every delicacy of the season, and wines of the choicest and most exquisite flavour. Directly after supper, the dance was resumed and continued with un abated spirit until five o'clock yesterday morning, when the company separated. The attendance of fashion leaving their names at the Steyne-mansion of Mrs. Fitzlserbert (such, we conclude, being the etiquette), after the splendid entertainment of the preceding night, caused much bustle to prevail in that quarter during the greater part of yes terday.—Brighton Guardian. • Dublin and the county are in motion, for the double purpose of petitioning for Emancipation, and ad dressing the Lord Lieutenant on his departure. Almost all of the parishes of the city meet at their respective chapels to-day. On the 20th there is to be a grand Meeting of Protestants, the Duke of Leinster in the Chair, for the purpose of petitioning for the concession of the Catholic Claims. It is said that the leading members will imme diately after proceed in a body, and join the Associa tion. Mr. O'Connell expresses himself with the utmost confidence upon his legal right to sit and vote, and has no doubt that he will succeed in making the country coin cide in opinion with him. Ile is to publish, in a few days, a statement of his case, accompanied with a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons on the same sub ject. A requisition from six Aldermen and several of the most respectable inhabitants of Dublin has been pre sented to the Lord Mayor, calling upon him to convene a Meeting of the citizens, for the purpose of addressing the King not to deprive them of his Excellency's paternal Go vernment. His Lordship refused, on the ground that as Ministers resolved to recall him, they must be right, and his interference would, therefore, be unjustifiable.— Morning Paper. We have reason to believe, notwithstanding the various statements put forth to the contrary, that Rowland Stephenson has not yet left this country, and Government, acting on this persuasion, have, within the last two day taken secret proceedings for his apprehension, which would be altogether futile were the delinquent to have succeeded in leaving the kingdom. The senior Ma gistrate of one of the principal offices of police at the West end of the town has been several days in attendance at the office of the Secretary for the Home Department ; frequent interviews have 'also taken place between the same Magis trate and the individual who admits assisting in the elope ment; after which, a principal officer of the police was despatched out of town, with sealed instructions. The greatestsecrecy has been observed; but some circumstances have come to our 'knowledge, which, we repeat, lead us to the belief that Stephenson may be yet taken, and within a vt.ty few days.—Morniny Paper. ALLIANCE MARINE ASSURANCE COM PANY.-The Annual General Court of the Shareholders of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company was held yester day at the City of London Tavern, Samuel Gurney, Esq., in the Chair. A canary belonging to a young man, in the employ of Mr. Smith, at Sittingbourne, died last week at the age of 14 years. The same person has also a bird in his possession, of the same species, 22 years old. Some few years since Mr. Smith lost one 84 years old.—Kentish Chronicle. The Marquis of Abercorn (who has achieved a feat which baffled the Emperor Napoleon in all the ple nitude of his power, and aided by all his Marshals—the wounding of the Duke of Wellington) is quite a youth ; his father died many years since, and his mother is now the wife of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. It is rather unlucky, that the name of this scion of the Illustrious House of Hamilton should obtain its first notoriety coupled with a very awkward, and what narrowly escaped being a very fatal, accident. A letter from Lyons of the 4th January states—" A dreadful event has spread consternation and mourning through the town of Rive de Gier. On Friday the 2d, at the moment when the workmen had just en tered the mine-works of Logis de Peres, at Martoret, the fire-damp showed itself, and ignited all the gas which had collected during the holydays, The explosion was terrific, and extended itself to the outer opening of two of the shafts. Forty men and thirty horses, which were in the galleries, perished, and several of the poor people who es caped this disaster have been more or less severely wounded. This fresh misfortune shows mere and mare the necessity of employing Davy's lamp in this kind of mining. It is not unknown that the workmen do not use this lamp with their good will, because it is less convenient and shows less light than the old ones. But what is the inconvenience it comparison with those dreadful accidents which 0r use of it prevents."—Journal des Debat, NAVARIN PRIZE GUNS. (FRO3I A CORRESPONDE. MALTA, NOV. 29. The subject of the brass guns taken up from the Bay of Navarin is likely to become a question of more serious investigation than was at first imagined. His Majesty's ship, Ocean, brought to Malta five long brass thirty-six-pounders, expecting to meet with a better market there than where the Asia had disposed of her similar booty ;—the gnus were landed and weighed ; a purchaser was easily found, and when the bargain was on the point of being concluded, the Admiralty Judge sent his agent to take possession of them as Droits of Admiralty, and thus deprived the Ocean of about 1,0001. The Captain disputes the legality of this seizure, and re fuses to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Ad miralty Court on this point, and the matter must necessarily be referred home. In fact, it seems, that the natural right to this spoil must be between the Greeks and Ottomans ; and, if the English have any claim, it can only be as Droits of Admiralty—not as prize to individuals. In that character, however, the guns (which I mentioned to you in my last) were sold from his Majesty's ship, Asia, and their produce has positively been distributed as such, each Officer and man receiving his portion of the proceeds of this extraordinary sale. There still remains a good deal of this booty on board the Asia, and in fact what has been collected by thes e two ships has been estimated at about 3 ) 0001. Whoever sanctioned this sale and distribution has incurred considerable responsibility. If the Com mander-in-Chief is right at Navarin, the Admiralty Judge must be wrong at Malta, and vice versa. We wait with considerable interest to hear the decision from England. FRENCH THEATRE. The excellent comedy of the :Bour,geois Gentil homme was performed last night by the French Company, at the English Opera House, to a very numerous and fashionable audience. LA PORTE was the Bourgeois, and kept the house in continual laughter by the richness and spirit of his humour. After the comedy the busts of MOLIERE and SIIAK SPEARE were crowned with all due honours. COBURG THEATRE. Last night the Pantomime was performed at an earlier hour than usual, for the accommodation of the young folks, with whom the theatre was crowded to an overflow. The performances were similar to those in the preceding part of the week, but with the au dition of a ballet by twenty-four of Mrs. SEARLE'S pupils, which was introduced with very happy effect. SURREY THEATRE. A new piece, a version from the French La was produced at this Theatre last night, un der the title of "My Old Woman." The piece is adapted in a highly creditable trimmer, and affords one of the most favourable specimens of the class we have seen for some time. Mrs. FITZWILLIAM'S performance of the heroine was admirable, and de served the continual applause it met with. She was ably supported by all the other performers, par ticularly M. WYNNE, who appears very much im proved since he last appeared on these boards. The piece was announced for repetition, and is to be per formed this evening, for the amusement of the juve nile visitors, who are to be treated with the panto. , mime at an early part of the evening. FANATICISM IN FRANCE. A Mission took place at the little tows of Nogent-le-Rotron, and such missions generally are followed by tumults and disorders, which prove a deplorable fermentation in the minds of the people. There was an Auto-dale of a small library. It was burned by the hand of a Minister of the Gospel. This is only stupid and ridiculous, but we mourn over the following facts. A mother of a family be-. came mad after hearing an energetic and threatening sermon on the rewards and punishme,s,,,, ;.he next life. A young wife, hitherto t 4 kindness, was transformed by fanatacism into a Sort of wild beast, and seizing her husband by the thro.a: at ni u ht, endeavoured to strangle him, because, she was damned, she cried—damned for eye,-. Among other disturbances which ensty4 Maria Jeanne Der briard, Widow Pierre, called the Grenadier, and the Swearer, was brought before the tribunal of Nogent-le-Rotrou, charged with having assaulted M. Fault, when he was passing through St, Hilaire-street, ()ailing him names, such as robber, thief, scoundrel, and with having, with appro bation of the riotous populace, struck him several violent blows. Her apnearznce, when she came to take her trial, corresponded with her names, She confessed her crime, arid gloried in it. Explained to the Court how she had pummelled M. Fillent, and seemed so ready to repeat the operation on the door-keeper near her, that he turned pale, and has tened out of her reach. Her gestures and demea nour were violent before the Court, and she returned to the seat assigned her, after seer avowals, with an air of triumph. The - p - Alic prosecutor requirA the Court, as the el.arge was proved, to punish her, by a fine of three francs, and the costs. The Court, after some deliberation, sentenced her to two years' imprisonment, the maximum of the punishment allowed by the law for the offence, to pay a fine of Vri francs, and to pay all the costs.—=Gazette des Tribunaux. The Duke of Wellington visited Mr. Secre• tary Peel yesteT;tay at the Home Office. Yesterday Viscount Melville held a Levee for Naval Officers, at the Admiralty. Lord Ellenhorough and Mr. Herries had in terviews yesterday with the Duke of Wellington. HoMICAPZ 4T CARLINGFORD.--On the evening of Saturday, a man named Murphy had been Lord Plunket transacted business yesterday at drinking in a public house kept by one Larkin, and a the Foreign Office, Downing-street. dispute occurred between him and the landlady with re- His Excellency the Mar of Anlesea en spect to the payment of a noggin o f s pi r it s . T wo po- q g 'icemen were in the house at the time ; to th em M rs , tertained a large dinner party on Tuesday, a nd ano th er L ou which p Murphy st a ruck the policemen, large the Vice-Reg Lge, Plifenix arkin apealed for ssistance, they accordingly and knocked interpoone, sed, Palle, on dinner-party Wednesday at last. There was al od an evening party, if not both of them, down. At this pe r i o d one o f th e and a juvenile ball upo n th e evening of the former day.-- police ran off to the barrack, from whence h e soon re t urn - Irish Paper. ed, provided with his side-arena. During his absence, On Tuesday Lord Leveson Gower entertained Mrs. Larkin, it appears, had struck Murphy with a salver, at dinner, at his residence in the Park, the Lord Mayor, and cut his face. The latter, infuriated to a pitch of sheriffs, and a number of the Aldermen of the city.—lrish phrenzy, and breathing revenge, waned the woman into a p ap „.. back kitchen, whither he was followed by the policeman, in order to protect her from violence. There a smart The laying down of the material& for the scuffle ensued, the candle was extinguished, accidentally building of the New Bridge over the Clyde, nearly opposite it is said, and before it could be re-lit, the unfne- the gaol is going on with spirit. A smith's shop is forth tunate man received his mortal wound. He had with to be erected for the sharpening of the tools; and the time only to exclaim, "Oh murder l I'm killed," building will commence as soon as the weather permits.— when he breathed his last. An inquest was held on the Glasgow Chronicle. body on Sunday, before * Paul Parks, Esq., one of the Co- On Tuesday a child, sixteen months old, be ropers of the county of Louth. While the jury was kitting longing to a man named Wren, of this town, who carries a mob, to the amount of several hundreds, assembled from the Rochester mail, put into its mouth a metal button as various parts, threatening to execute yengeance on the pa- Ilarge as a shilling, and, unfortunately, tho button slipped lice. Their appearance and conduct were such as to ex c ite into its throat. Medical assistance was obtained, but it very gencral *Ma. The respectable inhabitants, in fact, was found impossible to extract the obstructin g m e t a l, an d were in actual terror of their liv es , until th e arr i va l o f J. Wolf it was eventually f orce d i n t o the stom ac h,. On Thursday 111`Neale,, Leg., accompani e d by a p ar ty o f t h e L an - I ' Vers from Dundalk, wh o reac h e d C ar li ng f or d at a l ate hour the poor little creat u re expired.--Maidstone G. :zette . on Sunday night. On the appearance of the King's 1 We regret to hear that the East India Corn troops, the mob quickly dispersed. The Lancers re- pany's purchases for serges in the West of England, this turned to Dundalk on Monday, escorting the policemen, quarter, are likely not to exceed 25,000 pieces. The who would probably haye loaf their lives, but for the usual order has been 40,000 per quarter, and the dineinu nr fo ith which they were guarded. They are tion, a r i s i ng , i t i s un d ers t oo d, f rom t h e pen di ng di sputes a the gaol of Dundalk, to abide th e ir tri a l at between th e C ompany an d th e H ong merchants, w ill , it is htte pres ent n uinr in e g e astises. On e o f th em (C amp b e ll) i s se muc h t o b e f eare d , b e the cause o f considerable difficulty and die injured,stroe that his recovery is considered doubtful..—.Newry tress among th e l a b ou ring c l ass o f manu f ac t urers i n the Telegraph. iWest.—Hampshire Telegraph, SPORTING INTELLTGFNCFF• HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. "—, r t ;,"'S 4 APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS WEEK. His Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Maidenhead' Thicket; an Friday, at the Crooked Billet, Iver Heath-- at half-past ten. If not prevented by the weather they will meet at tke same place on the following day. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Houghton-on-the-Hill —at half-past ten. General Wm. fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Brown's, Weasenbam ; Wednesday, at Sporl Mill; and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven. Tile Shropshire Hound., on Monday, at Connd Vil lage; Wednesday, at Halston ; and Saturday, at the fifth mile-stone on the Baschurch-road--at half-past ten. Sir Richard Puleston's Hounds, on Monday, at Enaral ; Wednesday, at Acton Smithy ; and Friday, at Carden— at eleven. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Holly Bush, at half-past ten; Thursday, at Kedleston, at eleven; and Sa turday, at Langley Common, at half -past ten. Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Gate-- 1, - ,rd Toll-bar ; Wednesday, at Rossington Village ; and Friday, at Haughton School—at half-past ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Sandiwav Dead; Wednesday, at Toit ; Friday, at Peavey; and Sa turday, at Kinderton Guide-Post—at half-past ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Wadesmill ; Wednesday, at Stanstead, Essex; and Saturday, at Cum below—at half-past ten. Mr. Boycott's Bounds, on Monday, at Chillington ; Thursday, at Woodcote Green ; and Saturday, at Island— at half-past ten. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Snitter field ; Wednesday, at Wolford Wood ; Friday, at the Ken nel—at half-past ten; and Saturday, at Alveston Pasture, at eleven. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcharn ; Wed nesday, near the Race Couree ; and Friday, at the Dyke at half-past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, r.t. Newmarket; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellescsmbe Tye--at half-past ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Monday, at Parkstone ; Wed nesday, at Corfe Hills ; and Saturday, at the back of Al derney Cottage—at half-past ten. The Anglesea Hounds, on Monday, at Maenaddwyn ; Wednesday, at Bodedern ; and Friday, at Llanbedr—at half past ten. Sir Rich. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Skelling thorpe ; Wednesday, at Newsham Lodge ; Friday, at Thonock Grove ; and Saturday, at Swallow Cross-roads —at eleven. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Coton ; and Friday, at Psitton Wood—at ten. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Ludbo rough ; Wednesday, at Newshani-lodge ; Friday, at Tho. nock Grove ; and Saturday, at Swallow -road—at eleven. The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Nutley; Thursday, at Southease ; and Saturday, at Abbott's Wood —at a quarter before eleven. The Illackmoor Vale Hounds, on Monday, at Point ingdon Ridge; and Friday, at Holton-street—at ten. Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Tuesday, at Epsom Downs; and Friday, at Foxley Hatch—at ten. The H. H. on Tuesday, at Hinton; Thursuay, at Preston Oakhills ; and Saturday, at Minehin'sßarn--at ten. Mr. H. M. Chadwick's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bull's Head, Shenstone ; and Friday, at Cantwell Inn—at half-past ten. Tfie Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Rainton bridge ; Thursday, at Burnopside ; and Saturday, at Caw_ sey—at ten. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Paper Mills, Shepreth ; and Thursday, at the Red Lion, Reed Mill. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bishop's Wood; and Friday, at Bredon-hill—at half-past tea. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Hope Turnpike; and Thursday, at Westhide Village —at ten. The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, o❑ Tuesday, at Bagborough-house ; ailti Friday, at Week Park, Stogursey. Mr. H. Villet..ais's Harriers, on Tuesday, at the Cock, Methw•old ; ThUrsday, at Stoke Ferry ; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at eleven. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Fenwick, at half -past ten; Thursday, at Nostell, at twelve, and Sa turday, at Cudworth, at half-past ten. 'lle Cadbury Harriers, on Wednesday, at Silton ; and Saturday, at the Down-house. The Marquis of Cleveland's FoX-Lounds, on Wednesday, at Nornan's Moor; Friday, at Pepper-hall ; and Satur day, at Leeming--at eleven. Mr. Wiekstead's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Heleigh Castle; and Saturday, at Seighford—at half-past ten. Mr. Meager'a Harriers, on Wednesday, at Addington ; and Friday, at Crown Ash .bill—at half-past nine. Tha Sanderstead Harriers, on Wednesday and Saturday, at the Kennel—at ten. Mr. Nicoll's Hounds, on Wednesday, at the Kennel ; and Saturday, at Heathy Dilton. The Hambledon Fox-bounds, on Wednesday, at West end Telegraph; and Friday, at Holyweil-house—at half past ten. - H. Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Henley house; and Saturday, at the Hermitage —at eleven. Mr. O'Kelly's Buck-hounds, on Wednesday, at Huston Down, at half-past ten; and Saturday, at Mill Down, at half-past eleven, Lord Harewood's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Hook Moor ; and Friday, at the Wild Man—at ten. The Northumberland Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Oakwood-gat :I and Friday, at Hartburn-bridge—at ten. The Hayden Hounds, on Wednesday, at Corvie Syke; and !Saturday, at Wood Shields—at nine. _ _ The Morpeth Harriers, on Thursday, at Pigdon; and Saturday, at Newton—at ten. The Sirm;ngton Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Ricrall bridge-4a ten. The Cleveland Fox-bounds, on Thursday, at Roseberry —at ten. The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Pill Moor ; and Saturday, at Strensall—at half-past ten. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Addington Lodge Bottom ; and Saturday, at Litnpsfield—at half past ten. The York City Harriers, on Friday, at Rufforth Toll bar , ---at half-past ten. The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Minekip— at half-past ten, The Llitrworth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Low Mid dleton—at ten. The Holderness Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Glans moor—at eleven. Sir G. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Ilandsworth Bar—at ten. The Concek Harriers, on Friday, at Haskings's Penning —at eleven. Mr. Codringtou's Hounds, on Friday, at Hurdeott. The Lord Chanceller of Ireland has decided that Clergymen may hold pluralities of livings, provided they are thirty English miles apart. The judgment was had in the case of the Primate of all Ireland, who refused to grant a faculty to the Rev. Mr. Cotton, who was pre sented to the living of Thurles, holding at the same time the Archdeaconry of Cashel. The decision is, therefore, in favour of the Archbishop of Cashel.—Limerick Chron The completion of the London University is rapidly proceeding; workmen are now employed upon the splendid dome. On Wednesday last a Protestant Ascendancy Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the towns of Bodmin, Lostwithiel, and their vicinities, was held in the Shire Hall, Bodmin. George 13ollase, Esq., was in the Chair. The new national Church in Liverpool was consecrated with the usual ceremonies, on Tuesday last, by the Bishop of Chester, in presence of a full and fashionable assemblage of the neighbourhood. The Board of Ordnance have given perrais. sion to widen the battery at Brighton, thereby giving room to the road ; it is to be hoped that the same permission will be given to the town of Hastings. The Macadamising system is proceeding ra pidly in Marylebone; at present the operation is going on in Dlolles-street. A person, Scottice, an auld wife, having heard an advertisement read from a newspaper which ended with this intimation, " Not to he repeated," exclaimed, " Hech, sirs, that mann he a great secret!"—Saturday's Edinburgh Post. Last week a respectable inhabitant of South ampton was fined in three penalties of 5/. each, for having three head'of game unlawfully in his possession. Sunday last, a concourse of nearly 2,000 people assembled to fight at Askeaton ; two factions drew up with about 300 at each side to commence the conflict; at this moment the parish Priest rushed forward and ad dressed the multitude in the most earnest and impassioned manner, against a violation of the peace. With infinite difficulty he prevailed on the combatants to disperse, but to render his appeal more effectual he were the recta badge of the Order of Liberators..Limerich Chronicle. 3 211 X*kr i&11