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Mils method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.--62, Fleet-street. At home from ten till Ave. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. MR. 2ENEAS MACDONNIiLL. The subjoined is in many respects a faithful sketch of the character of the late Mr. iEneas Macdonnell, whose death was announced in the Times of Wednesday : " Aneas Maedonnell was one of the ablest men con nected with the Roman Catholic party in the struggle for emancipation, and he did more than any other man connected with the agitation to render the cause popular among the Protestants of England. "He was a gentleman in the highest sense of the word. Elegant in his address, conciliatory in manner, with a highly accomplished mind and an amiable dis position, he was just the person best fitted to act in London as the accredited agent for the cause, and to smooth away the prejudices and difficulties that begirt it. During his residence in London he was necessarily brought into intimate political association with the principal men of the Liberal party, and it is not too much to say that no man laboured more earnestly or more successfully in conciliating the opposition of those who were opposed to the claims it was his duty to sus tain, while his sound judgment and able diplomacy were of vast service to his own party, in restraining impetuous counsels, and in negotiating the guarantees u,son which Emancipation was ultimately -conceded. He was actuated by a chivalrous sense of honour, and after the Relief Act of 1829 had been carried he unhesitatingly opposed himself to the ruinous policy that was almost im mediately initiated by Daniel O'Coinell. For acting thus honourably and honestly he incurred the animosity of the ' Great Liberatop' All his services were for gotten, and there watUo latnage too foul in which to denounce his steady adherence to the dictates of principle and honour. lEneas Macclonnell, as a Roman Catholic, never sought Emancipation on selfish or sectarian grounds. He contended for it on constitu tional grounds, in the same way that Emancipation of the ProtestantDissentErs of England had been advocated and carried. His desire was to unite Ireland in I'm- perial relations with England as an integral part of one great empire, and this he knew could never be done while the Roman Catholics remained outside the pale of the Constitution. When, therefore, the Relief Act passed, he and many more Irish gentlemen, who were actuated by similar motives, abandoned the corrupt and unscrupulous nest of agitators that O'Connell gathered about him to promote his Repeal delu ions, and in many able publications at the time he fearlessly exposed the wickedness and folly of the course upon which O'Connell had determined to enter. But his warning voice was of no avail—the great demagogue triumphed for the time, but only to descend to his grave a broken-hearted, dis appointed man, leaving his country a prey to famine, and on the brink of the revolution he had himself excited, but always shrunk -from realising. In many ways .4Eneas Macdonnell was a thorn in the side of the agitators. He remained faithful to the guarantees upon the strength of which the Relief Act was passed. His nice sense of honour would hot permit him to tamper with those guarantees—he ad mitted no equivocal constructions—he scorned to take refuge in quibbling—he repudiated all sophistical dis tinctions about the interpretation of the Roman Catholic oath, by which the word of promise was kept to the ear but broken to the hope—he declared boldly that no Roman Catholic admitted to Parliament could honoura bly use his privileges of membership to impair, much less to destroy, the Established Church ; and his letters on this subject were alike honourable to hie head and to hie heart. It will thus be readily understood that Mr. Macdonnell soon became a marked man among the abusive and vulgar horde that eongregated around O'Connell ; but he despised all the vituperation that was poured upon him, and kept on the even tenour of his way. He resided for many years in a cottage in the immediate vicinity of London, and having met with some pecuniary reverses, the late Duke of Wellington offered him an office which involved no political obligations whatever, and by the advice and solicitation of hisfriende ho accepted it. A few years ago he returned t 4 Ireland, and his last days were cheered by finding his country beginning to realize something like the peace and pros perity he confidently predicted would result from the great measure of relief he was so instrumental in carrying." THE WRECK OF THE FRENCH BRIG. Saunders's Newsletter of this morning states that the safety of the lives of seven more of the crew of the French brig wrecked at Kingstown on the night of the 4th inst. was yesterday notified to the French Consul in Dublin. "It appears that these men, who were fortunate to have with them the coasting pilot taken on board their ship when leaving Liverpool, were exposed for several hoer.) to the full force of- the gale in one of the ship's boats, which was greatly damaged, and was only kept afloat by constant baling ; they had only two oars, and could make no better attempt at sailing than Ly holding d up in turn the pilot's jacket. The latter sought first to their course towards Kingstown-harbour, but fail ing in this they made for flowth, which they fortunately succeeded in reaching, after suffering great hardships. In the unavoidable absence from indisposition of M. de Bourgraff, M. do Meric, the Vice-Consul, made every arrangement to provide comfortably for them, and to insure thorn the requisite attentions of which they stood so much in need, at the lodging-house in this city to which French mariners in distress are usually conducted. At a latter period of the day the area men who bad been brought into Kingstown were also 'brought to town, and joined their shipmates. These latter, of whom one had r ece i ve d a severe cut upon the bea d , h a d previously bee n t a k en on board her Majesty ' s ship Con way, and hospitably treated. No tidings whatever have been received of the remainder of the crew, and there is too much reason to fear that none will now be heard. Respecting the captain, who with all the offin B re is among the missing, there are different statements. One is that he with the others was in the second boat, which was seen to founder ; the other version being that he wa s th e unfortunate man whose corpse was seen up on t h e piece of drift wood, from which one of the sur v i vors was rescued ; according to this man ' s story his unf or t unate comrade had only died 10 m i nu t es before succour come to hand. The fishermen s t a t e th a t there was to o h eavy a sea to admit of their ta ki ng o ff the corpse, and that they had to drag the other seaman into their boat by throwing their lines over him. Ac cording to both accounts the captain was a young man, and was u p on h is first voyage to Brazil. The pilot furnished a detailed narrative of the occurrence, alleging that he was en d eavouring to get through ' the Swas h , , and that the vessel struck upon the India Bank.' Parties acqu a i nted with the coast are, however, at a loss to recon c il e t hi s assertion with the account given b y the French seamen of the lights observed, ace,, and the time which it w ou l d take for parties in their h e l p l ess condition to drift i nto the Bay of Dublin. It is cons id ere d probable that th e corpses will drift upon the northern coast ; the wreck, however, is broken into mere frag ments." SUSPECTED MURDER. The Cork Reporter has the following account of the death, under suspicious circumstances, of au official in the employ of the Killarney Junct i on Railway : " Early on Saturday morning last a man named James Barrett, a mileernan on the Ki'larney J un ction Railway, was found lyin g d ead in a cutting on the line at G-ort more, distant about half-a -mile from the Lorsbardstown s t a tion. It app ears that the deceased was at Mallow fair on Friday last, and retu rne d to the L orn b a rdstown station the same evening th e worse for drink ; h av ing left the station he proceeded to a publichouse in the neighbour hood, kept by a man named Buckley, where, it appears, he bad a dispute with some parties. He left the pubic house shortly alter, and nothing more was heard of him until the following morning, when, in consequence of his n ot having returned home, his wife went along the line in search of him, and found hi m w i th his han d s across the rail, and the body lying at r i g h t angles with the rails, the head resting on one arm ; the hands were cut across as if by the goods train, whieh, it is supposed, passed over them during the night ; two large cuts were on the o placedrailwa y, railway, in order to head — ens immediately behind th e l e f t ear, and' the other across the head ; there w ere also sev e ral marks ' on the chest • his cap was found some distance from the body on the line. From the a p pearance of the body andits people in the neighbo ur hood that the d ecease d wa s not killed by the train, but that the unf or t unate man was murdered Y, it is believed by the give it the appearance of an accide n t. Th e b o dy was s hortly after examined by Dr. Foott, o f Gortmore , w h o gave it as his opinion that death w as cause d by the i andn position then n the lwa wound behind the ear. Mr. Coroner D a l y s h or tly a ft er arrived and en3pannelled a ju r y, who viewed the body, and then adjourned the investigation until the 19th inst. No arrests have as yet been made. The general supposition in the neighbourhood is that the man was I murdered." Warwick k d a e u a d th it d INQUEST ON Mn. HUNT, POOR -LAW D ISTRICT A UDITOR district. H e wa s o ne o f —Au adjourned inq uest was held on W e d nes d a y, at Mr. Hunt, auditor of the passengers on the occas ion of the accident (last month) on the Oxford , Worcester , T y r L t W he ar O w x ic fo k ;dandW touching and oieer.ampton Railway, but he was not hurt —he was only shaken, and appeared qu it e well after it. Nevertheless, he died sud denly in a few days. On a post naortem examination it was found that he had died from escape of blood caused by the bursting of an aneurism formed on the abdominal aorta. On the previous Friday the deceased had alluded to the railway accident, and said that he had fallen with his side on the elbow of the seat in the carriage. The medical men were of opinion that the aneurism was first lacerated by the accident, and that the laceration afterwards increased, but that Mr. Hunt would in all probability have died at some time or other from the bursting of the aneurism, if no accident had happened. A. Government inquiry is to be made into the cause of the accident. The inquest was adjourned till yesterday. A GENEROUS MATOR.—The first official act of the new mayor of Cork was to visit the eity gaol, from whence he liberated all the pauper debtors there con fined, he paying the demands against them. , He also set at liberty a number of poor people who were under a rule of bail., NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday a district court-martial assembled at Chatham garrison, under the presidency of Major W. J. Chads, 64th Regiment, for the purpose of truing Corporal W. Hatton, 53d Regiment, on the following charges : " let. For having, in London, without leave from any lawful authority, left an escort proceeding from Chatham to Usk, Monmouthshire, of which he was in charge, on or about the 22d Dec., 1857, and not returning until the 26th, when he was found deficient of several articles ' of his regimental necessaries. "2d. For having, on or about the same time and place stated in the first charge, embezzled or made away with the sum of Si. 12s. 6d,, being public money intrusted to him for the purpose of subsisting the escort under his obarge, and of paying. the expenses of two prisomers whom howls directed to convoy from Usk to Chatham," The prisoner has been in the service only a short time, and has hitherto borne a very good character. evidence in support of the charge having been heard, the Court found the prisoner guilty. The non-commissioned officers and troops be longing to the Indian depots at Chatham, who have been for some time past attached to the School of Musketry at Hythe for the purpose of being trained for assistant instructors in musketry, have been directed to join their depot companies at Chatham, previously to their embarkation for India. The following officers, now undergoing in struction at Hythe, have also been directed to join their respective depots at Chatham, viz., Capt. R. H. Travers, 24th Regiment ; Captain J. M. Lyle, 29th Regiment ; and Lieut. R. Swift, 81st Regi ment. Agreeably to an Admiralty order, received at Chatham by Col. E. A. Parker, commandaut of that division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, the whole of the troops attached to the divisional head quarters were yesterday morning drawn up at the rear of their barracks for the purpose of witaes sing the infliction of corporal punishment on private John Williamq 6th company, who was adjudged by sentence of a district court-martial to receive 50 lashes for having been absent from bar racks and selling his kit. Although the prisoner has been only about 12 months in the corps of Royal Marines, he bears a most incorrigible charac ter, having been tried four times by court martial, and sentenced to various punishments. His de meanour yesterday during the inflic`ion of the punishment was most hardened. The prisoner was afterwards removed to Melville-hospital for medical treatment. A considerable period has elapsed since corporal punishment was inflicted at Chatham division of Royal Marines. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Jason arrived at Gravesend on Wednesday even ing from Southampton, having been chartered by the East India Board for the transport service. Her troop fittings afford ample accommoda►ion for upwards of 1,000 soldiers, and cabin berths for 40 officers. She has commenced receiving a large supply of munitions of war from Woolwich Arsenal, and is expected to sail in about 10 days hence for India. The freight-ship Lady Macnaghten, laden with 300 tons of shot, and other war stores from Gibral tar, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, and commenced discharging her cargo at the Arsedal-pier. Arrangements are in progress at Woolwich for the transfer of the offices composing the Field train Department, to be consolidated, most proba bly, with the Military Store Department, in con sequence of the Corps of Ordnance having been placed under the administration of the ° Horse Guards and the Ordnance Departments generally having been amalgamated with that of the Minister of War. The freightship Regina has commenced shipping war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Sierra Leone. The naval store transport Diligence, Master- Commander Crook, which vessel. sailed froth Wool- with on Saturday last, laden with dockyard and victualling stores for the Mediterranean, was obliged to lay to at the Nore on Sunday, having encountered a terrific gale of wind, pronounced by the Admiralty pilot to have been the most furious gal© he ever experienced. On approaching the North Foreland Mr. Barnes, finding it impossible to round the point, was obliged to put back to the Nore, where the Diligence was securely moored by two anchors. While riding at anchor a full-rigged American ship, the Chase, lying a mile ahead, dragged her anchors and drove down upon the Diligence, doing her considerable damage, dragging away liar bobstays, damaging bulwarks, tic. To prevent her becoming a total wreck the Diligence slipped her moorings, and bore up for Sheerness harbour, where she is ordered to be repaired. The Cospatrick, Capt. C. Scott, 1,500 tons, be longing to Messrs. Dunbar and Sons, of Limehouse, left - B1;ekwall yesterday morning for Portsmouth, where she will embark 450 troops, besides women and children, for the Cape of Good Hope. The length of the ship is 200 ft., and her spaces between decks are fitted up for more than 500 persons. It is expected she will make a quick ruu. DEATH OF ADMIRAL DOWNMAN. This venerable flag-officer died on Monday last at his seat in Hampshire, aged 95 yearS. He entered the navy in October, 1776, and while serv ing as midshipman in the Arethusa, was wrecked while in pursuit of an enemy's frigate off the Island of Moulins, when he was taken prisoner and detained nearly 12 months in France. He next joined the Edgar, Commodore C. Hotham, in which ship he was present at the relief of Gibraltar, and in Lcrd Howe's partial action with the combined fleets of France and Spain in Oct., 1782. As lieu tenant he assisted at the occupation of Toulon and the reduction of Corsica, and several gallant attacks on shore with the enemy. In 1794 he was appointed to the Victory, 100, flag-ship of Lord Hood, Rear- Admiral R. Mann, and Sir J. Jervis, and under the two last-mentioned admirals saw much service, being present at the action of July 13, 1795, and Ear J. Jervis's action with the Spanish 112 et in Feb., 1797. During the period ho held the command of the Speedy sloop, O'Byrne states that he "cap tured five Spanish privateers, carrying altogether 17 guns, 28 swivels, and 162 men, besides encoun tering off Vigo two very severe actions on the 3d and 4th Feb., 1791, with the French privateer Papillon, of 14 heavy guns and 160 men, which he beat off on both occasions." After obtaining post rank be was employed in the Santa affirothea, 42, off Malta ; and by his perseverance in the blockade of the fortress of Savona, which he compelled to Surrender, gained the thanks of the Admiral and the Admiralty authorities at home. After the bat tle of Marengo be destroyed all the for; ifications in the Gulf of Spezia, landed the Duke of Savoy and family at Naples, and was instrumental in sav ing the valuable gallery of Florence from falling into the hands of the French. He captured during his command the San Leon, Spanish man-of-war brig of 16 guns, besides making several other prizes. He was present under Sir H. Popham at the re duction of the Cape of Good Hope, and brought borne the despatches announcing the event. He was then ordered to the river de la Plata to take the command of the Diomede, and held various com mands up to the summer of 1825, when he obtained his flag. His commissions bore date as follows : Lieutenant, March 5, 1790 ; Commander, July 26, 1797 ; Captain, Dec. 26, 1798 ; Rear-Admiral, May 27, 1825 ; Vice-Admiral, Jan. 10, 1837 ; and Admiral, April 24, 1847. The gallant admiral was one of the reserved flag-officers in the receipt of service pension. He had received the naval me dal and two cl as p s f or the d e f e at of the Spanish fleet of Cape St. Vincent and for the expedition to Egypt in 1808. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. We regret to announce the death of Admiral Hugh Downman, which occurred at Hambledon, Hants, on Monday last. The gallant admiral bad reached the advanced ago of 95. This officer, who was born at Plymouth on the 29th October, 1765, is descended from a respectable family in Devon shire, of which his father was a younger branch. He entered the navy Oct. 10, 1776, as A.B. on board the Thetis, 32, Captains Mitchell, Graham, and John Gill, in which frigate he escorted home a large convoy of Indiamen from St. Helena. From August 14, 1778, until March 5, Ino, be was next employed, as midshipman, in the Arothusa and Emerald frigates, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Marshal—the Edgar, 74, Commodore Charles Hotham—the Queen, 98, Triumph, 74, and Bar fleur, 98, flag-ships at Portsmouth of Admirals John Montagu and Lord Hood—and the Crown, 64, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of the Hon. William Cornwallis. During that period, having been wrecked in the Arethusa, w hil e in pursuit of an enemy's frigate off the island of M on _ lines, Mr. Downman was detained a prisoner of war e n ; at the after i i n France, from March 1772 toJan p . re l s T which, when in the E d g ar, he was relief of Gibraltar , and in Lorj H owe ' I s partial, ac tion with the combined fleets olVrance and Spain, Oct. 20, 1782. On March 5, inl 790, as above, he wa s promoted to a lieutenancythe Perseverance, 36, Captain Isaac Smith, on the East I n d ia s t a t ion , whence, on being re-transferred to the Crown, he came home in May, 112 Going Inext appointed Jan. 2, 1793; to the Alcide; 74, Captain Robert , Linzee, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he officiated at the occupation of • Toulon and the reduction of Corsica. While on the tatter service he cut a gun-boat out from under a battery at St. Fiorenza—was present in the several attacks upon that place and Fornelli—headed a de tachment of 100 seamen, and planted the first gun upon the height commanding the tower of Mortella, preparatory to its surrender—and, antecedently to the final capture of Fornelli, a-- slated in dragging cannon up a stupendous rocky elevation, which commanded the Convention re doubt, and was deemed inaccessible near the summit. After a brief attachment to the Windsor Castle, 98, into which Commodore Liuzee had been removed on his promotion to flag rank, Mr. Down- Man was appointed, Oct. 7, 1794, to the. Victory, 100, successively flag-ship of Lord Hood, Rear Admiral Robert Maim, and Sir John Jervis ; under the`two last of whom he appears to have-been re spectively present in the actions of July 13, 1795, and Feb. 14, 1797. On July 26 following he was confirmed in the command of the Speedy, sloop, of 14 4-pounders and 80 men, to whom 'he had been recently promoted from the' Vile de Paris ; and while in that vessel he capturedifive Spanish pri vateers, carrying altogether. 17 guns, 28 swivels, and 162 men, besides encountering. off Vigo two very severe aetions, Feb. 3 and 4, 1798, with the French privateer Papillon, of 14 heavy guns and 160 men, which he beat off on both occasions, with a loss to the Speedy of 5 men killed and 4 wounded. Being officially posted, Dec. 26, 1791, in the Santa Dorothea, of 42 guns, a ship he had joined in the previous September, ' Captain Downman (whose services in the Speedy had been acknowledged by the presentation to him of a piece of plate, valued at 501. from the British merchants at Oporto) was subsequently employed off Malta, and with a per severance highly creditable, at the blockade, in the spring of 1800, of the important fortress of Savona, which he ultimately compelled to surrender. He also, after the battle of Marengo, destroyed all the fortifications in the Gulf of Spezia, landed the Duke of Savoy and family at Naples, and preserved the valuable gallery of Florence from falling into the hands of the enemy, by convoying it in safety to Sicily. For these services Captain Dowuman was presented with a diamond'ring both by the Duchess of Savoy and by the Grand Duke of Tuscany. We afterwards find him, in July, 1801, escorting three Swiss regiments and the corps of Lamenstein, to Egypt, where he was awarded the gold medal of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, and then em ployed in enforcing the neutrality of Tripoli and Dearn. Among the numerous prizes made by Captain Downman during his com mand of the Santa Dorothea, we may enumerate the capture of the San Leon, Spanish man-of war brig, of 16 guns and 88 men—of three vessels from Egypt, having on board General Desaix and the staff of Bonaparte —of other craft cut out, with the loss of 12 men, from the batteries of Bordiguera and Hospitallier—and of the Bull-dog (formerly British), of 16 guns, brought out from Gallipoli. From April, 1801, to August, 1802, and from De cember, 1803, to November, 1805, he was subse quently employed as flag eaptain to Sir James Saumarez in the Caesar, 80, and Diomede, 50, on the Lisbon and Guernsey stations. He then joined the Diadem '64, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Home Popitam ; and after witnessing the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope, brought home the despatches announcing that event. Being im mediately ordered to the Rio de la Plata, he there resumed command of his former ship, the Diomede, in which subsequently to the fall of Monte Video, be returned to England with the present Lord Beresford, and was paid off in June, 1807. From Sept. 8 following, Until appointed, Jan. 14, 1811, to the Princess Caroline, 74, Captain Downtnan next superintended the prison ships at Portsmouth. After assisting at the destruction, on March 25th, of the latter year, of the French 40-gun frigate Amazoae, near Cape Barfleur, he convoyed a fleet of Indiamen to Madeira, on his return from which place he was sent to cruise in the North Sea, where we find him early in 1814 landing the marines of the ship at Scheveling for the support of the Prince of Orange. He made a further voyage to Spitzbeicren,and was put out of commission ' Sept. 22, 1814. His last appointment appears to have been on Dec. 2, 1824, to the Windsor Castle, 74, at Portsmouth. He acquired the rank of vice admiral en the 10th of January,lB37, admiral on the 24th April, 1817. Admiral Downman was one of the seniors to receive the offer of reserved half-pay and a service pension, July 1, 1851. A vacancy having now occurred in this list, the promotion of the senior captain to flag rank will take place. The first on the list of promo tion is Captain Edward Stanley (1838), but that officer not having served his full time as a captain, he will be placed on the rear admirals' reserved half-pay list. Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart., K.C.B. Surveyor of the Navy, being the next senior eligible for promotion to the active list, be- comes sear admiral of the blue. Sir Baldwin Walker's cheer hasbeen an active and distinguished one. According to " O'Byrne's Biography" he entered the navy July, 1812. He was made a lieutenant in' 1820, and served almost continuously for 14 years in that rank. He was in the Brazen, 26, with Captain Willie, in South America and the coast of Africa ; and in the Rattlesnake, 28, and eilitna, bomb, in the Mediterranean. As first lieu tenant of the latter ship, in 1828, he was engaged against the forces of the Ottoman Porte, and dis tinguished himself with Captain Lushington, in the gallant attack and redaction of Morea Castle, the last stronghold of the Turks at Pe'oponnesus. For these services he was made a Knieht of the Legion of Honour and of the Redeemer of Greece ; but he served in the Asia, 84, and Britannia, 120, flag ships of Sir Pulteuey Malcolm, and as senior of the Barham, 50, until 1834, as " the ablest first lieu tenant in the service," before he got his promotion. As a commander he served in Sir Wm. Symond's new 80- g un ship, Vanguard, with Captain Hon. D. P. Bouverie, and Sir Thomas Fellowes, from September, 1836, to November, 1838, when leaving been promoted to the rank of captain he volunteered to serve in the Turkish navy, which he so re-orga nised and reformed that at least some efficient por tion of the fleet remained loyal amidst almost universal treachery ; and under him as their admiral, took a distinguished past with the British fleet in all the operations on the coast of Syria. He distinguished himself in the attack upon Beyrout, as noticed in the official despatches published in the Gazette in 1840, where his zealous, persevering, and active exertions are warmly praised by the commander-in-chief, Sir Robert Stopford, and subsequently, in his flag ship led the fleet into the attack upon St. Jean d'Acre. He was nominated an honorary knight commander of the Bath in 1841, and in con , ideration of the eminent services he had rendered to the government whilst, as it were, self-expatriated from the Royal navy, he was allowed by special order in council to reckon his time served in the Turkish navy as if he had commanded a British man-of-war. In 1846 he was appointed to the command of the three ' decker Queen, 116, and sailing with the fleet from Spithead in the presence of her Majesty and the court, he commanded that ship in the important experimental trial sailings that subsequently took e ,place. His last command afloat was that of the new 50-gun frigate Constance, us the West Indies and Pacific, until 1848, when ee was appointed succeed Sir William Symonds as Surveyor the only th to e Navy. At that date, it is well known, ly of screw slips the converted 74's—Blenhe im, A j ax, hips in the service, besidesthsge.inntergadlenHfssopaoroiglrtiuitege, vessel&o. paddle-wheeltlr e steamer b e e r en de a si Royal navy. In addition to the honours before enumerated Sir Baldwin is a knight of the second class of the Iron Crown of Austria, of the second class of St. Anne of Russia ; and of the second class of the Red Eagle of Prussia. For his services ships the ps ih a c d ei r st o sel n itir s ne o ixli f ng t la ib te le w st a r r e , n w g l i i h en to th er e a c a o te un fi t e r e y ts p a u n t a of all classes, Sir Baldwin Walker was created a baronet. By the promotion of Sir B a ld w i n W a lk er t h e nomination of a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen falls to the p a t ronage of the First Lord of the Ad miralty, and Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., private secretary to the First Lord, becomes a paid A.D.C. Captain the Hon. Edward Howard (1838) will be the senior on the ac ti ve li st, b ut not b e i ng eligible for active flag rank, Captain Milne (1830), one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is the senior for pro motion to rear-admiral of the blue. FATAL FALL DOWN STAllM—Yesterday morning a fatal accident happened to a female, named Ann Aid honour, aged 62 years, residing at 3, Cheshire-street, Bethnal-green. It seems that the deceased was in the act of descending the staircase, when she by some means blipped and fell to the bottom, and when raised up she was found to be in a state of paralysis. Mr. Rolph, surgeon, was called, and pronounced the deceased to be suffering from fracture of the upper cervical vertebra) of the neck. The deceased shortly afterwards died from the elects of the injury. DELIVERY OF DAY MAIL LETTERS. The day mail letters brought by the London and North Westcrn Railway reach St. Martin's-le-Grand 11.30 a. m. As it was found to be impossible to prepare the whole of these letters for the 12 o'clock delivery, the practice has been to send out those for the City (with some exception•) at 12, and those for all other parts of London at 1 o'clock. Arrangements, however, have now been m a d e f or in chiding the whole of these letters in the 12 o'clock deli very, provided they are properly addressed to the postal districts for which they are intended, as in that case they wi . l undergo a preparatory assortment before reaching London. Any letters not so addressed, whether for the City, or other parts of London, will be wholly sorted at St. Martin's-le-Grand and sent out at 1 p.m. This arrangement will come into operation on the let of Feb. next. At the same time, a similar rule will be extended to the numerous mails reaching London in the afternoon. Thus, whenever, from late arrival or other cause, it is possible to include part, but not the whole, of the letters in the next delivery, a selection for such delivery will be made of those properly addressed to the postal districts. It is suggested, therefore, that in the mean time every resident in London, who desires to seek an e ar ly deli very, in his case, of the large class of letters referred to, should be especially careful to act on the recommenda tion in the notice of Dec., 18513, by making the name of his postal district part of his own address, either in the inside of letters, or in any other way ; and, when neces sary, by calling attention to his correspondents thereto, so as to induce them to address their letters fully. As already notified, the name of the district may be indicated by the initials, or any other contraction, or may be given in full ; and, especially when forming part of the address outside the letter, should be legibly writ ten in a separate line and should, in all cases, end the address, as shown in the following example ; otherwise, in the hurry of business, it may be overlooked : James Thompson, Esq., 500, Piccadilly, London The London Directory, the Court Guide, the Law List, and the Parliamentary Companion for 1858, will, it is understood, have the initial letters appended to every address. Information as to the district in which any part of London or its environs is included may also be obtained in either of the following publications, which can be pro cured at every head post-office, and every London dis trict receiving house. 1. "The British Postal Guide," published quarterly. Price 6d. 2. "An alphabetic list of the principal streets and places in London and its environs, as divided into postal districts." Price ld. 3. A similar list, in larger type, and asucumprtuied by maps. Price IR. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary, General Post-office, Jan., 1858. DIRECTION OF LETTERS FOR LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS. The Postmaster-General has again called attention to the fact that, in order to promote rapidity and correct ness in the delivery of letters, London and its environs have, far postal purposes, been divided into, ten districts, each to be treated in many respects, as a separate town. To render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly re• quests that every means may be taken by the public for causing letters to be directed Recording to the district for which they are intended. The initial of the name of such district will suffice ; but, if preferred, any other contraction, or the name in full, may be used instead. In the direction of a letter, the initials, or initial, as the case may be, should be legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end the address, as shown in the following example : James Thompson, Esq , 509, Piccadilly, London, W. except when the letter is posted in a London district, and then the word London may be omitted. The London Directory, the Court Guide, the Law List, and the Parliamentary Companion for 1588, will, it is understood, have the initial letter appended to every address. Information as to the district in which any part of London or its environs is included may also be obtained in either of the following publications, which can be procured at every head post-office and every London District Receiving -house :- 1. " The British Postal Guide," published quarterly. Price 6d. 2. "An alphabetical list of the principal streets and places in London and its environs, as divided into postal districts." Price ld. 3. A similar list, in larger type, and accompanied by maps. Price is. It has been suggested to residents in London and the neighbourhood that they should give the initials of the district in which they live whenever they communicate their own addresses either in the inside of letters or in any other way ; and it is hoped that their correspon dents will carefully repeat the initials so given when directing letters in reply. A careful attention to this request is the more im portant, because, commencing with the let February next, the following rule will be observed with regard to all mails reaching London after the first morning deli very, viz.:—When any of these mails arrive at such an hour that it is possible to include part but not the whole of the letters in the next delivery, a selection for such delivery will be made of those properly addressed to the postal districts, the remaining letters being sent out by the following delivery. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE CALE- DONIAN RAILWAY. FIVE MEN BILLED. On Tuesday evening, about i o'clock, an accident of a very terrible character occurred on the Caledonian Railway, at the branch line in course of construction between Gartcosh and Gartsherrie stations. So far as we have been able to ascertain, the accident, which has resulted' in the death of five individuals, arose under the following circumstances :—ln the construction of the branch line alluded to, a large number of navvies em ployed by the contractors were engaged during the day until the usual hour of leaving off work, 6 o'clock, p.m. At that hour about 100 of them, leaving the branch, crossed over on the main line, for the purpose of going home along it. They had not proceeded many yards, however, when their attention was. attracted by the noise of a train of empty mineral waggons which was proceeding up towards Coat-bridge, in which direction they themselves were going. On seeing the lights of the engine immediately behind them, they at once crossed to the down line, in order to avoid accident. They had scarcely done so, however, when they perceived the Carlisle down goods train dashing along in front of them at the rate of about 18 miles an hour. The men were at once panic-struck, thus seeing danger on both sides of them. The greater portion succeeding in get ting out of the way by standing in the six feet space between the " up" and " down" rails, but unfortunately five of them were instantly crushed to pieces, frag ments of their bodies being scattered about in a most frightful manner. The head of one of the wretched sufferers was literally severed from the body; another one was cut in two by the wheels ; one had his feet smashed to almost a pulp ; and others were more or less mutilated, the waggons were thrown off the rail by the shock, which occurred so suddenly that the engine-driver was only then made aware of the fact that an accident bad occurred. In addition to the five killed ; two are lying dangerously wounded—one of them in an almost helpless condition—in the Glas gow Royal Infirmary, A number of men acquainted with the cultivation of Vines have just been engaged in different departments of France to go to Australia, where the cultivation of the vines of Burgundy and Bordeau has perfectly suc ceeded, //X C V r"-e--egj [PRlcin 40. STAMTED r) •_ll ~~ ~~~ . -rte;' Yesterday a nieetine:Of the Repkaalgtional boat,lnatitution was held tit itirhouseMoluare - - Adel hi. Thomas Chapman, T+'. R. a, - in the chair. - There were also present AdmirAl Caton, Captain Washington; R.N., F. R. s; Captain MeHardy, RN., Rev. C. B. Gribble, M. A:, George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Alexander Boeti-feur, Esq., Captain Lambert Perrott, C a pt a i n W. •a. - 11;11, - RN., C. 8., F.R.S. Admiral Bullock;--Mgder Palmer, and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector M e: b oa t s to the society. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, The silver medal of the institution and 21.- were voted to Mr. O'Sullivan, chief boatman of the Coast Guard, and 211. to ten other men for rescuing, at the great peril of their lives, the crew, consistin g of eleven men, of the brig Sona Fratella, which, dur ing an awful gale of wind, was wrecked off Black Ball Heau, on the coast of Antrim on the 2d tilt. When observed, the brig was standing for the land, and on nearing the shore she attempted to weather the head, - but failing to do so, owing to the violence of the galoand the heavy sea, she had to bear up and run under the lee of the White Ball rocks. There she drifted from her anchor and went head-, long on the rocks, becoming instantly a thousand pieces. At this time the Coast Guard men, with the promptitude and gallantry which alwgys dis tinguish them on occasions of shipwreck, plat Off in their little boat, and at the critical momentoisin few moments after no human aid could have pos sibly availed, rescued the master and eight of his crew. • The five fishermen nobly seconded the efforts of the Coast Guard by taking off the two re maining men Of the mow, at the great hazard of their lives. The whole time occupied in this good work was hardly half an hour. Such is the' class of noble men who are constantly engaged in our life- boats and shoieboats in saving their fellow-crea tures from the horrors of shipwreck. A reward of 21. was granted to two fishermen,for putting off in their boat .and rescuing, at the great risk of their lives, the crew of three men of the smack Lady Emma, which; during a heavy gale of wind sank on Irvine Bar on the loth ult. A pilo t boat, manned by six men, had previously attempted to reach the wreck, but the fishermen'persevered and fortunately succeeded in taking off the three men. The fishermen's boat was filled by the heavy seas rolling into her, and the whole were in very great danger of perishing. A reward was also voted to-seven men, in consi deration of their valuable servicesin putting off in their coble and rescuing, at the risk of their lives, the crew of five men of the brig Zillah, of Whitby, which, during a gale of wind, was wrecked off Win terton, Norfolk. The coble had to go through . a very heavy sea and broken water, and it was a mercy she was not swamped on the occasion, or stove by the floating wreck. All the stern part of the ship had gone, and the crew were taken off the rigging. PRESERVATION OF ET P 4 F.IZ:MOtk OK: ,CP-Aapif During the past month the institution had trans mitted to the Australian governors several sets of lifeboats and transporting carriages. Others wore to be despatched during the current month. A communication was read from the Board of Trade, expressing their approval of the manlier in which the institution managed its numerous life boats, and promising their continu e d su pp or t f rom the ercantile Marine Fund in aid of the °entrant tions of the public towards the maintenance in fall vigour of the institution. It was reported that the Norfolk Shipwreck Association had joined the institution. The inspec tor of lifeboats had thereupon immediately pro ceeded to examine the lifeboats on the Norfolk coast. His report, which was read to the meeting, was full of recommendations regarding the renova tion of some of the lifeboats. Measures were adopted to carry out forthwith these recommenda tions. The institution had at present, it was aaid,:7o lifeboats in connection with it, to each-of-which is A coxswain, or master _and a volunteer crew, wh o went afloat in the bo ats every quarter for exercise. The average expense of each lifeboat in this respect alone was 201. a-year, besides the large expense of keeping the lifeboat establishment in a thorough state of repair. The society is also now building lifeboats for Hastings, Holyhead, Groomsport, Ardmore, and several other places, and its , liabili ties for these, and for boat-houses and transporting carriages are nearly 3,0001. Under these circum stances the institution has good reason to make an urgent appeal for public support, which we hope will-be given to it, for amongst the many use ful societies in this country, none is more valuable than the National Lifeboat Institution. By the lamented deaths of Admiral the Earl Spencer, Admiral 'Sir F; Beaufolt; with that of the Earl of ilchester, the institution had, - it was said, lost valuable contributions to its funds. The proceedings then 'closed. • FEARFUL DEATH OF TWO COLLIERS.- GROSS NEGLECT OF A STEWARD. Last week we reported that a fearful accident had occurred at a coal mine near Dodworth, in the Barnsley district, by which two colliers came to a cruel death. The inquest was adjourned in order that the Government inspector might examine the trine, it being alleged that the under-steward had gross'y mismanaged the ventilation. The explosion only partially affected the workings, but the two victims were overwhelmed and buried in the ruins, and their cries for assistance did not cease for seve ral hours after the accident. Mr. Hamer, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the proprietors of the col liery. The evidence showed that there was great laxity in the management of the colliery, and that the rules in many instances were a dead letter. In examination by Mr. Morton, Samuel Steam, the steward, acknowledged that there was no real deputy in the night shift. Witness was respon sible for the ventilation in the pit. George Rhodes, a miner, after the gas had fired at bis lamp, told Wm. Carr, the deputy, that there was more gas than there should be, but Carr paid no heed, and witness and he had found fault with miners for blowing out th€-Ir lamps. Witness told Mr. Stears that the place was not fit to work in on account of gas ; Stears replied that it was no worse than. usual. Both Stears and Carr saw it in a fiery con dition ; and Carr was with witness when it fired. Williatn Carr, deputy, said he knew that Rule 9 required that they should have a deputy by night when working double shifts, but he never told Mr. Steals that they ought to have one. Witness, with Mr. &ears, was responsible for the ventilation. After some further evidence, the coroner summed up, and the jury, after a deliberation of five hours and a half, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased, George Chappil and Richard Turner, died from the effects of burns received in an explo sion of fire-dame in the engine pit at the Strafford collitry, but the cause of the explosion is not proved. The jury are also of opinion that the evi dence shows a great want of care in the general management and ventilation of the pit, and the incompetency of the steward." Ten of the jury were in favour of sending Stear s for trial for manslaughter, and stood out for severe 1 hours ; but the coroner gave some information on the I.tw of the case, and the above verdict was returned. The proceedings did not close until ten o'clock. The proprietors have now engaged the services of an efficient under-viewer, under whose hoped that these fearful explosions will be management teidt is averted. ~. DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. FOUR MEN KILLED. On Wednesday morni ng an accident, by which four me n lost their lives, occurred at the colliery belonging to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Icillamarsh, near Sheffield. The casualty occurred by an extraordinary fatality. On Tuesday night a fire was kindled at the top of the shalt, to prevent the formation of ice, and this fire communi cated with the pit rope and scorched it. This was told to the men, who refused to descend on Wednesday morning until it had been ascez'ained that the rope was safe. Experiments were made which appeared to estab lish the safety of the rope, and 60 or 70 of the men de scended the mi ne . Th e l ast par t y to d escen d consisted of three brothers, named Senior, and a man named Turton. They were reluctant to descend, but being tie encouraged by their comrades, they stepped into more" co r a Unhappily, ntwo yar yards whenthe chair r rope ed gave not w ay, b e s e h n a f andt,a lowered thedis tance men were precipitated to the bottom of th e of 230 feet. When the men who were already at the bottom examined the bodies, two were found quite dead, and the others lingered half an hour. One of the brothers Senior had been thrown against the edge of the corf, which had completely severed one of his arms from his body. The bodies were removed from the mine to await the coroner's inquest. THE NEWS FROM INDIA. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—A universal feeling of regret spread over the entire community when the Indian news was made public this morning, announcing the death of the brave Gen. Havelock and the reverses sustained by Gen. Windham's division. In compliment to the memory of the deceased hero the ensign of the Town-hall Was heisted half-mast high, and the sympathy expresst know general, that he was not spared even so long ase and ga l' the value the country placed upon hi s valuibi lent services. wa s felt in all M A NCHESTER, Thureday. —G e r re g ret wea: oly fin. Havelock's circles this morning a o e . f Wi n bam formed of the latter officer, Great expectat i ons had b WA was en regal. e d d as almost equal to the so that the n h"d became known. deathloss oandboth. t e disaster I V so he ed 'to