The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

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A.LI3A.NS HEAD,DEC. 17 —Windhound, -...e vi. ~ . OF F ueo, for Antwerp. Bil l ' TRE START Dec. 17'—Lanark, St. John's, New 011p3w,,Ick, for Londo for Liv e v rifx2ANce, Dec. 1 7.—Elizabeth, Newby, London, 1,j:1)001; leaky. Stir . hi• Doe, DEC. 16 .—Arrd. Royal William, 18 t h ,„ 1 • 13 s, Dac 19 W . dW.toW S W. light.—Sld , west • *--• in •• • /411 orland, Suez and Bombay. Quebec.. _. Nite:rsLerooL, DEC. 19.—Wind W.S.NV.—SId. Thetis . , ‘ ` 4B t., -t. Th °nlas. The Agenoria, of Shields, on shore 11th ‘,.. as been condemned; materials saved. 1,14..,a,',,T,_11, Dec. 18.—An oar marked "T. A. London, h4 , t erda "a a rudder and tiller, &c., came ashore near here ki,,, z ,Z* %ix „,,7 00 L, Dec. 1 9.—The Farewell, from New York to Ititlrr''' Was abandoned on the 27th alt., lat. 40, lon. 56, tmtennitie feet water in her hold, and pumps choked ; crew quld s , °f . r bY the Sheffield arrived here. The Sir . Isaac Lyon de ad - ' 1 (1, from St. Jagode, Cuba, to Swansea, with two men 1 1 4 dand three laid up with fever, was spoken on the 13th 1 1 . e 40 1 lon. 64, by the Niagara, Russell, arrived here. An ti ' 44 , from Quebec to Swansea, has been wiecked on Iler,v"te; crew and horses saved. 2oth. A vessel's mast, I,,ltrodicular in the water with a g ilt ball on the masthead, k t ,b.Pkued on the 12th hist., lat. 48, lon. 21, by the Isabella, d;. 'l/2 arrived here. The Clifford has been spoken at sea, - "'„ l •lasted. kk,ig. t N 8 .”11 DEC. 19 . —Wind W.S.W. to N.W. moderate.-21 ci .," : a ' fresh.—Arrd. 20, Mary Sparks, e a i e m u e.!_ of Buccleugh, Collier ,Calcutta G 1 1 . , Isabellal Johnson, Bus a li w by ; China; titiu s ' a JaPan, Tinte, Mauritius: Caroline, re Hughes, Mau- Blvth Paddle, Mauritius; Tweed, Walker, 4Shii 'Pe Coast Castle •.' Clipper, Africa; Jess)" , S'i '6116' Ca11a0,,.1, eld,; rebo ' n ,a Vandycke, Valparaiso for Hamburi, , tue-wan'ol3rileaannesh.ard, Havannah • Robert G. Shaw, Dunbar, n Hardee Swill ' New Orleans, for Bremen; 'eti rc r a n , l'Clv Orleans, ' for Bremen; Queen Victoria, e ibeniteLest. ton, i for Hull • Othello, Honduras; Camillus,. S_p e ra l g .. g w , ' t4rk, -- a ra ; Ruby, illay, St. Kitts; Roland, .Steengratr, Ne New York ; V sailed for Antwerp; Lanarkshire, Turner, pl anter, — c e il li Pse, SE. John's for Ipswich; George , . , Quebec; las orb ester b ester, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, lom ikd t not, Thompson, Port Philip; Kingston, Harwood, 4 on e , i r e ? South Australia ; Mountstewart Elphinston,.Tho . m- Ydn Yu eY, New South Wales ;. Thomas King, sohhins, 14 - ,Y, l‘rew South Wales; Amelia Mulholland : Wilkinson, enritius • St Vincent's sailed,lnter, Ryan, Sierra Leone. t ~41. front the . River and Mountain Maid, Robertson, ''e of Good Hope. Put bacy;Alexander, for Havannah. oc, Ansi:motion, DEC. 19.—The Trent, Melvin, from Lynn Ninderiand, came on sho re near h ere to-day, andis ex vetted to be a Wtalwreck. DEC.l9.—The Walter, from London to Fal -444,131.5GATE, ...... o Z t o '• 11 the main near Shingle End, 17th inst., 11: .„s u l t ) h e ' en w g h o ie t h ot i f, and has arrived here. rux.wieLt, Dec. 18.—About 121 barrels of flour have bean ira, lahed on shore near Portitillaen, supposed to be from the -els wrecked on the Skerries. l'lLProgress, Webster, from Riga TREHEAD, DEC. 17. — The t o Le ''' , riuonderry:, put in here to-day, leaky,. and with pump wt. ' to ted, and it is expected will have to discharge. L. L/THAst, DEC. 19.—The Lennah, M•Gechan ia , e fr k o p m n,d bank near B lv th er is - I/° °,„ I to Bani a a, struck on a - -gor ti i 'Prat. ng , and was run . on . shoT er a y t d t a h m is a p g o e r a t, st n a e te a . rly full of - r• Car o discharging in a N . 1',,, g XXOUTII, DE 20,—The headtal of a vessel, with the 4-11,11 e Mansfield in yellow Roman letters upon a black ground , th.` 4 , t wo small pieces of a elinker-built boat, painted green -- ' 44 e, were picked up, 18th inst, off Winterton. A., k a _ 4l4 /lIIING FIRE IT THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF Aft;,„, W. ELLIS, M.P. FOR LEICESTER. - Yesterday tail sir — ",„ ; ° ° ll (Sunday), shortly before one o'clock, an \'Q — "trig fire broke out in the private residence of Mr. Ybb Ellis , M.P. for Leicester, situate at 40, Cadogan- Pla< \Cadogar-square, Chelsea. The flsmes were first 7reei. ed by a groom, while passing through the square. 4i,„ t " ( 133e they were raging in h and . front. pjiristan t owous alarm was raised by dint . of great fl a i i ieYer an „ ‘t h ,:s firemen succeeded in getting the d a tn i e s exti ngu i s h ed but not before a very considerable - of &macre was ' di.'" by fire and water, the third front roo ms being e ztensively burned, and the Ip , - ti;glre therein destroyed The fire originated through o:_ov'erheat of a stove • belongling to Mr. Jacobs, the l er of the adjoining house. N iid h eavy commercial failure has taken place 0 Ittr erland, in the bankruptcy of Mr. Richard White, a t•bir s hiP and coal owner. His liabilities are consider tte and it is said the assets of the estate will be of o ns t i ng amount, the property of the bankrupt being ex hay v elY mortgaged, or otherwise secured to parties who " aiade advances upon it. Mr. White is an alderman three years ago. He is also in the commission of the ' 14 % for that borougb, and for the county Piirilgo, COMMON PLVAS—(TiIIs DAV.) The ()cruet was engaged all the morning with a cage, Young v. Limey, respecting the infringement of a patent, but the particulars were of no interest except to the parties concerned. the other ztdo or the water would have to go half a mile further than at present in order to reach St. James's and Hyde Parks. Besides, the Go vernment had sanctioned a new street running towards Westminster- bridge, and the parties in whose hands it was placed are bound to compli -, te it under the pain of heavy penalties. Could they believe that the G o verum nu t, after bringing responsible men into an under, aking like that new street, would render the improvement pertectly useless, by placieg a bridge at some distance from, and compelling the traffic wishing to cross the river to go a considerable , distance round? He did think then that he was justified in saying that the project was one which was calculated to injure every body who had property in the neighbourhood of the present site, and do no public service whatever.—(Hear, hear.) Believing that they would agree with him in these sentiments, he would proceed to read a series of resolutions which the directors had framed, with a view of opposing the pro position in the ensuing session of Parliament. Three bridges with so many piers would be a serious interruption to the navigation of the river. It was a subject, however, of which he hoped the City would take cognizance. It had always been a great point with them not to have too many arches on account of the navigation. Judgin g by the plans of the new bridge, he thought it would have seven or eight piers, and that the arches would be low, and this was proposed to be done at a short distance from their own and Waterloo bridge. The directors thought that as this was a matter of the greatest importance to the shareholders of the bridge, and to the market company, that it would be moat desirable that a Parliamentary Committee, the appointment of which the directors proposed, to watch whatever proceedings might be taken with respect to the new bridge, should contain some one highly connected with the Market Company. They therefore proposed that it should consist, in addi tion to several of the directors of the Bridge Company, of one of the largest shareholders' and proprietors, and the deputy-chairman of the Market Company, if he would do them the favour to accept a seat in the committee.—(Hear, hear.) The directors thought that by the adoption of this plan they should have the aid of the Market Com pany, which they considered very important, and also that the friendly intercourse which would thus be engendered would tend to the amicable settlement of matters which hitherto they had not been able satisfac torily to adjust. The chairman concluded by submitting the first proposition. Mr. FEW suggested the addition " of Charing cross bridge, so recently sanctioned by Parliament," and the expulsion of the word " alarm." The CIIAIRMA.N thought they might justly use the word, as they were more than surprised by the an• nouncement of the new bridge. Mr. FEW thought they had no cause for alarm, as the Legislature would never sanction the project. Another SIIARETIOLDER considered that as the Le gislature had sanctioned the construction of Charing cross• bridge, they would not be so unjust as to utterly destroy their property. Mr. SFUTELY, the deputy chairman of the Market Company, said that as that was the first time he had heard of the proposition of adding him to the committee, he must have time for consideration. _ _ DEATH FRoNT STARVATION. A shocking case of destitution has just occurred at Worcester, where a woman named Dovey was left for 24 hours by the parish authorities without relief during her confinement, in an empty h ouse , w ithout a bit of covering for her newly-bor n b a b a , which was consequently killedby the intensity of the frost and want of proper care. It appears that the relieving °racer was applied to by the sister of the child's mother, but he at first refused to at tend to the case, because the woman had had a child [A fore, and actually did not make any further inquiries into it until after a lapse of 24 hours. Meanwhile the child died. AIAW3R(i-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) James Ewer, a respectable-looking young man, was charged with robbing John F. Nehan. James Naigle, barman at the Tower public-lsouse, in Tower-street, said he was told on Saturday night that several persons in the taproom were plotting to rob a gentleman there. Ho went in and saw a gentleman sit ting there helplessly drunk, with two valuable hand kerchiefs about his neck hanging quite loose, a handsome watch, with guard-chain adappendages, all of gold, on his person, but quite exposed and loose, and three or four gold rings on his fingers. In the room at the same time, and about him, there could not have been less than twenty persons, most of them ill disposed and suspected. When he laid hold of the gentleman to take him out of the room several of them opposed it, and expressed their disapprobation, and some cried out,"Knock him down," meaning witness. The pot-boy then said to the prisoner, " Come give up the handkerchief that you have got;" but he denied having any handkerchief. However, as witness saw that he held his hand obstinately in his pocket, he insisted on his giving it up, and he then pulled out a handkerchief and gave it up. John Frederick Nehan identified, and said the hand kerchief was his, but he could not say who hat taken it from him. The prisoner, who had not been seen by any one to take the handkerchief, said he put it in his pocket as a thing which nobody owned. Ha gave a good account of himself, which was found to be true, and ha was dis charged. The Goldsmiths' Company sent in their annual dona tion of 101. in aid of the poor-box. The facts developer' on the inquest, which was held on the body of the infant on Friday, are really startling, as showing the amount of rithery suffered by some of the poor during the late inclement weather. The inquest was held before Mr. J. Tymbs, coroner, at the Gloucester Arms Inn, and the following are extracts from the evi dence:— Ann Pool, a midwife who attends the poor of Wor cester, deposed that she was called in to see Sarah Davey, the mother of the infant, whom she found lying on the bare floor in an empty Louse, in Bridport-street, Worcester. She had no covering over her, and nothing whatever to protect her from the severity of the weather but an old gown. There was a very little fire in the grate, but there was no bed or fin niture either in the room in which the woman was lying, or in any other part of the house. The woman had for her pillow two bare bricks. The midwife went on to say, that she delivered Dovey of the infant, which was full grown and apparently very healthy. The woman had no clothes for the child, and her partner (a man named Boulton, with whom she lived, but to whom she was not married) was obliged to strip himself of his shirt, in order to :Afford a covering for the child. In this old shirt the child was wrapped. The midwife, though the parties were too poor to pay her for her services, was so struck with their misery and destitution, that she subsequently purchased with her own scanty means some baby-linen for the child, which she found on the second visit to be very cold. -On the following day she visited her patient again, and found her in the same destitute condition in which she had left her. The woman ob jected to go to the workhouse, and said she should soon get about again. Her child was then lying on her bo som. It appeared fast sinking, and was very cold. She considered that the child died rather from exposure to the cold than from want of prop e r nourishment. Elizabeth Scott, Sarah Dovey's sister, corroborated the testimony of the first witness as to the destitute eon diti in of her sister and Boulton at the period of her sis ter's confinement. Oa the day after the confinement she went to the relieving officer of the district (Mr. Crisp), and applid to him for assistance to the lying-in woman. Crisp applied abusive epithets to Dovey, and said he should not go to her that day. Witness told him that if they had not some immediate help, both the mother and child would be lost for want, for they had not a bit of food in the house, Boulton having been unable to work for three weeks, in consequenc e of lameness. Crisp replied that it would only " serve her right," and with that humane observation on his lips, Mrs. Scott left him. She believed the child had died from want of proper protection from the inclemency of the weather. Mr. Woodward, surgeon, who was not called in until the child was dead, gave his opinion also that it bad died from inflammation of the lungs, brought on from cold. Mary Grubb and Elizabeth Davis gave similar evi dence to the previous witnesses as to the destitute con dition of the mother. The fotiiner, .by direction of Mr. Sidebottom,the police magistrate, took to the house a blanket to cover the woman, and gave them Is. for pre sent necessities. This was after the affair had become known. There was iio fire at all in the house during a considerable portion of the time while the woman was lying-in. Mr. Crisp, the relieving-officer, was called in by the Coroner, and questioned by him and the jury as to his omission of duty in not furnishing the starving family with necessaries when app:ied to. lle denied that he had been told by any one that the woman was destitute of bedding. When questioned as to his reason for not having attended to the case for 2l hours after informa tion had been given to him, he stated that he understood that tea and gruel had been given to the mother and child, which was all that it was desirable to give to them at that stage. Many of the jury expressed themselves strongly as to his conduct, alleging, from their own knowlei'ge, that this was not the first case in which the officer had been charged with neglect. At the close of the inquiry the jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" That the death of the deceased was caused by exposure to the inclemency of the weather without proper clothing." Theyalso appended to theirver diet the following censure on the relieving officer:—" The jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that there was negleet on the part of the relieving-officer in not giving more prompt attention to the case." MURDER AND SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—(THIS DAY.) Between the hours of ten and eleven this morning, two boys, who obtain a living by dredging along the water side, whilst passing along the bed of the river nearly opposite to Waterloo dock, found a human body firmly embedded in the mud ; on towing it near they dis covered that it was the body of a female, with a child tied round her waist by means of a piece of rope yarn. The arms of the woman were both pressed round the neck of the child, leaving one to suppose that in the agonies of death she was firmly pressing the little innocent to her breast. The two bodies were immediately removed to the vaults of St. John's Church, in the Waterloo-road, where a more minute examination was mule. It was there found that the child was of the male sex, apparently about fourteen months old, the female seemed to be between 33 and 36 years of age. The latter was dressed in an old black stuff gown, black stockings, and side lace up boots. The rest of the apparel appeared very old and ragged. The child, a fine-looking boy, wore (to all ap pearance) a black frock, long worsted socks and callico under clothing. The dress of the two denoted extreme poverty. CITY OF LONDON ELECTIONS. (THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas's Day, wardmotes were held n the several wards for the election of members to sit n the Court of Common Council. LIME-STREET WARD. A wardmote was held in the Ward Schools, St. Mary axe, Alderman Farebrother in the chair. After the precept had been read, and the inquestmen far the ensuing year returned, Mr. G. Rawion was re-elected ward beadle. A letter from Deputy Mitchell was read, resigning his office. The worthy Alderman and several inhabitants bore testimony to the faithful manner in which Mr. Mitchell performed his duties. The following gentlemen were then elected to serve as Common Councilmen for the year ensuing :—Daniel Cork, Thomas Budge Simpson, Thomas Symonds, and William 'Fanner ; the two last are new members in the room of Deputy Mitchell and Mr. Corse, resigned. BISHOPSGATE WARD. In addition to the former members, Messrs. Tagg and Gilpin were proposed, and a poll demanded. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. , At a wardmote, held in the Ward Schools, London wall, Alderman W. Hunter in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected Common Councilmen :—Messrs. Allen (deputy), Hall, W. Hall, Davis, Johnson, Phillips, Bracher, and Perkins. BILLINGSGATE WARD. A wardmote was held at the Fellowship Porters' Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, when the following gentlemen were proposed for Common Councilmen for the year ensu• ing :—Messrs Curling, Old, jun., Bower, Knill, John ston, Roberts, Phillip, Williams. PORTSOKEN WARD. Mr. FEW considered that a greater number of pro prietors ought to be in the committee, as the labour would be excessive. . _ The CHAIRMAN said they would act in concert with the Westminster Committee, and would, consequently, derive great aid from them. Caotain KELLY though that the two gentlemen that had been named. Mr. Robert Few and Mr. Stutley, one the recent solicitor of the company, and the other the deputy chairman of the Hungerford-market Company, amply sufficient for all purposes.—(Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, strongly recommend that the number should not be increased. If a further addition was re quired it might be easily obtained at a future period. The CHAIRMAN said that he had considered the sub ject to be discussed at the present meeting of such vital importance, both to the Bridge and the Market Company, that he wrote on Satur day last to Mr. Robert Few, expressing a hope that he would forget all past differences, and heartily join with the directors of the Charing Cross-bridge Company in their endeavours to annihilate their common enemy—(Hear, hear)—and he was happy to say that he had received from that gentleman a letter, fully bearing out the high opinion he had ever held of him, and expressing the happiness he felt at its reception, and stating his determination to co-operate with the Charing Cross-bridge Company in putting an end to a scheme that, if carried out, would be alike fatal to the interests of the company and themselves.—(Hear.) Mr. STAINTON wished to know from the chairman whether the proposition to erect the new bridge to Charing•cross emanated from private individuals or railway jobbing ?—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that he had already, in fact, answered the question of the Hon. Proprietor. He did not believe it was a matter of railway jobbing, or that it emanated from the South Western Rail way Company ; he had no doubt, because Lord Morpeth had told them so, that it did not emanate from the Government (Hear, hear) — but that it was the project of a commission, no doubt, anxious to do something for the public, but at the same time extremely reckless with respect to what property belonging to the public they injured.—(Cheers.) Mr. FOWLER thought that a committee of the pro prietors ought to be appointed to act with the directors in opposing the measure ; he also thought they ought to be informed whether the Chancellor of her Majesty's Exchequer was prepared, on the part of the public, to find the funds for building the new bridge? He was surprised that a measure that had for its object the annihilation of public property should not only be con templated but recommended by a public beard.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought that the appointine , it of a committee of shareholders to act with them would be tantamount to a vote of want of confidence in the direc tors. The only wish of the directors was to act for the interests of the company—(Hear, hear)—and he was sure that every gentleman present would cordially give them credit for such intentions.—(Hear. hear,) With respect to the other statement of Mr. Thomas, he could assure him that her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer was not prepared to find money for the erec tion of the proposed bridge.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GILBERT—WhiIe he thought that the number of gentlemen, to assist the directors, should be increased to four or five, begged to disclaim any notion on his part, of a want of confidence in those gentlemen.—(hear.) Mr. FEW, sen., said that there could be no objection to the resolution containing a direction to the directors to appoint four or five of the directors to act with them. A ver strong contest is expected in this ward, the electors of the Jewish persuas►on being determined to oppose every person who voted against Mr. Saloman when he stood for Alderman of the ward. THE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARING- CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY.—(TIIIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at one o'clock this day, at the offices, No. 9. Villiers street, Strand, " to take into considera tion the notice advertised in the London Gazette of 4th November last, of an intended application to Parliament far powers to erect a bridge across the Thames, from or near Whitehall-place to the opposite side of the Thames, with approaches thereto from York-road and elsewhere, as in such notice particularised : and further, to take into consideration and to determine the course to be pur sued, and the steps to be taken in reference to such in tended application to Parliament and the proposed new bridge, and to pass such resolutions as in the opinion of such meeting shall be expedient for the better protection and advancement of the property and interests of the shareholders, or otherwise to give effect to the deter mination of the meeting." William Hawes, Esq., the deputy-chairman of the company, presided. There was a numerous attendance of proprietors. Mr. Lawrence, the secretary, having read the adver tisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting. He said it was scarcely necessary for him to say that the reason the directors had called the proprietors together was for the purpose of laying before them what they (the directors) had already done with respect to the project now before the public, for erecting a new ie across the Thames, to state their views with ha o d f. t d h e e v e is o e m d pa fo n r y th a e s regard to it, and for the purpose of submitting to the purpose of tlih'ehicinhtetrheesyts s h are holders p t r h ot e ee p t l i a n n g s much advertisement, that as possible. The directors thought, as soon as not to take any public steps in the that it would be best they saw the plans, or rather read the matter ac cordingly 1 until the 30th of November had ex until the plans were deposited ; and they t might plan s have an opportunity of examin ingthat they pired, when the had to be deposited, in order waited on Lord Morpeth, the Chief immediately them. When they had procured them, they Woods and Forests, from whose Commissioner of tares which would be imposed to him the extreme if the Government stepped forward office the plans app to were furnished, and explained upon this company, hich they had so recently juxta-position with powers of ` an Act of Parliament, which erected under the and erected a new bridge in direct opposition, and in public advantage." That which would be of great advantage from the bridge specified that "the compan the public had derived were to erect a bridge, was sufficiently proved it. The utility of the traffic that daily passed over of the Bill, had, bridge, a 3 set forth in the preamble They urged upon therefore, been amply demonstrated. by the large amount of but he tion which had emanated from the Government, Lord Morpeth that the bridge appeared to be a proposi tation considering the subj,ct for some time, the made no reply whatever to this observation ; deputation after epu the asked his Lordship where the funds requisite o fr _ erection of a new b r id ge were to com e from ? Lord , Morpeth said, " W e h ave no f un d s —l have nothing t o do with the f un d s " adding that the plan was pu t before the public by the Commissioners of Metropo litan Improvements; he did no t, h owever, say t h at i t was not a Government measure b eyon d that it ha d ema nated fr,un these Commissioners. He likewise added that he had no funds whatever at his command, either to erect a bridge or to give compensation to any parties whom the oppose o r p e ,p c eo t rs i eeodnl the then, such hecnh, a that Charing gt t r t u hc c e t r u o r s es Governmentbm bridge d g k h , e t i c n j o d ti m i r d e p . a n n o y i t i i a v n i n t n d e g n d t d h i t a s o - t that company should not have tooppose, them, t oa attendsh or t a time e t ianggo which t the was shareholders he e e h h o w e l d l d e r i ' s n , the directors added a postscript to a circular hi athey sking s t s h u e . ta d the Westminster-road, in order to concert what mea erroem influentialnot h a d t o u m b et personsara, eat meeting go a e r , ro w ems a in s ii moat fully t in em th a e . sures should be taken t o o p pose t h e project. That n t t g e e - by o t 0 1 all l d e . y the " r attendedmneei e g i i g ou r a h s nated for the purpose of devising the necessary means to carry into effect the object for which the meeting was called, and that committ ee was now i n active operation.s A meeting would be held this aft e r noon on t h e Westminster side of the bridge, in order to take steps for the holding of a public meeting, at which Sir De Lacy Evans would occupy the chair, and at which there would be, he believed, a strong expression of public feeling against what he was justified in terming an almost useless pro ject.—(Cheers.) The directors had been endeavouring to ascertain by whom the bridge was put forward. Mr. Barry had bean aimed at, but he saw a gentleman there (Mr. Grissell) who was intimate with Mr. Barry, and who stated, at the meeting in the Westminster-road, that the project was not Mr. Barry's, and that he did not approve of it as it was laid before the public, as he spoke from an intimate knowledge of the views of Mr. Barry. They were, therefore, not justified in saying that it had emanated from a gentle. man of the power and position of Mr. Barry. Then from whom did it emanate ? It had been intimated that the South-Western Railway were its promoters ; but he (the Chairman) declared that he could not believe it, because they had Westminster-bridge on one hand, and Waterloo and Hungerford-bridge on the other, and would necessarily be anxious to avoid the confusion which the new bridge could not fail to create in the im mediate vicinity of their proposed terminus in the York-road, He believed, then, that it was a suggestion of the uild,?P Officials of the Im provement Commission, who had dune 2!'thing yet — it was a crude, unconsidered proposition, etnatiV." l ^ from them ; at least, that appeared to him the only way to account for it, because no one on the face of the earth would derive any benefit from it.—(Cheers.) Why, if it were made, the very converse of the conduct of the Government would take plaza. For some years they had been doing all they could to afford the people the benefit of largo open areas like the parks, but if s the bridge were wade, those who resided on Captain KELLY deprecated the adoption of any other course than that proposed by the chairman.—(Hear.) He thought forcing any of the proprietors upon the direc tors to assist them would be most injudicious.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that there was not a single party, from John o' Groat's house to the Land's end, but what would oppose the erection of the proposed bridge out of the public money.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the property of the Charing cross-bridge was exceed ingly sate, and that they had nothing to tear. A PROPRIETOR thought after what had been stated in the early part of the meeting by Mr. Stutely, that' it would be desirable to know whether or not that gentle • man would act. The CHAIRMAN felt a delicacy in putting such a ques . don to Mr. Stutely after the observations he h a d ma d e . He thought the proper course would be, for the request tootmphatany, eod gentleman he t w o acsomsnerferommrt.hsetenty' uponhiaring-cross-bidge Company, considera tion, would respond to their call.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STUTELY would repeat what he had stated at the opening of the meeting, that the request came by surprise upon him.—',Hear, hear.) He begged to withhold his decided consent at present as Deputy Chairman of the Hungerford Market Com pany, to accept the honour proposed to be conferred upon him, thinking that he ought to consult with his board before he did so.—(Hear, hear.) He could, however, assure the meeting that if his joining with them to oppose the erection of the proposed ' new bridge would lead to putting an end to the unhappy differences that had existed between them it would give him great pleasure.—(Hear, hear.) After some further discussion the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : " That this meeting has heard with extreme surprise of the intended application to Parliament for powers to erect a new free bridge from Charing cross, at a dis tance at the latter place of thirty yards only from the bridge so recently constructed by the Company under the express sanction of Parliament. " That the projected measure, while it is altogether uncalled for by the public, would be most ruinous to the property of this Company. rise '‘ h h a y t meansr t ()r n b t e h , e a i r m p l o t w h e e y r, a to oe oppose hereby, t a h u e t h i n o : very m te e n a d s - U d re a s ppfolircatthioenprroePtiaorilliacmf e ge , p a r n o d pr t i o eto a r d s o a p s t t s h u e e y h may deem expedient." Thanks were then proposed, and unanimously carried, to the Chaim an and Directors, especially to the Chair man, and the meeting broke up. MONE Y O RDER OFFICES, ALD ERSGATE. STREET.— On Saturday notice was given that the opposite the General building, recent ly erected in Aldersgate-street, nearly p Post. office , intended as a grand centt?alpm January. The money office, will be opened for business on the sth of same way as offices are capacious and light, fitted in the w a banking house, every attention being eommodation of the public. frost paid to the ac• A BITER BlT.—Last Thursday night (the being v er y i ntense), I thought I would make some i ce in my garden; I accordingly placed a basin full of traw berry and cream on t h e snow. In the course of an hour I ordered my servant to go for it, thinking it would be by that time sufficiently frozen. He returned with a smile on his face, informing me that the basin was en tirely emptied. At this I was rather surprised, but it soon struck me that a cat must have been the thief. I therefore replaced the basin, with more cream in it, con cealed myself behind a bush with a gun. In the course of a few moments, I may say, I heard — mew , mew, mew, which cries were sh or tl y f o ll owed by a female: cat and a tribe of little ones. I was not more than ten iyards off the basin, the moon being very bright, I was able to see plainly. When they were seated round the cream in the midst of their enjoyment I let fly, and bagged the mother and two of the little ones, one or more making escape.—From a Correspondent. NOVEL AND EXPENSIVE FUEL. The Tagus steamer, on her last homeward voyage from the Penin sula, left Lisbon without having, from some mischance, sh i ppe , 4 her usual full supply of coal. Her fuel conse quently failing , :,?nl e spars . , &c., were first reso r t e d to, anl then, to make up tig3 lefteien . cy, two tons of ches et nuts, part of her cargo, were cacrii.l'd to heevourin g g devouring element, before reaching Plymouth. She Called at that port, and took in a supply of coals, to fte1 , •4 1 6 her . to complete her voyage to Southanarton,--211anrhio Independent, !PHA MUNI, LONDON', M®_ DAY Eviji ... 4p2DE . CEMßErt, 21 9 me. WEST INDIAN MAII;: The Royal• Mail steam-packet Forth, C. :CI. Chaprna,n commander, arrived at Southampton yesterday morn-. ing, at nine o'clock, bringing thirteen passengers and mails of the following elates:—From Demerara, Nov. 19; Tobago and Trinidad, 20; B:.rbadoes, 24; Grenada and St. Vincent's, 26; S. Lucia, Martinique, Domi nica, and Guadaloupii, 27; Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's, 28; Tortola, 29; St. Thomas's, 30; Sr. Jago de Cuba, 19; Jamaica, 23; Jacmel, 25; and Porto Rico, 27. She also brings, on freight-810 dollars on merchants' account, 2,723 oz. gold dust, 991. Is. British coin, 400 francs in gull, and 1,6971 oz. of silver. Cargo -2 cases of cigars (flavannali), 38 serons of sarsaparilla, 5 serous of indigo, 2 serous of hides, 113 serous of tobacco, 14 tierces, 12 barrels, and 4 half•barrels of coffee, 1 tierce, 8 half-tierces, and 35 barrels of ginger, 125 cases of saccades, 40 kegs of saccades, 8 cases of tortoiseshell, 1 tierce of beeswax, and 30 packages and parcels, _ - The Forth had a fine passage home, excepting on leaving St. Thomas's, when she experienced a strong headwind and heavy sea. At the time of her leaving that island the Royal Mail Company's ship Clyde was in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dee was on her passage from Grenada to Jamaica, the Teviot on the Spanish Main, the Trent had sailed from Havannah to Jamaica, the Eagle to Porto Rico and Grenada, and the Reindeer was at Demerara. We learn also, that her Majesty's ship Limns was at Port Royal, her Majesty's ship Pickle was on her voyage to the Bahamas, and her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius to Barbadoes ; her Majesty's ship Thundcr was fitting at Bermuda, preparatory to proceeding on survey at Antigua. The following Spanish men-of-war were lying at St. Jag) de Cubs :—the ship Soberano, the steamer Con greso, and the schooners Teresetal and Isabel 11. Merchant Shipping—The British barque Ellen Simp. son, the brig Alderman Pirie (Captain Gardiner died at sea), and barque Helen Hardy. British shipping at Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 23 : The Superior, of London ; the Elizabeth, of Newport ; the Alice Haviland, of Liverpool; the Union, of Bremen; and the Grange, of Glasgow. The Forth exchanged colours with the Isabella, from Liverpool, outward bound, on the morning of the 18th, and in the afternoon with the Providence, lat. at noon 48deg., lon. 10deg. 40w. M. de Fabron, a passenger from Guadaloupe, has been delegated to advance the money for compensation on the emancipation of the negro population in the French Islands. The news from the other islands is unimportant, ex cepting the favourable reports generally as to the grow- ing crops. The 48th Regiment at Jamaica and the 71st at ailbadoes have received orders for Cork, and the Vengeance and Balleisle are expected out to take them. We have our usual file of Jamaica papers by the Forth, by which we learn that the House of Assembly had been opened by the Lieutenant-Governor, in the absence of his Excellency Sir Charles Grey. There is like to be a brisk session. A Bill has been brought in I • reducing all the salaries of public officers, including the clergy. The subject of proposing an income-tax had been suggested. The agitation on the Sugar Duties Bill was kept up, numerous meetings had been held in different localities, and the following resolutions had been a , zreed to by the House of Assembly : "1. That the policy pursued by the Imperial Parlia ment towards the West India colonies has been most de- trimental to the interests of property ; and the Sugar Duties Act, passed last session, by which they are to be subjected to an unequal struggle with slave• cultivating and slave-trafficking countries, must tend to complete their ruin, anal exhibit a flagrant violation of national faith, consistency, and honour. " 2. That with a limited protection to their produce, and that fair measure of support from the parent state, in procuring free African labourers, which they had a right to expect, the British emancipated colonies might, in a few years, have been restored to prosperity, and rendered capable not only of producing, as they for merly did, more sugar than England could consume, but of competing successfully with slave sugars in the general market of the world, when protection should have ceased to operate in their favour. "3. That by withholding that assistance, and preci pitately withdrawing protection in our yet infant state of freedom, the enormous sacrifices made for benefiting the African race will not only have been made in vain, but lead to the aggravation of their misery. Sugar cultiva tion must and will be extended in slave-cultivating coup cries as it declines in the free ; while freedom, fostered and c!lcouraged, would far more efficiently have secured to England the object for which she endangers her own colonies, rivets the chains of slavery, and compromises her character in the cause of humanity. " 4. That although the colonists have painfully felt that the diminution of more than 1,500,000 of annual exports, and that the scantiness of productive labour, are mainly traceable to imperial policy, yet they feel more deeply still, that the recent imperial policy, which tends to foster the increase and to prolong the duration of slavery in foreign countries, has destroyed all moral value of the exercise of the imperial will in 1833, in re spect to the natural rights of man, and has weakened the veneration of the colonists for the moral character, here tofore high, of the mother country. " 5. That, in the now reduced state of the colony, the prospective benefits of free trade will afford no ade quate compensation for the protection so hastily with drawn, tu:d more especially when those principles are but partially applied to our relief; important restrictions being still maintained to our prejudice fur the protection of influential interests in the parent state. " 6. That, urged by the British Government, and actuated by our sincere desire to make successful the great national measure of negro emancipation, we have, amidst accumulating difficulties, largely increased the public burdens of the island to prcvide the costly estab lishments rendered necessary by the change in our social system. "7. That, now cast off by the Government which pressed those changes upon us with an impatience and recklessness, justified only by its avowed abhorrence of slavery, and with little hope of returning prosperity, it becomes the painful but imperative duty of the House, in justice to the public creditor, to the owners of pro perty, and to the labouring population (for all must suffer together), to reduce the whole of the island estab lishments commensurately with the diminished and diminishing means of its impoverished inhabitants. " 8. That at the period of the passing of the Emanci pation Act, the Government held out to us the most solemn assurances of assistance and protection, to secure a successful issue to that great measure of philanthropy. If that course of policy is now to be abandoned—if we are now to be invi , lved in a ruinous competition with slaveliclding foreigners—if her Majesty's Government are now of opinion that the protection and assistance which alone can avert our destruction are incompatible with the national interests, it will then only remain for us, in the faca of the nation and of the world, to demand of Parliament that equitable compensation to which as British subjects we are clearly entitled. " J. That a committee be appointed to draw up a re monstrance and petition to the Queen in terms of these resolutions, faithfully setting forth the depressed condi tion and hopeless prospects of the colony, and humbly praying her Majesty to direct her Ministers to review their proceedings, and grant us relief." Jamaica papers announce the arrival of the Indus at Port Royal, from St. llelena, with 340 emancipated Africans, captured by her Majesty's brig Waterwitch on the coast of Africa, and chartered to Jamaica as free immigrants. EXPORT or HORSES.—The celebrated race horse Sir R ibert Peel, with a thorongh-bred mare, and a showy entire horse, purchased by Mr. Benson for a Hungarian nobleman, were shipped yesterday evening from Hamilton's livery stables, Carr-lane, on board the Rob Roy steam-ship, for llamburgh.—Hull Packet. DISTRESS IN MARYLEBONE.—On Friday last the overseers were engaged until ten o'clock at night in dis tributing relief to the out-door poor. The average monthly distribution of bread amounts to 8,000 loaves. DARING BURGLARIES.—Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a daring burglary was discovered to have been committed on the premises of Mr. Joseph Mappin, dressing-case maker and cutler, of 15, Fore-street, City. The shop had been left securely fastened at nine o'clock the previous evening, and yesterday it was discovered plundered of a great pardon of the contents, consisting of dressing-cases, cutlery, surgical instruments, and pearl and iv..ry, &c., valued at 4001. The shop of Mr. Robib son, tailor, 15, Bow-lane, Cheapside, was also stripped of a quantity of cloth, &c., valued at 1501. These rob beries are supposed to have been effected by means of skeleton keys. FIRE AT PENTONVILLE CHAPEL. Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, Pentonville Chapel was discovered to be on fire. It appears that on one of the pew openers going into the building, he found the place so filled with smoke that he was obliged to make a retreat. Having sent intelligence to the engine stations, with all speed, the parish engines arrived, and also the brigade engines with Mr. Colt; the chief officer of the B section. Upon the firemen entering, they found the flooring of the communion burning fiercely. By tear ing up the boards and cutting away the joistings, the firemen happily succeeded in extingaishing the flames. The fire originated from the overheating of the furnace used for warming the building, which is immediately under the communion table. TIIE EXTENSIVE FIRE IN DRURY-LANE ON SATURDAY MORNING.—The following is a re p ort o f t h e damage:— Mr. Noblett's factory and contents nearly de stroyed, with two upper floors of the front house and the roof—insured iu the Westminster Fire-office; Messrs. Kendall and Son, wholesale shoemakers, No. 25, roof burned off—stock insured in the same office, and the building in the Royal Exchange; Mr. Durieu, oil and co ! lourman No. 23, back premises and stock d amage d, an d part of front roof burned off—insured in the Imperial Fire- offi.:e. Several other buildings have also b een damaged to some extent by fire, watr, and removal of goods. T HE WEST-END REFUGE FOR THE HOUSELESS p ooß .—ln consequence of the severity of the weather, this institution, situate in Market-street, Edgeware-road, has been thrown open for the nightly reception of 200 poor. Each is furnished with a supper of bread and half a pint of beet soup, a comfortable bed, and breakfast in the morning. The following announcement appeared among the marriages in the papers last week:—" On the 2d of August last, at the British Embassy, Paris, ,by the late Bishop Luscombe, Dr. Lordlier, to Aviary, only daughter of Colonel Spicer, late of the 12th Lancers; the mar• riage having been previously solemnised in the United States." The wife of an inhabitant of Armelingcr (Male. Campagne) says a latter from Basle, has hadTive children in the aourso of the present year, T 9 the tarly pi , t of March she had twins, and e, few days gml she km livered of three ehildren, The twie§ afo §tiii but the last tilreP ehiltifeq, whq 0.4h10 iht4 tkkt nr9,44 litter bQfQre ORA NY@ that , _ < LAW INTELLIGYINCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEIVCH, Dec. 19. ELBISLIE v. BAXTER AND OTRERS.----"PlIE TILING AND REIGATE RAILWAY. Mr. Crowder, Q C., was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the defendant This was an action to recover 1101., being the balance of an account for work and labour rendered by the plaintiff to the defendants under th e f o l low i ng circum stances :—The plaintiff is a civil engineer, at present engaged under the Government upon ord nance surveys, and in the autur nn of last year he was engaged as the engineer cif the Tring and Reigate Railway. The defendants, Messrs. Baxter, Dixon, and Co., were the solicitors to the company, which was only projected six weeks before the memor able 30th of November, but finding I hey could not com• plete the reference -books by that day,. they called the aid of the plaintiff into requisition, and lir, and a stuff of 12 assistants were engaged for some dr ys before the 30th in making eight copies; the company were, therefore, enabled to deposit the plans by the proper time, but as the " panic" had made speculators fearful, and money, consequently, " tight;" the project fell to the ground, in consequence of its promoters wit being able to deposit the requisite amount. The . Pl'aintiff and his assistants were engaged almost night and day upon the work. The assistants were employed at the office of the plaintiff, in Abingdon-stret, and were boarded by him during the period. He charged 21. 2s. per day per man, a small sum the Learned Counsel said, considering the time and the great diffi• culty experienced in geatting persons to perform the work. He charged 1471., 'but the defendants had charged the company 4601. for the work. He bad received 301. and 40/. had been paid into court, thus reducing the claim to 701. The defendants denied the liability beyond the above amount. The defence was that the charge was exorbi!ant, that the plaintiff had charged for the work in a bill sen in by him to the committee of management. Even. tually the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 501. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 19. BARNARD V. COLLS. In this cause, which was part heard yesterday, the Attorney-General, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Cleasby ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Bramwell for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to re, elver the sum of 4571., alleged to be due under the fol lawing circumstances : It appeared that the defendant was formerly the proprietor of the Rainbow Tavern, Fleet-street, which was subsequently taken by Mr. Isaac Argent, who was, prior to that, a waiter at the tavern. This person con duoted the business of the tavern for several years, until, in the year 1844, he became a bankrupt. The plaintiff proved to a large amount under the bankruptcy, but for the present amount, due to him as a balance upon some wine transactions, he preferred to bring his action against the defendant on the ground that he was a partner with the bankrupt. In support of the plaintiff's case a number of wit nesses were called, to prove that defendant sometimes gave orders for goods for the use of the tavern. On the part of the defendant Mr. M. CRAMBERS con tended that there was not the least ground for the pre sent action. The plaintiff was not in business at present; he formerly carried on business as a wine merchant in New Broad -street. Mr. Argent, the late proprietor of the Rainbow Tavern, had been in the habit of discounting bills to a large amount for the present plaintiff; these transactions extended over a long period of years. The defendant in the present action made an agreement to let the business of the Rainbow Tavern to Mr. Argent at the rate of 101. per week, but the business was to be carried on as formerly under the name of Coils, and there was a further condition in the agreement preventing Mr. Argent from discounting. accepting, or endorsing any bills of exchange without the previous consent had and obtained of the present defendant. The defendant never ordered the wine, the payment of which was now sought; never knew of its delivery, and, further, the account was kept in the books of the plaintiff in the name of Argent only, the invoice was made out in his name, and beyond all that, the plaintiff knew perfectly that Coils had given up all con nexion whatever with the tavern; there was not, there fore, the slightest ground for bringing the present action against the defendant. Mr. Isaac Argent was then called, who stated that he was the brother-in-law of the defendant, who formerly waited at the Rainbow Tavern; had been in the habit of discounting bills for the plaintiff and others to a very large mount. By the LORD CHIEF BARON—He 11M formerly been in business, and had saved a considerable sum of money. By Mr. BasszwELL--Purchased the Rainbow Tavern, and carried it on from the time of taking possession until his bankruptcy, in 1844. Defendant had nothing whatever to do with the business; he never slept in the house once in a twelvemonth; he resided in the country, and upon every occasion when he came to town he used to come to the Rainbow Tavern. He always paid for everything he had in the same manner as any other customer. He did so to encourage witness. The plaintiff, and his clerk, Mr. Hayes, used to come very frequently to witness, and request him to purchase wine of him. He said that he could not purchase his wine, as he was bound by his agreement not to do so, without the consent of the defendant. At the time of his bank ruptcy, defendant obtained execution against him, and took possession of the tavern ; since that time he had been living as a waiter at the tavern, having no other interest whatever in the business. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL—Re ceived a letter a short time since from Mr. Hayes, threatening to bring the present action against Coils. Had offered to pay 100/. out of his own pocket to plaintiff, rather than have the affair brought up again. The name of Coils was kept over the door; the license was in hia name, though, previous to his bankruptcy, the name of witness had been joined in the license. By a juror —Defendant knew nothing whatever of the wine having been sent by the plaintiff. Several other witnesses were then called, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied. The LORD CUIEF BARON, in summing up, said that, in his opinion, the agreement between the parties was nothing more than an agreement to let the busi ness a kind of agreement totally new to him, which he believed altogether unprecedented, and, in his opinion, was altogether a fraud upon the re venue and police laws applicable to taverns; and, there fore, so far as the agreement itself was relied upon as a defence, it aas clearly altogether null and void, With respect to another part of the agree ment, namely, that part by which he was to receive 10/. per week, if the jury were of opinion that such a sum was to be considered as a portion of the profits of the business, then the lessor was clearly liable; it was nothing more nor less than a partnership. The lessee had no powers whatever to discharge a servant or order wine without the consent of the lessor, and he was not at all surprised at the disastrous results which had occurred to Mr. Argent at least. The defendant had named 101. a week for six years, and 50/. a year for six years, which amounted to the large sum of 3,4404, and then he stepped in and took possession of all again. The jury, under all the circumstances, would consider w h e th er the defendant had really parted with his interest in the business, and if so, whether the plaintiff knew of his having done so ; if they were of that opinion it would be their duty to return a verdict for the defendant. The jury retired, and, after a short absence, returned into court with a verdict for the plaintif f —Damages, 457/. 6s. 2d. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 19. HALL V. GURNEY.-THE CHINESE EXHIBITION. This was an action brought by William John Hall, a wharfinger and general merchant of the city of London, against Mr. Samuel Gurney, j un., the son of the well known capitalist and money broker, to recover 5001., which it was alleged the defendant, as one of the executors of the late Mr. Dunn, the proprietor of the Chinese Exhibition, owed to the plaintiff, being the balance of commission still due on certain bonds to the Treasury, executed by the plaintiff, to allow the fr ee importation, for the purposes of exhibition, of the col lection in question. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Sergeant Dowling ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Channel and Mr. Peacock for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant BYLES opened the case, stating that the ! present action arose out of the well-known collection of foreign curiosities at Hyde Park-corner, called the Chinese Exhibition. Tho proprietor of that exhibi tion, now deceased, was an American, who, having been engaged in business at Canton for some years, had selected a rare and valuable collection of articles, illus trative of the manners and customs of China, which, in the first place, were taken to Philadelphia, from whence it was transported to this country. Mr. Hall was the agent to arrange with the Custom House authorities. It resulted in the landing of the goods, and after some negotiation with the Custom House authorities, they were allowed to be taken out for six months, duty free, for the purposes of exhibi t i on, on condition of a bond being given for 20,0001. to restore them at the end of that tune. This was in 1841. At the end of the six months the b on d was, on petition, re newed. Altogether the bonds were renewed five different times, half per cent. being c h arge d on each bond as commission. To this was added 52/ . 125., as brokerage for the landing of the goods, and three guineas for each renewal of the bond. The articles were ultimately ad mitted by the Government duty free. Other payments of sums of money had, it was alleged, been made by Mr. Hall from time to time on account of the deceased. Mr. Dunn, while alive, had paid several sums towards these debts, whi c h re d uce d th e amoun t claimed to about 5001. This is an outline of the defendant's case, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue, and that he was not indebted. A great number of witnesses were called in proof of these facts, and to show that the charges were fair and reasonable. The majority of them, however, stated that the transaction was of such an extraordinary character, and so much out of the usual nature of Custom-house business, that they could not give a definite opinion a fie the charges. Mr. Sergeant. CHANNEL, on behalf cif th t d e r eh a artt , said his client had no pecuniary ititerot ht tlt @ present action ; bet he had a duty to port torn, ki tht only acting English executor of the deemed, Mr. Dunn. That duty prompted him to resist the claim, which he con sidered exorbitant and uncalled for. With regard to the brokerage, he maintained that the plaintiff had done little or nothing to effect the passage of the goods through the Owitcau•house, but that it was nte,ini , done through Mr, Lahgdon, the curator of the exhibition, assisted by My. Gurney, At the outside, all that Mr. Hnll eottla el- int wait the ordinary Custom-house agent fees, Da the extraordinary gh top he had toacio the tettttt . the (.44AkialqsAM o, l k4tßati tkia ra vtettito isTromry 01 1 - cieiivet7 9,f Raqct§, lAq ii*Raitwcl that ;in 97 1 . 39Q4 %CAMV - Wit 41 wit\kci kNy 4441 THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Trafalgar transport, Captain Richardson, Lieutenant Wooldbridge, agent, arrived at Spithead last evening, about six o'clock, from Ascension and the Falkland Islands. She left the Falk lands on the 19th of September, arrived at Ascension on the 16th of October, and sailed thence for England on the 29th. Ascension continued healthy. The only vessels of war there were the Devastation steam-sloop, bearing the broad pendant of the Commander-in. Chief on the West Coast of Africa Station, Commodore Sir Charles Ilotham, K.C.B ; the Tortoise, store and guard ship, Commannder Morrell ; and the Snap cutter, fitting for a slave-cruiser. The Ac'aaon, 2G, Captain Macsel, sailed the day before the Trafalgar arrived off Ascension, on a cruise. By this arrival we are informed that the settlement at the Falklands was in a very bad plight, the people having nothing but lean beef to live on; nothing clse could be procured, and not a vegetable of any description was growing at the settlement, which is situate on a black neat-bo g , by which it is surrounded for many miles. The sheep had nearly all perished. From the inducements held out by the Governor, the Pusey Hall, of London, had come over from the coast of Patagonia for supplies, there being no less than 11 ships waiting on the coast to receive her report, but she was obliged to re turn to them with only 12 days' provisions for herself, and that she would not have procured had not the transport opportunely arrived. Trere are about 100 inhabitants on the island. Wages are from ss. to 6s. per diem, but this was given by the Government. Most of the emigrants are employed in making roads, &c. When the Government employ ceases how the people are to be employed and fed appears a mystery. Farming is out of the question, as a depth of from 3 to 10 feet must be dug through the peat before anything like soil can be met with, and in that wretched and in hospitable country WQ are told nothinc , flourishes, the wind constantly blowing from the southward; and, al though some of the harbours are good, they are difficult of approach, owing to much foul weather. The Governor was very unpopular. On the Bth of November, in lat. 6 30 N., long. 29 45 W., the Trafalgar spoko the barque Victoria, of and for llatnburgh, from Valparaiso; on the 14th of November, in lat. 18 45, long. 33 54, the Lady Falkland, of Jersey, from Pernambuco; and on the Bth inst., in lat. 47 26, long. 21 41, telegraphed the Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow, on her way to Spithead, from the Pacific and Rio, with freight. She may, thereforq, be expected to heave in sight at Spithead momentarily. Pune MONEY.—Notice has been given to Com mander Cumberland Hadaway (who, as first lieutenant of the Espoir, commanded that vessel on the coast of Africa before -the arrival of Commander Hands), and the officers and crew of the Espoir now on the coast, that an account of the proceeds arising from the capture of the slave•vessel Carem, J tnuary 5, 1845, will be re gistered on and after the 25th December next. UNIVESITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, DEC. 19. —We understand that Mrs. Tatham, of Iffley, near Ox ford, relict of the Rev. Edward Tatham, late rector of Lincoln College, in this university, has founded a scholar ship in Lincoln College, of 501. per annum, to be held for four years by any young man born or educated in Buckiughamshire, if duly qualified. It is to be called the Tatham Scholarship. 'THE LATE RIGHT ZION. THOMAS GRENVILLE.— It is stated that the Hon. and Rev. George Neville Grenville, the Dean of Windsor, will come into pos session of property, in conquence of the death of his late venerable relative, of the value of betwoen 20,0001. and 30,0001. per annum. The Dean of Windsor took the arms and name of Grenville, in 1825, on succeeding to the property of his maternal kinsman, Lord Glas tonbury. • DESTITUTION AND DEATII.—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King of Prussia, Cart wright-street, Rosemary lane, on view of the body of Charles Hale, aged 77, a vendor of lucifer mat c h es . It appears that the deceased lived in a room, No. 11, Peter's . - street, which presented the appearanc e of the most de• plorable destitution. Oa Tuesday last he called on a mal of the name of Graham, residing at the next door, and complained of his ,privations. He hail a cup of coffee and some bread. The following day, as he had not been seen, his romi was entered,when he w as f oun d upon the floor, with his clothes on, and benuunmabbleedtowitli cold. A surgeon was sent for, who was re store animation. Mr. Johnson, the medical man, said that death was the effect of cold and privation of the common necessaries of life. Verdict, " Natural death;' ONE OF THE RIVER PIERS BROKE N BY THE ICE. —So closely and thickly did the ice collect around the piers near Temple Bar, that it broke one of them in two, and rendered it'impossible for the steamers to land their passengers upon it, or for the coal barges to be moored, as they are wont to be, alongside it. STRANGE FREAK OF A POINTER.—A few days ago a party of gentlemen were shooting with Mr. R. Parker, of Bestwood Park, when one of them winged a pheasant, part of which was shot off, and , of course, dis abled the bird from flying; it succeeded, however, be tween flying and running, in reaching a fir tree, the bottom boughs of which nearly touched the ground. From hence the bird rapidly ascended from one bough the tree. The pointer, t o 11n ot h e a r n , x u i n ou ti s l t i o t r r e e t a ri c e h v e e d h t i l s i e tgame,opof immediately com• menced ascending the tree likewise, and very soon r eached the bird, w hich he seized in his mouth. Iu en deavouring to descend, however, not being quite so sure footed in such a situation as one of the feline tribe, he tumbled from the top to the ground, and although much stunned with the full, yet the faithful (log kept the bird secure in his mo uth.—Nottinghunt Mercury. RICE Mtrts IN LlvEurooL.—There are now riceb tt il d m i and the o th er f or the inonl3e Beckwith-et, w theith - A s t r n e i:r t c P a n a r k "lane, two extensive E there are in this toawsnt landlaiargteramdien inlnßaeddfdoirtdio-nstrtoeetthese , near Lower Parlia ment-street; one in Brownlow- hill, formerly Mr. Shep herd's flour mill, with half a dozen others. These mills have been in full work even night and day since the great falling off of the potatos, &c. Rice has come into general use since this dreadful calamity, an d ten d s to koop dm) Out price of bread, , Liverpool Journal, S N - hN: a s _ - „ Ac , n . et. ,ar ° 2 c'bj ‘741:4_ of the octezeisslon Oh the tint hood, vihtehW he protested altogether against the four subsequent commissions. The renewal of the bonds followed as a matter of course, and the first commission, he contended, extended over the whole period the security was given, the bonds being treated as one continuous security. This was the usual course of Custom-house business, the only charge beyond the first commission being some fees to the offi c ers for the preparation of the renewed bonds. The L e arned Gentleman also objected to several other items claimed, which, he stated, were paid in the lifetime of Mr. Dunn. The jury, having retired a short time, gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages . 99/. ss. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three oVock yesterday afternoon, at' the Castle. At the Court, Count Schimmelpenninek had an audi ence of the Queen, to present his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. Mr. MO:qusra had an audience of the Queen, and•pre sented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Mi • nister Plenipotentiary of the republic of New Granada to this Court. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Rev. Dr. Short (Bishop of Sodor and Man), had an audience of her Majesty in the royal closet, and did homage on being translated to the see of St. Asaph. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President; the Earl of Minto, Lord Privy Seal; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday, the 12th of. January, unto Tuesday, the 19th of January, and the proclamation was ordered that Parliament shall on the said 19th of January be held and sit for the despatch of business. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council is Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans downe and Lord John Russell. Their Excellencies the Netherlands and New Granada Ministers, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, Earls M:nto, Grey, and Auckland, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Campbell, Sir George Grey, the Bishops of Norwich and St. Asaph, and Mr. C. Greville . arrived at half-past two o'clock at the Castle, from the Slough station, having trav e ll e d f rom town by a special train on the reat Western Railway. A dejeiiner was served at the Castle to the distinguished circle. After the Privy Council, the same illustrious party (with the exception of Viscount Palmerston) left the Castle, at ten minutes before five o'clock, for Slough, , on their return (by a special train) to town. Viscount Palmerston remained on a visit tG her Ma jesty, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morning prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert, or the Royal Family, leaving the Castle. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in attendance. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their, accustomed early walk. The Royal Family also took walking exercise in the grounds aruund the Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Hon. Colonel Anson and Sir John Burgoyne had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his officicial residence in Downing street. Mr. Rumbold had also as interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Right Hon. Fox Maule had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-street, Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Saturday. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, then Prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was preached I,y the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel. The Musical Service was Sir George Smart's. The anthem " We will rejoice" (Croft). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. Among the nobility present were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countesses Gainsborough, Listuwel, Wilton, and Char letnont ; Lords Devon, Granville, Vivian, Elibank, and Canterbury. THE TIitATRES.. HAYMARKET. A new and most successful domestic drarea, from the pen of M r . B oy l e B ernard, was produced ''.iere on Satur day, with complete success. It is entitka The Round of Wrong. The hero cf the piece is Reuben Gwynn (Mr. Webster), a young Yorkshire farmer, with whose mother is domiciled a certain interesting young .girl, Mary Ryland (Miss Fortescua) ‘ As might naturally be expected, Reuben and Mary love each other. Reuben, however, is compelled by circumstances to go to Ame rica, and leave her for awhile ; and durino , his absenc e Sir Arthur Folj am b e (Mr. Stuart), a haughty baronet, informs 'Mary that she is his daughter. He had in early life married a person in humble life, who died, leaving him this child, whom he had deserted, but now that she has grown up to woman hood, and is possessed of great personal attrac tions he claims her, and takes her with him, hoping to repair his shattered fortunes by bestowing her hand on some rich suitor, commanding her to give up all thoughts of Reuben. With much hesitation she obeys, leaving Reuben utterly prostrated in mind and body at this ship wreck of Lis hopes. He, however, rouses to vengeance, and to obtain the means of vengeance; and by dint of toil, mental and bodily, secures to himself wealth and independence. At this period of ttin drama we are intro duced to a young surg,on, named Harwood, (Mr. Howe,) who has sought the hand of the Baronet's - niece, and been by Sir Arthur contumeliously rejected. He deter mines to quit England, and requests Reuben to make him an advance on the security of a legacy, which, he is in formed, has been left him by a deceased uncle, and the necessary documents to entitle him to which, he expects to receive in a packet, which he requests Reuben to open when it shall arrive, and to forward whatever may come for him to Bristol. Reuben finds in it a bond of Sir Ar hur Foljambe's for 19,000/. And with this he goes to the proud Baronet, and demands instant pay ment, threatening him with ruin. He wilt have no mercy ; and so blinded is he by his revenge , _ that i n order to secure it, h e d eterm i nes to keep thebond, and to send to Harwood the small legacy which he expected. He is in the act of concccting the letter when Mary enters to plead for mercy for her father. Reuben is softened.. He restores the bond to Harwood, who marries the niece, and Reuben himielf marries Mary. The serioua part of the business is agreebly enlivened b the e quisite hum our o f B uc k stone, as Ducks, the y x- • author o a book on etiq ue tt e — t h e vulgar ape of fashionable life f a perfect " snob." Stuart, Webster, and Miss Fortescue were admirable in their respective parts, and acted well up to each other, and the piece was announced for repo.. tition amidst enthusiastic applause. PRINCESS'S. 77te Seven Afaids of Munich is the title of a new mu sical romance, the words and music of which are by Mr. Rodwell, which was performed here for the first time on. Saturday. The scene is laid in Bavaria ; th e time, the period at which Napoleon, as the head of the confedera tion of the Rhine, ruled over that, portion of Germany. There is a certain Baron Bristlebach (Mr, W a l ton ) , i n ., habiting the Ghost Castle, with his 'oeven daughters; these daughters are in love with seven French officers. These officers are in a boP.t on the lake, and serenade the ladies ; the bat upsets and they are rescued from drowning by the seven ladies. Count Grosdos (Mr. Compton), one of them, is hid under a, table, and, while there, overhears the Baron detail a plot for the assassination of the Emperor. The oftiters arrest the Baron, who consents to their union with his seven daughters, the tenor (Mr. Allen), of course, being the amaneed of the prima donna (Miss Sara Flower), and also to give up his co-conspirators, on condition. that his life is spared. The officers seize the seven conspirators, who are muffled up in long black cloaks such cloaks as all stage conspirators have worn stnee a time beyond which the memory of, man runneth not to the contrary," and whc ili the cloaks are thrown off, they reco gnise , g s their wearers the seven " Maids of Munich,' who, O E . course, become for life " the companions in arms" of their eo arresters. is s Sara The Flower,musicis wlthgohtwaenred i p a re e t x ty q , uisaintce ! Allen d m voice, did full justice to it. It is an agr eea bl e trifle,. sad its announcement for repetition was received with, applause. MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE Fuoco's BENEFIT I T . DRITRY-LANE.—The benefit of the youngest of th e Deesses de la danse is fixed for Wednesday next et Drury-lane, and there cannot be a doubt but tb a t t h ose who have hitherto paid their devotions at her shrine will feel it a duty to offer her their homage ea this the last occasion which will he offered to them for some time,, We say some time, for although a benefit is usually a, last appearance, yet when we consider the merited and, unbounded popularity of Sophie Fuoco, we cannot but, feel convinced that she will appear again and age d) , before an English audience, and that she will grow, i e, favour tvery season. Not the least of the obliga.tiona under which the admirers of the chereogrephie art are, to Mr. Bunn is the introduction to th e English stage of Mademoiselle Sophie Fuoco. SACRED HAR .lONIC SOClETY.—Handers ":11essi- 4 1.,ft will he performed at Exeter-h a ll on W ednesday nr `1 , Nogender Nauth Tagor e , son o f the late 'xi- Dwarkanaugh Tagor e , h as j ust arrived in P taboo London, and has ali g ht e d at the Motel Br: aris from brilliantVendome. The young inE n g ß lti at, n o d o : who has ‘siol, Pl ace is on hi F , co mpleted a where he purposes remaining a b out education way to India„ t r returns to E u r ope to travel. He was !I._,leave Paris the n o year, r and his 'tourney on Saturd a y. UNrOUNDED REPORT OF PPANCE METTERmicPl'ff ILLNESS.--It appears by a letter from Vienna, of the Bth, that the statement made so positively by a Co) ogne paper of Prince Metternich being dangerously 111 was entirely unfounded. The Prince was to give a grand dinner to Lord Ponsonby and the other members cf tb ili diploulatig WO At V 194114 vu ON 90! jet. ief. 0; uld