The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

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AND) cA O L ouTif - occupytl3. oAY.) ) ilia. - IA,Y.) ordshil oit ca tio pally orig . of e nience Lelaci ° No o b e fore if do itratioe. rf drilling.; 0 pia i n tio preper mi ster Lon d ll stle t ;iven ti rould be .11,,t-te the cer?frof A1i 1136 he ID • 11 aid ott ide , :g d• ?APT to bio 'riven wi t e ye he the' tion. lf 1 IS DA FELL.) 50t75., th e so tb lo e defend t Oted b e i ° " ff; n sa l A tbst s the tr o h e first 1 0 . 0 Al t ; the pec u u l n i t ild A , tat t e r *,:;fito::‘ ing (0 4 0 9 :, , rit to ,v,. !n for tb e o lt u e td they oto t rhora th e , r ce. „or, pi for an" bi.a.t4t -Sheriff ° f co p A 13 order 3uld no t goods elf t. 5 if b p t soflablel ;ers an d 33. la • S P follo o ge e • a co t y # late tO 7 we r l ed for eft re Sell ' r e, the 1 " of op ae price sest ? tio 9 gToS ulnpe d t ale lad serce4 ,• 11)Jj111•1:11CAIIGUE,AND FLANDERS MAIL. 1 itt, frigates .&c.,j.". 15.--The navy of the kingdom of ff thetle ether.lands consisted on the Ist January cf 83 ships ttinn • three carrying 2,265 guns • nine steamboats, 64 h„ , ree iron steamboats, 22 guns. ' Total, 173 vessels, '",„`". guns. th e in mercantile navy consisted of 369 vessels, 169 belong 1 295 I;Atemsterdam,lo3 to Rotterdam ; and of these 369 vesse s, • ' 131 °Yed by the Society of Commerce. —llandeli eltu epei Moats he At e ,...) . , in th4.,„oranctsene Stoomport confirms isthe report published for ha Rotterdam Courrant, that a plan . under consideration *in Itt;1/42ug harbour at Schieyengen , that paper adds, we Po;,,_ : anticipate the issue of the negotiations which are g o i ng 5 n respecting this important undertaking, nor perhaps in t f lb em by premature publicity, yet show So l i. ew words, how important a convenient harbour l e l ! lieaCvengen would be, it may suffice to say, that a steal to llar,riw,Nld. perform the voyage from Schieyengen all, je tir , ea M eight hours ; frinn Harwich to London hir e i v e Y h bY raihvay would be made in four hours—ni l l hould e b - : a rs• as has been said, an atmospheric rai ifiti rne Made from the Hague to Schinengen, the whole We er f ro m Amsterdam to London might be performed in Fro nt l leti as well as in the summer, in fourteen hours. 1 . 1 ti otto the tables published by the Government, the popu a 4 lne. r "; tilti.e kingdom of the Netherlanth, on the Ist of It "45, amounted to 3,019,748 souls. Nll l 7- 41(1 that the Second Chamber of the States-General Nrteptinie its sittings on the sth of February. It is re re ore that a new first book of the penal code will belaid 4tthe Chambers soon after their meeting. ribunal of Zevolle has declared M. K. van . Hulst, r evili n er of the Politischen Snellwagen, guilty of wickedly bie i t g and ca lumniating . the King's person, and sentenced dn ,the proir.o years' imprisonment. The tribunal laid f ow h ~ a lisi, tt ' e lt , le, that though the King took the advice o 11 4 1 , 6 ? m the composition of a speech from the throne, yet 1, ti tt .;e Must be considered as proceedin from his Majesty. o 4 aittinlT' jAll . 16.---The Chamber of Representatives, e i e 7Ortrer, TuaY, finally adopted the budget of the ' , man , e b: ° ‘. by a majority of 69 to 3. utile Just received the news of a frightful accident at feljdol/clei the 13th of this month. A part of the hospital i ki t i s ltd ortn' the buried sex-en persons in the ruins ; two were I , B ,hart spot, the five others were extricated more or A ,dh dr , . • th% ; "lar nbet of of th .tofter devot. relativeto Representatives is inclined to hasten tatid°t! of the l aw ./4 ti(plets to the t da ,to the examinationd its r t e Project of l i a ng . part of es the measures against Hol cvrenita the sections, t : on er it immediately name hot, the 8(1 sectio central ats% t" section. of constitutionality was sairtse,iNteleepided inn;he n e eg u v a e lo but aßill of indemnity was 114 1 1 s ection pro posed and unanimously agreed to. In the ii tta ,„_hei t i t s ome members thought that the repayment of -v‘litilded toll, by which D u t c h s h i ps still profit, should be 4 ,..1it 1t... and -41 IIIStr,. L aba e nd f ~:•Y has announced its intention to present before ''' ancit ° l''a session, a ro"ect of law on the Sugar duties, - ‘r On the reform p in j the Post office. lIAMBURG/I BORSENHALLEi3ifIAs.x. 16. kastri„ 5 „ 113 N IA s Per Cents •••••• • • • -- 1610 109% 4,381 ussion • Loan Money._ Ditto?" Der Cent' Lit ~!:t 'erica Inseri i p i t am ion b : ••• Certific ate. •••••*'' 1 1 039 0 4 1 1 --- Litt o ''',,,, ° D'a and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 100 Il ew '4. Certificate. 1,0% hit tr , o per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 90 1 8 - ' ti eglitz . ... • • • •• •• ' • 20% D4lllsll3lcpevrr Cent Cent ••• • • ::.... :: —20% 2 Ditto ...... Ali glo .. l , n .... ••• • • • _ Latris °rteguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • _ O 4 .. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .-• • • b bitto 1 polh th v ~ Per Cent. Aagi o.. ;`,ew 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. •• • 8 _ 3 ,.„ 86% liatp,„7,, a _nish Loan 3 per Cent ••• • • • 6b Y 2 ".. 'Sank Shar ' es —•-••• • " DUTC H FUNDS. —AMSTERDAM, JAN. 16. Bills. Acta b M‘GOney• ,°,2 Iv a ' —tbt, 2% , Dit to 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • : .• :. 723 _ 1)4 3 , Per Cent .... .. •• —•• • • 94% 95% Alto Soper Cent.... •••"—••• • • • • • 9 99 'X Co 4% per Cent •••••• • • • • 9 4 - ~' '',N Per Cent.. —••••• • • • • 163% E ° lt st /,`,,elal Company, 434 per Cent • • 162 % 95 Exch„„•"'"la Loan, 4 per Cent • • ... ' 9 , 434 22 5 -. le on London, at sight ••••• • " I - 12 5 Two months.• •••—"• • • • • • 35 2 75 25 On ilarnburgh, at sight •• • • 5 56 25 TVro months— " • ******* • • 3 ...thittil p apers Twoi nonths. •.••••**• • • • • . Ji . 17. . l a t i?, l ' A ll . FIINDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 17. il ot 'fli ,,:' -.45462% per Cent ••••••• • • • - • • • 7_ Lo .sehildsiloan, Five per Cent • • • • • • • • ___ D ui °I. Tilirty Millions, Four per Cent.. • • _ - Ditto Thre per Cent • • • • " • • • • • • • • • • ~i),1!to Thirt.y.seyen Millions, ditto • • • • • • inn - 5 , Dit t t ° t 0, dittodi t ' 1 1 8 84 4 9 2 . • • *•• *** •• ************ **** :: : 11(370 °' . 2 11)i tto, 11144 •• • • .... 99% Ditt o 1 '36.. ••••• • • • • • Ditto Dit to, 1 8 3 8 .. •• .. • . .. .. .. .. . .• .. 74% ,of the City • 1 . 1;32 • * rapebitto 1 843 Y. ' ............ 100% gels ' 4 of Bei •• • ••••••••.. . • • • • • • • • - ro, .1.. °um " "' ' • - •. • Jan. 17. S Per FITNDS.—TurrNA, JAW. 10. 112 1 ,6 „ en.lietalliques , P'. Cent. ditto. 102 Der Cet. ditto ........ 1 7 6 6 0 % .4tan, 1834 .. •• .. • • • • • • • • • • • • t bitto, 1839 : ...... 121 X X an k gnar •••••••"• • • • • • • • " . 1608 storh u ea •••••• • • • • • ----- ••••• • • • . Ti l ,„ x orth RAIL.WAYd S. ........ .., i 5 9 34 Qloggnita .eril, or Perelman ..... .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 4 4 31 I. ; :ena-- Nllia • n • • • • • • • • ;•• • • • • • • • 1 117% "th° rn •• • ••• •• • ••**'• • • • • 10531 Sie4 na .::: " ••• • • • •••:• • • • • • ******* • 10016 9414 (11( lenbar g •• • • ... ..... • • • • ' • • e 4ettUnit. ;.12. PiII ' IS SIAX FUND..—BERL.—, Bills. 11 9 0 7 nz. Fit g , —981 i 1 . ' euald s ell Nlite4l I'enninen l• • • • :Ill:: • • • • • ... ;JAN. 15. ' Ms'. E ngllAhl 3 % per Cent •••• • • .• 7 . 7 ... _ 1 oreig ri t - --. ..orids 1830, 4 per Cent. EXeilm, le hang e . ' s - ' e ,°n London £1 Sterling, 2 Al arburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months, ...I /14_ Drina,ana fr 9. Menthii ••••• • • • • "8111 Prus sian Gazette. Jan. 16. —.... tv, ..... - 6 24% 149% I.4;VqSNT OF THE POTATO DISEASE IN SCOT thi,','--The disease has been more extensive in England the 3 eotland, but even some of the southern counties of 1,44111%4er have suffered severely. In Berwick, Kirkeud la f a u t, Renfrew, Bute, Lanark, Forfar, and Argyleshires there r!ite eUe-third ef the crop destroyed ; in Haddington and neon es, the latter of which is the principal potato dis: triaa::ti Scotland, the loss has been nearly two-thiriis ;in Du% Ak °re, three-fourths ;in Wigtonsbire, one-fourth ; 1 kiraselte in twenty • in Fife, Stirling, and Clackmanan Ater il d'a'trii°llfive to ten per cent. There has been no loss in d aleo t n 'Pariff, or Moray, and in our own locality the crop _ opvillY escaped the disease, but was never more abu . t trtili 44 better qualit . No s mptoms of disease were dis ‘threLiheiiill4ltthh: the time of y lifting, y and we are happy to state Pits which have been just opened the potatoes 1 ' o zi J • Ross -shire Adertiser. "—We :are th ! Gocip TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. who 941 y 2 . 1 ' CaPtain Atkinson, the celebrated sportsman, wn.? -41 t-r 3 agn resided at Clanhugh, in this neighbourhood, llifttrwards at th e r te p art the Cottage, Rathoyven, was . surrounded by e.. aei ,_ 3' of Molly Macguires whilst shooting on a bog in . e -ql o,l et !? g t o ub d r_he r nd of . C_arrilt-on-Shannon last week, and 1 iece • this he refused to do, ra . n . e v , a Pistol'YCu .. p his fowling-piece; p , g ax 7en h, e _ . from his . breast g- to fire at the fellows; it le t , ata P i s gn a the Mollies immediately wrested both the iu,it gi ven tol from him, and would in all probability te,7 ll ot aresi h d ini something not very agreeable in return - ;" 4, atm a dent on the bog come to the rescue with a short tZete act we re he would shoot some of the party if the arms csit rtatored, telling them at the same time of the ge tl,tL(:3;pataft.he captain towards him and his wife. The. Gal -11- vee _ l4 and true sportsman, it appeared, was on 1 7_ ,-ihweek previously - , and ." convenient" to the but of 1;,„e,.)• ii. l an (whose wife was in her confinement at the rtli.th-e re quested that the Captain would not fire " con fe• ci, the h usexplaining the delicate state:of his I I tlit h , e he ''' 1 1l -an.i't• Atkinson o-e, instantly e- retired to a distant par ti - geh,l. , and after returning home from his day's sport jo ga ,•tor c't e a a :-.7essenger to the hut with many comforts that of his generous ki e ;,nei r tt 'Y were strangers o to n , a h n e d a c r a in ll g ed a few days ago th e 'lles a for the patient. Apinger/a, , u the poor man, the au lfi d lo o l h li ez es re i d ns h t i a na nt l l u y st ii l e y tr pr e o d_ ~ h , t e Captain Atkinson, f t14,,;(11)e-alPirotect the Mollies per n lift st r , ,ewed to shoot m an se d l.f.h thatrr The e o g him lon ga t at h e ere or bu h t im bi Ins in Westmeath went along.- 0 a t tgrit betook themselves away, kaedi c heering him as they P1 ) , 1 44 . 44 \ of A and funeral of the life ,ali 4 AL PATRIOT.—The .Galician pap ers 4 ht c' are filled with accounts of 41tVir axles ta 411, es Zaluski. The object of at St. Peters -11 PRI), o‘', in 1791, and afterwards educated secon second husband the their notice was born e rll l ' t ili a Mother having had for he Thus the young Co". , 1,,_ te a General lngelstrom, secured t r e her son, issue of her l it saga the Imperial favour. t I after the las . t al ) : Poi‘ a t 3:, Ira'r,ek;...kamberlain, attaché to several embassies, and Soitan•otil_al united to Berne. bl ice at the Russian Court IN %Nita Lithuania. The s lea o asti a , ai 2 e a s l_ . - re o gard of the erv Emperor did not annihilate deceased nobleman. The year he R as 4° l ltid, hi in t ,s of the th at h ose 4 hief_ l e & k, :rs t h h ;lof Nobility in Lithuania, and Datri;; l 'Y l vinc e teen in the army, but his i lte t t 'tni a .,,* (l... aludia had never national forces in many counties of thought of by the insnr u ne ort nt th e kill ;,,, as so much b esie„.i" a tely;74liti k .'n against to the want of cannon by the geteAi n g' force. At t le t t oe lv ol fg of Vilno was confided to him. of the"`'lnteada army. In consequence k ee. Part h tut of the why - de Polish thenational war Zaluski was air.asesaion l ain the na . . wife --" Pe e oo• t ;onal struggcethe Count's er.or heo,:,e°llfiseat , i 8 the Russiae '' th: - e u , and him c• to death. To condemnedemire and those of his r Nu b is s e , te _ he ~ Na va e ° ll ntrb. , " L i e:, the only frintat" anal in 1834-35 was ?f t n ee i antry'„• 4 o . went into exile,the Count's love for s h i i n ana esteem of numbers sys. .o N a g!ish men V t i t :ig the friendship a ua i n wd . in better days. to I,l' e a 2 r ..s tb of til h a i s .A.us trian w G h o o v m er h n e m w en aa t allowed Ith. nto return on I), e eth xov property situated inGalicia,died 2d of 1- lace on the Of ember 1 e mber, 1845. His funeral too 1- where he it. alicia. alt t it ras attended by an immense f the surf:mid' 6 Co u .. nObility and even the peasantry o tt, th ntles came ' ensIOTY h i tribute of tears to the m_ . ..c . asst. , nblage t hat 4ct the fun eman. . earevery remuneration, saying.... k, th eral,. refusing . nt e Y could ittbe'le daseti ntib7 Pay t e N r all the clergy anything for the pc_ . 1 ,„ onc e not think of accepting . of Liaii..a phieb, ?li the last rites to the patriotic nobleman, who was Mi ch imPoverished by confiscation, and who t leaves the Patri et . B with nine children. Many eloquen and very gro at le oration!' were delivered over the grave, causing ‘ ate "enaation throuhout the kingdom. The funeral le hi rch! il il. the dead of night, and each person bore handin . ,„" L 'aze t iT Procession by these means presented to view one the ."t'lirch-' li ght, which extended from the mansion to On 4 the r ' situ ated in the adjoining village of the Count. to acia tp a r ,tde of the road were the t barrels Near..,..elavonio.n custom), at short distances apar_ s , placed (according atp ea r° With pitch, which, being ignited, shed a sof MR and k.te cw,, ng light upon the path by which the remams of te tb in e e tie.;„"'d Count had to pass into eternity. This cus a (;:_ated in the idea suggested in the last passage.)—From 1 ondent. -iiimil'i,-8 CRUMPET C RUSADE. "--,O n th e a f tern oon of Act s 3' last the crusade against the vendors of fruit, crum- G d! Perriwinkles &c., was renewed in Clerkenwell by the kan i r vla ien of police. It was not conducted in the usual capt,er, however; for the persons of the venders were no l_ 4 1 l r ed, but the baskets of oranges, crumpets, and sbel 4tta,",sere taken from them, and lodged at the station-house wer e - ', e ,ci to the olice-court. The parties thus depii% ed atel th `mci to call next morning for their goods. They called, kli e - " e wares were given up to them. In justice to the eotepeonstables, it should be stated, that they only exe- L the orders of their superiors. ,%) "I' Ann ?. Wardlaw Ramsay died at Leamington lat e r 1 Thursd ty last. Her Ladyship was daughter of the Of the siste r ' i o the present Earl of 13alcarras, and relict thelate Robi;rt AVardlaw Ramsay, Esq., of Whitehill, N.B. r i l Met.3alfe has taken the spacious m ans i on o f ""' r eigorteas of Sligo, in Mansfield-street, until Easter. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. Last night, at six o'clock, the fifth annual general meeting of the members of the benefit department of this Association T,as held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, for the transaction of business. There was a very full attendance of members, and the business throughout was characterised by the greatest harmony and good feeling. George Thomas, Esq., presided on the occasion. The business was opened by the Secretary, Dr. Thomas Mullinder, reading the advertisement calling the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the report of the Directors, which was in substance to the following effect : commenced with congratulating the members on the Increased prosperity of the Association, and showed that during the year 1845 the number of policies issued was 211, amounting to a sum equal to three-fifths of all the business done in the past years; that since the formation of the Asso ciation all the moneys received as premiums had been in vested in the funds in the names of trustees, with the excep tion of 100/. paid to the representatives of an assurer, which was the only death the managers had been called upon to pay, and about some 5001. for office expenses; that during the year an election of widows of clerks (one of whose hus bands had been an assurer) to permanent pensions had taen place, and had been commemorated by a public dinner, k at which a very large sum had been contributed (1,000/, we believe) in aid of the Benevolent Fund ; that some eminent firms had during the past year given in their adhesion to the Society, and subscribed to its funds. That recently John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., together with his partners, Messrs. Magnac, Jardine, and Co., mani festing that gentleman's well-known liberality and desire to promote the welfare of the Association, and of those gentle men employed by his firm, had assured the lives of each of their clerks for sums varying in amount from 1,000/. down to 250/., according to the length of time each had been in their service, not merely paying the first premium, but making each gentleman a present of the policy, and promising to pay all future premiums. The report went on to notice the hand some liberality of the Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company, who not only had contributed to the aid of the benevolent fund, but had encouraged the clerks in their service to become members of the Association. The report also noticed the growing estimation with which the Society was favoured, not only in London, but the provincial towns, and instanced that during the past year the number of agents had been more than doubled, and that a most favourable and flattering opinion of the stability and usefulness of the society by W. Farr, Esq., F.S.S., the gentleman entrusted with the scientific de partment of the Registrar-General's-office, Somerset-house, who, in a letter to the secretary said, " I think very highly of the objects of your society, &c. ; your rates of premium appear to me safe and fair for a society of mutual assurance. I state this after having compaired the tables of premiums for single lives with the calculations made at this office. Wishing your Directors every success in this excellent under taking, I am, &c." The balance-sheet showed a very large increase in favour of the Society, not only in the amount of money invested during the year, but also in the greatly ex tended receipts of premiums over all preceding years. The CHAIRMAN—The report now read contains a full statement of the past proceedings and present position of the Association, and nothing now remains for me but ' to say that, should any explanation be wanted, I shall be very happy to afford it. Mr. KINSMAN of Manchester, one of the local corn• mittee, then moved— " That the report for the year, 1845, as now read, be adopted and printed for circulation at the discretion of the Board." He had arrived in town on a journey to the west of England, and having called at the office, he had been persuaded to come to the meeting and move the resolu tion he had now done. He felt most happy in doing so, as he considered the report just read to be a most satis factory document in every particular.—(Cheers.) Mr. E. J. GoSBELL seconded the resolution. He felt much gratified at the report just submitted, and in that gratification he was sure the meeting fully participated.—(Hear, hear.) He was satisfied that the Directors had done their best to advance the interests of the Association, and to their energy and perseverance they (the members) were much indebted for tht ir pre sent improved position. He would suggest to the mem bers present that Chambers's plan be adopted, which was for each member, during the next year, to bring a member.—(Hear, hear.) That step would at once place the Association in a most commanding position.—The resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to. Mr. J. W. WELCH rose to move the next resolution, which was as follows : " That Mr. Richard Henry Jones and Mr. Samuel Notley be re-elected managers of the Association, and Messrs. John James Iselin, Samuel Jepps, Henry Pearson Maples, and Richard Price be elected managers." He knew Mr. Jones well, as one of the oldest and best friends of the Association, and one who, in his capacity of Deputy Chairman, had done much to advance their interests. Mr. Notley had also been one of his col leagues, and a gentleman 'that had used great exertion to advance the welfare of the body. The same might be said of the other gentlemen named in the resolution, to whom he believed they were also much indebted for the present flourishing state of the Institution. Mr. LLOYD had much pleasure in seconding the reso lution proposed by Mr. IVelch. The Chairman was about to put the resolution, when a member in the body of the room suggested that the names should be put separately, as he believed the Act of Parliament required that it should be so. The CHAIRMAN said he did not think that such was the case, yet, in order to make sure, he had no objection to put the names in that way. He then submitted the names contained in the resolution to the meeting sepa rately, and they were unanimously agreed to as managers of the Institution for the ensuing year. Mr. JONES returned thanks for the honour done him in his re-electiora He had hitherto done his best to serve the interests of the Institution, and would continue to do so. He was much satisfied at the general tenour of the report, particularly regarding that portion which suggested that each member should endeavour to bring another member into the Association during the coming year. He was satisfied if they made an effort they would succeed in carrying that recommendation into effect.—(Hear.) He had a resolution to propose bearing on another point in the report. It was intimated in the report that during the last year a most beneficent and noble act had been performed by the house of Magniac, Jardine, and Co., towards their clerks. I would also allude to the most liberal gift of Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd to his clerks, showing that there is springing up on the part of principals a greater regard for those who serve them. I trust so good an example will be followed by other houses ; indeed, I have some reason to believe that another eminent firm contemplates a similar proceeding to that of Magniac, Jardine, and Co.—(Loud applause.) The resolution he had to propose was as follows: " That the warmest thanks of the meeting are due to Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. ; Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. ; W. G. Prescott Esq.; and Baron L. de Rothschild, for their countenance and support as trustees of the Association; and also to John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., for his continued inte rest in the prosperity of the Association, and to himself and partners for their late distinguished mark of approbation of the Society." Mr. SAIVTELL seconded the resolution, which was put and unanimously carried. Mr. MAITLAND moved the next resolution, which was one in which he was sure they would all agree. It was— " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to the medical officers both in town and country, to the local agents and committees, to the consulting actuary, and the honorary solicitors for their valuable services during the Fast year." He was persuaded they would all agree that they had been much indebted to the gentlemen named in the reso lution for the assistance they had given the Association; particularly were they under obligation to their medical officers. They had granted 211 policies during the past year—(Cheers) —and nearly 600 from their first : last, From tliere thisha had been esta blishment, and yet, out of t h a t 600, u p to the 31st of Deconlyember p oanre that loss, their a n the t and that was for 100 me dical officers had exercised no or di na ry pe ca se lection of lives to be insured—(Hear, hear)—and in atid for this care they were entitled to their warmest thanks. Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the motion, and said he'need not add one word to what had just been offered by the previous gentleman. The secretary, the managers, the solicitor,;', and medical officers, had all, he was satisfied, done everything in their power to advance the Association. For himself, the sole why he h re e ma n snement retired from taking ail active part in t nd to that interestsl wou hve was having other avocations to it Ste an interfered with his attendi n g to !.heir d in a official manner. He greatly regretted having to leave, after struggling with them up hill to their present satis factory position ; but he did not like to hold of unless he could attend to its obligations. Unless he cored do so it was his bounden duty to retire. He, however, in doing so, congratulated them on having, in their officers, a body of gentlemen who would leave nothing undone that energy, attention, and business habits could achieve for them. Under such direction they could not fail to bring their affairs to a most satisfactory and triumphant issue. The CHAIRMAN, on putting the resolution to the meeting, observed that Mr. Reynolds had explained to the meeting the cause of his retiring from the management. He had a letter from Mr. Hudson, explaining also the cause of his retirement, and it was gratifying to know that neither of those gentlemen had retired from any ill feel ing towards the Society, but solely on account of their other avocations rendering it impossible for them effi ciently to perform their duties as managers.—(Cheers.) The worthy Chairman read the letter from Mr. Hudson, in which he complimented the Society highly, and wished it the success it deserved. The resolution was then declared to be carried unani motirdy. gas Joule JAMES ISELIN, as one of the newly-elected managers, begged to return thanks for the honour that had been conferred upon him. He could assure the gentlemen present that his earnest endeavours should never be found wanting in order to promote the best interests of the Society—(Cheers)—and he hoped to re ceive and deserve at the conclusion of those exertions the same feeling of satisfaction' that had been displayed towards those whose office he had been so undeservedly selected to fill.—(Cheeri.) He could assure those pre sent that it would be his greatest happiness in after years to meet them with a statement that the success of the Society had increased in the ratio of a hundred fold.—(Cheers.) Esq.,Fellow of the Royal Society , A LFRE D SMEE, H e could assure the meeting rose to return thanks. . that their medical officers had striven all in their power to promote the interests of the Institu t tio e n, r a e t ort, e th w e r; g to happy to say that, according, the h 'th su ccess.—(Cheers.) exe rtions had been crowned wl • me dical men was one The duty that devolved upon the s, of difficulty and responsibility.—C s. very gen s heer ) tleman who was in that room had lied to come before them, and though they had not he QR more than ten minutes in their company, they had hatsto look through their bodies, and render that which was opaque tran sparent--(Laughter)—in order to discover not only whether they were then labouring under Any disease, but what. disease they had suffered from, and what they might probably bc subjected to.—(Cheers.) The examination might by some be considered as a farce, but as a medical man he could assure them it was no such thing.—(A laugh ) Mr. HONEY then rose to move the next resolution. Two years since lie had felt it to be his duty to move that some remuneration should be made to the board of management; at that time it was stated that the funds of the Society were not in a condition to meet such a sug gestion, but now the case was different. From the report that had been read it was apparent the Society was progressing most favourably—(Cheers)—and that 300/. might, without detriment , be set apart for their services, as some slight remun eration fur their arduous duties.—(Cheers.) Such being the case be would move— " That the best thanks of the meeting are due to the bosrd of managers for their unremitting attention to the affairs of the Association, and that the sum of three hundred pounds be awarded to them for their efficient services in forming the Association, and for their exertions to promote its interests, and conducting its details during the past five years." Mr. WILLIAM READ seconded the resolution. A GENTLEMAN in the meeting hoped that it was in tended that the remuneration sh(.uld be retrospective ? Mr. R. IL JONES—Oh, certainly. The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of himself and the other managers of the Institution, begged to return their thanks for the very cordial and hearty manner in which the meeting had acceded to the proposition of devoting 3001. as a remuneration to the managers fur their ser vices to the Institution for the last five years.—(Cheers.) He was sure it was the wish of all the managers to serve the Society gratuitously as long as the funds were not sufficient to give them any remuneration—(Loud cheers)—hut he thought that the time had now arrived when the funds of the Association could bear it, and he felt gratified that the members pre::,nnt had taken the same view of it as the managers had done. He could assure the meeting that they might rely upon the best exertions and endeavours of the mana gers in future to promote the interests of the Associa tion, the value of which he had no doubt would be felt more and more every year.—(Cheers.) He was sure it would make vast progress by its own merits, aided, as it would be, by the exertions of its members. A GENTLEMAN in the meeting was desirous of know ing whether any remuneration had been given to the medical officers of the Company ? The CHAIRMAN said • that a small remuneration had been given to the medical officers for the year 1844 and 1845, but that remuneration was totally inadequate to their great services. —(Cheers.) Indeed, it was given more as a compliment than as a remuneration. — (Cheers.) It was the wish of the managers of the Institution to reward all its officers, and he was sorry that the small compliment that had been given to the medical men was not much more.—(Cheers). The same GENTLEMAN hoped the time was not far distant when they would be properly rewarded for watching over the interests of the Institution. The CHAIRMAN observed that, if any gentleman had any further question to ask, he should be happy to answer it. He could assure the meeting that the managers courted inquiry on all occasions.—(Cheers.) Dr. MIILLINDER then rose to propose— " That the thanks of this meeting are cordially offered to the gentlemen of the press for the kindly spirit invariably manifested by them in advocating the cause and objects of the Association." He appeared before the meeting in a two-fold capacity, but he trusted that he should not be charged with dupli city.—(Cheers and laughter.) A great deal had been said about the Militia mania, but he did not refer to them, but to the volunteers.—(Cheers.) The press had always advocated the objects of the Provident Clerks' In stitution—(Cheers)—or he might call it the Provident Clerks' Volunteers.—(Cheers.) The Sun shone upon them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Tines supported them.—(Cheers.) The Herald proclaimed them.—(lncreased cheering.) The Chronicle re gistered them.—(Cheers.) The Post delivered them.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Advertiser posted them. —(Cheers.) The /N ews illustrated them.—(Cheere.) The Examiner passed them.—(Cheers.) The Spectator looked favourably on them.—(Laughter.) The English ntleman had taken them by the hand.—(Great laugh ter.) And although they had been in the Gazette, it was the Court one—(lncreased laughter)—and they had a trusty Sentinel, and two good magazines in the Bankers' and the Pot magazines.—(Great laughter.) In con clusion, he trusted that the meeting would with accla mation carry the resolution he had proposed to so use ful and necessary a body as the press.—(Cheers.) Mr. JEPPS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. F. CREASY then moved— " That the members present, fully appreciating the great importance and utility of the Association, pledge themselves to increased individual exertion to introduce new members, and to use every means to make the principles and objects of the Association known." Mr. CLARKE seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. The CIIAIRMAN said that the business of the meeting was now concluded. He hoped that every member pre• sent would strive all in his power to carry out the spirit of the resolution, because he felt convinced, if it was acted upon, there could be no doubt the favourable results of 1845 would be far exceeded by those of 1846. Mr. HOWDEN thought the meeting ought.not to sepa rate without expressing its gratitude to Dr. Mullinder, the Secretary, for his exertions on behalf of the Society. It should be borne in mind that the business of the Society had increased considerably during the last year•, and that that increase had required greater exertions on the behalf of their Secretary.—(Cheers.) He would, therefore move— " That the best thanks of the meeting be given to Dr. Mullinder, the Secretary, for his zealous and efficient services." Mr. FRIDD seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Dr. MULLINDER returned thanks. It was not many days since a member of the Society had called him a goose.—(Great laughter.) Now, although that observa tion was made in jest, he was determined to be a goose (Increased laughter)—for he should never forget ihat the cackling of a goose had saved Rome—(Laughter) — and he was determined not to cease cackling until he had convinced every clerk of the value of this Institu tion.—(Great cheering.) He felt most acutely the marked honour that had been done him, and he trusted that the Society would never find him undeserving of it. The CHAIRMAN was desirous of mentioning one circumstance which was calculated to show the increased estimation in which the Society was held by the public. In 1644 they had granted 110 policies ; in 1845, 211; while in the present year they had granted 21, being more than one a day.—(Great cheering.) He felt con vinced that the end of 1846 would show au increase of prosperity in the Institution unexampled in the history - of societies of a similar description.—(Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then moved by Mr. NOBLE, seconded by Mr. J. NORTON, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, assured the meeting that as long as he held the office of one of their managers, he should do his duty fearlessly, without re ference to any personal consideration, trouble, or exer tion.—(Claeers.) The meeting then separated. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--OnMon day the quarterly meeting of this society, which is esta blished to afford relief to 'officers of the royal navy, their widows and families, under circumstances of misfortune and distress, was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm in the chair. Amongst the gallant officers present were Admiral Sir Edward. Cod rington, G.C,8.; Captains Bague, Edwards, and Drew Com mander Marshall ; Lieutenants Gardiner , B edford, and Lean ; Sir Richard Dobson, inspector of hospitals, &c. Commander Dickson; the secretary, read the report. The receipts for the last quarter were 1,203/. 7s. 4d., and the expenditure amounted to 7371. 10s. 9d. During the past year the sub scriptions, donations, and a balance of 595/. 45., figured 3,1701. ss. 6d., and the outlay, including 2,1181. distri buted in relief, was 2,704/. 85. 11d., leaving a balance of 465/. 16s. 7d. Amongst the donations received since the Ist instant, were the following :—His S co h n a c r l m us a i n o , n, 2 s o t / . . Royal Higlinf ss Prince Albert, 21/ ; the Duke stated that the AleA le x s a a n t e a r , f E 55 5 2 q 1.. . , waslo / allocatedl s. of Cambridge, 21/. ; Earl of Haddington, 50/. ; Commander Cadogan, 21/.; Charles Dickson, Esq., 10/. The report in distribu •;Eaforrl distribution amongst 82 applicants forrelief. The report was adopted. The secretary then announced that, during the past year, 107 officers had joined the society, and that 78 deaths and withdrawals had tak en pl ace amOngst_the old members. It was moved and carried, amidst applause; that the chairman be • requested to acknowledge by letter the munificent donations of Prince Albert, the Duke of Cam bridge, Earl Haddington, the Earl of Cadogan, and Com mander Sharman. Captain Bague recommended to the at tention of the meeting the case of Miss H--, the daughter of a deceased officer, who was reduced to the lowest depths of poverty, but whose peculiar circumstances precluded her ap plying for relief. In consequence of the gallant captain's repre sentation, the officers humanely raised a subscription in her behalf. The petitions having been disposed of, and sums varying from 25/. to 5/. distributed amongst the applicants, thanks were voted to the Gallant Chairman, and the meeting separated. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOU SE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Last night a general meeting of the sub scribers and friends of this Association was held at Ander ton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive the report of the Com mittee for the past half year, and to investigate the financial state of the funds of the Society, and on general business. Mr. Binmore, the President of the Association, in the chair. From the report it appeared the prospects of the Association were progressing, and that a great increase had taken place in the number of subscribers ; the amount of subscriptions, as corresponding with the last half-year, were larger, while the interest on the funded property of 1,589!. 6s. Bd. in the Na tional Debt Office, added to the principal, amounts for the half year to 291. 16s, 2d. ; which, togetLer with a balance of 58/. 15s. sd. in the 'freasurer's hands, made a total sum of upwards of 1,672/. The report was adopted. NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS.—The fourth election of this excellent charity occurred yesterday. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided on the occasion. Ilis Lordship briefly but emphatically expressed his approbation of the Charity, stated that 26 children were already on the foundation, and urged the .friends present to do their utmost, not only on the present day, but afterwards in their several connexions, to increase the means of the Charity, that the Asylum, which is now capable of receiving 100 children , may be tilled. His Lordship sustained his observations by making a second life subscription to the Institution, and then declared that the pall was open to elect ten children from the list of candidates before the meeting. MILITIA. EXEMPTIONS.—At several large firms in the City and West-end, where a great number of hands are employed, as in some of the principal linen-drapery establish ments, mutual combinations have been formed to provid substitutes should any of them be drawn. It is fully expected that the East India Company's Regiment of Volunteers will be formed, and brought into training, which will exempt all their clerks, servants, and labourers from service in the militia. This regiment, which was the last of the volunteer corps that was disbanded, continued in regular training until 1824. - The Marquis of Sligo has arrived at Jerusalem from a tour in the Ottoman empire. Lord James de Burgh Browne is doing duty with his regiment, the 9th Lancers, in India. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY E'YENING, JANUARY 20. 1846. BURDENS ON LAND. (From the Times.) For years past " the peculiar burdens on land" have been one of the chief points for the corn-laws, and at the first alarm of their approaching fate the cry was raised as usual, and, turned into a claim for compensation. Almost every thing that the farmer paid was a peculiar burden. The na tional taxes themselves, diffusive enough as e veqb'scly knows, were a peculiar burden on land. " The taxed agri culturist of England" was contrasted with " the untaxed Russian." and " the untaxed Pole," ..as if no ether class in the island was taxed except the farmer, and there was no such thing as a Custom-house known. The soil, 'we were told, is mortgaged for the payment of the national debt. Everything, it appears, is paid by the soil. It supports the Church, the poor, the prisons, the roads, the police, all for the general good, with only a very moderate share inthe bene fit. Mr. Shelley having chanced to say at'a Brighton meeting that " be did not believe there were any special burdens on land," the. Lord. Lieutenant of the county publicly took him to task. " Surely the collector of rates could not have called upon him, 'nor the waywarden for the repair of the roads, nor could he be a ware t h a t i t was t h e. laud that paid the tithes." We are to conc l u d e , t h ere f ore, t h at t h ere i s no such thing as a highway-rat e , a li g h t i ng an d pav i ng - ra t e , a police-rate, or local rate or tax, or rent-charge, or ground rent, or payment of any kind except the simplest form of rent ever heard of, in a town. Brighton, especially, where the challenge was made, is an utter stranger to these oppressions, and has no more occasion to sympathise with the complaints of the agriculturists than it has with the " Groans of the Britons." It has been replied a thousand times that the taxes are equally paid by all, and that all have, therefore, an equal right to protection ; or, which comes to the same thing, none have a right to a special protection; that the titheowner is only a sort of landlord, and, if not an improving landlord, is, in most instances, a resident and a charitable one, and that way-rates are a profitable ,investment, and an ou tl a y attaching to all kinds of traffic. It would, in f ac t, b e as r e asona ble to call port dues a special burden on the merchant, or canal dues or railway charges a special burden on the retail dealer, as way-rates , on the farmer. The pretence of an ex clusive agricultural burden, in the shape of poor-rates and other rates levied on the same assessment as the poor-rates, may not perhaps admit of so ready an answer . Th e com plaint, if it means anything at all, means that by some acci dental unfairness in the principl e o f assessmen t, l a nd is rated very much higher than othe r p ro p er ty, or that on the same profits the burdens which ought justly to devolve on other occupa tions. These are points which demand inquiry. The agri culturists will be well pleased to hear that their complaint as to the burden of the rates will not be dismissed without a hearing. It is destined to occupy a prominent place in the impending debate. An order, has, we believe, been issued from the Home office, to the poor-law unions, for a return of the rates in the past year, distinguishing the amount levied on land, and that on other kinds of property. This peculiar burden, therefore, will have every chance of a hearing. Should the ill-used class who are groaning under its unequal pressure possess any genuine statistics on the subject likely to conflict with the brazen ta bles of an official return, we advise them to set to work im e mediatelv. At present there is a serious probability that the return will indicate at least as great a burden on other kinds of property as.on land. In 1826 the poor-rate amounted to 6,966,1671., of which land contributed 4,795,4821., and other property 2,170,675/. As this was twenty years since, perhaps it is unnecessary to remark upon it, Some light, however, may be thrown on the question by observing, that in 1826 the poor- rate in agricultural districts included a large proportion of labour-rate, that is, of mere wages; and that in other respects the .expenditure of an agricultural parish in the southern and midland counties included items elsewhere left to the private ledger or to private bounty. Without, how ever, attempting to„ analyze the complex sums of 1826, we pass on to 1841, by which time the proportion had con siderably changed. The total was 6,351,828/., to which land contributed 3,316,5931., and other property 3,035,235/, Here, then, is something like an equality.. On this statement the poor-rate cannot be called an exclusive burden on land. At least, there is only one supposition on which the complaint would hold good, and that supposition is one of which the protectionists happen to betray a very particular horror. They commonly allege that the capital embarked in agricul. ture is considerably greater than that embarked in trade and manufactures. There is a, calculation going about amongst them on this subject so utterly out of all reason that out of pure kindness we will not quote it. But they. are never so moderate as to rate the agricultural interest at only; three or four times' as much as the mercantile and manu facturing. Apply this estimate to the return of the poor rates fir 1841. If the capital of agriculture is twice all other property, but only pays about as much to the' poor rate as other property, it follows, by the rules of Cocker, that the capital of agriculture is only rated half as high as other capital. It follows that every thousand pounds invested in land pays only half as much as a thousand pounds invested in houses, shops, warehouses , manufactories, mines, roads, canals, railways, or other property; consequently that the poor-rates, so far from being a sp ecia l burden on the agri culturist, are specially burdensome—viz., twice as burden some—on other classes. . privilegecreof We are inclined to think we could argue better for the protectionists than they do • for themselves. They will, of course, reject . the offer as a gratuitous delightinsult,..a of n !Li ch .and dm ' immemoriall g them selves. We will, however, commend to their own natural understandings • the mu tally destructive character of i d lTre a n na and th l their arguments. In one page, or one column, or one sen tence, they maintain that they are the largeat, th e wea l t hi est, and the most important interest in the country ; in the next that they are the most highly rated, and deeply burdened, and so forth ; the fact being, that their aggregate rating is just about equal to the aggregate rating of the other interest. This fact being ascertained, it is impos sible that they can maintain at one and the same time both their other points. If their capital is great, their rating is little; if their capital is little, their rating is great. The two quantities vary inversely, being the factors of a given product. Agriculturists are either the most important class and the least burdened, or the least important class and the most burdened. They must not aspire both to greatness and suffering. They are not both princes and beggars. They must make their election between the two, and that beanies. Before next Monday we expect to hear an authoritative declaration from 17, New Bond-street, either that the agriculturists are important and favoured, or insignificant and spited. We urge neon them this dilemma with all the more earnestness, because there is every reason to expect that the result of the present inquiry through the poor-law unions will be very much at variance with former returns, perhaps the very reverse of 1826. Since 1841 there has been an immense increase in other rateable property be sides land. Many hundreds of miles of railroad have been brought into profitable operation Cities and towns have increased, and even been created. Moreover, new, and fairer and more searching assessments have been everywhere made. Counties, cities, and parishes have been rated anew. The hair's-breadth scales of the Property-tax have been brought into play. What if it should turn out that land, in the poor's book, is only three-eighths or one-third of the whole rateable property ? Such a result will aggravate the difficulty and straiten the dilemma we have described. The p ro tectionist will have to admit e ith er th a t the rateable agri cultural property is only one -third of the whole in the king dom, and is fairly rated; or that it is more than a third, and lightly rated; or that it is less than a third. and heavily rated. The first, of course, is the best for his purpose. But there is an end at once of the peculiar burden. • Her Majesty and Prince Albert's visit to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, is not expected to take place until the first week in February. The embellishments and repairs to the:edifice, wliich include the grand portico or entrance with massive stone columns, hiVe been completed, and also the rock and rustic work ; and the whole building will be finished by August next. Lord John Russell has arrived in town, accompa nied by the Earl of Minto, from Minto House, where his Lordship made a short stay en route from Glasgow.; ARTISTICAL DECORATION OF PUBLIC ROOMS -- The large room of the Cafe de l'Europe, in the Haymarket, has been enriched lately by its spirited proprietor, Mr. Hem ming, with a series of fine full-length portraits obtained from a palace in Bonn, on the Rhine, which fill the spaces formed by the pilasters that support an entablature running round the room, and, together with some good casts of ancient and modern statuary, give an effect of substantial and tasteful •elegance not found in many other coffee-rooms. Anxious to see works of fine art become a necessary part of our houses, we mention the room in question as a good sign and an example wc.rthy of imitation. The portraits include Francis L of Austria, Charles Alexander of Lorraine, James Edward Stuart, Maria Leckinska i daughter of Stanislaus of Poland, and'Louis XV. The majority of them are ascribed to Riego, and two, at least, are very superior works.—The Builder. NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE FOR RAILWAY PUR- PosEs.—A patent has just been obtained by Mr. 11. H. Rus sell, formerly an assistant of Sir Isambard Brunel in the con struction of the Thames Tunnel and other public works, for a new mode of arranging the curves in suspension bridges, by rneans'Of which the vibration ar.d oscillation of those structures are entirely neutralised, and thereby rendered availablefor railway purposes. The novelty of the invention consists in the arrangement of the chains, which alternately are relieved by the support which is given from the lower portion of the catenary curve, it being supported in the pier immediately under the summits or points of bearing of the upper chain which interlaces at the centre of the span, thus distributing the weight of the moving power alternately from the higher to the lower chain. We shall take an early op portunity of giving a more minute account of the principle, which, if it realize the expectations of the patentee and • many of his scientific friends, will be of essential service in lessening some of the expenses and difficulties incident to the • • formation of railroads.— The Builder. GAME TRESPASS IN THE ROYAL PRESERVES Yesterday morning a labouring man, named William Pond, was brought before the Windsor bench of magistrates (Mr. T. Adams, Mayor, and Messrs. Blunt and Legh), charged by James Austir, a gamekeeper in the service of the Queen, employed in Windsor Groat Park, with trespassing in search of game "on a certain piece of plantation land, in the pos session and occupation of her Majesty:" 'William Makin, a gamekeeper in the service of the Crown, deposed that on Mon day last, he saw the defendant, with two other men, who at person. Fo ur wiress found by w it ness were unknown to him, bea tin g in the p l antation with sticks, b e tween the Sheet-street L od g e and Spital, in the Great Park. The other two ran off and esca p ed, but witness pur sued the defendant , an d cau g ht him in the mea dow. Upon wt f i o iel, r un e edlaoufspteeorotwo the spot where th e three men were seen be atin g the plantation. Upon the ! searching(afnodr tthei e snaring g h a i m m eikioeotefhpi hared gamekeeper nothing A w s de fendant being taken, he threatened to use his knife. The defendant denied that he had a knife in his possession ; all that he bad in his pocket was a pipe and a comb. The de fendant also denied that he was in search of game, whatever the other two men , w hom he did not know, might: be after. The witness, who was asked by Mr. Legh if he saw the knife in the possession of the defendant, replied that he did not see it, but that he put his hand to his waistcoat pocket when he made use of the threat to use one. The Magistrates having consulted together for a short time, aid having eli cited from Hakin that he had never seen the defendant tres passing in search of game on the royal preserves before, the Mayor, addressing the defendant, said, that this being his first offence, the Bench would deal leni ent l y w i th him by fining him in the amount of IGs. and cedering him to pay lls. giving him the option of . ither costs, thus paying the guinea or being imprisoned for 14 days in the borough gaol. The' man said he bad no mone y to pay either tin e or costs. .11e was then conveyed to prison in the custody of the gaoler. Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inqueBt at the Prince's Head, B u ckingham-street, Straml, on the body of a fine full-grown male chili', apparently recently born. William Lee stated that about twenty minutes. past Seven o'clock on Saturday mornik , g last, he was passing along John. street, Adelphi, when he observed a brown paper parcel lying on the pavement, in front of the private entrance of the Adslphi hotel. On his opening one end of the paper he dis covered it to contain the dead body of si full-grown male child, which was scarcely cold. Mr. Bainbridge, surgeon to St. Martin's Workhouse,ssaid that he saw the body soon after it was brought there—there was no external mark of violence upon it, and from the a ppearance internally, he was of opi nion that the child had died from the. want of proper atten tion. The jury returned a verdict hi accordance with the medical testimony. LETERATURE. MARGARET LAPEL. A Norcl. 3 Vols. AN EPITOME of the NEW LINES of RAIL WAY in ENGLAND, which Parlianzeht will pro bably sanction, with their Reasons for doing so. By C. .1. Collins. Mr. Collins, the author of this brochure, is the edi i for of the Railway Times, and is, therefore, from his position, as qualified to act the part of Railway , Prophet as Yates, Bunbury, et hoc genus omne, I are to prophecy concerning the turf. Among the reasons which he adduces for Parliament verifying his prophecies, the decisions of the committees during the last session hold a prominent place. .As a re sume of the decisions of the railway commit tees of last session, and of the projects which will come before Parliament during the pre sent session, this is a valuable compilation, and if if• were possible for the _decision _of one Parliamentary Committee to calculate what the decision of another Parliamentary Committee would be under similar circumstances, then might we be in • elined to place some trust in Mr. Collins's vaticina tions ;—but the days of prophesy, like those of chivalry, are over, and to attempt to foretel the de cision of a Parliamentary Committee; on any given case, by a reference to the ordinary rules of law or equity, or precedent, is as hopeless a task as it would be to attempt to foretel from what quarter the wind would blow at the moment that the chairman should announce the decision. If it were possible, in regard to these matters, to foretel the future from accurate observati ons, of the past, then, indeed, in the majority of in s t ances , would Mr. Collins be a true prophet. After stating the grand lines of railway, the con struction of which he thinks it probable Parliament will sanction in the ensuing session, and which will require a paid-up capital of 45,930,000/ -, he thus con eludes : In this utilitarian and philosophical age our very 'novels are redolent of the spirit of the times. His tory and politics are now common themes for works hitherto intended only for amusement. The school master is abroad with a vengeance, indeed, if his lessons must be found even in the page of fiction. Far be it from us to disapprove of such things, yet, with all deference to the importance of instruction, we cannot but remember that novels are chiefly de sired by way of recreation. A few may wish to find wisdom mingled with entertainment, but the . gene-. rality, tired of history an d w ea ri e d w ith polities, are glad to seek amusement in the delightful realMs of fancy; others love to contrast their own high favoured lot with the imagined distresses of some all-perfect heroine ; in both cases, perhapS little good is done, but the end is achieved—the r ea d er is gratified. Such a novel is " Margaret Capel ;" it is well calculated to suit both extremes, full of liveliness and vivacity ; on the one hand gay, spirited, and sparkling, it is cer tain to please those who only read pour passer le:timps, while the lovers of tenderness and pathos will be clteply interested by the beautiful and touching history of Aveline Fitzpatrick, the only child of a widowed mother, slowly fading away beneath the power of that resistless foe to youth and beauty—incurable consump tion. This mournful tale is perhaps the most beiauti ful portion of the whole work : here death has iOdeed no terrors, all is peace and love. This is but an episode, the real heroine being Margaret Capel,i who is of course endowed with all the virtue and beauty necessary for such an important place. We will not attempt to "sketch the plot," and destroy all the interest of the story ; suffice it to say'it is sufficiently involved and intricate to excite attention, yet not too complicated to amuse. Just the sort of book for ladies who have nothing to do but to read for their own gratification, or again just' the sort of book for others who seek recreation from their arduous daily duties. "If we allow about twenty millions for branches of existing lines, and for small extensions, the total sum which Parliathent will in all probability permit this year to be adplied to the construction of new English railways, will be under seventy millions, or less than a million and a half for each county. The sum is great, but we believe that the county will provide it, and feel no ill effects from the outlay. The money so expended will be disbursed by degrees—and to whom ?—why to those who will immediately circulate it again —the labourers of the country. The calls will be made periodically, so as to meet the convenience of those who hare to pay them, and we may therefore fairly assume that before the last call is made, the first that was paid will have nearly returned into the pockets of the sub scribers." POEMS and PICTURES. A Collection of Ballads' Songs, and other Poems, with One Hundred Illustra tions on Wood, by British Artists. This is one of the most luxurious books ever pub lished. Printed in beautiful type, upon thick satin paper, every page has an illuminated border, and every poem has an illustration, many of them more than one. These illustrations are the most beautiful specimens of wood engraving we have ever seen ; they have the softness of the most exqui site pencilling. Among the artists who have illustrated these " Ballads " are Cope, Dyce, Horsley, Redgrave, Selous, Tenniel, Archer, Corbould, Duncan, and Pickeragill. Some of Pickers gill's illustrations are remarkably imaginative, and remind us forcibly of the marvellous creations of the pencil of Blake. The binding of the book is in the highly-ornamented antique style, and altogether it is a monument worthy of British arts and artists. Ere long, this collection of poems and pictures will be found on the drawing-room table' of every person in the British dominions who has the least pretensions to taste. STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE BLACK SEA. TREBISONDE, DEC. 8, 1845.—Steam navigation in the Black Sea has received a most extraordinary impulse. It is scarcely eight years since the inhabitants of Trebi sonde were astonished by the sight of the first Austrian steamer of the Danubian Society, which appeared upon the caast of Anatolia for the purpose of trying to esta blish a rapid and direct relation between the dense popu lation on the shores of the Black Sea and the Ottoman capital. The first attempt was not very encouraging, and the great mass of travellers and pilgrims who came from Persia, and from the centre of Mussulman Asia en route to Constantinople or to Mecca, continued for some time after that attempt to trust themselves to the frail Turkish sailing ves sels which plied between Trebisonde and the capital, and which were frequently lost in that dangerous sea. But happily the Austrians persisted in their enterprise, the boat reappeared, the Greek and Armenian population of Anatolia at length ventured to embark upon the "fire ships," as they were termed, and, finally, the whole mus sulman population followed the example. At present there are three societies which contend for that much frequented line, and six steamers which ♦ie with each other for the travellers and merchandize. After the Austrians, an Armenian society was formed at Con stantinople to work the line, in which most of the prin cipal Pashas of the empire hold shares, and which is greatly favoured by the Turkish Government. The Society of the Navigation of the Danube has this year disposed of the whole of its steamers to the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste, which at piesent serves the greater part of the lines of the Levant. For the last eight months an. English company has been established, and now contends with the Austrian and Armenian com panies for the navigation between this port and Constan tinople, and sends us weekly a magnificent boat, which goes from this place direct to Malta, touching at Con stantinople, Smyrna, and Syria. The voyage from Malta to Trebisonde is performed in fourteen days. The number of passengers between Trebisonde and Con stantinople is rarely less than four hundred. Four steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's Company now regularly ply between Constantinople, Kustandge, and the mouth of the Danube, in order to take up the travel lers which the Danube boats bring there. This naviga tion is only interrupted during the four winter months, that is to say, ,from the commencement of December to the end of Meech. The Russians have augmented their line of steamers from Odessa to Constantinople by lay ing on two additional boats, which are commanded by English captains. This line has likewise four boats. The service as well as the internal arrangement of the steamers is yet far from being complete. The three Rus=ian steamers which navigate between Odessa and THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS. • A New Edition. Thanks to the irrevocable advance of true fame, it is unnecessary to do more than chronicle this re-pub lication of the too few, but incomparable poems written by John Keats. To enter upon a dissection of pro ductions now so familiar to every lover of genuine and unforced poetry would savour snore of eccen• tricity than judgment, seeing that they have acquired for themselves the most catholic appreciation. But we may undoubtedly be permitted to observe that the first and most elaborated production in the collection claims the most feeble and questionable applause, namely, "the stretched metre of an antique song "—"Endymion." Infinitely noble as is its introduction, proclaiming the presence of beauty in everything terrestrial, from " the shady boon ' of trues, to the very daffodils " with the green world they live in "—glorious as is the opening pic ture of a forest glade in Latmos, where the rivulets disappear under the umbrage "to warm their chilliest bubbles in the grass "—larded with symbols of glory as is that marvellous invocation to Pan—pure and statuesque as is the description of Endymion himself, with his senses obscured with drowsiness, and mo tionless in the rapture of a trance, " Even as dead still as a marble man Frozen in that old tale Arabian"— and sprinkled as the narrative is with the sweetest and most gossamer-like episodes, dreams within dreams (such as the chase after the butterfly)—there are intermeshed and intermingled with the whole such puerilities and affectations and weaknesses, both of thought and language, as tend materially to modify our approbation. Nevertheless, a sweeping condem nation of a work so eminently delicate becomes an im possibility after reading that masterpiece—the preface prefixed to this " poetic romance"—in which Keats remarks that a dissatisfied reviewer will assuredly leave him alone " with a conviction that there is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object." With " Laurie," however, that strange phantasm of a subtle imagination—with " Isabella, or the Pot of Basil," the metre of which beats time, as it were, to the blood•gush of the heart—and with " The Eve of St. Agnes," that matchless piece of mosaic -work, carrying us alternately to the banquet cham ber with its music " yearning like a god in pain," and to the gallery with the cavalier, "brushing the cobwebs with his lofty plume," and to the bedside in the moon's " dim twilight "—with these three creations our admiration is unstinted and Kertsch also offer but slight comfort, and travellers are continually making complaints. From Kertsch as far as Kedut Certseh travellers are taken gratuitously on board the Russian steam-frigates, which perform that voyage twice a month, touching at all the small ports 1 and other fortified points which the Russians have established upon the Circassian shore. There is not the slightest difficulty i❑ obtaining per mission to embark upon those state steamers. • The voyage is exceedingly interesting, on account of the picturesque beauty of the Circassian coast ; but it some times happens that Circassian bullets reach the deck of the vessels wizen they approach too near the shore. The former , Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army was nearly killed by one of those balls, which whizzed above his head when he was on his way to the fortress of Ardler. There are at present seven Russian steam frigates in the Black Sea, four of which generally remain in the port of Sebastpol, and three in that of Kertsch, at the disposition of General Budberg," who commands the garrisons in the forts situated on the Circassian shore. lam assured that ' Prince WorOnzow is actively employed establishing a line of steamers between Bedut Kerstch and Trebisonde. This will prove an immense advantage to this port, for the communication between it and Georgia is very difficult by the small Turkish vessels, and yet the commercial intercourse is very considerable. Should tr.e enterprise which Prince Woronzow has recommended to his Government succeed, the voyage around the whole of the Black Sea may be made in steamers. The number of steamers which at present ply regularly in that sea is twenty-four, to which may likewise be added two others, which ply between Kertsch and Taganrog, on the Sea of Azof, and two . others which are destined to ply between Bedut-Kertsch , and Trebisonde, touching at Poti, Batum, and Risch. r When these vessels are laid on, travellers will be enabled to make the tour of the Black Sea in six weeks, in " eluding the two weeks' quarantine at Odessa. most earnest ; while with " Hyperion"—that marve of modern literature—that most wonderful of 0 poetical fragments—that Phidian torso—our appro bation has no limits. Its words are like the blowings of a golden bugle ; with its utterance the earth seems again shaken by the colossal footfall of the Titans ; its imagery is awe ;its populace are gods. No con- ception - could possibly be formed Of the extreme grandeur which our language is capable of evolving without reading this extraordinary production. As the poet himself expresses it : " There is a noise Among immortals when a god gives sign, With hushing finger, how he means to load His tongue with the full weight of utterless thought, With thunder, and with music, and with pomp." And such is the sound, such is the resonance o: every syllable in " Hyperion." The minor poems which are appended to the volume, are things to be learnt by heart, and mused over line by line, and gar nered up as jewels in the chambers of the memory; they are as " things of beauty," destined for immortality, if we may credit the assertion contained in the first line John Keats ever Leknowledgedly published--" A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." Among these must be especially noted his stanzas upon "Autumn," his renowned " Ode to a N ightingale ' his verses be ginning "I stood tiptoe upon a little hill," and that pathetic and haunting conceit about December— all of which are filled with burning thoughts and clothed with burning words. His twenty sonnets, too, form of themselves a diad e m. Altogether Keats's poetry, though it was :ger minated in the regions of Cockaigne, speedily assumed for itself a character of .no class, of no party, of ro particular or individual school. As long as the green turf is powdered with daisies, and the cowslip blossoms on the hedge-bank, and the rivulets glitter in the sunbeams—as long, in fact, as mature is nature, so long will the poetry of John Keats last, for it is but a reflex of the original in all its purity, and all its majesty, and all its loveliness. The present edition is the best that has as yet been published : it is the best, because it is the most appropriate—a little volume to be dropped into one's pocket befOre a stroll in the3meadows or the woodlands : while, for ourselves and all other Londoners, it will serve as a - talisman wherewith to conjure, us from the murky streets of the metropolis and the leaden atmosphere of winter, into the midst of a summer landscape. There is, how ever, one remarkable deficiency in this reprint which we should like exceedingly to see amended ; there is neither a biographical sketch nor a slight portrait of the young bard, both of which his friend Severn, the Anglo-Roman artist, would have accomplished so successfully. We conceive, in fact, that Mr. Severn owes this much to the memory of his dead associate as well as to posterity ; and assured*..it would be a noble exertion of his abilities. We stall ultimately expect to see a life of Keats and a likeness of Keats from the pen and pencil of his companion Severn. With this exception the volume is complete, WAV ERLEY NOVELS, Abbotsford :Edition. Vol. 9. I The present volume contains " Holgauntlet," the I ford,olcjißnettsr.,n paintingst 1 l T ed h , e , a f br o ey u r fcirl Clarkson Ic t r sp a oa t i i ii o ns i t t it s r t: ; . " Betrothed," and the " Talisman:' printed in the fi by e ß ld e ; t l ; g . K. penson, same magnificent style of typography as the preceding and of those to the " Talisman," volumes of this superb editior, have been. Each novel is illustrated by four steel e ngravings, in addition to a host of at e lu : :: ci stei ti e i t s o, 1 f te ar t w r ie ° three are from David Roberts, and one (the Con vent of the Holy Nativity , Bethlehem), from paint ing by Sir Davi d Wilkie, a Her Majesty, after the investiture of the Marquis of Cainden and the Marquis of Hertford yesterday, as Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, honoured the Duke of Richmond with an audience, at which his Grace presented addresses from the District Agricultural Protection Societies of the county of Sussex, praying for a continuance of the existing protection to agriculture; and also from the unde corated Peninsular officers, praying for permission to wear some commemorative mark of their services. PEDESTRIANISM.—The race for 201. a-side, 300 yards, between Charles Jenkinson (the London stag), and John Handley (of Nottingham), came off yesterday, at Mitcham, according to previous arrangement. The weather was exceedingly unfavourable, the rain coming down co piously, until the hour appointed,' namely, two o'clock. The contest was consequently delayed, and it was more than twenty minutes past four, ere the men showed at the starting mark. The Nottingham man looked well, butsrather fleshy; the Stag, on the other hand, was thin—thin to the verge of attenuation. The men started themselves. The first eighty yards the Stag took and held the lead, Handley running strong and well, but with his . arms high and we doubt if he was at the top of his speed. 'The London . . r_n u a t n , slightly increased the distance towards the 120th yf h d e , s b tag shortly after, the Nottingham yOnth breasted him f even e s, was evidently in trouble; he sp u ra an ng di f o o y rw limped, and finally stopped. p a n rs r d u a e f d e w the st ri tenotir of his way, running very strong, and a t . a good pace, Until within a short length of the handkerchiefs, when he slackened speed and trotted in amid the vociferous acclama tionsof the rural division. ,The cause of Jenkinson's abandon ing the. contest, was stated to be a sudden and severe attack of cramp; and, certainly, from our own personal examination of his right leg, immediately afterwards, there was a spasmo dic knotting of the muscles at the • hinder and lower part of the thigh, which bore out his assertion ; i n d ee d he seemed suffering acute pain.. Considerable sums of money changed hands, the London clique being prepossessed in favour of Jenkinson ; yet, cautious ever, few bets were made except at even. The friends of the Stag are prepared to back him again with Handley, and we doubt not another trial of speed will be made, before their respective friends and ad mirers will be convinced of their relative capabilities. THE EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP IN MONMOUTH the vigour with which the search has S HME.—NEWPORT SATURDAY E missing bodies, we are sorry to say that a been e u e pit to ca rarileadteohnofuorr thisthe afternoon but two have been discovered, which make thirty whose fate is placed beyond the in all brought out dead. There five of morehope or in succour. At arereach At ten o'clock yesterday, the jury, who had been empanneled to inquire into the circumstances of this frightful disaster, assembled at the Albert Inn, Rises. The Coroner, Mr. William Brewer, opened the proceedings by an ela borate de:ail of the distressing occurrence, and in an Impressive manner pointed out to the jury the Solemn responsibility which rested upon them in the inves tigation of a subject so painfully important as that which they were about entering upon.' Mr. John G. Phillpotts and Mr. Owen, solicitors, appeared to watch the proceedings on '-'-- - ---- behalf of the relatives of several of the ill-fated sufferers, CLEMENT'S CUSTOMS' GUII )E FOR 184' and during the examination of the witnessestooka prominent a part in eliciting evidence which would tend to explain the and 1846, cause of the accident. The inquiry lasted fur seven hours, This is teßthannu• . al edition of Mr. Clement's work, during which time four witnesses were examined, whose tee and, it most ably sustains its original character. To timony was exceedingly conflicting. The inquisition was me rcantile men of every description it will and filch time adjourned to the 4 th of Februry , in order to afford and afford the time for an inspection of the sad scene of death by a mineral prove of the very gr ea t es t utility, surveyor, whose report would hi submitted to the jury. very greatest assistance upon all question- B RITIS H ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The annual general able commercial points. It is, in fact, a meeting and election for the above charity took 1 p ace encyclopaedia d ofyester- bi--n to commerce, and details day at the London Tavern, at which the Right Hon. Lord every particular alteration in the enactments I Mayor presided, and contributed ten guineas towards the in relation to trade passed clueing the last • .of g session funds of the institution. From the financial statement, it Parliament. appeared that the funded stock now amounted to 3,800/. ; Among other portions of this compila• that the subscription , amounted to 2 284/ • .and that, a fter tion, the table s of d u tie s upon ex p or t s and imports defraying the the necessary expenses, a balance remained of are most elaborate, and will afford every possible facility for reference. In all of its other branches it is, however, equally copious and Equally were accurate. . „ From the abundant information it gives ' 6201. ls. 6d. Seven children out of a list of thirty candidates elected, and rewards delivered to several children who bad been educated in the institution. , OALERRITY %OF CHELMSFOR • dinary fact that with a pou n —lt is an extraor ' oration •of between seven. and mercantile matters, it will be a valuable companion to : • - ' in Chelmsford'there bas not been a every commercial office. . eight thousand persons ' death registered in the parish for a mon th.—Essex Herald. EDUCATION AND - s GAOL i AL- NT CIPLINE. The followin g obser va tions' were last' we inaressen by Mr. G. H. V ernon , M.P., t o th e granTay_ itt ate East Retford sessions:---- i 2i ' '17.-- • " Gentlemen of th e gran d j u ry', on the ItliWbescssion ; _,, a tte when it would have been my duty as well\ai*yprO vince to have presided here, I was disabledskiioollV- , ---' so from my then being engaged in making a snevetatrQ kt urto extensive tour in Ameri ca . I was not t h ere , hosltt" "" I ever, as an idler, but as one seeking all the information I could obtain during the shortness of my stay, and of endeavouring to obtain knowledge of the state of that great country, not only of a social, but of an econo mical, and of a moral importance; also to ascertain the mode of their applicatiOn of capital in procuring that state 'of discipline and good order everywhere prevalent amongst that great people. Many of the points upon which I satisfied myself, however, it will not be 'neces sary for me to touch upon this day, although I Consider them to be of no little importance; yet there is one sub ject which I think deserves our serious attention as mem bers of the English community. This subject, resolves itself into two points; first, the manner in which educa tion is conducted, and secondly, the method in which their gaols and penitentiaries are managed. It is strange, that in a comparatively new country, that education (to use a common phrase) has gone so much a-head of the mother country, and that particularly amongst the lower classes, where every man feels ashamed who has no education, and where every man who is educated feels ashamed of committing a crime. In our owncountry there is a prejudice against going a-head in education ; and in this immediate neighbourhood a foolish prejudice prevails amongst the middle classes against having their children educated where the children of the labouring classes receive their education. But in America it is totally different. I had, during my stay in Philadelphia, an opportunity of visiting one of the largest scholastic establishments in that city, and I found that children of all classes, not only in that city, but throughout the whole state of Pennsylvania, were there congregated, and were all taking an educa tion in common, not being asked 'what'were the cir cumstances, or situations in life of their respective parents, or what churches or chapels they attended, but all seemed bent upon attaining the object for which they . were sent, that of a sound and practical education to fit them for their respective stations in after life. I found many of these youths exceedingly acute, and put seve ral questions to them, all of which were answered in a surprising manner ; and on inquiry, after a lengthened examination, as to who the young man was who had acquitted himself the best in the establishment, I was answered that he was the son of the lamp-lighter of the city. With respect to the management of their gaols and penitentiaries, I find that they have established a system of discipline and correction which is working most ad mirably, and this is to be found in the great decrease of the offenders under confinement. The prison I inspected is capable of holding 700 prisoners ; and a few years back the average number confined was about 600, but latterly these have dwindled down to about an average of 350. I enquired, in the various states which I visited, whether the same system was adopted, and was invariably told that it was, and that with the same results. I mention this fact, not knowing what has latterly been done in our own gaol, but it appears to me to be worthy of our consideration, aed, if practi cable, of our adoption ; and I have not the slightest doubt on my mind that the practice of the same causes will produce the same effects. Education going hand in hand with proper discipline, must produce re sults which are not only highly desirable, but which must in time lead on to a sounder and better state of society in general. There is one other benefit in America which cannot always be had here, and that is plenty of labour. Now when a prisoner gets out of gaol, and after having suffered that penalty for his crime which the law awards, he ultimately emigrates to another state where his former course of life and his crimes are unknown, and where he can redeem his character by following a different course of life from what he had previously done where his crimes had found him out. Now there is one case which will be brought before you to-day upon which this argument will bear. A boy of the name of Smith, about sixteen years of age, is charged with stealing a tame rabbit, along with an other person, greatly his senior in age. If he should be sent before us for trial for the felony and found guilty (although an excellent character has been given of him to the bench), his character will be gone for ever. He cannot leave the district, but must continue to reside in the midst of a densely populated neighbourhood, where he will be liable always to be reminded of his having been convicted of a felony. From the depositions it appears to me that his guilt is extremely questionable; and if you can consistently with the oath you have taken, and the nature of the evidence which will be brought before you, throw out the bill, you may satisfy thejus tice of the case, and spare his future character." ACCIDENT WHILE HUNTING. —Lord Charles Russell narrowly escaped a serious accident on Monday last. The hounds met at Cranfield, when his Lordship crossing an arch way over a brook, it gave way, and the horse fell, throwing Lord Charles to the ground. His Lordship lay with one leg under the horse; at length, by the aid of some ropes, he was slowly drawn from under the horse, after remaining more than twenty minutes in so precarious a situation, without sus t a ining any serious injury. The Fairy steam-packet, belonging to the Wool wich Company, brought down 72 female convicts yesterday (Monday) from Miltbank Penitentiary, and put them on board the Emma Euguene, hired convict ship, moored off the Royal Arsenal. One hundred additional are expected at Woolwich to-morrow for embarkation, for conveyance to Van Dieman's Land. The Emperor of Russia's splendid new schooner yacht building at Cowes is in a very forward state, as well as those fur the Marquis of Donegal and the Earl of Cardigan. His Excellency the French Ambassador, accom panied by his son, the Marquis St. Aulaire, and suite, is expected to arrive this evening at Manchester House, from Paris, to resume his diplomatic duties after a lengthened conge. " We are told," says the Paris Charivari, " that the wishes expressed by our Chambers in' favour of Poland are sterile. This is not the case, they always produce l result, for Nicholas never fails to transport to Siberia some additional hundreds of unfortunate Poles." MADAME CELESTE AND WEBSTER IN GLASGOW.— The rapidity with which performers of note are brought for ward in succession on the Dunlop-street boards is certainly a novelty in that theatre, and to that extent certainly an im provement. The latest accessions are Madame Celeste, the celebrated French lady, although an English actress, and Mr. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket in London, who are engaged for a very limited period. Celeste has obtained high and deserved celebrity as a ballet dancer, but her melo dramatic powers are not less striking, and we were equally delighted with the fidelity of her assumptions of character, and the rapidity, gracefulness, and expression of her pan tomime, by means of which she most successfully contrives to rivet the attention of her audience. Mr. Webster is one of the few comedians left upon the modern stage, who is equally at home in high comedy and light farce, and who, with rich powers of humour, never descends to buffoonery or grimace. He is well worthy to rank in the same class with Farren, Murray, and Keeley. His Ally Croaker, in the Mi series of Human Life, is a picture of its kind, and kept the house in convulsions of laughter. The visit of these artists has been well received by all who can appreciate the dra matic vivacity and gracefulness of the one, and the quiet ex pressive humour of the other.—Glasgow Herald. FATHER MATHEW.—The Apostle of Temperance arrived this morning from Kilkenny, and will leave on to morrow to preach and administer the pledge at Galway. He will visit Kilcornan, Kinvarra, and Gort, in the same county, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and will return to Cork on Thursday next.—Cork Southern Reporter. , RAILWAYS AND COACHES.—AII the coaches be- tween Norwich and London have ceased to run,the last being the mail through Bury St. Edmund's, which was discontinued on the 6th inst. The others have been discontinued for some time. The sole means of land conveyance between tills city; and London is now by the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Railway, which, we understand, will be far more effectively managed than hitherto, and consequently mor°-iraclthese satisfaction of the public. Bdt though six or seven direct to London have been discontinued, and about 7_oo " to w constantly running t t h h i e rty pr co m. coaches th and London, these stations 011 horses thrown off that ro a d , t u h a ere to a we re e stations between Yarn 2 don Mildenhall Road, y, ' ELsenham, Stortford, Broxbourne , and. Waltham. being Yarmou th , Norwich, ,skltlebocroamugbhr,idgTe,hetfcorhcle,sießrfroarnd: Wender, At Yarmouth, one coach meets the train ; at Norwich, four; Eb rs de gn eh, a a m t si A x, t; Stortford,t I a e t bo c r o h e s u g t h ie:: ftißl otirwrhodExoe, Ely, Cambridge, intermediate n T ;e h a e n t Thetford, r o d 1 , 1 two e ea c ; h a a t t w ßrandon, enden , three; at Mildenhall Road, one; at Ely, four; at Cam and stations. Waltham. a 1 diion dirohne ; Besides an d these coaches, there are omnibuses, which meet every train m at an Y y ar e m ab orth iya N , k or e : rail wayecoounvseehqyuitasen,netetlahyetiornecfaOrenrasedefdmrotumhceh increased . the number of , borse all numberthe teofwbnusraselzgdrtiiheemlin/neo,fiaenrel and horse-keepers employed. In fact, horses are dearer than ever they were, and more in demand ; and the consumption of oats is not likely to be diminished, but rather increased. The apprehensions of agriculturists on this point, therefore, *e are happy to say, are not, according to present appearinees, likely to be realised.—lpswich Express. • A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A SOLITARY: 4 -On Monday evening, shortly after six o'clock, a fire was dis covered in one of the bedrooms of Belle Vue Villa, Bathivick hill, the residence of the Honourable Mrs. SouthwelL An alarm being given, Captain Carroll tied the police brigade were almost immediately on the spot. Inspector ~Smith having procured a ladder, ascended and reached the window of the room, where he perceived the curtains of the bed , to be on fire. Having broken the window, Smith and another policeman entered, and found the Hon. Mrs. Southwell on the floor insensible, both of her arms being a little bttined. The flames of the curtains were speedily extinguished, and Mr. Kilvert, surgeon, attended the lady, and dressed the parts which had been scorched. But for the aid of the police there is little doubt the house would have fallen a prey to the fire, and its owner, who is very eccentric, and resides alone, would have perished in it. The peculiarity of the habits of this old lady, has for a time attracted the notice of the police and others who have had occasion to call at the house. It appears that for upwards of ten years no domestic of any kind has been permitted to reside with her, so that the cause ..f the accident cannot be stated. The method by which she has been supplied with the necessaries of life has been from a plan of her own contrivance—taking them i s tl e a: her drawing-room window by means of a string and a e ba . kt her orders having been previously given through th ki offices of some parties in her confidence. period,,,the residence has undergone no cl_een y si s n p g e L t Z e T an d person of the old woman presented a most URA a ny ablutions ! had apparently been as great a stranger to Bath Jountal. --The agricultural re- AGRICULTURE IN FRANCS.'-' ports from various parts of _ d early barley all 'bear a pro- Hitherto the wheat, rjet an • has been well finished, and the sowing re been favourable to ve getation. FranceE. satisfactory. thi;onlys-thge pro- Hit her othiliai subsequentt g .: , . ppe ar a iic mild TRIBUTE.—The parishes of Caber o'coNsoLL - O'C o n nellen,slernegntt.h in i' he h the subscriberslast Examiner, of this ' c olumn Kean m a h on y, and John Primrose, Dr. Barry, and the Rev. J. Walsh, P.P., for five pounds each.— Cork Examiner. THE SEASON.—The mildness of the present season ciNe and Fllernors is, we should think, unprecedented. Atthis ' time, the 14th of January, the Swede turnips in warm situations hays commenced muting ; turidp-greens, many inches long, hav ing been picked during the past week in this neighbourhood. —Hampshire Advertiser. 12s . y e . t . Adtoietssothrs.: