The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1846. COURT CIRCULAR. the Prin no, r, .t the :Ai , — s 4 2 rine l'rf e.-s, V al ana , for c"s Alice left - Osborne House yesterday morta.i)g ce, s an s ai ,, ri ug• Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prn.:- ardiL `"King a carriage drive on the Newport Road, 3 701 1ne• Princes p rocee di ng to the sea-beach, their Highnesses took walking exercise. a n d Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, streqtt !-he her e di tary G rand D uchess o f M ec kl en b u rg ll z : and hi s S erene Highrwss Pr i nce F re d er i c k of ,Yrhonoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence i e inesday evening. 4.41. Excellency rPotat....4 . Count Schimmelpenninck, the newly Minister of the Netherlands to this Court, Tk ed OIL Wednesday at Batt's Hotel from the Hague. h as " Marquis of Clanricarde (Postmaster-General) , viewreturued to town. The Noble Marquis had an int(r- St hi w ith the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, 1 „ 8 official residence in Downing-Street. Despatches %ere received yeiterday at the Colonial mee F lo • T h al the Governor of Gibraltar. • co of the Exchequer and Lady Mary co r aZ h ad a dinner patty on Wednesday. Among the t eu r a nY were Priece Lowenstein, the Earl sad Cou!1- I..a_ Granville, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Viscount an d Vi scountess Pa l merston , the Rig h t 0; 4 % t Stanley, the Hun. Captain Grey, Mr. & Sir G keit n eorge Grey let town yesterday, on a visit to t he t • hi s on. the SPtaker of the House of Commons, a eat fie ckfield-place, Hartford Bridge. SPORTING.q INTELLIGENCE • tasi TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. i4flaenc neSS belieswas on a small scale, and with little or no on the p r i ces as quote d on M on d a y. Not a bet voa r i,. Was made a ga i ns t either of the leading fa- Co er 4' and MI outlay of about 150/. on the Sis to ; colt left him at the same figure as on Monday to th e „,' °tiered. 1500 to 50 was laid against Lunedate ; ti ll :" odds to 1001. against Glentilt ; 100 to 25, three t et:;;,e'bager,atsinst Johnny Armstrong, and once each agents oth e j r n g h ara and Lord Exeter's lot ; and two or three oft k il a sho i:l t smaller amounts. We are also enabled to quotation on the two steeple chases to come 1..,4;1x1tt week at Leamington. 1 •0() t .l „9x MILITARY STEEPLE CHASE.—LATEST PRICES. IUO ev agst Lord Strathmore's Switcher—taken ~.-ancE r. en 0 11 the field agst Switcher, Peter Simple, '-anc er : 50d Marengo. Mr. Rowland has purchased Uea 8 to 1 LEAMINGTON OPEN STEEPLE CHASE. 25 eve a gSt Air. P. P. Rolt's Peter Simple—taken e ouat. Oc• the field agst Sacrifice, Culverthorpe, and Dis- GRAND BANQUET to MR. COBDEN AT CttDIZ. We have be I) favoured by a correspocu,ra a copy of tile Coniercio of Cadiz of the 11 :h instant, which contains the following account of a grand banquet given the day before to Mr. Cobden, M.P., in that great com mercial City, by various merchants and proprietors of the place:— The banquet wEs prepared in one of the beautiful sa- Tooria of tbe:Casino, give , n up for the purpose by the society of the establishment. The table was adorned with fine flowt-rs, and covered with rich dishes and a great profusion of iruits and sweetmeats. The saloon, lighted with three magnificent chandeliers, and a number of other lights, which burnt in beautiful candelabra, presented a magnificent coup d'ceil to the spectators. At half-past five P.m. Mr. Cobden arrived, accompanied by his friend and fellow-traveller, Mr. Salis Schwabe, of Manchester, and by Don Jorge Urtetegui , a re s p ectable merchant, and a friend of the great English League leader. The latter, we learn, was the first to conceive the idea of giving to Mr. Cobden, in this fete, a proof of the lively sympathies entertained for his doctrines in Spain. At six o'clock the festival commenced. Don Jorge trtetegui presided, supported by Mr. Cobden on his right, and Don Jose Maria Elizalde on his left. There were also present at different points of the table the following gentlemen:—Mr. J. Duncan Shaw, Mr. C. Haurie, Mr. D. Macpherson, Don Julian Lopez, Don Juan de Dios Lasante, Don Juan Escribano, Don Manuel Ruiz Tagle, Don Jose Lopez Bonet, Don Manuel Docavo v Casal, Don Jose Nicolas de Oveido, Don F. G. de Arboleya (the editor of the Comercio), the Marquis de Urena, the English Consul, Dr. Bodman, Don Manuel Quesada, Don Joaquim Urtetegui, Don Jose Maria Aguirrevengoa, Don Manuel Rieman, Don F. Mendez, the Count de Casa Brunet, Mr. Daniel O'Ryan, Don J. P. Gomez, &c. There were alto gether forty•four persons present, all gentlemen of high standing in society, and for the most part interested in commerce. The table was most luxuriantly spread, the dishes numerous and exquisite, and the wines (both native and foreign) of the very richest and raciest quality. The Count de Casa Brunet, who was intrusted with the chief duties of caterer, left nothing omitted that could add either to the splendour of the scene or the pleasure of the guests. After dinner, when the animation and mirth of the guests were at their highest pitch, the President, Don Jorge Urtetegui, rose, and proposed, " The healths of the Queen of Spain and her Royal Family." Senor ELIZALDE then proposed " The health of Queen Victoria of England." Both toasts were drunk with enthusiasm. The PRESIDENT then rose and said,—Gentlemen, I am abbut to propose a toast which I am sure you will all drink with much pleasure ; it is the health of the illus trious guest who this day honours this table by his pre sence,—" Mr. Richard Cobden,—may Heaven prolong his life, so as to enable him to behold the complete triumph of his sound doctrines throughout Europe as he has already done in England I"—(Loud applause from all the guests, which lasted some minutes.) Mr. COBDEN then rose, and the uproar immediately subsided into a solemn silence, testifying at once the curiosity and impatience of the audience. Mr. Cobden, of course, spoke English, but the majority of his hearers understood that language pretty well • nor were the beauties of his peroration unperceived% it was fre quently interrupted by bravos and spontaneous acclama ions. The following copy of Mr. Cobden's speech is a anslation from the Castilian version rendered by Senor tetegui :—" Gentlemen, I feel that I am unable to testify my gratitude for so cordial a reception in a language understood by all present. lam not surprised to see that the commercial principles which I have main tained in England meet with partisans in Cadiz. It is to those principles, and not to their humble advocate, that you are at this moment rendering honour. The supporters of free trade in England have only had one object in view, which may be summed up in a single word—liberty I—(Loud applause.) We found our trade subject to a thousand restrictions. The laws on all sides limitued individual operations. Our merchants and manufactures carried their spirit of speculation to the utmost extremities of the globe ; but on returning to their own country, laden with the pro duce of foreign climes, they found themselves repelled from their own shores by absurd and restrictive duties. It was in order to pet a period to this interference of the law against the rights of individuals that the English League was formed. We resolved to confine to its just limits the interference of the laws, for ever resisting the action of the Government in protecting or regulating trade, and leaving to each individual the most complete liberty of exercising his industry. Such was the object of the League, which ha s been at length attained after a struggle of seven years. From now henceforward, no merchant in England can see himself thwarted by the Governmnt in his enterprises, under pretence of protect ieg the interests of certain cla,ses, either at home or in the colonies. All enjoy an equal right to operate with entire liberty, but nobody holds any privilege over his fellow-citizens. I deem it useless, gentleman, to say a single word for the purpose of convincing you how favourable freedom is to commerce. All history proves it. Let the different nations of Europe compare notes, and we shall find that in all of them commerce flourishes or declines in proportion to the freedom or restriction it encounters. Compare a seaport enjoying a freedom of trade with another which is deprived of that blessing, and the same difference will be manifested. All of you will remember, gentlemen, that during one year Cadiz enjoyed extraordinary prosperity; you will have present to your minds the great number of ships that adorned its ample bay—the vast traffic which animated its streets, and filled its magazines with the products of all climes. What was the cause of this magical change in Cadiz ? ever;l o climate—itsbut there had port—itssire beenr 01 non p ne r e, o yaa d lell u ate er countriesrt Cadiz do w inz er ww e ha st ihtchelir there free r a xae a pre m leap e i onre a t —(lmmense par ticular interests which are alarmed at liberty . In England our agriculturists were frighten ed into fits at the bare idea of a free trade in corn; yet now they laugh at the groundlessness of their past fears. In Spain, gentlemen, you know, perhaps, manufacturers in Catalonia who turn pale at the name of free trade; yet, nevertheless, they will live to laugh in the same way as our old antagonists, the agriculturists of England. Never have I known any trade which has be on preju diced by liberty—(Applause) —but I have seen many perish beneath the destructive shadow of protection; none, on the contrary, fail to be invigorated by the salu brious breezes of freedom.—(Renewed applause.) It you think, gentlemen, that Spain may prosper by adopting the policy which now prevails in England, you ought to employ the same means that were put in practice by us in order to enlighten public opinion in favour of free trade.—(Marks of acquiescence.) It is - necessary that you should promote discussion on the subject by every possible means. He who may be convinced of the truth of our principles ought to deem it a duty to wh con ether reli vert his fellow. citizens. Great truths, no matter gious political, or philosophical, are only propagated by individual exertions. It, is useless, Gentlemen, to hope from your Government for measures of free trade whilst the people remain unvinced of its advantages. In my opinion almost all the Governments of Europe are more advanced than their subjects in the knowledge re of eco nomical questions ; they are only awaiting moval of the obstacles opposed by ignorance and preju dices, in order to walk in the path of commercial liberty o I see, gentlemen , aro und this table many gentlemen wh I am certain, will zealously devote themselves in the pro pagation of those sound and economical doctrines, and I assure them that, however far from them I may be re moved, I shall always take the greatest interest in their labours. I will conclud e by proposing as a toast, • The ancient city of Cadiz.' "—(Loud cheering.) A number of other and shorter speeshes were o f and ter wards made in favour of free trade by Mr. Schwab some of the Spanish gentlemen present. At length, Mr. COBDEN rose and rendered his thanks, in a friendly , and festive style, to the President, Senor Urtetegui, for the hospitable reception he had been fa -soured with. The guests then adjourned to an adjoining apartment, where, over coffee and liqueurs, more toasts were pro posed, all present testifying their zeal in the cause of free trade. It was nearly eleven o'clock at night before the meeting finally broke up. 7 to DERBY. 28 n , offered on the field. • 7". a gfit Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken 30 t o and afterwards offered ao to ; agat Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 33 ; agat Mr. Bo w e s ' s Lunedale—taken and aft. offere d 3 3 f „ agst Mr. G u ll y ' s All er to n ian—t. and aft. off. 40 a t alid Mr. Worley's Old Port 40 In — i t agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 40 f" agst Lord Caledon's Wanota 40 0 1 agst Si r R. Bulkeley ' s Conyngham n 40 40 t i ° agst Mr. J ar di ne ' s J o h nn y Armstrong—take " agst L Exeter's l t 1000 - agst Sir ord G. Heath cote' ot s lot—take 1000 to 15 to o 10 °get Mr. L. Nom's Wild Boy—taken toNbox, N0v.,0 YD'S SHIPPING. sae el -, 43 2 6.-Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, am A bp . : L t r Ni .Vrether. sktrd. ' '°V. 2 5.-Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W., strong.- (l a , esar strong.- Sle, S t j i Evans, Demerara; Peggy,. Smith, Cuba; St. eatittitpz_e(rtnd, New Brunswick ; Caroline, Harris, Quebec. , Knight, New York. . 11 , pa.,` - 'W., Nov. 25.-Wind S., light.-Acrd. 24th, Astra llette, l:ladelphia ; Pakenham, Lawson, Caroquet ; Hen . - t,,att a , Hard en, Salon•• 25th Countess of Arran, Turner, Cat ct`4l,lal;a7;iir,r_ Chapmkn, 'Francis,Mazatlan ; Chieftain, New I" l, ste, , Alexander Edmond, St. John's, New Brunswick; .. Yar a , I,oherts, ditto • Frankfield, Mitchell, Miramichi , Zsni,s`ples, Lawson, Shi' pegan • Infanta, Scott, Prince Ed. ".1:14:nes',:1:4:111(lia; Argyle, Yle P Brockelbank, Quebec ; Compton, ton, x an, ditto; Admire.% Buchanan, ditto ; Artemis, Monk - ?-, e letc"`'andla d Sld 24th Dash Atkinson, Africa ; nisnon., Santa . Martha; Loashtank, Tain, New ` 4ll irt i e 43 th, Henry Pratt, Hartley, New Orleans; Lord 1.1, 1 i, triu n ,', l3 rown, ditto. Off port Caledonia, Quebec. ' a 'aie ' r rus Nov. 25.-Wind W.S.W.--arrd. Trade, [ IL I b , ‘ "bt, v -gill at, Baltic, 24 -IT d S W -Arrd. Thalestris, M'Neil, ate r l -naliie, s . ' El' piers i , n New . York ; Clydesdale,. MTarlane, A,tr, AI mabeth, Duckett, Quebec, in 17 days ; Larne, - ` 4 la, W i 'it', 4 tre n i. 4 ~ St, ,_,Rb,, , ,_Calcutta. Nov. 23.-Wind W.-And. Albion, Leslie, /n ail 40141 -Nov. 5' E . t .,,,, .!., -Nov. 25 -Wind S.W.-Arrd. Albion, Free .o,l •,. e n ... , ' tai m ~.3 ,1 01a r„ ~,,,a ior Cork. c,',. AO „ '.,- , Nov. 25.-Wind S.S.W., fresh-Arrd. Ad aeaw 8 9 Le ta a ini • 11,,_ Ay, N ,, . 8,• ratagonia. I,: d :', Us k T O' • 2 5.-Arrd.Darwent, Carrven, Quebec. Cl i a , -°1 ; a l t' ll - L,E or MAN, Nov. 21.-Sld._Ace of. Trumps, c o - 1 4 an, I N ' , i ' k enael ; Margaret Pointer, Trew, Deme:ara ; Reel it, X f , , ditto. a,,,, ~•A'• ,, r . ~ . chell, N't:-' ki ra , t'."--• \\ ind S.W.-Arrd. William Wright, „N apie, , ali k , I.,'l,lehi, in sixteen days; Lady H e Mit ary y tl for m `' l eaky `nited States ; Arab, Simpson, NaNYCaS e, al , 1 ' 31 412 , * • d -a ndoned ', Gov, - Princess Charlotte, of Jersey' 116 rn ii ' e; u sV ni v 3 iioN T s h p e rit standing, was passed yester "T L • -.`-'• of Cork, v br the Gem, arrived here. black, With °G.) `, Noe. " al9 feet 6 inches long, ni sti , i piked 01 er, 'a e p a r , d a c olour 2l b .- ott ' o ‘ M b° , y t ellow topsides, and var- A I Z 4 I - 1 P to-d a r v. r entlY the quarter boat of a steamer, was derl ar l ' E4 u, Xov. 23 ' tlo e onld, from Sun ere, ,`-', struck „ - -Me An F p : yesterday, , and sunk ; li . oav - ed. the North Pier a thre"GuAL, N . e eirki, on shonar.e23.-The Saguenay, from Miramichi to 1 41 , 'logged. at nallyerenan, is much damaged, and ~ taxi( Nov." 4 ore , , 23.-Her Majesty's steamer Swallow, on b ro ear Askeaton River 23d nit., has been assisted off, and ught • m here by her Majesty's steamer Alban. 41144dIt•ICIN:OR. TH, RoY. 24.-The sloop Elizabeth, of Stockton, bit. ") Leith, which had got on Seaton- house bilged and sunk; cargo expected to be sa ved.bouseiiocks last tot o°,lll-thE, off a txt ,„ e bar in entering the har, Nov.. 23.-The Assiduobuot.Tbitutetryis, expectedfromNeath, .. , I(te. 14,,,rA1q.0n.r, Nov. 25.-The Rowena, of Jersey, has be(' iipt into this port derelict,.. . a The Charlotte, Evans, which drove (hlthil"D' Nov. 23. a off the same day at high water. 1 4. ~e rocks 21st u ~ las e Betsy, of Yarmouth, from Patras to Liverpool, has been ea sla abandoned or a d . erelict by the Brazilian, Pinckham; e a !,Was 22d inst., crew saved by the Gratitude, l''' f on by the Brazilian, yesterday. 1 ) ,,Z.K, - Nov. 23.-The Jane, from North America, is re d on shore at Ballycotton. co` l- anitos.sAar Nov. 22.-The Firefly steamer struck the t,,. 11 ). Yesterda ' y, and settled gradually by the head; owing y e ' . watertight bulk-head, her stem is kept afloat la,,i alt motarn, Nov. 24.-The Zillah, Jackson, from Sunder tacit t° L ondun,. arrived in the Roads this morning leaky, L extra hands' and proceeded. 14 1 ° Ca '(°°x •-•The Elizabeth, Tickle, from Liverpool to Ja total ' w nieh wont on shore at Aberdovey, 23d ult., is a a,b;vatek lee,„,tAl•ateltrriz, Nov. 24.-Harvest home, Thompson, t t_ t oPti 14 e-, having been on her beam ends, 20th inst., wf..ero t , ''a v nlauth. 8 1 ,, t , e 444,, e 7. 25.-Wind S.S.E., fresh.-Arrd. Broom, BWA "T TAL I M 1 Quebec. l'ena I sga a , n'r, Nov. 23.- ose y, ~ ma re - 4- , vr„ o , ote ‘! Cuba. oo I 24.-Wind S.E.-And. Thomas Bell - eiv '"i r jc s' Q l : ne - be 7 . • 24....-Efiza, Stone, Baker, Wallace, Findon, e, Aa'are r '' N °v• 2 3. -And. Mary Dunbar, Quebec. . . , s takew,,,,„ -°11 ,„ 18 , Nov 23. Arrd. John Connor, Miramichi. Ise r . -', Atm. 23 . AM Clarence, Douglas, Quebec. 1:1 4 „ . AST; N 0 .% _,..-- rr . tr °l3 , Sa, J oe ' ,22,--Arrd. Great Britain, Nelson, Quebec; i rsrif on , T un s, New Brunswick. ll ‘ -sLA T).-A LI Cicero, Graham, Savanilla. 'pa_ 1 Itz•p c ,,,. , . n .„ O rr .. Ti r r t P a On ii " ,:.: . A v. 24.-Wind S. Sld. East London, ‘i Lan z , '-'aa ion, ...,Pta xe .,, c u, Nov. 24 .-Arrd. Catherine, America. : I ,, 4 7 . n ed aa ll a t i r i ' e isT st7e N r:d . a22y417-eraT•hleeakQyu,e&enc..Victoria, from Quebec, vl- e en tl_ H T er h m e . Champion, Green, was seen on e Island ot.-- Ther • :----_______________ _______2 of Go, e Is a rurnour that Lord Morpeth, on the part hi eft Go, is negotiating the purchase of the house IN ~ - Spore was born. 'Wrecked between3.American ship ef t „,.-ECIC.S (iv , rioon the , THE FRENCH COAST.-On Saturday was valuabi ilriTielloall with cotton, last from New laden was York, r 0 Allen, Heighton, Boulogne and Ettiples. Her cargo tr " l ' were rein When the last account came away h R EGA. n the rigging. . -- 01 r s lt , l: ' ron. MILITARY HONOURS IN MANCHESTER. 4 41 ; 6; 4- ---r, of th e fi rm o f S. p --r and Co., of Ile a ,er, having been told that Mr. -,--- of ----' I l r afi t t il .. t t° lvn, had the gratification of knowing his c) i th e ....',ll, Li eutenant-Colonel --, late in commando `-c , t tl - an . Itegintent, was about to receive the order of r Atie , l j 3 , l Jon of the Bath, observed, "It may be all veryget i 3 an Orde n ' my part the only order I wish my son to 1.,f0r cotton twist ! " 'e r 1 -„`" ERY or A. SKELETON.---On Wednesday last ~tile („::, a tr". of a human being were found in a field in " L 'th e - s , ll P s tion of Mr. Westover, on Strood Hill, near h t , tur ,Air. It was theperfect skeleton of a man of large It e ' 4 "d from the appearance of the bones and teeth, .. e ,,,,, y "Jectured that it cannot have lain there more than itha,". During the time it has been deposited there, h a ving f . ai ned uudisturbed by the plough ; but the land t g,th e this 5 ti year been subjected to the process of trench -°lll. . 1 1' earth has been removed to the extent of about 111 * i : b el les more in depth, and by this means these re- Nvi th the have been brought to light. There was found lying 1e,,,, g, bl:nstkeleton a large spike nail, about seven inches ,i.,_ at the point. ea%,„.E SCHOLASTIC PROFESION.-The first public - --------,--- leg`•"'nart,,ien, for admission into the recently formed Col- . 10 , Print ed i receptors. and for certificates of qualification, is6th ult. Coom.mander Gooch, was at St. Ife. is to be to take place in January. The examination A atibri'.de:nducted by graduates, in honours, of Oxford, lens s The T. on S t e h a e l ar MICHAEL,k' , C RNHILL.-A vestry meeting was teri etie ,,e, Dublin, and London, together with ex- electing a vestry clerk, in the room of the late air. Wm. e was one candidate, and Mr. Uer nla u, and well-known professors of the French and held on Wednesday in this opulent parish, tor the purpose of Baker. Mr. Henry Ho aele ot 4 lanuages. The candidates themselves are to 1_ . the branchd contest, which endedes, in the f • •which the desire to '''' xa m i n _ , es o learning in y other. There was a spirite of 2' votes • Th e ea• majority a • by a . SaX ton, a brot her- in-law . p o p f the late Mr. Joseph Somes, the IL p. ~ will The following extract of a of the late Patrick Maxwell Stewart, THE GREAT BRITAIN --The " Dundrum, Sun to lei 131' Renfrewshire was made in 1840. He has left election of the former, ilossesssa.rnother, Captain Houston Stewart, R.N., all his day," appears in the Newry Telegraph' of luesday let ouknow how things are cra m, _ l ia na and estates at Charlotville, Tobago, with the letter from Mr. Gabriel, R.N. dated ~ " According to promise I Britain. Thursday's work hie r e‘v i l l Ut, engines, buildings, and appurtenances, for 'oth e "Se ahsolutel All his heritableoperty and,has failed, as I antic).- y. pr t • tr a o s e s finishedsin with her. them Mr. rßeraetmßremnern er ' l ,2,: ) se t o e f st u a .e!,ul Scotland he directs his executors to dis pated, in his breakwater' which hreach over her, and swept the r es i d ' Lae) , think best, the proceeds to form part of away ; the sea made a clean in England f h:._ k • the ship filled with LS general estate. His personal property away several skylights on dec , .. and bulk -8,000 was estimated at 30 000/. He bequeaths water to such an extent that was entirely washed the cabin doors .s x ,„,_ and half the residue to be held in trust by his . Vit'utors for the children of his deceased brother, John covered with water; 'Jaw Stew the the ' , , decks • the promenade deck was °Mei. moist art' to be equally divided among them ; inone on heads are nearly all washed into the holds and about Cep.. yof the residue he leaves to his brother,there wait till la w - u• Stewart his fact, you might almost say board had to fl to the upper deck, and thumping b. s k r. 1- . i who, together with brother-in-out of her ; she was afloat, _ the water ran 'ulsb ur , "[ln Osborne, and Mr. G. S. Caudell, of , both forward and a , . ft and her head is shifted more she filled, andfor every , .I " .. ft a l e 3 ; (12 llare, are his executors, to each of whom is , towards Tyrella watch-house _f?‘ernber was of 5001. free of legacy duty. The Hon.at length are going to take the given her up, and they et. again. Mr. Bremner has 7 l ght, at ~ unmarried, and died at the age of forty- , /tea b._ a , arno ( k but intend doing so to-morrow; at k i te. .rted i n 4 ., House Falkirk, North Britain, and ;masts examined her bottom, aith her engine. I have not she is She the Tamily vault at Inverhip, Renfrew- out of her, toge h gone. much as three feet,' was pitching at times as !yetif all I hear is correct, I am afraid , THE PAVILION. On Wednesday a deputation from Brighton had the honour of a second interview with Lord Morpeth, by ap pointment, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., Captain Pechell, M.P., the High Constable (Mr. W. Catt, jun.,) Mr. T. Attree, Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Slight. The deputation were received by Lord Morpeth very courteously; and they then stated very fully the great dread and antipathy entertained by the inhabitants to the sale of the palace. Mr. Slight urged with great force the various conces• sions of land which the town and the Lords of the Manors had made from time to time, in order to enable their Sovereign to complete the palace and grounds, as a reason against the sale of the palace. Lord Morpeth listened with great attention to all the statements made by the deputation, and elicited addi tional information by asking a few questions, The deputation, having concluded their statements, withdrew.—Brighton Gazette. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 24.—The secon , l meeting of the A-,-h -mc'l9"n B "cletY this tem -6tertlay eveni., - : • the lduseum, Profes'sor i'o,,eli :n the chair. - following candidates were balloted for and elected members W. Spottiswoode,. Esq., of Baliol College ; R. A. Ls Mesurier, Esq., Corpus College ; W.. J. Waters, Esq , Wadhatn ,College ; A. Melville, M.D., Edinburgh. The following presents, were 'announced :—The Quar terly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 8, by that society. A paper on the superficial - of Sweden, &c., by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, by the author. Observations Meteorologiques faites a - Taguilsk, presented by Prince Demedoff to Dr. Daubeny, and by him to the society. Some bones were exhibited by the Rev. J. Wilson, of Trinity College, found by Mr. Hewett, jun., in one of the barrows near Ilsley, Berkshire, in 1843. There were six skeletons in the burrOw, the skulls of all were factored ; and some fragments of urns of unbaked clay, found in a burrow opened in Blewbury Downs in 1846. The urns were filled with bones, chiefly of animals. PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Winchester has instituted the Rev. John Johnstone, M.A., to the vicarage of Overton, near Whitchurch, Hampshire, to which are annexed the sinecure Rectory of Overton, and the Curacy of Tadley, all vacant by the death of the Rev. William Harrison ; patron, the Bishop. His Lordship has instituted the Rev. Frederick Russell Mills, M.A., Curate of New Radnor, to the Rectory of Hartley Maudit, near Alton, Hampshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Bissland, M.A., on the nomination of the Rev. Alexander Houston Douglas, M.A., of Chester-square, Pimlico. His Lordship has also instituted the Rev. Charles Balston, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Stoke Charity, near Whitchurch, Hampshire, vacant by the resignation of the Very Rev. Wiliam Buckland, D.D., Dean of Westminster; patrons, the president and fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Rev. John Henry Warnefor d, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, Curate of Waddington in Craven, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Ripon to the in. cumbency of the new district of Salterhebble, in the parish of Halifax. The Lord Bishop of Durham has instituted the Rev. Octavius James, M.A., to the Rectory of Kirkbaugh, near Hexham, Northumberland, vacant by the cession of the Rev. William Bigland, on the nomination of Randle Wm. Saunders. The Rev. Edward Francis, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridg', has been instituted by the Lord Bishop .of Norwich to the Rectory of Shottisham, Suffolk, vacant by the cession of the Rev. J. W. Darby, on the nomi nation of the Rev. W. Darby, the Rev. M. B. Darby, and others. The Rev. R. W. Kempley, 8.A., Curate of Castleford, Yorkshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. James's Church, Fairburn, Yorkshire. The Rev. T. Gleadow Fearne, 8.A., Incumbent of Tintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, has been licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Holmforth, Yorkshire. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev. Henry Hill, M.A., Curate of Snettisham, Norfolk, to the Vicarage of Aston Cantlow, near Alcester, War wickshire, on the nomination of the Rev. R. S. Caries. BENEFICES VACANT. The following benefices and appointments have be come vacant. — The Vicarage of Boxley, near Maidstone, Kent, dio cese of Canterbury, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, value 834/., with residence, in the gift of the Very Rev. Robert Stevens, D.D., Dean of Ro chester, and the Chapter of the Cathedral Church. The vicarage of Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, diocese of Lincoln, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. J. Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. Value, 123/. No residence. In the gift of C. Winn, Esq. A canonry in the Cathedral. Church of Rochester, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D., to the Bishopric of Soder and Man. The rural deanery of Sutton, in the archdeaconry of Maidstone, on the nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The perpetual curacy of Christ Church, Tintwistle, Mottram, Cheshire, vaccant by the resignation of the Rev. J. Gleadow Fearne, M.A., in the gift of the trustees THE LANDED ARISTOCRACY. (From the 77t,i2g.) TL,- question asked—and it call; for aussvcr-L-what the country - gentlemen are to do in the next, and probably the next two or three sessions. Whatever is meant by " the country gentlemen," they certainly seem just now rather out of work. -The natural class so called—they who risk their necks in keeping up with the hounds, and their fortunes in experimental agriculture—have latterly been a little pat out in matters of government. A count ,. ci:!gistrate is not the thing that he was. As for the p.dlt'cat body which still rejoices in the designation of " the cointry party, it has still less to do than the class which it professes to represent. It is not yet a twelvemonth since Mr. W. Miles boasted, of course with some degree of truth, that " the country party" had a prevailing voice in the Legislature. A brief review, however, of what has been done in the Legislature during the last twenty years gives great importance to the question, what is the country party to do ? The country party has in its day taken a very decided and vigorous course against Roman Catholic emancipation—against a reform of the House of Commons—against the emancipation of the ne gro—against municipal reform, and against ecclesiastical reform—against liberal educational measures—against concessions to the Dissenters—and, to pass over some minor affairs, against the repeal of the corn-laws. Its opposition has not been unprofitable, nor entirely un • successful. Unquestionably we should have gone very much farther, and fared very much worse, had it not been for the Conservative drag. It has saved us from not a few excesses and errors. It is evident, however, on a very cursory view of the period, that on the whole the battle has gone against the country party; and still more evident, that nearly all, if not quite all, the ques tions to which the country party devoted its attention, are now settled for an indefinite time. All the classes and interests of the realm seem to have taken out new leases from the State. After much bargaining. and liti gation, the terms are now settled, and are not likely soon to be disturbed. No suitor appears in court. We were promised a revival of the question last mooted, viz., the corn-laws; but the unfortunate plaintiff finds his case hopeless, for his grievance has vanished. If any subject is disposed of—for the present, at least—it is agricul tural protection. What, then, is " the country party" to do? The difficulty is aggravated by the fact that the country gentlemen and the country party remain in their original integrity and splendour. Nay, it admits of a question whether the former, at least—whether the landed aristocracy of England —are not more thoroughly established, more influential, more admired and wor shipped, than they were twenty years since. At any rate, the gloomy predictions as to the speedy desolation of the circle in HYde-park, which a brilliant writer in the Quarterly pronounced on the passing of the Reform Bill, have been the reverse of fulfilled. Go where you will, into country or town, never were the aristocracy in such feather as now. Never were their houses, their equipages, their yachts, their amusements, their enter tainments,in such splendour. What is still more to the purpose, never did they show so much energy and talent. Many of them derive enormons revenues from an almost direct partnership in gigantic mercantile, manufacturing, or mining undertakings. Many are able statesmen, or distinguished for eloquence, poetry, or science. They are mutually connected in a great family compact, not to use that term in an invidious sense, of unexampled extent and power. They are connected also by intermarriages with all the wealthy, able, and enter prising in the country. They are not only respectfully, but cordially and eagerly invited to contribute their names and their talents to almost every kind of public institution or design. They are most of them men of business, and able to prove at either desk or council-table, platform or committee, that their capacity is equal to their rank. What is more than all, or rather the proof and token of all, is, that they seem to have survived the more carping and malignant forms of envy. It the merchants and manufacturers of this country have a weakness, it is in aspiring too eagerly to the acqu lint ance and standing of the aristocrey ; not in any wish to lower the class to which they are themselves too anxious to rise. Such are some of the features which constitute a description of natural ascendancy which the world cannot equal. That such a body will do a great deal is most certain, for such powers cannot lie in abeyance. Hence the greater importance of the question, " What will it do?" The dozen peaceful revolutions which have given alternate terror and repose to the last twenty years have been accomplished, happily, without damaging the aristocracy. We will not now inquire how this has been done. In France the ecclesiastical esta blishment and the aristocracy perished at a blow. The nobles and the clergy were guillotined or banished. In other countries the pride, the corruption, the ig norance, or the idleness of the privileged classes cut them out of all share in the social progress, and made them the victims, instead of the controllers, if not the authors, of reform. In the British empire there has long been that good understanding, that friendly inter mixture, that cordial co-operation of classes which has prevented the most successful triumphs of the one from being the unqualified defeat of the other. The baffled have not met with either ruin, injustice, or insult. The most exploded causes have had their locus penitent ice, the severest Parliamentary defeats have had their compensa tions. The unhappy victims of each successive revolu tion, instead of wandering over the earth as exiles, or going over to the camp of the stranger, are found in a few short months oblivious of their wrongs, in the un diminished enjoyment of all their private, and, perhaps, even their public, dignities and prizes. Such at least is the case at this moment. The tremendous reverse of last session, which was to have been the end, if not of the world, at least of the British aristocracy, has passed over harmless. It swept the skies like the tail of a comet, and collision, conflagration, or deluge, was most confidently anticipated. The comet went by, and we are where we were. It is true that another calamity has intervened. But what is the lesson of that mysterious visitor ? It tells us how much more powerful Heaven is than man ; and how much more a few ani malcula can effect than the most important legislative systems or repeals, and the most powerful combinations of man. While the minds of all are intent on the pro digy, our own quarrels are forgotten. What, then, are the landed aristocracy to do ? The first of all their offices, privileges, and powers remains almost unscathed by the storm. They have now more call than ever to do that which lies at their own doors, and which none can do so well as they. The improvement of the labourer is their first duty. An Augustan 4e begins, and if our villages need not keep pace with the transfiguration of a metropolis, they may at least pass from penury, disease, dirt, and moral degradation, to abundance and health, to cleanliness and comfort, to order, purity, and religion. It is in the power of the most wealthy aristocracy . in the world to elevate the sons of the soil, and the ancient in stitutions of the country, though ever so much tampered with, still leave it in the power of the landowner to give the labourer employment, and poverty relief. The almshouse, cruelly disguised and depraved as it has lately been, is still open to the inspection of the magistrate, and the interference of the agricultural representative or the hereditary lawgiver. The aristocracy can at least do this. If they only ask, they will not be denied the im provement of the poor. Their estates, their villages, their dependants, their local p o sition, their prestige still are theirs, and are all th e y r e quire for the undertaking. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—The Count Kornitoff, Cap tain in the Russian navy, has since Sunday last been sojourning in the hospitable mansion of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief, who has been unremitting in his attentions. The Gallant Captain has had all the Government establishments exhibited to him, has visited the Excellent, and yesterday went out in the Avenger, a distinguished party of scientific officers ac companying him. Flag-Lieutenant Robertson, of the St. Vincent (who is selected by Sir Charles Ogle to do duty as his Flag-Lieutenant during the illness of Lieute nant Collier, who, we regret to say, met with an accident whilst riding), has been in attendance upon the Count during his visit. The Retribution steam-frigate, in charge of Lieutenant Crozier, of the royal yacht, and a party of men from the flag-ship, has been taken out to-day on a similar trial as the Avenger yesterday. The Rattlesnake, surveying ship, Captain Owen Stan ley, bent sails this morning, and will go out to Spithead on Monday. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—The barque Emma, of Ply mouth, Captain • Spicer, has just arrived from Quebec, which she left on the 23d ult. This ship experienced the effect of the storm of the 19th instant, when about two hundred miles west of Scilly. Her bulwarks and stanchions, boats and cook-house, were carried away, her decks swept, five of her crew drowned, and. two others disabled. WOOLWICH, Nov. 24.—The Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, is to be paid off here on Saturday, the 28th instant. It is as gratifying to announce that on the first board-day after she reached England, the 13th inst., her commander, Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S., was promoted to the rank of post-captain. The Gorgon steam-vessel, Commander Crouch, has delivered over her stores to the authorities of the dock yard, and is to be paid off on Thursday, the 26th inst. The Lightning steam vessel, Master Commander Petley returned to Woolwich on Saturday, having towed the Belvidere store-ship from Deptford to the Downs, on her way to the coast of Scotland with a supply of meal for the inhabitants of that part of the kingdom. The Lightning left Woolwich again this morning for Sheerness to bring up the luggage of Commodore Sir J. G. Bremer, K.G.8., and K.C.H. appointed to succeed Rear Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, Knight, C.B. and K.C.H., as superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Henry G. Simpson, lieutenant, to the Rattlesnake ; J. R. Palmer, naval cadet, to the Albatross ; S. J. Birk well, lieutenant, to the Albatross ; E. F. Roberts, lieu tenant and commander, to the Myrmidon ; G. Morris, lieutenant and commander, to the Torch ; W. Ibbett, third engineer, to the Antelope ; J. B. Haines, master's assistant, to the Birkenhead ; 'X. G. S. Jackson, mas ter's assistant, to the Naiad ; H. Gray, clerk's assistant, to the William and Mary; J. Bibby, acting second mas ter, to the Urgent. T. Westlake, gunner, to the first class ; J. M‘Donald, boatswain, to the first class. APPOINTMENTS. -NOV. 24. THE COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND. -- The usual weekly meeting of the members of the Manchester committee for the promotion of this undertaking was held in the League Rooms, Newell's -buildings, last . evening, Mr. William Shuttleworth in the chair. Mr. Pattison, the secretary, reported that the fund had this week been increased by the amount of 3271. 7s. 10d:, making a total, up to the present (late, of 77,4731.45. Bd. Mr. Nolan stated that 201. 14s. 7d. bad been received from Manchester, 721. from Saddleworth, 21. from Staly bridge, 1/. from Bury, 1981. 9d. from Todmorden, and 331. 2s. from Colne, giving a total of 3261, 18s. 4d. received during the past week. The secretary announced that no reports hod yet been presented from ot her p laces where subscriptions were being collected , and the corn. reittee then adjourned until Tuesday next.—Manchester Guardian. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR2S/.ASlDE.—Wednes day afternoon, the half mile running match, between Harvey, of London, and Williams, of Wandsworth, was decided on Wandsworth Common. At the start Harvey got the` lead, which he kept to the half distance ; his opponent, who had been lying behind, now came up, and took the lead. Williams kept a head the remaining dis tance, and went in the winner by 25 yards. The half' mile of road was run over by the winner in two minutes and three seconds. _ _ _ . Lieutenant and Commander.—James W. Tomlinson, ,o the Harpy. Midshipman.—Grenville Temple, to the Hib.rnia. Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Adliial Parker, Superin ;endent at Portsmouth.—The Hon. J. W. S. Spencer. Midshipman.—lrvine A. Cary, to the Penelope. Chaplain.—The Rev. Roland Wilson, to the Queen. Clerk.—Robert W. Warwick, to the Caledonia. Clerk in Charge.—.T. D. Gilpin, to the Andromache. Master.—R. T. Saunders, to the Resistance. PROMOTION.-NOV. 23. Assistant -Surgeon.—Dr. Lewis C. Urquhart. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday morning a commission of lunacy was opened by Francis Barlow, Esq., at the Commission Rooms, Red Lion-square, to inquire into the state of mind of John a gentleman en titled to considerable pro pWeretbyb, i Escl n Esq., Lincolnshire, and Northampton. shire, and at present in confinement in an asylum near Paris. Mr. J. Romilly and Mr. Buck appeared in su er pport of the commission; M r. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Park, Q.C. to watch the case on the part of the alleged lunatic; and Mr. Walpole for Miss Webb, a daughter of the alleged ---- BERKELEY'S — ENTIRE.—Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in his evidence before the Game Committee, says, " If the prosperity and happiness of the farmer is to be con sidered, and he is to be a farmer, and not half farmer, lunatic. Mr. Webb was one of three SODS of the late Sir John Webb, d s s I c t a a s e d r a e n s d s ed s ta t h t e e d j u t r h y a T m h r e . E Learned inth y C oop3enni the The late Baronet Th his estates to his Bart., who was po ssessed of large estates in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and No rtham p tonshire. died in 1797, leavi n g the whole of three sons, who, it was necessary to mention, were ille gitimate. He left the Yorkshire estate to if his eldestut law- James, for life, and to his children, and witho ful issue, to John (the s ub j ect of the present inquiry), and if he died without lawful issue, to his younger son, Frederick. The Lincolnshi re estate was left to John, ender similar restrictions ; and the last to Frederick, in the same manner. James and Frederick were both dead, the lattei leaving children, and it was on behalf of the eldest son of the latter that the Commission was sued out. He did not think it possible that the jury, after hearing the evidence which would be laid before them, could have any hesitation that the proceedings were ab solutely necessary for the security of the property. The Learned Counsel then read documents to show the im possibility for the lunatic to be brought to England in his present state. Dr. Southey, Dr. 131anche, Mr. Smith, and Captain Palmer, a relative of Mr. Webb, was called ; and from their evidence, brought down so late to Monday last, it appeared, that the unfortunate gentleman was in a state amounting to raving madness, and that he had been so y. Mr. same ßA mmaNlad from December last, his brother havi n g been subject to the d that there had been great loss of time since the issuing of the commission, and that the alleged lunatic ought to have been produced. Mr. Rom= having replied, The Learned COMMISSIONER addressed the jury, and said that the Learned Gentlemen who appeared for Mr. Webb had the opportunity et producing him had they thought it prudent or necessary, they therefore had no right to complain. He said he would go through the evidence if the jury required. The jury, without retiring, gave a verdict that the said John Webb was of unsound mind, and had been so since the Ist of December, 1845. to oingdehothmsa combine n e g e ba suchemt e vv r a no t t ui h tl yd e d m de a l me n sb, fer fh tellps o pu a os c r h ht i e on r wg , t e e r a. deal," u h lteh a se lf s Hh s p eo o nm r . t em s of half-and-half into one body ? or would his celebrated " punch on the head" reduce a man to the vulgar frac tion o four halves ?—Puneh. OPENING OF THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS EXTENSION RAILWAY.—After many postponements, the extension branch line of the Tunbridge Wells Railway was publicly opened on Wednesday for passenger and other traffic. From the former station, outside the town, the railway branches ab mit 250 yards through a deep cutting, where it enters a tunnel 800 yards in length, which, within 70 or 80 yards, brings the visitor to the station, which is close to the church, and nearly as possible in the centre of the old and new towns. No public ceremony was observed in its. opening, Mr. Peter %V. Barlow, the com pany's engineer, being the only official present. The Board of Trade certified its security some time since. BURNING THE TWEED. — Poaching on the river Tweed is being conducted on a great scale, and in a business -like manner, in this neighbourhood at ,present. One night last week upwards of fifty poachers, with Leisters" and " Cruizier," made their appearance, and forthwith commenced the work of destruction. They carried it on unmolested, not a watcher daring to show his head, until they had secured a great number of fish. And on last Tuesday night another strong party set out, and likewise murdered all within their reach, amounting, we have heard, to upwards of forty fish. The parties make no secret o f their intention s; they go ou t o p enly and avowedly, and depend on their numbers, strength, and recklessness, to intimidate and overawe the watch ers, and con sequ en tly secure imp un i ty to t h e i r conduct. Twi "brigades," of nearly sixty each, have been formed in this town, and are busily employed in preparing am munition and arms for the winter's campaign, so that unless strong measures be adopted to stop the ravagers, not a stream from Leaderfoot to Innerleithen will re main unmolested. A goodly number of weavers and other operatives are but partially employed ; and the it with recruits from among the railway labourers, form the materiel of the poaching " brigades." We saw one of the'` shelilahs" intended to be used on the " bailies' heads: it was a sa p lin g about seven feet long, with a head of four inches diameer—a weapon ce dimensions. t —Kelso Chronicle. rtainly of • rather appalling STIPENDIARY MAGI3TRATES IN THE METROPOLIS.— The magistrates of the 13 police courts in the metropolis are paid 1,0001. a year, and the chief magistrate 1,200/. There are 22 at 1,0001. a year, and one at 1,2001., making 23 1 2004 14 year paid in the salaries of magistrates, EXTENSIVE DESERTIONS FROM THE 71sT REGIMENT. The Montreal Courier furnishes us with as to these desertions that will be ruad We shall be doing our !military a service by showing.' them what they may expect in the American army, if they should be base enough to betray their allegiance to the flag of Britain. The Courier says " The reserve battalion of the 71st Regiment was sta taioned at Kingston, Canada West, untillecently, when it was relieved by the 46th Regt., and is now stationed at Lsprairie, with a detachment at St. Heloo's. During the time this regiment was in Kingston, we are informed that up to some time in the month of July last, it had lost, by desertion, about seventy men ; but from that month until its recent arrival in Montreal, the crime had ceased to a great extent, only three men having since that deserted. We are told that two men of the 71st having purchased their discharges—or having become entitled to them by length of service, have found their wad to Sackett's Harbour, at which place a recruiting party of the regular army of the United States was stationed. They then enlisted themselves in the service of the republic, and, furnished with civilian clothes, returned to Kingston, where they hung about the barracks, and, there is no doubt, persuaded the other men to desert. It was not known to the officers of the regiment that these men had entered the American service, or they would not, of course, have been permitted to remain about the barracks. There is no positive proof that these fellows were sent purposely to seduce their former comrades from their colours, but there is every probability that such was the case, and the mere tact of their having been permitted to revisit the Canadian side of the lake after enlistment in the American service, goes far to prove that such was the fact. It is supposed that the soldiers were tempted by the offer of large bounties and better pay, with other prospects of advantage; but, however, that may be, it is certain that _desertion to a very great extent took place. We are told that an officer of the 71st went over to Sackett's harbour, and meeting with one of the Ameri can officers stationed there, asked him if they ever took deserters from the British service into their army; to which he replied that they did not; upon which the English officer took him to the American mainguard, and there showed him three men of his own company. The men very coolly saluted their former captain, and the American officer shrugged up his shoulders, and said that he could not be supposed to know who had been soldiers, out of the numbers of old countrymen who applied to enter their service. This was a false hood, for we deny the fact, that any man who has ever been drilled can escape without being at once discovered by the eye of a man who is himself a soldier. The Eng lish captain saw several more men of his regiment about the barracks, most of whom tried to get out of his way, evidently ashamed of themselves ; while others whom he encountered unexpectedly, could not forget their old habits, drew up as he passed, and soluted him. Some two or three of the men, disgusted at their treatment by the Americans, deserted from them in return and sur rendered themselves. It was then found that the poor deluded fellows had been regularly victimised ; that, although their seducers had promised them a large bounty, &c., yet they were made to pay for so many articles in the shape of necessaries, and at such extrava gant rates, that their great bounties soon vanished into the pockets of the swindling Yankee quarter masters. They stated also that they were severely treated, being confined to barracks after six o'clock in the even ing, and guard mounted at the gates by American vo lunteers, in order that they should not escape after the discovery of their victimisation. These men, it is sup posed, have all been sent to Mexico ; and if the truth could be known, we believe it would be ascertained that some couple of thousand of the army under General Taylor are English deserters, and that the Americans have a regularly laid and deliberate plan for recruiting their ragamuffins by enticing away English soldiers under false pretences. We are not sorry for the rascals who desert—no treatment is bad enough for them, and we only hope - Taylor will take them where they will be half-starved and s well. peppered ; but what are we to think of a Government that tacitly encourages crimes of the basest kind in the army of a friendly power, if it does not actually authorise it, which one would almost suppose to be the case. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. CRACOW.— (FROM THE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, Nov 16.)—This is the day appointed for the proclamation of the resolution of the three Powers for the incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy. Count Maurice de Deyme, Town-major of Prague, has arrived in Cracow, as Imperial Commissioner, and will make the formal proclamation at ten o'clock in the morning. The announcement of this is to be sent by express to the capitals of the three powers and will reach Vienna on the morning of the 18th, where the execution of the act of taking possession will be immediately published in the official papers. In the manifesto of the Emperor to the inhabitants of Cracow, that city, with its territory (24 square miles in extent, and 140,000 inhabitants) is de clared to be for ever an indivisible part of his Majesty's dominions. The resolution for the suppression of the Republic was taken, it is said, two or three months ago, but the two German powers are stated to have insisted on a further discussion of the matter in a conference at Vienna ; in order to decide on mature deliberation whether this extreme measure could be by any means avoided. The decision of the conference was again for tlse absolute suppression of the republic. The reports obtained from the authorities in all parts of Poland, it is said, agreed that as long as Cracow should retain its independent possession, it would not be possible to preserve tranquillity and order in the several parts of Poland. Many reports of the Provisional Government of Cracow, on the impossibility of effectually maintain ing a regular police so long as the uncertainty of a Pro visional Government continued, and the uninterrupted intrigues of the emissaries of the Polish Propaganda, combined with an energetic prosecution of the matter on the part of Russia, are said to have hastened the execu tion of the resolution. As an equivalent for the acquisi tion of Cracow by Austria, Prussia is to have the lord ship of Hohenplatz, a district belonging to Austrian Si lisia, and Russia a small tract to the north of the Gali cian of Sarkspoli.—Algemeine Zeitung, Nov 20. THE HAGUE, NOV. 19.—Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange arrived on the evening of the 13th at Augsburg, whence she proceeded the following morning to Munich. Her Royal Highness will go by way of Coburg to Weimar. fits Excellency Count Schimmelpenninch, newly-ap pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of tke Netherlands at the Court of Great Britain, arrived here by the train from Amsterdam. ROTTERDAM, Nov. 20.—As a proof of the great im portance of the exportation to England, we may mention that in the course of this week, no fewer than twelve steam boats with oxen, fruit, and other provisions, have left this city for that country. THE HAGUE, Nov. 22.—The Provincial Tribunal of Guelderland, delivered its sentence on the 19th of this month, in the affair of M. Geptens, Vicar of the Roman Catholic Church of Groenlow, accused of an attempt to murder, with premeditation, which murder was pre vented by circumstances independent of the will of the accused. The Tribunal pronounced him guilty, and passed sentence of death upon him. After the reading of the sentence, the President addressed the criminal in an affecting speech, informing him that he had the liberty to apply to the King for pardon. He exhorted him to profit by the time which remained to humble himself before God, and to implore forgiveness for his crime. We learn that his Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia will go to-morrow to Arnheim, by the train, whence he will proceed to Dusseldorf, and that the Prince of Saxe Weimar will set out, the day after to morrow, for London. IMPORTANT USES of MAHOGANY. Mahogany, until of late years, has been regarded as a rare and costly wcod, applicable only to articles of luxury, few trades besides that of the cabinet-maker having had any knowledge or experience of its qualities and advan tages. Time, however, has proved the fallacy of this idea, and fully established its title to being the most valuable wood which the world is known to produce ; and, taking into consideration its many useful and pecu liar properties, it can, with truth, be said, that it is one of the cheapest and best materials which can be emplo) ed for the following important purposes :—ln house build ing ; in church building, for pews, benches, screens, and pulpits, and even roofing and flooring ; in ship-building, for the entire frame and planking ; in canal and dock gates; in cabinet work ; and for carving and coach building; in machinery ; in railway and other carriages. The above are some of the principal purposes for which it is used; but now, owing to its low price and better appreciation, it enters largely into the construction of almost every article in which wood is employed. To the ship-builder, the following remarks are respect fully addressed, as the subject is one of paramount importance to the shipping interest of this country. It is well known that, on account of the scarcity and exorbitant price of high class woods, the British ship owner is driven into a ruinous and unequal contest with the foreigner, who, possessing inexhaustible forests at home, and having the additio nal advanta g e of obtaining his wood untaxed,* as well as of procuring his stores and crews on far more reasonable terms, is enabled to navi gate his vessels at lower freights in almost . every part of the world, excepting where our colonial or cheaper-built ships successfully comp ete with him. It is, therefore, manifest that the ship -builder of this country must look to ether sources than those he has been accustomed to; in other words, he must seek his supplies in fresh coun tries, and his policy should be to give every encourage ment to the importation of first-class woods from all parts of the world. The operation of the regulations of "Lloyd's" had hitherto been to confine the building of a " twelve years' ship,' to a few favourite woods, difficult to proc ure (excepting in the case of our own oak), thereby limiting the source of supply to a few foreign ports, and even from which the imports are yearly decreasing. Lately, by a relaxation on the part of " Lloyd's," a wider field has been opined for the British ship-builder, and, as immense supplies of the best timber may be procured from the forests of Honduras, Cuba, and St. Domingo, the importers of mahogany only require encouragement to furnish the proper shapes and dimensions to an extent almost unlimited. The consumption of mahog my in the royal dockyard is considerable. The highest authorities in the navy have given the strongest written testimonials respecting it, as it is justly held by them in great estimation on acco unt of its durability and strength, having been proved imperishable in ships of nearly a century old. In addition to the above remarks, it ought to be borne, in mind that mahogany, when properly selected, possesses the important and invaluable properties of great buoy ancy and durability, slowness of ignition, flexibility, and non -shrinkage, as well as being almost totally free from dry rot and pernicious acids. It is, consequently, pecularly adapted for the frames and planking of steam vessels, as it resists every change of temperature, and does not warp or shrink from excessive heat, or expand from saturation. The importers of mahogany have it in their power to provide ample supplies of the most suitable curves and -dimensions; and, instead of transferring the ship-building trade to our colonies or to foreign powers, We shall, with wise legislation and judicious regulations, have nothing to apprehend from the rivalry of other countries. Mahogany is found to work as freely and bend as readily as English - oak, as may be ascertained by inspect • ing some of the fine ships now being built, practically demonstrating to those who are sceptical that it can he turned round the most difficult curves without any symptoms of " spoiling" or splitting. Its strength is I proved by its durability, since• it would be scarcely possible for the mahogany timbers of ships of war, which are known to have lasted above a century in a perfectly sound state, to have been deficient in this essential quality. Messrs. Thomas and John White, the well known ship-builders of Cowes, testify, as the result of a series of experiments, to " the strength of mahogany over English oak, East India teak, American elm, American oak, &c.," and that it is the best wood for ship-building purposes:' The non-corrosion of metals is likewise a highly favourable property in this wood, and this has been ascertained by the celebrated chemist, Dr. Ure, who, having tested samples of mahogany which had been submitted for analysis, reports that " a decoc tion of the chips or shavings had hardly any chemical reaction, and scarcely affected iron and copper." The mahogany which is the best adapted for ship-building is that which is firm, tough, and roey, by which latter term is meant the irregular direction or overlapping of the grain of the wood, the soft or cedar-like kinds being useful for the inside planking, whilst the hard and wavy are suited for the outside planking and timbering. Those different properties were well understood by the Spanish shipbuilders, who, by judiciously selecting such logs as were of suitable texture, succeeded in building ships, some of which, even at the present day, are in commis sion in our navy, or, when broken up for age, have had their mahogany timbers used in new ships. And it may not be out of place to mention, on authority, that the other kinds of timber which were in these old vessels were decayed, whilst the mahogany was quite sound. Nor let it be supposed that the old Spaniards cut ma hogany in their islands alone : their archives attest that even to the arsenal in Cuba very much wood, cut on the continent of America, was shipped off for use there in the Spanish navy. Indeed the botanical character of mahogany is essentially the same whether grown on the continent or on the Islands of Cuba , or St. Domingo. The opinion of an eminent ship-builder, William Pit cher, Esq., of Northfleet, goes to state, that " sound, hard, and well selected Honduras mahogany is suited for all parts of new twelve years' merchant ships," and "if long and well squared, it is very economical, the offal being of much more value than that of any other wood at present used for ship-building." The specific gravity of Honduras mahogany being less than that of oak and teak, it is calculated that a vessel of 1,000 tons burthen would displace, when afloat, 100 tons water less than if it were built of the latter woods ; and, as buoyancy is one of the highest qualities in a ship, this characteristic feature ought to have much weight with those who are desirous of producing the best speci mens of naval architecture. We have abridged the above remarks from an excel lent circular recently issued by Messrs Chaloner and Fleming, appended to a list of the woods which are to be sold by them on Monday next and the following day, amongst which are numerous large cargoes of mahogany and several lots of other valuable woods. In addition to the interesting particulars quoted, Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming point out the utility and beauty of mahogany in the structure of churches and houses, and for machinery and other purposes. It appears that mahogany is now selling several pounds a load cheaper than teak. * The immense forests of South, and those of the greater portion of North, America are practically of no benefit to the British ship-builder, since the ship timber and masts from these countries pay a duty of 265. 3d. per load. t-EII,IOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT STOCKPORT. A first and second-class train for London, said by some to be a mail train, and by others called a select day train, but not described as either in the time bills, left the London-road station at 20 minutes to ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, and had proceeded to near Stockport station, keeping its proper time, seven minutes to ten o'clock, when it came into collision with another train, which was shunting on to the up line of rails to get out of the way and let it pass. The Stockport station is about a hundred and fifty yards on the other side of the celebrated viaduct over the Mersey, the up and down lines being connected about midway of this distance by points, and it appears that a train of empty coal waggons belonging to Lord Vernon had arrived at the Stockport station on their way to Poynton, but the superintendent of the station expecting the passenger train down in a minute or two, directed the driver to shunt on the up line, so that the former might pass him and not be stopped. The engine-man proceeded to obey the in structions given him, and was just backing his waggons on up the line, when the train came on at a quick pace, say of twelve miles an hour; all his waggons got clear on the up line, but before he could get his engine and tender clear also the engine of the train was down upon him, and the left corner of his tender came vio lently in collision with the right corner of the passenger train engine, carrying away the buffer, a portion of the wood work in connection with it, driving in the iron work in front, breaking one of the cylinder plates below, and then got clear. The force of the blow drove the engine of the passenger-train against its tender, which was forced under it, and both were lifted up at the end a considerable height, and then fell off the rails, steam and smoke and dust being pretty plentiful from the fire. The force of the collision was communicated at once through the train, and with so great a shock that the very last carriage in the train, which consisted of five carriages, showed a crack in which a man's finger might be laid. The train had a pretty fair complement of passengers, and immediate attention to their wants was paid by every one connected with the lice. So far as we could learn, the injuries sustained were as follows :—Mr. Thomas Tippett Cole, of Torquay, three front teeth in the lower jaw knocked out with the gum, and a part of the jaw, and bis lower lip cut completely through. He was in a second-class carriage which followed the lug gage van next the tender ; and he was thrown violently against the opposite seat a nd thus received his injuries. His wounds were dressed, and he departed for Torquay in the course of the afternoon, taking his teeth in his pocket, for the purpose of having them refixed, we believe, if possible. Mr. Cole bore his injuries with surprising fortitude, and exhibited his three teeth with the usmost nonchalance to the bystanders. A clergy man, a first-class passenger, with a cut on his forehead, and bruises about his legs and other parts of the body; a second-class passenger, a gentleman, a cut above the eve, which is very much enlarged a nd swollen, and a lady slightly hurt in the face, and bruised on other parts of her person. Another gentleman, Mr. John Stone man, a first-class passenger, hurt on the head, and a lady slightly cut on the head. The names of Mr. John Black and a Mr. Currie, or Cas sidy, were mentioned, but we cannot, with accuracy, say whether they are any of the parties re ferred to above or not. The,guard of the train was much injured, and though not presenting any outward marks of violence, it is likely he has sustained severe internal injury. , The driver, John Ogden, and James Walton, the stoker of the coal-engine, jumped off, and escaped injury, but Chris. Winterbottom, the driver of the passenger train, was caught between two of the shunting rails and there fixed for some time, and has received a sprain of the right foot; John Fox, the stoker, has also been injured. The case as against both drivers will be fully investigated by the company's offi cers, and proper punishment be awarded.—Manchester Courier. HIGHWAY ROBBERY, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.—Last week, as the servant man of Mr. Wil liam Forshaw, of Tarleton-hall, Scarisbrick, was return ing from Liverpool market, where he had been with a cart load of potatoes, he was met about half a mile from Aintree race-course, on the Ormskirk-road, by two fel lows, who, alter demanding his money, seized hold of him, and succeeded in taking from him six sovereigns, with which they made off towards Liverpool. After a few minutes' deliberation, he determined to follow them, and tying his horse to the nearest gate, pursued and nearly carne up with them at the canal bridge, about halt' a mile from the place where he was robbed, but he still kept at a distance, unperceived by the robbers. When they arrived at Walton, to the yonng man's great satisfaction, he met with two policemen in the street. He exclaimed, " These two men have robbed me of six sovereigns," when they were immediately taken into custody, and both confessed their crime, and gave up the money, which they had divided. On the following day they were fully committed for trial. It is said that a subscription will be got up in the neighbourhood to re ward the young man for his perseverance and success in capturing the robbers.—Liverpool Courier, A SLAVE-HOLDING D.D. WHIPPING HIS FEMALE SLAVE ON SABBATH MORNING, PREPARATORY TO PREACHING.—March 28th, 1843, in a public address, at Cincinnati, the Rev. Edward Smith, True Wesleyan, of Pittsburgh, stated, that he had lived in slave States thirty-two years ; and, speaking of a certain D.D., of his acquaintance, he adds:—" He was a slave-holder, and a severe one, too, and often, with his own hands, he ap plied the cowhide to the naked backs of his slaves. On one occasion, a woman that served in the house com mitted, on Sabbath morning, an offence of too great mag nitude to go unpunished until Monday morning. The Doctor took his woman into the cellar, and, as is usual in such cases, stripped her from her waist up, and the n applied the lash. This woman writhed and winced wider each stroke, and cried, • 0 Lord 0 Lord ! I 0 Lord I! !' The Doctor stopped, and his hands fell to his side, as though struck with palsy, gazed on the woman with astonishment, and thus addressed her (the congregation must pardon me for repeating his w ords), Hush, you b—h, will you take the name of the L ord in vain, on the Sabbath day?' When he had stopped the woman from the gross profanity of crying to God on the Sabbath day, h e finished whipping h ry er, and then went and essayed to preach that Gospel to his congrega tion, which proclaims liberty to the captive, and the opening of the prison doors to them who are bound. Mr. Smith does not give the name, but, from various circum stances which he states, there can be little doubt it was the Rev. George A. Baxter, D.D., of Virginia.—Anti- Slavery Reporter. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT MONKS ELEIGH.-011 Monday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, a dis tressing event took place at Monks Eleigh, Mr Samuel Scott Baker, farmer and veterinary surgeon, having com mitted self-destruction. He has lately been considerably excited on account of the fire which occurred last week on the adjoining premises, and which was at first sup posed to have been an incendiary act. Having passed Sunday night in a very unsettled manner, he on Monday morning put a period to his existence. He was - in his 44th year, and unmarried.—./petoich Express. , 151 , A ./ ,u fadf s e 0 b 0 CO 40 vir ;toe, / s 4.9 DEATH FROM STASVAITIO. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Mill, e the ilkke of Wellington, Crawford- s t ree t/ !:..• )44 attin quest, adjourned from last Frifl4, - .Vni-,,... - Zait Mordaunt, aged 35. f • The ConottEn prefaced the i , - intintlf:lo444l6l4 when he and the jury viewed the 1 764*Pi‘ithWthei imagined that the deceased wltts they were much astonished upon a was only 35. Upon further inquiry ed that the deceaSed, her mother and sister, t o had been without food, without fire,fand:without clothing. The inquest was adjourned to afford:vari 'op portunity to the parochial officers to explain how the family were left in that destitute condition, and in order that some little relief might be obtained for the sur vivors. In conclusion, the Coroner asked Mackenzie, the summoning officer, if he had informed th e p arochial authoritiei of the destitute condition of the f ami ly? Mackenzie replied in the affirmative. Mary Anne Mordaunt, examined—Deceased was her sister, and expired suddenly during her absence on . the 18th instant. Deceased, witness, and th eir mother lived together at 93, Crawford-street. Witness went out to needlework on the morning of the 18th, leaving her sister in bed, and upon her return in the afternoon found her dead. They had neither a sufficiency of food, clothes, nor firing. Wit ness some ti me s e arned 38., at other times 2s. and ls. a week. Her mother had 2s. 6d. a week from the parish, out of which they paid 2s. 3d. a week rent. By the - CottobtEß—They were totally starved. Her sister, who had been for months unable to work, occa sionally earned 6d. a week. They sometimes got a loaf of bread from the workhouse. On one occasion, Mr. Merson, the relieving officer, said to her, " Mind, I have done with you ; no more relief will be granted you." That fretted her much. On another occasion her de ceased sister, after having been kept waiting at the work house from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., was sent away unrelieved. She told the workhouse authorities that they were starv ing; but the authorities refused any further relief unless they went into the workhouse. Since Friday last no one called upon them from the workhouse, nor did they receive any relief from it. Mrs. Emma Bryant confirmed the above evidence. Mr. Robert Dawson Harding, surgeon, in a very ela borate statement, detailed the result of the post mortem examination, which distinctly proved that deceased died from starvation. Mr. Merson, who with several other parochial o ffi cers attended, explained his conduct towards deceased and her family, by stating that he had acted in compliance with the regulations of the workhouse. The jury, who severely censured the conduct of the parochial authorities, retired to consider their verdict, and after half an hour's absence, returned, and handed to the Coroner the following verdict : " That the death of deceased was caused by the want of the commonest necessaries of life, and that they re gretted that the parochial authorities of the parish of Marylebone had not evinced sufficient diligence in scrutinizing the wants of deceased." The Foreman said that they equally regretted that the authorities had paid no attention to the wants of de ceased's family since last Friday, although on that day their attention was particularly directed to their destitute condition by the coroner and jury. THE LATE ACCIDENT on the EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your paper of the 24th inst. I observe a paragraph which purports to give the particulars of an accident which occurred on this railway on Monday, the 23d inst. Your account of the accident is wrong in every particular, as you will perceive from the statement which I now forward to you. The train in question consisted of four carriages (three second-class and one first), and left the Rawten stall station at lh. 15m. P.m., and proceeded in safety to Summerseat station. About three-quarters of a mile nearer to Bury than Summerseat is Spring Side Bridge, and here it was that the accident occurred. The engine mounted the metals at the north end of the bridge, and ran about 40 or 50 yards after crossing it, and then fell over against the side of the cutting (if so it may be called), which is about five feet high. The curve here is 80 chains radius. The only person injured is a man who is in the employ of the company, as master carpen ter. He was on the engine at the time, One of his feet were cut off, and the great toe of the other injured. Excepting a few bruises, which none of the passengers thought worth complaining about, this was the only casualty that occurred. The policeman, who is stated to have lost one leg and severely injured the other, only received a bruise on the shin. The carriage next the engine had the pannels in front knocked in, the other three were but slightly injured. The engine and tender did not receive any considerable damage. A special train took all the passengers for Ward to Manchester, causing them a delay of only thirty minutes. The line was clear and in working order at five o'clock the same afternoon. I have to request the favour :of your inserting this account in your next publication, in order that a report so full of error as the one which has already appeared may not remain uncorrected a moment longer than is possible.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant. JOS. SPAWFORTH, General Superintendent. Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 25, 1846. [The paragraph in question was copied from a mora -1 ing paper.—En. Sun.) PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH TO THE ROYA.I. PALACES, GOVERNMENT-OFFICES, DOCKYARDS, GARRISONS, &C.—We understand that the Government have recently taken into consideration a series of improvements for effecting an immediate com munication with the royal palaces, Government offices, dockyards, garrisons, and fortresses throughout the kingdom, by means of the electric telegraph. The pro posals are stated to be the extension of the telegraph from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway to Windsor Castle in subterranean pipes, the wires being connected with extensions from the Paddington terminus to Buckingham Palace, the Treasury, and the Home-office. Extension of the telegraph on the Great Western and South Devoii Railways to the Plymouth Dockyard, with a corresponding extension from Paddington to the Ad miralty. The extension of the telegraph now completed on the South-Western to the dockyard and arsenal at Portsmouth, to the Admiralty. Extension of the telegraph on the South-Eastern Branch line now constructing to Woolwich and Gravesend, to connect the Woolwich garrison, arsenal, and dockyard with the telegraph extension from the London-bridge termini to the War-office and the Admiralty. Also a similar extension along the Rochester line to Chatham and Sheerness. It is also proposed to lay down the telegraph between the War-office and the Tower, which, by the extensive improvement now going on in the interior of that fortress, will become a most efficient garrison. There has been an objection, it is said, raised to the present mode of erecting the wires on poles along the various railways, the demolition of the telegraph being a work of little difficulty. It has been suggested to convey it under ground in a similar manner as the extension from the South-Western terminus is now being conducted under the streets of London, and which has been found to act accurately . By this plan the wires are not only secured from injury, but are less liable to get out of order than those exposed in the open air. According to Act of Parliament, the Government have the power of seizing all electric telegraphs on railways. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—The first Parliamentary or cheap train from Nlanehester to Leeds, on Monday morning last, left the station at Manchester, at a quarter-past six o'clock, and arrived at Wakefield about nine, where it stoppod for a short time. Everything had been reported right, and [he engine again left the station, but had not pro gressed more than twenty or thirty yards, when it was stopped, in consequence of an unfortunate accident which had taken place in that short space of time. It appears that one of the assisting guards, named James Corns, was proceeding along the foot-board to his break a 3 is the custom, after all has been found correct, when 'he side of his head or neck came in contact with a lug gage waggon on the siding. and be was struck uck o w n it t h o su th ch e violence as to be knock ed from his s tanding thetine.forlcreeow athsethbrlooww,naunrddoenrethoet th w eels f e h heav e yh th or e se tra b i o n xe b s y , and another carriage attached to the tender, passed over his legs, and severed them both from his body, the one above and the other below the knee. He was at once con veyed to a public-house near the station, where stirgical aid having been promptly procured, it was at first thought esirable that amputation should take place ; but as the • unfortunate man gradually sunk under the - injuries he had sustained, this operation•was not resorted to. Corns never rallied from the time of the accident, and died yesterday morning, at three o'clock. He was a young man, not more than twenty-one years a age, and bore an excellent character for steadiness and sobriety. He had been in the service of the company for several years, and was fully acquainted with the duties which a guard has to perform. An inquest was held at the Hertford Arms public-house, yesterday, before Mr. Lee, coroner for the county, and a respectable jury. After a protracted inquiry, which did not terminate until five o'clock last night, during which a minute investigation. of all the circumstances attending huphapp occur . C hest er c i Guardian nta t d a t h o ; r w e a n s ce un m a -a n s im in o s u t s i i t y ute a d g , re a ed v e gL c t i g yesterday. AT M E SSRS. ROGERS'S.—..- T HE BANK ROBBER Y d that it is obtaine exp ected will throw some light on Wednesday, fr om information that has recently been t his mysterious a ff air, the offer of a reward of 3,000/. together with her Majesty's pastrdon, was renewed. On Saturday, as the tug am-boat, the Rouen, of 160-horse power, was getting up her steam, at Quille beuf, to proceed to Havre, one of her boilers burst, and the boiling water rushed with such violence against a Custom-house officer, named Debussercl, who was stand ing near the boiler, that he was scalded to death almost instantaneously. The engine-man and one of the stokers were severely scalded. DiscovnaT OF A SICELETON. — On Saturday morn ing a skeleton was found in the highest state of preserva tion by a young man of the name of Simon La.dbury, who was digging in the chalk for flints at the back of some cottages on Chatham-hill. It was discovered be neath some pieces of rotten boards about three feet below the surface, and was lying in a twisted position with the right arm over its body. The tibia of the right leg was fractured, and it was considerably shorter than the other. It was evidently the remains of a very large man, and, in the opinion of a surgeon to whom it was shown, must have been lying in the chalk betw ee n thi r ty an d forty years. A very old inhabitant recollects, about forty years ago, that a man named Hooker, a notorious smug gler, who lived near the spot in a cottage, was missing, and crom certain circumstances that transpired, it was considered that he was murdered, and that his body was made away with, for he was never heard of. The coroner considered an inquest unnecessary, as the body had evi dently been buried many yeara. 37 - .54i ISk -76 1 / 4 26 5% 13 ... 12% ... ... 0 4i 11 • 11 - - - 4; 9 i I' .04 . 0