The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. - An extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors was convened yesterday, at their office in Austin-friars, for the purpose, among other business, of filling up two vacancies in the directory, occasioned by the resignation of Richard Norman, Esq., and Bassett David Colvin, Esq. Mr. Brownrig having taken the chair, and the advt..... tisement calling the meeting having been read by the Secretas.y, the Chairman was proceeding to explain the course to be pursued in the new election, when he was interrupted by Mr. NEWSAM, who thought that a previous question de - served the attention of the proprietors, which was, whether the proprietors ought to accept the rezignation of the two Directors, who had retired, for, considering the present unhappy state of the affairs of the bank, especially as they were affected by the trial which might be said to be still pending between them and the Bank of Australia, the gentlemen in question ought to have felt themselves in honour, and by moral obligations, bound to have retained their places at the board till their affairs were somewhat retrieved from the difficulties in which they had been involved during the time of these gentlemen being in office. Having been elected, and having received remuneration as Directors, they, he thought, ought to be held accountable, and ought to have given an account of their stewardship to the proprietors, by whom they had been elected. The Hon. Proprietor having observed somewhat further upon thej conduct of the Directors in having resigned, moved that the proprietors cannot accept the resignation of Messrs. Norman and Colvin, as they were involved in acts which endangered the affairs of the bank, and espe cially in the transaction with the Bank of Australasia. Mr. ROBINSON having reminded the Hon. Proprietor that they could not help receiving the resignation of tke gentlemen in question, as they had disqualified by selling out, The CHAIRMAN thought it proper to say that the Dire ctors viewed their resignation with disapprobation, and for the satisfaction of the meeting he would give them the reasons alleged by the gentlemen themselves for re tiring from the board. Mr. Norman assigned his ac celeance of the situation of manager of another com pany, one condition a which was that he should give up hi s connexion with every other company whatever ; and Mr. Colvin, that the state of his father's health, and tle request of his partners in business, made it neces sary for him to resign. After several others had expressed themselves disap provingly of this conduct, and the meeting generally having as much as intimated their opinion that they could not pass Mr. Newsam's motion, that gentleman, to guard against any illegality in their procedure, pro tested for himself against accepting the resignation of Messrs. Norman and Colvin. They then proceeded to fill up the vacancies by a new election ; the voting being concluded, the Chairman de clared James Helme, Esq., Walthamstow, and Nathan Atherton, Esq., the successful candidates on the occasion. The CHAIRMAN then said, that this being ahalf-yearly meeting only, they would have no accounts laid before them, and if matters had been as usual his would have been the easy duty of saying he would be happy to answer any questions the proprietors thought proper to propose; as it was, however, he had other disagreeable business to lay before them. At their last meeting a proprietor had advanced charges seriously affecting one of their agents in the colonies, and the p roprietors then present, not thinking they ought to be disregarded, at the same time that they could not be investigated in a public meeting, had referred it to the investigation of a select committee. Attention had been given to these charges ; two of them had been completely refuted, and others of them much impaired by such documents as the Diree tori had in their possession, but it was thought ad visable to refer the whole to those in the colonies, and they h ,ped that all the Hon. Proprietors would have suspended their judgment till a decision had been returned. But they were aware that a pamphlet had been issued and circulated, reflecting severely upon that Director in the Colonies. On account of that pamphlet he thought that a statement of the affairs of the bank, which had been offered them at their last meeting by the Directors, should be heard to-day, fm. though it might do them injury, yet refraining from making it public might in teem much mere. He then stated that at the last meetin , they had been t .Id that though there was a residue of 15,0001. en the I in.l for 1).:d ch bts they were also told that the pro liable woukt more than absorb that sum. Ile ea. happy to s tate that since that time their affairs, with one exception, were much improved; their loss had been 79,1.32/ That sum had been stated as the result of the correct estimates of their agents and superintendents in the coloniee A security on one individual had become better than they expected, which would be likely to reduce that amount to 71,0001. Mr. FA RRER here said, that leaving out the suit pending with the Bank of Australia, the capital was ui-itouched. lie then proceeded, at the request of several proprietors, to give some details of the suit which had been instituted against the Bank of Australia. At fir .t they had been unsuccessful, and on the second trial, which was on a point of Ilvr at bar, they had the opinion of Chief Justice Dickenson in favour of them, but that judge being in a minority, a verdict was directed unfavourable to them, aid he added against the opinion as well of the Chief Jusiiee as of the jury on the trial. An Hon. PROPRIETOR then moved that the body o' the Proprietors view the resignation of Messrs. Norman aril Colvin with displeasure at so critical a moment in the affairs of the Company. This vas seconded and carried unanimously. The thanks of the meeting having been warmly voted to the Threetors, it broke up. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE. A general meeting of the shareholders in the Northern Railway of France (Deccan and LebeursUnited Company) was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern Bisghopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving a report of the proceedings of the Managing Committee, and tot determine upon what measures shall be adopted for closing the affairs of the Company, Mr. F. Mowatt in the chair, The CHAIR3IAN, in opening the business of the meet ng, said they had expected a somewhat more numerous mooing of shareholders, but perhaps the scanty attend enc.. was to be explained by the fact of the matter Laving been almost as it were disposed of already. lie might say, however, that the Committee of Manage ment had deemed it but right and proper to invite the shareholders to meet them that day. for the purpose of hearing them explain what had taken piece with reference to their affairs, and of having sub mitted to them a report, with a view of enabling them to, clone. the affairs of •the Company altogether. Ile had no doubt. it wou'd be matter of notoriety to all present that they lied entered into a fusion of companies, which took place in Paris some time ago. By virtue of trt aty of fusion, that Company obtained a certain portion, of definitive stuck, or rather shares in the definitive Company. A great portion of these shares had boo n distributed amongst the original shareholders, and one of the main objects of their inviting them there was to receive the instructions of the shareholders as to the mo le in which the residue of the shares shoult 13 disposed of: lie had before stated generally the na ture of the treaty of fusion, but he would now state more speo.ificeVy i tie (-meet, conditions of that treaty. This Coon pany,e,lllo., o..Linally represented 400.000 shares, received the. ts , ,ocia.ted companies their proportion ot 41,000 of definite shares, e hick was at the rate of one for ten original shares, including 1,000 over, but he should ex pl tin that their French allies failed at the last momen• to rase their part of the capital, representing 200:000 ,e are e, end they had to provide the deficiency, which (wren sed their proportion of definitive shares to 125,000 ,hares, while the French Company had raised a stem which only entitled them to 195,000 shares. The Committee had distributed their portion amongst the original shareholders in the manner he had berme stated, namely, one share for every ten ; and after that distribution there remained a balance in hand of 512 shares. He should, however, explain that they had not that entire number at their disposal, owing to some little confusion which took place in consequence of their having to raise capital, as it were, under three dis ti net companies, that was to say, ander the Northern Railway of France, the Creil and St. Quentin, and the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Companies, and they had committed an error in the office of over-issuing a number of definitive shares amounting to. 120. This confusion arose out of Their French col leagues not being able to raise their proportion of the capital, and they had only 392 shares at their actual disposal. It was for the meeting to determine how they should be disposed of. Before, however, inviting them to express an opinion upon that point, he wished to ob . - serve that the Committee had incurred some expense in managing the affairs of the Company, and under the circumstances he bad already steted, they did not hesi. tato submitting these expenses to the meet ing as an ultimate question fur their conside ration. It would be in the recollection of most of his hearers that, in the event of there being no adjudication, the Managing Committee guaranteed to wiat return l the d e p os it i n f u ll, without: deducting an y s um for expens es , it b e i ng cus t omar y f or commit teesteover rely upon the interest on the deposits for defray ing the irarneeliate and ordinary expenses of the com pany, Bat he must remark that their having received the deposits at the last moment, it was out of their power to make use of them, and they obtained no interest whatever oa any portio n o f , therefore. t n o o them. They deemed it more prudent own bankers to the Bank oftransferEngland, the capital from their en ot ver l oy an iel d r , where it remained until they required it to se to France. They made some little money, however, the exchanges with France, about three-quarters of a franc ender these circumstances, and in consequence pound sterling. per een of their having obtained what was considered in se Englandtheir haysioime. thing better than an adjudication, and surplusage of shares in hand, the Committee had" having re solved upon recommending the shareholders to allow them to sell some of the surplus shares to def ray the expenses which had been incurred, which would t a k e about 170 shares, and leave the remainder to be disposed 3f as the shareholders thought proper. The expeeei. ture amounted to 4,338/. 193. 5d., and the receipts to 2,738 L 14s. 6d., but the shareholders would tr. pleased to bear in mind that the sum of ! 1,000 1., which was advanced by the Managing 'ommittee in the first onset of the under :"ung, appeared on both sides of the balance - sheet. , .lofore sitting down he felt it right to state that the ttfrairs of the Company might have been wound up long i.go had it not been fur some minor disputes which had taken place w i th the companies in France. Mr. Deputy CORNRy wished to kno w who would be ntitled to puticip atea r the original ahare in holde e surplus shar es —th e p rese nt el the market, or t h ose who bawl ewe who had purchased their shares allotted to them ? The CHAIRMAN said he Nast not in a position to an ,wer that question. matter Mr. LIGGINs said he intended t o move a resolutio n which he had no doubt would set the at rest. He thought they oncy.„ it,,,sista,,,Arhaz. . ..glMtde. •-teethe THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING , JANUARY 13, 1646 lady's pocket, and hand it to M'Carthy, who instantly ran off. He pursued M'Carthy till he was stopped by the pier-master of Blackfriars•bridge, and then ha se cured Lambert. _ Mr. Corritiarum said it was a difficult matter to know how to dispose of such boys ; that they had committed an offence which empcwcred him to send them for trial. but instead of doing so he should adopt th. more lenient course, and summarily punish them, and se' tence them to fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour. B-- fore that time next year, he trusted that through the intervention of the Legislature some plan would be de vised that would have the effectof rescuing boys, such as those brought before him that day, from the lamentable consequences attendant upon the utter neglect of their education, and that an improvement might also be car ried into effect in the law providing punishment for juve nile offenders. _ cutrix struck her, and laid hold of the knife in her hand, and received the wounds by accident. Mr. BRODERIP said the prosecutrix could not I - are received the wound in the neck in the way stated. The surge() 's certificate, which had been handed to him, said there was iv) immediate danger, an i he was glad of it ; but he should not commit her for trial at present, but remand the case for a week, when the state of the pro secutrix would be again made known to him. lie should certainly send the case before a jury when it was com pleted. The use of the knife in petty quarrels had become very common, and was much to be deprecated, and it w s absolutely necessary for those entrusted with authority to do all in their power to put down the practice. - William Nash spoke also to seeing Lambert pass the purse to the other prisoner, upon whom it was found at the station• house. _ _ _ The prisoners cross-examined the witnesses with some ingenuity, questioning them upon what they had not seen or sworn to. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS committed the prisoners for trial. BO W-STREET. A respectably-dressed married woman, named Bliss, residing at Chelsea, applied (through a friend) to Mr. Twyford, the sitting Magistrate, for his advice respect ing an occurrence which had thrown her family into great distress. She stated that her son George, a lad about 13 years of age, had been in the service of a tradesman in Colvill terrace, Chelsea, until about three weeks ago, from which time nothing had been seen or heard of him. She had tried in vain to get some informaam especting him from his late master, whom he had been assisting in the removal of some goods, &c., to another h ,use. She hat given information of the circumstance a t the various police-offices in the metropolis, and described the appear ance of the lad in an advertisement; but three weeks had elapsed, and no tidings of him could be obtained. She stated that he was generally a very quiet and well conducted boy, and hii disappearance therefore had caused the family much anxiety and uneasiness. Mr. TWYFORD regretted that he had no means of assisting the mother, but if the reporters would kindly give publicity to the application made upon the subject, it might lead to the recovery of the child. It was stated in the handbills, &c., that any informa tion would be received at the rectory of St. Luke's, Chelsea. The mother and her friend then thanked the Magistrate, and withdrew from the Court. A young man, t awe I Tidswell, for many years in the service, as foreman, of Maskcll and Stone, plumbers and glaziers, of Chichester-rents, Chancery -lane, was charged with stealing a quantity of lead, belonging to his em ployers; and a man named Bell (his brother-in-law) was charged as an accomplice. One evening last week Bell was stopped by a constable and questioned respecting some sheet lead which he had upon his shoulders. Bell stated that he had it from the prosecutors', and consented to go back to their shop with it. On reaching the shop the other prisoner assumed the functions of the master of the place, and stated that it was all right. The constable was still suspicious, and, observing that Bell took the lead to his own residence, he made inquiries of the firm, and the felonious trans action was consequently disclosed. It was stated that Tidswell had been lately promoted to the management of the concern, for the widow of Mr. Stone, and had hitherto had credit for the highest re spectability and integrity. His salary was 21.25. a week. It also transpired that he had employed Bell with the approval of the firm, and had drawn 30s. a week for him ; whereas be had only paid him 20s. The attorney for the prosecution intimated his belief that Bell had been unconsciously drawn into the matter by Tidswell ; and he therefore applied to - have him ad mitted as Queen's evidence. The case was again remanded for a few days. WESTMINSTER. UXBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS. On Monday Henry Lavender, a young agricultural labourer, living at Ruislip, appeared to answer a sum mons under the game-laws, for having on the 7th inst. unlawfully snared a hare. The defendant pleaded guilty, saying it was the first time, and he hope] it would be the last. Thomas Howell, deposed that he was gamekeeper to Messrs. Pearce and Stone, of Ruislip. On the morning of Wednesday last witness was watching some snares which had been set in Ruislip Park-wood, when about day break he saw a hare caught in one of the snares. Shortly afterwards he saw the deferdant come up and take both the hare and snare up, and hand them to William Tobit, by whom he was accompanied. Witness then jumped out of his concealment, on which they both ran away. The defendant was fined 20s. and 10s. costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. William Tobit was then called on a similar summons. The defend•nt (lid not appear, but the case was proceeded with in his absence. _ Police-sergeant Gough, T 24, deposed to serving the summons on the defendant personally on Thursday last. Defendant said he had done it, and would attend, bit he had since absconded from the neighbourhood. Defend ant had been repeatedly convicted of poaching, and had only been a few day: , out of prison. Howell, the gamekeeper, repeated the evidence he gave in the previous ease, and added that on the hare and snare being handed to Tobit he disentangled the former, and killed it by striking it with his haul across Lhe hawk of the head. On seeing witness, who was about, fifteen yards off, Tobit threw the hare away, which witness secured. The BENCH said as Tobit had not attendee, and being also an old offender. they shculd fine him in the hil penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment with hard lab. mr. _ _ A warrant for his apprehension was accordingly issued. Richard Man, the keeper of a beer shop, Hillingdon end, Uxbridge, appeared belore the Bench of Magis trates, to answer a summons at the instance of the pol►ce, which charger] him that he, being licensed to sell beer by retail, did, on the 25th of December last, unlaw fully suffer persons of notoriously bad character to as semble in his house. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The Bench convicted the defendant in the full penalty of 5/., with costs. COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM. At the close of the afternoon parade of the troops at garrison, on Saturday, the 10th inst., under Lieutenant- Colonel Kelly, the provisional battalion was formed into a square in the general parade-ground, for the purpose of hearing the proceedings of a district court-martial held at Chatham barracks on the 6th, upon the trial of Colour-Sergeant William Gordon, No. 220, of the 18th Regiment of Foot, who was arraigned under the follow ing charges :- 1. For disgraceful conduct in having at Chatham, in or about the month of November, 1845, applied to or asked Mr. John Marks, foreman to Mr. Solomon Lucas, outfitter at Chatham, and so sought to obtain from the said Mr. Lucas a gratuity, fee, discount, or per centage upon the amount charged to the troops for all articles of regimental necessaries proposed to be furnished by the said Mr. Lucas, for the use of the soldiers of the depot of the 18th Foot. A genteel and very pretty looking girl, about 20 years of age, was charged before Mr. Burrell with the follow ing determined attempts to commit suicide : The case appeared to create some interest, as the Court was crowded with persons, amongst whom were several well-dressed young men, who seemed to be very attentive listeners to the proceedings. Police-constable Morris, 215 B, said that, between six and seven on the previous evening, he found the defen dant in Milibank-street, Westminster, suspef.ded from a high railing by a silk handkerchief, which was fasten( d tightly round her throat. Finding that she was quite insensible, he held her up whilst he called for assistance, and some gentleman who came up cut her down. Me dical assistance was immediately procured, and the pri soner having recovered was conveyed to the station, where she admitted that she had taken poison the same evening. Mr. Moran, an inspector of the B division, said that every attention had been paid to the female, who had, after receiving proper medical treatment, been sent to St. Mt rgarot's Workhouse, white she was closely watched during the whole night. Mr. BURRELL asked whether she had assigned any reason for attempting suicide in so determined a manner? Defendant, who was much affected, and so unwell that she was supported in the dock by a female, said, " I did it through distress of mind." Ir. BURRELL-W hat have been your means of living? Defendant—l am a florist. 2. For having at Chatham, in or about the month of December, 1845, bargained or consented to receive from Mr. Lucas, outfitter, at Chatl , am, a gratuity, fee, dis count, or per tentage on the amount charged to the troops, upon all articles of regimental necessaries and equipments proposed to be supplied by the said Mr. Lucas for the use of the soldiers of the 18th Foot. The Adjutant of the battalion, Lieutenant William Maycock, 61st Regiment. read the proceedings in the presence of the prisoner and the troops ; and the Court having weighed and maturely considered the evidence in support of the prosecution, decided that the accused was " Not Guilty" of any part of the charges that had been preferred against him, and acquitted him thereof. The same has been approved and confirmed by order of the C minander-in-Chief. On the dispersion of the troops to the barracks, Sergeant Gordon was congratu• lated both by the officers and nun-commissioned offieers of the garrison. In consequence of the above trial, the following bat talion order was issued late on Saturday afternoon last : Jan. 10, 1446—N0. 1. Officers commanding dei,ots are called on to pay unceasing attention to the Queen's regulations and orders ler the army regarding the supplies of necessaries to the men or their respec tive del Ots, more particularly to articles 29, 34, 35, and 38 ; and they are required to use every means in their power to ascertain that their p sy-sergeants do not, in the slightest degree, act contrary to these important, re• galati• pns. Any infringement of these orders, which t he offi cers may be able to disc. ,ver, must be reported iin!liedia ely, it b -nig the determination of the officer commanding the battalion to bligg to trial a--37 pay-se-gea t who may be guilty of so serious an offonce. In iirci.er to prevent. not only any clandestine infringement by pay-sergeirls of article 38 beforetneritimed, but to reur , ve any s•sp!- cion of such improper condn:t. officers commin•ling depots are recommend. d to purchase the necessaries f r the men occasionally at different houses, taking care, on every occasion, that all articles come furnished of the best quality and at the lowest prices ; all requisitions or orders to their tradespeople are to be signed by the officer commanding depots, and not under any circum stances by the pay-sergeants, who are not to be em ployed as a channel of communi ca tion on any occasion regarding necessaries. Officers commanding depots will cause their tradespeople to bring all articles of necessaries to the barracks, when they must be care fully inspected by officers themselves, and issued to the men in their presence. Whenever it may ba necessary to send men to the hcsuses of tradespeople for the purpose of being measured for any articles, such men are to be marched there and back under a non com missioned officer, not a pay-sergeant, with written in structions fur such tradespeople. The pay-sergeants are not, on any occasion whatever, to go the houses or shops of the tradespeodle who furnish artic'es of neces saries to the depOtii. Officers commanding depots are referred to No. 6 of the battalion orders of the 24th of March, 1811, and republished at the foot of the morning battalion order of the 10th of November, 1841, regard ing the care and attention to be given by them to par ticular points at the inspection of every shell jacket on the individual b..fore being finally issued to any non commissioned officer or soldier. The constant zeal and attention which is so necessary on the part of officers commanding depots, Colonel Weare feels assured will not be wanting on the part of those serving in the pro visional battalion to enable him to give the fullest effect to the regulations and orders of the army; and to a letter, dated Horse Guards, the 31st of December last, which was read t them in the presence of the Com mandant, regarding the important subject of supply ing necessaries to troops, which are so well calculated to give every benefit to non-commissioned officers and men under their command respectively." Mr. BURRELL—Are your parents living? Defendant (in a subdued voice)—l have both father and mother. Mr. BURRELL—I should wi,h to restore you to them. The poor girl sobbed hysterically, and said, " I would not go back to them now for the world. I have dis graced them." Mr. Moran intimated that she had fallen a prey to the arts of a seducer, who had abandoned her. Mr. BURRELL—Your father and mother, with the tenderness of parents, might pardon your errors, and receive you. Defendant—l could not ask them. I could not go back in the state I am in. They are very respectable. I have brought disgrace upon them. Mr.BuanELL—But if they offered to receive a peni- tent child, sensible of her guilt, would you refuse to return to your parental roof ? The poor girl, whose emotion rendered her voice almost inaudible, said, " I have too much guilt ever to return." Mr. BURRELL—WiII you give me the address of your parents ? Defendant—They are respectable. I cannot, I would not give it for the world. Mr. BURRELL, after consulting with the chief clerk, said that in charity to the poor girl, he felt bound to hold her to bail. Her attempts to commit suicide had been most determined, and in her present state of mind, he thought it would be better to send her to prison, where she would be treated with kindness, and have every atten tion paid her. Elie was removed in a fainting fit. AIARYLEBONE. Charlotte Williams, who described herself as a dress- maker, residing at Brentford, was brought before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Rawlinson, on the charge of having, by false and fraudulent representations, obtained from the housekeeper of Sir S. Vassal, Hyde Park gardens, the sum of 3L 10s.; and from Mrs. Fletcher, 2, Hyde Park-place, 31. The said amounts were given to her on a statement which she made, setting forth that laundresses, whose names she mentioned, and who were employed by the families in question, had been distrained upon for rent, and that the money, which was to be speedily repaid, was required to satisfy the brokers in possession. The police having received information of the above frauds, and others of a similar nature having been com mitted by the prisoner, kept a sharp look-out for her, and on Monday morning she was taken into custody by Crofts, 179 D. She was remanded till Tuesday (this day) week, when more cases will, it is understood, be brought forward against her. A miserable-looking man, who gave his name John Anderson, was charged with stealing a half-quartern loaf It was stated in evidence that the prisoner took the loaf from a baker's basket, in Harley-street, and having placed it under his coat went away with it. The theft was observed}, and the (prisoner) was given into custody, when he told the officers that he had not eaten a morsel of anything since twelve o'clock the previous day. The prisoner, in answer to the Magistrate, said that he came from Staffordshire, and that on the night before he slept in the Kensington Union, which he left at five in the morning. He was committed for a fortnight, and at the end of that time will be passed to his parish. Joseph Montefiore, Esq., No. 13, York-street, Port. man-square, attended to prefer the following charge against Sarah Maddock : -- - EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDING BY MR. WATSON, LATE J.P., AL., AND MR. CHARLES ARMSTRONG, J.P. —SEIZURE OF GUNS, &c.—Between one and two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday last, as a young gentleman of this neighbourhood, qualified to kill game, and having a certificate for that purpose, and the curator of the Belfast Museum (who, by directions of the Natural His tory Society, went to procure some small birds for the collection, on the farm of a friend in Ballinderry), were returning homewards, they were met on the public road, about two miles out of Ballinderry, on the way to Lis burn, by Mr. Watson and Mr. ArmstrOng, who were out hunting. Mr. Watson threatened to have them taken into custody. The young gentleman at once showed his game certificate, and stated that two bares which he had were killed at several miles' distance, where there had. been no hunting for very many years, and where he had the permission of the occupying tenant to shoot. The hares were, neverthel ss, taken from him, by order of Mr. Watson. His game certificate, on being shown to Mr. Armstrong, was kept by that J. P., who refused to return it to him. Mr. Armstrong, in addition, seized his gun, an:l carried it off. The gun of the curator of the Museum was also seized by Mr. Watson, and ca tied off, although the late J.P. was Tarticularly told that he hall been merely shooting small birds on his friend's farm, for the collection already named ; that the gun was registered, and was given him for that purpose hy a member of the Council of the Society. The birds in his possession, all small, common ones, were likewise shown, to prove the truth of his assertion ; but all was of no avail. They were told by Mr. Watson that they should never see the guns again, and would he fitted in twenty pounds each ; and were commanded by Mr. Armstrong to attend at a certain hour, on a day named, at the Petty Sessions, to be held in Crumlin, and ordered to receive this as a summons. Most abusive and insulting language was used towards both the aggrieved, in which particular the late J.P., D.L., was even surpassed by his nephew, Mr. Wakefield. Such are the particulars that have been communicated to us of an occurrence upon which we refrain from adding any remark, as the case will, we understand, be made matter of legal investigation.— .Northern Whig. THE CORN-LAWS, &c.—At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, Mr. Flood, the vestry-clerk, laid before the vestry a letter he had received from Sir James Graham, acknowledging the receipt of the petition to the Queen from the parish of St. Marylebane, signed by 8,000 of the ratepayers, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, and promising to lay the same before her Majesty at the earliest opportunity. The letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes. - It appeared that the prisoner had been cook in the family about five weeks, and that ten days ago she got much the worse for liquor, for which offence, after her , being lectured severely, she was forgiven. On Saturday evening last she again became intoxicated, and created a great disturbance in the kitchen, in consequence of which Mr. Montefiore went down and ordered her out of the house ; for some time she positively refused to go, but she at length went away, and soon afterwards re turned, and commenced ringing and knocking violently at the door. She was then given into custody. The prisoner said she bad worked bard all the day, and did not attempt to deny having taken a little too much. Mr. newt:maw; discharged her, being of opinion that by her being locked up so long, coupled with the loss of her character and situation, she had been sufficiently punished to operate as a warning to her in future. Henry Hardy was charged with having stolen a silv'•r watch and other property, belonging to George Middle ton, 3, Sussex-mews, Hyde-park-square. The robbery was committed on Saturday last, and on the same evening part of the stolen articles were pledged by the prisoner, upon whose person the tickets for the same were found when he was searched at the !station house. _ _ The prisoner, who made no defence, was sent for trial. John Rowe was committed for trial for stealing from a truck on the line of the London and Birmingham Rail way 71bs. weight of potatoes, the property of the Com pany. - - -------- - DEATHS OF CHILDREN BY BURNlNG.—Yesterdav Mr. Wakley, M. P., held an inquest in the University Col lege Hospital on .tartha Murdoch, aged four years, the child of poor parents, who was burned to death by her clothes catching tire during the temporary absence of her mother. Mr. Wakley held a s €:c.on , d inquest in the Royal Free Hos pital on Emma Henton, another girl, aged four years, who also lost her life by hes clothes catching fire in her parent's absence. On both occasi ons the Coroner deeply lamented the melancholy sacrific,t of lif e that occurred amongst the children of the poor from the w nt of proper fire-guards, which through th,cir Poverty , a j t h , ugh they only cost a shilling, they mulct not nurclia; e --- . he said, that during 0 ' dry children thus perished. e lesson one -li -itrtuis.dwa district alkine, Managing Committee for the zealous and judicious ' manner in which they had managed the affairs of the Company, and he should move that the bes, thanks of the shareholders be given to them, and that the surplus shares be placed at their disposal. The motion having been secor.ded, Mr. Deputy CoaNEY moved an amendment to the effect that the latter part of the resolution be reserved for a future and a fuller meeting; but, on learning from Captain Barlow that the shares, if divided amongst the shareholders, would not yield more than lid. p. - :r share, he declined to press his amendment, and the original resolution was carried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. ADDRESS TO LORD METCALFE MEETING AT THE ORIENTAL CLUB-HOUSE. A very numerous meeting of gentlemen connected with India was held yester fay at the Oriental Club. Hanover-square, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of addressing Lord Metcalfe on his return to his native country. There were present at least two hun dred and fifty gentlemen of the highest character con nected with the civil and military service of India. The chair was taken at two o'clock by The Earl of AUCKLAND, who was greeted with con siderable applause, and having explained the purpose of the meeting, proceeded to eulogise the character of Lord Metcalfe in every part of his distinguished career. His Noble Friend had been his schoolfellow at Eton, and from that period to the present day he had had the happiness and pride of Lord Met calfe's friendship. The Noble Chairman traced the progress of Lord Metcalfe from the early part of his public service in India down to the time of his return to this country from the East, with the expectation of being allowed to pass the remainder of his days in repose at home. But his eminent merits marked him out as a fit person to be entrusted with the government of Jamaica in a time of great difficulty and delicacy. The manner in which he discharged his important and arduous duties in that colony induced another Ministry, of different politics from that which appointed him to Jamaica, to send him to Canada, where the interests of this country were in danger, and the affairs of the colony irretrievably involved. Whilst suffering under the most severe bodily pain, he still continued to discharge his important duties, and with such success as to call for the marked approbation of the Government, which was expressed by the Queen's calling him to her councils and raising him to the peerage. The Noble Lord was loudly applauded throughout an eloquent and earnest speech. Mr. HOLT MACKENZIE moved, and Sir J. RYAN se conded (also in highly eulogistic speeches) the following resolution, which was carried unanimously:—" I hat an address be presected to Lord Metcalfe, expressing the high sense entertained by this meeting of the honours by which those services have justly been re cognised by his Sovereign and his country ; their cor dial sympathy in the affliction by which his career of eminent usefulness has been interrupted ; and the af fection, respect, and admiration with which they re gard his public and private character." Mr. B. BAYLEY then read the draft of an address, which had been prepared by the committee, and which he moved should be adopted as the address of the meet ing. It was couched in very strong terms of affection and honours as well as of sorrow and sympathy for the physical suffering with which the Noble Lord was afflicted. _ _ Mr. HOGG, M.P., in support of the address, confirmed all that had been said by the previous speakers as to the high character, kindly disposition, and distinguished services of Lord Metcalfe, who, he was sure, would not feel less gratification with the tribute that day offered to him here, than by the well-merited honours which his Sovereign had bestowed on him. The address was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed, and to lie tor a fortnight at the Oriental Club-house for signatures. Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting separated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-NOUSE. Yesterday a man, named Nervy Oxburgh, was brought before Alderman H. Hughes, charged with having com mitted a robbery in, and having burglariously broken out of, the house of Elizabeth Ware, the keeper of the Woolpack Tavern, Minories. The prisoner was covered with soot upon being apprehended. Mrs. Ware, who is a widow, stated that on Saturday evening the prisoner was in the tap-room with some other persons, and she believed he was the last indivi dual there. About seven o'clock on Sunday morning witness was rang up, and on going down stairs she found the door, which she had fastened before she went to bed, (pen, and the bar in great confusion. Some wine had been drank, and a pair of "sovereign scales" in a box, A cloth, and some cigars, biscuits, and loaf-sugar, were missing. The tills had been broken open, but she had taken care before she retired to bed to strip them of their valuable contents. There sere, she remarked, traces of soot from the chimney corner in the tap-room to the bar, and several articles in the bar were blackened with it. There were missing 230 cigars, 23 cheroots, half a pound of tobacco, a pair of scales, and a cloth, and these were, she learned, taken from the prisoner in the street soon after he broke out of the house. She was convinced that the pi isoner must have slipped up the chimney the moment he found an opportunity, and his situation must have been most disagreeable, for some water was thrown into the grate to extinguish the fire while he was in the chimney, and an abundance of smoke ascended. He had a narrow escape of a more dangerous position too, for, after the fire was extin guished, some friends from the country arrived, and it was by the merest accident that the witness did not order a rousing fire to be lighted in the same grate. Providentially, however, for the prisoner, she determined to accommodate her friends in another room. James King, a pot-boy to Mrs. Ware, was in the tap room with the prisoner on Saturday night, and they had a pint of beer together at about a quarter past eleven o'clock. When witness went to put up the shutters he did not see the prisoner go out, and again returning to the tap-room the prisoner was not there, and was sup posed to have left tee house. Witness lowered the fire, and put out the gas. John Peck, a constable of the Metropolitan police, stated that between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner with a bundle in Shorter 'treet, Wellclose-square, running from the direction of the Minories, so covered with soot, that it was impossible ro say whether he was a white or a black man. Witness 'sired him what he ha got, but instead of answering, he threw down a bundle, and ran off. Witness sprung his rattle, and the prisoner was stopped in his presence by another constable. In the bindle were some of the ar ticles spoken of as having been stolen from the bar of Mre. Ware's house, and about his person were found the remainder of the property. At first the prisoner said that he had purchased the cigars of a boy, but did not know anything about him. Willism Hanley, also a constable of the Metropolitan police, stated that, having heard the rattle sprung, and .aw the prisoner run, he caught the man in his arms. ['he prisoner, who was all over soot, said, upon being ized, "If I had known where I was running you should not have caught me."—Committed for trial. Daniel Cooper, a person, who had formerly been a constable in the City Police, was charged with having committed a robbery. James Freeman, a bootmaker, of No. 4, Hare-court, Aldersgate-street, stated, that about six o'clock on Satur lay evening he was in the Castle Tavern, King street, 'Jheapside, getting some refreshment, when the pri soner walked in and obtruded his conversation. The prisoner said he was hungry, and witness gave him half a-crown to get some bread and cheese, and he brought back two shillings and threepence, and left the room, immediately after which witness missed his purse, con taining two sovereigns, and two half-sovereigns. In a short time the prisoner returned, and sat loam, and witness said he would send for a po liceman ; upon which the prisoner said, " Don't make a fuss about it," and asked him to go up stairs Witness and another person then accompanied the prisoner up-stairs, and taw him take from his trousers the purse containing the money. The account he gave of the matter was, that be had picked up the purse along with some loose papers. The witness said to him, You rascal, you have been robbing me while I have been giving you bread." The prisoner said he found the purse along with some paper, tied went up and deposited it in the water-closet. It appeared that Cooper had, since his discharge from the police force, engaged in cadging about Guildhall, and advising, for a small consideration, the omnibus drivers and conductors who have been summoned before magistrates for s a fo v : oo v r iting the law.—Committed. who had been upon a former oc casion brought up charged with having broken windows, and acted most violently at the City of London Union, in Cannon-street, were charged with similar offences. One of them flung the shoes which she had on Saturday re ceived from the Lord Mayor, at one of the officers em ployed by the guardians. They were all sent to prison in default of the payment of the penalties. GUILDHALL. James 3PCartley and William Lambert were brought before Mr. Alderman Challis, charged with stealing a puree containin 17s. I Id., from Miss Louisa Fa r l e y, o f Church-street, 'T'rinity-square. Upon the New Testament being tendered to Miss Farley, she said she would speak nothing but the truth; but she could not take an oath. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS asked why she could not be sworn. Did she belong to the Society of Friends, or Moravians, or Separatists?—She said she did not belong to either of those bodies. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS required her reason for re fusing to take the oath ?—She replied, the Scriptures forbade it. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS said she put a construction upon the passage of the Scriptures on which she rested, which it was not intended to have. The prohibition was not intended to forbid the using of the name of the Su anaeieen, ancient Jews they hadthe ec prerne Bei ng reverently and upon proper occas i ons. The u such a dread of using that sacred m neverunn unnecessary repeatedi nd t withoutpr rprofane en trembling s eof and dread; the name in the common affairs ofy a life, the using it as a by word, and to curse, was only forbidden. We all acknow ledge the power and influence of the Almighty, and dwo°ufldhissartihsatatnasee assd thhoep eprop o o r s a e n d d o ahtand shenee p interpret at i on she was h sp e o li ke the tru m th is , s so F G ar o l d wieysmaildd g , i v v i e th he t r h h is et willing to be sworn. M'Car t h y She stated that she was goi n g over Blackfriar s -b r id ge about one o'clock that d a y , and feeli ng a touch at h er seeing pur t , h e e anpdrisomniesrsedit. She ru po r c i k a e w t, tt a y n , andfelt soon after for her called out stop thief, and the lad was Mr. Franklin, a law stationer, :n Tower-street, pursued. de posed to seeing Lambert steal the pane from the young SOUTHWARK. James Leary and William Cowell, two boys, the elder not more than thirteen years of age, were brought before Mr. Cuttingham, charged with stealing half a hundred weight of old iron. A - policeman stated that he stopped the prisoners that morning carrying two bars of old iron, and when he questioned them as to .vhere they got it, their reply was that it was given them by another boy, who told them he had picked it up by the river side. The policeman further said, that he had known both the prisoners for some length of time, and that they had, been in custody before for thieving; that the associate of one of them (Leary) was tried at the last Surrey assizes and trans ported for ten years. Mr. COTTINGIIAM interrogated the prisoners, and from their answers it appeared that the parents of one of them were dead, and having been brought up to no trade, he was compelled to wander about and make out a livelihood in the best way he could ; that he could neither read nor write, and had only been at school three weeks, and that he never entered a place of worship ; that he slept at a. common lodging-house in Kent-street, when he could raise enough to ?ay for his bed, and that when he could not do so he wandered about and slept under sheds, or in the market-places. The other boy's account was pretty similar to the above, and when asked where they were taking the old iron when met by the policeman, they said that they in tended to have sold it at a marine store-shop, to get some money . to buy food, and enable them to pay for a night's lodging. LAMBETH. A shopman, in th service of Mr. Mathews, a pawn broker, applied to Mr. Henry to take his advice as to the sale of a table of very ingenious workmanship, which • had been pawned at Mr. Mathew's shop, and which re mained unredeemed for seven months beyond the legal period of keeping such articles. It appeared that in the early part of last autumn a young man named Fueillode had been brought to this Court on a charge of annoying his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, by sending letters of a very ex traordinary description to his Grace, also with sending one or two boxes of his own workmanship, and which were exceedingly beautiful, for his Lordship's accept • ante ; and, further, with attempting to make his way to his Grace's presence. From the prisoner's manner at the time, and for several months previously, and parti cularly his extraordinary notion that his Grace of Can terbury was about to provide him with a wife, no doubt remained upon the mind of the sitting magistrate, Mr. Henry, that the man was labouring under insanity, and the attention of the parish officers was at once called to his case, with a view of his being taken proper care of. The officers of the parish of Lambeth promptly attended to his case, and he was placed at a proper asylum at Peckham, where he still remains. One of the boxes sent by the prisoner to Lambeth Palace (a lady's large ork-box) was brought to the Court on the occasion 01 his apprehension, and drew forth the admiration of all who saw it. Its ext, rior was Composed of a great va riety of dyed and coloured woods, beautifully diversi fied, and polished, so as to present a beautiful specimen of art. Mr. HENRY expressed a hope that it would nor be dis posed of without some notice was given of the pawn • broker's intention so to do, so that his friends or th' parish officers might have the option to redeem it if they thought proper. He a.so thought Mr. Mathews had acted perfectly fair in the matter. The young man, he understood, was still at the asylum at Peckham, and as he was maintained there at the expense of the parish, he (Mr. Henry) thought it would be but right that the pariah officers should be made acquainted with the fact, that the table was about to be sold, so that they might redeem it and sell it again, if they thought proper, or act in the matter to the best interest of the lunatic. The applicant undertook to make the parish officers acquainted with the circumstance, and left the Court. GREENWICH. Geo-9e Giles, a seaman on board the schooner Mary, trading from Guernsey to London, appeared on an information, at the instance of the Board of Customs, charged with secreting 101bs. 7 16ths of foreign manu factured tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty of 100/. Thomas Cornell, Queen's appraiser of Customs, proved the tobacco produced to be of foreign manufacture. Joseph Sloane, tide surveyor of customs, deposed that be boarded the Mary off Greenwich Hospital on Saturday last. He rummaged the vessel, and found the tobacco secreted in the after part of the schooner amongst the cargo. The prisoner denied that it was his, but after wards acknowledged that it was. The Solicitor's chief clerk of Customs said, from re presentations made to the Beard by the prisoner and friends, by which it appeared that the prisoner's father is on his death-bed, and that the act was committed in order to render his parent assistance, they were disposed to be extremely lenient towards him, He was liable to 1001. fine, but they would allow him to mitigate the penalty to 51., or in default to one month's imprisonment in Maidstone gaol. Joseph St iford, for having 51bs. 4-16ths of contraband tobacco, on board the same vessel, secreted under his bed, was fined 31, and in default to one month's impri sonment in Maidstone gaol. George Burrows was convicted in a penalty of 405., or one month's imprisonment, for having 2lbs. of contraband tobacco secreted on board the Alice, of Guernsey. She was boarded off Greenwich Hospital en Saturday by Mr. Tide-waiter Sloane, who found the tobacco secreted under his clothes in the forecastle. The penalty in the latter case was paid, and in the two former the offenders were committed to prison. WANDSWORTH. Two men, named Kimber and Brown, were charged with destroying a portion of their workhouse clothing and refusing to work. Mr. King, the master of the workhouse, who proved the case, said he should not have given the prisoners into custody for destroying- their clothes had they con sented to work, but no persuasion would induce them to do the latter, The prisoners made no defence. Mr. CLivE committed them each for a month, with hard labour. Seven men were next placed in the dock, charged with refusing to work, Mr. King said the men were admitted on the preced ing night ; had their supper and bed, and that morning were put to work at the hand corn mill. They had done about three-quarters of an hour's work and then demanded their breakfast, which was given them. After eating it they refused to complete the labour, which he had reduced from four to .we hours' duration. The prisoners made no answer to the charge, and were committed for 21 days each. Mr. CLINE subsequently addressed the master of the workhouse, and after alluding to the enormous number of charges of this description recently brought before him, said that he was at first inclined to believe that it was in part owing to some mismanagement in the house; he was now satisfied that such was not the case, but that the majority of these mei , and lads were idle fellows, who would not go to any regular employment. Ile thought that if the master kept a list of the casual pau pers who refused to work, together with a description of their persons, many of them might be charged with a second offence, and under another statute be punished with much greater severity. THAMES. William Smith, a labourer in a glass-house, was charged with assaulting James Parsons, a police-con stable, No. 179 K. The policeman, who has been confined to his lied for seventeen days, appeared in a very weak condition. It appeared that on the morning of the 26th of December he was on duty in Sydney-street, Mile-end, and saw the prisoner loitering about with a girl for a considerable time. He watched them, and they stopped near some carts. He asked the prisoner if he lived in the house opposite. The prisoner refused to satisfy him, and said he had nothing to do with him, and he would remain where he was as long as he pleased. The policeman desired him to go away, and the prisoner made an attempt to strike him. The policeman pushed him away, and he again came forward with an intention of striking him, The girl then interfered, and took her companion away ; but he soon afterwards came towards the p ilieetnan again, and struck him a violent blow on the face, at the same time exclaiming that he was a better man than Parsons, who once more pushed him away, and, with great forbearance, advised him to go home, and not to get into trouble. The prisoner then commenced abusing the constable, and made an attempt to strike him again. Parsons said, if he did not leave the spot he should be obliged to take him to the station house, and to avoid giving him any further pretext for quarrelling, crossed the road, and turned down another street. The prisoner followed him, and struck him, and while Parsons was staggering from the violence of the blow, he was struck several times by the prisoner about the head and face. The policeman fell heavily on the ground, and when he had partially recovered himself; he found the prisoner standing over him. The policeman drew his staff for the purpose of defending himself, on which the prisoner attempted to take it away from him, but not succeeding, he struck the policeman another blow on the head with his clenched fist, and felled him to the ground. The policeman was insensible for some time, and when he recovered his assailant was gone. Ile crawled to the station- house, and wis conveyed to his own home, where be has ever since remained under me dical care. He was scarcely able to walk, so cruelly was he punished on the occasion. John Baker, 217 K, apprehended the prisoner on Sa turday sight upon a warrant, and on ask►ng him how he came to illuse Parsons in the way he had done, he said the policeman hart ♦ery grossly insulted him. The pri soner admitted that he committed the assault. Inspector Horne, of the K division, recollected the policeman coming to the station•house early in the morning of the 26th ult. His face was bleeding, awl his clothes were very dirty, and covered with blood. There were several wounds on his person. The policeman described the way in which he was attacked. As the complainant was unable to continue on duty he sent him home. The priscner, in defence, said he was speaking to a young woman, and the policeman shoved his bull's•pyi• lanthorn in his face and struck him, and he returned the blow. Inspector Horne was r ecalled, and said the policeman had no lant . horn on the morning in question. Mr. BRODERIP said a very cov‘aidly assault was al leged to have been committed, and ordered the prisoner to find bail, himself in 401.. and two sureties in 201. each, to appear and take his trial at the next sessions. He was committed in default of bait. Margaret Cotter was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with cutting and wounding Jane Carney, with a knife. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, that they lived at 1, Nelson's-place, Salmon's-lane, Lirnehouse. On Sunda• evening the prosecutrix was having her tea with the landlady of the house and another female ; the prisoner was in the same room, but not at the same table. A dispute arose between her and Carney, re specting some money the prisoner had received from a young man the night before. Some aggravating lan guage was used on both sides, and from words they came to blows. The complainant was satisfied with the weapons nature had given her, and struck Cotter with her fist. The prisoner did not return the blow in a similar manner, but took a knife off the table, and made use of horrible language, and stabbed her in the neck, inflicting a severe wound, from which the blood flowed copiously. In a struggle which took place, the prose cutrix attempted to take the knife away from the other, and was cut in the hands. One of her fingers was nearly divided. Mr. BRODERIP—How many cuts hive you in the hand ? Witness—Two, Sir. She cut me across the hand twice. Mr. BRODE RIP —And you have been stabbed in the neck ? Witness—Yes, Sir. The prisoner made a long defence to the charge, and said that while she was eating a bit of meat the prose- SHIP RAILWAY OVER SUEZ. There have b:en many wonderful events in connexion will the extension of the railway system. Not the least marvellous of these is the ship railway across the Isthmus of Suez. The following remarks on this sub ject are taken from the first number of the Br it'sh and Foreign Railway Magazine : " To a mind, scientific in its bias, one subject imparts infinite pleasure. It is the consideration, resulting trove the reflection, that mechanical undertakings, con sidered vast in the olden time, have now, through mo dern discovery, become so puny and unimportant, as to be barely feats for college boys ; while, in a more extensive class of these mighty labours—the work of many thousand of artificers—•capital of many millions, and the prolonged half century of the ar tisan's labour, ere compressed, with all their Iliad of contingencies, into the comparatively easy nut-shell of a task, accomplished by a brace of competent engi neers, and a staff of subordinates, with the collaterals of material and time. It is thus, by the fortuitous discovery of the element of file by accidental friction, that a Pro inetheus augments the ,comforts of a race with a useful auxiliary, diminishing the savageness of primeval bar barism, and endowing it with ornament and art. The discovery of steam-power in this latter age is a second stupendous lever towards moving tardy and inert matter into rapid and astonishing movement, and also into trans portation of enormous masses, in a space of time, over a league-long distance, equally regardless of their im menseness of bulk. The Prometheus of this latter case was Watt—was Stephenson. " But in no project, perhaps, of the present day, feasible in its aims and probable accomplishments, is this new power to be comprehended in a more showy arid rematkable erelor of development than in its pro pos: d application towards transporting across the Isthmus of Suez merchant vessels of the largest burden, filled with their cargoes and merchandise, by a railway and engines, after the ordinary mode ot• locotnotion in this c,•untry. Furths•r, it is consid, red that even the necessity of engines in the case proposed might be cli•hensed with, and that, as a till further improscin lit on this scheme, it would be quite practic able to construct all the siesmers employed upon th, navigation or the Red Sea on such a principle as to do away with the necessity of locomotive engines to bring them ac•r. ss the Isthmus. They might he fi.ted, sass th° oobl , originator of the plan", with propiling screws in lieu of paddle wheels ; in the plate of which latter might be substituted railway wheels, so that the vess..l of its truck could work i s way with its own engines. This, then, is the beginning of the exemplificAton of • our new plan. " To preclude the supposition that anything chimerical is proposed, or that here is tendered the pudic any rail way toy or deceptive • Glenmutchkin.' we lay before our readers the name of the actual surveyor of the Isthmus, together with the occasions and facts which led him to the conclUsions adducad. "Sir William Cornwallis Harris, major of engineers of the Bombay establishment, so far back as 18:30, during the administration of Lord Clare, was nomi nated by his Lordship to the Bombay Government, who had instructed him to select an officer to con duct a survey of the Isthmus, in view to the exe cution of a navigable canal then in contemplation, although subsequent political events unfortunately set this project aside. He had, meanwhile, diligently collected information on the subject about to be confided to him, and when returning through Egypt from the mission with which he had been entrusted to the Court of Shoa in Southern Abyssinia, he enjoyed an opportunity of studying on the spot the facilities presented towards a project, important alike to the interests of Europe, and to the advancement of the eastern empire over which the East India Company presids s. " The ease and simplicity of the means by which great undertakings are generally attained, naturally excite in the thikking mind feelings of surprise that no simili tude of the same idea should have been conceived before, or come under discussion for contemplation or adoption. " Sir William, however, traces the delay that to this hour obtains in the establishment of a communication which all parties must, and do, concur in admitting to be most desirable, to the rival opinions that ye hitherto been advanced on the respective advantages and disadvantages, the adequacy and inadequacy, of a rail- Ny and a navigable opening at the track, ports, and sea in que'tion. " A favourite project of a late ' crowned king of Gaul,' was to make a navigable passage across the Isthmus of Suez. It was, in fact, one of the gigantic projects of a mind that had hoped to restore Rome to its Cild - Aplendour, to re.establish the solemn Sanhedrim O the Jews—to mike and unmake the rulers of empire. To cut, as with an axe, this arm of land in two—to cause the free waters of either ocean to flow in co allied currents, through this grand and new-formed char.nel— and to behold the fleets of nations sailint , majestically through a marine highway, with merchandise and men, was among the noblest, yet unaccomplished achievements of Napoleon, on the throne of the Bourbons. " The establishment, however, of this desirable com munication, by the combined powers of steam and machinery, has.now bec,.m a matter--not of diminished grandeur or importance, but of more easily accessible accomplishment in carryine it out to a speedy consum- Instion. A company, capital, and co-operation are the auxiliaries in present request, and the fearibility of establishing• the marine-railway in question is beyond the power of a doub - . From the first ent.ertainment of this proji , et it has been sto,itly asserted that the natural obstiicle - s that op pose its co;struction - are somewhat imminent. Sir William Harris, in his opinion on the Euhjeet, showing at the same time -the eaqf of its aec,mptishwent at expense, an l by a much l"ss cornplieat; d pr. ce,s than A cut', as also in a much briefer space of time, sttv es that the line over which the rail must ir:t,s, flr fr ,, in b.ing beset with difficulties to the engikeer, has peen asc,•rtaim d to present . a very favourable profile ; and a hard, ;oil, is knowii to prevail it; lieu of the shiftmg an is of the desert, which here skilfully cen jur..-t1 into exist lice by a faction whose theory -vas .0 arrest the progress or the plan. Those who had a put. pose to serve in thus opposing the construeti rn of a rail way, are now compelled to admit that it could be made, and would fully answer the en . of accelerating mails and p tssengers through Egypt ; but they still cling to the scheme which dazzled the mit.d of Napoleon, and stew 'ily maintain the necessity of piercing the Isthmus, so as to obtain uninterrupted water communication by means of a canal, which would enable merchant vessels of the largest class t • perform the voyage between Asia and Europe without discharging their cargoes. " The rails of the proposed road being laid down, the next exigent in the case is the special order of engine to be fabricated to adapt itself to the peculiar ntees sides of the case. Fur this purpose it is proposed to construct a class of narrow steam-vessels of about 800 tons burden, suited for freight, and to transport them across the Isthmus of Suez upon trucks, by means of locomotive engines of adequate power. .1 he vessels would advisedly be built upon the plan that will best serve to counteract any additional strain upon the sides in volved by removal from the water, and the cradle truck upon z hicli each will be placed during th 3 transit would he constructed with the same view. " The most eligible point to which the railway could be carried is of course determinable solely by the geo graphical character of the surrounding and adjacent country. The Nile about Cairo is clearly the point indi cated for this purpose. Here the laden steamers might be transferred from one to the other of the divided seas, through its always navigable channel. " The inaccessible character of the Mediterranean shore, lying over against the Sea of Suez, and the gene ral unfitness of all the ports or roadsteads on that coast for vessels of any considerable draught of water, render it almost unsafe to regard any other point as available. " Owing to the peculiarities of the situation, the en gineer will have to look to the ordering of some few mi iiutim, which we shall specify at the end of our descrip tion. With regard to the locomotive power neces-ary, it appears, in the opinion of judges on the spot, that the engine required to draw a laden vessel of 800 tons burden across the desert of Suez, would rot need to possess above three times the power of those ordinarily used upon an English railway ; and the increased disposable breadth for the machinery would render this power one of easy acquisition. The masts of the vssad would have to be so con structed as to fold elter and lie flat during the transit, in order to prevent any action of the wind upon them ; and a moderate width bt tmeen the rails would then be found sufficient. A stAtion, or siding, to admit of vessels on their trucks passing each other midway, would also have to be constructed in the centre of the line ; and, as the entire diAance of eighty four miles could be accom plished in four or five hours, communication between Suez and Cairo might be daily held each way upon a single line of rails. "A million sterl ng, then, in conclusion, is the outside sum at which this very noble project could be carried Out. This stun falls very far short of the lowest e-titnat, that has been framed for a ship canal, anti it may appear a small sum for so long a line as that in contemplation ; but it should be borne in mind that the ground has riot to be purchased, that there are neither bridges nor tunnels to construct (both of whidi are am-angst the heaviest items of an English rail was). and that only one line of rails will be le quired. The railway might he completed in two years, whereas the construction of a canal, supph s in g i t . t o be within the compass of human exertion, would occupy ten. Commercial interests generally cannot fail to be materially promoted by this mode of trans porting carves across the neck of land which disconnects Europe and Asia ; and it must propor tionably improve the revenues of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt. It is always observed that the op-ration of a railway is 'to treble the traffic upon a new line ; and the improve] relations with China, as well as the success of a new branch of commerce on the eastern coast of Africa, will both tend to swell the importance of the plan suggested. Recurrence also may here be made to the highly important subject of the coal beds which have been reported to exist within a reason able distance of the coast of Abyssinia, in a position the most convenient fur the supply of the depots both at Aden and Suez. " The plan, when carried out, will certainly in those distant and comparatively untravelled regions, produce a new era of commerce, and wider fields fur the spread of civilisation, philanthropy, and tats ligence." 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DEATH OF GENERAL HO-Li — f the We have this day to record the demise ot one o f the oldest offiours in the army. and one who retaired t 0 1 last as rnuah of the true spirit of a British soldicr o' those whom he has left behind—General fic'4,ila Colonel of the 4th, or King's O wn Reg invent. rshal sat& Gallant General was the son of Field-Ma holme Hodgson, who is known in history.eis th e _ thi mender of the expedition which took Belleede fro: re' French, corded by •-.. i c h ti e ce. y l e N a ra r i his frnoelln3oeviirnsgZuror'eetollee, u , 111 , is characteristic of the man and times it e after the siege of Belleisle, when the th en Gocerjreoli were above everything anxious to conciliate 1e i` ter Court, General Hodgson was desired by the gin, sof ,'' ie the day to explain the cause of Belleisle ha pal severely sacked. The reply of the old Mar" B ,a be that he had been orderrd to take Belleisle ; 1 7 11/ #1 had done so ; and that he had nothing more I° 51t h ) , the the subect." He was greatl di,titiguished:lol, friet.dship and favour of the YDuke o f Cu he and by the confidei.ce and good opinion of 11 f rof Earl of Chatham. The mother of the deceaseui.o° 0 1 1 was Lady Catherine Howard, through whom 11 ,; rti ble tie hew to the late Field Marshal the Right li°°°-fill Sir George lloward, K. 8., and first cousin to th e of Effingham, and to Mary, Countess of Roseberri. bee he e as educated at Harrow School, and was still there.: oe obtained his commission, so far back as 17 79, „ ) ; King's Own Regiment, which was his fathers cy r i n ' t eel was then in Canada. He shortly afterwards `*,-,1:08de: to j'in it, and served with it for some years in ` 1 "1,0 0 under the auspices of his friend and foab,,e.lie:oftbj, Dorchester, the Governor; and as Captatn-&" eorio province in 1793, he was employed as Major. o ° o l ' a H t the reduction of the Islands of Pierre atA was twice taken prisoner at sea, in 1794 tin..u alter . on the latter occasion by a French priva ve " o ler severe action, at the close of which he sunk th e of the " King's Own," toresent their falitn.„,ge the enemy's hands. Ile was then taken tornol7o where he remained a prisoner until Octo catv when he was exchanged. In 1799. he serve d ° he ef ° l w here so rt mat:ding officer with the 4th in Ilellatid, present at the ea turn of the town and aril teb er : In the and at the actions of the 2d and tith 101' the a-tion near Egmont-of-Sea, he vva ; /31() ; e tr gc c rously k.outuled, the ball having never been eX - ,' l oo' der-in appointed Governor ands' Ge ' jot?, hia at the Bermuda., and afterwti c ot tame ,eta a situation at Curl:c.a. which I titer goerianrea le _ till the peace, w ',en the island Nas the Dutch. In each of these situations‘ he r ee-l i l repeated t milks of the King's Givernment, °OA". return home was appointed to the lcY °` garrison battalion. In 1822 he rcceived the, thee Foot, from which he was, in 1835, removed 'Ay' t0 . „4" . cid command ol'his late Majesty, V./ distinguished regiment of which he died ir over the interests of which he watched with ei;e,, a parent. The General retained to the eod, usual degree, the fire and energy,as well 85 "„ e g he'', ness of disposition, which distinguished him thr`'7oot,' and fell a victim at last to the amour end with . which, within a very few weeks, he cll.-41e114 follow ' his pi ivate pursuit of shooting n e l l' e l 'e veral children to deplore his loss, and will i° , l ll l °' membered with affection and veneration by circle of friends and acquaintance. k 'd 0 24 t 1°410 1ZO ( ;to,2 l °Yal, t r Wilson qat ai tir lf , wili ,ki kll °R, 4 4nor 4 4 1 ,kid of Ct Srin 9tBte of g. 110 11 . 4 Pro " p a : l O ° u : o t : ow ; t r y h is q,„, tl t 4. th 4 ;%Isle e 'en 0.1,f a fen, Wore( - srtl N - ..und re 14144ta3, t IP' 41 14 A-44v 141.411 "Yqt to ti t 4 If • J ohn } 'tith s eeting G 4'4l,k r I/ of J an 1111 f which othp.teit,ele, and On, Rg, of ri,eeting • ofd~s t,k„,..Leta c..arg e d ( fir 'ejety AbO ye Ii b ( M iie e ; Was 110 1 4 4 , e Atact 11kir th tw A la F l t e 8. , ekie w, Ir k !:s(ll o l ,ltatiey, Nzr, 1: 4 ; ti l ,T lt ewirs' I tbeo, ▪ I, tt Slo e s e 'tee 4 B:leliebt3, Pito '4°l•Yri Benj l ULLUAC 1.. n. 11 mut. arm acquaintance. Def ° , o o At the Epiphany Sessions for the counq or esn r i the Earl of Devon, in charging the grand jury,l l , - g 00 regret at the lar,,eness of the calendar, there IF o ioa o l l than 119 prisoners for torttal, and expressed his 100°' ai l steps should be taken prevent this by the .dop ar y 0 mode by which offences of a light and 01' 0 sf, should be summarily dealt with. 001 it DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON-SPINNING ccurres' FIRE.—The most destructive fire which h as : 3 101 ° 10 1 Glasgow or its vicinity, for several years past , a boov e ception of that which consumed the City Theatreorlioria' months ago, took place yesterday (FridaY),; r fe ti cl/1 6 0 Savoy-street, Bridgton. The workers in the ,' .. „ c ali",oo' spinning factory situated in that street, belongTb o oll, Gemmel!, Brothers, and Co., it appears, had e ap v tl 4 menced their labours for the week a short tiina,o alarm of fire was raised in the picking-roe?',0 11 course of ten minutes the flames had niau s „ ... aaltar, greys that they were coming out of the n'"'„,aaw,rtv alleged cause of the conflagration is, that 4, as 001 loose cotton ignited in the arms of a git' e - 01aY passing one of the gas-lights, although a t th n. j e a l the burner was inclosed in a glass-case or i n , te t r ae f 3,1 certain, at any rate, that it was near this gir c ob'? first discovered ; and in consequence of the ver• A v fr l 4 material which it had to prey upon, it sPo s " d that rapidity. As soon as th e tire was disco v e re co ' r , police and West of England engines were sent oil6ls'Y, consequence of the distance, which is more than 3 0 1 I A time elap-ed before they arrived, and in the illtf a r i e vouring element had nearly spread over the se t ae, , The engines were set to work, however, with g'd in lie, and succeeded at la: tin checking the flames , 1 100 , 4 , 01 the engine-house, and' a small portion of the a ':oiia t a i is situated farthest from the point where the fitt e d t el The work of destruction was almost connile'vater4to o'clock, but the engines continued to throw fout,: tb the burning ruins till sunset. The mill wa g .i l aat r io, high, and about x3O feet in length, and it is es- o t the loss on the building and machinery will arc ed to l/ o/ a arts of 5,0001. The property, however, is instir a L o , t.. 1 1 00 the full amount of the damage ; we regret to l e h od: calamity will throw a considerable number of emt 1 , ymen t.— Glasgow Courier. le j j EXTRACTION OF N E E DLES FRO M TIIK striking illustration of one of this class of cases in Sheffield in the curse of this week. The sna,. - g „ ri e ,rll instance, is a female servant, in the family of Tire stal , , of Upperthorpe, and about twenty one or ", , years of age. It seems the young woman was t e a - a l oce l 'er, the care of a medical man, whose treatment P r , - bi t 5 7 , vation, subsrquently to which she fancied "'; tb e ,tr were slowly progressing from her left shoulder;oll,X at some dein hin the muscular substance. Ot t d ?Y . ; pain became excruciati,g, and presently one, an th e gy war. is three In Q Ales were extracted foga to,Afa, part of the arm ; and on the following moil&g o ce with part of a third! They made their 01-Pe' ir fe ctl. , ,4 above and partly below the elbow, and seem pa ,r and uncorreded. Mr. John Heppenstall, who s qle s . , out the latter p.rtion of the needles, says tliatLd 1 .01 6 , by any rn•-ans easily come away; and that no b w i ro tO,'",, from the puncture. Next in interest to the c il derv o v, the undoubted extraction of so many needles 11 : ot iv eco ' cunistances, is the question, as to how they Sitr„ young woman's fle s h? Of thi s s h e can gi v 'itoe',6 having no recollecti on o f ever h av i ng either sae 0 e 01, 4 or received them int o h er b o dy from any eitte rlL r icl but she sat s that sometimes she has felt the,i f i t . needles in her che s t, w hil e t h e i r p rog ress was quite perceptibl e . Sh e s t a t es a l so , that ' co in since, or when about thirteen years of age, sh e re e dle'lpir fewer than fifty s i m il ar nee dl es , an d p i ec es of li'; 3 for extracted from one of h er fi ngers i n the course of ' r —Sheffield Mercury. . 1 6 I , Nothing. could be better devised than 1 ,,,0r gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature forming, as it now does, not only the sine r",,geo" 4 railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for arV i or t, °, 4 taking out-door exercise, It may be said distill e , the costume of the nineteenth century, if ths' p rev'a; called marked which is only conspicuous for an 11,1111 a it and 4raceful bearer, the wearer feeling so P; Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised higilVlisl;4i a general public favourite, being so p ec uliarlY„, . it„ avoiding all foreign extr avagance o f s tyle. i t i - gre!a l ; 7 knowledged as a vast improvement over the o ,,.tab„rilg associated in our remembrance with an uncoil"' c la fr iav4 tion of tight buttoning's, which, from its verY joie ~ 0 ° defeated its object, the warmth of the person, I , 9 4 o cifVi with the proper cir cu l a ti on o f th e bl oo d. The P. cs i „ are black, blue, brown, and olive; also the elec t ,. or w il , 4 called Oxford, and can be had of the patent e r v eripep the most respectable clothiers out of London. 'jinl n ) paletot is three guineas, and is stampted in t'eg. J. try the words, "Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65 . Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London. SO; rt o , PLOW MoNDAr.—Yesterday the Loll the f;il 4 Aldermen held " a Court" at Guildhall, fc' r al o t of receiving presentments from the seve rg but „ S e fr o q ue s ts, and swearing in special constables , of srov, th e transaction of general business. Bla n T, o bit ° sen tinents complained that num b er s of in",i to l 'er I wholesale business and in affluence, continae n tsol. to take up their freedom. The presentcr t re u ip‘, dered to be taken i n t o cons id erat i on on S 'll-UlO5 i cb Baron Alderson, when at Cambridge, ; t , year the senio r c l ass i c an d t h e senior med al lg, °P giO . occurrence has not been kn ow n for 140 Yettiog" only the second instance recorded of such d"1 honour having teen attained by one indivis:2l;7 Vf" BIRTHS. T i e rra On thel9th July last, at Hobart-town,Van—l i al the lady of Zachary Pearce Pocock, of a son. .;:arcs ham, on Christmas-eve, the lady of George Esq., of Norfolk-street, Strand, of a son. ds il , On the 6th inst., at Wallington, Somerset, th e 01 , 0 ,„ t , Rev. Henry S. T emp l er. o f a on and heir. 19" On the 6th inst., at Lower Pembroke-street,, CP lady of Lieutenant Boileau Madras Engineers' °f test On the 7th i ns t., a t Clift on ; th e lady of l l ' 0° Esq., of Fonmo n C as tl e , Gl amorga nshire, of a se n Ole `f, On the B'h inst., at Burnham, S om ersetshi re ' id , t B. T. All en , E- q ., o f a d aug ht er th e Ori the Bth inst., at Yarmouth, Isle of W i g ht ' t be Mr. William Squir e , of a d a u g ht e r. l' On the 9th inst., at Pull-court, Worcestershil pall William Dowdeswell, Esq., M.P., of a son. Oa the 9th inst, the wife of George Fenn , , 0, common, of a (;.augliter. flo 8 On the 9th inst., in the Seven Sisters-road , )11 1 Adolphus Lewis, of a daughter. of °rl On the 10th iost., Mrs. L ew i s Engelbaeht crescent, of a daughter. MARRIED n cis On the 6th inst, at the Cove of Cork, 0 3- fsa t i.' to Julia, second daughter of the late J. BarrY a ' m v, On the Bth inst., at St. Dunstan's, Stenr,:,ieb; e ,v" Ratcliff, of Stepney, to Caroline Martha 1 1 , 11 :110'' daughter of William Leach, Esq., R.\., of CeL e " 01 , same parish. ph re% On the 10th inst., at St. Marylebon n Baker, Esq., of Victoria-park, Manchester, te4'4oeo eldest daught e r o f J o h n B rown , Esq., I Portman-Equare. 15 4° DIED. .27, ti t , ' At the Swan River, Western Australia,Ju ll " pa relict of the late T. Witteroom. °f On the 13th of October last, at the Is land John Taylor, Esq. C har legA On the 2d of December last, at St. Vincent, wor, jun., Esq., barrister-at-law. Rev On the 18th of December, at Rome , the 1 , Knapp, Rector of Ampthill, Bedfo r dshire..., ~r oad ' On the 26th ult., Mr. Fiaiser, of the •D evl o te° , Li e 0 4 Herta, aged 70. i a co 4e , On the 31st of December, at SandaY - P „ft' , Colonel Buckworth, aged 76. siste r 0 1' Oa the 10th inst., at Kew, Anne, dot l e , p er liv lP Twining, Esq. p On the 11th inst., Mr. J. Turnbull, of P t/ 6 , non-street, aed - 73. a licit c 'e te. Lately, at Carnarvon, Thomas Jee, ESCH F " t-; 1 1° , On the Bth inst., in Stationera' Hall-c° lll .. tire" . ci William, youngest son of the late Mr.. Robert I , of" I/ London : Printed and Published by mull o tio ce . No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t. The Sun a the Strand, in the rrecinet e the Strtro_ylg Middlesex, Tuesday, January 14 lisv.