The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

:ciive part which the Hottentots of the settlement have • nu the beginning of the war taken against them. Wool, —We have much ple,surc , in laying before our 1.0 lers a report of the London Wool edes ilcld in the c m of July la s t, d ra w n u p by Messrs. W. Anderson, ten-, and Co., of London, and kindly given - o us for in sertion by their house here. This report gives good arm s ubstantial reasons for the recent decline of prices in oar !Ws, and at the same time encourages us to hope that the• next sa l es ( to ta k e p l ace i n t h e mon th o f S e pt.) ma y s°Ots prices perhaps as high as those of the sales held to the month of May last. It appears that at the close of the sales a reaction took place in the prices, and it is Counted for by " the amicable settlement of the Oregon question; the passing of the Corn-law Bill; and a pros t"et of the new Ministry carrying their liberal commer cial measures without dissolving the Parliament; and to . 111 e improved tone of the Money Market; all of which 're calculated to stimulate and give energy to the home ( S W foreign trade of Great Britain." The report urges k i tt Messrs. Anderson, Sen, and Co., have all along !Ned), the necessity of attention being devoted by the ;col g rowers to i mprovement i n t h e growt h an d condi e'n of their flo c k s , an d a ssures us that " the home Go ,„ertiment are at length sensible of the policy and justice" Dr providing ad• quate protection hereafter" for life and pr" erty on the eastern borders of the colony. • DRURY-LANE T HEATRE. sudden hoarseness of Mr. Harrison prevented the aew opera of the Bondman boing performed on Satur- A ltY night, and 'The Maid of Artois, with Madame ;: 1 114 % Bishop ai Isoline, was substituted in its ,7,ee• It was only at three o'clock that the :inict donna received the intelligence, and not ithstanding. the short space for preparation, ► have never heard this charming vocalist in better -le e. She was enthusiastically greeted upon her ap ditarance, an d rece i ve d t h ree roun d s o f a ppl a use after e all of the cavatina. The third act, the chef ecelgvre of the ope r a, w a s listened to with breathless il°.kention, interrupted only by genuine applause. or arose 10 ." murmurs of approbation so cheering to the true , t ls t- The final rondo was re-demanded, and Madame 's.op to called before the curtain to receive her aeons oed floral compliments. The triumph was complete, :I: the cast was necessar ily mediocre, and the Zile, though disappointed in not hearing Balfe's new instead of exhibiting the usual ill-humour, testi their entire approbation by continuous applause. di"sequence of the continuance of Mr. Harrison's in- B:Position, and the consequent inability of the manage ent to continue for the present the representation of the l ie s'arnan, Madame Bishop, who has consented to delay 2 d eparture for the provinces for a few days, again re 4 7ted the character of Isoline onTuesday evening; and t ur 4 d another isurel to her wreath. She was rap she °IIBI Y received throughout, the enthusiasm which excited surpassing, if possible, even that elicited by appearance on Saturday. ,„CANADA.—COPPER MINES. Z" e history and present position of the infant mining ititet!prise of Canada is briefly as follows :—When at tli,,tll was drawn about a year ago to the rich mineral a t r,„, its on the Canadian shores of Lakes Huron and teririor, licenses to explore were in the course of De bi:ie.Pt 1845 issued by the local authorities. New re ne,-"ons were ' promulgated on the 9th of May, 1846, to p t „ effect that no more should be granted. In the early 1 0 ;, ; of the p resen t year , M r . L ogan , t h e prov i nc i a l geo - Vr e 3 t , was dispatched to Lake Superior, to make sur lattud locations for license-holders. Parties, too, who ' ti been lucky or favoured enough to get licenses, were la t ,Lon the spot with a view to select locations. Com ‘fetZ had been formed to exercise the privileges con- Wsj e ' oPon the license-holders, of which the most pro le;lnt are the Quebec and Montreal Mining Companies. lis t ;PlY to an application from the latter, the Colonial the t et , 4l 7 intim a ted by letter, on the Bth of O c tob e r last. iteaN",le Commissioner of Crown Lands had been n eLed i to acquaint the license-holders that they will thcted to work mines under their licenses, with th e T'Ption at any time within two years to purchase lit u ° cation of t en square m il es i n w hi c h th e y ar e 4 h 4 „ te l, at th e ra t e o f 4 s . p er acre , p a y a bl e one -fif t h p art te e -il , and the b a l a n c e in five yearly p a ym en t s , w ith t' t. When the licenses are all located, the lands on i ttle;t 3 uPerior and Huron are to be thrown open for the minimum price of 4s. per acre, in blocks of hee,l e `iare miles, on the same terms. On the 7th of No ,44tedir)ast, a public notice was issued from the Crown ‘`lepartment, embodying the substance of a minute Ith 4 11 cil adopted on the 2d, confirming the minute of ltli e e teeer, with the addition that e each license-holder Isee;?°cation shall be designated by the provincial NV , shall be entitled to a certificate of location ' 4 4ti" e ,Commissioner of Crown Lands, upon the pay- Of 8 • 0 t hat officer of the sum of 1501. to cover the cost i PP'and other contingent expenses." All other "elle .. mta for licenses shall be entitled to them on the Ityapeonditions as soon as the deputy provincial sur !001,- 3 , 11 ' 0 1 have reported the boundaries of the locations I t to the of Crown Lands. The sum of 150/. Of hi s -" placed to the credit of the license-holder as part end tisfirse instalment , and to be forfeited to Government b Pe,"7 land again offered for sale, if payment of the All` ll3 laltnent is not made good within the two years. le Alai:lts are to be made subject to such regulations lise, -4 Y hereafter be enacted by the provincial Par yet to working of the mines. j, ensure the L furt her intimated in the public notice that reply can be gise n to applicants on +le 411,rerior until the receipt of Mr. Log-In's report and be 4•N eUghton's return of survey, and that a surveyor ' , fa r appointed to lay out the mining lands on Lake 4boyea Whenever the applicants have complied with the tsed e ,requirem en t s The proeress known to have been ,ttft l i r e °Y the geenec Minin g Comp an y i n t hi s state of 3 s ti f, 3 iS follows:—The exploring exp e di t i on l eft e sa ;' Ste. Marie in the beginning of May, and in the Of 3 e of a week explored and took possession in t erms th i t he license of a location at Maimouse, forty-fire mil es I„. ‘ „ r th of the fall s . Th e su b sequent d i scoveries of this J "Y have not been published, but from another of its oge4tions an experimental shipment of two cargoes of oPer ore has b een ma d e. In July last the discoveries t o l ll s company were confirmed to its agents by Mr. th:' 8 • 0 , at Fort William. On the 17th or 18th of Ma y l SoaT ) l l ,g expedition of the Montreal Company l eft e etio t e;7' Marie under Mr. Forrest Shepherd. The lo pear to at' l ored and acquired on behalf of this bodyap e. - -Lor, Th. ,Prineip a ny on the north shores of Lake Su a p ve Z.een m al - f lahest is said to be at Nipigen. Surveys . h "uos and interim titles obtained to eighteen loll l'ate; numerous harbour and mill sites, w it h gro ur , 4l ,, v e, Woods, of spruce, birch, cedar, firs, and pines. : 1 6 4 ,7 has been cleared for gardens and brick-fields; act, -e3 for boats and schooners; and thirty cabins, her e 'and blacksmiths' shops have been erected, with a of to te c ommence operations next spring. Specimens Iheae ores on the company's locations have been ana ei hY Professor Silliman Along with the ores, ape os of nativ e copper and native silver, both remark iiker fine, were exhibited to the professor. The ores ph a mn r itted to hi m were chiefly what are called " grey stil tets," which are, in fact, the vitreous sulphuret of kper. Th e y are mos tl y i n trap or basalt rocks. The lile i el go admixtures are iron, ir on - lime, silica, and sul st,ar- The ores yield from 40 to 63 per cent. of metallic ler t l i r, and Professor Silliman thinks they may probably Ith, ‘ e Pencled on to work in the large way from 30 to 50. 414`,',arnount of silver in its metallic state, an d arnaiga. t e , e `e!l with the copper, appears to be considerable. A lt ; l i ng of the company was held at Montreal on the aid ed of November, at which Sir George Simp son e no pr p i a e r e tie o s f pre he Hon. Mr. Mont stated, in the course of the -e glugs, " The trustees bed resolved to b t e h tle t eet lY or indirectly to any influencing je P ei They They have never desired to see the shares rise f4l' C, c e• If the explorations were to turn out unsuccess he was the loss. righ t that the original parties t o th em should " Itns, drew and Sons being fully determined .. not to be drew shed ' down, even by that inimitable merry an. Nb il , or .. merry angry," Mr. Purch, beg to inform the 4 12 that the intend killing an enormous . bear on threeaY, the 21st inst. and exhibiting it on that and the " • I ' their establishment, on e toile days, at este • hment, when any kir a P k rerring it can have the fat cut direct from the 4 44 i .! thus ensuring its genuineness. For preserving tenui;rengthening the hair there is nothing c the a : a hear'sequeueaolutnotthoci. grease— Vide " Mr. atlin's I t b tatt liti ,t7 used, and the length and thickness of hair a ll -4 0 5 , the North American Indiantsr. ilitaud Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-s a London. eet, Address, ealh, ilk d several et 6,,with IN CAB FARES.—Yester placards announcing that they wer h e Y nt running rate in iff4 e 4 toile, were conveying passengers at t 110 rp ti . t Plias of the metropois, much to the chagrin of ti los -4 9 , of the fraternity, who greeted thedrivers of l 'iith!: t ehieles as they passed the different cab ranks, leers andshouts of derision. or id fowl *se 'T was never so abundant or cheap as at lit t n.- The Country " boys" are engaged every day ac t ee herabC t e h o f all shooting game, but the largest . field . day 9 when shots may be heard popping in abouttions. th The Consequence is, that fowl are hawked kerie ve ,_ 4Chroniclefor - sale in the greatest plenty.— ‘‘i)ieki.revf.,Tit:siTieticdlitt:.n SOCIETY.—The last meeting for . the Menday evening, at its rooms, tn St. 1 1 4 Y 11 14 - s 4 l s is at. Ou s 99l:e, w . hen the chair was taken by Colonel h gavi ty , A paper was read by Dr. Guy, on the t s "' w o r °' 60 vPreigns and rulers in different parts of •ict i i ; l A, which contained some very interesting ar the ' s • Atn,,ngst the most long-lived monarchs were p t.e IN% °3 l 3 Prors of China, of whom the average of . h h P"-- 3 °I. 64 was it 60 1 years, and next in succession to h;V v ere the Emperors of Morrie, the caliphs of Aleppo, Iltir ah tl ites of Brunswick, and the electors of ‘Vurtetu th'eW a great predominance for longevity being seen . in d %ov.. Z e al houses of Germany, whilst the shortest live t he % 4 1 11 ' were the Kings of Scotland and Denmark, !UN- 4 1' 1 ' 1 os of Turk.y;"&c. The Kings of England n lricideenroParatively well in the g-neral average. I , k ent 41 diteuSsion which followed, some curious tnatet -30 y: W''re made', from which it appeared that whit t a ke rn " b ar s "f age a ecneral estimate was made from . the were I's of beuefi - t societies at L verpool, that their lives of cosh 30 30 } ears' value ; the highest average of the butli,; 'Ni s "' Persons wh o were not so provident was l, - , pies -' a t Glasgo w a•, indol-lit population would on l)• re illt 24 years as ' ihe averag e of life. ~,1 4, 1:11c1 of GOLD.—' premium on gold at Par o is t -1 ' 1 r " mill , which, at the English Mint price . an e lt 11 78 . 10/(1 per ounce for standard gold, gives to e 4 n ge of ', 5 52 ; and the exchange at Paris on d is 0 n c 'n at short being 25 50, it follows that go ., is o,p s ~1 " 4 , Per cant, dearer in London than in Paris. Pe t h ; 4 "ees from Hamburgh the price of gold is 432 De r , - ;' a rit, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 100. km Ittice for standard r3hi, gives an exchange of 13 8i; b.elri g th i ; ~ehu.!5...,e at 11 onburgh on London at short 14 uu , ..61. it follows that gold is 081 per cent. dearer I,l7burgh tba , in London. (Iw o 7 venerable 11 , 14inb,a.r for East Somerset. Colonel 13 4( 4 .14,-“Agt.n, catered on his 49:11 year last .6aturday. yourna4 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 180. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNRJ=DAY..—The unravourable state of the weather prevented Her Majesty and Prince AThert keying the Castle this morning. The same cause pre vented also the Royal Family taking their usual walking exercise. Lod and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Miss Lister, took their departure from the Castle, to-day, for town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse, honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence. yesterday evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. On Monday and Tuesday last, her Majesty's royal bounty was distributed to upwards of 1,000 poor and aged persons; each r, ceiving a crown, according to an mot usage at this inclement sr?ason of the year. Upon this occasion the applications for relief were more than usually numerous, and the Venerable Archbishop of York, assisted by the Sub-Almoner, the Rev. Dr. JET', extend, , d the bo , inty to meet the ex•gency. ,The distributions were made by Joseph I lanby, Esq.. 'his Grace's Secre tary and Yeoman of her Majesty's Almonary in ordinary. Dispatches were sent off last evining nom the Colo nial Office for the Governor of Siera Leone. Earl Grey left town yesterday for B mood Pitrk, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne. Lord and Lady John Russell, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Lister, returned to their residence in Che-sly,m place yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. In the afternoon DTI and Lady John Russell left town for Woburn Abbey, Bedforishire, on a visit to the Duke of Bee ford. The Right Hon. E. Strutt left town yesterday for the holidays. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CHESTER CUP (ENTER OR NOT). 50 to 1 agst Crim Con—offd 1000 to 15 agst Antler—taken 50 to 1 agst Erin-gc-bragh— and afterwards offered offered 1000 to 15 agst Fitz-Allen--t 1000 to 15 agst Mikey Free— Offers to take 1000 to 15 about offered Punch. 8 to 1 agst VaR Tromp—offd 35 to 1 agst Lunedale 16 to 1 agst Epirote—taken 40 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong 18 to I agst Planet—taken 40 to 1 agst Miss Martin colt 25 to 1 agst Glentilt—taken 40 to 1 agst Red Hart—taken 33 to 1 agst Old Port 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot Even on the field agst twelve. SURREY THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. make no comment upon the grossly exagge rated statement which appeared in your paper of last evening relative to the Surrey Theatre, but I feel it my duty to point out the palpable falsehoods which your critic has put forth, and I do this that you may see what reliance you can place upon his veracity in the future. The paragraph states, first, " that considerable delay occurred before the rising of the curtain." This is not the fact, the performances commenced rather be fore than after the usual hour. Secondly—" At length the stage manager came forward to apologise for the ab sence of the principal performer et the first piece, a Mr. Hudson Kirby, who had promised to attend at the requisite hour. Upon the question being put as to whether the audience would wait, or have a substitution for the character (Damon, in the tragedy of Delman and Pythias), a general answer was given in favour of the former course, which was adopted, and after the lapse of some time the re quired personage made his appearance, apologised, and went througla his part." Now, Sir, there is not one syl lable of truth in this scandalous statement. No apology was made or thought of for Mr. Hudson (a Mr. Hudson Kirby !!); that gentleman was at the theatre to the mi nute of his promise, and so satisfactorily performed his part throughout as to receive at its termination one of the loudest calls ever heard within the walls of the theatre. Lie upon lie follows in quick succession Your critic, correspondent, or whatever the person may be, evidently was not in the house at all. The stage manager did not go on the stage at half-past twelve o'clock, as stated in your paper, for it was only eleven o'clock when I received intelligence of the accident which had befallen Mr. Dotigla4, and I immediately felt it my duty to communicate it in person to the audience. For the honour of the British public I am happy to state, that no other feeling was exhibited than that of commisseration for my friend. The line about " more apologies" (none having been previously made), is perfectly gratuitous, but the climax is yet to come. The objectionable critique winds up by saying that the performance concluded a little before two o'clock in the morning. The theatre was cleared by a little after twelve o'clock, and the entire performance (with the exception of the change in the parts occasioned by the accident to Mr. Douglas) gave every satisfaction to a brilliant and crowded audience. Every lady and gentleman who had promised to perform did so, and it is with peculiar pride and gratitude I em brace this public opportunity of thanking them for their friendly aid. As regards your correspondent, I hand him over to yourself, confident that you will never allow your columns to be prostituted to the purposes of false hood and malice, for whatever may be the merits or de merits of the night in question, I alone am responsible for them.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, FOX COOPER. 17, Walcot place, Lambeth, Dec. 22, 1846. [The account alluded to was furnished by an occa sional reporter, who has been frequently in the habit of supplying us with information. W e will cause an iuquiry to be instituted as to his authority for the statements made.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having perceived, in your paper of yesterday, a paragraph headed " Extraordinary Scene," and which is calculated to do me most serious injury, I beg leave most respectfully to state, that in reference to so much of that article as refers to myself, that I was in the surrey Theatre at a quarter before five, P.M., on the evening named, and Wa3 also dressed and prepared to go upon the stage. three-quarters of an hour before I was required ; and, consequently, was "at my post," (as others can testify) ; giving a flat contradiction to the uncalled-for assertion that I was compelled to make an apology for my absence. Who your informant or reporter is, or for what purpose the statement has been made, I am at a loss to conceive. Suffice it to say, the whole is utterly untrue as far as I am concerned, the piece having been received with un usual approbation. Under these circumstances, I trust to your well known advocacy of justice and impartiality to insert these few lines, having already suffered so much from misrepresentation and garbled statements tha . , I cannot but feel keenly the injustice of this most alarming falsehood. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. HUDSON KIRBY. [We refer Mr. Hudson Kirby to our note to Mr. Fox Cooper's letter, assuring him that we never will suffer the same person to deceive us again.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We have had our attention called to a paragraph which appeared in the third edition of your last Mon day's Lumber, containing a report of the trial of the action " Mitchell v. Moore," in which it was sought (unsuccessfully) to fix the defendant as an alleged Pro visional Committee-man of the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway Company, with a heavy liability. It is there stated that " Mr. Henry Owen, the ci-mpany's solicitor• Mr. Few, Mr. Alpine, and Mr. Hill, parties con naected with the origin of the company, were severally ex rnined, Now, inasmuch as a portion of this state mentvva is erroneous, Mr. Few never having been in any (which of this lette n r ° ' to iirecotnhnected with the company or its origin, we have Weasfavour of your correcting the above mistake We are, your next number. doubt purely inadvertent) by the insertion gardAentt,onrneice.s2f37 ItBh4e6d. , Sir, your obedient servants, Covent- e F fe E nd W an a t, n m d s C jo o r . Moore. THEATRICAL~ AT WT The Duke and DuchesAsnofßEßeYciford, since Friday, have been surrounded by a distinguished circle, at Woburn Abbey, comprising the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Marquis of Granby, the Dowager Countess of Sefton and Ladies Molyneuz, Viscount Mandeville, Viscountess Bury, Lord and Lady Charles Russell and Hon. Edward and Hon. Katherine Russell, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lord Edward F. Howard, Mr. A. and Lady C. A. Sanford, Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. S. Rogers, Mrs. and Mi ss Magniae, Mr. B. Lyons, &c. On Saturday evening the " Theatre Royal, Woburn Abbey," as it is called, was opened for private thea tricals, the performances under the patronage of th e Duchess of Norfolk. It was announced that the dramatis exr.sition wag for that night only. We supply the subjoined (Oche of the evening : "THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, THE 19TH OF DECEMBER, 1846. (For this night only), Will be performed, a Charade, in Three Parts, about -- - LOVE. AND FIRE ! Ulysses, Lord Cha;le,Russell; Priam, Mr. Ayshford Sandford; Menelaus, Viscount Mandeville (his first ap pearance on any stage); Tyndarus, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P.; Paris, the AlArquis of Granby; Antilochus, Mr. Bickerton Lyons (from Athens, his first appearance on any stage); Diomedes, Lord Cosmo Russell; Homer, the Right Hon. Lord Edward F. Howard; Thalpius, the Hon. Edward Russ , ll; NNiaesis, Lady Caroline Aysh ford S inford (this talented lady's first appearance this seas , n); Helen, Lady Maria Niolyneux; Electra, Miss Magniac; Hermione, Viscountess Bury; Melete, the Hon. Katherine Russell; Teliope Lady Mary F. How ard; Euphrosyne, Lady Adeliz, F. Howard. E n ormous Attractions! Lord Cosin , Russell and Mr. A. Sanford Will once more pectoral on this stage! Distinguished Appearance of the Author I So well known a, the Westminster House. His first appearance on these boards. A most decided hit ! /vat Regina." The doors opertal ut half past eight, and the perform ance commenced at nine o'clock. It was warmly ap plauded by a brilliant audience. The dialogue was admirable, and those assuming characters in the dramatic charade acquitted themselves admirably. We are informed that Mr. A. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., was th • 4nthor, and his classic acquirements are known to be of the highest order. fhe hull itali .y of the N , ble Duke and Duchess will he pr.d.,tn.. , ,cd during the festive season, Lord and Lady John Russell and a host of yi:.itors of distinction being on the eve of congregating at the Abbey for Christmas. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DtTnuN, DEc. 21.—The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body was held to-day at one o'clock, in the Conciliation Hall. There was but a very thin attendance of members and associate s present. Arnong=t those of the Committee upon the platform were—Mr. O'Connell, Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. N. Maher, M.P., Mr. J. A. O'Neill, Mr. Steele, Mr. C. M'Loughlin, Mr. James O'Hea, Mr. E. Clements, Captain Broderick, &c. Upon the motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL, the chair was taken by Mr. W. Thomas Kelly, solicitor. Mr. RAY (the Secretary) having read the minutes of the previous meeting, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Steele, and others, handed in various renewed subscriptions, includ ing 161. 10s. from Thurles ; 71. 16s. from Edinburgh ; 41. 13s. from Antrim ; and 31. 7s. from Liverpool. A letter having been read, enclosing some subscrip tions, in which allusion was made to the Clare election of '2B, and the Catholic e•mancipation— Mr. O'CONNELL said that they had succeeded on that occasion, because they were unanimous, or nearly so, for, although they were joined by a few, those few were afterwards ready to reap all the fruits they could from the movement.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STEELE observed that Mr. William Smith O'Brien was at that time a member of the Catholic Association— and, notwithstanding. did all in his power to put out Mr. O'Connell, but his attempts were fruitless and faith-. less.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL then brought up a report "upon the money question between England and Ireland," with reference to the threats that, he said, were held out, that the last penny advanced by the Govern ment that year to relieve the distress amongst the poor, would be most rigorously exacted from the landlordA even to the sale of their estates.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman here referred to several London newspapers as his authority for this statement—(Hear, hear)—and the fact, he (Mr. O'Con nell) believed, was, that the intention of the English people was to confiscate the lands of the Irish landlords under the Labour Act, and to purchase them up and keep them themselves.—(Hear, hear.) And under such circumstances, he would ask Irishmen of all creeds and politics, to lose not a moment in coming forward to join the Repeal Association, which would oppose the repay ment of one penny of the moneys then advanced, which were only a part of what was actually due to the country. —(Hear.) In conclusion, he moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. MAHER, M.P., and passed. Mr. O'CONNELL here said he wished to make an ob servation which referred to himself. There was a little Orange rag in Kerry, called the Kerry Evening Post, which had lately stated that some of his tenants from Renard were engaged in an attack lately made in that county.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. O'Connell) had a letter from his son Maurice that morning, stating that this allegation was false; his tenants had made no attack, and bad no need to make one, for he had sent them ten tons of Indian meal a few days before. Mr. CLEMENTS read a letter from Thurles, addressed to Mr. Maher, M.P., which, he said, proved that the Young Irelanders were not the only Repealers in that town, as had been stated.—(Hear.) Some subscriptions having been handed in, Mr. O'CONNELL then came forward to address the meeting. He said that the first thing he would refer to was the horrible state of the country.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") They must have All read the awful letter in that day's paper from Mr. Comyn, of Skibbereen, who detailed a series of the most disgusting cases of wretchedness—cases of such a nature, that they were never equalled before in a Christian country. Now, a remedy they should have for this state of things—and he would at once tell the Government what the remedy was he required. He wanted 30,000,0001. of money to he lent to Ireland—to be re paid out of the revenues of the country, and not out of the pockets of the landlords. He (Mr. O'Connell) had joined the Agricultural Society to call on the Govern• ment to relieve the poor and to relieve the landlords of Ireland from burdens they were unable to bear ; but that body was not one calculated to carry out his views. Ile hoped to have an aggregate meeting of land lords in Dublin in a few days, which would not be afraid of their own shadows. They would print and make propositions to relieve thecountry permanently, and prepare petitions to the Government to take up exten sive measures of relief ; and in such a work he would not grudge to give up his Christmas holidays. They had leisure to consider these things—they had time to think of something besides the Young Irelanders. This question of reconciliation was all over— there was an end to it: and as the association was able and willing to work by itself for repeal, in total dis regard to the machinations of the little Ireland party, he would tell that party that he gave them his defiance.— (Loud cheers.) Now, he was assailed for stooping to the Young Irelanders, and he was told that they would claim a triumph.—(Hear, hear.) Of course, he knew that such would be the case before he made an offer of reconciliation, he knew he would be so taunted ; yet it did not hinder him from making the offer—and why?— (Hear, hear.) Because the result he knew must turn out in his favour.—(Cheers) What had he done? He sacrificed his feelings and his pride—and, after a strug gle for Ireland for fifty years, he was ready to place the palms of his hands under the feet of the seceders to bring them back and obtain unanimity ; in fact, he did all but sacrifice principle, and they, nevertheless, refused his offers—ungraciously refused them.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was glad at having made this effort, and at what had occurred, although he could not but regret that there was not a reunion. lie was glad at what had occurred, because important facts had come out—for instance, Dr. Miley stated in his letter a matter which he had altogether forgotten— , (Hear, hear)—it was an inciden t that occurred a few weeks be'ore the secession, in his own house.—(Cheers.) Mr. Meagher was in his (Mr. O'Connelf's) study, and Doctor Miley came in ; and, in the course of conversation, he speke to Mr. Meagher as to the language he used in Conciliation Hall, telling him he ought to abstain from such language, as it might place their necks in jeopardy ; in reply to which Mr. Meagher said he would offer himself to be hanged, in case his language should lead to such a result •, but he (Mr. O'Connell) stated that perhaps he would not be taken. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded at considerable length to discuss the difference between the Old and Young Irelanders. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and after the announcement of the rent, 881., the meeting adjourned. THE MURDER OF MR. LYNCH. The inquest on the body of the unfortunate Mr. Lynch, of Clonkeely, has been continued at Tuam, from day to day, during the last week, before the coroner and a most painstaking and intelligent jury. All the cir cumstances connected with this bloody tragedy have been, or will be, thoroughly investigated, and though the evidence had not closed at the time of the dispatch of our active correspondent's letter, yesterday evening, sufficient has transpired to warrant the authorities in ordering the apprehension of five individuals, upon whom there rests something more than suspicion.— Galway Mercury. PROVISION RIOTS IN TIPPERARY.—MURDER. The following communication has been addres-ed to the Dublin Evening Post : " CAHEE, DEC. 20. —This country is in a frightful state—robberies of all descriptions, flour in particular, notwithstanding the protection of police escorts. As I write this, a company of soldiers has been called out of the barracks here to protect a quantity of flour on its way from Clonmel to Limerick and Tipperary. Last evening about one hundred and fifty cars laden with flour, the property of several persons, accompanied by police, on the way to Tipperary, had only g, me half a mile outside this town when the drivers were obliged to return back, the road being blockaded by armed men and women with other weapons, and determined to take the flour at risk of life. I cannot enumerate or describe the quantity of robberies and the appalling distress of the people. " DREADFUL MURDER. ghb bb in ed th a e nd nei was A barbarouslym an residing re d F e o f tr T n ip o p 'C er L a o r c y x. ho‘o‘murderedour on Friday night. I saw the murdered man yesterday morning. The Tipperary Constitution has the following:—. " PLUNDER OF PROVISIONS.—On Thusday, three at tacks on four flour carts were simultaneo usly made on the Caher, Marlfield, and Old Cashel roads, and the provi • - sion with which they were loaded taken away by large mobs. In con se q uence of the number of a pp licati ons made by parties requiring escorts, to protect their lives and properties, the magistrates, in order to lessen the harassing duties of the military and police, have deter mined that the following arrangements shall in no case be deviated from. Escorts of military and police will proceed from the police barracks, Irishtown, on the mornings of Tuesdays and Saturdays, for Caher, a t ten , A- 3 c; Mondays and Thursdays, for Clogheen, at ten, A. 3 1; Wednesdays and Fridays, for Cashel, at eleven, A St. And that any cart wh ich, from the badness of the horse, tackling, &c., causes unnecessary dela on the road, will he left behind. There are daily and nightly pa , rols of both military and police on the several roads in the v i c i n i ty o f th i s town . The aspect of the tim e s is indeed anythi ng b ut c h eer ing; the accounts from all Harts of the country are of the most alarming descrip tion." ng sta, T lep he oEFA E MTu v a e y n ; t ):— 1 1 1 1' S " T t A h a s STARVATION. _' A the io followi ng ay e regardin g seen a thee le r N. ve h address e d t o one of the trustees of the India Poor R e li e f Fund, dated C ast l e b ar, December 19, in wh i c h t h e seet writer IT rrates the appalling fact that thirty-one persons have died from starvation in Castlebar and the adjoining districts during the last two months." The Cork Reporter of Ssturday contains several letters from correspondents, fully corroborating the previous accounts as to the extreme destitution of the people in Sltibbereen. Dr. Donovan says:— " Distress is fearfully increasing —disease spreading rapidly—employm , nt gt-tting scarce, and provisions be coming intolerably dear." COUNTY OF KER RY. — CAII I RCIVIIFN.—Si tICO the date of my last. a sti aver arrived at cur quays, laden with Indi , tri meal for the tenantry or Daniel O'Connell. It is altogether untrue that Mr. O'Connell', tenantry were concerned in what has been called an attack upon the Government stores, as the inquiry about to be held oil Saturday will show. LEITRIM.—DEATII FROM STARVATION.—A poor la bourers was found near Clonee with a bag of meal under his arm. He was employed at the pblic works, and was going home with his scanty store after receiving his payment, when he dropped never to rise. This is another case of death by starvation.—Balinasloe Star. COUNTY OF GALWAY. I . - NOTIIEII VICTIM TO STAR VATION !—lt has been reported to us within the last week another untortumte man ha.; died of starvation in the neighbourqqa of 6piddle.—lbid. NEW SOUTH WALES. ATTEMPTS AT DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA FE LIZ. The Galway Adverticer of the Sth of August has the following account of a frustrated expedition of Mr. Smythe, coloniol surveyor:—‘• Yesterday this indefati gable explorer returned from his second expedition to Cape Otway. Ilis return has been hastened in conse quence of the murder of one of his men by the blacks. After the expedition left the Earwon Heads, about a month ago, they encountered a succession of westerly gales, and made several ineffectual attempts to get round the cape. They at l as t l an d e d on t h e eas t ern side and encamped, while Mr. Smythe, accompanied by four men, penetrated to the westward to survey the Eyre River. Mr. Smythe started o n t h e 25t h o f J u ly. Proceeding along the shore they fell in with a tribe of blacks, cc m • rased of one man, four women, and three boys, all •' whom had been at the tent some days before. Mr. Smythe prevailed on the man and one of the boys to act as his guide to Gunna-wear, or Eyredale. After travelling for about three hours, they came to a part of the country with which Mr. Smythe was familiar, and as he hivd no further use for the blacks, he sent them to the tents, first givirg them a supply of tea, and a note to the coxswain, directing him to give them some flour. Mr. Smythe re turned on the evening of the 31st. when he learned that one of the men, named Conroy, had been barbarously murdered about 200 yards from the tent, where he had gone to cut wood. This happened on Sunday morning between nine and ten o'clock. The blacks had arrived at the tent early that morning, and had been supplied with damper. They then went away along the beach ; and lust previous to the murder they were seen re turning, making a great noise. On their again retiring, the body of the deceased was found by his companions dreadfully mangled about the head, and life entirely ex tinct. A tomahawk was found near the spot, with which no doubt the blows had be en inflicted. The left jaw was broken, and there were several deep gashes on the left temple ; there were three eeep cuts on the neck and throat, the clothing had been stripped from the body and carried off —even the boots were not left behind. The body was not mutilated in any other manner, so that it appears the only ob ject of the murderers was to possess themselves of the clothing worn by the unfortunate man. The body was buried. After this event, Mr. Smythe finding his stock of provisions nearly exhausted, deemed it ad visable to return. The party, therefore, re-embarked, and sailed eastward to Loutit Bay (under Plattopped Point), a well-sheltered harbour, where they 'beached their whale-boat, and secured it above high-water mark, Mr. Smythe determining to m a k e hi s way to G ee l ong by land. It is his intention, we believe, to make a third excursion to the Cape Otway country as soon as he has given in his report to Government. Under the circum stances of Mr. Smythe's return, he was prevented from bringing many geolog;cal specimens. On one part of the coast the cliffs are a pure chalk, and he has ascer tained that the coal formation extends to the westward of the Cape, towards Moonlight Head. In the neigh bourhood of Loutit Bay there are immense beds of rot tenstone, used for polishing brass, &c. The rivers and water courses were almost impassable from th e floods." AMERICA- A SLAVE CASE.—A curious slave case occurred lately in New York. Information was received at the office of the National Anti-Slavery Slandard, on the 19th of October, that a brig, called the Mobile, from Savan nah, and commanded by a Captain Buckley, had on board a coloured man, who was suppos d to be a slave; that he was not allowed to leave the vessel, that the mate had been seen to beat him, and that his cries had attracted the attention of several persons in the neighbourhood, to some of whom the man had declared himself to be a slave. On the reception of this intelligence, Eli a s Smith. who is an officer connected with the Anti -Slavery office, immediately procured a writ of habeas corpus, and with an officer proceeded to the Mobile. After a good deal of altercation the poor fellow was brought from the ship and taken on shore. He bore upon his face and person evident marks of the ill treatment to which he had been subjected, and of the stout resistance he had made before the officers of the Mobile had succeeded in confining him in the irons which were found upon him. According to the statement of Captain Buckley, this person, George Kirk, concealed himself on board the brig Mobile, at Savannah, and was not discovered for several days after she sailed from that port for New York. She was then too far upon her voyage to return. He acknowledged himself to be the slave of Mr. Chap man, of Bryan, Galveston, who had hired him to a Mr. Warren, a stable-keeper in Savannah, in whose service he was when he concealed himself on board the Mobile, in the hope of reaching New York, and gaining his freedom. It was the purpose of Capt. Buckley to con fine and conceal him till the brig returned, or some other opportunity offered by which he could return him to Sa vannah. This outrageous and inhuman purpose would, no doubt, have been successful, but for the vigilance of Mr. Lewis and the promptness and energy of Mr. Smith. The case came before the court of oyer and terminer, and the fact having become publicly known, the court-room and the passages leading to it were crowded with people of all complexions and classes, and of both sexes. Th e City hall was surrounded by h undreds: of people, chiefly coloured, who awaited in deep anxiety through the whole day th - decision of the court. On the following day a decision was given by the presiding judge (Judge Edmonds), and George was discharged from the custody of the captain of the Mobile. George was brought into court to hear the decision, and hardly left the court-room when officers arrived with a new process, to take him before the Mayor, under an infamous law of New York, by which a right is given to the captain to seize and return any fugitive who may be found on board his vessel, on an order of the mayor or recorder. George was out of the building but a moment before the officers were in pursuit of him, and was taken, amid the shouts of an excited multitude, to a place of cone-al ment. Ile was subsequently found out, anel brought again to prison ; and this was done merely for the sake of a reward of fifty dollars, offered by the captain of the Mobile, instigated by which, and authorised by the chief of the police, the whole police force of the city became da,ve hunters. Under a new writ of habeas corpus, the case again came before Judge Edmonds this morning, but what the result may be it is impossible to tell. T --- T HE _ 'JAMES REGATTA.-- The amount of sub seriptions received for this annual regatta, exceeds 6001.; and among the donations are the following :—Prince Albert, 101.; the Duke of Buceleuch, 10/.; Duke of Northumberland, 51.; The Vice-Chancellor of England, .51.; the Lord Mayor, 5 guineas ; Oxford University Boat Club, 3:01.; Cambridge University Boat Club, 251. ROYAL ARTILLERY. —The good-conduct warrant, so beneficial to the non - commissioned officers and men of the ordnance corps, cavalry, and line regiments of her Ninjesty's service, which was promulgated last year, and took effect from the Ist of January last, when it came into operation, made the pay of corporals, having three good -conduct st r ip es , exceed the pay of a sergeant. O n this difference of pay being made known to the autho rities, they have taken the subject into consideration, and it is now understood from good authority, that in stead of reducing the amount of pay to well-conducted corporals, it is to remain as stated in the good-conduct warrant, and an addition of 3d. per day is to be added to the pay of sergeants in the Royal Regiment of Artil lery, and that amount, in addition to what they have already received, will be paid them, calculating from the time the good-conduct warrant came into optration, on the Ist of January last. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—On Tues day night a full and fancy dress ball took place at the Han over-square Rooms, in behalf of the Society for the Protection and Relief of Distressed Needlewomen. This very appropriate method of benefiting the meritorio us class, for th e re li e f o f the necessitous and deserving members of which the society was established, was sug gested by some members of the Middle and Inner Temple, who acted as stewards of the evening. The arrangements were those of a private party, and were of the most efficient and delightful character. Among the guests were the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, president of the society ; L. J. Hansard, and about 300 visitors, includ ing several families of high distinction. Dancing was commenced about half-past ten, and was continued with great animation until two o'clock when the supper was announced. A munificent donation of 1001. was an• nounced from L. J. Hansard, in aid of the funds of the society, and we aro glad to hear that the funds of this meritorious charity will receive a considerable accession from the proceeds of the ball. After an elegant . repast, p c i o ri m t p to an the i e d x n h r b a r t e m a k g strains g o f w Adam a s res u e m s up until a late hour. e b d a n w d i , t h a n n d e t w h es MURDEROUS ATTACK.—The day before yesterday being fine, I took the gun on my shoulder and walked out to look for some snipe on Cunan bog, and went on from one bog to another, until I came out on the road, close to where Mr. Bates is building a new mill. I then b s a n w i betweeniing, runningtw twenty n a p n d thethir thirty people, ad. and as they passed employed on the some of them said, " You had better take care, for there is a man coming with a drawn sword, and be will murder some one." I took no notice, but walked on along the road, and in a few minutes heard the imprecations.patterinof feet behind I behitnudrnemder,onana therendthe a o s st an ho a r tr r o id . cious-looking ruffian, stripped of coat and waistcoat, with a heavy ship's boarding cutlass ir. his hand, swear ing he would cleave my skull. I called out to him to know what he meant, and to stand back, bringing the gun to the recover, having both barrels loaded. I had a moment's reflection within myself, whether I would fire at his right hand, to disable him from using his weapon; but seeing several women and children (who had run out of the house) in the line of fire, and fearing to hurt some of them, I thought it best to take my chance of closing, and grapple with him. He delivered a down right cut at my head, which, had it taken effect, would have killed me. I watched his eye, parried the (which aro cut closedrrewlsithofthothreoffizatitz and in d o i ng s o I t h re w the gun from me on the ba n k o f the ditch, fear ing an accident in t he stru gg le. After a desp erate en counter, in which lie attempted to short en the weapon and stab mi , , I wrested it from him, and t h rew him with ibthore), the barrels his heal into the hedge . I fol lowed him to th e groun d, pot my knee upon him , and got a good gr i p o f hi s i jpP After I got the sword fr om hi m, he made b in lo to w the win. p a great effort to reach my gun , which was i n t h e di tc h, hut I succeeded in preventing him getting hold of it. While the grapple lasted, not one of all the fellows employed at the mill, and who were looking on, ever put hand to help me; but as soon as I had got him down, and had throttled him, they came. When two or three of the fellows had got a secure hold of him, I let him up. A decent sort of man, who appeared a kind of steward at the mill, came forward, and got the ruffian secured. He turned out to be a carpenter, who mistook me for one of the pay-clerks of the public works, against ' whom he had some enmity. I have lodged informations against him. The steward said, if I had not been mer ciful, I would have shot him, and I wondered I did not. —CorreApondent of Northern Whig. ANOTHER DISASTER ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. On Saturday night the passenger train which left Edinburgh for Glasgow at five o'clock was suddenly stopped a few hundred yards before arrival at the Castlecary station, in consequence, as it appeared, of the complete blocking up of the rails by the ruins of a previous train of luggage-waggons and cattle-trucks. A gentleman who was a passenger by the train has com municated a few of the particulars to us. He states that he never beheld such a scene of devastation and horror. Numbers of oxen—some alive or half alive, and some quite dead—were seen lying amongst the wreck of several of the trucks, and crowds of people were busily employed in endeavouring to extricate them. The ruins of the engine, or, at all events, a fire of some kind was on the bank, smoking and burn ing, and several of the trucks lay directly across the rails, perceptible only in the glare of the fire, or by the faint light of the lanterns that were car ried hither and thither amid the crowd. It was not at first known to the passengers whether any human lives were lost in this calamity, and while this uncertainty existed, nothing could exceed the horrt r and confusion of the scene—people running about here and there giv ing contradictory orders, and masters and servants seem ingly quite ignorant of what ought to be done. It after wards turned out that no passengers by the train had been injured, and no lives lost, except those of the cattle. How the accident occurred is not known. Railway ser vants are never very fond of giving information in such cases as these, and no intelligence whatever could be procured from them as to the cause of this calamity. The greatest mystery was made of it ; but amid the many rumours that were afloat, the one that obtained the most credence was, that it had been caused by an improper signal at the Castlecary station, by which means an engine had been driven into the cattle .trucks. If legislative interference be not neces sary in railways generally for the preservation of the lives of the public—a point on which we shall say no thing just now—it seems to us that some special enact ment should be made with regard to this line, which has of late become quite notorious through the whole coun try for mismanagement of every description. In conse quence of the discontinuance of the Sunday trains, we believe that this train was more than usually heavy ; and we need scarcely point out the awful results that would have ensued had this accident occurred to the pas sengers' train instead of to the cattle trucks. Our inform ant, who luckily succeeded in procuring a carriage for himself and some ladies, where the only passengers that had arrived in Glasgow up to 10 o'clock on Saturday night ; and the mass of broken trucks and engines, and mangled bullocks that were left on the rails at his de • parture was so great, as evidently to require the labour of all the available hands to be procured for six or seven hours, before the line could be cleared. Under these circumstances, we suppose that even the four directors have admitted the propriety of setting men to work on the Sabbath. The necessity and mercy were too obvious even for them to cavil at; though to expect that they will learn a lesson of charity from it, and suppose it possible that other people may have works of necessity and mercy to perform between Glasgow and Edinburgh on the Sabbath, is, perhaps, expecting too much from people who presume to be both law-givers and theolo gians. As we go to press early this morning, we have been unable to obtain further particulars. We understand that a large deputation of the citizens of Glasgow, ac companied by the Lord Provost, went into Edinburgh on Saturday to wait upon the Lord Advocate, intend ing to return by the last train in the evening. Whether they have yet arrived we cannot tell; but it is very doubtful whether they could arrive in time for church yesterday morning without hiring post. chaises for the purpose.—Glasgow Argus. LINGERING SUPERSTITIONS. A clergyman, in the account of a parish in Orkney, in Sir John Sinclair's " Statistical Account of Scotland," regretted the rapid disappearance of the superstitions which had such fast hold of the minds cf our forefathcr3, such as a belief in witchcraft, and thought that the French Revolutirn ought to be a warning to us not lightly to meddle with popular prejudices. People who live in great cities are apt to undervalue the inconvenience to which enlightened individuals are often expo: •i from the superstitions still lingering in remote parts of the country. If a house has anyhow obtained the reputation of being haunted, it is with difficulty that a female servant can be induced to pass the night in it. Though the law throughout Europe at this day takes no cognisance of witchcraft, - yet in districts where the multitude possess power, such as the Forest Cantons of Switzerland, it was with the utmost difficulty that an end could be put to punishments for witchcraft. An indivi dual was executed for that crime in one of these cantons, sa late as 1785. Whoever possesses any knowledge of German litera ture, must have read the letters from Johannes Von Muller, the historian of Switzerland, to Bonstetten, a Patrician of Berne, published under the title of "Letters of a young Scholar." Bonstetten was also an author, and though less distinguished than his correspondent, was not without his celebrity. In one of his publications he gives an account of an excursion of his friend Muller and himself in the canton of Lucerne. On a beautiful summer day they were seated before an inn door, under a shady tree, in one of the most picturesque parts of Switzerland. Muller, who generally carried a classic in his pocket, took out a Tacitus, and began to reed it aloud. A monk was preaching to a multitude at some distance, and all of a sudden Bonstetten perceived the multitude making hastily towards them. The landlord advised them to depart with all expedition. They heard the words yjfi orene uttered loudly. The literal meaning is frozen persons, but it seems it hat the local meaning of what the Scotch would call uncanny. They were at last obliged to take to their heels, assisted by a gentleman, who attempted a diversion in their favour, and it was with the utmost difficulty they succeeded in reaching the Berne frontier in time to save their lives. Bonstetten being a man of great consequence, the canton of Berne made an angry representation to Lucerne against this outrage, and some proceedings were adopted against the monk, who was supposed to have excited the multitude by an appeal to their superstition. Still, though the two friends escaped with a whole skin, and had the satisfaction of knowing that the outrage was rest nted, we will answer for it that neither of them would ever afterwards feel so comfortable when admiring a pic turesque scene with Swiss peasants in the foreground. Coleridge in his Autobiography gives an account of his residence at Stowey, on the south-west coast of Eng land. His friend Wordsworth, who had charge of a pupil of distinction, occupied a respectable mansion at a short distance from him. Wordsworth was in the habit of walking in his garden by moonlight, and spouting poetry. The neighbourhood took alarm, conceiving Wordsworth to be a most formidable wizard, and the gentleman from whom the mansion was hired would for no consideration allow the great poet to continue to oc cupy it. It may be questioned whether it would yet be safe to spout poetry by moonlight in many parts of England, more especially the west. That there are wizards in Devonshire who contrive to make a good thing of it, may be inferred from what occasionally transpires at assizes. It is very generally reported that, at Lord John Russell's last election for Devonshire, the Tories got hold of a celebrated wizard, who at the pre ceding election had been on the Reform side, and that this fellow had influence enough to deter several persons from voting for his Lordship. The poetry of superstition is all very 'fine. Sitting by a good fire on a winter's evening, a German Yolks marchen by Musaeus may be a great treat ; but it is quite another thing to come in contact with superstition in real life, stripped of poetical adornment. A mind enslaved by degrading superstitions acts in a way often not a little inconvenient to others. The belief in the evil eye, which prevails so generally in Italy and the Levant, has brought many a man into much trouble. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, DEC. 22.—The recent decline in the cotton market, and the close approach of the Christmas holidays, have combined to limit the demand for goods and yarn, and to depress prices. Many spinners and manufacturers, indeed, still refuse to name prices ; but, in the few instances in which business has been done, slight concessions have been made from the rates.of last Tuesday, both in goods and yarn. We understand that most of the mills in this district will stop for about ten days at the close of the current week. ROCHDALE, DEC 21.—There has been another dull market to-day, and the demand for prices has been very limited. In the wool market there has been very little doing ; the dealers are asking higher prices, and, in some instances, have obtained a small advance. HALIFAX, DEC. 19.—We cannot report more favour ably of the business done in the hall. The advance in long wools, not being followed by any advance in the price of goods, has tended to check even the limited de • wand that there was, and everything is exceedingly dull. The early and severe frost has put a stop to the demand for yarns for the continent, and scarcely any orders are being given out. The spinners having liberally supplied themselves with wool, little is now changing hands; and there is no disposition to advance upon the old rates. Short wools are rather harder to buy, but the quant,ty sold is not large. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 22.—A few sales have taken Place to buyers who have visited us to-day to purchase job-lots ; and the manufacturers of cashmerets and cas sinets, during the last two or three weeks, have been f u lly employed. German wools have met with ready sale, but there is little doing in colonial. LExus, DEC. 22.—There was little doing in our cloth halls to-day. The last few markets of the year usually arc dull and neglected, the merchants being unwilling to increase their stocks when the period for balancing their books is so near.—Manchester Guardian. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—The next cattle market (Friday) at Smithfield, falling on Christmas day, business will be held as usual, but limited to the early part of the day. The sale of beasts and sheep, s o ., will be permitted till eleven o'clock, and the market police have orders from the City authorities to clear the market of cattle by twelve o'clock. The horse market in the afternoon will not be held, and cattle will not be allowed to be driven through the metropolis after one o'cicck. Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Gazette of Tuesday night contains an Order in Council directing that the county of Cumberland shall be divided into two districts for the purposes of the " Act to amend the law respecting the office of County Croner," and that the said districts shall be similar to and co-extensive with the present Parliamentary divi sions of East and West Cumberland. I WESTMINSTEa-BRIDGE.—On TueFday the entire bridge was thrown open to the public: the carriage -way is being macadamized, and will be re-opened for the pas sage of every description of vehicle to-motrow evening. THIRD CENTENARY of the FOUN DATION of TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. ' The Third Centenary of the Royal Foundation of Trinity College was celebrated on Monday with unusual mugnificenee; for some weeks past rumour had been rife as to the splendid hospitality which the college had de termined to exercise on this occasion, and from what we had the cprortunity of observing we should say that rnmour on this occasion did not exceed the truth. The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock, P.M., by the re cital of the Prize Essays in the Dining Hall of the Col lege, and tha distribution of prizes to the prizemen. The Master presided, and there were present most of the noble and distinguished guests who had been invited to take part in the festival. COMMEMORATION SERVICE IN THE CHAPEL.—Pre cisely at four o'clock, the Master of Trinity, attended by the majority of the distinguished members of the Uni versity, who had been attracted by the festivities of the day to revisit the scenes of their scholastic life, entered the chapel. The stalls were, by order, reserved for the headz of houses, for fellows, and distinguished visitors, while the body of the chapel was allotted to such stran gers and other individuals as had been fortunate enough to secure cards of admission from the senior dean, the Rev. William Carus. M.A. By some gross want of ar rangement, the chapel c'erks, in obeying the orders of the superior functionaries, kept at the entrance of the choir a mass o' ladies and gentlemen, though ample space was left tinoccepied on the floor of the chapel. Amongst this body stood no less distinguished an I learned a personage than Mr. Justice Coltman. In short a more wanton neglect of that which almost amounted to self-imposed duty, it never was our lot to witne s. It is with the utmost difficult,, in conscquerce of the total absence of all accommodation. that we are enabled to furnish even a narrative of the proceedings. The Commemoration Service commenced with the chanting by the choir of three Psalms selected appropriately for the occasion, viz., Psalms 145, 146, and 147. The 44th chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes was next read as the lesson of the day, which being ended, the Reverend James Amiraux Jeremie, M.A., one of the Fel lows of the Foundation, Classical Professor in the East India College, Haileybury, and examining chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London, proceeded to deliver the commemoration sermon or ora tion. So far as we could, in the position in which we were placed, follow the Rev. Gentleman, we understood him to open with an eloquent illusion to the advantages of a sound classical and academic course of educe.- tion, and to enforce his views by a retrospect of — the events which had closed each of the three centuries of the foundation of the College, the last of which the pro• ceedings of the day were intended to commemorate. Its two predecessors had been marked—the one by intestine wars, which brought a monarch to a scaffold—the se cond by a divided empire, which led to disputes, destroy ing the nearest ties of affinity and kin—while the third century, which the expiring year brought to a close, saw this nation blessed with peace, and happy under the dominion of a gracious monarch and constitutional Go- vernment. The Rev. Preacher then proceeded to roint nut the many brillirnt ornaments of all the learned pro fessions which this college had sent forth to advance lite rature and science, and to promote the best interests of the nation. Taking a rapid review of the lives and cha racters of Lord Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and other dis• tinguished names of the olden times; and of Bentley, Parson, and Greene, of our own times, and adopting as a presage of future excellence, the fact that the college had now existed three centuries unimpaired by decay, the Rev. Gentleman concluded the discourse by invoking a blessing of Providence upon the future efforts which would still remain to be made by those intrusted with its conduct. The choir sung Purcell's celebrated an them, " Oh, give thanks unto the Lord." The Rev. the Master and the visitors retired from the chapel, the Hallelujah Chorus being executed as a voluntary by the organist. THE BANQUET.—Of this, the crowning ceremonial, we are wholly unable, in consequence of the peremptory refusal on the part of the superintending authorities, to supply tickets of admission to reporters of the press to furnish forth any record of the proceedings, except the fact that corers were laid in the hall for about 300 guests. LAW OF MARRIAGE IN PRUSSIA. A suit of nullity of marriage, on the ground that the husband was a Jew and the wife a Christian, was decided a few days ago by the Tribunal of Koenigsberg, in Prus sia. The parties, Al. Falkson and the daughter of M. Leinerg, a wealthy merchant, were affianced with the full consent of their respective parents; but not one of the ministers of the Lutheran church, to which the young lady belonged, would consent to perform the marriage ceremony. An application was made to the Minister of Public Worship, who refused to give his au thorisation, and the same fate attended an appeal to the King in Council. Upon these failures she parties went over to Hull, and were there married according to the laws of England, and then returned home and lived together as man and wife. The Law Officer of the Crown asserted the nullity of the marriage on the grounds of its want of form and the incapacity of the parties to enter into the con. tract. All Prussian subjects of the Christian religion, he said, must be married by priests ordained in Prussia, and M. Falkson, being a Jew, had not been married ac cording to the ritual of his own religion, as prescribed by an edict, issued on the 11th March, 1812. M. Falk son, haying obtained permission to plead his own cause, repli d with great ability and accurate acquaintance with the marriage-law of Prussia. which he urged did not prevsil when the party who was not a Christian con sented willingly to he boand by Christian rites and cere monies, as had been done in innumerable instances. Ile urged that if there were a rule adopted by all Jews which precluded their marriage with Christians, it might be asserted, and with rea-on. that these unions were prohibited ; but as this was n o t. the case, and, on the contrary, the laws of the Jews insured to all liberty of conscience, every one of them had a right to interpret and process his religi( n according to his own convictions. Thus, when Jews contracted marriage with Christians, it was not necessary to inquire whether the principles of the Jewish parties were those or Judaism generally, but what was the con viction of those who wished to unite themselves with Christians. If they were convinced that they might, in accordance with the principles of their religion, as they understood them, submit to the laws of the Christians. then their marriages were permitted by the C. de itself. For himself, he had on all his applications for permission to marry, explicitly declared, and again he repeated the declaration, that he was willing to submit, and did sub• mit, to the laws of the Christians on marriage. He then cited cases to show that such marriages had been held good and valid in Prussia. The Court, having heard the advocate of the wife, and the law officer of the Crown in reply, delivered the fol lowing judgment :—Considering that although, on the one hand, it is true that the civil code does not admit of marriages between Christians and persons who, accord ieg to the principles of their religion, cannot submit themselves to the laws which govern Christian mar riages, the public minister has not, on the other hand, proved that the Israelites form part of that class of per- EMS designated by the code as not being able to submit to the said laws ; that the tribunal is not in itself satis fied that the Jews do belong to the class in question ; that in all cases of doubt it is right to adopt the mildest interpretation. In rtbus dubiis interpretatio benigna. Therefore the tribunal dismisses the suit of the public minister, tending to obtain a declaration that the mar riage in England between Falkson and his wife is null and void. A difference has arisen between the Archbishop of Rouen and the committee for distributing the contribu tions for the relief of the sufferers from the great disaster at Monville and Malaunay. The collections made in the churches within the diocese amount to 10,400 fr. The Archbishop and an Ecclesiastical Committee named by him, considering that the living victims have been RA ' cientiv relieved, and that nothing has been done for those wh - O lost their lives in the disaster, have decided that a portion of the 10,400 fr. shall be employed in establishing annual masses for the repose of the souls of the dead, and the rest towards the relief of the living, to be distributed by the cures of the two parishes. The general commit tee has objected to this apportionment, affirming that the assertion of nothing having been done for the dead was erroneous, considerable sums having been dis bursed in funeral charges and services. As the Arch bishop persists in founding the masses, and the General Committee in the opposite conclusion, the question is referred to the Minister of the Interior.—Gatignani. Tug POLES IN SIBERIA.—A Polish journal, pub lished in Paris, gives a long account of the exile to Si beria, and escape of a Pole named Piotrowski, who had taken part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and sub sequently found refuge in France. In 1843 M. Piotrow ski left France, and contrived, under the assumed name of Cataro, to enter Russia, where he established himself as a teacher of the French language, and remained un suspected for nine months, at the end of which period he was denounced by a person named Lesczinski, to whom he had imprudently revealed wh o h e was. He was ar rested and sent in chains to Fief, where he was sen tenced to be shot, but the Governor. General commuted his sentence to hard labour for life in Siberia, and the commutation was confirmed by t h e E mperor. The de nunseator, Lesczinski, received the thanks of the go vern ment and the decoration of the order of Saint Sta nislaus. On his arrival in Siberia, Piotrowski was sent to work in a distillery belonging to Prince Gortehakoff, at Eketerinsk, and where he found 300 convicts, all of whom, with the exception of two Poles exiled for politi cal offences, were thieves and murderers. At the be ginning of' January last, M. Piotrowski, unable to bear this association and tke hard labour and bad food to which he was sonde, resolved to attempt an escape, and has succeeded, after undergoing dreadful hardships and privations. He travelled at night, swimmi ng through rivers and lakes, and cone - sling himself occas i onally during the day under the snow. He r, ached Paris on the 22d October last, after having travelled at leas!, 4,000 leagues on foot. M. Piotrowski asserts, but which we much doubt, that the number of Poles now in exile in Si beria exceeds 50,000, many of whom are condemned to hard labour in various establishments, and are treated with great rigour ; others are placed on lauds belonging to the Government. THE GUN TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20.—After careful inquiry there is no reason to believe the extrava gant statements which have been made with respect to the purchase of fire arms in this town for illegal pur poses in Ireland. The sale of arms (fire-locks and fow ling-pieces) is little increased considering the season of the year and other legitimate causes of demand. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Monday morning last, about eight o'clock, Mr. Robert Cornthwaite, of the B )Iton Railway station, discovered a sparrow frozen fast t the rails, about one hundred yards from the station. Ile got up to the bird, and was examining how it was held fast, when its frequent flutterings extricated it, and it escaped, leaving clear marks of Its feet on the rails.— Preaton Chronicle. 4 REPORT OF THE ERALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION. This repot t is valuable as hearing upon public health in regard to sewerage, drainage, &c., with observations upon the Bill introduced by Lord Lincoln at the close of the lsst session, and which may be regarded as a sum mary of what Government will propose on the subject. We extract the following : SUMMARY OF LORD LINCOLN'S BILL. That the supply of water, the sewerage, the drain age, the cleansing, and the paving, of towns should all be under one and the same authority. That the whole of a Own, including the suburbs, and the whole of tho drainage area, should also be under one and the same authority. That the interests of the community should be protected by the supervision of a competent, impar tial, and responsible public officer, named an inspector. That before new works are undertaken, full and compre hensive surveys should be made by competent engi neers. That plans of complete works should be prepared by responsible public officers, or locally examined by them, with the estimates. That expository reports should be drawn up for local publication, in order that the ad vantages of new works may be thoroughly canvassed by all parties interested in them. That the whole of the works should be maintained as well as executed by con tract. That the performance of the contract should be supervised by a competent, paid, and responsible local officer. That c' rtain nuisances which poison the atmos phere of towns and deteriorate the physical condition of the population, should be suppressed. That to secure the suppression of these nuisances there should be appointed a public officer, armed with sufficient powers to enforce obedience to the law, called an inspector of nuisances; and that the true causes of disease and death should be ascertained, and the spread of diseases, and more espe cially of epidemic diseases, should be checked, by the appointment in districts of a skilled and responsible medical officer, called an officer of health. WINDOW DUTIES There is one subject so intimately connected with sana tory improvement that no sanatory measure can be toler ably complete without embracing it, which is wholly passed over in Lord Lincoln's Bill, into the investigation of which her Majesty's Commissioners enter but slightly, and of which they take no notice in their recom mendations, namely, the operation of the window duties. The window duties are a tax upon light and air ; a tax more vicious in principle and more injurious in its prac tical consequences than a tax upon food. The facilities for procuring food increase with wealth, which is always greatest in towns and cities, precisely where the difficul ties of obtaining light and air increase with every street that is laid down, and almost every house that is built. That was therefore a most unhappy thought which sug gested to the Legislature the scheme of laying a tax upon windows, the inlets to light and air. A wise Legislature, understanding its duties, would have met such a proposition in this spirit :—" Upon the most skilful arrangement of houses in towns and cities that can be devised, it is difficult to admit to the rooms sufficient light and air. This difficulty must necessarily increase as a city enlarges, and the number of streets and houses increase. We ought, under such circumstances, rather to offer a bounty to builders for plans that they may secure to houses the admission of the largest amount of light and air. Nature which has made those elements indispensa ble to human existence, has provided them for the use of human beings freely, in unlimited abundance. It is not for us to step in between God and the people, and by laying a tax upon the light of Heaven and the breath of life, to render them absolutely unattainable by large classes of the population." A wise Legislature, under standing its duties, would have acted in accordance with this feeling ; for it would have foreseen what has actually happened, that the operation of the window duties would be to shut out the sun from multitudes of human beings, and to compel them to breathe, in darkened rooms, a poisoned air. The consequences to the people of breath ing this poisoned air have been fully shown ; but the consequences of living in dark rooms, to which no ray of sunshine ever penetrates, are not so gererally known, though they are well understood by those who have attended to the subject. THE HERRING TRADE. WICK, DEC. 10.—No recent improvement has taken place in the herring markets. In Ireland, particularly, the state of matters is truly deplorable. From some of the ports re-shipments have taken place, and would still be made to no inconsiderable extent, were not the fish curers at their wit's end to know where to ship to. In fact, there is not at present a single market, home or foreign, where sales will not entail a heavy loss upon the curers. Answers to the memorials forwarded to tho Board of Trade and the Foreign-office, have been re ceived. They do not hold out any flattering hope of a speedy realisation of the wishes contained in the memo • rills. Assurances are given, however, that Government will put forth every effort to obtain a revision of the foreign duties. It is from this alone that any hope can be entertained of a revival of the herring trade, which is now in a more distressed condition than at any previous period in its eventful history. We learn that there has recently been a heavy fishing on the English coast, and the London markets has consequently been (Indy glutted with fresh fish. This has had a sensible effect on the red herring market. _ . THE HERRING FISHERY AND FISHERMEIS.—A cor respondent of the John O'Groat Journal calls attention to " a most crying evil in the herring trade"—the sys tem of bounties. The writer says—" Upon the present irregular system, the price of the cran entirely depends upon the quantity caught, and not upon the price agreed upon. For instance, let us suppose that a crew fishes 120 crans, and another only 20, and both receives 9/. of bounty; the price of the 20 craps is, to the corer, on the bounty alone, 95., while the men that fishes 120 trans costs the curer only Is. 6d. Taking into the calculation the egreed upon price of the herrings during the past year (125.), the man that fishes 20 crane receives 21s. per cran, and the one that catches 120 crans is paid tvith I3s. 6d.! Is not this- a blindfold way of going to work, by men who receive credit for being an intelli gent class? Why, if pergaititis are to be given at all, let them be given in proportion to success, otherwise you offer a premium to indolence and sloth. Let Is. or Is. 6d., or even more, if the fish-curers choose, be given for each cran caught, as bounty, and then you secure to the most industrious fisherman the reward of his industry." PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS AND TIIE POOR-LAW COM MISSIONERS.—Yesterday, the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St. Pancras held a meeting in the board room of the workhouse, King's-road, Camden Town, for the purpose (among other matters) of re ceiving the opinion of the vestry as to the course they should pursue in reference to the recent orders issued by the Poor-law Commissioners for the management of the poor of that parish. Mr. J. \V. B. Wright having been called to the chair, Mr. M`Gahey, the vestry-clerk, presented the resolution come to unanimously by the vestry, to the effect " That, considering the interference of the Poor-law Commissioners unnecessary and uncalled for, and the power now assumed by there contrary to the provisions of the local Act of the parish, the vestry were of opinion that the said order and regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners were invalid, and they there fore recommend the directors not to carry out the same.', Some members of the board having spoken, the resolu tion was carried neon con. Mr. Marley presented a reso tion passed at a public meeting of ratepayers, calling upon the board to allow beer to the inmates of the re fractory wards on Christmas•day, and a resolution to that effect was moved by Mr. Crouch; but, after a long and stormy discussion, it was negatived by a large ma jority. The board shortly after separated. WILLENIIALL.—IMPORTANT TRADES' MOVEMENT. —An union of the various trades has lately commenced in this place, having for its object the establishment of a fund, 'created by weekly contributions, by almost all the masters and workmen in the town, and which is to be available to any of the branches of trade, in the ab sence of a demand for their particular manufacture; and as far as possible to render assistance in such times to small manufacturers, who, for want of capital are com pelled to take orders at any sacrifice. It also limits the hours of labour, which was very much needed. The immense number of small manufacturers acts as an in cubus upon the trade of the town; many of them have been suffered to have four or five apprentices, whom they have kept at work fourteen or fifteen, and in some in stances sixteen hours per day. Besides, it is well known that many of them are incapable of governing them. selves, much less to govern apprentices; and it ought to be known to those parties who have the pl ac i ng ou t o f cane naruit yt branchhnaot r a co l af a p a it thai the p a l o p l c a p k c r e e d n tr t a alpedpeesr:many districts,enh tiapprentice, crmaster , a that o ssat f ey whom hho to oai ssm someo af often neither e lop particular inesch ingenuity el officers in agri culturalto invent or carry out any improvement in such branch of trade; consequently the apprentice is kept working at the self-same thing during the whole ten or eleven years of his apprenticeship, at the expiration of which time he finds himself incapable of working at any other kind of locks, and in many instances is next door to beggary all his days. If it had not been for the inge nuity and enterprise of a few respectable manufactur ers , the trade of the town would ere this have been lost.— Birmingham Journal. We understand that an officer holding a situation in the landing department of the Custom-house has re cently been removed from the service. The party al luded to has been several years in the department, and we believe that his removal is in reference to some im proper proceedings found to have taken place some time since, and which were not discovered at the time, by which a fraud was committed on'the revenue. THE SUICIDE OF MAJOR EAMES.—The inquest on the body or Major Eames, which had been thrice ad journed, was on Tuesday evenirg brought to a close:by:a, verdict of " Temporary insanity.' REMOVAL OF IVESTMINSTEIZ.BRIDGE.—A prelimi nary meeting of several of the principal inhabitants of tminster, interested in preserving the present site for a new bridge, was held on Monday, at the King's Arms, Palace-yard ; Mr. W. Page Wood, Queen's Counsel, in the chair. Great surprise was expressed by the meeting that the Cmirnissioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., should have authorised the erection of a new bridge on a distant site, in direct opposition to the recommendation of the Committee of the House of Com mons of last session. It was urged by several of the gentlemen present that a measure involving such ruin ous loss of trade and and property to s o l arge a body of individuals on both sides of the river c ou ld only be justi fied by overwhelmning public nece ss it y ; th at no such necessity exists ; and that, therefore, it becomes the duty of all those who are interested to oppose, by every means in their power, a measure fraught with loss to hundreds and almost ruin to many. A committee was immediately formed, for calling a public meeting, di rectly after Christmas, on the subject, and a requisition was forwarded to Sir De Lacy Evans to take the chair. Instructions were given to the committee to cause the meeting, when fixed, to be extensively advertised, and to solicit the aid of all influential parties to join in opposing. the Bill for the removal (by counsel if necessary), in ftw Committees of the 'louses of Parliament. I