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THE OLD HALL; or OUR HEARTH AND HOMESTEAD - . By John Mills. 3 Yu/4.. Mr. John Mills is well known to the lovers of the ch ase, and all who take interest in good old English s p o rts. His readers might embrace a yet wider circle, for th e genu i ne tone o f ki n dly f ee li ng , t h e b? r hely pathos, and unaffected sincerity that pervade Ts writings, are well calculated to find favour with t he multitude. Holding the rank of sporting novels, his work s a b oun d i n a d m i ra bl e s k e t c h es o f coun t ry ( i f e, but they h ave ano th er an d a hi g h er recommen ati°ll ; they appeal to some of the deepest send "tents of the heart, they tend to strengthen the do- In estie affections, and increase the happiness of home, P°urtraying it in its natural character, as the centre Olin comfort, the empire of love and kindness. The 4 01 , d . Hall," hears great resemblance to the " Old I, _ ,71 1 141 Gentleman;" some of the characters are very In itar, but we are glad to see them again, and wel- Nile them as old friends. We have here another er a mPie of the old country squire—the delight of friends, and the father of the poor; we have the same P er fect deli nea ti ons o f hu n t s m e n a n d w hipp ers -i n , tho ugh we do not find an equal to Tom Bolton; the same ell of an old coun t r y h o u s e, the sc ene o f h os pit a lity an d kindness; a capital illustration of warm-hearted : I nPlieity, in the person of honest John Hardy ; a e q . good likeness of sweet Mistress Caudle, and I n ierous minor characters, all interesting from their taise adh erence t o na t ure . Th e w h o l e narra ti ve con "many stirring anecdotes of the chase, and accounts 4 , sporting. of every description, written with great `Vour and minuteness, full of variety and amusement. i T 0 the l overs o f t h e coun t ry thi s wor k w ill b e n iraluabl e, while the inhabitants of town may find a (1 , 4 , fre silifig change in contemplating occupations so j' e rent from their own. Before quitting this sub ect We must observe, Mr. Mills makes some remarks .uout taking farewell of his readers : if such be his a ln tent' may it be like the farewell of a successful iT. t i °,r, repeat e d over an d ov er again, "always endi ng , t,!' beginning:, We hope soon to meet him again 4 1 the field ;" en attendant, if he pleases, we wi' h him farewell. 710 EVENTFUL EPOCH. A Novel, by Nicholas Michell 3 Vole. Th ' This work d o e s am pl e j us ti c e t o it s titl e ; it re f ers R , i' e eci, to an even tf u l epoch—the period o f th e iZeach Revolution : that great struggle forms the Er is of the story, but we find little concerning f ee ' a r neel the author's object being to pourtray the D e ,,, ln as of the English during that momentous — e . 01 :1, and in this he has been very successful. Truly Er as that an eventful epoch for England as well as h t „ an ce; every breeze that crossed the Channel came ' , t i ned with the aspirations of liberty ; sent English r e Pie felt the magic - of the spell, the ments of e .. e gom found an echo in their hearts ; the cruel ex avlses to which fury drove the French, check e d their VPathies to a great degree, yet was the lesson not f ro itl the p eo pl e f e lt th e i r p ower , an d if th ey f or b ore te s i using it, the very consciousness made them th e , oppression, and warned their rulers of anger of arbitrary legislation. The author o eiarwork before us is evidently a high Tory, an es " Ir e enemy to the whole revolution ; anxious to ee,• L• s t his antipathy to the republican clubs formed to En gland on t h e mo d e l o f t h e F renc h , h e yet pauses d 0 Justi ce to individual partizans, and introduces y ° la very i n t eres ti ng c h arac t er , W a lt er P e ll ew , a lit e ' of ardent temperament, hith e rt o devoted to petr at ure ; bu rn i ng w ith th e l ove o f f ree dom, the im. : aeil l ; °s itY of hi s na t ure urges hi m t o the extreme, h' ll B' to be a m ar ty r t o th e c ause he loves so well , e i " i e s n rtis the cal mer w i s d om o f sober-minded friends h ist whol e sou l i s engrosse d w ith one id ea . Th e aeit e er Y of this patriotic rebel and his fond, devot e d Th e l fo rms a most interesting portion of the work. blwhol e story is full of var i ety, well calculated to L ea se th e general reader. The hero, Archer Clive, e bt a er !buth of noble family, and high premise ; he ti on 4 Parliament at an early age, and excites atten- tu b b y an admirabl e s p eec h on th e s l ave -t ra d e in se e 'l l 3°r t of Mr. Wilberforce, and this at a time when his co nduct was deemed insane. B e i ng deprived of kt .r tune, he p rocee d s t o s t u d y th e l aw w i t h great displays extraordinary and fortit u d e , an d w h en h e ga i ns " hi s own " h e tiorkaYs e xtraordinarygenerosity towards hisenemies. br of an outline of the " fortunes of Archer Clive," . w iti e sketch of a very interesting story, written wi th a considerable degree of spirit , an is any passages of fine feeling and tenderness. It th`gavened by passing glimpses of the great men o f h "ay, more especially Edmund Burke, whom the k „Z° Meets, without knowing, in a stage•coach, be ring the acq u ai n t a n c e by pr a i s i ng hi s remar k s on o e Pren c h Revolution, no doubt to the great delight a.lle unsuspected author. Interesting as a work of these volumes are also valuable as serving to atrate a period of modern English history rarely -ieb ra . c h._rated by the pen of the novelist. The various .....(;facters are pourtrayed with great force and vigour mat of the heroine is of peculiar beauty. Wis t 147 8 AND MODERN INSTANCES. Th e auti , 2 Vols , By Thomas Cooper. Pro ve d b . .00r of these two little volumes has already . bitirl4B pt.o:soef the If to be a poet of no ordinary capacities, Publication of a prison rhyme, entitled "Th. Suicides ; he now, however, advances l athi to consideration as a writer of prose fictions. lit er ,bf the m ost adm i ra b le pro d uct i ons i n our nat i ve to th e have been germinated amidst scenes which un ge ~ il u nphilos op hi ca l m i n d were apparent l y o f an tio riap al or di sp i r i t i ng character, and men have occa tlißait'Y called i nto being works breathing purity and eecorl in every li ne, wh i le t h ey themselves have been Thus..coin by deba s i ng an d d egra di ng i n fl uences . his his dung eon , did th e E ar l o f S urrey permi t terea "Pnatio n to wanton in an idealizing and unfet -41 tibe rtY ; thus Burns, at the ploughshare, wove 4%144Y-dreams into verse, and wrought himself a lene e. l l. - Place for ever in futurity ; thus, when a pri reace; ",d Sir Walter Raleigh chronicle the occur jestae- b Ygone times; and thus, in a thousand other of ei ; e ea) has the human intellect risen above the force ev er hseurnstances scatheless and uncramped. What it h e TaY be the predominating bias of a man, whether Inee ti : r ,aetiOn or for thought, that bias will ever find a la o„°' ac complishing its purpose; once implanted 13 icionzatatuhriee: it can never lie dormant, its course t hat h The bias of Thomas Cooper is— L rn ,ust write ; it a pp ears t o be his " o th er be galtthper.ativnelnd of second nature; its commands are to him, and these commands could not his„bsayed even by th e wa ll s o f S ta ff or d gao l;d ur i ng p h , co nfineme n t for conspiracy." In issuing his f or ,:gatory of S u i cides " to the world, he acted well, copiobears the i mpress of a generous heart and a , vi nt fancy ; in publishing his present work, all s t ? Saw s an d M o d ern Instances, " we think with t h i ai eference to himself, that he has acted somewhat th at Y and unwisely. Nature has gifted him, and e ati a bundantly, with all the e x i genc i es and qualifi lit:an,s of a poet, but in aiming at anoth er sphere in he h n l u re, as in the present instance, we conceive " outstepped the dictates of prudence. That he you observant eye, and no mean perception of the . evi e ° , llB ‘ , Phases of character in his fellow man, is ,for by several passages in the volumes before us ; Intellect' in the papers headed " Raven Dick, the e oi, Who Scratched the Bull," an I "The p o ual Lever that lacked a Fulcrum ;" but that the n ssesss the capability of adequately pourtraying , f ,rora t t P h ia- s. es of - society is not at all to be deduced Lee Qua ryes paps. In speaking of Charles Dickens, r erat te h r lerlY Review, some years back, very justly val gar e‘, l that his delineations of low life are never tte trie out are, on the contrary, fraught with ex 11°t be gr a an e and elegance; this praise, however, can 'ass e , w arded to the delineations of the humbler w ent given by Mr. Cooper in these three-and "° Y sketch 'throughout over , eter,, es. They retain an ei ote of th e . a'e the e , subject which is being described; they 4 1. 11 e; st ra selves in a palpable lowliness of metaphor, tie - Y Rle r -n g Poverty of language. Besides these ( lhir n lg defects on the part o . f our incorrigible he has 4 anothert' of a far more incorrigible and in el°4 wi t t nature : in attempting to endue his descrip- Fret t • a ee h a air of " naturalness" to which in his u ltad slae: n,stensibly aspires, all the common-places ndi ee „,? Phrases in ew,hitista•neesf. this f l ente be 7h are vogue now-a-days among the interlarded with almost every other intolerable blemish we will give a l en g .th e cona n .--- 11 4. -I `P a • an Y was large, well-dressed, and from the , st eaus ePPearance of the numerous leather port , A , * at t cha nge of ha 6. n e' see s i h , heat suits was purchased (for the la d . It:which te to be fooled into the kichshaw dandy eororae Cockney recommended"), &T. e t p o i ai innsreiai gentic_, wen even at the first-rate corn k ( lotet cut it quite so fat," &c. of e '9 a ciat ed ; c ' o r r tirae r was completely flummuxed and jfab her 8:e Jonathan was would say, he was struck all stluft! tact, th e&c, man he could plainly see was up to 4J et r attled 'll lack e d • a s :''Y I the young ladies thumped and sel ect e e a se ar e but e ' Work -at r end° few of the obnoxious vulgarisms, p orti that i t wo T, and constitute a blemish in the db et; n b of b ea ,.,1 1 . 114 require a very considerable pro sech"ls we would to obliterate. In all future pro hes, ,;neretricio eid recommend Mr. Cooper to avoid Poet seei n us and mistaken efforts at " natural nt el s 8 . that the Poet h e k e, render his Y more particularly, than any his 8 alre e d present work a failure. As a at _ n rea r i er _ , y excited the admiration and regard cl e h ri 3 s b t u o t he has not as yet advanced any popularity as a prose writer. 4 ,S NIPx s """.........—.....„.. Zarp, e nunizib LoNbox.--During the last fortnight vti4oliq, wii4eitt. wandsworthoneo oil i i ; 4l °f these bird: csinipes have visited the outskirts of the raystar ctates approaching frost. and e been aho ux Battersea-fields ‘li4r° 44(atr:ELbreConiviLMARBET, JAN. 2.—We have t(.,,,,,17 water4l3l3l, s of o all grain, owing to contrary winds and (it,,','tice of 13n..4,„.t, ? „to ur s , . mar , ket to day there was a good at toifil)tiolls or , --, and a tau- business was. transacted in all f:, f reel,, , ~ wheat at fully last week's ices Good barks o o h ill vi'llifid.,,common sorts in fair request without alters vAto au g,;.,,,Jieana in good demand and but few ofrering. ming *Ach :Atka doom Malt 44 bvtie• COURT C.l: RC :ULAR, WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morning ii t I he grounds around the Castle. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort again promenaded in the afternoon. _ The Royal Family were t al'en their usual airings this forenoon. Their Royal F fig hnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the P tit teess Alice, were again taken out in the afternoon. The Countess of Charlemo nt arrived at the Castle tnis afternoon to pay her re a ects to the Queen, and will remain to dine and sleep. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, tit Earl of Lincoln, Sir James and Lady Graham, and tl =le Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, left the Castle to-day There was no addition to 03 royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visit ed i her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester ye at. .rday, at Gloucester House. Sir Robert and Lady Peel refr it aed to their residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Mr. Gladstone visited the Right Hon. Baronet. Sir James and Lady Graham a rrived in town yester day, from Windsor Castle. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of th AI Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chanct for of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon W. E. Gladst. 31 se returned to town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Lord Granville Somerset and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert visited the Earl of Dalh. sie yesterday. Dispatches were sent off vest en lay evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor .Df Malta. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, with her usual kindness and consideration, distrilm ted, on New Year's day, clothing, blankets, food, co als, and money, to seventy poor families, in the neigh bourhood of Newton, I House. The Earl of Lincoln returned. to his residence in Whitehall-place yesterday, from "Windsor Castle. FRENCH PLAYS-`3T. JAMES'S THEATitI?,. Madame Albert made her debut for the season here ast evening, in the character of Madame Dorsan, in Desforges' admirable comedy of La Femme Jalouse. This comedy is a minute disselst ion. It might have been aptly entitled " The Physiology of Jealousy." It works out the passion through every phase—it follows it through all its rarn3 fications to its re motest consequences—beginning with the ridicu lous, it en +s with the subl i me. Desforges has done what Joanna Baillie pro Gassed to do—he has written a play of a passion —La Femme Jalouse is the character of the piece —the centre of the systern around which all the other characters revolve as sa tellites. She has been for sixteen years the wife of Monsieur Dorsan, and for fifte en years the mother of an only daughter. She is a woman of strong passion, who loves her daughts sr and her husband. She would fain be a good wife —a good mother—a kind mistress to her household.—a generous bene factress to all—but her incurable jealousy spoils her good intentions, and she is a universal pest. In the earlier scenes, the nervous fidgitiness, the tremulous uneasiness, the peLinful sensitiveness, which are what logicians would call the essential modes of a jealous nature—were admirably depicted by Madame Albert. But an event takes place which a mind, much less prone to jealousy than hers, might beget suspicion. She discovers in her husband's pos session a small box ; she cannot Open it. There is an outbreak of unfounded jealousy. He refuses to satisfy her curiosity as to the contents of the box. She falsely accuses him of infidel ity. Circumstances prove to her the utter want of foundation of her sus picions. She restores to him the box, and asks his forgiveness ; and, in the fulness of his heart, he opens the box and shows her its contents. The box contains the portrait of a lovely y oung girl. Again does her jealousy revive. He assures her it is a fancy sketch. Still her suspicions are not lulled, and she watches him narrowly. Judg eof the ungovern able fury of her jealousy when she learns that a lovely young girl has been at her own house, asking for Mons. Dorsan. M. D'Aranvi:ile (Cartigny), the guardian of Madame Dorsan, under whose advice Dorsan acts throughout, removes this young girl to the house of Gervais, an old servant, of the family. It is in vain that M. Dorsan (Le marde) protests his innocence. In her fury the jealous woman demands a separation, and her hus band, who loves her dearly, tired out with the ty ranny under which he has suffered for sixteen years at once consents, leaves her, and with his daughter Eugenie (Mademoisselle St. Marc), and her lover, M. de Fley (admirably acted by M. Plunkett), who also suffered severely from her jealous humours, takes refuge in the house of Gervais, where he finds D'Aranville and Clemente, the young lady whose arrival at his house had roused the jealous fury of Madame Dorsan. Clemence, a lovely girl of eighteen, had never before seen Dorsan, but she knew him as her benefactor, who had, from her earliest years, cared for and caused her to be educated—to whom she owed everything. - She rushes into his arms. At this moment Madame Dorsan enters, and finds locked in her husband's embrace the original of the portrait. Madame Albert's acting throughout this trying scene was truly sublime—it was la haute tragedie, and tragedy of the very highest order. She retires to her home. The rest go to D'Aranville's, who, after much trouble, persuades Dorsan, who loves his wife tenderly, and fears she may commit suicide, to leave all to his management. D'Aranville writes to her to inform her that the deed of separation has been signed by her husband, who has gone he knows not where, and whom she will never see more, and that she is free. Her love--for without intense love jealousy cannot exist —urges her on the instant to D'Aranville's. She finds him alone. He calmly tells her that at length the slave of sixteen years has broken his fetters, and has sought, with his two children, that happiness of which for sixteen years her jealousy has deprived him. Yes, Clemence, his daughter, born before he had become ac quainted with Madame Dorson ; he know ing her jealous disposition, had concealed from her the fact of the existence of Clemence, and had, out of tenderness to her, foregone the consolation of seeing his first-born and tenderly-lovedi child. She is melted at once. In agony she calls upon her husband, who rushes from his place of concealment, and she sinks into his arms. Nothing could exceed the impassioned intensity of the acting of Madame Albert, throughout this trying character. Words cannot do justice to it; to be appreciated it must be seen. She was admirably supported by Lemarde as M. Dorsan, who depicted the struggle between love and the duty he was under to himself to assert his own dignity, and free himself from the unbearable annoyance of her suspicious jealousy, with great pathos. Cartigny, as the sententious, blunt, common-sense traleur, was admirable ; and Mdelle. St. Marc infused into the character of Eugenie a mingling coquetry, simpli city, and affection, which was most fascinating. Madame Albert was called:for at the,fall of the curtain, and rapturously applauded. This is another of those revivals of the French classical drama for which the p p r r e e d s e e ri e te ssseoarsso,nainsasoitfsavourabl receptiony b cro wde crowded from its u i s t e s proves that the taste whichdictate y s a them is properly appreciated. Bravo! M. Mitchell. Voila de la haute conzklie. En avant. The pleasant comedie-vaude ville of La Meuniere de Marl) followed, in which Madame Albert again appeared in her favourite cha racter of Denise. SERIOUS ACCIDENT on the GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND LINE. (paws' A CORRESPONDENT.) DURHAM, THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1846.—This morning a very serious accident occurred upon the above line, and as momentous consequences to the public may arise from a correct information of the cause of the accident, I will give you a few particulars below. I left York this morning at a little before ten o'clock, A.M., ind on arriving at the Thirsk station the train was de tained some minutes, in consequence of the overturning of an experimental train which had preceded the one in which I was a passenger. For some days engineers have been working experimental lines on the Great North of England line, and on that portion between Thirsk and Northallerton more particularly, to test the actual amount of speed that could be attained. This morning a new engine was brought out, drawing car riages weighted, I understand, to seventy tons, and at half past nine o'clock away went the train like an arrow, reaching Think station in safety, when the speed was increased to the greatest momentum, and when about 400 yards beyond the station, a gentleman who was standing on the bridge observed a violent oscillating motion, which increased every yard, until the engine was i'airly rocked over, thrown upon her broadside against a slight cutting, upon which some of the carriages were thrown, and all more or less damaged. I observed one of the solid beams which had seemingly been shivered with a 3 much ease as one might break a reed ; the front wheels of another had been carried away, an d h er b u ff ers tilted up and driven through the side of another carriage. The shock was fearfLl, and yet the engineers, most providentially, escaped injury ; one man only, the poor fireman, who was thrown on his head upon the opposite rails, was so seriously injured that, when I left the sta tion, he was not expected to survive very long. DANGEROUS TRICK.—On Monday afternoon, two women who keep stalls in the Bazaar, having boiled some tea in the open area of the market, after partaking of the beve rage became exceedingly ill, and one of them seemingly so dangerously, that she was conveyed to the police-office, and the surgeon sent for. At length, however, she vomited, and became a little better. In the meantime a boy named James M'Pheely was taken into custody, charged with having put some deleterious drug into the tea, and we are informed he admits having done so, and that it was something like to bacco ; but be says that it waa a man named 31Connick who gave it to him, with instructions what to with it. The police are on the look out for M'Cormick.—Glasgow Argun. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY: ErENING, JANUARY 3, 1846. THE ROUTE FROM OREGON. OVERLAND MAIL FROM OREGON—ARRIVAL OF DR. WHITE, DIRECT FROM OR EGON — UNPRECEDENTED DISPATCH — THROUGH IN NINETY DAYS. We had the pleasure, on Saturday evening last, of taking by the hand our old friend Dr. Elijah White, sub-agent of Indian affairs for the territory of Oregon, who had just arrived with a party of only three men, Messrs. Chapman, Brown, and Saxton, all claiming to be citizens of Willamette, two of whom, Oras Brown and Charles Saxton, had accompanied him for some time previously on an interesting and important exploring expedition, the results of which will soon come before the public officially. They left the beach of the Pacific on the 30th of July, some 40 miles from the Umqua river, and arrived in the colony about the 10th of August. They found the Legislature in session at Oregon city, and Dr. White being officially requested to bear a memorial and peti tion emanating from that body and signed unanimously by them, also by the judge of the territory and executive committee—to the Congress of the United States, left on the 16th. They arrived at Fort Vancouver on the 17th, the Dalles of the Columbia on the 20th, and on the 23d proceeded on their journey. At the first camp, Major Moses Harri, alias " Black Harris," his pilot and his dependence, as interpreter for the Sioux and Pawnee Indians in passing through their country, without any difference or explanation, withdrew from the party and returned to the valley. Sur prised, but nothin4 intimidated, they moved forward. They met the Wallawall Indians—so much excited the spring befo re, by reason of the violent and trea cherous death, o f Elija Heading, an educated young chief of distincti‘an, killed by a w hit e man i n California— and were handsomely saluted and most cordially re ceive—the excitement having entirely subsided. Corn, Peiatoes, peas, camas, and cherries, were brought forward for the consumption of the party, and their plantations, with those of the Keyuse,' speak well for their advancement in agriculture and civilisation. Not many of the Wallawallahs cultivate; they generally sub sist on fish. But the Keyuse and Nczperces, or Schap tans, under the auspices of Dr. Whitman and lady, and Rev. H. H. Spaulding and lady, are represented as having made most commendable advance in agriculture, science, arts, morals, and religion ; many of the latter reading their own language fluently and writing well, and in the regularity of their family devotions and ob servance of the Sabbath, it is believed few equal them. On the Ist of September they met at Burnt River Captains Barlow, Knighton, and Macdonald's companies of emigrants, the three companies comprising some eight hundred persons, with eighty-seven waggons, within some three hundred and fifty miles of their desti nation, all in good health and fine spirits, representing the difficulties of the route as nothing in comparison with what they had expected. While the Doctor was giving them an intellectual treat, to which all listened with indescribable interest, some of the ladies prepared a rich repast for him and his little party; coffee, sugar, bread, biscuit, buttermilk, and honey, with bacon, rice, and several kinds of dried fruits, were nicely spread out ; they ate and drank, talked, and mutually cheered each other, and parted in the happiest mood. At different points, for a distance of a hundred and thirty miles, they met others—each party soliciting, they all received a lecture on Oregon. The last party, called the St. Joseph Company, were met on Snake River, camped disadvantageously, being some two and-a-half miles from wood or water on the sandy desert ; but they found them in good spirits, and after advising them at some length on Oregon, the party was invited to dinner, and sat down to a table in the tent of the Reverend M. Fisher, a Baptist clergyman, spread with a white cloth, and partook of tea, light bread, crackers, maple molasses, dried beef, and butter, all prepared in the neatest manner. This com pany were mostly New England people, had emigrated to lowa and thence to Oregon, and carried their virtues and intelligence over the mountains with them. All much happier and better for the interview, the party took their leave of this interesting group of venerable sires, aged matrons, and smiling 3 outh, and passed on to Fort Hall, where they arrived on the 19th of Sep tember, and met a cordial reception from Captain Grant. On the 23d they passed the romantic and interesting soda springs, were all drank freely. On the 27th met Dr. Joseph Burk, botanist and mine ralogist, sent out by the English Government to make collections, and return in seven years from the time of his departure —dined with him—found him an intelligent, unassuming gentleman. The party passed the divide on the 4th of October, all walking over it, and on striking the sweet water, all drank, not a little pleased to behold the water once more running into the Atlantic. On the 13th of October, came in sight of a large Sioux village of some 300 lodges, and containing 2,000 souls—wentimmedi ately to it—were met by several chiefs, and the party con ducted by them to the Soldier's-lodge, where they feasted on the choicest buffalo meat. Dr. White exchanged a horse with a chief, at the Indian's request, and left, after tarrying two hours, the party being as much pleased with their reception as the Indians appeared to be in entertaining them. They encamped three miles below the village, horses unmolested and nothing missed. Next day met Smoke, a notable chief, and 200 Indians with him, moving up to the large village which they had passed—exchanged the usual salutations of the day, and all went off most agreeably. On the 15th reached Fort Laramie, where the party were hos pitably entertained, as at Fort Hall, by Mr. Pepin. Left on the 16th, having purchased a sufficient supply of dried buffalo meat and flour, with groceries, to last to Independence, intending to accomplish the journey with all possible expedition, and not to stop to kill game. On the 17th met eight or nine ox teams, heavily loaded with goods for trading with the Indians, in charge of Captain Finch, who had a trading post seven miles below Fort Laramie, on the Platte. On the 18th met Mr. Spane—had also several teams loaded with goods for trading with the Sioux ; he had buried his partner the day previous, having died of a nervous fever. On the 29th, met two men on an express to Fort Laramie from the American Fur Company at St. Louis. They told the Doctor he would probably meet the Pawnee Indians before leaving the Platte, and if he did, that they would rob him and his party. On the 31st, at about eleven o'clock, the Doctor, riding in front of the party to keep a look out for the Paw nees, discovered a large smoke a head, halted, adjusted the pack animals, and then went cautiously on again ; proceeded a few miles, when a horse was discovered three or four miles a-head, tied, and apparently uneasy. The party were now convinced that the Pawnees were not far off; halted again, and each man examined his fire-arms. The doctor proposed to leave the road and go into the hills, and to keep on travelling all night to avoid coming in contact with Indians, whose character was that of highway robbers. They did so, and pro ceeded four or five miles in the direction of the hills, when three Indians were seen in front of them, advancing; the party went on a short distance, and twelve or fifteen came up to them. The Doctor made signs to them to keep away, and that he was in great haste to go on, but they all came up; when the Doctor stopped, requested Saxton to get off his horse and open a pack, get some tobacco and give them; he did so, and gave them all there was; mounted his horse again, when one of the pack horses took fright at the Indians, and ran with great violence, but was at last caught by Chapman and Saxton, and the pack adjusted by them, ready to go on again. But an Indian, who had been very impudent and saucy, now came to Chapman and asked him for pawder ; he refused to give him any, when the rascally Indian cocked his gun. At the suggestion of the Doctor, Chapman gave him some powder and he went off; but while the Doctor was talking to Chapman six or seven had surrounded him, and two had his horse by the bridle, when he asked Brown to come to him. Brown did so, presenting his pistol at one of them, and the Doctor motioning to them at the same time, with his six-shooter in his hand, to be off, they left, and the party collected their animals and started again towards the hills, where a large Pawnee village, of some three hundred lodges, appeared in sight, several miles from the road. several poor, lame ponies and mules, and gave each man a few old garments, scarcely enough to cover him, much less to protect him from the inclement season. E little after Lunset they told them to be off, pointing over the hills where they were taken prisoners. In the lodge where Saxton stopped during the night, while Brown was with him a few moments, an old chief came in with a large package of papers, evidently robbed from some individual, but he would not suffer him to read any of them except the wrapper, which was of the kind of paper used for envelopes in the War Department, and directed on the envelope :—" Tangawange, Chief of the Otto Nation." The Indian then opened the package, and took out a passport from the United States, and a large paper having ten or twelve seals on it, opposite to which were many signatures, a large paper resembling a deed, and a French passport; he then folded them all up, after pointing to the coat of arms on each, but would not suffer them to be investigated; putting them all into the envelope, laid them under his thigh, gave a con temptuous laugh, and soon left the lodge. The party travelled till one o'clock at night without a drop of water, on the day they left the village on the open prairie, taking as their guide the north star, and going in an easterly direction. The Doctor was very much indisposed, owing to the violent blows he had received. Soon after the party were out of sight of the village, the smoke behind told them that their enemies had fired the prairie, and all that day the wind drove the fire hard upon the party, and at night the flam es o f t h e tall grass were seen behind them mingling with the horizon, giving it the appearance of an ocean of tire. One of the party kept watch while the others slept, or rather dozed. Next morning, taking a bite of raw corn, they continued theircourse n ort h- east; the party and poor animals suffer ing extreme want of water. About ten o'clock they found a stagnant pool, where all the party were once more sensible of the watchful care of Divine Providence. They continued on in the same direction till three o'clock, when the party struck a deep ravine and began to follow it, but they had only proceeded a short distance when the Doctor disco covered two Indians far in the distance to the south-east; the parties stopped, concealed themselves in the ravine, Brown crept to the bank to watch their movements—the Indians advanced a little, then also stopped. The Doc tor then prepared to retreat and change the course of travel, and the party readily complied with his sugges tion, went up the ravine some distance, took a southerly direction, and travelled some six miles, when they struck a small creek, kept their course still towards the south, and just at dark struck the Oregon road, to the great joy of all the party. They then encamped that night at twelve o'clock on the Republican Fork, again eating raw corn for supper. On the 3d of November they considered themselves nearly out of reach of the Pawnees, being fifty miles from their village. They arrived at the bank of the Big Blue on the evening of the 7th, when, on enter ing the tall forest trees, by the light of the moon, a large flock of tnrkeys were heard among the branches. All were excited with pleasing anticipations of once more tasting something palatable, as the corn, in whatever state it was taken, for several days had soured on the stomach of the men, and they ate it only to keep them from starving. The next morning Brown's well-directed rifle brought a fat turkey to the ground. After the turkey was dispatched, they re turned to the corn again, as the Indian s gave th em on l y two rifles having percussion locks, with no more am munition, and the other rifle was unloaded to strike fire with the powder. On the evening of the 13th they ate the first meal in the house of Mr. Charles Fish, quickly prepared by his lady, residing among the Shawneee Indians, thirty miles from the United States line. posite direction, and taking advantage of wind and tide, pass through the Pentland Firth, in the direct course to North America, in a shorter time than it would take them to proceed to Ireland. Jan. 1, 1845. A LOOKER-ON. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CHESTER, 1846. Nominations for the Tradesmen's Cup. Eline. 4 yrs Little Cassino, 3 yrs Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs Merryman, 4 yrs Spur, 3 yrs Fisticuff, 6 vrs St. Lawrence, aged Zanoni, 6 yrs Winchester, 4 yrs Redstreak, 4 yrs Weatherbit, 4 yrs Queen of Tyne, aged The Roper's Daughter (late Beaufront, 5 yrs Nix - my-Dolly), aged Sarah Rebecca Pythia, 4 yrs Miss Burns, 6 yrs William le Gros, aged Alice Hawthorn, aged Needful Milden, y r s Blackstrap (l a t e E us t on ) , 4 y 4 5 , rs y Trueboy, 6 yrs rs Pompey, 6 yrs Inheritress, 6 yrs Lycurgus, 4 yrs The Hero, 3 yrs Plaudit, 4 yrs Johnny, aged Valiant Deodara, 4 yrs Pal Roderick, aged Stream, 4 vrs The Warrior (bro to The Astonishment, 3 yrs Libel), 3 yrs Intrepid, 5 yrs Crim Con, 4 yrs T ur k, 4 yrs Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs Mickey Free, 5 yrs Punch, 3 yrs Warp, 5 yrs Event, 4 yrs Patriot, 5 yrs Moss Trooper, aged Polish, 6 yrs Surety, 5 yrs Duc-an-durras, 4 yrs Pilot, 4 yrs Flahowlagh, 4 yrs Whinstone, 4 yrs Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs Rowland Hill, by Slane, 4 yrs lonian, 5 yrs Satyr, 5 yrs King Cob, 4 yrs Little John, 5 yrs Devil's Dust, 4 yrs The Magnate, 4 yrs Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs Eboracum, aged Elemi, 5 yrs Fitzallen, 4 yrs Mongrel, 4 yrs Extempore, 6 yrs Correct Card, 4 yrs Pedometer, 5 yrs Laird o' Cockpen, 4 yrs Winesour, 5 yrs Lothario, 6 yrs Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs Peasant, 3 yrs What, 6 yrs Muscatel, by Mus out of Guava, Sweetmeat, 4 yrs 3 yrs The Libel, 4 yrs Beat Bower, 5 yrs Ironmaster, 4 yrs Miss Elis, 4 yrs Teetotaller, aged Marquis of Conyngham, by Portrait, aged Sl ane —V o l uptuary, 3 yrs Columbus, 4 yrs Blackbird, 3 yrs Artist, 6 yrs Camera Obscura, 3 yrs Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs Clumsy, 4 yrs London, 4 yrs Rose of Cashmere, 4 yrs Prince Royal, 4 yrs My Mary, 4 yrs John Davis, 4 yrs Discord, aged Mermaid, 3 yrs Judea, 6 yrs Wolfdog, 4 yrs Faugh-a-ballagh, 5 yrs Corrunna, aged Needful, 5 yrs Highwayman, 4 yrs Salopian, 4 yrs Vates, 5 yrs Hope, 4 yrs Billy Purvis, 3 yrs Ould Ireland, 4 yrs Arthur, 4 yrs C o ll een -dh as, 4 yrs Example, 5 yrs Queen Pomare, 4 yrs Sorella, 5 yrs Cataract, 6 yrs Petit Morceau, 4 yrs Isabella, 3 yrs The Baron, 4 yrs Mount Charles, 5 yrs Mervis, by Hornsea, out of Xanthus, 6 yrs Maria Day's dam, 5 yrs Elena Clara, 3 yrs Morpeth, 5 yrs Tell, 3 yrs Vitula, 6 yrs Glossy, 6 yrs Rowena, 5 yrs Flattery, 4 yrs Bro to Sir Henry, 3 yrs Finvaragh, 3 yrs Joe Lovell, 5 yrs Hooton, 6 yrs C by Slane—Frill, 4 yrs Dr. Husband, 5 yrs. Lady Wildair, 4 yrs Little Hampton, 5 yrs Gamecock, 6 yrs Gr f by Rust out of Annie, Javelin, 4 yrs 3 yrs Jenny Wren, 4 yrs Outcast, 4 yrs Yardley, 6 yrs Ruff, 4 yrs HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., New Lodge; Fri., Riching's Park-11. Durham County hds., Mon., Esh ; Wed., Tunstall; Fri., Brancepeth-10i. Hurworth hds., Tues., Low Middleton, Sat., Hilton. Raby hds., Mon., Hartforth ; Wed., Witton Bridge; Sat., Houghton Bank Turnpike Gate-10i. Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's harrs., Mon., High Leven ; Wed., Kennels; Fri., Nunthorpe-10i. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon., Piper Hole ; Tues., Culver thorpe ; Wed., Croxton Park ; Fri., Aswarby. Cottesmore hds., Mon., Stocken Hall; Tues., Loddington Hall ; Wed., Elsthurpe Village ; Fri., Witchley Warren ; Sat., Market Overton-10i. Thanet harrs., Mon., Sheriff's Court; Wed., Ozangell. East Kent hds., Tues., Swingfield Park ; Fri., Sweech Gate. • Mr. Lushington's Ms., Mon., Belmont Tower; Thurs., Tunstall-10i. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Ms., Mon., West Craig*; Wed., Hangingside ; Thurs., Lauriestown Kennel ; Sat., Bathgate Toll-bar-10i. Seventh Hussars stag hds., Mon., Charafield ; Thurs., Brockford-14. Sir W. M. Stanley's hds., Mon., Sutton Station ; Fri., Gayton Mill-11. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Skenfrith Bridge; Thurs., Cross Buchan Toll-bar. Whitecross harrs., Tues., Betlow Lane ; Sat., World's End. The Doctor left the Willamette colony in a very flou rishing state, and is of opinion that Oregon, at no dis tant day, will rival many of the Atlantic States in agri culture, science, and the arts. In this opinion all the prrty concur, and they intend to return again in the spring. A daily computation makes the distance from Oregon City to Fort Hall BOO miles. Fort Hall to Green River 195 „ Green River to Fort Laramie Fort Laramie to Independence Total. The St. Louis Republican of the 24th u l t ., says: — " Dr. White is now on his way to Washington, the bearer of a memorial to Congress, from all classes of , English, French, and h ci a t l i f z • e b n r s eed in s— O asking n— fo A r m t e h r e ican extension of the authority and government of the United States over that infant territory. The documents are sealed, addressed to the care of the Missouri delegation, and will, of course, not be make known until presented to Congress." At the time of the departure of Dr. White, the printing press and types intended for the first newspaper in Oregon, had not arrived, but it was daily expected.— Fromthe Independent Press. RAILWAY RE T URNS. Ran.wev TAAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Mr. Wall's harrs., Mon., Llanstephen, Wed., Painscastle ; Sat., Little Hill-10. V. W. H., Tues., Seven Bridges; Thurs., Overlay Wood; Sat., Minety Pound-10e. Norfolk stag hds., Tues., Drayton Cock; Fri., Skeyton Church. Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Mon., Weedon ; Thurs., Littlecote. Surrey stag hds., Tues., Maldon ; Sat., Half Moon, God stone. Week ending Last week. U. 5 Albrighton hds., Mon., Little Own ; Thurs., Longford ; Sat., Shareshill Village-10 . Bedale hds., Mon., Constable Burton ; Wed., Thorpe Per row; Fri., Pepper Hall-104. Mr. Brand's hds., Mon., Rothampstead ; Fri., Bendish —lO4. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., White Hall ; Fri., Sandy Warren-104. Cleveland hds., Mon., Wilton Lane End; Thurs., Lackenby Whin—l Oi. F. B. hds., Mon., Frewithen Cross ; Fri., Croft West Haydon hds., Wed., Midge Nook; Sat., Cupola Bridge. Mr. Horndon's hds., Mon., Horse Bridge; Thurs., Jays. Mr. S. Lownder's hds., Thurs., Salden ; Sat., Shenley. Mr. Morrell's lids., Mon., Shipton ; Wed., Abingdon Tour's End. Oakley hds., Mon., Sherrington Toll-bar; Tues., Ri se l e y Village ; Sat., Bromham-104. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., West Wycombe Park; Fri., Ibstone Heath-104. Prudhoe and Derwent lids., Mon., Shield Row; Fr.., Barlow. Pytchley hds., Mon., Dodford Village ; Wed., West Had don • Fri., Sywell Wood ; Sat., Sibbert o ft-10i. dr. Roe's lids., Wed., Kingston° Village; Sat., Batis - borough Cross. Sinnington hds., Tues., Cowsby Wood ; Fri., Wrelton-10. Lord Southampton's hds., Mon., Maidford ; Wed., Stoke Plain ; Fri., Whistley Wood ; Sat., Salcey Lawn-11. Mr. Watson's hds., Mon., Spittal Hill ; Wed., Longhirst ; Fri., Netherwitton-104. rushford harrs., Mon., Little Down; Wed., Goosemeor ; Fri., Haddon End-10. Norfolk harrs., Tues., Kelling ; Thurs., Lion-11. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Leckby Carr; Thurs., the third mile: tone on the York read-104. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. CHESTER Cup.-50 to 1 agst Warrior (bro. to The Libel), taken freely; 1,000 to 20 agst Alice Hawthorn, taken. DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Sting; 16 to 1 agst Brocardo ; and 30 to 1 agst lago. ANOTHER RAILWAY TERMINUS ROBBERY.—Yes terday information of the following daring railway terminus robbery was given to the police. Stolen, between eight o'clock on Sunday morning and one o'clock on Monday after noon, from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, the property of Messrs. Ballance and Son, of Gutter lane, Cheapside, a bale of orgazine silk, weighing one and a quarter cwt. The bale was directed to Messrs. Ballance and Son, Gutter-lane, and is valued at 2001. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A TIMBER YARD.—Yester day Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest in Middlesex Hos pital, on the body of Henry Barnes, aged 42, foreman to Mr. Escott, timber merchant, 336, Oxford-street. The deceased, with another man, named Goddard, were removing timber when some logs that were piled over each other, near where they were working, gave way, and one of them, sixteen inches square and twenty. three feet long, fell upon the two men, and fractured the leg of deceased, and also fractured the leg of his fellow workman. Both were released as quickly as possible, and removed to the Middlesex Hospital, where Barnes died on the 23d ult., six days after his admission. Verdict, "Accidental death." Goddard is in a fair way of recovery. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN PTALL.—Yester day afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a serious &ca. dent occurred in Hyde Park to Captain Pyall, a gentleman between fifty and sixty years, residing in Oxford-terrace, Oxford-square, Edgware-road. He was riding a spirited horse round the carriage -drive in Hyds Park, and on arriving opposite Kensington-gardens the horse became restive, and shied suddenly against the wood railing, by which Captain Pyall was thrown with great violence to the ground, his foot hanging in the stirrup. The groom, observing the perilous situation of his master, rode up and secured the horse at the instant he was getting off into a gallop, and Captain Pyall was fortunately released. The fall caused some severe bruises on the head, but he was able to walk home. _ _ As the Indians left the party they fired three times at them, and the shot fell thickly around Brown—the Indians going towards the village, and the party from p i pa t noo , duw o cd v het e ehr r ;:h th e hills. Wh en ou t o f s i g h t o f t h e I n di ans villa geaonrnd 8 wa ne,dn thewent 000 on again party g r g t an y i end a ; g quantitya butin t a h l e t halted, d f , had aa fi ld l l filled scarcely cn a theirrt e e l i y r started, when two Indians were seen coming from to wards the village over the hills. Soon another, and another appeared in sight, eac h com i ng from different directions ; and in ten minutes from the time the fi s u r r s r t o t u w n o d e a d p p b e y a r two d in or sight, three t h h party n e ndre were d men, rifles, muskets, bows and arrovt s, tomahawks, and war clubs, while the air resounded with the awful war. whoop as they still contin ue d t o d as h upon t h em on their fleet horses. Seeing that four could do nothing by firing on such numbers, the Doctor told the party not to fire, while the Indians were in great confusion among them selves. The first who came talked loud and boisterous, and began to catch the pack-horses, when it was pro posed to go with them to the village. In the meantime all was confusion, some snatching a rifle from one, while another caught a blanket from an other, and ran off. Saxton first got under way, follow ing his packed horse, having many valuable papers, and surrounded by some twenty Indians. They soon stripped him of his powder-horn and his horse and saddle, and put him bare-back, while a brave, with a large battle-axe, led his horse by the bridle. Brown followed Saxton in a similar manner, passed him, and was the first to grace their fiendish triumph as they entered their villages in full gallop. The Doctor was next suffered to start towards the vil lage, but not until they had torn his coat into pieces, and stripped him of his vest. One Indian then struck him a hard blow with his bow on the right cheek; another hit him two blows on the top of the head with a war club, which nearly deprived him of his senses. With nothing left but his flannel shirt and pantaloons, he passed Sax ton soon after Brown, with a brave leading his horse, and a chief riding behind him, embracing him in his arms. Chapman followed immediately after Brown ; they struck him several times as he was riding; he was hurried along and taken into the village. The Doctor was last on the ground, and was conducted into the lodge of a chief, but not permitted to converse with any of his party ; the rest of the men were conducted to separate lodges, and treated in a similar manner. The party were fed several times during the evening on boiled corn, at different lodges, accompanied by an Indian, but were not permitted to be together, except about ten minutes at a time. The first impression made upon the Doctor and all the party on entering the lodges was, that the chief would cause most of the property to be given back, but before morning all were convinced to the contrary, by having their packs opened and pillaged of everything of value; not even letters to people in the States were omitted. Dr. White lost many of his most valu able papers, and some twenty letters, though he mailed at this place 541, to various persons in the Union. After rob bing the party of all their provisions and clothing, as well as horses, to the morning several i'quaws, true to the character of women, put up some corn, and the chiefs who were at the head.of the outrage brought forward • ANOTHER JEREMY DIDDLER.—A person with remarkably large head, professing to be a poet and school master from the neighbourhood of Welby, near Grantham, has been enjoying himself for the last three weeks at the ex pense of the landlord of the Crown Inn, Stamford, but, it is supposed the fe ar o f th e wor thy host's bill before eyes, thought tit o n F r id ay last to make a hastyretreat , having his leaving behind him a f ew paltry articles not worth one third . the amount of his bill, w hich he tried to dispose of during his stay. The gen tl eman stated his intention of attendin g the Stamford Dorcas Ball, but we suppose he has by this s i vre_re Li n n ! colnshire Chronicle. time thought better of that. Ho was accompanied b y a female, who stated herself to be his sister. It is thought they doub tatrheey willnow in the Lincoln,vneirgthoboaudrohpotodtheofsanie ster endeavour THE LATE EARL OF PORTARLINGTON.—In OUT notice yesterday of the military services of Lord Portarling • ton some surprise was expressed that a man of his rank should have been so long in the army, and so often actively engaged without being promoted to the rank of a general officer. The circumstance is thus accounted for by a cor respondent. On the eve of the battle of Waterloo his Lordship, accompanied by an orderly left his regiment at bivouack and proceeded to a neighbouring farm-house to sleep. The orderly forgot to call the Noble Earl at the ap pointed hour in the morning, and when his Lordship at tempted to rejoin his regiment, the ashes of the fire alone marked the scene of their late encampment. Arriving at Waterloo, the Noble Earl found his regiment (the 23d Dragoons) already in action ; and being unable to join them, he attached himself to the first Eng lish dragoon regiment he met, and fought with great :bravery thoughout the remainder of the day. After the battle, the Noble Earl had an interview with the Duke of 'Wellington, for the purpose of explaining his absence from his regiment. The Duke is stated to have informed the Noble Earl that nothing but his gallantry in the field had saved him from being tried by :a court-martial at the same time advising hit Lordship at once to retire from the army, a recommendation which, it need scarcely be added, Lord Portarlington immediately acted upon. TRAFALGAR -SQUARE.—Four handsome bude lights have lately been erected at the corners of the square. They have not, however, yet been lighted, as with the singular fatality attendant upon everything connected with the square, there is a dispute about lighting between the Com missioners of Woods and forests, and the parish of St. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT ILFRACOMBE. (Abridged from the North Devon Journal.) This spirited place has been the first among the towns of North Devon to join in the movement—now so general as almost to claim to be called " national"—in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. In compliance with a requi sition, numerously signed, the worthy Port! eeve, Robert William Dickinson, Esq., convened a public meeting on the subject on Wednesday evening last, The meeting was very well attended, and the proceedings were in the highest degree enthusiastic. Mr. DicniNson having been called to the chair, opened the business of the evening by reading the requisition, and remarking that it had given him much pleasure to respond to the call of the requisitionists, inasmuch as their object was in accordance with his own feelings. They formerly had had men of talent and ability, dele gates from the Anti-corn-law League, who had addressed them with sound reasoning and impassioned eloquence: to night they must be satisfied with being addressed by their fellow townsmen in plain homespun language. They were indebted to the Anti-Corn-law League for the assistance they had rendered by teaching them the principles on which a total repeal of the corn-laws was d mended; and they had further to thank the League for having kept the question before the public during a succession of bountiful harvests, when men were a p t t o be careless f or th e f uture, and when the pernicious oper ations of the corn-laws were scarcely felt. If the League had been idle during the time of plenty, could it be sup posed that the people would now be so near the accom plishment of their desire—the total abolition of protect ing duties upon corn ? He must take that op portunity of making a remark upon one of the main arguments used in favour of their being main tained : it was this—that the repeal of the corn-laws would have the effect of reducing th e wages o f t h e ope ratives, and was sought for with this object. Now there were many around him who obtained their means of living from their wages, and he would ask them if their wages were less last year, when they could obtain 81bs. of flour for ls. and a peck of poattoee fur 2-/ e •sl. ; or whether they had higher wages now, when they could get only 61bs. of flour for ls. and had to give sd. for a peck of potatoes which, two years since, were only con sidered fit for the food of pigs ? He challenged any person to deny that quantities of potatoes were now pur chased and eaten by the workmen and labourers, which they would not have eaten in a gift two years since ; and that those potatoes which they would not have eaten at a gift, they were now purchasing for food fur themselves and their children. Had they higher wages now, when all articles of food were dear? or were their wages reduced when food was cheap ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Was there not a greater demand fur their labour at a time food was cheap than now that it was dear?— (Cries of "Yes.") He was sure that the most thinking part of his audience were filly aware that it was supply and demand that regulated the rate of wages, just as supply and demand operated on the prices of the com modities of trade and commerce. The object of those who advocated free trade was to promote agricultu re , trade, and com merce; an d i n promot i ng those departmen s of industry, they had in view to increase demand for labour. They were all aware that at a time when trade and commerce were depressed, there was a redundancy of labour in the market; and that when there were twenty workmen waiting for employment, and there was but labour for ten or twelve, the master had it in his power to regulate the rate of wages ; whereas, in times when trade and commerce were flourishing, and there was sufficient labour for every person able and willing to work, the position of master and operative was changed, and the operatives, in that case, had it in their power to regulate the rate of wages. Now if free-trade would give an increased demand for labour, the operatives would have it in their power to regulate the rate of their wages when their labour was in demand. He therefore trusted that none of them would be misled by the insinuations of the monopolists, that cheapen ing food was merely for the purpose of reducing the rate of wages : it was an impossibility for wages to be re duced in value, when the labourer or operative could choose his master. The wish of the free- traders was, that agriculture should flourish and.abound—that trade should flourish and abound—that commerce should flourish and abound ; and yet for years had the promo ters of free trade, for selfish and political purposes, been stigmatised as destructives ; and by whom ?—the very party who were now ready to do the work themselves that they so vilified the League for helping forward—ay, and by no less a man than Sir Robert Peel himself, whose party thrust him forward as its head, and after wards bolstered him up in the House of Commons with a majority of 90 ; yes, Sir Robert was going to do the work which his party had all along called one of de struction—viz., to repeal the protecting duties on corn. " If the thing must be done, we will do it"—say the Tories, " the Radicals shall not do it—the League shall not do it—we will do it." But they were not all come over to the side of the League, and some of the ultra Tories were getting positively rampant—witness the address of the Committee of the " Wincanton and Yeovil Society for the Protection and Defence of Agriculture," to the landowners and clergy of the county of Somerset, and especially the following paragraph in it :—" Our watchword is—' No compromise !—no surrender !'— rest on your arms well prepared, until your illustrious Commander-in-Chief again gives the word—' Up, boys, and at them !' " Now the words—" Up guards, and at them !" was an expression of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of 'Waterloo ; and its revival upon this occasion, with the substitute of the word " boys" for " guards," was very significant, and seemed to threaten something more than a battle at the hustings. He would trespass on them with another quotation from the Standard of Saturday last, which, writing on the sub iect of Lord John Russell having been sent fur by the Queen, said:—" We had great faith in the hunger, and consequent audacity of the Whig party—hunger will dare anything." Oh! little did the writer think of the double-edged weapon he was using when ho wrote— " Hunger will dare anything." At a moment when they were threatened with famine, he seemed to forget that there was such a thing as hunger from want of food, as well as the political hunger from want of office. " The hungry will dare anything!" They would dare anything, and no one knew better than the editor of the Standard that the fear of human punishment operates feebly indeed when opposed to the importunities of want, and when life was possessed of nothing worth preserving. Surely that was a most inopportune moment to have used such a taunt. He hoped and trusted that the threatened scarcity might be averted by a repeal of the protect ing duties on articles of food, and that their agitation might be confined to their meetings, and desperation might not drive some to agitation in the street, so as to gratify the Wincanton Committee by giving them a chance to whoop out—" Up, boys, and at them !" Their agitation, in order to give freedom to trade, agriculture, and commerce, had been confined to the use of argument and reason ; he sincerely trusted that their object would be accomplished, as he was sure it would be, constitu tionally by the approbation of Parliament and the Crown, and consummated by universal public applause. RICHARD BLIGH, Esq., on the call of the Chairman, rose to move the first resolution. He should detain them a few moments, while he endeavoured to combat the plea of some of the aristocracy for the continuance of these laws. They told us their estates were mortgaged: now he asked them if that was- a sufficient excuse for cutting off a slice from each of their loaves to pay the mortgage? most assuredly not. They also stated that it was necessary they should continue this tax to enable them to give larger fortunes to the younger branches of their family : he asked them if this was not too monstrous to be entertained for a single moment? The last plea he should notice was that they would continue this tax for the benefit of the labourers. -It would be neces sary that we should look into the condition of these poor fellows. There were in the county of Devon about 20,000 existing upon Bs. per week ' • let them for a moment consider this benefited class. Upon an average, they had four children, making a family of six. Deduct Is. per week for rent, Is. for fire and candle, 2s. for clothes, shoes, and bedding, and they had a balance of four shillings left to furnish food for twenty-one meals for six human beings, that is, less than efd- Tee!' meal. If the landed p ro p r i e t ors h a d not bee n the vilest of hypocrites—if th e y intended really to b en efit the labourers when theyput on tfiecorn-tar, they should at the same time have put on ata upon a sliding-scale upward s, that no labourer should work for less than 9s. sliding up to 12s. This would have enabled them to pay the corn-tax. Mr. B. Con _ tinued:—l hold that all laws ought to be based on the holy Word of God. What says the Scripture? Are we not commanded not to muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn? Will any man in this assembly say that the labourers in the county of Devon are not muzzled? The mechanics of this town w ere paying out of their wages about Is. 6d. per week to the landed gentry of this country. To show them the injustice of the corn tax, it was enough to say that each of them was paying as much bread -tax as he (Mr. B.) did ; was this justice P He now begged to propose the resolution he held in his hand :—" That the present circumstances in which this country is placed, especially demand the total repeal of those laws which prevent the free circulation of the produ ce o f th e eart h, an d i mpe d e t h e commerce of an industrious people." The Rev. BENJAMIN PRICE, minister of the Episcopal Free Church, in an eloquent address seconded the reso lution, which was adopted with acclamation. JOHN JONES, Esq., moved the second resolution : " That a memorial be presented to her Majesty in Coun cil, drawing her attentian to the anticipated famine, and praying her Majesty that she will be graciously pleased to direct the attention of Parliament to the present corn laws, with a view to their immediate repeal." It would be nothing short of insanity in the present state of affairs, while famine threatened their very threshold, to fold their arms in apathetic indifference and to pray—" Give us this day our daily bread." The duty of every patriot, of every philanthropist, was to be active and energetic in the use of those legitimate means placed within their reach for the attainment of this necessary and indispensable blessing. And, depend upon it, now was the time when all their energies and zeal in this good cause should be brought into full operation :—now was the time when they were required to make every effort and all sacri fices, in order to convey to their rulers their unmis takeable and distinct determination, that they would no longer passively submit to this unjust, unrighteous, and iniquitous tax upon food.—(Great cheering.) He would importune them as they valued their country's welfare and happiness, to surround the throne with peti tion on petition, with remonstrance upon remonstrance —yea, in this matter, he would have them become per fect O'Connellists, and " Agit a t e ! A g it a t e ! A g it a te!' and never hold their peace till the statute book was re lieved of one of the foulest blots that ever disgraced is pages.—(Renewed appl ause .) With th ese s entiments he begged to move the r e sol u ti on h e h a d a l r eady read. Mr. HILLMAN seconded the resolution. Addressing Himself to his " Brother bread-eaters,"!], remarket that the object which brought them together that evening was very plain and easy to be understood. No argument was necessary to show the difference between enough NAME OF RAILWAY. Dec. 27 Arbroath and Forfar Bristol and Birmingham. • . • • .• . . Chester and Birkenhead . • Dublin and Drogheda.. ............ Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath . ... •• • •• • •• • • Durham and Sunderland ........... Edinburgh and Glasgow . Eastern Counties and North Eastern Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glecow and Greenock— Grand Junction • ............. Gravesend and Rochester Great North of England Great Western . Hartlepool London and Birmingham, &c..•• . • London and Blackwall. . London and Brighton .. London and Croydon . • ..... • • • • • . • . London and Greenwich London and South Western . • • ...... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham.. ...... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties ... .......... Newcastle and Darlington • • ........ Newcastle and Carlisle• ............ Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ Norfolk North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • • Paris and Rouen ..••. Preston and Wyre.....• • ........... Sheffield and Manchester • • South Eastern.. .............. Taff Vale Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland . • • •• • 537 2,372 7,424 1,718 681 17,719 845 31,513 681 3,911 1,384 5,740 867 3,654 5,256 16,058 2,280 1,490 433 1,253 1,525 531 602 698 215 617 2,136 4,305 1,356 678 4,413 404 1,428 5,522 923 574 14,739 5,708 28,573 614 3,136 952 5,464 763 3,269 4,903 12,782 956 1,331 337 247 1,542 4,011 300 656 4,848 721 596 4,298 THE MILITIA. TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At this moment, when numerous industrious artisans are disturbed with apprehensions arising out of the proclaimed intentions of the Government, in refer ence to the militia to be called out and embodied, it may not be amiss, perhaps, to suggest a mode of reliev ing many of those who may not otherwise be able to obtain for themselves substitutes; and more particularly, if its adoption will convert to a " tower of strength" what is now an incubus upon the country. It is a fact, the evidence of which may be collected at any time by the not over-worked rural police, at the multitudinous nightly gatherings in all the " cadger," or low lodging-houses, of the kingdom, that there are many thousands of able-bodied men, neither gentle nor sim ple, too idle " to work," but not too proud " to beg," to say nothing worse of them ; awl to take up whom, by some forcible persuasion, constraining them to became of some service to their country, would be to confer a boon on themselves, raising them from idleness and disgrace to comparative usefulness and honour, and at the same time relieve useful members of society from the neces sity of leaving their homes and occupations, and meet equally the necessities of our common fatherland. I:am, Sir, yours faithfully, RICHARD HARRISON. Redditch, Jan. 2, 1846. MANNING THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR„—In your evening paper of yesterday there is an able article on the subject of manning the navy. Pray take it into your consideration how desirable it would be to make use of an enormous, though useless force, at present in existence—the preventive force. Every Par liamentary inquiry has shown the absurdity and impos sibility of their preventing smuggling, and they cost the country,fully one million per annum ; remember, also, that when the abominable corn laws are gone, the land owners will be sure to require the extinction of this monstrosity.—Your obedient servant, Jan. 2, 1846. VOX. CROMART Y A HARBOUR OF REFUGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Public attention being at present directed to the formation of harbours of refuge for the protection of our shipping, whilst our fleets should be maintain ing our naval superiority on the ocean, and it being highly desirable, in the event of our being involved in a war with the United States of America, that our Government should put forth all its energies to bring the contest to a speedy and honourable conclusion, I beg to mention, through the medium of your valuable paper, that the Bay of Cromarty, the Portus Salutis of the Romans, and the point to which the hordes of the Scandinavian race shaped their course when meditating hostile incursion s on the coast of Scot land, might eaAily, and at a comparatively small expense, be made a most important position for the protection of our mercantile marine, and a point from which we could destroy the cruisers of the enemy acting against our commerce; and it would also, from its position opposite to the Baltic, form an admirable station for the establishing of dockyards for the building and re pairing of ships, and forming magazines of naval stores. The entrance to the Bay of Cromarty is a narrow channel of deep water, protected on each side by the heights of the " Souters of Cromarty." Within this channel hundreds of ships can ride at anchor in safety from the severest storms ; and if the heights of the Souters were fortified, and batteries placed on the water's edge, the entrance to the Bay would be in accessible to an enemy, whilst we could, in less than two hours, ~ ; e1).1 f:igates from it to the month of the Caledonian canal, from whence they would, in less than two days, find themselves on the coast of Ireland, to meet our enemies in that quarter; or our fleets of men-of-war and merchantmen could proceed in an op- and . not enough—between giving fire pence for a cer tain quantity of bread a short time ago, and seven pence now ; and no sophistry could conceal the fact, that there had been a deficient harvest, and that a mysterious disease clave to the potatoes. He was no politician-- never was, perhaps never should be ; but this subject required no skill in politics ; common sense told them that those persons who before the rise of bread could get just enough and no more, must now be minus that twopence upon fivepence which it had since advanced in price, and doubtless there were many such ; and those who before had not enough, and could not get enough, must now be descending to zero —to the point of starva tion. The question was, what was to be done to pre vent things getting worse ? The only expedient which presented itself was to open the ports and do away with the corn-laws. Something ought to have been done before ; but something had been doing: Cabi net Councils had met, and Sir Robert Peel seemed to be got upon his own sliding-scale ;he had been sliding up and down on it for eight or nine Cabinet Councils:— Lord John Russell had been called to help him, but had failed ; and where he might slide to next, nobody could tell ; but this seemed pretty clear—that he was willing to send the corn-law overboard. The present seemed a good opportunity to do it ; with the League to help him, and a few millions of hungry bellies behind, it must go—it must, if he were minded to stay aboard himselfl—(linmense cheers.) After a few further remarks, the speaker concluded a highly effective speech, amidst great cheering, by se conding the resolution, which the Chairman put to the meeting, who adopted it nem. con. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON next addressed the meeting, and having, in terms of the most eloquent eulogium, described the obligations which the nation was under to Mr. Cobden and the Anti-Corn-law League, con cluded by proposing an address to her Most Gracious Majesty, " humbly praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased, at the opening of the ensuing ses sion, to press upon the attention of both Houses of Par liament the indispensable necessity of considering the effect of protecting taxes upon articles of food, with a view to their immediate and total repeal." The Rev. G. Smnit seconded the adoption of the me morial. which was carried by acclamation. On the motion of Mr. Bligh, seconded by Mr. Thomp son, the Portreeve was requested to sign the memorial in behalf of the meeting. The Chairman having left the chair, the best thanks of the meeting, with three times three cheers, were pre sented to him. Three cheers were given and repeated for the early and total repeal of the corn-laws ; and the assembly broke up, after one of the most unanimous and energetic meetings ever held in Ilfracombe. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. 2.—There has been a somewhat better feeling in this market during the past week, and sales have been rather on the in crease, prices being without alteration. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. 2.—There has been rather more inquiry for wool this week, and prices are rather firmer. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. 2.—This has again been a holiday wee k f or woo l , an d pr i ces o f a ll sorts remain stationary, with but little doing. LEEDS.—The markets at our Cloth-halls, both on Sa turday and Tuesday, have been very dull ; on the latter day, in particular, the weather being very stormy, and bring the last market of the year, very few buyers were in the market, and the attendance of the manufacturers was much less than usual. Prices remain firm. This being the season when the principal part of the mere chants take stock, and when few buyers visit the mar ket, the usual dulness of Christmas time prevails in the warehouses. There is, however, a generally prevailing opinion that business will improve shortly. ITECKSIONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, JAN. I.—There has been only a thin attendance of buyers this week, partly owing to the mildness of the season ; in prices there is not much alteration for the last few weeks. LEICESTER.—The new year presents both a steady and firm aspect in all our staple manufactures. Stocks on hand, both of worsted and cotton goods, are light for the season, and made with care to meet the coming de mand. Several buyers are already in our market. prorated yarns without alteration in price. Wools re main firm, and but little doing. Taking a survey of last year's business connected with all branches of oar manufactures, we may affirm there has not been a more satisfactory one for many years past.—Leicester Journal of Friday. BRAD - FORD MARKET, JAN. I.—WOOL.—We regret we cannot give a more cheering report of this article. The staplers generally are holing full average stocks, while some few are heavily stocked. The demand for several months past has been seriously diminished, nor until the last two or three weeks was there any giving way in price submitted to. During the past week but little business has been done, and that little on terms rather easier to the buyer. YARNS.—The year just closed has been one of no ordinary character, for throughout the entire period nothing but loss has been the result, wool maintaining a high price ; whereas yarns have been very heavy and drooping ; and what has greatly tended to depress the trade has been the large quantities of in ferior yarns which have been thrown on the market, and sold regardless of price, and in many cases at even less than the cost price of the wool. We are glad, however, to add, that less of this class is now offering. The in quiries for yarn are more numerous, and so soon as the shippers are in the market, and the business more active higher prices are fully calculated on. We hear of some houses unwilling to sell for distant delivery. PIECES.-- The demand for general dress goods, such as Orleans and Paramattas, is better than for several weeks past, and we hope now to be able to report a progressive improve ment, as stocks in neither the merchants nor the manu facturers' hands are heavy, all having exercised the greatest caution to prevent an accumulation. The fancy branch is very depressed, and those engaged in it com plain loudly of their position, and many are totally aban doning the trade. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had a very considerable increase of confidence among pur chasers of cloth this week ; and, considering that it is a sort of holiday week, a large business must be reported, at full, if not increasing rates. The market altogether is buoyant. A much larger amount of business will no doubt be done next week, when business for the new year may be said to fairly commence. Spinners do not find much difficulty in quitting stock, even at a slight improvement. NOTTINGHAM. —The condition of the staple manu facture of this district is still'extremely dull and gloomy, though not without a slight amendment in some branches, but not such as to give any effectual and scarcely partial relief,—Nottingham Review of Friday. SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—On Friday morning the body of a new born female child was discovered floating in the river Thames opposite the Crab Tree public-house, Fulham. The body was at :once brought on shore, and now awaits a Coroner's inquest at the above public-house. The body has apparently been in the water for a considerable time. ACCIDENT AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE. On Thursday night, during the pantomime, as the troops of the King of the Cannibal Islands were exerging from the right hand scenes, some of their dresses caught fire from the red flames that were formed to give effect to their appearance. They, however, had sufficient presence of mind to retreat, and extinguish the fire before many of the audience observed it. At a subsequent part of the performance, as the clown and pantaloon were tossing a young lad in a blanket, they nearly let him fall upon the stage, which so frightened him that he would not undergo any more blanketing. THE LARGEST BRIDGE IN THE WoaLD.—Accord ing to reports of travellers, the bridge of Layang, over an arm of the sea, in China, is the largest bridge Babylon, bit, in the world. t o f end to 26 500 Paris ' Erected in a similar way as the brid ges entirely of stone. Its length is said to feet, and comprises 300 arches , or rather ex openings of pillars. These are not overspread by arches,whh form bu r t m th th er e e ro a a r d e w p a l y a , e 7o d above them large sla bs of stone, w h ich feet broad. The distance of the pilla rs i s nearly 74i feet, the l at t e r being 70 high, and 15 feet b roa d , and strengthened with stone facings,of the form of triangular prisms,which extend over the whole height of the pillars up to the transversal slabs. The latter (of course more than 70 feet long) extend in breadth to fifteen feet, and have 9 feet in thickness. Other reports, however, assign no more than 43 feet, old Paris mea sure, to the distance of the pillars, and only 4i feet to the breadth and thickness of the transversal slabs—by which, of course, the length of the bridge is reduced one-half. Even so, it would be an astonishing structure, being six times the length of the longest bridge in Europe, viz. the Pont de St. Esprit, at Lyons. The parapet is, according to some reports, a railing, according to others, a ballustrade, and every pillar supports a pedestal on which a lion, 21 feet long, and made of one block of marble, is placed.—The Builder. ' ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—On Thursday a very serious slip took place near the Stonehouse station of the Birmingham and Bristol Rail way, but by which, fortunately, no accident to any passen gers occurred. The utmost exertions were immediately taken to repair the injury, but the company were compelled to use only a single line for the succeeding trains. This morning (Friday) the six o'clock up-train on the Great Western line was formed for starting at the Bristol station. the engine which was to convey the train being ready in waiting at the engine points, near the engine -house, about 200 or 300 yards up the line, and near which the Birming ham and Bristol line joins and runs into the Great Western. In consequence of the land-slip at Stonehouse the down mail train from Birmingham, which was due at Bristol at five o'clock this morning, had not arrived, and a red light and a bar were placed upon the line above the engine to stop the Birmingham down mail train until the six o'clock Great Western up train had passed. Just at this moment, how ever, and fortunately before the Great Western engine was attached to the train, the Birmingham mail train came rush ing down the steep incline, passed the red light without stop ping, and a collision between the two engines was the con sequence. The buffers were driven in, the engines dashed off the line and much injured; but, fortunately, beyond the alarm necessarily arising from such an accident, the passersl gers received no injury. Workmen were immediately set GreatW clear the line, and after about an hour's detention the Western up-train was enabled to proceed. SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE.—On Friday night last, Mr. Hendv, of the Launceston Arms, Lau nceston, was ap parently about to retire to bed, his wife having gone just be fore him. He soon came into the room, and unperceived by his wife, who thought he was undressing, he exchanged h ie dress and put on his old clothes. He went then and saw the children, and came back to the door, and said the children are all right. Th e o bservation appeared very si ngu l ar to hi s wife. Mr. Hendy then went down stairs, and his wife hear ing the back door close, her suspicions became excited, and she called the ostler, who went in search of her husband. We regret to say that no trace of him could be discovered, and that he has not since been heard of.- .Plymouth Journal . BERKELEF-SQUARE.--It is in contemplation to en large the artesian well which supplies the pump in the square for the use of the neighbourhood, to erect a cistern and steam engine behind some of the houses in the vicinity, and employ the water to supply a fountain in the centre of the plantation as well as all the houses in the square. THE SECEDERS FROM THE CHURCH.—The Rey. Edgar Estcourt received the sacrament of confirmation at St. Mary's College, Oscott, on New Year's Day. Mr. New man, and twelve other clergymen of the Establishment,who are now members of the Roman Catholic Church, have SA sembled at Oscott College to take part in the solemn festivi ties of the present season. 1 44- . .erg I