The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

MF:RICAN NEWS. ESS FRO LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. '0 3' the s t eam ship Acadia, we have received New 17 °Iic paper s to the 31st of December. We extract ithaetefoLlowing from the .New York Tribune of that ( EXPR W a A9IIINCTON, DEC. 29th, 1845.—Your readers are lifmetibtles anxious to know whether there is any danger . ilattvraPture with Great Britain on the . . Oregon .. q w n e es s t b io a n li . i t „ e several times given it as my opinion that fir - o,„ e 1 1 ° w ar. There are two parties here now, because the' the old parties. One is for bluster, not a si i 4 expect war, but they hope to keep up such F or .t.o.f e xciteme n t t h at they may again get into po w e r ho,, "8 Purpose they stimulate every base passion, and Air aPon the whole of Oregon, while they support an ~ rataistr t. aa ßre . _,. a ton which has offered to settle on the 49th tot fi g h t ''" North Latitude, as the boundary. They hey would thei r i , cm any account, but they hoped that enough of thei own Party would vote with the Whigs to . defeat tbe elr 1 ;,; . ma d schemes while they might retain i' t i': : uelng brave ' hai r' M s "lel have • been disappointed, for the Whigs ill b e Come out and tell us plainly whether there th, h ir a war, and we are with you to a man. Nay, . try s t%`„°, l what you say is true, we den an I that the , cou A n t this the Lo Put in a position of complete defence. ' k a' e ' ° e () Focos perfectly amazed, and hardly j ' y what seem Th er eat step to take next. ark, e are those in both parties who believe th d at l o e n k e , Sal r , a ' 2,l acts (done, as appears, almost by goo t'ffer't°4trt' f e te the nature) of James K. Polk, was u tl i e . lel, at e (i set the question amicably on the 49th para ml, td th ese the will vote down the clap-traps of such in the Senate. They believe in trying 6 adi t Peaceable mode of settling the difficulty, ill they t') der:llll3oasible. and then they will take any measures k t k ti l d the rights of our country. ve ta 6 4e ia some anxiety to know what the vote will to Idl e a" -e Senate on Mr. Allen's resolutions, to prec t i u p r i e to ~a ~war betwee n us and Great Britain, I will vent _ 8 etli'y rat th e Yeas and nays on their adoption. i 14 e stie" remember whi c h I have a right to make on yeagaßth' of the little Yankeeism I possess. is es s , N'P r il lood and War—Fairfield, Atherton, I J b en ,. - I, ua elter (d e s , Dix, Dickinson, Cameron, Sturgeon, Pc 3 artleyll!btful), Maywood, Bagby, Chalmers, Speight, t cuis,l,,b.atlen, llannegan Bright, Semple, Bteese, A - :+ltv,ll,Faton Ashley - S 'r Cass.- 24. g:biierlPeace andtbe e Pen.---- , Evans Upham, Phelps, ha t) 1, atts,Simmons, Greene, II ' tincrton, Miller, V 4 4, A' ,!.. Clayton, J M. Clayton, Pearce, unh R. John -04 tt, It..celir' Manguna, Calhoun, M•Duffie, Berrieu . ,_C er o e l : (ab 3 ' Barrow I Johnson, Jarnap, - in, lkj "e t sent), C rittenden,' '. I s cott ......30. Corwin, Woodbridge, Levy, tria Ills Y be r,,' , " k statesmanship will ti -taph —lstaiten, but I thin li:' Ar a e i t i . (letnaglguei h q sen t t . ents, such sn iS i a in bo a u b t e t u h t e t s h t e at n e b t e if v p e a P ;t parties a r - t ~Pref,,,,,, i me• We shall soon see. Mr. Calhoun will 4,4'he -I, - e a trY to the interests of the country. _ 4 , ota _ ..,_. 1 410 1%4 41. ' .It,es,olutionshand It'll- are all ready to be receive them at the calm /rill heTeXas, AS e n k e, e n ti n on s t fo e r y tw r o members for Congress 1 tiroordered. lihaoeorlet:eta;)rdttha,t th . e Committee of Ways and Means k o ,, taik to. a . rariff Bill. _. t ,,, ....enti h 41‘ l l' ttaY is that there was something in the ru e tiot l i t : v elia t i o ° l n i e n d a day or two since relatingto ,, som th, ‘, n ow . Mexico. It is said that some inrorma- S ta r ) te 11 1 this city, leading to the conclusion that tft 4 „, tl :a 4 4 4 e , lit s of Parade' may , rt sult in the recall of 44 ' ' and a change of conduct on the Texas 10001‘1P7 YORK MONEY MARKET 70 1,000 "eadin 7 It B, '5O lat h ' t,,, ane. ................................. ;) vu'i O s , opg 9- 00 0 y r , 60 1,0 00 ',,,1-Y.63 ........ lOO 1 0,0 00 .i'-iines. NY Friday 11 is . 34i • ........... . ~,i!ots 99 8003 .k.Thattonal . Ilk. . 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N /L subject, u ti , ts of r , was not the to til t-111 1 , ' ° nn• made a short speech, in which I NA e troil it onn• himself for voting in . opp s o . siti H on e - .t011 0 4 Y txpr essed will of hi s constituent Y state 1 ?) 1 hi % t o bi r , b ed Ii „b. olieague, Mr . . Huntington, who ' n Ltaiti,, H of JEttions to the Bill. 1° -3 ' ' ' Ga in favour of the reso- L % p -, spoke in „)%tr, li vA lis, of It,, , : 4)4sii r ste— w ri4tGinilir %o ° t; P ii : n . ll;t : u e r n ie d fl e y av i o n u r r e e p d ly to . show that he was against his conscience. . 4rtri,,eillarrisso.l7ll,.istoke against the measure briefly, and I llb' e kpo s i." tile occasion were generally regarded as tob Je 't obi. ' I " of Whig sentiment at the north on the Vltry . tiet ' ue e nlargement of the slave territory of this ittki "' v eer ) , I, l 'N l i tg - iwo and three o'clock P.M. the vote was taken, A1 t 4 a..., as follows: hod ' er tot i b e 3sr s . Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchison, tt' e a ` a errten, Benton, Barrow, Bagby, Breese, Cal -1,41 lizt,, (!halmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fair lipj, 1:1,'11;an, Havwood, Jenness, Johnson of , L . a, t l ht ''''", Manyi;rn, Niles, Penn backer Sevier, ii , Stu I.':h, ky t i,, l rgeon, Turn9y, Westcott —3l. . 1)ki,4%, Q,„ le 'st's• T. Clayton, Corwin, Davis, Dayton, %, Nene, Huntington, Miller, Phelps, Simmons, )Cllos Ebster, Woodbridge. -13. ti " in Italics are Whis, as are also all those It , ~. 0 3 ) the l- e ( l' of Fla., off( red a resolution, declaring that Illi t es% c ,,: e llt for the President to open negotiations for , tii i . i es t), ) , r f f the Island of Cuba to the United States. el., a p 4 ,116, .oe one d ay. ri k ' L' til e ti l . °l 4 r l L, reported a Bill for the extetbne -1 to k•, States laws over Texas, when oklildeiNt 4° Executive ses,ion. t 4. 44 , tt ci ar ld that the President has signed the reso ifi 4 4,Texas • IS therefore the 28th State of the 1 ,.. , 41., b o OREGON. 41 41 , t „,.• ti glea nr NV SHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1845. t d an, *— ' , refA Bl '1 I l linois A reported a Bill, which was ,444,--cial order to r Committee re of the whole, and made 41 , 41 0 4 4 1) ,,',, 1 vhi e t e 1 1. „°' the day for the second TueEday of b 144 of ,' t he B,,,,Pr"ides for the extension of the ,juris tp'h ;40 laws l ', r "he Court of the territory of lowa, & st ile/I. e IPlicat,, °4 thfe said territory, so fir as the same ait, d --,e, over all that portion of the territory 4 1 ,4 t bf li1 ;- ' ll onl at es Which lies within the following limits, k gt O c l t; L i t itil --li ," e d On the south by the 42d parallel of p ,7•, 11 4, - ,,% 11 , 1 1 (1e c ,',,,° 11 th e east by the summit of the Rocky i ll ' ll 1 -' the north by the line of 54 deg. and b vt l , 4l 4g Eititade and on the west by the cOcean v ,_ t ow . porti on itnli morti xt. l t i, o the immediate country a „ f 414 th‘t tte Btre' •adjacent to the coast ; and also j o i f the - ItNgititildett andtel bet " the 40th and tr 4 y 3d w p e a s r t tj44°l.2iseee.a Proyidedenthat this act shall not becon deprive the M k i. ON , ted in such a manner as to h7l44,7etar,dre,_4t to of a-y of the rights and privi • eh al the third article of the treaty signed at i lmtlrZt .4,1" r 20,1818, and continued in force bythe t344'4 August 6, 1827, until such treaty stipulation e lil t I‘., l :tiell v irtue of the notice provided fur in 0 i s h ilt% :If the said last mentioi.ed treal.y. ntlseitreby.-etlcil•enacts That the President be and ` 9 p i .,;' koe' Cgotherised to cause use to be erected such block q 0, ect 4 ai .es, or military posts as shall be necessary 441 te ei:4l ,4 ttlt nts on the route to and in the territory pe so; feNistinst Indian depredations and aggression b s e ; hT tae t, , to ti,,,:ili:ll ammunition and supplies as shall iti %ris e "th g de f ence. i,. ie. d t o ection, That the President be hereby 'l,_%ft,"ltaip„ ca use to be raised, officered and equipped, 'ltt,:4l4o:Las the President shall direct, two regi- I- i th .44 (1 t -- ' 1 men to guard and protect emigrants, N 4 h e t Li Nie r ' • h Sect against the Indians. I 4:,l)Yesttt:,on enacts, That a mail ronte be and A Vtutabi-4-*lled, frma St. Josephs to the mouth of N t l, ll inth A bly ". I th em ,"Lion enacts, That the sum of two hun- Ne,hM to 4 ' nollars be, and the same is hereby appro- I N ZY the provisions of this Act into effect. 4 44 4 illfltlitivit'''hectoticil enact That the President be ad , * give the one year's notice provided_ tkttit+lB2•73cna article of the treaty of the 6th of r ft; (1; 11 t,heir n t i,_ , te rTioate the third article of the treaty Nlito,,,!uetohe Unite States and Great Britain,. signed at I_4 — l ,_upa , v r 2, 1 818, and all other treaties for the li t i:a 0 I41. 11 . 1 ," 1 the Orgon territory. . krttlre o f f , ° ' Mo. introduced the resolutions of the .tp il . yr oob vre gon. LS/Iclittillt thiWPTri of N.Y. introduced a resolution in tei',,r°l' th e " udiehtrY Committee to report a bill pro -itl"tld t tr •eclUI distribution of offices among . the d foil 4 th, term of according to their population, an ,) '. r t ,,, cf Office to four years. 4th:pt r`elilloP, of Ma‘sachusetts, introduced the he t :-- "uti °us, which under the rule go over for 4 tml i 'llv e ,i , tee am ;,--That the differences between the United 111.,,,!ye.),, ..zreitt 13ritain, on the subject of the Oregon alt,,nlae, it :rl still a fit subject for negotiation and corn thit'htlei that satisfactory evidence has not yet been $ t to ake no c ,mpromisa which the United States ill c ' l icl Q M can be effected. Ith• e ,--- • 4h teh w That it would be a dishonour to the age the k t° bo u ; l ite, and in the highest degree discredit 6, s e i„, the nations concerned, if they should suffer 110 di " t o be d • 1 1 , -g.t e or, drawn into a war, upon a question of no t,(N 404,(1, Practical interest to either of them. lhl 4 4 !the ilt -- That if no other mode for the amicable to it: Plea of,f.this question remains, it is due to the cik,,,,untatio civilisation and Christianity that a resort fpi lo gct etie: should be had ; and that this Government 4, 40 a, the failure I! itself from all responsibility which may 4:t841)41 still to to settle the controversy, while this ibolt ivel, untried. 1011tti % % rtf , _ That arbitration does not necessarily.in -1 of _' r ence to crowned heads ; and that, if a kr 4i ..., 4 tlch a references entertained in any quarter, "4°ll " atilt and dispassiontte citizens either from the two countries concerned, or from the world at large, offers itself as an obvious and unobjectionable alternative. Mr. DouGLAs, of 111., would offer another set of reso lutions, that our title to the whole of Oregon was clear and unquestionable, and that we could not arbitrate about what clearly belonged to us. A g! eat variety of resolutions about Oregon, mail routes, &c. &c. were acted upon, and the House ad journed till Monday next at twelve o'clock. MORE ANNEXATICN.-Our Washington correspondent, under date of December 27, says : —There is talk of some exciting news from Mexico to-day. It is said by the Texas men that a public meeting was held at latest dates in the City of Alexicc) in favour of annexing the country to the United States. / . / . / 14 • • OP "( I /./ • 0 s~~ . ~~ • • 'IS • 0 i?~ ~" . / / / THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1846 LITERA TURE. POEMS. By Thomas Hood. 2 Vols. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS AT THE SUGGESTION OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. Versatility is the Most puzzling characteristic in the human intellect, and nevertheless the wonder which in the abstract it would necessarily excite is somewhat deadened by its very frequent occurrence. Scarcely any literary personage of any celebrity, especially in modern times, but in some measure has given evi dence of its possession. Southey was equally vigorous in biography, and mongrel-epic, and history, and that strangest of all strange styles of composition, y'cleped the " Doctor." Shelley could dream away in his celestial dreamings, or weave ts tissue of the most subtle and plausible me taphysics, or sneer the scorching sneer of a Mephistophiles (as he bath done in his posthumoas eccentricity, " Peter Bell the Third"), with equal force of conception and equal amplitude of embodi ment. Professor Wilson, with his jovial and heroic visage, and his " storm of golden hair," can look the critic, and the bard, and the scholiast, and the teller of wierd legends—each as though he were the divinity exclusively of those several departments. But epithets are insufficient to particularise the various individuals who may be classed under this nomenclature, when Coleridge, and Byron, and a thousand others, equally marvellous in their different idiocyncracies, recur to our memory in a torrent of wild, and beautiful, and pleading shapes. Let us reduce these "astonishments" to a nucleus, but how ?—bv naming Thomas Hood. The jester and the mover of the soul to tears—the drollest of the droll, the most touching of the pathetic—the Heraclitus, and the Petrarch—the merriest of companions, the most earnest of philanthropists! That he was such, behold his "Whimsicalities" and his "Bridge of Sighs ;" that he was such, revel in laughter over his perigrinations along the Rhine, weep copious floods of weepings over his advocacy of the semptress. Many pos sibly are not aware of his vast claims upon our admiration as a true and earnest poet; hun dreds who have lingered over that touching ballad which tended to render Punch so popular, are not acquainted with the fact that it was but a scintilla from a sun• luminary—the gush of one limit ' boy from an organ of many glorious and thrilling " stops." As the preface of these two volumes as sures us, their publication has been undertaken " in fulfilment of his own desire ;" and correctly did he es timate his real claim upon the love and sympathy of posterity in uttering this darling wish of his heart. With " Christabel," and " Genevieve," and the " Pot of Basil," and " Alastor," and " Parisina," most of these too brief but delicious poems will be classed henceforth. Any one who will peruse his simple narrative of an olden fiction about " Hero and Lean der," must indeed " Weep here, unto a tale of ancient grief, Traced from the course of an old bas-relief ;" while the billows, "like pawing horses beat upon the sand," and the " bosom throes" of the disparted lovers afford a premonition of the luckless destiny of each, and prelude like a symphony of sweet music the anguish of the catastrophe, the tropes and figures which the narrator summonses to his aid impress the incidents upon the imagination with a singular and startling truthfulness. When Leand•r has aban doned himself to the bosom of " that cold di vorcer," the Hellespont—when --" with deep sighs he blows away the wave That hangs superfluous tears upon his cheek;" — when the deathful but amorous syren breaks up through the blue water until "he jars against her glossy skin"— when his form is girdled by her arms, and Further experiments by Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Ex cellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth, for testing the practi cability of destroying floating booms, and made at the sug gestion and by the order of the Earl of Ellenborough, the new First Lord of the Admiralty, have taken place this week in Portsmouth Harbour. Tuesday's trial was on a small spar, which was destroyed by the exploshin. Yester day the experiment was made on a more extensive scale— on two large spars, the lower masts of the Thalia, 42, the diameter of each being about 27 inches and length about 90 feet. A strong chain cable was placed along the spars, and then both, with the chain, were strongly woold e d t oge th er with a ten-inch cable. This was moored at some distance from the Excellent, and then a breaker, in which a long copper fuze was fixed, and which contained 56 pounds of powder, was lashed in a very short space of time under the boom. At about twenty minutes past eleven the fuze was fired by Lieutenant Jenner, of the Excellent, the boat in which he was pulled was rowed out of danger, and in five minutes and a half from the lighting of the fuze the explo sion took place. It was a grand spectacle ; the water along the whole line of the boom being thrown up to a considerable height, forming a dense mass, above which the fragments of the spars were seen in great quantities ; one large piece of at least fifteen or twenty feet in length, the entire substance of one of the spai-s, was thrown t o a h e i g h t of at least 100 feet. The demolition was most complete ; not only were they splintered, but they were broken s h or t o ff i n a variety of places. The chain of course sank, th ere f ore i t was not immediately ascertained whether or not it had been broken. A number of naval and military officers of all ranks at tended this interesting experiment, amongst whom we ob served Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief ; Vice-Admiral Warren, the Lieut.-Governor the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, Captain Ogle, Captain Sir Ri c h ar d This experiment has completely and satisfactorily proved. i G to ra d r n t e , v, l ic t . he St. Vincent ; Captain Collier, C. 8., o f th e that booms, bc., placed across the mouths of rivers and har bours may be easily destroyed by means of a very simple The experiment of firing at a steam - boat funnel will ta k e o p r r d o e ce r s f s r . o m A L s o w r e d ee beforen bo r o ug o h b . served, this has been tested by place to-morrow. The funnel stands erect on the platform of the old target stage, which has boarded sides, equal in height to the paddle-boxes of a small steamer. It was towed up the lake to its position to-day by the boats of the Excellent. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A CHANCERY SUITOR. —Last evening, Mr. Wakley, M P., held an inquest at the Robin Hood, Holborn, upon the body .f Mr. James Ede, aged sixty-three, late an extensive tanner at Byrinck, Sussex, and for the last thirty years a suitor in the Court of Chancery for property said to be to the amount of 100,000/. The jury viewed the body, which presented a most appalling spectacle, the throat being cut twelve inches across the spinal bone. Mary Wheatley, chambermaid to the Robin Hood, stated that about nine o'clock on Tuesday morning deceased rang for his clean linen. She answerecLhis bell, and told him that it was not ready. A sheriff's officer was then with him. She had scarcely got down stairs when she was recalled by the officer, who said, "Go in, I think the man has cut his throat." She went in, and saw deceased with both hands working at his throat. A large quantity of blood spirted from the wound against the wall. Mr. William Arthur Ede, eldest son of deceased, said that his father had been a Chan cery suitor for a large amount of property, which greltly af fected his mind and depressed his spirits. He was exceed ingly reserved, and never let his friends know the exact state of his circumstances. Mr. Willis, sheriff's officer, ar rested deceased about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, under an execution obtained by Mr. Thorpe, proprietor of the Robin Hood, for 180/. When he told deceased under what circum stances he arrested him, deceased replied, "Impossible ; I gave him a judgment, but never thought he would take such steps. It was foolish for him to do so, as be was certain of his money, for an estate would be soon sold which would re-. alise 20,0001., that would be divided amongst five creditors." He then desired witness to call Mr. Thorpe, and witness was so doing, when, hearing a noise, he turned round, and, seeing that deceased had cut his throat, called for assistance. Mr. Thorpe, landlord of the Robin Hood, stated that he issued the execution at the desire of deceased, in the hope that it would induce the solicitors in the case to pay his demand. Verdict, " Insanity." THE RECENT FIRE AT CAMDEN-TOWN.—Upon instituting inquiries yesterday on the spot sufficient informa tion was obtained to satisfy every party that the fire, which broke out on the preceding evening, in Hawley's-fields, was the work of an incendiary. It appears that none of the workpeople had been upon the premises since twelve o'clock at noon on Tuesday, consequently the outbreak could not have occurred from any accident or negligence on their part. Whilst the firemen were examining the buildings after the flames were extinguished they discovered quite sufficient to convince them that the fire had been wilfully caused. Linder the floorings of the stairs, belonging to the house that was the least burnt they found the remains of a wooden candle stick, such as is used by carpenters, and at the side of it was discovered about an inch and a half of a candle-wick, the tallow having become melted, had run away. A similar dis covery they made in the next house, and from the fact of layers of shavings having been found crammed under the floorings, there is every reason to believe that some one had entered the buildings at an early hour of the evening, and had laid the trains of shavings and placed in each a lighted candle in the expectation that the whole four houses would become ignited at the same moment. Such, unfor tunately, was the case, and had it not been for the timely dis covery made by the police, and the early arrival of the en gines, the four buildings must have been consumed. Mr. Mathew Marshall, builder, of Hustridge- place, Portland town, is the owner of the property, and it appears that he had recently received a threatening letter from some one, and from a variety of circumstances which had previously transpired, it is expected that the guilty party will ere long be apprehended by the police and brought to justice. " Under the ponderous sea his body dips, While Hero's name dies bubbling on his lips " when the billows have bleached the bloom upon his countenance into cold marble, " And o'er his steadfast cheek a furrow'd pain Hath set, and stiffen'd like a storm in ice"— when the lamentation of the sea-nymph has ceased, and she carries him wain into the sunlight, herself "shuddering off the beaded ware"—when at length, in the intense abandonment and torment of her sorrow, she vanishes " Under the deep, inscrutable—and there Weeps in a midnight made by her own hair"— when these, among a swarm of similar beauties, have slid like " rose-tipp'd avalanches" into the dream valley of our soul, we are then in some degree capacitated to pronounce our affection for poor Hood as a prince among the princes of the higher walks in literature. His " Plea for the Midsummer Fairies," filled with elfin delicacies of fancy—his " Lycus the Centaur," that twin-brother of " Lamia"—his " Haunted House," that extrava gant assemblage of desolate and forlorn ideas—his " Dream of Eugene Aram," nerved and sinewed with remorse in every syllable—his " Song of the Shirt," one among the immortal English ballads—all com bine together as appeals for our love, our sympathy, and our reverence of the tender and joyous, though powerful and pensive, spirit, who has so recently de parted from amongst us. But that those most ex quisite stanzas, written shortly before his demise, are now familiar to the " mass," we would transfer them to our columns, breathing, as they do, more of the pre science, and more of the gracefulness than that ex pressed in poor Tom Ingoldsby's last verses, " As I lay a-thynking, a-thynking, a-thynking." Here,how ever, is a fragment, noble in the simplicity of a proud and wounded heart. It is "To a False Friend :" " Our hands have met, but not our hearts ; Our hands will never meet again. Friends if we have ever been, Friends we cannot now remain ; I only know I loved you once, I only known I loved in vain ; Our hands have met, but not our hearts; Our hands will never meet again ! Then farewell to heart and hand I would our hands had never met : Even the outward form of love Must be resigned with some regret. Friends we still might seem to be, If my wrong could e'er forget Our hands have joined, but not our hearts : I would our hands had never met." For poetry at once of intellect and sentiment, of the head and of the heart, we know nothing that blends them together more intimately. The two volumes are delicious bijoux; they are a companion to Moxon's edition of Keats, and their contents vie with that illustrious poet in many of his subtler and more brilliant qualities. APPOINTMENT OF A SALARIID SECRETARY TO (HE MANCHESTER ATIIEN.EUM.—The Directors—after long and patient examination, by a committee appointed for that purpose, of an enormous pile of applications, testimonials, &c., from about four hundred candidates, together with a voluminous correspondence with referees and others—last night came to a unanimous determination as to the indi victual to be appointed. We may premise that the list was first reduced to 30 •of the most eligible candidates; this number was again carefully reduced to five, and of these five the gentleman who appeared to every one of the committee and also to the directors, to be in every respect the most eligible, was Mr. John Baxter Langley, of Blackburn. Mr. Langley is the son of the Rev. John Langley, rector of Wallingford, Berks; was educated for the medical profession, and was in practice at Blackburn ; but some distaste for his profession, and a strong bent towards literary avocations, have led him to resolve to' quit practice as a surgeon, His testi monials were of the highest character, and as honourable to him as they were satisfactory to the directors of the Athe neum. Mr. Langley originated and established the Black burn Mechanics' Institution, and on that occasion delivered an opening address, which has been published at the request of the directors of that institution. In a testimonial which they forwarded to the directors of the Athenaeum, they ex press in the warmest terms their sense of his unwearied zeal and arduous labours, as indicating the deep interest he took in their institution, and their conviction that these qualities, with his love of literary pursuits, would render him eminently eligible for the office, to which he was last evening appointed. The salary is 1501. a-year, and we believe Mr. Langley is to enter on his duties forthwith.—Manchester Guardian. IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. —The fishermen on the Pembroke coast are reaping a good harvest, the consequent effect of the late gales. Immense portions of wreck are continually being washed on shore.— Carmarthen Journal. SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT. —On Wednesday after noon, between one and two o'clock, as John Williams, Esq., a gentleman residing in Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-squale, was crossiig Harlerstreets into Great Marylebone-street, a kackney cab came up at a moderate pace, but before he could reach the footpath he wasknocked down with great violence. He was immediately taken to the nearest surgeon's, where he remained some time insensible, having sustained a severe laceration of the scalp, besides a dreadful wound in the right temple, and we regret to add that he continues in a very precarious state: APPREHENSION OF THE CARFIELD-HOUSE THIEVES. —Wednesday morning, from information received by Bardell and Rivers, the two police-officers who have been on the look-out since Thursday, they were enabled to apprehend two of the principal.parties concer'ed in the late impudent robbery at Colonel \Vayde's, by pretended railway surveyors. The police, in the first instance, came to town, and in a court near Drury-lane they found the wife of the individual who represented himself as the surveyor. The woman expressed her willingness to give every information, and by her infor mation they proceeded to Chelmsford, and on Wednesday morning they were . enabled to secure Mathers, the principal of the gang, and one of his companions. A large portion of the property was found on the premises. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRENTFORD.—The deposition of John Lowe, the man who was stabbed by his father, was taken yesterday by the magistrate, of which the following is a copy;--" John Lowe, on his oath, saith, I am the son of Thomas Lowe, and carry on the business of a shoemaker at Brentford-end. My father lives in Old Brent ford. About half-past ten o'clock yesterday I was in the back parlour talking to Mr. Mallard. I heard my father come in and ask if A was at home, and my wife said I was at home. I came fn6yard, and my father said to me that he wanted his account, and I told him that I had it not ready just then, but that he should have it in an hour, and then came into the shop, and my father asked me if I had a pair of lasts that were his. Some further conversation about the lasts took place. I then went towards some last-racks, and on stooping I found my father had followed me, and I observed him to make a motion as if he would strike me, and I found then something pressed against my side, and I was wounded, and the blood flowed down. I saw a knife in his right head; I then went into Mr. Mallard's parlour, who lives in the same house, and my father appeared to be following me, and his countenance looked dreadful. I have since seen the knife I think my father stabbed the with." FIRE IN DRUItt-LANE.—On Wednesday night, be tween the hours of eight and nine o'clock, a fire, which at one time threatened •'cry serious consequences, broke out on the premises of Mr. Masey, carpenter and builder, in Drury lane. When first discovered the flames had obtained a strong hold of a quantity of veneers and other sorts of tim ber in the stores on the ground floor , and immediately , under were the workshops of Mr. Gray , which on fire last Sunday evening. When the alarm was raised two escapes belong ing to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire arrived, and so did severa l engines. An immediate supply of water being at hand , two of the engines were set to work, and the water being judiciously distributed, the flames were confined to that portion o f the premises in which they com menced, but they were not entirely extinguished until con siderable damage was done to the valuable stock, and also to the building. The o,rigin of the fire is wrapped in mystery. Mr. Masey, unfortunately, was uninsured. FATAL FALL IN THE STREET.--011 Wednesday afternoon Mr. Bedforti held an inquest in the board-room of the St. James's Workhouse, to inquire into the death of Joseph Walters, aged thirty-seven years. The deceased re sided at 30, Great Pulteney-street, Golden• square, and had formerly held a situation as clerk in a railway office. Ile had been out of employ for the last eight months, and fre quently complained of vertigo, he also suffered much from indigestion. On Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, he was proceeding along Compton -street when he was sud denly attacked with his disorder, and in a moment he fell down in a fit, striking his head against the stones. He was picked np insensible;and conveyed into a neighbouring sur geon's, and ultimately to the above institution, where be died from the injuries consequent upon the fall on Monday last. Verdict, " Accidentahleath." CURIOUS APPEAL AGAINST A GAME CONVICTION. At the Berkshire Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, Thomas Goodlake, Esq , the senior magistrate of the county, appealed against a conviction under the game laws, in which case Mr. Palmer was respondent. Much interest was excited from the peculiarity of the case, and the reading of the conviction, especially that part direct ing a week's imprisonment in default of payment of the fine. caused some merriment. Mr. Goodlake had been convicted of trespagsing in pursuit of game on land at Letcomb, belonginc , to Mr. Palmer. In the month of September last Mr. Palmer, jun., invited Mr. R. Tyrrell, of Steventon, to have a day's shooting over the farm be longing to and occupied by his father at Letcomb. They also had the permission of Mr. Kimber to go upon the farm occupied by him ; but it so chanced that they went out of bounds, and o t s passed through a plantation which, though belonging to Mr. Kimber's landlord, was not in his occupation. and Mrc. s Mr. Goodl a ke l a id an information against both of them, and thy w ere conv i c t e d by C. Ey s t on , E sq ., an d fined Is. each Francis Goodlake M r.Palmer m . (one Goodlake, of the county coroners), and James Fortescue (Mr. Goodla 'ke s servant), had ridden across one of his fields with three greyhounds, which were all lo ose. The parties were riding a b reast, and appeared tobea ting the the beats, and they turned round and beat back a gain Mr. Palmer, after his son's conviction, laid informations against Mr. Goodlake and his servant, but, at the hear ing, that against the servant was not pressed. The in formation was heard at %Vantage, before B. Wroughton, Esq., and Mr. Goodlake was convicted and fined Is. and costs. Mr. Goodlake had called Mr. Wasbrough when before Mr. Wroughton, in support of his plea that he was not in search or pursuit of game, but Mr. Was brough could not say that he was aware, when passing through the field of Mr. Palmer, that they were not. Mr. Bros, who was opposed to the appellant, said Mr. Goodlake much regretted appealing against the decision of a magistrate of the same bench as himself, and towards whom he entertained the highest regard, but his wish was to refute the assumption that the object of the tres pass was that of searching for game. Mr. Wasbrough's confession might be good against himself, but he could not be aware of Mr. Goodlake's intention, which hu manly sp"aking, was only known to himself, and he de nied that such was his purpose in passing through the field. Mr. Goodlake, as an old sportsman, did not like to be convicted under the Game Act, and, however able the gentleman might be who had adjudicated upon the case, he would wish to submit it to another tribunal, and for them to hear the evidence, whatever might be their decision. He should call Fortescue, who was not exa mined at the hearing. James Fortescue said Mr. Goodlake always studiously avoided coursing on Mr. Palmer's land. The witness admitted, however, on cross-examination, that the manner they crossed the field was that in which people would do as were beating for hares ; but they did not beat for them ; and that there was nothing in the way to have prevented them from passing from Smith's wheat stubble to the Ridgway-road, and thereby avoided Mr. Palmer's field. The CHAIRMAN said the Bench had heard enough of the case to induce them to confirm the conviction. The respondent applied for an order for the payment of his costs by the appellant, which was allowed, and they were taxed at 271. 2s. Bd. SALE OF THE CHURCH OF ST. IIENET FINK. — Wednesday being the day appointed for the public view of this property previous to the sale, a considerable number of people visited it, attracted by the novelty of the sale of a church by auction. Among the lots which will be submitted to the hammer are two fine oil paintings on panel, representing Moses bearing the Tables and Aaron, the High Priest, both figures are the Sin of life. The carved and pannell'd fittings of the altar-piece, includi ng some very chaste C or i nth i an columns, with gilt capitals; a carved oak poor-box on pedes tal stand. This is an ancient piece of work, the date wrought in the lock being 1683, and a bell measuring twenty inches in dianiltin AYR NEW-YEAR HORSE FAIR. The annual New Year horse fair'iYas held here, at the Fauldbacks, on Thursday last. This' fair is always the best of our annual fairs, and the present" Was altogether unequalled of late years. —Ayr Observer. ORDNANCE SURVEY.—The Ordnance surveyors have " levelled" Newrstreet, Huddersfield, during the week, for the eleventh time. :,Finding - a slight mistake on their see-• tions, they returned a distance of 40 miles to correct the armr.—Leeds Mercury, REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. In proportion as the time approaches for the meeting of Parliament, anxiety as to what alteration may be pro posed in the corn-laws has increased rather than di minished ; and, in the absence of definite infJrmation on the subject, all sorts of rumours have been in circulation. As all doubt must now shortly beat an end, it is scarcely worth while to mention the different reports that have been current ; but all confidence in the present amount of protection being maintained has long ago died away. Every circumstance having the remotest connexion with the all-important subject—the corn-laws—has been carefully examined, and the wording of her Majesty's answers to the deputations from the cities of London and Dublin has been closely criticised. The general opinion appears to be that those replies afford grounds for assuming that the measures likely to be proposed by Ministers will be of a sweeping character • and it is certain that since the day they were delivered the tone of the trade has undergone a decided change. About the close of last week there were evident symptoms of a rise in the value of agricultural produce, many being then still disposed to think that the change likely to be made would not be of a character materially to seduce prices ; latterly, however, a contrary opinion has pre vailed, and holders, whether farmers or merchants, have certainly become more anxious to realise. On the other hand, buyers have shown the utmost unwillingness to enter into fresh operations ; and though no actual de cline of money has occurred, the upward movement has been effectually checked. Being, as we have already intimated, perfectly in the Clark as to the nature of the laws by which the trade in grain with foreign countries may hereafter be regulated, it is almost impossible to determine with any degree of accuracy, how prices are likely to be affected ; on the whole, however, we are still inclined to think that the value of wheat cannot, at least, for some time, even under the most adverse circumstances, be greatly depressed. Our reasons for this belief are, in the first place, the fact that all parties have become convinced that an important alteration is sure to take place ; the effect has therefore in a great measure been anticipated ; and further, it must be remarked, that the Premier, before he can attempt to recommend the repeal of the present laws, must make it clear to the House that there really exists such scarcity as to warrant so dangerous an experiment. This being proved, the quantity of wheat now in bond, even though immediately liberated, would not, we think, be likely to produce much effect on the markets ; and as no material supplies from the Continent can be expected to reach this country until the spring or summer, farmers might still have the opportunity of disposing of what they have on hand, without overloading the markets before the new order of things could come into full operation. The only circumstance, in our opinion, which could depress the value of wheat materially, would be a panic among the producers, but should the deliveries from the growers be as moderate as they have been of lice, the liberation of the wheat under lock in the kingdom would, we think, have no very great effect on quotations. At some of the principal markets sellers appear, how ever, already to have become alarmed; and at Liverpool a sale of bonded wheat by public auction produced a marked effect of Tuesday. Lat r in the week the anxiety to make sales had not subsided, and at Friday's market the millers found no difficulty in securing what they re quired for immediate use at prices tis. 3d. per 701bs. below the rates current on that day se'nnigbt. At most of the other principal consuming towns, as wall as the chief markets in the agricultural districts, holders have generally declined acceding to lower terms, and pur chasers having refused to pay the prices asked, business has been nearly at a stand. From Scotland the accounts are likewise very dull this week. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the attend ance of buyers was unusually small; but notwithstand ing the limited nature of the inquiry, sellers remained firm, and neither wheat of good quality nor the best sorts of barley or oats receded in value. The Glasgow advices are of a similar character, and the determination to wait until something definite as to the future shall have transpired, appears to be quite as general in the northern as in the southern markets. From Ireland we learn that the supplies brought for ward by the farmers had fallen off so greatly as, to a considerable extent, to counteract the effects of the dimi nished, demand and that prices of grain had rather tended upwards than otherwise. We have again to report a moderate arrival of wheat coastwise into London, 6,649 qrs. having come to hand up to Saturday evening. The belief which prevailed last week, viz., that the ortness of the supply had been occasioned by the then boisterous weather, does not therefore appear to have been correct. It is conse quently fair to infer that farmers are not particularly anxious to sell at present rates, which is further con firmed by the scanty nature of the arrivals by land car riage samples from the home counties. On Wednesday there was scarcely anything fresh up from Essex, Kent, or Suffolk; and though the demand was the reverse of active, purchasers were unable to buy below previous prices. On Friday affairs remained in nearly the same position, the extreme insignificance of the supply rendering sellers unwilling to submit to any decline; but from the cautious manner in which the mil lers conducted their operations, we are inclined to think prices could not have been maintained if there had been any increase in the arrivals. Foreign free wheat has been quite as difficult of dis posal as that of home growth, and towards the close of the week there were indications of a slight giving way on the part of sellers; this failed, however, to lead to business, and in the absence of transactions of import ance, quotations remained nominally unaltered. The belief that a considerable modification will be pro posed in the duties on the meeting of Parliament, has not produced much effect in the value of bonded wheat, and no disposition has been manifested to speculate in the article. Importers have, nevertheless, remained very firm; indeed, some holders have withdrawn their samples, preferring to wait until the intention of Ministers, as re- i gards the corn-laws, shall have become known, to parting with their property, at the rate now current. From the present state of the averages, it is pretty certain that the duty will rise to 16s. per quarter on Thursday next, but this is, under existing circumstances, regarded with in• difference, as few parties now anticipate that the present scale will long remain in operation. The scale of flour has been very limited, but as the metropolitan bakers have for some weeks past bought with the utmost cautioni it may be presumed that their stocks will not hold out much longer. As yet, however, there are no indications of an improved demand, and considerable difficulty has been experienced since our last iu effecting sales at pre vious prices. _ _ Tne arrivals of barley have consisted of 1,156 qrs. from our own coast, 937 qrs. from Scotland, and 3,025 qrs. from abroad. The inquiry for this grain has not by any means improved ; and though choice malting samples have, in consequence of their scarcity realised full terms, all other descriptions have hung very heavily on hand. This was more particularly the case towards the close of the week, and on Friday the general runs were certainly obtainable a shade below the currency of Monday. The duty on barley is now 6s. per quarter, having risen Is. last Thursday. Of the trifling quantity previously under lock at this port, the greater part was released before the advance took place in the duty. The inquiry- for malt has been of a retail character ; but factors have generally insisted on previous rates, and the little business done has been at similar prices to those current last week. Though the wind has been favourable for making the passage from Ireland, the supply of oats from thence has not exceeded 2,970 qrs., which with 3,902 qrs. from our own coast, 1,699 qrs. from Scotland, and 2,663 qrs. from abroad, affords only a small weekly arrival. Notwith standing this circumstance, the trade has not maintained the firm tone it assumed about the close of last week ; which we think must in a great measure be attributed to the general doubt and uncertainty as to what may be done with the corn-laws. Many of the principal dealers appear to have deter mined to refrain altogether from purchasing until some thing positive shall have become known on the subject ; and buyers who have been compelled by their immediate wants to come into the market, have taken just sufficient for present purposes ; it has, therefore, been difficult to sustain the recent slight advance. In our last number the quantity of foreign oats on which duty had been paid during the past year was, in mistake, stated to be 50,000 qrs., instead of 500,000 qrs. There has not been much doing in beans and peas since Monday. The former article has been held firmly at the rates of that day; but the value of the latter has continued to tend downwards. Besides the rise in the duty on barley, the rate chargeable on oats and rye advanced Is. per quarter on Thursday. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURCDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bert took their early morning walk in the grounds adja. cent. to the Castle. On the return of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, the Prince rode out to meet his harriers, attended by Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Royal Consort rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, followed in an other carriage and four by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Marquis of Or monde. Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie were in attendance on horseback. The Royal Family were taken on their ponies, and for walking exercise early this forenoon in the pleasure grounds around the Castle. The Duke of Wellington walked out early this morning. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie and Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. G. E. Anson left the Castle to •day, en route to Holkham Hall, to join the Han. Mrs. Anson, who is stay ing on a visit t , ) the Earl and Countess of Leicester. The royal dinner party will include her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Baroness de Speth. The band of the 2d Life Guards will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived in town yesterday morning from honouring the Marquis of Exeter with a visit at Burghley. Mr. Thomas De La Rue, and Mr. Nathan had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing•street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had also an interview with the Right Honourable gentleman yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie left town yester day afternoon for Windsor Castle. Sir George Clerk had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Other theatres have had their sentimental crickets. This theatre boasts a " right merrie cricket," which com menced its chirp last night, to the great delectation of the laughter-loving leiges who frequent this theatre. "Ti e Cricket on our own Hearth" of the Olympic is an admirable burlesque on the various Crickets of the other theatres, and with :Miss Kate Howard as Dot, Mr. James Browne as Perrybingle, and though last not least, Mr. Cockerill as the glorious Tiily Slowboy, kept the au dience in a constant roar of laughter and applause. The scenery is good, and there is some really excellent dancing introduced. Altogether the Olympic Cricket is a most amusing affair. The Pantomime, now that the machinery has been taught to act, " goes " capitally, and the evening's amusements were loudly applauded by • house crammed to the ceiling. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The afternoon's business was confined to the follow ing bets :-15 to 1 in ponies, and 1,400 to 100 agst Bro cardo, 1,000 to 30 agst Fancy Boy, and the odds quoted, to small sores, agst Spithead, West Countryman, and Queen Anne. Enough was said about lago and Mal colm to fix the extreme laying prices, but not to lead to the transaction of any business. CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR ITOT). 50 to 1 agst Miss Burns. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 6 to 1 14 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—take 33 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm—take 33 to 1 33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklarn's Fancy Boy—t. & aff. offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's West Countryman. OAKS. 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Queen Anne—t. Jc afft. offd. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Osprey—take 25 to 1. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BATH, 1846. Handicap for the Somersetshire Stakes. Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st 51b—Coranna, aged, 9st lib—Dis cord, aged, Bst 131b—Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 131b—St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 1 Ilb—Newcourt, 6 yrs, fist 111 b Ionian, 5 yrs, Sst 91b—Mickey Free, 5 yrs, Bst 91b— Wolfdog, 4 yrs, Sat 91b—Needful, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Pan tasa, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Warp, 5 yrs, Bst 41h—Antler, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Vitellius, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Rose of Cashmere, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st 10113—Queen of the Tyne, aged, 7st 916—Roderick, 6 yrs, 7st 81b —lntrepid, 5 yrs, ist 71b—lEgis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Laird o'Cockpen, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Crim-Con, 4 yrs, 7st 51b— Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Ajax, aged, 7st 51b — Due an Darras, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Cinnaught Ranger,4 yrs, 7st 41b—Fausta, aged, 7st 41b—Reindeer, 4 yrs, 7st 41b —What, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—London, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Ninety one, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Salopian, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Lord Sal toun, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb—Fama, a g ed, 7st llb—Pugilist, 5 yrs, 7st Ilb—Carissima, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb—Teetotal ler, aged, 7st—Portrait, aged, ist—Taglioni filly, 4 yrs, ist—Fox, 6 yrs, fist 131b—Giantess, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Best Bower, 5 yrs, 6st nib—Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Mystery, 4 yrs, 6 101b—Miss Burns, 6 yrs, 6st 91b—Arthur, 4 yrs, 6st 910—Symmetry, 4 yrs, 6st Sib—Science, aged. fist 71b—Haitee, aged, Est 71b— Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Dexterous, 3 yrs, 6st 61b —Sparsholt, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Anti-Repealer, 4 vrs, 6it 41b —Secutor, 4 yrs, Est 31b—Nik‘ 511 y, 4 yrs, 6st 31b —Red Skin, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—The Warrior, 3 t rs, 6st 21b—Wild Rose, 4 yrs, 6st lib—Blackbird, 3 yrs, fist—Dulcet, 4 yrs, 6st—Jack Cade, 5 yrs, 6st—Hero, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Devil's Dust. 4 yrs, 7st I 21b—Astonishtnent, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Morocco, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Marquis of Conyng ham, 3 yrs. sst 101b—Chamois, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Buttress, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Lady, 6 yrs, sst 11b—West Countryman, 3 yrs, 3st 81b—Pal, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Camera Obscura, 3 yrs, sst 61b—colt be Montreal, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Cer berus, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Peasant, 3 yrs, sst—Muscatel, 3 yrs, sst—Eclat, 3 yrs, 4st 1016—Zebra gelding, 3 yrs, 4st 1016—Pet colt, 3 yrs, 4st 1016. NEW BIIILIOTHEQUE ROYAL, PARIS.—The present buildings are long and straggling, covering an im mense surface of ground, and manifesting a great desire .to tumble into ruins—a disaster from which they are only saved by heavy annual outlays. Exist much longer they cannot, even with all the expense they occasion, and so down they must come. The Government pro poses to erect the new library in a different quarter of tire town altogether, so as to be able to sell the parcels of land in which the present edifice stands. Those parcels are in one of the busiest, richest, and most populous quarters of the town, and their sale would realise an immense sum, almost enough to pay for the o p r r ot e fi s o e nt n h t oer s t i th t o e ew , on th e groun d t h at i n any ot h er new building. B u t i ntereste d part i es o bj ect to a change p n ub i t lic w w ou h l i d ch b f e re i g n u c e o n n t y s en t i h e e n i t b o r t a h ry at . quarterosmall e p l It is not likely, however, that their convenience will be permitted to outweigh the general interest which un doubtedly requires the removal of the present odious Biblioth‘re Royale, and the sale of the site on which it stands.—Paris Correspondent of the Builder. Viscount and Viscountess Canning have left Gros venor-square on a tour of visits, commencing with her Lady ship's noble mother, at Highcliffe, Hants. CONINGTON.—INCENDIARY FIRE.—A fire broke out on Monday night last on the farm of Mr. Kirby, of this place ; a great quantity of stacks of corn, as also two cottages wi re totally destroyed, but we are happy to say the dwelling house of Mr. Kirby was saved although the fire was raging around in every direction.—Cambridge Advertiser. E FRUGAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION.—The fifth monthly meeting of the members of this institution was held last evening at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Black friars, for the admission of new members and for the sale of shares. Mr. Neale, of St. George's-terrace, Islington, was in the chair. The object of the association is to accumulate and employ the savings of the industrious classes, so as to assist those who may require immediate pecuniary advances to carry on their pursuits, or to promote any other laudable object. Each member subscribes IL per share per month, and he continues such subscriptions until they amount to 1001. per share, which limits the duration of the society to the period of eight years and four months. The purpose of the meeting was of a purely formal character. Numbers were admitted, and they paid their respective subscriptions; after which, five 1001. shares were put up for auction, and were pur chased at a premium, averaging 761. odd. The meeting then separated. THE POWER LOOM WEAVERS' DELEGATE MEET ING AT MANCHESTER. —On Sunday a numerous meeting of delegates, from Ashton-under Lyne, Oldham, Stockport, Heywood, Rochdale, Royton, Bury, and other manufactur ing towns, was held in the Bradford-street School-room, Manchester, fur the purpose of devising the best means of forming a union of the power-loom weavers generally through out the kingdom. An operative, named John Greenwood, was called to the chair. He opened the business by stating, that it was the determination of the power-loom weavers, in every part of the manufacturing districts, to adopt such mea sures as would henceforth prevent their masters from reduc ing their wages in times of depression, as they had hitherto done ; and, therefore, it now rested with those present, as they had been sent there as the representatives of the weavers generally, to consider what steps should be taken in support of that branch of factory labour. Considerable dis cussion followed as to the propriety of the formation of a general union of the whole body, when it was afterwards re solved that a central committee, consisting of one delegate fr , m each manufacturing town, should be formed, and com mence its sittings at Oldham ; that a code of rules or laws should be drawn up for the government of a union of the power-loom weavers throughout England, Ireland, and Scot land, and that immediate steps should be taken in the forma tion of the union. In order to effect this, it was agreed that local committees of the weavers in each town should be forthwith formed, and that they be requested to forward their views to the central committee, who hold their next meeting on the first Sunday in February. Mr. Richard Cooper, a schoolmaster, of Oldham, having been appointed general secretary, the meeting, after a vote of thanks to the chair man, separated. The Guernsey Star states that a prisiate of the depot of the 27th regiment, named Thomas Curry, stationed at Fort St. George, has been committed to prison on a charge of attempting to commit highway robbery. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SHEERNESS, JAN. 12.—The Scout, 18, was commis sioned at Chatham on Thursday, Commander Loring having arrived and hoisted the pennant on board. The following officers have been appointed to her:—Lieu tenants R. W. H. Alcoek and J. J. Dornford; Master, James Matthews; Surgeon, Wm. Wood, M.D. ; Assist ant-Surgeon, John Gordon. The following is an account of the Janus's successful trip to Portsmouth:—Started on the 23 inst. at noon, from Chatham, arrived at Sheerness at three P.M., and came to an anchor four miles below the Mouse; weighed at eight next morning, passed through the Downs at twelve, steaming the whole of the time, having not a stitch of sail on her, and the wind from the south-west; steamed on till off Dungene ss , th e w i n d then freshening very hard; stood off and on all night with a close-reefed topsail breeze, sea beii g very short and high, her conduct on this occasion proving her to be a good sea-boat. On Sunday, at eleven A.M., bore up, weather being very thick and haay, for Dungeness, and anchored at three P.M. Weighed at two AM. on Monday, and steamed the whole of the day until her arrival at Spithead (no sail having been set, the wind being right a-head), where she came to an anchor about eight P.M. Weighed again at half-past seven on Tuesday morning, and steamed round the anchorage at Spithead, after which she went into harbour. Taking the voyage throughout, the average speed was five knots an hour. The Snake, 16, had her masts and bowsprit put in on Friday, and having been reported ready for the pennant, is expected to be commissioned in the course of the week. WOOLWICH, JAN. 13.—The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, fitted with a screw propeller, will be launched at Wool wich Dockyard to-morrow, Wednesday, January 14, at betwixt two and half past two o'clock. The Grampus, 50 guns, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., will leave for Portsmouth to morrow, where she will be paid advance previous to sailing for the South American station. The preparations making at the Royal Arsenal to complete the five ships of the line, eleven frigates, and six sloops, ordered to be made ready, and to be stationed at each of the outports, are fast progressing, and the whole of the vessels will soon be in a most efficient state. The twenty-two vessels, referred to above, are exclusive of the thirty-five advance ships, also prepared for de fending the outports, and the war-steamers in her Ma jesty's service at the several home stations. Orders have been given to prepare armaments for six additional large steamers, and it is expected the number of new large class steamers of war will be extended to ten. The Torch steam-vessel went down the river this morning, on an experimental trip, to try her engines. SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY. WORCESTER, TUESDAY NlGnT.—The county magistrates sitting in petty sessions here to-day, at the Shire Hall, were some time occupied in adjudicating on a charge brought by William Mann, gamekeeper to Lord Sandys, of Ombersly, in this county, against a man named William Day, for assault ing and wounding the said William Mann, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The case as laid before the bench on the part of the pro secution was briefly as follows :—On Saturday, the Bth of November last, the gamekeeper was patrolling a certain portion of his Lordship's preserves, called Gardener's Cop pice, in which the prisoner Day, in company with his corn parions, named Woodward and Carnock, was busily engaged in laying snares for game. On the parties catching sight of the gamekeeper they approached him in a menacing atti tude, and Woodward and Day set upon the keeper with heavy sticks or bludgeons, while Carnock kept the keepers' dog at bay. The keeper attempted to defend himself, but was overcome by numbers, and the poachers succeeded in knocking down Mann and rendering him insensible from the effects of two scalp wounds, the marks of which he showed to the court. On recovering his senses the keeper found himself alone, and saw nJthing more of his assailants until last week, when Day was apprehended at the house of his parents, at White Lady Aston, about ten miles from Om bersley. Woodward, the second of the poachers, was tried at the last Worcestershire Quarter Sessions (last week), on a charge of stealing a-waistcoat, at Worcester, and being found guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, at the expiration of which time lie will be taken before the magistrates on the charge of attacking Mann, as above de scribed. Carnock, it seems, has left the country, never having been seen or heard of since the above transaction. Both the complainant and the defendant were supported by legal advisers. Mr. Hide, of Worcester, appearing for the prosecution, and Mr. Brampton, of the same city, for the accused. On behalf of Day a bold defence was set up, Mr. Brampton being instructed to plead an alibi. After hearing both sides, the magistrates decided on com mitting the prisoner to take his trial at the March Assizes on the charge. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has been pleased to contribute a third donation of 10/. to the Distressed Needle women's Society in Rathbone-place. MURDER IN JERSEY.—Another dreadful murder was perpetrated at Seward's Cafe, Royal-square, on Fri day morning, at a quarter past two. The victi m o f thi s fearful deed is Mr. Abraham, .optician, known for many vears in the Channel Islands, which he visited occasionally. In the course of Thursday night, Mr. Nicolle, hatter, of King-street, visited Mr. Seward's cafe, and shortly after a dispute arose between them respecting two bottles of wine, charged to Mr. N., but which he refused to pay, using very high language towards Mr. Seward, and challenged to fight him then in the square; but Mr. Seward returned and joined the company in doors. Only a few minutes elapsed when a report of fire-arms was heard, the contents of which had entered the cafe, and in another moment its effect was visible by the almost instant death of Mr. Abraham, he having been struck in the back by three pistol bullets, one of which passed through his body, coming out about the centre of his breast. Several of the police kept a strict guard till half-past seven, when a watchman entered Mr. Nicolle's room, and found him with his child in his arms; he immediately surrendered himself. In the room was found a short piece, which had evidently not long been discharged. A post mortem examination took place, when it was ascer tained that one of the bullets had penetrated the heart, and the other two had entered the right side of the back, and fractured two of the ribs. The name of the unhappy gentle man deprived of life is Samuel Levi, he having assumed the name of Abraham from a firm N% ith which he was connected at Liverpool. All these facts were deposed at the inquest, which was held the same day, and on Saturday the jury re assembled to consider their verdict, which was unanimously " Wilful murder." MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHEWAL- Tos.—We regret to have to announce, that a melancholy , an i fatal accit!ent occurred near Shewalton Colliery, on Sa turday last, about twelve o'clock at noon. Two of the eons of the Lord Justice General were engaged in ac t at c e o . m pa ni Whene d in by the John act of ßichard, cocking hisg gamek ee perun on , s o h ne tth o i r e t s he gentlemen accidentally discharged it, and the shot took effect in th t back part of the left leg of the gamekeeper, just at the knee. Assistance was im mediately procured, but it was sometime before the very profuse bleeding could be stopped. Dr. Allan, of Irvine, was upon the spot as soon as possible; and by his directions, nd r n omfD w tr a l :h. r v s et Aei nrdressedaehcfi cottage,as dwzo ee war a enn nd t n a whichol basfo house A da ira g ndt e hr doe attendance, sht a th hteena n e m , d dmabanani cn an enends, Dop a f w fr a r t e e . s v r s r n j e hno t m es h hlw o e yn v as e ti wtodonon . conveyed,puf and approved of the treatment which had been adopted Notwithstanding the unceasing endeavour of the sur geons, however, by the application and administration of stimulants, it was found impossible to remove the state of prostration and collapse which had supervened ; and although consciousness fully returned, the patient gradually sunk, and expired about six o'clock. The sad event has plunged the parties immediately interested into the deepest distress. John Richards was a native of Perthshire, and about twenty five years of age. He was a remarkably fine young man, sober, honest, and industrious, and much esteemed by his employers.—Ayr Observer. THE IRON TRADE.—The quarterly meetings of ironmasters held during the week, have passed off most sa tisfactorily. The meeting at Wolverhampton on Wednes day was very numerously attended by the Shropshire and Staffordshire masters, and the announcement that the former had advanced the price of pig iron from 51. (the rate fixed at the last quarter day) to Si. 10s., gave a decided impetus to trade, the consequence of which was that Staffordshire pigs advanced in proportion. The meeting at Birmingham on Thursday was still more numerously attended, and amongst those present were manufacturers and merchants from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and also from the north. Several large orders were in the market for rails, but in most cases the prices offered were rejected, notwithstanding the apprehensions which exist with regard to the threatened measures of the Bank of England, and also the uncertainty which prevails as to the manner in which Parliament in tends to deal with the numerous Railway Bills to be brought ferward in the ensuing session. On the whole, the prospects of the trade was regarded as healthy and encouraging, and the general feeling amongst all parties, buyers as well as sel lers, seemed to be that present prices would, at all events, be firmly maintained during the present quarter, if they did not advance.—Birmingham Journal. SINGULAR Dxscovsnr.—A few days since a poor man, residing in New Romney, discovered, by accident, in the crevice of an old beam extending across the room in which he lived, something which had the appearance of ravel paper, and on removing the same, he found within it a bill for 6,000 f. Elated with his supposed good fortune, he was desirous to ascertain its value, and accordingly the docu ment was forwarded to a banker, who soon elucidated the matter, and described it as one of a set of bills drawn in the early part of the French Revolution for 6,000 f., by Messrs. gu oo l l a w r ie t b o , r a e n m d a a rk n Frederick Brock and Co., of Montpellier, at two months, on Messrs. Thornton anp Co., of Paris. The bill had been ac cepted, and the acceptance cancelled. The bill was drawn on their own order, but had never been endorsed, and was therefore rendered of no value. It was sill posed to have been for payment of some smuggling transaction, and that one of the set had been paid fifty years ago; thus were the e ei e r s t : s e w i e n upied the s ame s t u h f o t p y e s ye f a ru rs st s r iw a n t ce e le d lag a st i mo ld nu:s i g t : apartments where the discovery was made.—Dover Telegraph, FIRE AT WOOLWICH. — A bout half-past one o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. p th o a o t r , in ab a o n u ' were beat, and strong parties the Royal of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Artillery, the Koval Marines, and police-constables from the dockyard were promptly on the spot, with engines accompanying each difficulty was experienced at first from want party. Great the tanks at the l a V la i r l m liam be s in b g ° ;i t v -in en a t k h e e r'drums of water, but fortunately rear of the • d le% Mr. Chapman, grocer, Was house, occupied partly con sumed,Star public-house were made available. The adjoining Lieutenant-Colon e l and the whole of the house in which the fire origi nately was completely gutted. Colonel Coryton, w and Lieutenant and Adjut ant Varlo, of the R oyal Marines, very active in aiding and g ivin g dire ctions to pull down with fire-hooks several parts which otherwise would have communicated to the adjoining buildings. No person was hurt by the fire, but a marine had both his legs run over by one of the fire-engines. A POACHER KILLED.—About two o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last t wo assistant-k eepers, who were watching on lands belonging to Sir John Broughton, Bart., at Blakenhall, near Betley , discovered two poachers with a dog under a hedge on a f arm in the occ upation of Mrs. Bloomfield. The poachers ran away, but one of them was overtaken by a powerful man named Basford, and there was a struggle between them, which terminated in the poacher, h ck rew both it and George Kean, receiving a frac ture of the sk ull , which caused nocked him down his instant death. Basford say s that Kean ; h st t ru a c t k he at af h te im r. with a pikel, but that he succeed ed in ward ing off the blow, t a wwh n ine d t thenafter wards tshici , wrestedfitsota hit . KeanA distance, the coroner's p i over k e i n h f rd e i nn nqeuaice inquest subsequently nhas with a,sa bn a ed s e stick held, and a ver dict dict of "Justifiable homicide" returned. — BirnsinghantGazette. The young wheat plants are looking very pro mising, and there has seldom been a better prospect at Christmas for the ensuing harvest than this year.--Newcastle FOREIGN CORN TRADE. By the most recent advices from the Baltic we learn that winter had set in, and that the navigation of many of the principal rivers had been rendered impracticable, in consequence of the ice. Letters from Dantzic, of the 30th of December, in form us that very little business had been done there in itt:hoinulyabout 150 lasts that time. Frost grainof wheat during having h e preceding changed handsfor tni g .‘ N h , had set in there early in the month, and since the 15th December the navigation had been closed; up to the period named, few contracts for sprincr shipment had been entered into. The prices asked Cir moderately good qualities of ( new ) mixed wheat, weighing from fifty-nine to sixty-one pounds, had varied from 475. to 495. per quarter free on board. At most of the Lower Baltic ports business seems to have been quite at a stand, and nearly as much interest appears to have been felt on the Continent as in this country respecting the alterations likely to be made in our corn-laws. From Rostock we learn that, though the deliveries of wheat from the farmers had rather in creased, no disposition to accept lower terms had been displayed, and few merchants had been willing to enter into engagements to ship good qualities of wheat in spring below 455. to 475. per quarter, free on board. At Stettin, on the 3d instant, the grain trade was very quiet ; fine qualities of red Pomeranian and Ukermark were then held at 48s. per quarter, free on board in spring, and secondary sorts at corresponding terms. Our llamburgh advices reach up to Tuesday last, Since the previous lost-day there hid been a sharp frost and a good deal of ice had formed in the Elbe, so as, in some measure, to interfere with the havigatton. In wheat little or nothing had been done for export, but holders of the artice had been very firm, and high rates had been paid by local buyers ; say 635. for the best 62 to 631bs. IVaren, and from 50s. to 525. for fair to good parcels. From outpnrts there were not molly offers, and the prices asked for the few cargoes offered having been too high, the contracts closed for spring shipment had been altogether unimportant. In the Dutch and Belgian markets the value of wheat appears to keep up ; but prices, though r ther above those current hen, are too near a level with our own to admit of shipment from hence with a fair chance of profit. At Antwerp on Tuesday last soft Polish Odessa wheat was selling at prices equal to 48s. to 50i. per qr. ; and at Rotterdam quotations were equally high. From the Mediterranean ports there is no news of i terest, business having scarcely resumed its regular course after the Christmas holidays. From Odessa we learn that the demand for wheat had slackened materially, without, however, producing any very marked effect on price, and on Dec. 19, fine quali ties were still held at 355. 6d. to 365. per qr.. free on board.—Mark-lane Express. THE COUNTY MAGISTRACY. The complaint in the country respecting magistrate? non-attendance to their public duty seems to be spread ing rather widely. Latterly we have had occasion to notice this neglect in some parts—Leiceslershire the last; and now, according to the following, which we take from a Nottingham paper, complaint seems to have arisen in that county. This evil—for a serious one it is —must be corrected:— " We desire, with all respect to the Mansfield bench of magistrates, to remind them of the desirableness, and we may add, the imperative duty of attending with more regularity ,to their official functions. Complaints are constantly reaching us on this very subject. Persona have to come miles over and over again, when one journey would amply suffice, merely because they can not obtain a hearing. To go no further back than last week, there was only one magistrate present ; and one person complains with respect to that day, that he shall have to attend a third time, merely because there have not for the last two meetings been enough magistrates present to dispose of his case. We are also informed that, a few weeks since, a large number of poor persons from Sutton-in-Ashfield, who were summoned for poor-rates, were sent back again without a hearing, the magistrates present refusing to stay and go into the business. Now, we are quite sure that these gentlemen would not willingly expose the public, more especially the poorer portion of the public, to any loss or inconvenience, and hence we are sure they will pardon our hinting that men occupying their position are bound to regard themselves as servants of the public, acid that no business, no pleasure, no personal wish or inclination, should be allowed to interfere with the full discharge of those duties, which, by the accept ance of the office of magistrates, they have undertaken to perform." CONFLICT BET WEEN AN EAGLE AND BIRD-CATCHER. The eagles ai-eV;ryferociousan:il3old, and sometimes make desperate attacks upon the bird-catchers, flying at them as they descend the cliffs, with beak and claws, and directing their fury against the eyes of the intruders. To defend themselves against these formidable enemies, the men carry long knives; and a story is told of a desperate encounter that took place some six or eight years ago, between a bird-catcher and one of these sea eagles, which was well nigh terminating fatally to the former. The man had been lowered from the top, and hung suspended from the,overhanging precipice, when an eagle darted at him from out of a fissure in the rock, and com menced a furious attack. The bird-catcher drew his knife and defended himself; but his feathery assailant eluded for a long time every blow. At length, however, finding- himself closely pressed, and maddened by re peated stabs of the knife, the enraged bird gathered up his powers for a last desperate dart at the man. The latter saw the impending danger; and, blind to every thing but the necessity of a vigorous effort to parry the attack, raised his knife, and aimed a furious blow at the eagle. It took effect but too well; the stroke that freed the bird-catcher from his fierce antagonist, severed at the same moment almost in twain the rope to which he was attached, leaving the unfortunate man suspended but by a single thread or twist of a cable over the yawn ing abyss.. In this dreadful extremity, there was nothing left him but to give the signal by which his companions overhead would understand that he wished to be drawn up. Most providentially they perceived this awful predicament, and slowly and with the greatest precaution commenced pulling in the rope. It was so slender that there seemed scarcely a possibility that the almost severed thread could last until the wretched man reached the top; and with sickening suspense and dread, he felt the frail link that still bound him to life, and saved him from the hor rible gulf below, stretch and Olin& beneath his weight. It required, too, the utmost skill and caution on the part of those overhead to keep the fractured portion of the rope from chafing against the sharp knife-like edge of the projecting rocks; and between the agony of seeing the fragile thread gradually attenuate and become every moment weaker and weaker from the continued pres sure, and the necessity of drawing it very slowly, lest some unforeseen shock should cause it to snap suddenly and hurl the victim into the abyss, the men on the cliff were in a state of scarcely less suspense than the object of their anxiety. At length the unfortunate bird-catcher neared the brow of the precipice; his companions redoubled their effort., for the rope was every instant showing increased symp toms of giving way. It snapped just as he was within an inch of the top; but not before one of the men had seized a firm grasp of his clothes, by which he was enabled to drag him triumphantly over the brink. At the sight of their comrade in safety, the men, among whom a breathless silence had hitherto prevailed, raised a loud shout, but he heard it not. The awful situation in which he had been so long suspended, was too much for the poor bird catcher; he lay stretched on the grass without sense or motion. For a long time, so profound was his insensibility, his companions thought he was dead; but he recovered at length, though he has never, it is said, completely gotten over the effects of that fear ful hour.—Scenes on the Shores of the Atlantic. ROBBERY AT CARFIELD HALL, II A RLO W. A robbery, of a bold and ingenious nature, was effected at Harlow, on Tuesday. It appears that, since the 27th ult., Colonel Wayde had been in Paris upon business connected with the Rouen Railway, and was ex pected on Wednesday at his seat, Carfield Hall, Harlow. About three o'clock on Tuesday a person, accompanied by four men, made their appearance in front of the house, and commenced making preparations, ap parently for a survey. Having arranged his theodo lite, the leader of the party proceeded to inquire for the Colonel, sending in his name as George Plaxton, surveyor, Salisbury -square, Fleet-street.- He stated himself to be well-known to the Colonel, having met him but a few days prior in Paris. On being informed that Colonel Wayde was not expected home till the next day, he appeared much disappointed, observing that he must have misunderstood the day, the Colonel being fully acquainted with the object of his visit ; that he (Plaxton) was now engaged surveying for a new line of railway, forming a junction between the London and Cambridge and the Eastern Counties Railway; and that he was anxious to make his survey, as, from a coversation he had with the Colonel, he thought the line might be car ried out withoutinterfering with Carfield Hall. The servant ultimately introduced him to Lady Wayde, who believed his statement. Subsequently he consented to put off his survey till the next day, when the Colonel was expected home. To an invitation from the butler to stop at the hall he objected, observing that he must return to London that evening, having unfortunately left.behind him some articles which ho could only get himself, and having taken some refreshment, he shortly after left. The first discovery of the true character of the visitors was made by the nursery-maid finding the lock of her box picked, and a portion of its contents scattered about the room. On going to Lady Wayde's room, it was further dis covered that the thieves had been there, but fortunately a chest of drawers which contained the ladies' jewellery had resisted their efforts to force. One of the servants met two of the pretended surveyor's men upon the stair case, but took no notice, knowing their master had seen her lady. On the return of Colonel Way de on Wed nesday morning, the story respecting the ra ilway turned__ out to he a fabrication, and he found himself robb ed the articles:—A gold The following is a list of some of birdwith th e e ngr s a e v r e v d an ' t • , C s . box, a musical box, surmounted with a of property to the value of between 3004 and b 400: , and diamonds for eyes—the box plays twelve tunes, was the amount of 21. 13s. the property of the ex-King . of France, and cost c 3 0 .04.. ;, s ti n l , s ra o ilnl a gsa p i r a va t e r tra o mw f a s , i t l e r h7 e 7 r a4 - tn n; , t ,c ; u ma n ob t e nd d e pistols,money otom —County _Herald. THE TIMBER TRADE. The annual circular of Messrs. Churchill and Son, a leading firm in the timber trade, contains some interesting particulars relative to this important branch of our national commerce. It ap pears, in the first place, from the document, that prices have varied considerably throughout the season, and that, while Canadian deals have been upon the advance, Baltic have receded in as great a ratio ; " timber," properly so designated from all quarters, except St. John's, having risen to a high point towards the close of the importation. The stocks on hand of foreign deals and battens are large. There were of deals, in 1845, 852,936 pieces, whereas in 1846, there are 1,024,577 pieces, and of battens there were in 1845. 368,246 pieces, against 499,464 pieces in 1846. The stocks of colonial deals and batters, and of red pine timber, have dimi nished, but of yellow pine timber we find an increase. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO JOHN JONES, JUN., ESQ., OF LLANAIITIL-With unaffected regret we have to an nounce that a lamentable accident has befallen this gentle man, the eldest son of John Jones, Esq., and heir of Llanarth. It appears that Mr. Jones, and several of the members of tho family of Llanarth, were guests of Sir Charles Morgan, and proposed remaining during the usual festivities of this season at Tredegar, and, on Friday last, a brilliant field, composed of the gentlemen and several lathes from Tredegar, proceeded to the meet of the Ruperra bounds. Previously to the com mencement of the sport of the day, Mr. Jones, who had been in conversation with a lady of the party, unfortunately put his horse, a high-spirited animal, at a hurdle gate, that he supposed to be secured, but which was not the case, there being no fastening. In the attempted leap, the knees of the animal struck the top bar, throwing Mr. Jones with such terrible force, that his head sunk considerably into the mud. The ladies, terrified •at the accident, screamed for succou r '' , and a medical officer of the Enniskilling Dragoons, 31r. Rolls, of the Hendre; and Mr. Edmund Jones, brother o f the sufferer, assisted in raising him, and a considerable n umber of other gentlemen were soon on the spot. Appearances s _w at e a ris most alarming, and several feared that the accident .wa fatal. Mr. Jones h la n s ise i e conveyed, re a understand that upon exami proniptly in attendance. We ration of a portion of the brain, with partial effusion. The wstilaitiaemofßurtet,e,rer,insseunrasieobinli,tyw, to nation, the symptoms indicated con . cussion„and a slight lace puLe was down to forty; the extremities cold; the vitality y had been of as the pupil, were paralysed; and the general character of a t to wellh e the ease wa s alarming. Dr. O'Bryan, slight; the muscles that movee evening, rg e i. en e cng y tl, e lais b erm a ikr l :nLo t p h fiist e Styo e rsn y iisc e ti l oa i l d nt ' likewise a s p en p t r , oN a .e ri c ii London, course oo a arru m ne rdi : we l e : goh • , adopted, a rem r r P r ; i a - ar e dp o :e n nock. TdinSai messengerpis enrdmadaraittne. eminent it; and friend.; of the patient, by stating that although th vo e efd c inch consolation to the family t a h a se e t was a perilous one, he had every reason to expect a favour able termination. Yesterda • the favourable symptoms were still happily progressing. Yesterday he relapsed at intervals into a dreamy delirium, he recognised and spoke freely to , those around him.-41fonmouthetire Arerlin, -.00 ; 59% 63 13 - .0 H 3 3% P • 00 / / / , / . / r . / s / . / , / , 1 . / / / . / . /