The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

~...THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY.' EVEN_ING, - JANUARY 6, 1846. ..4-- BAN KRUPTCY. -{THIS DAY.) COLONIAL BANK.-(THIS DAY.) MA ..... (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) Tale half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JAN UAR Y 5, 1846. Th ,,,_ IN RE PRATT AND DODLE. the Colonial Bank was held this day at the London Geori .... v3,-• bankrupts, at Ad d; who carried on business as builders, Tavern, in pursuance of the provisions of the charter, - a r t o io a n d . ...... , lut exa'isn9innworth ci and Nutting-hill, came up to pass their for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings No, 1.-A n Abst r act of the N e t Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended s th of January, 1845, and sth of January, 1846, showing the Increas e of the o .....- Mr. L E of the Corporation, and for the election of four Directors or Decrease on each head thereof. ; stead an ...- "editor ' nO ev applied, on behalf of the petitioning sn 1 one Auditor, in the room of John Irving, C. :? 1 4 ht the , a , in respect of the proof, it having been doubted Marryat, James Cavan, John Gurney Hoare, and J. 1 QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 5. shank c _____A , ended , ~.. , ended , parlour, L te , 5 ,.. 1 _ 4 t meetieg whether it had been admitted. Mr. Fletcher, Esqs., and other business. e April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, 1 Jan. 5, Jan. 5, ~ _.,,,,. i _____ _____, 4 s i gne l',o7 said that he had ascertained that the proof was J. CoLVILLE, Esq., - took the chair at one o'clock ; 1844 1844 1844 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 1846 1846 1 , • Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease trated the Co 'y the registrar and official assignee, but not by upon doine• which be stated that it was doubtless known ' of old hst `-'. rernissioner • and )ne of the bill exchancre was to 11 that' ' tl •met last the had had the misfor -45%. - -.uint, ~.,..„, . e . i in • . , of a , since . icy . y £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Customs ••• • • • ........ 4,604,447 4,869,235 6,002,855 4,902,135 20,378,672 4,402,506 4,499 548 4,848 363 4 £ £ ! ,354,789 18,105,206 1 Customs £ X £. £ scatterer 16 Ma ny ; s : s 'ulin had, it appeared, the confusion so tune to lose their Chairman- anwhich' he • event .. .. .. .... .. .. .. 1 1,852,689 3,115,592. 3,960,890 3,230,940 12,160,111 1,017,485 2,965,684 3,955,106 3,338,837 12,177,112 i Excise ... • • ••• •• •••• .... 2,273,466 .... 547,346 and Sto• 17,001 •• •• 107,8C7 tilldh a ..,.' s, bet n handed over to some person in Court, sure would be severely felt by all the Proprietors. The stamps . .............. I 1,639,011 1,705,033 1,665,688 1,601,658 6,611,390 1,742,461 1,837,076 1,780,175 1,792,402 7,152,114 . Stamps • .......... - ments c 540,724 •• •• 190,744 - hi s ," r travelled about for some time till it again reached present meeting had been convened for the purpose of Taxes .•.... •• • • • . Y.) ) 47. ‘: Lee's) hands, some time after. electing a Director in his room, and for other business. 1 1: ( 1 , •operty Tax •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •.. 1,992,859 752,485 1,958,711 487,541 5,191 506 174,000 1,905,711 909,991 1 823 883 386,985 5,026,570 Property Tlx ••• • • 155,000 200,000 146,000 , 675,000 178000 155000 ' 209 ' 000 189000 731,000 , Post-oft - Ice .' ••• • • • .. 165,02 .... 100,556 not an I ha; /I doub t urailta), the official assignee, sai l that he had no The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors, c row „ L in d, .......... 65,000 30,000 10,000 50,000 155,000 35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 ........ 56 000 .... 120,000 ! Crown Lands ...... ' 43,000 - shall we f for fie h e we ° A 5 petitioning crAitor having been sworn from which it appeared that the fit s pros of the last half- Miscellaneous. •••• • • .. 41,292 422,187 220,961 9,190 693,630 415 016 13,652 465 102 369 471 1 263 241 Miscella 11 • , , • • .• i Colts .. .• .. • 569,611 •• •• 360,281 - cannot c OW, Mr nt through the list. ye, r amounted to 16,905/. I 9s. 10d., nd the Directors 1 Gil. Total Ordinary h L , that , creditor should for the half-year Revenue 10,513,983 13,039,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 50,081,887 110,742,124 12,411,518 13,312,908 12,332,535 48,799,085 i . Total .. .. be sty 'EE suggesteu the petitioning h. ° tn. to the fact, ending June, 1845, being at the rate of 2 per cent. per 1mpre5t146,7 5 9 278 1 Moneys, &c. • • 54,244 274,557 49,018 28,117 ,38 206,007 29,262 24,591 64,084 323,944 Imprest Moneys, &c. scribe th *qr. Lincoln4s,BoG Repayments ofAdvaaces 226,284 12 3 ,692 250,980 875,513 418,545 182,354 473,881 404,179 1,478,959 ! DepainntsofAdvncs. 603,446 ........ 153,199 82,675 ",Then 1i e .,,, was then sworn. He said he verily be- annum, which would leave a sum of 10,0001. and upwards ',-+ li ,,- t ..t he was but was not confident. for meeting the bad and doubtful debt account. Total Income .. - 10,794,511 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,705,693 51,235,538 41,366,676 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800,798 50,601,988 : Total ........ ----___round a c 04' ,rh_eproof Was admitted. Mr. IlwanisoN thought that, at least, the Proprictoirs - , 1,839,942 2,473,492 855 121 760 016 , , decanterg but ' bank rupts ~ "ed to Con- Am ount apph , 1 : a deep al arei ex ___ se _ Isere not prepared with their accounts, had a right to expect from such profits a half-year y Deduct , fre o "u d, on theground that there had been fire ' • ()11 their • Ditto, as Advances ... . • 240,000 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 37,725,433 1 7,273,077 8,255,562 8,869,973 7,859,907 32,258,609 177,276 184,225 262,001 863,502 380,000 101,501 550,000 615,077 1,646,578 lncrease j ' ,839,91 760,016 f Deduct Decrease. unmentio kle is ' • ena ~ Prennses, which had burnt some of the books, to, he trusted the Proprietors would be content with . none. Ditto, as Ways & Means Decrease f etes inerefore, had to obtain accounts from dif- He would amendment, that the dividend move, as an of the Year- -..• . .. 2,918,539 4,101,627 2X3,503 2,612,934 12,646,603 3,713,599 4,266,071 4,391,407 4,325,724 16,696,801 on 633,55 95 Increase enjoy th 'ient er , r • the ythe Year. .1 ,105 on the port was frail Air. I; son s , should be 2 per cent. - - Total. .... 10,794,511 13,362,981 14,372,3.53 12,705,693 1 51,235,538 (41,366,679 12,623,134 13,811,380 i - 1 - 270 - 0,79711 50,601,988 i ' Quarter. word fir RE EE said that bankrupts could not compel the de- Mr. LEVY hoped the lion. Proprietor would not per-say,-net if II ,: °f *mounts by creditors, but that the Court would, severe in his ameedment, because he was sure if he did, No. H.-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1845, and the sth January, 1846. claret wit' four fi e l f eB4 7, call upon them to be examined• the result would be they should have nothing.-(Hear, e petof iejlow`d Learn ed CominissioNEß directs d that the accounts hear.) He looked upon the recommendation of the Quarters ended Jan. 5. Quarters ended Jan. 5. party we Of th e b e made up by theaccountantfrom the statements Directors as a turning of the corner, and augured well e-• - -e would I he nce INCOME. 1845 1846 CHARGE. 1x45 would Never we likti o ,ankrill t, to be filed within a fortnight, the exams- from it. There was now a chance of the Proprietors . ds tb il/ 4 pelt] --_____ longed. g aajourned for one month. having something. X. X. 1 £ 4. sear. , 789 Permanent Debt •. .... drink, so e rola'. CRIN T "~ .• bl I ... ••. • • - .......... 3,247,030 3,353,440 Termma e .. , nmutte5....................„ „ - -,x Iv A T dr, , ,,TTT-sryl im ry r c I - % AV \ T - 1:---•,...- .7... ' -2,--. :-- .12:- ...___li a:_:_i--,-1 --..., ...,r,,_ Excise • 655,612 628,805 predecess COLONIAL BANK.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of the Colonial Bank was held this day at the London Tavern, in pursuance of the provisions of the charter, for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings of the Corporation, and for the ekction of four Directors ;in I one Auditor, in the room of John Irving, C. Marry at, James Cavan, John Gurney Hoare, and J. Fletcher, Esqs., and other business. J. COLVILLE, Esq.,- took the chair at one o'clock ; upon doing which he stated that it was doubtless known to all, that since they met last they had had the misfor tune to lose their Chairman— an event which he was sure would be severely felt by all the Proprietors. The present meeting had been convened for the purpose of electing a Director in his room, and for other business. The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors, from which it appeared that the profits of the last half ye, amounted to 16,9051. 19s. 10d., and the Directors recommended a I ividend of 1 per cent. for the half-year ending June, 1845, being at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, which would leave a sum of 10,000/. and upwards for meeting the bad and doubtful debt account. Mr. ILaaaisoN thought that, at least, the Proprietors had a right to expect from such profits a half-yearly dividend of 2 per cent. If that was not acceded to, he trusted the Proprietors would be content with none. He would move, as an amendment, that the dividend should be 2 per cent. Mr. LEVY hoped the lion. Proprietor would not per severe in his amendment, because he was sure if he did, the result would be they should have nothing.—(Hear, hear.) He looked upon the recommendation of the Directors as a turning of the corner, and augured well from it. There was now a chance of the Proprietors having something. The CHAIRMAN could assure the Proprietors that the Directors, in proposing this small dividend, were actu ated by a desire to do something. He hoped the ma iority of the Proprietors would support the recommen dation made to them by the Directors, of a dividend of one per cent. After some discussion Mr. Harrison withdrew his amendment ; and the report, together with the recom mendation of the Directors of a dividend for the half-year of 1 per cent was agreed to. The different Directors who went out of office: by rotation were re-elected. Mr. Cave, the late auditor, was elected a Director in the room of the late John Irving, Esq ; H. Barclay, Esq., M.P., was elected auditor in the room of Mr. Cave; and, upon the motion of Mr. Harrison, a ♦ote of thanks and full confidence in the Directors, was unanimously carried, after which the meeting sepa rated. 4 IINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. —. ••••• —. Permanent Termiiiable Debt : ...... .. ... Excise • • • • • • 1,659 Taxes 33 1: 2 61 78 1, 00 6 7 5 3 8 07 34 1,7 33 9 5 2 3.i: , 7 4 4 0 84 2 09 1 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .• ••••.,•.••.. • • • • • • • • ...... Stamps • • 1,880,490 1,876,050 1 Sinking Fund ............... . ...... •. • ... •• . .. 386,985 ; The Civil List •• ......„ ...... 98,087 98,072 Property Tax 487,541 . . . .••••• • • • • • • • , . Post-office • Crown Lands 50,000 25,000 To pay off Exchequer Bills, raised per Act 6 and 7 Vict. c. 87, for Opium Compensation ........................ 871,848 Miscellaneous ••••••••••• • • • • • • . • . • . 9,190 369,471 For Advances •••••• • • • • .. . . Imprest and other Moneys .......... 146,759 64,084 Repayments of Advances .• •••.•• • . • . 250,980 404,179 1,, Total Charge .... . .• . The Surplus • 11,707,725 12,815,400 1 To Cash brought to this Account to be i 11,707,725 13,015,400 applied to pay off Deficiency Bills.. 200,000 The Amount of Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1845, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846, 13,015,400 , after deducting 600,0001., paid off out of the Sinking Fund ............ •• .• ......... ..... ...... ...... .. 229,884 1 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services.. • •• • • • •• ' • • •••••••• • • • • • • . 4,325,724 . The Surplus of the Consolidated Fu n d, Q uar t er ended Jan. 5, 1846 ! The probable amount •44 Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846 , , 114, N (Before the RI colu)En.) .1. 0 NOT E liopaEar.—Charles Bowen and George io e, described in the calendar as waiters, on the open hf „°/ the Court thi s morn i ng , w ere placed at the Nl:lithe charg e of stealing 15 bank notes of the Lelr Hof 150 2, the property of the Rev. William Price inc f . c a e i_also Joh n Danion, likewise described as a waiter, heei , . Baits, a jeweller, charged with feloniously the s.rne, well knowing them to have been 11 e , euti nh s ra• Bodkin and Ballantine appeared for the prose- P a w" ~ and Mr. Wilde for the prisoner Lake, and Mr. kne tor Rates. trhi p r h ' nntiliiti stated the case to the jury, the facts of tril,c" L ate give n i n t h e elicit nce of the following witnesses uY the Learn e d G en tl eman . with e . ft ai'• 'Wm. Price Lewis, a clergyman in Wales, el 3 ,: e verel clerks of the banking-house of Messrs. and Co., roved that the former, the prosecutor, i t 1,7 28 th November g o enamed, last, cashed a cheque at the l og '," n g - hou for 1501. , On Mr. Lewis return 44:111,4 apartments ' in the Trafalgar Hotel, Charing• eat, - ',?e locked the notes in his portmanteau, and went . Lion 'De his return at night he discovered on examina that his money had been abstracted. killalbot, the head waiter at the hotel, was next exa liii„,,h,ed, and said th at a f ter t h e ro bb ery t h e pr i soner L a k e jn th ed him (the witness) that he had been concerned Ni k e rubbery, to which he had been instigated by the hio h r „Bowen, who, after the robbery, had gone to a ttot e C ° I . the Caine of Woods, a waiter at the Adelaide each t ' h B ° as to induce Woods to get a friend of to (ot i r ,'",e notes. Bowen afterwards told. Lake that Snow ,the e n ,"„` the accomplices) had ran off with the whole of aa(ll,7 ll eY, upon which Lake said that he now saw he ftr C'ert brought into trouble, and would have nothing .3„ it t e , and that he was determined to expose the whole l ittle r ' Lake accordingly told witness all the circum tff,et,," connected with the robbery, and that it was Np'cl co bo n a false key. titit e Vnan, the l aun d ry b oy , an d severa l o th e r servant tob or ell to the h o t e l, were ca ll e d an d examined, in cor ltbation of th e ev id ence of the first witness. 1344,rallana Lyor, a Jew, deposed that Dancock and Ittre e i c b anna into his father's clothes-shop, in Union- Bate s l"rough, and bought each a coat, for which enQLenderett a 101. note. The note produced was the kait aid, nn whi c h B ates s i gne d hi s name as James t" , John- street, Strand, and which was afterwards ado rned by his father's name. NeTderick Steven, the barman of a public house, de e, th u as to B ates changing a a note late on the same i n th g Dancock was present with him at the time ; e h meY had some drink together. lot 41e s Taffey depo s ed as t o c h ang i ng a noth e r 21, I I I ) te on th e even i ng of the 29th, at witness ' s shop, nion-st reet, B orough. Bates and Dancock were h il ent, and th e f ormer received the change. He signed j. ll ,, h rtr aed on the note William Smith. Goldey, waiter at the Sheridan Knowles Tavern, bi,l"ges-street said that on the evening of the 30th hisk" co elt changed a 51. note, on which he wrote " Ch‘,ancl Co., silk dyers, St. Luke's." Bates was drinking ;""Mel g With Dancock at the time. fllial n Neets, publican, 109, Drury-lane, deposed he received the 51. note from the previous witness flext morning. The note produced was the one la g ° T ei 'ed -n Stevens, a publican, was examined as to chang idz:nother note to Dancock early in September. He t ified the note produced as the one. ev , e tal Other witnesses were called to prove the chang pr,p several others of the notes, and to identify those ebit i ttee d in Court, as well as Dancock and Bates as the (T lghers of them. one reportn of witnesses was proceeding when left, and was expected to last all day.) QU' Pr), , ILDHALL.—(THIS DAY). b t th, " t ee lads named Kelly, Wheeler, and Spencer, m a o o o u n ~ltrp l tt of 18, were brought before Alderman East LO with breaking three windows, belonging to the It ; 4:41 ( 1 0o Union, value four shillings. at ailoy -PPe tired, from ' the evidence ot the officer of . th h e r i li , ol3 , that the three prisoners applied last night 474",, - ; `a for a for the night, and as the union 7 6 .1'%17ad seven over lodging their number, it was refused them. e Fed h f li said that if they mere not admitted they t ahN n -re ak the windows. Upon being again_ gas brni." r it' of them threw a brickbat into the sick d w ' ar to thre windows. He then took them into Y. Ile e said the number admitted nightly in te I:n rer 4 w h a a thirty, but they generally took six or eight f li k tr eet t number and and since the refuge at Whiteci:osess „ 'has been shut up, no less than three tim t kit Prop e , ber Year 'lumber have applied . for admission. Since ticthere has been an increase of 200; the num eek admit this week has been 289, while the same k Al c i„ 4 , B , t Year, the number amounted to 89. h til ati Moon asked the officer of the union if they '01. 4 greater accommodation for those who applied 811 -.Nn e 7g,ht's lod g i ng i n t h e w i n t er th an w h e n i n th e e Nt,. ‘""—•The officer said that as far as rugs were Alert], there was a large number added. nav e ,r .t uan M oon sa i d they were b y law compelled to the v ,, ?Q om to re ce i ve a l arger num b er o f app li can t s in had n ' ilt er than i n t h e summer, and as he found they he 31i°114°t,the ccommodation which was required by law, 1 di a scharge the prisoners. 4 1A h "LB RO'-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) Wit t 14, /ant Benge, aged 16, and Thomas Shamblin, aged Cpools'ere charged on suspicion of having stolen a silver found s in their possession, under the following et thastances -- 15 1' • I,° Ice-constable, No. 114 of the E division, stated that in tit nine o'clock last night he saw the prisoners lurk 4bout the shop of Mr. Livermore, of Tottenham sliettc.road, pawnbroker,and watched them for a consid,r off; 2Ene ; at length he observed them hastily moving keYsirue followed and saw them enter the shop silrer~ of Mr. iq Tottenham-court-road, dealer i l n e goohldwhaincdhet ere h they i offered the spoon fur sli ly s sh n op to , custody. He then went back to it Mr. was id entand on producing the spoon c, Ified as having been stolen from their shop that ih elliri g• On his mentioning that he had two lads e 1 4 , his custody charged with stealing it, Mr. Liv r tlittLe'4 shopman declined owning the spoons as it 4 W as no m ar k on it , o b serv i ng th a t se eute l . not of sufficient value to induce them to pro lALTBY asked if th e p r i soners were k nown ? thtrue const a bl e said that the prisoner Benge was bu t ged at this C ourt w i t h f e l ony on Saturday last, k, discharged for want of evidence. Shamblin was Itwn Me an idle, dissolute lad. the %LTBY, re after consultinr , with Mr. Fitzpatrick, t iv eu iFf clerk, said that under the circumstanc's he set at discharge p the risoners.—They were accordingly larg. Viii74C-111THw AR K..._(THIS DAY.) _ r 4'l*e Rand, housekeeper in the service of M . m_e'nni secretary to the Plate-glass Company in Albion. '',,,! ei lac hfriars-road, was charged with robbing her IT ,ll ; l° Yer of a considerable quantity of property; and Relp.liain, nand, her husband, and a man named ii - e narged as the receivers. co aPPeared that the female prisoner had been in the auip, eVininant's service about nine months, and of late was te eti e ted of plundering the house. For the purpose of de toienn she was watched on the preceding night, and seen lil ac a l'e her master's house and was followed into Seac u o r a a l : hi, ein the City, where she was observed to meet a latr.n, and to hand over to him butter, kege quantity of eatables, consisting of bread, hich a basket, containing she had ttihetil ,an 50 ap, candles and other articles, w in - from her employer's house. On subsequeenetnexaan irnalation of the prisoner's house in Bethnal-green, ? hiptie.4se quantity of articles, also consisting of various eons..,;ailfx fovroads,etits)ogoevtd:vith paper belonging to the Th e c I flo ur , eniale prisoner merely said that the cask r o . f pt... found at her house was not her master's 1 ) .: , _ b u Z it i telt' with respect to the remainder, it was all i of th e 0 ,, 1 ,"1d . Her husband merely said he was innocent te Tr . th. 4 li'nee with which he was charged, and requested eram ! I night be permitted to have an opportunity of I,3'ing legal advice. .I.l`. e to c ot , nrl?slciwi said th at i t was only reasonaoh.le, re r , 4 .P'Y w nnel all iththe the risoner's request, and accurdin,t) prisoners until T uesday next. -______ t S4I pi t. ( . 11 1P A T ? '''''Eck ON THE COAST Or SUSSEX.—SEVEN 'nor : ''''33.l%----A. Danish brigantine went ashore on Sunday ce 11,4" g, at five o'clock, between the Tidemill andli 'iv, are' in Seaford Bay. The captain and six of the ocrew,rds aiirvir_e:rorry to say, met with a watery grave. , The wh„ _v v. was a seaman who does not understand English, f,,, .LA found in the fore hatchway. A large dog was also ii uu on board. The vessel was outward bound, but, having itnea_t:go, had taken in ballast. She was copper- bottomed. go , ;2: l es of the vessel were stove in, and the masts were ‘7, b ut aft the will be made in a few days to tow her off. A.),0" .K., l a d y _ e tvityE' Rr eat at' •''' NVS POE SEMPSTRESSES.—There is . sun in the fabrication of soldiers' clothing, partic ~_if!r that required for the militia, and a consequent de -ITelikor bands, that several of the sub-contractors in the . bra tieh uorllood of the Seven- dials, and Long-acre, where this h ip _ 0_ f.ill-paid industry is chiefly carried on, have issued .13, lrering an increase In the ie of wages of twopence g. pr c • _ ... J :MAGAZINES.--(CONTINUED.) AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. George Cruikshank has again joined the Ains worth corps, and has given us a sketch illustrative of the opening article, entitled " Sir Lionel Flam stead and his Friends," such as only George Cruick shank can produce. The room is a snug, cosy parlour, ornamented with pictures, snaps, and illus trated screens, all connected with the history of old London. Books there are, too, scattered about--Stripe and Hollinshed, and Fabian and Stowe, and bits of tesselated pavement and frag ments of Roman brick displayed on the chimney piece, ail declare that the owner of the mansion, if not an F.S.A., at least ought to be one. But how shall we describe Sir Lionel and his friends ? We cannot do justice to the picture, therefore we must call Mr. Ainsworth to our assistance, and let him de scribe the occupants of the apartment : ":These were five in number—jolly:fellows all—seated round a circular dining-table covered with glasses and decanters, amidst which a portly magnum of claret, and a deep and capacious china punch-bowl must not pass unmentioned. They were in the full flow of fun and conviviality ; enjoying themselves as good fellows always enjoy themselves at the season of the year.' The port was delectable—old as Saint Paul's, I was going to say,—net quite, however—butt just old enough ;' the claret was nectar, or, what is better, it was Lafitte ;—the punch was drink for the gods. The jokes of this party would have split your sides—their laughter would have had the same effect on your ears. Never were heard peals of merriment so hearty and pro longed. You only wondered how they found time to drink, so quick did each roar follow on the heels of its predecessor. That they did drink, however, was clear; that they had drunk was equally certain; and that they intended to continue' drinking seemed to come within the limits of probability. " Sir Lionel Flamstead was a retired merchant—one of those high-souled, high-principled traders, of which cur city was one so justly proud, mad of which so few, in these days of railway bubbles, and other hair-brained speculations, can be found. His word was his bond— once passed it was sufficient : his acceptances were ac counted safe as the Bank of England. Had Sir Thomas Gresham descended from his niche he could not have been treated with greater consideration than attended Sir Lioners appearance on 'Change. All eyes followed the movements of his tall and stately figure—all hats were raised to his courteous but ceremonious salutation. Aff4ble, yet precise, and tinctured with something of the punctiliousness of the old school, his manners won him universal respect and regard, even from those unknown to him. By his intimates he was revered. His habits were as regular as clock-work, and the glass of cold punch at Tom's or the basin of soup at Birch's, wound him up for the day. His attire was as formal as his manners, being a slight modification of the prevalent costume of some five-and-thirty years ago. He had consented, not without extreme reluctance, to clothe his nether limbs in the unmentionable garment of recent in troduction ; but he resolutely adhered to the pigtail. There is something, by-the-bye, in a pigtail, to which old gentlemen cling in spite of all remonstrance, with lover-like pertinacity. Only hint the propriety of cut ting it off to your great uncle or your grandfather, and you may rely on being cut Toff with a shilling yourself. Be this as it may, Sir Lionel gathered his locks, once sable as the ribbon that bound them, but now thickly strewn with the silver blossoms of the grave,' into a knot, and suffered them to dangle a few inches below his collar. His shoes shone with a lustre beyond French polish, and his hat was brushed till not a wind dared to approach it. Sir Lionel wore a white, unstarched cravat with a thick pad in it, sported a frill over his waist coat, carried a black ebony cane in his hand, and was generally followed by a pet pug-dog, one of the most sagacious and disagreeable specimens of his species. Sir Lionel Flamstead, I have said, was tall—l might have said he was very tall—somewhat narrower across the shoulders than about the hips —a circumstance which did not materially conduce to his symmetry—with grey, benevolent eyes, shaded by bushy, intelligent brows—a lofty, expansive forehead, in which, in the jargon of phrenology, the organs of locality and ideality were strongly developed, and which was rendered the more remarkable from the flesh having fallen in on either side of the temples—with a nose which had been considered handsome and well-proportioned in his youth, but to which good living had imparted a bottle form and a bottle tint—and cheeks from which all encroachment of whiskers was sedulously removed, in order, we conclude, that his rosy complexion might be traced from its point of concentration, upon the prominent feature before-mentioned to its final dis appearance behind his ears. Such was Sir Lionel Flam stead." The story of the ",Count of Monte Christo" is con tinued, and the author of " Handly Cross" gives us soma pleasant reminiscences of Nimrod. We are glad to see that he does ample justice to the merits of that most enterprising of editors and most worthy of men, the late Mr. Pittman, who made the Sporting Magazine and made " Nimrod," and by so doing originated a new class of literature in this country, which, as the author observes, may not inappropriately be called the sporting personal. In the course of six years Nimrod drew nine thousand pounds from the magazine, and Cooper, the artist, and Scott and Webb, the engravers, were liberally paid by the magazine for — their services. After all, the public is the.best of patrons, although it is a difficult matter to persuade the professors of the arts, literary, pictorial, and musical, of the fact. Where is the aristocratical patron who would, or who could have supplied Nimrod with 9,0001. in six years ? and yet Mr. Pittman was enabled to, to his own as well as to Nimrod's profit, because,he relied solely on the public. " The Miseries of a Prize" is a most " Boz"- like sketch, by George Raymond, of the miseries of an unfortunate toy-shop keeper, Mr. Daniel Fogg, who resembles Job Caudle, not only in his trade, but in his domestic establishment also, seeing that Mrs. Fogg bath a tongue which she is perpetually wagging. Fogg gets a prize in the lottery, which is his ruin. The story is very quaintly told. The other papers are all amusing. This is an excellent number of Ainsworth. fr° . , Vl ot A 4 ' 9 A n ' Lt u P " a 3 1 1,1, i on I, 4erd atils ed, ba stav is e l id ol t io ct , e kip .00r6rs°1 A Pa ie ° Dco l ' 'fo ci / Orles t ' :;alcu t ' ts! x eWog" 1 1 11, 14 ' 9 1 ,11, 01' tioo'' le Iroe Dritio potill el m v olonvo bi ASS 111 [LTO'~~ 3 for n ies iti thor t e e 011 1 ee t he leot• t s `" oi, be IC t efoth i s 0 ° THE QUARTER'S RE VENUE. CHRONICLE.—The official tables of the revenue, for the year and quarter ending on the sth of January, are given in another part of our paper. On the whole, they are calculated to abate the fears which the serious diminution exhibited in the previous quarter's tables excited in the public mind. But they do much more than this. The rally in the accounts for the quarter, notwithstanding the serious depression of commerce and trade during the last three months, is a significant com mentary on the merits of that system of financial reduc tion which we hope will be extended next session to every article, the great as well as the small, in our tariff. Sir Robert Peel, in his financial statement of the 14th of February last, anticipated a loss of 3,356,0001. from the reductions he then proposed. The actual decrease on the year just ended is 635,5501., the loss of 2,273,466/. on the Customs being compensated by increase in other items, the Excise, the Stamps, and the " Miscellaneous," which, of course, comprises the last receipt of China money. The increase in the Excise, both on the year, and especially on the quarter, is remarkable; the increase in the Stamps indicates a business activity, part of which may be traced to railroad speculation ; but the steady progress in the Post-office revenue is, perhaps, the most gratifying feature of the whole. It is surprising that the Property-tax should exhibit a decrease both on the year and on the quarter. Increased profits and re newed assessments ought, one would think, to have increased, rather than diminished this source of income. Whatever may be the cause, the ardent advocates of direct taxation may well ask whether or not it is more applicable to a complicated state of society, in which income fluctuates every day and every hour, than a judiciously-devised system of fiscal duties, levied for revenue purposes. The decrease on the Property-tax is, for the year, 165,0261., and for the quarter, 100,5561. The result is, that on the year just ended, as compared with the previous one, there is a decrease on the Cus toms of 2,273,446/., but an increase on the Excise of 17,0011., on the Stamps of no less than 540,7242, and on the Taxes of 7,3541. On the Property-tax there is a decrease of 165,0261., but on the Post-office an increase of 56,000/. The Crown Lands have been dimi nished by 35,000/., but the item of Miscellaneous is in creased by 569,6111. On the entire items there is a de crease on the year of 633,5501. HERALD.—The revenue returns for the year ended yesterday are in the highest degree satisfactory, exhibit ing a steadily progressive prosperity in the finances of the country, and, by a necessary consequence, in its in dustry. The net revenue for the year just terminated amounts to 50,601,988/. The net revenue for the year ending Jan. 5., 1845, amounted to 51,235,5381. There has therefore been a decrease of 633,5501. This decrease is, however, to be accounted in a manner the most en couraging—namely, the reduction of taxation, viz.:— Customs reduction in Sugar duties Coal Sundries Cotton Wool £2,418,000 Excise, Auction duties . £250,000 Glass £890,000 Customs and Excise £3,308,000 Here then we have a reduction of three millions three hundred thousand pounds of taxes, and a decrease of six hundred and thirty-three thousand pounds of reve nue—equivalent, as every one must see, to an actual in crease of the difference—namely, two millions six hun dred and fifty-three thousand pounds. This surely is prosperity. And if we look more closely into the items of revenue we shall find new reason to be satisfied that this prosperity rests upon a firm foundation. The great amount of decrease is necessarily under the head of Customs ; under which, as we have seen, there has been a reduction of 2,418,000/. ; and even under this head the decrease falls considerably short of the reduc tion—though, as must be apparent where so much re venue has been given up, absolutely and totally, as it has been given up in the case of cotton wool, coals, and sundries, there can be ao compensation from increased consumption. In the Excise, notwithstanding the sacrifice of the auction and glass duties to the extent of nearly 200,0001., there is an actual increase upon the year to the amount of 17,0001. ; while on the Stamps, the index to an active commerce, as the Excise is to the ease and comfort of the mass of the people, the increase upon the year greatly exceeds half a million. Upon the Post office, too, there is a considerable increase. Is not all. this proof of prosperity ? Is not this an argument against hazardous changes ? What better than this is wanted ? Cannot men content themselves "to let well alone ?" There is one item, however, in the returns upon which we must offer a remark. In the Property tax there is a decrease of 165,0001., 100,0001. of it in the last quarter. How is this to be accounted for ? The millowners hare again and again boasted that they have doubled their capital within the last year, and yet the aggregate property and income of the country have de clined, though in a trifling degree. Now from these two facts we must draw one of three conclusions :—First— the millowners are a small and unimportant class ; or, second—their prosperity has been accompanied by a proportionate deterioration in the property of others ; or, third—the millowners have made false returns. We leave it to Messrs. Cobden and Bright to choose among these conclusions. _ _ _ TIMES.—The revenue table for the past year pre sents on the whole a satisfactory result. Although it the to o items furnish o fth an e y deficiency proof f shows a d ecrease o f more t h an h a lf a m illi on o n th e year as compare with that ending the sth of January, 1845, will ee n l o in t e be in fo th u e ge ndo n n era in spection V an it d h 3s t h o3 e oo e l x . exception er o o w f nll6asn,doso,o th e in w h t o h l e e p p r r o o s p p e e r r t i y ty: t . decrease is in the Customs. This is easily accounted for by the recent revision of the tariff, and the greatly di minished scale of import duties. A sufficient interval has not yet elapsed for the usual operation of an in creased importation in making up the deficiency which must, of course, immediately ensue upon so large a reduc tion of duties. But turning to the items of increase, we see unerring signs of a greater commercial activity, and an improvement in the condition of the people. In the Ex cise there is an increase of 17,0001 ; in Stamps, of 540,000/. ; in Taxes, of 7,0001. ; the Post-office has added 56,0001. to its net revenue ; and under the head "Miscellaneous," there is an increase of 569,0001. Com paring the present quarter with the corresponding one ending the sth of January, 1845, we find an increase, instead of a decrease, of nearly 100,0004 the quarter's deficiency in the Customs, which preserves the due pro portion to the annual, being counterbalanced by a more than proportionate increase in the Excise, Stamps, Taxes, and Post-office. Comparing it again with the last quarter, we are startled by a deficiency of a million, half of which, however, is caused by the falling off of the Customs. In the Excise there is again an increase of 100,000/.on the Stamps of nearly 200,0001., and in the Post office of upwards of 40,0001. The general result of the three comparisons is, an increased consumption of ex cisable articles, which denotes an improved condition of the general population ; an active commerce ; and greater cheapness in the imported articles of food. In this state of the revenue Sir Robert Peel may face his Conservative Opposition without much fear. There being a surplus in everything which can be taken as an indication of the prosperity of the country, his proposal to repeal the corn laws cannot consistently meet with opposition from the alarmists. Even if the fluctuating and uncertain duties derived under the present system from the importation of corn be deemed a legitimate source of revenue, this is not generally of sufficient magnitude to excite any reasonable apprehension from its abandonment. The finances of the country are too flourishing to sutler inconvenience from the abolition of a tax which may yield in one year a million, in another nothing. ADVERTISER.—ire publish in another part of our paper an abstact of the quarter's revenue, ending yester day. Its results are of a most gratifying nature. They show the sound and healthy state in which the com merce of the country now is. It is true that, in some of the branches of th e p u bli c rece ipt s th e r e i s a slight de falcation, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1844.5 ; but in the f,w instances in which a deficit occurs, it can be most satisfactorily accounted for. The greatest decrease is in the Customs, which amounts to 547,346/. The subject of surprise,is, that the defalcation here should not have been of larger amount, for it is to be remembered that last session the duties on glass, • auction duties, and all export duties, were abolished, and consequently no further aid to the finances of the country is derived from any of these sources. The great test of the true condition of the masses is the Excise, and under this we are gratified to find an increase of 107,897/, as compared with the closing quarter of 1844-5. In the Stamps department there is also an increase of 190,744/. on the quarter, and on the year of 540,7241. Another important branch in which there is a large increase, is that of " Miscellaneous," the augmentation being 360.2811. on the quarter, and 569,611/ on the year. Under the head of Post-office there is likewise an increase of 100.5561., which is all the more gratifying as indicative equally of the growing prosperity of our commerce, and of the extension of mental pursuits. The total results give a decr ease on th e year of 760,016/, but an increase on the quarter of 95,105/. This result would have been gratifying under any circumstances, but it is especially encour ag i ng , as well as surprising, when it is remembered that so many taxes were entirely abolished last session. It demon strably proves that never were the commerce and the finances of the country established on more satisfacto] y bases than they are at present. We cordially congratu late the country on this most cheering aspect of matters, and hope it will prove to be permanent. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTS, JAN. s.—Her Majesty's brig Bittern, Commander Hope, came to Spithead on Saturday morn ing. She was kept in the Downs some days by bad weather. It would appear that the Bittern was hurried from the port of Sheerness without being sufficiently fitted, or a smart gale of wind has done her much injury, for she has produced a long list of defects, and this morning it was found necessary to send out a party of shipwrights and carpenters in the Echo steamer, to put her in a fit state to go to sea. Her chain messenger, rudder, and sundry other matters are out of order. The dockyard artificers will be occupied five days. She is then to be paid, and probably will not sail for the coast of Africa before the middle of next week. In former times, when men of war had trifling defects, they were made good by the carpenter and his crew, but now the dockyard aid is generally required. The hurry and bustle which took place at Sheerness in getting the Bittern to sea, has been the means of retarding her, so much being required now she has arrived at Spithead. Unless counter orders should come down, Commander Hope will carry out the Government money to the colony of Sierra Leone, and the dispatches for Commodore Jones. The period fixed for this officer to meet the French Admiral at Fernando Po is postponed, owing to the melanaholy wreck of the French steamer Pepin, bound to Senegal. The Daring brig has been paid this day, and she is to •ail on Wednesday morning for Bermuda and the West Indies, taking officers and dispatches for the Admiral on the station. The Retribution first-class steamer, another vessel fitted at one of the Eastern ports, has so many defects, that the dock-yard officers report they have a fortnight's work for them to perform. She may probably require docking ; however, as she is not wi.nted immediately, being intended to form one of the experimental squadron of steamers, to be tried in the spring, the delay is not of so much importance. The Scourge, another of the ex perimental steamers, is in dock to have her copper in spected, and can be ready next week if wanted ; with a 10-inch mortar, and a 56-pounder long gun on board, she will prove a most valuable auxiliary in any squadron required to act offensively. The Alban steam-transport has been in dock as long as requisite, and will complete her refit alongside the jetty. About this day week she will be ready for sea, and goes to Plymouth and Cork, taking marines to re place invalids and others that hav e l e ft the battalion in Ireland. The Rodney, 92, goes into dock on the 9th for a tide only, unless more serious injury to her copper is dis covered than expected. It is believed she will be sent on foreign service, with relief troops, as the 24th and 73d regiments are on the roster to relieve two corps coming home. It appears that the breaking down of the General Palmer transport, at Gibraltar (declared unfit on sur vey), is the cause of the Canopus, 84, being ordered to perform her duty, and she has doubtless been selected in preference to the Albion, Superb, and Vanguard, in con sequence of her very superior cap a city to stow water, a great quantity being required for troops. The Rodney has already shown her power of accommodation as a troop ship, having carried the 7th Dragoon Guards to the Cape of Good Hope. The Janus, the Earl ofDundonald's projection, and on which some thousands of pounds have been expended, is to come to this port, to see if Mr. Taplin, and his able assistants at the metal mills in the dock-yard, can make her a serviceable vessel. If she can be rendered seaworthy she will form one of the squadron of experi mental steamers. The President, 50, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, was at Madeira on the 27th, all well ; and would sail for the Cape next day. They had two days bad weather in the Channel; but afterwards everything was as pleasant as could be wished. The Alecto steamer was also at Madeira at the same time. Both vessels left their ports on the 10th December. The Endymion,44, has beencompelled to put into Fal mouth by stress of weather; she was there on the Ist of January. The annual entry of twenty-flve shipwrights' appren tices in this dock-yard took place this day; they are nonlinated by the Admiralty, and generally the children of mechanics working in the yard. WooLwicu, JAN. s.—ln addition to the Polyphemus being paid off to-morrow (Tuesday), the crews of the William and Mary yacht and the Black Eagle steam vessel will be paid wages due to the 30th June last. The Harpy steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander H. B. Procter, is ordered to be hastened, and the workmen are to be employed extra time upon her. Mr. Egerton J. Filmore, son of the late Captain Fil more, R.N., is appointed to the third class Admiralty Register-office for Seamen. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST. THETFORD, MONDAY NIGHT. -The inquiry concern ing the deaths of William Pickering, engine-driver, and Richard H. edger, stoker, who lost their lives by the re cent accident on the Norfolk Railway, was resumed for the third time at the Guildhall ahis morning, before the same jury and Mr. Robert Eagle Clark, the borough coroner. The CORONER, in re-opening th e i nvest i gat i on, re marked that in compliance with the ju r y' s request, h e had forwarded a letter to Sir James Graham, the Secre tary of State, desiring that Government would send down a competent enginee r to exam ine th e line, in order to give them the fullest information coming to a verdict, to which he had received the following reply : " Whitehall, Dec. 31, 1845. " Sir—Jam directed by the Secretary, Sir J. Graham, to acknowledge the receipt ofyours of the 30th inst., rela tive to the inquest which you are holding on the bodies of the engine driver and stoker recently killed on the Norfolk Railway, and I am to infor m you that a copy of your letter has been forwarded to the President of the Board of Trade, to whose department the matter more immediately relates.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPS. " B. E. Clark, Esq., coroner fo r N or f o lk , T het f or d." Mr. Till, the secretary, and several others connecte d . with the railway company , being present, The CORONER then asked the gentlemen who repre sented the Company , they kne w G enera l Pasley in tended to attend the inqu iry, or whether they had any communication from h im ? Mr. Till, the secretary , sai d he had no instructions from that gentleman. General Pasley called upon him at his office on Saturday , an d informed him that his re ports of accidents were sent to the Board of Trade, which forwarded them to the House of Commons, when they were printed. He generally admitted the incon venience of such a course, but that he had no power to remedy it. He visited the spot of the accident on Wed nesday, and saw the foreman of the jury, and he (Mr. Till) did not hear any com mun i cation made to him that it was the desire of the j ury that h e s h ou ld atten d an d give evidence at that inquiry. The CORONER replied that it was very desirable that the jury should have the General's opinion as to the cause of the catastrophe; and proceeded with the inves tigation. After hearing some evidence, the inquiry was again adjourned for the purpose of summoning General Pasley as a witness. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, walked in the vicinity of the Castle precincts some time this morning. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort again promenaded in the afternoon. Prince Albert left the Castle to shoot this forenoon, accompanied by Viscount Jocelyn, and attended by Colonel Berkeley Drummond and Colonel Bouverie. The Royal Ftimily were taken their accustomed airings this morning. ,Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken out in the afternoon. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. A military band will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend is the Castle. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Dalhousie and other Cabinet Ministers visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office from the Governor of Sierra Leone. THE QUEEN'S RE PLY TO THE DUBLIN ADDRESS. To the Address of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of Dublin, presented to her Most Gracious Majesty on Saturday, at Windsor Palace, published by us yesterday, her Majesty was pleased to return the following reply:— " I have heard with pain the statement which you have thought it necessary to address to me respecting the extreme poverty of a portion of my Irish subjects, and the aggravation of their distress which you antici pate, from a deficiency of food, in the present year. " The welfare ,and prosperity of Ireland are objects of my constant care,and earnest solicitude; and the failure of the last potato crop, and its apprehended consequences, have not escaped my attention. " I have directed precautions to be taken which may, I trust, alleviate the evils unavoidably attendant on this calamity, and I have summoned Parliament to meet on an early day. " I look With confidence to the advice which I shall receive from the united council of the realm, and I shall rejoice if measures can be devised which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, may relieve the wants of my Irish people, , may improve their condition, and insure their future happiness and contentment." FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 3.—The King, accompanied by Mr. Conway, set out this morning for his estate at Ardenne. His Majesty will be absent about a week. Baron d'Arnem had the honour, on the 2d of this month at noon, to deliver to his Majesty, in a private audience, the letters which put an end to his mission as Envoy xtraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Russia. ' The Minister of Public Works gives notice that, in order to facilitate the conveyance of passengers and mails to England, the departure of the first train from Ghent to Ostend; which at present takes place at forty five minutes past six in the:morning, will, from the sth of January, take place at six in the morning. In consequence, the passage of this train through the intermediate stations between Ghent and Ostend will be likewise forty-five minutes earlier. The waters began to subside yesterday. The Messager de Guard of yesterday, the 2d, says —" The inundation in our city at this moment has obliged twelve of our manufacturers to stop work. This disaster throws a great number of workmen out of employment, and deprives them of the means of gaining their livelihood, for the number of days' work in a week in these twelve manufactories is equivaient to more than 20,000 francs in wages. BRUGES, JAN: 2.—We lately stated that a deputa tion of the Magistrates had gone to Brussels to ask for a modification in the tariff of duties on German thread, and that Mr. Bryaval, Director of the Customs, had been summoned to the capital to confer with the Minister of Finance on this important question. We have now great pleasure in auouncing that Mr. Bryaval was informed yesterday of the measures just taken by the Minister of Finance. Henceforth the thread of Westphalia will be admitted at reduced duties, con formably to the desire of the petitioners of Bruges. We do not see from these lines on what basis the peti tioners ask for the admission of Westphalia thread into Belgium. We presume 'that they solicit the admission of a quantity of thread for the manufacture of mattresses, equal to that which is already admitted for the manu facture of ticking. The receipts of the Custom-house of Antwerp in the month of December was 495,060 f. The receipts for the whole year 1845 was 6,145,557 f. That of the year 1844 was 6,289,307 f.=—Brusseis Papers, Jan. 4. BERLIN, DEC. 26.—A great sensation has been caused among the holders of shares in the iron railway, when the want of money is already severely felt by an an nouncement of the directors of the Lower Silesian and Marks Railway that, notwithstanding the addition :of 4 grant of money• already obtained, they have again made a mistake tb the amount of no less than three millions and a half of dollars, which are required to complete the wOrk after all the shares have been paid up. This amendment was quite unexpected by the public, but some speculators appear to have been aware of it, and to have speculated on a fall of the shares, which, in fact, are now at their nominal worth, after rising in the spring of 1844 to 128, which was the highest prices they ever attained.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 31. Viscount Melbourne, accompanied by Lord and Lady Beauvale, returned to Brocket-hall yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Hon. Robert Daly, married on Saturday, by his uncle, the BiShop of Cashel, is fifth and youngest son of Lord Dunsandle. The fair bride, Hon. Cecilia Maria A'Court, is the only daughter of Lord Heytesbury, a nd some years senior to the gallant bridegroom. ALTERATION OF MAILS.—An alteration has been made in the Post-office communicationbveutvweseteenr will Lo become na m m e l Hereford arid South Wales, whereby Gloucester w th i e th r . out T e h o i f s m an ail a , d w di h ti i o vh na h l e e t dt viaof Aber y st Chelten ham and Tewkesbury, will, on andaftetroTesdaynexl, take the route of Gloucester and Ledbury _ Hereford, &c. as in h ai itte na rto m p e r i o Y c ' It will leave GlouceSier at ten minutes past three in the after noon daily, or rather in half an hour after the arrival of the London day mail, which is not always very punctual to time; and the return mail will arrive at Gloucester at half-past seven in the evening, in time for the north ma il . L etters from and Hereford th e o y u g will i t o be ee deliveredposted by the half-past same two in a the PEEL.—M uc h h as night.--Ca ANCESTRY y arthz Journal. ROBERT been said of the lowliness of the Peel family, and no little misconception indulged in with respect to the obscurity of its descent. The following details, founded on unquestion able data, will show that, though devoid of all claims to the pride and pomp of heraldry, it can be traced back for several generations through a line of respectable progenitors; the great granduncle of the late Baronet, the Rev. Nicholas Peele, having held the curacy of Blackburn, in Lancashire, so far back as 1650. The name we find originally written with a final e, and a family of Peele was, as early as the beginning of the fifteenth century, seised of lands in Sales bury and Wilpshire, districts in the lower division of Black burn, Lancashire.. About the close of the next century, Robert Peele left the parish of East Marton, in Craven, and settled at Rule Howe, in the hundred of Blackburn, with which his desceMlant3 have ever since been connected. He died in 1608, leaving at son, William Peale, of Hole House, who died in 1651, leaving by Margaret Livesey his wife, whom he married' in 1619, a son, Robert Peele, of Hole House, whose twa sons were Robert Peele, of Peele Fold, Oswaldtwistle, and the Rev. Nicholas Peele, curate of Black burn. The elder.; Robert Peele, of Peele Fold, married in 1681, Anne Warde, and died in 1733, leaving one son, 'Wil liam Peele, of Peele Fold, who married in 1712, Anne, daughter of Laurence Walmesley, of Upper Darwent, and was father of Robert Peel, of Peele Fold, who, by Mary his wife, daughter of Edmund Haworth, of Blackburne, hail a large family, theAird son of which was the late Sir Robert Peel, Bart.—Patrician, NEW MONTHLY. Albeit the poem by Horace Smith, with which this number opens, which is entitled " The Mur derer's Confession" is (to make use of the three pet participles of the writer) a " staring," " flaring," " glaring," example of the manner in which pathos may degenerate into bathos, and a good subject be spoiled by injudicious treatment, yet on the whole the present is an excellent number of the New Monthly. " The Vision of Carl Van Quiet," by Charles Hooton, is a sketch of which Washington Irving might be proud. Carl Van Quiet is an old Dutch American backwoodsman, who, somewhat after the manner of Rip Van Winkle, retires to the mountains and meets a mysterious old gentleman, and has a wondrous vision. We will not deprive the reader of the pleasure he will derive from the perusal of the story by stating who the gentleman was, and what the vision was about, suffice it to say that Carl Van Quiet is even a more amusing fellow than the immortal Rip Van Winkle himself. This is succeeded by the following graceful sonnet : THE WESTMINSTER PLAY—DEc. 1845. BY MR SERGEANT TALFOURD. Not from the youth-illumined stage alone Is gladness shed : it breathes around from all Whose names, imprinted on each honour'd wall, Speak deathless boyhood ; on whose hearts the tone, Which makes each ancient phrase familiar grown New by its crisp expression, seems to fall A strain from distant years; while striplings, still In careless prime, bid younger bosoms thrill With plaudits such as lately charm'd their own— While richest humour strangely serves to fill Worn eyes with childlike tears; for Memory lifts Time's curtain from the spirits' holiest stage, And makes even strangers sham the precious gifts Which clasp in golden meshes Youth and Age. We have then the continuation of Captain Maryatt's "Privateer's Man ;" we have also continuations of the "Lights and Shades," the "Life of a Gentleman on Half- pay," of " Beauchamp," of the " Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon," of" Mr. Jolly Green," and of the " Revelations of London," and we are happy to say the conclusion of the "Robertses on their Travels." entitled, gives u s Captain Levinge commences a series, "Echoes from the B ack Woods;' in which h e some spirited sketches of life in Nova Scotia, and Mr. Oxenford contributes some exquisite translations of old Spanish romances concerning Bernardo del Carpio. The present number is embellished with a portrait of Mr. Ainsworth, beautifully engraved by Finden fr om a pa i nt i ng by Maclise. THE UNION. This is a new candidate for public favour, and, judging from the first number, we are inclined to think it will be a very successful one. The editor evidently understands his craft, and knows that the true secret to success in magazine editing is variety. There is something in this number of the Union to suit every taste. Is the reader a metaphysician, he will find an admirable paper on the "/Esthetics of Milton's Comus," exactly suited to his taste; is he a literary lounger, " Easy Chairs " Rill just suit him. The admirer of our classical essayists will revel in the " Letter from the Ilindoo Gentleman travelling in England." It reads like a stray paper from the " Citizen of the World " The letter describes an "Evening Party " in London, and, as a specimen of the author's style, we give the following extract from the conclusion of the paper : " There was a species of dancing performed different from the ordinary dancing, culled waltzing,' .in which a man and a woman take each other round the waist, and turn round and round as fast as they can, until they are each so giddy that they can continue the process no longer. You will say that this account does not agree with the common opinion which is entertained of the strict morality, propriety, and grave manners of the English people; but you wrong them if you suppose that there is Toady anything improper in the pertiirm anee; you have only fo look at their faces, when you would at once be convinced, that so far from there being any levity in their thoughts, they are evidently exe cuting a grave, and, in their opinion, an important re ligious ceremony. I did not venture to attempt this per formance, though repeatedly solicited to do so, for I felt, that however ridiculous the religious ceremonies of this people might appear to me, I bad no right to make light tu of them in their presence, which I certain l y should have done by joining in this particular one, for I felt I could not possibly summon up that devout but sober en thusiasm with which the performers were evidently en dued; and, though exercised in a wrong spirit, I could not help feeling respect for such a display of piety and perseverance, especially when it is considered that the weather, and particularly the room, were very hot. " The strange mixture of barbarism and refinement perceivable in these meetings has induced me to make inquiries respecting their origin and object; but I have experienced great difficulty in getting my questio.ns candidly answered. Ther e seems t o b e some mystery with which I, as a stranger, am not trusted, or else there is a feeling of shame which they cannot help expe riencing when talking to a foreigner upon a practice which they are aware must be looked upon by him as ridiculous and barbarous. The consequence is, that I I am invariably told that the object of the meeting is mere amusement; this my foregoing description will enable you to perceive is not the case, though I believe that in it amusement is in some measure mixed up with the religious observances. " The following is, however, the conclusion I have arrived at, after much thought and study. These people, as you very well know, have (comparatively speaking) suddenly emerged from a state of utter barbarism; in a time when our countrymen were highly civilised, they viere savages. In those days of darkness great religious meetings occasionally took place, at which human beings were sacrificed; and while the devouring flames were ccnsuming the miserable wretches, the crowd danced frantically round their funeral pile, drowning their death-cries with the sound of barbarous music: now, it is these horrible rites which, in my opinion, are still kept up in a mild form in the modern ' Evening Parties.' It is true the human sacrifices are no longer considered necessary, but the other observances are still similar, although refined as much as it is possible to refine any practice in itself so barbarous and repugnant to common sense or decency; and it is not surprising, and, indeed, may be considered excusable, that some traces of their original state should remain amongst a people so recently emancipated from the degraded condition of savages, but it is to be hoped that the practice will gradually re cede before the march of civilisation and improvement." We have two excellent historical disquisitions, the one on the Crusades and the other on the Inquisition ; an excellent biographical sketch of the reigning Pope, illustrated by a vignette portrait ; and the best con densed account of General Rosas, and of the state of affairs in Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, that we have yet seen. The sportsman will be delighted with "A Sporting Excursion in Canada ;" as will the lover of light literature find the "Adventures of a Stick " exactly to his taste. There is, moreover, some very good poetry in this number. " The Scholar's Death Summons" is a beautiful ballad, and " The Baron of Puffendorf " stamps its author at once as the legiti mate successor of poor Barham. If he have not the blood of the Ingoldsbys running in his veins, certain the mantle of Thomas Ingoldsby has fallen upon him. The Union, if it continues as it has begun, cannot but prosper. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The once favourite inelo-drama of Therese was revived at this house last evening, Miss L. Melville sustaining the part of the heroine. Her acting was beautiful. She is a true artist, and thoroughly understands the power of repose in intensifying passion. There was a quiet, deep feeling about her acting, that rivetted the a ttention of the audience, and at the conclusion she was called before the curtain and applauded rapturously—ft homage she had well deserved. Mr. C. Boyce, a painstaking young actor, sustained the character of Carwin very re spectably. They were, however, miserably supported. A new ballet entitled Lisetle followed, which introduced to us the Lcclerq family, who it appears are engaged here. After that there was a farce and the pantomime, so that the performances were not over until nearly one o'clock. This is too :late an hour to keep children out of their beds. We would reccommend the excision of the ballet or of the farce, so as to bring the amusements within moderate compass. GARRICK THEATRE. The Cricket on the Hearth seems to be as popular in the east as in the west, if we judge from the enthusiasm with which it was received by a Garrick audience last evening. The different characters were well sustained. Mr. C. J. Bird as John Peerybingle was very respectable, and Mrs. R. Barnett as Dot was excellent. Miss F. Harcourt displayed much pathos as Bertha the blind girl, and Miss Yates as Tilly Slowboy, was exceedingly hu mourous and effective. Altogether the piece was ex ceedingly well acted and it will no doubt have a run. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. - _ The City of London version of the Cricket on the Ilea,th was produced here last evening. The cast was a very powerful one, and consequently the success was decided. Mrs. R. Homier was Dot, and she was fitted to a nicety in the part, and acted it beautifully. Lyon was the honest warm hearted John Peerybingle, and his forcible and powerful style of acting told admirably in this part. Mr. B. Honner was the Caleb Eummer, and Miss Lacy the blind girl, and, though last not least, Tilly Slowboy was acted to the life by Miss Egan. She was admirable, and kept the audience on the broad grin the whole time she was on the stage. At the conclusion all the principal performers were called for. The piece has been got up with great care. The melodrama of The Artisan and his Daughter followed, and the pantomime concluded the evening's amusement. The house was crowded. PERSONS LIABLE TO BE DRAWN FOR THE MILITIA. As it is now certain that a ballot, after the usual manner, will ere long be taken for persons to sene in the Militia, we will briefly state the leading circumstances which render persons liable and non-liable to be drawn • 1. No person under the age of 18, or over the age of 45, is liable whether he has property or not. 2. Any party who has once been drawn cannot be drawn a second time. _ _ 3. Any person having two children is exempt, pro vided he is not worth 1001. _ 4. Any individual having 1001., however large his family may be, is liable to be drawn. If disqualified by lameness, or otherwise, he must find a substitute. 5. Personal disqualifications on the part of individuals not worth 1001., will render them non-liable, if certified to by the sergeant. A number of persons in Ipswich are taking the wise precantion of enrolling themselves in clubs for the purpose of mutual assistance in the providing of sub stitutes. A London paper contains the following ad ditional information :—" The letters of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and of the Secre tary of War, leave no doubt of the intentions of the Government as to the enrollment of the militia for immediate service. It must be understood that :the militia will not on this occasion be raised by beat of drum, but according to the old system of ballot or proce , s, which no one above tha age of 21 need flatter himself that he can avoid. It appears that of the number at first enrolled in a single district—one-third will he called on for duty for three years, when they will be discharged (each man having the option of ♦olunteerißg into the line), and will not again be required for at least six years. It is understood by those connected with the militia, that Government have not determined upon enrolling that body through any fear of war, but with a view of affording the Canadas, New Zealand, and other portions of the colonies additional military force." MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY. BY ROBRT ROUIEEE PEARCE, EsQ.—This important work will •be published in a few days. The public life of this great statesman, it will be remembered, embraces a period of upwards of half a century, and comprises, ult• questionably, some of the most interesting events of modern history. Air. Rouiere Pearce will, we hear, bring forward much that is new, in illustration of the splendid career of the great Duke, whose fame may justly be considered as one of the most valued properties of his country. Every part of the numerous Marquis ‘ V important ene sie 'sgla . t. Administration in India has been closely examined by letters Pearce, from many ' s illustrated a , ed per sons, now first published f from original MSS. Lord Welles ley's proceedi ngs in Spain with the glorious Peninsula war full of interest in connexion o w nth r i P and at the present moment the discussions which hi s L r ican Government, previo us l y to t tnducted with the Arne. found exceedingly important. Ireland."i'sar.j u o st f l 1812, will be great man ; and his administration of the Government proud ooffls this na tive country from 1821 to 1828, was marked by many l practical measures of improvement. The classical scholar will in this new work moreover be gratified to find several of the most elegant specimens of Lord Wellesley's Latin compo sition and English poetry, which it way be remarked are dedicated by permission to Lord Brougham. The herrings have wholly disappeared from Loch carron, but it is supposed they have not deserted the bay, and are merely lying at the bottom, in consequence of the change of weather. Some few dozens of very good herrings were found in the yare at Shieldaig the other night, which plainly denotes that there are shoals still on the coast.— Ross-shire Advertiser. _ THE WHEAT CROP.—Some of the fields through out the country and in our neighbourhood are in braird ; its appearance, owing to the great quantity of rain that has fallen, and the bitter black frosty nights by which it was succeeded, together_ with the variableness of the weather, induce our farmers to expect a light thin crop of wheat for the succeeding season, particularly on cold clayey soil. Let us hope, however, that such fears will prove groundless.— Ross-shirt Advertiser. _ _ FINDHORN.—The state of trade at the port of Findhorn is in such a flourishing condition, that a petition is about to be forwarded to the proprietor, H. A. J. Munro, Esq., of Novar, praying for further enlargements of the quay. Several of the vessels built by Mr. Linton, ship builder (who has two en the stocks at present), may, for beauty of model and sailing qualities, if not for size, be placed in competition with the finest Clyde-built vessels ; and the tonnage of shipping belonging to the port is up wards of 1,700 tons, while the daily increasing population may be estimated at nearly a thousand souls.—Ross shire Advertiser. WREN'S C HURCH .—S T . B ENET ' S F INK .—O n thi s subject a correspondent thus writes :—" It seldom occurs that a church, together with all its fittings, font, organ, and even to the tire-buckets, is consigned to the auctioneer's hammer, and more especially when it h appens to b e one o f W ren ' s . I t appears to me, if the ' church i s t o b e removed, that it would be better to take it away wh o l esa l e, and transplant it to the suburbs, where it would far outshine in appearance the lath and plaster, cement and stained w oo d, o f our modern churches. I think that all Wren's churches are good models for Protes tant places of worship; there are no se dili a and the other r emnants of Popery, which.continually cre e p i nto our modern churches; putting this out of the quetion, it would be far better to build the church up again in its original f orm , th an to scatter it piecemeal to the highest bidders."--- Th e B u ild er. AN OLD HORSE.—Mr. Jesse Hill, of Chedder, the steward of the Marquis of Bath, has a mare he is r ea d y to prove to be in her 50th year. She is daily used in ha rness , her chief food being bran, potato-rinds, and grass.—Bath Journal. METEORS.—The annual meteors were not observed this year on the 13th of November last, but came , instead later in the season, the night before the late storm ( Tuesday week). The whole sky was full of the most beautiful falling stars. At midnight twenty or thirty might be seen at once, glancing along the sky in different directions. The circum,• stance of their preceding the storm confirms Dr. Forster 's hypothesis of their being of an atmospherical nature, and re futes that of the foreign astronomers, who ascribe them to small planitords. On Friday, the City Police- station in Black Horse court, Fleet-street, was removed to more eligible premises in Fleet-street, formerly the well known Sceptre Tavern. The premises are_ admirable adapted for the purpose. ~_~ - . - Gls IRELAND. --- THE POTATO DISEASE.—GOVERNMENT IN QUIRY. DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—ln consequence of the following requisition, addressed to the magistrates of Ballick moyler, by Lord de Vesci, the Lieutenant of the Queen's County, a meeting of t h e landholders of the district was held on Monday last:— " Abbeyleix, December 16, 1845. " Gentlemen,—l have to request, in compliance with directions I have received from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, that you will, for the information of Govern ment, in conjunction with the gentry, clergy, and respect able persons in your district, inquire from time to time into the state of the peasantry, and propose such mea sures as may appear most practicable for providing relief in case of urgent necessity, and means for giving em ployment to the people.—l have the honour to be, (Signed) " DE VESCI." The Court-house was crowded at an early hour, all the respectable landholders of the neighbourhood being in attendance. The magistrates were—Wm. C. Cooper, Peter Gale, William R. Fitzmaurice, and James Fitz maurice, Esqrs. The chair was taken by Wm. Cope Cooper, Esq. The CHAIRMAN read the requisition, and stated that he was ready to hear any gentleman who wished to ad dress the meeting. Mr. GALE stated that whatever measure would be adopted by the meeting, one thing was certain, they could not tax the farmers. If a crisis were at hand, he thought the only way to meet it was by procuring em ployment for the people. It waa suggested that public works would afford a means of employment, and if that were p: acticable, no time should be lost in sending pre sentments before the special sessions. However, in doing so, the expense would ultimately fall on the farmers, and, therefore, the prudence of adopting such a course was very doubtful.—(Hear. hear.) The grand jury, he was certain, would do all in their power to co operate, and if thought advisable to put in present ments for public works, the expense not to be levied for one or two years; they could retrace their steps and make no outlay if not deemed necessary. If, therefore, employment was to be given by presenting for public works, no time should be lost, as the following day would be the last for lodging applications. Mr. COOPER—It is clear that the object of the Go vernment is to provide employment for the people in the event of a scarcity arising from the failure of the potato crop in this populous district. Whatever measure is most beneficial to the people will be cheerfully adopted by my brother magistrates and the landholders, for it cannot be denied that in this district the potato crop is in a most precarious condition—( Hear, hear)—and, without any wish to create a panic, I think our object should be to provide for the future.—(Hear, hear.) There is no want of employment at present, but, neverthe less, we should be prepared for any emergency that may arise —(Hear, hear.) Mr. WILLIAM R. FITZMAURICE stated that their first object was to consider the condition of the peasantry, and to ascertain from the farmers present whether there were any poor people in the neighbourhood in want of employment ; and, with that view, they ought to confine their inquiries for the present into the state of the potato crop—(Bear, hear.) Mr. KEEFE, a landholder, stated that the seed potatoes were in a precarious condition throughout the district. Mr. COOPER—Is there not as large a quantity in your district this as last year? Mr. KEEFE—By no means ; and fully one half are gone already. The potatoes I left in the ground were the safest. Those dug out were one half lost ; but there is a large quantity which can be used for feeding. Mr. W. R. FITZMAURICE—Then you consider the disease progressing ? Mr. KEEFE—I do, in my district. Dr. EDGE—I think seven-eighths of my own perfectly safe ; but all around me, for three or four miles, fully one half the crop is gone. The general belief is, there will be no potatoes in that district the Ist of May. Mr. FITZMAURICE—In the colliery district that is not unusual on the Ist of May in any year. To Mr. FlsHnoußNE—There is not a labourer in my neighbourhood unemployed, I think thirty or forty men are required in the Rushes Colliery— (Hear)—and Wicklow men were sent, for, owing to the deficiency of hands. Mr. DOWLING considered the potato - crop was not at all so bad in the low land, at all events, in the neigh bourhood of Graigue, where fine potatoes may be pro cured at six or seven shillings a barrel.—(Hear, hear.) It would be well if committees were formed to purchase potatoes, and sell them again at a moderate rate to the people next May.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN and several of the farmers expressed it as their decided opinions, that had the e!dvice . o e f the crop potato commissioners been followe d . ge . herVlY! th would be lost, and not a potato left in the distric t. Mr. FrrzmAuarce and the general body of the meet ing considered a loan, to be made available in case of necess ity in May, would be the best plan they cou ld devise. Mr. COOPICR—There is no scarcity or want of employ ment at present, and while they might require a loan from the Government, it did not follow that they should Theexpend f t o h l l e o %% rn i o n n g e y re s i o f l untoi otnrseqwuierreed.then passed unanim ous l y : proposed, and Proposed by Mr. GALE, J.P., and seconded by Mr. EDWARD DOWLING, " That, in the opinion of this meeting, though there is at present no want of food, or a deficiency of employ ment, as compared with former years, yet that great distress is likely to arise from the consumption of po tatoes, the staple food of the peasantry, much earlier at this than at any former season, caused by the prevail ing disease in the potato crop, and that this meeting hope and expect the Government will provide some means of employment in addition to the usual sources, to meet the destitution that is likely to arise in this district." Proposed by Mr. JOSEPH FISUBOURNE, seconded by Mr. JOHN EDGE, " That all methods, including those recommended by the Commissioners appointed by Government, have not been found effectual for preserving the potato crop, where tried in this district, and that we now respect fully suggest to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant that he will be pleased to take measures to procure sound and suitable seed potatoes, to be sold at reduced prices to all poor persons in the district, at the proper season for planting," Mr. GALE having been called to the chair, the marked thanks of the meeting were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. INCENDIARISM AND ARSON IN NORTHAMPTON' SAlRE.—Yesterday's Government Police Gazette contains a in"; formation that, on the night of the 23d ult., the stackyard ' Mr. Kelborn, in the parish of Desborough, Northampton shire, shire, was feloniously set on fire, and a barley ric k , stack, a bean hovel, a quantity of straw, several a nd ot l destroyed. implements, together with a waggon, were ult., t Christmas Day, Also that, on the morning of the 250°1_ Wallis, farming printer about six o'clock, the dwelling-house_ f John f Kettering, in the same and bookbinder, in the 1 h . 1 3 v ahioliuss w e, i w lfu i t l l l t y i t s s e t c cone re being some strong wereo s foundentirely to b d County,ttt ts,w reasons to suspect that the e . al e e s o t n r o - r s h ::. e d i d : . lia j n o i d b ' h n t e to the same, and baying since absented . himself from the neighbourhood, a warrant has been issued for his apprehen sion. Likewise, that about eleven o'clock, on th e n i g h t o f ithe same day (25th u 1 t.),the stack-yard in the oc cu p a tion parish of Barton, si.teaCgt:rai,,,.teo, i!: be samepetrtiot c,ot lenipl l ) l ,f y ar , n \ t v e a r s , d i t i s i e t o ,l ‘ io ered on fire, when a rang e of hovels, at the top of which was bailey, as also a barn containing barley, the whole being the produce of twenty acres, was entirely destroyed, and is s upp o sed to be the act of an incendiary. THE LATE WATER-TANK ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL. —We understand that-another person has fallen a victim to the accident which occurred at the Harrington Water-works on Christmas-day last. The individual whose sufferings have now been terminated, was Mrs. Davenney. She died of in flammation of the lungs, the result of injuries which she re ceived on the day in question, on Saturday last. 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