The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-19 00:00:00

(Before Vice-Chancellor WionAm.) DAWSON V. PAVER. - ... . '-' d'3 ''•"' ---- drain ~, e, restrain the deleadaat 'rum the use of certain , ll 'ell had flooded the lands of the plaintiff. The cause was to et fur trial before • when verdict was found for h ll iitiliff 1, a Jury' a his Honour , ''n Novem -4 l am e r- 0 upon that moved before e„. , 4,4 or an injuection to restrain, in the terms of the ver i,. _ the defendants made a-cross-motion for a new trial. tri a : 4 ttneotie thought it proper to make an . order for a new der, 4'1,1 directed that the plaintiff's motion should stand n wit h leave to amend the noeice for an intended injunc ' and to bring it on at the next seal. :this ce „ PARSONS, V. SPOONER. 'hie as "'se was heard on demurrer to the original suit, lie s o wias was to establish a lien on the deposits of kite III:Ittelpton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway .Com t d in ' Felt'. Parsons , plaintiff in the suit, was the projector • le e ; e had the preliminary prospectus registered j n Ile 27 e t t ; t h' Act about the 19th of August, last e Pen., of that month a meeting was convened ofyagrentle et,ro consider the project, when a provisional . committee of the 34 1 : Ilia d , and, at the suggestion of the chairman si4m. kr. Olivera, an agreement was drawn up and oed ,PY the chairman the officers of the . p P nti • ' committee, are e, indemnifying the provisional t Pled i all c s e e and le 4 , gng themselves to pay to the, "a prehminary to be incurred up ~ for r Yln elit of the . '' or h. Ellaen,„„. ee deposits , to which i fund they were to look t' "Ne d e leli• Mr. Pareons ha e a further stipulation that tete. ee constituted sole solicitor to the Company. Now I ,iip: o r y t ha the line is about to be disposed of to another 114aeon they'whereb, that stipulation will be made void, Mr. 41' en ground of the contract made by the ro "lee,. 4annittee on the 27th August, claims a hen on p the eh ••• of th e c o t ( e r i • mpany. eit treti • eat-ants deinurred on the ground that whateverw . as . t e ll ! thar t tri h t °,b_Y that Provisional committee could not bind rPea r ."-eers, for at that time the Company had not been 118tallti.'egistered in terms of the Act 7 and 8 Viet., and hi ,leeet`o•tlasi.. Chu ought to have been made defendants were t tono tn , e4:4,rt• Arguments were concluded to-day, but -er red judgment. 4 tyt,..... - y .) '4:4N'S BEND li .-(THI8 DA he (Sittin • ••4 1 ete aa v ,... gs in Banco at Westminster-hall.) th.. ‘n the, ea, ine StAYOR AND CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER. " i' ' . Sir bill it appeared from the statement of Counsel, "jo, r . , 111 claimed compensation for having been deprivede,it whsee, ' a et si a t i li cle . rk of petty sessions for the . t div .v is e i a o rs n , of d ee nr !i mg tt eh tirn. i ahon which he held for thir i ~ stmt.,t: ,ne discharged all the duties . of clerk to the t „ h . o is • the Petty sessions for the division of Manches o t f er a , ;c elitA rt lee he had been deprived by the operation ktt on of Par c h The Learned Counsel e i j e l i!tl , tie 0 :1 1 . ,,I at:Mr. Mills, contended up tha leise7ie h n o t had on many grounds, ei ed '„iie repeat compensation, le sin 'Lie (A te 'eel, but that the fact alone of his having ie t , as for 3 0 and discharged the duties of clerk of petty ThThe k °l lnded Well f Yelula, wa s prima facia evidence that his claim e " / lerr • '4, 11 11704 e It-Geetenes opposed the application. The e ee ‘'eiirt ~,e, three questione which he would submit to Ve"tl.. himself.e first was, was " Mr. Mill the officer he e io d n e ; e t 9,eeWithin the dbeision of the county , in q t ti thi rd, ifWkall h e at all the offices he described lu h mse u lf? and been de., e li kl of ( .. u e really were such as officer, ti ad e w e ould deal Ajnit tlie 11 - ,' e t n t :l a ll fees and emoluments? in whatever way the : 4 oarllO,Vd diecpitZet o i ; li t i a r t st qu b eati us on e , depended the disposein -41.4411(14", oher- two. The Learned Gentleman was th not r' llork %great length that the applicane or the division t r „.4 , antlient°' the petty sessions, f- tyete who er, but the clerk of individual. mils h„l a ting th !at there. He supported his argu 1 tN" kty .n,k_.°thr magis . trates who . . sa . t by th, to er,„..7 18, 0ns in the different divisions of the county, rotation te e li•Tlnt their own clerks ; that those clerks were ta ,, or p ai l? , clerks of the petty sessions as recognised by .s. I , ,, tt t, and tallient, but the private clerks of these Flagtihe 1 . 11 4, of then I?refOre could not claim compensation in Ty e efteo„nervices being discontinued, no matterwhat i,til t l . , l , i , ; t4it A i lin l l' a4(l :) ; , ,,,t k:; 4 3 ' ..G in t a ,i Y E hold their situations. ho appeared to support the that t eA he il ma w gistrates of the Manchester hi, i ll rot- 4 "e an arrangeent b which they were each -rect a - -eaon ee h . y it the stipendiary ( tt e , i "'nie ce le a,.til'at th"IQII'MAN asked if there had been. divisiyea . on did I'li t U L hi qt SoLletT tr-Ge certet said there was not. Ibebellae the.:,l°R-GitilEitet contended that th ere was no 41sCilll ',gil l ' eee l y did. He then proceeded to contend for . 1.1 Pee o Wench he had set out, namely, that . the app.l.l - irt sl ei Y , r th i , e , clerk of the magistrates in their capacity tare OIL al& was not coaclnded when . our report left.) (e t i)( I,_ -_._-__ "O t eitee7o.tfe/DIER.-(T HIS DAY. ) „ 4 ,„LevrnEn V 'HATT AND OTHERS-LIABILITY , o T e lli- Nres tls --",4elt O FFICES- - WRECK OF THE MARS. k t 4 etio a BPeeial casforThe judgment of the Court. joiketift,/litswilz,hrotuhgehltioan.:ti. policy of insurance effected hy the ere Ittl t t f l sr ti l:t f 14511(1°11, fOr rl l,oo ine o/., s a a jd al t ic h e e C d o e m fen pa d i a 'y nts on w defence : saseeothnde, trustees of the insurance of office. tji 5.4,,54.._,.a.d set up three separate til i l tti kt tta t f u l B4l : 4 a n t t (1, Lklicr oleo Sec ond and thirdly, that after the . e that the vessel was groundsnot wreckedng e 7 ati,i' ? ( luring the continuance of the v . oe te age, r s e h m e Z a Ple tt •tt . ta the cousent of the plaintiffe , deviated from th e ‘:\th of ; v°Yageas laid down in the policy of ' h t e larch, 183% the vessel saile'4 from Liverpool f insurance lt , ' i k't T.! ' 9'n • na and Manilla, withy 4. 4 eh le4irevlously effected upon her policy the defend from e N)0 1 to A cl ause that the Mars was to P tt e ). -. t ° tt 1411 / 4 8 or ports in China and Manilla , thearndsidweitohf 'io - ' 4 ofe4.4'tall Ports both on this and the other t t u ' 4 441 a nd to _ . ePe, for all necessary j"eurrpvoos_eaz_baotfhromin. elect chillming from China. During her plaintiff subse ~,kr, iceuo,:.,ahe was wrecked, and \ ,' , l, h.ntlehet-e Coo`.;.aPprpeseea.nretdactotiosnrgutoerihcosveeasr ethfeorinthsura plain ?ance.atilt w e* e-ui t i ntimating that the pleadings ttit i n a: aaßtd that the case should be aaouwrenreeddfeofreca -4i der that they ;night be amended. -- DAY.) 11, 511 O NE p I .. ;TEA.-7-I_(THl'.5l 11"2 , 14 & 1 APPZALs. %TAIVLINS V. exeure.:sll%o uth i re el,, , - iolf.appeareei in support of aly:l3l,!ala itt 3, the affatinst the d fFo t m er ' tii.'. ter e s cisi for that division of the' c 1 Ith° had struck y() out certain Totes, on the . (1 Ilit , 1 ,, were sought to be obtained by a !1/41441:44tqt4!tandhey dalous" conveyance of property. The , Ato/Gintlernan contended that such was not the case. t l) "tli el ° I I which the votes were sought to be obtained N vtr.l'veyed bona fide to the parties, and no fraud le4f thyba% attempted or intended.. Were the interpre!a -' I 'Y ta t t ' tfb rtn Act sought to be made by the revising y4ee, In ° hold Neiead. e good, which was to make fraudulent a a ll rr co ow n . - 1'1111.740r obtaining votes, a most m a eterial intention n of the ij„,ittnto btl:fee would take lace,andthbecarrying out It lt 'i t , 'Plt that ated• Moreover, it would it 11 hieh , ~ under similar circumstances as those itl.riitio in this property was conveyed , . had . never , ti' tli 4 the or maintained by k:rtEd"t 4 41 . Courts of law, d Gentleman here tt au thorities. The Learne . ‘tte *l ew of a jitlinber of cases and decisions which 4teenaectettusa question he had advanced. The twent y. y n e l. E . e . , ,gt° l . t he Reform Act provided that the pers t o e ~k, of t i l t Oil the re ister for the county must be in h 14 tiQ-41,.tip:,rellts a nd g profits of the freehold for at least six one tviti,,n‘o beieg placed on the register. This was taken cirthiplon ric e that the party enjoyed the propert hi \ 4l: Act: ale entitled*to the benefit of the profitsons e' • ee a ' l ;n3 b ea , °e n ad been the case in the presentins . tance. ' ;,t , llt a - att c„. o f th a e l-i , Pe a i red for the respondent . He ~ , -e 0 reeet .Aortic , eßeest importance, as a e res s e a n al t m this _ kl 4 th e y m was being made to pla h c e e Hp hundreds of 1i11i1•krnr,51.41.1.1 .yegisters throughout the country for 1 4 1 4)ll shrks• Th e decision of this would not • i te t 44 3' othcrable number of votes in South Lancashire, but I L thi()11, other r eNrts of e conntr . y. This was the firs 'gar \-4) 4 . the t'n at issue had been raised kt ity . ri, .., . quest 1, ?ri,4tt4tt.., li o t r v i t t r iegzi d v i o t r w s ae noh do v n o t tm n . ow in order . to settle the 41167 qlokit,°l3templated that ae*EY He maintainaendcesthaast the sc" cf o tAa nv i e Z the foundha tzty,l'ot.e.o !lie held as legal or eV'. 1 ,6 1 : 14 r Doli ti i he Act expressly i 1 ing of votes was said, hat conveying pro• e• e 4 led that 4 ,', Purposes and the mull, P L 4 44 1 ' 1 %14 . a ll votes derived therefroe father' had conveyed Y must be held as i t ' l 'tiop Dottt o , Io the present cae h 7 in pro 1 44 i ll 'zi i; : ) 44 1 rae lv k i. l 3 44 : a f t p u ro e p m er: v y te t rs o h ; is th so !is t ns a c e l t er n r g ly fr w ont! ith p t: i e dca lhtUtt c ase ' 4 the evident intention of VL 4,l 4Cto4 \ ,' Nit onl y by the statute but ofrn by ltiplying ee'qe•c't aee e Y e ed with the object of multiplyingcommon votes votes.l w a s , lew as well as (l'he',Ztdkizirtl. The Learned Gentleman ihnetererpqruetoatteidonas ~ t, common . , tai a t t et a W by high legal authorities, 4r, , conveyance made for the I.44l4,N,purposeinsopforctreoafttinhge to lead their I,Z i lth ip Gtil'rtieoulti replied briefly to the arguments of the 1,, uql, av,,. an, who had endeavour* by talking about ,N„, -, ei N ~:v from the real question The l f ' kl4 , tttltk thudeg to create large numbers of voteS : . h bodies, if suen th R,i it s,l? connexion witi3 any it t i n t l ketip s .vot ta ul P a l tl s si ' that of some t yo h un a S f il i c i T the means,le k/knatvotr•sb were assi:vted, in n° that g en who wanted ~ery laucial,_s It t e 1 ,, th e / their father. But the real point wm klk`li;Pamtly pee°,4svecl.‘tance. • Now, in the sa pr s e n -"r s lu ha c n aß d__s e ; : kte ) „,, s no re m ,„„ up, na fide into the young krt,''\til.'of',eciii;4o,"lll on behalf of the fatherc t etiir"L tle ti olatietti.7.: and complete. Now the sta co u nv er ety A! ) Y ' r' l l ti s tir lV 410 1 th,„:" votes, had only reference to . lee th e e het. ' l ich J ; but h. 1 gold - condition and reservations oefeastteedprbo --1 • le, er w e _ . s katte 'ese were ... de prived of the full benefit h for the pur till? °I e b Y a ~What were called parchment votes, bbdhip:duple; •401ninal conveyance )t:i a tl i : l / i ii' n 'it t e h e a ! ' a p •' ( p , a iy g jot, kr th et L the e b ; _. pr a e n se d n t w c e a r s e e, c f l o ea r r t l h y ou i g ll h eg t a h l ere B wi n s t t, 4te rt , 44,.,„,J'a was to obtain votes, the property 1, 4 er .o ily p,,,,' -,-dg.e eras sought to be obtained, fully t a h n a d t tt• ks at into the hands of the appellants; n e streus le ea t ot l at. , t Yki to o et, ded, or committed. It was a e q' b to 71 1 : 11 1 thU because a man purchased, o in !h d con •.all'i a p'2311 un reServedly, a freehold, i' l ttelZ. freacT,, that therefore the act s l is o e a c e. In t l i de ofloe, ' l ent, and he should be disfran t ch s proceed lin uld ord b e e r t th e Majnt ai Ile e sip ned that iu common law h i il L e t at lePel;l4lata was• • nocent and laudable, and that , Ir t, rl to - * w e 'll reference to fraudulent conveyances did 4 1 5 ; Il le ree -u e e j l l• He submitted therefore that the deei '•"'l' Lordn-'l7,:barrister should . b . e reversed. ,It4y, 1! boned the decision. ~,....-...._ kkten:La COURT. --(THIS DAY.) %.111i, ' ' 8 at Risi Prins, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) ,adA - *tla TUCKER V. O'BRIEN thhith. t4llll.acti.on ori a bill of exchange for the sum of Zi t a at e , ' Plaintiff had received as from the defendant, bA Del l 'lnt of which had never been paid. a g Ric aPPeared for the-defence. "i 7 tile W aa PlaC d • L ti ll d ef , eln the box, who declared . that he t hib e g. ii enaant, and was acquainted with his . hand ent. - e t , 'law him sign the bill on which the action was aftee.`,"at person (pointing to an elderly man in the h:!crqi,:i unperson is not the defendant. % `itr,. t he ~- f ''t the a not claimed was about to be returned I'te,•' to bt:rson indicated by the witness rose and said, I am bythe - l ' h liged to defend this action, but I must do r so t le 44 e eon le, re m rse they have pursued with me. Aw . l 44 4 1 Peite li P° ll My clerk at my office, and it was left with 'i d th °f ills assertion that the acceptor of the bill did ' *11 E1 5 1 44 s of -ere . I took no notice ()fit until I was served with tubed t the eclaration, and in consequence of that notec o e h l_ 14sisf,Ance at the Court of Queen's Bench, and . Peertttl ,Outelal copy and an affidavit of service, which t la tp r l. '" a t I had - been served in person, thus being a ''Pe -aa p W ILLIAMS ,' a, S ' i ta W said that the proceedings could " ° ,O I,7„ett, as they had proved that be was not the 1 p,,1 5 P1i ',,,-: whom the writs were intended to be served. 4 ' 'etai ---- Yes but they have served all these papers at 14, Air t nce. ' - t he 'll i% WIL i They have now said that you are a•kopi.` c'endant. ‘ aa tiCtil tit it e --I have+ waited on them at their office, and told . -.. k WaS not ,the plaintiff. -for iniline Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—You certainly were not the plain tiff.- - (Laughter.) tie: pardon, I mean t 7, nacre,; I told them that I was nut the person, awl should serve no more papers on me, or that I would make public the per jury in the affidavit of service.—(Laughter.) kr. Justice WILLIAMS—The moment these proceedings affect you, you shall make a defence, and I hope it will be a good one. You are not the defendant they refer to. Applicant—How is that, when they continue to serve papers on me? Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—WeII, until they do affect you, I would advise you to treat them with the utmost contempt:— (Laughter.) To the jury —Gentlemen, this action is against another person, who is seen to accept the bill. The witness is asked if this applicant is the person referred to, and he says that he is-not. Applicant—They have served my clerk with a writ, and have solemnly sworn that I am the person mentioned in that writ. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned—Damages, 25L The applicant tl.en left the Court, consoled in his retreat by several apparently sincere assurances from some legal gentlemen that lie would be taken in execution, instead of the real defendant, if he did not speedily employ legal as sistance. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. COURSING. HAMPTON COURT MEETING. The LoUghborough Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Phillips's Victorine, and the Erskine Stakes by Mr. Baker's Alice. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING. The Sweepstakes for 16 dogs were won by Mr. G. Peve rell's The Case is Altered; Mr. G. Norton's The Maid of the Mill ran up. THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—The original Ethiopian serenaders, Messrs. Germon, Stanwood, Harring ton. Pell and White, have just arrived in London from the United Stares, and, under the direction of Mr. Dumbolton, they will give their first public concert, at the Hanover- square Rooms, on Wednesday evening next. A correspondent, on whose judgment we can depend, assures us that the forthcom ing concert will prove a novel and charming musical enter tainment. The Ethiopian Serenaders have travelled several times throughout the whole United States, and have been most enthusiastically welcomed at all their concerts. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—An organ perform ance is announced to take plike on Friday next. Mr. Adams will exhibit the powers of the instrument on the oc casion. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., the mover of the Address in the House of Commons, arrived at his mansion in Belgrave-square, on Saturday last, from Worsley Hall, Lan cashire. Lady Francis Egerton and family are to arrive in town on Wednesday, for the season. THE ORDER OF THE GARTER —Since Sir Robert Peel came into office no less than eight garters have been placed in his gift, which have been conferred on the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salis bury, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Powis, Earl de Grey, the Mar quis of Abercorn, and the Marquis of Hertford.- MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. —Though premature, nevertheless we can state, on good authority, that the fol lowing moves will take place early in the spring :-10th Hussars, for foreign" service the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, from Edinburgh to York ; the 11th Hussars, from Newbridge to Edinburgh ; the 3d Prince of Wales' Dragoon Guards, from Ballincollig to Manchester ; the Ist Royal Dragoons to Ballincollig ; the 10 th Light Dragoons, from Cahir to Dublin. Of course nothing is certain until the orders are issued from the Hore Guards ; nevertheless these moves can, to a very great degree, and next to the actual order itself be relied on. Report says the 6th Caribineers are to have lances instead of carbines, which will be a great im provement. The 6th Inniskillen Dragoons embark in the spring for Ireland, either for Cahir or Dundalk. We should give preference to the latter.—From a Corespondent. The Duchess of Buccleuch and family have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall, from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, for the season. The Duchess has come to town earlier than usual, having to attend on her Majesty at the opening of Parliament, as Mistress of the Robes. The Right Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart., is labouring under severe indisposition. On Wednesday Lord Polwarth took the oaths, before the Lord Justice-General, as Lord-Lieutenant of Sel kirkshire, in room of the late Lord Montague.—Scotsman. THE CITY PATRONAGES.—On Wednesday, agree ably to a resolution of the Edinburgh Town Council, which was duly advertised, the patronages of the parishes of Currie and Wemyss, and the half-patronage of Fala, were offered for sale by public auction in the Council Chamber. The two former were put up at 7001. each, and Fala at 250/. ; but although there were a good number of gentlemen present, no ens offered the upset prices, and the sale was in consequence adjourned sine die.—Scotsman. ARTISTS AMATEUR THEATRICALS.—It has been decided upon that a body of artists should perform at St. James's Theatre, on Tuesday week, in aid of the funds of the " Artists' General Benevolent Institution," a society formed for the purpose of dispensing aid to the distressed ar tists generally. THE FUNERAL OF MR. ISAAC COHEN.—The funeral of this gentleman was attended by a great number of his former friends. It is stated that he has left, by his will, 15,000/. to the various charities in the metropolis; 3,0001. to the Jewish school, and 3,0001. to the Synagogue to which he immediately belonged. The Bishop of Lichfield has consented to ordain such pious laymen as shall have laboured two years satisfac torily in the capacity of district visitor or scripture reader, under the direction of an incumbent of a parish. The Bishop of Winchester, it is said, has adopted a similar plan. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—The annual ball, appointed to take place on Wednesday next, for the .benefit of this Institution, will, it is confidently anticipated, be numerously and brilliantly attended. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, together with the Sheriffs and their ladies, have had invitations transmitted to them. His Lordship has honoured the Governor and Committee with an answer, regretting that a prior engagement will prevent his attendance and that of the Lady Mayoress. The arrange ments being made by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the pro prietors of the London Tavern, for the comfort of the com pany, are of the most complete description, and cannot fail to aford the patrons of the Institution a fitting opportunity I for the enjoyment of an evening of pleasurable recreation in aid of the cause of philanthropy. —Advertiser. F . ,• H ZEIGN The following notice has been poste d it the lobbies of the Custom-house, in Thames-street, and at the e:veral dock establishments, and other places of commercial i",liffic on the banks of the river, and copies fur nished to the p, s iocipal officers of the revenue at all the out ports of the kingNni with directions to cause the same to be posted in and abo:tt% the Custom-house and other conspi cuous places in their re. el ports, for the information and future government of importers and all parties con cerned :—" Custom-house, I. oi:don, January, 1846. Whereas, a difference prevails at certain ports in the United King dom in the mode of admeasuring foreign nuts on importa tion, and it has been deemed e xp,scilent that one uniform mode of admeasurement of such nuts elould be established, th e Commissioners of her Majesty's Cusp do hereby give notice, that from and after the Ist day ;X March next, all I foreign nuts imported in bulk will be required to be measured either by the imperial bushel, heaped to a cone, or by A barrel containing three of such coned bushels only. By order of the Commissioners. (Signed) "C. SEWELL, Secretary." SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY.—A man, named Day, was on Tuesday committed by the magistrates of Worcester, charged with dangerously assaulting William Mann, one of Lord Sandy's gamekeepers, at Ombersley. The keeper de tected Day and two companions setting snares on the Bth of November last, and when they saw him watching Them they commenced an attack with thick sticks, and left Manz; lying senseless - in the wood, with severe wounds on his head. One of the men has been since convicted of felony, and is now undergoing imprisonment, and when his term of punishment ends lie will also be tried for the muiderous assault. DISASTROUS FIRE.—One of the finest collections of historical portraits in France, that of the Marquis de Bien court, has just been partly destroyed by a fire, which broke out in his hotel, Rue de Champs-Elysées. It would appear to have originated in his study, and to have communicated to the bed-room and the library. The latter suffered consi derably. Some fine autograph letters were saved, but a great part of the pictures were destroyed. Amongst them was a portrait of Michael A nge l o , p a i n t e d by himself; one - of Erasmus, painted by Holbi en • several Mig Dards - three fine Philip de Champaignes ; LouisLouisXlV. on horseback by Van dermeulen ; and portaits of Moliere, Racine, and Boileau, painted in their own time. There'were also other pictures i of value :—A Young Girl, by Greuse ; a Holy Family, by nard ; Two Interiors , by Bourbon ; several pictures by Brau wer,i &c. Fortunately about 200 pictures w ere save d. SUPPOSED SUICIDE FROM WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. —On Saturday morning, as a man named Dadd was passing along the steam-beat pier at Westminster-bridge, he disco vered the body of a man lying in the mud near the second arch of the bridge. Ha vin g obtained assistance, the body was got ashore, and taken to the vaults o f St. John's Church, Waterloo. road. Upon making an inspection of the body, Mr. Anderson, the Coroner's officer, found that the throat of the unfortunate individual had been p reviously cut, thereby leaving little doubt that he had, on some former occasion, made an attempt upon his life. Nothing whatever was found upon his person to lead to his identity, unless it was a red scarf he had round his throat. EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS.--This exa :nination will take place on Thursday, the 22d inst., and the Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, the 28th inst., t o sw ear in and admit the candidates on the roll of solicitors. By new 0. rrangements the examiners' certificates will be de livered on L 'ins 24th, consequently there will be several days fiats, and perfect the common law ad to obtain the jiid,ge l e missions. THU GLASS PUTIES.—The Customs authorities, having bad under aensideration their minute of July last, directing that flint Ott -glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass, liable i . to the higher rate of duty, should be passed by the officers of taw revenue upon importation into this country, on a partial 'nation of the packages only , and being of opinion, with refero: ce to the reduced rate of duty on the article oiglass generally; that all g1a.33 manufac tures may be so passed upon a partial examination only, under the following circumstances, viz. :—That the warrant or entry be endorsed with the full patticulars of the g00d. , ; that the whole of the packages, except svhen entered by bill of sight or sight entry, be weighed gross' net, as the officers or the merchant may see fit; that in all eases one or more packages to be selected by the officers, with' reference to the number entered, of each description, be un packed and fully exa mined, and if found to correspond with 00 endorsement on the warrant, that the goods be passed withos't any further exam i n ation or detention. Accordingly orders have been issued for the officers to proceed in future in thtl matter as stated. THE LATE MURDER AT NEWINGTON.—The sub for the scriptions set afloat for the relief of Mrs. Fitzgerald, murder of whose husband Samuel Quennell was ext.:salted at Horsemonger -l a ne gaol on Monday , Jan. 5, now amou:nt to about 130/. ; independently of which a number of subscri:n dons have been promised, but not yet received, which it is supposed will, when paid in, increase the amount to upwards of 2001. A BURGLAR DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR.—The Go vernment Police Gazette of Saturday, contains the account of an individual who, having been found by the police beg ging in the streets of Lincoln, was taken into custody, and upon searching him in the usual way, there were found concealed about his person a valuable silver watch, two guard-chains, a brace of pistols, loaded, a large spike gimlet, a tin box, containing lucifer matches, candles, &c., and some pawnbrokers' tickets, relating to property which there is little doubt is the produce of burglaries or highway mob. beries, committed in various parts of the country. He is described as being about five feet seven inches high, fair com plexion, and small sandy whiskers. On his being conveyed before a magistrate, he was committed for one month as a vagrant. THE QUARTER OVA MILLION FUND.—Wm. Marshall, Esq., M.P. for this city, has directed his name to be entered in the Carlisle subscription to the Anti-Corn-law League Fund cf a quarter of a million, for the sum of 3001. — Carlisle Journal. s to ibg 27A ;, 329 s 250 Is 296 is 30s is 410 30 490 8 410 [0 440 !S 538 19 56 0 , 579 3s 49, i s 40s S tO -S d. tO 2 4 4 108 2 0 le 4 O • 20 0 rip• 275 us o ther i increase, the m e those 0 at a de learand9 it BO° tc 3 ' g 4 g 10 ' I , 6 4 6 6 • 4 rifa. 43 0 2UO 1. t the es 0 41 ,6 ie. • •,k4 • l uantt Lies be-- ;alere, PAd ' tatioos t ork R eci e l ' o 381 6°S ,;cl . 808; "" cleins. lla e the 1".. C. is still aisis ted °f ~g ;firer, 1;3; 385 01 1 lish li r e ° qualitie* r . ) Wo4llllll' ; ion of ,}3 ht he re would t be i ca ll 01 • the C°rlY ro Mme ya iunsti C Le 5 1. w hich had f_ A e li r o .mieru hs a who essary, et a full'', W arker for oairni Dsint. but l° Lis dal' . , s i t. 1. fi nd 1 / 1 uld le-#l3 sto la c f the ict luos ti court. • th costs' with ) th° cV.) 00 .11 morri . lot coil -0 pr e ", qth HE SUN LONDON, MO'NDA Y EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1846. dols. to 655 dols.; Benares, 610 dole. to 615 dots., cash rates; Malwa 760 dols. to 777 dols. Exchange on Bengal scarce, and wanted at 224. Freights have, declined, shipping beirg plentiful. 1 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Overla n d P r i ce Current.) The brisk demand for most of our staple products, as no -1 ticed in our last, has continued, and (for the season) an un usually large business has been done at, in almost every in stance, full prices. In imports generally we have no im provement to notice, although one or two staples have slightly advanced in value, as will be seen by reference to the an nexed remarks. Exchange has advanced a trifle, owing to shippers having forced their bills on the market before re mitters were prepared to operate; within the last few days, however, the tendency has agaiq been downwards, and the rate for good paper is now about a farthing above that quoted in our last. The unusually heavy shipments of dead weight sent foward in November (upwards of 50 per cent. in excess of those in November 1844), caused a great demand for tonnage, and arrivals being light, rates have been gra dually advancing, and are now about 15s. above those cur rent on the 19th ultimo, with a probability of a further rise in the event of the mail now due bringing favourable ac counts of the home markets, the greater portion of the vessels here having their cargoes already engaged. T FIE ROMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. 15, 1845.—F0r some days after the depar ture of the last overland mail there was but little alteration in the state of the market for British imports, but the scar city of money, which had previously manifested itself, then began to increase, and in a short time was so widely and generally felt as to oxercise a most prejudicial effect upon every branch of trade. The banks raised their rates of dis count on private bills to 9 and 10 per cent. for draughts at three and four months, and every description of pecuniary accommodation became most difficult to procure. Influenced by these circumstances, addedto the desire of parties to avail themselves of the improved rate of exchange, many large holders of goods—particularly cptton manufactures—came into the market and pressed sales, by which means some de cline in prices took place on such transactions as they were able to effect. The rate of exchange on England, which closed at Is. llUd. for the last mail, has risen to 2s. 0%d., and few purchasers of bills are now to be found even at this high figure. Tie extraordinary scarcity is attributed to the non-arrival of bullion from China in payment fur opium shipped thither, bills on this place and England having been sent round in lieu of the usual supply of Sycee silver ; and also to the payments of cash on account of the heavy arrivals of opium from Malwa, pressed forward at an unusually early period in consequence of the late Act increasing the duty 100 rupees per chest. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express our dispatches in anticipation of the hi-monthly mail. The intelligence is from Calcutta to the 7th, and Bombay the 16th ultimo. The Seikh soldiers, who call themselves " Lions" or " Singhs," having received a portion of their pay, bad come down to the banks of the Sutlej and there threatened to in invade the British dominions ; but the latest intelligence re ceived at Bombay on the 15th of December does not show that they had realised their intentions. When their approach to the frontiers was known, troops were ordered to move from Umballa to Ferozepore. But the Governor-General, 'who was hastening into the north-west, on hearing of the chances of the collision, suddenly countermanded the march of those British regiments, which were composed of her Majesty's army as well as of the native troops. The Governor- General and the Commander-in-Chief met near the frontiers at Kurnaul, on the 26th of November, and their meeting was far from being an agreeable one, for the former was not pleased with the march of the troops towards Ferozepore, and he told Sir H. Gough, as the statement is reported in the best-informed quarters, that even if there was a necessity for invading the Pusjaub, he (Sir H. Gough) was not to command the invading army. It was expected that the Commander-in-Chief would proceed to Calcutta to take his seat in Council. In the meantime some negotiations it was believed here to be at work with the Go vernment of Lahore, in order to neutralise the hostile spirit of the Seikh troops, and to avert a war, or else to enable the British army to be thoroughly prepared for carrying on ope rations. The great apparent cause of the actual dispute arises from some treachery on the part of the Rajas of the protected Seikh states on the left bank of the Sutlej, which states were saved 35 years ago from being merged into the then encroaching rule of Runjeet Singh by the intervention of the British ; and for which safety they have now, like other Indian Governments, turned against their benefactors and joined the weak and faithless Government of Lahore, in order, as it were, to force the British Government to depose their Rajas. By what means Sir Henry Hardinge will be able to main tain peace and to establish a good neighbourhood in the Seikh states, whether " the protected" or the independents unless by conquering the braggart " Lions," it is difficult to understand. It was therefore supposed that Sir H. Hardinge was preparing for a decided and most efficient move. He too long practised under the experienced leader of the British army in the Peninsular war to make any attempt in which he can be foiled; his arrangements will therefore be such as to place the results of his measures beyond all doubt. The removal of Sir Hugh Gough to Calcutta, will, it is said, place the management of the campaign in the hands of the Governor-General, who will thereby be enabled to insure success, by choosiUg his own men for the conflict. There was some probability of hostility on the frontiers, between the Seikhs and Sinde, and the Bombay Govern ment had ordered 8,000 men to be concentrated as soon as possible, in order to have a reinforcement of at least 4,000 men ready to be sent to the banks of the Indus. It was said that an army would be formed in Upper Sinde, but nothing positive was known on the subject. In Lahore the usual system of intriguing, bullying, and manoeuvring was going forward. The troops had termed a sort of military council, by which they were regulated. The Queen-Mother was not desirous of a war with the British ; but she dared not appose the "Punt," as the Military Council is called. Her paramour, Lall Singh, is afraid to assume the Wuzeership, although she wished to appoint him ; his dread arises from apprehension of the troops requiring him, when Wuzeer, to give them bracelets of gold, &c. On the 19th of November the Seikh army was formed into four divisibns, the first to march to Kussoor, opposite to Ferozepore ; the second to Hurreeke Goozur ; the third to Phtiloor, opposite Loodiana ; and the fourth to a place in front of Roopur. The most extravagant rumours were circulated amongst those troops, such as that the British were to • pay large sums (one or more millions) to prevent the invasion of the British territory. The pride of the " Singhs" was thereby inflated ; but still, as no bribe for delay was given to the British agents, they had resolved to conquer and plunder as much as they could. One daring fanatic (an Akhalee) said that he was ready to lead his daring followers into the British territories, if the Seikhs would insure to him all that he conquered. The leaders of the Seikh divisions are Tej Singh, formerly Gover nor of Peshawur ; Lall Singh Dew an Ajootheea Nutha, and General Mewa Singh. They received kheluta of rhoosatana (dresses - of departure) on the 23d of November. Lall Singh is undecided in his movements, and the troops suspect him, and may massacre him, as an example to the rest. The Seikh troops appeared, according to the latest intelligence, not to be ready for any decided act, as their beginning, but their Punt had appointed a commissariat to have good ammuni- tion, &c., ready for them. Thus, at the date of tho latest news, the two armies, Seikhs and British, were assembling on the banks of the Sutlsj. The intentions of Sir Henry Hardinge were still stated to be pacific; but - so they must be up to the last moment. Yet pacific with whom? Not with the boy-King or his mother , they are the mere cyphers; not with the Wuzeer , his l ife is oi no value; nor is his influence or his power possessed of any stability ; nor with the " Punt," which is a violent irrespon sible council, which will have no control over their turbulent troops, save to bring them to a battle. A bloody battle, or rather three or four bloody ones, with the different divisions, may be expected before any system of order can he established in Lahore, and before a Government can he recognised with which to enter on any negotiations. There cannot be much delay in these proceedings, for the states of India are watching now what is going forward, and some of them would not hesitate to create confusion, in case either long delays or a signal defeat awaited the British armies ; either of which our correspondent, in making the observation, did not in any wise anticipate. From Affghanistan we learn that Dost Mahomed had re solved to declare himself a " King," and to wear a crown in his old age. His son and Wuzeer, the notorious Akbar Khan, was at Caubul, employed in digging for secreted treasures. Nothing was publicly said of their attempting to invade Peshawur. The Nizam's dominions were likely to occasion disturb ances, in consequence of the confused state of the finances. The Bombay Steam Navigation Company had begun their voyages, the steamer Victoria having arrived there from Calcutta. Lord Elphinetone had arrived in Bombay from Ceylon, and was preparing to join the Governor-General in the north of India. The Manilla Muloy, who had perpe trated the atrocious murders of six persons, and wounded sixteen others, had been tried in Bombay, and sentenced to bs executed. In consequence of the military movements, the exchange on England had risen to 2s. and 20.0 4d. per rupee, and the Government securities had fallen 4er 5 per cent. This was principally attributed to the want of silver as a circulating medium. Our correspondent in a postscript mentions a report that the Ist Regiment of Bombay Fusiliers and her Majesty's 17th Regiment, and the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, had received orders to make ready for proceeding to Sinde. The most important domestic item of intelligence is the great rise in the price of rice, consequent on the large expor tations to Britain. The common kind used by the great body of the people is double the usual price, the retail price being nearly two rupees the maund. Railways are as popular in India us they are in England, and shares in the Great Eastern are not to be had on any terms, while those of the Great Western, which were very lately opened to the public, are almost all taken. The survey, under Mr. Simms, is said to be rapidly progressing; and if, benefiting by experience, those coicerned will adopt the American mode of construct- ing the ales instead of the more expensive mode adop ted, and carry them over, instead of throu g h hills, the pre sent gen An ara o t r io d a er m b a y y thetrope to President use i l l n w as. Council was passed on the 21st of November altering the long-existing mode of draw ing pay. CHINA.. (From the B.ngal Hurharts, Dec. 5.) We received yesterday a copy of the China Mail of the 30th ult., being of later date by a month than our last intel ligence from that quarter. -We are sorry to say it confirms the wreck and total loss of the Bombay 'clipper, the City of Shiraz, on the Isle de Negros, in the Mindora Sea. All hands, with the exception of three lascars, are supposed to have perished. This vessel, with several others, had long been due at Bombay, where, as well as in Calcutta, appre• hensions for her safety were beginning to be felt. In the columns of the Mail we find Ordinance No. 12 of 1845, being " an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1, of 1845," which decreed that any one convicted of belong ings to the Triad Society, or other secret associations, should, in addition to other punishments, be branded o r marked on the right cheek, and which has been very pro perly disallowed b$ the Home Government. The amended ordinance exempts from punishment " all who shall have joined the Triad Society, in ignorance of its designs, or under the influence of terror, who shall not be duly con victed of active participation in aomr unlawful act arising out of his or their connexion with the said society," exceptions which must very considerably limit the opersilinn of the ordi nance on the members of the Triad Society, woe , in mercy to the Masonic fraternity, perhaps, as regards all other secret assooiations, it is repealed. For the iKnominious brand on the face, marking under the left arm, as in the case of military a:Nerters, is to be substituted? v v ve have marked for transference to our columns a loi:g an d i n ,`oresting account of the institution, objects and opera tions o f . the Morrison Education Society, which will, we are sure, be re,'Ul with pleasure by al l who have at heart the moral and al tellectual improvement of their fellow men. The society maintar l an establishment at Hong-Kong, in which Chinese boys ate Brought up and educated in their own language and in Eng,:‘sh ; the number that can be recei ved is, of course, limited, bu s t the result in the case of these few appears to be highly gratis Pg• Among the items of Peki2 Pews we find a paragraph in which it is mentioned that the .Xtoperor had been pleased to announce that no criminals concimnPed at the then present assizes should be put to death. It Atati2d, perhaps, as ac counting for this display of imperial clemency, that before signing the death warrants of malefrowtors his Majesty has to fast for three days, It may then at lest admit of ques tion, whether the Irr...,ther of the Sun has bessa moved to his merciful determination by the claims of humanity, or by the appeals of his own imperial stomach. Opium is quoted in the Canton market—Patna At 645 ~.,. , ~: EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—The transactions in this staple since our last have been very limited, and principally for exportation to China ; prices, though somewhat reduced, being still too high, in the present state of the money market, to induce shipments, to any extent, to Great Britain. No very material decline san be expected in the present rates, inasmuch as it is known that the next crop will prove a short one. Wool—Some changes will be noticed in our quotations, but these are rather attributable to the variableness of the quali ties at market than to any actual fall in the value of the article. The present stock is not great, there being no cutch available, and not more in all than 500 or 600 candies of the other descriptions. Coffee—Malabar is about half a rupee per maund cheaper than before. Gums—Animi has risen to the extent of about sr. per cwt., while Olibanum and Arabic are without change. • Hemp—There has been a general decline in the prices of this article. Ginger is sr. per candy higher than last month. Opium wholly unchanged in value. Silk—All varieties, save Bengal, are cheaper than before. Freights—There have been numerous arrivals within the last week, and the demand for tonnage being extremely li mited, a further reduction has taken place in the rates of freight to Great Britain, which may now be quoted at 3/. to London, and 2/. 17s. 6d. to 8/. to Liverpool. There is no ves sel loading for the Clyde. We may quote freight to China at 15r. per candy—the same as on the departure of the last mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. JANUARY 12.—1 n Malta Harbour—The Hibernie, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.. G.C.8., the Commander in -Chief; Ceylon, 42, reeeivirig-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and Superintendent of Malta dockyard; Amazon, 26, Captain J. J. Stopford ; Beacon surveying-vessel, Commander T. Graves ; Bonetta surveying-vessel, Commander G. G. Otway, Locust steamer, Lieutenant Eden; and Wee Pet Steam-tug, M. Duncan. At Gibraltar—The Flamer steam -sloop, Lieut. C. J. Postle ; the Fantome, 16. Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicholson, Bart. At Corfu—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L. Cannon; Jackall steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pascoe. At the Pincus of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieut. It. Phillips. At Smyrna—The Siren, 16, Commander H. E. Edgell. At Constantinople—The Hecla war-steamer, Commander J. Duffill. _ At Beyrout—The Warspite, 50, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis; the Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. 11. Fremantle. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands, the Spitfire, steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Macdonald. En route to Gibraltar, Meteor steamer, Lieut. G. Buttler. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS At Malta, the Sydenham, Lieut. D. E. B. Mapleton; and Volcano, Lieut. Crang. At MUrseilles—Aelieron, Lieut. B. Aplin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. En route from Malta to Southampton and Gibraltar, the Duke of Cornwall. At Southampton, the Great Liverpool. En route to Malta from Southampton, the Achilles. At Malta, the Iberia and Oriental. En route to Malta from Constantinople, the Tagus. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR IN PORT. French steamer Leonidas; Russian corvette Menelaus; Tunis brig Hattab ; Anglo-Maltese Scotia. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 8. The Bentinck arrived at Suez on Sunday night, the 4th inst., at eleven o'clock, from Calcutta, with 46 passengers, 20 of whom are booked for England by, the Oriental. Mails reached Alexandria at five o'clock P.M. on the 7th inst., and passengers this morning at half-past six o'clock. Here in Egypt nothing new has occurred since the de- Parture of the last mail, the French steamer Osiris, which ought to have left on the 30th ult., and has been detained till this day, on account of the heavy repairs she was obliged to undergo. Mehemet Ali had ordered a Council to be held at Cairo to take into consideration the future administration of the transit affairs ; and, according to the letters received from Cairo, it seems the Council had determined to place Abbas Pasha at the head of the transit affairs; and as Managing Director, Roachdy Effendi, lately returned from England, where he had been sent by his patron, General Edhem Bey, for his education, and to study civil engineering The general opinion is, Oat the duration of these new ar rangements will be very short, perhaps they may never really take place. A change of some sort is however very desirable, or, at least, that the existing managers should improve their stock and conveyancer, particularly their steamers on the Nile. THE BRAZILS FALMOUTH, SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 18.—The Crane packet, .Lieutenant Lewis, arrived this morning with the Brazil mails, having sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 7th of December. She brings only two passengers, viz., ltir. Lynd and Mrs. Stevens, and about 40,0001. on freight, prin cipally in gold and diamonds on mining account. The ex change was ruling at 2.5 i, with some particular transactions at 254. This depression was owing to the bad accounts of Brazil produce received from Europe by the Express packet, which arrived on the 28th of November. • Her Majesty's ship Apollo, with troops. sailed from Rio on the 27th of November for the River Plate. Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops was lying at the Rio awaiting the instruc tions from Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, who it was supposed was about taking leave, and that Mr. Hudson would have charge during his absence. On the packet's departure the Chambers were sitting and de bating the law of search ; they continue to remain neutral in the Monte Videan affair. Antonia Carlos d'An drade died at Rio the 6th December. The branch packet with the River Plate mails had not reached Rio when the Crane left, but accounts from that quarter had been received by an Amecican vessel to the 22d of November, which state that the Republic of Paraguay had declared war against Roses about the latter end of October, and that about 54 merchant vessels had sailed for the Corientes about the 27th of October, under the protection of the allied squadrons, who were taking measures to open the river as far as Paraguay. The Emperor was at the city of Rio Grande, where he was very well received. The demand for coffee, for North America chiefly, has been great, and the price of this article has risen to—su perior, 3,250 reis to 3,400 reis good, first, 3,100 reis to 3,150 reis; good, second, 2,600 reis to 2,700 reis. The present stock is small, say about 11,000 bags. Sugars have rated at last quotations, but the Campos fleet had partly arrived, and about 2,800 cases are now on the market, for which prices have not yet opened. Freights were dull at 455. to 50s. per ton. Six per Cent. Steck, 70/2. PRINCE ALBERT'S LIBERAL DONATION.—From a letter addressed to the parochial authorities of Clewer by Major-General Welling, it appears that his Roy a l Hi g h ness ' Prince Albert has spontaneously expressed his intention to present an annual sum—equal t o the amou nt of rates which would have been payable had he bee n legally liable ----to the parish of Clewer, in co th nsid at e rahtisionwdoeilnflitahlwoosefeipmhoiersgtiiloninaebs, lessen the i o l f it Flemish e Farm which belong to that p arish. This generous act on numbertr h at e e p d a , rwt of fi f l em h: aa s lte ß ot Royal eeanl same Highn ess time, it enforces that d en i a l mere emphatically than ever. In their acknowledgement of this gratuity, the churchwardens and overseers of Clewer express their decided opinion that there is no legal claim whatever upon the Prince-Consort for poor -rates u p on Flemish Farm, while they also convey to him their dee p sense of his Marl borough muni ficence upon the present oc casion. THEATRE ROYAL, LY CEUM.—The followin g list of distinguished fashiona bles have, since the h olidays, honoured this favourit e establishment with th e i r pre y sence:—,PLrianrdcepGoeraohrgeesteor,f Countess Cam bridg c e h , a Duke of Essex, Lord Sondes , Lor d Gardiner, Lord De Manley, Lady Earl and A. Countess Seymour,ess Ladyia ' ,rrin g b t i n o n n , t efi Lady or Knox, Lad Lord St. Green, \Germains, Lord Willo u g hb y D Ereeby, Lad y Macfar lane, , lane, Lord Castlereagh , Sir W. and Lad y De Beath, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Sir J . Woodhurst, Sir d e u Paul, Sir W. Montague, Sir G. Armstrong, Hon, Captain Curzon, Captain Macdonald, Captain Grimston, Sir C. Marshall, Colonel Walpole, Colonel Pearse, Major Stevens, AP Baron Platt, Mr. and Mrs. Ord, &c. &c. . "The Somerset County Gazette states that on r h . day a meeting, on the subject of the corn-laws, w urse hire andpresided ' o , s held over be , Mr. Bickho.m Escott, M.P. The Protection ` oc i et be 4 , been private;y hawking about a petition, t o which Y th; r had obtained some thirty signatures in favour o f prow „" don, and which they represented as the petitio n o f , the-- inhabitants of Stegurnber . To prc!est against thi s a . gant assumption, a public IneaHlg was called ,4 ' . and 1,500 persons indignantly repudiated all cormecti .( l._ the' protectionist petition, and agreed to n .rs a ith - coil n w ter petition, which was entrusted to Mr. Bickham se - cut for presentation to the House of Commons. _ We have reason to believe that Lord Home via moi e the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech in the, Home of Lords. No Peer hits yet been selected to se cond Lord Home.—Times, DEFUNCT RAILWAY SCHEMES. _ (From the Timis.) In reference to the list which we published a few days since under this head, we have been requested to make the follow ing explanations : The Nottingham, Erewash Valley, Ambergate, and Man chester; the Notti ng h am, V a l e of B e l vo i r, and Grantham ; and the Nottingham and Boston, are amalgamated under the title of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company ; and this line has fulfilled all Parliamentary requirements. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Rail way declare that they have deposited all the plans necessary to entitle them to proceed with their several intended Bills. The Directors of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland and Royal Canal Company declare that they did de- posit the plans, &c., on the 31st of December, for the three extensions which they projected—viz., to Galway, to Sligo, and to the Riyer Liffey. The Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway Company say that the Company arc prepared to apply to Parliament for the extension of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway to Market Weighton and Great Driffield. The York, Carlisle, and Durham, Westmoreland, and Lancashire Junction Railway Company beg not to be con founded with a York and Carlisle Railway Company, as not having made the necessary deposits of plans, Stc., and notices is the Private Bill• office on the 31st of December, 1845. With reference to our statement respecting the'Critd;ridge and Worcester line, we are requested to state, that the hoe from Cambridge to Worcester, known as the Midland and Eastern Counties line, has duly complied with the standing orders, and is prepared to go to Parliament this session. 1 " The West Riding Union being amalgamated, has complied with the standing orders. • The Northern and Southern Connectingßailway Company desire that it may not be confoundedwith one of very similar title which has not deposited its plans. MR. GLADSTONE. We (Nottingham Journal) last week made some remarks relative to Mr. Gladstone's retirement from the representa tion of the - borough of Newark. In the course of those re marks we stated that the electors of Newark disapproved of the Right Ron. Gentleman's conduct with regard to the Maynooth grant, and that he declined to oiler himself for re .election in consequence ; and we also surmised that the probable future commercial policy of the Government had been not without its weight in bringing about the separa tion. We haVe since received the following letter from Mr. Gladstone on the subject of thoie remarks, which we consider it right to lay before our readers : I I 7 ‘ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOTTINGHAM JOURNAL. "Sir,—My attention has been drawn to an article in your paper of the 9th. Such an article, written in a local paper, I cannot consider as an irresponsible and merely anonymous publication. The tone also in which it is composed—a tone of extreme,and I fear unwarrantable, favour to myself—must give weight to such statements as it contains in regard to mere matters of fact. " It states that my vote in favour of the Maynooth College Bill has either wholly or in great part led me to retire from the position of a candiate for the representation of Newark, and that the future commercial policy of the Government has also had its weight. "Allow me, Sir, respectfully, but most positively to assure you, that neither the Maynooth College Bill, nor any com mercial policy of the Government, past or prospective, nor other public question, have had the smallest effect in deter mining my conduct. " The motives by which I have been influenced have been exctusively of a personal character. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, "Your very obedient servant, "W. E. GLADSTONE. " 13, Carlton House Terrace, London, Jan. 10, 1846." THE SUpl EXPRESSES. We have to acknowledge our obligations to the Messrs. John ston, of Dublin, for The Sun of Tuesday, containing the Funds' Share and other news up to that evening. This number of The Sun was expressed to Dublin by those enterprising news agents, and reached that city at two o'clock, P.M., on Wednesday.—Kerry Examiner, 16th January. Through the kindness of Messrs. Johnston and Co., Eden quay, we have just received The Sun of Wednesday, by ex press, in twenty-four hours from London to Dublin. On Wednesday, at Mark-lane, prices of grain were looking down, And business very dull.—KilkennyJournal, 17th January. THE MESSES. ° JOHNSTON AND CO., OF DUBLIN.—As an in stance of the enterprising spirit of those gentlemen, we may mention that we received yesterday morning a copy of the London Sun of Wednesday evening, which they had conveyed by present to Dublin, within twenty hours 1 We have had frequently to present our acknowledgments to Messrs. John ston for similar favours.—Kilkenny Moderator, 17th January. _ _ We are indebted to Messrs. Johnston, the enterprishig news agents, Eden-quay, Dublin, for a second edition of The Sun of the 13th instant, containing important documents underneath, in reference to the annexation of Texas to the United States.—Sligo Journal, Jan. 16. We were this morning similarly favoured, through the agency of the same firm, by a copy of the London Sun of Tuesday evening, which they received at two o'clock P.M. yesterday. It contains an account of the funds, share, and other markets, as well as proceedings in the various courts of law in London, which took place en Tuesday. The value of early intelligence from London is of the utmost importance to this country, more particularly in the present state of the corn and other markets. The Messrs. Johnston are, there fore, doing the state good service by their independent and energetic expresses.— Westmeath Guardian, Jan. 15. PLYMOUTH THEATRE. (From the Devonport Independent.) The engagement of Mr. Macready has proved a valuable one for the interests of this theatre, that gentleman's bril liant performances having attracted crowded audiences during the week. This great artiste has not appeared before a Ply mouth audience for five years prior to his present engage ment, and, as may have been anticipated, much pleasure was evinced by the playgoers of this neighbourhood on beholding the finished acting of this favourite, not merely of the Ply mouth boards, but of the British stage generally. During the week Mr. Macready has appeared iu Hamlet, Richelieu, Othello, and Werner, in all of which characters he has been well supported by the company% _ _ On Thursday evening liis Othello was a powerfully fine performance, and the audience repeatedly manifested their delight by vehemently applauding at intervals of the performance. Mr. Macready had the good fortune to be supported on the occasion by one of the beat lago's we ever saw. Mr. Paumier is an actor of whose ability, from the first part we saw him play, we entertained not the slightest doubt, but, taleated as we believed him to be, we did not anticipate so much excellence as he exhibited in the arduous part of Ingo. It was one of the greatest hits ever achieved by a provincial actor, and the audience, espe cially that part of it located in the lower part of the house, bore ample testimony to the actor's great ability. At the fall of the curtain there was a loud cry for Macready and Pau mier, and the former gentleman at once responded to the wishes of the audience, and bowed his acknowledgment. The call for Paumier was now redoubled, proceeding from all parts of the house, boxes, pit, and gallery, and at length that gen tleman made his appearance, and received the honours he had so well earned. The farce on this evening was Mother and Child are doing Well, in which Mr. Clement White, the well known vocalist and composer, appeared in the part of Lieutenant 0 . Scupper, and sustained it throughout " to the life." He has a fine rich brogue, and in our opinion is des tined at no very distant period to become a favourite in Irish characters. ANTI-CORN-LAW AND FREE TRADE MEETINGS. Since the meetings in favour of free trade, already enu merated in our columns, the following have taken place, and have been attended by numbers proportionate to the size of the different districts : At Edinburgh, on Thursday last, in the Music Hall, with Baillie Duncan, the Lord Provost, in the chair. The assem bly was addressed by several advocates of the cause, and some spirited resolutions, expressive of thorough free trade principles, were unanimously adopted. At St. Austel, Cornwall, on Friday, with Mr. Hoskins, a local tradesman, in the chair. Petitions to the Houses of Lords and Commons, praying for the abolition of all avail able restrictions upon commerce, were adopted, and the meet. ing was addressed by F. S. Trelawny, Esq., M.P. At Stogumber, Somersetehire, on Thursday evening, with B. Escott, Esq., M.P., in the chair. About 1,500 individuals were present, and the demonstration altogether was most enthusiastic. At Shepton Mallet, on Saturday, with the High Constable in the chair. The meeting, which was convened in the market-place, numbered somewhere about a thousand. At the C ourt-house. Marylebone where, on Saturday evening, the various metropolitan delegates assembled. Mr. George Daniell, churchwarden of Marylebone, presided. The assembly, besides protesting against the duties levied upon articles l 'of food, adopted a memorial to Six Robert Peel against the continuation of the window-tax. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—An alteration has just been made in the arrangements for the departure of the Court fir town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, will leave the Castle on Wednesday next, instead of Tuesday, the day originally' fixed upon, for Buckingham Palace. A magnifi cent banquet will be given by her Majesty to-morrow even ing in the Waterloo Gallery. Invitations have been issued to between fifty and sixty royal and distinguished guests, including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of An glesea, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Hertford (who will be invested with the garter, vacant by the death of the late Earl Grey, at a chapter of the order which will be held by the Sovereign at three o'clock in the afternoon); the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Powis, and the Cabinet Ministers. The Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Yeomen of the Guard have been commanded to be in attendance. A grand concert will be given by her Majesty in the evening. The Queen's private band will be considerably augmented ; several instrumental performers having been engaged from town. Sir H. W. Williams Wynne, H. 8., ambassador at Copenhagen, and Lady Wynne, left Brighton for Dieppe, on Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam Navig n a c t i l o, o: le Company's steam-ship Menai. Mr. G. Wynne le ft Lo ndon on Wednesday last, by the Princess Roy al steamer, for Hamburgh. .1 } tine same state. Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. C. Hor,v,e7 M.P., and %- 4 ,uffering from what . of the family at present staying with the Noble Earl at Castle Howard.— Carlislels 1 1 of all the ills that flesh La T dy h: l E ary ar H l oofwaCrda,rlairselethceonontilnyumesemmbeu,c.h i - 1 3 ' Journal. I of the brain —one of the most intractable to r .iedical ele:d .t with a broad pendant to is heir to.—Carlisle Journal. is The Duke r h a e o rt s cl s . em on It is reported that the Am erica, SO, Captain the Hon. John comm 4 P - 4 on the dregon coast ;, and that the Gram us 50 professionally Capt M a rtin, will join her forthveith. , P f:..e:irdon has been sea The King of Wurtemberg ' is recovering fom his severe illness. The bullol9 of ttae 12th inst. announces that the fever has left him entirely, although his Majesty is still at times tormented by a cough. Tits TICKET ACT.—The sooner an Act of Parlia ment is passed to interpret the interpretation clause of the Ticket Act the better. It is in. such terms as to throw every body into doubt and difficulty, and hundreds of framework knitters out of employment. The marriage of the fl on. Miss Mary Constantia Clifford, second daughter of Lord Clifford of Ugbrooke, to William Vavasour, third son, of Sir Edward Vavasour, of Hazelwood Hall, Tadcaster, took place on Monday last, in the Catholic Chapel attache d to Allerton Park, near Green Hammerton, Yorkshire, the, seat of Lord Stourton, whose lady is aunt to the bride's mother. The ceremony wasr formed by the Rev. J. Brit) ge (S. J.), in the presence of the contracting parties, and of others of the neighbouring gentry. The bride was , given away by Lord Clifford, and after the ceremony they left for Harrogate, to pass the honey moon. A ball and Stipp er at the park concluded the festivi ties of the wedding- dad . Western Times. LITERATURE. THE COMIC ANNUALfrr 1846. By Thomas Hood. Poor Tom Hood's capacity— his extraordinary capacity—for compositions of the very bighest poetical merit, has recently been commemorated by ourselves, in reviewing the late republication of his poems. Now, by the reprint of his renowned " Whimsicali ties," at this moment lying on our escritoire, we are enabled, with some degree of plausibility, to parti cularise the exuberance, the sun-heartedness, and the irresistible breadth of his humour. Almost everybody has revelled in the facetiousness which is squandered with such lavish pleasantry over this volume ; the contents alternately insinuating a moral or pointing an eccentricity. A more genial, hearty, or unaffected exhibition of drollery can scarcely be discovered anywhere, and gloriously has Leech em bodied several of Hood's happiest creations. His il lustration to that illustrious conceit ending— "No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member, No shade, no shine, no bun erflies, no bees, No fruits, no flow'rs, no leaves, no birds—November!" is rich to an extreme ; the frostbitten smear of a man's figure just discernable through the fog, his (literally) frieze coat muffled up to his nose, the canal water at his feet too thickly encrusted with ice to permit of suicide—all these concomitants, produced simply with parallel lines, bring that most miserable and blue-devilliA month before one palpably and visibly. Then Miss Crane—the Miss Crane—with her button nose and h er s t arc h e d m itt ens —th e re, from her the pen c il o f L eech, you can almost distingu i sh ~ shrill, sc roop i ng voice, as she utters the grace before meat :—" For what we are going to receive— elbows, elbows !—the Lord make us—backs in and shoulders down —truly thankful— and no chattering ! Amen." Then Mr. Pryme, the famous Mr. Pryme, with his bald head as " scar l et as a love-apple"— there he is to the very life; and M rs . Gardiner, too, as she appeared when chasing away that incorrigible pig, who derived such exquisite gratification from wallowing in a bed of tulips ; and James Hoekin, and Mr. Crumpler, there they are all together finished to a hair or a wrinkle—sheer callotypes. Nevertheless, capital as are these productions of Leech, grotesquely as they are conceived and excel lently as they are reduced to form—they still lag far behind those rough, inartistic, malformed pictorial jokes, which only Hood could accomplish or invent, for comicality and point; from " Hullah-baloo," as a chorus of singers shouting in concert, after the system of Mainzer and his fellow-labourer, to " Does your mother know you're out ?" as uttered by the faam-yard cock to the chicken just popped from its shell. And as to the extravagant jocoseness of the literature, nothing need be insisted upon that question ; almost every one being familiar with its amazing and preposterous humour. Surely there is nobody but remembers the " Sea-Totaller,' and that scrap of in corrigible fun christened "An Extraordinary Ope ration." And surely everybody recollects " The Longest Hour in my Life," and " The Camberwell Beauty." And surely—and surely a remembrance of " The Grimsby Ghost " can never have evaporated from the memory of any one who has once travelled over those thirteen mortal chapters, all athirst to discover the important secret which troubles the phantom of the late widow Mullins, the chaud leress, and causes it to haunt the shop In her favourite post " between the coffee-mill and the barrel of red herrings," until the goblin at last divulges the secret to her daughter, in those remarkable and memorable words—" Mary, it arn't booked, but there's tuppence for sandpaper at number nine !" From all subjects, even the most un aluring, the ready fancy and spontaneous wit of Hood extracted materials for our merriment, sunning them at the same moment with the glow of philanthropy. The summer air, with its green " luxury of boughs," the vernal glory of the dingle, or the gleam of water in a midnight valley, stirred up his heart with a mysterious, but potent gladness ; he wandered through the natural cloisters of the forest with his whole soul brimming up with a love for Nature and Nature's God. In those moments he was a poet of the loftiest order; his mind was attuned to the subtlest presence of beauty ; ex trinsic loveliness, however, partial or minute, found a ready response in his bosom. His thoughts were then purified to an exceeding delicacy, and his words were musical and modulated in proportion. But in his gayer moments, when the wine of Anacreon seemed to stain his lips, and the heart flashed up through the eye in sparkles of merriment, none could vie with him in the wonderful richness of his drollery ; his quips had the gold of originality, and shone with the lustre of their absurdity. As a collection of this true and legitimate species of humour, this reprint of " Hood's Whimsicalities" is without a parallel. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen did not walk out yesterday morning, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Prince Albert went out shooting yesterday fore noon, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde and Colonel Bouverie. 'the Royal Family were all taken an airing for a short time yesterday in the Castle precincts. The following illustrious visitors took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday morning, and afteiwards left the Castle :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weitnar, Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the Royal Family in the course of the afternoon. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort promenaded for some time in the pleasure-grounds and Home Park yesterday afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle last evening. _ Thi; morning, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Honourable and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar returned to Marlborough House on Satur day from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Glou cester House. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl St. Germans, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Duke of Wellington returned to town in the morning from Windsor Castle, and the Earl of Had dington, arrived in town to attend the Council, from a visit to Mr. Drummond, at Albury Park, Guildford. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie returned to town on Saturday-from Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received on Saturday aft ernor at the Colonial-o ffi ce, from the Gove rnor of G ibraltar, The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederic Trench attended the early servi ce yestere,,y in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir John Seymour. The Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Angle,- jey , the Bishop o f aulet, G. Paget, and Ely, Lords Bandon, Talbot, G. P Norreys, attended the dai l y gervice in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayer,s were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the le ss, jns by the Rev. G. R ep t on. The sermon was preach '. d by the Re v . Sir John Sey mour. The anthem, was " In then , rd." Mr Turle presided t at f ,,he organ. Al T- IDDLEI TY AMPLE, JAN.rT.—The after-mentianed nail called this evening, the b v t z r . o , ll T F he ld es ay, W an h d ee p le u r b , lis E h sg ed ., i c r ) .i f gentlemen ye dm to the dining- St. John'. s Colle ge, Giori . ,, William l Cambridge, and, Messrs. William Morris, J. A tDMISSION 0; 1' George Sweet Carr, and Thomas Garfit. SOLICITORS.—The number of per scale applying for admission as solicitors, &c., in the present term, as shown by th e li s t ex hibited at Westminster Hall, is 166. ;The number applying for admission pursuant to judges' orders is four; and the number of applications for renewal of certificates on the last day of term is 28. AMENDMENT TO THB ADDRESS.—In a letter to the electors of Norfolk, Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, one of the Members for that county, says—" I beg leave to make known to you that it is my intention to submit the consideration of the following proposition, by way of amend ment to the Address, on the opening of Parliament, on the 22d inst., should circumstances seem to reqifire it, viz. 'To assure her Majesty that, though we believe that the in dications of an approaching scarcity have been grossly exag gerated, if not wholly without foundation, we do neverthe less acknowledge that the mitigation of anything like a real scarcity ought at all times, and under all circumstances, to be the paramount matter of interest, so as to weigh doNN n every other consideration ; and therefore it is that we feel it to be our bounden duty to declare, that we will most &Jeer fully accede to the adoption of any measures which the Exe cutive Government may initiate, as measures either of pre caution or relief, and as applicable either to Ireland, or to any other part of the empire, which shall sot in any way compromise the broad principle of protection to the native soil, from the heart of which the great mass of the popula tion have hitherto, under God's blessing, t rou gh strange vicissitudes, been abundantly supplied, and rom the decay of which they may be-hereafter , thrown into wretchednes s, want, and rum.' " n ACCIDENT BY A THRASHING MACHINE.. t Wednesday last, a poor woman of the name of FoLed,iolniNg'iinngg toa Glemsford, was assisting at a thrashing e i edr thatfeot Mr. Morley, of the same parish, and b) o • slipped between the beaters, and wa s I:mcl'anucchirnneeacninsshl amputation was resorted to the same *evening. The 1.) oman ism her 67th year. 'Kerala THE CITY POLICE. Mr. D. W. Harvey transmitted the following report to the Lord Mayor on Saturday:— " City Police. office, Old Jewry, Jan. 16, 1846. "My Lord,---I have the honour to enclose a statistical re turn for the year ending the 31st of December, 1845, of the working of the City Police. " It is with great satisfaction that I direct your Lord ship's attention to the comparatively insignificant value of the property stolen during the past year, amounting, as it does, to the sum of 5,674/. Is. 11d. only, of which 1,7431. were recovered, leaving an average of something snore than 101. a day. The success of our vigilance i is the more re markable, when your Lordship s informed that our in quiries and observations confirm the fact, that upwards of 1,000 persons of loose propensities enter the City daily, f or the sole purpose of committing depredations, and who have as the prey of their skilful criminality some hundreds of thousands of persons, many of whomappear in the City f or the first time, careless and unsuspicious, while not a few seem indifferent to the admonitions of experience. And when to this state of things is added that of 1,252 houses and warehouses reported as insecure-568 of these houses and warehouses crowded for the most part with valua ble and portable conamoditieos were found to be en tirely untenanted by night—l flatter myself, my Lord, I may claim for the Officers and constables of the City police force the merit of doing their duty. It is not unworthy of remark that even their exemplary conduct greatly adds to my respnsibility ; for I find the force under my command rather a nursery for other services than a permanent body, upon whose staid experience I might rely. During the pest year, of 96 men who have left the force, 53 have so done to as sume superior situations, to which a certificate of service has been their passport. Of the remaining number five have died, nine have left on account of ill-health, and 16 were found un fit fur the service at% or a month's probation. The remaining 13 were dismissed. " May I be allowed to express my personal gratification that you are giving your energetic attention, and I trust eventually with success, to a subject which well deserves it, viz., the unsatisfactory provision for deserted infancy, and the aged cl,,stitute within the City. I have, upon many oc casions, enlarged upon this interesting and distressing sub ject, and I should be delighted to give my humble services to a cause, whose neglect degrades humanity, inflicts grievous wrong upon the innocent, while it gives counten ance to skilful vagrancy and deriding erime.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, " D. W. HARVEY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." SUMMARY OF THE CITY POLICF,IiETURNS FOR THE TEAR 1845. Total number of persons taken to the various stations:— Men, 9,763; women, 4,000; children, 209. Total, 13,972. Summonses --1,804, of which there were convicted and fitted, 1,336. MLSCELLANEOUS. Number of houses and warehouses found insecure (1,252 occupiers living on p rem i ses, 80 untenanted, 568 no nightly residence) -1,900. Fires discovered by the police, 158. Children found (226 restored to their friends, and 602 sent to the workhouse)-828. Lives saved by the police, 23. Robberies (6 burglaries, 785 in dwelling-houses, 854 from the person, and 150 in the streets)-1,295. Value of property stolen, 5,674/. ls. 11d. Recovered, 1,7431.35. sd. Found on drunken persons, and restored on their departure from the station, 1,0561. 16s. 2d. THE OMNIBUS SERVICE.—A number of improve ments are about to be introduced into the construction of the Parisian omnibuses, and, in mentioning them, it is urged on the consideration of the Prefect of Police the sad situa tion of the drivers, conductors, and subaltern officers of the omnibus service in general. These remarks are equally ap plicable to the London omnibus service. Would you know the life of an omnibus cad? Every day he must rise at three in the morning, and must not go to bed till the return to the depot of the last omnibus, that is, an hour and a half after midnight. Now what is the salary of such a servant ? Forty-five sous a day. A driver, for remaining nailed to his seat from seven in the morning till midnight, gets 3f. 50c. A conductor, for getting on and off his toot-board one thou sand times a day, and in the intervals standing erect like a parrot on his perch, exposed to all the jerks of the vehicle, to all the inclemencies of the weather, and to all the ca prices of every goer and corner—for all these an unhappy conductor gets but 24f. 50c. (11.) per week. If it be de manded what is the possible duration of the service of such servants, go to the office of any omnibus company whatever, and not four of these servants will be found the date of whose service begins at the foundation of these carriages ; that is, in 1828. £he omnibus service is murderous. On Saturday, at one o'clock, the family of Mr. Andrews, of Grosvenor-place, Camberwell, was greatly alarmed by hearing the report of a pistol which proceeded from the room of a Mr. Barrell (an inmate and cousin of the family). It was immediately discovered that the unhappy gentleman, who was lying on his bed, had shot himself through the left breast. Surgical aid was promptly obtained, but all assistance was unavailing. In half an hour life was extinct. It is said that losses arising from railway specula tions caused a temporary delirium. TnE \VEST-KENT MILITIA.—The regiment con sists of 1 colonel, I lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 2 captains, 12 lieutenants, 8 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 pay master, 1 surgeon, 1 assistant-surgeon. The staff consists of 1 sergeant-major, 13 sergeants, and 896 privates. The standard is 5 feet 4i inches. All persons are liable to be drawn who are between the ages of 18 and 45, excepting ap prentices, seamen, &c. The militia was called out for 28 days in 1825, and also in 1831. The West-Kent militia have been twice in Ireland, and it is supposed that if troops are re quired in Ireland, the East Kent militia will go this time.— Dover Telegraph. DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.—On Saturday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Cross Keys, -Endell street, Long-acre, on the body of Josiah Higham, aged sixty three, formerly a pawnbroker. The wretched man lived at No. 28, Short's-gardens, and had a monthly allowance from his brother, a tradesman living en the Surrey side of the water. The moment he received his allowance he spent it in rum, of which to the value of 10s. or 12s. he would drink in one day. He had been an excessively hard drinker for the last twenty years. His wife had left him in consequence of his intemperate habits. On Saturday, the 10th inst., he received a present of money, and straightway began to dtssi • pate it in the usual way; in fact, he was drunk from that day until Thursday night, when he became collapsed; was placed in bed, attended to by Dr. Bennett, the parish sur geon, but he never rallied, and died about noon on Wednes day, from, the medical attendant said, the effects of intoxi cating liquors. A dispute arose between the Coroner and one of the jury, who said this was not a case in which an inquest need have been held; but the Coroner told the juror it was not his business to make such remarks. The jury were about to return a verdict of " Death from natural causes," when the Coroner said that such a verdict would not be dissimilar to one he saw the other day in a Sussex paper, viz., that a child had died from drinking too much of its mother's milk. The jury re-considered, and returned the following verdict :—" That he died from drinking excessively of alcoholic liquors." THE RAILWAY KING AT NORTHAMPTON..-011 Saturday last we were honoured with a visit by Mr. Hudson, Mr. W. E. Peel, Mr. Villiers, and several other directors of different railways, :who met the commmissionem of the Nen Navigation, of whom were present Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Northampton, E. Bouverie, Esq., and many other gentle men of the county.—Northampton Herald INJURY BY THE KICK OF A HORSE.—Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelvo o'clock, a serious acci dent occurred to Mr. Richard Ackett, of Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, who, having occasion to give his groom some directions, had gone to the stable for that purpose,when a horse kicked out violently with both hind legs. Mr. Ackett received the full force of the kick upon his chest and ribs, and he was dashed against the opposite wall. He was im mediately conveyed to his residence, and surgical assistance obtained, four of his ribs being broken on the right side. A GANG OF MURDERERS AND ROBEERS.—OOIII - to Nenagh gaol, by Mr. John G. Jones, R.M., Philip Maher, for the murder of Thomas Shanahan, process-server, near Borrisoleigh, on the 21st of October, 1844 ; also for the robbery of Quinlan and Cormack, tear Annameadle ; Mi chael Meares, of Pentane, and Philip Maher, for th e a tt ac k on Hogan, near Bawn, when John Hogan was severely injured from a gun-shot *wound ; Edmund R3Pan, John Conway, Thomas Dwyer, and John Kennedy, of Bawn, the latter a respectable farmer's son, and the person who brought the party to Hogan's house. This gang was connected with several other persons who were engaged to go in all direc tions in the North Riding of Tipperary committing outrage and murder. Since their arrest several bad characters have absconded. There is most satisfactory ev id ence against t h e is th a er u co g uld persons arrested, and, the breaking up o e f re e n n ts ch looked on as one o;' the most impo rtant gang to rs has of turned all the have occurred to this coun thatty. a pprover, and it is thou g h t will be shortly brought to justice.— N ou eeng trag h es c in ae •.. rain nis nri.ding On teheofpetrpheetra ARE - AvAs. AND DEPARTURE OF' MAILS.—SOUTH- AmPT'JR, JAN. la. — The Peninsular Company's steam-packet the, Queen, Captain Russell, arrived here yesterday morning, 94id landed the Gibraltar and other mails, which were for warded to London by the nine o'clock A.M. train. The Queen left Gibraltar on the 6th inst. ; Cadiz, Bth ; Lisbon, 9th ; pua full ladfi nraEifruit ea Coruna, narsgoi e. l ftT 3 tahhte.3eapSm.hich;assms yesterday, l y v y, e s, steamer Oportopassengers,a nßdo Royal l g a o rre , a l vr, l e t r h yc ; af without mails for Gibraltar, Cadiz, 'Lisbon, esc„. also forty passengers, and a cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India Mail packet the Medway, Captain Andrews, left the river yesterday with the West India mails, thirty-eight pas sengers, and a cargo of stores, for the Company's ships at the different islands. The Dee is expected from the West Indies on Tuesday. The Great Liverpool will leave for Alexandria, with the East India and China mails, on Tuesday. THE LATE SIR HERBERT COMPTON.—This dis tinguished man, whose death took place a few days since, was no ordinary character, and raised himself by his own exertions to the important offices which he successively filled, with honour to himself and advantage to the country. Sir Herbert Compton embraced the military profession very early in life, and served with his regiment for some time in India i but, returning to India, he entered on the study of the law, which he sedulously pursued. Having completed his legal studies, he revisited India, and joined the bar at Fort St. George, where he soon became distinguished. His zeal, ability, and untiring assiduity obtliined for him the lucrative Government appointment of Advocate-General successively at Madras and Calcutta ; and subsequently the distinguished post of Chief Judge of Bombay. At various periods of his career he received public testimonials for his official services from both Europeans and natives, the last testimonial being a valuable service of plate, presented by the native inhabitants of Bombay, with their grateful acknowledgments of his worths and the high estimation in which his services were held. It has lately been asserted in the Canterbury press, that it is the intention of the Belgian Government to remove the mail packet service from Dover to Ramsgate. We are happy to have it in our power to state that this report is e en n- t tirely without foundation, and that the Belgian Gov_e_reomw... have three new fast steamers nearly completed, w n h t i. h e '!' convethe Belgian Mails from Ostend to ter mination Dover, on of the contract with the South-Easter Co Dover Telegraph. h about 15 years SOUTHAMPTON ON FRIDAY LAST.-- e d as an engine- cleaner, James Bull, emPloY FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY yeut T ERMINUS AT of age, named r poor i I , nbootgi could in g t g h e e t want of caution in four men who unfortunately killed by the him oafwrot aen u sre p o ra, n s. , teihar imme diatelyey. while cleaning the wheels of a tender upon a side rail, was usual signal of ? k ß e e ° f n o r a e c t he e r d of it th t e oape waggone Saturday, Hotel.e T c a aui when,ie g l dbh body adyc were pushing a wagtoonuosf.,co, headtaken to h. . d o f aiid the Ii way, terai iii‘hleasodoblueas‘ff.h.es Raiiw searching investigation, a verdictof "Accidental Death" was returned, and the four men called into the room, when they George Code Esq., coroner, for quest summoned, w which met on y in not looking Lead before moving were their s w t raoustgel of due censuredcaution by the waggon. The terminus at Southampton has been open now several years, yet by the carefal carrying out of the company's regulations by their officers and servants, not a single accident has occurred prior to the unfortunate one of Friday last, although engines are moving about the premises upwards of fifty times a day.