The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

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I.—Of a' the Ai r t s th e Wi n d can lalaw—Over the Water to q 7rlie-- :- Thou halt left me ever, Jamie—Saw ye Johnnie coining ? t z u °3ll e—ln yonder happy Cottage—She is mine—John Anderson Yl~ ' o whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad. Par t Ir.— The ' Soldier's Dream—My Roy Tammie—The Flowers r. the Forest—My T oc h er ' s th e J ewe l—Anna Lawrie—Allister k sin• Pianoforte, Mr. Land, COMMAND OF HER MAJIESTY'S POSTMASTER GENERAL. ONTR ACT for CONVEYING the LONDON /Yeti DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. 'nu be ready is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster-General 4. 14 ,77. readY to receive Tenders on or before the 22d day of next, for conveying the London District Post Letter rn s r “rice a day, to Woodford Bridge, and twice to Woodford, by -ear ts__ Stage coaches, omnibuses, or any other carriage conveying The yrs or parcels. to the .aeral Po o "lclitiona, and full particulars, may be seen on application "uPerintending President of the London District Post-office, s-o Tend Pe s t m erS ar t rnce• eto be sealed up, and addressed to "Her Majesty's toe... fir - General," and endorsed, " Tenders for conveying the gn District Post Bags," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on Oen anu J arY next. eral Post -office, Dec. 22, 1846. ✓ ILLS OF EXC HA N GE.— FRAUD. or x x Bankers, Bill-brokers, Discounters, and et!s T WO BILLS 4.4... C RAXGE. for 250/. each, bearing dat e 28th or 29th of . 0 ,7 1 , 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Rev. Francis Glos 4,PaYable at Messrs. Young and Vallings, St. Mildred's-court, London, having been obtained by means of conspiracy and brV e Pr e sentations made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, recei v e L t Wiltshire. bean, All persons are hereby cautioned against Of Xg , negotiating or in any manner dealing with the same Bills I,._thage. or either of them. ettog. ~, f,l rtherinfonnatiod apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullens, 7, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London. T w A It K B It ID GE. Notice is hereby given that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE A v, 15 th ofJanuary to th e P r oprietors of the New Shares, and to k ubs cribers of the 131. advan ce d on the Old Shares - of the South ...kidge:at the rate of 1/. 10s. per cent. per annum, and that transfer Books Of the Company will be closed from the 31st inst. 74,1thr 15t$ of January next. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. Queen-street•place, Dec. 21, 1846. trIRAVESEND STAB, and BLACKWALL PACKETS. ilvtl a b and Ball included in One Payment upon ev er y p asslge, I the danger and delay of the Pool. 4,;,7_, the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3, itair, 6 o'clock. Sundays, 9%, 10%, 1%, 4, and 5 o'clock. The Th e l i t iarting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. `)(A,,e Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at o'clock 9%, 11%, 1,3, and Sundays, 7%, 11%, 1,3, and 4,. . t iat a i - n -4 o other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. -"Leet9nivesend, Nov. 24, 1846. 141-- " .11 E -BR . EAD COMPANY Pat, tbei r t b u ir ectOrs of the above Company beg to infirm the Public -s uri-stro.,,,MerY. upon an extensive scale, is being erected in St. the in's Uer kenwell, and will shortly be completed. Ta meet bread,••-,re detnand Made upon them for " Pure unadultered Polls, a ie Directors are selecting Depots In all parts of the Me T tr i o le - Direo,Zls./vhich will be published with the Agent's names. 114 '4 17,, ' li nk it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops eout an , n ° Pened under a colourable imitation of the name of the Lot g • Without the authority of the Board, and that theymts They h r ezpensible for the quality of the Bread sold therein. p iv e Ti a in St s e tr p uctions to their Solicitors to take the necessary 111"--414 re a rto g to such practices. 3 . Aid e By order, EDWARD PARRATT, Secretary. New Broad-street, City. LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. aealterat the for ked for s CAUTION. hereby given, that this Company, which has been Natio purpose of supplying the public with pure and un- Ortm ito ed bread, has been provisionally registered, pursuant to the es of the " Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Be lli p e Ll or Joint Stock Companies, 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110," and !tild tr Zha are therefore cautioned against carrying on business t o h e above title, or under any title calculated to lead the public tat_vTene that they represent, or are authorised by, or are in any A 7 . nnected with the said Company. %In v : an Persons who shall infringe upon the rights of the Corn theittior t he . shall carry on business under a colourable evasion of e°L Company, will be proceeded against forthwith. HODGSON AND BURTON, Solicitors to the said Company. `O. ...ilisbnry-strect, Strand „ v. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. la ei 4 PERMISSION.-PROFESSOR iLlents i .Z ( ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe- T,7 6 4 . e -- ' e atlY before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex -4 tr,,,,,Vounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three ; and on ~,,lhe - , - "" s gs of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. itii„ nel Yie of the EL FCTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA t; ole ; le ' , 0 Y Professor BACHHOFFNER, especially with reference zt.te ri !” Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, called the BOT , AL LattatoeL,,MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. By the OXYHYDROC.EN lifin g ," } % are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED POTATOE, b-.B ritti -e L eaves Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the -- v th e -eril. .IN:SECT ;apposed, by A. Smee, Esq 'Ett e 4 " s e of th di ' 1 12} , ~... e seams. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EX '" IS, the DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. &c. , dmission Is. Schools, half-price. I‘l° LS l- 1 and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE +2, mater ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION. loo -place, London; 119, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Established in 1839. ZlvE A Subscribed Capital, One Million. R `"SUANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ttnie m ENDOWMENTS. of the English an d S co tti s h Principle of Assurance. A __I(I„"e It EHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in Tjltp - ' with Lite Assurance, on undoubted personal or other 4 4 A s " ' r ed participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. VIGLI -SH AND SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12. Waterloo-place, London, and 119, Princes •street, Edinburgh. t. 0t4 ; 8 11 e s reby given that the half-yearly interest on the capital 1,144,1b.0n and 4k afrer ci t a h t e lon lith to C f hristmas. 1816, will be payable at the t n o tta t g, l lB47. The Transfer-books 'closed from the 25st J o ust " proximo. By order of the Boar d. 'tli J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. TAIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £600,000. Empowered try Act of Parliament. ItiNs Institution embraces important and substantial advantages L 4 l respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for ,re of the Policy, t wo -thi r d s of the prem i ums p a id (see Table) ; to the option of selecti ng benefits, and the conversion o f his in o meet other con ven i ences or necess ity. te7anceS for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible The t DIVISION OF PROFITS. fon ,...,ftleC u ' a rt, t4 .. ka_ble success and increasing prosperity of the Society e s iW bona° Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare in p c 7 from 35 to 85 per cent on the premiums paid -m ed on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. NEW AND VERY CHEAP EDITION OF D'AUBIGNE's y HISTORY OF THE RE. FORMATION. The only Translation. Revised by Himself. Just published, with In*. D'Aubigne's Autograph, in demy Bvo., beau tifully printed with an entirely new and clear type, a V - ItY CHEAP COPY of OLIVER and BOYD'S REVISED EDI TION. Vol.. 1, 2, and 3. being the only Translation corrected and authenticated by Dr. D'Aubigne, to which he has also written a new Preface, and made numerous important Additions not to found in any other Translation ; and vol. 4, being the English Original. The Four Volumes are bound in One. rrice in cloth extra, gilt back • .... Or, Cloth extra, richly gilt, and gilt edges, very suitable for a *.* Orders should specify—Oliver and Boyd's Cheap Revised Edition. _ Also on Sale, THE LIBRARY EDITION OF TIIE ABOTE. Large Type. In Four Volumes post Bvo., price 145., with Autograph. *** Orders should specify—Oliver and Boyd's Post Bvo. Edition. DR. D'AUBIGNE'S DECLARATION. Extract from new Preface.—" I have revised this translation line by line, and word by word ; and I have restored the sense wherever I did not find it clearly rendered. It is the only one which I have corrected. I declare in consequence, that I acknowledge this trans lation as the only faithful expression of my thoughts in the English language, and I recommend it as such to all my readers." Also, Vol. IV., separately. Demy Bvo., large type, 129. cloth. Medium evo., double columns, 3s. (id. sewed. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS. —The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Common, the success of which was complete. Sneets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and In various ether parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are required. ---...„.............:., ... 7 iipE . L .,. s .. : • QILVER FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, 1,.7 carefully finished, with engine -turned ca ses , j ewe ll ed In roar I p r 4 c, to 1 .. holes, going barrel to continue the action of the Watch while wind -9 Min n ,. :',l Berms Bonus In iag Assured lag, are offered, price 3 % guineas each. These elegant little 4 added. Cash. c o p may Watches will be found t . o perform very correctly, and a printed tin .. —2, Borrow. dertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always .--....„..........., • ar* receive any attention required. ____ , l t---- - T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers. &c., 47, Cornhill, 42 d 1837 Z 217 15 1 XlOO 011 416 0 4 4445 0 0 (seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.—N.B. Second-hand 801000 • • 1838 a 4 1839 165 192 131 100 Watches purchased In exchange. 1840 116 ; 4 7 1 1 9 4 13 10 2; 395 II 1 11 3 1! 346 2 3 _______________ 11 / 4 .................___ 1 L 7 6 54 010 718 10; 296 13 4 154 11 111 6 8 CLOSE OF GROUSE SHOOTING. ... 49 10 0 710 41 247 4 5 CLOSE OF GROUSE SHOOTING. The tenth of December legally ended the time for shooting grouse, black -game, and ptarmigan ; but, this rear. the elements, in an u. , usual manner, shortened the season several days, by . smo:.thing over the wide expanse of moor and mountain with a deep snow-storm ; so deep that the sportsman determined to have a few brace f!r Christmas could bare :y attain his aim by stalking the birds — " imp atient flouncing through the drifted h e aps," Previous to, and after the 12th of August, complaints were rife that tape-worm bad spread far aid near among the feathered flocks, and where coy ys were not lessened by death they were generally lean and under the usual size. Latterly,. there appears to have been a complete recovery from this wasting disease : the birds being plump a nd well-clothed with their glossy pluma ge f o r the last two months. Judging from returns given, during th e shooting, in our paper, as well as from the number of boxes sent south wards by the steamships and coaches, the season 'las been an excellent one for quantity ; and, from the constant system of trapping, s o universally adopted, no year, can now be a failure, as the numerous varieties of vermin, whose whote foot . l was .:rouse. are kept within narrow bound s. We subjoin a few notes from the game-books of our northern sports men, and for the present we bid them adieu , in ho p es to, find them return next year to " the land of bro wn heath' --over the remotest parts of which their presence is hailed with welcd.ne. At Glenmasarin, Mr. Clifton and Captain Boyd had 400 brace. The Messrs. La Touche , Dalmigavie, 580 brace. Mr. Robertson and Mr. Christie , i nverfhasley, 700 head. The Auchinault party, Messrs. Berwick . , Jackson, Garde, and Power, bagged 80 brace. Lord Hill, D. C. Marjoribanks, Esi f . Broad hurst, on Kahn moors, 1,600 brace the g m rou and r. sAr,l e 100 ditto hares, and wild fowl. At Lochalsh moors, Captain Knight and Mr. Wigra an ba and friends, 1,000 brace. From donan es d srs. Buxton bagged d gh 2 fi o eid oo head. Sir Hyde Parker had 500 brace at ni ßalblaw. Mr. ss, 1,400 brace. a a g n ia d Mr. Tim Jones, Loubcroy, 1,700 head. Ms ssrs m Fromore, Young, craigu s a n n a d c b W , so r n ,a t Du n Trumbullm party, at Carrour, Penrose, Col . took 300 brace. Mr. Crompton and Tim mins 1,400 brace. Mr. Weinman, Glendoe, 500 brace. Jones and friends, Rosehall, 2,800 head. Mr. Johnson, Mr Gruids, 700 brace.—lnverness Courier. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We have inquired into the reports that Sir John Franklin had landed at the Mackenzie River, and shaped his course to return through the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company, and found, as we suspected, that they are altogether groundless, and the Hudson's Bay people know nothing of any such movement. It is possible that the expe dition may have got through last summer, and Sir John be on his way from Kamschatka to Petersburgh; and in that case, we would not give up the hope of seeing him till the close of the year. But it is more than probable that they have not been able to get through last season, which appears to have been very unfavourable to icy navigation, and that they are again shut for the winter so tar to the north as to prevent their communicating with the establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company on the farthest shores of the continent of America. If so, we have no reason to entertain any fears for their safety or ultimate success; but should we not hear of them by the end of 1847, it would be time to take mea sures to send after them, which, however, we feel con• tideut, will not be necessary, but that we shall have good accounts of them long before that date.—Literary Gazette. Ross and Sons being fully determined not to be " punched " down, even by that inimitable merry an drew, or " merry angry," Mr. Purch, beg to inform the public that they intend killing an enormous bear on Monday, the 21st inst., and exhibiting it on that and the three following days, at their establishment, when any one preferring it can have the fat cut direct from the animal, thus ensuring its genuineness. For preserving and strengthening the hair there is nothing equal to the genuine bear's grease—Vide " Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length and thickness of hair obtained by the North American Indians." Address, Ryas and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—On Saturday the eastern footpath across this bridge was re-opened to the public, and an intimation given that on or before the 24th inst. the throughfaro for carriages would be thrown open as formerly. 7 18 10 1 7 10 41 • Ole di eetabe vision of profits is nitnnal, and the next w ill be made in Ole of the present year, rEItGIJSON CAMMOUX. Secretary NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London. ROBERT WILCOXEN, Esq., Chair man. THOMAS SIDNEY, Es q ., A lderman, Deputy Chairman. it" 4 .1 1. Parties must send In their Pro before the t to be entitled to participate in the posals next division of Is P January, rofits. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. r y VIE .LONDON AND SUBURBAN CABRIOLET and CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) eft Capital 100,000/., in 10,000 shares of 10 1 . each. ll• per share, being the largest sum which can be legally 0111 5 , required prior to complete registration. zetr o 4MPany has been formed for the purpose of suPPlTing the ` l )fi,`"„' is and its Neighbourhood with handsome and wel-appointed Dros,emk_Abriolets and Carriages, constructed with all modern im lt i n. „,."ts, in lieu of the mean and miserable conveyances at pre :nt r itt .''e• and to effect this at a considerable reduction in the exist . 44 of being intended that the fares shall in no case exceed the _erromile, and so on in proportion.. uds. i i3 7,P Posed to supply open Excursion Carriages of differevt " Summer Mente similar to those i use at Brighto n , ti ll , and other fashionable watering places. n lo Ares k;ln ui PeCtuses, containing the names of the Provisionl Diree : for e mbers of the Company, may be obtained ; and a spplica• %Zu le the Zel, ( which must be in the prescribed forms), m a y b e eretary st of th eet, L e Comp ondon any, at the temporary offices, 3, Oldgroa. 64V-1 8 1 , , 8 CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine 440.t24t1ed,Pe60..14 G cl is; . Yellow soap, Os. 545., and 60s. per 112Ibs. /t kx: Pine Wfts 10 . dles Is. per lb. ; German Wax, Soli% 4. ,_. 1d. :51 d Va ; m Tr C it a lI I S mrent Wax, Is. 10d. ; Genuine I WaXcd-wl.ck Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per . gallon; ‘vin 44. 1102' 44 i . a,'',, • P ale Seal, 4s • Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ~ 9d d- ; C -- A,_ — "‘JaP, Is. 4 d..P ' er packet ; Brown Windsrs. I posll. -4 11 on d, 2 1 . Paragon At %fulfil:. milla t ttrlng no snuffing, g '''.. 1 Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Ha e 9% d. cer lb. en. .4 DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. OPposlte Slaughter's Coffee-house. ki II l 'i by's PATENT OPEN FIRE Tts 'V ENTILATING STOVE. Lett fro EMONIAL AFTER ONE WINTER'S TRIAL. _ u _ y. 11% %ot Professor Bradle •• 3 ~ K i ng ' s College, London, e .i ffi l ei: 'bey of y r z i st a g u ve , h ar ch to is be fix - e a . d bl i e s t n o , y be l e a e r t 4e te s t rs i m on at e edoenalllfrothnie ess ential ttohitshinstitu .ll. It seems to ha: :.. t :P s icl Vaught , frek Z i ol h ntirely avoided b :'Le c from e Iron heated in m that smell which reaqnudibfiroe room m a a good Stove— contaactswiniothe'the air of a dwelling roo m , be 'lit serrant to Sir, 9 Your arrangement. I am, your 0 - Iv .„ t 3(18 IlasnLax." R;;,,,l7_,°'°''es to be had t hey essrs DOWSON, 69 . et, ulsb.square, 'where maybe seen in operation. Welbeck-stre t i----------- ---:--__ . REGROWS, m OUSTACHIOS, and WHIS- Ar t , ,„,...„ k AT "ted issY v tr need in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and 10. -R, r „ a use Writ,RlMS' AROMATIC REGENE „,'_evr di,,,„.. °f Which drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, j",„?lt 40,11;79:which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a ini,,,.0 1, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In triangular s!:; ,rTtected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size. 4111,111•47esutoillmbolen.this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in ayamphi m et i , nu c t o e i: . IV et Ott the los of undoubted atithority, entitled Three ~ a l! s ost , 48 6 Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c. 04 1 14 .. Vr ; it is no . 4l' s !s• 8 1,, and 12s. for money orders only. -.Er " (11, — .,„ .. °my at Gri ' mstone's Herbary, Highgate, near t Nitre -"Y Messrs . Barclay and Son, Farrlngdon-street ; Sanger, %k t et; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside ; Fisher and Toiler, It_ h.? all , 4 .stret , t ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 66, Comilla • 1 14 - ,.'Qrtess k i, e ,n2isto. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, .1. and -- afac t i "'"a-walk ; for Manchester, eresche and Son, After- Thi p tsr a lad y TO TIIE LADIES. th rO, jo had the following letter inserted in the " Times" news- ZDa„ .. pt r ~,./I• 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put a n t h i Atte. v s ," t he lady herself; as a testimony to me. 4ity of '' te aleY, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor )ints!, foe tt bl ielY thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herber'', High ein-,s'll re s .:: ef fteacY of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having corn s—, tb, whole the hair on her head, after using It about four months, ',te ...""tne of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than u ' lirs.B4....before the baldness appeared. ` 4 Rei l "eokley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. o.'s its , tor r ~_ .18. ~... 4eellng assured that many ladles vroald gladly purchase reti rsu‘ wttle if s h they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex -4"4973ueir only in the re s toration and production •f hair in abund -1 .ros i ,. ,, a cure ef nervous headachetoilet perfume it is far k li of .. ",...Y to her taste. She will feel a pleasere in answering any .011 e ases to the above facts .- 3, Swan-street, Borough." : , ro) l -- *.a of the hair becoming thin weak, or turning grey, a few r ei t t , i ti? e n t cro wn of the head ocess ' ionally, every week, will pred -14? Z o t It turning pouring i t t i l t i s tl h t feanwde7in; e al e r o l m ux b uri , m'aaknteaittdsctruornlyg., and q ai v r ii b riniati Pt °a . your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the ~ eY, causing it to curl. ltie s t t 'wart delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the 0 d our trornatic herbs and flowers with confidence *its refreshing t o o tis•rtores headache and makes it a most necess ' ary companion t.'' the ~,.„`t• In eases of nevus headache, pour ten or twelve drops ne r .. if'o'n of the head; if v. ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an ;tair 0, ,In r ollt cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces ea s, it ' I TM en's heads in a few appplications. It used on infants' ions, as well as ent co _ as such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pro °liletitY:tl.3 promoting the growth of hair.—l See 4.4,__ testimonials. "Irl addressed to init.= Gemstone Herbary, Highgate. it feeilF3 By an' the a ° ~e 1 90, A su bjects jot n r4v :. •lisinagticornela lone tnr°'" t. w rit; tr, c' ale'v ur ; ; tn' 147, lea ding on t l ' e.4 f ill 5111 e. viGOUg n 8 scilei 11( Ork res t l:: A ", and Tsidence: a dent, l3l j, 1,00 r 3 w bo a! r f . 1000 eltb' r —' w in; y ho tau a to hoo t wa• OA b ilk dd ~ bov g vs fror;loaf via t. ,er t i lts r 05. rice Pe^ P I No. 16,929. LON DON, T UESDA Y MORNING SUN, DECEMBER 22, 1846. PRICE SD. STOCK of GENUINE WINES, directed to b• SOLD in consequence •f a Dissolution of Partnership, and to be delivered from the Cel lars. in the Adolphi. 31R . • EDMUND ROBINS is instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at his Rooms, in Covent-garden, TO -MORROW, at Twelve, A CELLAR OF REMARKABLY CHOICE AND GENUINE WINES, presenting to ti• 3 connoisseur a rare oppertunity to possess wines of the finest quality, the sale taking place under a dissolution of part nership of an old established concern in the Adelphl, proverbial for the excellence of their stock. Tho wines comprise 11 bins, or 262 clowns of brown, golden colour, and pale Sherries, of pure and dry qualities, sod of AI artinez, D twson Campbell's, and Sebastian Smith's shipping ; .90 dozen, in three bins, of old crusted Port, of Sandeman's and Thompson and Croft's shipping ; also, N dozen of choice full flavoured Ilurgundy Port. These wines being old in bottle, of first rate quality, well-matured, and In the finest condition, a most tempt ing—opportunity is prese - nted to private buyers to replenish their cellars for•the approaching season. Samples may be had, with catalogues, at the Offices in Covent garden. PUBLICATIONS. OTTO SPECKTER'S .CIIRISTMAS STORY. Now Ready, with Twelve Illustrations, square 16m0., ss. THE. CHAKMED ROE; or, the LITTLE BROTHER and SISTER. Illustrated by OTTO SI'ECKTER. Also by the same, a New Edition, square 16m0., ss. PUSS IS 'BOOTS ; suited to the tastes of LITTLE and GROWN • CHILDREN. - With Twelve Iliustrations. John Murray, Albemarle-street. ' THE TEA PRODUCTION OF CHINA. Just Ready, with Plates and Woodcuts, Bvo. '/THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS in the ■ ITORTHERN PROVINCES of CHINA, including a Visit to the -TEA COUNTRY. By ROBERT FORTUNE, Botanical Collec— tor to the horticultural Society of London. John Murray, Albentarle•street. Now Reahy, Second Edition, Revised to the Present Time, Bro., 245. THE PROGRESS of the NATION, in its various Social and Economical Relations. By G. R. PORTER. F.R.S. , • • ' John Murray, - Albemarle-itreet. . . pUNCH'S ALMANACK will be published on Wednesday, the 23d Inst. ; price 3d., or 4d. stamped. London: Office, 85, Fleet-street, and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE MOSQUITIAN KINGDOM. Just published, price 4s. 6d. cloth. NARRATIVE of a RESIDENCE on the MOSQUITO SHORE ; with an account of Truxillo, and the adjacent Isl ands of Bonacco and Roatan ; and a Vocabulary of the Mosquitian Language. Second Edition. Ry THOMAS YOUNG. " A sprightly entertaining little volume. Mr. Young appears to have described the characteristics of the country with fairness and impartiality. He gives every information relative to climate and the manners and customs of the nativeg."—Morning Chronicle. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Coinhill. MR. ANGAS'S ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIPODES. 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Altogether the con• dition of this country cannot be contemplated without the most serious apprehension; and north, south, east, and west, you behold the spread of destitution, with scarce a ray of hope fer present amelioration. In the Cork Examiner, received this afternoon, there is another very long letter frbm the reporter of that journal at Skibbereen, repeating details of hopeless misery and death similar to those in a previous commu nication from that town. Even in Belfast, where there have been provision riots, the state of things is little better. Respecting another northern town the Tyrone Consti tution says— " We are sorry to learn that some evil disposed per sons in the neighbourhood of Dungannon have attacked the dwellings of two gentlemen residing in that vicinity during the last week, and we are still more sorry to find that they succeeded in levying a contribution of. six shillings from one, and a pound from another, of those gentlemen. We have repeatedly stated our belief that the commission of crimes of this nature should not be placed to the charge of the unfortunate poor who are really in distress." The Kerry Examiner thus reports from that distant district:— " DINGLE, DEC. 18.—DEATH FROM STARVATION.— An inquest was held here yesterday on the body of Daniel Lvne, of Miltown. This poor man being sent to the Fever Hospital at Dingle, on Saturday last, from the weak state in which he appeared to some charitable neighbours, thinking it might be fever, was examined immediately after getting into the hospital by the doctor, and died in a few hours after." From other districts the accounts are equally gloomy. FOOD RIOTS. The Belfast News Letter gives the following in a second edition:— "FRIDAY, Two o'cLocs„ r.m.—At nine o'clock this morning, a mob, consisting of about 200 persons, sur rounded Mr. Bernard Hughes's bakery, Donegal-street, uttering the most violent language. A number of the ringleaders entered the shop, and said, Give us bread, or we shall take it by force.' Mr. Hughes refused. Upon this, the men became very violent in their de mands, and doubtless would have fulfilled their threat, had not Mr. James Standfield contributed five shillings for the purchase of bread to quiet their violence. Another gentleman gave two shillings. The amount contributed was expended in the purchase of bread, which was afterwards distributed among the mob. This repressed their violence in Donegal-street; but, instead of separating, they proceeded in a body to the Church street public bakery. The ringleaders, with their furious partisans, crowded the shop, and demanded bread, other wise they would take it by violence from the shelves. It was ultimptely determined that bread to the amount of 20s. should be distributed among the mob, to quiet them. The county police arrived, and took the leaders into custody, and lodged them in the cells of the police court. They had previously destroyed a bread cart at Pinkerton's-row, and after clearing it of bread, not only smashed the cart, but beat the driver. The ringleaders were tried this morning at the police-court, when James M'Cullough and James Mason were each fined twenty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned one fortnight. Henry Mason, the leader, was fined forty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned one month. The prisoners at the police-court, and the mob who created those riots, Were not natives of Belfast, but persons brought here to labour on the public works. One of the persons most clamorous for food during the several assaults on the bakeries, when fined in twenty shillings and costs, paid 1/. 2s. Bd. for his liberation in half an hour afterwards." KILKENNY, DEC. 19.—FOOD RlOT.—Just before going to press we have heard that some serious disturbances took place among the recipients of out-door relief at the Poor-house this day (Friday), and that a cart loaded with one hundred and twenty loaves of bread for the hos pital was broken and the bread carried off by the mob. FOOD RIOT IN CLONMEL. The Cork Examiner contains the following : " CLONMEL, DEC. 17.—Referring to my communica tion of the 15th, in which I stated that there was an expectation of an outbreak taking place, I regret to observe that my information was correct. No violence took place in the town until three o'clock in the after noon, when several carts laden with flour were attacked in Irishtown by an immense concourse of women and children—the men taking no part in the affair. They succeeded in wresting three sacks off the cars, but, in their hurry, excitement, and confusion, they cut and injured a great number of bags, the contents of which were strewed over the road and along the street, several inches deep. " The police were immediately at the scene of out rage, and succee d e d i n captur i ng several famishing women, whom they lodged in gaol. The outskirts and environs of the town presented a more alarming and de termined appearance ; large masses of men and women perambulated the diff erent roa d s l ea di ng f rom i t in every direction, and levyi ng contr ib utions on every carrier o f provisions. They commenced by attacking and ab stracting 17 sacks of flour from some cars on the Cahir road, two of which, by the activity of the police, were subsequently recovered ; but there was no account ob tained of the other 15. " From the determined and systematic manner in which the depredations were conducted, it became ne cessary to send parties of military and police in charge of everything in the way of provisions coming to or going from Clonmel. Day and night patrols are conti nually coming in and going out. Magistrates galloping one way, and mounted orderlies another—all in confu sion, excitement, and dismay." IMPORTANT TREASURY MINUTE—DRAIN AGE WORKS —ENTAILED ESTATES. The Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon contains the following very important document, addressefl by the Treasury to the Boord of Works. The immediate object is to increase, to the fullest possible extent that the existing law will permit, the facilities for extending drainage and productive works. A supplemental minute, dated the 15th instant, refers to contemplated changes in the law, with a view of removing the impediments to improvements on entailed estate,, which, for instance, operate so prejudicially in the case of the Marquis of Conyngham. We refer to Mr. Trevelyan's letter for an explana tion of the contemplated measure of the Government, which is to empower landed proprietors to sell portions of entailed estates, or enable the Government to do so in case arrears accumulate , for adv ances ma d e f rom the Treasury for improvements. This is one of the most important measures ever proposed, in regard to settled estates, in this country : "Treasury Minute, Dec. 1, 1846. "My Lords have before them Mr. Rding t. ton's letter, interest, te t e e hr d te es nt l 7 l n t at h n, dt ultimo, l t t i i me whato period, ne i ce n xe n q st u ch i tot r tmio i inquiring, :pas bauyypmodehenswti repayment, their what t o I. ties authorising wh om h s terms iLioy as to C . L ordsh i p s will forilyl u w n il d l er sanctionthe e several adva i h m t pr th o e ve A m c e t nt 9 aoifidetsotates Vie., w th i e th d t r h a e iml e g x e ce a p n ti d on containing giving effect to which difficulties had been experienced. n " Their Lordships also have before them a letter from the Board of Works, dated the 14th instant, transmitting a copy of a letter which had been addressed to their g chairman, by Mr. More O'Ferrall, M.P., sugg.stions as to the operation of the Drainage Act and inquiring whether advances will be made from ' the million voted for drainage in Ireland on the terms specified in the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 101, although the application for it be made under the provisions of th e 9th Vict., c. 4? 6 , My Lords proceed to consider the enactments re ferred to ii the above-mentioned letters ; first, the Acts and 9 Vic., c. 4; and, secondly, the for drainage in Ireland, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 89, amended by general improvement of estates in Ire the 22d section . of the Act 1 and 2 by 9 Vie., c. 1, S. 6. B l p vira r n a o md n v , d i . a cl i 9 o o vn n V .t s , a i for e cin e3Cdt3ll6, in amended " My Lords are of opinion that the most advantageous mode of applying the provisions. of the fiist series of is that the Board of Acts, viz., the Drainage Acts, Works should undertake the execution of such works as are necessary for deepening, or removing obstructions in rivers, their tributary streams, or larger watercourses of the country, by means of which great improvement may be effected in the main outfalls for the drainage of considerable tracts of land. Such works can seldom be accompliseed by any single proprietor, as these streams and watercourses, forming the main drains, gener all y pass throu g h th e estates of many different proprietors. The difficulty which arises from this cause is obviated drainedp r ie tors , eve and w o of f . charging dissenting proprietors, by the po wer w hi c h t h e Board o f W or ks possesses of proceeding w i t h t h e consent of a certa i n num b er of pro prietors, " My Lords do not think hat repayment thei upon na ge agency proportionc the of he lands to Board of Work s can , as a general rule, be advan tageously applied to draining • draining tiles, o r pipes, or in detail—t o laying down the benefit confer re d upon them. the This description of work, , stone-draining, in each field. k they are o f o pi n i on , can , unless when particular circumstances call for special exception, be far more advantageously proprietor for him se lf, on his own d one b y eac h estate, the improved outfall for his drainag e having been afforded, if neces sary, by the more general operation of the Board of Works above stated. " Mr. More O'Ferrall, expressing the opinion of the magistrates, ratepayers, and principal inhabitants of the barony of Carbury, county Kildare, states in his letter, a copy of which has been communicated to the Board of Works, that the barony is bounded by two rivers, one of which has already been opened, and works on the other are in progress fbr the same purpose, under the existing Drainage Act ; and then proceeds to suggest that the most advantageous mode of employing labour at present in the barony would be for the Commissioners of Public Works to open the smaller tributary streams running into these two rivers, and thus to improve the outfall for drainage throughout the barony—by this means afford ing to each proprietor the opportunity of more effectually draining his own fields for himself. " This view of the magistrates, ratepayers, &c., of the barony of Carbury, is in perfect accordance with the measures contemplated by this board, as above stated. "My Lords are- prepared, therefore to sanction ad vances for such p urposes, and will consider applications, each to be dealt with on its own merits, for works of drainage under this series of Acts, the last of which conferring more summary power of 'proceedings, is more particularly applicable to the present state of things in Ireland. "Proceeding to the consideration of the second class Of enactments—i.e., 1 and 2 Wm., c. 33, 5. 32, and 9 Vic., c. 1, S. 6— un d er which loans may be made to in dividuals, to enable them to effect the improvement of their estates for themselves, by drainage, reclaiming waste lands, or other works of substantial improvement, my Lords are prepared to make advances to proprietors who comply with th e cond i t i ons of the 1 an d 2 W m . IV., cap. 33, a men d ed by 9 Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6, as to the nature of th e wor k s, and who can obtain from a com petem person, a p proved by the Board of Works, the certificate of inc rease d value to be given to t h e l an d improved, as prescribed by that Act. This lAtter con dition is necessary in order to protect the interests of those who are to succeed the person in actual possession, from having their future property subjected to a charge for unsubstantial and improvident improvements. " Their Lordships, however, desire that it may be understood, that parties applying for loans under any of the enactments above adverted to, must undertake to submit to such terms. in respect to the period of repay ment, and such other provisions, as Parliament may hereafter enact. !` Transmit a copy of this minute to Mr. Redington, for the information of the Lord Lieutenant and the Board of Works." MR. TREVELYAN TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS. December 15, 1846. - I am commaadetib4 e Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasuiy to in -with reference tirtho minute of this Board dated th e Ist instant, that their o Lordships think it advisable to f urn i sh the following ad ' ditional explanations on the subject of the arrangements contemplated by the above-mentioned minute for making advances both to individual proprietors of estates, and also to the Board of Works, from national funds, for the drainage and general improvement of private estates in Ireland. My Lords are aware that difficulties have been expe rienced in giving practical effect to the Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, and that in some parts of the country works of improvement other than drainage may be more beneficially undertaken. Their Lordships are, however, of opinion that the ge neral course of proceeding prescribed by that Act (ac•• cording to which the improvements on each private estate are to be executed by the proprietor, and the in terference of the officers of the Government is confined to ascertaining, in the first instance, that the proposed improvements are likely to be of such a permanent and productive character as would justify the cost of them being made a charge upon the estate with priority over other encumbrances, and 'afterwards to in specting the works from time to time so as to secure the proper application of the sums advanced to the purposes for which they were intended) is the mode in which the intervention of the State can be most extensively and effectually directed to the i mprovement of the land of the country : and her Majesty's Government propose to submit a Bill to Parliament founded on these principles, embracing and extending the objects of the 32d section cap. 33,- amen d e d by t o h f e t 9 he th A v e ie t te l r a ia n , d ea 2 p l . V l i , ll s ia e ln etio l n V., 6, and of the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 101. It is proposed by her Majesty's Government that the million sterling appropriated by the Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, to be issued in loans for drainage in Ireland, should be rendered available for the purposes of general improvement of lands, including drainage, under the provisions of the Act proposed to be passed in the next session of Parliament, as above explained ; and their Lordships are prepared to adopt the principle of the 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 101, as to the re -payment, and to authorise its being made by equal half-yearly instal ments of 3/. ss. each, distributed over a period of twenty two years, with a power of redemption as provided in the Act, unless the borrowers should themselves desire that a shorter period should be fixed, in which case the number and amount of instalments will be determined in each particular case as shall be desired by the proprie tors, and sanctioned by the Treasury, the rate of interest being calculated, in all cases, at 3i per cent. There being reason to believe that considerable diffi culty is sometimes experienced by Irish proprietors in effecting desirable improvements on their estates, owing to the peculiarities of the tenure of land in Ireland, and the rights of persons having different interests in it, their Lordships are of opinion that it may be desirable to sin sert in the Bill to be submitted to P a rli amen t on thi s subject provisions somewhat similar to th ose c on t a i ne d in the existing Irish Drainage Acts, for the purpose of removing this obstacle, and apportioning on the various parties who will derive benefit from the improvements a proportionate contribution towards the repayment of the loan, the whole principal and interest being payable to the Government by the person who shall be deemed proprietor of the land drained or improved, and the con tribution on the part of the occupier being in the shape of increased rent to the proprietor. Her Majesty's Government also propose to submit a separate Bill to Parliament, in which the provisions of the sth and 6th Vic., cap. 89, Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 69, and the 9th Vic., cap. 4, which have for their-object the execution by the Board of Works of drainage works of a more extended description, in most cases involving the interest of several proprietors, will be consolidated and simplified, and such amendments will be made in them as the occasion may appear to require. The loans which have hitherto been made from the Public Works Loan Fund for this object have been made at the usual rate of interest of fire per cent., but advert ing to the great public importance at the present period of encour ag i ng every description of agricultural im provement in I re l and, their Lordships are prepared to reduce the interest on future loans to four per cent. In order that efforts now being made for the drainage e from the Ist and impr ovement of land may not experience any dis couragement, th e i r Lordships will authorise the terms of repayme n t a b ove described to take effect instant ; that i s t o say, loans for the drainage, or gene ral impro vement o f estates, to be executed by the pro prietors under th e i nspection of the Board of Wor k s, ac cording to th e prov i s i ons of the 32d section of the Act 1 and 2 Will. IV , cap. 33, the 9th Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6, and the 9 and 10 Vie. cap. 101, will ba rephyable ac cording to the terms above stated in respect of advances to individuals, with interest at 3A- per cent., while loans made to the B oar d o f W orks for drainage to be executed by them und er t h e provisions of the 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 89, 8 and 9 Vi c . , cap. 69, and the 9 Vic., c. 4, will be repayabl e b y h a lf- yearly instalments, according to an award of the C omm i ss i oners, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. My Lords ar e f urt h er of opinion, that with the v i ew both of providing security for the repayment of the ad vances from the public purse and of relieving entailed es tates from the evil of accumulated charges, two powers should be conferred by the measures which it is proposed to submit to Parliament. First, a power to the proprietors of an entailed estate to sell for the purpose of repaying the advances for im provements made by the Board of Works, or if made by himself, with the aid of Government money, under the inspection of the Board of Work, any part of the estate so improved, or of ether estates settled to the same uses, defaultselling Secondly, for o f t p h aa e yp r m e o e don wh e o o f Gc t h oe e nce l er a ch n um d t ev t e a et x in the s ame manner as a power exists in this country, of n o s f tal se m ll e in n g ts , , so in much of the land improved or of other estates settled to the same uses, which the proprietor might prefer, as would repay capital, interest, and expenses of sale. My Lords desire it to be clearly understood that in thus laying down the conditions on which they are pre pared to make edvanees on any applications made subse quently to the Ist instant, they have no intention of in terfering with any works or arrangement for works now in progress under any existing Act, or with such as have been nudertaken, or as may be undertaken, until Par lirtnent shall otherwise provide, under the Poor Employ ment Act as extended by Mr. Labouchere's letter of October 5. MEETING OF LANDED PROPRIETORS. The committee has adjourned its meetings until after Christmas. There has been a considerable accession of new members, including the Earl of Arran, Sir Thom as Staples, Messrs. C o op e r (of Muckree Castle), Totten • ham, Pierse Mahoney, kc. STOPPAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS IN CLARE. Esime, DEC. 17.—We regret to have to state that the officers of the Board of Works have found it neses• sary to suspend some of the works at present going for ward in the parish of Kilmaley, in consequence of the labourem using violence towards the stewards, and driving them away . from the works, because they were strangers iu the neighbourhood. The works about to be stopped in consequence of this are —the new road from and the li Leughburkw roade to Ki at Aughalana.lrush mail road; also G urt i ganiv hills, MEMORIAL TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. The following notification has been issued in Kil kenny:memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant, relating to the present crisis, lies for signature at Mr. Walsh's Hotel, Kilkenny. We, the undersigned, request any gentle man willing to affix.his name to do so before the 25th Clayton Savage, Robert ~ December. Desart, Duncannon, W. P. Tighe, Sir John Power, Sir Richard Langrishe, John Power, Win. u s a m re i , th lBt REPEAL SECESSION—THE CONFERENCE. O'Brien having pub- The following letter from Mr. O'Connell appeared in the Pilot of last night:— Decrnber, 1846. L B a ay ng ly r , is P h e e r Connellan, lished his letter to me, as he had a full right to do, I beg you to publish my reply. "Is it not the most strange of all imaginable strange things that the seceders should refuse to allow the legal basis of the Association to be ascertained and settled? — even" My dear B ‘ a ‘ r M re e t r t r ,— i°n 3l -s :! in the most amicable way. " Is it their intention, seriously, to leave that question to be settled, at the peril of our liberty and lives, by a one sided judge, and a shameless jury?-- or a n y judge, or any jury? " It was rather' scant of courtesy' for Mr. Duffy and his party to have published, without my permission, or without giving me any intimation of their intention, a conversation that took place in my house, at their re quest. _ " I, however, scorn to complain; but of error, not to say evil, some good frequently comes— as in this in stance their publication has, fortunately, displayed the cloven hoof, by their crafty, but incautious, manifesta tions of their anti-religious principle, by which they would feign take from the Catholic people of Ireland the protection of the Repeal Association. " Their fourth instruction on that subject is, according to the just remark of your contemporary, the Freeman, meaningless, or most mischievous.' But what else could be expected from men who could listen to, and'applaud, an attack upon the character of one of the nio,t esti mable, as well as the most amiable, of human beings— the Lord Bishop of Elphin—so long cherished as • the dove of Galway?' Ever faithfully yours, "Richard Barrett, Esq." "DANIEL O'CONNELL. (Copy.) " Mertion-square, Dublin, Dec. 17, 1846. "My dear Sir,—lf I made any allusion to you in the letter to Mr. Reilly which was not warranted by the communication I had from the Rev. Dr. Miley, I am ready to offer you any apology in my power for the mis take. But that reverend gentleman's letter is now before you, having been read at the last meeting of the Asso ciation, and if you can point out any matter in which I have exceeded, I am ready to retract it in the most dis tinct manner you please. "I am most heartily sorry that you think it right to decline all discussions on the physical force question, as it is, in fact, the only vital point upon which the secession commenced, and is now so likely to continue. " Pardon me when I say, that I deem it a sacred duty solemnly to warn you against making light of the phy sical force question. It involves your personal safety, which, I am free to admit, is not a paramount consider atiim in your mind. 4 but it also involves the safety of others engaged in the same object which you have in view. I should vote for the re-admission into the Asso ciation, of very many of the seceders, if they would dis avow the physical force principle ; or if, without that disavowal, the Association would still be a legal assem bly. I say emphatically, it would not ; and it was to as certain this point, and this alone, that I proposed the legal conference, as a preliminary step to a complete conciliation. " Forgive me for pressing this topic upon your mind —I do it in the spirit of respect and courtesy ; whilst I bitterly deplore that you should not consent to be a party to an amicable ascertainment of the effects, in point of law, of any admixture of the physical force principle with the principles and proceedings of the Association. " I do not presume to expect to make any impression on your mind by these declarations of mine ; but you will excuse them I trust, when you recollect that the protection of the members of the Association from any well-founded prosecution is the first, and most sacred, of my public duties. I can never be a party to any species of arrangement which does not, in the first instance, provide for the due obedience to the law, and for the en tire and perfectprotection of the members of the Associa tion from any well-founded legal prosecution. " You will, of course, perceive that your refusal to hold the conference on the legal question, in the first instance, precludes me from the possibility of carrying out any amicable adjustment. Till the point of legality be decided, no further arrangement is possible. I have the honour to be yours, very faithfully, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. "William Smith O'Brien, M.P." - --- THE REV. DR. MILEY—MR. S. O'BRIEN. The following letter from Mr. O'Brien has been ad dressed to the Rev. Dr. Miley:— " Cahirmoyle, December 16, 1846. "My dear Sir,—Having raid your published account of our interview at Cahirmoyle, I cannot refrain from expressing my regret that you did not inform me that it was your intention to take a note of our conversation, with a view to its publication. I should, in such case, have taken care to avoid the possibility of miscon struction. " I am not conscious of having said to you that the staff of Conciliation Hall could be, in no instance, reduced.' I stated, with reference to the funds, that although upon some occasions I had witnessed an ex penditure which seemed to me unnecessary, yet I had fully satisfied myself that the charge of peculation could not be justly brought against those intrusted with the management of the finances of the Repeal Association. With reference to the Staff, I remarked that it was exceedingly difficult to ac commodate it to the various exigencies of the Associa tion ; that a staff which would be inadequate, whilst the Associatio❑ was receiving 3,0001. per week, would be excessive whilst it was in receipt of not more than 100/ per week ; but I have no recollection of having ad mitted that this staff could be in no instance reduced, but was, as constituted at present, indispensable to the effi cient working of the repeal machinery.' " I regret that you have omitted to state, that one of the reasons which I assigned for not entering into dis cussion upon the question of ' the forces' was, that I considered that this controversy is nothing but a pretext, raised merely for the purpose of excluding from the Association some men who were disposed to thwart the policy of Mr. O'Connell with regard to a political con nexion with the Whigs. Permit me to add, that I have read your letter with the more surprise because your observations had raised an impression in my mind that you thought that the terms proposed by me are reasonable, and that they would not present any insuperable impediment to our return to Conciliation Hall, under circumstances calcu lated to give increased strength to the repeal movement. " Whilst, however, I regret that your letter to Mr. O'Connell has peen so framed as to raise impressions upon the public mind unfavourable to me, I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of acknowledging that you have done more than justice to our dispositions to offer you such hospitality as our humble home affords. " In receiving under my roof the distinguished author of a very beautiful work on Roman history, I expe 7 rienced no little disappointment upon finding that unto- . ward circumstances had deprived me of the satisfaction of spending an evening or two in evoking his recollections of The Eternal City.'—l have the honour to be, yours very faithfully, " WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN." TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMAN." Dec. 18, 1846. Sir,—A letter from Mr. O'Connell in the Freeman of this day, relative to our interview with him, demands a few observations explanatory of the nature and object of that interview. Mr. O'Connell seems to have supposed that our con versation with him was of a private nature, and declares that in its being " made the subject of a newspaper pro tocol" he was "taken by surprise." While we unaffectedly regret that he should have so widely mistaken the cha racter of our interview, we cannot help expressing our surprise that he should have fallen into an error, which appears to us altogether unaccountable. On the morning of the day on which the interview took place, a written communication was addressed to Mr. O'Connell, by the chairman of a public meeting, ap prising him that the four gentlemen whose names are subscribed had been appointed by the meeting to wait upon him. Before entering upon the subject of our mission we distinctly informed him that we had come to him as a deputation, and throughout the interview we spoke as representing the sentiments of the seceders, and as seeking information for them, not for ourselves. How such a conversation came to he considered by Mr. O'Connell as one not to be made public, we are at a loss to conjecture. More especially as the deputation was sent solely in consequence of the publication by him of a conversation between Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Miley on the same subject. We came to Mr. O'Connell as a deputation from a public meeting. It is obviously the duty of such a de putation to report the result of its mission. Its duty ends there. It is the duty of the meeting to which the report is made to decide whether it shall be made public or not. We had neither the right nor the power to con trol the meeting in this particular. Mr. O'Connell charges the report with inaccuracies, and instances •' the powerful illustration he gave of the imminent peril of a prosecution for high treason which the members of the association would incur if they were at all to admit the physical-force principle." And he asks, " Why was that suppressed ?" We answer—simply because it had no relation to the object of our mission. We were deputed, not to con verse about the state trials, nor to argue upon the pro priety of admitting " the physical-force principle," but to obtain an answer to the following question:—Whether, supposing the point of law to be settled at the conference to the satisfaction; of both parties, the remaining pro position contained in our written instructions would then be considered ? Our report states that Mr. O'Connell's reply was a decided negative. It represents him to have said repeatedly, that in any case he would confine the conference to the legal question alone. In this (and it is the only material) particular the accuracy of the report is not likely to be impeached. So much in justification of ourselves and our report. Mr. O'Connell asks, " Why do the seceders object to ascertain the law upon so vitally important a point ?" And again, addressing the seceders, he says—" Settle this point first, and I will settle all reasonable matters with you afterwards." Now, we waited on Mr. O'Connell for the express purpose of inviting him to settle that point first, and then to permit the other matters to be settled by the con ference ; and amongst the written propositions which we were instructed to submit to him, that relating to the legal point was the first in order. iVe wish to be distinctly understood that the object of our mission to Mr. O'Connell was not to decline a con ference upon the " physical-force principle," but to ask that this and the other questions should be submitted to the conference, with a view to their final arrange ment. As to the fourth proposition in the instructions, Mr. O'Connell entirely misapprehends the spirit in which it was framed. The caution with which it is worded did not emanate from a full perception of the difficulty of framing any precise rule upon the subject to which it relates. _ The seceders are so fully impressed with this diffi culty, that we believe they would be satisfied with a general recommendation from the conference on that point, leaving the rest to the sense and good taste of in dividual members, and to the influence of public opinion. Any plan which, without compromising the rights of any class of repealers, will facilitate a cordial co-opera tion between all, will exactly meet the view with which that proposition was framed. The proposition will best explain the object for which it was framed. It is as follows: "4th. That inasmuch as the Repeal Association is a confederacy to which persons belonging to every reli gious persuasion are invited, for the purpose of working out the legislative emancipation of their commo❑ country, it is desirable to avoid as much as possible the discussion of topics calculated to excite religious dissen sions ; but that such understanding is not intended to prevent remonstrance against substantial grievances which may affect the religious interests of any class of Irishmen." It is further to be observed with regard to these and the other written instructions, that they were not put forward as future rules of the Association : they were simply what our report describes them, " propcsitions which the scceders n't,uld expect to have Uscussed at the conference." In conclusion, we have to state that each of us care fully examined our report previous to its publication ; that we suppressed nothing which we thought material, and inserted nothing which was not strctly true. IC Mr. O'Connell will specify any inaccuracy, however trifling, we shall be happy to correct it. JAMES HAUGHTON. .1. B. I)ILLON. CHARLES G. DUFFY. RICH. O'GORMAN, Jun. We subjoin the note tent by Mr. Naughton to Mr, O'Connell : " Committee-room, Nation office, Dec. 15. "My dear Mr. O'Connell,—l am requested to inform you that, at a meeting of the seceders held this day, as above, the following gentlemen—Mr. Duffy, Mr. Dillon, Mr. O'Gorman, and myself —were appointed as a depu tation to wait upon yon, and represent the feelings of the meeting; we shall be happy if you can appoint any hour this day to meet us. Yours faithfully, "JAMES HAUGHTON. " Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P." SHIP ON FIRE AT CovE.—A most alarming fire broke out on board the ship Empress, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was under repairs and at anchor in the river, about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. The fire was kept down until six o'clock, when the cables were slipped, and she was put on the bank at the lower end of the Harbour, and scuttled, and the ship and cargo thereby saved from total destruction. The vessel will be again floated this day, and will be immediately dis charged. The cargo was very valuable, and consisted of magnesia, indigo, emery, gum, amaricas, soda ash, cement, carpets, cotton goods, and iron.—Cork Repo r t er . THE WEATHER.—From th e severity of the frost since Thursday last, the navigation of the canal has been closed, to the great inconvenience of many of the traders here, whose goods are on board the boats. A fine thaw set in yesterday morning, but it is again turned to freeze. and is likely to continue for some time longer.— West math Guardian. FATAL STEAIII-BUTLER EXPLOSION. BRISTOL, DEC. 19.—This morning, shortly before nine o'clock, the utmost consternation prevailed in the neigh. bourhood of the works of Messrs. Stothert, Slaughter, and Co. ironfouneers and locomotive en g i ne ma k e r-, Cheese-lane, St. Philip's, in consequence of the sudden explosion of the steam-boiler of ole of their stationary engines, by which it was said that several men were killed and severely injured. Upon inquiry as to the facts, it was found, notwithstanding there is a printed rule in the works to the contrary, that the men, in con sequence of the severe weather, have been in the habit of going into the different engine-houses, and sitting upon and by the boilers of the steam-engines for the purpose of the heat while taking their breakfast. This morning a bos, about sixteen years of age, named Thomas Thatcher, and four men, went into the engine house, and were taking their breakfast, when suddenly an explosion of the boiler took place, and the steam and boiling water rushing out, they were all most severely scalded. As soon as the place became clear of stt aw assistance was given, and the five sufferers, all of whom were scalded in a dreadful manner, were removed to the Bristol Infirmary, where the survivors now lie in an almost hopeless state, the poor boy Thatcher having died from the extent of his injuries before reaching the infirmary. _ _ At two o'clock this afternoon an inquest was held upon the body, before Mr. J. B. Grindon, the city coroner, and a highly respectable jury, who having viewed the body, the whole surface of which, from the head to the feet, was covered with most extensive burns, returned to the inquest room, and were addressed by the coroner, who, after having explained the nature of the accident, stated that as the law empowering them to give deolands had recently been repealed, they could no longer do so, should the evidence be such as should induce them to wish to levy one. Their duty, therefore, would be to in quire whether the deceased bad come by his death sole!) by the result of the accident, or whether the engine boiler had been allowed to get into a bad state, and the lad's death had been so caused by the negligence of any one, in which case they would give their verdict ac cordingly. Evidence was then adduced as to 'the nature lof the accident, and as to the positive rule that the men should none of them, except the engine-drivers, go into the engine -house. The engine driver deposed to his having been in Messrs. Stothert's employ for about ten months, and to his making, with the foreman of the works, a regular examination of the boiler every four weeks, the last time he had exa mined the boiler which caused the accident having been on Sunday week, when he went into it with a lighted candle and a hammer, and thoroughly examined the joints and sounded the plates of the boiler with the ham mer, when he found it to be in a good state. At the time of the accident the engine was not at work, but he had been working it until half-past eight that morning, when everything was correct, and both the safety-valves worked freely. The explosion had blown out the brick work, and it was found by examination since that one of the plates in the boiler had given way. Mr. Greig, the house surgeon, having deposed to the lad's death having been caused by the agony arising from the extensive burns and from his having inhaled some of the steam, which, scalding the air vessels, had produced acute in flammation tending to suffocation, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Another of the unfortunate sufferers, named Joseph Walker, who was 24 years of age, and who had only been in the employment of the Messrs. Stothert three weeks, died late this evening. ALIW AL. SIR H. SMITH AND THE 52D REGIMENT. The accompanying letter has recently been received by the 52d Light Infantry from the distinguished hero of " Aliwal," whose signature it bears. Cawnpore, India, July 29, 1846. " Sir,—The honorary distinctions recently conferred upon me by our Gracious Queen enable me to take sup porters to my family arms. I have, therefore, the ho nour to acquaint and to request you would make it known t o m y ga ll ant comra d es, the 52d Light Infantry, in full remembrance of the period I was Major of Bri gade to the 2d Brigade of the immortal Light Division, of which the 52d formed so prominent and distinguised a part, involving the glorious contests of the Peninsular war, I have adopted a soldier of the 52d Light Infantry and a Rifleman, my own regiment. The many affairs and battles this brigade so nobly fought in (no man better knows than yourself) include the Coa, Pambal, Foy d'Anez, Sabugal, Fuentes d'Onori, siege, storm, and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege, storm, and cap ture of Badajoz (where you lost an eye as my brigadier), Salamanca, San Munoz, San Millen, Vittoria, the he ights of i fied Vera h mountain, , t a Iron, ntcrossi ng irresistible th a e t attack, al i da , s so a t ho , Ni velle, Nive, the many affairs near Bayonne, TarbiN Orthes, and Toulouse, with the numerous skirmishes each of these actions entail upon light troops. To this brigade, and to the great school of the illustrious Duke of Wellington, am I indebted for that knowledge of my profession which has led to my present agg ran di sement, and which has so lately acquired me the app ro b at i on of the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and an expression of thanks from my grateful country. I pray you, there fore, Sir Edward Gibbs, and the 524 Light Infantry, to give me that credit for the feeling of a grateful comrade I desire to demonstrate, and that you, and the renowned corps may regard me as not unworthy to take a soldier out of your ranks to support me, in conjunction with their brothers in arms, a Rifleman,' and as the means, in declining life, of r emem b er i ng the gallant regiments who taught me to fight for my country.—l have, &e. "H. G. SMITH, Major General. " To Major-General Sir E. Gibbs, K.C.8., " Colonel, 52d Light Infantry." MPOSITION.—On Thursday week, a person calling himself Dr. Joseph Wolff; was committed for trial, at Southwould, for having defrauded Dr. Wake, of that town, of 11., under the pretence of extracting his corns. The prisoner is one of a class calling themselves "chiro podists." He professed to extract corns without pain; and his practice was, to conceal some substance in his hand, which, on manipulating the foot afflicted with the corns, he pretended to extract. He charged ss. for each corn extracted.—This chiropodist was apprehended at Norwich.-IVorfolk Chronicle. THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN•—The Conde de Montemolin on Saturday received and returned several visits. On Sunday, after attending divine service, the Conde took an airing and made calls upon several of the nobility and gentry. Amongst the late visitors to the Conde de Montemolin were the following :—the Lord Mayor, Sir G. Carroll, Captain Duffill, R.N.; Mr. H. F. Hope, Mr. Langdale, Major O'Doherty, Viscount Pol lington, M.P., the Earl of Charleville, Lieutenant-Colonel H. Dundas Campbell, Sir Augustus Foster, &c. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, with the infant Princesses, have to-day taken exercise in the Home Park; and this afternoon the Queen and Prince Consort walked across the Home Park, as far as Frogmore, and through the Queen's Aviary, to the Lodge, to visit the Duchess of Kent. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even ing is expected to be the same as on Saturday, including the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lai) , Fanny Howard, and Lord Palmerston. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is announced as an expected visitant at the Castle before the close of the present month, f DEATH FROM STARVATION . A shocking case of destitution has just occurred at Worcester, where a woman named Dovey was left for 24 hours by the parish authorities without relief during her confinement, in an empty house, without a bit of covering for her newly-born babe, which was consequently killed by the intensity of the frost and want of proper care. It appears that the relieving officer was applied to by the sister of the child's mother, but he at first refused to at tend to the case, because the woman had had a child be fore, and actually did not make any further inquiries into it until after a lapse of 24 hours. Meanwhile the child died. The facts developed on the inquest, which was held on the body of the infant on Friday, are really startling, as showing the amount of misery suffered by some of the poor during the late inclement weather. The inquest Was field beton. Mr. J. Tymbs, coroner, at the Gloucester Arms Inn, and the following are extracts from the evi dence:— e whatever :hos. Ann a,tr,tteee3l(e.l4,s,etor:tai,irpte Pool, oomissi eu( a ph)c,ti,eri m rioeiti i tlrh ; : % id, % tt • if i nn f t e sohh w ece • I ,i) i nv o l:ef.aar a nis t it t :c en :,,ol, l :c s ,,oednr t i h : e islei ri p e: ooafonorusdenoendf nothing h. laiirionnarggh leimerPt32:iusetl'iein , in the room in which tile woman was lying, weather il r n, i e d gr p i: ( 3 ) ,: r i t . -street, r a e tn e h t y: but an old gown. There vvas a very little fine in the grate, but there was no bed or fin future either other part of the house. The woman had for her pillow two bare bricks. The midwife went on to say, that she delivered Dovey of the infant, which was full grown and apparently very healthy. The woman had no :lothes for the child, and her partner (a man named Boultin, with whom she lived, but to whom she was not married) was fhliga d to strip himself of his shirt, in order to t.ffiird a covering fur the child. In this old shirt the child was wrapped. The midwife, though the parties were too poor to pay her for her services, was so struck with their misery and destitution, that she subsequently purchased with her own scanty means some baby-linen for the child, which she found on the second visit to be very cold. On the following day she visited her patient again, and found her in the same destitute condition in which she had left her. The woman ob jected to go to the workhouse, and said she should soon get about again. Her child was then lying on her bo som. It appeared fast sinking, and was very cold. She considered that the child died rather from exposure to the cold than from want of proper nourishment. Elizabeth Scott, Sarah Dovey's sister, corroborated the testimony of the first witness as to the destitute con diti.n of her sister and Boulton at the period of her sis ter's confinement. On the day after the confinement she went to the relieving officer of the district (Mr. Crisp), and applid to him for assistance to the lying-in woman. Crisp applied abusive epithets to Dovey, and said he should not go to her that day. Witness told him that if they had not some immediate help, both the mother and child would be lost for want, for they had not a bit of food in the house, Boulton having been unable to work for three weeks, in consequence of lameness. Crisp replied that it would only " serve her right," and with that humane observation on his lips, Mrs. Scott left him, She believed the child had died from vt ant of proper protection from the inclemency of the weather. Mr. Woodward, surgeon, who was not called in until the child was dead, gave his opinion also that it had died from inflammation of the lungs, brought on from cold. Mary Grubb and Elizabeth Davis gave similar evi dence to the previous witnesses as to the destitute con dition of the mother. The former, by direction of Mr. Sidebottom,the police magistrate, took to the house a blanket to cover the woman, and gave them Is. for pre sent necessities. This was after the affair had become known. There was no fire at all in the house during a considerable portion of the time while the woman was lying-in. _ Mr. Crisp, the relieving-officer, was called in by the Coroner, and questioned by him and the jury as to his omission of duty in not furnishing the starving family with necessaries when tippled to. He denied that he had been told by any one that the woman was destitute of bedding. When questioned as to his reason for not having attended to the case for 2 I hours after informa tion had been given to him, he stated that he understood that tea and gruel had been given to the mother and child, which was all that it was desirable to give to them at that stage. M any of the jury expressed themselves .strongly as to his conduct, alleging, from their own knowle. , ge, that this was not the first case in which the officer had been charged with neglect. At the close of the inquiry the jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" That the death of the deceased was caused by exposure to the inclemency of the weather without proper clothing." Theyalso appended to their ver dlet the following censure on the relieving officer:—" The lury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that there was neglect on the part of the relieving-officer in not giving more prompt attention to the case." THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Trafalgar transport, Captain Rieleirdson, Lieutenant Wooldbridge, agent, arrived at Spith as last evening, about six o'clock, from Ascension and the Falkland Islands. She left the Falk- Loids on the 19th of September, arrived at Ascension on the 16th of o,:tober, and sailed thence for England on the 29:h. Ascension continued healthy. The only vessels of war there were the Devastation steam-sloop, hearing the broa iyendant of the Commander-in. Chief' on the West of Africa Station, Commodore Sir Charles llotham, K.C.B ; the Tortoise, store and guard ship, Commarinder Morrell ; and the Snap cutter, fitting for a slave cruim.r. Tee Ac:mon, 26, Captain Manse], sailed the day b,foro tee Tiafal g a r arr i ve d o ff A scens i on, on a cruise. By th's arrival we are informed that the settlement at the Falklands was in a very bad plight, the people having nothing but lean beef to live on; nothing a Lie could be procured, and not a vegetable of any description was growing at the settlement, which is situate on a black /scat• bog, by which it is surrounded for many miles. The sheep had nearly all perished. Fro n t•:e inducem2nts held out by the Governor, the Pusey Hall, of London, hod come over from the coast of Patagonia for supplies, there being no I. ss than 11 ships waiting on the coast to !we've her report, but she was obliged to re turn to them with only 12 days' provisions for herself, and that she would not have procured had not the transport opportunely arrived. Trere are about 100 inhabitants on the island. Wages are from ss. to 6s. per diem, but this was given by the Government. Most of the emigrants are employed in making roads, &c. When the Government employ ceases how the people are to be employed and fed appears a mystery. Farming is out of the question, as a depth of from 3 to 10 feet must be dug through the pat before anything like soil can be met with, and in that wretched and in hospitable country we are told nothing flotrishes, the wind constantly blowing from the southward; and, al though some of the harbours are good, they are difficult of approach, owing to much foul weather. The Governor was very unpopular. On the Bth of November, in lat. 6 30 N., long. 29 45 W., the Trafalgar spoke the barque Victoria, of and for Hamburgh, from Valparaiso; on the 14th of November, in lat. 18 45, long. 33 54, the Lady Falkland, of Jersey, from Pernambuco; and on the Bth inst., in lat. 47 26, long. 21 41, telegraphed the Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow, on her way to Spithead, from the Pacific and Rio, with freight. She may, therefore, be expected to heave in sight at Spithead momentarily. PRIAE MONEY.—N otice has been given to Com mander Cumberland Iladaway ho, as first lieutenant of the Espoir, commanded that vessel on the coast of Africa More the arrival of Commander Hands), and the officers and crew of the Espoir now on the coast, that an account of the proceeds arising from the capture of the slave-vessel Carem, January 5, 1845, will be re gistered on and after the 25th December next. UNIVESIT Y INTELLIG E NCE.—OXFOR D 7 DEC. 19. —We understand that Mrs. Tatham, of Iffley, near Ox ford, reli , tof the Rev. E lward Tatham, late rector of Lincoln College, in this university, has founded a scholar ship in Lincoln College, of 501. per annum, to be held for four years by any young man born or educated in Buckinghatnshire. if duly qualified. It is to be called the Tatham Scholarship. THE LATE RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE.... It is stated that the Hon. and Rev. George Neville Grenville, the Dean of Windsor, will come into pos session of property, in conquence of the death of his late venerable relative, of the value of between 20,0001. and 30,0001. per annum. The Dean of Windsor took the arms and tame of Grenville, in 1825, on succeeding to the property of his maternal kinsman, Lord Glas tonbury. DESTITUTION AND DEATH.—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King of Prussia, Cart wright•street, Rosemary-lane, on view of the body of Charles Hale, aged 77, a ♦endor of lucifer matches. It appears that the deceased lived in a room, No. 11, Peter's street, which presented the appearance of the most de plorable destitution. O❑ Tuesday last he called on a man of the name of Graham, residing at the next door, and complained of his ;privations. He had a cup of coffee and some bread. The following day, as he bad not been seen, his room was entered, when he was found upon the floor, with his clothes on, and benumbed with cold. A surgeon was sent for, who was unable to re store animation. Mr. Johnson, the medical man, said that death was the effect of cold and privation of the common necessaries of life. Verdict, " Natural death." ONE OF THE RIVER PIERS BROKEN BY THE ICE. —So closely and thickly did the ice collect around the piers near Temple Bar, that it broke one of them in two, and rendered it impossible for the steamers to land their passengers upon it, or for the coal barges to be moored, as they are wont to be, alongside it. STRANGE FRIAR OF A POINTER.—A few days ago a party of gentlemen were shooting with Mr. & Parkec, of Bestwood Park, when one of them winged a pheasant, part of which was shot off, and, of course, dis abled the bird from flying; it succeeded, however, be tween flying and running, in reaching a fir tree, the bottom boughs of which nearly touched the ground. From hence the bird rapidly ascended from one bough to another, until it reached the topi being o heei mgat felinehno ( e dluut t ihl ri tr e rsy . i oib iesis T r h ohen e e pointer, anxious to retrieve his game, immediately corn• en deavourings t e frm sure tooted te n eh c d e e d di t a hs s ue c et ascendi n g rddadei situation ic g wteuhna t idet h li the t r ee however, te‘ary as o Neo, ienzr l e: d l o e oi r w i n h tumbled from the top to the ground, and although much stunned with the fall, yet the faithful dog kept the bird secure in his mouth.— Nottingham Mercury. RICE MILLS IN LIVERPOOL.—There are now building:in Beckwith -street, Park-lane, t w o extensive rice mill s , one f or the American and the other for the East India trade. In addition to these, there are in this town a large mill in Bedford -street, near Lower Parlia ment-street; one in Brownlow-hill, formerly Mr, Shep herd's flour mill, with half a dozen others. These mills have been in full work even night and day since the great falling off of the potatos, &c. Rice has come into general use since this dreadful calamity, and tends to keep down the price of Firead. —Liverpool Journal. 45.7; :ores% — t o so' as , 16 De o ldeu o i Ago vi tig .1' U I S - 01 °r5 41 1 ; „a o aid isessts Eloti °rsl mate I/ c l u Ot rie cc o, 110 ,11. obi ° os!, ct 1 :0 $7 13° . r 0 Co. 6 Co. 46, 1 r:reol