The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

IITT •F°Rn.—SId. Alr‘xmnder 17Prvev. Progsin. Cuba. u rrd. 11,;wiura • Denserlr" Fit'rei,nrner:lN;aeuryg,h.Nanery O ' rleans • dson Landon, New York St. John's, ' New Brunswick. ' Sld. Som. N ptn, Skinner, Bombay; Christian, Wallace, Jamaica: ellington Blenkin, New Orleans. Put back, Cora, Rush, for Demerar'a. ItKr,T ioEws.,—(THIS DAY.) EXCHAN tiE—MONDAY. d arrivals of Wheat of home produce up to our market allate the whole of the past week—arising, chiefly, from the iL, boisterous weather—were on an unusually limited scale, 0 a of very middling quality. Of English Barley, Malt, atf, Beans, and Peas, including - Flour, the receipts were but Small. From Ireland very few Oats come to hand; If from abroad the imports of Wheat, Barley, Oats, and ;uur were seasonably ex t ens i ve . F res h u p f rom our own a : e t. ' a s Well as by land carriage and sample, very little bare at came to hand ; hence the stands were extremely of °f samples of that article. The attendance 1, , e buyers being tolerably numerous, the factors e e . r it e ~v e rY firm and at the opening of the trade, sue in obtaining a trifle more for selected qualities of white. shooslight advance was not, however, supported, and the closed somewhat heavily for most descriptions, at :froenu,t_last Monday's quotations; still, _a fair clearance was th e 'm The show of free Foreign Wheat was small, yet at a mount of business actually transacted in it was trifling, • u naltered c urrenc i es. I n C orn un d er l oc k next an"d nothing was doing, yet the importers were firm, There Would not sell except at extreme prices. was a full average quantity of English Barley on the • "" ; but by far the largest portion of it was greatly out tt condition. The beat malting qualities commanded a very id e i adY trade, and must be considered the twin dearer. In .other kinds very little was doing at late rates. Superfine The moved off freely other kinds slowly, at late rates. lu e su pply of that article on offer was comparatively small. ;i -84 1 3 1 ,1 Y of Oats, from all quarters, but more particularly Ireland, being small, the Oat trade was steady, at an P f ... vanc e in the quotations of 6d per quarter. Beans and —4vrere in full average supply and heavy inquiry, at pre currencies. Flour was a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. Wh w . .9JRRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • .. 64s to 651 ti„_lted, to 675 Oats— Yorkshire and .;White, Old.. 57s 72s Lincohish., Feed. 24s 275 ' N orfolk and Lin- Potatoc 3os 325 b itto coln• Red..... 54s 65s Youghar and Cork, Irlih' whit e• sss 68s Black . Di ... 518 54s Cork, White ... • Ry e __ .mte.. :... 53s 57s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 268 30s Old.— lgew ......... 365 38s Beans—Tick . "vie, '•••••• • • • • • • 383 40s Pigeons .... 43s 491 / 4 1 ti rinding 2Gs 285 Pease--Grey. ..... . 385 415 6n. . . 325 378 Maple ........... 418 445 kalt,..r a ter •—. .... 375 38s White .••• • • - ..... 48s 535 a ll bik and No r - Boilers 585 625 Flour—Town-made Xing 4 ,'" ••• • • • 578 60s Suffolk . I LAI and Ware 638 658 Stocktn & Norfolk 465 43 3 heat..., F OREIGN GRAIN A.ND FLOUR IN BOND. , ainb u 578 tO 635 Beans ••• • • • • • 395 to 445 56e 628 Pease .. ...... • • —s47■ O ats; ' ..... • ..... 225 285 I Flour—American .•• • • _ l be ~ ...... 255 2751 Baltic ..... 22s 235 Sinc e this 'nnight the imports of live stock into day se 40 n have been moderately good, they having amounted to whil e ; 11 and Cows, together with 114 Sheep, from Rotterdam, o xe n 47 In Schredam, per the Attwood, we . have . received kost ' 3O cows, 1 300 sheep, and 2 pigs, in, for the forei l x !rt, fair average condition. 'We had on sale 40 443 °oasts and 190 sheep. The former found buyers, at Prt 7 6 0 1 t° 2 21; the latter 35s to 44s per . head. At theloudt rorna' 0 beasts and 100 st eep have been received from Holan . t ip this own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh t inelit v '' or ning were but moderate, though ; , f' fair average 1-et th — T he attendance of buyers was by no :*teens large, ast Prim:lest Scots, & c ., co mman d e d a s t ea dy sa le, at fully as "neek's quotations. Otherwise, however, the bee:trade btiil o rewhat in act i ve , at a b out stat i onary prices. Th.? sh ort ' droves from the northern counties comprised 1,000 abort horns ; from the eastern districts 300 Scots, her e f, h ,ns, &c. ; from the western and midland 900, 400 Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England diTbi_ems-tioUt to:rious kinds, and from Ireland, 120 beasts. ti le 'lumbers of Sheep were again limited, owing to which 144 ppoFtetrade was firm, and last week's prices were stea viln,chd—the best old Downs producing 5s 2d per 81bs,. s hort 4' a good clearance was effected. Calves were in Pork t B I . ° P,NY, and steady demand, at very full prices. The irt th eir awl ruled steady, but no improvement can be noticed value. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. Itif eri a. d. to s. d. " Ee"t". 5. 4. 5. 4. quality ditto p rir :dgu ality ditto . • 2 8 3 2 Second ?Ilk' 14r35 Oxen... 3 3 8 4 3 3 10 6 Sout hdown w qu o ali oll t eu ditt o s 4 8 410 `ethers 5 0 b 2 1.-!eSeota of the woel _ ._ °arse Calves 4 4 410 Large Hogs ......3 16 4 6 ke,'.enlall ditto .. 4 0 5 4 Small Porkers .... 4 $ 1 2 4 14 '14 elere rlO / . s i „ ... _ 3 •18 e 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 e 20 0 - ""P • • • 3 6 4 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 Beasts SUPPLY AT MARKET. 2,805 ' I Sheep. I Calves. I Plgs. 23,600 74 304 F or i rEIXTGATZI AND .8.D11701C.1LL7... 04 1 , , t he time of year very limited supplies of country iltir.tlered meat have come to hand for these markets Jitni t .g,, the past week, owing to which, and the comparatively 40,,, " 4 quantities on offer killed in the metropolis, the general pp, has ruled steady, and prices have been well sup tad in every instance. Several imports of foreign slaugh -4,7 rneat may be shortly expected ; and we understand 14; t he few packages which have already come to hand et se ; Paid the shippers extremely well. About twenty car firat . 01 foreign Beasts and 100 of Sheep, disposed of in the oh, hilt lea tance in Smithfield, have changed hands here since .' At per stone, by the Carcase. lte v. , I. d. to s. d. s. al. to a. d. 41 --...„ ' 41 4r15e,.....5 10 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 4 .. ~..,4roe 1a411113 •••• 3 2 3 4 m iddl ing .. 4 2 4 4 ......,_ rge .• 3 4 3 6 N 46 4 8 k 1 prin'e .... . 1111 '4 Mall •. 3 6 4 8 Pork, "•••• • • 3 10 4 6 ..4 8 b 4 •• •' • .......4 0 5 2, small Lamb. Os Od to Os od. A RRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. 4 %t1 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 1 "4" 30 200 250 1 4 14111 re • **** •••••••• • • • • • • • • 20 150 200 RerZ 1 1 1811 1r; ... •••••••• • • * • • • • *:: 30 100 OS _ } ',Utto - ii • •• • ... ••••••• • • • • • •, 10 3070 ‘ - ',, 44 11)"•••. • •••••• • • • • • • 10 40 ___ 100 cats,i-lleShirs• • • • • •• •••••• • • • • • • 25 50 90 Nrr e - ''•••... •••••••• • • • ' '' • • 20 70 60 100 I ltvp r ••... •• •• "•'****** • • • • 25 80 $0 220 Wilt,r'irsi • ***** •• •• ' ..... • 70 4 therj ° • • ***** ••• ——• • . 30 90 40 80 -414 .."•• •••••• • • • • • • 20 100 60 200 l'revioti,,°4ll,4s6lo D - wee k's ' s . ; "—• • • • rival.. • • • • —lik e 225 1,560 340 1,6 51 _ --- 4,.. 11 % Ence our last •• • • 105 650 100 190 ~L ia : 0 ..,,,,14,13G1E AND SPITALPIELDS. 4°4 1 . s ''llts of Potatoes at the water-side have been a sme,a 101.ted durin the ast week ; but by railway t f o i I ,The eigeto.811131)1i08 have come to hand, in tolerable condi i n. botchQ. l 4ll4 i 8 byllo mans active, yet prices ars supported d . - " 3 tch fi s ,,_ 80 3 to 130 s ; York Regent's, 100 s to 130 s, an e ' 3 , 90s to 100 s per ton. 64 eery ~,3 10_ , IitOUGH HOP MAN.HET. - AOC - "'uY demand exists for mid and East Kent Hops o e f :flop i e o tB ,,,a_t: a fully last week's . quot . ations. In all other kinds 9porte.CY moderate business is doing, yet prices are well WOOL. :quit -alPiorts of Wool during the week have been on a very . „ 11 4n ed r ( . 1 -- e% By private contract next to nothing is doing gotiek -es cription, but in prices we have no variation to Largepublic sales will shortly take place. Th e TALLOW. Yellow Market has become firmer, and 43s is paying for tne "noti ce C4 Mdle on the spot, and there are buyers of Tallow on ere contracts at 42s 6d to 42s 9d. Town Tallow is rathe! It l s , t , h ,,IM a short time since ; but we hear that even now it 41 1. J IM a fair average supply. The price is 42s 6d nett IiANK RUPTCY.—(THiS DAY.) pi 0 Commissioner s were s i tting, and both were °mu -1 ~" 4 lie throughout the mornin g i n h earing cases of insol ), the majority of which were unopposed. (Before Mr. ll Co missioner oratoyn.) IN RE COLLINS. tlrhiS insolvent, who carried on business as a coa l mer "tilt . tni at Earl- s treet, Laaeth, came up for his fin a l N et % M y. STURGEON appeared to oppo . eeon the grornd . that (I in savent had been most recklessly trafficing to loan so in ac et °4).toodation bills, and becoming security bills ____ etie3. In four cases the acceptors of the were lio n e • . h Ist inventus. The insolvent said, that at the time C gN the bills discounted he was in good circum - ar ti , ile es, that lie had 501., 601., or IDOL of property u - ii:PttYttLent of his debts, but during that time he was s k r i'L nowis security to the loans to run out. His . pr h o e seh,?, i amoi;nted to 201., which he inserted in the ru t as " unii‘eumbered," although there was a di!s 184' tespectin it between the Sheriff of Surrey and his Riv d tn il) • Mr.g Sturgeon urged that ull the bills had been 41,,t_he:Iblaidllswdhise:s1.1outini7eidn.st.sivent was in a sinking state he doiircdvent said he had lost a great deal of money by io Tt.deti9n°soinlvileohtfsoira solicit man,. r saio that the insolvent had r .` °°4 in ten years, and three horses in the the last Years, That he had lived in the house No. 27, for e Riv en the the bills held by the opposing creditor were partu Merely to clear off a vexatious action by a t, rrd tih,' iind there was a hope of still going on. The in brit was was Willing to pay five shillings in the pound, 14seh,-"es,nll°t o•epared at present to make it certain. The th,;7 Supplied many of the Clubs at the west-end tha t ~,- k ‘own, and they acted liberally towards him, so , Th.", _" Parliament met he would be . able to settle. liv ed - 44earried ComstissioNEß said the insolvent having e othi ao ~. I°Tl 6 in one house was creditable to him, but 11,)jee i t l il i g oo j a us e t i i r fi c e b d w h s i t s ah r e e e p s r ; esenting his son and others to but, as perhaps he might still iou rn ' to get on in business, the case shou eo , l'4ll gettlen 'o afford an opportunity to come to some ar t. "lIM ---"----- IS DAY.) INAL COURT.—(TH , i t h • D OLD COURT. o'clock, and th e -...llcotttoEß entered the Court at ten himetrand jury having been summoned , and for r av h i i n tn g te',, e 4(1 , he said that it would not be necessa The easy euPY their attention for any length cf time. of a til'l:pes desiring any particular notice w a robhuer that had been committed on the high seas, and kreatY that had been attended with circumstances of t ia 4_ .4ggravatin. The Learned Recorder then went hoxtenso",into the case of Johnstone, the facts of which that already appeared fully in this journal, and el : t r.! th e4l uncle all the circumstances he must recommend he allud find the bills. The other case to which ! rohia:pci tin wage one of a robbery of a 10/. note (the us e d tt_so Ragent's-park), in which the prisoner had Thused most violent means, and he would request erp t° give this case the most serious consideration. ki el C a', as nothi else of a character that required o netain thelot T he 3 .e eger. e,itded ring:4a. in of the petit jury th e , I which Occupied the greater portion of b ur ; was then pro- N t , 4 ng the whole of the day the cold in this Court eli.,,must intensethe temperature differing only ina e,:;,2t_legree from that of the external atmosphere. . Mr. ()I ,7 '"ssioner Bullock and Sir C. Marshall complained al, tor, _ the Court,"urequested that heated air might be forced in!o t, ,‘tri hut in spi of their request no difference in she old ,Perature wasteeffected. Hot and cold air are, cr for :,,oe, alternately forced into the Court throuer- or'Z %IS are Li zinc Plates placed uer the seats, but gh th p ese Duly he under means of conveying a thorough . tO " • tO " t. - ' .to . to " to " • to " . tO " • tO " • t. " . to - . to - t. -- .to m . to ▪ to • 9 ta t• 471 to ,to m , to , to to ' to to "* . a , t• t• , tO 11 tO to SP to''' t. tO to te to tO -"- to to - te to t. to to - t• to 'I to 41, to to to 15 to to—' ▪ to' to to. •!' ▪ to to to to 4 ,; to 4x , to • to • to ▪ to to -- A • to .4 ▪ to to , to -- to --' to—' f YA Y.) Lnd A°° but r, sPr boo ° ; 11" di - isPe 10 0 mitt) A e bout t :4 ° WOO u Lck — Df uP i od ,01, ' e ri9 as o ft g ot Irlest?: atsc i l; *coo 0 - S --' o- - ' o- -- e ---- • --- D"'"' tbo h 5 1(1 * We' THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY' EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1846 M AGA ZINES.—(CONTINUED.) L'L i_JT; V.EP.S./ To sustain the national character of this number, the Dublin University Magazine commences and terminates with an article of strictly Irish interests, and animated with a strictly Irish spirit; the first, entitled " Prizes in the Lottery of Repeal," sifts and scrutinizes that oft-sifted and oft-scrutinized question of the Legislative union between the sister islands. Though the writer evidences a tolerable share of acumen, and a very large proportion of earnestness in his mode of combatting the opinions of Mr. O'Connell and his partisans, we must remonstrate against such an over-lavish cataract of acrimony as that with which he saturates the unfortunate gentle man who presumed to pen three prize essays, at the instigation of the Repeal Association. Nor does it savour much of elegance in composition or suavity in temperament, to say of one unhappy wight that he turns from it with that feeling of relief, which a demonstrator experiences in quitting a putrid subject of morbid anatomy, the corruption of which has disgusted his audience, the effluvium from which has sickened his class." Besides the somewhat unpalateable flavour of this article in its composition, we rather deprecate the selection of a subject which has been worn, not only threadbare, but to very rags and tatters, by the kaleidoscopic speeches of " the Liberator" alone ; e say kaleidoscopic advisedly, since the same materials, nothing more, and nothing less, are ever present—" Repeal," " Saxons," " College-green," " Irish Parliament," &c., being the bits of coloured glass, and the whole merely requiring another shake to form a fresh oration. We therefore recommend the writer of this article to select in future some less hackneyed theme. The concluding paper is a digest of what is called the present " Social Disorganisation in Ireland." In a memoir of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the illustrious musician, which is here headed " The Prodigy of Salzburg," we are charmed with a certain esprit de corp, which displays much enthusi asm for the divine art in the abstract, and for the young prodigy in particular ; still we must be per mitted to dissent in some measure from the ultra laudation of this fine original. Though, without doubt, Mozart was the first " who rescued the world from the dull depths of counterpoint," and infused what had previously been something little short of mechanical ingenuity, the throbbings of the human heart and the stirring of the human intellect, we are not on that account to place him above all his suc cessors, however marvellous his compositions may be in themselves. That was a grand triumph of genius, as suredly in "Idomeneo," where he pourtrays the heroine's jealousy by the beatings of her heart in octaves; but admirable as are such examples of his capacity to in novate, he undoubtedly has his superiors in most of the different classes of music ; Haydn as a composer of masses, Rossina for the more intense, and Weber for the more fantastic and wierd kinds of Operas, and Beethoven the Giant Emperor of his art, Beethoven—the quintesscence of divine discords— he of whom we once heard an eminent living musician declare that he began where Mozart and Haydn left off—Beethoven in all. An exquisite dissertation on " Old Letters," by Elizabeth Youatt, follows, and is fruitful of sweet thoughts and pensive memories. No. 11. of " Irish Rivers" carries us very swimmingly down "The Bride, a tributary of the Blackwater," painting the scenery on either side with much bril liancy and naturalness of colour. Of the dippings into " Ottoman Poetry" we can speak with extreme delight. " The Kasseed in praise of the Prophet Ahmed," even as a translation, has in it the rush and foam, and boil and eddies of a torrent amidst the woods. The " Adventures of Joseph Pitts," a kind of Alexander Selkirk in his way, is • most interesting narrative of adventure ; followed by a continuation of a very clever analysis of "Ariosto's Poetry." Immediately after this Mr. Newman is scored with the dagger of invective, and the raw wounds eaten into by the caustic of satire, in a re view of the ex-Protestant's last work in defence of himself and his conversion. In many of the senti ments expressed by the author of the paper, entitled " Present State of our National Defences," a kind synopsis of a work recently published by Lord Ra r;elagh, we most cordially coincide ; and the follow ing paragraph in particular we recommend to the perusal of every one who is desirous of knowing " the rights of the case:"- 6‘ England should no longer consider herself simply as an insular power, protected by the ocean, and safe from attack as long as her naval superiority continues. She can no longer rely upon wind and tide for baffling the approach of an enemy. The sea has now become a great highway, to be traversed with a certainty and celerity which greatly increases our exposure to inva sion, as well as multiplies the chances of success which may attend the attempt of an enterprising enemy. [lad Napoleon, when he congregated his great army of invasion at Boulogne, had the same certainty which might now be calculated upon of effecting a sudden descent upon our coast, of which the first notice might be the landing of one hundred thousand men upon some point where we were unprepared t meet them, we may depend upon it that his vast army would not have resembled the old cat in the adage,' and that an attempt would be made to bring the war into our own country, from which very disastrous consequences might be apprehended." Altogether, this month's number of the Dublin University possesses much that is entertaining and much that is instructive. air of invidious scrutiny, and reddening as he spoke, There are no longer any messieurs in France, but only citizens.' " Well then, pardon me, citizen, if I have given you offence.' _ _ " You are not a Frenchman,' he resumed, with an embarrassed air, and cannot, therefore, be aware of our new usages.' " If peace be established, I shall certainly visit France.' " You, sir?' he rejoined with warmth, never shall set foot there, so long at least as I live !' " Do you mean personally to designate me, or my countrymen in general ?' " The young officer, fixing upon me a pair of hand some, but fierce eyes, rejoined:— "' Sir, my name is Murat, and I have served in the constitutional guard of the ty— last king.' Then, with a less lofty manner, and lowered tone, he continued : " I know who you are, sir, and lam very sorry that I have met you.' " You are a soldier and a man of honour,' I replied, and I can have nothing to fear from you.' " Country before all,' answered Murat, ` yes, before all ! Such at least ought to be my maxim. Monsieur, I advise you not to sleep here.' " With these words he bowed, and quickly with drew. I reflected upon the course which I ought to pursue, and prudence suggested the impolicy of trusting to the dubious generosity of a hotheaded republican. I consulted d'Avaray, who became alarmed for my safety, and would not be satisfied till we had resumed our journey. • " \V hen fortune, at a later period, had raised Joachim Murat to the throne of Naples, I recognised in him the young French officer who had driven me so abruptly from my sleeping quarters. I could not be certain whe ther he had betrayed or kept the secret of my birth, and in this dilemma, felt in his regard some sort of grateful feeling. When, therefore, I returned to France a second time, and heard that he was an unfortunate fugitive, I gave express orders that, if arrested in my dominions, his life should be spared." The writer of this article is evidently strongly pre judiced in favour of the elder branch of the Bour bons, and as strongly prejudiced against the Orleans dynasty; but he is an honest recorder of facts, and those facts prove that the elder race were, to a man, weak, grovelling, superstitious, ignorant—nay, even incapable of education. They were firm believers in astrology, prognostics, dreams, ghosts— " Black spirits and white, Red spirits and gtcy." Witness the solemn relations of the prophecy found by the Comte de Provence on his table, on the day of the birth of the Dauphin, of the horoscope of the three Princes, drawn up by the Count de St. Germain ; of the mysterious appearances preceding the death of Catharine of Russia, and of the dream of the Sa cristan previous to the execution of Louis XVI. Nothing could exceed the folly of the friends of that unfortunate monarch at this period. Just as his trial was about to take place, the Comte de Provence, then an exile, addressed a letter to the Duke of Orleans, couched in the most haughty and arrogant terms, commanding, rather than request ing, that he should not interfere in the trial. Among many absurdities, we give the following as a speci men :—" The king" (at the time a prisoner in the Temple, and about to be tried on a capital charge) " is disposed to indulgence, and indeed oblivion of the past would be for all of us the wisest course." If anything could exceed the mad folly of pen ning such a missive, it would be the manner in which it was presented to the Duke of Orleans by Boissy d'Anglas, the secret agent of the Comte de Provence in Paris. He himself, in a letter to the Comte de Provence, thus describes his reception at the Palais Egalite : " Your cousin, Monseigneur, by the graciousness of his reception, made amends to me for the insolence of his officious attendants. He is always the pink of polite ness, and begged me to sit down, which I refused to do, perhaps from a mischievous wish of reminding him that he is still a prince." Why, if the Comte de Provence and his agent had de sired to prevent the Duke from exercising his influ ence in the King's behalf—if they had desired to goad him on to the King's destruction —could they have done so in any manner more effectually ? Can any thing prove more completely the utter heartlessness both of the Count and of his agent, than the compla cent manner in which the one relates, and the other records, his reason for refusing to set down " a mis chievous wish of reminding him that he is still a prince ?" What nature that was not utterly frivo lous, utterly incapable of forming a good or a noble aspiration, could have imagined such an expieglerie at such a time? The whole history of the Revolution goes to prove that poor Louis XVI fell a victim to the unprincipled, uncalculating, heartless, frivolous, incurably vicious folly of his soi-disant friends, ra• ther than to the malice of his enemies; and if any thing could excuse the excesses of the Reign of Terror towards " the Aristo - trats," it would he the revelations which these aristocrats ever and anon make of them selves. The more we study the history of this Revolution, the greater is our admiration of the cha racter of the present King of the French. Louis Philippe is the most statesmanlike king that France has ever possessed—the wisest, and, perchance, the greatest man that France has ever produced. That his sons inherit his great talents, his manly courage, his energy, his activity, they have already given abundant proofs. Let us hope, for the sake of France, of Europe, and of the world, that they also possess his prudent firmness, his wise caution, his unerring tact, and his sound judgment. opinions, it possesses much candour and independence, - While it opposes doctrines of a contrlry tendency with a liberality and a gentlemanly bearing which, in these somewhat stormy times of controversy, are very de lightful to encounter. The present number, which is the commencement of a new series, contains matter of peculiar interest just now, embracing some sen sible articles on " Mr. Newman," " The Ronge Movement," and especially one headed "The Church's Course in her Present Trials." Besides this, a host or searching and elaborate reviews altogether make up a number that augurs well for the future prosrlerity of the publication. NEWTON'S REPERTORY OF PATENT 1N- VEIVTIONS. This monthly catalogue of improvements or in ventions in arts, sciences, and manufactures, conti nues to be conducted on the same plan as heretofore. By this plan it combines clearness and neatness, while it is, moreover, sufficiently copious in its details to satisfy the curiosity of all those to whom it more particularly addresses itself. On these accounts it is vv( rthy of every support and encouragement. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW POSTMASTER-GENERAL, On Saturday last the Earl of St. Germans, the newly appointed Postmaster-General, was i naugurated into the office, and commenced his charge of the establishment by visiting the several departments in the course of the day. His Lordship was attended in his progress through the office by the Secretary, Colonel Moberly, and received by the gentlemen appointed to preside over the various sections of the establishment, who minutely pointed out to him the nature of the several duties performed in each of the (, upper r o e ffi t c h e e s In t intricacies he o f t h e afternoon da i h lye business visited the inland office, wer n e l ex plained to his Lordship by W. Bokenham,Esq., the super intending president. To the several ramifications of the duty, from the posting to the dispatch of the tatters, his Lordship appeared to pay great attention, discoursing freely with the executive officers with reference to the nature of the duty in their charge. In the newspaper office the magnitude of the business appeared to surprise the new Postmaster-General, who entered these offices a short time before the great supply of newspapers were posted. As the hour of six o'clock drew nigh (the time when the window in the office in St. Martin's-le-Grand is closed for the reception of news papers passing without charge), the sorting-tables in the centre, and at the end of the office rapidly filling, and upwards of 200 men being engaged in the several duties of " facing," " assorting," " throwing-off," re sorting the papers a second time into the boxes repre senting the post towns—his Lordship paused to witness the scene before him. He then closely watched the window near the hall, where immense bags were being put in by the vendors and others. Upwards of 30,000 newspapess being posted at this window in less than a quarter of an hour, forming a pile as they were emptied from the sacks several feet square, and some yards high, his Lordship was quite surrounded with daily and weekly journals; and as the hall clock tolled the hour for closing, the papers fell thickly around him, as they were hurled through the opening of the already descending sash which closed the scene. At this moment one of the rapers, flung by some boy out of breath, who had just managed to " save post," struck his Lordship on the breast, but he good-humouredly smiled at the incident to his attendants. Having carefully examined the vari ous stages of the duty, from the commencement to the close, his Lordship took his departure shortly after the mails were dispatched to their several destinations. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES. On Saturday morning a fire, which was attended with disastrous consequences to both life and property, took place upon the premises occupied by Mrs. Pryer, a laundress, situated at 23, Cambridge-place, Junction road, near the Great Western Railway terminus at Pad dington. It appears that police-constable D 179, on going his rounds early on Saturday morning, observed an unusual light in the first floor of the building, which induced him to raise the alarm of fire ; but unfortunately it was some time before the inmates could be roused from their slumbers, and not until the flames were burst ing through the front windows, as well as up the stair case, with the greatest impetuosity. Several of the lodgers managed to escape from the blazing building, as did Mrs. Pryer and another female, who was severely burnt upon the body as she descended the stairs. The scene shortly afterwards was of the most heartrending descrip tion, for not only the inhabitants of the burning house, but also those adjoining, were seen either at the windows or huddled together in the street in their night-dresses. Upon the first alarm information was speedily conveyed to the different stations, and the Baker-street engine was soon upon the spot, as well as neighbouring engines. The parish and West of England were also early in arriving, and so was an escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. Mr. Staples, the superintendent of the fire brigade, soon set the men to work, but, unfortunately, before the engines began to play, the fire had reached the second floor, and after piercing through the windows of that story, they made their way through the roof, and burst out with redoubled fury. The Grand Junction Works famished a suffi cient supply of water, which was speedily discharged into the midst of the burning property, and by the most praiseworthy exertions of the firemen, they were enabled to cut off any further communication, but it was past five o'clock before the fire was extinguished. For some time afterwards it was imagined that all parties had made a safe retreat from the premises, and when they were con gratulating each other that such was the case, a dis covery of a most melancholy character was made upon the ground of the back parlour. On further examination, it was found that two human beings, man and wife, had been sacrificed to the fury of the devastating element, who had rented that room, and whose remains were so mutilated that no likeness was discernible, although no doubt remains that they are the unfortunate parties re fe;r, d to. Their name was Wane, or Ward, and their remains were conveyed from the scene, in order that a coroner's jury may arrive at a verdict. The origin of the fire is not known, and wo regret to add that not one of the inmates was insured to the amount of a single farthing ; so that they have lost everything, and have been kindly lodged since the occurrence by their neigh bours. From inquiries, made up to the latest period, there is no doubt that the two unfortunate persons were suffocated in their beds, as they were not seen nor heard of by any of the other inmates, and if it had been known that they were in the building they could have been saved by the firemen, as well as with the assistance of the fire-escape from the Royal Society. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) The following additional particulars were obtained yesterday :—lt appears that shortly after the outbreak, the Royal Society's escape for the protection of life from fire, reached the spot. This was quickly raised in front of the burning building, and the conductor ascending the same, he called loudly to the parties within, and happily succeeded in awaking the majority of them. Whilst, however, he was on the machine the flames burst through the windows with such violence as to cause him to leave his pest. The persons who were thus aroused were enabled, after some trouble, to rush through the flame and smoke on the stairs, and thereby escape a horrible death. Had it not been for the intrepid conduct of the man in charge of the escape, the loss of life unquestion ably would have been far more extensive. Some time after the firemen had succeeded in getting the games subdued, and whilst they were exploring the ruins, intel ligence was received that a lodger in the house named Wain, was, together with his wife, missing. This in duced the firemen to examine the place more minutely, and in the course of a short period the remains of the two parties were found in the midst of a heap of rubbish, most frightfully burned. The two feet of the man, together with one of his arms were completely burned away by the action of the fire. The woman was also burned to such an extent:that the head was laid open, and the brains scattered about the ground. GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. We have been favoured with the sight of a private letter from Mr. Goodrich, an ex-senator of Massachu setts, and well known as a writer under the signature of " Peter Parley," from which we extract the following:— " Congress has assembled, and is now attracting at tention. The President's message will have been re ceived and discussed in England before this reaches you. Our people have taken it quietly, and it has excited much less sensation than I anticipated. The stock market shows, however, that there is some uneasiness in rela tion to the Oregon question. My own expectation is, that John Bull will utter a tremendous growl when he reads the President's manifesto, and I am not without my fears that we shall at least have a year or two of very awkward relations between your country and ours. Our strong hope is, that Webster and Calhoun will act to gether in resisting all warlike measures, and that the vexed question will be negotiated or arbitrated to a happy result. It would be a blunder as well as a crime to get the two countries at loggerheads upon such a paltry bone of contention." DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—It gives us great pleasure to record the brilliant success which has attended the pre sent holiday performances at this . theatre. A t the same time, we are free to confess that it would indeed t beta matter of perfect surprise if such entertainments as M . arttana, The Devil to Pay, and Harlequ i n Gul l iver, with all the eminent performers who support them, d i d not draw all London. We hear that the last week's receipts are without precedent. THE SCOTCII LOBSTER FISHING.--We have fre quently alluded to the rise and progress of the lobster fishing in and ar ound the Wester n Highland Isles, and noticed with pleasure the annual i ncrease i n th i s de partment our fisheries. As this speci es o f s h e ll fi s h of h a s been now well ascertained to be fo un d i n a b un d ance o n the coast of the Hebrides, many of the Celtic fisher men have betaken themselves to this precarious branch of industry ; and this year has added a vast number to those who have been formerly engaged in the lobster fishing. For some time p as t t h e pro d uce expor t e d to Liverpool has been immense, frequ may from 40 to 50 boxes, of four dozen per box, weekly. While a gentleman was looking at the salmon essaying to pass Powick weir the other day, his dog (a bitch of the Newfoundland breed) discovered a very curious magazine. She began scratching violently at a rat-hole situate under a beam at the extremity of the weir, and some couple of yards from the water Guessing there was something extraordinary there, it was examined, when it was found to contain nineteen lampreys, all alive and in good order, which some fishermen insisted had been stored there by the rats. As the water had not reached the spot for a long time previous, the lam preys clearly had been carried there by some means, and the fishermen say that the rats are continually in the habit of robbing their putcheons.—Hereford Journal. The Earl of Lauderdale has quite recovered from his :recent severe illness. The Noble Earl continues at Thirlestaine Castle, NAVIGATIC)"N COMMITTEE AND THE \VAT W:aIAN'S STEANI-PACKET COM PANY. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SIR,—Ir . the police report of proceedings at the Man sion-110":se in your journal of this day appears a letter from elessrs. Clarke and Cooper, the respectable solicitors of 'the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, stating t'aat that Company was in no way connected with or parties to the proceedings of the Waterman's Steam packet Company ; and my Lord Mayor is also reported to have stated, with all the weight attached to his ma gisterial office—first, that he thought it right to let the public know that the poor watermen, in whose behalf numerous appeals had been made to their sympathies as being connected with and deriving profit from the Wa terman's Steam-packet Company, had nothing to do with that Company, and derived no advantage whatever from it. Secondly, that nobody had any benefit from it with the exception of the individuals who had been able to purchase shares in the speculotion. Without commenting on the serious charges involved in these assertions, I beg to state, in answer to the last statement of his Lordship, that the Waterman's Steam packet Company was established, in the first instance, by free watermen at Woolwich, for the benefit of the working watermen, assisted by the aid of philanthropic parties, three of whom are still the trustees of, and shat eholders in, the Company, and members of the Court of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, and that one-half the present shareholders in the Waterman's Steam•packet Company are members of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company. That the public may judge of the justice of his Lord ship's first assertion, and form its own opinion how far his Lordship has been misled by information given to him, I further beg to state that the Waterman's Steam packet Company has contributed towards the Water men'a and Lightermen's Almshouses for decayed mem bers, of which Messrs. Clark and Cooper are secretaries, the sum of 1571 ios., by votes at annual meetings. That since the recent period of the formation of the Company it has paid to the free working watermen at the several public stairs undermentioned, for the accom modation of landing and embarking at floating piers belonging to these poor men, the following sums : To the free watermen at Garden-stairs, Greenwich, in five years, 4,7001. At Bellwater-gate-stairs, Woolwich, in five year:, 4,6001 At Blackwall-stairs, in three years, 4501. At Limehouse-hole-stairs, in two years, 5002 At Execution Dock-stairs, Wapping, in one year, 4301 At the stairs, Blackfriars.bridge, in two years, 8001. At the Adelphi-stairs, in five years, 1,8001.; and At the stairs, Westminster-bridge, in two years, 5001., making together a total of 13,7891. The Directors of the Waterman's Steam-packet Com pany are as anxious as any one that the Company should not be identified with any Company under the authority of the Corporation of London or the Navigation Com mittee. The title of the two Companies is entirely dis tinct, and the letter Messrs. Clarke and Cooper have been instructed to write is uncalled for and ungenerous. A crusade against the poor watermen at the various public stairs for erecting floating piers has long existed, and had these poor men been assisted by the aid of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company in maintaining their birthright of landing and embarking the public at the ancient stairs, from the present improved mode of conveyance on the river, it is apparent from the fore going facts that a revenue sufficient to maintain these poor men would have been derived which would have enabled them to live without resort to the workhouse or appeals to the sympathy of the public, or at least would materially have mitigated their present distress. The erection of the Corporation Pier at Blackfriars bridge deprives the watermen at the public stairs of an income of at least 400.: per annum from this Company alone, and I trust the rights of these poor men will be considered by her Majesty's Government in the next session of Parliament. Jan. 2, 1846. J. S. NEWBON, Secretary. THE LATE ANTI-CORN -LAW MEETING AT HEREFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having read in your paper of the 2d inst. your comments on the anti-corn-law meeting which took place at Hereford, on Wednesday last, I observe it stated that in my allusion to the wages of the agricultural la bourers in this vicinity, I was met by " indignant cries of six shillings a week, and that I did not venture to as-. sert that the average rate of wages was more than six shillings a week." During the time I was speaking the noise was so great that although the remark may have been made I did not notice it ; but when at the close of the proceedings Mr. Nash, in his speech, made allusion to it, I immediately stated that he was in error ; that we pay Bs. a week and drink, and charge them 6s. per bushel for their wheat. You will find that lam borne out in this statement, by referring to the report of the proceedings which appeared in the Hereford Times of Saturday last. I therefore trust you will allow this ex planation to appear in your next number, as I feel satis fied that upon your part the misrepresentation was un intentional, and I remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, JOHN TOMKINS. Weir, near Hereford, Jan. 4, 1846. SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. Bing ham, the sitting magistrate at Worship-street, was informed by Inspector Pascoe, of the N division, that the body of an infant had been found, under suspicious circumstances, at the house of Mr. Carter, a linendraper, in the New North-road, lloxton, and that Harriet Gibbs, the servant, was in custody as the mother, but was in such a state as precluded the pos sibility of her being at present brought forward for examina tion, although the charge was entered against her on the police-sheet. On inquiry it appeared that she had for some time been suspected of being enciente, but she strongly and to the last denied it. On F r id ay n i g ht, however, she was missed for upwards of an hour from the house, and it was discovered that she had fastened herself into a privy. She refused to open the door when required, and it was at length forced open, when it became apparent that parturition had recently taken place. No child was visible, however, but the police being sent for, a search was made, and the body of a fine male infant, dead, was found in the soil. The wretched young woman, the mother, immediately received the profes sional aid requisite in her condition, but remains at her master's house, under the surveillance of the police. FAILURE OF YAAMS.—In consequence of the failure of the Yaam crop, several large orders have arrived in Lon don from the West Indies for supplies of potatoes, which it is almost needless to say have been necessarily rejected. " DEAD DRUNK."—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest on Friday in the Marylebone workhouse, on the body of Anne Pettyfor, aged forty-four, the wife of a sweep. Mr. Boyd, house surgeon to the infirmary, stated, that last Mon day she was brought in " dead drunk" from the stables of the Green Man, Edgware-road, where she had been, from the preceding evening, in a state of drunkenness. She was cold, insensible, and very rapidly sinking. Everything was done to restore her, but in vain, as she expired next day. He ex amined the body after death. The brain and lungs were congested, and the stomach was spotted like a leopard's skin. Death ensued from excessive drinking. Deceased's husband said that his wife had been an inveteratt gin-drinker, and that she was drunk for two successive days before her death. Verdict—" Death from drunkenness." ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF A TIGER.—On Mon day, the 22d ult., as a caravan, belonging to the proprietor of a small collection of wild beasts, was passing through Potter Heigham, on its way to Yarmouth, the driver, in making room for a passing vehicle, incautiously Overturned the caravan. The bars of the tiger's den not being suffi ciently strong to support the weight suddenly thrown upon them gave way, and the ferocious animal being thus unex pectedly liberated, after taking off an eagle's head as his first exploit, betook himself to the neighbouring fields. Alarmed at the probable consequences of the intrusion of so bold an innovator upon the peace and safety of their flocks and herds, Messrs. Rudd and T. R. Murrell, two resident farmers, held a consultation with the proprietor of the menagerie, as to the best means of capturing the formidable object of their pursuit; and armed with guns, and attended by the k ee p e r, as well as a large muster of labourers provided with pitch forks, they determined upon endeavouring to entangle him in a sheep net. This, however, having failed, a large ham per, containing a piece of flesh, was placed in his way, and upon his jumping in to seize the food the lid was drawn down and soon secured, the animal uttering a hideous yell, which the stoutest of his captors could not hear unmoved- Fortunately none of the party sustained any injury ,, and e the coldness of the weather, no doubt, greatly contn u facilitate the capture, by inducing the animal to take sh elt er under a fence.— Norfolk News. Thirteen persons have CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS.— been taken into custody, charged with having been found in a common gambling-house, known amongst " play-men" as the "Little Nick," No. 17, Castle-street, Leicester-square. Between eleven and twelve o'olock vu Saturd a y night y super intendent Beresford, of the C division, with a strong party of constables, proceeded to the house in question, and obtained admission by stratagem. The defendants were found in dif f anderent roomims, pl e ments of gaming. and about the house were found di ce, di ce -boxes, B other IDFORDS HIRE. AX.T Ile o s r d a t be y, was appointed for hearing appeals f G r t e h a e 30th ult., t Bardford division of Bedfordshire, at Bletsoe. A very great n umber of persons were at th e Falcon Inn, all day ; very many could not obtain a hearing, and were iold they might attend again that day fortnight. This was very consoling to some comparatively poor men, who had walked ten to fifteen miles, and loud were their complaints. Surely some better arrangement might be made for this division of the county.— Canibridge Chronicle. The Duke of Northumberland has distributed coals and. clothing to 800 poor families in the parish of St. Martin's, an act of charity and munificence rarely equalled ; but what is the miserable drawback attached? —the recipients of his bounty must be members of the Church of England—so the poor Roman Catholic and Dissenter may starve if they do not conform to the creed of the Noble Duke. The good Samaritan did not ask the faith of the wounded Israelite, when he poured oil and wine upon his bruises. SURPLUS REVSxuE.-Th• forthcoming financial statement of her Majesty's revenue will, as regards the sur plus in the Treasury, show a balance over the expenditure, it is stated, of about three millions. MINISTERIAL SCREMES.—Amongst other official projects for the ensuing session, we are told that a rumour prevails in some of the Ciovernment departments to the effect that in connexion with Sir R. Peel's talked-of scheme for total repeal of the corn-laws, a proposal will be made for an increase of the income tax to 7 1 ,i per cent. ; and that a part of the repeal plan will be to exempt the agriculturists from the payment of all poor-rates.—Post. THE RATING or THE CITY OF LONDON LITERARY INSTITUTION.—This case, which was adjourned from Satur day last, came on for hearing bef ore Si r C. Marshall and Mr. Alderman Challis, at Guildhall ; Mr. Clarkson a pp ear i ng f or the parish, and AL. Paucy fur the Institution. The proceed ings lasted nearly two hours; the argument being the same as advanced the previous hearing. Ultimately, it was again postponed for a fortnight, to enable the parish officers to in spect the books and accounts of the institution. -- - CROMEE, JAN. I.—On the 25th ult., part of a vessel's side (apparently a schooner's) came on shore at Sher ringham, and part of the deck at Overstrand, with two empty port barrels, marked "Donaldson and Truman." A hands pike, marked " N. Pinder," has been picked up, supposed to be from the same wreck, which also appears to be wheat laden. On the 27th, a medicine chest was washed up at Bacton. The labels are from Liverpool and Elsineur, and a prescription, written at Elsineur, by .. 0. Mullen, for Captain Meal= in 1843.—Norfolk airoriscle. THE RUGBY, DERBY, AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. Some curious disclosures on the subject cf railway management have been made in the report of a meeting of the shareholders in the Rugby, Derby, and Manches ter Railway, which took place on the 17th ult., and of which copies in print have since been pretty extensively distributed. From this report it appears that the pro , ject was concocted by Mr. T. G. Smith, of the Stock- Exchange, and Mr. Brewer, solicitor of Gray's Inn, who became the registered promoters of the undertaking, and in connexion with some other parties who are not named, the prospectus was issued, an engineer and • secretaries engaged, surveys entered upon, and the support of parties locally interested obtained before the Company as constituted at this meeting was formed. On the 22d of September a meeting took place be tween the promoters and a number of gentlemen, who were so satisfied with the representations made to them, that they proceeded to establish the Company, to settle the amount of capital, the apportionment of shares, and other routine matters of the same kind. Assurances were given on this occasion that the surveys were in such a state of forwardness as to allow the deposit of the plans as early as the 10th of Novem ber. A committee of management was appointed to work the details of the undertaking, to whcm a report of progress was made by Mr. Blunt, in which it was affirmed that " between Ashbourne and Leek (where it was said that engineering difficulties existed) the tun nelling would be only one mile, the earthwork would cost 3s. a yard, and the material procured in cutting could be sold for Is. 2d. a yard, reducing the cost to Is. 10d. a yard. There would be no curve with a radius less than 14 mib s, which could be increased to two miles. The steepest gradient would be 1 in 240 ; and therefore, so far from that part of the line being difficult, it was remarkable for engineering faci lities. These and similar statements creating per fect confidence, the distribution of shares took place. As time advanced, the committee, in order to insure the material points of the timely deposit of the plans and compliance with the standing orders of Parliament, appointed Messrs. Humphrys, Keightley, and Parkin, solicitors to the company, giving them the sole direction and control of their Parliamen tary business. The plans were ultimately obtained, but in P defective state, and they failed therefore in their first stage. On the 2d of December, the new solicitors, having had time to investigate the company's affairs, sent a report to the committee that matters were alto gether different from what they had been led to expect, that the engineering difficulties were very great, and that another survey must be made before the policy of going on with the projected line could be determined. This led the committee to appoint another surveyor (Mr. Hawkshaw), and to - call the present meeting, to whom his report, dated on the 15th of December, was presented. It proved the reverse in nearly all respects of that made in the first instance, stating the engineering difficulties to be of the most formidable kind, that the probable cost of the line between Derby and Macclesfield would be 50,0004 a mile, and that the tunnels and viaducts alone could not be executed in all probability for less than 1,000,000/. The plans and sections were full of blunders, assigning, for example, a height to bridges under which the trains could not pass, and in fine, Mr. Hawkshaw declared that he could not undertake to support the line as at present laid out. The committee could, therefore, only recommend that the company should be dissolved, its affairs wound up, and the assets divided among the shareholders. They had received the deposit of 24 12s. 6d. on 30,600 shares, producing 80,325!., out of which they had paid about 20,0001., in which were in cluded 7,0004 to Mr. Blunt and near 6,0001. to Mr. Brewer, who claimed further large sums for their services. With regard to these claims, however, and also " with regard to the power or right of the com mittee to require from the promoters a proportionate part of the expenses incurred in respect of the shares reserved for them, the committee will be guided by professional advice." This report was received and adopted by the meeting, the immediate payment of 11. las. a share was ordered, and the balance, when the accounts are wound up, is to be distributed rateably among the shareholders. Thus a highly respectable body of men, as the greater part of those who have ad vanced their money appear to be, through their credulity in listening to parties who ought not to have been trusted in so important a matter without more inquiry, have to apportion this heavy loss among them. Of 87 gentle men on the provisional committee, to each of whom 100 shares were allotted, the whole, but with five exceptions, are stated to have taken up their shares and paid the deposits upon them. The "compensation " assigned to the promoters was " the patronage of 15,000 shares " for the time and attention given to the scheme. and pecu niary risk incurred in its concoction. These fine pros pects were spoiled by the interference of the Times, and the "panic," which stopped the issue of shares, pre vent , d without doubt the greater part of this, now de clared worthless, scrip from being saddled on the public. —Times. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, will leave the Castle for Claremont on Tuesday next, taking their departure from Windsor imme diately after an early luncheon. It is expected that the infant Prince Alfred will also accompany his illustrious parents. The Court, according to present arrangements, will remain ,at Claremont until Friday week, the 16th instant, on which day it will return to the Castle. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince Consort, will take her departure from Windsor for Buckingham Palace on the following Tuesday, the 20th, two days before the opening of the session of Parliament. The Court is shortly afterwards expected to return to the Castle for about a month or six weeks. The Duke of Wellington has had invitations issued for his customary Parliamentary banquet on the 21st instant, the eve preceding the assembling of both Houses of Parlia ment. Above sixty Conservative Peers are invited. FUNERAL OF THE LATE COLONEL GURWOOD, DE PUTY-LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER.—The remains of this lamented officer were brought into the Tower in a hearse on Wednesday night ; at half-past nine o'clock, and deposited in the vault behind the church. The funeral, which was strictly private, took place on Saturday, at half-past eleven o'clock. The body, enclosed in a coffin covered with black cloth, was brought into the church, when the burial service was per formed by the Rev. H. Dunnage, curate. A few of the de ceased's private friends attended, amongst whom were : the Spanish Ambassador, Major-General Brown, Colonel Grant, Colonel Home, Colonel Rowan, Major Shadwell Clark, Sir Henry Webster, and Captain Lord Frederick Paulet. The body was then carried back to the vault, where it was finally deposited. COLONEL GURWOOD.—We have received the follow ing communication:—" On the point of quitting Paris to pay the last sad duties to my lamented half-brother, Colonel Gurwood, I read in the Messenger the re port of the Coroner's inquest, in which no notice is taken of a serious wound he received in the head in the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, in which he led the forlorn hope. How much this has from time to time affected him is known to some of his friends, and particularly to Sir Robert Chermside, late surgeon of the 10th Hussars, in which my brother served for many years. On account of his wound, he was obliged to abstain from wine for many years, and to the last he had a habit of throwing back his head, and the expression of his features showed that he was some times in great pain.—l remain, &c., C. OKEY.— Galignani. Mr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the Mayor of Limerick, in which he states that he declines to attend the repeal dinner in that city, fixed for the 21st instant, in con sequence of his determination to attend in his place in the House of Commons on the opening of the session, in order to give his support to a repeal of the corn-law. The members of the Princess's orchestra have pre sented to Mr. F. Eames, the leader, a valuable snuff-box, whereon the following testimonial is inscribed :—" Presented to Frank Eames, Esq., by the gentlemen of the orchestra of the Princess's Theatre, as a mark of their esteem. January 1, 1846."—Dramatic and Musical Review. AN ARTFUL ROBBERY.-011 Sa tu rday informatio n e ven qu t an ha t t it o y n 0f F ridayhosiery, evening, n a in n g u , m b e t t e w r e cot.! belongingse N,en merinoandto dresses, i e e ig s s l canvasws stolen.bag when Theira a was lar g shirts, ribands, and other property,. inGgthre:e : go t t ou m onc i st s r t yi r e n- l e ao t 0, largek u i l n ty g , rs. cart offered to give porterNe v i Neville e w a io nd earry Co. ff ed er, to p b la e ce a d ra i t i h is er b h a eavy him a lilt with his load, which one, ma2 and wh who w e , " availing drin: gf. himself ofaptlpieeaor the cart. In the Strand, however, when near Wellington street, he he went into a public-house to procure so c ra ar e te d r riT i k s. , and while he w as so occupied the accommod appeared with t h e horse and cart, and with them Messrs. Neville and Co.'s bag of goods. The carter is described as about forty years of age, rather stout, and of middling height, with sandy hair and whiskers, and wearing a velveteen jacket. An incendiary fire broke out at Needingworth, Hunts, on Wednesday evening last, about five o'clock, ou the premises of a person named Cave, jun. The destructive element raged with considerable fury, and destroyed two barns, &c., the property of ➢ir. Frank, postmaster, St. Ives. Strong suspicion rests upon the tenant Cave, and we under stand he has been apprehended, and committed to take his trial.—Cambridge Chronicle. ELECTIONEERING ON DIT.—We are assured that our county will be contested, on the first vacancy, by either the Hon. 11. A. Cole or Lord Henry Loftus.—Ennis killen Reporter. The Church of Dei-Girolamini, at Naples, was last month the theatre of a dreadful crime. One ecclesiastic murdered another by cutting his throat with a razor. The murderer was surprised in the fact, and arrested immediately. The motive of this crime is not.known. A letter from Venice of the 26th ult. states that the Emperor of Russia arrived thither on the 24th., and im mediately paid a visit to the Duchess de Berry, at the Van dramini Palace. HARWICH.—The Liberal electors of this borough aroused by the late events, appear to be casting their eyes about them, and preparing for another election. A meeting of electors was held at the Three Cups Tavern, on the 22d ult., for the purpose of considering a requisition to John Bagshaw, Esq., the High Steward of the borough, to offer himself as a candidate, in the event of a vacancy in the re presentation. Mr. L. Cottingham took the chair, and urged . that it was a matter of paramount importance with th_oboenietea tors to use their most strenuous exertions to bring _ A more healthy state of things, and not to mi s s d honesty and an opportunity of showing that they h of the borough by patriotism sufficient to redeem the credit Egg.' took part to Mr. so favourable s re ta tu k r e n i i n ng th to e t P e a w r n li , am an e d nt it a s in gentleman temsts at Mr. Alderman part in the proceed leheahorthad an important a committee was ap pointed and W. C. Randfield, Bagshaw should be signed by those p ings, and it was resolved tha r t es tb en e t with •t Ch / i.— e msford pointed to wait upon the requisition ' electorsand Chronicle. DARING RonnEtt-r.—ln the night of Tuesday, the 23d ult.,' a most daring robbery was committed on the pre mises of Mr. Samuel Hardy, farmer and maltster, Eckington. Admittance was gained to the nialthouse by picking the lock; and about three cwt. of hops, which had been put up in sacks ready to be sent off the next day, were abstracted therefrom. I t is supposed that the hops must be concealed somewhere in the vicinity, as, from their great bulk, they could not be carried far. We understand that Mr. Hardy has offered a handsome reward for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties.—Derby Repo; ter. ALARMING DISAPPEARANCE.—We perceive that Mr. T. D. Townsend, of Pond Hall, Foisted, whose alarming,- disappearance from home was noticed in our paper of the 19th ult., has not yet been heard of by his friends, who h ave offered a reward of 501. for information respecting hie l e,, -- Ease.): Standard. draught of cold sir nnnn the person of every nne who is cAni. , !llo by nosiness fr. , ccupy a sf , a'. Fb(‘ sy , iczn • . ventilation is not only inefficient but mischievons, and complaints are dmost daily made during the sitting of the Court. NEW COURT. No case of any interest occurred in this Court during the day, the jury, as they g, nerally are on the first day of the session, waiting until the bills are returned by the grand jury. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY). John Asbury and Henry Lee, two lads eighteen years of age, were charged by police-constables 290 and 269 with attempting to pick a gentleman's pocket at the Old Bailey. It appeared from the evidence that police-constable 269 saw the prisoners at about five minutes before eight o'clock this morning dodging a gentleman at the Old Bailey, and when the place became crowded, he saw both prisoners put their hands in the gentleman's pockets. He then took them into custody, and when they were proceeding down Skinner-street, he saw one of the prisoners drop a white cambric pocket-handkerchief, which he produced ; and the other prisoner said the two officers were two rascals to take them into custody merely for an attempt to pick the pockets. Alderman MOON said that it was a most lamentable thing to see so many boys devoting themselves to clime. He therefore committed both prisoners for one month. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Charles Perryman and William Hardwick, two well dressed young men, were placed at the bar, charged with attempting to rob Captain Randall of a gold watch in Horsemonger-lane, and with having assaulted a po liceman in his efforts to secure them. Captain Randall stated that as he was standing near the corner of Swan -street, at half-past ten o'clock this morning, witnessing the execution of Quennell, the two prisoners made the attempt to rob him of his watch, They rushed upon him in the crowd, and one of them (Perryman) made three attempts to pull the watch out of his fob, but did not accomplish it, owing to the chain having been twisted firmly round his brace. He (com plainant) called for the police, and 272 M, coming to the spot, took the prisoners into custody, in doing which one of them struck him a violent blow in the face, and both of them endeavoured to escape. Another gentleman, who was present at the execution near the same spot, said that he was robbed of his watch, but, owing to the pressure of the crowd, he could not un dertaketto identify the parties. Evidence was given of the previously bad characters of the prisoners, one of whom, Perryman, had been con victed at the Old Bailey and sentenced to be transported, which was afterwards commuted into imprisonment. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that the dreadful spectacle of an execution did not prevent the prisoners from exercising their vocation even under the very gallows; that it was fortunate for them they had not effected the robbery, for if they had he would assuredly have committed them for trial, and as the sessions were then sitting, probably they would have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to be transported. He should wave the cireumstances, and commit the prisoners for three months each to the House of Correction. The MAGISTRATE, addressing Captain Randall, expressed his astonishment that a man in his situation of life should have been a spectator of such a scene as an execution, and advised him in future to remain at home. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) James Williams, a young man well-known to the police, was charged under the following circumstances: —ll4r. James Logan, of Duke -street, Portland-place, stated, that about one o'clock on Saturday night last, as he wag proceeding- along Oxford-street, he was beset by the prisoner and two other men, who hustled him, and he felt their !lands in his pockets, they then struck him down, and were running off, but a police constable of the E division succeeded in securing the prisoner, although his companions esckped• The prisoner said he had /Lever touched the prose cutor. Mr. MALTBY asked the prosecutor i!he had lost any thing. The prosector said he believed not ; excepting his latchkey, which might have fallen out of big pocket in the scuffle. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next. FIRE IN THE ADELPlll.—Yesterday morning, be tween twelve and one o'clock - , the family of Mr. Appleyard, of Duke-street, Adelphi, newspaper agent, were greatly alarmed by the discovery of a tire in one of the sleeping rooms. Messengers were instantly sent to Chandos-street brigade station and other places, when in a few minutes two engines and several firemen arrived. The fire burnt very ra pidly, and every precaution was taken to prevent its spread ing to the other parts of the house. The firemen soon ob tained water, and with their usual ability they resorted to the most effectual measures. For some short time their ex ertions were placed in a very doubtful position ; but ulti mately they succeeded, not, however, until a considerable quantity of the household furniture had been consumed, and great damage done to the building. Loss OF THE CITT OF SHIRAZ.—A dispatch has been forwarded to Lloyd's from the India Board, by order of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, enclosing a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at the Philippine Islands, reporting the loss of the Bombay ship City of Shiraz, off the island of Negros. Three, out of a crew of forty persons, saved. FATAL FALL TO A GENTLEMAN AGED EIGMTY FOUR YEARS.—On Saturday evening Mr. Payne held an in quest at the Fountain Tavern, St. George's-road, Southwark, on the body of Mr. William Douglas, aged eighty-four, who lately resided at No. 3, West-place, St. George's. He was in affluent circumstances. On Sunday evening week he left the parlour in good health, for the purpose of retiring to rest. On going up stairs he found the landing window open and attempted to shut it, when it is supposed he missed his foot ing, and fell backwards down the stairs, by which he sus tained a severe concussion of the brain, and fracture of the left wrist. Mr. Hooper, a surgeon, attended him till the fol lowing Tuesday, when he died from the injuries. Verdict— " Accidental death." SUICIDE OF A PAY-SERGEANT IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS.—WINDSOR, SnipAv.—Yesterday evening an in quest was held before 'Wm. Martin, Esq., the Coroner for the borough, at the Infantry Barracks, Sheet- street, on the body of John Richardson, a pay-sergeant in the 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards. The first witness examined was George Sawyer, colour sergeant, who stated that when hs saw the deceased, on the previous evening, h appeared very dull, in consequence of a report in the barracks relating to himself, and two daughters of one of the other sergeants, which, he said, was false. Sergeant Henry. Rands deposed that the de ceased always appeared to be a man of sound mind, but was considerably excited about the report alluded to by the former witness!Colonel Sir Johnßurgoyne stated, that shortly before nine o'clock that morning, Captain Bradford, the Adjutant, reported that Sergeant Richardson had hung himself, and gave witness a sealed letter. Witness knew nothing about the reports alluded to, nor anything particular concerning the deceased, having only lately himself joined the battalion. The surgeon having proved that the usual means to restore animation were resorted to without effect, the Coroner briefly summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The deceased, who bore a generally excellent character, had been in the battalion for upwards of fifteen years. DEPARTURE OF THE EAST AND WEST INDIA MAILS. —SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3.—The Achilles, Captain Wilson, a very fine new steam-ship, built for the Oriental Company, took her departure from the docks this day, at three P.M., for Constantinople, taking the East India and China mails to Malta, from which place they will be forwarded to Alexandria by the Iberia steamer. The Achilles has forty passengers, and a very full cargo of bale goods. The Royal West India mail-packet the Thames, Captain Haste, left this port yester day, for the West Indies, with the mails for the islands and MELANCHOLY South America. She had thirty passengers, a good average —On the morning of the 26th instant SHIPwRE . CYS cargo, also 600 bottles of quicksilver. • A a N b D arci L ue o w s as s w oF rec is ke s d ra in . the stern. Three was subsequently drinen the West Bay of Du ngeness, si l i aden with coals; and a boat with the name " Eliza 't"hoencoast, and will be o i n nt i e i r i r s ed ri att. Lydd. r i : e e !lead bodies have a h l e s t o h , b o e f en N f e ou w n c d as o tl n e One of the seamen had initials e W. and a register ticket found, signed " John Negalet,"arainnd issued from Newcastle, proves that this man was one of the unfortunate crew who were all, without doubt, drowned. The vessel was bound to Rouen.--A large D u tch ship, said to be the "La Vie Coliseum," from Ba tavia to Amsterdam, was wrecked near Pevensey Bay, and the cargo, consisting of coffee, sugar, indigo, block tin, and other articles, have washed ashore as far as Dun geness West Bay, and lie strewed along the beach at Hast ings, and some of the timber has floated round the point. The crew were saved, with the exception of one soldier (an invalid), who died from his long exposure in the rigging. Tonnage of the vessel, 620 tons.—A light collier was driven on shore near Camber Sand Hills, without damage to the vessel or crew, and it is expected she will be floated off.—A large ship rode out the gale most of the time in the West Bay. Fears were entertained for her safety; but she now lies at anchor in the East Bay, giving another proof of the value of these roadsteads, in the absence of good Channel Refuge Ports.—Dover Chronicle. STRUCTION OF A LARGE MILL NEAR KENDAL ---;s7atordsy night last the neighbourhood of Kendal was visitesl with a severe gale of wind and rain, which effected the alnsost entire destruction of a very large and extensive mill at Seas' Fort, near Kendal, the property of Messrs. G. and J. Braithwaite, manufacturers, which was in the course of building. I,j, appears that the roof of the building, which was composed o if massive balks of wood supported by iron pillars, was not ettirely completed, and the hurricane tore away some of the ye,!' unfinished, and probably not effectually fixed, beam s , an d th e y' 1::11 with a dreadful crash, leaving the i bare walls standing, whi.-n some 11 were much damaged. The force of the sh oc k ma ea s sasure be estimated by the fact that many of the y onderou`ad ='s places, and the iron pii.'ar `ad='s of wood were smashed in tax severalwere likewise broken to atoms. What ren d ers the circums ' C.xce more extraordinary, is that the building i s a l most surrou and that no other 0 ed by a mountainous rocky precipice, p ! way has been p l de stroyed in the neighb our h ood. From the te:.'"ive character of the building, and the ro mant i c spot i n wh i C i i is situated, it has been the resort of gre a t num b ers of peop J e from the neighbourhood; and when th ey pa id i t a visit off 0 5unday last, they were astonished at seeing only a heap of r `lirs Derby Reporter. PRISONERS' PROPERTY.-It is to be regretted th 9,t the very objectionable practice of taking everythi ng f rom a I ' given all t o th e C rown, prisoner which is found in hi s possession at the time of hi s whether apprehension, any partand, be i f proved still continued. This is twice punishing a man for one offence, be&cles doing injustice and injury to his wife and family, where he hays them. It was hoped that this system would have been discontinued before now. We trust it may be mooted in Parliament. The Government is not so poor as to need doing this to prisoners.—From a correspondent. NEW CATECHISM.—The following is a specimen of the Christrian charity which children are taught by Puseyite clergy in a parish church of Northumberland :—Question : After attending church in the morning, and you were to go I to a Dissenting meeting-house in the evening, whet sit) would that be? Answer : A grievous sin, a heinous sin.— Question: What would that sin be called? Answer: The sin of schism.—Question : What would ,you ask the person who was preaching there? Answer: I would ask him if he was ordained by a Bishop. It is needless to add, these answers are drilled into the poor children beforehand, and that such is the language of those who rank among their clergy. A late Bishop of Clogher, a Vere, and a Wetherel, what did ordination by a Bishop profit them? HOOD'S MAGAZINE. Out of the ten articles, which constitute the prin cipal portion of Hood's Magazine this month, there are no less than seven " continuations," a fault of the most intolerable description and incessant recurrence in periodical literature ; yet, in spite of this, some very pleasant morsels might be culled from the pre sent number. Charles Rowcroft, the accomplished editor, "leads off" with three additional chapters to his "Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land :' one of them descriptive of a fight with the natives, is fraught with all possible spirit, and fills the imagination of the reader with the clicking of muskets, the confusion, the shrieks, and the stormy cries of the combatants. So inimitably picturesque and natural is the little sketch of drowsiness with which the succeeding chap ter finishes, that we cannot resist giving it to the reader entire : _ _ _ " He sat gazing at the fire, and listening to catch the slightest sound ; but all was still, and the vast bush seemed buried in universal repose. The stars above his head, and the moon which gradually rose, shed their quiet light over the tranquil scene ; but there was no stir of any living thing. The corporal gazed at the sky, and the kangaroo's leg which was roasting, alternately. He looked at the fire and thought of his night bivouacs in former campaigns, and of his old comrades whom ctse yo disease or the shot of the enemy had long since sent to their last homes. At last his eyes began to blink—and wink—at the fire ;—and the light of the moon—and the twinkling of the stars—faded from his sight ;—he thought he was still awake—but even as he determined not . . . to . . . give way . . . to the drowsy . . . oppression . . . which . . . mastered him . . . his eyes closed—and the wearied soldier slept." A ludicrous account of an examination before an alderman is introduced in this, the thirteenth part, of " The Chronicles of the Fleet ;" and " The Bar of England," which follows, proceeds with its usual dis play of book-worming. More interest is introduced into the second of the " The Three Letters," which gives one an inkling of the probable denouement. Eleanor Darby's lyric of 0 ° The Two Ministers" lacks neither sense themn eo somewhat r wrinklespar t e t o t v y e n r e .. stdrs drawn at over--trite; h ; n o fuobgryh example,Tso i m i n e e. of ,h, wheneA r s thoughts tsahtee s e are - t,, o is tolerable, t s e n ra e b H le a , llb affords rather us diffuse an agreeable ob serves that the f urrows i mplanted by Care are worse than an d'' A ra V m i b s le it o re Gr away from the atmosphere of London, without the trouble of discarding our slippers for our Welling tons. Those who love half an hour's raking amidst the flue and cobwebs of our language, will find some assistance to their researches in " English Etymo logy," a short paper crammed full of information. '°Currency and Corn," a straightforward, sensible, and meritorious article from the portfolio of the editor, forms an excellent conclusion to a very good budget of contributions. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. This, the monthly organ of the English Roman Catholics, has now been in existence for a year, and the editor states, in his adiress to his readers, that al though at first difficulties beset his career, yet the circulation has increased from month to month, and henceforward the character of the magazine is secured " as the only monthly organ of English Catholicism." And well may English Catholicism be proud of such an organ. Without abating one iota from what they conceive to be the truth, the conductors of this magazine have enforced their opinions without bitterness, without dogmatism, and have, thereby, set a rare example of moderation to Christian po lemics ; an example which, we fear, will be more ad mired than followed. The novel of the " Countess Clemence" is continued ; and we have, as usual, many papers on subjects connected with the progress Roman Catholicism. Perhaps the most interest -4)13 . article in the number is the one entitled " Anec dotes of Louis XV111.," chiefly compiled, as the from the memoirs of that monarch, written / himself. From this article we extract author s4v the following ai ;ecdote of an adventure, which places the chivalrous i f(mo or of king Joachim (Murat) in a very favourable L'sht ; " Whpn, in 1793, the Comte de Provence journeyed incognito with d'Avaray Wow kiamm to Turin, he had a curious reneontre in a SwLis inn, which he thus de- scribes : " We fell in here with two Frenchmen. One of them was attached to the embassy of the Republic, the other was a free and easy youth, whose arrogant demeanour attracted my attention. He wore a captain's epaulettes, and I took a fancy to enter into conversation with him. My companions withdrew, and left us together. I was passing myself for an Englishman, on his road to Italy. Monsieur,' said I, as I approached the stranger, Is it long since you left Prance?' " He started, examined me from top to toe with an LOWE'S E_DIABUitGH MAGAZINE. This is a new work, to be devoted chiefly to theological subjects and general literature and science, with intelligence in regard to public events, political as well as religious. We believe it is brought out under the patronage of what is called the Free Church party in Scotland, and if this is the fact we rejoice at the principles which it professes, for they are of a truly Christian character. To give intensity and ex pression to " longings" after true Christian unity, says the editor, " shall be one of our chief objects ; and we can only do so by maintaining a truly Catholic position, endeavouring, with the eye of brotherly love, to trace in each individual Church the linea ments of our common parentage, and the pledge of our common inheritance—to discover, amid much diversity in the details of organisation, of govern ment, formulas, and rituals, the recognition of ' One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism.' On this point we have only farther to remark, that while it will not be possible that each article in our pages, taken singly, can fully exhibit this Catholic impress, our hope is that the whole, taken together, shall do so ; and that all of them shall be pervaded by the calm and genial spirit of Christian love." The theological articles in the present number are on " The Liverpool Confer. ence on Christian Union," and " Puseyism as an In terpreter of Nature," which are well suited for the object in view. There is another, on the " Scottish hero, Wallace," which will cause disappointment-- because such a notice leads the reader to expect some thing new and interesting respecting this wonderful character, while his deeds are hardly mentioned, and the greater part of the article is devoted to a sort of genealogical history of the Saxon and Celtic races, and accounts of the descent of the Scotch Wallaces. The reader cares very little whether the hero's ances tors were Normans, or Anglo-Saxons, or Danes, or Dutch—he was a native of Scotland—he gloried in defending her liberties—he was a Scotsman of the 13th century—and that is quite enough for the pur pose. The paper is left unfinished, with a notice that the subject will be resumed in another paper. This, we may tell the editor, is bad policy, for it is infinitely preferable to make an interesting article rather dis proportionally long than to give part in one month, which will be forgotten when the next comes. NEW LONDON MAGAZINE. Although this magazine has only reached its fifth number, it has already acquired for itself a character peculiarly and exclusively its own, name ly, th a t o f a eery delightful conversational, chatty, generous spirited periodical. Its tone is genial, its style is popular, its articles are all entertaining, and after the perusal of a number the reader will feel on better terms with himself and everybody else than when he commenced. Among the many able c on t r ib utors to its pages, we may mention the familiar names o f Albert Smith, Shelton Mackenzie , E. L. Bl anc h ar d , and J. H. Stocqueler, in themselves a guarantee of amusement. The most characteristic pap ers i n th e present number, are those i entitled " A N ew Y ear, " " A Day's Sunshine , n j'o'inter," and "Twelfth- Night Retrospections,' all of which are redolent of genuine mirth and kind-heartedness, besides being as seasonable as skating and frost-bitten noses. These, with a clever leaf "From the Note-book of a Coro ner," a shrewd narrative of how " Zedekiah Wish well" was "always in a fix , " and a simple story about a miller's daughter, by Zachary Gobbletop, make up a very charming and r ea d a bl e m i sce ll any . On entering a railway carriage for an excursion, or occupying an easy chair for a lo unge, an h our or two of profit and pleasure might be obtained from one shilling expended in the New London Magazine. ANGLO-INDIAN AND COLONIAL ALMANACK F 01? 1846. To all who are either interested in or are about to visit our East Indian possessions, this little volume offers very great attractions. As a civil, military, and commercial directory over Bengal, Agra, Madras, Bombay, Singapore, Malacca, Ceylon, China, &c., it must form a necessary part of the contents of every eastward valaise. It is cheap, well arranged, and as complete as it possibly could be under all circum stances. THE THEOLOGIAN. No. I. In external appearance, in its general arrangements, and in the healthiness of its literary tone, The Theo logian bears a very considerable resemblance to the average body of quarterlies, and does credit at the same tune to its editor, its publisher, and its contri butors. 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