The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

~~ Clo v°' 41 105; Irbt ai 1112 s; ,' t o ; cher dulb 4 41 12s; Iv C10 o; o 1113 s; d trot lerate, An auto Os ; Clov er tr o c Wbeat ' lo d • supp!Y, 3 D 4 14 aAl4P er A 01 0 ,. seat tlitici9 oil ee ° Y ive t iv e •estra , l be t i;l 4 , ;dee: o A ro gi ° lo i,tor , h cl e o t the 26 0 t ftY nteh ti ?; rece iclll De e' reP eP o ts dh i r o stied 11 ,10 I t , be le De e ' ,onset t° F TC oce., vA l. 3$ i lse'; 4 , as -„f s oli tbe $ A t 0 f biteens er sit ir ,a to tile d" he ciL fe fot e 116- O.,'J Yorril t ,°4, was, !, ale ade" the le b li g i e eil tioo )A 1 ' ) 1 1, 13 111.°c1 icf r st th6 o° sci#l 1 4 0 $ 1 1 ' . 1-ci,gierej Cpl retrebiejor ft.) jr) P A O' ;10 tif ;IV t eres. E st Cer `ca o, v v r t la ir, a a lr ' w ll °rfe, of the fir m o f F orman and Thompson, iron mer _ ;a lea gave evidenc e th a t t h e charge to the plaintiff; as a volle aler, would have beenpe ton. ti;Le defendant it was contended that r the delivery of Whole of the goods had not been proved, and the plain „.tight to allow the same sum for the iron as he himself "'Aug have charged. iron ' t v o it k n ess Was called, who said that he considered such d of iron have been Gs. per cwt.; he had known the same kin v erdict fetch 21/. a ton. rdict for plaintiff for the full amount. CpsI.MINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) easts OLD COURT. ,(rflhefore the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman MusGßov . E.) morning was consumed in hearing two trifling WY destitute of interest to the general readers. 14 A pRLIIRO-STREET.—(THIS PAY... tip b °44 3rodey, 41exander .211'Key, and Thomas Boyd, jour %Vett bakers, were charged with drunken and disorderly Litl,7, and assaulting the police. eolis table, No. 25, of the C division, stated that . It °, 11 ! o'clock on Sunday morning the defendants wer , e . 111 - U% - Nndmill-street, Hamarket, in a state of intoxica to p a ' , 41 1 Inaking a noise and disturbance. He directed !ITm hik 7un cpuetly, on which Boyd assaulted him, strikinc , ' the tiolently in the face with his double fist, and he fell to A ptii°een_nd,„;-_ while attempting to . rise Boyd kicked hint. ltelli tea -1::, nstable who came to Ins assistance was also as °thee def ers Y B oYd. On Royd being taken into custody the The ,e_dants attempted to rescue him. kr• fendants pleaded intoxication. tooted MALT ants said that the police must and should be pr . :. !nett, to the proper execution of their-duty. As a puni 121_ jo) t) ,; 3 ° the defendants, and an example to others, he should t 1. 1 )., .° en the defendant Mooley a fine of 50s. or thirty-one nnprisontne t 111% or fourteen days, and bioYa • The i- 11 , ey COs. 2C weeks. eked up. defend ants being una bl e to pay t h e fines were LVIVIINGTON.. We cFroin the Hampshire Independent.) letter N at i, 6111,Jnin another interesting and thi s 1):): Mr. Mackinnon's position as in a st e r a u ndidate for To r ut e ugh :-- - 3144/3ERS OF THE CONSERVITITE SOCIETY OF . LI AIINGTON. Gentl e Arnewood House, Jan. 27th 1846. le celnen,--I think it right to lay before you a 11°11 -11 ,14. , 941 Lieutenant Colonel Pringle Taylor, to the Peritiie;4ltura ilare havin obtained that g!nt er _ 843 / 1 tO do so: I remain, re very faithfu I), Ce nt ,you f P. H. it WEST. °l' a letter from Lieut.-Colonel Pringle Taylor to the Honourable William Hare. /4 3' ti 1 18, Rue de Faubourg, St. Honor 6, Paris, 23d January, 1846 l a g ei ear R are —I am much obliged to you for send intl n -e the Prin't d correspondence between Mr. Mac keTt and s ir. .4 est. in th intrwuetion of y name by Mr. Mackinnon 11 4 ° letter has - - m L - mington, is really letter, h toyi o , he circulated at Lymington, Is ti a fs tnie , at - e says to Mr. West that he ke th ' by tee that Mr. West called upon me, o d o for,. s eat for the 1, hand urged me to com vitte .oroug.., .wasff r i e n - +lo w I , 14 % Ore A oeg to state that Mr. West did not f eall , upon ard ; 4 " I: r nl e the seat, and urge me to come forward c°lll4lll at 4 luag to imagine what Mr. Mackinnon o T he I so. thkt h t e ci t 'd ilinki ng of when he said that I informed him N4414'1°17 ennamunication that I had with Mr. Mace ole,Pu°4 the borouh was in May, 1843, wh d en e h n 41 : 4 1 sait ," with rae on the recent death of Colonel, She e! 2 k ore "' the loss was a severe one to him; I replied, 14 0 n,"' Perh C eps - , st the IP; than you are aware of; and I told e.ervat. Movement that took place to organize the k i k et h• rn Iv es to i 4 dd C' would have- -13 carried out, but for Colonel support another candidate, and to °Pliedetc3Avery decided cenconduct on the occasion.—He i!Yhit:i°u't know why West should be so hostile to m r e. sely "riot tnentio d Mr West's name, having pu d r, AlVi ll t 4 i, r.. ed f rom doing . so, and his being thus name l et. ealunon did at first surprise me, but only f e o a r e a s to - ' o ooen ell:4It urge had h t , as I i nstantlrecollected that Mr. . k74 - r , °y e . ? and . above board; that he had him telt.que ae_pplied, in writing, to the Carlton, for a i t a. ‘ 1 114 0 , 1. 'ePtablO to that party, to replace Mr. ~ eeti n , and lat once saw that that application, as l t ter of tr• Mackinnon's interests so nearly, must, as a th i se towb ectt rae, laavo been communicated to him by i . fe e i 4 - °4l it was addressed. ~11i01,j7 riecessary to transmit copies of this comma- Ntih , - ~o th t 1.- - tty d ° air. Mackinnon and Mr. West.—l re ear ll4re, yours most sincerely, (S igned) PItINGLE TAYLOR. INnirlit ti 1,, ,.. IN LAM .• PLOSIoN held ß at Guy's Ilospi ert beebrr, .-LaAt 1 inquest was smith and Rob Siii . t e Mr- Pos,,,lliglit an includ.es o f John who perished from e - 8 , tw s ac, on the bo i . dividuals TH.—Coßopt t n a ' i s , Friday last. ,t 0 s, i ..° of the unfortunate in onk,,ete.se eoloa la Xing_street, Lambeth-walk, " About two o' lock on t`i'l)' 4 3arldr,4ll d.ePosed that the dece ed w It 'i'le Y Wit . ''' al lia - , firework makerihe house, No. 15, Kitittfie ere in the e httelle,t, Laelebeesishw.:saiia th4 , t h c e ell d a e r of ed and twros, consisting of tr-stoi4enYon. were engaged in manidnagntamony, which . was k e tteo i l t o,ti of saltpetre, sulphur, a " e ll by nth Pau. The stars were e ti rt hew u gun; and the whole mdixefdrotniogtehteheereminirsai_ •lie,esa.„.iaotaa. 4.81104, saien the catastrophe took place. C roner— By the o . jury—The osi 'Witness had left the house about_ eight of comp Ilea, .inlJhoedee,eitathrevrreheras abouta hundredweight was a k;eitir4 the cellar, but notraiattd were Itli Irs ,t th h e ap j t the time; they were in to habit of smoking Mrs. kjen,k4r, but none of them were doing so when I le *oses— the of of one of those who perished, gep. the fike*s en the premises when the explosion took place , Nl' itness, th,fea carne up from the cellar into the passage. hr . ough the s,t_liale Haies, and the child Ainger, esea l pec c i t ndition. A 4;:!.; the two latter are now in a hopeless .°. (dead) !ktsegT_letes before the explosion her son William si of the lit r t '", ) hey for a candle which she gave him, but i it was no tsisns:l4 bine. Witn s' cannot account for the or kit ~Y. kr. Darby" and other_ witnesses were examined, r a t icideastthatt the origin of the catastrophe. Verdict-.E.—Last 4441014°4 Plat NEAR BLOOMSEEEY-SQUARE. upwards 5f 1:1a3ellY before nine o'clock, a fire, w e hich, out in the pre! 11144 es oe°rllar,,'i_b,nrned with great force..,.brok cabinet-maker, sit . essit,,i,,,,e,a conjointly by Mr. Bishop, wheelwright, and 4 ,4 * la • '" , , f _':,' , , all extensive upholsterer and Itth'eliloihs'ilnert-etreet, Bloomsbury- a 6, squ l r li ht shining in tht. 444413_0ry ispensary. An un a lis e u n a ott, IL . usea some . of_ t:Sittt;ikilti:aurr; thele'ngirigto, C and adjoining unwelcome space of a few minutes h of I ,tikkiel._,..lll%,, 0 make the . nWirelcorne discovery. An r e 4 .if - uelo o ! I S r aised, and in engines of the brigade f efroni I,iag 0 the Royal Society for the Protection of ;V ~,rOSi 100 1 ire, arrived, as did also tbell.t'ern, Cr wn-street, were followed by iii• ll.B Of ~ se et of eigland stations ; t h ese t Wells-street, Chandos- street, County Fire-office. ' the .'ttia°tße belonging to the ine had ar liveet,,int;'e briaacte from Farringdon-street, and Watling- IN ttitee, hew ?neut the first. named eng being of an 4 ',,, m, l ac) s e l,' k id the stock deposited therein i _ ., auxiliary to I •• •eHlP ' 4l. l tilletiate4 heal ti t o r lit t a l ined the complete possession of the ti- 'nilt,--airacter, it Proved such a pow?ne time was lost in I , i jr,o erael;tiiat they speedily penetrated th roof, and rose ttr''tia g height. Fortunately.no toe- ater Sk il W ,; , , and the engines. it was property, but . lea Y elev sc,liarged into the blazing y extinguished, bpi IQ 0 clock before the fire wa t being set, a powerful ,prOle bele toil whole of the was destroyed, and the asqlies tenging to Mr. Calderon , ascertained,severei lis t 'lle a nted by Mr. Bisho underneath proper ss in that part of sveYeti,heiZrigin cf the disaster coed. uld not be n to,i lirekiiier the parties were !nsue the same street, are s et ,elY 07 5 ,„ ef kr. Caldecotta 'll ai. ,_steteL-ailareclThe more ex fur: 7,at Wrlliole, 0r" AL Y C harlotte, s Mill ikll,ll' atilt,'" behrsaa inquest at the Q . mONDS.— e terda y Ur ' ueenofLucy Rebecca t t la t l i e e, 4 bermondsey, on thebody came down 'WS 4 %St 0„°0, Millpond-strest. last the deceased . c n a g m greatly ek . tr a m oenday forenoon 1 krites, Nroorn h av e' • ' 5 s h o p, and appear! t and now i)ti:" 4(14'4°1 have' ? w r itness id that r iie deceased's I would do 1 ,_ I afterwards 44 Ole ,Ze it at i a. , tell ie s! : eyes immediate u y h. t Medical 4isteB soi°,llloen, geld she foamed atthe m ' in e about twenty kilt ittek )4'3' Vitiator, but deceased died said that he was i e tte t "r to R . ' cl Austin, surgeon, found her in a Ilar,•ef i o `e deceassd. On his arrival he p um p, 44,i nit tl&:nsibility, and presenting all the a _ ~ 1 but b itb elllairit Prnisic acid. He applied the stomachnimon.la P til, kit risetlered t he ater effusions and a found a turn elaa?lllirh had 111)04 mantel piece witness Charles Clayton, No ,3.., of.ontained prussic acid. ' Mr had known de t'r hi e ' kr so a :t.t. 4, Millpond -street, said a he customer trliir; Op ThntLale Past, she having been regularsome ratifee, k 'ld h erikkin''''la7 last he sold to decease on Sunday he tals-el. two snail4a tial oil of almonds, and He had . a do h er • - n • . ,_ same article. kii tile 'I% eOl4 oafatities of tn m the several times that Perill,4eed titilts„tl,l,reae rrie Thea,Saandehe always understoodet—di a Tem ti'' Nestsiti‘ aaVounring sweetmeats. Ver tlcic ols,J'eaiss,Ntt,4llßelitent." last, the ;iel ,„e"eairriert i` e t i tY Pax RtiNT._-On Sa turday h of St. Stephens,. tte,,Etre. ' el tW thZ i king to Messrs. G , fox at Lune Moor, in ll s ii, e e to as.ele`l4,s intoeiltir;tlftseiriniVnued i good stylie) tcoisPteburtoug4 /4t4t6ot:.iPlaetatioatti-t/voed, near Mevagissey, from a there to s l nier, ll , 4t ed .eir t , -° Par amoor-woods, and It was now ,„'l,vtli-i,'„4ark, ose-woods in St. Stephens._ d towards Tre -11.,-,s'a itn,„`"tt ; theft the chase was continue sued, had ; valise ‘,..q11, - ,, 5. to pet ~,, h owever be.ng c of St. Ste kal ' k ioa l s7 - `oere, bt t 'd u the Arvose-wood to hktekis , i e, a n d re, unse p through d killed Ile kbotitwu•ere the 11Z . again got up to him a° forty ilettotel, t e ns tithe fittrle dogs six of hours and one tollilotattere. having after a sc i rcely a check. P e n n y al ly "ad th„,„ with the fox, but p a second soon cattle , and nor We tsa-jtitgliout tile inn, there being no huntsman, ts, 4 ; e tore a , ' n ew the dogs.--Palmouth Packet.. d his in le, qli to fs,,4B4,red that Earl Talbot has signifie osed 1400;444' e„,ilt cordial support to the measures prapfrom tlrepo 2,066 'eel- Lord Talbot, we believe, farnnedently 44pi:skti th at acres Talbot land, chiefly arable. I his t a i v s o e w e ed senti -41 l' at ro a t Y , etr. be acciepbettzibfeuretsoeetiLl that Srdshire Agrict . kikTi 4 *j ell eil.-." Seei etY, of which he is president, has 81 that this office may be entrusted to other hands- e ita ship tile, aI..P Success, which left the river several days 1,, i ail. iLllg, when off Margate, got on 'shore, during tier, lo ct ll? 14 alind Voyage to Calcutta, has, in consequenceo! Sos t4 00, '43' stae, been obliged. to return to the West ee (Iry rilsour, Where her cargo consisting of British prod Li t,Clikk to s' will be re-laded, to enable her to go in to voyage. kb, . is, L e , . akt',,k-kst.n_ ,epaired, previously to resuming her ~,liiin,. e'r Wen ON TtlE RIVER. —An ind_m ttk'rere43l6 ?relve counts, was presented to the Grand Juryl ck liQi!. Preeal,the Central Criminal Court, against the B . ar is t o ti;tibes inter,isearieetcted by the c o rporation. The pier obstruction a ttkia (tlitiee,,n's public TV as a nu i i i s i a in n cc, and pediment an to the nevi li:e' Ss;."e ri ver, and a sauces of clanger to the public at tetills,pier, !r"l.persons assaulted by the police at the Black en - IlteePalas Zelle atte.topting to lan . d from the.Waterns r ta f er , earner., !t is said, also intend to indict or bring 'eel nrosonal injuries received. s t ,,,itiat.enlon has accepted the office of Lord in (41 1 1.4 la the room of Lord Hardwicke. As there are few 4 • riot •ri c ol ,trienit -,,cotland more deeply interested in the welfare kiNat , pre than the heir to the Dukedom and the estates tk,„i i sri o4 .Lr'rd Glenlyon's acceptance of offic e at this era'. Nt i , .' l lay be considered as an indication that he, as an 41,ttrt, feels no apprehension of the result of the 14 'the .44,,vil,,,,sures.__Ti Ines. en, Orli' vacket states that two Provincial Committee till 411 . have each been served with about one hundred His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting yesterday morning in Claremont Park, attended by the Gentlemen of the Household. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort left Claremont at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for an airing in a phaeton, the Prince driving. Tho Equerries in waiting were in attendance on horseback. The lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay left Clare mont yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed pony and walking exercise yes , terday in the pleasure grounds of Claremont. Colonel Arbuthnot has arrived at Claremont, and has relieved Colonel Buckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty. Colonel Buckley has left Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Ewan had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the Colonial Office. The state of health of the Right lion. Sir George Murray, Master-General of the Ordnance, has been mote favourable during the last few days. The Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Right lion. Sidney Herbert visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Earl of Eglintoun had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester ' day, at his official residence in Downing -street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial. Office, for the Governor of New South Wales, and also for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. Dis patches were sent off on Saturday evening for the Governors of the West India colonies. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived in town yesterday morning from Thames Ditton. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Fitzroy and Mr. G. Fitz roy have returned to Farranco's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from a tour of visits. ADEL PHI THEATRE. st A new drama , in three acts, from the p en of M r . H Holl, entitled Leoline, or Life's Trials, was produced at this theatre last evening. The story is soon told. Leoline (Mrs. Yates) is the wife of Charles Darville (Mr. Howe), a prosperous Parisian tradesman, a good tempered, easy man, but wanting in firmness—in short, "nobody's enemy but his own." He meets with an old schoolfellow, a certain Emile Mongerand (Mr. 0. Smith), a regular stage villain of the regular 0. Smith school. Mongerand endeavours to seduce Leoline, and, failing in his endeavours, works upon the easy Darville, induces him to become a gambler, a drunkard, and a pro digal, and ruins Darville and his family. With his last 500 francs, won from Darville, Mongerand sets up as a fashionable swindler—a German count—and is on the point of conti acting marriage with tho daughter of a rich banker,. when he is arrested on a charge of treason, and Darville, who is impli cated in the plot, is likewise arrested. Darville is sentenced to five years' exile, and Mongerand is con demned to the gullies for life. An interval of five years has elapsed during the second and third acts. Leoline has been left a competency by a relation, and is residing with her daughter in the e ivirons of Paris. Darville, who has passed his five years of exile as a sol dier, has regained for himself name and fame, and re turns to regain his wife; Mongerand has escaped from the gallies, and in the lowest depth of distress has been relieved by Darville and rescued from starvation. He again tries to induce Darville to tarn prodigal, but in vain, and in the night he breaks into the cottage, and endeavours to rob the house and murder Leoline. His attempt, however, is frustrated by Darville, and finally he is shot by a party of gears d'armes, who are in pursuit of him as an escaped convict. There is a comic underplot, supported by Wright, Mun yard, and Miss Woolgar, which ever and anon afforded a welcome relief to the more serious portions of the drama. When we say that the two principal characters were supported by Mrs. Yates and Mr. 0. Smith, and that they were each admirably fitted, it is tanta mount to declaring that the drama was decidedly succss ful ; but it stands wofully in need of curtailment. There is a vast deal too much of sermonising in it, and the sermonising consists of the most common-place sen timentality of melodrama. If all this were cut out, the piece would then act closer, and be greatly improved. Mr. Howe, as Charles Darville, acted with taste, pathos, and judgment. The piece was announced for repetition every evening, amidst the loud applause of a very crowded house. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The Chester Cup was again the engrossing topic, and prices in several cases varied from last week's quo tations. Sweetmeat and Whinstone opened at 20 to 1 each, and must have been backed for nearly 2001. each, but gave way on the advance of Salopean, Intrepid, and the Baron, and closed at 22 to 1, currently offered ; the outlay on the new favourites was very spirited. Miss Burns and Mickey Free also receded, and Best Bower, coming rather strongly into play near the finish, left off first favourite. Colleen Dhas, scratched as such, but left in, as the filly, by Rust out of Annie,was in request, and a few small investments were made on Billy Purvis, Hope, Mermaid, and Queen of the Tyne. The New market Handicap was touched upon, but in such small amounts as not to admit of a quotation ; the only bet worthy of notice was on the field against the following fifteen :—Vol au-Vent, Joe Lovell, Wee Pet, Merry man, Rowland Hill, Nik‘ filly, Dsxterons, Anti-Re pealer' Blackbird, Marquis of Conyngham, Rose, Mus catel, Johnny, Chertsey, and Queen Mab. The Derby betting was important, as showing a further improve • merit in Sting, and a decline in Brocordo. At the close no one would lay 5 to 1 agst the former. Closingprices— MESTER CUP. 600 to 50 agst Hesseltine's lot—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. freely 22 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweatmeat 22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone 25 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken 40 to I agst Lord Howth's Mermaid 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Colleen Dhas—(Annie 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Williams ns Redstreak—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Billy Purvis—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Johnstone's The Roper's Daughter—t. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Copelaral's Arthur—taken 1,000 to 15. • NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Even on the field against 15. DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-5 to 1 taken to 1001. 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken to 751. 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken 1,000 even between Fancy Boy and Tibthorpe. OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Forth's Lot 11 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish 20 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantastic—taken LIVERPOOL GREAT NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE—WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. Nominations for a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 12th of February. The weights to be fixed on the sth instant. The Artist, 6 yrs Culver thorpe, aged Latitat (late Scarlet Runner) Perambulator, 6 yrs Alice Gray Eugene Sue (late Ilankey Pankey), aged Brenda Little Sohn B g by Belshazzar, aged Cure All, aged Veluti, 6 yrs Br g by Oliver Cromwell, l dam by Strephon Lady Grey Regalia, aged Firefly, aged Condor, 6 yrs Mameluke Boxkeeper Switcher Lancet (late Jellalabad) Tinder Boy, aged Ugly Peter, 6 yrs Hornihiharriho, aged St. Leger, 6 yrs Peter Simple, aged Pioneer, by Advance, 6 yrs The Hawk, aged Wilton, aged • Golden Pippin, aged Troubadour, aged Single Peeper (late Spruce) Coheiress, 6 yrs Tramp, 6 yrki Coiner, aged Major A., 6 yrs Crcesus, aged The Scavenger, 6 yrs Foxberry, aged Little Tommy Eagle, aged Pick wick Carlow Sacrifice Satan Belshazzar Amalgamate (late the Queen), 5 yrs Wiverton Lycurgus. CHESTER CUP. Final declarations of forfeit in London (twelve o'clock, Monday night) :—Faugh-a-ballagh, Pompey, Wolfdog, Wine sour, lonian, Morpeth, Needful, Winchester, Joe Lovell, Wil liam le Gros, Ironmaster, Astonishment, My Mary, Xanthua, Pythia, John Goldham, King Cob, Yates, Mount Charles, Pilot, Mildew, Johnny, Rowl an d Hill, J enny Wren, Isa bella, Camera Obscura, Patriot, Merry man , J ave li n , olleen. Dhas, Portrait, Teetotaller, Satyr, ./Eoline, The Hero, Out cast, Pal, Laird o'Cockpen, and Peasant. At Chester :—Valiant, London, Prince Royal, and Sarah Rebecca. BATH RACES. THE SOMERSETSIIIRE STARES. Final declaration in London :—Corranna, Sweetmeat, St. Lawrence, lonian, Needful, Vitellius, lEgis, Ajax, Duc an Durres, Pugilist, Fox, Arthur, Secutor, Redskin, Wild Roe, The Hero, Astonishment, Chamois, West Countryman, Pal, Zebra gelding, Lothario, Discord, Mickey Free, 'Warp, Rose of Cashmere, Roderick, Clumsy, Laird o' Cockpen, Crim.Con., Best Bower, Mystery, Symmetry, Sparsholt, Warrior, Black bird, Dulcet, Jack Cade, Hope, Camera Obscure, Peasant, Eclat. At Bath :—Peasant, Morocco, Carissina, Reindeer, Regalia, Portrait, Science. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CHESTER CUP. CHESTER, MONDAY EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCK...ADDI TIONAL DECLARATIONS.—AIice Hawthorn, Yardley, What, Dr. Husband, Lancashire Witch, Turk, and Black Strap. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CANTERBII3Y AND ASHFORD BRANCH OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. --An investigation into the cause of this melancholy occur rence was entered into on Saturday last, before Mr. Delascaux, the coroner for Canterbury. From the evidence of Mr. Higginbotham, the resident engineer, and Mr. Cubitt, the engineer of the line, the giving way of the arch was found to have been occasioned by the late excessive rains pene trating the brickwork. The immediate cause of the accident was the yielding of the outside wall nearest Canterbury, which drew with it two of the smaller arches. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of Is. on the rubbish which fell upon the deceased and caused his death. 1 1 14_E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, PEBRITARI. 8, 1840. SHIPS' STORES. The following new forms of bond used in pursuance of the minutes of the Customs' Board, dated July and No• vember last, in regard to ships' stores removed coastwise or left on board vessels, have been approved for the pur pose, and will be in force from this time forth:—" 1. Know all men by these presents, that we (names) are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen. Defender of the Faith, in the sum of -- pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, to which payment, well and ruly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us by himself, for and in the whole our heirs, executors, and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents sealed with our seals, dated this day of , in the year of the reign of her said Majesty, and in the year of our Lord 184 . Whereas, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs' have by their order, dated the 25th November, 1845, directed that surplus stores left on board any im porting ship or vessel about to proceed coastwise only, be placed under seal of office ; and, in addition thereto, that in all cases where the quantity of high duty goody left on _board such ship 'or vessel may to the proper officers appear to be excessive, a special bond for the same be requited ; and whereas, the ship (name) hath on board the following excessive surplus stores, viz.,—(the quantity and description of the goods are to be inserted), —now, the condition of this obligation is such, that it the said goods and every part thereof shall be de livered without alteration or diminution into the custody or possession of the proper officers of the Customs at the port of (name), and if the duty or any deficiency of such stores shall be paid within the space of (number) days next following from the date hereof, to the collector and controller of such port, then this obligation to be void, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered (being first legally stamped)," &c. This is the bond for surplus stores coastwise.. The following is the form of bond for the removal of illegal packages, &c., as skips' stores only.—" Know all men by these presents that we," &c. (as cited in the preceding form)—" Where as the above bounden (name of the person) is the pro prietor of the following goods, wares, and merchan dise, viz. (here the quantity and description of the dif ferent articles are to be inserted), and which said goods, wares, and merchandise are now lodged and deposit e d i n a warehouse or warehouses at (name of place) in the port of' (name), under the regulation of an Act passed in the Bth and 9th years of the reign of Queen Victoria, entitled ' An Act for the Warehousing of Goods ;' and whereas the said (person's name) intends to remove and convey the said goods, wares, and merchandise from the said port of (name) to the port of (name), to be there re-warehoused, subject to the rules, regulations, and restrictions in that behalf by law provided,— now the condition of this obligation is such, that if the said goods, wares, and merchandise, and every part thereof, shall be duly delivered, without alteration or diminution, into the custody and possession. of the proper officer of customs at the said last-mentioned port, and if the said goods, wares, and merchandise, and every part thereof, s hall be duly warehoused at the port of (named) within the space of (mentioning the time) next following the date thereof ; and if the same be duly delivered for use as ships' stores within two year's, then this obligation to be void, or else to be and remain in full force, effect, and vigour. Sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of," &c. The first order in July, on the subject alluded to, sets forth that adiversity in practice having prevailed with respect to the regulations under which packages of goods which were intended for shipment as stores should be removed from one port to another, that iu future all legal sized packages of warehoused goods forwarded from one warehousing port to another, whether for the purpose of being used as stores or otherwise, should be for warded under the warehousing regulations ; and that all packages , of less than the legal size, and all packages removed as stores from a warehousing port to a port not a warehousing port, should be removed under a special bond ; and the second, in Novena bee, that the authorities had adverted to the cases in which surplus stores are left on board vessels which have arrived from foreign voyages at a port of the united kingdom, and are about to proceed with or without cargo coastwise preparatory to making another foreign voyage, and being of opinion that some further regulations were necessary in order to assimilate the practice and to provide for the due account, and delivery of such stores, and directed that in future surplus stores left on board any importing vessel about to proceed coast wise only be placed under seal of office, and a particular account thereof transmitted by letter of advice from the proper officers to the collector and controller of the revenue at the port of destination ; and in addition thereto, that in - all cases where the quantity of high duty goods left on board such vessels should apfear to the proper officers to be excessive, that a special bond for the same should be required. These two new forms of bond have been instituted to carry these orders into effect, and are of considerable importance to the shipping and mercantile interest and all other persons concerned. THE LATE CASE of INFANTICIDE. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST. This extraordinary inquest was Yesterday resumed at the kforden Arms, Brand-street, Greenwich, before Mr. Carttar. Mr. Wood, of Bridge-street, Southwark, deposed that the morning of the 16th of September a person named Rey nolds called on him, stating that a - lady had taken lodgings at henhouse who had come there to be confined. Witness called, and there saw Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Richardson, and the young woman. Finding the labour not likely to come on, although progressing favourably, lie left. About three o'clock on the following morning (the nth), witness was sent for, when he immediately attended, and in about half an hour afterwards delivered her of a male child. Appeared a healthy child, and of full growth. Mrs. Reynolds and the young woman's mother were present at the birth; remained about half an hour after the birth, when he left the child it the care of Mrs. Reynolds. On the 18th he again saw tin child, when witness understood the child was to be brought up by hand. Witness remarked that it would be difficult so to do, as it was a weakly child, although he had then no fear of its death. The reason Mrs. Reynolds gave for :the child being brought up by hand was from "peculiar circum• stances." Witness continued to attend the child for five i» six days, during which the child, although weak, was toler ably well. On the morning of the 25th, Mrs. Reynolds called upon lane to attend the child ; found it suffering from inflammation of the mouth, throat, and eyes; could not say from cursory examination of the mouth whether there were any blisters. Witness told Mrs. Reynolds the child had got the thrush, and sent the usual medicine, alterative powders, comprised of 2 grains mercury, and chalk, 2 grains soda, grain rhubarb, or 2 grains compound chalk powder; could not recollect which. On the 26th again called, but as the child was asleep would not have it disturbed. Mrs. Reynolds said it had been more composed On the morning of the 27th Mrs. Reynolds called an d i n f orme d me t h e ch ild was dead. In the evening of that day Mrs. Reynolds called for a certificate of the child's death. Witness remarked that ii was unpleasant the child had died so soon, when she said "Not se, if he (witness) knew all." As witness had seen the child and knew it had been properly attended to, did not refuse the certificate. Desc r ib e d the cause of death as arising from mirasmus, which means a general wasting away. It is by some termed atrophy. The inflamed state of the mouth and throat did not excite suspicion, having seen children in that state before, Dr. Oak Mitchell deposed to sealing up the residue to the body, and delivering the same to Mr. Huish, assistant to Dr. Leeson], at St. Thomas's Ho.spital. Charles Huish, chemical assistant to Dr. ',MOM, deposed to receiving a jar, sealed up, from the last witness, which he delivered in the same state to Dr. Leesom. Henry Beaumont Leesom, physician at St. Thomas's Hos pital, and lecturer on chemistry, deposed that oa Saturday last he received from the last witness a sealed jar, contain ing the remains of an infant In the intestines, brains, and viscera decomposition had taken place, and they had become a pasty mass. He took the whole of this mass, which he boiled in distilled water, having previously ascertained that the water was perfectly pure. After boiling it for some time, acidulated it with pure muriatic acid, and again boiled it, conducting the operation in a porcelain vessel, and then fil tered it through new calico. Witness then submitted it to various tests, the principle made use of being Reinche's test, that being the most delicate test for arsenic. A portion of the liquid witness then mixed with an equal portion of muriatic acid, and taking a similar quantity of muriatic acid, mixed it with an equal quantity of distilled water, as pre viously made use of. •He then took two pieces of bright cop per which had been carefully cleaned in nitro-sulphuric amt. These two pieces he then boiled, the one in distilled water and muriatic acid, and the other in the liquid in which the body had been boiled, the effect of which would be that if arsenic be present it would give to the copper a dark colour, similar to iron ; but if no arsenic be present the copper would remain comparatively clean and bright. (Dr. Leesom produced the two pieces of cop per, according precisely with the appearances stated above.) This experiment witness repeated several times. Witness then took a piece of the copper so treated and hav ing cut it into slips, placed it in a tube of hard German glass, heating the tube and copper to a red heat. Under these circumstances witness expected to sublime the arsenic from the copper, and found it did so, obtaining on the g l ass tube that peculiar dark stain indicating the presence of me tallic arsenic. The heat was then continued, and a small cur rent of air was allowed to pass through the tube; by so doing the metallic arsenic was oxydated, and thus converted into arsenious acid, or the common white arsenic of the shop s . Witness then examined the white arsenical crust through a microscope, and ascertained that it consisted of small octohe dral crystals, peculiarly characteristic of arsenic and confirma tory. Witness then took a small portion of distilled water and boiled it in the tube to dissolve the arsenious acid. Having thus obtained a solution, he applied the usual liquid tests ; made use of ammonia nitrate of silver, which gave a light yellow precipitate characteristic of arsenious acid. To an other portion be added ammonia sulphate of copper, which gave a green precipitate, also characteristic of the presence of arse nic, and termed" Scheele's green." Through a third portion passed a stream of aulphurated hydrogen, which gave a yellow precipitate, also confirmatory of the presence of arsenic. Witness then took a third piece of copper, coated as the last, which he placed in another glass tube, and heated it as be fore, and whilst so heated passed over it pure hydrogen gas, which lie ignited at one end of the tube, inflamed it, holding over the flame a small vessel of white porcelain, on which was deposited a black spot, as in making use of Marshe's test, of which this is a modification. Witness also applied, his nose to the ei,d of the first tube, and smelt the charac teriStic smell of arsenic. Witness also subjected a portion of the liquid to the action of a galvanic battery, having a pole of platinum attached to the copper end of the battery, and a piece of clean copper to the zinc extremity, which obtained a silvery deposit of arsenic. Witness's impression was that, in the portion he examined, something like ten grains of arsenic were present, more than sufficient to cause death. Witness judged the quantity from the facility with which he obtained the results. All the remains had been boiled down, except the legs and arms. It was impossible for the child to have survived after the quantity of arsenic he had de tected. Mr. Huish recalled—Was present during the experi ments made by Dr. Leesom, and entirely agreed with him in opinion. Charles Robins, residing at No. 1, Abbey-street, Ber mondsey, undertaker, deposed that he had seen the coffin and identified it as one of his make. In September last, about the middle of the month, on coming home from a funeral, be was informed that a person had applied for a coffin for a still-bore child. _About six o'clock a person came for the coffin, and as the coffin was to go into the country by rail, witness had it made extra strong; believed he said it was to go into Yorkshire. Witness bad not seen Richardson, but he had seen the daughters, and recognised bun from the wonderful liket.ess. He was talking to witness for half an hour in his shop. He paid ss. Gd. for it. He took the coffin away in a bag, either blue or green, but witness thought it was a blue one. Witness could not positive as to the pre cise day in the month of September, but could by reference to his books. Mrs. Reynolds, the landlady of the house at which the young woman Richardson was confined, and who nursed her, Thomas Jones, Stephen Furman, and Amelia Richardson, were then examined, but their evidence was merely a repe tition of that given at the police -court last week. A host of witnesses were subsequently examined, but their evidence was merely confirmatory, without tending to throw any additional light on this most mysterious affair. Mrs. Reynolds was recalled as to any conversations that she might have heard pass between Richardson and his daughter Ann, when she stated that she could not give any evidence on that point, as they invariably conversed in French. Julia Richardson, a younger sitter, was then examined. She deposed that she went up on the Sunday previous to the death of the infant. Went up with her father and mother, and was present when the body was brought home on the following Saturday. All her sisters were then pre sent, and saw the coffin. In answer to a question by the Coroner, the witness said there were seven sisters, including her sister Ann, the mother of the child. Mrs. Richardson deposed that she is wife of William Richardson, late of the Royal Observatory. Her daughter Ann Maria was confined in September, 1845. Did not know that she was in the family way until she was six months gone. Mr. Sturtun, surgeon, was the first person who acquainted her with the fact. On being taxed she acknowledged it, and asked her not to be severe. Witness promised to do all in her power for her. A fortnight previous to her confinement, Mr. Richardson en gaged apartments in town for her. Witness with her husband went to London by railway. On Wednesday, September 17, her daughter was confined. Witness next day went to Greenwich and informed her husband. On Friday, the 26th, she received a letter from her daughter, saving the infant was dying. She went up to town, and thenurse said that she had been up all night with the child. At eleven o'clock witness laid down, and at one was awoke by the child crying. Its mother gave it gruel. Wit ness warmed the gruel over a candle. In two hours afterwards it died. The child was brought up by hand. Her husband bought a coffin : the child was put into it, and the coffin put into a green bag. Witness, her husband, and daughter re turned to Greenwich by railway. Her husband carried the coffin on his knee. The coffin was placed in the library, and remained several days, until the body became offensive, when her husband got a labourer to dig a hole in the garden, where it was buried: She could swear positively that the child was in the house from Saturday to the following Friday, before it was buried. She has no drug chest; does not think that her husband kept poison in the house. Some of the baby's powders where brought home after its death, and burnt. Her husband was discharged from the Royal Ob servatory at the end of October, by direction of the - Lords of the Admiralty. No reason was assigned ; believed it was in consequence of his daughter having a child by hirn. He had been there twenty eight years and was entitled to a pension, but had made no application. Witness did not know what the child died of. The room was then cleared, after the jury had sat upwards of eleven hours, and after a short consultation the inquiry was adjourned until Friday, at three o'clock. The inquiry lasted from twelve at noon until nearly midnight. THE FRENCH NAVY.—The following is a statement of the ten oldest ships of th e line in the Frevch navy, and which are about to be withdrawn from the list on account of their age—namely, the Ocean, of 120 gun., launched in 1790 ; Nestor, 82 guns, in 1810 ; Marengo, 82 guns, in 1810; Trident, 82 guns, in 1811 . ; Diademe, 86 guns, in 1811 • Montebello, 120 guns, in 1812 ; Ville de Marseille 82 guns, in 1812; Scipion, 82 guns, in 1813; ~j6na, 90 guns, six, and the in 1814; Alger, 82 guns, in 1815. Thus it will be seen that the oldest of these ships lis , been afloat tift . ,,... youngest, thirty-one years. Ihe oldest of the French frigates is the Minerve, of 85 guns, which was launched in 18.05. Galignani's 211essenger. `DEATH OF A BOY IN A COALPIT, AN D N ARROW ESCAPE OF THIRTEEN OTHERS.-011' 1 Resday last an i nquest was held at the Red Lion Inn, Quarlton , by th e deputy coroner, on the body of Ralph Scoles, a boy, ei ght years of age, who was drowned yesterday week in a coal. p i t belonging to Messrs. Andrew Knowles and Sons. It app eared that the deceased and thirteen other boys, besides a number of miners, were working in a pit in Quarlton, when one o f the men' struck into an old mine which has been standing thirty-six y e ars, when the water rushed upon them, and they - were driven forward to the pit shaft. The men assisted in getting the boys out, and they were all rescued but the d ecease d Verdict, "Accidental death." —Manchester Guardian. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —THE MOST I MMEDIATE RE MEI:IY FOR COUGHS AND COLDS IS HOT. I'OWA Y ' ll PILLS...— This celebrated and extraordinary meideine is not only an effectual cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness, or even loss of voice, but is likewise a certain remedy in all cases of wheezings, shortness of breath, and Whams. Persons who may be so bad as not to be able to lie down in bed, lest they b e choked with phlegm, may be radically cured by these Pills when every other means have tailed. This latter class of sufferers may depend upon getting great relief in the first three days, and in ten days they will sleep almost as well as ever they did in their lives. Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. CuRK :EDEETioN.—A second edition of the Cork Southern Reporter contains a full report of the proceedings at the Cork election on Saturday, Mr. lll‘Carth Y Mr. Sergeant , a repealer, was elected without opposition to succeed Murphy as one of the reprcoatativ9s in Parliament of the city of Cork. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held. Mr. HALE gave notice of a motion for the next Court, " That it be referred to a committee to consider the propriety of founding an establishment for boarding, clothing, and educating children of necessitous freemen of the city, the management of which shall bo vested in the Corporation. That it be referred to the said com mittee to consider the propriety of appropriating the whole of the redemption fees in respect of freedoms to wards defraying the charges of the establishment, and also to consider the propriety of applying to Parliament for leave to appropriate the capital and income of the Corporation School to the same purpose, the Corporation undertaking to provide the deficiency out of its own funds." INTERRUPTION TO PUBLIC BUSINESS, BY THE BREAKING UP OF THE COURT. Alderman WILSON said it was the constant practice of the Court to pass as strong condemnation as possible upon the members of the Court of Aldermen, if it hap pened that the business was . interrupted b y t h e absence of the necessary number of aldermen to make a Court ; but he observed that when the fault lay with the com mon councilmen, they were so much influenced by a delicate. feeling towards each other, that the matter passed without observation.—(A laugh.) Now, he did not consider such conduct as very ingenuous. On the last day of the meeting of that Court the Court broke up. although there were four or five aldermen present, and the delicacy to which he alluded protected the trem.-- rs, who were so tender of each others feelings, from the slightest reproach.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. L. JONES said there was a great difference be tween the absence of aldermen and the absence of com mon Councilmen from the Court. It was well known that, as in the House of Commons, business was trans acted when there were but four or five members present, so, in the Court of Common Council, the affairs of the Corporation could go on when there were present many members less than were necessary to constitute a Court; but unless two aldermen we represent, there could not be any Court at all.—(Hear, hear.) Some member declared that it was, at all events, very agreeable to them to be spared the annoyance of being locked in the Court, in order to facilitate the business. Mr. A SHUBST said the conduct of which Alderman Wilson adverted, showed at any rate that the common councilmen were much more tender of themselves than of the alderman. It has been observed by the frequenters of the Court, that the hand of the clock pointing to the usual dinner hour is a signal equally regarded by the members of both Courts. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY , FEB. 2. . PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. Motion made, and Question put, " That the words And be i enacted, that whenever any such public work shall have been con structed,' stand part of the Bill." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 97. MINORITY-NOES, 3. Connolly, Colonel ' O'Brien, A. S. O'Connor, Don TELLERs.—Ferguson, Sir R. French, F. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FED. 2. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Mahon and Driflield Junction Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. East and West Yorkshire Junction Ra i lway. Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Railway. Leeds and York Railway. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway. North-Western hallway. Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway. Coventry, Nuneaton, linining,hain, and Leicester Railway. Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway. Cork, Hlackrock, and Passage Railway. London and Oxford Railway. Clitlieroe Junction Railway. Mtn:Maim and Preston, Lane-end, T.aneashire Amalgamation. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. British and Irish Union Railway. East Lothian Central Tyne Vadey Railway. Great North of Scotland Railway. Swansea Vale Railway, Alford Valley Railway. Deestde Railway. Great North of Scotland Eastern Extension Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, JAN. 31. Ayrshire and Gallaway Ilailway—Committee on Petition, post poned from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Irish Great Western Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrever Railway—Committee on, Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. • Belfast and County DOWII Railway—Committee on Petition, post poned from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Ballymena and Ballymoney Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Tuesday, Feb. 10. Slamannan and Borrowstoness Railway--Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Wishaw and Coltnese(Greenhill Branch) Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Wilsontown. Morningside, and Coltness (Knowton Branch) Rail way—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Improvement and Branches) Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Slamannan (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branches) Railway--Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Railway—Committee on Ftti tion, Monday, Feb. 9. DUTCH and FLANDERS MAIL. THE HAGUE, JAN. 29.—Yesterday morning the melan choly ceremony of the funeral of his Royal Highness Prince William Frederick. son of his Royal Highness Prince Fre derick of the Netherlands, took place at a very early hour. JAN. 31.—M. Mercier, Minister of State, Governor of the province of Hainault, Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, on an ex' raordinary mission to the Court of the Netherlands, accompanied by M. Van der Straaten, as secretary, arrived here yesterday. The choice made by the Belgian Government may be called a happy one, for M. Mercier was formerly employed in the service of the Netherlands, and afterwards as Minister, contributed greatly to maintain a good understanding between the two countries. The Second Chamber_ of the States General is convoked for Friday, the 6th of February, to resume its operation. The last sitting was on the 16th of December, 1845. The second part of the sessions of 1845.46 will now commence. Many important matters will come before the Chamber.—Among the most urgent is the question of the differences with Belgium. According to an official statement the mercantile navy of the Netherlands consisted on the 31st of December, 1845, of 1,860 ships, the total tonnage) which is 186,872 lasts (1 last equal to 2 tons). This is an increase of 81 ships built in the year 1845. The number of ships under the flag of the Netherlands (with cargo) which cleared inwards in 1845 was 286 greater, than in 1844, and the ships cleared outward in 1845 was 150 more than in 1844. The number of ships under foreign flags likewise in creased considerably. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Minister of the Interior, Finance and Colonies Commissioner to negotiate with M. Mercier and General Willmar for the conclusion of a commercial treaty between the Netherlands and Belgium. LIAMBURGII, JAN. 27.—The number of ships that arrived at Riga in 1845 was 1,334, of which 444 were English. BERLIN, JAN. 21.—(From the Weser Gazette.)—lt is con fidently affirmed that very important intelligence was re ceived yesterday from West Prussia. It is well known that the greater part of the persons arrested as being concerned in the Polish plot, have been sent to Grandenz, and so removed to a distance from the scene of the events. It was hoped that by a timely intervention the actual breaking out of the con spiracy would be prevented. It appears, however, that on the night of the 18th an attempt was made to surprise one of the gates of Grandenz, in order forcibly to rescue the prisoners. That attempt, it is said, failed. The whole surrounding country has been scoured by a detachment of cavalry, and a great number of new arrests have been made.—M, elothurgh Papers, Jan. 27. BRUSSELS, JAN. 30.—1 n yesterday's sitting M. Delfosse, in the name of the Committee of Inquiry, presented tho re port of the causes of the falling in of the tunnel of Cump tich. The Chamber adopted articles 8 and 9 of the pro posed game-law. The convention of the 13th of December last, which renews the convention of the 16th of July with France, has now been ratified by the French Government. A letter from Charleroi, of the 27th, says—" We are in the midst of an immense fake. The lower town is in many places five feet under water, the communications are inter rupted, and the rain continues." , ----- JAN. 31.—The Chamb e r adopted, yesterday, articles 10 and 20 of the proposed game-law. We receive, from all quarters, the most afflicting news respecting the inundations. DUTCH FUNDS.—AusamtnAst, JAN. 30. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. .. —•• • • • 6036 60% loitto, 3 per Cent .................. 7 5 75% Ditto, 4 per Cent Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.......... Ditto, 3% per Cent. Commercial Company, 4% per Cent East India Loan, 4 per Cent 943{ 95 • Exchange on London, at sight ... —•• 12 22 Two months.• • • • • • • • ••••• 12 10 On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 56 Two mouths..... • ........- 35 32 —Dutch Papers, Jan. 31. • lIA.MBIJRGII BOBSENHALLE, JAN. 27. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents .. Bank Shares .... _ __ . "Anglo-Russian Loan ................ 108 . 47 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription 104% Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99 Ditto, in Certilicate.......... • ••.. •• 99 New 4 per Cent., Hops and Co. ...... 91 Ditto Stieglitz ........ • •• .• 89% Spanish New 5 per Cent. 20% 20% Ditto 3 per Cent .......... ...... 31% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . 60 Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 86% National Bank Shares •............... BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baum.s, JAN. 31. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Bothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .. • • Ditto Threo per Cent.. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... ditto, 1840 • • 1003 i Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• • • • • Ditto, 1844. ••••••• • • • • • • ....... ... 99% 4 Ditto, 1836. • ... • Ditto, 1838 ..... . ........... ..... ...• 74 Ditto of the City, 1832 . Ditto, 1843 Bank ofßelgium.... • • .•.. , • ........ -Brussels Papers. Feb. 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 24. 6 per Cent. Meta11ique5.......... •• • ..... 113 . 4 per Cent. ditto. • .• • • .•••• • • • • • .... 101% 3 per Cent. ditto ••••• • • • . • 77 Loan, 1834 . ..... ............. ......... 121 Ditto, 1836 ............ ..... ....... 160 Bank shares • • 1584 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • ........... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. Gloggnita . Vienna—Milan ....... •• • • 126% Leghorn ..... ....... .••••• • • • • • • 118% Sienna ..... Grosetto • Oldenburg ............. ..... .. Apennines •••• .• • . . . .111gemeine Zeitung. Jan. 27. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.---BERLIN, JAN. 24 Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 31! per Cent .• ...... 98 97% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent Foreign Exchanges. ••• • • •• •• . Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 25% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 150% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months • • 80 On Paris . Tvro months. • • •. .. .-11,41yOrSal_r211311 1 4111 alAlette, JAn. 25. " • THE CITY TOLLS. The Low" MAYOR said, the Chamberlain had re ceived a note from Mr. Patterson, one of the Members for the City, requesting to be informed of some parti culars relative to the City tolls, and that officer wished to receive instructions from the Court upon the subject. After some conversation upon the means of supplying the most satisfactory information to Mr. Paterson, whose object was to f urn i s h some M em b er o f the House of Commons with answers to questions respecting the va rious tolls and their several amounts, it was agreed, that the Markets, Committee should forthwith prepare the most accurate information, and communicate it through the Chamberlain to the Hon. Gentleman. The re-election of all the officers appointed by the Court then took place, and The Court in re-electing the Rev. Dr. Mortimer head master, and Mr. Edkins, second-master of the City of London school, greeted these ,gentlemen with rounds of applause. Mr. BEDFORD brought up the report of the Naviga tion Committee, upon the subject of removing the whiting shoal, which had . been many years a serious obstruction to the navigation of the Thames atLiniel house. It stated, that in about a month the whole of the impediment would disappear, and that already steamers of very large size could pass over the place in which lay such dangerous impediments. Mr. Bedford very warmly praised the exertions of Mr. Leach, who had been employed to superintend the work. The report, which recommended that the necessary funds should be granted to accomplish the undertaking, was unanimously agreed to. The Town Clerk having announced that a document relating to Christ's Hospital was awaiting the hospital seal, Mr. TAYLOR said, that as the bond to be sealed might have the effect of excluding the children of the citizens from the charity, he hoped the Court would postpone the Act until some explanation should be given. —(Hear, hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE hoped the Court were not going, in the year 1846, to plunge into the foolish crusade of 1845, by which the privileges of the Corporation were endangered. The Court of Common Council was not a court of control over the royal hospitals. The best legal advice had been that it had no power to withhold the seal. He wished that the Corporation would never move on any thing on which it could shew nothing but its weakness. It had been an object of ridicule in 1845, and fervently did he desire that that unlucky incident might be blotted out of the records for ever.—(Hear.) Mr. R. TAYLOR said Sir Peter Laurie had very good reason to congratulate himself that he happened to be the president of one of the royal hospitals. No doubt he would not let the privilege be idle. The seal was affixed, and after some business relating to a petition to Parliament for certain city improvements the Court broke up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. I.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops arrived at Spithead this morning from Ply mouth ; she is to be inspected by the shipwright de partment of the dockyard, and her defects reported. If unimportant, they will be made good here ; if other wise, she will be sent to Woolwich. Her Majesty's steam transport Dee is expected at Portsmouth with volunteer seamen, 'who have been col lected at Liverpool and Bristol. She is to transfer them to the St. Vincent, and then return to her station at Cork. The Admiralty are anxious to have the Amphitrite, 26, undocked these spring tides, and her fitting com pleted in the basin. On her going out, the Alfred, 50, will be brought down, and put in dock, to be inspected and prepared far immediate commission. The Java, 50, is in a more forward state, and will be fitted in the basin. The Amphitrite and Trincomalee are to have the same armament of 68-pounders and two shell guns each. The Scourge mortar steamer has been brought along side the dockyard, and an additional streak of copper has been put on her, but that is already nearly un d er water abaft, and she has to take in about sixty tons of coals, besides additional stores and ammunition, which -will estimate forty more. She has but two species of armanent, a mortar and a 56-pounder long gnn. A trial of her qualities at sea will be made before the squadron of steamers is sent out to cruise. The RattlEr steamer is quite ready for sea. The Carysfort, 26, when ready, is to go to Sydney with the newly-appointed Governor. The steam-ship's funnel, perforated by shot and shell from the Excellent, has been brought to the dockyard, there to await the in spection of the First Lord and the Board of Admiralty, upon their official visit to the arsenal. An officer belonging to one of her Majesty's ships at this port has during the week visited and inspected the Ter rible, first-class steamer, fitting at Woolwich. She is reported to be, in every respect, a most efficient man-of war, both as respects her armament and stowage of coals, provisions, and water. She is capable of conveying troops to the West Indies with great facility ; and this officer, whose judgment is undoubted, asserts that a finer steamer has not been introduced into the British navy. The Terrible, Sampson, and Gladiator, will all rendez vous ut Spithead in March. The Grampus, 50, will be ready to go out of harbour in a week or ten days, if the weather will admit. The Harpy and Myrmidon, two of the new steam vessels built at Blackwall, are intended for service at the Brazils. The Oynx and Garland are for the packet ser vice at Dover. Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, and the Barretto, jun., transport are at Spithead. The latter, with convicts for Bermuda is detained, with a large fleet of merchant ves sels, by the very stormy weather which prevailed all the week. The schooner Ana and Elizabeth, of Cardiff, is still in the Swash, filled, but the agents at Lloyd's hope to get her clear this day, having a high spring tide in their favour. INSURANCES FROM FIRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It is a matter of surprise to me, and no doubt to many others, that among the numerous and various articles from which the duties arc proposed to be reduced or removed for the benefit of the community, one alone (if I mistake not) remains entirely unnoticed, or perhaps not intended to be so removed—l mean that most unjustifiable and heavy tax on insurances from fire. Surely, if the insurance ollices are willing to afford protection from so destructive an element, on the lowest possible terms, it is but right and reasonable to expect that, among the many other reductions or removal of duties, the entire reduction of this most pernicious tax may be one of the first from which the public (the agricul turist particularly) will or may derive a real benefit. Millions of property are sacrificed as a consequence, and thousands of persons annually incur the desperate rick rather than pay the enormous duty. Should this important subject, therefore, not have been already noticed, perhaps you will do me the favour to insert this in your paper.—l am, Sir, respectfully yours, J. CRAMPHORN. Belle Vue-terrace, Southsea, Feb. 2. RED HILL CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Your paper of Thursday, the 22d January last, contained a most exaggerated account of the damage done to the church at Red Hill, by the gale of the pre ceding Monday night ; and I shall feel greatly obliged, if you will, at your ea.rliest convenience, i n t ro d uce the following statement of facls,Tor the truth of which I can vouch, as I have recently had an opportunity of examin ing the building. Instead of part of the steeple having fallen down, one stone from the upper part of a pinnacle to a buttress was dislodged by the violence of the wind ; and, instead of the injury occasioned by the falling of this stone, being of such a nature as to render it uncertain when the building can again be used for the performance of Divine worship, the damage was repaired at a cost of three pounds ten shillings, and the performance of Divine worship neither has been or will be prevented for a single day. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, JAMES THOMAS KNOWLES. 1, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Feb. 2, 1846. THE WEATHER.—The unusual mildness of the present season has brought forward the early flowers, and hastened the fruit trees to such extent as will hardly qualify them to sustain late frosts without injury. The benefit of such weather to the poor during the present 15C,Arcity of food been very great.—Nath thurnal. MONDAY, FEB. 2. Airdrie and Bathgate Junction - Railway—Committee on Petition Tuesday, Feb. 10. Leeds and York Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 10 Leicester and Tamworth Railway—Committee on Petition, Tues day, Feb. 10. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway—Com mittee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 10. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 6)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 till Thursday, Feb. 5. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. s)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 till Thursday, Feb. 5. Cork, illactrock, and Passage Railway—Committee on Petition , Friday, Feb. 13. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway—Committee on Petition Tuesday - , Feb. 10. North-Western Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 10. East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 10. Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham Railway—Com mittee on Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 till Thursday, Feb. 5. London and South-Western Railway (Salisbury Junctioh)—Com mittee on Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 ti'd Thursday, Feb. 5. London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 till Thursday, Feb. 5. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway—Committee On Petition, postponed from Wednesday 4 till Thursday, Feb. 5. Lancashire and YorkshireNorth-Eastern Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 10. London and Oxford Ralway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 10. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, FEB. 2. STocxExcnewm.—The sales are —Blackburn, Darwen, and 1301- ton, p.—East Lancashire, No. 2, 4 3-16 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West !Riding, par—Goole. Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 1% p.— Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Extenston, dis. —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 13 p.—Leicester, Birming ham, and Trent Valley Junction, par—Liverpool and Bury, 17 p.— Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and Stockport, dis—London and Manchester (Remin,gton's), 1 dis.—London and South-Western, New 401., 8 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 55 p.—Ditto, Sixteenths, IN —Ditto, Extension, 3% p.—Oldham District, p—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2 4 p.—Ditto, Extension, p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 6;4 p. —South Eastern and Dover, Halves, 1 p.—Great Luxembourg, 116 dis. HULL:: Fsa. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, 1034 — North British, Carlisle, 21. I7s. 6d.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 12s. dis.—Hull and BarnsleyJunction, 34s.—London and York, 41. Bs. 9d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 4—North Staffordshire, 51. 7s.—South Midland, 41. 9s. 6d. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 31. Ss. 9d. _ LEEDS, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —London and Croydon, 22% — Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 41. 6a. 3d. p.—York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 50 —Ditto, (East and West Riding), 81. 18s. 9d. p.—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 4% p..— Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 9%—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 31. Os. 6d.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 39 c. n.—Len don and Portsmouth, 4%—London and York, 4%—Sheffield and Lincoln, 3%—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4%—West Riding Union, 6%—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction, is. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 2s. Gd. dis.—Lei cester and Birmingham, 2s. Gd. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, is. p.—Manchester and Southampton, 2% —North Western, 2% —Shrop shire Union, bs. dis.—South Midlands, 21. 11x. p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 2. STOCK Excumion.—The sales are—North British, Halves (Car lisle), 34a. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 11% p. SHEFFIELD. FEB. 2. S/wit EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Extension, 2% — Grimsby and Sheffield, 9%—Ditto, Extension, V. 18s.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 21. 35.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal,: 13i —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4—Ditto, Extension, 2s,( — South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 2% YORK, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 11. 14s. —London and York, 4% —Manchester, Buxton. Matlock, and Mid land, 3% —Newcastle and Berwick, 21% —Ditto, Extensions, 11% — Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 1011—York and North Mid land, Extension, 39% cum all—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 10%. BRISTOL. FEB. 2. STOCK EXCTIANGB.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 11% —Midland, New, 2S%—South Devon, 36%. EXETER, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANCE.—The sales are—Bristol, New, IN—South Wales, li IA —Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 ,4 dis. A correspondent describes to us a very singular case of spontaneous combustfon, for which, perhaps, some of our scientific friends can account. A fine beast upon the farm of C. T. Tower, Esq., at South :Weald, was choked by eating mangold wurzel, and was sent to the premises of Mr. Bell, butcher, of Brentwood, to be killed; on cutting the throat of the animal 44 body of blue flame rushed out four or fire feet high, singing the whiskers of the butchers employed, and sending them scampering back with alarm. The hypothesis of the learned in such matters in the neighbourhood is, that gas had been generated in the stomach of the animal, which from its peculiar nature exploded in coming in contact with the air.—Esser Herald. ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information was received by the police of the following robberies having been committed : —Stolen, between the hours of half-past 11, and 8, P.M., on Sunday, from the house of Mr. Morris, grocer, Boling broke-row, Walworth, about 401. in gold and silver, and a 5/. Bank of England note, with the name of Hudson written on it, by means of skeleton-keys, during the absence of the family. From the counting-house at the powder-mills of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, Hayworth-road, Hounslowileath, a japanned tin cash-box, containing about 2/. in gold and silver. Also, that on the night of Thursday last, the Rec tory-house of Newton St. Leo, in the county of Somerset. was burglariously broken open, and a large quantity of silver plate, and other articles of great value, carried off. The plate consisted of two dozen and eleven silver table forks, three dozen table spoons and two dozen dessert spoons, fifteen dessert forks, seventeen tea spoons, four gravy spoons, two salt spoons, two drawing-room candlesticks, a snuffer and tray, a pair of sugar tongs, and a butter knife, all having a crest of a tiger, with a kind of griffin's head. A reward of 50/. has been offered for the discovery and apprehension of the burglars. On the same night the House of Mr. Green wood, at Springfield, near Chelmsford, Essex, was broken open, and a 10 , . note, M. 4s. 6d. in gold and silver, a silver teapot, four table spoons, six dessert spoons, six tea spoons, and other articles of property, were carried off. THE MURDER AT JERSEY.—THE PRISONER NOON.— No day has yet been fixed for the trial of this ill-fated man before the petty jury. Two months have nearly elapsed since he is said to have committed this fatal deed with which he stands charged. During this long period he has borne the torments of his position with the most extraordinary fortitude. He has been eight times dragged through the streets of St. Helier, from his prison -house, to the Court house, a distance of half-a-mile, with tremendous crowds of men, women, and children, hooting him on his way. We understand that frenzy has at length come to the relief of the unhappy prisoner, and it is but a Christian hope that G o d will soon put a period to his sufferings. He has already gone through one stage of his trial, and two more await him—the petty jurv, and the appeal to the grand jury. And what then ? He may be hanged! This is the Inquisition re newed.—Jersey Times, Jan. 30. CORNIIBIAN MINING COMPANY.—Yesterday A sp ec i a l general meeting of this Company was held at the office of a'asbirys, of the Co rn - Esq., w h en ai. Mr. Stainsby, in Finsbury - square , for the purpose of consi dering on the propriety of winding up t s he ta a i ft p r The chair was taken by Peter it as resolved, on the motion of Mr. Lea, seconded by Mr. Scott, that the Company be dissolved, and that the directors be authorised to dispose of the mine and sites belonging to this Company, and that if no purchaser be found within four weeks from the confirmation of this resolution, the said mines and sites to be surrendered to the respective landlords; that they also be authorised to dispose of the machinery and all the other property and effects belonging to the Company, and out of the purchase money to discharge all expenses against the Company. Several other resolutions were also passed unanimously. It appears that this Company has ex isted about four years, during which period about 20,0001. worth of lead was realised from the mines, but the expenses were so great as to admit of no dividend to the shareholders. The ore having been getting worse in quality, and the costs extremely heavy, it was thought more advisable to dissolve the Company than to continue operations. THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—The following is a ge neral statement of foreign shipping of all nations (British excepted), arrived_ at the port of Liverpool during the year 1845 : Number of Ships. Tonnage. ••• •• 590 362,051 ••• ... 136 35,544 ••• ••• 119 20,268 ••• ... 112 14,824 5,562 9,848 8,962 •• 29 4,438 7,528 2,647 4,326 2,188 2,799 2,692 1,868 593 540 .•• 2 442 ••• 2 850 ••• ••• 2 450 ••• 2 300 ••• ••• 1 180 ••• '•' 1 207 •• •• 2 334 240 American ... Prussian ... Belgian ~, • • Netherlands Spanish ... Austrian Swedish and Norwegian Danish 040 11100 .00 Russian .• 1111. 1111. French 1111 . Neapolitan and Sicilian Portuguese 00e 0.. Mecklenburg 1111. 1111. llamburgh 80.0 .0411 Wismar 0.. es. ... Hanoverian 1111. 0110 Bremen ... ..• ..• Lubeck SOO 004 000 Sardinian 1111. 1111. 1111. Grecian ... 1111. 1111. Peruvians, say Chili ••• Hayti 1111. 1111• Texas 1111. Venezuela Uruguay, Monte Videan ..- Total •• v•-4iverpool • ........... .1......,........ • 1,223 483151 • WEST RIDING ELECTION. LEEDS, FEB. 2.—Owing to ill health, Mr. G. Lane Fox, at the advice of his physician and friends, has 'declined the honour of representing the constituency. Mr. Fox has addressed a letter to the electors announcing his resignation. He gives his reasons for so-doing in the fol lowing words:— _ " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. Gentlemen,—Since my interview with Mr. Busfeild Fer rand, on the 28th of last month, I have consulted with my friends and medical adviser, and it is their decid e d op i n i on , that in my present state of health it would not be advisab;e for me to take my seat in Parliament if elected. Under • these circumstances, I beg leave to thank those friends who have interested themselves on my behalf, and hope they will put themselves to no further trouble on my account , —l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " Bramham, Feb. 2, 1846. " G. L. FOX." Mr. Ferrand has addressed the following letter to the friends of native industry : " At a moment when our success was approaching to a cer tainty, we are doomed to the bitter disappointment of being deprived of our leader, Mr. Fox, by the decided opinion of his fuiends and medical adviser, that in his present state of health it would not be safe for bim to take his seat in Par liament when elected. " Ile has just laid this decision before me, and I consider myself in duty bound to inform the inhabitants of the West Riding that, under these circumstances, I do not consider I should be justified in taking any further part in the present contest, for I could not introduce (now that the election is so near at hand) any other candidate to their notice, with a sufficient prospect of success, to justify me in going to a poll. " This being the case, I shall withdraw from further o,vo sition to Lord Morpeth, consoled with the conviction that I at least have done my duty in endeavouring to rescue the Riding from becoming A 1 in the listof nomination boroughs at the disposal of the Manchester cotton lords. " I cannot conclude this address without expressing my warmest and most grateful thanks to the working-men of the West Riding, who have so nobly, so gallantly, so de votedly rallied round me during the last week, although the black book' was suspended over their beads. " Their conduct at Leeds I have already proclaimed to the world ; at Bradford they boldly and successfully defended the platform on which I stood against the repeated attempts to invade it that were made at the expressed orders of the mill owners and their supporters; at Huddersfield they rose as themselves, one man a n d rescue d me from the hands of the millowners after they had attempted to push me off the plat form, and had commenced a cowardly and brutal assault upon feel e t h ; e b y u t fo n r o m t e c a o n t t h e n e l t v h e s t h ila s t e o x a p r b e s o s d i y e . f. g o u f ar o d l d , Ea and d g ish es corted me to my hotel. "I need not inform them that through good report and through evil report I w ill stand by their order, and continue to expose the tyranny and oppression un d er wh i ch they groan. " Lord Morpeth will now go to Parliament, not as the re presentative of the West Riding, but as the tool of a body of men whose cruelties to, and oppression of, their factoryslaves, he, on tile 27th of June, 1832, thus denounced in the House of Commons :' There have been revealed to us (before Sadler's Ten Hour Bill Committee) facts not of single occur rence, but of established practice, of which I cannot speak in any terms short of horror.'—l have the honour to be, fel low-countrymen, yours very faithfully, W. B. FERRAND. " Central Committee-room, Royal Hotel, "Leeds, Feb. 2, 1846." LORD FARNHAM. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of a Dublin paper by Lord Farnham, who, it will be remem bered, declined to second the address in the House of Lords : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING PACKET. "My dear Sir,—l beg to call your attention to a passage which occurs in the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday last. I do so in justice to my public character. " The passage which I refer to is as follows He (Lord Farnham) had just sat his seal to the Protestant Alliance— he had just issued a manifesto to the Orangemen of Ireland —he had just (apparently) declared war to the knife against the pro-Popish Premier.' " The above statement is, in every respect, totally at vari ance with the truth. " 1. I have never 'set my seal to the Protestant Alli ance.' lam not a member of, nor am I connected with, that body. ":2. I am not a member of the Orange Society, nor have I been so since 1834, when I was one ot the most strenuous of its members in recommending its dissolution. Since that time I have never issued any manifesto (or address) to the Orangemen of Ireland,' unless, indeed, to urge upon those in my own county, on several occasions, the advice of a former member of their body—that they should abstain from their annual processions, and from any conduct which (without compromise of principle) might tend to irritate their Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen ; and I have had the satisfaction of feeling that my advice has invariably been, attended to. "3. I beg to disclaim having, either actually or apparently, declared war to the knife against the pro-Popish Premier. My steady attachment to Protestant principles is well known. I never have compromised them, and I have no intention of ever doing so. At the same time I claim to myself the right (without incurring the distrust of those whose good opinion. I value) of giving my support to her Majesty's Government, as far as I can do so consistently with my own conscientious principles. _ _ " I do not consider myself at liberty to state the reasons which induced me to decline seconding the Address is answer to the Speech from the Throne; but this I may say, that they had reference solely to the question of corn. " Believe me, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, "London, Jan. 27." "FARNHAM. ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLANDS.—On Saturday nigh an accident occurred on the Midland Railways, near the Clay-cross station, which, had not the train been going very slow at the time, muat have thrown the carriages cff the line, when in all probability the most serious results would have occurred. The Parliamentary train left the Derby station at fire o'clock, for Leeds, and as soon as the train had emerged from the tunnel at Clay-cross, about five miles from Chesterfield, it came in contact with a large bar of iron which was lying across the rails, supposed to have been dropped from a luggage train; the bar struck a door of one of the carriages, in which there were several passengers, and broke it completely off, without injuring any person, and afterwards twisted round one of the axles of a carriage. The accident occurred close to the station where the train was about to stop; the steam being shut off at the time, the train was consequently going slow. The passengers were greatly alarmed, but were immediately transferred to another car riage, when the train proceeded towards its destination. THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.--The celebrated deer Snowdrop afforded au excellent run yesterday, the meet taking place at Sunninghill-wells, and the turn-out at the Obelisk. Upon being uncarted, Snowdrop took away towards Swinley, crossing the bog on the Bracknell-road, to Chevy downs, and thence to Sir John Walsh's Park, where after running a ring, it doubled t o th e r i g h t to L ady Mal colm's, on to Hawthorn-bill, through Sheerlock-street, to Twyford, where the hounds were called oil in consequence of the country being under water in almost every direction. The run up to this point, which was at a racing pace, over a country rendered extremely heavy from the late rains, occu pied upwards of two hours and a half. The deer was secured at Hare Hatch, about a couple of miles from Twyford. The fixture for to morrow (a bye-day) has been appointed to take place at Garrard's-cross, at half-past eleven. The meet on Friday will be at Salt-hill. SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT IN PARLIAMENT -STREET. Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, a cab accident occurred in Parliament-street, to James Bradshaw, a cabman. He was driving a spirited horse along Charing cross, when the animal set off into a furious gallop, in spite ' of all exertions of the driver, until it arrived in Parliament street, opposite Charles-street, when the wheels of the cab came in violent collision with a country waggon. The shock was so great, that the poor driver was thrown with great violence from off his box to the ground. At the moment an omnibus passing, the wheels of it passed over his legs, caus ing a shocking compound fracture of the right leg, and frac turing the other. He was removed to the Westminster Hospital. _ _ ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL.(FrOm a Correspondent.)--On Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, as a young gentleman, named Collinson, aged 19, was pro ceeding along the road to Cabb age H a ll, a village l mtwaon,who miles from Liverpool, he was suddenly attacked by a tiy fl him.g av e A himblanebkloszitohn comingth e t em u p p l e t atthe which time, m i instantly t a saw n tl aab, s prostrated adh beard a slight report, and at the same time a man running ratiyi He pursued, but the ruffian escaped int o th e fi e ld s first., it was supposed that Mr. Collinson was shot; but. on examination, there is reason to conclude that the wound was not caused by a gun-shot, but by a blunt instrument, and the police are of opinion that the blow was given with pistol with a cap on, the cap exploding in consequence of he enemy a n . y i n other the concussion. Robbery, it would appear, was not the object of etas ailant, and yet it is difficult to suppose e, for the young gentleman has not an world. It is possible, from that, he may have been mistaken for another. SALMON FISHING. —The fishing s for the sea son north of the Tweed, commence on the Ist of February, and , we are glad to say th a t t h e prospects are good. The bailiffs on the Conon report that they never saw more clean fish, and the accounts from the Ness, &c., are equally e ncourag i ng. We believe there is no ice north of Aberdeen, which will be a great inconvenience. Captain Munro commences on the Conon on Monday. —Ross-shire Advertiser. A NEW CULINARY VEGETABLE.—We have been in the habit of eating the leaves of the rhubarb plant for many years, and seeing that the fruit stalks of this vegetable were counted as waste, I thought it very likely that they were the better part of the plant, and I now find that the pouches of unopened flowers bear the same relation to the leaves of rhubarb that cauliflowers do to cabbage leaves, and may be obtained in great abundance, and that at a time (April) when all kinds of vegetable are valuable. The pouches of flower buds are of a beautiful colour when dressed in the same manner as rhubarb is dressed, and resemble the inside of a fig; the flavour is milder than that of rhubarb stalks, but I do not look upon it so much in the light of an article for making tarts of, as I do for its use as a boiled vegetable, to be used like brocoli. Let no man take my opinion of this matter, but let every one judge for himself as soon as the flower stems show themselves. As a matter of course, the plants should be grown in rich ground, and the pouches to be crisp should be got very young, and will require some care in cooking.—Corresponde n t of the Gardener's Gazette. ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE GOVERNOR OE A GAOL. —On Monday the Police Gazette contained the offer of a reward of 2001. for such information as would lead to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who, on the night of the 9th ult., maliciously shot at Mr. She.r pard, governor of the Wakefield Ilou.'e of Correction, wkil t he was proceeding along Back-bale, at Wakefield. my/. by Mr. Sheppard, and 100/. by lver Majesty's Governmen- DOVER CLIFFS.—The late heavy rains h av i ng e bottom de tached small portions of the cliff overhanai memorial signed Snargate-street, and the Admiralty-yard , to Captain Captain Mercer,. by several of the inhabitants was sen t R.N., who forwarded the s ame w ith a representation t o the by the Tt Admiralty. The cliff understand it is proposed to scarps ft of Ordnance, and we . about 40,000 tons of chalk, wn n lc we hope to see shortly has since been surveyed -e -oard — n. 49"er _scarcely a day during the k hasd'an4athaleretnitluelle:e'elt Telegraph. wee carried TzrE into w B effect. lr . n and the 1 ; ,t ith ral w ' ater. The quite sa . andand 1 1 - mild open, vegetation is allastir • treme _ in all pp arte passed ov t of the country. Early leafing shrubs are as forward in t, d euerawt i e t d b o. v i u di n g as, in other years, we have witnessedthem at ,o be tb u ginning of March. Primroses , polyanthuses, snowdrops. wallflowers, and ranunculuses, are in full bloom, " wasting their fragrance on the desert air." —Preston Chroni , tle. FATAL ACC IDENT AT THE LONDON DOCI.S.-0111 Saturday afternoon Mr. Chapman, one of th e , dock lock the dock belongin tg o the London-docks, ac c ie Aentally fell into , a height of twenty feet. Drag were procuxed, and every endeavour was used to receiver the body, but without effect. Yesterday the drags were again put into re quisition, and, after three hours' incessant dragging, the 'body was found, and removed to his residence to wea l , the, Coro neeg inquest. Q MI I k ip.)