The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-31 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ,s,r' HUNTING APPOINTMENTS, . ,ri , Majestys Stag hd, Mon., St illing-hill Wells ; iiiba.lt-hill—at 11. " • 4.---'-e Cr°ss Baas., Tues., Betlow-lane ; Sat., Marsworth rn.i pyl—at 12. ensile' Sat and Stirlingshire hds., Tues., Gosford ; Thurs. G'ti , Sat , Newby th---1 () tip i'l ~. IL Tues , Melcombe-pa:k-wood (Roe Deer) ; Sat., silsr‘°(-111 elPine-111A. 'ttd; G. Motley's hare's., Tues., Poulett's Arms, Lopen l'e-_, . Leorokesbire Ms., Mon., Llanstinan ; Thurs., Ross etg,.-40 ‘ere ' dam; nth Hussars Stag. hds., Mon. Crown Inn, Cod ;iriETlchlitior':' Crown Inn, Ilford-11'U. bds•t_ Mon., Paxton • Tues., Rowchester ; it ' r 48t911; Fri., Zuitlaw ; Sat., }Ord Bridge. (4,il' '4llalungtou's hds., Mon., Doddington ; 'l.'hurs., Leeds I:tde-,--11. `1,016°.147 hde., Tues., Bosbury Turnpike ; Fri., Colin Park kl, bSmouthshire hds. Mon., Landenry Court ; Thurs., Din- Mow",,,w•bridge —lO ' ' Crlliani Stanley's lids., Tues., Thurseston ; Fri., Pud , -1. q,engn Ms, Mon Windsford Hill; Thurs 1,i7.13aiit., Dulyerton"-101A. 41,er,:r" Tues., Lydiard Plain ; Thurs., Preston Toll-bar ; I,Chei';-'wbeil-1014. 414.1111.)e "43" Mon., Oulton Park; Wed., Norton Priory; w aresbury Hall ; Sat., Three Greyhounds-101,%. Art4,,B. W Wynn's hds., Mon., Penley ; Tues., Egerton t., .1.91t011; Thurs. Gesford ; Sat., Wynnstay. L . _44 ),,,,t uzwilliam's het' s. Mon., Waslingley ; Wed., Leigh e; it,,ae; Thurs., Walcot Park-10. 41116 "Rutland's hds. Dion. Mon., Croxton Park ; Tues., Len- SarteN; '; Wed., Elton. Manor; Fri, Caythorpe--101A. Alt'' "g hds., Tue. Wickham; Sat., Reigate. . So Xiltou bds•, Mon', Tuck-hill ; Thurs., Flashbrook , )ts'lttle Oun. • ' ar, //(e,nt lads., Tues., Black Mill ; Fri , S vyeech Gat.e—JOth. sllikth edet'a hnds. Mon., Haugham Guide Post , Tues., ?Ihref•34Nal,i,ll,• Thurs., Girsby ; Sat., _Haugh-10%. "'/'nits '''re lads. Wed., Brockhall Turnpike ; Fri., I ko Pe-4014 , t°legoe4thg°lner3'slire lids., Tues., Pant-y Fridd ; Fri., Pont- Tti -10. b Int N'‘'Tt harm. Mon Gore-street ; Wed., Minster Rough.. l " alr ' .9 114 tla, 8 harry, Mon., Paincastle ; Wed., Llandefelly , ciawl .steph,n. 4ettrit 41,1peliire lids., Mon., The Hardwicke Arms ; Fri., inilaieT--rjlolvi,nY's hds., Tues., Holne Cot ; Fri. Sheep's Torr v4ki /2. ifie eY ds, Tue. Wavondon Hall ; Thurs. Harrold ; Sat., Bnotti '.' b • %Drait.,_ „ Lag- ndge., Gate; r.i.s.,:atn,..:3,3"ii.rdsu:s., Sou dem Thurs., Amcott- T _ , uyfield Tollbar-10 1,2' • Shepley ' ' Mitford Thurs.,• Sat Winslow. : ~,,Aslure his., Mon., Snitterfield ; 'Tues., ' ,hire ham, Wood; Fri., Wrotton Abbey; Sat., —lOl4. Ict \•e'lltyi_r,d3.9 Mon., Chapel House; -ord p ,a e rn3; Sat., Blenheim. Wed., Tor Wood; t.llerloy hd•t, Tues., Holton Stone Pits ; Fri., Nettle 'l(l., re lads., Mon., the Stanford and Baulking Guide-post ; tell, I),,ettib Ibll ; Fri., Milton Hill. tid.gt • 41" AIWA,' his Tues Street Houses ; Thurs., Skip I.lelite' tSat., Skip-with .bridge--.' 101 A. el.,,te 'nt•Colonel Hildyard's harrs., lite,aletiaitels; Fri., Potte--10%. Mon., High Laven ; Hkil Is" Mon IL ....16 ~ Brought ~--,4040,vFri., Pep selabu.Pdge harrs. Tues , York Gate ; Fri., Aldborough.__. rrarh ''''' hes., mon ' H i iiff; Thurs., Kildale-111..e . ri,,..artico,._,y. ~ un c. . . ltitault,fortllt lads., Mon., Grp:L.1011; Wed., Whin Hon, i Ii )' has T tirrre h'h, rhues., Mount St. John •, Fri., Tylas Bridge. Th. , rt - ''''''Thilra,Croft Bridge ; ik ;nerses , THE CHESTER CUP. Sat., DackCY Bank-101. Iv Ifil the Mnwkinout in town up to ten o'clock this mo7ll - , Z innian, Mgorp'—eth, Needful, Winchester, William t,lhlot, kdeutbus, Fythia, King Cob, Yates, Mount Charles,na k t Hero, on, Johnny, Merryman, Colleen Dhas,../E.olirs , tstehe , tePa, and Zstonishment. The only ho es ,11 ht Chester on Thursday were Valiant and London. • . nETPING AT - l',,,,Latti, ,-,, MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. 2„ A'.l r„._- ‘,,,ta1.-20 to 1 agat Sweatmeat-20 to 1 agst sti—tle.'i -asizu.,..t.o f .'igst,Wbinitone-20 to 1 t.et Best Bower ~qtzait' 6 ,ktickey 1, ree-40 to 1 agst 40 to 1 first ibur ..,i''' great forget 11°Pe--5° to 1 agsar Salopian. Marsh- gto Zt .ll, ' •.Orq ttob -----.7,_—_— Th: AL p OLYTECHNIC INSTITU kbp cheki e 1 TION. lte , 1 84 414 a lecturer of the above most excellent 'ese p , , pr. John Ryar: has, we are delighted . to ,r i t (l 1 -e subject of general chemistry, which rscinp, c°,nsiderable time been set aside for that all- Iti 114 day ° : u °,1Pet, the potato disease. His lecture on Ili p tee t iL a a oo the subject of heat, introductory . to f it p "lstr i , series, explanatory of the application of Ed ,' to , th e of life. We need L k d 'aY t general purposes .. kt tent . nat the lecture was attended by a crowded O h r Nii,,,'ve audience who listened to the Learne eiliticeCl, breathless ;Hence. We are more and more 1 - " is se` th e high character and the moral influence i ,! ) rs tpi,sdid institution, especially whilest abstruse ef7, Much pains to bring the im mo ple form. if 04,4 :,,eleace in such a plain and k, e l` flite ro l " to this talented lecturer s a h fi an tting subject as a text- IN', t he re "Ilise, we would suggest ‘ to V I , Th l nort of 'lle‘ q3 DLL he would find a wide and legitimate field the Health of T owns C:ommission- L h hfil:'r B as a medical or chemic al . teacher. Dr. qe q " s lectures on natural philosophy are the /II ; 3 'u 4 Fra 4 e from all who have heard him, and most t 't3' witt'r seht t rnce ie delightfal way in which he blends sim- * greatly to be commended. l' t , kiy 'tat i p 0 e ...Ai) *consequence of our whalers here tt,operee_r_i successful for the last two years, many persons Oturtir.t. formerly engaged in that trade have become , b anal 41 the w hole fisherv, and are to send out try Th e h P'! , so that fourtee'n will go ' from here this sea- tt errin g I V COMMUMt Y generaliy o f fish "Y has t own dons much more good 'tte l ° LISt year there were 42 t 1 h btatseng t a h g a e n d, t a h n e d w th h ;r l e e '‘itl,lllll:7.te` V3monfthsso,old barrels of herrings caught. During ,t t Ito in illaking nets,ale:4dwcoomopeersr, anmdakeihnigldcraeshkfisniloretinhe °l' b 1 and dar ing the fishing hundreds of poor al t ip76ecrp!oyed in the curing of the fish, and gaining 'lte, 4 ite en ..? to se. a day ; and this to a set of people who . 1 1 2 of cou l d not gain half so much in a week. t he in- It.4o.4Pulation daring the fishery is perhaps from 1,500 Orly 141 theY have to pay for lodgings equal to half lk sloe' re nts of the houses into which they get huddled.. (I eY tin ts k h be lief tY spend for the various articles of food is be es,- and th e II consumption of whisky - "l at N ak; is awful.—lnver Itth It ELECTION . A vacancy having taken e r e " • kit, o l3, j , p r esentation of this county, i n consequence of re.."tier;,' ti lart Wo r tl ey being appointed Juclge-Advo- Ce tt i:, , the Sheriff has fixed Saturday, February 7th, it 4 alley" t 0 th e e l ect i on o f a Member a Parliament fur 11 t 1 411 ,, dict e ' t 'it Wortley has again addressed the electors W,,,10$ p Q ''''' Glas gow Argus. Dr en en ad',..4erlorr —The Hon. Edward ',pooches has L i kVt t ir ki °4Z m fferi .. ng himself as a candidate for the re ctll4 ve . T. t.etiyon, vacant by the appointment of the sa!'ill 'New • ‘: , • Smith to the office of Master of the t fict, iltr e , ll 4: Mr. , Lascelles states, in his address, that c) . ,,S *4ehhrsty resist any alteration in the corn-laws l`bc, p , sprive the agriculturists of adequate protec tt aster Gazette. g t i:r, q !t,,er-General of the Ordnance, Sir G eorge . Ni L. tqq 4 er . e . '" 'ceptinues indisposed at his residence in Bel ls asseet h a ior-General Sir Frederick Trench and Mr. eTi i ti lit du t .-e routine business of the Gallant General's ,;inns seed, Nag his illness. 14 ed t ' iii thf:aPnointed Solicitor to the Ordnance, Mr. A.. 1: t° him f c 'cim of Mr. Hignett, has had apartments as ri h lui k ato,i; .Zth_e Ordnance -- Office,' Pall-mall. 'tltti;4, %ttribo ted U s E o 3 o 3 /. t • h r i - eke —Te Lord Bishp of L . lan• ti l i a 4 1 1 7 , t owards the restoration o of this ea- PION bta...-13 J AN . 29.—The high tide , r la. aisToL, tt tit the coffer. -dam datthtehemeDnohckadCoonrnl3: ve t po t . e ese etunberland Basin, an ;Isti ll talersh a i lie- We understand also that the water has I t i h as e NI 4 41 • - te dama at the cotton works, and _ AN __. !'‘ % tid aide Fe is • a ted — I C _ EWPORT,I2 .2: I N , e ros e city inundated . — NEWPORT , a .• 1 7 4 tAt..ie i'l'l s , a very unusual height this' morn. b eing e 6 tl 'her' ts ;.l tow lands for a number of miles sge th" ihp sh e ,' uantage done is very considerable • ? s ii t i ' l l4, P Were drowned in the moors, and ' ricks of eq51 44 1,, , 11 0 4 e pa t .„ 4 : 00 : d .w . , aaThuepwwaratilsr of in fourim some of the houses in sts,, • for upwards of two udrsee_p,Aaranudtitehoei 4 , It TA I, 1,1114R,,i114,-- M EETIN G OF THE LEAGITE.MANCHES I ti: lt ,tl4 l ,. ti vat e _ aT-- An important and highly influential , k il .-tlt t ii . e thw tneeting of the Council of the . League r i ; th et t kh h ill°rhi ng to 'der the steps it ne . cessa : lip,-Ntisthe eto,-e)ntenided consider the steps it is necessar y kit ter oj ended measures of the Premier in refe • kJ , b 411 `7 otc„ ' a ws• George Wilson, Esq., presided, and • t t „%so r 'at; it itntiemen present were James Heywood,_ A' , le a '„ : tsq ,„ ' l _; Gregg (late M.P. for Manches er) , J q tti t r r enl to i it tit e, rit t - eci - (4 7le li n zrtosinn) a. nd magistrate; H. Ashwor t tli . , h Zrlla -: lie 11,olagistrate; J. E ho' S m m as ith lir E ig sg hi: m E a s g q l . st ( r b a r e o: 4 -, t.:' o , .s . ri 4 , 1 '.' I.s,rnber for Durham); John , Potter, Esq., llti an htt..) arieA 3 `tate; Thomas Woollq , Esq. • W. Bick 4 1, 4 i h Ni ti disQ,'', l lannerman, Esq. It is understood th a t th izi e;', tt sot. " 'slien'on took place, in which there was . t '' ' s;el w m • Ille et Ph e uis p l .aYed that the measure of e t r h g eZ e r y e , m a i n e d r Dr h 'co ` - 'oh •",igencies of the presens eh. ibe,e"erbeirltaing policy unworthy of a statesraan,.co.n tceillt.hiavrep r Pret4'tthe impoll of any longer maintaining n h , le ran ° th e ~„,we laws. resolution was come to, do ghou l p a d ery cilleet that the announcement o_ f a t new e Die for the 4,--,desirable that . the . friends of free trad e Nom e total gtiora should be invited to origiaatepeti- 04 ' l ll4. " Itild immediate abolition of the corn and 41 4.4,, tli t t h Ple, r eae o 411/t tll4 4 tire in • r Iler OF THE COAST GUARDf.iI 041 1 l ot 1 1 , e .r of th e e e°r uilig the following, _ W e vei have n g qi ver ed lh th e tree British seaman. as tt u ap i ? r ears the pt4reb asho re morning' of Thursday last, a vessel , - 1 4 1 )<Nhi c i, „' about one mile to the westward of D 3 rn ,, 0) , ` l% tei r ""eit to be the pibt yawl " New Flora, k tit tt4l4 y ie r. fr "l ng th v e t e rY dark at the' time, and blowing a 4,:11 ~,"artr eud. ..W., the situation of the poor . fellows te'er h e e ded L ieut.• 1.,, 1t g" On the circumstance being made Ldp''t 4 -" irr' - ewman, of the Dymchurch station, he , trewo , Tre s- !'Y to the spot, and ordered his boat i: 4 4' tOt iv st "Y bald, a distance of a mile and a ,ka t Yol tuit latent place for launchin,g ; when a hardy sit 44,, un t o , r at s ` 4 the "t 1) a r med h e the Dymchurch and the adjo.in •,e bi ll fled her ard ft 1) ffs in re for some time tev ep owe „,,, . ~a er u le p 4 i3ti e ' g e l, a - eaves, they succeeded reaching the ili.. op N 4 k. or ti tt ‘ l e f" ,,s und the boat washed away, and the crew, a: kr !I n g a clam s "' en, obliged to take to the rigging—the i 1 th a. 1 14,1 4 e all ey , weep over her, rendering it very hazard hr the !er e det er ePeroach. The gallant tars, nothing , 1+1•4,y nr„._,,,erin.lned to rescue their fellow-creatures, I l l e ti l goer e 1 11 `7 41 en t tally effected. The or fellows had been !lither.,laast:oe(t),iarti,it_,fot_rhitdangerous position, and on safely reach • a heavy surf, expressed themselves . gghreat exertions used in their behalf. r lie 4114°14"eelit_tentiv gone to pieces, and the remains of we tr-ust that the praiseworthy conduct of eet 4 t tello v , •I t er, ki. 3 Wlll Meet with a commensurate reward.— Ye ztt Atese A 4fll Na v Aeetn Ev . pasY Morni ng 0 - T.—A fatal accident occurred _li r the South-Eastern Railway. As the c t ll ekl ev t 9 Weloek rf ,N,„ A • ; _ane H eadnr , t _a_ini . rom Dover was passing .. between lip vi hict7 t er the 11117 gar" 'the stoker of the en sine imprudently th e his le stood u ,, g,:yan to the next carrlage, on the top 4 4 b r ieeed e atne i i i i m Eh? guard beckoned him to get down, . ost !mmediately in Contact with one ot I lZ: r g irt; airitwanhweLas killed on the spot. The name of the ° e t o „ la the GeOrge Taylor. His body now lies at coroner's inquest. it "; B.' • IN.; `I I I4E SUN, LONWO 11 . „ SATURDAY EVENING, JA_NITA'R - 1 ai t 1846. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at half past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; and Baron de Hugel, the Wurternberg Minister, had audiences of the Queen on their return from the Con tinent. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by. the Earl of Aberdeen, Kt., her Majesty's principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and were conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Council was attended by his Rlal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the President of the Board of Control, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Her Majesty pricked the Roll of Sheriffs nominated on the morrow of St. Martin in the present year. The Honourable Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen, where her Majesty appointed the Sheriff for the county of Lan easel' for the present year. Sir R. Peel had an audience of her Majesty. The Earl of Morton, and Major-General Sir Frederic Stovin were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court was attended by the the Marquis of Angle sey, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the Household. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort topic their usual early walk yesterday. Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken airings yesterday, in the royal gardens. On .Monday the young Australian boys, with Mr. Eyre, the Australian traveller, who brought them to this country, were introduced to the Queen and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Co. lonics. Her Majesty received her Australian subjects very graciously, and both her Majesty and Prince Albert seemed much pleased with their geceral appearance and manners. [The Royal dinner party yesterday evening included his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Lord Chancel lor, the Earl and Countess of Haddington, the Earl and flonntess St. Germans, Lord and Lady Ashley, and the Right Ron. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone. The band fif the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance at the Palace d!tring dinner. Her Majesty's private 62 nd afterwards attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchoe el Cambridge, ac companied by the Princess Mary, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glou cester House, The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with Sir James Graham yesterday at the Home-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners fur England bad a committee yesterday. There Were present the Bishops of London, Ely, and Exeter, the Earl of Bessborougb, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon, John Nicholl. Sir James Duke had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison left town yesterday for Brig;;t4n4 ' HER MAJESTYS THEATRE. TO THE EDI9R OF THE SUN. Sin,—Mr. Lumley having aci ",;;Assed to several papers a copy of a letter he has addressed to me, on Oe sleet of my retiring from her Majesty's Theatre, ma; re quest from you the insertion of the following answer to his statements:— Mr. Lumley asserts 1. That I abandoned him at the eleventh hour. 2. That I insisted on the production of my operas as the condition of my engagements. 3. That I asked for an increase of salary. 4. That I had, unknown to him, accepted the post of conductor of another " establishment,' meaning the Philharmonic Society. As to the charge that I had abandoned Mr. Lumley at the last moment ; at the close of the last season I was not re-engaged, and there was a notice in 'the hall, that all persons not having a written engagement for the ensuing season, should consider themselves as not en gaged. On the 15th instant I received from Mr. Lum ley the first communication that he had returned from the Continent and would be glad to see me as soon as possible. From the fall of the curtain last August, till the 15th of January, 1 heard nothing from Mr. Lumley in any way. I never insisted upon the production of my own operas, but Mr. Lumley having required that I should . abandon composition altogether, I resisted such a monstrous ex ercise of power. No question was raised by me as to the performance of any works of mine during the ensu ing season. In fact I have not an opera or ballet in manuscript at this moment. The position of conductor, does not, however, constitute an incompetency to pro duce operas, as Mr. Lumley supposes, and Meyerbeer, Lindpainter, Marschner, Spontini, &c., have been and are before the public in the triple capacity of director of music, conductor, and composer. As to an increase of salary, Mr. Lumley well knows that the 2001., given as an increase last year, did not compensate me for my extra services. Lastly, as to my acceptance of the honourable post of Philharmonic conductor (which only require; the super intendance of eight concerts), Mr. Lumley is well aware that at the commencement of the last season I distinctly stated to him my intention of accepting the office, if it should be again proposed to me though I had been in duced by him twice before to decline it. I was therefore luny warranted, and there was no surprise or want of courtesy. I would never have consented to have con ducted concerts which I considered prejudicial to the opera interests. Having gone through Mr. Lumley's assertions, I will not enter into a discussion at to his opinions; it would be as egotistical on my part to speak of Don Carlos, as I conceive it to be indelicate fur a manager to criticise the productions of the professor who has for years been named by him in his own announcements and bills, " Director of Music, Composer, and Conductor. For the first time, on the 15th of January, Mr. Lum ley imposes conditions that he knew I could not, as a man of honour, accept; on the 20th, as I understand, he makes an engagement with another conductor ; on the 23d he informs me of the fact; and, on the 28th, he brings my name before the public, by publishing, with out first consulting me, a private communication. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, M. COSTA. 71, Albany-street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The letter I was compelled to publish to refute a public attack has produced an answer, in which, although Mr. Costa has resorted to extraordinary con tradictions of some of the details, more than sufficient is admitted by himself to prove hat, whilst I implicitly relied upon his sincerity, to my most serious inconveni ence, at the very eve of the season, he left me no other resource than the course adopted. • • By showing the character of the assertion on which he principally rests his defence, I shall at once prove what is the real value of Mr. Costa's statement. Would it be imagined that the notice in the porter's hall, from which he pretends to have concluded that he was net engaged, and on which he grounds his _ excuse of having concealed from me the fact of his new engagement, whilst it certainly incihded the artisans of the theatre, not oaly could not possibly be considered by any heads of departments as applicable to them, hut that the notice was actually suggested to me by Mr. Costa himself,. in consequence of some difficulties which had arisen in departments under him ; and on application to Mr. Robinson, the treasurer, I discover that on the last night of last season Mr. Costa had the notice in question prepared under his (Mr. Costa's) own direction, he himself intro ducing an alteration, having in view his own direction of the department under his charge during the now present season. And again, could it be imagined from that gentleman's letter that if any delay occurred in his engagement it was through his own omission, as he he himself always prepared his own engagements and sent them to me to be . signed ? Could it be imagined that none of these engagements were signed in past years before the month of January, when he complained that he received the first intimation of my intention by my sending for him on my arrival in England to settle upon various arrangements for the opening of the season ? The exact dates of his engagements are :-1842, Jan. 6 ; 1843, Feb. 20 ; 1844, Feb. 14 ; 1845, Jan. 25 . Mr. Costa should not have forgotten the oral and written evidence the management possesses. Then with these circumstances couple the fact that from the hour I wrote the letter addressed to him to the moment when I was compelled to publish it, he never for a moment questioned the least particle qf the facts it con tained. I beg most positively to assert that Mr. Costa insisted upon the production of operas of his composition, and made it at the eleventh hour the sine qua no: of his en gagement. In answer to my objections that. Don Carlos had not responded to our wishes, he said that it arose from its being an opera seria. and that this style of opera was un palatable to the public, whilst the oue he was prepariug was an opera buffs. I had no desire to criticise Mr. Costa's compositionr stated not my opinion, but that of the palie, whose award he questioned, urging the repetition of the opera in the past season, when its failure had been -proved, to my serious cost, and I was compelled to refer to its un popularity as a reason for my not acceding to his de mand ; and being obliged to publish my letter, I was bound to suppress nothing. Mr. Costa does not deny that the rule, as to orchestral conductors not producing operas in the theatres in which they are engaged, prevails in France and in Italy ; he invokes, however, for the sak e of comparison, the ex ample in Germany of such illustrious composers as M. Meyerbeer—a man whose character is essentially that o f a composer, and not of a conductor—a man In a hopr u m„ pcaition, fr n d whose office is attached more to the Court than dependent on the theatre, As regards Mr. Costa's statement, that the 2001. extra did not pay him fur extra :services, that: 2001. in crease was just the whole amount of salary be origumiPy received from the theatre for his six months' services, and that bad. been gradually increased to 8001 Tile position he ee.gtipiecl secured him together probably double the sum. As to Ur. Costa's assgstioN tii*t 1 witched to prevent him composing at all, and thus, I suppose, deprive him of another source of profit, he must recollect that there were six months in each year to which his engagement with me could not possibly apply, and during which he was free to compose. I had not the least objection to his producing his operas at any theatre in Europe ex cept her Majesty's Theatre. As regards that admirable institution, the Philhar monic, it is true the concerts are but eight in num ber, but they are of that important character as to demand' constant attention, and take place during the opera season ; there are, besides, as many rehearsals, having, to a certain extent, the character of a representation, in dependent of ordinary practice. But Mr. Costa has omitted to say how he could re concile his complains " of having too much to do" at one establishment with his acceptance of onerous duties at another. Mr. Costa says, that at the commencement of last sea son he distinctly stated to me his intention of accepting the office if it should be proposed to him. This I deny most positively, and without asking that any extra weight should be given to my assertion, were the circumstance in the least material (which it is not), is it likely that at that moment when I had increased his salary for the purpose of securing Lis whole services to the theatre, that I should have tamely listened to such a suggestion? This, however, is not material, for he does not pre tend that he ever subsequently gave me notice that the situation had been offered to him, much less does he pre tend that he gave me any notice of his having accepted the engagement until the middle of the present uscrith. He leaves admitted that the engagement was signed within fourteen days after my leaving London, and, therefore, it must have been contemplated w hilst actually employed in my service, and before the close of last season. That he ought, as a mere matter of common courtesy, not to have left me ignorant of the fact, is obvious. I have, however, stated more than enough to Show how unavoidably I was driven to adopt the only alter native compatible with the duties of my position and the interests of her Majesty's Theatre.—l have the ho nour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Jan. 30, 1846. B. LUMLEY. LETTER FROM MR. COBDEN TO THE TENANT FARMERS OF ENGLAND. TO THE FARMING TENANTRY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Gentlemen,—The question for you now to determine is, shall the repeal of the corn-law be gradual or im mediate ? Deny it who may, this is the only question that deserves a moment's consideration at your hands. Public opinion has decreed that protection to both agri cifture and manufactures shall be abolished ; and minis ters and statesmen have at last reluctantly bowed to a power from which there is no appeal. Let no de signing or obtuse politicians delude you with the cry that the House of Lords, or a dissolution of Parliament, can prevent the repeal of the corn-law. All men of average sagacity are now agreed that free trade in corn and manufactures is inevitable. How, then, shall we ap ply this new principle ?—timidly and gradually, like children ; or boldly and at epee, as becomes men and Englishmen ? Upon this point, I wish to submit to your consideration a few remarks, which I believe to be of the utmost importance to your interests ; they are offered in good faith by one who has sprung from your own ranks, and who, although deemed by some to be your enemy, will, I hope, live to be regarded as a pro moter of the independence and prosperity of the farming tenantry of the kingdom. The Lioreennieot measure proposes to abolish the corn law in February, 1849, putting on for the three interven ing years, a new scale of duties ? sliding from Ws, to 4s, The moment this law is passed, the duty will drop from os. to 4s. Uere, will be change the first, fright the first, and with many, I fear, panic the first. But there will be no settirnent. yo 4 w i4 net be able to foretel whether the duty during the years 1847 and 1848 will be 4s. or 10s. It is quite probable that, in Febru ary, 1840, the duty will be 10s.; if so, on the Ist of that month, it will drop again suddenly, from lbs. to Is, Here will be change the second, fright the second, and, -saibly, panic the second. The fall of duty in these two chatsb7." syquld have amounted to, first, from 15s. to 45.; next, froni tbs, to Is, making, together, .fla.; but, mark, if the duty were immediately reduced, from 15s. to Is., the fall would be only 14s. tie t h at, 4 7 this clumsy contrivance, you are not only to be .kept For three years in a state of suspense and embarrassment, and exposed to double panics, but are liable to a drop of 205., instead of 145., duty; you are actually subjected to the shock of the withdrawal of 6s. more of protection! But this is only a small part of the danger to which you will be exposed by the delay. From the moment that the new corn-law is passed foreigners and corn im-• porters will begin to make preparations for the d a y of its extinction ; they dread a sliding-scale in any shape, owing to former losses, and will keep their eyes steadily fixed upon the Ist of February, 1849. What a precious policy is this, which advertise for three years to all the landowners and speculators of the entire world, offering them a premium to hold back their supplies, and then to pour upon our markets, in one day, a quantity of corn which, but for this contriv ance, might have been spread over twelve or eighteen months ! And what may your fate be under these pro bable circumstances ? Supposing the crop of 1848 to be abundant in this country, you will be liable, in the spring of 1849, to the sudden and unnatural influx of the corn accumulated by foreigners for this market, which must be sold here, having no other market ; thus beating down prices artificially, to the loss of all parties, but more especially of the British farmer. How different would be the operations of an immedi ate repeal of the corn-law. There would then be no stock of foreign corn waiting for the opening of our ports. Nobody expected last year in Poland or America that the English corn-law would be repealed—nobody prepared for it ; not a bushel of grain was raised upon the chance of such an unlooked-for contingency. Is there an intelligent farmer in the kingdom that will not at once exclaim, " If we are to have a repeal of the corn-law, give us it this spring, when the farmer is un prepared for it, and when not a single quarter of corn sown after the news reaches him can be brought to this market in less than eight-en months." But the present is, beyond all comparison, the most favourable moment ever known for abolishing the corn law. If ever it could be repealed without even tempo rary inconvenience to the farmer, this is the time. There is a scarcity at present over nearly all the conti nent. One half of Europe is competing for the scanty surplus stock of grain in America. Millions of our countrymen are deprived of their ordinary sub sistence by the disease of the potato, and they must be sustained at the . public ex pense upon a superior foal. Do what we will, we cannot, during the present year, secure low prices. Abolish the corn-law to-morrow, and still wheat must rise during the spring and summer. If the farmers had the power of ordering time and circumstances, they could not contrive a juncture more favourable to them than the present for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-law. Nay, I believe that if the corn-law could be abolished by a secret edict to-morrow, the farmers would never make the discovery of open ports by any injurious effect produced upon their interests. I cannot believe that Sir Robert Peel is favourable to the gradual repeal ; he supported it by no other argument in his speech than the fear of panic amongst the farmers ; but he has told us again and again, in proposing his former alterations in the tariff, that he believes all such changes are less in jurious, if suddenly made, than when spread over a series of years. I have the strongest conviction, derived from his own past changes in the tariff, that he is right. Why then should you, in deference to unfounded fears, be deprived of the benefits of ex perience ? If you speak out in favour of an immediate settlement, who will oppose your wishes ?—Not the Government : they are anxious, so far as puLlic opi nion and the exigencies of the moment will allow, to conciliate your favour. Not the great landed proprie tors, whose interests and yours are in this respect iden tical, who desire also, on political grounds, to put a period to an agitation, the prolonged duration of which they believe to be injurious, and who would willingly take any step which shall at once consult your interests and dissolve the League. L instant tngt oh ibs el t temt believe s e er n bdt e hu n tae t t r ta e oirr a nbh t eeasr y vtv o ee c u nyo onot your rdt eh t a rea k r t e ioob t ni h . interests. c s t D iniorview subject me the into justice i s n h o w u r l i d ti bit induced to concur in its views, you will avoid the only danger to which, in my opinion , the farmers were ever exposed from the repeal o f the corn-law—that of the transition state. From the first I have always enter tained and expressed the conviction that free trade, rillrtim from p nodeso u l pendence. I never disguis ed from myself, however, the ultimately etremndanentotly t i h n e j i u r ri ng p r o t s h p e e r i f t is y nn :li r n s temporary evils to which they might be exposed in the change. But let us unite in seizing the present opportu nity, and the triumph of sound principles may be achieved without the bitter ingredient of one particle of injury to any class or individual From the most exalted personage in the realm down to the humblest peasant, all may whit( ss, with unalloyed pleasure, one of the greatest victories ever achieved over past prejudice and ignorance, whilst each class may derive pecu liar gratification at the close of our long domestic struggle. The Sovereign may glory that her reign was reserved for the era of a commercial reforma tion, more pregnant in its beneficial consequences to the destinies of mankind than all the wars of her illustrious ancestors ; the landed aristocracy will see in the con summation of our labours, an opening for the resumption of their social influence based upon the only sure founda tion—the respect and confidence of the people ; whilst to the middle and industrious classes will be presented a constantly widening field for the employment of their peaceful energies, together with greater menu S and more leisure for that moral amelioration which, I trust, will accompany their improved physical condition.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, RICHARD COI3DEN. London, 30th Jan., 1846. __ .. . INCENDIARY FIRE AT On?ToN. On Saturday evening last, about half-past seven o'clock, an alarin was given at Bildeston that a fire was to be seen in the distance. Superintendent Trickerand the fire brigade were soon on the alert ; but no order came for the engine, and the light be ginning to disappear, it was generally thon&ht the fire was not of any great extent, or that it was at a great distance, It ultirnatnly proved to be a detached barn, belonging to, or in the occupation of , Mr. Barber , farmer, f Offton, about three miles distant from Bildeston. Them' was but a small quantity of straw in the barn at the time ; but this, with a ilre§sing-machine, corn-drill, and long ladder, were consumed in a very a b c rt time. —Bury Herald. We have received a porompication from Earl De Grey, in which he states that. "neither Mr. Gludiitone, nor any friend on his behalf, had made any application to him, Pr M far as he knows to any elector of the borough of Ripon," tld, therefore, it is not correct that he had refused to allow him to st for that place. The terms in which Earl De Grey leas thought prveT to convey this intimation are such that WC cannot' give publicity los his letter.—Chronicle. . - . IPSWICH ani BURY ST. EDMUNDS RA ILWAY COMPANY. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) Pursuant to notice the stated half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday, at the offices, Brook steeet, Ipswich, " for the general purposes of business, and for the special purpose of considering the terms and conditions under which the Company should take a lease of the Stowmarket Navigation ; and for agreeing to, end confirming such terms an I condition, ; and for investing the directors of the Company with the necessary powers to carry the same into effect ; and also for the special purpose of authorising the directors, if they should think fit, to appeal to Parliament in the present session for an Act or Acts of Parliament, enabling the Com pany to construct a railway from the line of this Com pany at, or near Stowmarket, to Lavenham, and to exe cute such Parliamentary deeds, issue such scrip, and adopt such measures, enter into such agreements, and take such further proceedings in reference thereto as the directors might consider necessary or expt dient. JOHN CIIEVALLIER COBBOLD, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, took the chair, and opened the pro ceedings by calling on the secretary to read the reports of the directors and the engineers. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to a question from a Shareholder, that the estimate had been made for a double line, and not for one with single rails. The motion fer the adoption of the report having been proposed and seconded, was carried. The general business of the meeting beim: , concluded, the proceedings of. a special nature were taken into con sideration. The SECRETARY read an epitome of an agreement entered into between the trustees of the Stowmarket Navigation and the board of directors of this Company for the lease of the canal, upon the terms mentioned in the report. The agreement was cenfirmed. The CHAIRMAN observed that the next object was to obtain an authority from the shareholders of the Board of Directors, enabling this Company to apply to Parlia ment in the present session for powers to construct a rail way at or near Stowmarket to Lavenham. He would shortly state the motives which had induced the directors to advise the construction of this line. Another com pany was proposing to establish itself as a portion of a trunk line between Norwich and London, and as that company was preparing to deposit plans for the same line, it was thought expedient by the Secretary of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Company, to prepare and deposit plans for a line between Stowmarket and Sudbury, that their Company might be in a position to contest the opposing line if necessary, The resolution he had to propose was, that the directors be authorised to apply to Parliament in the present session for leave to construct with railway to be continued to Sudbury if thought necessary. In answer to a gentleman, who said he felt a deep, interest in the prosperity of the undertaking, which promised to prk.ve exceedingly advantageous and remu nerative to the shareholders, The Cueeuetati observed that the distance from Sudr bury to Lavenham was eleven miles, and to Stowmarket 16 miles, and that the proposed junction would be at Stowmarket. The resolution was then agreed to, as was also one fore - telly investing the directors with the necessary powers, The CHAIRMAN said, that as their business had now concluded, he felt much pleasure in congratulating the shareholders on the present position of the Company. For himself he would say, not only was his confidence in the undertaking undiminished, but it had confidently increased. • The investment was an mproving one, and the public were in proportion additionally accommo dated, A PliettEetoepEri inquired whether the inconvenience which would be felt by the proposed line for Stowmar ket crossing the turnpike road on the level could not be obviated by throwing a bridge over the road. The CHAIRMAN replied that that point had been much dienessed before the plans were deposited, but it was thought that as there was a station near the spot, the crossing on the level would not be found inconvenient. Mr. Baum the engineer, explained that the objection had been fully canvassed by Lord Shaftesbury, and that the Noble Lord had considered that the contiguity of the station would prevent any inconvenience arising. Mr, Gaeverotele, of York, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman, and in bearing testimony to the conildeneti which was felt in his wisdom and ! n tegrity, took ocoaslon to remark upon the advantage which the county of Suffolk held oiit to the promoters of railway undertakings. A railway in that PPINItY appeaked to him to be one of w th o e ul b d est ro i r nv o es n t e men ul ts om o efntttgedayee - (llear, hear,) He direct their attention to the census of Suffolk, for open the amount of population of different localities depended the eueeese of railway communication. Suffolk contained 1,015 square miles, and a population of 315,375 persons, an amount of po pulation in the greater proportion to the superficial ex tent of the county than was to be found in Essex, Nor folk, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, the county of Durham, or Northumberland.—(Hear, hear.) The present line would be a cheap one . ; the gradients Rere good, and there was 414 a cgrv9 to be found. Con sidering, also the population of Norwieh, Piss, apd Stow market, it would he fed by Yarmouth, Lowestoff, Kettles, and Bungay.—(Hear.) lie might also be al- lowed to touch upon a subject not irrelevant to thet under consideration, The agriculturists of this country were about to undergo a very great change in their circumstances, and if one thing move than another could relieve them, it would be the posses sion of the means of cheap and expeditious transit for their goods,—(Hear, hear.) The present line had two advantages—the first, that it was a coast line ; and the second, that it filled up a gap which heel hitherto e4sted in the country. Plans had been lodged by the Norfolk Company, for a line from Stowmarket to Piss, on to Wyndham and Nettleborough, which showed that the people had required, And the Government had sane trot ed, plans for theyery route which this Company had adopted. The increased importance of Here Loh and Ipswich was also worthy of note, Those ports should be cherished, as it was evident that the alterations but so recently introduced into the tariff, would render it imperatively necessary to pay greater attention to the development of inland traffic.—(Hear, hear.) With re - gard to the present line, the plans bad been lodged, and • the standing orders complied with. In conclusion, he again begged most cordially to move a vote of thanks to their worthy Chairman.—(Cheers.) Mr. A. A. H. BECKWITH, of Norwick, seconded the resolution, remarking that there was a feeling, on the part of the people of Norwich, in favour of the com pletion of the Company's line. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and expressed a hope that when the line was completed, traversing as it did so rich a district, there would be sufficient traffic both for the Norfolk Company, and for that of whose board he had the honour to be the Chair man.—(llear, hear.) The meeting then separated. 0 Week Last - 5. 4 :4 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. r, 0 • 50 Jan. - Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •••• • • • • - 177 - Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • - 23 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • .. • • 505 421 22 Dublin and Drogheda.• .. 27 Dublin and Kingstown • 25 Dundee and Arbroath . •••••• • • • • • • 225 219 24 Durham and Sunderland .•••••• • • .• • • 572 651 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •• •• •.. 2,257 1,93 4 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern •• 6,329 3,946 24 Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr • • .... 1,870 1,367 24 GUialow and Greenock.• •••• • • • •• • • 720 713 Grand Junction .. 24 Gravesend and Rochester •••• • • • • • • 104 - - Great North of England •••• • • • • 25 Great :Western • ...... •••• • • • .... 16,021 13,945 26 Hartlepool . . • - 24 London and Birmingham, &c..• ••• - - 30,799 28,069 26 London and Blackwall.... •.•.• . • • • • 627 785 24 London and Brighton ....• •• • • ...... 3,313 3,111. 27 London and Croydon .. ..... ........ 1,054 871 - London and Greenwich .•••••• • • • • •. - 24 London and South Western ......... 5,071 4,935 28 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 23 Manchester and Birmingham • • • ... 3,924 3,096 24 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,129 5,207 24 Midland Counties ...... .......... 13,762 11,800 24 Newcastle and Darlington .......... 2,455 2,262 - 24 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • ..•.•..... 1,641 1,498 25 Newcastle and North 395 359 25 Norfolk 1,189 201 - North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,391 26 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • • 4,676 3,866 26 Paris and Rouen .•••••• • • • • • . 24 Preston and Wyre.. •.•••• • • • • • 415 345 24 Sheffield and Manchester .. 24 South Eastern •• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 4,624 3,536 866 889 592 - Yarmouth and Norwich ••••• • • • • • 24 York and North Midland ........... 4,177 -The sales are-Bristol and clouth R ate s .Liverpool v J er u p n oo c- 1 Extension,2; 7- Exeter and RAILWAY •SUA RE MARK :, BRISTOL, JAN. 30. rand o l c s a_E isi zc itu nA a N u r. SToCKExcnANGE.-The sales are ilideford and Tavistoclf, 44 di., -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 4 p,-Derby and zi New, s c 2 li ti s al - s T D E u i t i e , h j A R N h . en 3o is . h , 7 .2 p . t c i o r S e n:, % P.-Oldham, Yeovil, and Dorchester, Exmouth, 11 dia.-Exeter , and Bury, New, 3 p. cash -Liverpool,-Preston, Alanchester, anti Union,e 2 p p.. - -- G E r a e s a te t r G n ri C m ou sb n;i e a s n , d P v er oc p e t tual, Southport, 3 4 p.-London and York, 1% p. - Manchdster and Bir mhigham, 77-Ditto, T ,-Leedsanti Bradford, 52 Cash - Bfrkpnli.ead, Ste., % dis,- Shropshire Vato , ll, t 5 t14 .-Soqtli ast t ni and Dover, Halves; Ip, o.—Wftket lo4, Id° fart, awl tools Ex, tension, 8 p.-West Lancashire Coast, 4 is. New, 7% p.-North Western, 1 LEEDS, JAN. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are-York and North Midland, Extension (East and West Riding), 8% p. te l etis 9 lid - D ij e l -Greati Grimsby and Shef- Thirsk, 10-North British, New Carlisle Brancli, 2 /, .1 9 s.-- London and Portsmouth, 4% -London and York, 41.. 9s. _ v.tt.oot.EvA;eitoisipoanss49_sp. ,tto, soi, s ,4r„, ali R.-Lods and Sheffield and , Wakefield, Lincoln, 3. 3 4 -Direct Northern, in —LiverPool, Ormski r k, and pre., toil, ig -Weiit ulding Dillon, 6 —ciirnero 44netio, ) , iv , _ 7 East and West Yorkshire, 2s. 6d. p,-Grand tinion, 5 P. - Leeds and Midland, 3s. 6d. dis.- North Staffordshire, 3 ‘ _._ South Midland, 21. 2s. p. Western, 24- Rugby and Huntingdon, Si. dis.- " 1 P North O V Wr J'A•s and Thi rsk, 10%-North STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales - ed British, Carlisle, 21. 18s. 6d. -Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 14 -Axholme, 2% - Grand Union, 31s. -Great North and South Wales andWoreester, 14s. dis.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 335.- Leicester and Tainworth 3-North Staffordshire, Si. 7c-South mi dlan d, v. ds. 6d.-kidirapbhirj, 'I I piO, la. ail : 1 Oltit, JAN. 3 0 . , IsTLeele-e3- Leicester r o a t cri l l - , STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Yor k a n ," North llidland'Ex , ,tension, 36% - Ditto New (East and West ' ticti lig), ::-Neweastle and Barwick, 21.4 i, :liflrth Briti2ll, .1.1v.a Carlisle 1: -.ranch, 2/. 175. - London and York, 4 1 4-Grand Union, 11. Ils.- 3 1 1 1 a. nc Bs . h e9s 9d.-Liverpool, e . r - , Bed ford, 11. Matlock, and Midiand:l,!s_ti J 4 % Welsh Mid land, 2. L B i ux verp ton oo , l, Manchester, and 2;EWC4-§P.E4JrAI!T7r4II.E, 4424. 4 0. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are -3... Miami, New 401. Shares, 16 p.—North British, Halves (Carlisle), 345. p.-1, - ,, eweastle and Bev wick, 11 p. EDINBURGH, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —British and Irish Union, 68e. Ea.—Caledonian, 14li—mtt, 1 ;f-'w . „; 611.--Corpwall and 409.11.isreet Notthern,'4ls l P. ." - ""fIPF 5 14"Kinro , sh Ett l enstan, §N, 6 1: — P4st L 0 14 1 44 Celltco4 : ? * 414b 4.111 444 gimp': " .v.t/t , n,l P.;,.f7. 1, !n0 A„, Half Shares, 16 1 —Edinburgh and Northern, 745. 6d.—Ditto, New port, 245. 6d.—Ditto, Lochgelly, 30s.— Edinburgh and Perth, 775. 6d. —Glasgow and Ayr, New Stock. 26 —Glasgow and Lesmahagow, 595. Gd. --Great North of Scotland, 64s.—Great North and South Wales, Bs. Gd.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 608.—Scottish Central, 15—Scottish North Western, 355. 6d. GLASGOW, JAN. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—British and Irish Union, 655. —Caledonian Extension, 54s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 455. 6d.—Dundee and Arbroath, 40—Ditto, New, 21% East Indian Railway, 245. 6d.—Glasgow General Terminus, 11% Glasgow and Belfast - Union, 425. 6d.—Glasgow and - Greenock, 19M —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 52s.—Great Noith and South Wales, Bs. 6d.—lnverness and Elgin, 29s.—Lanark and-Lo thians, 455. 6d.— Lesmahagow, 535. 6d.—Scottish Southern, 365. Scottish North Western, 36s.—Slamannan, 26—South Midland, 3/. Bs. —Wishaw and Coltness, 51. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 30. THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY V. HEALY AND CURLING. Mr. Sergeant BYLES appeared this morning in this cause, which was a motion mad e by Mr. r 'Sergeant Wilde on a previous day for two rules—one for the issuing of a commission to examine witnesses in New Zealand respecting a dispute between Mr. Healy, the present defendant, and the New Zealand Company, about the purchase of land; and the other rule was to set aside the proceedings hitherto taken in the cause by the defen dant's attorney, Mr. Curling, on the ground of irregularity, and. that the costs incurred be allowed the plaintiffs. The Learned Gentleman went at length into the history of the case, which was purely of a technical character, and did not develop the particulars of the original cause of dispute between the Company and Mr. Holly, and concluded by maintaining that every step taken by Mr. ilealy and his attorney had been perfeCtly straight forward and regular, and that the motions, therefore, should be discharged. Mr. Sergeant Mutters followed, and briefly addressed the Court on the same side. Mr. Sergeant WILDE followed, in support of the rules, and also went into a detail of the case. lie said that the original case of legal proceedings was Mr, Healy bringing an action against Mr. Young, the repre sentative of the New Zealand Company, to recover damages for breach of contract. The Learned Sergeant said the pleas of the then plaintiff had been met by answers from the defendants, that notice had been given that against a certain time when the emus were made Mr. Ilealy would be at liberty to select hii 100 acres of land, the amouet contracted for, but that the plaintiff neglected to make his selection in time, anti that even after he had an opportunity of making a further selec tion in another section of land, which he refused. The Learned Gentleman then went through all the legal stets taken by the then plaintiff to enforce his suit, contending that the whelp course had been irregular ; that the de fendants bad been taken by surprise i and that diffi culties bad been thrown in the way of issuing a com mission, requested by the Company, to examine wit nesses in New Zealand that were calculated to serve their case. The irregularity of these proceedings, which had ended in no result, had induced the defendants now to bectße plaintiffii, and to make the present motions. On these grounds he submitted that the rules be made absolute, The COURT decided that under such circumstances the defendant was entitled to the commission ; but they did not consider that there was sufficient ground for calling upon the plaintiff, or his attorney, to pay the costs of the defendant's attendance at Bristol. On the atter point, therefore, the rule was discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUS.E. Mr. Webster Flocktor., of Bermondsey, was summoned before the Lord Mayor, by Henry Kirby, a free waterman, under the 24th section of the rules and bye-laws for the regulation of the watermen and lightermen of the river Thames, which enacts that no freeman shall lay or cause tobelaid any boat,wherry, barge, lighter, or craft before any of the public stairs, or any plying place or eauseway, so as to obstruct, hinder, or prevent the due and orderly passing of any boat, wherry, barge, lighter, or craft, under a penalty not exceeding 205., nor less than ss. The case arose out of the contest between the Corporation and the Watermen's Steam-boat Company. The complainant stated that on Sunday last, between nine l a y n i d n g t e a n 'cl l o o ng o t c h k e , c h a e saw uselv a a y barge ayp w a ur i s t - h w ' h ' W. r,which Flockton" e uponit, (and he had been a waterman for a great number of years) always believed to be the property of the Corporation of London. The Loan Mayon—Does it obstruct the navigation of the river P The complainant—Certainly it does; and it lies there still. The LORD MAYOR Have you ascertained who placed it there? The Complainant—No, my Lord; but the bye law says if the offender should not be known, the owner of the barge or boat which constituted the obstruction shall pay the penalty. Mr, Flockton said, he wished the complainant to prove satisfactorily that he was a free waterman, and he also wished to be informed how it happened that Mr. Kirby anstained any damage by the position of the barge at the staira. The complainant said, that although he had not owned a wherry for eight years, his claim to the character was un questionable, The Lauri MAyon said, it mattered nothing whether the complaint was made by a waterman or any other person, as the Act determined that anybody who saw the obstruction might give evidence on the subject. Mr. flocliton said, he did not entertain any idea of getting clear of the matter by making objections of a frivolous nature. He then contended that the barge was not in an improper position at the wharf, that it was not cal culated to oh§truct the navigation of the river, and that he Certainly had a right to place and keep it there, The complainant said, tb a truth was the barge was so cloposited in order to bp 113 cie a pier for the Watermen's Steam-packet Company, for the landing and embarkation of the public. Mr. Flockton—This complaint has no reference whatever to personal injury ; it arises entirely from a rival company, which is allowed the use of the Blackfriars-bridge pier, from which the Watermen's Steam-boat Company is excluded. ISTQW, the object of establishing a pier at Paul's-wharf is to do away with the conflict about Blackfriars-bridge pier, and remedy the inconvenience occasioned by the exclusion. The complainant said the free passage was obstructed, and the poor watermen who plied at the stairs had serious ground for complaint against such impediments, which were calcu lated to aggravate the general distrea arising from the appli cation of steam on the Thames. _ _ _ independence, and the woman was consequently sent back to him, since which time she had been under no other con trol than that which he was now and then enabled to ex ercise over her. _ . The woman, during and subsequent to this statement, in dulged in a variety of wild exclamations, declaring that Macey harboured witches, sorcerers, and evil-doers in his house, had murdered all her relations, and had set his own premises on fire because, like all wicked people, he liked to be in flames. She said also that he had plenty of money to build them up again. _ _ SOUTHWARK. On Friday Diana Briswick, the wife of a tradesman resid ing in the vicinity of St. George's Church, Southwark, was charged with threatening to murder her husband that morning. The complainant stated that he had been living apart from his wife for a considerable time, owing to her profligate habits as well as the violence of her conduct; that on a recent oc casion she attacked him with a butcher's cleaver, and he had great difficulty in preserving his life. On that day she rushed into his shop, and, ejaculating that she came for re venge, swore that, she would never be at rest until she had his life. The complainant added, that he was compelled to have her taken into custody, or else murder would ensue. The defendant, a fine-looking woman, was in such a state of excitement, that it took two of the officers of the Court to restrain her from rushing towards her husband while he was giving his testimony in the witness-box. She denied all that lie had stated, and declared that she was turned out of her home for no just cause. The complainant said had ample proof of his wife having been guilty of adultery ; that she was in the habit of bringing men to his house when he was out on business; and that the fact was well known to all the neighbours. The defencant here became so excited that sire was near getting into fits, and frequently held her clenched hands at her husband, exclaiming that she was too good anct virtuous for him, and that she would yet give ' LOO _ a pill from which he would not easily recover The Magistrate in vain e defendan- ex c i te d i tavoured to tranquillise the geAncei tte and, as she still Towed yen- Ttz, moment r t e i d le hy to find bail or be committed. scream heard the magistrate's deci sion she begi n to eism o si f aut with all her might, and it 10 04 the united strength four policemen to remove her Irons the bar to the cells at the rear of the Court. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. FRIDAY, JAN. 30. London and South Essex Railway—Committee on Petiti•n, Mon day, Feb. 9. Leicester and Bedford Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. Direct London and Manchester Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 9. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway—Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 9. Leeds and Bradford (Alteration of Levels in Bingley) Railway— Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway--Com- Mitten on l'etition, postponed from - Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway—Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line) Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Nutt Staffordshire (Ilareoastle and Sandbach) Railway—Com mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. South-Eastern (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham:Creek) Railway- Com mittee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Soutlt•Eastern (from Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead) Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. South-Ea tern (from Waterloo-road, near liungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway) Railway—Committeb on Petition, post poned from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Manchester and Birmingham Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. East Lincolnshire Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday Feb. 4. Epsom and Dorking Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 2 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. I)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Braaches No. 2)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till iVednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgovi, - Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 3)--Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. GlasgomT, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 4)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. s)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Brartbl ies (No. 6)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 tiu Wednesday, Feb. 4. Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Blackburn and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, post poned from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway —Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb, 4. Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. FLANDERS MAIL, BRUSSELS, JAN. 27.—The averne price of Wheat, in the week ending Saturday, the 24th instant, was 25f. 3c., and that of Eye 19f. 260, The Chamber of Representatives continued the debate on the artjelo of the Project of Law, relative to the chase (the game-laws). It adopted article 5, with the amendments proposed by the Government, and by three Members. Some questions were put to the Minister of Public Works, by Messrs. Delsosse and Delahaye, to know whether the Government was considering of means to prevent the disasters which are occasioned by the an nual inundations of the Meuse, the Lys, and the Schelde. The Minister answered in the affirmative. He declared that this important question was the subject of serious and profound investigation, which would shortly be completed, and the result embodied in a project of law. The Minister of Finance announced, in reply to a question of Mr. Osy, that the revisal of the law on sugars would be presented to the Chamber in a fort night. The sugar refiners of Antwerp have just addressed a peti.ion to the Chamber of Representatives, in which they declare that they join in the desire of the refiners of Ghent, for the speedy revisal of the existing law on sugar. Monsieur Odin, Bishop of Texas, is now at Ant werp. He is one of the oldest missionaries in America, where he has resided twenty-four years, and for the last ten in Texas. He is thoroughly acquainted with the States of the Union. The Bishop has come to Europe to engage priests for Texas, where the population is rapidly increasing. Twenty-seven are to embark with him at Havre. He has been to Rome, and had an audi ence of the Pope. The LORD Mayon—The Corporation are either right or wrong in the view they are taking of this question. lam determined to give the most complete opportunity of trying the merits cf the question. I consider that the river is the Queen's highway as well as the public streets, mid that to obstruct the navigation in the public plying-place for craft is a violation of the statute. The case is satisfactorily proved, and I adjudge the defendant to pay, the fine of 20s. Mr. Flockton—Am [ entitled to appeal against your Lord ship's decision? The LORD MAYOR—Certainly. The defendant then entered into recognizances to appeal. The complainant then said the barge remained in the same place still, and he applied for a summons calling upon Mr. Flockton to answer for the repetition of what the Lord Mayor considered to be an offence. He at the same time said, that he would not press for the summons if the defendant would promise to remove his barge forthwith. Mr. Flockton—No, I shall make no promise of the kind. The object of making Paul's-wharf a place for steamers to touch at for the public accommodation is to end this dis agreeable dispute about Blackfriars-pier. The Loan MAYOR—I can say nothing about Blackfriars pier, as the subject is not before me. The complainant declared that the body to which he be longed had never violated the City regulations in any way, and that they had appealed by petition in the year 1844 to the Navigation Committee upon the subject of the serious damage they had sustained. The second summons was then granted, and it appeared to be the intention of the complainant to proceed by summons daily against the defendant, who is a gentleman of un questionable respectability and a personal friend of the Lord Mayor. F. Tyler Russell, assistant to Mr. Saner, surgeon and apo thecary, of No. SG, Finsbury-square, was brought up in the custody of John Forrester for final examination, upon the charge of having committed a forgery upon his em ployer. A gentleman from the firm of Messrs. Freslifield, soli citors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution. Mr. Saner deposed, that the prisoner had been employed by him about 11 months as an assistant, and had frequently seen him write his name. On Tuesday last, on arriving from his country residence at the surgery, he found that the pri soner had gone away without leave or notice, and he also found that his desk had been broken open, and that four blank cheques had been taken from his cheque-book. He then hastened to the Ihnk of England, where he kept cash, and there he found that a cheque for 551., purporting to be drawn by him, had been cashed. He immediately pro nounced the instrument to be a forgery. The handwriting was so like his own that he could hardly distinguish the difference. Since that time he had received a letter from the prisoner. He had never authorised the prisoner, or any body else, to sign his name upon any occasion ; but the pd. soner might often have received accounts for the house and given receipts in his own name. The prisoner's letter was in a very supplicatory tone. It called upon the complainant in the name of Heaven to for give him ; intimated that good would spring oat of evil, and THE " EDINBURGH EEVIEW."—We have learned, that the pardon for which he sought would have the effect from a well-informed correspondent in the capital, that it of preventing him from making any attempt upon his life, has been confidently stated there, in some of the highest as well as turn away the mind of his wife from the contem- c i rc l es, th a t t h e ar ti c l e on P arl i amentary , Privileges, in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, is from the plation of a similar act. It stated that poverty was hispen of no crime, that he had merely used th e cas h h e had taken up loss distinguished a writer than Lord Chief Justice Denman ; as a loan, and would expiate the offence without fail, and it concluded by invoking blessings on the bead of his bene- iitihtehearsatimclee numberthe, e a claims i•a i character s 0 paternitys o e f s E b a y rl s on Grey froefaythsatnoi still factor. give this Mr. Puzey, clerk in the Bank of England, stated that he bean offered the premier and f S m e p w o e r i more conspicuous a. o frustrated much . o as to have only a of its pur poses u ship by his Sovereign, had paid the cheque for 551. produced. and signed with Mr. an offer unha anecdote just as Saner's name, to a person whom he believed to be the pri• evil incidents P w Pi h i fehsometimes affect the destinies of nations soner. The heque had been paid in sovereigns. it • believing it, —namely, Lord John Russell. W John Forrester, the o ffi cer, stated that the Bank authori- we have rece ived ~ however, to be perfectly veracity,. h except that the article itself bearsp roofsof its evidentlypluct p roductio n ns speaks a k s one inwahno unhesitating has an bee d n a i u n tb med orita iar . ties having applied for a warrant against the prisoner, he true, but without being ourselves able to add aught to its went, eccompanied by his brother Daniel, in search f ll 'th- sell, and found him in a room at No. 9, Upper E as t S n m lu i n , cy bein us g t he e field, on Wednesday. Witness asked him where the h ~, handed him a was, and the prisoner opened a drawer and then live tone, far removed from that of ordinary authorship.— purse"soner put on Manchester Guardian. containing 85/. 10s, in gold. The pm his clothes and acoompaeied to e s witn MYSTERIOUS CIRCUDISTANCE.—Yesterday afternoon anything, and The prisoner said he did not hto say Mr. Baker entered into an inquiry at the Gun, Wapping, was committed for trial. relative to the d ea th o f Mrs. Elizabeth Robe rtson, aged I 1( )W-STREET. thirty-six, the widow of a licensed victualler, formerly pro- On Fridays builder, named Macey, occupy ing business pre- re- PrietOr of the Vine T avern , K en ti s h-t own , whose body was mires in Drury-lane, appeared before M r . Jardine to solicit t ound on Tuesday morning off Wapping, at a depth of about his Worship's protection against the future violence of a poor sixteen feet, in a bed of sand. A solicitor and the brother of old Woman of unsound mind, who, he alleged, had recently, the deceased attended, as it was intended to prefer a serious en two or three separate occasions, set fire to his workshops charge against a person now carrying on business as a and the adjoining buildings. licensed victualler, but who was not at present in custody, The woman was placed in the prisoners dock, and was therefore the Coroner, having heard the statement, adjourned undoubtedly insane. the inquest. It appeared that the deceased on the death The complainant made a statement relative to the recent of her husband had above 1,0001. left her. Some months fires in Drury-lane, the repeated occurrence of which induced after she was induced by a person, who persuaded her that him tg apply to the coroner to institute an inquiry into their he was a cab proprietor, to allow hini to pay her some at probable origin. No satisfactory result was arrived at, and tention, the effect of which is stated to be that they were the inquest was consequently adjourned. On the previous married, They subsequently went to France. After re s idi n g n i g ht (Thursday), whilst engag e d i n hi s coun ti ng -h ouse , at there a short time they returned to England, when she found about eight o'clock, he again discoveted . that his premises that he was previously married. She called upon him were in 44mes, and it was only by extraordinary efforts from last Saturday, but was not admitted. She the same evening the firemen that they were prevented extending to a vast called on a female living in Vine-cottages, Kentisb-town, range of buildings on either side. Having heard that the and, showing her arms, which were bruised, said, " See how woman at the bar had often threatened to destroy his work- the black-hearted wretch has served me." She left them, shops, near which she resided with her husband, he felt it haying, changed her clothes, and went in a cab towards his duty to take her before a magistrate, in the hope tlAt his Hammersmith-bridge, near which she was seen to fling her- Worship would hear evidence irppeting her, and'rhen take self into the river, and shortly after sank, It is supposed steps to insere his future safety. Mr. Macey stated that he that the body must have been ought by a steauser and so took the rent of the rooms in which she lived, and had have been brought down tg Sliii, spot where it ;; a s picked of'• known both her and her husband for many years. They The inquiry Wp ;turned to lamb.- had earned a respectable livelihood by weaving ; but three 408 ' STocx XC Sr .• ' ../ • _..AGE.—Not i ce was gi ' vo n on the years ago, in consequence of her evident insanity, tliti Oirigh share La s s , s - rt at the it is intended to inse h a rtier authorities were applied to to . take ettee'erher. ' They did so r.--. • . asonday, that he names of suc h pa .. __ for a few slept, ling t ll4 l l ini ss 4 lieil gie husband . that ),,, - . eos of the list, from time to time, t t committee) wsworte.„ vi be required tolo wto the union aim re , would as have been found (by a select sslllEl tof tn of the 110114 men pas e I kliet , TWft ho dsclin - i ''-' ~. sue remained any confidence, in conseq uenc e r - .... .4vuag, so long as he could earn his gagements.—Leeds Mereurr HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JAIL 24. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents .........• 113 Bank Shares 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan .. •••• .. Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription. • •• •• •••••• 104% Ditto, Hope andCo.,3d and 4th series.. Ditto, in Certiticate• ••••••••• • • • • • • •• New 4 per Cent., Hope and Ce. 91 Ditto Stieglitz • • •••••••• • • • • • •• 99 % Spanish New 5 per Cent .... 20 20% Ditto 3 per Cent • • •• • ••• • • Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •.. • . Ditto 3 per Cent .• • • • • • • • • — Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.... 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent National Bank Shares .......... • DUTCH FUNDS.—AmmanAtt, JAN. 27. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent........... 60% CO% leitto, 3 per Cent • ..• In q• •• •• •• •... • TN 73 , Ditto, 4 per Cent, .... ••••••• • • • • • • • 95 Amort Syndic), 4% per Cent. •.. Ditto, 3% per Cent.. • ..... 89% 90. 4 Commercial Company, 435 per Cent .. 164 164% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight Twe m0nth5............... 12 15 On Hamburgb, at sight .... 35 75 Two manth5............... 35 37 On Paris ....... ......... Twomonths. ••••• • • • • • •Dutch Papers. Jan. 28. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bitussins, JAN. 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••• • • • • • .... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent ••• • •••• Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. Ditto,ditto, Ditto, ditto,l842. Ditto, 1844..... Ditto, 1636... •• Ditto, MS •• •• • ' • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1632 ......... . Ditto, 1843 ............ • • • • • •• • • 100 3 4 Bank ofßelgium...... ....... -Brussels Papers. Jan. 17. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEILIN, JAN. 24. Bills. Mon ey. St. Schuld Sch., 9% per Cent .. • . ..... • • • • • 98 973 Prim. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Foreign Exchanges • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Mouths. 6 2,5% Ilamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 1305 Paris, 30 0 fr., 2 Months • . SO •Unlversal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 25. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the Same week in the previous year:— STATE of the PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE PAST QUARTER. (Published by Authority of the Registrar-General.) The quarterly returns are obtained from 115 districts, sub divided into 676 sub-districts. Thirty-four districts are placed under the metropolis, and the remaining 81 districts comprise, with some agricultural districts, the principal towns and cities of England. The mortality in the last quarter of 1845 was much lower than is usual, for only 39.178 deaths were registered, which is less by 14,740 than the number (43,918) registered in the corresponding quarter of 1844; and 2,357 l ess t h an t h e average of the corresponding quarter of seren previous years, notwithstanding the increase of the population at the rate of , about 1.74 per cent. annually. A fall of the temperature of the air, from 45 d eg. to 4 deg. or 5 deg. below the freezing point (32 deg.) of water, de stroys from 300 to 500 lives in the metropolis. It produces • the same result on a large scale all over the country. Nor is it to be wondered at that a great change of the heat of the air which we breathe and live in should have such an effect. In the annexed table the deaths returned by the registrars for each year are given :—Deaths registered in 115 districts, in the year 1838, 162,867; 1839, 162,605; 1840, 171,694 1841, 160,733; 1842, 161,948; 1843, 163,201 ; 1844, 167,708; 1845, 165,789. _ _ In the first three years there were 497,166 deaths; in tt e lait three years 496,698. The population increased the districts, from which returns have been procured' about 1.74 , (nearly 114) per cent. annually, in the int census, and the excess of births eve,- ,vats of the last eat so that it may be mt . ( ly asatirwi tt . trial the numbers living ulis has continued, have gone ou increasing the same rate—about 9 per cent. in from years, fro 1843-5. I.co*- ' Lite middle o ' f 1839 40 t.,) the middle of „„ i • ~, the deaths, instead of increasing with the 1 2 ° Y - ',..ion 9 per cent., and consequently amounting to 041,960 in the last three years, were 496,698---le.s by 45,262 than if the rate of mortality, which prevailed iii-the three years 1838-40, had been sustained. The improvement may perhaps be partly accounted for by other circumstances ; but as far as can be seen at present, it is fairly ascribable to the partial removal of nuisances from large towns, to some in crease of employment, and, we may hope, consequent ame lioration in the condition of the great body of the peorle in the dense town districts of the kingdom. But an epi demic, generated in this or any neighbouring population, may speedily reverse the results of the tables, and carry off the thousands of lives that appeared to have been spared and. saved THE WATERMEN'S STEAM COM PANY AND THE LORD MAYOR. In consequence of the arbitrary conduct of the Lord Mayor and Navigation Committee towards the Water men Steam Packet Company in forcibly depriving them of the use of the Blackfriar's Free Pier, erected by the City authorities on the site of the Old Waternaen's Pier, used originally by them for the accommodation of the public, the directors of the Company found them selves compelled to procure a landing-place as near the old pier as possible, and accordingly took the premises known as Paul's Wharf, belonging to Mrs. Needham, the widow of a free waterman and constructed a pier to draw in with the rise of the tide ; thereby prevent ing anything like an obstruction of the river. On Wednesday it was put in order, to see that the arrangements were complete, and in the evening taken, and moored close to the wharf. pier had not been used by the public, nor could any complaint have been made to the Lord Mayor that it was a nuisance, the neighbours consenting; yet his Lord ship takes upon himself to decide upon the matter, and with force of arms proceeded to demolish the pier, and incite the parties in possession to a breach of the peace. To accomplish this his Lordship sent, at daybreak on. Thursday, the steam-tug, St. Michael, which was; fastened to one of the barges by the policemen who were present, according to the direction of Mr. Saunders are Mr. Pearce, the water bailiffs, and forcibly tore the "first barge away, and towed it into the stream, and ;•eturned for the purpose of removing the second which was moored to Messrs. Crawsby' s ~nwharf ; this they accomplished by breF.V.:ng the chains in two. When towing both away, Waterman No. 5, moved a-head between the . hars' es an d t ug s t eamer , cutt i ng the ropes and chains two. At this stage of the pro ceedings, the u`'.:Licemen and shore-men boarded the Waterman. menacing r i g h t an d l e f t w i t h t h e i r imple ments, 'consisting of hatchets, crowbars, and stares. Tbely then removed the man at the helm, and were proceeding to the engine-room, to put out the fires, but the engineer telling them, if they came there he would let the steam out and scald them, they de sisted. The captain of No. 5, after great trouble and difficulty, got the vessel to the Southwark side of the river, which not being in the jurisdiction of the City, the police made a rapid exit from the Waterman scrambling into the coal barges alongside of her, and getting on shore. As soon as Waterman, No. 5, was re-. leased from her troublesome cargo, she resumed the con test with the tug, for the barge, and succeeded in driving the tug and barges amongst the tiers of shipping at Bil lingsgate, where she gave up the contest, allowing the Waterman to steam off victorious. The company then, as speedily as possible, with other barges, repaired the wanton damage inflicted on their property by the Lord Mayor, and landed several passengers during the day, who highly approved of the arrangements made by them. In laying the above facts before the public, it may be asked if the Lord Mayor thinks such acts as these will be tolerated—that a Company having prescriptive claims to public patronage is to be subject to such arbitrary proceedings, resulting from private pique. That such is the fact there cannot be the least doubt, or why does his Lordship allow other Companies to run out piers, and peaceably retain possession of them. Such conduct. as this requires investigation, and we understand a re presentation of the above facts, and the persecution of the Company by the Navigation Committee, since the erection of the new pier, has been laid before Sir James Graham, for the purpose of official inquiry. These extraordinary proceedings on the part of the Lord Mayor call for severe censure, and shall not be lost sight of by us. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENlNG.—lnstructions were re ceived this morning at the royal mews for the ponies and pony carriages to be sant over to Claremont early to-morrow morning, it having been arranged for the Court to leave. Buckingham Palace in the afternoon, immediately after luncheon. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Brincu Albert will be accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by a limited number of the members of the Royal Household. The Court is not expected to remain at Clare mont beyond four or five days, or a week at the longest. THE MEDAL FOR CHINA.—Mr. Wyon, the engraver to the Mint, has just completed the die for the medal to be distributed to the officers and soldiers who have ;served in China during the late war. The die has been successful; and preparations are making for striking the medals, of which 18,000 are commanded. They are to be all of silver; no difference being made between those to be presented to the officers and those to be given to the men. The intrinsic value of each is about ss. 6d. The medal is a beautiful work of art—worthy the skill and genius of the foremost artist of the age in this department of art. It contains a portrait of her Majesty, with tbt', words " Victoria Regina ;" on the verse is a trophy composed of the weapons of the anr,y- and navy, restif, s ,-- under the shadow of a palm-tree '';hick sup ports sue armorial bearings of Great Britain ; o;oove are the words " Arma exposcere Pacem," and underneath is the word " China." The ribbon is to be of scarlq with a yellow border—the scarlet denoting the colour or 'England, and the yellow being the imperial colour of Cl , ..'ima. The medals will probably be issued to the soldiers sailors about the middle of the year.—The Art- Union. ME. SHERIDAN KNOWLS.—.IIr. Sheridan Knowles, it is confidently stated, will be appointed to the professorship of elocution in one of the new Irish colleges, probably Cork, of which city he is a native.—[Government is therefore not so unmindful of literary merit as some assert; nor is Mr. Alfred Tennyson the exclusive recipient of public recompense, as the anonymous satirist of the " New Timon" would imply.l THE NEW MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR RACKS, TRAFALGAR -SQUARE.—This building, intended to supersede the necessity of sending military delinquents to county prisons, is nearly completed. The cells are con structed and fitted up exactly as those at the Model Prison, Pentonville; and the discipline that prisoners confined therein will be subjected to is also to be on the same principle as at the Model Prison. THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES.—BANBURY, JAN. 30. —The landlords have adjourned their meeting till this day week, and the tenants, having no orders, are quiet. I con sider the feeling of the majority I have seen to be in favour of Peel's measures; many would have preferred an protection imme diate repeal. The people seem awake, theand i addresses. placards are quickly covered with free - tr ade THE RIGHT NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR A GIN .PALACE. --- I was one day conversing with a gentietnanw who hatlju just opened a spacious spir i t vaults in M anchester. I acciden tally inquired what had made or induced him to se l ect such asitnat , on , as I presumed he did not know the locality, although the premises, for the purposes, were excellently situated. "Why," replied he, with a smile, "I was one day loitering at the corner, and seeing several loose men chatting together, about thirty yards up the street, two of whom had a dog each, a thought struck me, and I advanced towards the men, and informed them I would ' stand' two gallons of ale, if they would bring their dogs to the corner (where I intended the vaults) and fight them. They agreed, and in a few minutes the dogs were at their ferocious work. In five minutes there were a hundred men around the dogs, all most heartily enjoying the 'sport.' I told them to de sist ; I was satisfied, and said inwardly to myself, this is the spot for a vaults."—From John Eashy's Hems. THEATRE ROYAL.—The manager, we see, perseveres in his design to accumulate sterling attractions in this theatre. We hope and believe he has found this truly praiseworthy effort to tell in his favour. At all events, we have not for many years seen so high an average of attend ance. Accordingly, no sooner have Antigone and (as we may call it) its keen and clever burlesque told upon the public, than our old favourite, " Celeste," whom we have not seen for a long interval, during which she has gained metropolitan celebrity, makes her appearance along with the celebrated Webster, the most enterprising and liberal, and we believe the most successful of all the London mana gers, and withal an actor of acknowledged power in his own department, as well evidenced by the frequent plaudit s which attended his appearance. Madame Celeste was, we remember, a great pantomimic actress of the serious and pathetic class; but she now speaks, and her broken English and very foreign accent are exceedingly effective in cha racters like Madelon, the Vivandiere, in the clever farce of the Trumpeter's Daughter, or of Miami, the French-Indian heroine of Buckstone's rather c , ckneylied and confused drama of Donnybrook and the Transatlantic Prairie. This play was brought out at the Adelphi last season without much success, though Mrs. Stormont gave great pathos to the repentance of Miami, but in all other respects Celestea Miami was more effective and picturesque. Mr. Webster was enthusiastically applauded for his admirable perform ance of the Woman llater, tamed till he found himself rocking a cradle.—Edinburgh Weekly Journal. The Duke of Modena died in the evening of the 21st ly sevenays. inst., in his 67th year, after an illness of was born on the He is succeeded by his son, Francis V., Ist of June, 1819. , painful duty to record DEATH BY FIRE.—It is our the death of Miss Jane Augusta Drew, of Woodlands Kilton, who was found burnt to death . in . her drtessing-room 'rues day week. A n inquest was held on he body, 'when the following facts were ascertained. The unfortunate lady, on the night in question, slept with her little neph ew , M aster John T o wnes Luttrell, who deposed as follow s :—" I was awo k e about six o'clock on Tuesday by a no i se , an d , m i ss i ng m y aunt, got out of bed and. went to an. adjoining dressing room, which I found full of sm c eased burnt to death Ivio- oke , slid where I also found de table, the floor at"' on her back, near n t i h uc e h dr b es u s r i burnt, It is *Lion— ...u-wasning-stand were very ,used deceased had occasion to go into her dressing room with a lighted candle, and fell down in a fit, at the same time igniting her dressing - gown . Verdict, " Accidental death." The deceased lady was sister-in law to Colonel Luttrell, of Ic . il ve c our t,— Westgrn Luminary -" • • ...., * ~:.