The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

INlAlL(l i o a ll. w t a o 7 6 6 s o s d d o o i i:.l o ß . e 7 n 7 a r d e o l, s 610 . „ d x o c l h s. a t i o l g I e L doles, p en c: a s l ii s r: a t:a ce ! end wanted at 224. Freights have declined, shipping being plentiful. thIA A TD CHINA. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current.) --- -03 ,, -- The brisk demand for most of our staple products, as no :!setibelapla. tionof (From the Times.) heed in our last, has continued, and (for the season) an u in n : ,I- .. e received by extraordinary express our dispatches usually large business . has been done at, in almost every te jai the tot -monthly mail. The intelligence is stance, full prices. In imports generally we have no im i al utta to the 7th, and Bombay theprovement to notice, although one or two staples have slightly . 16th ultimo. advanced in value, as will be seen by reference to the an _fi;Sa,e,i,hih. soldiers, who call themselves " Lions" or nexed remarks. Exchange has advanced a trifle, owing to 11 44 t t he ban g received a portion of their pay, had come shippers having forced their bills on the market before re itd:).,Lue banks of the .s'sitlej and there threatened to in- r o i l t ‘ t e e v r . s er we t r i e te tprepar ed eodencv has again been downwards, and the to operate; within the last few days, tii,:au'e British dominions 1 but the latest intelligence re ;ate for ' good paper is now ahout a farthing above that be t Bombay on the 15th of December does not show quoted in our last. The unusually heavy shippeol ) t r s o o e f oL e in d tt t i l :Y had realised their intentions. When their approach weight sent foward in November (upwards_ of 0 i tote l -'th t i nba was known, troops were ordered to move from excess of those in November 1841),cau ra se tea d a h f v r e ea e tdemand been gra- Its habil Perszepore. ' Butthe Governor-General, who for tonnage, and arriva a l r s e b n e o in w g light , about 15s. above those cur ,fh -- e t i l ai ng into the north-west, on hearing of the chances dually rcnt on the advancing, n and 19th ultimo, with a probability of a further rise a inita:'isi°ll, suddenly countermanded the march of those in the event of the mail now due bringing fiavoittraebvleess.ocls awl aZ i " ia " . 3, -which were composed of her Majesty's counts of the home markets, the grea i t ra er ge p d o . rtioi of h !ee ti , iti s well as of the native troops. The Governor- here having the r i;• , &arg()ea already e BOMBAY y M n AIK ET. 'nfitt e 44 the Commander-in-Chief met near the i i ' at K - o November,and (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current. , ) '''. ti Lril aut, on the 26th of EON L IBAY, DEC. 15, le4s.—For some days h l a i f t t t e le r tahletedrea;tTorn -t, f or n ° was far from being an agreeable sur e of the last overland mail there was si but the scar t•4ospstei',e former was not pleased with the march of the in the state of the market for .British,nslv imports, noanifested itself, then ter o . 'at% Perozepore, and he told Sir H. Gough, as the city of money, whicl n o d ha i d n prs s s it i o o sot i s r a short time was so widely and ni f „ , eported in the best-informed quarters, that began to ince ease, a i:irii.Q`4re was a necessity for invading the Pu jsub, he generally felt as to oxercise a most . every branch of trade. The banks raise t° expect was not to command the invading army. It count on private bit's to 9 and 10 per cent.for of draughts at pelrejuthdeieirialraeteffseeotfacl)n pecuniary sl(ii,r't"ol th . • would dto three and four months, and descriptioneyery ult s t, t, at the Commander- n-Chief proceed e to procure. Influenced tistio,istiatkwe was seat in Council. ' In the meantime some accommodation became no s ti ,' ,l lt o f T ." believed here to be at work with d rate of exchange, many large the Go n es of the improved by these l circumstances, a t dd s e t d d t i o ffi the desire of parties to avail I."Seik t , L ahore in order to neutralise the hostile spirit siti eh it e to ops, and to a avert war or else to enable the themselves ' Of goods—particularly cotton vh n i o e ar in fa e c a t n u s re s sz t c e a d m: into the market and pressed_sales, t by is oe „ t taY to be thoroughlyt kilttteretial'h'secme eatapparent cause prepared , for carrying on ope- , cline in prices took place onsu e c x h cha r t a i n g s ' e ac o t n ioi of the actual dispute able to effect. 1 _ The rate of I s '.. n a g s ] an theyd, w w h England, - which closed a . t Is- I V4 the te last mail, has risen to 2s. O',' d., t it .: l lS e ik h .„.„ treachery on the part of the Rajas i. of the ' purchasers of bills are now to be found even at this ‘,*ere so. , 4 Les on the left bank of the Sutlej, which which ;hig h a l idfe t :"' g re ne extraordinary scarcity is attributed to the into the i nun-arrival it of bullion from China` in payment for opium shipped fl'etlfrosolinlu..33,eYoears ago from being g th er ,B kt riti sh ," . rll _, l f Runjeet Singh by merged e r in e tervention . thither, bills on this place and England having. beralssoeitiot I round in lieu of the usual supply of Syc t r e si l l i v ea e v r y ; and also of td , !,, Indian ul..a.eurctia for which safety . they have now, like the payments of cash on account of ki.''' ed th s '` 'Dents, turned against their benefactors I in I opinm from Malwa, pressed forward . at an_ unUsually early i'.' ? ' se it ...' w eak and faithless Government of Lahore, .4111 4 . were, to l period in consequence of the late Act increasing the duty 100 I rupees per chest. 4. . 0, force the British Government to depose A l t all at re kh' eaet and ss Sir Henry Hardinge will be able to .main ss. ltat ss ,s° e stablish a good neighbourhood in the ,ssis I ) "%eth er ~ - l e Y eoe nt . the protected" or the . 44,4. It in s th _ 6 e braggart " Lions," it is difficult to I% l l ' 4 l4 r i ng Was therefore supposed that Sir H. Hardinge IV,t Praett Was a decided and most efficient move. He Vtreh,.'ted under the experienced leader of the ta h ' l n the p • - attempt in b eh es ,be peninsular war to make any I t 4t° Ala s e foiled ; his arrangements will therefore be ,li- retatrel of results of his measures beyond all doubt, `i l etlo s „, u t Sir sl ug tees 'alleg e h G ough to Ca l cu tt a, w ill , it is said, generalet tiB ser- roent of the campaign in the hands of the t h :' by 0, 00 , who will thereby be enabled to insure w 're e a , :tog his own men for the conflict. Rte th e se n t. e Probability of hostility on the frontiers, I N , hed order 148 and Sinde, and the Bombay Govern- t o , r( r e a ,„ s B, o^-ki men to be concentrated as soon as A ti t r s e4d Y to er ` o h ave a reinforcement of at least 4,000 kliii-rl'at as are sent to the banks of the Indus. It was 414PositivmY would be formed in Upper Sinde, but Sell% Positive the as known on the subject. es tof tvti lt wue Usual system of intriguing, bullying, and 14% Nether es' g °i ng forward. The troops had fcrmed a l, 11 :Noth ; es'oncil, by which . they were regulated. The nil dared w as not desirous of a war with the British ; netts is cali e l' a °t ° PPose the "Punt," as the Military 4 14' the , ecr o :' Her paramour, Lall Singh, is afraid to i s \ : 41 asise--47rshiP, although she wished to appoint him f Iltj' htl lN'f ii 4°41 aPprehension of the troops requiring I:bth or ..N.o:eer, t o . give them bracelets of gold, &c. On t e ti x a ' r th e i n : s he t r the Seikh army was formed into . four I t ,, e ; th e to march to Kussoor, opposite to to Hurree e oozu , 714 - httl„ second k G r • the 1 14 5 r 4 4 i i t ' °Pposite Loodiana ; and the fourth tha t wers i c o at of Roopur. The most extravagant e " th e t I_rculated amongst those troops, such 'tee IB kil rl ttsh were to pay large sums (one or At " . . 1% t o Prevent the invasion of the British -h-‘,lll, 411 t Pride of the " Singhs" was thereby inflated ; ad rev °, bribe for delay was given to the British agents, yt ,,on, J ett . to conquer and plunder as much as they , '" lead his fanatic (an Akh lee) said that he was • leikh, wool daring followers into the British territories, 5 1 ; ' ,!! the Seikh insure to him all that he conquered. The . -reshaw7l:4l3 divisions are Tej Singh, formerly Gover ralkewa s .; Lail Singh Dew an Ajootbeea Nutha, and s..a, f dep art in O• They received kbeluts of rhoosatana Ned • 'tre) On the 23d of November. Lall. Singh ma i n his Y lasa, movements, and the troops suspect him, • rtttat?,..aPaPter'alreildia:Censd.an example to the rest. The 1, 44 ., o or any ~ . or mg to the latest intelligence,. not tte,appeintseduecided act, as their beginning, but t un be . if a r ead a c ommissariat to have good amm i 8 ' at th Y for the B . e (l a m• ilt ikil ' a of the latestnews, the two armies, Seikhe l i t : t'a b t_o ' f We s i a r aB u s e e _robling on the banks of the Sutlej. The still stated to be fie wit u h t :ob ey ii i 7 ust li b a e rdinge to were the last moment. Yet 0 4t the mere (" dot up with the boy-King or his mother, :j t i tl 4,4 ;: ilo:rvrwhi.thh: : h Pu e l er s ; not with the Wuzeer, his life is of tY; nor is "la influence or his power possessed of any " Punt," which is a violent irrespon ke 'Lich will have no control over their turbulent l ed a to be ~ mg them to a battle. t he ' battle, or rather thr ee or f our b loody ones, ei efferent divisions, ~.. Or divisions, may b e expected before any 'Nee l (ler can be established in Lahore, and before a h lt tiso s 431 he recognised with w hi c h to enter on any '''t t ai ; t e t t h l(l 4 i :t be Much delay in these proceedings, for the 111,,, 4 1:e watchin g now w h at i s go i ng forward, and I N 4, w o uld not h es it a t e to create confusion, in case tithe r l aYs or a s i gnal defeat awaited the British Ls el 4ti k e e 2 di d °l : t hich our c orrespon d ent, i n mak i ng the ' to g the s d st m any wise anticipate. 'yid getter an we learn that Dost Mahomed load re e' t.. t hirrl aelf a " King," and to wear a crown in Ilia F es - at Can but, and Wuzeer, the notorious Akbar ': ,, , i al Xo h ll , employed in digging for secreted ' `at (I )seita t p, - . l llr Tig W " publicly said of their attempting ! s , i ll 441 rn's ' 4414_eoesea °Minions were likely to occasion disturb 44,711bay'saallee of the confused state of the finances. he -sf.'tetni N avigationCom any bad begun their •l e t ti t :'• :4111er Victoria having ') arrived there from 14, 114 d ssai _EiPhinatone had arrived in Bombay from th e of hkrellaring to join the Governor-General in at soei 4 ' The Manilla Muloy, who had perpe see'thers, h °ltl Mu* rs of six persons, and wounded k 4 14 ,1 1 4 - 44 been tried in Bombay, and sentenced to tolZ l tt ittee ee. ~„, , h a , , the military movements, the exchange k' l le Nit t ot see4rl tithe to 2e. and 2s. 0 tAd. per rupee, and the l 'lt o is Y attrib ri ,_ t 'es had fallen 4or 5 per cent. This was tOt oi ' b ed to the want of silver as a circulating k‘tbt Ike ,Pen dent e le; ke ß i e ,,,k i xoeo l t lit in a postscript mentions a report that 1 41 1 4y - 1 7 4 A, , 1 ,1 Bombay Fusiliers and her Majesty's '4 ' " 4 4 s eee - '' l the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native lilt*. ' e d orders to make ready for proceeding Ilt Ot i ,: ll4 st i q t i° , lll :l,, i h ' l th rt e Nt . t ant domestic item of intelligence is the '' e s ,'lit • n Pri ee of rice, consequent on the large expor t 3' l s:We : I- The common kind used by the great body 0 1 1 - 15 4°ll ble the usual price, the retail price being LA 'tt o, 4 , 111 t3? -4 , 4 ,. th e thalltld. Railways are as popular in n,Witr:llot to in England, and shares in the Great t to :Lttl qt 4 t 4t B, 4 . be had on any terms, while those of the IQ rs ili ,, lll t a k e' h were very lately opened to the public,.. d Loe ' l 3' p ' The survey, under Mr. Simms, is said ideasth Os e , rog i ..., s . 1' 'ed • tag' and V' benefiting by experience, In t , . vill a d '' ry „ lost, °Pt the American mode of construct- I Nti os '4le s - " of the more expensive mode adopted, Il t .ka otsi g er tb ay }Z S ! , instead of through - hills, the present 1,.. Of ..; by thttit,t° use r a il ways. 1 Ila . everoher kr,tresident in Council was passed on the 1 1 trissg the long-existing mode of draw EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—The transactions in this staple since our last have been very limited, and principally for exportation to China ; prices, though somewhat reduced, being still too high, in the present state of the money market, to induce shipments, to any extent, to Great Britain. No very material decline can be expected in the present rates, inasmuch as it is known that the next crop will prove a short one. Wool—Some changes will be noticed in our quotations, but these are rather attributable to the variableness of the quali ties at market than to any actual fall in the value of the article. The present stock is not great, there being no cutch available, and not more in all than 500 or 600 candies of the other descriptions. Coffee—Malabar is about half a rupee per maund cheaper than before. Gums—Animi has risen to the extent of about sr. per cwt., while Olibanum and Arabic are without change. Hemp—There has been a general decline in the prices of this article. Ginger is sr. per candy higher than last month. Opium wholly unchanged in value. Silk—All varieties, save Bengal, are cheaper than before. Freights—There have been numerous arr►vals within the last week, and the demand for tonnage being extremely li mited, a further reduction has taken place in the rates of freight to Great Britain, which may now be quoted at 31. to London, and 2/. 17s. 6d. to 3/. to Liverpool. There is no ves sel loading for the Clyde. We may quote freight to China at 15r. per candy—the same as on the departure of the last mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF TIIE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. JANUARY 12.—1 n Malta Harbour—The Hibernie, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.. G.C.8., the Comm.lnder m•Chief; Ceylon, 42, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command and Superintendent of Malta dockyard ; - Amazon, 26, Captain J. J. Stopford; Beacon surveying-vessel, Commander T Graves ; Bonetta surveying -vessel, Commander G. G. Otway, Locust steamer, Lieutenant Eden ; and Wee Pet Steam-tug, M. Duncan. At Gibraltar—The Flamer steam 'sloop, Lieut. C. J. Postle ; the Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicholson, Bart. At Co: - fu—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L. Cannon ; Jackall steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pascoe. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieut. R. Phillips. At Smyrna—The Siren, 16, Commander 11. K Edgell. At Constantinople—The llecla war-steamer, Commander J. Duffill. At Beyrout—The Warspite, 50, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis; the Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Fremantle. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands, the Spitfire, steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Macdonald. En route to Gibraltar, Meteor steamer, Lieut. G. Buttler. MAIL ST NAM- PACK ETS. At Malta, the Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. B. Mapleton; and Volcano, Lieut. Crang. At Marseilles—Acheron, Lieut. B. Aplin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S W% r (Prom th I'IIN A. .th kelp .73 i t ,,qt, L ed y eet "Yell llurkaru, Dec. 5.) t e fr o` '- ` 1 g of laterpert, date by a month than our last intel q; o r , 41t1 t otal We are sorry to say it confirms tr''' tsi m th e I s l e ° 4 of the Bombay clipper, the City of o :N n e . i f ros, in the Mindora Sea. All 1 t ‘; '4 tl ilt tStl ti . lQ e l l 'e . e u P 6 ti atthree lascars, are supposed to i ti ' , O % t () rob I ' vessel, with several others, had long lt i t l i N:r h er 13:3', where, as well as in Calcutta, appre- IV hei„ l4l ta e „ e , t) ' Were beginning to be felt. 1 4 4 t i t‘l 'i '`.4"14 an o ‘" r d t i h n e a Maii we find Ordinance . No. 12 1 of f 1 „, th decree nee to amend Ordinance No. , kl 4r d, i e Tr iad d that any one convicted of belong ,Ntiv4lo„ti addi t , S° ciet3', or other secret associations, itc' tiw. th e .' e n to other punishments, be branded or 151e'tleitt:11oe,C(Ilght cheek, and which has ' been very pro °tvZ th e ket rip i t ? the Home Government. The amended ~,,Itt,or ttl , Tri ad 4r001.11 punishment " all who shall have i l il 4 tl e ,57, 1 11a 4 „._ ' ciety, in ignorance of its designs, i hi t ' is l or `'lly e ,;tje.of terror, or who shall not e : k ets elr Cti`..lcipation in some unlawful at t arsing out See oi l t i, ve ry e"ex!on with the said society," tg kr , ki ae ~, onsiderably limit the operation of the ordi -114 i4t.ksoaie`gealbers of the Triad Society,while, in mercy 1,. fk'°ll4, •• frate rn ., . exceptions Itr, , ta, It i s r _ 13, perhaps, as regards all other secret t i , , r , . ritin -pealed. For the ignominious brand on Vt t i ? 13 t o „gander the left arm as in the case of military I: o litt," r ve Ilia substituted? ' Ak, g4 of 4e4tie,'''' codor transference to our columns a long e l ,: , h e 'lle Sliant of the institution, objects and opera rei re Morris with cirriscri Education Society, which will, we are 0t.`41 ad pleasure by all who ' have at heart the kee 41j amts • ti It 4, Iltains improvement of their fellow men. The t ii te .oy e ar_ar establishment at Hong-Kong, in which k t ,:;4 4 l .t!icl i u pr.rglit up and educated in their own ,AwedA ,:t . , li niit .igi fish; the number that can be received Saobe h i ,en, but the result in the case of these few i t g, th e g u lY gratifying. el ai s it ie ti la en it t ejlts kit Yalu news we find a paragraph in to t :t4 e i t l tha t , te ned that the Emperor had been pleased to ii 'Atl i , ()old 1, 4° that condemned at the then present then:-I,lll:il:rtlirtl'eeeedpaut to death. It is stated, perhaps, as ac 0, craethdisplay of imperial clemency, that before warrants of malefa tors his Majesty has k ki e qf all li er tl vs . It may then at least admit of quee -04.14 0 -1 ' n ter is caer of the Sun has been moved to his 4 )11 , ~ _ f h ija 0 ation by the claims of humanity, or by the '`q la , W ri Imperial stomach. sttUned in tha Cautun market—Patna at 645 2% isure cow' or eta' FLOTILLA. En route from Malta to Southampton and Gibraltar, the Duke of Cornwall. At Southampton, the Great Liverpool. En route to Malta from Southampton, the Achilles. At ►Malta, the Iberia and Oriental. En route to Malta from Constantinople, the Tagus. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR IN PORT. French steamer Leonidas; Russian corvette Menelaus; Tunis brig Hattab ; Anglo-Maltese Scotia. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 8. The Bentinck arrived at Suez on Sunday night, the 4th inst., at eleven o'clock, from Calcutta, with 46 passengers, 20 of whom are booked for England by the Oriental. Mails reached Alexandria at five o'clock P.M. on the 7th inst., and passengers this morning at half-past six o'clock. Here in Egypt nothing new has occurred since the de parture of the last mail, the French steamer Osiris, which ought to have left on the 30th ult., and has been detained till this day, on account of the heavy repairs she was obliged to undergo. Mehemq Ali had ordered a Council to be held at Cairo to take into consideration the future administration of the transit affairs ; and, according to the letters received from Cairo, it seems the Council had determined to place Abbas Pasha at the head of the transit affairs; and as Managing Director, Rouchdy Effendi, lately returned from England, where he had been sent by his patron, General Edhem Bey,for his education, and to study civil engineering The general opinion is, that the duration of these new ar rangements will be very short, perhaps they may never really take place. A change of some sort is however very desirable, or, at least, that the existing managers should improve their stock and conveyances, particularly their steamers on the Nile. THE BRAZILS FALMOUTH, SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 18.—The Crane packet, Lieutenant Lewis, arrived this morning with the Brazil mails, having sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 7th of December. She brings only two passengers, viz., Mr. Lynd and Mrs. Stevens, and about 40,0001. on freight, prin cipally in gold and diamonds on mining account. The ex change was ruling at 25i, with some particular transactions at 251. This depression was owing to the bad accounts of Brazil produce received from Europe by the Express packet, which arrived on the 28th of November. Her Majesty's ship Apollo, with troops. sailed from Rio on the 27th of November for the River Plate. Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops was lying at the Rio awaiting the instruc tions from Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, who it was h d a e v p e artu chargere the Chambers supposed was about taki ng l eave , an d th a t M r. H u d son would m ng bers his wer a e bs s e i n ttg e in andOn thede packet's bating the law of search • they continue to remain neutral in the Monte Videan iffair. Antonia Carlos ' drade died at Ri.) the 6th December h d An with the River Plate mails had not reached Rio when the Crane left, but accounts from that quarter had be'eonwreecn. by an Asnecican vessel to the 22d of November, which received that the Republic of Paraguay had declared war against Rosas about the latter end of October, and that about 54 merchant vessels had sailed for the Corientee about the 27th of October, under the protection of the allied squadrons, who were taking measures to open the river as far as Paraguay. The Emperor was at the city of Rio Grande, where he was -very well received. The demand for coffee, for North America chiefly, has T reat, been Treat, and the price of this article has risen to—su perior, 3,250 reis to 3,400 reis; good, first, 3,100 reis to 3,150 reis ; good, second, 2,600 refs to 2,700 reis. The present stock is small, say about 11,000 bags. Sugars have rated at last quotations, but the Campos fleet had partly arrived, and about 2,800 cases are now on the market, for which prices have not yet opened. Freights were dull at 455. to 505. per ton. Six per Cent. Steck, 76%. PRINCE ALBERT'S LIBERAL DONATION.—From letter addressed to the parochial authorities of Clewer by Major-General Wemyss, it appears that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has spontaneously expressed his intention to present an annual sum—equal to the amount of rates which would have been payable had he been legally liable—to the parish of Clewer, in consideration of those portions of Flemish Farm which belong to that parish. This generous act on the part of his Royal Highness will, we imagine, lessen the number of malcontents at his denial of his liability to be rated, while, at the same time, it enforces that denial more emphatically than ever. In their acknowledgement of this gratuity, the churchwardens and overseers of Clewer express their decided opinion that there is no legal claim whatever upon the Prince-Consort for poor-rates upon Flemish Farm, while they also convey to him their deep sense of his muni ficence upon the present occasion. We have reason to believe that Lord Home will mov e the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech in the Hou,e of Lords. No Peer has yet been selected to second Lord Home. — Times. MIDDLE TEMPLE, JAN. 17.—The after-mentioned gentlemen were called to the bar on Friday, and published in the dining-hall this evening, viz., Thomas Wheeler, Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Messrs. William Morris, George William Bell, George Sweet Carr, and Thomas Garfit. AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS.—ID a letter to the electors of Norfolk, Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, one of the Members for that county, says —" I beg leave to make known to you that it is my intention to submit the censit!eration of the following proposition, by way of amend ment to the Address, on the opening of Parliament, on the 22d inst,, should circumstances seem to require it, viz.:— To assure her blojesty that, though we believe that the in dications of an approaching scarcity have been grossly exag ge:ated, if not wholly without foundation, we do neverthe less acknowledge that the mitigation of anything like a real Scarcity ought at all times, and under all circumstances, to tc Ilia paramount matter of interest, so as to weigh down every other consideration ; and therefore it is that we feel it to be our bounden duty to deplare, that we will most cl.eer fully accede to the adoption of any McP.Pures whiPh the Ex ecutive Government may initiate, as measures either of INP caution or relief, and as applicable either to Ireland, or to any other part of the empire, which shall not in any way compromise the broad principle of protection to the native soil, from the heart of which the great mass of the popula tjou hitherto, under God's blessinsr, through strange vicissitudes, Been 4.6. - iBP.Vv supplied, and from the decay of which they may 4 hereafter thrown inpo wretchedness , • • ' • NC.:2t' 4 W PAX' " • TnE SUN. LONDON. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1846. COURT CERCULAR. 1 THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS' WINDSOR, MoNDAT.—The Queen held a Court this afternoon at the Castle. Earl Grey had an audience of her Majesty, and deli vered the ensigns of the Order of the Garter worn by his late father. Her Majesty held a Chapter of the. Most Noble Order or the Garter. The Knights Companions having been robed in the armoury in their mantles and collars, passed into St. tieorge's Hall, where they were called over by Garter King of Arms. The Knights Companions pre sent were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince George, the Duke of Rutland, Duke of Welling ton, Marquis of Exeter, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Buceleuch, Marquis of Lansdowne, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Cleveland, Marquis of Abercorn, Earl Talbot, and the Earl of Powis. The officers of the order attended in their mantles, chains, and badges. There w re present., the Prelate. the Bishop of Winchester, the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford, the Registrar, the Honourable and Very Rev. the Dt an of Windsor ; Garter Principal King of Arms, Sir Charles Young ; and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus %V. J. Clifford, Bart. The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted from the private apartments to the Garter Room, by tha Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the Household. Her Mej. sty being seated on a chair of state, the Knights, attended by the Officers of the Order, proceeded into the presence of the Sovereign. The Chancellor re maining at the door, not having been sworn. The Knights Companions being seated, the Registrar signified to the Sovereign that the Right Rev. Dr. Samuel 'Wilberforce, Lord Bishop of Oxford, attended at the door of the Chapter-room, and humbly prayed to be admitted to take the oath of office as Chancellor of CONOERT. The Hanover-square R oms were well filled last even ing by a fashionable audience, who ass"mbled for the purpose of hearing the unique performances of some new candidates for public favour, who entitle themselves "The Ethiopian Serenaders." The party consists of fire vocal and instrumental performers, whose bend comprises—an accordion, some banjos, a tamborine, and the " bones," the latter, forming a striking pecu liarity in negro concert music. The singing of the celebrated Jim Crow (Ric.), has made the public in some measure familiar with " darkey" music, but his melodies were of too burlesque a character to convey any accurate idea of the genuine Ethiopian harmony. It is well known to all who have travelled in the United States of America that the negro population cul tivate the science of sweet sounds to no ordinary extent; many of their melodies have been married to English poetry, and hundreds who sing t 'ern are not aware that for these charming airs they are indebted to the sable sons of Africa. It is to bring before an English public the genuine Ethiopian melodies that Mr. Dumbleton, and his band of musicians, visit England, after having made a triumphal trair through the United States, and been received with the utmost end usiastn by all parties, even by the chief magistrate himself, who requested their servic?s at the Presidential mansion. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE _OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIHECT RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—My attention has been drawn to an advertise ment, which appeared in your columns on the sth inst., containing certain resolutions, passed at " a meeting, most respectably attended, of landowners and occupiers of land, he►d at the Bear Inn, Wantage, the 12th of January, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of opposing the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway Company for an Act of Parliament to form th , ir line." At this meeting Philip Smith Coxe, Esq., presided. The Chairman, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Robey were ap pointed trustees cf a fund to be raised for opposing the Bill in Parliament, and obe deposited in the bank of Messrs. Barnes and Medley. These three trustees, with Messrs. Barnard, Dearlove, and Goodwin, were formed into a committee for the general direction of the buil rhp n ; Mr. J. H. Ansell was appointed secretary ; and Messrs. Bitcholf and Coxe were requested to undertake the conduct of the proceedings. • The resolutions of such a meeting, whose future ope- rations are to be carried on by a chairman, committee, trustees, bankers, solicitors, and secretary, are calcu lated not only to attract public notice, but to excite some little apprehension on the part of those to whose objects, however well matured and honourably supported, this formidable array is opposed. The readers of your jour nal, and of other papers in which probably this adver tisement has been published, may reasonably consider that the opinions of " a meeting, most respectably at tended, of landowners and occupiers of land," whose re solutions were " moved, seconded, and carried unani mously," are entitled to respect, as embodying the sen timents of a large proportion at least of the residents in the vicinity of Wanta;:, , e, on a subject of great local in terest ; and the public in general, who of late have most prrpnly viewed with scrutiny, if not distrust, all proposals for the construction of railways, may be in duced, by the resolutions to which I refer, to class " the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway" amongst those which are undeserving of local or general patronage. The opinions and resolutions of the recent meeting at Vantage, on which I ant desirous to make a few com ments, are the following, viz.:— _ _ With so smAl an orchestra (for the company is complete in itself, and derives no aid from other profes sors), it is really wonderful how such striking effects as they produce are brought about. The entirely novel character of the performances are their least recommendation, for the inimitable drol lery of the darkeys, and their snatches of pathos alter nately excite our smiles and sensibilities. Not a little amusing, too, are the rapid and grotesque motions of the tambourinist and the bone•player ; the latter dis playing the most wonderful dexterity in handling his singular instruments. The performances last evening consisted of concerted pieces, glees, duets, and songs, which were given with the utmost spirit and effect, which kept the audience in a state of novel surprise from the opening " Grand quick step" to the finale. Many persons are apt to a-sociate Nigger singing with vul garity, but this is a popular error. In the performance of Mr. Dumbleton's company, there was nothing what ever said or implied which could offend the most fastidi ous. The occasional conundrums (of which it is known negroes are especially fond) were good, and told well. In the " Coloured Fancy Ball" we were pre sente 1 with a speemen of the only American opera as yet written; and the song of "Ole Bull and Ole Dan Tucker" was given with infinite humour. So also was Dis Nigger's Journey to New York." But we can not particularize, and may only add, that the " Ethio pians" made a decided hit, and will, doubtless, be the rage for a time, and after having earned pictorial honours and pecuniary profit, return to Brother Jona than with substantial marks of the approbation of John Bull, who though unwilling to relinquish his Oregonian rights, is never slow to appreciate and reward real talent, whether of English or American origin. the Most Noble Order; whereupon, by her Majesty's command, the Chancellor, wearing his mantle of purple velvet over his episcopal habit, was introduced between Garter and Black Rod, the former carrying on a velvet cushion the purse, gold chain, and badge. The Chan• cellor knelt on the left hand of the Sovereign, and the oath was administered to him by the Registrar. His Lordship was then invested by the Queen with the gold chain and badge, and having received from her Majesty the purse, had the honour to kiss hands, and retired to his place on the left hand of the Sovereign. The Chancellor signified to the Chapter her Majeyty's royal pleasure that the two vacant stalls in the Royal Chapel of St. George at Windsor, should be filled, and as by the statutes none but Knights can be elected, th Most Honourable George Charles, Marquis Camden was introduced by Garter King of Arms and Black Rod The sword of state, borne by Sir William Martins, Gen tleman Usher, having been handed to the Queen, by the Lord Chamberlain, her Majesty was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood therewith. Hie Lordship, having kissed the Sovereign's hand, retired. The Most Honourable Richard Marquis of Hertford was introduced and knighted with the same ceremony. The Knights Companions proceeded to the election, and the suffrages having been collected by the Chancel lor and presented by him to the Queen, her Majesty commanded him to declare that the Most Honourable George Charles Marquis Camden had been duly elected a Kn►ght Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. " That the suggested 'lines of railway from Oxford to Salisbury direct' is quite u walled for, inasmuch as there is neither passengers' or goods traffic along the proposed line requiring such accommodation, and, consequently, that whilst a great sacrifice of private property must take place, no adequate, if any, benefit can possibly arise to the public by the formation of such a line," and " That, as the line throughout presents one unbroken agricultural district, possessing, within easy distances, markets and fairs, amply sufficient to absorb all the produce thereof, the scheme in question appears a more wanton speculation of the day, possessing neither merit in itielf, OR a reasonable prospect of a return for capital requiredfor the undertaking." It is difficult to conceive language more condemnatory of " the suggested line," than the terms in which " the meeting of landowners and occupiers of land" have thus promulgated their " unanimous" opinion. A semblance of truth is ingeniously shed over the premises from which the gentlemen present at the meeting, have drawn their authoritative conclusions ; and would, if capable of proof, warrant, in some measure, the strong terms of reprobation in which they have publicly ex pressed their determination to " use their best endea vours, individually and collectively, to defeat the pro posed measure in Parliament." The first resolution declares " that the suggested line of railway is quite uncalled-for." I adopt the language of the meeting for the purpose of showing that this declaration is literally untrue. This line of railway has been actually called for, both orally and in writing, as I will proceed to prove. On the 24th of October last, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Abingdon, convened by the Mayor, in compliance with a requisition forwarded to him, was held in the Council Chamber there. to consider the expediency of the proposed Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway. At this meeting, numerously attended, the Mayor presided, and the following resolution, proposed and seconded by members of the Town Council, was unaniously passed : . 4 That, in the opinion of this meeting, the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway would be beneficial to the town, and was therefore deserving of their support." And on the sth of November last, being a market day, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Wantage and the adjacent district, called by advertisement in the eleven newspapers circulating in the counties of Berks, Wilts, Oxford, and Somerset, and also in the Times newspaper, was held, not at the Bear Inn, but in the Town-hall, to consider the expediency of this line being formed. At this latter meeting, also numerously at • tended, Thomas Goodlake, Esq., of Letcomb Regis (a parish immediately adjoining Wantage), one of the Ma gistrates for the county of Berks, took the chair, and a resolution, with scarcely a dissentient voice, was car ried— GREAT BERKAMPSTEAD, HERTS. In accordance, with the public announcement a meet ing was held in this town on Friday last, in the Odd Fellows Lodge-room, Chaffcut ers Inn, much to the chagrin of the protectionists of this neighbourhood, who, but a few days before, elated with the success of Mr. Hulsey, the monopolist candidate, said the League or its agents never dared to venture into the town. The chair was taken by Mr. Cranston, of Hemel Hemp stead, at seven o'clock. The room was well filled at the commencement, and before the meeting was over several were unable to gain admittance. The Chairman opened the business of the evening, by referring to the question at issue at the present time, and, in conclusion, intro duced Mr. Falvey to the meeting. Mr. FALVEY then rose and addressed the meeting at a considerable length, commencing with the history of the corn-law of 1773, which he termed the most liberal corn-law, allowing corn to come in at a regis tration-duty of Bs. per quarter, when the price reached 48s. per quarter. He then showed to the meeting, that protection to the farmer was not that sort of protection which he was in the habit of thinking it was, inasmuch as the farmer was a consumer as well as a producer —the arable farmer consuming the produce of the dairy farmer—he pays more for the same butter by 20s. per cwt., cheese, 10s. per cwt., and the consumer of hops paying 41. 103. more for the Lame ale, at the expense of the other, for the maintenance of the corn-laws, taking out of one pocket to put into another—in short, robbing Paul to pay Peter. He then showed that there were three conditions necessary to make the farmer prosper ous, namely, regularity of price, security of tenure, and capital to employ on the land. No man doubted but that a change was coming, but, unless it was a complete settlement of the question, the League was solemnly pledged not to rest while a ray of the corn-laws remained.—(lmmense cheers.) Their opponents had now changed their ground, and they cried out for protection to native industry. He would ask were not cotton, cloth, woollen goods, silks, watches, and porcelain as much the produce of native industry as wheat and beef ? Mr. Cobden had ten acres of ground at Chorley, where he paid in wages 30,000/. a year for labour employed there, and taking an average of every man, woman, and child, he paid 13s. per week ; some as high as 305., and some skilled hands 40s. or 50s. When the produce of their labour was ac complished, had he not a right to send and sell the same in the world's wide market. After alluding to the va rious agricultural dinners that have been hell of late, he said the working men have been studying economy while the Dukes have been idle, and as an instance he referred to the Goatacre meeting, where he pointed out the knowledge of the working men in the agricultural districts. After alluding to the assertions of Sir Minto Farquhar, at Hertford, where he said land in Poland was let at ss. an acre, and the wages are 3s. llid.—(how nice a calcula tion !)—(cheers)—he showed that a man might get many acres for a week's work, and in England a labourer was compelled to give 8/. an acre for his potato ground. He said labour alone is what makes fand valu able, and if it is not, why plenty of land might be got. even 140 acres in the Oregon, for settling there. He then made a comparison between the Duke of Richmond, as Prime Minister, and Punch, and of the two he pre ferred the latter. lie concluded by saying, if Sir Robert Peel would bring forward a total and immediate repeal, let him be backed in it; but they must depend on them selves, and their just rights cannot long be withheld from them. Then, by the Sovereign's comm Ind, his Lordship wai received at the door of the Chapter-room by Earl Talbot and the Earl of Powis, the two Junior Knights Companions Fresent, and was conducted between them to her Majesty, preceded by Garter (bearing the en signs of the order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and by Black Rod. The Marquis Camden knelt near the Queen, and Garter King of Arms presenting on his knee the Garter, the Noble Marquis was invested therewith by the Queen, assisted by the two senior knights present, the Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition. The Queen, having received the Ribbon and George from Garter King of Arms, put the same over his Lordship's left shoulder, the Chancellor pronouncing the customary admonition. The Marquis again kissed her Majesty's hand, and having received the congratu lations of each of the Knights Companions retired. :'he Chapter proceeded to a second election, and the suffrages having been collected by the Chancellor, were presented to the Queen, w hen the Most Hon. Richard Marquis of Hertford was declared duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ; the Noble Mar quis was introduced, and was invested by her Majesty with the Garter, and the Riband and George, with the like ceremonies. The Chapter being ended, the Knights Companions were called over by Garter, and, together with the officers of the Order, retired from the presence of her Majesty. The Queen wore the mantle and collar of the Order at the Investiture. The Prelate stood on the right of the Queen, the Chancellor on the left, the other officers of the Order remaining at the bottom of the table. The Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes, and the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, were behind her Majesty on the left ; and the Lord Chamberlain, with the sword of state, on the opposite side. The officers of the Royal Household in waiting occupied their usual stations. " Tbat, in the opinion of this meeting, the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, passing near to the town of Wantage, will be highly beneficial to the town and its neighbourhood, and is therefore entitled to the support of the inhabitants." Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham were present at the august ceremony. _ _ _ So much for parol evidence produced from the towns of Abingdon and %Vantage, distant about ten miles apart, and adjoining the line of the proposed railway. My do cumentary testimony to prove that " the suggested line" is called for is the following, viz.:— In the course of a very few days, in the month of No vember last, testimonials, " approving of the line, and desiring that it may be speedily formed," were signed by inhabitants of every city and town directly affected by it in the following numbers, viz. : Inhabitants of Abingdon 203 Hungerford 93 - Oxford l9O - Wantage Landowners, farmers, end dealers attending Ater the Investitm:e, the Duke of Richmond had an aud;ence of her Majesty, to present addresses. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting, Marquis of ()monde, Lord in Waiting, Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Wait ing, Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting, Colontl Buckley, Equery in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie, Equery in Waiting to Prince Albert, the Groom of the Robes, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and the Honourable Mr. Forbes, Pages of Honour in Waiting, and the Field Officer in Waiting. The Yoeman Guard in their Coronation costume were on duty i❑ St. George's Hall, the Armoury, and the Guard Chamber. Sir George Lee, the Lieutenant, Mr. Ellenthorp, the Adjutant, and Sir Samuel Hancock, Exon in Waiting. Wantage Market -136 .... 73 Inhabitants of Salisbury A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, com manded by Colonel Spottiswoode, attended during the Court in the Grand Quadrangle with the band of the regiment. The Queen gave a grand dinner party in the evening, to which all the Knights of the Order of the Garter pre sent at the Chapter were honoured with invitations, and were present, with the exceptions of his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, who left the Castle in the afternoon for Kew, and the Marquis of Anglesey, who was prevented by indisposition from being present, and who also took his departure from the Castle in the afternoon. Making a total of. Evidence of the meetin g s at Abingdon and Wantage is to be found in the London and Provincial newspapers. The inclosed copy of the testimonials, sent for your own satisfaction, bears out the latter assertion. And, as re gards the Wantage testimonials (which I select for the especial attention of the gentlemen present at the recent meeting), I appeal with confidence to the whole of that neighbourhood, when I assert that the signatures repre sent an amount of wealth and intelligence fully en titled to the deep respect and serious attention of the public at large. The g€ ntlemen present at the recent meeting assert, in their resolutions, that " there is neither passengers' nor goods' traffic along the proposed line requiring rail way accommodation," and that the line throughout pre sents one unbroken agricultural distric , possessing, within easy distances, markets and fairs, amply suffi cient to absorb all the produce thereof." True, it is, " and pity 'tis, 'tis true," that at present there.is but Mr. BOUTEM then rose, and drew a severe contrast between the meeting of that evening and the one held on the early part of the week at Royston, when the protectionists passed a resolution after dinner that they would not use the house which was kept by two orphan girls, if they let the League have the use of the room which they bad engaged, thus depriving them of the benefit of letting the room when they might do so to their advantage, and urged strongly on the meeting the neeessity of attending to the registration. The CHAIRMAN then rose and asked if any one had any questions to ask, or any thing to advance for or against what the lecturer had said, and invited discussion, but to no purpose. Mr. J. SEWELL moved, and Mr. A. EVANS seconded, the following resolution : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marchioness of Camden, the Marquis of Granby, the Earls of Liverpool, Delawarr and Jersey ; Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford, the Honourable and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, the Provost of Eton, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Major-General and Lady Isa bella Wemyss, Mr. and Mrs. W. Harcourt, Sir George and Lady Couper, Hon. and Rev C. Leslie Courtenay, Mr. Ralph Neville, Sir John M. Burgoyne (Grenadier Guards), Lieut.-Colonel Williams (2d Life Guards), and Mr. Glover, were also present at the banquet. Dinner was served in the Waterloo Gallery, the can delabrum of " St. George," the Patron Saint of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the most magnifiA cent in the royal treasury, forming the principal orna ment in the centre of the table, which was covered with numerous ice pails aad pine stands, and was brilliantly illuminated with numerous candelabra (filled with wax lights), the whole of silver gilt. The beautiful lustres in _ little traffic along the whole line of the proposed line, but there is a great deal of traffic on parts of it. There is no public conveyance between Oxford and Salisbury, as the residents in those cities, and the districts north of the former and south of the latter, know to their incon venience. The most expeditious means and channel of transit, are by the Great Western and South-Western Railways aid London ; for a traveller between Oxford and Salisbury, unless he be furnished with his own car riage, or hire a conveyance for his special use, cannot travel by any public means between the one city and the other in a less time than from twelve to thirteen hours, and then instead of pursuing a direct line of 56 miles, he must take a circuitous route by Marlborough and Swindon. It would be absurd to argue, that because there is not at the present day a large and increasing traffic between any two given points, across a district of country capable of almost incalculable improvement, hitherto neglected, and to a great extent allowed to lie waste, and therefore a favourite locality for fox-hunting, no improvement is to be attempted, no facilities of trar.sit afforded, no impetus given either to agriculture or manufactures; the inhabitants to be deprived of those railway appliances, by means of which they know that other parts of the country have been greatly bcnefitted, arid that the progress of science, intelligence, and in dustry is to be arrested at each of the termini. The same argument would contend that a large proportion of the intermediate province shall remain a wild, unculti vated, and desolate plain, and the whole bo preserved as a memorial to posterity of the ignorance, as well as the selfishness, of the present " landowners and occupiers of land." On this part of the subject I cannot do better than give the following extrrst from a speech made by Mr. Towle, of Oxford, at the \Vantage meeting, on the sth of November : " That this Meeting highly approves of the efforts of the Anti-Corn law League to increase the constituency of this county, and pledges itselt to assist, with all their power, in carrying into effect so important an object." A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and three cheers for the League, and the meeting quietly separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Although far below the average of former years, the business transacted yesterday afternoon showed a ten dency towards improvement —more decidedly so, how ever, on the Chester Cup than the Derby. For that event there were three distinct " pots "—Best Bower, Warp, and Mickey Free—their prices ranging between 50 and 33 to 1, and closing, as near as we can venture to guess them, at 35 to 1. Several other bets were made at the previt 'us quotations. Beyond a marked improve. ment in Spithead, whose supporters would have gone on at the prices quoted, the Derby transactions are devoid of interest; and the only bets on the Oaks were 200 to 10 agst Cuckoo, and 700 to 20 agst Fantastic. The Newmarket Handicap promises to be a bad betting race. Two or three parties were disposed to take odds, but the only bet laid was 1,000 to 25 agst Pugilist. Closing prices:— CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 35 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—taken 35 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Warp -taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn —taken 1,000 to 20 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns —taken 50 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Flattery 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pattison names Little Cassino. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 6 to 1 14 to 1 apt General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 27 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm 33 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—t. and af. offd. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken 40 to lagstSir o J k . e T f w ß l i eL in 's l o l n u a rr s dTruogmk—ott.—at. nd an a d f. a o f. ffd. 1000 to 25 agst p of. 10 5 0 0 t t o o 2 1 0 a a g og s r, t ft L osu o ir r r d .t. i Ex's rnwwo e r t t e h r io g G t o a a l s t a s c h o a l t r — s t o t n . a_n t a d k a f. on o t ff h t 1,000 to 40 agst Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill and R a .. dulphus—takea. OAKS. 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Cuckoo—taken ffToh3oso the Liverpool v 1 e4 a rt g ph s o t f l s r t le L ae i rp t c t l l he e l d e' s F. The eaaninidtoarsstoi Hurdle f t o a r k e t n. o the e Races come first, oo which 1001. will be added, must be named on the 28th inst. ; and for the Hurdle Race on the 22d inst. ; 501. will be added to the latter. The entry for Lord Sefton's Plate of 50/. on the Flat, will be on the 12th of February. this Gallery were also lighted on this occasion. The Band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance in one cf the galleries during dinner, and performed the f.llowing pieces : Fantasia on favourite subjects, from Meyerbeer and Don: zeal. Waltz, "Die Rheinlender "—Hillman. Polka, " Ernestinew "—Kuliner. Cavatina con Coro (Separate, 0 figli I Iddio), from Nebucodonosor Verdi. " — m K e n u d h e n i s e o r h . o o n's Overture (Di e G ov i e e m kn e e tit sP fr i o e m i A G a l i l e o g p r , n , Meerestille). Potpourri, " La Polka Manie "—Kuhner. Quick March, " Mein Herz ist ani Rhein." After dinner her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle and performed the folllwiag pieces : Overture, " Promethee "—Beethoven. March, " Zauberflote"—Mozart. Allegro, Sinfonia, No. 12—flarin. Minuet and Trio—Kallewoda. Sehergo—Mendelssohn. Adagio and Rondo—Reissiger. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. The incessant rain during the day has prevented the Royal Family from being taken their usual exercise. " He was satisfied that the formation of a railway was all that was required to raise the property of Wantage and its neighbourhood to a level with that of any other part of the country. At present they were under great disadvantages. Their poor had to suffer all the priva tions of other neighbourhoods, with the additional ca lamity of scarcity of fuel. Coal, in his neighbourhood, cost at present'2ss. per ton. He was close on the lilac of the Great Western Railway, but received no benefit from it except in quickness of transit. Their line had been very expensive, and probably they could not afford to carry for less, and they were then charging within a fraction of 2d. per ton. He himself paid 10s. per ton for coals in Bristol, and 245. 6d. when he got them at his mills near Oxford. The promoters of the Great Western, previous to its formation, promised that 80,000 tons of coal a-year should be carried to Oxford, but they had grievously disappointed the public in that respect.—(Cheers.) The formation of the line wo u ld almost double the value of t he land and its produce. At present their hay, straw, and corn were sent int o th e manufacturing districts where it was sold at the prices which the same articles fetched that were grown in, the neighbourhood, the whole expense of the transit fallinc, on the producers. T he nei g hbourh ood was one of the best in the world for manufactures. Witney ought to have several tall chimneys, an to turn. their wool into blankets. A Abingdon ough . t to make lar ge quant i t i es o f coarse carpeting, instead of sending their wo o l a t a l arge expense i n t o Yorkshire. Mr. Hud son I a d stated bi.f .re a committee of Parliament that one engine would con vey 95 wa t gons . , at the rat e o f 18 m il es an h our, eac h waggon convepn.r, five tons of coal, at an expense f about 9d. per mile, and his opinion was that a railway passing through a neighbourhood was equal to bringing a coal mine into it. In his jud 4 ment coals ought to be supplied at 12s. per ton." And Mr. Goodlake, the Chairman, concurred in these remarks, when he expressed his opinion that " the gen tlemen who formed the deputation deserved the thanks of the meeting and of the town of Wantage for their efforts towards bringing a railway into the neighbour hood. He must Eay that as far as fox-hunting went, gentlemen might be injured by railways_ bu; the pros perity of the country 4c,(1 inhabitants, the warming tlieip in winter, and feeding them through the whole of SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Mr. Adams is en gaged to perform on the organ on Friday next. The selec tion includes several pieces by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, &c. ------- - RUSSIA UNDER THE AUTOCRAT.—The work now exciting so much attention, bearing the title of " Russia under the Autocrat Nicholas 1.," is written by a Rus sian subject., of good family, and considerable literary celebrity, named Ivan Golovine, who, having been per mitted to quit the dominions of the autocrat, and enjoy the freedom of milder forms of government, has neg lected the arbitrary command from St. Petersburg that recalled him home, and to avoid the heavy penalty thus incurred, of banishment to Siberia, he has been forced to abandon his country, where his property has already been confiscated. M. Golovine has been employed in the service of the Emperor, and has had facilities for knowing the exact state of his prodigious empire which no foreigner could have obtained. He has chosen to publish his knowledge, and the result is such a . Williams W ynn e, IT H ..B o , ,ar a d m ii b r a p ss , dis closure of the secrets of the prison-house as must Diepp e astonish even those who have been prepared for similar revelations by the recently p u bli s h e d wor k s on Russia at Copenhagen, and La.lv Wynne, Sir H. IV left Brighton for Steam • ep P e ' by French and English writers. on Saturday afternoon, I;) , the Generalr Navigati on MARY Wynne left cul MARY HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL, " THE CITIZEN Company 'a steam-ship Menai. M • London, oi , Pna.oue."—We have no hesitati, n (says the John Bull) on Wednesday last, by the Princess Royal steamer, for in pronouncing ‘‘ The Citizen of Prague " a splendid Hamburgh. romance. All the characters, from the Empress Theresa and The Earl of Carlisle continues much in the s ame her Minister Kaunitz, down to the faithful serving-man, are state. Viscount Alorpeth, the Hon. C. the , •• admirably pourtrayed. Magda, which, after that of her Lady Mary Howard, are the only members of family at grandfather, Thomas Thyrnau, has evidently - received the present staying with the Noble Earl at Castle Howard. author's most elaborate touches, is a b eau tif u l crea ti on . i Carlisle Journal. Count Von Lacy, the 1 4 rince s s Morani, and the Princess The Duke of Sutherland is suffering from what Therese, are each of them finished portraits The deep in- is professionally called ramollissement of the brain — one of terest which the work inspires is unab a t e d to i ts close. The the most intractable to medical skill of all the ills that flesh description of the celebrated battle which was fought under is heir to.—Carlisle Journal. the walls of Prague, is powerfully told, and th e f am i ne strug- I t i s re dthat the America, 50, Captain the porte glen of the inhabitants, skilfully interwoven with the last Hon. John Gordon, as been sent with a broad pendant to moments of the Countess Lacy and the sufferings of Magda, 'and that the Grampus, 50 RN 4elißeated with thrilling effect. ; command on the Oregon coast ; ,'. Cart. Martin, will join her thflhwitli ! •• the year, was of far more vital importance than such sport. When he inked at the facili ies which would be afforded for the importation of fuel and the exportation of produce, he thought they had reason to rejoice that a railway was about to be formed near their town. Under these circumstances, having determined that the line would be beneficial, he trusted that the inhabitants of Wan tage would give the scheme as much encouragement as they possibly could."—(Cheers.) I a lmit—and having quoted the sentiments of Mr. Towle an.l Mr. Go..dlake, I am perfectly willing to do so—that the proposed line passes materially over an agri cultural district, but by no means over an unbroken one. The town of Abingdon, neglected in an unaccountable manner by railway proprietors and promoters, cannot be considered as a purely agricultural town. There are two highly respectable manufacturing and trading esta blishments there, employing between them (as I have been personally informed by their proprietors) not less than one thousand five hundred hands ; and there are moreover, between thirty and forty persons of respecta bility engage dus master manufacturers. In the article tonnage alone the inhabitants of Abingdon would be benefited to a very great amount by the proposed line, which would bring a railw‘iy close to their town, instead of requiring them, as at present, to send their goods to a station between three and four miles distant. The pitched market, established within the last twelve months, at \Vantage, at d which is steadily improving, owes much of its prosperity to railroads, being regularly attended by dealers from remote parts of the country, who would never otherwise have dreamt of dealing in corn there. At Salisbury, in consequence of the same expectant faci lities, it is also contemplated to establish a pitched market, and tha inhabitants of that ancient city look forward anxiously t o t h e advantages to be conferred upon them by i'ailway s , for enablingthem to re s ume the e x e rci s e of their almost un equalleewater-power, and again to flou rish in those manufacture s of cutlery and flannels for which they we re f ormerly most justly- famed. The lines of railway in progress and projection will necessarily make Oxford t o t h e north, and Salisbury to the south of " the suggest e d li ne, " two points om whence radii will diverge like th e outspread fingers cf the human hand. From the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Warwick shire, Staffordshire, and Norfolk (to some extent)._ from the mineral, and especially the coal regions of South `'ales, Staffordshire, and several of the midland counties, the products of industry will, by means of the proposed railway and its adjuncts, be brought at a much reduced price into this " agricultural district," whilst the produce of a land whose capabilities of pro duction remain to be testt d, will be unmeasurably aug mented in the :taple articles both of food and clothing, the means of transit diminished in time and expense ; and the private' property which the members of the late meeting weakly imagine would be sacrificed, will be (as has always in similar cases been proved) very largely increased. It appears, however, in the opinion of those gentle men, that " the scheme in question is a mere wanton speculation of the day, possessing neither merit in itself nor a reasonable prospect of a return for capital required for the undertaking." They have a perfect right, I ad mit, to entertain this opinion, but, as I will presently en deavour to show, they have no right to publish it. They do not, I apprehend, imagine that any persons of the pre sent day are so deeply imbued with the principles of universal philanthrophy as to construct a railroad at their personal expense, for the mere satisfaction of conferring a material advantage upon the town of Wantage and its neighbourhood, highly respectable as the inhabitants undoubtedly are. They cannot, I should suppose, con ceive that modern benevolence is so universal as to in clude their " unbroken," and, as some people believe, neglected " agricultural district" in a rapidly advancing system of general utility, without thinking that the pro moters of an honourable, useful, and, its has been shown, highly approved project, may also look forward to an honest participation in the general good. The principles, however, upon which this railway has been brought for ward, were ably and truly developed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management. at the meeting held at %Vantage, on the sth of November:— "He assured the meeting that it was the determina tion of the directory to carry out the measure if they possibly could. It was a bona .fide scheme, and the Di rectors proved it to be so by their acts ; they were not asking persons to furnish them with money, taking the chance of having it returned, but they had themselves providee, the necessary funds for carrying on the sur veys and preparing the necessary parliamentary docu ments. Their engineer was bound to finish the survey in proper time, and would be a loser to the extent of 1,000/. if he failed to do so. He was, therefore, bound by his own interest, as well as for the sake of his pro fessional reputation, to finish the survey by the time ap pointed. Be could assure the meeting that every atten tion would be paid to laying out the line, it being mani festly the iutt rest of the promoters of the line to inter fere as little as possible with valuable property." In corroboration of this statement, I have only to re mark that the principles thus laid down have been acted upon to the letter; the whole of the Parliamentary plans, sections, and books of reference have been depo sited in all the necessary offices, and with all the ap pointed authorities ; the requisite notices have been served upon the landowners, lessees, and occupiers (hence these tears!), and all the standing orders have been fully complied with. The sneer which the gentlemen of the late meeting have thought fit to introduce by way of " sting in the tail" of their resolutions is utterly unworthy of fair and honourable opponents, I allude to the original inser tion of the names of persons in the list of the provi sional committee. To say the least of it, the charge is deplorably stale, and, in the terms used, it is not true. It was, however, fully and satisfactorily explained, both at the meetings I have above referred to and in the pub lic press. I refer your readers to that faithful record of daily occurrences, which in these days of enlightenment and intelligence seldom errs—l believe I may say, never materially errs without detection and exposure. There is something justly imposing in the resolutions of a public meeting, and a very large majority of your readers would believe that those to which I have taken the liberty to refer, were passed in such an assembly. The formula which they adopt, the functionaries whom they appoint, the style of serious business which they as sume, impress the mind with imaginary multitudes, im portance, and solemnity. A resolution, proposed, se conded, and unanimously passed, implies, in the estimate of the humblest understanding, a❑ explanatory speech, a confirmatory address, a brief appeal to surrounding numbers from an independent president, and an un opposed vote carried by loud acclamation, or silent show of hands. The excitement and exhilaration of a popular assembly have often produced great and unexpected effects, and in the present day, when many signal re sults have been worked out by means of public meet ings, those who desire to operate on the mind of the many, arc apt, wisely enough, to resort to this course to effect their object. Nor is there a better expedient for giving publicity to opinions, whether of a political ten dency, of local interest, or for the purpose of promul gating or opposing a public project, Having thus dealt, and I hope fairly, with the resolu tions of the meeting, " most respectably attended by land owners and occupiers of land," I will say one word about the meeting itself. I learn, from local information, that the meeting consisted of seven gentlemen only; from the same source, that Mr. Coxe, the chairman, is a member of the very respectable firm of Bischoff and Coxe, the solicitors to whose care the proceedings in Parliament in opposition to the " Oxford and Salisbury Railway Com pany" are entrusted ; and I further learn that Mr. An sell, the secretary appointed at the meeting, is the manager of the Wantage Branch Bank of Messrs. Barnes and Medley (the bankers of this self. constituted committee), whose principal establishment is at Far ringdon. Let your readers glance over the names of the chairman, committee, trustees, bankers, solicitors, and secretary, and they will find that the whole of them were present or represented at the meeting of seven gen tlemen at the Bear Inn at Wantage. Thus we find in Mr. Coxe the united characters of chairman, solicitor, trustee, and committeeman; in Mr. Stone and Mr. Roby the two latter functions; and in Mr. Ansel!, per sonally and by representation, the somewhat incongruous duties of banker and secretary. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary. Moorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Jan. 19, 1846. PLYMOUTH THEATRE. (From the Devonport Independent.) The engagementf of Mr. Macready has proved a valuable one for the interests of this theatre, that gentleman's bril liant performances having attracted crowded audiences during the week. This great artiste has not appeared before a Ply mouth audience for five years prior to his present engage ment, and, as may have been anticipated, much pleasure was evinced by the playgoers of this neighbourhood on beholding the finished acting of this favourite, not merely of the Ply mouth boards, but of the British stage generally. During the week Mr. Macready has appeared in Hamlet, Ri c h e li eu, Othello, and IVerner, in all of which characters he has been well supported by the company. On Thursday evening his 'Othello was a powerfully fine peiformance, and the audience repeatedly manifested at interval, of g the good fortun e t t i h w e i r p e d r e fo l n c lz f la r e . vehemently a a d p y pl a h u a d d i n to be supported on the occasion by one of the best lago's we ever saw. Mr. Paumier is an actor of whose_ ability, from the first part we saw him play, we entertained not the slightest doubt, but, talented as we believed him to be, we did not anticipate so much excellence as h e ex hibit e d in the arduous p art of lago. It was ever achieved by a provincial actor, naonde the audience, espe cially that p ar t o f i t located in the lower of p a th rt e g ef r t e h atst the house, bore ample testimony to the actor's great ability. At the fall of the curtain there was a loud cry for Macready and Pau ' mier, and the former gentleman at once responded to the wishes of the audience, and bowed his acknowledgment. The call for Paumier was now redoubled, proceeding from all parts of the house, boxes, pit, and gallery, and at length that gen tleman made his appearance, and received the honours he had so well earned. The farce on this evening was Mother and Child are doing Well, in which Mr. Clement White, the well known vocalist and composer, appeared in the part of Lieutenant 0' Scupper, and sustained it throughout " to the life." He has a fine rich brogue, and in our opinion is des tined at no very distant period to become a favourite in Irish characters. ADMISSION OF SOLICITORS.—The number of per sons applying for admission as solicitors, &c., in the present term, as shown by the list exhibited at Westminster Hall, is 166. !The number applying for admission pursuant to judges' orders is four; and the number of applications for renewal Of certificates on the last day of term is 28. The marriage of the lion. Miss Mary Constantia Clifford, second daughter of Lord Clifford of Ugbrooke, to William Vavasour, third son of Sir Edward Vkvasour, of Hazelwood Hall, Tadcaster, took place or_ ulonday last, in the Catholic Chapel attached to Allertt - in rark, near Green Ilammerton, Yorkshire, the seat Lord Stourton, whose lady is aunt to the bride's tno,+ t hq. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev, J. VOclo (S, JO, in the presence of the contracting ,artiei, and of others of the neighbouring The bride was given away by Lord Clifford , i and after the ceremony they left for Harrogate, to pass the honey' moon. A ball and supper at the park conclade 4 t he festivi ties of the wedding- day. ireefcn SIR CHARLES WOLSELEY IN RE PLY To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SlR,—The Sun of the 30fli December has been this day sent to me. •It contains an article on a certain letter I ad dressed to the working classes in the manufacturing districts, through the Stockport Advertiser. Had there not been some thing pithy in my letter you would not have noticed it; be fore I had meddled with it, had I been the editor of The Sus, I would have been sure of my facts. You assume, Sir, and you get into an argument on tba assumption, the Earl Talbot " has to labourers!" You as sume that the Earl's " personal exertions" are not brought into action, because forsooth " he lets hi s estate, and does not cultivate himself." You assert " that the Earl is a 7 cirri aria among landlords, as he must pay his tenants' labourers in the cultivation of his estates, because he can have none of his own ;" and, to finish with assumptions and assertions, you say the Earl has, except servants, grooms, gamekeepers, &c., no one to pay the I2s. a week wages to. Now, Sir, just give me leave to tell you, not one of your assumptions or assertions has even a semblance of truth therein ! I c,uld not have pitched on two men more (Tropp!: than Lord Talbot and Mr. Cobden, " as the'lespective representa tives of the landed and trading interest. for the purpse of institwing a comparison between them ;" for, unfoitunattly for all your assumption-, Lord Talbot is certainly the best farmer, and one of the most extensive cultivators of land in all England, employs an immense number of labourers, and farms in the first-rate style; and as to his Lordship's " pstr sonai exertions," on that score he is certainly not to be put in the back Ground even when compared to Mr. Cobden! unless the printer of datlidowndillies is a man of more use in the world than the one who produces food; then, indeed, his Lords!iip would be obLioed-to,knock under. I thank yotrforbtkluggiven me, at any rate, a part of my titles; but why not! , have added " the matter-of-tact Baro net ?" and I think by the time the public has read the above, they will have found out that a little more of " matter of fact" from Time Sun would have given greater effect to Ms article. Now, Sir, allow me to repeat my advice to the manufactur ing workmen. I did not "guess" that Mr. Cobden's capital is 5,0001.; I guessed it was so. May I ask yen out of whose blood and sweat do the other " ten times that amount," you assert it to be, come from ? Why, his workmen, to be sure. There fore, when the abominable corn-laws are repealed, together with the more abominable Currency Bill of 1819, I tell these men to have their eyes on the maters' gains, for I shall always think they have got profit enough for any reasonable man already! Anti as the League promises a cheap loaf to the workmen, e'en let them have it without the masters crying out " Halves !" I am not " a protectionist" in your sense of the word ; in principle I detest the corn-laws. But, Sir, most of you Leaguers seem to have forgot the origin of them. Let me just put you in mind of a "matter of tact," by way of keep ing up my character. At the end of the war the Bank was to return to a metallic currency, but, unfortunately, the debt had doubled, and both Whigs and Tories said to Peel, "If you do away-with the paper currency, give us the corn-laws;" there, then, was the bargain. Now, Sir, you will g i ve me leave to say it is somewhat sly in the League, and somew h at dishonest too, to wish to do away with only a part of the bargain. Let us only have fair play, and the corn might come in from Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; f or , in my opinion, the bane of England is not the corn-laws alone — Peel's Bill must be added to them.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. WOLSELEY. Jan. 16, 1846. [lithe "matter-of-fact" Baronet had read the article of the 30th of December, on which be comments, he would have found the following passage :—"Now, if Earl Talbot were to employ himself in productive labour, as Mr. Cobden does (if he were to cultivate his estate himself, instead of letting it), he too would have an income of more than three per cent. on his capital—that is to say, he would have his three per cent. on his capital invested plus the profit of his labour." It is out of his profits as a farmer, and not out of his interest upon capital as a landowner, that Earl Tal bot pays his labourers. He pays no labourers' wages out of his three per cent., so that our position remains un touched. As to the " matter-ef-fact" Baronet's as sumptions and assertions with regard to Mr. Cobden's capital and profits, we think we may venture to quote his own words, and say to him, " Now, Sir, just give us leave to tell you, not one of your assumptions or assertions has even a semblance of truth therein." With regard to the currency law, we have ever denounced it as energetically as we have the corn-law, and an Anti-Gold Standard League, whenever it shall be formed, shall have our best support. If any such bargain as that alluded to, by "the-matter-of-fact" Baronet was entered into between Peel and the Landed Aristo cracy, such a bargain is as illegal as it is iniquitous, and this statement of the " matter-of-fact " Baronet, if it be "matter of fact," more than justifies the severe terms which have of late been applied to their conduct. The "matter-of-fact" Baronet has for years been agitating for a repeal of the currency-law, but has never said a word about a repeal of the corn-law. Might not a Leaguer retort upon him with some effect his " Now, Sir, you must give me leave to say it is somewhat sly, and some what dishonest too, to wish to do away with only apart of the bargain?"—En. Sun.] ANTI-CORN-LAW AND FREE TRADE MEETINGS. Since the meetings in favour of free trade, already enu merated in our columns, the following have taken place, and have been attended by numbers proportionate to the size of the different districts:— At Edinburgh, on Thursday last, in the Music Hall, with Baillie Duncan, the Lord Provost, in the chair. The assem bly was addressed by several advocates of the cause, and some spirited resolutions, expressive of thorough free trade principles, were unanimously adopted. At St. Austel, Cornwall, on Friday, with Mr. Hoskins, a local tradesman, in the chair. Petitions to the Houses of Lords and Commons, praying for the abolition of all avail able restrictions upon commerce, were adopted, and th e meet ing was addressed by F. S. Trelawny, Esq., M.P. At Stogumbcr, Somersetshire, on - Thursday evening, with B. Escott, Esq., M.P., in the chair. About 1,500 individuals were present, and the demonstration altogether was most enthusiastic. At Shepton Mallet, on Saturday, with the high Constable in the chair. The meeting, which was convened in the market-place, numbered somewhere about a thousand. At the Court-house. Marylebone where, on Saturday evening, the various metropolitan delegates assembled. Mr. George Daniell, churchwarden of Marylebone, presided. The assembly, besides protesting against tt.e duties levied upon articles of food, adopted a memorial to Sir Robert Peel against the continuation of the window-tax. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—An alteration has just been made in the arrangements for the departure of the Court for town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, will leave the Castle on Wednesday next, instead of Tuesday, the day originally fixed upon, for Buckingham Palace. A magnifi cent banquet will be given by her Majesty to-morro w even ing in the Waterloo Gallery. Invitations have been issued to between fifty and sixty royal and distinguished guests, including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of An ' glesea, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Hertford (who will be invested with the garter, vacant by the death of the late Earl Grey, at a chapter of the order which will be held by the Sovereign at three o'clock in the afternoon); the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Powis, and the Cabinet Ministers. The Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Yeomen of the Guard have been commanded to be in attendance. A grand concert will be given by her Majesty in the evening. The Queen's private band will be considerably augmented ; several instrumental performers having been engaged from town. The King of Wurtemberg is recovering corn his severe illness. The bulletin of the 12th inst. announces that the fever has left him entirely, although his Majesty is still at times tormented by a cough. THE TICKET AcT.—The sooner an Act of Parlia ment is passed to interpret the interpretation clause of the Ticket Act the better. It is in such terms as to throw every body into doubt and difficulty, and hundreds of framework knittei s out of employment. ACCIDENT BY A THRASHING MACHINE.-011 Wednesday last, a poor woman of the name of Ford, living at Glemsford, was assisting at a thrashing machine belonging to Mr. Morley, of the same parish, and by some means her foot slipped between the beaters, and was so much crushed that amputation was resorted to the same evening. The lioznan is in her 67th year.—Bury Herald. sur ' r r o h u e nding 17,0001. Additional sums are yet _e . xpe amount local o i f t y to subscriptionsthe League i Liverpoolnt,toend Fund i 9 tt 0 andw nearly ea t r b ly e Crown by els —Limerick Paper. Judge, Common Pt . . / a year Arthur reveg Moore, r t e o , e th m e . A retiring the dath pension of THE CRICKET IN THE PROVINCES.—We see from of e 2 h s ight Hon. ' " Cricket on the Hearth," h asjust of Dicken s Be the Northern Wh i g of Saturday, that Alberta been Smith's pro ducedadapta- tion at t he lfast theatre. If the numb er o f versions may be taken as a criterion of merit, Boz's cricket does not sing small. DISEASED POTATOES AGAIN.--The use of diseased potatoes in Ireland by the destitute poor is becoming, as as expected, a fruitful source of fever and disease. A fearful w in crease in the number of fever patients has taken place in the hospital of Fermoy.—Banner of Ulster. A MAN BURNT TO DEATH IN A CHIMNEY.—OIL Tuesday morning, a man named James Horror, a coal miner, was found burnt to death in a chimney, at Mr. Dearden's colliery, Birtle- cum-Bamford. It appeared he had called for assistance, when the workmen proceeded to pull down the chimney. ' but he was de a d w h en t h ey extr i cated him, and his body burnt almost to a cinder. fie had been seen in a state of intoxication the previous evening, and it is thought he went to sleep in the cabin, and that finding the door was fastened, and supposing the fire inside had been raked out, he attempted to get down the chimney, but got fast and burned. —Preston Guardian. FELO-DE-SE.—A sad case of self-destruction has recently occurred at Middle Aston, Oxon, and which ap pears to have been committed in consequence of the indi vidual fearing an exposure and punishment for having com mitted a petty robbery. The facts appear to be as follows : Mrs. Needle, a labourer's wife, detected Sarah Hawkings Bolton, also a labourer's wife, taking pig's food from & trough in Needle's hogstye. The latter went to Dlr. C. C. Dormer, a i ma,gisttite, raiding near at hand, and lodged a complaint agaidst Mrs. Bolton. This preyed on Bolton's mind, and before the case was heard she poisoned herself with white oxide of arsenic. At the inquest a verdict of Felo-de-se was returned, and the corpse was, on Friday night, interred at Steeple Aston churchyard, without religious rites. The wretched woman has left seven children, the youngest being but three years old. LIVERPOOL CONTRIBUTION TO THE LEAMJE FUND. —The following note has been received from Mr. Ewart:— " Leeds, Jan. 15.—My dear Sir—On my return from the Continent a short time ago, I sent a subscription of 1001. to the League Fund, in London, not being aware, at the tine, of your proposed meeting in Liverpool. I was very glad to see the many contributions you received on that occasion, and I feel obliged if you will add my name Or an additionalt_e sum, as a second subscription, of 1501., imiking 250/1 . t . whole.—l am, dear Sir, yours truly, Jos. C. EwART. 1; Rawlins, Esq." Mvsw ERIOI3 S 0 C CUE R EN a C t E L , : nng S n ti o s : IC l l :n u s s oni C e A of f E :he Thursday morning, a On \\, 7 educeay evening, or e a g p g p le ea h r a e v d in t g o committed, in a barn be on Thursday morning, they dis covered, i n o lur ng (i. n "z g r i t s o s 3 u i p r po c se h d a t r o le: h w a oa s rrn - e th, beaernly in n tyh the ground, saturated with blood, pink ribbon, and indications of a and appeared to be one that had belonged to a respectable person. '\Ve do not hear that there were a ny indications of a stru was trimmed servants nt eth i een,rste into a t The cap to a respectable had be one not hear t place in the barn, but there were considerable quan tities • • of blood on different parts of the floor, and near to the tales were dul:b a c ap an open razor was found likewise deeply stained with blood. A long track of blood was traced for a considerable - distance on the road which leads from the barn. Diligent search has been made by the police and the inhabitants of the district, without success. What renders the affair most mysterious is, the fact that no female or other person in the neighbourhood is missing, —Maccietfield Chronicle. S ~ f ~, ~ ~ -147.1 ad% ah BO 58 213/4 24 7!i 9 to 6 xn 2% 34 p it 1% 104 is 7% i - 5 4 4 6 4% NP 2 27 2% P 38 9 % 15N - 3N 18 3 14 -- 2% ....... 214 -- 274 . / 87 0 4 P 11% a 1% 14 214 44 3% 24 433/4 r grr p a per, moue tone rollA rd to alegs frool oak , t WO