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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS _ 1 __ Wells; Prlii'Srallrhaiilel—stY;BStag lids., Mon., Sunning-I ill White Cross hell—at 11. T s , Betlew-lane ; Sat., Marsworth Cress -road —at 12arrs" Tues., • ItikLeiansii.Now a ndlStirlingshire . hds., Tues., Gosford ; Thurs. B ~ki, ; Sat, IN Mbyth-101/1. . r . H. Tues. AI lcombe-park-wood (Roe Deer); Sat., ka u S - 8 . 1411 - . C° .P . Pice- . 211 1 / 2 e . IQ ‘ii A otley's harrs., Tues., Poulett's Arms, LoPen tingket-- l'erabrokloeshre lids., Mon., i tienb Llanstinan ; Thurs., Ross- Seventh Co d Stag hds , Mon., Crown Inn, 4:111; Thurs., Crown Inn, Ilford-1l Vi • w e d Elcho's hds., Mon., Paxton ; Tues., Rowchester ; ) ,, (I '. ?won • Fri Zuitlaw • Sat., Ford Bridge. otr• Lush - ,' ,'" eastie......ll.lligton s hds., Mon., o ' D ddington ; 'Thurs., Leeds ....labcrY hds., Tu es ., B osbury Turnpike ; Fr i ., C o li n P ar k kg' .-.0 cnouthshire hds., Mon., Landenry Court; Thurs., Din s'7 vt-bridge--10. tliO ir William Stanley's WI., Tue., Thurseston ; Fri., Pud rll--11. litid iv e trt " Ms., Mon., Windsford Hill ; Thurs., Marsh- Satv!lir Sat., Dulverton-10. • 1.1., Tues., Lydiard Plain; Thurs., Preston Toll-bar; rdwell-161/2. Th ‘- :- stli ' i re lids., Mon., Oulton Park ; Wed., Norton Priory ; s'irs, baresbury Hall ; Sat., Three Greyhounds— Ar te rW • W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Penlev ; Pa81111"t"; Thurs., Gresford • Sat., Wynnst. , rues. ? Egerton toe v.Pitzwilliam's hds. Mon., \Vaslingley ; NI , ed. Leigh beil:cige Thurs., Walcot Park-10. . . .... to i 14 of Rutland's hds., Mon., Croxton Park , Tues., Len iii•-r„abge ; Wed., Elton Alanor ; Fri, _ . Caytho . rp te 10 1 7 : 2 . Albry, s tag hds., Tues. Wickham bat., Reiga . Sat .rguton hds M in' Tuck-hill ; Thurs., Flashbrook . ... ~ o _•, Fast t re . o un. ittr Kell' hds., Tues., Black Mill ; Fri , SweechGate7lol. rues., pi•iic,er's hnds., Mon., Haugham Guide Post;lo_ ii.a°37 Mill; Thurs., Girsby ; Sat., Haugh— 1 / 4 . Pole`kfordshire tioniope,..lol4.lids., Wed., Ilrockhall Turnpike ; Fri., dole kit'clerYilii ha. T Pant-y Fridd ; Fri., P0nt g0eh....... _ re ~..,., Tues., Th an 1 0. kr /V harm, Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster Rough. Pri •; 311' s h a 1.141 ar..t ,_ 'Ts, Mon., Paincastle; Wed.,Llandefelly ; l o t;siAb‘ciin au. -Itek If i geshi te hds., Mon., The Hardwicke Arms ; Fri., 1 , 4, ,1. Vi o lh :vs— re l i tnl l 2's hds., Tues., Holne Cot; Fri. Sheep's Torr b it l akie). 44 & .- , d n Hall ; Thurs. Harrold trkgre I Sat K not u Jn s" -b W i r dr av e " ° -ri`liet!rk-st'a h ds , T g ues , Souldern Gate ; Thurs., Arncott- Alt k4l,l3yfield Tolibar— 10 L•?• b War.,.."-ivrnde's hds., Thurs., Shenlev ; Sat., Winslow. _ r _ 'rid "'ekslaire hds., B" M urs" S 'ttertield ; Tues., Miff° d Ilitige; T hurs. IT Mon., Wood; ni Wrotton Abbey; Sat., cgto , -pton li e 4- .401 , I , r thr op 0 . : -i. , lon., Chapel el House ; bed . rd e n" 3 stn ; Sat BY hi p m Wed., Tor Wood; Jerits},. ' arker'a fa dsTues en ., Holton Stone Pits ; Fri., Nettle ', ed firelids.,Alon. the Stanford and Baulking Guide-post ; tri 4l4 a ° td e° A, nib Rill ;' Fri., Milton Hill. P.ge ; B...,ir,n,sty hds., Tues., Street Houses; Thurs., Skip w'4leuienal"ti.,okipwith Bridge -10 y i . ed., xe ,•k;olonel Hildyard's harry., N a t e thlt(licis;Potte--1014. Mon., High Laven ; Per h ail 3, Mon., lirough ; Wed. Camp Hill; Fri., Pep taro -- -10 i. ele,,,,ilighbridge hare's , Tues., York Gate ; Fri., , Aldborough. S ri /33 1i a a ,, T1 ,, (1 lids, Mon. Huncliff • Thurs., luldale-14 lii t — `-'°unty hds.,"Mon., Grin ' clon ; Wed., Whin Howe; ab,,sfortli. li ta ._ lids, Tues. Mount St. John ; Fri., Tylas Bridge. , Th e d '' T hurs., Croft Bridge ; Sat., Moor Bank-101. THE CHESTER CUP. 11 1 . Wer orBeB Stnlek out in town up to ten o'clock this morn- Pivolfe the following • leros,(lxast'n,nlitn, troipeth, Needful, Yates, inchester, William -I:4llihi„74p6PYthis, Ki _ng Cob , , V llen Mount Charles, llitc:re'' °L aca ° st PL, a A n ier Zt ma rshm Co ent s . The only horses V at Chester on Th d ursda o v n were Valiant and London. .uert 'ETTING AT MANCCIESTER.—FRIDAT. _ ~ 'll i II 1 El/ ., Ce •--20 to 1 ' agst Sweatmeat-20 to I.__ e av r 'lO rel-14'"--20Pto 1 agst Whinstone-20 to 1 agst Bestp , a gs.t pit,. 4 gs„ t Micke Free-40 to 1 agst Warp-40 to ll' 'he aniliten....4o toYI gst Ho 50 to 1 agst Salopia . " "kr In great foarce. Hop ti.ol, . --_-,.....-...„.....________ ` 4,L 13OLYTECHNIC INSTITU- Th e , TION. "lithijoeillecnical lecturer of the above most excellent 84 r 14e ct, Dr John l, ' csiiro-.4 , • . nßyan, has, we are delighted to s f oe ' , l tbe subject of general chemistry, which T s st n 4 considerable time been set aside for that al i l n - Thor;dg subject, the potato disease. His lecture ~t o 41 x t :Y was on the subject of heat, introductci . 0.. ehtt o t' istr nded pees, explanatory of the . application need t ° titre* Yto g purposes of life. 7 11 e •• ded /\ 1441 1tt1 e i' ,, 4 4 3 : that the lecture was attended by acs ow e _ "oct oe ':"ve audience, who listened to the Learned coayitleWith breathless silence. We are more and more ',''. f thi s "I ,Qf the high character and the moral influencetpro- Me - sPiendid i nstitution, especially while l -.l s ,„,_ abstruse s bjeet"'" so rauch pains to bring the most form. If mightaof scieace in such a plain and simple subject k r af t °f ret' to this talented lecturer a in a g a a h o , k, re c ourse, we would suggest to him,... text !N , r , the report of the Health of Towns' Commission sr lies he would find a wide and legitimate field haehl: Pow he as a medical or chemictl teacher. Dr. theal c'lner's lectures illsti: of Praise from all o w n ho have heard him, an m , ni_ natural philosophy are the N e i' a °, for the delightful way in which he blends ..i 3' with science is greatly to be commended. tTERREAD. —ln consequence of our persons eltiag been successful for the last two years, that trade have become Oa were not formerly engaged ill re to send out two neturees in the whale fishery, an a saditional ships, so that fourteen will go from here this sea ,,,k4 The herring fishery has certainly done much more good ,t 1 tl, , i ,ue community generally of this town than the whale there ,latry. Last year there were 421 boats. engaged, and Lie__ t h "re n ds of 50,000 barrels of herrings caught. D I_`±-g -ii:yitreliPnwtearrmonths old men, women, and children find en , t it eut in makingd linets,tahne'dficshooinpuerhs umndarkeidnsgocfaspkoserfoiernrtienlaige_ fleraslerear ; paryeduin the Curing of the fish, and gaining who f ro era 2a, eednl. ur?to 55 a day ; and this to a set of peon tree....'ellvise could not ' gain half so much in a Theweek.l,soo Z"e.onnof population during the fishery is perhaps from in to; w---and they have to pa) . for lodgings equal to half TbeYhrly rents of the houses into . which they get huddled.. be: Tongl%,,Pleoe37 they spend for the various articles of food is belie' and:the consumption of whisky is awful.--Taver VI/ C o . I, r lie ie s • pi a , t ,_ HIRE ELECTION.. th e 4 41 the represectation o . vonacnat37yin f - Th A is c ast e 4lL J. t h e re St Wortley being appointed Jud having consequence taken of kr p,eneral, Sheriff' ii.sa fixed Member of Parliament fi rs ge-Acl„.vtoh tien'„'''eeding to the election Saturday, - February 4 )r , j el a usltitt v• Mr. Wortley ha 6f sa a g..7 ►n addressed the electors 11Ztllidt,ate--Glas9°w Arg" Edward pr oe m •u..I.ECTIoN.—The Hon. ascelles has r candidate L fo!.+ the the eseot.,:l4ldress offering himself as a Ritbatuou of Ripon, vacant by the apnofinlimsesnte.r of o the Roll a igoq• T. Il• C. Smith to the office hi, willin Ireland. Mr. Lascelles states, in 1,1110, ~.'trenuously resist auy alteration . in n is address, that corn-laws .....00., , li ell "°ald deprive the agriculturists of adequate the - ~l'ho "easte Gazette. , G orge p e rotec 410trealsier-G,-n..ral of the Ord t na h r i i s c residence in B: i l r - . t a ve. tr , .ell, continues indisposed a de bt t p are• Ma jor General Sir Fredef i i e ck u l a ir l e a nnet hGeennderaps " t krt g ket the routine business of t Th:aellt during his illness. %tit IieWIY-ap ( inted Solicitor to et In th Pi the Ordnance, partm en t s l‘ a l s r; 41 -- , ed t o h . e ro o m of Mr. Hignett, has had a ellLl4 tut e Ordnance Ofimehrall-m,ll. of Llan -111,441 CATHEDRAL. —The restoration of -"etlrlatP, 'Attributed 5001. towards the Lord „ Ilkb, 29.—The high Bishop this cli- Ctoitede teia p' 'll%B. BRISTOL, JAN.d am at the Dock had only 1).,e),'Illog overflowed the coffer.- ' lz and all the )att t.;:torka, at Cumberland Basin, andalso ttnnaet men water has 14 Rork ° eseape, We understan , , _n wor-s __ J AN. 2S. a t , 0 INderahle d at the cotton 1 1 th • amage • deted.—' the t...the Mande tide of the city is 'nun , . les being I' l +o l ' rose to a very unusual helg , _ l . o f mi a areat lletei,c' and the low lands for a numn:iderable ks of 1144 11) tt t lle d done is very con .. 1 4. er of sts a . mage rs and ric ht N t E hrs 'r l it f r . n ' ing, in moo , t e h houses 14 Il !ich ,i4eaP eNitrepoewned in the The water in some of deep, and the NdaeVillearhogod was upwards of four fehetears _N au tir / e en tekeemllassable far upwards of two , let,n,:• ; t4 , i - 14'41' MEETIN G of THE LEADyE influential, ‘hoe,ro ilvesns.Y.An important and highly League took tlacqt,?,,rivate, Meeting of the Council of thetMANGIE.S: te Decessa,.l7 ;''' lalte-,e this morning, to the I in rem. 1114 t„'Port the intended measures of the Premie r. _ e ~ su• d and rll alis.' the eorn-lws. George Wilson, Esq. tilt h gentle t James '' e ' er) ; J. el, h ot er men esen were ' pre-u'eywood, lerit. i'nller• R ll• Gregg (late SI P for Manches 1 wort, I, ... Jaw, ~,, t , •• : .H.A s ! ate; rq te.._e-aq, au alderman and magistrate n magist '• Arr,o"%l,_ 4trate (of Turton) •J. B Smith, Esq. , i; (bra teltide:,sati%e'lle 1.011-.1%1:11.. agistrlite'iTho. nia)s. Biirnihgnht,poi-,t7r.',8Eic.1., hum'.? e ll. ci, rtu,4ll7noer. for purbam understood st h a a n t enct-nn ki A. ",:, te , Thomas, Wool_lteyz; A4,liitil_tt_tecl 4,4,ueatinerman, Es 9. I'' there wa Would e u 53 4 , 4 fee ling k",,,e, took Place, in which Mitt it ' Meet th, thl!tYed that the measure an trAs a tent .e.kniteueisaof the present emergency, fessedly co con ?, Porising NI. of a statesman, maintaining prohibitir everted t• tbe e i Icy worthy of the Premier d ''' lThich was to P .,.. r°t ectiv e ia ll i w Po s lio i of a s n oi y u l t o io n n ger wasetoamenet,o; "urn-law :. ; the effect that the a re nnouncement 9 r t ee tbron,,,,_ vauered it desirabl tio,,s s,;"unt the kin., e that . the friends . of t 1W " • I . °l. t he tot 1 6 " l n should be invit f the coin and °vision la ws, a arid lagnediate abolition 0 trade ,„ Ar.„1,A,,...,.. We have d to originate pet- ITllilkh Ple;:rek;?llbt3e'r OF TRE COAST GuasAßDfll evincing t e ch er . n recording the following, that a bfk kt seer of the true .Britisti seaman. It appears was riilie4rne in the morning of Thursday last, a vesselt D'in-. ttl ed ashore about one mile to the westward 0 of Doh, which 1‘ v Flora," hez.eor. teinProved to be the pibt . yawl." - m blowing a Ras le f g very dark at the time, fellows gale - t , r orn the S.INT the situation of the poor. made 4°v% ;,,',.eartrending. "On the circumstance being , and he eroc e ."' I.leut. Xewresinel the D . mchurch station beqed itoMediat I ' ba11, 4 , dra wil r_ ey to the spot, 3 and ordered his b d ot nd I , tp „ Ulllld by land, a distance of a mile an , Itittitotiveohteonatereerusi,ent Place for launching ; when a had ftom the and homejtone, Ith thtlell, , Mann her d after buffeting for ill" ta,ted -e uillowy eves, 't.t:y, succeeded in reaching the toehisessel, and found the boat washed away, and the crew, ~I N t ni l g °E . flve men, obliged to take to the rigging—the zerd as akinfo rt g 4 clean sweep over her, rendering it very Inite,e galley to approach. The gallant tars, nci tures, Ivi.hith t:, 'were determined to rescue their fellow clread been !Ak e 1 , 'lei providentially to d. The poor fellows 1, eae.,„ la tfling let tcours in their dangerous position, and on safely r I bve:. l eost e 'here, through a heavy surf, expressed themselves .7.Fbraaslefstinlflsoer the great exertions used in their behalf.. The o , lv gone to pieces, and the remains r th' "4:1 sold. T:uttriist that the praiseworthy ofconduet..... 4-441141, fellows will meet with a commensurate reward i t 411 i raitzi.. eat,.(i_t'WAlr Ac elf, fatal accidh nt oceAusretentel 01f,,,'4Y fling on the South -Eastern Railw.ay: rlti:'le i 4 t 9 o'clo ek train from Dover was passi.i4, between tl 'e '. a., 4e7 and lie‘a' dcorti the stoker of the engine imprut(timeenttely) i,-4 over the lu ee gt to the next carriage, on t) ..ith 11 , -'4-e7l" beckoned him to withdawn,Theguardand' one . of Tim name of the tlhefortLdg%, be was killed on the spot.. %A.- (4 -gate man was George Taylor. His body now lies at v"4 kJ Ofillt the coroner's inquest. _--`•_ of IA S 3 if so iS t r ,te i . o ll ek 41 , 0 ,1' tiO e t l ibeit e f i' re C° d oo l vita til e t )in ed 3. 1 b y) A of lid w , e i cee f doi 0 rely°gni. de ' t 1/e 0 co , :e s o, P den ci t t l iO ° lonr .bild+ and statt e; 0 11 1 lis t/ ra se e tbe Id 11 bee ° Id 11 % be ld been tor B 0 a oil , } O5 -der e 6 d foto, e isb the id 5 re 0 Of $ ore (ere it? TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY'rEVENING, JANITA'R - 1 31. 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 Wurtemberg 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 Royal 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 C ,ntrol, 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, when her Majesty appointed the Sheriff for the county of Lan cast,r for the present year. Sir H. 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 Householti, and the Comptroller of the Household. _ _ Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took 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 Qu9en and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, by the Right Hon. \V. E. Gladstone, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Co lonies. Her Majesty received her Australian subjects very graciously, and both her Majesty and Prince Albert seemed much pleased with their general 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 Countess St. Germans, Lord and Lady Ashley, and the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance at the Palace during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of 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 for England had a committee yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Ely, and Exeter, the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. John Nichol'. _ _ _ 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 fur Brighton. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Mr. Lumley having addressed to several papers a copy of a letter he has addressed to me, on the subject of my retiring from her Majesty's Theatre, may I 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 411 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, I 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 1 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, Lindpaitter, 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 intendence 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 fully 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 as to his opinions; it would be as egotistical on my part to speak of Don Carlos, as I conceive it to be indelicate for 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 he, Sir, Your most obedient servant, N. 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 irailictions of some of the details, more than sufficient is admitted by himself to prove that, 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. lsh restsn showing the h i? defence,aracter I shall o f the assertion a t once proveonwl- dchhe principally what is Itvheeereldalitvhaelueof imaginedll l r Costa's.tha that thenotice statement. to i in h the porter's hall, from which he pretendshave he grounds concluded i-• that he was net engaed, and his excuse of having concealed fro m me the fact of his new engagement, whilst it certainly i nc l u d e d the artisans of the theatre , not only could not possib y be considered by any heads of departments as applicable to them, but that th e notice was actually suggested to me by Mr. Costa himself, in consequence on which 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 engagcnwnts 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 of the facts it con tained. I beg most positively to a'sert that Mr. Costa insisted upon the production of operas of his composition, and made it at the eleventh hour the sine qua nor: 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 one he was preparing was an opera buffs. I had no desire to criticise Mr. Costa's compositions.- I stated not my opinion, but that of the public, whose award he questioned, urging the repetition of the opera in the past season, when its failure bad 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, preyails in France and in Italy he invokes, however, for the sake of comparison, the ex ample in Germany of such illustrious composers as M. Meyerbeer—a man whose character is essentially that of a composer, and not of a conductor—a man in a supreme position, and 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 for extra services, the 2001. in crease was just the whole amount of salary he originally received from the theatre for his six months' s'r' ic e s ' and that had bean gradually increased to t3OO/. The position h a occupied secured him toi,;etlier probably double the sum. • As to Mr. Costa's aseertioPp that I wished 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 last objection to his producing his operas at any theatß' 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 number, 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 f 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 circurnst4nce 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 is 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 loss does he pre tend that he gave me any notice of his having accepted the engagement until the middle of the present month. Be leaves admitted that the engagement was signed within fourteen days after my leaving London, and, therefore, it must have been contemplated whilst 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 cu ture 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 once, 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 Government 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 10s. to 4s. The moment this law is passed, the duty will drop from 15s. to 4s. Here will be change the first, fright the first, and with many, I fear, panic the first. But there will be no settlement. You will not 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, 1849, the duty will be 10s.; if so, on the Ist of that month, it will drop again suddenly, from 103. to is. Here will be change the second, fright the second, and, possibly, panic the s cond. The fall of duty in these two changes would have amounted to, first, from 15s. to 45.; next, from 10s. to ls.; making, together, 205.; but, mark, if the duty were immediately reduced, from 15s. to ls., the fall would be only 14s. So that by 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 subjects d 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 day 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 bold 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 eighteen 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 food. 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 le,s 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 public 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. Let me entreat you to take this subject into your instant and earnest consideration. Do me the justice to believe that I have no other object in view in writing this letter but to serve your interests. If you should be 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 of the corn-law—that of the transition state. From the first I have always enter• tallied and expressed the conviction that free trade, far from permanently injuring the farmers, would ultimatelyprosperity y s e ir; however, , and de pen nee Ite doisgu •71 - t be exposed in the temporary evils to which they.mit, . t change. But let us unite i n seizin g the p resent oppor u never nd t their from m pity, 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 witness, 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 ace ill 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 pregnted constantly widening field for the employment of their peaceful energies, together With greater means and more leisure for that moral amelioration which, I trust, will accompany their improved physical condition.,--4 have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, RICHARD COBDEN. London, 30th Jan., 1846. INCENDIARY FIRE AT OFFTON. On Saturday evening last, about half-past seven o'clock, an alarm 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 thought the fire was not of any great extent, or that it was at a great distance. It ultimately proved to be a detached barn, belonging to, or in the occupation of, Mr. Barber, farmer, of Offton, about three miles distant from Bildeston. There was but a small quantity of straw in the barn at the time; but this, with a dressing-machine, corn-drill, and long ladder, were consumed in a very short time.—Bury Herald. We have received a gommunication from Earl De Grey, in which he states that EF neither Mr. Gladstone, nor any friend on his behalf, had made any apOlfcation to him, or as far as he knows to any elector of the borough of ijipon," and, therefoio, it is not correct that he hal. refuse-II to ailow him to sit for that place. The terms in which Earl De they has thought proper to convey this intimation are such that we e4nßot giye P121340tY to his letter,—Chronick. IPSWICH and BURY ST. EDMUND'S RAILWAY 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, and confirming such terms and conditions ; 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 expedient. JOHN CHEVALLIER COBISOLD, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, took the chair, and opened the pro ceedings by calling on the secrt tary to read the reports of the directors and the engineers. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to a question from a Shareholder, that tl'e estimate had been made for a double line, and not for one with single rails. The motion for the adoption of the report having been proposed and seconded, was carried. The general business of the meeting being 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 confirmed. 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 sach 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 prcve exceedingly advantageous and remu nei•ative to the shareholders, The CHAIRMAN observed that the distance from Sud 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 formally investing the directors with the necessary powers. The CHAIRMAN said, that as their business had now concluded, he felt much pleasure in congrat u l a ti ng th e shareholders o n th e p rese nt 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 Inproving one, and the public were in proportion additionally accommo dated. A SHAREHOLDER 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 discussed before the plans were deposited, but it was thought that as there was a station near the spot, the crossing on the le , vel would not be found inconvenient. Mr. BRUFF, 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. GREYbTONE, of York, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman, and in bearing testimony to the confidence which wa3 felt in his wisdom and integrity, took occasion to remark upon the advantage which the county of Suffolk held out to the promoters of railway undertakings. A railway in that county appeared to him to be one of the best investments of the day.—(Hear, hear.) Ile would for one moment direct their attention to the census of Suffolk, for upon the amount of population of different localities depended the success 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 ri ere good, and there was not a curve to be found. Con sidering, also the population of Norwich, Diss, and Stow market, it would be fed by Yarmouth, Lowestoff, Beccles, and Bungay.—(Hear.) He might also be al lowed to touch upon a subject not irrelevant to that under consideration. The agriculturists of this country were about to undergo a very great change in their circumstances, and if one thing more 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 had hitherto existed in the country. Plans had been lodged by the Norfolk Company, for a line from Stowmarket to Diss, on to Wyndham and Nettleborough, which showed that the people had required, and the Government had sanc tiot ed, plans for the:very route which this Company had adopted. The increased importance of Harwich 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 had 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. 11. 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 expre.sed 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.—(Hear, hear.) The meeting then separated. , A Week Last a 74 ~,* ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. ~. ' 2 ° - t to .''') ..9 _ - x £ Jan. - Arbroath and Forfar ............... - 177 - Bristol and Birmingham . • ........... - - 23 Chester and Birkenhead. • ........... 505 421 22 Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • .... ..... .. 593 514 27 Dublin and Kingstown •• • ......... • • 703 673 25 Dundee and Arbroath ..• • ...... ... - 225 219 24 Durham and Sunderland ............. 572 651 24 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • . ........ 2,257 1,934 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 6,329 3,946 24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 1,870 1,367 24 Glasgow and Greenock.• • • ..... .... , 728 713 -- Grand Junction • • • ....... - - 24 Gravesend and Rochester.• • ......... 104 - - Great North of England •••••• • • •• .. - - 25 Great Western . 26 Hartlepool .... • - 24 London and Birmingham, &c. 26 London and Blackwel1.... 24 London and Brighton ............... 3,313 3,111 27 London and Croydon . . . . 1,054 871 - London and Greenwich ......... • . • . - 24 London and South We5tern......... 5,071 4,935 28 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 648 835 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 24 Newcastle and North Shields• •• • • ... 395 359 25 Norfolk •• • • - North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,391 26 I'aris, Corbeil, and Orleans •• • 4,67 G 3,866 2G I'aris and ltouen .•••• • • • • • •••• • • • • 4,597 4,214 4 1 : 4 6 53 2 15 6 4 3, 6 5 2 36 4 24 Preston and Wyre. • 866 889 - Ulster. •••• • . "'• • •• • • 2 22 4 44 SsTolalueirttlhivelutdilaseat.ne.drn..3:l:a..n..c:h:e:s:te:r........ ...............: •- 592 - Yarmouth and Norwich •••• • • • .- 24 York and North Midland .••••• • • • • • 40 77 - e r and RAILWAY SHARE MAR:a, P iE, h - I T s . .t i e v sr e ,. po MUSTOi„ JAS. 3 0 , STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and South Wales June tion, 2y 2 —Midland, New, 28% —Dutch Rhenish, 7a , MANCHESTER, JAN. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales aro -Bideford and T4vi s t ock, „, ...! —Dickerilleftti, I din 91,0111.01 alit CIIP4NIP APlO l Pri, iii, i 4 a cu 4 Crowe, 2ii p.— Eastntll CPlPitles , P 41108 4 11 xh. 2, __ Exeter altild Exmouth, 11 dis.—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, li cu.._ Grand n i o r p r i) k oFi l , kE Preston,xtn Extension, Uniiiddoiliiu3rys., p3isTen,G,Lre3aLtopnGdrcoialinishsb::lidaAivilde, -4lichester and lair_ sp4thpnl , .; r! - 4.iz --- 4401 WQ4irn 1a& ' • ' ininliii;7l , - -I >dthi NW' ' "'k P . 41 / 4 •0 I 1d ' 7 P'i ('11114 1, Birkenhead, &c., 1 ,4 dis.—ShropShire u on, A IL_ Sutith Eastern and Dover, Halves, 1 p. c.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and tension, 8 p.—West Lancashire Coast, 14 die. Goole Ex lIPM?S ilIF! et STOCK Exclimicis.—Tpe let ire—fotko 4114 -, Pill Mk - 14114, Extension (East and West Riding), 8:t p.- 0 P .- -eccls, Waiefl 4 eld, relit Grimsby ankglief field, 9 1 A —Ditto, Extensions, 9s. p.—Leeds and Bradford , 52 cash— Leeds and Dewsbury, 16 cash—Ditto, New Shares, 23, A P.—Leeds and Plifsiii 10—Wpridi liril34ll, Nov (*pop Brtpcb, 21, IN.-1400H and rurtsmouth, 4};—L.grtdpil f t ni.l YOilit 49. 4•—She#leld aii4 Lincoln, 3 t —Direct - Northern, 1% —LlYert l hPli CiriT4i t k aiid we . s „ West 4orkshire, P. 6d. p,—Grand ton, 4 —West Riding Cnion, 6 T 2 ) fr '--- t.'.ast i - ci . Clitherop J 141144 417 and midp oi d, ss. dd. 4i o ,—North litolP1( 1 rQ, 3% wegm, Y 4 -44.0 3, 4 3 4 P.—North Illintihg4 o ll , PO , We. South Midland, 2/. 2s. p IJUIOP, lILTE4L, JAN. 30. olt h Wales_Leicester STOCK EKCOANGE.—The sties are —Led an t i Thip 4 k , _ North zuld Portrush, 1 a e weastle Junction, l i t. l 4 : t i e Cm e 'l° s l:l t 41 i sB4.sdi Union, 1 - 1 A i r ) 3 d l l 4 3 .g a i r ll' —Great s C I I ' e Jr ' to "c r t t f i n a l :33 8 8 . and Tainworth, :3 —.North Staffordshire, 51. 7s•—Sottth Midland, 4/, 45.0, Shropshire VtflOff, 44. 014, .TAN. STOCK ExcuANGE.—The sales are ' north Midland Ex tension, 36 1 / ,', —Ditto, New (East and y r ding), and Berwick, 20 5 ,i —North 1300 0 ) MI r ii 610 1. ,,T!v , ,b, London and Vo4k, 44—(44114 Putoft, • Newcastle ford, 1/. Se. 9d.—Liverpool, mane hoster, id 314 —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and 3 tal, 3, 78—Welsh Mid land, 2. _ttindia NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN, 30. Sri inc kalo ur,PTYA " 1(144nu, k 4 l- , vg 401. Shares 16 1?: — so .ll 4' nr0 11 ; iff4e.l ( 0 4 .01e) ' n s; wick, 11 p. EDINBURGH, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —British and /ea, /Tom, 68s. 6a.—Caledonian, 143¢ —Ditto, New, 7k• Cornwall and Devon, 40s.—Direq •f4rthepi, 448. ,- Dun d ee and kinross Extension, 520. . Othls c n Central ; 435. 6d .- E dinburgh and Glasgow, _ , Half Shares, 16k—Edinburgh and Northern, 745. M.—Ditto, New port, 245. Gd.—Ditto, Lochgelly, 30s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 775. 6d. --Glasgow and Ayr, New stock, 26—Glasgow and Lesinahagow, 595. Gd.--Great North of Scotland, 64s.—Great North and South Wales, Ss. 6d.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 60s.—Scottish Central, 15—Scottish North Western, 355. Gd. GLASGOW, JAN. 29. STOCK EXcHANoK.—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. 6cl. Glasgow General Terminus, 11% Glasgow and Belfast Union, 425. 6d.—Glasgow and Greenock, 19M —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 52s.—Great North and South Wales, Bs. 6 cl.—lnverness and Elgin, 29s.—Lanark and Lo thians, 455. 6d.— Lesmahagow, 535. 6d.—Scottish Southern, 365. Scottish North Western, 365.--Slamanuan, 26—South Midland, 31. Bs. —Wishaw and Coltness, 51. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS , J an. 30. THE NEW ZEALAN D COMPANY U. HEALY AND CURLING. Mr. Sergeant BYLES appeared this morning in this cause, which was a motion made by Mr. 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 irregulari ty, 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. Healy, and concluded by maintaining that every step taken by Mr. Healy and his attorney had been perfectly straight fore ard and regular, and that the motions, therefore, should be discharged. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS 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. He said that the original case of legal proceedings was Mr. Healy bringing an action against Mr. Young, the repre sentative of the Isit•w Zealand Company, to recover damages for breach of contract. The Learned Sergeant said the pleas of the then plaintiff had been net by answers from the defendants, that notice had been given that against a certain time when the surveys were made Mr. Healy would be at liberty to select his 100 acres of land, the amouet contracted for, but that the plaintiff neglected to make his selection in time, and 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 steps taken by the then plaintiff to enforce his suit, contending that the whole course had been irregular ; that the de fendants had been taken by surprise ; and that diffi culties had 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 become plaintiffs, 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-HOUSE. Mr. Webster Flockton, 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 to be laid any boat, wherry, barge, lighter, or craft before any of the public stairs, or any plying place or causeway, 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 Corporatioa and the Watermen's Steam-boat Company. The complainant stated that on Sunday last, between nine and ten o'clock, he saw a barge with .‘ W. Flockton" upon it, lying along the causeway at Paul's-wharf, which he (and he had been a waterman for a great number of years) always believed to be the property of the Corporation of London. The Loma MAYOR—Does it obstruct the navigation of the river? 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 sustained any damage by the position of the barge at the stairs. _ _ The complainant said, that although he had not owned a wherry for eight years, his claim to the character was un questionable. The LORD MAYOR 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. Flockton 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 obstruct the navigation of the river, and that he certainly had a right to place and keep it there. The complainant said, th e truth was the barge was so deposited in order to be made a pier for the Watermen's Steam-packet Company, for the landing and embarkation of the public. 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. New, 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 et the stairs had serious ground for complaint against such impediments, which were calcu lated to aggravate the general diitress arising from the appli cation of steam on the Thames. _ _ The LORD 111Avort—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 of the question. I consider that the river is the Queen's highway as well as the public streets, and 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 LORD 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. 36, 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. Freshfiekl, 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 Bank 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 hanc , writing 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 pri 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 out of evil, and that the pardon for which he sought would have the eflbct of preventing him from making and' attempt upon his life, as well as turn away the mind of his wife from the contem plation of a similar act. It stated that poverty was his crime, that he had merely used the cash he had taken up as a loan, and would expiate the offence without fail, and it concluded by invoking blessings on the bead of his bene factor. Mr. Puzey, clerk In the Bank of England, stated that he had paid the cheque for 551. produced, and signed with Mr, Saner's name, to a person whom he believed to be the pri. soner. The cheque had been paid in sovereigns, John Forrester, the offioer, stated that the Bank authori ties having 41-Plied far a warrant against the prisoner, he went, accompani©d by his brother Daniel, in search of Bus. sell, and found him in a room at No. 9, Upper East Smith field, on Wednesday. Witness asked him where the money was, and the prisoner opened a drawer and handed him a purse containing $44 10s, in gold. The prisoner then put on his clothes and accompanied witness. The prisoner said he did not to wish to sa7 anything, and was committed for trial. BC) ST I? 7'. Op Friday a buildr, named Macey, occupybg business pre mises in Drury-lane, appeared before Mr. Jardine to solicit his Worship's protection against the future violme o f poor old woman of unsound mind ; who, he alleged, had recently, 04 t wo or three separate occasions, set fire to his workshops omen was placed in the prisoners' duel( and was un doubtedly insane. an T d h t e hfi w adjoining buildings. The complainant made a statement relative to the recent fjres In pr laws, the repeat e d occurrence of which induced dill tp apply the coroner to institute an inquiry into their probable origin. No satisfactory result was arrived at, and , the inquest was consequently adjourned. Qo the pfevious night (Thursday), whilst engaged in his counting-house, at about eight o'clock, he again discovered 'that his premises were in 'dames, and it was only by extraordinary efforts from the firemen that they were prevented extending to a vast range of buildings on either side. Having heard that the woman at the bay Wofton threaten e d to destroy his work- ahops, near which she resided with her husband, he felt it his duty to take her before a magistrate, in the hope that his Worship would hear evidence respectirkgUr t and' tbc..a, take steps to insure his futnN WO ! Ir. Macey stAtnd that he tonk tlle rent a : y m il Ni She Divand had knomllo -7:44 her husband for many yt.ats.. ;lad earned a respectable i .Y 4 t 14 ' years ago, in cprisequenco 9f evident authorities were applied to 0 ' care of' heijj, the parish did so for a few days, and ten informed the husband that he would be required to go into the Volon also if she remained any longer. This he d r @c. r ,lineci., 1A6, 1 a 4 jell as he could earn his 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 tine-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 he had stated, and declared that she was turned out of her home for no just cause. The complainant said he 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 defendant here became so excited that she was near getting into fits, and frequently held her clenched hands at her Susband, exclaiming that she was too good and too virtuous for him, and that she would yet give him a pill from which he would not easily recover. The Magistrate in vain endeavoured to tranquillise the defendant's excited feelings, and, as she still vowed ven geance, he ordered her to find bail or be committed. The moment the defendant heard the magistrate's deci sion she began to scream out with all her might, and it took the united strength of four policemen to remove her from 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 Petition, 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 mittee on Petition, 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. North Staffordshire (Harecastle 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. South .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 Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway) Railway—Committee 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 Branches (No. 2)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr R a il wa y an d B ranc h es (No. 3)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till Wednesday, Feb. 4. Glasgow, 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 Branches (No. 6)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 3 till 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 average price of Wheat, in the week ending Saturday, the 24th instant, was 25f. 3c., and that of Rye 19f. 26c. The Chamber of Representatives continued the debate on the article 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 petition 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. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JAL 24. Bills. mow. kustrian 5 per Cents . ...... •• • . 113 Bank Shares ............ • • . • • • • . 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan • • ...... 109 Russian 5 per Cent., liamb. Certificate. 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription •• • • ••.• • • 104 1 ,4 Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series • . Ditto, in Certificate. • •••• • • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 91 Ditto Stleglitz .. •.•• • • •• • ••••• • • • • 89% Spanish New 5 per Cent ••• • • • •••.. • • 20 20% Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 23% per Cent...... Ditto 3 per Cent. • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• .• • • 863,i National Bank Shares • • • • • •• • • DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 27. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 236 per Cent.. ..... . 60!,1, 60 BMA 3 per Cent 7314 733 Ditto, 4 per Cent •••••••••• •••• • • • . 95 95 i 9 Amort Syndic, 4 34 per Cent •• • • 99% 9914 Ditto, 3% per Cent •• • •• • • .... 89•% 90% Commercial Company, 4N per Cent • • 164 164% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight ...• • • 12 25 Twe months ••••••• • • • • • • 12 15 On llamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 75 Two Months.— • ... ..... 35 37 On Paris .. Tw0m0nth5............... —Dutch Papers, Jan. 28. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussns, JAR, 17. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent •••• • • • • ...... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent . • .• • Loan of Thirty Millions. Four per Cent,., Ditto Three per Cont.... • • ..... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions ; Tato • Ditto.ditte, 1840 Ditto, ditto, 1542 .. ....... . ...... 100% Ditto, 1844... • „ ..... . 99% Ditto, 1836.. „ „ .......••••••••••• Ditto, 183 a „ • • • Ditto At the City, 1832 . 100% Bank 0f8e1g1um...... ....... •......... =-Brussels Papers, Jan. 17. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bsamus, JAN. 24. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Soh„ percent ...... 98 97!4 Frogs, English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges .............. .. ••• • • • Exchange on London, X 1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 2534 Ilamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 150% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months -Universal Prussian Cloacae. JOll. 25. THE " EDINBURGH EEVIENY."—We have learned, from a well-informed correspondent in the capital, that it has been confidently stated there, in some of the highest circles, that the article on Parliamentary Privileges, in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, is from the ten of no loss distinguished a writer than Lord Chief Justice Denman; and that the article on the characters of Earls Grey and Spencer, in the same number, claims the paternity of a still more conspicuous character—so much so as to have only a few days ago been offered the premiership by his Sovereign, an offer unhappily frustrated of its Purposes by One of those evil incidents which sometimes affect the destinies of nations —namely, Lord John Ru sse ll, We givethis anecdote just as we have received it; believing it, however, to be perfectly true, but without being ourselves able to addaugh t to its veracity, except th at t h e article itself bears profs of its being the production of one who has himself been ie medics res, as he evidently speaks in an . unhesitating and authorita. tive tone, far removed from that of ordinary authorship,— ainachoter Guardian. MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker entered into an inquiry at the Gun, Wapping, relative to the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Robertson, aged thirty-six, the widow , of a licensed victualler, formerly pro prietor of th e Vi ne Tavern,.Kentish-town, ose body was found on Tuesday morning . off Wapping, at a depth of about sixteen feet, in a bed of_sasid. A solicitor and the brother of the deceased attended.** it was intended to prefer a serious charge against a person now carrying on business as a licensed victualler, but who was not at present in custody, therefore the Coroner, having heard the statement, adjourned the inquest. It appeared that the deceased on the death of her husband had abe,ve 1,600/. left her. Some months after she was induced by a person, who persuaded her that he we,s a cab proprietor, to allow him to pay her some at tention, the effect of which is stated to be that they were married. They subsequeqtly went to France. After residing there a short time they returned to England, when she found that Nysla previously married. She called up,on him iaat gifurday, but was not admitted. She the same evening called on a female living in Vine-cct.ages, Kentish-town, and, showing her arms, which were bruised, said, " Sec how the blade-hearted wretch has served me." She left them, having changed her clothes, and went in a cab Haturnosmith-hridge, near which she was aeon p i ng her self into the river, awl Oloitly_aiter ft is supp osed that the Wl' must have me , an d so caught by a nj c ked up. pfS, hm brim* , , i t was r - • uown to the spot where ...quiry was adjourned to Monday: o. was given on the LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.- - s i u n c se h rt p a a t rt t i h e e s share list, on Monday, that it committee) unworthy of foot of the list, from time to time, c e! t n n Ft t i l of such as have been found (hy a non-fulfilment of past en confidence, in he n c econseger 7 gagements.—Leeds 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 less than the average of the corresponding quarter of seven previous years, notwithstanding the increase of the pop u l a ti on at the rate of about 1.74 per cent. annually. A fall of the temperature of the air, from 45 deg. 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, 161,918; 1843, 163,201 ; 1844,167,708 ; 1845, 165,789. In the first three years there were 497,166 deaths; in the last three years 496,698. The population increased in the districts, from which returns have been procured, about 1.74 (nearly 04) per cent. annually, in the intervals of the last census, and the excess of births over deaths has continued, so that it may be safily assumed that. the number* living have gone on increasing at the same rate—about 9 per cent. in five years, from the middle of 1839 40 to the middle of 1843-5. Now, the deaths, instead of increasing with the population 9 per cent., and consequently amounting to 541,960 in the last three wears, were 496,698-10. s by 45,262 than if the rate of mortality, which prevailed in 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 peoile 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 u se o f t h e Blackfriar ' s Free Pier, erected by the City authorities on the site of the Old Watermen's Pier, used originally by them for the accommodation of the public, the directors of the Company found the m 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. This pier bad 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 and Mr. Pearce, the water bailiffs, and forcibly tore the first barge away, and towed it into the stream, and returned for the purpose of removing the second, which was moored to Messrs. Crawsby's iron wharf ; this they accomplished by breaking the chains in two. When towing both away, Waterman No. 5, moved a-head between the barges and tug steamer, cutting the ropes and chains in two. At this stage of the pr)- ceedings, the policemen and shore-men boarded the Waterman, menacing right and left with their imple ments, consisting of hatchets, crowbars, and staves. They 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 c argo , s h e 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 lose sight of by us. INDSOR, RIDAYEVENING.-Instruetions were re ceived this morning at the royal mews for the ponies and pony carriages to be sent over to Claremmat early to-morrow morning, it having been arranged cur the Court to leave Buckingham Palace in thq D P :Lernoon, immediately after luncheon. Her Majesty b ud his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be acenipanied by the Royal Family, and attended by a 1 .', - mited number of the members of the Royal Householtl. Th e Court is not expected to remain at Clare- Inept 'oeyond 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 the words " Victoria Regina ;" on the re verse is a trophy composed of the weapons of the army and navy, resting under the shadow of a palm-tree which sup ports the armorial bearings of Great Britain ; above are the words " Arma exposcere Pacem," and underneath is the word " China." The ribbon is to be of scarlet with a yellow border—the scarlet denoting the colour of England, and the yellow being the imperial colour of China. The medals will probably be issued to the soldiers and sailors about the middle of the year.— The Art-Union. Ma. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—Mr. 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 i s therefore not so unmindful of literary merit as some assert ; nor is Mr. Alfred Tennyson the exclusive recipient of public recompe nse , as th e anonymous satirist of the a New Timon" would imply.l THE NEW MILITARY PRISON, ST. GEORGE'S BAR RACKS, TRAFALOA It - frQuAßE.—This building, intended to supersede the DP'cessity of sending mili tary delinquents to county PrOnbs, is nearly completed. The cellsr rereisoonn structO. and fitted up exactly as those at the od e P w r i t b o e nv su il b le je ; c a t t e i d d t t o he is di a sc ls i o pli to ne b t e h o a n t p t ri h s e o sa n e m rs e c p o i :O l i ti n o ci e p d i e asthe a rel ti t the Model Prison. —The landlords have adjourned having no orders , are quiet. I con- THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES . — BANBURY, meetingßßußYti,llJtAhNis.d3aoy. k and th © tenants, people seem awake, and th e p rotection oswifdePe wee k, r e t Ps he measures; reelingefti ntny would leamaieritYl have seen to be in f avour have preferred an imme dpliaactearrdespaearel.quTichkely covered with free-trade addresses. THE RIGHT NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR A GIN PALACE. -- I was one day conversing With a gentleman. 'who had. just opened a spacious spirit vaults in Manchester. I acciden tally inquired what had made or induced him to select such a situation, as I presumed he did not know the locality, d. although the premises, for the p urposes, were excellently si Why," replied he, with a smile, " I was one day loitering at the corner, and seeing several loose men chatting together, about thirty yards np 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 Easby's Meras. 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 plaudits 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.)ckneyfied and confused drama of Donnybrook and the Transatlantic Prairie. T o n t : play was brought out at the Adelphi last season An a w thos to much success, though Mrs. Stormont gave gr the repentance of Miami, but in all other reap Miami was more ,effective and picturesqume:. performance Was enthusiastically applauded for his ohm Die P himself rocking a tot the Woman Hater, tamed till be found cradle.—Edinhurgli Wet* -Thwr a fb e evening of the 2lst The Duke of Modens4 l c e c at r ts P w Ce e le ba st t e er _. ied A n m illness of only seven days. inst., in Isis 67th year, 'lsTiweis V., who was born on the lie is succeeded by his son , Ist of June, 18 .„_ 19 ' i s our painful duty to recor d DEATH BY.F4a the death of e Augusta Drew, of Woodland s , Kil ton, who w 33 , i_tton Mid An inquestto death in her dressing-room on Tues was held on th e body, when the tnrn Van were ascertained. The u n f or t unate lady, on day I°avviignhg facts t in qu estion, uestion, slept with her little nephew, Master John FoWROS Luttrell, who deposed as follows :—" I was awoke about six o'clock on Tuesday by a noise, and, missing m y aunt, got out of bed and went to an adjoining dressing room, winch I found full of smoke, and where I also found de ceased burnt to death, lying on her back, near the dressing table, the floor and - washing -stand were very much burnt." It is supposed 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 lad was sister-in law to Colonel Luttrell, of Mire Cwt.-- Western Luminary Y