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PAVER. ijon t ase was brought on originally by a motion for inunc o restrain the defmdant from the use of certain drains, W hich h • ' ' • - sn , , ad flooded the lands of the plaintiff. The cause was gent trial before a jury, when a verdict was found fir the her 1 Novem e, who upon that moved before his Honour, in . di et ''. l, t, for an injunction to restrain, in the terms of the s er sand the defendants made a cress-motion for a f r o .e r w a t n ri e a w l. trial, His liosioUß thought it proper to make an order _ "er and directed that the plaintiff's motion should stand . h ave to am en d the notice for an intended injunc gee, and to bring it on et th e next seal. This PARSONS, V. SPOONER. L ~. c ause was h eard on demurrer to the original suit,_ auicti wa s institut e d to establish a lien on the deposits of ' l e South Panv A aropton, Manchester, and Okford Railway Com n.f the h. Parsons, plaintiff in the suit, was the projector l ine, and had the preliminary prospectus registered in m ter ms of ths Act about the 19th of August, last year. On en,th of that month a meeting was convened of gentle meeto consider the project, when a provisional committee ,de.: t crnied, sod, at the suggestion of the chairman of the d e‘ , l l, . Olivera, an agreement was drawn up and Posed lineb Y the chairman, the officers of the pro tine , indemnifvincs the provisional committee, eso„Pledging them - s'ilves to pav all c ,, sts and the "-'a preliminiery. or to be v incurred up to for e i P a Y i nsnt of the de - posits to which fund they were to look he s2a.Yrnent. Mr. Parson ' s had a further stipulation that li o ,"'"-ist be constituted sole solicitor to the Comn. :Now 13, 13 t'rer that the line is about to be disposed of pa to y another ise.zgany, whereby that stipulation will be made void, Mr. o ion , on the ground of the contract made b 3 ., the pr tierierr7;:eiutl_ o c9 tt in he m e it o te n e v o a n n3 t , h . e 27th August, claims a lien on the qendants demurred, on the ground That whatev t er b w n as th e sharl?t° by that provisional committee could not been id Prop er' eirlo..ders, for at that time the Company had not not 4 ' t hose who ought to have been made defendants were t li.. resent in Court. Arguments were concluded to-day, fiat s's ttoneur deferred judgment. ‘4UtEN'S BENCH.—(T HIS DAY.) suz (Sittings in Banco at Westminster-hall.) i n tl t ul . sEst v THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF MAN;;REATEtt. that M r ease it appeared from the statement of Counsel, of L. r. Mill claimed compensation for havin been deprived t h... 4 '. 8 °lnce as clerk of petty sessions for the division of Man- Whi ch to a as which he held for thirty years, klig;. tit ne be discharged all the , ;(utikes of a clerk to the during h et irate * o f the petty sessions for the division of Manchester, re cent Act of he had bee, asep.rived by the operation of a Peaseds'ee'Lof Parliament. Thu Learned Counsel who ap- d s s is . . a claim for 4 %84 11 4 1 r h alf of Mr. Mills, contended that his client had h repeater's compensation, upon many grounds, t but that the fact alone of his having ie ssioo s e e r ffi ,e land discharged the duties of clerk of petty Intl Well -4: . 4 -/ Yeass, was prima facia evidence that his claim pei,.is. 'SOLICITOR -GENERAL Th. _.obaded. valiZoavolved three questions, which he would subm i opposed the application. . t Th to e kribepl- The first was, was Mr. Mill the officer he tion t he bed wn the division of the co}inty i . n de the b • d' was he at all the officer he described him q se u l e f s ? and N ved 's it be really were such an officer, had he been d d e e a - 1 With tel certain fees and emoluments? He would i° 4 rt sh e s ss l e "d question first, because in whatever way the 'MI of 4 , 111( 1 dispose of that uestion, depended the dispoi nottem the other two. _ The Learned Gentleman as then not the 1,, endue at great length that the applicant w d. ef VA the petty t tr ates 411ele ster, but the clerk of infudrividtuhael division at. ho sat there. He supported his argument ma6 Iseettlaettpolentgtyths::s:other magistrates who sat by rotation tt ens in the different divisions of the county, l A her e f ot aPPoint their own clerks ; that those clerks 1, , { r e e ct of i ! Ito . t clerks of petty sessions as recognised in 3 a _b s. trste; and ashen:lent, but the private clerks of those . gi aveot therefore could not claim compensation in the ha gth °l . 11( nr * services being discontinued, no matter what T he , of tim e ~.... they may hold their situations. aPPlis.."-(rottsrP.v-GENEnAL, who appeared to support the ‘ ln itiiZ ti s. (3ll ) stated that the magistrates of the Manchester ae .s t43 ,sit - i . " a d made an arrangement by which they were eh se.o.ssa rotation with the stipendiary magistrates every 1 1 . /71 4Y. en ee suatice NVIGIrniAN asked if there had been . a . ny evi lit ait t ih t .the. magistrates of the Manchester division did T he 4 iotation ? ey rie R,, I.T , °IIN LY - GEstertA L said there was not. tend for -Yl(lens -" ' letrco ßsGENEßst.r. contended that there was no the ~,,e that they did. He then proceeded to con app ,... ektvt pith which he had set out, namely, that . the capacity itl iv as ° PIY the clerk of the magistrates ix their (The ate individuals. eas e was not concluded when our report left.) Asna.,.)(ClE -'-;II EQUEII.—(THIS DAY.) OFt AND AZTOTHER V• PRATT AND OTHERS—LIABILITY I‘III,,tISURANCE OFFICES—WRECK OF THE MARS. Z)l 4e 4 4' 0 7, a sPecial case for the judgment of the Court. fe pl4lo•tifilas.brought on a policy of insurance effected by IP St ars with the Maritime Assurance Company on the Tt. ta aal for Stars London, for 1,000/., and the defendants were r es t ' def ""at amount as the trustees of the insurance office. arst, noendants had set up three separate grounds of defence : 1 14 tile 11-a ' s surnapils e ie . con d d that the 'vessel was not wrecked , 1 ' th e o ta anner ' thirdly that after the effecting 1 141 ' hi e a li r , e a Y ' and guring au the continuance of the voyage, she n t eeou r ,za With the consent of the plaintiffs, devi!ited a fr n o c in e w s l l the s ta fher voyageaslaid down in the policy of in!ur . !i: s 4t , i , ll , go o - 4 13,,f ~l kl arCh,- 1 839, the vessel sailed from Liverpool to ,s to i g bee, :0.. China and Manilla, a policy of insurance ti.. w eich 4 13re•viously effected upon her with the defe ed nd fr an o t rn s, lik_ . ' e rPori wa e a clause that the Mars was to . proce Or a''... to P l ate tae ‘.! to at it or ports t ei4 ap t of 6 at all ports both on China and the other side of p fo all necessary purposes, both in fromgl a 4ato ll e ll h e i °o :m d in l s ee, China. r During her voyage from aa I" br a she was wrecked, and the • -at, I:ight the present action to recover the insurance. plaintiff subse t:4f; ~,_ e 'a but tisaa now appeared to argue the casefor w th er e e p d l e a f i e n e - - f 0 ,,, e, it 1 ,,,"" Court intimating that the pleadings . Ilial l + 43 arranged that the case should be adjourned for a ‘' ' la order that they might be amended. t 0,,, ,a-LI‘ION PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) 014018TRATION APPEALS.—RAWLINS V. BREMNER. ),.,`44eas,.tobteroai appeared in support of an appeal from South tve tare, . to qoe t , against the decision of the barrister that i 4 4t v " 0 hat of voters for that division of the lreitia' who had struck out certain votes, on the fr a ' that , te a Itclnlent --.., 'were sought to be obtained by a ~,, r zt ,, and scandalous" conveyance of property. The sad p,' Gentleman the d that such was not the case. am h'ePerty on which the votes were sought to be obtained W hat e t*ft t conveyed bon fide to the parties, and no fraud ati:4,4tehro," . a ttampted a or intended. Were the interpreta v P rat e . 4 etorna Act sought to be made by the revising i ll e ,, Ya4 e 4t ru a ah,old good, which was to make fraudulent all con ) a oft ho , de for obtaining votes, a most . material narrow- Z e g i alata Irane hise would take place, and the intention of the Pring, r i e be defeated. Moreover it would be carrying_ out ose Lal._er -I,Thin,!liat.,.auncl'er similar circumstances as those Lehi rtii,euintlatih proer courts of a l s aw c , on o v r ey m ed ai , n i a t a a 1 1 3 a d n e by th e t t r i :/r i et to 3t legal authorities. The The Learned Gentleman here d decisions which bore ou , ki ti vie w of a,,neumber o nth seetioote,, .auestio f n ea h s e es h a a a d advanced. re ec at to b e `__.'' the Reform Act provided that rr h t e h e t r‘r p . e e e r t s 3 o person i, _ 1 P t of „ e on the register for the county must be in the o ' ° , th s „,.'n rents and profits of the freehold for at least six n... 4% ab t..(131 to beine placed on the register. This was in ''ra 'Nen e - • •ed the property his of t , N rs _ e that the party enjoy . iii a . 9 1; and was entitled to the benefit of the pr . ov t i a si n o e n e s . .7tir. A ,t• This had been the case in the present in! 4 44 e a e:ase le ' Ltl aPpeared for the respondent. He said n tli to i_s at 4 of the highest importance. as at the p Zirnt. loathe:de variousa t.: etea great exertion was being made to place hundreds for Nal ' Purpo ses isters throughout the country fo t .The g decision of this sou tints -- .T other e number of votes th w ra i n d ca a str e e t , but rio ip tai on which ports of the country s . ne This was the first had been raised I m e tt s , ear lrt, anClhquestion at ow is in order to settle the it was done n -,,,atiiti',,Or illegality of such votes. He maintained that the tivtoesleat-seZ,eYntemplated that any su . ch conveyances as the tZY4 o._ f v:pi. niiitaiebaei held as legal or entitled to be the feunda for el * The Act expressly said, that conveying pro ; latlf .` 414 that b v a held as d therefrom mus all Purposes and the multiplying t of tert a 7 l l v o w . , votes derive talm ill Portion_ In the present case ao th n e e e f l a e t a h r e ly r h w ad ith con th v .e 7ie n d i w" of n , ,_' 01 Property to 1 ta ea , aaing them voters ; thus actin u g lti f p ro ly nl ng po v h o t t ic e a s. a r, seet t ' it al l e.., n with the evident intention of m votes was ,' l tada ";„„.`anvea d with the object of multiplying CPert v , ..a,,e, not only bv the statute but . . common law, oted a 'ariel-" and e ad.The Leared Gentleman here b they statn 181 0113 in common law, port o a v o les te law by high legal authorities, in sup of all f creating ill °flee. • . as well as interp q r a eta f tio a n ie s r.oacira:FeltPleentlema , k conveyance made for the purpose o an re p w lied ho b h r a i d their deflyentdoeatilveouraerdguratoenletaa of the The .1141 Ilic 114 aWay from the real question by talking about Prese4lodies seeking to create large numbers of votes . ._ such tk4 tred ' 1 !• 1 e had no connexion with any such bodies, if Re; It w " simply 'Mai; 1 /were - that ho not having the means - of some young men who wanted entcles-, were and • w t d' in that very laudable th e atNitri,_bycotheir a f s a s t i h s e e r. But the real point was tillrP,ropert"3. peed bona Now, into the in the present case, young men's hands; ;ham t a a no re servati o o na n b e ehalt of the father i the convey lisl'„ealcin,paa ,nne quiocal a a e nd complete. Now the statute in -"eta iii' °I fraudulent votes, had only reference to convetye Prow which there was no bona tide intention of passing byb /l ich ! h ; but where conditions and reservations li existed, ro - Part y .. `,„e holder was deprived of tall full benefit of t p tes cr e , to. 1 hes }, °. were what were ed parchment vo , 11°4 of s 'Y a nominal conveyance for . the pur t thi s eo ,llaaltiplying votesand were clearly illegal. Bu to atrild not I+, aPply to the ' present case, for though there was , It lliet i ,a,- "aat the object was to obtain votes, the property u d i. mare s , '4'4 advantage was sought to be obtained, fl an tra m r vedly a. Passed into the hands of the appellants a l so that tl octr. W - not int ended,committed. It was a monstrous , e tin e to afar or toyed ~ to h im ni that because a manpurchased, or had con daebite 4 vot u ireservedly, a freehold, in order the act should be i'zealecii,„,frandule'nt, th at therefore a n d he should be disfranchised. In iakta fusion he maintained that in common law the proceed "ge si()1""e aPpellantas innocent and laudable, and that l lot a it ,, t , 4 te law in refe w rence to fraudulent conveyances i ._ area i r P t t?: to them. Ile submitted therefore that the deo T heir i e rev ising" barrister should be reversed. -°r(lailiareserved the decision. it (Sittt L COURT. —(THIS DAY.) 1 g 3 at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) 2 Th . TUCKER V. O'BRIEN. -51 ; ) vr is h w i 1 4 an action n till of exchange for the sum of a llot th." - ea the plaintiff had a received l as from the defendant, 1 , 4, i;oarrneunt of which had never been paid. L A wi,,a°ll aPPeared for the defence IC4 e aess * * . 1, th, , was placed in the box, who declared that he , rain,. uefendant and was acquainted with hi! hand haroo.tigh6i. ll,reLa!tvr ;him ' sign the bill on which the action was L o d gat, of th e 4 , 1 , 41, pe risen (pointing to an elderly man in the N''' *era. ‘-ouq is not the defendant. I t , let for the amount claimed was about to be returned aferry to Person. iiidicated by the witness rose and said, I am Wan the e obliged to defend this action, but I must do so i ,a'as a ery course they have pursued with me. A writ - "ha in .e4l nlaon any clerk at my office and it was left with . sot spite of his assertion that - the acceptor ' of the bill did a laotTelde thee. I took no notice of it until I was served with Wen t : of declaration, and in consequence of that notice I tallied the office at the Court of Queen's Bench, and oh aaaertecttll official copy and an affidavit of service, which lisl ory. that I had been served in person, thus being a hatter' Justice ViraLuAfas said that th e proceedings could parse:l2 effect, aa they had proved that he was not the AporNn whom the writs were intended to be served. ill Y resiat e t— Tea. but they have served all these papers at T, „e• got th e as ‘lee WI taatiais—Thcy have now said that you arc i_s 4,.(lefeuclant. 41e4lPtruain,rt---I have waited on them at their o ffi ce, and told 4 I f" WA the plaintiff; ➢ir. Justice WILLIAMS—You certainly were not the plain.; tiff.- (Laughter.) Applicant—l beg pardon, I mean the defendant.; I told them that I was not the person, and that they should serve no more papers on me, or that I would make public the per- I iu the affidavit of service.—(Laughter.) Mr. Justice WHAJAms---The moment these proceedings affect you, you shall make a defence, and I hope it will be a good one. You are not. the defendant they refer to. Applicant—How is that, when they continue to serve papers on me? Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—WeII, until they do affect you, I would advise you to treat them with the utmost contempt.— (Laughter.) To the jury—Gentlemen, this action is against another person, who is seen to accept the bill. The witness is asked if this applicant is the person referred to, and he says that he is not. Applicant—They have served my clerk with a writ, and have solemnly sworn that I am the person mentioned in that writ. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned—Damages, 25! The applicant then left the Court, consoled in his retreat by several apparently sincere assurances from some legal gentlemen that he would be taken in execution, instead of the real defendant, if he did not speedily employ legal as sistance. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. COURSING. HAMPTON COURT MEETING. The Loughborough Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Phillips's Victurine, and the Erskine Stakes by Mr. Baker's Alice. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING, The Sweepstakes for 16 dogs were won by Mr. G. Peve rell's The Case is Altered; Mr. G. Norton's The Maid of the Mill ran up. THE ETIILOPIAN SERENADERS.—The original Ethiopian 'serenaders, Messrs. Germon, Stanwood, Harring ton, and White, have just arrived in London from the 1-T - dited States, and, under the direction of Mr. Dumbolton, they will give their first public concert, at the Hanover- square Rooms, on Wednesday eve n i ng nex t . A correspondent, on whose judgment we can depend, assures us that the forthcom ing concert will prove a novel and charming musical enter tainmeit. The Ethiopian Serenaders have travelled several times throughout the whole United States, and have been most enthusiastically welcomed at all their concerts. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.--An organ perform ance is announced to take ph . .ce on Friday next. Mr. Adams will exhibit the powers of the instrument on the oc casion. Lord Francis Egerton, 31. P., the mover of the Address in the House of Commons, arrived at his mansion in Belgrare-square, on Saturday last, from Worsley Hall, Lan cashire. Lady Francis Egerton and family are to arrive in town on Wednesday, for the season. THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.—Since Sir Robert Peel came into office no less than eight garters have been placed in his gift, which have been conferred on the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salis bury, Earl Talbot, the Earl of Powis, Earl de Grey, the Mar quis of Abercorn, and the Marquis of Hertford. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Though premature, nevertheless we can state, on good authority, that the fol lowing moves will take place early in the spring :-10th Hussars ) for foreign service ; the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, from Edinburgh to York ; the 11th Hussars, from Newbridge to Edinburgh ; the 3d Prince of Wales' Dragoon Guards, from Ballincollig to Manchester ; the Ist Royal Dragoons to Ballincollig ; the 10th Light Dragoons, from Cahir to Dublin. Of course nothing is certain until the orders are issued from the Hore Guards ; nevertheless these moves can, to a very great degree, and nsxt to the actual order itself be relied on. Report says the 6th Caribineers are to have lances instead of carbine:,, which will be a great im provement. The 6th Innistillen Dragoons embark in the spring for Ireland, either for Cahir or Dundalk. We should give preference to the latter.—From a Corespondent. The Di chess of Buceleuch and family have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall, from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, for the season. The Duchess has come to town earlier than usual, having to attend on her Majesty at the opening of Parliament, as Mistress of the Robes. The Right Hon. Sir John Beckett, Bart., is labouring under severe indisposition. On Wednesday Lord Polwarth took the oaths, before the Lord Justice-General, as Lord-Lieutenant of Sel kirkshire' in room of the late Lord Montague.—Scotsman. THE CITY PATRONAGES.-011 Wedncsday, agree ably to a resolution of the Edinburgh Town Council, which was duly advertised, the patronages of the parishes of Currie and Wenlyss, and the half-patronage of Fala, were offered for sale by public auction in the Council Chamber. The two former were put up at 700/. each, and Fala at 250/. ; but although there were a good number of gentlemen present, no one offered the upset prices, and the sale was in consequence adjourned sine die.—Scotsman. ✓ ARTISTS' AMATEUR TILEATRICALS.—It has been decided upon that a body of artists should perform at St. James's Theatre, on Tuesday week, in aid of the funds of the " Artists' General Benevolent Institution," a society formed for the purpose of dispensing aid to the distressed ar• tists generally. THE FUNERAL OF MR. ISAAC COHEN.—The funeral of this gentleman was attended by a great number of his former friends. It is stated that he has left, by his will, 15,000/. to the yarious charities in the metropolis; 3,000/. to the Jewish school, and 3,000/. to the Synagogue to which he immediately belonged. . The Bishop of Lichfield has consented to ordain such pious laymen as shall have laboured two years satisfac torily in the capacity of district visitor or scripture reader, under the direction of an incumbent of a parish. The Bishop of Winchester, it is said, has adopted a similar plan. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—The annual ball, appointed to take place on. Wednesday next, for the benefit of this Institution, will, it is confidently anticipated, be numerously and brilliantly Attended. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, together with the Sheriffs and their ladies, have had invitations transmitted to them. His Lordship has honoured the Gov ernor and Committee with an answer, regretting that a prior: engagement will prevent his attendance and that of the Lady Mayoress. The arrange ments being made by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the pro prietors of the London Tavern, for the comfort of the com pany, are of the most complete description, and cannot fail to afford the patrons of the Institution a fitting opportunity for the enjoyment of . an everting of pleasurable recreation in aid of the cause of philanthropy . —Advertiser. .•. FOREIGN SuTs.--:-The folio'wing notice has been posted at the lobbies of the Custom-house, in Thames-street, and at the several dock establishments, and other places of commercial traffic on the banks of the river, and copies fur nished to the principal officers of the revenue at all the out ports of the kingdom, with directions to cause the same to be posted in and about the Custom-house and other conspi cuous places in their respective ports, for the information and future government of importers and all parties con cerned :—" Custom-house, London, January, 1846. Whereas, a difference prevails at certain poets in the United King dom in the mode of admeasurin foreign nuts on importa tion, and it has been deemed expedient that one uniform mode of admeasurement of suc h nuts should be established, the Commissioners of her Maje: sty's Customs do hereby give notice, that from and after the Ist day of March next, all foreign nuts imported in bulk will be required to be measured either by the imperial bushel, heaped to a cone, or by a barrel containing three of such coned bushels only. By order of the Commissioners. (Signed) "C. SEWELL, Secretary." SERIOUS POACHING AFFILA.Y.—A man, named Day, was on Tuesday committed by the magistrates of Worcester, charged with dangerously assaulting William Mann, one of Lord Sandy's gamekeepers, at Ombersley. The keeper de tected Day and two companim is setting snares on the Bth of November last, and when they saw him watching them they commenced an attack with thi ck sticks, and left Mann lying senseless in the wood, with severe wounds on his head. One of the men has been since convicted of felony, and is now undergoing imprisonment, and wiaen his term of punishment ends he will also be tried for the mu: derous assault. DISASTROUS FIRE.—One 0 , 1 the finest collections of historical portraits in France, that of the Marquis de Bien court, has just been partly destroyed by a fire, which broke out in his hotel, Rue de Champs-Elysées. It would appear to have originated in his study, and to have communicated to the bed-room and the library_ The latter suffered consi derably. Some fine autograph':otters were saved, but a great part of the pictures were destroyed. Amongst them was a portrait of Michael Angelo, / sainted by himself; one of Erasmus, painted by Holbien ; several Mignarda ; three fine Philip de sainted by ilolbien; several Miguards; three fine Philip de hampaignes ; Louis XIV. on horseback by Van dertneulen ; and portaits of /11 :oliere, Racine, and Boileau, painted in their own time. Th ere were also other pictures of value :—A Young Girl, by Grease ; a Holy Family, by Mig nerd ; Two Interiors, by Bourbon; several pictures by Brau wer, &c. Fortunately about 21)0 pictures were saved. SUPPOSED SUICIDE FROI WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. —On Saturday morning, as a imari named Dadd was passing along the steam-boat pier at Westminster- bridge, he disco vered the body of a man lying in the mud near the second arch of the bridge. Having obtained assistance, the body was got ashora, and taken to the - vaults of St. John's Church, Waterloo-road. Upon making an inspection of the body, Mr. Anderson, the Coroner's oflicer, found that the throat of the unfortunate individual had been previously cut, thereby leaving little doubt that he had, on some former occasion, made an attempt upon his life. 'Nothing whatever was found upon his person to lead to his identity, unless it was a red scarf he had round his throat. EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS.--ThiS exa mination will take place on Thursday, the 22d inst., and the Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, the 28th inst., to swear in and admit the candidates on the roll of solicitors. By new arrangements the examiners' certificates will be de livered on the 24th, consequently there will be several days to obtain the judges' fiats, and perfect the common law ad missions. THE GLASS DUTIES.—The • Customs authorities, having had under consideration their minute of July last, directing that flint cut-glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass, liable to the higher rate of duty, should be passed by the officers of the reventue upon importation into this country, on a partial examination of the packages only, and being of opinion, with reference to the reduced rate of duty on the article oiglass generally, that all glass manufac tures may be so passed upon a. partial examination only, under the following circumstances, viz. :—That the warrant or entry be endorsed with the full particulars of the goods ; that the whole of the packages, except when entered by bill of sight or sight entry, be weighed gross or net, as the officers or the merchant may see fit ; the tin all cases one or more packages to be selected by the officers, with reference to the number entered, of each description, be unpacked and fully o e examined, a t n h i e i ne d warrant,, and itfhfaotu thend to go car ds le)sepc! passednd with withoutthe a nyfurther endorsement examination or detention. Aiscordingly orders have been issued for the officers to proceed in future in the matter as A re T ue N f o E f w A i t N rs G . T F o i N tz . stated. — ger T al h d e , fo s r u t b h - e murder of whose husband Samuel Quennell was a E tlo M at u f ß or DE th ß e executed scr l ip 'll tio E ns L s l et T at Horsemonger-lane gaol on Monday, Jar.. 5, now amount to about 130/. ; independently of tit hick a number of subscrip tions have been p romised, but no t yet received, which it is supposed will, when paid in, increase the amount to upwards of 2001. A BURGLAR DISGUISED AS A BEGGAR.—The Go vernment Police Gazette of Sat irday, contains the account of an individual who, having be en found by the police beg ging in the streets of Lincoln, 'was taken into custody, and upon searching him in the ritual way, there were found concealed about his person a valuable silver watch, two guard-chains, a brace of pistols, loaded, a large spike gimlet, a tin box, containing lucifer matches, candles, &c., and some pawnbrokers' tickets, relating to property which there is little doubt is the produce of burglaries or highway Ob beries, committed in various puts of the country. He is described as being about five feat seven inches high, fair com plexion, and small sandy whiskers. On his being conveyed before a magistrate, he was committed for one month as a vagrant. THE QUARTER OF A miLLio. Esti.. M.P. for this city, has directed his name to be entered in the Carlisle subscription to the Anti-Corn-law League Fund of a quarter of a million, for the sum of 300/.—Carlisle Journal. RE SUN LONDON, MONDAY VTIiN dols. to 655 dols. ; Benares, 610 dols. to 615 dols., cash rates; Mahra 760 dols. to 777 dots. Exchange on Bengal scarce, ttaiited at 224. PI - tights hart declinedj shipping being plentiful. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current.) The brisk demand for most of our staple products, as no ticed in our last, has continued, and (for the season) an un usually large business has been done at, in almost every in stance, full prices. In imports generally we have no im provement to notice, although one or two staples have slightly advanced in value, as will be seen by reference to the an nexed remarks. Exchange has advanced a trifle, owing to shippers having forced their bills on the market before re mitters were prepared to operate ; within the last few days , however, the tendency h as aga i n been downwards, and the rate for good paper is now about a farthing above that quoted in our last. The unusually heavy shipments of dead weight sent fuward in November (ups ards of 50 per cent. in excess of those in November 1844), caused a great demand for tonnage, and arrivals being light, rates have been gra dually advancing, and are now about 15s. above those cur rent on the 19th ultimo, with a probability of a further rise in the event of the mail now due bringing favourable ac counts of the home markets, the greater portion of the vessels here having their cargoes already engaged. TCIE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. 15, 1845.—F0r some days after the depar ture of the last overland mail there was but little alteration in the state of the market for British imports, but the scar city of money, which bad previously manifested itself, then began to increase, and in a short time was so widely and generally felt as to oxereise a most prejudicial effect upon every branch of trade. The banks raised their rates of dis count on private bills to 9 and 10 per cent. for draughts at three and four months, anti every description of pecuniary accommodation became most difficult to procure. Influenced by these circumstances, added to the desire of parties to avail themselves of the improved rate of exchange, many large holders of goods—particularly cotton manufactures —came into the market and pressed sales, by which means some de cline in prices took place on such transactions as they were able to effect. The rate of exchange on England, which closed at Is. 11 1 4 d. for the last mail, has risen to 2s. 014 d., and few purchasers o f bill s are now to be found even at this high figure. The extraordinary scarcity is attributed to the non-arrival of bullion from China in ment for opium shipped thither, bills on this pl ace and England having been sent round in lieu of the usual supply of Sycee silver; and also to the payments of cash on accoun t o f th e heavy arrivals of opium from Malwa, pressed forward at an unusually early period in consequence of the late Act increasing the duty 100 rupees per chest. 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 ♦ariableness 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 arrivals 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 21. 17s. 6d. to 3/. to Liverpool. There is no ves sel loading for the Clyde. We slay quote freight to China at 15r. per candy—the same as on the departure of the last mail. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRA/CEAN 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 Commander- R in -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. Oteray, 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 Corfu—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 H. E. Edgell. At Constantinople—The Hecla 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 th• lonian Islands, the Spitfire, steam-sloop, Lieut. J. A. Macdonald. En route to Gibraltar, Meteor steamer, Lieut. G. Battler. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta, the Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. B. Mapleton; and Volcano, Lieut. Crang. At Marseilles—Acheron, Lieut. B. Aplin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANT'S 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. Mehemet 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. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express our dispatches in anticipation of the bi-monthly mail. The intelligence is from Calcutta to the 7th, and Bombay the 16th ultimo. The Seikh soldiers, who call themselves " Lions" or " Singhs," having received a portion of their pay, had come down to the banks of the Sutlej and there threatened to in ' invade the British dominions ; but the latest intelligence re ceived at Bombay on the 15th of December does not show that they had realised their intentions. When their approach to the frontiers was known, troops were ordered to move from Umballa to Ferozepore. But the Governor-General, who was hastening into the north-west, on hearing of the chances of the collision, suddenly countermanded the march of those British regiments, which were composed of her Majesty's army as well as of the native troops. The Governor- General and the Commander-in-Chief met near the frontiers at Kurnaul, on the 26th of November, and their meeting was far from being an agreeable one, for the former was not pleased with the march of the troops towards Ferozepore, and he told Sir 11. Gough, as the statement is reported in the best-informed quarters, that even if there was a necessity for invading the Pusjaub, he (Sir 11. Gough) was not to command the invading army. It was expected that the Commander-in-Chief would'proceed to Calcutta to take his seat in Council. In the meantime some negotiations it was believed here to be at work with the Go vernment of Lahore, in order to neutralise the hostile spirit of the Seikh troops, and to avert a war, or else to enable the British army to be thoroughly prepared for carrying on ope rations. The great apparent cause of the actual dispute arises from some treachery on the part of the Rajas of the protected Seikh states on the left bank of the Sutlej, which states were saved 35 years ago from being merged into the ' then encroaching rule of Runjeet Singh by the intervention of the British ; and for which safety they have now, like other Indian Governments, turned against their benefactors and joined the weak and faithless Government of Lahore, in order, as it were, to force the British Government to depese their Rajas. By what means Sir Henry Hardinge will be able to main tain peace and to establish a good neighbourhood in the Seikh states, whether " the protected" or the independent, unless by conquering the braggart " Lions," it is difficult to understand. It was therefore supposed that Sir H. Hardinge was preparing for a decided and most efficient move. He too long practised under the experienced leader of the British army in the Peninsular war to make any attempt in which he can be foiled; his arrangements will therefore be such as to place the results of his measures beyond all doubt. The removal of Sir Hugh Gough to Calcutta, will, it is said, place the management of the campaign in the hands of the Governor-General, who will thereby be enabled to insure success, by choosing his own men for the conflict. There was some probability of hostility on the frontiers, between the Seikhs and Sinde, and the Bombay Govern ment had ordered 8,000 men to be concentrated as soon as possible, in order to have a reinforcement of at least 4,000 men ready to be sent to the banks of the Indus. It was said that an army would be formed in Upper Sinde, but nothing positive was known on the subject. In Lahore the usual system of intriguing, bullying, and manoeuvring was going forward. The troops had fumed a sort of military council, by which they were regulated. The Queen-Mother was not desirous of a war with the British ; but she dared not oppose the "Punt," as the Military Council is called. Her paramour, Lall Singh, is afraid to assume the Wuzeership, although she wished to appoint him ; his dread arises from apprehension of the troops requiring him, when Wuzeer, to give them bracelets of gold, &c. On the 19th of November the Seikh army was formed into four divisions, the first to march to Kussoor, opposite to Fsrozepore ; the second to Hurreeke Goozur ; the third to Phuloor, opposite Loodiana ; and the fourth to a place in front of Roopur. The most extravagant rumours were circulated amongst those troops, such as that the British were to_ pay large sums (one or more millions) to prevent the invasion of the British territory. The pride of the " Singhs" was thereby inflated; but still, as no bribe for delay was given to the British agents, they had resolved to conquer and plunder as much as they could. One daring fanatic (an ♦khalee) said that he was ready to lead his daring followers into the British territories, if the Seikhs would insure to him all that he conquered. The leaders of the Seikh divisions are Tej Singh, formerly Gover nor of Peshawur ; Lall Singh Dew an Ajootheea Nutha, and General Mewa Singh. They received kheluts of rhoosatana (dresses of departure) on the 23d of November. Lall Singh is undecided in his movements, and the troops suspect him, and may massacre him, as an example to the rest. The Seikh troops appeared, according to the latest intelligence, not to be ready for any decided act, as their beginning, but their Punt had appointed a commissariat to have good ammuni- tion, &c., ready for them. Thus, at the date of the latest news, the two armies, Seikhs and British, were assembling on the banks of the Sutlej. The intentions of Sir Henry Hardinge were still stated to be pacific ; but so they must be up to the last moment. Yet pacific with whom? Not with the boy• King or his mother they are the mere cyphers ; not with the Wuzeer, his life is of no value; nor is his influence or his power possessed of any stability ; nor with the " Punt," which is a violent irrespon sible council, which will have no control over their turbulent troops, save to bring them to a battle. A bloody battle, or rather three or four bloody ones, with the different divisions, may be expected before any system of order can be established in Lahore, and before a Government can he recognised with which to enter on any negotiations. There cannot be much delay in these proceedings, for the states of India are watching now what is going forward, and some of them would not hesitate to create confusion, in case eitber long delays or a signal defeat awaited the British armies; either of which our correspondent, in making the observation, did not in any wise anticipate. From Affghanistan we learn that Dost Mahomed had re solved to declare himself a " King," and to wear a crown in his old age. His son and Wuzeer, the notorious Akbar Khan, was at Caubul, employed in digging for secreted treasures. Nothing was publicly said of their attempting to invade Peshawur. The Nizam's dominions were likely to occasion disturb ances, in consequence of the confused state of the finances. The Bombay Steam Navigation Company had begun their voyages, the steamer Victoria having arrived there from Calcutta. Lord Elphinstone had arrived in Bombay from Ceylon, and was preparing to join the Governor-General in the north of India. The Manilla Muloy, who had perpe trated the atrocious murders of six persons, and wounded sixteen others, had been tried in Bombay, and sentenced to be executed. _n consequence of the military movements, the exchange on England had risen to 2s. and 2s. 0 lAA. per rupee, and the Government securities had fallen 4or 5 per cent. This was principally attributed to the want of silver as a circulating medium. Our correspondent in a postscript mentions a report that the Ist Regiment of Bombay Fusiliers and her Majesty's 17th Regiment, and the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, had received orders to make ready for proceeding to Sinde. The most important domestic item of intelligence is the great rise in the price of rice, consequent on the large expor tations to Britain. The common kind used by the great body of the people is double the usual price, the retail price being nearly two rupees the maund. Railways are as popular in India us they are in England, and shares in the Great Eastern are not to be had on any terms, while those of the Great Western, which were very lately opened to the public, t o b thosee e o r a n pi e d r y e p d r o w g i r l l e s a s d i n o p gi t a th n e d A i m ; e b r e i n ean efiti m n are almost all taken. The survey, under Mr. Simms, is said y of e e x o p n e s r i t r u e n e c t e benefiting ing the lines instead of the more expensive mode adopted, and carry them over, instead of through hills, the present generation may hope to use railways. An order by the President in Council was passed on the 21st of November altering the long-existing mode of draw ing pay. CHINA. (From the Bengal Hurkaru, Dec. 5.) We received yesterday a copy of the China Mail of the 30th ult., being of later date by a month than our last intel ligence from that quarter. We are sorry to say it confirms the wreck and total loss of the Bombay clipper, the City of Shiraz, on the Isle de Negros, in the Mindora Sea. All hands, with the exception of three lascars, are supposed to have perished. This vessel, with several others, had long been due at Bombay, where, as well as in Calcutta, appre hensions for her safety were beginning to be felt. In the columns of the Mail we find Ordinance No. 12 of 1845, being " an ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 1, el 1845," which decreed that any one convicted of belong ing to the Triad Society, or other secret associations, should, in addition to other punishments, be branded or marked on the right cheek, and which has been very pro perly disallowed by the Home Government. The amended ordinance exempts from punishment " all who shall have joined the Triad Society, in ignorance of its designs, or nui merciful i t the teil n influence inati o o n f terror, t o Li r e , or ci a w i r h u who shall no humanity,t be duly or bcon victedof active participation in some unlawful act arising out of his or their connexion with the said society," exceptions which must very considerably limit the operation of the ordi nance on the members of the Triad Society, while, in mercy to the Masonic fraternity, perhaps, as regards all other secret assooiations, it is repealed. For the ignominious brand on the face, marking under the left arm, as in the case of military deserters, is to be substituted? We have marked for transference to our columns a long and interesting account of the institution, objects and opera tions of the Morrison Education Society, which will, we are sure, be read with pleasure by all who have at heart the moral and intellectual improvement of their fellow men. The society maintains an establishment at Hong-Kong, in which Chinese boys are brought up and educated in their own language and in English ; the number that can be received is, of course, limited, but the result in the case of these few appears to be highly gratifying. whichaa Issr ,zo m ti theut o ngi p fseto g hetlif.ohsouit t echl h n:dita e d, heetebeni i aes t nt : hpo i 13n i tce3doti to death. thatdlneeaaktt►criminals news condemned Emperor e ims w u eed stated,hadat find t phb a eeer p ehtn a ha r ep a ns g r , l) pleasedaa s p h ac counting in reen t? display warrantss It o n f l imperiala yefamalefactorsl en a clemency, tl e,thaids mti admit Majestyat,tf b q e tfioe has se_ , trail, v. itc , tll , L the Irt_tntr of the Sun has been moved to his appeals of his own imperial stomach. Opium is quoted in the Canton market—Patna at 645 THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, SUNDAY 1110RNING, 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 254, 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 o n th e 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 supposed was about taking leave, and that Mr. Hudson would have charge during his absence. On the packet's departure the Chambers were sitting and de bating the law of search ; they continue to rennin neutral in the Monte Videan affair. Antonia Carlos d'ln drade died at Rio the 6th December. The branch packet with the River Plate mails had not reached Rio when the Crane left, but accounts from that quarter had been received by an Amecican vessel to the 22d of November, which state 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 Corientes 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 been great, 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 reie ; good, second, 2,600 reis 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 50s. per ton. Six per Cent. Steck, 761,4. PRINCE ALBERT'S LIBERAL DONATION.—From a 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 sane 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. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.—Th e following list of distinguished fashionables have, since the holidays, honoured this favourite establishment with their pre sence :—Prince George of Cambridge, Duke of Marl borough, Lord Dorc hester, Count ess Charlemont, Lady Essex, Lord Sondes, Lord Gardiner, Lord De Mauley, L a dy A. Seymour, Lady Montefiure, Lady Green, Earl and Countess Harrington, Lady Knox, Lord St. Germains, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Macfar lane,Captain Grimston, Sir C. Marshall, Lord Castlereagh, Sir W. and Lady De Beath, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Sir J. Woodhurst, Sir J. Paul, Sir W. Montague, Sir G. Armstrong, Hon. Captain Curzon, Captain Macdonald, Colonel Pearse, Major Stevens, Mr. The Somerset County Gazette states that on Thurs day a meeting, on the subject of the corn-laws, was held FrootnaneinlPlatt, Sr. and .Mrs. Ord, &c. &c. at Stogumber. in Somersetshire, and presided over by Mr. Bickham Escott, nr. The Protection Society had been privately hawking about a petition, to which they had obtained some thirty signatures in f avou r of protec tion, and which t he y re p resented as the petition of the a t n i n habitants of Stogumbm. To protest aga inst this arro gl7snoto apsesrusnionPstin a public meeti ng was ca ll e d, an d ignantly repudiated a ll connect i on w i t h thee titioPn agreed to a counter presentation to the House of Commons. We La\ a re. ,,,. :0) to believe that L or d H ome w i l l counter petition, nio) e the Address i n reply to her Ma j est y's Speech in the House of Lords. No Eger has yet been se l ected to second Lord Home. — Times. protectionist i Ns s ,t as petition, e rustd or. Bi c kh am E sco t t f or and agreed NG, JANUARY 10, 1846. DEFUNCT RAILWAY SCHEMES. (From the Times.) In reference . to the list which we published a few days since under this head, i'Ve have been requested to make the follow ing explanations : The Nottingham, Erewash Valley, Ambergate, and Man chester; the Nottingham, Vale of Belvoir, and Grantham; and the Nottingham and Boston, are amalgamated under the title of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company ; and this line has fulfilled all Parliamentary requirements. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Rail way declare that they have deposited all the plans necessary to entitle them to proceed with their several intended Bills. The Directors of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland and Royal Canal Company declare that they did de posit the plans, &c., on the 31st of December, for the three extensions which they projected—viz., to Galway, to Sligo, and to the River Liffey. The Hull and Barnsley Jlinction Railway Company say that the Company arc prepared to apply to Parliament for the extension of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway to Market- Weighton and Great Driffield. The York, Carlisle, and Durham, Westmoreland, and Lancashire Junction Railway Company beg not to be con founded with a York and Carlisle Railway Company, as not having made the necessary deposits of plans, &c., and notices is the Private Bill- office on the 31st of December, 1845. With reference to our statement respecting the Cambridge and Worcester line, we are requested to state, that the line from Cambridge to Worcester, known as the Midland and Eastern Counties line, bac duly complied with the standing orders, and is prepared to go to Parliament this session. The West Riding Union being amalgamated, has complied with the standing orders. The Northern and Southern Connecting Railway Company desire that it may not be confounded with one of very similar title which has not deposited its plans. LITERATURE. THE COMIC ANNUAL for 1846. By Thomas Hood. Poor Toin Hood'S capacity—his extraordinary capacity—for composition? , of the very highest poetical merit, has recently been commemdfated by ourselves, In reviewing the late republication of hie poems. Now, by the repiint of his renowned " Whimsicali ties," at this moment lyitig on oar escritoire, we are enabled, with some degree of plausibility, to parti cularise the exuberance, the sun-heattedness, and the irresistible breadth of his humour. Almost everybody has ravelled in the facetiousness which is squandered with such lavish pleasantry over this volume ; the contents alternately insinuating a moral or pointing an eccentricity. A more genial, hearty, or unaffected exhibition of drollery can scarcely be discovered anywhere, and gloriously has Leech em bodied several of Hood's happiest creations. His il lustration to that illustrious conceit ending— " No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member, No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flow'rs, no leaves, no birds—November 1" is rich to an extreme ; the frostbitten smear of a man's figure just discernable through the fog, his (literally) frieze coat muffled up to his nose, the canal water at his feet too thickly encrusted with ice to permit of suicide—all these concomitants, produced simply with parallel lines, bring that most miserable and blue-devillish month before oi.le palpably and visibly. Then Miss Crane—the Miss Crane—with her button nose and her starched mittens—there, from the pencil of Leech, you can almost diotino!sh her shrill, scrooping voice, as she utters the grace before meat :—" For what we are going to receive— elbow s, elbows !—th e L or d ma ke us—backs in and shoulders Amen." Then Mr. Pryme, the famous Mr. Pryme, with his bald head as " Scarlet as a love-apple"-- there he is to the very life; and Mrs. Gardiner, too, as she appeared when chasing away that incorrigible pig, who derived such exquisite gratification from wallowing in a bed of tulips ; and James Hockin, and Mr. Crumpler, there they are all together finished to a hair or a wrinkle—sheer callotypes. Nevertheless, capital as are these productions of Leech, grotesquely as they are conceived and excel lently as they are reduced to form—they still lag far behind those rough, inartistic, malformed pictorial jokes, which only Hood could accomplish or invent, for comicality and point; from " HullahLbaloo," as a chorus of singers shouting in concert, after the system of Mainzer and his fellow-labourer, to " Does your mother know you're out ?" as uttered by the faam-yard cock to the chicken just popped from its shell. And as to the extravagant joceseness of the literature, nothing need be insisted upon that question; almost every one being familiar with its amazing and preposterous humour. Surely there is nobody but remembers the " Sea-Totaller," and that scrap of in corrigible fun christened "An Extraordinary Ope ration." And surely everybody recollects " The Longest Hour in my Life," and " The Camberwell Beauty." And surely—and surely a remembrance of " The Grimsby Ghost " can never have evaporated from the memory of any one who has once travelled over those thirteen mortal chapters, all athirst to discover the important secret which troubles the phantom of the late widow Mullins, the chaud leress, and causes it to haunt the shop In her favourite post " between the coffee-mill and the barrel of red herrings," until the goblin at last divulges the secret to her daughter, in those remarkable and memorable words—" Mary, it arn't booked, but there's tuppence for sandpaper at a n i u u mbr ninerineg, the I re ' a ' From dyfan all cyands subjects, pont even a neous the w most i to f uoon d extracted materials for our merriment, sunning them at the same moment with the glow of philanthropy. The summer air, with its green " luxury of boughs," the vernal -glory of the dingle, or the gleam of water in a midnight v a ll e y, stirred up his heart with a mysterious, but potent gladness ; he wandered through the natural cloisters of the forest with his whole soul brimming up with a love for Nature and Nature's God. In those moments he was a poet of the loftiest order; his mind was attuned to the subtlest presence of beauty ; ex trinsic loveliness, however, partial or minute, found a ready response in his bosom. His thoughts were then purified to an exceeding delicacy, and his words were musical and modulated in proportion. But in his gayer moments, when the wine of Anacreon seemed to stain his lips, and the heart flashed up through the eye in sparkles of merriment, none could vie with him in the wonderful richness of his drollery ; his quips had the gold of originality, and shone with the lustre of their absurdity. As a collection of this true and legitimate species of humour, this reprint of " Hood's "Whimsicalities" is without a parallel. THE CITY POLICE. Mr'. D. W. Hat Vey transmitted the following report to the Lord Mayor on Saturday : " City Police- office, Old Jewry, Jan. 16, 1846. " Lord —I have the honour to encl ose a statistical re- wa turn for the year ending the 31st of December, 1845, if; that; working of the City Police. - - - " It is with great s a ti s f ac tion that I direct yo ship's attention to the comparatively insignlfican of the property stolen during the past year, amoun it ';"‘ o ,„ev does, to the sum of 5,674/. Is. 11d. only, of wh _ leavingsuecessano of average of vigilance f iL o e m e eitshiitte is re -2 trim 11 107. e a r edcaoyv d . e r e Ti;e markable, when your Lordship is informed that r in qairies and observations confirm the fact, that upw 1,000 persons of loose propensities enter the City daily,,, ‘' the sole purpose of committing depredations, and who he n as the prey of their skilful criminality some hundreds of thousands of persons, many of whom appear in the City for the first time, careless and unsuspicious, while not a few seem indifferent to the admonitions of experience. And when to this state of things is added that of 1,252 houses and warehouses reported as insecure-50 of these houses and warehouses crowded for the most part with valua ble and portable commodities, were found to be en tirely untenanted by night—l flatter myself, my Lord, I may claim for the officers and constables of the City police force the merit of doing their duty. It is not unworthy of remark that even their exemplary conduct greatly adds to my responsibility ; for I find the force under my command rather a nursery for other services than a permanent body, upon whose staid experience I might rely. During the past year, of 96 men who have left the force, 53 have so done to as sume superior situations, to which a certificate of ser vice has been their passport. Of he remaining number five have died, nine have left on account of ill-health, and 16 were found un fit for the service after a month's probation. The remaining 13 were dismissed. " May I be allowed to express my personal gratification that you are giving your energetic attention, and I trust eventually with success, to a subject which well deserves it,. viz. ? the unsatisfactory provision for deserted infancy, and the age d de e :jtifte within the City. I have, upon many oc casions, enlarged puon this interesting and distressing sub ject, and I should be delighted to give my humble services to a cause, whose Ileglect degrades humanity, inflicts grievous wrong upon the innocent, while it ives co —I have unte the n ance to skilful vagrancy and deriding cri honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, "D. W. HARVEY. " The Right Hon. the Lord. Mayor." SUMMARY OF THE CITY POLICE RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1845. Total number of persons taken to the various stations : Men, 9,763 ; women, 4,000 ; children, 209. Total, 13,972. Summonses-1,804, of which there were convicted and fined, 1,336. . . MISCELLANEOUS. Number of houses and warehouses found insecure (1,252 occupiers living on premises, 80 untenanted, 568 no nightly residence 'l---1,900. Fires discovertJ by the police, 158. Children found (2iV . ; restored to their friends, and 602 sent to the workhouse)-828. Lives saved by the police, 23. Robberies (6 burglaries, 785 in dweliiog-houses, 8 54 from the person, and 150 in the streets)—l,29s. Value of property stolen, 5,674/. Is. 11d. Recovered, 1,743/. 3s. 5. Found on drunken persons, and restored on their cl.sperture from the station, 1,0561. 16s. 2d. THE OMNIBUS SERvicz.—A number of improve ments are about to be introduced into the consquction o 8 the Parisian omnibuses, and, in mentioning them, it is urge& on the consideration of the Prefect of Police the sad situa tion of the drivers, conductors, and subaltern office rs of the omnibus service in general. These remarks are equally ap plicable to the London omnibus service. Would you know the life of an omnibus cad? Every day he must rise at three in the morning, and must not go to bed till the return to the depot of the last omnibus, that is, an hour and a half after midnight. Now what is the salary of such a servant ? Forty-five sous a day. A driver, for remaining nailed to his seat from seven in the morning till midnight, gets 3f. 50c. A conductor, for getting , on and off his toot-board one thou sand times a day. and in the intervals standing erect like a parrot on his perch, exposed to all the jerks of the vehicle, to all the inclemencies of the weather, and to all the ca prices of every goer and corner—for all these an unhappy conductor gets but 24f. 50c. ( 1 /.) per week. If it be de manded what is the possible duration of the service of such servants, go to the office of any omnibus company whatever, and not four of these servants will be found the date of whose service begins at the foundation of these carriages ; that is, n ws,of Saturday, Grosvenor-place , in 1828. The omnibus service is murderous. An d O re npleaceo:cloek, Camberwell, family w u of v e a n t o alarmed by hearing the report of a pistol which proceeded from the room of a Mr. Barrell (an inmate and cousin of the greatly l' family). It was immediately discovered that the unhappy gentleman, who was lying on his bed, had shot himself through the left breast.' Surgicalaid was promptly obtained, but all assistance was unavailing. In half an hour life was extinct. It is said that lasses arising from railway specula tions caused a temporary delirium. THE WEST-KENT MILITIA.—The regiment con sists of 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 2 captains, 12 lieutenants, 8 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 pay master, 1 surgeon, 1 assistant-surgeon. The staff consists of 1 sergeant-major, 13 sergeants, and 896 privates. The standard is 5 feet 4i inches. All persons are liable to be drawn who are between the ages of 18 and 45, excepting ap prentices, seamen, &c. The militia was called out for 28 days in 1825, and also in 1831. The West-Kent militia have been twice in Ireland, and it is supposed that if troops are re quired in Ireland, the East Kent militia will go this time.-- Dover Telegraph. DEATH FROM DRUNEENNESS.—On Saturday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Cross Keys, Endell street, Long-acre, on the body of Josiah Higham, aged sixty three, formerly a pawnbroker. The wretched man lived at - No. 28, Short's-gardens, and had a monthly allowance from his brother, a tradesman living en the Surrey side of the water. The moment he received his allowance he spent it in rum, of which to the value of 10s. or 12s. ho would drink in one day. He had been an excessively hard drinker for the last twenty years. His wife had left him in consequence of his intemperate habits. On Saturday, the 10th inst., h. received a present of money, and straightway began to dissi pate it in the usual way; in fact, he was drunk from that day until Thursday night, when he became collapsed; was placed in bed, attended to by Dr. Bennett, the parish sur geon, but he never rallied, and died about noon on Wednes day, from, the medical attendant said, the effects of intoxi cating liquors. A dispute arose between the Coroner and one of the jury, who said this was not a case in which an inquest need have been held; but the Coroner told the juror it was not his business to make such remarks. The jury were about to return a verdict of " Death frem natural causes," when the Coroner said that such a verdict would not be dissimilar to one he saw the other day in a Sussex paper, viz., that a child had died from drinking too much of its mother's milk. The jury re-considered, and returned the following verdict ;—" That he died from drinking excessively of alcoholic liquors." THE RAILWAY KING AT NORTHAMPTON.—Of Saturday last we were honoured with a visit by Mr. Hudson, Mr. W. E. Peel, Mr. Villiers, and several other directors of different railways, :who met the commmissioners of the Nen Navigation, of whom were present Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Northampton, E. Bouvene, Esq., and many other gentle men of the county.—Northampton Herald INJURY BY THE KICK OF A HORSE.—Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelvo o'clock, a serious acci dent occurred to Mr. Richard Ackett, of Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, who, having occasion to give his groom some directions, had gone to the stable for that purpose,when a horse kicked out violently with both hind legs. Mr. Ackett received the full force of the kick upon his chest and ribs, and he was dashed against the opposite wall. He was im mediately conveyed to his residence, and surgical assistanc e obtained, four of his ribs being broken on the right side. A GANG OF MURDERERS AND ROBBERS.—Com mitted to Nenagh gaol, by Mr. John G. Jones, R.M., Philip Maher, for the murder of Thomas Shanahan, process-server, near Borrisoleigh, on the 21st of October, 1844 ; also for the robbery of Quinlan and Cormack, near Annameadle ; Mi chael Meares, of Pentane, and Philip Maher, for the attack on Hogan, near Bawn, when John Hogan was severely injured from a gun-shot wound ; Edmund Ryan, John Conway, Thomas Dwyer, and John Kennedy, of Bawn, the latter a respectable farmer's son, and the person who brought t he . party to Hogan's house. This gang was connected with several other persons who were engaged to go in all direc tions theminurde. Since n r Northß t id a i i n r g arr of es Ti t asppveerraerybcaor arszttingtersoutthraathvgese and a absconded. There is most satisfactory evidence_ agues has turned I p o e o r re d n s have occurred to this county. One arrested,onas one a of nd a t e h m e obartenimkipnogr.iptthe gang thought it is that the perpetrators of all the AmF roN, JAN. 18.— T h Peninsular ;e E dmoceC shortly rrhka O eodm 7 Ar. brought A i Company'syi°sus:yesterday hvantlhsaweseLtnu;rmhSctevents Lihoacthatmorning,whjustice.meOnenrcQueen Company's steam-packet u g 9 a : Nu a u ps es er a , l an rdia'- gpassengers,. M. e d A r for warded landed iute: GibraltartC a a h t nn ei do iAt a n G s on iv an i r Gibraltar a r ky a e eiylD Russell , gtt 1:1° n tu P hhe nlaAillanßf inst. a d b re rr u i en o U o : t Oporto and Vigo, llth ; and Corunna, 13th. She has twelve steamer Royal Tar, Captain Evans,left g at 3 P.M. yesterday, without mails for Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Om ; also forty passengers, and a carp of bale goods. The Royal West India Mail packet the Medway, Captain Andrews, left the river yesterday with the West India mails, thirty-eight pas sengers, and a cargo of stores, for the Company's ships at the different islands. The Dee is expected from the West Indies on Tuesday. The Great Liverpool will leave for Alexandria, with the East India and China mails, on Tuesday. THE LATE SIR HERBERT COMPTON.—ThiS .dis tinguished man, whose death took place a few days since, was no ordinary character, and raised himself by his own exertions to the important offices which he successively filled, with honour to himself and advantage to the country. Sir Herbert Compton embraced the military profession very early in life, and served with his regiment for some time in India; but, returning to India, he entered on the study of the law, which he sedulously pursued. Having completed his hip' studies, he revisited India, and joined the bar at Fort t. George, where he soon became distinguished. His zeal, ability, and untiring assiduity obtained for him the lucrative Government appointment of Advocate-General successively at Madras and Calcutta ; and subsequently the distinguished post of Chief Judge of Bombay. At various periods of his career he received public testimonials for his official services from both Europeans and natives, the last testimonial being a valuable service of plate, presented by the native inhabitants of Bombay, with their grateful acknowledgments of his worth and the high estimation in which his services were held. It has lately been assorted in the Canterbury press, that it is the intention of the Belgian Government to remove the mail packet service from Dover to Ramsgate. W .a _are . happy to have it in our power to state that this report :L it tirely without foundation, and that the Belgian _u ev D d which will have three new fast steamers nearly m co i n n v a e t y inn th u e f ß th e e l Dover Telegraph. RAILWAY TERMINUS AT FATAL ACCIDENT AT TUN g c i o sili ntr M ac a t il i s ri fr th oni the O So stan u thdßlver' youth, abclut 15 years as an enFine• cleaner, k i‘ t r oso y aPtender upon a si C de o°lun rai pthan l e , yte :l - 8 ofSO atrgTo,FlAlnamlTTeOdNjamoNesFßßlDusty of coke on a cross rail, not giving the dwretihe want of caution in four men who t w ir m h e f r i e e l pushing a w "100 out." out." Before the poor boy could get the sin bo as tr h e t r d of it th t e o w pi a e g e g es on T ca h u e g b h o t d h y im wa u s p i o m n m th e e . cid l °2u u u r s a u es t tei da°l t rean y t s giuc u lgn ta k nd l agni m at . wi e n etil o gralain:Yg n to f e ' I Ba Y dl . eY Railway Hotel, and a coroner's in quest met on Saturday, when, after a very t en g sf a un t u i r o er n am , b a eyn ve cea rd elol i e c rd t g o ei f nc '; on A rft ec eh i e d Er e nu n sci t m a ., l , D cwo e roh at en h ne ' r ' t, w hfe u oyr fLmasru.yed.a t w"s h eaet e rur i e r crnhis m te-nrd l i t aignn o ldv i s d te u hte e caution in not looking ahead before moving the waggon. The terminus at Southampton has been open now several years, yet by the carefal carrying out of the company's regulations by their officers and servants, not a single accident has occurred prior to the unfortunate one of Friday last, although engines are moving about the premises upwards 9f fifty times a day. MR. GLADSTONE. We (Nottingham Journal) last week made some remarks relative to Mr. Gladstone's retirement from the representa tion of the borough of Newark. In the course of those re marks we stated that the electors of Newark disapproved of the Right Hon. Gentleman's conduct with regard to the Maynooth grant, and that he declined to oiler himself for reelection in consequence ; and we also surmised that the probable future commercial policy of the Government had been not without its weight in bringing about the separa tion. We have since received the following letter from Mr. Gladstone on the subject of those remarks, which we consider it right to lay before our readers : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOTTINGHAM JOURNAL. "Sir,—My attention has been drawn to an article in your paper of the 9th. Such an article, written in a local paper, I cannot consider as an irresponsible and merely anonymous publication. The tone also in which it is composed—a tone of extreme, and I fear unwarrantable, favour to myself—must give weight to such statements as it contains in regard to mere matters of fact. " It states that my vote in favour of the Braynooth College Bill has either wholly or in great part led me to retire from the position of a candiate for the representation of Newark, and that the future commercial policy of the Government has also had its weight. "Allow me, sir, respectfully, but most positively to assure you, that neither the Maynooth College Bill, nor any com mercial policy of the Government, past or prospective, nor other public question, have had the smallest effect in deter mining my conduct. " The motives by which I have been influenced have been exctusively of a personal character. " I have the honour to remain,. sir, "Your very obedient servant, "W. E. GLADSTONE. " 13, Carlton House Terrace, London, Jan. 10, 1846." • THE SUN EXPRESSES. We have to acknowledge our obligations t o the Messrs. John ston, of Dublin, for The Sun of Tuesday, coi staining the Funds' Share and other news up to that evening. This number of The Sun was expressed to Dublin by those enterprising news agents, and reached that city at two , o'clock, r.ax., on Wednesday.—Kerry Examiner, 16th January. Through the kindness of Messrs. Johnston and Co., Eden quay, we have just received The Sun of Wednesday, by ex press, in twenty-four hours from London to Dublin. On Wednesday, at Mark-lane, prices of grain were looking down, and business very dull.—Kilkenny Journal, 17th January. TILE MEssus. JOILNSTON AND Co., OF DranuN.—As an in stance of the enterprising spirit of those :mitlemen, we may mention that we received yesterday moriaing a copy of the London Sun of Wednesday evening, which. they had conveyed by present to Dublin, within twenty hours 1 We have had frequently to present our acknowledgments to Messrs. John ston for similar favours.—KilZ , nny Moderator, 17th January. We are indebted to Messrs. Johnston, the enterprising news agents, Eden-quay, Dublin, for a send edition of The Sun of the 13th instant, containing important documents underneath, in reference to the annexation . of Texas to the United States.—Sligo Journal, Jan. 16. We were this morning similarly favou red, through the agency of the same firm, by a copy of the London Sun of Tuesday evening, which they received at two o'clock P.H. yesterday. It contains an account of Cho funds, share, and other markets, as well as proceedings in the various courts of law in London, which took place on Tue sday. The value of early intelligence from London is of the utmost importance to this country, more particularly in the present state of the corn and other markets. The Messrs. Johnston are, there fore, doing the state good service by the it independent and energetic expresses.— 7restrneath Guardkin, Jan. 15. PLYMOUTH THEATRE. (From the Devonport Indepe viarent.) The engagement' of Mr. Macready has. proved a valuable one for the interests of this theatre, that gentleman's bril liant performances having attracted crowd eel audiences during the week. This great artiste has not app eared before a Ply mouth audience fur five years prior to his present engage ment, and, as may have been anticipated., much pleasure was evinced by the playgoers of this neighbor n'hood on beholding the finished acting of this favourite, not znerely of the Ply mouth boards, but of the British stage generally. During the week Mr. Macready has appeared in Hamlet, Richelieu, Othello, and Werner, in all of which cht tracters he has been well supported by the company. On Thursday evening his Othello w;ts a powerfully fine performance, and the audience repeatedly manifested their delight by vehemently applauding: at intervals of the performance. Mr. Macready had the good fortune to be supported on the occasion by one', of the best lago's ws ever saw. Mr. Paumier is an act mr 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 excel' cc ice as he exhibited in the arduous part of lago. It was one. of the greatest hits ever achieved by a provincial actor, and the audience, espe cially that part of it located in the lower part of the house, bore ample testimony to the actor's great ability. At the fall of the curtain there was a loud cry for Ilacready and Pau mier, and the former gentleman at on ce responded to the wishes of the audience, and bowed his ac kn nwledgment. The call for Paumier was now redoubled, proc eetling 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. 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 re6olutions, expressive of -thorough free trade principles, were unanimously adopted. At St. Austel, Cornwall, on Friday, Iv ith 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 a do pted, and the meet ing was addressed by F. S. Trelawny, Esq., M.P. At Stogumber, Somersetehire, on Tbiur sday evening, with B. Escott, Esq., M.P., in the chair. A bout 1,500 individuals were present, and the demonstration altogether was most enthusiastic. At Shepton Mallet, on Saturday, witl i the High Constable in the chair. The meeting, which a ras convened in the market-place, numbered somewhere ab out a thousand. At the Court-house. Marylebone wltere, on Saturday evening, the various metropolitan delerato 39 assembled. Mr. George Daniell, churchwarden of Maryhtbt me, presided. The assembly, besides protesting against the. duties levied upon articles of food, adopted a memorial to Sir Robert Peel against the continuation of the window -tux. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.- -An alteration has just been made in the arrangements ll_ it the departure of the Court for town. Her Majesty and this 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 Buckingliatai Palace. A magnifi cent banquet will be given by her Mt sjesity to-morrow even ing in the Waterloo (~,allery. Invite tione 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 llficcleuch, 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'cl oak in the afternoon); the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Po Iv is and the Cabinet Ministers. The Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Yeomen of the Guard have been commanded ta. :be in attendance. A grand concert will be given by her -Majesty in the evening. The Queen's private band will be co nsiderably augmented ; s everal instrumental performers hay ing been engaged from town. Sir H. W. Williams Wynne, .11.8., ambassador at Copenhagen, and Lady Wynne, 1. aft Brighton for Dieppe, on Saturday afternoon, by the Gen , !ral l Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Men ai. Mr. a Vyn ne left London, on Wednesday last, by the Princ ess+ Royal steamer, for llamburgh. The Earl of Carlisle continues much in the same state. Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. G. Howard, MT., and Lady Mary Howard, are the only members of the family at present staying with the Noble Earl at Castle Howard.— Carlisle Journal. , The Duke of Sutherland is suffering from what is professionally called ratnollissemerd of the brain—one of the most intractable to medical skill of all the ills that flesh is heir to.—Carlisle Journal. It is reported that the Arnevica, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, has been sent m Ith a broad pendant to com mand on the Oregon coast ; and. that the Grampus, 50, Capt. Martin, will join her forthwith.. The King of Wurtemberg is recovering fom his severe illness. The bulletin of th e 12th inst. announces that the fever has left him entirely, although. his Majesty is still at times tormented by a cough. TIE TICKET ACT.—The soon er an Act of Parlia ment is passed to interpret the inter pretation clause of the Ticket Act the better. It is in such t. !nos as to throw every body into doubt and difficulty, and 1 tundreds of framework knitters out of employment. The marriage of the Hon. P Liss Mary Constantia Clifford, second daughter of Lord ( ;lifford of Ugbrooke, to William Vavasour, third son of Sir. Edward Vavasour, of Hazelwood Hall, Tadcaster, took pl ace on Monday last, in the Catholic Chapel attached to Allierton Park, near Green Ilammerton, Yorkshire, the seat of Lord Stourton, whose lady is aunt to the bride's mother. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. J. Bridge (S. J.), in the presence of the contracting parties, and of others of the neighbouring gentry. The bride was given away by Lard Ciittord, and titter the ceremony they lett for Harr' gate, to pass the honey moon. A ball and supper at the par k concluded the festivi ties of the wedding- day.— Western 2 Linea. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen did not walk out yesterday morning, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Prince Albert went out shooting yesterday fore noon, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde and Colonel Bouverie. - -----__ The Royal Family were all taken an airing for a short time yesterday in the Castle precincts. The following illustrious visitors took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday morning, and afterwards left the Castle :—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the Royal Family in the course of the afternoon. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort promenaded for some time in the pleasure-grounds and Home Park yesterday afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle last evening. This morning, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of. Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Honourable and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar returned to Marlborough House on Satur day -from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Glou cester House. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Minister., present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Earl St. Germans, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The uke of Wellington returned to town in the morning from Windsor Castle, and the Earl of Had dington, arrived in town to attend the Council, from a visit to Mr. Drummond, at Albury Park, Guildford. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie returned to town on Saturday from Windsor Castle. the Governor of Gi braltar. Dispatches were received on Saturday afternoon at the Colonial-office, from The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederic T re nch attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir John Seymour. The Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Bishop of Ely, Lords Bandon, Talbot, G. Paulet, G. Paget, and Norreys, attended the daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and t he lesson s by the Rev. G. Repton thei thee, Rev. 0 SirL The sermon was preached by ojrodh.'n' Sey mour. The anthem was ~ Tillie presided at the organ. ----- gentle were called t o th e b ar on Friday, ea and MIDDLE TEMPL X , JAN. 17.—Th ft - p m u e b n lis t h io e n d e i d m m n the dining-ball 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. ADMIISION or SOLICITORS.--The number of per sons applying for admission as solicitors, &c., in the present term, Is 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 renews I of certificates on the last day of term is 28. AK ENDMENT TO THR ADDRESS.—In a letter tO the olu ctors of Norfolk. Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, one of the Members for that county, says--" I beg leave to make Irnown to you that it is my intention to submit the conside:e•ation 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 assu re her Majesty that, though we believe that the in dications of an approaching scarcity have been grossly exag gerated, if not wholly without foundation, we do neverthe less acl;:nowledge that the mitigation of anything like a real scarcit y ought at all times, and under all circumstances, to be th a 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 declare, that we will most cheer fully accede to the adoption of any measures which the Exe cutivo Government may initiate, as measures either of pre caution or relief, and as applicable either to Ireland, or to any of her part of the empire, which shall not in any way comprnmise the broad principle of protection to the native soil, from the heart of which the great mass of the popula tion 11:i.ve hitherto, under God's blessing, through strange vicissitudes, been abuadantly supplied, and from Te e dec es a s y , of which they may be hereafter t h row n into wre h want, and ruin.'" ACCIDENT BY A THRASHING Wednesday last, a poor woman of the Clem &rd. was asA.stii:g at a thros g AfACIIINE.-On of Ford, living at hlrna-mieachine belonging to Mr. Morley, of the same pa amputation was resorted Herald e slipped between the beate t r o s, t The woman ribil and ..), stoic meai. her too:. _altidsatuwass so much crushed that ia in her 67th year. — B ur Y "