The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

--- once Company. The agreement for the lease, which wai contained in a letter from Mr. Reiley, the secre tary to the company, to the plaintiff, %las to the effect that the company should remain in possession of part of the ground and the whole of the second floor, in which at a rent o f 3001., they had been i n occupation since 1842, with the addition of the third floor, at a reduc rent of 9 50 guineas. Besides this there was a stipulation that ile upper part of the house should not he let by the plaintiff to any persons which shoull be inconvenirnt to the company Some negotiation took place between the parties, which l as t e d f or some months. Th e ques ti on in the case appeared to his Honour to be whether the plaintiff ever accepted of the terms contained in the letter of Mr. Reiley, and if he did, whether that agreement, in consequence of what had taken place afterwards, was abandomd by him. His Honour was clearly of opinion that the original agreement had nob been abandoned, and the result was that there must be a (keret for a specific performance, at , . the defendants must pay the costs of the plaintiff up to the h ear i ng. The Court then proceeded to hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) This being the first day of Hilary Term, Lord Denman, accompani e d by Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justicv C o l er id ge and Mr. Justice Wightman, took their seats u p oa t h e b ench shortly after ten o'clock. lIOARB 77. SILVERLOCK. This was an action of libel, tried ut the December sittings before Mr. Justice Coleridge, when a verdict Was returned for the plaintiff, dainuges 405. Mr. Sergeant TALFoURD now moved in arrest ( f Judgment. The declaration, he said, contained five counts, upon five several libels, alleged to have been publ6hed in a certain newspaper called the Nautical btandurd. The first two counts in the declaration were out of the ca.se, inasmuch as the defendant was not the proprie tor of the paper at the time the libels to which they related were publi-hed, and accordingly the verdict Was returned generally upon the three other counts. Now, he contended that thee other counts contained neither directly, nor by inuendo, any libel nt all, and he was therefore entitled to ask the Court to grant a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be lineatel The Loan CEIEF JUSTICE—We think you ought to have a rule. Rule nisi accordingly. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in banco.) Mrs. Cobbett applied to the Court for a writ of habeas corpus directing the keeper of the Queen's Bench prison to bring up the body of Mr. William Cobbett, her husband, to this court in order that he might be discharged forthwith, on the ground that he was improperly confined in No. 1 department of the said prison, being that in which criminals were con fined, instead of No. 3 department, in which she con tended her husband ought to be confined. The COURT had no objection to grant the writ, but expressed their opinion that the effect of the writ would be to transfer the prisoner to the proper de partment, if he were improperly confined, and not to entitle him to his discharge. The applicant left the court with the writ in her possession. The COURT, having disposed of the motions, pro ceeded with the peremptory paper. IN TUE MATTER OP JAMES RICHARD THOMPSON. This case came before the Court upon a rule for a reference to the master to ascertain what proportion of the premium paid on certain articles of clerkship should be refunded. Mr. Watson appeared in support of the rule ; Mr. Bovill showed cause against it. The action was originally brought by the repre• sentatives of a party deceased, for the purpose of recovering a certain sum of money paid as a premium to the defendant as consideration for his instructing the deceased as an articled clerk, who was bound to him for a period of five years, but had died within a month from the period of making the articles of clerkship. Mr. BoviLL contended that the defendant was not liable, on the ground that there was no article in the agreement stipulating that he should return the money in the event of his clerk dying before the expiration of the term, and that the defendant was ready and willing to perform his part of the contract, viz., to teach, but the deceased was not able to per form his_part of th e contract, viz., to learn. Mr. WATSON, in support of the rule, argued upon the d ec i s i on of Lord Tenterden in a similar case to the present, that the case ought to be decided upon prin c i p l es of good conscience, and not upon the strict rules of law or equit y. The COURT took time to consider the terms on which they would deliver judgment. They considered it of importance that some general rule should be laid down upon the subjeet. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) The entar JUSTICE, on taking his seat, intimated that the four remaining appeals from the decisions ( f lbevising Barristers would be proceeded with by the Court on Monday next. --- COLONIAL BANK.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors was held this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceeding:, of the corporation, and for the election of five directors and one auditor, in the room of Andrew Colville, Esq. ; W. Davidson, &q. ; James Fletcher, Esq.; Alexander St € wart, E sq.; Henry Bruce, Esq.; and Samuel Gurn ey , E sq., auditor; also for the election of two directors, in the room of J. A. Mulkey, Esq., and John Irving, Esq , who had resigned. . The chair was taken at one o'clock, by A. Colville, lho notice convening the meeting having been read, The Secretary then proceeded to read the report from which it appeared that the great depreciation in the prices of sugar, one of the principal productions of the company, amounting to at least 50 per cent., combined with the numerous failures which had re cently taken place, had led to considerable losses to the corporation, and the directors having carefully con sidered the whole question, had come to the conclusion not to recommend the payment of any dividend for the past six months, and they proposed that the sum of 22,236/. 20. 10 , 1., the profits made during that pe riod, should be carried to the profit and loss account of the corporation. The report concluded by calling upon the proprietors to adopt some measures fur urging upon the Government to alter the measure which had been lately passed for admitting slave grown sugar, as if that measure were not altered or repealed, the Bank would be compelled most mate rially to restrict its operations, and cause thereby a terious diminution in the profits of the company. the An Hort. PROPRIRTOR wished to know what was amount of the capital of the coman which was already l os t . p y The CHAIRMAN said that by writing off the dividends the corporation had reduced its amount of losses to about 7,0001. An HON. PROPRIETOR wished to know what was the amount cf dishonoured bills or bills in abey ance ? The CHAIRMAN stated that those bills which hrd been returned were not to be considered as totally lost, and he thought that by stating the actual amount of bills in abeyance would only tend to mislead the proprietary. T. llANster, Esq., wished to know whether the directors were in a position to carry on the business of the bank without calling up any additional capital The CiLitaultv said that the amount of bills in abeyance, even if it were lost, would not have the effect of crippling in the least the operations of the Government. As to making any future calls, the directors had not the slightest intention of so doing. T. IlAsixev, Esq., thought the answer quite satis factory, and thet the best course would be to allow the directors to continue to act with their own discre tion, and resume the payment of dividends at suet: tim e as they might think proper. An HON. PROPRIETOR thought that if the future success of the bank depeaded upon the repeal of the Sugar Duties Bill, it would be better so to contract it operations as to afford an opportunity of gradually winding up the concern. The CHAIRMAN thought that at present it would be premature to discuss the propriety of the future Proceedings of the bank. The suspension of specie by the West India Bank would, he had no doubt, iltitnately lead t o th e b ene fit o f this establishment, as should not that concern be able to resume payment, !his C orporation might then supply the vacancy caused oy that concern. The report was then un an im ous ly agree d t o . The following gen tl em( n were re - e l ecte d di rec t ors E, company th e h :—A. Colville, Esq., W. Davidson, James Fletcher, Esq., Alexander Stewart, Esq., and He nry Bruce, a Samuel Emery, Esq., was re-elected w• ii . auditor of the company. ten, t i 4 .1 - n N ev M.P., and Thomas Nagh- A. 1,, were elected directors, in the room of J. resignaerld'. Esq.' and John Irving, Esq., who had c h The th an k s of the meeting were voted to the airman, and the meeting broke up. On Saturday lest -- Messrs. Burnetts, the distillers, of V,,„ t --xitail, and a very excellent supper to the whole of the clerks and men employed in their establishment, %Mounting to nearly eight) persons. PORSOIr.—The people here are almost in a famine lir the want of coal, v.hile three vessels are lying in w„ r°153411 3', coal•laden for the port, but cannot get in for p o -n ! °I Water. Copper coin has lately been so scarce in t h r "°, that it is often next to impoisiblo to obtain Op for a g r oa.—Aberdeen Herald. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'B.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Pioneer—taken 20 to 1 agst Jerry—taken 50 to 1 agst Dick Thornton—taken 50 to 1 twat Linnet—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Brockett—taken CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Henderson's Lady Hylda—laken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Das's The Tartar—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Watts's Chat—taken DEEM'. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Most, n's Surplice—taken and after wards offered 13 to 1 agst Mr. Payee's Glendower—take 14 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault—taken and after wards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—take 30 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Nil Desperundum—taken 33 to 1 gst Mr. Payne's Cervus—taken 35 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pedle's Besborough—taken to 2501. 40 to 1 apt Mr. Nunn s The Fowler—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy —taken . to GOl. 50 to 1 agst Mr. 13. Green's Flatcatcher—taken 500 even between Cervus and Springy Jack Springy Jack was again in high favour, insomuch that, although extremely liberal odds were laid to small sums in two or three quarters, we do not believe that the odds quoted could have been obtained to any amount. Besborough was also in force, and a few scores were laid out on Nil Desperandum, Cervus, and Swiss Boy. In other respects the betting was unimportant. EXTRAORDINARY MATCH. Mr. Nunn, a gentleman well known on the turf, having undertaken, for a large wager, to ride a steeplechase mare from Leamington to Long's Hotel, Bond-street (nearly 10(i miles), started at twelve o'clock on Sunday night, and reached his destination about a quarter before twelve o'clock yesterday morning, winning by a quarter of an hour. The rider, we believe, is vary little worse for the journey, but his gallant, ill-used mare, is not ex pected to survive many hours. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Dulverton harrs., Fri., Urinstord Hill-10. Mr. S. Lowndes's hds , Wed., Shenley-11. Lurd Lonsdale's harrs., Sat., Kennels. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs., Ilurstbourne Tarrant; Fri., South Grove; Sat., Win terslow-11. The Duke of Beaufort's hds., Wed., Cirencester Wood; Thurs., Cross Hands; Sat , Flullavington. The Durham County hds., Wed., Lumley; Fri., Essington-10f. The Baby lids., Wed., Baby Kennels; Fri., Ham sterleys-10i. The Hurworth hds., Sat., Hilton-10i. Lord Parker's hds., Fri., Harpden. Mr. Fane's harrs., Sat., Watlington. The Old Berkshire hds., Wed., Wittenham Wood; Fri., Step Farm. The V. W. 11., Thurs., Elm Green; Sat., Charlton Gate. The Marham harrs., Wed., Wereham Hall; Fri., Mid dleton-11. The Hopton harrs., Thurs., Repps-11. Lord Elcho's hds., Wed., Haggerston; Fri., Twisel House; Sat., Lilburn-10i, Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Nemriding; Fri., Nether wi tton-10i. Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Motbcombe; Sat., Babland Gate. Lord Southampton's hchs,ffed., Tiffield Toll-gate; Fri., Foxley; Sat., Braysfield-11. The United Pack, Thurs, Longville Hill. The Vine hds., Wed., Whitchurch Lodge; Sat., the Vine-9. TilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, tB4B. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A Spanish tenor singer, M. Santiago, made his Mitt here last evening in the part of Lyonnel, in the dlaid of honour. He had only three or four days to study the part in. The gentleman who had under studied Mr. Reeves in it, and was to have supplied his place on the off•nights, left the company last week, and M. Santiago undertook to supply his place. The fact of his being able to appear in the part at so short a notice proves that he must be an accomplished musician ; indeed this was evident throughout his performance. His voice is sweet, but somewhat deficient in power, and he was evidently dreadfully nervous. When he shall have become more used to his audience he will prove an acquisition to the Drury corps. The house was well attended. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. YAIVIES'S THEATRE. M. Bocage has added to his already high fame in this country by his performance last evening of Jarvis, in Lafont's vaudeville of Jarvis r lumnete homme. Jarvis is an honest English merchant, who has been condemned t o d ea th f or t reaso n, by thein famous Judge Jefferies, in the dark and dismal days of the second James. The night before his execution, Melvil, the Governor of the Tower, permits him to leave for a few hou rs t o h ave an i n t erv iew with his daughter Cordelia (Madame Fechter), on his pledg ing his word to return. His daughter has .dis covered his sec re t, an d w ith h er l o ver's assist ance, infuses a narcotic into his drink, and his him conveyed in a state of insensibility on board a ship, and taken to France. In France he reads an account of the execution of Melvil, for having permitted him to escape, and goes mad. The vengeance of James still pursues the unfortunate Jarvis, whose daughter is compelled to remove the unhappy maniac from France, in consequence of the representations of James. They go to Holland, and there they meet with Melvil alive. He has been re suscitated after his execution by a celebrated phy sician, and when this fact becomes known to Jarvis, he recovers his senses; at the same time the revolution of 1688 breaks out in England, and Jarvis, his daughter, and Melvil return to England in the train of the Prince of Orange. The acting of M. Bocage was very fine throughout. In the mad scenes he was peculiarly touching and pathetic. Jarvis was followed by a pleasant little bustling piece of intrigue, enti tled La veuve de quinze ans. The house was well and fashionably attended. THEATRICALS AT WOBURN ABBEY. The princely hospitalities of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at the ancient family seat in Bedfordshire were brought to a close on Tuesday last, on which day the Noble Duke and Duchess departed for their ro mantic retreat, Endsleigh Cottage, in Devonshire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, and the other guests at the Abbey, left the same day, with the exception of Lord and Lady John Russell, who were detained by indisposition. The Duke and Duchess have, during the festive season, given a series of splendid entertainments, and there has been a con tinued succession of distinguished guests. The old year ended by a delightful histrionic exhibition at the " Woburn Abbey Theatre." According to the bill of the amusements, the performances were "in honour and under the patronage of Chevalier Bunsen, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Prussia." The selection made on the occasion was an extrava ganza, entitled Our Virgin Queen; or, Too Much Supper, the dramatis personm being as follows : " Queen Elizabeth, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford; the Duchess of Rutland, Lady Rachell Russell ; Sir Nicholas Blount, Mr. G. Russell ; Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. R. Monckton Mines ; the Earl of Sussex, the Hon. W. Cowper ' • the Mayor of Eatall, Mr. Sa n f o rd ; Mr. Alderman Swallow, th e Hon. W. Cowper; Sally Swallow, Lady Rachel Russell ; A Friend (who drops in), Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P. At tendants, prisoners, beadles, common councilmen, ice." " The theatricals concluded with A Mystic Mine; never before acted, never to be acted again. A classic legend containing altitude and profundity; the month of flowers and a suspiration. Vivat Regina." it was further announced to those anxious to witness the performances, by the authorised bill, that " The performances commence as soon as claret and coffee will allow. The box-office is not open. No places are reserved. There is no price or half-price; no suspension of the free-list; no new scenery, dresses, or decorations. There have been no rehearsals, and there is no stage manager." We understand Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., created much merriment by the able manner he enacted the humourous part of " A Friend who drops in." Lady Rachel Russell, as Sally Swallow, and Mr. M. Milnes, as Sir Walter Raleigh, ably acquitted them selves. Lord and Lady A. Russell, Sir C. and Lady Mary Wood, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Lady Caroline Sanford, Lord and Lady Charles Russell, Lady Elizabeth Russell, and a brilliant circle of friends of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, witnessed the performance, which passed off, as all other doings at Woburn Abbey, with the greatest eclat. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENTS. Last night Mr. Wilson gave his first concert for the season to a large and respectable audience in the Store-street Music Hall, one of the best perhaps in London for solo singing. We have seldom listened with more delight to the Scottish minstrel. There is an uniading freshness in the old Scottish ballad music, giving it a charm, and securing it a lasting popularity which few of the compositions of the great modern masters have acquired with all the advantage of art in orchestral accompaniment and vocal execu tion by the finest singers of the day. Many of these have had their short and tinsel existence in the glare of the " foot lights," and after a " run of unparal leled success," have been thrust aside amongst the other scenic lumber to make way for other " novel ties." Not so with the simple Scotch ballad. It scarcely needs the organ of a Grisi or a Mario to sustain its popularity. Season after season its gentle strains breathe on our ear still fresh, sweet, and redo• lent of hawthorn, or strong, wild, and vigorous as the mountain blast as it sweeps over the heather. Nor is this the mere response of Scotch love of country. It is the language it speaks to every breast—the pure inspiration of nature—intelligible to all who have the soul of music. ---- Mr. Wilson was in excellent voice, and sang with all the good taste and natural humour so characteristic of his style. Among others he did great justice to " Weel may the boattie row," " Saw ye my wee thing," Oh Tibbie, I hae seen the day," and "Come under m y plaidie." In singing these songs, all of a cheerful description, we could not keep remarking that one secret in Mr. Wilson's success in Scotch music consists in his singing such songs in the " lilting," " canty " manner of the Scotch peasant, as rarely as possible departing from the natural rithm or time of the tune; thus while you listen, you feel an instinc tive desire to beat time, or even to start to your feet and dance. Most singers signally fail in ballad sing ing without knowing why, disdaining to be fettered by the natural time of the song, they indulge " ad libitum" in long cadencies, and the whole is ex hausted in extraneous ornament, and the original spirit is lost. Other songs, such as of course be sung in " Auld Robin Gray," cannot this manner, and may with greater safety be left to the singers judgment as to the time. We were much pleased with the humorous manner in which Mr Wilson sang my " Spouse Nancy," "The married m an ' s l amen t," and " The Laird o Cockpen," though we thought, in regard to the latter, he falls short of Mr. M'Kay's deleniation of the proud laird. Mr. Wilson will excuse us if we refer to the piano accompaniment department of his entertain ments. The songs of his country require but little accompaniment, but that little ought to be peculiarly well executed. COURT CIR CU LAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early wa lk . The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise Majesty and Prince Alb er t, accompan i ed b y their Roy this morning on the Eastern Terrace an d s l opes . a l Highnesses the Prince o f W a l es , P r i nce Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Pri ncess Ali ce, an d the Princess Helena, left the C ast l e th i s afternoon, Her for Claremont. The royal suite consisted of the Lady in Waiting, Viscountess Canning; the Lord in Waiting, the Mar quis of Ormond° ; the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, r A o n n Anton ; and the Colonel S e y mour; an d Equerries in W a iti ng , l‘a r j soe;• Gn Mr. e G. E. the Master of the Household, General B ow l es . The august party quitted the Castl e a t a quar t er e before three o'clock, in sever a l carriages and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Regim en t o f H orse Guards. The Chancellor of the Exchequer an d Lady Mary Wood returned to their residenc e i n D owning-street j'el io ter e d s: 3 : La :f from a visit to th e M arquis and Mar ehn Lansdowne, atßowood- par k , Wilts. His Excellency the Mexican Minister has left town for the Continent. A PLEASANT VALsnicTrox . Before th e Bi s h op of New Zealand departed , Sidney Smith, in taking leave, affected to impress upon his friend the dangers of his mission. ~ You will find, he said, "in preaching to canribal,„ that. their attention, instead of being occu pied by the spirit, will be concentrated on the flesh; for I am told that they never breakfast 'without n cold mis sionary on the side-board." In shaking hands with the new prelate as be was leaving the house, the Reverend wit added, " Good bye. We shall never meet again; but let us hope that you may thoroughly disa gree w i t h ,the savage who eits you."--Family Jo; Miller. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes, has had her com passes adjusted for local attraction to-day, but has some defects to make good. The electric telegraph which is used by the Ad miralty, was so disordered yesterday that no message could be transmitted by its agency between this port and London, and as the old semaphores are abandoned, their Lordships found themselves in the predicament we i_rognosticated they would when they closed the old exclusive mode of telegraphing. This is the first instance of the impolicy of the measure alluded to; we trust we shall not have to report sane serious consequences attending the shutting up of the sema phores, and the discharge of the veteran officers and men who worked them. The General Palmer freight ship received her troops by the Echo, from Cowes, to-day, and sailed this evening for Malta and Corfu. Wind N.E. by N.—Moderate breezes ; weather hazy, dark, and cold. The following ships have served the usual term of commission and will be shortly paid off. Those on foreign stations which have been relieved are on their way borne Acorn, 16, Commanderßingham, station, East Indies, date of commision, Dec. 1844. Acteon, 26, Captain Manse], Coast of Africa, Dec. 1844. Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle, Devonport, Noy. 1843. Amazon, 20, Captain J. J. Stopford, Mediterranean, Nor. 1844. Collingwood, 80, Admiral Sir G. Seymour, Pacific, May, 1841. Columbia, Lieut. Shorthlnd, Chatham, May, 1842. Comet, Lieutenant Rigge, Tagus, July, 1843. Comus, 18, (sunk), Commander D'Eyneourt, River Plate, Dec. 1844. Dxdalus, 20, Captain M'Quhae, East Indies, Oct. 1844. Daring, 12, Commander Peel, West Indies, Sept. 1844. Eagle, 50, Captain G. B. Martin, Brazils, Nor. 1844. Endymion, 44, Captain Hon. G. Hastings, Devon port, Oct. 1845. Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy, Mediterranean, Dec. 1844. Firebrand, Captain J. Hope, Brazils, Dec. 1844. Flamer, Commander Lavie, Mediterranean, Feb. 1843. Flyingfish, Commander Dyke, Coast of Africa, Sept. 1844. Fox, 42, Captain Sir. H. Blackwood, East Indies, Oa. 1843. Hecla, Commander Starmer, Sheerness, Jan. 1843. Lark, Lieut. Lawrence, North America, Feb. 1843. Locust, Lieut. Power, Mediterranean, Dec. 1844. Modeste, 18, Commander Macdonald, Chatham, June 1843. Nautilus, Lieut. Rivers, Portsmouth, Dec. 1844 Persian, 16, Commander Oor)ton, West Indies, Dec. 1844. Racehorse, 18, Commander Sotheby, New Zealand, Dec. 1844. Ranger, 10, Commander Anderson, Coast of Africa, Dec. 1844. Superb, 80, Captain A. L. Corry, Mediterranean, Dec. 1844. Thunder, Capt. Barnett, North America, Aug. 1844. Vindictive, 50, Admiral Austen, West Indies, Jan. 1845. Volcano, Lieut. Crang, Mediterranean, Nov. 1844. WooLwicn, JAN. 10.-,-The Commissioners of the Admiralty have appointed Master Commander William Smithett, who has served in the Merlin steam-vessel on the Liverpool and Holyhead station, to be Captain of the Banshee steam-vessel, the Banshee being intended as a mail steamer on that station. Captain William Smithett came on board the Banshee this morning at Blackwall on her earning down the river from Deptford to proceed on an official experi mental trial to-day by order of their Lordships. The previously announced speed of the vessel (about 18i statute miles per hour) caused a great anxiety amongst naval officers to be present to judge for themselves if this hitherto unattained speed by steam vessels was in reality possessed by the Banshee, and at ten o'clock the following naval officers went on board at Blackwall :—Captain Sir John Hill, Knight, Superintendent of the Deptford Dockyard ; Captain the Hon. G. F. Hotham, Captain Lord George Paulet, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper, C. 8., Captain Eden, Captain Caffin, and Captain Dwyer, Royal Navy ; Mr. Lang, master shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard ; Mr. Atherton, chief engineer at the factory at Woolwich ; Mr. Laiig, jun., assistant to the master shipwright, the designer of the vessel ; Mr. Thompson, her constructor, and the Messrs. Penn, who fitted her engines of 350- horse power ; Mr. Ravenhill, of Black wall, and several other scientific gentlemen. The Banshee left her moorings at Blackwall, where she had stopped for a short time, at 27 minutes past 10 o'clock, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, with several of the officers and crew of the Black Eagle, and proceeded down the river at half speed, in consequence of the low state of the tide, as it is found that full speed in shallow water raises such a commotion and so many under or cross currents, that she does not then answer her helm exactly, and it is now the opinion of many that it was from that cause alone, and not owing to blame being attached to any one, that she came in collision with the Lightning steam. vessel on her first trial down the river. It is also evident that the great swell, within a certain distance of her progress through the water, causes her to draw slower going vessels within her track, and it would be well if this effect was known to all the commanders of steam vessels, that the slowest should give way and keep out of the swell of those able to pass them. Another very important point in navigation has been estab lished beyond doubt to-day, that the common, or even Massey's patent, log is no criterion of the speed of fast going vessels, as after they exceed 14 knots there is no dependence on them, as they actually in many instances jump out of the water, although considerable weights have been previously attached to them. The t3anshee went down the river about 14 miles below Gravesend, and her speed, the easy motion in every part, the stiff manner in which she answered her helm when turning, and her qualities altogether, were the admiration of all' on board, and she was admitted to be the fastest steamer yet tried. The official reports will substantiate this statement; the Carradoc iron steam vessel for the same station being reported very nearly 17 statute miles, and the result Gf the trial of the Banshee, three times up and twice down, giving a mean of 18.50 or 181 f statute miles. The speed with the wind and tide was fully 21 miles per hour, the measured mile having been run in 3 minutes 17 seconds the first time, and 3 minutes 15 seconds the second, and in 4 minutes 20 seconds against wind and tide, showing that she is the fastest vessel yet constructed on Mr. Lang, junior's, diagonal principle. The engines made from 30 to 31 strokes per minute of five feet each, and were in excellent working order. She is handsomely fitted up, and will be a great acquisition on the Holyhead station. The Brighton steam-vessels, designed and constructed by the same parties, are represented by Captain the Hon. G. F. Hotham, one of the directors who was on board, as answering the company's most sanguine expectations. The Meander frigate, 44 guns, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, is under orders to drop down from Chatham on Saturday next to Sheerness, and will be ready to leave Spithead on the 21st of next month. Previous to leaving this country in this fine frigate, Mr. Brooke is to be (made a Knight Companion of the Bath, as a mark of approbation of his conduct, and the Meander is to be stationed in the Indian seas. DEATH Or SIR JAMES ANNESLBY.—We regret to announce the death of Sir James Annesley, F.R.S., F.S.A., son of the late Hon. Marcus Annesley, county Down, Ireland, who expired on the evening of the 14th of December, at Florence, most sincerely and deeply regretted by his relatives and numerous friends. Sir James was late President of the Medical Board at Madras, served in the expedition to Java, and received the thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Samuel Auchmuty, for his suporintendence of the general field hospital ; was at the head of the medical staff in the Dekkan, under Sir Thomas Hislop, in 1817 and 1818; was presented with a piece of plate by the Lords of the Admiralty in 1823, for his services in the navy in the Madras roads. Is chiefly known for his great work upon the diseases of India. BURNING OF A WADDING FACTORY.—Yesterday, shortly after noon, the densely populated neighbourhood of Spicer-street, Spits Melds, was thrown into a state of alarm by the sudden outbreak of a fire upon the premises belonging to Mr. Springer, a wadding manufacturer. The flames originated in the store-rooms on the ground floor, at the rear of the private dwelling, from, it is un derstood, the heat of the furnace. Owing to the highly combustible nature of the stock therein, the flames tra velled with unusual rapidity. The whole of the parties upon the premises at once set to work, and threw a con siderable quantity of water, but the tire continued to spread ; and a sister of the proprietor, in her anxiety to save some of the property, was very severely burned. An engine from Messrs. Trueman and Hanbury's Nrewery, in Brick-lane, was taken to the scene and set to work, and several engines of the London establish ment arrived in rapid succession; and owing to the com • tined exertions of all parties the flames were extin guished, but not before the stove-room was burned out. the drying room was gutted, the roof burned off, and considerable damage done to the a djoinining store-room, and warehouses, by fire, water, and removals. TILBURY FORT, JAN. 10.—A detachment of the 95th Regiment, which arrived at this fort on the 30th of last month from Naas, consisting of 156 men, including non-commissioned officers, embark to-morrow, the llth, on board the ship Ilinnagon , for Hon g Ko ng , to join their head quarters. 13 women and 14 children embark with the detachment, which is under the command of Captain Sous, with two Ensigns. Mrs. Roos and three children go out with the captain. A child belonging ti one of the soldiers wives has sickened with the small pox, and to prevent the disease spreading, it has been removed to the Female Hospital at Fort Pitt. The overseers of Islington were engaged on Satur day last, from nine o'clock until half-past eleven at night, affording out-dcor relief to the poor of the district, when 500 applicants received money, food, and clothing, re ceiving every humane attention from the whole of the officials, from the highest to the lowest, for which the re cipients nand grateful. P i.:DESTRIANISM. JOHN LEVITT, OF BATTERSEA, AND JAMBS ELLIOTT. OF LAMBETH.—The race between these pedestrians, which was fixed for yesterday, duly came off on Wends worth-common. The conditions stipulated were a mea sured mile, and the sum contended for 101. At a few minutes before three o'clock the men appeared on the course, which was chosen by the avenue of leafless elms, extending from near the cross road leading from 'Footing Bottom, in the direction of the Plough at Battersea-rise. Levitt received forty yards at starting, and here, cn passant, we may observe that Elliott had at least three inches the advantage of his opponent in height. The first signal saw them off, and at 200 yards Levitt seemed to us to have improved the distance given him to fifty yards, rather than to have diminished the interval be tween himself and his pursuer. Hereabouts he slacked foot, and his opponent also improved his pace; these concurrent causes brought the men together, and at the half way they were almost abreast. Shortly after they were decidedly so; but here it was manifest that Elliott had outrun himself; he could neither get, nor having got, keep, before his man; the race was in the last quarter virtually. if not actually, at an end. Levitt ran cleverly away from his man, who almost stopped 200 yards from home, leaving his antagonist to roll in the victor by SO to 100 yards. The time of the winner was 4 min. 43 see., from which forty yards is, of coarse, to be deducted. EVERY ONE HIS OWN SHOE MAKER. On the introduction of gutta percha as a material for the fabrication or repair of boots, it was imagined that leather wouli very soon be entirely superseded, and that gutta percha soles would be invariably and permanently employed. These soles are so easily affixed to the upper leather, and prove so sin gularly adhesive, that there was every probability of the expectation being realised. A plan, how ever, has just been proposed which will en tirely change the current of enterprise into the old channel, while it will enable every one to bec ome hi s own shoema k er w i t h extra ordinary advantage to our system of household economy. It is proposed that instead of applying an entire sole of gutta percha to a worn-out shoe or boot, the shoe or boot shall, when necessary, be ve neered with the old material (leather), the new ma terial (gutta percha) being used in a liquid state merely as a sort of glue for ensuring its adhesion. By this arrangement a boot may be instantaneously ren dered waterproof, and a fresh sole be applied whenever the old one exhibits any sign of dilapidation. George Cruikshank showed in his Comic Amanack for 1848 the disagreeable effects of the new-fangied substance by his illustration of the Blucher and the Wellington sticking to the pavement outside the eel-pie shop. According to the simple arrangement we have just "explained, the glutinous properties of the gutta percha can be turned to advantage without any such disagree able consequences; while the unpleasant odour peculiar to itself and to caoutchouc when heated, will be alto gether obviated. How far this plan is valuable in a pecuniary way may be conjectured when it is borne in recollection that the new substance is 2s. 6d . per lb., while the old one is merely Is. 6d. and Is. 3d. per lb. A cobbler's knife, a bottle of gutta percha, and a supply of leather, would remier any one independent of his shoemaker for a twelvemonth. The above suggestions were made by Dr. Turnbull, of 48, Russell -square, and certainly afford a new illustration of the old adage, " Aothing like leather." FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 9.—COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. —From Jan. 1 to 5 there entered into the port of Antwerp eight vessels laden wholly or in part with alimentary provisions. The importations were as follow : Wheat Rye Barley Beans 36,000 Rice 1,103,370 kil. , . HESSE CASSEL —The Cologne Gaz e tt e s p ea k s o f various changer which the Elector is about to make in the constitution of the States. There is at present only one Chamber, and it is proposed to form two. For the future the States will only have the right of voting or refusing the imports in a round manner only ; they will no longer have the right of discussing, how revenues of the States are to be appropriated. The term of military service, which is at present only five years, is so be extended to ten years. The responsibility of the Minister is to be absolute. The States shall not be permitted henceforth to take any part of the treasury of the States, nor of that of the possession of the Electoral House. THE CONDEMNED POLES.—BEELIN.—Madame Von Mazurkiewiez, the sister of Mieroslawski, has not yet obtained the object of her stay here, namely to visit her brother in prison ; and, in pursuance of the police orders for her removal, she would long since have been sent away, if the state of her health had not hitherto prevented the adoption of this course, and the unquestionable respect due to a woman had not com pellea the adoption of milder measures. Frau Bet tina V. A rn i m h as employed her literary talents in drawin g up a very eloquent petition to the King. The sister of Mieroslawski fully admits that her brother urges the execution of death which was fpoarssepdarudpoonn. h a li n h , is in i s i t t ea fo d o o n f de a t v i er o tin o g n petition y s e. expressed view of the Poles, that p victi i: m h s ebYf to rae th e c n a t u l is essential to Polish natonali h ty ea , le w d hereby, the . old wounds which are about to be open. Another question which is startedareisagwaihnertheent man who is condemned may claim it a ' s a right r that the sentence of execution shauld be carried out, which has been judicially pronounced against him. The question is now agitated here very warmly by lawyers and others, in reference to the three Poles e ho have been condemned to death, and who refuse either to make an appeal or to ask for pardon. So much seems to be certain, that in a legal case, where mercy still predominates over pardon es an inde pendent principle, the person who pardons cannot be pledged by the appeal of the condemned, and as it is in his power to ratify any such sentence of death, it is equally in his power to alter or commute the sen tence. ST. PETEESBURGH.—The Academy of St. Peters• burgh has issued an almanack for 1848, in which it is stated that European Russia comprehends a superficies of 90,117 square miles, with a population of .54,092,000 persons. The kingdom of P ,, land com prises a superficies of 2,320 square miles, with a population 4:4'050,000 inhabititts; end the Grand Duchy of Finland 6,844 square miles, with 1,547,702 inhabitants. According to the latest census, St. Petersburgh contained 443,000 inhabitants. In 1846, there had been taken from the mines of the empire 1,677 puds of gold, 1 pud of platina, and 1,190 puds of silver. The public debt is stated as }allows :-315,084,200 silver roubles, divided in the following manner :—Foreign debt determined at 66,836,000 Dutch florins; ditto indeterminate, 224,489,900 Dutch florins ; debt of the interior, 52,497,760 silver roubles; bills of credit are in circu lation to the amount of 226,167,389 silver roubles, and assignats of the empire, to the amount of 117,121,220 silver roubles. BREMEN.—The number of emigrants who have left Bremen during the year 1847 amount to 33,682. LlEGE.—Official reports from Liege, of 1847, state births, 2,403 ; deaths, 2,227, being an increase of 176. GRAMMONT.—The births were 182 ; deaths, 232. lIAMITURGIL—In 1847, 4,178 vessels entered the port of Ilamburgh, consequently they exceeded those of the former four years by 399. They were as fol lows :—Nurth American, 46; East Indian, 114 ; South American, 154; African, 19; East Indies and China, 24; ports of Europe, 3,821 ; of which 287 were Dutch. Tua HAGult, JAN. 6.—The Court is to go into mourning for three weeks on occasion of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline Char lotte of Wurtemburg, Duchess of Saxe-Altonburg, consort of his Royal Highness Prince Paul of Wurtemburg. Mourning is also ordered for one week for his Royal Highness Duke Henry d'An halteocthen. BRUSSELS, JAN. B.—The Minister of the Interior has received a very favourable report from competent authorities of the School of Industry at Ghent, for the year 1847. The names registered for the diffe rent courses amount to 400, the majority of which are for the classes of engineering and mechanics. The Brussels markets have, upon the whole, been well supplied this morning; snore than 1,000 sacks of wheat, of a hectilore and a half each, were sold. The prices were rather lower than on the preceding week. Above 500 sacks were sold at 7f. to 7f. 50c. for 100 kilogrammes. At the commencement of the following week the affair of Itosseel-Vandenplas will be brought before the Court of Appeal at Brussels. It is expected that more than 200 witnesses will be examined in this case. -.--Flanders Papers, Jan. 9. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Barams, JAN. 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • ... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent ••• • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto,ditto, 1840-- • • • • • • • . 97% Ditto,ditto,lB42. ••• • • ................ 98 Ditto, 1844..• •••• .• • • •• • ••• 91s Ditto, 1838 . • .......... ....... 67% Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ ~ Ditto, 1843 •••••••••.••• • • •• •• 94% Bank of Belgitun...... 79 —Brussels Papers. Jan. 8. FORTUNE-TELLING. As the ghosts of former ages, that only appeared at midnight to haunt the guilty or proclaim impending evil, have now given place to flesh and blood spectres, that in Ireland mistake landlords for woodcocks, or in England and Scotland steal one's trash by Joseph Ady contrivances, so we have fancied that the spae wives of old had, with the exception of the renowned Jenny Hooks, of Irvine Water, burned their broom sticks in despair at the incredulity of these latter days. Not so fast, however. We have still a few innocent originals amongst us, who, by a little management, can be taught to pay for a peep into futurity. And the victim is not an impatiently curi ous specimen of the unpledged fair sex, who might almost be excused for wishing, by hook or crook, to discover whether John the journeyman was really serious when he talked of buying an eight-day clock, four pairs of blankets, a cheese like a millstone, and a dresser. Our heroine, who wons in Newton, has no such apology, as fate and the clergyman had given her both a husband and a domestic responsibility. In the absence of her lord and master, however, who wan ders far and wide with the odoriferous Bohes, the weaker vessel listened to the voice of the tempter, who came not in the shape of " Clootie " with a Ribston pippin in his hand, but in that of an uncertain looking randy of a apaewife, who told the honest woman that, by certain supernatural gifts, she could, for a mere trifle, give her a look into the dark future. Artfully whetting the poor roman's curiosity by sundry mystic nods and winks, and indicating her power by revealing her intimacy with the past his tory of her new acquaintance, she at once got a con fidential footing. Of course it was quite necessary for the spaewife to be clothed in the gown of her vic tim while reading her fate from certain greasy cards; and some shillings had also to be forthcoming to de note the future years of her life ; when lo! there came so dismal a picture of coffins, widows' caps, new marriages and christenings, that the poor woman was glad when the-spaewife took her leave, promising to call next morning with the gown, for the purpose of confirming or rather completing the predictions ac cording to the dreams overnight. The spaeing was bad enough, but the dreams were a thousand times worse ; and no sooner was daylight come than out sallied the affrighted matron, across the water to some acquaintance of firmer nerve, who accompanied her home to face the spaewife. But her Ladyship, it seems, had nothing further to communicate, for she has not been heard of since, and has, very probably, while engaged with her mysterious calculations, com pletely forgot all about the return of the new gown and the coins.—Ayr Advertiser. ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF Powis.—We regret having to announce that an accident (which happily proves not to be so dangerous as was at first anticipated) oefel this esteemed nobleman on Friday. It appears that his Lordship, acconspanied by Lord Clive, the Hon. R. H. Clive, and the Hon. Robert Herbert, were shooting in the preserves adjacent to Powis Castle ; a pheasant sud denly arose, at which the latter gentleman fired; the con tents of the gun unfortunately struck the Earl, who was standing on an eminence a short distance off, and lodged themselves in his thigh. His Lordship reeled rnd fell. Assistance being close at hand, the noble sufferer was immediately conveyed to the castle, where medical gen tlemen were promptly in attendance. Several of the shots have been extracted, and up to the present time his Lordship continues to progress favourably. AMERICAN Hors.—The arrivals from the United States of America, at the present time, include some hops, the production of that part of the wprld. The lino of packet-ship Prince Albert, arrived in the docks from New York, has brought 20 bales of the article, and other arrivals of a similar nature have taken place. The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce has agreed to petition for road reform. It was stated in the course of the discussion that one miller in the immediate vici nity of Edinburgh paid 1504 a year for tolls on corn sent for grinding. 800,0001. per annum was also stated as the expenses of toll collection in England and Wales. The chamber further resolved to take vigorous steps for equal privileges with Glasgow in regard to the post transmission from the west of England, Glasgow being twenty four hours earlier than Edinburgh. The lesser postal exigencies of the capital is the reason assigned for this differential accommodation, but from returns ob tained it has been ascertained that about 12,000 more letters per month are delivered in Edinburgh than Glasgow—but how the two places stand in regard to intercourse with the west of England has not been stated. CIIARGB Or ATTEMPTED MURDER.-011 Wednes day, at the Old Town Hall, Ashton-under-Lyne, William Ratcliffe, and Mary, the wife of Thomas Duckworth, who have been twice remanded on the charge ut at tempting to drown a female in the canal at Woodend, Dukinfield, were again brought before the magistrates. From the evidence adduced and the statement of Ann Scrimmager, who swore to the identity of the prisoner itatchtfe, and to his having struck her on the head, and then thrown her into the canal, and it having been proved that he had at ♦allous times threatened to take her life, the bench, after a short consultation, discharged the female prisoner. The male prisoner was fully com mitted. MORTALITY IN TEM MUSICAL AND DRAMATIS Pnoressioes.--During the past year " Time has thin ned" the musical and dramatic professions of many of those whose talents had contributed to the public grati fication. The sweet singer, of English birth and Euro pean reputation, Madame Albertazzi, no longer graces our concert-rooms and theatres ; Mrs. Martyn, better known as Miss Inverarity, who was cotemporanecus with Miss Shirreff, at Covent-garden, many years ago; Madlle. Mars, the great French actress ; Mrs. Egerton ; Mr. Charles Taylor, who is associated with the play going and dinner-frequenting reminiscences of our predecessors; Rooke, who, at a late period of his life, exhibited such rare abilities as an English operatic - :(.lmposer; Whittaker, equally eminent at the beginning of the present century, and whose popularity may be called to mind by the association of his name with his compositions of " Paddy Carey," and " 0 rest thee, babe ;" Sir John Rogers, a well known amateur and composer; Dr. Essex, Messrs. Parke, Powell, H. J. Ba nister, Ireland, Hawkins (the well known glee singer), Moralt, C. Keating, Betts, Yarnold, and %Calla ; Messrs. Wieland, W. L. Redo, Buckingham, Hollings. worth, W. Smith, and other members of both the dramatic and musical professions, will no longer con tribute to lighten the cares of the public, by whom the arduous nature of their avocations is little understood or appreciated. And lastly, the great German composer, whose rich exuberance of melody was heightened by the purest science ever wedded to exquisite fancy; who, not disdaining to please the ear, scorned to make his art subservient to the exhibition of his wonderful and varied musical erudition,—Mendelssohn, the greatest composer of the day, is no more! Living little more than halt the time allotted to man, he has bequeathed a name of enduring reputation, and left behind him c ,, mpositiens, which, had his life been spared, give evidence of his ability to achieve works which would have deserved to rank with those of Mozart and Beethoven.—Dramatic and Musical Review, Letters from Marseilles received yesterday men tion the stoppage of Messrs. Crozet, Nephew, and Co„ a firm chiefly in the Swedish trade, with liabilities for 40,0001 From Amsterdam, also, we have an announce. ment of a failure, the parties being Messrs. Kramer and Son, general merchants, with liabilities for 20,0001. In neither case is any account given of the prospects of liquidation. LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EUSTON STATION. _ --- Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, Mr. George J. Mills, Deputy Coroner for the western parts of the county of Middlesex, instituted an in quiry at the University Hospital, touching the death of John Shea, aged 47 years, labourer, who was buried in the ruins caused by the fall of a wall at the new works, Euston-square terminus of the London and North-Western Railway. The investigation took place in the commodious board-room at the institution, Gower-street, Totten ham-court-road. The jury having been empanelled, Mrs. Charlotte Glass, principal nurse in the No. 1 ward, where the ideceased was taken upon being carried into tke hospital, deposed that on Friday last, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, de ceased was admitted into the hospital. He died the following morning. Mr. Birk, the house surgeon on duty in the after noon of Thursday last, deposed to the injuries deceased had receiv e d. They were very numerous, extraor dinarily severe, an d un d ou bt e dly c aused death. There never was any hope of his recovery after the accident. At this stage of the proceedings the jury proceeded to view the body, which lay in the dissecting-room of the establishment. The head presented a frightful spectacle. Upon the return of the jury to the Board-room, John Hickman, a bricklayer, was called. Being sworn, he stated that he was at work at the time of the accident, upon a scaffold several feet from the ground. He was just about laying the top row upon a wall intended for the grand public vestibule to the Euston station, when he suddenly observed the wall to bulge in the centre, he sprung from the scaffoldin g and escaped with a few bruises. He did not see the deceased until he was dug out of the ruins with others. He believed the whole of the work to be sound and firm, both as it regarded the quality of the materials and the excellence of the construction of the whole work. By the CORONER—How, then, do you account for the accident ?—I am not able to account for it. Edward Stanton, labourer, was next called—(This poor fellow has suffered severely. He was wrapped in a large flannel gown, provided by the hospital authorities. He appears to have been much injured, and evidently still suffers acutely.) He was with Shea and others when the wall fell, and buried de ceased and himself, with several lads, in the ruins. He knew nothing of the cause of the accident. James Stephenson, foreman to the bricklayers at the new works, Euston-square, being sworn, stated that he had been in the employ of Mr. Cubit for 28 years. The work at the new building, which was in tended for a vestibule or public waiting-room, on a very large scale, was of the best character, and the proportions were very carefully adjusted. The bricks were best " picked stock," and the cement and mortar used was of the very best character. The pedestals upon which the columns rested were commenced upon the 21st of October last and finished upon the 30th. On the 10th of November the columns were began, and on the 22d they were raised sufficiently to receive the foundations of the superincumbent arches. The pillars were about eighteen or twenty inches apart. . CORONER—When were the arches begun ?—On the 11th of December last. Why was not a solid wall raised instead of these pillars of which you speak ?—I cannot say. What was the thickness of the walls above the top of the pillars—l mean those forming the basis and crown of the arches ?—Five feet four inches at the bottom, three feet in the middle, and two feet eight inches at the top. What do you give your men as wages? We get the best men we can procure, and give them 6s. 6d. per day, and we have the best kind of work put into all our buildings. Have you seen the ruins ? I have minutely examined them; the walls appear rather "mashed," but the bricks are not crushed or broken. Can you, from what you have seen, give any reason for the accident ? I cannot, Sir, in the least. Were you there when the occurrence took place ? Not at the exact moment; I was there about a minute before. According to any opinion you may have formed, whereabouts do you think the wall gave way ? I cannot, of course, say positively, but I should think it gave way about the centre ; why it should do so I cannot tell. Stanton, the injured man previously named, was here recalled. By the DaruTY CORONER—Do you wish to put any question to Mr. Stephenson ? Ido not, sir. Mr. John Butterwick, general foreman of the works, being sworn, stated that it was his duty to see that all the materials used were of the very best quality, and that the workmanship was justly and properly performed. lie believed that the whole of the brick work and masonry in all the new erections at the Euston• square station of the London and North-western railway were of the most substantial character. The best men were employed, the best bricks were used, the best kind of cement was mixed for the purpose of strengthening the work, and the best wages were paid to all the workmen. COROrVER —What then could have occasioned the accident ?—I cannot tell. Did you see any danger ?—No, I did not ; nor did I apprehend any. The work went on very slowly. What was the diameter of the columns ?—They were two feet four inches in diameter, and twenty feet high. Some other evidence of a practical nature having been taken, The DEPUTY CORONER said that Mr. Cubitt had expressed his willingness to be examined. If the jury felt satisfied they might return a verdict to the effect that they had no evidence as to the cause of the accident, but if they desired to have the opinion of any impartial scientific men, he was quite ready to adjourn for that purpose.. The evidence of one or two witnesses, as to the perfect stability of the scaffolding, having been taken, The jury consulted together, and in a few moments found " That John Shea died from injuries i❑ the chest, caused by being crushed by the tall of a wall and other parts of a building, at the station of the London and North-Western Railway, but how the said wall fell there is not sufficient evidence to prove." The deceased has left a wife and six young chil dren. He was a steady man and an excellent hus band, and his wife is a most worthy object of public sympathy. THE HAMPDEN CONTROVERSY. The following address, connected with the move ment respecting Dr. Hampden, has been presented to the Archbishop of Dublin, to which his Grace re turned the subjoined reply : " TO HIS GRACE, RICHARD, LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, &C. " My Lord,—The strong expression of feeling to which a portion of the Church in England has given utterance, respecting the elevation of the Rev. Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford, is calculated to produce considerable anxiety in the minds of per sons not fully acquainted with the circumstances of the case. " As members of the Church, we cannot but feel deeply interested in a manifestation so decided in its character, and so unusual, at least in our times. Being aware, therefore, that your Grace's former connexion with the University of Oxford has afforded you ample opportunity of being fully acquainted with the sentiments of Dr. Hampden, and with the cir cumstances of the question generally, we respectfully i beg leave to request (both for our own sakes and for the sake of the laity of our several parishes) that you will be so good as to favour us with your views on the various bearings of this important question. " CHARLES STRONG, " Archdeacon of Glendalagh." (Here follow the signatures of the clergy.) " Palace, Jan. 5, 1848. "Dear Mr. Archdeacon,—Under any ordinar circumstances,tances, I am convinced that neither you, nor the rest of the clergy who have signed the application to me , would have thought, of making any inquiries o f m e respecting the appointment of any one to a bishopric, or to any other situation in the patronage of the Crown. ;‘ But I cannot wonder at your doing so in the present instance, for the occasion is no ordinary one. he commotion connected with Dr. Hampden 's ap pointment is of a nature to affect very materially the credit, the peace, and the'safety of the IJaited Church, and the cause of the Christian religion altogether. I shall be ready, therefore, to give you such informa tion as I am a bl e on all points connected with the present most extrraordinary and important move ment, and to offer such remarks thereon as may tend to dispel the misapprehensions that are afloat. " As it is probable that besides those of the clergy whose signatures are before me, several others also would have affixed their names to the application had they known of it, I will in a few days lay before the clergy generally of all my dioceses such a statement and observations as the occasion seems to call for. " I remain, dear Mr. Archdeacon, yours very faith , fully, " RICHARD DUBLIN. 91 " The Venerable Archdeacon Strong. RAND SPREADING or INFLUENZA.— Between the years 1830 and 1834 the influenza twice traversed Europe. This epidemic attracted the notice of medical writers more than the eholers, both on account of its speedy recurrence and because the cholera, which had diverted their attention from the previous epidemic, had then ceased. The chief difference between the two epidemics consisted in the greater intensity of the di sease of 1830-32 compared with the greater extent of its suc cessor in 1833-34. There was but a few days' interval between the appearance of the latter in St. retersburgb, wow, Odme, lad rail. .t!g 4%6 .r.144:1.4 IRELAND. ROWS OF THE REPEALERS. DUBLIN, JAN. B.—The Young Irelanders are now at loggerheads. The war editor has retired from the Nation citadel, and taken to the open country. The commander-in-chief, deeming his lieutenant's plan of operations against the Saxon enemy rather dangerous, adopted certain measures which show that he is not unmindful of the adage—that discretion is the better part of valour. The following dispatch from the retired warrior appears in the:A atzon of this morning, it is addressed to the chief of the Young Ireland brigade : " 8, Ontario-terrace, Rathmines, Jan. 7, 1848. " Dear Duffy,—lf the public has any curiosity (of which I have seen no symptom) to know why I re nounced connexion with the Nation—or if you desire on your own account that a statement of my reasons and motives should appear—l will make that statement shortly, and you can do as you please with it. " Our differences of opinion, as you well know, are not a matter of yesterday. For some months past I have found myself precluded from speaking to the public through the Nation, with that full freedom and boldness which I had formerly used, by objections and remonstrances from you, to the effect, that what I wrote was seditiou s ,' or This kind of restriction, slight and casual at first, became gradually more constant and annoying; and that, while the times demanded, in my opinion, more and more unmitigated plain-speaking as to tho actual relation of Ireland towards the English Go vernment, and the real designs of that Government against the properties and lives of Irishmen. "The failure of the Irish Council,' the hurried calling together of the English Parliament, the Bill for disarming the Irish people, and the horrid delight with which that Bill was hailed by the landlords of this country—these things rapidly brought our dif ferences to an issue. The effect wrought upon me by all the events I saw passing was a thorough con viction that Irish landlords had finally taken their aide against their own people, and for the foreign enemy —that all the symptoms of landlord nationality which had deluded us into the 'lrish Council,' and had kept us so long vainly wooing the aristocracy into the ranks of their countrymen, were a deliberate fraud —were, in fact, a demonstration intended to act upon the English ; and that the Disarming Bill was the first fruit of a new and more strict alliance be tween traitors at home and foes abroad. " I desired to say all this to the people plainly. I desired to point out to them that this infamous Bill, falsely entitled for the prevention of crime,' was merely an engine to crush tenant-right, and all other popular right, and to enable the landlords to eject, distrain, and exterminate in peace and security. I desired to preach to them, that every farmer in Ireland has a right to his land in perpetuity (let' law' say as it will) :—" that no landlord who denies that right ought to receive any rent—that tenant-right, however, though the universal right of all Irish farmers, never had been, and never would be recognised or secured by English law—that there was and will be no other way of establishing and se curing that right except, as in Ulster, by successful in timidation, that is to say, by the determined public opinion of armed men, that, therefore, the power calling itself a Government' which called on the people of Ireland to deliver up their arms, under any pretext, must be the mortal enemy of that people, their rights, their liberties, and their lives. I desired to warn my countrymen accordingly, that if they should carry their guns to the police-stations when ordered by Lord Clarendon, they would be putting weapons into the hands of their deadly foes, and committing virtual suicide. I desired to preach to them that the coun try is actually in a state of war—a war of property' against poverty—a war of ' law' against life ; and that their safety lay, not in trusting to any laws or legislation of the enemies' Parliament, but solely in their determination to stand upon their own individual rights, defend those to the last, and sell their lives and lands as dear as they could. " I desired also to show them that the new poor law, enacted under pretence of relieving the destitute, was really intended and is calculated to increase and the de farmersepenthepas well r as theaupe e an c d o l u o n rd tr s y b — y to de b g re r a e k es d , down uproot them gradually from the soil, so as to m a k e ism of f the the lands of Ireland pass, unencumbered by excessive population, into the hands of English capitalists, and under the more absolute sway of English government. In short, I wished to make them recognise in the poor law what it really is—an elaborate machinery for making final conquest of Ireland by law.' I there fore urged from the first, that this law ought to be resisted and defeated; that guardians ought not to act under it, but in defiance of it; that ratepayers ought to offer steady and deliberate passive resistance to it; and that every district ought to organize some volun tary mode of relieving its own poor; and for this purpose, as well as to stop the fatal traffic with England, that the people should determine to suffer no grnin or cattle to leave the country. " With reference to the future direction which should be given to the energies of the country and of the Irish Confederation, I desired in the first place, once for all, to turn men's minds away from the English Parliament and from Parliamentary and constitutional agitation of all kinds. I have made up my mind that inasmuch as the mass of the people have no franchises, and are not likely to get any, and inasmuch as the constituencies being very small, very poor, and growing smaller and poorer continu ally, are so easily gained over by corruption and bribery, and inasmuch as any combination of the gentry' with the people is now and henceforth im possible—that for all these reasons any organization for parliamentary or constitutional action would be merely throwing away time and strength, and ensuring our own perpetual defeat. Therefore I de sired that the Nation and the Confederation should rather employ themselves in promulgating sound in struction upon military affairs—upon the natural lines of defence which make the island so strong, and the method of making those avaLable— upon the construc tion and defence of field works, and especially upon the use of proper arms—not with a view to any immediate insurrection, but in order that the stupid 'legal and constitutional' shouting, voting, and agi tating that have made our country an abomination to the whole earth, should be changed into a deliberate study of the theory and practice of guerilla warfare; and that the true and only method of regenerating Ireland might in course of time recommend itself to a nation so long abused and deluded legal' humbug. " These are my doctrines, and these were what I wished to enforce in the Nation. I knew that it would be illegal' to do so ; I knew that it would subject modified 17duyiifiehd between us you, as proprietor of that paper, to prosecutions for sedition,' &c. I knew, besides, that your own views did not at all agree with mine ; and I could not as suredly expect you to incur legal risks for the sake of promulgating another man's opinions. Therefore, when I found—which I did during the progress of the Coercion Bill--that no one journal could possibly yoursrepresent an d two mine; acts and of whenopinions yo s u o vlr r y m e d incompatibleethatthase columns of the Nation should no longer be open even d b a y nhde e r n es ding the connexion which t u o h i d or u e e exposition d been, a t onceof mrey. hmd t o noodcvt s esr u dui cnbahesisii subsisted difficulty, more than two years. I have not entered into any details of the difficul ties and disagreements that preceded this final step but I cannot avoid mentioning the circumstance that; during the very last week of my connexion with the Nation you felt it necessary to suppress a portion of a speech delivered by me in the Irish Confederation, which you considered seditious and impolitic. I do not impugn your motives for this, but if there had been no other reason urging me to the course I have taken, this alone would have been enough to make me resolve on never writing another line in the Nation. lam bound to add that I did not discover the fact of this suppression until the next morning, after I had finally closed my connexion with the Nation; so that it did not actually influence me, though it fully justified me in what I have done. " In this letter you will observe that I have not attempted to describe or characterise your opinions. I leave that to yourself. You have the Nation at your command, and have had five opportunities of expounding your own policy since I had one. It is enough to say that the present policy of the Nation does not suit me. If you publish this letter, I hope there will be no possibility of any future misrepre sentations and vague rumours about the causes of our differences, such as you say are now current. " I remain, faithfully yours, joHN MITCHEL. " Charles Gavin Duffy, Esq." TiiE grant i enabling mLe—n—t iv en ux, offe S red eßo b O y L G So o c ve lE rn T society to enlarge the in s ti tut i on, and at least to double the p resent numbe r of trained towardsA o, t o A O l l . D has C the 7b°e teachers of both sexes. To complete the object in view a further sum of 2,0002 will be required. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has forwarded a donation of 20/., besides accepting the offi ce of patron with her Majesty., An anonymous indi v id ua l , s i gning " A Thank offering,' has also subscribed 250/. Three individuals (the executrix of the late Rev. Dr. Mayo, J. S. ley nolds, Et.q., and Mis s M ayo ) , have given donatio of 250/. each for the purpose of having one student, free, always in the institution. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO LADY ZETLAND.—We are happy to learn that Lady Zetland has nearly reco vered the effect of her fright on the railway, and that her maid is also in a fair way of recovery, and that, instead of her hands having been cut off by the engine, she has only lost two fingers, that were amputated. It is now fully admitted that, had her ladyship and her at tendant remained in the carriage, no accident would have occurred. Still we think that the melancholy occur rence should induce the managers of railways to adopt some method to prevent fire escaping from the engine to the carriages, and also to devise a mode of com munication between guards tad payeragers. York , Herald .4 A. .1