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in!!,:o; a W o iOn CS. 11 ORNING EDlrioN LITERATURE. SON'S FRENCTIREVOLUTION, PART Sherwood, London, 1841. To proncunce a decided opinion on a work— '%nd that w ork a history of importance--.-merely from a first number, is about as absurd as to ex hibit, like the jester in Hierocles. a brick as a lample of a building; thus much, however, we can .FtlY, that so far as he has yet ptr,ceeded in his his tory of the great French Revolution, Mr. Jobson has shown a perfect acv.aintance with his subject; laud a bl y impartia)in his tone ; and expr esses hi mself in perspieli:ous and animated language. ZMART'S ACCIDENCE. Longman, London, 1841. r i We hr here a very creditable E ng li s h grammar , 111044 • ,„Pd'ed with ev id ent care, an d conta i ning many i • t 7ii'd directions r es p ect i ng proso d y , w hi c h i s b u If ' M often neglected in our public and private schools POETICAL GLEANINGS. Madden, London, 1841. A well chosen collection of poems, chiefly from the pens of modern' authors ; aonng them, we per ceive our favourite," Ode to the Cuckoo," which er as written by Logan nearly seventy years ago, and Be delighted Burke that when he visited Scotland he Thade a Print of finding out the author, and "nPlinenting him on his poetic genius. KHIVAH. Madden, London, 1841, This little voluMe contains an account of the ty3untries in the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea, hid the Lake of Aral, illustrative of the late R us -8'44 expedition aaainst Khivah. It is a transla %ion from the ;Getman of Carl Zimmerman, by Captain :gorier, and a b oun d s i n i mportant stat i st i c (I,geographical information. A map is attached to it, executed in Arrowsmith's most careful man intr, and compiled from the best sources, which ryes us a better notion of the remote and little flown districts on the borders of the vast lake, or s ea) of Aral, than any we have yet seen. It is still .3.nore deserving of ;totic!c, as enabling us t o get an h ill4i g ht into thq. nat ure o f th e progress t h at R uss i a Is the for soma t i me b een stealthily making towards Eau, RATIVE OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH 7'HE, FIRST ABDICATION OF 'IVAPOLEON.. Fraser, London, 1841. Of all the accounts we have yet had of Na 1301eon's voyage to Elba, and his habits of life durin g the first two or three weeks of his residence in that Lilliputian island, this by Captain Sir Thoma s Usher is unquestionably the most enter taining, as it is the most authentic. The gallant auth or is very lively and particular in his descrip ti°nB, and gives Several droll details respecting the enthusiasm of the French, when he and his friend, i??fig.htiag Charley Napier," landed at M arse ill es , did ;. ° 4141y to N a p o l eons embarkation. " N ever „ 'witness," he ob serves , " suc h a scene as now r? •etented it se lf, as a l most c h oked by the embraces ~ 0 41 and young, we were hoisted on their shoul ders, and hurried along, we knew not whither. I *e , er tainly did not envy the situation of my friend, ptain Napier, whom I saw m os t lovingly em hraend by an o ld woman wit h one eye, from whom endeftvoured, but in vain, to extricate himself, out • t I must say, th e mos t gent l e terms a , l4 nguage affords This must have bee n ✓ 'IA scene, and we can rea dil y i mag i ne t h e "rl"Plimentary expostulations which the astounded Captain addressed to the snuffy old slie-Cyclops, in 'order to extricate himself from her hugs and kisses. o,!‘ritile strolli ng a b out Marseilles, waiting for orders " t orn the c omman di ng officer of the station, relative ° the fallen Emperor, Sir Thomas Usher was Eireatly struck by the absence of young men among t t i ne crowds whom he encountered in the streets and 2.l ll :kere. " The predominance of old people and ".dren among die crowd was," he assures ns, 44 remarkable. Observing upon this to some of the vnunicipal officers, they told me it was caused by the conscription, which had swept off without distinction, like another plague, all the young men who were capable of bearing arms, causing jades crilvable misery, not only here, but everywhere throughout France. What an idea does this con- Vey to us of the devastating character of Napoleon's "Palans ! It was not, however, to his conscrip tions Only that this d ra i n was ow i ng, f ar before he Commenced his career, the revolutionary wars under z t e n r z uricz, Pichegru, K e ll erman , C ust i nes, and had swept o fF several hund re d s o f t h ousan d s t e l7 ° " r iFrenclim en —t o say nothing of those who 11 . „- ' i t the ,stiuggtes in. La Vendce, and under the rT of th e gu i llotine. Attached to Captain Usher's Narrative are some hasty, meagre details respecting l )° , 1 "11's flight from Elba, and his triumph an t flare from Grenoble to Paris. MUSIC. -4..- .-'2RUCTIONS FOR MERE BEGINNERS ON THE PIANOFORTE. bP eThis is tb e title of a little work which has just .publ:shed by F ranc i s Egan, of Kingston, i n 4 f ill a l ca• It co nta i ns i n a sma ll compass a ll t h e th o. ..ination compr i se d i n the ponderous tomes of e old school, with a table of time, and standard rcek "ing, on an original plan, which is well ,calculated t o f ac ili tate the acquirement of a know- Pe or this most necessary branch of the art. The lessons"al are construct e d u p on a s i mp l e an d j u di c i ous e of progression, and as a whole, the workwe doubt 11 „ ( will be eagerly sought after by the musical c u c uli e of Jamaica, whose rapid progress in this ;Lined and delightful study during the last few industry is in a great measure to be attributed to the u s,try and exertions of Mr. Egan, and others of is Cl ass, who have so successfully catered for their recreation and improvement. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, . ON, J AN . ABP. T Is—lt blew very hard during th e n i g ht this equalls from the East war d, w ith snow a t t i mes . Wi n d t h an. W day at n oon, moderate breezes, at N. N. ~ with a b 0 , 4 1:3 11 t 4 d. L, JAN. 14,....Wind E. N. E. —Sailed the outward uV ER, JAN. I3 . — A rr i ved the J.C. Van Spyk, "Yrnn, fro m B atavia ; Sophia Elizabeth, Mehrens, Rio Janeiro. PontswouTit, JAN. 14.—Wind E.N.E , strong and 81,14„411Y. --Arrived the Meldon, Hogg, Mauritius; Minerva, ,`,"l;;Caleutta. The Meldon, arrived here, passed on the Bth instant lat. 47, lon. 16, a full-rigged ship of about 400 ”ohs, with a billet head and round-house, painted yellow aides' hatches washed off, fore-sail and top-sail blown out bpit-ropes, both anch ors at t h e b ows, rudder gone, and supposed cvater.logged. Passed on the I tth a quantity of Wreck between the Land's End and Scilly. kINO&TOWN, JAN. 13,—Arrived the Northumberland, S pence, fr om P r i nce Ed ward ' s Island; Woodcock, Austen, aie lnerar a . for Jam LIME ai RIC a x, JAN. 12.—Stilcd t h o Rebut Kerr, Agne w , LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—Wind S. E., light breezes.— Arrived the James Kay, Mann, from Monte Video; ,wa ntan, Heath, New Orleans ; St. Mark, Alexander, .„,'"oannah; Victoria, Prince Edward's Island ; Comet, "„ewfoundland. Sailed the Hotspur, Wilson, for the ‘-' , Pe of Good Hope ; St. Lawrence, Newland, Bombay ; Star. Clernentson Monte Video; Helen M'Cormack, tarbadoes ; Pauline, Kehrman, St. Thomas; Queen of the Ocean, Tilby, New O r l eans; Roseius, Collins, New Yo,k. Shenandoch, West, Philadelphia ; Ellen German, orrini"g, La G uayra. Off port the Mary Somerville, Cal cutta; Colchester, Bombay; Albatross, Africa; Hus k is3o n, Bo nny. T he Broad Oak, from Bahia, is on 'hove C on th e ma i n, near Nluckbeggar, and is discharging. for v "". JAN. 12. Sailed th e Rambler, M'Kerae, Valparaiso and Iley wort h , D unlop, Dcaneraia. ti .O. !isonHULL, JAN. 4 • -- -Wind N.—Arrived the C o l um bi ne, from Tatmagouche. tho" 6 cremJn theitouon, JAN. I4.—The Waterloo, Gr anger , on Piley Main, has been got off and brought in here. ---_,--_- NEETINO OF P ARLIAMENT.—The following I ircular has been addressed by Lord J. Russell to th e sup porters of Government in the /louse of Commons : ;_nowning.s;reet, Jan. 2, 184 1r,—The meeting of 14"'llarrient b_ing fixed for Tucoday, the 26 h inst. I an th,.) liberty of very partic ilarly requesting your at tenu, h ce on that day. —I have the honour to be, you: °vQricnt servant, PORT OF SPAIN. —TItINIDAII•--- ' . 1 . RUSSELL." C ouncil An Older of I in the Gazette of last night, dated the Bth 4.1!•, vrhich refers to and recites an ordinance made by the 'Lieutenant -Governor and Council of Trinidad, on May ti'it. 18.40, and then disallows so much of the ,;-11h clause of the said ordi nance as enacts, that all actions as aforesaid sh4ll be brought and tried in the Court of First Instance !'t Civil Jurisdiction, and not in the Co t I n any ot h er court or tribunal. It i: almpl,, hain or Ctiurt, or f e r lrfurthe r ord ered, that it shall be competent fur the Compla.nt Court, i n t h e said island of Trinidad, to t r y and determine all such actions as aforesaid, wide: the ordinance above recited, no twithstanding. any thing to the contrary con tained in the said ordinance. And it is hereby ordered, that, subject to the above amendment, the above recited 'rdinance shall be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and allowed. Tit 1,, 1 1007,N : Foxr-jou,:ps.—We mulerstanil lo'' - '' :; , .i ~„ „ . ,„ . , i ). ,,.., ,, ~ ...3 no • imcni.i givi:„.: tn. , abDve crack Perk ,i Lounds. They have di s co n ti nue d ~arotleuntin z gt's f indisposition. a short time, on account of th e worthy COURT OF SEWIMS FOR WEST MINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Special Court of the Commissioners of Sewers for the city and liberties of Westminster, was held yester day, at one o'clock, at the Sewers-office, Greek-street, Soho, for the purpose of hearing parties who appealed against the presentments of the Jury for the Ranelagh and Counters Creek Districts. T. L. DotisentsoN, Esq., having taken the Chair, Mr. BKeKNEer. was called in, and said he appeared on behalf of the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, and objected to the assessment—lst, That the hospital was not assessable, and that it derived no benefit from the sewers ; 2(1, that if assessable, the assessment was too high ; and, 3d, that if assessable at all, they were not so for the chapel and the wards; and, should the Commissioners be against him on all these points, they had assessed the rate in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of trying the question. inasmuch as they had assessed a person not residing either in the chapel or the ward-. If the Commissioner thought it right to persist in the assessment, the question must be tried, and as he wished to try it on its merits, he was desirous that the assessment should be made in such a way as to enable the question to be tried. He would give every information that should enable them to ascertain on whom the rate ought to be assessed. Chelsea Hospital was not assessable to the poor-rates for the wards and chapel, and therefore not to t h e sewers-rate. The case was different from the Somerset House case. Mr. LESLIE said the Somerset House ease was much alluded to, and had been much misunderstood. The goods of the Clerk were taken, not because he was in occupancy of the premises, but because he was assessed to the poor-rates. The * CHAIRMAN said the Court had always held that they had the power to go upon any premises and levy for the sewers:-rate. All the Court wanted was, that the case should be decided upon fair grounds. Mr. BicknA would be put into communication with the Solicitors of the Court, and the question would be pu; in a train of being tried fairly. There were twa ways of trying it. Mr. BICKNELL thought the best way would be to remove the proceedings of this Co irt to the QUCCIft• Bench by certiorari. The SOLICITOR said that appellants would be rc eluded from relief ualc.ss they traversed. Mr. LESLIE said that it was coming out now that parties m;ght traverse. It ought to have been men tioned before. . _ _ Mr. BICKNELL gave notice he would traverse. The SOLICITOR said that 'Unless a party came before this Court, and submitted to its jurisdiction, or unless they claimed a traverse, and went to another jury, the) were precluded from relief, and the question could not be tried as an action for trespass. Mr. ADEY did not agree in that opinion ; he doubted whether the question of law could be tried in an action of traverse. Mr. LESLIE wished to know whether the Solicitor meant that unless a person came before the Court on some such occasion as the present, he was precluded all remedy ? The SOLICITOR said that Lord Ellenborough had given it as his opinion that unless a traverse were claimed the party admitted he was liable to taxation. Mr. LESLIE wished to know if it were not possiblt that a jury called out on the traverse might refuse to present the property, seeing the litigation it might occasion. The SOLICITOR said, certainly that was the law• Mr. LESLIE thought it was their bounden duty to inform those who came there, that the first step for them to take was to claim a traverse, and another jury might relieve them from all the dtfficuliy they had got into. Mr. BICKNELL wished the Court to futnish him with the ordinary form of traverse, or if they prefer red it he would give them a notice of traverse in five minuses. The CHAIRMAN wished to know what part of the rate he appealed against. Mr.BICKNELL—The part affecting that quarter of the Hospital which was not before rated, viz. the chapel and the wards, amounting to 3,3811. It was then ordered that Mr. Bicknell be permitted to inspect the form of traverse used on a former occasion. Mr. ADEY thought the traverse could not dispose of the legal question if the property was rateable or not. Mr. LESLIE thought a new jury might be of opinion that that property ought not to be rated, and that, for the present time, would be decisive of the question. Mr. ADEY denied that a jury would take upon them selves the province of a Judge and decide the point of law, and, even if they did so, the Commissioners must raise the question in another way. Mr. LESLIE—The law says the way of raising that question is by a traverse, when the question w ould be tried in open Court. The question is between the pub• lie and the jury—the Commissioners base nothing to do with it. Supposing the traverse jury find that to he a bad presentment, it would vitiate the whole proceedings. Mr. W. B. FRANCE thought, as the case was to go before a jury, it was a waste of time to•argue it now. Mr. Bicknell then withdrew. Mr. GUNNING, on the part of St. George's Hos pital, being called ie, stated his object was to re quest tine to consiihr the queition, and in all proba bility they should be guided by what "was done by the other hospital, and most probably they might come to some arrangement. He had many objections, but he would waive them now, and merely ask for time. His wish was that ail the hospitals should act together. Mr. ADEY suggested that it would be better for Mr. Gunning to let this presentment go under protest, which would not preclude him from trying the question. He did not wish to go to the trouble of a trial. Let a decree go against him, and if other ceses should go against them, they could relieve him from the decree. Mr. LESLIE thought Mr. Adey had better read up his law before be came there to give opinions. It was not in the power of the Court to relieve parties from a decree, and Mr. Adey's law was wrong. Mr. ADEY said he should not answer such a ridiculous observation. Mr. LESLIE WOUId ask the solicitor if the Cour t could relieve parties from a decree. The SoLIcITOR said they could not. Mr. LESLIE Said that showed what Mr. Adcy's law was worth ; he knew nothing of it. Mr. ADEY said the object was to prevent the rule being made ; and if all these traverses were tried, it would never be made. if the Court of Queen's Bench on a trial decided they could not make the rate, the Court could relieve him after decree. Mr. LESLIE—But the law says the party must tra verse to entitle him to relief. The SOLICITOR said he had not quite understood the question. The Court could give relief after de cree, hut not grant a traverse after decree. In the case of Chelsea Hospital, Mr. BICKNELL presented a protest agAinst the pre- ' sentment and traversed it, and that day fortnight was fixed as the day for trying the question ; the Court meet at 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr.ADEY moved that the question as to St. George's Hospital be adjourned to that day three weeks. Captain BAYNE seconded it. Mr. MULLINS thought no distinction ought to be made ; one party had put in a traverse, and now they ought not to grant time to others who (lid not traverse. Mr. LESLIE thought that all proceedings ought to be adjourned until the traverse jury bad met and de cided, and he .should move as an amendment that the further consideration of all matters relating to the pre sentment of the Banelagh district should be adjourned until the traverse jury should have given their decision. Mr. MULLINS seconded the amendment. It ap peared absurd to postpone an application until after the traverse jury should have decided the question, and not to postpone all. Mr. WILLOUGHBY opposed the amendment. On the question being put, there appeared— For the Amendment Against it Majority against it On the motion being put. Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved as ant amendment, that is expedient the Court confine the days of appeal to those publicly announced. Mr. LEsutz, as n point of order, wished to know it an amendment could be put after one had been re jected. Ob. a former occasion an amendment of his had been - 4-stused to be put after a previous amendment had been (Esposed The CHAIRMAN said that on that occasion the amend ment had been carried. Mr. WHITE thought they ought to decide the ques tion at once. This exclusive privilege question was di rectly contrary to law. The law of Henry VIII. said that no one should be exempt from the sewers'-rate, but that all property should be assessed. Such should be the answer given to all applicants. He should sup port the amendment. Mr. MuLuNs thought that the statutes alluded to by the last Commissioner, had nothing to do with the question of the present presentment. Mr. ADEY asked let'delay, soleiy to give the Gover• nors of Coe Hospital an - opportunity of considering ;Ler they would litigate the question or not. On a division— For the amendment • 12 • Against it _ L -; Majority The amendment was carried. Mr. GUNNING said he protested against the notice, ouu the manner in whiel it was served altogether. He b. , ri no authority to present a Writtert protests or to do more than he had done. He then withdrew. Mr. FARR, solicitor to the Ordnance, appeared to appeal against the assessment on the Hyde Park Maga zine and Barracks. He objected to the rate, on the ground that the Maraine was unconnected with any not oe , •upied by any individual, and thcrc ::-.-•rt. nut tut ; The CHAIRMAN said the benefit derived from the sewers might be remote. T he roads lead i ng to tho Magazine were drained. ~..,~::.--: Y l k try. ~~~. THE SUN, LONDON, SATIMOAY, JANUARY 16, Is4l. Mr. ADEY—Do you mean to traverse, Mr. Farr? Mr. FARR—I do not. I merely wish to submit the quest ion to the Court ; and if they should decide again,t me, I shall submit. The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt it was rateable. Mr. FARR would then submit, but he considered, being an uninhabited building, it was rated too high. With respect to the Magazine Barracks, he should withdraw his appeal, &titer the decision which had just been come to. With respect to the assessment of 531. 10t. on the Cavalry Barracks, he objected to it, on the groilnd th a t i t was i n connec tion with the new drain in Sloane -street. The CHAlnmaN—The assessment was quite uncon nected with the question of the new sewer ; if it had never been proposed, the rate would have been the same. Mr. Farr then withdrew, The CHAIRMAN said that as questions of great legal interest would arise when the traverse question came on, ale thought it would be advisable that a gentleman of ;me legal attainments should take the chair. He Should therefore propose that Mr. Broughton take the chair. Mr. BROUGHTON thought the proper way would be to appoint a legal assessor to the chair, who would be rcsponzible for his opinion. He should be happy to render any assistance ro his brother Commissioner, but pis opinion was decidedly against the legality of the presentment. Mr. LESLIE doubted the power of the Court to ap point an assessor. The question was one entirely for the jury to determine, and not for the Court. A eounsul coming there was not a member of the Court, and the employing one was a virtual acknowledgement of their own incompetence. The more legal opinions .hey got the greater was the mess they got in.o.—(A laugh.) Mr. BROUGHTON said they had a clear power to em ploy and pay an assessor. He would not decide the thing, nor take it out of the hands of the jury.. The jury would have to decide on certain flets, but they would have to take the law from the Court. They should re nernber that it al:vays looked well with the Queen's Bench to have acted under the advice of counsel. Mr. ADEY said the Chairman having charged the last jury, he thought it advisable that ho should now Jaye the assistance of an assessor. Who was to answrr the arguments addressed by the appellant to the jury ? He thought a barrister acting as assessor-would be the most proper person. The CHAIRMAN appealed to the Court to relieve him ;tom a responsibility which he felt was too much for him. Mr. MULLINS wished to know if Mr. Broughton would take the chair. Mr. 13RO0GFITON thought the constitution of the Court ought not to be altered, but that the Chairman do continue in the chair. The CIIAIRDIAN said the constitution of the Court would not be altered by Mr. Broughton taking the chair. He wished the Court would give him leave of ►hsence for that day, and ask Mr. Broughton to occupy his place. Mr. MULLINS said he could not conceive the necessity of an assscssor—the Court was a Court of Justice. They did not appear as defendants, and therefore did not wont a counsel• to reply for them,—they were to administer justice as judges. It would be derogatory to the Court to appoint an assessor. Mr. ADEY said•that although they sat there as Jus tices they represented the rate-payers ; they did not decide the question, the jury did. How was the ques tion to be put to the jury, if the Chairman did not put it properly. A ComatissioNra-=-A Commissioner might. Mr. ADEY—That is it, I want to have an assessor appointed to avoid discussion before the jury. Mr. LESLIE was glad that the object of appointing an assessor was .ax owed. It was to gag the Commis sioners.—(Cries of Older and Shame, and great con lusioo.) It would be delegatirg the authority to some paid man, and if they could not execute their duties themselves, they had better resign the situations. Mr. BaonntrroN—The authority is not delegated. Mr. LESLIE—What does he corn:: here for then? Mr. BROUGHTON—To answer questions, if asked.— (A laugh.) Mr. LESLIE wanted to know what need they had of A counsel—they would only be getting further into the mire, and he hoped that the relief they would get from a new jury would be to throw the whole of this overboard. Mr. MULLINS protested against the doctrine that the charge of the Chairman should be submitted to the jury until it had been approved of by the Court. Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought they ought to grant to the Chairman the assistance he required, by granting him the aid of an assessor, and he should move that Mr. Ogle be appointed the assessor. Mr. MULLINS decidedly objected to the appoint ment of an assessor. This was a special meeting, and no business could be entertained that was not in the business-paper. Notice should have been given of it. He doubted if it could be put. Mr. BROUGHTON had been misunderstood by the Commissioners over the way. All this argument went to the power of the Court to appoint an assessor ; when they sat judicially they must have but one voice, or it would be impossible for the jury to act. lie thought the question could be put _without any breach of the, rules. The question was one merely of detail - as to facilitating the conduct of the business before them. A long discussion ensued on the point of order, which ended by the Court deciding that the resolution could be put, because it was merely carrying out the busi ness on the paper. On the question being put, \lr. llamas said he wished to know what an assessor was. It, appeared to him that it was a barrister to be employed to defend the Commissioners. He did not believe the rate-payers would like to have their money employed for such a purpose, and he thought the Chairman was perfectly competent to perform the duties required of him. Mr. LESLIE said that on another point of order he did not think the question could go on. Mr. Bicknell had been asked, and said that he would not employ counsel, ard now they wanted in his absence to appoint a barrister themselves. Nothing could be more inde cent than to appoint Mr. Ogle, who had already given an opinion on the subject contrary to that of the Lord Chief Justice. _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN said they appointed him as an as sessor, not as an advocate. Mr. \Villoughby's motion was then put and carried, on a division of 14 to 5. _ _ _ Mr. TAYLOR, Deacon of Paddington-green Chapel, appealed against the rate, on the ground of excessive rental. The CHAIRMAN submitted that the rate should be Lowered. Mr. Mut,LiNs doubted if they had the. power to do so. Mr. LESLIE would remind the Court that this was the first oase which had occurred after the presentment had been traversed. The question was then put that the chapel be rated at 801. and carried. Mr. CORNEL appeared for Chelsea Church and for the, Board of Guardians, to object to the, rate. He was proceeding to argue the question on principle, when he was interupted by Mr. ABET, who said they could not suffer any one to argue the principle of the question. Mr. MULLINS—What is the meaning of to hear part:es then in the notices? The CHAIRMAN said the principle of assessing churches the Court would not entertain ; it woJd merely entertain objections to the amount. He would ad% ise the applicant to claim a traverse. Mr. CORNEL was not in a position to determine whether he would claim a traverse. Mr. Lestee—The public were invited to come, by the Court saying they would hear them. Why was not the public told they must traverse, before they came there? Mr. ContrEL wished to know whether 'the assess ment would remain in its present shape, exactly as to the double ptettentment for Chelsea church. 'the CHAIRMAN—It Mr. CORNEL, after some (listhission, claimed a tra verse, which was ordered to be heard before the same jury as the other. Mr. UrioN, solicitor for the London and Westmin ster Cemetety Company, appealed against the rate, on the ground of overcharge ; they were rateable enly for the profitable occupation of the land, and he could show that, up the present time, they had realised tin profits, and therefore be thought the assessment ough• not to be more than it was before the land was a ceme tery. They had been assessed to the Poor-rates at 2,000/• a year, and on his representing the case to the Vestry, it was reduced to 2 , 15/. per annum. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the assessment should be reduced to 2451. A. CommissioNEa proposed to examine the Sur veyors on the point. On inquiry it *Rs found the Surveyors had left. Mr. LESLIE thought they had acted wisely here They made oath before the Jury that the rating a the property was 2.,:300/., and now this gentleman said it was only worth 2451. ; and on his representation they were about to alter a presentment made by a Jury, after hearing evidence on oath. lie should not vote at 3:1 on the question. Mr. MuLuris thought the Solicitor ought to be asked if the Court could interfere. The SOLICITOR thought it would be hardly safe for tie Court to interfere to give relief in this instance, without putting the party on their traverse. Mr. llamas thought the profits should be rated, and not the buildings. Mr. WHITE moved that the rates should be reduced to 245/. On a division, there appeared— For the reduction Against it Mr. LESLIE considers lih decision put the whole rate in jeopardy. The hearing of the applilants was postponed to Friday next. The Clerk then read a statement of a deficiency in ~- >, ~ ~ :L `.. T om: . _ the accounts of one of the collectors, and, stating, that. in reply to an application to the solicitor of one of h 6. sureties, it had been stated, that if he were now allowed to make up his account, the money would be forth coming. Mr. ADEY proposed that the clerk should have the books made up, and apply to his surety for any defi ciency that might be proved, which was agreed to. The Court then broke up, at a quarter after six o'clock. THE FLEET IN THE lIIEDITER RANEAN. Letter from an Officer of Sir R. Stopford's squadron, dated the 18th ult.:— " MARMOIIICE BAY, DEC. IS, 1840. " On the 21st of November, Commodore Napier joined our squadron off Alexandria, which then con sisted of the Powerful, Revenge, Ganges, Rodney, Van guard, Cambridge, Carysfort, and Medea, the Dido hav ing been previously sent to the Admiral to acquaint him of an accident which happened on board the Medea, a shell having burst below, and wounded several men. " The Commodore immediately began to treat with the Pacha, and first sent in Captain Maunsell, of the Rodney, who had known him when commanding the Alfred. The Commodore afterwards went in himself, and had a long conference with Mehemet Ali, in which I believe no words were wasted ; the consequence was, that. the Pacha, finding that Acre was taken, and that the French had deserted him, agreed to give up the I urkish fleet and all Syria, retaining the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt, and ,his troops to be withdrawn from Syria by us. " I may mention, that on the morning of the Com modore's arrival, two boats came off at daylight to the Ganges, which happened to he the inshore ship, con taining Emir Bey, the Turkish Rear-Admiral of the MahmouWeb, Emir Captan, the Captain of one of the iarge frigates, the Admiral's Secretary, and 39 men ; they had made their escape during the night. From them we heard that the French had decidedly promised Mehemet AU to appear off Alexandria with a fleet, and that on their arrival his f',_Tt was to come out and join them. The Rear -Admiral and party were sent on board :he Revenge (senior officer), and then .to the Powerful, and, I believe, eventually to Beyrout in the Prometheus. " On the day Napier went in, we observed the Turkish and Egyptian fleet suddenly swung their top masts and top-gallantmasts up, and cross royal yards, firing a royal salute, and dressing in colours. The effect eras beautiful, and vc all imagined that it was in conse quence of the Treaty. We found out afterwards that it was the festival of the Bairam, which accounted for the salute ; but I think they began to get ready for sea immediately on hearing of the Treaty. " Having sent off his despatches 133 the Oriental, which was detained for a day, and also letters to the Admiral b) the Prometheus, Commodore Napier mad the signal to the squadron " Peace with Egypt," and we stood off the coast, as it came on to blow ; and on the 2,1 of December we experienced a heavy gale, in which our six ships did not, of course, suff2r much damage, but we all felt glad we were not on the coast of Syria. In this gale, as we afterwards learned, the Zebra was driven on shore in the bay of Khnifa, and the Pique had to cut away her masts, and was also nearly wrecked. The Bellerophon was at anchor at Beyrout, and was nearly lost ; and nine sail of trans ports and all the small craft anchored on the coast were driven on shore or foundered at their anchors. Had we all been in the midst of our operations along the whole line as formerly, the effect on our fleet might have been disastrous. " The Commodore th?n decided on coming here, and on the Sal instant anchored in this most beautiful of harbours ; finding the Thunderer, last from Beyrout, Calcutta from England, Implacable, which had left our squadron some time since, and come here imagining the Admiral had left Syria, and Edinburgh from Bayrout ; also Gorgon, Dido, and Hecate, from England, with General Mitchell and several officers of artillery on board, waiting the arrival of the Admiral previous to going to Syria. " On the 9th arrived the Admiral and Bellerophon, and on the 10th the Benbow and Hazard, all from Bey rout, and the Stromboli from Alexandria, where she had been to land two Turkish envoys, and had been looking for our squadron. " It appears that the Admiral had sent Captain Fan shatve, his Flag Captain, to Alexandria, in the Magaaiai, a proposition for Mehemet Ali—not, I believe, • quite so good for him as Napier had granted, merely, I believe, offering Egypt for his life. We expected that Mehemet would tura rusty again, and that we should have to attack Alexandria in the spring. The waivel here, however, of Captain Fanshawe on the 14th, settled all. 1 believe Mehemet Ali told him he threw himself into the arms of the Allies, trusting that England would be generous ; Captain Fanshawe has been sent to Cen stantineple in the Stromlitili. On the 13th and 14th the Austrian squadron arrived here, so that this bay now contains the following ships : " Princess Charlotte (flag), Powerful (Commodore), Rodney, Ganges, Thunderer, Vanguard, Calcutta, Cambridge, Revenge, Edinburgh, Implacable, Ballero phon, Benbow, of the line ; Gorgon, Medea, steamers ; Dalo and Hazard ; also two Austrian frigates and one corvette ; and we expect the Daphne and Magicicnne. The coast of Syria will probably be watched by steamers I during the winter. At Malta we have Asia and Hastings, of the line, Castor and Pique ; the Carysfort is off Alexandria ; Talbot is at Stamboul ; and ere this the Britannia and Howe must have entered the Straits of Gibraltar, which will give us seventeen sail-of-the line, mostly very heavy ships. " Yesterday (17th), the Medea came in with the mails brought -by the Great Liverpool to Malta ; and we hear of - the birth of a Princess. Tilare is naturally much disappointment at there being no brevet on such an hopoatant oeeasion, especially as the marriage v:as allowed to pass without one ; but we have not heard for certain that there is nut to be one. 4- Napier has hoisted his red pennant as first-class Commodore, and well he deserves it. This, and some promotions for the affair at Sidon, lead us all to hope that there will be :a liberal promotion, as well amongst those ships who had the good luck to be at the takieg of Acre as amongst all connected with the operations along the whole coast of Syria. Many would thy , ob tain it who might have no other chance of advaiiceinent. " Certainly, when one looks backs and brings to mull that on the 13th of August Napier, with his four ship, Powerful, Ganges, Thunderer, and Edinburgh, an choi ed at Beyrout, round which Soliman Pacha, with some 14,000 men never yet beaten, was encamped, that Ibrahim had possession of the passes of the Taurus, all the forts and towns oa the coast, and the 4' invincible Acre," well garrisoned, and that all the mountaineers of Lebanon, Naploose, and Haouran had been defeated and disarmed, which made them at first lukewarm about beginning again with us ; that on the 9th of September a small force was landed in Djouni Bay ; and that on the 81 of November, by the fall of Acre, the whole of Syria was in our possession, Ibrahim himself beaten by Napier,—one must acknovJedge that the navy have done their work well." REGISTRATION OF LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,---I believe I may say with confidence that the recent regulaticn for registering money letters is not calculated to satisfy those for whose benefit it is in tended, both on account of ita tediousness and expense. I submit to you the following plan, equally simple in its arrangement, less expensive to both the Post-office and the public, And attended with every security the present plan offers. I would have covers or envelopes provided especially for the purpose of cash letters, to carry not exceeding one ounce, and to be sold for sixpence each ; to be num bered in the game way as Bank notes, and printed in side in the same form as at present. On presenting one of these at any post-off = ice, I would present a duplicate of the number of the stamp and address, for the purpose of receiving the post mark of the town where it posted, in the tame *ay as the letter, and then the clerks in every office through which it passes should be required to take the number, and attach to It the Post-office stamp in the same way. Of course I should only pro pose this plan for inland letters, and am persuaded that it is worthy of the attention of the Post-office authori ties, both on account of its efficiency and economy. Doncaster. Jan. 13. 3UVENIS. THE CANTERBURY ELECTION. (From the Kent Herald of yesterday.) The canvass is going on with activity on either side, and as usual, both parties speak confidently of success. But it is obvious that at this period of the contest nothing can be safely predicated as to the final prospects either of the Li berals or of the Tories. The last election showed an al most equally balanced state of the constituency ; alliough the result of the poll might have been materially different had the Whig party been lass confident and used the same activity as their Tory opponents. There was also at that time a lurking grudge between some sections of the Reform ers, which we trust is now sufficiently obliterated. What are the feelings of the rate-paying electors, is clearly enough evidenced by the fact that at every municipal elei:tion of late years the Tories hare been entirely beaten out of the field, there not being a solitary Tory left in the Town Council. The result of the Registration, too, was shown to be in favour of the Liberals. Thus then, if a cordial union prevails among all classes of Reformers there is little to apprehend for the result. Differences of opinion and a sturdy maintenance of them rchle. , the corn• mon enemy does not profit by the dissension, is a condi tion of existence with an independent party—hut though this may embarrass the commencement of proceedings it has no unfavourable influence on the polling, as long before the day of action, a perfect re-union may be effected and tenfold activity at a later period would more than compt n sate for the original coolness and delay. Mr. Henniker Wilson appears to have every claim to Lhe confidence of the electors. lie will have the votes of all who desire to see the present Ministry continue in office and Sir Robert Peel and the Tories kept out—for the loss of the Canterbury election would be fatal to the Administration. BUCKS CONSERVATIVE DINNER.----The fourth annual dinner of the Buckingham Conservative As sociation W6S held on Wednesday evening in the Town hall, Buckingham. The Duke of Buckingham, as Presi dent of the Association, was in the chair, and at the tables were seated Lord De Lisle, the Earl of Orkney Lord Hotham, the Marquis of Chandos, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir William Young, Sir John Chetwode, C. G. Du Pre, Esq Dr- Marsham, the Rev. Mr. Coker, and about 400 of the gentry, clergy, and others. ~'="- - - -• , , THE BRITISH NAVY. OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE NAVAL FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN, ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY, 1841. Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Right Hon. Gilbert Earl of Minto, G. C.B. Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K. C. B. Sir William Parker, K. C. B. Captain Sir Edmund Thomas Troubridgc, Bart. Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, Bart.,K. C.B. Tue Right Hon. Archibald Lord Dalmeny. FLAG OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. Admiral of the Fleet—Sir Charles Edmund Nuget.t, G. C. 11.. Admirals of the Red Ditto NVirite Ditto Blue Vice-Admirals of the Red Ditto White Ditto Blue ..... 20 23 Rear- Admirals of the Red Ditto White 42 Ditto Blue Captains on retired balf-2ny Captains on the retired ha' lf.pay of 14s. 6d. per diem 100 Ditto ditto 12s. 6d. " 150 Ditto ditto 10s. 6d. " ... 433 Reti:ed Captains, Commanders under ber Majesty's Order in Council of the 10th of August, 1840 ... 49 Commanders _ _ • _ Ditto retired under his Majesty's Order in Council of the 3042 of January, 1816, on the half-pay of es. per diem -. ................ •••• Ditto retired under bis Itiajestya Order in Council of the Ist November, 1830, on thc half.psy of 7s per diem 2Ol Nay.ll Knights of Windsor (Lieutenants) Lieutenants on the half-pay of 7s. per diem ...... .. 99 Ditto ditto 6s• " Ditto di.to bs• " 2,053 2,752 Masters superannuated Ditto for service, on the half• pay of 7. , ' lOO Ditto ditto 6s 2OO Ditto ditto 5s 152 452 Pursers on the half.pay of 6s. per diem . lOO Ditto ditto ss. . Ditto ditto 4s. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleas Deputy Inspectors ditto. Surgeons retired -s , 37 Surgeons retired on a commuted allowance .... 43 Ditto unfit for further active service 219 Surgeons for service 358 Assistant-Surgeons unfit for service... 55 Assistant-Surgeons fit for service.. 577 Dispensers of Hospitals 8 Chaplains retired .. Ditto for active service 34 ROYAL MARINE FORCES. (Head.quarters, Gibraltar.) Major. Generals Colonels Commandants of Divisions Colonels and Second Commandants Lieutenant Colonels Captain 94 First Lieutenants Second ditto ROYAL MARINI; ARTILLERY. (!lead-quarters, Portsmouth.) Lieutenant-Colonels 1 Captains Field Officers Colonels on retired full pay Lieutenant-Colonels, ditto Majors ..:. 1 Captains 62 First Lieutenants .. ' ll Second ditto Lieutenant-Colunels on reserved half pay 1 Majors.., 1 Captains 7O First Lieutenants . Second ditto 135 The Ruyal Marino forces consist of 90 compaities, ste tioncd as '.olloiAzi viz.:— Chatbath Ist division 22 companies -1,5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 70, 72, 73, 77. Portsmouth 2d division, 27 compsnics-2, 8, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34,.38, 42, 46,, 50, 64, 67, 60, 63, 66, GS 74, r 2 8i Tlyrrioutt 34 division, 23 compikates4.3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23,-27i :- 14, - 35, 39, 43,_47, 51, 55, 5% 61, 64, 67, 69, 71,.75, 79, 83. Woolwich 4th division, 18 companies-4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 76, 80, 84, 88, 89. Royal Marine Artillery, 2 companies. The British Navy, the most extensive in the world, consists of 584 ships of war mounting from 10 to 120 guns each, of various calibre ; of these 84 aro armoi steam-vessels, builtton the most approved principles for active service. This immense fleet, the strong bulwark of England, is manned by 2QOOO able-bodied seaman, 2,000 stout lads, and 10,000 Royal marines. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN SCOT• LAND. Oa Tuesday last an accident of a very serious nature, and one which might have been attended with the must fatal consequences, occurred on the Slamannan and Glasgow Railway. As it was, several of the passen gers were severely injured, and all of therm were thrown into a state of the utmost consternation and alarm. When the evening train with from fifty to sixty pas sengers, was within a few miles of Glasgow, the en gine, then going at a very rapid rate, in order, it is said, to make up time last on the road, was suddenly thrown off the rails, and the second and first class carriages were in c onsequen ce overturned with extreme violence on opp os i te s id es o f t h e roa d. Providentially no lives were l os t ; and it is only proper to say that the utmost a t tent i on was p a id to the sufferers by the officers of the Company, and also by those inhabitants of the neighbourhood who were drawn to the spot immediately on the occurrence of the accident. Without intending to throw odium on any one in one in the present instance, we cannot help expressing regret that some efficient means is not adopted for the purpose of ascertaining, in all eases of similar accidents, what is the real cause of accident, the more especially so from the fact that in every instance where an accident has occurred it has been found next to impossible to fix with precision whether it was the result of overspeed in the rate of travelling, or an inhe. rent defect in the machinery, the popular belief almost invariably inclining to the side of overepeed. An inge nious friend, one who has for many years been familiar w ith the working of rallwaye, has Made to tis the fel , lowing suggestion, which we throw out, lti order that it, or some adaptation of it, or of some other sort of plan suitable for the pupate, may be speedily adopted. his proposal is to fix an apparatus to each engine con sisting of some Fort of clock-work, to be worked by the machinery in such a manner as to ring a bell at the end of every mile traversed, and to have a clock or timepieee put id a tionspieutius part of the train, so that the time between each stroke of the bell, or, in other words, the time occupied in travelling each mile, might be ascertained with certainty, and hace the rate of speed Made known t in addition to this index of speed, that each train be provided with the means of being . instantly detached from the engine, h case the rate of motion, from whatever cause, Were increased so much as to endanger the safety of the pas sengers. This would at least shoe to every one, if an while it would afford to the condue. accident should unfortueritely happen, whether it was the fault of overspeed or not, a matter in itself of no and regulating the h a ec f k u i n n e g tionary who sl i ght unfortu nately, o a I t ol' opera t i o n srn l g l ITladotrefttria tn t ah l : ec e :lieenagni n present ee r e' arrangements, has the uncon tiollcd management of life and property to an almost unlimited extent. —Edinburgh Observer. DR. J o/ IN BORTHWICK GILCHRIST.— Died on Friday last, in Paris, Dr. John Borthwick Gil christ, one of the firmest advocates, one of the truest, most disinterested, and generous supporters of all that can ifro and m s honest and upright nd hi elevate the cha racter and extend the liberties of the peo ple. In his single.ntnded and sincere devotion to the political i m provement, course. He hated and he denoun ce d oppression i n every form, an d sympathised Wi th cten passionate fervency in cause of of all that tended t o remove miser y and to proms to human happiness. A few y ears ago h e was among t h e most active of Reform ers, taking a p rom i nent stand among the leaders of the p o p ular cause. Old age and absence from Clo"uelldi'ditv7ir: moral,cim his country, If they removed him from the sphere of busy co-operation, n either lessened his philanthropic affections nor diminished his desire to co-operate in every work of good. It is understood that his fortune is ultimately des tined to be devoted to the furtherance of education. Th e Prussian State Gazette contains, under the head of Berlin, 7th January, the following at title :—" A horrible cr i me was committed on the 3d at Frandburg, in East Prussia. The Protestant Bishop Ermeland, a vene rable old rosn, highly respected, was assaulted on the evening of that day, between seven and eight o'clock, in his own house, murdered and plundered. His housekeeper, an aged woman, the only person with him .in the house, was dangerously wounded. In spite of every exertion the perpetrator or perpetrators of this crime bays not been dis covered; The Bishop was 78 years old. ... UNION OF ALL REFORMERS, PO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As you were pleaicd to copy and approve of my letter to the Morning Chronicle a few days since, 1 take the liberty of addressing you on the subject, as I deem it tel he of the utmost importance at this crisis. I would earnestly eali the attention of Reformers throughout the kingdonf to this one consideration— namely, that it requires their Wilted strength to carry any one of the great measures now in agitation. If Leeds, for instance, is determined to make " Reform in Parliament" the grand object of their pursuit—Glasgow, the Ballet—Manchester, the Repeal of the Corn-laws —and so on with the other towns—all will labour in vain ; whereas, were all to unite in struggling to obtain one single measure, they must be successful. The ques tion is—what shall be the first. grand measure on which to unite? On this we al! have our hobbies, but I put it to any considerate man whether there is the slightest ' chance of uniting, at present, on the Leeds plan of reform ? Eloesever good it may be, it will require myth time to he made known and appreciated through out the country ; already some of the sturdiest Re fteeners begin to doubt the soundness of its principle, and it must be fairly and fully examined in all its bear ings ; all t hi s can b e go i ng en. and the public mind ripening upon it, without making it the first grand mea sure to be obtained. The B allot ; flowerer popuLir lad steadily making its way, is still far from exciting that enthusiasm necessary to its success at present. Now only look at. the repeal of the Corn-laws, and see how many things conspire to render this the very first object at which to aim ; and if it can be shown (as I maintain it can) that Reformers are more united on this than on either of the other questions—that it has already ob tained a larger measure of support, both in and out of the House—and that its delay inflicts a greater amount of suffering—then is it the bounden duty of each to sink his own peculiar views, for the time, and do his u:- most to remove this intolerable and oppressive burden. Consider : The petitioners last Session were a million and a half! More than for all other objects put to gether. The agitation has been kept up with unceasing activity by the League ever since, and great progress male among the people. The pressing urgency of the case is shown from the fact, that the American, Prus sian, and Brazilian Tariffs are all just expiring, and on I our obtaining the repeal of our Corn-laws will depend I how f4r they will continue to admit our goods. We may never have such another opportunity—it may be too /ate! This, - I conceive, is a strong point, for as yet it can hardly be applied with equal force to the other questions to which I have alluded. Next, as to the Ministry. Until we are united how can we expect them to bring forward either of these mea sures ? On the repeal, or at least the modification of the Corn-laws, they are nearly all agreed—Lord Mel bourne and Mr. Shiel are, I think, the only two who have opposed inquiry, and the former evidently leaves himself at liberty to agree to an alteration whenever he may see it to be necessary. Who carried the Penny Postage ? Hear the Ministerial Globe of this day, re !erring to the Committee on the Import Duties ; it says, " The hest friend of the Government must be most de sirous that subjects of this kind should be fareed on them by the utmost possible pressure fronn without.' The Penny Postage was in this manner pressed upon official adoption. No Government could well have been expected to effect such a change without the previous sanction of a strongly pronounced public opinion." Can language be plainer than this ? Et seems to say, "If you want us to adopt any great measure, agree among yourselves, and enable us to carry it by giving us that support which alone can render our efforts successful : while you are divided we are powerless." Such I apt prehend to be the case in the present evenly-balanced state of parties. Public opinion must be concentrated on one thing at a time, in order to accomplish any thing. You, Mr. Editor, are entitled to the warmest thanks of every honest man for the manner in which you have exerted your influence on this subject, and I do hope you will continue to strive for the accomplishment of that concentration of effort amongst Reformers which I think I have shown is indispensable to success, and which, if brought to bear on the repeal of the Corn-laws, might even this Session sweep them from the stet ute book —I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE. Jan. 13, 1840. THE LATE ROBERT FARTHING 13EAUCIIA3IP, ESQ. Luck.—The late Mr. Beauchamp was one of the children of a poor farmer, named Farthing, at Kingston, near Taunton, renting a small estate of the late E. Jef !tits, Esq., of Cothelstone, who, eompassionating the extent of his tenant's family, undertook to provide one of the sons with a situation. For this purpose he re quested his eon-in-law, Mr. Esdaile, then a banker of this town, to use his influence with his friend Sir Ben jamin Hammett, Bart., to get his protege appointed, on the first opportunity, to a clerkship in the London bank, of which Sir Benjamin was one of the partners. A vacancy soon occurring, Sir Benjamin sent a let ter to T. Woodforde, Esq., partner in tho bank cf Hemmett and Co., in this town, requesting him to pay the hearer (young Farthing) 107:,1 to equip him v ith suiLablo habiliments - -laic for de;iltlsotir tuation. This was done, awl the youth dismissed • will. wu edditiossal erestuity of half-e s t:seep, accom penied by friendly admonitions appropriate to the situation he was about to fill. In his station in the banking firm of Messrs. Eidaile and Co., the young clerk acquittA himself of his duties in so satisfactory a manner, that he was advanced at every opportunity, anti after remaining with his employers about twenty „years, he engaged himself to Mr. Morland, of the banking-house of Ransom and Co., to fill a responsible post in that establishment. Here Mr. Farthing wag so well entitled to the respect and confidence of his employers, and so particularly endeared himself to Mr. Morland, at whose table he was a frequent guest, and whose children he was accustomed to take charge of when they w,•nt to the opera or other places of public amusement, that the earliest opportunity was soneht to appoint him chief actuary of the firen. Frequent correspondence and occasional interviews with Mr. Roth schild, the millionaire, enabled him, by the share of a na tional loan, to realize 1,5001. ; and soon after, the pur chase of opera boxes brought him a clear gain of 2,0001, Other judicious speculations also prosperously revealed themselves. Amongst the most bountiful fa vours of fortune, however, was that derived from his assiduities to an elderly lady, who, keeping a large ac count at Ransom's bank, was in the habit of employing Mr. Farthing to receive her dividends acid otherwise to manage her finances. On her death, his useful ofilees were rewarded by her bequeathing the whole of her pro perty (amounting to about 70,0001.) to Mr. Farthing. This lady, whose maiden name was Beauchamp, was the widow of Mr. Hudson, an opulent brickmaker in or near London. The will was disputed by her relatives, but its validity was established by the decision of the Court in which it was impeached, and Mr. Farthing, having taken the name of Beauchamp in addition to his own, retired from London, and a few years ago pur chased the house and grounds at Walford, where he re sided till his death, which happened last week, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Beauchamp has left no children, and after pro viding for his wife, and relatives who reside in humble life at Kingston, and giving many handsome legacies, has devised the whole of his landed property, estimated at 60,0001., to Iris friend and neighbour, Richard King Meade King, Esq., of North Pethcrton, who, with J. Squire, Esq., jun.,whose father was formerly of this town, are executors of his will. To Mr. King also the testator has bequeathed the house and all his plate and furniture after the death of his widow, upon whom he has settled 3,0001. per annum, and has appointed Mr. King and Mr. Squire his residuary legatses. The aggregate value of the property of which Mr. Beau champ died possessed, is estimated at 190,0001. Taunton Courier. ACCIDENT AT TIIE ROYAL EXCHANGE.— On Thursday morning at four o'clock, notwithstanding all the precautions taken at the excavations on the site of the late Royal Exchange, an immense mass of earth and briervork fell in from the effects of the frost, and destroy ing with It a groat deal of the scaffolding erections for laying down the concrete and foundations. The noise was very great, and alarmed many of the neighbouring in habitants, who considered it arose from the house now being dismantled adjacent to St. Bartholomew's church. Very few workmen are now employed on the foundation for the new Exchange, which was last week a scene of great bustle and activity. Threadneedle-street and Bar tholomew-lane present the moat serious obstacles to traffic, On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered in the residence of John Bourne, Esq., Dalby-hall, near Spilsby. It is supposed to have had its origin in the chimney of one of the chambers, where a fire had been lighted early in the day, and which is believed to hare ignited a jackdaies nest in the upper p art, where a chink co mmunicated such ink ort co mmunicated with an adjoining closet. E s ver h Y ut was made to arrest the progress ; was the fury of the devouring demerit, that in a short time the roof fell in, and soon the vvhole house was a mass of of the flame burning ruins. Through th e l tho fu s rn'n praiseworthyi enrts of the labourers of the adjoining villegos, near y al on t. re w as saved. The Spilsby engne was sow he pot i .i.__ ELEv objectENT o i f r T E a l r i e l r o e f Lincoln Gazette. the itihEa Albert t respecting his resig i C s Cardigan's oiigintiEnd'NistivAai afloat aT to tl iNtnbEeNTVCi OF d s F t 3 l ° e Tr a few days since was to eon_ e s :ll i t this i oßfoytahleticigemiilmielaindPorir the 11th Hussars That the strictures of the Press on his Lordship's conduct have made his situation anything but a comfortable one, may be ga thered from a trifling incident which occurred while he was p a pers was lying on the t a bl e, which his Lord waiting for the train at the Slough Station. O ne o f the n a a' : 1 1p took dow 1 1 i °rnin g up, but hastily threw g in, muttering, D—n these Papers, I'm si c k o f t h em. It appears that t he paragraph relatirg to his Lordship's last embroilment w as the first thing which arrested hisattention .—Tioes. The City of Dublin Steam Company have sub scribed one hundred pounds towards the funds in progress of collection for the survivors of the unfortunate persons belonging to the crew of that ill-fated vessel the Thames, who perished on the 4th inst. MORNING EDIVEON. WALSALL ELECTIOAN• (FRom A CORRESPONDENT.) WEDNESDAY.—Mr. Smith having returned .to th e borough yesterday morning, resumed his canvas ;* hitherto, we are proud to say, has been most succesdus ; indeed we have it from a well-informed quarter t:iat there is now little doubt he will be returned to Parhot-. ment at the ensuing election. The friends of Mr.• Smith have been most assiduous in their labours, no thing daunting them, especially Mr. Acland, who has rendered invaluable services. In addition to the nightly meetings in the Dragon room, a series of similar meet ings are being got up in the suburbs, which are very extensive, thereby precluding many from being able con veniently to attend t.Lic former. From these mee tings we anticipate a vast amount of good to flow, knowing p that a considerable number" of manufacturers reside irt these districts, who, by having ,the question pl a inly a nd honestly di sc ussed before th e m, aid the respeet h v me rits of both c andid a tes freely canr,assed, will has Qno hesitation in deciding who is the beti:m man. The Committee have adopted a plat, fur which we cannot too sufficiently commend them. Last night took place the first of a series of soirees, wHt..t , was up commonly well attended. About 300 ladies gen tlemen bat down to tea. The meeting was hig-V.y. re spectable, composed as i t was o f a great many elearkrrs, with their wives and daughters. After tea, addreeaesi were delivered by Scott, Esq., barrister, Stowbridgc,. Rupart Kettle, Esq., Wolverhampton, Messrs, J. B. Smitlt And Aeland, on Repeal; and were warmly re sponded ta. Nothing particular was elicited in !Lew. ad dresses, which makes it unnecessary to occupy your columns with a suL,;ect which has been before the public , so much of late. Pile-Clng commenced about nine, and continued till hall pas t ten o'clock. lue next soiree ,tu and structive, is announced to go off next Weoesday, so we expect to have a good many of these socia!,- highly entertaining meetings before the At the close of the meeting last night, Ja.lr. Acland announced that Mr. R. Cobden, from Manch, ‘ster, ac companied by a few friends from Liverpool, wo." 1 ( 1 dress the electors to-morrow evening, and the . non electors probably the evening following. Up tot, ° present time . , about forty addresses have been recetve4 by the Chairman of the Anti-Corn-law Association., from various towns in England and Scetlsnd, calling; upon the electors to return a Free-trader. Nearly the whole conversation here at present turns upon the ei:etions. The walls are emblazoned with " Dowa with Gladstone, the bread taxer." " Vote for Smith and cheap Bread." "No Gladstone." To all ap pearanees great and increasing excitement will prevail in the borough until the election is over. EASTERN *NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dzc. 16. TZ:I Porte received yesterday a Tartar who Was from Damk'cus by 10041 in 13 days, with the official news of the evamotion of the place by Ibrahim Paella. The abandoned ca.mP at SI, takich resembled a field of battle, dead, dying.,..bair-bil ried corpses, too clearly indicated the miseries irhich the flying army endured. Its departure took .tle under the most gloomy foreboding. The storm of the 2d of December was coming up, ir ' cal north wind rushed through the wood, and snow while the column, increased by the endless trains of the civil offices retreating with it, and loaded with the resources of the plundered country, took its way to the south in silence, and full of the most melancholy presentment. Only uncertain reports are yet circulated in Pera, but news appears to have been received here of the entire dissolution of the Egyptian army with the most fearful circumstances. The next mail wal inform us how far these reports are true or false.—fillge mcille Zeifttrtg, Jan. 8. DEATHS FROM STARVATION. A lengthened inquiry took place on Wednesday ing at the Loraion Hospital, before gra Baker, the co roner, relatise to the death of Hannah Batelee', aged e?,l, who died in the \Vhitechapef workhouse on Monday last. It appeared in evidence • that on Friday evening last the deceased went into tae tan- room of the Black Horse, Brown's-lane, SpitaltNds: Mr. Barker, the landlord, saw that she was very ill, z end he instantly sent for a doctor. He also gave her ramie as she seemed to be almost starving, and then took her to the station-house. The deceased saidthat she had been isa service in Spitalfields; that her relations were in Glouces tershire ; and that she had not had any food for four clays but that which she had received from Mr. Bar ker. By the orders of the inspector site was theta taken to the WThitechapel workhouse. She was there provided with food, which she ate soraciously, but she soon lecertree insensible, and died et three o'clock (Hs Monday morning. Mr. Millar, the surgeon of the workhouse, said that the deceased had died from in flammation of the lungs, produced by exposure to the cold and want of sustenance.. Verdict, !` That the de ceased died from inflammation of the lures, produced by exposure and want." On Tuesday night, an inquest was held beifere Mr. Payne, at the George, Old Bailey, on the bee 4 Y of William Short, aged fi'ty, formerly a private in rho Grenadier Guards, but more recently an out-pensioner' else. hospital, ._nesreeetisee-evetleaveteite oppeared ehree years past the deceased had lodged at. a Ateaee e it a narrow turning called Bishop'e court, immediately - Opposite Newgete. A person named Cliff tenanted the room, to whom deceased paid one shilling per week for sleeping. Cliff and a boy sleep ing in the same room, but in a separate bed. The de.- ceased'. pension amounted to one shilling and a halfpenny ppaid being er(i a T y, u ( 1 1 ',i ; h n 'r e x a t s . e fi n u w a r it t l e t r o l u y ; his moneye t wPa Yday in the ho habit use o t i f l hi r s r o r N a v y i n g bi f y r . o m On a person Sunday re s w i d e i ( e c e was found t o b e ill, an d una b le to de ceasedlealiv:l"ettli:(iehebneedxt; and although Cliff and the other persons residing in the house knew this fact they did nothing for him. The person alluded to above called on him, and asked if sue should make a fire (seeing a sack containing coals in the room) ; when he replied, 't Pray don't ; for if von do, Cliff will throw me out of the window." On S itur day last she called on him again, and, on his saying he would like an apple-pudding, she made him- one, nut was unable to say whether he ate it or not. The boy who slept in the same room said he had never seen the deceased eat anything, and it was his opinion he died of starvation. Mr. Lynch, surgeon, said he saw the decascd on Sunday morning, and bound hint dead ; lie had never seen such an appalling eight before. The body was lying on an old mattress, and. was covered with vermin and filth ; it was a mere skele ton ; the knees were drawn up towards the face, appa rently for warmth. 'lucre was no covering on the bed, and he was stark naked. He found the deceased had laboured for some years under a severe stricture, and his opinion was that death arose from an organic dis ease, greatly accelerated by the want of warmth and the necessary comfort& of life. Verdict—That the deceased died from an organic disease, accelerated by the want of warmth and the comforts necessary to life—the Jury at the same time censuring the conduct of Cliff. THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY.—The interest felt by her Majesty in the suc cess of Scottish art, was last year evinced, by her permit ting two most valuable pictures, from her private collec tion, the work of Sir David 'Wilkie, to be exhibited in this city. We are gratified in being able to state, that the President and Council of the Academy have already re ceived a communication from the Premier, through Mr. Fox Manic, that her MAjesty has been pleased to place at their disposal, for the same purpose, two other pictures, by the same distinguished artist; and this. toe, in a manner which affords the most flattering proof that there 'is felt in -the Royal mind the most sincere interest in the Pine Arts of this country. The pictures alluded to are the " Wound ed Guerilla," and the 44 Arrival at Holyrood of George I V. "—Scotsman. On Thursday evening the election of a Yernor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed yctua ers took place at this office, in lieu of the ~„s ant . Governor, ' i n April new (. 1 7r i o- Mr. Lancaster, who vacates his office. next, previously resigneal, the contest lap institutions, the votes sractcrized the whole There were originally three canditesbe;twbueetnontewoluiLilnyg. In this. as in all well regulated tineance, the success_ taken by ballot; and, in the present York-street, York- ro:d . , f L u , l m c b a c ri t d b id . a T te he wa g s re M at r e . s.t D tuh r, n t e l n i mitv losing candidate was the first of the proceedings, and . the honour whic conferred upoo him. nent upon , with which he composed his subjects, in a spirit of truthoarndusiniheLrhißta3d'A, btyoe:enoTnigirEicilaAteilliicsAo:-1 —Morning Adverti,ser:, ;: in i B d r A • t - -14 he ETc r ij a pc p °f i e d l ii ity with which he etched them, astonished those who were eye-witnesses of his powers. This fa_ culty 'vas early developed ; he seemed to perform ail his i e n ffo ll r o t ibur i n i . aur A y' e a o r n s i i i7C o rc l i i st e l gharsdpahni c a o p p a e r r t a rr t i i e o n n t s N i v n i t a h o c u o t u r r it t i agent for a printseller bad received a commission to get a s atirical design etched by Gillray, but lie had repeatedly called in his absence. He lived at the west cud of the me tropolis, and on his way to the city waited on him again, when he happened to be at home. " You have I ,et a good job and a useful patron, Gillray," said he, " but you are always out." " flow l—what.—svhp.t is your object ?" said the artist. " I want this subject drawn and etched," said the agent, " but now it is too late." " When ie. it wanted?" " Why, to-morrow." "It shall be done," " Impossible,*Gillray !" " Where arc you going ?" " On ward, o a u r r d 0 , , c t 1 0 0 c the Bank." B i a t n k w . a ' s' no " w Wheneen d . o yr pl r l e b t e u t ri 3 l .o ? u ' a ‘L w At i of punch it shall be completed , etched,w The plate in, and eleven. a proof before that time." " Done . plate was finished; it contained many figures. The a drunken parties were mutually delighted ; and th e affair ended with bout at the Gray's-inn Tavern, at the employer's expense. —Ft aser's Magazine. ROYAL JZNNERIAN AND LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION. —The annual meeting of the Governors of this :-oc'ety was held on Thursday afternoon at the G , orge e Tavern, Cornhill ; the Rev. Dr. lie rip, andso Ni tu Dean fl of St. Paul's, in the chair. From a statement progress of the Society since its format'ou ;n 1806, of theitappt era that there had been 160,015 parsons laleinated at be institution, whilst the charges of matter distributed were 1,297,775. It is rumoured that Mr. Ward, of Northwood, in the Isle ofWight, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar a lady attached to the Royal Household. miss ra Lli • i s • h the g nets mciabv Utile ° 0 IC no. rot' : !bare ind A' en; ritee"l tans I", an r o j he `), go a ,; irco acrd knit s ; e P ° lo , co ye; " some, Isle P e Is r - D I inble,/ a - co 4 fro m haf° o l still I ic ) ra I atorie:d ofQ" ev ed d , CO I / 105 N° g oo o of aer 001,°: g lO C 9 : 11 1 OtiCA e or r be en ti V 00 J „1 00 1 6 0 01 ,1 Fi r ,of ( JAI ter ) o°o so )