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"• ,- and c nt 0 1 ' 11 0, 1)11 rates. ,s We rt ' COnr on the •dinary - t° til: to l' I V esse VoY9herl e od sand jor Lnin t it 00 Salle a • .~~ ING- SUN L AW INTELLIGENCE. C H ANCERY COURT--(THIS DAY). c a p NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Zrlie he is l: Cneycnixon, shortly after taking his seat, d the bar Mr. Roupell, Mr. Anderdon, and ? o f Loftus Wigram, those gentlemen haying been ap ,Ated Que en ' s C ounse l. Th e Court was occupied the whole morning with ap est exceptter 'notions, none of which possessed any points of in to the parties concerned. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) In this case WILSON V. TUNSTALL. the plaintiffs were the patentees of a cer d, manufacture of candles, which candles were pro fetteed from oil extracted from the cocoa nut. The de klielant was a candle .rnanufactnrer from the same u Dn ate n ri al, and the plaintiff had obtained an injunction ea the defendant to prevent him manufacturing such den from such materials. Since that injunction had f a obtained, the defendant had recommenced manii vde,tjlring the same kind of candles, in consequence of leh this, the second suit, was instituted. It was al -tg„e,,d,; on the part of the defendant, that although the candles manufactured by him were produced from mater extracted from the cocoa-nut, yet the 4 , - "er was not the substance from which the plaintiffs tha!mfactured their candles, and for which they obtained wi e i l ie e l. Patent. He further alleged, that the process by ne w 11 , the plaintiffs obtained their material was not '',eing obtained by means of the hydraulic pressure, tr4eillod known for years to those connected with the he dew e The defendant also put in an affidavit, in which restyled: that he had not violated the injunction by his Lordship against him for the pyrpose of a tnin in the manufacture of cocoa nut oil g- lin r; es, inasmuch as he had discovered a new and ori tTo4:lPjoeess, by_ which he could produce, by one opera ' t ,ue solid and fluid oil from the cocoa nut, and which 13 4 ,P i tii4iffs knew not of. It .was contended, on the th s °' the plaintiffs, that this was but a quibble oa tff'''()lscis in the injunction, and which could not tw ee t khe injunction in its operation against the defend tit7 t the admitted that which the injunction alleged, which at . he had made candles from the said oil, and tlb ta -,.-illjunction never referred at all to the means of Ivhi n i ,, nlll7. g that oil, but merely referred to the process to fend that oil was to be applied ; and therefore the de g th l nt clearly had violated that injunction in contempt pl a i h r Qum, and also Violated the patented right of the oftc ter s Obtained by them for the exclusive manufacture that 11e Said cocoanut oil candles, and by which the value of lit,, nt right was in danger of being rendered a nul- A" r ,- s :ttiiis the interest of the plaintiffs was concerned. th a t t k est 'number of affidavits were put in to prove wi t olle on extracted from the cocoa nut was identical i t4w , that used by the plaintiffs, although called by t , tr ‘oernatrie by . defendant. Although the processes for pl a i lle .ting it were'different as used by the defendant and iu .ntitTs, „ yet, when extracted, the oil was the same in fa e i' S Points as that used by the plaintiffs in the mann ttire of their patented cocoa nut oil candles. r ; Pemberton was heard on the part of the plaintiffs, Attorney-General for the defendant. to e argnments were being continued when we went P re ss, and were likely to last the wholeof he day. VI ,e,E-CHANCERY,—(THIS DAY.) k-oefore the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND) he ari S n°NOUR was occupied during the morning with T i _ng some motions which possessed no interest. ne Court rose at a few minutes after 12 o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MTh DOWNER V. PARKINSON. bill in this part-heard cause was filed on behalf of th t : t Y , John, and Martha Bowmer, who were infants, by u - • nearest friends, against Mrs. Parkinson and others, Mates , in trust of the testator's real and personal 4t es a • and , an against Mary Bowmer, the testator's widow ,_,!ner husband, who were appointed executors by the Wettur's will. John Bowmer, one of the above „l,l,ioned infants, was the heir-at-law. , o ,tn bill prayed the usual accounts of the real and per -4174 estate, and sought to charge the defendants, the i to , i tees• with wilful default, both as regarded the real si a ',Personal estate. The testator, by his will, had de h l e tt to Parkinson and others all his freehold and copy o f estates, chattels, &c., to be held by them on trust, her tl , benefit of his wife, Mary Bowmer, during Ale, provided she remained unmarried, and took 4 91', and maintained, his children ; and after her de olllse, the property to be divided among his children as% b. !) should direct by her will. In case his wife married the testator directed that she should no longer te it tta t e any power over his property ; an d if s h e di e d in te, the trustees were to divide the p ro p er ty among tua children in equal shares. The will also contained a ter, for the benefit of the family, of sal e o r mort gage . testator died in 1832, and the will was proved by the e xecutors in March 1833. In January, 1836, the widow k atried, and, consequently, her interest in the property used. Immediately on her marriage, the stock on the stator's farm was sold, and no steps had been taken by the trustees according to the trust imposed on.them in events that had happened. The widow and her riland had been permitted to continue in possession eh a t r n e property and were so permitted, as the bill th,,ged, only because the trustees did not take upon a t ;"elveS the duties -imposed on them • neither had wia o ounts whatever been required by them from the tor',,, d r4 the real and personal estates from the testa iri th : t tb to the present titne. It was also set forth for bill - that there was abundant property sale 6 - ,` the purposes of the will, without any ettt l oortgage ; that the trustees had neglected to 4 44 % I l t° possession and that there were various sums, t e g tl is eY of 6001., payable to the testator's estate , Plai At i'" e Y had neglectedlo get R. According to the Ike " 4' Counsel the answer put in by the trustees the 'ter ed to this,--that --that they had done nothing at all in for a —lt of the trust. The present application was 414,3413ecial inquiry, reserving the question of default. as to the thought that he should direct an inquiry au o ne circumstances under which no account had been N a l: from the widow respecting the legacy _and Va i m and that, as the heir-at-law was an infant, and i f er rogatory should be exhibited to profe the will, Pro,: t he Master should find the will proved, he should arm e d with th e or dinary administrative accounts, that N i ll iquiry s h ould b e ma d e by w hom the Children were kfte w - fr li r t , a k illed since the testator's death, as well before as aho e marriage of the widow, and that the Master aPPoi nt a guardian in the usual way. Sea ted 81 'ENcE, who appeared for the plaintiffs, sug thoZ that in addition to the common accounts, there te F , to be an inquiry as to who was in possession of the his - t t i c 'e s real and personal estates from the time of eath to the present, and under what cir- Per h sta , 4 ce and whether any part of the pro -4134,118419been let out, and by and to whom. With re clairp:° the personal estate, that the Master should in atAoci.and report whether there was any portion of it out -14%,,,111,F, why it h a d not been got in, and whether any tt in -e ' i ngs had been taken for the purpose of getting k 04 . - • ' o 'rxixa, who appeared for the trustees, and Mr. toit to r t T for the widow and her husband, having ad % fleet , - plaintiffs' right to a decree to the above )4 114 11 0 h st .. NOUR accordingly directed a reference to the on those points. N . , , (Before Vice-Chancellor WicitAst.) -as e of any public interest came before the Court. k r THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. 44;,!-lOUvell, Mr. Anderdon, end Mr. Wigram, were ;;:m within the bar. 3 QU; BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) HALL V. FEARNLEY. fight was a case which was tried before Mr. Justice acti on two days since in the Bail Court. It was an ror r brought to recover damages against the defendant Liek„ 4 „ i t ilg, with his cart, run over the plaintiff, and ais leg. The verdict was for the de fendant now moved for a rule nisi to set aside On ti , e A rtl iet, and to have a new trial granted on the of -misdirection by the Learned Judge, and also T he ground that the verdict was against evidence. e COUR T took time"to consider its judgment. I n ti• THE QUEEN V.'GREEN. defe nd IS case a rule had been obtained, calling upon the turn ant to show cause why an information in the na te shof a quo warrant° should not be filed against him, q w by what authority he exercised the office of a Councillor o f the borough of lichfield. ti ? „- c SOLICITOR-GENERAL appeared to show cause 11 5 t the rule. The main objection taken by the w ed Counsel wag that the relator was not a good 4b e - i s ` c r, and no t properly qualified, inasmuch as rib n ,mall taken part in the election, and had thereby i , sub: ti buted to the irregularity which was here the fleet 4,4 of th e mot i on b e f ore t h e C ourt . I t was a l so o b- Au e ti 'that the defendant had not acted as a Town C0nn ,14.11! after his f u ll s p ace o f near ly t we l vem onths, and just I:tip Ile term of his o ffi ce was about to expire the present kl P su e b a tion was made to the Court. The Learned Coun eu mitted that Unde r these circumstances the rule tit to be di sc h arged. - th e 1. • JEavis in support of the rule, contended that ~,,triieniireblartinogir 1 11 1 :d not taken that part in the election tro ell W as 4ow disputed, which would disqualify him the case before the Court, inasmuch as v4_ declaration administered by him to the defendant ttel:rtnenderecl after the election had terminated. The tin e , • e d Counsel referred to several cases bearing on the which such interference was not held to dis- Th ry the relator. by the t , CO URT was o f op i n i on t h at th e o bj ec ti o n urged o olicitor-Gener a l t o th e ru le was a good one, and Prio e i P i r cvail. Their decision was founded upon the Pam, lhat the man who concurred in inducing the 1v1,4 complained against to do that act, was not the man °VA to be heard in that Court for the purpose of th e o i l l g nita out. If the act was merely a Ministerial one, it w ilection might not, perhaps, be of such force, but it up on ",, I d appear to be something more. The relator called ra t i o - u'a defendant to take and subscribe a certain decla eitio 1 1 , which would entitle him to act as a Town Conn ' a nd the defendant agreed to do that, thereby in o% - g h im to suppose that he had a good title to the fou: d ,_,The principle upon which their decision was ti ( 1 7, was based upon something higher than Corpora the i 'v, and it was that no man could take advantage of vt:. ?o:insistent act in which he had concurred. The act isit4tile entitled the defendant to the o ffi ce, was the decla ad2in he had made—the relator was the party who had tTnistered that declaration to him, and he could not e w yome before the Court to set it in motion against self T-a'feedant fur that very irregularity which he him butbut". d created. The rule therefore must be discharged, Without costs. y 1 OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—DA.RBON V. ROSSER. ti ,1 athis case, whi c h excited some interest in the sit ,;Ylie ter last Ter m , and in which a rule had been sub f° moved for on the r to set aside the verdict, 1,6001., b AZ% excessiv plaintiff, ground of the damages an% TILESIGER stated to the Court that his Learned Friend, Mr. Platt, and himself had agreed to certain terms, which would save their Lordships the trouble of having the case again brought before them. Lord DENiiN expressed his satisfaction at the ar rangement. The terms were not stated in the Court, but we under stand the arrangement come to was, that the verdict be reduced to 8501. RYAN V. LORD HIINTINGTOWER In this case a rule had been obtained by the defendant to show cause why the judgment and execution sued out against him should not be stayed, and a new trial had. It appeared that an action was brought at the last Bristol assizes upon two bills of exchange for the sums of 2,630/. and 1,0691., and a verdict had for the plaintiff, and it was with regard to these bills that the present application was made, and the ground was that the verdict and sub sequent judgment ag ainst him had been obtained by col lusion between the attorney for the plaintiff and the at torney for the defendant. Mr. CRESWELL now appeared to show cause against the rule. The defendant had been taken in execution, but had been discharged from custody, on undertaking to pay the money. That was done, and the money had been raised, and the defendant now sought to have the money paid into Court, and a new trial had. The affi davit of Lord Hnntingtower, on which the application was grounded, set forth that the first time he heard of these judgments was on the 22d of October last. Lord DENmart—Must not this end in a reference to the Master ? Mr. CRESSWELL said it probably would, but here were very grave imputations against the characters of pro fessional men, and they were most anxious that they should bQ publicly investigated and contradicted. The previous statements of the defendant had somehow found their way into the public papers, and he had been strenu ously urged by these gentlemen to bring the matter before the Court. Lord DENMAN-But everybody is aware that these are ex parte statements, and when the case is investigated before the Master, he will report upon it ; and I think where these imputations are made, it is much better for a fall vindication of character that it should ge where all the facts will be thoroughly investigated. Mr. CRESWELL understood that Lord Huntingtower had left the country, and had sold off his property. Mr. THESIGER said that could not prejudice his Learned Friend, for the money was now ready to be paid into Court. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) RAHN V. HARDEN. This action was brought to recover the amount' of a wager alleged to have been lost to the plaintiff by de fendant in a " lawful horse-race." It appears that the wager really depended upon a stecyle-chase which the umpire, Mr. Holyoaks, decided against the defendant, although he came in first, because he went through a gate instead of going over it. Defendant, refusing to abide by the decision, because the gate was open when he came up to it, this action was brought, and being tried at Shrewsbury, the verdict was for the plaintiff. Subse quently Mr. Sergt. Ludlow moved for a new trial, which was refused. He then moved for a rule to arrest judgment, on the ground that the wager was illegal. The steeple chase not being a horse race, within the meaning of the Act 3d and 4th Victoria, which legalises horse races run in any place, if for a sum not greater than 501. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD showed cause against the rule ; and, after hearing Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW in reply, The COURT decided that the steeple chase was, in the meaning of the Act, a horse-race ; and that, as the wager depending was not more than 501., it was not ren dered illegal by not having been run upon a public race course. The verdict was good, and the rule must be refused. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole day with two cases in the new trial paper, the arguments in which were of a,purely technical nature. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) The Judges met this morning in the Exchequer Chamber, when the following arrangement was made for the ensuing ,Spring Assizes:— Northern Circuit—Justice Wightman, and whoever may be the Tic* Judge. Norfolk—Cliff Justice Tindal and Baron Parke. Midland—Third Abinger and Justice Williams. Oxford—JuSticePatteson and Baron Rolfe.. Weseern--JuStice'Coleridge and Justice Erskine. Home—Baron Alderson and Baron Gurney. Wales, North and South—Justice Coltman and Jus tice Malik. • Lord Denman is to be the Judge who will remain in town to transact the business at Chambers. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. DEIGIITON--QUO WARRANTO. Mr. GUNNING applied for a rule nisi for a quo war ranto, calling upon the defendant to show by what right he exercised the functions of an Alderman of Cambridge. The Learned Counsel was proceeding. to argue in support of his motion, when he was stopped by air. Justice WILLIAMS, who directed him to apply to the full Court. TUE QUEEN V. THE MAGISTRATES OF MIDDLESEX. Mir. ADDISON applied for a rule nisi for a mandamus, commanding the Middlesex Magistrates to amend a re turn to a writ of certiorari. A license had been ap plied for by a person named Long, to keep a tavern. By the statute it was necessary that all such licenses should be signed by a majority of the Magistrates present ; and, by , another section, it was enacted that no Magistrate, being a wine or spirit-merchant, should act on such oc casion. In the present instance ten Magistrates had been present ; fire of them had signed the license, there fore an actual majority had not signed it, but one of those who had refused to sign it was a gentleman named Barlow, a wine-merchant, who was, in consequence, disqualified, and, therefore, the license had been granted. On an appeal to the Sessions it was decided that Barlow being disqualified the licence had so far beenproperly granted. But it appeared that one of the Magistrates, who had originally signed the license, had subsequently withdrawn his signature, and the question arose as to his power to do so. The Ma gistrates assembled in Sessions having considered the subject, dismissed the order subject to a special case. A certiorari had accordingly been moved for, and the Town Clerk had, by mistake, omitted to state in the return the nature of the special case, but had merely returned that the order had been dismissed. Under these circumstan stances he hoped the Court would grant the application. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS would grant a rule nisi to show cause why the return should not be amended, but without a mandamus. SECONDARIES'-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. THEODORE HOOK. Mr. C. RowE said this was a writ of inquiry issued by the Crown for the purpose of ascertaining what property belonged to the late Mr. Theodore Hook, in the City of London, at the time of his death. An inquiry had been instituted elsewhere, and therefore he shduld be able to save the Jury a good deal of trouble. This case, - which has already been before the public, related to the claims of the Crown on the property left by deceased, who was indebted to the amount of about 13,0001. to the Crown. Mr. Hopkinson, solicitor to the proprietors of the John Bull, deposed that Mr. T. Hook died on the 24th of August, 1841, at Fulham, in Middlesex, and at the time of his death possessed one-fourth share of the John Bull,- as well as a right to one-fourth of the lease, No. 40, Fleet-street. The value of the fourth-share of - the John Bull was about the sum of 2,2001., but the deceased had overdrawn his account between 5001. and 6001., therefore his share was worth between 1,5001. and 1,6001. The deceased became proprietor in 1830. During the last five years the paper had not varied five numbers. Mr. Joel Edwards had a claim for 3,0001., be sides interest. Mr. Secondary JAMES summed up, and the jury found fer the Crown, subject to the debt due to the partners. MUNICIPAL CHARTERS.—Lord Wharncliffe, a member of the present Cabinet, has intimated to de putations from the inhabitants of Sheffield, that a char ter will be granted to that town, pursuant to a petition recently presented, which, however, was as vehemently opposed by the Sheffield Tories as the Manchester and Bolton petitions were. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY COMPENSATION.—THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY I—A Court of Compensation was held last week, to assess the damage done by this Company to the lands of a gentleman named Guest, by interfering with the course of a certain brook. It should be premised that Mr. Guest had been offered 115/ by, the Company, but, estimating the damage at 650/, he determined to submit it to a Jury, and having obtained the services of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, with a retaining fee of eighty guineas, and the assistance of a host Of witnesses, the Court was accordingly held at Northfield, before W. Taunton, Esq., Under-Sheriff of Worcestershire, and a respectable Jury, when, after an inquiry of about twelve hours, long speeches on both sides, and the examination of witnesses without number, the Jury assessed the damages at 100/, or 15/. less than Mr. Guest had been offered by the Company in the first instance. The Company s ex penses in witnesses, counsel, &c., were considerable ; those of Mr. Guest were upwards of 250/ ; so true it is, that it is " better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of." Lord Ashburton, accompanied by Mr. Hugo Ilildmay, will leave Bath House, Piccadilly, on the 28th inst., to embark from Liverpool for New York. They then go to Washington, where a mansion has been taken for three months. His Lordship will afterwards visit Pennsylvania, and is expected to return to this country about the end of July. A few days ago a grand ceremony took place at Sedan, on occasion of transferring the remains of several personages of the Princely House of Sedan from their former place of sepulture in what is now an hospice to the Protestant church in that town. Among these personages was Henri de Latour d'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan, and Maria Elizabeth of Orange, his consort, with several members of their family. All the civil and military authorities of the department, the representatives of the King of Holland as head of the House of Orange, the delegates of the ancient Duchy of Bouillon, and nume rous personages of note, were present on this occasion, together with detachments of the troops in garrison. The coffins were removed with much pomp, amidst an im mense crowd of spectators. • BIRD-CATCHING SPIDERS I—According to Mr. M‘Leay, of Elizabeth Bay, near Sidney, he has fre quently seen birds caught by, and suspended in, spiders' webs. When thus entangled, the bird is eaten by these enormous spiders, who commence by sucking its j u i ces . The s pider belongs to the sa me sec t ion as t h e E uropean Epeira diademas, and the bird thuseuriously ensnared and Orli* of Vigors and Hors field. destroyed Was the Zosterops v o les g lad d the trong f our rnnd i► the )tber ndred 1 1 ; gable ure exhi - ‘,/ inues wS•:.6q ;X• ,d I R V! if )-daY , e s ate trATIS riSe-- 170 ; l ll 5Si ;to Forth Bland , —Our b e en 4 7 ; 4,t fan' rtes. L firm. `'i coun t • 201 i• 55 38 le• 175' t THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1842. LITERATURE. MEMORIALS of the CIVIL WAR in ENGLAND. 2 Vol.. Colturn, London, 1842. These volumes consist of a selection from the well-known Tanner collection of MSS., which has been duly arranged for publication by the Editor, Mr. Carey. The selection refers exclu sively to the most stirring period of the Great Civil War in England, and comprises original Letters from many of the eminent soldiers and statesmen who distinguished themselves during that war, whether on the side of the Cavaliers or the Roundheads. Among them we find Letters from Oliver Cromwell, describing the progress of his campaign in Ireland, and detailing matters connected with the differences that occasionally broke out between the Parliament and the army in England. Nothing can be more clear, simple, or straightforward in expression than these letters. There is none of that quaint, roundabout phra seology or studied ambiguity of meaning in which the writer's speeches abounded in so remarkable a manner ; he is as concise and simple in his language as the Duke of Wellington himself. Neither does he affect that puritanical forin of expression which he was so fond of doing to his army or when addressing the Senate ; a manly, heartfelt sense of piety pervades his correspon dence; but it is never pushed to an absurd ex treme, as was the fashion among the Roundhead leaders. Cromwell as he is represented by his torians, and Cromwell as he exhibits himself in these Letters, appear two very different cha racters. His much-talked of fanatical enthusiasm breaks out nowhere in his official correspondence —at least not in that portion of it which is con tained in the volumes before us; but t instead, he shows to great advantage, as a cool, self-possessed man of the world, and one by no means likely to be carried away by his religious sensibilities. We still believe—notwithstanding the many able arguments that have been adduced to the con trary—that there was much of trickery and cal culation in Cromwell's puritanical zeal. He fell in with the fashion of the day, not so much from any innate tendency that way, as from a convic tion that it was the only means by which lie could rise to eminence; but though we are of opinion that he began by affecting a zeal which he did not feel, there can be no question that he ended by becoming the dupe of his own arts. Never was man sincerer in his fanaticism, than he was in the last two or three years of his life, as his frequent and earnest conferences with his favourite preachers as to the possibility of his being able " to fall away," having " once been in a state of grace," abundantly prove. Next in interest to Cromwell's, are the few, brief Letters of Prince Rupert—" the fiery , Rupert," as he was called both by friends and foes—whose cor respondence, however, exhibits much more cun ning and hypocrisy than frank,impetuous energy of character. Writing, for instance, to the Speaker of the House of Commons, he says— " What we have done is very far from wilful ness or purpose to offend the Parliament, or from any thought that we could thereby have preju diced ourselves ; having firmly resolved, to our best power, to assist and advance the peace of this kingdom, and to give that regard that is just and due to those that represent it." And yet, at the very time that the Prince was expres sing himself in this bland, pacific style, he was making every effort he could to induce the King to carry on the war with vigour; and acknow ledged Charles as the only head, even while he was addressing Parliament as the representative, of the kingdom! But such was the character of nearly all the Cavaliers. Notwithstanding their incessant boasts of manliness and generosity of spirit, and their constant sneers at the upstart cunning of the Puritans, there was not one of them whose good faith could be relied on, with the exception, perhaps, of the high-minded Lord Faulkland, and one or two others among the more moderate Royalists. The Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles the First, are only two in number, and give not the slightest insight into character. Till of late years, this woman's nature has been greatly,-in some instances, wilfully misunderstood, and she has been eulogised itbr qualities to which she had not the slightest pretension. Faithless as a wife, treacherous as a friend, self-willed and unprinci pled as a Queen, it is at her door that many of her husband's misfortunes, in the earlier period of his squabbles with Parliament, may be laid. She it was who encouraged him in all his worst acts of oppression, by alternate taunts, menaces, and cajolery, lery, and, in particular, goaded him on to that most unjustifiable act—the attempt to seize the five obnoxious Members of Parliament hr the House of Commons itself, which may be said, more than anything else, to have precipi tated the awful crisis of the Civil War. There are few, .Letters in this selection, besides those we have allfided to, of any great public interest; but after so many able hands have been reaping in the. field, it could not be expected that a mere gleaner should be able to pick up much of value. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert enjoyed equestrian exercise this morning for some time, in the new riding schOol, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colo nel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are in excellent health. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Lucas with another sitting, for a full length portrait, to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cam bridge and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, took their departure yesterday from the seat of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, to honour the Earl of Car digan with a visit at Lean Park, Northampton shire. Lord Ashburton and Mr. Hume had interviews with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Beverley, as Captain of her Ma jesty's Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, has appointed Mr. Ellerthorp, the Clerk of the Cheque, as his Secretary. The Cabinet Ministers dined last evening with Sir James Graham at his residence in Hill-street. Lord Ashburton transactedbusiness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were also re ceived from the Governor of Ceylon. Despatches for the Governor of West Australia Were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office THE ROYAL CHRISTENING. The most extensive arrangements are in progress throughout the country, for the purpose of making the day on which the Royal infant is to be christened one of general rejoicing, and it is gratifying to see that this will not only be done by the gentry, tradesmen, and the more respectable portion of the community, but that the poor will also be enabled to join in the general re joicing, and that in all the principal towns of the king dom, by the consideration of their more wealthy neigh bours, a plentiful and excellent dinner, and other com forts, will be provided for them. At Aylesbury, a Com mittee of the inhabitants was formed, and a subscrip tion. entered into, to provide the poor of the town and adjoining' parishes with a dinner rind blankets; and warm clothing will also be distributed among the more necessitous. The inhabitants of the town will also have a public dinner to celebrate the auspicious event. At Buckingham the poor will also be regaled in a similar manner, a very considerable subscription, to which the Duke of Buckingham contributed 50/., having been entered into for that purpose ; and there will also be a public dinner upon a very grand scale, and the day will be closed by a ball,, gratification being thus afforded to all, rich and poor, old and young. in most of the other principal towns in Buckinghamshire similar pro ceedings are to take place. At Hertford it is intended to give a quantity of beef and plum-padding to every poor family in the town, and the gentry in the neigh bourhood, and the principal inhabitants, are to dine to gether at the Town Hall. All the other principal towns of the county will adopt similar proceedings. At Chelmsford, and all the chief towns of Essex, there will also b© public dinners, and the poor will be provided with substantial comforts in commemoration of the happy event. From every other part of the country si milar accounts are received, and there can be very little doubt that, under Providence, the day will be one of al most universal gladness. (Quakers) were introduced, to offer the Emperor an address, and some books explanatory of their religious opinions. • WEDNESDAY.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the Emperor of Russia, accompanied by the Grand Duchess, departed from London, in an open carriage of the Prince Regent's. At the same hour the King of Prussia left Clarence-house in a Royal carriage for the Earl of Liverpool's seat. The Prince left Carlton-house about the same time for Portsmouth. THURSDAY.--The Prince Regent and Royal visitors reached Portsmouth, where lodgings for the week were let at 20, 50, and even at 100 guineas. FRIDAY AND. SATURDAY. 'there was a naval review, after which the Royal visitors proceeded to Brighton, and from thence to Dover. DOVER, MONDAY, JUNE 27.7—This morning the Em peror Alexander and his sister embarked on board the Royal Charlotte for Ostend, and the King of Prussia and his suite embarked in the Nythph frigate for Calais, amidst the discharge of artillery and the cheers of the populace. The wind, however, being unfavourable for Ostend, the Emperor made for Calais, at Which place he disembarked on Tuesday morning. Thus ended the Royal visit. THE ORIENTAL STEAMER. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Montrone steamer, with the Indian, Alexandrian, and Levant mails, and forty passengers, arrived to-day, her dates being from Alex andria the 24th, Malta the 30th of December, Gibraltar the Bth, and Lisbon the 12th of January, having put into the latter to replenish coals. She has brought no mails from that city. The Oriental steamer, which left this on the 2d instant with the outward Eastern mails, had arrived at Gibraltar, and left again for Alexandria, but had not been at sea more than an hour or so when she came into collision with some vessel, which so deranged the machinery, besides other injury to the hull, that they could not get the engines to work for some time, but which being effected, the steamer returned to Gibraltar to refit, where she remained when the Montrose quitted, but was expected to leave again on the evening of the 9th. The Margaret and Dee steamers have left - this to-day, the former with the Peninsular mails, and the latter with the West I n di an an d M ex i can , an d several passengers, among whom are Sir Charles Fitzroy, lady, and suite ; Sir Charles being on his way to Antigua to assume-the Governorship of that island, to which he has been recently appointed. Extract of a letter dated Gibraltar, Jan. 8 :—" I write to inform you of an accident that has happened to us, and very nearly of a serious nature. We left here yes terday afternoon at five o'clock, and had got about 17 miles to the eastward, when a large ship, of about 600 or 700 tons, was seen on our larboard bow, running to the S.W., and before we had time to put our helm to port she struck us on the larboard sponson, sprung the fore and aft beam that supports the main shaft, tore the whole side of the paddle-box away, stove in the waist boat, carried away the gig and maintopmast, and tore the quar ter galley to pieces. We are in hopes to be able to pro ceed with the mail to-morrow. The ship we have nei ther seen nor heard anything of. We lowered our boat to look for her, as she fired two guns; and burnt a blue light. It is to be hoped that she is safe. We have half of her anchor stock and some rigging on board now. Had we put our helm up she would have gone down like a stone. We have the carpenters from the men-of-war on board now at work. Thank God it is no worse." THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Extract of a letter from Corfu, 28th ult., in the Aus !rian Observer " The missionary who has caused the disturbance here is an American, not an Englishmen, as was at first stated. The Governor sent him off to Athens. One British soldier has been killed, and twelve have been more or less severely wounded. An inhabitant of the town'has been killed, and several wounded. Numerous arrests bare been effected, and six of the police have been injured. Some of the Greeks threw projectiles from tho tops, off the houses on the soldiers, and the latter, in return, made reprisals on them. The persons who penetrated into the missionary's house and sacked it have been liberated. The following circular has just been issued : " The events of last night having come to the know ledge of the Lord High Commissioner, his Excellency has resolved on immediately adopting measures for put ting an end to disorders of this kind. The undersigned is, therefore, directed to inform the inhabitants that all the soldiers, except those on duty, have received the most positive orders to leave the town at nightfall, and to return to their quarters. The inhabitants are requested to keep within their houses after sunset, and they are forbidden to form crowds in the streets. The coffee houses, and all public places of resort where liquors are sold, taverns, public-houses, &c., are to be shut at four in the afternoon, and are not to be opened till seven in the morning. The owners of shops will do well to shut them at six in the evening. 'The undersigned is directed to recommend the inhabitants to abstain from all further disturbances, in order to spare the Government from the pain of suspending the civil, and to proclaim martial law. By Order of his Excellency, " J. FRASER, Secretary."' A FEMALE MEANDER.--The Duchess of Chevereux, who was for the first time at the Court of England, in 1633, swam across the Thames, in a frolic, near Windsor. We are requested to caution the public against receiving sovereigns defaced by plugging, great numbers of which are said to be in circulation. The plugs are made of copper, and inserted in small holes pierced in the gold, giving to them the appearance of being punch marked.—Birmingham Gazette. A SIGNIFICANT RETORT.---A young lady, onenight emar a k t s a party was much annoyed by th e imperti nent of a coxcomb who sat near h er . A t l engt h , r becoming tired and vexed, she turned towards him with an angry countenance, and said, "Be pleased, Sir, to cease your impudence." The hoggish fellow was asto nished at sa sudden a rebuke, and could only reply, "Pray, ...Miss, do not eat me." "Bein no fear," she replied, I am a Jewess."_ - - MEN Or DISTINCTION.—.-Th e electors of Dub lin have presented to them two distinguished characters as candidates for their suffrages ; Lord Morpeth, as they all know, is a distinguished statesman and philanthro pist ; and Mr. Wm. Gregory, the Tory candidate, is a distinguished member of the turf.—Leeds Mercury. China was first made in England at Chelsea in 1752, and at Bow in 1758 ; but the manufactories have been discontinued for several years past. The Chelsea China is rare, and now sells at a high price. W OOLWICH-WEDNESDAY. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE ROYAL VISITORS. The leak discovered in one of the boilers of the Fire brand steam-vessel yesterday having been repaired in the course of the evening, the vessels, consisting of the Fire brand, Shearwater, and Lightning steamers, sailed at half-past one o'clock this morning from Woolwich for Ostend. Three troops of the Royal Horse Artillery are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to march on Friday, the 2lst inst., from Woolwich to Windsor, under the com mand of Colonel Dyneley, C. 8., and one of her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp. Captain Bloomfield, nephew of Lieut.- General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., will be the senior troop 'officer, Major Louis and Major Strangways being both absent on leave. Major Louis's troop will be commanded by Second Captain Holcombe, and Major Strangways's troop by Second Captain Gossett. Each troop will have two field guns attached to it, and their evolutions will form an interesting addition to the other military exercises which will be exhibited before the King of Prussia and the other Royal and distinguished visitors. According to present arrangements, it is now certain the King of Prussia will land at Greenwich, Col. Cleve land, commanding the field batteries, having already se lected the situation where the Royal Artillery, under his command, will be stationed in the 'vicinity of Green wich Hospital, to fire the Royal salute on the landing of the King of Prussia and the King of Belgium, as it is fully anticipated the latter Sovereign will arrive at the same time, several persons having sailed in the Fire brand for the purpose of being attached to his suite. The selection of a guard of honour to receive the Royal visitors on their landing at Greenwich, from the Royal Marines, was resolved upon according to the word ing of the order by the express command of her Ma jesty, and will be a high distinction to that gallant corps, and to their esteemed Commander-in-Chief, Major-Ge neral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., Admiral of the Red. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Toursmourn, JAN. 19.—The following ships are in preparation at this port for commissioning :—Sama rang, 26, Tyne, 26, Orestes, 18, Ringdove, 10, and Sa tellite, 18, at Plymouth ; Canopus, 84, America, 50, and Wolf, 18, also the Scylla, 16, and cutter Bramble. The Powerful, 84, is ordered for commission, it is ru moured by Captain Locker ; and the Ganges, 84, on arrival, will be paid off for the like purpose. Rear-.&dmiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., (ap pointed successor •to Sir Edward King) will hoist his flag in the Winchester, 50, which ship is to be paid off at Chatham, and re-commissioned by Captain Eden, to relieve the Southampton, 50. Those two powerful frigates, Warspite, 50, and 'Vin dictive, 50, have left Spithead for the Downs, to await the arrival of the Formidable, 84, from Chatham, when they will proceed to Ostend, to escort the King of Prussia to Woolwich. The brig Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, is under orders to proceed to the Cape and African station, and will take out despatches for the Madagascar, 46, senior officer's ship, and disposable boys. Commander Barker ap pointed to the Lily, 18, vice Allen, promoted, will also go out in the Rapid, among other supernumeraries. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Thomas, fitting as a ten der brig to the Queen's yacht, Royal George, will pro ceed, when ready, to the Irish ports for volunteer seamen. Letters from the Fair Rosamond schooner, of the 3d November, report her in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, with the Sappho, 15. Both vessels had been suffering in a mitigated degree from fever, but there were no fatal cases. The former was about to sail for Antigua, and the latter for Jamaica and England, to be paid off. The Island was very unhealthy, some severe cases having oc curred in the 47th regiment, chiefly among the officers. Tho Wasp, 18, Commander the Hon. H. Murray, was at Malta on the 22d December, daily expecting to be or dered home. She has been nearly five years in commis sion, and has changed all her officers. The Atholl troop ship, Mr. Bellamy, master, last from Cork, has been spoken with, all well, bound to Barba does and Jamaica. The corvette Dido, lion. Captain Keppel, was detained in the Sound, awaiting Admiralty orders, on the 15th instant, reported destination the Mediterranean. The Termagant brigantine, Lieut. Seagrim, is ordered home from the West Coast of Africa, and may shortly be looked for ; also the Vestal, 26, from the West Indies. The Curacoa, 24, Captain Jones, was at Callao on the 27th of July, preparing to sail for San Blas, afterwards to go to the Falkland Islands, and thence to the So ciety Islands. She is expected to be in England in October, 1842. _ At Spithead.—Queen, 110. In Harbour.— SL Vincent, Victory, Powerful, Excel lent, Royal George yacht, Carysfort, Rapid, and Nautilus. —Brighton Gazette. MEETINd at WOLVERHAMPTON. A meeting was hold at Wolverhampton on Tues k. - day last, to consider the advisability of raising subscrip tions for the relief of the distressed poor at this incle ment season of the year. A motion was made that a subscription be entered into, the amount to be expended in selling bread to the necessitous at the rate of id. per sixpenny loaf, the number of loaves thus sold to each person to be regulated by the number of his or her fa mily ; and individuals receiving bread from the Poor-law Union to be further relieved by being allowed to purchase potatoes at a greatly reduced rate. The resolution hav ing been moved, Mr. Joseph Walker, the Chairman of the Wolverhampton Anti-Corn-law Association, moved an amendment, attributing the existing distress to the Corn-laws, and urging that a memorial should be pre sented to the Privy Council to allow the total amount of subscriptions to be expended in corn imported duty free. The amendment was seconded by Mr. Kettle, and car ried by an overwhelming majority. The operatives said they wanted justice, not bread, whereupon the defeated Tories slunk off ashamed of their pretended charity. The Chartists and the Anti-Corn-law party then came to an agreement, we are informed, and are resolved to labour together in order to obtain justice for the people, and rescue them for the pauperism to which the Tories would consign them. At the conclusion Mr. GEORGE WYNN moved the fol lowing resolution, which was carried unanimously : " That in order that this meeting may not be guilty of neglecting to pursue any measure calculated to assist the design for which it is assembled—i. e. to improve the condition of the hungry and unemployed—it is desirable that it should adopt the following petition to the House of Commons ; and that the Chairman be authorised to sign the same in behalf of the meeting:— " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland ii Parliament as sembled. " The humble Petition of the InhabititOs of the Township . of Wolverhampton, in the Couzity of Stafford, in public meeting assembled, " Sheweth,— " That your petitioners have met together (in com pliance with the order of the Constables of the township), on this 18th day of January, 1842, for the purpose of considering the necessity of entering into subscriptions towards alleviating the distress .of the poor during the present inelepero season. " That your petitioners, having been assembled toge the;r• RM.a ifild2Min* purpose last year, as well as in other previous years,.cannot tri thin instance approach the con sideration of the starving condition of a large multitude of their fellow-townsmen, without feeling that their pe cuniary contributions are insufficient to afford perma nent relief, and inadequate to supply the immediate and pressing wants of the poor to the necessary extent ; and also, that it is a great hardship to your petitioners, and to those for whose aid they are assembled, that the latter should be reduced to the necessity of requiring support by alms, and the former compelled to maintain them by alms. • " Your petitioners feel deeply sensible that such a state of things is calculated to operate most banefully upon the community, by destroying among the recipi ents of these alms that honest spirit of pride which ani mates men living by their own industry, and by depriving those who are yet able to maintain themselves by their labour, of the prospect of appropriating the fruits thereof to their own personal necessities. " Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly desire that your Honourable House should adopt some measure cal culated to remove the evil from which the impoverished condition of their fellow-countrymen arises, and to re store the commercial prosp erit y of this kingdom to that' pitch which shall enable every man to live according to the decree of Almighty Providence —by the sweat of his brow. " This object your petitioners, who have well be onl and at tentively c onsidered the subject, believe can y -atly i poses a grievous tax upon the accompfislitd by the immediate and total repeal of the law which unj, limits the demand for the produce of the people s industry. people's bread, anti unfairly . • an utterly abolish ore, humbly pray that your and ttb lke such other steps "Your petitioners, thete... o Honourable House will immen.:.tte'Y the law called the Corn-law, as may be necessary to establish a po:fect system of unfettered trade. "A n d your petitioners will ever pray, &c. Signed (by order of the meeting), if , Chairman." --- THE BEER TRADE.—On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers, resident in mid near the Broadway, Weatminster, was held at the Barley-mow, floiseferry- . road, Mr. Bishopp in the chair. The object pf the meeting was that of procuring an uniformity in the price of beer ; and after a long discussion th e meet ing sidjallrned until that night fortnight, in order that the sense of the whole of the publicans in the neighbour -1100 might be taken as to the policy of the step. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. As the period approaches for witnessing the arrival of the King of Prussia, public expectation appears to in crease in ardour and intensity, and great is the curiosity that prevails to learn the routine of daily life which his Majesty means to pursue during his brief sojourn in this country. Now, as it is not unlikely that the present illustrious guest will pursue the same attractive round of festivities which were graced by the attendance of his Royal father on the occasion of his visit to England some thirty years ago, an occasion as complimentary to Bri tish valour as it was gratifying to British pride, it may not be uninteresting to lay before the reader a short ac count of the pageants, fetes, and entertainments with which this country maintained her boasted hospitality, in doing honour to her illustrious guest and ally : To those who do not remember an event so important in the page of history, it may not be unnecessary to state, that the King of Prussia was accompanied on that occasion by his imperial brother the Emperor of Russia, with their suites, and that they were received and entertained in a way worthy alike the country and its guests. On Monday the 6th of June, 1814, the King of Prus sia and the Emperor of Russia sailed from Boulogne in the Impyegnable,,and reached Dover at half-past six in the evening, after a passage of five hours and a half, with other vessels, under the command of the Duke of Cla rence. The passage was rather a rough one, and his Im perial Majesty suffered considerably from sea sickness. Their Majesties were received on shore by Lord Yar mouth, Lord Charles Bentinck, and the Earl of Rosslyn. After dinner with the Duke of Clarence, they retired to rest. The illustrious visitors had been expected on Mon day, and many thousands of persons were on the watch to catch a glance. The roads from Dover to London were thronged with horse and foot, and vehicles of all sorts and conditions, decorated ribbons, and flags, and laurel. Their Majesties left Dovor on Tuesday morning, at nine, in their plain travelling carriages ; and when at three o'clock Sir C. Stewart. announced (this was at Well ing) that the Monarchs had gone on to town in a private manner two hours before, the disappointment evinced was indescribable. The Russian Emperor, having: thus avoided the multitude, entered London about half-past two in a carriage and four, and drove straight to the Pul teney Hotel, in Piccadilly. The King of Prussia, his sons, and their numerous suites, came also in a private manner, and arrived at Clarence-house, St.. James's, about three c'olock. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7.—The King of Prussia held a levee at Carlton-house. The Emperor, after walking in Kensington-gardens, accompanied by his sister, visited Westminster Hall and Abbey, where he was received by the Dean, and then went to the British Museum ; and at one o'clock held a levee at the Duke of Cumberland's a p ar tments. The Queen had likewise a, levee at five o'clock, and the Court closed at seven ; after which her Majesty and the Princesses, with the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, went to dine at Carlton-house. THURSDAY.—The Emperor was on horseback so early as eight o'clock, and rode through Hyde-park. He then proceeded to Southwark and the City, over Westminster and London-bridges. Lord Yarmouth and Colonel Bloomfield joined him, and they passed the Royal Ex change and the Mansion-house, and turning round by the Bank and the Excise-office, proceeded through Fins bury-square, along the City-road, tlie New-road, towards Paddington, and returned down the Edg ware-road and Hyde-park to the Pulteney Hotel. The Emperor wore a plain blue coat. After break fast the Emperor, with the Duchess and a party proceeded in three of the Regent's carriages along the Strand, and Fleet-street to St. Paul's, where he was received by the Bishops of London and Hereford, and after a short stay proceeded eastward through Cheapside, Cornhill, Leadenhall-street, and Aldgate, to the London Docks. On their return they went over London-bridge and through St. George's-fields. Both in going and return ing he was cheered to the utmost by the populace. At three o'clock the Prince Regent held a Chapter of the Knights of the Garter, at which the King of Prussia, the - Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Castlereagh, were elected Knights in due form. The Regent then received the Corporation, with an address from the City on the restoration of peace. There was a general illumination in the evening. FRIDAY.—This day the Royal guests visited Ascot races, after visiting Richmond and Hampton Court. SATURDAY.—The Royal visitors proceeded to the Bank, where they were received by the Governor, De puty-Governor, and Directors, and conducted to the Bank parlour, where a splendid collation was prepared, About six o'clock a congratulatory Address from the citizens of London was presented to,the Royal Viiitors. The two Sovereigns then went , to dine with LorkLiver poal, and between ten and eleven proceeded to the Opera house. The theatre was of course crammed to the roof. From the Opera the Royal party proceeded; tp the Bri tish Institution, where. :they etayed until one o'clock ad miring the works -that fl.dorn it. - . SUNDAY.—The Emperor and his sister went, tsrial Russian Chapel in Welbeck-street. In the afternoon the two Sovereigns appeared on horseback iu Hyde-park, amidst countless thousands of people. In the evening, the Regent gave another banquet to the Royal visitors. MONDAY, JUNE 12.—The Royal visitors went by water to Woolwich, to view the grand military Arsenal. In the evening the Royal party dined with the Marquis of Stafford, at his princely residence in Cleveland-row. The labours of the day were concluded at a supper and ball given by the Earl Cholmondelv, in Piccadilly. TUESDAY. —The Royal party visited Oxford, where they received the add ress of the University in due state. To particularise all the cerem onials that took place during two days wou ld far exc eed all reasonable limits, and a description would require " A muse of fire that mig htascend The brightest heaven of invention." In the evening the Royal party set off f or W oo d s t oc k, whither they were preceded by the Marlborough family to do the honours of Blenheim. THURSDAY.—The King of Prussia and Emperor of Russia went to St. Paul's Cathedral, to witness the an nual assemblage of the c harit y children.ln the evening both Sovereigns dined w ith Lord Castlereagh, and after wards visited Drury-lane Theatre. FRIDAY.—The Royal party went to the Military Asy lum, at Chelsea, from thence to Chelsea Hospital, and then to Greenwich, whe re the y viewed the Hospital and Naval Asylum. In the e vening the two Sovereigns dined with the bankers and mercbants of London, in Merchant Tailors' Hall. SATURDAY.—A grand fete w ill given by the Corpora tion to the Royal party in the Guildhall. The Prince Regent went in a state carriage with eight cream-co loured horses. The whole affair was conducted in an cient precedents, and went off magnificently. SUNDAY, 18.—The Xing of Prussia went to St. H an over -square, and afterwards pro- George's Church, ceeded to Oatlands to dine with the Duchess of York. The Emperor went to the Russian Chapel in Welbeck street., from whence they went to Chiswick on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire. At ten o'clock there was a dress party at Carlton-house. MONDAY.—The Monarchs witnessed a review in Hyde Park. In the afternoon her Majesty held a Court to re ceive the formal farewell visit of the two Sovereigns. At eleven _o'clock their Majesties "went to the grand fete given by White's,. Club, atlinrlington-house, where dancing was kept up till six o'clock in the =ruins. TuEsne.T.—After his Imperial Majesty liacl brew fasted, a deputation from the Society of Friends -.1. "" 4 . 4 10010 10, ! .. t . r . .no*v TFl;,!gio PROGRESS OF DISTRESS• Accounts of distress, dnichig the labottring population still continue to pour in. It is not in one bola, but in all districts alike, that we hear the wail of suffering and of deep distress. In the course of the inquiries which have recently taken place into the condition of the population, discoveries of the most soul-harrowing kind have been made—such as would scarcely have been cre dible but for ocular proof and demonstration. Mothers, newly become such, laid upon pallets of dirty straw or shavings ; half-naked children lying huddled together in corners of damp cellars, or sitting shivering over the flickering embers in a half-cold grate ; fathers bowed down by care, and want, and famine, with no work, no .food, listening only to the piteous wailing of the wretched creatures around them ;—such have been the familiar sights encountered by the visitors of the poor during the last few weeks. Some of the enumerators recently ap pointed by the Anti-Corn-law Associations to inquire into the distress existing in their respective districts, have assured us and others, that they would do anything rather than again encounter the scenes of misery and an guish which met their eyes in the course of their painful inquiry. _ _ During the last week an important meeting has been held at Skipton, at which a number of deeply interesting facts were elicited, as to the physical condition of the population of that district. The inhabitants of the Skip ton Union are engaged partly in agricultural and partly in manufacturing pursuits. The northern district is al most exclusively agricultural ; the southern district is chiefly manufacturing. It seems that the latter district has suffered much the more severely from the prevalence of distress ; for while the out-door relief in the northern or agricultural district, has only increased from 2,4501. 19s. 4d, in 1839, to 2,594/. 98. Cid. in 1841,—the the out-door relief in the southern, or manufacturing dis trict has increased from 4,0741. 17s. 3d.1 in 1839, to 4,779/. 4s. 81d, in 1841. The astounding fact has also been brought to light by recent - careful investigations, that in the, Skipton Union, out of ,a population of 16,610, four thousand and thirty-eight individuals are subsisting on an average of only seventeen-pence per head, per week; and sixteen hundred and ninety-seven individuals, upon an average of only ten-pence three farthings per head, per week ! In other words, more than one-third of the entire population of the Skipton Union are .at present subsisting on an average of o n ly fifteen-pence per-head, per week ! These facts have been made out by the most careful investigations, in which men of all political parties have willingly taken a part. It is dreadful to think of the misery endured by these poor starving fellow creatures of ours, at a season Of the year so inclement as this ; and when we reflect, besides, that this misery has been chiefly inflicted on them by man himself—that it is his iniquitous laws which have marred the beneficient objects of the Giver of all good— it is surely enough to turn our thoughts into fierce bit terness and hate against the authors of the horrible mischief. WIGAN—REDUCTION OF WAGES.—We regret to state that the condition of this town and the neighbourhood is becoming worse and worse. Two large manufactur ing concerns have been in danger of closing altogether, and a large body of colliers is also likely to be out of work. We understand that Messrs. Pennington and So cotton-spinners, Hindley, having recently given no tice to the reelers in their employ of an intention to re duce their wages, and those.hands having intimated a resolution to resist such reduction, the firm gave notice, that, should the reelers persist in refusing to continue at work, they must close the mill ; and thus all hands in every department would be thrown out of work. As this extensive establishment affords employment to more than one half of the population of Hindley, it is not easy to describe the gloom which this state of things has thrown over the whole community of _that_ neighbourhood. About a week ago, Messrs. Eccles and Son, cotton spinners, Wigan, gave a similar notice of reduction to their reelers, and this led to the closing of their mill for a time. The agent of the Earl of Belcarres, we under stand, has given notice to the whole of the colliers in the employ of his Lordship, at Wigan and the neighbour hood, and who are said to exceed 2,000 in number, that their wages will be reduced in a few days. This intima tion excited considerable feeling amongst the colliers; they held a numerous meeting at the Commerciall Hall, Wigan, on Monday night, as we have heard, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the propriety of with standing the proposed reduction; but, as it was a meet ing of colliers, the result of their discussions had not transpired when our account left Wigan. The distress in the town is very great, and is increasing; large num bers of operatives are out of employ. A supply of soup has been distributed during the last three weeks; but such modes of relief can do but little where the distress is so general and so overwhelming.—Manchester Guardian. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST STAR VATION. Mr. George Thompson, the celebrated Anti-Corn-law Lecturer, made the following observations at Carlisle, during the last meek " Don't be dependent on foreigners !" This is another very favourite cry of the Corn-law makers. Methinks, if they were to practise the doctrine they preach, they would be " poor indeed." Let us pay a friendly visit to the man who preaches this doctrine, and let us see whether he lives up . to it. For the beauty of all preach ing, is that which is by practice. Let us go and dine with him at his own house, at seven, just after he has left the House of Lords, where he hai silenced Lord Radnor by crying—" Don't be dependent on foreigners for your supplies," and the shouts of " hear, hear,' will almost occupy a whole line in the next day's paper. Alighting at his door, which perhaps, is opened by a fo reign footman—(Laughter)—you wipe your feet upon a mat made of Russian hemp. (Don't be dependent on fo reigners.) Over your head burns a hall lamp, fed by oil from the Polar Seas, and supplied with a wick, made from American slave-grown cotton. (Don't de depen dent on foreigners.) You are shown up stairs, and step into the drawing-room, where you tread upon a Turkey carpet. (Don't be dependent on foreigners.) My Lord advances, dressed for dinner. A coat of the newest Pa risian fashion, of Saxony wool, made by the immortal Cbroach with an Indian gem, set in Mexican hina silk stockings, Morocco pumps, and a cu us Geneva watch, which tells him that you have been Irkably punctual. He introduces you to his Lady. lladvances. Over her pale intellectual brow waves an osisich feather. (Ostrich feathers don't grow in the tails of our barn-door fowls.) Round her grace ful neck is a row of pearls from Ceylon ; over her shoulders, a profusion of Brussels lace ; in her hand, a foreign fan, and further I might go, to prove her independence of foreigners, and might talk of corsets and other things as sacred ' - but will not. Let us go down to dinner. It is spread upon a table of Spanish mahogany. The tureens and vegetable dishes are from Dresden. The turtle is from the Camanas. (No sliding scale or fixed duty for turtle.) The contents of the castors are all foreign. The delicious wines are all foreign. The side dishes are all foreign, sent up by a French cook. The tongue is rein-deer. The boar's head from Ger many. The dessert comes on. The olives are from Mount Lebanon. The figs are from Turk?y. The raisins are from Malaga. The dates from Syria. The apples from New York. The grapeilfrom • Portugal. The pre served ginger from Jamaica. The nuts from Italy. The pomegranates from Egypt. The prunes from France. The oranges from Lisbon. The dessert over, we go to the ladies. My Lord's daughter is playing a foreign air. Singing in a foreign language. Has learnt under a foreign master. Has finished her education in a foreign country—going to be married to a foreign Count. (Don't be dependent on foreigners for your supplies.) The footman enters. Coffee from Mocha. Tea, from Canton. Sugar from Siam. At eleven, you depart. My Lady is going to a concert—a la Musard. My Lord, to the foreign Opera, to witness the debut of the ad mirable figurante Fanny Show-her-legs, who has been sent for express from the Prussian capital, for the special entertainment of those wbo cannot endure the thought of seeing their countrymen dependent on foreign ers for their supplies. (During the whole of this sketch, of which we are able to give but the bare outline, the audience were convulsed with laughter, and at the end were loud in their applause.)—Carlisle Journal. GERMAN PAPERS. DrSSELDORF, JAN. g.- - WC hear that his Ma j est y the King, on his return from London, will honour our city with a visit on the &l of February. The wallt of t i m e will most likely p revent his Majesty from visiting Paris, as he will certainly not leuve London immediately after the 25th, the day fixed for the christening of the Prince of Wales ; and, as the Belgian Papers say, spend several days at Brussels. BERLIN, JAN. 16.—His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bavaria arrived here this afternoon at two o'clock. HAMBIIRGH, JAN. 14.—The number of ships that passed through the Sound in 1841, was— From the North Sea From the Baltic Total 14,754 English ships— From the North Sea 1,908 From the Baltic Total 3,788 In 1840, the number was 4,071 Decrease in English ships in IW 283 The total number in 1840 was 15,657 D e crease in 1841 1,093 —Hamburg7e Papers, Jan. 4. ---- _ THE ANTI-CORN-LAW BAZA•R.--COntri butions to the approaching bazaar are beginning to flow in from all parts of the kingdom. Amongst the paint ings of great merit promised are—the tine picture, by Martin, " Sadak in Search of the Waters of O blivion," from the collection of E. Strutt, Esq., of Derby ; Hay don's .pictures, representing the meeting of the Anti slavery Convention in London last year, and containing portraits of all the most eminent Abolitionists. Another very interesting article, in preparation for sale, is a very costly book of autographs ; amongst them autographs of her Majesty Queen rictoria, of the Duke of i'Velling ton, the King of Denmark, George 111., Lord Brougham, George Canning, Word sworth, Lord B y ron, . Wesley, Lord Jeffrey, Hon. Spencer Percival, Sir Edward But wer, Charles Dickens, &c., with a firman of the Sultan, signed by himself, a despatch for the Governor of Aleppo, &e. . The contributions in literature also promise to be full of value , and interest. Dr. Pye Smith has sent two copies of his work on geology, with an inscription ; Ebe nezer Elliot has furnished some origii . ial lines for the occa sion • j, CG. Prince has sent tw o c opi es of his " House with the kuses,'" with an original poem on the fly-leaf ; a lady i n Here f er th2lire has contributed an original song, w i t h t h e music—and t i ; ere will be no lack of novelty or va riety in any &pato ,* pf this great fancy fair...46w chair Guardian? EV.ENING SUN t tE te L ye A ni N ii CHOLY OCCURRENCE. an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, at the Commercial 1 a vern, Sherborne-lane, on view of the body of an infant to the he only one n month on Sunday last. i old, whose e mother had broughtcoLm r eia o i the l evidence Tarn, it of appeared Eleano that rColstoc thek , servant at the poorwoman was brought to the inn on Sunday last about two o'clock, by a porter, with the intention of staying only one night, and of proceeding to Yorkshire by the steam-packet the following day. She said that she had just arrived from Bristol, and that her child, which was well in the morning, was then ill. She warmed the infant by the fire. It appeared convulsed, and witness advised her to take it to a doctor, but she bathed it with some warm water, and did not go for medical assistance wail the evening. of 53, King William-street, Mr. Hush Fuller, surgeon, was examined, and said that the child was brought to him by the mother between six and seven o'clock on Sun day evening, when he thought that the infant was dead; however, he put it into a warm bath, and reaction took place. The mother told him she had arrived from Bris tol that afternoon ; and exposure to the cold was quite sufficient to cause the death of a child so young. There did not appear any thing suspicious about the death of the child: The CORONER here ordered the summoning officer to call the mother of the child. He found her in an adjoining room, apparently faint ing, and having communicated the fact to the Coroner, Mr. Fuller was requested to go to her, which he did, and in about five minutes returned to the Inquest-room, and informed the Coroner and Jury that the poor woman had just expired. The circumstance, as may be supposed, produced a great sensation in the room, particularly when it was stated that only a few minutes before she had appeared in perfect health. Mr. Fuller said that when he went to the poor woman he found another medical gentleman attending her, and endeavouring to get her to swallow a little brandy, in, which he assisted ; but she was unable to do so, and ex pired without having spoken since she was first taken. The CORONER said that this was certainly one of the most melancholy cases he ever knew and he thought that under the circumstances they had better adjourn the inquiry, in order that some of the poor woman s re lations might be sent for. They had had no satisfactory evidence as to the cause of the child's death, and now that the mother was dead it could not be obtained by any other means than through her friends. Mr: William Handy, landlord of the Commercial Inn, said that he saw the poor woman a few minutes before her death, and she appeared then quite well, and walked up stairs with a brisk step. She had every attention while there. The inquiry was then adjourned till Monday next. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE RIVER. - Yesterday the adjourned inquiry, occupying upwards of nine hours, took place before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, and a most respectable Jury, at the Royal Mason, Sophia-street, Poplar, on the body of John Cattin, aged 42, a butcher in the employ of Mr. Lambert, of the West India-road, who, together with his son, was drowned, whilst in a skiff with several othei persons, in conse quence of being struck by the Orwell, fcswich steamer, on the afternoon of the 2d ultimo. It will be remembered that the inquiry was ti ,d . journed from Saturday last, in order to give the Steam-boat com pany, or some one in their behalf, an opportunity to be present. From the evidence of those on board the skiff it ap peared that there were eight persons in it beside the de ceased and his child. About five in the afterii6on, onr the day in question, they were crossing the river, from Limehouse to Rotherhithe. They were nearly , a third across the river when, although dark at the time, the Orwell steamer was observed steering her course towards the north shore ; they, however, immediately after changed their tack to the south shore, at which tame she was within 100 yards of the skiff. They called out to her, but the steamer still cam• on, between the skiff and the south shore. They again called out, and in • minute after the skiff was struck by the starboard paddle and upset, and much broken. They were all precipitated into the water, and, with the ex ception of deceased and his son, eight years of age, all saved, in which the captain and crew of the steam-boat assisted. At the time of the collision the river, at this part, was quite free of craft. Six out of the eight survivors had brought actions against the Company for the injury they had sustained. The witnesses all underwent severe cross-examination, but their statements varied but slightly, On the part of the Steam-boat Company, Captain Wing. and several of the crew of the Orwell were exa mined. Their evidence went to show that so far from the river being clear, they ran to the south shore to avoid the numerous craft which covered it at the time. The Captain was on the paddle-box, and the pilot on the look out at the time. The persons rowing the skiff were endea vouring to cross the bow of the steamer as she was coming up, instead of doing which they ought to have held on and dropped astern. They called out to those in the boat to do so, but they paid no attention. The Captain ordered the engines to be stopped and the boat to be turned astern, which was carried into effect with all possible speed. The Coroner then, at some length, remarked upon the nature of the case, and eulogised the plan adopted by Sir John Hall for keeping the pool clear, and which was manifested by the fact that it was now two years since he (the Coroner) had held an inquest in consequence of a steam-boat accident. The Jury, at six o'clock, retired, and after an hour's absence returned a verdict of—" Accidental death, with a deodand of 20/. on the Orwell steamer, and they felt that the conduct of the captain and the crew was highly censurable in not keeping a proper look out." INQUEST ON A CHILD. VER DICT OF WILFUL MURDER. Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.l'., Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at the Fulham workhouse of the Kensington Union, on view of the body of a female child, about two months old, which was found on Friday the ith instant, at -ten o'clock at night, on the step of the door of Mr. J. - Cotterell, No. 35, Kensington-square. From , the evidence it appeared that the deceased child was found wrapped in a white cotton frock and cup, with a flannel shawl over its body and head, as above de scribed, by a female named Begley, residing at Barlow's Cottage, Kensington, who was attracted to the spot by its cries.. The child was taken by Dr. Merriman's coachman. who carne up at the moment, to the station-house, and from thence to the Workhouse at Kensington. There the child was offered to various women in the house to suckle, but it was . covered with an eruption, and none of them would take it on that account. According to the regulations of the Union it was sent on the following Monday evening to the Fulham Workhouse. On its arrival at the Fulham Workhouse, it was so ill that the surgeon (Mr. Holmes) was sent for immediately.- Mr. Holmes, in his evidence, stated, that when he first saw the deceased child, it could retain nothing in its stomach, but vomited everything that was given to w it, and it as much emaciated. At a post mortem ex amination of the body, he found each organ (otherwise healthy) presenting the appearance which belonged to extreme exhaustion, brought about by the exposure, and from that cause he believed that she died. There were no external marks of injury on the body produced by violence. The CORONER then made inquiries into the cause of removing the deceased child from Kensington workhouse, where it was doing so well, to Fulham, and pointed out the risk and impropriety of the journey to an infant in its 'condition, to which the surgeon replied that it was removed in compliance with the usual custom. The Master of the Kensington Workhouse confirmed this statement. The CORONER said that the question of removal might have been a very serious one for the Board of Guardians. The evidence of the surgeon was, that from the exposure in Kensington-square the death was pro duced. But it must be remembered that while the child :was in the Kensington workhouse, it was so well that the Governor regarded it as a c ompa , - , ratively -fine and healthy chi ld. In fact, .1t h was much altered in healt h that the Governor said .ehcu not now identify the body T as h that of the child of the chi whic c.nt Id from his establishm ent. transmiss at such a time, and in such a season, might have de manded a verdict of manslaughter against the Guardians, instead of one of murder against other persons. A bill, printed by order of the Guardians, was shown in the room, offering a reward of 21. for the discovery of the parties who exposed the deceased. The CORONER said he hoped it would be of use; but he regretted to say that since he had been in office, in not a single case of exposure in which he had held an inquest, had the offenders been found. The Jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some persons or persons unknown." SUICIDE IN THE REGENT'S PARK.—Yes terday an inquisition was taken before Mr.Wakley, at the Marylebone Infirmary, on the body of Thomas Davis, aged 28, who committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in the Regent's-park, under the following painful and melancholy circumstances :—Garret Percy, police ,serjeant, 1) 3, said that on Monday morning, about eleven o'clock, he was on duty in the Regent's-park, near the Zoological-gardens, when a man came running to him, and stated that there was a man hanging on a tree... He went with the man in the direction he had pointed out, and on arriving near North-gate he dis covered he deceased suspended by a silk handkerchief from the branch of a tree in the shrubbery. He could reach the branch from the ground, and with the assist ance of the mAn alluded to, he untied the handkerchief, and got the body down. He was quite dead. Oa searching his bcdy . he found a silver watch, two gold seals, a purse cons tning 7s. sid., a bunch of keys, four handkerchiefs (two silk and two cotton), a letter, and a memorandum book. The contents of the letter were not permitted by the Coroner to transpire, but it is said to have been addressed to a young woman to whom the deceased was paying his addresses. Mr. B ra nsden s tated that the deceased was groom to M r. Dowbi g gn, the upholsterer, of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. 110 saw him last alive on Monday, sliortly before o'clock, when he came home with the horse andog:s, having driven his master into the Ci t y . He was.in s . r industrious man. 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