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the lan Ong ere the aid ate lis- [l to IDe ;tit .i.) ,ay all made o n a f ormer occasion at Liverpool.—(Cheers.) ~ time was come when it was most important for; t ,, l ` .tr e i l a a t t i : y look t o th a t pa ll a di um o f B r iti s h liberty,' Jury,--: (Loud cheers.) Let them not think h • at, the discontent which prevailed amongst all classes one h tne people arose either from the Chartists on the v and; or the Anti-Corn-law League on the other ' - (Cheers)—b u t let them, as. they in justice were • .o,ound, lay the blam e , th e guilt, and the culpability, at t h e ed .t to h or of th e H ouse o f Commons.—(Loud cheers.) I t em attribute it t o th a t class legislation which as neen the cause of misery to so many thousands of Ifießritish people.—(Loud cheers.) It was for them, it was fur the British people, to put an end to this ne farious system ; b u t a b ove a ll thi ngs , th e y were bound _ot to a ll ow the conduct of the Government, or t h e . Charge s o f t h e Judge, to warp or prejudice the i r opi . !non, whilst they were sitting upon Juries. Many members of the Government would say that he now ;vas talking sedition. It was not sedition—(Cheers)— 'lle w as only exercising his right as an Englishman, to di T 0 , 'cuss public grievances in public .assemblies. support, strengthen, and maintain that right, he w begged to propose " The Purity of Trial by t t.1 . 3•; —(Cheers.) `laj,or REvtlx, in proposing the next toast, said that none but those who had lived at the period when li e took place could properly appreciate li e Moral courage of the Juries who had acquitted vi ,, ar dY :end the other patriots of 1794. Public feeling j eles very different then from what it was at present ; t r ; YaS, now in a comparative state of repose, but in e. nays, if any one in a coffee-house or public ,r e etnilg ventured to utter sentiments favourable to 341 , right of men, he was liable to be turned out of the h a e ra, and if h e esca p e d with a couple of black eyes, e Might think himself fortunate. He recollected the Pales which had been taken at that time to pack • ;furies. H e had heard Mr. Thelwall state i n t h at ( .' 9 4 1 that an Ald erman o f London had sat up all •". I .ght with the Solicitor for the Crown in order to Pack a Jury to hang the accused patriots, and it was because the names of the Jurymen had been vn out of a h a t i n stead of taken alphabetically, - that a flail Jury had been empannelled, and they Jere saved. He begged to propose " The three T a h r,ies who in 1794 acquitted John Home Tooke, h. Thomas Har, and John Thelwall, of the charge of '4 Treason'—Drank with all the honours. r. c tri ot cans, in proposing the memory of the pa s of 1794, said he felt proud in being thus per tr.‘ted to offer his homage to the memory of the illus t}:°nts dead who had ventured so much in the cause of the l' e ople, and for the purpose of obtaining that which frye were all so anxious to obtain-a full, fair, and lio e „ re presentation of the peonle in the Commons use L . whi ch P arliament. He missed many old faces he had been wont to see assemble round their ha d le boa r d on t h ese ann i versar i es . Many of them Be . gone to th e i r l as t acc ount; but he was rejoiced to lin ' A m nong them s till his old and valued friend—Alex er Gallow a y. —(L ou d cheers.) That gentleman ad ea T i e ndured much, and had suffered much for the e . se in tho se ti mes —(C on ti nu ed cheering)—and he 'iced t o see hi m st ill amongs t th em . —(C on ti nue d toynfeering, during which Mr. Galloway was so much an ee ted that he shed tears.) He also rejoiced to see eh„„ n l a nY yOung men assembling there.—(Loud r ne -r ing.) The times demanded that the young • .11 should sho w a double portion of spirit. T i e i had not kn own Home Tooke, but he had known elwall w e ll, an d h a d a d m i re d and profited by his eloquence an d sense . H e h a d a l so b een h onour ed with th w i th friendship of Hardy, a man whose firmness and ,t ue would have adorned any cause.—(Cheers.) Pitt Panted for their blood, and could he have obtained tloreform would have been staved off for many genera as. But he had been disappointed; they had been t• quitted. an d we l l d i d h e (Mr. C oates ) reco ll ect t h e t • nthusiastic shout s w ith w hi c h th ousa nds had hailed the an nouncem en t of their acquittal. He begged to fp rn P°se " The immortal memory of John Horne • ° °4 ,: e, Thomas Hardy, John Thelwall, Augustus Ito t , mile, Thomas Gibb, Stuart Hodson, Thomas Hol eitr,t, Jeremi a h J oyce , Th omas W ar dl e , M a tthew °nun, and J o h n Ri c ht er ."—The toast was drank in °Lenin silence. •C olonel P. THowsort proposed " The memory of rskine, th e gratu i tous .an d a bl e a d voca t e o f the ac used Patriots of 1794." If they had on the Bench at th e present day a Judge who seemed desirousofemu etlf the p ar ti san J u d ges o f by-gone tunes, he hoped Bar yet possessed men who, if they had not the • i l Nuence, had yet the firmness, honour , and pa ' I%.°t ism, to follow in the footsteps of Erskine , and who Would Lot shrink from coming forward as the gratui -I;si. advoCates of their accused fellow -Countrymen. th,n.r. RICHARD TAYLOR proposed the Memory of • .1%%• London COrresponditig Society." The friends of• jars • r t,/ were under great obligation to that Society. t a i i niect was to obtain a full, free, and fair represen cn- of the people in Parliament.—(Cheers.) It miBht forin b said that that had been attained by . the Re riiif.:ll_,l—(Cries of "No !")—the Bill, the whole nothing but the Bill. It was true they had erent ti t "tiling called the Bill, but it was very dif r om the whole Bill as it had been at first pro .eforto -e er3.) He had no sympathy with any t he tyre Who soff ra would prevent any man from having -7 f ever % ge. The suffrage was the inalienable right '-'°ndo o ; ( l, , na n• There was another principle of the hi g h est - ‘'orresp on di ng Society on which he set the • Mee v alue --he meant Annual Parliaments. — whieh r ' Any body calling itself a Parliament, usur Wa s of more than annual duration, was a mere year rti on ,._ (Cheers.) The people who lived seven Bent ",ad , no right to tax those living at the pre suppor-t•(' He should have been rather surprised when to h int rig the Reform Bill if any one had announced prehrs.,,that the intention of the measure was to give a I „x i i ti se Political to .. t i7 o "°erance to the landed interest. That was giving power who had too much already. had teal Power ought rather to be given to those who a eari ° Protect themselves against those who already The 3 e ' e e . n . grossed the wealth of the country.—(Clieers.) pr epon ,„`_'eqnence of giving the landed interest the ba r d e :erance had been, that they had shifted all the rid 0f4 ",,S cul other classes of the people. They had got by c4,,ne.land-tax, the greater part of which was paid of h ari _uPlere of premises in towns. The consequence • legalised a Landowners' Parliament was, that they had e°ontr a system o f pl un d er o f all the rest of the au or Y .-- (Cheers.) A L an downers' Parliament was th e r gaaised body f or th e p l un d er an d o pp ress ion of th e i rru es t i ol L the comtnunity.—(Cheers.) The fruits of e nad been to reduce one man in every 13 in 48 man ufacturing di s tricts to pauperism, while in the 4 ultaSueh was districts every seventh man was a pauper. rul e. the amount of destitution produced by their had ais !n Prance thehad no destitution, but they rio aristocracy —no law of primogeniture — entail vid e d • T here theproperty of the father was di the equally • la w , among his children, in accordance with -Ch ey h s ad °i humauity, common sense, and Christianity. t he oth,, consequence, no destitute poor ; but, on s uch ap i "and, they had no dignified aristocracy—no Ilertferdendid ornaments to society as the Marquis of ditro se , and Lord Frankfort--(Loud Cheers)—to ealon r efined taste and elevated tone of morals f ore, he th e , ° re, h e People.--(Cheers and laughter.) There kreat Was afraid that if they wished to get rid of by lo s i rn n at 'Y destitute paupers, they could only do so soviet g , on the other hand, those bright ornaments of Y'ss(Ch eeli ent, eers and laughter.) Among many other ~vbo were honourable conscientious, and worthy men e'ety, w members of the London Corresponding So ‘vhoa, h as hi s excellent friend Alexander Galloway, til einer ,e rejoiced to see present. He proposed "The t • -rqsof the London Corresponding Society." a dd t o n •:"amax, in proposing the toast, felt inclined the s t ‘*--" And the Repeal of the Law suppress -t'elety lead cheers.) He believed the The' te la d dune much good.—(Cheers.) A ast was then drank with three times three. b 'ellse Garzowair rose, and was received with im ienerahl cheer ing, which lasted several minutes. The h e deli: Reformer was evidently deeply affected by whi c h "stration of respect and enthusiasm with , Wh at auhe,was received. After . the cheering had some that, i 'ided, he spoke as follows :—I did not expect I ()m on should have to return thanks for the :rati on rresponding Society. It is a proud consi ay Etre s l°r me to see, that the men of the present 1.4 0ry. of ?, alive to the 'merits and so venerate the me (Cheer that Society, of which I was . a member..— f ' , lght They were the first body of men who i reed nin. ne people of England the value of political but ever ,. ,„(Cheers.) They were much misrepresented, . t \Peet tO J bo dy of men who desire to be useful must '6„, 1 e m isrepresented.—(Cheers.) It was rare t ical odiu ell of sufficient nerve to stand up under poll so.,lbec.ause they took prin (lleers their guide, and by that they were supported. : hl i n il d ie er f st r o .) ,: . P a o t i l li:t h i e c Y al d p i r d incip es in those days were not 11 us th e ' va t, we may thank that Society for teach „ of political principles.—(Cheers.) le ge.ntleman, who was evidently much 'at dog by the kind manner in which he was received, • , i'4,l,nidst the most vociferous cheering. r l, oa, jun., had to propose a toast, which, l id iioll,l, u ree t ashioliabl e it might have been a year ago, p il r e pro ptr , e ,ei , ved the sanction of the Premier himself. c 'sPerit' • Preedorn in Trade and Agricultural fr e Y• Si r t h e tr ade R. Peel had acknowledged the truth t h em "nt ; Principles but had been afraid to carry e " 111 14 and without developing the resources of t . l l l l r ni arne.4 3r e i, without opening one fresh market for 0 e agri eni , Lures, he had, by his interfering, alarmed °tit e t ,,_,,ural interest as much as if he fully carried n .their fr e Principles—(Cheers)—and had operated lords t o not to the extent of inducing the land .. torn their their rents, but of inducing the farmers tpe Inim u he 'r labourers out of employment, and add to drank with tl" thteimlztti t h i r t e e e. poor.—The toast was Mr. thre e r,VllllGaeritcotissx. ki t x proposed " The Memory of Marge • rving, Muir, and Palmer, the victims _ v : ls .) and. vindictive Scotch Court, in 1793." l i gn orae `` . , l at that , period in a state of much greater ct°llYllPbteir'Qmel'ittiteaan i l• ,: ngland. In Scotland there was then liba•ty. Trial is Jury was it civil Cases the Courts were arbi- trary, and the Juries were entirely at the:mercy of the Court.. There was no free press at that time existing in Scotland. It was not until 1813 that anything worthy the name of a newspaper was- established in Edinburgh; therefore, the memory of those men should be held in everlasting - . honour who, under such cir cumstances, had had the courage to come forward as Muir and the Scotch patriots of 1793 had done.— The toast was drank in solemn silence. Dr. Errs proposed "The Liberty of the Press," and in so doing animadverted on its licentiousness. He more particularly censured the proprietors of that portion of the daily press who, for the sake of lucre, permitted the columns of their journals to be polluted by advertisements of a disgusting and immoral ten dency.—The toast was drank with three times three. Colonel I'. THOMPSON proposed " Radical Reform, a full, fair, and free representation' of the people in Parliament, and the union of all classes of Reformers to obtain it."—(Cheers.) He was aware of the neces sity of union. He saw around him Reformers of all classes, from the moderate Whigs, the 1688 men, up to the kind of people called Chartists.,—(Cheers and laughter.) He thought he saw some prospect of a union of all classes of Reformers. He acknowleged the wealth, and respectability, and power of the mode rate section ; he was alive to the importance of their support; he was willing to sacrifice much for the sake of union, but he besought them not to insist in their going on under the leadership of the men who had on a former occasion upset the coach—(Cheers) — and that not by driving into a rut which was .in the road, but by the coachman himself having actually got off the box and dug the rut for the purpose of driving into it, and so had upset the coach.--(Loud cheers.) The Gallant Gentleman then animadverted in severe terms on the conduct of the late Ministry. He designated the war in AfT ghanistan as a more unjust war than that of Russia in Circassia, or France in Algeira, and the war in China as a war for upholding a felony. " If," con tinued the Gallant Colonel, " I had bad a son who had been so disgraced as to have taken part in any of those unhappy campaigns, I would put him into quarantine before I would admit him into my house. —(Cheers.) He should not kiss his sisters until he had time for the disgrace to blow off him.—(Cheers and laughter.) Ile begged of them not to suffer the old men again to take the lead."—(Cheers.)—The toast was then drank with all the honours. " The Liberty of the Pres 3," by Dr. Epps—" The Immortal Memory of Washington, Thomas Paine, and Franklin, and thb other founders of the United States "—" Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world"—were drank with enthusiastic approbation. Dr. SIMPSON' proposed " Daniel O'Connell, and Justice to Ireland. He • did not know any reason why this toast had been placed in his hands, unless it was the fact of his being a native of Ireland. Mr. Dunbar, the present Mayor, and lately Member for Belfast, was in the habit of boasting that he had been born a Protestant, and that he had sucked in Orangeism with his mother's milk. Like him he (Dr. S.) had sucked in Protestantism from his mother's breast, but thank God, it was mixed with Christian charity and love towards his neighbour. Unlike Mr. Dunbar, whose bigotry and hatred of Papists increased with his years, every day's experience proved to him that there was as much honesty of purpose and goodness of heart to be found among Roman Catholics as among Pro testants. He therefore felt unmixed pleasure in pro posing the toast. Mr. BUnNAuD, in a speech deservedly complimen tary; proposed the " Health of the Chairman,' which was received with great applause. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, took occasion to allude to his connexion with the borough of Hert ford. •He had fought the cause of the people in that borough against the Marquis of Salisbury, and when the question of bribery had been brought before the House of Commons last session, lie had not had the slightest hesitation in avowing that he had spent a large sum of money in defending the independence of that borough against the Marquis of Salisbury. No doubt a great portion of that money had been spent in defending the rights of the poor voters—in finding houses for those who had been ejected from their homes by the arbitrary tyranny of their oppressor—(Cheers) and advantage had been taken of that circumstance to say that he had bribed the borough of Hertford. Nothing could be more false.—(Loud cheers.) He had spent a large sum of money, but it was in defending the rights of the poor voters of the borough of Hertford.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of Salisbury had received his reward; he had been made Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, he had also got the dirty garter stuck to his knee—(Cheers, and laughter)—he had also got the blue riband sus pended from his degraded person.—(lmmense cheer ing.) His (Mr. Duncombe s) return was the confi dence of the working classes.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded a most spirited address, by thanking the meeting for the manner in which they had honoured and supported him as their Chairman, and sat down amidst vociferous cheering. "The health of the Stewards" was then drank, and acknowledged by Mr. Green on behalf of the Stewards, after which the party broke up. MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS.—Th• preliminaries of a marriage between the Marquis of Douglas, the eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton, and a Princess of Baden, have been finally arranged, and it is expected that the ceremony will take place in the course of the present or early in the ensuing month. The noble and illustrious bride elect is about 22 years Of age, and is possessed of extraordinary beauty and rare accomplishments. Letters reached the members or the family of the Duke of Hamilton yesterday morning, announcing the conclusion of the arrange ments relating to the marriage. 'The ceremony will take place in Germany. The Marquis of Breadalbane went on Saturday from Taymouth Castle, Perthshire, to Glasgotv. On Monday the Noble Marquis was re-installed Lord Rector of Glasgow University, consequent on his Lordship's re-election by the students of that Uni versity. The Noble Marquis, after taking the cus tomary oaths, addressed the Professors and students. The Affghanistan deer, recently brought from India, have been presented to the Marquis, and are forthwith to be removed to the extensive forest surrounding the chateau of his Lordship, in Perthshire. THE PAST MAYORALTY.—It is said that Sir John Pirie intends to withdraw from public life at the close of the present Mayoralty. Whether such be the fact or not, few of h:s predecessors in office will have carried with them into retirement a larger amount of respect and esteem than the worthy Baronet. With a total absence of party bias, and of that appetite for notoriety which characterise some civic functionaries, the present Chief Magistrate has discharged his vari ous important duties in a firm, able, and conscientious, but perfectly unobtrusive manner; and, whilst reviving the hospitality of ancient times, Sir John Pirie has never failed throughout his public career, to manifest a prompt and open-handed sympathy with the friend less and unfortunate, qualities not of daily occur rence, and which will be long remembered and appre ciated by his fellow-citizens. THE LATE MR. SERGEANT SPANKIE.—The fol lowing anecdote of this late eminent and gifced indi vidual may be relied on as authentic :- 2 .l"he public has already been made acquainted with the fact, that Mr. Sergeant Spankie, during the time he was keep ing his terms, with a view to be called to the bar, was employed as a Parliamentary reporter. Young Spankie (for such he then was) was on duty in the gallery of the House of Commons at an early hour of the morning, after a protracted and important debate, when a division of the House took place, the result of which was looked for with considerable . anxiety throughout the country. The avenues to the House were crowded with strangers, and egress down the narrow staircase, by which strangers reached the gal _ _ lery in the old House of Commons was next to an im possibility. The hour of the publication of the jour nal to which he was attached was fast approaching, and Spankie, knowing the importance to his proprie tors that the conclusion of the debate and the division should be early before the public, had recourse to a feat which surprised and astonished those who wit nessed it. He climbed over the balustrade of the stairs which communicated from the old smoking-room with the strangers' gallery, and, suspending himself by his hands therefrom, dropped into the Members' lobby below (a height of from sixteen to eighteen feet) amidst a crowd of senators. So suddenly was the affair accomplished, and so fleet of foot was the per former, that he escaped caption by any of the myr midons of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and reached the office in safety and triumph. When Mr. Sergeant Spankie sat in Parliament for Finsbury, the occur rence was frequently related by,the late Mr. Wright, an old and well-known messenger of the House, who was an eye-witness of the transaction, and who gene ' rally pointed out the hero to stran g ers, whom curiosit y nightly brought to St. Stephen's Chapel. FEROCITY OF A lIORSE..—MARCII.-011 the 28th ult. an accident occurred at the Chequers Inn, to a man who had the care ofa beautiful spotted pony, belonging to Mr. G innett, the equestrian. Ile was feeding it, when, in an instant, the animal caught hold of his hand and flung him over its back to the other side of the stable ; it then sprang upon his shoulder, and with the greatest ferocity bit a piece out of his bottom lip, and would have killed him had not his dreadful screams brought one of the company to his assistance, who beat it off him with a fork. The poor fellow was taken into the house covered with blood, and dreadfully bruised about his breast and shoulder. After his wounds were dressed and he was a little recovered, he was enabled to leave the town in a van with the company.—C am b r id ge Advertiser. THE COUNTY REGISTRATI ON.—The result of the late registration is all that the' Reformers could wish. Objections have been made . 'so successfully in almost every part of the southern division, that were an election to take place on the present list, there is little doubt Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham would be defeated. The Tories are not so strong as at the last election; when compared now with the Liberals, by some 850 votes.—Livezpool Mercury. THE S.U'N,AJONDON; MONDAY MORNING. 'NOVEMBER 7, , 1842. LITERATURE. NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA. 2 Vas. CoMuni, Londan, 1842. The author of this Narrative is Captain Elliot. Bingham, late First Lieutenant of the -I,lfodeste, who, a voucher for the uniform accuracy of his statements, observes, " in many of the incidentS selected I was myself an actor; where that %vas not the case, and I am consequently unable to speak from personal knowledge, I have had re course to the most correct and authentic sources of information." Captain Bingham need hardly have told us this, for .the internal evidence of the work is quite sufficient to prove its authenticity; and, indeed, it may be consi sidercd as one of the most lucid, copious, and satisfactory- publications that hare yet appeared on the subject of the Chinese- war, whether we regard the vigour and simplicity of its style, the fullness of its details, or the evidently unexaggerated character of its statements. The au thorcommences his narrative with his departure. in 1840 from the Cape, when Admiral Elliot was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the expedi tion against the Chinese. Little of interest oc curred, until. the Modeste, to which Captain Bingham was attached, reached - Sincapore, of which we have a lively, entertaining account. This town, it seems, owes its origin to the-clear judgment of the late Sir Stamford Raffles, and is more remarkable for its. rapid growth, than any other of the British possessions. Its population in 1819, when it was first taken possession of by the En g lish, amounted to about 150 persons, pirates and -fishermen, whose huts were of the most wretched description; and in. 1840, when a cen-., sus was taken, its population had advanced to about 35,000. The settlement, howevermore espe cially the town—of Sincapore, lilbours under one great disadvantage. There is a distressing dearth Of women, who are the scarcest of all comModi- • ties there. Only 4,000 females are to be found in a spot boasting of 40,000 inhabitants, so that there is actually only one lady to eight and a half gentlemen—a cruel and most unnatural dispro portion ! But if women are scarce, it is consoling to reflect that turtle is plentiful, and the author frequently purchased them, weighing three hunired weight, for one dollar. On reaching the Chinese _seas, the' Modeste joined the squadron, under the com mand of Captain Elliot, and took an active share in the hostilities then going forward. The Nar rative is here exceedingly amusing, though not a few of the incidents have already found their way into print. The gallant author is no admirer of the Chinese character, but - entertains pretty nearly the same opinion of it that Lord Macart- ney and other experienced travellers hive enter tained and expressed. In speaking of the opium question, he expressly states that " opium the Chinese will have; and experience has proved that all the obstacles and difficulties thrown in the way of the trade. have only tended to increase it and extend it along the whole coast coast of China." We conclude our brief notice by a quotation from the first volume, wherein Captain Biaggi= describes the sufferings that Mrs. Noble and some other English prisoners sustained at the hands of the Chinese -- • No sooner had they been seized, than to prevent their running away, they were bastinadoed imme diately above the knee, or. almost indeed upon it. They would have treated Mrs. Noble in the same brutal and still more indecent manner had it not.been for the spirited conduct of Mr. Douglas, notwith standing which she received several blows. Chains were then put round their - necks, and they were hurried, or rather dragged to a large city, through the streets of which they were paraded, subjected to the hootings and - howlings of the assembled savages. They were then taken to a joss-house, where one of the soldiers forcibly wrenched Mrs. Noble's wedding ring from her finger. Lieutenant Douglas's hands were here lashed behind him, and he was in that con dition secured to a post. Mrs. Noble, the mate, and one boy, were then dragged on about twenty miles further, being exhibited in several towns through which they passed; and no doubt from what afters wards appeared, Mrs. Noble was represented as sister to the queen of the barbarians, who had been taken prisoner by these marauders, for valiant soldiers I cannot call them. At night they stopped at a nother depot of the gods, where they were furnished with a - small quantity of • food and clothes ; the chain Which had' been pqt l ecutakendo the gaze wn, round their necks being fastened. to the wall of their prison. Here they were detained. two days, and were allowed - to perform their ablutions for the first time ; their descriptions were a ccurately taken and they themselves constantly exposed ra to of the rabble. Mrs. Noble was ie, they at by the head mandarin's wife taken to be looked daughter; and one would have imagined that the softer• sex would have alld 4 s is h ti oN e v s n se i d treated- her with more contumely than her captors had done. ler sta s t o e t . ne N c o oTp i a f Ss iit on we i r n e.._ l p i ce er i suffering b At the expiration of the two days they were led out into . the court where s t oo d three cages about three feet high, two feet si x i nc h es long, by fourteen inches in breadth. The entrance to these cruel prisons was by a trap-d oor on th e top, , through whieh. they were forced, the end of their chain being locked to the cover. A bamboo was then thrust between the bars, and under the top; and in this painful' position were they carried by two men from town to town, to be exhibited, like wild beasts, to the assem bled multitudes; but as if all this was not .sufficient suffering, they were loaded with heavy' irons and chains on the • legs and arms, Mrs. Noble being allowed for the present to dispense with the latter ones. The cages were then at length placed in .boats, and after proceeding along a canal fur three nights and two days, they arrived at Ning-po, never having been permitted to quit their cages for any purpose during that period. WIDOWS B A . Ap ey, L W . = T 1 V 8 E 42. 8 S. 3 Vols. The most striking incident in this story, is that of the murder of one of the chief personages, Sir which i s p e rpetrated through unprincipled friend, Lawson, tHhoera agency Wentworth,nu of his who contrives to make the young Baronet's mo ther administer to him a d o se of laurel-water, she of course supposing that it is the medicine sent by the apothecary. This incident is no coinage of the author's brain, for the crime was committed, pretty nearly as is here related, about the middle of the last century, and the parties concerned were Sir Theodosius Brough ton and Captain Donnellan, the latter of whom poisoned the former, in the hope, if we remem ber rightly., of marrying his widow, and so gain ing possession or the estate. The circumstance, thforgotten, created a wonder ful country at . the period of s occurrence, l o eo v alluded to by more than i toirlrin nearly aotui dt tiisle one contemporary writer. Mrs. Thompson, the au thoress of the story before us, has introduced this tragic episode with great Adroitness, and re lated the particulars with impressive force and earnestness, hut, at the same time, without ex gladly turn to - the more -the of more cheerfiilpo . in ß ts utw he e r narrative. Her sketch of the fussy, conceited bachelor clergyman, Mr. Gadsden, who imagines that every woman who looks at him is desperately in love with him,- is cleverly and naturally drawn; Adeline Meadows, too, the heroine of the tale, iS a delightful por trait; and the description of, the manufacturing town of Northington is so life-like in its minute touches, that we almost fancy we know the exact locality. On the whole, "Widows and Widow ers"ord of a second-rate written, • and full of bustle. n fl a u r e ra n t t i l V y e, order s o of excellence,ansn NIMROD ABROAD. 2 Vas. Cothurn, London, 1 842. The majority of the articles contained in these volumes have, if we mistake not, already made Numbers of the on sporting sub , their N appearance ov m ahi y in m szc a e z e i s n s e i ‘..,e, They treat, for they bring all Mr. Apperley, has jteheetsn,totosttphaer discussionifnccxcolitts:vvielileyi: that ease, grace, and unaffected siutplicity of observations long ln a manner, n b e e r e , on steeple-chases are in the best spirit of Huma nity; the folly and brutalityo f if:ocrelvelbliicaittetah.e aTuthheme.,ursory such a sport arc strenuously insisted on; and we hope Mr. Ap perley's remarks will have the effect of bringing itinto bad odour with the sporting community. Board of the ' have just com pleted i a plan strongly parish .ll ij o s f v. r s u t. James's,H 1"1T Westminster, P aving a total re-painting of all the directions at the corners of the Streets ; recommended for the adoption of the othe r p a rochial authorities of the Metropolis. OPENING OF QuEFIII' S COLLEGE, G LASGOW. —Th e formal opening of Queen's College, for the education of ladies i t oo k place on Friday , at two o'clock, in the Assembly-rooms, Sir J. C am p b ell, Lord Provost in the chair. The large hail of the Assembly-rooms was filled to overflowing by a highly resp ec t a bl e compan y, almost entirely composed of ladies, the gentlemen pre sent chiefly accommodated on the platform. Among the latter were—the Rev. Dr. Hill, Professor of Theo logy in the University ; Rev. Dr. Fleming, College ; Rev. Dr. King, Grayfriars ; Rev. Dr. Hough, Rev. Mr. Rose, Rev. Mr. Hunter, Rev. D r . S ym i ngton ; Professors Penney, Wilson, Easton, &c., of th e Ander sonian University ; Dr. Weir, B ailie Leadbetter, Mr. Convenor . asimp Ur s e o , n, Aflrro.mAE.dßinabnukrigniei: Mr. J. M'Lellan, Dr. Gib son , Mr. W. Church, Mr. J. Loudoun, Messrs. Greig and Nelson, Western Academy; Mr. D'Orsay, and nume rous other gentlemen interested in the cause of edu cation. Dr. Penney addressed the meeting on the ad vantages and pleasures of knowledge, and the import ance of the present Institution.—Seolsman. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—The Pique frigate, Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, has not yet arrived from Quebec. Her delay is attributed to having had a more than lengthened passage out, as she had not reached her destination when the Colum bia, Halitlix steamer, brought the latest advices from Canada, extending to the 13th ult. The Rhine, Dutch frigate, arrived at Spithead yes terday evening from Flushing, and another Dutch frigate, the Jason, is hourly expected from the same place, both bound to the Mediterranean. The - usual salutes were exchanged between the frigate and the garrison and the St. Vincent this morning. In the evening the Dutch officers attended a ball given by the Port-Admiral, Sir EdWard Codrington, to which also were invited the officers of the St. Vincent, Vic tory, Excellent, Royal George, and all the other men oL:war in.the port, and those of the Austrian frigate . . Thu order for . the embarkation of the 12th Regi ment to-day, on board of I,he Java transport, has been countermanded, and the troops will not leave Win chester barracks until - next Wednesday, when they will be conveyed to Gosport by special train, and em bark about eleven. o'clock the same day for the Mauritius. The depot of the 75th Regiment will be conveyed here on Tuesday next from the Vauxhall terminus, being ordered here from Chatham to meet the service companies which are on their passage home from the Cape of Good Hope. The Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, which brought home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, has sailed for Plymouth, it is said to be paid oft - The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will be ready for sea the beginning of next week.• It is not known what will be the part of the world to which she will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring home troops. The Jaseur, 16, Commander Willis, which has been recently recommissioned, is advertised for sale at this dockyard in a few days. Her officers and men are to be turned over to the Frolic. ------- - _ _ _ His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria is I expected here for a few days the latter end of next I week. It is said that his Highness will afterwards proceed to Brighton. A Russian man-of-war anchored at Spithead this afternoon about 4 o'clock. The usual salutes were exchanged. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Bernard, and the In constant, 36, Captain Mitchell, are hourly looked for from the Mediterranean. , The Racehorse, 16, Commander E. Peel, has sailed from Halifaxfor England to be paid off. Ships at. Spithead—Rhine (Dutch frigate), and a Russian man-of-war. Ships in Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Resistance, Nautilus, Bellona (Austrian), Jaseur, Java transport, and Echo and Rocket steamers. WooLwicn, Nov. 4.—The Rhadamanthus steam vessel has been ordered to be paid in advance, and pro ceed to the Mediterranean. She will take out two companies of the Royal Artillery, to relieve the com panies at present stationed at Corfu. A casting of 12-pounder brass guns took place at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, at the foundry in the Royal Arsenal. The quantity of metal fused for this casting was about nine tons. A casting on a smaller scale will take place to-morrow (Saturday), at three o'clock, P.hi. The quantity of metal to be fused on this occa sion will only be about four-and-a-half hundred weight, the quantity required to form one of. the leaves of the Corinthian order which will be placed upon the column of Nelson's Monument, in progress of being erected in Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross. Several of the leaves, cast from the brass of old guns, are already finished and bronzed, and have a very chaste and elegant appearance. The whole of the remaining leaves and flutings will be cast at the foundry of the Royal Arsenal, under the immediate superintendence of the contractor, Mr. Clarke, Bir mingham, a son of the late celebrated Mr. Clarke, sculptor. The brass work still required to be corn ' pleted for the Nelson monument will occupy the artist about eight months, without making any calcu lations for emblematical pieces, should they be de cided upon. (From the Ilramphire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, Nov. S.—The St. Vincent, 120, is ordered to be fitted with Mr. Snow Harris's lightning conductors. The Jaseur sloop-of-war, at Portsmouth, and four 10-gun brigs at Plymouth, viz., the Forester, Buz zard, Lyra, and Nightingale, are advertised to be sold out of the Service, together with two lighters, at Woolwich. _ _ The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will be ready for sea the beginning of next week. It is not known what will be the part of the world to which she will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring home troops. The Solway, West India steamer, with 7.57,800 dollars in specie, arrived at New Orleans on Septem ber 23, having sustained some damage in a hurricane on the sth. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Resistance. (troop ship), Frolic, Rocket, Volcano and Echo, steamers, Nautilus, Java, transport. At Spithead—Rhine and Jason (Dutch). PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Mate —Mr. John A. P. Price (Thunderer), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander W. A. Willis, from the Jaseur, to the Frolic. Lieutenant—E. R. J. Belfour, to the Geyser; C. L. Hockin, to the Wasp. Master—Robert Fuller (acting) to the Kite. Second Master—Charles Greig, to the St. Vincent. Master's Asssistant—lLll. Smith, to the St. Vincent. Mate—Robert Reid, to the Caledonia; 11. F. W. Ingram, to the Geyser Assistant Surgeons—J. Boland, to the Volcano ; John Bernard, to the Rhadamanthus ; H. R. Banks, to the Royal George. Volunteers Ist Class—T. J. Young, to the Re. sistance • J. F. Baker, to the Howe ; Thoma s Gree, to the ihunderer ; J. W. Pike, to the Frolic ; C. S. Guthrie, to the Thunderer; James Henry Bushnell, to the Winchester. Clerk—John Barrett (additional), to the Volage. First Engineer—G. Murdock, to the Penelope. BRIGHTON, SATURDAY.—About one o'clock this morning, the General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Albion, Captain Cheeseman, left Shore ham Harbour to proceed to Ramsgate, to lie up for the season, her running between Brighton and Dieppe having been concluded. On arriving off Brighton, she had to pass xnumber of boats engaged in trawling; and in doing so, the Albion unfortunately ran one down, called " The Interest." There were two brothers on board, named Humphries. The Albion immediately stopped and lowered her boat, and in a short time succeeded in rescuing one of the fishermen, but the other was drowned. Part of the nets have been recovered, but the vessel has totally disappeared. The Albion dropped anchor, and still remains off Brighton, endeavouring to recover the boat, as they expect the unfortunate Humphries must be in it. The melancholy occurrence has caused a feeling of great commiseration in Brighton, both for Humphries, who was an industrious man, and Captain Cheeseman, who has been 25 years on this station, during which time he has always borne the character of a most careful and humane man. THE NELSON MONUMENT. — On Saturday the workmen employed in the erection of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar-square, put up the last layer of stone which forms the column of the monument, and which has a very magnificent appearance. Their next operations will be to erect the Corinthian capital, on which the cupola will rest which is to form the pedestal for the colossal statue of the immortal Nelson. The capital (is to be about thirteen feet in depth, and the entire remaining portion of the structure will be about thirty-five feet in height. The monument is not expected to be finished for six months. In the course of the week, owing to the extreme elevation at which the workmen stand, their operations were occasionally ,impeded by the in tense cold. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—This magnificent under taking is rapidly advancing to completion : the stair- case of the shaft on the Rotherhithe side of the river has been finished several days, and, during the week, the men have been employed in removing the" gear, which was sold by auction some months since, and which formed a portion of the machinery which was originally laid down for the excavation of the shaft. The old steam-engine has been removed, and a new and more compact one has been erected for the purpose of drawing off the water, which would otherwise accumulate from the land springs. The entrance for the public from the south side is not ex pected to be opened before December next. For some weeks past the time of admission has been extended from five o'clock at night to nine o'clock, which has afforded an opportunity to many to see this splendid work of art, who had not the time to spare in the course of the day. ON DlGESTlON. — Bouchardat And Sandras have been led by their experiments to a theory of digestiOn differing somewhat from that generally adopted. It is a generally received opinion thht the food is brought into :he stomach and there changed into a homoge neous gray substance of a sweetish, slightly acid taste, which still retains some of the properties of the food, and which has been called chyme. It is sup posed that this so-produced chyme passes subsequently into chyle. Bouchardat and Sandras believe that the substance which has been called chyme is a mixture of undissolved remains of the food, the solution of which is perhaps continued in the windings of the in testine, and of excretions from the glands and mucous membranes of the intestines, which are destined after wards to form the excrement; but they do not be lieve that this mixture is expressly prepared for as - sithilation.—The Chemical Gazette, No. . PRUSSIA. BERLIN, OCT. 30.—The Committees of States, in their sittings of the 221 and 24th inst., were occu pied exclusively by the consideration of the great system of railroads proposed to be executed under the dividend guarantee of the Government. The debate was adjourned on the first, and brought to a conclu sion on the second day. hi the report published by the State Gazelle of this debate the names of the speakers are not given, nor is any attempt made to g►ive even the speeches separately. Nothing is stated but the general tenor of the arguments advanced, and the issue of the division. The only speaker whose speech has been honoured with greater prominence in the report is that of the Minister of Finance, who pointed out• the great ad vantages which Prussia, more, perhaps, than any other country, might anticipate from' the realization of an extensive system of railroads. The disadvan tages of her geographical position, he said, would in a great measure be remedied, while the facility given to internal communication would act as a material protection to domestic industry against• foreign com petition. The members were then successively called upon to express their opinions, and though tor the general principle of the proposition there was all but una nimity, yet a number of doubts and hesitations arose as to the details of the plan. Several members, while they admitted the importance of railroads, insisted upon it that the improvement of •the common roads was a matter of at least equal moment. Some were for giving greater extension to the proposed plan, others for confining it within narrower limits. By some it wa3 questioned whether the establishment of a railroad in the province of Posen was at all to be wished for. Several members also expressed their belief that on many of the proposed railroads the in come would be very inadequate, and the Government would in consequence have to incur, with respect to those railroads, a permanent outlay. The great majority of the assembly,,however, were zealous in advocating the general advantages to be looked for from a comprehensive system such as had been proposed, and urged the danger in which Prussia would be placed if she allowed other nations to get the start of her in the march of improvement. Among other advantages to be anticipated would be flak., that with a good system of railroads, the whole monarchy of Prussia would be supplied with salt from the pro vinces of Saxony and IVestphalia, whereas at present several of the more distant provinces stood indebted 'for their supply to foreign countries. The Presiding Minister declared that the opinion of Government coincided entirely with that of the members who had advocated the equal importance of the more ordinary means of internal communication. Indeed, the experience of other countries showed that the establishment of railroads did not tend to diminish the traffic on roads running parallel with them, while on those roads leading to railroads the traffic had greatly increased. In support of this view, reference was made by one member to the astonishing increase in the navigation on the Elbe, between Hamburgh and Magdeburgh, since the opening of the railroads between the latter city and Leipzic, Dresden, and Berlin. The discussion having been exhausted, the Presid ing Minister summed up the debate, and, in conclu sion, demanded from the assembly an answer to the to the following question : "Ts the execution of a system of railroads, to con nect the centre of the Prussian monarchy 'with the pro vinces, and these with one another, and 'which, at the same time, in its main lines, shall communicate with foreign countries, looked upon as an urgent necessity?" The 98 members present were then each in succes sion called on to answer " yes" or," no" to this ques tion, when there appeared 90 ayes and. 8 noes. The sitting was then closed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HERNE BAY STEEPLE CHASE.-THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 60 added. Four miles across the country. (5 Subs.) Mr. A. M‘Donogh's ch g Vanguard (Owner) 1 Mr. 11. Scott's b g Nimrod (Owner) 2 Mr. J. Ball's Student (James) 3 Mr. Tilbury's Goblin (Bretherton) 4 Mr. Anderson's Negro Such was the order in which the horses came in, Van guard winning by about a length. It then came out that after the horses had started some additional flags were put out, and that all went on the wrong side of one of them except Goblin, whose owner, therefore, claims the stake 3, which were ultimately awarded to him, the others being distanced. Neither the management or the deci sion is calculated to increase the popularity of the Herne Bay Steeple Chases. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY The following quotations are merely nominal : DEnwir.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeuman-18.to 1 agst Murat-23 to 1 agst Winesour-25 to 1 agst 33 to 1 agst Aristides-35 to 1 agst Amorine-40 to 1 agst Napier-35 to 1 agst Cotherstone-40 to 1 agst Languish colt-40 to 1 agst Newcourt, and 50 to 1 agst Lvcrtun. - OAKS.-7 to 1 agst Maria Day-10 to 1 agst Wee Pet-13 to l Testy-20 to 1 agst Sister to Coronation -20 to 1 agst Laura filly, and 25 to 1 ugst Sister to Satirist. COURSING. llootnn Meeting, Oct. 28.—The CuP was won by Sir W. Stanley's Selina, the Ilooton Stakes by Mr. Swan's Syria, and the Wirral Stakes by Mr. Ball's Moss Rose. Biggar Club, Oct. 27 and 28.—The Plate was won by Mr. Waddrop's Menie, the Puppy Stakes by Mr. 13Or ron's Brenda, and the Biggar Stakes by Lord Ivory's Fly. Cockney lub at Everleagh, Oct. 27, 28, and 29.—The Oaks Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Jones's Empresi, the Derby Puppy Stakes by Mr. Parkinson's Pioneer, the Everleigh Stakes by Mr. Palmer's Little Vic, the Jenner Stakes by Mr. Miller's Mona and Mr. Budd's Spider (who divided), the Enford Stakes by Mr. Spooner's Spartan, the Netheram Stakes by Mr. Russell's Rival, and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Parkinson's Passion. Whitehaven Meeting, Oct. 31 and Nov. I.—The Cup was won by Mr. Harris's Hector, and the Puppy Stakes by Mr. Lindcm's Lowther. Newsham, Oct. 31.—The All Aged Stakes were won by Mr. Hobson's Whisker, and the Puppy Stakes by Mr. I3ayle's Spanker. Mold. Club, Oct. 31.—The Hawarden Castle Stakes were won by Mr. Bunnell's Trapball, and the Plass Teg Stakes by Mr. White's Wizard, and the Nergins Stakes by Mr. S. White's Topper. Mid-Lothian Club. Nov. 1 and 2.—The Puppy Silver coup!es were won by Mr.W. Sharpe's Annie Landie, the Cup by Mr. Dewar's Diable Noir, the Champion Cup by Mr. Dewar's Darling, and the Newbattle Abbey Stakes by Mr. H. Maxwell's Melampas. Chatsworth, Nov. 2 and 3.—The Chatsworth Cup was won by Mr. Houghton's Hester ; the Devonshire Puppy Cup by Mr. Hunt's Lynch • the Burlington Cup by Mr. Hu n t's II arri et ; the Cavendi sh S takes by M r.King'sßlooms bury ; the Edensor Stakes by Mr. Clarke's Sailor ; and the Derbyshire Stakes by Mr. Deakin's Priam. Gisborne, Nov. 2 and 3.—The Ribblesdale Stake was won by Mr. Hardman's Swallow, the Puppy Stakes by Mr. Hardman's Ariel, the Craven Stakes by Mr. Raws thorne's Rosebud, the Berry Hunt Stakes by Mr. Hodg son's Zurich, the Horton Puppy Stakes by Mr. Hard man's Arid, the Stockback's Stakes by Mr. Harman's Miller, and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Forest's Swinger. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, Nov.' 4.—Sugars con tinue exceedingly brisk, and anything good, more par ticularly in groceries, is eagerly taken at gradually advancing rates. The stocks are decreasing, and con fidence in future prices seems to be perfectly esta blished. Our fruit-market is in a sate of confusion, owing to peculiar local circumstances, and although the quality of this year's import is much finer than usual, prices of currants are daily declining, and will not now bring more than 50s. Valentias, 368. Bristol Mercury. There have been statements and counter-statements in the newspapers in respect to the grant of a Civil List pension to Wordsworth, the poet. We understand the fact to be that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a pension of 300/. per annum on the Civil List to Mr. Wordsworth. Her Majesty has also, we are informed, granted a pension of 1001. per annum to each of the Miss liennedys, the sisters of th e l a t e Si r Robert Ke nedy, to whose distinguished services during the war, as Commissary-General of the Forces, such honourable testimony was borne by the Duke of Wellington in his place in the House of Lords during the last session of Parliament. Neither have the claims of science been overlooked by her . Majesty in the appropriation of the very limited fund which has been placed 'by Parliament at the dis posal of the Crown for the reward of public service and of distinguished literary and scientific merit. Every friend to science will rejoice to hear that the name of Mr. Owen, the Hunterian . Professor of the College of Surgeons, has been added to the list of eminent men (Airey, Farraday, and others of equal distinction), whose claims upon public gratitude have been acknowledged by the Sovereign.—Evening paper. A gentleman of a dvanced years called upon 111 r. Cobden on Tuesday last, and placed in his hand a Bank of England note, with a slip of paper upon which was written as follows :—" A landowner, possessed of several farms, subscribes 1001. to the Anti-Corn-law League Fund. It is a money question, and the money speaks for itself. The subscription will be repeated if requisite." The stranger declined to disclose his name, nor did he stop to enter upon a discussion of the Corn-law, but merely repeating the pithy re mark, " It is a money question; it is a money ques - he departed. Our unknown friend was right ; the settlement of the Anti-Corn-law.agitation is now a question of money ; and the 50,0001. fund, to which he has so munificently subscribed, will settle the ques tion.—Anti-Bread Tax Circular. VIENNA, OCT. 22.—We learn from good authority that a considerable reduction will shortly be made in Austria on the import duty on several foreign articles, especially on coffee and sugar. The Ist of January, 1843, is the time when this alteration is to take place. This is an additional proof that the Austrian Govern ment Is departing from the prohibitory system hitherto in force, to adopt a system of protecting duties. PRESE RV AT I 0 N OF MEAT AND I WATER FOR SEA-VOYAGES. (From the Colonial Gazette.) The substitution of iron tanks for casks in ships has enabled double the quantity of water to be stowed in a given space ; and a similar stowage-saving might be enected with salted provisions, by following Captain Cook's plan of removin g th e bones from the meat pre viously to salting; by which there would be also an annual saving of at least 6,000 tons of bones for manure, that are now thrown waste into the sea from the ships of our war and mercantile marine. Salt in excess is a scurvy-producer ; whilst it hardens the lean and tends to expel its nutritious uices, as well ea the oleaginous particles of the fat during the heat of boiling. Olives, on this account, are salted previously to hot pressure, in order to force out the oil from the pulp. Sugar, on the contrary, is a scurvy-preven tive, whilst aiding the retention of the nutri tious juices of the lean, and the oleaginous particles of the fat, and thereby counteracting the hardening and shrinking of the meat, by the escape of these from it during the heat of boiling. When I was serving on the Brazil station, the dry fatless beef there was, always found to be inedible in the mess, after being a fortnight in corn, on account of its excessive saltness, hardness, and dryness ; but after sugar was combined with the salt, no fault was found with it at table as long as it lasted. Hence the benefits that would result to the health of our seamen, soldiers, and emigrants, from having a sufficiency of sugar in the cured meats to neutralise the salt's action, so as to make these meats no salter than was agreeable to the palate, thereby assimilating them to the meats that are fresh. Captain Cook, by introducing into ships the English housewifery practices of cleanliness and ventilation for health-preservation, esta blished a new sera in naval hygiene ; but had lie adopted also the English housewifery practice of combining sugar with salt in the useat-curing, he would have had less occasion for the various scurvy antidotes he was obliged to employ ; and although there has been a great advance in many naval hygiene matters since his time, it is unfortunate that his system of cutting out the bones before meat salting has not been followed up; as the meat nearest to the bone is not only the first to spoil when the salt does not sufficiently take, but eventually becomes the saltest when it does so. Were, indeed, the bone removed and the mixture of sugar with the salt universally adopted in meat-curing, ship's beef would cease to be known among sailors, when long in brine, by- the sobriquets of "old horse," "old junk," "mahogany," &c.; or a ship-carpenter be puzzled to tell " what species of wood it was," on a salt-hardened piece of lean, cut square and polished, being presented for his inspection. Water in ships' casks soon becomes so nauseous to taste and smell as to be a frequent source of disease, owing to the evolution of inflammable noxious gases by the chemical action of the water upon the wood. A table-spoonful of fresh lime well mingled with a butt-full of water, by a stick-agitation through the bung-hole, not only prevents this, but destroys the contained animalcules, and precipitates the dissolved vegetable matter ; thus keeping the water pure, sweet, and wholesome during the longest voyages; a desi deratum so conducive to health and comfort, that the lime-mingling ought to be enforced in every emi grant ship by the Government agents. P. CUNNINGHAM, R.N. STATE OF THE FACTORIES IN SEVEN COUNTIES. In a report addressed to the Secretary fur the Home Department, and dated the 20th of Ja nuary last, Mr. Horner, the Chief Inspector of Factories, states the results of some inquiries which he caused to be made by the superintendents of facto ries in his district. Mr. Horner's district compre hends the whole of the counties of Lancaster, West morland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, the North Riding of Yorkshire, and a part ( f the West Riding. It appears that in the latter part of 1841, the perisd of the investigation, the number of cotton mills in the district was 1,164, and of these 887 were in full work, employing 142,063 ; 139 were working less than 69 hours a week, employing 27,764 persons, and 138 were not at work. The total number of woollen and worsted mills in the district was 271, of which 139 were working full time, and employing 8,811 persons; 96 were working less than 69 hours a week, and employing 2,473 per sons ; and 36 were not at work. The total number of flax mills in the district was 78, of which 41 were working full time, and employ ing 5,548 ; 15 were working less than 69 hours a week, and employing 636 persons. The number of silk mills in the district is 28, of which 15 are in full work, employing 4,937 ; nine were working less than 69 hours a-week, employing 1,271 persons, and four were not working at all. The following is a general summary of all the mills in Mr. Horner'sdistrict At the time of the investigation 1,082 milts were working full time, or 69 hours a week, and employing 161,359 persons ; 259 were working less than 69 hours a week, and e:nploying 32,144 persons; and 200 were not at work. The Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the daughter of the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, is about to bestow her hand on Duke Adolphus, of Nassau.—Dusseldorf Gazette. FIRE AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Saturday night, about a quarter before ten o'clock, as one of the constables of the Eastern Counties Rail way was going his rounds, his attention was directed to some premises, situate near the Shoreditch station, belonging to Mr. Curtis, the contractor of the works, by observing a dense mass of smoke issuing from the same, and upon gaining that part of the premises he found that they were on fire. The premises were used as stabling, and owing to the inflammable nature of their contents, the fire spread with such amazing rapidity, that in less than ten minutes after the outbreak the place was one body of fire. A mes senger having been dispatched in the interim to the various engine stations with intelligence of the fire, in an incredibly short period the West of England and several brigade engines were on the spot, and, not withstanding that they arrived so shortly after the dis covery of the fire, their services were of very little use, as the place was completely levelled to the ground in less than twenty minutes after the alarm was raised ; and we regret to state that, besides the total destruction of the premises, a valuable horse also perished in the flames. The fire was caused through some boys discharging fireworks, which fell into the stable, and set fire to the hay, &c., which shortly after communicated to the building. LADIES FORMERLY IN PARLIAMENT.—Gurdon in his Antiquities of Parliament says, " The ladies of birth and quality sat in council with the Saxon Wita's." "The Abbess Hilda (says Bede) presided in an ecclesiastical synod." In Wighfred's great coun cil at Beconceld, A.D. 694, the abbesses sat and deliberated, and five of them signed the decrees h A o b p b s, ey an o d f nofobtlheast :,"King councilalo E n d g ga n i, i s ththe 1 charter d n to g' t h b e is with the consent of Crowland, A.D. 961, was the nobles and abbesses, who subscribed the charter." "In Henry the Third's and Edward the First's time four abbesses were summoned to Parlia ment, viz.—of Shaftesbury' Berking, St. M. of Winchester, and of Wilton." "In the 35th o f Edward 111. were summoned Eartiuguruc to appear there by' their proxies, viz.—Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor C oun t ess o f Ormond, Anna Des pmser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz- Water, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St. Paul Countess of Pembroke, Margaret de Roos, Matilda Countess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of Athol. These ladies were called ad colloquium et tractatum by their proxies, a privilege peculiar to the Peerage to appear and act by proxy." During a violent storm on Thursday at Aire, Pas de Calais, th e lightning entered the manufactory of fecula, of that place, but passed through without doing any material damage, and went along the streets and the border of the Lys, to the barracks, which are occupied by Cuirassiers. Here it made its way in, and ran from room to room, breaking every thing before it. In the Salle de Police it found two men in confinement, both of whom were affected, but not seriously. A stable was its next attraction. Here it knocked down five horses, but did not touch a sol dier that was with them. At length it escaped by the main gates, and disappeared in the Rue du Doyen. Powerful and extensive as was the current of the fluid, it is surprising that the damage it did was so small. Woonwicu, Nov. 4.—This morning a court-mar tial was held on board the 'William and Mary, Royal yacht, on a sailor of the Dee steamer, for threatening to take the life of one of the lieutenants of that vessel. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. lIADDINGTON.—SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—The fine 41b. loaf is now selling here at 6d., and the household loaf at sd. ; beef 5 d., mutton 4 d., and lamb . 3d. per lb.; American pork 3 d. and . per lb W per dozen ; fresh butter 11d. per lb.salt di , eggs Is. tto 9 id. to lid. per ditto ; oatmeal 9id. to 10d . per stone ; pota toes, N e o .r t . H ; E apples u RN P l I s K . E G r ATE.—Yes- TILE ELEPHANT per boll of t 4 nr gallon. terday se'nnight, as Mr. Van Alnburgh's was going to Wellington, ready for elephant the next day's performance, on coming to the which was shut, the turnpike gate, gate-man refused to open the gate unless the conductor paid extra toll, which he refusing to do, Wentthrough saying to the elepha n t, °' Jack the side wicket, ack, I must g o without you. But it was not to be so; for Jack would be as good as his master • so, without any ceremony, Jack applied his proboscis itself of the hindrance to the gate, and just eased by prostrating the gate in the road, to the no small amazement of the gate -keeper. We understand there was some injury done to the gate, the exp ense o f w hi c h t h e k ee per cheerfully paid.—Saloplan Journal. THE VIRTUE of RICH and POOR. Cant as we may, and as we shall to the end of all things, it is very much harder for the poor to be virtuous than it is for the rich; and the good that is in them, shines the brighter for it. In many a noble mansion lives a man, the best of husbands and of fathers, whose private worth in both capacities is justly lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with care and much privation; array her faded form in coarsely patched attire ; let there be nothing but his love to set her forth or deck her out, and you shall put it to the proof indeed. So change his station in the world, that he shall see in those young things who climb about his knees—not records of his wealth and name, but little wrestlers with him for his daily bread—so many poachers on his scanty meal —so many units to divide his every sum of com fort, and farther to reduce its small amount. In lieu of the endearments of childhood in its sweetest aspect, heap upon him all its pains and wants, its sicknesses and ills, its fretfulness, caprice, and querulous endur ance; l e t it s prattle be, not of engaging infant fancies, but of cold, and thirst, and e e n l: s e i pt, d N m va i t n e d ht l l ‘ t v e a n; s er o ; f t e h a e r i e r fu j l o v o s f a b n i d a hunger ; and if his fath er ly a ff ec ti on out li ve a ll t hi s, al e a h n i d ld h r sorrows ; then send him back to Parliament, anZi pit, and to Quarter Sessions, and when he hears fine talk of the depravity of those who live from hand to mouth, and labour hard to do it, let him speak up, as one who knows, and tell those holders forth that they, by parallel with such a class, should be High Angels in their daily lives, and lay but humble siege to heaven at last. _ Which of us shall say what he would be, if such realities, with small relief or change all through his days, were his! Looking round upon these p eo pl e ; far from home, houseless, indigent, wandering, weary with travel and hard living; and seeing how patiently they nursed and tended their young children ; how they consulted ever their wants first, then half supplied their own ; what gentle ministers of hope and faith the women were ; how the men profited by their ex ample; and how very, very seldom, even a moment's petulance or harsh complaint broke out among them ; I felt a stronger love and honour of my kind come glowing on my heart, and wished to God there had been many Atheists in the better part of human na ture there, to read with me this simple lesson in the book of life.—Dickens' Notes. The Attorney-General, and Mr. Bond, the newly appointed Magistrate of Queen-square police-office (in the room of the late Mr. Gregorie), transacted business at the Home-office on Friday. AN OPIUM EATER.-Mr. Higgs held an inquest yesterday evening in the Red Lion, Portland-street, Poland-street, upon the body of John Ford, aged 48, who died from the effects of opium. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was a native of Ireland, and had held rank as a petty officer in the Marine Service, from which he was discharged with a pension of 201. per annum. He, for the last three or four years, took no breakfast or dinner, his only food in the twenty-four hours, being a little tea, with half a slice of bread; and, for fourteen years, he was in the habit of taking- three or four doses of opium daily, sometimes taking as much as a drachm in one dose. Latterly his stomach rejected all food, and, as felt his constitution declining, he tried to leave it oft; but his mind was so depressed, and his sensations so horrible, that he was compelled ultimately to fly for relief to larger doses, and he died on Tuesday. The landlord of the deceased said, that for the last nine Years he invariably went to bed at twelve, and rose at five in the afternoon, thus taking treble the quantity of sleep usual to most men. The Jury, after a lengthened, and rather stormy consultation, returned a verdict of " Natural Death I'' CHARGE OF SMUGGLING.—OnFriday last, a dec,,nt looking female, a native of Scotland, was charged at the Police-court with smuggling 141bs. weight of tobacco, with which she had been stopped by police officer 176. The Prisoner, in her defence, stated that. she had just arrived in this country in the ship Rochester, with her child ; that her husband had died in New York ; that she was very poor, and that the sailors in the vessel had made up the tobacco for her from their own stocks, so that she might dispose of it for her support on landing. She had left her infant child on board the vessel. An officer was sent on board the vessel to make in: quiries, and it appeared that she had come by the vessel a returned emigrant, and that her child was there. Mr. Rushton kindly sent a communication to, the Collector of Customs, to ascertain whether, under the circumstances, ha would abandon proceedings against her ; but the reply from that gentleman was, that he had no power to mitigate the penalty in such. cases without directions from the Commissioners is London. Mr. Rushton informed the prisoner of this fact, and stated that he was under the necess;ty of imposing the penalty „fixed by the _statute of 1001., or, in default, imprisonment; but he should represent the case to the Board, who, he hoped, would mitigate the penalty, in which case she would be liberated after a few days' imprisonment. Mr. Rushton or dered that her child should be brought from the ship and given to her while she was detained.—Licerpoof Mercury. MAcßETies WITC ns.—The place where Macbeth met with the three weird sisters, is in the county of Moray, about seven miles westward of Elgin, and five miles on this side of Forres. It is nearly a mile its length, and in some parts more than half a mile in breadth. It is a singularly bare, desolate place, with range of high hills on the south side, and a large open space of country, now generally cultivated—with the Moray Frith and the Caithness hills in the distance. Nor is this all. Not only is the moor itself, atwhich the meeting: in question took place, still a " blasted heath," but, from its peculiar soil, it must ever remain so. The' progress of cultivation can never reach it. It mar farther be mentioned, that so desolate and barren fs the place, that people have a great dislike to travel through it in dark nights. The road to Forres, and. thence to Inverness, lies now, as in Macbeth's time, through this large tract of moor, still covered over with the " heath" so common in the mountainous. parts of Scotland.—Joseph Jenkins, a new Work; by the Azdhor of "Random Recollections." The works for the construction of e 18th ig ult.. the German_ d ilnn t fe h d e er an al n f i o v rt ers res ar s y of of U t l h m e battle of Lp commencedeois on th e and have+ since been continu e d w ith the greatest ~ under the superinte n d ence o f the - Director of Fortifi-s cat N io o ns ie V ss o t n h P ai r l it l t 4 w 2 ge itz. ntlemen have applied to be mit mitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench dur u. ing the present term ; and h application for re-admission to aree p r ractic nine notices Of practice. THE LAT E S IR M. 0 , LOGHLEN.—A meeting ;cd' attorneys was held in Dublin on Wednesday to cont.. sider the most suitable means of expressing their regrt st for the loss of the late Master of the Rolls, and they a• admiration of his character. Mr. Josias Dunn, fathe ir of the profession, was in the chair. Several gentle - men delivered their sentiments respecting the lat e lamented Judge, which bore the most ample testimon. r to his public and private worth, and a resolution we s adopted, appointing a committee to collect subscrip- • tions, to be laid out on a statue or some other perm-• nent proof of their feelings towards him. Within 20 , minutes after the meeting terminated, upwards oC 200/. were subserihod MEETING OF COLONEL FERGUSON, M.P., WITIU 1 HIS CONSTITUENTS.—CoIoneI Ferguson delivered an address to the electors of Kirkaldy, in the Town-hall, on Monday evening, Provost Swan in the chair. li e briefly detailed the proceedings of the late session of Parliament, and stated the reasons for the votes he had given, which appeared satisfactory to the electors given it present at the meeting. He said that during the. in favour of free trade party course of the session he had been unbiassed by feeling, and that although he had in general been csoonsiniedeirnesdtal instance s, given but hos tile to the policy pursued by the present Administra tion, some g ll ooc e iwou d result to the hisvi o h n i c , siu h i p e ppoas h had nevertheless , n l e a, ke th r es t e h sm e s l i e en s an s s „ uhr i nes n had supported a great opinion ip `: ::a ,' a a urr s tn : o t arfl y nteh i:y t ; th a e n i d r a a l d t o h p o t u i adoption. measures s t Proposed by he could not conscientiously vote for universal suffrage, Crawford's motion for he had supported Mr. . the Liberal party in elector present interrogat e d inquiry on the subject. No the Colonel, with the informed how th nfort the afio exception of A William e Lockhart, who wished to be , existing difficulties of the country could be rem ove d . T he Colonel said he cou ld eas ily answer question, et. s ton, but would refer Mr. Lockhart fori • on ofconfidence to Sir Robert Peel and the M inistr y . A motion in Colonel Ferguson as the re presentative of the burgh was afterwards proposed and unanimously agreed to.—Fifeshire Journal. INQUEST SEAR CHESTERFIELD.—ConsiderabIe ex citement was caused in Chesterfield, on Saturday morning week, by a rumour that a gentleman. had been fhat morning found lying on the Mans— field road, between Hasland and Normanton, in , a dying state, having evidently been thrown out: of his gig. On investigation, it turned out that; such was the fact, and immediate inquiriesi were made at the different inns, &c., in Chester-4, field, to ascertain whether any one answering the de—i scription had called at any of them on the previous evening. From those inquiries it transpired that the , unfortunate gentleman was Mr. George Styr ing. - ng„ aged 36, a coach-proprietor of Nottingham. Every thing calculated to restore consciousness was done, but he never rallied, and died the same evening. An inquest was held, at which the Jury returned a ver dict of " Died from from the gig." Five young men were, some days ago, sailing on the Seine, near Mantes, when, by a sudden gust wind, their little boat was upset, and they were all plunged i n t o the water. Four of them saved them• selves by swimming to shore, bid the fifth, a very fine youth of 19, was drowned.