The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. BERMUDA, Dec. 6.—At Port Royal, Jamaica. — Her Majesty's ship Imaum, 72, bearing the broad pennent of Commodore Bennett ; the Helena, 16, Commander De Courcey ; the Persian, 16, Com mander Bulman ; the Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Jenner, and the Trincomalee, 26, Captain Warren. At Bermuda —The Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold smith, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, Q.C.8., Commander-in-Chief ; and the Plumper, 11, Commander Nolloth. Both expected to leave in about a month, and after visiting the islands on thesouthesn part of the station, will sail for Port Natal. The Viper schooner, Lieutenant-Commander Ber nard, is daily expected at Bermuda, whence she will sail for England to be paid off. The Admiral has suffered much lately from rheu matism, but is getting much better now he has left the cold climate of Halifax. The Trincomalee, Vixen, and the Little Bermuda (schooner), have recently been at the Havannab, on s'rength of the report respecting an intended i n v asion by 500 American adventurers. The Plumper is preparing to take the Admiral to the Windward Islands. Her distilling apparatus continues to give general satisfaction, yielding suffi cient fresh water (from the sea water) for the daily consumption of the crew. THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. CAPTAIN Hienetaasti-On Monday last we, in announcing that Captain Hindmarsh, K.H., had been awarded the good-service pension, briefly mentioned the names of the actions in which he had distinguished himself. The following is a notice of his career from O'Byrne's Biography :-" John Hindmarsh entered the navy in May, 1793, as a first class volunteer, on board the Bellerophon, 74, in which ship he was em ployed for the long period of seven years, and was consequently present in Lord Howe's action of June 1, 1794, in Cornwallis's retreat of June 16 and 17, 1795, and at the battle of the Nile, besides sharing as midshipman in most of Nelson's boat operations off Cadiz in 1797, and contributing in 1799 to the capture of the forts at Naples and Gaeta. During the action off the Nile he was for some time the only per son left on the Bellerophon's quarter-deck, and being so at the moment her opponent, L'Orient, caught fire, he ordered the cable to be cut and the spritsail to be set-a measure which, in the opinion of Captain Darby (who returned to the quarter deck from the surgeon's hands immediately afterwards) saved the ship from destruction. For his conduct on that glorious day Mr. Hindmarsh had the honour of eliciting the public thanks of Lord Nelson, to whom, as subsequently to Earl St. Vincent and to all the Nile captains, he was personally presented by Captain Darby. Although on the occasion he re ceived so severe a contusion as ultimately to lose the sight of an eye (a misfortune for which he lever re ceived any pension, yet, to his honour be it recorded, nqthing could induce him to leave his station. Ac companying Captain Darby in May, 1800, into the Spencer, 74, he had an opportunity, in July, 1801, of sharing both in the action off Algeciras and in the victory gained by Sir James Saumarez, in the Gut of Gibraltar, where he also came into frequent boat contact with the Spaniards, and was once in particular engaged in repelling a serious at tack made by their flotilla upon his Majesty's ship Northumberland, of 74 guns. The Spencer being paid off in September, 1802, on her return from a voyage to the West Indies, Mr. Hindmarsh, in April, 1803, joined the Victory, 100, bearing the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Lord Nelson, through whose in fluence he was promoted, on the Ist of the following August, to a lieutenancy in the Phoebe, 36, Captain Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel. During a servitude of more than two years in that frigate he commanded her boats at the capture of many of the enemy's vessels, and in one instance, having successfully stormed some batteries in the neighbourhood of Toulon, he brought out a ship which had been lying un ler their protection. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805, he contributed, at its close, to the preservation of two of the prizes, the Swiftsure and the Bahama, and was subsequently placed in eharge, first, of the Fougueux, and then of the Bahama. On leaving the Phcebe he was ap pointed, in November, 1805, senior of the Beagle, 13, Captains George Digby and Francis Newcombe, under whom he was for a long time employed on the coast of France, and proved instrumental in the capture of many very heavy privateers ; during the operations connected with the destruction of the French squa dron in Aix Roads, in April, 1809, the Beagle, with a degree of gallantry that procured her general ad. miration, took up a position between his Majesty's ships and the enemy, and remained on the quarters of the Aquilon, 74, and the Ville de Varsovie, 80, until they successively struck their colours. She then followed the Ocean, 120, up the river Charente, and having moored across the stern of that ship, continued in hot action with her for five hours, when the turnieg of tho tide compelled her to desist. After assisting at the reduction of Flushing Mr. Hindmarsh was nominated first lieute nant of the Nisus, 38, Captain Philip Beaver, and ordered to the Isle of France, where he ar rived in time to aid in its subjugation, and to command a large detachment of boats sent to take possession of its coast batteries. He next, in Sep- - tember, 1811, beheld the fall of Java, and in May, 1813, he invalided home. His promotion to the rank of commander tcok place June 15, 1814, but it was not until March 8, 1830, that he succeeded in obtaining another appointment. He was then placed in com mand of the Scylla, 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, from which station, on advancement to post rank, on the 31 September, 1831, he returned home ; on the 21st of April, 1836, Captain Hindmarsh (who had been allowed previously to joining the Scylla, to study at the Royal Naval College) was next appointed to the Buffalo, 6, for the purpose of founding the colony of South Australia-a settlement of which he became the first governor. He left the Buffalo in June, 1837, and has not since held any employment afloat." Sist JAMES Ross.-The following from the same source is an account of Sir James Ross's services :- " Sir James Clarke Ross, born April 15, 1800, is the son of George Ross, Esq , of Chatham-place, Lon don, and Belsarroch, Wigton, and nephew of Captain Sir John Ross, R.N., Knt., C.B. This officer entered the navy April 5, 1812, as first-class volunteer, on board the Briseis, 10, commanded by his uncle, Capt. John Ross, under whom he was employed as midship man and master's mate in the same vessel, and in the Actaeon, 16, and Driver, 18, in the Baltic, White Sea, arid Channel, and on the west coast of Scot land, until December, 1817. On Jan. 16, 1818, a few weeks after Captain Charles ilope Reid had suc ceeded to the command of the Driver, he was again placed under the orders of Capt. John Ross as Admi ralty midshipman on board the Isabella hired sloop; and in the course of the same year he accompanied him in his first expedition for the discovery of a north -west passage. In December, 1818, having returned to England, he joined the Severn, 40, Captain William M'Culloch, lying in the Downs. Between January, 1819, and October, 1825, he was engaged under the present Sir William Edward Parry, in three other voyages to the Arctic regions. During the first two he was attached to the Hecla and Fury bombs, commanded in person by Captain Parry ; and while absent on the second he was pro moted, December 26, 1822, to the rank of Lieu tenant. On the last occasion he was again in the Fury, with Captain Henry Perkyns Heffner, and was in that vessel wrecked is lat. 72 42 30, long. 91 50 5. In 1827, Mr. Ross, as first of the Hecla, was the companion unce more of Captain Parry, in his attempt to reach the Pole from the northern shores of Spitzbergen, by travelling with sledge boats over the ice. On his return to England he was presented with a commander's commission, dated Nov. 8, 1827. He was next, from 1111 Z until 1833, em isloyed under his uncle in the Polar expedition equipped by Sir Felix Booth. His eminent services during that period (he had the honour of planting the British flag on the north magnetic pole were rewarded (after he had officiated for a year as super numerary Commander of the Victory, 104, flag ship of Sir Thomas Williams, at Portsmouth), by his elevation to post rank, October 28, 1834. In December, 1835, Captain Ross was invested with the - command (which he retained about twelve months) of the Cove, a sixth rate, for the purpose of proceeding in quest of, and of conveying relief to, some missing whalers which had been frozen up in Baffin's Bay. He was subsequently, until 1838, employed in making a magnetic survey of Great Britain and Ireland, by order of the Admiralty; and on the Bth of April, 1839, he was appointed to the command, in the Erebus bomb, i of an expedition (consisting of that vessel and the Terror) which, in the ensuing September, sailed from England for the purpose of magnetic research and geographical di s co ver y i n th e Antartic seas. During an absence of four years three persevering attempts were made to penetrate the icy limits of the South Pole. In the course of their cruises the ships discovered a vast continent, fringed with a barrier of ice 150 feet in height they ne ver th e l ess adven turously persisted, and in spite of the many per il s succeeded in arriving within 157 mil es o f t h e P o i; (lat. 78 10). Among other discoveries they met with an active volcano in lat. 77 32 south, and long. 167 east, seated amidst eternal snows, and gaining an altitude of 12,400 feet. To this was imparted the name of Mount Erebus,' as had been to the conti nent that of Victoria Land. Valuable contributions during the voyage were made to botany, zoology, and geology; and meteorology and terrestrial mag• nettsm derived much benefit from the assiduity be stowed on them. The expedition returned in September, 1839 ; and as a pr oo f of the skill, humanity and attention with which it had been conducted, we must add th a t i n th e w h o l e o f th e four years it had only lost three men by accident and one by illness. A short time after his arrival in England Captain Ross received the honour of knight hood; and on the 31st of January, 1848, he was ap pointed to the Enterprise discovery ship, now in search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin. Sir James Clark Ross was elected a fellow of the Linn= Society in 1823, and a fellow of the Royal Society Dec. 11, 1828. He is also a fellow of the Royal Astronomical and Royal Geographical Societies of London, and of other places in England, a mem ber of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Copenha gen, and a corresponding member of the Geographi cal Society of Paris. In 1833 he received the thanks Of the Common Council of London, and a piece of plate from the subscribers to the Land Arctic Expe dition ; in 1841 the Founder's Gold Medal' from the Geographical Society of London ; in 1842 the gold medal of the Geographical Society of Paris; and in 1844 the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford. ' THE LATE SIR FRANCIS COLLIER AND TRH CHINA THE MURDER AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, Dxc, 26.—The adjourned inquest on the body of William Braund, who was shot on Sunday afternoon at Bedminster, was concluded this day at the Hope and Anchor, Redcliff-hill, before Mr. J. B. Grindon, coroner. The utmost interest was mani- felted in the proceedings, and a large crowd collected outside the house where the inquest was held, and the inquest-room itself, and all the approaches to it, were densely crowded. Mr. Ayre, attorney, appeared as before to watch the proceedings on the part of the prisoner. The coroner having read over the evidence adduced on Monday, Mr. Cornish was recalled, and added to his former testimony, that as the prisoner was being conveyed to the station, his (Cornish's) nephew asked him a question as to what the pistol was loaded with, but he did not hear any reply. William Roacb, of 19, King-street, Bedminster, driver of a van to Beth, deposed to witnessing the circumstances of the struggle, and clearly identified the prisoner as the boy who fired the pistol at the deceased. He saw the prisoner take the pistol from his breast. One of the young men who tried to take the pistol said to him, " You do not mean to fire that thing ?" Be replied " No; I know myself better; but if he (meaning the deceased, and pointing to him with the pistol) does not leave Collins alone I will fire at him or at you either." Witness passed on a few yards, but on turning round saw the prisoner step on one side of the young man, run a few yards towards the pavement, and fire at the deceased, who put his hand to his mouth and fell forward on his face. After he fired the pistol the prisoner ran off up the Cut, and witness pursued hint, when he threw the pistol at his (witness's) head, but it only struck him on the fingers, and he flung him self on him and secured him. The struggle between the deceased and Collins was not of a violent nature, nor was there anything in it to excite alarm. Witness captured the prisoner in Still-house-lane, having pre viously picked up the pistol, which he gave to Ser geant Black at the station-house. He did not hear the boy with the pistol call out for assistance before he fired, SQUADRON. The Southampton portion of the Indian mail has brought us the following additional letter from our correspondent in the China squadron : " Hong-Kong, Oct. 30, P.M. " I was obliged to close my letter hurriedly, and write this to correct a mis-statement which appeared in a paper here last night about the Admiral having been found dead in his bed by his servant. Captain Morgan ; Mr. Price, the late Admiral's secretary ; Dr. Bankier, of her Majesty's ship Alligator; and Dr. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Hastings, were with him for many hours before his death; and the lion. Mr. Hulme, the Chief Justice of the colony, in whose house Sir F. Collier died, paid him the most unremitting attention personally during the whole of the last night of his life. We shall anxiously expect to hear who is to succeed him in the command. " The Mariner, 16, Commander Matheson, is daily expected from Shanghae. The Pilot, 16, Commander Lyons, is at Amoy ; the Arab, 12, Commander Norris, is at Ningpo ; and the Medea steam-sloop, Commander Lockyer, is at Anson's-bay, in the Canton river, having been ordered down from Whampoa in consequence of the sickly state of her crew, who are suf fering severely from dysentery. The Fury steam-sloop, Commander Wilcox; the Columbine, 16, Commander Hay ; and the Hon. Company's steam-sloop Phlege then, have been absent for the last three weeks on a cruise to the island of Hainau in search of pirates. No authentic intelligence has been received of them since their departure, but their return is hourly ex pected. Sir Francis Collier's flag was struck last night, and Captain Morgan has assumed the com mand of this part of the station, which he will retain until the arrival of Captain Massie in the Cleopatra, 26, who will then be senior officer until superseded by Commodore Plumridge, who will, of course, come here as soon as possible as a first-class commodore. Mr. Thomas M'Knight, her Majesty's agent victualler at this place, died of Hong-Kong fever on the 9th inst.; and Mr. Walker Burke, Paymaster and Purser of her Majesty's ship Hastings, has been appointed to the temporary charge of the naval stores in the dock yard, by Rear-Admiral Collier. He will retain the appointment until the arrival of his successor. Lieutenant Everest, lately commanding her Majesty's ship Royalist, and Acting-Lieutenant Bennett, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Meander, hare been inva lided ; the latter goes home overland. There are no other changes. The Medea has been sent for to pro ceed to Bombay, to apprize Commodore Plumridge of the death of Sir Francis Collier." PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24 —Her Majesty's brig Brit°. mart, Captain Chamberlayne, from Sierra Leone, was towed up harbour to-day by her Majesty's steam- tug Confiance. She is to be paid off here forthwith. Her Majesty's steamer Archer arrived yesterday from Woolwich. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Stromboli sailed to day for Queenstown with seamen for her Majesty's ship Superb. Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, Captain Smart, will go into the Sound on Wednesday. A general muster of the artisans and labourers in the Devonport Dockyard took place to-day in the presence of Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis ; the Master-shipwright, Mr. Edye ; the Master-At tendant, Mr. Henderson ; and the other officers of the establishment. Wind—North-East; fine. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 26.—Acting Mate—Thomas B. M. Sulivan (1848), to the Stromboli steam-sloop. Carpenters—William Waldron to the Enterprise ; George James Ford to the Investigator. Captain Austin, C. 8., Acting Superintendent of this dockyard, in the absence on leave of Commodore Henry Eden, accompanied by Captain Collinson, of her Majesty's ship Enterprise, walked round the yard yesterday morning, and afterwards attended to all the official duties required for the day. Commander M'Clure left Woolwich on leave on Monday afternoon, and is not expected to return before Friday morning. Captain Hope, C 8., was on board the Terrible steam-frigate yesterday evening, and that fine vessel had her steam up this morning, and was ready to start her moorings, being partly unloosed, when the fog set in so thick that it v - as considered advisable to postpone her departure, which s ill take place to morrow at 9 A M., if the weather is favourable. It is now fully anticipated that an expedition will proceed at an early period to the Arctic regions to make further research, in the hope of meeting with Captain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. This expedition will be fitted out by private enterprise, and entrusted to the command of Captain Sir John Ross, already celebrated for his voyages to the Arctic regions ; and it is but justice to:state that Sir Felix Booth is exerting himself in a most laudable manner in this under taking. It is contemplated to have a fast sailing brig, the best description of clipper that can be obtained, with a light draught of water, and that she should be accompanied by a steamer, and a screw-propeller will be preferred, in order to tow the vessel through the ice when requisite. From the known energy and perseverance of Sir John Ross, and the promises of volunteers whose knowledge of the northern regions has been tried on several previous occasions, there is every reason to hope the expedition will be successful in the objects contemplated, and a grateful country will appreciate the exertions made by private enter prise to a greater extent than could be expected from a powerful Government. The long absence of the missing voyagers will give a double interest to the uniertaking, and the knowledge of two searching ex peditions being dispatched—one by Government round Cape Horn to Behring's Straits, and the other by private enterprise to Davis's Straits, Lancaster Sound, Barrow's Straits, and ultimately to Melville Island, where there is every reason to believe intelli gence of the missing expedition will be found, will create a spirit of emulation with every prospect of favourable results, so as to set the minds of the public at ease as to the fate of Captain Sir John Franklin and the gallant officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. By the CORONER—No blows passed between any parties whilst he was present. IV hen the boy flung the pistol he was running, and when witness overtook him he had fallen, and said, " Let me rest." Witness asked him how he came to do such a thing ? He said he did it in the height of passion, and wished some one to go for a surgeon. Witness heard Mr. Brown ask him whether the pistol was loaded with ball, and he said he did not know. Thomas Black, police sergeant, 18, deposed that he was on duty at the Bedminster station, when the prisoner was brought in by Mr. Cornish and the other witnesses. The prisoner gave his name either as James or Alfred Dauncy, of No. 10, Clarence place, Brown's-row, aged 14, which witness entered in the police charge-sheet. He took from him the articles now produced, except the pistol, which was received from Roach. (The pistol was here produced ; it was a brass screw barrelled weapon about eight inches in length.) There were seven bullets fitting the pistol, one imperfect, a bullet mould, three pieces of lead, one the letter Q, and two other pieces of printers' type battered, a picklock, a purse containing three sovereigns, and ls. 6d. in silver, four percussion caps (one discharged), a pack of cards, a boy's cap, and a German silver pencil case. The prisoner also had a cap on his head. Whilst witness was tak ing down the other witnesses' names the prisoner said voluntarily, " It was done in the heat of temper." He said nothing else. The witness also produced a coat, waistcoat, and other articles of dress delivered to him by Mr. Rogers, house sur geon at the Bristol General Hospital, which belonged to the deceased. The coat had been divided in two for the purpose of getting it off the deceased's body. Marks of blood appeared on it, and the hole made by the bullet was distinctly vi-Able just under, but in front of the right arm. Corresponding marks ap peared on the waistcoat and shirt. The other articles were more or less stained with blood. Witness also produced a life-preserver broken in two, which had been taken to the police-station by a boy named Howard. Susan Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown, turner, of 20, Brown's-row, who witnessed the occurrence, gave a similar version of the affair to that which has already appeared in evidence. She said she distinctly saw the pistol in the prisoner's hand, and, being afraid, moved away. Witness thought she heard Horgan say, "If you do, I'll throw you into the water." The prisoner pointing at Horgan said, " I'll fire at thee in a moment." Witness saw him then run round Horgan and fire. She afterwards saw the deceased lying on the ground bleeding from the mouth and nose. Francis Staples, of Windmill-hill, sawyer, gave similar testimony to that of the preceding witnesses. He differed from them, however, by saying that in tl e struggle the deceased threw the lad Collins on the ground, but did not fall himself. Some one then said, "Shoot him," but he could not tell whether it was the prisoner or the other one. llorgan tried to keep the prisoner away from the deceased, and asked the prisoner if he would shoot him. He said " No, if he would let his partner go; he knew himself better." Then the one who was shot pushed the other up against the railings by Mr. Brown's house, and th© prisoner held up his pistol in his hand and shot him. It was a brass pistol. Frances Eliza Jenkins, having been sworn, de• tailed at some length the particulars of the occur rence, but there was nothing in her evidence which materially differed from that which had already been given. She added that when the deceased was shot he held his side and said, "Oh 1" Large pieces of congealed blood fell from his mouth, and soon after wards be fell. This witness swore positively that the prisoner fired the pistol. She said she saw him run away immediately he had done it, and shortly after wards she saw him in custody at the station-house. Alexander Fairbrother, M.D., deposed that he was one of the physicians at the Bristol General Hospital. He saw the body of the deceased last Sunday even ing, about nine o'clock, or later. It lay in the dead house of the hospital. He had since made a post mor tent examination, in the presence of Mr. Rogers, the house-surgeon; and Mr. Lansdowne and Mr. Lang, surgeons, were both there part of the time. The body was dressed when he first saw it. He observed that the coat, waistcoat, and shirt had marks of blood on them, and there was an appearance on the right side, near the second rib, in front of the right armpit, of a bullet having penetrated, there being marks corresponding to the wound beneath. On the body being stripped he carefully examined the exterior of it, and found no mark or wound upon it, excepting a wound inflicted on the right side, in front of the right armpit, near the second rib. The wound pre sented an appearance of having been caused by a gun or pistol ball. Witness examined all the cavities, and found everything healthy, except such morbid appear ances as were caused by the wound. The bullet had passed through the second rib on the right side, and splintered it, then through the right lung and the windpipe; it grazed the gullet, wounded some of the vessels, then passed through the left lung, then through the second rib on the left side, leaving some of the cloth in it, and then it lodged in the fleshy part just above the left shoulder. The wound was sufficient to occasion death. The bullet produced was the bullet in question ; it was in the state i n w hi c h he found it. (The witness here handed the bullet to the coroner. It was quite flattened.) He had compared the bullet with the pistol, and found it to fit ; he had also _com pared it with the other bullets produced this day, and sworn to have been found on the prisoner, and it matched them. He had not the slightest doubt that the death of the deceased was caused by that bullet. His death must have been nearly instantaneous, the bullet having gone through the windpipe. The CORONER then asked Mr. Ayre whether there were any witnesses in attendance whom he would like to be examined on behalf of the prisoner, to which an answer was returned in the negative. The CORONER then recapitulated the whole of the evidence to the jury, making his comments thereon as he proceeded. He concluded by observing, that in the present instance he saw no circumstances either of provocation or of alleviation that would reduce the crime to that of manslaughter. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, Alfred Dauncy, who was, therefore, committed to take his trial for the capital offence on the coroner's inquisition. During the whole of the lengthened inquiry this day the prisoner maintained the utmost indifference. He even heard the verdict of " Wilful Murder" re turned against him quite unmoved. As, however he was being removed in the custody of the police, some of his friends stepped forward to wish him good bye, and just at that juncture he appeared to be con siderably affected. Tnn PANIC ABOUT A HIGH TIDE.—Mr. Conway, of the Dubin Enening Post, has applied to the Astrono mer Royal for his opinion as to any foundation existing for the apprehended deluge next week, and has elicited from that authoritative quarter the following sedative information : " Observatory, near Dublin, Dec. 24, 1849—Dear Mr. Conway, I have requested my assistant, Mr. Thompson, to revise his calculations relative to the spring tide at the end of this month, and he reports to me that he finds no reason to expect that the tide in question will obtain any extraordinary height. Of course it may be favoured by winds, but that we cannot foresee. --I am, dear Mr. Conway, very truly yours, Wm. Rowan Harail:on.—F. W. Conway, Eq." THE SHOREHAM ELECTION. — The nomination will take place on the 28th. There is little doubt that Lord Alexander Lennox, the Protectionist candidate, will be returned without opposition, no other candidate havieg offered himself since the retirement of Mr. Shelley. On 'Wednesday last a large eagle, who has taken up his quarters at Blarney, seized upon a plump, well grown pig, and flew .a considerable distance, but was terrifivd ir.to the surrender of his prey by the ;hotting of the spectators.— Cork Reporter. THE SUN, _LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMILE RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.--The turn-out of the porters connected with the above line of railway has extended to the company's extensive establishments in this town. According to a placard plentifully posted in the neighbourhood of the Birmingham and Derby station, in Lawley-street, after having previously re duced the wages of the men from 13s. to 17s. per week, it is now further attempted to reduce them to 163. This has been resolutely resisted, and on Satur day evening nearly, if not quite, 100 porters, quitted their employ. The men, in the placard alluded to, complain bitterly of the company in thus forcing them to contribute out of their extremely limited in comes twevards meeting the deficiencies brought about, as they say, by the mismanagement and extravagance of the directors—not very conciliatory language, it must be admitted, but still not without some truth. In the mean time the advertisement issued for men to fill the vacant situations has been responded to by numerous applicants, and yesterday there appeared to be every probability that the vacant places would speedily be filled. As a matter of course, great delay and inconvenience have been experie: ced by the company, more especially in the efficient management of the goods traffic, and one unfortunate servant in their employ, unaccustomed to the work, who was called upon to assist as a porter, has had his thigh broken and been otherwise seriously ir3jurcd by ore of the engines. Two or three of the old porters, shose services are of particular value, have returned to their employ, on the understanding, that the pro posed reduction will be "made up to them" in some other way. AN ARTFUL STRATAGEM. A good deal of excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Niagara Falls on the 27th of No vember last, by the report that a lady named Mrs. Miller had thrown herself over Niagara Falls. It seems that she arrived in the morning train, having with her two little boys, four and six years old. After taking rooms at the Eagle Hotel, she called for writing materials, and nothing more was heard from her until next morning, when the boys rang the bell and inquired for their mother. On the table of her room were found three letters, respectively addressed to Major Miller, U.S.A., the Hon. J. Norvell, of Detroit (Michigan), and the landlord of the Eagle Hotel. A copy of the last epistle is before us. It announced that the mind of the writer (Mrs. Miller) was " made up ;" that she found life no longer worthy of preservation, and therefore intended to commit suicide—in such a manner to prevent any of the morbidly curious from "gazing on her mangled re mains." The letter also commended the little boys to the care of their grandparent—the Honourable Mr. Norvell abovementioned. The children, on being interrogated, stated that their mother had " bid them ' Good-bye"' on the preceding evening, when she put them to bed. During the day her bonnet was found on the pier of the bridge leading to Goat Island, and her shawl tied to the railing. It was supposed, as a matter of course, that the un fortunate lady had sought rest from her troubles in the abyss below. But, alas, for the romance - writers ! the Republican, of Buffalo, too soon dispelled the visions of the " lovers of the marvellous" by a provokingly matter-of fact paragraph, stating that Mrs. Miller (the supposed suicide) was still alive, and that she bad preferred the embraces of rosy Cupid to those of pale Death— having, in short, eloped with " a friend" from Phila delphia. The theatrical arrangement of the letters and the shawl and bonnet was, of course, a mere rime to induce the belief that the body of the frail one was drowned in the falls of Niagara. The circumstances which thus relieved the public mind are too closely connected, and too well attested to leave room for a doubt that Mrs. Miller is alive and well, and for the present enjoying the society of her paramour, one Mr. Henry Blakemer, of Philadelphia. The lover is de scribed—not very poetically, by the way—as a man five feet eight inches high, the state of whose heard certified that it could not have scraped acquaintance with such a thing as a razor for at least three or four weeks. NOTICE.—TA E COUNTESS OF BLFSSINGTON'S NOVEL, " COUNTRY QUARTERS," in 3 vols., with portrait, and memoir of her Ladyship by her niece, Miss Power, is published this day by Mr. Shoberl, 20, Great Marl borough•street.-2. Also now ready at all the libraries, " Flies in Amber," by Miss Pardoe, authoress of" The City of the Sultan," " The Pretty Woman," &c., 3 vols. —3. " Napier's Southern Africa," 2 ♦ols. small Bvo., with portrait of Sir H. Smith, &c. " The fullest, clearest, and most satisfactory account- of everything relating to, or connected with, the Capo that we have yet seen."--IVaval and Military Gazette, clitrb Mlltttott VENICE. A letter from Venice says, that a few days ago a poor old fruit woman, near the Rialto, enraged at a Croat who took her fruit without payment, loudly cursed the Austrians. She was immediately publicly flogged in the Piazza St. Marco. She was covered with blood when the execution was over, and cursed the Austrians again. The punishment was repeated, but this time sh• cursed not, for she was dead. IRELAND. (FROM OUR COURESPONDIINT.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY' EVENING.—This is gene rally made a haliday also, and all kinds of sports have taken place in the suburban districts. On the North Bull there have been donkey races, &c., under the auspices of an enterprising omnibus proprietor, named Wilson, who, having introduced the London omnibus here, is now at least driving a thriving business. The day has been fine, but cold, and the crowds of holiday folk in the streets more than usually large. The late civic riot is still the topic of much con versation. Never was there a discomfiture so signal as that of Mr. Reynolds, in his motion concerning the town clerk, and he cannot be an object of sym pathy, seeing that he abandoned the portion of his motion referring to the reduction, whilst be persisted in that which involved the town clerk's "attend ance at his desk from ten till five o'clock," thus giving room to the imputation that he was influenced by personal spite, and not by public principle. The worst feeling exists bltween the Lord Mayor elect and the rest of the Corporation. The Town Council have intimated that they will take no part in the "Lord Mayor's show" on New Year's Day; and, in return, his Lordship, it is fully expected, will not give the usual dinner, for which no invitations have as yet been issued. The disposal of the great government contract for printing, which had been watched with so much in terest, has at length been decided. It has been taken from Mr. Alexander Thom, and given to Messrs. Grierson, "her Majesty's printers" for Ireland, who enter on the contract for five years in March next. Doubtless the work will now be divided amongst the chief Dublin houses. But what gives to this matter a more general interest is the fact that Mr. Thom has been for years in open warfare with the body of journeymen printers in this sity, who are also, I understand, leagued in union with the compositors of England and Scotland. Mr. Thom was accustomed to prefer any printer to an Irish one, but would give nu employment to any one connected with what is called the " regular body," whose rules he had infringed to the extent of having upwards of eighty apprentices. In the reports of the Irish Academy, just issued, there are mentioned two most interesting discoveries —the first, a curious manuscript, called the " Dinn seanchus," an authentic narrative of the wars of the Danes in Ireland ; the second, " Cormac's Glossary," written nearly a thousand years ago by Cormac M'Cuillenan, King of Munster, and Archbishop of Cashel, a man distinguished as the most learned scholar of his time, and there is reason to believe it was intended by him to be a glossary to the im portant historical collections called "The Psalter of Cashel," compiled by his orders. Throughout the work are scattered words in the Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon, Welsh, Pictish, and Icelandic languages. It is in process of translation by Drs. Graves and Todd, aided by Messrs. O'Donovan and Curry—the four best Celtic scholars living. The other work it is also intended to translate and print as soon as the funds of the academy will permit. It is looked upon as one of the most important original authorities on Irish history that has recently been rescued from oblivion. lts publication would be a boon to the literature of Europe ; for great obscurity still hangs over the history of the maritime expeditions of the ancient Norsemen ; and a local narrative of undoubted antiquity, such as this curious work most certainly is, would be hailed with interest by all nations interested in the history of that extraordinary people. The courts being all closed, and little or no public business transacted, there is not a particle of local news. The Incumbered Estates Commission will not sit again till the Bth of January, on which day they will sit in Chamber, and on the following day in full Court. In future they will sit in Chamber every Tuesday and Friday. RE-Drams OF THE MUNICIPAL WARDS.—The proclamation confirming the re-division of the wards by the commissioners appointed under the 12th and 13th Victoria, appeared in the Dublin Gazette of last night. The altered names of the wards are— No. 1. South Dock Ward-2. Trinity Ward -3 South City Ward-4. Royal Exchange Ward-5. Mansion-house Ward-6. Fitzwilliam Ward-7. Wood•quay Ward-8. Merchants'. quay Ward-9. Usher's-quay Ward-10. Arran-quay Ward-11. lams-quay Ward-12. North City Ward-13. Ro tundo Ward-14. Mountjoy Ward-15. North Dock Ward. THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 96k; ditto for opening, 961; Three-and-a Quarter per Cent. Stock, 96f 11-; Bank Stock, opening, 199 • Great Southern and Western Railway, 30; Wicklow Copper Mine, 91; Midland Great Western, 231. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1549. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseasos ... *197 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ~. 36 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• 156 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 131 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 39 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ..• ••• ••• ••• ... 227 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, & Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ••• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... 50 ... 10 ... 4 ... 25 ... 33 ... 45 DEATHS FRO3I ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 301,189 North D:Ariets.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts.. 503,346 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males ... Females ... 1,043 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8 in the Five Autumns. Week. 164 ... 149 • . 207 ... 206 , 208 ... 164 , 259 ... 223 , 324 ... 301 ... 1,162 ... 1,043 ... 530 ... 513 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... Females ... ... 682 ... 671 Total ... ... 1,353 *ln this number are included 29 by Scarlatina, 34 by Typhus Fever, 13 by Diarrhcea, and 1 by Cholera. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Sia o'CLoca. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Chanticleer 66 to 1 agst Idle Boy 66 to 1 apt Lady Evelyn 66 to 1 agst Melody 100 to 1 agat Cockermouth 100 to 1 apt EMMEti No others backed. mi DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 12 to 1 apt Ghillie Callum 25 to 1 agst Sweetheart 18 to 1 agst the Nigger THE ARMY.—Three companies of the 20th regi ment of Foot, stationed at London, Canada, were under orders to proceed to Kingston, the head-quarters of the regiment, on December the 7tb. They were to embark at Hamilton in the Princess Royal transport ship. On the arrival of the 20:h at Kingston a wing of , the Rifle Brigade, now in garrison there, will embark for Toronto, to join the head-quarters of the 2d battalion, doing duty at that station. The period of foreign service of regi ments at present serving in Canada, and other parts of North America, now nearly completed, place them in the following rotation of return home to England :—The 7th Royal Fusiliers, at present stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, went abroad on the 6th of November, 1839, and their ten years of foreign service are now completed. The Ist battalion of the Ist, or Royal, Regiment of Foot went abroad on the 25th of November, 1839, and are at present stationed at New Brunswick. The 19th Regi ment of Foot, at present in Montreal, went abroad in September, 1840; and the 38th R"giment, at present in Nova Scotia, in the same month of the same year. The 79th (Cameron Highlanders) went abroad in December, 1840, and are at present in Quebec. The 88th (Con naught Rangers) went abroad in December, 1840, and are at present stationed at Trinidad. These regiments in the rotation given are the first to be relieved from foreign service in North America and the West Indies. The Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade went abroad in November, 1840, and are now serving at the Cape of Good Hope, but their services may be required some time longer at that station. Tan DRAMA AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—The perform anus will take place at Windsor Castle prior to Easter. Julius Cesar is to be represented on the first occasion. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of preference shareholders in this com pany was held on Monday, at Stafford, for the pur pose of considering what steps should be taken to secure the payment of the full dividend on the pre ference shares, instead of the reduced dividend, on the lath of January next. Mr. T. Egerton, M.P., was called to the chair. It appeared that the preference share capital amounted to 1,170,0001., in 58,500 shares of 20/. each, being entitled to a dividend of 61. 13s. 41. per cent. until the opening of the entire North Staffordshire Railway, after which period these shares to be entitled to a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. These shares were given in exchange by the North Staffordshire Company for the Old Trent and Mersey Canal shares, which were in existence prior to the formation ' of the railway company. The matter in dispute be tween the holders of the preference shares, with Lord Hatherton at their head, and the directors of the North Stafforshire Railway is, that the former contend that the entire line of railway ret forth in the Act of Parliament has not been opened, and there fore they are entitled to the full dividend, 61. 13s. 41. per cent., until it is opened. The railway directors assert that the entire line was opened before the 15th of July last, and that consequently the old canal proprietors, now the holders of the preference shares, are entitled to receive only five per cent. on their shares until the net earnings of the railway exceed this amount on the whole capital of the com pany, when the holders of the preference shares will be entitled to a rateable proportion of the net re ceipts above five per cent. until the dividend on the preference shares shall amount to 6/. 13s. 41. per cent., beyond which they are not to participate in the profits. At present the net earnings of the North Staffordshire Railway do not exceed 1 per cent. per annum on the capital expended, so that there is no chance of the preference shares participating in profits above the 5 per cent. mentioned. The com pany have given notice of an application to Parliament for power to abandon certain branches, and to remove the restriction with regard to them respecting payment of dividends. After some conversation a deputation was appointed to confer with the directors on the subject, and to represent that the opinions of counsel were in favour of the preference shareholders' SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of shareholders ,in this company was held yesterday at Birmingham, for the purpose of adopting certain resolutions and a requisition to the directors to convene a special meeting of the share , holders, to take into consideration certain proposed amended terms for a lease of the line, to be submitted by the directors to the gentlemen who proposed to be lessees at the late meeting held at Walsall about three weeks ago. Mr. J. P. Dyott (Mayor of Lich field) occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated the origin and object of the present meeting. As one of the projectors of the South Staffordshire Railway, and having bought shares at a considerable premium, after the decision of the late meeting of shareholders at Walsall he had deemed it his duty, in conjunction with his friends Mr. Payn and Mr. Johnson, to endeavour, if possible, to bring matters in dispute to a satisfactory settlement. It would be recollected that it was by the excellent speech of his friend Mr. Johnson that the lease then proposed to be granted to Mr. M`Lean and others was rejected at the meeting to which he had referred. He (the Chairman) and the gentlemen already named had met together, and he believed they had drawn up terms which would meet with the approbation of the great body of share holders. By the lease submitted to them at the general meeting the lessees were to pay, upon a paid up capital of 669,375/., 2 per cent. tor the first year, 4 per cent. for the next succeeding ten years, and 4} per cent for the next ten years, which would conclude a lease of 21 years. He (the Chairman) would read to them the terms of the proposed amended lease. (The Hon. Gentleman read the lease at length. The only material deviations from the original lease will be found in the following items :—The lease to be for 21 years. The capital to be taken as before, at 8/. 10s, per share paid-up, or in the aggregate, at 669,3751. For this the lessees to pay, for the first year at the rate of 2 per cent., amounting, as calculated, to 13,3871.; for seven years at 4 per cent., amounting to 26,7751.; for six years at 41 per cent., amounting to 30,1211.; and for the concluding seven years at the rate of 5 per cent., amounting to 33,468/. The lessees to pay 6001. instead of 500/ annually towards the directors' expenses.) Mr. PAYN moved a resolution to the effect that the amended lease be approved, and that a requisition be presented to the directors requesting them to convene a general meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of obtaining its sanction of the amended lease. Mr. JOHNSON, after stating he was glad the pro prietors had rejected the first lease, expressed his cor dial approbation of the one now proposed. They had had an interview with Mr. M'Lean, but although that gentleman was not pledged to accept the lease as amended, he (Mr. Johnson) believed ,that he would ultimately accede to the terms proposed. He might be allowed to state that in addition to the guarantee of 10,000/., which they should always have in hand, the company by this lease also demanded pre-payment of about 11,0001. every quarter on account of the succeeding quarter's liabilities. So that they would always have 21,000/. in their possession. The resolution and requisition were agreed to unanimously, and the latter signed by proprietors holding shares to the value of 150,000/. The meeting broke up about four o'clock. SHREWSBURY AND HEREEORD.—An influential meeting of the inhabitants of Knighton was held last week, for the purpose of promoting the early forma tion of the railway to the towns of Knighton, Pres teign, and neighouring places. Mr. It. LEWIS, of Presteign, was called to the chair, and having explained the great benefit that would arise, not only to the above towns, but to the entire county, by the completion of the line, Mr. P. SEVERNE proposed a resolution urging the immediate formation of the line, which being se• conded by Colonel COLVIN, was carried. Other resolutions, pointing out the great advan• tage that would result both to the rich and poor by a cheaper and more speedy transmission of the main articles of consumption, and soliciting the landlords and others interested to take up shares in the railway, and thus assist towards carrying out the scheme, being adopted, the meeting broke up. BORDEAUX AND CETTE AND LYONS ND AVIGNON. —Memorials, now being signed in the c ity, are about being presented to the French Government relative to the long existing delay in the liquidation of the caution money of these line s in connexion with the proposed line from Paris to Avignon. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, DEC : 26. STOCK EXCIIANGH.—The share market was dull to-day, and little business doing. The transactiova were as follow: East Lancashire, 11% —Ditto, Preference, 7i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 dis.— London and North-Western, 110—Ditto, New Quarters, % p.— Ditto, Fifths, % p.— Manchester, Shafield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8— Midland, 45'4—Ditto, Halves, 221. Is. 3d.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Bs. Pd. MANCHESTER, DEC. 26. STOCK ExcrrArmic.—The transactions to-day were as follow:—Bolton, Blackburn, Chitheroe, and West Yorkshire (No, 1), s—Caledonian, Preference, 7% —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, Is. 3d. per share—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (11. and S.), 27 V 2— Ditto, West Riding Union, 7 dis,—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 12:Yi —London and North-Western, 110—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C ), 1 1 ; t p. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 7% —North ;_qaffordshire, 9 Tf 4 dis —South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 7-16 c. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 26. . _ SIOCIE EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market today was firmer, there being an evident inclination to buy for the next account. There were buyers of South Staffordshire at 31/ 1 die., but no sellers; Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) were quoted at 71. Vs. 9d. die.; and Birmingham and Stour Valley might have been purchased at 9 1 / 8 per share. THE PARLIAMENTARY SEASON.—It is confidently hoped by many fathers and mothers of families that Psrliamen will not separate ,his year br•`cl .1 1 {, i,:`, the leaf, consequent upon the reduction of the duty on tea.—Punch's ditmanach. 27, 1849. REMOVAL OF THE IRISH BAR. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. SlR,—The writer of the within letter has sought to get it inserted in some of the Dublin journals, but they have all refused to give it admission, for reasons which, however weighty with them, cannot affect an English paper. The opinions upheld in this letter and so ably ad vocated in your journal are very unpopular with the citizens of Dublin—so much so that the Gaverntnent, to allay the irritation caused by the appearance of pamphlets, newspaper articles, and rumours, found it necessary to disavow in their official organ any present intention of transferring the bar. But although the Dublin public is, as might be expected, so much opposed to the movement, there exists in the profession itself a very large section decidedly in favour of it, which section cannot obtain any channel through which to declare their views and arguments. AN IRISH BARRASTER. TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF CLARENDON. My Lord,—l take the liberty of addressing your Lordship upon a subject which is now becoming one of very general discussioe, and is of vital importance, not only to a certain class of her Alsjesty's Irish sub jects, but also to the Irish nation at large. I allude to the expediency of transferring the Irish courts of law and E quity from Dublin to Westminster-hall, and although it may perhaps appear at first sight ex aggerated and foolish to speak of the removal of the Irish bar as a matter of national importance, yet a inure deii be, ate call sideratien of the question will, I think, prove the assertion to be !rue. Your Lordship will perceive that there are two points of view in which it is important to consider the ex, pediency of such a measure—lst, as to the political reasons for such a step; and 211 y, as to its probable effects upon the profession itself. And under these two heads I shall, with your Lordship's permission, briefly discuss the question. First then as to the political reasons. I think I am not assuming too much when I say that it appears to be the evident design of the Go vernment to place Ireland in a decided and true posi tion with respect to England, to take from her that appearance of distinct nationality with which she is it present invested—to place her, in fact, in the condi tion of any other integral portion of Great Britain. Such appears to be the design of the Government, and such i 3 the design which should recommend itself to every man of sense, for to render Ireland peaceable and prosperous it is absolutely necessary to make her either really a distinct nation or completely a province. The former is impracticable, perhaps unadvisable ; the latter can be accomplished by obliterating every trace of her separate existence, and by completing the union with England in all respects. Now it is very generally admitted that the first step towards provincializing Ireland is to be the removal of the Irish Government from Dublin to London, and the next, I submit to your Lordship, would natu rally and inevitably be the removal of the Four Courts to Westminster Hall. This would be the second step not merely as a necessary part of the required amalgamation, but also for the reasons which I shall now endeavour to explain. The Bar of Ireland is undeniably a powerful and influential body—its members are well educated, connected with the aristocracy of the land, and likely at all times to exercise considerable influence over the political feelings and movements of their country men, and therefore likely to be useful assistants while loyal, but dangerous adversaries if discontented. It is, therefore, clearly the policy of the Government, so long as there is a B.ir in Ireland, to retain that profession firmly in its interests, and to preserve it from any feeling of discontent or dissatisfaction. Now this, it is to be feared, would be a most diffi cult, if not impossible task. When once the seat of Government has been removed from Dublin, if that source of patronage and favour ceases to be available to the Irish barrister, he cannot but feel that his posi tion is altered for the worse, and his profession not only degraded but diminished in value ; he can no longer nourish hopes of preferment or distinction while, the feeling that he is a courtier and an aris tocrat, must of course cease to stimulate his am bition and gratify hi, pride. These considerations and feelings, your Lordship's knowledge of human nature will tell you are but too likely to be productive of lasting and dangerous discontent. So far, then, the case stands thus :—The country is to be provincials ized ; that cannot be done without removing the seat of the Irish Government, and neither can be done without removing the Irish Bar, because the very existence of distinct and independent courts of law render the supposition of a complete amalgamation a false one, whilst the removal of the seat of Government would be d mgerous in the extreme it the Bar be left behir d. I shall now endeavour to show that the profession itself would be materially benefited by a removal to London. Up to a recent period the law business of the Mali courts has been increasing for many years to an amount far exceeding what the country could have supplied if in a healthy condition. This business, in its nature ephemeral, has been of late decreasing con siderably; and its diminution is rendered still more sudden by the operation of Acts of Parliament, in some cases passed for the very purpose of restraining and curtailing litigation ; and in other cases, though not primarily so intended, yet in their operation affecting the very existence of certain profitable sources of professional emolument. Of the former class the late Judgment Act is an example, while the Incutnbered Estates Bill directly tends to annihilate receiverships and incumbrances; and the Bill for the Extension of the Civil Bill Jurisdiction will, if passed,l deprive the common-law superior courts of a considerable portion of their present business. Thus, whilst a considerable portion of business is disappearing the numbers of the profession remain still undiminished, the consequence of which must be that a sub division of the remnant of business will ensue, which will be ruinous to many, impoverishing to all. There is another consequence resulting from the present uncertainty and depression of business, which is by no means to be overlooked; it is this—that the junior members of the profession are so disheartened by the doubtful state of their position and prospects that they cannot vigorously pursue a course of study to fit them for future practice ; for there are few indeed who can labour when there is a strong probability that just as they may expect to reap the fruits of their toil the business shall have disappeared, or the system be alterel. AN IRISH BARRISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sax,—ds the advocate of the concentration of the legal transactions of Ireland and England, I address you. I would say, as a prelude to the achievement of this concentration, that at once, and without expense, an Irish barrister, wishing to relinquish Irish practice in order to devote himself to your bar, should obtain his admission thereat; and an English barrister, wishing to become an Irish one, should without trouble or expense obtain his admission as a practi tioner at our bar—and similar measures of justice should be meted out to the English and Irish students, in regard to admission to the Inns of Court and our King's Inn. The enlightened, liberal, and fair manner in which you have put forth this important question must draw many persons to its consideration. The present state of Ireland demands sweeping measures at the hands of her rulers, and our present Viceroy seems to be a man who deeply rt fleets bow best can the future state of this country be made one of hap piness and prosperity. No doubt he is annoyed and impeded by the buzzings of political ranters—their machinations are despised, as well as not feared by him; he has happily broken the heart of Irish agita tion. But every well-wisher of his country must wish him success in his praiseworthy endeavours. I know not whether he is favourable or not to this legal concentration, but before he would come to a conclu sion upon so serious a question much anxious deliberation and research would be had recourse_, to on his part. This question, in primacy, must be looked at in regard to the suitors; and in respect to these it would appear that an advantage would be conferred upon them, as they would come under the influence of the highest legal functionaries ; and, as to expense, little, if any, additional legal expense would be heaped upon them. The litigating temperature of their minds would be lessened on legal proceedings being removed to a distance, and placed under more frigid control. Going to law, as the phrase is, would cease in this country to be a pastime, and the hall of our courts would not be a place of recreation to legal minded men.. As to the legal practitioners—barristers and attorneys—is the next consideration. To barristers in leading business a boon would be conferred, as their business would naturally accompany them on their removal to Eng land. As to this question of legal concentration, those who consider regarding it seem not to understand its bearings, and sweepingly condemn this legal concen tration as a plan concocted for the purpose of swamp ing Irish legal proceedings— " Damnant quod non intelligent." Would the great and gifted young man, J. Christian, our ablest Chancery barrister, the Sir William Fol lett of the Irish bar, w hose humble manners consort so sweetly with his great abilities, fear to combat with the giants of the Saxon law ? Certainly not. Would his brother competitor, F. Fitzgerald, fear to keep his head up in England ? No. Would Brewster, Napier, Monaghan, Martley, or Lynch, as common law lawyers, fear to wield their Celtic legal wea pons with success? Sorely not. Of these Irish barristers alluded to, Christian, Fitzgerald, and Lynch, business tardily came to them, and their humble manners seemed to repel i ts advance; still genius, irresistible when combined with common sense, drove impediments away, and gave to each orii-eetenit;. , ; omit the gifted \I- hitesi le and Isaac Butt ? No ; their iron souls know not what fear consists in, As to t'e hordes of briefless barristers who are to be found 19i,ering in our courts, to predicate the cow sequence that would mrise to them, of their removal to Westminster, would be difficult. Still I should say this removal could do them little harm ! I, in deed could exclaim in respect to each of these men —some of whoa no doubt are greatly gifted- 6, Oh! had he learned to make the wig he wears !" Shell, in his graphic sketches of the Irish Bar, considered o the number of young men that " family pride caused to flow to our bar, to have apparently 1 30 better intention in doing so than to starve each other. Now if all the legal business of our courts was di vided amongst the,barristers who seek for it, the recompense from this division would not be adequate to the starching of each barrister's cravat. We clu not see about Westminster Hall such men as our ' 4 pallid, keen-eyed, anxious aspirants for profession!' ernploym nt." How melancholy it is that men Will fill the ranks of our bar with their sons and not make farmers of them! The money it costs a young snarl to b.-come a borristtr would purchase a smali fee s:mnple property, on which an useful and healthful life might he passed. But lam sorry to have to agree with Shell, that " Nothing is so unpopular as pru dence in lrelAnd." As to the attorneys, Ido not See what damage would rftult to them from such an object being achieved. To the public in general great boon would he conferred, and our barristerst many of them able men, would, under such cireuur stances as then would arise, become useful and tibia Members of Parliament; at all events let the quer tion be discussed with moderation and fairnesi. I)utlin, Dee. 4. M. L. THE U•oitiLsTict< HULL, DEC. 26 Messrs, Titylr and Bright's circular states:—A ß is usual, at this season of the year, business in the grain trade has been almost suspended, and will rem.in. 6° until the turn of the year. Transactions hare been quite of a retail character, with a general firm feeling. 'P l c ,/ weather has been variable—from the 21st to the 2-4 " sharp frost, with some little snow and cold aorth-es! wind; since then the temperature has changed, and it° to day comparatively mild, with westerly wind. 1.1 ;:' supply of wheat from the farmers to day was only snt"; in consequence of the market being held off the tone' day, snd altogether business was very limited, with?o t t any alteration in price, except for the best runs, whie', were Is dearer. Foreign wheat held firmly, and prices pt id on the few sales made. Rather more inquiry for malting barley, but none of fine quality afloat, !Iv landed parcels are held above our currency; less doing in griedirg qualities. Only a slow sale for other descriptions of spring corn. Not much doing in linseed' and the market the turn lower; cakes are also casierP buy. No transactions in rapeseed, and cakes are qu iet but somewhat dearer. In b . mes not much doing. The following are the present prices of grain s. a. 9$ Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and yel. 25 Do. white 3B 40 Do. grey Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 43 441 nigsberg 46 48IDo. Petersburgh ... 37 '''' ig Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 36 -3 / llamburgh 38 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 35 --- Danish, Holstein, & Per toti• Friesland 3l 36 Linseed cakes, Hull ... 7 1050 a 61 55 Russian and Odessa 32 36 D o . fi n e f ore ign ' 1 a s Oats, English Do. Danish.... ,10 12 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 16 Rape cakes...77s 6d to 0 03 , 100 Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 —l4 Tares, English ......00s lie --- Barley, malting 22 24 Do. foreign 205 - - 00 Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano 6/ to 91 ' d Beans 26 32 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 9-- n4O 0 61 I Do. foreign .. . 25 31 Ilyc meal DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 24.—there W er t ° , 196 bags of oatmeal, 14 of barleymeal, and 5 of I )° ,1 barley at this day's market. Sales middling. Oati:l le nt . 6d to 3d per bag down; barleymeal, 9d per bag; P" barley nd per bag up. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. ... ... 23s 6d 22a 6d 2 15 ' 6 ,1 1 Barleymeal, per ditto ... 17s Od 16s 9d 163 Od "easetneal ... ... ... —s Od —s Od — 4 od Flour -Is 6ti I — - 5 oit 1 - i u o a Pot barley ... 22; 6 - a I —; Coax, Dee. 24. —Flour —First 1256 d to 13s; extra •1 45 ",, seconds, 115 to 12, 6d ; households Os to 101 6d; thirds, 7% u t ai - st• per cwt. Oatmeal 9s to 10. 6d ; Indian meal 7s to 75 3d ; "' t o. meal, 101 to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 12741 to 135 s Od per to Bran 3/ 105 to 3/12s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 285 to 375; g ve fde rfi 335; dealers 38s to 40, 041; average 385 per ton. Str 19s Od to 27s Od; average 25 ; dealers 28s Od to 3 4 i., average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to u r Ld ts household loaf 5d to 54d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8 9J per lb. Eggs-6s 6d to gs 84 per hundred. Coo Newport 153; Lydney 171; Landore 15s ; Best N c ti t. Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 005 per .1 0 Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. d to —Beef 34d to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4 o st Od; pork 34d to 4d; bacon 7d to 8d; sausage. 5 7 ~" ' t er lb. Hops d 1 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31 P% c ji ton. Bark—Barbary 71 55 to 815 a; Valonia 14/kto 0/; Fre * 71 5s ; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per st.°o4 Hemp 321 to CO/ per ton. Fish— Seotch herrings 18s to Its! or ditto 245 to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 1 1 ' ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, ,',„„; second quality, 16. per 100. Hides—Market 145 to salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24e1 per o, Potatoes, white 74d to 9d; Minions lid to 12d; G ns ",o, Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Arcbs" 19s per barrel. COAL MARK ET. —YE4TSRDAY. 3 4 Carr's Hartley Davison'sWestilartley 15s €d Lumley l7O 3 jl llolywell Main New Tanfield lls 6d Stewart's 9 1 anfield Moor • l ,s 00 Caradoc West Adairs .. . ... .. 14s Oa Cassop.. Vi'ylam Wall's End, &c. 17s Od AdelaideWhitwo T rth e .. 4 . 3. 0 91 Elm Park Percy l6s 3d Cownden Tees ... .... O a 16s 9d South Durham ......••• 8 Walker gd . 1 od Bell Belmont l7s 6d Woodyfield ............ 4 , lig Braddyll 11 etton ... lB3 6o Nikon's Merthyr and 01 , Al Haswell lBs 90 Cardiff ............•• , h 4. Jonassohns ....... 16s 60 Ships at market, ' MB STRIKES ON THE MIDLAND RAILIa - • . " " goods guards and porters at Derby, some hundrlecl, number, returned to their employment yesterdaY to of uesday) morning, the former at their original 11 4 0 remuneration, and the latter for the present at re" - t be wages, but with a promise of an advance vrhenelve r ,oto, price of food becomes higher. Although the di re :o ll strained every nerve, from Monday morning "orl Tuesday night, they found themselves unable to c 0 0 on their business without the assistance of their-ctil' goods guards; but by extensive importations of 500 3 tural labourers, who for many miles around may ° w olf, for very little remuneration, they had pretty / ;1- 0 0 swamped the more humble class of goods porta l ' ,ro' they have been compelled to seek and accept a COl or mite. The policemen and pointsmen, who a 1 1 0 , 11 0 tivo ego had their salaries reduced 5 per cent., au".,,bole were too scattered in small "ambers along the ", o ti' extent of the various lines to act in concert, hav ° ,d o are, tinned the board to restore to them the small tro",;00° which, they say, without their consent, has been trll out of their weekly wages, and declare their in e t e ' s beir of giving up their situations simultaneously petition be not complied with. Should this really °ibe the greatest danger to the company's traffic will b t e otif result; so much property an.l ro many lives ce ng 011 depending upon the discretion of these officials, ear" of the pointsmen. e SWEATING MONEY.--A man and his wife ha ag e been arrested at Belleville, charged with being OgP i er e in sweating five• franc pieces. At his residenc e fo r Mind files, graving tools, and other thi ngs necesee',- carrying on his process. R e con f es . e d t h a t be c,"O l Se about 34. a wet k by filing dow n th e roug h edge °. o pei franc pieces and restamping the letters. -A ° w er e changer in the Rue St. Martin, to whom the filinge re e sold, has also been arrested. The purchases were rea l larly entered down in books, but without tb°, attercss of the seller being enregistered.—Galignl;l , o ( Hon. Henry Fitzroy had an interview vO t George Grey yesterday at the Home- office. A 1 0 0 ' THE WILMINGTONS ; a new Novel by the ' 1 ", 05 ,'' of " Emilia Wyndham," and " Two Old lien's T i e`,.'oo°l The new work of this distinguished writer is unc' e b " o agj to be a most unsparing satire on the follies of t y 01 3 in which we live—especially the taste for ltetuf e Jbe/4 ostentatious display of wealth—the misase of 1. . - ,„ao, the embarrassment consequent on extravagan ee d I) ,# A the base shifts to obtain money rendered necesie'lber such habits. The story, we are informed, display s Ai d f follies in their most glaring light, and shows h° *f n ie ° the mischi- f a nd h ow d ee d th e gu ilt t o which er r " this deser iption may lead. ver deP [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Cure of an Ulcera-- : ty e by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. John known in Geelong, Port Phillip, publishes in the grditOrtiii Morning Herald, of June 22, 1849, the following extralcertd case:—" I had been aSicted for three years with an "10e is leg, and had the best medical treatment in Melbe u f Ab p d Van Diemen's Land, without experiencing any relie:,;ol hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Holloways 'tipiee,.. Ointment, I resolved upon trying them, and with !Ar s e air e o, acknowledge that, after using them and attending te , r, sie jo s tions, I found my leg cured in a very short time., Mecli e l o John Olive.—Sold by all respectable Vendors 0, 1 ;410' , throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Northwood-house, St.. 10110:r frOC of the wife of Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, of a son. the O f On the 24th inst., at Chawton-house, Hants, P' Edward Knight, Esq., jun., of a daughter. grO' On the 24th inst., at Bounds-green, Southgate, M le o aples, of a son. On the 25th inst., at Park-place, Brixton, t/101/1 H. Linklater, Eeq., of a son. wol • ler' MARRIED. go so , .p.co On the 22d inst., at St. John's, so , Esq., of Ladbroke-villas, Kensington-park, to . 0 and youngest daughter of the late J. Blow, Esc" DIED On till 13th inst., Frances Anne, wife of the I t°. Cole, M.A., vicar of Wonerah, Surrey. aged 78 :a ienycil" On the 15th inst., Henry Wood Sandford, of Ch r;,400 Oxford, youngest son of - the Rev. W. Sandford, '" s gei of Newport, Shrops ., hire. On the 20th inst at Southampton, at an the Rev. Samuel Locke, D.D., formerly chaplain to ' Highness the Duke of Kent. his Pe g On the 22d inst., at Geddington Vicarage, 5013,-,,,r911? On the 230 inst., aged 51, Arthur Cuthbert fe /v. of Eastburc, Hertfordshire. „ On the 24th inst., in Conduit-street, HanoVe t P. Burrell, E.g., late of Oriel-terrace, Cheltenhatm„ Co" On the 2th inst., aged 75, Mr. W. Challis, of thy road, North Brixton.' , p r intrO and Pithliahed by MI.TRPO Yn 1' 0 ,4 C' fr o i in the Precinct of the 5r.t . V.,77. in tb ° Middlesor, Thursday, December 27, 1849. ~~3Lt~~: Notice is 1 AP PLIC AT II day of Jautu lotaxent. Wellington. HAkli These GAM sth of Januar houses, the IJ Stables, and o Trees, Pine Pl Any person] tend in Tende for Hampton missioners of or before T ire: Stating the err The premise Head Gardena of the terms a (Mice of Mr. Whitehall-yar T" TO Station Buildi The Directo the Offices a MONDAY, the OPEN TEND the Stations, lodges. &c., re( mile from Kit within) the ci prices. Partle Form of Prop( Schedule, at ti the Office of M the hours of '1 January, 1850. Tenders sea addressed to 1 Offices, 14, Ma 41st January, Attendance. The same pa Tenders will printed forms a Security will N.B.—The D Coinpany's 0 London, THE G The Director; Offices of the C the 2let Januar DERS for the e Permanent Goo aide of the "Cep the basis of a sc Plans, conditim 203., a copy of 1 gate-atrect, or Redford-square, WZDNISDAT, th • Tenders seal( London Stati®t lsiged at the o'clock on Mond Tenders must b Tenders will printed forms, a Security will 1 N.B.—The Di Company'3 0 LOndon, 2 T o cc ;: Your particta "At Commercial tso frequently it Of their daily fa Oats, at I at *Beans, at I „ at I Average L , Ow You are respei found not legally and ➢feasures. • Ben bein , Small measure Just pub'ished, POST ( for 1850 tory; Street Dlr Law Directory : Directory ; City tory ; Assurance Information. F( don Directory pt nerald, 234 ult. 234 ult.; Sou, 25 Kull, 24th ult. ; path's Journal, Ult.; Era, 25th t Kelly and T HE The First of a en the Phileseph is the Evenings Views of Londot a Descriptive L Inge at a Quarl Views of the Int, fects, are shown brilliant experim mid Diving-ben ehinery. Models, T H A Medal, con •ented to every ( Autumn style .. The Buhr .The Palet Ckesterie The Albe] of Ov , r Shooting Lounging Autumn s Ditto Ditto Black Sill Dress cos Frock 1)11 Youths at from . Hussar Al Buys' Ant Men's As The Chem terial, 1 The l' ale t The Ear Over 0 Tha Stra style, 11 Aa tamn Doeski. Best Elm Autumn Best Blac Black Sil „ Dr „ Fr. hussar ai Supertlns Men's Sh Elegant from A Large SW Ea , Mow The new boo erections for S Warded, post fr Notlee—The the season. Observe--MI tateasure, if not Z. 110RICS Roder'. rarr i e 165, lie, and' London ; all coi Establishment. Caution.—E. atainet ltaposl falsehood of be] hoe been rosor they beg to sta In or ont of Lo Vide, Sheffield ; Mai tkose whi at Or seed to the Branch Er Tate Notice to unmet Sato mustn't& ON puYslcA CITY Wow Edition, , THEbe oost, dire s: the MAI eessive indulg With remarks ti.tialifleattons. L. PERRY a rerd-street, L 11 , ?sternest , Siarie,23, Tit( hall-street. PAIWCtrOS Orgesi, and is Puri 11. tr 4 lance, and the held bodily we Illustrated by PART M. t the prtmury o their troatme, ragravinge. ?Arm IV. ( b 7 a simple 'Plated. This Outer's notice P&Wr Y. la •sties. The the whale sub TITILCORDII rienrons ai b Dale. The remedy, for p toms, ernptio: Ferry's Pur!t: certain sera& ton of the bl detail of the Packetr, " I. bleb the f Lance (isfiy till Two, Then Thi To vi In Mose In , For NI Th( Bef And t To All w Mosel Sul And I To Es( And! Thi E. M. Fm And 1 In Their