The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-12 00:00:00

v iz GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION t, COMPANY'S splend'd and powerful first-class STEAM 011IPS are appointed to LEAVE for— kt}!AMBURO and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's u l ls--Every Wed nes d a y r -- id Saturday morning . "VRE—The James Watt, Dec. 15, and 25, at Eight Morning, AN TWERP—From Brunswick- wharf, Blackwall—The Wil. uerforee every Thursday, at Ten Morning. to . 4DII4 BURGH—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar—Every Sa li; 28, a 4 Y$ and alternate Wednesday Evening, at Ten. Dec. 14, 24 . From London Bridge Wharf, for 2 S T , END—Every,NN ednesday and Saturday Morning. ' °I) LOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morning. CE, LAlS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. .},!ULL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eight orni ARMOUTH—Every Saturday, a t Six Even M ing. ng. From Down's Wharf for NE WCASTLE —Every Saturday at Eight Evening. SUN DERLAND — Dec. 20 and 30, at Seven Evening. nIGHTON and HAVRE, next Saturday. ° secure Berths, and for Bills, containing Fares, &c., Yat the Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, agent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall• street. 8 1--- X-4AM to atm from CALCUTTA, MADRAS, ,„ CELON, d ENGLAND, via EGYPT—for Pas- ^ r ers an d Goods. an The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL EAM N AVIGATI O N COMPANY ' S Steam-ship, i a IEA %LIVERPOOL. will start from SOUTHAMPTON 1;" the Ist o f F e b ruary next, and Passengers will be booked b y Zer through to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, to be conveyed rh n Suez in the Company's Steam-ship HINDOSTAN, will start from Suez as soon as the Passengers shall hir e arri ve d t h ere. Light Goods, Packages, and Parcels, Y be forwarded by this conveyance with certainty and at pi:tic:rate rates. To secure passages, and forward goads and a h ,, Is, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St. Mary-Axe ; r i nformation may also be obtained at 44, Regent-street, ; Carne, of Earle . Langston, Manchester ; and W. and E. Falmouth Q -7- ------:— r EAAI CONVEYANCE to CHlNA.—Travel, ti ? lers about to visit China, are informed that the PE_NIIN- Co I ,R and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION 4, PANY are prepared to book and 'convey them to Cal et*, • . , r 7 Including transit through Egypt. 04 " 1 e GREAT LIVERPOOL will start from Southampton 1.:1"le Ist of FEBRUARY, for Alexandria; arid tie HINDOS ,from Suez to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. From Cal k:4 eassengers will be able to avail themselves of the Govern that Steanaers to Hong-Kong, and the other open Ports of In a. Average time of passage from England to Calcutta, 41%-five Days; Calcutta to Hong Kon, about Sixteen Days. 1., 1 34 Ply at the Company's Offices, N0..51, St. Mary Axe, lik - 4- 7 NCNESTER.—OLD SPREAD EAGLE HOTEL, HANGING ITCH, ~...R AC K ENTRANCE FROM CANNON•STREET.) F. WESTALL respectfully informs the e tt • COMMERCIAL PUBLIC that he has taken and , e red Upon the above newly built, spacious, elegant, and con enip th ~,rl , t Premis es , l a t e ly o ccupied by M rs . H o id e n, f ormer ly o f h e - ` ll .atehed House Tavern, and trusts. from the liberal system tl 'kends to adhere to in catering for the tasto and comfort of spyePablie. to receive a fair share. of support. The Wines, 4 4 , and Cigars, have been selected with the greatest care, 44::. 11 be found of first-rate quality. London Porter, Burton .---. 7e- Capital Stabling and Coach-house. 4 WALKER'S NEEDLES (by autho th,, ek rity the " Queen's Own)," with the new large tith' are easily threaded (even by blind persons), and work 14 great ease, having improved points, temper and finish. P lii ,labels are correct likenesses of her Majesty and his Royal Ea 4 egs Prince Albert in rzlief, on coloured grounds. E ' :* Walke r ' s improved Fish-hooks, Steer Pens, Hooks.and s ' Bodkins, tic., are particularly recommended to notice. i kt :r the Home Trade, neat packages of Needles or Pens, het la. to 10s. value can be sent free by post by an y re lin able dealer, on receipt of 13 penny stamps for every shil- F.,value. Evero quality, &c., for shipping. De' Walker, M anu f ac t urer t o th e Q ueen , 20, M a id en -l ane , -&-atreet. S I LVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive !li lt] and injuriou s met a l s c alled Nickel and German Silver it ed by the introduction of a new and perfectly match ilkrALßATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDER -11:41' Nos. 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and No. 16, NOR FOLGATE, aided by a person of science in the ansal ko4t Of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice . the t 'hi,,,7autiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich •,s;','Ll Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness th e - c 7 its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a e ~tir,l 44 l l rocess, by which all that is nauseous in mixed metals is t4l ia } extracted—resising al acids, may be cleaned as Silver, bl luufactured into every article for the Table and Side s. d. I s. d. h Per d P ' ) °rls and Forks, f Sauce Ladles .... "e t , Ss „" 16 l I Tea Spoons, per doz... 5 6 per' ;10 . ; .......... 12 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6 ; tb ad le3 6 6 ~,i7stson begs the Public will understand that this metal t - f a is ia lY his Own and that Silver is net more different from i ° ll re j i ,.. 4 4 his metal ' is from all ot . hers the . Public will there e no di ffi culty in discovering the animus which . direc . ts 2fle r ,"'ent attacks made against him, by a party who 19 daily , f , rpm the unparalleled succ ess which has marked the t ‘tik e ; 1 .1 ills New Plate since its introduction. . C. W„ " Party courts comparison, feeling confident that the 4 1 t will ' establish its pre-eminence. 42 • BARBICA N, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. AI N , - EMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly , opposite the York Hotel), and Vl 6 , KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. 'wr AND HEARING.-TESTIMONIALS. 'At f%The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly-invented 4 1)s s i' ACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely pr i e et vision-We give them the decided preference to the tiß"ether kind of Lens-the clearness of the transparency s io ,ry object very distinct, and enables individuals to view t 7ti. ± 4,lttinut e particle with perfect accuracy. They are q gh f l Y pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to 44 % p l ; , and soften bright and brilliant lights E D 1, Great George-street, West- VI/tsr.j'l ' a l" • 4 Re p Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street ' A o ki p ettigrew Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row. t iti4 r usbotham, M. D., Broad-street- building s. pha HY White, Esq., S u r geon, 3, Parliament-street. htiPtieti.,oPer, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, i gton-pl ace, Kennington Oss,. t ,t Leighton Esq., 31. D., -7, •Up - per Gower-street. b a ,"Ziffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street. th," .c • r , s 9., Surgeon, lsleworth. 1 1:•,; Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. L utes Esq., M.D., Exeter. t I': Gordon, Esq., M.D. Igley w w ' i e Esq., M.D., Bennott- street, Bath. PY L °°4 . Esq., M.D., Blandford. %ts J e awrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby. i l t rr hi t . e shn, Esq., urgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. Neninson, Esq., M.D. Cheltenham. aq t Esq.. M. D. , BriOton. nolly, Esq., M.D., ClAtenham. i,.att, Esq., M.D. Walli . igford. Oft illis, Esq., M.D., Brig iton 4 _41 iC t ini Esq., urgeon, Hammersmith. Nees Esq Surgeon Manchester-street, blanches It . ? les T • I- Vo '141 1: 1 1,_ 11:he ally, Esq . ., Surgeon ' , Camden-town. t irn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place, Ken rktm ;,r.n, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pat liament-street. L 'ioo:agner, Eio Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. V lll are - ' `'"l., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor t ta2i. atil ls " , Esq., S urg eon, Denmark-hill. 1' , o ,,h i e nlore, E sq ., S ur geon, 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury. Cl'i 4 ,ttc . Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. gh;'`er, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. jkt g VI, Esq. Sur geon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square Esq., ' Surffeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." 41 1,' the above list of Testimonials before the public, Ith ; ' .l St 4 4 . Sol m n , Opticians and Aurists, state that their CLE OPER ATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by I,,„•' h t o f Deaf Persons ' have been greatly benefited, i (4 17' - r' tha s seven-shilling-piece and when fixed into hor% the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort ts il ic , er eptible than having a piece of wool in place. "di t he faintest whisper at a public assembly Is heard itthe stOctness. tie s e inap lk rtant new inventions are patronized by their fa- t t. t, Y ' in 'end n Queen of Hanover and their Royal High -4,% 11- e i rr l ine; e s - Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High th, rleessEstei:'azy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, hp t he Duchess Do‘7ager of Bedford , and the ir Graces Is c chiiiisliN, of Canterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the I liil l) ." °ll shire, Argyle , Manchester, and Marlborough, t* 0 4 1, e• km L an s e t - 1 Messrs. Solomons state that they have no con k, ro an se Persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland , 1 th FY not employ any Travellers or Agen . ts ; the f 'hie ht -rt 'ele are only to be had in London, at their Esta '''kli 9 Albemarle-street Piccadilly, opposite the York 4 6 King William-street, Bank. tS t „,h e PTOS PILL OF HEALTH. 1„ 4 4 h st ' n a a nl ll d . advantages to f t l i ie Hea t d: a o t f u, F a a y m i i 3 l e ie r s es f o ro r i t r e i d ti o e anlictinueseodf k nown su e cce c s ac s cases of temporary sick. 0110 in families more or less every day, are so obvious to '11 4 ,, thquestion can be raised of its importance to every house '4k i, e ,. klngdom. Dom among numerous testimonials, the ,"Peetfully submitted :- % N ' l r• THOS. PROUT, ^29, STRAND, LONDON. ski rl mucht, Manchester, March 12, 1542. 0,, ex ,tve satisfaction in communicating to you , the re. 4 4 h e, after repeated trials of FR A MpTON'S PILL 4 .tif t i',4l l . tr .. and I feel it hut justice to state, that in the course of t 4 , 1 4, ,ett , lie !al of various aperient medicines, I have never found y r e b il e salutary and efficient in the relief of the sy.tem from ti S t , a rranq kc. • with so little inconvenience ; I am, there rally S. Of b.,. in declaring that they supply to me a means long t c2li al ;itern a ,: t Tg able to recommend to I amities, Schools, and espe. e whether at the desk or on the road, a mos. NITPelf if In a occasinal medicine. And I shall take cre. giv n ing this o testimony, I am the means of making 4,1 ainustnore generally known and w irrecia e_d LLIA t M 'SMITH." 1171T'144 ( 114e " d ea r t' J e s s a i r e e o ti f u t i h lY es ) e .o P u ill i s, arising from the earnest r e_ ‘ tet t'ae ati "s r eLder le many thousands who have erived be . nefit from itt,7.or I Vrtt, a . any lengthened comment unnecessary . , they are t o daa a a cure for all s to which tikk, a Li n v dliSMe a ad w a s Che w , l l) . lin t le a l n„ oppression n afte n r tte, l ,T i eg4, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head anti Ears, Drow, nr th 'urn, Loss f A ppi tite Wind, Spasms, Sfe. 'll, e ree duses convincelhe ,tfficted of their salutary ef- Oste the ':tnetach Will speedily regain it strength ; a healthy ac. lifli i ,«;,, ve r , Bowels, and Kidney will rapidly take place ; and, and heat, pains, and jaundiced anpearanee,.strength e zio r l taki n ' e n t el!ed health, extending to good old age, will be the I his medicine, according to the directions accompany afaLe°4t.'29, Strand, London • Price Is. Il4d, and 2s 9d. the venders of medicines' generally throughout the (1 / 4 14 4 1(4' lqt le,nd add MPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the rosiest g re 'g at "lhoinas Prou t, 229, tilfand, London," on the 414, No. 15,694. LONDON, MONDAY , - .t: ~.i- ~.. t , " k , + , ,' . , 4 ' 4, ..J . " i 3', ei, ',. ~ , - • - ;' , 4 ~' ~• , SU : ''. ' DECEMBER 1.) 1842. • -, PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST,' containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE T-HREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. PUBLICATIONS. ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. CORONER'S INQUEST. miles. It was as strong as the engines originally built for the Company, but latterly they had engines of a greater power. The builder, Mr. Benjamin Hicks, of Bolton, had been one of the first engine builders in the country. It was his, Mr. Berry's, opinion, that there was an internal flaw originally in the axle, and that had increased un til the time it gav e way. le was, however, surprised it had not yielded to the test to which it had been subjected in March last. Mr. Berry, in conclusion, said that the pro priety of placing a luggage-van between the engine and the passengers' train was under the consideration of the Company. The CORONER here remarked 'that the cause of death was so clear, and the evidenCe so satisfactory as exculpating the Company or the servants - from blame, that he felt certain it was not necessary for him to read over the evidence. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Westland Marston's. tragedy, : The Patrician's Daughter, which, on its publication some few months since, produced a great sensation in the literary world, was on Saturday night produced at this theatre as an acting play, and its success was as com plete as eithei the author or the manager could have desired. Mr. Marston has written this tragedy for the purpose of illustrating a theory, the gem of which is expressed in the words which he puts into the mouth of his hero— THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. GXLI. Was published on SATURDAY. John Murray, Albemarle-street. like Napoleon—he was the Rodolph of Hapsburgh of his house, and it was impossible not to sympathise with him in his hopes, his love, and his aspirations. Miss Helen Faucit, as Mabel, was at once gentle and dignified. In the scene at the conclusion of the fourth act, she scarcely exhibited sufficient emotion, but with that exception her delineation of the charac. ter was beautiful exceedingly. Mrs. Warner, as the high-bred, cold-hearted aristocratic, schooled to re press all human thoughts and feelings as vulgar, to prefer conventionalism to nature—the setting to the jewel was perfect; and when at length, on beholding the ruin she has wrought, her conscience is aroused within her, and nature as serts her supremacy—when the icy coldness of the lady is thawed, and the feelings of the woman gush forth warm from the heart in an impetuous over whelming torrent--she was sublime, terrifically sub lime ; and her passion was the more terrible from the contrast it formed to her former state of cold, un impassioned, unnaturel existence. The tragedy was preceded by a prologue from the pen of Mr. Charles Dickens, which was spoken by Mr. Macready. This prologue was neither more nor less than a poetical version of Mr. Marston's preface to the published tra gedy. The house was crowded; there was not stand ing room in the pit when the curtain rose. On Saturday an inquest was. held at Northchurch, about 26 miles from town, before Francis Osbaldis tone, Esq., Coroner for Hertfordshire, on the body of Mary Bye, who was killed near. Berkhampstead on Thursday, by the breaking of an axle of one of the engines on that line. The first witness called was Robert Bye, who stated that he lived at Aylesbury, and was husband to thd deceased, who was nearly 70 years of age. On Thurs day last, about 11 o'clock, he accompanied her to the railway-station house at Aylesbury, and put her into a second-class carriage for London, and saw her off by the train. She was then in good health, and sat in the last carriage. He heard that day that an accident had happened upon the railway, and that some per sons were injured, but did not learn at that time that his own wife was one of them, though he went to the station at five o'clock. On that night he received a note, which caused him to go to Northchureh, and he then saw his wife. She was quite dead at the time. The CORONER here asked if Charles Callom, the driver of the engine at the time of the accident, was in attendance ? Mr. Barker, the superintendent of the Railway Company, replied that he was not in a fit state to be present, and handed to the Coroner a certificate to that effect. Mr. Hilder, a surgeon at Berkhampstead, deposed that on Thursday last, about twelve o'clock, he was in formed that an accident had happened on the railway on the Dodswell embankment, near the Northchureh tunnel, and he, in consequence, hastened there. en approaching the spot, he observed the carria ges i n great confusion, and several of them off the line of rail. When he first saw the deceased she was in a cart, at tended by one of the passengers, and he observed that she hada large wound upon the front of her head, and several slight wounds about the face. She was at the time insensible and in a state of collapse; and he ordered her romoval to Northchurch. On reaching the latter place he dressed her wounds, in which he was assisted by Mr. Brown, gave her stimulants, and had her put to bed. She was in such a state when he saw her, that it would have been dangero u s t o bl ee d her. e continued to visit her until the time of her death, which took place about nine o'clock on the same evening, and she never once rallied. CORONER—What, in your opinion, was the imme diate cause of the deceased's death ? Witness— The concussion occasioned by the accident, and the shock to the nervous system. Joseph Channel], of Aylesbury, labourer, deposed that, on Thursday last, about twelve o'clock, he was at work on the London and Birmingham Railway, near Dodswell, where the embankment was about 15 feet from the level, and observed a train coming to wards him. When it had reached him within about 100 yards, and while going at a regular speed—he should say about 25 miles an hour—he saw the en gine fall off the embankment on the left hand side, and the carriages on the right side. The tender, which was next the engine, fell with the engine on the same side, and a second class carriage, which was next the tender, tumbled down the embankment on New Play by the Author of " Lords of Ellingham," " Lost and Won," &c. In Bvo. , price 45., Ti ONE ST Y. A Drama. In Five Acts. By HENRY SPICER, Esq., " The preface to this drama appeals powerfully to the sym pathy of the reader. It suggests a long tale of hope, excited only to be disappointed ; of promises, given with no sincerity of intention to redeem them ; of feelings tampered witk and time wasted ; in fact, of the usual occurrences that happen when a dramatist, with genius to attract attention, but without influ ence to force respect, treats with the manager of a London Theatre. The gentlemanly feeling of the writer evidently in duces him to suppress facts ; but his statement, partial and subdued as it is, on this account more powerfully impresses, for the injury must have been great that could have provoked such a mind to hint at a reproach. There are many flee passages, and a great number of sweetly poetical images and lines inter spersed through the work, the pervading sentiment of which is refined and elegant."—Monthly Magazine, December. G.W. I"iiekisson, 215, Regent-street (Successor to the late James Fraser). The forms Of the heroic change from age to age, The spirit in the forms remains the same. As an abstract proposition, we at once admit the truth of this assertion. The life of the present day, doubtless, contains the elements of poetrybf tragedy, but not of poetry for ourselves. A century hence the poet may work np those elements into a thrilling heart-rending tragedy, but the Scripture aphorism, " A prophet hath no honour in his own country," is a true one. No age was ever poetical to itself. It contains the elements of poetry for the succeeding age, as the age which preceded contained the ele ments of poetry for it ; but a tragedy, like a picture, requires distance to bring.it out in all its beauty,- and in spite of his theory, Mr. Marston has been com pelled to admit this. True, the scene of his tragedy has been laid in the nineteenth century— true, the dramatis person a are attired in the costume of the present day. The language which they speak is the language of past ages. lie has pointedly adopted the language and the versification of the dramatists of the Elizabethan age. Would he have done this if he held perfect and undOubting faith in his own theory ? We opine . not. The interest of the play turns on the lutte which is constantly going on between the aristocracy of birth and the aristocracy of intellect ; and here again it strikes us that Mr. Marston is false to his theory. That controversy has been going on for centuries, and a Noble:of the age of Elizabeth would have been as averse to per mitting his daughter to form an alliance with a plebeian, however talented, as a Noble of.. he age of Victoria. Would a Howard of that -5 6y have per mitted hi 3 daughter to form an alliance with Sir Francis Drake Therefore Mr. Marston has not chosen a subject exclusively of the present age, and his tragedy would have been equally interesting, and, perchance, more dramatic, if the scene had been laid in the sixteenth instead of the nineteenth century. With regard to the tragedy itself, it is replete with poetry—true poetry, beautiful poetry—poetry that speaks from the heart to the heart. It is -not a per fect tragedy, but•we hail it cordially as an earnest of things to come. Mr. Marston can, and will, do things that will throw this, his first attempt, into the shade, albeit the Patrician's Daughter is entitled to rank in the very first class of modern dramatic pro ductions. There is more promise in this play than in any play that has been produced 'during the present century. The plot is simple. Mordaunt (Mr. Ma cready), a man born in the humble class . of society, whose father had earned his living by the labour of his hands—his horny hands, which no aristocrat would grasp save at a borough election—has, by his talents, raised himself above his father's lot ; he is a Member of Parliament—one of those men who, by his elo quence, leads senates to his will ; but let Mr. Marston himself describe his hero in the eloquent words which he puts into the mouth of Heartwell, Mordaunt's friend The Jury now retired for a few minutes, and re turned into Court, when the Foreman, addressing the Coroner, said, "We find that the deceased, Mary Bye, came by her death by accident—with a deodand of five shillings on the engine ; and the Jury, in return ing that verdict, beg to recommend to the Company that an empty carriage or luggage van should, in each train, be placed between the engine and the passen gers' carriages; and they consider that if that had been the case in the present instance, Lim accident would not have ensued." Mr. Creed, secretary to the Company, begged to say that the Company had such 'a regulation under consideration, and he was happy to say that the Di rectors had already made up their minds to adopt the plan just suggested by the Jury. The verdict was then recorded, and signed by the Jurors. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. A most melancholy accident occurred by the up setting of a boat in Kingston harbour, Upper Canada, on the Ist of last month. Edward Hitchings, Esq., Barrister-at-la w , of Kingston, and a na ti ve o f this city, accompanied by two young friends (brothers), sons of John Jamieson, Esq., of Dublin, had, for the purpose of fishing, engaged a sailin g -b oa t, w ith th e management of which it appears they were unac quainted. A rope requiring adjustment at the top of the mast, one of the brothers climbed up to rectify it, but no sooner had he reached the top than the boat upset and turned keel uppermost ; all three, however, succeeded in getting to the boat and clinging thereto, which in such a position floated. Being in the main channel, they expected something would speedily pass and pick them up ; but after waiting some time and no thing appearing, they agreed that one should swim to shore and obtain a boat to save the other two. As they were only about 300 yards from the shore, the plan appeared feasible, and all this time, though nearly submersed, they seemed to have entertained no feelings of danger. Mr. Hitchings and one of the brothers were good swimmers ; the other, un fortunately, could not swim ; and but for this latter circumstance all three would probably have reached the shore. It seems that Mr. Hitchings agreed to remain with his young friend and the boat till the other should succeed in making the land, with the 'view of procuring assistance. Here a series of mis fortunes happened which it is painful to reflect on the brother who swam on shore, and who was near sighted, unfortunately lost his spectacles at the time of the accident; this naturally added to his fright, and his limbs being benumbed with cold, himself fatigued with swimming, and the shore whereon he landed strange to him and covered with wood, he lost his way, and after wandering about for two hours, found himself at the identical place at which he started, and still in sight of the boat : here he saw the other two poor fellows still clinging to it ; he called out to them, and poor Hitchings made for answer that they were both nearly exhausted. He then made another trial for assistance, and after the lapse of two more hours obtained a boat ; lout it was too late— all was over—both had disappeared. Poor Hitch ings had remained by his friend until th e l a tt er par tially sank, and th e boat having lost its equili brium, he made one dying struggle for the shore; but his benumbed and paralyzed frame was unequal to it. He was found not far from the shore, in only four feet water, in the attitude of swimming, a corpse. The other was found by the boat.—Oxford Herald. The following is an extract from the Kingston Ga zette, Upper Canada :—Mr. Jamieson was only nine teen years of age. Mr. Hitchings was a native of Oxford, in England, and connected vvith - somt of the' most respectable inhabitants of that city. In the year 1830 he came to this country for the purpose of entering into th e p ro f ess i on o f t h e law. lie was subsequently called to the bar, and practised for several years at Toronto—where his fine talents and high legal attainments, combined with great Mr. perseverance and strictly honourable conduct, so ;11 tiee to that secured him a successful practice. On the estiti - j 'A s h. ; :s Mind peculiarly meat of a Court of Chancery in the Prov' in „' , 11. having determined to confine his t.''.ed the chambers of the ci C u o a u l r ifi t, edi r lim lA , , h w ich ith th e e ha c r a a s e t to of ".'istic energy proceeded ,tyt ando this s 'counsel and reporter, Mr. Russell. country he immediately ob ctoelebtntgeldal On his re e' t d u q' r u r. i . ob tained a 10.g'hly lucrative and extensive equity prac tice, which has been constantly increasing until his untimely death. The last act of his life strikingly illustrated the kindliness of heart and utter want of regard fcr self which have ever marked his character. He was an excellent swimmer, and could have reached the shore without difficulty, had he not refused to leave Mr. Jamieson, who was un able to swim, a n d h e th us sacr ifi ced his life in the in effectual attempt to save that of another. Callom, the engine -driver in this unfortunate case, some time ago received a medal from the Com pany, and such was the opinion entertained of him, that he was the person always selected for any parti cular occasion.' As an instance, he was the driver of the engine which took Marshal Soult to Liverpool, and for the skill displayed by him on that occasion, that distinguished soldier handed him a present of 101. .• The sufferer Totnlins was considered by his medical attendants to be somewhat better last evening, but considerable fears ars entertained for his ultimate recovery. The inquiry lasted three hours, and ex cited intense interest. EARL FITZWILLIAM AND THE CORN-LAWS. (From the Leeds Mercury.) The following letter was received from Earl Fitzwilliam,, in reply to an invitation to attend the Leeds AntiLCorn-law .Soiree : it unfortunately ar rived too late to be read at the meeting : " Milton, Dec. 5, 1842. "My dear Sir,—Saturday having been entirely occupied with public business, this is the first oppor tunity I have had of answering your letter, and of expressing how much I feel honoured by the invita tion to the intended meeting, which I would certainly have attended if I had been at Wentworth. You are probably aware that I consider corn as fit• as any other article of import -to contribute to the national revenue, by a uniform duty levied for that purpose; but this is perfectly consistent (and is so considered by foreign countries) with the most complete freedom of trade. Such a duty is no more in contraversion of free trade, than the tolls or rates paid by navi gators, or passengers to the Aire and Calder Naviga tion, or to the North Midland Railway. It is, in truth, a payment of precisely the same character, viz., for the maintenance of the establishment, and for the interest of the debt of the community. I insist the more strongly upon this, because I observe that some persons hold that there is something peculiar about corn which gives it a claim to exemption from contributions to public revenue. This I conceive to be a mistake. Another mistake is to suppose that there are certain manufactures so important that they ought to be protected by duty—this is the landowners' mistake appli e d t o ot h er purpos es, and must b e adopt the know that prepared las t autumn to aao equally- guarded a ga i ns t. I a d ver t -to it, becaus e I knov quite mean principlelt3•l of fre e t ra d e . Leeds was not throughout, and we also know that, at Lord Stanley's re-election, a Ali. Brookes held that certain branches of manufacture could not do without protection, and thereby gave Lord Stanley a great trioloPh• " Now, all these reservations must be cast away, and the principle acted upon without exception, and I trust that this will he the tone to-morrow —if it is not, the meeting will do more harm than good, but I hope all will be well. " I beg to be believed, yours faithfully, " FITZ WIL LIAM." the right hand side, leaving the remaining part of the train, he thought three carriages, on the railway. He did not notice particularly how many carriages the train consisted of, but he thought there were two first class and two second class carriages'. Immediately after the accident witness and two other men who were at work with him, hurried to the spot, and the first person he saw was Low, one of the Company's overlookers, lying on the bank to the right. He next saw the deceased in one of the compartments of the second class carriage that had fallen on the right hand bank. The carriage was lying on its side, and he had been obliged to get upon the other side, which was uppermost, and to get through the door, to her assistance. He found her with her head under the seat, and her legs :doubled under her. At the time he Minds of thine order come not every year, Nor are they grown in clusters ; instruments Of power !if they be true,---of destiny ! Apostles to their age ! the virtuous Hail them as Saviours, while thF common herd Of coward knaves grow paralyzed with fear, Expectant that their day is passing hence This man is courted by Lord Lynterne, the Minister of the day, and invited to his country house. Lord Lvnterne has a daughter, the Lady Mabel (Miss Helen Faucit), of whom rumour 'speaks as the pa ragon of her sex, and as Mordaunt says— Rumour has not o'erdrawn her. She is rich In beauty, and-in that which passeth beauty, Or is perchance its source—a glorious soul. I've known her but a month, and . yet she seems, As tliehr own light, familiar to mine eyes. She was methinks the vision which did haunt Those reveries when mind shut out the sense, Or else refined it. One resembling her My fancy loved to picture, and my pen To have as an ideal. Little need That I should write again so. Nature's hand, Anticipating mine, has wrought in , life What I essayed on paper. What wonder that they love. But the Lady Mabel has all the prejudices of her station, and she knows not how deeply she loves. She deems it impossible she can love a parvenu. Her aunt, the ,Lady Lydia (excellently acted by Mrs. Warner), takes advantage of Mabel's aristocratic prejudices to crush her love in the bud, and thus to avoid the mesalliance. She tells Mordaunt that Mabel loves him, and urges him to leave the Earl's house. As she had anticipated, this induces Mordaunt at once to seek the Earl, avow his love for Mabel, and demand her hand. Meanwhile she seeks Mabel, tells her that the plebeian has taken advantage of her condescending kindness to him, in terpreted it into love, and is at that moment closeted with her father, and demanding her hand in marriage as the price of his adhesion to the Earl's party. The pride of the high-born Mabel is stung to the quick ; she bursts in upon the conference of the Earl and Mordaunt, at once disavows all love for him, and tells him in answer to his remon s t rance th a t she had, to beguile ennui, twed with his heart, and that it was sufficient honour .for him, the lowly-born, to have con tributed even in that manner to the amusement of one who traced her ancestry up to the time of the Con quest. Mordaunt withdraws, his heart broken, and his feelings blighted, and thus ends the third act. A lapse of five years takes place, and at the opening of the fourth act we find the parvenu Mordaunt a Baronet— Sir Edgar Mordaunt—a star of the first magnitude in the political world, a man whose alliance is courted by the Earl of Lynterne, who, to secure it, has offered him the Lady Mabel in marriage. They are betrothed, the day of the nuptials is fixed, the wedding guests are assembled at the Earl's residence, the writings are pre pared and only wait Mordaiint's signature,—he demurs, and the Earl asks him— Mean you to wed my daughter ? [pause) Mordaunt (turning upon him fiercely). NO ! (rifler a Frown not. I stand here to represent. Those men of humble heritage who rose To greatness by their virtues—those you deem " Their country's ornaments," " Earth's master-spirits," " Whose merit outruns praise." Said you not so Some moments hence ? In their name I say—No ! My wrong was theirs ; and they, through me, say—No ! This speech was most effectively given by Mr. Ma cready. lie was there as the representative of the millions determined "to stand by his order." The aristocrats by whom he was surrounded quailed before him ; human thoughts and feelings had risen from the depths beneath, and had broken up the icy surface of conventionalism. Here was true tragedy. But still the theory was not true ; the situation was sublime, but it could not by any possibility have occurred at the present day. the real Earl of Lynterne would have coolly rung the bell and desired his servants to order Mr..Mordaunt's carriage. A century hence this little breach of the proprieties would not be perceived; the reader would then be able to give himself up en tirely to the illusion of the scene. _ If the action had been thrown a century back, we should not have per ceived this ; but when we are told that such a scene took place at the present day, among the people whom we constantly meet in our streets, and see in our se nate houses, we are almost tempted to exclaim with liorace—" Quodcunque mihi ostendis sic incredulus odi." In the fifth act we find Mabel dying of a broken heart. The Lady Lydia, perceiving the misery she has wrought, confesses that she has been the destroyer of her niece by her machinations to prevent the alliance with Mordaunt five years before, and in an agony of grief throws herself at the feet of the dying girl to ask her forgiveness. This scene was again true tra gedy, and tragedy of the highest order. Mrs. War ner'S acting in it was perfect, and drew down re peated rounds of applause. Taken as a whole, it was decidedly the most perfectly-acted scene in the play. The Earl, on hearing the confessionOf his sister, de thrtnines to seek Mordaunt. The Noble becomes human, the man has conquered the aristocrat, and the high-boys determines to humble himself to the ple beian, in order, if possible, to save his child. The Lady Mabel, on becoming acquainted with his pur pose, hastens after him; to save him, as she says, from scorn, from ignominy, and repulse. Again does she burst in upon the conference of the patrician and ple beian, but not as before, to mock. No; she comes to speak of love, of forgiveness, and to die—to die in the arms of him who had been so deeply wronged, and so fatally revenged. The play was completely successful, and Macready's announcement of it for four nights a week was received with the most enthusiastic applause. Miss Helen Faucit, Mr. Macready, aiid-Mr. Marston, the author, were successively called for, an d rece i ve d with all the. honours ; and the success of the play was complete. Macready acted Mordaunt most effectively. He was the representative of a class—of the class of men in opposition to the class of Noble, thought slie was dead, but upon moving her she groaned, and he found that she was not lifeless. He assisted her out of the carriage, and she was attended by a passenger, who was a medical man, and also by Mr. llilder. She was the only person in the carriage. The Rev. Christopher Erle, of Hardwick, was the next witness. He stated he was a passenger in the first compartment of a first class carriage, which immediately followed that in which the deceased had been in on Thursday last, on his way to town. While the train was proceeding at the usual pace, along the embankme n t near theDodswell tunnel, he heard a dreadful crash, and a report, as loud as if a field of artillery went off, and at the instant the pannel of the seat behind him was stove in, and the flooring underneath his feet broken up with great violence. On looking out he saw on the left the wreck of the engine and tender, and on the bank lay the engine driver and stoker. He, witness, got out as soon as he could, and went to their assistance; first to the stoker, and then to Callom, the engine-driver. The latter, was evidently much stunned, but notwithstand ing this nothing could exceed the exertions which he made to assist the passengers. In fact, nothing could be more praiseworthy than his exertions, and no blame' whatever could attach to him. The Rev. Geu tleman, in conclusion, said he was in the habit of frequently travelling by the train of which Callom was the driver, and he felt it to be his duty, from the high - estimation in which he, Callom, was generally held by the inhabitants of Aylesbury, for being a steady, well-conducted man, as well as in justice towards the Railway Company, to come forward on the present occasion to give evidence of that which he had witnessed. John Lodge, of Northchurch, labourer, deposed that on Thursday, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, he was in a brick-field, about thirty yards from the London and Birmingham Railroad, gathering some chips, when he saw a train proceeding towards town, and on its coming opposite to him he saw the engine wheels come off, roll down the embankment, burst through the fence, and shoot past him with a rapidity that was truly extraordinary. Juror—Did you observe any piee,e of iron, or part of the axle, start from the wheel after it parted from the engine ? 'Witness—No, Sir, it was quit fiat. Juror—l understand you had a very narrow escape of the wheel striking you ? Witness—l had indeed. John Pemberton stated he was assistant-engineer on the London and Birmingham Railway, and had been so for three years and a half. On Thursday last,' at eleven o'clock, he left Aylesbury with the London, or up-train, in company with Charles Cal lom, the engine -driver, who had been five years on the line. The engine used on that occasion was one that had been regularly used for six months. On starting it was the duty of Callom and him (witness) to examine the engine. He did so on the morning in question, and it appeared all right, and the axle ap peared as usual. There was no machinery attached to the fore-wheel of the engine. It was the fore wheel on the near side that flew off. The train was going at a steady pace at the time the accident occurred. It appears that the Noble Earl, if he had been in Yorkshire, would have thought it•his duty to attend the Leeds meeting, quite regardless of the obloquy that might have been cast upon him for co-operating with the Anti-Corn-law League. This is another proof of the high-minded disinterestedness and inde pendence of the Noble Earl, wh o has d;stinguished himself, not only among hi s or d er , but among his countrymen and his species, for chivalrous patriotism, superiority to prejudice, and zeal in the pursuit of duty. Earl Fitzwilliam will be gratified to learn that no principle short of perfect freedom of trade has been advocated in Leeds either at this meeting or at any other Anti-Corn-law meeting for several years. At some of these meetings all wish for protection to manufactures has been disclaimed in the most ex- CORONERS' INQUESTS. SUICIDE.—Mr. Baker, the. Coroner, held an in quest, on Saturday afternoon, at the Rose and Crown, Bromley, upon the body of William Otley, of Ocean place, Stepney. From the evidence of a policeman of the K division, it appeared that on Thursday night he was walking up a lane, on the Bromley side of the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, and saw a man apparently reclining against the rails. He, thinking that the person was drunk, went up to assist him, and saw that a rope was passed round his neck, the other end be ing attached to the rails. He (witness) lost not a mo ment in cutting the rope, and with the assistance of a brother constable, who at the time arrived, convey e d him to the Bromley station-house, where it was as certained that life was not quite extinct, and Mr. Garman, surgeon, of Bow-road, tried to bleed him.. A few drops flowed, and almost immediately after wards he expired. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." FATAL ACCIDENT.-Mr. Payne held an inquest at a late hour the same evening in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, upon the body of William James, aged 37, a milkman, residing at 83, C annon -street, Walbrook. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the de ceased, his brother, and a servant, named David Morgan, had gone upon Tuesday morning last to Finchley in a chaise cart, drawn by a young horse, which had been purchased by deceased just seven days before. 'When returning, about half-past five the same morning, and on entering Finsbury-square, the horse, on coming off the wood pavement on to the stones, got frightened, and ran off. He had not pro ceeded, however, above fifty yards, when the cart was overturned, the deceased falling under it. He was conveyed in a hackney-coach to the hospital, where he died on Friday morning. Verdict—" Accidental death." press terms, and at other times — iheprinciples laid down clearly implied the same disclaimer. Not only is this the case in Leeds, but at the largest con ferences of the Anti-Corn-law League held in Man chester and London, resolutions to 'the same effect have been passed unanimously. It is with great diffidence that we express dissent from any opinion of Earl Fitzwilliam's on a subject which he has treated so ably and peofoundly as he has the Corn-law; but we confess that we do not agree with his Lordship in "considering corn as fit as any other article of import to contribute to the national revenue by a customs duty levied for that purpose:' It is indeed true, as his Lordship argues, that a small fixed duty on corn imported, for the pur poseforeign countries) with the most complete But it remains to be considered whether it is consistent with the best prin ciple of taxation to levy a duty on the prime neces isso ofco revenuens freedomidered only, by of ly ' t irs " pe r f ect l y cons i s t en t ( an d ade." neces sary of life. It is generally admitted to be impolitic to tax the raw materials of manufactures; and the taxing of the chief article of daily food appears to us to be still more objectionable ; for that in reality con stitutes a raw material of manufacture, and the neces sal f support of all labour. There is, moreover, this peculiarity in the effect of taxing foreign corn, namely, that it raises the price not only of the corn imported, but also of all the home-grown corn. We that the foreigner pays the duty, in a I know that this effect is doubted by som e diminution of the profit which he would otherwise who believe receive on the corn brought into this country. But we conceive must be to diminish the quantity imported foreign corn that the effect of an import duty en ; and what article in the n e v a e r r k d e itm raises s e t s h e t p h er rice .0 a n it ti ty may of n a o n t raise the price must raise the p th ric t contracts the e he in ful s l o e m x o ten d t eg o r f ee t , he in d as ut in y, no b h ut as it it power of importing corn with a profit and thereby reduces the quantity actually imported. A fixed duty of 4s. per quarter, for example, would in many cases prevent the Dantzic, or Odessa, or New York corn-merchant from importing it may turn the scale in many a calculation to the side of de clining the venture. A duty of 2s, 6d., or even of ls., would operate in the same manner, though with proportionably less force. Now it seems to us that whatever diminishes the supply, or raises the price of the chief article of human food, is an evil. Food can no more be too cheap than the raw materials of manu factures can be too cheap. There ought, therefore, to be no tax whatever on corn, and no species of limi tation on the supply from any quarter of the globe. If we are mistaken on -the oint in which we have ventured to differ from Earl I itzwilliam, we shall be happy to be set right. Frederick Parker, foreman to Mr. Berry, the super intendent of the Railway Company at their works at Wolverton, for ten years, deposed that, on the 30th of March, 1842, the engine Aylesbury No. 2, was brought to the works to undergo a general inspection, and have any repairs it might require done to it. The engine was not built at the Company's establishment, but he, witness, could tell whether an engine was well built or not. The repairs done to the engine Ayles bury No. 2, where she had new tires on the driving wheels, the front wheels were repaired, the pistons were' repaired, the cylinders were bored, the steam valves and axle-boxes were repaired, the framing round the fire-boxes and starting-gear were repaired, and flag signals, the use of which had been since dis continued, were put on her. He examined the engine thoroughly, and the axle in particular, upon that occa sion. Did not detect any flaw or defect in the shaft. If there had been a defect at that time he thought he must have detected it. ALLOTTING LABOURERS.—The labourers belonging to the parish of Brill have been suffering severe pri vations from the want of employment. A short time since nearly forty persons belonging to that parish, were inmates of the union-house at Thome. Those out of the house unemployed made an attempt to see the Duke of Buckingham, at Wotton house, his Grace bei ng a cons i derable occupier in the parish, for the purpose of stating their grievances. Their first attempt to get a hearing was unsuccessful ; a second, however, was made by between 30 and 40 able-bodied men, in a body, which was successful The Duke relieved their immediate necessities, and ordered the parish officers of Brill to attend at I Votton-house ; requested them to call a parish meet ing, for the purpose of allotting the men among the ratepayers; and stated, that if the rest of the rate payers would take the men according to their assess ment to the rates, he (the Duke) would choose ei g ht labourers f or his share for the winter, which is some thing more than hi s p ro p or ti on . The parish meeting was accordingly called, and an arrangement made to send one labourer for each 701. assessment to the poor-rates ; those paying less than a 70.1. ass essment to take a labourer so many days a week in proportion. In the course of the past week the brooms have disappeared from the mast-heads of many of the ships in the various docks and canals w i thi n the port, which maybe regarded as a very palpable i n di cation of a favourable move in maritime affairs. The ship wrights, too, who have been, very much to their dis advantage, idle hands about the b an k s of the Thames for some time, begin to find occupation. The value of tonnage is improving, and w i th t h e spring we may expect more general and increased activity. The Earl of Lucan and St. Clair O'Malley, Esq., are superseded from the Commission of the Peace for the County of . Mayo, by th e di rection of the Govern ment.—Dublm Evening Packet. DOUBTFUL SECURI TY. — Looking at a mad bull through a telescope inverted, for the purpose of keeping the animal at a respectable distance.—Neu' York Paper. CORONER —Supposing you were now told that the shaft was hollow, could you account for it in any way ? Witness—l really cannot. Had it been hollow in March last, I feel conscious I must have detected it from the test to which I submitted it. CORONER—Did you sound. or ring it, as itis called? Witness—l did not then ; it would be no use in doing so with the wheels on. The witness here.said the axles of those engines were made of wrousht-iron, and gave a description of their manufacture. the axle in question was four inches in - diameter, but some were made four inches and a half. Witness recol lected a similar aecident to the present happening to another engine some months ago, when the axl e b ro k e , yet the engin e p rocee d e d t o its destination. CORONER—Had this accident occurred to a six wheeled engine, would the consequences have been so serious ? Witness—The six wheels would have made no differdnce. The witness, in conclusion, said there must have been originally a flaw in the axle in ques tion, and it had latterly increased. Mr. Edward Berry, the gentleman under whom the last witness is employed, was the last witness called. He stated that the engine in question had, since the 2d of January, 1840, ran upwards of 40,000 Lodg e of this town, Fellows,Gan of the Odd ENO i n c K t . h — e A " tj aames last night, Mr. Wallace, M.P., numerous w at t,, was presented with a splendid engraving of the insignia of the order, in a gilt frame, of an unique description, bearing the fol lowing in3cription : " PaEsEstED To ROBERT WALLACE, Esq., of Kell y , , Ar. I r•I As a Mark of Respect, By his BROTHER ODD FELLOW & Greenock, 184 . 2." ' _ The Prov. G. M., in presenting the emblem, delivered a speech in which he highly eulogised Mr. Wallace for his attention to the interests of the order on seve ral occasion. Mr. Wallace, in returning thanks, ex• pressed his entire approbation of such a benevolent institution, and stated his willingness at all times to promote its welfare.— Greenock Advertiser of Tuesday. ........„.„ ‘ „,, F ,„ ./...,,,......._.... ......... :0„,,,,,....„____ . . . . 1, 4 -,--,' . ' - --__, b....,- . ..•fi - ..?..,,, ~:- N i. ra !, _. LiiiNi. ._ , ~ ..,...„...„ -,i, ~,, , a ; ,i, -.,,z , K. t. ' . ' . .i, ..VN ° f . i'., t- t Itt 1 '' NAVAL INTELLIG. - -'..i - t•e4 •.i.,.. „:4 pi* - .__,...,/ t irt'• -- , ._, 4 -.A irv ae.t....,,.. ...„4 .._., r ..:1 - i A .. , ~,,.,, _ •. „ . .0 - or. - . : __ -,,,, 4- itx. e......,r,,2 4 1?- , , - - . --.--.,-, ...'" --- " : "N •••• , .- P-r-7. ':••;\ , "' s-- 4,„,., „,,,0 44). 461 4 ' F. ,- - - -, ,_,,, w .. ;.., :: ~ di. '), ' , .... c* , ;6. 41 e e,/ . 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The Wasp, 16, Commander Drew, sailed yesterday for Bermuda. The Fearh s ; and Lightning, steamers, have returned to Woolwich from the Downs. The Echo, steamer, was also there yesterday. The Alban and Megsera, steamer s are nearly ready for sea, at Woolwich. In Harbour--ST. incent,Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Semarang, Frolic, Nau tilus, Thunderbolt, steam frigate Rocket, and Volcano, steamers ; Sovereign, transport. At Spithead—Cambridge and Warspite. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROM OTIONS. —Commander—J. Hallowes (of the St: Vincent), to the rank of Captain, in honour of her Majesty's visit to that ship on a recent occasion. Lieutenant—J. A. Gordon (b) of the Warspite; Edward Peirse, of the Indus, to the rank of Com• maiden Mates—Robert Hopkins (1835), of the Warspite; John N. Norman (1836), late of the Racer; Frede. rick T. Chetham (1838), of the Queen ' • and Henry R. Foote (1836), late o f th e Alb ert, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants--11. W. Baugh, to the Samarang; W. Horton, from the St. Vincent to the Gorgon ; J. C. Prevost, to the St. Vincent, vice Horton ; F. W. Horton from the Endymion to the Dido. Assistant Surgeon—G. St. G. Bowen, to the Minden.. Midshipmen—Frederick Rich, to the Pique ; J. Cust, from the Warspite, to the Thunderbolt. Volunteers Ist Class—S. L. Peile, to the Samaraniz ; A. D. Mercer, to the Tweed. Acting Master and Pilot—E. M. Chaffers, to the Warspite, vice Vanzetti, superseded. Master's Assistant—G. F. M,Dougall to this Samarang. Clerks—W. Hickman (in charge) to the Spider; J. A. Messum, to the Thunderbolt. First Engineers—John Boswell, from Wildfire, to the Virago ; W. Dunkin, of the Gorgon steamer, has been presented by the Admiralty board with a medal for zeal and good conduct. COAST GuAan.--Lieut. William Southey, to Win chelsea Station ; Lieut. W. A. Ferrer, to the Fairlight Station. Removals—Lieut. William Tullis, from Belhelvie to Gourock ; Lieut. W. Congdon, from Garnish to Milk Cove; Lieut. John Douglas Ramsay, from Carrickfergus to Misner Haven; Lieut. Frede rick Hire, from Priory to Cornhill. The appoint.. ment of Lieut. Henry Augustus Finucane is eancelkd. YlPOOF:RorErm.:772onAme3oll,:isf(ouirEG- cTopmAarmnitednrseCialoißTvT:pmoaNsels7;:iwN.Vassg. CITY, SATURDAY ,/2vENING. little lower again to-day. An inf:uential house in tghaeveponsoittiiocne ofto the lenders Lombard-street, which held fur.'ds at 2+ per cent., c for the future they would be unable to afford re. r ore than two per cent. The Bank averages ev'dibit no material change In of the former rep) ration since the publication the circulation The bullion has increased, but ':ias been moderately contracted. The thsfr i ,ement was so ver y l a t e l y i ssue d as to h m a o v n etl i'l etr: r acted much from the im p or t ance o f th e pre sent.4he arrival of the Locust steamer from Malta, with the Chinese treaty, accompanied by a letter from the Emperor, undertaking to attach his signature thereto so soon as it shall have received the ratification of Queen Victoria, was made known in the course of the day, and the event seemed to create much interest. among commercial men, inasmuch as little further time will now elapse before the document passes into the hands of the Emperor for consummation. So much as is anticipated from the late arrangement in the way of trade, it is no more than natural that a somewhat feverish anxiety should be felt by sanguine and enterprising persons for its formal completion,. The treaty will no doubt be honoured with her 111a ' jesty's autograph with all practicable dispatch, and as speedily transmitted back to the celestial empire as it has been transmitted to Europe. EUN.—The business transacted to-day in tha Stock Exchange has been but limited ; the market is, however, rather flat. Consols are 93i • Three per Cent. Reduced, 941 -I; Ditto Three-and-it:Half, 1001; Exchequer Bills, 51s. 535. Spanish Securities are flat and heavy ; the Three per Cents. are now 17.1, and the Fives 23 ; Mexican Bonds are firm at 31k ; Tiutch Five per Cents., 101+; Ditto Two-and-a--Ilalf per Cents... 52t. Very little- businet, - doing in the Share Market- Prices are firmer, Livxnrooz COTTON MARKET.--The demand during k e has been done in s p ecu l a ti on , an d for home but li tet] l'as scarcely been so l arge as p rev i ous l y ; thethe : e iquiry has been limited. American descriptions /. .ave been drooping. The sales to-day are 3,000 bags. SHARES.—We have had a fair amount of business doing to-day, at moderate prices. The New York papers, brought by the ship Hot tinguer, reached London this morning. They are but one day later than the former advices. The New York Herald, of the 20th, states that the Stock Board exhibited no new feature. Sales of State Stock were, to a fair extent, at fair prices ; Fancy Stocks were down ; Delaware and Hudson fell 1 per cent. The packet ship Hendrick Hudson, for London, was to sail on the 21st. The - quarterlv average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Ba nk of England, from the 10th Sep tember to the 3d December, as published in tire Ga zette of last evening, exhibits a decrease in the circula tion of 341,000/. ; deposits, 115,000/. ; securities, 724,000/. ; and an increase in the bullion of 195,0001. TIIE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Wilberforce steam vessel, recently returned from the Niger exp e diti on, was aid off at Woolwich on Wednesday last, and the kroomen transferred to the 'William and Mary yacht. The Kroomen appear a hardy race of me n , and prove excellent sailors on their native seas, and able and willing to work ; but in this 1 northern climate they complain of the piercing winds going through them, a lth oug h com fortably clothed, and with flannel shirts next their body. The Wilberforce left the Soudan steam-vessel at Ferna n d o Po, and it is expecte d s h e will receive the slight repairs she will require there. The Albert steam-vessel is still on the coastof Africa; and, owing to her small draught of water, it was said she was to be employed in looking after slave ves sels.An impression p reva il s amongst the few remaining of the crew of the Wilberforce that she will be re-commissioned in the spring of next year, and be worked exclusively by volun teers, assisted by Kroomen, and again proceed to the Niger. That river is described as being for about twenty miles below the spot where the model farm was one entire marsh, the whole of that distance clothed on each side with magnolia trees, growing into the river, and presenting a singular appearance where the rife and fall of the tide had washed away the earth from their roots. It was invariably in pass ing through this spot that the greatest number of cases of fever and deaths occurred amongst the white portion of the crew, and even the West Indians em ployed in the expedition could not resist the effects o p the malaria. The country above Idah is described as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intel ligent portion of the crew of the Wilberforce think a situation for the model farm ought to have been selected farther up the river, if such could have been obtained from the King of that co country.The Niger at Idah is represented as being about twic e as broad as the Thames at Woolwich, ands in some parts immediately below Idah, about three times the breadth of the Thames in that quarter. The dew falls e very evening after sunset in t er marsh dew of the Niger in the form of a dense fog of greater intensity th an was lately experienced on the River Thames. Several or the black crew of the Wilberforce, on being paid off, were very Proud of being freemen, and proceeded to Londogi t.):,e same evening, with the view of obtaining vessels, The great majority understood and could speak English very well, and conversed with each other in that language. RETURN OF POIRRY TO CILAMLEIGII.--The parish Church of Chawleigh, as tradition says, was, by its founders, the Roman Catholics, dedicated to St. An drew, who, of course, is the tutelar saint of the parish. Wednesday, Nov., 30th, a day marked in the calendar as St. And rew ' s day (notice having been given the Sunday previous, exhorting the inhabitants to retina to that duty they had so long neglected), the . bell tolled, th e R ev. Divine with his Pop i s h ean omea ls walked to th e c h urc h ; b ut fi e ! enlightenedinhabit ants of Chawleigh, only two were found to do ho mage t o th e i r pa t ron sa i n t. R e p o rt says it was by order of the Bishop, and the inhabitants expect soon to see lighted tapers oit the altar.—Exeter Paper. STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—Work of all kinds continues to get every day more difficult to be ob tained in this quarter, and the unceas ing d est i tut i on of the mass of the population beggars all description. As a proof of this, the numbers on the relief list for the week ending the 22d of November was 8,626 — week ending the 29th of November. —males, 1,594, dependents, 4,698-6,292 ; females, 1,520, dependents, 1,748-3,268 ; total, 9,560. Increase, 934. While the numbers of the destitute are thus rapidly aug menting to the highest amount of last year, we are truly sorry to convey the alarming intelligence that the funds at the disposal of the relief committee are about exhausted, and that they have already run themselves so deeply in debt to preserve the peace and lives of the inhabitants, that it is now a serious ques tion with the members whether or not they will con tinue their services a day lonsrer.—Glaseow naner. -KAU OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION: Cary's NEW OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, of enormous power, exhibiting the HUMAN HAIR EIGHTEEN INCHES in diameter, being magnified seventy four millions of times. New DISSOLVING VIEWS, including a View of GHUZNEE and the .BOL AN PASS in AFF GHANISTAN. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL ,MA CHINE. LECTURES DAILY, in which 'the latest scien tific productions are familiarly explained. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. ONDON 'FRIENDLY •UNION NATIONAL INSTITUTION. Under the Patronage of The Right Hon. Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. The Right Hon. Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward of the Household. The Right Hon. Sir . ROBERT PEEL, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Treasury. The Right Hon. Earl of ABERDEEN, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. And upwards of 200 Noble Lords and Ladies. To give Employment to industrious Artisans, by a distribu tion four times a-year, viz., in March, June, September, and December, of Cabinet Furniture Hosiery from Nottingham I Blankets from Witney And Silk from Spitalfields. The next Distribution will take place en THURSDAY, December 15, 1842. The Society require no gift or donation for their support, but every subscription of 2s. 6d. entitles the subscriber to a chance of obtaining some article of their manufacture, varying in ' , glue from 10s. to 20/. Notice.—A subscription of 10s. constitutes a Yearly Sub scriber, entitled to Four Chances, one each. Quarter, and so on for every additional 10s. subscribed, who, if he should not gain a Prize during the year, will be entitled to an article of the Society's manufacture, the value of which will depend on the amount he subscribes. All Letters for Subscription Receipts, enclosing the amount, will be answered by return of Post. Receipts for Subscriptions to be had at the Society's Estab lishment, 71, Leadenhall-street. W. CROFTON, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AsSUlt- ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED' ANNUITIES, &c, No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq. Chairman. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. George Lungiey, Esq. Jahn; Rawson, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. , F. RA. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotton, M.D., F.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Svmes, En- Sommons—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. BANms-.-Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motives to Lzfe Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Serretary. COTTISII (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE 1.3 ASSURANCE. Founded A .n. 1815. Constituted by Act of Parliament. Capital, accumulated and invested, upwards of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Annual revenue nearly TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, 5, ST. ANDREW SQUARE. Assurances effected previous to 31st December will have the advantage of a full year's standing,:and are entitled to partici pate in the profits for the current year. But in order that this may be done, all proposals must he lodged at th 3 Head Office before 31st December ' or with the Society's Agent, in time to enable him to forward it to the Head Office before that date. December, 1842. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. LONDON OFFICE, 7. PALL-MALL. HUGH M‘KEAN, Agent. UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE .._ OFFICE, 1, KING WILLIAM-STREET. LONDON. The Rates of this Office, founded on the most accurate ob servations of the duration of human life, are as moderate as is consistent with perfect security. One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders ; three-fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen contingencies. The first division of profits took place on the 13th of May, IMO, when a reduction of 60 per cent. was declared on the current annual premiums ~ f all those policies entitled to parti cipation. The second division of profits was in May, 1841, and the third in 1842, on both of which the large reduction of 60 per cent, was declared. The following t able will show the operation of the reduction made by the Society . Age Reduced when Date ot Sum Orinal Annual l'olicy Policy. Assured. Premium.was Reduction Premium payable in issued. 184. , , 41,&2. --- -------. 20 May 1834. £l,OOO £l9 6 8 £ll 12 0 £7 14 8 30 ••• •.• 1,000 24 8 4 14 13 915 4 40 1,000 31 10 0 18 18 12 12 0 50 1,000 42 15 0 25 13 0 17 2 0 60 1,008 66 11 8 39 19 0 26 12 8 This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate benefit to the Assured, er enables them to secure a consider able bonus by effecting a new policy. Policies are granted in London, and by resident Committees at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on India risks, at very ad vantageous rates, calculated from extensive data and tables, ex clusively in the possession of this Society, to show the true risk of life during residence in India, and after retirement from foreign service. By order of the Board, AVID JONES, Actuary. _ 113 LATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Manutheturing _IL Silversmith, No. 47, Cornhill, Londor., seven doors from Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FIDDLE PATTERN SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles may be bad lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce. _ _ - - oz. 8. d. X. a. d. 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons... 10 at 7 2... 10 15 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4 12 ditto Table Forks 3O 7 2... 10 15 0 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... 311 8 1 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 2... 311 0 .2 itto Sauce ditto 10 7 8... 316 8 4 ditto i Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 8... 3 16 8 1 pair 4 ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) OIS 0 N. B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrated by drawings, and containing every information relative to the purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on applica tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. OOLLIS' LADIES' BREAST OINTMENT . N_J This Ointment is now confidently recommended to the public as an infallible remedy for all diseases of the Breast, occasioned by Cold, or the Milk coring in the Breast. It is a certain cure for Whitlows, Abcess, Scalds, Burns, Bad Legs, and all cutaneous diseases; and in consequence of the now great demand for the Ointment, the Proprietor is induced to lay it before the public—not as a cure for " all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in cases as above mentioned it is with the greatest confidence recommended to the public. Sold wholesale and retail by R. Johnston, 68, Cornhill, London, in pots 2s. 9d. each, duty included ; and most Medi cine Vendors in the country- FOGS AND DAMP AIR. B..A.RCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual Preservative from toe ill abets of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects arc to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach"from the admission of Damps, and to relieve those who stiffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and Sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; bitford, lu4, and H. Burtield, 180, Strand; March, 3.26, Holborn ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ,• Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-street, Is lington ; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church. street, hackney ; and by all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. Observe—None can be genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and . Sons" are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. It is with lively satisfaction we state that our most Gracious Queen has enjoyed excellent health since her return from Walmer—a circumstance which must prove the more gratifying to her attached subjects from the certainty there now exists that our Gracious Sovereign is in that interesting condition which pro mises another scion to her Royal house. As to the period at which this event is likely to take place, it must be obvious that none can speak with any degree of certainty but her Majesty's confidential medical at tendants, and it is not at all likely they, would make such a subject a matter of general conversation. — Observer. Jordan, the clerk who absconded with the money of the London Joint-Stock Bank, has now returned all the sum taken, with the exception of 401.—Atlas. tilt- EAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP. Sp In announcing the SAILING DAYS for the SEA -I'4V' /843, the Directors have acceded to an EARLY 34 4 - gOE IN FEBRUARY, via MADEIRA, in cones itahll of the application of many friends of the Ship, who 't en; °l:loured her constantly by their patronage, .and whose N r Lons have been promised to ensure a good freight ; they o teu e rctinded of this, and also that the passage will probably It more than twenty days. i s In that she should sail FOR NEW YORK. Baturday, 11th Feb., 1843, from Bristol, via Madeira. 1)(3 ., • 15th April, from Liverpool. r,°. 3d June, from Liverpool. 29th July, from Bristol. 16th Sept. from Liverpool. 1- '°. 4th Nov., from Liverpool, via Madeira. FROM NEW YORK. lhursday, 16th March, 1843, for Liverpool. R (4 11th May, for Liverpool I ,'"°. 29th June, for Bristol. 24th August, for Liverpool. 40 . 12th October, for Liverpool. A°r dip7th for Bristol. Prei Dec., ' ght, Passage, or further information, apply to Cap "lazton, R.N., Managing Director, Great Western Steam \ _ t tt ° Bristol. be 'nee, er 5, 1842.