The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

Arrd. ipton. eanor, 1, for incess Ss to 59$ 53 21s Os 231 4s 16S ,5s 370 8s :218 !7s :33$ 11 s ;390 !Ss 198 trig 31 105 21 ?ft :33. )5s 4es 101 330 lOs 33$ ly lad at full ply late 35,521 he cor • on the 98 348 .Ss 225 12, 355 545 568 os 435 18 1 445 12s 485 I 101 Os I $1 Os 1 4/10s )s 291108 sports- It week ;t 3,89 5 litto is Oporto. Ist irs- Pigs ... 0w... • •••••• .. 44 ~ 9 le ..... 23 ,„ 76 I. .... Pigs► owly ° 1. to s• a ; 2 3 6 3 - o 4 a 0 2 4 3 e 4 # 1 a 22 .- 0 @ t.. hesillY we st. g eneral tdenc9• reen :ceeded o 8. d. 6 o 2 0 ' a 8 a ; 4 .3 ; 0 4 v r Too. to Si' to to '"" to LO 704 to to 6" to 600 10 0 " W A ' 00 :0 iusse— erliog 1117 s; allowdid* )1c nr ices ' TO' tne same prices for forward delivery. Town T6llO , 37s 6d per cwt nett cash; rough fat, 23 lid per 81bs. 184.5, I 1846. 1847. i 1848. 1149. Stock this day .....•1 2k,847 Price of Y. C. —.. [ 1 t04141869(id Delivery last week • • 2,369 Ditto front June 1.... .53,871 Arrivals last week . 164 Ditto from June 1 ... 1 66,746 Price of Town •• ••..! 45s Od 4Th 6d 49s 6d 147 s 6d 140 s 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY. The L')RD CHANCELLOR ant today in the old Lai Lincolu's Inn, and hoard appeal /notions and appeal, Alt the other equity courts resumed their sittings thi: morning, it being the first seal atter Michaelmas Term DUNCAN V. LUNTLEV. Mr. BACON replied to-day in this case, the argument: in which were partly heard on Friday last. The ca, came before the Court upon appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, allowing a demurrer it the bill fur want of equity. The suit was instituted by the executors of the late Mr. William Cloves to com pel the defendants, the directors of the Abney-park Ce meters: Company, to make good the los; sustained on thtl fraudulent sale, by their secretary, of fifty shares, stand 1 ing in the nam e o f M r . Cl owes . T he d e f endants de- I murred, on the ground that they were not accountable under the deed of partnership, and that the remedy, i+ any, was against Mr. Dyer, the person who bought th( l shares, and who was Lot made a parry to the suit. The LORD CHANCELLOR to-day, at the conclusion oq, Mr. B%cou's reply, gave judgment affirming the decisico. of the Court below with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal mothms. ROLLS' CO uItT.—(TILIS DAY.) This being the first seat attcr Michaelmas Term, hit Lordship the Master of the Rolls sat in his court in the Rolls-yard, Chsncery•laue, and heard motions, but no. Case of auy iuterest came before the Court durinc the' morning. VICE-CIIANCEItY.—(THIS DAY.) (BAure the VICE CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) Ilia Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England sat to day at eleven o'clock. This was the first seal after Michaelmas erm. ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BROWN'S HOSPITAL—JUDGMENT Ills HONOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, th, • principal question in which was, whether according the Charter of James 1., the Bishop of Lincoln was tht general visitor, and as such had a general power over the revenues of the charity. His lionour had more carefully looked over the charter, and was clearly o I opinion that the Bishop of Lincoln bad not a general! power over the n.venues of the charity, but that thtel power belonged to the Court of Chancery. JONES I'. BRANDON —JUDGMENT. His HoNouit also gave judgment in this case, refusing to grant,any injunction, and dismissing the bill with costs against all parties except the defaulting trustees, against whom the plaintiffs might have, it they thought it worth their while, a decree compelling them to re store the funds which, in the due execution of their trust, they ought never to have parted with. The principal parties in the case were of the Jewish persuasion. WRIGHT V. BARNEWELL.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR also gave judgment in this case, in which, the question was whether, under the statute 36th Get:.; 111., chap. 50, where an executor bad wholly ur parti) paid a legacy, and had also paid the residue, the Crowd had a lien on the unpaid part of the rtsiduel for the legacy duty. His honour was clearly of opinion that, according to the provisions of the statute, the executor would be a debtor to the Crown for the amount Of the duty, and that the le ga t ee to w h om part o f t h t legacy h a d been paid was also a debtor to the Crown to that extent. ASHBURNHAM P. ASHBURNHAM. His HONOUR stated that he should give judgment ii. this ease to-morrow. The COURT then proceeded to hear motions. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR sat to-day at half-past ten o'clock, and i heard motions and bankrupt petitions, but nothing callin#l for a special report came before him during the morning.' (Before the Vice.Chanceller %Victual ) RIGBY V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.— JUDGMENT. Rii HON OUR gave judgment this morning in this case, directing a reference to the Master to inquire whether any loss had been sustained by Griffiths in respect et the running of the trains from a certain period to the time at which they stopped, and reserving the costs of the motion until the Master had made his report. The Court then proceeded to hear motions, it being the first seal after Michaelmas Term. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Etius.) The Lord Chief Justice and a common jury were occupied during the morning in trying a part-heard case of " Collier a. Noukes," which involved the question as to the legality of a distress for rent, but possessed no interest to any beyond the parties themselves. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman SALOMONS.) William Rolls, 24, described as a dealer, and Hen, " ICU ' 21, described as a labourer, were indicted with asoteytteirteniggntsh,ree gold watches, value 401, and two halt the property of Mr. John Killick, a watch maker carrying on business at Knightsbridge. It appeared from the evidence that, on the 19th of October, about half-past twelve in the day, the prisoner Rolls came to the door of the prosecutor's shop and called him out to inquire the price of some dressing agliniaaiTe whi c h were i n t h e w i ndow, and alter keeping tdlll conversation outti le for about three minutes, h e he thought the glasses would suit him, and that he would bring hi s o ld woman i n t h e even i ng, an d h ave one them. The prosecutor afterwards induced him to go into the shop and look at some more glasses, and on about of some watches, leading him to suppose that so me one had just left the shop ; and he then imme diately discovered that three gold watches, and also m 0 money f rom t h e t ill , h a d b een stolen. Two Ilplicates belonging to the watches were found hanging th e window, and one l y i ng on t h e groun d b eh i n d r 6 counter. The pro secu t or , i n an ag i tate d manner„ b all into the street, to see if he could find the thief, but. , u: had disappeared. Ile received, however, information , Il a t King was observed to enter the shop while he was , gaged outside with Rolls, and to come out again in o to • Co minutes and walk off briskly towards Hyde-park t ra ° l ' ; and also that Rolls and King had been seen in irnest conversation a few minutes before in the street. "rila was given i n t o cus t o d y , b ut not hi ng was found Ira him, and subsequently King was arrested, when, sovereigns, a watch with the maker's name erased,'; _gold ring, and some other articles, none of which, how- e li r, bel onge d to the prosecutor, were found in c o s h is Possession. It was proved in evidence that prisoners had been frequently seen in each other's 4 %,,, 111 PloY, and in th e company o f we ll-k nown th i eves, and ' drer°, in order to disguise themselves, in the habit o f and stag, sometimes as gentlemen, with Parisian hats' rp i r i a lge, and sometimes as labouring men. e defence set up by the prisoners' counsel, Mr. th. rr Y and Mr. Robinson, was, with respect to King, ofhis identifi cat i on h ad not b een sufficiently made h$ and, with re s p ec t t o R o ll s , t h at t h ere was no proof Th actin g in co ncer t w i t h Ki ng. eoJory found both the prison ers G u il ty. th e "te ll" was deferred, there being ch arges aga i nst „pris oners for robbing other jewellers' shops, in con ""s With other persons. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.) ,21,. omas M'Donatd, a l a b ourer, aged 33, Mary his pr, and M ary F ox, a widow, aged 52, were indicted, -5,,-°r R eeling the sum of 701, the moneys of Thoma s `4ooanran. i The c i rcumstances o f the case will no doubt be freshl ~ ati the recollection of the reade rs o f Th e Sun. T hepr%', -p a . tor p rev i ous to t h e b rea ki ng out of the revolu t i o n - iwas a teacher of languages at Lyons, but it wog, tla4Pected that he had some connexion with a revolu -o—onary society, he was banished the country, and camel le r le England, leaving his property behind him. He , tress about the metropolis in a state of great dis it"s fo r a long time, but at length ho fell iil Ll with the prisoners at a low lodging-house et,,WLeattninster and went to live with them. It now inj u k e ‘ hilia that if he memorialised the Foreign-office he ,peg't Ultimately reeour the . property he had left . iu nif,ee, and he accordingly did so, the prisoners being ti t i 14 1 time cognisant of his proceedings. Eventually, p ro tgg the remonstrance of the Foreign Minister, th e . "tY was restored in the shape of the money in Illteati Sot ell, and the prisoners, immediately after he bad h ous e olsession of it, inveigled him into a low . pu - h„,; ~Ild, having well plied him with drink, they t fr °l) ,„ -- 'iiii of the 71. When the prosecutor recovered n L e uut drunken fit the discovery of the loss had such stn-tZebet U p o n . his intellects llects that he wandered imbecility, 1144 44 4 th „l 13 ! London in a state of mental i 1 144 _ prisoners were arrested on suspicio n h that they turtion,urdered him. In the course of time, however h e tnk, h e ° Up at Dartford, and good care having since late Unto;'s NM. he was now forthcoming to describe the T h 44(1 m anner of the r o bb ery . : - nep er ° evidence did n o t i mp li cate the first or the last at b eyond : d t were theref ore A cqu i tte d ; b ut it proved a doubt, that Mary M'llonald extracted had Ir n mY from the prosecutor's pocket, 451. of which Theen recovered, and she was found Guilty. Pra,,,, Court sonterced her to twelve months' im-_ - -. l 32en t - 4 • . . ei, s i P • l4 , ll named Thompson was indicted for stealing Po r g . rein the person of a pipe -manufacturer named , Joh, . ielvor,‘ William Fordo, the prosecutor, having been - 1 ,._" 2 was examined by the COMMON SERGEANT thus:— by flare a publican?—No, lam a clay pi emaker. ; lie.ho", on a certain night you were drinking at a pub -,: e x yo u ieo.) 4 , t. t, eweuthl l e drShauhhz i s i, k : Lpheeyarreces Kithl2 e v e a rl? -: men?—Yes. ? —3: e s . you in your pochet?—l d...n't knowl t kod t ' 1 1Y ... , but I lieu more thin eight shillings, sixience4 Wk. r . ,ePenee. A 1 C,. 1 1 YOU 138t,?—Yrs. ;:.• tutor ' named John Salle, in the employ of the prose- Itteusr,,ottiated that lie was with his master on the night jug s et:tit " , and saw the prisoner put his hand into the pro-Ft 34ruror a left-hand pocket. atit-HALLANTINk.: addressed the jury for the defence, n ot _, g, that as no money had been found, the case was i'll'erorr,ig\enough to justify a conviction. r know. ',,el3toist: SERGEANT. -oh, oh, that won't d o, you. There It 1, you see I've got a watch in my [oh§ 0 f=`- _.__`,_ Loted at 38s to 38s 6d, 2A,532 14,106 33,090 i 41,327 1 47s 6d 45s Od 44s 9d to; 384 0.1 I to Os Od to Os Od 45s Od ito3Bs I ; ("1 2,460 1 3,817 2,037 I 2,9.:61 45,855 I 49,021 52,917 ! 47,.217 1 33,082 613 3,912 4,2'1 63,764 55,028 78,974 66,301 Pigs. 295 day P.Y.C. on the spot is qi th. THE SUN, LONDON, The Alderman's hand here (Alderman Gibbs was seat, next to the Common Sergeant) i seen in my fob, are two minutes afterwards the watch is gone. sow, thou iv .the watch can't be found upon the Alderman, it is by TIC, means an unjust inference that he stole it. Well, thilt's just the case for you to consider now. The jury Acquitted the prisoner. e , j The v,011131014 SERGEANT —BCC,IIUS;) you don't know what he had in his pocket. The Foreman replied in the affirmative. rail, that Londo n mar k e t i s to maintain leer former isuperiority over all other markets for fish. The remedy I suggested to keep up the good elr! healthy system was to form a joint-stock company, and purchase all the smaek property from the privete THE ?owners, at a fair valuation: The editor of Belts Lif. `) ~ ` reviewing my lett e r, saj.li----‘ And, adding to th ese , lothers built under their own directian, create a' national source, calculated to encourage the traininel 1 ss of competent seamen, and-at the same time securingl to the consumer a supply of fish of the very best! description at a mo d erate pr i ce, and w i thout thceei fluctuations in quality and supply now so much deplored." There is so much truth and force con - tained in that paragraph that I do not see any use in !saying much more about it,, but at once try and get up a company. With a capital of about 400,0001. the whole of the decked-welled smack property now !afloat could be purchased, and others added to their !numbers. The cost of a welled smack, 55 tons' .!burden, new measurement, (which is about 65 tons! old 'measurement), is somewhere nearly 1,400/., when !fairly equipped for sea. The number of welled smacks belonging to England is from 250 to 300. I [cannot readily ascertain the exact quantity, as the) Tare not registered as welled smacks, but I believe the! is somewhere near about it. Had an able company the whole of those smacks, a n d p e rh a p s a num b er yiriore, under their command, with icehouses erected at Berwick upoe-Tweed, a station most contiguous to !the best fishing grounds, they would be able not only ,to supply the English markets with the best descrip tion of deep-sea living fish, but the markets in ,Scotland could from that port b e supp li ed also. 'THE ROCHDALE SAVINGS-BA NK. When I commenced this letter I i n t en d e d to have We published on Sat ur d a y an accoun t o f th e de given the history of Billing sga t e fi s h market; th falcations which had been di s co ve r e d i n the acc oun t s e 4 4 . great increase of trade that h as grown t h ere of late; f the late manager, Mr. Haworth. We now stibjoim ' the confused scene th ere every morn i ng (Sundays ,Dine additional particulars from the Manchester excepted); the compl e t e ' bl oc k up o f L ower Thames- ', Courier of that day : street, from Lond on -b r id ge t o T ower -hi ll, with fish " We are informed, upon excellent authority, t h at,„ ,„t mongers' carte, waggons, and vans , th a t b r i ng fish from the rail ways , & c . I a l so i ntended let a meeting of the trustees and managers of the bank,;'l 'held on Thursday evening, a communicati on fro,, to suggest ( w ith exp l ana ti on ) t h e propr i ety of H the proper authorities of the G o ver nm e n t was l a id having other w h o l esa l e fi s h- mar k ets near the rail 6 stations, and leave Billi ngsgate f or suc h fi s h t h at before them, intimating th a t th e y —th e t rus t ees ande e .waY were brought up th e r i ver i n vesse l s ( suc h as shell! managers —would be held responsibl e f or th e f u ll amount of the defalcati o ns, a n d th a t th e deposi tor6fi6h, eels, dryed fish, a n d s p ra t s , & c .) , b ut as t h a n would he intruding too mu c h u p on your space, in thel must be held harmless. Sh ou ld this t urn out t o b e ' , l correct, it will have a great effect in restoring confi_,F4nneantime, I will defer that subj ec t. T rust i ng, h ow- 1 Slence amongst the deposit o r s i n thi s p ar ti cu l ar b an k , 'eever, that sufficient ha s b een sa id to d raw attentions of those inter e st e d.—l am , Si r, &c. and also increasing th e con fid ence o f th e industrious ' classes in saving s -b an k s genera ll y — an o bj ect worthy:' l H. ' DEMPSTER. of great efforts to attain, as these institutions have se great a tendency to improve the character and elevate ithe morals of the working classes. A suggestion 'has been thrown out in Rochdale iu favour of raising ,a public subscription to make up the late actuary's; dt-ficiency, and a spirited gentleman of that town has; , ffered to head such a subscription with a donationi )f 1,500/. "It is said that the system of defalcation by Mr. Haworth has been going on for ten years. He 'became a cotton spinner subsequently to his appoint ment as his father's successor at the bank. He was iat the time of his death about forty- three years of iage, and held a great many stewardships and egeucies. Amongst others he was steward to Colonel Bailie, re relation of the present high sheriff of the county ; agent for the Sun Fire and Life Insurance-office; 'gent for Mr. Turner, of Haslingdon ; agent to Lad) Burdett, aunt of Mr. Entvvisle, and a relation of Col. Bailie ; besides which he held a great many other %gencies of a lucrative character ; and such was the !confidence reposed in him that he was arbitrator lfor the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Corn ! iiany along the entire length of their lines. He' was, in fact, a general agent, and considered to be ej man of such pr o bity as t o occas i on f requent reference ! to him as an arbi'rator "Various rumours as to the mode in whkh money 'has been dispersed have reached us, amongst others that at one time Mr. Haworth lost largely from speculations in railway shares ; that he bought two, estates in Lincolnshire a short time ago, and after.' wards disposed of them ; and that at the time of his death he was in possession of a small estate ini Cheshire. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced thiS morning at the Court Ti'lleuse, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Puelle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar., .contained the names of sixty-two prisoners. The grand - . ,jury having been sworn, they were dismissed to their ..'° duties with the usual remarks from the chairman. :., Entrpa Wilson, 25, was indicted for stealing a silver watch hum Edmund. German. Prosecutor stated that on the 11th of August, in th( • evening, he was walking along the Borough, rather the, worse for liquor, when two females accosted him and palled him up Chapel-place, Suffolk -street, and dragged; him into a hou se o f ill-f ame. S ou . e d r i n k was t h en sent :for, which was consumed between them. His watch waF. , safe in his pocket when he entered the house, and the prisoners suddenly left him. He then suspected that he qad been robbed, which induced him to look for his 4.atcb, when he missed it. He told the landlady of the 4 oircumstance, and afterwards informed the police, giving M, a description of the watch. The prosecutor's evidence was corroborated. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The Court sentenced her to three months' hard lairtur .13 .13rixton. ,-- BANK OF FRAN CE. The folk:ming is a return of the situation of the Bank Id France on Nov. 29: ASSETS. rjash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• ,§ Lillis falling due in Paris, of which ~. 17,701,032 f. Oc. arc from the branch banks ... .. „. ... 45,359,754 94 3ills in the bran c h b an k s ~. ... 77,447,373 (); Advances on coins and ingots... ... 4,950,600 0 Ditto by the branch bunks ... ... 282,070 6 Ditto on French public securities ... 21,366,931 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,953,781 ( Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 t 1.- Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 oari of 3,000,000 f. t o th e c ity o f Mar seilles .Advance to th e department of the &Me ••• .•• ••. ••• 3,000,000 0 lientes of the reserve f u nd ... ... 10,000,000 t I , eates, disposabl e f un d s ... ... 42,529,988 l ' ~ nvestments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... ... ilotel and furnitu re o f t h e Bank ... ideal property of the branch banks ... 'nterest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... ... ... ;Sills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches ... ... ... ".expenses of adnainis.tration,of the Bank IDitto of the branches Viseellaneous £287,921,471 77 . . 125,917,097 0 106,649 16 1,075,000 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,034,015 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 2,745,279 61 1,924,217 6 478,148 421 434,897 j 899,079 f. 748,682,593 43 " As many as 16,000 depositors are affected directly !or indirectly. The tnaingers and trustees meet every 1 (lay for the purpose of going through the books of the !depositors, and thus ascertaining the actual deficiency, which at present amounts to about 35,000/. As we understand that all the books have not yet been ex amined, the deficiency may amount to a still greater 'sum. Amongst the sums deposited are the following connected with the churches in Rochdale : The sick funds of St. James's, amounting to 1801.; of Sr Clement'a, amounting to 200/.; of St. Stephen's, amounting to 1401.; and of the parish church. amounting to 1451. The Hen and Chickens sick club, an institution chiefly for the benefit of children, withdrew from the hank at the beginning of this year their account, which then amounted to about 1,0001. Many of the Free Gardeners, Odd Fellows, Foresters, and other benefit societies, had their funds invested in the bank. We are informed that a large !portion of the sums above 601. were entered by Mr. !Haworth as having been withdrawn. " The will of the deceased was made during his ; recent illness, and it is said to hare involved the dis posal of 40,0001. or 50,0001. He is said to have left (but we know not with how much truth) 1001. a year to each of his managers in the mill ; and it is also ,aid that in respect of the mill he executed a deed of gift in favour of a gentleman of Manchester. "In addition to Sir James Clark, and another eminent physician from London, Mr. Ha worth was attended by Mr. Turner, of Manchester, and Mr. Bowers, of Rochdale. The heart, on a post mortent texamination, was found to be greatly enlarged. " The household of the deceased consisted of three maid-servants, two gardeners, a lodge-keeper, and e coachman. Two or three years ago, when there was great depression in the manufacturing districts, and his mill hands were only employed two days a week, he advanced them about two days' wages, to be re funded when trade revived. He named as his «xecutors Mr. John Ho!gate and Mr. James' Ecroyd, but they have refused to act under the; will. Mr. Ecroyd is, we believe, related to Mr. 'Haworth by marriage. Shortly before his death Mr. ; Haworth deposited 3,0001. worth of cotton, which it is supposed he did to meet the interest about to be come due upon the money abstracted from the bank. The owners of interest upon money so abstracted ,eemed to have pressed heavily upon him, and had he lived would probably, in a very short time, have led to a discovery of the defalcations. There is one cir cumstance, perhaps, which ought here to be noticed-- When any depositor said to him, 'ls your bank a safe one ?' he replied by pointing to the list of trustees and fnanbgers, and stating that they were responsible, and the high respectability of those gentlemen satisfied' the interrogator. "Some idea of the estimation in which Mr. , Haworth was held by his fellow-townsmen may be formed from the fact that a general desire was enter tained that his remains should be honoured with a public funeral; but the idea, happily as it turns out, was from some cause or other abandoned. "The business of the bank was conducted by Mr. !Haworth, the managi ng c l er k, M r . J ames E croyd, and a young man w h o h as l a t e l y b een appo i nted to a 'situation in the establishment. Mr. Ecroyd was en gaged all the week at the bank, as clerk to Mr. Haworth, in his various agencies ; bank business hours being only from 3 to 7 o'clock on Mondays' and from 3 to 7 on Saturdays." THE DECKED-WELLED SMACKS, SMACK OWNERS, BILLINGSGATE FISH! MARKET, AND RAILWAYS AGAIN. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The questions on deep-sea fisheries, welled smacks, smack owners, Billingsgate fish market, and, railway communication in fish, are questions o f, p er .' • baps, much greater importance than as yet many per sons will be prepared to admit. How is it that London, although many miles frorn sea, has always been able to boast of her fish markets being superior to any other, even to fishing villages bordering on the ocean ? Why, just because the fish' were brought from the deep seas alive in the decked , welled smacks. All naturalists allow that fish, when in their strongest and healthiest con dition, always keep out in deep water. It is only during their spawning seasons and weakly state that fish seek the banks inshore. In my last letter I pointed out the injury being inflicted on smack owners from the great competition offered to them by the open-boat along-shore fishers, who now -end their fish in such large quantities to London market by railway. I also suggested that unless some speedy measures were adopted to relieve the smack owners from their present difficulties, they would ultimately be compelled to abandon the smack 'rade altogether, and thereby the inhabitants of Lon don would be deprived of the best quality of fish ~ hick they have for above a century been accustomed Ito be supplied with. i •,: Whilst arguing th deep-sea fishery question n Scotland, urging on the inhabitants there to the pro-'s i priety of havi ng d ec k e d- we ll e d macks for supplying;-. their markets with real deep-sea cod alive, one of my'`,:_ most advantageous points in argument was—" Sup-. 0. _pose that any party in Scotland or Ireland wanted a :;, real deep-sea cod (from the Dogger Bli.k, the Well Bank, or, in fact, any other bank in the North Sea) `brought into their house alive, they could not obtain it for love or money; just because the fishermen in i ,either of thos e c oun t r i es did not emp l oy smac k s t h at ohave wells," Now, if the English welled-smacks are,, to be cast as H e in co n& 9 :l;lice of the over encourage . tient given to the open-boat fishery, London will then be worse situated fur fish than any other city either in Scotland or Ireland, the metropolis being so distant from all good fisl,ing ground. It is only by continu ing the welled smacks, in their present perfect state, 100 go to the deep seas, where the best fish are to be . Inad, erecting icehotnes at different stations along the t.xist, so that the fish may be sent to market in ice byl DEATH OF MONDAY EVENING DECFIVIBPIt 3 .184() . . QUEEN DOWAG Ep 1 (From the London Gazette Extraordinary) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2. WHITEHALL, DECEMBER 2. This morning, at seven minutes before 2 o'clock, her Majesty the Queen Dowager departed this life, iiti Stanmore Priory, to the great grief of her Majestyl and of all the Royal Family, after a painful and protracted illness, w hi c h s h e b ore w i th exemplary ;patience. The loss of this most excellent Princess will be : deeply mourned by all classes of her Majesty's sub sects, to whom her many eminent virtues rendered her the object of universal esteem aed affection. ,e 1 (From the Court Circular.) 1 On Saturday the following bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued : " The Priory, Dec. 1. "The Queen Dowager has not passed a good night, !though less restl ess th an t h e previous one. " Her Majesty con ti nues i n a weak state. "DAVID D AVIIB , M .D. " Dr. Bright arrived at th e P r i ory on Saturday night, and remai ne d i n a tt en d ance until her Mfijes ty s decease, at seven m i nu t es b e f ore two o ' clock yes , terday morning. There were resident in the Priory at the time of her Majesty's death their S?rene Highnesses thej Duchess Id a o f S axe W e i mar, Prince Edward and.' Prince Gustave of Saxe-Weimar, and the two Prin cesses of Saxe•Weimar; the Earl Howe (Lord Chain. berlain) and the Countess Howe, the Hon. Charlotte Hudson (Maid of Honour in Waiting), Mrs. Corn wall (Bedch am b er W oman in Waiting), and Colone l" Cornwall, Rev. John Ryle Wood, and the Rev. Geo , 'Hudson (Chaplains to her Majesty), and Captain s Bedford (Resident Gentleman Usher). o f 9 Her Majesty's physicians issued the following bull] lean :-- 1 In the biographical notices which usually appear immediately after the demise of those who have been Ininent or remarkable, more attention is frequently ,gi% en to the public career of the deceased than to his personal history. But a Queen can scarcely be said i t° enjoy any p r i vac y whatever , and a Qu een C onsort ' tor Dowager ha s a l m o s t n o political part t o perform, 160 that the current of her existence does not seem tel leparate itself into two portions like that of a greati man—one open and patent to all the world, the other fenced and shaded within the precincts of his own home; therefore, in recounting the events of Queen Adelaide's life, and paying a tribute of respect to her memory, it will not be necessary to di s ti ngu i sh her M ijesty's publi c f rom h e r private character, or to us( _ personal detai any special' reserve when touching on fora course of existence so blameless presents notbin, to be concealed, or softened, or excuted; the incidenl of her life may now, therefore, be set forth all simplicity and plainness. She was the daughte of one of the petty Princes of Germany. Saxe, IMeiningen is very 'nearly the smallest state in 'Europe, not half the size of an English county, with a metropolis consisting of five or six hundred houses. George, the late reigning Duke of th a t miniature sover e i gn ty, esp o u se d the daughter of the House of Hohenlohe Langenburgh ; their eldest daughter was the Princess who has resided amongst us more than thirty years, and the news of whose death will now be received with feel ings of more than ordinary regret. The late Queen Dowager Amelia Adelaide Louisa Theresa Carolina was born on the 13th of August, 1792, period of much anxiety to all Sovereign Princes and their families, but fortunately for her the tranquillity of Europe had been re - established before she reached an age to take an interest in its revolutions, or to understand the dangers by which, in those unsettled times, every species of iominion was menaced. In the year 1803 her father lied, the Princess Adelaide being then only eleven years of age , while her brother and s i s t er were both younger still. To the guardianship of their mother, the dowager Duchess, these youthful descendants of the house of Saxe-Meiningen were of course confided t'hey received their education in comparative retire. inept, especially the two Princesses ; and if amidst .he dull routine and limited society of a petty Ger— man Court they may have contracted some narrow prejudices, there can be little doubt that in the nstructions of the consort of William IV. few accomplishments that befitted the highest rank were leglected, nor any sound principle of morals or • religion carelessly inculcated. The early years of -he Princess Ad.laide were passed alternately at the lucal palace in the capital city of Meiningen, and • it the castle of Altenstein, a country residence,. where the reigning family were accustomed - 0 spend the summer months. Her late Majesty Queen Charlotte—the mother of King William IV. —being herself the daughter of one who ruled a little German state, took a natural interest in all who )elonged to her own order. Now, though scandal' (ravels fast, favourable reports cannot altogether be •epressed, and it so happened that while the Princess Adelaide was yet in early youth the fame of her, liscretion and her virtues reached the English Court. Po the great grief of this nation the Princess Char tette of Wales and her infant child were, in the month , )f November, 1817, consigned to the tomb ; the Regent ti was childless; and four of the Royal Dukes, Clarence,'. Kent, Cambridge, and Gloucester—thou g h a ll a d vance d In life—resolved forthwith to contract matrimonial 'lliances. The late Duke of York being inarriedi till without issue, it was naturally consideredo Chat the descendants of the Duke of Clarence, 4 if he should marry, wo u ld s t an d nex t i n succession 'to the throne. His Royal Highness had for some Lime been separated from Mrs. Jordan. At the !-special instance of Queen Charlotte he solicited the !tend of the Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, 'and his suit was successful, "for seldom Princes sue in rain." As a necessary preliminary to the marriage, t royal message was sent down to the House of Commons early in the ensuing session of Parliament, innouncing the intended marriage, together with those )f two others of the royal brothers—the Dukes of. Kent and Cambridge —and asking for the usual vote, by way of outfit and dotation. Considerable discus • sion ensued upon this question, the advocates of , :.conomy mustering strong in the House. Lord Castlereagh moved that 10,0001. should be added to the former grants of 15,0001., as an income for the Duke of Clarence, 4,0001. of which should be con- - sidered "pin-money" of the new Duchess. A large advance was also asked as an outfit, and the whole amount required for the establishments of the three irinces was 105,5001. at once, and 55,0001. annually": Aeraafter. The proposition of the Government was met by a motion of Mr. Methuen, to which the douse agreed, for a return of all the incomes derived by theirßoyal Highnesses on account of the military, e iaval, or civil appointments they held, together with , their receipts from dreits of the Admiralty, commands en Hanover, &c. When the House came to the vote, ''4r. Holme Sumner moved that the grant for the Duke of Clarence should be limited to 6,0001. per annum, which was carried, on a division, against the Ministry, by a majority of nine votes. The only eroeision for his intended wife was the con inuance lof the same annual sum in case of survivorship. Similar votes were gassed for the Dukes of Kent and Cambridge, but within a day, 'r two of the resolution passing, Lord Castlereagh informed the House that the Duke of Clarence declined to receive the additional income, just voted to his use—a resoluti o n, ho wever , i n w hi c h! tis Royal Highness did not, on reflection, persist.. Unlike his royal brothers, the Duke at that timei possessed no sources of revenue from pensions or state appointments. His admiral's pay, of about 1,100/. year, constituted the sole addition to the all owance ' From Parliament. The preliminaries of their union having been iettled in London, and at Meiningen by plenipoten- 1 iaries on both sides, and the Regent in Council ; -'paving signified his assent, the young German Princess, in the 26th year of her age, qu itt e d h er !Ittherland to espouse an elderly gentleman of 53. Her; Serene Highness, accompanied by ; her mother, and; tttended by a numerous suite, arrived in London on! ;he 4th of July, 1818, and took up her temporary] bode at Grillon's Hotel, whither the Regent and the, nuke of Clarence immediately went to greet her rriyal, though the hour was as late as 10 o'clock at :light. On the 9th of the same month the Princess] Lvas presented to Queen Charlotte, and on th e 18th marrbige to o k pl ace . The ke and Duchess] )f Kent had previously been married at Leiningen 'nut as it was deemed expedient that they should he married in England, their Royal Highnesses paidl t short visit to this country for that purpose, and their second nuptials took place at Kew upon the (lay that the Duke and Duchess of Clarence were !married ; the same circumstance serving to unite both, brothers to their respective consorts. At these royal] weddings their Nies nothing of the state or splendour, which has marked similar events in more receet' s times, the only persons present being the members or,,i . ,the Roy a l F am il y, t h e Lord Chancellor, the Earl otv fLiverpool, Lord Sidmouth, and the necessary regis, t• Ztrars. Th e d ou bl e marr i age was solemnised by the; 'Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop 0* [London; the ceremony took place at three o'clock in'" !the afternoon ; the moment it was over the two Prelates and the three Ministers of State took their 'departure; in th e even i ng the Duke and Duchess of Clarence drove up to St. James's Palac e , 'h li crc f they remained only a few days, and then proceeded I for a short time to the Duke's residence at Bush, - 1 'park. His Royal Highness soon came to the re 'solution of spe n di ng some ti me on t h e continent, and, accompa n i e d by th e D uc h ess, h e embarked at Dover in less th an th ree wee k s a f ter hi s marriage, and proceeding by wa y o f C a l a i s t rave ll e d onwards to, Hanover. After the l a p se o f a y ear th e D u k e arel Duchess returned to England, from that time forward' residing chiefly at Busby-park. Considering the' !'large family f or w h om prov i s i on was to b e made byl the Duke of Cl arence — cons id er i ng also his eminent, position, and the establishment which his rank tnight 'seem to require —it can scarcely be said that his income, between the period of his marriage and the! !death of the Duke of Y or k, was equa l to the neces I sities of hi s s t a ti on . B y t h e advice, however, and under the management of his excellent consort, there .were few financial difficulties in the household of the Duke. A good establishment was maintained, snot certainly in "right royal fashion," but Lone which mi g ht w ell b ecame a no b leman of high rank, and s till t h ere was some small surplus' provided f or deeds of charity. It was not ' alone when opulent, as she has been ever rsince the accession of Queen Victoria, nor when in !the decline of life, and like one under sentence of death, as she has been for many years past, that the Queen Dowager remembered the claims of the poor;, ; but in the days of her youth, and in cireumstanee'l of such moderate competence as rendered her bene-i ficence doubly meritorious. The Duchess of Clarence had this further difficulty to contend against—that the Duke was as lavish as any other sailor, and as s: w o h x e u n ri t o h u e s as d o o f th h er is Prince ; but in the year 1827, " The Priory, Dec. 2, 1849. brother, the Duke of York, " Her Majesty the Queen Dowager expired at sever, ea a death of brought him one step nearer to the throne, his income minutes before two o'clock on Sunday morning, the 2,1 was placed upon a . footi . ng of greater ease and dignity. of December, without any apparent suffering, and re- However happy his union with the Princess Adelaidei taming her composure of mind to the last. "DAVID I)AvrEs, M.D. , may have been, the hopes with which it was formed "RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D." r *were in one respect disappointed: he had no heir, Captain Bedford left the Priory at an ear l y h our one child only, th e P r i ncess Eli za b eth, having yesterday morning for town. reels born alive, and s h e was comm i tted to the o Expresses were forwarded to h er M a j esty t L e grave in a very few m on th s a f ter h er birth. oThis loss is understood to h ave b een k een l y felt by 'Queen end hi s Royal Highness P r i nce Alb ert, to her loyal Highness the Duchess of Kent at FrogrnoreP the royal parents, and the sculptor Chantrey was; [louse, and to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and4honoured by a commission to execute one of his; Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. tbeautiful but melancholy memorials, resulting in the' Intelligence of the mournful event was also corn- r ''e.t production of an exquisite figure, in marble, of thrl inunicated yesterday forenoon to the Right lion. Sir' child reclining on a couch. George Gr a y, h e r Majesty's P r i nc i pa l Secretary of With the exception of two visits to Germany, one'' State for the Home Department, and to the Lord in the yea r 1822 , an d t h e ot h er i n 1825, it cannot bel Ma yor. e said that the life of the Duchess of Clarence wash ernuch varied ; but this apparent absence of exciting , ',pursuits resulted not from i nca p ac i ty o f en j oyment, + but partly f rom ill-h ea lth, an d somewhat, also, from .prudential considerations, f o r s h e l ove d hospitality, engeged with ardour in ma n y f em i n i ne employments, e i of which or namen t a l nee dl e wor k was one—in the 'leiddle ages her patronage of tapestry would have rivalled Queen Maud's—her reading, if riot profound,' was at all events extensive, while her judgment ie music, and even in pictures, was held in high esteem but beyond and above these mental qualties shore forth that genuine practical benevolence which im pelled her to delight in. training the young and comforting the aged. In the comparative privacy of Bushy park, therefore, she would have been abun- T .' dantly happy but for the feeble state of her constitu tion, which even then gave warning of the premature old age that has prevented her reaching the ordinary `limit of human existence. Since her marriage 12 years had elapsed and her Royal Highness was still Duchess of Clarence. On the 26th of June, 1830, by the death of =' George IV., the Duchess of Clarence passed from the ••:retirement of Bushy-park, and from the constrained ..circumstances arising from a comparatively narrow, • income, to all the publicity and splendour of a throne.; ;It is related of her late Majesty, that upon receiving) 'intelligence of the accession of the Duke of Clarencej to the throne, her Royal Highniss burst into tears ;; but that, recovering her presence of mind, she im imediately requested that the gentleman who had 'brought the tidings would accept a prayer-book which lay upon the table, with her name writt en therein, as the first gift of the Queen of England. An onerous and difficult duty devolved upon her' late Majesty on her accession. Twelve years bad passed since there had been a Queen Consort to preside over the hospitalities and ceremonials of the Court, and during that interval the etiquette of presentations and the lists of the presented co the Royal presence had become relaxed to a degree which was no longer permissible. In reforming the personnel as well as the m orale of th e C ourt c i rc l es , Queen Adel a id e undertook a duty which was in many instances as painf u l an d i nv i d i ous as it was necessary, and which was ac com pli s h e d w i t h all gentleness and !firmness. The Court o f E ng l an d b ecame thenceforth what it has ever since remained—a sanctuary where virtue and piety received their due homage, and where' ,aught that was questionable in in ntion or tainted !in character dared not enter, except in disguise. flier position was changed, but the rectitude and gentle ness of her character underwent no alteration, The 'amount of her duties and the sphere of her influence were I vastly enlarged; a great income was placed at her dispo !sal; as regarded the management of her property, the law gave to her, as to every Queen Consort, the right and freedom of a single woman, with the services of an Attorney and Solicitor-General; the first of these offices ,he conferred successively on Messrs. Horne, Teddy, and Uerewether, the latter on Messrs. Williams, Merewether. hand Stuart Wortley. Her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain I was Earl Howe, her Mistress of the Robes the Duche , s Hof Leeds, her Master of the Horse the late Earl of Erroll, with the usual crowded retinue of gentlemen) ushers, ladies of the bedchamber, pages, treasurers,) physicians, and chaplains. From this period may be dated the commencement of the toil, the care, and the disappointments from which royalty never wholly escapes. She, like her predecessors, soon practically understood hew "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ;" but her Majesty and King William were !not formally crowned for more than a year after their accession. That ceremony took place on the Bth September, 1831 ; it was, however, much shorn 'ot its ancient splendour ; for there was no banquet in `Westminster-hell, nor any procession from the Hall to : Westminster-abbey ; but a lengthened cavalcade was 'formed through the streets, the King and Queen pro- ;;Teding in full state from St. James's Palace to the Abbey. It r. as observed that her Majesty never ap- • peered to greater advantage than at that memorable • 'ceremony—never display e d more o f the grace and dig- nit) , which usually marked her deportment than if., 'that venerable cathedral where the potoatatos of Eng- I land and their consorts have been invested with the out ward and visible signs of regal power at the commence- z , talent of almost every reign since the foundation of the ( monarchy. It was some time before this great national'' [ceremony, and with scarcely any interval after the 'Queen had practically submitted to the " golden !yoke of sovereignty," that her Majesty proceeded to form her household. Upon her accession she found the ;Tories in power; and, apart from any political predilec- ' ;lions which might have influenced her dispensation of ipatronage, she could scarcely begin by taking a course so hostile to the existing advisers of the Crown as not to have listened favourably to their approval, if not their direct recommendation, of such noblemen as the Earl Howe and the late Earl of Erroll to the offices of Lord '. Chamberlain and Master of the Horse, the latter peer'. being married to the King's daughter, and being by no e ,means a member of the Tory party. In five months, ,however, after these appointments, the Duke of Welling..• lton ceased to be First Minister, and the W big party took ''., 'possession of the Cabinet. The King when Duke of Oa- • Irence frequently supported them; they had therefore no'' 'doubt of his disposition to confid e th e a ff a i rs o f t h e cowl - ; try unhesitatingly to their hands, and so far as re ,garded mere Court influence, matters seemed to proceed pretty smoothly for about two years; but en the 14th , 7 of January, 1833, Lord Howe ceased to be her Majes ty's Chamberlain, Lord Denbigh was advanced to that .', ;high office, and the Earl of Erroll continued to be Mas-: c ;ter of the Horse to the Queen. It was stated at the time , ' that Lord Howe was a more uncompromi s i ng opponent : :. of the Whig Minister than Lord Denbigh; that his holding an office so dignified as that of Lord Chamber-`: lain to her Majesty seemed at least to imply a doubt that the King's Government possessed the King's confi deuce; and even assuming that the Queen never per mitted Lord Howe to mention political subjects in her .: ipresence, which is the usual practice of the Court, yet, °e- ofcourse, the quidnuncs of the age would still discover; that the Lord Chamberlain i n fl uence d t h e Q ueen , t h at' ' her Majesty's opinions might bias those of the King, !. that Ministers were therefore not safe from back-stairs . ;intrigue, that Howe must th ere f ore res i gn; an d res i gn . the did, remaining unconnected with the Court till Sir.' Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne yesterday 'Robert Peel came into power, when, on the 16th of De , afternoon and returned t o L on d on t hi s day. cember, 1834, Lord Erroll withdrew fro m h er Majesty's'', 1 service, while the Earl Howe and th e E ar l o f D en bi g h - His Royal High ness th e D u k e of Cam b r id ge became respectively Lord Chamb er l a i n an d M aster o f attended at the Briti s h . Museum on S atur d ay . the Horse, which offices they continued to hold till the A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon hand of death brought their tenure to a close. 'at the Foreign. office. The Ministers present were-- In the excitement of the agitation for Parliamentary ,Lord John Russell, th e L or d Ch a ncell or , t h e Mar Reform, a popular misappreh e n s i on arose , t h at t h e delayt quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, l in securing that long desired measure was to be attne Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhou.se, Lord Camp [hilted, in some degree, to the influence of her Majesty ;r -war— bell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. I land the name of the Consort of the "Sailor King" *Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the C=amp wade the subject of frequent c-mments by the jourral lists of the day. On the occasion of the custom' ' 1 laddress of the Bishops on his Majesty's birthday, in The Council sat two hours and a half. 11832, after the King had returned his reply, his Royal Right Hon. Fox Mauls. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.— - Consort, in performing her part in the ceremonial, r con-, js . - sympathy ard r tf IA ----- chided her reply with this very touching sentence—°' pressions of Lords, lam particularly obliged to you for this decks-, , egre or t e loss o ,is most gxcellent 'ration of attachment, at a period w h en I am e y e qe,Priuccss ar e un i versal, and her departure will to deeply cruelly and undeservedly insulted and calumniated on-mourned by all clascea to whom her many virtues ran- P imany occasions. dered her the obje c t o f esteem and affection. Perhaps " I In the year 1831, Lord Althorp, then Chancel- the very best criterion of such an all-absorbing feeling of ['or of the Exchequer, in m ee i eg th e considera-: ‘ 'ggrief may be gleaned from the fact that the orders which Ilion of the royal message recommending that measuree.thave already poured i n t o th e M essrs. Jay, the mourning rn sliould be taken for akiug such provision for her Malwareheuseinen to her lamented Majesty, in Regent ] jesty as might be adequate for the maintenance of tstreet, are, as we l earn , f u ll y equal, if not beyond thus(' Iroyal dignity, in the case of her survi v i ng the King-which were received during. a like period at the decease of spoke in these terms of Queen Adelaide ;—" Lie did . not the Princess Charlotte. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince walked, early this morning, in Osborne Park and grounds. The younger branches of the Royal Family walked' and rode as usual. There was no addition to the royal dinner party! yesterday. Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon left Osborne this morning for London. SUNDAY. The inclemency of the weather prevented her Ma l'esty and his Royal Highness 'and the younger branches of the Royal Family from taking their usual, ,morning walks. The Queen and Prince, and ladies and gentlemen !of the royal household, attended Divine service at IWhippingliam Church. ~ r think there would be eny difference of opinion upon the_F MURDER NEAR nosisma IZKE T. ,propcsition which he should submit to the house (t;i: , l3 On Thurfdsy last Rosemarket, in this county, vves ,settlement of 100,0001 a year upon the Queen, in ease cfn.th, f a most ewful murder, a crime hap !her surviving the King. with Marlborough House iled*fs"`"' scene— o ' of rare occurrence in Wales. The perpetrator if3ushyspark.)" " During the time," the speaker eon. pity itinued, " that her 1113jtsty had honoured thig country by is a small farmer, residing at Westfields, of the name :residing in if, her conduct Lad been a bright example o f of William Morgans, (commonly known as Doctor excellence, and had been calculated to enut;er her to t:R c ; •Morgan) and the victim a female domestic in his people of England." It is unnecessary to add, that tee employ. The coroner's iequest has not yet been !grant was voted unanimously. held, but the following, received from cre di ta bl e au - The reports of th e pol i ti ca l i n fl uence a ll ege d to hew thority, may be relied on :—A lad i n th e Emp l oy of !organs was enga ge d i n removing ashes from beneath Inept' exerci se d by Q ueen Ad e l e nl e d ur i ng the discussiiibt ion the Reform Bill, are fast fading into a mere ehadowe wire , grate, which not being done to please him (M I T-- he et...zed the shovel to strike the bo 'tradition; so llewise is the share which the Queen ol kgans ) , rgirl, however, interfered, and he made his e i William IV. was considered to have taken in that abrupt :=escape. He then swore i he would kill the !dismissal of Ministers which occurred on the death ot ' the second Earl Spencer. The discussion of such sub •ss girl. She i .jects now would throw very little light upon the personal - ie ; character of that Princess whose benign presence and ,; 1- gentle sympathy will never again --as was their wont— escapestr c b o y nsequent y endeavoured to make running, but in ascending a :, hedge he struck her from behind with the sharp end !On,?alleviate the sufferings of abject poverty or strug• ).'.; of the shovel, which split her head open. The shovel es. merit. Still it was not alone as a ~ Lady - broke by the blow, but seizing the remaining part he lißoutititul" th a t t h e Queen Dowager's character ;# beat her head to piec es w i t h it . H e then attempted was favourably developed ; she was a kind parent, or'.', to leave, but the screec h es o f t h e g i rl having brought f patroness, if it should b e so expres se d, t o her husband':- persons to the spot, he was secured hands and feet, 1 h • , l e Adrift; and though the Princess Victoria—now Queer re a - nd conveyed to this town in a cart, when he was 1 - tegnant—was not a frequent guest in the palaces of the late King, yet it has never been doubted that the illustrious personage who now descends into the tomb inspired her present Majesty, and every mom- e her of the royal family, highest esteem and affection. Further, it may b© said, '',-;‘, brought before John Lloyd Morgan, Esq., and re ,z. tnanded to Saturday, to wait the result of the inquest. Morgans was considered a person of weak intellect, w i t h sent i ments of the ~ and had some years ago been confined in a lunatic :-asylum ; but from the period of his release he has that though in ordinary cases it wou ld b e a violation of ; conducted th e a ff a i rs of his farm, and attended the that sanctity which protects domestic seclusion if one markets to dispose of its produce. The deceased had were to deliver even encomiums upon the conjugal resided with the prisoner for a great number of years. affection manifested by almost any person in every dae —Pembrokeshire Herald. life, yet as the reputation of a King's consort is a matter of history and a portion of the public property, it weak; be unjust to neglect any fair opportunity of recording! the tact that in this respect the whole course of the i Queen Dowa ger ' s marr i e d lif e, w hi c h lastednine teen years, was not only above reproach, but almost beyond pane i gyric. Of this the best possible proofs are to be found lin a small volume printed for private circulation, being an laccount of the latter days of King William IV. During the later years of her Consort's reign, the name of Queen Adelaide was seldom mentioned in con• nexion with politics. Her Majesty continued in the dig nified but unobtrusive performance of the duties of her station ; contrib u ti ng, b y the force of her own exalted ;example, to infuse a better tone into the highest, and ;thence into all th e ot h er c i rcles of society, and in some measure superseding the frivolity and idleness which had so long been preval‘nt in the domain of female fashion, by giving vogue to adcomplishments and emi ployments that f os t ere d taste, and bore some appear -1 ance of utility. If i n our d ays the education of the female members of society results in a greater degree of ; refinement and practical talent than formerly, no small Ishare in that improvement must be assigned to the pre septa end the example of the Queen Dowager. After a reign of seven years, Queen Adelaide passed once again into retirement, on the death of his Ist( !Majesty. During the tedious illness which closed the; kite of her husband, the Queen Consort was unremitting lin her attentions, and remained in almost constant at Itendance in his chamb er unt il h o expired, conducting !herself becamethroughout with th e res i gnat i on wh i ch became 'her, and which was consonant with the tenor of her) whole life. For one instant only did her constancy give i way, when, on the day before the final termination of the mortal struggle, the Archbishop of Canterbury con I eluded the service for the sick by pronouncing the solemn) words of the benediction as contained in the Liturgy of 1 the Church. Overpowered by her emotions, the Quect,! was cheered by the voice of her dying Consort, velici bade her "bear up, hear lip," under the stroke of affliction. Just testimony was borne to the virtues of the be reeved Queen in the subsequent procee dings in bete I Houses of Parliament. In moving the message of con. lolence to the Queen Dowager, on the death of the King., Lord Melbourne observed that he would not dwell on the esteem which her Majesty had won from all classes' ei the country by her amiable conduct, and by the exem. diary manner in w hi c h s h e h a d di scharged the duties of . her high station. These were well known to their Lord ships and to the country; but let him add, that her Majesty's conduct was still more distinguished, if pos- ' rible, by the manner in which she had dLeharged het duties to his Majesty in his illness, and by the ex— emplary assiduity and patience with which she hat , borne the fatigues which her unremitting atten • lion to his Majesty had imposed on her. Lard': John Russell, in moving the vote of condolen ce i n the House of Commons, observed that her lltlaj.lpty the ! Queen Dowager had had the melancholy satistaetion of 'doing everything that it was possible, even for a person in humble life to do, to assuage the pain under which his late Majesty suffered during the last days of his existence. He believed that there was no one who was . not aware that the Queen Dowager had actually, to a great extent, risked her own health by her constant,' unremitting, and sleepless attendance on his late !Majesty. He felt it right to observe, also, that her, conduct on that trying occasion had only been such a: :. his Majesty and the country might have expected from -,.' the constant care and faithful affection with which she had ever attended to the wishes and desires of her royal husband, He thought he need say no more to induce the House to join in a message to her Majesty the' , , 1 Queen Dowager, assuring her of the deep and unabated ' respect with which they regarded her. On the 20th of June, 1837, Queen Adelaide became a widow. During the last seven or eight years her health —never good—has been rapidly declining; and oven be fore the death of the King she found frequent change of residence necessary to the preservation of lire. Soon; after her accession to the throne she visited her relatives 'in Germany, on that occasion travelling incognita made] the title of Duchess of Lancaster; and, as well before as .., during her widowhood, she has been more accustomed '1 to migration than even the most restless members of the '- higher and wealthier classes in this country, for to her repeated variation of abode had long been a matter more ' of necessity than of choice. Her Majesty has visited 'not only many parts of E ng l an d an d the continent, ilbut also the islands of Madeira and Malta; at the latter. place the Church of Valetta was founded and cudowed by her pious munificence. Sh e lik ew i se contri tbuted to almost every public charity, and to the F funds of nearly all the societies engaged in the ad- ', vancement of religion, amongst which are the Society ~ for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the ;Colonial Bishopric Fund, the Sons of the Clergy, the churches in Nora Scotia and Newfoundland, thesEmi • grants' Episcopal Fund, the churches in Australia and Capetown; the cathedral at Adelaide, and also that at Newfoundland; the London Diocesan Board of Educe- Lion, the Ragged Schools Fund, the National Society, the Christian Knowledge Society, the Church Building Society, the Church Missionary Society, the Metropo lis Churches Fund—but the enumeration would be 1 endless; and it would prove no easy task to discover any useful institution which had nut the benefit of her liberal aid. It was the practice also of her Majesty to subscribe largely to all the charities in every place where she happened even for a time to reside, cspacially to those of the parish of St. Martin, in which her town mansion stands—a dwelling the portals of which' opened once in every London season to receive, but not long to retain, their royal owner, for the state of h er health forbade her spendi ng much time in London. The ifatter pert of her life was ono long disease; and it is no :idle repetition of a threadbare formulary to any that she bore bar painful maladies " with Christian fortitude." ('Few had more need of that virtue, for few have been so severely tried. If the sympathy and good wishes of this nation could have abridged her sufferings and extended her life, the Queen Dowager, undisturbed by care or pain, would have reached the utmost limit of human existence ; but now, at the age of fifty seven, she has quitted this world, her death occasion. ing universal regret. During the last two or three months her Majesty was so grievously indisposed as hardly ever to have quitted her private apartments. Shortly before she expired all suffering seemed to cease, and her Majesty retained to the last perfect composure of mind. The mournful event, as already stated, took place yesterday morning, at two o'clock. Sir David Davies, M.D., and Dr. Bright, remained in attendance till her Majesty's decease, and there were at the time resident in tte Priory the Duchess Icl4 of Saxe-Wei mar, Prince Edward and Prince Gustave of Saxe- , i Weimar, and the two Princesses, besides the Earl and Countess Howe, the M a id o f H onour in Waiting, two ! ,chaplains, and other members of her Majesty's house. bold. Expresses were immediately forwarded to Os. borne to the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, to the Duke of Cambridge, to the Home Depart went, and to the Lord Mayor of London. PIIR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. (From the Dublin Weekly Register of Dee. 1.) The engagement of these distinguished artists con• `eludes this evening with the benefit of Mr. Kean, when, as a matter of course, our citizens will pay that I tribute to their public and social position, so emi nently due to this gifted pair. The supremacy of !Mrs. Kean, as the first actress of the day, is, we be. ,liere, undisputed. Her fame will live with Siddons !and O'Neill, whil e th e un i on o f gen i us, as well as of name, which she enjoys with her husband, will be thereafter remembered among the rare attractions that have adorned the British stage. A representation combining so much talent in the two leading charac ters, has been unknown since the golden age of John Kemble and his sister. This fact, although evidently appreciated by the majority of our audiences, and doubtless the cause that renders their visits here more lucrative and exciting than those of their oom peers, has, strange to say, scarcely been alluded to by the press. g With respect to Mr. Kean, it must be a source of interest to every observer of the progress of talent, to itrace the gradual success with which, by the force of mind, he has broken down the barriers of captious criticism, and burst through the cavilling opposition of a powerful and determined clique. With one excepti on , M r. K ean now stands alone in I public estimation, and that exception, it is manifest to !every unprejudiced critic, cannot bear comparison !with him in the higher range of the Shaksperian idraina. By th e most exa l ted test only can genius be !judged, and the result must place Mr. Kean in the position of unapproachable excellence. While contrasting the merits of the two most ieminent actors, what true critic would venture to place Mr. Macready in the same scale with Mr. C. Kean in the subtlety and passion of Shslock, the tenderness and distraction of Othello; and, above all, in his graceful and refined portraiture of llamlet. The attempt, therefore, to pronounce Mr. Macready Is the first living tragedian is es idle as it is unjust. Jr. Kean's triumphs in these characters have been .ong acknowledged by the most polished circles in society, and have received the stamp even of royal approbation. It is to be regretted that Mr. Macready i , . about to quit the stage. In the course of events, it is probable that Mr. Kean may also, in a few yesrs, seek repose from professional life. The curtain will then, we fear, fall upon the highest class of the drams, for we look arou n d i n va i n f or suc h t a l ent as would supply the loss of these two great actors. . MR. MACRE ADY'S FINAL APPEARANCE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL AND ELLISTON ROOMS, LEAMINGTON. LEAMINGTON, DEC. I.—The announcement of Mr. Macready's last appearance at this theatre in Hamlet has for some time past created an unusual sensation among the pleasure-seekers of the Royal Spa and the lovers of the Shaksperiau drama in the surrouding (liter icta. And although some days previous to the performance every available seat in the house had been taken, the de mand for tickets of admission continued unabated until the evening of the performance. For some hours before the opening of the doors a large crowd had collected in the vicinity of the theatre, waiting patiently, spite of the inclemency of the weather, for the chance, on the open ing of the doors, of obtaining a seat in some of the Imre served portions of the house. Owing to the interruption of the public thorougfare, it was deemed advisable to 1 open the gallery doors previous to the time announced; which portion of the house in a few moments became densely crowded. Theother parts of the house were opened at the usual time, and the line of carriages and vehicles, which extended to a considerable length through the streets in the vicinity of the theatre, commenced " setting down " the nobility and fashionable& a one continuous stream for some time. On the ris:ng of the curtain the interior of the house, crowded in every part from whence a view of the stage could be obtained, presented a coup d'ccil the most per fect and beautiful. The appearance of Mr. Macready was greeted with vehement and coatiuued cheering; but shortly after the commotion, the uproar arising from the over -crowded state of the house, became so groat 'that scarcely a word of the performance was audible to even that part of the audience immediately near the stage. This disturbance continued with unabated violence through the first act, which, in reality, was but dumb show to the immense audience collected in the theatre. At the termination of the act, Mr. Simpson, the lessee of the establishment, appeared before the cur /tain, and stated, that if any were inconvenienced by the !overcrowded state of the house they were at liberty to iwithdraw, and that the money would be returned at the I ( doors. This announcement was received with much sa tisfuction by the audience, many of whom had come considerable distances from the surrounding districts-- Warwick, Birmingham, Stratford, &c. Shortly after this the commotion ceased, and good order was main tained throughout the everting by the evidently enthu siastic and attentive audience. It were superfluous here to speak of the Hamlet of Mr. Macready. The talented aragedian's impersonation of the Prince of Denmark was listened to with "'rapt attention " by this truly Shaksperian audience, under " That spell o'er hearts, Which only acting lends." gTheir enthusiasm could scarcely retain itself during the Oelivery of the famed passages of this most glorious fdrama of " the myriad-minded man of Avon." The play iwas well support e d b y t h e local company. As [worthy of especial observation, we may mention the I'olonius of Mr. Simpson, the lessee, the Laortos of Mr. Conway, end the. Ophelia, which was very carefully and cleverly sustained by Miss Covenry, who gave the occa sional snatches of ballad verse incidental to the cha racter with considerable pathos and rffect. At the con clusion of the play, in compliance with the most voci ferous calls, Mr. Macready appeared before the curtain. His entrance was greeted by an overwhelming burst of applause, the audience rising en 'name, and con tinuing to cheer, with hats and handkerchiefs waving. This en• ,;thusiastic and gratifying demonstration continued while Mr. Macready, with repeated acknowledgments, passed, for the last time, from the boards of the Leamington Theatre. A great number, some of whom had come from considerable distances, were disappointed in ob taining admission on this interesting occasion, and many ,were compelled, from the dense crowding, to withdraw in the early part of the evening. This elegant little theatre, at the termination of the play, presented a tout ensemble most gorgeous and exciting. The evening's i P eetertainment concluded with a light sketch, entitled hrsonation, supported by Mr. Conway and Mrs. F. J. 1 Saville, who was the Gertrude in Hamlet. L JEAMINGTON SPA, DEC. 3.—Mr. Macready's farewell appearance at our theatre on Saturday night l was brilliantly attended. The Grand National Archery is fixed to tak place at Leamington in 1851, the great '° Year of Expositions." The latest arrivals in 'elude the names of the Earl of Howth, Baron and Baroness Steinberg, Viscount St. Lawrence, Count ;Dembinski, the Earl of Strathmore, Lord Lurgan, Earl of Buchan, Lord Melville, Baron de Lyons, Lady Pot ;linger, Hon. R. Foley, Hon. E. S. Russell, Viscount JMaynell, lion. Major Needham, Hon. Hugh Vivian, ISir C. Bvng, Bart., Sir George Bishop, Bart., Sir Herbert Maddocks, Lady and Miss Maxwell, Sir Charles Rushout, Lady Montgomerie, Hon. Mrs. Mae. ,donald, &c. 1 TR.EAVRY ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—Among the visitors who honoured M. Jul lien's concerts with their presence during the past week were—The Earl of Belfast, the Countess Dowager of . Essex and Miss Johnstone, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, tho Misses Hope Vero, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Caroline Sandford, Viscount and Viscountess Camden, iViscount Dupplin, Vi scount Clifden, Lord Ernest !Bruce, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Lady Psulet, Lord Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Mount-Edgecumbe' Lady Fergu son D av i e , t h e M i sses Ferguson Davie, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Couut l)'Alton, Sir Willoughby Jones, Sir William de 'Bathe, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Arco !deckne, &c. COLLISION ON THE EAST LINCOLNSHIRE R AILWAY. —On Friday night a very serious accident occurred at ;Claythorpe Station, on the East Lincolnshire Railway, Ito the mail train_leaving Hull at 7.13. A luggage train ;had thrown a waggon of the line, which was run into lby the mail train, it being very foggy at the time. The iengine.driver of the mail says he saw no signal, and had only just time to turn off the steam betoto the con cussion took place. The driver of the luggage train states that the light of the red lamp went out, but there was no fog signal used. The engine tender and luggage Ivan of the Trinil were broken to pieces, and several of the trucks of the lugga;;e train completely smashed and 'lifted one upon the ether. The station master at the 141uthorpe Station, a mile distance, heard the concussion, land came to their assistance. Fortunately none of the passengers were much hurt, as they were all able to [come on by the train. THE ARmr.—Major General Prince George of Cambridge has assumed the command of the troops in Ireland during the Inontlfa 13 1 ye of Sir Edward Blake• !ley in England. LIABILITIES. capital ... . • ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 I iteserve fund ... ... •.. ... 10,000,000 U lOitto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 0 tteserve-immobiliere ... ..• .. 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 374,689,100 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 66,099,325 0 1 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 1,136,570 10 Nccount-eurrent with T reasur y cre di tor 66,559,229 78 IVarious accounts current ... ... 81,321,494 26 'Ditto in branches ••• ... ... 27,010,921 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 4,588,000 0 Oitto at branches ... ... ... 1,704,941 0 hills of the branch b an k s paya b le by the Bank ... ... ... ... 7,192,962 0 Oat() of the Bank payable by branches,. 3,892,116 0 Dividends payable •• •• • ••• 275,580 25' Aquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 156,132 99 discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,294,947 C_j • Ditto branch banks ... ••• ... 1,812,894 0 lie-discounts of the last six months ... 143,693 49 Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 306,348 0 discellaneous ... ... ... ... 317,888 13 ' f. 748,682,893 4:s Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. D'ARG OUT. We find by the above account that the—Casl2ii, hand has increased by 750,000 f. The commer- Lihc.;ial bills discounted have incr ea s e d by 3 , 500 ,000 t. ted bills have decreased by 70,000 f. Th e protested notes in circulation have diminished by 1,800,000 f. Ile balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased )y 8,400,000 f.; and the sundry credits have decreased 2,000,000 f. M ONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Generals —Si r J. Vandeleur, G.C.8., Colonel of thf i 6th Lsncers, Dublin; Sir G. Anson, G.C.8., Colonel of ,he 4th Dragoon Guards, Governor of Chelsea Hospital. London ; Hon. A. G. Anneraley, Annea Grove, Black Rock, county of Cork. Lieutenant Colonels—M`Leod, C. 8., 61st Foot, Peeha -vur; Barnwell, C. 8., Irspecting Field Officer, Glasgow; Douglas, 7Sth Foot, Hyderabad; G. Maunsell, Unat ached, late of the 3d Dragoon Guards, Limerick; Master, Unattached, Norwich; Phillips, C. 8., Unat- Lached, M a lv e r n; Ch ar l es W r i ght, K H., late of tht Iltoyal Military College, Winton, Hants; Taylor, Royal Marines. Majors—Holmes, fith Foot, Kurrachee, Bombay; W White, of the late sth Veteran Battalion, Versailles George Browne, Ferry Port on Craig, N. 8.; Meade, Una' taclaed, London; Greatly, half-pay, Royal Artillery. ;.ondon. Captains—Findlater, half pay 24th Foot; Errington 764th Foot, Poona, Bombay; Rich, 87th Foot, Chin ,urah, Bengal; Seale, 94th Foot, Madras. Lieutenants—Stanford, 24th Foot, Wuzeerabad, Ben ,g-al; 11. Steuart, 23d Foot, Jullundar, Bengal; Leahy, '34th Foot, Secunde ra b a d, M a d ras; Creed, 86th Foot. .11ysore, Madras; Macdonnell, Ceylon Regiment, Hong. Kong; Jas. Stuart, of late sth Veteran Battalion, Callan. county of Kilkenny; Bott, half-pay Waggon Train; John Smith, half-pay 27th Foot; Bretthauer, half-pay 60th Foot. Paymaster—Travers, 19th Foot, Montreal. QqatTermasters—Amaron, half-pay 23d Dragoons; Potts, half-pay 25th Foot, Ashburton; Crytnble, retired oil pay 64th Foot; Browning, half-pay Cambridge Fencible Cavalry. Surgeons —V4' hitelaw, Ordnance Department, Barba• does; Watson, half-pay Grenadier Guards; Brady, half Ipay Staff. Assistant Surgeon—M`Grath, 22d Foot, Coimbatore, Bombay. CALtroaraA.—Extract from a letter received by a ~ n ercantile firm:—" San Francisco, Sept. 28, 1849.-0 m miners are very successful, and the immigration is on the increase. The writer returned a few days since from 1 visit to the mining district; for amusement he washes' mt a rocker full of the sand from the bank of the river end gathered in thirty minutes about seventy cents north of fine gold. There is gold sufficient to engag. 100,000 men 100 years in gathering it, and then the mines would not be exhausted. Gold has been found in sink• •ng shafts forty one feet from the surface of the ground. )n the tops of the mountains, aides of hills, in the ra• vines and beds of rivers; in fact the whole country seems to be impregnated with the gold." The Nation and Irishman of this morning publisl , lreedful accusations against each other. The Freeman takes part with the latter journal, and attacks Mr. Duff) for his political dishonesty. Mr. Duffy endeavours ti .xplain the circumstance relative to the proffered gift of 2001. from Mr. Darcy Magee, by showing it had beer (massed by tha three months profit of the American /Nation ! I it now appears that Mr. Joseph Brenan, the -7c-editor of the Irishman, who led on the attack in thr crop-lifting foray in the King's County, where sewers of the police were wounded or killed, has escaped tt - America. Mr. Fullam promises to give, in the Irishman if next week, a complete refutation of Mr. Duffy'; charges, and to give, at the same time, some frightfu , iisclosures.---Second edition of The Dublin World el Dec. 1. STATISTICS OF SCOTLAND.—According to the ;ensus of 1841, it appears that the inhabitants of Scot .and are 2,620,184. The largest item of that number is' Glasgow city and suburbs, which number 274,533, being ten per cent. of the whole; the smallest of the inhabitetl •slands arc Moray in luverness-shire and Vementry is Orkneyshire, both of which contain 2 inhabitants.'' there are a number of islands whose inhabitants number' .5, 6,7, and 8 each, and a greater proportion varying rom that number to 30 or 40 persons. Out of 2,620,184 people: in Scotland, the county of Lanark, though by so meats the largest in extent, contains 426 972, being th, sixth part of the whole! while Selkirk, which contain, about one fourth of the area of square miles, has osal . labou; a fifty-eighth part of the inh a bit ants o f L anark `hire, or about 7,300!! Many more instances could bs Itelduced of the irregular distribution of the inhabitant: if Scotland, in proportion to the superficial area, and ' that without reckoning the vrild uncultivated t rac t s o! the Meltlands • but we have stated enough to show that 'the wealth lying below the surface has done far more ti lstimulate population in this country than the b est so il vith 01l the appliances of the most approved husbandry. The Queen has conferred a pension of 1001. per lannum from the Civil List upon Mr. George Petre, one' fr,f the Honorary Secretaries of the Royal Irish Ace.-1 l,iemy, who is so well known for bi 4 extensive antiqual dui researches. ~ and York Tay ult.:: Rio ~ ""' I `•, 7:71