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

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. - --- BERMUDA, DEC. 6.—At Port Royal, Jamaica. — Her Majesty's ship Imaum, 72, bearing the broad pennent of Commodore Bennett; the Helena, 16, Commander De Courcey ; the Persian, 16, Com mander Bulman ; the Vixen steam -sloop, Commander Jenner, and the Trincomalee, 26, Captain Warren. At B?rmuda—The Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold smith, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief; and the Plumper, 11, Commander Nolloth. Both expected to leave in about a month, and after visiting the islands on the southern part of the station, will sail for Port Natal. The Viper schooner, Lieutenant-Commander Ber nard, is daily expected at Bermuda, whence she will sail for England to be paid off. The Admiral has suffered much lately from rheu matisra, but is getting much better now he has left the cold climate of Halifax. The Trincomalee, Vixen, and the Little Bermuda (schooner), have recently been at the Havannab, on strength of the report respecting an intended invasion by 500 American adventurers. The Plumper is preparing to take the Admiral to the Windward Islands. Her distilling apparatus continues to give general satisfaction, yielding suffi cient fresh water (from the sea water) for the daily consumption of the crew. THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. Carerana HINDMARSII. On Monday last we, in announcing that Captain Hindrnarsb, K.H., had been awarded the good-service pension, briefly mentioned the names of the actions in which he had distinguished himself. The following is a notice of his career from 0' Byrne's Biography :—" John Hindmarsh entered the navy in May, 1793, as a first-class volunteer, on board the Bellerophon, 74, in which ship he was em ployed for the long period of seven years, an I was consequently present in Lord Howe's action of June 1, 1794, in Cornwallis's retreat of June 16 and 17, 1795, and at the battle of the Nile, besides sharing as midshipman in most of Nelson's boat operation; off Cadiz in 1797, and contributing in 1799 to the capture of the forts at Naples and Gaeta. During the action off the Nile he was far some time the only per son left on the Bellerophon's quarter-deck, and being so at the moment her opponent, L'Orient, caught fire, he ordered the cable to be cut and the spritsail to be set—% measure which, in the opinion of Captain Darby (who returned to the quarter deck from the surgeon's hands immediately afterwards) saved the ship from destruction. For his conduct on that glorious thy Mr. Hindmarsh bad the honour of eliciting the public thanks of Lord Nelson, to whom, as subsequently to Earl St, Vincent and t 3 all the Nile captains, he was personally presented by ' Captain Darby. Although on the occasion he re ceived so severe a contusion es ultimately to lose the sight of an eye (a misfortune for which he never re ceived any pension, yet, to his honour be it recorded, nothing could induce him to leave his station. Ac companying Captain Darby in May, 1800, into the Spencer, 74, he had an opportunity, in July, 1801, of sharing bosh in the action off Algeciras and in the victory gained by Sir James Saumarez, in the Gut of Gibraltar, where he also came into frequent b ;at contact with the Spaniards, and was once in particular engaged in repelling a serious at tack made by their flotilla upon his Majesty's ship Northumberland, of 74 guns. The Spencer being paid off in September, 1802, on her return from a voyage to the West Indies, Mr. Ilindtnarsh, in April, 1803 joined the Victory, 100, bearing the flag, in the Mediterranean, of Lord Nelson, through whose in fluence he was promoted, on the Ist of the following August, to a lieutenancy in the Phoebe, 36, Captain Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel. During a servitude of more than two years in that frigate he commanded her boats at the capture of many of the enemy's vessels, and in one instance, having successfully stormed some batteries in the neighbourhood of Toulon, he brought out a ship which had been lying under their protection. After participating in the battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805, he contributed, at its close, to the preservation of two of the prizes, the Swiftsure anl the Bahama, and was subsequently placed in chsrge, first, of the Fougueux, and then of the Bahama. On leaving the Phoebe he was ap pointed, in November, 1805, senior of the Beagle, 18, Captains George Digby and Francis Newcombe, under whom he was for a long time employed on the coast of France, and proved instrumental in the capture of many very heavy privateers ; during the operations connectEd with the destruction of the French squa dron in Aix Roads, in April, 1809, the Beagle, with a degree of gallantry that procured her general ad miration, took up a position between his Majesty's ships and the enemy, and remained on the quarters of the Aquilon, 74, and the Ville de Varsovie, 80, until they successively struck their colours. She then followed the Ocean, 120, up the river Charente, and having moored across the stern of that ship, continued in hot action with her for five hours, when the turning of the tide compelled her to desist. After assisting at the reduction of Flushing Mr. Hindmarsh was nominated first lieute nant of the Nisu3, 33, Captain Philip Beaver, and ordered to the Isle of Franc?, where he ar rived in time to aid in its subjugation, and to command a large detachment of boats sent to take possession of its coast batteries. He next, in Sep tember, 1811, beheld the fall of Java, and in May, 1813, he invalided home. His promotion to the rank of commander took place June 15, 1814, but it was not until March 8, 1830, that he succeeded in obtaining another appointment. He was then placed in com mand of the Scylla, 18, fitting for the Mediterranean, from which station, on advancement to post rank, on the 3d September, 1831, he returned home ; on the 21st of April, 183 G, Captain Ilindmarsh (who had been allowed previously to joining the Scylla, to study at the Royal Naval College) was next appointed to the Buffalo, 6, for the purpose of founding the colony of South Australia—a settlement of which he became the first governor. He left the Buffalo in June, 1837, and has not since held any employment afloat." SIR JAMES Ross.—The following from the same source is an account of Sir James Ross's services : " Sir James Clarke Ross, born April 15, 1800, is the son of George Ross, Esq , of Chatham-place, Lon don, and Bilsarroch, Wigton, and nephew of Captain Sir John Ross, R.N., Knt., C.B. This officer entered the navy April 5, 1812, as first-class volunteer, on board the Briseis, 10, commanded by his uncle, Capt. John Ross, under whom he was employed as midship man and master's mate in the same vessel, and in the Actaeon, 16Tand Driver, 18, in the Baltic, White Sea, and Channel, and on the west coast of Scot land, until December, 1817. On Jan. 16, 1818, a few weeks after Captain Charles Hope Reid had suc ceeded to the command of the Driver, he was again placed under the orders of Capt. John Ross as Admi ralty midshipmen on board the Isabella hired sloop; and in the course of the same year he accompanied him in his first expedition for the discovery of a north•west passage. In December, 1818, having returned to England, he joined the Severn, 40, Captain William M'Culloch, lying in the Downs. Between January, 1819, and Oatober, 1825, be was engaged under the present Sir William Edward Parry, in three other voyages to the Arctic regions. During the first two he was attached to the Hecla and Fury bombs, commanded in person by Captain Parry ; and while absent on the second he was pro moted, December 26, 1822, to the rank of Lieu tenant. On the last occasion he was again in the Fury, with Captain Henry Perkyns Hon ' er and -was in that vessel wrecked in lat. 72 42 30, Imo. ' . 91 50 5. In 1827, Mr. Ross, as first of the Hecla, was the companion once more of Captain Parry, in his attempt to reach the Pole from the northern shores of Spitzbergen, by travelling with sledge boats over the ice. On his return to England he was presented with a commander's commission, dated Nov. 8, 1827. He was next, ;from 1829 until 1833, em ployed under his uncle in the Polar expedition equipped by Sir Felix Booth. His eminent services during that period (he had the honour of planting the British flag on the north magnetic pole were rewarded (after he had officiated for a year as super numerary Commander of the Victory, 104, flag ship of Sir Thomas Williams, at Portsmouth), by his elevation to post rank, October 28, 1834. In December, 1825, Captain Ross was invested with the command (which he retained about twelve months) of the Cove, a sixth rate, for the purpose of proceeding in quest of, and of conveying relief to, some missing whalers which had been frozen up in Baffin's Bay. He was subsequently, until 1838, employed in making a magnetic survey of Great Britain and Ireland, by order of the Admiralty ; and on the Bth of April, 1839, he was appointed to the command, in the Erebus bomb, of an expedition (consisting of that vessel and the Terror) which, in the ensuing September, sailed from England for the purpose of magnetic research and geographical discovery in the Antartic seas. During an absence of four years three persevering attempts were made to penetrate the icy limits of the South Pole. In the course of their cruises the ships discovered a vast continent, f r i nge d w i t h a b arr i er o f ice 150 feet in height; they neverth e l ess adven turously persisted, and in . spite of th e many per il s , s ucceeded in arriving within 157 miles of t h e P o l e (lat. 72 10). Among other discoveries they met with an active volcano in lat. 77 32 south, and long. 167 east, seated amidst eternal snows, and gaining an altitude of 12,400 feet. To this was imparted the name of Mount Erebus,' as had been to the conti nent that of Victoria Land. Valuable contributions during the voyage were made to botany, zoology, and geology; and meteorology and terrestrial mag netism derived much benefit from the assiduity be stowed on them. The expedition returned in September, 1839 ; and as a proof of the skill, humanity and attention with which it had been conducted, we must add that in the whole of the four years it bad only lost th ree men by acc id en t an d one by i llness. A short time after his arrival in England Captain Boss received the honour of knight hood; and on the 31st of January, 1848, he was ap pointed to the Enterprise discovery ship, now in THE SUN, search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin. Sir James Clark Ross was elected a fellow of the Linnma Society in 1823, and a fellow of the Royal Society Dec. 11, 1828. He is also a fellow of the Royal Astronomical and Royal Geographical Societies of London, and of other places in England, a mem ber of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Copenha gen, and a corresponding member of the Geographi cal Society of Paris. In 1833 he received the thanks of the Common Council of London, and a piece of plate from the subscribers to the Land Arctic Expe dition ; in 1841 the Founder's Gold Medal' from the Geographical Society of London ; in 1842 the gold medal of the Geographical Society of Paris; and in 1844 the honorary degree of D.O L. from the University of Oxford. ' TUB LATE SIR FRANCIS COLLIER AND THE CHINA SQUADRON. The Southampton portion of the Indian mail has brought us the following additional letter from our correspondent in the China squadron : " Hong Kong, Oct. 30, r m. " I was obliged to close my letter hurriedly, and write this to correct a mis-statement which appeared in a paper here last night about the Admiral having been found dead in his bed by his servant. Captain Morgan; Mr. Price, the late Admiral's secretary; Dr. Bankier, of her Majesty's ship Alligator; and Dr. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Hastings, were with him for many hours before his death; and the Hon. Mr. Hulme, the Chief Justice of the colony, in whose house Sir F. Collier died, paid him the most unremitting attention personally during the whole of the last night of his life. We shall anxiously expect to hear who is to succeed him in the command. " The Mariner, 16, Commander Matheson, is daily expected from Shanghae. The Pilot, 16, Commander Lyons, is at Amoy; the Arab, 12, Commander Norris, is at Ningpo; and the Medea steam-sloop, Commander Lockyer, is at Anson's- bay, in the Canton river, having been ordered down from Wharnpoa in consequence of the sickly state of her crew, who are suf fering severely from dysentery. The Fury steam-sloop, Commander Wilcox ; the Columbine, 16, Commander Hay ; and the Hon. Company's steam- sloop Phlege tle)n, have been absent for the last three weeks on a cruiee to the island of Hainan in search of pirates. No authentic intelligence has been receivel of them since their departure, but their return is hourly ex pected. Sir Francis Collier's flag was struck last night, and Captain Morgan has assumed the com mand of this part of the station, which he will retain until the arrival of Captain Massie in the Cleopatra, 26, who will then be senior officer until superseded by Commodore Plumridge, who will, of course, come here as soon as possible as a first-class commodore. Mr. Thomas M'Knight, her Majesty's agent victualler at this place, died of Hong-Kong fever on the 9th inst.; and Mr. Walker Burke, Paymaster and Purser of her Majesty's ship Hastings, has been appointed to the temporary charge of the naval stores in the dock yard, by Rear-Admiral Collier. He will retain the appointment until the arrival of his successor. Lieutenant Everest, lately commanding her Majesty's ship Royalist, and Acting-Lieutenant Bennett, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Meander, have been inva lided ; the latter goes home overland. There are no other changes. Tin Medea has been sent for to pro ceed to Bombay, to apprize Commodore Plumridge of the cl,ath of Sir Francis Collier." PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24 —Her Majesty's brig Mitts , - mart, Captain Chambsrlayne, from Sierra Leone, was towed up harbour to-day by her Majesty's steam• tug Contiance. She is to be paid off here forthwith. _ _ Her ➢iajesty's steamer Archer arrived yesterday from Woolwich. _ _ Ha. Majesty's steam sloop Stromboli sailed to day for Queenstown with seamen for her Majesty's ship Superb. Her Majesty's frigate Indefatigable, Captain Smart, will go into the Sound on Wednesday. A general muster of the artisans and labourers in the. Devonport Dockyard took place to-day in the presence of Admiral- Superintendent Sir John Louis ; the Master-shipwright, Mr. Edye ; the Mager-At tendant, Mr. Henderson ; and the other officers of the establishment. Wind—North-East; fine. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC.‘:26:LActing Mate—Thomas B. M. Suliven (1848), to the Stromboli steam-sloop. Carpenters—William Waldron to the Enterprise ; George James Ford to the Investigator. Captain Austin, C 8., Acting Superintendent of this dockyard, in the absence on leave of Commodore Henry Eden, accompanied by Captain Collinson, of her Majesty's ship Enterprise, walked round the yard yesterday morning, and afterwards attended to all the official duties required for the day. Commander M'Clure left Woolwich on leave en Monday afternoon, and is not expected to return before Friday morning. Captain Hope, C 8., was on board the Terrible steam-frigate yesterday evening, and that fine vessel had her steam up this morning, and was ready to start her moorings, being partly unloosed, when the fog set in so thick that it was considered advisable to postpone her departure, which gill take place to morrow at 9 A m., if the weather is favourable. It is now fully anticipated that an expedition will proceed at, an early period ta the Arctic regions to make further research, in the hope of meeting with Captain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. This expedition will be fitted out by private enterprise, and entrusted to the command of Captain Sir John Ross, already celebrated for his voyages to the Arctic regions; and it is but justice to st de that Sir Felix Booth is exerting himself in a most laudable manner in this under taking. It is contemplated to have a fast sailing brig, the best description of clipper that can be obtained, with a light draught of water, and that she should be accompanied by a steamer, and a screw-propeller will be preferred, in order to tow the vessel through the ice when requisite. From the known energy and perseverance of Sir John Ross, and the promises of volunteers whose knowledge of the northern regions has been tried on several previous occasions, there is every reason to hope the expedition will be successful in the objects contemplated, and a grateful country will appreciate the exertions made by private enter prise to a greater extent than could be expected from a powerful Government. The long absence of the missing voyagers will give a double interest to the undertaking, and the knowledge of two searching ex peditions being dispatched—one by Government round Cape Horn to Behring's Straits, and the other ' by private enterprise to Davis's Straits, Lancaster Sound, Barrow's Straits, and ultimately to Melville Island, where there is every reason to believe intelli gence of the missing expedition will be found, will create a spirit of emulation with every prospect of favourable results, so as to set the minds of the public at ease as to the fate of Captain Sir John Franklin and the gallant officers and crews of the Erel - ais and Terror. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .111ANSION-HOUSE. Faderman, Lourio, and Gordon, the foreigners charged with having forged an immense number of notes in imitation of the notes issued by the Govern ment of Russia, for the purpose of defrauding the popu lation of that empire, were brought up for further examination. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. Peachey, of the house of Oliverson and Co., of the Old Jewry, ap peared upon the part of the Emperor for the prosecu tion, Mr. Isaacs appeared for Federman, who seemed to be the man deputed to be paymaster, and Mr. Norton for Lourio and Gordon. It will be recollected that upon the first examina tion of the prisoners Mr. Feger, of Aldgate, en graver and printer, gave evidence to the effect that he bad been engaged by Lourio and Gordon, and after wards by Federman, to engrave plates in imitation of the Government bank-notes of Russia ; that by the advice of Messrs. Wire and Child, solicitors, he represented the fact to the authorities at the Mansion houae, and was advised by John and Daniel For rester, the officers, in what manner to proceed, and that the three prisoners were finally apprehended by the officers. The first witness called yesterday was Joseph Lewson, who said—l have been in the employment of Mr. Feger between three and four years, and I remember Lourio and Gordon coming backward and for ward to the counting-house chile we were en graving the plates about which my master gave evi dence. On the 21st of September, between six and seven in the evening, I went with my master from Church row to the Thames Tunnel. I walked some yards behind him, and we met Lourio and Gordon there. I took a boat to see if I could meet them at the other side, but I missed them; and as I returned I met my master in the Tunnel. About a week afterwards I went with him to the same place, be tween two and three o'clock in the afternoon. I followed a little behind. I know Church-street, Rotherhithe, and I went into the taproom of a public house there. My master was walking up and down the street, and I saw Federman at the first-floor window of a house, immediately after which my master went in. On the 28th I went again, but saw nobody. About a week afterwards my master went to Kennington with Lourio and Gordon in a cab, and I followed. I have seen the prisoners at the house there fre quently in communication with my master, and I have seen him produce the plates in different stages of progress. I have seen all the prisoners examine the plates and notes minutely, and express their satisfaction at the manner in which the work was executed. I also saw a variety of corrections made, and we es ere all sworn as my master represented. Federman took what I believe was a Bible, and my master was sworn first. The three prisoners put on their hats when they kissed the book. We were sworn not to allow any other work to interfere with that we were engaged in. I burned the original impression out of the way. I knew what was going on from my master. Lourio and Gordon told me it was railway scrip, and then examined the plates with the assistance of looking-glasses. There were two presses, at one of which (the red one) Mr. Feger worked, and at the other (the black one) I worked. I got tired at one time, and Loud) pulled the press for me. The witness here gave testimony corrobo rative of a great de d cf the evidence given by Mr. reser, as to the payment of various sums of money to the latter by Federman. The witness underwent a long cress examination by the solicitors to the prisoners. Mr. W. Dormison, engraver, of No. 217, White cros-street, said—l have known Mr. Feger these seven or eight years, and am in the habit of engraving for him. In the middle of August, in consequence of a message, I went to his house, and he produced to me the red note and explained to me what he wished me to do. I agreed to engrave the front of it, and I did so and delivered it to him when it was completed. The bill produced is my bill for it. Upon his cross-examination the witness sail he never knew Mr. Feger to be anything but an engraver and printer. Mr. W. Astins, of Addle-street, machine engraver, said—ln the early part of September Feger came to me and produced the red note, and at his request I made and engraved the ground plate produced. I also finished the border on one note, and I engraved the writing for the back plate. I found the charac ters in the writing on the back of the red note very indistinct, and made it known to Feger, and he afterwards gave to me the third note produced, and from that I was enabled to complete the writing on the back of the red note. In consequence of what passed between us I made several corrections. Feger told me there was something wrong in the business, and that he had been at the Mansion-house on the subject, and had been informed in what manner to proceed. Mr. E. Blake, of Cross-street, Hatton-garden, ornamental engraver, stated that he had worked the ornamental engravings on the notes for Mr. Feger. At the next examination, which will take place immediately upon the arrival of the witnesses from the Government of Russia to give some formal evidence as to the genuine notes, the prisoners will be committed for trial. The justice-room was during the protracted inquiry crowded with foreigners. MARYLEBO.IVE. About an hour before the usual period for closing the court Elizabeth Lanzed, housemaid to Mr. Charles John Cox, a gentleman holding a situation in her Mejesty's Customs, and whose residence is at 10, South-bank, Regent's-park, was brought up in cus tody of Sergeant Chester, 23, and Joy, 236, of the D division, and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having been concerned with a man not yet taken in plundering her master's house of property, consisting of jewellery, &c., to a very large amount. Mr. Harris, a solicitor, who attended for the pro secution, stated briefly the facts connected with the case, and called the following witnesses : Mr. Cox gave evidence at some length, to the effect that the prisoner came into his service with a very good character, and that on the previous day witness left home with his wife to dine with some friends in Oxford-terrace. As there was no necessity for more than one of his servants to remain in care of the pre mises, it was arranged between the cook and the pri soner that the latter should keep house, and leave was given to her to have her sister with her, in the event of her thinking fit to do so. In the course of the same evening the cook, who had returned home after spending the day out, came to the prosecutor in Oxford terrace; and, from what she communicated to him, he hastily repaired to his dwelling, and found, upon exa mination of various rooms, that drawers, desks &c., had been forced open, and a large qu a n tity of valuable property stolen. One of the articles alone, which was a brooch set with diamonds, was worth thirty guineas, and his loss altogether exceeded 2501. By the MAGISTRATE—When I first saw the prisoner, upon my going into the house, she was greatly excited, and sail she had done wrong by let ting in a man while I was absent. She alleged that she had known him but a short time, and that the first time she saw him was last Sunday, when, as she was going in at the gate, he entered into conversa tion with her, and on onday morning a woman called upon her with a note from him, in which he said that he would see her the next day at three o'clock. He came according to his promise, and she let him in, and before his departure her sister was compelled to go away. She (prisoner) added, that while the man was in the house she had occasion more than once to go up stairs, in order to see to some stoves (which were of a peculiar construction and under her immediate care), and it was not until then that she believed, from the confusion which she beheld in the different apartments, that the house had been robbed. As soon as she came to this conclusion she went down into the kitchen, and mentioned her suspicions to the man, who immediately seized hold of a poker, at the same time saying that he would go out and look fore a policeman. He then quitted the premises, and she saw nothing more of him. The cook, who made the discovery of the robbery, was not present; but it was stated that she would be forthcoming upon a future occasion if required. Other evidence was gone into, and the note re ceived by the prisoner was produced and read by the magistrate ; it was signed " Charles Robinson," and he addressed the prisoner as his " Dear Elizabeth ;" a Prayer-book was found in the kitchen, having in it the name of Charles Robinson, and it was in the same handwriting as the note. When accused by the offi cers and her master of the robbery, the prisoner at first expressed a wish to rush into the canal which was near at hand, and afterwards asked as a favour that a carving knife might be given to her, in order that she might put an end to her life. Her boxes were searched, but no portion of the lost property was discovered in either of them. The prisoner, on being asked what she had to say in answer to the charge against her, replied that she knew she had done wrong in admitting one of whom she knew so little into her master's premises, and she could come to no other opinion than that the guilty parties must be the man, assisted by the woman by whom the note from him had been brought, as she had before alluded to. She was quite innocent in the matter, and had no idea of there being anything wrong until she went up stairs and found her master's desk open. A list of the valuable property was produced by Sergeant Chester, who, in reply to the magistrate, said that a full description of the articles had been forwarded to the different metropolitan police divisions. Mr. BEOUGUTON thought that an advertisement in the Pawnbrokers' Gazette would be the best plan that could be adopted, and directed the sergeant to consult with his superintendent with regard . thereto. Tue r r ; 1 tit.' k- ,-:,;r4 ; look cut fur Robinson, but we fear that the mysterious individual will not be met with. AN ARTFUL STRATAGEM. A good deal of excitement was caused in the neighbourhond of Niagara Falls on the 27th of No vember last, by the report that a lady named Mrs. Miller had thrown herself over Niagara Falls. It seems that she arrived in the morning train, having with her two little boys, four and six years old. After taking rooms at the Eagle Hotel, she called for writing materials, and nothing more was heard from her until next morning, when the boys rang the bell and inquired for their mother. On the table of her roan were found three letters, respectively addressed to Major Miller, U.S.A., the Hon. J. Norvell, of Detroit (Michigan), and the landlord of the Eagle Hotel. A copy of the last epistle is before us. It announced that the mind of the writer (Mrs. Miller) was " made up ;" that she found life no longer worthy of preservation, and therefore intended to commit suicide—in such a manner to prevent any of the morbidly curious from "gazing on her mangled re mains." The letter also commended the little boys to the care of their grandparent—the Honourable Mr. Norvell abovementioned. The children, on being interrogated, stated that their mother had " bid them Good-bye" on the preceding evening, when she put them to bed. During the day her bonnet was found on the pier of the bridge leading to Goat Island, and her shawl tied to the railing. It was supposed, as a matter of course, that the un fortunate lady had sought rest from her troubles in the abyss below. But, alas, for the romance - writers ! the Republican, of Buffalo, too soon dispelled the visions of the " lovers of the marvellous " by a provokingly matter-of-fact paragraph, stating that Mrs. Miller (the supposed suicide) was still alive, and that she had preferred the embraces of rosy Cupid to those of pale Death— having, in short, eloped with "a friend" from Phila delphia. The theatrical arrangement of the letters and the shawl and bonnet was, of course, a mere ruse to induce the belief that the body of the frail one was drowned in the falls of Niagara. The circumstances which thus relieved the public mind are too closely connected, and too well attested to leave room for a doubt that Mrs. Miller is alive and well, and for the present enjoying the society of her paramour, one Mr. Henry Blakemer, of Philadelphia. The lover is de scribed—not very poetically, by the way—as a man five feet eight inches high, the state of whose beard certified that it could not have scraped acquaintance with such a thing as a razor for at least three or four weeks. NOTICE.—THE COUNTESS OF BLE:SSINGTON'S NOVEL, " COUNTRY Q,UARTERs," in 3 To !s., with portrait, and memoir of her Ladyship by her niece, Miss Power, is published this day by Mr. Shoberl, 20, Great Marl borough-street.-2. Also now ready at all the libraries, " Flies in Amber," by Miss Pardoe, authoress of " The City of tbn Sultan," " The Pretty Woman," &c., 3 vols. —3, " Napier's Southern Africa," 2 vuls. small Bvo., with portrait of Sir H. Smith, &e. " el artist, and most satisf.xtory account of everything relating to, or connected with, the Cape that we have yet seen."—Naval and Military Gazette, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1849. The MAGISTRATE, after a little conversation with Mr. Phillips, the clerk, was of opinion that he should he justified in liberating the prisoner upon bail for her attendance at the Court upon a future day. She was removed from the bar; and in conformity with Mr. Broughton's directions, she entered into her own recognizance in 401., and her brother in 301, as security for her being forthcoming on Mon day next. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.--The turn out of the porters connected with the above line of railway has extended to the company's extensive establishments in this town. According to a placard plentifully posted in the neighbourhood of the Birmingham and Derby station, in Lawley-street, after having previously re duced the wages of the men from 18s. to 17 per week, it is now further attempted to reduce them to 161. This has been resolutely resisted, and on Satur day evening nearly, if not quite, 100 porters, quitted their employ. The men, in the placard alluded to, complain bitterly of the company in thus forcing them to contribute out of their extremely limited in comes towards meeting the deficiencies brought about, as they say, by the mismanagement and extravagance of the directors—not very conciliatory language, it must be admitted, but still not without some truth. In the mean time the advertisement issued tor me❑ to fill the vacant situations has been responded to by numerous applicants, and yesterday there appeared to be every probability that the vacant places would speedily be filled. As a matter of course, great delay and inconvenience have been experienced by the company, more especially in the efficient management of the goods traffic, and one unfortunate servant in their employ, unaccustomed to the work, who was called upon to assist as a porter, has had his thigh broken and been otherwise seriously injured by one of the engines. Two or three of the old porters, whose services are of particular value, have returned to their employ, on the understanding that the pro posed reduction will be " made up to there" in some other way. REMOVAL OF THE IRISH BAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The writer of the within letter has sought to get it inserted in some of the Dublin journals, but they have all refused to give it admission, for reasons which, however weighty with them, cannot affect an English paper. The opinions upheld in this letter and so ably ad vocated in your journal are very unpopular with the citiz•us of Dublin— so much so that the Government, to allay the irritation caused by the appearance of pamphlets, newspaper articles, and rumours, found it necessary to disavow in their official organ any present intention of transferring the bar. But although the Dublin public is, as might be expected, so much opposed to the movement, there exists in the profession itself a very large section decidedly in favour of it, which section cannot obtain any channel through which to declare their views and arguments. AN IRISH. BARRISTER. TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE E&RL OF CLARENDON. My Lord,—l take the liberty of addressing your Lordship upon a subject which is now becoming one of very general discussion, arid is of vital importance, ' not only to a certain class of her Majesty's Irish sub jects, but also to the Irish nation at large. I allude to the expediency of transferring the Irish courts of law and equity from Dublin to Westminster-hall, and although it may perhaps appear at first sight ex aggerated and foolish to speak of the removal of the Irish bar as a matter of national importance, yet a more deliberate consideration of the question will, I think, prove the assertion to be true. Your Lordship will perceive that there are two points of view in which it is important to consider the ex• pediency of such a measure—lit, as to the political reasons for such a step; and 211 y, as to its prob tble efftcts upon the profession itself. And under these two heads I shall, with your Lordship's permission, briefly discuss the question. First then as to the political reasons. I think I am not assuming too much when I say that it appears to be the evident design of the Go vernment to place Ireland in a decided and true poei tion with respect to England, to take from her that appearance of distinct nationality with which she is it, present invested—to place her, in fact, in the condi tion of any other integral portion of Great Britain. Such appears to be the design of the Government, and such is the design which should recommend itself to every man of sense, for to recaler Ireland peaceable ' and prosperous it is absolutely necessary to make her either really a distinct nation or completely a province. The former is impracticable, perhaps unadvisable ; the latter can be accomplished by obliterating every trace of her separate existence, and by completing the union with England in all respects. Now it is very generally admitted that the first step towards provincializing Ireland is to be the removal of the Irish Government from Dublin to London, and the next, I sub:nit to your Lordship, would natu rally and inevitably be the removal of the Four Courts to Westminster Hall. This would be the second step not merely as a necessary part of the required amalgamation, but also for the reasons which I shall now endeavour to explain. 'Pile Bar of Ireland is undeniably a powerful and influential holy—its members are well educated, connected with the aristocracy of the land, and likely at all times to exerci.-e considerable influence over the political feelings and movements of their country inee, and therefore likely to he useful assistants while loyal, but dangerous adversaries if discontented. It is, therefore, clearly the policy of the Government, so long as there is a Bar in Ireland, to retain that prolessioo firmly in its interests, and to preerve it trout any feeling of discontent or dissatisfaction. Now this, it is to be feared, would be a most diffi cult, if not impossible task. When once the seat of Government has been removed from Dublin, if that source of patronage and favour ceases to be available to the Irish barrister, he cannot but feel that his posi tion is altered for the worse, and his profession not only degraded but diminished in value ; he can no longer nourish hopes of preferment or distinction; while, the feeling that he is a courtier and an aris tocrat, must of course cease to stimulate his am bition and gratify his pride. These considerations and feelings, your Lordship's knowledge of human nature will tell you are but too likely to be productive of lasting and dangerous discontent. So far, then, the case stands. thus :—The country is to be provincial ized ; that cannot be done without removing the seat of the Irish Government, and neither can be done without removing the Irish Bar, because the very existence of distinct and independent courts of law render the supposition of a complete amalgamation a false one, whilst the removal of the seat of Government would be dangerous in the extreme if the Bar be left behind. I shall now endeavour to show that the profession itself would be materially benefited by a removal to London. Up to a recent period the law business of the Irish courts has been increasing for many sears to an amount far exceeding what the country could have supplied if in a healthy condition. This business, in its nature ephemeral, has. been of late decreasing con siderably; and its diminution is rendered still more sudden by the operation of Acts of Parliament, in some cases passed for the very purpose of restraining and curtailing litigation ; and in other cases, though not primarily so intended, yet in their operation affecting the very existence of certain profitable sources of professional emolument. Of the former class the late Judgment Act is an example, while the Incumbered Estates Bill directly tends to annihilate receiverships and incumbrances; and the Bill for the Extension of the Civil Bill Jurisdiction will, if passedd deprive the common-law superior courts of a considerable portion of their present business. Thus, whilst a considerable portion of business is disappearing the numbers of the profession remain still undiminished, the consequence of which must be that a sub division of the remnant of business will ensue, which will be ruinous to many, impoverishing to all. There is another consequence resulting from the present uncertainty and depression of business, which is by no means to be overlooked ; it is this—that the junior members of the profession are so disheartened by the doubtful state of their position and prospects that they cannot vigorously pursue a course of study to fit them for future practice ; for there are few juiced who can labour when there is a strong probability that just as they may expect to reap the fruits of their toil the business shall have disappeared, or the system be altered. AN IRISH BARRISTER. THE MURDER AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, DEC. 26.—The adjourned inquest on the body of William Braund, who was shot on Sunday afternoon at Bedminster, was concluded this day at the Hope and Anchor, Redclifrhill, before Mr. J. B. Grindon, coroner. The utmost interest was mani fested in the proceedings, and a large crowd collected outside the house where the inquest was held, and the inquest-room itself, and all the approaches to it, were densely crowded. Mr. Ayre, attorney, appeared as before to watch the proceedings on the part of the prisoner. The coroner having read over the evidence adduced on Monday, Mr. Cornish was recalled, and added to his former testimony, that as the prisoner was being conveyed to the station, his (Cornish's) nephew asked hitn a question as to what the pistol was loaded with, but he did not hear any reply. William Roach, of 19, King-street, Bedminster, driver of a van to Bath, deposed to witnessing the circumstances of the struggle, and clearly identified the prisoner as the boy who fired the pistol at the deceased. He saw the prisoner take the pistol from his breast. One of the young men who tried to take the pistol said to him, `• You do not mean to fire that thing ?" He replied "No ; I know myself better ; but if he (meaning the deceased, and pointing to him with the pistol) does not leave Collins alone I will fire at him or at you either." Witness passed on a few yards, but on turning round siw the prisoner step on one side of the young man, run a few yards towards the pavement, and fire at the deceased, who put his hand to his mouth and fell forward en his face. After he fired the pistol the prisoner ran off up the Cue, and witness pursued him, when he threw the pistol at his (witness's) heed, but it only struck him on the fingers, and he flung him self on him and secured him. The struggle between the deceased and Collins was not of a violent nature, nor was there anything in it to excite alarm. Witness captured the prisoner in Still-house-lane, having pre viously picked up the pistol, which he gave to Ser geant Black at the station-house. He did not hear the boy with the pistol call out for assistance before he fired, _ _ _ By the CortoNEa—No blows passed between any parties whilst he was present. When the boy flung the pistol he was running, and when witness overtook him ho had fallen, and said, " Let me rest." Witness asked him how he came to do such a thing ? He said he did it in the height of passion, and wished some one to go for a surgeon. Witness heard Mr. Brown ask him whether the pistol was loaded with ball, and he said he did not know. Thomas Black, police sergeant, 18, deposed that he was on duty at the Bedminster station, when the prisoner was brought in by Mr. Cornish and the other witnesses. The prisoner gave his name either as James or Alfred Thorley, of No. 10, Clarence• place, Brown's-row, aged 14. which witn-ss eetertd in the police charge sheet. lie took from him the articles now produced, except the pistol, which W.i3 received from Roach. (The pistol was here produced ; it was a brass screw-barrelled weapon about eight inches in length.) There were seven bullets fitting the pistol, one imperfect, a bullet mould, three pieces of lead, one the letter Q, and two other pieces of printers' type battered, a picklock, a purse containing three sovereigns, and is. 6J. in silver, four percussion caps (one discharged), a pack of cards, a boy's cap, and a German silver pencil case. The prisoner also had a cap on his head. Whilst witness was tak• ing down the other witnesses' names the prisoner said voluntarily, " It was done in the heat of temper." He said nothing else. The witness also produced a coat, waistcoat, and other articles of dress delivered to him by Mr. Rogers, house sur geon at the Bristol General Hospital, which belonged to the deceased. The coat had been divided in two for the purpose of getting it off the deceased's.body. Marks of blood appeared on it, and the hole made by the bullet was distinctly visible just under, but in front of the right arm. Corresponding marks ap peared on the waistcoat and shirt. The other articles were more or less stained with blood. Witness also produced a life-preserver broken in two, which had been taken to the police-station by a boy named Howard. Susan Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown, turner, of 20, Brown's-row, who witnessed the occurrence, gave a similar version of the affair to that which has already appeared in evidence. She said she distinctly saw the pistol in the prisoner's hand, and, being afraid, moved away. Witness thought she heard Horgan say, "If you do, I'll throw you into the water." The prisoner pointing at Horgan said, " Pll fire at thee in a moment." Witness saw him then run round Horgan and fire. She afterwards saw the deceased lying on the ground bleeding from the mouth and nose. Francis Staples, of Windmill-hill, sawyer, gave similar testimony to that of the preceding witnesses. He differed from them, however, by saying that in tLe struggle the deceased threw the lad Collins on the ground, but did not fall himself. Some one then said, " Shoot him," but he could not tell whether it was the prisoner or the other one. Horgan tried to keep the prisoner away from the deceased, and asked the prisoner if he would shoot him. He said " No, if he would let his partner go; he knew himself better." Then the one who was shot pushed the other up against the railings by Mr. Brown's house, and the prisoner held up his pistol in his hand and shot him. It was a brass pistol. Frances Eliza Jenkins, having been sworn, de tailed at some length the particulars of the occur rence, but there was nothing in her evidence which materially differed from that which had already been given. She added that when the deceased was shot he held his side and said, "Oh l" Large pieces of congealed blood fell from his mouth, and soon after wards he fell. This witness swore positively that the prisoner fired the pistol. She said she saw him run away immediately he had done it, and shortly after wards she saw him in custody at the station-house. Alexander Fairbrother, M.D., deposed that he was one of the physicians at the Bristol General Hospital. He saw the body of the deceased last Sunday even ing, about nine o'clock, or later. It lay in the dead • house of the hospital. He had since made a post mortem examination, in the presence of Mr. Rogers, the house surgeon; and Mr. Lansdowne and Mr. Lang, surgeons, were both there part of the time. The body was dressed w hen he first saw it. He observed that the coat, waistcoat, and shirt had marks of blood on them, and there was an appearance on 6.e right . side, near the sec on d r ib, i s f ron t o f th e r i g ht armpit, of abullet having penetrated, there being marks corresponding to the wound beneath. On the body being stripped he carefully examined the exterior of it, and found no mark or wound upon it, excepting a wound inflicted on the right side, in front of the right armpit, near the second rib. The wound pre sented an appearance of having been caused by a gun or pistol ball. Witness examined all the cavities, and found everything healthy, except such morbid appear ances as were caused by the wound. The bullet had passed through the second rib on the right side, and splintered it, then through the right lung and the windpipe ; it grazed the gullet, wounded some of the vessels, then passed through the left lung, then through the second rib on the left side, leaving some of the cloth in it, and then it lodged in the fleshy part just above the left shoulder. The wound was sufficient to occasion death. The bullet produced was the bullet in question ; it was in the state in which he found it. (The witness here handed the bullet to the coroner. It was quite flattened.) He had compared the bullet with the pistol, and found it to fit ; he had also com pared it with the other bullets produced this day, and sworn to have been found on the prisoner, and it matched them. He had not the slightest doubt that the death of the deceased was caused by that bullet. His death must have been nearly instantaneous, the bullet having gone through the windpipe. The CORONER then asked Mr. Ayre whether there were any witnesses in attendance whom he would like to be examined on behalf of the prisoner, to which an answer was returned in the negative. The CORONER then recapitulated the whole of the evidence to the jury, making his comments thereon as he proceeded. He concluded by observing, that in the present instance he saw no circumstances either of provocation or of alleviation that would reduce the crime to that of mansiaughter. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against the prisoner, Alfred Dauncy, who was, therefore, committed to take his trial f or th e ca pit a l offence on the coroner' s inquisition. During the whole of the lengthened inquiry this day the prisoner maintained the utmost indifference. He even heard the verdict of " Wilful Murder" re- turned against him quite unmoved. As, however he was being removed in the custody of the police, some of his friends stepped forward to wish him good bye, and just at that juncture he appeared to be con siderably affected. TUB PANIC ABOUT A lIIGII TIDE.—Mr. Conway, of the Dub'in Evening Post, has applied to the Astrono mer Royal for his ktinion a..; to any foundati , n existing for the apprehended delug , hex*. week, and has elicited from that authoritative quarter the following sedative f3rmation : Observatory, near Dublin, Di - C. 24, 1849—Dear ?dr. Co nwa y, I h a ve requested my assistant, Mr. Thompson, to revise his calculations relative to the spring tide at the end of this multi), and he reports to me that he Ends no reason to expect that the tide in s+ion oh!nin onv E.f!;• floc' u f,e it 1:t.) - Le t4-,6u: dLy foresee.—l am, dear Mr. &away, very truly yours, W Rowan Elamiltoa.—F. W. Conway, Esq.' , NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of preference shareholders in this com pany was held on Monday, at Stafford, for the pur pose of considering what steps should be taken to secure the payment of the full dividend on the pre ference shares, instead of the reducol dividend on the 15th of January next. Mr. T. Egerton, MT., was called to the chair. It appeared that the preference share capital amounted to 1,170,0001., in 58,500 shares of 201. each, being entitled to a dividend of 6/. 13s. 4d. per cent. until the opening of the entire North Staffordshire Railway, after which period these shares to be entitled to a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. These shares were given in exchange by the North Staffordshire Company for the OH Trent and Mersey Canal shares, which were in existence prior to the formation of the railway company. The matter in dispute be tween the holders of the preference shares, with Lord Hatherton at their head, and the directors of the North Stafforshire Railway is, that the former contend that the entire line of railway set forth in the Act of Parliament has not been opened, and there fore they are entitled to the full dividend, 61. 13s. 41. per cent., until it is opened. The railway directors assert that the entire line was opened before the 15'..h of July last, and that consequently the old canal proprietors, now the holders of the preference shares, are entitled to receive only five per cent. on their shares until the net earnings of the railway exceed this amount on the whole capital of the com pany, when the holders of the preference shares will be entitled to a ra..oatAe proportion of the net re ceipts above five per cent. until the dividend on the preference shares shell amount to 6/. 135. 41. per cent., beyond which th-y are not to participate in the profits. At present the net earnings of the North Stafferdshire Railway do not exceed 1 I:cr cent. per annum on the capital expended, so that there is no chance of the preference shares participating in profits above the 5 per cent. mentioned. The com pany have given notice of an application to Parliament for power to abandon certain branches, and to remove the restriction with regard to them respecting payment of dividends. After some conversation a deputation was appointed to confer with the directors on the subject, and to represent that the opinions of counsel were in favour of the preference shareholders' claim. SOUTII SFAFFORDSIIME. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday at Birmingham, for the purpose of adopting certain resolutions and a requi-ition to the directors to convene a special meeting of the share• holders, to take into consideration certain proposed amended terms for a lease of the line, to be submitted by the directors to the gentlemen who proposed to be lessees at the late meeting held at Walsall about three weeks ago. Mr. J. P. Dyott (Mayor of Lich field) occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated the origin and object of the present meeting. As one of the projectors of the South Staffordshire Railway, and having bought shares at a considerable premium, after the decision of the late meeting of shareholders at Walsall he had deemed it his duty, in conjunction with his friends Mr. Payn and Mr. Johnson, to endeavour, if possible, to bring matters in dispute to a satisfactory settlement. It wouli be recollected that it was by the excellent speech of his friend Mr. Johnson that the lease then proposed to be granted to Mr. M‘Lean and others was rejected at the meeting to which he had referred. He (the Chairman) and the gentlemen already named had met together, and he believed they had drawn up terms which would meet with the approbation of the great body of share holders. By the lease submitted to them at the general meeting the lessees were to pay, upon a paid up capital of 669,3751., 2 per cent. for the first year, 4 per cent. for the next succeeding ten years, and 4i per cent for the next ten years, which would conclude a lease of 21 years. He (the Chairman) would read to them the terms of the proposed amended lease. (The Lion. Gentleman read the lease at length. The only material deviations from the original lease will be found in the following items :—The lease to be for 21 years. The capital to be taken as before, at 8/. 10s. per share paid-up, or in the aggregate, at 669,3751. For this the lessees to pay, for the first year at the rate of 2 per cent., amounting, as calculated, to 13,387/. ; for seven years at 4 per cent., amounting to 26,775/. ; for six years at 4i per cent., amounting to 30,1211.; and for the concluding seven years at the rate of 5 per cent., amounting to 33,4681. The lessees to pay 6001. instead of 5001. annually towards the directors' expenses.) Mr. PAYS moved a resolution to the effect that the amended lease be approved, and that a requisition be presented to the directors requesting them to convene a general meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of obtaining its sanction of the amended lease. Mr. JOHNSON, after stating he was glad the pro prietors had rejected the first lease, expressed his cor dial approbation of the one now proposed. They had had an interview with Mr. MtLean, but although that gentleman was not pledged to accept the lease ar amended, he (Mr. Johnson) bell, ved that he would ultimately accede to the terms proposed. He might be allowed to state that in addition to the guarantee of 10,0001., which they should always have in hand, the company by this lease also demanded pre-payment of about 11,0001. every quarter on account of the succeeding quarter's liabilities. So that they would always have 21,000/. in their possession. The resolution and requisition were agreed to unanirnowly, and the latter signed by proprietors holding shares to the value of 150,0001. The meeting broke up about four o'clock. SHREWSBURY AND HEREEORD.—An influential meeting of the inhabitants of Knighton was held last week, for the purpose of promoting the early forma tion of the railway to the towns of Knighton, Pres teign, and neighouring places. Mr. R. LEWIS, of Presteign, was called to the chair, and having explained the great benefit that would arise, not only to the above towns, but to the entire county, by the completion of the line, Mr. P. SEVERNE proposed a resolution urging the immediate formation of the line, which being se conded by Colonel COLVIN, was carried. Other resolutions, pointing out the great advan• tags that would result both to the rich and poor by a cheaper and more speedy transmission of the main articles of consumption, and soliciting the landlords and others interested to take up shares in the railway, and thus assist towards carrying out the scheme, being adopted, the meeting broke up. BORDEAUX ♦ND CETTE AND LYONS AND AVIGNON. —Memorials, now being signed in the city, are about being presented to the French Government relative to the long existing delay in the liquidation of the caution money of these lines in connexion with the proposed line from Paris to Avignon. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26. STOOK EXCITANOR.—The share market was dull to-day, and little business doing. The transactions were as follow: East Lancashire, 11% —Ditto, Preference, 7 % Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 dis. London and North-Western, 110—Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Ditto, Fifths, % Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8— Midland, 45 1 4—Ditto, Halves, 221. le. 3d.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Bs. 9d. MANCHESTER, DEC. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow :—Bolton, Blackburn, Chitheroe, and West Yorkshire (No. 1), s —Caledonian, Preference, 7% Fleetwood, Preston, end West Riding Junction, la. 3d. per share—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (H. and S.), 274—Ditto, West Riding Union, 7 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 12 3 / 4 —London and North-Western, 110—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C ), 1 1 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 7% North ;7 taffordshire, 9% dis —South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 7-16 c. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 26. S LOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market to-day was firmer, there being ;In evident inclination t, buy for the next account. There were buyers of South Staffordshire at 3 3 4 dis , but no sellers ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) were quoted at 71. Vs. 9d. dis.; and Birmingham and Stour Valley might have been purchased at 9 1 / s per share. THE PARETAMENTARY SFAS , N.—It F eonfid,,ntiv the kat - , con6Equint upon the reduction of the duty on tea.—Puncles Almanack. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the advocate of the concentration of the legal transactions or Ireland and England, I address you. I woted say, as a prellide to the achievement of this concentration, that et once, and without expense, an Irish barrister, wishing to relinquish Irish practice in order to devote himself to your bar, pheula obtain his admission thereat; and an English barrister, wishing to become an Irish one, should without trouble or expense obtain his admission as a practi tioner at our bar—and similar measures of justice should be meted out to the English and Irish students, in regard to admission to the Inns of Gaul and our King's Inn. The enlightened, liberal, and fair manner in which you have put forth this important question must draw many persons to its consideration. The present state of Ireland demands sweeping measures at the hands of her rulers, and our present Viceroy seems to be a man;who deeply reflects how best can the future state, of this country be made one of hap piness and prosperity. No doubt he is annoyed and impeded by the buazings of political ranters—their machinations are despised, as well as not feared by him ; he has happily broken the heart of Irish agita tion. But every well-wisher of his ccuntry must wish him success in his praiseworthy endeavours. I know not whether he is favourable or not to this legal concentration, but before he would come to a conclu sion upon so serious a question much anxious deliberation and research would be had recourse to on his part. This question, in primacy, must be looked at in regard to the suitors; and in respect to these it would appear that an ad vantage would be conferred upon them, as they would come under the influence of the highest legal functionaries ; and, as to expense, little, if any, additional legal expense would be heaped upon them. The litigating temperature of their minds would be lessened on legal proceedings being removed to a distance, and placed under more frigid control. Going to law, as the phrase is, would cease in this country to be a pastime, and the hall of our courts would not be a place of recreation to legal minded men. As to the legal practitioners—barristers and attorneys—is the next consideration. To barristers in leading business a boon would be conferred, as their business would naturally accompany them on their removal to Eng land. As to this question of legal concentration, those who consider regarding it seem not to understand its bearings, and sweepingly condemn this legal concen tration as a plan concocted for the purpose of swamp ing Irish legal proceedings— " Durenant quod non inteligunt." Would the great and gifted young man, J Christian, our ablest Chancery barrister, the Sir William Fol lett of the Irish bar, whose humble manners consort so sweetly with his great abilities, fear to combat with the giants of the Saxon law ? Certainly not. Would his brother competitor, F. Fitzgerald. fear to keep his head up in England? No. Would Brewster, Napier, Monaghan, Martley, or Ly net), as columari law lawyers, fear to wield their Celtic legal wea pons with success? Surely not. Of these Irish barristers alluded to, Christian, Fitzgerald, a n d Lynch, business tardily came to them, and their humble manners seemed to repel its advance; will when combined with c:nnmon 1 ()mit the gifted Whiteside and Isaac Butt ? No ; their iron souls know not what fear consists in. As to the hordes of bricfless barristers who are to be found 1 itering in our courts, to predicate the con squence that would arise to them, of their removal to iVestminster, would be difficult. Still I should say this removal could do them little harm ! I, in deed could exclaim in respect to each of these men —some of whom no doubt are grewly gifted—" Oh! had he learned to make the wig he wears!" Sheil, in his graphic sketches of the Irish Bar, considered the number of young men that " family pride" caused to flow to our bar, to have apparently no better inn ntion in doing so than to starve each other. Now if all the legal business of our courts was di vided amougst the.barristers who seek for it, the recompense from this division would not be adequate to the starching of each barrister's cravat. We do not see about Westminster Hull such men as our " pallid, keen-eyed, anxious aspirants for professional employment." How melancholy it is that men will fill the ranks of our bar with their sons and not make farmers of them! The money it costs a young man to become a barrister would purchase a small fee simple property, on which an useful and healthful life might be passed. But I ant sorry to have to agree with Sheil, that " Nothing is so unpopular as pru dence in Ireland." As to the attorneys, Ido not see what damage would result to them from such an object being achieved. • To the public in general a great boon would be conferred, and our barristers, many of them able men, would, under such circum stances as then would arise, become useful and able Members of Parliament; at all events let the ques tion be discussed with moderation and fairnes - -4. Dublin, Dee. 4. It L. THE UOUNTR( MARKETS. HULL, Die. 26. Mesirs. Taylor and Bright's circular states: —As is usual, at this season of the year, business in the grain trade has b..en almost suspended, and will remain so until the turn of the year. Transactions have been quite of a retail character, with a general firm feeling. The weather has been variable—from the 21st to the 22d sharp frost, with some little snow and cold north-east wind; since then the temperature has changed, and it is to thy comparatively mild, with westerly wind. The supply of wheat from the farmers to day was only small. in consequence of the market being held off the usual day, and altogether business was very limited, without any alteration in price, except for the best runs, which ware is dearer. Foreign wheat hell firmly, and full pi ices p.id on the few sales made. Rather more inquiry for malting barley, but none of fine quality afloat, and landed parcels are held above our currency; less doing in grindir.g qualities. Only a slow sale for other (If seriptions of spring corn. Not much doing in linseed, and the. market the turn lower; cakes are also easier to buy. No transactions in rapeseed, and cakes are quiet but somewhat dearer. In banes not much doing. The following are the present prices of grain:- li. S. I 5. e• Wheat, English, red 36 to 38yeas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. white Dant zic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 43 — 45 nigsberg 46 48 , D0. Petersburgh ..„ 37 42 Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 36 —3B Hamburgh . 3B —4O Do. Konigsberg 35 —37 Danish, Holstein, & Par ton. Friesland . 34 36 Linseed cakes, Hull ... 710 s Od Isussian and Odessa 32 36 Do. fine foreign , 61 58 Oats, English ..... 12 14 Do. inferiorforeign Si Os Do. Danish lO 12 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 16 Rape cake5...773 6d to COs Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Tares, English oos 003 Barley, malting 22 24iDo. foreign 20s — 2 4 g Do. grinding.. Beans 26 321 Bones, do ...... 00s Od to 90s Od Do. foreign ...... 25 —3l Rye meal 61 Oa DALKLITU MEAL MARKET, DEC. 24.—!'here wer'' 196 bags of oatmeal, 14 of barleymeal, and 5 of pot barley at this day's market. Sales middling. Oatmea l 6d t 31 per bag down; barb ylneal, 9d par bag; pot' barley 9d per hag up. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. 23s 6d 22s 6d 21a 9d Barleymeal, per ditto 178 Od 16s 9sl 16a 6d Peasemeal —s Od Od —p Od Flour —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot barley ... „. 6d —5 Od —5 °C / , Coax, Dec. 24.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra I4s 8 1 ; seconds, Ils to 12, 6d ; households Os to 10, 6d; thirds, la to 6s per cwt. Oatmeal 9a to lOs 6d ; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d ; wheat' meal, 10s to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 127x61 to 135 s Od per tan' Bran 31 iOs to 3112 s Od per ton. Hay—Farmers 28s to 375; averse__ 33s ; dealers 38, to 40s Od; average 38s per ton. & l aw—Farm_ ,e.' I9s Od to 27s Od; average s2s ; dealers 28s Od to 34s average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60 1 household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9J per lb. Eggs —6s6dto 6s 8d per hundred. Coals - "Z Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Bea th Culm 14s per . ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per so,' Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. :Me** —Beef 34d to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 44:1 Od ; pork 3id to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d P er lb. Hops bl Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 8/ Sill ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ 5s ; Valonia 141 to 01; Fre" 71 53; English 0/per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per etap e : i Hemp 32/ tooo/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19e; r e ' ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 111 Pe r ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 1 88 ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to MI; salted 141 to 20, per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2/4 per lb. Potatoes, white lid to 9d; Minions lld to 12d; Guano! Peruvian, 11/ 103; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel' 19s per barrel. COAL MARKS' Cares Hartley Davison'sWeaLlartley 15s €d liolywell Main ..... 16s 9d New Tanfield l4s Gd l'antlehl Moor West Adairs . 14s Oa Wylam ... Wall's End, &c. Elm Park Percy l6s al Walker Bell Belmont l7a 6d Braddyll Hetton Haswell lBs 9d Jonassohns N.--YESTXRDAY. 1 Lam bton I Lumley I Russell's Hetton I Stewart's 1 Caradoc ..... Cassop 17s 9cl A Kclloe. 1 ,85 0.• Whitworth lss ad,, Adelaide Tees Cownden Tees .......• 17s C''' South Durham l7B Od Tees Woodyfield Cowpen Hartley Nixon's Merthyr and ~i Cardiff ......... Ships at market, 44. THE STRIKES ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.--- 0 : go ds guards and porters at Derby, some hundr Ids 1 1, number, returned to their employ men t 3 esterday (Vent rrsday) mot ning, the f o r me r a t th e i r or i g i na l r ate d remuneration, and the latter for the present at redu ce .0 wages, but with a promise of an advance wheneveir price of food becomes higher. Although the dire cl o t strained every nerve, from Monday morning til l , Tuesday night, they found themselves unable to oar s on their business without the assistance of th(tir goods guarth; but by extensive importations of agrie u a tural labourers, who for many miles around may 1)e for very little remuneration, they had pretty nee r fi swamped the more humble class of goods porters, 141 „ they have been compelled to seek and accept a color"; mice. The policemen and pointsalen, who a weelt two ago had their salaries reduced 5 per cent., and who were too scattered in small timbers along the wh o l e extent of the various lines to act in concert, have Pt tiotmd the board to restore to them the small mod jell which, they say, without their consent, has been stt )p ied out of their weekly wages, and declare their into 01r of giving up their situations simultaneously if th e , petition be not complied with. Should this really ,ocell' e ; the greatest danger to the company's traffic will bo th result; so much prorrty and t:o many lives constan t l y depending upon the discretion of these o ffi cials, especits'i, of th. riot-men. itAtt SWEATING AMOS:EL—A man and his wife have., d born arrested at Belleville, charged with being eslipsg e o in sweating five franc piece . J. At his residence "r e , r n found tiles, graving tools, and other things necessary ,- carrying on his process. lie conresed that he e td about 30r. a week by tiling down the rough edge at o ' i ; fret:o pieces and restamping the letters. A vonN changer in the Rue St. Martin, to whom the filings we re olt.l, has also been arre s t e d. Th e purc h ases were regu d i Italy entered down in hi. hooks, but without the rev address of the seller being enregistered.—Gallyncoi• sit Hon. Henry Fitzroy had an interview with George Grey yesterday at the Home•office. a +h THE WILMINGTONs; a new Novel by the etu.;; of " Emilia Wyndham," and" Two 011 Men's 'Taifes• The new work of this distinguished writer is unde retole to be a most unsparing satire on the follies of tl ie a gd in which we live—especially the taste for luxury' n . „ ostentatious display of wealth—the misuse of Hi die s a the embarrassment consequent on extravaganct , - --° ' D f the base shifts to obtain money rendered neeesst ": 6 such habits. The story, we are informed, displays th, e ,i, follies in their most glaring light, and shows ho w l'n"f the mischief and how deed the guilt to which e nrors this description may lead. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Cure of an Ulceratod I „fi by Holloway' s Oi n t ment an d Pill s .—M r . J o h n Olive, w's known in Geelong, Port Phillip, publishes in the Melbou rl3 l Morning Herald, of June 22, 1849, the following extras rditgl case:—" I had been a ffl icted for three years with an ti leer s p a leg, and had the best medical treatment in Melbourne ‘ 3 , 0 , Van Diemen's Land, without experiencing any relic, f, "'" hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Holloway's Vills c rf Ointment, I resolved upon trying them, and with gra W i t! ec , acknowledge that, after using them and attending to the u t „ r e d, :ions, I found my leg cured in a very short time." Sig'i n e John Olive.—Sold by all respectable Vendors of Will e ', throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Ralici ersy Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS.cCit On the 24th inst., at Northwood-house, St. Joh3fo-Y l° the'wife of Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, of a son. . f „, of On the `?4th inst., at Chauton hou s e, Hants, the wife Knight, Esq., jun., of a daughter. , , f'• On the 21th inst., at Bounds-green, Southgate, D O. ' Maples, of a son. J* On the 25th inst., at Park-place, Brixton, the wife or H. Linklater, Esq., of a son. __---- MARRIED. e jef On the 22d inst., at John's, Notting-bill, vy l o va Eq., of Ladbroke-villas, Kensington-park, to Ross , and youngest daughter of the late J. Blow. Esq. DIED W' Cole, 0' Oa fit-.l3th inst., Frances Anne, wife of the Rev- Cole, M.A., vicar of Wonersh, Surrey. aged 78 ad' Ou the 15th inst., Henry Wood Sandford, of Christ Ci' h l e at Oxford, youngest son of the Rev. W. Saudtord, incur' ) of Newpurt, Shropshire. age' Oe the 20th inst., at Southampton, a' an advanee'• the 11>.v. Samuel L , cke D.D., to merly chaplain to his v Ilig:lness the Duke of ' Kent. sei . On the 22d hist., at Gedelington Vicarag,?, Sophia L ti c At On the 23.1 inst., aged 51, Arthur Cuthbert Marla) , `" of E•Astbury, Hertfordshi , e. On the 24th inst., in Conduit-street, Hanover-8(4,1 10 , 1 ' 4 7e , P. Burrell, E.g., lute of Oriel-terrace, Cheltenham, .2 1 a e 'ler On the 25th inst., aged 75, Mr. W. Challis, of the CO r..)ad, North Prix ton. , P ~SrB PrOCLIOL Of the S c orov. th a Middlesex, Thursday, December 27, 1849. , Ise Noti APPLI day of lotmen It' of the: Institu scriptic Rued in scriptto Secreta Castl Ec CHAIM DICTIITI Alfred ] Arthur Henry Robert Thomas PItISICI BURGEO The f ECOI The 1 which e lower 0 The the Ass Annual If a clef Tho 1 from tt cent. re The Sts). be live 3 ea Premini All A Premint In 1854. The s, resultim among I .Age I at Entry G U ni. 11, Henry John Di Francis Sir With John Hs John G. George John La John Lo A. W. 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