The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

r. r~ ability as leader in that House of ParliaMent which (unfortunately, as. we think) is all: but the supreme power in this country, we cannot but contemplate him with great respect, and as a man whom it would be dreadful to regard with anything like animosity." MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. At a meeting of the Directors and .Guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone, held on Friday in the 2Cew-road, it was stated in proof of the growth of Pauperism, that in Islington, with a population of 6 6,720 persons, the increase during the last two '' .• years had been 10 per cent; in Marylebone 106 per cent. In Clerkenwell there had been a decrease of 6 per cent. A. lecture on the Corn-laws was delivered on Friday •., by Mr. Sydney Smith, at the Temperance Hall, St. ~ • George's-road, in which he stated that in the same - year in which, according to the Commons' Returns, 1,000 persons had died of starvation, upwards of , . 3 ,000 quarters of wheat were thrown into the sea and the Thames, to keep up the spirit of the Corn-law. ECCLESIASTICAL. `''l‘ The Archdeaconry of Armagh does not now bring , In more than 9001. a-year ; the reductions since 1831 having amounted to 5001. per annum. Many other • , . clerical incomes have likewise decreased. ' NAVAL AND MILITARY. The 67th Regiment, consisting of 350 fine men, have arrived at Plymouth from Canada. lii Major. General Hamilton died at Limerick on Wednesday. He was in his 61st year, and was the , unn of James Hamilton,- Esq., some years Member - for Dublin. While an ensign he lost his leg in '' Rolland. He subsequently served through the American war, and was granted a pension of 3001. for his wounds, which now reverts to the Crown. On resigning file command of the 97th, he was pre vented with a piece of plate by the officers as a token of their esteem. .He has left five sons and six daugh ters, by the daughter of Lord Castlemaine. LAW AND POLICE. John Atkinson, driver of the cab 901, was charged at Marylebone with a violent assault upon Mr. Lang . '. don Hayden, a gentleman upwards of sixty years of age, residing at Connaught-square,_ for which he was .., committed to take his trial at tke Sessions. LITERARY AND scxENTxrxc. The subject at Cambridge this year for the Duke of Northumberland's gold medal ' is to be " Plato," either as an ode or a poem in heroic verse. Thalberg gave his farewell concert at Brighton on Thursday. This eminent pianist, and accomplished Musician now retires into private life, having amassed lar ge fortune by his great talents. C OURT -rAS II X °NAZI LE. ' )The . Duke of Montrose has left Belgrave-square, for lii GraCe's hunting lodge in Northamptonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond and family returned, on 'Wednesday last, to Belgrave square, for the season, from Tnplow House. Lord and Lady Seaford are now residing at their house in Chester-square, where they will remain until the mansion in Audley-square is completed. Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby and Misses Willoughby left town (n.Friday, for Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. Sir Charles Knightley and family returned last Week to Fawesley Park, froma visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. Sir Michael and Lady Shaw Stewart and Miss Stewart left Belgrave-square yesterday, for their seat M Scotland p, MISCELMANISOUS. Sir Robert Peelhasor7lerccftiTesuM of 150/. to bo presented to Mrs. Dwyer, the sister of the gallant Sir Sydney Smith, who was recently found in great Poverty, in a vacant house in the Regent's-park. Her son. has been appointed by Lord Haddington to a ilituation in the navy. RUMOURS OF THE D AT The following marriages in high life are abou tto !like place :—One between the eldest son of a sport ing Duke and the eldest daughter of one of the he reditary officers of the Crown ; the second betwen a Youthful Earl and the daughter of a wealthy brewer ; and the third between the daughter of a deceased Ambassador and the son of a late member of her Alaje sty's Household. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 17.—Wind this day at noon, W. DEAL, " DFC 16.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. moderate. : b4l l , • Arrd.Talbot; IVestward. Arrd. from the River Anne ;i t : Laing an d J o h n Oldh am , f or Qu e b e c ; Speed, for Mo bile ; Frederick, for St. John's, New Brunswick. . The Talbot, from Bahia, is supposed to have ar- IN rived off New Romney. The Belgigne, from Rio Janeiro off Portsmouth. '- Orr N O RTH F O RELAND, DEC 16.—Bremen, Bre 1., • Men,' for New York. HULL, DEC. 15.—S1d. William Ward, Savannah; :"Peelsone", New Orleans. , 1,,,, WHITEY, DEC. 16.—The Norfolk, Palmer, of and rr for Yarmouth, ran on Whitby Rock yesterday, but • , came offin an hour with loss of false keel. )- ItritAcomuE, DEC. 16.-Arrd. Jenny, Beaumont, '`era Cruz. CORR, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Tanjore (transp.), Quebec. LEITH, DEC. 15.Arrd. Cockburn, Grenada. Sid. ••: eorgiana, Tobago. CONSTANTI/forrat, Nova 23.—The Diana: (Russian „ • scho oner ), and the Aristipi (GreA lirig); have been • kitin the Black Sea, during the late g.iles; the for iner at &elle (Anatolia), and the latter at Selina •• (entrance"of the Danube). • •, 4 ` TERCEIRA, DEC. 3.—The Faleb - _!, from Car , Then Laguna de Termini); to llavre, has put in, here aky, and with damage. CoraTNNI. Nov. 23.—The Commercio, from Liver- Peol to Havannah, has put in here leaky. :44 .....LITERPOOL, DEC. 16.—S 1 d. Winscales, Sydney, • New South Wales ; Jentoo, Calcutta; Reis Effendi, Cape of Good Hope ; Jane and Ayrshire, Africa ; Thalia Maranham. Arrd. Acadia packet Boston, • left 2d i ns ta n t, and Halifax 4th instant. The Mag tat; Morton, bound to this port, has been towed back to Quebec, leaky, having been ashore in a gale on the 19th ult.; cargo discharged. The Mersey, bound to this port, put back to Quebec, with loss of rudder, anchors, and chains. The Aberdeen, from Quebec to this port, is ashore on Green Island. The Gleaner, from Quebec to London, is ashore in the St. Law rence. The Diana, bound to this port, was aground on the 10th ult. at Glascock's Island, near Natchez. 4 : 11 c Hampden, bound to this port, remained hard Aground on the south-west bar of the Mississippi on the 15th ult. A barque was ashore on the Colorados, on the 3d ult., with topsails loose. It blew a heavy gale at Boston on the Ist inst. from E.S.E. COWES, DEC. 16, Arrd. Kilinaurs, Smith, Bata via ; Henry, IVelmesley, Launceston, sailed Aug. 23. kA.Lsiourn, DEC 16.-IVind S.W. strong breeze.— Arrd. Lady Mary Wood (packet) with Mediterranean flails. Orr HASTINGS, DEC 16 —Luizie, Rotterdam, for Batavia. MILFORD DEC. 15.—Arrd. Crusader, Quebec, for L ondon, left 19th ult., and has experienced very severe piles ; Cato, Quebec, for Lynn ; Mayflower, Olby, ayal. The Aquila, of Aberystwyth, and the Earl Grey, of Carmarthen, got in contact yesterday, and both received damage. SHIELDS, DEC. 14.—Sid. Faiany, Ore, Monte Video • THE CHINESE SILVER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The denomination " guinea " was first given to the gold piece to commemorate the capture of the precious metal on the coast of Guinea, of which it was • composed. As we are now fully anticipating the r atification of a commercial treaty between this country and China, allow me to suggest that part of the silver 'n'hich is expected to arrive from China be set apart 111 order to coin a piece of money of a new denomina `4" to he first issued to the public on the day when k b • lm i t r ift r t he ratifi ca ti on s h a ll be published in the Gazette, in .ti c .,Order m ore part i cu l ar ly t o mark and commemorate 4 1 4 14 such important event. It might be a 3s. 4d..piece, I f i t tgqi (of which there would he six pieces to the money - Pound) and would be heavier than the half - crown , and Is. Illore convenient and lighter than the present cumber orn e crown piece ; and it might be denominated The China Dollar."—l am, Sir, yours, &c., ROBERT WILLIAM DUKINSON. t‘ ' Ilfracombe, Dec. 15, 1842. - CORN-LAWS-PROTECT THE FARMER!!! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. defiance of the long-winded articles in duty, • of a free trade in corn without a protecting gutY, I demand such a protection as will enable me to receive the average value of an acre of corn, whether ▪ have a large crop or a small one. I will illustrate nly meaning thus : suppose I have a piece of land, on which the average growth is three bushels of wheat, and the average price is 6s. Bd. per bushel, I expect 11.1 3' crop shall produce 205.; so if I have but two bushel s in one year, I must have 10s. per bushel ; and if there should be such a blight as to reduce my Produce to only one bushel, is it not reasonable for Inc to expect the consumer to pay the whole 20s. for l t It must be so, Sir, or I shall not be able to pay 4 111 . Y landlord his rent. If you possess that impar t which you profess, you will publish this; then th e Ignorant Cotton Lords will know why the land lords and corn-growers demand a protective duty.---I 51 n, Sir, yours, &c. A CORN-GROWER. ATTAtism.—The following is from the last Jamaica Papers :—The negroes have set up what they term I \lyalisin,"—a series of religious, maniacal, riotous 'lances. These are interspersed with songs, the most P?Pular of which is "John baptise in the Riber." 44,c1 . S ixty-four warrants were issued on the 26th of Sep li t Ltnlier for the apprehension of as many blacks. In 1 ,- - t he parish of St. James, the ramifications of this doc- Nd , trine have extended from the Spring estate to the Moor Park, embracing a circuit of sixteen planta '46i C' 1 • t kns• The negroes attack all who attempt to restrain !heir antics. At Montego By, " Oheaism" has been 1 1 1 41 1.• oz)rporated with " Alyalistn: .This is negro witch draft engrafted on religious fanaticism. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SIINDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert and the Royal Household attended Divine Service this morning in the private Chapel within the Castle. The Rev. William Canning and the Rev. Lord W. Russell officiated. The Holy Sacrament was administered to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Viscountess Canning, Hon. Amelia Murray, Hon. Frances Devereux, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Sydney, and Dr. Pnctorius. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, at tended Divine Service at the Parish Church this afternoon. The Rev. J. Gore, Vicar of Shalbourn, officiated. The Rev. Gentleman's text was the 10th, 11th, and 12th verses of the 145th Psalm. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park this afternoon. Yesterday her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort enjoyed their usual early walk, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out. Baron Van de Weyer went to town. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House on Saturday. The Royal Duke afterwards returned to his residence at Kew. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Sir David Davis, M.D., arrived at his residence in Park-place, St. James's, on Saturday, from Canford House, Dorsetshire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty, we are happy to state, is quite well. A meeting of the Customs Revenue Commissioners was held otjSaturday Gwyder House, Whitehall. The Earl of Aberdeen left town, on a visit to Sir R. Peel, on Saturday, at Drayton Manor. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel officiated, yester day, as Chaplain in Ordinary, at the performance of Divine Service, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duke of Leeds, the Earl of Errol, and Lord Greive, were among the nobility present. General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen onFriday. His Excellency also trans acted business, on Thursday, at the Foreign-office. . The Earl of Ripon has left Leamington . , on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor. Lord Stanley has left Lathom house, Ormskirk, Lancashire, the seat of Lord Skehnersdale, for Knowsley hall, Lancashire. The Countess of Denbigh expired at her town resi dence on Friday night, about two hours after her accouchement. Inquiries after the Earl of Denbigh were made on Saturday and yesterday, in Eaton-place, on the part of the Royal Family. The Noble Earl was more composed yesterday. Dispatches from Sir Charles Bagot, Governor of Canada, were received on Saturday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received on Saturday from the Governors of Van Dicman's Land, the Mauritius, and Gibraltar. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci left town on Saturday on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor. THE NEW GERMAN TARIFF.—We have great satisfaction in stating, on the authority of several mer cantile gentlemen, all possessing excellent information, that the new tariff of the German League will not augment the duty on those fabrics which are so ex tensively made at Bradford, Keighley, and the neigh bourhood, for the German market, namely, the figured goods—Orleans, merinos, alpacas, fancy lastings, &c. ; and that the higher duty will only apply to the printed goods, and the waistcoatings which contain a pattern produced by a second weft. Such, at least;, is the in terpretation put upon the tariff by the official persons who will have to carry it into execution. It would be unjust and ungenerous if we did not add that the letters from Germany award great credit to our Go vernment for their active exertions to prevent the trade of this country from being injured. If Sir Robert Peel would go a step further, and abolish the Corn-laws, he would give a security to our trade which it can never possess till that all-important mea sure shall have been taken.—Leeds Mercury. EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF.-A gentleman, residing not seven miles from Coupar Angus, who has all his life long been a warm friend and admirer of Sir R. Peel and his Tory measures, finding his pockets and those of his constituents (being factor for a number of Tory landlords) not a little affected by the operations of the tariff, has allovsed his former love suddenly to change into determined hatred; and to •suCh a length has he carried his resentment, that, not content with removing a full-length portrait of Sir Robert, that used to adorn his dining-room, and con signing it to the lumber-room, has also had his gar dener employed for some time back in uprooting and casting out every plant and shrub from the garden bearing the name of Peel—nay, even those beautiful dahlias and other sweet flowers and shrubs whose gentleness and delicacy marked them out as fit objects tobe named after Lady Peel—have all been destroyed by stern command, that not a vestige may remain of the hated name that is spreading such desolation and ruin over the financial affairs of the country.—Dundee Warder. THE " QUARTERLY REVIEW" AND THE ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE.—For a long time the cry of the Tory press was, that the Anti-Corn-law League was utterly powerless and contemptible ; that its members were few in number, despicable in talent, and opposed by the great mass of the population. Now, however, the tactics of the party are changed ; the importance of the League is too manifest to be denied ; and the Quarterly Review, the great literary organ of the Conservatives, comes out with an article of no less than seventy-one pages—all written —no, not exactly written, but manu factured with paste and scissors—to prove that the League is not only the " foulest and most selfish," but " perhaps the most dangerous combination of recent times." If all this ,is true,—if the League is as dangerous as it is repre sented, and if no more formidable resistance can be made to its schemes than that with which the Quar terly now treats its readers, the cause of monopoly is desperate indeed. A more wretched thing of shreds and patches, a more contemptible collection of excerpts from newspapers strung together by trite and bald remarks, establishing no more connexion between them than that which results fromcontiguity—a more pointless and inconclusive production altogether— certainly never came under our notice. It is very much like one of the articles of the Manchester Chro nicle on the same subject, expanded from a column and a half to seventy-one pages, without an additional atom of fact or argument, or, so far as we can discover, even an additional falsehnod, to season the dull and va pid mess.—Manchester Paper. CHINESE TROPIIIES.-1 he number of guns taken by the British forces at Woosung amounted to 172, mostly made of copper, and from 12 to 14 feet long: The value of the copper guns taken at Chinhae amounted to 10,0001., having been sold for that sum at Calcutta. All the copper guns taken at Woosung, and 34 others mostly 12 and 24 pounders, have been shipped for Calcutta, but it is not yet known how the proceeds will be applied, whether deposited in the chest that belongs to the consolidated fund, or awarded to the victorious soldiers and sailors, in the shape of prize money. In addition to these, an im mense quantity of iron guns have been destroyed, with other warlike instruments, from the three pronged toasting-forks, as the Chinese spears are termed, to the formidable two-handed swords. The surveying vessels attached to the British fleet pro ceeded up the branch of the river on which Woosung and Chang-hae are situate, upwards of 40 miles above these important cities, until they were assured no other batteries or defences existed at that part of the interior. The country through which this branch of the river meanders is' described as beautiful, and justly deserving its name of the Flowery Land. It is described as like running up he Thames, a well-cultivated plain meeting the eye on both sides, having rice, corn, vegetables, and fruit in abundance. The river is admirably adapted for navigation, the surveying vessels having found 13 fathoms water at the highest part to which they had proceeded, and where no European had ever been before. On the banks of the river were observed neat looking farm-houses in detached spots, apparently poi sessing every comfort, and the whole appearance of the land very different from the low swamps the Bri tish forces had met with in all the other parts of China visited by them. The weather had become suddenly dreadfully hot. Up to the 14th`of June the heat ranged from 80 to 82 degrees in the shade, with cool breezes at night ; but after that period it rose to 100 and 102 all day in the shade, and not a breath of wind at night. In some degree to compensate for this evil ice is to be had in plenty, the Chinese pre serving it to send out in empty fishing-boats, which enables them to supply the inhabitants of large cities at a considerable distance inland with - cargoes quite fresh, and of excellent quality. The ice is kept by the British for cooling the beer, and proves a great luxury. THE WEATHER IN THE NORM—The present sea son, in ninny things, has been one of the most extra ordinary we ever remember; six months of continued drought formed a new feature in the farmer's calen dar, and perhaps it may be added, that the absence of frost, at least night and morning, is equally rare so late in the season. Flowers are still rife in the open air, and if the present weather hold a few days longer, it will be an easy matter to gather a nosegay at Christ mas. At Friars' Carse and Forest, on the banks of the Nith, and adorned in common with Blackwood with the finest reaches of our river, in its whole course, the missel thrush has been pouring in profusion his welcome notes ; and altogether, as regards openness, the weather, were the weary fogs away, is more like March or April than dreary December. Some, how ever, predict a speedy change, and ultimately a spell of frost, as protracted, to say the least, as the late blooming and beautiful back-end.--Dumfries Courier. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMIIER 19, 1842. HA YMARKET T HEATRE. On Saturday evening Congreve's comedy of the Bray of the World was revived at this theatre, with considerable alterations. These alterations have made the play more suited to the moral feelings of the age, but they have at the same time destroyed much of the interest possessed by the original. The following is the cast. of the principal characters :—Sir Wilful Witwould, Mr. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining , Mar wood, Mr. Stuart; Witwoud, Mr.iCharles!Mathews ; Petulant, Mr. Buckstone ; Waitwell, Mr. Strick land ; Millamant, Madame Vestris ; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Fainall, Miss Charles. In the • play represented on Saturday night, there was rather an unusual change, that of converting 'a female into male character.. In the original comedy, Marwood is a male part. This destroys the coherence of the drama, deprives many actions of their motive, and thus materially lessens the interest of the piece. The acting, however, made amends for such defects. Madame Vestris's Millamant was distinguished by an easy and playful grace. Charles Mathews threw a great deal of airy vivacity into the character of the fribble Witwould. Mr. b'arren's conception of the part of Sir Wilful IVitwould •was good, but Strick land should haveplayed this part. Strickland wants the pertness and flippancy which the personation of the impudent valet, Waitwell, requires. Mrs. Glover's Lady Wishfort was by far the best acted part in the play. I3uckstone made Petulant a broad farce cha racter, keeping the audience in a perpetual good hu mour while he was on the stage. Miss Charles gave a very correct and ladylike personation of Mrs. Fain all. The other characters were respectably sustained. The comedy concluded with a dance by the perform ers ; and it was given out by Mr. Holl for repetition every evening this week with some applause Preparations for the holiday entertainments are proceeding at the two houses with the utmost activity. The pantomime at Drury-lane is a burlesque of the story of William Tell, and has been written by Mr. M. Morton, the author of The Eton Boy and other dramas. The pantomime at Covent-garden has been compounded by the authors of Punch. There is ori ginality in the design of the piece, and no pains or outlay will be spared in its execution. Webster closes the Haymarket on the 15th of January, and will not open it again until Easter. Madame Vestris and her husband will remain with him until the end of the present year, but what course they will then take does not seem to be determined. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handel's Messiah, with Mozart's additional accompaniments, was given at Exeter Hall on Friday, by the Sacred Har monic Society. The recollection of Braham's won derful power and brilliancy in this oratorio compelled us to institute unfavourable comparisons with Mr. Manvers, especially in the sublime opening recitative, " Comfort ye my people," which was ever con sidered to be one of Braham's greatest triumphs. He, however, redeemed himself in the recitative and air, " He that dwelleth," which immediately precedes the " Hallelujah" chorus. He also instilled some power and expression into the 'recitative, " Unto which ;" and, in fact, throughout the whole oratorio he was far less objectionable than when on the stage. Miss Birch and Miss Dolby sang the other portions of the oratorio in their best manner, and were greeted with continued bursts of applause whenever their ser vices were required. The " Hallelujah" chorus was the climax of harmony and magnificence. It is im possible to conceive a more stupendous effect than that produced by the execution of this splendid com position. The vast room was crowded to excess long before the orchestra was even filled, and not a single place could be obtained after the opening recitative. An actor of the Cirque, on the Boulevard, named Raymond, committed suicide on Monday evening. A frivolous discussion between him and his dresser had taken place on the preceding evening, which ended in blows, and a M. , Laloue having interfered to separate the combatants, M. Raymond gave him a se vere blow on the eye, and left the theatre in a state of exasperation. He did not go home during the night, but on the following morning went to the theatre for the rehearsal, when the manager, observ ing his haggard air advised him to go home and lie down till the evening. He followed this advice; but, an hour after he had been in bed rose and stabbed himself with a dagger. His death was instantaneous. —Galignani. THE REBUILDING OF HAMBURGII.—The senators of Hamburgh, instead of availing themselves of the opportunity afforded them by the late conflagration that destroyed so large a portion of the worst part of their ill-built city, of rebuilding it upon an improved plan, have at length, after many deliberations, decided upon one to which they have affixed their legal and irrevocable fiat. It is a sort of patch-work compila tion concocted from the many which were submitted to them by architects and engineers of various na tions, in which they have most strictly preserved, without any exception, all their unwholesome fleths (Fleet ditches) which intersected with their mud and filth every part of the town, and which they dignify by the name of canals, and adhere as closely as possi ble to the old street arrangements of that entangled, narrow, and unhealthy portion of the city. LISKEARD FAIR.—On Monday last, this fair took place, and was well supplied with fat cattle, which sold freely at an advance in price; but lean cattle went off but slowly. Store ewes fetched sd. per lb., and nearly:all the sheep were sold. As a damper, however, upon the rising spirits of the farmers, the assessors under the Property and Income-tax were busy delivering their assessments, which excited strong expressions of disapprobation against Sir R. Peel.—Cornwall Advertiser. On Wednesday morning last, a most violent out rage and an attempt to commit both robbery and murder, took place at Beckingham Manor House, in the county of Lincoln, within five miles of Newark, on the Sleaford-road. It appeared that C. G. Milnes, Esq., who owns a considerable property in the village and neighbourhood, had received his rents the day previous to this attack, and about two or three o'clock on Wednesday, two men, disguised, one in a mask, and the other with a blackened face, entered his bed room, and threw a cord across the bed, and proceeded to secure the hands of Mr. Milnes, but the cord was fastened so tight to the right hand that it produced pain, and Mr. Milnes shouted out murder with all his might; the two men retreated in consequence of the alarm, and were followed by Mr. Milnes into the kit chen, where they were trying to hide themselves; he immediately returned and secured his room door, and shortly after the butler came and knocked, but Mr. M. refused to open the door, but desired him to fetch up the gun, instead of which he brought up a pistol belonging to Mr. Milnes, which the robbers had had in their possession. It appears that the butler was the principal in contriving the robbery, and Mr. Milnes was to have been shot by Bradshaw, in case he offered resistance. The butler (John North) admitted his brother. (William North) and Bradshaw into the pre mises on the evening of Wednesday, and had, them secreted in the hay-loft, where he supplied them with ale, and when he thought all was still, he conducted his brother and Bradshaw to his master's room door; and, had the robbery been effected, the butler was to have been tied down to the bed, to make it appear as if he had been out of this infamous conspiracy. They were committed to Lincoln on Monday last, for trial at the next Assizes. William North is committed to Palkingham, to be remanded.—Nottinzham Review. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--On Friday afternoon a sin gular accident occurred to a man named Charles Gater, seventy years of age. It appears that the poor man was at work on board a barge at the Baltic 'Wharf, Wapping. .'/V. man named Kearney was at ' the same time walking along a plank laid from the wharf on to the barge, with a sack of tares on his back, when his foot slipped, and he fell with his burthen into the barge. In his fall he alighted upon Gater, whom he knocked down with great vio lence, by which his leg was fractured in a shocking manner, and he was otherwise severely injured. He was immediately conveyed to Guy's Hospital. Kear ney was not hurt. tattle for the London Christmas markets have been sent off from Somersetshire to a considerable extent. At Bridgewater, on Monday, forty fat beasts were taken up by the railway train, together with a num ber of sheep ; and at Highbridge, and other parts of the railroad, cattle were likewise taken up for the same destination. They were conveyed in open car riages, six oxen in each. The length of the train, on its arrival at Bristol, was very considerable. An ad • ditional engine was put in requisition, for the purpose of living along the rail with this ponderous load, whiCh must have been equal to many tons weight. The advantage of thus transporting, in a few hours, our flitted stock to the London market, is very agree ably felt, not only by the graziers and cattle jobbers in this part of the country, but by those also who re side westward.—Dorset Chronicle. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS DURING THE LATE FOG.—One night, during the late dense fog, John Tindall, a mechanic, residing near the Three Colts' Tavern, East Hackney, was returning home from town, when the fog became so dense that he missed his way, and tumbled head foremost into the Regent's canal. Fortunately for him' a barge was passing at a short distance, so that the persons on board heard his cries for assistance, and they made as much haste as they could towards him, and with some exertion suc ceeded in getting him .out. Tindall, not wishing to alarm his family by going home in such a condition, called in at the house of Mr. Carter, a friend of his, and sent a person, named Henry Peale, to the Three Colts to procure some brandy. The latter made his way tolerably well to the tavern, but on his return he missed it; and, after floundering about for some time, he dropped into a deep well in the gard en o f Mr. Carter. His lengthened absence caused some suspicion for his safety, and, upon hls friends going t o look for him, his cries directed them to the well, from which he was taken without much injury, but V(ritli'' the loss of the brandy. LEVANT MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 26.—Referring to the parti culars relative to 'the loss of • the English brig John and Ann, which I mentioned in my last, I may now state that the.subscription set on foot for the Bedouins, who exerted themselves so nobly in the cause of the unfortunate sailors, has been most successful. About 200 dols. have now been collected, from which 150 dols., or 30/. have been paid to the Bedouins, who are consequently well satisfied, and about 101. have been paid to the sailors, who have succeeded in finding em ployment on board ships bounti for England. Another wreck has been seen by several masters of vessels about fifty miles to the westward, but no steps have been taken to attempt tine recoveryrecovery of any portion of the vessel or cargo, and nothing has as yet been heard of the crew. The name of the vessel is not even known. The French brig of war, Alcibiade, arrived here this forenoon, from Beyrout, bringing intelligence from thence to the 22d inst. The country was still in the same state of revolution and anarchy. Omar Pacha was besieged by the Maronites and Pruses at Beteddin, and would be obliged either to capitulate or to force a retreat on Saida, that being the only route left open to him, or rather the only route by which he has any chance of succeeding in his retreat. The Nile returned yesterday from Marseilles via Malta. She has brought five carriages and sixteen hurses for the Pacha, commissioned by his Highness, through a French house at Marseilles. Artin Bey was still there although he had been about three weeks in pratique. SYRIA. BE ROUT, Nora 7.--A very serious affair occurred near Tripoli at the commencement of last month be tween the Christian inhabitants and the Turkish sol diers. It arose, in consequence of Omar Pacha going into their district with a party of soldiers to arrest the Sheikh. The inhabitants told the Pacha that the Sheikh was not in their district, but, if he doubted their words he was welcome to come and search the place himself, but that they would not allow a sol-. dier to enter their villages. The Pacha would not. accede to this, but attempted to force an entry, and the result was that the milit ar y were attacked by the inhabitants and completely defeated ; from 1 . 50 to 200 of the Turks were killed and wounded, and the re mainder with difficulty made their escape. The loss on the part of the inhabitants was very trifling. The poor fellows, shepherds, who were quietly tend ing their flocks, and had no knowledge of the fray whatever, fell victims to the cowardly;vengeance of the routed soldiers, who met with them at some dis tance from the scene of their disgrace; the mere fact of the poor shepherds being Clirigtrins 'WM sufficient to condemn them, and they were ii tautly butchered by the fugitives, to revenge themselves for the loss of their comrades. The I)ruses and Christians are at present united, and, should they remain so, the Government has no power to check their thirst for liberty; large bodies of troops are stationed in the immediate neighbourhood of the disturbed districts, but no attempt has been made to apprehend any of the inhabitants concerned in the late frays. MALTA. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, DEC. S.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.-- The Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean; the Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis, Superintendent of Malta Dock-yard ; the Impregnable, 104 ; Monarch, 84 ; Vanguard, 80; Prometheus and Alecto steam-packets are lying in Valetta Hurbour, Malta. The Rodney, 92 ; Savage, 10 ; Lizard steam-tender, and Owen Glendower, convict ship, at Gibraltar, from whence the Formidable, 84, is on her way to Malta; the In-' constant, 36, and Cyclops steam frigate, are at Bar celona ; the Polyphemus steam packet at Marseilles ; the Belvidere, 38, at Genoa; the Snake, 16, at Syra cuse ; L'Aigle, 24, and Geyser war steamer, at Corfu ; the Locust steam tender on her way to Eng land ; the Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad miral Sir F. Mason, second in command, and the Scout, 18, at the Piraeus of Athens ; the Beacon and Magpie, surveying vessels, at Suda, in Candia ; the Medea war steamer, at Alexandria ; the Indus, 78, and Magicienne, 24, at Smyrna. The Stromboli, war steamer, at Constantinople. The Vernon, 50, Hecate, Devastation, and Vesuvius, war steamers, at Bey rout. MOVEMENTS, &c.—Since the 27th of November the Cyclops steam-frigate took her departure for Mar seilles, the 27th, with the overland mail for England, brought from Alexandria on the same "thy by the Oriental contract steam-ship, which proceeded on her voyage to Gibraltar and England on the 28th; but as the Cyclops, after delivering the mail is to proceed to Barcelona in consequence of the political disturbances thereat, the Polyphemus, which arrived from Gibraltar on the 28th ult., was desttatched to Marseilles on the Ist inst., to await the' London overland mail of the sth, which she will convey to Malta, - where she will arrive about the 13th to meet the ,Great Liverpool, due from England on the 12th. The Inconstant sailed for Barcelona on the 27th. The Circassian yacht, Capt. Lyon, and the Dream yacht, C. Bcntinck, Esq., the former having o n board the 3larquis of Blandford, and the latter Viscount Cantalupe, sailed for Naples, touching at Syracuse, on the 28th ult., in company with the Snake, to try rate of sailing, all three were lying at Syracuse en the Ist inst.; the Sardinian wdr steamer Tripoli arrived from Genoa on the 28th ult., and proceeded on her voyage to Alexandria on tide Ist inst.; the Dutch frigates Rhin and Jason arrived from the Texel and Portsmouth on the 3d, and pro ceed shortly to the Piraeus of Athens and Smyrna. The Howe entered the Piraeus under sail, to die no small astonishment of the natives, on the 23d ult., and has taken up a snug berth for the winter—any thing but a comfortable one for the officers, as Sir F. Mason has signified his intention of not relaxing in the least the orders of the Commander-in-Chief as regards leave. On the 19th ult. the Howe and Scout dressed ship and fired a salute, in honour of the success of the British arms in Affghanistan and China, to the no small mortification of Admiral La Susse, in the. Santi P e t r i, w hi c h s ailed for Smyrna on the 28th. The Inflexible, another French ship of the line, was to leave the Piraeus for. Toulon on the 3d instant, leaving a corvette, an 4 a Russian vessel of the same class at the Piraeus. The Stromboli left her anchorage off Constantinople on the 18th for Smyrna, where she arrived on the 19th, and after filling up provisions from the Indus, took her depar ture again for her station. The Vernon and other British ships of war at Beyrout have taken the pre caution of moving into St. George's Bay for the winter season. Early in the new year Sir John Louis will be relieved in his charge of Superintendent of Malta dock-yard, which it is currently rumoured is reserved for Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, than whom, con sidering the improbability of more active service offering, a fitter officer could not be selected, as some of the dock-yard officials are notorious for assuming airs unbecoming their station ! The Prometheus and Alecto will both be some time under repair, and their damages are becoming so frequent that they will no doubt be sent to England in the spring. The Indus, Devastation, Magpie, and Beacon, are shortly looked for at Malt a , as a l so th e H eca t e , which latter will probably be relieved by the Geyser, on the Syrian coast. Pre_Parations are making to receive the new Bishop of Gibkelier, hourly looked for in the Formidable, with all suitable honours. The yards of the ship in the port , will be manned, and a salute fired on his landing„ ,The Locust, having on board the counterpart of the Chinese treaty, in charge of wi-; Major Malcolm, If have made good way to Eng land, having had, Judging by appearances here, fine weather. Captain Henry and the officers of the Queen (flag ship), have issued cards of invitation, for a ball on a very magnificent scale, t o b e g i v en on board on the 14th inst. Ottcers of all ranks in the navy, the military, and civilians, are extremely sorry to hear that in consequence of the Admiralty having sent back Captain Rich (who took h ome th e Calcutta), and who is daily looked for, Captain Henry, acting in the Queen, will have to resign his command, and return to that of Commander of the Devastation, and whose present Acting Commander Robinson will have to return to his duties as flag-lieutenant to the Com mander-in-Chief. MOUNT ETNA.--Letters from Catania of the 30th ult., describe the volcano to be in full eruption, emit ting enormous masses of lava, and showing every prospect of a flow of liquid lava, to the destruction of I all around. 7ell i o t l S g r l?tt l erlddrt . sTed! E o t ti l egrt l ig :) ,Zits some further light on this diabolical transaction : « w Ge w n e e l r l al , i V s n an ot li on el l e y n ' a w br h a o v ni e o l ffi h ce a r v , e bT.tthe a h o h n u o m u ra huma knone man ; and you may rely upon it, did, in concert with the Regent, every thing in his power to avoid the ne cessity of throwing shells into Barcelona. "But, as I have already observed, it is high time to speak out. The F rench- Telegraphic-Dispatch-Men- dacity-Establishment has at length become so noto rious—so atrociously notorious —and has so evidently formed a most active part of the machinery of the late Barcelonese exhibition, that the matter must be tho roughly sifted and exposed ; and th e di rec tors of that nefarious and pernicious est a bli s h ment h e ld u p t o the execration of Europe ;. for, the p eace o f Europe is compromsed by.their unjustifiable proceedings. "Excuse me for saying that the responsible di rector of this French-Telegraphic-Dispatch-Men dacity-Establishment - elegraphic-Dispatch-Men clacity-Establishrnent is Louis Philippe, King of the French ; who, in return for the unexampled gene ' rosity displayed towards him by every British Ad ministration, and by the British people, has, for the last two or three years, been exciting animosity amongst the French people towards the British Gro veriiment and population. It is mos t d e pl ora bl e to add that he is - but too well seconded by the press, and bytheEn inhabitantsg, otfheenv,ebrirs part of France. "Leton the alert ; and, be it underetoc4 (for such is undoubtedly .the case), that the Anglophobia with which the French nation suf fered itself to be—not unwillingly—inoculated during the Administration of M. Thiers, was the work of the King of the French ; and that M. Thiers, although it was the fashion in England to throw all the blame upon him, was neither more nor less than the instru ment of Louis Philippe, who, it is well known is, and always has been, his own Minister. Had the King not—l will not say sanctioned, but—ordered this anti-English agitation to be got up, M. Thiers, as his Minister, would not have dared to do so. M. Thiers was then, and is at this moment, neither more nor less than the implement of his master; to be used as Minister or Oppositionist at the will of that master. "In like manner every thing proves that the French Consul at Barcelona was the principal insti gator and fosterer of the late most atrocious rebellion in that city ; and we may be assured that he would not have presumed thus to act without instructions from his Government—that is, Louis Philippe. " General Count Castellane sent a succession of false and malignant telegraphic dispatches from Per pignan to Paris relative to that rebellion :—he also, no doubt, acted by order from the same master. " The Presse, the known organ of Louis Philippe and Queen Christina, heaped calumny upon calumny against the Regent of Spain, and abuse upon abuse of England, likewise by order, founded upon these fabrications of the Perpignan-branch-telegraphic-dis patch-mendacity establishment—and, shame to say, these calumnies and this abuse found ready echoes in every portion of the Parisian press, and in the breasts of the majority of Frenchmen, who have been, by order of Louis Philippe, and by his agents, wrought up into an almost frantic state of hatred towards England. " I said that in February last, when the storm that had been brewing on the French frontier was stilled by the voice of the British Government and people, that Louis Philippe was not then prepared to defy England ; it would appear that he thinks he is so now. The French King, Government, and people are against England, and all adopt the most dishonest, the most spiteful way of showing their deadly ani mosity. " What are we to augur from all this ? I say, with sorrow, that England is bound to prepare for a war with France ; for the rancour, falsehood, and cunning of the King of the French, and of the French them selves, are rapidly producing a state of things that cannot be endured. " It is not to be tolerated that the agents of Fratlae should foment rebellion in a neighbouring country-, with whose Government she, as well as England, is in alliance ; that her Consul should abet, comfort, and protect the insurgents, and persuade, by false assur ances, the Queen of Spain's troops to surrender to the rebel. Neither is it to be borne that the well•known organs of the King of the French should be con tinually appealing to the worst passions of the French people, to raise a war-whoop against England, to whose 'generous countenance, support, and forbear ancce, both are so much indebted. " Again, I say, let England be prepared to buckle on her armour ; should it not be needed, so much the better : but, above all things, let us be ready, for the enemy is at our gates; and as our cause is a just one, and we have given no provocation, so id hall we—should strife be unavoidable—triumph as in the olden time. " London, Dec. 16, 1842." " A." FUNERAL OF LORD HILL. (From the Shrewsbury News of this day.) The funeral of the late deceased hero took place yesterday, at three o'clock. The remains of the late gallant hero were interred in a vault in the chapel at Hadnal, a village in the parish of Middle, within a mile of llardwicke, and five miles from Shrewsbury, on the road leading to Ilawkstone, IThitchurch, and Chester. The chapel is a plain stone edifice, which has recently undergone considerable repairs, principally at the expense of his Lordship, who built a new tower, which added much to the picturesque effect of this venerable building. While this was erecting, a circumstance occurred, , connected with the death of an old servant, which induced his Lordship to cause a vault to be con structed under the tower, in which his own remains might be deposited, and yesterday they were laid in it. Few of the shops in Shrewsbury were opened at all on Friday, a memorial to that effect having been signed by the principal mercers and drapers, who agreed, as a token of respect to his late Lordship, to close their shops the whole of the day. At 10 o'clock the bells of the nine churches in the town commenced tolling at intervals, and although the morning was gloomy, with continued drizzling rain, hundreds of persons, of both sexes, started at an early hour, on foot, on the road to lladnal, and were followed throughout the morning by horsemen and vehicles of every description, and the whole of the shops being closed by eleven, the town at that time appeared en tirely deserted by its population. To add to the affliction of Sir Rowland (now Lord Hill) and the whole of the members of the family— the Dowager Mrs. hill, the mother of his Lordship, expired this morning, after a severe illness. The death of the amiable lady, although long expected, ewe with such violence upon the family at the last moment, that the arrangements which had been pre viously made for the procession of the funeral of his Lordship were altogether laid aside. The shock was so sudden, and the grief of the family so great, that several of its members were unable to attend, and will at once account for their absence. The poignant grief of Sir Rowland hill (we retain that title to avoid con fusion) was excessive since the death of his uncle, and this further visitation quite unmanned him, and heightened the anguish he had previously en dured to an almost insupportable degree. The deceased lady, whose sudden death added so me lancholy an interest to the solemn pageant, partook in a large degree of the warm-heartedness and good na ture which form such distinguished addenda to the inheritance of all the Hills, and which extort from political opponents, like ourselves, a tribute of admi ration not less complimentary, we hope, than the praises of friends. She was also gifted with rare mental endowments—an acute perception of charac ter, a vigorous understanding, and a prompt and de cisive judgment, as readily formed and as soon acted upon in her sphere, as that of the deceased hero him self in his. But the best possible encomium that can be pronounced upon her is, the intensity of the grief with which her sorrowing relatives mourn her death, even in the midst of sorrow for a deprivation in which the whole nation regards itself as a sufferer. The entire route from Shrewsbury to Hadnal was crowded with pedestrians, equestrians, gentry, and tradesmen, who were anxious to witness the last melancholy obsequies of the hero who was so univer sally beloved. Although the rain continued without intermission, the village of Hadnal was thronged with spectators from Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, Drayton, Wem, Shawbury, Frees, Hodnet, and the villages and hamlets in the neighbourhood. Among the gentlemen and members of the family who attended the melancholy ceremony were:—Sir Rowland Hill, Sir Robert Hill, Colonel Egerton, Capt. A. Hill, Percy Hill, Esq., Rev. F. Hill, Arthur Hill, Esq., Rev. E. Neville, Mrs. Hill, Sir A. V. Corbet, Lord Berwick, A. W. Corbet, Esq., Hon. Thomas Kenyon, Sir J. R. Kynaston, Colonel Wing field, Hon. E. R. B. Fielding, W. Tayleur, Esq., J. W. Dodd, Esq., Thomas Harries, Esq., Robert Burton, Esq., Rev. J. Rocke, Major Bayley, W. W. Howe, Esq. On the coffin was the folio‘s ing inscrip tion—" Rowland Viscount Hill, G.C.8., G.C.H. Died December 10, 1842. Aged 70 years." RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize•:— Week Name of Railway Miles Total. ended '' Opened. £. s. d. Dec.lo Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,134 19 9 9 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,384 13 0 10 Brandling Junction 25 696 15 4 9 Chester and Birkenhead .. 11 Dundee and Arbroath ... 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow 11 Eastern Counties ......... 10 Glasgow and Ayr .. 10 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22 4 591 18 4 10 (3 rand Junct., Chester 3c Crowe 113 6,0 4 8 18 2 8 10 Great North of England 11 Great Western N0v.16 Hayle lB 23S 13 7 Dec.lo Hull and Selby Lancaster & Preston Jun ction 3 20 1 4 3,73 - 7 7 3 9 Liverpool and Manchester 10 London and Birmingham 1124 13,379 13 2 15 London and Blackwel l 34 513 2 2 10 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch - 13 London and Croydon lO4 232 10 8 15 London and Greenwich 3l 730 8 4 11 London and South Western 8 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 556 10 24 10 Manchester & Birmingham 10 Manchester and Leeds 10 Midland Counties . 10 Newcastle and Carlisle 604 1,153 1 1 8 Newcastle and North Shields 7 301 17 ' 4 11 Northern and Eastern ... ..... 3 North Midland 9 North Union 10 Preston and Wyre 10 Sheffield and Manchester 7 203 4 8 15 South Eastern 10 Taff Vale 39 546 9 11 10 Ulster 10 York and North Midland 2B 1,304 6 8 THE LATE DREADrUL ACCIDENT AT CARN BREA MINES.—We are sorry to hear that of the men in jured in the changing-house, which, as was reported last week, was burnt down on Wednesday week, be sides the young man Waters, who was killed on the spot, seven have since died of the injuries they re ceived, viz., Waters (the father of the young man with whom the accident originated), Harvey, Cock, Hockin, martip, Nicholls. and Ittwits.—Cornu;a 7,l Advertiser. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERRY.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeoman (t)-23 to 1 agst Murat-25 to 1 agst Aristides (t)-28 to 1 agst Progress colt (t)-30 to 1 agst Winesour (t)-40 to 1 agst Blackdrop (t)-40 to 1 agst Napier-40 to I agst Amorino (0-50 to 1 agst Sirikol (t)-50 to 1 agst Bro curd colt (t)-1,000 to 15 agst Everton (t)-1,000 to 15 agst Chesterfield (t)-1,000 to 15 agst Dumpling (0- 2,6'00 to 25 agst Ebenezer (t). COURSING. SOUTH LANCASHIRE (SOUTHPORT) MEETING, DEC. 14 AND 15.—The Fleetwood Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. King's Bloomsbury, beating in the deciding course, Mr. Deakin's Distilla ; the Rosshall Puppy Cup, (16 Subs.), was won by Mr. Slater's Sliny, beating in the deciding course, Mr. Chew's Ellen ; the Churchtown Stakes were won by Mr. Slater's Sandy ; the South port Stakes by Mr. Robinson's Empress. SWAFFHAM YEOMANRY MEETING.—The Cup was won by Mr. Clarke's George the Third, the Derby Stakes by . 111 r. Matthew's Vulture, the Oaks Stakes by Mr. J. Sewell's Ivy, the St. Leger Stakes by Mr. D. Sewell's Firefly, and the Pickenham Stakes by Mr. Palmer's Ruby. MORTON UPON SWALE, DEC. 8 AND 9.—The Stakes were won by Captain Hogg's Sam Weller. INsKIP, DEc. 14.—The Cup was won by Mr. William's Juliet. AMICABLE CLUB AT EPSOM AND LEATHERHEAD, Dix. 13 AND 14.—The Cup was won by Mr. Minton's Floss ; Mr. Jupp's Jewess ran up, and received the Goblet. The lleadley Stakes v e:.e won by Mr. Elly's Eve: and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Minton's Darius. WHITCHURCH MEETING, DEC. 14.—The Cup of 32/. was won by Mr. Barker's Fox, bating Mr. Bellyse's Jasper (drawn). KILMARNOCK CLUB, DEC. 15.—The Kilmarnock Stakes were won by Dr. Brown's Dandy ; the Galston Stakes by Mr. Hamilton's Hurricane ; and the Troan Stakes by Dr. Brown's Slyboots. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Baron Rothschild's Stag lids.. Thurs., Mr. Golby's, Weedon-11. Mr. S. Lownde's hds, Tues., Hatton ; Fri., Furzon field-101. Mr. Drake's Hs., Tues., Farthinghoe Town ; Thurs., Glendon Village ; Sat., Kirtlington Roundabouts-101. Whitecross harrs., Tues., Little Kimble; Sat., Weston Turville-10. Mr. Brand's lids., Wed., Lamer; Fri., Langley Bottom —lOl. Puckeridge's lids., Wed., Barkway ; Sat., Astonbury —lok. Wynyard's hds., Thurs., Bradbury Bridge-101. Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Bladon Gate ; Fri., Bledington Mill ; Sat., Ranger's Lodge. Berkshire hds., Wed., Southampton Gate ; Fri., Far Wood- Ah-, Morrell's hds., Tues., Clifton Ferry ; Thurs., Blowbur; - . M r . wataon's hds., Tues., Botha' Village ; Fri., Fret lington-10. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Minskipp ; Fri., Red House-10. Lieut.-Cal. Hildytird's harrs., Wed., the Kennels ; Fri., Freeholme Bar-101. 'Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Gatley Gap ; Thurs., Ster rington Beacon. Sinnington lids., Tues., Tylas Bridge ; Fri., Hoving ham. Cleveland hds, Thurs., Guisborough Park-101. Bedale hds., Wed., Busby Stoop ; Fri., Brough-101. Hurworth hds., Fri., Yarm Banks ; Sat., Dalton Wood Oakley hds., Tues., Hungee Corner ; Thurs., Stef fingley Cross-roads ; Sat., Chicaley Hall-11. York and Amsty lids., Tues., Middlethorpe ; Thurs., Fernby ; Sat., Nabum-10A-. Harewood hds., Wed., hook Moor ; Fri., Deighton Bar ; Sat., Cottingham Bar-Iq. Carlisle lids., Tues., Corley ; Fri., High Head Cas tle-10. Wilton hrs., Wed., Waver Tollbnr ; Fri., Brocklebank. Ackton harrs, Thurs., Hawksdale-bridge End ; Sat., Drumlanrig-81. Eamont harrs., Wed., Winderwath ; Sat., Longwathby —lOl. Pembrokeshire hds., Thurs., Lanstinan-10. D. M. 11., Tues., Pickeridge ; Fri., Ridgeway-hill, Clayhids. Newshain Park harrs., Fri., Westshire-10. Fowerscombe harrs., Wed., Hanger Down ; Sat., Dockhill Ridge -10. LTDD.—On Monday night last a vessel got ashore on the New Come sand, Dungeness. She is said to be from Sweden to Gibraltar, with a cargo of deals, and being leaky, she was taken into Dover harbour by the coast-guardmen, assisted by some ofthe Lydd men. Lieut. Combe inquired of the Captain if he knew where he was. He replied, "on the coast of France," evidently mistaking Dungeness light for Cape Greinez, in the fog that prevailed. It is said that more accidents have • happened to the shipping since there has been a light at Cape Greinez than before, showing it would be better to discontinue it, or erect another at Dunge ness, that a clear distinction might be made as to which side of the Channel the vessels were ; so that we might, in future, prevent these serious mistakes, which are attended with so much loss of life and valu able property. The shipping of Great Britain and Ireland, at the end of last year, was as follows : Steamers and sailing vessels, 23,591 ; tonnage, 3,760,315. Numbers of these pass this great high way—the Straits of Dover—daily; and the light at the Ness is often the first light that the sailor sees on his return to England from the vast Atlantic Ocean.-- Dover Chronicle. MoamoNism.—lt is understood that there are per sons in Kendal so infatuated by the dogmas of Mor monism as to refuse medical advice in cases of sick ness, but rely for a healing balm in the mummery and apish antics of their depraved " priesthood." Others there are, it is said, who refuse to apprentice their sons because they do not know how soon they may be called to "the promised land" to bow down to their pontiff Joe Smith, who of late has been threatening to take the United States of America by fire and sword, and who, it would appear, has a numerous and organised gang of ruffians under his command. This seoundrel Smith, who is the leader of the sect, was, along with some other persons, not long since in dicted for murder, arson, 'and other crimes ; and is now sought for by the authorities of one of the Ame rican States on similar accusations.—Lancaster Guardian. GURMANY TILE NATURAL ALLY OF BRITAIN.—We have traversed a gcod portion of Germany, and taken a comprehensive glance at its people and their life ; and we must testify that few finer countries lie on the face of the earth. A land of noble rivers and beautiful hills ; of forests free to the foot of the wanderer, lovely in the sunshine of summer; their green glades rich in traditions, and their leaves whispering poetry in every wind. A land of plains cultivated like a garden ; and of simple, swarming, indefatigable people. Germany is a country which, as the land of a distinguished por tion of our ancestors—as the ancient, common source of much of our language—of the spirit of our Consti tution, and of many of our legal and social institutions, must always be interesting to us. It is a country which, to the British poet, antiquarian, and philologist, must ever be a rich mine ; for we cannot now live long in it without every day seeing more and more, in the prac tices and speech of the people, the origin of many of our ideas, custom 3, and terms, which was be fore unknown to us. In the language of the common people, and especially in the Plat deutsch, it is astonishing to find, after a lapse of a thousand years, how much remains which has been transplanted into and exists in ours, especially in the language of the common people of England. But it is when we look on the map of Europe, and consider the location, the extent, the po pulation, and character of this country, in reference to it,,,ca'shneic:: and ptarmi gan these circumstances in the other nations of Europe — it is then that we see how important it must be for England to cultivate a memory of the ancient kinship, and an alliance of friendship, as well as interest, with Germany.--From Do mestic Life of " Rural and TnE Moolts G .— Gro us e, the season on the 10th inst. gan shooting closed for''elusbltaPlihek The last few days were so favourable that many turned out with high hope, to close the season with eclat, on several neighbouring moors ; from ten to forty brace were bagged at Flowerdale, on a choice sot ; s i x ty-five and eighty-five brace were got in p two weeks lately. Some English sportsmen were present at battues held recently at Gordon Castle, Beaufort Castle, Ness Castle, Red Castle, Leys Castle, and Skibo Castle, where pheasants, hares, rabbits, woodcock, black game, and roe, were found in such abundance, as to convince them that a thorough know ledge of destroying vermin and rearing game has made many of these preserves to resemble the best English manors.—fneerness Courier. • Wotton Bassett Christmas fair took place on Tues day last, when a fine collection of animals of Wilt shire production was exhibited, and the several com petitors received their prizes with no small satisfaction to themselves. The annual dinner was celebrated at the Angel Inn, but as the bone of political contention had previously sprung up, the attendance was small ; the farmers were chap-fallen, and everything went off amazingly flat. The unfortunate landlord of the inn was cruelly served ; he had provided for upwards of 100, expecting a good company, but not more than half that number . were present. The cloth having been cleared, the Chairman proceeded to the discharge of his onerous duties. He is a good sort of a gentle man (Mr. Hayward, of Devizes, Lord Clarendon's steward), but he had a difficult task to perform. He wanted to appear the farmers' friend, but he did not know how. Not a word could be said about politics, but agriculture and the new t-a-rif-f-e could not pass un noticed. The farmers were told some strange stories about this " crack jaw" wor d, w hi c h they would not, or could not, understand. They know that they are now selling their cattle 20 per cent. lower than they were twelve months since, and any thing like explanation from their friends, the !mid lords, they put down as gammon. As a matter of course, this dinner being merely local, and in no way connected with politics, it would have been indecorous in the extreme to have tested the feelings of the com pany by proposing, in connection with the usual loyal toasts, her Majesty's Ministers. —From a Corre. aponclent. GENERAL MEETING of ARTISTS. On Saturday evening a meeting of artists was held at the Freemason? Tavern, relative to a scheme en titled " The National Art-Union," " that promises of support and cordial co-operation have already been received from the artists generally," and also -to ex press confidence in " The Art-Union of London." The room in which the meeting was held was crowded to excess. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed. T. Wyse, Esq., M.P. ; Mr. Clint, Mr. Phillips, R.A. Mr. Cooper, R.A. ; Mr. hnight,• A.R.A. ; Mr. Her bert, A.R.A. ; Mr. 11. Riviere, Mr. Pool, Mr. J. Britton, and W. IVarren, Esq. T. Wyse, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair. Mr. Fahey was appointed Secretary. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, which he said was called for a simple and obvious purpose —namely, to enable the artists of London to say how far a prospectus issued from "The National. Art- Union" was correct, in reference to this new scheme having received promises of support and cordial co operation from the artists generally. He was glad to see the meeting so well attended, because it showed the deep interest which the artists felt in the question at issue. - From the high, moral, and intellectual character of the artists of London, it was clear that they must be anxious to advance by every means in their power the great principles of art. It could not be supposed that they had any limited or monopolising object in view. The effect upon the public mind from seeing the prospectus in question issued, might be that the artists were dissatisfied at the "Art-Union of London." Thoy were there to express their opinions upon that subject. Mr. CLINT then moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Huimsroxu, and unani mously agreed to : "That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the assertion contained in the prospectus of the National' Art-Union,' that promises of zealous and cordial co operation have already been received from the artists generally,' is unfounded, and, therefore, likely to con vey to the public an erroneous idea of the opinion of the profession." _ _ Mr. WARREN then moved the second resolution, which was as follows : " That The Art-Union of London,' in its princi ples, is worthy of the cordial approbation of the artists ; and that this meeting begs to tender to the President, Committee, and officers of that Society their warmest thanks for their constant exertions in pro moting the interests of art." Thfi resolution baying been seconded, was, after some discussion, agreed to, as was also the following:— " That copies of the foregoing resolutions be for. warded to the Committee of ' The Art-Union of London.' " Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. There were only two or three dissentients to the resolutions. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING. On Monday evening, December 12, an Anti-Corn law meeting was held in Accrington. The large room behind the Red Lion Inn, occupied by the Anti-Corn law Association being likely to be found too small, a large weaving shed belonging to Messrs. Cunliffe and Co., engravers to calico printers, &c., which in consequence of the state of trade has been for some time unoccupied, was kindly lent for the occasion. The Reverend J. llarbottle was called to the Chair. The Chairman briefly opened the meeting by remarking that the room in which they were then assembled, with its hundred silent witnesses, bore testimony to the pernicious effects of the Corn laws ; silent - looms and motionless wheels proved this. He, however, felt himself less qualified to speak on this part of the evil than on its immorality. lie viewed the Corn-law system as a great national crime, a sin against God. It was a system of deep deceit, dire dishonesty, and monstrous cruelty. He was glad they were about to be addressed by Colonel Thompson, who, like Milton's Abdiel, had in former years warred against this system almost alone. But they were also favoured with the presence of Mr. Paulton, a well-known and successful lecturer on this subject, who would first address the meeting. Mr. Paulton then addressed the meeting for about half -an hour, showing in a clear and forcible manner that the Corn-laws were in plain terms starvation laws ; their object being to render food more difficult to be pro cured by the consumer. Colonel T. Peronet Thompson then addressed the meeting for about an hour, in a remarkably lucid, interesting, and convincing speech. He clearly showed the necessity of union among those classes suffering through the operation of the Corn-laws. He entered at considerable length on the rather difficult ques tion of machinery, and showed that it was demon strated in some sorts of manufacture, that machinery had led to a vast increase of the demand, by means of which the operatives, though likely at first to be losers, became afterwards great gainers. At all events, since it was impossible to prevent the progress of invention, he urged the absolute necessity of the utmost freedom and extension of trade in order to prevent the disadvantages as muc.h as possible. The Colonel sat down amid loud and repeated applause. About 2301. has been collected in Accrington and the neighbourhood towards the great League Fund, and it is expected to be made into 4001. WILL OF THE LATE LORD ROLLE.—The will and nine codicils of the late Right Hon. Lord Rolle, late of Shewton, in the county of Devon, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons, by the executors, the Right Hon. Charles Rolle Clinton, Baron Clinton, Zachary Hammett Drake, Esq., and Harry James, Esq. The personal property of the deceased has been sworn under the value of 300,0001., and is principally left to his family. Captain Taylor has been employed by the French Government to construct a floating breakwater at Marseilles ; and it is further proposed . to have similar erections at other ports, should the project succeed. BANK OF IRELAND.—A meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Ireland Stock was held on the 12th inst., to receive a report from the Board of Directors for the past half-year. The report recommended the usual dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year, being 8 per cent. for the year upon the original stock of the Company, now quoted at 179 i. In answer to a question from one of the proprietors, it appeared that the Directors had to take 15,000/. from the reserved fund to make up the present dividend. Heretofore g be na t r i n o e n n t o i t d ra m a e o r ienstrikingly than il l us t t r h a a - t the dividend has been paid out of profits. P er h aps f t n i o ve f o a f e t th c e ou s l t d a now mentioned. When such an establishment as the Bank of Ireland is thus affected in regard to its profits, commercial distress must have been severe indeed.—Atlas. TUE UNEMPLOYED IN PAISLEY.--The number of the unemployed in Paisley is now upwards of 10,000, and is still on the increase. The scanty pittance al lowed them is this week reduced one-half, owing to the weekly remittances from London having become less, and the Committee (now, it is said, clear of debt) are unwilling to guarantee a further allowance. What step will be taken in this exigency we cannot tell. Perhaps the county gentlemen, who were to meet on Friday, would do something to alleviate the distress. At their last meeting they resolved to raise 3,0001. by voluntary assessment over the country; but it is agreed on all hands that not more than 5001. will be derived from this source—a sum altogether inade• quate. Paisley, Greenock, Kilbarchan, Johnstone— all are suffering. Even in the Mearns, according to the statement made by the minister in the Presbytery, the distress is very great, 500 additional having lately been thrown upon him and a few others for support. Renfrew and Lochwinnoch, is well as Barrhead, according to their respective ministers' statements, are likewise suffering severely. Let the ministers and others unite in the crusade for free trade, for to us it seems that that is the only means whereby we can expect permanent relief —Correspon dent of the Citizen. TUE WEATHER.—For the last ten or twelve days the season has assumed more the appearance of spring than the advent of Christmas. The typhus fever is raging to a fearful extent in the neighbourhood of lluddersfield, and several cases have already termi natedellNladsetrweittlsiheeethihl e e wi a ra t palk o iras f hg t o h iln e s n m e was thsaiol) loypowerful f thatiiu 'Wednesday dldaedri esfis t s h u e n up. Several birds' nests have been found, and some with young ones in them, in a healthy state.—Leeds Mercury. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—In further corroboration of the unprecedentedly vast area of seed corn laid out at this side of Christmas, in the south of Ireland, we have to state that the blades of grass corn look most vigorous and healthy, giving early indication of a still larger crop of wheat in the next year, and there is an ticipated a more plentiful harvest, generally, than we have had this season.—Limerick Chronicle. Tier Coax TRADE.—We regret to hear that fur ther serious failures have taken place in the corn trade in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but we do not feel warranted at present in mentioning names. We un derstand that Mr. Fernandes, of Wakefield, is absent, and it is rumoured that he has left the country, but we merely know the thing as a . rumour. His estat e is likely to yield a v er y small dividend.--Leeds Mer cury. The business of the Thames Police-court will be transacted, for the first time, at the new building in Arbour-square, Stepney, on Thursday next. The new Court is distant a mile and a quar t er f rom th e o ld one in Wapping, and the same Magistrates, clerks, and officers will remove to it. The district assigned on land is nearly the same as heretofore. A small por tion has been transferred to the Lambeth-street Police court, to be continued on the old site in Whitechapel, i and which there is no intention to abolish, and a part i of the present Lamb e th-street district has n exchange i been assigned to the new Court.. two offices will be equalised as mu ch as poss ible this arrangement. The duti es at by at the .., 0