The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FIUDAY. The Queen and Prince were prevented by the state of the weather this miming from taking their usual early walk. --- His Royal Highness the Prince Albert returned to Osborne from Windsor Castle at half past seven o'clock yesterday evening. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. Mr. John Wood (Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue) and Colonel Brereton (Royal horse Artil lery), had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Lord John Russell left his residence, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday, for Osborne, Isle o f Vt ight. Mr. Tidd Pratt and Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller- General to the Coaimisioners for the Reiuction of the National Debt, had an interview 3 esterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The L.ftds present were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The appeal from the Court of Arches, " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter" (part heard) was resumed. The appeal is appointed for further hearing on Monday next. DRURY-LANE TIIEATRE. The indefatigable Jullien brought his promenade season to a close last night in Vle prescriptive manner —namely, with a bal masouj". The scene differed in no respect from that of fo:mer occasions. A vast number of individuals were present, clothed in thcst• rival attire, borrowed for the time being from the Hebrews, who deal in the si angled hats snd coats, and other gewgaw commodities that constitute the essen tials of an English masquerade. There is never any lack of women at these reunions; and the streets and the casinos supplied now, as ueusl, a large assortment of reprobate nymphs, who danced with all the wild vivacity common to those whose sole and wretched object of existence is to drive away reflection. To keep so large a body of daring and reckless creatures in order is no easy tack; nevertheless M. Jullien at all times places the out ward conduct of the mob under as much police restraint as circumstances will admit of, and his regu lations were in wholesome force last night. The salle was not only crowded with the fluttering hybrids who give the scene its colour and animation, but the boxes, even to the roof, were filled with gazers, who looked with placid gravity upon the groups below. Altogether the bal masque wore its Characteristic aspects of gaiety and brilliancy. The orchestra was erected at the back of the stage, and M. Jullien presided over his band of instrumentalists with unwearying energy. The decorations were provided upon a scale of the greatest magnificence, including—besides the ormolu chandeliers and floral festoons--a glass curtain extending across the prosce nium, formed of cut drops, interspersed with ruby coloured stars, the effect of which was very splendid. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. The Sacred Harmonic Society repeated, last evening, Handel's chef drew :re The 'Umiak, under the direction of Mr. Costa. The solos and concerted pieces were admirably given by Messrs. 1 1. Phillips and Lockey, and Misses Birch and Dolby, and the choruses were superbly rendered by the members of the society. Previous to the per formance of the oratorio, Handel's " Dead March in Saul" was performed as a mark of respect to the memory of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager. This sublime composition was rendered by the band 1 11 a manner as nearly approaching to perf e ction a s it is possible to imagine. We understand that The Alessigh will he performed only once more during the course of the present season. The hall was crowded. THEATRE ROYAL RICHMOND.—A most attractive Performance took place at this theatre last Monday eveuing, and we were glad to see the exertions of the Mstager and lessee, Mr. Ryan, crowned with such com plete success. The house, long before the rising of the curtain, was crowded, even standing room was at a pre mium; and, from the success attending the experiment of engaging some of the London favourites to appear at the Richmond Theatre, in the characters in which they have so pleased the denizens of the great metropolis, it will be often repeated, and we have not the slightest doubt such engagements will be as profitable to the manager as the one given last Monday evening. The evening's entertainments commenced with The Maid with the Milking pail, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buck stone sustained their respective parts to admiration; the reception of each artiste was enthusiastic iu the extreme s My Father did so before me followed, in which Miss J. Coleman and Mr. John Reeve appeared, the former as Lama, and the latter in his original part of Tom Trot. The acting of each in this very laughable farce Was irresistibly comic, and the audience seemed to relish it exceedingly. Mr. John Reeve was very successful in his song illustrating the humours of Greenwich Fair, With its acting, tumbling, and horsemanship;; it was applauded to the echo. The same compliment was paid to a very pretty ballad composed by Lee, and very sweetly sung by Mi;s Coleman. The entertainments concluded with the favourite petite drama, The Maid of Crtissey, in which Miss Coleman appeared in her favou rite character of Manette: she was ably supported by Mr. Ryan and the stock company of the Richmond Theatre. ST. GEORGE'S HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The third concert took place at the Society's Rooms, 69, Dean street, Soho, on Friday evening, and notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, was very fully at , tended. The madrigals were given excellently, and a charming chorus "Oh the Sweet Contentment," set to music by Mr. J. C. Benthin, won, as well on account of its merit as for its spirited delivery by the whole corps of vocalists, a rapturous encore. Indeed in this latter respect the audience seemed quite importunate, for the encores were numerous. Among them we may enumerate Miss Ellen Lyon in " Lo, here th e gentle lark" (Flute obligato M. Camus); Miss Eliza Lyon in " Auld Robin Gray" (arranged by Allmann); Miss Collins in " She shines before me like a star;" Miss Annie Buckland, in a bravura air by Auber; Mr. W. H. Again for his admirable vocalization of " Philip the Falconer," and Mr. Pelham in " The Wishing Gate." The other vocalists were Miss Murrell, who bids fair to become a very excellent concert singer, Mr, Flank Dudley, who with Mr. W. H. S/guin rang the Belisario duet, " Quando di sangue tinto" wit tieing rendered by both these gentlemen most artistically and spiritedly—end Mr. Mattocks, who sang an excellent composition by Mr. J. C. rtethin (the words, which are excellent, being by George Soane, Esq., A. 8.); with a " Poculatum-con ciatuatum" burden to it. The instrumental soli were, a fantasia:on Prowse's improved Boshm flute, by Mons. Camus (of the Academic Royale de Paris), which Was performed in a most brilliant manner, M. Camus is a legitimate flautist, and elicits from his instrument a full, round, and equal body of sound, besides having the most perfect command over the manual difficul ties. We were much pleased with Mr. Thomas Prowse's improvement on the original Beahm flute. The introduction of ,the new G key ensures wow a perfect equality of tone throughout. It is needless to say Monsieur Camus was vehemently encored. Mr. M. H. Wilson performed a notturno of Goria's on the pianoforte with execution and finish, and obtained a most unequivocal redemand. Conductor, Mr. S. T. Lyon; accompanyists,,Messrs. J. C. Benthin and Jackson. The Lord Mayor entertained last evening, at the Mansion-house, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' Com mittee, together with a numerous circle of private friends. Covers were laid for forty. Among the vi- Alters present were Sir J. M'Adain, Mr. Alderman liumphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. Under Sheriff Millard, and Mr. Under Sheriff Wire. BURGLARY AT A RAILWAY STATION.-..-TUSterday morning, at five o'clock, the Barnes station, on the South-Western and Windsor line, was found to have i beeti broken open and plundered of what cash had been 'eft in the till on the over night. The station was care (1:11lly locked up at ten o'clock on Thursday night by Mr. ' s utton, the agent, who had taken the principal part of the cash home, and at twelve o'clock at night, and again 4 t half-past two in the ensuing morning, the station was visited by the police, and found secure. A BUTCIIItIit KILT.ED BY FALLING UPON HIS STEEL. - -An inquest was held at the Victoria public-house, Great Dunmow, on Monday last, before C. C. Lewis, Efq., on the body of Isaac Hardy, of that place, who Met his death under the following singular circumstances: , James Franklin, labourer of Dunmow, stated that he 4 nerf deceased, who was a butcher. Last Monday eight, about six, he met deceased in Pall-field, near Church end, walking towards Dunmow. Before witness got to biln he sat on the bank. Asked him what was the Matter, and he said ho had slipped into the ditch at the bittom of the pasture, and had hurt himself, and the steel had pitched against his side; witness took him to 141 r. Downbam's the nearest house, left him and saw no More of him. Mr. Parrett, surgeon, of Dunmow, de- Pase l that he was called to the deceased on Monday night l an, between eight and nine; found him at his own 'louse in a perfect state of collapse; the action of the heart and pulse was almost imperceptible; on examine 601 1 discovered a punctured wound between the ilium and false rib; the quadrantes lumborurn muscle was Iv ered, the bowels wore perforated four inches in depth, and there was considerable hemorrhage; he said that he had fallen down on his way home, and the knife which was in his side-pocket had pierced his bowels; ivtness therefore considered that the cause of death was P"ilot.mal inflammation from a punctured wound. The CITY '4( , rdingly returned a verdict, accidental death.— nebrisford Chronicle. bUBIAL CLUBS.—We learn that most of the burial o1 n)8 in this c r un ty h ave b een b ro k en u p s i nce th e pro ceedings in Tendring hundred showed the crimes they rgi?t insti gate. Th e system was to pay 6d. each on t h e t of am, Luber; and parties in this neighbourhood Et 2 i re th e y were occasionally called on for 2s at a time, ;." 4 hkd paid considerabl e sums i n thi s way, all of which " °f Course lost to them.—Chelmsford Chronicle. ••••• ''°' •• r• •• ••• 47% to. • WI,. 0. Os • 11041.41 "". •••• •••••• •••• ••• • 23 ~.... ay. ..... '!‘ r or.. A i() HIS P rat noon r Cam den, Oil. ?ftiaChiCOl P W. ---The . 11 0. d, and rill • P . 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On 'Thursday, the 6th instant, a respectable man named Robert lie,ndall, Letween 50 and GO years of age, by trade a geld and silver burnisher, residing at No. 15, Hatton-wall, Hatton-garden, Holborn, com mitted self-destruction under the following distressing circumstances:—lt appears that the deceased (who, had formerly been in very prosperous circumstances, and had brought up a Y large family in credit and respectability), has for some time past been labouring under an attack of nervous weakness, so much so, that it was with great difficulty he could perform the work intrusted to him to do, or with steadiness raise any food to his lips. This misfortune seemed to weigh heavily on his mind and spirits, he fearing that he should ultimately be rendered incapable of working at a3l, and that his business, which had lately been very slack, would altogether leave him, and his wife (who also assisted in his business) and himself come: to want. There was, however, no foundation in the impression that those who em ployed him would withdraw their business from him, for at the time , of his unfortunate death his trade was becoming brisk again. It seems that he has been within the last few weeks in an exceedingly depressed and desponding state, which caused greet uneasiness to his family, though there was no reason to suppose that he would do himself or others any injury. But on the afternoon of the day abavestated, the deceased, while at his worli*top at Hatton-yard, took the op portunity, whilst:dais wife'a,lafola was turned towards him, to drink a qualgity ofTe!kiiil of vitriol; which was used in his busiaieSOindavo. iia.a:hottle. The wife hearing a sutNeiskhiiikA44 7 atiffeirned round, and asked tue detettied whet he hid done. He re plied, "1 ita,ve drank it (referring to the oil of vitriol) to kill. myself directly." The deceased's wife who was h.orror-struck, immediately procured as sistance, andl he was conveyed to his re sidence, anel medical aid sent for, when Mr. Gibson, surgeon, of Holborn-hill, promptly attended, and. did everything that medical skill could devise to alleviate the intense agony the unfortunate deceased was suffering from the burning poison, but all human effo9rts were unavailing to save his life, and he expired, aaer lingering in great torture about four hours from the tin e of his committing the rash act. He was sensible: at intervals, and stated that he took the poison to 'kill himself, believing he should die immediately lifter drinking it, but did not think he should suffer :such dreadful agony, as he was being burnt to death. The decease J, it appears, about an hour previous to his going :to his workshop, made an attempt to destroy hirivr,ell with a knife, but a son (a young man who is unfortunately deaf and dumb), who was present, percas.:ving the cbjcct of his parent, inter fered and suemeded in wresting the knife from the deceased's hen d ; and, to prevent a repetition of the attempt, immediately hid the knives, &c., from his father's sight.. The afflicted son, on afterwards being informed by members of he family, in that silent, but expressive and intelligilale language peculiar to the deaf and dumb—by signs—of the fatal act committed by the deceased, explained also by signs the painful scene he fr,ld a short time l'efure been a witness of. An inquest: .was held on the body of the deceased (who was murb respected) before the Deputy Coro ner and a respectable jury, at the Rose Tavern, Hattun-garden, on Tuesday last, the 11th instant, when the jury, after viewing the body, and hearing the evidence of the witnesses, confirming the facts above detailed; from which it was apparent that the deceased was labouring under temporary insanity at the time he committed the dreadful act—returned a verdict to that effect. SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB. The annual dinner of the Smithfield Cattle Club took place yesterday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. His Grace the Duke of Richmond occupied the chair. To the right and left of the Noble Chairman we observed the Hon. Captain Dudley Pelham, Colonel Challoner, Colonel Sibthorp, the Hun. W. Wilson, Mr. John Villiers Shelley, and other gentlemen well known in the agricultural world. Among the com pany at the other tables were Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Sainsbury, of West Lavington, Devizes; Mr. Michie, Mr. Richard Jones, of Peterborough ; Mr. Fletcher, of Mansfield; Mr. Peters, of Somerset; Mr. Bowley, of Cirencester ; and other agriculturists and members of the club. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of the Illustrious Lady who ruled over us, adverted in eloquent terms to the bright example set by her Majesty to the wives and daughters of her realm, in all the domestic virtues of life, as well as the fulfil ment of the high duties of her exalted position as Sovereign of the empire. This, he was sure, was the toast which would be received with three times three and real good farmers' cheers. The toast was drunk amidst loud and prolonged cheering, and " God save the Queen" was played by the military band in attendance in the galleries. The Cita LIMAN, in proposing the health of "Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Farn:ly in England," observed that there could be no one present who did not feel gratitude to his Royal Highness for the sup port he had given to the Smithfield Club.—(Cheers.) His Royal Highness had been an exhibitor, and had gained one of the premiums, and would have had great pleasure in going through the show-yard, ac companied, as he (the Chairman) had reason to be lieve, by her Majesty the Queen herself, had it not been for that sad lo: .s which both her Majesty and the Prince hal so recently had to deplore—the loss of an illustrious lady who had performed every act of Christian virtue, and who, while in life, had enjoyed no greater pleasure than in endeavouring to amelio rate the condition of her poorer neighbours.—(Hear, hear.) That loss every man with an English heart must long, very long, deplore.—(Hear, hear.) But under these ciremustances it could not be ex pected that her Majesty and his Royal Highness could have honoured the show with their attendance. But he ventured in the name of the Smithfield Cattle Club to express the hope that they would at all times be honoured by the royal presence, if they did all in their power to render themselves worthy of the patronage they had received. He hoped that the Prince would become—as he also hoped they would all become—better farmers some day, and that on another occasion his Royal Highness would be more successful than at present. But whether he should be successful or not in showing stock, the society must feel equally grateful for the patronage his Royal Highness extended to them.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew the exertions which his Royal High ness had on every possible occasion made to promote the cause of agricultural improvement in this country, and therefore lie asked them with thorough emit'. dence to drink heartily the toast which he had just proposed. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The CHAIRMAN then ruse to propose the toast of the evening, " SUCCESS to the Smithfield Cattle Club," and in doing so, said that, although from circum stancas to which it was not for him at that time di rectly to al ude, the show made in the room was not so numerous as he had seen on other occasions, yet still he felt he could congratulate the Smithfield Cattle Club on the show which had taken place in the yard during the past week.—(Cheers.) The company would agree with him that in many classes of ani mals the display had never been better.—(Hear, hear.) In the cow class and South Downs beaer animals had never been shown in Smithfield. In saying this he knew he was open to attack, and that it might be said of him that he thought the show of South Downs was good because he ha-1 himself gained two premiums in that class. For all that, he said, it was a good show, and he thought his own sheep very good ones too ; and, as he could not win it himself, he was truly glad the gold medal had been taken from him by a tenant-farmer of the county of Sussex. He had a great deal of provincial feeling, and he thought the people of that county ought always to gain the South Down prize; and again he said, that as he had not been able to win it himself, he was glad it had been attained by so good and straightforward a fellow as his friend Mr. Rigden.— (Hear, hear.) The Smithfield Club had been of the highest utility, not only by the show they had held in the bazaar, but they also took credit for themselves that by the establishment of their association they had induced the intelligent farmers of the country to turn their attention to the superior breeds of cattle, and their motto was—if good cattle would not pay, b►►d ones certainly cannot.—(Cheers.) If he went into any of the markets of the country he felt jasti tified —by the examples set by that society, and by the exertions of local associations, to which all could not but feel greatly indebted—in saying that the breeds of cattle in this country were far better than they were twenty years ago.—(Cheers.) It was of great importance to the farmers of this country, and of no less importance to the consumers, that specimens of these breeds should be exhibited in the yard ; not that the farmers were to be expected to rear all their stock as those which were for show, but that they might see by those which were ex hibited what was the right sort of stock and breed.— (Hear, hear.) And he felt, also, that the proceedings of the society were of the greatest importance when he observed the number of young farmers—of the sons of farmers who intended to follow that which he feared was not now a very profitable professson— coming to see these exhibitions, and thus having the opportunity of forming a comparative judgment be tween a good animal and a bad one, which might be in the next stall.—(clear.) Another great advantage resulting from the Smithfield Cattle Club was, that it afforded every opportunity of bringing together the occupiers of the land and the owners of land, under circumstances equally beneficial to both.—(Hear, hear.) He should be glad, however, to see the annual dinners better supported by landowners, who had a deep interest in the improvement of agriculture. He was not about to sound his own praises, but he would speak it as his opinion —and he had put it in practice ever since his return from the war—that it was good to take every opportunity of meeting the farmers; and he would only ask those landowners who had not taken the trouble to attend on that occasion, just to come to one meeting only, when he assured them their reception would be such as to induce them to attend many more.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the Smithfield Cattle Club to be an in stitution of great national importance, and called confidently upon the company to drink its prosperity with three times three. The Noble DUKE then read the award of the prizes by the judges to the successful competitors. Those who were present in person came up to the cross table to receive the prizes ; while in other cases agents attended on their behalf. The Chairman addressed some words of compliment to each, and we may men tion that when the agent of the Marquis of Exeter appeared to receive the prize won by that Noble Lord, the Chairman said to him in a good-humoured tone, " Tell Lord Exeter that the only complaint I have against him is, that he did not come and dine with us." The remark was received with cheers. In the case of the Earl of Leicester, the Noble Duke made a similar observation. In proposing the health of the successful competi tors, coupled with the name of Mr. Robert Jones, who had won the greatest honour, the gold medal, the Noble Chairman, after complimenting them, observed that they must not relax in those efforts because they had been victorious, or they would stand a good chance of being beaten this year. The whole of the classes having been read by the Noble Duke, and the prizes severally presented, and the health of the suc cessful competitors drunk with the usual honours, The Hon. Captain DUDLEY PELHAM, in proposing the health of the Chairman, expressed his conviction that every day that passed and every year in which the society met in that room, must have convinced them that the vacancy in the presidency, caused by the death of Earl Spencer, could not have been more worthily filled than by the Noble Duke who now occupied the chair.— (Loud and continued cheering.) The club would acknowledge —and he hoped the whole country was beginning to acknowledge—that both to the late President of the society and to the Noble Duke they were greatly indebted for the example they had set, m exhibiting stock to the farmers and landowners.--(Hear.) The President now in the chair had done as the late President had done, and had raised up formidable competitors to himself by the stock he had shown. The health of the Noble Chairman was then drank with the loudest acclamation. The Duke of RICHMOND, in acknowledging the compliment, said that if his humble services as president, and his long attendance at annual meetings of the club, entitled him to their thanks, he assured them that, by the expression of cordiality with which they had received him, they had made him far more their debtor. What had he done ? lle had but received the honour of being elected president by having associated himself with a body of the practical farmers of the country, not for the promotion of worldly interests but with a view to the benefit of the com munity at large. He had ever felt that this club was of great importance to the country, and he had ex hibited, he believed, on every occasion. He had often been beaten, but he had, on coming up into that room, invariably expressed his conviction that he had been fairly beaten ; and as he never minded being faialy beaten, he had gone on from year to year, and had won also. One beating would not do. He might be beaten this year, but as long as he could he would compete in the Smithfield Cattle Club, for he thought it truly a national concern.—(Hear, hear.) What ever attacks had been made upon him, there was one fault which the British Carmen yiell knew could not RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TaAPJ IC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ,taps for the past; week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns. are made, together with the receipts of the same week i u the previous year:— Week Last Rig 4 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. ••••-•••• .£ Dec. 8 Aberdeen ................ • 741 460 9 Amiens and Boulogne. ••• • • • 8 Belfast and Ballymena •• • • •••• • • • • 390 352 9 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 728 665 9 Bolton,Blackburn, Clitheroc, and W. Y. 413 275 9 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... 2 Caledonian.... 9 Chester and Holyhead ••..,. • • .. 1,293 1,040 6 Dublin and Drogheda •. • • ......... 602 603 1 1 Dublin and Kingstown •.••••• • • • • • • • 587 722 8 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •• • • .... 920 969 9 East Anglian...... ..... ........ 546 669 Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • . • • • • • .. 2,870 2,847 8 Edinburgh and Perth •• • • • ...... 2,364 1,630 9 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,175 13,857 - East Lancashire •• • • ............ • • - 1,569 9 Eastern Union • • ...... ........ 1,501 1,180 8 Glasgoa v. Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• •• .. 2,61,0 2,406 8 GI/141;w v and Greenock.. . • ••• . • •• .. 924 839 2 Great Northern and E. L. •••• • . • 2,565 - S Great Southern and Western •• • . . 3,190 2,872 9 Great Western, Sze ...... . ........ 16,656 17,101 9 LancaFhire and Yorkshire.... .... .... 11,485 9,547 2 Lancaster and Carlisle ••• . • • 2 Leeds and Think .... •• • • - 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. •• • 70 59 8 Londonderry and Enniskillen.. • 9 London and North Western, &c. 36,605 36,012 9 London and Blackwall 568 527 9 London and Brighton 9 London and South Western 9 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,424 2,436 9 Midi:xi td, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 19,065 19,645 9 Midlat'd Great Western (Irish) - Monkb (rids ..... 9 North _British .... • - Paris stud Rouen . ..... - 4,891 - Ron en and Havre - 2,(44' 9 Scottish Central Scottish;S Midland ..... 321 267 9 Shrews bury and Chester 9 Shrops hire Union 334 -- 8 South Eastern and Branches .... 7,631 6,788 2 Sou,' - .h •Devon.. •••• .. . •••••• • • .. • • 1,255 1.073 8 Taff Vale .......................... 1,608 1,518 9 Ulster . ••••• Wate rford and Limerick, 284 2 'Whits thaven Junction ............... 207 170 9 York and Newcastle . .... • . .. 11,615 13,734 9 York and North Midland .••••• • • • .. 5,412 7.126 MUNICIP'AL REFORM.— Yesterday morning a public meet irog was held in the New Court, Old Bailey, for the purpose of udoptirg measures to secure an ex tension of t tte municipal franchise_ to all Parliamentary electors, an equalization of the representative system in the various wards, and a thorough reform of existing abuses in th u administration of the corporate affairs of the city of 3 London. Sir J. Duke took the chair, sup ported by Deputy Bedford, Alderman Sydney, Messrs. lsherman, R. Taylor, Williams, Barnard, Buck roaster, Turner, and ether members of the Common Council. The chairman, aft. it remarking that the go ndance tray very small, considering the number of signatures to the requi sition, request ted that a fair hearing should be accorded to all the spel kers, pro and con. Mr. Smith addressed the meeting, e nteriug into a long and learned discourse, going back tc the eailiest records of the municipality, for the put pose of proving that a great num ber of their arcient rights and liberties have been brokeix down, and had fallen into neglect and disuse, owing, as ho stated, in a great measure to the want of public spirit manifested by the citierens, whom he dlst ounced as giving their whole attention to profit whilst ;their best institutions fell into decay. He proposed the first resolution—" That: the corporation of the city of ;London embraces, according to law and ancient right, .all the commonalty who hare occupied in the said city a dwelling for the space of a year and a day; and it is the duty of the commonalty to take part in all that rebel TS to the welfare of the said city, and to discharge anti lely for themselves the functions which belong to Lb em as members of the corporation." Alderman SyyJney seconded the resolution, strongly ad vocating the c use of reform, and regretting the gradual diminution ire the number of the freemen of the, city, especially in ethe ward of Farringdon Without, which, instead of bei rig, as formerly, the largest in the city, now barely mustered 690 freemen. This resolution was put and carri e l new. con. After a long discussion as to the propriety . of entering upon the five remaining reso lutions, the re eeting having then lasted four hours and a half, it was at length agreed that those assembled should meet in the r Lew Court on Monday evening. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. THE THRIT ABOLISHED LAW COURTS.—The func- tions of the , three abuli..hed law courts—namely,ll;e Marshalsea, ;Palaco, and Peveril Courts, will come and determine froL a and after the 31st instant, after which day the record s, muniments, and writings of the several courts shall, ws soon as conveniently, be placed under the charge an d superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, as Retard Keeper, to be deposited and kept in such place or ph ces as the Master of the Rolls shall direct. By a clause in4he Act abolishing the courts, all judgments obtained in way of the three courts, on or after the 31st instant, may be enforced by the process of the 'court in which such, judgments shall respectively have been obtained. The people residing near Shooter's-hill, in Kent, have been dtaing some time past in a state of alarm, in consequence of robberiesc ornmitted on the road eastward of the Bull. In one instance, a man, a man who had been to Woolwich for his Sunday dinner, was robbed of a quarter of =Jaen. Is another case, a passenger (a pour man) put all the money he had in the lining of his hat, was stopped going up the hill. The robbers searched his pockets, but suffered the hat to go unexamined. He escaped without ill -treatment, and was not a little pleased with his own good luck. Last week a burglary was committed at Bellgrove, in one of the cottages formerly occupied by the horse police. The rubbers took down the back window-shutter, and carried off from a chest in which it had been deposited to pay the owner's rent, 31. 10s. A house and shop at the end of Dartford was also broken open and property stolen. POST OFFICE Ncilci.- - The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the East and West - Indies and other hot climates, with wax not properly prepared for such climates, being attended with much incon venience, and frequently with serious injury to the c,tr spondence in coTusquence of the melting of the wax, and adhesion of the letters to each other, the public arc re commended in all possible cams to use either prepared wax or waters in sealing their letters sent to luctin, or other hot climates, and also to advise their: corre spondentsysueveythpeubs j a i m eit e r course. Postmasters in those countries tgoivpeuer caution.are enjoined to THE MURDER IN HARLEY-STREET.—The c;oroner's inqnest on the body of a child named Drake appeared fro m a su bsequent confession, wa s nr,i; who, as dered by its mother in Harley- street, Cavendish-aqua.re, was con cluded at North Levcrton, Nottinghamshir e, on the 10th inst., when the jury ret u r n ed a verdict of /` Wilful mur der against some person unknown." EVENING, DECEMBER IA 1849. be laid at his door—it could not be said of him that he was ungrateful, or that he dared not meet the farmers of England in every part of the country. He met the farmers of England in every field in which they congregated; he told them of the great importance it was to them and to the landowners, and to the labourer too, that the agriculture of the country should be improved; and he reminded them that upon agricul ture depended the well being of the whole of the empire, and he told them to put their shoulders to the wheel, and do the best they could, be the result whatever it might. He exhorted them, at all events, to endeavour to improve the agriculture of the country; for he would say of agriculture as he had already said of cattle, that if good farming would not pay he would defy bad farming to pay. He thanked them from his heart for the compliment they had paid him, and for electing him president of that association. He regretted that there were not more young land owners present in the room ; for, at his time of life, he could not expect to preside long over them, but he had hoped to have seen young stock paraded before them, from among which they might have fixed upon some future preside nt. As long as he had health he would never abandon the Smithfield Cattle Club. Of the numerous associations for the improvement of agriculture he knew none the funds of which were in a more satisfactory state, and he took that as a proof that a great body of the agricultural interest believed the club ought to be patronized.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that they had in the banker's hands more than sufficient, without collecting the subscriptions of the year, to pay the whole of the prizes.—(hear, hear.) Again thanking them warmly for the reception they had given him, the Noble Duke concluded by expressing a hope that next show the landowners would "show" in greater numbers. The CHAIRMAN shortly rose again and proposed the health of the " Unsuccessful Candidates." Usually there was a great deal of difficulty in getting anybody to return thanks for this toast, but he hoped there would be none in this case, and he named Mr. John Villiers Shelley and the Hon. Mr. Wilson to respond. Those gentlemen having severally acknowledged the compliment in handsome terms, the , toasts of " The Judges of the Show" and " The Stewards of the Show-yard" were drunk and acknowledged. The health of the Secretary was then duly honoured, and Mr. B. GIBBS returned thanks. The company soon afterwards separated. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S COLLEGE AT HAILEYBURY. With the return of Christmas festivities and Christ mas vacations, the greater part cf our readers must have learned by this time to associate the recurrence of the half-yearly examinations at the sister institu tions of the Hon. East India Company at Addis combe and Haileybury. But although the reports of the proceedings on these occasions furnish, with more or less directness, abundant proof of the value of these institutions in training our English youth for civil and military service in India, yet it may be doubted whether the full interest cf these periodical examinations can be fully reali,cd except by the favoured few who have the gratification of receiving the invitation of the Hon. Court of Directors to " assist" upon these occasions. At Addiscombe 150 gentlemen cadets, between the ages of fourteen and eighteen, are educated for the Indian army, forty seven of whom were selected fur commissions. At the College et Haileybury, about ninety gentlemen, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one, arc instructed in the oriental languages, in the principles of murals, law, logic, and Jurisprudence, and are fitted for the high requirements of the civil service of India. The course of education pur sued under accomplished professors at the two institutions, to develope the somewhat opposit e mora l and intellectual qualities that distinguish the Court and the Camp, is one of the first things that strikes the visitors ; and all the minor accessories of dress, customs, and discipline confirm this impression. At Addiscombe the cadets wear a handsome uniform, go through the evolutions of the parade ground with remarkable smartness, appear to , enjoy hi g h h ex ! th, and cultivate a manly and soldier.-like bearing, which denotes how thoroughly they have caught the spirit of their future profession. Their manner under ex amination, while it is sufficiently respectful, is, how ever, somewhat brusque, as of men whose destiny it is to command as well as to obey, and who will en force obedience under the stern sanctions of military discipline. The genius l.ci at Haileybury is, on the other hand, more metaphysical, so to speak ; more studious, more literary, and more refined. The student there " walks gowned ;" "Old Remu s ' g h os t is busy at his brain," and strange caligraphic charac ters in Sanscrit, the "mother of languages," Persian, and Hindustani, not to mention Te loogoo and Hindee, which " quite had puzzled the stout Stagyrite," float withal before his eyes in end less mazes. The training he receives is of the charac , ter that will best enable him to cope with the sub tlety of the Hindoo intellect, to track the progress of an intrigue in the courts of native princes —and to make himself familiar with all the phases of the Oriental vices of deceit, dissimulation, and treachery. To do .this efficiently presupposes no i ncons id era bl e acquaintance with the springs of human action, the laws of the human mind, and the workings of the human heart. These subjects form a portion of the course of study at Haileybury, and the habits of nice metaphysical distinction, and the knowledge of logical processes which they require, stamp the physiognomy and bearing of the student with a reflective air and courteous manner, which are as marked in their way as the blunter address of the gentleman cadet. The Haileybury students, in short, possess the suaviter in mode that usually characteriz the diplomatist and the scholar, while the Addiscombe cadets are not less distinguished by the fortiter in re which sits so gracefully upon the soldier. Set the Gordian knot before them, and the instincts of the one do not more surely lead him to cut it than of the other to untie and unravel it. This is not the place to examine which course of policy has been more uniformly successful in India, nor how it has happened that so many of our more successful diplomatists in India have been soldiers. Both have their uses and may point to their respective triumphs. It is enough to know that the pacification of the Indian peninsula will enable the Addiscombe officer to direct his science to the construction of railways, bridges, and other useful public works, while the civil servants may be come the active agents of a Government which, having nothing to apprehend from the meshes of native intrigue, will be able to direct its entire energy and resources to the ad ministration of justice among the native population, to the just apportionment of taxation, to the develop ment of the industrial prosperity of India, and generally to the comfort, education, and civilization of its un counted millions. The sight of so many high spirited and ardent youths, anxious to throw themselves into one of the vastest and noblest fields of usefulness that the history of the world eve r p resen t e d, i s one upon which no visitor can look unmoved, least of all those who are related to these young men by the ties of blood. The excellent half-yearly addresses of the Chairmen of the Hon. Court bear testimony to the affectionate solicitude which the Court of Directors take in the comfort and happiness of their young protlges, and many of them having themselves grown old in the civil and military service of India, point out with parental solicitude to students and gentlemen cadets the snares and temptations which beset the English youth on his arrival in India. Then warn ings and counsels from men who have grown grey in years and in honours, and who have not unsuccess fully steered their barks among those rocks upon which others have been shattered, impart something of deep and personal interest to the occasions when the Hon. Court attend to ,eyince their undiminished interest and concern in the personnel of their Indian administration. Yesterday the half-yearly examination of the students took place at the College, before the Chair• man of the Hon. East India Company, Major- General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., the Deputy- Chairman, Mr. John Shepperd, and the following directors :—Sir 11. Willock, K.L.S., Mr. W. 11. C. Plowden, M.P., Mr. J. C. Whiteman, Mr. Ross D. Mangles, M.P., and Mr. W. J. Eastwick. The following visitors were also present :—The Right Hon. Sir G. Arthur, Major General Sir G. Pollock, G-.C.13., Sir George Russell Clerk, Mr. J. H. Crawford, Mr. J. C. Morris, Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr. W. F. M. Copeland, Mr. G. C. Capper, Major Chase, Captain Nairne, Mr. J. Chapman, Rev. R. Heap, Mr. R. Hunter, Mr. C. A. Saunders, Mr. J. Thorp. Civilians at kome on furlough—Messrs. C. T. Le Bas, J. W. Cherry, H. B. Harington, C. Forbes, J. J. Cotton, E. T. Trevor. The directors and their friends assembled at the East India House, at half-past nine o'clock, ‘l here an excellent breakfast was provided by Messrs Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern. At half•past ten a special train left the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway, which conveyed the party, consisting of about 50 gentlemen, to Broxbourne, where carriages were in readiness to convey them to Haileybury. On their arrival they were received by the Rev. H. Melvin, the Principal, and the profes sors of the instituticn. The directors were engaged during a brief interval in receiving from the Prin cipal his usual report of the proficiency and conduct of the students during the present term. From the report, which was highly satisfactory, we select the following passages : " Out‘Vt . Bo sitYdNnts who have been under examination only two have failed to reach the prescribed tests, aid those two have failed only in one department. The other 78 have not merely passed, but a very large pro portion of them have displayed attainments considerably exceeding what is actually required, no fewer than 61 having obtained honours, and 44 of them having reached the highest rank—that of • highly distinguished.' All the students of the fourth term have been found duly qualified for leaving college, and have all obtained honours—ten being "highly distinguished.' With regard particularly to the Oriental classes the visitor remarka that they have acquitted themselves with very uniform credit. One student of the fourth term, Mr. J. Colvin, besides highly distinguishing himself in the ordi nary course of study, having gained the medal in Sans crit and a prize in Persian, has acquired an acquaint ance with the Arabic language to SR Pxtent which has rarely, if ever, been equalled in the college. Another, Mr. Chapman, has also entitled himself to a reward for his knowledge of Hindee, in addition to the honours be has deserved in Persian and Hindustani, in both of which the medal has been awarded to hint." The Rev. Principal's report proceeded to state that, with regard to the students, the conduct of the great body had been exemplary, it homing been as much distinguished by regular conformity to the rules of the place as by diligent attention to their studies. The company shortly afterwards assembled in the Examination hall of the institution. The proceedings commenced by the list of prizes being read by Mr. Hooper as follows : MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTHER EIONOURABLE PISTINC. TIONS OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DECEMBER 1849. Chapman—Highly distinguished, with medals in classics, mathematics, political economy and history, law, Persian, and Hindustani, and prizes in Sanscrit and Hindi. J. 11. B. Colvin—Highly distinguished, with medal in Sangerit, and prizes in Persian and Arabic. F. R. Cockerell—Highly distinguished, with prize in Hindustani. T. N. Chase—Highly distinguished, with medal in Teloogoo. Grant, Muipratt, J. J. Gray, Lawford, Broadhurst, Neave— Highly distinguished. B. W. Colvin, Spencer, J. M. Lowis, Pollock, Coulthurst, P. C. Forbes, and G. S. Forbes—passed with great credit. PRIZES AND OTHER HOtOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF STU DENTS REgAINING IN COLLEGE. mental in opening through Central India roads con necting the presidency of Bombay with that of Agra; and what is more, he has enabled the merchant tra veller to carry his goods in safety, and unsearched, through tracks and forests, which before were the abodes of wild beasts, and of men hardly less hostile to the traveller than the beasts of the forest. How has this been done ? The roads were made at the joint expense of our own Government and of the native states through which they pass, and with the assistance of those very will tribes, the Bheels, who in former times were so inhospitable. The roads are comparatively excellent. The traveller, at the commencement of his journey, pays his toll for the distance he intends to go, calculated not upon what he carries, but by the number of his draught cattle; his ticket for this is his warrant, and he pro ceeds on his journey without impediment with con fidence and delight, for the very Bheels are now his protectors, because those primitive beings have their share of the tolls in proportion to their aid in the construction of the road, and the land belonging to them through which it passes. " All Bheel plunder ing has ceas.d, all detention has been done away with; a small Bheel chief, with two and a half miles of road, gets as his share of the tolls 1,000 rupees per annum," and thus the traveller passes freely and with safety. I read this with great joy when first it was brought to my notice. here is civilizition going hand in haLd with the progress cf public works.—(llear.) I must also mention another instancy to you of successful tact in this department. The widow of Jusurent Rao llalkar was desirous of laying out a lac of rupees as an act of pion's benevolence in constructing a ghat or bathing place fur Ilindoos, the river near indore. Mr. Hamilton heard of this, and he suggested to her that if a bridge across the river were also built there might be ghats on both sides. She readily caught at this, but she said, how am Ito get the bridge built ? Mr. Hamilton immediately offered his assistance; and with his own knowledge of engineering, by the last accounts I have had, a beautiful stone bridge of nine arahes was in the course of comph tion over a river on a line of great traffic, which for many days at a time was often impassable. I mention these things to show you what a field there is open for you to promote the public good. To you, gentlemen, who are to leave college for India, I would address a few words. You have, before you enter the public service, to acquire a knowledge of two vernacular languages in use at your presidency ; for until you understand the lan guage of the people you will be unfit for public duty. You must get through this ordeal with credit, for your character in the public opinion will be estimated very much by your career in colikige there. Having passed, you will then become rear members of the public service. Every act of puMic duty you per form will affect others as well aVyourselves. You must maintain all the gravity aril steadiness of cha racter of a man charged with important affairs. Remember that, humble though they may be over whom your power or your influence may extend, yet that they confide in you, that they look to you for protection and justice, and that they are your fellow subjects of the British Crown. Forget not that it is your duty to raise them in the scale of civilization ; and this you can only do by show ing them, in your own person, an example of virtue. You will find the natives of India pos• sessed of many good qualities ; but to avail yourselves of these, you must know not only their langusge but their customs, even their faults ; but especially you must know your own duty thoroughly. If you pos• seas those qualifications you will find them able and valuable assistants ; but you must not implicitly rely upon any man. Hear all ; judge for yourself. Be punctual, regular, methodical. Without steadiness of character, all your attainments, all your talents, so called, will not avail you. In the ordinary affairs of life, depend upon it, steady diligence is the passport to promotion. Great incidents are the exceptions— ordinary duties are the rule; and be assured that by the manner in which you perform these will your fit ness be judged of for higher employment. Towards the natives generally I cannot offer you better advice than to treat them with good temper and great for bearance. Be kind to them, but not familiar with them. As on a former occasion I observed to you, so I now repeat; I have never known any one habitually ill- tempered towards the natives rise to eminence in the service. There is another subject to which I would call your particular attention, and that is, economy in your expenditure. I earnestly warn you against get ting into debt. Debt in all countries is ruinous; in India it is absolute destruction.—(Cheers.) Look at those who have been driven from our service to poverty and shame. What has been their ruin ? Heedless, thoughtless, extravagance, debt; and debt has led to dishonour. As you priz? ' then, everything that is most dear to you, scrupulously shun pecuniary embarrassment.— (Hear.) My young friends—let me again remind you that you are to become members of a body to which England has delegated more ex tensive power than she has ever before committed to man—the civil administration of an empire of more than 100,000,000 of her subjects. You are to join men, who, by devotion to the public service, high talents, energy of character, spotless integrity, have signally upheld the British name. The honour, the reputation, of that body you will have to maintain. That is to done by following the career of those dis tinguished men who have gone before you, some of whom lam happy to see here this day. And I will tell you, gentlemen, how they earned their reputation. It was by their devotion to the public service—by their talents applied thereto with energy and perseverance— by their spotless integrity. And I will tell you also, that in no service on earth is a man so sure of working out his own success as that on which you are about to enter. And now, Gentlemen, let me address to you a few words before we part. I have endeavoured to place before you some of the prominent features of the duty you owe to your profession and to your country. But remember you have a higher duty still—that which you owe to Him in whom:you exist, the strength of nations, the Ruler of kingdoms. I beseech you, my young friend, forget not Him—com mit yourselves habitually to His protection. He will enlighten your minds ; He will bless your labours with success ; in the hour of danger He will uphold you ; and He will support you in the day of trouble. Farewell, my young friends, and may the blessing of the Almighty rest upon you.—(Cheers.) The Chairman, accompanied by the other directors and their friends, then adjourned to the library, where an elegant entertainment awaited them ; after partaking of which, together with the rest of the com pany, they shortly left the college for Broxbourne, where the train was in readiness to convey them to town. They arrived without accident at the Shore ditch station at about four o'clock, much gratified by the day's arrangements and proceedings. THE EARTH-WORM. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Uncouth and even offensive-looking as the common earth-worm appears, there is much in its natural his tory and habits both instructive and useful. The worm belongs to an extensive tribe of animals, called by the the celebrated French naturalist Cuvler, the Annelidas, from the Latin word annulus, a ring; the animals composing the class, being formed of a series of circles, perhaps answering the purpose of the spine and bones of the higher animals. Some of the worm tribe form cells for themselves in which they live, while others simply burrow in the ground, or float in water, as the earth-worm and the useful leech, without any apparent coverings. To this large class belongs that destructive animal the wood-worm, which is ao destructive to ships, and to piles of wood when in water. The unseen labours of this insidious worm are the more dangerous, that it in general leaves the outer surface of the timber untouched, while the in terior portion is but a mass of dust, which the slightest accident may break. Unfortunately the wood-worm is now but too common in our own seas, although it is supposed to have originally come from the tropics. The earth-worm differs from its more destructive brother, by having no visible outward covering, by burrowing in the ground, and being but partially oviparous; leeches and earth-worms depositing cap sules, as they are called, containing many embryo young. The worm subsists upon decayed vegetable matter, such as leaves, and where these are to be had it seldom touches a living plant. In the autumn, or early winter, its labours are best seen, for the earth being strewed with the dead leaves from plants, it is busily engaged in dragging them into the earth, first for food, and afterwards as a manure to the soil. The worm, however, is often a source of great annoyance to those who preserve plants in the house in winter. If care has not been taken to ex clude them from the pots, they are apt in the ab sence of other sources of nourishment to attack the roots, or other parts of plants which may be within their reach. In such cases we have some times been compelled to take the plant from the pot, and pressing the soil gently, force the worm from its lair. Many, however, use lime water, or a solution of corrosive sublimate, which has the effect of de stroying the worm. This process is sometimes necessary in gardens, where plants, whose leaves recline on the ground, are liable to be injured by the worm; but in destroying the poor animal we should never forget its usefulness. Let us look to its labours over all nature, and not to the slight injury we may receive from an act of self-preservation. Look at it in the autumn, in fields and woods, carrying the leaves that strew the ground down through the small aperture formed by its bcdy into its winter home, and then think of the result of such labours. The soil is fertilized, the trees and grass flourish, and what is stealthily carried down from the surface is given to the roots of plants, or cast up as excrement to the surface, at once a source of nourishment and gratifi cation to man. The worm is indeed a great agri culturist. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council), left town yesterday for his seat, 13owood Park, Wilts. THIRD TEEM. Carrie highly distinguished, with prizes in classics, Persian, and Hindustani. Gordon—Mgllly distinguished, with prizes in ma thematics, political economy and history, and law. L. Forbes—Highly distinguished, with prize in Teloogoo. Shaw—Highly distinguished, with prize in San scrit. C. Jenkins, Freeling, Crawford, B. C. Saunders, Thompson, Davy ell, Kemball, Grenfell, Levien— Highly distinguished. VYiram and Anderson—passed with great credit. SECOND TERM. Lushington—Highly distinguished, with prizes in law and Sanscrit. Smyth—Highly distinguished, with prizes in clas sics and Teloogoo. Thonaqson-- - - - Ilighly distinguished, with prize in math( matins. Dashwood—Highly distinguished, with prize in classics. Lowe—Highly distinguished, with prize in Persian. Block—Highly distinguished, with prizes in poli tical economy, history, and Sanscrit. Arthur, Pinhey, Bosanquet, Manderson, Robinson, and Lodwick—Highly distinguished. Nairn&, Malcolm, and Ravenscroft—Passed with great credit. FIRST TERM. Capper—Highly distinguished, with prizes in clas sics and fur the best English essay. Brandreth—klighly distinguished, with prize in mathematics. Benson—Highly distinguished, with prize in San serit. Thomas—Highly distinguished, with prizt in law. R. N. Lowis, Lane, Travers, Mangles, and C. J. Jenkins,—Highly distinguished. Macnabb, Alexander, Horsley, R. F. Saunders, and Lawrence.—Passed with great credit. Mr. Capper then read his prize English essay, on " The Fine Arts considered in their Social and Moral Effects." Mr. Chapman read translations from the Persian and Hindustani, and Mr. T. N. Chase from Teloogoo. The CHAIRMAN then delivered the prizes. Mr. Chapman, whose distinguished attainments had enabled him to carry off the medals for classics, mathe matics, political economy and history, law, Persian and Hindustani, and prizes in Sanscrit and Hindee, was greeted by a burst of rapturous and prolonged applause by his fellow-students as he returned to his seat laden with his well earned honours. Mr. Hooper then read the following list of rank, and announced that the next term commences on Saturday the 19th of January : RANK. OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DEC. 1849. BENGAL. First Class-1. Chapman, 2. Grant, 3. J. H. B. Colvin, 4. Muspratt, 5. J. J. Grey, 6. F. R. Cockerel], 7. Brodhurst, 8. B. W. Colvin, 9. Law ford. Second Class.-10. J. M. Lowis, 11. Coulthurst, 2. Spencer, 13, F. C. Forbes, 14. Pollock. No third class. MADRAS. First Class-1. T. A. N. Chase. BOMBAY. No first class. Second Class-1. G. S. Forbes, 2. Neave. No third claFs. The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the students, who, with the rest of the company, also rose as a mark of respect to the chair, and remained standing during the whole of Sir E. Galloway's express. He said—Gentlemen Students,—lt is with much satis faction my colleagues and myself have the pleasure of meeting you here this day, because the Court of Directors have received from the Rev. Principal a highly favourable report of the exemplary manner in which you have conformed to the rules and disci pline of the college during the past term, and of the proficiency you have attained in your studies. In the name of the Court of Directors, therefore, I now express to you their cordial approbation of your conduct. As was to be expected, your progress has been equal to your diligence. From 80 stu dents in collage 43 English essays have been given in, several excellent, none which have not merit. Of those 80 no less than -61 have obtained honours. This is a most satisfactory result, and I am sure you will gratefully listen to me in expressing, as I do most cordially, the acknowledge ments of the Court of Directors to your highly gifted and distinguished Principal, and to the distinguished professors of this college, for the manner in which they have discharged their arduous and important duties—a proof of which is manifested in the success with which this institution has fulfilled the noble purpose for which it was founded. Gentlemen, the Principal of this college is your guardian while you are here. It is his duty to watch over the moral and religious training of your youthful minds, as well as your progress in learning. He has proved himself eminently worthy of the high station to which he was chosen, by the admirable manner in which he has dis charged his arduous duties. My young friends, let me entreat you not to neglect the counsel of such a man ; hundreds of thousands have been edified, and I trust many saved, by listening to the sacred eloquence of Mr. kelvin. And, my young friends, attend to the instruction which your learned professors so anxiously desire to convey to you, that so you may be worthy of that noble ser vice to which you are destined. I observe by the report of the Examiner, that 17 students, 10 of whom have gained %the highest honours, have been found qualified to proceed to India, to take a part in the administration of that Government. The Govern ment of India is one of those mighty instruments which Divine Providence has raised for the civilisa tion of the human race, and well has it been for India that the Almighty Disposer of Kingdoms has made England that instrument to her—moral, virtuous, intellectual, just, generous, magnanimous 'England ! It is the purpose of this institution to train you for taking a part in the administration of that Govern ment, a Government which rules with paternal affec tioa 100,000,000 of our fellow-subjects. A higher object of ambition I cannot conceive could be pre sented to :generous mind than the power of taking a distinguished part in so noble a course. 'Then, let me beseech you, my young friends, strive to attain those qualifications for the discharge of your high duties which this institution offers you. Gentlemen, you are for a time to quit this institution. I trust you do so with a deep sense of its singular value. Let me intreat you who return to college to do so with an ar dent desire to prosecute successfully your studies. Gentlemen, there is no part of your course of study which is not highly valuable; but as most of you will be employed in the revenue and judicial branches of the service, I strongly recommend to you the study of the law of India, both ancient and modern ; for through that you will be able, more than by any other means, to trace the nature of the public laws and institutions of the country. Among the modern works on law, I recommended to you to study the work issued under the sanction of Government by the Law Commissioners when I last had the pleasure of addressing you. I earnestly repeat this recommen dation. I also recommend to your notice the very useful volume of Mr. Henry Carr Tucker. As an office companion to an official man in the judicial or revenue branch of our service in India, its value ap pears to me to he very great, to the young civilian most especially. I likewise recommend to you, my young friends, to acquire some knowledge of these practical sciences, as chemistry, mineralogy, geo logy, mechanics, civil engineering, which would enable you, in the important stations to which you will rise, to aid in developing the resources of the country, and to direct the labour, which will be at your command, with skill and ability in the construction of public works. I have known many of our civil servants who have been remarkable fur their success in this important duty, and what is no less important, for their tact in ob taining the assistance of natives of rank and wealth in their operations. The present Resident at Isidore, the capital of the once powerful Chief Holkar, Mr. Hamilton—and I mention his name with honour—has been one of the most successful, because his labours have beers unceasing. lie has been zealously instru- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Myrtle arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, and sailed on her return there on Wednesday. The Arethusa is ordered to be got ready for the reception of the pendant on the sth of January, 1850. The first-lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Indefati gable fell from the maindeck into the mainhold of that ship on Tuesday, sprained his ancle, and was otherwise bruised. The masts of the Constance were landed at the dockyard on Monday ; the mainmast was fished both on the port and starboard side, and was much crip pled ; the foremast was also greatly damaged. The emigrant ship Glentanner, bound to the Cape, was docked on Tuesday. she having touched the ground in the Downs. It was found that she had carried away several sheets of copper aft. In con sequence of the men working day and night all re pairs were made good, and she was undocked yester day, and towed into the Sound by the Phamix, mer chant steamer. The barque Blenheim, Captain Mollison, for Lon don, put in last night, in 123 days from oacutta, and 51 days from the Cape of Good Hope. The packet Brilliant, Captain Newton, from Madeira for Southampton, came in yesterday and landed her mails, which were forwarded at 20 minutes after 6 o'clock by the South Devon Railway. Cap tain 'Newton has brought from the island • Captain Smith, Mr. Dixon, engineer, and seven more of the crew of the late steatn-vessel Pandora. Captain Smith has written the following particulars relating to the loss of his ship :—" Sailed from Gravesend, October .15, for Alexandria, calling at Ryle, Dart mouth, sled Falmouth. Departed from Falmouth 28th; 10 30 , 29th, encountered fresh breezes from south-west, with a heavy swell, which caused the vessel to strain much and make a deal of water, and the engine-puin;i was therefore kept constantly working. At daylight in the morning, finding the leak increased, all hands were employed pumping and bailing at the hatchways, and removing the coals from the fore hatchway to lighten her. At eleven A as., wind and sea increasing, and the leak still gaining, it was found imprudent to pursue our course in the daogerous state the vessel was in, and therefore bore up for IT•hant or Brest. 11.30 AAi a sail hove in sight, steering towards us, and at 12.30 P.M. we spoke the Asia emigrant ship, from Ply mouth bound to Australia. We had not long passed the Asia when we found that the leek was still in• creasing and our vessel settling down by the head very fast; we then thought it advisable to make signals for the Asia to return, at the same time bearing away for her. The Asia immediately hove to, but, bearing to leeward of us, it was some time before the Pandora reached her, owing to her settling down fast, not answering her helm, and the engine ceasing to work, on account of the water putting out the fires. At 2.30 r. as we succeeded in getting near the Asia, and Captain Rochelle, of that ship, seeing the Pandora was in a sinking state, rent his boats to render assistance, and the crew of the Pan dora, which had six feet water in her hold, having aband . oned her, were conveyed to the Asia." They had not been on board the Asia more than fifteen or twenty minutes before the decks of the Pandora blew up and she went down sternmost, in lat. 48 31 N., long. 619 W., by account. The captain and officers of the Pandora acknowledge with gratitude the kind and benevolent assistance rendered the crew on board the Asia. Having strong gales, sail was made for Madeira, where they arrived on the ith of November, and after performing a quarantine of five days the crew, fifteen in number, remained at Funchal under orders of the British Consul, who, on the 30th of November, sent them on board the packet Brilliant, bound to Southampton. Captain Newton treated them most kindly on the passage, and lauded them at Plymouth on the 13,h of December. Wind easterly, blowing strong. CIIATHAM, DEC. 14.—The Dasher steam vessel, Lieutenant Parks, arrived here on the 9th inst. and embarked the following day aparty of Royal Marines from this division, consisting of 3 sergeants, 3 cor porals, 1 drummer, and 86 privates, under command of Captain Walter Cossar, with Second-Lieutenant Theophilus Vaughton, for service on board the Phaeton, 50 guns, recently commissioned by Captain G. Elliot, and which is fitting for sea at Sheerness. She is to have a complement of 500 men. The Daring, 12 guns, which has been under repair in dock for some time, was put out of dock this day. She is fresh painted, and is expected very shortly to be placed in commission. The Childers, 12 guns, and the Wanderer, 16 guns, were each taken into the dock this day vacated by the Daring, to undergo the necessary repairs for com mision. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 14.—Chaplain—John R. I3unce, B.A. (1845), to the Phaeton, 50 gun frigate, at Sheerness. Naval Instructor—William Roy (1846) to the Phaeton. Midshipmen--Claude de Cressigny to the Phaeton ; and H. It. D. M'Murdo, to the Contest, 13 guns, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—Thomas H. koyse to the Phaeton. PROMOTION. Peer M'Dowall to be chief engineer. The Ariel steam-vessel, fitted with a smc,ke con suming apparatus, went down the River today, on an official trial. The fir es were li g h te d , an d t h e steam got up some time before starting, which took place at 1I ZO A m., the vessel being under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, with Mr. Casey, of Captain Austin's steam department, Commander Forsyth studying steam, and Mr. T a pli n , second assistant to the chief engineer. At starting, the engines made 19 revolutions per minute, and went gradually down to 18, 17, 15, 13, and as low at one period as 11 t. The pressure of steam at starting was slb. to the square inch (the highest scale on the indicator), but it gradually went down until the indicator showed only a pressure of 11b. to the square inch. The speed was consequently not very great, as it at no time ap parently exceeded about four knots per hour. The smoke was certainly better consumed or abstracted than it had been on any previous trial ; but the fires got so dull during the temporary stoppage of the re spective fanners to feed the furnaces that the steam was greatly reduced, and very little progress made with the vessel ; on the return back from Halfway reach she came to a dead stop opposite the east end of the Royal Arsenal, the whole of her steam being ex pended and the fires insufficient to generate what was requisite to keep the engines in motion at the slowest speed. Under these circumstances it was found necessary to cast anchor, as the vessel was drifting down the river with the ebbing tide. A short period sufficed to get the steam up again, and the vessel returned to Woolwich at 3 45 P.m. The great difficulty in working out the patent appears to be in having to stop the fanners of one set of furnaces while a fresh supply of coals is added, and if that could be obviated the steam might be kept up, as the fan ners gave a great current when in full operation. The two farmers are set in motion by a small donkey engine of four-horse power, charged in the first in stance with coke, and it was expected that there would have been sufficient waste steam from the boilers of the engine to work the vessel and the fan ners, with very little aid from the donkey:engine, but the result showed that the apparatus was not sufficient for the purposes intended in this instance. The Archer steam-sloop left Woolwich this morn• ing. under the charge of Mr. J. E. Mills, Assistant- Master Attendant at Devonport, and having on hoard Mr. Humphreys, chief engineer, and Mr. Trickett, chief engineer of Woolwich, dockyard. She is to try her iron screw to-day, between the Nore and Mouse lights, and her brass metal screw to-morrow. Captain Collinson, C.B , visited Woolwich Deck yard at an early hour this morning to make arrange ments relative to the Enterprise, about to proceed in search of l Sir John Franklin, and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. The Investigator was also taken out of the basin to-day, and now lies alongside the wharf wall, opposite the sawmills at the east end of the yard, ready to be taken into dock to be coppered. The Monkey steam-vessel left Woolwich at the same time as the Archer this morning, to attend during the trials, and bring the persons attached o the dockyard and spare articles back to Woolwich. FUNS IN AmisEa.—We are requested to state that this work, by Miss Pardoe, authoress of " The Pretty Woman," &e., will be Published immediately by Mr. Shoberl, No. 20, Great Marlborough -street. Also just ready:-2. Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary, in 1848 9, with the Personal Adventures of an Austria* Officer in the army of the Ban of Crcatia, 1 vol., 7s. 6d. bound. 3. Country Quarters. By the Countess' of Blessington; with Portrait, and Memoir by her Niece, Miss Power. 4. Now ready at all the Libraries, Napier's Southern Africa; with plates, 2 vois.—" A mass of woll arranged and wt 11-described facts in connexion with s. colony towards which recent circumstances have tended to direct a largely-increased share of public attention.— Mc)/ n ing Advertiser. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —The sittings of this court for the en.uing year base been fixed by a committee of magistrates appointed for that l urpose, and an important alteration has been made in reference to the sittings at Westminster by adjournment from Clerkenwell. The court is bound by a provision in an Act of Parliament to sit periodically at the Westminster Guildhall, for the purpose of holding a " Westminster session," but it is a tn« re formality, there not b,ing (except when eases are specially adjourned from Clerkenwell) above one case for trial in six of such sittings, tut nevertheless a full panel of grand and petit jurors had to be summoned, an expense of nearly 8001. a year being entailed upon the county by such proceedings. Four only of these sittings (half the usual number) have been appointed for 1850— an alteration by which much inconvenience and expense will be avoided. hirORTATION OF GUANO.—Two vessels, the Com merce and the Mary Ann, have arrived in the West India Docks from Herne thy, with cargoes of guano, ex the ship Digby, wrecked on the coast on her voyage from Callao to London, 111 1 h 12% 2%