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Z il7 : 3 1); ria, Hot ° , , ng gaol. r Liverpo ol At leaky. 0 4 1 , on shore p er from )one r, of 0 1 nmast, 0 1 ' trrd. Wa r e t' bi ' N il 1. % 'ick, for 000 Batavia in contse•oioce eavy gs, i 1 , 6 00 10 1 : ye° I towed In -off ,Lary--, f f 0 0 , 695i5te d id will Pr c 'f f el ° 1, of anon 11'° si.ore ut earrOgi4C o t. John 5' ;t. Anare°., r gee fr s peCinl o itore f )f A P IC n i ded " tUe a tion f ° ie r v a:* oci very ated to i ' la e r) ling W as 0 dt • [Vida ?.11t D °7 n • Y a te 4) 1 r Ur COURT CIRCULAR. FrrrAY. a:ld Prince were prevented by the state of the weather this morning from taking their usuril earls , walk. His Royal Highness the Prince Alle:t returned to aihotne from Windsor Castle at ha' f- past seven o'clock yisterday evening. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yfterday. .1,1- , Wood (Clmirman or B •,l or !), ) Bierrt:4l yn. , ; ler:, ), had an interview w ith the (..,han Aor of On Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. street. Lord John Russell left his residence, Pembroke Lod ge , Ri c h mon d P ar k , yester d ay, for Osborne, Lie of Wight. Mr. Tidd Pratt and Mr. '- I. ; ,, ham S-creary cad Comptrol:er•General to the Commislioners for the Re.luction of the National Debt, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Muter of the Rolls, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Patrice, 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 i 3 appointed for further hearing on Monday next. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The indefatigable Jullien brought his promenade sea son to a close last night in the prescriptive manner — namely, with a bal masque. The scene differed in no respect from that of former occasions. A vast number of individuals were present, clothed in theat rical attire, borrowed for the time being from the Ilebrews, who deal in the spangled hats and coats, and other gewgaw commodities that constitute the essen tials of an English masquerade. There is never aity lack of women at these reunions; and the streets and the casinos supplied now, as usual, 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 task ; nevertheless M. Jullien at all times places the out ward conduct of the mob under as much police rest . aint as circumstances will admit of, and his regu lations were in wholesome force last night. The B alle 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 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, Handers chef de wuvre The Alessiah, under the direction of Mr. Costa. The solos and Concerted pieces were admirably given by Messrs. It Phillips and Lockey, and Misses Birch and Dolby, and the choruses were superbly rendered by pthe members of the society. Previous to the per zomunce of the oratorio, Handers "Dead March in S''. 7 al" was performed as a mark of respect to the This of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager. this sublime composition was rendered by the band : 11 a manner as nearly approaching to perkction as it is possible to imagine. We understand that The 21fes.4iah will be performed only once more during the course of the present season. The ball was crow, ded. THEATRE ROYAL RICIIMOND.—A most attractive Perfot mance took place at this theatre list Monday eve nrig, and we were glad to see the exertions of the naaveragar and lessee, Mr. Ryan, crownid with such corn plet,a success. The house, long before the rising of the curt sin, was crowded, even standing room was at a pre rai,tm; and, from the success attending the experiment of mg, aging 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 o uch 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 Mi!kitippail, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliarn and Mr. Buck stone sustained their respective parts to admiration; the rcee pt lon of each arks* was enthusiastic in the extreme. 11 4 Vather did so before we followed, in whi c h Miss J• C- 1 :c leman and Mr. John Reeve appeared, the former " tura, and the latter in his original part of Tom Trot; The acting of each in this very laughable farce way, :irresistibly comic, and the midi( nee seemed to relish , ex.. - .3eedingly. Mr. John Reeve was very successful in bas ong illustrating the humours of Greenwich Fair, With its acting, tumbling, and horsemanship;; it was aPPLa uded to the echo. The same cornOin3ent was paid I t ) ae very pretty ballad composed by Lee, and very sweirti'y sung by Miss Coleman. The entertainments eonele ded with the favourite petite drama, The Maid of .ey, in which Miss Coleman appeared in her favou rite c' .iaracter of Manette: she was ably supported by Mr. Ryan and the stock company of the Richmond There tre. EOROE'S HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The third eon aert took place at the Society's Rooms, 69, Deane litre es, Soho, on Friday evening, and notwithstanding the l inP roTeitious state of the weather, was very fully at tend ee I. The madrigals were given excellently, and a e harir ing chorus "Oh the Sweet Contentment," set to u ,usic by Mr. J. C. Benthin, won, as well on ace or tut of its merit as for its spirited delivery Inc3' the whole corps of vocalists, a rapturous encore. ' led in this latter respect the audience seemed quite .oreunate, for the encores were numerous. Among Tel n we may enumerate Miss Ellen Lyon in " Lo, here t he . r . ;;entle lark" (Flute obligato M. Catnus); Miss Eliza Lys it in " Auld Robin Gray" (arranged by Allmann); 44 „, 1 111 Collins in " She shines before me like a star;" Annie Buckland, in a bravura air by Auber; Mr. W. I f. Seguin for his admirable vocalization of " Philip the Falconer," and Mr. Pelham in "The Wishing ; 11 tte ." The other vocalists were Miss Murrell, who bids fair to become a very excellent concert singer, Mr.. Frank Dudley, who with Mr. W. H. S4guin Itt `2g: the Belisario duet, " Quando di sangue tinto" """it being rendered by both these gentlemen most %rtieti 'tally and spiritedly—and Mr. Mattocks, who tang an excellent composition by Mr. J. C. n (the words, which aro excellent, being by ‘te or ee Sosne, Esq , A. 8.); with a " Poculatum-con- Vaxe awn" burden to it. The instrumental soli were, a , 41 1 1 V Prowse's improved Ecchm flute, by Mons. ` - ' ll bas is (of the Academie Royale do Paris), which I. ,'ael!' performed in a most briliant manner. M. Camus 42 legitimate flautist, and elicits from his instrument ; 4 , fi tll , round, and equal body of sound, besides having `.most perfect command over the manual difficul- Ite3— We were much pleased with Mr. Thomas „ t r , • owe Ca improvement on the origin a l Bohm fl ute. -01 a introduction of ,the new G key ensures 1 :01 r a perfect equality of tone throughout. it 5 3' needless to say Monsieur Camus was vehemently en( sot pd. Mr. M. 11. Wilson performed a notturno of G( I's on the pianoforte with execution and finish, and oh to ned a most unequivocal redemand. Conductor, l ‘ rt re S. T. Lyon; accompsnyists,;Messra. J. C. Benthin r tna Jackson. he Lord Mayor entertained last, evening, at the Man sion-house, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' Com- Initf . se, together with a numerous circle of rrivate u`liel ;cis. Covers ere laid for forty. Among the cs present were Sir J. M'Adam, Mr. Alderman 1 1„ . ur aphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, 1 , 41 r: Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. Under Sheriff Millard, and Mr. "I , ler Sheriff Wire. IMIGLARY AT A RAILWAY STATlON.—Yesterday To ruing, at five o'clock, the Barnes station, on the ath-Western and Windsor line, was found to have ', 311 en broken open and plundered of what cash had been 't in the till on the over night. The.station was care fti fly locked up at ten o'clock on Thursday night by Mr. " utton, the agent, who had taken the principal part of ti.e cash home, and at twelve o'clock at night, and again 44 half-past two in the ensuing morning, the station was of sited by the police, and found secure. A BUTCHER KILLED BY FALLING UPON MIS STEEL. -An inquest was held at the Victoria public-house, Teat Dunmow, on Monday last, before C. C. Lewis, ▪ , sq., on the body of Isaac Hardy, of that place, who • ket his death under the following singular circumstances: ; —James Franklin, labourer of Dunnrotv, stated that he • :new deceased, who was a butcher. Last Monday night, k bout six, he met deceased in Pall-field, near Church nd, walking towards Dnutnow. Before witness got to " bra he sat on the bank. Asked him what was the latter, and he said he had slipped into the ditch at the ' )(Atom of the pasture, and had hurt himself, and the Steel had pitched against his side; witness took him to Mr. Downham's the nearest house, left him and saw no . more of him. Mr. Parrett, surgeon, of Dunmow, de -1 Pezei that he was called to the deceased on Monday night l ast, between eight and nine; found him at his own house in a perfect state of collapse; the action of the heart and pulse wz.s almost imperceptible; on examine `Lion discovered a punctured wound between the ilium and false rib; the qualrantes lumborum muscle was ! l ev ered, the bowels wore perforated four inches in `depth, and there was considerable hemorrhage; he said that ho had fallen down on his way home, and the knife uhieh was in his aide-pocket had pierced his bowels; `witness therefore considered that the cause of death was P'titonmal inflammation from a punctured wound. The y ace Tdingly returned a verdict, accidental death.-- Chelmsford Chronicle. BURIAL CLUBS.—We learn that most of the burial el' G in this county have been broken u p s i nce th e pro- Lcoding a in Tendring hundred showed the climes they "light institiate The system was to pay 6d. each on the de ath of a mem ber; and parties in this neighbourhood elate they were occasionally called on for 2s. at a time, ifq c ou rs e aid considerable sums in this way, all of which of lost to them.—Chclm.lford Chronicle. to tom' THE SUN, DREADFUL SUICIDE. Oa G'h instant, a rspet.,ible man nc.rwJl Robert k , zn , .1.,11, between 50 and GO p2741': age, by trade a geld and silver burnisher, residing at No. 25, Hatton. wall, Hatton-garden, Holborn, coin 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 large family in credit and respectability), has for some time past bcen labouring under an attack of nervous weakness, so much so, that it was with great difficulty he c: - )uld per!i)rin the e i:trusted to hen to do, or with Stedicies 1 e any food to his lips. This misfortune seined to weigh heavily on his mind and spirits, he fearing that he should ultimately be rendered incapable of working at all, and that his business, which had lately been very slack, would altogether I.?ave him, and his wire (who also assisted in his business) and himself come to want. There was, however, no found lien 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 great 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 above stated, the deceased, while at his workshop at Hatton-yard, took the op portunity, whilst his wife's back was turned towards him, to drink a quantity of oil of vitriol, which was used in his business, and kept in a bottle. The wife hearing a sudden shriek, instantly turned round, and asked the deceased what he bad done. He re plied, "I have drank it (referring to the oil of vitriol) to kill myself directly." The deceased's wife who was horrorstruck, immediately procured as sistance, and be was conveyed to his re sidence, end 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 efforts were unavailing to save his life, and he expired, after lingering in great torture about four hours from the time 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 after drinking it, but did not think he should suffer such dreadful agony, as he was being burnt to death. The deceased, it appears, about an hour previous to his going to Lis workshop, made an attempt to destroy himself with a knife, but a son (a young man who is unfortunately deaf and dumb), who was present, perceiving the object of his parent, inter fered and succeeded in wresting the knife from the deceased's hand ; and, to prevent a repetition of the attempt, immediately hid the knives, See., from his father's sight. The afflicted son, on afterwards being informed by members of the family, iii that silent, but expressive and intelligible 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 hed a short time before been a witness of. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased (who was much respected) before the Deputy Coro ner and a respectable jury, at the Rose Tavern, Hatton-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. LONDON, SMITHFIELD CATTLE CLUB Tee annual dinner cif the Seiithfield Cottle Club took. place yeeteruity 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, Celonel ChaHoner, Colonel Sibthorp, the Hon. W. Wilson, Mr. John Villiers Shelley, and other gentlemen well known in the agrioulttual world. Among the com pany at the other tables were Mr. Fisher Hebli, Mr. Sainsberv, of West Lavingten, I)rv;z , s; Mr. Michie, Itic.arel Jones, of teilu beroueh ; Mr. Fletcher, of illanafts, , id; - Me. Peters, of Somerset; Mr..l3ewley, of Cirencester ; and other agriculturists and members of the club. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health ef 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 CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family 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 loss which both her Majesty and the Prince bad so recently had to d e pl o re—the l os s 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.—(Elear, hear.) But under these circumstances it could not be ex- petted that her Majesty and his Royal Highness could have honoured the show with their attendance. But he ventured in the name of the Smith&ld 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 he asked them with thorough confi dence to drink heartily the toast which he had just proposed. _ . _ The toast was drunk with all the tenours. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the toast of the evening, " Success to the Smithfield Cattle Club," and in doing so, said that, although from circum stances 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 th 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 better animals had never been shown in Smithfield. In saying this he knew he w a s o p en t o a tt ac k , an d t h a t it migt be said of him that he thought the show of South Downs was good because he bat himself gained two premiums in that class. For an 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 bad 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, bad ones certainly cannot.—(Cheers.) If he went into any of the markets of the country he felt justi 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 thiis having the opportunity of forming a comparative judgment be tween a good animal and a bad one, which might be in the next stall.—(Hear.) 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 cif the prizes by the judges to the auccessful competitors. Those who were present in person came up to the cross table to receive the prizes ; while in other cases agonts 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 chwei 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, in 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 ? He 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 come 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 fairly 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 farmers well knew could not RAILWAY RETURNS e I tWAY MAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail s ter tho past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same wee]: in the previous yeal•:— 0 Week Last a t ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. ifi . - --- Dec. 8 Aberdeen 7 7 41 460 9 Amiens arid Boulogne. •••• • • 8 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • •• 590 352 9 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 728 665 9 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 413 275 9 Bristol and Exeter • ..... • ..... • • .... 3,395 - 2 Ca1ed0nian............. 5,882 4,077 9 Chester and Holyhead... • 1,993 1,040 6 Dublin and Drogheda.. • .....•• •• 602 603 11 Dublin and Kingstown .. •••• • • •• 587 722 8 Dundee, Perth, end ,k.berdeen• •••• • • • 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 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •..... 2,660 2,406 8 Glasgow and Greenock• •• • • 924 83) 2 Great Northern and E. 2,565 - 8 Great Southern and Western ........ 3,490 2,872 9 Great Western, &c •• . • 9 Lancashire arid Y0rk51iire............ 11,485 9,547 2 Lteticaster and Carlisle •••••••• • . •• 2,757 1,813 2 Leeds and Thirst: ••••• • • • • • 657 - 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpor t.• • • 70 59 8 Londonderry and Enniskiilen ........ 122 108 9 London and North Western, &e. ..... 36,605 36,012 9 Loudon and Blackwall• • .......... 568 521 9 London and Brighton . • ............. 7,505 7,105 9 London and South Western. •• . • 7,174 9,583 9 Manchester, Sheffield, and Li ncolnslii re 4,424 . 2,4 3 5 9 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham 19,065 19,645 9 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • •• 1,029 1,074 - Monlclands .•....................... - 871 9 North British .......... •• • • 2,902 2,261 - Paris and Rouen •• .• .• •• • • - 4,891 - Rouen and Havre - 2,017 9 Scottish Central ...... .......... 1,069 644 S Scottish: Midland .. • . 324 267 9 Slit ewsoury and Chester ..••........ 1,322 1,213 9 Shropshire tjul.on .................. 331 -- 8 South Eastern and Branches .... •... 7,681 6,788 2 South Devon. ••• .•• 8 Taff Vale • 1,608 1,519 9 Ulster. .................... - Waterford and Limerick... - 284 2 Vt , iffiehaven Junction 9 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • • • • • • 11 , 615 13,731 9 York and North Midland. • • 5,542 7,126 MUNICIPAL REFORM.— Yesterday morning a public meeting was held in the New Court, Old Bailey, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure an ex tension of the municipal franchise to all Parliamentary electors, an equalization of the representative system in the various wards, and a thorough reform of existing abuses in the administration of the corporate affairs of the city of London. Sir J. Duke took the chair, sup ported by Deputy Bedford, Alderman Sydney, Messrs. Isherman, R. Taylor, Williams, Barnard, Buckmaster, Turner, and other members of the Common Council. The chairman, after remarking that the attendance war very small, considering the number of signatures to the requi sition, requested that a fair hearing "should be accorded to all the speakers, pro and con. Mr. Smith addressed the meeting, entering into a long and learned discourse, going back to the earliest records of the municipality, for the purpose of proving that a great num ber of their ancient rights and liberties have been broken down, and had fallen into neglect and disuse, owing, as he stated, in a great measure to the want of public spirit manifested by the citizens, whom he denounced 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 have occupied in the said city a dwelling for the spice of a year and a day; and it is the duty of the commonalty to take part in all that relates to the welfare of the said city, and to discharge actively for themselves the functions which Meng to them as members of the corporation." Alderman Sydney seconded the resolution, strongly ad. vocating the cause of reform, and regretting the gradual diminution in the number of the freemen of the city, especially in the ward of Farringdon Without, which, instead of being, as formerly, the largest in the city, now bare ly mustered GOO freemen. This resolution was put and carried nem, con. After a long discussion as to the propriety of entering upon the five remaining reso lutions, the meeting having then lasted four hours and a half, it was at length agreed that those assembled should meet in the New Court on Monday evening. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. THE THREE ABOLISHED LAW COURTS.—The fettle- Hens of. the three abolished law courts—namely, the Marshalsea, Palace, and Peveril Courts, will cease and determine from and after the 31st instant, after which day the records, muniments, and writings of the sev era l courts-shall, as soon as conveniently, be placed under the charge and superintendence of the Master of the Rolls. as Record Keeper, to be deposited and kept in such place or ) places as the Master of the Rolls shalldirect. By a clause in the Act abolishing the courts, ell judgments obtained in any 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 during some time part in a state of alarm, in consequence of robberiese ommitted on the road eastward of the Bull. In one instance, a man, a man wh o had been to Woolwich for his Sunday dinner, was robbed ot a quarter of mutton. Ia another case, a passenger (a poor mar.) put all the money he had in the lining of his hat, was stopped going up the bill. Thu robbers searched his pockets, but suffered the hat to go unexamined. Ho escaped without ill-treatment, and was not a little pleased with his own good luck. Last week a burglary was committed at Itellgrove, in one of the cottages formerly occupied by the horse police. Tho robbers took down the back window-shutter, and carried off from a chest in w hick it had been deposited to pay the owner's rent, 3/ Ws. A house and shop at the end of D.srtlbrd was also broken open and property stolen. POST OFFICE NOTICE.—TIie practi c e 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,ar.d frequently with seri ous i n j ury to t h e cor spondenee in consequence of the melting of the wax, and adhesion of the letters to each other, the public are re commended in all possible cases to use either prepared wax or wafers in sealing their letters sent to India, or other hot climates, ar.d also to advise their corre spondents in those countries to pursue the same course. Postmasters are enjoined to give every publicity to this caution. \ TUB MURDER IN lIARLET:STREET.—The coroner's inquest ou the body of a child named Droke, who, as appeared from a subsequent confession, was murdered by its mother in Harley-street, Cavendish- square, was con cluded at North Leverton, Nottinghamshire, on the 10th inst., when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur der against some person unknown." SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER l5, 1849 be laid at his door—it could not be sail of him that he was ungrateful, or that he flayed not meet the flamers of Eegland in every p-rt of the country. lie 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 toe, that the agriculture of the country shou:d 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 11!!;riculure as he heel elready said of cattle, that if god farming would not yay he would defy bed farmiug tv pay. lie thanked them from his heart for the eternidiment they ha laid him, rind for electing Lim president of that asseciettort. 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 president. 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 ray 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 CnAmeaaet 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 lion. 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 of 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 llaileybury. 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 of these periodical examinations can be fully realised 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 for commissions. At the College at Haileybury, about ninety gentlemen, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one, are 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 opposite moral 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 high health, 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, a n d w h o wilt en- force obedience under the stern sanctions of military discipline. The genius laci at Haileybury is, on the other hand, more metaphysical, so to spesk ; snore studious, more literary, and more refined. The student here " walks gowned ;" " Old Remus' ghost is busy at his brain," and strange celinaphic 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 charace ter that will best enable him to cope with the sub— tlety of the liindoo 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 inconsiderable 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 halits 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 characteriess 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 sorvants 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, end civilization of its un counted millions. The sight of so many high spirited and ardent youtiv, anxious to throw themselves into one of the vastest and noblest fields of usefulness that the history of the world ever presented, is 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 proties, and many of them having themselves grown old in the civil and military service of India, point 1, out with parental solicitude to students and gentlemen cadets the snares and temptations which beset the English youth on his arrival in India. These warn ings and counsels from men who have grown grey in years and in honours, and who have not unsuccess fiely steered their barks among those rocks upon which others have been shattered, impart something of deep and personal interest to the occasions when Iffm. Court attend to evince their undiminished interest and concern in the personnel of their Indian adminibtratinn. Yesterday the half-yearly examination of the students took place at the College, before the Chair• man of the lion. East India Company, Major General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., the Deputy- Ch.tirman, Mr. John Shepperd, and the following directors :—Sir IL NVillock, K.L.S., Mr. W. 11. C. Plowden, M.P., Mr. J. C. Whiteman, Mr. Ross D. Mangles, M.P., and Mr. W. J. Eastwicic. Tlie following visitors were also present :—Th• Right Hon. Sir G. Arthur, Major General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.13., Sir George Russell C!erk, Mr. J. H. Crawford, M-. 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 home on furlough—Messrs. C. T. Le Bas, J. W. Cherry, 11. B. Harington, C. Forbes, J. J. Cotton, E. T. Trevor. The directors andr their friends assembled at the EaA India House, at half-past nine o'clock, s 1 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 150 gentlemen, to Broxh3urne, where carriages were in readiness to convey them to Haileybury. On their arrival they were rcc;lived by the Rev. 11. Melvin, the Principal, and the profes sors of the institution. 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 follow ing passages : " Out of so studQnts who have been under examination only two have failcd to reach the prc,cribed tests, and these 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 honour, arid -14 of them having reached the highest rank—that of • highly dist ingui,h cd. All the students of the fourth term have been found duly qualifi e d f or leavieg college, and have a l c,htk.i;:ed honours-;—ten being " highly distinguished.' With regard particularly to the Oriental classes the visitor remarks that they have acquitted themselves with very , uniform credit. One student of the fourth term, Mr. J. I Colvin, lesides highly distinguishing himself in the ordi nary course of study, having gained au medal in Sans crit and a prize in Persian, has acqu:red an at:tr.:atilt ence with the Arabic languazo to Li h extent which has rarely, if ever, been equalled in the college. Another, Mr. Chapman, has also entitled himself to a reward for his know - It:Age of Ifindce, in addition to the honours he has deserved in Persian cud Hindustani, in both of which the medal has been awarded to him." The Rev. Principal's report pro3eeded to state that, with regard to the st ‘:-.dents, the conduct of the great body had ben exemplary, it having ham as much distinguished by regular conformity to the rules of the phce as by diligent attention to their studies. The company shortly afterwards assembled in the Examination hall of the institution. The proceedings commenced h% the ii-,t of prizes being read by Mr. Hooper as f,ll,ows MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTIIER HuNoURAELE I.ISTINC TIONS OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DECEMEER, 1849. Chapman—Highly distinguished, with mcdds in classics, mathematics, political economy and history, law, Persian, and Hindustani, arid prizes in Sanscrit and Hindi. J. H. B. Col k in—Highly distinguished, with medal in Sanszcrit, and prizes in Persian and Arabic. P. R. Coekerell—Highly distingui,hed, with prize in Hindustani. T. N. Chase—Highly distinguished, with medal in Tcloogoo. Grant, Muspratt, J. J. Gray, Lawford, Broadhurst, Ngave—Highly distinguished. B. W. Colvin, Spencer, J. M. Lswis, Pollock, Coulthurst, F. C. Forbes, and G. S. Forbes—passed with great credit. PRIZES AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF STU- DENTS REMAINING IN COLLEGE. THIRD TERM. Currie - Highly distinguished, with prizes in classics, Persian, and Hindustani. Gordon—Highly distinguished, with prizes in ma thematics, political economy and histury, and law. L. Forbes—Highly distinguished, with prize in Teloogoo. Shaw—Highly distinguished, with prize in San scrit. C. Jenkins, Freeling, Crawford, H. C. Saunders, Thompson, Da Kemball, Crrenfell, Levien— Highly distinguished. Wigram 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. Thomason—Highly distinguished, with prize in mathematics. 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. Nairne, Malcolm, and Ravenscroft—Passed with great credit. FIRST TERM. Capper—Highly distinguished, with prizes in clas sics and for the best English essay. Br4ndreth—Highly distinguished, with prize in mathematics. Benson—Highly distinguished, with prize in San serit. Thomas—Highly distinguished, with prizs in liw. 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 Telooo-oo • 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. Ilooper then read the following list of rank, and announced that the next term commences on Saturday the 19th of January : RANK Or STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, DEC. 1849. mental in opening through Central India roads con necting the presidency of B om b ay w i t h t h at of Agra; i and what s 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 wild tribes, the 13heels, 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 cerries, 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 ceased, 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 toils 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 civilization going hand in hand with the progress of public works.—(Hear.) I must also mention another instance to you of successful tact in this department. The widow of Jusurent Rao Halkar was desirous of laying out a lac of rupees as an act of pious benevolence in constructing a ghat or bathing place for Hindoos, on the river near lndore. Mr. Hamilton heard of this, and he suggested to her that if a bridge across the river were alto 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 arches was in the course of completion 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 college there. Having passed, you will then become really members of the public service. Every act of public duty you per form will affect others as well as yourselves. You must maintain all the gravity and 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 language but their customs, even their faults ; hut especially you must know your own duty thoroughly. If you pos sess 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 prize, 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 I am happy to see her e thi s d a y. A n d 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 w ill 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 corn pany, they shortly lett the college for I3roxlecurne, l 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 Coati'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 Cuvier, the Annelidw, 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 fhr 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 so 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 sail 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 body 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 culitirist. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord Preaident of the left town )esterday for his sot, Bowood kark, BENGAL. First Class-1. Chapman, 2. Grant, 3. J. 11. B. Colvin, 4. Muspratt, Z. J. J. Grey, 6. F. R. Cockerel), 7. 13rodhurst, 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. Nearc. No third class. 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 college 411 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 menta 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 lie wai chosen, by the admirable manner in which he bas dis charged his arduous duties. My young friends, let me entreat you not to neglect the counsel of such a man ; hundreds of thousands hive been edified, and I trust many saved, by listening to the sacred eloquence of Mr. Melvill. 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 civiliza 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 I 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 tion 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. 1 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 lie very great, to the young civilian most especially. I likewise recommend to you, my young friends, to acquire some knowledge of those • 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 for their success in this' important duty, end 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 'adore, 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 bbours have been unceasing. He has been v:alously intuu- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13 —Her Majesty's Jean). vessel Myrtle arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, and sailed on her return there on Wednesday. The 2.krethu:,a 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 undoeked yester day, and towed into the Sound by the Phoenix, mer chant steamer. The barque Blenheim, Captain Moßison, for Lon don, put in last night, in 123 days from Calcutta, and 31 days from the Cape of Good Hope. The packet Brilliant, Captain Newton, from Madeira fur Southampton, came in yesterday and landed her mails, which were forwarded at 20 minutes after 6 o'clock by the South Devon Rail way. Cap tain Newton has brought from the island Captain Smith, Mr. Dixon, engineer, and seven more of the crew of the late steam-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 Hyde, Dart mouth, and Falmouth. Departed from Falmouth 28th; 10.30 A.M, 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 -pump 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 sea,, wind and sea increasing, and the leak still gaining, it was found imprudent to pursue our course in the dangerous state the vessel was in, and therefore bore up for Ushant or Brest. 11.30 A.M. 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 leak 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 hearing 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. M. we succeeded in getting near the Asia, and Captain Rochelle, of that ship, seeing the Pandora was in a sinking state, sent his boats to render assistance, and the crew of the Pan dora, which had six feet water in her hold, having abandoned 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. 6.19 W., by account. The captain and officers of the Pandora acknowledge with gratitude the Lind and benevolent assistance rendered the crew on board the Asia. Having strong gales, sail was made for .Madeira, where they arrived on the 7th 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 New ton treated them most kindly on the passage, and landed them at Plymouth on the 13ili of December. Wind easterly, blowing strong. CuATHAM, 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 corn mision. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICU, DEC. 14.—Chaplain—John R. Bump, B.A. (1845), to the Phaeton, 50 gun frigate, at Sheerness. Naval Instrueter—William Roy OS4O to the Phaeton. Midshipmen--Claude de Cressig,ny to the Phaeton ; and IL It. D. M'Murdo, to the Contest, 13 guns, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—Thomas H. Ittoyse to the Phaeton. PROMOTION. Peter M'Dowall to be chief engineer. The Ariel steam•vessel, fitted with a smoke con suming apparatus, went do wn th e Ri ver to day, on an official trial. The fires were lighted, and the steam got up some time before starting, which took place at 11.20 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. Taplin, 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 111. The pressure of steam at starting was 51b. to the square inch (the highest scale on the indicator), but it gradually went down until the indicator showed only a pressure of lib. 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 he riod sufficed to get the steam up again, and the vessel returned to Woolwich at 3 45 r.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 tw o fanners 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 dolikey: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, Assiiiant- Master-Attendant at Devonport, and having on board 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 Dock yard at an early hour this morning to make arrange ments relative to the Enterprise, about to proceed in search of 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 to the dockyard and spare articles back to Woolwich. FLIES IN AMBER.—We are requested to state that this work, by Miss Pardue, authoress of "The Pretty Woman," &e., will be published immediately by Mr. SLoburl, 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 Austrian Officer in the army of the Ban of Croatia, 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 vo!e.—" A mass of well arranged and well• described facts in connexion with a colony towards which recent circumstances have tended to direct a largely-increased share of public attention.— No. nihy Advet tiser. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —The sittings of this court for the ensuing year hate been tixcd by a committee of magistrates appointed for that lurpose, and an important alteration hos 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 mere formality, there not being (except when cases are specially adjourned from Clerkenwell) above one case for trial in six of such sittings, but nevertheless a full panel of grand and petit jurors had to bo summoned, au expense of nearly 8001. a year being entailed upon the county by such proceedino. Pour only of these sittings (half the usual number) have been appointed for 1850— an alteration by which much inconvenience and expense will avoided. IMPORTATION OF GUANO.—Two vessels, the Com tywrec and the Mary Ann, have arrived in the West India l)ocks from Herne Bay, with cargoes of guano, ex the ship Digby, wrecked on the coast on her voyage from Callao to IA:lido.