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

DRURY-LANE THEATRE. I 1 1 .• . 1V C 5 lan 1, Alarston's tragedy, The Patrician's Daughter, Which, on its publication some few months `ince, produced a ..great sensation in the literary world, was on Saturday night produced at this theatre as an acting play, Arid its success was as com plete as either the author or the manager could have desired. Mr. Marston has written this tragedy for the purpose of illustrating - a theory, the gem of which is expressed in - :the worth which he puts into the Indianh of his The forms Of the heroic change from age to age, The spirit in the forms remains the same. As an abstract proposition, we at once admit the truth of this assertion. The life of the present day, doubtless, contains the elements of poetry of tragedy, but not of poetry for ourselves. A century hence the poet may work up those elements into a thrilling heart-t ending tragedy, but the Scripture aphorism, A prophet bath no honour in his own country," is a true one. No age was ever poetical to itself. It .contains the elements of poetry for the succeeding age, as the age which preceded contained the ele . meets of poetry for it ; but a tragedy, like a picture, requires distance to brir e• , it out in all its beauty, and in spite o f hi s th eor y, Mr. Marston has been com pelled to admit this. True, the scene of his -. tragedy has been laid in the nineteenth century— :, , true, the dramatis persance are attired in the costume of the present day. ; The language which they speak i 3 the language of past ages. He has ,pointedly adopted the language and the versification of the • dramatists of the Elizabethan age. Would he have done this if he held-perfect and undoubting faith in his own theory ? - We opine not. The interest of the play turns on the hate which is constantly going on between the aristocracy of birth and the aristocracy • of intellect; and here again it strikes us that Mr. Marston is false to his theory. That controversy has been going on for centuries, and a Nobleof the age of Elizabeth would have been as averse to per initting his daughter to form an alliance with a ; • plebeian, however talented, as a Noble of the age of A Victoria. Would a Howard of that day have per -I„o,nlitted his daughter to form an alliance with Sir iz , ,H.Praneis D - fake Therefore Mr. Marston has not chosen a subject exclusively of the present age, and his tragedy would have been equally interesting, and, ,16/ 3 1erchance, more dramatic, if the scene had been laid „ 2n the sixteenth instead of the nineteenth, century. Lci 7 , I Vith regard to the tragedy itself, it is replete with ~'Poetry—true poetry, beautiful paetry—poetry that speaks from the heart to the heart. It is not a -per fect ,tragedy,, but we hail; it cordially as an earnest )r of things to come. Mr. Marston can, and will, do things that will throw this, his first attempt, into the ` 4 l • J , thade, albeit the , Patrician's Daughter is entitled to , I gif rank in the very first class of modern dramatic pro 'aft.e.iluctions. There is more promise in this play than in any play that has been produced :during the present It century. The got is simple. Mordaunt (Mr. Ma cready), a man born in the humble class of society, Whose father had earned his living by the labour of his hands—his horny hands, which no aristocrat would grasp save at a borough election—has, by his talents, raised himself above his father's lot ; he is a Member • of Parliament—one - of those men who, by his elo quence, leads senates to his will ; but let 11.. Marston himself describe his hero in the eloquent words which % 1::; "e puts friend into the mouth of Heartwell, Mordaunt's . ttc. ; - Minds of thine order come not every year, • Nor are they grown in clusters ;_ instruments Of power !if they be tr u e,—of 'destiny ! Apostles to their age ! the virtuous Hail them as Saviours, while the common herd Of coward knaves grow paralyzed with fear, Expectant that their day is passing hence ! This man is courted by Lord Lynterne, the Minister of the d ay , an d i nv it e d t o hi s coun t ry house. Lord laYnterne has a daughter, the Lady Mabel (Miss Reign Faucit), of whom rumour 'speaks as the pa ragon of her sex, and as Mordaunt says — Rumour has not o'erdrawn her. She is rich In beauty, and in that which passeth beauty, Or is perchance its source—a glorious soul. I've known her but a month, and yet she seems, As their own light, familiar to mine eyes. 4L She was methinks the vision which did haunt ... ..... Those reveries when mind shut out the sense, ' Or else refined it. One resembling her My fancy loved to picture, and my pen To have as an ideal. Little need That I should write again so. Nature's hand, Anticipating mine, has wrought in life What I essayed on paper. What wonder that they love. But the Lady Mabel has all the prejudices of her station, and she knows not how deeply she loves. She deems it impossible she can love a parvenu. Her aunt, the Lady Lydia (excellently acted by Mrs. Warner), takes advantage v, of M a b el ' s ar i stocrat i c pre j u di ces t o crus h her lo ve in I). l l ' !‘ ,.t he bud, and thus to avoid the mesalliance. She tells kordaunt that Mabel loves him, and urges him to' leave the Earl's house. As she.had anticipated, this I 511 induces . Mordaunt at once to seek the Earl, avow his r:1 44 .9 Ye for Mabel, and demand her hand.. Meanwhile ' seeks Mabel, tells her that the plebeian has taken . "*antage of her condescending kindness to him, in n•,}4,Sreted it into love, and is at that moment closeted ,74ti her father,, and demanding her hand in marriage the price of adhesipp ,to, the Earl's ~party. The Pride o f th e high-born Mabel is stung to the quick ,- Cl " . tl l 4 l e bursini, upon the : conference of , the Earl and .1 . erdatini; l loonce ih'savows all love . for him, and 4mm answer to his,remonstrance that she had, to b eguile ennui, to y ed with his heart, and that it was ; 14 ficient honour for him, the lowly-born, to have con tributed even in that manner to the amusement of one who traced her ancestry up to the time of the Con- Pest. Mordaunt withdraws, his heart broken, and his 4, teelin s bli hted and thus ends the third act. A lapse I ' ° f five years takes place, and at the opening of the act we find the parvenu Mordaunt a Baronet— Edgar Mordaunt—a star of the first magnitude in the political world, a man whose alliance is courted by the Earl of Lynterne, who, to secure it, has offered the. the Lady Mabel in marriage.. They are betrothed, Lne.day of the nuptials is fixed, the wedding guests are assembled at the Earl's residence, the writings are pre- Pared and only wait Mordaunt's signature—he demurs, and the Earl asks him---- kean you to wed my daughter ? . [pause) Mordaunt (turning upon him fiercely). NO ! (After a • Frown not. I stand here to represent Those men of humble heritage who rose T~greAtness by their virtues—those you deem Their country's ,ornaments," " Earth's master - spirits," ' I Whos e mer it outruns praise." Said you not so Sorne moments hence ? "In their name I say—No ! sly wrong was theirs ; and they, through me, say—No ! ' This speech was most effectively given by Mr. Ma ereadv. He was there as the representative of the inillions determined "to stand by his order." The aristocrats by .whom he was surrounded quailed before , hit s ; human thoughts and feelings had risen from the uepths beneath, and had broken up the icy surface of Conventionalism. Here was true tragedy. But still the theory was not true; the situation was sublime, but it could not by any possibility have occurred at the present day. 'The real Earl of Lynterne would h ave coolly rung the bell and desired his servants to °rder Mr. Mordaunt's carriage. A century hence this littl e breach of the proprieties would not be perceived; t he reader would then be able to give himself up en tirely to the illusion of the scene. If the action had b een thrown a century back, we should not have per • eeived this ; but when we are told that such a scene ( 4 '1 , 7 t e'nk place at the presentday, among the people whom Vi e constantly meet in our streets, and see in our se -1111 .."- 11 4 41 ,.te houses, we are almost tempted to exclaim with orace—" Quodcunque mihi ostendis sic incredulus • 11 *1. ' . •di. ,, In the fifth act we find Mabel dying of a broken heart. The Lady Lydia, perceiving the misery she has ought, confesses that she has been the destroyer of her niece by her machinations toprevent the alliance • With Mordaunt five years before, and in an agony of Brief throws herself at the feet of the dying girl to ask her forgiveness. This scene was again true tra- Ny, and tragedy of the highest order. Mrs. War ner's acting in it was perfect, and drew down re peated rounds of applause. Taken as a whole, i t was ` l 4eidedly the most perfectly-acted scene in the play. The Earl, on hearing the confession of his sister, de ermines to seek Mordaunt. The N oble becomes h uman, the man has conquered the aristocr a t , and the "'gh-born determines to humble himself t o the pie eimi, in order, if possible, to save his c hild. The " Lady Mabel, on becoming acquainted with his pur pose, hastens after him, to save him, as she says, from Z e e'rn, from ignominy, and repulse. Again does she Burst in upon the conference of the patrician and ple beian, but not as before, to mock. No; she comes to speak of love of forgiveness, and to die—to die in the arm s of him who had been so deeply wronged, and so fatally revenged. The play was completely successful, and at acready's announcement of it, for four nights a week Miss received with the most enthusiastic applause. the Helen Faucit, Mr. Macready, and Mr. Marston, e author, were successively called for, and received With all the honours ; and the success of the play v a% complete. Macready acted Mordaunt most efil;ctively. He was the representative of a class—of th e 1 , class of men in opposition to the class of Noble, Napoleon—he was the Rodolph of Hapsburgh of his house, and it was impossible not to sympathise With him in his hopes, his love, and his aspirations. Miss Helen Faucit, as Mabel, was at once gentle and di gnified. In . the scene at the conclusion of the fo urth act, she scarcely exhibited sufficient emotion, b ut with that exception her delineation of the charac .. 1 1 ' Was beautiful exceedingly. Mrs. Warner, as the logh-lpred, cold-hearted aristocratic, schooled to re • press,ui all human thoughts and feelings as • to prefer conventionalism to nature — the to the jewel was perfect; and when .it"7' length, on beholding the ruin she has wrought, .he r conscience is aroused within her, and nature as ), tieorts her supremaey—when the icy coldness of the fdY is thawed, and the feelings of the woman gush fo 4 , warm from the heart in an impetuous over ii„.el nand torrnt—she was sublime, terrifically sub "te her e passion was the more terrible from thecontrast it formed to her former state of cold, un impassioned, unnatural - existence. The tragedy was preceded by a prologue from the pen of Mr. Charles Dickens, which was spoken by Mr. Macready. This prologue . was neither more nor less than a poetical version of Mr.Marston's preface to the published tra gedy. The house was crowded; there was not stand ing room in the pit when the curtain rose. LITERATURE. EASTERN AND WESTERN STATES OF AMERICA. 3 Vols. Fisher, London, 1842. With these volumes Mr. Buckingham con cludes his account of his travels in America. We cannot say that there is any very particular novelty in his reflections or his descriptions ; in - deed the subject is one so completely exhausted that it is scarcely possible to - say anything new upon it; nevertheless, he has contrived to pro duce. a very readable work, easy and fluent in style, cordial and conciliatory in point of sen timent, and by no means deficient in happy, characteristic sketches of American life and manners. Mr. Buckingham is by no means an enthusiastic eulogist of brother Jonathan ; he wisely tempers admiration with discretion, and does justice to all his good qualities, while he does not omit to remind him of his de fects. lie corroborates, we perceive, the obser vations of Mr. Dickens as regards the'increasing demoralisation of certain portions of the transat lantic press ; and speaks with equal commenda tion of the good order and morality that are everywhere apparent in the manufacturing . town of Lowell, whose establishments are adintrably regulated, and whose numerous operatives, fe male as well as male, are in a happy, contented, and prosperous condition, and distinguished by the strict uniform morality of their conduct. In the course of an entertaining chapter respecting the extent, character, &c., of that " great Fa ther of Waters," the Mississippi, Mr. Bucking ham speaks in warm terms of approbation of the beauty and variety of the landscape scenery on its banks, materially differing in this respectfrom Boz, who sketches the scenery as detestable, and the stream itself as being every way worthy of it. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CHAMPION ➢METING.-FRIDAY. Chippenham Stakes, Ties.—Mr. Morant's Mussulman beat Mr. Bowles's The Bride ; Mr. R. Bagge's Tendril agst Mr. Dobede's Douglas not run. Rutland Stakes, Ties.--Mr. Saberton's Streamer beat Mr. Moody's Prince ; Mr. Dunkald's Datura beat Mr. W. Etwall's Hornpipe. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FRIDAY. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeoman, 25 to 1 agst Winesour, 22 to 1 agst Murat, 40 to 1 agst Newcouit, (taken), 40 to 1 agst Sirikol, (taken), 40 to 1 agst Amorino, (taken), 50 to 1 agst Blackdrop, (taken). OAIIS.-8 to 1 agst Maria Day, 10 to 1 agst Wee Pet, 15 to 1 agst Testy, 20 to 1 agst Laura f, 25 to 1 agst Testatrix. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Monday, Salt Hill ; Friday, Woking Station-11. Quorn . hds., Monday, Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Tues., Widmerpool Inn ; Thurs., Keythorpe ; Fri., Wartnaby Stone Pit-101. Mr. Hellier s hds., Mon., Barrills House ; Wed., Stoneleigh Abbey ; Fri., the Clock at Bickenhill-101. Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Trebartha Village ; Thurs., Dolsdown Inn-101. Mr. Atty's hds., Tues., Prentrebychan ; Thurs., Worthenbury ; Saturday, Carden-101. Shropshire hds., Tues., Otely Park ; Fri., High Ercall. Albrighton hds., Tues., Hunnington ; Thurs., Bel broughton ; Saturday, Highland Pool-101. Capt. Candler's hds., Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed., Stonebow Turnpike •, Fri., Bransford Bridge-101. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Hope End ; Thur., Redinarley Village. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Chilston Toll. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Skinforth Village; Thurs. Dingestow Wood--10. Marquis of Hastings' hds., Mon., Cavendish Bridge ; Wed., Clifton Village ; Sat., Morley Toll-bar. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Ufton Wood ; Tues., Mit ford Bridge ; Thurs., Goldicote ; Sat., Hmington-10i. Mr. Robertson's hds., Mon.. Ellingham ; Tues., Rod dam ; Thurs., Buddle ; Fri., Howick-104. Thanet harriers, Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster Mills ; Fri., Newlands-10. East Sussex hds., Mon., Easthoastly ; Wed., Bedding. ham Hill; Thurs., Green Man; Sat., Street Green-101. Brighton harriers, Mon., Thunder's Barrow ; Wed., Patcham ; Fri., Dyke. • Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs., Telseombe 'rye. Surrey hds., Mon., Effingham Common ; Wed„ Sheep walk, Albury ; Sat., Hartwood-1 0 1. Mr. Mare's hds., Mon., Haverhill Town ; Thurs., 'Bournhridze. • Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Stow Fox ; Wed., Ickwell Green ; Fri., Great Morden Village-101. Jordan, the clerk who absconded with the money of the London Joint-Stock Bank, has now returned all the sum taken, with the exception of 401.—Atlas. CHARACTERISTIC REPLY OF THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.—In the course of last week, an applica tion was made by a tenant farmer to his Grace the Duke of Portland, to ascertain if his Grace would sanction a reduction in the wages of farm labourers from 12s. to 10s. per week. We understand that his Grace's significant reply was characteristic of the Noble Duke, "that if has tenants could not afford to pay their labourers at the rate of 2s. per day, they were quite at liberty to give up their farms, and he would occupy the land himself." Is it not peedless to ask who is the " labourers' friend ?" Doncaster Gazette. CHINA DESSERT SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN.—The Derby China Manufactory has long been celebrated for the taste displayed in the manufacture of superior articles ; and we have this week had the gratification of seeing a splendid dessert service, ordered for her Majesty, the designs for which are in every respect original, and evince great taste and judgment on the part of the artist, as well as skill in the manufacture.. The numbers of pieces contained in the service are 96 plates ; 16 dessert plates, varying in height from 16 to 24 inches ; 16 fruit dishes, mounted upon cornucopias ; and 2 pair of ice pails, the shapes of which are per fectly new, having been modelled from designs pre pared for the purpose. The whole are painted in equal portions of fruit, flowers, birds, and insects, and are enriched with embossed, chased, and burnished gold borders upon a green ground. Altogether it is one of the most beautiful sets of porcelain we ever saw, and does infinite credit to the manufactory from whence it proceeds. The service is about to be re moved, and in a few days may be seen at Mr. Blore's warehouse, 34, Old Bond-street, London, where it will remain until the 21st instant.—Derby Reporter. THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Wilberforce steam vessel, recently returned from the Niger expedition, was paid off at Woolwich on Wednesday last, and the Kroomen transferred to the William and Mary yacht. The Kroomen appear a hardy race of men, and prove excellent sailors on their native seas, and able and willing to work ; but in this northern climate they complain of the piercing winds going through them, although com fortably clothed, and with flannel shirts next their body. The Wilberforce left the Soudan steam-vessel at Fernando Po, and it is expected she will receive the slight repairs she will require there. The Albert steam-vessel i 3 still on the coast of Africa; and, owing to her small draught of water, it was said she was to be employed in looking after slave ves sels. An impression prevails amongst the few remaining of the crew of the Wilberforce that she will be re-commissioned in the spring. of next year, and be worked exclusively by volun teers, assisted by Kroomen, and again proceed to the Niger. That river is described as being for about twenty miles below the spot where the model farm was one entire marsh, the whole of that distance clothed on each side with magnolia trees, growing into the river, and presenting a singular appearance where the rise and fall of the tide had washed away the earth from their roots. It was invariably in pass ing through this spot that the greatest number of cases of fever and deaths occurred amongst the white, portion of the crew, and even the West Indians em ployed in the expedition could not resist the effects of the malaria. The country above Idah is described as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intel ligent portion of the crew of the Wilberforce think a situation for the model farm ought to have been selected farther up the river, if such could have been obtained from the King of that country. The Niger at Idah is represented as • being about twice as broad as the Thames at Woolwich, and in some parts immediately below Idah, about three times the breadth of the Thames in that quarter. The dew falls every evening after sunset in the marshy parts of the Niger in the form of a dense fog of greater intensity than was lately experienced on the River Thames. Several of the black crew of the Wilberforce, on heirg paid off, were very proud of being freemen, and proceeded to London the same evening, with the view of obtaining vessels. The great majority understood and could speak English very well, and conversed with each other in that language. THE LAWGIVER AND THE MONEY-TAKER. — Martin Foldes, the antiquary, remarks, that our English Kings, on their " great seals," have been always represented with beards; whilst, on their " coins," they have - always exhibited themselves smooth faced. How is this? Is it that the law-giver is more terrific than the money-taker ? or that the latter is the more barefaced of the two ? THE BISHOP AND HIS " DUE.—Dr. Egerton, once Bishop of Durham, on coming to that See, employed one Due as agent, in order to improve and ascertain the real value of the estates, &c. Due's report greatly raised the fines and reserved rents of his tenants, who, in their convivial meetings about Durham. had a fa vourite toast which never escaped them. " May,„"the Lord take the Bishop, and the d-1 his Due." ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The following medical cel 'ziacates relating to the several individuals were received yeEt3rday by the Secretary to the Company, from the surgeons in at tendance : " Berkhampstead, Thursday, Half-past Ten P.M. " Sir,—We regret to have the melancholy duty of informing you that the poor woman Mary Bye ex pired about half an hour since. You may be assured that every means have been assiduously used to save her, but she never rallied from the shock at the time of the accident, and, gradually declining, sank at the above time. ".H. H. lIILDt, Surgeon. " T. BROWN, Surgeon." " Berkhampstead, Friday, Dec. 9. " Dear Sir,—We beg to state that on our visit to John Tomlin this morning, we find he has passed a restless night, is suffering severe pain from his in juries on the head and chest, and must be still con sidered in circumstances of great danger. " H. H. HILDA, Surgeon. " T. BROWN, Surgeon." " Berkhampstead, Dec. 9. " *William Low and the firemen of the engine are both going on favourably. _ " THOMAS WHATELEY,Surgeon." Mr. Tomlin follcws the occupation of maltster at Boxmore, to which place he was returning from Aylesbury when the accident occurred. Mary Bye (the deceased) was a poor widow woman residing in Aylesbury, in which town she was well known by many respectable persons. The circum stances of her being on the road to London are pecu liarly, melancholy—her visit being to attend her daughter in an approaching confinement. John Pem berton, the Company's stoker, who was removed to Berkhampstead after the accident, was sufficiently re covered to proceed to Aylesbury last evening. Mathew Lowe, the overlooker, who is also in a fa vourable state, still remains at Berkhampstead. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday an inquest was held at Northchurch, about 26 miles from town, before Francis Ostialeis tone, Esq., Coroner for HertfordsFre, on the body of Mary Bye, who was killed near Berkhampstemi. on Thursday, by the break;ng of an axle of one of the engines on that Pne. The first witness called was Robei tßye, who stated that he lived at Aylesbury, and was husband to the deceased, who was nearly 70 years c age. On Thurs day last, about 11 o'clock, he accompa-iied her to the railway-station house at Aylesbury, and put her into a second-class carriage for London, and saw her off by the train. She was then in good health, and sat in the last carriage. He heard that day that an accident bad happened upon the railway, and that some per sons were injured, but did not learn at that time that his own wife was one of them, though he went to the station at five o'clock. On that night he received a note, which caused him to go to Northchurch, and be then saw his wife. She was quite dead at the time.. The CORONER here asked - if Charles Callom, the driver of the engine at the time of the accident, was in attendance ? Mr. Barker, the superintendent of the Railway Company, replied that he was not in a fit state to be present, and handed to the Coroner a certificate to that effect. Mr. Hilder, a surgeon at Berkhampstead, deposed that on Thursday last, about twelve o'clock, he was in formed that an accident had happened on the railway on the Dodswell embankment, near the Northchurch tunnel, and he, in consequence, hastened there. ®n approaching the spot, he observed the carriages in great confusion, and several of them off the line of rail. When he first saw the deceased she was in a cart, at tended by one of the passengers, and he observed that she had a large wound upon the front of her head, and several slight wounds about the face. She was at the time insensible and in a state of collapse; and he ordered her removal to Northchurch. On reaching the latter place he dressed her wounds, in which he was assisted by Mr. Brown, gave her stimulants, and had her put to bed. She was in such a state when he saw her, that it would have been dangerous to bleed her. e continued to visit her until the time of her death, which took place about nine o'clock on the same evening, and she never once rallied. CORONER—What, in your opinion, was the imme diate cause of the deceased's death ? Witness— The concussion occasioned by the accident, and the shock to the nervous system. Joseph Channell, of Aylesbury, labourer, deposed that, on Thursday last, about twelve o'clock, he was at work on the London and Birmingham Railway, near Dodswell, where the embankment was about 15 feet from the level, and observed a train coming to wards him. When it had reached him within about 100 yards, and while going at a regular speed—he should say about 25 miles an hour—he saw the en gine fall off the embankment on the left hand side, and the carriages on the right side. The tender, which was next the engine, fell with the engine on the same side, and a second class carriage, which was next the tender, tumbled down the embankment on the right hand side, leaving the remaining part of the train, he thought three carriages, on the railway. He did not notice particularly how many carriages the train consisted of, but he thought there were two first class and two second class carriages. Immediately after, the accident witness and two other men who were at work with him, hurried to the spot, and the first person he saw was Low, one of the Company's overlookers, lying on the bank to the right. He next saw the deceased in one of the compartments of the second class carriage that had fallen on the right hand bank. The carriage was lying on its side, and he had been obliged to get upon the other side, which was uppermost, and to get through the door, to her assistance. He found her with her head under the seat, and her legs 'doubled under her. At the time he thought she was dead, but upon moving her she groaned, and he found that she was not lifeless. He assisted her out of the carriage, and she was attended by a passenger, who was a medical man, and also by Mr. Hilder. She was the only person in the carriage. The Rev. Christopher Erle, of Hardwick, was the next witness. He stated he was a passenger in the first compartment of a first class carriage, which immediately followed that in which the deceased had been in on Thursday last, on his way to town. While the train was proceeding at the usual pace, along the embankment near the Dodswell tunnel, he heard a dreadful crash, and a report as loud as if a field of artillery went off, and at the instant the pannel of the seat behind him was stove in, and the flooring underneath his feet broken up with great violence. On looking out he saw on the left the wreck of the engine and tender, and on the bank lay the engine driver and stoker. He, witness, got out as soon as he could, and went to their assistance; first to the stoker, and then to Callom, the engine-driver. The latter was evidently much stunned, but notwithstand ing this nothing could exceed the exertions which he made to assist the passengers. In fact, nothing could be more praiseworthy than his exertions, and no blame whatever could attach to him. The Rev. Gen tleman, in conclusion, said he was in the habit of frequently travelling by the train of which Callom was the driver, and he felt ikto be his duty, from the high estimation in which he, Callom, was generally held by the inhabitants of Aylesbury, for being a steady, well-conducted man, as well as in justice towards the Railway Company, to come forward on the present occasion to give evidence of that which he had witnessed. John Lodge, of Northchurch, labourer, deposed that on Thursday, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, he was in a brick-field, about thirty yards from the London and Birmingham Railroad, gathering some chips, when he saw a train proceeding towards town, and on its coming opposite to him he saw the engine wheels come off, roll down the embankment, burst through the fence, and shoot past him with a rapidity that was truly extraordinary. Juror—Did you observe any piece of iron, or part of the axle, start from the wheel after it parted from the engine ? Witness—No, Sir, it was quit flat. Juror—l understand you had a very narrow escape of the wheel striking you ? Witness—l had indeed. John Pemberton — stated he was assistant-engineer on the London and Birmingham Railway, and had been so for three years and a half. On Thursday last, at eleven o'clock, he left Aylesbury with the London, or up-train, in company with Charles Cal lom, the engine-driver, who had b een fi ve y e a rs on the line. The engine used on that occasion was one that had been regularly used for six months. On starting it was the duty of Callom and him (witness) to examine the engine. He did so on the morning in question, and it appeared all right, arid the axle ap peared as usual. There was no machinery attached to the fore-wheel of the engine. It was the fore wheel on the near side that flew off. The train was going at a steady pace at the time the accident occurred. Frederick Parker, foreman to Mr. Berry, the super intendent of the Railway Company at their works at Wolverton, for ten years, deposed that, on the 30th of March, 1842, the engine Aylesbury No. 2, was brought to the works to undergo a general inspection, and have any repairs it might require done to it. The engine was not built at the Company's establishment, but he, witness,. could tell whether an engine was well built or not. The repairs done to the engine Ayles bury No. 2, where she had new tires on the driving wheels, the front wheels were repaired, the pistons were repaired, the cylinders were bored, the steam valves and axle-boxes were repaired, the framing round the fire-boxes and stafting-gear were repaired, and flag signals, the use of which had been since dis continued, were put on her. He examined th e eng i ne thoroughly, and the axle in particular, upon that occa sion. Did not detect any flaw or defect in the shaft. If there had been a defect at that time he thought he must have detected it. _ _ CORONER —Supposing you were, now told that the shaft was hollow, could you account for it in any way ? Witness—l really cannot. Had it been hollow in March last, I feel conscious I must have detected it from the test to wh;ch I submitted it. CORONER—Did you sound or rang it, as it is called? Witness—l d;d not then ;it would be no use in doing so with the wheels on. The witness here said the axles of those engines were made of w:ought-;-on, and gave a description of their manufacture. The axle in question wes four inches in diameter, but some were made four inches and a half. Witness recol 'ected a similar aecident to the present happening to another engine some mqnths ago, when the axle broke, yet the engine proceeded to its destination. COROSEB—Had this accident occurred to a six wheeled engine, would the consequences have been so serious ? Witness—The six wheels would have made no difference. The witness, in conclusion, said there must have been originally a flaw in the axle in ques tion, and it had latterly increased. Mr. Edward Berry, the gentleman under whom the last witness is employed, was the last witness called. He stated that the engine in question had, since the 2d of January, 1840, ran upwards of 40,000 miles. It was as strong as the engines originally built for the Company, but latterly they had engines of a greater power. The builder, Mr. Benjamin Hicks, of Bolton, had been one of the first engine builders in the country. It was his, Mr. Berry's, opinion, that there was an internal flaw originally in the axle, and that had increased until the time it gave way. e was, however, surprised it had not yielded to the test to which it had been subjected in March last. Mr. Berry, in conclusion; said that the pro priety of placing a luggage-van between the engine and the passengers' train was under the consideration of the Company. The CORONER here remarked that the cause of death was so clear, and the evidence so satisfactory as exculpating the Company or the servants from blame, that he felt certain it was not necessary for him to read over the evidence. The Jury now retired for a few minutes, and re turned into Court, when the Foreman, addressing the Coroner, said, "We find that the deceased, Mary Bye, came by her death by accident—with a deodand of five shillings on the engine ; and the Jury, in return ing that verdict, beg to recommend to the Company that an empty col.:age or luggage van should, in each train, be placed between the engine and the passen gers' carriages; and they consider that if that had been the case in the present instance, the accident would not have ensued." 21 , -. Creed, secretary to the Company, begged to say that the Company had such . ,a regulation under consideration, and he was happy to say that the Di rectors had already made up their minds to adopt the plan just suggested by the Jury. The verdict was then recorded, and signed by the Jui-ors. Callom, the engine -driver in this unfortunate case, some time ago received a medal from the Com pany, and such was the opinion entertained of him, that he was the person always selected for any parti cular occasion. As an instance, he was the driver of the engine which took Marshal Soult to Liverpool, and for the skill displayed by him on that occasion, that distinguished soldier handed him a present of 101. The sufferer Tomlins was considered by his medical attendants to be somewhat better last evening, but considerable fears ars entertained for his ultimate recovery. The inquiry lasted three hours, and ex cited intense interest. NAVAL INTE LLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—The Cambridge, 78, Cap tain Barnard, arrived this evening from Gibraltar, last from Plymouth, which she left on Tuesday. She has on board 80 cases of antiquities, which will be landed here. She spoke the Pique, off the Staii; Point, and passed the Thunderer yesterday, on her way from the Downs to Plymouth. The Wasp, 16, Commander Drew, sailed yesterday for Bermuda. The Fearless and Lightning, steamers, have returned to Woolwich from the Downs. The Echo, steamer, was also there yesterday. The Alban and Megmra, steamers, are nearly ready for sea, at Woolwich. In Harbour—St. Vincent,Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Sarnarang, Frolic, Nau tilus, Thunderbolt, steam frigate Rocket, and Volcano, steamers ; Sovereign, transport. At Spithead—Cambridge and Warspite. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. P"mTnit, to oN—C ad s. Hallowes (of the S t :Vi nc ° o)the mn ra m n a ko e f r—j. Captain, in honour of her Majesty's visit to that ship on a recent occasion. Lieut9nant—J. A. Gordon (b) of the Warspite; Edward Peirse, of the Indus, to = the rank of Com mander. Mates—Robe' ;; Hopkins • ( 1835 ), of the Warspite ; John N. Norman (1836), late of the Racer; Frede rick T. Chetham (1838), of the Queen ; and Henry R. Foote (1836), late of the Albert, to the rank of Lieutenant. AppoiNTmExTs.--Lieutenants — H. W. Baugh, to the Samarang 1 • W. Horton, from the St. Vincent to the Gorgon ; J. C. Prevost, to the St. Vincent, vice Horton ; F. W. Horton from the Endymion to the Dido. si dfsr s ho ta imp n i t nt S heen u_r w g r e a o rr n eds — piet G reic . k :t ß . t G hice . h, Bowen, to the Minden. to the Pique ; J. T. Thunderbolt. Cu V ikASit o s ' i lunteers Ist Class—'S. L. Peile, to the Samarang; A. D. Mercer, to the T wee d. Acting Master and Pilot—E. M. Chaffers, to the Warspite, vice Vauzetti, superseded. Master's Assistant —G. F. M‘Dougall to the Samarang. ' Clerks—W. Hickman (in charge) to the Spider ; A. Messum, to the Thunderbolt. First Engineers—John Boswell, from Wildfire, to the Virago ; W. Dunkin, of the Gorgon steamer, has been presented by the Admiralty board with a medal for zeal and good conduct. COAST7GJARD.—Lieut. William Southey, to Win chelsea Station ; Lieut. W. A. Ferrer, to the Fairlight Station. Removals—Lieut. William Tullis, from Belhelvie to Gourock ; Lieut. W. Congdon, from Garnish to Milk Cove; Lieut. John Douglas Ramsay, from Carrickfergus to Misner Haven ; Lieut. Frede rick Hire, from Priory to Cornhill. The appoint ment of Lieut. Henry Augustus Finucane is cancelled. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9.--The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. John Stoddart, D.D., of Clare Hall, t o the rectories of Lowick and Islip, oi thamptonshire ; value 6851. Th..? Rev. John Arthy, M.A., Jesus College, to the rectory of Caister St. Ed mun d, w ith Markshall, Nor folk ; value 4471. The Rev. Thomas Turner Baker, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the perpet ua l curacy o f St. Stephen, Tovil, mar aidstone, Kent, The Rev: Thomas Storer, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, to the incumbency of St. Andrew's, Northampton. The Rev. Thomas Hill, 8.D., of Trinity College, to be one of the non - residentiary canons of the Cathedral of Lichfield. The Rev. Robert Sutton, M.A., of Trinity College, to be chaplain to the Lord Mayor of York. The Rev. Augustus Kerr Bozzi Granville, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, to be domestic chaplain to the Earl of Ripon. DANGEROUS SITUATION OF THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTON.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, within afw dayse Majesty's arrival at Weimer Castle, in the early part of last month, was plac e d in a mos t dangerous and alarming situation, from which he was of her providentiallyr escued by the speedy arrival of his medical attendants. His Grace was dining from off a partridge, when, by a most unfortunate mischance, one of the small bones of the wing stuck in his throat. The Duke, with his usual coolness, being well aware of his perilous situation, signified to those in attendance that his medical advisers at Deal should be instantly sent for ; and in a very short time afterwards Dr. M'Arthur and Mr. W. Hulke, surgeon, had arrived at the castle. An attempt wag* first made to extract the bone by means of forceps, but it w as too deeply seated for this instrument to reach it, although every means were tried which skill or ingenuity could sug gest to the two medical practitioners thus to relieve the illustrious sufferer. At last, it being then deemed robang, asia the ini bon e was mos t s kilf u ll y given to the Duke, the Pmediateredeliernf Bernier sso ho r u e ldb rt e , e , a s e a n h t a i a d l l r y e n r n e t q u u s i e s i t t n e , that and rather severely, but necessarily, from its position, lacerating a h e r e u r s a t t ingthe downwards , throat through nf th t e h e gullet into the stomach, Noble , Duke. It is ex tremely gratifying to be able to add, that the illus trious and venerable warrior has sinc e experienced no inconvenience from the effects of the unfortunate (and what might have proved, but for the skill of his medical attendants, most lamentable) occurrence.— The Britannia. .1. ..... .4., I V., , ..•• • . ..... _ DOUBTFUL SECURITY.—Looking at a mad bull through a telescope inverted, for the purpose of keeping the animal at a respectable distance.—New York Paper. Between six and seven on Saturday morning the body of a female, about eighteen or nineteen years of age, was found drifting with the tide near to the by S some menurrevside o workingf Waterloo-bridge, a sand-barge,loo-bridge.:w was first got i observed t ashore, and it was then removed to the vaults of St. John's church, where it remains to be owned, and awaiting the holding of the Coroner's inquest. The deceased had no stays on, and her apparel denoted that she was in a state of extreme want and destitu tion..ceived n? Her features are small, but kindsorne, and in life she was, no doubt, remarkably good-looking. Her height is about five feet. ii kachester, supreseding the The Bude light has has been TALBOT,surveyed,D been_ 3.ntroduced into the centre and 7 11 .-- as T;tle Law gii.l. injury The of gas burners previously necessary to (Wm sufficient light, around. v of ari t o h u. e s Market-place, et- place, BARCELONA. The following telegraphic dispatch was received at Paris on Thursday. We attach little credit to its contents, as they appear to be of French ma nufacture : " PERPIGNIN, DEC. 4.—On the 27th ult. there was some agitation at Valencia in the public mind. Tarragona has formed a Provisional Junta. At Vi nares there has been a Republican insurrection. " DEc. s.—Accounts from Perthius of this morning announce that the bombardment of Barcelona com menced on . the morning of the 3d at eleven o'clock, and the people say, before they surrender, they will hoist the French flag. Catalonia is rising en masse to assist Barcelona. The National Guard of Figueiras and Girona have marched to join the insurgents. The arrival of the British ships of war at Barcelona had incensed the population. This news is confirmed by the conductor of the diligence from Figueiras, who heard the tocsin sounding along the road, and vpho saw the National Guard taking part in the movement, shouting at the same time, ' Down with the English —the French for ever ! !'" We received yesterday the Constitutional of Bar celona of the Ist and 2d inst. This journal, which previously to the revolution was not remarkable for its attachment to the Ritgent, has become one of his most ardent supporters. It calls upon the people of Barcelona to confide to him, as the true guardian of their liberties, and " to fraternise with Espartero and the army." The reception of the Regent on his ar rival at the head-quarters of the army is stated to have been enthusiastic. All the inhabitants of the environs of Barcelona flocked to the spot, and greeted his ar rival with the strongest marks of satisfaction. At noon, on the 30th ult., the Regent made his appear ance in the Fort of Montjuich, which fired a sa lute in honour of his presence. Previously to this visit, the Junta, either from a conviction of the hope lessness of resistance, or really pleased at the oppor tunity of restoring tranquillity to the city, had ordered the disbanding of the three battalions of foot and 'of the squadron of cavalry, which had been hastily organised by the preceding Junta, of which M. Manuel Carsy was President. The order was carried into effect without difficulty. In announcing that the late Junta had been dissolved at the desire of the people of Barcelona, the Constitutional contradicts some reports which had been in circulation of its hav ing laid its hands upon the municipal funds. On the 30th ult. M. Carsy, the late President of the Direct ing Junta, issued the following address, which is given by the Constitutional of the 2d inst.:— " Companions in arms, and all Catalonians I—The turn which events have taken in this capital places me under the harsh necessity of giving in my resigna tion as member of the Junta recently created, for I have never been faithless to my oath, and it is now proposed to treat, whereas by a few days of perse verance, we should have been sure of victory. We, who came forward as your chiefs, can raise our head s with pride, and with fronts free from stain. If we have been wanting in skill, we have not been traitors. Our acts will prove that we have shown courage and fidelity. I feel persuaded that you have no doubt on this point, and this is the only consolation that re mains to me." A letter from Barcelona, dated the 2d instant, at five in the evening, says :- 0' Two deputations which were sent to the Regent by the Junta were not received. The conditions which they proposed were rejected. The Regent caused them to be informed, that by ten o'clock in the morning of the 3d, should the town not have surrendered at discretion, the bombardment would commence." The steamer which brought the letters to Port Vendres did not quit Barcelona until three o'clock on the morning of the 3d. About 100 officers of the free corps made their escape in this vessel. No doubt was entertained of the unconditional surrender of Barcelona. AUSTRALIND. Letters and papers, coming up to the 10th of August last, have been received from the Western Australian Company's settlement of Australind, by the overland mail, from India, and via Falmouth. Nothing can be more satisfactory than the contents of these dispatches. All the town sections and 150 of the rural allotments had been selected, and the settlers were permanently located on their respective pro perties. The utmost activity and energy prevailed in the settlement ; cottages, and houses were springing up in town and country ; three hotels were in the course 1 of construction, and such was the general opinion en tertained throughout the colony of its flourishing prospects, that town sections, attached to rural allot ments (under the denomination of " mixed allot ments "), and which cost the purchaser only ss. per section were selling at 201., 251., 301., and eyen 351. each. For some of the rural allotments large sums have been offered, and favourite spots for gardens were letting at a high rent. One of the letters received remarks that, " The pleasing feature in all these proceedings is, that what has been done, and is doing, is the work, not of speculators or strangers, but of our own indus trious settlers ; who, together with the old settlers are purchasers of land at these high prices." We extract the following letter from the Perth Inquirer of the 3d August, 1842 : " TO THE EDITOR OP THE PERTH INQUIRER. " Sir,—Little being know at the Swan of the pro gress or proceedings at Australind, I take the oppor tunity of a few leisure minutes to say a few words on the subject. " Within the last few months the advancement of this settlement has been highly creditable to the Aus tralindians ; indeed, I doubt even if Perth made such progress in so short a time. The surveys are nearly completed, houses are appearing in every direction, farms are progressing, and indeed everything augurs well for its future progress ; but, above all, none de spair, all hope for the best, and unanimously work together for the attainment of the one desired end— the prospering of the settlement. And why should it not prosper? It is the finest district in the colony as yet known; possessing good soil, good feed, and abundance of water in the dry season. I am an swered, perhaps, that the hundred-acre sections can never succeed ; but that I deny, for these reasons : First, with regard to agriculture, why, there are but few farms on the Swan that have even a quarter of that quantity in cultivation • and secondly, with regard to the cattle run, there will always be more feed in the mountain than will be required. Then, perhaps, I am asked, what is a man to do with any por tion of the north-west corner of the Com pany's large grant ? Why, I answer, that every inch of the sandy lands is highly valuable for the cul tivation of vines, they being all of limestone formation and well sheltered ;* moreover the anchorage in Koom banah Bay had been tried and found to be perfectly safe, even in north-west gales. The estuary I grant is shallow, but might be improved at but a trifling expense. Indeed, if the Australindians will only continue to act in unity, I have but little doubt that in a few years it will be the first district not only in the colony, but on the continent of Australia. " One thing in favour of the settlement is, it is well directed, for although I have not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Clifton, the Chief Commissioner, still I must say from what I have heard, that his exertions, arrangements, and the personal superintendence of everything, reflects the highest credit on himself and the Directors of the Company. " Another is the unity and friendship existing be tween the Australindians ; ever ready to assist each other, bound together by the association of remembrances of difficulties endured in the early settlement of the district, and desirous of seeing each other prosper, they will, and must succeed. Let us therefore, of the northern district forbear our croaking that Australind cannot succeed ; let us re member that on the prosperity of Australind depends the prosperity of Western Australia—that if it fails, Western Australia. will then be like Dr. Goldsmith's definition of a ghost. ' A thing often talked about but seldom seen.' The interests of Australind and Western Australia are essentially blended together, hand in hand must they advance, and thus, and thus alone, will Western Australia ever be what she ought, and earn the right of being placed among the thriving and supporting colonies of our mother country.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "DELTA." The editor of this paper, in his remarks on this letter, observes :—" We are glad to hear such favour able accounts of the progress of the settlement at Australind. We are quite alive to the value of the new settlement, and only join in the universal feel ing, when we say that we wish it every imaginable success. " The following is an extract from a private letter very recently received from Mr. Marshall Waller Clifton-, the Western Australian Company's Chief Commissioner in Australind :-- " I have unfeigned pleasure is assuring of the pros perity and rapid progress of this settlement. Already full confirmation of all that I have expressed has been given by the general and unqualified - estimation in which our town-site and country land have been held, and by the extraordinary value already put upon our allotments, not by speculators, but by people amongst us, and in the. colony. And I cannot too strongly declare that for beauty, natural advan tages, and bright prospects of a rapid career to great ness, we have much indeed to boast of. The beauty of our situation daily becomes more and more striking. The forest here consists of magnificent mahogany, red gum, and twoorta, and pepper mint ; though these trees are in no great num- * A vineyard Society had been formed under the pa tronage.of his Excellency the Governor, for encouraging the cultivation of the vine, and subscriptions to a eon siderablp amount had already been reeeiyed. bers, they are majestic records of by-gone ages ; and the general aspect of the country is lovely in the ex treme. The hill, or rather sloping bank, on which our crescent stands, cleared of all but stately trees, is strikingly beautiful. " Although only two months have elapsed since I gave out the town allotments 33 are already occupied, and houses building; 10/. and Si. per annum ground rent have been agreed for some on seven years leases ; ethers sold at 251. and upwards, and Clifton and Stirl ing offer 501. for one in Koombany-road At present the houses and stores constructing are only of ma hogany, but they are neat and comfortable. A man who came out in the Diadem, a Cambrigeshire thatcher, is inval ua bl e . His thatch with rushes a foot in thickness, is really beautiful. I hope soon to see storehouses begun. If we should have surplus labour from the number of emigrants, I shall com mence quarrying for my house, for we have lime stone within half a mile from where it will stand. The granite and quartz and other stone on the hills is seven miles from the town only, and eventually no doubt will be used. Clay for bricks and tiles we have also in abundance. The soil on the flats of the river is most excellent, and even the sand before my cottage windows in a garden, having only Koombany-road between it and the estuary, is exceedingly fertile. I have now coming on in it the finest crop of potatoes and peas I ever saw ; and I . hope in three months to see it covered with melons, and water-melons. " The gardens reserved on the other side of Bruns wick-street, under the hill, I am getting cleared by degrees. I have given the officers gardens in it, and all are at work in leisure hours to bring it into culti vation. The houses building on the Brunswick will have the most splendid garden-ground around them. I hope, the moment I have a pair of oxen, to clear the inclosure in Victoria-square and the flat at the Brunswick end of the Park, and to get wheat next season and potatoes for the general supply of the emi grants and the establishment 251. seems the mini mum price of an allotment here." RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the moth prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize Week ended Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. X. s. d. ..• J. Dec. 3 Birmingham & Derby Junct -48 1,170 7 11 2 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,504 15 7 3 Brandling Junction 25 •, 842 17 11 2 Chester and Birkenhead .. 4 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 161 215 11 2 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow 4 Eastern Counties 3 Glasgow and Ayr 40 8 2 7 7 3 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 645 19 8 3 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 6,483 19 2 3 Great North of England 45 1,153 19 10 4 Great Western Nov. 9 Hayle Dec. 3 Hull and Selby ..... ........... Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 2 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,850 8 7 3 London and Birmingham.— 1121 12,502 15 6 8 London and Blackwall 34 513 17 2 3 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 6 London and Croydon lOl 217 7 01 8 London and Greenwich 34 738 17 5 8 London and South Western 1 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 555 0 11 3 Manchester & Birmingham 3 Manchester and Leeds 3 Midland Counties 3 Newcastle and Carlisle 604 1,395 2 3 1 Newcastle and North Shields 7 295 19 2 4 Northern and Eastern .... 3 North Midland . 721 3,391 8 7 , 2 North Union Preston and Wyre l9l 3 Sheffield and Manchester...... 7 198 0 9 8 South Eastern • . 47 1,459 15 3 3 Taff Vale 4 Ulster 3 York and North Midland 2B 1,282 5 9 CORONERS' INQUESTS. SUICIDE.—Mr. Baker, the Coroner, held an in quest, on Saturday afternoon, at the Rose and Crown, Bromley, upon the body of William Otley, of Ocean place, Stepney. From the evidence of a policeman of the K division, it appeared that on Thursday night he• was walking up a lane, on the Bromley side of the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, and saw a man apparently reclining against the rails. He, thinking that the person was drunk, went up to assist him, and saw that a rope was passed round his neck, the other end be ing attached to the rails. He (witness) lost not a mo ment in cutting the rope, and with the assistance of a brother constable, who at the time arrived, conveyed him to the Bromley station-house, where it was as certained that life was not quite extinct, and Mr. Garman, surgeon, of Bow-road, tried to bleed him. A few drops flowed, and almost immediately after wards he expired. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mr. Payne held an inquest at a late hour the same evening in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, upon the body of William James, aged 37, a milkman, residing at 83, Cannon-street, Walbrook. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the de ceased, his brother, and a servant, named David Morgan, had gone upon Tuesday morning last to Finchley in a chaise cart, drawn by a young horse, which had been purchased by deceased just seven dap before. When returning, about half-past five the same morning, and on entering Finsbury-square, the horse, on coming off the wood pavement on to the stones, got frightened, and ran off. He had not pro ceeded, however, above fifty yards, when the cat t was overturned, the deceased falling under it. He was conveyed in a hackney-coach to the hospital, where he died on Friday morning. Verdict—" Accidental death." INCENDIARY FIRES. INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR NOTTINGHAM. (Further particulars from the Notts Review.) -- A fire, under very painful circumstances, occurred on Sunday morning last, which is undoubtedly the act of an incendiary, and therefore must strike feelings of terror and alarm into the hitherto singularly peaceable and quiet neighbourhood where it has occurred. On the above morning, Mr. Savage, a very respectable farmer, a tenant of Lord Rancliffe's, and who resides in the centre of the village of Bunny, was awakened by the barking of the dog in the farm-yard, and the noise of the cattle, and on looking,out of the window, discovered that a very large stalk was in flames about the centre. By great exertions the fire was subdued by nine o'clocL, it haling got so much into the stack that it had to be taken to pieces and put out as it was thrown down. The singular and fatal hold which the fire had, may be attributed, at once and with truth, to its having been set on fire in the centre, from which the flames rapidly spread on the other side, and soon completed their work of demolition. Under the stack was used for, and formed, a very good hovel for cattle and carts, and at the north end of the stack was the barn, with a very large quantity of grain in sacks. It consisted of from twenty-five to thirty quarters of wheat ; next the barn was the produce of five acres of oats, and at the other end were five acres of beans. The whole of the wheat, and about two-thirds of the oats fell a prey to the unsparing element. The remainder of the oats and beans was saved, which could not have been done had there been the slightest wind ; indeed a much greater amount of damage would, no doubt, have been caused_ in that case, as on the opposite side of the yard are the stables, a wheat stack, a barley stack, and a pea stack, two hay stacks, and in the middle a straw stack. The stack burnt was forty yards long, so that the extent of the conflagration may well be conceived. Mr. Savage declares that no one had been on that side of the yard that night with fire or candle. He and the family went to bed about nine o'clock and he was awoke as above stated. It must have been the act of an incendiary, or the firing in the middle could not have taken place. A reward of 50/. has been offered by the Bunny and Bradmore Association for the Prosecution of Felons, of which Lord Rancliffe is President, for the discovery of the villainous midnight depredator. We heartily and sincerely trust he may be traced out. TEE BURNEY PAPERS.—The New Volume (the sth) of the Diary and Correspondeace of Miss Burney will probably excite more attention than any one which has yet appeared. The extraordinary scenes in the Equerries'-room at Windsor Castle, be tween his late Majesty, when Duke of Clarence, and the Ladies of the Queen's Household the scene between George the Third and the Mayor of Weymouth—the proceedings of Charles Fox at the celebrated Literary Club on the breaking out of the French Revolution—the adventures and escapes of the Duke de Liancourt and the Marquis de Chatre, related by themselves—the c onversations of Burke, Erskine, Windham, Fox, Warren Hastings, &c.— the extraordinary scene at the Shakspeare Gallery between Mrs. Wells, the actress, and the beautiful Mrs. Crewe, and, above all, the Letters of Madame de Steel to .Miss Burney,—these, comprise only a few of the topics that will give an eclat to the new vo lume nat attained even by the most popular of its predecessors. . TEE METROPOLITAN.—There is no Magazine so exactly shapedout for the lovers ofthat class of reading denominated light, as the Metropolitan. None of all the monthlies contain such a collection of sparkling nou velettes, and we decidedly set it down as th e f oremos t of its class. The "Savindro . ag ' still continued, full of gorgeous descriptions of life among the nations of the East, and the rites of their mythology. We like the tale fully better than any of its ki n d we h ave m et with. The "Damosel , s Sale" is still continued with it s usual spirit, and the rest of the articles, for the greater part, are new. Th e " Me mo i rs o f a R o yalist Companion of Bonaparte, are ad officer,” . an early vancing,.and there are also several other articles of striking interest in the present Number which might be mentioned, besides the Reviews, for which the 11 , 1 - I tro,poWan is remarkable.—lnverness Courier. geIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The verdict g;ven on Thursday again. the Brighton Railway Company, in an action brougl Iby one of the sufferers through the accident which ex curred some time ago on the line, has established tt fact that the calamity in question was not the resu of inevitable accident. The course taken by the Con pany in endeavouring to nonsuit the plaintiff by technical objection, withbut going into the men of the case, was, we think, very far from judiciou Had the Directors succeeded at once on their fir plea, though they might have gained a leg . verdict, they would have lost more in public cor fidence than the whole amount at which tt damages were laid could have made up. If thei had been really no want of care on the part of th Company's servants, a full inquiry would have bee courted rather than shrunk from. We are then fore not surprised that some degree of negligen( was established against the defendants when tl merits of the case were gone into. It is, perhap better after all for the Company that their defem could not be established, and that neither of the pleas availed them. If they had nonsuited the plaiiiti on the technical ground that no notice had been give in accordance with the statute they sought to take ad vantage of, the public would have imagined they wer afraid openly to meet the charge of negligence ; an( on the other hand, had they established the secon plea, amounting to an allegation that the calamity Iva the result of inevitable accident, a pretext would hal been afforded for increasing the prejudice again: railway travelling. If such calamities as that whit occurred on the Brighton line, when four li v e s wer lost, and many persons inj u r e d, were to be ascribe to the ordinary risk incurred by- going on a rail road, it would operate strongly 'against the mode of conveyance in general. Wheii ' how ever, it is seen that accidents arise only from neglect of the proper precautions, the public will I more likely to feel confidence in trusting themselve on railways, if caution is rendered obligatory on th parties entrusted with their superintendence an management. The verdict against the Brighton Com pany establishes the fact, that if proper care had bee: shown, no accident need have occurred ; and the chit thing to be provided against, therefore, is negligenc or want of skill—both of which may be avoided of every railway. The result of yesterday's trial it consequently, favourable on the whole to the interest of railway companies; inasmuch as it shows that i depends chiefly on themselves to secure the confident of the public. STANDARD.—An Opposition journal of las night announced, with an ostentation of wide line. and whatever else could attract attention, the purpos( of her Majesty's advisers to repeal the present Corn. laws, substituting two several scales of fixed duty, t( be applied according to the terms upon which differen countries would admit British manufactures-12s per quarter or Gs., as he case might be. We believ( that we can safely affirm that in this announce ment there is not one word of truth. They wh, are not disposed to rely upon our simple con. tradiction will do well to remember that the thin s announced is impossible, inasmuch as Great Britaia is already bound by various treaties, as to the propor tions in which she will burthen the admission of the produce of those countries with which we *trade— treaties for the violation of .which no modification of our Corn-laws can afford ani`pretext. It is not for us to assign with certainty the origin of the fable promulgated by our Whig Contemporary. It may have had its birth in Mark-lane, and to say truth, the story has some lineaments of the meek and cunning family who occupy that dove-cote ; or it may be the ingenious suggestion of some %Vhig clerk in the Trea sury, or at the Board of Trade, who having been called to furnish a particular return, has built this project upon the demand ; Or it may be what in schools and colleges is called " a shot "—a bold assertion hazarded upon the calculation that it may possibly be right, and that, even if wrong, it is no worse than silence. The story may have originated in one of these ways. All we are concerned to say of it is, that it is not true. If our memory does not deceive us, something of the same kind, as extrava gant and as false, was promulgated from the same quarter about this time last year. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. TlMES.—lnquiries instituted into the late sales of Exchequer Bills show that they were made with the view to discharge a dividend declared in the estate of Ross and Ogilvie, bankrupts, who failed in 1804. It appears that this firm, who were .engaged in business as bankers and army agents, have not paid a dividend to their creditors since 1817. At that date they paid 7s. 6d. in the pound, and since, under the operation of the new law of bankruptcy, a dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound has been declared, to pay which Exchequer Bills to the extent of 77,0001. were sold by order of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy. It is stated, that under this estate the Government, for a compro mise of a claim they make, receive 55,000/. to 60,0001. Froin the general gossip of the market it had been premised that these sales had been made with the ob ject of avoiding the fall which a reduction oC the in terest on these securities was likely to cause in the premium ; but it does not seem to be anticipated, in well-informed quarters, that any change is likely to take place in the rate paid upon them, unless it is on the principle of assimilating the .March issues to those which are redeemable in the approaching month of June. The corn-trade was thrown into considerable con sternation to-day by the announcement of another of those failures which of late have so repeatedly Shown the embarrassment which prevails in this branch 'of business, but which seemed for a while toihave paused. Messrs. J. L. Fernandez and Sons, who have long been known as a firm carrying on a most respectable busi- Bess as corn-factors in Wakefield, have, it is under stood, suspended their payments. Of the fact there seems to be no doubt, although an evening paper al ludes to it as a " scandalous rumour. The two actions brought by Messrs. Acraman and Co., of Bristol, against the London and County Bank, for a considerable sum of money in respect of securi ties deposited with that bank by Messrs. Coils, Thompson, and Co., and which were specially ap pointed to be tried in the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday next, have been withdrawn by the plain tiffs. This affair is well known in the city, where it has been a topic of frequent dikiission. The turn it has now taken may have legal consequences of a very important description. CHRONICLE.—The treaty of peace with China induced some sales from the public funds in anticipa tion that money would increase in value to invest in manufactures, but it is now the current opinion that the monetary, mercantile, and manufacturing inter ests must lay their account with farther changes in our commercial system during next session of Par liament. The " sliding scale "of 1842 is already looked upon rs doomed. The sugar duties are also on the hooks of reform, and thus all that has been done by the new tariff was merely a step to further change, a disturber of every thitig, and a settler of nothing. This state of transition, in which the country is placed, not without fears, too, that the question of" currency" may be involved in that of " corn," causes fresh anxiety in the public mind, and must make men cau tious, or at least doubtful, in their dealings. We never expected any permanency—any real re lief to trade from the legislation of last session, which brought forth an odious Income-tax, an untenable at- Corn-laws, and merely adopted enough of free trade principles to expose the indus trioustempt to patch classes to competition with the cheap-labour goods of the Continent, without giving them the be nefit of cheap food, and the increased demand for thei r labour, with better prices, which would have been ex perienced by the practical application to our commer cial code of the principles of free trade with foreign nations, as respects the great leading articles of con sumption. . POST.—Some explanation is demanded of us on the subject of the remittances made on account of the Mexican dividends. .The• state of the case is very simple. The produce appropria,ttheeadnodu,t a s sum i ngo mon t hf t ohfe receip ts Septem ber, te that ma i of the Custom- houses Tampico and Vera Cruz, b an er d , t h ra a n s sm be it e t n ed the future appropriations continue about the same, sufficient s o i f n t i h n e ut t o e pthe interest activeec sotv circ ula tion , eor ns thetoik. thisfic wh i c h declared o is u su n s t , 4 o dividen ds f obaot a g rate month by month, it results that there will be more ,0001. h the n t the h ab n f e w y h ne c ea l whole of five per cent. per annum, is 135,000/. The Custom-house reservations, taken at the above amount per month, give for the half year a total: of 150,000/., leaving a surplus of 15,0001. to be applied to the redemption of the debentures, or to the payment of a future dividend, as the case may be. lhe debenture holders will do right, however, to keep their claims in view, and to insist upon a fair and honest distribution of the funds, as authorised by the stipulations of the last arrangement concluded between the Mexican agency and the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders. They gave a great deal of money for their debentures, which they see much cause to regret, as they are now a dead letter in the stock lists, and from no other cause apparently than an apprehended disposition on the part of the Mexican authorities to give to all the active and more numerous class of Bondholders, and nothing to theta so long as it can be by any possibility avoided. CURE Fon HYDROPHRIA.—At Udina, in Friule, a poor man lying under th e f r i g htf u l t or t ures o f hydrophobia was cured with some draughts of vinegar, given h im by mistak e i ns t ea d o f ano th er p o ti on . A physician at Padua got intelligence of this event at Udina, and tried the same remedy upon pent the hospital, ad m i n i s tering to him a pound vi negar in of in the morni ng , ano th er a t noon , an d a third at sunset, and the man was speedily and perfectly . ca red • patient at t TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER l2, 1842.