The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

le CRIMINAL COURT.—(TRIS DAY.) c. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and Mr. Justice MAULE.) The Court w as occup i e d t h e w h o l e morn i ng w ith the trial of John Webber, aged 27, described in the calendar as an artist, charged with having committed an Unnatural offence. The evidence, of course, is quite unfit for publication. - NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Jahn Bell Carter, a young man of respectable a- P e rance, wa2, indicted with stealing the sum of 2 51. cn the 24Ca of December, 1841, which he had re ceived on - :count of S. . Newington And Co., in whose service he was. There were other indictments a gainst the prisoner, charging him with embezzling other large sunas. The prisoner pleaded Guilty to both indictments. E Th e COMMON SERGEANT inquired whether the pro ee,,ntor had anything to say in favour of the prisoner? dur ing Newington said ho had not, and added that, aring the time he was in his employ, between 4001. and SOOT, had been missed, and unaccounted for. :the C OMMON SERGEANT thought t h e present was a ea sh l e . which call e d f or exemp l ary p un i s hment, and he onld, therefore, sentence the prisoner, on the first _lttlictruent, to seven years' transportation, and also to hke term on the second indictment. Several other prisoners on being arraigned, pleaded a t Ililt .);) and were sentenced, some to transportation, d others to different terms of imprisonment. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SES SIONS.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in o ltg appeals against Magistrates' orders, in cases l e rgr'sh against parish, but the only case of the buast interest was‘ appeal by St. George's, Blooms v• St. Clement Danes. The officers of the latter t Vil had obtained an order for the removal from ee to St. George's, of a pauper, who was in their wo k i th _ th at 'use. The order was granted on the ground but the pauper had obtained a settlement in Blooms sert.: by service. The appellants alleged that the i na ; le e Was not sufficient to constitute a settlement, 4 0 - n lllllcl ' as, although the pauper had been engaged th e early stipend, and served more than a year in he r r i, residing in the house of his master, yet e i' a s l _ftot a yearly servant within the meaning of the tim e ugause he had, by special agreement at the 11 1 ` ). hiring, the Sundays at his own disposal.. (lutist! Magistrates held the exception to be good, and quash the order. 77 4 , W -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Ist R 4 ,.. 11 8 Smith, a tall powerful man, a private in the sa u i ti e gintent of Life Guards, was charged with as- Wot n , ll ,g Mary Liineberry, a respectable married th e residing at Chelsea, and also with assaulting pall Lineberry who took him into custody. pairs. Limeberry stated that she was passing along th e T lll , ll last evening, at about eleven o'clock, when Of a 1114 °ner , with four other soldiers rushed out ken Public house in a state of intoxication, and com - Ilelleccie a ;Ltaking indecent liberties with her. She re the "elm, and attempted to make her escape, when p Ar lirlsoner knocked her down. She screamed t a kL i _ce,” and an officer came up and attempted to d ew - "le,prisoner into custody, but he knocked him 4 0 . 0 ' Ile was, how ever , sec ured and conveyed to the l en e -hou se Th • t o _ prisoner, in his defence, merely said that the reutri x was a woman of bad character, whom he (),./ pli en recei ve money f rom gent l emen , w hil e h e was ty at the Pal ace . te:as recalled, who stated that he had thtt e op that w that beat s i x mon th s , an d h e h a d never seen .4:onlplainant before. c ow :• . ,disannTE said he could hardly conceive a more $6,1 1. ,,u 1 7 assault, or a more unmanly defence, and he should Punish it accordingly. He should fine the f aii s i ° ,ner 41. for the assault on the female, or, in de ' commit him for three weeks ; and for the assault ks Constable, he should commit him for three to the House of Correction. / 1 4:1103 4ETRICAL FLUCTUATIONS 6.-T_ ll ring last wee k t wo very remar k a ble falls of the Az n eter occurred. It has since been rising, until r daY raorninF, when another rather considerable t o o k place. Th e mercur ial column had main -13„,...'‘vu a con s id era bl e e l evat i on th rou ghout the early of October, rising on the 9th to within a few d eer andths of 30.5 inches. On the 16th its altitude 18 e ased from 30.255 to 30.155 , and the 17th and .tit' min. c h aracter i se d b y a rapidand extensive fall. • 48 st un ., • past 10 p.m. of the 18th the mercury ofq, id 29.214 (the lowest . reading),. the extent itft e ",,,,,_ e fall being 1.041 inch in three days. The 18th were very tv e Cuval, r, and evening of the until a „ 4-ne mercury then gradually rose It sl he past 10 p.m. of the 21st„ when a t 29'964 ; this rise of of an inch occupied f a a il l t i )--er three days It may be remarked, that the the s l „ ri i , t ile 17th and ' 18th was more precipitous than rnr—usequent rise. On Saturday last the fall was Ti le e l: 4'l4 and greater than on Monday and Tuesday. d aY, th e Point was passed on the forenoon of Sun past Past 10) , 7, l ,' r oetric column standing (at 18 minutes fell 118 1 7' 48 '783 On this occasion the mercury ha s si nc - e . b ' e ne h a . day and a half. The barometer The se . e n rising. yids an d other observations at intermediate inter indieatllfLbeing projected on a suitable scale, clearly the 'fle e t s'te Passage of large atmospheric waves ov o er gists I , r° Nis of Great Britain ; and were meteorol ?t,O n such occasions to note, as often ashconrsveis not n the altitudes of the barometer (at fixed hours Weve: cessa3 7, though advisable), the passage of these d 4 Were ) ni ght readily be traced over the kingdom, and .'_aroilar observations made on the Continent, a doer E ur ! It i s °Pe t. th e , .an extremely interesting consideration that II 'with b i ,Tnense waves are more or less accompanied of t h r ,"" weather, especially at the time of the passage nlini muro or lowest reading. The writer's fna ence leads him to entertain the opinion that the r, unusually , (tnough not always) characterised by sid eratt °us rains, while the rises are marked by con oecuti 1 : Wind and lowers, especially if the falls have ' l oloi, r ,. e " co mparatively short intervals, the cloud thi s el ° as cumulostrat us b e in g prevalent. Clouds of of r"•Zacter gener a ll y accompany th e latter half !alicii 3. ` 4t2 '3' gale, duri ng w hi c h th e barometer rises term Il'ArnitiATED Ox.—Yesterday morning great s 1141, ° ,• 1. Was excited by an over-driven ox, which was n way through King William-street atlcrs London -bridge. Crowds followed the► animal,! it reached the bridge it attacked a man, whom '4l•llicretoliP' and so injured, that he had to be hard the hospital. It then continued its on it v a.s e°ll rse in the direction of the Borough, where . thip.eaptured, after having injured a woman and th e u. On the same day, a drove of oxen, , under age eare of a boy not exceeding fourteen years of the co greatly frightened the passengers of Holborn y . th e e°llstant rushes they made on the flagway, and hatiardnials would no doubt have done some harm, thevit.l4 a nother d rove come up at t h e ti me , which Wit'httinhenledia.tely joined, and proceeded quietly along • T , ,ti-spetedi3G-ON-STREET IMPROVEMENTS.--.lt is not itr • that the buildings to be erected in the new row*, :',._"u-street will be commenced before the en ' h kve IT m g, for which purpose two plots of ground o tie ' e n taken by contractors. The houses are Z ecni , d-ra te, havin a frontage of about 18 feet, by !'41)1e4,1,/p'arYing from g 50 feet to 60 feet. They are all similar elevation, and to be erected accord Gni' P l ans and specifications at the Office of Works, th 4 11. tise east There are to be 27 on the west and 22 on to h. side. According to the contract, each house 'vol t c overed in at the expiration of nine m e o n n e t e h d s , ta nd the period of the building being commenced, tu , be leases completed in twelve months. led by the Lord Mayor, the commonalety, nd " 4 of London, in conformity with th f e tb AC ' t of ttla tt : t ra. i . ent, an d , übse as expressed in the terms of s e con tiener 61 years, at a peppercorn rent, and Y .,-, at such yearly rent as may be determined .ts u ur l ng the next session of Parliament tided t is s i_ 0 apply for an Act, empowering the oveunere aPpolllted tO carry into effect the City cross, 15 1 , 4 1 ?e?its to extend the line of street to o 1 7 k Lell there will be an open communication with ief.'" w .c ll -green, and from thence to Islington,a a n_d d tic, will be the means of vanoving a very dense n EX X P° Pula el ft ted neighbourhood. 'r • te f AORDINARY CASE OF DESERTIOIN. _A sol °On.' t d° l •c , the 90th depot (lately stationed here) was g a public house in this town, in company Zis tt In num. named M'Carty, when the latter said ,Aould like to see how he would look in soldier's t ea. the complaisant soldier immediately gra-_ t ires 4 t . l . the mason's curiosity, and an exchange of 4 , a1. 4 . , was made accordingly. The soldier, after I , _3,mg the martial figure of the mason, stated that . vonZ i _ ld like to see if any of his comrade soldiers h. ecognise him in the mason's clothes, and for le i : 141 . I T'se he proceeded into the street, and has . since been heard of, having deserted in his 1 , 9 , 5 130 , taking with him 4s. 6d., which was in the t h e " { : s coat! The ci-devant soldier, excited by •lothf r , tir nes of the "native" and his martial ,iicket-R,„' Perambulated the streets until the night ardi;"°st unceremoniously dragged him off to the Wheu +inns; where he remained until the morning, veal ed ul t e, Whole circumstance was immediately . re v c eo , ohs corporal of the guard being surprised to 1 , e i n " e vs ° l f his Comrade soldiers minus an eye (the mason of + .Y one eye)., Th e d upe d man was accord ,,t4 n 8 .anded over to th e civil power, and he now re 7 l av ` ,1? dur ance vile, t o make amends to the offended ot ,_ k Ilia country for b e i ng ma d e t h e d u p e o f an -Drogheda Conservative. end' t kiiitsttirea,te asked a negro if he could read. "Yes,. , e jussta.cide.he. "Do you ever use the bible ? ' o i l urea th . it. "Yes, massa, I strap my razor LITERATURE. THE MISER'S IAUGHTEI?. 3 Vols. Cunningham, London, 1842. We have so often noticed this tale when it ap peared, from time to time, in detached portions, in the pages of "Ainsword's Monthly Magazine," that it would be superfluous on the present occa 6ion to say more than that it is now re-published in three volumes, with all George Cruikshank's illustrations, some of which may rank among the best specimens of this prolific artist's genius. POLYNESIA. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1842. There is a great deal of useful practical infor mation contained within the boards of this unas suming little duodecimo volume, which forms one of the numbers of the "Edinburgh Cabinet Library"—one of the most successful miscellanies' of the day. The work, which is illustrated with a map and vignette, gives an historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea, includ ing New Zealand, together with curious and minute particulars respecting the actual condi tion of the inhabitant's in regard to civilization, commerce, and the arts of social life. SPI1?IDION. Fox, London, 1842. This is a translation from the French of George Sand, one of the most popular novelists of "young France." The version is rendered with spirit, and will give a very fair idea of the origi nal, which is a story by no means wanting in ab surdity, yet full of redeeming touches of genuine feeling. PARENT'S HAND-BOOK. Longman, London, 1842. A useful, unpretending little work, containing much serviceable information on the subject of placing out young men, and of educating them with a view to particular occupations. PRINCE OF THE MOUNTAINS. Gladding, London, 1842. A poem referring to the hacknied period of the Crusades, penned in an easy, flowing style, though modelled somewhat too closely on Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott, of whose produc tions it is easy to see that the author is an enthusiastic admirer. THE CZARINA. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1842• In the leading incidents of this story Mrs. Hofland has adhered with tolerable accuracy to historical truth. The period of which she treats is the commencement of the eighteenth century, and her scene of action lies for the most part in Russia, which, under the auspices of Peter the Great, was aspiring, and not without a show of justice, to a foremost rank among the nations of .Europe. The chief personages of the narrative are the celebrated Prince Menzikoff and his family, whose chequered career is traced with much minuteness and animation. The Prince, as all readers of Russian history must know, was originally an apprentice to a pastry-cook, but having attracted the notice of Peter by his melodious voice, as he cried his cakes about the streets, he was educated at the Czar's expense ; and his intellect proving to be one of a very superior order, he was raised by degrees to the highest offices in the State; . and at his Royal master's' death had obtained such ' over whelming power, that he procured the ele vation of his widow Catherine to the throne, despite all the opposition that could be offered by several of the proudest and most influential nobles. His next step was to affiance his daughter, Mary Menzikoff, to the young Emperor, Peter the Second; but before he could bring his ambitious schemes to a full and satisfactory completion, misfortunes, and of the most crushing nature, overtook him ; his ene mies at Court triumphed, and he was banished, together with his whole family, to the deserts of Siberia, where he, his wife, and one daughter died soon afterwards of grief. In the first volume we find the Prince at the summit of his power and glory, and bis character at this trying season of prosperity is delineated with no ordinary skill. The remainder of the work is occupied with de tails of his conduct while in exile, and of the ef forts of his high-minded daughter to redeem his fortunes. The heroic girl is ultimately successful in restoring her family to rank and affluence, but not until her father has sunk under the weight of his afflictions. His death-bed scene is pourtrayed with genuine pathos, and is fully equal to the most touching incidents in Madame Cottin's " Elizabeth." But the gem of the tale is de cidedly the character of Mary Menzikoff, in whom, in fact, the whole interest of the story centres. We care little, comparatively speaking, for the other personages; her lover, Theodore Dolgorouki, is something of a nonentity, and Brukenthal a well-intentioned Bore, but Mary— gentle, affectionate, beautiful Mary—is a pearl of price, and will be sure to excite a deep interest in the hearts of all novel readers. THE ANATOMY OF SLEEP. Churchill, London, 1842. In this work, someportions of which evince no ordinary research, the, writer gives the following receiptforprocunngsleep: — " Let the patient turn on his right bide, place Ins head comfortably on - the pillow, and then, slightly closing his lips, take rather a full inspiration, breathing as much as he possibly can through the nostrils. Having taken a full inspiration, the lungs are then to be left to their own action. The attention must now be fixed on the action in which the patient is engaged. He must depict to himself that he sees the breath passing from his nostrils in a continuous stream, and the very instant that he brings his mind to conceive this, apart from all other ideas, consciousness and memory depart; imagination slumbers; fancy becomes dormant; thought subdued ; the sentient faculties lose their susceptibility; the vital or ganglionic system as sumes the sovereignty; and he no longer wakes, but sleeps!" This is, without exception, the drollest and most original receipt for procuring a nap, we ever heard or read of. Imagine a man coaxing himself at midnight into a conviction that lie sees the breath passing out of his nose in a continuous vapour ; and the instant he has become convinced of this striking fact, dropping off into a slumber as profound as if he had just finished the perusal of the " Om nipresence of the Deity !" But this is not the most comical part of the receipt. The pa tient, it seems, is to commence his experi ment with a snore—a melodious occupation, and exceedingly agreeable, too, especially if he happen to have a wife for a bed fellow, who is of a nervous and irritable temperament ! This author appears to entertain no doubt of the efficacy of his receipt; but we question much whether it would answer in the case of a man of business who had a bill to make up on the morrow, and no means of meeting it ; we tear that an individual so situated would have little chance of obtaining sleep, by merely fancying that be could see his nose smoke like a brewery ! If any gentleman is sincerely desirous of procuring the luxury (if a sound nap, we re commend him, not to fix hi:, " precious eyes" on the steam at the tip of his snout, but to go through a course of Sir James Graham's pam phlets on the Corn-laws. SUDDEN DEATII OF A BOY.—SINGULAR FATA LlTY.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Sea Lion, Wootton-street, Lambeth, on the body of Robert Fitzgerald, aged 14, of 22, Little Windmill-street, Cornwall-road. Eliza beth Fitzgerald, sister of deceased, said, that on Sunday last she went to St. Thomas's Hospital to see her mother, who had een in that Institution since the pre viuus Wednesday, and found that she had just died, of dropsical disease of the chest. On her return home she found the deceased, who had been ailing all the week previously, suffering from pain in the chest and various other parts of the body. At bed time he complained of cold, and at eleven o'clock he threw up about a quarter of a pint of blood. He continued to grow worse, and at two o'clock next morning he expired in his father's arms. On account of the lateness of the hour she could not find a surgeon until after deceased's death, which affected her father so much that after bewailing he ran out, taking the direction of Waterloo-bridge, off which he wou ld have jumped had it not been for the interference of three policemen, who brought him home. So on af terwards he again attempted suicide by throwing him self from the window, but the witness prevented him. A witness, named Mary Clarke, said she saw deceased on the afternoon of Sunday, when he appeared ailing, but that he had injured himself about twelve months ago by jumping over a post in the street, which had affected him ever since. By the Coroner—l was present when the surgeon, Mr. Avis, came, who pressed deceased's chest, and caused water to issue from it through the mouth, and said that deceased had died of water on the chest, the same complaint of which the mother died but a few hours before. Verdict, "Natural death from disease of the chest." AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII OF A BRIDE.--011 Monday morning Mss Peers, of Fontenoy-street, was to have been married at St. Augustine's, and was on her way there in a coach. She was suddenly seized with a fit, and although she was immediately taken home, and medical assistance rendered, she neve rallied, and di e d i n an h our or two, in her bridal dress. The poign ancy conceived from thi s su dd en v i s it a tion of Providence. — of grief of the wedding p art y ma y he Liverpool Times. _ In a pro c l amat i on o f the Emperor of China, called forth a few ye ars since by the troublesome increase appeals from th e provinces, his Celestial Majesty en joined " strict searc h to be made to discover all law suit-exciting black guar d s, an d w h en f oun d to opun of punish them severely." TILE SUN, ,LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1842. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 121- per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 46A-, and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25 67k, it follows that gold is '0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. ills. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9k, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 14 it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The market for public securities exhibits consider able firmness, and prices to-day were quoted a shade in advance, the demand for investment carrying for ward the weight of stock offering for sale. No bar gains of magnitude were entered into, but the ge neral currency of business was such as to induce the jobbers to believe a further increase is likely to follow. The present abundance of money, and the few chan nels open for a profitable employment of it, is one of the principal arguments in favour of a rise in the value of the permanent stocks. A letter from the secretary of the Greenwich Rail way contradicts the statement, that there are no seats in the second-class carriages. "It is true," he says, "that the fares have been altered from 6d. and 9d. to and ls., but the former second class carriages were not enclosed and had no seats. Although there are the best reasons in the matter of the pending inquiry into the frauds on the revenue for not making public the names of individuals who have been accused, on the most suspicious testimony, of participating in them, great public interest attaches to the nature of the frauds themselves. The whole trading community may be said at this moment to be influenced by the most intense anxiety to learn how the imputed frauds have been possible at all, or so long allowed to be practised with impunity, and what means are to be devised by the Treasury for protecting the fair trader against a repetition of them. CHRON IC L E.—The operations of the Govern ment broker as a purchaser, on account of the gua rantee fund of the East India Company, were repeated yesterday and to-day. In adverting to this trans action on Saturday last, it was stated inadvertently, that the interest to re-invest amounted. to 600,0001. on the 2,000,0001., whereas it should have been only 60,0001. The dividends have been re-invested as re ceived since the fund was set apart, and the original principal stock and accumulations now amount to from .50,000/. to 60,0001. semi-annually. The following are the official returns of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last, viz. : Silver Coin to Calais .. 170,000 oz. Rotterdam .. 10,000 oz. • • " A South American Bondholder" suggests that it is now more than ever the duty of her Majesty's Go vernment to use all its powerful influence and exer tions with the States of South America to insure the regular payments of their hitherto irregularly paid dividends, inasmuch as by the Income-tax they would produce a considerable amount of revenue, and thus tend to alleviate the pressure of a tax that bears so heavily upon the community. Our correspondent thinks that Lord Aberdeen must consider himself bound to adopt efficient measures, with the view of enforcing the claims of the English bondholders on the non-paying states in South America. SUN.—The Stock Market closed about the same as it had opened in the morning, not being quite so buoyant as towards mid-day. Consols for Money were d 3.1 sellers, and for Account 934 buyers; Exchequer Bills touched 59 prem.; India Stock was firm at 253. The Bank broker took 10,0001. stock for the Savings' Banks. Spanish Bonds advanced to 17k, but yet no clue to the cause beyond a rumour about the Almaden mines. Portuguese Old Fives were done at 58 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. improved to 52,1. Shares were quiet, but firm. The Exchanges were a shade better on Antwerp, viz. 12 5f to 5i ; barely so high on Amsterdam, 12 61 ; without alteration on Hamburgh, 13 11f to 12 ; and also on Paris, which was 25 871 to 92k. The Indigo sales closed this afternoon. They have gone off well. A failuie in the fruit trade was hinted at on 'Change. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar .. .« 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 :91 Genoa 26 10 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 1 5 Venice .. 47 Aliens Paris, 3days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per ez 1 201 Ditto, 3 months 26 Lisbon Marseilles ...... .26 10 Oporto 524 Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro 234 Frankfort on Maine 152 Petersburgh, 3 Us. 37 Berlin. 7 Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M lO 2: Trieste, ditto lO 3 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville ... 36 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 461 Philadelphia 4f PRICES OF BULLION, PER Foreign Gold, bus4:3 17 9 Portugal G eld Cent ...3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 9i Silver in Bars... 0 4 Ilk IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 24.—At two o'clock yesterday afternoon Sir Edward Sugden, accompanied by Lady Sugden and other members of his family, arrived at his residence in Stephen's-green. Sir Edward will preside in the Court of Chancery at the opening of Michaelmas Term, on Tuesday week. FALL IN PRICES. _ . Prices still coltirTne to decline at the cattle fairs. On Thursday last, at the fair at Tuam, the supply of stock was large, but there was very little demand, and prices rated even under those of Ballinasloe fair. NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION. This day the usual weekly meeting was held at the Corn Exchange, Mr. Hamilton in the chair. The LORD MAYOR moved the suspension of the standing orders, to enable him to make a motion, of which due notice had not been given.—Passed. His motion was, "That a petition be presented to Par liament, praying for the removal of the present Poor law Commissioners, and for the appointment of men in their place free rom the taint of bigotry." He mentioned the case of a woman named Martha M'Keon, who went into the poor-house a Pro testant, and soon after became a Catholic. She was appointed by the ;schoolmistress to as sist in keeping the children in order. When this was found out by the Protestant clergyman, he ordered the woman to be dismissed from her little em ployment. The Catholic clergyman said she should not, without the authority of the Board of Guardians. The Board decided that M'Keon should not be dis missed, whereupon the Poor-law Commissioners wrote an " impudent" letter to the Board, ordering them to remove the woman, and which contained a censure on the Catholic clergyman for his interference. The fact is, that it was the Protestant clergyman who ex ercised undue interference, and it was a strong proof of the bigotry of the Poor-law Commissioners, for which they should be removed.—(Hear, hear.) The Lord Mayor mentioned several other causes of complaint against the Poor-law Commissioners. Dr. GREY also spoke in condemnation of the Poor law Commissioners, and seconded the adoption of the petition for their removal, which passed with accla mation. After the admission of several members, The LORD MAYOR rose to address the meeting on the present position of public affairs. He said that, whenever England was strong, and in a state of pros perity, she invariably oppressed Ireland. If, on the occasion of the late outbreak in the manufacturing dis tricts there were 4,000,000 of Repealers enrolled in Ireland, would the demand for a repeal of a grievous Act of Parliament be refused ? If 4,000,000 Re pealers were to demand this act of justice, would they not stand a chance of being treated like the Canadas There the people turned out in open rebellion, and prices were set upon the heads of their leaders—while here no breach of the laws took place. One of the Cana dian rebels, for whose head 5001. were offered, had just been appointed to the office of Attorney-General. He was glad of this, because it was the proper reward of the Canadians for their fidelity towards each other, and their genuine patriotism. He wanted no violence—no breach of the laws—but he wanted a powerful combination of the people to be ready, with a loud voice, to demand justice as the price of their assistance to relieve Eng land from her troubles. It was a remarkable fact, that when nations were on the point of falling to decay, their leading men did desperate and mad acts, which facilitated the catastrophe they would avert. It so happened previous to the downfal of Rome and of Greece. When the Turks were battering down the walls of Constantinople, the Greeks were cutting their own throats about some points on theology. Was not the English Ministry mad?—(Hear, hear.) Within a few months, six hostile tariffs had been adopted by as many great kingdoms for the exclusion of British goods from their markets, and instead of giving blow for blow, what did Peel do ? Why, in stead of retaliating by excluding their produce, he threw open the English market—the only one left to the English manufacturers. The result of his measures was, that insolvency was spread over the land. Lord Ashburton had truckled to America, and Lord Aberdeen had truckled to France. From this aspect of affairs there was no doubt that England would want the cordial support of the Irish, and she should have it, but she should give the bribe of repeal. Peel, however, apprehended the late outbreak in England, and he thought he was very clever by the issue of his proclamation calling in the light gold. Much of it did find its way to the coffers of the Bank, but the effect of withdrawing it from circulation added to the poverty which previously existed. Peel was called the " farmers friend." Why, there was no interest in the United Kingdom suffering more than the agri cultural, as was proved by the depression of all kinds of stock, still further to be depreciated by the impor- tation of stock from the very countries that lately de cided upon excluding the produce of the British ma nufacturer. lie concluded his speech by declaring that he saw no prospect of England being relieved from her embarrassments unless a gold or diamond mine be discovered and left at her mercy. The week's rent was announced to be 741. 3s. 3d., and the meeting adjourned. MR. O'CONNELL'S ANSWER TO LO RD SHREWSBURY. (From the Freeman's Journal.) The coarseness of those who make a trade of as sailing the Liberator of his countrymen having been adopted by an English Nobleman—a Catholic, too, Lord Shrewsbury—Mr. O'Connell, in his admirable and unanswerable reply to the abuse of that Noble Lord, has the following beautiful, just, and appro priate passage in reference to the compensation which Ireland annually pays her champion for his unex ampled services : " I will not consent that my claim to the rent' should be misunderstood. That claim may be re jected ; but it is understood in Ireland ; and it shall not be misstated anywhere without refutation. "My claim is this. For more than twenty years before Emancipation, the burden of the cause was thrown upon me. I had to arrange the meetings— prepare the resolutions—to furnish replies to the cor respondence—to examine the case of each person complaining of practical grievances—to rouse the torpid—to animate the lukewarm—to control the violent and inflammatory—to avoid the shoals and breakers of the law—to guard against multiplied treachery— and at all times to oppose, at every peril, the powerful and multitudinous enemies to the cause. "To descend to particulars. At a period when my minutes counted by the guinea; when my emolu ments were limited only by the extent of my physical and waking powers; when my meals were shortened to the narrowest space, and my sleep restricted to the earliest hours -before dawn ; at that period, and for more than twenty years, there was no day that I did not devote from one to two hours, often much more, to the working out of the Catholic cause. And that without receiving or allowing the offer of any remu neration, even for the personal expenditure incurred in the agitation of the cause itself. For four years I bore the entire expenses of the Catholic agitation without receiving the contributions of others to a greater amount than 741. in the whole. Who shall repay me for the years of my buoyant youth and cheerful manhood? Who shall repay me for the lost opportunities of acquiring professional celebrity, or the wealth which such distinctions would ensure " Other honours I could not then enjoy. "Emancipation came. You admit that it was I who brought it about. The year before emancipa tion, though wearing a stuff' gown, and belonging to the outer bar, my professional emoluments ex ceeded B,oool.—an amount never before realised in Ireland, in the same space oftime,by'an outer barrister. " llad I adhered to my profession, I must soon have been called within the bar, and obtained the prece dency of a silk gown. The severity of my labour would have been at once much mitigated, whilst the emoluments would have been considerably increased. I could have done a much greater variety of business with less toil, and my professional income must have been necessarily augmented by probably one half. " If I had abandoned politics, even the honours of my profession and its highest stations lay fairly be fore me. " But I dreamed a day-dream—was it a dream ? that Ireland still wanted me; that although the Ca tholic aristocracy and gentry of Ireland had obtained most valuable advantages from emancipation, yet the benefits of good government had not reached the great mass of the Irish people, and could not reach them, unless the Union should be either made a reality, or unless that hideous measure should be abrogated. " I did not hesitate as to my course. My former success gave me personal advantages which no other man could easily procure. I flung away the profes sion—l gave its emoluments to the winds—l closed the vista of its honours and dignities—l embraced the cause of my country; and—come weal or come woe —I have made a choice at which I have never repined —nor ever shall repent. " An event occurred which I could not have fore seen. Once more high professional promotion was placed within my reach. The office of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer became vacant. I was offered it. Or, had I preferred the office of the Mas ter of the Rolls, the alternative was proposed to me. It was a tempting offer. Its value was enhanced by the manner in which it was made, and pre-eminently so by the person through whom it was made—the best Englishman that Ireland ever saw—the Marquis of Norinanby. " But I dreamed again a day dream—was it a dream ?—and I refused the offer. And here am Inow taunted, even by you, with mean and sordid motives. " I do not think I am guilty of the least vanity, when I assert that no man ever made greater sacrifices to what he deemed the cause of his country than 1 have done. I care not how I may be ridiculed or maligned. I feel the proud consciousness that no public man has made more, greater, or more ready sacrifices. " Still there lingers behind one source of vexation and sorrow ; one evil, perhaps, greater than all the rest ; one claim, I believe, higher than any other, upon the gratitude of my countrymen. It consists in the bitter, the virulent, the mercenary, and therefore the more envenomed hostility towards me, which my love for Ireland and for liberty has provoked. What taunts, what reproaches, what calumnies have I not sustained ?—what modes of abuse ?—what vitupera tion, what slander have been exhausted against me ? what vials of bitterness have been poured upon my head?—what coarseness of language has not been used, abused, and worn out in assailing me ?—what derogatory appellation has been spared ?—what trea sures of malevolence have been expended ?—what follies have not been imputed ?—in fact, what crimes have I not been charged with ? " I do not believe that I ever had in private life an enemy. I know that I had and have many, very many, warm, cordial, affectionate, attached friends. Yet here I stand, beyond controversy the most and the best abused man in the universal world ! And, to cap the climax of calumny, you come with a lath at your side instead of the sword of a Talbot, and you throw Peel's scurrility along with your own into my cup of bitterness. "All this have I done and suffered for Ireland. And let her be grateful or ungrateful—solvent or insolvent—he who insults me for taking her pay wants the vulgar elements of morality which teach that the labourer is worthy of his hire; he wants the higher sensations of the soul, which enable one to per ceive that there are services which bear no comparison with•money, and can never be recompensed by pecu niary rewards, " Yes : I am—l say it proudly—l am the hired servant of Ireland and I glory in my servitude." Mr. Commissioner Bowen, of the Insolvent Debtors Court, is dangerously indisposed at his residence in Portman-street, Portman-square, where he has been confined some days with a pulmonary complaint. The Learned Commissioner, who is much esteemed for his amiable qualities, presided in Court on Wednesday last, much against the recom men d a ti on o f hi s me di ca l adviser, and was to have proceeded into Kent, on the Home Circuit, but the serious nature o f his illness pre vented the possibility of the journey. The other Commissioners are on their respective circuits, and it became necessary to m a k e an app li ca ti on t o the Home Secretary to obtain permission for a barrister to hold a Court for the hearing of cases at Dover, Canter bury, and Maidstone. The required authority was obtained, on which Mr. Cooke, the barrister, left town for the purpose of holding a Court yesterday at Dover, and at Canterbury to-day. The Learned Commis sioner has held the situation upwards of twenty years, and is besides a bencher of the Inner Temple. In answer to the inquiries made yesterday morning, it was stated that very little hope was entertained of his recovery. He is between 60 and 70 years old. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, a dreadful and fatal accident occurred at Nicholson's Wharf, Lower Thames-street, to a lad named James Williams, 13 years of age, employed at the wharf. It appears that he was at work in the third floor of the lofty range of warehouses, and whilst in the act of giving some directions from the loophole to the men below, he overbalanced himself, and fell upon the pavement from a height of between 50 and 60 feet. He was immediately picked up by the workmen, and conveyed by Mr. Nicholson m a coach to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he expired in a few minutes after his admission. He had been about twelve months on the premises, and repeatedly cautioned by the foreman and others to be careful how he approached the doorway of the loft. Jonas Studdurt, Esq., of Atlantic Lodge,Ki a t n e d e , captured an enormous shark, on the w es tern coast of Clare, on Saturday. It was wit h great peril amid terrible difficulties that he and his men suc ceeped in bringing the animal safe to shore. He a t once procured a car, and forwarded it to Kilrush, for Limerick, to be prepared, and deposited in the mu seum of the Philosophical and Literary Society. BURIAL OF PAUPERS.—The Poor-law ColllllliSsiol ers, in their general workhouse rules, advise, with a view, they say, to consult the pr eva l ent wishes of the poor on this subject, that the body of every pauper of the Union dying in the workhouse , should in general be interred in the churchyard of his own parish, un less the incumbent should object. An aged female, named Frances Frances, belonging to the parish of Great Leighs, died last week in Chelmsford Union house, when tho GoV ernor, as he is directed, wrote to the church clerk, to know when it would be conveni ent to inter the body ; the reply was written by the rector himself ; it contained a peremp tory n otice, without any re ason being assigned, that the corpse should not be a d m i tted into his churchrrd. The bu rial fees have invariably been paid.—Lssex Herald. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT l lightening the ship, she floated off and was Ii AIMERS ill IT subsequently brought to an anchor in the roads. During the last two days, much conversation has i About three o'clock in the morning the Royal George been occasioned throughout the neighbourhood of Margate steamer came down to her assistance, and Hammersmith, by an occurrence of a singular and ex- the captain offered to tow the ship into Ramsgate har traordinary nature. From the inquiries made on the hour. It was, spot, it appears that the friends of a lady most high l y refused. On however, strange to say, indignantly Sunday afternoon, upon the storm some, connected, and now about thirty years of age, finding I what abating, she was got under weigh and reached , some considerable period since, that, although not Ramsgate in the course of the evening, where she still labouringunder any distinct form of insanity, so as to remains to repair damages. The Royal George require restraint, her mind was exceedingly wea k, b y steamer afterwards saw two ships on shore at Deal, the advice of Dr. -, an eminent physician, placed having been driven, through the violence of the storm, her under the care of Dr. , a medical man, resid- from their mo orin g s in the roads. From the p osition ing at Fulham, who, although not kee p in g a private in which the vessels lay, it was fully expected that lunatic asylum, professed to take the charge of per- they would become wrecks. Since then several other sons so circumstanced. The lady in question accord- vessels have been ascertained to have been lost in the ingly remained at Fulham until abou t four months course of the night, as the coast, both in a northerly since, when it reaching the ears of her friends that and southerly direction has been strewed with spars she had formed an intimacy of rather too close a and pieces of wreck. nature with a son of the medical man at whose house - - - - she had been, it was determined to remove her to a more suitable situation, and she was immediately conveyed to the residence of another surgeon in the neighbourhood of Brook-green, Hammersmith, where • she remained until Monday le.t. About ten days since the friends of the lady received informa tion, that, notwithstanding her removal from the care of the father of the young man above alluded to, they had contrived to continue their correspondence, and had, in fact, been married by banns at the parish church at Rotherhithe in the early part of September last, but that no attempt had, however, up to that time, been made by the alleged husband to claim the society of his wife. In the course of the forenoon of Monday last the young gentleman, accompanied by his father, brother, and other relatives and friends, went to the house of the medical gentleman under whose care she then was, and demanded to see her, which application was, of course, refused; but the lady, becoming acquainted with the presence of her alleged husband, opened a front window on the first floor, and stepping out on the balcony threw into the street nine or ten sovereigns, which were immediately picked up by the claimant of her hand. After several vain endeavours to obtain an interview with her they left the spot, but returned in the afternoon, and loi tering about the house were observed, about four o'cloc'as by the lady, who, having secured the door of her room on the inside, immediately presented herself on the balcony, and was addresSed from below by her alleged husband, who asked her, " Mary, am I not your husband ?" To which she instantly responded, " Yes, you are," and appeared in a state of great excitement and trouble of mind. The strange colloquy attracted the attention of the numerous persons passing along the high road, and in a short time a considerable crowd had collected, to whom the alleged husband showed his certificate of marriage, and who, from their want of knowledge of the real circumstances of the case, commended his exertions to obtain possession of his alleged bride ; he then told her to put her bonnet, &c., on, and come out on the balcony, and he would rescue her. She ac cordingly retired into the room, and presently after wards came out on the balcony dressed for her depar ture. She then, by direction of the party below, got a chair out of the drawing-room, and placing it at the east end of the balcony mounted the top of the rails, and then, holding the tep rail, slid herself down with her back to the rails until her feet found a rest ing-place on the edge of the balcony, and she stood for some time in a position the most frightful to be conceived, with certain death staring her in the face should she let go her bold, the persons assembled outside cheering her, and calling to her to hold tight. By that time some members of her family, accompanied by a solicitor, &c., had arrived from town, and, with the proprietor of the house, procured a pair of high steps and raised them to the balcony, while at the same time the alleged husband, with the assistance of his friends, mounted the wall dividing the front garden from the adjoining one, when, from his great height, he was able to assist the lady to turn round, and before any of her friends could ascend the steps she lowered herself into his arms, and reach ing the ground in safety, she was immediately sur rounded by his party, who conveyed the lady to a neighbouring public-house, followed by her friends and the assembled crowd. Finding all efforts to re gain possession of the lady at that moment would be futile, her friends determined to watch where she would be removed to, but, notwithstanding they showed themselves able tacticians, they were foiled by the other party, and it is understood that the lady was unobservedly introduced into a garden adjoining the public-house, from which there is an entrance into a bye-lane leading towards Fulham, at the gate of which a fly was in attendance, into which she was immediately placed, and driven off no one knows where. Her friends, being then unaware of the circum stance of her having been carried off, remained watching the public-house, which was still sur rounded by a large cross d, until about seven o'clock in the evening, when a fly drove up to the door, and two or three persons muffled up in cloaks instantly got in, and the vehicle was driven off at great speed in the direction of Turnham-green. An offer was immediately made of five guineas to any person tracing the destination of the fly, and some persons in a cab instantly followed it to Turnham green, when the fly turned round, and retraced its way back to Hammersmith-broadway, the cab fol lowing in its wake. At Hammerernith-broadway the fly turned up Brook-green-lane, in the direction of Shepherd's-bush ; but before reaching that place it pulled up, in a dark part of the road, and allowed the cab to pass by, and again went back to Hammersmith broadway, and from thence down the Bridge-road towards the Suspension-bridge. The persons in the cab soon discovered that they were on the wrong scent, and returning to the Broadway, were enabled to overtake the fly before it could cross the bridge, and after a lengthened chase through all the bye roads in the neighbourhood, the fly finally pulled up in King-street, Hammersmith, when it was found that the whole had been a ruse to deceive the lady's friends, the persons in the fly being only the son of the landlord of the public-house and other persons unconnected with the case. We have abstained from mentioning the names of the individuals connected with the above singular oc currence, as we understand that the family of the lady intend to institute proceedings in the Ecclesias tical and other Courts against all the parties con cerned in the affair, when the matter will be more 'ally brought under the notice of the public. MINING EXPERIMENTS AT CHATHAM. Some interesting experiments, illustrating the me thods of blowing up 'stockades, bridges, counter scarps, &c., and also exhibiting the mode of attack with hand grenades, &c., were exhibited yesterday, on the engine ground for field practice at Chatham. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, there was a large company of spectators as sembled, and a very strong muster of military men. The whole of the arrangements were under the direc tion of Sir Frederick Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Engineers, to whom it is only justice to say, that they were excellent, both for the practices intended to be afforded to the military employed, and for the faci lity given to the public of witnessing what wi.s goiug forward. In order to prevent accidents and give sufficient space for the operations, the ground was kept by the soldiers of the East India Company, from Mount Pleasant Cottage to the salient of the Duke of Cum berland's bastion, and thence along the front to the salient of Prince Frederick's bastion ; from that point to the right flank of the casemates, and from the left flank of the casemates to the St. Mary's guard. The first operation, viz., what in military phrase is called breaching a stockade by . bags of gunpowder, commenced shortly after one o'clock, when Lieute nant King placed his charge, consisting of four bags of gunpowder, each bag containing 601 b., on the west side of a stockade of very great strength, erected for the purpose; three bags of powder being placed on the lower tier, and one on the upper. The hose was attached to the middle bag of the lower tier, and the other end passed through the stockade to the east side, two inches of portfire being attached. The sig nal to advance was then given by the bugles, and Lieutenant King, with a party of ten Sappers, imme diately debouched from St. Mary Guard across the creek on a pontoon raft. The Sappers carried four bags filled with sand (representing gunpowder), these were quickly placed on the eastern side of the stock ade, and the bugle having given the sigrial to fire the train, it was lit, and the Sappers retreated as quickly as they could. The experiment was perfectly satis factory ; the explosion took place within two minutes of the light being applied to the portfire, and the stockade was riven in pieces., The breaching party then advanced, augmented by a fresh party, under the command of Lieutenant Lovell, provided with hatchets, and passed with great rapidity through the breach, taking possession of the first parallel and the batteries, from which several rounds of artillery were immedi ately fired. The next operation was the attack of a block-house, similar to those erected in American warfare, by a party, under the command of Lieut. Grain, with hand grenades. The party consisted of 40 men, who threw the combustibles into the block house, and then retreated behind the adjoining para- pets, until the destructive missiles burst within the devoted building and exhibited their force by tearing the planks of which it was constructed into holes and fissures. The third operation was the blowing off the crown of the arch of a strongly built brick bridge, which was accomplished with success by a minimum charge of gunpowder. The effect of this operation was magnificent, the explosion was terrific. The brick-work was hurled several hundred feet into the air, and the fragments carried to a distance of several hundred yards. Two operations upon the piers of the bridge were then performed with equal success, and the whole mass was overthrown amidst the loud explo sions of the formidable agent employed. The last operation—the blowing away a portion of a counterscarp, in order to enable the depression of guns to an angle to hear upon a battery —was the most curious. This operation was, like the others, completely successful. The earth was blown away with a tremendous noise and force, and the object in tended fully accomplished. The whole of the operations were carried on with the precision and accuracy of actual warfare ; the troops employed, viz., the Engineers, were manoeuvred as in an actual attack, and the whole conducted accord ing to the strict rules of the military art. 'Mi re was at intervals, and after the termination of the mining, some excellent ball practice with 24-pounders by the gunners of the East India Company. PRESENT TO H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT FROM THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENIN6..*-ThiS morning the following Gentlemen, forming a deputation from the Royal Humane Society, had the honour of an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at the Castle, for the purpose of presenting to the Prince one of the Society s double breaker ice -ladders, of the same con struction as similar ladders which are constantly in readiness for use during the winter season, in the event of accidents occurring by the breaking in of the ice upon the Serpentine river, Hyde Park :—Sir Tsambert Brunel, E. R. Adams, Esq., William Allen, Esq., John Curtis, Esq., Benjamin (Treasurer), and Berkeley W estropp , E sq . (Secretary). The Royal Humane So c i e t y, from the experience Hawes, Esq. which it had had of the great utility of this humane invention in the preservation of the lives of persons who bad been immersed in the water while skating, in consequence of the breaki ng o f t h e i ce , d e t erm i ne d upon requesting his Royal Highness Prince Albert to accept of the ice-ladder in ques ti on , t o b e al w ays in readiness for use when his Royal Highness enjoys the delightful and healthy recreation of skating upon the lake at Frogmore House, the resid ence o f h er R oya l High ness the Duchess of Kant, or at Virginia Water. His Royal Highne . (who (vho re c ei ve d the gentlemen forming the deputation St. George's Hall, where the ladder had been previously conveyed upon its ar rival at the White Hart Hotel from town) was gra ciously pleased to accept of th e present , an d t o express , at the same time, in elegant and feeling language, his high opinion of the excellency and usefulness of this praiseworthy and benevolent institution. In the course of the interview the Prince alluded, in a playful yet feeling manner, to the accident which befel his Royal Highness last winter while skating upon the lake at } rogmore, when, it will be remem bered, her Majesty, with the greatest presence of mind, and with that fortitude and coolness which have ever characterised the Sovereign, providentially res cued her illustrious consort from the most imminent peril, and enabled the Prince to reach the bank. The deputation, who experienced a most gracious reception from the Prince, after remaining for nearly an hour at the Castle, explaining the properties and mode of using the ladder, retired. The ladder, which is upwards of 24 feet in length, is most beautifully finished. It is composed of a peculiar wood, and grained to resemble mahogany. On one side are the arms of his Royal Highness, richly emblazoned, and underneath a medallion of the Society. It has been arranged that as soon as the frost has set in and the season for skating has arrived, the Royal Humane Society shall send down to Windsor one of the most efficient and expert men in their employ, to be in attendance when his Royal Highness skates, and who has a perfect knowledge of the mode of using the ladder shoul.d it be required. A ladder, of precisely the same construction, has Duke of Northumber before the coin blmaenee nd n te o orn r ordered sent to A n r t e dby of th h e i sGr winter invNticieckt Castlehe season. It should be observed that his Royal Highness is an honorary member and a liberal subscriber to the unds of the Royal Humane Society. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS OFF RAMSGATE-LOSS OF LIFE. On Sunday morning last, at an early hour, the town of Ramsgate was thrown into excitement on account of two large vessels being wrecked on the Goodwin Sand during the storm, which raged furiously the whole night from the north-west, not equalled in vio lence since the hurricane in November last. Directly upon the wrecks being observed from the shore, which was not till near nine o'clock, a party of the coast-guard service, under the direction of the Lieu tenant of the Ramsgate station, pushed off in their lugger to render assistance to the unfortunate creatures who might be on board ; and a number of fishing boats put off for the same charitable purpose. The weather at the time was still extremely severe, the wind blowing almost a hurricane, with a tre mendous rolling sea; and the greatest fear pre vailed that the boats would not be able to outlive its fury ; but nevertheless the gallant fellows stood the buffet of the waves with singular courage, and in the course of a short time they succeeded in gaining the distressed vessels. The first gained proved to be a three-masted vessel, a barque, called the Hope, be longing to London, commanded by Captain Steel, on her homeward voyage from Quebec. She had struck on the outside of the Goodwin Sands, and was break ing up rapidly. There was no person on board, which at first led to a supposition that the crew had been washed off by the sea, which was making a complete breach over her, but upon inquiries of a master of a schooner lying in the roads with two anchors out, it was ascertained that they had been saved by a vessel belonging to Broadstairs, named the Tartar. It ap pears, from the accounts given by the crew, that the ship struck shortly after midnight, when running for the mouth of the Thames. They instantly resorted to every possible means to get her off, by cutting away the masts, but it had not the slightest effect; and, as the storm increased, she was thrown higher upon the sand, thereby rendering it utterly impossible to pre vent anything else but the ship's total destruction, for in two hours afterwards she commenced breaking to pieces, and her cargo and timber floated out of her. Very happily a vessel, which afterwards was found to be the Tartar, came up a few minutes after the ship had struck, and, by the aid of its boats, succeeded in saving the whole of the crew. They were, however, much exhausted and cold, in consequence of the waves passing over the vessel's deck. Since then the wreck has entirely disappeared. Her loss is estimated at Letween 5,0001. and 6,0001. The other wreck, upon the coast-guard reaching it, was discovered to be that of a barque, also nearly of the same size, named the Nancy, but they were unable to apprbach it, on ac- I t t re w m as en c d lo o s u e s to su t i h -f e a L bo ig t u t th of e All Nations, a w ti ll o e n r s e , cshouensttroufck. the which is reported to have been destroyed about the same time, it was supposed by the shipassi • • png over it. From the fact of the boats being still attached to the wreck there is little doubt but the entire of her crew perished. rs none of them have since been heard of. The ship is valued at 8,0001. During the morn ing, and while the storm was at its height, his Bel gian Maj es y's man-of-war, the Courette, 18 guns, Captain lii de, commander, had a narrow escape of being lost (n the same sands. The ship, which had hut a day or two before sailed from Ostend, on a voyage of discovery round the world, was bearing down through the IN orth Foreland when taken by the storm and drove back on to the sands. For a length of time her situation was extremely perilous, and tl e consternation on board among her numerous crew It as, asi may be supposed, excessively great. After utting away the foremast, and otherwise PENSIONERS.—We are led to understand that it is the intention of the Government to place all able bodied pensioners, who are willing to assist the civil authorities, under drill at stated intervals; and that arms and accoutrements for 200 of these aged veterans are shortly expected at the barracks in Birmingham. This is as it ought to be : a force like this upon the spot is worth ten times a greater one at the distance of 40 miles.—Birmingham Advertiser. We are happy to state that the Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Glad stone, has quite recovered from the effects of his re cent severe accident at Hawarden Castle, but he is still obliged. to carry his left arm in a s li ng , having, as already stated, had the misfortun e to suffer ampu tation of the fore.finger of that hand.—Liverpool Mercury. STRUCTi:RE OF THE LuNGs.—ln a paper lately read before the Academy of Sciences, M. Bourgery is of opinion that man and, in general, the mammalia, at the two extremities of their lives, a pp roac h th e t wo classes of yertebrated animals which display the two extremes of aerial respiration. In fa c t, s ays the author, as adolescence approaches, the lungs, from year to year, present fresh sanguin eou s su rfaces to the air, so that the breathing, by its d eve l o p men t, if not bby the rfoerspmirsatoiofn itsof orbgid arnss. In the old man, in, more and more re semblesproportion to the advance of decrepitud e , th e l ung s are gradually decomposed into aerial caverns, which di. minish the sanguineous surfaces in proportion ; so that his respiration, both by its actual volume, and by the alterations of the structure of the organ in which it takes place, resembles that.of reptiles. Medical Gaz. THE BOERS AT THE CAPE. The recent disastrous conflicts between the British troops at the Cape and the Dutch b oers , a ff or d a favourable opportunity for some account of these re mote settlements, of which little appears generally known, except to emigrants and traders. Port Natal, from which the news is dispatched, is situated in Eastern Africa, in 29 deg. 53 min. S. lat., 30 deg. 32 min. E. lon. It has a narrow entrance with a bar across, but with a depth of water sufficient to admit ships of from two to three hundred tons burthen. It spreads in the interior, into a fine sheet of water, surrounded with rising ground covered with wood, and having an island in the midst. Taking the river Umzimcoolu as the southern boundary, forty miles to the south-west of the port, and the Arnata koola, seventy miles to the north-east of it, there appears to be one hundred and ten miles for the extent of the sea-coast of the Zoolu territory. On the whole, it may be assumed, measuring by the Quathlamba moun tains, which run parallel with the sea coast, that the Zoolu country, in which Port Natal is situated, forms a square of about one hundred miles on each side. From the range of the Quathlamba mountains, a number of rivers intersect the plain in their way to the sea, the largest of which, frequently unfordable, appear to be the Umzimcoolu and the Tugala. As regards climate, no place can be deemed more preferable as a place of residence than the Cape, and the countries included generally in that term. Situated in a temperature equally removed from oppressive heat or shivering cold, where the fig-tree, the vine, and the orange luxuriate in the open air, requiring but little aid at the hand of man, it cannot but be other than a delightful seat. Emigrants acknowledge this fact universally; but there are certain draw backs which, not existing in the natural features of the place, are found among the inhabitants there lo cated. Close to the frontiers of the Caffre country, such proximity has caused between the Dutch and other settlers a mutual pilfering of cattle, a kind of black-mail business, which has led to a constant col lision of interests. Other casualties, such as that 'which has just taken place, have on various occasions tended to distract these regions. The change produced by a few Europeans at Natal Bay, may be regarded as a picture of what English labour and industry has effected, wherever it has planted its foot, or actively engaged its hand. Shortly after the emigrants had settled there, says Isaacs, the whole landscape around Natal became changed from one of a wild and savage description to a busy and in dustrious scene of natives engaged in that to which they before devoted but little of their time—zthe la bouring of the soil. Natal from this time seemed as if everything was changed from the savage aspect of its more primitive days. Its plains, its savannahs, its eminences, and its undulations, had all an harmonious appearance. Hamlets, with numerous inhabitants, pursuing their avocations of guarding their herds and cultivating their patches of land for corn and roots, could be discerned from every quarter. With regard to the general character of the boers, a correct idea may be formed of the nature of persons the British, either in a military or commercial point of view, have to deal with, from a representation which we shall endeavour to draw up, from traits given by travellers of these Dutchmen. A Dutch boer may be said to have not the smallest idea of what an English farmer means by the word comfort. Placed in a country where not only the necessaries, but almost every luxury of life might by industry be pro cured, he cares for the enjoyment of none of them. Though he has cattle in abundance, he males very little use of milk or butter. He drinks no wine, in the midst of a soil and climate most favourable to vine culture. He makes use of few or no vegetables or roots. Three times a-day his table is loaded with masses of mutton, swimming in the grease of the sheep. His house is open to the roof, or covered only with rough poles and turf ; the earthy floors are covered with dust and dirt, swarming with insects and the disagreeable termer. His apartments are almost destitute of furniture; a great chest contains all his moveables, and two other smaller ones fitted to his waggon. The bottoms of his chairs con sist of thongs cut from a bullock's hide. But the boer, notwithstanding, has his enjoyments. He is absolute master of a domain of several miles in extent, and he lords it over a few miserable slaves or Hottentots without control. Unwilling to work, and unable to think, he indulges to excess in the gratifica tion of every sensual appetite. The African boer thus grows to an unwieldy size, and is carried off the stage by the first inflammatory disease that attacks him. The cruelties exercised upon the Hottentots by these boors or graziers in remoter parts of the colony, are nowhere exceeded. The boer has been hitherto almost constantly above the law, and, relying on his gun as the magistrate alike of his house and his dis trict, resists, often with impunity, the payment of his rent, or any other demand which justice or social claims might tend to make upon him. REGISTRATION COURTS. The following are the results, issuing out of the objections made by both Liberal and Tory parties iii the country, in the different Revising Courts of the towns and boroughs specified below : WEST NpIIFOLK.—TotaI gain for the Whigs, 250. —Norwich Mercury. EAST SOMERSET.—CIear Liberal gain, 346. Keene' s Bath Journal. WEST RIDING, YDRIC.—It may be safely stated that here the Tories have put on several hundred double claims, which will prove so many phantoms on the day of election.—Leeds Mercury. ABERYSTWITII.—Twenty-two entirely new votes have been gained in this borough by the Liberals. BEVERLEY. —The result of the Parliamentary revi sion here shows a total Liberal gain of 52, which, with the g ain of 45 last year, places the R,eformers in a position to return two representatives, should an election take place under the present registry.—Leeds Mercury. BEWDLEY.—The objections preferred by the Re form party . were 66, claims 14; objections by the To ries 52, claims 19. The actual number of the consti tuency. of the borough is now about 360. Worcester Chronzcle. _ _ CITY or DURHAM.—The apparent majority here is in favour of the Tories to the number of 11. The balance, however, is turned in favour of the Liberals by the fact that 25 out of the 41 objections sustained by the Tories were against individuals who w ere no t on last year's register, and whose rejection, conse quently, involves no diminution of the former strength of the Liberal party : —Durham Chronicle. Max.—The Reformers have here a majority of hree.—Hull Rockingham. KNARESBOROUGH.—In this town there is a majority of four in favour of the Whigs.—Leeds Mercury. LEICESTER.—The Liberals in this borough have a real gain of 35.—Leicestershire Mercur y. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The Tories of this borough have had 18 expunged • the Reformers, 14. The new voters on the side o f ihe latter are as two to one.—Hants independent.: PETERBOROUGH.—The termination of the revision has been considerably in favour of the Liberal party. —Cambridge Independent. TEWKESBURT.—The Parliamentary revision here leaves the Liberals in a clear gain of 12 votes.—W.or cester Chronicle. THE ARUNDEL BANK. MESSRS. HOPKINS AND DREWETT'S BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioners Green, Ellis, and Powell.) On Monday morning a meeting of creditors in this bankruptcy took place at the Norfolk Arms Inn, Arundel, for the proof of debts, the audit of the ac counts, and declaration of a dividend. Mr. French attended as solicitor for the assignees. Mr. Blackmore, solicitor, of London, tendered a by Alr.lN7i of pnfod lson, aceo-asisi; forgnee proof for 8 81 . 4 s. 6d., with Mr. Hopkin s, under a Mr. Bowman's bank ruptcy. • - c.. Mr. Malt, a solicitor, tendered a proof for M r . 4TB°sllll.klnOss'. l t Od he ., under su rvivingsimilar assignee circums s . The C omm issioners, after a lon g u tataon a o :d an mitted both the proofs. a p p 3 l l i c r a . t E i o d n m f u o i r i d l s 1 , r a. Hopkins, oneof Wei_ iiii_ ng, m ade of the bankrupts, behalf for the iu r. B it i s a u e a k l m a lolroewaanp applied, for a similar allowance. Drewett f l h h e e Ca au di ting Commissioners i a o c n h e . r s ed, on directed the assignees pay to Messrs. Hopkins and last dividend meeting separate estate to gran" the of the assignees' accounts since the aaPpl:a.tDiornes,vaentt; crcditors2os.in tohfe were then gene Igo. On the J o am un e d s H th o o p as kin sign s, afte ees rhadpayia balance ng an the ce in hand of 1,685/. Bs p . 10d: to be carried to the joint estate. On the separate" estate of John Drewett, the assignees had a balance in hand of 4,4861. 16s. 10d. to be carried to the joint estate, after raying the credi tors under the separate estate 20s. in the pound. On the joint estate, the accounts showed a balance in hind amounting to 8,206/. Bs. 5d., out of which a dividend of 4s. in the pound was declared, making on the joint estate 14s. in the pound. On the separate estates of both the bankrupts, 20s. in the pound has been paid. The Commissioners complimented Mr. French for the manner in which he had worked the fiat for the ' benefit of the creditors. TUB WEATBEIte...-We have had severe stormy sn cather since Monday last. On that day the wind cl a nged to the north, and on Wednesday there were se-veral showers o :now. The hills, particularly Ben Wyvis, have put on their winter garb, which, upon the whole, is early even for our stern cliniate. So boisterous and rough has the weather been, that the Duke of Richmond steamer is two days behind her tame ; and we understand that the snow lay nearly two feet deep on the Highland road on Thursday.— Ross•shire Advertiser. / ,~ 1 I ,-