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eight feet apart, and at least twelve feet above the deck (though higher if convenient), on a mast in the fore part of the vessel, and one light under the bowsprit (if the vessel carry one), otherwise at the stein under the gunwale. Seventhly—That every steam vessel proceed ing to sea shall be required to carry a gun or swivel, and bell, for the purpose of making signals. Eighthly—That every steam-boat carrying passengers, destined to proceed to sea, be pro vided with two boats at the least, of sufficient size, according to her tonnage and the voyage she has to perform, to be judged of by the chief officer of Customs of the port from which she sails ; and if the vessel be destined for a greater length of voyage than 100 miles at sea, that she must have three such boats at the least ; and all vessels for river navigation one such boat. Ninthly—That in all steam-vessels the name of the captain, the number of engineers and crew on board, the number of passengers she is licensed to carry, and the number of her boats shall be placed in some conspicuous part of the deck. Your Committee submit that legislative enact ments to the foregoing extent cannot prove one rous or detrimental to the proprietors of steam vessels, in any degree to counterbalance the se curity and satisfaction they are like to afford the public ; but that, on the contrary, it is probable they will eventually prove advantageous to the steam-boat proprietors themselves, from the in creased confidence which will thereby be created in this mode of conveyance. Your Committee, although not prepared to recommend any legislative enactments on the following points, deem it nevertheless proper to draw attention to some parts of the evidence brought before them, from which it would appear, Firstly—That steam vessels built with timbers placed and secured according to the plan of Sir Robert Seppings, and without inside lining planks, at the same time that they possess greater strength, afford a ready means of frequent exa mination of the timbers, without expense or inconvenience. Secondly—That steam vessels fitted with paddles upon Mr. Nlorgan's, Mr. Perkins's, or any other effective principle of feathering, would be considered less likely to do injury to small boats, or deeply-laden craft, by passing near them. Thirdly—That it has been suggested, as likely to prove advantageous in preventing accidents, that steam vessels should be fitted with a plat form and steering wheel, to be placed in the fore part of the vessel when navigating within rivers, so that the man steering shall be enabled to see over the bow any objects floating or passing near ; a plan stated to be now adopted in all the river steam vessels in America. Fourthly—That it should be generally understood that, whenever two steam-vessels find themselves unexpectedly near each other " stem on," both vessels are to put their helms a-starboard, unless there be some evident cause to prevent it ; and if the vessel be not directly " stem on" to each other, their helms should be only altered so as to make them sheer from each other. Fifthly—Although not perhaps strictly within the subject of the special inquiry with which they have been charged, your Committee deem it right, in closing this report, to add that wherries appear to be now in use for carrying passengers on the Thames, below as well as above London-bridge, built much shallower and slighter than formerly, in so much that some of the smaller ones are scarcely safe, without re ference to their meeting with steam-boats or • other extra trial. Also that it appears that the regulations and directions for keeping a proper extent of passage-way on the Thames near London, for vessels and boats to pass up and down, are not duly attended to or enforced by the Harbour Masters, from which mischief• and inconvenience result. Your Committee are there fore of opinion that it is necessary that the au thorities in the City, who possess jurisdiction in these matters, should forthwith have their atten tion called to them, with a view to their applying such early remedies on those two points as they may be found to require. Your Committee cannot refrain from drawing particular attention to the evidence of a gentle. man, one of the survivors of the Rothsay Castle steam-boat, whose collected state of mind throughout that melancholy catastrophe has enabled him to give such testimony as abun dantly to confirm the necessity of some of the above recommendations. Your Committee, in conclusion, would direct the attention of the House to the practical infor mation contained in the evidence which they present with it ; and express their satisfaction at the great improvement a few years have made in this most valuable species of navigation, and at the strenuous efforts hourly making in all parts of the kingdom to advance it to a yet greater degree of perfection, enlarge its application, and render it of the utmost utility of which it is capable.—October 14, 1831. THE LOWTHER ARCADE.—ThiS is a covered way, similar in its use to the Burlington Arcade, and, although wider and more lofty, including three stories in height, it is not so long. The principal en trance is in the Strand, near the centre of a triangular island of building divided into shops. The passage forms an acute angle with the Strand, running to the back of St. Martin's Church, and is divided by large pilaster, into a succession of compartments ; the pilasters are joined by an arch ; and the compartments are domed over, and lighted in the centre by large domical lights, which illuminate the whole passage in a perfect manner. The shop•fronts are all decorated in a similar manner, and the whole has been designed and executed with great care by the builder, Mr. HERBERT. The shops on the exterior are designed to have the appearance of one great whole. The style of architec ture is Grecian, and the order employed Corinthian ; the alleles are finished in a novel manner, with double circu far buildings, having the roof domed in brick, with an or nament as finish to the top of the dome, The effect of the whole would be agreeable if it had the appearance of a solid basement to stand upon ; but as tradesmen find it necessary to have as much open space u possible to exhibit their goods, the mass of architecture above must appear to he supported by the window-frames of the shops, although in reality they are based upon small iron columns of four and six inches diameter, which are scarcely seen, and which offer the sligh test possibl e i mpe di ment to th e exhi bition of goods. —Companion to the Ailtnanark. No article of provision hag fallen in price equal to fish, which is full fifty per cent. cheaper than it was ten years ago. TREASON OF TILE CORRUPTIONISTS.— The faction are raving mad in sedition ! The Mail of last night contains the following threat of defiance and declaration of contempt against the Government :—" W e shall not condescend to tell the Government or its organ what are the plans or intentions of the Orange party. Of this, however, they may rely, that they are not to be di verted from their course by the impudent conduct of the one, or the silly blustering. of the other, If we are to judge by an article now before us, Lord ANGt.E6EA seeks to put himself and his Government at issue with the Pro testants. Be it so. lie are even prepared for this. The result will be frightful to the country ; but we en tertain no fears as to the issue, and the Evening Post may rely upon this, that for all its contemptuous sneering, we shall no more lack officers than we do soldiers, and the crisis' is fast approaching." This needs no comment. We shall merely remark that an entire people were pro claimed without ever breathing a sentiment either of sedi i;.m, much less treason.--Dublin Freeman's Journal. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres, dated Wednesday ) The following extract of a letter from Napoli di Romania (Mores), dated Nov. 25, is from the Garde National of Marseilles:— " The condition of this country is as flourishing as could be reasonably supposed in the uncertain state of things which has so long existed. The Greeks evidently desire a King who will put an end to this instability. The Congress has met at Argos, and hitherto every thing has passed off very quietly. Count Capo d'lstria, the brother of the deceased Presi dent, uses every means in his power to get himself appointed Regent : he has, however, experienced considerable opposition from all those persons who, not being employed by the Government, have only a general interest in the choice of a Prince. The opposition is at present in a considerable majority. It is, however, difficult to foresee what will be the result of the debate." NEUFCHATEL, DEC. 21.—The Royal troops have at length completely beaten the insurgents, who have been attacked by 2,000 men, commanded by General Von Pfuel, the Prussian Commissioner. Five pair of colours have been taken from them at Bevaix, as well as all their ammunition. Bourquin took flight, and narrowly escaped being taken in his bed. Twelve waggons laden with arms taken from them will be brought hither to-day. Yesterday 1,800 men set out for Chaux-de- Fonds, where they arrived after eight o'clock this morning. The rebels fled at their approach, and they are now being disarmed. The chiefs have escaped to Val de Sr. Ytnier. Sixty prisoners were brought to-day from Val de Travers, and about eighty are expected to-morrow. Our canton, as we hope, is delivered from the disasters with which it was threatened. The ConstitutiOnnel Neuchatois contains the fol lowing bulletin, dated Chaux-de-Fonds, '2lst Dec., eleven in the morning : " Last night all the columns of troops under the com mand of his Excellency the Royal Commissioner brake up from their usual quarters, and united at the junction of the roads of Sagne and Neufchatel. " At eight o'clock in the morning Chaux-de-Fonds was surrounded by 2,200 men, with ten pieces of cannon, and entered the town without the slightest resistance. The Royal Commissioner ordered the revolutionists to be im mediately disarmed. Well-disposed persons applauded measures which alone can ensure their tranquillity. Long live the King. " The Commandant of Neufchatel, " DE BOSSET, Captain." " NEUFCHATEL, DEC. 25. " ORDER OF THE DAY. " Soldiers,—You have bravely accomplished a noble task—you have saved the country. The rebels at length proceeded from insults and threats to the attack, and pro claimed war. The Government had made its prepara tions in silence. Ycu have eagerly answered to my call— you flew to arms, and in three days have annihilated the revolution which has distracted the country for this year past. I told you that Gad would confound the perjured, and he has confounded them. Their cowardly leader has twice fled to Bevaix and Travers at the first shot ; and owed his safety only to the horse which had been so lemnly given to him to make his triumphal entry into Neufchatel. Soldiers ! the King and the country are content with yea, and I am proud of commanding you. (Signed) " DE PFUEL. " Head-quarters, Chaux-de-Fonds, Dec. 22." (From Galignani's Messenger.) The execution of Torrijos and his associates has been followed by several new arrests. Letters found upon several of these prisoners have furnished the police with information as to many accomplices of Torrijos both at Madrid and Andalusia. In the course of three days no less than thirty persons have been imprisoned. Amongst them are a Colo nel of infantry, a retired officer of the same rank, an alcade, and several merchants. Further arrests are expected to take place immediately. L'Ame de la Charte, a Nantes journal, says— " The Carlists in this province assert that their cause is going on well. In their opinion, their triumph is not very distant. The zealous partisans of Holyrood, in concert with all the papers of the late Royal Family, constantly express their indigna tion against Paris, which the elder branch of the Bourbons have determined to deprive of the honour of being its capital. The project of the fallen dynasty is to choose Nantes for the metropolis, when the restoration shall have been effected." The National says—" We learn that General Se bastiani is not slightly indisposed, as it was reported, but that he has had an apoplectic fit. Although his life is not considered in danger, yet the physicians have declared that he would be for some months unable to attend to state affairs. This incident in creases the perplexities of an administration already tottering by irretrievable faults, and by events which have resulted from them. The colleagues of the Minister of Foreign Affairs have, it is said, had several conferences on the means of giving him a successor without causing too great a change in their policy. They unanimously acknowledged the difficulty of introducing a stranger, whoever he might be, into the Council. Their system might not be completely followed up. It also appears hazardous to them to intrust the direction of foreign affairs to a man who has too much influence, or to one who has too little. M. Perier has, consequently, decided that General Sebastiani should not have a successor, as he (M. Perier) will take upon himself the management of Foreign Affairs, and give up to M. d'Argout the whole department of the Interior, to which the latter had hitherto attended only in part. This arrangement has the twofold advantage of maintaining the good understanding which has subsisted for the last ten months between the mem bers of the Cabinet, and of keeping vacant the office for General Sebastiani, should his health permit him to resume it." The Afoniteur contains a Royal ordinance, dated the 25th instant, authorising the President of the Council to sign official documents relating to the department of Foreign Affairs during the indisposition of Count Sebastiani. The answer to inquiries made this morning at General Sebas tiani's residence was, that he had passed a good night, and that there is now every reason to hope that his recovery will be much more rapid than was expected a few days ago. The Journal du Commerce gives the following extract of a letter, dated Rome, Dec. 13 :—" The Duchess de Berry returned to this city from Naples, the French Ambassador having induced the King to refuse her permission to remain there any longer. The emissaries of her Royal Highness from the south of France, and the supplies sent by her to aggravate the insurrection at Lyons—the offer she made of selling the pictures from the Elysee Bour bon to the family of Napoleon, to raise funds for exciting the French to rebellion against the reigning K'ng, are amongst the many motives which have occasioned the order for the departure of the Princess from Naples. After remaining only a few days at Rome, she yesterday set out for Lucca, in the hope of finding an asylum there as long as the interests of her son require that she should remain in the neighbourhood of France. Several French men who came to reside at Rome only to carry on their plots in favour of the exiles at Holyrood, have toeday followed the Duchess into the States of Lucca." Extract of a letter from Bologna, dated the 18th instant :—" The night before last, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the church of St. Margaret, at Ferrara, which had been converted into a store for forage. The tocsin sounded, and the effect of the bells upon a population alternately excited by the fear or hope of revolutionary movements, may be imagined. The Austrians, on hearing the t e i a rs s t ily strolse, came out of the fort arid barracks with their train of artillery, which they planted at the entrance of all the principal streets, and on the es planade which commands the town, As soon, however, as the cause was known, they retired again, somewhat ashamed of their alarm." Another letter s:atee that the reason of the Pontifical troops not having marched into the provinces and upon Bologna, is, that disturbances have broken out in Perugiene and Umbria, send called for the whole of the force which was at Rimini. The details of this event are looked for with great anxiety. A committee of ladies of distinction has been formed for the purpose of establishing a lottery, as a means of raising a fund in aid of the distressed Poles who have taken refuge in France. It is pro posed that articles of taste and ingenuity should be contributed by those who have leisure to make them, to a general collection, which will be exhibited in the Bazaar Montesquieu, and afterwards be disposed of by a lottery, the tickets of which are 2r. 50c., and may be had of any of the ladies of the committee, whose addresses may be known on applying to M. Casein, general agent to the Polish Committee, No. 12, Rue Taranne, to whom also the articles contri buted are to be sent. ExcuANGE OF PARIS, Dec. 26.-The Funds were very firm at the opening, notwithstanding the news given by two Morning Journals of an insurrection in Rome, in which the Pope himself was said to have fallen. It was known that a great house had received a courier, who left Rome on the 13th; that every thing was tranquil in Italy ; and consequently that the news spread in the morning was to be classed with the news more or less absurd with which we have been favoured for some days past. The speculators for a fall did not, however, give up their plans ; they exaggerated the indisposition of the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs, who is much better; and said that the President of the Council was worse, while he was speaking in the Chamber of Peers, and in the end they succeeded in causing some uneasiness, and a fall in the prices took place. (From the Journal des Debuts of Tuesday.) P.txfs, Dec. 26.-For some days Count Sebastiani, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been prevented by indis position from attending in the Chamber. We are able to state that the Minister is much better to-day ; there is every reason to hope that this indisposition will be of much shorter duration than was at first apprehended. M. de Palmella has arrived at Paris, from London, to confer with Don Pedro on the expedition to Portugal, Pelmets FUNDS -PARIS, Dec. 27.-Five per Cents. nor. 130 c. SOc. 97f. 10c. sc. 97f. 97f. 10c. sc. 11711 96t: 95c. 75c. 711 c. 60e. 75c. 8.5 c. ; Four per Cents., 82f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. 50c. 60c. 6'c. 70c. 60c. SOc. 30c. 40c. 50c. 68f. 60c. ; Rents de Naples, 77f. 771. 50c. 75c. 50c. 75c. 77f. 50c. ; Rente d'Espagne,lo ; Royal Spanish Loan, 77; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, SEN 4 58 58 , A 581 U l ,‘ N.-Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 35c. ; money, 25f, 30e.-threemonths, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25. 20c.-Coors Authentique. BRUSSELS, DEC. 23. The Lyn.r of to-day proposes the following ques tions, to which, probably, it will be difficult to re ply :—Why has General Belliard gone to Paris in consequence of a telegraphic order ? Why has Prince Lieven, one of those who signed the treaty of the Conference been recalled from London? Why does not M. Mortemart return to St. Peters burgh ? Wherefore is Russia organizing the 100,000 men of her military colonies ? Why has she increased the duty on English merchandise 12} per cent. ? Why is she negotiating with Persia ? Wherefore is the postscript of the Independent,whi eh announced as certain the ratification of Austria, not confirmed or contradicted by the illoniteur? Why did the King of England, in his last speech to Parlia ment, make no mention of his own ratification ? Why does he appear to take the part of Spain and Portugal against Don Pedro ? Wherefore all this activity in the dock-yards of Great Britain, where they have just launched three vessels of 120 guns ? Why have half of the soldiers dismissed by Austria been recalled, and the other half been ordered to hold themselves iii readiness ? Why have they in Piedmont (when Austria daily gains greater ascen dancy) lately raised two regiments of artillery, a battalion of chasseurs, and a regiment of cavalry ? Why, if a general disarming is intended, does Prussia purchase horses, instead of lessening her number ? Why have this power, and all others, been negotiating loans ? Why have they allowed the news received from Frankfort to remain uncon tradicted, viz, the refusal of the Czar to ratify the twenty-seven articles ? Why has the French army of the north, at one time broken up, resumed, at a great expense, its original posture on our frontier ? Why does Government keep us in such complete ignorance of events which are in preparation, or already accomplished ? Why the increased interest which the Tories of both houses seem at present to take in the cause of the King of Holland ? Where fore this coolness towards our revolution, on the part of the Whigs even, and the insiauatious thrown out by the Courier, that the wisest plan would he to allow us to arrange our own differences ? Why have the greater part of the French Generals left us ? 'Why is there no further mention of coercive measures against Holland ? Why are we in such a violent hurry to contract a burdensome loan ? BRUSSELS, DEC. 27. (From the Morning Herald Private Correspondent.) As 1 anticipated, Luxemburg is in a state of civil war. The Orangists have made a desperate move ment, and unfortunately with success. The Orange flag is now flying on the greater part of German Luxemburg. Troops have been ordered into the province from all quarters, arid probably will be en abled in a few days to quell the insurrection. But will the revolt remain solely where it is ? I much doubt it. The Dutch are straining every nerve to create discord, and find too ready partisans. Lem burg will probably be the next province to show demonstrations hostile to the Belgian Government, and where the contagion will end it is difficult to solve, and dreadful to contemplate. The Holy Al liance will have more blood to answer for, and the frigid conduct of Lord Palmerston must bring ever lasting disgrace on England. Leopold, as you may naturally suppose, is greatly alarmed ; he can place no dependence on his troops, and his army has many traitors in it. In this dilemma he has applied to Sir Robert Adair and the Charge d'Affaires from France. Both these despatched yesterday to their respective Courts couriers. Sir Robert also sent a messenger with a strong remonstrance to the Governor of the fortress of Luxemburg. I shall probably hear more to-night of this unfortunate affair, and forward the particulars to you in the morning. I have no doubt but that some deep intrigue is now carrying on between this country and France. General Belliard, whom I mentioned in my last had suddenly gone to Paris, as suddenly made his ap pearance in Brussels on Sunday morning last, about ten o'clock. Immediately on his arrival he went to the Foreign Office, and remained there three hours; he then drove to the Palace, and then again to the Foreign Office. In fact, his horses were not taken out of the carriage from ten o'clock in the morning to half-past five in the afternoon. At seven, the General left suddenly for Paris. What does all this mean ? Could not a courier with despatches to the Charge d'Affaires have an swered every purpose ? No; the Charge d'Affaires is a plodding, hard-working man, and Geneial Bel liard is the prince of intriguers. If you ask any one connected with the Court as to the probable cause of the sudden apparition of the French Am bassador, you receive for answer, " Oh ! nothing— merely the fortresses." This may gull the Belgians; but they well know that the refusal of Russia, and its effect both on France and Belgium, caused the General to come to Brussels personally, to arrange future operations. I have seer► letters from St. Petersburgh and Ber lin; they positively state that Nicholas refuses to sign the treaty of London. I know not whether the juste milieu still advance that the Emperor of Russia acts with perfect unanimity with the rest of the Conference, and that the report of his refusal is a mere stock-jobbing manoeuvre. The letters from Berlin state the f a ct positively, and are not written by private individuals likely to be swayed by every report, but a member of the Court of Berlin, and one well informed. The King is gone to Antwerp for the purpose of presenting the troops in the garrison with their co lours. If lam to judge from outward demonstra tions, he is daily increasing in popularity. It is said that all the French officers now in the Belgian service are about leaving us for France. The inhabitants of Folkstone once wrote to the Member for the , :ounty, to know what colour he wished the church to he uhtitewcohed. \XAie/ft; $ R.A (From the Times.) The annexed extract of a private letter from New castle was received yesterday by a mercantile house in the city : " NEWCASTLE, DEC. 27. " The progress of the cholera is awful ; it appears to be spreading in every direction. The disease ha% appeared in various parts of the High Town; but, with the exception of one female, has, I believe, been confined to the poorer classes of society. It is also appearing in the neighbouring villages. _ . " T. „ . he most terrific attack that I believe has oc curred in Europe is at Gateshead. Not a single case occurred there, or anywhere on the south bank of the Tyne, till the 24th, when there were two suspicious cases at Gateshead. From one o'clock on Sunday (Christmas-day) to ten o'clock this day (4.5 hours), 119 persons have been seized, and 52 have died. This is a greater number than the official report, which you will see in the paper, but it is nevertheless correct. The difference arises from two surgeons not having made their return in time. The persons attacked are all of the poor and needy grade, and possibly many may have been pe culiarly predisposed by the excesses of Christmas eve, as a gentleman who lives in Gateshead says he never saw so many drunken people as on Sunday last ; but many very sober respectable persons (although in the lower order) have suffered; and there is no reason to suppose that during the preva lence of so dreadful a scourge any class will be exempt." (From the Times Correspondent.) NEWCASTLE, DEC. 27.—Although the town of Gateshead is separated from Newcastle merely by the river, across which there is a bridge and con stant communication, the cholera did not appear in Gateshead before Saturday last, unless we admit the case that occurred there about a fortnight since to be unequivocal. On Saturday, Elizabeth Thomp son, who lived in Pipewell-gate, was seized with cholera while engaged in her usual avocation of sell ing fink upon the bridge. This was the forerunner of a severe visitation, strongly resembling in its ra pidity and power the destructive inroads of the pes tilence in India. Not more than one death had been recorded in Gateshead previous to six o'clock on Sunday evening; but on Monday morning, at ten o'clock, 39 cases of attack were announced, and nine deaths. To-day, 59 cases are reported from different parts of the parish, and 32 deaths, making, it may be said, in the short space of two days, the alarming total of 99 cases, 42 deaths, and eight recoveries, out of a population of about 12,000. The sweeping and (in England) unprecedented vio lence of the inroad has taken the parish authorities by surprise. Proper medical aid could not be fur nished to one-tenth of the diseased. Even after death it has been found that the number of the bodies precluded the possibility of carrying suitable measures into effect in every instance. Coffins could not be procured fast enough to permit of in terment being performed within a short period after the hour of death. The chapel yard—a new burial ground set apart for cholera cases—presented a pitiable sight. Seventeen persons who had died of the distemper, were buried during this day. A long trench, capable of holding twelve coffins two abreast, had been dug, and while the clergyman was reading the service this evening over the first two oc cupants, four other corpses arrived. Six coffins were deposited in the trench before six minutes had expired. One coffin had rather a remarkable appearance, it was much deeper than the others, and upon inquiry among the friends of the deceased respecting:the cause, they stated that the patient had been doubled up by the cramps, and they had been unable to make him straight. The burial service was finished by the dim glare of a lamp, and the whole scene was certainly calculated to leave a lasting impression on the mind of an observer. The cholera has prevailed in families here, as well as in Sunderland. The misfortune has rendered the me mory of one family very remarkable. James Kidd, a gardener, who had just recovered from a rheumatic fever, was attacked yesterday with violent symptoms of cholera, and he died about six o'clock p.m. Be fore Kidd had expired, one of his children, aged five years, was seized, and it died also in the evening. Kidd's wife was then attacked, arid her mother, and both expired to-day ;so that four of this family are interred, or about to be interred, within twenty-four hours. Moreover, while I was in the hospital at Oak well-gate to-day, another child of Kidd's, a girl aged 13 or 14, was carried in, suffering from severe symptoms. A well-known Alderman, amusing himself on Christmas night, playing with others at question and an swer, was asked by one of the company— " When Adam delved, and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman ?" To which his Worship answered, the Lord of the Manor, to be sure. COMETS.—The approaching year, 1832, will introduce to us one of those extraordinary phenomena, which, at so recent a period as the middle of the fifteenth century, had struck civilised Europe with dismay. It appears that another comet, and the only one whose ele ments have been accurately ascertained amongst the 500 which are supposed to belong to our system, will pay to us in 1835 his periodical visit, after an absence then of '76 years. And what shall render this comet of 1835 still more remarkable is, that it happens to be that very one which blazed with a tail of such immense extent in the year 1456 as it will also in 1835, occupying an arch of 90 degrees in the Heavens, or half the celestial hemis phere ; and whose singular appearance at that period, to gether with the invasion of Europe by the Saracens, and the complete destruction of the Constantinopolitan Greek Empire in Asia, so terrified Christian Princes as to have caused Pope CALIXUS to issue a form of prayer wherever both the Turk and the comet had been propitiated. FATAL ACCIDENT BY THE FALL OF MR. CANNING'S STATUE.—On Wednesday afternoon a dread ful accident occurred at the establishment of Mr. WEST• MACOTT, the eminent artist and sculptor, in Brewer-street, Pimlico, by which we are grieved to state Mr. VINCENT GAIGAN, Mr. WESTMACOTT'S principal assistant, lost his life. It will be recollected that Mr. W. was employed to execute the statue of the late Mr. CANNING, which is to be placed on a pedestal in Palace-yard, Westminster. The figure, which is of most colossal dimensions, being nearly twelve feet high, and weighing nearly four tons, is now in a state of great forwardness. On Wednesday Mr. Gat- CAN, together with four of his tnen, were at work upon the cast, which was raised from its base by means of pullies and a windlass. Mr. G. was in the act of solder. ing some part of the statue, when the tackle by which it was secured gave way suddenly, and melancholy to relate, the immense figure fell upon the unfortunate man, and, although only two minutes elapsed before the statue was removed, he was found to be quite dead. Mr. GAIGAN was a man of talent, and had the management of the busi ness for the last 28 years. lie has left a widow and six children to deplore his untimely death. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—FALL OF A GRA rtanY.—On Wednesday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, the extensive and lofty premises formerly occu. pied by Sir Wat. CURTIS and Mr. CLARK, as biscuit bakers, 224, High-street, Wapping, the back of which faces the river, fell down with a most tremendous crash, to the great terror and alarm of the inhabitants of the adjoining neighourheod. It appears that Messrs. IRVING and Baowts, coal-merchants, of Ratcliff Cross, lately took a lease of the premises, and let the upper part of them to Mr. GEORGE JACKSON, a corn-factor, for the purpose of a granary. Various alterations had been made in the building for the accommodation of both parties, by Mr. GAGAN, a builder; and Mr. Jontisots loaded the floors to such an extent with corn, that the builder was obliged to caution him as to the consequences which might follow his doing so. He, however, did not think that he was doing wrong, and continued to load the floors with the grain. The consequence was, the girders of the lower floor gave way twice successively, and the building fell with a tremendous crash. Fortunately a number of men who had been e ngaged in shoring up the girder on its first snapping, and in lowering the corn, had warning of the second alarm, and narrowly escaped safe. The shop front of Mr. G. Fox, hair-dresser, 168, opposite, was forced in by the wall of th e granary falling upon it. Mr. Fox was shaving the Captain of a ship at tke time, and was knocked down ; the Captain in alarm rushed into the street with the lather on his face, and was seriously bruised by some bricks falling on him.—The damage is estimated at upwards of 3,0001. ~►. - I `TItE IRISH PENSION LIST. The first entry in the Irish Civil Li,t, on the 22d of November, 1830, is " representatives of Charles Hooper and P. Martin, 1771. 11 s. Bd." dated Dec. 15, 1726, given by Lord Carteret. This has, however, been since cancelled by pur chase, according to the provisions of the original grant. Among the subsequent pensioners we find the representative of Jeremiah Dyson, since June 1770, 8931. 13s. Robert, Diana, and Eliza beth Adair, June 1772, 4451. 19s. 4d. Eliza. beth Sneyd, 1776, 445/. 19s. 4d. And shortly after (Feb. 19, 1781) we find Catherine Hannah Sneyd, 266/. 18s. 4d. Lord Aylmer, and Henry Frederick W. Aylmer, have had, since 1783, 3561.85. Bd. ; making a total, in the forty eight years since elapsed, of 17,068/. 16s. in 1787, we find four Ash worths, put on the list the same day, by the Duke of Rutland, at the following rates :-Robert Ashworth, for 1,0721. 14s. Bd.; Henrietta Ashworth, 266/.185.4d. ; Frederick Ashworth,266l.lBs.4d• and Charles Ashworth, 1771. 11s. Bd., a total annual receipt of 1,8641. 35., and a net receipt since of the public money to the amount of 88,886/. 155., no inconsiderable sum for one fa mily to receive for services which were probably known to the then Duke of Rutland, although we have no record of them. Perhaps some of our Irish contemporaries would throw some light on the subject, or tell us who these " Ashworths" are, In June, 1792, in the viceroyalty of the Earl of Westmorland, we have the names of two Newenhams (qu. are they of the respectable Cork family of that name ?) for 265/. 12s. Bd. annually ; amd the same year Sir George Ste phen May, Bart., for 881. Is. ! ! After him come five Jobbs-namely, Elizabeth, Ross, Eli. beth (twice one day !), Mary, and Margaret, with between them 231/. 2s. 4(1. March, 1794, we find Sir John Blaquiere placed on the list with 1,072/. 14s. ld.-making a total since re ceived of 37,8911.25. Bd.! He is followed by Robert O'Callaghan Newenham (second time !) 1771. lls. Bd. Two other names, Madame de Jarnac and Augusta Goddrell, appear the same day for the same sum-qu. are they of the same family ? We have then two entries to the representative of Lord Mountjoy on the Bth October, 1794, both making 3601. 14s. 11d. We make the following selection of names subsequent to this period (1794), placed on the list, with the sums given to the pensioners :- Sir Richard Borough, Bart., 177/. 11s. Bd. ; then a list of Hamiltons (there is a very rich family of that name in the county of Dublin formerly connected with its representation, and still, though unsuccessfully, contesting it). Henry (twice), Charlotte Jane (twice also), Sackville Robert, Arabella Elizabeth, Mary, and Isabella, with between them 976/. 7s. 8(1. ; Earl of Cavan (who signs Anti-Reform decla rations in Hampshire, no doubt in his capacity of a landed proprietor, without reference to his Irish pensions !), 261/. 18s. 4d.; Lord Strang ford, 881. ls.; Dame Mary Roche, 177/.lls. Bd.; Arthur Loftus (qu. of the Ely family ?), 43/. 18s. 4(1. ; Frances Viscountess Allen, July, 1799, has 2681. 18s. 4d.; and same day Wm. Bellew, 132/, 16s. 4d. ; in the course of a short time we find these names repeated in the follow ing order :-Oct. 1800, Frances Viscountess Allen, 88/. ls.; Nov. 1801, Dame Mary Roche, 266/. 18s. 4d. ; same date, Wm. Bellew, 132/. 16s. 4d. ; June, 1800, John Knox gets 535/. 10s.; and December, 1802, an additional annual income of 1771. lls. Bd. The next name is John Baron de Blaquiere, 893/. 135., in addition to his former entry, March, 1794, as Sir John Blaquiere, of 1,0721. 14s. 8(1., making a sum total received from both up to last payment of 63,706/. 19s. Bd. ! We find afterwards Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Bart., and Dame Charlotte Mikes, 545/.195. 4d.; Mary Dowager Viscountess St rangford, 260/. 18s. 4d., no small jointure from the public ; Penelope Baroness Clarina, 1771. I Is. 8(1. ; Earl of Tyr connell (who is also on the English pension list to the amount of 600/. Bs. 9d., and both in the same year, 1813), 445/. 19s. 4d.; Lady Emily Stratton, of the Aldborough family, who are all Anti-Reformers, and of the high Orange party in Ireland, 177/. lls. Bd. ; Wm. Bellew, a third time ! (lucky Wm. Bellew !) in June, 1813, for 1321. 16s. 4d. ; Sir George Mont gomery, Bart., Dec. 1813, by Lord Whitworth, 356/. Bs. Bd.; a note in the margin adds, " since dead ;" Sept. 1814, Wm. and Lady Anne Gregory, 4451. 19s. 4d. ; same year, Lady Elizabeth Mary Baker, 445/. 195.4 d. ; in 1815, we find Sir C. W. Flint and Dame Anna Maria Flint, 266/. 18s. 4d. ; Dame Margaret Foulis, 132/. 16s. 4d. ; October, 1816, we find Martha Udney (?), 445/. 19s. 4d. Of Earl Talbot's pensioners, we have Sir Stewart Bruce, Bart. (the first on the list), 177/. 1 ls.Bd. ; Sir George Rich, 132/. 185.4 d.; Barbara, Countess of Roscommon, 881. Is.; the Hon. Caroline Crofton, 141/. 15s. Bd.; Vis count Molesworth, 177/. Ils. Bd. ; Lady Maria Dillon, 43/. 18s. 4d.; Viscount Moles.worth again 1771. 11s. Bd. July and November, 1820, William Baron Brandon appears, having each time 266/. 18s. 4d.-the Noble Lord who is in the Church holds a very valuable living in Castle Island, County Kerry. Viscount Montmorres (a great Brunswicker) takes the petty amount of 431. 18s. 4d.-not a porter's yearly salary ! September 1821, we find Viscount Allen (the Viscountess having already had two entries since 1792/0 ; 266/. 18s. 4d. ; Marchioness of Head fort, 88/. ls. ; the Honourable Harriette Sewell (?), 881. Is. Lord Wellesley has left a tolerably long list during the period of his Viceroyalty, the first in it being Lord Kinsale, 356/. Bs. Bd. ; we after wards find Sir Charles Vernon, 2661. 18s. 4d., followed by Anne Baroness Trimlestown (since dead), 261. 2s. Bd. ; Viscount Mountmorres (again), 177/. 1 ls. Bd. ; Sir T. Edlyne Tornlins, and Dame Elizabeth Tomlins, 477/. 1 ls. Bd.; Lieut.-Col. Meyrick Shawe, 499/. 145.; Sir Richard Hunter, 177/. lls. Bd. ; Lady Mont gomery, 146/. ss. ; Viscount M ountmorres (third time), 88/. ls. April, 1826, we find one of the tew rewards at which the public would not grumble-it is Harriette Maturin, the widow of the author of Bertram, &c., and the unpromoted Curate of St. Peter's Dublin, 43/. 18s. 4d. ; Viscount Kingsland has 192/. ss. Bd. ; Sir It. Hunter (again), 111/. Os. 4d.; Lady Mont gomery (again), and Marian Emily Mont gomery, 63/.125.; the children of the late Lord Gifford, 204/. Os. 6(1. ; the Hon. Geo. Augustus Frederick Sydney Smythe (what a length of name), 1041.45. The Marquis of Anglesea, in his first admi nistration, has left five pensioners, among whom is Sir Joseph de Courcy Laflan, 192/. ss. Bd. In January, 1829, we find the Marchioness of Westmeath, 3861. ss. 4d., in the interval be- tween Lord Anglesea's departure and the of the Duke of Northumberland. The latter Nobleman has left eighteen 0 01 list, among which are Dame*Painela ! Adelaiie Felicita Henrietta ! Campbell ! !,47/.l2sfi Lady Arabella M'Leod, the same sum Cecilia Latouche, 951. 10s. ; and the Esli Roscommon, 1921. ss. Bd. The total on the Irish Civil List amounig 51,1551. lls. 6d. annually. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29.—The Stanmer packet rived on Wednesday, at Falmouth, seven days Lisbon. No attempt had been made to raise money for the loan, from the English residents the Portuguese had been compelled to assist, s! consequence great discontent prevailed in Li' and the neighbourhood. The Beagle surveying -vessel, which had peal/ again, sailed on Tuesday for South America. In Hamoaze—San Josef, Fly, FLrrier, Le e Pike, Hermes steam-vessel, Prince Regent troll Diligence and Supply naval transports. In the Sound—Caledonia. The Lyra packet, Lieut. St. John, arrived et! mouth on Wednesday, from Brazil, left Rio the ' October, and Cape Frio the 26th, with the and specie, 100,000 dollars from the wreck of Thetis frigate ; the Lightning steamer still coati° her operations on the wreck. The Hermes steamer, Lieut. Kennedy, si c the same day from the Mediterranean, left Gib° the 13th and Cadiz the 11th December. r ll lO from Cadiz, we learn that the Spanish Gene rijos, with about sixty of his followers, who secreted themselves in Gibraltar, had been dse i , by the Spaniards into the nei g hbo ur hood o f P . where they were soon surrounded by troops, tt prisoners, and shot, on or about the 11th insv i among them was an Englishman, wh o h a d i g io o , Liberals at Gibraltar. The Hermes spoke the senger, Lieut. Aplin, on the 15th, off Lisbon; had experienced much bad weather, paddlr iii damaged, and one seaman washed overboard., The Princess Elizabeth packet, Lieut. Iv (act.), arrived on Tuesday, at Falmouth, fro! , maica and Carthagena, left Carthagena 10th Pion ber, and Jamaica 22d, with the mails, platialt' 160,000 dollars on freight. The Fair Rosamond and Black Joke, tend° the Dryad frigate, have captured three slave c e : which originally had 1,100 slaves on board, which they succeeded in taking only 306 to Leone. It appears the Fair Rosamond h' tured a lugger with 106 Africans, and shortll wards saw the Black Joke in chase of the tv/ 13 ., ° tuggers; she joined in the pursuit, but the /r, succeeded in getting into the Bonny Rive r ' landed 600 slaves before the tenders could tsic e i session of them. They found on board 014 i but ascertained that the rascals in command e r slavers had thrown overboard ISO slaves, ina ll o together, four of whom only were picked of the irons upon them. MILITARY COURT-MARTIALS. A district Court-Martial has been held r King's Mews Barracks, Charing-cross, to try l' io Hilton, a private soldier, belonging to Lieut e ., Colonel Ferguson's company of the 3d ben d ° the Ist regiment of Grenadier Guards. V I lowing officers composed the Court-Martial Lieutenant-Colonel Boldero, President;' Drummond, Captain Hood, Lieutenant S Lieutenant Compton, Lieutenant Hudson, tenant Lord Lovaine. The first charge against the prisoner 0 9 iv i i serting from his regiment about six weeks sg" ,, The second charge was for making egg part of his regimental necessaries. The third charge was for stealing a p a ir o ft'il ,) l and a pair of trousers from Robert Hilton, on soldier, the prisoner's own brother. ) On Wednesday morning the battalion ti at the usual place, the King's Mews, when t il o il sorter was brought out from his place of c_ i ° o l meat, and the minutes of th e Court-Martiv i read over by Captain Hood. It appeared fi " o i prisoner had been liberated from prison s houts seven weeks ago, where he had been coanl i e , some offence, and on the very same day d e ,g. from the regiment. He was afterwards li hended at Aylesbury, and brought to Lond° l :,:,: trousers and boots belonging to his brother "S with him %, hen he deserted. The prisoner, I,r saver to the charges, admitted that he was it ij i , 4 the two first. On the day he came out of he got some liquor, arid having absented hill( a day or two, he was ashamed to return. ,'.d nied being guilty of the third charge, and l' ll t 4 he took his brother's things with the intl yi returning them. An inquiry was made Court as to the prisoner's general characte r r o , it was proved that lie had been in the regils e o years, and that during that t.me he had Ig e d t by seven courts-martial and punished. Oil " o f casion he had been flogged. The Court itt j e prisoner guilty of the first and second chig?,l acquitted him of the third. The sentence 'f ° o (o 4 the prisoner be imprisoned in Brixton Horo e rection for twelve months, arid kept to hard 0 01 and at the expiration of that time he be d i ,V with ignominy from his Majesty's service ('''dr' out). The prisoner was immediately matt under an escort to his place of confinement' MILITARY FLOGGING. A few days, since a Garrison Court-104J siOng of the Officers of the battalion of tb e ii! giment of Coldstream Guards, now s t ationVe Tower, under the command of Colonel 14 burne, was held in the fortress, to try J'a fjl ti i' man, a private of that corps, charged with ej dinate conduct in insulting and using tb r j language to his serjeant. lie was fort' and immediately put under arrest. On Fri'sli ing last the battalion mustered i n t h e barto` o situate in the Old Mint, within the Towe r don; and the finding and sentence of th e Martial were read over, sentencing the Pr,l,4 io receive 300 lashes with the cat-o'-nine- 01 0 bare back—equal to 2,700 stripes ! He ` * ; 0 0 diately stripped and tied up, and, notwidwo fresh drummer was provided at the end of h e t o lashes, and the severe nature of the puni",i underwent the torture without uttering i p groan, or giving the least indication of fo u r, when the Drum-major called out " three Holman turned round, and exclaimed in s triumph, " Domino!" as if he had ju contested game. On being rel: berts, he did not betray the I though the flesh on his back w: in a dreadful manner, and the down his body. The surgeon the unfortunate and bleeding thirsty, and requested him to ta. but he said lie did not want any as if nothing had happened, th, that he was in a very weak stat, to be sent to the Military Hosp Westminster, but, not being ab/ had to pay his own coach-hire mains in the hospital. 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