The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

AW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to day, and was en gaged the whole morning in hearing arguments in cases relating to technical points of pleading. OLECE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREETT--(THIS DAY.) A prisoner was brought this morning before Mr. Tvvy ford, and placed at the bar, attired in a complete sailor's suit, charged with assaulting one Mary O'Sullivan. The Clerk (to the prisoner —What is your name ? Prisoner, (iii a feminine voice) Harriet Wilson, Sir. Mrs. Sullivan then came forward, and stated, that in company with her husband and two female friends, she was passing along St. Martin's-lane, last night, on their way home, when they turned into a public-house. They there saw th e p r i soner w i t h a young woman at the b ar. The prisoner came to her (witness) and said, " How do )." ( 1 0, my dear?"— (Laughter.) Witness told him— Clerk —Him ! her, you mea n . Witness—How the divil should I know it was a her th en; she looked man enough to me. The witness went on to say. that she told the prisoner that she was a respectable married woman, and was the bothe r of a f am il y , an d t h ere f ore she could not receive u" prisoner's, a d vances . U pon t hi s the prisoner fell Pon her, and tore her bonnet and cap off, and a police- Inan coming in to see what the row was about, the pri soner was given into custody. TWITORD (to the prisoner)—Well, are you a man (4. a woman ? Prisoner—A woman, I believe, Sir ! Mr. T WYFORD — WeII, what have you to say to this c c\ hark e ? She said she was sorry for what she bad done. had been to Woolwich yesterday to visit a young f riend of hers, an officer in the navy, and, for a lark, he a sked her to put on a suit of his clothes, and she did so. 0 Mr. TVYFORD said he should fine the prisoner 10s., in default of payment di paid., commit her for seven days. T hem n e y was imme MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY:) !FThomas Smith, a fashionably-dresscd young man, who used to give his address, was charged with bur piously entering the dwelling house of Mr. Charles y ° lmes, of No. 2, Sydney's-alley, Leicester-square, rabrella and fishing-tackle manufacturer, with intent to Ste a l . e ,„h appeared that between eight and nine o'clock last lag, as Mrs. Holmes was sitting with one of the fe male ser vants at nee dl e - wor k i n t h e parlour b eh i nd the th°l 3 , she th oug h t s h e h ear d a no i se i n the passage of e pri vate entrance, b ut as it was not repeated, she took '2 O farther notice of it ; hoWever, in a short time aFter _vvards sh e di st i nct l y heard the footsteps of some persons is Walking very softly up stairs, and she immediately 4 1 1 shed o ut i nto t h e passage, demanding to know who was r e e re- No answer was returned, but after a pause o f a seconds, the prison e r an d anot h er came runn i ng 4 ° 74 stairs f rom t h e fi rst fl oor l an di ng, an d push i ng s "le Airs. Holmes and the servant, with considerable i t ° „ k aee. opened the private d oor an d ran ou t, s l amm i ng p after them. An a l arm was i nstant l y g i ven , an d :ee-sereant Valiance, No. 11 tf th e C division, being t he spot at the instant, he pur s ued the prisoner, and afte r a smart run succeeded in capturing him. His com n!ell managed to effect his escape., As the prisoner as running h e was seen t o th row a sma ll parce l d own barea, whi c kwas found to contain a bunch of skeleton os, 12 i n number, of very superior make. A regular 4eet iasebreaken the r's d i jreme ct mrow bar) was also found in th e io y n (c he ran. M r. ALtranr (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say 4, 411Yth . tug now? Prisoner—lt is hardly worth m y w hil e anything.—Remanded. 14 A.RYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) th i . °ln Stacey and William Jones, two well-known car es, were charged with having stolen a box from the h h i • tee, fr f Thomas Slade, carrier to Bovingdon, Hertford t ,'om London. • ro lice.const a bl e 59 C, said that he had observed the atre„ . suners following the cart, the distance of several d tif tp "s, and he, being in plain clothes, followed . them, a ., n ce a :_they had tried the cart several times, without six "ley succeeded at last in taking the box from it. ItA-vaaNsoNDid you ever mention anything of th is to th e carrier himself ? Constable—No, Sir, not till Lk' took the box. RAWLINSON—Why, I thought you were to _pre robberies not wait to see them committed. You o pt Y, like eases at the Old Bailey very well, but my is that you ought to have prevented this. e box was identified by the carrier. el,irother constable repeated the same story, but . his llo t h e . il ee was held unnecessary, and, the prisoners having Joltlng to say, were fully committed for trial. its 4 APDonald was charged with stealing a till and ti Contents from the shop of Mr. Leonard Kelly, 41, P.t.lr Rathbne-place. st e c T e e - eonstable, 163 E, was on duty in Great Russell iateel, in plain clothes, and observed the prisoner going t o l l se veral shops, w h ere h e p urc h ase d no thi ng . H e j~i w ed him, and o b serve d hi m go i n t o M r . K e lly' s s h o p. tu ad tss look e d i n at t h e w i ndow, and saw hi m on h ands th e ees behi n d th e coun t er remov i ng th e contents o f L.l". prisoner He s had s nothing tat the doo o r an say,d taken and was into c sen tustod to y. w ue gate for trial. 'UNION I-1 A ~L.--(THIS DAY.) Ta n -ui EATENIN,, To SHOOT.-- Charles Edmonds, a young Vof respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. 1; e N1, ch arged with attempting to shoot Matilda Putter, tic , aughter of a l arge shop-keeper, of Bridge-house e, Newington -causeway. 4 a ppeared that a n a cquaintance had subsi s ted f or 40 t e t tle time between the parties, and that the prisoner had f 4 ell „ Paying hi s a dd resses t o th e comp l a i nant . H er 1, 1 " 4 "Y, however, were averse to their marriage ; and of fb t t he complainant refused-to see him, and f or bad e hi m ) 0 - „ uouse. This determination, on th e p ar t o f t h e e Et ;: la g lady, had given the prisoner a good deal of un ae ; and he was heard to de c l are th a t s h e shoul d t,:ex b e the wife of any other man. On the preceding Al a i li ng he accordingly called at the house of the cern 41,,‘Ilant, w h o, on seeing him, requested him to go thl;3') saying that she did not want to see him. Upon ht, declaration being made, the prisoner became ;I;such excited, and earnestly entreated her not to 4 4 hini. She, however, was inexorable, and having 4 0 : desired him to leave the place, he drew a pistol qa 1:4 ,.. 11 ,is Pocket, and presenting it at her, made an ex kept-'l°ll, when the complainant's mother, at the mo lt entered the room, and seeing the weapon pointed aline 3 . daughter' s h ea d, w ith grea t pres e n c e of mi n d, l'op, ll ‘ down his arm, and a young man entering the Which Wrested the pistol from the prisoner's grasp, Th W as found to be loaded with powder and ball.' e prisoner was held to bail. ett- —RKENWELL—(THIS DAY.) e'ltt ohk , k, ragstaff, a cab-driver, badge 5,517, residing in t ra oram-street, was charged with attempting to t It Ve Sarah his wife. PPeared ' from the evidence that on Wednesday L' 4 'll) a - VaSI, between six and seven o'clock, the com- Itt, went to the prisoner's residence to askl for sup tlso,„"B he had deserted her. Having heard that the l ''f o i e r was living with another female she attempted k llo vt e , e her way into the room, but the prisoner aimed fitted er t !it her, which she avoided by stooping ; he then with both his hands and, lacing her head on h or th ll4l te, pr esse d h er t h roat so tightly that were it not in terference of her sister she declared he would , 'eP aes, rived her of life. ver to questions from the Magistrate the poor 4 ,'"0e3 8 5id she had seven children. He had agreed to o ltitit i Zr nine shillings a week, but paid only one week's - '` a nee. It was by direction of the parish officers 'T e rge th e Martyr that she went to her husband's 111 ;.:_ t testimony Was confirmed by two witnesses, and 44ot'40ner was remanded by Mr. Combe for the atten of the parochial authorities. Ott . 014 e, C HARLES WETHERELL MESIVERISED.---011 t Nr d(t3 , evening last Mr. Stone, the " eminent bar- Inesmerised Sir Ch ar l es W et h ere ll. Th e l earne d 1 1 ,4 0' . was advocating the cause of a thief, with his i l l h e a bility, when all at once the Recorder reclined and gave evident signs of being in the land of 1 1 : 4 t Hem 1" said Mr. Stone ; "hem, hem 1" t J. G. Smith, but Sir Charles still slept. At p, ti khr, awoke, and his half-opened eyes stared on a 141: audience—the very prisoner smiled—he could thi i t• Mr. Stone certainly deser ves grea t cre di t ~,,,Iriumphant proof of the t ru th o f l ega l mesme ".'ristol Tim es . op j 1 IV ASR WOOLLEN GOODS.—The art of washing Ol T goeds so as to prevent them from shrinking is 11,3, tiv le desiderata in domestic economy worth record -I,la it is therefore with satisfactio n that we explaiu t:° 1 1:Ple process t o our readers. All descriptions of tjl),; - goods should be washed in very hot water with Ow al cl as s oon as t h e art i c l e is cleansed immerse it in p t ' ‘ t er ; let it then be wrung and hung up to dry. It ti %o 4 ' O, VISIT TO WARWICK CASTLE. —We have th .„.to.believe that her Majesty, accompanied by his 41-I ghness Prince Albert, fully intends to h onour ,1 and Countess of Warwick with a visit at "t 't t War astle. Th e prec i se per i o d o f t h e Q ueen ' s visit has rh r anspired, from the fact that the day is not de °n• From the interior of the noble castellated being in the most excellent state of repair, and to: t Pl e t "dieus and splendid apartments having, since %ent Earl succeeded to the honours of his ances -14:114k?'" e laborately decorated and re-embellished, tut 110 threParation is necessary to complete any arrange ,ittbmaY be required for the comfort or conve at‘,,,,,,',"o. Queen and her august Consort. The Earl 0 111 ;`, 4 ell is one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting. 1; 4 4 :Wage is on the lapis between a gallant officer, f 4 : l ', of E , oble and Learned Lord, and the accomplished , 4 14 ` ll .I ' ll . P. for one of the midland counties. The ~,aniskillen will be shortly united to Miss Casa et Newport's marr i age w ith the Hon. MissllAg oTh; Will take pl ace a t t h e c l oseo f t h e p rese nt month. 4 1 , 4 .4 3 ,,,„ 144 r CLERKS' MUTUAL B E NEFIT ASSOCIA" lOtti 'BENEVOLENT FUND.—The third annual 4 4 14 4 u*ing Of the members of the benefit depart- IZ l Of Association was held last evening at the t‘'ornraeyce • Mr. Tho mas i n th e c h a ir. The rQae in highly encouraging terms of the rapid l i4 Ni tx . wilieli the Society was making, the amount re )l44 ti oto t i i.le way of premiums and investments more ‘p i tlng the same items of the two preceding d h aue debtor side of the account showed the re- Vhlrt t), -g the year to be 2,3821. 7s 9d. The other s: l , b ,ited a balance in the Bank of England of qs. ri ; 1,1001, stock in the Three-and•a-Half per el A..ia tt lie4d, 1,098/. 10s. ; and 1,0004 New Three- Per Cents. Reduced, 1,0201. 15s: The re tiket 1 - the managers and other routine business was ‘, 4 l 4 nd the meeting separated. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS-DAY.) NAT IYEATZKET .S' SMITHFIELD. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31; useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 12s ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 31 16s. Clover Hay, 3/ to 51. Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Although the demand was somewhat improved to-day, no advance was noticed in the quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow -Hay, 21 103 to 3135; useful ditto, 3l 5s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 41; Clover Hay, 3/ to 4/. 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to It 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A short supply and a heavy trade. Prices: about stationary. WHITECRAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31; useful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine upland ditto, 31 12s to 3!16s ; Clover Hay, 31 to 513 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 7s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1110 s per load. Supply , good and trade very dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is very firm, and a good business has been done considering the small quantity on show; about 500 hogsheads have been sold at extreme prices. The public sales have only offered 1,875 bags ,Mauritius, 3,220 bags and 55 casks Bengal, which went off without spirit, but nearly the whole found buyers at about the previous quOtations, viz. at 50s to 57s 6d for low to fine brown Mauri tius, 58s to 67s for low to fine yellow ditto ; low to fine white Benares Bengal 63s to 68s 6d, mid to fine soft yellow ditto 57s 6d to 623 Gd, and low to good brown 50s to 545. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West Indite Docks was 752 hhds, 1 tierce, 27 barrels ; and there w;ere taken for home consumption, 1,514 hhds, 155 tierces, 133 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,351 hhds, 1,000 tierces, and 1,039 barrels. COFFEE-1,064 bags and 50 casks Ceylon, offered by auction mostly sold at - 63s ed to 68s for fine ord pale to fine ord colory, and good ord pale to fine ord British Plantation kind, at Gss to 775, all of which were higher rates than were expected ; but being generally of a su perior description to the average quality, no material alteration can be quoted. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 74 purrs 174 hhds ; and there were taken for home consumption 243 puns 22 hhds ; and exported 110 puns 6 hhds. The stock in the same places was 12,625 puns 2,046 hhds. TALLOW.—The market is rather dull ; P.Y.C. at 41s to 41s 3d ; and Town Tallow at 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The public sales of 50,000 packages com menced to-day, and are going off tolerably well as re gards the quantity finding buyers. COAL M A RE ET Ships arrived since d. Ord's Redheugh l2 6 Wan. Eud . - Q' - West Wylam ly ti Walls End Hopper:' l7 0 Wylatn Walls End Clenndl l5 0' Howard's W. Netherton.. 14 9 Walls End Heaton lB 0 V 1 all:. D.cl West detten ... 17 0 Walls End Hi1da....... ..... Walls End Hetton "0 :1 Sidney's Hartley ..... ........ 15 0 Walls End Morrison ,. 18 •0, Walls Ead Devonshire l7 6 Walls End Caradoc 20 31 PRICE 3 OF SEEDS Per Cwt. 1 Sew English Rea C10ver...35s 56s St. Fcin —s 28s 4, Old Ditto Ditto ~.......—s —s —s Rye Grass... ...... —s Ca C. New Foreign Ditto......—s :35s 54s Pacey Grass .. ..... —s —s OM Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Libsceti, fur feedin , ..—s 54s 56. New White (lov e r 45 3 br s CO 3 Ditto, for sowing .....„—s 82s 66, Old Ditto Ditto —s s—s Ditto, for crushing ....—s 523 5.3 F Nov Trefoil —s 12s 24s Hem: —s ws 42! Old L'itto .... ........ ......—s s —s Canary —s 60 3 6fs In folium ............ ...... —s —s —s l Per Bushel Er glish Carraway ......—s 4 4, s 41s White Mustard....lo3 Od to 12s Oc Foreign Ditto —s 43s 46s Brown Ditto lOs Od to 14. P.,' Cotiauslar —s Its 20s,Tares 4s Cd to t cl Pet Qti ar te, NEAPOLITAN TRADE with INDIA. East India-house, Jan. 11. Sir,—ln reply to your note of the 9th inst., inquiring "If Neapolitan merchant vessels under the Neapolitan flag can take cargoes in the port of Singapore for the kingdom of the Two Sicities, ' I am commanded by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to trans mit to you a copy of " a regulation relating to the trade of foreign, ships with India, 11, hich was promulgated by the Government of India on the 2d December, 1839. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, JAMES MELD' ILL. To Mr. W. Dobson, Secretary at Lloyd's. Extract from the Calcutta Gazette, Dec. 11, 1839. " Legislative Department, Dec. 2, 1839. "The following regulation made and passed by the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, under the authority given to them by the Act of the 37th George 111., cap. 11,7, is published for general in formation by order of the Hon. the President of the Council of India in Council ! " A REGULATION RELATING TO TEE TRADE OF FOREIGN SHIPS WITH INDIA. "` - Preamble.-4liereitregai;fon was made and passed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and transmitted to India by a dispatch dated the 28th day of July, 1837, and promulgated by the Su preme Government on the 29th day of December, 1837, for rescinding and re-enacting, with modification, cer tain provisfftns contained in a regulation made and passed by the said Court of Directors on the 12th of August, 1829, for regulating the trade of foreign nations with the ports and settlements of the British nation in the East Indies ; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the true intent and meaning of certain parts of such regula tions, and it is expedient that such doubts should be re moved, the Court of Directors of the said Company, by virtue of the powers granted to them by the Act passed in the 37th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., entitled An Act for regulating the trade to be carried on with the British rossessicnis in India by the ships of nations in amity with his Majesty," have rescinded the whole of the said regulations, and in lieu thereof have framed the following regulations : " Foreign ships belonging to any State or country in Europe, or in America, so long as such States or coun tries respectively remain in amity with her Majesty, may freely enter the British sea-ports and harbours in the East Indies, whether they come directly from their own country, or from any other places, and shall be there hospitably received, and shall have liberty to trade there in imports and exports, conformably to the regulations established, or to be established, in such sea-ports ; pro vided that it shall not be lawful for the said ships to re ceive goods on board at one British port of India, to be conveyed to another British port of India, on freight or otherwise, but nevertheless the inward cargoes of such ships may be discharged at different British ports, and the outward cargoes of such ships may be laden at dif ferent British ports for their foreign destinations; and pro vided further, that it shall not be lawful for the said ships in time of war between the British Government and any State or Power whatsoever, to export from the said British territories, without the special permission of the British Government, any military or naval stores, salt petre, or grain. " J. P. GRANT, Officiating Secretary of the Government of India.' " DEATH OF SIR ROBERT ANDREWS DOUGLAS, BART. —We have to record the death of Sir Robert An drews Douglas, Bart., of Glenbervie, which took place at the Mauritius on the Ist November last, where he was in command of the reserve battalion 12th Regi ment. Lady Douglas, with her three infant chil dren, arrived from England only two days before the sad event. The deceased Baronet was eldest son of the late General Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, who as sumed the name and arms of Douglas by sign manual, and married' the daughter of the late Joshua Rouse, Esq., of Southampton, by whom he has a sun, Robert, born 1837, and two other childern. CORONER'S INQUEST.—DREADFUL DESTITUTION. —Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday evening at the workhouse of the West London Union, West•street, Smithfield, on view of the body of Dominic Cousins, aged 58. Police constable Joseph Dunney, No. 258, stated that about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, de ceased come to the station-house is Smithfield, just at the time witness was taking in a prisoner. He asked leave to come into the station-house and lie down. Witne'ss told }Am that could not be allowed, and directed deceased to go the workhouse in West Smithfield. Witness subsequently took deceased to the work house. That was only a few minutes afterwards. He told witness that he had a wife in a madhouse. .e said also that he was a cabinet maker and a foreigner. George Henry Davies, a porter at the West London union workhouse, said that he saw deceased on his being brought in, and was with him up to the hour of his death, which took place about seven o'clock the following (Friday) morning. Deceased had some tea and bread and butter, and was put to bed almost as soon as he was brought to the work house. He appeared to be dreadfully ill, and in a ver y emaciated state. He could hardly speak, and gasped for breath. By Mr. Ray's order, the parish surgeon, he had several glasses of port wine, and also some medicine given him. Mr. Ray attended him several times in the course of Thursday night.. At first he ap peared to rally, but he gradually sunk, and every effort to save him proved ineffectual. Deceased evidently died from exhaustion. From a paper found in his hat at the time he was brought to the workhouse, it appeared that he had been a patient of the Royal Free Hospital not long before. After some deliberation, the jury returned a verdict that deceased died a natural death, brought on by want and exhaustion. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14.—A public meeting was held on Friday evening, at Wesley Chapel, in this town, for the purpose of affording an introduction to the deputa tion of the Free Church of Scotland—the Rev. Patrick Fairbairn and the Rev. James 'M'Kenzie. A large body of Dissenters assembled on the occasion, but the chapel was not so full as the subject might from its novelty have occasioned, and the exertions which were adopted to get up -the meeting. The deputation intend visiting every town in the country ; and, from the large number of Dissenters therein, the contributions are likely to be considerable. Burma ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yesterday, the 33d Annual General Meeting of the subscribers to this Society took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, Mr. S. B. Brook in the chair. The Report, after congratulating the subscribers on the continued pros perity of the charity, stated that the society's asylum had lately been enlarged at a cost of 1,786 L, about 4881. of which still remained to be paid off. During the past year 13 orphans had been received into the asylum, and 17, of whom 13 had completed their education, had left and obtained situations. The number received since the commencement of the year had been 78, of whom 53 were boys and 21 girls. The Committee had to announce that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had become Vice-Patron of the institution, and that the amount subscribed at the last anniversary dinner, at which his Royal Highness presided, was 545/. During the day an election of seven children out of a list of 23 took place. THAMES TUNNEL.—Last week 27,556 persons paid toll at the tunnel. _ _ _ •••.. The workmen in every branch of the scissor manu facture in Sheffield have commenced the new year by a general strike for advance of wages. last market.day, 49, s d. ivarrington l9 6 -- T- - THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY E‘ ENING, JANVAR v 16, 1844 FINE ARTS. We have just seen a portrait of Mr. Charles Phillips, one of the newly-appointed Commis sioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. This por trait is a half-length, and represents the Learned Gentleman, with his right arm stretched forward, and his left resting on a law book, in the act, we presume, -of addressing one of the Judges in. Bankruptcy. The likeness is a very striking one; and as a work of art, it deserves great praise for the neatness and skill with which it is THE CURRENCY. finished off. The artist is a gentleman named TO THE EDITOR 9F .THE TIMES. ('Driscoll, who has painted it from life, and Sir,—lt may possibly be correct, as you state, that I drawn it on stone. am not able to find out when I am beaten. Napoleon brought a similar charge against the English army at Waterloo. lam willing to take my full share of this national obtuSeness, but I hope -you will allow me to suggest that it is possible that a small portion of it may attach also to yourself. The current circulation of bills of exchange must certainly have been a little older than the reign of Charles 11. ; for I find that James I , in 1611, appointed a Committee to inquire into the causes of the exportation of gold and silver money, and that the Counnittee reported that one of the causes was the use of bills of exchange. But I am well content to leave these questions of legal erudition, concerning the ancient circulation of ac knowledgments of debt, upon the footing on which you have placed dup. Whether the circulation of such in struments has existed only from the reign of Charles 11., tr in the more remote periods of our history, when mo netary debtS themselves were only of a trifling amount, is a question of very little importance, when compared with Cie present state of things, in which nearly all the complicated and innumerable transactions of life are effected through the agency of monetary debts, and when the transfer and exchange of acknowledg ments of debt for each other has literally become vital to the existence of society among us. I would say to you, as I said to Ur. Cobbett in my letter pub lished 21 years ago, " Let us leave the dry bones of our ancestors to moulder amidst the errors and the crimes, the effects of which have long since passed away, and let us take care that the present generation of living men is not precipitated to an early tombr by measures which;, are far more unjust and infinitely more ruinous than any, which the maddest of tyrants have ever attempted or de-, wised before." In your journal of the 4th instant you are pleased to use a very harsh, and not very gentlemanly term, as . applicable to any future reduction of the standard of value. The old proverb of "glass houses" should nut be forgotten. The charge of " rascality" should not be preferred upon light or unjust grounds. Surely, you do not mean .that the 4 per cent. juggle of 1819 is to be made permently a cen t. per cent. fraud upon th e people ? The means of the people are cut down to the metallic level ; are their burdens to be hept up at the paper level ? The late Lord Liverpool told the House of Lords that their rents had been doubled and trebled in paper money. The national debt had been quadrupled. All the taxes, salaries, and expenses of the Government, including the pay of the soldiers, have been doubled. Under these doubled oppressions, and under the paralysis of industry consequent upon the con traction of the circulating sy stem, the people are crushed down into worse than Egyptian slavery. Mr. Cobbett's prophecy, that " without an equitable adjustment, 2,000,000 of men would die of hunger before the pre sent standard of value could be carried into full effect," is at this very moment being literally fulfilled. Is there to be Bo limit to human cruelty on the one side, or to human endurance on the other '2 Let us not deceive ourselves. This giant fraud is too terrible, and too mortal to be successful. When the dire agony of the people shall have carried a free trade in corn, which it certainly will do, how long, do you think, it will then be before free trade is carried also in sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco, and in all the other articles the restrictions upon which now provide the revenue by which the national debt is supported ? I can tell you.. Under our preient monetary system, just six months. Then the national debt comes suddenly tumbling upon our heads. This terrible catastrophe has been postponed for many years, by all manner of tamperings, tricks, and contrivances, which are now drawing to an end. Under our present system we may now almost count the months which precede the breaking up of the tremendous debacle. Something must be done to arrest this ' mortal ruin. What then is best for the fund owners and tai-receivers?—to cut down the standard of value, and thereby to secure safety, justice, prosperity, and contentment to them and to all classes? or to reduce the monetary burdens of the people correspondently with the reduction of-their monetary means? or to leave the fundowners and landowners, tax-receivers and tax payers, to perish all under one common ruin? -Un doubtedly, the first of these operations is the easiest and the best for all classes. Perhaps you think, that the confiscation of the land will save the national debt. Vain hope. The landowners have yet the main political power of the State in their own hands. They will all become free traders in their own defence; and the mort gagees, a most formidable body of men, will most cer tainly throw their weight into the landowners' scale. Be assured, Sir, that if the Jews and lawyers persist in demanding payment of their " Jewish bond" in a quarter of an ounce of gold for every pound sterling of English tax, rent, debt, and obligation, there is but one way in which nature will allow them to enforce it with out bringing down , ruin upon their own heads. They must substitute totally the use of paper-money in the place of gold and silver coin in England; and they must prevail upon _France and America to act upon a similar poliCy. By these means only can they occasion such a depreciation in the value of gold and silver thrmighout Europe as will enable them to keep down the market prices of gold and silver at their present level, whilst all other prices rise to that remunerating level which is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of industry, and to the very existence of society in England. Paper money has carried our country through many a trying scene. With wisdom, fortitude, and justice at our head, it may yet carry us through a more formidable scene that has ever yet presented itself in the history of England before.=-I am respectfully, Sir, your obedient humble servant, THOMAS ATTWOOD. Birmingham, Jan. 9. of a Military Knight of Windsor upon the death of Captain J. J . . Cummin, in June last, has been appointed to the Governorship, in the room of the late Captain Fernvhough. Captain Moore entered the G9th in 1800; obtained his Lieutenantcy the following year ; was ap pointed to a Captaincy in 1811 ; and retired upon half pay at the close of the war in 1815. The new Go vernor being- the junior Knight the appointment has been the cause of surprise and disappointment to many of his seniors. STRAND THEATRE. A new one-act farce, from the pen of Peake (we presume an adaptation from the French) was produced at this theatre last evening, under the title of Madclon ; or, The Devil of a Dancing -master. The scene is laid in a French village, in the time of Louis XV. Madelon (Mrs. Montgomery) is an orphan girl, living with her aunt, the hostess of the village inn. Monsieur Salathiel (Mr. Alfred Wigan), the Devil of a Dancing-master, is the dancing-master of the village, and has been in days of yore the principal dancing *devil at the Grand Opera. lie makes love both to Madelon and to • her aunt, to Madelon for the sake of her beauty, and to the aunt for the sake of her purse. Madelon, however, treats him with contempt, for she loves Pierre Paul Placidon (Wilkinson), an honest journeyman -batter. A carriage drives up to the door of the inn, and Mademoiselle. Guimard (Miss Fitzjames), a danseuse from the Grand Opera, accompanied by her lover, rush in to seek for refuge frop th e persecut i on of the-firince. de Soubise and Madame du Barry. Mademoiselle Gui mard had been, in former days, kind and charitable to Aladdin's mother, and the grateful girl determines to render her every assistance. The Prince .de Soubise arrives, and Mademoiselle Guimard effects her escape, leaving Madelon disguised in her cloak and bonnet. The devotion of Madden, however, rouses the jealousy of Placidon; and Salathiel, who seems to delight in mischief making, lends his assistance to increase the imbroglio. All, however, is cleared up at the conclusion, and Madelon and Placidon are made happy. The quiet humour•of Wil kinson told excellently in Placidon,and Wigan, as Salathiel, jumped about as though his limbs were of Indian rubber. Mrs. Montgomery as Madelon was admirable. This lady thoroughly understands the French character, •and de lineates it to the life. Her Madelon had all the vivacity, the elegance, the espieglerie, and the warmheartedness cf a genuine French girl. There were several little touches of pathos in the part,' 'which 'were 'exquisitely given. Nothing, for instance, could be better than the description of the visit of Mademoiselle Guirnard to the distressed family of Madelon's parents. It was beauti ful. We should like much to see this lady in tragedy. Madelon was preceded by Itodwell's successful drama of Adele, and followed by the " Nigger" songs of Palmer, the banjo player. The Hunter's Bride concluded the evening's amusements. The house was exceedingly well filled. • MUSIC OF IRELAND.-CROSBY HALL. It is quite impossible, in the space of a newspaper cri ticism, to do anything like justice to the masterly lecture delivered.last evening, upon the National Music of Ireland, by Mr. F. H. Horncastle, at Crosby Hall. A close note of the doctrinal and controversial part of Mr. Horncastle's eloquent and simple discourse would fill three or four columns, and even then the report would be inadequate, because we know of no shorthand which would enable us to carry from the concert-room and convey to our readers the peculiar richness of the Lecturer, in his illustrations, or the chaste, sweet, and exact tones a his charming choir, Miss Cubitt and Miss Porter. The whole credit of the fine effect produced last evening by those faultless illustrations must not be given to those ladies and to the Lecturer, who is the most perfect baritone in England, for Miss La Roy has completely rid herself of the Italianisms which we have been obliged, on former occasions, to censure, and she*played " Fin M'Coul's March" with a tenderness of touch and strength of expression which tho wa rr i or b ar d, the author of this glorious melody, might hear with envy. The correctness and truth of the Professor pervaded his mutt* con* and the symphonies were executed by Mr. Jolly in a style so faultless that, if they were played as separate pieces, they would have been as eagerly encored, as they were warmly upplauded. Mr. Horncastle shed a new li g ht upon the history, as well as the science of music; and lie concluded his delightful lecture with a promise that, in be prove that Irel an d— o f the course of his series, which he is not a native— merits the appellation of the " Land of Song." CURRENCY-T.HE SILVER COIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Two articles hare appeared in The Sun re lative to the wonderful profit that would arise by parties purchasing silver bullion at Os:per pound troy, and having this weight coined into 665. One article appeared on the 21st ult. ; the other on the 13th inst. The gentleman to whom you are in debted for those articles will very much oblige me by favouring me With the date of the Royal Procla mation, authorising the public to demand the coinage of silver bullion at the Mint; and if he can produce such proclamation he will further oblige by stating the authority by which parties can demand of the master of the Mint 665. for each pound weight of silver bullion delivered at the Mint for coinage. I have in vain endeavoured to trace the proclamation to which I have referred. If the public has a right to demand the coinage of silver bullion at the Mint at this time, I consider I have reasonable cause to consider that such a proclamation must be in ex istence, as I find the following enactments in the 56 Geo. HI., cap. 68, sections 9 and 10 :—" From and after such day as shall be appointed by any proclam a ti on i ssue d by his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, it shall be lawful for any person, native or foreigner, to bring any foreign coin or reputed coin, plate or bullion of silver in mass, molten or alloyed, or any manufacture of silver, and to deliver the same at the Mint in London, to be there melted down and coined into current silver coins of this kingdom ; and such silver so bought shall be assayed, and melted down and coined into silver coins of a standard of eleven ounces, two penny weights of fine silver, and eighteen pennyweights of alloy in the pound troy, and in weight after the rate of 665. to every pound troy, whether coined in crowns, half-crowns, shillings, or sixpences, or pieces of a lower denomination ; and as soon as may be after such silver shall be melted and assayed, there shall be delivered to the person bringing the same a sum in silver coins, after the rate of 625. of the standard fineness before-mentioned for every pound of troy; and for the diminution and charge for assaying, coinage, and waste of all such silver so brought to the Mint, there may be retained at the Mint 4s. for every pound troy brought in, making in the whole after the rate of 665. for every pound troy."—Section 9. " Such sums of per pound shall be applied to the expense of coinage, and the surplus, if any, car ried to the consolidated fund."—Section 10. If I am not " mistaken," I guess that the withhold ing 4s. out of every 665. by the Master of the Mint, would tend to reduce the profit of 101., which your correspotiflent states would arise from the operation he has described, and that the buying up all th e go ld co i n and gold bullion, with the silver coin, is not quite so easy a job as he imagines. Is it that I 'or he is " mistaken r—Your's, 80. Ilfracombe, Jan. 15, 1844. GORDIUS. BEIRNIARD AND A STANDARD OF VALUE." TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your Correspondent Beirniard, in your's of the 13th inst., has intended so ably to describe a standard of value, that it is a great pity that it should have been confused—the little word " if," never was, I am certain, intended by him to have been in the place it is ; he either omitted to have erased it in his M.S., or it is a typographical error. Beirniard's definition of a standard of value cannot be quoted too often ; therefore, perhaps you will allow me to do so, marking the word " if,' in a parenthesis. " The fundamental original sin' which lies at the base of all currency theories (of the usual school) is the mystificafon about a standard of value,' there is no such standard (if) it means some thing which will always command the same amount of other things which men consider valuable." I fully agree with Beirniard, that not only is there no such standard, but that there never was, nor ever will be,—when the alchymist discovers the philoso pher's stone, and the mechanic perpetual motion, then may the monetarian hope to find " a standard of value."—Your's, &c. G ORDILT S. Ilfracomi , e, Jan. 15, 1844. General 'Jackson is in very infirm health. Ile never leaves his room, and is emaciated to mere skin and bone. lie has a severe cough, and pain in the back and side,_ but his voice and i n t e ll ec t a pp ear una ff ec t e d, and the lightning . fire o Wormer years yet flashes in. his eye.--American paper. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In my letter to you of the 10th inst., there are some errors in the figures ►vhich I wish to correct. For Si. read 51. 11s. For 228 grains read 204 grains. For 600 grains read 684 grains. Jan. 15, 1844. A WORKING ALAN. THE BIRMINGHAM BLACK-HOLE. At the close of the Borough sessions, at Birming ham, on Saturday, two men, named James Smith and John Taylor, were placed in the dock to answer a charge of assault upon police-constable Buckerfield. Mr. Mellor appeared for the prosecution, and stated the case. The Learned Gentleman said he had to request the attention of the Court and jury to that case, which was instituted by the superintendent of police for the protection of his officers, one of whom, the complainant, Buckerfield, had been grossly as saulted on the 25th of December, whilst in the execu tion of his duty, under the following circumstances : It appeared that on that day Buckerfield was sent to quell sonic disturbance in a place in this town, which, from all he could hear, was a disgrace, not only to the town of Birmingham, but would be a disgrace to any country or to any age. It was called a prison, con nected with what was termed a Court of Requests. It was a prison, indeed, but the like of which he had never heard of since he read of the celebrated Black hole at Calcutta, or those dark and loathsome dun geons which had disgraced bygone days. It was a prison under ground, in a cellar of the house; and in this place twenty-three persons were confined for debt. He was told that the situation of these unfor tunate persons was truly intolerable, and that it was really impossible for language to describe the wretched condition in which these beings were detained. He was told its common name in the town was the Louse Hole; by that it was known, by that it was called; and he could not refrain from saying, that it was really a disgrace to think that such a prison, such a sink of filth and cruelty, could be permitted to exist - in a town like this. Havieg thus noticed the place of as sault, which he had no doubt would soon undergo a change, he should state the facts of the case he had to prosecute against the prisoners. It appeared that some disturbance arose in this place, in which the assist ance of the police was required. On the 2-3411 Dec. (being Christmas-day), the governor permitted a number of persons, friends of the unfortunate debtors who were confined in this hole, to go into the place. for the purpose of seeing their friends and spending some time with them. A certain time was allowed for theni to remain in ; but it appeared that they re mained longer than the time allowed, and under the influence of drink they began to quarrel. In fact, a regular fight ensued, and the governor was in a state of terror and alarm. He was afraid to go near the place, and lie in consequence applied for the assistance of the police. The complainant, Buckerfield, was sent to the place, and he entered this cell, where he was immediately seized hold of, the cape of his coat was torn off, his staff was taken from him, he was beaten with a stick upon the head, and grossly ill used by the persons in the r oom . Mr. Boot was then called, and on being examined by Mr. Mellor, stated that he was kf . eper of the prison called the Court of Requests. Cross 'examined by Mr. Millar—lle had been twenty-six years altogether in his present situation, and the cell of which he had been speaking had been used all that time as a prison. It had been called the Louse Hole from time immemorial. Men women, and children, were altogether in one room. He could not refuse to let their wives in, if they came at proper hours. He could not tell the size of the room. It was something larger than the area around that table. Respectable persons were placed in an inner room. Mr. Millar—And what sort of persons, pray, do yoU put i n thi s g l or i o u s pan d emon i um ? Witness— I put all those there who do not go out under the Insolvent Act. They did not sleep in that room at night; they slept in a room up stairs. Sometimes they requested to be allowed to sleep down in the room already described. The parties up stairs had straw beds if they paid for them.—(Sensation in Court.) They had no beds when they slept below stairs. He Could not tell the size of the place they slept in above stairs. It was more than five yards square. He would not swear it was twenty yards. There were twenty-seven persons sleeping in the room at the time. Mr. Mellor—And dow do they lie ? Mr. Spooner, barrister—They lie down heads and points like a parcel of dogs. The Recorder—Has any person in authority visited the place during your time ? Witness—A person from London visited it two years ago, and since then one came down. The Recorder—What was his name ? Witness— Ido not know. He came and said he was an in spector of prisons, and I showed him all the rooms, and told him the number of prisoners they contained. The Recorder—ls not this Court of Requests pre sided over by Commissioners ? Witness— Yes. The Recorder—Do they ever look over the pri soners? Witness—They are there every Friday. The Recorder—Do any of them ever go down to look at this place ? «' fitness—Yes; they have seen it. Evidence was then given of the assault, and the Recorder addressed the jury. Twenty-seven fellow beings—fellow-men, endowed with all the sensibilities of nature, had, it appeared, from time to time, been subject to bodily torture and mental degradation, to the manifest injury of body and soul, in this miser able dungeon—a dungeon existing below the sur face of the earth, although no person ought to he confined below the earth—in a dun geon that recalled to the mind those horrible places which he had hoped had passed away for ever. In his opinion, unless they saw good reason to doubt the evidence they had heard, the two prisoners were clearly guilty of the assault ; arid they stood then in a position which he hoped would be long peculiar to themselves in the administration of English laws. They stood in a position in which a verdict of guilty would draw upon them, not, in point of fact, a punish ment, but a reward; for one could readily believe that it would be, after the descripti on th ey h a d h eard of the place of ieir confinement, a blessing to them to be removed under almost any circumstances. • The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. After which The Recorder, addressing the prisoners, said he was not giving them any pain by pronouncing the sentence upon them, that they be imprisoned in the county gaol, and kept to hard labour for three months. In that gaol they would find cleanliness and humanity, and attention would be paid to their spiritual as wer as temporal wants. The prisoners were then removed. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE MINT IN THE BOROUGH. —The long contemplated improvements in that densely populated locale—the Mint in Southwark, are now it would seem at once to take place. The same plan for a new street, which was approved of at a meeting held at the Town Hall, on September 17, 1840, designed by Mr. Attiscocks, the surveyor, is to undergo little or no mo dification or alteration. It runs in a slightly curved line from Blackman -street, St. George the Martyr, and joins Charlotte -street, Christchurch, dens cutting through the v er y h eart o f t h e miserable dens and those hotbeds of crime in the Borough Mint. The line will intersect Barrow -street, Red-cross-street, Duke-street and-King-street, embracing Mint-square, and widening Queen -street, Southwark Bridge-road, to upwards of three times its present width. After crossing the South. wark Bridge-road it leaves a portion on the north of Norfolk -street standing, and quitting it at Paviour's alley, intersects Prince's -street and crosses Gravel lane into Charlotte-street, only a corner of which will have to come down. The whole extent is a little more than 6,600 yards. A question naturally suggests itself— beneficial as the vast improvements at present proceed. ing must be allowed to be,—what is to become • of the poor who have so long inhabited St. Giles's, the Mint, and other localities which are now daily being rased to the ground ? Ala. WALLACE, M.P.—lt affords us pleasure to state that the resolution come to by the Town Council of Paisley, some time ago, for presenting the freedom of the burgh to Mr. Wallace, is likely soon to be fulfilled. The reason of the somewhatunaccountable delay that has occurred regarding the fulfilling of this duty is, that the members of Council to whom the task of cor responding with Mr. Wallace was allotted, were unanimously of opinion that some appropriate token of respect from the inhabitants in compliment to Mr. Wallace for his valuable services in securine , the penny postage, should a ccom p any t h e freedom voted by the Council. Many gentlemen unconnected with the Council having concurred in the this view, the most ap propriate accompaniment that occurred to them was a box for the burgess ticket, composed of the Wallace oak and of Queen Mary's yew. On application to both Sir John Maxwell and the Elderslie family, the best selec tions that could be obtained of cuts from these two trees, famous in the history of Scotland, were most cheerfully granted, although considerable difficulty was experienced, and a good deal of search and delay was necessary before a proper piece of the oak could be found. All difficulties of this kind have, however, now been surmounted, and on having obtained a beautiful design • from Mr. M'Clure, artist, Glasgow, the design and classical materials alluded to, have been put into the hands of Mr. M'Clure, carver, Exchange -square, who has now got the box in 'a considerable state of forwardness, and which, when finished, will be a most appropriate gift for the representative of the Wallace family, as well as a splendid and elaborate piece of art. Amongst other devices, the box will be embellished with the arms of Wallace, and with those of the town, placed in conspicuous places.— Glasgow Evening Post. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock, a tire broke out in a private dwelling-house in the occupation of Captain John Shepheard, situate at No. 7, Mansfield-street, Portland-place. The fire origi nated in .the upper floor, from, it is supposed, a spark flying out of a lighted candle amongst the bed and bedding. The ,Brigade, County, and West of England engines were remarkably quick in reaching the spot, but fortunately the fire was extinguished without calling the engines into requisition. One of the domestics, in assisting to get the fire out was burnt about the hands and wrists. Captain Shepheard is understood to be insured in the Imperial. LITERATURE FOREIGN QUARTERLY RETIE H', No. LXIV. Chapman-and Hail, Lonthm, 1844. Alluding, some few weeks since, to the past and present state of American literature, we took the opportunity of observing that the United States had not yet produced one single author of eminence of whom it could justly be said that he was original. We remarked that the writings, whether in prose or verse, of the New World, were merely so many faint, feeble copies of those of the Old; and that even Cooper himself, though supposed to convey a faithful image of national peculiarities in his works, was often nothing more than an echo of Sir Walter Scott, just aa'Emerson is of Carlyle, and Bryant of Wordsworth. An article in the present number of this journal, entitled " American Anthology," fully bears out our opinion, by passing in review a whole tribe if Yankee authors, and pointing out the sources whence they derived some of their best ideas. Not a fe . w of the poetical specimens quoted by the Reviewer are of the most grotesque character it is possible to conceive, and satisfy us that America has yet inuell to learn, as well as much to unlearn, before she can cultivate the Muses with any praspect of success. The memorable " Congress of Vienna" in 1815, when Europe was coolly partitioned out by a set of despotic Legitimates, without the slightest regard to any ether consideration than their own conve nience, forms the theme of an amusing critical notice, in which occur several whimsical sketches of illustrious individuals who figured prominently in that scene of royal tom-foolery. The portrait of Isis fat Majesty of Wirtemberg—that " tun of a man," who possessed all the obesity of - Falstaff without a tithe of his wit, is, we have no doubt, perfectly accurate ; and the passing gliMpse we have of the sentimental Alexander, whom Napo leon justly described as " a Greek of the Lower Empire," gives us a vivid idea of the chlracter of this royal dissembler. In the review of " Mignet's Historical Essays," we find a hasty memoir of the notorious Abbe Sieyes, so well known during th e ear l y period of' the Re volution for his constitutional theories, as also for the part he played on the occasion of the Eighteenth Brumaire, when Citizen Bonaparte upset the Directorial Government, and under the specious form of the Consulate established a systematic, military despotism. " Sinde, its Aineers and its People" makes no great addition .to the - stock of knowledge we already possess on this subject, still it is an interesting article, and is nut forth at a seasonable juncture, when all eyes are directed with eagerness towards this rieW conquest of the Indian Government. From the notice of Mignet's " Historical Essays" we quote an anecdote or two respecting the eminent French physician Broussais " IJ4e had not quite finished his studies when the revolution burst out. . His family embraced the cause of liberty. His ardent and impetuous imagination was inflamed by it. The time arrived for participa. tion. The Prussians, in 1792, had advanced to Ver dun, and the alarm had roused the patriotism of all France. Broussais, then twenty years of age, enrolled himself in a company of volunteers, of which he was named sergeant. In one of the frequent encounters with les Chouans he signalized his force, his genero sity, and his courage. The company of volunteers had been surprised and beaten. In retreating, one Of his comrades was shot, and fell at his side. The war was without quarter, and the enemy were but a few paces in arrear. Yet Broussais, at•the peril of being taken himself, stopped, lifted his wounded companion upon his shoulders, and continued his retreat, his pace somewhat slackened by the burden. Les Chouans fired upon him. One ball passed through his hat. But he escaped. Arrived at a place of safety, he de posed his comrade on the ground ; and to his horror found him dead. He had run that risk to save a corpse. He could not l ong an i ma t e t h e company with his example. Seriously ill, he was obliged to return to his family ; and on his recovery he embraced the paternal profession. MS progress in study was rapid; and having attended the hospitals of St. Malo and Brest, he was appointed surgeon to the frigate Laße nominee. On the eve of departure he received a letter from the Mayor of St..Malo, which commenced in these terrible words :---‘ Tremble in receiving this letter!' . . . . It announced that the house of his aged parents bad been attacked by les Chouans, who had murdered them 'both and mutilated their bodies. The grief and indignation felt by Broussais cannot be described. Forty years after;vards, says Mignet, he became pale as he spoke of it." ADVENTURES OF MR. LEDBURY. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. In these volumes we have a re-publication of a tale that appeared last year in successive num bers of Bentley's Miscellany, and which we have more than once noticed in The Sun. The story of Mr. I,edbury ; and his numerous mishaps and adventures, is by no means deficient in interest ; the details, in particular, of his journey by way of the Rhine to Switzerland, and afterwards to Italy, and of the strange vicissitudes that betel him on the road, exhibit much descriptive ability; and the story possesses the additional re commendation of being cleverly illustrated by Leech. GLOSSOLOGY ; or the Additional Means of Diag nosis of Disease ,to he derived from Indications and Appearances of the Tongue. By Benjamin Ridge, M.R.C.S. L. Churchill, Princes -street. 1844. This treatise contains the substance of a paper read by Dr. Ridge before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital on the 4th of Novem ber last; and certainly, should the truth of the doctrines propounded in it be confirmed, Dr. Ridge has made one of the most vitally import ant discoveries that has been made since the days of Hunter. His discovery is " That certain appearances in parts of the tongue indicate the presence of certain diseases, and that these parts correspond with certain organs of the body." The state of the tongue has always been con sidered as.diagnostic of disease, but the amount of information hitherto afforded by it is thus de scribed by Dr. Ridge, who follows up the state ment by an account of the manner in which be made Ills discovery : " I found the tongue was looked at as an organ of diagnosis, and I looked at 'it too : but the amount of information I gained from it was trifling ; and very little more did I gather from books, or from per sonal instruction. I still thought there must be some thing more substantial to b e l earne d f rom i t, or other wise it seemed a waste of time to , look at it at all. Dissatisfaction on the point led me gradually to re flect on its diversified appearances. As disease came before me, so different observations obtruded them selves, until, after carrying these in my mind for years without being able to arrange them or adopt any regular system, I was led at last to draw the rough form of a tongue, and map, out its compartments. I had' no sooner accomplished this than . I perceived that the divisions corresponded very closely with its anatomy. " The first observations I made were in 1836-7, during the prevalence of the epidemic influenza. The cases which came before me were numerous; but my own observations differed so widely from those of the writers on that epidemic, that I hesitated in obtrud ing them. I noticed three distinct stages of this dis ease—affecting, first, the stomach ; then the lungs ; and lastly, the brain ; - and that three distinct charac teristics of the tongue presented themselves." - The work is profusely, illustrated by diagrams and plates, showing the divisions of the tongue, according to the views of Dr. Ridge, and the ap portionment of those divisions to the various or gans of the body. The Doctor then goes into a minute anatomical description of the structure of the tongue, for the purpose of showing that these divisions are founded on structure, and that there is a nervous connection between the va rious divisions of the tongue and the organs to which they are appropriated. Should Dr, Ridge's views prove correct, it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the science of Glossology, not only in the diagnosis of dis ease, but as a means of detecting deception : " I must here remark' that a thorough knowledge of' Glossology will sometimes detect deception. When the tongue is silent, it will tell the truth. The sick tale is not unfrequently an untrue one : those who have had most practice are best acquainted with this fact." This book is well worthy the careful attention of the medical profession. Every practising member of that profession has the power of in vestigating the truth of these doctrines; and it is a duty he owes to himself; to his profession and to his fellow-creatures to do so; for the nearer the approach to certainty in diagnosis, the nearer the approach to certainty in application of remedial agents. In conducting these inves tigations we would earnestly impress upon the minds of the investigators the importance of this, the concluding observation of Dr. Ridge's work : " Important truths are only to be elicited by a great expenditure of time and patience ; and he is the wisest man who spends them liberally and ungrudg ingly, when they are paid down for a good purpose— to add to knowledge, and benefit mankind." OUR INDIAN MAIL.--Our Indian papers contain Indian Ink to the latest moment ; and we have received pickles up to the 'time of starting. Our Courier, in an ticipation of the Overland Mail, has arrived in anticipa tion of his pay ; but he will not get it. Among our other Indian arrivals, we have been put in possession of Indian rubber from which we find tha there is 3t good deal of elasti c ity i u the matlieta,—Punch. ADELAIDE GALLERY. Last night the orchestra had an unusual accession of talent for the promenade concert, and on account of Covent-garden being otherwise occupied there were more of Jullien's best men enabled to attend in company. Mons. L. Z. Remy officiated as conductor. .There were several .very pretty features in the concert, but the one upon which had been placed the greatest strain was "Jullien's English Quadrilles ; they were rapturously encored. In the second part of the concert, his " Royal Irish Quadrilles" were equally successful. The entire of the musical performance seemed to elicit the approba tion of the audience, which was numerous. Mr. Green's exhibition of his balloon occupied the attention of the company before the entertainments began, and Mr. Monk Mason's Aerial Machine was suspended from the ceiling throughout the evening. There were other ob jects in succession to employ the minds of the visitors, among which was a lecture in the theatre upon Payne's Patent Process for the Preparation of Wood.. The 'lee- turer demonstrated the process by the operation of the air-pump, by which the vessels of the wood can be im pregnated with iron, and thereby renders even common deal incombustible, and imparts to it a durability of wear and hardness of surface, so a s t o ma k e i t capa bl e o f re ceiving the most brilliant polish. The lecturer showed that the invention was one of gr ea t i m p or t ance t o soc i e t y as regarded preservation of buildi ngs or vesse l s f rom fi re, as well as adding to the stre ngt h of t i m b er, and the adap tation of more ordinary woods for the formation o f orna mental furniture. COURT CIRCULAR. Ills RoYal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting yesterday morning, attended by Major-General Sir Edward .Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, Lord Rivers, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Royal party left Claremont on horseback at elefen o'clock for the preserves, and after remaining near four hours returned to lunch. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday forenoon in Claremont Park. Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure from Claremont yesterday morning. Her Majesty . and Prince Alb ert wa lk e d i n t h e gro unds in the vicinity of Claremont on Sunday afternoon. The Marchioness of Douro, and the lion. Mrs. G. E. Anson, took an airil',. in a pony phaeton. Sir Robert and Lady Gardi ner had t h e honour of dining with her Majesty at Claremont. A Cabinet Council was. held at, three o'clock yester day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharn c liff e, the Earl o f Ab er d een , Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, and other Cabinet Ministers. The Cotn:cil sat three hours. Sir Frederick Pollock, AttOrnei-Generil, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Sir Frederick had also an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Moses Montefiore had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A meeting of the Revenue Inquiry Commission was held yesterday at GwyclaT House, Whitehall. Lord Stanley and the Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman .of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Gladstone had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday. at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received. from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday morning from a visit to Earl Cowper, at Panshanger. The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at his residence in Old Burlington-street. on Sunday night, from Woburn Abbey. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Cardigan, in Portman-square, from Deene Park, Northamptonshire ; Lord and Lady Shrewsbury, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. William Best, from a visit to Lord Wynford, at Chiselhurst ; the Hou. Mrs. Horton, in Bolton-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Charles Gore, from the Marquis of Lansdowne's, Bowood ; Lord Charles Wellesley, at Apsley House, from Strathfield say-e • Sir George Talbot, Bart. and Miss T a lb o t, f rom S. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Sir David Davies, from her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court ; the Hon. Captain Francis Villiers, at the Earl of Jersey's, Berke ley-square ; Captain and Mrs. Wilkinson ' at the Glou cester Hotel, - Berkeley-street, Piccadilly ; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, at . ditto ; Captain Mainwaring, R.N., at ditto. DEPARTURES. Sir C. Napier, M.P., from the Gloucester-hotel,Berke ley-street, Piccadilly, for Merchistoun-hall ; J. Ander son, Esq., and Misses Anderson, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, from ditto ; Rev. F. Hewson, from ditto ; the Hon. Miss Eden, for the Queen Dowager's, Witley court, near Worcester ; the Hon. William Ed wa rd es , from Fenton's-hot e l, f or hi s seat in Lincolnshire ; the Hon. Berkeley, on a visit to Lord Fitzhardinge, at German Cottage, Cheltenham. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The funeral of the late Captain Fernyhougli the Go vernor of the Milit ar y K n i g hts, took place this day at the new catacomb s a t St. George's Chapel, with full military honours. Mr. Fernyhough, jun., Messis. Bond, Smith, and Masters (relatives-), and Dr. Stanford and Mr. Fowler, the medical attendants of the deceased knight, followed as mourners. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimaz Lieut. Bruce, Lieut. Lascelles, and Col. Stanhope, of the Grenadier Guards, and the Naval and Military Knights in residence at Windsor, also followed the corpse to the grave. This is the first interment which has taken place in the new catacombs, which were completed in August last, and are constructed to contain upwards of 200 coffins. Tan NEW GOVERNOR.—Captain Moore, late of the 69th RegiMent of Foot, who received' the appoiettaeut -- • . . COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. The last accounts received from Dr. Wolff are to the 2Sth of November, on which day he left Trebizond for Erzeroum. He arrived at Trebizond the previous day, accompanied by the Sheik of Bokhara, Hajji Nfohanavti Shereef, to whom he was introduced by the Reis Effendi at Constantinople, and by whom he was immediately re conised as an oM acquaintance. The Sheik has pro mised to use all his influence for obtaining the release of Stoddart and Conolly. On going on board the steam-boat, the Doctor found that Sir Stratford Canning had even paid his passage. One page of the Doctor's journal is taken up with an enumeration of acts of kindne*s of Sir Strat ford and Lady Canning, and the gentlemen attached to her Majesty's Embassy. On looking at the passengers' book, the fir s t name that met his eye Was that of- his friend, Arthur Conolly, written with his own hand, in the year 1839. At Trebizozul the English Consul opened a subscription, and 4000 piastres were imme diately raised, of which the Russian Consul contributed 1,000, and the French Consul 400 Piastres. . • A letter has been received from Lieutenant Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery, dated Camp Kurnaul, Novem ber 16, which states that man Barenstein, who said that he had witnessed the execution of Stodd art and Conolly, had been proved to be an impostor. - • Lieutenant Eyre states that an Airghan had arrived at Hyderabad, from Bokhara, who left Stoddart alive, and at liberty.. He could easily escape, if he had but the will. The Affghan says that " Stoddart has scruples about escaping without an order from the English Go vernment, being a man of exceedingly strict notions of : duty." Lieutenant Eyre relies upon this intelligence, having seen authentic documents. At Kurnanl 1,200 - rupees (1200 were immediately raised for Dr. Wolff's mission. TIM REBECCA RIOTS. (From the Carmarthen Journut) We find that Shoni Seyborfawr and Dai y Cantwr, the 'persons who, at the late winter Assizes, were convicted fur Rebecca riots and were severally sentenced, the. former to transportation for life, and the other for twenty years, have made confessions to William Chamb ers , Esq., jun., of Llanelly. Shoni confessed to him that he was present at the Lurning of Mr. Chambers's tw3 farms, namely, Mansant and Tynywern. He also mentioned several nightly meetings which he had attended, where measures were taken to avoid the military, who at that time patrolled the country. He admitted that he was one of a party who pulled down a dozen gates, which he named, and the several nights on which they were demolished. He further gave the names'of several farmers who were pre sent with him in his destructive acts. It appeared from his statement that he and his wicked companions were to be paid a certain sum 'a day for breaking down gates, and other misdeeds,:and that he and many others were paid five shillings each for setting fire to "Alansant, front a puhlican, who acted as treasurer. lie further states, that the old woman at heady Gate was shot by a to nnintentionally—in fact, purely accidentally. Dal y Cantwr states that he was present with Shoni in many of his midnight misdoings, and was present when the farms of Mansant, and Tynywern were set fire to, and that. he saw Mr. Chambers's horse shot. lie has mentioned the names of several persons who assisted him and Shoni in the committal of outrages upon property. which have disgraced this and the adjoining counties. Ile further states that the proposition to shoot Mr. Cham bers was not the wish of any one person in particular, but that it was the opinion of the people generally that the younger Mr. Chambers ought to be shot. ALLEGED CAsE or CAIN. CON.—A case of erim. con., which has crubed no small sensation in Tyrone, is to undergo investigation at the Omagh assizes. The persons alleged to he guilty are both married ; and the plaintiff has laid his (images at s,ooo).—Derry Jowrsult DISTRESSING ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY.-.yes". terday morning a fine lad, named Edward Mills, twelve years of age, was brought into St. George's Hospital. suffering the:most acute agony, arising from the four fingers, and a portion of the thumb of his right hand having been cut off by a circular saw, at the works of the Wood-pavement Co - mpany, near Van hall- bridgy. It appears that the lad had but just been engaged in his new employment in the machine-room, and being, therefore, unacquainted with the works thereof, he in cautiously, during the temporary absence of the engineer, placed his right h an d among t h e machinery, and before he could withdraw it his fingers, and a portion of his thumb, were cut off, as above described. It is expected that, from the jagged manlier in which the fingers, &c.. were severed by the saw, that amputation of the hand at the wrist will he unavoidable. If, however, this should not take place, what remains of the hand of the unfortu nate boy will be of little or no use to him. COFFEE AND EATING -BOCSE-KEEPRBS' A - TION.- The half-yearly meeting of the members of this Association was held yesterday evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street ; Mr. Hare presided. From the Report read by the Secretary, Mr. Abbott, it appeared that the total receipts for the year were 267/. 17s. The subscriptions of members exclusively amounted •to 84/. 19s. 9d., being a much larger sum than bad been re ceived in any corresponding period since the formation of the Association. Amongst the items alluded to in the Report was one of 801. 45., the profits of an excursion to Sheerness in July last. From an entertainment at the Eagle Tavern, City-road, a sum of 1 31. 18s. Gd. had been derived. During the half-year a sum of 100/., had been added to the amount of stock, which now makes 1,300/. The Report detailed some other facts of no importance: Its adoption being agreed to, the usual business was gone through, and the meeting separated. [A DVIIRTAEMENT. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.—The Hampshire Advertiser states :—" We have to record the demise, this morning, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southamp ton, of the Marquis of Hastings. The Noble Marquis had beets residing at the Hotel for the last month, being an invalid from the gout, which at last reached the heart, and caused his death. The Marquis would have bean thirty-six years of age had he lived to the 4th of February next" rhus in the meridian of life, has fallen one of the most, amiable of our aristocracy, from a dis ease ever known to terminate fatally when the stomach or brain are attacked. The loss of this Nobleman is the more to be lamented, when he might have been pre served to his friends and to society had he known of that simple remedy, Blair's Gout and Rheumatism Pills,. which have ever been so successful in restraining the• disease from reaching any vital part. ALARMING FIRES.—Last evening, shortly after o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered in a Urirate house belonging to a Mr. Smith, situate at No. 4, Wood -west,. Lambeth-walk. The brigade engines from the stations. in Waterloo. and Southwark-bridge-roads were innue diately dispatched to the spot, when it was found that it had broke out in a large cellar under the stairs leading to the basement-floor, the latter being entirely consumed- Much damage is done, and it was understood that ths, occupier was insured. Almost at the same time several of,the brigade engines distributed in the city were called. out to another fire in Goswell-street-road, which fortu nately was not of so serious a character. It originated in the kitchen. The principal damage done is to a plate box, which contained some valuable plate. About noon yesterday much alarm was created in the neighbourhood of Iloundsditch, owing to an alarm of fire having been raised at a house situate at No. 4, Fireball -court. and. • that a JoveSs named Blandlell was burnt to death. Om inquiry as to the fact, it was ascer t a i ne d t h at the latter part of the report was not exactly correct, although the pour creature is so seriously injured that her recovery is almost deemed impossible. It appears that she acci dentally fell into the fire, and in her fright, while pulling. off her wearing apparel, which was in flames, she the room. The premises being tenanted by a large nuns her of persons, abundant help was soon at hand, and the fire was quickly subdued. The ollicial returns of the shipment of wines from Oporto, as appeare ? ,.by the accounts just received thence. show the following results, viz., that the total shipments were 26,400 pipes, of which 21,296 pipes were destined for Great Brtta►n, 2,541 pipes for Brazil, 879 pipes for Ham burgh , 547 pipes for the P lT i n p i e t s e p c ; l ip S tie ba ,s. t J; e . s a , snu a dl n i ( t l igi : u p ia, i ri p li e e ; to France, while other localities figure for 1.131 pipes. The principal shippers were George Sandman and Co., 2,092 pipes ; Mint, Mope, and Co., o o . t , h l e , r 3o s s b p ipp ipc:s rs ; ficure p ti i n p e e r s , ; G I j a , s o s i i is o e t, ca and an C d 0., C 1 0 ,.2 , 56 1 1,062 Harris and Co., 1,016 pipes. for less than 1,000 pipes sash. DEATH OF THE MAR9I4S ,OF HASTING. k_ It is with ft cling s o f regre t we have, 444_, death of t'ie Marquis of Hastings, th • ttl) Bence of whose demise reached the z ; morning. The melancholy event toot :Agee 'o7.7•Atitill . ar4,C-1 evening, at Southampton, where, as • us last week, the Marquis, accompanic Marchioness, had arrived from Bourn vantage of medical advice. Our inforßfitg6iijil ( tl iat eon - Sequence of indi spos i t i on the Marquis early in 'tb(6'pm. month was, at the recommendation of his physicians, ad:: vised to leave Dorrington Park, Leicestershire, for the Hampshire coast, in the anticipation that a change of air would - prove beneficial to his health. Since then his Lordship has continu e d more" or less un we ll, an d i t was increased symptoms of a serious character that induced his removal from Bournemouth to S out h ampton. The Marchioness, who has constant ly;s o atte i n en de:L e t i l t i n e et n i noble-in -valid valid - throughcut his illness, bereavement, and it is feared that the shock given to her fealing , s may injure her health. Th e l ate G eorge Atigustusl?raneis Rawdon Hastings, Mar qu i s of Hast ings, Earl of Rawdon, Viscount Loudoun, and Baron Botreaux, Ilungerford, Manes, Hastings, Mods of Cadb ur y-, Newmarch, Peverill, Do . Hornet,. and Rawdon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Earl of Moira, county of Down, and Baron Rat - don of Moira, in the Irish Peerage, was second son of Francis, first Marquis, the distinguished Governor- General and Commander-in-Chief c , l* India, by Fiora- Mure Campbell, in her own right Countass of Londoun, who died in 1841. Ile was born on the 4th of February, 1808, so that the deceased had not attained at his death his 3Gth year. On the death of his gallant father, Nov. 28, 1826, whose elder son died an infant, he succeeded to the honours of the family. The late Marquis married, AuguSt 1, 1831, Barbara Yelveaton, in her own right Baroness Grey de Rinhyn, by whom his Lordship leaves issue a son, Patilyaz Reginald Serlo, Earl of Rawdon, horn June 2, 1832, who of course becomes Marquis of Hastings by his father's death. an d, we believe, four youthful daughters. The late Marquis has three sisters surviving him, nam e ly- L a d y Sophia 'Frederica Ch r i s ti na , horn February I, 1809 ; Lady Selina Constance, born April 13, 1810. and mar ried ;NM? 25, 1838, Captain Charles Henry, 58th Itegi ment ; and Lady Adelaide Augusta Lavinia, born February 25, 1812. The. families of Lord and Lady George William Russell, Marquis of Ailesbury, Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald, and many other persons of dis tinction, are placed in mourning by the Marquis's demise. 1 Ili