The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-31 00:00:00

.- SUMMARY OF MFWS AND ZOUbitt ntetta°l4 " TVIw rum may read." Wolitetivati. On Monday evening. their Majestiee, the lilelg a nd , Porto, of the French received the Beleiati, Swedish, and ' M . • 'the ,„,ucse trusters, Ministers ( e the Interior Cone geese the Dukes d'Estissac anti d'Aibtifera, of Baron th de e n t o i ll i rrielueney, G eneral de Sperry, and the Prefect -e ,_ The bust for which his Majesty Louis Philipyompoe 3, ei %any sittings to the sculptor, Mr. Jones, of d L is e ct on l . was on Tuesday cast in the Mm ea Royal , u'e be so eer sidered by tee King and the Royal Family to l'. h e . • t a likeueas that he has ordered two marble copies, Fili.e for hinaself, and th e other for the Queen of l ,t r o d f an s d ir • 4'l, Majesty has been pleased to piece the Lust of Will' lain Maguey, Bart. (late Lord Mayor of London), e°ne by Mr. Jones, atnongst his collection, and has pre sented Sir. Jones, with a magnificent mild medal. of pre- Semi-p' Minister cf the Interior of the Pecha 6 714, has arrived in Paris. Accounts of tl:e death of Prince Louis Christian 41taRtist.tis of Hohenlolie Langenburg have been received r°4l9. Gertesty. Be f we find the following in the Revue de Paris:—" _ere deciding on renting Be °f Chaillot Insti ,M. Villemain wished to return to the .- st a small house at the upper part tet e • , and relinquished his intention only on . the earnest of i l lt ia _ates of his friends, who feared that belngagal, hise ite.;e4 apartmeut, surrounded by the mementoes,,o's __ hinaes, and near his library, he would resume tsa..s.,7c'-' to' Usual labours. His state, however, i s very t" hi Y. lie employed a great part of last week in li p e u w tt e in n g t aattie e re in order, burning a great many. kit, e d aY. at companied by a professor of ihe traiver -014 Ire of his early friends. They Villeesilstlit!ite, all , l thence to the school in The h na -LL I went . to m g , e i; t c h . er_t . ) rep ose -a :r e ' 3 two eldeiedaughters are placed. I altorey"' tile retreat he has chosen will, The ir) o ttl e l ) ,ete his re•establislimer.t. . it is hoped, taaie s --4 . de Salvandy has been appointed M. Ville d the Rail roellid goseile'cie;Zollfs Minister of Public Instruction.. the Interior has authorised Rra h °l4 arlY of the Gard to establish aline thr!as, from til e of tele mines of Grand Combo eiteetiAleis and Nimes, but has prohibi f te t d hc a e Tliv lea those relative to the service o . t o i3 t e i a , u c o a t h i r e e r i of death passed . "Pen e l ' a t has commuted the sentence la i 1 ro ad. h 4144.4 'e,yretel, the voune shoemaker who killed his el l I°Y stifline hei. by means of a mask of pitch, into Th e l o ur at the'llulks for life. ter e , t. ate.,....t accounts from Switzerland possess some in that ih we learn by a letter from Berne, of to the topectleourieil of Zurich has refused to accede by. the 25th, I ° l '4 f - . -0,, 0 the Government of Berne to prevent,i in Lu • eere E , - 13 tr i als, the establishment of the Jesuits 0 send fode r ; tl Ilt has resolved, a itaijority of 9to e t e in the itroo_°?llstaissions to Lucrne, to recomm §wiachllitrescit. possible terms, that the Jesuits should i en not be tze t i d in the canton of Berne, It *2 B ; In ? "bile meetings have been held, Lt l . ( r aptawrthsi:hr i hotila „ e° 'Yed to expel the Jesuits by force, iti: at which Ch et , ,it decide upon their expulsion. IlieP d decide was using his influence The induce the of ,zeut states to observ e a line of moderation,. a_ t lesee-ar. 11°8 ig the federal pact to dissolution by a civil litr ' Roll . 4.97 4WD P"xca. Bench, showed Nue again , m the Court of Queen's tee ill that the rule 1- ' . The Court Leua 14 th outamea to quash the habeas "title ea se of Charles Carus NA , ilsen. of the tale, i.ohkeard the Solicitor -General in s upport Fetioti) time to consider its judgment. e the e ? *a s given in the Court of Common Pleas of ebre,e'atention of the Court on Thursday, the 13th will that Pree e ; ti r Yi to hold sitting, when their Lordships ill 'elto to gi!e judgment in certain of the n.atters that rk__ 0 Iv stand's' ~ re of tit g over for the consideration of the . Court.. B trristers Z a ttrts ne *PPaI cases from the Revising, from th e 'est trial rerasin undecided ; and also casts Th„ and s eecial na r ( hl r. aewly.e • • Pe 8. of Bankrupts r. s he ,_ papers. Commissioner t: s i nce his 'Peelle Nerd) attended for the first tene e clietc went in the place of the late Sir Charles Fre e)..rC--to,illiares in the room recently occupied by m . Tot tlssioter tioulburn. ertz ieht Gaildhall, Wiliam Whitehouse, recent . ly er a , residit tee-service of Mr. H. A. Merewether, a bArrist re. c0,44%4.4 Inner Temple -lane was brought up for , ..,,iot ~ 'Rout ed f . a charge of embezzlement, and fully fte or trial t,ageektirethatnson 'Was charged with having attempted te'e!or, lia'a T,v,ellin,g. and sen house of Mr. William Burton, sur ie,,, at the 5 ' olytnour-place, St. Pancras, ellrisoit,„ eeerkenwell Police -court, to three months' t eeti o ,. -eel; with hard labour, in the House of Cor p.At l IA , alette, uorough.. t s a of th,, , . s reet a man of colour, n % e l %" clerical cut, who assumes the •i s _ wi n th am h e a s bil o i- f I ' llnd Itr,l/4'Pe, Thomas Thompson, Frederick Auj ti the tteislitililleiist‘ni, Wilkins, was - elzarged by the officers tirsf,a. e help° Le the with having for a length of `sir,,latio,arysed on the benevolent by assuming to be ter a ore w a ' *ad collecting money under that charact. e . of Ivlr')thieed o ne of the printed petitions, by the ieh leh the ree r that the prisoner had for some time gathered 114 Lharves. The petition set forth , he ` l a alaie in Jamaica, had suffered the lash,_f. 'rieg 'Leods of wood and stone, in consequence 0 kild b a W en - emancipated t i , reueh, Jan preacher; had been . y a ~Nrett ' tt' Nialla and was now tormented by ceahable, f g r % l as a Missiona'ryto the slave countries, but was rle, of funds, which want h kabd 4 Pt b . - -ed k cant would not suffer to exist. Ho was A h ee l a Week e hoped t r h e e . h r e, f(7retutriOleer named Lloyd was fined 10s., at South htA o r . elne excessive interest on an article pledged.. us f t " ill eZti,,w,leb, James Lawrence Browne, wh o I ' a r 'al thee i s . l. V.all a charg e of bigamy, and remanded a;Nsr y 5.". hone, fur the purpose of obtaining. thed :ltbe,,, the htv.,eldence froni Ireland, was yesterday ' thee,a, ili charged with i ntermarrying with Re p bee li cca fully 3 first wife, Martha Browne, being then alive,)_ ° eett eettlteitted for trial at the ensuing sessions c f es_ rie Criminal4..l.4;:qeitrzsdayekeillittrn CTohnortni. filed pson, tide-waiter in the Cus enlat hies",*rged at Gravesend, on information _us. ati'''.is!withl..oy. direction of the Commissioners .of u 44th"I'Peee f rom "lng. on !he 22d of December last, illegally o . .pee,ritiisi .the. Wilberforce steamer, belonging . to g sugar dudavtgation Company, 101 b. weight of re tit pc4 ll ounces of green tea, the same ,.. n t zt tt t . dety, Ile h' and of the value of 1/. ss. Bd, Inclu' °tl at of th e was convicted and fined in treble the :g°olB smuggled. kit°ll l iereZ tr itle - rASVION.a.233I.Ia, t c , Sis atideo,.,4,e hls left Eton Hall, the seat of the th efo .3 Marchioness of Wcitminster, on his return t _ t r u. the Willie livt,Ctiolitsineeli4l Xeith Douglas has arrived in town from Illttleba'atthanlpton has left the Clarendon Hotel for I,ZdeZ3tittedges near Towcester, Northamptonshire. . e o i,, rd ehar?rPo has returned to Byara House, Brig e e _ .. iNtl e , 'es Manners has arrived in toys n from B 1 114 e 11(41 . W el -oleper hag arrived in town from Broad / SIP A% , theel 14439 and Lady Clifford 'will arrive in town Itiele,4",B„, to-morrow. Dula esiden Limiter, Bert., and Lady Hunter have let ret ur n sa R o i c e at trightoe, and repaired to their sect e ea te ease, Patching, Sussex. The lion. Baronet -N e Aeri e ), Q - s° l again in the course of the ensuing , I", lee N. I gLt Ii kt 4 , 4 4.11. h °a• Edward Ellice, teeteleoh aso arrived on a visit to the Marquis and M P., and Mr. Ellice, ee, ?r oes "! of Abercorn, Barron's Course county Ty ;;tiltle, it'Zir a Earl of Bessborough's seat, Bessborough r ` 4 o4el e e11 , 17 1 .} . • lettaetelette, Ynclhana, M.P., has been entertaining a k * eek, ' Party at East Lodge, Petworth, during the teratdr. Sel tVill e r )41.-:,0 st. afth.-tne Fox, M.P., and family, have re ktri, ' d "otid Ist T,es's-seuare trona Ramsgate. )e-- in hot 6 ''''' lir % Dodd, and Miss Sanders, have etateraseenorsplace Brighton, we e , . -erly, fi t ,„.. ep , ,from . '' in Manchestermi and suite, have arrived at their Ili .-square, from Paris. kite,' ander" lablatiZakitaorts. 44,7% of b _ °eel that at a meeting of the London Cot thtietoetsur7nttes of British Jews, it was determined to to : I x he a s for ensuereas, if possible, the civil disabi e.taistees s e_wS : and application is about to be made ac, p ettd wier heirs', upport on the question. Ge ti lt te * for t h e a s on Wednesday el e c ted Common Coun ters ue tly ; thward ofCheap, in place of the late Mr. ate T Ms ' Gti Ist r . 117. Goddard. were two other candidates, Mr. Rod ."silte °raps° tp w n, an engine-driver me the Taff Vale , leklb,,laretie as ' °0 Wednesday, last severely scalded by )4„ . ettv e 13 of a tube. The back part of his thighs and tetoitGeoeijaeha In!ieli injured. On the following Friday, ( .44 1 .4 Off th7oles, assistant conductor, :was violently l taa:eapi ee. ' I , s tep of a carriage by the sudden reverse es"eeta;Z• k;sdeeetle Was stunned by the fall, but happily esiaZti rery, trifling extent. t t i blate has most kindly given a piece of 1 ti, 11,4 11 1 g some premises formerly occupied by tot eare platedertte, , es a site for a new church, which 4014444. tre otio k in il short time. The funds necessary Itre eto Lie 4 iseave been derived from voluntary sub le fora" t he sum of 1 00/. from the donor of the bbolstdas. part of the same. kirtjtho ,° s, W 4,4 Public meeting of inhabitants of St. isose _,talrist.er, was held in the vestry-room. for St p. '.(eet i,lelting into consideration the propriety of ob4tlrd peaeleratteeent for a repeal of the window -tax. 0,,. t. of „ tued, Resolutions in conformity with the ''''4,,ltet feZelneeting were unanimously adopted, and a hrlete ea,";.'a:el on them Was agreed to I,ttZtilefii` t-bnstitutien states that a'requieition is in tietttioTisiLupOforthede.le eti pi.,,,„ Rnature for largeragy meeting, to follow up the against the national system of iy vtut;.. .............1re1and by the Government. P te I IM Pao lto tt a o r aoeT y Ploy ed i ?era Ili .Tile TOWER. --Workmen are t qk ,f oaring out the foundation of the late l ecti Nee ne erection of commodious barracks to be t e il pf. he t t :lltl y , tri e fa ..,. , the present site, in the eastern it ,eleeti`',aite.p eilli-73, having long been deemed ex et,'‘ (IL' laid e o ." .I}ealtLY. On the reoval of the 4ecex, ls nin tho reign and Mary, ,- . gn of William ta rth ` l, tit. laid that ti 1 44 , el. f ie -Ate in .lie le burial -ground belonging to the tre,ge r an eqls north-west part, extended much etYlleet t the I.4l24'oseds and a large vault has been kr)t,eel ,? vita,. ePtion of the mortal remains thus 04 tt, troe, the As the stagnant water has lone. been "e teta'N pdifin ancieet moat which surround's this 11,4 krapieleyekrtho:_cul.tivation aed planting of the 42,,‘,10tta1l ~rebslng. -nitti iii.;tow,vs, ed.ington, M.P, has liberally '41'143% 4 15141dIng a chapel at Clenranbridge, \\:-..-I`-- - ' TOE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 31 1845. wed Luitprand. The ceremony is irate; upted by the arrival of the Count, v.ho is indignant at the sup posed fal,eness of Madeleine. The attack of the vassals on the Castle calls him away, and during his absence, the priest, who is left alone in the banquetting hall with Madeleine, puts poison in the Count's drink ing cup, notwithstanding all the efforts and persua sions of Madeleine to prevent him. The Count returns victorious, and threatens to hang all his prisoners unless Madeleine will consent to his purpose. The Count is about to drink, when the priest rushes forward, and renews his supplications to him, to in duce him to desist from his purpose with regard to Madeleine. The Count is inexorable—the priest lea ves him. He has lifted the goblet to his mouth, when Madeleine rushes forward and dashes it from his hand, declaring it is poisoned. The Count, struck by the generosity of her conduct, determines to wed her, and the priest, who has himself swallowed the poison, joins their hands as ho is in the agonies of death. The parts of the Priest and Madeleine were admirably sustained by Phelps and Mrs. Warner, who were called for at the conclusion of the piece, and much applauded. A call was then made for the author, awl Mr. Serle appeared and briefly addressed the audience, stating, that he should consider that night as the proudest of his existence, if this play should turn out to be only the commencement of a series of simihr productions at that theatre. He was loudly cheered, and the piece was announced for repetition amidst tumults of applause. LITERATURE. AUNT MARY'S STORY-BOOK. Daiton and Clark, London, 1845. We have here a new edition, carefully revised by the author, of one of the prettiest children's story-books we have met with for some time. The language throughout is simple and natural, without being at all feeble, the incidents are skilfully put together, and the volume is embellished with several pleasing coloured prints. CADINET Couscm.—Summonses were issued this morning by Sir James . Grahain to the different Mi nisters, to attend a Cabinet Council to-morrow (Satur day) at the Foreign-office. Downing-street. It is PxpEcteri that the new members of the Cabinet will attend the meeting fur the first time. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTM IN STER.—Yes terday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a dread ful accident took place in Orchard street, Westminster. a part intended for the new line of improvement; The corner house of Old Pee-street has for some time been shored up, and he resident lodgers gone away. The first intimation was by a man who lived in the cellar, who finding his bed drop three feet, thought it prudent to move out of the place. The house is stated to belong to the Green Coat School, and ➢lr. Wardle, of Dart mouth-street, collected the rents. At the time above named, Mt s. Coldniek, who keeps a chandler's shop op posite, states that the first intimation she observed was a brick falling from the roof, and then another from the side wall. This was followed by the falling of the roof, and fortunately no person was passing. The ruins are lying across the two streets, and the next house is in a very dangerous state. In about ten minutes the children would have bet n going to the parochial school in Old Pye-street. Information was sent to the surv:yor, and Mr. Barefoot and Mr. Taylor, the inspectors of the B division, directed the men in their force to let ep the place free of passengers. Men were then engaged to protect the remaining walls. It need hardly be ob served that there has been culpable neglect in some quarter, as this occurrence might have caused the loss of many human lives. A TIDE-WAITER CONVICTED.—At Gravesend Police•court, on Wednesday, William Thompson, a tide waiter in her Majesty's Customs, was charged, at the prosecution of the Commissioners of Customs, with having, on the 22d of December, unshipped from the Wilberforce steamer, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, on beard of which he was acting tide-waiter from London to Gravesend, ten pounds of loaf or refined sugar, of the value of it. Bd., including duty, and eleven ounces of green tea, of the value of 3s. 9d., including duty, the same not having paid duty. After hearing nee at great length, the Mayor said that the magistrates were of opinion that the case against the defendant was full proved; they therefore convicted him in a penalty of treble the value of the goods seized. Th, convicted officer will be of course dismissed the service. The Court during the trial, which lasted from twelve to half-past three, was crowded with officers of the Custom and Excise. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—The Clare Journal re cords the melancholy death of a little boy who, on Tues day last, followed the gentlemen of the Clare hunt for a long way on foot, attracted by the excitement and plea sure of the chase. He travelled so far from home, how ever, that getting fatigued and losing his way, he lay down in a field when night came on. There he lay the entire night, exposed to all the inclemency of the weather. Next morning he was found still alive, but whilst being conveyed to a place for proper treatment and care, he expired in the arms of the persons who were taking charge of him. THE LATE MURDER AT SALT HILL.—Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, who has been specially retained, in conjunction with Mr. Montague Chambers, for the dtence of the accused has, it is stated, received a retaining fee of three hundred guineas. The assizes have just been fixed to take place on the 10th of March. A LONG FAST.—The Memorial de Rouen says— " There is a woman 24 years of age, at Vizonchaux, who has kept her bed for two years obstinately refusing, during the whole time. to take food of any kind. She has preserved her embonir)int, and appears to be in good health, Several physicians, and amongst them some of the most eminent of Paris, have been consulted, but are unable to explain this anomaly." The best explanation, we conceive, would be received from putting a strict watch over her person ; it would then, probably, be found that the affair is an imposture.— Galignuni's Ales ,sneer. -SU lc IDE IN A WATER-BUTT.—Yesterday Mr. 13alier held an inquest at the Il,•pe, Pollard's-row, Beth nal-green, on the body of Edward Knight, aged 36, a greengrocer, of Bethnal green road. It appeared in evidence that deceased had been in a desponding state from ill health for the last three weeks, and that a few days since his medical adviser toid him he had the small pox. Tbis information caused him to faint, and his despondency increased. On Monday morning his wife missed him from bed, and on raising an alarm, a neigh bour, named Alexander, came, and after some search found him in the water-butt, in the yard, head foremost. Mr. Jones, a surgeon, was called in, and tried in vain to restore animation. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. STRANGE, IF TRUE.—A circumstance the most extraordinary that ever fell under our notice occurred:in the lower part of Exeter on Sunday last. A person, living in Sherman's-court, having occasion to draw some soft water from the cock, was surprised to find it of a reddish brown chlour, and still more surprised, on tasting it, to find it like good beer I and beer it was beyond all doubt, though evidently it had been very lately brewed. He could not conceal his good luck, the news' of which soon spread zhroughout the neighbourhood. Other cocks were tried, with the same result, and the police have now in their possession the particulars of seven different houses, the tenants of which, paying for soft water, mo.t unexpectedly obtained general home-brewed. There must have been a considerable quantity of it, too, for the drawing and drinking conti ued on Sunday and part of Monday, and the denizens of the quarter made the most of the chance, by getting gloriously drunk. How to account for it is, at present, not so easy, but it seems quite clear that some brewer in the neighbour hood must have suffered, and that the beer must have been drawn off by the pipes which were only designed to bring the water in. At present no brewer can be found who will confess to having lost any beer at all. Perhaps the same pipes that emptied his vats of their contents have by this time filled them again with the pure fluid of the reservoir.— Wes of England Con serrative. TIER MAJESTY'S STEAM-FRIGATE TERRIBLE.— The preparations fur the launch of this magnificent vessel are nearly completed. Yesterday, at Deptford dockyard, the shipwrights commenced painting her bows, and scats are being erected for the accommoda tion of spectators. In consequence of some little delay which hus occurred in the Woolwich yard in the prepa ration of the timber for the builders, it was found that the work could not be completed by the 23d of the pre sent month, the time origitlilly fixed fir the launch. Now, however, it is definitely settled that the event will take place on the 6th of February (Thursday next). During the last few days the vessel has been inspected by Sir Charles Napier, Sir William Gage, Lord Hastings, Captain Austen, and several others distinguished in the nautical world, all of whom have expressed their appro bation of the manner in which the whole of the works have been executed. The vessel has now a most magnificent appearance, and it is perfectly sur prising how so gigantic a work could have been completed in so short a time, it being sixteen months only since the first planks were laid. After the launch the Terrible will be towed to Woolwich Dockyard, where her engines will be fitted in, the cost of which will be 22,0001., there being two of them now completed for that purpose of 400-horse power each. It is not yet officially known who will christen this leviathan of the deep, but the reporter was yesterday informed, upon excellent authority, that it is not at all improbable that either her Majesty the Queen, or her illustrious consort Prince Albert, may condescend to give the name to the vessel. Orders have been re ceived that immediately after the launch preparations shall be made for building another steam frigate, of 1,840 tons burden, to be built upon the same principle as that magnificent vessel, to be called the Odin. The im provements now in progress in this once desolate but now flourishing yard will cost the Government nearly 70,0004 The Spitfire is nearly ready for going off the stocks ; and the Havannah, which has been lying in or dinary in the Medway for some time, lies off the dock yard for the purpose of being cut down, and afterwards sent to sea as a corvette. 'rut 44.rn REGlMENT.—Yesterday a Court-mar tial assembled at the Government-house, for the trial of corporal Spearman Holmes, of the 44th Regiment, for atrociously attempting the life of colour-sergeant Black wall, of that corps, as recorded in our last. Colonel Aslett, Royal Marines, was the President. The pri soner, during the investigation, exhibited an indifference of manner truly shocking, considering tl e awful charge hanging over hi m . Th e case, w hi c h occup i e the atten tion of the Court for several hours, was fully proved, but the sentence will not be made known un'il it is confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief.—Pymouth Advertiser. We learn from Paris that M. Salvandy ras ac cepted the office of Mini s t er o " P u bli c I nstruct i on . Thi s accession will, no doubt, ten,4 of M. Guizot.—Morningrapers to strengthen the position TAXATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The time must soon come when " law making will cease. The sooner the better. It is both impolitic and unjust to tax the weak and omit the strong. That being the case, it is very disgrace ful that personal property should be subjected to legacy duty, and real property exempt from it ; nay, it is dishonest, and until real property is subjected to the duty, dissatisfaction will justly prevail. Sir R. Peel has the means of imposing a legacy duty upon real estates, and it is but honest that he should do so. Jan. 29, 1845. RIGHTDOING. P.S. If Sir Robert does not steer a manly and a honest course in the approaching session, I hope he will get as m9.ny good hot tosses as will pancakes on the day Parliament meets—Shrove Tuesday. CO . ORT CIRCULAR. TNURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the pleasure-grounds adja :..ent to the Castle and in the Home Park. After the return of the royal party from their early pro menade, his Royal Highness left the Castle on a shoot ing excursion in the royal preserves, attended by the, Marquis of Ormonde, Mr. G. E. Anson, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Meynell. Her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, walked for some time this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of \Vales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed airings in the forenoon. His Excellency Count Pollon arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Aber deen arrived in the evening from town. The Speaker of the house of Commons and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre also arrived to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, and Sir George Cooper, ioined the royal circle at dinner. The hand of the Royal horse Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band after wards attended in the Castle. Lord Aboyne attended yesterday at the Board of Trade, and presented a memorial, numerously signed, from Peterborough, in favour of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. Memorials in favour of this line were at the same time presented by Mr. Henry Bruce, Mr. James Brand, Mr. William Parker, solicitor, and Mr. C. P. Roney, secretary of the company, from Stamford, Spalding, Sleaford, Falkingham, and Market Beeping. His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business yes terday at the Foreign-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Baring, had interviews with Sir R. Peel yesterday. A deputation on behalf of parties interested in the iron and coal trade of South Staffordshire, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, and presented a memorial in favour pf the Tring, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and other Cabinet Ministers, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Earl of Aberdeen left town in the afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. At the dinner given by the Lord President of the Council on Wednesday for settling the roll of She riffs, the following Cabinet Ministers were present : Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, and Lord Granville Somerset. Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, with their youthful family, have left Farranee's Hotel for the seat of the Earl of Verulam, Gorhambury Park. THE SALE AT CHESTERFIELD HOUSE, BLACKHEATH. The remaining effects of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester were yesterday br,;ught to the hammer by Mr. Chinnock, of Regent street, by permission of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The auctioneer was honoured by a vast number of bidders, and the greater portion of the articles put asp fetched extraordinarily high prices. Amongst the books, engravings, &c., were a full-length portrait of King William IV., in his coronation robes, the Duchess of Kent ditto, and half portraits of Queen Adelaide and Prince Albert ; these sold for 20s. only ; six portraits of the Royal Family, ditto, 20s. ; a royal elephant portfolio, containing valuable engravings of battles, landscapes, portraits, &c., brought 64 10s. Water-coloured drawings of lodges in Windsor Great Park, very beautiful, but which proved, on close inspec tion, to be only lithographic prints skilfully coloured, fetched 52t. Roscoe's "Monandrin Plants," 2 vols., plates, were sold at 70s. ; Lewis's drawings of the Alhambra, 655.; Beaumont's " Travel's through the Alps," 325. ; Lewis's " Sketches of Spain," 51. ss. ; David Roberts's " Sketches in Spain,' 90s. ; "Pic turesque Voyage to Geneva, Milan, &c," in French, plates highly coloured, in Morocco double-gilt, 51. 7s. 61. ; and about 20 other lots of choice books went off at equally good prices. Amongst the furniture a handsome bird's-eye maple cabinet, inlaid with ebony and lined with crimson silk (lot 655), was knocked down at 24 guineas. Lot 669, an e egant eight-light glass chandelier and chain to cei.ing, sold at 51. 17s. Of the china ornaments—lot 632, a pair of white gold torches with three open-work trays for flowers, 18 inches high, brought 90s. Lot 683, a small alabaster vase, with bouquet of rice flowers, and a pair of small china cornu copiaa match vases, sold at 48s. Lot 684, eight old real china cups, embossed flowers and stands, 265. Lot 685, a carved ivory pzdestal watch-stand, with thermometer and a bronze sliding candle-screen, 90s. Lot 686, a Dresden china Grecian vase, 13 inches high, sold for 8 guineas. Lot 687, a pair of small china flower-stands, with pencil landslapes, fetched 17s. Lot 689, a time piece in Dresden china case, 24 inches, with painted flowers and landscapes, sold for 25 guineas. Lot 690, a pair of handsome flower vases of old Sevres, painted in medallions, &c., were knocked down after a sharp bidding at 29/. 10s. Lot 692, a' pair of cream coloured china candlesticks and a pair of choco late-ground china flower -pot star.ds, small size, sold at 5/. Lot 693, a pair cf gilt ormolu tazzas, with bor der of Cupids, Hymen, and accessories, small, fetched 8 guineas. Lot 694, a pair of or-molu Grecian vases to correspond, glass shades and stands, were Bola at 1.4 i guineas. Lot 696, a satinwood scent casket, a ditto with tour bottles, a glass pen tray, and a soapstone-cat, sold at 5 guineas. Lot 697, a Paris;an ormolu timepiece, very pretty, sold at 8/. lls. Lot 698, a dejeuner and tea service of old white ground Furst. nberg china, painted pastoral subjects, small set, only 12 cups, saucers, &c., sold at 10 guineas. Lot 699, a handsome cu: glass basin stand with her Royal Highness's coronet and initials, the harp and Irish symbols, 31. 3s. Lot 700, a case of 17 Chinese drawings on rice paper, and a Turkey morocco writing case, 50s. Lot 701, a Russia leather paper-case with painted drawing of the Italian coast, and marble pap. r- weights, 2 guineas. Lot 702, a bijou envelope case of crimson velvet fitted up and a medallion painted on ivory, 6/. 10s. The sale of about 2,000 ounces of plate followed, which varied in price from 7s. per ounce to 31s. 6d. Lot 740, a 13-inch circular salver with em bossed border of grapes, engraved centre and coronet, sold at 14s. an ounce. A quantity of plated articles and other unimportant things were sold, and the sale closed at a late hour. A very great number of lots realised more than twice their original cost. THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX:— Yesterday the sale of the fourth portion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex was commenced, at Messrs. Evans's. The number of the lots in this portion is 2,648, consisting of near 7,000 volumes, principally of the Greek classics, and comprising many rare first editions. The sale will last eleven days. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean and Chapter, the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Stamford, Earl Grosvenor, the Bishop of London, Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and Lord Crewe, are among the subscribers of donations, from 201. to 100/. each, towards repairing and enlarging the Chester Cathedral, the cost of which is estimated at 5.000/ The Dean and Chapter of Chester has just given a second contribution of 300 L in furtherance of that object. POVERTY REWARDED.—The Hampshire Telegraph boas.s a paragraph which we have read with a delicious thrill of the heart -strings. One Ann Abraham, aged upwards of ninety, has received at the West of England Agricultural Meeting, as the reward of fifty years' faithful servitude, the sum of 21.—yes, forty shillings— a very handsome recompense, though certainly not at the rate of twelve-pence a year. She has, moreover, re ceived—" A handsome testimonial from the Society, bearing the signature of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and which, being framed and glazed, now forms an elegant decoration to her cottage." Ann Abraham has not touched the forty shillings. No ; she has left the money "to provide for her burial, without burdening the parish." Really, there is a fine spirit of economy ani mating these rewarding societies. For instance, the poor man will keep cut of the workhouse --will starve with a fine heroism for fifty years, so that at the end of the half century he may obtain the rewarding forty shillings. He obtain it ? No ; his corpse obtains the from the mone3 , , leaving it that it may obloquy of parish deals. it , fo r s a h v e e d h o i s e s r e n m o a t n touch sfr By such swi et:bribes, (not forgetting the " handsome tes timonial, framed and glazed,") the poor are not only tempted to starve through life, but to bury themselves when starving has done its worst. How most the father of hypocrisy have chuckled and rubbed his iniquitous handQ, as he read the " handsome testimonial" made by pharisaical benevolence to aged penury !_p anch. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —A fatal accident occurred on Friday last, on the departure of the night mail train up, at the Wellington-station, to the night porter, whilst in the act of connecting two trucks to one of the railway carriages. The trucks were on another part of the line, and as the train was returning to take up the trucks, the man, standing in a position to link them together, was crushed between the two, and the lamp proj.cting behind came in contact with his arm and forced it into his side, breaking in his ribs, forcing his lungs out of place, and causing instantaneous death. The man has left a wife with three young children.— Western Luminary. FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE.—Severat causes in the Court of Exchequer, at the suit of the Crown against certain parties, for being concerned in the late frauds on the revenue, are appointed for hearing at the commence ment of the ensuing week, and a number of the Customs' officers have been subpoenaed on the part of the Crown, though they can be but ill spared at the present time, owing to the recent influx of shipping from all parts of the world, and the consequent pressure of business in every department of the port., RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER. BRISTOL, THURSDAY EVENING.--A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held this afternoon, at the White Lion Hetel, Bristol, for the purpose of taking into consideration the union of the Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester Railways, and to empower the Directors to take shares in the proposed Plymouth and Falmouth Railway. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that at the meeting of the Birmingham and Gloucester, held the day before, the resolutions approving of the amal gamation of the two Companies had been passed unani mously. The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated that the proposed amalgamation had been adopted from a conviction that isolated Companies, in comparison with allied bodies, would seldom be in a position to negotiate on equal terms with their more powerful neighbours. It, therefore, behoved the smaller Com panies to form a timely union with their natural always provided they could do so on fair terms. The present position of the capital of the Company was as follows: —The entire capital expenditure is expected to be about 700,0001 Seven thousand five hundred and thirty-nine shares have been created, on which 241,1701. has been paid, and the further sum of 165.0001. has been raised on debentures, which exhausts the Parliamentsry power of issuing such securities, and the remainder (raised on loan notes) must be met, as these notes fall due, by the payment of calls on the existing shares, and by the calls on new shares, to he created. The propriet ors a l so exercise the power, when they see fit, of substituting share capital for their deben tures, and of thus covering their whole expenditure by money paid upon shares. After a number of modes of uniting the two Companies had been discussed, and at tempted, it was considered by both the boards that no method would be so simple and satistisfactory as that the amounts to be raised on the shares or stock of each Copany should bo determined, and tha the relative amount being fixed, the separate interests of the two Companies should forthwith he merged into those of one united Company. The report then went on to propose the method lately pursued by several Coln panies of issuing stock in lieu of shares, and con cluded by recommending the proprietors to unite in conjunction with the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, in promoting the proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth. The CHAIRMAN then said, that in addition to the amalgamation of the Company with the Bir mingliam and Gloucester, the Directors thought it would be highly advantageous to promote the forma tion of the Plymouth line. They had seen the decision of the Board of Trade in favour of that line, and there fore there could be but little doubt of its being carried into effect. He then proposed the first resolution, which proposed to empower the Directors to subscribe 500 shares of 501. each towards the Plymouth and Fal mouth line. Mr. IL 0. WILLS seconded the resolution. Mr. SOMERS lIARFORD wished to know what advan tages the Bristol and Gloucester Company was likely to derive from a subscription of 250,0001. to the Plymouth and Falmouth Railway, as proposed by the resolution? The CHAIRMAN said the Directors could not at present define what would be the profits, as that remained to be seen ; but if they wanted a precedent they might look to the South Devon Railway, to which they had subscribed, and which he was sure no one now regretted, as the shares were at a fair premium. The Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Companies had both subscribed to the undertaking. Mr. SHAPLAND was certain that it would be highly advantageous to join in the formation of the Plymouth and Falmouth Railway, as it would be the completing link from the north to Falmouth; and as Falmouth would no doubt be the packet station, it would be of the greatest advantage to them to connect the north with it. The South Devon Company had subscribed 100,0001. towards it. The Birmingham and Gloucester Company agreed in the view the Directors had taken as to a sub scription for 500 shares. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Aiken, explained that the Directors were satisfied, both with regard to the cost of the construction per mile, and to the increase of traffic on the proposed line, and that it would be very remune rative when Falmcuth became the packet station. The resolution then passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the second resolution, having reference to the amalgamation of the two Com panies, which was seconded by Mr. JosE. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who wished to know if they were to participate in the exten sion of the Birmingham and Gloucester line to Wolver hampton? said certainly as to the traffic, but not as to the capital stock. A PROPRIETOR maintained that the terms of the amal gamation were most favourable to the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, which had not been paying a divi dend of 3 per cent. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the Birmingham and Gloucester proprietors at their meeting bad contended that the Bristol and Gloucester Company had the best part of the bargain. A long discussion ensued as to the subject of the wide and narrow gunge, and it was stated that in all proba bility the railway from Birmingham to Gloucester would be altered from the narrow to the wide guage, to make it uniform with the Great Western and the Bristol and Gloucester, Bristol and Exeter, and so on to Falmouth, and probably to the Land's-end, all of which were con structed on the principle of the wide guage. It was also stated that the contemplated South \Vales line was to be on the wide guage system. The resolution then passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the third resolution, which was seconded by Mr. HILL, and carried unani mously, to the effect that the Shareholders be allowed one month from this day to exercise the option of ac cepting or rejecting the new stock, and that any stock not accepted be allotted as the Directors may determine. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRIaTOL AND GLOUCES• TER, AND BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER.—The fol lowing are the heads of the agreement entered into be tween the ;Directors for the amalgamation of these two lines, which have long laboured under various disad vantages, particularly in the goods and passenger de partment, owing to the want of uniformity in the ma nagement, and a consentaneous working of the traffic. As a remedial measure, the ratification of the treaty will o b ie er tte e er a d d ian w ot ith interest:—" 1. That the Bristol and Glou cester onethe company, Birmingham under the and to n of Gl o ucester The shall be united Bri s tol and Birmingham Railway Company,' and that an Act of Parliament shall be applied for at the earliest possible period to carry into effect such union, and to grant the necessary powers in connection therewith 2. That until the proposed Act is obtained, the affairs of the united Company shall be administered by a. B.,ard of Ma nagement, to be selected by the respective Boards from among themselves, such Board to consist of fifteen members, seven of whom shall be chosen from the Bristol and Gloucester Board, and the other seven from the Birmingham and Gloucester Board, but the chair man shall be appointed by the members chosen by the Birmingham and Gloucester Board. 3. That after the passing of the Act a Board shall be elected by the Pro prietors of the united Company, at a period to be named in the Act, and that such Board shall consist of a number not exceeding fourteen. 4. That the stock of the united Company shall consist of 1,800,000/., of which the sum of 1,142,125/. will belong to the Shareholders of the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, and the sum of 657,8751. shall be allotted (subject to the following con ditions) to the Shareholders of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company. 5. That each Shareholder of the latter Company shall have the option (such option to be declared within one month alter notice given, and not later than the 31st July, 1845) of taking his propor tion of such allotment ; and in case he decline to do so, he shall have 50/. stock in the United Company given him in exchange for each share he may possess in the Bristol And Gloucester Company, and shall receive divi dends on the whole of such stock, and shall pay interest at 4f per cent. on such part of it as shall remain unpaid. 6. That the Bristol and Gloucester Shareholders who shall accept the above-mentioned allotment shall not be called upon to pay any portion of their unpaid capital until the Ist of January, 1847, when they shad pay one tenth of such unpaid capital every six months until the whole is puid up ; but they shall have the option of pay ing the whole or any part thereof, not less than one-tenth of the whole, at any earlier:period Cr periods. 7. That any stock that may be declined by the Bristol and Gloucester shareholders shell be divided among any other shareholders in that Company who may be willing to accept the same, provided such Shareholders shall have paid, or at the time of taking such stock shall pay, not less than 20 per cent, thereon. 8. That in case the Shareholders of the Bristol and Gloucester Company shall not accept stock to the full amount of 657,8751, the portion unappro priated shall not be created unless the Board appointed under the Act shall thick fit to do so for joint purposes, 9. That all dividends shall be made on the entire stock, whether paid or not, and that four-and-a-half per cent. per annum shall be charged to the holders of stock on all sums not paid up. 10. That all assets, liabilities, contracts, and agreements of each Company, shall be taken by the united Company. 11. That from the Ist lay of January instant, until the passing of the Act, the revenue shall belong to the united Company, and shall be divided on the stock which shall be created previous to the dividend being declared. 12. That whether the Act of Parliament be obtained or not, the foregoing agreement shall be considered as binding from the Ist day of January instant. 13. That the present agreement shall form the basis of the Act of Parliament ; and if any doubt or difference of opinion shall arise between the solicitors as to the true interpretation hereof, or as to the manner of carrying out the same in the provisions of the said Bill, the same shall be submitted t t o some bar rister, to be agreed upon between them, whose decision shall be final." GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER.—The opening of this line, now definitively fixed, will form an important link in the chain of railway communication between the metro polis and the south-eastern coast. It has been constructed at the instance of the Proprietors of the Thames and Medway Canal, who, conceiving that the days of canal transit were numbered, resolved on converting, at a com paratively small cost, their property into a railway along the banks of the canal, retaining at the same time the latter for traffic in goods. The line has been constructed by Mr. Rastrick, the engineer, within the space of less than twelve months. It is now, we understand , consoli dated, and in good working order. The fares have been fixed at Is. for the first, and Bd. for the second-class, be tween Gravesend and Rochester, including fare by steamer between Rochester and Chatham. MEMORIAL TO THE BOARD FROM LIVERPOOL.--A. memorial of the principal bankers, merchants, and trades li men, is now in course of signature at Liverpool, ad • dressed to the Board of Trade, in behalf of the general interests of the town and port, as affected by the amal gama tion of the lines in its vicinity, which Companies they complain now possess the entire monopoly of rail way traffic in and out of Liverpool. The memo r i a li sts state, that great inconvenience is acknowledged to h ave been experienced by there being only one terminus at Liverpool, and that most immtficient, and one railway cm let from it, emerzing by means of a tonne' of one mile and a quarter in length. They have reason to ap prehend from the recent meetings, that a general nmal• gamation is contemplated of the Liverpool and Manches ter, Grand Junction, North Union, Preston and Lan caster, and Lancaster and Carlisle, and the memorialists consider it to be their duty to submit their belief that the interests of Liverpool, end the numerous travellers ar riving at and embarking from its port, and passing through the town, require the most direct railway com munication that can be provided. Separate lines and independent termini, they conceive, must insure to Li- Verpool a great stream of traffic, north and south, and give a guarantee against detention fr.)m accidental cir cumstances and trains conveying traffic to other destina tions ; and they trust that the Board of Trade will not sanction any amalgamation .or railway scheme which does not secure to Liverpool, either north or south, direct lines of communication, separate entrances, and distinct termini. NEWCA STLE AND BERWICK.-11 EDSON'S LINE.—At the annual dinner of the Newcastle Chamber of Com merce, on Monday last, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, M.P., adverted to the proposed Newcastle and Berwick (Hudson's) line, and congratulated the inhabitants of Newcastle on the decision of the Board of Trade in its favour. He hoped the day was not far distant when Newcastle would enjoy the full facilities of railway com munication. and have their mails accelerated to the utmost—that they would have railways spreading their net works on all sides—and that sound schemes would receive the Government support. The recent decision of the Board of Trade formed materials for congratula tion. They had acts d, he believed, on the principle of giving preference to the old lines, where they could Le conveniently extended so as to afford the same amount of advantage as the formation of actually new lines. The true principle on which the Board of Trade had grounded their decision, was the taking into consideration not the mere exten sion of a line, but the gradients of it, and thus measuring the distance, not merely by miles, but by hours. He believed that the remaining decisions of the Board would be satisfactory, not only to the public, bat to parties locally interested. The President, in pro , posing the health of Mr. Hudson, the Chairman of the 3lidland Railways, passed a lengthened eulogy on the enterprise and success of that gentleman in his promo.. Lion of railway communication in the north. Mr. Hud son, in returning thanks, observed that the praise be stowed upon him by the President was as much due to the Messrs. Stephenson, the engineers, as to himself, they having been associated with him in all his labours. During the whose period of his connexion with railways he had never forgotten the great principle of railway management, viz., that of conducting the undertakings, not only for the benefit of the Shareholders, but of the public. He hoped the time that had been referred to for opening the line between Newcastle and Berwick would be realised, and that the opening would not be deferred, should Parliament grant the Bill. He trusted that on the 18th of June, 1846, the members of the Chamber of Commerce would dine with the Directors of the New • castle and Berwick Railway to celebrate the opening of the line. An advertisement would be issued in a few days to show that they were prepared to undertake some risk, and which would almost be tantamaint to anticipating that the decision of Parliament would be in accordance with that of the Board of Trade. The statement that had gone abroad, to the effect that there MILS a likeli hood of the non-fulfilment of the project, was erroneous. The Directors would, with the most judicious care—with an anxiety to make the work as magnificent and beauti ful as possible, worthy alike of Newcastle and the name of Stephenson—proceed in the accomplishment of their purpose. He had always maintained that, so long as a railway was remunerative, it would be well managed, and that, so long as it was well managed, it would be remunerative ; but let it become unproductive, and the Shareholders became careless as to the management, the Directors got disgusted, and the railway became a public nuisance. IRELAND. FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED. DUBLIN, JAN. 28.—A melancholy occurrence took place in Limerick, on Sunday night, which was attended with :loss of life to a considerable extent. A party assembled at a " wake" in Change lane, one of the poorest localities in the city, and the room in which the body was laid out was densely crowded. The floor suddenly gave way, and all within were precipi tated to the room beneath, which also fell, carrying all to the next, and that again, being the third, to the ground. By this melancholy accident 11 persons were killed, and from 16 to 20 grievously maimed—some with legs and arms broken, skulls fractured, and one man had his back broken. The surviving sufferers were taken to Barrington's Hospital. Many of them were beyond all hope of recovery when the mail left Limerick last night. DUBLIN, Jest. 29.—The following additional details of this calamitous occurrence are supplied by two local journals received this morning : " On Sunday evening, at eight o'clock, Limerick was horror-stricken, by one of the most tragical events that ever fell to the lot of a journalist to record. In a small lane at the end of Change-lane, in the Abbey, perish of St. Mary's, a public wake was held on the remains of a young married woman, named Jordan, who died after her first confinement. The crowd was unusually great, and every portion of an old, rotten, ricketty tenement was filled to witness this idle ceremony. The corpse was laid out on the upper story, which was crowded ; middle story was likewise filled to overflowing, and the ground floor was similarly circumstanced. In a second tho topmost story gave way, and, horrible to tell, the people, falling on the persons below, the second floor gave say, and the entire came down with an awful crash on those occupying the ground floor. This all occurred in a second of time ; and, of course, the people wore unprepared for such a catastrophe. Ten persons were killed on the spot, and sixteen badly wounded. The arms and legs of several were broken, whilst others were considerably bruised and mu tilated. The first outcry was to bring the bodies of the dead and dying to Barrington's Hospital ; and perhaps more dismal or woeful scenes never occurred than took place in the streets. Husbands shouting for their wives —fathers and mothers looking for their children—every one, a member of whose family was out, apprehensive that his or her child, or relative, was among the killed. The police, under Mr. Williams, were promptly on the spot, and rendered every assistance. In less than half an hour the ruins of the wretched and fatal tenement were completely cleared out, and the bodies removed to Barrington's Hospital. The clergymen of St. Mary's, the Rev. John Braham, P.P., the Messrs. Egan and Mackey, the Rev. James Quinn, P.P., St. John's ; the Rev. Messrs. William Bourke and Ryan, were in imme diate attendance, and administered the last rites of reli gion to the poor sufferers. An inquest was held on the bodies, and a verdict according to the melancholy circum stances returned." The Limerick Reporter gives the followidg additional particulars :—" Ten were killed in all—namely, Mary, wife of Cornelius Murphy, a bailiff i Catherine, wife of Michael Haneen, labourer, Garryowen ; Catherine Mad den (unmartied), Garryowei: ; Mary ➢colony (unmar tied), Mary-street ; Jane Boland (unmarried), of the Abbey ; Bridget Rourke (widow), and her daughter Margaret (unmarried), Garryow•en ; James Enright, a youth, son of Jaws Enright, and James Lynch, Garry owen, labourer. Three of the unfortunate women were far advanced in pregnancy. There were only two men present, and one of them escaped, while the other (Lynch) was killed in the effort to save his wife, who is dangerously bruised. Of the wounded we have ascer tained the following names :—George Mason, Alicia Grady, Margaret Grady, Margaret Halman, Margaret Jordan, Catherine Barlow, Mary Hayes, Eliza Jordan, Catherine Jordan, Ellen Fitzgerald, Bridget Kennedy, Mary Barlow, Margaret Lee, Henry Enright, and Ita chael Lynch. Two of the wounded girls could not be in duced even by the Catholic clergy to take wine which the doctors prescribed as absolutely necessary, and when they were informed they would die if they persisted in their determination, they replied that they would rather die thin taste it." ROSCREA, MONDAY EVENING.—At church hour yes• terday an armed party entered the house of a schoolmaster, two miles from this, on the road to Birr. On seeing them enter, the owner, named Jones, seized a dirk, and two of the party, armed with stones, closing o'n him, he stabbed one of them. The third, armed with a large pistol, fired and wounded Jones in the head. Finding the resistance so determined, the ruffians fled. Jones seized a gun, but from loss of blood he was unable to fire. The police, in the pursuit of the fellows, discovered the body of a mur dered man in the wood of Bowen, a mile or two from this place.—Evening Post. SACRED HAR ‘IONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. Handel's magnificent oratorio, Judas Maccabens, was performed here last night as the Snred Har monic Society alone can perform it. The Sacred Harmonic Society—end that Society alone—can do justice to the soul-stirring choruses of Handel. It is true that at the provincial musical festivals great things are done ; but no set of chorus singers—albeit each individual may be a most accomplished musician —if they all meet together for the first time, and for one occasion only, can give due effect to the glorious concerted pieces of the Milton of music. To do that, practice, arduous and long. continued practice, is requisite ; each individual must be used to the singing of his companions ; but when, as is the case with the Sacred Harmooic Society, wo do meet with a body of tOO chorus singers, each so used to the other's practice, and all so admirably drilled as to go together like one vast in strument, how sublime is the effect produced. Never, until the institution of this Society, had the lover of Handel an opportunity of duly appreciating the vast, the transcendant genius, of the mighty maestro ; and never did we feel more grateful to the Sacred Harmonic Society for their efforts in the cause of classical music than we did last even ing. Could Handel but come to life again for one short hour to hear his magnificent choruses given as they were given by the Sacred Harmonic Society, how would he glory in Isis works. The solo parts were taken by Mr. Manvers, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Leffler, Madame Caradori Allan, and Miss Poulter. This last young lady is, we believe, new to the musical public. She has been known to the dilettanti for some time as one of the most promising pupils of the Royal Academy of Music, and her performance of last evening reflects the highest credit both on herself and on her instructors. Her voice is a mezzo soprano of rich quality, and it is completely under command. Nothing could exceed the correctness and beauty of her intonation, and her enunciation is exceedingly clear and dis tinct. Her duet with Madame Caradori Allan, " Sion now her head," was beautifully and correctly given, and her solo, " Wise men flattering," was ex quisite. It was given with a true appreciation of the beauties of Handel ; there was no attempt to intro duce adventitious, and, in such a case, worse than tasteless, graces. She gave the music as it was set down. She was a tasteful, judicious, and correct developer of the inspiration of the mignty master, and, it is needless to add, was rapturously applauded by the, perhaps, most critical audience in the metropolis—for the frequenters of the Secred Harmonic Society are the most acute and accurate musical critics in the kingdom—they applaud but seldom, but they always applaud in the right place, and to succeed with them is to succeed indeed. We cordially congratulate Miss Poulter. She has aimed high, and she has hit the mark. Henceforth she will take her place among the notabilities of the musical world. The Hall was crowded to excess—in fact, too crowded to be com fortable; every avenue was blocked up, and before the conclusion of the first part there was not standing room. THE THEATRES. PRINCESS'S. The public have no reason to complain of the want of spirit, liberality, or activity in the management of this establishment. On Wednesday there was a new piece, or perhaps we should speak more correctly if we said that Mr. Wallack appeared in a new part. The title of the novelty is The Brizadier. In the regiment of the Royal Guard of Louis XV. of France are a captain and a private soldier, so extraordinarily alike in person, that they are scarcely distinguishable except by the difference of uniform. The first (who does not make a personal appearance on the stage, but, like Queen Elizabeth in Mr. Puff's tragely, is only talked of) is about to run away with a nun (Constance) from a convent in the neighbourhood where the regi ment is quartered. To effect this, he invents a pre text for desiring leave of absence, which, as the regi ment is expected to face an enemy on the morrow, is refused. The captain, being annoyed at this, drops some hot words, and is placed by the colonel under arrest for twenty-four hours. Determined not to be thwarted, he exchanges uniforms with Bras de fer, his double (Mr. Wallack), who is to remain under arrest as locum tenens for his officer, while he departs on his dangerous mission. The disguised officer is seen to pass the lines towards the enemy's frontier, and so is reported, as Bras de fer, a traitor and deserter. The real Bras de fer is called upon, in his assumed capa city of the captain to sign a proces verbal against the delinquent. This situation, as may be supposed, affords scope for some excellent acting on the part of Wallack. Bras de fer is privately married to Louise (Miss E. Stanley), and it is her earnest desire to have their union avowed, which the former dare not do, fearing the anger of his supe rior officers. With this view she seeks the captain, to confess all and entreat his intercession with the colonel. This is a very amusing scene, for the lady expresses her feelings to the captain with rather more ardency than is gratifying to Bras de fer, who, in his officer's uniform, listens to her story. Meanwhile the real captain not only succeeds in carrying off the fair lady, but in securing the convent itself, which is a most important post at that time for the French army. Poor Bras de fer is then exceelingly mystified by the entrance of the fugitive nun, who, by the way, is niece to the co lonel (Mr. Granby), and who mistakes the soldier for her lover. Here is another very amusing scene of equivoque. The colonel discovers the flight of his niece, but, for the sake of her reputation, not only forgives all, but insists upon Bras de fer espousing her on the spot. From this dilemma he is released by the arrival of the captain, but the mistaken identity being still partially continued, the soldier receives the rank of brigadier in reward for the gallant action of capturing the convent, which had been performed by the officer. These are the materials, and slight as they are, they afforded half an hour's very pleasant amusement. Wallack, upon whom rested the whole weight of the piece, was admirable and versatile as ever, and Miss E. Stanley was pretty and piquant in Louise. The piece was quite successful. OLYMPIC. During the temporary absence of Miss Davenport in the provinces, the management of this theatre has determined to make legitimate opera a feature, and, accordingly, last evening the opera of the Maid of Judah was produced in a style worthy of any theatre in the metropolis. Miss Alicia Nunn was the Re becca, Mr. Binge the Ivanhoe, and Herr Fidor the Cedric. Miss Alicia Nunn is already well known to the musical world. After a long pupilage in Italy, after having been for a season or two the prima donna at La Scala, she appeared at the Italian OpPra in London, and succeeded in winning the suffrages of the most critical audience in the world. Her success last night was complete, albeit she was occasionally rather deficient in intonation, being once now and then a shade too flat for the music. Her Rebecca, as a whole, was an ex cellent and praiseworthy performance, and was much and deservedly applauded. We never heard Binge to greater advantage ; his voice, which is too weak for the large houses, is just the thing for the Olympic, and gave the exquisite music of Rossini with great taste and feeling. In the celebrated bravura, " Hark, the trump of fame now soundeth," he was deservedly honoured with the only encore of the evening. Herr Fidor has a fine bass voice, and went through the part of Cedric respectably. The opera was very well cast in the acting parts. Waldron, as Bois Gilbert, was a most valorous and right doughty knight ; and Broadfoot's Isaac was, with the exception of poor Egerton's, the best we have seen. Our old friend Rayner, as Wamba, was a " fellow of infinite jest." He kept the audience in a roar the whole time he was on the stage. The house was well attended, and the audience were sent laughing home by the drolleries of Flexmore as the clown in the pantomime, which still continues as attractive as ever. SADLERS' WELLS. A new five act play, from the pen of Mr. T. J. Serle, was produced at this theatre last evening, with the most complete success. It is entitled the Priest's Daughter, and the scene is laid in the middle ages, just at the period when the celibacy of the clergy was introduced. The heroine, Madeleine (Mrs. Warner), is the daughter of a married priest, whose marriage has been rendered null by the edict enforcing the ce libacy of the clergy, while at the same time the issue of such marriages are condemned to serfdom. This takes place during her infancy, and the priest, to save her from such a dreadful doom, conceals his relation ship to her, and she is brought up by a peasant wo man, Sybilla (Mrs. Marston), the priest watching over her as her confessor. Count Robert de Velery (Marston), whose serf she would be, according to the provisions of the edict, sees and loves her. He protects her from the violence of the soldiery, and wins the maiden's affections. Luitprand (Mr..J. Webster), the son of Sybilla, also loves her, but his suit is scorned. The disputes between himself and his mother on the subject of the treatment of the beautiful maiden by the latter was full of comic hu • mour. Madeleine is unhappily in the cottage of Sybilla, and escapes to the castle of Count Robert, who receives her with open arms, but has no inten tion of marrying her. The priest-father appears and warns her of her danger. The acting of Phelps in this part of the drama was exceedingly fine. He delineated beautifully theheartfelt agony of the father, rendered ten thousand times more acute from the necessity there was to suppress the visible demonstra tion of it under the guise of the righteous indignation of the passionless priest. Ile urges the peasants to attack the castle and deliver Madeleine. They refuse, alleging that Madeleine is not a peasant's wife, and there is no reason which calls for their interference. The priest, accompanied by Luitprand, obtains ad mission into the Castle, and insists on Madeleine s in stantly marrying her peasant lover. She refuses; at length the priest tells her, that he is her father, and, in obedience to a parent's command, she consents to A LORD MAYOR'S DOG. Yesterday Timothy O'Brien, Esq., last year's Lord Mayor, was fined the sum of I Os., for allowing a ferocious dog to prowl the streets. It appeared, in evidence, that his Lordship's dog was of the bull-terrier species, an admixture of vulgar with high blood—that an humble but courageous bull-dog met him in Westmoreland street, and after a few growls the aristocratic animal be gan to do battle. A policeman stepped in to separate the belligerents, and he has sworn that the bull-terrier was all t 3 blame ; accordingly, he killed him with his baton, and summoned his master for permitting such an unruly brute to be at large. His late Lordship was defended by Mr. Win. Ford, the principal agent in the late State prosecution. Being a sharp fellow, his services were considered invaluable in this action ; however, he could not prevent a decision against his client. During the investigation Mr. O'Brien said that when he was Lord Mayor he was solicited to issue the usual order to the police to destroy all wandering dogs, but respecting the rights of animals he refused so to do. He, therefore, felt it a great hardship to kill his dog and be fined himself. D IS TRESSING SUICIDE --An inquest was held yes- terday, before Mr. Ca rttar, at the Lady of the Village, Charles-street, Deptford, on the body of Frances Hamp ton, who committed suici d e b y drowning herself in a pond of stagnant water near to her dwelling. The de ceased, since the death of her mother, has acted as housekeeper to her father, who has a large family, and who allowed her 245. per week to keep house but, in c onsequence of her being very muc h b ehind hand with the landlord and some of the tradesmen in the neigh bourhood, which she feared would come to her father's ears, she had of late become much dejected, and had ex pressed to some of her neighbours that she was deter. mined "to put an end to it." Having been always of a cheerful disposition, no notice was taken of the matter. On Saturday night last, about eleven o'clock, after hey • ing been to market, she again went out, as her family thought, to some neighbour's house, but not having re turned on the following morning they became alarmed, when a man named Silver found her body in the pond. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased was found drowned, but there was no evidence to prove by what means she got into the water." THE BETHNAL-GREEN MURDER, INQUEST ON EMMA WHITER.: _ Last evening Mr. Baker resumed, at the Lethdou Hospital, the inquiry touching the death of gum* Whiter. Police-sergeant Backhnuse, 37 K, gave evidence precisely similar -to that reported in our impresaion cf Wednesday. Ile produced the pistol (Sr •large locket on:!) found near the spot in King4reeti_ - Bethnal-green, where deceased was found dead.' He! d had since made inquiries about the pistol, and found that it had been repaired by a man named Thomas Perkins, who gave witness the bullet now produced. Police-sergeant Shaw, 2 K, said after James Tap ping was apprehended and brought to the Stepney police-station, I said to him I intend to ask you some, questions, but you need not answer them unless you like. The prisoner replied, " Then Ido not feel in clined to answer any questions." I said, I do not mind your intention, I'll put some questions to you notwithstanding, but you are not obliged to answer them. I asked, were you in the deceased girl's com pany last ni...sht ? He answered, " Yes, I was all the evening. I scent it with her at her brother's, a beer-shop, in Briek-lane." I again said, I have more questions to ask you. He replied, " I have nothing to fear ; I'll answer any ques tion you like." I said, of course an innocent man need not b 2 afrsid of anything. He responded, " I am innocent." I then asked him if he had Leen keep ing company with the girl. He answered, "Yes, for o years. I rejo!ned, you say you have bee:: spend ing the evening together, have you had during that time any quarrel ? He said, "No, nothing more than usual has happened between us." The prisoner then went on to say that deceased called on him the pre • vious evening, that he accompanied her to her brother's, and afterwards walked home with her as far as the corner of Maid-street. They shook hands, he said, and agreed to meet again on Thursday (last) night. I showed him :.pots of recent blood on his apron, and he said he supposed they must have been caused by a cut he had in the hollow of his right hand, between his thumb and forefinger. I looked at the cut and it did not appear a recent one. I exa • mined his pockets, and found no traces of gunpowder. When I read the charge to him irentioning the death of deceased by a pistol shot, he said, "I never kad any pistol, I never saw any pistol." William Slater, of 4, South Conduit-street, Bethnal green, whose house is situated at about thirty-six yards from the spot at which deceased's body was found, saw her pass his door laughing and chatting with the prisoner, Tapping, who had his right arm round her neck, and about seven or eight minutes after he heard the near repart of a gun or pistol. He looked through his bedroom window and saw nobody. All this occurred about half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning. Thomas Whiter, a brother of the deceased, said he heard of the murder about the hour just named; that he went immediately to the hospital and there saw the dead body of his sister ; that he told the police he suspected Tapping of being the murderer, on account of his bad character, and the witness said it was doubtful whether his sister kept company occasionally with Tapping through fear or love. She carried on no correspondence with any other person. Thomas Whiter, a very respectable-looking man and father of deceased, said that about two o'clock on Tuesday morning a man named Richard Buan came' and knocked at his door, and asked if he had a daugh ter from home, and whether he knew a man named James Tapping. Witness answered both questions in the affirmative, and then the man Bunn said, Tap ping is at home raving about the house, exclaiming, "I have done it ; I have done it !" The witness then repeated evidence about going to Tapping's lodgings and giving information to the police, which caused the latter to apprehend him. When this witness asked Tapping whether he had seen his daughter Emma on the previous night, Tapping said he had not, but on his being pressed he said, with a forced smile, that he had pissed all the eveni ng w ith h er , an d left her iu good health. By the Coacesea—My daughter was of sound in tellect, and I do not think she ever had a pistol in her possession. I have not the least possible suspicion that she destroyed herself. Richard Bunn, a weighing machine maker, said—l •was at the Rising Sun public-house, Sale-street, Bethnal-green, between one and two o'clock on Tues day morning, when James Tapping, the prisoner, came in and seated himself on a table, and said to a brother of his, Henry 'rapping, who was standing in the tap-room, " The deed is done, and it cannot be undone." The public-house being about to be cleared, the prisoner left, and I followed him to the corner of the court in which he lived, saying, " James, what is the matter with you ?" He exclaimed, " What is the matter, indeed ! Ah, the stars look bright and the moon shines clear." I said, " Jem, will you come with me ?" He answered, "No, why should Igo with you ?" lat last persuaded him to come away from the court, and as he was doing so he said to a man named Thomas Capes, who was with him by the court, " Thomas Capes, you have been the whole of this destruction, and I never want to speak to you again." The prisoner then asked him to go as far as the Salmon and Ball to see if he could get anything to drink. We went. I knocked at the door of that public-house, but found it closed. Tapping was quite sober at the time. We then turned back to ward my house in White-street, and I asked Tap ping to come in and have some supper. He said, "Why should I ? I will go home and see the chil dren," meaning his young orphan sisters, whom he supported. Tapping then went home, and I went to Capes' house, and got from him the address of deceased's parents. I proceeded to their house, and gave the last witness the information he mentioned. - By the CORONER—I declare solemnly that when I went to give Mr. Whiter the information about Tap. ping, I did not know positively that deceased wale dead. I have now stated all that passed between me and James Topping, to the best of my recollection. Mr. rrispin said he was also in the tap-room of the Rising Sun when Tapping came in. He appeared very much excited and agitated, and said, "It was done, and could not be undone," adding "it will be a mystery to you all." Tapping's sister, a young woman, came to inquire for him, and he went out to her to the bar, and when she saw him she fainted, falling into his arms. On Saturday last the witness saw a pistol, very like the one produced, in the hands of Tapping at the Rising Sun. By the CORONER—On Tuesday morning, when Tapping came into the Rising Sun, I saw blood of his apron. His right hand was bleeding, and be wiped it on his apron. Some one in the room made some observation upon which Henry Tapping ran up to his brother James Tapping, the prisoner, palled open his jacket, and thrust his hand into its inside pocket. On this, James Tapping said, laughing, "Al 'tis gone." _ _ _ - Mr. Whiter, the father of the deceased, told the Coroner that two of Tapping's brothers had called on him requesting him to endeavour to have the prisoner brought before the Coroner, as he (the prisoner) had a statement to make, and wished to see the body of deceased. Thomas Perkins, gun-maker, of Sale-street, Beth nal-green, proved having repaired on Saturday last, for James Tapping, the pistol produced, and which was found close to deceased's body. Witness also gave Tapping four leaden bullets, which he said he wanted for a shooting match with Dick Bunn (a wit ness examined). Two bullets were here produced that had been ex tracted by Mr. Cummings, house surgeon, from de ceased's head, and they exactly fitted a mould in which Perkins had cast the four bullets he gate to James Tapping. Perkins, in answer to the Coroner, said he had no doubt that the twa bullets produced were given by him to Tapping. At eleven o'clock, after an inquiry of nearly six hours, the case was adjourned till Monday next. INGENIOUS ROBBERIES.—(From a Correspondent.) —About a fortnight ago a lad came with a message .or the nunemaid, requesting her to send a certain shawl she had back by the bearer, who stated he was sent by her mother for the shawl, naming her address. She did not give it to him, but said she would see her mother about it. Shortly afterwards the boy came back, and said her mother could not wait, but she must send it, as she was in a hurry. It was not delivered, and the girl found, on making inquiry, that it was merely an imp dent attempt at robbery. On Thursday afternoon a si milar circumstance occurred, when, after delivering the article to the boy, I detained him, and sent for a police man. When the policeman arrived the boy began to c ti r? .( ;, andoth other said boyshe had wh nothingo were waitingto NNiinthaitn, e rin and ig hb n ou ameci g street, who had sent him. O ne of them was taken, when the former began to accuse t h e latter and his comrade, and " Yes, Sir, th e y attempted to get a shawl in tlie same way here a little time ag‘i to the statio n h ouse i n Bl kho! s .' e : co T ur h t e , y E w lee er t e .s tr oc e t. n ac where, sh ort ly, t h e t hi rd lad, having been captured, was also brou g ht. Th e nursemaid and the shopwan, who had witnessed both transactions, attended to charge them with " conspiring to commit a robbery," intending to pursue the charge at Guildhall to-day. The inspeoto4 however, after hearing the case, said, " the charge was not strong enough !" and hereupon dismissed the young street prowlers. On my sending word to him that he had no right to dismiss the case, ho replied, " Ile had use his own discretion : I might tell who I liked." DEATH OF A DRUNKEN DWARF.—OH ThUFSCIIII Mr. ilaker held an inquest at the Royal Crow(n, Rat elitfe-highway, on the body of John Cogger], aged fifty five, a dwarf, and inmate of St. George's-in-the-East workhouse. Deceased was only forty-four inches high, and formerly used to be exhibited at fairs, &c., through the country. Smaller competitors rendered Lim no at tractive curiosity, and for years he had been an inmate of the above workhouse. Whenever he left it for a holi day he was sure to return intoxicated. He went out on Sunday last, and returned in the evening extrstn44, drunk. About four o'clock next morning he comply4p4 of internal pain, was promptly attended to by 111116 - death, accelerated by ex cessive drinkin g ." allnr(illsodnieitiheonwoUrk'uheosdusaeysurge°n'but he gradually sank, morning. Verdict, " Natural - - Wit` . „ q , 1 0 !il